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A Keeret Trtuar BrM(b f Light.
jhs Somerset Herald
. ! rvi-ry WedticnUy Morning at k'i 00 (
l-i-J' ilpiii In advance; otiicrwb-e 2 M
si"a .,'1 ig will bo..seoutiiiuci u'llaHar- ;
'"l .rr'l'' "P- r""lani'" neglecting U ;
t ''1-'" ,.,,. subscribers J" Ukeoot their 1
, , i, held liable f ulorijtion. J
from Ml liLof!le to Ml- i
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ui lb name ui tiw wnntrn
.fhrt. Address
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overset Printing Company,
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JOHN 1. SC'CLL,
liusiness Manager.
JJminrtt Card,
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OIB"KN. ATTORNEYS AT
tiiiii-e in resiounoe ol
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., ,-pp; i'iivsloiau and Dentist, Berlin
"V u, iil'ir,iva prompt auenliou to all casus
f.'Ji i Utjarf. i
- cill.LEll ht permanently located
. ' .' - iu:iif ui ins imdcssion.
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TJ Li.
ti knsainger B store.
k'.dMKL will 'ntlnue to practice
'"'. in ! icunera lu proiessioual servi
,!! ot &nl "d sarn.unding
,'. . . ilir not place, a lew doors vasi
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I iiAKEli tenders hie iolcssional
ilic'riiticns ol Somerset and viein-
...... m'fKl of lllfl liar.
,u resi ,
KOUNTZ, ATTORNEY AT
I'a-. mil ifive pmuipl attcn-
ciurusted to ins care iu Somerset
... counties. Oihee in tlie Jail
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VOL. XXTI.
SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21. 1873.
NO. 28.
Bank
Cambria County
BANK,
M. ICreiM fc CO.,
-XO. 26 MAIX KTRF.CT,
J OHNSTO"WN,PA.,
In Henry Siiinable'a Hrlok l!uiMi:ii.
A (iciHTal Iiaukliig Itniiiciis Transacted.
Itrnflp ami J.il. ami Silver IxmgM ami iUI.
Cullectiim made in all jiarts of tliv I'nitcd SlalPS
anil L'anaila. iiilert'H allowcil at Die rale six
inTcent. iM-rannum. il lea six montlis r lutiiier.
Swial iinninrrmfiilJ maiie with Uuanlians and
others who hull mHirrn iu trust.
ai.il 1-T3.
ZHticcUancou.
Jons binr.cT.
JOBS D KOI1KKTS.
IV
.. .. ,1 rvuWAll't ATTOKNEY
' ' J r,.,.i. I'a- J'r.ili ssiiaial I'Urt-
, i.i"-
f .iii-uc.i au-l iiaimtually iiiu-u.l-
Ail"
;NEY AT 1..KW,
S..uiirsc:. l'cuni.
.; a.
1 lil- ATTOUM.i a i.a " . - -
j.lcu, u Mai" ftrt'd.
, will in-miM
i. rn.
TOHX DIIJKKT t CO.,
NO. 210 MAIN STKEET.
J () H X STO V X , I K X X A .
We sell Kmfts ni-irotliifclp in all parts ol'tltt I'nl
: tii Si:il and t'nnailH. an.l in Kureiirn rountries.
I Buy llolil. OiuH.n and Guvernineiit ll.mls at
: liiulteiit miirket iiriivs. I-iiau moni-y un arfriivisl
! F-urhy. lnfli an-i tMiecks mi mhrr hankn eauii
: ed. Muiey rei-cived omlrpotiitpftynlilron demand
!nttre4 n( (he rate of Six per rent, per
A n a um pa Id on Tone Depo-tHs.
Kvrry tiling In the liariUnir I-lne reetives nnr
INKIl.VY. ATTOKNKY AT LAW
i'..i KiiTntriL. Will
insi iKttnimiKfi, we iu-it a ciiminuaiie i me
a:i! iiK-Ul.v.
W. -
II HAKU. ATTOliNU-VS AT
v nu rr.U I'a., will prji-lwe I" s
',',.,- -..uiui.-. All l.ufiu.-hs -u-i
.;: i u pr.iminly aiun ied u.
i- ';
ci
UI-INS. l'KNTlsr, SiimciK-t,
. ,i..'inini MArt vl mil. u:i Ptairs,
'ill iim-s le i"uud prepare! tudo
i ' ' li ns nlliiiir. re)tulutin(f. ex
Ar'iiiinl leetliul all kma, am! !
' it. i.ii-riiJ. All "weraliun" "r-
jutie 'TO.
; 1 1. ik 1
ATTORNEY AT LAW, :
ul attend to all Imi'incss en- I
i i .lui r.- i mid aili.-iniii omn-.-aiiiuisiiiy.
ot i iiir..urt
let,. IS. "7l ly.
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: ATT iKXEV ATI. WV,
I, I'eiision A'til. Somerset,
i . Lin ll.mse. Jan. li lt.
. liTIIlil
l'AVL H. VA'.TIIKK.
r, V1THEK. Attorneys at Law.
un a. All ppifessional linmiieBS
snnie, and invite ot tiers who have Imsinefs in our
line to ulre u a trial. asKurinv all. that we shall at
alt times do ail we can to irive entire satiftactim.
Feb 11 7e JOMX IHUEKT l l-U.
AS3 ACT
(Viifi rrin? AiliSitionuI Privilege r,n the
JOHNSTOWN
- , -
" -"ill 1 r'SE j
This nnrli-alwl Sonthern Utmedr Is warranted
not to ruutain a sin)f le pnniele of siereury, or any
injurious mineral sulistunee, but is
PUEELY VEGETABLE,
omit.iinir.f those Southern Roots and Herbs whieh
an all-a ise I'roriilenee hs plaeeil In countries
when Lirer IMseases tnost prevail. - It will cure
all diseases enMseil hv iM-ranireuicnt of the Liver.
The Symptoms of Liver IVmpluint are a hitter
orluid taste inthe inoulh; lnin in the Hack. Sides
or Joints, olten mistaken for Rheumatism; Sour
Stomach; Loss of Apetite: liowsls altematelv
costive and lux; Heailarhe; Loss of Memory, wild
a painful sensation of havinir tailrd toiliisome
tliine whieh otiirht to have been done: IMiility,
Low Spirits, a thick yellow npix-unnec of the Skin
and ryes, a dry t'ou'h of.en mistaken forCon
suinpiiwn. Sometimes many of these synitoins
attend the disease, at others erv few; but the
I-Jver. tli largest orjran in the lHtly. is jrenerally
the aoat of the iliaeaM1. and ir not reirulntel in
time, preat su.TerinK, wretehedueis uuJ liEATH
will eiisue.
This Great Unfailing SPECIFIC will not be found the
Least Unpleasant.
For IiYSI'EPSIA, t'ONSTITATlOV, Jaun
dice, iillious attacks, SICK H EA It Al'H V, Colic,
KepicssiiHi of Spirits, Sol R STO.MAt'H, Heart
J!ura, dc, i.c.
