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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-05-03

mistress after all, Sydney" she said,
with q sad smile; "but it won't have the
we had planned for it.
'9eSe ~ ssit> Il nseded woman's hand,
and mine are very useless hands now,''
and she held them up-grown so white
and thin.
ut isn't necessary to give you your
release from any pledge. perhaps; for of
course you understand Icouldn't burden
you this way.
''But I thought you'd feel better,
maybe, if you let me tell you so my
SELF"
Tho man looked down embarrassed,
He had meant TO say something like
this himself for he wished q helpmeet,
| not drawback, in his wife.
But, somehow, the words sounded
differently from Nannle's lips, and made
him feel small and mean.
Yot they were just enough, and whom,
with II few murmured regrets, he left
her, the bond between them was forever
severed.
"Alone-honceferth alono and holp-
IcssP she whispered to herself, while
tho great tears rolled silently down her
checks.
But she was glad, too, that it was not
Sydney Richards wife that spoke.
That evening Dick came in.
You can fortlvo me erything now,
Dick" she said.
"How good you have been to mo all
this time.
Sydney was here this morning, Dick,
and-all is over between u.s."
"You mean he gave you up, because
-becnnse--
'The cowardw
Hush, dear!" she interrupted.
ut was L who released him.
"Why, Dick, any man would be mad
to take such u burden as L am on his
bands"
''Then L am mad!
oh, Nannle, give yourself to me,
ana L Will be happier with my cross
than any king that wears crown"
You are king, Dick, she answered.
ION, my love! would that 1 had
proved worthy OF you before it was too
late; but now-now it can never bel"
And plead as he might, he could not
change ker purpose.
IL love you--yes," she said, "too
well to accept now what once threw
away"
For weeks he pleaded, but Mamie
was firm, until one day he brought to
see her u young surgeon from the city
a man who had gained wonderful re-
pute, and who told her that by submit
ting to dangersus operation She might
naain walk.
sis it death or entire recoyerv2" she
asked.
He answered.
"Yes."
Then let me be your wife, Dick, I"
sha whispered iaa hor lovor'e oo..
IL shall have that to give me, strength
TO recover, or shull sleep better with
your name on the grave above my head. !"
But, the operation over, Mamie woke
to lie, not death, and strong and beau
tlful as i'll tho old days, wears only n
Tiny scar upon hor brow to mark how
hear she missed her life's happiness.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-05-03
ESTABLISHED ls4s
GRANDMA NINA.

III her old arm chair she's sitting,
AS in days of long ago '
And she's knitting, knitting, knitting,
Gently rocking to and fro.
And dar]sening thought steals over me
Like the shadows on the lawn,
or the lonely days before me
After grandmamma is gone.
Oh, when grandmamma is gone,
When grandmamma is gone.
And her pray'rs and tears and toll for Il.
are DER,
Who will cheer It's day by day,
All along the pilgrim way,
TO the beautiful, the cvcr-shining shore
Years ago, n dear companion,
Promised her, ~ blusling bride,
TO protect, to love and cherish,
Even till death should them divide,
O'er,a low mound meath the willow,
Summer roses long have blown,
They will bloom above another,
After grandmalnma is gone.
Meath the hill the sun is setting,
And the twilight shadows come;
Still she's waiting, waiting, waiting,
Till her Master calls her home.
And weep for friends departed
While they're going, one by one,
We shall havo one more in heaven
After gr;lmdmamma is gone.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-05-03
Pulling II Tooth.

