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A CJOOD HEARSE,
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VALENTIN K HAY, : VICE PRiII'ENT.
HARVEY V. BERKLEY, 1-AiiHlEH.
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Somerset. - Pa.
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with Clocks, Watches, and Jew.
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REPAIRING i
SPECIALTY.
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room or dining room, is the
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WAX CANDLES
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A DIFlOljlrTOENTUeE,
One of the most unpleasant episodes
in the course of my career was the Inci
dent of our attempt to possess ourselves
of a communication from Count Itode
holtz, the German ambassador iu Lou
don, to the foreign office in Berlin.
I was wandering through the grounds
of a London exhibition one evening
when a short, foreign looking man,
clothe in evening dress, approached
me and said, in a low tone:
"Have I the honor of addressing Mr.
Oodrrey ince?''
"That is my name," I made answer
at once.
He handed me a letter, saying abrupt
ly: "Be good enough to read this letter;
it will serve to introduce rue."
The communication was from Count
Antonio Delarocca, of Milan, whom I
had aided some months before by. car
rying off for him a famous Greek statue
from an English country bouse. It was
very brief, and merely said:
"Sir This letter will introduce to
you my good friend, Herr Fri'i Mosko-
vitz, who is anxious for you to under
take for him a difficult mission. I hare
told him that you are the one man in
England who can hope to crry out
such a work with success, and, wiahine
you all good fortune, believe me, yours,
"Delarooca."
We left the exhibition grounds at
once, going to my altode.
"In the first place, my good sir," he
exclaimed, taking an excited under
tone "in the first place I must tell you
that this business is difficult almost up
to the point of impossibility. Friday
morning next, about 3 o'clock, Count
Iiodeholti will cause to be posted, or
pot with his own hand, at the pillar
box faciug his house in IVrcy-street,
Ma fair, a certain letter addressed to
the Berliu foreign ofilce. It is abso
lutely vital to me and to the cause I
represent that that letter should never
reacn its destination, and 1 am com
missioned to pay $10,0(10 to the man
who will hand that letter to me intact
exactly as be finJs it."
"Is not 3 a. m. rather an unusual
hour for the dispatch of diplomatic
communications?"
"Most certainly it is, but the count is
not like other men. For the past four
years i a fact, since he first came to
the embassy he has been in the habit
of posting this document between 3 and
4 o'clock on Friday mornings."
"I presume that the .obvious and old
fashioned method of obuining the let
ter by force is out of the question; oth
wise we might waylay the person post
ing the letter, overpower him, and de
part with the document."
"Useless, quite useless, for it would
simply mean that the outrage would be
discovered almost immed;alely, and
then the contents of the letter would
be telegraphed to Berlin, defeating our
plans most en'irely. No; the essence
of the whole afTiir, my good sir, is that
the letter should be removed and hand
ed to me without the embassy people
having the slightest knowledge of the
fact,"
Next morning I went to Percy-street,
Mayfair, to survey the ambassador's
huse; 31 I'ercy street, the mansion in
question, was adult looking gray abode
exsctiy similar to the other houses in
the street- Faciug the house, on the
other side of the street, was a pillar
box the rec-ptaele, it seemed, where
the count was in the habit of posting
his communications to Berlin.
Hid the pillar box baeu a receptacle
easily shifted, the matttr would have
been as easy as smoking a cigarette, for
we should simply have had to divert
the policeman on the beat away from
the street by means of a fictitious
drunken disturbance, and then we
could have driven up in a van and
carted the box away. But I must
think of something else.
And then of a sudden there flashed
upon me an inea, coming wneuce 1
know not, but it seemed to me that a
voice spoke la my ear, and this is what
it tmid:
Suititite another pillar box on the
opposite side of the street. Placard the
genuine box with a notice saying that
it Is temporarily disused, and that let
ters are to be posted opposite. Clear
the streets of the police by means of a
row and wait with a van at the corner
of the si leet tilt the document is rted.
8woopdowu, collar the box, drUe off." j
I jumped into a cab and drove to a
Certain hostlery in the Iltst end, where
I knew I should find plenty of my pals
who for a few dollars wotrri tnro
themselves into any adventure of the
kind.
In a few words I conveyed to them
what I wanted done. To of the men,
burly fellows, known as Jim Thursday
aud Bill East, were to devote their pow
ers to quarreling and getting Vrun iu"
at the corner of IVrcy-street, whilst an
other two were to keep watch at the
corners of the street The remaining
man, Tom Bogers, was to aseist me in
depositing the pillar box and removing
it when the time cam".
Then a new difficulty arose. How
was the pillar box to be obtained?
