UL 1 I ! fcin. $ E ,1 i J- cor. tu ut, tcta b I fie. rat tmf rtsrat, kjaada J tre, lirjr. and kedijr. I s I t i JET, i' i 4 Mi oo"" beet i I fornisut' IJiiblicration, ite Somersst Herald Wednesday Morning attaoo ' ."i n. ii r-''1' 1,1 'i"rc; ollicrwlno - 40 ", . rip"i"u wiUbecrfCoulluucd until allar ' " ' .,1, i.ii . p. Postmasters neglecting to V .i.-n mbsvriter do not takeout their ' " . ; : 1..-U f. the aulacrlptioa. '', r.-iu'Vli'g from one Postofllce to an ''"''eVj glte ui" the name of the runner at ' .'. he 'present ":lt,'e- AJt!reM 53mers3t Printing Company, JOHN I. SCULL, Business Manager. Buinc Curd, . I'pl'.'.l. Flisieiu an.1 Dentist, Berlin " ili'atve prompt auenilou to nil eases ; 1..- .-re. K .1 1LLEK has permanently located . i..r . tie practice ul tii prolessiou. Charles Knsfingcr'r store. ;o u. pt s 1 'LKT11 W A ITK. ATTOKN EY , ..m. rse ,' ITol.sstonal bus ,.-i'v F.ih. iu-.l hii.1 punctually aiteud- u'i(tUM'.Y ATLAW, Somerset, Pcnna. , , N i iK H AY. ATT'HINEY AT LAW 1 . r inn ali'W. Somerset, Pa., will ',' '!X ,uine entrusted tu hi car. with u le.lty. , , l 11 KOitNTZ. ATTOKXEY AT ' ' , .t-i.-rs.-t. !'.. ve P'il ntlcu I ' ... . nin'Mc.l to u-.rarelnSomeraet ' "'.; , cuiuici'. Olhce la Printing . jtc A jy 4-tt. .'xtll-ifK-AlTiaoJor H. Coffroth has ' i rn-.i-c lw 'I Somerset nl o.t.oe iu Mntr.inolli Building. t"i - v .1 t lib. AlTOKNEY ATLAW.SOM. U, j ' : ' V . v. ,i! it .tf.ly iv.in.l t. all business 4 , ,' ";,,,,. i,.ii. v advanced on collection I - ' ,,' nimi :ih l;ui! ..ling. i ..:. i . , . H L. BAKU, ATTOKXEYS AT ;VV sl.tu.Twt. I'a.. dl practice In Nm- f.' i " U ....it..ii-r e.-uutir. All t.uiH-M eu- will ii- i r uuit'.y ation loU t. . ., , v ril.!::HX.' ATTOUNEYS AT : C;.,-, r-i'i, l'a. t'i!i-e 1" Ha-r ! ' " au. li ly. , 'WM V.VbUXsT I'KXTIST, S.,ncwt. 1 ) ,", .'. ... i -..fi-Ufrr-f r.l.K k. tip Ktalrs. 1 ' ' lV tun.-!, i t.-utid pn-panM toil" ' ; ' ,n. lias ttUaiK. ruiatlua. ru.i. ul t.vth.rt all kiut. ud "f r. ; j;,..r,c.l. All ojH-raltoua war- i ' juac T, ""t. AT LAW, ,. . , .... ni attend to all liu llUI'ltH'fS CU- HV in s .moritrt and a.ijoimuK cmii- i.' t. i ff mi ami h.telity. tuii- 1 1 1 r..i. IB. Tu-lv. I.. y M'lllXL ATTOHXKY ATLAW . " i u ,tv a n IVusi'.n Ajctul. JSutiuTWt. v ;:i ..l":.it'.ir..-:ls I'.i.Kk. jan..ll-U. .-j, TAIL U.OA1THKU. i iaili k i A1THKK. Attornryiat Ijiw, ' I ... i IM.iin. All .r.l.wiual LUMiief . I It... ;a.-c in aT' Hl-ik. up .-.i.i:, ATI'OKNEY AT LAW, V.: rroS-s'loual ulncs pntruii-l ''-ii i..,; umi. lij pitiil'tui'-'i' and U4flitv- ... ..,, w. a. itrfrtu .fll .V i.l lM'KL. ATTOKXEYS AT A.I i.u.-iiu'rti-iiiruaivl to iln-iriMrewill .in 1 putt .-tuallv ati.-ii .led to. -S -..ii 1 U.-.r ot w.utlu-ni ra 1 '' -Iniu-.. Kiitr.ui.-elr.iiu Diaiuoad. i ". KIWU-L wi'.lc.li'.liUK-toi'ri.etii-e 'i . :, j,,.- an I n-ti.H-rn liis l'ril.-i"loiial fn-i-,;,.. .-;-i,.W vi S..iu-ri"!t and imrroundun - ;!:.- ul t'.tc ..Id I'lacr. a I. w d.in rafl . li'iufc. "v- 8 i,. 11. ;u;riiAKEll ti-nil'-rf liilr.ii-pl.Tial - r i .To tin- ci.in-nii ..f Soim-rs-t and vi.-in-i ' in roi-i li iicc-, -nc ilicir wct of Hie l.ir ; jail. SI. "7. j s. ;o(H. UIYSICFAX & SURGEON, NOHKIIKKT. 1A. . , . -I ii K in Mumm.it h Hint-:.. 7i DENTISTI'-"5r. i . rn k Hillntlllf"ntlnu '.h? j-rortU-euf . an- pr.-jMn-d to H-rl.in all oinicratl.ms :-'-: i.if.ini ranil at an lowiwir- anlic aaroe t.'knin I l"iie anvwhrn intlirSUte ..! n-.th ir.s: a d..uM-fet l--rlj. AH . w it n.t.-1: and twth c...:::-ilwiili- un7 j :. :;a::vky k t., : : n:n roM.vissios MKRCiusrs : : x n Nn: place, kaltimohe. '. r.'.i-.'li a'lvat.". on C"in?,)iiraciit" and :t ii' irsi:. :. r-:-u '! r"S ll'i'lv inf rnii. t!ie iut 1. l"iM-d tiiin wi il known liot.J in the .' S..;:i. r-.-!. It i l:iw intention to kwp v. ;;i-ji Ii- ho. -p wiiltfivc stt ifartiB to t i-t I. mi with tin irrti"t"m. JOHN Il'tJ I) M(Mi I()Ti:i. STOYSTOWX IM. Il 1 I, l SIKH, I'i-iri'-lor. ) r i.r. 1 r-.-ll known houfc 1 at all :. . - . ., ;t. I ping place b.r the traveling ... ! l K.m l.rst -class. ial !;.- iir.ve it.u'.v lor Johnstown and niarll. !.. A. MILLKli, aftrr twelve . ;:' live praetiee III Shunksville, has -'.-...ii . .v l... ::ti-.t at Somerset I. the prac-.- a. iu.-."aii-l tenders his prulesahniol ai-r- ' :!.- u'l.-iis ot NoiiK-rset and vicinity. .n i.i- liru Ntor' .ipH.i4tc the Bamet . . u -a ,.. ,.;in l- cnnsiilted at all times -t - u.i'.'.y rll.':iZ"d. -N:'f -.1... pi .iiiptiy aii.-'wer'd. . i ... :: i. WILSON k SOX, wiioLsis am: ,itori:Ks, 1 T :V ,r -J i u PITTSBURGH:. c. (i. r,Assi:rr, ' Ii:.-,n 'lit iiitiH and Tuililfr. ' "i. ' .-. In t!i ..-s: !r.;.-in.'T km.an to the i 'Sliir Building made a Specialty.. .'5 j Ia!rcii::!s Sliit'I. ! YTIi'tC i a i. 'i i:i;th:: i . ai ' H Ma :hs I) K N 'I' J S T : ; . ft .. '.i., ' i! Mil..- j !.i V ol the verv ln-st ' !' i s .hi : l!.m iiii-.r.fi in the .. ' r. ii rit..ii:i..ii i iid to the pn-s-. . , ' ' 1 ' t'" :h. Those wishing t ". ' i - i -i.-r. eun do ii l.v . ii. losing Mamp. ..-12-7 ! . 'IN1IAM, v er e -1. of Davi-1 L. Ketler & Co., rAiTtr.r.us nr T)39 I-'iXK CIGA-KS, v a:. t.Ai.eit ib ul Hi ctOT, Vr. f or rinh A 5arkrt stH ijVCK Market St..) i ;ses commission hodse S T. Busby & Co., p 6 Exchange Place , ' ll'i'.if ,!','giei,i,t,etf.e of !LADE'S A i-i:;in:v itv . "A. A R-BTTTT.-nT "TsX n- iLJH.NINFSHOP. " '-"(if r, , ' t,a4 "'t.withallBru J'H Uihnlivriin.i.l.ul .l...rt ....II '"'TElc .W"-1"IA PHPLKH, ' ine YOL. XXII. Hani. Cambria County BANK, At. W. KEIM & CO., SO. 2 3IAI! STREET, JOHNSTO'WNPA.I In Henry iSi-hnahle'i Brick Building. A Ucneral Banking LtaninoKg Transacted. IiraHi and Gold and Mirer bought and aold. Culloctioaa made In all arta uf the United State and Canada, intercut a Mowed at the rate ol six a-r cent, frr anuum. If left six nt he or lunger. Sxialarranifc-turnt made with tiuardlaue and otlicra who hold mourv in truK. aprll l-;a. OB DIBEBT. JI1H D B'JBEBTa. 