. . 11 A
5:m
Herald
, iv-v Vj.lti''I'y M'rnin al )t! oo
i; jui.l in a.lvan-c; otherwise 62
'.r"ifi'l,: " ''r:' ,
y , i I '' '''""'''""'I until all ar-
il. PosltOSSior lU'ljleclitlg to
:,;-u ni!Ti!-crs k not take out their
,' 1 iicM liuMe for the itcrirtlMi. ,
' 'ra removins fr" one Pi'tolBea to an-
iifcl! give us ths uame of the ft-rmcrai '
....nt oiare. aiiure".
rset Printing Company,
Some
JOHN I. SCCLL,
Business Manager.
, i -ilI.HOKX. ATTORNEYS AT
Van-net, Pa. OUhai in residence ut j
4 J
1 '
ra. ult- 12-J.v.
K,t"T"''i- Phytician n i Dentist, rwiin
I.''
Iii Hi"- FIV...,-. ........... M1,
u ti;s -sre.
, k. M1LLEK has lasriuancntly located
3i f-T tbu practice ol his prolession.
', .!) It Oarlet Krissingcr's store.
il tc :f.
M. KIV. MKIj will continue to practice
Bu i tenders bis protcssional scrvl-
ciuti l Somerset ami surrounding
at
the oil place, a lew doors east
iiTI-
nov. , ,L
U i Jl IiAKEli tenders his professional
i'1 "-i J 7.c"tiai ol S'mvrpct and vicin
b ni ;vsi Tnw, on. door west ol t he ltur-
p.
Jan.
l, ;u.
u 11 KOOXT.. ATTORNEY AT
S .mew'.. Pa., will pi'"' prompt alten
'u, eutnme.l to bis care iu S tmcraot
- -'iii.S counties. Oitlee iu the Jail
':. " " m -mi.
i i j-it K. Alexander 11. Coflrolh bat
1. ...,; i in' pra"tic of law in Somerset and
' .' . .-.iriiKi. !ti in the Keoonler'c l!ice.
ii. I'lisn-tniwAiri; attorney
' ' ,j .'foil' 'iiuiieii and puurtually attvuil-
.im;k.
attorney at law.
Snuicrect. IVnna.
I'.'
, N H IIL ATTORNEY ATI-AW.SOM-I
'-'.:. 1 J- w ;ll pP'Snpily attend to all lustneas
' . . j v tiira. Mnufy atlvnnitd oiifoileotiim
. it :; iu ' reiJeiK'e. ou daiu at reel.
i.il !NE II AY. ATTORNEY AT LAW
. : '.: !'-r iii rfal estate. S imerwt, I'a.. will
.1 nM l u-iiii-s .nirum J to hi ear with
;tul Bleiity. aujf. lily.
.!. s. U. 1. BAKU, ATTOKNKYS AT
i. V. N-iihT-M. I'm., ill p-acti'Hi In S.im-
; j;:u:iiC c-iuiillr. All ItuiiiC!'!' t'U
i tot!!-:!! viil jr.uiptlv a'.ttn ltvl ft.
. ( t IAA N'S. P K.N TIN r, Snnorwt.
.-. -. m Th ir wit pari uf jafi. up ihim,
ali liiin-i' I'-uti'l prrpari to
; i. h a? tillints. r t:iilalinz. cx-
Ar'i::i:il tf-pthtti all kin-i?. ttixl f
id'., iiiwru-tl. All tijn'rtiin war
;u;n 7, '70.
;h,rh:m:l attoknky at law,
V?.., Will :ilU'nJ to all latfiiii:?? tn
... !,, m .Sm'jt't mi J a-! j. lining mui
.; " - :i:it fi U-ii: v. M r- in Vurt
U-U. lit, ;i iv.
V 'ill XI.. ATTOKNEY ATLAW,
ii utit m n t i'-nfioo Agent, lSuiiHnt,
;j 'iurt Hocn. jua. 11-lf.
1 l v.-
HjZll.mA:--W.. I'AfL Is. OAITUKK.
f.'IZf'.li L OAITUKU. Attorneys at Uw.
IT Isu lku'i. All pruIV'sioiuil buvineM
!-. i o:iw iii-MauimothUioek," I
r:li K. II. MaiYiialTa drug tre. i
.1.
. iLK.
ATruilXEY AT LAW, j
Pa. Prfessi mul busincs eut rusted
m : ! -ii l,fi to witli pniinptueisnod 1 ieiiiy j
I 1 i..ri I'.HIII. W. B. kl'PPKL.
ITRiiTil K r.l i'PKU ATTOKNEYS AT ,
Li. A.I Irusmejs niiirusie.l t" tlieirc.ire will i
Be .i.v i. ii.i punetuuUy attendel to.
nrr.it Sc-..ud R r ei son t hern end ol Mam- ,
;K k. Entrance frni lnauind.
I
i i l.f i IliUs s:i!l contiiine the j.raetiee of .
ir, ; ;, re .reii:tred to iK-rlorm all opfierations
N't iiiauuernnd at aa low irlo-s as t ue same
i.-: .rk i-n ie dime anvw here in the Slate.
A:.'..M oi teith lor: a doable et tonflS. All
: - i.- varrniited; uud teelh etraets wilh-
;..ii:. jun 7
ii. li.Vl; EY a. C.,
r. tXt iiANtJE PLACE, IJALTIMOltE.
U-Ti! i-ash advances xm cous'gnmeuts and
Tin.3 j.r-iniptly malc,
IUKXKT IIOCSK
1)
T'.. nu'lersiguiM resH-ctfullv informs the pub
:.ut I..- has ieusej tins well known hotel in the
r.iiji. Sniaeriet. It is bis intention to keep
t:i t-Cowaira he hnpi-s will give satisfaction lo
i eh--, ir.a v ni ir him w ith their custom.
a r it : John iulu
i;;OI,
illVSK'JAX C-
SURGEOX,
somi:issi:t, i
t.
ai-4'72
(.. MILLKH, afar twelve
scut- iractiie lu SuariksvaJe, has
r:iitn !it;v liK-aU-d at Somerwt f.tr tlie prar-
ii.. iin-iiie. a ii. I tenders his profe?iiuiI ser
uic eitifet.s o( Somerset and ieinity.
la tup Drug Store, opjosite the Harnet
. a . i re he eau I eonsulted at all times
' t.n '.S'i...illv engaged.
fN,:'ht eiiiis promptly nni'were.l.
.. Tl lv.
A W'ALKKR,
r-.r. -t'.r from Kumrwt Omntv, Pa., Heal t-
-r..i I ii Paying Agent, will buy and sell real
:. wy t:ies. make cile,.tioii'. locate lands
i.jr: !.-. ..at in 'I li.i'..i. utul V nlii il 1 e, tltYit ies.
ii" "1 reicrenee. Adtlress. Hebron. Thayer
Nebraska. april i j
oi ix '.viLsox & sox, I
hikilesam: .KOC KHS. 1
PITTSBURGH. ,'
('. (i. 1JASSKTT,
'itiital Dranirhteniitii anil Ittiililir.
i 'lr.r la the best manner known to the
it Iii iiio'terii style.
