UL
t 1
n-nblication.
n. S.n.rsst Herald
y WrlnesUy Morning at . o
( ,;,v,lliiiuf.l until all ar-
osltuastcr nogloeling to
do n. uka out their
t,, id n ' "
moving from one l-oetou. 'e to
fir - the nam h
.iU'l"
.erset Printing Company.
JOHN L SCII.L
ilasiness Manager.
FAI L H. OAlTlltR.
" 'ijiIIHKR. Attorney t Law.
7. . All nrotcsi-innal l u-ln'
i Mice in "Maimuuth lf!o k,
V:. H. Marshall drug su-tv.
v l I HI In" i-crmanenriy located
,' ''.iV i,mi" "f i nlwrtnn.
, . ',-! Krissinaer's store.
t l'lH. HI Continue to practice .
1 'i lender his protessi.mal htvi
, i -iiHTsct n.l surrounding!
'" the oi l .i'e, f au. n.iai
l- " uuT. d, . 1.
eH !
,,,-oivtR tenders his professional
. lateni l Somerset and vlcin-
..no door west ol the Itar
jnn. 21, TO.
H.
v.aiNTZ. ATTORNEY AT;
-t. Pa., iH v l'tVl j
r..-c.i to lii care iu Somerset
",'.uu:ie. Vt&c la the JU j
.S - i
-.l K'',lrIl'f H
i Ul,,:.-e ..flaw li
I'oDrotJi has '
in S.nnerot and
ccor-lcr' otuce. :
n,LB..KN. ATTUKXEYS AT
r l'a lui"e lu ivMilrnre of
'"" " ' auft. li-ly.
TT 'UN EY ATLAW.StiM
,'r .uptlv attonJ to all I'umupm
; ,i,i'v'a.iv..n.'id on oollcrtion
..ii-ii.-o. .-n Main fir.H?t.
, 1! t
",.,.t iv ATTOUXEY AT LAW
-VT, , MlVaVie. S .or.t. Pa., will
B ..
lull:-.'" :nru- ... - i"".',
H
r.rvt. r.. will l'ra.ncr In Jvm- j
ivuntir. All i.uincw va-
"Z u I'tvuif-lj- aiu.-Ddid to.
" 1 1 .rt ..i m . on iain.
f-.v '.n
i i ir in-in - ' . .
1
.1 infill ut
r:ed. All oiitraiii--lune
7, 'TO.
eTmMkL" ATT 'HXEY AT LAW,
r.. .1 a:icnd to all MiMnWfn-
-r- ' " Muru'T ,.n 1 a.l' jminn nun-
..ca' "i. . . , nrt
ana a , - v. ,
77 .'H!LL ATI' IKNEY AT LAW ,
: - ;.u. crtu . ";,t..
Tv"vf K'r."s7 ATT.i"n EY Al LAW.
2 .... -.n .v nr. .mi it att.Miii..n to
rcnr.1 . 3 hi- r r.. r J
..11 I Hi I. "'-
.. .u.;. jy. 4-u.
:.fL-"t
:vrrH .rsE.-
',s-..lefi,-ii!
n... miotic the pui
.1 kti .wn holW in the
l:i In" iliteutl.m I" keep
. m." h.' li .1- ' willirive raiisuK-viou w .
..rla.or,.:!!. their ou.,o.hill
; uUUl,
i
Kici ax d- sunc.nox,'
so.nj:RM:T, iA.
i?. AG. M1LLEU, after twelve'
cnr practire In Sbankville. bat .
rtaea: i--ated at S..mernet lor the prac- j
aiioix ! leu.iers his ipksiunai er- i
. a a .-air-as M Somerset and vfc ;aity j
. a r..' i'ri: Ni ..re. opjite the Harurt ,
rt eaa le eoosuited at all tiui.-s ;
T.w .rial.y emr.ed. j
hfx "'' ppropiiy answerea.
.-J- i
Tp'M'LtrTHWAITF, ATTORNEY
, i; U. s .ai-rset. Pa- I'Mt. ssi .nal bu"l. !
:- .:a..)- ....eite. and l-uuetually attend.
.UI'iRXEY AT LAW,
S.'.mer t. I'enna.
I
ATD 'KNtY AT LAW, !
I't I'r.Viial business entrusted I
5- :i i.M !..ith promptness and udelity i
i-f'r. r.i. w. ii. nt rrti
i :n a trmx. attorneys at
A h mn-asemruoed touei-oariM :
-..7 isii f uarnuliy attm.le.1 tn. ' i
'!-.;. 1 fi ..r t i s.itliern en l of Marc-'
i Kn.ran -e from Diamon 1.
DEiTTXSTIirsr.
I
I.ji k Rfcii tull continue the Jiraeticc of
.re prepared to pt rtonn all opperatl'.r '
waoer and at as low price as the same j
Tt eta be dnoe anvwnere In the Stale. '
-" wk ftv-ks: a doable set forAla. All'
- aivurauted; and teeth extracted srith
i. jun T
J HAiVEY a. CO., i
T7U l jJIWesO.V MLRCllASTS I
IUUNGE PLACE. BALTIMORE.
ra'. ea-b vivainea
oa eons'gttnaeuta tvnd j
I
7-a.j : .j ua.i.
A. WMLKEK, j
t S Ciintr. Pa.. Rnal Y- I
uclai Pivinr tral. will boy and aril real j
r- war u.a.1. o.,Ae ewioctlous. l-aite lauup
ii N .YII.SOX & SOX,
'IKtLLSll.i: KO FIIS,
STaalbsrtySreet,
PITTSBURGH.
-
-TiFlCIAL TEETH!!
J. I'. YUTZV.
V K X T I S T
CITY, .ymrrrl Co., '.,
'" 't. wan-ante.1 to lie of the rery Is-st
- .jo-at.4 Hu,i,ine. 1nerte. la the
f'ar.i-aiaraUentlim paid ta the pres
- u. turJ teUi. Tuoe wisliiugt
r!ir. naa do v by eiadoSing stamp.
""Ttj. jelT'J
KltCoflroth V Co.,
ft Baltimore St,
Hi lloor wet of HowariL,
KTIMORE, IYID.
XEW l I.OUIl MILL. "
' uiik uu .itr pitr ui iuu
ID "LEXNijx MILL."
. aaa
t- ; - uoo urist kind ol work i
"5 "K" I".! ba-ail kindsuf Krain. j
IALt.MI.MHAl.
Fruit Trcoe, VUiea i
- qw
- KEMP,
Rai'M:h.sville,
fS'JOiesaet Couatr. Pa.
'v.i lu t lower mte than oi
- u.vti
- iiASSFTT
"ItUffcUm..
q - u MUIIUI T.
n.rti..
I'ak." ' Buanoer . ,1..
n,,l, -
' lt4mn j. . ...... .. A
". a.-
Kl?0:l: 'Tlswaoted arcr.