"Weol, Bridget" said Margery,
chow did you got along with the doc
thur?"
Bridget--"Says I, "Och Docthur,
dear its my tooth that aches entirely,
and I have mind to have 1t drawn oot'
and it plazo ye!" Says he til mo, Och,
Says /, Sure haye sIopt day or night
these three daysP' SO tim the doothur
took his iron instrument in hurry,
with as little con. arnmont as Barney
would swapo tho knives and forks from
the tables. BE aisy, Doothur, says I,
I'm thinking" %, we'll, says the Doc
thur, and yer no ready now you may
come tho morrow. 'Indade, Docthur,
I'll not stir from this sate wild this auld
tooth alive in my jaw says I; clap on
yer pinchers and mind ye get hoult of
the right one-ye may alzily see it by
its aching and jumping
''With that he dabs razor looking
weapon Until the mouth, and cuts up tho
gums, as if it were naught but cowld
mate for hash for breakfast. Says I,
'Docthlr, what arc you afther? Dye
WohU w ihthO 0h VI " llHluR
| creatherp' sit still, says he, Jamming
something like corkscrew into my
jaw, and twisting tho very sowl out OF
me, sat still, because tho numbering
thafe held me down with his knees and
the grip of his iron in my lug. He then
gave an awful pull, hard enough to-
wiring q wot blanket as dry as gunpow-
der. Didn't think the day of Judgment
was como till me? Didn't I see the red
fire Of the PIT? aua
II felt my head fly of my shoulders,
and. looking up, saw something in the
docthurs wrenchlng-iron. .Is that my
head you've got there2' says I. ,tNo, it's
your only tooth, ne made answer Maybe
it is, says [, as my eyes began to open.
and by putting my hand up Il found the
outside of my face on, though 7 felt as
if all the ir side hade been hauled out.
I had taken 6 dollar to ply for the
operation, but thought I'd just axfhlm
tue price, so L says: 'Doothur, how
much may ye AK beside the tronble?'
Fifty cents, says no, FIFTY centsP
says I. Sure I've not been submitting
three days to that tyrant OF q tooth for
fifty cents. Troth, this same tooth.
pulling ls not 80 very expensive, and
! I'm much obleeged till ye, Docthnr."
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-05-03
TRI-W EEKLY EDITION.
a WINTER ItEvERIE.

See the fern leaves and foliage bright
Which in forms of fantastic. display
Have covered the windows by night,
But fade at the full dawn Of day;
SO prospects and vision of hope
Which fit through my wearisomc brain
Disappear when exposed to tho light,
Like the beautiful frost Oh the pune. -
I have dreamt many day--dreams so fair
In fnnciful scenes full of joy; ..
i have pictured a future so rare
Of bliss without tinge of alloy;
But wake to tho stern world once more,
And L feel its broad glare once again,
And my tanciful vision Is DER
Like the beautiful frost on the pane.
Will nothing that's lovely ere lost
Save to mock us with hopes and fears?
Is all that Is fair to glide past
Like the swiftly and fast flying years?
Wake, wake in the world there is light,
Oh, sing not this dolcful refrain,
Or your hopes will soon fade out Of sight
Like the beautiful frost Oh the pane.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-05-03

The fire of vanity is fed by the fue
of fla ttery.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1883-08-30
Toads as Bug Catchers.

4 careful observer reports that he
has seen a toad swallow hfty.four
rose bugs for single meal, and an.
other feast on five large green cater
pillars, two.thirds The size Of lady's
little finger. They will even take
the hairy caterpillars that most birds
dislike. Farmers and gardeners would
do well 10 cultivate 60 useful though
humble friends as these.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1883-08-30
Farm Notes.

Every dairyman should raise at least
onc.cight Of an acre Of corn fodder
for each COW TO help the pasture
through the dry season.
Wasps will seldom attack strong
colonies Of bees, but if weak swarm
IS near place frcquented by wasps
they will annoy the bees considera-
bly,.
The hop blight has appeared in
some parts Of Otscgo and Madison
counties, \. j., and threatens to re-
ducc the yield onc-half or possibly
more. These counties are in the
centre Of the hop-growing district Of
New York state
Fuller, in his "Smqll Fruit Cultu-
rist,' says: ~ do not believe that
there IS one acre of strawberries in a
thousand, cultivated in this country,
that yields over one. half what it
would if the ground was properly
prepared before planting"
The dead leaves on squash vines
should be carefully removed and
burned. They are usually infested
with eggs Of the squash bug, and the
first leaves that appear are Of no use
as soon as others form, and are then
sure to wither and die.
The Ohio Farmcr says: "Thc long
est lived tree is to be obtained by
planting seeds where the tree is to
grow and grating il there without
removing it, but with the peach it is
the way to give the greatest possible
hardness with any given variety"
The Gaydeucr'. Monthly says let
the laundry folks on every wash day
pour boiling hot suds sabout the roots
Of peach trees, which will destroy
the insiduous little fungus that pro-
duccs the "ycllows" and other dis
eases, and furnish the larva Of in
sccts which are SO injurious.
1t is a question worth considering
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1883-08-30
Hard on Grass.