"What is to be done about getting a
box ?" I aked the men. There was si
lence for a moment, and then East,
scratching his head, said gruffly:
"What price old Btcuett, the Iron
founder in Goodge-street, wot got five
years fur passiu' flash coin? 'E'aout
on ticket now, aud is up to mawin' a
fancy pi'lar box as eoon as wink at
r.'
o in
SOMERSET, PA.,
Having bidden them hold themselves
at mv disnoaal fr.r tin. I Inulrnill.m. I
I- I ".. I.I 1J 0 .
went straight to Goodge-street, where I
iounl the worthy Bennett in a surly
mod, owing to a slackness In trade.
lie smiled when I asked him if be
could build for me a pillar box to the
government pattern in the time at our
disposal
On reaching home I wrote briefly to
llerr Moskovitx informiug him of my
scheme, and adding that I hoped to
have the pillar box and letter safely at
my house between 4 and 5 on the fol
lowing Friday morning. I asked him
to oe waning at my residence to receive
the document, and to bring the prom
Ised reward with him, as I would only
part with the letter in exchacge for the
same.
All went well, and on the following
Friday the van, con tain log the pillar
box, my assistants and myself, set out
for Percy-street, where we arrived at
10. I noticed with satisfaction that
the night was very dark, whih fact
was of course advantageous. I at once
dispatched Thursday and East to da
their "quarreling act," the other two
men taking up their places at the cor
ners of the street.
A: 3 o'clock I heard loud shouts and
curses proceeding from our two friends,
aud a moment later two policemen were
haieniug in the direction of the noise.
The coast thus clear, we drove up to
the ambassador's house, and in a twink
ling deposited the dummy box, which
was an exact duplicate of the genuine
article on the opposite side of the street.
"Now for the notice of tempo ray dis
use," I said with a luugh, and an in
slant afterward the mouth of the genu
ine pillar box was closed with gummed
paper, and the following notice posted
in front of the time-table of postal de
liveries:
"NOTICE This pillar box being In
temporary disuse, the public will oblige
by posting communications at the tem
porary box across the road. By Order.'
This work completed to our satisfac
tion, my pal and I climbed back into
our van and drove noiselessly down a
side street, from which we could watch
all that happened outside Count Rode-
boltz's mansion.
I confess that, hardened and experi
enced as I was, a terrible thrill of ner
vousness went through me as I stood in
that van with my companion waiting.
The return of the policemen from the
station before the conclusion of the bus
iness would ruin all; nay, if a chance
youth on his way home from a dance
were attracted by the notice on the box
and lingered to look at it, we might be
equally overthrown.
It as, therefore, with a feeling of re
lief that amouuted to positive joy that
I beheld, at about a quarter past 3, the
door of the house open, and a young
man evidently the ambassador's sec
retaryglide into the street. He held
in his band the letter, and I saw him
run up to the gunine box and peer at
it a moment in surprise.
Then, with some expression, which
of course we could not catch at that
distance, he crossed the road, and, hav
ing deposited the letter la our box, re
turned with all speed to the house.
Not a soul was in sight the street
was silent as the grave. , We quickly
tore down the "notice" which had
done us such good service and removed
the paper from the mouth of the box.
Three minutes later we were driving
away briskly in the direction of my
house. We arrived at 4 a. m., t:xj
found Herr M kovitz awaiting us, in
intense excitement.
"Well!" he cried, gesticulating with
both hands, "have you succeeded ?"
"Perfectly," I replied. ' Here is the
box, and here U the key. We have not
t Miched or looked at the letter, believ
ing it to be private."
You have acted well," he returned,
quickly; "and now to obtain the letter."
With hands that trembled so violent
ly that he could scarce insert aud turn
the key, the excited man knelt down
and drew for;h the envelope. As be
looked at the superscription a cry of
disgust escaped his lips, aud he tore it
open. Uue glance at toe letter seemed
to suffice, aud it transformed him ut-
rly. He strode across the room and
s iok his great fUt in my face.
Fool! Simpleton! Imbecile!" be
yelled, each word having the malig-
ni'y of a blow; "you have failed after
all, aud made a fool of yourself and
ine!"
He flung the letter at me, and darted
from the house, uttering curses as he
rolied down the stairs.
I took up the letter and read these
worJs:
"Dere Mary Ann Master sittin' np
lat to-night, as per usual, with his
blefs.-d letter writin' and sichlike. I
'ave a few minits to rite to say as 'ow I
'opes this finds you as it leaves Me in
'ealth and spirits, tho' dog-tired, ami
please to meet me at the Marble Arch
at 3 0 sharp next Sunday, from your
luvvin George."
I saw through the whole business at
once, ine man 1 naa laten to ue tne
secretary was merely valet, or butler,
and the letter was a servant's commu
nication to bis sweetheart instead of an
ambassador's letter to bis government.
We had come away too soon. Loudon
Tit-Bits.
HaTing a Great Ban oa Chamber
lain Cough Remedy.
Manager Martin, of the Pierson drug
i-tore, iuforms us that he is having a
great run on Chamberlain's Cough
Itemed. He sells rive bottles of that
medicine lo oue of any other kind, and
it gives great satisfaction. In these
days of la grippe there U nothing like
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to stop
the cough, ben! up the sore throat and
tang and give relief within a very
short time. The sales are growing,
and all who try it are pleased with its
prompt action. Sxith Chicago Daily
Calumet For sale by all druggists.
