Terms of Publication Ths Somerset Herald U publtsheJ erorjr Wedneeday Honing UB per annom, paid In adrenre otherwise J M will lnvarUbljb oharged. No subertp-Joa IU be dUeontlnnad tntil all arrearage an Bald BP- F-ottf aegleettag U aouiy Dt wbea mlicrlb do aot Uke oat th.lr Paperm.wUllhrtJUwasjruiaaoonpu. Snhecrlbers tending from m Fotnofflc to Ba nt her lwaldglT ! BaaM of the rmer ai wall a the prcocnl offloe. A-nMrc Somerset Printing Company, JOHN 1. SOCLL, Bailaeaa Manager. Bwinet Card. il' H. POSTLETHWAITE. ATTOBXEI 11' uU.SMnuFa. f mlmrtiiaal burl- mt raapocuuliy aulioiUM and paaotaaUf cd to i VfHiNTZ. ATTORN EX AT 1? L-w,: i fc. sill .in promt atiea- U to uaeiaaae eutfaeta ut e o . "-7 - .! ii. S.11..U1U1K eouaues. vu-o. . 9 ttuaae Kuw. AiTORXET AT LA, Sueuereel. Penna, V -t-iV,,. re-ieauaw, reaeteet, Pa., will attend M all baeineee euUTiawsl to hie care UI promptness and BdeUty. lilj. J. C. ((OLE ATTOBNEI AT UW, 8omret, Pa. ProreeeloBal trnrine " my oare attended to w Ua prosaptaeee acdadclUy . L au uorrarrm. a. WJFFBOTH A KVFPEL, ATTORNEYS AT I , i AiibaMneMeBiraatwIlotbelreajcwul be iUj ana naallj atwndeU U. UKrica a Maia tvaa tire opiwalta tta MaaiiaoUi Utoc. ,1 -t. Pa., will pruiapUyBait ail tlsiM ae. omca in iUuuawiB buiuux. f AMES L. PUG 11, " UTilMETltUW, Joaieraat. Pa. omcm, ManuaMk Block.ap talra. rnTrMalB CruS Su CoUeru-m. Ull aiaannao, an all If"'1 ceu atwnJed uj with prmipmeaa and Ikicutf. i JSriMsTriirri KN ET AJi' J Somorafct, Pa- will atteno w all baaineai a- tawnprcaia.aBdBi.Ur. ;,n'J" ajutkBlwk. wn.TMJ UEat r r. HEia. attorn et atiuaw, and Buamy aaiHenatoa Ku?fITU fa. umoa la jaaniawiB owe. j . ... , J t n a TV ATTORNEYS AT t W, t.wrra. Pa. wiU pracuc la S- " . - A ll Bill. tia'aVft uaawd ui loein will l prompuj ""- a iu- ti,:k. Alaxaoder U. iffrolB baa I a ranmt IBe uraeuca n law In Soavrr pel and ajtumiia; OLuiuea. tab. aa, 7. udea la Manunuth buiWinK. I HS 11. SCOTT, ATTORNEY AT LA. Someraet Pa. 0(B Bp atalra 1b Baer a bluck. AU ba. eairuaieo 10 i can auended 10 tn prumpineaa ana Buuiy. UKVEVIXG, Wriiiog Dtds, c., d .ne a i .r: o :i -e a nJ at rewlle trreu. a Enquire at 'abT A Co."a Siure. C. F. WALKER. AutclS. I vK. J. K. MILLER baa peneaaently lorated i.) im Urtim lur ina prai ul b- priM.afKai. i,D uppiMiia Cuarlea Anaatoser'a . apr. Xi, W-ll. Dd H. BRl'BAKER waKleri hla pruteafluoai KKMHtollitauuu 01 Sumerael and Tina uY. ck in realdeaea. una dour weal me Bnr ast tiuaa. DR. E. il. EI1MEL wUl eoouaaa to prartl Meaicu ie, and lenoen kis ptvlaaiiimal aerrt ora lu toe auMul vt ncrael and aarruon-lum oaniry. Ottsce at Ibe old plaoa, a tew twn e ul tne Glade lluuee. DV ES1.EV CUXX1XOUAM. wtrrtTef LaraBurlile. will euaUnoe the ,.-ncMlmVdKiue.aod leodera Im .roiwii rrice lo ItK ciuaens o;CnmvlUeand mnvuua- i.:;": nK. X- COLLINS. IIENTtST, Someraet, Pa. OrtM In Ceeebeer'a Hkjrk. ap auira. wLerelieeaaatalltuneabe fuand prared looe allkiadaut ex. aaea aa BlUoa. rearulaOaar. e tranina. Ac AruaoaJ teeU ail a-ada. and af tne teM maTlai, u-eried. Operau-aa wamnted. S. GOOD, PUrSIClAK & SURG EOS, SOMERSET, PA. imtl In .amnol Block eTl VTZ-I- COIilNS, DEXTIST, Oio ahore Caaehen A Fnaae't atora. Soaaeraet. Pa. in lie laat Blleee rear, I bare araUy n deced ike pncea 01 artidcUl teetA la una pkaca. Tna eonatani inerraa demand tata ba lw di-ed uuh enUnta y laciUUea that eaa make mud aria of laetb at k-wer prloa inaa yoa ran et them la any otner place ta tale atry. 1 am m aiakinit a wd aet ef leeUi tar ea. and I! tiwnaboald be any panua a mown my iboaaandt 01 enKuaaen la tbia or the aojotnuux auaauea that I kave made teetk tut that ia aot ari'lM awal aat Iflartkon. they can raB an me at any ume aad ftx a new art free et f barge, marl DR. X. G. MILLER, after tweiTe ye. f arlve pranira la Shaekarllle. baa ut iw'm waUy Inentod at Smairatt fcr tbe prae ttoe of an kJne. aad taaawe hb ptweaat-aial aer Twira ta tta dilaeaa of S-anerart aad rtrhiiiy. 3oe am hl lrag Store, e.tjait the Karaet U.aa. w iera ke can be emaalted at all Umee anieea p Httab -ally enaf ed. AarMit call promptly anawered. dee. U. n-ly. JOUX BILLS, DENTIST. 1 ee la Ou-nx A NC aew t-Udmg. Mala Croat firer Semeraet. Pa. avail IRTIFIC AL TEET11!! af. C. YUTZY. DEI. T I S T DALS CiTT. jomm-mt C.( 'a. ArtlBctal Teeth, war anted ta beef the eery beat a-ii:y. Lite-like aad laaile, laaanad ta the beaiatrla. FarUeauat atten-u paid to the prea errauua af the aaxaial MetA. Tbuae wtaklaa to aMrYaMtae.aaawewbyeaxduatng etama Addnaa aa ahwra. laliTJ t. S.XF-tJAHAV tMuenrt, Pa. H. S. TX.NXK MEGAHAN L STONER. l'LASTEltERS. KrartiallT lateral the riUaewa ot Sm Iwaoty. lhat ihrj an prepared ta take auairaru loraU aiaa at Paaetertaa. Aepairmg pruaapv atTradew to. Aadraea aa aaaee. ark aotar ea, aaa aetiilactaal H ILL HOUSE, JOHN HILL, Paoraimr m. Tbe urotTtetor I ptepano to aa is the wmm eoaaruaMa and aaOaiaeaary manarr. Tbe traTelmc aabUe and aermanrat heareen far auM with the heat et bvtei aoraeeaeuoav aaa Tbe tabiee will eenU aaa te he rarBirhed with the beat the market aSorOa. Lerre and eummeoioaa ataMIng D IA3I0XD HOTEL. STOYSTOWX PA. KAMI' EX. Ct."ST:R. Proprietor. la at an ptaee aw the traeehaf arei-etenB. Geedeta- lar Jeaawaewa aad maru. jnro. nrxB. utn at. Btcu J OHN HICKS & SON, SOMKJiSIrrr. P.V., And Real Estate Brokers. ESTAiJLlSlIEX 160- eaaaaa.warar erty. ar far ram will fend at ta thear aa.alaaeae leenatar ua aaiunpuea tkariiC aa naaha made an liai anal ar nan A kVaai ! hev aeaa'aliy WiU be prompciT acaaaaad te. BBglA Thrn pat and weU llano a aaairabla il niaa paua. Taaae anal kaaaae bliaw. Itaeka aaaea waaly wiiaav. 