A Few "Word to the Boys. i1"- lhc Somerset Herald, ..!. Wr : f ' h H.iHy t ot ,.tl-rl- 2 49 . num. 11 I ,Tij-U- ,U ' ''"0,',n",, "n'Jl " "rt.re r.tma neglecting ,-r crilrlo not take oat Ill-heUrcSwnM b- "'U"B' r,m..vln ffjm on PostofBoe to an- iilth name of the former ! " ' ' Ti- Somerset Herald, j StHuerfH't, Fa. S! l' TiiATTMKXEV.AT-I.AW , j-, Somerset, Peon'i -Vl V, S l 'I'll. H 1 ATlUKXtYAT-bAW. i Somerset, Pa. u. r si isle v. AtroKXEY-ATLAW, omersct. Pa. n. !;:!: i:. SiTLU AlT(.UXtYAT LAW, Sonier-et, 1 I! i K; lSI.il. I ju-ruKXEY-ATLAW, Somerset, t K. PATTERSON, ATT.iiJNKY-AT-I.AW, Somerset, Pa. ,,-, ,n'niJl 't eare " kt- , J!;!".':'-!' r-;ine Udelity. (J ATTOKXtVS-ATLAW. ,a.iW en-rusted U their ciro will be v n t i.uniuall- attended to. ula dro" ci'losi"! the y,,ia'ji ':h M UM.l r.niii-i'i ATTUKXKY-AT LW, j.o-r ail Pension Agent, Somerset, Pa. -I.ENTINK HAY, i .,,,1 rm u mi nnuini. -7 j ."aii i.aim ouiniaiad w 11 cure wiih ffl Ui'- and CJcty . . r-. . t). 1 1 1 J . KIM MEL. ATTtfKNtY.ATL. AW, Somerset, Pa. u n .iipn.l I., all business entrusted to Ills care ..mJrlrt and advinlng counties with prompt ". ,,,1 n !cli:y. 'Othee on Main Cw street. ' t . Is : 1 jY,;8"US. L.C. COLBoUX. ,i imi'v . mT.r.onv ( ' ATTORNEYS AT-LAW. . .. . .nirtiatMl to their fare Kill te m'liv n t iMim-iually attooileJ to. "wii '"-in iiaer t iflork. t ji t'r- iMiiN ii. rm.. J ATTUHX EYATLAW, v SuuioriR'L, P, ir"Hi:!i attenil t' all boirtne entrnrteil I M "H.-y a.lvaneml 0 eolUirtiuIi, hM. i- t ii. Maraiun'ih liail linB- J. ;. o'.iij:. ATTOIIXLY-AT LAW, SomerMt P., pr .f.s!. ii-l Jintne entrartcil tn tny care at- t O'.d t'.- an jirounniM:B mju ii Jem.. V i. rTTi:n. ATTORNEY AT LAW, vuHltAI.K. SlKKKUPT 4.. PA di re l.i' rnlciunal crvi"e to tlie !Hti!ic. Sj rti.1 I'.iint ucic'.tiate'l, ani all Ah-r atu-n.lct l" wlin irouiiinc ami nupiny. lMi;rti' a f.eelny. I'unci du. w.jnvrii. ii.ur.AEiu 11 Y. k I'.AKR. 1) ATTOliXEYS AT-LW, Somerset, Pa., Kill tiniiiy in S.miPiwt ami aLli'ilnlneeiintifS. An I'Uf.nff ciiiru?iea to them ill I ruuiitly II.I.IAM H. KOONTZ, ATT(KN"EY-AT LAW, tHimereel, Pa., Will rive npiir.pt attention to boflnca entnirt-r-'. itt in S'.tocrwt anJ adjoining eountica. "a.eiQ Printing House Ujw. IuIIN It. SrOTT. J ATTORNEY"-AT-LV.V, Souierwt, Pa. ('.?( in'hel'.wrt House. Allulnes entrurt-r-' t tit rr? aucnJeJ to with iromitnei and J ami: l. mm. ATTOKXEY-AT LAW, Somerset. Pa. oi. Mammoth Block. p stairs. Entranee, Km t'r. aireeU Uoliecl ml nwle, estates f::l..J. tales exauilneil. and all liral lasiucef '.itcle-i u with prooipUien aifl ti'lelity. AUl'KM. HICKS. i JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, S-imcrset, Pctiu'a. Ell M. klXMEI.L. U.S. K1MMFJ.U D'L E. M. KIMMELL '& SOX ecler their .rofcsi)al aerrlcea to the eltl in,oi .D,T;t and vlrlr.itT, One ot the mem itoI the nrm ean at anytime, unl. w i.rofcuilon lir tiiiaite.1. I t"nnd at their ottiiA Main r.mn. eas: ul the ltiaiuond. D!L J. K. MILLER has pcrma- ui iritev.jtt. OUice uipuito CUarlt Krltntf. tr ( Fl tre. DI.. II. nitl'IUKER tcntlim In" ,CT.fi.al aCTTtM! to the eltiifloi f Som ntati.iviciniiy. Oitice in reaidenoe on Main tr.ct.ir.t ut tl,e Iiiaiaoud. DTI. A. C. MILLER. PHYSICIAN fcSVROEON, Kw r-n!.Td to South Bend. Indiana, wlicr he ba w eub..alicl by teller or other in. DT:. JOIIX DILIi. HENT1ST. ytf e Henry Heraey'f store, ;Maln Cre S..:neret, Pa. D' WILLIAM COLLIX.-?. I'tNTlST, SOMERSET, PA. in Msramoth P.lorV. ahora Ife.yd'i Iru S"re lie ran at alt ttme be found ripr- li.!'i:i kinds ot work, such as fillinit. r-u-i:irr 'iirotin. AnilioiiU teeihot all kinds, .! ii. t. st iiinifrhil icwrted. lneralki vims!'.! pENVIOX AGENCY. S. P Swfitirrof Sand Patch. Somerset court y, fa. Juilrr d Hm Pom, surveyor and claim I"!-will prouii'ilr cdlet all Houoty and Prn cHinn entrained to him. Person wistiiriK i y in!.-miti'i will adilrnwi him at the alve iuo.e.1 ,lar, eoiloslng discharge and puatmre Jtji tvr re j.iy. AUCTIONEER. at Per ifu1 iu at iliafarUoa. o. W. A. KOONTZ, Oucfloeoee, Pa. I I u nVIS BROTHERS PAINTERS, S"Mi:r.M:T, I'knx'a. :.() ;niioiiM E FERMENTED -OA WINE, FOR SALE ' r"lwt A. J. Caaebeer fc Co-' """t, Nrft, PaoratbU SUSAa GROVE FARM I!?aiona ef Komenet. the plaw or oiao nr.. iu M1wntK u a list ut Ui kindi In CRApE, BLACKBERRY, CHERRY CURRANT. ELDERBERRY, WILD-CHERRY t AND CIDER WINE, tiiiil"! W 1" qntty to nil perohaser. atai?!""10t lor niadteat ail aera na j ahw aj a bererag by tuoae 1 tALTUS t,'U .nrle. V1 will hnd 1 will iv. enires Ai lrtten I t mail lTomittlT attended t tie - VOL. XXX. NO. 2. JOS. HORNE & CO., 17, :155, 201 and 20$ Peon ATennc, I'lTTrsnUItQlI, PA. T!iat iliey have rwuivcJ the lurjrost as soriini'in if NEW SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS 'flint tin v have yet h:nl the pliUMiro ifif ferine to the tthlic. Very Best Valass, In every Ike of Gods, If yiiu ih nut come to the f'ity to 1 your shoi..in you in have your want suti.-fao torily KiipiilieU by tK'mlini us youronhTu by mail. We have this hram li of our lu.int.i tliiroii!tlilr orgnuizttl, toul ail on lent for either SAMPLES or GOODS, ami any information that may W desired, that it in H-Mhle for us to pv. have ottr iiiomI tarelul and proui)t otlntion the anie day they are received. la wniling your orders suite as vzplieitly as you can uhut yon want. irrlo not fail t) read onr r-pdar iletn- a ivtrtii-euiciit.s, as they Himr irom time to time in a1 1 of the l'ill.buivli daily and religious witkly jKiiicrs. RETAIL STORES, 197, 199, 201 and 203 Penn Ave., FITTSBURGH. PA. In the Hu'ldiug known as the. NATJGLE HOUSE, BY ALBERT RECKE, WHL1KAI.1 O- KETAll. ni COITFSCTIOITESY, MAsrrAC-riKKB or Fl N fc and COMMON CANDIES. CK ACKEKS, CAKES ANI REEAD, KEAI.Ett 151 UROCEBIES, FINE CIGARS, SMOKINQ ANHCHEWINO TOBAOXXJ, FOREIGN AN l DOMESTIC FK11TS, AvC 4.C. Parties and Pimloa FUpidic) with Candies. Cakes. ISn.a and ttRirs on short