'"St; Eiiildina made a Specilty...ei
I'alronase Solicited.
'. Ph.. Mv Si.
AT IXni't'KMKXTS.
i .ic first eliiss Fruit Trees. Vines
I'.ir.-i,
Ml 1 .'.ill i.l
i or
i the
llAIINMDSVILLE, '
Suniemct t'ouuty. Pa.
i'ii: -lisc nf him at lowemtes tlian id
rNr;i. Feb. a-';i
A
1:'H1KIAL TKKTI1!!
5. C. YUTZY.
1 E X T I S T
'''l-i: CITY, S,.r,.t Co., P,i.,
Tecfc. aarrnnted to tat of the rcrv lies
' '-'J-'-k'- and liuu.ltv.ine. Ins...rtet in the
'' ''"j'lr af.entt.m paid to liie pres
.,:', 5,,, i "atui'iil l :h. Tliiw wishing;
i T '""cr, tiu oo so by encltutlug stamp.
''". j.-ia-n
A.
''MIA l.
David L. Ketlcr & Co"?--
l'PATtKER OP
Ar I.tALEttS IU
Sail
W Totecso,
r. 1'lfiU 4v Mnrkct Siu.J
I No 442 Market St..) '
... i'HM.A'l.EI.l'HlA. '
& SfflRES,
ur.Tf o! Seed and Iiavauna
CIGARS.
HEDFORD, PA.
'.-IlKl.
N authorised aifcn t.
oi riimicauon.
mi
1 he
VOL. XXII.
Hani.
. K. L1TEXOOOD.
J. ousel.
LIVENGOOD OLINfiER,
3!nln Street, opposite the Iot
olllce, Dale City, Ia.
V, aell I)ran nrgotiatile Eattand Wait. Iirafta
and Cheeks on other liauka eaahad. Siecial atlan
tlon paid to eollertloiwi. Moner raeeiTsd on da
poait. payable on demand: interval paid on time de
piwi'.a. Everytliing; in the Hanking line will ra
eeive or pminpt parainal attention: we shall do
our utmost to kit. aausfaetlo. to our depositors
and eorresjioadviits.
uia7 LIVENCKKJD a. CiLINQER.
Cambria County
BANK,
M. Y. ICKII fc CO.,
XO. 2(1 STREET.
JOHNBTOWN.PA.,
Inllenr' Sihnalle's Brick Hull.!il:j.
A ; ueral Uaiiklnjf UusineitsTransartrsl.
lrnr and Uold and Silver houctit al S..IJ.
OillUvtious made iu all pans of the l ulled Mates
and Ouuada.. interest allowed at the rate uf alx
iT cent, per aunum. If lell six mouths or longer.
SH-eial arnmareuieiits made with Uuardlnns and
others who hold moneys in trust.
april 1 TS.
JOHR IHBtRT.
JOHN PII5KUT
Ji.H D BOBKBTS.
CO.,
A
XO. 240 MAIN STREET.
J O II X S T O AV X , P E X X A .
Wf Praflft BCfrotiuMe In all purt of Us Vnl
fp(tStnto? aii'l Cnnaiian, and la Foreign aicntrifl.
I'.ax i.l l, toupons and Oowrnmeiit Ikmds at
liftiiict mark t-t priori. Lotto money on approved
4riirty. Iirafta anl Chpt'li on uth't-r banks cann
ed. Muiiey receive J ouUfpiiSit payable on demand
Inlrrvtt izi the rate vf Sis per crrtt. per
Annum pnid on Time DrporiU.
Kr'rytlilni In the Ilanhlnit; Line receives our
prompt airVmln.
Thnnkful tn our friends and eustomera for tliclr
pa?: p:itr-mujfp. e soitrlt a roiitinuanc ol the
a::Rit'. ai-l invite others wlio have bus-inei in our
lin to ;t;ive u a trial, a curing all. that we rhall at
ttil t!m-n do all we ean ir'v mire sfttlHt:irtim.
i tn if ire
John
Eel. 1 Te
D1BEKT l CO.
AN ACT
('niift - rriiis Additional rrivllppos on the
JOHNSTOWN
n
it
ijj
SiiTiifli 1. I' It enacted by the Senate and
lb.
use of Itcorescntutivcs ol the tVitnniouwealth
oi I'eniirvlvauia, In (Jciiera! Aasembly met, and it
i if liercbv enacU'd bv the authority of tlie same:
I That the JOHNSTOWN KAV1NOS HANK
I Is hereby authorized lo receive dcilts from mi
; iiorsaud marricl women, Rnd shall have power to
iwy, on appllmtiiin, tlie cheek, proper rceipt, or
or.ler oi any minor. or luarrieu woman, sucn money,
or anv part ttM P-ol, as be or she may have depos
ited to bis or her credit, or any Interest or divi
dend aocruliig thereon, without the assent or ap
proval ol the parent or guardian of such minor, or
the buband or creditors of the hushand of such
married woman, to attach or in any manner inter
fere with anv deposit, interest, or dividend due
I her. Hill to such minor or married woman.
Set. 2. That all acts and parts of acts inconsist
ent with the provisions of this act are hereby re
pealed. WM. ELLIOTT,
SiK-akcrof the Ibmse of Kepresntat ivea.
OEO. H. ANDEKSON.
Speaker ol the Seuate.
Approved the tenth day of March, Anno Domi
ni, one thousand eight hundred and seveutv-three.
JOHN F. HAkTKAXFT,
OrriraoPTHB
Su iiktarv op the Cessoswtji.Tn. S
HaRRisiHt-RU. March 13, A. D. 1K73. )
PENNSYLVANIA, ss:
i hereby
neve.1 l lull, true and correct eony of the origi
nal aet of the tJeneral Assembly, entitled: An
Act conferring additional privileges on the John
town Savings Bank, as the same remains on file In
this olhi'e.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my
hand and eiiu ei the :-al of the Secretary's oltice
ti he r Mixed, the day aud vr at-ove written.
A.C. KE1NOEHL
Deputy Secretary ol the Commonwi altb.
juni4
WM. BOOSE & Co.,
FOUNDERS & MACHINISTS,
SALISBURY, : : PEXN'A.,
MaDuTacturvrrt of all kiiuls of
CASTIXCSS & MACHIXEIIY
Oniers bymail promptly attended to.
Address WM. DOOSE k. CO.,
Sullsburv, Elkliik P. O. Somerset eo., Pa.
Oct. 10.
:.S TA II L I SHED IX 1 HUH.
