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VOL. XLVIII. NO. 5.
SHERIFF'S SALE
Rv flrtn nf inndrwiMi. .y li
. .. . ""'raun i hju of Soi-r
mviiuj r,in MHOfrtirM-ul.ther- will
Friday. Feb. 23, 1900.
. At I o'clock P M.,
tue following described real esUve. to-w t.
All tti Hv'nt iiu 1.. . .... . .
""uai- in Aauiauu town
aiud .nhra. .v. th-rwn erects one anil
" ),, ueiiniu boui-. Bitle an.)
tV. l j.T r.r v vr.T,?; . pu "re"!".
ALSO
All f!i rfoKr i. . . .
maud of Utuiei K uinner of. m ,nd to a
i,,,-! ui mna aiiUHie In Sioov-
, r-K towDablp. isomer County. P. co"u.
i Z -- iiuutrr. UjOimug iHUflHOf At-
. ( i A wn I KC-f. J . IV r I III ti
r.u"iri!i-yer .im inner, lutviua
JberHi erw-ied a iomo dweiiio buv
.triii; liou-e and other ouibuildium win.
llmi.nurl.u..i. m
- . .n, m. mj lh' ia an ttie
pnlny of 1 htnlw K Ule-Kiier. at tlie uit
ol4!uer, deed . et aL
ALSO
All the riehL tit'e. Intrmi j-
nianil .rf J. .-h-e-.K oi. in and to the foliow
ina ;d-scruNj nal e:ale, t.vwit :
, certain lot of ground hituatc In
erlin iKirouirti. honit-nu i ...... i- ..h
"e m.rui by an alley. ,st by lot of
-....B.- tuiin, aHiin oy h.t of Wm. Kemlcr
vi by tne public road. Iihviii thervou
erected a lwu,ry Traine dwellliir houne,
Mableand other outuuildlngs, with the an.
puneiiaL.ee.
No. i a certain lot or parcel of rronnd
eiiuate n aforeHaid. M'xIm i-t, adjoining
lot of rhauneey lxni. J. II. ricrkey, Jacob
Musweraiid Kd KrissuiKer.
1st en In execution and to be aold as the
property of J. C. Sneets, al Hie suit of Love,
.-uufchiue A Co
ALS"
All the rfeht, title, lneret, claim and de
mand of Win . eHaven of, in and to a
certain farm or tract of land situate in Addi
son township. Momeraet Couutv. Pa coiiluiii
ine l. aere. about .'O acren clear, balance
tiinl-r. ad.l.Mnine land of Jasper AueuMine,
tr. W. F. Mitchell, Isuiah nilh-r. Aaa Ja-o 'a
-tnte, J.--pli IN Haven and the National
l"ike, having thereon erected a tw.xtorj'
frame dwelliuK houseand stable.
Taken in execution and t Is? 6JId as the
proiw-rty of Win. i. UeHaveu, at the auil of
li. L Dean t liro.
AI0
Al! therinht. title, interest, claim and de.
i.iand of Martha Jane Z-rtb and Jaeoii Zer
t.Ki, ot, in and to all of a certain dwelling
house and the eastern half of two contiguous
lots f irround situat .n tl.e bor.Hitf. of
KokwoMl. ?M!iierset ouniy, and known
and numbered on the .-ucral plan of Paid
borttojcli as lots Nos. K ana 14, being TaiO
Siaare leet .if said two lot .if ground. liound
e.i on the north by the K. 4 . mil road, east
by an alley, south by tavselmnn river, west
by lot of Jarue I. Ciilchltei.t. having thereon
er-ie.i a two-siikry frame .iweluni; h.mse and
outbul:dius, belll! tile aalue preioiaea whicll
I'hini-HsJ. Weirner and Mary K.. Ins wife, by
d.-ed daied H-LiU-r 2, Invi, cuveye.l to Ai-KU-tu
Leaf and Augustus l-at and Nora, hia
w.fe, by deed datetl la-toi-r M. I.vh. cnveyef
the same to John Kyn, and by John Kyau to
Holwrt K. Kierilan. by rti-e.1 dated tt'Ulier In,
l"o. and by ll..eit K. Kiernan to Martli
Jane ertos and Jacob Zcrtoaa, by deed dau-d
March lien.
Taken in execution and to he wild aa the
property t if Maltha -lane Zerf.j. and Jacob
Xertoas, at the auil of Hubert p. Kiernan,
Terms:
NoTlCt All persona purchasing at the
above aaie will please lake notice that 10 per
cent, of the purchase money mut be paid
when property la knocked down: otherwise it
will asain be exposed to sale at the risk of the
Ural purchaser. The residue of the purchase
money must be paid on or before the day of
eonnrmalion, vit: Thursday, March 1,
No deed will be acknowledged uniU the
purchase money i paid in fulL
J AM EX B. MAVIjOR.
Sherill'a offlce, fcbertfT.
Jan. Al. UOU.
QOCRT PROCLAilATION.
WHFRrA, The? Hon. Jacob H. Logk
SEi'IEE. President Judceof t he seveml Court
of Common Plea of the several countieacom
poaine the Hit h Judicial 1 '1st rict. and Justi.-e
of the tHirta of tiyer and Terminer and Gen
eral Jail I live-y. for the trial of all capital
and other offenders In the said District, and
Geokue I. Black and A. V Iiickky, Ksq'a
Ju.ltn. of the Courts of Common Piejw and
Justice, of the Courts of oyer and Terminer
and General J.'l Delivery for the trial of ali
capital and other oJendern In the County ol
Somerset, have Issu-d their precept, and to
rr.e directed. Tor hohltnif a tiurt ot common
Pleaa and General Vluarter riewsiona of the
Peace and General Jail Iwllvery. and Couru
if Orer and Terminer at Somerset, on
MONDAY, FEB. 25, 1900.
