of Fnblicntion. Th3 Somerset Herald lay M-nilo' ta ,-ni-.i -. . . if mill in advau'-e: otherwise - ;1''',..i..-1 charged i.ntinucd unlil all ar-j ,uh. r.;.i' ..,,.-,.-- neglecting are I m no. . .. t . . ...im lii not take out w.r ... ii-n '"- ..' ... fr the subscription. U , ill be "" ' (piW we itflBce t ......n.-ra rem."'" nntnt 11 I. IV l"' " " . I, .ml, I 1! I v .stlicl-rc rset Printing Company, JOHN 1. Sl'VLL, liii-iius Manager. . . M. klMul. will continue to practice Vl.-'ii-'":-. .'.i'nncnwl and surrounding "iki.lc . -- ,, "k, K I.VTZ. ATI K X V. AT ',, ,.,,ners hi. l.n.t. fsl.m" it . a .. . - in .rit i.rotnm La , r.. eilll'" le.l to tin run . - - , Oitti-e in tins JHil jy & tf. ; .illUIL' fUlitiW. " ,mk!:ll tenders his profess lonal J Kn ,., tl - "Lc door west of t .tar. j a (lllice w ' Jan. it, ' r'n-'actice 'f Vis l-wl'""---- i -A .M'i" ' ,,, , i..w n Sonn-rivt and ittiikXKVS AT p . w ,.,...,-.-i. (.mi l. a l-l it.-. J - T ..f , i,A- 1 l -...limru. AT LAW .tKM - s.-. la.. -.ill - t t -v- ITTIIl nil 1 h.it-Utv. huk- 1-l.v. i x H U. llAl'.lt, ATTdliXKYS AT -VM.V- .... i i Li,,,,. Hud of i material. . june i , ,u. i v ii rill. ATTtHJNKY AT LAW . SOM- I lN-' !, " Ul i,r,.iiil.tlv ei..l to all l.ui-iness , ', -W m Monev advanced on collection ; 'i in hi residence, on Mai" "- 1. T". . - v.i K1MM1 L ATTtiUXKY AT LAW, : 'Vlr I', ill attend to all l.uide en-1 ""' . ..,.n.i .h..lu nif c.uii- it.. Ins car m 7:v " .r. .... Lltli ur.inj.tins Uli. IS, '70-ly i vpT V SIIIKLL ATTUUXKY AT LAW. to tal-rrtUse. Janll-t AT LAW, ' .-nlru.-le. r Lxur U"ii- : t.. u-,ier-l!medresiC.riilly Informs tl.e I F-; l"" .'" l.-l th s well known hotel in tl.e i E I ' ,1 s-.inVrs.-t. ltis 1,1s intention to keep t ; i ! to- lioi iinve sat.slaet.on to 1'i:Wllhtheir&lLLL i ir p-siJeue of IaI. SoulU mff c-'iilities. tillice on I ni.i sirc-t. Ol'JH 6-tf. tMwk 1-hrsli-ian and HentisU IUrlin. l- Will Kivc i.roniH aiteuti.m to all caws , i 1.. his care. Otlioo one ,..r west .l t lie i.-r lluuc. 1'. Mu-ser. ' same as oe-u.ii-u iu-ri-i-...o.i ,- , A. ;. MILLEK, after twHv' ... li.. 1 v.--,r." rtive i.raciii-e in .-iiii... ... - i .'riiiiiiMitlv 1-K-aled at Somerset tor the prac- I ww-iclii-." and tenders bis professional ser-1 ' tl..- ciiir.-i.s of Somerset and vicinity. i in the tin f lion formerly ocem.lod by . A. ,1. u, r,- he can In- coiifullc! at all tunes, j i j,r.ffffci"in.nv erurnfred. ' Cur lit "all promptly answered. ,v:i-k. II I'liNTLETIIWAITE, ATTOUNEY j it S-merw-t i'a. rrol.-ssioiiul i.usi-1 :.. .. I ,.lll,ll' fltfl.llll- .H-'-iiany h-.iicueu uu. - - KJ ISEK. ATTORNEY ATUW, Somerset, Fenna. KERStiILL, LYONS & Co. ANTE ACTl'KEIiS fc. DEALERS IN POKING- GLASSES,! ..- Mantle an 1 Pier Looking Glasses and j l'i -turc Frames a Smm lulity. j V(N Hi STREET. FITTSItl RGH. PA. 4,1.". I !m i nsrr planing-m i ll 00D & JONES, ik w .rep:ire.l to .In al! kln.ts ot planing ana :i. -turliig ul buililintf materials, .(I.IIilNli. Wr.ATHER-BOARDING, SASH AND IK MRS, WINDOW i DOOR FRAMES, VENETIAN SlU TTEKS, BRACKETS, fcc. . unMhinir trenerallv used In house l.uilj- I All km.! ..I work done to order. i- iT'-nii-fii l.ile.l. . Tl GOOD k JONES. ;u: rn;n, 'stiu:i:t, somerset, pa. ... T.'i lired lo manufaeture all kin-Jf of iVA(.(NS, SLEIOIIS, &.c. i: 11 also promptly attend to In: the EICST MATERIAL will 1 used. ' ALL AVOUK WARRANTED. rk done in t'.sc latest and m.iFt approved :.t tl.e WEST POSSIBLE PRICES. p.-t. March 6th. S C A. Jj JZ S t ruckp. IiitpruvpH Muim-v ilrawen. &: tAlKHANKS IMOKSK it .. T Hr SccmiiI Aveuuc, l'itteunr. CUNNINGHAM, IIVi( IAN AND Sin.'.DiX. lavansvii.lv. pa. u :i eui. :VOI.I, STEEN & CO.. (i p.i!e St. Clturles Hotel.) ... I. StiuTT, PlTTSlll T.Olf, Pa., irii i-k of (ucciinvare and Slui.ufac tiircrs T (;la--wi;re. NWAKE. m. i. rsuf-l ir )dv.ai1 to n.nulJturell AMI SHEET IRON WARE. "tly Land a siipt.lv f c.i.per and brass hull .mis and all kinds of Hiim' I'iiruisliiiiK .ooIm V'l't in Ids line. Sluin one d.r west ol ' store, sum street. Somerset. Ta. 1-1-v- N'OAU CASEBEER. '"EE, i:ROOKSA;CO, Puce Commission Merchants. No. CAMDEN' STREET, IT1 HOICK. Hl. 0lW-, lrii-,lr ... I. ...J w. . , si"fialatu-i.ii;i,eB ' 1 Til K SALE 01-' RUTTER. M. lioMerhanm. K.nrnw-t. il ,';.,'-r k Anaw.lt. Berlin. ut.,.y ro,4 r.rMrttt Western Na li utl IWok ol Kal: it... Pi: NEW FLOUR .MILL. Tl Ekii 1U1 built oa 11 sit t! ! cm -nnxxisox mill," "- .'dotW Im Mod u VZk. ; t W pstd (. .11 ,.,, lf rm, YALI.MIKK IlAV. M to ins care in !"""" i - -- 7 j no VOL. XXI. Hardware. HARDWARE. John P. Blymyer Hat rei?iid Ms "tore a Few Doors Above the Old Stand, Ami tinciT t hie cufti.imr" aii.l Irien.l a full 1 ol K'MMlf at the very U.wcst Jirl'-c", aus. us-iy. iiardWare of Every Description, . .... , j i, y -I' (i ljAt!i, u:ox, wur.s ootU'ii Ware of All Kinds COAL OIL LAMI'S, COAL OIL, CHIMNEYS, andndelity. H ce intVurt And evtrjtUliij; ln-longlng to tlie Lamp trade. WI1TTE LEAD, LINSEED OIL, VARNISHES, lilUSHKS, PAINTS IN OIL AND DKY, AND i.l s .-.ii.it.. - aiti-nthHi III r-t ii'-rrnp. rtrtr.r- ItT rTl T"T. I F i.i'a.. wm ne r""'i" i A N KK liUUU l UE.WE.nAL. A lxre st.K-k ol Table Knives and Forks I I'OC'KET KNIVES, SPOONS. SHEA liS AND SCISSORS, PORCELAIN LINED KETTLES, kc, tc, Together i Ii ni -.ny arli.-lts t. tnimcrms to men tion in an advertisement, lie is determined to sell at the very lowest prices. Gie him a call. June 12-'7i LIFE INSURANCE For Business Men. The Reserve Fund Policy." ISSCEDUY THE BERKSHIRE LIFE INSURANCE CO., INlHiiiPOK ATED mi, f Secures SiK-cial I'mtectittn to Every Policy Holder. For example: Suppose you are thirty-five year of aire and take a "Reserve Fund Policy" utor .linarv lile rates. ne annual payment will Inf urc you 2 years and 1 3oy. ' Two annual payments' will Infuro you i years i and 12 .iavs. I Three annual payments will Insure you S years L Hi r A 1 rT r"CnFiT annual payments will insure you 10 years alio ao oavs. Six annual payments w ill Insure you 12 years and 11 .lays. This Protection AppIiestoanyAge, lb And is expressly stated In every Policy. THE ADVANTAGEOFsrcil PROTECTION. Of all kinds. Be earciul to buy j Th;. , t(lf.r.I(v (i,at ,rv hnsban I. Daniel lily the genuine. j, 1-.,11pm. H insure! In the Berkshire Lite f-ti . p li vt- Insurance I ..nipany, i-ittsiieiii, is i.ri.wj. tf.iii.