1 VOL. XXT. NO. 47. Bank, cir. JOHKSTOW SiTKGS BASK, 120 CLINTON STREET, ( JOHXSTOWN. PA. ., CharteradSfptembarlJ.lsTU. DopotHj reoelr. uot is Um muathauiJuaaaad IMoembcruad lfaU oiaimiaiBullellluuiaedollar. Interaat 11 lin a jear wlUat irauMinc tbedepoai Uirtweail vrerrn to prtnt tba dpalt Bouk. -Muae; Iomim ua realute. Prefrreoca, wlta liberal rate aad Ionic ilioa. arrea ta burruwenof. irrui um aiunjragix ua lanus wtb luor or man tni ajnuaut m loaa denrxl. Gaud rater, eoce. penect uu,ac, r-uirel. TBt Ouruuratlon U viu vlv A fUrinv, R-sk NocMnaierclaldrpuaiU rooeira.1. anr maouaau male. utumuaonpenionalaeratit;. Blank appliwJooa fur Durrowtn. eoplc af tha ruloa. b;-lawa and apaclal law relating tutba wu wmj aaires redact tea. 1 rTu. J.dm Owiwr, UaTld Klhert, C. R. illu, A. J. lUma, F. W. Uar, Jotia lxwmaa. 1. H. Impair, Damn NeLnnliiin, 1. J. Murrell, Lawlapliu.U. A. liutcs. IX rm 8oppe,ta. T. bwank. Jamea Mcmilrn. JaaaeOLwrlcJ an4 W. W. Walwni. Daniel J. MomlL Prealdaal; Fraak Dibert, Treaaurer; t'jrrej ElUer, Soliciun. BOVi. J.0.KIM3IEL&S0XS, BAISTKEES, Soereason ta Schell & Kimmel, SOMERSET, PA. Accounts of Merchants and oth er Business People Solicited. Drafts negotiable in all parts of the Coun try for sale. Money loaned and Collections made. jaBM Cambria Co. Bank. M. W. KEIM & Co. Xo. ?f;f Main St., JohnMoirn. A General Banking Business transacted. Interest Paid at 6 per cent, on Time Deposits. Loans Negotiated. Drafts Bought and Sold. J Mir. 3 Tcta aM Ciars, WHOLaBALS ADD BXTA1L, J. If. Zimmrnuan, LIiCr:ssStf Prnna. The ben of t linn of d litereBt brand. manBrae tnred by hlmrelr. of tbe ehtarest ul tohaocee. T;eaerlma eaanot heeiaplled by Bay la tbe Biar ku Or.e of Ike bert tkf of ehewiea; tobaeeo erer broai.bt to cmerae Prlrc to ntt tbe tlmea. )naM Cook &s Beerits'! FAMILY GROCERY Flour and Feed We woald moat reipeetfaily aiuKonoe ta oar friendj and the W le renerally. in tbe unra and rvruiiij of SH-wraet, that we bare yeBe4 oar Newstoro ca MAD! CROSS STRKE1 And la addllkai tc o full line of Ota beat Cenfrttnerlr, Motions, Tobrrov, Cisrar. dr., We will endeeTor, at all Umea, to arqply jar ma torera with Cue BEST QUA La T Y O F FAMILY FLOUR, CORXMEAL, OATS, SHELLED CORK, OA TS COEX CHOP, BRAK, MIDDLINGS And eeeryUiicg parteinleg ta the Feed lyepert tat ul. event LOWBT POSSIBLE PRICES. FOlt CASH ONLY. Alas, a well atleeud ftoek af Break aa af STTIOJsER'i Wtdra are vTO ett aa rbeap aj tba cheapen. Pleaae ealL exaiBlae oar rood, of aO klnda, and be aatlaaed from yoar owa jadaineat. Deal forret where we atay-. On MATT CROSS Street, Soaaaraat. Pa. IK. A urn NAUGLE HOUSE! ICaia S, Scmersct, Fa., FRED XAUGLE, Pro'p. The arunietor caa latelr rernlaar) end rreetK j hapr red taie oeairahle propmy. fwraiaklna; It I wua ea. ire new rarnnen t aa makica- It owe at ! the moat deeinrde atfpaa: P era lor era pel eat or reatjiat eqaiora l r t. TaMe an alwaye .applied with tba t la a la tne maraet aaorxia. I rare aad aommralhaaf auMtaar at aUarhed aaa laukiBi and allraiire bufUen aiwayi a at- Boertlera taken by the week. day. ar aareX Bar alwaye aappUea! wtth tna rkiaya-tlliaauiB Jalr a ar1 ; CcBTia K Obotb. Grove &Denison !M anulactures of Cmrrfat?s Bacsie, SrtaKamM, ' Sletgle, llavrarr. tt Tvetizj ea e-,aan eaat laaaoad. ' Aprfl , 1J-B. 0 . Jliacellaneous, . NEW CARPETS t PRICES the VERY LOVEST. TtE AssartEEUt UnsrxrpassEi H. IJ'CALLUH. 77 FIFH A7EME. Bet. W oi ana SmithBeld SU. March 28 , PITTSBl'KG. HIGHEST AWARDS! aflsfi! J. REYNOLDS & SON. NORTH W EST CORNER THIRTEENTH AND FILBERT STS. PHILADELPHIA, MAXTFACTVEES OF PATENTED Wrought-Iron Air-Tight Heaters WITH SHAKING AND CLlNliLE-tiRIND-1NG GRATES FOR BCRN1NO ANTHRA CITE OR BITUMINOUS COAL. CEXTEXXIAL WROUGHT-IRON HEATERS, FOKJBITUailNOTJS COAL. KE1STOXE WROUGHT-IRON HEATERS, Cooking Ranges, ' Low-Down Crates, Etc. Dearriptlre Crmlara Brat free to any aililreaa. EXAMINE BEFOBESELECTINO. April is. THE KANSAS PACIFIC HOMESTEAD b pabllfked by Ibe Land Department af the Kan aaa Paelne Railway Company, to inpply ibe larxt and Increasing demand for information rerporthit KANSAS, and etpecUlly the at gnlfieenl body of lsDtlrarnnteilbyConirTTjalaaJd of tbe ronstras tk of ha read. Tbia rrant compriw, OVIH 5,000,(1 ACHES OF LAND. eooKiatintrof every odd eertioa In aael lowaahip. fur a dlatanea oi twenty mile on bot tUct of the roaJ, er aai kak of toe lead la a be. forty mile wide, extetding to Dearer City, in Col orado, tha forming a eonlinoatlon of tba belt eoBBtry which, fr .m tbe Atlantic roaat weetwanl 1 (uuad to he. ta cilmata, !, aad every prod or Uon of natare. ta BOM tarored. To aid la tbe aetUemeBt of thi, nperh itomab with aaiBtelligent and indaitrioaa people, U tb objert of tbe HOMESTEAD. It 1 Intended f. aoetajB a fair and eaadM rcprrfratatkio of met nor will R erer gira, iBtaaUenally, any etatetneB that will not, npoa inreatigatkn. be tally aaa tained. The Company obtain Ua title to tbeae land, from tbe Government of the United Slated. They an being offered at price, lower than an; other land ia the Weat, that will compere wlti them la aail, climate and gaaeral arajtara' Theternu of payment, aa will be fbsnJ aa a can fnl examlnailoB. an mora liberal ia aU eaoentie) fee tan, thaa aava beratofore been efferad by an railway rampaay. . THE HOMESTEAD IS FOR THUS CHaCT7LA7IC:T, Ami will be ant gratia to anyone spun applka. tiaa. A II eommttaieatioiu. Ia nferenee to tbe land, at the Canpaay bcaid be addreaeed to S. J. GILMORE, ' Land GmiNkmar. K. P. Kr, SAUNA, KANSAS. Xarek T. 1S77. E. i llll, WITH E0OSR B1HPST0H1 & ML 2S5 Bait. St., Baltimore, M. D., WoaM reapertfiray ak the merebanu of act aoaBty, lo aend hue their era. re lur Samcr. NOTIONS, fURNfSHIKG AKQ FANCY GOODS. aaartagthem mtkdaetkal both aa reward. I, prtee Ttaltina aad qaality af govda. Tha man kanf Haiti mora an argently nqaeated teeail ami aae itimora an argentr beaea making part rhaaea. ATE ROOFS. Thoae vbo are bow boiVllng koJra (hoald know that le It cheaper la the laag ran to it on Slate Mouatthaaoauraaiaalu Mate will laat hTervr. aad aerepain an reajaind. tuate aire the par eat water be rlaterae. Slate la An proof. Ererj good