SIeeois' LlTir EElatsr. cr Keiicias,
Is the cheapest. Purest nn 1 lest Family Me,'U ine
iu tlic world.
WAM-FACTrRKI OM.r BV
J. H. ZEILIN & CO.,
.MACUX, OA., and 1'HILAHEU'IiIA.
Priec $1. K0U by nil Drugrpists.
For sale by O. VV. lienror.l. Somerset, I'a.
julyj
THE RAIN DROPS.
A fanner bad a field of corn of rather large extent
In tending which, with anxious care, inarli time
and toil he spent;
Hut after working long and hard, he saw with
grief and pain.
Ills corn began to droop and fade becaeso II want
ed rain.
So sad and restless was lilsxitul. at home he could
not stop.
Hut to his fields repaired each d.'.y tj view his
withering crop.
One day as he looked np despairing, at the sky.
Two little rain dropg In the clouds his sad raco
chanced to spy.
'I feci so grieved and vexed," said one, "to see
him look so sad,
I w ish I could do hi 111 some good, Indeed I should
be glad.
Just seethe trouble he has had, c:td if it should
not rain.
Why, all his (oil. and time, and care he will havo
spent In vain."
"What use are you!" cried number two, "to water
so lunch ground?
You are nothing but a rain drop, and con! I not
wet one mound,"
"What you have said," his frlcr.il replied, "I know
Is very true.
Hut I'm resolved to do my best, r.nd more I cannot
do.
I'll try to rhtwr his heart a bit, s.i now I'm off ;
here gees !"
Ant down the llttIraindropf.-!l iipontlie fanner's
nose.
"Whatcver'sthat?" the farmer cried; "was it a
drop of rain?
I do believe It's come at last; 1 have not watched
arms a satin-elatl figure, tall and
Xow.whentho second r.-.ln drop s.nv his willing atotnU' tlint rlrntv ilr wn 1111 lu.ail 11ml
pilloucl it on her breast. My tears,
fitooil porcelain pots, full ofeecntcfl
blossoms, orange ami lemon trees,
tlio winter Ions; it baffled Xcw Eng
land chills, and was the sunniest spot
in my memory of home.
I walked softly to the door of the
room. Hist! AY hat vision was this ?
Surely an angel, for the vision was
clad in diaphonous drapery; upon its
shoulders gleamed silver wings; upon
its head glimmered a star the siar
of IJethlehem ! In its hand was a
pink taper, such as lights the Christmas-tree,
and it flitted about the
(lowers, plucking what pleased it best.
YViyj it the angel of home? Yes,
surely the home angel ; for it was the
face I knew so well the face that
come to me on the sea, in the night
watches.
The light from the taper fell upon
me, the vision darted forward, the
lovely eyes held me a moment, then
the tender mouth, smiling, cried, "It
is, it is!'
The household flocked about me on.
the instant. I was brought into the
"best room," whieh was garlanded j
with long festoons of greenery, and
gleamed with holly-berries, lit by
tall waxen candles, whose sconces!
wings, give the children their gifts,
that afterward we may have some
what to eat. Wilhelm, I can tell by
his eyes, longs for his supper."
"For shame, aunt Martha," I cried,
"I am impervious to hunger."
"Not tiiou, indeed; thou wei t ever
a hungry bid."
".Nay, nay, Martha," reproved my
mother, "thy tongue is too i harp."
"Never mind, sweet motherling,'
pleaded I. " Thou knowest the
tonguo of my aunt was my spicc
(jish from my infancy; she berated me
in my long clotl.es."
By this time the children were rev
eling in their gifts, and now it was
th8 turn of the older ones. I found
myself like to be smothered, if not
with roses, then with the gifts that
came upon me iu a shower knitted
scarfs, socks, woolen head gear, snow
mitten?-, and what not. I looked like
a bauta Llaus mysclt, so ucaizeneu
was I with all varieties of apparel,
that feminine fingers can devise for
masculine luxury.
"Thou wilt have t set up a haber
dashery," quoth Margretta, with a
half sneer.
"Would.st thoti have him giftless,"
tokened on the table by garlandry of
green branch and hollyberry.
We ate and drank with Christmas
glee; and then came the cutting of
the largest cake, the one that held the
ring, according to the immemorial
custom.
Aunt Martha bore the cake about
in triumph, and when she came to me
said in a whisper:
"Take the slice toward thee, Wil
helm; methinks, by curious coinci
dence, thou wilt find therein the treas
ure." I found, surely enough, a plain gold
ring, one of betrothal. My courage,
ray hope, all came back. Hail my
aunt's whisper anything to do with
it? j
I held up the ring that all might1
see. .My niotner nieu her eyes on
me; Margretta held her head up
proudly she did not doubt my choice;
aunt Martha looked at me earnestly,
her lips moved, I almost thought she
prayed. j
I his I felt rather than saw; for
French A nerdot. FmnMln.
.. .1 ...t v l.v
juv iiuv v lieu i lunann was a
printer in Philadelphia, he said to
one of his employees, a skillful work
man, who never came to his work be-:
fore Wednesday of the week; "Fran-1
cis. voti do not think of the future. If j
you wouui
work ;
would
bly by and by." To this the work
man answered: "I have made my
calculation. I have an tiacle who
is a druggist in Cheapside London.
He has determined to work hard for
twenty years, when he will have laid
up four thousand pounds sterling,
and then he proposes to live like a
gentleman. His idea is to purchase
pleasure at wholesale. I would rather
havo'it at retail. I prefer half the
week for amusement during twenty
years to the whole week when I arn
twenty years older.
After the Declaration of Independ
I On the west side of the Street lead
ing down from the Bluff-street bridge
t the I'nion depot, in Ktnaas City,
:;;;ui;i a small frame house? which lie
fort. the street wa graded up stood
upvu props or (stilts. It is called the
"Texas and Colorado Saloon." Tbi
hme has had a board nailed upon it
j f jt some time, upou which was paint
!ed "House and furniture for sale,"
j A few days ago a stranger entered
the house, and after a brief conrer-
.;,t. 1 r. ...t. k r.l.l
r.ativu una ijuuia aicAa'-uc, v...
Frenchman owning the saloon, con
cluded the purchase, and yesterday
afternoon called upon the proprietor
with witnesses to consummate the
trade. The terms of trade were thee:
The purchaser, Mr. Clew, was to pay
j Mczzadrc $709 in cash for the house
and ail it contained, with the excep
tion of Mezzadre's trunk and hia
j clothing. Thid agreement was re
pented over in the presence of wit
nesses, end the sale effected and the
in oiey paid over. It was now that
the 'iran. .), singular part of the
action to(;k i, lace. The owner
I fa:
teadilv at vour
vou mi'-ht lay by a sum that , u,t,.a f.,ra baui...t .ml iu.r,ri nv
enable you to live comforta-1 t.ouj,i imazine wl,.t. ho wa ihont
, no walKed to a certain place in
C JV
i t i ;. Irtlce Hi Aiannnoiii 1.1
..I i.. 11. Marshall's drug st' re.
ii.:
II
AMS
DAM
MA
A i l 1 Oi N EY AT LW.