-n. l t-.,irf.r lot it. lsTii. inii.iiiiit iMivat.ie ciuarx.Tiv. j IrftrilllKT I'JIU. ln(U, pirilllUin jtfiviiu That two privments ere tns.le up to June loth. laTl. that he tiied h-tober lllth, lour mouths alter i he tailed to make his payment. I The usual prol or death were forwarded to the , ! Company, and the full amount ol the .licy. less ttie lw.Miuarteriy payiiieins oue at me tune 01 ins 1 death, was paid 'to utei br thelrtieneral Agent In Philadelphia, W. II. Graves, at their office, S. W. ' corner t 'lii-slnut and ElcTetilh Slr-ts. I (Siifiir.1) - NETTIE THOMPSON. W. II. Greene, late ol New York. Insured a f. w vears since in Hie Iterkshiro Ule Insurance Com- . iiv 1r i.lwo: but ow ing to inislortune in bust-1 im-ss' was ublc to make any wytnent to the J ( '.uiiianv tlurinv one year and live ui.iths prior to 1 bis ilm-iR, 1 have this day iiaid (at the New I V.srk oKi.vor tlieConiutny. I Iinmdway. corner i of CI.Mioccr stn-etl. tiiree' thousand two hundred j and nliH-ty-nlnr dollars, this being the full amount i tine i ins wi.iov. .iter iletlui-tlng llie overuur jiay- uieiiis tun ii.it-resi. J. 11. Fn ANCISCCS. New Y-;k. March 11th, -Tu. Sui-rinU-ii.l. iit. ICcad tlio Follow lug C'lainiMl'aid. Msit of .lames Joie. New York City, fcl.oou. rmcnt overdue 4 nuaiths. F. It. C. liHiupe. New York City, 1,000, pay. incut overdue 4 mouths ami da vs. Mrs. G. B. Hart. Chicago, ill, 5,000, payment overdue 1 months and 14 da vs. II. F. Moore, Boston, Mass., 2,000, payment overdue 6 menths and 16 da vs. James H. Adair, New fclavsvllle. In.!., 2,000, vment overdue 2 months and 7 days. Bernard O'Gnidy, Detroit. Mich., 0110, pay ment overdue 2 years. 10 moid hs and 1 1 days. J.sjies I). Estabrook. Fltehburg. Mass.. $1,000, payment overdue 3 years, 1 month and 2 days. OOODCH1LD at MARSHALL Aeents. june 12-Somerset, I'a. The Improved ELLIPTIC SEWING MACHINE. New Draw Feed, LOGIC STITCH. There are s..u.e a.iiits In a Sewing Machine that ladies ilesiring it purchase, should take Inlocifii I'iemti.in, namely: Llzhtnc if running. of Management, t 'spM-it? to do the Work Require!, 1'r.tsloni from Noise, and Kon Lutlality to get out of Order. We eUun that tlte IMPROVED ELLIPTIC MNM-r ail tueiw points, and that it is THE VERY BEST Now Manufactured. And .li-ft an examination of tt. Agents want pry osanty, U whom we will give the moat ed in ererv lllw-ral terms. EAItiN BROS. 1 Fltb AreMimslsarnh, Pa. HUcc'lancoHs HARDWARE MD CUTLERY. Enilani& BMley, 263 Liberty St., PITTSBURGH, Pa. A ftiH an.l (orojilpte Stock of A xe, Stwivcl, lints, Si-tlir, SiixtliK. Sawn, l:k, His Nall, and Blacksmirhs' & Carpenters' Tools, Agents for r.ACil.i; FILE HOICKS; (Quality or Flics UXSVKPASSEl. S E X I S A M I L E O It D E II S. OLD FILES RE-CUT. j" TSu. I. M. IlEACIILY'S" j CLI.KIin ATKI) iHT.OOI3 3JUIiaK! I TM Rnnfdy lias Iwn In nse over wvnjr art, i an.) lias run-d tliouiuinds of cases ennsiilerud Inco- I ralde rr the t.nlesHion. lt lias not railed In a f in- gle case u re reiiei it not entirely cure. It Is iiartlculurly recommended In the following doutplaluts; SICK HEADACHE. PALPITATION OF THE HEART, LI VEll COMPLAINT, 11IIEUMA TISM, SKIN DISEASES, LANG VID j CIRCULATION, i-c. i j In any derangement of tlieB(ood. In all diseases ! Kimliar to females it is a sure and Sovtrrign Hrn Crfy. j In short. It Mng a Kc incdy acting thronich the Circulation of iht Wood on all the !mKrlitnt Or leans and emunctories of the body. It will cure al- ! most any curable disease. For sale l.y MEYERS k ANAWALT. Berlin, i Ia and ly dealers in Family Jledlt lncs everj--where. July 6 71 ! REISER'S PATENT SELF KEUULATINa j Grain Separator, j ( LKANEK& RAGGKll, J And Improved mmMn f'nnnnrl ITnDCiP TjnWPT) up; ucaici nunoii runjiiiL At a time like the present, when labor Is scarce. It is iiniortant that fanners who are interested sliould giv attention to nny Improvement that will i.-iiu lu ii.rir rcnci. in lite ist-iser , jnirautr ino i fanner will n t only Bml a friendly lalwr-saviiig niachiiic, but a Great Economizer, As can he substantiated ry thousands who now Lave them In sucit-ssful oeratioa. As a Til RESH KK. It is equal to the best : As a CLEANER, It is suiN-riorto any other ma chine. Ii is the only machine that enn, by osa opera tion, thoroughly thresh and clean grain tit for mar ket. KEIM t HAY, Elkllck. Somerset Co., Pa., are tht.- iuJr atjruti. and Sam'l linger Is not. JUST Q o o ft 01 8 a B o CT- O as o rr o p O V2 o a o w RECEIVED A T 1 o FEW GOODS, V2 O NOTIONS, ft O 3 o o ft ft "GROCERIES. y.1 I i i r v "w- t- r n Q 09 P f J AJ Uli cC. lie sure to call and see, and be convinc 3 ed, as there arc too many artielcs kept for enmncnitlon. (JPIXJSITE so.ui:ksi:t noixr, V o SoM F.BSCT, ri. July IT A. W. KNEPPEK. JEMPS NURSERY", II ARNEDSVILLE, SOMERSET CO., PA, The s.j)Tl!cr Informs his friends and the rub- i jt. tiun be is now d. Totlii his eutire time to t.ls The first .me ever stand In b county, and is pre- j ared to (mulsh pr.mipUy all kinds ol - 'HI'JX AND OR NAM ENTAL TREES, Vines and Plants. HIS CONN BUTTON WITH KNOX'S PITTSRUIKJ NURSERY The largest and mt complete In the T'nlted Stall s, enables him to guarunU-e to his customers the choicest varieties and thriftiest growth. His prices are lower than ever Isidore. His resolve is not to be outdone by any in the State In price or quality. These words will ls ma.leg.mdl He will personally solicit orders this fall, but orders ad dressed lis alaive will be promptly attended to. Seud them ill early. HARBISON II. KEMPII. WITH A. H. Franciscus & Co., lMPOIITEKB AMD IiEALKKS IS COTTON YARNS, RATTS, WICK, Twine and Ropes, LOOKING GLASSES, CLOCKS, FAKCY BASKETS Wooden and Willow Ware, &c, XASl-rACTCKgaa AID jobbebs or ARIETIXO, OIL CLOTHS, MATTING, RCGS, &c. 613 Market Street and U0 OummerM Street, ihilndclpliia. June 10 If. STOYSTOWN. The nderslirned. Droprietor of the Diamond Hotel, on the southeast comer of the Diamond, lw tng lmlut by his many