During a murder trial at New Bruns
wick, N. J., the other day one of the
witneea testified that in Hungary all
persons intending to immigrate to the
United States are given to uodentand
that nearly every Amrica carries a
revolver, and is very quick on the trig-
per. To this fact, the witness said, is
due t ie readiaeii of Hungarians to um
1 knives and guns la quarrtL'g
e
1- k3vy lb
ESTABLISHED 1827.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21. 1 900.
Facti About the Twelfth Ceaitu.
1. The first really valuable census of
agricultu'e In the United States waa
taken In IS.), of the crops of 1JU0,
The next enumeration ol agriculture
will be takeu la June, 1900, of the prod
ucts of isro.
2. Instead of reccrC'.Dgseveral farms
on one schedule in iho twelfth census
as heretofore, each farm will be accord'
ed a separate blank, the entries on
which wilt not be known to any save
sworn officers of the Department. No
names will be published in connection
with information secured from the peo
ple.
3. Tax assessors, collectors, and
equalizers can not serve as enumera-
tors, or have access to the census re
turns, or to the information therein
contained.
4. There are more than 5,000,000
farms, plantations, ranches, stock rang'
es and market gardens in the I'nited
States, all of which, for census purpos
es, will be designated as "frrms."
5. A"farm"isallthelandcuUivat
ed or held for agricultural purposes un
der oue management, whether in a sin
pie body or iu separate parcels.
C. The enumerator will ask for the
size and value of each farm, the value
of buildings, and the aggregate value
of all machinery, implements, vehi
cles, harnesses, etc., used thereon; and
the amount of land owned and leased,
respectively, by said occupant
7. He will also ask for the acreage
and value of each crop, and acreage
of improved, unimproved and irrigated
lauds.
8. The designation "each crop" in
cludes all grains, cotton, rice, sugar
cane, sugar-beets, sorghum, hay, clover,
wild grasses, gathered forage, flax,
hemp, bops, peanuts, tobacco, seeds,
nuts, tropical fruits, small fruits, orch
ard fruits, nursery and greenhouse
stock, broom-corn, Irish potatoes, sweet
potatoes and yams, all vegetables, in
eluding the product of all faoiily truck
and market gardens, etc.; also new or
unusual crops, when found.
9. The enumerator will ask for the
number and value of the live stock on
the farm June 1, 1000, which will be re
ported under a number of beads, such
as horses, colts, mules, asses, cows,
heifers, steers, calves, bulls, ewes, rams,
lam I, swine, goats, chickens, (includ
ing guinea fowls), turkeys, geese, ducks,
bees, etc
10. He will also ask for the quantity
aud value of milk, cream, butter.
cheese, raisins, prunes, molasses, syrup,
sujjar, eggs, beeswax, honey, wool,
wine, cider, vinegar, dried and evapo
rated fruits, forest products, poultry
and meat products, and, generally, all
articles made at the house, or for the
home, from farm material, in ISO!).
11. If any person who moves from
farm between the end of the crop
year Itftt and June 1, lfOO, will leave
a wrilUn record of the products and
crops of that farm for lsir3 where it will
reach the appropriate enumerator, the
statistics of bis operations for that year
ill not be lost He will be required
to give the enumerator of the district
in which he lives on June 1, UhX), the
acreage, value, buildings, machinery,
implements, aud live stock of the farm
he then occupies.
12. If everv farmer will begin at
once to prepare a careful record of all
the facts which the enumerator will be
instructed to record iu June, 1900, he
will save time for nimseir and the om
cer, and iusure more aw j rate returns
to the Government
13. The twentieth century will begin
on January 1, 1901. Therefore, the
pending census will afford to future
generations a measure of the strength
and condition of the United States at
the threshold of the uew hundred year
cycle. For that reason every one should
take an active interest in making it as
nearly . perfect as possible. If each
farmer will make bis own report per
fect, the aggregated report for every
community, and for the nation, will be
perfect
The Lion Tamer.
Frau Hingstermeier, the wife of Herr
Hingstermeier, the lion tamer, was
what may be termed to put it milDly
a virago, and held Hingstermeier iu
absolute subjection.
The lion tamer returned to the family
caravan one evening in a state of hilar
ity, which made him feel that he had
better postsce an interview with his
better half until his condition bad worn
off. He therefore concluded not to sleep
in the family quarters.
The next morning his wife called him
to account, and he explained that he
baji been having a little jollification,
aud did not wish to disturb her slum
bers on his return.
"Where did you sleep?' she de
manded. "In the cage with the lionf," he re
plied, meekly,
"(toward!" hissed Mrs. Hingstermei
er, with a look of oue robbed of her
juit dues. Life.
