Terms of Publication.
Tho Somerset Herald
". M..!.eJ cvorj Wednesday Jl,n.in,c
,cr anrum. If lM .iwc;rtten.
- : iovirlably i cbaracd.
N uripa.u-nii..aun.cJ unUlall.r
, ..rage, are il P- Postmaster, ncglewngt
'""rr b. when at.scr!bcrs do not tak, out their
"', Vr will be held liable for the suliscription.
P vttiTil removing rrotnoncPosfflcetoan-
, 'l cr r-"ttM give n the namo of tie fonaera
melius the present office. Address
somerset Printing Company,
JOliX 1. SOCLL,
Business Stanaeer.
P,a I.icm Cards,
ur u ihisTLETHWAITE, ATTORNEY
V ui'i.-iw. iomcre. Pa- Pndeevmi.l bu.l
,, r.i,.,i;uiiy solicited and punctually attend-
eJ 10.
F.
J KOOtsEH.
AUOllNLVATLAV,. miD8.
i tIlextixe hay. attokxkV t
on.l dealer in real tMai'. ,,J hlf r.tre wit
attend to ail business euiru--uJ u.lT
promptness and uieiity.
ly-LLlAM HIt.
Law. S"' tVhS cJ in Somerset
idounc l.'w. .
"aW VOTR'K.-Alxm.l.T H. Coffroth has
I Turned the practice " S..in-rt aud
J.u.mutli-P.1 OJ. lu.Matmn.Ali Buildup.
leb. ""i.
) crsct. Pa.. "Ul pn.1a5.tty attend to IH;u-
I III
k,e. oth.-e In Mammoth milling.
fit Til
:el to lli:U. .U'llin ri.M...jw..v.
jan. 1, ,u,
,1- J. a. H. L. HAF-ll, ATKIKNU . AT
. LAW. Somerset. Pa., will pn.eti.-e m hom
emt'and adYimn.; cuutirs. All ' -
runed to them will :c pr..nipo.' ".
a-trf. li ly
,.,vv,i. k foI.DviHX, ATTOKXEYS AT
lv w...r,..t. I'u. t;Uce in won
mm I.A H , .
aug. li-ly.
I UHX O. C1MM1X, ATTOKXKY AT LAV.
.1 L .... I'- , wul mtfnd toalll-uMneneu-
. ruit d to'l.if care In S -.m-i-.-i and dj..lmn ft-un-
t- with proaii-tni-ss ana n.iemy. v""
mlhlil - k. Muli .u-iy
I J KX It T r.SOHKLL. ATTORNEY ATLAW,
II and Jtiuiiiy a n t'ciiM.n ajeim
Oftiec in MaininotU liixk.
jan. 11-tl.
er wi-ULOAiTnKtt. rxft u. caituku.
1A1THKK fc 1AITi1I:K. AttnriM-ysatlJW.
I J S..iucr?et. lVnn-. All it ,.i,-si..nal t.n'mes"
I.r..li).(lvatt.-Udfj to. .T,.X- 111 HiT! lil.KK, Up
Heirs.
ikv-4 T2.
jl. h. corraiTii.
-. H. ErrrEL.
1.1FFKOTH i nui-i'i.u Aiiui..M.i5 a
V I.JW. Al! I.U'ineii rmru?lod ! llicir care will
1h- s)K-o.!i'iV mid iHinrluallv altnided to.
( iKF1, k Second C.t .i f .uili'.rn cud of 3Inm
nwilh hiock. Entrauce rum luaiuond.
jan U.
J
AMES L. l'UGII,
ATTUKXEY AT L,.VW?
,-nor--t. Ia. ' tlic. Mammoth Klrk.n; Ftair".
') iiir.in-e Main fnw St. Coliwli-nK made. M
tntcii settle I. tiik- fianiiwil. and all l.-aal tm.-i-i'vi-
attended to with j.r.njitns- and Cdeiiiy.
JUi'
J.
C.XJI-I1
ATTtT.XEY AT LAW,
S .mor.'t. l'a. rr.l-fsi .i.l l.ufincfs en; rented
t:i my care a it en ledt iwi'.L jr juij.;ui.s and IiloUty
Uiari-'73.
DR.,- 0. MILLER, afior twelve
ye ;' ".ive .rac!i.-e In Snaiiksville. hut
1, , ;.i.Uy IcjuJ at Soim-wt l-r tl.e t.rac-
ti. o ui ,-. .iia.e, aud tender Ills fru'csional scr
tee, to tis tliiieu f ..iuertkt an-1 vicinity.
i in-9 in r.i: lira Store. ii.H.i!e ti.e ltanot
H"Uo, .'.e.'O he fan t-e c.r.ultei t ti:uv-i
urle!1 .rT:fc3.-i'nar.y enira. d.
jr.iHtt calii. i.p.!ii; iiy ui.w.rc l.
doc. 13, U ly.
PROFESSIONAL.
ir. (K-cn e !. Funden! cr. i.f t"uiu:.-r.an d.
M I., nd. rii.j I if Iri-n.li" tlial lie h:i. tiiif day as.v
C'aled With I IUIell in the (iraelicn '.! Iiuilieine
a'nJ surjerv. I.M s-l. lir. W.dler V. Fun tender!-',
late thu r'-sidon. argn w i:.e i ii
an t Ear Inlirii ary.
Special atiea'd wf.! hc;.ailto the .Urease, of
lUc Eve an I t..r.
D;t. E. "I. EIMMF.L wi'd vn' :nue to vractice
Medieiii". anJteivters his ir Vf.-i.n.al scrvi
S! to the citizens id S .mret a;. 1 rorroun linz
t.uiitry. t-.li.-o at tUc oid 1 lace, a ew tl'rseai!i
il HieVi'.ade Liju?e. ti"v- .
011. H. nil'BAKEiJ tenders hit : f .fcsslfnal
en U-es to the ci;iicns o! S . mers.:i -.il l vi. in-
i Mice in lcsue
Jelux. ne aji.r e?wi . -
House.
jan. .1, .0.
nil. .1. K. MILLEKV.M permanently Vatcd
in Berlin f.Ttue pncii. e of bis pn i-s.-u n.
1 .itiee .pp.itet:iiarU- L.riinvr-r t store,
apr. 21, 'To-tf.
g S. GOOD,
P11YSICIAX d- SUHGE0X,
so5h:usi:t, ia.
f-l)Fr;cK In Jlammo'.h B'..K-k.
RTIEIC-AL TEETH!!
J. V. YITTZY.
DELTIST
PALE CITY, .-on;-rtct Co., J'j.,
rtlli.-i-il Teeth, war -anted to 1 of the very best
uaiitv Lite like ai:d Han ls..me. Inserted in the
fttvie. Pani. ularuntIoD leiid to the pn-s-
vaii.' of the natural teeth. fli.se wi.-hmgl
r-nli me by.letter. cati do so by enclosing stamp.