friends, would lay to the traveling public that be is now prepared to receive and hospitably entertain all who may give him a call. His house will be conducted with the best order and furnish fine aooommodallons. SAMUEL CUSTER, Stoyftown, Pa., April 17th, IS 72. KIPPERS Boniemet Tlir. OLD WHITE HAT. BY COB JEMX08. When this old hat was new, my tioys, The Democrats swore freely, And day and night, with great delight. They damned Horace Oroelcy. But now a change has o'er them come. The like I never saw, . They now are wearing Greeley hats. And shouting Chapiwqua. Charles Sumner's now a patriot, A " statesman trlod and true," But Bully Brooks broke Sumner's head. When this old hat was new. The Democrats all cried well done, And said he'd ftot his due. And swore they'd hang old Greeley ucxt. When this Old Hat was new. When this Old Hat was new, my boys, Dan Voorhees was the man. Whose tall proud form to victory led The Democratic clan. Hut now they have ruled Daniel out, They any bo will not do, Because he stands right where he stnnd , When this old hat was new. But Daniel will not stand the storm ; He soon will come to "taw," He yet will sing the sweetest strain.'. The song of C'happaoua. When this Old Hat was new, my boys. The very air was rent . With shouts from Democratic throats. For a "white man's guv-er-mcnt." But now tbey are for equal rights. To every race and hue. They turned their backs on all they said. When this Old Hat was new. But still it does seem strange to me, 'Tis hard to think so really, That Hendricks should be shoved aside, For nigger-loving Greeley, For Hendricks was a Democrat To his party always true, And Greeley was Its direst foe, When this Old Hat was new. But let us take oar dish of dirt, And try and put it through. And turn our backs upon the past, When this Old Hat was new. And when we get old Greeley in, We'll scud him to that shore. Where Harrison, Taylor and Lincoln's gone before. And then with Grats and cou-in Frank, And all of the Blair crew. We'll soon restore the days of yore. When this Old Hat was new. The F.nrtasinted Mantle. BY JIMAN HAWTHORNE. Once there was an island, separat ed from the rest of the world bv a creat ocean flowinir illimitablv around r - . . r . t. Here dwelt a mother and her two ., .. , . , , , Children, a gll'l and & UOX She lov- ,iu.m rvccedinffl v. and thev re-1 linp trtT' niwl t krn 1 1 im 1 iav I was older and stronger than his sister he took care of and protected her; and she, being delicate and fuir, con fided in and looked up to him. And it was always summer around them; ever since the boy and girl could re memlspr it had been warm and pleas ant, with sunshine and soft winds. Rut one day the mother called her son to her, as she sat in tho shadow of the cottage porch looking out to sea. The sun was resting on a fleecy heap of golden clouds above the wa ter's edge, and the boy saw that long golden lines seemed to stretch from him to them. " Lionel," said the mother, " it is a law of this island that no one can re main here after reaching a certain age. My time has come, and I must leave you, to return no more; but hereafter, when your age is fulfilled, you will follow me. Now, when I am gone, you will find the summer likewise has departed, and instead there will be cold winds and snow, and clouds will gather before the sun. In those days j'ou will wish to wrap yourself up warmly, and sit before a fire, where the cold and darkness can not reach you. Rut you must never forget to care first for your little sis ter; the cold and the darkness will be harder for her to bear than for you, and you must keep her always warm and cheerful until she comes to my arms again." Lionel looked in his mother's eyes but said nothing. Something filled his heart so very full that he could not speak. His mother gazed a while in silence over the sea, and the shadow of the cottage porch grew darker around her, so thut Lionel began to fear lest she should vanish altogether; but the brightness of the setting sun had so dazzled his eves that he could not sec plainly. At last his mother spoke again : "After I am gone you will find in my room a long dark mantel which your father lift me when, many years ago, lie reached his allotted age and departed from us. Tins iiiantic is encuameu, ami when you sec it you will very much wish to wear it; and if you should do so you j n uwui uc viiaittvu in siu mi; nui'll! 1 jam gone. Notwithstanding, you I must never yield to this desire until i vour sister Rose shall have ceased to require from J OU any further protect ing care ami labor; for as long as you wear the mantle you will be I powerless to give her any assistance in time of need, or keep her warm and cheerful in the winter weather: and though you would be able to see me, I should look pale and ' sad, and the cold winds anil dullness would increase around you. Rut if you have strength to resist the spell of the enchanted mantle until your whole duty to your sister is performed, you may then wear it without fear, and I shall appear bright and smiling to you, even more so than you have known me here." As his mother ceased stM-aking, the shadow of the cottage porch became so deep that Lionel could scarcely see her where she sat. Nevertheless, it seemed to him that she bent over him and kissed his forehead and his eyes ; and when he opened his eyes again sue was gone. Rut looking across the sea, where the last glimpse of the sun was just sinking beneath it, he noticed a bright path, extending thenco to the Island shore; and at the further end of the path, where it was merged in the sun, he thought he saw his mother standing with a glory all about her. Then something so dimmed his eyes that he could hardly distinguish her; yet it seemed to him that just before she vanished she looked at him and Biniled. He stood gazing until the sea had become dark and gray, the golden path had van ished, and a cold wind, which came sighing from the cast, had begun to drive the breakers into foam against the shore. Then he withdrew, with a shiver, into the cottage, and lit a candle, and entered his mother's room. v Ry the light of the candle, as he looked around the chamber, he saw a ESTABLISHED, 18S7. SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY, Jong, dusky cloak, or mantle, throw u over tho t hair on which hi inoliirr uscd to sit. It hung in gombfo folds, unrelieved by any bright embroidery or triniminjr." As ho gazed npon it wonderingly for ho never remem bered to have Been it before he was conscious of a strange and almost ir resistible longing to put iton. It seemed to him that it would protect him, as nothing else could, from the chill of the east wind which was al ready beginning to whistle- around the cottage. 