- :. i'.i. I'r .lesioiial bueitirss Mirued
- r ' vie 1 ioiih promptness aiU adeliiy i
, ,n-,:..i,i. v. il. r.ffri;i-
i.nK"lll K nt'I'lM-.L. ATTORNEYS AT j
1,-.". Aii huiness iiirus;cd to tloir eare wul ;
.:::i and punctually att nded to. !
.,.n t n .r oi s uttliern en ! of Mam
.Mi. I.nts !u- fr..m liaiii. n4.
Dir-isrxisxi'-'V-
S:it:h 1. IV it cniwtcd !-y the Senile and
H. u- l Representatives oi the Vn;nniiiwealiti
of I'enr.svlvii:.:,. intlcncral Assembly met, nnd it
is hcrcl.v cnacied l.v tiie r.u'liorilv ot tlw STime: t
Tiiat the JohVkTOWN SAVlN'irei HAXKj
Is lien I y nivliorited to receive l-)Kisits from mi-
nors and married women, an.l shall have ower to '
pjiv. on npiliciiti.ai, the ch,H-k, proper receipt, or !
or-ier ot an minor. or innrneti vioiaan. siisn iM.i;ev
or anv p?n Ihereot. as be or sbe mav lir.ve
Ited to his or her credit, it anv kilen-st or itivl
it.'n l nc-riiiiiK liiereon. without the assent or ap
proal ot the parent or gUNriUnu of sm h minor, or
the iiiistiaiid or creditors ,4 the hust-and of suh
iiiurried womna. to attach i.r in any manner inter
fere iM'.h anv dot sit. inienst, or dividend due
-. ( ' -li'nf & Tills still continue tbe practice of - threon to such minor or iuarri,"d woman.
'.n : un- pr. p.in-d to erlorm nil opfM-ration j Siv. 2. That all acts anil iarts of a-ts Inctisist-
..M.;: manner and at as biw prtwsas the s:iuic eni with the pro, irions id tiiisactarc hcrel'y re-
.1 x-a can l done anvwhete iu the State. ; peale.f. VM. ELLIOTT.
.;..i tc.ih h-r ei- a double set lor 4-1 ". All: SK-aker of the Ibuse or Rcpnscnt.itives.
ration warranted: and toetli extracu-,1 Willi- . iEO. II. ANDERSON,
j,, juu i j Sieukerof the Senate.
I I Approved the tenth day of Marcli. Anno Itotni-
mrvi Y v (! in. one llou.iu l i-tirin tuiii'tn-'i nti't scvemy-inree.
j LOCK STITCH.
r is- i i r .
friend depart,
Said lie, "I'll go as weM an 1 try to cheer the
farmer's heart."
llut many rain drops by this I Imc had lK-cnattr.u-ted
out.
To see and hear what their two friends were talk
ing so about.
'We'll go as w:i," a nnmlier crlej, -as our two
friends are gone.
We shall not only cheer his heart, but water, too,
his corn.
We're off! we're oil':" they shout with glee, and
down they fell so fast,
'oh. thank (lie Lord !" the fanner cried, the ruin
has come at last."
Thecomit greir and r!p.'i:el well. nnd ii.lofl
w as dress?,!,
Heoanse oac little rain drop said. "I'll try and do
my hrst."
This nselitl lesson, trorktiigmen, you'll not forge!,
I'm sure.
Try.de your best do w hat you can a litre's can do
no more.
hung with crystal prisms, tinkled a i says aunt Martha, tharply, "after jj
fairy welcome. i long an absence?" I saw that Mar-
My mother rose with outstreched j gretta ever made my aunt angry.
The silver-winged angel had given
the gifts to the little ones with a
smile that was beautiful to behold,
for I lost not one of her looks my
; heart drank and drank of their sweet-
and her tears, too, fell fast.
"Bless me, sister," said u lively lit
tle voice. "Wbv do vou cry? But ! ness as if it would never tire.
that's the way a mother's lot, tears
from the cradle, in sorrow or joy.
Let me have a chance to look at the
lad."
I gave my hand to Aunt Martha;
she was the character of the house
hold, my mother's maiden sister, who
never would marry, who lauglied at
lovers, and j et hid romance like a
jewel in a casket within her life and
heart. Aunt Martha was as pungent
I watched Albert now, and saw
his clover-pink cheeks flush, when
she gave him a watch chain worked
in blue and gold. How I longed to
tear it from him.
She did not come near me. But,
her task being finished, my mother
said, in guarded accents:
"Hilda, come hither."
Hilda came. 1 remembered of the
ence m the L niteu Mate., .aca Mate
I.Hiltlr.ir unt to lU rlo-lif hmwl nnr tr, ' commenced the task ot drawing up
the left I tvalke.l strai-rht t, rni.U ! -(l passing new laws and a form of;
Hilda, who had held mr heart from I government to replace tho.,c which
childhood within her dear little hands, j tneJ haJ destroyed. During this
She iriiyino into tnr fiiep cm ;'p,i there were tedious and bitter debates
even as a child in utmost confidence, i ,n lhc 1 enr.pylvauia Assembly,
... i i
at. me emt
back, I slid the ring on
and, sftiilin
tho finger.
"My Hilda," I said. '.It is the ring
of betrothal."
I pro'n'-e you there was a scene;
not a w rdy one, it is true, but each
expressed his or her sentiments in ac
t".u; my mother looked steely, her
- - i .1 r -n - .
eves saiu, i win never consent.
they
and
of two or Three mouths
found themselves where they
started. Meanwhile everything went
on as usual in the community ; there
were no troubles, no public disorder
of anv kind, and one day Franklin
said to the representatives
ties: "dentlemen while we are here
in a perfect state of anarchy, the pco-
t-
the wall, known only to himself, and
preceded to chop away the plaEtcr
ing, and in a short time dragged from
behind the broken lath and plaster a
bag of gold containing $G,0o0. Be
fore the crowd present could realize
what "as the matter or how this
strange discovery had teen made, the
strange man had got on board the
eastern-bound North Missouri train,
then leaving the depot, and started
Ea.-t. The question naturally sug
gests itself, "Whose money was it,
the man's who sold or the maa'3 who
purchased the house? Wo put it
there, and how did the stranger know
of it :'' It is one of the most singular
transactions in real estate ever brought
to public notice in Kansas City.
.tinnier or frmale Iafaat la China.
or (ie;u-! tl)t:i
i!!
Martrretta's face was awful; none ! Ilc are conducting tneir aaairs jtist
jenred to look at it but once. As for j law care: nourui.-piHcs
aunt Martha, she kissed Hilda hear- j continue much longer, they may tun.
tily, and then myself, first on one : out that they can do without us."