It has been demonstrated repeatly in
every state in the Union and in many
foreign countries that Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy is a certain preventive
and cure for croup. It has become the
universal remedy for that disease. M.
V. Fisher of Liberty, V. V.,onIy re
peats what has been said around the
globe when he writes: "I have used
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy in my
family for several years and always
with perfect success. We believe that
it is not only the best cough remedy,
but that It is a sure cure for croup. It
has saved the lives of our children a
number of times." Thli remedy is for
sale by all druggists.
Ths Farmer Scored.
A farmer drifted into a hardware
store at Mulhall and was asked by the
manager: "fou't you want to buy a
bicycle to ride around your farm on?
They're cheap now. Can give you
one for
"I'd sooner put the $35 Into a cow,"
said the farmer.
"But think," said tho manager, J
"bow foolish you would look riding
around town on a cow."
"Oh, I don't kno-v," said the fann-
er; "no mure foolish, perhaps, than 1 1 blood. B-irdock Blood Bitters mikes
would milking a bicycle." Kaaias ; pure blood. Tones and invigorates the
City Journal. whole system.
Hii Sweetheart.
One evening. In a smart little cafe In
the Champs Elysees, two men sat sip
ping their absinthe and suAoking. One
was an Italian, whose scrupulous care
in the matterof dress was in striking
contrast to that of his compauion, a
Frenchman who bad the appearance
of being a dweller In the Latin quarter.
The Frenchman, who was the younger
of the two, leaned forward and touch
ed his friend on the arm.
"I have a proposition a problem
to set to you, Matteo."
"No confessions, I beg of you,
Pierre; my absinthe Is scarcely touch
ed, and your confessions, niy dear friend,
are most distressing to one of my tem
perament" "It Is nothing," said Pierre, "I just
want your advice. Supposing you
were in love with a woman"
"Impossible, my dear Pierre, the
supposition."
"Well, supposing this woman you
loved weut the way of other women,
and confessed to you that, although
she loved you, she intended becoming
the wife of a wrinkled, decrepit old
wretch whose banking accouut and
title alone raise him to the dignity of
a man a being from whom she
shrinks every time he lifts her in his
arm and kisses her. What would you
do, Matteo?"
"It depends, Pierre, how much you
love. Women are su wicked. Perhaps
they do not thiak it is wrong to marry
a man old enough to be their father or
grandfather. But you do, Pierre, and
at the bottom of my heart I do. Can
you wait a yer perhaps two years?
Then she may be free again to marry
you."
"No," said Pierre, "I can't"
"The deuce! exclaimed Matteo.
"Then it's awkward."
"You're right, Mttei. That's the
point I've reasoned it out to. It is
awkward."
"I might be better able to suggest if
you told me the woman's name."
"Yes, perhaps you might," Pierre
answered thoughtfully. I'll be frauk
with you. The woman is your sister,
Matteo, and I love her."
During the pause which followed art
ugly gleam came into the Italian
eyes.
"You love my sister!" be aaid, slow
ly, emphasizing each word. "You, a
Frenchman! an unknown painter!
that is droll. It makes me augh.
But my sister is not for you, you fool!
I snap my fingers in your face!"
The Frenchman rose, and stepping
across to where nis assiiunt was
seated, with the back of his band
struck him a heavy blow iu the mouth.
In a moment the Italian was on his
feet, and as the two men closed a bright:
weapon ' flashed ia the S mtherner's
haud. But Pierre was too quick, and
grasped his treacaerom opponent's
wrist tightly.
Then, exerting all ins strength, h'
flung him into the corner of the room.
where, with a little groan, be fell heav
ily on the stiletto, whioti went deep
into his side. Immediately a crimson.
stain spread over the flxr, and Pierre
stepped back aghast
"Pierre!" Matteo gasped. "I have
something to say to you."
Pierre bent over him.
"Nearer till," he murmured. ' 'Ti ;
hard to talk."
Pierre knelt down.
"What Is it?'' heaked.
"This," said Matteo, as with a last
effort be drew Pierre down to him, aud
withdrawing the stiletto from his tide
plunged it twice rapidly into his op
ponent's hack.
"She U not for you."
A cruel smileof triumphant mockery
crossed the Italian's face.
Then both fell back dead.
And a month later oue of the live
liest women in Paris a woman with
cheeks like suu-kiased peaches was led
to the altar by a tottering old man,
with fea:ures distorted by vie and
dissipation, and with one foot in the
grave. It was Pierre's sweetheart
Let me say I have ued Ely's Cream
Balm for catarrh and can thoroughly
recommend it for what it claims. Very
truly, (Rev.) H. W. Hathaway, Eliza
beth, N. J.
I tried Ely's Cream Balm, and to ali.
appearances am cared of caUrrn. Tbr
terrible headaches from which I lonif
suffered are gone. W. J. Hitchcock,
ate Major U. S. Vol. aud A. A. Geu.r
Buffalo, N. Y.