notice. All Uuuii Freeh, and sold at ; . , A LOW I'lGlKE, Call and see for yourselves. I will "! -n ont with a full line of Uie alWTe irfolr, Mav l'.nh. I Lis constantly on hand at his distillery PURE RYE WHISKY For Fale Ly the barrel or gallon, 6uitcxl for MEDICAL AND MECHANICAL PURPOSES. Orders addressed to Berlin, Pa., will receive prompt nttentin. Marek2, 1880. Jas. A. M'MlLLAB. Jso. II. Waters lYTIVIILLAN & CO., PRACTICAL PLUMBERS, STEAM AND GAS FITTERS, No 112 Franklin Street, Johnstown, Pa. SpecUl attrntton flvcn to House Drainage and Si aiT Ventilation. ESTIMATES MADE AND WOEX DONE In the most thorough manner and guaranteed. TEAV BANK -:o: Somerset County Bank, CHARLES J. HARRISON. Cuthier and Manager. Collections made & all pans of tha lotted B la tea. CbarKei moderate. Butter and other ehaeks eat leeted and easLed. Eastera and Westeraexcaange always en hand. Remittance, made wlUi prompt aess. Accounts sollctted. Parties deelrtsg to psrchaM V. S. 4 FEB CENT. FTNDED 1AW, can b aesohma- dated at this Bank. Tha asapon, arc pr)ld k, denominations of M, 1(0, U0 and 1.000. no. a 'era.. la in at. aicsa. ipts lor Firs anJ llelnsMce, JOHN HICKS & SON, SOMERSET. l'A And Roal Estate Brokers. ESTAKL.ISUED 1850. Persons who desire to sell, buy or cachanre iiroierty, or rent will tnd It to tneir advantage iu rt-icisier the descripttao thereof, as do ehanre Is made anless sold or rented. Real eataW business generally will be vmptlr attended t. acg la S. T. L11TLE& SONS. lOS IIAI.TIMORR STREET, ClJMBEHLuVND, Mdu WJL TCBCS, CBilSS, 1 tOUD KlLMkWAtl, DUMOSDS, AMEMCAN CLOCKS, MESCH CI OCKS, Mil EAT TLATZD WARE, HOLIDAY PBESERTSI Watches and Jewelry Sepalrad by Skilled Workmen and returned by Express Free of C&arga. N extra charge tur Engraving. Qoodi war ranted aa represented. octis THE DEVIL. BY ALFRED t. llol'lili. Men don't believe in devil now as their fathers used to do ; They've forced the door of tuebroadest creed to let his majesty through. There isn't a jirint of his cloven foot or a fiery dart from Lis bow To be found in the earth or air to-day, for the world lias vated so. But who is mixing the fatal draught that palsies heart and brain, Aad loads the bier of each passing year with U-n hundred thousand blain ? Who blights the blo jm of the land to-day with the fiery breath of hell, If the Devil isn't and never was? Won't somebody rise and" tell ? Who dogs the steps of the toiling saint, and digs the pit for his feet ? Who sows the tares iu the fields of time wherever God sows His wheat ? The levil is voted not to he, and, of course, the thing is true ; Hut who is doing the kind of work the Dev il alone should do ? We are told he does not go alxmt as a roar ing lion now ; lint whom shall we hold rtsjoiisible for the verlasting row To In- he; rd in home, in church and state, to the earth's remotest bound, If the Devil, by a unanimous vote, is no where to be found ? Won't somebody step to the front forthwith, and make their bow and show How the frauds and crimes of a single day spring uj ? We want to know, The Devil was fairly voted out, and, of course, the Devil' gone ; But simple people would like to know who carries his business on ? A IAWVEirS STOKY. WHICH, BEING ALTOGETHER TItCE, 13 MITCH STRANGER TUX FICTION COULD BE. "I never would convict a man on circumstantial evidence it l were a juror never 1 never !" 1 he speaker was a distinguished criminal lawyer of nearly forty years' active practice and whose fame extended liir beyond the limits of his own State. We had been discussing a recent cause celclre in which, upon purely circumstantial evidence, a man had been convicted of an atrocious mur der, although many of those most familiar with the circumstances of the case entertained the gravest doubts about the justice of his con viction, and had been swung oil in to eternity, protesting his innocence with his latest breath and calling upon God to send his soul straight way to hell if he was not telling the truth. As most of our party were law yers the conversation naturally enough, drifted into a discussion of the dangers arising from convicting accused persons, whose own mouths were closed, upon purely circum stantial evidence, in the absence of any direct and positive proof of guilt, and case after case was cited, in which, after conviction and exe cution, the entire innocence of the supposed culprits had been clearly demonstrated. Most of the laymen present agreed with the distinguish ed lawyer whose very positive ex pression of opinion has been quot ed, while the majority of lawyers contended, with that earnestness for which Lawyers are noted when ad vocating their own side of any ques tion, that justice could never mis carry when careful judges guard against the possibility of unsafe verdicts by refusing to permit a con viction except when every link in the chain of circumstantial evidence has been established beyond doubt and the whole chain been made so perfect and complete as to leave no room for any consistent hypothesis of innocence. "The first murder case I ever tri ed," said one of them, "was stranger than fiction, as you will admit, and is quite as remarkable as any case you have referred to where innocent men have been wrongfully convicted upon circumstantial evidence. It ought to have been reported as an example of the unreliability of the direct and positive testimony of eye witnesses who tell what they believe to be the truth." lie then related the main points of what was certainly a most re markable and dramatic trial and which constitutes a fair offset to some of the memorable cases to be found in every work on circumstan tial evidence." The narrative pro duced sojstrong an impression uion my own mind that subsequently, with his consent, I put it into the following shape, having first careful ly compared it with his notes of testimony taken upon the trial of