Addre.-i as aoove. jeli-Ti
DR. WM. COLLINS. DENTIST. Somerset,
Pa. ti:ti.-e in Ci.sel.eer s Hl k. up stairs,
w here he can at til times I found prepared to do
all kinds t wori. su-h as fiiiinit. resfuSatiint. ei
raetiuu. Kc. Artir.-ial leeth.d all kinds, aui .t
tie tt maieriiil, iu.-rte.i. AUupirations war
anted. juueT, "TO.
Mansion House,
LATE -EEXruliD IKit SIV
nriirr tT I rauUlin aud Broad Mreela,
.IUHNSTlVN. PENNA.
Jos. Shoemaker, Vvr.:TZ
II n i:or '. :y t-.i.. i. . 1.
I.i- '. i i 1.1 .- ( '
l:i .- l" S i : v i. '..
m- ' t...;.e i i rot. . ;
'. r.
i. ' iur j
1 n vr I
. !.;.-t!.'
o -e. ! .
l...-irp.
I .e m;.i li.l 1 1. :: ' ii:..rk.-l-r
(; e 1 v. i .i u.e ii. s.
Ji .i::'!l si...
jr. it. JS-st t.il Lust ti. " 4i.
l.t .s. 1 i:e
A K i.i
T
iIE SOMERSET HOUSE
Uaifl4 l'-i- l this tn.-.atui Tilt Ut, i v.t .. .1
Hotel pr..jK-r.v tmin M E. A. ; -Ift the u,i
.,.-1 i ,,i.,.n in inl.4iui!is hi iri .
toe !-u .;..- ren-rai. ttuit lie !rent-r.ti
Pi. .. ii t i:-n-c M m-ke this h -ue all t'.at
c.m:U i t.-.,rvi, Aee-mii! natmtr ! rs ami
torn rs. ant f;e taole will at all t mi- l-e ten j
wiiii u.e it ;(, market atl. r iK. .Mr. t. ii. T. r. j
islnr :titer will attn.i to t ii f w:ur.s ol eu- ;
wan n ay at all tim-..
nitxiarw
i in the.
H. L WAN.
D
iamond hotel.
SrOYSTOWX PA.
SAMUEL Cl'STI.Ii, 1'r.ipiietor.
This porlr an l well known h ofe U at all
time a dtL-ltde tppin pUee lt t!,e -.rjveiilin
puldic T:de and U...in. tirnt-la. (ijt;.
l iiiiK. lU-kJ lejve o.i'.y i t J.'hMi.wn and
Somerset ir.rtl.
IJAKNET HOUSE.
The nieiersizTiM respectfully Informs toe piV
1c ii.nl be has l.-ed this well known hotel la the
:i rough of S-.!nt-ret. Ills kis iiitenti.o to keep
I In a iyle wni.-h l,e h- jv-s woi tive aatir taction t
all who mar Ian hirn ailh tueir ustn.
Apt i: :i Jt'iiN HILL.
j"0IIN WILSON & SON,
taiiolfk.ii.i: Gnoci:ns,
""7 Ii" S"-
PITTSBTJEGH.
one U. TS
T
ilE NEW EXTEEPKISE
HORSE INSURANCE CO.
New Ectcqirise, Rcdfonl Co., Pa.
ON THE MUTUAL PLAN.
Xo Ia.s, Xo Fay.
An arewcT has lcn emablisheJ In everr
di-irun in the otv. an4 the aont wiii call
00 ali tajTinT" atxl eipicu: the wrrrk iijr of the In
stituti i. and suixit inraranee. Live, aetiveand
resku,itde mew 4 Be. 11, re eufy are t the head
01 tr.e eoojpany la wbota implicit eono Jeoen
lpiared. ralva
1 .liB
1 - X1
VOL. XXIII.
JOHNSTOWN
120 CLINTON STRKET.
MA. - . -V
-r'' -''"i.'r'j .'.:. r-
C 1 -A-BTED IN 1870.
JAMES COOrEIt, n. J. M0IUJELL,
DAVID DIBEIIT, JAMES MtMILLEN
C. B. .ELLIS, JAMES M0RLEY,
A. J. IIAWES. LEWIS l'LITT,
F. W. HAY. II. A. EOGGS, j
JOHN LOWM AN, CONItAD SUITES, I
T. II. LAI'SLY, Ea T. SWANK.
D. MCLAUGHLIN. Y. V,'. WALTER..
DANiEL J. MOKKELL, President,
FRANK DI3ERT, Treasurer,
CYRUS ELDER. Solicitor.
Debits of 0E DOLLAR and upwards ro
ceived. and Interest allowcl on ail sums, payable
twice a year. Interest If n..t drawn out, is added
to the principal, thus COMPOl.'NDINU- TWICE
A YEAIZ, wiihont troubl ng the icp..sitor to call
or even to present his deposit took. Mr ncy can be
withdrawn at any time after giving the back cer
tain notice by letter.
Mnrrlel Women and persons under
ni;e can deposit money in their own names, so that
it can be drawn only by themselves or on their or
der. Moneys can be deposited for children, or by
societies, or as trust funds. Subject to certain con
ditions. IonnsSecwrotl Iy Heal Kslale.
Copies of the By -Laws, rcp.rts. rules of deposit,
and s;eci.il act ol Legislature, relative to dep. .sits
of married women and minor?, can bco itained at
the liu-.ik.
m-SBanklr.i hours daity from 9 to Su'chK-t:
VldS andou V. educsdayan.ISatur.lay evenings
irom 6 to ,-2 o'eio.k.
DIBEr.T. oHa P H JMH
T01IN PIRERT i CO.,
NO. 2K MAIN STI1EET.
JOHNSTOWN, PENNA.
w ..1 lirnt ne.'ntiable In a:', parts ol the T'nl-
ted States and Canada, aiid iu Foreiun c. untr.es.
hurWt market pri.-es. Lonn money vo approved . i
ceeurity. I-raflr and Che ks on other banks cash- ij
e l X..nev reeeive.1 ondei-tfitirayatdeon demand j
L.U-rc-f i t t'c ite ceut.i-cr.
1 ,.-.:; pah! on Tl.nc Hrjioit.
Everjtl.Ir.z In tha BankUirf IJne receives our
ompt'attenliou. . x , ,.-
Tlmnktulloour friends and customers for tbe.r
past patronaire, we euen w... - -
1 1 m ,n i,av. l.u.-tneas in our
aame, aiei in ..h..d - -- - - ---
line to irive us a trial, assurine all. that we shall at
ail tino s do ail we can to e'JVV'! i-t ft
f-eit-lTC JV-'I-' Aiua--.
"Cambria County
BANK,
M.W. KEBE&CO.,
XO. 2C6 n.UX STREET,
JOHNSTO-WN.PA.,
in Henry Schnaldc's Bri k Bail ling.
A General Banting Business. Transacted.
Drafts and O..M and silrcr K-usht and s.d.1.
Ooliwti.s made in all iarts of the unci States
and Canada. Interest allowed at the rate ol six
iK-rcent. iwr annum, if K it six m .ntas ;r longer.
