Terras of Publication. The Somerset Herald np.Mi.bed.ry Wednesday Mowing at SO par annum, If paid In advance; otherwise will invariably be charged. Ko subscription wlU be disaontlnued until all ar rearages are pal op. Postmasters neglecting to otify ui when iubscribers do not Uke out their papers wiU be beld liable for Uia subscription. Subscribers removing from one Postoffloe to an. ter should give na the name of the former M weH,j the present office. Address Somerset Printing Company, JOHN L SCCLL, Business Manager. Business Cards, -r H. POSTLETHWAITE, ATTORNEY . at I .aw. Somerset, Pa' Protessioinil busi ness respecllully solicited and punctually attend-, d 'M 17 J. EOOSER, . ATTORNEY AT LAW, twmerseuPenna rALENTINE HAT, ATOEXUW T ana aeaier id real eM", , . - with attend to all business entrusted to J"10 iminutnMit m.nA tlilolltr. .MM ,.n KfKlXTZ, ATTORNEY AT rrl t'a.. will give prompt elten Jon' U businesTentrusted . to Li. ear. In Somerset and tne adjoining eount.es. tiouse Bow. umce In Printing , . ai7 KriTICE. Alexander H. Coffroth has I i resumed Hie practice o. law In Somerset and " , ,U1 1 . I .n. lit, I 111 lilt dunning counties, uaiw 111 iuauuuuu 'lob. ii, 'To. TOHN H. t'HL, ATTORNEY ATLAW, SOM J erset. Pa., will promptly attend to all business entrusted to Min. muiiry "imot uu muwuuii lie. Othce In Mammoth Building, jan. 1, '70. r J. A H. L. BAKE, ATTORNEYS AT . LAW, Somerset, Pa- ill practice In oni- .1.1 .mi jl',;lnlliir FountlCS. All uinuw. runted to them will be promptly attended to. aug. Li ly T 'IMVEL fc COLBORX, ATTORNEYS AT Somerset. Pa. Uthoe in Baers JY LAW, block. ang. li ly, fftHX tt. KIM MEL. ATTORNEY AT LAW, J Somerset, Pa., will attend to all business en . rue ted u bis care in Somerset and adjoining cuon l.ui witn Drum iui osa and fidelity. Oince in Mam moth lilock. feb. lS70-ly T T EN K Y F. SCHELL. ATTORN EY AT LAW, J A. anrt Bountv a r. Pension Agent, omerse Pa. Office In Mammoth Block. Jan. 11 tL S lCKLfl&lTHEK. Pin. H. OAITHEB. AITHER A OAITHER. Attorneys at Law, VT S'mtrwt, Penna. All professional businets promptly attended to. OtBce In Buer'i Block, up stoics. dc4-72. A. B. cos-troth. H. BfPrEL. J-riVX'UI 1TT4 a- WT'PPVT ATTORNEYS AT 1 , Ail tmiOneas entrusted to their care will be sixwdilv and punctually attended to. OKrica Sco.ud floor of southern end of Mam. moth bl'ick. Entrance from Diamond. jau 15. TAMES L. rUGII, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Somerset, Pa. Office. Mammoth Block. up stairs, rntraure Main Cross St. Collections made, es tates settled, titles examined, and all legal busi ness attended to with promptness and fidelity. Jul via T O. OGLE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Somerset, Pa. Professional business entrusted to my care attended to with promptness and ndelby uiarU 73. DU.A. G. MILLER, after twelve yerV active practice In Shanksvllle, has Duw i ru-Mietitly located at Somerset lor the prac tice of me liclne. and tenders his professional ser vices to th cltliens of Somerset and vh-.nity. Oibce in his lirug Store, opi"islte the l-tamet House, where he can be consulted at all limes unless professionally eniraged. -Ms,bt calls promptly answered, doc. 1, Il ly. JR0FESSI0XAL. nr. Oeot- B. Fundcnlerg, of Cumter!and. Ma., lnlonns his frienJs that he has this day asso ciated with tlmself in the practice ol medicine and surgery, hu son. Dr. Waller P. Fundendent, late the resident surgeon vt the New York Eye and Ear Inhru.ary. Siwcial attention will be paid to the diseases of the Ee and Ear. mr DR. E. M. KIMMEL will continue to practice Medicine, and tenders his prolessionai eervi- to the ciUiens of Simersi-t ac.l surrmindlng y.uutry. tittice at the old place, a lew doors eaal oi the Olade House. nov. , TL D R. H. BRUBAKER temlers his professional services to the cltliens ol Somerset iiwi ra othce in residence, one door west of the Bar- Houw. jan.il, iV. DR. J. K. MILLER has permanentlv located in Berlin for the practice of his pn fession. omce opposiu Charles Knasinger's store, apr. 'ii, '70-tt g S. GOOD, PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, SOMERSET, IA. i-Orricm in Mammoth Block. se4'72 RTIFICIAL TEETH!! J. C. YITTZY. DE TIS T DALE C1TT, jotnertet Co., Pa., Artificial Teeth, war -anted to be or the very best u&lHv, Life-like and landome, inserted in the Otstjle. Partlculai attention paid to the pres van of the natural teeth. Those wishing t nsult me by,ietter, cu do so by enclosing stamp. Address as above. jcU-7'4 DR. WM. COLLINS, DENTIST, Somerset, Pa. tithoe in t:aseter s Block, np stairs, w here he can at tu times be found prepared to do all kinds of work, such as nllinK. reKulatiuv. ex- ractlug, fee. artinelal teeth ol all kinds, and of be best material, inserted. All operations war anted, june T, 0. Mansion House, LATE "BENFOKD HOUSE," ( orarr f rraakllsi ! BretsMl Slreela, JOHNSTOWN, PENNA. Jos. Sliocmakcr, Prop'r. II avinv lately taken ehanreof, refitel an 1 fur nished tlus laryc an-l e.Hiuuiiitius Holfl. 1 n-,w invite my Somerset County trienas to rail on nr. hn.l hiie by .roiiipt atteuti,m to their wants and ii"lerate cliarifes. to merit itieir patr.nu:ge. 'la ble supplia with the tn-st the market slWtls. The bar stocked with the choicest wines. li,Uors. &.c. JOSKPHMiOEMAKEK. y, B Best stabling in town. aprji rpiIE SOMERSET HOUSE. Having leased this magnificent and well known H.,iel proper! v Irom Mrs. E. A. Flk k, the uuder S'ltned take pleasure in Intonuitig his friends snd ti pul.lic Keuerallv tliat he will Sre neither i.i,,.. . .. ... b ,),!. all 11, it ' " ""I Tijir'ina iv - ..... --' - . . e"Ulil l desired. Ao-ommodating clerks and 1 ol. lining Wiiu-rs will attend to the wants of ens- j lom.