the case. It can be relied upon as absolutely correct, with the except tion that I have used ficticious names, for reasons which will readi ly be appreciated when it is known that most of the actors in the drama are still living. One winter evening about eight o'clock, in the early days of the war, in the quiet little town of . while patrohng the streets to pick up stragglers from the camp on the the outskirts of the town, Corporal Julius Fry was shot and killed by one of three men of bad character, who were in company and upon terms of open enmity with the sol diers. The men were arrested, com mitted to prison and brought to tri al at the next term of the court Two of them were gamblers and desperadoes and supposed to have more than once had their hands 6tained with human blood. The third, whom I shall call Short, though bearing an unenviable repu tation, was regarded as one unlikely to slav a fellow man except under compulsion of circumstances. On account of the character of the men and the trouble they had already brought upon quiet, law-abiding citizens the sentiment of the whole community was strongly against IrTorder to clearly understand the force of the testimony given upon the trial and the subsequent result it is important to bear in mind the physical peculiarities, dress and gen eral Appearance of each of the three prisoners. fchort was a Email man of not more than five feet six inches in omer height, slender, weighing scarcely 130 pounds, with bright, fiery-red hair and side-whiskers, and, at the time of the murder, wore a white felt hat and an old light-blue army overcoat. Ryan was fully six feet in height, of robust frame, with black hair and moustache, dressed in dark clothes and wore a black Derby hat Gray was a heavy, broad-shouldered man of medium height, weigh ing fully 200 pounds, with a full, black beard reaching nearly to his waist. lUit as the evidence subse quently showed that he had not fir ed the shot it is unnecessary to alc scribo his appearance more mi nutely. Certainly it is difficult to imagine two men more unlike than Short and Ryan or less liable to be mistak en for each other even by strangers, much less by their acquaintances. There was no possibility here for a case of mistaken identity. Short and Ilvan were tried to gether with their consent Gray having asked for and obtained a separate trial and each was defend ed by separate counsel. After the preliminary proof relat ing to the po&t-mortcm examina tion, the cause of the death and the identification of the body of the de ceased as the person named in the indictment, the Commonwealth call ed as its first witness a woman, Ma rv Bowen. She bore a bad reputa tion for chastity, but nobody ques tioned her integrity or her purpose to tell reluctantly, it is true, the whole truth. The prisoners were all her friends and were constant visitors to the drinking saloon of which she was the proprietress. She was a woman of powerful phys ique, almost masculine frame, great force of character and more than or dinary intelligence. From her testimony it appeared that a colored woman, with whom she had some dispute, had hit her on the head with a stone and ran, and the three prisoners, coming up at the moment, started with her up the street in pursuit of the fugitive. Although the night was dark there was snow on the ground, and a gas light near by gave suflicient light to recognize a person with case some feet away. After running about one hundred yards the pursuers came to the corner of an alley and stoj) ped under the gas lamp, being chal lenged by the deceased, who was in uniform, in company with one of the squad. She swore that when the corporal called "halt" Short, whom she had known intimately for years, replied, "Go to h 1,'" and, while standing by her side, so that their elbows were touching, both being immediately under the gas-light, lie pulled out a pistol, pointed it at the deceased, who was four or five feet from him, and fired and then ran down the alley the deceased pursu ing him. She heard four or five more shots fired and immediately the deceased returned, wounded, and Short disappeared. While the shots were being fired she saw both Ryan and Gray standing at the cor ner some feet away from her and af ter that they separated and she went home. It was also proved that this alley was bounded on either side by high fences, difficult to climb, and led down to a stream of water about fifty feet wide and three or four feet deep. No traces of footsteps were found in the snow except those of one man leading down into the stream, and it was evident that the person who had fired had not climb ed cither fence, but had waded through the stream and disappear ed on the other side. The next witness was the soldier who stood close by the deceased when the 6hot was fired and who, not knowing either of the prisoners, described the person who had fired and ran down the alley as the man with red hair and side whiskers, dressed in a light-blue army over coat and white felt hat, and upon being directed to look at the three prisoners immediately indentified Short as the man whom he had seen do the shooting. The testimony of these two wit nesses wis in no wise shaken upon cross-examination. Then the sworn ante-mortem state ment of the deceased, taken by a magistrate, was read to the jury. He said that he had known Short personally for some time, but had never had any difficulty with him. He fired the first shot and then ran down the allev, firing one shot after another until he fired the last and fatal shot almost in the face of the deceased. He also fully described the clothing worn bv Short as it had been described by the other witnesses. . - These were all the witnesses to the occurrence, except the prisoners themselves, and of course they could not be heard. The case against Short seemed to be as conclusively