S;wi-lalarranc.-mrnt made wuh liu-vroians and
oi'bers wtio I...; I moneys ;. trai.
apr.l 1C-T3.
CARPETING.
Henry McCallum,
SI Fifth Avenue,
PITTSBURGH, PA.
I:n;.rts direct fr.tn .Manufictorers,
Superior I'ngiMi Oil (Tollts,
1U1USSELS CARPETS, Ac,
RAO, HEMP anil INGRAIN CARPETS
In every varitty.
51 FIFTH AVENUE.
Above Weed s-treel.
mari.
OLATi: K00FS.
! I'll e ho fit. T!"W t ci M:izlt"ci !uflt.! knuw
rM'-iju-r m i he i -uw run to rut n ia
i t'e 1.1 He; re vt-r.
i :-r.- r .it,.,r--i. .uv civi lie i-ur-
r l r rt..". Ma- I nrf ir lAcry
w- hi: u! t ii i :;e rxi. Tl:r ur. iir-
I IT; 1 tl"l' -1 -:r. i, I-rc iC 1:..
Fc'chLvi.crn L DucViar.hara
SAMS
m
MS L A. T E
f t r.-.:Ti:!L the te;.- hti sr l.-lt. He id under
t; ke to put tM.tu- 1.'.'" .-n llou es. i.uoiie. met i.ri
vte. sj.;r--. a.--.. 4iiler in t..an .-r c.iirrr ui the
b,; j.ri - r. an I to w.irrir'.t the in. C;iil an-' S;-
him r a !.!r l.im at N... He Ifor ! St.. 'uui-b.-ri-.tud.
ld. tirt.rs may l- ieil withJoimA.
" - ,. rY
octti W.J.U. SHU LEY.
! Practical Bra-;el'sn:aa an" PalUor.
V.'ork : e la 4 st manner known to the
r le and in nniera ty le.
:3Su:r Bailing made a Specislty-.S
Patronage Solicited.
Somerset, Pa., May IS.
WM. B00SB & Co.,
F0MBEE3 & MCilKISTS,
SALISBURY, : : PEXXA.,
Slanufsctarcrs of al! kinds of
CASTINGS & MACHINERY
tTders by mail promr-tlT a'.tecded to.
Adirtsi vm. feCHiSE a CO..
Silisbnry. Elklick P. t . Sotaersetco T.
Oct. 1.
Ursina Lime Kilns.
The aiders! ined are j r. pared ..ulnmish
Frins Building Line
By the Car Load.
Orders ITcspcctfully Solicited.
It. J. 1MTZER t CO.
1'rstr.a, Jane la.
MUccl la n caus.
rpiIE BEST PUMP
If J THE WORLD!
TUE AME1II0AN SUBMERGED
Dontde-Aeting, Non-Frecilng
The Slniidcst, Stojt PowerfnL Effective, Dura
ble, Kehai.lc and Cheapest 1'Huip in use.
It Is made all of Iron, and of a lew simple parti.
It will not Freeze, aa at water remains In the
pij-e when not in action.
It has nc leather or irurn paciitiy, as the rocker
and tuIvcs are all of iron.
I It seldom, If ever, gU ont of order.
It will force water from 40 to 60 feel in the air.cr
attaching a few feet of hose.
It Is (rood for watting Buggies, Windows, water
ing Gardens, &.C
It fnrnihes the purest and coldest water, because
1 is placed in the Uitlum of the well.
Tekms: X inch Pump, 15; pipe. We. V f001-
IS; " 5c.
Larger sites In pr .portion.
WEYAND fc.'PLATT
Sole At-ents lor Somerset County.
Somerset, Pa-, May 1st, HZi
jyi Ye SaT poi x t
PLANING MILL
Qr0Wall & Soil.
We are now prepared to do all kinds of Placing
and Alasuiaetciiug ol building nisterial.
IT.O0KINO,
MOVLDINJ.
WEATHER IIOAKDINfi
r - SASH AND DOORS
TI7AVJ0 )i'A A7) DOOh' b A'.-l MES,
In shot anvthlnir cr.er.iry nfed In h- use build
ing. All ord"eipr..i.,ptlj-Idled.
OI.MM'JXS k CO.,
MAMKACTVUKKS ANfl MUU1U IS
FINE CIOAKS and the lst brands cf
XaT anil Bright Tobaccos,
40S Marlct Strc t, A'ootc Fcnrth,
PHILADELPHIA.
feplO
FENCE PICKETS.
V.'e fiirnlsTi tha ri-l:ct made Irom 3-S inch
K -und Iron, like design shown in -ut, at
33c!s PER LINEAL FOOT.
Tl.evmnlie a H ANDSOMER, MORE DURA
ULEandCUEAPEK FENCE than the Wooden
I'iekets
&Eri) FOR CIKCULAR TO
Lewis, Oliyer & Phillips,
Msnuracturcr of MF.KCHA ANT DAK IRON
GATE and ItAKN ldK.R HINGES , BOLTS
SI TS. WASHERS, and their New Lineol PAT
ENTED WAUUN HARDWARE.
For sato by all Iron arte! Hardware
Dealers.
91V02 "iValcr Street nndlll
and HO I-'Irft Ave. Pitta-burg.
nut
E. B OWES.
I C. Siott.
OWENS & SCOTT,
Butter Commission House.
153 W. Pratt St.,
BALTIMORE.
repil
GET THE BEST! !
i:oWE'S ST.1SD.1BH
SCALES,
Ai-.T-T?Uf every slie and dccripti
C'pi':-r74 The laritcst assortment of Sci
ion
Scilea
- for
Grocers Drnelt nl Butcberw.
Sprlnc Balances. Wareh.m Trneki. Patent
ALira Caeh lirawers aud Grocers" Fixtures.
Coal, Hay and t attle Scales
W. A. JI'tM'Ktl, G.n rnl Aftnt.
3 Wood St., PlTTSIiVEGU.
Aif-J, Apiit .Vr
Man Ill's World Ken ft wind
Fli.E AND El' nil LA IS I i'.tKF SAFi"5
u.RV'.S
' NEW 3TORE!
rs-'- .-a.-Jk - '
T-. i.N .! 1 lui'-rrf, l(i'lr
u inn.ii... Oii tli'-y have
"j-i-tri Tv al
fillwood Station,
St-n-tr- k "Ti'iral P lnt i;ailr"v!. anl nw nffer
lrr:iv a iK-iji-ral S l y.t-n-iiutj.wt fxo-
IRY GOODS.
CL0THINC,
(QUEENS WARE,
HARDWARE,
HATS A CAPS,
ROOTS A SHOES.
Ac, Ac, Ac,
All f which will he a-ll shcap f.,r CASH or ex
chsnireil b-r pro-iuee.
V AMI LntnlK-r of all kinds, Hoop-pd.
0s- l'i-s. Ifttrt, States, Ac., AlSOy Wool, ifat
ter. Eitlfs,
Rica. Grain of all kinds. Furs. Sheep-Pelts, and
lv-wi.x. f-.r wbi.-h we will pay the highest price,
in Cish or Gtwds.
