rCnprset Herald Ysre iljiJ Persona. publication, ... .i.v mornln at M disconUnaed until .ul-cribei, do not jU be held responsible 1 5 1 sontiiiT. Fa. rCHHwi TABY PUBU"! tyMHAra, Pa, i. . ,i.uw", . soiueraet, ranna. . t V. A .Af-i-A'', i PU S)M- - BuJUBlWU Pa. i'Lifjl.lA. buiuemel Pa. .tWo"1-"1- L Af ... tj.. r oiutnrl, ib. 4twn'.le:B,uuBiA:rB ii.r-'SLi- ivt.. il,.Ml AJ-AVV. -niuicrsel. f a""-. el'-" 0011 Buiucnel, Pa oV-ai-la. -tomeisel, Pa. cuuierbet. Pa. ,:icuuuu uj uusiuca. en- .... rsel APU kOIUUmiK A. U U. HAV. 1W . . ... un h ih .mki en- Sjomtrset. Pa. er.UHsU-d lO ui enrt.u,lVuiuitur coubs. w.tn jaiwi"-jv' ffii. PL'Oii, bomo- -1, Fa. . ..n.,.ik Kinrk. up .. n. tin-I 1 s.Uia,uUtt:XAiuinti,na all AiiUfct-io-Al-liA n , buiiiunei Pa. aiinuiea u oar cure will b. Burv'li ild OOUVKJ AUCUIA , Al-IUiUitK-AT-LAW. buiueriiel fa. jt a Nuurnl ud adjoiulni; l iui(ajeuu-ul0 U bun Will boiuenel, 1A. A ainuw4 to Uieir cato will be - lutciu&iiy .uuiawl lu. uflut atuwi itu w Lue cure of the 'UiWIHltS, M. D., m l Bid a u s 1 1U liON , bouieniel, rA. boiuenieU 1A. Miu vitiniiy. illlu vorurx I r3WA Ailot KOiXO, 1 ' W BHJiai is. pruloAiotuil irrvicn to Ui. CtU- ..... CU Uc lutllid Al las ol- uhw UUL111UUU. au4.i ui iKuiuiry.) . j." ' Uoa to lb. nxM3TTAUOIi ' te4U .xrl.ni:L.i kel IUKTMU. najiuo uuAcior- -Oio u n. ivu A , turn, Land fem-veyor tANtta. ta.ue.l-a. ";T1VE MUTUAL FIRE it actuul et by iusur ve iUsure Town and f ty. Write for iaformatioa, JA'J. J. ZORN, Secre tary . it? Uttuce- leima u.J U 0r'0 wuruitied " 4:ter .!Ulw,J'r' luiuruvrmeiiu a.utT' Lliu.rueni wueo Johu Mui-raj'. raiCHlTECT. u,"Wuatuce Elicited. " ia tmbalmer. !god HEARSE, C to roanU, rum- SET - Pa. mi VOL. XLVIII. NO. 37. SHERIFF'S SALE ""ri.tterr will I "V"WMJUt UU Friday. Feb. 23, 1900 At I o'clock P M., the followlue described Ml nU-je. to-wlt. mAod 7a Ti "C. " ""1 de- AH ih plirKt ! - l. , . . I wwwr UL II) anil A cnrutia tmt-l ol und .i.u m Addiwa iowi shin. ?uirirw4c i w n .orT .,.r; or 1.. IT.'.. .,r .raM,U4''l''l5 ' I aiu-t timtw r a... v, ....... i.. . r .; ; - ati rra is lcklotr :DK'fn,J'rV"1f ,ht-" -cum a on "ind .. : ' . . ""'""tr nrnw, tUibie and -ALSO- A1I th riiht tltl- i. . . . . IrUll L. n. r . HmnuVM . A. . i.vwjr uweillllip noun'. OAIIK tM.ru .I.XUH.a.. WAKb hIW-, WlAXUllcd pnrig litwf uiul other outbuildiuirg -:tii tiifnppurtenHUCs. liiKtn In m v i 1 1 1 m . ... i . . . - ca.lu Mv up wna m. ine -ALS 1 All the rithU title, int. nu.ud f W ui O. lf lis Vtn r. in ttitri m orruiin farm or Inw-t of land kiiuhI lu Addi- "' Mwiiwiiu iMinif nu-t count v. Pa., coiitniu tnr lo6 a-nr. About U) wnn rlwr, balancv ii.i.-r, uu.'.M'.iiiif lunrtu or Jumper Auulia. Ir. W. K Milru.-ll. litaiah ii...r v estate, JoM-ph lK-Haveo and the National like, baviiiK thereon en-ctrd a two-story frame dwell in i; tiouteund lAKen in execution and to be l.l ) property of Vin.O. LieUaven.Mt ib .mi ..f AISO- A1I tneri'-ht. title. Interest, rlnim n.l ria. inauuoi Aiariiia Jane .-rrosa and Jmirtj Xer- loss, oi, in and to all of a eertuin dwelling house Htul the eeu-rn half of two contli;uou low ol ((round miuaic in tne borouic of iurtwM. rMiiienu-l count v. I'a and known and numbered on the Keu.-nil plan of id oinuKii a. lout -o. ini ana IM. iK-lnit 7a Miuare feet or Mid two lou. ol irruund. ltuunil. ed tn the north by the li. ). rail road, Kt ui an niii'y, imu uj- ixswiinan river, w iy ioi oi jhiihh ii. i rneuileld, Iihviiik Ibereon erei-ted a two-ktory frame dwi-lliinr houe and i .ut bull ill nt:. bfliuc the mriie piviuiKe which l'uiiitiin J. WVImerend Mry K, In wife, by dred Unu-d M-tolr Z. issii, conveyed to Au K'Jktun Leaf, and AukukIuk Leal aiid .Vuni, hut wife, by d-ed dated iK-tober H, I j4. conveyed the Hume to John Kyan, and by John K van to Hiiert r. Klcrnan, by dei"d dated ttctoher lii- 1K.I.V, and by Ri.lH-rt K. Kiernan to Marth Jane Z-n and Jacob Zerloss, by tlued dated Aiarcn st, Taken In execution and to he sold a the property of Martha -fiine Zrrf and Jacob .t-rIoi, at the suit of Robert t'. KleruAu, Terms: Noncr-All person purchasing at the bovt Rale will pieaae take notice that 10 per cent, of the purchase money must be paid vnfn pmperty ih cnncKtu down; oirierwtae it will Kk'ain be enj-l to sale at llie ri.sk of the 0rt lurchar. The residue of the purchase money niuxt be paid on or before the day ol confirmation, viz: Thurmlav, March 1, 1!X. o deed will be acknowledged uoltl tb. purcbAAe money In paid in full. JAMrJS B. HAYI.OR. Sherifl' oflW, sheriff. Juu. 1.0! J. QOURT PROCLAMATION. Whirbis. The Hon. Jacob H. Ixitsgb- Keck EK. President Judge or the several Court of Common Pleanof tlie xeveral counliescoin- iKine the ltilh Judicial Uixtrii't. and Justice of the Courts of Oyer and Terminer and tien eral Jail IM-Iivery, for the trial of all capital and other offender iu the Raid Himrict, and (ikokue J. Hlack and A. r Dickey, tjta ... JuileeK of the Courts of Common Plea and JuKticea of the Couruj of Oyer and Terminer and General J.'l Delivery for the trial of all capital and other oifendera in the County of Somerset, have Iwued their precept, and to me directed, ror uoiding a conn oi ominon Plea and tieneral ouarter Hession of the Pence nd General Jail lelivery, and Courts -f Over and Terminer at BomwwL on MONDAY. FEB. 26, 1900, Noticf. I hereby elven to all the Justice of the Peace, the Coroner And Constable within the said eounlf oi womersei, mat tney be then and there in their proper perrnm with tlifir rolls, records,inqulsitiOiiH,examinatioua and other rememnrauce. to do inose inin which to their office and in that behalf ap pertain to be done, and alo they who will nrooecuie aaralnxt the nil miner that are or lia 11 be in the Ja.! of rjomeraet County, to be then and there to proaecule againat Uiem aa uaU be lut . JAUtStJ. SAILI HI. bheriff. AiriinistratT's