11c evrn felt; as if it would in BOine way bring bak to him the comfort of his mother's Jjpresencc and love. Ho he approaeaed and lifted the heavy mantle fjtom the chair. As he did so a dreftaiy, ener vating sensation began to steal over him; his strength and vigor .seemed to ebb away, and tho noise f the son waves on tne sitorc sounaeti in ins ears like the voice of one sobbing in her sleep like tin voice of his own mother! I5ut ere the dusky cloak 'could do scend over him he heard bis sister Rose calling to him loudly : Lio nel ! brother Lionel ! where are you ?" Lionel started, and let ' the cloak full back upon the chair. In a mo ment all his mother had said to him rushed over him. This, then, was the enchanted mantle of which she had spoken this the effect of tho spell it had already begun to cast over him. Even now ;ho could scarcely shake it off; but sammoning all his strength lie rushed i from tho room, and ran to find his sister, who sat shivering on the door ?step; and for there were tears in lieflevcs. In his anxiety to cheer and comfort Rose Lionel forgot all about the dusky mantle. . "What makes the sea so gray and angry?" asked Rose tearfully ; "why is the wind so colli: ana whore is 'our mother gone? I "The Inst I saw of her,", roplie Lionel, "she was standing on the ' furthest edge of the sea, close by the sun ; and I think she must be gone to i him. so that whenever ho shines we I mav know that she is smiling npon us. And then we shall not mind any ' more about the cold winds and the angry sea." T- ii. i Lr.t i.i. L-ionci iook nis moo sister uuck into the eoltajrc, ana wouarht woou and built a warm fire in the fireplace and the light danced and flickered about the room, playing all sorts of pranks with the chairs and tables and the ornaments on the mantlepieeo and Rose and Lionel sat looking into the fire, her little hand resting m his, It seemed almost as if tho sunshine had come back to them. At last Lio nel cried out: "See, Rose, in that red-hot coal is a perfect picture of the sea, and sun resting on it; and in the sun can vou not see our mother's face pmilinjr on "Yes! Yes!" cried Rose, elappin her little hands for jov; "and now we need never fear the cold and darkness out of doors, for we can al ways have our mother's sunshine in the cottage!" So that night thev both slept soundlv, and Rose dream ed that the warm weather and soft winds had come back, all the more delightful for having been lost. Rut Lionel thought he was standing by his mother s chair, on which hun the enchanted mantle, and wonder ing if the time hail not yet come when he might put it on. Then he heard a voice calling him, and awakened with a start; he saw Rose standing over him, looking scared and puzzled. The ground, she said, had become all white and soft, and oh ! so very cold; and the water had turned into a hard transparent stone, and the air was full of little cold white feathers, which were blown about so thickly that one could hardly see across the trarden So Lionel gave up al!" thought of the mantle for that day, and, spring ing out of bed, he kissed his sister good morning, and set to work to make things warm and pleasant for her m-doors. hen ho had kindled another roaring fire on the hearth, he put on his tallest boots and his warmest coat, and plunged boldly forth into the cold, white snow-storm He gathered together all the sticks of wood he could find in the neighboring forest, brought them in great armfuls to the house, and piled them up un der the shed, until there was enough to last for many days to come. Then he took the spade and shoveled path wavs all around the house, and out to the barn, for Rose to walk on, so that when the evcuing came around acaiu, everything about the cottage was quite comfortable and cheerful, and Rose declared she was almost as happy as before the winter began. And again that night the children sat hand in hand before the blazing, crackling fire; and as it fell gradual ly into glowing embers they fancied from time to time, they caught the glimpses of their mother's smile. At last, when the fire had died out, and Rose was sleeping quietly, '.Lionel stepped on tiptoe to his mother's room, opened the door, and looked in at the dusky mantle hanging on the chair. "Perhaps," he whispered to him self, "I may be allowed to wear it to morrow." Rut even as he spoke he heard Rose turn uneasily in her bed, and thought . she murmured some--thing in her sleep. So he closed the door with half a sigh, because he felt that he must wait yet longer ere the time should come. The snow lasted a long, long while until the children almost believed that the summer had been a dream, and there never had been anything else than ice and snow, lhc sky was almost always covered with gray, heavy clouds, which hid the sun; but in timo tho children grew fond even of the clouds, they looked down upon them so softly and tender ly, and piled themselves into such strange, fantastic shapes. And once in a while, when tho day closed and the sun sank below the ocean, the clouds would gather round him, all dressed in the magnificent robes of crimson, gold and purple, and stood waiting in solemn and superb an ay until he had disappeared, and the gorgeous vestments vanished with him. At such times Lionel's mind would revert, he knew not why, to tho enchanted mantle in his mother's room, and he wondered whether it would be transformed into splendid colors like the gloomy clouds. And OCTORER 9. 