.J"iJJ"!!mild9tn Tcrws of lublication. The Somerset Herald 1 ublibol every Wednesday Monilr.s per annum, If p m "- - will Invariably 1 charged. No sulocriptioo wilH discontinued onlil a.l ar rearages pat op. Postmasters neglecting to notify m when subscribers do not takeout their inert wM be held liable for the suliscrtptlon. Subscriber, removing from one Postofnee to an ther should Five ns the name of the former as well a, the present office. Address Somerset Printing Company, JOHN L SCCLJU, Easiness Manager. Buzinezs Card, r H lKSTLITHWAITE, ATTORNEY W . h Ijiw. Somerset, Pa I'rol.tfdonal busi ness reictlully solicited and punctually n.Wnd d to F.J KOOSJER. ATTORNEY AT LAW, Somerset, I'cnna. irll.rs'TIXE HAY ATTORNEY AT LAW V and dealer tn real estate, Somerset, !'-. attend to all bucinss enlnuled to bif care iw in promptness and nachty. . li-ly. 117 ILL1AM K. KOOXTZ, ATTOKEY AT Law. Somerset, Pa will J'i 4.,i luitifw... ntruieil to " 'J . .'. nnd the adjoining counties, d'juw Kow. Oihee In fruiting u ti. TAW NOTICE. Alexander H. 3offroth has j resume, tie practice I Sumem-t and i ..Slities. Office in Jdaroaiotn building. djuinln counties. leu. to, 70- 1 0HN H. VHU ATTORN EY ATLAW, SO.M I eiKet, Pa., will promptly awenJ to all business entruied to him. Money advanced on collection Ac. Oltiee in Mammoth Uuiiding. jan. 1, T 3. A H. U HAKK, ATTORNEYS AT 1? . LAW, himwnrt, i rill praeuuc In Som erset ana ad'-oining counties, aii mufu. mi- rusto.1 in them will oe pruuipiiy aiicuuou . aug. U-ly in ATTORNEYS AT JV LAW, lilock. bouicria't, fa. utile hi Mer f aug. li-ly TOIINO. KIMMEL. ATTORNEY AT LAW, .1 SimierfoU fa., will attend to all buincw en- rust to hi rare in Sumcrwt and ai!olniug cuun i... .ith iin.innuiciMi and ndelity. ' 'thee tn Mam moth UloOk. ib. IS 70-ly T T EN K Y F. SOHELI ATTORNEY ATLAW, J JL ami Hounry imrafion ai'i swunnic 1'a. UUice tn Mammoth lilock. Jan. 11-lt S WrCLGAITIi tft. tAITUER k OAITHER, rarL h. oaiTHtit. AttiimevB at IW, VT Si internet, i,enu irnniiitly attended to, do- T2. All nmleHSiiinl busiumx Oltiee in uacr uioi a, i a. h. rorrnoTii. w. n. Erppci- 1 1' IFFROTH fc ra i-PEU ATTORNEYS AT 1 !,. All lu.-ineK8 enlruKleil to their care wul lie niieeilily anil punctually attemioJ to. Ktrru v. Second Uoor ot (K.ullu ru end of .dam moth lliK?k. Eutrauee lnm LiauionJ. )an 14. TAMES L. PUGII, " ArroaNEYAT law, Somcwt, Y. OfBee, Mammoth Itloek.np f taint. Kmranee Mutn t:nw SL Collodions made, en tilts m-ttle-l, title examined, and nil local bust ne atteu.l-'d to with iirompUieius and tideliiy. julvli J. o. o;lk ATTORNEY AT LAW, Somerset. Pa. Proletonal buKlnCFi entnj.tcd to in v rare attended to with proaiptauiw and Udclily A. U. MlLljlili, alter twtive nil' ae'lve riraettce in tnanKiiviiie, nas i,., i riita-!Etly located at Somerset tor the pnuv ti.v,oi in-. ittiiB. and tender, his imitefsioiial tT- iee tu lf,- clttieus ot Souiernct and viciiiity. Ctitiee In bfo Drug Store, opposite the I'.arnct House, 9::re he can lie consulted at all times anil pf is3iionally eii-neii. v rM' at mils promptly answered. dec. 1J,' fl-ly. 1 )ilGFESSIOXAL. nr. tlcon e is. 1 un.lentcrg, ot t -uiniM'riami, Mi., mlornip his friendi thai ho has this day asso ciated with l.liuself tn the practiee ot medicine ami surgery, his on, lr. Walter F. Fumlendenr, lute the residont aurgeon ol tlte New York Eye ami Ear Iiihrmry. SiiM-ialattcntlouwlU t paid to the di.