01IX DIBKKT & CO. NO. 240 MAIN STREET. J O 11 N S T O W X , P E X X A . We fell Draflu neKutiaMe In all parts ol the Uni ted Slater and ('auailas. and In Korviicn countries. Huv (fold, tViujions aa l Oovcmmcnt lionda at litithi-dt market prices. Loan money on appnired security. lrafls and t?lierks cw other banks cash, ed. Money received ondcjio-iltpayahleon demand Intere-4 at the rate vf Six per cent, per Annum paid on Time Dcjwtit. Eri-rytl.lnij In the Hanking Line receives our prompt atteut ion. Thankful to our friends and customers for their past patronage, we solicit a continuance of the auie, and inrite other who have business in our line to iriee us a trial, assuring all. that we shall at all times do all c eau to give entire satisfaction. Feb a 7e JOHX D1UKKT fc. CO. THIRD AXXUAL KEPORT JOHNSTOWN SAYHS BANK. Jekastewa, P., D. 1, 17 J. UES tlltCES. I lis on Real Estate Johnstown Jtoroiiicti llomls.. 'iiiii-tiiaucti Horouirli Bonds. loanson t?ollatvral Sate t'ashon hand B.it) 0 CaKh in National Banks U.SW4 0 1'nile.l Stateii e p. -t. Bonds. 11.5"0 00 I'iltsbnrg t'itv 7 p. ct. Bonds Si.OOO 00 13.7M) li t.fM 00 4.084 00 a.ouo 00 400 00 Wixn os . t'J02.9 38 4.071 HO t.Lll 76 LIABIL1TI1-S. Am -utit due leHiitors lKH-emlier Dividend due Contingent t-.'laxa 03 State ir Pussvlvasia, J,. 'H NTV HIT C'AMIHtl A, I. Frank liiliert. Treasurer of t tie Johnstown Sa imrs Bank, do solemnly affirm Uie alwve slate uient is true, to the best ul my know ledge and be- Utt' FRANK I 1 BERT. Treasurer. Sworn and Sulwcrilied before me. A. MUNTKMKKY, Notary Public. The undersigned. Auditing UommtlU-e, respect fully retn that tncT haveeareruily lusiected the aUwe Treasurer's re'c.rt for the last year, ending Xovemlier 10, 1S73. and have examined the asart of the Bank, consisting tit Komls, Mortgage, Judgments, Loans Um.h Real Estate, Cash In Bank and on hand, and ltnd thcame t eurreepoiid with the report. F. W. Hat, .It am M M 11. A. Bouoa, STATISTICAL. Numlr id Ileptisltora Number of l-n Accounts Average to each IeK)sitjr A.lulu Minors Male Female Rate Dividend lor I'd Rate of Dividends forlNT'iand 1K73 Ioans on I 'ollateral Market Value ol Collat'al.t 10,000 00 Iouns on Real Estate Value ol ( Val'eof ground &M,7l 00 Security i Value ol build ings thereon. . ,800 00 1.404 l.iwa lwo 70 v 478 1,017 3K7 i percent. 6 M-r cent. $ 6,000 00 1136,780 15 tno.xu oo Loans upon Real Estate are based Umn the Tal ue ol the land alone; buildings upon it being re garded merely as an additional security. dec oa Goo. It. Coflroth A Vo W HOLES A LE DEALERS IN CIGARS. 330 Baltimore St, Scrond Doer Wetof Howard, BALTIMORE, MD. ov.6. L. B OWEXfl. U C. BTOTT. OWENS & SCOTT, Itutter Commission House, 153 W. Pratt St., BALTIMORE. WLL BOOSE & Co., FOUNDERS & MACHINISTS, SALISBURY, : : PENS' Manufacturers of all kind of CASTINGS & MACHINERY Orders by mall promd!y attended to. Address WM. BOOSE . CO., Salifburv Jet, 16. LI k lick P. O. Somerset eo., Pa Garret Lumber Co., EARNEST & DELP, PROPI.IETORS, Sotncssor to Earnest, Delp, -amp a. Ci-, Whito Pine, Yellow Pine, Oak and Hemlock Lumber "Cut to a blU" at short notice. Send for Price IJst. Garret, Somerset Co. Pa.Scpt.34. Ursina Lime Kilns. The undersigned are j ire pa red tolurnlsk Prime Building Lime By the Car Load. Orders Respectfully Solicited. It. J. IIATZER fc CO. Laskia, June la. $10 to $20 1 per day. Agtut wanted vary here, i'artlcular tree, a . Blair ai(lo., MK Lo.lt. nuvM Mitcellancov. This unrivaled Southern Remedy la warranted not to contain a single particle of Mercury, or any Injurious mineral substance, but I PURELY VEGETABLE, containing those Southern Roots and Herb whlrh an all-wise 1'rovldence has placed In countries where Liver Disease most prevail. It will cure alldlaeasee caused by Derangement of the Liver. The Symptom of LItt Complaint are a bitter or bad taste in the mouth: Fain in the Back, Side or Joints, often mistaken for Rheumatism; Sour Stomach: Los of Appetite: Bowel alternately costive and lax; Headache; Loss of Memory, with a painful sensation of having failed to do some thing which ought to have been done: Debility, Low Spirits, a thick yellow appearance of the Sklu and eyes, a dry Cough often mistaken for Con sumption. Sometimes many of these symptom attend the disease, at others very few; but the Liver, the largest organ in the body, is generally the seat of the disease, and if not regulated In time, great suffering, wretchedness ami DEATH will ensue. This Great Unfailing SPECIFIC will sot be found the Least Unpleasant. For PY'SPF.PSIA. tNSTIPATIOW. Jaun dice. Bilious attacks. SICK HEADACHE. Colic, Dcpiession of Spirit, Sol K STOMACH, Heart Burn, fcc, aVc. Simmons' LiTsr Eclatsr, or Medisiie, Is the cheapest, Purest and best Family Medicine In the world. MAHrrACTfBEDfLT nv J. H. ZEILIN L CO., MACON, OA., and PHILADELPHIA. Trice 91. Sold lf all Drutrgjstx. For sale by O. W. Hen r. ml. Somerset. Pa. julyl THE BEST I'UMI J. IN THE WORLD! THE AMERICAN SUBMERGED Double-Ac.lng. Non-Freexlug jFOU PUMP! The Simplest. Most Powerrnl, F.tfttive, Dura ble. Reliable and Cheapest Pump In use. It la made all of Iron, and of a lew almple parts. It will not Freeze, a no water remain In the pipe when not in action. It has nc leather or gum packing, as the sucker and valre are all ol iron. It seldom. If ever, get out of order. It will force water from 40 to 60 feti iu the air, by attaching a few feet of hose. It is good fur washing Buggies, Windows, water ing Uardens, &e. It furnishes the purest and coldest water, because it Is placed in the bottom ol the well. Tibmb: loch I'utup, (IS; pipe, 60c. ) foot. 1 18; 6ic. Larger site In proportion. 'WET AND"fcPLATT. Sole Agents fi-r Somerset County. Somerset, Pa., May 1st, liVi. JJIXEKAL POINT PLANING MILL. A. Growall & Son. We are Bow prered to do all kind of Planing and Manulaetuxing of buildiug material. FLOORING, MOtLDIXO, WEATHER BOABD1XO S ASH AND DOORS WISDO WA SD DOOR f 11 A 21 E 8, la short anything generally used In bouse build ing. All orders promptly tilled. marJfl ESTABLISHim IX IS3S. RE-ES TAHLI811E1 IN 18C.9. C. O. Hammer & Sons Manufacturer of Fine and Medium Ff'RNl TI'RE,of every deacription and prlen, hand-nade and snperfcqr In style and quality than found in most or any other Furniture House'thi aide of the mountains. Photographs and Price Usts sent on anplleatioB. or whea in the city don't forget the place ttigo of the Large Ooldeii Chair, 46, 48 and to SEVENTH AVENUE. marM l'lttst.urgh. Pa. Dir-tlons for relf-measure sent on application. Perfect Fitting Shirts of every description, fil wav In stock and warranted to fit. JAMES H. AIKEN, 74 Fifth avenue, opposite Poetomce, dec34 FirrsBtRGH.PA. a LATE ROOFS. 