? jke Somerset Herald s of Publication. l ... -1 every W.-dn-x-'v morning at ! . . ..."rt-'-'J X f , .,.1 w;!! duaimtiniied until I at pid UP- I' tmat. rs f j t"' D,.t.fy n auWrtia-rv !o not , wi..r will I held responsible r. I'" .ut..-ri'-,n.- . . - riii i .r. nrbktiillice to ,.r t, -r rvin " ' lKi!d civ u. the naioc Ot Ule lOTIll .. present ".. Addresa The tst.wt.asET Hkkald, i A.UCEK. , .. !IlV. c. vs . I- '" -T-1-I H TT..BNEVAT-LAW. .ndVUIiVrtBLIC; sj..UKTct, Pa. ourt Hou. ill. '!' ": , v i. v.T-IW. ' ' IT KHrtli r-t, Pittatoir, Pa. 0.A -fir, it p.KHKKY, Ati'oKNF.V AT-I.AW, s.imrst IV. " . . i vv Y M BERKLEY, X - Somerset, Pa. .- .. v .....nai Ralifc- .. .i i.l.-I.'T ! i it !.i:N KY-AT-LAVk' fs.HiM-rset, Pa. k ii s tlu A if" KY-AT-LA W . I "a. V Llrr-l lr.iv, .UT..UNKV-A1-IV, Soiuer-t, ... ... -i -1 ti t..u-e li.r, i-ppo-ne tiNEY-AT-LAw", tSolucfSct, Pa. K(H,Ai:NEY-AT-UW. s-jiuersvt, I"a. u IO..NT7.. J. ti. taiLE. ! l ATi'..ii:t.i-Ar-I-AW, NdlM'IWl, Pa. 1 r , ti s. .iiiers. t a u.l a.l. II-' H'U KMINK HAY, iuf-l, I V.-.l Kte. Will MlUtld t i J" HN H. nil AIT i;.VEY-AT-I-W. Soiui-rxt, in .Viuiuuioiii Ui k. f ToHN (. KIMMKU f,J AriVKNt-Y-AT-U-Wk, SilllllTWt, I". i-.r--i. l 5 I T MK I- ITtiH. !,J" AlT.'KNKV-A -AT-I-AW. I S-Hll-TK-t. P in M..iiim.h Blo. k. i i-u.i. Kn . . in-l. tMl-ti -Ui.ll. 11 i-XitmliM'u.anu .11. A. J. VUK .US. L. '. IVEIS- KX. ATTuKNEYf-AT-L.. S,iuT-t, Pa, i; l.iiMii.-- niru-trd to .Kir ran- will he r..mi;.x and taltUtullv Blt.llrd Ul. t.ll.- . ..,.i.u.'d-iu..ii--rH. uud a.ij..n- ui .vum wnonij and .uv.val-ius i.tiu- iu rawiiiatiit- t runw Ill I 1JAKIV Al r tRNEY-AT-LAW, S.m-r-t, l"a- pr.i-iiv In s..iii.ixt and udjoiuinp r.Mll.lir. Ail l'Ulln- rutrulrd U llllU will TM-ir pnuupi atuiitwu A. ii. oEFKTH. W". II. P.l PPEL. c ltiKH.tiTH A III I'KI a n "US t: vat-la , uiiH ra, Pa. A'l t.in.iri.-i.rritruM.- tl-ir care uki:i ali.1 l.umtualiv alludrd to. ill bf i. .. k. J. W A HI TH KIIS, M. I.. 'HV.-klAX mI U'.IaiS. s. niH-nt l, la. orti voii l-atriot Stnit, imtr K. 1L tMatim. DM V. F. SHAFKKH, pinvKTAX ami vl'lWEOX, Viuii rxl, l'a. T-lil.T lii- pnrfe.i.Mial .-rv "kvn t"i ttie citi I, :i 4 vcuwraet and VHIUIty. urtli-e lieXt c.r l'. oii,uit'r-iai UoteL D U. J. M. I.tHTHKIl. PH Yli I AN Ai vl'Il" iEtX, i ita M.i.ii l rvT-l. rr of lrug lore. I) L II. KIMMKLL, T-i.l-In. j ri'f(-iiMiaI -rv io X the citi N.im rv't nu4 VHtmty. I'ul-! 'n- D!t. J. S.MrMILLEN, iruULuie xii lfutitry. i-f !:;-Uattirs.1 u-tU. Artirti'Uit r l iuMftt-U. A:: "UTdinitt ui-smx--L. iitiibA"ir . ttrtirv lu iu, rtniio t-r l H. Isvii A t'o'n rUrv, .ru-f -Viiii irwi mud 1'ainul s-tivir-l Oils! Oils! Tin AtittiiTii- It-fldtn Co.. !itttunf iK'fit&rt- taaiiuia-!ijnn-f f.r 11m 1hIHtUC lluminsting & Lubricating Oils Naphtha and Gasoline. J .n l uudr fnuu Petrot-uia. We rhal- i,MxuanMi Willi eery known Product of Petroleum If j vhi iti tlr uKt uuifurtiily Satisfactory Oils ix thi: American farket, A-K .tr iiurv. Tn.de Utr !Snierhi4 and viciul- ty .upiied by tlC P.EEKITI and EUE.WE A KiajsKK, foikeiet. Pa. ARTISTIC JOB PRINTING A SPECIALTY. HARRY 3L BEXSUOFF, MWJFACTUR1KG STATIONER AMi BOOK MAKER. HA.XXAM HLiOCK.- Johnstown. Pa. A. H. HUSTOrJ. Undertaker and Embalmer. A GOOD HEARSE M exorj tnliif perlalnir.f to fum-raU furn- ,,i,J.H.rw It 1 ..... in l'rii.n"' 1 i VJ. a I Somerset, Pa. lie YOL. XLHI. XO. -THE- First National M Somerset, Penn'a. Capital, S50.000. Surplus, SI 6,000. o DEPOSIT RECCIVCDIH IANGC 0U- 1M0UNTI, PATAMLC OH OEMAHD. ACCOUNT OF AlCUCMAWT. ftRHIM, STOCK DEALERS, AH 0 OTHERS SOLICITEO DISCOUNTS DAILY. 1U)ARD OF DIUEtTOUS. .AlirE M. HICKS, t;. II. stTI.L, W. H. MIIXKK, UIEIX KEIi. JAMf I ITtiH, JmHN 1L whiTT, KDWAKP StTLU : : Pi:irEVT. VALENTINE HAY'. : Vlt E PUKMl'ENT. HAKYEY M. HKKKLKY, : I A.-HIEK. The fund and s.TUritif thi- ltik ar?a rurvly j.nKTt.l in a it Mrattt1 1 Vri.1 Br B iit 1'Kimr Sak. Tlie only im(e luadr a-lut-ly lun:lar-piC Us Smet Conntj BANK OF SOMERSET, PA. Estibltthad, 1177. Orpuzti M t !, 1890, O. CAPITAL, $50,000 SURPLUS AND UN- DIVIDED PROFITS $16,000. 30: Chas. J. Harrison, Pres't. Wm. 1 1. Koontz, Vice Tres'L Milton J. Pritts, Cashier. Directors : MA Ml 'EL SSYI'EIL JIAH vPEx-HT. JoIIX II. -XYl'EIl. JuoEPH K- ItAVIs. WM. KXI'Sl.KV, JiiNAS M. t!iK, Ji iHN !-Tl'KKT. N.iAH S. illlXEIL HAUIUSi.X vNYKt.K, JUHiMI.MUM, SASi. B. UAUUlVAiX. ruMoiiwrs rf ttii Uuik will rm'ivt t hemoa UIn tjI ir.'j.Uix-iit c.h-i-I'-iii I-sirti.- if!nii t.i at-n-l nartit-y -! r i- uuLit.-d by draii lr uuy u,u, iiid T.hlall. d.VTlr.Hl I'V one of 11.- r.jHii,'aK made in all Krtof tlic Vuiu-d Slal,-. fliara. iwalefaU-. Auiil and d- iH oli-il-d. FLDEUTT Tfflt 113 TOST H. 11 & l-J F.mnli Avo., PITTSBURGH, PA. Capital - - Wm Undivided Prcflti 1250,000. .-t a Fviit.ir. ('usniuin. A-iiro"e ami HcviviT. Will- ntivtil for ami lu-M in ' IJuvine f rvfi.Wuta an.l non-rwi.k-iits t-arvfully atUMJ'ktl !. imiv JAi'KSON. - I'ni.Kut ii!Fi J. IK)XN'F.LL V. Pn-i.l.-iit vi!tKI.IXl!r.OVX. - St-tritan-. t'lIAPLIX. - Tnutunr. JORDAN L H1NCHMAN. We are now ready with our new and larce in- voioeof Kinl"oiilitki!ierT tVoods. p. .) Hilar i.,.i. .j iiiniKiiul 'ke. Eamy til of all styles, and everytliine else jK-rtaiiiine to a nrst-clas lanirf to rill tirder promplly and to um!v resid.iit fauiilii to any ev tent, tejods always fresh, and always offer ed at lwet nuure. tall and m- one of the noes assortments ever carried. JOBBAH & HffiCHSIAJi. 