Jli:i:STAJSLISIIKl IX lsr,9.
C.G. Hammer & Sons
Manufacturers of Fine and Medium Fl'KNI
Tl RE. ol every description and prk-e. hand-made
and stiiM-rior iu style and quality than fouud In
most or any other Furniture House this side of tlie
mountains.
111.... 1. - .. .1 Tl-l.... T I o .... ...nltMtO
w lieu in the citv don't forget the place Sign of
1.1 rge itohien cnair,
. 4R and SO SEVENTH A VKNI'K
PlttslHtrgh, Pa.
Garret Lumber Co.,
EARNEST & DELP,
PROPRIETORS,
sKors to Kurnest, iK lp, (Vmp A Co..
S-ee
White Pine, Yellow Pine, Oak and
Hemlock Lumber
Cut to a bill" at short notice. Send for Price
List.
UarrcL Somerset Co., Pa. Sert. 24.
Ursina Lime Kilns.
Tiic un IcrsUne l are prepared to lurnlsh
Prims Building Lime
By the Car Load.
O.-dcrs EcBpectfully Solicited.
It. J. IIATZF.K at O.
L'reiua. June 18.
nrmnn
BAEI
InstassoTS Eslitf am Sotal MtMu Sleep
Uuaranteed by using any
j lhatant llrlUffvr tf.e AilltuM.
I It acts lusuantlv, rvlelvlng the paroxysm IrnnM
j dialcly, and enabhua; the patient t. Ii. dowa and
aleep. I sullered tram this disease lw.lv. years,
' but MiOer no aura, al work aad sleep as well at
i anyone. Warranted to relieve la the worst ease,
i Kent by mall on receipt ol price, one dollar per box;
I ark yoar druggist for It.
tills. U. JTLUST, Keohetter, Hearer Co., Pi.
j leblS-'f.
Mistxllaneou.
melY
not u euntaln a single particle vf Mercury, or any
Injurious mineral substance, but la
PURELY VEGETABLE,
containing; those Southern Roots and Herbs which
an all-wiK 1'roTidencc has placed In countries
where Liver Iiaoaaes rooal prerall. It will cure
all diseases ea.sed br Iieningement of the Lircr.
The Symptoms or Lleer tmplaint are a bitter
or bad taste lntbe mouth: Pain in the Hack. Nides
nr Joints, often mistaken for Kheumatium; Snnr
SMomacn; Ixiaa nt Apieiite: Ifowela alternatel
costive and lax; Headaebei Loes of Memorr. w
a painful sensation of haling failed to du some
thing which enifht to hare been done: Ih-bilite,
Low Spirits, . thick yellow appearance of the hkln
and eyea, a dry C'oujfQ often mistaken fnrt'on
sumption. Sometimes many of these symptoms
attend th, disease, at others Terr few; but the
Liver, the 1 argent organ iu the boJy, Is generally
the seat of the disease, and If nt4 regulated In
time, great suOerUii;, wretchedness and DEATH
will ensue.
This Great Unfailing SPECIFIC will sot btfoand ths
Ltist Unpleasant.
For DYSPEPSIA. M)NSTIPATION. Jaun
dice. Dllious attacks. SICK HEADACHE, t'olie.
uepiesslon ol fplnt. SOI K STOMACH, Heart
iiurn, fcc, ft.e.
Simmens Liyer Besnlater. or Meiicus,
Is the chen
ijieet. Purest sn 1 heft Family Medicine
iu the woiTi
KASt-FACTl REUOM.T T
J. H. ZEILIN & CO.,
MACON, OA., and PHILADELPHIA.
Price (I. ScU I j all Drusrjrisrs.
For sale by O. W. Ilenford. Somerset, Pa.
july2
A LLKi II K V CITY
STAIR-BTJILDING
aid
WOOD-TURNINFS HOP
AicW. btlutttr: Band fljlif. with all Jttnlinvt
anu touee, reatiy to iiauvTiiniishe.1 en atiert nouoe.
WILLIAM PEOPLtM,
apr. 30. '73, Cor. Webster St. A. Uraiwm alley.
I B. n. OWES.
L. C. (M-OTT.
OWENS & SCOTT,
Butler Commission House,
153W. Pratt St.,
BALTIMORE.
seU4
YLLKGHENY 1 KVNK STOKE.
JOEL S. GOE & CO.,
Mantifncturers and wholesale and retail dealers in
KAADLKH, sTARXLS),
TRUNKS, VALISES k. TRAVELINO BAGS,
No. So Federal Allr jlieny City, Pa.
AII orders promptly fllle.1 and work war
ranted. aug77
i IJl.lH INS k. tx.,
1 ANt S'ACTUItKlin 1KD nKALKKH IX
FINK C1GAKS aiwl the lst braAls of
Xa vy ami Bright Tobaccos,
40S Market Street, Abore Fourth,
PHILADELPHIA.
sopie . . .
Uvo. tl. oiIroth & Co.,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
330 Baltimore St.,
SeroNd Door lTrt of Ilevrard,
BALTIMORE, MD.
ov..
BUTTER COMMISSION HOUSE
IX T. Buzby & Co.,
No. 6 Exchange Place"
I3LTIMOTtE.
Sixvial attention given to the. sale ol i LADE'S
HI. I TER,
ocu
TO T1IE TRADE ONLY! (1SJS.)
w. a? oses,
DIAMONDS, CLOCKS,
Jewelry, Watt-h and (lock Material,
Ac., Ac, At.
No Old Goods. Erarliim Ke? ni Yml
NEW Y'ORK KILLS DUPLICATED.
.Orders promptly attended to.
WHOLESALE, Exclusively.
G. B. BARRETT & CO.,
60 FIFT1T AVENUE,
riTTSBLT.GH, VA.
jATE hoofs.
Those who are aow building houses should know
that it is cheajier In the long run to put on Slate
Hoofs man tin or shingles, bint, will laat lorerer.
and ne repairs are reuHlred. hiate gives the pur-
eat water for cistern. Slate is fire proof. Every
goad house should hare a slate roof. The under
signed It located In Cuwlierland, where he has a
good supply of
Peachbottom & Buckingham
SL A.
for rooOlng the rcry best article. He will under
take to put Slat Roofs on Housed. nubile and pri
vat., spires, Ac., either in town or country at the
lowest prices, and to warrant them. Call and see
him or address him at No. U J ted ford St., Cum-
tterfand, Nd. onlert may be left wlthJonnA.
Walter, Agent, Somerset, Pa.
ocm WM. H. SHIPLEY.
Knabe & Co.'s Pianos,
ITAIXES BKOS' PIAXOS, and
GEO. A. PRINCE &, CO.'S OUOAXS,
The three beat and most popular Instrument now
In the market. Catalogue and Price List contain
ing full particulars, mallet! to any address.