-r. ana the table will at all times oe lanen tkiili the best the market aflords. Mr. K 11. Tay wan may m u Uu:e5 t touud In theoflice. umrJi D, LAYAX. JJ1AM0XD HOTEL. STOYSTOWX 1A. SAMUEL CUSTElt, Proprietor. This popular and well known h'm is at all times a deeirtble stopping place f. tbt traveling public Table arnl Rooms Crst-clas. (J,,i gta Vling. Ka'Jll leave dally for Juhneunrn &nj Somerset. marli. VJARNET HOl'SE. The undernamed respect fully informs the pub. te that be has leased this well known hotel in the Borough ol Somerset. It Is bis intention to keep t In a style which be hopes will (five satisfaction tu all who B.aT lavur biu with then eustotn. Apt II U JOHN HILL. JOHN WILSON & SON, AV1IOLI1SILK GROCERS, 237 Liberty Street, PITTSBURGH. une 28, Tl rpHE NEW ENTERPRISE HORSE INSURANCE CO. New Enterprise, Bedford Co., P. ON THE MUTUAL PLAN. .Vo Iom, Xo Pay. As agency has bee. aftablLsbed In ere-rr elec tion district in ibe coasty. jd the ageot will call on all tanners sind sjlia the vorau of the in tuotloD. and solicit luroraoce. Live, active and resnoosibie mea of aieaiunl oaanty are at the bead of the compeer u wnma Impiicit euonxience can Upiaoed. (uly Hie VOL. XXIII. Baals. JOHNSTOWN 120 CLINTON STREET. r r r . , i nf.t-.ir'hx- i. ' -;1 R- CHARTED XHNT 1870. TRUSTEES ; JA3IES COOPEH, DAVID LIBERT, C. B. ELLIS, A. J. HA WES, F. AV. IIAY, JOUX LOWMAN", T. II. LAl'SLY, d. Mclaughlin, d. j. morrell, JAMES MtMILLEN JAMES MOHLEY, LEWIS FLITT, II. A. DOGGS, COXKAD SUITES, GEO. T. SWAXK, W. Y WALTERS. DANIEL J. MORRELL, President, FRANK D1BERT, Treasurer, CYRUS ELDER. Solicitor. Dep-,sitsof ONE DOLLAR and upwarrfsre celred, and Interest allowed on all sums, payable twice a year. Interest if not drawn out. Is added to the principal, thus COMPOUNDING TWICE A YEAR, wlthont troubling the depositor tocall or even to present his deposit book. Money can be withdrawn at any time after giving the back cer tain notice by letter. Married Women stud persons under age can deposit money in thtdr own names, so that it can be drawn only by themselves or on their or der. Moneys can be deposited for children, or iy societies, or as trust funds, Sul'jcct to certain con ditions. Loans Secured by Ileal Estate. Copies of the By-Laws, rcjrts. rules of deposit. and stwcial act of Legislature, relative to deposits of married women and minors, can lie obtained at the Bank. K:inkins hours dailv fr m9 to (o'clock: and on Wednesday auJ Saturday evenings irom i to 7 o clock. apri JOHK DIBEET. JOBS D E0BKRT8. TOHX DIBERT &, CO., NO. 240 MAIN STREET, J01IXSTO W X , P E N X A . We sell Drafts negotiable In all parts of the T'nl ted States and t'na.lns. and In Foreign countries. Kuy Gobi, Viui"ns and tJovernmenl Bt.n is at highest market prHes. Iun money on approved seeurttv. Dntlts and Checks on other Imnks cash ed. Money received ondejiositpayui.ieon ueinana Interest at the rate of it per cent, per Annum paid on Time Dqwsits. Everything in the Banking Line receives our prompt attention. .vt Thanklul to our friends and coVmers fr tneir past patronaire, we e-ilieit a continuance of the same, and invite others who have t.usioess In our line to give us a trial, assuring all. that we shall at all times do all we cau to eive entire satisfaction. Feb 21 Te JOHN DIKLRT A CO. Cambria County BANK, M. W. KEDI & CO., SO. 206 SI A IS STREET, JOHNSTOWN.PA., in Henry SchnaMc's Brick Building. A General Banking Klines Transacted. Drafts and Gold and Silver bought and sold. Collections made in all parts of the I niled suites and Canada, interest allowed at the rate of six per cent, per annum, if left six months or longer. Special arrangements made with Guardians and others who hold moneys in trust. april 18-73. CARPETING. Henry IVIcCallum, 51 rifth Avcmic, PITTSBURGH, PA. Imports direct from Manufacturers, Superior English Oil Cloths, BRUSSELS CARPETS, ie., RAG. HEMP and INGRAIN CARPETS In every variety. 51 FIFTH AVENUE, Above 'Wood Ftreet. mar5. ' LATE ROOFS. 9 i hose who at,, now buiioing houses should know that it is chca r In the !. run to pet on Mate Roots than tin r sli-nirles, Sinte will las: forever, and no repairs are rcuuired. Slate gives the pur est water tor cisterns. Mate is ore pp-f. Every (ri.i h-ise should have a slate rof. The un !t-r-siirne.1 is bK-ate.l in t utu'x i land, where he hasa g-d supply of Peachbottcm L Euckingham SLA T E forroofTine the veiy 1-est article. He will under take to put Slate Roofs on Houses, public and pri vate, spin-. c, i:her in town or country at the lowest priws. and to warrant them. Call and see him or ail'lres him at Nu. 'Ji B.Mfonl St.. Cum tterland, Md. Orters may lie left with John A. Waiter. Agent. Somerset, Pv ocU WM.H. SHITLEY. C. G BASSETT, f'raetical Dr&obtsman and Builder. Work d'me In tbe best manner known to the rade and In modern ryle. tStair Building made a Specialty.. Patronage Solieited. Somerset, Pa., Slay I. WM. BOOSE & Co., FODlfflEfiS & MACHINISTS, SALISBURY, : ; PEX.VA., Macufactureri of all kinds cf CASTINGS & 3UCHINEBY Orders by mall prom)t!y attended to. Address WM. BOOSE A CO., . Sajkbury, Elkllck P. O. Somerset eo Pa. Oct. la. Ursina Lime Kilns. The endersigned are prepared to I Ornish Prims Building Lias By the Car Load. Orders Eespectfully Solicited. R. J. RATZER d CO. Ursine, June IS. SAVINGS BANK k 1 Miscellaneous. rpilE BEST PUMP IN THE WORLD! THE AMERICAN SUBMERGED Double-Acting, Nou-Freexlng FORCE IU3II! The Simplest, Most Powrfnl, Effective, Dura ble, Kelinble and Cheapest Pump in use. It Is made all of Iron, and of a lew simple parts. It will not Frets, as no water remains in the pi when not in action. It has nc leather or gum packing, as the sucker and valves are all of iron. It seldom, if ever, gets out of orler. It will force water from 40 to to feet In the air, by attaching a few leet of hose. It Is gnod for washing Buggies, Windows, water ing Oardcns, Ac It furnishes the purest and coldest water, because I Is placed in the bottom of the well. TeemH Inch Pump, 15; pll, 60c, fl foot. 1 18; " 05c. Larger sizes in proportion. IWEYAND'&T-LATT Sole Acrcnts for Somerset County. Somerset, Pa., May 1st, ISTi. "YJJXERAL POINT PLANING MILL A. Growall & Son. We arc now prepared n do all kinds of Planing and Manuiac-turuig ol uuuuing material. FLOORING, MOULDING. WEATHER BOARDING SASH AND DOORS VSIXD0 WAND DOOR I HA 31 ES, In short anything irenerally used In housebuild ing. All orders promptly tilled. martB gIMMONS A CO., MAXrraCTl-KEuS AKD PKA1.EKS IS FINE CIGARS and the best brands or Xavy and Brislit Tobaccos, 40S Market Street, Above Fourth, PHILADELPHIA. seplO FENCE PICKETS. We furnlfTi th rtcsets male Irom 3- Inch Round Iron, like design shown in iut, at 30cts PER LINEAL FOOT. They make a H NHSOMER, MORE DURA BLEan.lCUEAPLll