Norirl herebv riven to all the Justice.
of the Peace, the Coroner and Constables
within the said comity of Somerset, that iney
be then and therr in their proper persona with
tt.virn.iu n-onls.inuuisitions.examinatioua
and other remembrances, to do those lhin-s
which to their ottiee ana In tnai nenan ap-pert-in
to be done, and also they who will
prosecute aptinst the prisoners that are 01
shall be In the Jail of Somerset County, to be
then and there lo proaecut arainal them aa
aUall be mat. ... .
JAVrMRHAYUja
buenff.
OF
Real Estate !
rusmint tan order rf th irphans" Court
of x.oelM-t Oailiiy. I will otf--r al public sail
on lb premises. "is'e the home f tualie,
tieudru .s, lu Atujrvatowit. Pa , oil
Saturday, February 24, 1900
At one o'clock P. M
the follow! uaT described real estate:
A certain tract or pi reel of land situate In
ilu-nurrn nd of the ooroucn id uy:owii.
rouriiy of s.mers.H and wi .te oi l'eou- I-
ranla. aqjilinirg wnoa oi ...i.c -.u... ---PitiaiMiiv
.i1 ieliord 'Jurnoike. bav'rf
ihemm vr-cied a veiy fmHaoMnrj In-ltw
- ... ...r lir.i.s H.al.le I lid
oi'itr hullUliiiis.'two ood ay fr"'1 lr
Terms:
pud as ao.m a the property is knia-k.a
down; Niianre on eonur;ii!i.a rf sale am)
t-t.T -ry of me deed. Po.-sioo glVj-u April
Llsoi. ,
JOHN .llir.n.
Administrator of (.'halve, iiendilc-ka, oecd
N
TOriCE IX DIVOKCK.
t'hiiarcn- t-t'h.
t.v br n'-ti' friend
Conrad I. uderuiau,
Vs
Miibm J. Hmlth.
In the Pout of Cora
ni'Ki' pea of Som
erset coun'v, Ha
No s. sept T
Al'a -ub. In I"v- rcr
No 12. I lee. r. I".
Ti JV.V.'oa . Smith. Vtr t' fmltid it namrd :
Yon art-hen-bv notltled bt and atwair
a 111-next Court of Conmion Pla for km-.rs.-t
coni.tv. to beh-I I at -w.mersel. P". on
tb tn MmiiKvuT Pebruarv A D It . i
davi lo an.w-r a roinpialft of Chiliena
st.iiih. v.Kir wife the pialniitT alaiv- iianv-d.
and xiw mii . If any vou have, arhv y-nir
a id w.f sri.Hi.d not he divorced f.twn the
bii t.K niairiiuonv enienxt into with jo.i.
err-nhiv he praver of her petition and
liisH exhibiu d against you before salrt ouru
Sh.riir.OBiee. I J. B. BA1 L'la.
Jail. ri. If.
uer: fT.
A
UDITOJVS NOTICE.
Tli orirtcra'ned havituf been ppo''ed
audi or i.v l!i tii-ptums' Cairt sf iuerse
...intv. f... to made a disinbution
fuuddue prrsenlly. a well as lue def--rret
p.yui uta not yet 'lue. In the hioui of Valen
ime Ma), ad mlntsirator. 1. b. ft r. t fl
Tt.oti.as I'H.-e, dwl, moired 13 ibe sta'e of
P.nsylvants. lo a..-l am.M.g the fcel and
Un: represeillallve. S..I J Til,, r' '
J,-aseU.ei.liliel ihrn-to. hereby irivea no'lce
K slLe. llI aUend to the dunes of said ap-feaitum-nt
ki Uednetsiay. the itl day '
Venruary, ItJU, at biim-e In lL. Krnli
Somerset. Somerset County. Pa., at 1 tK,r
a. m . wnn and where all parliea lulereaUd
can attend If they aee proper, or lie forever
barrvd from parti.Upating lu ihedlaUibntloii
iualr Jrtotaui4aaU!. t pf(JH.
Auditor.
So
It Cur, th.
Cough.
PLEASANT
TO TAKE.
Youngsters like it
and it cures the cough
in a jiffy.
Dr. James'
Cherry Tar Syrup.
Prompt relief in all
cases of throat or lung
affections a safe, re
liable family medi
cine.
At all Drug Stores.
25 Cents a Bottle.
Pont Accept
Suoatilutus.
THE-
First National Bail.
Somerset, Penn'a.
Capital, S5O.00O.
Surplus, 344,000.
unoivjoed err nrr
PROFITS aVaWWa
ocomiTw accciyc lamaBt meiHtLl
account or atocHisT. .anaicno.
TOCA OtAltkt, 1NI1 OTHERS aOLICITlO
-DISCOUNTS DAILY. -BOARD
OF DIRECTORS.
CHAH. O. SCULL, Gtu. K. SCULL,
JAMiii L. Pl'i.ii, W. H. M1LLEK,
JOHN K. SCOTT. KOKT. S. SCULL,
'KKD "V. BILfctCKta
EDWARD SCCLL, : : PRESIDENT,
VALKNT1NE KAY, : VICE PKESIDKNT,
HAUVKY At. bt-lvi.T.KY. CAtlHIJLP,
Th. funds and seeoriUeaof thla taxi.a are so-
urely protected in a celebrated Cutxiw But
.;la k Pkoof Hah. Tue only aala made abso
lutely barglar-proot.
Jacob D Swank,
Watchmaker and Jeweler,
Next Ooor West of Lutheran Church,
Somerset, - Pa.
Am Now
prepared to supply the public
with Clocks, Watchea, and Jew
elry of all description, aa Cheap
8 the Cheapest.
REPAIRING A
SPECIALTT.