1 hose who are now bwildlnir houses should know that It ks elieaper in the kmg riaa to put m Slate Ruols tlan tin or alungtes. biate wiil last irever, and no repair are required. Slate aives the par Mt water lor eisMrna. Slate is Bra proof. Every good house should have a slate roof. The under signed la locatl In Cumberland, where he hasa good supply vf Peachbottom & Buckingham SL A. TE tor roo fling the very best article. He will under take to put Slate RoofB on House, public and pri vate, apires, ate., either in town or euuutry at the lowest price, and to warrant them. Call and sue him or addte him at No. Bnlford St., 5uiu berUvud, lliL I nler may be left with John A. Walter, Agent, SouerseU Pa. oetS WM. 11. SHIPLEY. -yyj-AXTE. North Pacific Bonds, Call on or add res Luther H. KHatTinaaii, Broker. M Focbtw Avaari, PITT8BUKOH, PA. fel4. CROTJSE & SHIRES, pianufaotBrera'ef Sead aod;Havnna CIGARS. BEDFORD, PA. rder Solicited. No authorlaed agenL : gIMMONS at X., KAvrrAtiTBEKa aan DKALaaa ib FINE CIGARS and the bet brands of Navy and Bright Tobaccos, 408 Market Street, AboTe Fourth, PHILADELPHIA . epl Knabe & Co.'s Pianos, IIAINES BROf.' riANOS.and GEO. A. PRINCE & CO.'S ORGANS. The UirM beat and avxt popular InMramenta aow In the market. OataJngwe and Pre List eonuuv Inc fU partlcmlara.mlld to any addreaa. CHARLOTTE BLIJME, :i lSlxtk Aveirae, Pittsburgh. Pa., ecta , SOLE AGENT. i ' HH"SP?IS"Jbbbbbbbbb - .i- - ...... Somereet SOMEllSET, PA., AVEDNESDAY, MAHCH 18. 1874. AST MOORE'S HOMANir.. 11Y CAPT. CHARLES HOWARD. UIIAI'TEK I. THE ACCIDENT. , It was a Bunny day in the niid.st of the "flowery mouth," and merry pic nic people of Swanmlown were en joying themselves in a cool grove, in sight of Uak Hill, Amy Moore s pic- ltnresque home. I a i i j: .1 i:..i iiii iihu urivcu i nc ju ui-ii miiu bays to thepic-nic grounds quite ear ly in the forenoon, to show her golden-haired little brother the sights, and spend several hours among her friends from town. She was the accepted belle of the country Cve miles around Swans down, and every body courted the smiles she hud to bestow smiles such as had never fallen to the lot of beautious woman. The day passed pleasantly to Amy. She encountered handsome and dash ing Doctor Vathek. who, she knew, would some day ask for the prettiest band in all the district hers. 1 cannot say that the artless loved the doctor, who was full j'ears her senior. He was the only suitor she girl live had ever had. Intelligent, refined, the master of his honorable profession, and, to all outward manifestations, a true gentle man, there was much ahout the doc tor to captivate the fairer sex. Amy thought she could love him, but, to tell the truth, reader, she nev er tried.' Ifitwerein accordance with her parent's wishes that she should be come Mrs. Vathek. she would will ingly relinquish him her hand, aud try to love him for his sake. The golden god of day was yet far from the western horizon, when a professional call took Otho Vathek from Amy's side, and a few minutes later, to oblige her boyish brother, the pretty heiress of Oak Hill entered the pha-ton, and set out for home. Xot far from the grove rushed a turbulent stream, whose steep banks were covered with May grasses and flowers to the very edge. The precipices were lined with little groupes of picniccrs, whom Amy could distinguish with the su perb glass which she had accepted at the hands of Doctor Vathek. "Amy do stop the horses, and let me get that pretty flower for mam ma," begged Harry, depositing his already large bunch of flowers in his sister's lap. "Harry, you have gathered flow ers enough already," said Amy. "You was quite anxious to get home a few moments since,-and now you will never get there, if yon stop to pluck every gaudy Uow r you see." I "But just this oace,"'pleaded the boy, bestowing a look uwa his sister which she could not resist. "Amy, I I'm the only little brother you have, ! aud I'll love you more than ever, if you leave me pluck the flower." A tear glittered beyond Amy's smile, aud she gently drew the rein. Harry sprang from the pha-ton, nod ran, with a childish shout, to the group of dandelions. He quickly broke several from their stems, and was returning when a pistol shot smote the mila spring air. Down the cliff some person was amusisg himself with target shoot ing. The unexpected report startled the bays, and, suddenly wheeling, from Amy's hands rested lightly upon the lines, they dashed toward the cliff. The phietou barely missed little Harry! With pallid face, but still sell-possessed, A my tried to recover the lines, but they were jerked over the dasher before she could touch them, and she settled back into the vehicle, waiting with a terrible ?almness, for the dreadful fate seemingly in store for her. Rapidly the steeds, blind with fright, ucurcd the cliffs, a hundred feet below which roared the muddy stream over its rocky bed. Groupes of merry people stifled their laughter at her peril, and many buried their faces in their bauds, that they might not witness her im pending doom. To attempt to arrest hc speed of the infuriated animals secmd death as horrible as a leap from the cliff, but there was one who possessed the nerve requisite for the attempt. He was a young man, who had quitted the busy city for a few days' real pleasure and quiiude in the country, and was comparatively a stranger in the neighborhood. When he saw Amy's peril, he ran towards the pha-ton, and interceuted the horses scarce thirty yards from the precipice. He fearlessly, threw himself before them. He grasped the bit.4(nJ tugged at them with all his strength. He was knocked beneath the iron hoofs, and murderously trampled, but the horses were brought to bay long enough to permit Amy to spring from the pha.