FENCE than the Wooden Pickets SEND JTOIi CIRCULAR TO Lewis, Oliver k Phillips, Manufacturers of MERCHAANT BAR IRON GATE and BARN D HiK HINGES , BOLT" NITS. WASHERS, and their New Line ol PAT ENTED WAGON" HARDWARE. For sale by all Iron end Hardware Dealers. Old 93 Water Street and 111 and 110 First Ave. Pittsburg. may-Aj X. B OWEItS, 1 C. SCOTT. OWENS & SCOTT, Butter Commission House, 153 W. Pratt St., BALTIMORE. aop;i . GET THE BEST! ! HOWL'S STANDARD SCALES, .. . ' 'I every size auu ui-x-ojjuuu 2rV4Tl,. lrtTr-f ng&.rtnierit itf Scales t ...;;.?; arf7 lor Crocers Iroggll stnd ISntcbera. :nrini Balances. Warehouse Troeks. Patent Alarm Cash Drawers and Grocers' Fixtures. Coal, Hay and Cattle Scales XT. A. JITI-CKU, Gen ral Agtnt, e3 AVo-jd St., PITTS BURG II. Also, Agent for Marrlu's Viorli Ktxowsed FIRE AND BURGLAR PROOF S.VFIS ir.avi3 NEW STORE! SiTHKLI WILSMV w -Till Infirm their frirO'M an the uMh- n?mily, that Uiy have oiwnevl a store tt !MillwToocl Station, Somerset & Mineral Point K.tilrnad. and now offer f"r s;ile a a General Slock ot Merchandise, con si?:lng.f P-I1Y GOODS, CLOTHING, ' QUEENS WARE, HARDWARE, HATS A CAPS, ROOTS t SHOES. Ac, Ac, &c, All of which will be sold sheap for CASH or ex chunircl for produce, AS1 i:i Lumber of all kinds. Hoop-poles, Ojff-Ties, Bark, Staves, At, Aiao, Wool, But ter, Eggs, jVr-A-jPXiE STTC3--A.I?., Bacon, Grain of all kinds. Furs. Sheep-Pelts, and Beeswax, lor which we will pay ihe highen prices in Cash or Goods. SALT AND FISH. alwavs en hand. Give os a call and be convinced that we intend to do business and cannot be under- "d SCIIELL & iVILSOX. J O. HARYEY A CO, BUTTE B COM.XISSfOS MERCI1ASTS 67 EXCHANGE PLACE, BALTIMORE. Lilwral cash advances on consignments and returns promptly made, EITTTES COMMISSION HOUSE, P. T. Buzby & Co., No. 6 Exchange Place IBaVLTIIORE. t ;Hat attention riven B'TTt-K. the sale of GLADE'S f I I I I I I I I L4 t I W I I I I I I a n i i i i : i (Am i iN OtT tt III I - i I - SOMERSET, OLD GBAKDPA'S SOLILOQCT. It wasn't so when I was young We nsxl plain langusge then; We didn't speak of "them galoots, " -Meanin' boys or men. When speaking of the nice hand write Of Joe, or Tom, or Bill, We did It plain we didn't say "He slings a nasty qullL" An' when we see a gal we liked, Who never failed to please. We called her pretty, neat and good. But now "about the cheese." Well, when we met a good eld friend. We htd -'t lately seen, We gieutid him, but didn't say, " Hello, you old saidlue ! " The boys some times got mad aa' fit ; We SHke of kicks and blows ; But now they "whack him on the snoot," Or " baste him on the nose." Once, when a youth was turned away By her he held most dear, He walked upon his feet but now He "walks off on his ear." We used to dance when I was young, And used to call It so; But now they don't they only "sling The light fantastic toe." Of death we spoke in language plain, That no one did perplex; But in these days one doesn't die He " passes in his checks." We praised the man of common sense; "His judgment's good," wo said ; But now they say, " AVell, that old plum Has got a level hea l." It's rather sad the children now Are learnln' all sich talk ; They've learnt to ' chin " Instead of chat ; An' " waltx Instead of walk. . To little Harry yesterday My grandchild, aged two I said, " Youlove grandpa?" Said he, " You bet your boots I do." The children bowed to strangers once ; It is no longer so The little girls, aa well as boys. Now greet you with " Hello ! " Oh, give me back the good old days. When both the old and young Conversed in plain old-fashioned words, And slang was never "slung." The Doing, of Good 0.neea. In a largo hall a number of armed soldiers, captains and officers, were met together but, oh! what poor sad faces! what thin cheeks and sunken eyes; what shaking hands had they, while outside were crowds of haggard people, all trying to get in, all carrer to hear what was eoinor on U WW within. "Rut it can never be true! it can never be true ! " sobbed one poor workwoman, as she held her baby closer and closer to ber poor -beating Iieart. "What cannot be true?" asked man fiercely. "It is true enough, dame, I ca i "tell thee, that Edward ot England U cruel, and harsh, and vin dictive." "As cruel as tbey say ?" questioned the woman, gTurnbling, snd now as number of others were all crowding round the soldier to bear what he wo ild sav. , " As cruel? Av, and worse, too. For eleven months now, we have de fended our beautiful Calais against him, and just because he knows we are starving and at our last gasp, he will show no mercy." "Rut what has he said? Will he accent no le ms ?" "No, none!'' and the man almost screamed with rage. "They sent and asked him to give safety to the women and children and pardon to the men, who, after all, have only done what he himself would have done defended their own city and he would bear nothing, not a word. Ue will grant nothing, promise noth ing, and only commands that the city be given op to hU tender mercies, and that six of our principal citizens shall go ont to him and place the keys of the gates in his hands, and that they shall be barefoot, and with ropes round their neck3. ready for him to ban r them. Is not this a shame and cruelty ? Is he not unworthy to call himself a great king, who is so want in? in mercy and goodness? Curse him!" he cried, bitterly. The whole crowd of people caught up his words, and groaned, and call ed for vengeance to Tall on r-award III of England. In the midsi, of this tumult, the door of the hall was opened, and a man-at-arms proclaimed in a Iond voice that the senators and citizens within begged the good people Calais to be silent while they delib erated on the awful command which the English king had sent by his her alds. A deep silence fell, and only whispers and suppressed voices chok ed with sobs and tears were to be heard in the old hall. Rut within they had already de cided that they must give op at last to LJwaru. liis army, fresb and strong, was still in battle array around thtir city, and able and willing to re main there for months longer, while they themselves had exhausted all their provisions, water was failing, their soldiers were ill, their women and