All work guaranteed. Look at my
etock before making your
purchase.
J. D. SWANK.
KEFFER'S M SHOE STORE!
KEN'S BOYS . WOKEH'S, GIRLS' tad CHILDREN'S
SHOES, OXFORDS tno SLIPPERS.
Black and Tan. Latest Sty lea an J Shape
at lowest
-...CASH PRICES
Adjoining Mrs. A. E. Chi, South-east
corner of square.
SOMERSET. PA.
aL&M4Uraf 60 YEARS'
"4 EXPERIENCE
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i-J -JT Trade Mm
t- DtaioN
flll CCYHIOKT AC
ATie nlr. a ??tir?L
jJTiarfii char. la U.
Scienfific American.
aSeSSatfi&sss
nit.-fcl-rUllEik'J.b
JijaCjfaiafc'.ae.am3aaaa
rMbant lifa- B awUada at a
CEJiTRAL STATc UKitAL iliKUL
14M K HA t it UatM Cl, P4
lu. tsecltr. ri4 uoa a . goat libraay.
Kdra apvr -a laborator, aai "-
?. ia.tta in MaaM.a.m.d?ta
ilmil auH.1. ra hxai, L- a
V V
nienrl tncjst arAlv and
play most eff cciively orer
. festive scene whe.i thrown
k. ..n randies.
The URlit tn ce-.potcna
beauty's charm, that gives the
finished touch to the drawing
room or dining room, is the
mellow glow 01
W0M
WAX CANDLES
Sold in all colors and shades
to harmonize "with any interior
hangings or decorations.
Manufactured by
I A n urn n - - - ai
. w . n r nil 1.11.
for nit nwiwut , l
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I M
SOMERSET, PA.,
BKEATHIJfO TIME.
When tree are bare, and fields are white.
When barns are full, and hill are breezy,
I stay In bed until it'i light.
And take, yes, take things pretty easy.
When roadi are pricked and bell ring sweet
I ride behind a pair or clippers.
And come back to the chimney seat,
A pleasant book and oozy slippers.
Tl tru that city clerk might And
Such day-lit ease almost alarminn ;
They seem to think perpetual grind
I but another name for farming.
I wish that busy folk could see
For work and leisure life Is ample.
The sleeping field and stream and tree
Present the very best example.
When Mother Nature's on the hop
I follow ber without conflicting ;
And when she says it's time to stop
I never think of contradicting.
Elected.
HELEN BLAZES.
This is the story of a rnare that made
her reputation during the weeks of al
most incessant fighting before Peter
t urg and ISermuii li j mired. She loet
ber life iu a ecriruiuage in which she
was nearly the whole thing, for she
had a way of taking matters into her
own coutrol and carrying her rider into
the thickest of the fight, whether he
liked it or not. .
She was such a warrior herself that
when she got worked up to the proper
pitch she paid no attention to bugle-
Cills or orders, and always started in to
thrash the enemy single-handed. That
was one reason why she was called
Helen Blazes. But tBere was another
her temper.
The name was not spelled just that
way by the boys of the Third New
York cavalry, but Jeb Smith, the man
who rode her and the only man who
could ride her was a minister before
the war broke out, so be changed the
original three words of her name into
two, thus quieting his conscience and
satisfying the boys at the same time.
She was picked up one night on a
scouting expedition. Wink Tomkins
brought her into camp the next morn
Ing, and he was a tight. You could
hear him swearing at Blazes when they
were a mile away, and between his
curses and the laughter of bis' com pan-
ions, and the plunging and kicking,
biting and striking of the mare as they
approached, it made a pretty tigbt for
tired cavalrymen.
"There, by thunder!" said Wink,
I've landed her here, 'cos I said I
would. The fellow that can ride ber,
can have her, for all I care," and he
pitched the lead rope to me.
Blazes was a beauty, there's no deny
ng that, and oid McXamara, our cap
tain, had his eye on her from the mo-
metit be saw btr.
Well, there's no use describing all
that happened then. It took six of us
to get a saddle and bridle on her, and
three out of the six were laid up until
for duty for a week after it; and after
that she threw, one after another, pret
ty near the whole company.
Nobody could ride ber until Jeb
Smith came along. He had Just been
relieved from guard and was tired, but
when bis eyes lighted on the mare he
brightened up.
"That's a beauty, boys," he said, for
he was a great lover of horse-flesh, if be
was a parson. The mare was standing
idle at that moment, as docile as a kit
ten, and nobody iu the world would
have guessed what devil was in ber.
Tompkins drawled out:
"Get on ber back, parson, and try
her."
Mind you, there was not one in the
crowd who bad not tried her, and
could not show a substantial bruise for
his temerity. But the parson never
caught on at all, and we all stood back
while be handed his piece to a com
rade, and without a moment's hesita
tion walked straight up to the mare
nd began to rub ber nose; and, what's
more, she seemed to like it.
You could have purchased the whole
company for a very small sum at that
moment, for we felt mighty cheap. We
didn't kuow whether it was jugg'ery,
or what it was, but the fact remained
that the mare did not treat him as she
had trtated us.
Say, parson," bawled Wink Tom-
kins, "have you ever seen the critter
before?"
"Certainly not," was the calm reply.
Why?"
"Well, I'm blowed! Buys, there's
suthin' in religion, after all."
While be was thus ex prying him
self, Jeb leaped into the saddle and in
moment more he was riding around
the place as eaxy a you plcaxe. Blazes
single-footed, dog-trotted and cantered,
nd you'd have thought she was a
Ch'Utmas-tree-rocking-hore, for all
the ug'.iness she showed then.
"Who owns her?"' asked the parson.
"You do, Jeb, you've earned her,"
said old Mac; and be walked away
with a scowl on bis face.
Well, Jeb was delighted, and he list
ened with amazement when we told
him what a circus we'd been having.