1872. sometime; he marveled that the sun should make those very clouds that strove to obscure his beauty the means of making that beauty more grand and magnificent than it could otherwise have been. Then he would ask himself whether l.c sliould be able so to glorify the magic mantle when the time for him to wear it ar rived. And often it would seem to him he could no longer wait, he so longed to cover himself with the dark folds, mid feel again the drowsy inflornco of the spell, ami look once more iipuu his mother's face. Rut whenever the bulging was most irre sistible the voice of his si.- ter Rose would come to him, and something in his heart would whisper that his duty was not yet accomplished, and the mysterious mantle must still re main hanging ou his mother's chair. So the days went by, and the months, and gradually the years, and still the children lived together in the cottatre. In their outward guise, to be sure, they were children no longer, for Lionel was tall, strong and state ly, with deep, tender eyes, and grave, determined lips; and Rose was love ly and graceful, with sweet, confid ing eves and soft brown hair. Rut ell this was outside; there was noth ing old about their hearts, and in each other's eyes they were children still. Rose always looked up to and trusted in her brother, as in the sum merdavs so long ago; and Lionel protected anil cared for his little sis ter just as lovingly and tenderly as when they were first left alone to gether. And because the time had never once conic, in all these years, when he could say, "Now all is done for her that I can do, and there is nothing to prevent my giving myself up to the spell of the enchanted man tle," therefore it still remained undis turbed in his mother's room, and many years had passed since he had even opened the door to look at it. Rut once in a while there would be a whisper in his heart, "The time is coming, Lionel, wait and be patient!" It seemed to hun like Ins mother's voice, and he would enter with re newed hope and courage upon anoth- dav and year. Still the time went on and on ; and now the winter, which had seemed so Jong, hegan to gramiaily pass away. I he winds grew wanner and gentler; the heavy clouds broke up and floated about i ' Titanic forms; the sun came forth again, more glori ous than of yore, and soon all the snow had vanished, except that a lit tle of the purest and whitest always rested on the heads of tho boy, Lio nel and his sister Rose, as a memento of the long winter they had spent to gether in the cottage. As the sum mer came on, the evenings grew long er and more beautiful, nd the chil dren, instead of sitting in-doors by the fire, spent much of their time in the porch of the cottage, looking out to the sea. Every evening there was a wonderful sunset, each more per fect than the last ; every evening, al so, appeared the vision of the golden path, extending from the island shore to the utmost brink of the sea; and when the sun sank down and rested amoment, all glowing, on the water's edge, tho children would gaze and wonder whether they should not now sec their mother's face looking at them. At last, one evening, there had been the most glorious sunset of all The loveliest clouds in the heavens had collected together to see it, and each reflected and multiplied the splendor. The sea was calm, and painted the wondrous picture on its bosom so marvelous! v well that it was hard to decide whether the reali ty or the copy were the better. The souls of the children wcro filled with joy and love, and for a long time they had been sitting bcsulc each other, very silent, but hand in hand as ever. So long did the silence last that fin ally Lionel roused himself from his reverie and pressed his sister's hand. hen she did not return the pressure or move, he thought she must be asleep, and spoke to her gently, fear ing to waken her too suddenly. Rut she slept on, and did not answer him. Then he looked in her face ; it was all rosy and glorified with the part ing splendor of the sun, and in the ting light a sweet ami happy smile seemed to play about her mouth. A great and solemn awe fell upon Li onel's heart, for he knew that the beautiful and reverend figure in the chair was nothing but the image of the sister he had loved so long and faithfully. Rut turning his head, he gazed at the brightness across tho sea; and m the best of it he saw his mother's face, and beside it another, which was Rose's, only fairer and lovelier than it had ever been before. They both smile dradiantly on him, and so' faded imperceptibly away..' So thereafter Lionel lived alone in the cottage. Tho hours passed slow lv now, for he had no longer anv sis ter to labor for and protect, and the purpose of his life seemed to have departed with her. He sat often in the shadow of the cottage porch, where the sea-breeze lifted his . long white hair, and looked wistfully out across the mighty sea. One day as he was sitting, his head resting on his hand, and lost in thought, he was conscious once more of the mysterious whisper in his icart; but now instead of bidding wait and be patient, it repeated, soft ly, over and over again "The time has come, Lionel! the time has come! " And he knew that now, at last, it was permitted him to put on the enchanted mantle. .lie felt, too, that never in all his life had ho need ed it so much as now. Faithfully had he fulfilled the task w hich had been given him to do. He had re sisted to the end tho selfish fascina tion of the spell ; he had grown weak and weary with the lapse of years ; and what now remained but to wrap the dark, inscrutable mantle around him and satisfy the lifu-long yearning of his soul ? The long-delayed prom ise of his mother would bo at last fulfilled; he would see her bright aud smiling, in the place whither she had gone ; and surely Rose, his sweet and gentle sister, would be with her there. So he went to the long-closed door and threw it open. Involuntarily he shaded his eyes with his hand, so penetrating was the soft radiance that filled the chamber. There lay the magic mantle, but dusky