SALT AHD FISH.
IwsrsonEan-t. Give ca call anJ he mnvlneed
that we inieuJ to do business and cinnot be hd1ct-
" ' SCHELL & WILSON.
J Q. HAKTET k CC,
HCTTEt COMXISSIiy XRCHATS
e: EXCHANGE PLACE, BALTIMORE.
Liberal cash advance on cocs'gnmeni and
tetcms promptly nude.
BUTTEB COMMISSION HOUSE,
D T. Buzby & Co.,
No. 6 Exchange Place
BALTDIOEE.
Signal attention given
ElITEK. .
the (ale of GLADE'S
! J
- r " I f i ' -r -a
Somerset
SOMERSET,
THE DOORSTEP.
bv EUMrxDfi.aiueJii btoddabd.
The conference meeting throuifh at last.
We boys around the vestry waited
To aac the the girls oome tripling past .
Like snowbird willing to be mated.
Not braver he thai leaps the wall
By level muskct-flashee lltten.
Than E who stepped before thorn all.
Who longed to aae me gat the mitten.
Dot no; she Meshed and took my arm !
We left ihe old folks Uke the highway,
And started toward the Maple Farm
Along a kind of lover's by-way.
I can't remember what we ald,
T was nothing worth a eong or story ;
Vet that rude path by which we sped
Seemed all transformed and in a glory.
The snow was. crisp beneath oar feet,
The moon was full, the fieldi were gleaming;
By hood and tippet sheltered sweet,
Her face with youth and health was beaming.
The little hand outside her muff
O, sculptor, If you could but mould It !
So lightly touched my jacket cuff.
To keep It warm I htvd to hold It.
To have her with ma there alone,
T.was love and fear and triumph blended.
At last we reached the foot-worn none
W here that delicious journey endod.
The old folks, too, were almost borne;
Her dimpled hand the latches fingered,
We heard the voices nearer come.
Yet on the t!oor-:ep still we lingered.
She shook her ringlet from her hood.
And with a "Thank you, Ned," dissembled,
Hut yet I know she understood
With what a daring wish I trembled.
A cloud passed kindly overhead,
The moon was slyly peeping through It,
Yet hid Its face, as If it said,
'Come now or never! Uo it! dolt."
My lips till then had only known
The k iss of mother and of sister,
But somehow, full upon her own
Sweet, rosy, darling mouth I kissed ber ?
Perhaps 't was boyish love, yet still,
7 O listless woman, weary lover!
To foel once more that fresh wild thnll
I'd give But who can live life over.
THE BO VNDIVOOIS GHOST.
At last I bad an habitation of my
own, an imposing red brick struc
ture, roomy enough to furnish homes
for a full score of demure little mor
tals like myself.
"You will lose yourself in this
great barn of a bouse, Madelon,"
said Aunt Jerusha, who had accom
panied me to Roundwood to be the
ruling divinity of the menage.
"It would not be much of a loss to
the world in general, if I 6bould."
"Humph, 1 have no predilections
for mistletoe boughs aud old oak
chests I want uo such skeletons
rising up to murder my rest."
"Trouble comes fast enough with
out borrowing it."
"At any rate I've Fpokeu my mind
and not without reason. It is doubt-
ful if you have beard all that I have
concerning your new possessions r
Aunt Jurusha looked so solemn
that I quickly asked:
"What have you Leard?"'
"Roundwood has a ghost. You
np.o(ln't Iau!?h it mav prove to be
rolaucrbinz matter. I got the story
from the servants. Not a soul of
them but is convinced that the house
is haunted."
' Tell me what they say."
"It is really quite dreadful, Made
lon. They declare that Madame
Delgrave can't rest quietly in her
grave, but conies back to her old
room night after uigbt, and walks the
floor until morning."
"lias anybody seen her?"
"No, but all of them have
her pacing up and down the
ment."
beard
apart
"Humph, the ghot must be laid.
I don't like the idea of being disturb
ed at all hours of the night by any
such uncanny people."
"Nor I." drilv "but who will do
it?"
"1 will," was my answer, aa
caught up a sun bonnet from the wall
and darted out into the garden to
escape Aunt Jcrusha's solemn visage,
while I ruminated upon the ways and
means.
However, the prim, old-fashioned
garden, with its quaint ansrular walks,
and funny little beds, from which
the flowers lifted bright and smiling
faces, as if in welcome, Boon drove
all thoughts of the ghost from inj
mind.
1 wandered up and down the box
uoruerea pains, peeping into grape
arbors, and summer-houses, inhailing
the balsamic odors in the air. and
hugging to myself the delicious sense
of possession until I grew quite jubi
lant. Of all pleasures that of pro
prietorship was the keenest just then.
And why, indeed, should not a
nice brick house, with available
LT.umd.s be a source f enjoyment?
I hsd reached the lower portion
af tin trri-unds, and was looking
armiiid upon my doinitin with quite
the air of a princes, when my gaze
suddenly encountered a free and
eay figure leaning over the wicket
in the hedge-row. Starting at th
vi.-ion I rubbed my eyes, looked a
second time, and exclaimed involun
tary, "Lawrence Belgrave!"
The fisrure lifted its hat and smiled
a cheerful good morning
"I am no spirit, Misa Lane. Do,
pray, try to look a trifle less 6lartled
aud dismayed."
My emotion was quite pardonable
for this reason ; to this man I Btood
in the light of a usurper 1 cad
cheated him out of bia inheritance.
He bad been nearer related to Ma
dame Belgrave in fact a sort of
protege of bers, whom she broogbt
up with the understanding that be
was to inherit ber coupon bonds and
bank stock some day. Cut twelve
months prior to this time there bad
besn a violent quarrel between the
old lady and Lawrence, Le bad left
Roundwood ic high dudgeon, and, to
retaliate, Madame Belgrave Lad
made a will, leaving all ber property
to me.
The quarrel was never made np,
and Madame bad died very suddenly
in a fit, which found ber incapable of
expressing any last wishes she might
Lave bad. eo the will in n.v favor
was the one produced at the funeral,
and I found myself suddenly trans
formed from a country scboolm'am
with one decent she and two meri
nos, to a very rich woman, with the
means to supply ber wardrobe indefi
nitely. So you will comprehend that if I
fell sorr.ewhat dismayed on seeing
that vision ".t tLe gate, I bad abund
ant cause for it. However I muster
ed np courage, and went and shook
Lands with him in a cordial manner.
ESTABLISHED, 1837.
PA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2(i. 1S74.
"Yon did give me quite a start,
Mr. Belgrave, and I might aa well
plead guilty."
"I am sorrv." . men De stoou loos
ing at me curiously for a moment,
"I suppose I ought to congratulate
you, Miss Lane, on your recent good
fortune. Shall I ?" .
"If you cau do bo sincerely not
otherwise."
He laughed. "Then I will keep
niy bieath for other purposes."