An iron toothed rake will kill more
weeds in garden in an hour than a
hoe can kill in three hours, il both
arc used when the weeds are lust
showing their green leaves above the
surface, and more than a hoe can kill
in one day ten days later. Such
rake will run over corn, peas, pota-
toes, onions, carrots and beets until
they are two or three inches high
without injury except to the weeds.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1883-08-30
Ashes vs.. Vegetable Matter.

\ suggestive lesson may be deriy-
cd from the following simple expert
mcn,: Upon one acre Of land a
farmer plowcd in q quantity of corn.
stalks, while upon another acre he
spread the ashes resulting from the
burning of an equal quantity Of
ssaiks. That upon which the stalks
were burned gave the best start. but
the acre upon which the stalks were
Plowed in soon caught up and sur
passed the former, and finally matur-
cd the better crop. This experiment
illustrates the difference between
mineral fertilizers and decaycd vegc.
table matter or humus. The miner.
ais, being in soluble condition, soon
made themselves manifest in the in.
creased growth produced. At first
the buried cornstalks had no effect
upon vegetation except by increasing
the porosity Of the soil and bv ad.
hitting larger supplies Of atmos.
pheric air to act upon the constitu.
euts Of the soil. When the stalks
commenced to decay, and the min.
erals were not only liberated from
the stocks but also from the soil in
contact, then the corn which was
planted upon the stalks began TO pull
ahead Of that planted upon the plot
fcrtiizcd with ashes. The value and
efficiency Of the ashes would be soon
cr exhausted than the vegetable mat
ter Of the stalks. Again, where the
stalks were used the fertility of the
soil would be increased, because in
all probability the nitrogen contained
in the stalks would remain intact un.
til liberated by their decay. This
substance would be in the form Of
ammonia and its compounds, that
would again be decomposed before
becoming plant food. In burning
stalks, although all the minerals
would be preserved in the ashes, yet
it is quite certain that the nitrogen
would be thereby expelled, thus rob.
bing the plants of the fertilizing
of that valuable agent.
We should have made such expert.
ments before establishing a theory,
yet these suggestions might easily be
out on other farms and by |
other farmers.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1883-08-30
How to Get Rid of Lice on Calves.

Mr.. j. 5. Woodward writes to the
Elmira Husbandman, as follows:
Take lard, or lard oil, or, what is
better still if you have it, the grease
from fried pork, and add one.third
of crude or refined petroleum melt
the lard and shake thoroughly togeth.
er, applying it as hot as possible
without burning the animal to which
it is applied. Part the wool on the
sleeps back from head TO tail, and
saturatc with the melted compound
Calves can be treated much the same
way. by doing this week or ten
days after shearing and again in the
fall, before they 60 into winter quar-.
ters, sheep may be kept free of yer.
min. This remedy is better than
tobacco water, which operates to
sicken and stunt the growth of ami.
mails to which it is applied.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1883-08-30

GIVE the laying pullets a feed Of
good clean wheat at least once . day.
This grain will probable be cheap
this year, and can be marketed In the
shape OF eggs to the best advantage.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1883-08-30
" ISST33

UTTQHFs are always on ihe lookout Tor
M INt,chancrs o. iHcrease their earnings. sod ia
II Iillf fume become wealthy those who Do not
improve thciT opportunities remain ia
poverty. Neefef arcat rhance g. make
money, We want many men. women. luys and girls
70 vark frr us right 10 their own 5c.tiss ANY one
can DO the wofk properly from the htst start The
iusiufss VIII Iay more than ten times ordinary wages
Expensive nuht furnished free. No one sha engages
fsii 70 make money rapidly. You can devote your
Nholc time % fhe work of only your spare moments
Full Information aud a that needed sent free "a.
irsss sriSs9S Co. Portland Maine 4Eg
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1883-08-30

COMPARE the price of butter and
eggs With what it was in the days of
our grandfathers.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1883-08-30

4 FARMER must feed his fields TO
get good crops, just as he feeds lis
cattle to get fat beef. There is 4
great deal Of judicious and paying
work that may be done on few acres.
Sixty acres well titled is better than
leo poorly titled. The beauties of
what is called at the South "inten.
sive farming" may be proftably
studied by the farmers of Pennsylva.
MIA. There is great deal of slouchy
farm work done among the Pennsyl.
vsnia hills.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1883-08-30
Storing and Keeping Potatoes.