It was plain that he did not believe all
of it, and presently he led her away to
the stable, tjok the sad lle iff and tied
er.
There wa only a pole between the
horses, and Jeb hadn't got half-way
back to where we were sitting when
there was the worst racket in that sta
ble you ever heard. You'd have
thought the rebs were after at from the
noise and tumult. The horses neighed
and squealed, and you could bear
boards splintering and timbers falling.
Blazes bad kicked herself looae, laid up
two horses, scarred for life a half-dozen
more, and pawed her way right through
the back of that place to liberty. Sbe
was pointing for home too, when Jeb
saw ber.
"Here, your' he yelled, and she stop
ped and waited while be went up and
caught her.
We fixed up the stable; but we passed
unanimous resolution that Blazes
couldn't tarry there any more, to the
parson took ber about twenty rods
away and tied her to a fence. Then he
gave ber some oats, and you'd have
thought she was the three graces rolled
into one, abe waa so quiet; but it didn't
lastlong.
She finished her oata, and maybe she
got tired or thirsty, or something. Any
how, she pulled away one section of the
fence, and broke loose from that, and
then she started for the stable again.
ers.e
ESTABLISHED 1827.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7. 1900.
Some of us heard the horses squealing
aud kicking, and we went down to see
what was the matter, and I'm blest if
Blazes wasn't trying to eat them.
She'd reach in and take a mouthful
of loose flesh, set her teeth ou it and
pull, and tten, when the horse she was
biting kicked, she'd wheel and kick
too. After that we made Jeb tie her
with a chain, Mid always to something
that she could not pull apart.
She ruined t?n horses, kicked one
mule to death, and another one so that
we had to kill him, and she tore the
clothes all off" of a darky who tried to
feed ber one day; but it got to be an old
story after awhile, and we didn't pay
much attention.
Nobody will ever forget the first time
she was seen in a fight. You'd have
thought she was human, from the sense
she showed, and a fiend incarnate from
the way she fought.
Our company bad bee i out on a sor
tie, und we wtre on our way home, ev
erybody giving Jeb and Blazes a wide
berth, for she'd kick aud bite every
thing in reach on the road as well as in
the stable, when we came upon a de-
ttcl.ru'?nt of ri5e" cavalry between us
and home. They had more men than
we did, but there was only one thing to
do, and that was to charge and we
did if.
I was abreast with Jeb when we got
the word, and I never saw anything
made of flesh and blood do what Blazes
did then. Jeb could not hold her anv
more than you could a cyclone, and she
ran like a streak of lightning. In the
thirty or forty rods between us and the
confederates she got more than two
rods ahead of the rest of us, so she
struck the line first. I'll bet she cov
ered thirty feet at every jump, and fi
nally she took an almighty plunge into
the air, and landed plump on top of a
confederate sergeant and his horse,
knocking them both down as easily as
she would a blade of grans.
She reared and plunged, struck with
her fore feet, kicked with her hind
ones, and used her teeth like a tiger.
She'd grab a rebel horse by the throat
and tear out a chunk of flesh; she'd
seize a man by the leg or arm, and pull
him out of the saddle and trample upon
him quicker than you could knock him
out with a saber, aud every time she
had a chance she'd jump into the air
and land right on top of horie and
rider, and then bite and tear and strike
her way through or past the next one
she met.
I don't see how Jeb ever stayed on
her back, but he did, and he came out
without a scratch, too. Nobody ever
made fun of Blazes after that brush;
but her greatest fight was her last one.
We'd been out on a scouting and for
aging expedition, and were on our way
back when we bad that pet-to. There
were only ten of us, and we thought
we had got past the poiol where we
were likely to fall in with any rebs,
when we saw a full company of con
federate cavalry coming over the top of
a knoll not a quarter of a mile away.
There was uo use for us to try to run,
for we would only have run into their
lines, and there wasn't a man there
who wanted to surrender, so we yelled
back and started to meet them.
We came together, and in a second
we were all mixed up. They surround
ed us like flies arouud a honey-poL We
were so few that we could not keep to
gether, and every man fought for him
self, regardless of the others. Still, ev
erybody could tell where Blazes was all
the time, by the commotion she kicked
up; and when, in a fight like that, one
thing kicks up enough commotion to
be noticed, you can bet it's moving.
I got a bullet thro-igh my right
shoulder, and another one in my left
arm, and I was helples?; and just then
my hore got a saber slip on the side of
his bead which sent him crazy, and,
somehow, he managed to kick himself
out f the melee before he dropped,
which be did with one of my legs un
der him; but I was where I could see
the fight, and I kept my tyeon Blazes.
Just as I discovered ber I saw Jeb
Smith pitch head first out of bis sad
dle, and I knew that the parson was
done for.
Blazes seemed to know it, too. She
bad been wild before, but she became a
perfect dentin then. She must have
known that she had no rider, and mat
horses quit fighting wben the man is
gone orf from their backs; but she
didn't. She only got wilder and went
in for vengeance.
She no longer paid any attention to
the borves, but she went for the men,
and whenever she grabbed one she lit
erally tore him apart. Hundreds of
shots were fired at ber, and her body
was covered with blood from the saber
cuts she bad received, but she pawed
and kicked, aud tore with her hoofs
and teeth, turning like a cat, and bound
ing about with the ease and grace of a
panther.
Then, when most of our men had
gone down, and when practically all
that there was left for the rebs to fight
was that wild mare, there was another
yell from the top of the hill, and I saw
three companies of our own men com
ing to the rescue.
The Johnnies saw them, ton, and they
broke and ran, and, as sure as I live,
Blazes started after them.
She overtook the last man and seized
him by the shoulder, dragging him
from bis hrr-e to the ground. As be
fell be fired bis pistol, aud the shot
went through her heart, but she clung
to her prey, and her body fell upon the
tnan who killed her.