A Co., a.L Louia, Al
It INIOTEMKNTS.
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80
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VOL. XXI L
Miscellaneous.
s.ORODSE & SHIRES,
Manufacturer uf Sl and Havanna
CIG AES.
fcEDKORD, PA.
Order Solicit.!. No authorize! agent
HARDWARE.
Jchn P. Blymyer
Few Doors Above the Old Stand,
And (dl'r to lila cu'touien and fripndt a full line
ot K'Mkln at tlie wrj' lowest j.riitu.
Ilardwaro of Every Description,
XAIf.S
AXD GLASS,
i i..und i.r.-ir.-.i ui d. i n'odon Ware or AH Kind,
fa-h nliimr-.fKuialinif. tx-
COAL OIL LA Mrs,
COAL OIL,
CHIMNEYS,
And ererrthlng KUnncloif to the Lamp tnfle.
WHITE LEAH,
L1XSEED OIL,
VARNISHES,
IIRISHES,
PAIXTS IX OIL AN D DRY. AKD
- PAINTERS' GOODS IN GENERAL
:iiJ -'"' !
A Urge ttoek ol
Table Knires and Forku,
POCKET KNIVES,
SIMONS.
SHEARS
AND SCISSORS,
PiliCELAIN LINED KETTLES, Ave, he.
Together
ti.iu in a
ith lnanv articles too numerous t men-
advertis,.tuent. He is determined to
sell at the very low.t prieet,
June l'i-T'i.
Uive kiw a call.
J. IIOUNER,
Buggy, Carriage
AND
LIGHT WAGON
MANUFACTURER,
rwvi-1 al at?i a i i - v., i
' i- v - r t it . T :ti t i a A
Is now prepap.-'l to
manufacture to onler every do-
STlpti"ll ol
CARKIAii.
HI'ifilF.x.
SLLK1FJ.
SPRINO WACrONS,
HACKS.
sLEi.ms.
Ac, Ju-.,
In the lat. st aifl m.t approved styles, and at the
1.4, w tt I'owailtlc Irie.
ALL lit ST A NT Ot A
Fir?t C'l:i!-iH Carriage,!
anr wr vrhlrJc, nr ret rtfully iovltH tc
IUaYOT &u4 NlHk'li-i C.UTltlfji. i . al i.. n.t,n'.,'tiirp.lr hu
.-aai II at,..! a. a aantan.. I.tat aaf.arar Vaent ttOf t lit YarTV t
. wurk. au l h kic tat the
I Are eiu.l.iye,i In bi eslablisbment. aomcof wh.aa
. hare haul an rxpenenre ot over twenty year Intlie
business. He is. therefore, enabled u turn out a
: first -clars vehicle. trth In point of material and
I workmanship. All work warranted to be asrrpre
! tented when leaving the !(. aud aal istai-Oon
' guaranteed. All kind ol
lU:r.IHINi ANI I'AINTINO
! Dine In a neat ami su'wtantial manner, and at the
sborri-st ik 4 ice. He Is determined to do all hi
. work in sue it a manner, and at raeb price as to
' n.ake it to the interest of ererytody to ratrouit
; bim. Call and examine bi work before purchas
ing elsewhere.
janJ( D.J.HORNER.
WM. BOOSE & Co.,
FOUNDERS & MACfflNISTS,
SALISBURY, : : PEXXA,
Manufaeturerf of all kinds of
CASTINGS & MACHINERY
Orders by mtil promj-tly attendoJ to.
A d Irvss WM. not ISE A l"0..
Salisbury, Llkllok P. O. Soaueract co., Pa. .
Oct. 10.
KSTAUIASUi:i IX 1S3S.
HE-ESTAJIUSUEI JX W9-
p... k . J C. G. Hammer & Sons
. i . . . ' ... .- , i . -i . i k. .
taoet or aoy otner aniiiin nmm iwip fc (
Photographa an.1 Prle Lists sent on appltctlotl t prvvsVTv flAaa
or .ta7Ur do-t forget Ua. pUca-Slgn of j PfA(J,t
tlie Laqre 4dra t.tavir, oritA is a fall, tnae am
4c, 48 and M SETENTU AVENUE.
aurJ Piusl.urgh, Pa
FUEJNTITJRE.
rAItLOU, LIBIIAKY,
DIXINGIIOOM A XI)
OFI'ICE FURNITURE,
AT KEDI CED PRICES.
Also, t de manuracturert It Western Penua. of
Mmni Patent Bd Loflie.
T. 15. YOUXO ii CO.,
21 Smithfleld Street,
PITTSBURGH, PA.
juneZj
HLtcell'tneouA.
Thli ontiTalcl Southern Rm.lT i warrantnl
not to contain a aingle rtile of Mttvurv, or u;
lnjurloui niiin ral auLxtancc. bat 1
PURELY VEGETABLE,
cmtnlnlns the SiOthfrn Root" and Ilcrt whi.-h
an all-wi! Providi-nre has plai-.il In eountriri
where Lirer ldMaa m..?t prrall. It will eure
allliivaeiiraa.ed It IhYnnircnM'Tit of the LlTr.
The Symptom of Ll'cr t'ouiplaint are a hitter
orha.1 taate lnthe inouih: Pain in the Hark. SI. id
or Joint', often raiflaken l..r Kht-umatiKni: Sonr
Stomach; L.u of Aiipetite: llowrln alternately
euntive and lai: Hoadai-he; of Memory, with
a painful actuation ot having faile.1 to do fotne
t laixic whfrh ouirht to have Ceen done: liehilitv.
Low Spirit, a thick yellow appearance of the Skin
and cyea. a dry Cough often mistaken lortXm-
uuiitlun. Sometime many of thene ymptoma
attena me u.ae, at otttera renr lew; l hi I tna
IJver. the larifoct organ in the nIy, l irenerally
the feat of the dlea.. and If nut rerulated In
time, irreal (aHerinz, wretehedaew and iJEATit
will ensue.
Tail Great Unfailing SPECIFIC will not be found the
Wilt Unpleasant.
Tor rYSPEPSlA. O NST1PATI( I.V. Jaun
dice, Hllloua attack. Slt'K H EAl At.'H K tVlia,
lK-pieii!uB of Spirit, SOUR STOMACH, Heart
Hum, Ave., Ac.
SiiEis' LlTsr Esiiiatjr, or Hsaidne,
Is the cheapest, Pureat and be Family MedUlne
In the w.rla.
vaxurAC-riR oxlt nr
J. H. ZEILIN & CO.,
MACON. OA., and PHILADELPHIA.
Triee $1. Sold bjr all DrniTjrisK
For ale hj 3. W. Benford. Somorrat, Pa.
jt'y
ft. . uvtjonon.
j. v. oLisoaa.
LIVENGOOD &.0LINGER,
BANKERS,
Main Street, opposite the 1'oHt
oflice, Iale City, Pa.