'Shall you ever forgive me for
haviug supplanted you?"
I don t know, my great expecta
tions have turned out nearly as delu
sive as those of poor Pip. I ought
to bate you, Miss Lane, but 1 don t
quito." I
"Thanks for the margin that saves
me from utter condemnation."
I can't help thinking," ho went
on, reflectively, "that Madame Bel
grave meant to restore me to favor
finally, and that only opportunity
was lacking. Proud aud obstinate
as she was, I am sure that she loved
me."
"And so. on the Btrength of that
opinion which mayor may not be
correct you expect me to abdicate
in vour favor?" '
I did not say so." Again his eyes
swept my face curiously. "Ib it in
your heart to be so generous?"
I shook my tieaa.
"Remember I've tasted the cup of
poverty and it is bitter to my pal
ate. It seems delightful to be rid of
the toil and anxiety attendant on
earning one's own living, don't think
I could take up the old burden again."
'I know you would like lotos cat
ing."
"Who doesn t, lor that matter;
Besides it has all the zest of a new
sensation just now. I may tire of it
but that seems impossible."
"Not to me."
"Apropos of this inheritance of
mine, I'll tell you what I am willing
to do, Mr. Belgrave. I'll share it
with you."
He opened bis eyes as if suspicious
bis ears had played him false.
"Are you serious ?"
"I never was more so."
"Ah! Conscience ha3 begun to
prick you already."
"Not a bit of it"
There was a slight pause, and then
he said, with an amused smile: "And
so you arc anxious Roundwood should
have a master as well as a mistress ?"
"You know I do not mean that," I
returned, blushing and speaking quite
angrily. "This inheritance more
than meets my Iuxanous notions
you have a sort of claim on it I am
quite willing to makeover the half to
you. Indeed an idea of that sort has
been in my bead all along."
"This in Quixotic."
"No, it is making two people com
fortable and -hnjvpy instead of only
one."
"But I refuse to be made comforta
ble and hanpy at your expense. If
Madame Belgrave had wished me to
have shared her property, she would
have left some document expressing
her desire."
"Perhaps there is a will that has
not come to light," said I, laughing-
lie gave a quick start and ch mged
color.
"I can't help thinking so, but it is
a delusive hope I fear."
"You arc entirtly too anxious to
consign me to obscurity and school
keeping again."
"No, you should never go back to
that drudgery, if"
lie stopped suddenly, hesitated a
moment, then held out his hand.
"Really, I feel like an intruder
here, Miss Lane. I'd better say
good morning, and leave you, before
I am betrayed into any further folly."
He turned abruptly away, ' Did
you know there was a ghost at Round
wood ?" I called after him.
"No." looking back,
"They say Madame Belgrave a
sure indication that she is displeased
with something probably the nnjust
disposition she made of ber property."
An expression I utterly failed to
comprehend floated over his face.
"You have no occasion to be troub
led on that score, be answered and
went his way.
I watched bim until the windings
of the road bid his tall, stalwart fig
ure entirely from view, ana then re
turned to the bouse in a reflective
mood.
"Aunt Jerusha," I said abrubtly,
'I am going to sleep in the haunted
room to-night.
She stared at me utterly aghast.
''Yon foolish child, tou would cot
dare"
"Have the room thoroughly aired
and made comfortable," I interrupted,
in the brusque, decided tone of one
who doesn't wish to enter into any ar
gument I shall occupy the apart
ment to-night, so the least said about
the matter the better."
Occupy it I did at least for a sea
son taking up the line of marcn
about eleven o'clock.
Aunt Jerusba followed roe to the
door and tbeae said good-bye, with
a face as solemn and a tone as lugu
brious as though I were about to be
hung.
"Scream if you are frightened,
Madelon, and we will all hasten to
yonr assistance, I hope you won't
be a raving maniac in the morning.
I have beard of such things."
"I'l rather be a raving maniac
than a fool," was my impatient re
joinder.
Madame Belgraves a room as we
called it was a large chamber on
the second floor. The furniture was
quaint and old fashioned, of some
dark foreign wood, with immense
carved feet that looked very odd and
ridiculous to my new fashioned eyes.
The walls were of oak, thickly pan
eled, and over the carved chimney
piece was a raised figure tipical of
Heaven only konws what with a
diminutive shield extended in one
band.
I bad barely glanced round at my
quarters when something flitted past
my bead with a whizzing Bound, and
lighted in the middle of the shield.
A quick, half frightened glance at the
object in question brought a smile to
my lips. It was a bat
Now I had always a great anipa
tby to these vampire like creatures ;
bo catching op the poker from the
fender I aimed a deadly blow at tbe
intruder.
Tbe bat escaped unhurt through
the open window, being too quick for
me: but the poker descended with
considerable force on tho spot where
be should have been. The same
instant I beard a sharp clicking noise,
and tbe shield slid away, revealing
to my astonished gaze a small
chamber constructed in the masfive
chimney.
In this novel hiding place lay a
pile of papers. Trembling a good
deal, I caught up the topmost one
and hastily examined it by the aid of
the flickering candle. Instantly I
knew that my startled conjecture
was a shrewd one, and thai I now
held in my hand Madame Belgrave's
true and last will and testament, and
Lawrence Belgrave, not I, was the
rightful owner of Roundwood.
It was scarcely a pleasant uiscov-
eryto make. Thoroughly bewilder
ed, I dropped in one ot trie quaint,
easy chairs, trying hard to command
my wandering senses suuicientiy to
realize it in all its bearings. My
candle sputtered and went out pres
ently, but still I sat there quito obliv.
ious to the fact, thinking only or my
loneliness and the treadmill of pover
ty to which I must return. At last
I was aroused by a rustling souna,
anJ . muffin,! OlAH All Ka hftlPOnV
witiionr With a sudden thrill of !
horror I beheld a dark figure rise up
before the window and slide noise
lessly over the sill. The next in-
Btant a lark lantern flashed its light
over tuj room. I Btarted to my feet
with a shriek of uncontrolable terror ;
in an attempt to rush to the door my
limbs failed utterly, and I crouched
pale and panting against the wall.
"Miss Lane, you here l" sam ..a
voice; and tne man put uowa me
lantern and came towards me. "I
beg a thousand pardons for giving
you sucn a start."
It was Lawrence. 1 rose up again,
thoroughly ashamed of myself for
having manifested such extreme ter
ror.
"My emotion wa3 excusable," said
I with all the old Bauciness, for I
had grown bold as a lion again, now
there was no real horror to confront.
'I did not expect to see you at
Roundwood, to-night, hence my sur
prise." "The fact is," be replied, mauilest
ing considerable confusion, "I have
come here for every night for two
weeks back, hunting for Madame
Belgrave's will. Lawyer Greene has
told me she made one about mx
months since. lie think.3 she destroy
ed it afterwards, as it has not come
to light. I bold to a different opin
ion. Tbe will was in my favor, as
you may readily guess, and I believe
it is bidden in aome place wnieu
Madame was prevented from dis
closing by the awful suddenness of
ber death."