hoaaaaoaJ. bare a tilate root The ander algnad 1 located la lambertaad. where he kaa a geadaBtmtyaf Ptachbotton 4 BttckiRfrkasi S L A. T E air reafllna the rare beat artuaa. He wfl lake to pat Slate Kuof m IVjwana. people aad pti esta. apuea, avr euhar ht team ea aaemtry at tba loweat prma, aatd as warrant them. Call and aaa aim ar aavnea an at hi, uaane, He. ua Mali lea ei a. Order may be left with ' KU1B Ollllllt, ' Ageajt. Sum Man. Pa. ! ' Ww. H gnrur. Apr! lh.lra..,. URLIXBg FOLLAIiSEEE & CO. Merchant Tailors, Gear, YMth's as. Bays, . i .1 e. lHfil Stmet, TGA pittsatji:gil 11 FIFTH Ali boiiierset SOMERSET, IBABBULA rtVIE VaTU, It 'a hard eaourh for folkt to wiak For tack a liule pay ; To an 11 does aot matter mark, ' Now Will la gone away. Tb bird whose mala U down alar Vim little for ber nest ; Furgllaepeeef illetant pare.ije Tb barest boogh serres best. X cup of tea and mit of bread Are quite cnoagh fur me : T glre m dalBtie, would be waata Ai Will i not here te see ; Or Uaatways, If he raB look down ' H knows too mnch to care. Knows that It does not signify What people eat or wear. If I was living la the place ; : WberaoncelUred with Will, -All going on the same old way. ' Bat jat the honse growa still, I'm sore Will would seem farther oU, So slowly time woakl go : One needn't sit to watch for death. That' son to come, we know. '! But now I seldom makes moan ' About the sadder part ; ' I think the mowing of the Bands Ii wholesome foe Uw heart ; . For as I stitch, I recollect The happy time, we bad. Oar courting days, and wedding morn. Whan erery on was glad. I hare Will' bird to ttog to me, Aad, lest it pin for tree. When Sanday erening's calm an 1 fair 1 take it for a breeie. Will lying not so Car from this, And that is when we go : The Utile bird cheep cheerily I fancy It may know. Will's buried by the old grey ehurrh That stands a pun the moor. And as I can't take Dick bvkle, I listen at the door ; Aad erery word tbe parton rrpealta, I Mem to bear Will aar, "That something good for yon, old girl For that was poor Will's way. And all the time as I walk home I watch the sna go down ; It nuke oar grim old city look Like New Jerusalem town. Aad I hare sack sweet faarieeeoeie I aim had belore ; When yea'T aoneelae to talk with yon, I think Ood talks the more. W bea first Will went, 1 longed ta ilia, ; But now I wait con teat ; As paraou aaya, 41 When comforts gn. The Comforter Is sent," Tet, oh : bow glad I'll meet with Will, Aad tell aim It came tne When he aaki, "Polly, dear old girl, Qed will look after yon." CatttWt fa a. Uj Mejz i ar. COXrCSSIOM OF A THIEF. Sly father had been dead a month, arbea one morning;, Mr. MsitlsLd, .nr family lsjer, one of njr.faiher's jldest friends, ealikd on me. ".Mr. Unarles," ne said, after we jad shaken hands, "we have arrang ;d roar father's affairs, and - found a purchaser for the estate, but-r-" . ; "Are ai! the outlaying debts paid a full:" 1 interrupted qnicm. "Ther are, bat." continued oar iiod friend, in a troubled roice, "1 tiere to say tnere is bar dly soy- amg left for you and your sister; carcely tbotfaand-douars." "Ab," he went on, "ifToa had aly followed my adrice! There a ere among your father's debts tore than one that could honestly tare been eat down by one-halt i'oar father erer had an open hand tud a frenerous heart, sir." "1 regret nothing that has been Jone, Mr. Maitland, and bare bat oe more question to ask; when ean I hare the thousand dollars." "To-morrow if yoa wisn it." A few days later my sister Erame me and 1 bade adieu to oar once jappy home, oars, alas! no longer and departed for Xew York. I a fpite of my efforts to bear op against tbe sodden adversities that tad fallen upon aa. the blow oearlf over whelmed me at first. I did not bink so much of myself; a man can always make bis way in this world eritb energy and a strong will, bat I as troubled for my dear sister, flow aboold I find means for provid ing for this fragile, delicate girl of -iitieo, all tbe comfort and luxuries b bad hitherto enjoyed? When this terrible problem first presented itself to me, I fell a prey, for jost one moment, to otter discouragement and despair. Bat those of my raes are proud and strong of will, and I men ially resolved that I would fight the oule of life so bravely that victory mast at last crown my efforts. Arrived in New York, we took a inodest apartment, and furnished it ith as much comfort as oor sleoder resources would allow. : I made oat a list of all my father's former friends, resolved to apply to them one after another ontil I had obtained employ ment. Day after day aad week after week I solicited, hoped sod waited. Promises without number, expres--ions of interest in myself aad my sister snd regret for oor bereavement were lavished npoa me. Bat that was aJL It was tbe old story so well known to ali those whose hard doom condemns them to solicit aid or eaccor froca their fellows promises first, then oblivion. We had now been three months in New York, when one morning I fouod that only five dollars remained ia my parse Here then was the end of all my dreams. . Bat bow to face the cruel reality! Tbe winter was approach ing, my sister a pale lace was grow ing paler day by day, and a hacking cough began to harass her. Another fortoignt passed, daring wbicn I Had been obliged to part with my watrh and chain, aad even with some arti cles of clothing, to procure tbe bare necessaries ot ul. iiat worst i all, I was at length forced to acquaint Emmclioe ot oar terrible position. Tho poor child tried to comfort me with tender caresses aad hopeful wordy, bat the words died away on ber quivering lips and gars place to bitter sob. Aad I coo Id do aotji 10 g. Nothing?. Ab, yea! one last hope remained to Be. Some dars previously 1 bad written to Js!r.3f ait- land, teiiiog bun or my desperate condition, aad reMoe-sunr