We ell IHafts nesrotlable East and West. Drafts
and ( 'hecks on ot her ba ok cashed. Special atten-
1 lion paid to eillertiur.s. Money received on do-
po.lt. pevaMe on demand: Interest paid on time de
posit. Wvarything in the Banking line will re-
irur vnr proui. i i wmini iuniii"n. ,nau w
ouralmoet to irive satielactioa to onrdeniura
ana eorresponaeuts.
mayT LIYENQOOD A OLTXOER.
Cambria County
BANK,
M. Ar. KEIaI CO.,
NO. tM MAIN KTKEET,
JOHNSTOWN.PA.,
In Henry Scbnable's Brick Ilaildlnir.
i A tieneral llankia Business Transarted.
Imft an.1 Oold and Silver booirht and add.
' Collections made in all part of tna I nlted Ktates
i and Canada. Julereat allowed at the rate ol six
J-renLr annum, if left six month or longer,
pecial arrangements made with Ouar.liau and
others who hold muoeva is trust,
i april l-:X ,
JOHS DIBtUT.
joh D BOBEsrrs.
& CO.,
JOHN' IHHEIIT
NO. 210 MAIN STREET.
J O H X S T 0 W X , I E X X A
We sell Drafts nagottakle in all parts of the Uni
ted States and Caiia.las. an.1 in Koreitfa eoantries.
Iluy Irol.l, C4uaia and tiuvernnwnt Jiond at
highest market prices. L.ian rowaw-y on approved
security. liratU au.1 ;h'ks on other lnks cash
ed. JVl'aiey rerjeiied ou.leposit imyaideott demand
r 4 ii,-iM f ,;;,(
Annum paid OH Time DrjiwiU.
Everything In the Hanking Line receive our
. prompt atteuiluo.
Thankful to our friends and customer for their
past patronage, we a. licit a eootinuaure of the
: same, and invite other who have business in our
i line to irive us a trial, assuring all. that we shall at
' all times do all we can to arive entire satisfaction.
I Feb 21 To JOHN DIBEUT at CO.
J. n. LiviJiooaD.
A LIVENOOOH,
KK,M
It
A aVKEKN,
SALisnunr klklick, p.
a
SoHaaaarrCocsiTT, Pess'a.
Drafts bought and aJ'L, and o.lrocti.m uiade oo
all parta ol the eouutry.
lnten-st allowed on lime deposit.
Spocial arranameutt with .Juanll&na aa.1 others
who bold nxoe) In trust. Jan 1 "t
AN ACT
( onrtrrln Additional Privib frtt the
JOHNSTOWN
SanTloa 1. IU It enaete.1 by the Senate are!
House of Kepretetalalivvs ai tlie VrtnmuBweaUtb
of Pennsylvania, ia General Assembly met. and it
t hereby euaeul by the aaihont;
itv of the
That the JOHNSTOWN RAVINGS BANK
ts heratbr aathurixed
loeelre deposit froaa aai-
sirs and married women, and shall hare power to
par, en application, the elwrA, proper reoeipt, or
order of any m inor. or married wumau. surn money,
or any part thereat as he or slia may hare deiios-
lled to b la or her credit, or any interest or dtri-
dend nrrrutor thereon, without the assent or ap
proval of the parent or guardian of rarh minor, or
in, nusraure er erw.ni ore aa ino aaaaH oi eaara
married woman, to attaeh or In any manner biter
fere with any deposit, Interest, or dividend ne
thereon to such minor or married woman.
Sect That all acts and part of art iaoirislst
etit with Uae provision of this act are hereby re-
iieaiea. n. xauaoi i,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
UEO. H. ANDERSON.
Suoakcr of the Senate.
Approved the tenth day ef March. Anno Domi
ni, oae thousand elgnt nuasirea ana sereniy-tarcw.
JOHN F. HART RAN FT,
OrnctorT
SnrBXTABT or tub Cowhoswealtii,
HAkBisaraa, March IS, A. D. 18T3.
that the (bregolng anal as
and correct eour of tbo afucl-
nal act of the (ieoeral Assembly, entitled: An
Art cairerring aMilual privilege on the John
town Savings Bank, as the aauue remains oa Hie In
thia otce.
In testimony whereof, I hare nereanto act my
hand and caused the teal of the Secretary 's office
U. lie amxed, list day and year above written.
A C. REINOEHU
Ie.uty Secretary of the Comaaunwealtb.
Jus.-
Ursina Lime Kilns.
The nndcrsigned are priiared to lurnisb
Prims Building Line
$y the Car Load.
Orders Respectfully Solicited.
It. J. BATZElfi A 0.
rrtina, Jane 11.
SAYINGS ' BANK.
Somerset
SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3. 187h:
THE OLD CAXOE.
, ,. , t
1 be following fine verses appearc-d
anonynioiisly some years ago in a pa-
per at Little Kock, Arkansas. The
wnttcr coulU have well ailorueU to;
give his or her name with it.
Where the ruck aro gray and the shore ia tecp,
And the water below look dark and deep.
) Where the niKxed plno, In R fcaiely pride.
Lean gloomily over the murky tide:
Where the raodi and the ruilica are long and rank,
And the weed grow thick on the winding bank;
Where the ehadvw la hoary the w bole day through,
There lie at It mooring the old cunoe.
The ucle5 paddle are Idly dropped.
Like a tea-bird' wlngt that the itorm baa lpied
And rroMd on the railing, one o'er on.
Like the folded hand when the work la d.ie:
While bo.lly back and forth between
The spider atretrhe hit Hirer screen.
And the solemn owl, with hie dull "too-hoo,"
Settle down on the tide of the old canoe.
The stern half sunk la the tllmy ware.
Rots slowly away In It tiring grave.
And the green moss creeps o'er Its dull decay,
Hiding its mouldering dnst away.
Like the hand that plant o'er the tomb a flower,
Or the ivy that mantle the falling tower;
While many a blossom of lovllvat hue
Spring up o'er the stern of the old canoe.
The currentlcai water are dead and still
Hut the light wind plays with the boat at will.
And t&tily In and oat again
It floats the length of the rusty chain.
Like the weary march of the handa of time.
That meet and part at the noontide chime.
And the shore I klased at each turning anew
Iiy the dripping bow of the eld canoe.
Oh, many a time, with a earelose hand,
I hare pushed It away from the pebbly strand.
And paddled Itdownwherethestraam run quick.
Where the whirl are wild and the eddies thick,
And laughod as I leaned o'er the meking side.
And looked below at the broken tide.
To see that the faces and boats were two.
That were mirrored back from the old canoe.
Hut now, as I lean e'er the orumbltng side
And look below in the sluggish tide,
The faoe that I see there Is graver grown.
And the laugh I hear hat a soberer tone,
And the han.lt that lent to the light aktff wing
Have grown familiar with sterner things.
Hut I love to think of the boors that sped
As I rocked where the whirls their white spray shed.
Ere the blossom waved, or the green grass grew,
O'er the mouldering storn of the old canoe.