,.!,t- t).in nn tt.. nthnr A tlwnrt hml ! Franklin explained, by ths folio w-
vanished from the scene f-r'the nonce. I '"S apologue, how we may correct,
I i r r. ; liv time nml iAtiine, tln faults of I
, uuii souti ii en.., i i l ii a 'mi a inee -j i r , 1
ehnrtiter nnil manner "I was.'' stiiil "'. tsiieu to aerv c -
Those admirers of Chinese civiliza
tion who have so zealously denied
the truth of the statement that large
numbers of female infants are annual
ly murdered iu China by their par-
will be interested in a recent
; proclamation by the Provisional
! Treasurer of Hupei. The document
! is a curious one. It beirins by re
citing how, in ancient times, the girl,
l iving, begged His Majesty Wan to
permit her to sacrifice her liberty in
order that her father, who was in dis
grace, might be released from bon-
!ni'i'. In another ease the rirl Ma-
of hatred, followed him,
Christmas-eve, when the ; mallecho" in her eves.
and she
as aromatic vinegar ; she stung you I ure glowed red in tue grate,
to action ; she would not suffer a man j stood on the rug before it, with the
to be unmanly, or a woman to be un
womanly, that came within her at
MY liaiTM4 IlOtf E- OMIN;.
BY OAERIF.I.I.A LEE.
PK1CJJ &0.00.
;nw have it i:dy our. new
j.j Home Sewing Machine,
And want every person in nee-1 of a machine to
ad'ln'ss us at once, r.s cur tonus arc favorable.
and maciiine suierlor to oi.it r patents.
We also oiler the lmpnived 111 M E SHUTTLE,
which tbi' above cut n'presents.
Agents wanted every wnere for the above ma
chines, ranging in price tr..in fJU to 12j. li out
ot employment, or in need oi a machine (which
will It- as n-prescuted or nionev ndnnded.) nddrem
S.'lioi (111 &('.
203 IVna avenue, 1'ittslmrgh, I'a.
mospherc ; she abhorred scandal, she ' child," said in y mother, pointin
berated your faults ; she had an eagle- me.
eve upon intriaantes; she had a "Welcome,
With disnleasure in a!! her mien.
my mother led the way out cf the 'rl)C workman had not polished it
s-jow-llake crown on hcrilowing hair. ; supper room. The rest of us follow-! much, except at the blane, and the
' This is thv brother W ilheim. o.l I unennscions of nil sn vp t Vint TTil. 1 buver expressed a desire to have it
soldier, in
he, "in an ironmonger's shop cne day, n-r to lane upon Lerseii the naoiiiiy
, . . " t ..f l.ni. ..I.I f.ol.i.. In cafr in tK. wo ftt
wnen a man came in to uov an a
tongue "Keen as
comings; people
r
i i ma co.v.v;s.s;o.v .veki jmn .s
TLXi II.VNGE PLACE, 15AI.TIMOUE. ;
d cish a ivin.rs on c..i'gr.ineii. and j
;.ro:np:ly inaiic. i
' I -P. v" i.r IIOUSK
JOHN F. HAKTKANFT,
dec.-)
IV YOF WANT TO
c ji' lcrsimied resfctfu;iv informs the pnb
: !i. ims lejtM-d tins wcil known hotel in the
ii..; S' 'iiierscl. il is his intention to keep
,r.lc wuic.h lie hopes w ill give satisfaction to
nr.v fa lor billl with tlMII custom.
;- JOHX H'LI
v ;ood,
IHYSK'IAX it- SUllGKOy,
s(n:itKirr, ia.
o. -,. ton JHaiu Stret-t. '
IlKS-K K F TIIK
Sl.. r.KT.ltV UK TIIE 1'litei'iSS tll.TH.
i II mousm mi. Man-h 13, A. 11. 1i73. )
! PENNSYLVANIA. ss:
J 1 do hereby conify that the iin goinif nn 1 an
nexed is a lull, true and eerrt-'t copy ol the ornri
: nal act of the Itcneral Ass-nilly, entitled: An
j Act c interring a btiti -hitl privileges on the .lohn
; town Savings Rank, as the same remains i n tile in
11:1s olttce.
In los.imony v. hcrrof, I have lien unto set my
hand nio4 cjiusc l ttie seal of the Secretary's office
! to lie athxe I, the day and year nliove wnilcn.
jurn 4
A.C. RE1NOEHL
Deputy Secretury ol the t'oiiiiii.inwealth.
DIB! Till MOSEY MY.
IX
GOOD SECURITIES,
Paying you a
GOOD INTEEEST,
Call on or address
I)
!1. A. il. MILLKK,. after twelve
)..ir'' lutivc practice In Shanksvillo, lins
rui.,1,. utly I'-oalod at Somerset tor the prae
n I'lcitie.'and tenders bis pmlossionul s r
ii ti. citia..is of Somerset and vicinity.
in !u limit Store, opposite tlie ISnrnet
la.-re lie can be coiwulted at
'lolially engaged.
j-: calls promptly answered.
.71 -ly.
nil tunes
WE BOOSE & Co.,
FOUNDERS & MACHINISTS,
SALISBURY, : : PEXX'A.,
ManilJ.K lur. rs of all kinds of
CASTINGS k MACHINERY
Or.lers by mail promptly attended br-.
li
I
! Broker, 96 Fourth Ave.,
! PITTSBURGH, PA.
t q tie trnln iliisiieil ntni'.r tLfit n-nc
taking me to mv home, the home!1,1"'
from whieh I hail been absent for so
many years, 1 took out again and
re-read my mother's letter, which I
had received on landing at New
York.
"So thou art in truth comine; homo,
my Wilhelm," she wrote, in the fash
ion of her fatherland for though I
had been born in Xew England, and
though my father had come of a good
old Puritan stock, my mother was a
native of Germany "anil thy moth
er's heart throbs with happy antici
pation. I picture thee, after thy long
absence in China, as no longer a lad,
as thou wert when thou went away,
but a tall man, like thy father, brown
with the sun, yet with curly locks
that so often I have twined over my
fingers as thou stood at thy mother's
knee.
"I will not speak much to thee of!
home ; thou wilt be with us shortly,
and then Thy third cousin, Margret
ta, is well, and often speaks of thee.
Her land, as thou knowest, is next to
teemed her
e who
their own meanness!
"Bless the boy !" said aunt Martha.
"If he hasn't got a great hanging mus
tache of true German yellow." Lift
ing the ame, she bestowed on me a
hear'y salute
toil was on my arm.
' In thr wliln o-renl fi sal I vn
dear brother, sue said, 1 window, that held an oaken seat for
two.
"Sto; here, my Hilda," I said. I
cr noli, ttewily licah, it seoiued the put my arms
miirht not be
: polished all over. That would be
n Innts lonjr task, the workman said and he
briar" for short-' laving a Hutu waxen hand in mine.
that loved her es- 'is touch thrilled inc. It was uo lluvv-
a "nonesuch," anil as for
hat. d her they proved ' same saiiu palm 1 had loaied lust to
coinloi't the nine stranger, unen a
shared my toy Willi tier, and siic
went to sleep on iny shoulder.