kiss to rive me some ie tiers of iatradoctioa io tbe v 1 ore law emcee, aad taat very morning baa received an a swer ia tba shape of a large, eficia looking letter, bearing tba addr to Boa. Jar. Carietoa, aa eaiaent met ber of tbe judicial beach. Taking; op my bat. I straightway bora tba lettsr to iu destiaatioa, and, having read it, tba jadga said to me kisaij over bis gold-nnVmed spectacles : "In a few days yoa shall bear from ESTABLISHED, 18 PA., WEDNESDAY, me, I think I shall have good news for you." . On the third Monday after this in terview l bad persuaded my sister to take a walk with me. Daring oar promeoada we happened to pass a restaarant in tbo ; neighborhood, whence a waiter had just issued forth, bearing; a luncheon-trsy on which, among other tempting viands, was a dainty, roast chicken. My poor sister involuntarily fixed such a longing bangrT look on the food as it passed before ber that it almost broke my heart. On oar retarn borne I found a letter from Judge Carleton awaiting me. .Apoloriziog for the irregular form of bis invitation, he said he should be happy to see me ss a guest at dinner on the same eveo- As the sertant announced me. Judge Carietoa came toward me, and, taking me kindly by the hand introduced me to bis wife and daugh ter. All were no kind and cordial to me that in a few moments I felt quite at home. Tbo dinner was a brilliaut one. I was eacaged in an animated conversation with a charming and "try witty ladr beside whom 1 was seated, wbeo suddenly all my gayety nea irora me. I bad just perceived a pleodid rors-fwl that a domestic bad placed theraj. Tbe scene of the morning and tha hungry look in my sister's eves rose op before me. and my heart was wrung by the remem brance. Tbe next instant a portion of the fowl was! placed before me. in the meantime! tbe lady beside me, finding I had suddenly become taci turn and distant! gare her attention to my next neighbor, and left me to my devices and .the satisfaction of my greedy appefte. I made such good use of the liberty thos sccorded to me that in a fcw moments eery trace of food on Iny plate bad disap peared, ihnner? was nearly over wnen tne conversation turned on a lawcnit that my host had gained for one of his clients; "Well" said the judge, laughing, "the case is one of my best, I'll al low ; but my client deserves a little mentioa too. Just look at the hand some present he baa sent me; and he drew from his foger a magnificent diamond ring, and handed it for in Fpection to tbe lady who sal next to him.' In tbe midst of the expressions of delight and admiration, tbe jewel was handed from one guest to anoth er ronad the table, and Mrs. Carietoa bad just risen, and was proceeding to pass into the drawing-room, when ber husband exclaimed, -My dear, bare yoa my ring?" " "No, indeed ; Mrs. M. returned it to yoa a few minutes since." "Bless me! " Then where can it be ?" he said, shaking out bis napkin. and feeling ia I1 bis pockets, one sr tertbeotber. -No one stirred from the table, and for some minutes the room was filled with a confused ham of voices and the jingliog of knives and forks, china and glass, brought into violent collision by tbe excited guests in their search after tbe miss ing jewel Bat the search wa all ia vain ; the ring had actually disap peared. "I see how it is," said the judge, jf tinlji ; "that ring must be some wicked fairy who has maliciously bidden herself away in the pocket of one of our number. Now I am go ing to make a proposal, if you will and which you would utterly reject if it came from any other quarter; bat which yoa will accede to, coming from an eccentric individual like me." "Explain! explain!" cried all tbe guests in chorus. I propose then," continued our host, "that before we leave this roo.ii we shall proceed to search each other, the ladies on this tide, and we gentlemen yonder. Let ail who object hold np their hands. At tbe word "search" all tbe blood in my veins rushed back to my heart,' and a cold sweat broke out on ur forehead and trickled down my face, which I fell bad become asby pale. I stood there apart, with a rash of sound in my ears, a mist before my eyes, and swaying to and fro like a man drank with wine. And through it all 1 could hear the laaghing voice of my host counting tbe rotes in fa vor ot my proposal. Suddenly he confronted me, and said, in a pecu liar time and with A sio-nifirant glance at my arms, which were tight- ly folded on my breast: "And you, sir, uo not approve ot my suggestion ?" I do net, air," I replied with oat ward firm Des, but with a face paler than ever. A silence aa of death suc ceeded these words and every eye in the room was turned in my direc tion. . 1 beg your pardon lor this foolish joke," aaid tbe judge, after a pause. in a tone 1 sbail never forget. "I would rather bo loser of ten thousand dollars thaa wound the feelings of a guest under my roof." and, moving toward the door, be added, lightly, Gentlemen tbe coffee will be rained if we delay here lange-." Just as bo was passing through tbe open door, I advanced toward bim. I owe yon an explanation, Mr. ; Carleton," I said ; "you will bear me? Pray do not refuse me," I added, seeing bim turn coldly away. He ftooU auu iur a moment, and then, turning towards me, bo said, brusquely, but without looking at me Yerv well, come," and be led tbe way to bin study. Tbe door was hardly closed be hind aa when shouts of laogbter were beard from tbo drawing room. aad before I bad time to otter a word. Mrs. Carietoa burs, into tbo room, holding tbo missing ring ia tbe palm of bar band. There is your ring." she said. handing it to her bosbaad ; a ee-vant has joat found it. "Where?" summered Mr. Carie toa with a look of stupefied amaze ment. . ; . ' ; "Just in yoor plate,'' she answered. laughing merrily. . ery well, Aaaie, leave u for an iastaat, aad we will join