CHARLOTTE HLLMK.
19 Six Hi A venae, Pittsburgh, Pa,.
oeU S )LE AG ENT.
AGENT WANTED!
To sell aa article that every family uses. Prefllt
are large, and extra laducm.nu ottered to agents
who are wllllag to work. Apply or tend for cir
cular and terms to
EDWARDS nitOTIIERS,
Arlaona Dlamoad Store,
tl Sixth St, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Workers Wanted !
For WsMMl'a llonaebald Hstaraalste,
which, with its Premiums, Is one of tit moat at
tractive in the country. Price of Magatine One
itnii.r rear. Commissions liberal. offering a ln-
cratlveand agreeable business to tlnwe willing to
give It pmier attentbm.
Vol. XIII begiut with July, ltTS. Examine our
Clubbing and Propiuin Lists. Two Brst clatt pe
rlodieals for th price of one. For specimen mag
aslne and further Information addroas Hood I
Household Magatine. isewnurg.rs . I.
ang-Teora 8. E. SHtTES, Publisher.
$72 00 Each Week.
Agents wanted eerywhere. Baslns iiWctlyle.
giumate. famcniars ireo. abuitosi
L CO., St. Louis, Mo. J'1
omer
SOMERSET, PA.,
HPEXT AMD MISHrENT.
Br ALtl'B CaBKV.
SUy a little longer In the sky.
Oh, g-olden color of ths evening cun !
Let niH the tweet day In Its sweetness die.
While my day's work Is only just begun.
Counting the happy chances strewn alxjut.
Thick as the leaves, and saying wl ii h was Ikk!,
Th. rosy light of morning all went out,
And it wss burning noou, and time to repL
1 hea leaning low upon a piece of shade.
Fringed round with violets and pansics swet
My heart and I. I said will be delayed.
And plan our work while calls the sultry heat.
Deep In the hills and out ol f ilonee vast,
A watehfull played ujam his silver tunc
My plans lost purjxipe, fell to dreams at lust.
And held me late Into the afternoon.
But when the Idle pleasures cease to please.
And I awoke, and hot a plan was planned.
Just as a drowning man at what he sees
Catches for life, I caught the thim; at hand.
And sj life's little wnrk-dny himr bus all
Been spent and mlSFiient doing what Idmld ;
And In regrets and efforts to recall .
The clutnee of having, being, wlmt I could.
And so sometimes 1 cannot chaise but cry,
Seeing my late town flowers are hardly set
Oh, darkening color of the evening sky.
Spare me the day a Utile longer yet.
TEMPTED BY 4.AIX.
Kdgar Fontcnay sat in the office,
rery busily :ngag-il over the bio
books of tlie bank. The deposits Lad
been unusually large tbc day being
Saturday and oilier busincHS had
been in proportion. During the af
ternoon there had been casual over
looking of the books by the direetor.;
but mueh bank work had been done
since then, and this work iiiut be
squared up before IMgar could leav.
Young, handsome, and ambitious
was Kdgar Fortcnay; and if Le.Jiad
not flood most excclleutly well in the
community, both luoraLy and social
ly, he could never have obtained that
position in the bank.
It was an autumn eveninjr. and Kd
gar had been left alone at liis work
ine l resuient ol tl.c batik went out
ju:-t alter the gas had been lighted, re
marking that he might be in again.
Edgar was left alone at his work.
For a time his pen moved rapidly.
Many lines were written aad a host
of figures were made. Uy-and-by he
leaned back as though to rest, "lie
rested awhile, ami reflected. Then
he took from his pocket a paper and
read an article which interested him.
From his desk he took another paper,
and read another article, The sub
ject-matter was the same in all that
he read reports of wondrous rise in
stocks, and of large fortunes sudden
ly made
And then Edgar Fortenay leaned
his head upon hia hand, and looked
in a different direction. lie thought
of Julia Annesly, who had promised
to be his wife, and of the home he
would like to give her. And he
thought of his widowed mother, look
ing to him for support, what a pleas
ure and joy it would be to provide a
ntung cage lor ins beautiful mate.
what a satisfaction to bestow comforts
such as only men of wealth can jive
to tiicir loveu ones I
lie looKeu at me papers again.
These men had made fortunes in a
few weeks. This man had made six
ty thousand dollars by one operation.
He had it in mind that he could make
a golden speculation. On that very
day it had been whispered to him by
a street operator that the stock of the
Ash Valley Railroad was destined to
a sudden and unexpected rise. Old
Money bags was coming in with his
help, and the legislature was sure to
pass the bill granting State aid in the
shape oi land. Only a few of the
favored ones knew of this. A strike,
to be effective, must be quickly made
With a nervous twitching of the
hands the young man turned back the
leaves of his ledger, and overlooked
the work of the week. ITe saw how
ho could retain five thousand dollars
tor the space of thirty days, lie
could do it, and no one would be the
wiser He would not steal it he
would not embezzle it he would on
ly borrow it, and he would pay good
interest lor its nsc.
Then he took a piece of paper and
a pencil ana began to figure. Ash
Valley stock was now selling at $40.
It would be up to $C0 before the next
week was out. There could be no
mistake about that. The favorable
action of the legislature, to say noth
ing of old Moneybags' assistance,
would send it up like h flash. If he
had the money he could get that stock
at twenty days, for cash payment of
live dollars per share. ith five
thousand dollars in hand he could
purchase one thousand shares of stock
for twenty days; and before half of
those twenty days had expired his
stock would be worth an advance of
twentv thousand dollars!
There could be no doubt not the
least in the world. The friendly
broker had enlightened him. He was
tTtsiilc the ring I And a very few
pen-marks upon the pages of his
woks would give him the use of
five thousand for n month !
He bowed his head upon his hands
and struggled with the tempter.
Alas! the tempter was powerfully
armed. Th? sum of twenty thousand
dollars, to be made at one stroke.was
irresistible !
. .
The scene changes. It is no long
er in the bank, but in a little room,
that needs to be lighted with gas at
mid day, where the broker sits nt his
board of fate.
Monday morning has arrived, and
Edgar Fortenay enters the dark office
for a cast of the die upon which he
has resolved. He sits down and asks
the broker : .
"How about Ash Vallev this morn
ing
The broker rubs his hands, and
nods with a mysterious smile. "Don't
say a word, Fortenay. If you re
member what I told you Saturday,
keep mum. Thrc ain't many that
know anything about it. It's going
to Ikj the startling event of the week.
Erie and Pacific Mail are going to
the wall. Ash Valley is tho thing."
"Suppose I wanted a little of this
stock to hold for twenty or thirty
days what should I have to pay
down?"
"I couldn't get it for thirty days;
but I can get it for twentv, for five
dollars."
"Can you get me one thousand
shares?" . ..
The broker started.
"You're going in strong, my boy."