The Balm Aloes not irritate or cause. !
sneezing, hold oy druggist at
Ml els.. 1
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St, New York.
Industry and Saccesi
"There's nothin
like farmin' ou at i
hillside," said the man with the faded
hair during a pause in the conversation.
if you pick out a good location."
"Do you mean to say," they asked
bim, "that you ever worked on a hill ¬
side farm or anywhere else?"
'Who said anything about 'work'?"
he rejoiued. "I said hillside farmin
was all right if you picked out a good,
location. I had a location riht down
below a forty-acre farm where a feller
put in one whole summer raisin' mel
ons an' puukins. When they got ripe-
tbey broke off fm the vine an' rolled
down onto my land. It was a good
deal of bother to getber 'em up, but 1
done it Made a pretty gojd thing out
of it, too."
It was a narrow escape, and nearly
cost him his reputation as the laziest-
man in the crowd. Chicago Tribune,
Came For Care.
No," said the confident youth, "I!
shall not trudge along in the beaten
track. I shall not devote my mind to-
humdrum duty.
'What are you going to do?" asked.
the schoolmaster.
I am going to strike away from the
beaten path. I'm going to leave f ok
prints ou the sands of time."
Well, you want to be carefuL"
"I have energy and ability."
"Yes, but you want to be careful too .
Tryioif to leave footprints ou the sands'
of time has been the cause of a lot or
people getting stuck iu the mud."
Can't be perfect health without pure-
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FARM JJEW3 A50VIEW3.
Importanci of Seed Selection An
Excellent Emiliion, Etc.
From the railado?ih!a Record.
The spring work will soon be urgent
and much time may be lost by not be
ing ready. Th heaviest lo to farm
ers Is in the failure of tw-eds to germin
ate. While it is pw-iibl for seed to be
injured in the ground by circumstances
not anticipated, yet the fact that dur
ing such failures some of the seeds
survive aid germinate sh'ws that much
depends upu thi use of selected seeds
only. The large majority of farmers
never examine the seeds procured by
them, taking their chances aud trust
ing to the reliability of the seedsman.
Eipecially is this the case with seeds
put up in packets. The fact Is that the
seedsman is also subject to the same
conditions as the farmer, and must also
meet drawbacks In growing seed. It
is possible to get good seeds, .but it will
do-no barm for the farmer or garJener
to carefully examine al! seeds and use
only those that are apparently sound.
Seed corn should be selec:ed with extra
care, so as to avoid any eeed that is not
perfect. The loss of a few weeks' time
by reason of tlie seed not germinating
means sometime t'e Ioks of the crop,
tieeause the season will not permit of
replanting. Seedsmen have gone to
much expense to improve, but some
thing deends upon the farmer also iu
order to insure success.
It is not wise for any farmer to buy
more land as long as the farm culti
vated by him is not up to its full Limit
of capacity. It U also difficult to de
termine when the limit has been rench
eJ. The manure that is spread on oue
acre will give better results that when
used on two acres, while the cost of
labor will be less. The first du'y of a
farmer is to increase the fertility of his
soil, which can be done more ea.-i!y
with a small farm than with one that
is Lari. Oj y when the small farm is
at its best, and the farmer i clear of
debt, should he enlarge, and if be buys
more land he should pay cash and
avoid mortgages.
In a few weeks more the frost may
be leaving the ground, should there be
mild weather, and the roads will be!
bad. This happens especially in thw
spring. Farmers will then complain,
and justly, as some of them will Le
completely blockaded. After spring
passes and the roads become hard
again they will object to paying taxis
for better roads. This happens every
year; yet farmers do not seem to leant
that for every dollar honestly expend
ed on the roaJ-i they save ten. limts
its villus in labor and vexation.
The farms of this country are cot
crowded if the average yields per acre
of cereal crojvs are evidences. There is
a lack of judgment in farming, snd
there is also plenty of room for im
provement We should grow twice as
much wheat and corn on the area an
nually devoted to those crops. There
are probablj too many large farms that
are not well cultivated, and it is these
that reduce the average yields.
Every farmer is desirous of securicg
the "best breed." There is no lesi
breed for all purposes, but there are
hist breeds for certain pur)oses. Before
selecting a breed first determine tba
object in view, and then procure tho
breed that will come nearest in fulfill
ing the purpose required of it, taking
soil, climate, capacity of the farm,
shelter, etc., in consideration.
When manure becomes heated and
the odor of ammonia is noticed there is
then a loss of a valuable Mtiiizing sub
stance nitrogen. Turn the heap over,
placing the coarser portions to the
cen re. While so doing sprinkle a
handful or more of kainit ov-r V.ie ma
nure. If this eaunot be done force a
crowbar down into the heap iu several
places and pour cold water in to reduce
the temperature.