yoa ia tbe drawing room." At tbo door closed babiad bis wife, Mr. CarWtoa came op to mo and seized sm by both hands. "IJeibro yoa say aaotber word, sir. boar mj sUary," I cried, aad then vrit rapid, ferwriah eloquence I told him of my struggles, my affee- 37. MAY 2, 1877. tion for my sister, of my sufferings at seeins? ber suffer, and finally of the heart-wringing scene of the morning. "And this is why I preferred to pass for a thief ratber than have it Known that my father's daughter was dying from hunger,' I concluded, drawing from my pocket the portion of tbe fowl I bad contrived to slip from my plate during the sumptuous repast of which I bad Inst - partaken, lne tears fell from tbe eyes of tbe good lawyer as he listened to me, and when I bad ceased speaking he once more seized my bands and exclaimed: Oood lad I Tbe sister yoa lore so well shall never know want again;1 and, witn my bands still clasped in his own, he threw open tbe door of the drawing room drew me in after him, and, laying bis band on my shoulder with fctberly affection, be said, in voice of deep emotion : "Gentlemen, I present to yoa tbe most honorable and worthy fellow know, my private secretary." ., There were two bappy, tbank'ui - - . - ... hearts that night in oor humbleapart- ment. ' lata tha KbbiUb. "I wish father would come home." Tbe voice that said this had a trou bled tone, and tbe face that looked op was very sad. "Your father will be very angry, said aa aoot who was sitting ' in the room with a book in ber band. Tbe boy raised himself from tbe sofa, where he had beea ' Iving in tears for half an boar.- and with a touch of indignation in his v ice, answered , , "He'll be sorry, not angry. , Father never gets angry. For a few moments the aunt looked at tbe bay half eruatilv, and let ber eyes fill again upon tbe book that was in ber hand. Tbe boy laid him self down upon tbe sofa agam and bid his face from sight. ; -"That's father now I" He started up, after a lapse of ten minutes, as the sound of tbo bell reached bis ears, and went to tbe front room. He stood there for a while, . and then came slowly back, saying with a dis appointed air : - "It isn't father. I wonder what keeps him so late. O, I wish be would come!" . . . ." ; L: - "Yoa setm anxious ta get . deeper into trouble," remarked the aunt, who had been only in the house for a week, aod was neither amiable, nor very sympathizing toward children. The bey's fault had. provoked her, and she considered him a fit subject for panishmeoc - ' - "i Lelieve, Aant Thebe that you'd like to see me whipped," said tbo boy a little warmly. "But yoa WOS't" ""' " .must eoofes, replied Aant Pnebe, "that I think a little whole some discipline of tbe kind yoa speak of would not be out of p'ace, Ifyoa i were my child I am very sure yoa wouldn't escape." "I am not yoor child ; I don't wan't to be. Father's good, and loves me." - '-. - - "If your father 19 good and loves you so well, you must be very uo gratefnl, or a very inconsiderate boy. Ilia goodness doe-sot seem to have helped yon much." "r : "Unsd, will you!" ejaculated tbe boy, excited to anger by this no kind new of speech in his aunt "Pbebe!" It was the boy's mother who spoke now for tbe first time. In aa under tone sbe added r "Yea are wrong. Richard is Suffering qnite enough, and yon are doing bim harm ratber than good." A (rain the bell rang, and again tbe boy left bis seat on the sofa, aod went to tbe sitting-room door. - "It's father!" and be weat gliding down stairs.' - "Ab, Richard!" was the kindly greeting, as Dr. Gordon took tbe band of his boy. "Bat what's the matter, my sin ? Yoa dont look happy." "Wont yoa come in here ?" And Richard drew bis father into the li brary. Mr. Gordon sat down, still holding Richard's baod.. "Yoa are troubled, my son ; what has happened"?'1' Tbe eyes of Richard filled with tears as be looked into bis father's face. lie tried to answer, but bis lips quivered. Then be turned away, i"d opening the door of the cabinet. broogbt out the fragments of a brok ea statuette, which bad been sent homo only the day before, aod set them on the table before his father, over whose eoantenanee there came instantly a shadow of regret. "Who did this, my boy?"' was asked in an even tone" "I did it." - "How ?" -i inrew my bail in tbere once only once, ia forge Julness." . - A little while Mr. Gordon sat coo trolling himself, and collecting bis disturbed thoughts. Tbea be said cheerfully; . ' - "What is done Richard caa't bo helped. Put tbe broken pieces away. Yoa have bad trouble enough about it, I can see, and reproof enoogh for your thoughtlessness, so I shall aot add a word to increase your pain." "On. father !" and tbo bey threw bis arms about his father's neck. . -- Five minutes later aad Richard en tered tbo sitting-room with his father. Auat Phebe looked np for two shadowed facet, bat did aot see tbers. - She was pazzled. "That was very unfortaaato," aho said, a little while after Mr. Gordoa came in. "It waa socb aa exquisite work of art.". Richard waa . leaning against bis father wbea bit asat said tbia. Mr Gordon oaly amiled, aad drew bis arms closely arooad bis boy. : Mrs. Gvcdoa threw npoa her sister a look of waraiag ; bat it waa un heeded. , , .', . "I think Richard waa a very osoga ty boy." . , "We bare settled ail that, Phebe." waa tbo mild box firm aaewer of Mr. Gordon ; "and it is oao of oor rules to get ialo the soasciuye as qaiek aa ; possible. i , a. ,.