"1 am going for a bold stroke."
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"I glory in your pluck. Ah! them's
the kind that wins! Yes, Mr. Fontc-
nav. I can get it easv. Plenty of
men hold this stock who haven't the
most remote idea that it can advance
before the Eastern connection is made
next summer. Shall I get you a
thousand shares ?'
"My name will not be mentioned?"
"Bless you, no."
"Yes, you may get me a thousand
share."
And the five thousand dollars was
placed in the broker's hands.
For a time after reaching the bank,
Edgar was not like himself. He
could not shake off, at once, the load
that oppressed him. He could not
immediately get his face out from be
neath the cloud that lowered upon
him. For the first time in his life, he
had done a dishonest thing. He was
deceiving those who had trusted him.
He had taken the first step toward be
traying those who had given him
their entire and hearty confidence.
Hut did not others do the same ?
Was he not knowing to the fact that
sonic of the fir6t men in the country
speculated with funds not strictly
their own ? And further, he was itre
of coming out right.
Ah, there was the sum of tweuty
thousand dollars perhaps twenty
five thousand in prospect. He
brightened with the glare of thegold
en promise, and went at his work.
That evening he called on Julia
Annesly. 0,'beautiful, blessed girl!
What a pleasure and joy to make her
happy! Atd she loved him so truly
and devotedly. They talked of the
future. Shey hoped to be married
with the New Year.
"We shall hate to economize darl
ing," said Edgar, "I must not ven
ture beyond my income."
"Our best and snrest income shall
be love and help for one another,"
answered, Julia beamingly.
He kissed her and thought how, for
her sake, he would like to be rich.
He went home building huge cas
tles in the air by the way. His
mother received him with a kiss and a
blessing. She was proud of her son, I nay never again was tempted as oth
and she was grateful to him; for well ! ers are tempted. Though only iu a
she knew, though she owned the roof
that covered them, she should have
fared but ill had it not been for Ed
gar's helping hand. She was a meek
mild Christian woman, loving and
tender. She was proud of her lov
ing beauty, but she was far more
proud of hia sterling character.
This was M onday
veni ig. On Wednesday the street
was shocked with the report of a
heat y defalcation. A young man
cash er in a bank had fallen sudden
ly from an honorable position to
shame and disgrace. He had been
speculating with funds of the bank,
and had robbed the institution of fif
ty thousand dollars. This man bad
been Edgar's friend. They had been
companions for years. Only the day
before Edgar had wished that, when
he was married, he could give to Ju
lia such a carriage as this man had
given to his wife.
Ou this Wednesday evening Edgar
called upon his broker. All looked
well.
On Saturday morning Edgar read
in the newspaper that the land grant
to the Ash Valley Railroad bad been
defeated in the legislature. He hur
ried upon the street, and he heard it
plainly spoken "Ash Valley flat"
'Gone from forty down to twenty-Jive '
He went to his brokers and there was
no concealing tho truth. The crash
had come.
"Never say die !" cried the spider,
boisterously. Didn't you ever catch
halibut? I have and have had to
haul in ninety fathoms of line three
times before I got the fish. When
one of those big fellows comes close
to the surface, and turns head down,
you've got to let hiai go ba-.k to bot
tom. But, bless you ! we ain't going
to lose him. We pull again.- Cheer
up, my boy. There's the New Spring
Hill stock. It's going up like hot
cakes. I cau buy it to-day for twen
ty. It'll be double that in six days."
That very afternoon Edgar manip
ulated the books again, and put three
thousand dollars in the broker s hands.
Another week passed, and Spring
Hill had not advanced a peg. On the
Sabbath Edgar did attend church
with his mother. He told her he was
not feeling well.
The fearful race was quickly run.
Spring IX ill declined instead of ad
vancing aud Edgar was culled upon
to make good his purchase. He
could not do it. He surrendered the
stock.
He was eight thousand dollars out,
and not a scrap to show tor it.
A the bank the directors had been
more critical than usual. Defalca
tions in other places had made them
watchful. The falling of men whom
thev had regarded as sterling and re
liable had caused them to look over
more closely the figures of their own
trusted servants.
- The summons came to Edgar Fon-
tenay to meet the directors in their
private room. Ho entered and saw
his books open before them. His
crime was known to them. hat
bad he to sav ?
He sank down and begged for mer-
cv. Alight not his untarnished char
acter until this time plead for him ?
The President shook his head
mournfully.
"Alas! Edgar, that is what makes
your crime black. That is why we
are shocked. That you could have
cast such a character into the scale of
treachery is fearful. When the demon
of fraud and speculation comes upon
us in such a shape, where can safety
for the public be found, if we fail to
unmask the monster? Our duty is
painful, but it mnst be done."
A side door was opened, and a
sheriff entered.
It was night Saturday night
dark' and stormy. Edgar begged
that he might go home and speak with
his mother. A carriage was called
and tho officer went with him to his
home. He went in pale and palsied,
staggering like a drnnken man.
What a hush was upon the house !
Not a sound not a whisper noth
ing to bid him welcome.
"Could the news bave reached this
place ?" he asked the officer.
The sheriff shook his bead seri
ously. "The air is startled," he said.
"Such things travel fast. But we
must not wait here. If you would
see your mother, find her at once. I
7.
will trast you that far. I will wait
here ten minutes and then you must
go with me."
"To to jail ?"
"Yes."
"Hark!"
A low wail as if one in distress,
came from an adjoining room.
"0, my soul !" cried Edgar, "I can
not see her. Take me away. I.et
me die as I deserve."
While he spoke the doorway open
ed, and Julia Annesly came forth.
She was clad in white and her face
was as white as was the robe which
seemed a winding sheet.
"Julia!"
"Edgar, go to your mother. (Jo
quickly, or you will not see her alive."
With a wild, desparing cry he start
ed forward. He had reached the
open door, and Julia had vanished
from his sight, when a heavy hand
was laid upon his arm.
"Edgar! Edgar!"
He started, and struggled, and
looked up. h here was he : hose
familiar voice had sounded in his ear?
"Edgar ! Bless me ! WLy you've
been a sleep and I should judge you
had a bad dream. Mercy! when I
came in and heard you groan, I fear
ed you were in a fit."
It was the president. He hud come
back as he had promised.
Edgar got down from his high chair
and shook himself; and when he had
reached the blessed assurance that
the terror had been only a dream, he
(hanked God and took courage.
"Yes, sir," he said to the president,
"I had a terrible dream. I thought
my mother was dying, and but it is
past. I must have been very tired.
I have but a few moments' work to
do, sir. If you will wait, I will walk
homeward with you."