Labor can be save! in plowing and
the work be done well by pr perlv lay
ing off the plot A rxpjare acre plowed.
j with a 1 inch furrow, requirs -St
j rounds and 3 W turns. The 8 true are
; in the form of a parallelogram 2 iy
j SO rods requires only 13 rounds and 5-
turn", thus requiring much less time to
j1 do the work. The same rules applies
to cultivation. The longer th rows.
the less time required, as there wiil l
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man who is plowing or cultivating,
There is r.o necerss.ty for buying ex
pensive t-ArboIic acid to be used as au
insecticide. The ordinary crude car-
1 bolic acid is not only ch?aper but much
better than the refiued fir the zurooses
j of the farmer. It will, like kerosene,
J etsily emulsify with a solution of bant
'j soap, aud it renders the kerose - emul
jj tsiou more serviceable when used in
jj that connection. An excellent emul-
!j sion may be made by dissolving oue
pound cf hard oap lu one gallon of
water. Remove from the tire, aod oue
gallon of kerosene and half a pint of
crude carbolic acid, churning with a
sprayer until a creamy substance is
formed. Then add 12 gallons of cold
water ami spray with a sprayer wher
ever necessary.
The fibres of wool on sheep of differ
ent breeds vary greatly. The breeds
are divided into long wools, middle
wools aud fine wools. The Merino is
considered superior to all others f-r pro
ducing fine wool, as many as 4'),0:
fibres to the square inch beiug esti
mated on a pure-bred Merino. The
Merino also produces a heavy flt-ece,
though it is small in body.
Japan clover is not extensively grown,
nor does it possess advantages over the
red and crimson varieties. It is a yel
low variety, and is adapted to nearly
all kinds of soils. There are several
kinds of Japan clover, however, some
of which will hold It own and crowd
out oti'er grasses. It ia short aud is
therefore better for pasturage than as
hay.
Giving salt regularly to animals is
not necessarily a matter requiring extra
attention. If a box rr bag of salt is
kept conveniently at the barn, so as to
add a little to the food at each meal,
the animals will enjny their food more,
while little or no extra labar will be en
tailed. This Is better than compelling
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stock to eat large quantities of salt at
one time aud depriving them of it
when they may desire it with certain
foods at other times.
The most successful fannera are those
who experiment The farmer who be
lieves la practical etperie'ic only will
never learn more thnn be knows unless
be accepts the experience of others or
attempts experiments for himself. Soils
vary, and the experience of oue farmer
may not be of value to some others. To
make tests ou small plots cists almost
nothing, aud discoveries may le made
that will change the system of man
agement ou the farm. In the mean
time no farmer should abandon old
methods until he has first tried the new
aud de'ermiued for himself whether it
is profitable to mske changes.
It is well enough to lay down the
rule that ten pounds of corn. will make
one pound of pork, but rules may not
give the results expected unless under
certain conditions. Some breeds of hogs
will produce' more ly.-rfc on the same
food than others, aud even with a se
lected bred toere will be individual
animals that will increase more rapid
ly tuau others. In the winter season.
if the hogs are expor-ed, tweuty or
thirty pounds of corn may he required
to make a pound of jsirk. Care and
in iii:i! incut are iui(nrta!il as well as
bre-d and food.
Something Abo'it Giants.
Oid chroniclers tell wonderful stories
o.' lu- giants that used to walk the
earth, even as we read in the Bible of
G liath, who was slaia by the youth
David. In later days perhaps the mosi
interesting b-Kii ou gi&nls was written,
by a French scholar uuuied Heuriou iu
1715. Tais book asserted that Adam,
the first man, was l-i feet 0 iuches tail,
aud that Evj wasou'.yo f-el shorter.
After Adam man begau to lo heiut
rapidly. Noau, says M. Heuriou, wus
about - feel tail, aud Abraham meas
ured not more tauu Moses readi
ed only the poor heigLl of 13 leet, aud
finally mau hal to Le coutet tei with
feeole luile frames from 4 to 6 feet iu
heut
Many huge humau skeletons have
beeu found, aeordiug to report It is
said that thestuil of Chevalier Riucoc,
w hose remaius were discovered iu j)if
at it ueu, would hold a baiJel of
wlieac. Xue saiu bje was four fee:
long au 1 others iu proportion. Many
Otaer similar ke.etous Were found, oue
in s.ciiy lual luesjred '.',) feet ia
leuzth. Ia the preseut century, how
ever, it has been shown that these
skeletons were not h uman, but of pre
historic beasts.
One of the world's famous giants was
P v:ricU CUer O' itrien, vruj was boru
at (viuwlale, ia Irehmd, iu 17ul. He
was S fettJ r.n;aes tall, aud was the
greatett giant of his day. He died iu
1S4 I:i liie museum of Triuity Col
lege, 1) i jliu, is the skeleton of a gia-it
naaied Magra'.ti, wh (Was 7 feet S
iucDes bizh.