little children dying their only chance was to surrender. They bad made up their minds thus far, and now came the fearful question: "Which of the citizens will give up their lives?" It seemed as if this were the hard est part of all. How could the city give up its best and noblest men, who had borne and suffered so much, and bo well and patiently, to certain dis graceful death ? They remained si lent First looking around in each other's eager, anxious white faces, and then dropping their eyes, as they asked, f ilently, each in his own heart, "Will you ? or you ? or you ? or fchall I ?" The question came again, " Which of the citizens will offer themselves to sudden death?" and the same solemn silence continued. No one answered or stirred, till a 6ne, handsome man, with furrowed cheek, sitting at the further end of the hall, looked np, and forward, and then, with bis eyes glowing as if with slow f re, be sprang to his feet "Here am I, ready to be the first!" he cried, lifting his pale, noble fce, and stretching his hands upward. "No, no !" cried several, in a hush ed, fearful manner; "any one any one but Eustace de St Pierre !" Tears gathered in many a strong man's eyes, and all were still. At last one said, falteringly: "EusUce! we cannot spare our best, oor very best" ,"No, not our noblest, oar bravest!" echoed many voices. "Leave him to us. He is too rained, too good." I BO ESTABLISHED, 1827. PA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2. 1S7 1. Eustace's hands hang listlessly, and bis head fell for a moment "I I?" he said, wonderingly. "ily friends, can it be that you think thus of me ?" then strength came back to him. "If I am )ravc," he cried, "is not that tho very reason that I 6bou!d be ready to die to save others? If I tm noble, shall I not be willing? My beloed fellow-citi zens, death can only come to us once: and if it is given to one or two to die for the eood of others, do we need to srrudge such honor ? No, no; am joyful, and glad to go. Here I am. and who will follow ?" and he stood forth in the midst of the hall In a very few minutes, animated bv his noble .example, five others joined bim. ' Ob, what a sacniicel Must it ber Mast vhese brave, good men devote themselves to death, only to satisfy the cruelty and revenge of their an pry conqueror? . The six men spoke together in a low, earnest voice, and then Eustace de St Pierre turned to the assem bly. : "Sirs, it is our earnest request," he said, "that no farewells be taken of us. We beg that our wives and children may be kept ignorant of this till all is over. . We are strong to die; but but " and he faltered, "let everything be made aa smootn and easy a3 possible for our leaving the citr auietlr and tt onco. Let us spare our families." They then took off their outer gar ments, their shoes and socks they must rro barefooted; a rope wa3 tied round each noble neck, and they stood ready. The door of the hall was thrown open, and tne six men went aon be tween their friends and fellow-citi zens. A great sad cry rang throu the air as they stepped outside, but there was something in the perfect, solemn quietness of these good men, and the hands they stretched toward the rrrltitede, as if be eaching for bearance, that brought a hushed si lence over that great, grieving c;owd Eustace de St Pierre walked first, with the keys of the town in his hand, bis handsome face calm and grave, as at an times; tne otter live followed, pale, yet nrm ana upright. Thus they marched through the midst of the people, till they came to the great gates of the city, which the worn soldiers threw back slowly, and in fear, terror and distress, for they knew they opened them tothe proud and angry tngusa king. The men walked firmly and un dauntedly over the space between their city and the English army to the spot where the impatitnt Edward sat, surrounded by his victorious gen erals and captains. "Ha, ha !" cried the victorious En glish king. "So, sirs, they come at last!" and be looked fiercely toward the six brave men who, without trem bling or faltering, advanced to him, and all bent low as Eustace placed the keys in the king's bands, with the words: "We deliver the keys of onr belov ed city irtothe hand of the king of England, and we beseech mercy for our fellow-citizens." "Mercy !" cried Edward, stamping bis foot "mercy I Uegone with you for your insolence I ait men are even now ready to seize you and hang you up on the highest tree3 around as a warning to those who dare with stand England's power!" and be was turning angrily away, when another and softer voice close beside hira cri ed, suddenly: : "Oh, mercy, mercy, great S3vereigD! Show mercy to those brave men !" A beautiful lady had come forth from the tent behind Edward, and stood listening to all that passed; and now ber gentle and good heart touch ed, she the only one that ever dared stand between Edward and his fierce anger she begged in pity for them. Edward started back impatiently at the sound of ber gentle voice. "This is no place for a Queen, mad am," he said, as he bowed and mo tioned that she should withdraw. "Ah, my king, I cannot !" she cried, with clasped bands. "What have these brave men done that I see them here as criminals; their feet bare, and ropes around their necks? 'What have tbey done but love! their little city, as you love your own great country, and defended it aa bravely as you would do ? Why take their lives for such conduct, as yon, sire, cannot but admire in your heart, and hope to see imitated by all your own people?" "Queen Pbilippa!" said tbekiog, angrily, "such entreaties on the be half of an enemy becomes yon not; I cannot grant jour, prayer, and will not I . must request you to retire, madam. Remember who you arc." Rut this brave, and good queen was not to be daunted. She knew her power. . 