The work was speedily done; the
books were put away, and the safe
double locked: and baring delivered
the room into the charge ef the night
watchman, the two went out togeth
er. And from that time Edgar Fontc-
dream, vet the touch of the fire had
been paiuful and efficacious. With
the New Year, he took Julia for his
wife. If he could not give her horses
and carriages, he could give her hon
est, devoted love; and he brought to
her from every contact with the world
a manhood reliable and .beautiful be
yond all price.
A WaniarTsj Write.
Some editor who has been victim
ized writes as folUws; "We shall
never engage another woman to re
port gentlemen's fashions for this pa
per. We might have known she would
ignoniiniously fail; but she said gen
tlemen reported ladies' fashions, and
she couldn't see why a woman shouln't
write up the masculine modes. We
couldn't sec either, so we gave her a
cartiilanche to go ahead. A nd such
a fashion article ! Here is a specimen
of the ridiculous stuff: A recherche
spring overcoat for promenade has
pretty ribbed stripes, with three ruf
fles on the tails, festooned with
tassels, single breasted collar, and
rolling flaps on the pannier. A love
ly dress coat has three buttons and
pockets in the rear, box-pleated on the
hips, three ply guipure lace on the
narrative, gored in a bunch and cut
bouffant. Vests button up the front,
same as last year and have pockets,
with imperial polonaise up the back,
anu oxitiizcu buttons in ttouiile rowsi
on the collar, with tab fronts,
shirt is cut tight at the knee.
The!
,, i
open in front or behind, as may be
preferred, with percale bosom, trim
med passementerie: four rows of Ma
genta braid around the skirt, with
hood at back, bound with galloon to
match. Much depends on the panta
loons. A gentleman's dress is very
incomplete without trousers. These
are oi some subdued color, as Lon
don smoke, and should have monise
with the the the neck fichu. They
are cut bias in both legs, with deep
frills to fall over the instep; the waist
is garnished with a broad band of
batiste, with ecrue facings, and but
tons to match; the . But that is
enough. Any one but a Sandwich
Islander will see at a glance that
these fashions are frightfully mixed.
Who ever heard of trousers being cut
bias in the legs, deep frills falling
over the instep, wth a broad band
batiste that may b an ecru facing
and things? Rather than wear pan
taloons built in that way, we would
go without, and encase our limbs in
two sections of stopc pipe."
An Intelligent fal.
Tho man who lives just back of us,
Chubb, has a yellow tom-cat whose
intelligence is almost human. Chub's
cat possesses a voice like a Tuscaro
ra Indian, and when it goes out in
the yard on a moonlight night and
meets a cat with different views, and
reasons with it and indulges in ani
mated conversation and lifts out
handfuls of fur, you can hear the de
bate for a mile and a half. Chubb
used to be much annoyed by the con
tinual disturbance, and he would
disperse the meeting with bullets
and other projectiles. But at last he
noticed that his remonstrances had
no effect. The more sap cups and
boots he fired into the yard tho loud
er his yellow tom-cat would scrcach,
and when he would bang away his
gun, the cat would send out wild, un
earthly yow ! which would wake
people within fifteen sqnarcs, and set
eight or ten thousand dogs to bark
ing. It semcd queer to Chubb that
his cat always refused to move on
when hit, that he determined one
night to watch it.
Just at dusk he observed the cat
drag about twelve inches of old stove
pipe out from onder a bush aad
crawl into it. "' Then the cat inserted
its legs through four holes that had
been punched in the iron, . and with
its head projecting through the end,
and its body clad in armor, it winked
at Chubb, and rambled off to attend
the mass-meeting. Chubb says now
that he wouldn't take a thousand dol
lars for that cat ; but if we do not
tnnnel under Chubb's yard Bome
night and blow his tom-cat into eter
nity with a submarine torpedo, it
will bo very singular. Wc admiro
ingenuity, but a vociferous tom-cat
makes ns unhappy. Ma c Adler.
Hhoep.Waabin-.
Some years ago the good people of
the town of L , Mass., assembled
for the purpose of forming a temper
ance society. After the usual pre
liminaries, the pledge was submitted
to the audience for signature. At
that Deacon Sfliith arose and address
ed thrill thus :
"My friends, I should have no ob
jections to signing your pledge but
for one thing. I have been accus
tomed to have my plum pudding at
Christmas. Now, you all know that
plum pudding is good for nothing
without good sauce; and sauce is in
sipid without a little good brandy in
it. Now, if you can fix your pledge
so that I can have my brandy sauce
and plum pudding at Christmas, I
will sign it with great pleasure."
After a little arguing pro and con,
a clause was added, allowing Deacon
S. his brandy sauce at Christmas, but
at no other time, and Deacon S. sign
ed the pledge.
Soon after farmer Jones arose ami
i said :
"My friends I have no objections
to signing your pledge if you allow
me one thing. I always want liquor
in the harvest field to counteract the
effects of so much cold water as is us
ually drank at that time. If you can
fix it so that I can have my lifpior in
the harvest field I will sign your
pledge."
Aga:ri i.fter considerable arguing,
then- was a clause added allowing
f-mier Jones hisliqnor in the harvest
field, but at no other time
After farmer Jones had taken his
seat, his neighbor, farmer Bent arose.
"My friends," said he, "I will sign
your pledge, if you will add one thing"
to it, that is, fix it so I can hare my
liquor at sheep washing. I think it
very necessary for men to hare some
good strong liquor to drink when
j coming out of the water after wash
i ing sheen to prevent the bad eiTects
that arise from standing i:i it so
long."
After a good deal of talk, a clause
was added allowing farmer Bent his
liquor at sheep washing, but at no
other time. When all had signed the
pledge, the meeting was adjourned
for one week.
The next morning one of farmer
B's neighbors was passing his house,
and the old gentleman stepped out
just then gloriously drunk.
"Why, Uncle John, how's this ?"
said the neighbor, a good deal sur
prised, "I thought you signed the
pledge last night."
j "So I did," replied Uncle John,
i"but (hie) I was washing sheep."
He led the way to the barn, the
neighbor following. On arriving
there ho saw standing in the middle
of the barn floor a big wash-tub about
half full of water, and the old ram
tied to it, wet as he could be and shiv
ering with cold. Close by stood a
two gallon jug. Uncle John pointing
to the ram with an air of triumph,
said :
"I (hie) washed that (hie) sheep
twelve times this morning." X. Y.
Obtrrrrr.
A Terrible lianaeof Carrln
A game of cards i;i which a human
life was at stake was played on the
Oth of September at the Hitter hotel,
Heidelburg. by four young students,
one of whom, Silfrcd Meyer, was an
American, from Chicago. It appears
that the four men had formerly been
intimate friends, and they met, it
seems, on the above day at the Swan
.. . i .i i " i i I.,
tiity tiratia. it goou ucui
and finally began to quarrel. One of
I them, Count Ottcndorf, called Meyer
a cowardly Jew, whereupon the latter
promptly challenged him. Ottendorf
accepted the challenge immediately.