"Kcmeuibcr, she is ever to be thy
sister, W ilhelm," said my mother,
perusing iny lace, with liiose pale,
ig!S and unmarketable
rold on COMMISSION
Address
M'JI. HOOSE fc CO.,
J.
A W'ALKKH,
S ilisl.itrv, Eikli k P. i I. Somerset eo.
Oct. Id.
Pa.
ri !r ,:n S micrsct County. Pa.. li' i.I Es- t
i'.i l'uwug Agcot, wiil buy and sell real j
,.. taxes, make eolli-ct cms. l.ieate lands j
ur n.' cist, i i 1 haver and iMi.-Ki ns coumii-e.
N i ir ..i r..t..n.iis Ad-lrcss. Hebron. T hayer '
v. , l,aka, aprii 2.
j 'II X Wl I.SOX & SOX, i
i
PITTSBTJEGK.
('. (i. 1JASSETT,
r:ii.il DruiiL-litsiiiuii and IJuiMcr.
manner ku wn totne
A
ii i 'tip in tlie best
' in in . b ru style.
:fa r Building made a Specialty..
Patronage Solioilc-d.
Pa.. May S.
in 1 Fit' I A I, TFKTH !!
r.sTAisLisin:i is is:ts.
i:i:-:.rAiiLin:i ix ir;9.
C. G. Hammer & Sons
i Mnnii'i'.ctun-rs of Fine and Medium FI'RNT
TI'RK of every description and price, hand-made
I and tt:cri'r in style and quality than found in
; most or any other Fumitare IIouhc this side ot the
1 mountains.
Photographs nnd Price Lists sent on application,
or when in the city don't forget the place Sign of
tlie lai'ge Golden Chair.
4t, 8 an.! ho S E V ENTH A V EN V E.
mat--; Pittsburgh, Pa.
Garret Lumber Co.,!
EARNEST & DELP,
Slocks, Uon ls. Mori
securities ixiuglil and
ONLY.
II vou want to sell Mortgages, It. ink Stock, In
suranif SU ks, Ifailwav Homis. Commercial Pa-
a-r. or any other .M ARK EI A RLE SECl RIT Y
call on it address
1,1 1 II III! S. liAM'SMJA.X,
IJKOKEH, !r, FontTH AYLNl'E,
Pittsburgh, Pa.
i!ec3
E. H. OWENS.
L. c. a, OTT.
OWENS & SCOTT,
IiiilterCoininissioii House.
153W. Pratt St.,
BALTIMORE.
si.pJ4
1 1
w .
-pi Trinr.y
I) K X T I S T
I PROPR1ETOHS,
t
S."ei.ss.irs to Earnest. iKdp, (iiiip & Co.,
Whito Pino, Yellow Tine, Oak and
j Ilcmlock Lumber
jLLEtniENY TRUNK STORE.
JOEL S. GOE & CO.,
! Manufacturers and wholesale nnd ndail dealers In
sinni.rs, mnMss,
TRUNKS, VALISES k TKAVELINO HAOS,
No. 60 Federal St., Allegheny Cily, Pa.
A1! orders
ranted.
'-.M.i: r-.'r
Y, S,.mtrnt ('., V.,
1 th. warran ed to lie of the very ! st j
l.tvi.xennl liaodiKme, Insert e.1 in the
1 ' l'nr;ioi:nr.Mi.,ill.iR ti:it:l to the lirt S-
'ti iii ..( u.c n.,.llr..i ..-i. Ti.ose wishlnirt
T"1'' m" by I'Mi-r. can do so bv encl'isinir stuinii.
,f"kiiVt. yVi'i
1'1'NHAM
David L
"'iit to x 1111" at short notice. S.nd for Price
List.
arret. Somerset Co., Pa. Sept. 24.
Ursina Lime Kilns.
Co.,
V. 1T1I
Ketler 5c
xas: FA-riRi;r. or
' IN i: CIC AltS,
"t. lO.Al.F.HS IX
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ani MannfaclurBii Totecco,
r. IT I'lh A Market Mai.,
' V 44J Market St.,)
I I! ll.AIiELI'HIA.
The undersigned are I ro pa red to lomlth
Prims Building Limo
By the Car Load.
Orders Respectfully Solicited.
It. J. IIATZr.lt il C O.
l Iilla, June la.
prdiiptlv Ulied and work war-aug-7
(IMMONS fc '.,
hai rAiTvitrr.s ami imialkks ta
FINE CIGARS and the best brnuds of
Xavy and Hrislit Tobaccos,
iOS Market Street, Above Fonrlli,
rillL.VHELPltlA.
Scpltl
W HOLESALE DEALERS IN'
SOUSE & SHIRES,
! '-i.uu .turcrs ot Sued and Haraniia
CIGARS.
EKIiEMRK, PA.
' ' " fi 1 1 tli
'life'
Eslicf anl Soil, E&esSin? Sleep
Guaranteed by using my
Iiintnnt Relief for the Asthma.
It acts ItunanUv. n lelvhig the jianiiysm imina
d lately, and enabling the patient to lie down and
sleep. I suffered tram this disease twelve yeara.
j but eufler no more, and work and sleep as well aa
anyc Warranted to rellese In the worst ertae.
! Sent by mail en reel pi of price, ie dollar )er boa;
! ask Wiurririigrlst for it.
C HAS. M. lil'KST, R.whestw-, Itoaver C). , Pa.
I lebla-'r.
r .
T.Buzby&Co.,
- 6 Exchange Place
TriiOltE.
ai.m:c;iii:y CITY
a.
'teri'.!.-
given to the sale of GLADE'S
STAIB-BUILDING
WOOD - TURN I NFS HOP.
Stvtlt. Halvttrn. liawi ttaif,w1ihallotnfr
nnd Lo u d, ready to hang furnished on short notice.
V 1LL1AM PEOPLES,
apr. 30. "73, Cor. Webster St. at Oraham alley.
$10 to $20
per day. Agents wanted every
where. Particulars free. A.
li. HI Or fct.ls- St. Loatav MA
1
330 Baltimore St,
rocnid Door Westcf Howard,
BALTIMORE, MD.
ov.9.
S'
ATK ROOFS.
Those w ho are a'fw bulbllng houses shonld know
that It is rbeaM'r in the long run to put on Slate
Riots than tin or shingles. Slate will lust Ba-ever,
and no n pnirs are required. Slate gives the pur
est water tor cisterns. Slale i lire ppiof. Every
good house should have a slate roof. The under
signed is located in CuralMTland, where he has a
good sujiply of
Peachbottom & Buckingham
SLA T
E
for nsdllDg the very best article. He will under
take to put Slate Roofs on Houses, public and pri
vate, spires, Ac., either in town or country at the
lowest prices, and to warrant tbem. Call and see
him or address bim at No. 24 Hedford St.. Cum
lierland, Md. Orders mar be left with John A.