There were ODiy three of us left alive
out of the ten who went into that fight,
and we felt almost as badly about Blaz
es as we did about our comrades.
Poor Jeb was t-hot through the bead,
and he never knew what struck him.
We buried him and the mare side by
side, and there wasn't a dry eye in the
crowd wben we did it. She did more
fighting that day than tbc whole ten of
us, and there were over three hundred
wounds on her body when we found
ber. Boston Globe.
Oh, Ojorgie! Who opened the ca
nary's cage ?"
"I did. You said a little bird told
you wben I was naughty, so I knew it
must be him, as there was no other
little bird about So I opened the cage
and the cat's eaten him. Tbat'a what
he's got for telling on me."
ID
Mtiplaced Coofldence.
A newly-married couple were honey
mooning in the country, whtsn the first
batch of letters from borne arrived, and
the husband teasingly proposed to open
one addressed to his wife.
"Certainly not," she said firmly.
"But, Philippi, he pretended to re
monstrate, "surely you are not going
to have any secrets from me, now that
we are married ?'
"I shall not have any secret from
you, but Phyllis might," his wife said.
"That letter is hers, not mine. I shall
probably let you read it after I have,
but not till I am sure that Phyllis has
told me nothing but what she would be
willing for you lo know."
"Still, doesn't it imply a lack of con
fidence whea a wife won't show her
letters to her husband?"
"Not at alL The lack of confidence
is shown by the hu-bind when he de
mands to see his wife's letters."
This was unanswerable, and the hu9-
baud sank back in bis chair with amus
ed delight in his wife's perfect uncon
sciiusness of having said a good thing.
Presently she added:
"I told you so! Here is something
Phyllis wouldn't want you to know."
"Then vhv are Tim irninirtn t!l mo""
j j n n - ---
"I am not goiug to tell you what it is.
You are only to know there is some
thing you can't know at present."
"Phyllis is engaged," her husband
remarked.
"And what if she is ?" 1 ou are not
to know to whom.
"To RadclifTe," hazirdcd her hus
band.
"I didn't ay so."
"But you don't say she ien'L"
"How could I say she isn't wben
she-"
"Is? I really think my dear, you
might as well have let me read that
letter."
Some Smart Crows.
In the Inn garden I saw a dog eating
a piece of meat lu the presence of sev
eral covetous crows. They evidently
said a great deal to each other on the
subject, and now and then one or two
of them tried to pull the meat away
from him, which be resented.
At last a big strong crow succeeded in
tearing off" apiece, with which he re
turned to the pine, where the others
were congregated, and after much ear
nest speech they all surrounded the
dog, and the leading bird dexterously
dropped the small piece of meat within
reach of his mouth, when be immedi
ately snapped at it, letting go the big
piece unwisely for a second, on which
twoof the crows flew away with it to the
pine, and with much fluttering and hi
larity they all ate, or rather gorged it,
the deceived dog looking vacant and
bewildered far a moment, after which
be sat under the tree anl barked at
them inanely.
A gentleman told mt that he saw a
dog holding a piece of meat in like
manner in the presence of three crows,
which also vainly tried to tear it from
him, and after a consultation they sep
arated, two going as near as they dared
to the meat, while the third gave the
tail a bite sharp enough to mtJte the
dog turn round with a squeak, on
which the other villains seized the
meat, aud the three fed triumphantly
upon it on the top of the wall. Our
Animal Friends.
Is it a burn ? Use Dr. Thomas' Eclec
trie OiL A cut? Use Dr. Thomas'
Eclectric Oil. At your druggists'.
Hit Jlistaks.
She was not so very old, but she was
intensely respectable, as any one could
see. She was sittiog on a park seat
reading, and she bad a little dog upon
her lap. Presently the dog wearied of
inaction, and jumped down to play
with a child who had drawn near, as
an elderly gentleman sat down beside
her.
He was fat and fu?y, but talkative,
and when he remarked on the weather
she paid very little attention, but went
on readiug.
"Yours, ma'am?' he atked, indicat
ing the child.
"Yes," she said, thinking be meant
the dog.
"Pretty little dear," be ?aid.
Ob, yes," she said, looking up from
her paper.
"And the image of you, I can see,"
be said, archly.
She said nothirg until she bad snap
ped up the dog, and then with it in ber
arm she sailed off, saying:
"You're a vulgar, low-minded, hor
rid, ugly, ill-tempered, un mannered,
ungentlemanly beast."
And be waa so thankful he was un
married. New York Telegraph.
Why He Wanted the Broom.
A tramp went along a dusty road and
sat down on the steps of a hou-aj in a
quiet village street. Through the win
dows the voice of a mm and woman
in violent altercation were beard, and
the tramp listened intently.
Angry words, and occasionally the
sound of something thrown, reached
his ears, and he could hardly sit still.
At last, evidently, the wife had taken
a broom, and the blows fell fast and fu
rious. Tbe tramp could stand it no longer,
but, rushing to the side door, be darted
in, and, stepping between tbe pair, he
cried with a husky voice:
"Give me a clip or two with the
broom, old woman; it seems just like
old times."
An Editor's Life 8aved by Chamber
lain' Congo. Remedy.
During tbe early part of October,
1890, 1 contracted a bad cold which
settled on my lungs and was neglected
until I feared that consumption had
appeared jn ati incipient stale. I was
constantly coughing and trying to ex
pel something which I could not. I
became alarmed and after giving the
local doctor a trial bought abottleof
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and the
result was Immediate improvement,
and after I had used three bottles my
lungs were restored to tbelr healthy
state B. S. Edwards, Publisher of
The Review, Wyant, 111. For sale by
all druggists.
Hi Airi.Sr
To Produce a Sew Horse.