'Oh, my husband ! ' she cried, as she fell down before bim and clasped his steel-clad arms, "see, see, I kneel to you, I, your queen, before all the army, before the enemy, before these brave men ; and I beseech vou, I pray you, do not sully yonr life by an act of sucb cruelty and revenge. It will but satisfy a momentary feeling of anger, and then it will be a life's misery and regret that you so un justly took away the lives of six of the bravest and best hearts that ever beat in any land!" - Rut the king remained stern and silent ' . "Oh, remember the power that is yours, my lord 1 Yoa nay send joy and peace in the hearts of these poor men's wives and mothers and chil dren; yea may rail gratitude on yon from all this great city; love from your soldiers, who see you gracious and merciful in the hour of triumph; and you will keep your own soul pare and unsullied from a fearful act of in justice and revenge. Edward, my king, be merciful I" and she clasped 1 her hands and lifted her teartstained face imploringly to his, to meet, hot harshness and severity, but the bright smile that made that stern, hard face beautiful and gentle as he lifted her from the ground. ' lay beloved queen,7 he said, "your truth and goodness have pre vailed, and I thank yoa for clearing my soul from a shameful act, which I should have regretted when too late. Take these six brave gentlemen," be continued, turning to his captains, "remove the ropes from their necks, ID and convey them with all honor back ta their city, and let them know that to-morrow I will treat honorably with them concerning the terms of the surrender of their city." Cheer after cheer rang through the English army, and rang and echoed in the still air, till the sad, wearied, wondering garrison of CiIa's mount ed the walls to see the rea:.oa of this uproar. There was it possible? yes, there stood the great Edward with his gen tle queen leaning on his arm, the army shouting with joy, and their own six countrymen, with bright joyous face3, boing conducted safely back to their own gates, well and honorably attired, and the cruel rope3 cut from their necks surely it must be a happy dream. Old men, weak women, little children, all crowded round to receive back the brave., no ble men who had so cheerfully given their lives for honor's sake, and. Eus tace needed no longer to beg that their wives -and families should not be told of what had happened; but each man pressed eagerly forward to reach the happy, thankful home loves that wearied to receive him, and to bless the name of good Queen I'hil-ipPa- The Jargon of Free Trade. How utterly senseless is this jar gon of free trade when addressed to the pimple living in the Mississippi Vallej , far away from the sea coast ? nere we are in Indiana, eight hun dred miles from the nearest seaport However great and cheap the facili ties for transportation may become for our products to the seaboard, the distance can never be diminished, and transportation must always be a great obstacle and expenso to our ap proach to foreign markets and add largely to the cost of all we import Here in this great valley wo have a soil of unsurpassed fertility, timber, coals, ores, mineral resources of ev ery character, and all the means for sustaining a va?t population, and al most every variety of industry and production. And with these immense advantages in our possession, how unwise it is to cultivate a policy which is to make us dependent upon foreign, distant and costly markets for our productions, and to import from other State3 and countries those articles which we can better produce ourselves? Now. when the time has come for the development of the resources and industrie3 of the Wet, aid for the es tablishment of our prosperity upon a sure foundation, and to obtain that commercial superiority which our natural advantages give ub, if we will but improve them, we are met by the inaane cry of free trade, and advised to throw down everv protection to home industry to pat the labor of our country upon a level in price and dig nity with the pauper labor or Europe, and-to continue our dependence upon the East, and the payment of tribute to foreign countrie3. The States of the Northwest have ceased to be regarded as mere outly ing vegetable gardens and truck patches to furnish the marketing of the older and richer communities of tho East, and have become opulent, powertul and intelligent communi ties, capable of forrring their own policies, and becoming, . by the devel opment of their resources, tho most independent and prosperous among the States. Extract from Senator Morton's Indianapolis speech. Agricultural.. Want of Water ieen R arm. -We have never had the slightest doubt that more men and animals suffered in summer time from want of water than from too much. ,. Hundreds of horses die every year in towr.3 and cities from, the heat of the Eun, the papers say; but as we believe, from want of water. We have repeatedly given expres sions to this opinion in these columns, but always with a sense of responsi bility ; knowing ho.w cautiou3 a news paper ought to be on questions like these, dealing with the health, or even the lives of men and valuable animals. . ' It was not, indeed, till a quarter of a century of close thought and observ ation, making the writer feel sure he was right, that he ventured to ques- tion publicly the prevalent impression that it was an injury to take cold water j 0UQ(1 that , ' by tbe store( ejaculat when warm. He h?.3 been on fatigu- L.j . ing expeditions, wbere great heat and physical suffering prevailed ; but, in spite of tbe continual caution of the timid, those who feared uot to drink freely of water were always the healthiest and the strongest, and, in deed, tho life ot the whole partv. Look at the immense quantity of cold water used now-a-days by a gang of laborers on any public work, in com parison with what wonld have been thought reasonable fiftv years ago ; and yet, in spite of the fearful quanti ty of bad whiskey which the same class of men too often consume, they are as healthy as any class going. Indeed, sunstroke among this class is very often another naino for being struck with "Jerscv lightning." There is no doubt, however, but that a great change- has come over the public mind since the Grst article in the Weekly Press on this subject ; but still both men and animals en dure a vast amount of suffering, be cau?e the water they so much long for is withheld. WeeUy Pres. j The Rurlingtcn, Iowa, Uawl-eye, says a man has invented a patent rat trap that : docs not require any tait, and will fetch a rat every time it reaches for bim It operates on the ' " principal of a stomach pump the in ventor is. a .retired physician, "the sands of whose life have nearly," etc. and the trapia placed at the month of the rat whole. When it is wound up and the suction begins, the rat comes. He may hold on to the ground with 'his teeth,., and bump his back, and paw dirt, and weep, and yell for tbe police all he want3, he comes out of that bole backwards, is dragged into" a compartment, where a steel glove drags his hide off and lays it aside for a kid glove manufacturer, while tbe carcass is pushed into a lit tle furnace and cremated. A Western journal offers this in ducement : "All subscribers paying in advance will be entitled to a first class obituary notice in caw of death." Experlence or a City Sportnaaasi. Ye find the following rather racy account of how a. lot of city sportsmen enjoyed themselves on a recent visit to the country, and by the way, it ia singular the degree of ignorance psople brought up on brick exhibit of rural affairs. Witness the experi ence of George Taylor of the New York Pre33 Association and Ed. Ca- hill of the same city, Ed. Quick and Rub Wells who went out by Rail in to tbe country a hundred miles or so to nsn. The account says : On Monday they started for Ding man township to cast the fly. On the way Tavlor tried his $25 revolv er on every chipmunk he saw. Pret ty soon Cahill shouted: "RIazes! see that ground hog: Let him have it, Taylor !" "He'3 a beauty!" say 3 Wells, and Quick cried, "Sweet Christmas, but ain't he fat:' The animal wa3 jogging along leis urely accros3 the Geld. Taylor acted upon Cahill's suggestion and got out of the wagon to shoot it. In his hur ry he forgot to put down bis fish rod and carried it in his hand. In his other hand was his revolver, ready cocked. He gave chase to the ground hog. His companions sat watching him from the wagon, waiting to see bim kill tbe animal. It was a pretty one, all over white and black spots. Taylor was bound to have it3 hide. When he got within shooting dis tance, he stepped in a big hole, and down ho went. His fish pole ran about a foot ia the ground and broke off. Ilia pistol went off, and blew the whole roof out of a bran new straw hat ho had purchased for the occasion. He wa3 soon on his feet again, but the ground hog had got clear to the other side of the field and sat by the side of a hole, evidently waiting for theanxioussportsraan. Taylor caught ud to within a few feet of hi3 game and raised to fire. The ground hog suddenly turned his white tail toward Taylor and disappeared in its hole. Taylor that instant knew ho hadn't brought enough of Florida water with with him from the city. He knew he hadn't struck a mint patch, not yet a bed of rose3. He felt that it wasn't good to be there, and he want ed to go home. In short, it came ac ross him by degrees that tho boys had played a skunk off on him for a ground hog. He returned to the wa gon, and remarked that the ground hog was too quick for him, got in. Ed Cahill put bis handkerchief to hi3 nose. Ed. Quick said he guessed he would get out and walk a way. Rub Wells thought be would too. Cahill 3aid he promised to bring his wife some elecampane root, and aa that was a good place to find it. he'd get out and look for some. Taylor wouldn't ride alone, and made up bi3 rr i.id to walk with the rest Cahill couldn't find my any elecampane root, and got back in the wagon. Quick and Wells got tired, and jump ed in again. Taylor then thought he would ride a while. The boys began to think the joke was as much on them as it was on Taylor. When they got to the creek Taylor objected to going in the woods for fear bo might get lost Cahill told him to keep half a mile to the wind ward of them, and they'd be sure to know where to find him. Taylor fished spring brook. The trout wouldn't bite. Thev came to the surface and looked at his fly ; but as sxm a3 they got their noses out of the water they dove down and rubbed them ia the eravel. Taylor got dis- srused, and went to find hi3 comrades. He came un to them near Mother Jagger3 where they stepped for din ner, Cahill took Taylor aside and said: "Say, Taylor, we want you to get something to eat here. You mustn't go in with us, or youH kill the whole thing. We'll eat first ; then you come in. See ?" Taylor was hungry, and had to submit Mother Jasper ffot tne boys up a nice dinner. They ate it at their leisure. Taylor sat on a log about a hundred yards from the house and whisteled "bury me under the vio lets." The boys finished their meal and went out. They told Taylor to go and get his dinner, ne entered Mother Jaggcr's kitchen and sat down to the table. The old lady be- m. 1 . L .11 ran to snin. ana KicKinjr me oiu ed: "Git out, Ring ! I'll kill that infer nal critter yit He's allers huntin' skunks!" "Ring "got out." Mrs. Jagger poured Taylor's coffee. Then she sniffed again, and looked under the table and on the floor. Taylor fell to eating. Mother Jagger took down her horn spectacles and put them on. She sniffed and looked earnestly at Taylor. Then she squeezed her nose together with her finger and said: "Dod rot me, Mister, ef it ain't yon! Jist help yourself; help your self to enny thing you want!" And Mrs. Jagger sought the outside of the house. The party fished all day. They got back to'Milford about tea time. The piazza at Dimmick'8 was full of ladie?. Tbey all rushed out to see the trout One by one they went back, remarking how peculiarly balm laden the zephyrs were that morning. Taylor's wife said, -'Oh, aren't they beauties! but what makes them smell so, George ?" George said, "The Creek in which they were caught is strongly impreg nated with ahem! with hemlock, which gives tbem a peculiar pun- - n - . 