"Then you were the ghost," I
gasped.
"I suppose I must have been."
"Well, it's laid forever, You Lave
no further need to haunt this apart
ment Here is tbe missing document
for which you have been searching;
to-morrow I will abdicate as grace
fully as possible, and Richard shall
have his own again."
And while be stood staring at me
as if quite dumbfounded. I pushed
the will into his Land and made a
second effort to gain the door.
This time it wa3 Lawrence who
detained me forcibly.
"Don't go, Madelon," he wLisper
ed, bia arm gathering me close to
his side. "Now I can speak my
mind I'll not be master here unless
you consent to be mistress, for I love
you too dearly. What say you?"
I wjJJ not repeat my answer heie.
But if Aunt Jerusba bad hurried to
my assistance as she declared she
would do a few miuutes after I first
shrieked for assistance, she would
have beheld a tableau that might
have given quite a shock to her strict
ideas of propriety.
flaw TuU Dlwe.
When our toad gets int) Lis
mouth an insect too large for bis
tongue to thrust down his throat
(and I know of there attempting a
wounded humming-bird) he resorts
to the nearest stone and presses the
protruding part of bis mouthful
against it and thus crowds it down
Lis throat This can be observed at
any time by tying a locust's bind
legs together and throwing it before
a small toad. On one occasion I
gave a yellow-striped locust to a lit
tle toad in its second summer, when
he was in the middle of a very wide
gravel walk. In a moment he bad
the locust's bead down bis throat, its
hinder parts intrnding, and started
for a stone or clod; but finding none
at band in either direction, he lowred
bis bead and crept along, i n-hiog the
locust against the ground. But the
angle with the ground was too small
and my walk two well rolled. To
increase the angle he straightened
his bind legs up, but in vain. At
length be threw ip bia bind quarters
and actually stood on bis Lead, or
rather on the locust sticking out of
bis mouth, and after repeating this
once or twice, succeeded in getting
himself outside of Lis dinner. But
these instances of ingenioas adapta
tion to tbe circumstances were ex
ceeded by a four-year-old toad at
Antioch College. 1 was tossing bim
live earth-warms while digging, and
presently threw bim bo large a speci
men that be was obliged to attack
one end only. The end wa3 instant
ly transferred to bis stomach, tbe
other end writhing free in tbe air
and coiled about tbe toads bead. He
waited until the worm's writhings
gave him a chance, swallowing half
an inch, then, taking a nap with bia
jaws, waited for a chance to draw in
another half. But there was bo
many half inches to dispose of that
at length bis jaws grew tired, lost
their firmness cf grip, and the worm
crawled out five-eighths of an inch
between each hall-inch swallowing.
The toad, perceiving this, brought bis
right hand to aid bis jaws, grasping
his abdomen with his foct nd by a
little effort getting bold of the worm
in bis stomach from tbe outside be
thus, by Lis foot, beld fast to what be
bad gained by each swallow, and
presently succeeded in getting the
worm entirely down- Thomas Hill, al
Uie American SeieiMJic Aamatcrno.
Love at first eight the mother for
ber babe.
JJL
11
Sqnire, Jlarry Va quirk."
A Cannelton (Ind.) justice of the
peace has lately performed a matri
monial feat which entiiles him t the
kind regard and bu.incss considera
tion of every pair of closely-pursued
and botly-presd lovers in tbe wotld.
Cannc'on is one of Kentucky's con ve-
nicnt (Jretna Greens much the iK't
ter and safer lor being in another
Slate, with the sweet flowing Ohio
between.
A pretty little Kentucky girl was
loved by two brothers. She was not
able to decide between them, and left
the question with themselves to set
tle. They met ono day on the way
to the house of the lady, and com
menced the argument of which was
the best man in the old Kentucky
style of "off with the coat and at it"
While they were thus discussing
their relative merits, and both get
ting very tired of the debate, another
young fellow who had no fraternal
rival, slipped iuto tbe house, toll of
the disgraceful scene in progress be
tween the brothers, and asked tbe
young lady to split tho difference
ane get rid of the ruffians by taking
bim. Tbe picture he painted her
wa3 bo bright that she took him at
ora anu ootn nasieneu to get
out of the" State. Tney hied them to
the river, and on the way engaged a
holy man of Hawesville to come over
as quick a3 bo coul 1 and bring hi.3
wedding ceremonial outfit for their
everlasting benefit. He agreed to
skiff over the river in a short time,
aad told them to go and be as happy
as they could until he came. They
crossed over to Cannelton and has
tened to procure the necessary wed
ding documents by tie laws of Indi
ana made and provided for such ven
turers. They got it and were walk
ing hand in hand just outside the
gates of Eden, waiting for them to
swing open with silver music and
admit them to still forbidden joys.
There was just enough fear of pur
suit to make it lively for their young
hearta, and cause them to tremble on
the brink of blessedness. They came
to Castleberry bridge over a rippling
stream, which was too wide to jump
and too deep to wade. The bridge
wa3 undergoing repairs, and a large
portion of the floor was torn up.
Tbey stopped and looked into the
gulf below through the bare beams.
They gazed over to tho Kentucky
shore, and saw a boat full of mea
rowing across with steady stroke.
Pursued ! That was the first thought.
They would pcri.-h together rather
than be torn assunder. Hand in hand
they advanced one ste; nearer the
gulf, before taking the fatal plunge
through the gaping bridge beam..
A moment more and they would
have been 6aFe from
locked in each other's
pursuit, and
nrrrva nt tb
pebbly bottom of the stream. "Hold!
rash, impetuous children." They
looked up and saw the smiling face
of Squire Patterson, like a rising sun
on the other side of the bridge. They
knew him in their calmer, happier
days. The young lady was on the
most intimate footing A'ith the Squire
and she very naturally took the posi
tion of spokesman. She halloed
across, "Squire, marry us quick! " at,
the same time pointing to the boat!
advancing with now audibly splash
ing oars. The Squire took ia the sit
uation iu a twinkling, and shouted:
"All right send 03 your papers."
The voung man picked up a handy
store" and tying the license to it with
his handkerchief, flung it across, while
the young woman was crying at the
top of her voice, "Here they come!
They are ready to land ! Io it quick
Squire !" The squire did it quick,
and shouted the marriage ceremony
across the water, and bridged the
yawning chasm with safety for those
two willing bcart3 and young lives
so very near the brink. He ended,
"I pronounce you man and wife.
Go and tell 'em, what God hath join
ed together, let no man burst asun
der. Youn? man. tie a dollar to
another dornick and heave it over."
That little matter was all settled
nicely, and the young couple breath
ed again. They were married and
proclaimed man and wife ' so quick
that it made their head3 swim. They
could now dare life, and brave all the
world, especially their eager pursuers,
who had landed from the boat. They
turned towards the ekiff-passcngors
with proud defiance, and suddenly
came to their sober senses. Tbe
boat brouzbt over the holy man of
Hawesville, whom they bad engaged
to marry them, and his parly and the
young couple felt a fcligl.t color of
shame in their faces.