Meyer, in a tone of great excitement,
proposed that all four should repair to
the Ritter hotel, and there play a
game of "sixty-six." The loser should
shoot himself with a pistol. This
proposal was accepted, aud the four
students repaired to the hotel. They
ordered wine and cards to be brought
up to a private room, and Ludekeu,
one of the four, procured two loaded
pistols from a neighboring armorer.
The fourth student dealt the cards,
and Ottendorf ffud Meyer seated
themselves, a pistol lying by the side
of each. The first few minutes the
gaim remained almost even. But
then Meyer obtained a single advant
age, anil Ottendorf, seeing that he
was lost, suddenly jumped up aud ex
claiming, "Adieu, my friends," seized
his pistol, and shot himself through
the right temple. Jle tell a corpse to I
tne noor, wniie nis companions stood
as if petrified for a moment, and then
hurried from the room. When the
proprietor of the hotel hastened iDto
the room he found the dead count ly
ing on the floor. He gave an alarm,
and the police started in pursuit of the
fugitive students. Late in the after
noon they succeeded in arresting Im
mich, who made the above statement.
Meyer and Ludeken escaped across
the French frontier. Ottendorf was
the son of a wealthy landed proprie
tor in estphalia. At the time of
his death he was only nineteen.
Knfjliih Paper.
The Atoaoaphere.
It surrounds us on all sides, yet we
see it not; it presses on us with a
load of fifteen pounds to every square
inch of surface of our bodies, or from
seventv to one hundred tons on us in
A 11 Alt A ii ns-if- a Tliali-lla A a f,tr '
weight Softer thanthe softest down
more impalpable than the finest gos
samer it leaves the cobwe'j undis
turbed, and scarcely stirs the light
est flower that feeds on the dew it
supplies; yet it bear's the fleets of na
tions on its wings around tho world,
and crushes the most refractory sub
stances beneath its weight When in
motion its force is sufficient to level
the most stately forests to the earth
to raise tho waters of tho ocean into
ridges like mountains, and dash the
strongest ships to pieces like toys.
But for the atmosphere, sunshine
would burst on us and fail us at once,
and at once remove us from midnight
darkness to the blaze of noon. We
should bave no twilight to soften and
beautify the landscapes, no clouds to
shade us from the scorching heat, but
the bald earth as it turned on its axis,
would turn its tanned and weakened
front to the full and unmitigated rays
of the lord of dav.
L2wX,
NO. 22.
f-rench Anevslaiea wf Franklin.
One day, when Franklin was a
printer in Philadelphia.he said to one
of his employees, a skillful workman,
who never come to his work before
Wednesday of the week; "Francis,
von do not think of the future. If
you would keep stead:ly at your work,
you might lay by a sum that would
enable you to live comfortably ''J
' ...
and bv." To this the workman an
swered : ' I have made my calcula
tion. I have an uncle who is a drug
gist in Cheapside London. Ho has
determined to work hard for twenty
years, when he will have laid up four
thousand pound sterling, and then ho
proposes to live like a gentleman,
liis idea is to purchase pleasure at
wholesale. I rather have it at re
tail. I prefer half the week for
amusement during: twentv vears to
the whole weok when I am twenty
vears older."
After the Declaration of Indepen
dence in the L nited Mates, each
State commenced the task of drawing
up and passing new laws and a form
of government to replace those which
they had destroyed. During this
there were tedious and bitter debates
in the Pennsylvania. Assembly, and
at the end of two or three months
they fouad themselves just where
they started. Meanwhile everything
went on as usual in the community ;
there were no troubles, no public dis
order of any kind, and one day Frank
lin said to the representatives or dep-
I utiee : "Gentlemen while we are here
j iu a perfect state of anarchy, the peo-
j pie are conducting their affairs just as
usual. Take care! If our disputes
continue much longer, they may linl
out that they can do without us."
Franklin explained, by the follow
ing apolomie, how we mav correct,
bv time and patience, the faults ofi
character and manner. "I was,"
said he, "in an ironmonger's shop ono
day, when a man came in to buy na
axe. The workman had not polished
it much, except just at the blade, and
the buyer expressed a desire to have
it polished all over. That would be
a long task, the workman said, and
he had no one to turn the grindstone.
The buyer offered to turn it himself,
and soon tha two were hard at work.
After a little while the buyer wanted
to examine the progress of the polish
ing, and seemed rather disappointed.
Very soon he examined theaxeagain,
and seeing that only a few spots
were polished after all his trouble,
he exclaimed : -Faith, I'll take the
axe as it is ! I won't bother any
more about the polish.' So with our
manners," said Franklin ; "we like
to see them polished, but we have
not the patience to turn the grind
stone ; and,indeed, provided an axe
cnts well, it dosn't matter much if it
isn't so polished."
Franklin went one day to see the
mills of a great manufacturer at Nor
wich. The owner took him all over
the establishment, saying: "Here we
make fabrics for Italy; here for Ger-
manv ; these are for the islands of
America; these for the Continent,"
and so on. During the exhibition
Franklin noticed that the operatives
were half Daked or in rags, and turn
ing to his guide, he said : "And where
firay are the yxdi that you male for
Xorwieh ?"
Konirthias; about Fi.heo.
A fish story, related by Professor
Mobius, of Kiel, in Holstein, and
quoted by Max Mul'er, fairly deserves
a place among- things remarkable.
The hero of the storv is a pike, one of
the most vivacious and voracious of
fishes. The pike was a tenant of an
acquariam, but declined to live upon
the rashions furnished bv his keeper
choosing rather to regale himself
upon the smaller fishes. In order to
repress this voracity, a glass was in
serted in the aquarium, leaving the
pike sole tenant of one-half and the
little fishes in the other. The pike,
seeing his game flitting about, made
a tilt for them, but was stunned by
the glass barrier, and more than once
struck so violently as to turn over on
his back as if dead. Recovering, he
would rally again to the charge, till,
after about three months, he desisted,
convinced by the "logic of circum
stances" that his dashes at the little
fishes were useless, as well as incon
venient. The solitary confinement
was prolonged for about six months,
when the dividing glass was remov
ed. The pike at once started toward
the little fishes, but did not touch one
of them, stopping short aqoutan inch.
"Imagination," if fishes have imagi
nation, was a check as good as the
glass had been. The pike dined, like
a companion, icith not vpon the
other fishes. The most remarkable
part of the story is yet to come.
While the pike respected the rights of
the old tenants of the acquarium, the
moment a strange fish was thrown in
the creature devoured it at once.
The experiment was repeated forty
times, and the forty hapless straoges
were all swallowed, while the pike
carefully abstained from touching the
old fish. A professor of natural his
tory speculates on the conduct of the
fish, and holds that this forbearance
arose, not from "judgement," but the
rcollection of pain connected with
the old fish; and that, though the pike
had a natural desire to swallow them
the impression of pain repressed his
voracious instinct. With the strange
fishes, he had no such unpleasant
associations.