-ton, and seize the lines. Then they were speedily subdued. Her daring preserver, rendered un conscious by bis manifold iujurics, was borne to Oak Hill, and a mes senger dispatched for a surgeon. Amy paced the eastern veranda of the mansion, that she might uot hear the heart rending groans the suffer er sent heavenward, and watching, ob, how anxiously! for Doctor Valh ek's face. At last he came up the lawn, and executed a ceremonious luw when he stepped upon the verauda. He would have said something foreign to his visit, had not Amy pointed to the door beyond which her deliverer lay between life and death. "He needs your immediate atten tion, doctor," she said, with emphasis, aud, ns he passed her, she added, with clasped bands. "lie saved my life at the risk of his owu, and for the love uf Heaven, Otho, save his!' He said nothing, but passed on, leaving Amy upon the porch waiting his report. When Otho Vathek bent over the wounded man, he was struck with the handsome face, which, through some unseen Providence, bad escap ed unmarred. He felt that Amy Moore would love that face to the entire exclusion of his, and he resolved that such things should not be. ': HHTABLI8HED, 18'J7 The stranger's woflnds were dan gerous, but amputation was not nec essary. "She will love Mm!" murmured the doctor, whilst making his exami nation.. "If I were a woman, I would worship I would die for such a face. And be saved her life. too. Ha shall not wed her. I will maim him for life, aud then, if she wants to wed a man with both legs in the grave, she may do it. Amoutalion is not necessary, bat curse him it shall be performed. Thus he informed tbo young man. "Doctor Vathek," he said, "ampu tation is not essential to the preserva tion of my life. I am a surgeon my self, and can easily Bee that I need no such operation. I will not sub mit to it there! I place myself un der your medicine,' but not your knives." "-' Raffled, Otho Vathek walked from the room, promising to return soon with the proper medicines. A dark cloud sat enthroned his face, and he walked past upon Amy without speaking. A terrible determination ruled bis heart. Oscar Goldsmith his new rival should die ! CHAPTER II. THE PAl'UHTER OF POISON. The reaction of nature brought to Oscar Goldsmith the weeknes9 of a babe. Amy Moore watcLcd untiringly at his couch through the long hours of the nights, and often ielt that she loved that pale and emaciated face. He had gained a place in her heart which man had never filled before which none other than he would 'ev er fill. One night, as Amy occupied her post of duty, Doctor Vathek called with a bottle of wine, which he said would greatly strengthen his pa tient. Amv had discovered the doctor's jealousy, and watched him, as the Indian watches a traitor, for many days. She knew that some dark plot was deep buried in his heart, and bided her time to defeat it. When the revengeful physician placed the wine upon the table, she felt the fearful time had come. "Amy," he said, handing her a goblet iilled to the brim with the ruby fluid, to allay all suspicion, "while Mr. Goldsmith sleeps, let us drink to his s,eedy restoration to health." She took the goblet w ith a smile, and drank, with a zost that made him frown, the health he proposed. "Xow," said he, "da you, Amy, bring a cloth and we' will moisten the lips of the young man with wine. It will be for his good." Without replying, the girl rose, and glided from the chamber. She went no farther than across the tbresbhold, and applied her eyes to the key -hole. Doctor Vathek stepped to the ta ble, and drew a tiny phial from an in ner pocket. He bent over the goblet, which he bad filled with wine prior to Amy's departure, and permitted three drops ot the contents of the phial to mingle with the ruddy liquor. A moment later Amy rejoined him. "Xothing better than my handker chief is at my immediate disposal at this hour," she said extending her handkerchief which he accepted. He quickly saturated a portion of the fabric with the poison, and mov ed toward the sleeper. "Otho," said Amy, seizing the goblet. "I am going to take a sip of Uscar's wine. He II never know it; lootr" An icy chill flitted to Doctor Va thek's heart, and burrowed therein. Ho turned, as though pierced by an Ascestian arrow, and with a cry of, "Don't, for God's sake, Amy !' rushed toward the girl. He reached for the goblet, but the rim had touched Amy's lips, and she dashcu it to the Qoor. "How strangely it tasted, Otho," she said staggering towards her arm chair. "It stings my heart! Can this be death death ?" Thoroughly frightened,. Otho Va thek dropped the handkerchief, and sprang to the girl's side. "ivouse lamer, sne said hi a whisjicr; "but tell him not of my con- auion." The prisoner rushed from the room. The door was scarcely closed upon his form, when Amy sprang from the chair, ana lnd the handkerchief in her bosom. "Saved !" she murmured, glancing at uscar uoidsmith, who slumbered unconscious oi me tragic scene en acted at his side. " 'Tis well, Oibo athek, that I suspected vou. To morrow, sir, you shall obtain a per maneut leave of absence. Rut hark ! they come." She threw herself upon the chair again, and adinirablr counterfeited a deathy illness. She freely took the restoratives the hated hands admin istercd, and slowly recovered ! Raffled the second time, Doctor Vathek took leave, planning another attempt upon bis rival's life. lie be lieved that Amy suspected nothing; but yet be could not quite satisfac torily account for the absence of the ; .1 t xt . poisoneu uanaaiercniei wnen nc re entered the s.t'k chamber. When he called the following morning, ne lound a pnysician from a neighboring town in attendance up on ins patient, ana Amy gently in formed him that bis further services could be dispensed with. He became furious, and demanded of the young girl the cause of his ab rupt dismissal. "Miss Moore;" ho said, hoarse with smothered passion, "I have been the family physician for years. Whv, therefore, I