Sale OF Real Estate ! Pusuant to an order of the Orphan' Court of rsomemet tiiunty, I will olfer at public kale on tin premise, late the home of Ctiarle HendrtcK, in suijesiowu, i a., Saturday, Februar7 24, 1300, At one o'clock P. M the following described real eatale: A certain tract or purr-el of land situate In the eastern end of the borough ot moyesiown, county of Somerset auu mums iu miimji- vaina, adjnug iimui oi Jr"r -.un. Pitt.uunc an1 Beirlord TuniiMke. having thereon erected a very -.! woior- Irme ueii:nr house, summer house. s'atHe i nd other building, two good tnn. fruit tne etc. Terms: Ten per cent. -f the purchase money to o-id a ssn as the propeny is sins.s u d'lwn delivery of the deed. Possession given April I. li"A. .. JOH 11. CI Mtn. Administrator of Cliarie Hendricka, deed. N OTICE IX DIVORCE. Christent K-nlih. In the Court of Com mon Plea of Hum- eret counlv, Pa No , .-w-pt. T Alias -ub. In Divorce v ... I T IriMU bv her next friend. Conrad Irndenoan, vs. Mliton J. Kmith. Tu itiUnn J. Smith, Uir Urd.u aiMsv namrtl ; v.... -. n.i.- ...i m.Mi t.i 1. and anDear al the next Court of Oiiniuon pint for (jorn ersei eonnly, to be held at noriierset P. on the 4th Monday of reoruary a u. j ... ini ,,r I'hHstena ri.i'oth, vour wife the plamtiir above named, and h.;w cu if any you have, why your aid wife shou.d nut be divorced fnm the tsvid or matrimony entered Into with you. Kreeabiy l me prayer of her petition aiid liia-1 exhtoitea agauisi you Sheriff Offlee, J. B. SAi Jan. i. layi.i UDITOR 8 NOTICE. . i t. lun anruiln t1 auditor by the orptian' Court of -.miena-t C.imy. ra wu """ZV "i rund ue pre" mymenis imh yci uuc ... u. line Hay, administrator, d. b. u. c. t a l Thoroa Price, deed., rHxed in the ritaio of Penrsylvaiil. t and among the hel.a and. leuAl representative of said Thomas Pr-e, de-eaed.enuiled thereto, hereby gives noli that lie will attend to the duliea of said ap pomtinent on Wednesday, the 2ll day of February, !(. at hi ofhre in the uorotiKh of homer-et, Isouiersel Oaiiity, Pa- at lt o'cUa-B a m . when and where all partie JiilreUd can attend If th-y see proper, or be f";ver barred from part teipu ting iu tlx distribution In suy p-m ol said estate. L. Pl'tiH AuJiU.r. R ULE TO ACCEPT OR REFUSE. To Phenlee Walter, of lvnport. ebrak: Annie White, residence unknown; Jonu Walter, residence unknown. Yon fire hereby notified to.ppearat an Or l.twn Court to be held at HoiucrAet, Pa., on Monday, tne ab dy T Pet.rua ry next, U ... ,,r nfu- to take the real elat fjf WilllAm Uauger, dei'u, al toe appralaet vai gallon, or .how caua why the au.e ahouij notbeaold. HtM.rifT.OfiW. JAMEa R BAYUIR. January iu, Iir J Kbertff ItCarestha Cough. CONSUMPTION. Constant coughing i3 tlic sure road to 6erious lung trouble. Dr. Jrmes' Cterry Tar Syrnp ceres the cough, and P'.event3 consump tion. Pleasant, easy to take, always the same all the way through the bottle does not deteriorate with age. Absolutely harmless. At all Drag Stores. 25 cents a Bottle. rxvrt Accept buustiuite. THE- First liMal Ml Somerset, Ponn'a. Capital, S50.000. Surplus, S 44,000. undivjoed rrn DIPOITtlCIII IN LAHOC AMOSMALL accounta or hchinti, .ahmcmo. TOCK OCALCRB. UltDOTHIDI SOLICITED -DISCOUNTS DAILY. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. CHAW. O. HCL LU titU. K. KCUL.li, JAMKS L. PUtiH. W. H. MILLF.R. John k. isoott. roht. s. bculL, FKIOj "V. BltlSiX-IiJiK EDWARD KCCLL, : : PRESIDENT. VALKNTINK HAY, : VICE PKhiSIDKNT. HAKVKV M. Bfc.KK.LEY, CAHHIE&. Tb. fund And aecurltie of this bank are curely protected In a eeiebrated C"KL1HH Be gUKpiuwr safi. The oniy aau, uiade abao luteiv burgiar-pioox. Jacob D Swank, Watchmaker and Jeweler, Next Door' West of Lutheran Church, Somerset, - Pa. Am Now prepared to supply the public with Clocks, Watches, and Jew elry of all descriptions, as Cheap aa the Cheapest. REPAI1UXG A SPECIALTY. AJJ work guaranteed. Look at my stock before making your purchases. J. D. SWANK. CEFFERS NEW SHOE STORE! MEN'S BOYS . WOKEN'S. GIRLS' .wl CHILDREN'S SHOES, OXFORDS td SLIPPERS. Black and Tan. Latent Styles and Shapes at lowest .CASH PRICES AdjoiniuB Mrs. A. E. Uhl, South-east corner of square. SOMERSET. PA. 60 YEARS' EXPERIENCE Trade Marks Dcsins CoYHItMt AC ... . .wi. mnA dsseriBOen var ,UT'" ota- fi wselhsr n ?ntlnir.hh.risurritAlilA CoB.rn.nle- ItnYfrei. Mt ey for eeunn PAUmtA. (BMial mUm, wit bout chsrtr, la U. Scientific flmcricatt. A aanitooniely lllotrd wklf. Ia" r- R!lJNN&CQ,B'dNewTcrk Bx.!i ome- 3SrBUWAdMiHM.D.U uj A' nrt an ruiiirntion Tb. IssHeotflt I HfA B.aUiod. awl at GEKTRAL state korkal .chuul laytlk BAIL is. umwm StroatT faulty, vtuia-a ewnsi, " iod.ni piwrt It.b0rtvw.r7 od trma mam. hadmm bmiUMsm rrutjoda. BBunm "?, "-. .1 ' . 1 . vsiatA a 14I ia ana alsmt t la 4W'liti" M red"'" rr SV J 'I Itr ni w v - nnsaa, asw srrittfiff. inuw EofUv B3d .1... .,..1 r fici tlVtlv cvcri Ln C-itive ccenc vbtutLw-wri by wasca cantili-S. 