made out as though a score of wit nesses had sworn that they had seen him do the shooting. Neither the Judge, the jury, nor the spectators entertained the slightest doubt of his guilt, and when the Common wealth, at this point, closed its case, it seemed as though the fatal rope was already around his neck and his escape impossible. Ryan heaved a sigh of relief which was audible throughout the whole court room, for he was safe ; there was not one word of testimony against him or any circumstance tending to show any previous ar rangement or concert of action be tween him and Short After a whis pered consultation between the counsel for the defence, one of them rose and moved the Court to direct the jury to forthwith return a ver dict of "not guilty" as to Ryan, in order that ho might be called as a witness for the prisoner. This was resisted by the District Attorney, and after lengthy and elaborate ar guments, the Court decided that it was bound to grant the motion; and accordingly Ryan was declared not guilty" and the verdict recorded. Then came a scene as dramatic to those present as anything ever wit nessed: on the stage. Without any opening speech by Short's counsel, Rran, in obedience to a nod from his attorney, stepped out of the pris oner's dock and into the witness-pox, set ESTABLISHED, 1827. 9 SOMERSET. PA., WEDNESDAY, looked about the court room, took up the Bible and was sworn to tell "the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth." Every ,i ae w head was neni iorward, every ear was on the alert, every eye fixed on the witness something stirtling was expected. ould he attempt to show that Miort had done the shooting in ; self-defense? That seemed the only thing jiossible. But how could he be believed in the face of the positive testimony of "three witnesses, two of them living and in the court room, one of them dead murdered. Ryan Btood for a moment looking down and then slowly lifting his eves to the bench, in a silence in which the falling of a feather might have been heard, he said : "May I ask the Court a ques tion ?" The venerable Judge, evidently surprised at being interrogated, look' cd at him and said : "Certainly, sir." "I understand that I am acquit tea, said uyan, pausing tor- a mo ment and then continuing : "I want to know from the Court whether anything I may say now can ever be used against me in any way ?" What did he mean ? What need for that question ? Everyone looked at his neighbor inquiringly ? The flushed face of the Judge showed that he, at least, understood what it meant an attempt to swear his guilty companion out of hang man's grasp. Then, in a tone of un- mihtakable indignation, came the answer : . "I am sorry to say, sir, that noth ing you may say now can be used against you ; that is, on a trial for this murder. You have been acquit ted." Ryan's face grew pale and then red, and he said, elowly and dis tinctly : "It was I who fired all the shots not Short." Most of the faces in the court room wore looks of incredulity ; some of indignation at the hardened wickedness of the man who had just been declared innocent and who, bv his own statement was guilty of murder, if he was not guilty of per jury. But, quietly "and calmly, without a tremor, as coolly as though he was describing some trivial occur rence which he had causually wit nessed, Ryan went on, step by step, detailing all that had occurred, ami When he had finish d his story there was probably not a person present who was not fully convinced not only that Rayan had told the simple truth, but also that he himself had fired the fatal shot m self-defense, or at leatt under such circumstances of danger as would have led any jury to acquit him. lie ueuiueu now lie nau urea uie first shot from a small, single-barreled pistol in the air without any purpose except to give his challeng er a scare, and then ran down the alley and upon being closely pursu ed by the deceased with sabre drawn and ready to strike, he was compell ed to pull out a revolver and fire several shots towards his pursuer, who was rapidly gaining on him, to keep him back; and thatjwhen he had but one shot left he stumbled over a large Etone and fell on his knees, and at thi3 moment the deceased struck at him with the sabre, cut ting him slightly in the cheek, and, being thus pressed, he aimed and fired the hist shot, which subse quently proved fatal. He further told how, upon recovering his feet he ran, waded through the stream and finding that he he had lost his hat when he fell, retraced his steps, recrossed the stream, found the hat and then went to a hotel, where he was seen by several, witnesses to dry his wet clothing. His manner, his bearing and his story itself con vinc- ed his hearers that ho wa3 the truth. telling But, so that nothing might be wanting if any doubt remained in the minds of the Judge or jury, wit nesses of undoubted veracity were called to corroborate him as to the condition of his clothing and the cut on his cheek within fifteen min utes after the occurrence. Besides it was shown that, although the man who had fired had waded the 6tream, Short's clothing wis perfect ly dry. It is unnecessary to say that Short was promptly acquitted and warm ly congratulated on one of the nar rowest escapes ever made by any man in a court room. Nothing could have saved him had the Court refused to direct the acquittal of Ryan and allow him to testify. The deceased corporal, the soldier and Mary Bowen were mistaken. That was all there was about it So much for the occasional unre liability of the direct testimoney of honest eye-witnesses. And so much, also, for giving the accused an opportunity to be heard on the witness-stand, the denial of which by the law is one of the rel ics of barbarism which still disgrace its administration in some states at this late day. LAWYER XXX. Renew Yonr I'ae. There are times