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have good cellars under their barns,
or in any place safe from frost and
yet cool and dry, can generally make
potato growing pay very well and
those are usually the ones who do.
In old time, a large quantity oil
potatoes were stored ont OF doors IN
The open ground. They were ar
ranged in long ridges, not in great
bulk, as even a mass Of potatoes will
heat, and covered with earth suili-
cicniiy thi X to keep out the frost
But since the appearance Of the po-
tatO disease, this plan is not much
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1883-08-30

WE believe that two inches Of mel
low top soil is about thu best place
for any manure applied 70 the wheat
crop. Do you know a better?
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1883-08-30

TIMOTHY sown early in September,
on well prepared land, without grain,
will cut full crop next season. We
know this to be a big fact.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1883-08-30

You probably have a considerable
number Of chickens about the place,
and il none have been fattened and
sold it is time TO begin. Put up a
lot and fatten them and send them 70
market, or take them yourself If you
are near enough; you will realize as
much money for them if sold now as
il they are kept later. The longer
they arc kept after this month is
ended the more feed they will require.
Get the cockerels out Of the way
anyhow.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1883-08-30

A cool shed or barn floor Is
good place to put potatoes before
storing them in the cellar-cspecially
this season, when there is tendency
to rot.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1883-08-30

Now, do as we say Sow or drill
some clover with the timothy this
fall-about half as much as you
usually SOW. The other half SOW
next spring.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1883-08-30

We propose 10 stick TO it as long
as We shall print paper, that farm.
ers and their wives shall 90 in at the
first tap Of the dinner bill, eat at the
first table, and be well helped. Other
honest toilers may join the festivities,
while lazy non-producers and useless
people generally, shall wait for the
second table and the crubs that arc
left.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1883-08-30
-ArNE,s1oHorso snnrk.A.rostlnc

lurgbic Engine has cut 10 uup fl of Michigan Pine
Boards iu To hnur-, burning slabs from the SAW .u
u -.L ...l .-l--..a.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1883-08-30

TINS is the season Of the year
when the implements and wagons Of
the farmer who cannot afford TO give
his wife a new silk dress are lying
around the farm exposed TO sun and
rain,
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-04-11

NOTICE To THE CITIZENS OF SOMERSET Bon.
oueH.-You are hereby notified to immedi.
ately remove from in front or rear of all
dwellings and business blocks. old de.
posits of ashes, dirt, coal, brick, or other
material or matter, and hereafter not to de-
post any of the same on the streets under
penalty of the borough ordinance. All per-
sons having pavements that are in need OF
repairs are hereby notified to repair the
same at once.
The health. beauty and comfort of the
town demand that these matters be attend
ed to at once, and all citizens interested in
having our streets clean and presenting a
neat appearance, besides having good
and comfortable side walks will, without
further notice, attend to this. All owners
of wagons carts, ETC., standing on the streets
are requested to remove the same.
By the ordinances of the town all ball
playing or gaming on the streets is prohib-
tied, and all are notified that the ordinances
will be strictly enforced. The youths of the
town, by the ordinances, are prohibited
from being on the streets at a later hour
than s p. NJ. without sufficient cause. Pa
rents are requested to see that their children
of tender years are at home, as great COM
plant has been made of the boys making
the nights hideous with their hollooing
and swearing, besides their occupying the
pavements so that at times ladies are com-
PEELED to go in the streets to get past. 1t
was ordered that the burgess strictly enforce
the ordinances in every particular.
BY ORDER OF THE COUNCIL.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-04-11