demand, am I dismissed, and a stranger called in my stead 1 1 consider the action an insult, not only to myself, but to the profession. a. m . a a . "jjoctor v atncK, or niyselt was your dismissal brought about," re turned Amy calmly. - "And does not this handkerchief tell vou why ?" and she drew the poisoned handkerchief from her bosom, and held it before his Tiaion. ; . ' ; , ue shrank rmm the Bight aghast "I saw you poison the wine," she continued. "I never tasted the liq uor; and Doctor Otho Vathek, vil lain and poisoner, you are wanted in the prison's dock. Ungrateful man ! you have attempted the life of one who saved mine aye, the life ol my bet rothed; for yesterday I prom ised Co become his bride, as soon as health and strength return to him again, liaa ho never crosseti my path, or bad your diabolical plot suc ceeded, I would have become yours ; but Heaven has interposed. Otho Vatbek " Amy suddenly paused, for Doctor Vathek was gone. He threw a scowl at her from his . . -it gig, ana roae away at a terrioie speed. That nigut Mwansuown was minus a physician. Oscar Goldsmith recovered under the new doctor's hands, and when the leaves of autumn were falling from the hoary trees, he wedded the brave little creature whose fate be had saved, and who, in return, had saved his. Doctor Vatbek never returned to Swansdown, but should he happen there, he will find his office occupied by Doctor Oscar Goldsmith, and oft ten the Oak Hill's phaiton is driven up to the door, and two little children sweet images of Amy, our heroine, spring from the vehicle to greet "pa pa." A PERSONAL EXPLANATION. Senator Scott'a Bepljr o (he Sliandera Mae Fhilndelpbift "Preas." In the United States Senate on Friday, Hon. John Scott rose to a personal explantion, as follows. Mr. Scott Mr. President, 1 send to the Chair, and ask to hare read, a very oriel extract irom a paper called Lebanon Courier, published at Lebanon, Pennsylvania. Tbo President pro temjmre It will be read if there be no objection. The Chair hears uone. The Chief Clerk read as" follows. "Rut our other Senator Hon John Scott, I am sorry to state, took side with the contractionists, giving as a reason (if corrcctlv reported) that be believed it to be the only means of bringing about the resumption of specie payment, anu mat it wouia tend to reduce wages so as to enable our manufacturers to compete suc cessfully with those of foreign coun tries. 1 his means, in plain English, exactly what Mr. Killinger says, to reduce our procacing classes to a level with the pauper labor of Eu rope." Mr. Scott that article refers to a report, and says that I occupied a certain position, "if correctly repor ted." For the purpose of showing the origin of the report, I send to the Chair also an article, a very brief ex tract from which I have marked, contained in the Philadelphia Press of February 21, 1874, and ask to have i; read. The President pro temjiure it will be if there be no objection The Chief read as follows. "The Senate Finance Committee and the cortractionists and specie-re-sumptionist9 were badly beaten in the Senate to-day by the adoption of Mr. Mcrrimon's amendment, instruc ting the committee to report a bill increasing the national bank circu lation $4G, 000,000, making it $400, 000,000 in all. The vote stood 28 to 25. Five Senators were absent and the remainder not voting were paired. Of the five absentees three are in fa vor of more currency and would have voted for the amendment, and two against it. This would still give the friends of more currency a major ity of four or five. Senator Scott, wo9 is a member of the Finance Committee, voted with the contrac tionists, while Senator Cameron vo ted for the amendment. Senator Scott is in favor of resuming specie payments' and he thinks the way to do it is to keep down the volume of currency. His theory about specie payments is that, could this be reached, the rate of wages would be reduced, ana we would then bo in a better condition to compete with Eu rope." Mr. President loth these extracts reached me this morning in letters from numerous portions of the State of Pennsylvania, from those who I consider my friends, and who advise me that, however averse my piivate feelings may be to a personal expla nation, it is my duty to the State to correct whatever may be false in these extracts. 1 he paper which is given as the original authority for the extract in the Labanon Courier claims to be respectable. The Leba non Courier, so far as I am aware of its character, is a respectable news paper circulated in the interior of Pennsylvania. This announcement appeared originally iu a newspaper claiming, as i have said, to berespec table, and the tone is such aa to car ry the idea that it speaks for me, and states my opinion and my theories by authority. It is again quoted and refered to in a paper in the interior cf my State. So long as this has been confined to misrepresentation and fabrication chiefly of a personal character, I have declined a answer them. So repeatedly has this been the case that I can come to no other conclusion than that the reporter of the Philadelphia Prets is under or ders of his superior systematically to misrepresent and defame me. When I have striven for and secured appropriations in which the city of Philadelphia was largely interested I have been represented as neglecting her interests. When I advocated the expulsion of the Senator from Kansas, (Mr. Caldwell,) for reason seeming to roe to demand it, I was represented as defending him. When the books of the Secretary of the Sen ato showed that I had not drawn the back pay authorized by the law of the last Congress, his dispatches repre sented that I had drawn it. ' I might refer to a more recent ar ticle in this same newspaper affecting a question in which Philadelphia and the State of Pennsylvania are largely interested, and in which it is complained that both the Senators from Pennsylvania have failed to force upon the Senate a measure which it was there duty to bring before it, or have been cowardly in advocating it I