'Tac ligUt liu-t hcij;li1er beauty's charm, flint ncvlLc uOlsueu toucii w mcuraii.; room or dining roctn, is U.c mellow tlow O! 81 mmf .. u WAX CANDLES Soil in all colors aiid to harmonize with sny laicnur ha-iffin.s t ' tlecon.tici:- M jiiufActiired ry . rre.nntit0 OIL. CO. - &ror tle ever r '..in: 9 f I A. -,-w i k m' 1 I I omer SOMERSET, PA., A DARK MISTAKE. "No une burning all these lights down here. I'll just have to fill theui iu the morning," and the old sexton turned down tde one lamp burning in the chaudelW in the room and went out, leariu? the doorsjar. Tue light flickered for a few moments until an outer door was opened, and then with one bright Hash, it died out. L p stairs there was much laughing and talking as the busy hands put ttie nnushing touches to the church decora tions for the morrow. "There, I think that is as well as we can do," and Nellie Collier stepped back to survey the work. "We need a amall piece of rope to reach across that seat yet, doctor," ulie said, turning to Dr. Graham, who was staudiug bmide her. "Two of those letters iu that center motto are crook ed. You straighten them, please, while I get the rope. 1 kuow wiiere there U a piece that wilt just do," and she hur ried down the eia.rs aud rau against Mr. Pilcairu as be was entering his study. "Whew! Dark as can be," she said half aloud as she entered the small ante room and felt her way over to the cloiet under the stairs. Air. Pitcairu went into his study, his thoughts in a tumult. For months Nellie Collier's laughing face had been haunting him, aud he often found that his eyes rested ou her when he was preaching. He waited a few minutes and then met the little white robed figure as she was about leaving the room. "Nellie, I want to tell you some thiug," he said, taking bold of the hands which were full of rope. "I have been wanting to tell you for a long time that I love you. I dou think that you can be surprised, for you must have seen that I love you dearly, and I hope that it has not been dis tasteful to you, has it?" There was no answer, but there was no attempt to withdraw the hands that be held. 'I am not an adept at love making, darling. Will you be my wife, Nellie'.'" "I never thought that you cared for me," she murmured. "You never no ticed me much, and I thought you cared for others," came in a low voice. "I muiit have hid my feelings more than I thought, but it was because I loved you so tbat you thought I neg lected you. A minister i watched so much and has to be so very careful. Rut can you love me, darling, enough to be my wife?" He could scarcely hear the answer. but he suddenly clasped her in his arm. No matter what happeued for a few minutes. It was the hrst time he had lieen iu love, aud the room was dark. He remembered afterward that be eveu then felt surprised to rind that she was (K small. "I must be going, darling," he said at last as he heard some one entering the next room. "There is a committee meeting iu my study. I will come up sttirsas soon as lean," and giving her a last kiss, be hurried from the room. He was in no humor for a business meeting, and the good brethren must have thought that their young minis ter was growing very frivolous, he seemed so light hearted and laughed several times when they were discuss ing important business. The truth was be scarcely knew what wa-i said or done, and as soou as the last one bad departed he hurried up stairs. Nearly every one had gone, but Nel- ie, "bis Nellie," was busy arrauglng time last flowers iu a vase, and Dr. Graham was standing beside her aud whispering something to her while she just shook her hed and laughed. Nellie merely glanced up as he ap proached. What do you think of the decora- ions 7" "They are fine, very fine," he an swered, trying to meet her glance, but she had turned back to Dr. Graham, nd for a moment be was angry.- "Pshaw! How uureasouable I am," he said to himself. "How much more thoughtful she is so as uot to attract at tention." So be walked away until he saw her preparing to leave. "Are you ready to go now?" he a-,k- ed iu a low tone. "Do you want to take this basket along?" Why, yes but," she hesitated an instant, "Dr. Graham will help me with my things." He suddenly dropped the basket. "Why, Nellie," it is my place, not that fellow's," be exclaimed. Nellie Collier's face, fljihed. ' I d Dot see how you can claim that right any more than you have to speak cf Dr. Graham in tnat manner," she said. htugbtily. "Why, Nellie I think that what pass ed between us this evening would cer tainly give me the right." Why, Mr. Pitcairn, whatcwldpw- sibly have passed between us? lou must be laboring unersome mintake!" she exclaimed in surprise. "I saw yoa when you came Into the church and bad scarcely spoken to you until yoti came here a few moments ago." "What do you meau after what wat said in the ante-room when you were after rope?" "Mr. Pitcairn, if you had any con versation with any one down stairs ib certainly was no: me. I went down after rope, but I was not gone two min- ute, and you must remember tbat t was not the only on who went down after things, and if you have made any arrangements to accompany a young lady home this evening it was not with. your humble servant," and her black eyes'danced merrily, and he knew tbau she was enjoying bis discomfiture. Mr. Pitcairn grew pale. "I'll forgive you for calling Dr. Gra ham a fellow if you don't do ltagai. for be is" she hesitated aud blushed a very particular friend of mine, sail you and I have been such good frieotL that I will teli you a secret we are en gaged. "Ob, you little torment! I mkgne have known tbat you would try" h exclalmed, bis face all aglow. "Why, Mr. Pitcairn, how could jh ave known it, when we did notknw it ourselves until this evening? A no? I ESTABLISHED 1827. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 21, L900. don't know what the doctor will say to my telling you." Mr. Pitcairn staggered back against a seat "I I wish you every happi ness," be stammered, then he turned and examined the llowers after they had left the church. He felt dazed, and he certainly pinch ed himself to see tbat he was not dream ing, as he went down stairs to hit study. "A pretty kettle of rlsh I've got In to!" he exclaimed, at he threw himself into a chair aud kicked the footstool which Miss Reynolds had made acro-ts the room. "Lovt the girl I wanted and engaged myself to somebody I do not want, aud I haven't the slightest idea who It is!" He lit a match and went over to the ante-room. There lay a piece of rope on the floor and beside it a daintily per fumed handkerchief. lie picked them up aud weut back to bis study. He re- mem tiered now that he bad noticed the scent of violets as he had held her in his arms. It cost him a struggle to give up Nel lie Collier. He sat and thought uutil long after midnight. He studied over all the Nellies of bis congregation. There was Miss Reynolds, but she was too stout, he thought, with a great sigh ot relief; MissMalteru was too tall. It was some one whose head bad reach ed his shoulder. He had called her Nellie, he was certain of that, with some love epithets thrown in. Hhe was small aud dainty and, whoever she wus, evidently loved him. If he found she was some one who woul.l not suit him well, he would have to get out of it iu some way. But, whoever she was, her presence seemed to haunt him as be sat there. He could feel her arms around his neck aud the pressure of ber head against his shoulder, and he felt an in leuse longing to again hold the little white robed figure iu bis arms and feel her warm breath ou his cheek. Aud he digiiilied mi ulster that he was picked up the handkerchief aud kissed it passionately. He scarcely knew bow he got through the next day, and was thankful that the services were such that he did uot have to give a regular sermon. He studiously avoided looking at the choir, where Nellie Collier was sitting, uutil nearly the close of the services, when, while Kliuor Vandever was singing a solo, he turned that way, aud for a moment their eyes met ; ber voice faltered for au iustadt aud then rang out clear and sweet. The Kev. Pitcairn nearly let the hyinu book he was holdiug fall to the floor in his surprise, aud a suddeu feel- it-' of relief came over him. Kliuor Vandever! He had never thought of her, and ytt he knew that her pet name at home was Nellie. ue had always been so reserved that be had never dreamed that she would care for him, but there was no mistak ing that look. What a dear little thing she is! I don't think 1 will want to give her up. I have beeu very fortunate," lie said to himself. As he passed out he met her at the foot of the stairs and drew her little hand on his arm. 'Last evening you didn't," he be gan, then paused. "You you were not acgry?" Bhe whispered, anxiously. "Vou were busy talking to Nellie Collier aud Auut Minnie was ready to go, aud I didn't kuow how to get out of uot going aloug with ber. I thought you would under- laud it." -Well, if I didn't have you last night, h.ve you to-night," he said teuderly, pressing the little hand to his side Chicago News. Married in a Tree. There recently took place in this neighborhood a wedding which was as tariling as any one could wish. It seems that the brido had peculiar no tions about weddiug, aud she bad made up her miud to have her mar riage ditfereut from the ordiuary cere monial. There were to tie no attendants ex cept the maid of honor, the bride's sis ter, and at the appointed hour the family congregated about a large gnarl ed tree, the oldest growing ou the country place, where the al fresco ser- ice was to take place. At the same time, ibe bride aud groom maid of honor aud clergyman came from the house, and when they reached the tree they climbed it, and the ceremouy was performed amidst the foliage of the ower branches. Louisville Ourier- ourual. There is uo better medicine for the babies thau Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. Its pleasaut taste and prompt aud effectual cures make it a lavoriie with mothers aud small children. It quickly cures their, coughs and colds, preventing pneumonia or other serious consequences. It also cures croup and has been used in teus of thousands of cases without a single failure so far aa we have been able to learn. It not only cures croup, but wheu given as soon as the eroupy cough appears, will prevent the attack. In case of whoop ing cough it liquefies the tough mucus, making it easier to expectorate, and lessens tha severity and frequency of the paroxysm of coughing, thus de priving that disease of all dangerous consequences. For sale by all drug gists. The Editor' Mistake. Editors have their troubles. 0:ieof these men who preside over the desti nies of a western newspaper is mourn ing the loss of two subscribers. No. 1 wrote asklug how to raise his twins safely, while the other wanted to kuow bow he might rid his orchard of grasshoppers. The answers went forward by mail, but by accident theedit ir put them .lu- Jto the wrong envelopes, so tbat the ' ... ! 1. UM ...... I 1 V. llj au wiiu iud isiu rcueiveu. luc bu ewer: "Cover tberu carefully with straw and set fire to it, and then the little pests after jumping In the flames for a few minutes, will be speedily settled." And the man with the grasshoppers was told to "give castor oil and rub j tbelr guma with a Sone." -I V S POULTRY RAISING. An Esiay Bead at the Bfcent Meet ing of the Farm ere' Inititnte at Somerset. BY A. J. SEM BOWER. This subject Is to me an inexhausti ble one, and we will not attempt to ex haust the same. We shall aim to de fend our defenceless little friend, the American Hen, of whatever variety or family she may be, as she is found in almost every home in Somerset county. For egg production we would prefer the Leghorn family; for market exclusive ly, we believe the Plymouth lix'k is at the bead of the list ou account of hard iness, rapid growth, large size, yellow skin, etc The Hamburgsare beauti ful, and we are likely to fall .in love with them; perhaps they are as good layers as the Leghorns, but they are less hardy, and are, on that account, harder to raise. The Leghorns surpass all others as foragers, and would not suit Peter Tumbledown on tbat ac count, as his fences are in bad shape, and they would succeed in harrowing his garden and devouring the worms, bugs, aud Peter's garden seed. W be lieve one Plymouth Rock will consume as much feed as two leghorn; and