in every one s life when energy fails and a misera ble feeling comes over them, often mistaken for laziness. Danger lurks in these symptoms, as they arise from impure blood or diseased or gans. Medical advice is expensive and often unsatisfactory. Parker's Ginger Tonic will renew your lease of health and comfort because it re stores perfect activity to the Stom ach, Liver and Kidneys, and puri fies the blood, as men and women restored to robust health testify in almost every neighborhood. See adv. Advocate. A Riot. Clonmel, May 21. There was a riot to-day at a 6ale of tenents in terests in twety-one farms. Most of the farms were knocked down to the Emergency Committee. The mob stoned the police and the sol diers. The police charged once and the Hussars three times, using the flats of their sabres. One soldier, one policeman and some civilians were injured. JUNE 15, 1881. Cetywayo la Captivity. "De oude Mqlen," or the old mill which is at present the prison of the ex-King of the Zulus, is a two-storied farmhouse, some four miles from Cape Town. The mill has disappeared, but the house is in good repair,' well built and with large airy rooms. It would be hard to find a finer view. In the matter of scenery and accommodation the captive has little to complain of. Visitors to Cetywayo must be fur nished with an order from the office of the Secretary for Native Affairs a precaution very necessary to pre vent annoyance to the ex-King, who is regarded by the crowd of passen gers calling at Cape Town as a kind of zoological specimen. Among the names inscribed on the visitor's book are those of Edward and George (the two sons of the Prince of Wales) written in boyish hands. The drawing room is cheery in as pect and scrupulously clean, but coldly furnished with half a dozen American kitchen chairs, on one of which sits Cetywayo in a blue-serge suit, with a gorgeous smoking cap on his head. No description would, perhaps, hit him off as FalstafTs ideal portrait of himself : A goodly port ly man i' faith, and a corpulent ; of a cheerful look, a pleasant eye, and a most noble carriage." It is" Cetywa yo to the life. Conversation is carried on through the medium of an interpreter. Cet- rwayo remarks that he is too old "to earn English" ; but adds, "My son shall do so." He liked the young rinces much; "They were fine oys, and he could see that they were of Royal blood. He liked 'De oude Molen'; but what was the good of liking anything, he was dead now." "I and Langabale,' remarks his erewhilo Majesty, "are like two old pruws (bustards) down here" meaning birds who nave no home not a bad paraphrase of David's "partridge on the mountains." He followed every step of our conflict with the Boers through the newspa pers which the interpreters read out to him daily ; and on learning the death of General Colley, dictated en tirely from his own idea a letter of condolence to the Governor of the colony. Before leaving "De oude Molen" the visitor will be introduc ed to the wives, four in number, great strapping women in excellent condition, and about as contented with their lot as the stalled ox, whom in intellectual developement they much resemble. Court dress is, though becoming enough, but scanty, and suits their fine bronze figures well just a'sergeant's plaid of the ninety -first tartan as a 6ort of shawl, which seems to be regarded as an encumbrance. They are m r ry, light hearted creatures, who fleet the time carelessly enough in a golden world of idleness and Kanir beer. The ex-King, too, is fond of his joke, and the house sometimes rings with his laughter at some good-na tured chaff. "Can you use a know-kerry?" in quired one young visitor, a tall fel low of some six feet three. "Well," said Cetywayo, "ii I can't do that 1 can do nothing ; and pick ing up a stick, in a few rapid passes he disarmed his enquiring friend ; then with a hearty grasp of the hand, burst into a shout of laugh ter. Literature the great consolation of more civilized captives, is literally a sealed book to Cetywayo. He cannot compose philosophic reflection, like the lllutrious prisoner ot nam : nor write his memoirs and recollections, like his greater uncle ; nor can he even, like his own bitterest oppo nents, solace an enforced leisure by writting justificatory articles for The Xinctccnth Century. There is no resource byond a dismal brooding over his own misfortunes and the vain hope of a possible restoration. Lonilon World. A Mistake. Don't try to give a large party if you have a small house. Such at tempts are a special nuisance, a fail- ure, ana a mistake. Why should we be driven out upon the staircase ? We don't live upon the staircase when we are at home ; and neither our wife, sons, or even daughters (who are apt to be free with paternities), think that we ought to do so. Whv are we to be condemned to play whist for five hours, because our hostess does not know what else to set us down to ! But our girls seem to enjoy it Nither Flora, nor Bessie, nor Emily, appear to mind dancing, although their faces are more than pink. There is scarcely breathing room and so we put up with it for their sakes ; and when our wife thanks our hostess upon parting, and savs what a delightful evening we have had, we try to believe so : but, next day, when a lady friend drops in to gossip about the party, we hnd our feminines were not as pleased as they appeared. There was no room to dance : only half the Deonle could get seats at supper ; and what stuff those charades were ! Does not every body know that a gentleman with a saucepan on his head, the lid in one hand, and a poker in the other, means " knight," and that his hold ing up a copy of " Don Quixote," means " of the rueful countenance? " Did Miss Jones (how much longer will Bhe be Miss? ask the girls) think it very clever to bother every body with that conundrum? What has human