Poultry Diet.
. Cyennc pepper, mustard or ginger
cau, with great benefit, be added to
the food of fowls, to increase their
vigor.and to stimulate egg production.
This apparently artificial diet will be
seen to be natural if we remember
that wild birds of the gallinaceous
species get access to very many high
ly spiced berries aud buds; articles
.that give the "game flavor" to- their
flesh. The ordinary food of tly do
mestic fowl is not, indeed, entirely
without some such addition, since
there is more or less of an aromatic
principle in wheat, Indian corn and
all other grains. Nevertheless, it is
not sufficient in xuantity to supply
the place of stronger spices, a taste for
which is a part of the fowl's inherit
ed constitution. A moderate quan
tity of cyenne etc.," added to the
ground grain, is always productive
of health and thrift iu poultry. The
Poultry World.
A I.IUIAbai the II !.
Before Abraham, the patriarch,
j was bora, or the pyramid of Egypt
' were built, the Hindoos, a branch of
the grcbt Arvan family, had descend
ed from their home nar the Him
i alaya Mountain-, and traveling soufh-
wiirtl iiiauy reached the valley of the
Jumna nod the Ganges, conquering
, anl enslaving some of the tribes
I that inhabited those retrions. and
driving out others, bestowing upon
tbeiu such unpleasant namci a.4
"thieves," "black tribes," and "weak
ones." To themselves they gave the
name of white ; and not without
some reason, for the tint of their skin
is much lighter than that of the Bheels
Goads and other tribes which sur
round tbem. Their head3 are longer
and more oval, their features more
regular, their bodies better propor
tioned, and many of their women of
the higher caatcs, not withstanding
their dark complexions, are exquisitly
beautiful.
When the Hindoos first entered
upon the plains of India they were
j an ncrs,ctlc an,i warlike peop'le ;
jtje enerVatiog cilmate, the despot
Lf their rulers, and the want of ne
but
ism.
neces
sity for exertion in that fertile conn
try changed them gradually into an
indolent race, who hated motion and
loved nothing so well as to dream away
their lives. To illustrate tbeir ha
bitual Iazines3 it is only necessary to
say that the farm laborers, when
weeding the miserably cultivated
crops, sit upon the ground, and after
leasurcly clearing the space within
reach, move on a little way, sit down
again and repeat the operation.
It is evident from the finding of an
old wrought iron pillar in India late
ly that many centuries ago the Hin
doos knew how to value and utilize
a metal that is more precious to U3
than gold. They have long been
skilled in various arU and manufac
tures, and the gold and silver brona
de3 of Delhi were famous two thous
and years ago. Some of their inlaid
ware has to be viewed through a
magnifying glass of great power to
reveal the minute pieces used in its
manufacture ; the furnitnre they make
is elaborately carved, and the carpets
they weave can not be excelled in
harmony of color. But this skill is
not to lie wondered at when we re
member that from generation to gen
eration the son has taken up the' pro
fession or trada of his father, the reg
ulations of caste prohibiting the chil
dren from following any other occu
pation than that of their ancestors.
Every Hindoo prides himself npon
the caste or class of society to which
he belongs, even the Pariahs, or out
casts, considering their cooking uten
sils defiled if any one belonging to
another caste has used them. The
Pharisees of old would not eat with
unwashed hands or from unclean ves
sels, but the Hindoos go still farther,
and shun the breath of a garlic eater
or brandy drinker as they would a
pestilence, in which they show good
taste, to say the least. The distinc
tions of caste are dying out, however
under the influence in India of the
British Government, which now holds
in subjection this once powerful nation.
And as the distinctions of caste die
out a better civilization is coming to
the Hindoos, whose power to learn
from their masters is very great
Influence r tbe Jam.
Touching this subject, I would
say, to start with, that the influence
of the dam is much more considerable
in the majority of cases, in shaping
the character of the future colt, than
macy imagine. To me it seems nat
ural that it should be so. Without
reiterating what I have already said
in a previous section of this work,
I would ask the reader to observe
how intimately tho foal is connected
with the darn, not only previous to its
birth, but for a long period after
ward. From the very beginning of
its life it is fed by the mother's foed,
and affected by her moods. Before
ever it has seen light, she has had
the time and the power to stamp it
with her vices and her virtues, im
part to it her weakness and her
her strength. Not only the bone
structure, the . muscular tissues, the
arterial and venous system, and the
measures of bodily growth, are de
cided by the mother's constitutional
powers and condition, but the very
nerve-structure and brain force re
ceive from her tone and quality.
The foal may be pictured as lyiny at
her mercy, dominated by the sweet
tyranny of nature. When thinking '
of these things, I cease to wonder
that many of the most famous horses,
both of the past and present time,
closely resemble their dames. Dex
ter takes his look from his mother,
the daughter of American Star, who
was sired by the thorough-bred running-horse,
Henry Neither in body,
limbs, head, nor temperament, does
he bear any likeness to his sire, Rys
dyk's Ilambletonian. The same
may be said of Goldsmith's Maid,
Lady Thorne, Major Winfield, and
others of almost equal celebrity.
They are all mother's children, as
we should say in respect to members
of the human family. Every breed
er has observed this peculiarity. I
have a filly in my stable, sired by a
horse of high breeding and great vi
tality, to whom, neverthelees. slu
does not bear the least resemblance
but is a facsimile of the dam. Color,
size shape style of going, expression
of the countenance, even the way in
which she eats her oats, or
neighs before they are given her in
all these things she is the dam over
again. From Mr. Murrays Hook
o "The Perfect Hortc."
Planting; Hlraw Berries.
A writer in the Cottage Gardener
describes a method by which he ob
tains early results from planting stray
berries. He first allowed the runners
to form a mass of rooted plants.
These he took up with a spade, three
inches deep, and in blocks nine inch
es square, the work being neatly done
bv cutting them or lines. Ia a well
prepared bed, these blocks were set
eighteen inches apart The roots not
being injured in the least the crop
was excellent. We have adopted a
similar plan, cutting smaller blocks.
with single strong plants to each.
They were set out in spring", and the
plants being checked none, the bed
bore a fair crop of ripe berries six
weeks after setting. If the operation
is well performed, beds might be set
in autumn without danger of the
plants suffering by the freezing of
winter a slight covering of ever
greens being given.
"A very portly gentleman being ob
liged to take a trip across the coun
try, off from the railroad route, sent
his servant to the stage office to se
cure him two seats, so that he should
not be crowded.
The man soon returned, and was
asked if he had executed the order,
and replied that he had.
"In what part of the coach are the
seats ?" said the gentleman,
"One is on the in side of the stage,
and other is outside with the driver,"
said the shrewd fellow.