-ie.ise. of the fcys ahd Lar. inari DR. K Me.l M. KIMMEL will continue to practice Tilicine, and lender, his prolessional senl- x to the cttlien, ot Somornct an.l sniroundlng iuntry. t mice at the old place, a tew disirs east ai the Glade House, nor. 8, "L, OR. H. HRUBAKER tenders his professional wn iiTS to tliociiitt-ns ot Soinenstt and vicin tlihce in resilience, one dour west ol the Itar Jlouae. ian- DR. .1. K. MILLER has permanently located in Uerlin for the prartice of his pn tessiou. (Jiliee iipp.isile Charles Krissinijer's store. ar. ttt, '7U-tf. g S. GOOD, PIIYSWIAX & SURGEON, SOMKItSCT, PA. O'Orrica In Mammoth Block. Se4'72 4 ItTIFIC AL TEETH!! 1. V. YUTZY. DEI.TIS T DALE CITY, jomsrul Co., fa., Artificial Teeth, wamnted to he or the very best uiitiiv. Lite-like ami jiandsoine. Inserted in the esfsivle. l'artlcuial attention paid to the pres- vatiou of the natural teeth. 1 liose wtslitng; nsult me by, letter, cas do so by enclosing sunup. Address as abure. JcLi 72 DR. WM. COLLINS, DENTIST, Somerset, l'a. Uihce In Caseheor's lll's k. up stairs. wtiere he can at til times be found prejiarcd to do alikimisoi work, sucn as niiiug, reuiaiing, ex raollug, iC. ArtiUeial teeth ot all kinds, and ol lie Ihii uiaterlal, lusurled. All ojierat ions war- nteu. jane 7, i0. Mansion House, LATE ''BEX FORD HOVSE," trfr of rranklla nd Ilrond Streela, JOHNSTOWN, PENNA. Jos. Shoemaker, Prop'r. Having l.itly Lit en charv uf. hii ! Inr t)lheU tlilu liiitfr aint ckuui 1 ti.y Utttt l. 1 tmvs invifc my Sfio,nht Viin:y iiifiplf u r.:ii tn me, Hint h !;! t'V rouiit ntluii4i tu ;lu-ir wjhij ju.l n.t-li'ra:f iltArif'a toim-iii their ( ur hi tt:. r.i-l-.t !Mtitiil ( l lie iKtft ttte mitriit-t tiilt.r .ji. Tl.e lr Hiilfl Willi iht rln !fM v.tu-, Ii.-u.r.-. x . JtSi;l'll sin ifc.-M K lAl. T IIE SOMEUSET HOUSE. Having leased this miiniitient and well kiiowc II.Kt'l projKTtv tMtn Mm, K, A. Flick." t he ho.I.t siiicd Uke pleaire lu lntonuinir his triemls and the public general! that he will spare neither pains nor expense to make this bouse all that eoul.l ie desired. Aeeoium'ating clerks and obliging wallers will attfiid to the 'want of rus toinera, and the table will at all times le Inden With the hct tli market atbirds. Mr. J. 11. lay wan may at all time I found in throttle, niiuarti 1. LA VAN. JJIAMOXD HOTEL. STOYSTOWX 1A. SAMUEL. CL'STlull. Proprietor. This poiulr and well known house is at all time, a docitable stopping place for the traveling public. Tabte and Rooms first-class. Ou tui lillng. Hdi5 leave daily lor Jolinstowu ami Sooiorsoi. luarl). P ARNET HOI'S E. The nnderslrned rrsnrct fultv Informs the nub- tr that oe has leased this welt known hotel In the Borough ot Somerset. It Is his Intention to keep t in a style winch he hopot will give satitslactlun lu kll who may Uor hiiu w ith their custom. Apt IT n JOHN HILL. JOIIN WILSON & SON, WHOLESALE GROCERS, 237 Liberty Street, PITTSBTJBaH. Biw 36, TS. BUTTEB COMMISSION HOUSE, D T, Buzby & Co., No, 6. Exchange Place BLTIMOJIE. HP I VOL. XXIII. Bants. JOHNSTOVN SAfllS 120 CLINTON STREET. CHARTED 1 1ST 1870. TIIHSTEES ; JAMES COOPEPs DAVID DIDEIiT, D. J. MOKRELL, JAMES McMILLEN C. B. ELLIS, A. J. HA WES, F. W. HAY. JOHN LOW MAN, JAMES MOHLEY, LEWIS PLITT, II. A. BOGGS, CONRAD SUPPES, T. D, H. LAl'SLY, Mclaughlin, GEO. T. SWANK, W. W. WALTERS DANIEL J. M0RP.ELL, President, FRANX DIBERT, Treasurer, CYRUS ELDER. Solicitor. Deisiflts of OXE DOLLAR and npwardsro cclvcd, and Interest allowed on all sums, payable twice a year. Iu'.