nature done to be so amused? A crowd is not amusing themselves in, or rather, if you ask more people than your room will hold, they will tire themselves out, and set your party down as a failure. Dont attempt more than you can pleasantly perform. A QnarrcL Little Rock, Ark., May 30. Two roung men named Trent and Strick and quarreled yesterday over some trivial matter and the result was a duel with knives. Both were terri bly cut and will die. The flesh on Stickland's arms was cut into fine shreds and large pieces were cut from Ms legs and other portions of his body. era He Was From Deadwood. A Chicago boy? who had spent some six months in the Black Hills, struck home last week and saunter ed up Clark street. He was dressed in an antelope-skin shirt, a pair of black-toiled deerskin pantaloons, beaded moccasins, and a white hat with a brim like a wagon wheel. He wandered into a saloon, thumped his fist on the counter, and howled for tan juice with a glittering pair of eyes. "Will ye jine me strangers?" he said to three or four gentlemen, who were sitting at a table, adding as they hesitated, "I reckon ye'd bet ter. With me an invite means li quor or blood. Ye'd better come up." They approached the bar and all took beer except one, who took ci der, explaining that he had never touched spirits in his life. "Well, I'll be dogged," roared the skin-decked traveler. "Ef yer was with me whar I hang out, ye'd bo inter a hole, 'cause thar's whar yer got to drink whether yer drink or not. 'Sluck!" and he poured in the poison. "Where arc you from, if I might ask?" inquired" the other man. "From ? right from the gulch. The clean up put me a few thousand ahead, and I am wanderin to see the sights. You bet ;" "How are things in the hills now ? Is business depressed or are things flourishing f "I don't know nothin' about them big words, but if ver want fer ter know how thing3 is, they're thar right thar. I seen twenty millions o' money taken out o' my mine in fourteen hours. That's trade ! That's hittin' gilt every wash, and don'i you forget it You bet !" "How docs Custer City seem to progress?" "I ain't no business with Custer City I'm a miner, I am." "I saw in a recent paper that a number of troops have been moved to Fort Meade. Do they think there 13 anv danger from Indians ?" "Injuns! Injuns! pard. Why. thar's more'n seven millions of 'em setten around on the rocks waitiu for a chance to lite in. Injuns Why, you don't know nothin' about In uns. 1 seen ten hundred troops killed in an hour and a half. But I don't mind no Injuns. I tunnel! ed under four tribes camped half a mile from my claim, and every doggoned one of them went up in the blast. You bet There can't no Injun git away with a hiller, and tion t you forgit it "Dead wood must be rather a dan gerous locality. I had no idea it was so exposed." Dead wood! Dangerous! bay, Strang? r, if you ever learn to gamble, jist put your money on the state ment that Dead woo 1 is dangerous ly placed. Ytr'll win, pard. Yer'l scoop the pot each tu3scl, or count my judgement duce boz. uoing to be in Chicago any length ot time? 'Jist come to take a squint at it Say, show me round. Show me faro. bank. I've tod much dust for comfort, and I'd like to drop or pick up. Show me round stranger, ant I'l make you proud of yerself." 1 don t think you d hnd me a very good guide, for I have only been here a comparatively short time; but, perhaps one of my friends here, would "Don't belong here! Whar yer from, stranger? Whars yer tee pee ?" "I live in Dead wood," responded the stranger; "I'm only It the young traveler will come around and pay for those drinks all will be forgiven. The Valley ot the Jordan. The vallev of the Jordan would act as an enormous hot house for the new colony. Here might be cultivated palms, rice, cotton, indi go, sugar, sorgum, besides bananas, mneannles. vanis. sweet notatoes and other field and garden produce. Rising a little higher, the country is adapted to tobacco, maize, flax, cas tor oil, millet, sesamum, melons, gourds, cumin, anise, coriander. ochra, brinjals, pomegranates, or anges, figs and so up to the plains, where wheat, barley, beans, and len tils of various sorts, with olives and vines, would form the staple pro ducts. Gilead especially is essen tially a country of wine and oil : it is also admirably adapted to silk culture ; while among its forests, carob or locust bean, pistachio, juju be, almond, balsam, kali, and other profitable trees grow wild m great profusion. AH the fruits of fcouth era Europe, such as apricots, peach es, and plums, here grow to perfec tion; apples, pear, and quinces thrive well on the more extreme elevation, upon which the fruits and vegetables of England might easily be cultivated, while the quick-grow ing cucylyptus could be planted with advantage on the fertile but treeless plains. Not only does the extraordinary variety of soil and climate thus compressed into a small area offer exceptional advantages, from an agricultural point of view, but the inclusion of the Dead Sea within its limits would furnish a vast source of wealth, by the explor ation of its chemical and mineral deposits. The supply of chlorate of potassium, two hundred thousand tons of which are annually consum ed in England, is practically inex haustible; while petroleum, bitu men, and other lignites can be pro cured in great quantities upon its Bhores. There can be little doubt, in fact, that the Dead Sea is a mine of unexplored vealth, which only needs the application of capital and enterprise to make it a most lucra tive property.. . 