A a rr !!.- rssforlosialei Venal Man.
BY MARK TWAIN.
The Lu-ts m the following case
came to me bv letter from a young
lady who lives in the beautiful city of;
San Jose. She is jierfectly unknown j
to me, and simply sign3 herself. "Au-j
rella Marie," which may possibly be
a fictitious name. But no matter, tbe
poor girl ia almost heart-broken by
the misfortune she has undergone,
and so confused by the conflicting
counsels of misguided friends and
iosidiou3 enemies, that she does not
know what course to pursue in order
to extricate herself from the web of
difficulties ia which she seems almost
hopelessly involved. In thia dilem
ma she turns to nie for help, and sup
plicatea for my guidance and instruc
tion with a moving eloquence that
would touch the heart of a statue.
Hear her sad story:
ShA snva that when she was six-l
teen veara old she met and loved,
with 'all the devotion of a passionate
nature, a young man from New Jer
sey, uamcd Williamson Breckinridge
Caruthera, who was some six years
her senior. They were engaged,
with tbe full consent of their friends
and relatives, and for a time it seem
ed as ii their career was destined to
be characterized by a immunity from
sorrow bevond the usual lot of hu-
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inanity, uui st ias i-n uuc -
,b vr,n- rannhers be-
i -.:.v. .t... -u r.f
came lniecieu wuu iuu ounieuo
.... , i . .
the most virulent type, ana ween oe
ecoveredfrom Lia illness his face
... . i t.. tn i r ...i i;.
was plttca l.se a waiaemoiu, uu
comeliness gone forever. Aurella
thought to break off the engagement
first, but pity for her unfortunate
lover caused her to postpone the mar
riage day for a season and give him
another trial.
1 A
NO. 10
The very day liefore the weddin
was to have takeu place. Breekin-
t.uc-, una .uxHiscu i ieDing me
Might of a balloon, walked into a well
and fractured one of his .eg-, and it
bad to be taken off above i he knee,
Again Aurella was moved to break
the engagemeut, but again Live tr'. -
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uiuj.ueu, aa sue set toe uay lorwani i
ana gave fnni another chance
ate i:im another cuance to re
form.
And again misfortune overtook the
poor youth. He lost one arm by tbe
premature discbarge of a Fourth of
July cannon, and within three
mrnths he got the other pulled out
by a carding machine. Aurella's
heart was almost crushed by these
latter calamities. She could not but
be grieved to see her love passing
from her by pcacerneal, feeling, as
she did, that be could not last forever
under this disastrous process of re
duction, yet knowing of no way to
stop its dreadful career, and in her
tearful despair she almost regretted
like brokers who hold on and loose,
that she bad not taken him at first
before be had suffered such an alarm
ing depreciation. Still ber brave
soul bore ber up, and -she resolved
to bear with her friends unnatural
disposition yet a little longer.
Again the wedding day approached
and again , disappointment over
shadowed it; Car ui hers fell ill with
tho erysipelas and lost the use of one
of bia eyes entirely. Tbe friends and
relatives of iLe bride, considering
that she had already put up with
more tdaa could reasonably bo ex
pected of her, came forward and in
sisted that the match shoeld be brok
en off, but, after wavering a while
Aurella, with a generous spirit that
did her credit, said she baa reflected
calmly upon the matter, and could
not discover that Breckinridge was
to blame.
So she extended the time ouco more
and he broke his other leg.
It was a sad day for the poor girl
when she saw the surgeon reverently
bearing away the sack whose uses
she had learned by previous experi
ence, and her heart told ber the bitter
truth that some more of her lover
waa gone. She felt that the field of
her affections were growing more and
more circumscribed every day, but
once more she frowned down her rel
atives and renewed her betrothal.
Shortly before the time set for the
nuptials another disaster occurred.
There was but one man scalped by
tbe Owens river Indians last year.
That man was William Breckinridge
Caruthers, of New Jersey. He was
hurrying home with happiness in his
heart, when he lost his hair forever,
and in that hour of bitterness ho al
most rnrsed the mistaken mercy that
had spare(i h;3 tead
1
Al la.-i Aureiia is in serious per
plexity as to what she ought to do.
She loves her Breckinridge, she
writes, with true womanly feeling
she still loves what is left of him
but her parents are bitterly opposed
to the match, because he has no prop
erty and ia disabled from working,
and 6he has not sufficient means to
support both comfortably. "Now,
what should she do ? " she a.-ks with
painful and anxious solicitude.
It is a delicate question; it is one
which involves the life -long happiness
of a woman and that of nearly two
thirds of a man, and I feel that it
would be assuming too great a re
sponsibility to do more than make a
mere suggestion in the case. How
would it do to build bim? If Au
rella can afford the experiment, let
her furnish her mutilated lover with
wooden arms and legs, and a glass
eye and a wig, and give bim another
show, tay ninety days, without grace
and if he does not break bis neck in
the mean time, marry bim and take
tho chances. It does not seem to me
there ia much risk any way, Aurella,
because if be sticka to bia singular
propensity for damaging himself ev
erytime he sees a good opportunity,
his next experiment is bound to fiuish
him, and then you are safe, married
or single. If married, the wooden
legs and such other valuables as be
mav posse33 revert to the widow, and
you see, you Jsustain no actual loss !
save tbe cherished fragments of aj
noble but most unfortunate husband,
who honestly strove to do right, but
whose extraordinary instincts were
against him. Try it, Marie. I have
thought tbe matter over carefully and
well, and it ia the only chance I see
for you. It would have been a happy
conceit on the part of Caruthers it he
bad started with bia neck and broken
that first; but since he baa seen fit to
choose a different policy, and string
j himself out as long as possible, 1 do
1 not think we ought to upraid bim for
I it if Le has euiuved it We must do
the beet we can under the circurastan- j
ces, and try not tetl exasperated t
him.
A tielwglel Tree-.
We read that the city of, New
York now contains an American
Genealogical Tree, which in certain
particulars resembles "Burkee's Peer
age," or "Landed Gentry," the only
difference being that ten ccnta a
name is demanded as the price f
aristocratic registry. Taken at ran
dom one of tbe item3 may reed some
what inthia6tvle: Maloney Rrid-
get The honorable Lad Washer-j
woman. Tbe Maloneys 'are a very
ancient race; to ancient that during!
a great rain storm known as the flood ,
Timothy Maloney sailed in a tub of '
M.,,. Thi nresent family are
i . . I. . t t f .l.naffJ tit I.al.TllA-
a r.rn n n fit i Lie -i oivut i
force who, being much addicted to
i . m ih niitee
hospitality, fell a victim to Lis Dig ;
,nij.u..;, i:K.i
: SrjirltS.
liereecona venture, ....--
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Maloney. Esq., of the
Five PoiDU,
haviair lost
his estate in ireianu, is -
. , 1 !
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nnnr ths nronnetor 01
famous castle
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kr jJSk
Mi onfT has issue t atriva.