- .; ;, , - . ., Secretary Sherman sees ia tbe European war tbo road to specie payments ia tbo TJahed States. Within, two aaoattac people baie etaigrsjed from. United States to Australia. tlx irnti. ARTIFICIAL VERSUS TItt REAL. "AH that glitters is not gold," aad what appears as golden batter is not in every case that luctous article. When Solomon lifted up his voice, and said the'e was nothing new un der the sun. be showed that wise be was. be waa aot versed ia tbe tricks of tbe butter trade. As far aa history extends this produce of the a m nr at . cow was known. lor rainer a.ora- hare, according to Biblical history, set "butter and milk" oeioro tne three miraculous guests wbo vis ited bim while he soioarned on tbe plains of Mamre by the brook of Heb ron in Palestine, mat was aoou. 4.000 rears ago. and from that time down has been frequently mentioned as an esteemed article of diet So much so that one of the punishments inflicted upon tbe wicked is, to nse tbe words of Jophar in the time of Job, that "be" (the wicked) "shall not see" tbe brooks of honey and butter. In fact, from time immem orial has it been used by all nations as an article of food. It supplies a great natural want of man for fatty material to supply tbo n at oral wear of tbe body. Different nations have their wants in this direction supplied in characteristic ways. The Rus sian peasant diets oa tallow candles, the African bathes and saturates his skin in rancid oil, tbe Arab drinks his cup of rancid melted butter, and the sailor and backwoodsman swal low their bonne bouchet of fat salt pork with a gusto. But among civi lized nations the use of tbo finest grades of butter is universal, and tbe man wbo does not use it on nis bread or in other forms is a rare ex ception to the general rale. WHERE IS BCTTEB THt MADE or ratber wbere ooes tne suppiy come from ihst appears upon tbe tables iu our city? It requires an immense amount, and is drawn from the immediate neighborhood of the cu in nart. and remote points for tbe-great bulk. It is calculated that in ibe whole United Slates there are about twelve and a half pounds con sumed on an average by every per son included in its popalstion. ibe orodact increased in a faster ratio than the population during the last tbree decades, for while it was 313,- 345.30C pounds in 1350. in I860 it amounted to 453.680.327 pounds. and in 1S70 it was estimated at 650,- 000,000. Philadelphia needs for her consumption alone about 250,000 to 275.000 pounds per week. Macn ol it, as above stated, is made ia the neighboring coumiee of Delaware and Montgomery and Chester and others But the great bulk of the tub and firkin butter comes from Bradford county, -jw lork wbere tbere are extend've dairy farms, and from Illi nois and Iowa. 1 torn tbeae two lat ter States the finest grades of packed batter are brought, much of which is hardly inferior to tbe best "pound batter" from tbe adjoining counties. A few years ago "Goshen Butter" from Orange county. New York, was one of the best known brands in tbe market, but for a few years tbe dairies in that county have sent all their milk to tbe city of New York. HOW IT IB MADS. In olden times, when Abraham set tbe butter before bis mysterious guests and for ceo tunes after, tbe manner of making butter waa to put tbe cream ia a leather bottle, sucb as was used fur carrying wine or wa ter, and by a process of shaking il up until the buttery particles formeu. Tben tbe modern process of churning in wooden churns became general and the process of making it was one that tended to give strong arms and a fall expansion of tbe cbest to the sturdy country girL Up to within a very few years tbe old upright churn was universally used, with iu plain up-aod-dowa dasher, tbe weight sometimes counterbalanced by a spring above, to which it waa attach ed by a cord. But although in tbe interior, and even ia the thicaly set tled part of the country, these old fashioned churns are used yet. Yan kee ingenuity has bent itself to tbe task of making labor-saving churns that bring tbe butter from tbe cream wiib lean labor aad in quicker time than ever. Bat while Yankee inge nuity has thus lessened the butter- maker's labor, French science has al so been at work and produced A!l AXTTnCIAL BCTTZR. itself Tbe discovery arose oat of some chemical experimeau that were, at tbo insuace of the French Government, made by M. Hippolyte Mego with a view to Gad some arti cle to be used as butter, to have the same general qualities, and at the same time to be cheaper in price aad capable of being kept without spoil ing. These experimeau were eon ducted at tbe Government farm at Yincennea. By placing several milch cows on a strict diet of non-fat-prod ad Qg food be found that, al though tbe animals decreased inj weight aad gave leas milk the milk itself always contained batter. From this M. Mege was coavinced that the fatty particles of tbo milk from which the butter was obtained was a direct contribotion from the fat of the ani mal itself, which being absorbed and carried into circulation, waa deprived of iu stesrine by natural eombostioo in tbo lungs and tbea furnished as oiec margarine to tbo mammary glands, and tbere by eoauct with tbo butyric . acid developed in them changed to hotter. Reasoning oj ibis bo waa induced to try by experi aaont tbo deductions of reason and procuring some eow'a fat aad beef aoet bo succeeded, by the oao of a small quantity ot milk ia addition, in making a good sample of batter. HOW ARTIFICIAL BCTTES U MAPS. The first step ia making it is to separata the fat from the tissaea. Te do tbia it is aoeeaaary to bo ex tremely careful not to allow tbo tem pcrMsre to exceed 120 F-. akboogb 1033 iaaoficieot. Wbea melted at a higher temperatoro tbo fat acquires a clLng-r-eabs taste that cannot bo re moved by any proceoe. The first step ia to ttwrato or tnvaeo tbo fat ato Mall particles, aad tbea thot aqjcWr else nee it by washing ia part water. .Tbia ia npoatad aatil it ia tbotxetigUy cacanasd. aad it is thaa leadajred or &anaratedj worn us ata- branoBs tiasoea. Tbo latter opera-j WHOLE NO. 1.M7. tion occupies about three hoars and is done in large kettles having hol low sides, in which condensed steam gives a temperature of 120 J. From these large