-jrest if not drawn out, is added to the principal, thus COMPOUNDING TW ICE A Y EA K, withent troubling the depositor tocall or even to present his drjioslt lxiok. Money can be withdrawn at any time after giving the bank cer tain notice by letter. Slurried Women and prraona under Bjro can deposit money lu 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. Loan Swared by Rcnl Estate. Copies of the JJy-Laws, reports, rules of deposit, and special act of Legislature, relative to deposits of married women and minors, can be obtained at the Bank. CS" Banking hours daily from to Jo'clock; iL? nndon VeduedayuiiJSaturlay evenings IrouiStoTo'clock. apriat JOBS DIBERT. JOOH D ROBERTS. JOHN PI BERT & CO., NO. 2! MAIN STREET. J O II N S T O W N , P E N N A. We sell Drifts neirot table In all parts ol the Uni ted Stales and Canada, and In Foreign countries. Huv Crold. Coupons and Oovernment lioniis at hittliest market prtws. Loan money on approved securitv. Drafts and Check on ot tier nan ks casn ed. Money received ondci.uitpayalilcon demand littered at the tale oj ii'x j er cent, per AnnUm paid on Time Deposits. Ev,rvthlne In the Banking Line receives our prompt attention. , . 1 UanaiUl Ul OUr irieno. UUU lurmiuwin .... .. past patronnire, we dicit a eonttnuanc of th, same, and invite other, who have business in our line to irive us a trial, assuring all. that we shall at all times do all we can to elve entire satisfaction. Fob lil 7e JOHN DlliEUT . CO. Cambria County BANK, M. W. KEnt fe CO., NO. S6 M AIN STREET, JOHNSTOWN.PA., in Henry Schnable's Brick Building. A General Pinking Biisiness Transacted. Drafts and Gidd and Silver bought and sold. Collections made in all parts of the United Suites anil Canada, interest allowed at the rate of six per cent, per annum. If letl six months or longer. Scial arranireuicnts made with Guardians and others who liohl moneys in trust. april 16-T3. CARPETING. Henry rvlcCallum, Z I Fifth Avetiue, pitts nun on, pa. Imports direct from Manufacturers, Superior Eiixlis.li Oil Clotlin, BRUSSELS CARPETS, Ac, RAG, HEMP and INGRAIN CARPETS In every variety. 51 FIFTH AVENUE, Above Wood t-treet. marU. OLATE ROOFS. Those who ait now building houses should know that it Is chcajior In the lonir run to put on Slate Roofs than tin or tliinirtcs. Mute will lat forever, and n-t repairs are required. Sbitc irives the pur est water tor riftens. Sl.ite is nre ppsil. l.very tfiif.l lii ti'" st'i.ul-l h:ive ;i slate nmf. 1 he uin'cr sijnc.: is lo.-::tc ! in Cnin'u ri.ihd, a here lit h.isa good supply o( Per.chbottom & Buckingham SL T E ft riKjfiliijf tht- viy tH'rt nrtk'Ie. He wi'l ander take Ui uLMhit lit-'(uu llvuse. pulillc ttnd rl vate. hj-ln kr., either in tuwit ur country at the lowctst sriv, an-I t warr uit tht'm. Hall and tee liim r it-lirv-n Mm at I'o. lktift-ni St., ( am Inrlaud, Md. (Word may t-o letl wiLhJuliuA. Wnller, Aent, Smermjt, J'n. oci WM. H. SHIPLEY. WM. BOOSE & Co., FOUNBERS & MACHINISTS, SALISBURY, : : PEXXA., Manufacturers of all kinds of CASTINGS & MACHINERY Orders by mall promptly attended to. Address WM. BOOSE k CO., Salisbury, Elkllck P. O. Somerset co Pa. Oct. 10. Ursina Lime Kilns. The Bnilerslnneil are prepared toinrnlsh Prins Building Lime By the Car Load. Orders Respectfully Solicited. r. j. n.iTZEn av co. Vrslna, Jane Is. STEriJEXVII.EE, O., Female Seminary on theOhk,, with over forty-five years' experience, tiers superior advantages in boia lid an J orna mental Imuv-he,. It has made Its prices to suit '"J tiinea. Board, room and light lor year only 1 1'"on fourth oB fur clergymen. 