A BRILLIANT WEDDING.-One OF the most
ENJOYABLE occasions many of our people
have had the pleasure of participating in
Cor many days, was the mg1Iisge of iir. L.
G. Grouse and Miss Gertrude Grouse, at the
house OF the brides brother in-law, Mr.. J.G.
! Brown, on Tuesday evening. March GOTH
The ceremony was witnessed by a large cir
Gle of friends and acquaintance of the hap
ply couple. The guests began to assemble at
an early hour, and in q short time the vari-
Gus apartments of Mr.. Browns residence
were filled with an expectant throng. At
the appointed time, : P. n, tie bride apd
groom made their appearance, and a BREATH
less silence prevailed while the officiating
clergyman, Rev. J. F. Core, performed the
ceremony according to the rites Of the
NJ. T. Church. The fair BRIDE. beautiful to
behold at any time, was doubly so in the
rich. beftting garb in which she appeared
and expressions of admiration were heard
on all sides. After the customary congratu-
lations the happy couple led the way into
the refreshment ROOM, where q rich banquet
had been prepared, and it was truly a feast
Of good things. the collation. was worthy
Of the occasion. and all manifested their APP
probation in the most substantial manner.
The bridal presents were numerous, and
most Of them of rare value. Among them
were an elegant sewing machine, a hand
some Bible, solid silver sets. plated spoons,
knives and forks. castor, parlor lamp, nap
kins. bed spreads, pillow shams, toilet sets,
and many other things we do not now re-
call. In the early train the happy couple
left for the bridegroom's home, accompanied
by the best wishes of their many friends.
J~oHSsrowS, April 8, 1883. L.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-04-11

Mr.. J. Calvert Spiiler, son of the late Ed
ward NJ. Spiller, a gentleman prominently
connected with the interests of this city,
died yesterday at his residence, 43 Harlem
avenue, in the thirty-fourth year of his age.
He graduated at the Virginia Military In
stitute at Lexington in July, 1870, when
only twenty-one years of age. He took a
very high stand as an officer and student,
being particularly noted for his skill as a
tactician. Among his friends he developed
all the qualities of mind and heart. which
made a noble ccmrade. As a profession he
chose the field of a civil engineer. and i'm
mediately after graduation was prominently
connected with the survey of this city. He
was next engaged in the construction of the
long bridge at Washington, upon the COM
pletion of which he was engaged in the To-
cation of the Southern Maryland Railroad.
His last engagement wa with the United
States Geologic Geographical surveys west
of the Tooth meridian. under Lieutenant
George NJ. Wheeler. In this work Mr..
Spiller manifested in a pre-eminent man.
ner his fitness for his profession, and re-
NAMED with the expedition survey until
it was ~disbanded, during a period of nearly
five years. In the year 1881 he contracted
for and built nine miles Of the Somerset q
Cambria Railroad, a branch of the Balti-
more & Ohio. His funeral will take place
on Wednesday next from the Eutaw Place
Baptist church.-Balimore american.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-04-11

weeks with a stroke Of palsy, coupled with
other ailments. 1t was thought he would
not get well again, but lie is now getting
stronger, and is able to be about some. 1t is
hoped this veteran Stalwart Republican
may live to see and help us elect the next
President, John A. Logan, of Illinois.
This burg is largely Democratic They
whistle for J~acksonianism and protection ,
but they, too, are lost, like some of our
weakened Republicans have been of late,
who got up a side-show to take in the un-
wary. But the Democrats don't do that I;
they stick to the party, if it is composed
largely of free traders.
our ever genial friend, Mr.. Frank Topper,
has rented his fine large farm for a few sea-
sons. He proposes to take the world easy
for awhile, and will do considerable travel
ing on business and pleasure.
Mr.. Franklin Gillespie, late clerk in J.. N.
Topper's store, goes on the road as a COM
mercial agent for a Philadelphia grocery
firm.
Flowing for corr and oats was vigorously
pushed for several days last week.
U. s. G.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-04-11

ELI PERKINS WAY.-Eii Perkins does
not produce laughter by telling anecdotes.
He perpetrates his jokes directly upon his
audience. The audience do not go home
and tell how the speaker rehashed Charles
Lamb and Sydney Smiths old jokes, nor
how he described Thackeray's or Tom
Hoods hnmor. but they tell how the jokes
of the speaker absolutely happened-they
and Eli both being parties to them-how he
surprised them with a~ntithesis, paradox,
anti-climax and extrayagant statements,
and kept them listening and laughing from
the beginning to the end. Now satire with
its hidden meaning, which the listener must
discover-then the mos absurd situations,
strange combinations of words, and under
meath all a fund of wisdom and sound sense.
The Perkins Family means the public, and
when Eli hammers and s~atirizes his own re-
~lations, his s~atirical darts are meant for the
humbugs and the humbuggery in society,
science and religion. Our people will have
an opportunity of hearing him, as he will
lecture in the Court House Monday evening,
April 30th.