kettles it Is ran off into smaller ones and kept at the same temperatoro until tbe floating par ticles of tissue are deposited. It is then run off into other vessels and al lowed to cool at about 80 tempera ture. After it has become tolerably firm it ia moulded into small cakes, wrapped in doth and subjected to an immense pressure (sometimes over 200 tons) which presses out tbe oleo margarine and leaves the stearine. Tbe former is then free from any dis agreeable taste or odor and c&o be and is ased for culinary purposes and ia called cooking grease. It is composed of tbe tame elemenu as batter and is the same substance that passing iato tbe mammary glands of tbe cow is by tbeir action converted into batter. To do tbia artificially a small potion of pure milk or cream is added, and then bv working ii to gether genuine butter is formed Tbe cooking grease is a very valua ble addition to tbe cuisine, and is es pecially so for using oa trip either at sea or on land, as it keeps perfectlv clear and sweet for a long time In a report made by M. Felix Bendee to tbe Board of Health of the Depart- ment of tbe Seme, he nave, after peaking in high terms of tbe first product : "Tbo second, p-xwes-aed of properties wbicb allow of iu close comparison with butter in a chemic al point of view ta regards its uses may Uke tbe place of the latter in many instances; and in con sequence of tbe small expense at which it can be made it has been put in competition with milk butter, which will lower necessarily the price of tbe letter to the benefit of the consumer, render tbe con sumption of it less considerable and allow the breeders to devou a much creater quantity of milk to the rais ing of calves, a great advantage to their industry." INTRODUCTION INTO THIS COCNTBT. In 1373, shortlr after M. Mege made his discovery, in the course of bis researches ho obuined a patent in France, and then seeing what an immense field lay before him io the great territory of the United Sutes, he started to get a patent in this country. But tbere was one ahead of him, a party from Alsatia, by the name of Paraps who, leaning through the report of tbe method of making artificial butter, applied for a patent as bis own discovery, and ob tained it M. Mege, however ly the presenution of proof of Lis prior dis-, eovery, and as tbe fact that Parap. had obtained bis knowledge from current publications in France, sue ceeded in oasting tbe latter and hav ing bis patent annulled, and got one himself. He immediately started a large company, called the United Sutes Dairy Company, assigned tbe patent to them. This compear ea- ublisbed others in New lork and NewJersey and also in this Stale. Tbe factory in New York is on a largo scale, having a capacity of ren dering 500,000 pounds of caul fat per week. This produces 100 barrels of tbe oleo-marganne.of which the but ter is made, ten bogrbeada of stear ine and ten of Uflow. Everything is utilized, and even tbo water is strained before being run off, and tbe refuse is sold to the snap makers. Tbere are tbree stesm-cbarna, each of the capadty of 200 pounds of the oleo-margarine. About eight qnarts of milk are added to each of the charns, and after being thoroughly worked, is laid out on large fiat trays. inspected, recburned until tbe milk is all worked out, and tben packed in firkins for the wholesale trade, or stamped ia one pound and half pound lump. It is then ready for the mar ket, and is of a clear, light yellow color, and ia Uste and smell not to be distinguished from good cream batter, but.is said by the dealers not to keep, but soon gets rancid. About 5,000 pounds per day are "old from the factory in New York, at a price ranging from 20 to 25 cents. Tbe branch of this estsblisbment is situated in West Philadelphia near tbe Pennsylvania Railroad depot Tbey now make the hotter ready for the market, although for some time after iu establishment they only made the cooking grease which re quired churning with milk to produce toemarkeuble batter. (7) Tbere is no doubt that it appears on many a table, and it is said that not one in a hundred can tell tbe difference be tweeo it and the best pound batter that is made in the country. Iu ef fect is already teen in the td action in tbe price of batter. The exports from this city for the past month of March aggregated about 71,000 pounds. Although extensively used in the hotels and boarding-bouses, aod sold by a great many provision dealers, none of them like to ac knowledge it, as people are not yet educated op to Ukiog it on iu own merits. So far from accepting it great. xrroaTs werx madx to suppbess it. By tbe dairyman s association) throughout the United Sutes. At a meeting held at Judges' Hall in Sep tember, 1376, in tbe Ceatenniel grounds, there were very strong speeches made against iu manufact ure, and a committee was appointed by the national convention to Uke steps torn emeriaKze Congress to pass a law to compel the man-aiaetarors of it not to stop making it, bat to seii it for what it was. By this means it would enable people to make their own selection, and although it might at first retard iu introdactioB, yet iu advocates say that it would oory ia the end make iu iatrodoctioa the more sore, as tbe deakra could sot tbea palm off the rancid better as the real botteriot. Careful analysis showa that the composition of too aatoral aad tbo artiaciaJ bolter is almost identical. Professor Chand ler, Professor of Analytical aad Applied Chemistry in Colombia Col lege, and Drs. Brown aod Wonk, af ter a careful aaalvsio aad examioa- tioa, paorocaeo tbe artificial prod art to bo real baiter, and not ta-iow. Tie former states that" I fcd it to boa good and wholesotso article lood" "aod tbo s - cannot to dsstiayuisbed from 9 oouer msae irom cream, eiucr -j uo taata or s-seO.'WPaiWJf 'oa , lnhia J-.li'jrj.K. ntlag Sleep. Is there anthioy more dis.res-.ii thaa ilceplcaaess when yoa wnt to go to sleep 'and feel that you ought to go to sleep anyway, and yet cannot .' toa toss about from one side to the other, drawing your fet np, aad itretching them down potting your arms under theqailts, and outside them, lying first on your right side then on your left, changing; rK-ca.