XT BACHELOR I X LE.
BY AMY RANDOLPH.
"Rcwtro of her, Herbert!" said
my mother, a pair of gold-mountod
pebblt glaaea addiny an owlish wiri-
dora to the nature of her remark.
" I have mistrusted her from the
first," said my sister Mrs. Beverly
"So havo i," said my other sis.r,
Mis Rosamond Roekthrojo. "Theee
girls with greenish eyes and low voi
ces are mre to have something of the
cat nature in them."
" Yoar argument is thrown away,"
paid I, calling up a comfortable obti
nancy of demeanor. "1 love Char
lotte Courtenay, and I am determined
to make her my wife."
And I walked out of the room,
with all the dignity I rould assume.
Charlotte Courtenay was my sit
ter's governess, and just at that mo
ment f-he was ia the school-room
teaching Dicky and Rilly their im
tiersonals and nominatives, with lit
tle Jesse strumming her scales on a
wretched piano in the corner.
She looked up as I entered. Her
eyes were a little green green with
the dreamy beryl tint that sleeps on
a summer sea but her hair shone
and glistened like gold, and her fea
tures were small and regular, with
flushes of pink on either cheek, and
a little ripe cherry of a mouth.
" 1 ou had better give me up, Her
bert," she said, w hen I told her the
story of the recent disenssion with
the feminine powers of the house
hold. "Xot for worlds would I
make discension in a familv. Let me
drudge on. Life is but short, and it
will soon lie over."
The tears started in her beryl
eyes. Could I do aught but clasp her
in my amis, and vow to be faithful for
ever and ever ?
And then she went back to her
work ; and J had to fight it all over
again with my mother and sisters.
"Ob, Bertie, don't you see through
her?" cried Rosamond. "She den't
care for you at all."
"She's a mere scheming fortune
huntress!" cried Helen Beverly,
bursting into tears. "And I won't
keep Ler one day beyond the quarter
no, if she begs for bread in the
public streets J"
"All thia is nonsense," said I.
"She knows perfectly well that I
liatrn't . sani in flia umrl.1 "
" But she knows that you have ex
pectations from our bachelor uncle,"
said Rosamond, spitefully. "I wrote
to bim this morning, stating all the
facts f the case."
I bit my moustache indignantly.
"It's very strange you women
can't learn to mind your own busi
ness," quoth I. "A little more prov
ocation of this nature, and I marry
her Rt once."
"Oh, Bertie," cried my mother,
"Onlr wait till we hear from Uncle
Ulric."
" Let hi decision settle the mat
ter," said Rosamond.
"We are entirely willing to leave
it to his discretion and matnre judg
ment, added Mrs. Beverly.
From which I drew the inference
that they had all three written to
him, each stating the case from her
own point of view.
Well, let them. 1 promised to
wait for Uncle Ulric's reply.
. For my bachelor uncle was rich
and eccentric, and in consideration of
my middle initial being U, had prom
ised to remember me amply in his
will. lie iaij my college bills, al
lowed me Eve hundred a year, and
generally represented . Fortunatus in
our family.
I sat down myself and penned a
melting apiieal to my bachelor uncle.
" She is all that is perfect," I
wrote. " Oalv come and sec for
yourself."
And a telegram reached me the
next day. "I will come. Expect me
on the 3.50 train Ulric Martin."
I hurried to impart the tidings to
Lottie.
" You must bo sure to look your
prettiest, dear one," said I enthusias
tically. "Iui on that blue dress,
with the blue ribbons in your hair
and he cannot help liking von."
"O, Herbert," sighed " Charlotte,
dropping her head like a newly gath
ered lilly, "I do so dread his coming.
Is be rrry old 7"
"Xot very, darling. Oulv sixty.
or thereabouts."
'And very rich 7"
" A hundred thousand, at the least
Our fortune depends on him, Char-
ESTABLISHED, 18 2
; Itte, or rather
on the favorable im-
pression you make." ;
; IjOU;c tUs)Vl and
iliuiplcd and
trembled
Mv sister had the best
bed-room
aired, and a Ore lighted on the hearth.
My mother went down stairs to pre
pare a breaded eutli t just as he liked i
it, lor supinrr. liosanionn set nerseit
to work iinishinjr a new pair of slip
pers, worked with the monogram "U.
M." And I took a eab and drove to
the depot to meet my bachelor uncle.
He came brusque, bluff and rosy,
with a elear complexion, like a weil
preserved winter apple, and hair juit
streaked with dashed of gray.
" Well." said Uncle Ulrie".
" Well," faltered I.
" So you're in love.
" Beyond all hope of redemption,"
said I, looking somewhat bhecpish.
' What's she like?" demanded my
liatlielor uncle.
" She's an angel sir." I asserted
positively. '':.
Humph: said my baciieior uliele,
ami he fell to reading the vvcnia pa
per in a way which was, to sjv the
least of it. impolite.
My mother aud the girls had the
whole afternoon to poison Undo Ul
ric's mind, but I cared nut Lottie
would undo it all when 7ie appeared.
She came to dinner with her pupils
looking lovely in the blue cashmere,
and just a kuot 4 blue ribbon in her
golden braids.
" She t pretty," said my bachelor
uncle.
And 1 mantevered to leave tlicrii
alone, together after dinner in the
school room.
That evening I received a telegram
to proceed at once to l'ortland to at
tend the funeral of a dear deceased
friend. . ,
"What shall I Jo?" cried I.
" Don't mind me, my dear boy,"
said Uncle Ulric. '.' You will not re
main away long ?"
" Three days only, uncle."
"All right. I'll stav till you come
back." ... -
I Was ever such an uncle?' I wrung
ma uuuti, MKicu Hume, aim inspir
ing to her, "Make the best impres-
! sion you ran, dearest," rushed franti
cally to catch the tram. ,
At the end of three days" I re
turned. . , ,
" Where is Lottie ?" was my first
question.
" Gone out for a walk 1" returned
my mother frigidly. .
Presently they returned, Lottie
hanging sweetly on Uncle Ulric's
arm. -1 knew in an instant that she
had conquered the old man's rusty,
musty prejudices.
L ncle L trie sat down, ana lata a
detaining hand on Lottie's arm.
"Don't leave us dear," said he.
wish to state a few words as briefly
as possible. Xephew and nieces, v
all mav unde'rtand that vou needn't
calculate any longer on the reversal
of mv fortune. 1 have other views
I am married."
" Married !" cried my mother.
"Married, shrieked my two sis
ters.
" Married !'' echoed I, instinctively
hurrvinir to Lottie's side. "Xever
mind, Lottie. I will work. I will
make mvselt a rich man lor vour
sake."
" Pray dou't trouble yourself,"
said Lttie, turning a charming car
mine. "The fact is I am married
too. I am Mrs. Ulric Martin.