270 Main Strtvt, Johnstown. Pa. A Ouiok Diuif ron vt Tt or HUDtCHL Four CaaoiMAt Points BtlMeniio HcaoaCMC. llnrr torftt that all . hcadaca a esira liativ acrvow. IiJt inc the aerra yoa stop Eim acadi'he m a prarer ot ta craa lJ -rvrs Inr aasT. Soothe xhem Kb KurF. ShawM tw headache I if he. cb.ldrea uer kitm, a;k. pe- ' nh headache or tkjJ:. tnpepuc. U r toe that cued ty worry. aai- aulte-. asc k an ansa. y excoacaoi aat kii.d tac br rraiy ew ot or br.i. wcaflaeta, ae ; tered Sale, i are. korsauaa. I dethdly us.k la acuoa. Koreauaa caret er-y tvpe of headache. pec Bily taat aitremclY aiB(ul type peculiai to Lbe Klctui tram MreKaJanty o uirrtoe im t.t. kM datrn ie Ui uaad or teBf pencab. COP FA LINE CURES waaswaa 1 1 . r aaavwaa Mawir, K0PFALINE J, maluble fee Teachers. Scholars. Preachei. Scastrats. Mochaaw. Ehtors. atea. w mmcm aad ( liajra.. her UJy ko aerea are at ail haasy fa - orw- . I, u atavotuteiy aa- aader aB iaKaaaa IM coadrtK- Prlca. a, . , Soldhy arwycni (.acre", or to aa-y ao rest ea nce of price. WINKCLMAMN BROWN DRUG CO. SALT! WORK. Ua, (.' S. A. III!! 9. Like a New Woman t am feeling tiucc I Uuk Hood's SanAparlibL. I ,u u9rruil from lB4i(Mtia, Catarrk i-ioods 3l w Sarsa parilla ad "M-k H radar be tad did not have aujr Appetite. I aia glad io Cures ay Huod't SaraLrill baa cured me of catarrh troubles. Okacb WiUioX, aud all i IIalllL-3T: y othor e. S. J. Hood's Pills cure all over tils, constip tiou. billuusness, sirk headache. IndiceMiua. LADIES SHIRT WAISTS. The wana hK-U vill iii)rj-st this CdiiifortaldV aixl n're titan evtr jaijiular piniieiit. We have all kind in the Star Make, The ln-st inaih', w ith PurT I'laited ami SHIKU FHOXTS, turn tlowii ami sjtatuling ttillars, in ma terials hueli an HKHCALES, MADRAS, ZKPHYR AND oxfoud urni. All : ! un to Prompt att.-utiou will be jf ivt-n to Mail Orders. H0RNE & WARD, 41 FIFTH AVENUE. STOCK OF Offered Cheap to Close out -AT- JAMES B. Clothing Sl General Store rart of the Suck will be sold at lialfrice. Now is your chance to get footwear VERY CHEAP. Jacob D. Swank, Watchmaker and Jeweler, Next Door West of Lutheran Church, Somerset, - Pa. I Am Now reirvtl to supply the jtihlie with ChKks, Watehes ana Jew elry of all U-seriptin, a Cheap H-s the Cheapest. KEPaAIRIXG A SPECIALTY. All work jruaraiiteeJ. Iak t i ftoek la fore making your lurvluust. J. D. SWANK. m ART AMATEUR Rett and Largett Practical Art Magazlns. (Tbeaoly Art Pariodieal awarded a Medal a: the worida Fair.) iMtdwilf ft mil rau w,sa ! matr thrit ltrtl b V - rluiiaaruvu-auaiaaa.-va I OK I UC. we i!l send to aay one J f C aesLaouiuf: this puUieation a speriVI I I asm copy, wltn n-.ltrtt color plaiea I I I -.J.aeof'Bft Iraniituji aad topple X. S -B, rotary pares of doaus (reaalar pnoe or ITOD OC we will send also "Painting fun C JOt lor beginners- i'JW prr. MONTAGUE MARKS, 23 Uniss Square, New York. rr.TT niM nwn THI a la. hi rtrtca-e. - W ZTT' REIOTGTOIT BROS a a ill isuai hst aaswruaiaa at Wa i ratal r ...a Reswlr for Catarrh tha P has aaatoat a Taa, aad Chaapaat. ) I aol. y la-wtaoramt byraa. I I Ik. s. I. Iliirr'. Wama, Pa. U SHOES and BOOTS SOMERSET, PA., 05 A LOVE LETTER. IVwr brt! wlu-u yonr nweet Utter came to tue My lieirt w c id and lonely hut I ud: Tlicre Is otie ri-ntle btvrt that lovetli me She love te living, nhe would love luo d.wdr I heard the ma vie of the morklne Idrds MniiiK, w ind-blown, in all the Wi""Ui liere. lit wliat could Ik- a wM a thy .ft word The h'wii-yed kifivlrniw of thy Ms "r d.wr! ou arild wi uifiny pintle, W-nd-r thinip; And how i my reiiK-uilienvl love Ui-da"?" luanl the while dovt flutter tlu ir HWeet winjr And they aaid all that I could flm or my! mm"d with you In 111? fair fields of old; kissed you iu the valleys; ou the hfiU My liws were red upon your curls of gold I lu'ld your haud while aan the whipuor wills! O, the eroat in.'iuorie of one Utile line Kroni yourdenr liand, weet hearts, weet iMwrt, nwistltearl! Ilavine ouee kissed you. you are alwaya nti ne ('mil dim d.-alh our lips our liv,-s sliiill part! Allutu 0afft'iM. MV MOTHEIfS SILK DUESS. UY ELIZAItmi ST1.WART. It ni afUT tea and we were witting aniuiul the firesiJe, mother, Diek, Kate ami myself. Diek sat tin a low stool at mot Iter' feet, with his curly head rvr'tintf on her knee. Kate ami I, with our arms twined aiout each other. .ungedonoMtettee, whieh wa.- drawn lese to the old fireplaee. We had Ikvii ery tjuiet, for some time, when Kate roke the silent !' saying. "Mamma, do t-ll at a utory Motlter laughed a low, nweet lnurlt sfhexiid: "I should like toolilie ou Kutherine," mother always called ter Katherine, "Uit am afraid Dick miL'lit object." Mamma," and IHck'u head nwe ery tjuifkly, "if I am JO and goto collire, do you supie I will ever tire if listeiiiiiK t the? ileiihtful stories you tell," and having; thus delivered him self Ii-k's cur! v head sank hack to it resting place. "Tell us about the crimson silk that we found in the chest.Jiiother," I coax ed. "Oh, Dick," Kate explained, "you ought to have l-cn here the other ilay. Louise and I were laking througli an ild chest tm the attic and we found the loveliest ld fashioned drew you ever saw. I he grainiest crimson wis, trim med in heavy Lace. Just my favorite color, too. We carried it down to show mother and she almost cried w hen she xaw it, and said there was a story at- .tehed to it and that some day we should hear it." Dick was interested at once, "Yes, tell it, mamma," he said, "it s just the night to hear a good story, w ith the rain falling iu torrents as it is." Mother's face had grown very thoughtful while we talked, lut when Dick put in his pita she said : The story is rather long and if I tell it you must promise not to get tir ed. It was the lutrdest Isut at lite same time the most valuable U'ssou lever learned." "Ifyou remcniW-r, my mother i?