-.ion-ally to your back. . The more yoa torn tad twint, and the Larder you try to go to .-Je-p, tie wider awake you become. You fancy there is some troublo aooat tne pillow, and you turn it j over, and beat it op, and tuck ibe euiuu.liie uuuer, goo pat vour head down carefully, but !eep tic. not come. . Then you think perhaps the Led is too tiara, and get up and pat it, and smooth oat imaginary wrinklts' and .hake sheets, and go to ri again feeling nro lhat yu can sleep now. But yoa were never rare niHtaken in your life. After yoa have had yoor eves tightly sbatfor ten minutes, and bare been growing more and more wakeful each moment, you bethink ymrmrlf of the numerous "recipes" v,.n hire read in tbe papers tor promoting tbe jt-criormance or going to bleep Yoa begin to count six hundred. No success. Tben yoa repeat the multiplication Uble as hr as you know, but the result is tbe t-arae. Then yoa go through with the Ten Commandment, and the- burial se r vices from tbe book of common pray, er, and "thirty days bath September' aod still you are just as far from the wished for result. Tben yoa begin t repeat wbt poetry you remember, beginning wiib Longfwliow'e "Psairn of Life." an.! ending with Mother U ooa) s 'Hickory, Pickery lork. Tie moaa ran ap the elek." Tnenyou roll v-ur eTe in ti, sockets, snd try to iciSk-ioe that . n aee smoke isaning frm voor n--ri accordiug u. ifa meiHrihed lorn n and you do a hundred -tber thu gs equally absurd; but it is all Ubor tost. I U toss out the Wear, niu-ht .. fall ai-Ieep jat as tne hreakrat bll rings, aod yoa are expex'ed t-. make your appeases, freah as a lark to enteriaio compaav aod m.t. things generally pleasant. 1 ne Human will is a tniurbtv nower and can build cities and move nUri. Uin ; but when it comes to spply it self to the getting of a nervous per son to sleep it is powerlrs Ki lhorn. What airwe ArewaaplKaj. Tbe swallow, swift and night hawk, re ice guardians or tbe atmosphere. Tbey check the increase of ioecta lhat would otherwise overload it. Woodpeckers, creepers and chickadees are the guardians of the trunks cf trees. ' Warblers and fly eatcbera pro tect the foliage. Blackbirds, crows, thrushes aod larks protect the sj.l! Snipe aad wood core protect the soil ander surface. Each tribe has its re spective duties to perform in the economy of nature, and it is aa un doubted fact, that if tbe bir Is were all swept off tbe race of tie earth man coold net live npoa it : vegeta tion would wither and die ; iasects would become so numerous that no living thing could withstand tbeir at- Ucks. Tbe wholesale destruction occasioned by grasshoppers which have lately devastated tbe West, is undoubtedly caused by the thinning out of tbe birds, sach as grouse, prai rie heD.a.Ac, which feed on them The great loestimatable service done to tbe farmer, gardener and fl itL-ibr tbe birds is only becoming known by sad experience. Spare the bird and save your fruit; the little corn and fruit taken by them is more than eomen- eatea or tne quantities or norious in sects they destroy. Tbe long perse cuted crow has been foend by actual experience to do far more good by the vast quantities of grabs and in sects be devours, than tbe little harm be does in the few grains of corn be pulls op. He is one of the farmer's beet friends. What Shall Wa It ear Oaagh le Teach them self reliance. Teacb them to make gnod br-ad. Teach them v make shirts. Teacb them not to wear false La'r. Teach them not to pain: aad pow der. Teach them to wear thick, warm shoes. Teach them how to vb and iron clothes. Teach tLcm to do marketing for the family. " Teah them hw to mike tnr own dresses. Teacb tbeot how to cook a gooI meal of vitaals. , . Teach them that a do'iar is oaly a hundred cents'. Teach them to regard the mora' not tbe money of beaax. Give them a good substantia', com mon school educav'ion. Teach them every day !ry, hard, practical, common sense. Teach them all the nsyst-fif 3 of the kitchen, toe dining room and tbe par tor. Teacb them that a good, round, roer romp is worth fifty delicate con sumptives. Teacb tbea to kave notbioz to d) with dissolute aad intemperate young men. Teach them the more they lire within their incomes Ibe more they will save. A Waa aiaarataur AseeMeaiA The circumstances concerning the death of Willie Prasset. who recently afeot himself, are these. Preparatory to a hunt he was cleaning hi gan docble-barrel ahot gun and as gQo ners are wont to do, had wrapped the ead cf the rod with cloth and was cleaning the barrels with water. Tbe ramrod becoming fast he pat the breach of the gttn into the stove, and aafortunatelv sat down immedi ately in front of tee mirtle. li a ahatrt time ooo barrel discharged, forc ing the rod into bn chest, sergnBgnnw of tbe large arteries of the heart, and breaking tbe rod inw threw p see. He showed his younger trotter, who was alooo wilt him ia tbe reom, wbere he was hart, asd speaking a tew words, ke expired. Jt it belierd ' the rod waa forced oat by the explo- i . sire power of steam, as owy a lew moments before ke had discharged both barrels, and besides tbere was no smell of powder aeticed by those who first entered ihoroem.aor was ti clothing blackened or horned. a would have been tbe case had tbeir bees a discharge of powJer " icv ( ) Jommai I ..jr, , a ftr v owa teert, JoJU nrtn0g to ter ; ormas. -Neaseaso," twpUd old jprgrtieel, "be ia a maa after the jB0Mj joar aneU left joa." Asd . aa. ,, l n ! War!
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