That was the end of my great ex
pectations. But it is a sort of melan
cholv satisfaction to know that Lot
tie leads my uncle a dog's life, spend
ing his money as if it were water, and
onenlv flirtiiiff with all the eligible
voung men in the neighborhood. I
shall never believe in human nature
anv more, after the wav in which
Lottie and mv Bachelor Uncle have
treated nie.
THE ALABAMA INDEJINITT.
ttava (he Hoary la ta be Paid by Vrrat
juriuin.
The Xew York Evening PvkI
makes thc following statement con
cerning the method adopted by the
British Government for the payment
of the Geneva award, which it says
is correct: i.arlv in June last con
tract was entered into by the British
Government with three American
houses in London, Messrs. J. S. Mor
gan Si Co., Messrs. Morton, Rose .V.
Co., and Messrs. .lay Cooke, McCul
locb & Co., to provide and deposit
in Xew York to the order of the
British Government, or their nomi
nee, gold coin to the amount of the
Geneva award. The first object was,
of course, to provide for the payment
of the money ; the second that this
should be done in such a way as
might, so far as practicable, avoid
any financial derangement which
would have probably followed the
shipment to the United Statesof $15,
500,000 in gold, or the sudden draw
ing of bills of the agents or the Brit
ish Government to thc amount of the
sterling equivalent A credit was
accordingly opene'd at the Bank of
Englaud for the bankers referred to,
at a stipulated rate for the dollar.
Their correspondents here have from
time to time within thc past two
months negotiated exchange to the
amount of nearly 22,000,000, thc pro
ceeds of which have been deposited
in certain registered banks in this
city to the credit of Mr. Archibald,
the British Consul General at this
port, the corresponding credit being
given at thc same time to the Lon
don baukcrs in the Bank of England.
The other million pounds or therea
bouts, is represented by called bonds
purchased by the bankers to the con
tract in London. As thc bonds are
purchased the amount is telegraphed
to tho Secretary of the Treasury, who
thereupon issues certificates of de
posit of the amount of coin tho bonds
will represent when payaljle. These
certificates and the certificates of de
posit in the banks, of the geld receiv
ed for bills of exchange sold, are en
dorsed to the order of Mr. Archibald,
the nominee of the British Govern
ment in the contract, aud will lie
held by him until the time of pay
ment of the award on thc 12th ol
September. The full amount .will
then be paid over in one sum to Mr.
Fish, the Secretary of State at Wash
ington, in discharge of the award.
The business has been skillfully
as well as quietly managed, and has
certainly prevented any of the appro-,
bended disturbance in financial affairs.
7,
Ilnyar niM Wtbulrr.
Hon. Henry S. Foote devotes one
of his reminiscences, now being pub
lished in the Washington (Jhronifle,
to ex Senator Hayne, of South Caro
lina, giving an account of the way in
which, as described by himself, he
overcame the habit of stammering in
youth, and adding a graceful tributo
bv him to his old antagonist, Daniel (
Webster. Mr. Foote writes :
"(Jen. Hayne was of a medium
stature, well shaped, and of a singu
larly animated and mercurial aspect.
His eyes were very bright and daz
zling, and of liirht hazel color. His
countenance wore a very mild and
benignant expression. His face was
cleanly shaven, and be was elegantly
but unostentatious! v attired. His
manners were marked with a graee -
iul and winning niiaoiuty winch J
have never seen surpassed.
1 a:',(1
t
him how he had lieen able to acquire I "
such wondrous facility cf expression,
e
fi:'Li,in
and f-ucli remarkable capacity for
keeping aliv e the interest of his audi
ence, lie answered my queries,
without any fabje modesty, and with -
out a particle of vulgar egotism, very
nearly in these words: " ou give me
credit for much facility of
expression,
nuu lot iwi hilt sucn smuiit vuiuiaau i
-iei.: ,,r .n ,!'
to some extent the sraccs of rhetoric
display. I shall surprise you, I do
not doubt,, when I tell you that at
sixteen years of aire I was an awk
ward, stammering boy. I desired to
become a lawyer, and was even then
assidaouslv Dreiiarinrr mvself for the
legal profession. A vouth more am-
bitiousof oratorical distinction than
I was, I am sure, has never lived.
But my friends and relatives all!
joined in urging me to give up thc
hope of future renown as a speaker,
and to devote myself to some other
calling better adapted to the slender -
ness of m v faculties. .They told me
that it was absurd and ridiculous in
i. . ....... 1 . .n. .
to
think ofbecomimr even a tolerable
pleader of causes. This mortified me
much, but I did not desist
from the!
struggle in which I had so zealously
enlisted. I thought much of the dif
ficulties of a similar kind which
Demosthenes was reported to have
encountered, and of tlie successful
efforts made by him to overcome
them. I diligently studied the tones
of my own voice. I esayed to find
out all thc mysteries which lelonged
to ourcomplexvoeal organ. I lalrored
from hour to hour, and from minute.to
minute to ascertain the precise nature
of those particular impediments to a
clear and easy articulation under
which I was suffering. I pondered
this subject day by day, and it was
with me thc prompter ot many a
painful and of many a pleasing dream.
At length thc light broke in upon me.
I found that I had never before learn
ed to talk ; that I had been suffered
all my life to jabler confused,and un
intelligible sounds. I learned at least
that to speak, in tho true sense of the
word, was to articulate distinct voca
hies; that the ardor of my tempera
ment was such, as well us mv ambi
tion, to communicste ideas to the
minds of others, that I had hereto
fore undulv hurried mv syllables upon
each other, or rather tried to do so, so
that the vocal sounds became inextri
cably intermingled and hopelessly in
distinct, and that every fresh effort
had involved me in greater and
greater embarrassments. I came at
last to the conclusion that the first
step I had to take in order to acquire
to complete control ot my voice was
to put mv own feelings under the
strictest discipline, to habituate myself
to sober thought, and to learn the in
dispensable art of keeping thc fervent
sensibilities witn which l was en
dowed under thorough command, and
that after I had done these things in
an effectual manner it would then be
indispensable that I should strive to
enunciate each syllable that I had to
ntter clearly and emphatically tafore
attempting to emit a succeeding one,
and so on until thc whole sentence,
whether long or short, should have
passed forth from my lips. By pur
suing this course rigidly for a consid
erable period of time, I hoped that at
least I might accomplish the great
object that I was seeking to attain,
and that I ssonld become able to
speak fluently and without pain either
to myself or to others. I practiced
constantly upon these ideas, and if I
now speak with ease, as you seem to
think, I am indebted for my powei in
this respect to the labors which I
have just described. This is so cer
tainly the case that I assure you were
I even now to attempt to express
myself in the rapid manner which has
become so common of late among
young men of fiery temperament and
of unchastcned moral organism, I
should inevirably stutter just 83 dis
gustingly as I did forty years ago.'