3 Hepev Cincinnati, May 31. A Spring field, UL, special says all hopes for the recovery of Mrs. Lincoln, widow of Abraham Lincoln, are abandon ed. .She daily grows weaker and her attending pbpsicians say that she cannot survive many days long er. Some of the school boys call the school houses tanneries. a WHOLE NO. 15G2. Newspapers) and Public Education. The following are the concluding paragraphs of a thoughtful address on " The American Newspaper and American Education," read at the last session of the Social Science Association, by Prof. J. M. Gregory, of Chicago : The American press does not and will not misrepresent the American people. With the miserable excep tion of some bitter malcontent here and there the writers of the press have given hearty and intelligent support to our institutions of learn ing, high and low. The papers have also freely published educational news and essays, but they can do more. They ought to do more. They occupy a vantage ground from which thev can lend to the Ameri can school system a force which these systems can never hope to at tain without such aid. In an im portant degree the newspaiiers of America hold its school interests in their hands. It them treat public education as thev do every other great public enterprise and concern ment Every great public interest has its representative in the corps of editors of our great metropolitan papers. They have their political editor, their commercial editor, their literary editor, their agricultural ed itor, their law reporter, and so on through every line of public move ment. Let them add now a compe tent educational editor or reporter, one whose thorough and practical knowledge of his field shall enable him to gather and sift educational news, to explain and criticise edu cational facts ami theories, to an swer wisely educational questions from every source, and to put into common and public speech the cdu cational feeling and thought of his age. Such a writer will ' call forth other writers and observers. The small papers will follow the lead of the great metropolitan sheeti, and there will be poured into the schools of the country the same spirit of en ergy and of improvement which the press has awakened in other public interests. Let the sharp but intelli gent criticisms ot these educational editors be exerted upon our schools, and we shall no longer need or fear the occasional assaults which have of late half alarmed and half amused us by their half truths and half falsehood. With such aid from the American newspapers, the -American schools could be ma ' . to render double returns for the immense outlays of time, money and talent expended upon them. The press thus direc' -d rnd the school system thus nev. y inspired will, mutually react The papers will, as they ought, find their way into the schoolrooms. The scholars will be taught their" uses, and will furnish them more interested and intelligent readers. In this mighty problem of the adequate education ot our citizenship a probIemrow ing daily more important to the public no new force seems nearer or fuller of promise than this. Let this gigantic array of the newspapers of America be set fully upon this work of popular education. Let the schools in turn introduce the news paper among their text books ; let the children of the nation be taught to read these papers intelligently, thoughtfully and critically, and we have at work in the press of this country an asencv never surpassed for the education of an enlightened free people. Hindoo Saints' Tricks. When lately returning from Bom bay to Indore, Maharajah Holkar fell in with a saintly old gentleman named Jasawant liao, of whose mir aculous powers strange tales are told. One day the wife of a wealthy native merchant dropped her nose-ring while in the act of presenting a co- coanut to the holy man. In vain did he politely request the lady to pick up her lewel ; she vowed that she could not be guilty of such pro fanity after it had fallen of its own accord at his feet So Jasawant Rao gave the ring to another woman who happened to be standing by, and re turned thecocoanutto themerchant s wife, with directions that on reach ing home sue was to bathe, and then to break open the nut with her own hand:. These instructions be ing faithfully carried out, the lady was rewarded for her piety by find ing her nose ornament inside the co- coanut Such is the tale as related by a correspondent of a leading na tive journal, who evidently believes implicitly in its truth. No doubt a clever piece of jugglery. 1 hese saintly personages are often accomplished conjurors, and some of their appliances show remarkable ingenuity. One of these is a brass cup three or four inches high, con taining an upright figure of Luch- mee, with her infant lying horizon tally across her bent arms. One foot of the brass baby touches the upper edge of the cup, Luchmee stands on the bottom. On water being pour ed in, the cup fills gradually until the fluid reaches the infant s foot, when a miracle takes place. Out runs the water from a hole in the bottom of the cup underneath Luch- mee's feet, but which does not ap parently penetrate to the inside, and the stream never ceases for a moment until every drop is drained out. There is a small hole in the side of the cup close to where the infant's foot touches the rim, but the odd thing is that although the f water only commences to run out of the bottom ot the cup when it reach es this orifice, the flow continues after the surface of the fluid has fall en below the only apparent exii from the cup. e believe this in genious apparatus is much used in some parts of India to delude the ignorant into a belief in the miracu lous powers of wandenng saints. Struck. East Ebaby, June 1. During the storm here last evening two tanks, of 25,000 barrels capacity, belonging to the United Pipe Lanes, were struck by lightning and one of them, containing 10,000 barrels of crude oil, was fired. 'I'm nrettv well set up," remark ed the typo when he wae full. Don't trouble yourself about the ! details of your business. Lrave small things to small mind.