and sad no longer. It was all one glory of rainbow-tinted stars that shone and twink led with a tender luster. As Lionel's eyes bocaine accustomed to their light he saw that every star contain ed a picture in its heart, and that it was the picture which gave the brightness to the star. And every jHcturo represented some occasion in his life when he had conquered his desire of wearing the mantle that he might give some help or encourage ment to his little sister. It was his own life, weary and cold though he had sometimes thought it, which had so transGgured and illuminated tho enchanted mantle as to dazzle even Lionel himself. He approached, lifted it from the chair, and drf w it around his majes tic figure. As he did so a peace and happiness of purity and depth un speakable seemed to well up from within and reinvigorate his soul. A joyful light was in his eyes as he stepped forth for the last time on to the cottage porch. Ho beheld the sun once again stooping to the sea, which lay breathlessly awaiting him, and across its bosom he saw the gol den path which seemed to invite him onward. And onward he went, with a great hope increasing in his heart. And now he descried two shining figures advancing down the dazzling way to meet him. Nearer and nearer they canio, growing more marvelously beautiful at every step ; but, in spite of the brightness, Lionel needed not to shade his eyes, for he himself was well-nigh as resplendent as they. As they approached they held out to him their beautiful w hite hands, and each took one of his, and kissed him on tho forehead and the eyes. So they all three went up the golden road to gether his mother and his sister on either side, and Lionel between them, and as they drew near the end of the pathway Lionel heard a grand and mighty sound 6f music and singing, which seemed to come from afar be yond the sea. Then he stood upon the uttermost brink and looked for ward ; and the glorv of the vision was unutterable ; but what the vision ; was no living man can tell. A Silent Jinn. ASKING AND NOT ASKING. Extract from a speech delivered by Judge William Johnson, of Ohio: "As to Ulysses S. Grant through all his brilliant career, he has betray - ed less of ambition than anv public man I ever knew. When tlic attempt was made by armed force to sub vert tho Republic and erect on its ruins "an empire with slavery for its corner stone," this xflent man was tanning and selling leather in the town of Galena. He had been edu cated for a soldier, at the National .Military Academy, ana liad seen some service in Mexico; and thought it was his duty to offer his services in defence of the Republic. Whether he was conscious of his own power it is uncertain; but certain it is that he made no pretensions. Without any commission, he raised a company and marched to the capital of Illinois, and offered his services to Governor Yates in any capacity. He was ask ed to take a place in the Adjutant General's office of that State, where he brought order out of confusion ia so short a time that Governor Yates thought he might command a regi ment, and commissioned him Colonel of the First Illinois. Here this silcut man comment cd the most arduous, most brilliant, most successful career ever crowded into four years of human life. Pelted by the storms, drenched by the rains, chilled by the frosts of winter, scorch ed by the suns of summer, with a patience that never complained, a constancy that never wavered, a cour age that never, quailed, a modesty that never boasted "Cannon to the right of him. Cannon to the lell of him. Cannon in front of him" on he marched, conquering and to conquer, from Springfield to Cairo, from Cairo to Relmont, from Rel- niont to Fort Henry, from Fort Hen ry to Fort Donelson, from Fort Pon- clson to Shiloh, from Shiloh to Cor inth, fronm Corinth to Fort Gibson, from Fort Gibson to Jackson, from Jackson to Champion Hill, from Champion Hill to Rig RIack, from Rig RIack to Vicksburg, from Yicks burg to Chattanooga, from Chatta nooga to the v nuemess, from the Wilderness to Spottsylvania, from Spottsvlvania to i redencksburg, from Fredericksburg to North Anna, form North Anna to Cold Harbor, from Cold Harborto Chiekahominy, from Chiekahominv to Hatcher's Run, from Hatcher's Run to Fort Stead man, front Fort Steadman to Five Forks, from Five Forks to Peters burg, from Petersburg to Appomattox, from Appomattox to Richmond. Meanwhile this silent man asked for nothing. Without solicitation, he was promoted from the ranks of a privatc to the rank of Colonel. With out solicitation he was promoted from the rank of Colonel to the rank of Rrigadier General. Without solici tation he was promoted from the rank of Rrigadier (fcnrral to the ' rank of Major General. ' 'Without solicitation he was- promoted from the rank of I Lieutenant General to the higher rank of General. And now, having con quered rebellion, conquered war and conquered peace, this rilent man stands in the Capital of rebellion side by side with Abraham Lincoln, the two most unpretending men that ever lived, and still ho axled nothing for himself. "' ! For his country, for law and order and liberty he 8kcd for everything, and never asked in vain. He asked General Buckner for Fort Donelson, and received the strongest fortifica tion in the West, 15,000 prisoners of war, sixty-five cannon, and 20,000 small arms. He asked for Champion Hill, and received 3,000 . prisoners of war, thirty pieces of artillery. He asked General Pcnihcrton for Vicks burg, and received the Gibraltar of the Mississippi, 31,153 officers, fifteen Generals, 172 cannon, and small arms without number. ' nc asked General Bragg for Chattanooga, and in the thunder and lightning aud earthquake of battle on Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge above the clouds and below the clouds drove tho dar ing rebel and his embattled hosts from the stronghold of the West. He id. NO. 17. axled General Lee for Spottsylvania, and the old lion, covered with gore, sullenly withdrew from his intrench mcnts, leavingtwo (iencrals and 8.000 men prisoners of war, eighteen guns