After this interesting recital had
closed, I ventured to refer to the
great oratorical contest between him
self and Mr. Webster, in the national
Senate, now nearly half a century
ago, and asked him what he thought
of Mr. Webster's powers as a speaker.
lie at once answered that he suppos
ed him, upon thc w hole, to be the
most consummate orator of either an
cient or modern times ; that his ability
as a reasoner, he was confident, had
never been exceeded ; that his imag
ination wa? as fertile and vigorous as
that of Milton or Homer; that his
humor was both exquisite and abund
ant ; that his knowledge was unlimi
ted; that he had the most happy
command of his temper at all times,
and that on certain great occasions he
had excelled all thc speakers that had
ever lived, not excepting either
Demosthenes or Cicero. I then asked
him what he thought of Webster's
manner: lie replied that it was
always grand and impressive, that he
had never heard him ntter a word in
a careless or vulgar style; that he
seemed never to forget his own dig
nity, or to be unmindful of thc char
acter and feelings of others, and that
when thoroughly excited, the sublime
grandeur of his thoughts and lan
guage derived great additional poten
cy from his noble and soul-moving en
unciation and his few but impressive
gestures. I then said to him : 'But
Gen. Hayne, everyone in the South
admired your speeches on the occa
sion to which vou have been referring
more than they did those of Mr.
Webster, and it is said that Gen.
Jackson was so much delighted with
the first of yonr speeches in the Sen-
u
ate that he had it printed ou satin for
distribution aiuonir his friends at a
distance. "Was this so V t which he
replied: 'I believe this to have been
true; the people of the South generally
approved my speech, beeuu.-o they !
licvcd that I had been defending ia it
their own local interests aud honor.
(en. Jackson admired it Ix-cause lie
! thought that I had siic.-csnfully vindi
cated the Democratic cause, to the
support of which his own life had
been devoted. But you kuow that in
a few lumths thereafter, when our
nullification experiment had developed
its gigantic proportions, and after the
memorable contest had occurred in
the Senate between Mr. Calhoun and
my ancient antagonist, Mr. Webster,
Gen. Jackson became so great an
admirer of the Senator from Massa-
i cjiU)-tl
that he thought seriously of
makinif him Chief Justice of the Su-
! nreuie Court of the United States
, u I'VII
i i
the decease of the venerable
Marshall. 'Be assured. Sir,' he con
tinued, 'I never f.r one moment
have thjiiiflit ot comnaring that
nf l:1. in ,,...,
ect assail
; , f Mr Waster and theFedera
1
j ,,urtv of oId and thc Joft,n,(! wf v Lith
, , lll0Ufbt .,roIM.r t0 tLa!!eQge
t ,, tll
rrrnnt nn:l il n.o,i!n IpiI
' ... --i
speech in reph- thereto ; thought it is
certain that for a day or two it seemed
by many that I had come off victor in
thc contest.
The l'ennay Iranlat Ocrmaaa.
Professor Shalor thus speaks
of
those estimable people: "The great
barns, with their little steeples, quaint
weatber-cocks, and gay colors, show
that the farmer's heart is in the
j work; for men only tte.Drate the
i things they love, unless it is to follow
i a new fashion. Very often we see
; that it has been the life-work of some
! simple mind to build the barn ; and
! P"de in the result is shown by his
: name carved or painted thereon. lu
Massachusetts and Xew York, tLe
' 'arm buildings do not usually repre-f
sent half the money that is put into
tha linnaa nlinl imel I ilre ID iwrnt
grudgingl v. But our eood Pennsvl -
taniA iermiind tropin trt Imilil iiir:
l.nrrw firur lnf.-h tl.olr moncv nnnn
tl.m ami 'ihn biln :l.ut u lift. nrl
build a rather humble home, so placed
that they mav gloat over their gar
ner all their lives. Just now their
barns were full to their ridgepoles
with grain ; from which comes the
cloud of dust and whirring sound of
the threshing-machine, or, oftener,
the rythmical monotony of the beat
ing.flails, Clumsy wagons, rising at
either end, like a prow and poop of
old Dutch ships, go lumbering down
to the towns with their loads of grain.
In this thickly-peopled land where
every acre has a jealous owner, we
had to journey a dozcti miles in
search of a camp ground. At length
we got into a wood, where we hoped I
to pass a quiet Sabbath. We were!
far from the main road, but, though
we slipped in after dark, seemingly
unseen, every one within live miles j ounces carefully in several thicknesses
seemed to know of our presence be- of paper and placed it in his pocket,
fore morning. By dawn, the woods J When he got home he got to think
wcre thick with people, and all day ; ing how long it would be before he
long we lived as publicly as a cbaru-j got a crushin?: and tben h. thonhr
pson in a prize-ring,
hungrily ut us at meal
They
times,
stared ,
pried
into our wagons, endeavored to get
into our tents and became perfectly
intolerable in every wav Few of
them seemed able or willing to speak fce ought to cal! on that Smithers
English, and when addressed in Ger- girl to-night. He thought of evcrv
man, answered slowly and shyly, thing but that powder in the pocket
Their heavy faces showed a staring of his coat.
curiosity, which the most energetic j After supper he concluded to drop
remonstrance could not change for ; in and see that Smithers dauo-hter
another look. I nnailv asked the
least unintelligent man if he was not;
ashamed of himself and his country-,
men. He answered, in effect, "there!
rarelv happened anything new in '
their district, so they must make the
-
most of present opportunities, and
started on. l hey were sturdy look-; the girl detests the horrid smoke ; so
ing creatures, with nothing of the j when he got to the door he knocked
lankness which belongs to Americans i the bowl of the meerschaum on his
generally; heavy, long faces, unintel-! manly hee! and put it in his pocket,
lectual but kindly, showing no trace Of course he didn't intend to put it
of vice. The women were as robust ; the same pocket with the powder,
as the men, and showed the strong His affinity met him at the door with
tendency to look like them so com-, a sweet "smile on her beauteous
moa among the lower classes of Eu- countenance, welcomed him to her
rope. They are, for all the world, 1 paternal mansion, and invited him in
like any throng of Rhineland Ger- ; to the parlor and to a seat on the
mans. Their ianguage, although I sofa. They were enod ; p,-.
with a share of Americanism, is ap-
parently, only the dialect which one!
hears-, with innumerable variations, :
all along thc Rhine, from Suabia to ;
Holland. ,
The Mgn I-angnage.
I had not spent many days
institution before I awoke to
t Jn f-.r. I
in
the'
..... .... .
. 1
that the sign language is an
mgly curious and attractive-
re- matter j
exceed- 1
to studv. Though I had elsewhere i
witnessed some slight exhibitions of i
its hantomimic Btorv-tadlino- and bad !
even been taught a' few of its terms ;
if I may call them soit was rath-
er startling to discover here a com-!
plete langnaee, adequate to all sorts
of ideas, with which words have !
nothing to do. It is no more Eng- i
O n i
lish than it is Chinese. Its signs rep-i inc rning had struck- anybody
resent objects, actions, qnalities, and i cI"c' an,i remarked something about
whatever else words express; but! tLc ir?inia explosion, Wing a warn
thev do not represent words. Many i iaS to Pe not to kMP nitro-glycer-
iwrmlrt fimer it to lw msrolr a lwef.t
aj a u v mj a-r I'aiUlll.,, CIUO A'X. I I IU f
terspersed here and there just to savej
thc trouble of spelling out all the I
1 i
words. Doubtless it does save trou
ble; but that is not the main thing.