- gan, "1 have tola you iiuu iainerwas a physician in a small but prosperous county town. We hail always liecn in ettinfortablecircuuLstamvs, lut the year previous to the one in which my story oiieiis, fitther, for sime reason or other, hail lieell obliged to mortgage htshome. I n Ids efforts to pay it off, we were com pclled Jo live in the strictest economy I was attending an academy tliat was in the town where we lived, and, in ho-s of U-ing able to assist father, was taking a two years utursy in one? year, so that l count leacn in me coming fall." At this time we received a letter from brother Richard, stating that an epidemic was spreading through the college auil, as must of the boys were leaving for home, he desired to know whetltcr he should go or stay. Father wrote at once that he should come home. We were to have three week: vacation in March aad I was overjoyed when they told me Ricliard was coin ing home." The day before Richard came, my mother rvecived a letter front my Aunt Ella la-gging that mother would let me aiiend a few weeks in the city with her daughter. Amy, feeling sure that mother would grant the favor, had enclosed a check for the amount that would cover trav. cling expenses. "Mother, surely lean go, can't I? Do ay yes." "I would like very much to have you go, dear, lut I cannot say yes until I st your father,' she saiil, gently. I knew coaxing would I in vain, for mother would never settle anything like this until she had talked it ove with father. But he did not come home until late that night, and as I was iu tail I did not know whether I was to go until the next moring. lie fore I was up mother came into my nanii and I could see by the expres sion of her fat that I was to go. She sat down by the si!c of my be aud, taking my hand iu Iter's said : "My daughter, after tttttue considera tion, father and I have decided to k- vou iro on this visit. Rut I w ill tell yu candidly, had your aunt not kind ly offered to bear theexpenses, K woul. have been imisihle to have you go. So fatlier w rote tluit you would leav here Friday morning, as tliat will be tlie earliest I can get you ready, an uow, while wear here together aud have time, I w Lslt to say a few words to you. Your aunt and uncle are worldly society ieople and they do not lead the simple life we do. They live in a grand home and ltave every luxury that inoti ey can buy. Amy lias fine clotltca au handsome ornaments and plenty oi armuls to wait uptm her ; lut, if I for a moment thought tliat this ease an. luxury would make my daughter dis contented with her simple home life, would he-itate long before I could say yea to her going." "Esther, you luive never Un very far from home, and tliat w why w hesitated. You are thoughtUiss, dear, but rem ruber how fatlier and motile trust vou and let that keep you from doim? anvt'iinir rash, anL above all -J . w ESTABLISHED 1827 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1894. things, don't let the gay scenes turn our thoughts from nitre serious things." I laughed at what I cilled her fool ish fear, bat she onlv kissed ni and I tticcd she still looked very grave when he left the room. "Tliaf evening Richard came home, and when I saw how glad he was to lie with us again, I was for the first time rry that I was going away. Rut the letter was now b.'vond recall, and then reasoned with myself that this was a grand opjairtunity for me to see the itv and I had better Like it. I did not tell Ricliard until the next morning, but I shall never forget how sappointed he was. "Never mind, Ricliard," mothersaid father and I think she had Ir.-tter go, as she has lieeu studying very ltard this inter and needs a rest." That afternoon, as I w as fixing over lie of ni void dresses, father came ill ml laid some money in my lap. That will liuy you a new dress, daughter," he said, "aud iThas a w rihliohs or a air of gloves. It is all I can spare, Esther. I am only too sorry it is so little," and U-fore I had ime to thank him he had left tlie nauii. I5y Friday I was ready to start. It happened that a friend of father's was goinsi to wee that I arrived safely. I had never been from home farther than the nearest town, so the whole journey was a source of continual wonder to me. At the station I was met by uncle ohn. I had never seen him bef, but as he had eves like father's aud such a juiet expression that I knew I should like him. And I was not mistaken, for by the time the carriage stopped ln-fore the elegant mansion, we were the best f friends. Aunt F'lla gave nie a warm welcome and then called a maid to show me to my room. And such a U-autiftil nm as it was ! All blue and white. I stsl still on the threshold, feeling al most as though I were in fairy land, but, seeing how the maid stared, I piiekly regained my couijaisure. "I am to unpack the mademoiselle s trunk to assist her to dress for dinner," he announced. "Thank you," I said, "but if you will show me where I can ltang my dresses I w ill not need your assistant." It was far from my intention to have this lady's maid insja?ct my scanty wardrolie. "Is not the mademoiselle tired after her long journey ? Caul not assist?" "No," I said, "if you will just tell me w here to hang thes dresses I will not need vour assistant."