and twenty-two battle flags. He axled for Five Forks, and took the field and over 5,000 prisoners of war. He axled for Petersburg, and received it. At Appomattox Court House he axled General Lee for what remained of his veteran army, and received 27, 805 prisoners of war, with all their warlike material. How did this yoiin Ca-ear behave himself in this supreme triumph? what is the testimony of Colonel Mos by, that daring guerilla chief? Sure ly, he says, "no conqucrer ever bore himself more magnanimously to a vanquished foe than did Grant when he returned lus sword to Lee ana bade him go in jieace. The cove nant made that day has lwen sacredly kept. For him there was no triumph al procession, chanting pauaus of vic tory, to humble his conquered foe. He" was no Achilles, to drag the body of his enemy around the walls of the conquered city- Suffice it for him to know that his work, in which he had thrown his whole soul, was accom plished, and he was willing to drop the curtain on the scene." There was another passage between these great chiefs grander still. Lee informed Grant that his cavalrymen had furnished their own horses. Grant replied: "Let them keep their horses; they will need them to till their fields." It was a simple and sublime prophecy of a future and en during peace: "General Lee, the war is over. Let us beat our swords in to plowshares, and our spears into pruning-hooks, ami learn war no more, and let these soldiers till their fields." This is the Cesar of Mr. Sumner's gloomy and disordered imagination. The Emperor William. A Dresden letter to tho New York Poxt says : The Emperor of United Germany lost his stick the other day, ami ad vertised for it in the daily newspapers, as any old burgher might do ; a tri fling fact, which indicates the finest trait of the German character per fect simplicity. The old sovereign had attached himself to that stick, I which was given him by an Alsatian peasant on his return from the war. rn j)is privatc room mav be seen many such tributes of affection, carcfnllv j preserved ; among ethers, a little ; wEjte silk flag which once decorated a mighty cake presented to the Em peror by an old woman. That heart must be genial which he can open to small things like these ; he that holds the baton of a mighty empire is all the higher for esteeming the gift of a peasant's walking-stick. The Emperor William may not be made of that stern stuff of which his ancestor was made who went about Berlin, ratan in hand, frightening the apple-women at the street corners and rebuking lazy workmen ; but to his energy and pertinacity of purpose Germany owes her present greatness. There was but one voice throughout Europe when, after Sedan, he pushed forward to besiege Paris men cried out that it was a mistake. Germans, proud of their national victories, now shook their heads, convinced that this was a false move ; but the King never flinched ; and there, on the con secrated soil of France, he was pro claimed the Imperial Cxsar of a re vived Gcrmani empire. A curious fact, aprviws of the present subject, was related to me by a gentleman who visited Versailles during its occupation by the Ger mans. Most of the great marshals of France are represented at the chateau by marble statues. In his wanderings alwut the buildings look ing at these, my informant descended at last to a ground floor, where, in an obscure corner, he discovered a statue of Frederick the Great "Old Fritz'' stands there still, I believe, but I wonder the Emperor of Germany did not insist upon the return of the hero's sword, which the first Napo leon stole from offliis tomb at Pots dam. OlR WASHINGTON LETTER. Washington, Oct. I, 1372. EX-GOVERNOR CIRTIN COCCHANT. A desperate effort is being mad. here to bolster up the waning cause of Greeley by counting largely on the defection of ex-Governor Curtin and his letter in favor of the Democratic candidate for Governor of Pa. A fig ure in the calculations is missed when they count upon his declarations in favor of a Democrat. His greatest influence arose from favors shown to the soldiers as a Republican Govern or. The soldiers having alreatly spoken at Pittsburgh with no uncer tain voice; his sickly souring on his party friends at the eleventh hour of the campaigu will not affect fifty votes at the election on Tuesday ofnexr week. He will have some sympathy as a physical and political invalid, but, as to changing the tide which has ? i r ,77' ' , Gen. Hartranft, the thing is absurd. . , ' . e.t Among the knowing onesoftheoppo-l position wno aucci to Hike a grain oi comfort from his letter, it is acknowl edged as too late a conversion for any practical utility in October. Besides his withholding his support ot either Presidential candidate shows such a pitiable weakness of the head, that his letter fulls dead upon all ears, and so must all utterances from him, under such constraint as that nice non committal poise he proposes. PURCHASE OF "LIBERAL" SENTIMENTS, Carl Schurz, that one priced orator, is not attracting so much attention hero as he formerly did. His engage ment in tho campaign of Pennsylva nia is chronicled, together with the rednetion of $1 00 on his previous terms, of the $250, paid him for a political speech just prior to the Maine election. $150. is quite as much as the Pa. Liberals can afford to pay. But se riously, and aside from partisan feel ing, can there be anything so humilia ting to American sentiment as the spec tacle of a U. S. Senator hired to ex press his political- vujwa for so much per hour ? Tho purchaso of Hassurek in tho lumps is more preferable. No confidence can be reposed in theso Eaid expressions, and henco we find im in Philadelphia pleading for the election of Buckalew on the ground that this will insure the election of Greeley in November ;" asserting that the Republican party La? compelled the colored men of tho South to voto for eertain persona under duress, When every intelligent person knows and Mr. Shurz himself reported on the con dition of tho South that their late masters, the opponents of the Kepulj lican party, were the sole