Walter, Agent, So,ner,U P jf SHIpLEy
Knabe & Co.'s Pianos,
IIA1XES IlIIOS.' PIANOS, and
GEO. A. PRINCE & CO.'S ORGANS,
The three best and most p.pnlar Instruments now
In tlie market. UiUilogue and Price List contain-
,K ,U1. "iaj-,;
LSixth A.e, t-T.
ours; ti uly joined, it would make a
fair estate would it not, mine Wil-lia-lm?
As for the orphan, Hilda,
she paints like an angel; she is busy
about a matter that she keeps within
iier bosom; methinks that it is thy
picture she makes for my Christmas
pleasure."
1 folded the letter, and laid it next
my heart ; w here was the shame that
my eyes were dripping? Uut yet I
smiled, as ever I did, at the thought
of Hilda. Have you not kept one
thought in your heart, sweet, sacred,
never spoken, save in prayers, that
touched yonr life with purity, and
kept afar influences that might de
grade and mar f This had been with
me the thought ol Hilda, i reniem-
liered when she had conic to our
home. On Christmas eve before the
lamps were lit, while the red-firelight
shone warm, and the "snow-twilight''
closed in, my father, entering, set the
figure of a little one upon the velvet rug
before the wide grate, that leaped and
glowed with welcome. Methought
this had been the Christ-child, for the
little one was lily fair, with the print
of a summer rose on each cheek ; also
the lips were sweetly smiling, and
set upon the long, shining hair was a
crystle crown that sparkled in the lire-
light.
1 he child drew me as none had
done. I ran to her. "Stay with us
a! way," cried I.
Yes. Wilhelm," said mv father.
"This is a little sister I have brought
home to thee ; she has no home, so
she shall lie one with us."
I took the hand of the I ttle one,
and saw she was a human child like
myself; and that which I had esteem
ed a crystal crown, was a diadem of
siiow-llnkes that had lighted on her
shining hair, and that now, melted by
the warmth, had changed to dew
spangles sparkling in the fire-light.
I shared my gifts, my coinfifs, my
toys, my books, with the little one;
she went to sleep on my shoulder.
This was Hilda.
Yet now did my mother speak to
me of Margretta. Had she not men
tioned her as a third cousin, that I
might sec she were not too near lor a
wife? Had sho not spoken of the
lauds that were next to ours, to re
mind me of my father's latest wish?
Well, well, I had a heart that could
dare all things so let the matter
rest !
The train stopped The lumbering
stage-coach rolled over the snowy
road, on either side of which rose the
bills, white as brides in their wintry
robes. Surely I was home at last!
Husk was darkening into night, and,
quietly as one of its shadows, I stole
through the back porch, for I was
fain to be the surprise of all surprises
upon this Christmas eve. The hall
was long and wide. The walls were
bare, except for an old portrait in a
black frame, carved quaintly the
portrait of a lady. I had shrunk
from it always, for the face was of
one with a strong will, and a weak
intelect, a haugty spirit, and a
hart of ice. It chilled me now hang
ing there. To the right of me was
my mother's "flower room." It faced
the south, and within it had always
''A mit -Martha kissing a man!''
cried a cold metalic voice. 'I thought
you held that a crime."
"There ! thats's your cousin, Mar
gretta, thats speaking," quolb aunt
Martha testily, as it she would say,
Nothing agreeable from that quarter.
I turned curiously to contemplate my
bride elect She was tall, straight as
a pine-tree, and cherry of cheek.
Her stately head wore a crown of
blue-black hair, wound braid upon
braid above the high, somewhat nar
row forehead which I now proceeded
to kiss.
She bowed her head, saving stiHIy,
"Thou art welcome, cousin Wilhelm."
And this I knew was her best man
ner, and that she was as glad to see
me as another, and no more.
In the meantime my heart ached.
Where was the sweet, silvered-wing-ed
home-angel, that my soul had
claimed for its own from the first?
Sighing, I looked down at the little
ones, who, at first half terrified at my
bronzed and bearded presence, now
clung around me, caressed my hand
juiuecvcs, that iiad ever swayeti me
! when liiey lookwii as now, keen wun
I decision.
"1 would rather that Margretta
should ever remain my cousin, qaotn
1, in tones loud, ycl Ooid.
llid lliltia uuuci'alaud.' She drew
away tue Ilovvet'-soil patm, she turned
ltotii me, the print ol a rose on e ucu
check. Dot alas! us she turned, 1
saw that about her neck glimmered a
lino gold chain, and 1 laiicied that
hidden iu her bosom was a locket.
Was it his, that intolerable Albert.
Had I come home tor tins '
"Play, that the children may sing
their carol, dauguter Hilda," com
manded my moUier.
Hilda, sitting at tho small, upright
piauo, began to play and sing soltiy.
Iter voice was only a thread of mel
ody; but ah ! so sweet, so sweet.
The words were,
"Carol, carol, Chris. Mas.
Carol joymlly ;
Carol for tiie coming
til Christ's nativity."
had no one to turn the grindstone
The buyer offered to turn it himself,
and soon the two were hard at work.
about her, that she! Alter a little while the buyer wanted
cold, and she nestled ! to examine the progress of the polish-
birdlin" that had ' "? am seemed rather disappointed,
ram.
mv be
lt is!
and cried, "Sailor man, tell
the sea." "Yes, and the whales,"
"and about the mermaids, that comb
their long, yellow hair."
This was stopped by my third
cousin, Margretta, who said, in her
frozen accents, that no stimmmer
heat could ever warm, "Silly chil
dren, do you think cousin Wilhelm
Las nothing better to do than to tell
tales of his voyages ?"
The little ones, chilled by these ac
cents, hung their heads abashed ; but
presently their downcast visages be
came radiant, lhe doors of the in
ncr-room unfolded, and disclosed the
memorial fir-tree, a glittering, daz
zling object, that made even us older
people wonder ; as for the children
they were speechless. Crystals,
like icicles, depended from the spread
ing branches; a likeness of fine snow
powdered it; a hundred tapers light
ed it; and, curious anomaly, a hun
dred flowers bloomed amid icicles
and snow, and a warble of birds
came from the throats of tiny song
sters, that flitted in and out of the
scented boughs, held thereto by in
visible threads. Above all this was
a portrait, garlanded in flowers, with
the legend, in (Jernian, "Welcome to
the Wanderer."
Had I sat in spirits for the like
ness? It mirrored my feautures as if
it had been a looking-glass. Angel
fingers had painted it, 1 knew. She,
who, standing neath the tree, out
shone its radiance with her angel
beauty, her sweetness of woman
hood, child, fairy what was she?
so small, so lithe, so floating in her
white drapery, with her star-lit flow
ing hair. My arms ached to impris
on her forever, lest the heavens
should absoib her the heavens to
which she seemed to belong!
"I can tell what is most beautiful
to thee, Albert," said Margrctta's
voice, at this juncture. The voice
was a trifle changed now. Its cold
dry tones were slightly heated by
the sting of malice.
A quick pang thrilled nie. Who
was Albert? What had he to do
with my angel! I looked around.
A youth, with pink-clover cheeks, a
well-knit frame, and a top-knot of
light-brown curls, lightly frizzled,
met my eyes.
elle rturncd my look, which wa
on of unconscious defiance, with
another.