this means more than twice as many eggs from the Leghorn variety. For table Use the Leghorn bas finer-grained and sweeter meat than the Plymouth lix'k. Rut, we don't want to argue; we waut to defeod our little friends, as we have already said, regardless of name. We have a few thoughts on little chicks, and we remark that an ounce of prevention is worth a ton of cure. I have lived on a farm for about four teen years, and we have never been troubled with gaps or any other disease among our little chicks. LIITLE CHICKS. All food for little chicks in the form of grain or meat should be cooked. They can be raised on cracked corn alone, but, at four weeks old they will not beany larger than they should le at two weeks, and at maturity they will te from oue to several pounds under weigh;. And why? Recaur raw corn, particularly, is In no way constituted to supply the wants of a growing chick. Would you think of feedingyour week. old calves or colts corn ? The chick's first meat should be dry oat flakes or rolled oats, and the first two days noth ing else save plenty of frtsh water, sweet milk, and quiet. Then bread aud milk; thf u bread sopped in meat broth; then millet -seed aud croked meat; then cooked small grains of all sorts, followed by dry grain all they will eat kept in a cleaa vessel of seme kind. Do not place the coop at this season of the year (Summer) in the hot sun. Shade is better; aud keep them at a distance from any other coop or fowls. Letthe old hens out every day it does not Tain after the dew is con sumed by the heat of the sun. Link for lice morning, noon aud night MAKINU HENS LAY. No flock of hetis can lay i.' the poultry-house is cold, as it requires too much food to create'warmtb for their bodies, they will be unable to produce eggs simply because the cold takes from them the elements that should be de voted to egg production. Warm shel ter, therefore, saves food, and it is much cheaper to make the poultry -house warm than to purchase warmth in the shape of grain. Neither can hens pro duce eggs u u less their food contains the elements of which the egg is composed. As the egg is more tha'i nine-tenths water, the importance of supplying the bens with all the water they require can not be loo strongly urged. Water uot only enters int i the composition of au egg as the hading substance, but it fulfills other purposes. It is essential to the bird as a sol vent to the food when hard grains are fed. To the gizzard, tbat grinds the grain to powder, the water is thus necessary to assist the di gestion aud to convert the food into blood. It is generally supposed that birds are uot partial tocleau water, and will drink from filthy pools, but the fact is, the hen is rather fastidious, and will always prefer pure water and clean food wheu she fan get them. Well cured clover-bay, cut into half-inch lengths, mixed with fqual parts of gisxl wheat-bran, wet with boiling wa ter, covered to ktep the steam iu, and left standing over night, makes the very best egg-producing food. Bran contains a much larger proportion cf lime than any other cheap fixa! that is derived from grain; aud, as the shells of eggs are composed of lime, it is es sential that food rich in lime be pro vided. It may be urged tbat the use of oyster-shells will provide lime, but it will be found that it is the lime iu the fool that Is the most serviceable, be cause it Is iu a form that can be better digested and assimilated than carbon, ate of linii. Clover is also rich in lime; and when a mash of cut clover and bran is given, the fowls will need uo oyster-shells as a source from which to provide Jim for tha shells of eggs. Where etock is fed clover there Is al ways a supply of broken clover-heads an I leaves; use these with the cut clover-hay. For a small flock of poultry tha clov.-r may be cut by simply taking it up in large bandfuls aud clipping it off with a pair of shears, but for a large flock it will require a cutting-machine tofurnhh the supply. On account of the laxative tendencies of the bran the clover-mash should be fed only every other morning. CLT 8TKAW OR CHAFF OX THE FLOOB- Thi importance of using cut straw or chair on. the poultry-floor during cold weather serves to keep the house warm. Use liberally, covering the floor to the depth of two or three Inches, and, when feeding wtioie grain of any kind, scat ter the grain in the straw or chaff. The hen will be induced to scratch, which will be beneficial to them, promote the appetite, aud induce laying. Of course, this litter on the floor of the house or shed will become very foul by constant use, and it should be frequently renew ed. The poultry-house should be kept scrupulously clean, and free from ver min. The droppings are valuable, and should be taken care of. The straw in the neeU should be changed frequently, and LeeV .l'1 Killer used freely. PrV,'TSSRIT.. Grit provide .lie mechanical appli- er aoces for grinding the food in the giz zard. It really cuts the food, hence, the sharper the edges, the more It is preferred by the poultry. In using grit, therefore, endeavor to secure that which la hard and sharp. WHY POILTKY PAYS. It is a very easy matter to figure out why it pays to raise poultry. Why, the prices paid for egijs and poultry for market purposes are so much higher now than they were several years ago. Ten years ago the average price paid for eggs was eight cwuts per d' zen, while to-day it is nearly twenty cents. Ten years ago live poultry sold ou the market for five cents per pound, while to-day the price paid is eleven cetit-i. The reason for this is that eggs and poultry occupy about the same place on the table as beef. The price of beef has been steadily advancing for a number of yeare, and will continue to advance for some time to come. The reusoii for