1... ;. ta ilnairnvari hv f ft,.;nr Vn(V9 wvaiujj. q Strangers who visit Milford here after may see a mound ia the Dim mick Hotel garden. Reneath it ia a suit of clothes. It belonged to George Taylor. He bunted a ground hog in it and destroyed its usefulness. And so he laid it away. "Pompey, de corn's up." "De corn up! Why,! only planted it yester day." "I know dat but de pigs go in last night and guv it a lift A Kalamazoo Judge went to a neighboring town to see a man, and telegraphed back to hia wife: "Have found Garland ; won't be home in a week." When the dispatch reached her it read, "Have found girl, and won't be home in a week." Here let U3 draw a veiL OJJL NO. 11 Fealalae dambllns;. It has been generally supposed that the spirit ot gambling did rot rest in tho feminine soul, to any alarming extent; but this like many other suppositions, is a mistake. Let a woman once get the passion for gambling fixed in her, and she is the worst and most persistent gamb'er on the face of tbe globe. It takes full possession of her it becomes a part of her very nature it is a madness, which only succumbs to the severest possible treatment The fashionable wouea of the great cities fall into it easily. The life that they lead is of a nature that makes it almost a necessity to them. The "season" of fashionable gaiety, which commences in October and November, is nothing but a whirl of excitement from four P. M. till long after midnight There is the opera, the great theaters, the parties, recep tions and balls, and a thousand other forms of the most excitiug dissipa tion. The lady who has spun all night in the voluptuous dance in the arms of flushed men who has drank wine and eaten exciting delica cies and who goes to her bed at three in the morning, wearied but not satisfied, awakens from her sleep in about the same condition that a farst young man does after a debauch. There is a space of time to put in after her rising, and to a woman who lives on the fiercest ex citements, an hour that has nothing exciting in it is an hour in purgatory. As a male debauchee is compelled to take hia cocktail at intervals during the day to steady himself till the time comes for his regular drink, so does the female debauchee require some stimulant during the terrible hours between nine A M. and four P. M. to keep ber alive. This ex citement they have found in gamb ling. Some of them play draw-poker, the regular game, but not many. That game, aa I have been told, re quires firmness, decision, knowledge of human nature, judgment, dash, daring, and pluck qualities which the little dears are not, as a rule, blessed with. What they prefer is a game of pure chance, in which no skill is required. To this end a doz en of them will gather at a house, and make a pool of say $5 each, making a "pot" of $60. The twelve numbers are put into a box, and one drawn at random. Tbe first number drawn is entitled to one-half the pot, the second to one-fourth, and the third to the remaining fourth. This goes on for hours and hours till, in fact, it is time to dress for dinner. This game, simple as it is, is excit ing enough to satisfy their natures, particularly as tbey cap. win or lose a very large sum of money in a day At one hotel in the upper part of the citv.at which a great many rich men board, the ladies made a game in which each put in $100 each time. One lady won that day nearly $4,000, which was a lucky thing for her, as she was in debt, and wanted it Rut how was it with the losers, who, probably, were also in debt and wan ted it likewise; EsbIst ratios. Many good people nave felt some alarm at tbe vast number of foreign- born citizens who, this season, bave gone back to their former homes, supposing that the panic and the con sequent scarcity of labor bad dnven them back to Europe. All these fears are groundless. The fact ia the dullness of trade has told terribly up on the steamship lines, and ail of them have been running at a loss. To get aa much business as possible, they ail put down the rates ot pass age to a very small sum to induce travel. Thousands upon Thousands of well-to-do Irishmen, Germana and Frenchmen have taken advantage of the reduction to re-visit their old homes, and that is all there ia of it Tbey will all return in tbe fall and bring others with them, who will be attracted by what ttey eay of tbe "land-af the free," but more, by the evident prosperity of those who re- turn. Emigration 13 not as brisk as in former years, for tbe simple reason that there ia but little work now. But emiirranta are coming every day, nevertheless. The farm-laborers of England who are out of work in con sequence of tbe great strike, are com insr. Indeed, one hundred and fifty of them landed here last week, and I took the trouble to see them. Tbey are generally good people, though lamentably ignorant Tbey lived the life of animals, " almost on the great estates that held them, with no earthly opportunities for development m any direction. Une 01 them toia mc that his entire family, consisting of himself and ife and eight children, lived in a "cottage" of two rooms, in which there were no floors, the en tire family sleeping together in one room! In this man's family waa one rather pretty girl, of eighteen, who every year had to go away to work living with ber teilow-iaoorersin pre cisely the same way! The condition of things on those estates may be im agined. The wages paid to laborera in this ceuntry seemed to tbem enor mous, and they were anxious to get West and get at it "Why," said one of them to me, "they sav we'll get never less than four shilfin' a day! At that, I can earn a house for myself." j Snms rlaT that man will not only own a house, but it will stand in the sonlrs nf lfiR arfM OI zkaUSS lUU. DeaUB or a ler Oi Mmm. An old man (William Craig), says the Madisonyille (Ky.J nmet, aieu suddenly last Monday. He had gone to a neighbor's house and eaten bis breakfast, and waa standing in a door, when he dropped dead. He was a singular genius. For nearly twelve years be baa refused to live in a house, and for a number of years he made hia home in a large hollo tree, doing hia own cooking and washing. Tbia tree waa finally blown or burned down, and be dug a bole intherD0d-7h!rehAL!ed up to the day of hia death. During the war be was robbed of four hun dred dollars, the accumulation of years of toil and industry, nd this loss probably nnbalanced hia mind and canned bim to lead tbia singular, hermit-like life. How Wlrtf mtn. A recent sketch of tha In cf ,v. great lawyer contains this toachlnir mcident ia the life of William Wirt In hia younger days b waa a victim to the passion for intoxicating drinks 7."'u cace or so many distinguished in the legal profession; Affianced to a beautiful end