- Seeing that I was really in earnest, she pointed out the plat aud then after a somewhat prolonged stare, left the room. I locked tlie dHir after her and then, sat down m one of the dainty white chairs and rted. "Oh, why had I come here?" I said to myself. Aunt had given mea warm welcome, lmt at the same time, I knew he liad seen my shabby traveling Iress and cloak. Rut I w as here uow ami-hail to make the U-t of it, so get ting up I Wthcd niy swollen eyes and unlocked mv trunk. I " spread my lresses out ou the U-d so tliat I could lecide which one to wear for dinner. There was my gray dress, a w hite cash mere tliat mother had washed ami done over, with some pretty silk she liad found in an old chest, the pretty blue silk I hail tmught with the money father gave me, a plain, blue wrapjter for mornings ami a tlark red dress that mother said would do nicely for a house lrcss. After some consideration, I hung up all the drvsses except one the red one Then I put it on, and fastening a little pearl brooch at my throat, I sat down to wait until the dinner 111 should ring. Rut I had not been seated long when there came a gentle tap at the door. I ojieneil it and iu stcpjied my cousin Amy. Such a picture as she made as she stood in the door way. I can close mv eves uow and see it. Her hair, which was of the color of gold, was piled iu heavy masses on the ton of her head. Her eves were of a ihp violet color and her complexion a creamy white, with just a delicate tint ofiiink. She was clad ina role of some soft, clinging material, whil around the neck ami sleeve was lace of the finest texture. Then a soft lan guid voice said : "I am so glad you came, cousin Ether, ever sim I'v known you were so near mv ajre 1 ve neen nail w mi w have you visit me." Then drawing mv fat down to hers she kissed me and said, "Why, you are real pretty, Esther." "Oh, Amy," I said laughing "you are mistaken for 1 have always neen considered plain." "No, no," she cried, "it Ls you win are mistaken, lou nave sucn oeauii- ful eves and hair. How could you I otherwise than urcm?" Tlie dinner la-11 rang then, interruiding our conver sation. Tliat uight as I stood U-fore tlie mir ror brushing my hair ami wondering if what my cousin said was really true tlie door opened and she come in. "IXiesn't it tire vou to do that ?" she said as she watched me. "Whv. m. I always consiilent-d it giaal exercise," I auswereiL "Dear me, it would tire me nearly to death if I had to do it myself," Amy said, "Lisette always does it for me. But there was something I wanted to ask vou," slie said after a little while. "Why wouldn't you let Lisette help you to unpack your trunk. "Because I am used to waiting on myself and I like it much better, to, I said a little sliarply. "Don't vou keep any servants at all?" she asked. "We did keep one until jast lately, I mid "For heaven's take, Estlier," she said "don't tell that to any of our frieuds, for they will I sure to think you are poor." "You need have no fear," I answer ed coldly, "for, though I do not hap-iM-ii to be a city girl, I never disussj my private affairs with rtraugers. Then I shut iuy lips to keep Imck the angry w ords that would rise. "There, you needn't take offense, for I only thiHight I'd warn you a ytu are so blunt-" Aud then, with a "good nitrht," she went out leaving ni?in nvthimr but au enviable frame of 4 mind. "I w ill tell her that I did not come here to t insulted," was my last thought bcf.HV going to sleep that night. When Amy met me the next morning at breakfast she acted as though n dliinz had haplH-ncd, so I wisely passnsl it over. Then began a round of pleasure such as I had never thought of, even in my wildest dreams. We went to the tia.ra tliat night and I wore my blue silk, uncle presented me with a lovely bou qikH! of red roses, and when I had fast ened a few of them in my hair Amy said : "Esther, never say again tliat 3-ou are not pretty." I am sorry to say that Amy's flattery was making me vain, Uit one night at a party my pride was laid low. I was sitting in the conservatory waiting until my partner should come w ith ice. Suddenly I heard niy name mentioned. A little distance from nie ami almost shut from my view by a couple of tropical plants sUaxl two ladies. "Do you really mean to say she Ls a relative of thet irahams?" said the tall esit of the two. "Yes, who'd ever have thought that Amy Graham would own such a dowdy looking cousin, cousins they are. Rut I think they mast have mony or sure ly Amy wouldn't have her visit thciu. Will ami I were at the ojicra the other evening ami we saw her in a box with Amy ami Fred Van. She Wked real nice theu. In fact Will seemed to think she was pretty, Isjt I don't U lieve he would say that if he could s her in that dowdy cashmere dress site has on to night. Amy told Nell that her coasin was wealthy, but they lived it a country town w here a fashionable drerssmaker could iut be had, so she came to the citv to have her clothes maile. To tell tlie truth I liad my Ittubts about it when Nell told it." Then they walked away and my part ner came with the ivs. It Is needles to