this is the millions upou millions of acres of grazing lands in Texas, Kan sas, Nebraska, and other Western States, have been converted into farms by sturdy young men aud women from the Eastern Stati. Ttis great beef supply being cut otf, it is natural that the price should advance; anil, as t's aud poultry are a good sulmtituie for beef, the demand for thetu is sure to incrca-?; and vith the increased de mand comes the advance iu price. The demand for poultry the past year for table purposes has been unusually j heavy; indeed, at times it was imprss.:- tie for the markets to supply all that was called for, eveu at the iuereased price. Taking the alove facta into con-sideratfr-kj, the outjook for tlin jxiil;ry industry is very bright, and we hope our brother farmers will be encouraged and give more attention to their poul try iu the future than they have in the past; for there is certainly more money to be made with poultry than with any other industry, considering the aiiiouiit of money invested. These are f;etH no guesswork about it The poultry business is built upon a solid founda tion, and is here to stay; aud the man or woman who will stick to his or her poultry is sure to succeed. Rut remem ber that profit can only be obtained by close attention to details and the appli cation of labor. Apply these, and sj cess is assured. THE HEN AS A MASIFACTUHER. Ia these days of gigantic trusts and corporations, and when it is no uncom mon thiug to have half a billion of capital advanced in a single week, the manufacturers seem to think that they are the very calt of the earth. Ttieir figures are large, but we wish to intro duce an bumble little friend who "lays" over them as a manufacturer in every sense of the word. Our little friend, the hen, is a philosopher, a poet, a chemist, a manufacturer, '.l'o an all around good citizen.' OiV manufactu rers think they are doing a great thing when they take from the earth crude iron ore and crude copper or other ma terials; when they go into the foretd and cut dowh the trees, and witli thee materials fashion the articles that make society warm and comfortable. They never create anything, however. They are mere handlers. Their woik stops short of adding to the vital forces of life, or creating food with which to nourish these forces. Our little friend excjls them all in the care and qual:ty of ber work; also iu its extent. She will take a bug, a weed-seed, a few blades of grass, a piew of oysier-shell, a few scraps of food that humans have thrown away, and, in 2i hours, turn them into tbat most marvelous of all creations au egg. It is marvelous be cause it contains not only a balanced ration of animal food, but it also ton tain -i life, the wonderful forces of he redity; all these are packed within its perfect shell, aud all created and put together by our industrious little man ufacturer, the hen. We seldom stop to think what an egg represents. Think of our little friend gathering, mixing, and putting together in organic form CM) grains of water, 125 grains of fat, 108 grains of lime, 80 grains of albu men, 20 grains of sugar, and 10 grains of ash. Hold up an egg and examine it critically by the side of a modern watch, or by the side of some marvel ous bit of machinery, and if you are honest you must admit that the hen has excelled them all not perhaps in inventive genius, for the first ben laid eggs, perhaps, as well as our modern birds. There is no animal mixture un der the suu so intricate, so compact, so full of power and force, as an egg. Go through any laYge city at dinner time, and you will rind thousands of work ing men eating egg sandwiches for their dinner; fried egg between two pieces o' bread aud butter provide a large soare of the motive power that is rais ing the buildiugs iu all of our cities, paving the streets, erecting palaces, and adding to the pride aud wealth of the cities of our now famous country. Iu oiher words, the hen is laying some of the great buildings and some of the marvelous monuments of industry that shall live for coming generations to ad mire and attempt to copy. THE HEN'S OKEAT TASK. Most creators that perform delicate work of this character do but little f it. As a rule, genius is not coupled with the extensive product Let us see about this iu connection with the hen a comparison betweeu one of our own Leghorn hens. A bag containing the grain food for one year and a basket containing one year's work, show the following result: The hen weighs about live pounds, but the bag contains GO pounds of a graiomixture. The basket coutaius Ji:) eggs, the total weight be ing 23 pounds. In other words, the 5 pouid hen consumed on the average one-sixth of a. pound of.graia per day during the ySu.She turned that grain into 20 pounds of eggs, besides making a fair growth of flesh and feathers, and leaving fertilizer enough to produce one bushel of shelled corn. Starting from the shell with 1 bush els of wheat, the pullet will grow to henhood, lay ber 140 eggs, and present her owner with a 5-pound carcass of the most nourishing meat to be obtain ed. With this record it is time for tbe row, the sheep, the horc, and all cf the other domestic animals to bang their heads in shame, or retire to some quiet country and go Into training for a Ut ter record. u "T Oj 1 U o "WHOLE NO. 2534. I have said that one bushel of wheat will feed a hen (or one year, with what bugs she can scratch, and what worms she can dig out cf the ground in an ordinary enclosure, but those of us who live on farms can feed cut clover and bran, as we have alresdy explained, in wiuter, and have a patch of rye for open weather iu winter and spring, and a pasture duricg the summer, cau save about one-third of thegrain. Rut, take the record as it stands, and suppose that every American hen can do as wt K as ours. A record of 140 ej-js is called a poor one by many experts, but let us take that as au average. HENS AXl WHEAT. Here we are brai-inir atxiut our great grain crop, and how we are feeding the world ou bread and meat. Lat year this country proi'.ucei .V10,1 l.),l'W bush els of wheat. Let us suppose that that wheat was entirely fed to bens, and that the liens did as well as our beus have done, do you reali.