Lady j
Maloney has isaue-ratnci. in ip;
wharf basinesai-Deian, uootoiae.
When in town
?. t .-hin'i, residence is No. 9,300 :
IT.. E., aK. r-vasionally
visits be country seat on Blackwell a
Island. '
muck in the county of Tipper.-ry, the , with the first letter of tne a.phabet
original cadet of'whicb house fell i ura. When the kerchief a.ighted
-allantly trying to touch the earth at the letter K. in the bachelor s lap,
with a rope twined around Lia ta!-j be shouted "Krockery, which exc:
wartneciT Her Ladyship has been! ted a smile, and the game hastily
twice married, ber first husband be-! proceeded, when it was found th
in- Patrick OTlannigaiu Esq , of; word waa rea ly in rood faith and
The 1 eat r Living
j vl'iable statistics in regard to tU
jcomparntivo eost of livin? iu Amer-
!'" r-irooe are, ?iveQ a the
i "Maswiiobusetu I.aw lx,.rl!lr,J
. "One dollar iviM l,y fvi-nty pot.nit ,
;of flour i:i r,ov,:.,u, , ,.r tWo j)ua(,
j more in aome Europe. eat.-jrt.-i l.ut
the same are considerably e.S;J j3 a
majority of the places compared. la
Boston one dollar will tuv .",.."),;
pounds of fresh beef, roaol piece. In
no place in England will it buy so
much by a pound or more, and in
Europe still less, Copenhagen beintr
the only place given where it will
buy more. Butter in Europe aver
ages a pound more to the dollar than
here, cbeeso less by more than that
except in a few spots. As for pota
toes, they are cheaper here than in
England, and dearer than iu Ireland
j or ,jvrmany. Seven or eight iwunds
! of pork fur a doll.tr are sold here, and
j not much over half as roach can be
u.biained f, r that sua. in Europe cr
England, and n. where s much
j in rice, milk ami ei: thev have th.?
aiivanace oi u. Tea enisles l
,is less here
than in England, uut n,rb ,1,, ,,,,
the other continent. WUh coffee it i
about the same, though the difference
is little. In sugar the British arc a
little better off, the continentals are a
great deal worse. Coal ia cheaper
hear than in Germany and dearer
than in England. Merrimac or com
mon print are cheaper here th;in in
England and Europe. Boota are
about tho same here aa there, gener
ally speaking. There are but two or
three places in England or the con
tinent where brown sheetings are
cheaper than here, while in brown
shirtings the foreigners are better off.
Rent for four-roomed tenements is
from two to four tiuaea cheaper in
Great Britain and ou the continent
than in Boston, in Austria fifteen
times cheaper. Board also ia from
once and a half to twice aa cheap ia
Europe and Great Britain as in Bos
ton." A Habilitate lor Bri.lxe.
The Connecticut Senate on Friday
resolved to adhere to its last week s
vote, denying the petition of tlie par
allel Railroad, between New York
and New Haven, for a bridge over
the Ilousatonic river, and the project
therefore stands in tho same position
that it occupied before tho legislature
met. The general railroad law as
passed two yeara ago, ia still in force,
and the company may go on and
build, if they can raise the funds to
do so. But the Ilousatonic must be
crossed. It ia unlawful to put up a
bridge, and yet, to run a successful
road, thia company must crosa it. To
the question, how are they going to
do it? a new answer ia given. They
will crosa without a bridge, by means
of an invention which has been put
into practical operation in France
during the past year. Abutments
are built on each bank of the stream
to be crossed, and an excavation is
mado at the basis to a point below
the bottom of the river-bed. In this
excavirtion ia placed a contrivance
a sort of caisson, on wheels, resting
on tracks laid ou a level with tl e river-bed,
aud a Matioaary engine is
attached to it. This caisson may !
adjusted to any bight of the tide. A
train approaches, is switched on to
the caissou, the engine rills it across
to the opposite aid.-, and the cuision
subsides, leaving the :iver and its
chanocl in no way obstructed, and
open at ail times to navigation.
Plans rr a etructure or tins kin. I
have reached New York from France
and will be submitted to tbe di tec tors
of the propo.-ed read. S rin'jfirhl
RfptihUcan.
( Time for Hwrsrlitjr.
' Catch me using a profane word
.in the pres.-ence of Indies,'' said a
talkative strippling with a i-Lade of
down upon Lis upper lip. "There's
a time for a!' ? Mags."
No, sir, there isn't a time for all
things. No law human or divine,
ever set a part a time for swearing.
A profane word is a sin and an a.!.
mination, titter it when and when
you will. Aa for ladies, it is well
to be and act our best in their pres
ence. We cannot be too true, too
pure, too honorable, if c want to
stand upright before a good woman,
or a good girl yes, while I'm about
it, I'll add, or before a V- '' might of
a girl-baby, with her n - .i ;: sh from
heaven.
I only know of one other
bjfore
whom we ought to be just as
partie-
ticular ii not more so. ten
lle is
cot around, rr.y boys, t'ou can
safelv
do just as you please. But
when
vour iu his presence and to my
thinking, we're all there, or therea
bouts pretty much all the time
have a care! Ion't offend the deep
est love, the whitest purity, the
grandest honor of all.
A Mew 1 1
How much more we might make of
our family life, of our friend-hips, if
every secret thought of love blossom
ed into a deed! We are nut now
siekiug merely of personal caresses.
These, may or may not be, tLe L--t
language of affection. Rut there are
words and looks an little observan
ces, thoughtfolness, w at hful little at
tentions, which make it manifest, and
there is scarcely a fumiiy that luijrht
not be richer in heart wealth f,r
more of them.
t U & mi-t.iLt- to sut.t.cse that re-
; at;,jn3 niust of course love each oth
er because they are relations. Love
nitir-t le cultivated, and can be in
creased by judicious culture, aa wild
fruits may double their bearing un
der the bead of a gardner; and love can
dwindle and die out by neglect, as
choice flower-needs planted in poor
soil dwindle and grow single A'lun
tie. A mom; the guests at one of our
well-known summer resorts is a
wealihv banker, whose bank account
ii much better than his orthography.
A party of guests wtre piaying a
game where a ball made .'r-.m a
handkerchief is thrown from one to
iLe other with the saiutalion or lure
cornea a ship laden with'' each sjc-
ressive receiver being
w.rar.... . ti . r 1 1 Tl II m ! i t T fo f C S 7 2" O Uiil
uumv vy.-.. - n
nrir m.4 a ivac .
of a young lady, louver, caused the
flying messenger w .:. ...
a...i .;m t tho letter S. wher-
-- ---
eat the receiver snouted .iuu
. . 1 . I 1 -. arm i' r r, W or
go tnurapuanuT m .
other there was eo roncu
that it waa thought best to vj anoia-
er game.
A Kentucky farmer say. tua.
.t .1 1
0A bull dog roaming the
nitrhta will do more to keep
a man
honest than
1 world.
all the talking ia tno