forebear, however to notice that. only refenog to it that the Senate may bear witness as to whether either of the Senators from Pennsylva nia has been derelict in their duty or cowardly in maintaining the interests of tho State. Both of them, I trust, have too much respect for themselves and their associates to suppose they could or would consent to force any bill upou tho Senate. When falsehoods are published as my opinion upon public question in which the pcoplo of my State are largely interested, as if uttered by me, my duty to them, they say, requires that I avail myself of the only means left me of meeting and refuting such an assumption. The reporter of the Philadelphia l're had no authority to write any such opinion or theory. I hold no intercourse with him. I have not hesitated to announce my belief that specie payments could not be resumed in the near future, and cjuld not be maintained under all circumstances. I favor free bank ing under United States notes issued through the banks, based upon a bond bearing lower rates of interest than those upon which the present nation al bank currency is issued, and re deemable primarily by the benks and ultimately by the government, either in coin or interest bearing bonds. If I cannot secure that, I will favor the best system of free banking that can be secured by modifications of the present national bank laws, incorpo rating among them some provision for the redemption of these notes. To a paper currency unlimited in amount and irredeemable in anything more valuable than itself when it falls below par I am opposed, believing it to be injurious to the permanent and best interests of all classes of society; and these opinions I have not hesita ted to express upon the floor of the Senate, although the condition of my throat, in consequence of a bronchial disease, has been such that I have refrained from speaking at length upon this and many other questions that I desired to have spoken upon. But upon this very subject, upon the very day on which this dispatch was sent from the city of Washington to the Philadelhia Press, in answer to a suggestion of my coleague, I said upon the floor of the Senate, and it is so reported in the Record. "Xow, on the subject of specie pay ments, while I do not wish to be di verted for the purpose of discussing that question, my colleague equally misapprehened my position. I am not only not in favor of the immedi ate resumption of specie payments, but I do not think it possible for os to resume' specie payments immedi ately, nor at any time in the very near future. He and I, I think, agree on the subject. I go further, and say that after we have resumed, it is not possible that we should keep up that resumption during all time, and especially during panics." The closing inference of this dis patch, which is put as if it were my declaration, is that I favor this policy because I desire to reduce the wt s of labo here to a level with that of the pauper labor in Europe. That is it in substance. Xow, sir, if there be any Senator upon this floor who is open to a charge of advocating a policy which, instead of deroinishing, will increase the wages of labor, I am open to that charge, and it can be sustained by numerous quotations ftom my speeches when the tariff and revenue bills have been under discus sion, to none of which will 1 delay iu referring here; but I condense my whole opinions upon that question, in speaking upon that subject, into the declaration that I believe that the policy which I was then advoeating would keep up the wages of labor, and that that policy would make la bor contented and capital secure. I have never entertained or uttered such a sentiment about the wages of labor as that reported in the Press and quoted in the Courier. It is a fabrication and a falsehood. yovr, Mr. l'resident, with the pro prietor of the paper which first gave currency to this falshood, or with the instrument he uses to furnish such material for his columns, I can have no controversy. I have referred to instances of misrepresentation which have been, perhaps, intended to affect me both personally and in my public character, but not for the purpose of entering into my personal controver sy. I depart, in this instance, from the rule of life, to live down Blander instead of noticing it, because my constituents have demanded it of me as a public duty. It 19 only in re sponse to their demand that I rise for the purpose of saying to this constit uency, who thus consider it my dnty to notice this unauthorized fabrica tion of my opinions upon a public question, nor my conduct in the Senate upou any question, is likely to be correctly or fairly' reported in the dispatches of a paper, represented here, with the knowledge of its pro prietor, by one who, when speaking of me, has been more frequently an eavesdropper and a libeller than an impartial journalist. Thk old school books, gave very exaggerated ideas of many things They were magnifying glasses for the young. Tney described whales as being as long as the tallest church steeple are high, with mouths as big as a church door, and these asser tions seemed to have the sanction of the church. Even Cuvier says that there have been whales 300 feet long; but he never saw one half that lenght. A Mr. Scoresby, a whale fisher of California, has been revising natural history, on the anbjeet of whales. lie has assisted in captur ing 322 of these monsters, and not one of them exceeded 58 feet in lenght The largest one he ever saw was 87 feet long. A dead whale, 105 feet long, was discovered floating ia Da vis Straits, and a skeleton of over. 112 feet long was found in Columbia River. Ssoresby . thinks ' that the book makers ought to know and re cord these facts. Exchange. Ons evening a tender swaia said to his "sweetness" "some of these fal ling stars seem to leave behind them a bright path, as if they were celes tial messengers flying earthward, the dust of heaven falling from their feet. and making a track of light behind." To which the maid replied: "They allera make me think