opponents of frte voting on the part of the peo ple of color killing and maiming thousands of them for tho express purpose of preventing a vote of their real sentiments. He also had the cool assurance to refer to his infamously groundless charge of a sale of arms to France in violation of neutrality laws which was proved before two committees of Congress to have been a contemptible conspiracy with a French Viscount who admitted under oath that he had sent fur and consult ed with several irresponsible rumor mongers, in order lo ascertain what he could xwenr to ugainat our Govern ment to justify the disgraceful charge ! He further charged upon his former party of which, at the time, he was a leader and fully as responsible as any other, if any responsibility exists, therefor, the sins of the state govern ments in the South, denouncing car pet baggers, of which in Missouri he is the chief, and showing how abject a demagogue he is, by pretending that the success of the Democratic party, under which the Sonth refused to pay her trade debts to the North, will open that country as a market for the manufactures of Pennsylvania. The usual what ails him ? which is applicable to men occupying his position is answered by the ' Liberal Ciixinnali Commercial wherein it lately said: "We have knowledge that those most disgusted with tlie office-seeker rampancy of Mr. Schnrz arc Germans, who regard hia course as reflecting discredit upon them." "It was humiliating to listen to the general derision of the persist ency with which he thrust himself upon the President two or three times a day." Ho was therefore very ap propriately snubbed by the President. CAPITAL ITEMS. One hundred applications for clerk ships in the Treasury Department are already filled, and double that number arc expected in time for the next competitive examination, about the 15th of next month. Forty-one vacancies of first clerk ships in the Treasury Department are to be filled by competitive examina tions in October. Secretary Robeson returned to this city last Tuesday. The President and family will be detained from the the White House until Friday, by the non-completion of repairs to tho building. The increase in the postal railway service f.jr the year ending June 3'), 1873 will te 10,000 miles against about 8,000 for the last fiscal year. Route agents and - postal railway clerks will be increased ia proportion. Judge Humphreys has just denied an injunction against tho Board of Tublic Works, on the ground of pub lic inconvenience. The petitioners wished to stop the improvement of streets now in progress. Hon. A. Hariner of the Fifth Pa. district has been spending a few days in Washington. He has made many warm friends here who arc glad to learn that hi3 prospects for an easy election and a large majority are now quite flattering. " C. M. A Model Lawyer. Squire Johnson was a model law yer, as the following will show: Jor.es rushed into the Squire's of fice in a great passion the other dav. ; and said: " That infernal scoundrel of a cob bler, Smith, has sued me for five dol lars I owe him for a pair of boots." "Then you owe him five dollars?" To be sure I do, but he's gone and sued me suea me!" "Then why don't you pay him, if you owe him 7" " Because he's sued me, and v. hen a man does that 111 never pay him till it costs him more than he gets. I want you to make it cost him all you can." "Rut it will cot you soiucthing.too." "I don't care "for that Wlat do you charge to begin with?" "Ten dollars, anil mure if tln-reV I nuirh ertri trr.nl,!.. ' " All right ! There's the X. Now go ahead." No sooner was his client gone than Squire Johnson stepped across to hi neighbor Smith, and offered to pay the bill on condition that the suit should be withdrawn. Tin; Shoema ker gladly acceded; all he wanted was his pay. The lawyer retained the other five for his fee, and as tho case was not troublesome ho made no "demand upon his client Ten days after, Jones came to see how his case was getting on. " All right," said the lawyer ; "you won't have any trouble about that. I put it to Smith so strongly that he was glad to withdraw the suit alto gether." "Capital!" cried the exultant Jones. "You've done it up brown ! Ye shall have all my business hereafter." wapplafr, Horaea. A Kentuckian and a Yankee were once riding through the woods, the former on a fine black horse, and the Yankee on an inferior animaL The latter wanted to make a "swop," but he did not see how he was to do it. At last he thought of a plan. His horse had been taught to sit down like a dog whenever he was touched by the spurs. Seeing a wild turkey, the Yankee made his horse perform the trick, and asserted that he was pointing his game, as was his cus tom. The Kentuckian rode in the direction indicated bv his horse's r A:n A tl .1 11 VAJU m . l- .t m- Tl. j settled the matter; the trad. .,! ..(...ii.,, ' i i . made, and saddles ana nurses h l was were After a time they came to a deep and rapid stream, over which tho black horse carried the rider with ease. But the b Kentuckian, on the Yankee's old beast, found great diffi culty in getting over, and when he had reached the middle of the stream, he was afraid the horse rrould allow himself to be carried away, and so endeavored to spur him up to more vigorous action. Down sa't tho horse on his haunches. "Look a here!" shouted the en raged and partially submerged Ken tuckian to the Yankee on the other side of the stream, "what docs this mean ?" "I want you to know, stranger," cried the Yankee, preparing to ride away, "that there hoss will pint fish just as well as he will fowL" A Victim. A Paris journalist tells of a man, recently arrived in that city who is the victim of a steam boiler explosion to such an extent as to make neccessary the following ad ditions to what was left of nature's handiwork after the accident : One wooden arm and two wooden legs, a glass eye, a nose made from the skin of the forehead, a silver jaw, a palate composed of caoutchouc, and a stomach consisting of a sort of truss. i !! nr
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