accom plished young woman he had made and broken repeated pledges of amend ment, and she, after patiently and kindly enduring hia disgraceful habit, had at length dismissed him, deem ing him incorrigible. Their next meeting after bia dismissal waa ia a public street in the city of Richmond. William Wirt lay drunk and asleep on the sidewalk, on a hot aumrner day, the rays of the sun pouring down on hia uncovered head, and the nies crawling over bia swollen features Aa the young lady approached In her walk, her attention waa attracted by the spectacles, strange to ber eyes, but alas! go common to others who koew the victim, M to attract little remark. She did not at first recog nize the sleeper, and waa about to hasten on, when she waa led on by one of those impulses which form the turning-point in human lives, to scrutinize his feature?. What waa her emotion when she recognized in him her lover! She drew forth her handkerchief, and carefully spread it over bia face and harried away. When Wirt came to himself he found the handkerchief and in one corner the beloved name. With a heart al most breaking with grief and remorse, he made a vow of reformation. He kept that vow, and he married the owner of the handkerchief. TBoatoaaaeh of Kaaalaaata. When Prof. L. B. Arnold said that if fine meal ia fed to an ox or a cow it passes at once to the fourth stom ach, entirely missing the other three, he doubtless intended to state what ia the exact fact and probably only missed stating it in a way clearly to be comprehended, by inadvertance. The formation of the compound stom ach of the ox or cow is such that the gullet communicates directly with three of the four compartments of which the stomach is composed. The communication ia by no means a canal or passage in which there are longitudinal openings or slits. These openings are closed by a set of mus clca which relax upon a certain amount of pressure, or it may be by the will of the animal, but more prob ably in the former , way. When coarse, bulky food is swallowed it forces the entrance to the fir3t stomach open and a portion is deposited in it, another portion passes along the ca nal a little further and enters the second stomach. If the food is not bulky and in a fine condition it faila to open these passages to the third stomach, which ia what is called maniplies. The gullet ends at the entrance of thia part of the stomach, and goea no further. " The third compartment of the stomach commu nicates with the fourth by a passage entirely distinct from the gullet. Food, therefore, from the gullet can not enter into the fourth ctomach without passing through the third. The fourth atomach or compartment of the whole stomach ia the only one in which the process digestion of takea place. It is the rennet of the calf. No food ia return ed from it nor from the third to the mouth for rumination. The "cud" is ejected from the first or second or both of these compartments by a pe riodical action of the mnscles. The morsel ejected is formed into a ball or bolus in tbe canal, and ia forced through tbe throat by a muscular ex ertion exactly the reverse of that of swallowing into the mouth. Here it is chewed along with a copious sup ply of saliva until it becomes a liquid mass, which, when swallowed, passes so readily along the gullet aa to leave the entrances whence it issued an opened, and passing over them es capes into the third compartment, after which it ia carried into the fourth or true digestive stomach, now long the food stay in the man iplies or third compartment or stom ach, is not known ; probably a very abort time; hence the fact that Prof. Arnold found fine meal in the fourth stomach when the animal waa killed immediately after tbe meal was swal lowed. Rut it of course passed through tbe third compartment on its way to the fourth one. Keystone. now Werekaata Wake Isatf, They are very blind to their own interests who do not see the policy of advertising in dull times. "When trade begins to pick op a little," say these, then well begin to advertise." Here the question arise?, what do business mea advertise for? If we are not in error, it ia, first to create business, and second, to sustain it, after it boa been created. He who expecta business to "pick np," there fore, by sitting in hia store and wait ing for it, ia in the position of Micaw ber, who waa eternally waiting for something to turn np, never dreaming that things are always waiting to be turned up. Customers exist in dull timea aa well aa brisk. Tbey are only more careful in baying and look long er and further and oftner and closer for what they need.- Some go poking nto store after store, cheapening ana chaffiDg and boring proprietor ana clerks. Others ask their, neighbors where they got such and sucb a thing and how much it cost Others, still, read the newspapers for infor mation scan the advertisementa to see who offers tbe greatest induce ments, and who ia really anxious to sell. Then advertising is a muex of enterprise and business pluck, and . . i : i V sW he who appeals to tne puuuc vuruugu the public prints show thai ne is ning hia best endeavor to draw peo ple to his place of business; and the mere fact of hia doing so proves that he baa something there making jt orth their while to go w Dim. v.. invite people to oar store just aa we do to our homes in order that we m.w nlpase or be of service to tbem. They expect something when they accept these invitationa, and we don't usually suffer tbe mortification of providing nothing for our guesta, ... . , 7 m .n.alf AS whether they are uusiuw 6-v-w .,-.1 n-ni.fttA. -That DUaineTHS can ;nir nn" without effort is aosuru. ?;.! in better It may improve may improve - -,,".m times, but the taa -Ude 'through dull " B t3t who is roirifr to reap bi harvest at the verfeJliest relief horn the Bnan cial praare. t A.-M,JIU - K.po-Mlo A a expedition ia being organized in Egypt for tbe purpo f "" ingtbVgeolog."1 pfc2 n; Btitutioaof the ney tbeB and of the land nrl Sea. Tbe most important qaes KtoU determined is tbe f--J; y of establishing a branch .ftk. TPiver If thi work can be es- 1 .7 a lanre emouat of now latdwiKendered .uitabie for agricultare.
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