-t. You wore born at the top, and of course a way will be provided for getting you there. If you would make your mark in the world never learn to write. Do you wish to be men? Iearn to chew, smoke and drink. It will be hard to distinguish you from the real article. It is well for vou to know that the girls are all dying for you. You cannot JJbut pity them, but then it is not your fault . 1 his should teaen you resignation. Strive to get ail the leisure time you can. It will make older and busier person envy you. Speak your mind freely. It shows that you possess such an ar ticle. Characterize as nonsense every thing that you can't understand. You will find a great deal of non sense in the world. When you have anything to do, don't hurry about doing it Take your own time, or your employer's, which is the same thing. It he dis charges you, you willl have the sat isfaction of knowing tbft I.c will be the loser by not l&v.ug your valua ble services. Shun tl ose who are able to teach you anything in life or business. It is not agreeable to be overshadowed by anybody. Besides, who wants to be in school all his life ? Be above politeness. That will do well enough for women and children; but a man you know should despise all such foolishness. People who talk about sticking to principle are humbugs or nin nies Never mind principle where money is to be made. Never stop to consider. Make up your mind at once. It shows promp titude of decision. Having once made up your mind, stick to your decision. People may call you an obstinate mule, but words harm nobody. If you are pig-headed, others may suffer, but you never. Stand up for your rights, espe cially among women and timid folk. You may yield a point where the other party is stronger than you are. Fight life's battles in the easiest way. Remember it is the sutler, and not the soldier, who makes money out of war. Honor your father and your moth er by showing them howmuch wiser you are than they. You can do this in no easier way than by rejecting all their counsel and admonition. Don't go to chureh, if you can avoid it ; but if you must go, take care to show your intelligent con tempt for the worship and the wor shipers. I ollow these few directions, boys and you will at last attain a high place in the world. It may be the gallows, but it will be a high place nevertheless. Boston Transcript. Ixve. Says Spurgeon : ijve to Christ smooths the pathjof duty, and wings the feet to travel it ; it is the bow which impels the arrow of obedience; it is the mainspring moving the wheels of duty ; it i3 the strong arm tugging the ore of dili gence. Love is the marrow of the bones of fidelity, the blood in the veins of piety, the sinews of spiritual strength; yea, the life of sincere de votion, lie that hath love can no more be motionless than the aspen in the gale, the sear leaf In the hurricane, or the spray in the tempest As well may hearts cease to beat as love to labor. Love is instinct with activi ty, it can not be idle ; it is full of en ergy, it cannot content itself with little ; it is the well spring of he roism, and great deeds are the gush ing of its fountain ; it is a giant ; it heapeth mountains upon mountains, and thinks the pile but little ; it is a mighty mystery, tor it changes bitter to sweet; it calls death life, and life death j and it makes painless painful than enjoyment A Doctor on the Bicycle. "A Country Surgeon" write3 to the London Zancct about the bicy cle as follows : I have been a bicy cle rider for the last five years, with an ever increasing delight the more proficient I become. This summer I have turned both my horses out to grass and have trusted to my bi cycle alone, doing on an average of about fifty miles a day. I find I get through my day's work with less fatigue than on horse-backand with-' out the monotony of driving. My work is done quicker; my usual pace is ten miles an hour, and I can go at the rate of fifteen when press ed. A bicyclist's steed is always ready saddled, and on arriving at your destination does not require a boy to hold him. It can be ridden with almost as much ease in wet as in dry weather, but it is not adapted for a very hilly country, though all moderate hills can be surmounted. Since I invested in my new fifty-two-inch I rode ninety-five miles in one day without unusual fatigue, and all who wish to curtail their stable expenses, should take trouble to learn the bicycle. th The Coantess of Jersey and Disraeli This celebrated lady was also fa mous in her old age as the only per son who had ever snubbed I.ord Beaconsfield, then Mr. Disraeli, with any approach to success. She was of the extreme Austrian faction in politics, and looked upon Count Ca vour as an incarnation of the foul fiend. Mr. Disraeli had early ne ws of his death, and communicated it to old Lady Jersey as follows: "Your ladyship will be pleased to hear of the death of your greatest enemy. Count Cavour is dead." "Mr. Disraeli," replied the ancient dame stiffly, "I am sorry to hear of any person's death." Ird Beacons field had the last word, however, for in "Endyniion" Lady Jersey figures as Zenobia. AH the Year Rwnd. Prejudice Kill "Eleven years our daughter suffer ed on a bed of misery under the care of several of the best (and most of the worst) physicians, who gave her disease various names but no relief, and now she is restored to us in good health by as simple a reme dy as Hop Bitters, that we had poohed at two years, before using it We earnestly hope and pray that no one else will let their sick suffer as we did on account of predjudice against so good a medicine as Hop Bitters." The Parent Telegram. It is noticeable that thin women talk the fastest A double chin cannot be wagged with celeri ty, even by a woman. Had an almost invisible tin-di- .. , - VI Ta nna Sease, 1 ICO ing imoierauie. a u cured it H. Ambil, Pittsburgh
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