say that my pleasure for that evening was sjsiihsl. I had leciilcd to wear iuy white cashmere as much as possible ami to save my silk for Amy's jiarty. Hut now I would have to wear my silk on all occasions. ud what I would do for Amy's larty was a titles! ion to t soiveu. A few days afterwards Amy asked me to go w ith her to the store w here she intended buying her new jiarty Ires. I eagerly assented, for there was nothing I enjoyed more than ltk- ng at the U-autiful things displayed in the stores ami watching the crowds of richly dressed shoppers as they stream- etl in and out the doors. j While we were examining the silks the clerk laid la fore tnir admiring eyes the most beautiful crimson silk I liad ver seen. Amv ltaikts! at It for a few minutes, and turning to her moiiier said : "Wouldn't this be lovely for Esther, . - , i i. .. n...i.:... mamma 7 ou snow sue uas uonno to wear but that old blue silk, and if he wears it at my party all my pleas ure will 1? destroyed" This was not intended for my ears lut I stI so near Amv that I could not but help icareverv word she said Aunt made no reply, but walked to the other side of the store. 'Esther," Amv said "you wtaild iook grand in this silk, you are so dark. dear, that it is jat the thing for you." 'Yes," I assented faintly, "but, of course, Amy, I could not buy it for I reallv havn't the money. 'But w hat w ill ytu wear at my par ty ?" she asked auxiously. "My blue silk, of course,' 1 answer ed imimtiently. Why did she ask that when she knew it was all 1 hail to wear. "Well, r-siner, . t.ii.ia. .... buy this if only to picas me, at t. Ytnir silk dress is pretty, ut you have worn it so often. "A hy, just the other j evening I overheard Nell J-icldssay "she guessed you only owned the one 1-arty dresn." ) During the time Amy was talking a severe struggle w as taking plat in my mind. "Don't do it," conscience said, "re- ! memWr how fully your tather ami ! mother trust you. Smith r than cause j them anv sorrow I willing to lar Amy's taunts. j "Nonsense," mv evil spirit answer ed, "this out w ill not make the k-a.-t trouble and you can easily pay the m Hiey l-ack to your father w hen you t -ach. i our blue ilress Hoes iook h. shabbv to wear. Amy cannot help nut ftl disgractil ifyou jicrsist in wearing it at her party." Have you dti idul whether you will tikeit?" Ainyaske.1. The clerk says it Ls a splendid letrgain, and you can have tlie bill sent to your iauier. ite - .. t. : i. . w ill I Ifiven a lew uavs iu wun.t t- I' t- "Yes," I falter.il," "I w ill take the givsls." Aunt Ella Ciine over t us while the silk wasW-ing liieasurtiL "I thought you did not want tliat piece," she said to Amy. "Nor do I, mamma ; Esther is taking iu" "Esther," said my aunt in a surpris eltone. "Vi- mamma, won't she lak tiai lovely ill it" Amy says. "She says j she has not enough money with her to pay for it, lut at my request they consented to send the bill to her father." Then Amy selected t he material for her dress, and, with our many parcels we were driven to aunt's dre-makcr, Madame de Longe. By the time we k-tt m ulame's I liad almost forgotten the bill, in the delight of possessing such a beautiful dress. When tlie dress was sent to me from nuMlame's I found a small slip of iper among its folds. Oia-uing it I read an amount w ritten there for the making of the dress that, for a few minutes made me sick w ith dismay. Jast then Amy came in to inform me tliat the Midaine's servant was waiting for tlie money. Too proud to snow my distress I said a calmly as jawsible; "Amy do you think site would he willing to send the bill to my father r "Yes of course site w ill; I'll go down stairs at once and have mamma write a note to madame," he answered readi ly. Once more I was alone, and not until uow did I fully lvalue how far the thoughtlcssnes-s tliat muher warned me airainst had led me. But I was de termined no one should uiect that I had any trouble. So tliat night, among a rtamiful of guests, noue were gayer than I. Tlie time passed rapidly until the uight of Amy's party came. I was to go home the next luorniugaml had my trunks already parked- It was nearly a week since the bills were sent home, and during that time I had received no Idlers. Although greatly worried, I tried to lay asiile all care ami enjoy myself thoroughly this last night ofmy visit. I allowed Lisette to assit me in making my toilet, for I was so nervous I could hardiy arrange my hair. Amy, liking very elegant in the cream satin she had clnasrii for l-r--lf came into my room while Lisette put the finishing touches to niy toilet. She held a small blue lx in her hand and, w hen I was free from Lisette, she came over to where I sua! and telling me to close my eyes, clasped something around my neck. When I lia.ked into the mirror I la-held a insist K-autil'ul pearl necklace. "A present from mamma," she ex plained, laughing at my surprise. "But don't stop to say anything alasit it now, for she sent word tliat we were to come down at om." I felt greatly elated over the admir ing glances cast at my rich cituiiie and esjat-ially over those from the two young ladies who had so severely criti cised my white cashmere. Tlie lights, the music and the flattery that were poured into my willing ears made me fairly giddy. "I shall be gay to-night, come what will," I said thinking of the bills. But I w as not prepared for w hat did