Baron Paul VietinhoS", of St. Peters
burg Russia, who is In this country
picking up- more than 1003 horses foi
shipment to Russia, paid tbe following
compliment to the American horse:
"My object U to breed a horse which
shall unite the speed of the American
thoroughbred and form of the Russian
and Cossack steed. The American
horse, taken to R i-wia, "is debilitated
by the climate an 1 succumbs to his
slower Rjsian rival LiiewL-aa with
tti R iiau horse brrwght over here
Wnat I wjnt it to dissjver a neutral
g-ound in whose clirmte the am alga
pittioa of the two breeds can success'
fully be wrought. The American ani
mal is the more intelligent and much
eaiier broken and trained. He is thus
better for military service, save as he
Itcki bottom. The American horse is
u-ied to railroads, whereas the Cick
horse never gets thoroughly at ease
with them.
"I do oil b.'lieve V I k v 1 1 a
horse as young as you d. To race 2
yea-)lds training must bgin when the
bones are soft and before strength is at
tained. So, Iht horse breaks down
at 3 or 4 years old. Tbe American
horse is a racing machine, and sacri
fices beauty and endurance to speed.
Nan?y Hanks loiks like a rat."
Drovers' Telegram. ,
Morality.
One of the counties of tbe State of
Connecticut once boasted of a judge
who, though poorly furnished with
those little refinements usually met
with iu polished society, was an ener
getic, shrewd man, and a promising
lawyer.
A neighbor of his was about to give
awiy bis daughter in marriage, and
having a deep-rooted dislike to the
clerical profession, and being deter
mined, as he aad, "to have no parson
in the house," he sent for his friend,
the Judgf, t perform the ceremony.
Tho judge came, and the candidates
for the connubial yoke taking their
places before him, be addressed the
bride;
"You sear you will marry this
man?"
"Yes, sir," was the reply.
"And you (addressing the bride
groom,) swear you will marry this
woman?"
"Well, I do," said the groom.
'Then," said the judge, "I swear
you are married 1"
Shade Trees.
Those who failed to set out shade
trees during the fall should prepare
now to do so in the spring. At the
Otlaboma experiment station, in one
experiment .on a hard soil, the follow-
ng method resulted successfu.ly: Holes
feet in diameter and 3 feet deep were
dug in the early winter aud wi lowed to
remain opn so that the soil could
weather and become porous. In Feb
ruary, three forkfuls of wtll rotted
manure were put in the bottoms of the
holes and on top of this two s'tovelfuls
of leached astusi. This was then cov
ered with surface soil and tbe holes
filled in to within about a foot of the
top. This was then allowed to settle
and bscome firm before the trees were
set. The trees were set out in March
and the soil within 3 feet of the trees
was hoed after every rv.n during tbe
summer. Maples and locusts were
planted and they made a vigorous aud
rapid growth. While this method ii
perhaps too expensive to bo ustd for
extensive planting, it is recommended
for use in towns aud about the hou-e
and lawn. Whatever method of plant
ing is followed, little success will fol
low unless the soil is thoroughly culti
vated and the surface kept free from
grass and weeds.
To Tan Skins with the Hair on.
A subscriber, wbo omits both name
nd address, asks us to give a method
by which he may tan skius and pelts
without removing the fur or hair.
There are several methods, mi re or le?s
complex, for tbe purpuee, but the fol
lowing will be found simple and etTiet
cious: "Take a spoonful of alum and
wo of saltpeter; pulverize and mix
well together, then sprinkle tbe powder
on the flesh side of the skin, aud lay
the two flesh sid'S together, leaving
the wool outside. Then fold up the
skia as tight as you can and hang it in
dry place. In two or three days, or
as soon as it is dry, take it down and
scrape it with a blunt knife, till cleau
nd supple. This completes the pro
cess, and makes you a most excellent
saddiecover. If, wheu you kill your
mutton, you treat the skins this way,
you can get more for Iberu from the
saddler than you can get for the wool
aud skin separately d up wed of other
wise. Oth'-T skins which you desire to
cure with tbe furor hair on maybe
treated in the same way." Journal of
Agriculture.
There is no better medicine for tbe
babies than Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy. Its pleasant taste and prompt
aud effectual cures make it a favorite
with mothers and small children. It
quickly cures their coughs and colds,
preventing pneumonia or other serious
consequences. It also cures croup and
has been used in tens of thousands of
cases without a single failure so far as
we have been able to learn. It not
only cures croup, but when given as
soon as the croupy cough appears, will
prevent the attack. In case of whoop
ing cough it liquefies the tough mucus,
making it easier to expectorate, and
lessens the severity and frequency of
tbe paroxysms of coughing, thus de
priving that disease of all dangerous
consequences. For sale by all drug
gists. In After Tears.
"Why, what'a the matter, Nellie?"
asked her maiden aunt.
"Oh, auntie," replied the bride of a
month, "It's too provoking for any
thing. Tom treats me just as if I were
a child."
"Well, don't mind a little tbiog like Dyspepsia bane of human existence,
that, my dear," said the old lady,' Burdock Blood Bitttr cures it, prompt
when you get to be my age you will ' ly, penumently. Regulates and tones
remember It with pleasure." the stomach.
lL O
WHOLE NO. 2532.
Care of Patients.
A profession i uurse at L-H-ds, Eig
land, was remtrktbly uccsefjl in the
care of patients sutlVrlug from small
pox, diphtheria or pneumonia. In
fact, she bad never lost a patient with
one of these complaints. Not loug
ago, however, she had a pueumouia
case which was given up by the physi
cian, much to the nurse's chagrin.
"Hi cau't liva through the ni'ut,"
said the doctor.
Sure enough, w hen the Uiir?e went to
give the eick mn his medicine he only
shook his head. The distracted nurne
saw her proud record about to be brok
en and she urgl tha pa'.ient to take
his l.e.