about the circus man that swaUered fixe." ILo NO. 40. A afatrr. beam. One evening, before Wichita, Kan sas, had realised its hopes of secur ing a permanent place opon the map so long ago, in fact, as the spring of 1871 a gentleman from Xew York registered his name at the Harris House, and announced his intention of stopping a fow days in order to see the country, and perhaps to buy some land in the neighborhood. Aft er dinner be sought out the lanlord, and made a special request that, as be was an Eastern man in search ot experiences, he might have a buffalo stake served for his breakfast next morning. "Baffalo stake?" "Yes. Is it obtainable, isn't it? You can get it here? I'd be willing to pay for any extra trouble, you know." "Oh, no trouble. Fact is, I've not been able to get anything else for a week or two pst. I was just going to apologize for having given it to you at dinner." The Eastern man looked as if he thought himself sold, but still struck to his request, because he wanted to know how buffalo meat tasted when be was not wrestling with it under the false impression that it was Texas cow. And then, finding the lanlord sociable (for no more genial host than Rouse ever made his house pleasant for his guest at his own loss,) he asked if the town was quiet and orderly. "Oh yes, perfectly so. You East ern men fancy that we are overrun with desperadoes out here, but you'll find Wichita just as peaceful as a man could wish." At this point the conversation was brought to a close by the irruption of a party of noisy men, of whom the lanlord explained to his guest, as he went to attend to them, that they were "Some of Curley Marshall's bovs." "And who la Curley Marshall?" asked the Eastern man of a bystan der as he rat down in a vacant chair. "Curley is one of our celebrities," was the reply, "He is to Wichita very much what Buffalo Bill is to Abilene. Fine fellow he is too." But "the boys" approached, and the bystander incidentally moved away without finishing his eulogy, while the new-comers surrounded the sitter before he was fully aware of the situation; and then he thought be would not seem in a hurry to get away. When, however, two of them began to practice broadsword parries over his head with loaded revolvers of the "navy" pattern, he changed his mind about the order or his go ing, and slipped out from between them just as "Long Dan," growing tired of fun, cocked his revolver, and, leveling it at his friend's head. said briefly. "Gil out of this! That's the door." The other weakened a moment and looked at Dan doubtingly. "1 mean it Yon git, or i ll plug J0B ' lie did "git." There was laughter from the boys as Dan looked grimly triumphant and invited them into the bar-room en bis "shout" "Ceme on, stranger!'. said be to the Eastern man, seeing that the latter did not start forward. But the Eastern man asked to be excuses, pleading that be didn't drink. "Don't drink ? You won't drink with me ? Do you mean to insult me T" Xo, sir, no surely not Rut I never drink." "Look here, stranger) I don't like to have a man say that he's too good to drink with me. I'm Long Dan Cowee;" and the speaker looked dangerous. Eastern man thought he had bet ter drink. He lagged last in the erowd. how ever, and, satisfied that his absence would not be noted, stole out of the back door and hung round behind the kitchen until "the boys" should have gone. Presently he thought he beard them in the street, and looked round the corner of the house to see There came a bright flash, right in his eyes, a report, and a handful ot shot rattled against the fence near him, while with a yell the boys went on down the street, discharging their pistols into the air. From "Town Plantiho in th WisT,""y Charles Edward Smith' in LippincotVs Mag azine for Jlareh. a.lfc la Haw Hoaa.es. The coincidence of a man's mov ing into a new house and dying soon alter has frequently been the subject of remark, and there is an avoidable cause the boose is moved into be fore the walls and plaster and the wood are sufficiently dried. Sometimes the cause ot death is the poisonous character of the water conveyed through new lead pipes. Xo water for drinking or cooking purposes should be used in a building supplied with new lead pipes in whole or ia part, for at least one month after the water has been used daily ; tbisgives time for a protecting coating to form on the inner surface of the pipes, when their chemical change from con tact with water never ceases. Bat the damp materials of the bouse hare the most decided effect, especial ly ob persons over fifty years dd, or of frail constitutions, whereas if the person were in full vigor of life and health not even an inconvenience wonld be experienced. Is building a new house, or in going to live In another locality. where the water supply is not far from the house, it should be ascer tained with the otniost certainty that the spring or well is higher than the privies or barnyards. Insidious and fatal forms of decline and typhoid very often result from persons drink ing water which is drained from the localities named. The safest plan, and the only safe place for furnishing dwellings with the most healthful and unobjectionable water, is to have a water tight cistern, and let the 1 water from the roof of the house or barn, er other out houses, be convey ed into it through a box of sand sev eral yards long, this box to rest on a ' board or cemented bottom and sides, so that bo outside water could get in to it j?JT. Jawnaai of Health. I (Xo other Jiving thing can go to low ai boyW tt crraajl Ex-Senator Xyc, of Xctadais visit ing Washington." As plain "JiinXye" he U familliarly known to us. Qf is one of the brigtest, bandeome, most popular men who has ever been in Congress. Xothing or nobody was oat of the range of h's wit. Even the stately Sumner, whose pom posity inspires awe in the most thooghtless, was a target for h'a neighbor's repartee. Xye is a native of Xew Yerk State, but emigrated to Xevada while Xevada was quite young, and figured there aa governor (of Virginia City) during that re