conic. It was as I was comiug from supper that I heard a servant say: "Step right in here, sir, and I will call Miss Gra ham." I wondered whether Ml-s Gra ham meant Amy or me, but I had not long to wait until tlie servant entered the room, and, coining directly to me said "There was a young genlleman in the library who wished very much to st me." F'.xcasing myself, I followed him from the room. When I opened the library dia.r and stepped in I start ed lwck, pale with fright, for there sat Richard What hail hapja-in-d.' I felt sure it was something dreadful. Then I thought of those wretched bills. "What is the matter?" I cried, for Richard had started toward me and then stoptaiL 'Esther! Esther!" he said, "then it is true." I knew what he meant ami swing ing my hands as I said, "yes, it's true, Richard, it is true." ''But what did you do it for esa-cLd-ly when you knew how hard father Is involved trying to pay off tliat mort gage?" he askeL reproachfully. "I don't know, Ricliard, I really couldn't have known what I was do ing when I bought it. But what tlid father and mother say?" I was fairly sobbing by this time and Richard, see ing how deep my repentance really was, gently drew lne on a sofa by his side to wait until I had Winnie calm. Then he told me how father had left home one morning bright and ear- 1 Iy and not kiiowning when he would get Uu-k left orders w ith mother that all the mail should I opened, and if there was a letter from a man named Wil son, it should le answered as lie would tell as. Richard went for the mail and brought it into the sitting nami, where mother sat sewing. He picked up a Wak and was reading, when sud tleuiv mother gave a slight scream. and coming over to him laid a slip of i pajier in his hands. It was tlie bill for i mv dress. A note was sent with it ex- ; , ;,lilltf .e u(4 ,. w.Irt to Uu,t tllt. nioiiev 1? seut not later than three ilays. Mother would ik4 W-Iieve any thini? Iut what there was some luis- take. When father came home they sliow.il it to him and he wrote to the merchant that night. Tlie next day an answer came that there was no mis take niaik-, but that the young lady said it was to be sent to her father and i gave his address. That day Ma-Limc IV I long's bill came. Ricliard said father had no word of ! blame for inc. Wit he went about the lioa-sc looking so w hite ami miserable, i "Ihin't tell me anv more." I said. ( i1-.,.jlarii! can never forgive my- j .j, ...j m-.u-tand why I wa wtjk fcH to ,mv tlle dress." And then. , ; .. ...... . t is .mestioiis. I told him j ,1w u wai4 j i,,) the dress. "Why- aid vou come to the city T" I a.-knl, ! afttr B 1KlUrl,.. To st if these lai.pl .,,,,, pilP.iiiv wait for this money, as , is Ilot B,ie t IRty it now," 1 alWweretL I looked at him for a few i ..... ,...,,--ud then asked if tliat was ! tlie onlv reason why he came, for I I felt sure he was keeping something i from inc. He hesitated, tltell sai.l "Pcrliaps I hal W-tter tell you at once. Call VoU la? calm, E-thcr . "Yes" - M'l aVi-liinf a- though leaiicii liand was tearing at my heart "Tell me anything you chtaise. 1 am prepared for the worst." He tta.k iny haml in his as lie said : "It hurts me 1 dear, to cause you this extra pain. I You know mother was not very strong w hen vou left, so this trouble has ut terlv nnstratcd her and now she is low that we tremble ft her life." I did not err, my sorrow was ta Up f. tears. I could only ! up ami dowu the nami. Ricliard Ita.kcd frightentiL "D.n't ik-ar, don't," he pleadcL But It was ituite a while lie fore I could gain my self control. "Did you say father could not pay this for some time?" I asked at k-ngtlu "Yes" sa'i "iu,y ' ral weeks Wfore he U able." "Well, then I must go to Uude John and ask him for the money, as I know tliese jai.ple w ill n4 wait," I said tlccidedly. As we passed through the long hall we could hear tlie merry voices ami 1 w ondered with a dull, sort of a iin, if I could ever laugh and la? gay again. Wheu I reached the door of uncle's naui my courage failed me. How could I tell him that 1 had betrayed the trust father ami motlier hail rcpt ed in me? But it must be done for father's sake. Si I oiued the d.ar and we entered. Uncle stared in sur prise, ami it was no woti.h r. Surely I ma-4 have made a strange picture, with my tear stained face, crushed flowers and rich, but rumpled dross. 1 WHOLE XO. 2240. "Why F-stW-r, child, what is wrong?" he aked In as fi.-w word as pis-U.le I told my miserable st.wy. "And, uncle," I added, "Richard tells me tliat father c.tnnot pt-v.il.ly liy this now and I hardly think these people w ill W- will ing to wait. Si is it asking too much of you to Wiy this .lrt-ss? I fi-l as if 1 never wanted to ba.k at it again, so I don't mind giving it up." "You will wish to h-ave here on the earliest moniing train," la- sctid, turn ing to Richard, when I finished. "Si I w ill pay these bills myself and send the retipts to your father." "Thank you very much, micle," Richard said gratefully, "you have taken such a load off my miml." Then, laying his hainl mi my shoul der, uncle sai.l: "Esther this has lain a hard lesson to you, lit I hm you st its value. ReineliiW-r this that the little word 'ns' with only two letters iu it, some peple find very, very hard to proniHiucu. But I W lieve the next time you are called u p ou to say it ytsj w ill la? able." "Then, uncle, I lull regard this as