''No use," he murmured.
"Well, sir," said the nurse in despair,
you've got to take it! And if you die
1 11 kill your'
Wneri'upon tbe patient began .to
laugh, tok his lU'dicim and got well.
Married ia the Road.
"You cau't Hjti.'y a woman," he
stid, dolefully. When I propped to
Mi.se Smith I told her she was the first
girl I ever loved, and she refused me
on the ground that I was unquestiona
bly an uueouseionable liar. Then,
after my bruised heart bad got into
pretty fair condition again, I proposed
to Miss White aud told her that, w hile
she was above all the dearest girl iu the
world to me, I felt it only proper to
confess that I had loved eight others at
various times. Aud what it ) you think
she did?"
"What ?"
"She refused me on the ground that
was an unconscionable tlirt an.i
would make any girl wretched. You
bet I'm going to study the next one
cirefuMy la-fure I tell her anything."
Chicago Post.
And the Minister S.a:J-J.
The York ( Me.) Transcript says that
Portland minister recently called
upon oue of the families in the f ari.-h.
H ascended tbe .steps and kuocked at
the dr. Receiving no robonse. he
was about to depart when be heard a
window in the next house open and a
woman's voii say:
'Mrs. S.nith, the minister's at yonr
do r."
What was the ptstor's surprise and
aru.ismeut when he caught Mrs.
ft:uith s response wared gently around
th corner of the house:
' don't you s'pose I know it!"
The next Sunday after service Mra
Snith mot the pistor and expressed
her sorrow that she was away wten he
ha 1 called.
A remedy f.r Nasal Catarrh which
isd.'yin; ail ex ;i'iur to th iis?-?d
m nbfaii so. i!d n t b; u,el. Waat
s ne-ii-d is that which is cleansing,
wMD'hiug, p-tilec'.ing aud healing.
Su'-h a remedy is Ely's Cream Balm.
Price CrO ceuts at druf gists or it will re
nailed by Ely I'.rothers, ,V5 Wairen
Street, New York. The Balm when
plue-d into the nostrils, spreads over
the membrane and is absorbed. A
co! 1 iufhe head vanishes quickly.
Tin Farmsr Scirei
A farmer drifted into a hardware
store at Mu'.hali and was asked by the
mnajrer: "Don't you want to buy a
bicycle to ride arouud your farm on?
fhey're cheap now. Can give you
one for
"I'd sooner put the $'J1 into a cow,"
ai 1 the farmer.
"But think," said the manager,
"how foolish you would look ri ling
arouu'l town ou a war."
' Oo, I d )ii't know," said the farm
er; ''uo more f.xilish, p-rhaps, than I
would milking a bicycle." Kansas
City Journal.
"I had nervous prostration aud the
doctors gave me morphine to make me
sleep. Wheeler's Nerve Yitalizer cur
ed both the disease and the hab;t,"
o writes Tunicas Murphy, Thurston,
Ohi).
Brant's Cough Balsam is not only
ihs largest bottle for2 conts, but is the
best cures the quickest. For sale at
Gtrman's Drugstore, Benin, Pa-, and
Mountain & Son's Drugstore, Couflu
enc , Pa.
Migratory Birds.
The distances over which birds mi
grate vary between wide limits, and
are often surprisingly great. The bob
olinks, which rear their young on the
snores of Lake Winnipeg, Canada, and
go to Cuba and Puerto Rico to spend
tbe winter, twice traverse a distance of
2,WX miles, or more than a fifth of the
circu jtf reuce of our earth, each year.
The king-bird lays its egg. as far north
as the fifty-seven lb. degree of latitude,
and is found in the winter in South
America. Tue Lit nnial pilgrimages of
tbe little redrtart exceed 3,000 miles,
and of the tiuy huamlng-bird 2,000.
"I thiuk I would go crazy with pain
were it not for Chamberlain's Pain
Balm," writts Mr. W. H. Stapletou,
Hermiuie, Pa. "I have been afMicted
with rheumatism for several years and
have tried remedies without number,
but Paiu Baltn is the tet medicine I
have got hold of." Oue application
relieves the pain. For sale by all drug
gists. Carrie They say she has given up
advocating "Woman's rights "
Cholly Yes. She ges iu for "wo
man's letls."
Carrie What are they?
Cholly Widower.
"Ding uothing is doing lit" Im
pure bl'd ueglevted will become a
serious matter. Take Hood' Sarsa
ptrilla at once aud avoid the ill.
Reckless Expenditure. D.lver
Wben I took this place it wasn't tit for
a dog t.i live in. I have spent nearly
f t.0 on it.
Sanson Don't you think it would
have been cheaper had yoj killed the
dog?
PASit XE?S AND VIEWS.
Th3 Value of 31 mire The Eirly
Latabi -Hints for the Season.
Fro the lliiladelphia Record.
MiDiire is valuable only iu propor
tion to the amount of nitrogen, phos
phoric acid and potash it contains, and
a ton of manure is usually valued at
two dollars. Some manures are worth
more, but while such is trie yet tbe
great bulk of manure hauled from sta
ble to farms is composed mostly of
straw or other materials. A bag of fer
tiliser worth two dollars contains a
large bulk of material known as "filler,
and farmer do not like to handle thin
proportion or "tiller" simply to secur
certain percentages of plant f.sxls. If
they will take the same view of their
manure they can readily perceive that
they handle an enormous amount of
"filler" iu the manure la order to se
cure the same quantity of plant food
that is contained in a bag of ordinary
fertiliz.-r. There is also greater cost in
the hauling of the manure, as farmers
will sometimes haul loads several mile.
It is frequently the case that a farmer
will haul a load of clean straw to a
livery stable and return home with a
load of dirty straw, as the actual ma
nure in the load will be but very little.