"Yes, I know which is the most
beautiful to me, the angel Hilda."
This he said with a baby lisp, yet
with suflicicnt firmness. I could
have clutched him by the throat, and
thrust him from the house.
"Well, well, we have stood staring
long enough here," said the lively ac
cents of aunt Martha, who was rub
bing her eyes in the most suspicious
manner, for the beautiful, despite her
irony, always affected her to tears.
"Come, little angle with the eilyer
The
children swarmed around her
us about like a ltock of doves, perched upon
her chair, hung over her shoulders,
aud rang out the melody like a chime
of bells; still through all I could
catch the gliding accents of sweetest
sweetness, like a nl: lreshenmg a
meadow of daisy flowers.
"Thou shouldst hear Hilda and
Albert sing together," whispered Mar
gretta iu my ear. The words stung
like a swarm of bees as she meant
they should.
Together?" faltered I, scarce
knowing what I said.
"Hidst thou aot know of their love?
Yes, they have ever of late gone to
singing school, and looked over the
same book in company Surely, thou
canst not but have seen that his eyes
follow her every where."
1 vailed my feelings; the heart that!
has loved truly and long cannot learu
doubt at once. I said to myself,
"She who has painted my picture,
has painted it with the eyes of faith.
What gives faith but love?"
"Supper is ready," cried aunt Mar
tha, bustling in, and an indescribable
fragrance of coffee, spices, and what
not that was good, followed her.
"Thou wilt take out Margretta, my
sou," commanded my mother.
I obeyed. Albert, as if of course,
offered his arm to Hilda, who still
wore her wings and star, for the chil
dren would havt? it so. My confi
dence at this left me. I was in de
spair again.
As we passed through tho wide,
old fashioned hall, with its carved
stair case, Margretta pointed to the
portrait, with its grim square of black
aud gilt, that, now struck upou by a
beam of moonlight, showed plainly
the handsome, unpleasant face in its
center.
"They say I am like her; do you
think so, cousin ?'' she said.
"Perhaps; but then you are more
beautiful."
This was true, if I was a fool to
say it, for Margretta was handsome
to the outward gaze, however the
heart reversed the decision.
Here was the supper room, and
oue's mouth watered. Was it cold
enough to freeze one outside ? What
matter, when the cofl'cc urn, huge,
crusted with rich frost work of silver,
as its years and dignity warranted,
was nigh hidden in a cloud-land of
steam. I5eneath the swinging globe
of light, that overhung the oval ta
ble, was a china stand, heaped high
with the glow of crimson apples;
irreat frosted cakes, aunt Martha'd
within them as a
found its home.
"Dost thou wear a locket
trothed ?''
"Yes, Wilhelm."
Trembliniz. all blushins in the clear
-moonlight that, silvering the hall, ! the polish,
made the wax lights dim, she drew j sa'd Franklin :
fiirt h a little o-olilen ornament Pine- polished, but
ing it in my palm, it thrilled me
through, for it was warm with her
heart-warmth.
"Hemeuiber, if it is another's, 1
throw it away," I said.
"Nay, my Wilhelm, thoushalt not:
I love it too dearly."
I forced the trinket open. Smiling
in my face, was my own painted im
age, truer even than the portrait.
The tender scene was interrupted.
Margret'.a, looking more than ever
like her ancestress, whose bale fill face
hung above, stood before us.
"One Whom thou hast wronged
would have something to say to thee,
Wilhelm."
"I will settle that," said I, rising
Outside, in the porch, I found Al
bert. ! did not know he could look
so grim, yet I felt kindly toward him
toward all the world.
"Well?" said I, mildly.
"When one man wrongs anothcr.in
these parts, we light it out," said A!
bert.
"Albert," sighed a gentle voice over
my shoulder.
It was Hilda. Albert looked
abashed. "What, would you flight
with my husband.' Hidst thou not
guess we had loved one another al
ways since we were born almost?"
"Margretta told me otherwise. I5ut
for him, she said, I might have had
you."
"Margretta spoke unwisely. Thou
wilt forgive her and me, Albert; for,
indeed, I am innocent ; I loved one
so truly, I never thought of any
other ; and thou didst seem a very
brother."
Albert spoke no word, but grasp
ed my hand, and held it like a vice,
looked once over his shoulder at my
betrothed, and went away.
When we came back in the "best
room," there was no one there ; aunt
Martha, as I suspected then, and
knew afterward, had dispearscd
them. In the inner room, however,
of her old father to serve in the wars.
The Treasurer concludes that there
is no lack of similar heroines, at least
in disposition. "Such being the case,"
continues he, "how comes it that the
female infant is looked upon as an
enemy from the moment of its birth,
aud no sooner enters the world than
it is consigned to the nearest pool of
water? Certainly there ara parents
who entertain an affection for their
female infants, and rear them op, but
Vert- soon he examined i he a xe aL-ain J siti li number scarcely twenty or thirty
and seeing that only a few spots i I't ecru. The reasons are, either
were polished after all his trouble, he j that the child is thrown away in dis
exclaimed: Faith, I'll take the axe as gst, because the parents have too
many children aireauv, ortnat it was
I won't bother anv more about
So with our manners,'
"we like to sec them
we have not tho ra-
refers to the edicts against the crime
'promulgated by his predecessors in
tience to turn the grindstone; and, in- oOice, ana warns ail oflenders that
deed, provided an axe cuts well, it they may not only be visited by some
dosn't matter if it isn't so -..dished."! severe calamity, but will be punished
Franklin went one day to see the
mills of a great manufacturer at Nor-
which. The owner took him all over
for wilful homicide. Iwelatives ne
glecting to rescue the infants from
their murderous parents are also
the establishment, saving: "Here me threatened with the terrors or the
I make fabrics for Italy ; here for Ger- law. "In-ware and obey are the
many; these are for the islands of i closing words oi this remarkat.ie proc
America: these for the Continent," lamatiun.
and so on. During the exhibition
Franklin noticed that the operatives
were half naked or in rags, and turn
ing to his guide, said: "Aiul irhere
pra are the ijnod. that you uxd e fjr
Xorwirh ?"
Legend of Cinntbrinua.