a loan," I said after I liad thanked him. "Just as you plea-', Father, a!ut it," he said kindly, "Isit you may take your own time in Iying it," I had no desire to go down to tlie parlors again tliat night, so I went to my nami, leaving uncle ami Richard together. I'ncle explained Richard's present to aunt ami Amy by telling them of mother's illiM-, thus making no mention of the bills for w hich I was very grateful. When I left Amy cried ami W-ggcd me to visit her stn again. When we readied home, we were met at thed.a.r by father. "Mother," I ga-iasl, "how Is she?" and then I tiHild endure the strain no longer, Init with a little cry fell senseless into my father's arms. When I Wi-ame con scious I was lying ou the sitting rta.iu couch, the lamp burned very' low, cast- j ing a dim shadow over the na.m. On j a chair at the other side of tlie nami, with his head resting wearily on his hands sat father. I could not Wit st how much whiter his hair was than oil j the morning I started for the city. j "Father," I called softly. lie came to the couch ami laid his hand mi my brow. "Wliat Is it, daughter'"" he a-ked. '1'aii you forgive me?" I crietl, "I know I am not worthy. But, oh, fath er, I have lai-n so misvraoie. Hush, daughter, you must not worry your-s lf tonight. But rest as sured vour mother and I have fully li.rgiveii vou." "Will mother die?" I asked, eludi ng lwck a soli. 'No, no, Esther, to-lay we hail rea son to hoi for tlie W-st. But I fear it ill W' some time W-fore she Ls welL Now- you had W-tU-r retire, ami to morrow morning we will talk aWmt this." Then he st.iil to kiss me ami left tlie na.m. The next morning father and I liad long talk. I felt I had never loved or honored my father half enough. He was so gentle and so forgiving. Then he t'a.k me to mother's na.m. But it was not until I had linked on tier dear fat that I fully realised what a tis-tly Wtrgaiu mv dress had alnna-t proved to W-. It was weeks Wfore mother was lown stairs again, ami oueday I heard her say to father, "The lesson was hard, Init it has changed Esther from a thoughtless girl into ail earnest, thoughtful woman." ff..r mofli.-r li-uiietl leiek ill her chair, and, as she gazed into the tire, thcre was a far-away, dreamy look in her eyes. Tncn, aw akening fr-nu the reverie, she drew out her watch and exclaimed : "Why, it's 11 o'clock. I had mit intended keeping you girls up so late." As we waited for ourgtaal-night kiss she said : "That silk dress caused me more tlian a little suffering. St, chil dren, if you are tempted to do some thing that you ful to 1 wrong, and, though it seems small don't do it, for great harm may come fnuu it." Then Kate ami I went up leaving mother and Dick still W-fore the lire. stairs sitting Wue Word. An extremist Is always a misfit. Money Is not the measure of merit. Love Is a natural prtaluct of humanity- A woman has no use for a dumb Cu pid. ria-sessiou Ls pursuit with the pith pu netted out. Epigrams are diamonds in tliw gravel of conversation. There are p.siple w ho cau get drunk from excitement People with lu-rve enough 1 1 lead never lack followers. Slyness Is th-' only vice that da.-s not write itself Upon the tai. The har.U-r a w. Milan's heart works the k-ss liable it is to go on strike. Even a witticism has to dc-ml on appnipriateiiesM for appreciation. A gissl sliape Ls in the shears' m-vuth ami a g(l fit Ls all in the needle's eye. No human W-ing lias a moral right to drv-at out of harmony with the general selLse of the community. Women fall intocrr.irs from emotion, while men are more often moved iu the wrung direction by vanity. A suspicious man is occasionally Ost ful, but it is in tlie same sense that W.ils are said to I conducive to health. One of the things tliat cut iuto one's self-estiu Ls to find tlmt at-lierislM.il secret has la-ell public property for mouths. Smie jai.ple love each other ft what they think they are, and some ample kive each tKhcr witlnut thinking any thing aWaut it Make allowance ftnr the follitu of youth and hope for the liest- The cat, the gravest of all animals, Ls tlie most frisky when young. Mrs. SulKirti Why in tlie world diHi't you grease that lawn mower of yours ? Neighbor's Hired Man Tlie misses told me not to till you hail your planer tuned. WILlSOFrREaSIDEXTtS. Interesting; Documents in the District of Columbia. The will of (teorgv Washington is ja-rhaps t'te mst faimsas of ail I'm d'H-umeiits. It was reccii'Iy copied !y order of tin; R -gitrar int.t a rec r 1 W.k where it c-ui. W- ct.asuit.sl v'rh f.iciliiy. The original Is somew 'u-r.- in Virginia, Wit Washington hail si.i.ie pn.ptrty interests in the Capital City, aud a copy was deposited wit!l tile authorities here. While the earthly jawsesssions of the Father tf his Coun try, though he was one of the richest Americans of his time, were by no means as extensive as t!n of in.tr. y nitaleni millionaires, he prescriWii wi'.h the greatest minuteness how tli.y shouid I dispitsvd of. The most famous provisions in tliis great dtauiiictit, which Washington !.e clitres to liave written with his wu hand, are tin in which lie devises -i sharvs of stta k iu the 1'otoiiiac River comintny, for the founding of an Amer ican university, ainl that in which he provides for the "liW-r.itii.it of hU slaves." The shares of stock were pre sented to him by the Virginia legisla ture, and were at lilM tlii-linetl, but the