It would be more economical for the
farmer to save the cost of hauling by
lu-ijpiug bis clean straw in his barn
yard, as it would be more valuable
thau that taken from the livery stable,
considering the cost of hauling.
Young lambs are in order now, anil
they will require attention. The time
has passed wben tbe farmer should
viit the fields to bring the young lambs
to the bum. Tiie ewes should be kept
iu the baru and the lambs protected
f.-om cold. A Iamb is a very delicate
thing the liftst few hours of its life, and
should it become cliiiled it w ill perish
or slowly recover, as it receives a sever
shock. To' attention bestowed tbe
first three or four days will be ot more
assistance than the care given later.
T.ie ewes should be well fed, an al
lowance of ground oats and plenty of
e'over hay bein the ni't suitable
foods.
If farmers will no w examine ilelds of
Crimson clover they will tind tbnt the.
pluuts show no indications of having
been arteeted by fri.t, win I, ruin or
snow. ;v p;a:it sifim 1 ,-s.s h t!.!i; to th
seven-ies ot wiu.er and tile tel.isou
whk-o i: mi le a g vid start last fall ap
pear as though overe.l wiih a carpet
j of 'Mil. Jl will start to grow before
j any other trq, and w hen spring plow
ing begins the crimson clover will lie
ri bin s.itn ami ready as a gtven mano
rial cnqi. ii is a crop that is grown in
winter, at a season of the year when
t iela::d would otherwise be idle.
The value of the land should bs con
sidered when estimating thetxpenses
of a farm. It is claimed that pastur
ing is the cheapest undo of keeping
cows. Of ordinary pasture it require
about f-'tir acres to keep eeiw six
mouths, whicti is eq lal to eight acre
for a year. If land is cheap the ccst is
then but little, but if laud is high tlitt
expense is increased correspondingly.
if cattle are kept under the Hiiliug
-ysteui oue acre will answer for a cow
for six mouths, ami wheu ensilsge
used largely me cost is still further ri
duced. It is no admitted that in
order to laake dairying return the
largest p'k-stoie prolk tha dairyman
-li.ould iuclude ensilage iu bis list of
crops.
II s may b kvpt with advantage e i
every farm, if ouly oue or two hive
are allowed. B.ts assist ia fertilising
ttie blossoms of some plants ami per
form, valuable service. If no bees are
kept in a neighborhood it is pssib!e
that failure of fruits may be due to that
'Siusc, and it is a matter thtt deserves)
iou.-i ler.it ioM by farmers. B.-es give:
la.ge profit, an 1 though a beginner
uiUMt learn something of them to suc
ceed, yet the modes of management
are not difficult to understand.
Farmers are patiently waiting for
grass, aud just as . .sjn as it Call be d.o.e
tney will turn tne cattle out to graze.
Ni-, if they will hold the Cattle back
two or three weeks (or even a month)
later they will give the grass an oppor
tunity to make growth, aud they will
largely gaiu ty so doing. Oue of the
greatest injuries to grass land is the
trampling by the caule, especially if
the season is wet.
The land fir the new strawberry beds
s'ao lid b; prep tre t as soou a it tan be
.1 !ie. I'h.w deep, harrow, apply the
fertilizer Lr.tttdca.sr, and then again
narro the soil fiae. This will admit
warmth and stimulate growth of early
weeds, which Citi bj destroyed wilU
the barrow as shoh as they apoear,
with the result of baviug the pi it fair
ly free of wee, is when theyouug run
ners are transplanted.
Keep oiiiy the old geese for breeding
purposes; seuding the younger ones to
market. Osd geese are not saleable,
aud are more valuable iu caring fur
their young w hen three or four years
ohi than before. They begiu to lay in
February and March, and should be
giveu warm quarters from now until
spring. pay well if cared for
aud cost but little, as they prefer t
forage for themselves."
3egia plowing for spring as v.n as
it can be done. It matter not how
wet the I tu 1 it it c tn bo plowed, an the
frost will pulverize all i';:ij;.s. A u ail
vantage ia early plowiuis that insec s
will be turned to ibe surface aa 1 bj d
stroyed. Cold d-ies u it destroy some
insects, but when they ar-.' hrouovit to
the surface and are excised to damp
ness aud alternate thawing and freez
ing they uccu ub. It will be found
that so. Is in which cutworms are nu
merous may be plowed early with o-.-o-etir,
as tl;e worms will bj greatly r -duced
in number Ly so !ohig au l
crops be pm-cttd to that extent, fir
frequently the cutworms t-o:upl re
planting of an entire cnp.
(iivingthecowcar.se fml io order
to di-pose of sucii ru tterisls will n.t
a l l to the quantity of ui:U, but it puis
th' c v to service converting s-uc'ti ma
terials into manure. A g fami-r,
ho jrever, cannot arforj to keepaco.v
M.-nply to make manure. The manure
should be considered only as a by-pr.-duct.
To make an animal proriiatie
not only should tbe coarse and le
valuable materials be used, but they
should te re-enforced by the bent feed
ing stair that cauba procured, s a
not only toiucreasa the yield, but ren
der the mauure mOie valuable.
There is one kiud of plant food that
gives good results onll soils; it enters
into the cooqKisition of all plants, and
it is chep, yet it is not given a place
in Ik; li.-t of fertilizers. It is line, and
it U U koowu to farmer j as a valua
ble and useful agent for promoting fer
tility. But farmers who use lime should
not omit fertilizers, as lime dots not
take the place of manure or fert:l:z'rs.
It shoul I be applied in tli fall, but it
s not not too late. to g: .'e ti.e land a
light dressing of liuia i:i the erly
spring or at this sasri. It w ill show
g 1 etlects on bjth heavy and light
,iU.