Signs can make their way where
words can not They go before words;
they prepare the way for them; they
the unconscious soul; they
rouse
i : .)..,..,. i. ,
OI 1.11) uaiiuiva IUIO 1 uunavu, lb art-,
stirs itself at Last, and cries for the i
light of dav. When words begin to
. - . . . . k
lie admitted, signs introduce tbem;.
and nnt until l.b exnandinre intelWt
dan OTnivn liornml if a i-hihllifaod .Inpa !
thc sign language at length withdraw
j
from the scene, and give place to the
language of words.
At the table I used to notice the !
lively conversation carried on bv the;
mute teachers between themselves.
c .i , i,..
Some of them scarcely needed inter-!
preting, since the expression of the
face supplied a key. Thc grand prin -
ciple of signs being rescmblance.they
are not very difficult to comprehend
when they refer to visible objects and
nr-tn ns bi tmml.. nmotinnj I'evnnd
this tht uninitiated arc apt to find
themselves in the dark, unless there
is somebody to interpret For exam
ple, the sign for "Quaker" is by twirl
ing the thumbs about each other, the
11. o
NO. 12.
finyer being loosely interlaced.
"Humbug"' is intimated by extending
the right hand upon the back and ex
tended fingers of the left, while the
thumbs are wagged sarcastica'Iy.no
d.wibt upon either side. If you
wish to allude to what is called
"courting," you interlace the fingers
so that their tips are toward you, and
the tips of your bent thumbs about
an in.'h apart; then wag thc thnmbs
slightly, as if the happy pair were
nodding and chattering in a cozy l- tc
a.lntf, and you will be struck with the
aptne.-s of the representation.
One day, happening to inquire
whether it were possible to express in
sign language the grarnalical modifi
cations of mode, ten-e, etc.. Profess
or Cook did mc the favor to summon
a very intelligent ptipil in the colle
giate department, named Jones, to
give illustrations. He finme liately
represented various forms of a given
verb, in each instanc earning the
mode, tense, person and number with
great precision. I am s rry that I
cannot recollect how to make, for in
stance, the third person s:iir;ilar. plu
perfect subjunctive, of the verb Jo
wrif, in sign language ; but I was
glad to learn that uou a pinch the
thing can be done. In point cf fact,
however, I presume it is iiut always
done. Some of these grammatical
accidents may very well be left for
tin? imagination to supply.
After having exhibited the signs
representing various animals and oth
er objects, the young man gave ns
some stecimens of pantominc, in
which he excels. To sec how he
would succeed with something entire
ly new. the teacher related to the
class the well-known anecdote of
Henry Clay's adventnre with the
goat. AH eyes were intently fixed
urn the rapidly moving fingers as
they. spelled word after word ; and
no sooner was the story finished than
Jones began to dramatize it in the
j aniuMng fa0h.on that can be im-
agined. W e saw the great Senator
i 's ,i.uomi nine
A. 1 " I ' Al a. ' . . a " law ,
his "constitutional"'
iiaiutinj, lllliuruir-
; f mnffiiw maliciously teasing the long-
t. i.i . . i i , ..
v ..v.u,,,,, nuniti.
i CUL ul -ur- laJ WJIiail Ol lite Un-
i ence ot .nr.
-. t 1 a aa.e
! happy animal, the ungrateful attack
of the goat upon his deliverer, the
glee of the rascally little spectators,
and finally the ignominious retreat of
the great statesman when he was
forced to "let go and run like blazes."
Of course it was ten tini&s funnier in
pantomine than in words. F'rora
"Ten Days with the Deaf and Dumb,'
by Mart Barrett, in Harjr'
Magazine for September.
LaTvXkiaa;eti Laaaler Hill
A festive youth, who performs his
daily avocation in the mines of Lan
der Hill, thought he would take home
a little blasting powder the other '
day ; it might come handy to split
an oo.-Linaie tog ne naa at uome.
When he started for his humble cab
in in the evening he wrapped a few
what a nice perfume that handker
chief extract that he Icught last
Saturday night had, and he said
within himself that a miner's life was
hard and uncertain. Then he thought
He got his necktie in proper shane :
his handkerchief was perfumed like
unto a new blown rose; one oiled
lock hung gracefully down on his UraaH golden cros
forehead, and he started for tlu ,l,,mi.! It. i r..i. .t
' - . . ,.v.i..
cile of his sweetness. This voung
man is coloring a meerschaum.
but
sation. He asked her if it wasn't aj
beautiful evening, and then she in-f
quired how he liked the dres.s Miss1
Brown wore at church on Sunday.!
He said he didn't like it a bit. ahd
i she remarked that Miss Brown was
l
a stuck up thing anvhow : and all I
till. tirtiP tflrt ntna irna : r. c t.l Ti,. -T.- ' i
burning its way through thc
...... ....v- i, u. iii.tiiirun
paper ;
! SOniC-
, - . , i
ha a irsnnil fKi fi... o...- ..... .
,..... umi .n.-s irUv u us some-
wL.at s.tm'k UP- 0IJ(1 sai(I mT we'd
r,KC " Fetty soon, and then you d
:c nh''d, W2rte PIn? hat5- She told
L,rn ste thought plug hats SO becom -
"""f' ana thCn ne was ?oin? to
"er,!"? n'Jorea her; that she was the
"ari'g his soni, and that all h:s
happiness was centered in her Xo. j
hoot3- Eut he was interrupted.
lie arose rrom tl,e Boor u1 inquired
. I w . a a, a -a
a T s .nan w . w
'" m their hOHSCS.
Then he took off
He said it was an old coat
i and he didn't want it no how. His
?,irl's fathersnggested that . this wasn't
L Aiialk At Tula) anl,fl., ....i.l I.1
tourtb ot July, and if he wanted to,
set off fire works he ought to go up s;iVer, comes in full view of the cock,
on the hill and do it Then the tiiC cocfc crows again. By a simple
young mau said it Was getting Iateiarrane-ement this procession can be
and he suggested be d go home, and j
suggested that be would send a mau
arounu to-morrow to hx the sola.
- .
1Ie y now that flaxseed ain't worth
a c.ur?c for a Pi ?. and he ain't
fr ... n , . .. 11 . . .1... C.I.I... i,nl
f.ug tail via tuns s-iiiiiiia-i s a.
any more;
f he's most too high
toned
for a
and thinks herself too good
miner, anvhow.