- how many egss that would make'.' It would make 74,220,8 .vJ.oJ. The average price of eggs is nearly 2J cents, but we will cay lrt cents as the average value. The e-gs produced, from the wheat on this basis would Is? worth the enormous sum of $!i-" i 2oS,.-2 40. As sold for fii this wheat was worth Jl-vV.7,121 In oth er words, our little friend the ben would turn tin wheat into a maiitifce tured privluct wl. L'h would mor-.' than double i's market value. I.at year we produced ia this country l,!)2,!t;7,!'.'.' bushels of corn. It is said that injur ious insects destroyed oyer f!lX),0J0,iJ worth of crop last year. If these bugs and inserts could have lieen fed to beus, in connection with the corn and wheat crop, and with what gr:ss that would otherwi-e have goue to wa!e, our esti mate is that the 2,4.12,117,101 bushels of ?orn aud wheat would have produced .f4,:i7:i,blO,7M.tSO worth of gg. We never want another word said against tht? pxs.ibililies of the lit'.ie hm as a manufacturer, in the fare of these fig ures. GREAT Fl'it ni-S. Why, do you understand ti s ail the railroads in the country, from Maine to Califora a, have a capital stork of only ",1-V!.752,3S? Our lillle hen could handle the corn and wheal of the coun try s') at nearly to buy half of tiie mil roads of the country in one year! The gold and silver questions have stirred up the world for a uumlerof centuries. Theexjierts t.'ll u- that there have beeu produced in the entire world since the discovery of Americj, or from 14ii2 to ls:is, $3,220,72-1,4 i worth cf gold. Our little frieu 1, th American hen, will take the wh-at and the corn and the bu,;4 of one saso:i and buy ni"re than ha'u of the gold product of the world for over 40) years in the same tiiu-J the world has prolut.vii-'!f),7.t;,4.".7l100 of ailv-r. Give the American lieu, in ad dition 1 1 lite c rn and wheat, the li.iS, 7t)7,SlU t usiieli of oats, the t;!;,O.M,127 busiiels of liarley, and grinl up for her the scrub hor.Hcs, mule, cows, andothtr stork that are at pr.-sent pinning their owner in debt, and in three years she would buy for Uncle Sum all the gold and s-ilwr that have been dii'4 out of tiie tart l.'s surfaif since Columbus sail ed across the briny ocean. The total eX.orU of all manufactures for 1-'.S amounted to only 5;2,.Jil1f'70,."14. The little Americcn ben will Like the Am erican bus and the American oat crop aud pay for all these exports and have enou h left to pay tti salaries of a'.l the teachern in the country, buy the Phil ippine Islands, pay for all the gold dug out of th i mines iu America, and have nearly euougli left to pay every pension for 18 IS. All hail the American heu! Iet every hearer dei rtnine that he will never neglect to defeud tier, provide for all her wants, and be richly repaid by a large harvest of eggs every mouth in the year. An Editor' Life Saved, by Chaiabar iain's Cougfi F.cnecly. During the early part of October, 1S:0, I contracted a bad cold which settled ou my lungs and was nrglected uutil I feared ti ul consumption hud appeared in an incipiei.t state. I was constantly roughing an 1 trying to ex. p 1 something which I could not. I became alarmed and after giving the local doctor a trial bctight a bottle cf ChamU-rlain's Cough Remedy aud the result was immediate improvement, aud after I had urd three bottles my lungs were restored to their healthy a'ate R. S. F.lv.u:i:s, Publisher of The Review, Wyaut, 111. For tale by all druggists. A Specific fur Griffl A 14-ytarold b y went into his moth or's presence wit! one eye hlack, his lips swollen, a-i I a rageed scrstcli across Irs cheek, the blood from which ! be bad wiped olfwith bis shi.'t sieve. "X:C 'deiuusr' cried the parent, as ! lie crawled in; "have you te-iu lighting j agiiu '.'" "No," he sullenly smut!. '"Then wha- ou earth ails your fact ?" 'Jim Green's ma's dead," he replied. "Well, s-upptfcse she i.-; what's that to do with your disfigured fc.?" "I saw Jim just now," answered tiie boy, "au' be looked awfully sad and lonely." "Well?" 1 didu't know what to do to make hi;n happy again, and feelin; sorry for him, I just went up to him an' let him hit me five times." "Dia it help Lioi ?" asked the moth er. "Help him!" echoed the boy, 'n a surprised tone. "Of course it did. Don't you think it d make me fcel better to whack a fell w who had licked me ev- ! ery week fr a Year?" Pearson's i Weekly. It TTiU .urprise yoa try it. It is the iiKdicino above til othera for catarrti and Is worth it- weight in gold. Fly's Cream Uilin does all tbat is claimed for it. B. W. Sperry, Hart- j ford. Conn. My wn ins afllictcil with catarrh. He used Ely's Cream Da!m and the disagreeable catarrh all left him. J. C. Oirasread, Areola, III. The Ralm does not irritate or cause saeezing. Sold by druggisis a -10 cts. or mailed by Ely Brothers, iVU Warren St. , New York. Many suppose "M.i'.her Goose" to lie an imaginary personage, but she was a real woman, and her maideu name was F.Iizaheih Footer. She was horn in bii1, married Isac Goie lu a few years Kler became a member of tha Old South Cnnrch of Roston, and died ia 171T at the ag? of J2 years. Her ;ii ;s were originally stiu to her s"rand chilJrvu. Tory were !int published in 171-i, by ber s m iu-iaw, Thomas Fktt, o:' R"s'in. I ue ''M.iry" tout 'ha 1 a liUie Iaub" w u- M.try Klizalx-th Sawyer, a llisnt chusetts girl; the lamb oue of