markable gold excitement so graphi cally described in "Roughing It." Mark Twain seems to have a great admiration for Xye, and ba? given us a characteristic Eketch of him in his 4 President's Reception." "Many and many is the time," writes the inimitable Mark, I've seen him stand up and beam and smile on hi children (Washoes and Pi Utes), as h called them in his motherly way, nrani n them by the hour out of hi splendid ev- and fascinate them with Lit handsome f-tce, and comfort them with his persuasive tongue; seen him stand up there and tell them anecdotes and lies, and quote Watts' hymns to tbem, till he just took all the war spirit out of them and sent tbem away bewilder ed with his inspired mendacity. Most remarkable man, Jim Xye! He can tell a lie with that purity of ac cent, that grace of utterance, that convincing emotion ! I do 'reckon' he is tho handiest creature about mat ing the most of his chances that ever found an all sufficient sbustitute for mother's milk in politics and sin !' That is bad eaougb, but a London magazine, the riwiaaj Annual ior 1971. 1 think, re-printed the "Heath en Chinee," with a fuot note explaia- ingthatthe gentleniau who went for Ah Sin wa intended to represent a certain American Senator named "James Xye," whose weakness for cards was proverbial. Poor Xyc! Such is fame! As be louuges on the Senate sofas, talking to an old friend, bending his head and drooping voice in that peculiar way which he has when he says anything especially ridiculous, 1 canno: help thinking what an acquisition he would have been to the salary bill discussion. There is no one to take his place. Tipton U only occasionally funny. and his voice and appearance make him so, when he really does not mean to and had rather not be; Carpenter is blunt, Flanagan grotesque, Rutler is too mneh of a bully, and Cox lack repose; but lor genuine wn, aiwaya opposite, quietly delivered, brief, and keen, Xye never had, nor has he now an equal in congress. -oiwnn-standing all the jokes at hii expense by Mark Twain and his fellows, Xye is a man of honest and strong convic tions, a sworn foe to any sham, and a fearless defender of bis opinion. He is also a man of wide and self ac quired culture and fine memory. The best Sunday school scholar in the land is not more familliar with his bible than he. Verse after erse, page after page, he can repeat in his deep musical voice, with every beau ty of emphasis and intonation. He is about sixty though younger in ap pearance and manner. In his young days, when be was living on his father's farm in Xew York State, it was his duty to harness the horses on Sunday morning and drive the folks to church. So one bright Sun day, when Jim was feeling particu larly lively be sent the hordes around the road, and came'across lots jump ing all the fences and hedges on his way. He found his father birch in hand, at the front door, and inquired with some anxiety what he had been doing to evoke such dangerous symp tons ? "Doing," said his father, sternly : "Sir why wouldn't you walk instead of running? I'll teach you, I guess, not to go jumping fences on the Sab bath day in that light and frivolous manner. BreMt 1'wat Fpoa tbo Water. More than twenty years ago, Major Waldo A. Blossom, who is now in Jacksonville, Florida, was a resi- of Wisconsin. While there chance cast in his way a young man named Larimer, in whom he became deeply interested. Larimer had been led astray by the influence of wicked as sociations, and was utterly dissolute and dissipated to all appearance a moral and physical wreck. It was more than probable that Major Bios- w 1 90m discovered redeeming quaiiues in the young man, notwithstanding the depth to which dissipation had brought him, for the good Samaritan rescued him from the gutter, gave him a pleasant home, assisted him with counsel and the aid of fine social influence to make himself a new man. After his reformation was effected the young man retarned to his parents, in Colorado, and for a number of years his generous benefactor heard nothing of him. In December of last year, Major Blossom's attention was called to an advertisement in a Boston paper over the signature of Larimer, inquiring the address of W. A. Blossom, ne responded to the inquiry, and soon received a letter from the parents of his former protege in Costello county, Colorado, inform ing bim that there son in dying had willed his property to him in grati tude for the kind deeds of years agone. ine letter wnicn ieeungiy alluded to this act, gave the sequel to the reformed man's life. He applied himself vigorously to business after his return to Colorado, became an honorable and useful member of so ciety, and in a few years amassed a large fortune, all of which, valued at $1,000,000, will fall into possession of Major Blossom next June. Xo act of genome charity is every lost Somewhere in th eonservatory of good deeds the plant will put forth its blossoms and shed its perfume, perhaps in the balm and brilliance of the eternal morning, perhaps in the subdued light and murky atmos phere of the mortal life. Late Caleb. aa tba Boat Layer. A correspondent of the Country Gentleman writes : After repeated experiments during the past twenty-five years in hatch ing chickens, I am fully convince that fowls hatched in the month of July make far better layers than those hatched in any other season of the year. Early hatched ehiekens com mence laying in September, and con tinue until cold January weather, when they discontinue nntil spring. On the other band, when hatched in July or August, they begin layiag in February and. continue nntil October. I find July chickens will average fifty to seventy-five more eggs yearly than those batched in March. My method, therefore, is to hatch 100 chickens ia August for my own use. As soon as the cocks can be selected from the pallets, they are converted into pot pie, giving the pullets all the room. The pullets are then well fed, and are 10am. wge e.a.oag& iu care lit them selTeal ' Si If If 1 11 .i 1
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