It is au interesting fact that giaats as
a rule are both weak, of body aud of
miuJ, wnlt dwarfs are usua.ly keu
wilted an I nealcuy. A story U told
that the Empress of Austria in the 17th
century hid all tor giauts ani dararf
of tile Germanic K uiire a- uMeJ at
Vienna. Tuey were quartered togeth
er, and fear was expressed thus the
giacfa would terrify tae d-varf. T-ie
contrary proved to bs thr cise. Tjj
dwar.'s tormented and roboed thj
giants to the exteat that with tears i a
taeir eyes the giauts beel tobeprj
teced from them.
Tae usual circus and mMeu:n g!aats
of to-day are rarely over 7 feet in
in height, but they wear hig'i heeied
boots and high hats that a id a f t o
tu-re in height to their appearance.
Throwa Cat of Court-
In the good old days of Kentucky,
stys The Bar, there was a court cum
pwed of three magistrates to try cer
taiu caes appealed from a single jus
of the jieace. The three magis
trates were backwoodsmen. A case
was being fied oue day that was very
important, and several hours of listen
ing to the reading of depositions and
the arguments of counsel, pro and con
and pro and con aga:o, had so nearly
entangled the court iu a labyriuth t-f
perpiexiug questions of law and fact
that they doubted their ability to blaze
their way out So they whispered to
the leadiug lawyer at the bar, who was
sitting by as a spectator, and asked
him what he thought ought to be done
with the case.
"I think it ought to be thrown out
of ourt," was the prompt and emphatic
reply.
Tuat settled it.
"Mr. Clerk," s.id the chief magis
trate, "pss up them papers."
The papers, whicu rus,le quite a large
bundle, were hauded to the chief mag
istrate. "Now, Mr. Sheriff," said he deliber
ately, "opeu taut wiud.w."
The i-lreriff openel the window and
the case was thrown out of court
The feud that followed lasted for fif
teen years.
I want to let the people who suffer
from rheumatism and sciatica know
that Cuamberlaiu's Pain Balm relieved
me after a number of other medicines
and a d K-tor ha 1 failed. It is the best
liniment I have ever kuown of. D. A.
D.rggen, Alpharetta, Ga. Thousands
have been cured of rheumatism by this
remedy. Oue application relieve the
paiu. l or sale by all druggists.
In Chicago the automobiles must ail
wtar fenders, say The Cleveland Plain
Dealer. They are of the basket pat
tern, fashioned of steel, and any auto
caught running fenderless after April 1
wiil be subject to a flue of at least 5i.
Of rmrse, the basket fender can be
utilizsl iu a d.ffervut way when shop
ping or marketing, and the spectacle
f au able bodied citizen being picked
up neck and heels and added to a
choice lot of vegetables and other eat
ables in the steel basket may not be aa
infrequent s'ght on Chicago's bu.y
thoroughfare.
'TLsti't sue to be a day without Dr.
Thomas' Eiectric Oil in the bouse.
Never can tell what moment an acci
dent is going to happen.
It Mia Were at l ira.
Snyder, the valcuL.ting barbpr, had
act opened his lip t r fully four mia-CU-s.
aud it was plaiu to t seen that
be Siad scuietliln ou his mind. Finally
je swallowed twice, breathed hard for
a liiomer.t and gave veut to his feeliu
Lu this niani.cr:
"I've been lliiutiui; what ! could do
if I were only a fit a. I read iu a scien
tific rwpr the other dar that If a man
were built ou the same lines as a Gt-a
te could Jump from Philadelphia to
Pittsburg ia one leap. I mean, of
course. If he liad all the power of a
fifa Increased iu proportion to his slz.
Think how qnickly he could circum
navigate the globe. It might be possi
ble to get around the world In an hour.
The distance from Philadelphia to
Pittsburg Is 334 miles, and the equato
rial circumference of the earth Is 24,
002 miles.
"A simple calculation in mental aHr
rcetic will show you that this would b
a fraction over "0 leaps. It surely
wouldn't take a mlnutt for each Jump.
Judged from the liveliness of the flea.
Think of conjin; la here, with three or
four customers ahead of you. and. la
stead cf sitting down and waiting. Jut
taking a few Jumps around the world
to kill time. There you are. srtr. Witch
har.td or Lay rum? Philadelphia Uec-ord.
Oitf Point ef ReneHbIm.ee.
The elder So'liern was a good story
teller, and he particularly liked to dwell
on his exierif nevs at the outset of his
8tae life, wliwn he was a minor mem
ber of the John McCullough company,"
said the old time theater goer.
"McCuUough was playing In Texas,
and In one town where be was billed to
play "Ingomar. through some accident
on the railroad, the necessary costumes
were delayed.
"The manager was einal to the situ
ation, however. IIe went to everr
butcher's shop In town and hired all
the nberp and cow hides he could to
d:-t ss up his sn;iers.
"When McCullough came on the stage
that night, te fell b.tck appalled by the
stench at the hastily improvised cloth
ing worn by the barbarians.
" 'Whet tlo you think of them? Soth
ern laughingly asked McCullough.
pointing to the supers as the curtain
rolled down.