gilt was after ard so arrangetl as not to conflict w ith his notions of prt.prii ty in Miiving Hibiic gilts. The provis ions for the gift to the pn.jaa-til univer sity are couched in patriotic languago characterl-lic of the man. Washington was iit only litiitic, he was public: sj.iritisL He made many gifts in his will, which were intended t I public; U-iic factious It is the slave clause which reatls mta-t cliriou-Jy to the child of the last generation. It is, in fact, an excellent aU.litioiiLst document. They were not to W? relea-etl until the death of Martha, Wasliingttiu, his wife. He stated that it was his earnest w th that they should I emancipated Wfore, lnit he thought this would I accomplished with insur mountable difficulties. The chief of thew as tlie intermarriage which ex isted with the dower ncgrta-s. He say that he should la? glad to emancipate Wth, but it was not iu his js.wer to tl so. They were to I taught to read and write, and at Mrs. Washington's decease all his directions w ith regard to their freedom were to I religi.Kisly carrietl out without evasion or neglti t. OI.U HICKORY' UKyt-KSTS As a reiiii-iiibram of the ilays of Wimkige the will of "Old Hickory" Ls a curio. It was inade at Hermitage, where he pasrsil his declining years. It rnuiril nearly all his earthly ptssc- ' k.ns saving a few slaves t ly the J few tkbts whieh his adopted son. An I drew Jackson, jr., had timtracUil, and I he stales at the W-ginnihg of the tla-u-' mem that he liad made this will on ac count of the change m lusanairs neii-s-sitattil by the obligations he liad as-sumt-J for hU son. Every meiuW-r of his immtiliate family, iuchitliiig his grandchildren of tender years Is re-liieluW-rt.il with at lea.st one slave, to f owiml alaailutcly. These Wtpu-sts are maile in language cxpn-ssive of the great affection which he p is.ses-d for all his kin. I'roliably the old pictures of Jack still which represent hinias always walking with a cane are true to life, for in his will he has several Wijucxtsof his favor ite walking sticks. These apa-ar as tlcar to him a his swords. He presents the latter with the iatriotic reiUtst that they never I ntlstil exti j in de fense of tile nation. Indeed, the lan guageofthe will leaves no rta.ni to doubt that Jackson was a patriotic man to the core ami that he had the highest welfare of the nation at heart. JlilIX tll'lNCY ADAMs' WILL In striking contrast to the will of Jackson is that of John Quincy A.Uiins. They are as unlike as were the twt liH-u. Adams was a L'nitariau of the Rtston sch.a.l, and his will contuius none of the uual references to religious matters but deals strictly with the topic in hand the .lis(i!.itiou of the proja-rty. He says nothing of his W lief in trial, asd.- Jack.-t-u, nor of liis ht.a- in the hereafter. Adams la-t his original will and wrote the one whieh stoial at the time of his tk-ath in its stead It is a lengthy da-umeiit, and is more like the will of Washington than that of any other l'resiileiit. He, too. was fond of his walking sticks and Kave particular directions as to the dis- position of those which hail Wi-u pre sented to him iu honor of his lala.rs f..r the right of petition. One of tliese c-tnes in acmrdaiit w ith his w ish, Ls now ilciitcd in the Patent OSli. AiWms died a wealthy man for his time. He owned a tinisiderabk amount of iroiM-rty in Washington. He ha.1 a house and some html ou r street, an.l a store ami house on Pennsylvania avenue. Besi'l- thts' he liail maiiy jsewessious iu Mos-su-husetts, of whicli some were in the city of Bo-ton, an.l very valuable. A ivuliarity of his will is that he mentions his own name as John tjuiucy Attains d' tor of laws. He was very proud of this distiiietioii, which was given to him as a graduate of Harvard college, where all the nu n of the A.laiu family have alt-ndcd for generations. It was like a sword thnsigh the plates of his armor wheu Jackson, his are'i enemy, visited the hallowed precincts of Old Ca-tiliridge and received this honored degree from the college authorities. The bricfe-t of all the I'rcsi.k-ntial wilLs in the vaults of the Ditri-t of Columbia is that of James Molina-. He ha.1 but little to give, and he gave it without the use of any uuuis-ury words. It otitaiiis 1U works, lb gave s;,'""! to each of hi-twotlaughters ElizaW-th ami Maria, and his words on which he was engasrul at the time of his tk-oth to his son-in-law. The will was made up in New York, ami had one witiR-ss who rv-.ikil there, and one w hose home was in Washington. Beer aai Othsr Tlvin's. Tlie moneV I raid for one one glass loaf of of Wr would eiy f.MT bretnL The liiiM-r paid for two gL.- of Wr wtrtild p-.iy for a ak of p tatia-s. Tlie uawuey "paitl f.wjr glaasvs of Wr would iay for two tioxen of eggs. Tlie money paid fr three gla.ssa-4 of Wr w ould jv f a quarter of a laMiml of tea. The money paUl in one mouth t-t two glasses of Wr a day would pay for a ton of coal. The money paid iu one year for four glasses of tr a ilay wtsjltl lay for a carriage. The money paid in one year for three glasses of Wr a day would pay the rent for a small suite of nanus f.H" a year. 0,uince lives are ornamental in flower and fruit. Tliey are sure la-sirers ami tlie fruit is always mark etable. The fruit or old trees is usually rivher and more highly flavored thaa that from young ones.
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