A Boston boy don't believe
that
laobinson Lrusoe men on raisins on i
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. . 1 1
'loiuiir i iv is fv'uuus. vi ii 1 1. lost L
. . . .
caimgirai pvuuui., q.iu, iosi Dis ar
j rcuH! "r lul rt sl m l0C w ct'K" . meals. He has been offered ten
1 A " vrry couple ia low?, having thousand dollars for it by a party
j en twice married and twice divorc-: from Xew York, but he refused it
i ed, are now doing their courting forj Mr. Ketter says he has often heard
jtQe third time; and the parson and 'of the celebrated clock in Strawsburg,
i lawyer hope they'll be steady custo- i Germany, but he never saw it and
mers for many years to come.
On, Ma," said a little girl who structed in mechanics of any kind. -had
been to the show, "I've seen the His purpose is to exhibit it for a
elephant and he walks backward and; few months in this country, and then
cats with his tail." i take it with bim to Germany.
Texan taw fty.
A correspondent of the Conr
Jouritnl linn dcscril! the Tex
cow boys, to whom he looks for val
iant soldier in the event of what
he says the lxrder men went, viz.:
a war with Mexico: "The Vow
tioy.i of Texas are a eeu!iar breed.
They are as distinct in their habits
and characteristics from the remain
der of even the Texan population as
if they belonged to another race. The
Lipan and the Coiuancho are not
more unlike the civilized white man
than is this nomadic herdsman to the
Texan who dwells in the city or
cultivates the plains. The Texan
rangers who galloped after Hays and
McCuilough were wild and daring
men, and a life of adventure stamped
them with strange peculiarities. Bit
the "ranger" had not been bred to
this occupation lie took it up from
choice. Many of them were educat
ed, even cultivated men. Henry
McCuilough, Lane, Ford and Bay
lor are the best surviving types of
this class perfectly brave and es
sentially adventurous, but much like
other men in the main. But the
volunteer cava!rvmn is no more
like the Kabyle or the Tartar than
arc the rangers identical with these
men who sleep, cat and live on horse
back, never h aving their "bunches'
of cattle except to chase the Mexican
or Indian marauder, and know and
care for nothing but the vocation.
Xor is cattle herding, an easy life.
Think of driving wild, fierce brutes
from the Uio Grande to Kansas, com-
e!!ed to watch them day and night
If t'uev stampede, as thev often d ).
the cow boy iuiHt ride after or before
them, an l the dangerous race is most
frequently made during dark nights
through ilrenchingstorms, over yawn
ing barrancas and in the midst of
tangled thickets that fearfully test
the strength of the leather fenders on
hi.? arms and the cowskin leggings
which protect his lower limbr
These men already possess organi
zation, after a fashion, in their dis
tinctive traits and occupation and
their t-yprit I" frp. Xor would it
be difficult for an officer who under
stood them to teach them discipline
enough for practical purposes. Llks
other Texaas, they are, with occa
sional exceptions of course, temper
ate. A good deal of stuff has been
written about Texan intemperance
as well as Texan lawlessness. Less
liquor is drank in Texas than ia Jef
ferson county, or in one northern vil
lage. The climate disinclines one to
drink, as, somehow, it seems to make
men reticent. Ten thousand of their
incipient soldiers roam over Western
Texas, a!! sons of frontiersmen
and inured from infancy to hard-hip
and danger. A little instruction in
the drill and duties of the camp, a
few lesons in subordination, an d
they would ln-come invincible in the
service to which they are adapted.
A cavalry commander with such
troops might safely attempt anything,
for he would have a corps rapid as
the horseman of Kalcd, resistless as
the borders of Genghis." Exchange.
A TVaaderfnl Clock.
A Shamokin, Pa., correspondent of
the Philadelphia Frev says: Karl
Ketter, a poor German miner of t-e
Excelsior ColIieni, whieh is situated
within a few miles of this boron g,
has exhibited a clock here, during the
past week, of a most remarkable
character. He had been three years
constructing it the firs: two years at
intervals of time, and the last year he
worked at it dav and night, scarcely
j taking time enough to cat and
sleep.
ir,. L.cima
lie became almost
a monomaniac
on the subject. The clock was in his
mind during his waking hours and ia
his dreams at night. lie occupied a
small wooden shantv. where he
worked, slept, and cooked his food.
Whatever sleeping and cooking he
did, however, was but little. It is
i thought he would have nearly starved
j but for the kindly interest which his
jUeighljors took in him and his clock.
They took him food and encouraged
j him m his labors.
j . A I'Ese'RIPTION OF THE MARVEL.
l The clock, which was made with
1 uo other tools than two common jack
i knives, is eight feet high and four
feet broad. Its frame is of the gothic
'stvleof architecture. It has sixteen
sides and is surmounted by a globe,
on tr.e top ci wcicn is attached a
On the front of
i r , ra .r P :i rw
are four dial plates ;
g.one shows the day of the week,
another shows the day of the month.
j another the minutes and fractions of
j a minute, and the other the hour of
j the day. These dials are carved in a
most unique manner, having emblem-
atic figures upon thcu and arouDd
j them in almost every imaginable des
cription. Above the dial plates is a
semi-circular gallery, extending
around about half the width of the
frame work of the clock. Immedi
ately ia front, in the centre of this
semi-circular gallery, is the carved
wooden figure of
At the ends of the gallery, on either
side, there is a small door, opening
into the body of the clock. Over the
door, on the right-hand side of the
clock, as you stand facing it, is an
eagle. Over the door, on the left-
t . 1 . T t Ft
i nana siae, is a cuieten coca", i wice
. a jaV( tuat ; at i2:0j ia the day and
ot lO-lV, of n?.lif a cn-of.f nriimo r.f
bel!s"begin Wav. the small door on
tue r;?ht-hand side opens, and the
sman ";WOoden &Surc' admirably
Lnrv - od nf the twelve Anoetles. annear
.and walk out slowly and gravely in
! procession. Peter in the leal Ad-
raneing along the gallery until thev
?et opposite the figure of Jesus, each
m tarr)t except Judas, slo.wlv tnrns
around and bows his head to the
Master, then recovers hisformerposi
tion ; as Peter does this the cock
crows. They continue to advance to
the other side of the gallery and enter
the small door on the left. As Judas
( who is in the rear), with his right
hand shielding his face, and his left
banj dpinir the bag which is sup-
a , a
posej td c,jntain the thirty pieces of
made t0 come out and pass around
tne gallery at any time desired. On
pedestals, at the extreme corners of
the front of the clock, are carved
wooden statues of
In the rear nre two obelisks of the
Egyptian style, upon which are carved
hieroglyphic characters to represent
the ancient period of the world's
history. The clock will run thirty-
a ef u
two hours without winding, -nr.
.t ;.. n.t;ra cf Fripburir
a.v.n.ara. " - - .7'
o I'Jen, is very proud of his work-
manshin.
He can scarcely aeartobe
fn)m ion2. cn0U2h to eat his
has no knowledge of how it was con-
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