"Tli'-y neither act Ilk?, l.Kik like nor
t'.'i; I;Ue burl):iri:lti.' curtly growled
tlie tragedian, "but. by the g'Kls. they
s::iell like them." Kansas City Inde
pendent. He Didn't Choke.
Toward Mecca t!:e thought's and as
pirations of all pious Moslems r.ri
tuineih and at least once iu his life
time the good Mohammedan Is expect
ed to make a pilgrimage to that city.
One of the duties of the pilgrim Im
medl.itely after his arrival Lt to make
a journey sevca times round a holy
portico ouuide the mosque.
"We went at a great pace, says an
t'ng!.sh::.u.u. who, disguised as a Mo
haii!::iedau. paid a visit to Mecca at
the risk of his life, "and the day was
growing Let. When the procession
wa. over, we came back to the mosque
atid were each given a bowl of limpid
water. I v.us so thirsty that I drank
mine at a draft and asked for more,
which I noticed produced a very good
I pres:yu. f;r. as 1 afterward learned,
this was th? sacred water of Temzen.
which aa iaiidel cannot ciriak without
bci::g choked.
"This waj supposed to be the water
T. Lich was supplied to .Ilagar when
she was icruh:::g la the desert"
Christian Endeavor World.
lie- Itode Doatw.
Algernon Dougherty of the United
Suites diplomatic service has qualities
of hi own to account for hi succes
as well as being the son of the famous
"Silver Tongued" Ikmgherty of Phila
delphia. Hue of the rules of the aris
tocratic Parisian concierge U that
while oue may ride lip Iu the elevator
oue must nut rule down. It wa Mr.
lui:s"ierty who broke down this rale
la a house la the Uue de Maturia.
lie str.rted down, and the concierge
stupes! the elevator. "It Is forbidden."
"Py whom?"
"The proprietor forbids it said the
converge.
Mr. iHiiigherty drew himself op and
said. "Tell your proprietor that I for
bid him to f.trbid me anything!" and
rode ou down. And now even the
timid maiden ladies on the sixth floor
play with that elevator as though It
were a tame cat San Francisco Argo
naut. The Gallery Aaaavered M rtb.au
Cf the Dublin gallery boys a famous
tnritor.'e. in his reminiscences, tells
some good stories one of "Faust In
wh: ii he played Valentine.
After the duel Martha, who rushed
In at ihe head of the crowd, raised Val
entine's head and held him la her arms
duriug the first part of the scene and
cried cut in evident alarm:
"Oh. what shall I do?
There was a deathlike stillness in
the house, which was interrupted by a
voice from the gallery calling out:
"L'nbuwon bis wesUit!"
III. Company.
Mark Twain, meeting Charles Guth
rie, a prominent British lawyer. In Vi
enna, asked him if he smoked. "Some
times, when I am Ia bad company,"
was the reply.
After a pause came a second qucs-th-u:
"You're a lawyer, aren't you, Mr.
5uthrier
"I am. Mr. Clemens."
"Ah. then. Mr. iithrie. yon raust be
o very heavy smcUer"
When a wiT53 calls her husband
tip by felerhon:' without his knowing
who she is. she is always surprised
to see k )W polil .-!;.- lie addresses her at
trst Svttut-rvlllf Journal.
Ore good thought cfc-votssly reeelv
always trtr-i sai.-ther.
Hardware Gw-ng
Tip.
During the past few months LarN
ware a:;d builders' materials have ad
vanced considerably in pr , and at
present there is r.o telling but that they
may go still higher.
The price of nails has gone up twenty-five
cent a keg within the past six
weeks, and window gla.s ha msde n
big advance also. Lumber is not only
hsxrd to ge?, but is unusutdly h:gh ia
price, Into and henil.-n. k boards hiing
far above last year's prices.
Builder and contractors are sotre
what apprehensive lest the prices will
go stilt higher. S nie of them fear
tint this advance wiil result in a check
to building operation next season, as
hu'lJers' material are now higher than
for along time, and there Ls Dothing in
the future to indicate that they w iii fa 1
again.
"I have had the best night's rest in t n
years," so said Rev. John Cranor, Dub
lin, Iud., after taking the first d.se of
Wheeler' Nerve Vitalize. '-it cured
me of a headache that tortured me for
over ten years."
Of all cough cure, Brant's Bal-am
is the best cures quickest, and m)nt
for 2 cent. For sale at Garraan's Dru
S'.ore, Berlin, Pa., and Mountain fc
Sm's Drug S lore, Co.ifljence, Pa.
"A lveriity tl tUertta no man," but
the ptin of dysp-"ps: turn hi at
tention to H xxTs Sarsaparilla and iu
iu use he fl nd a cure.
Th.-re U a rreat diff-rence between,
fiit'i ia the fuel of a g'!, and f-tkh in
G -d.
He who b-.a-its of a g'Xd deed shorj
U at he is not used to them.
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