The popular legend of (Jambrinus
is as follows: Crmbrinus was a fid
dler, who, being jilted by his sweet
heart, went out into the woods to
hang himself. He was sitting on a
limb, with a cord around bis neck,
preparatery to takcing the fatal leap.
when suddenly a tall man m crrcen ;
coat appeared" before him and offered, that come in under the wagon
A IJlack and Tan Poo Tackles
a Tirtlk. If anybody has a black
and tau dog, answering to the name
of "Judge," going down street in
company with a hard-shell turtle that
won't answer to anything, and cer
tainly wont answer to tackle, as the
dog can tell you if you can get him
to stop long enough: please halt the
eloping pair, as they are the property
of the editor of this paper. We are
fondly attached to the dog, on ac
count of his vagabondish, liohemian
ish habits. He knows every dog in
Peoria by name, and is on speaking
terms with nine-tenths of the dogs
and
his serrices- He miirht become as! he knows more of the inhabitants Of
wealthy as he liked, "and make his ' this city tha j the tax collector does,
sweetheart burst with vexation at The turtle is a more recent acquisi
her own folly but in thirty years he tion. It was placed in the back yard
must give his soul to" Beelzebub, yesterday, and the dog spent an hoar
The bargain was struck, for Cam-; and a half trying to entice it to come
brinus thought thirty years was a j out of its shell and he sociable. The
longtime to enjoy one's "self, nnd per-1 old iron clad maintained his reserve,
haps the devil might get him at aay i however, until the dog crammed his
event as well be hunc for a sheen i nose against the forward part and
handiwork, flanked this; honey-sweet
metheglin, spiced and scalding hot,
sent np a vaporous dew at either end,
and between was the golden-brown
of tho krollers of my mother's Ger
many; the darker tint of New Kng
land dough-nuts, and various nonde;
script dishes, that are the pride of
Chrtstmas, which was everwhere be-
was my mother ; the fir-tree had
burst out its tapers, but there was
light enough elsewhere, and I saw
my portrait, and its legend of wel
come, plainly written in flowers
above.
My mother was looking at it fixed
ly. She heard us enter, and turned
angrily toward us.
I chose the short way, and the
bold one. It was thus I had won
indulgences from her in my childhood.
When I spoke in this manner, she
felt I was my father's son.
I pointed to the legend.
"Does the inscription set in flowers
lie, my mother ? Thy son is not wel
come, methinks! Out in .the wide
world, will I find a home for nic and 1
for mine." j
Her face grew tender all at once.!
The eyes lost their fire. She burst
into tears. She held out her arms.
"My son, mo son !" she crid.
I brought my little one, mr Hilda,
to her, and she folded us both in one
embrace, blessing us.
Midnight found us by the fire, each
nn a stool at my mother's knee.
More sacred than lands, dearer
even than my father's wish, was the
one heart-craving that declared Hil
da was its own". The wide world
owned not for me a creature so sweet
as the tiny figure, that folding within
ray arms, with my mother's eyes
above me, I christened, then and ev
er, my "wee wife."
In the honey-dew of a happiness
sweeter t .an I can tell sweeter
than my mother's time-honored
draught of metheglin, I drink to all
the world, and crave that true hearts,
everywhere, may come to their own,
at the blessed, beautiful Christmas
time; the hallowed time of "good
gifts unto men," of that blossoming
of the world that shall shine, when
flowers are dead, "Peace and good
will peace and good-will on earth
for evermore."
as for a Iamb. Aided by Satin, he
invented chiming bells and lager
beer, for both of which achievements
he is held in greatful remembrance
by Teutons. No sooner had the ho
ly Roman Emperor quaffed a gallon
or two of this new leverage than he
made (Jambrinus Duke of Brabant
and Count of Flanders, and then it
was the fiddler's turn to laugh at the
discomfiture of his old sweetheart.
Gambriuns kept clear cf women,
says the legend, and so lived in
peace. For thirty years he sat be
neath the belfry chimes, meditatively
drinking beer, with his nobles and
UUl LlltlO UlUlllltl UIIIJ. X Hill 1ICC1& . , . . - -
abut, sent Jocko, one of his imns.! Among the vie ...is of the fever at
with orders to bring Gambrinus ,(e. Mreveport was Ai.reu ravine, one
fore midnitrht But Jocko was, like "f. l,hc -kuon aaJ most -accc:ra-Swieverlef's
marchioness, ignorant of I''T1 tIe?ranh operators ,n the
LUU tl 11 V, 411 Ik tAklil iV VJ 1,111 - 'la
II. Morgan
. . .i . - T e.
tttiring tue iatc war. his ieats on
i. . . .!.-.,.-: t , r
ir r n . i i i i T i oe wilt's, iiuvtviut; iai 1:1; luitrs ui
He fell into a drunken sleep, and u;d ... ' , n,
I ... I-o,!..ral i-ifq pr nff Ibo ae.nl ifiroi.t
n blob, "' '" -
began to sniff. The pair seemed to
come to some sort of understanding
at once, for the dog made an impete
ous remark on a very high key, and
they both started on a trip. The dog
was last seen scampering along like
a whirlwind, the turtle staying right
by him. We should be very sonyto
lose the dog now, as he has acquired
another important and valuable quali
ty. He knows more abont turtles
than any other dog iu the country,
and it is mighty bard to find a real
good turtle dog. Peoria licriev.
A ramoaTeIerwpb Operator.
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iuh laiu 1,1 uri'i , 11c in uai intr uiiiiis ' , 1 v 1
f. , ., 'a u maii'l of General John
of it. even in a sin. and the flemish ...... ,
schoppen were too mueh fur him.
not awake until next day. at
he was so mortified that hehnd not the
twee to go back to hell at all. So
Gambrinus lived in traniiility for a
century or two, and drank so much
beer that he turned into a beer barrel.
Taking Tarns In Bed.
A case of the most abject poverty
whieh, in a measure, serves to show
the extremes in which many of the
poorer classes are plated, was report
ed bv police officer at the Home of
Little Wanderers a few days since.
The officer, in the performance of
his duties, hail his attention called to
two half clad children, wandering
about tho streets with bare heads
and feet, in search of cold victuals.
On investigation he found that these
children had a brother and sister
home in bed with no clothes to put
00. When the two became chilled
and tired they went home and
changed places witn the others, who
then doned the rags and took their
turn at begging. The mother was a
widow, and she was obliged to leave
the children every day for her work
in another part of the" city. By her
labor she earned $3 a week, two of
which 6hc gave for rent of the room
she and her children occupied. The
family of five were obliged to live on
$1 a week and such morsels of food
as the children picked up from day
to-day. Boston AJc?rtiie.
ing them to the right and left, open
ing the lines for Morgan to sweep
through in quest of men and horses,
are among i lie most romantic inci
dents of the war. Few have forgot
ten how, early in the war, he took
possession of the wires between
Nashville and a body of troops in
Southern Kentucky, giving peremp
tory orders not to send any more
troops, but plenty of provisions and
amunition, and how an old friend,
then in charge at Nashville, detect
ing the peculiar touch of fingering of
the bogus operator, flashed back to
him this good natured answer: "Get
out, Saville, or I'll send the cavalry
after you." Saville volunteered bis
services at Shreveport after every
resident operator had been stricken
down, and died at his post.
It is stated that a wealthy Boston
gentleman met a prominent Judge in
the streect a few days since and said:
"Judge, I suppose you believe I am a
sane man ?" "Certainly," replied the
Judire, "but why ?" "I have made
my will to-day, "and I did'nt know
hot some fifth" cousin would swear I
was non composmentis, and to I
wanted high judicial authority for
my sanity." It won't do to contest
that will while Judge X. is living.
A young man get off a smart thing
last week. It was a mustard plaster
that he sat down on before retiring
for the night.
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