twius forsaken by ai unnatural mother. Mary took it home aud cared for it herself. They became fust friends, and when Mary started to school her pet missed her very much. So one morn ing it followed tier. At school she tuc k e l it under her desk and covered it with her shawl, but when ahe weut out to her fpellitig-closs the Iamb trotted after her. The children laughed w ildly, and the teaouer had the lamb taken from, the room. On that moruing a yout:g alu lebt named Raw 1st on was a visitor at the sr!ii!. The incident awakened his poetic g-nius, and a few days later he hand d Mary the first threa verse of the pie!U. Ho died u after, igno rant of tiie immortality of his versvs. The lamb lived many, mauy year., and met death by the horns of an an gry cow. Mary's mother spun tho w.vl iiito yarn, from which she ki.it her daughter a puir of stockings. Years passed, a:id the stockings became yel 1 iw with aire. Finally Mary raveled thetu out, cut the yarn into bits, fluffed it out, sewed it to cards, and after writ ing ou litem, verifying the geuuiuencss of the yarn, sold thetu to secure money ti help save the Old South Church at Rostoti. Pittsburg Dispatch. "Four bottles of Wheeler's None Vitalize r cured my daughter, Maud, of St. Vitus". Iiaiw-e afier all other treat ment failed," so writes ii. C. Remetit, Allendale, Mich., who will gladly an s .ver ail enquiries. Iirant's Cough II iNam is the kind wo warrant not only to U- the besl, I ot Uic most f.ir 21 cents. Fur sale at G irmuu's Drug Stnre, IVrii-i, Pa., and Mountain x Son's Drug Store, Con Hjeuce, Pa. "I heard you were out duck-shorting last w -eit. Did you bag anything'."' "Vou bet. Plenty. "Wed, yi-u might have st ut a fellow some, then." "J wuul.!, tdJ loan, but I didn't know you were partial to rheumatism, neuralgia, lumbago, sciatica, audp.tu risv.'' "I th'ii!; I wiki 1. 1 go crazy with pain were it uot for Chamberlain's Pain Ralm," writes Mr. W. II. Staptetou, Hermiuie, Pa. "I bae been afflicted with r'aeuru:.;i.im for several years aud have tried remedies without number, but i'airi l'. ilin is live l-C-st medicine I have gut hold of." One application relieves the puiu. For sale by all drug gists. Soma Wiys Answeu It is not surprising what a number of little things we do without knowing the reason. Why, f',r iiistauce, d willows wear ca;w? Perhaps you may s:ty because they make them lixk pretty and inter esting. Rat the real reason is that when the Romans were ia F.agland tlitv shaved their hrbds Osasigtiuf mouruiu'. of coui.se a woman couldn't let herself be st-eu with a bald head, so she made a pretty cap. And now, though toe necessity of wearing it has passed away, the cap remains. Why do v.e have bows on the left side of our ii;t;.s? In ouleti time when tuc-u were much iu the oneu air and hats couidu't Ismght for half a dollar, ii v, jm the ha!-it to lie a cord around 'he crown and let tho ends lall on t'le left side to be grasped ou the arisingofa yquall. Tuey fell n ;he left side so they might be grasped by the le.'t hand, tue right usually being more useful! y eugtged. Later on tne ends got to b- tk-4 in a b.-, and later still, they liecame use less, yet tiie bow bus remained, and will probably re main, 1:11 ttie next deluge or something of that sort. What is the meaning of the crosses or Xs on a barrel of beer? They sig uii'y degrees of qaah':y nowadays. Rut originally they were put oil by those ancient monks as a sort of trade mark, there Were crosses iu those days, and meaut a sort of oath ou the cross, sworu by the manufacturer that his barrel eoutuirjed g'od liquor. Why are bells tolled for thetlead ? This lias become so familiar a practice that a funeral without it wouid appear uii-Christian. Itells were tolled long ao, when people were being buried, in order to frighten away tiie evil spirits wh lived i.i the air. Why do fair ladies breuk a bottle of wine on the ship they are christ-ning ? Merely another survival of barbaric i i..-:..:.i. In the dj s of sacriik-e to the gods it was necessary to get some j or victim when a boat was ting launch ed and to cut his throat over the prow, so that ui.s bloirj baptized it. Why are dignitaries deafi i;ei l ya eaiutu when they visit a foreign jiort? It seems a curious sort welcome, this liriug ofTof gau?, bet ;l sevtin the custom ar'rsi iu a vtry ."reasonable way. Originally, a tovu or warship ti.-rd c'T their guns mi;1!: spp'iwch of lino;. riant and friendly sirjngers thow that th' had f ill.) in tho visitors' peaceful bitrfi. ioiis they didn't thilik it uccesaary to J;. ei their guns loaJed. Wl y tlo we somctim j th;-:w a shoe aftt-r a brid-.? Tue mi-mi is not very c i-.nq.Hrueutary. Fri of old it bas been the habit of ."ii.th.-rs to chusti.-? ! their children wi:h a shoe- H"i.ce the i i".s:nii arivi- i.f th.- f.i. (u-r i.f t, fr:.!.. m.iiii.i j i- presfciU to t!u bridegroom of asii'-, s a si-a that it was to be his rght to keep Ler ia order. jr. . i, j . t . t. . bv tiuviii: iu iii-i ht iscf livts save: I eery year ; Dr. Thomas 11 A .-ctric Oil us? jjst when it is needed. Uri croup, heuii bur:is, cut of every at: it. wounds A'i electoral syst-tn which will put :. premium upon thrift and marriage is alsiui to b;r inaugurated in Belgium. L'l.dvr this new plan every man be- l'wa t;'- 1,1 leuiy-one ana t''euty-live ye.rs who shall pay $1 per year iu tax:s will be entitled to vote E.iergy ail gone"." iladacue? b'tom-a.-h i;t of order? Simply a case of torpid liver. Bur lcc 'i Blood Buurs will uisif a new man or woman of you. She "Mrs. Wargle says sheofttn wakes up and finds her husbaud talk ing In bis sleep." Hi "P-vir man, thai'3 likely ordy chan ge he g?ta." the "ilpltys well iU wins.'' Hood's Srs ptiri'.' i wiui th.? victory over dis etse t-cHiie it p;- ss-! genuine cura tive power. f I' n IT