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We are now prepared to do all kinds of Planing ana Manufacturing ol Dull. ling material. FLOORING, MOULDING. WEATHER BOARDING SASH AND DOORS WIND 0 W A ND DOORF 11 AMES, In short anvthlng srcnerally nsed In house build Ing. All orders promptly nlied. inarms glMMONS k CO., MAnrrACrvnints akd DEAtxns tw FINE CIGARS and the best brands of Navy and Bright Tobaccos, 408 Market Street, Abore Fourth, PHILADELPHIA. seplO FENCE PICKETS. tVe mrnlsn tha rickets made Irom S-S inch Round iron, like design shown in ut, at 30cts FEB LINEAL FOOT. They make a HANDSOMER. MORE DURA BLEaud CHEAPER FENCE than the Wooden Pickets SEND KOR CIRCULAR TO Lewis , Oliver & Phillips, Manufactnrcrs of MERCHAANT BAH IRON GATE and JT,KN DOOR HINGES, BOLTS NUTS, WASHERS, and their New Line of PAT ENTED WAGON HARDWARE. For sale by all Iron and Hardware ueaiers. 91102 Water fctreot nnd 111 and 110 First Atc. Pittsburg. maytw r. b owms. L. C. SCOTT. OWENS & SCOTT, Uutter Commission House, 153 W. 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The New American Etymology. The Etymological Reader. Goodrich's Pictorial Histories. The Scholar's Companion. Tcnney's Geology. Bingham's Latin and English Scries. Smith's English Grammar. Oxford's Junior Speaker. . Oxford's Senior Speaker. Tt! in iasrica SjiIes qT Eaters 4 SceHers, AND Kitdisll's New Geographies. Adopted in Xew York City. Afiopted DiiaiilinDiisly in PiiIIaaBlpliia. Adopted for Exclusive Use in the State of Vermont. Adopted in Beading;, Lancaster, fnntingdoa, Hollutaystmrg; adopted la County Convention of Directors ail the fablio Schools in Clearneld IVjunty, and hundrods of other itks and towns tn Pennsylvania. Special Rates for Introduction. Address the Publishers, or D. W. PROCTOR, Agent, july HUNTINGDON, PA. ! HII III m i HIlT Wllllf Bo me SOMERSET, A Woodland Stniiy. T T. H. S. E8COTT. Tlm ugb pleasant paths and flowery ways. Through leafy woodlsndteolonaades. Where e'n at noon the sun's keen gate Could scarcely ieach, we two had stray'd. AU left behind the glare and strife The din and babel of existence ; Save ns, no trace of social life In that enchanting sylvan dislance. And then beside a giant tree. The remnant of some ancient race, Whose gnarled roots your throno might be, We made awhile our resting-place. Here llnehcn moss and fern and flower, There carpet sort as velvet spread : Forget yon, love, that happy hour? Would yon recall the words you sal J T The throstle pour'd his liquid lay ; The vagrant bee pass'd tuneful by ; And there along Its pebbly way The gleaming brooklet muiuiur'd nigh. I heeded not the throstle's tone. Nor saw the brooklet's silver shine ; I held your hand, your heart, my own ; I only knew that you were mine. I cared not else to know ; for while We rested In that woodland place. My sun, my lore, was In your smile, And heaven Itself wltblu yojr face. So what for roe was bloom or flower, Or arching bram-l.es over head? Can I forget that happy hour? Do you regret the words you said ? THE SCOCT'S DAC8HTF.R It was nt the close of a sultry day about tbe first of May, 1864, that a sinffle horseman miirht have been seen riding along tbe turnpike a few miles west of Chancellorsville. ne was awparently about forty or fifty years of nje, large, powerful frame, bold, open countenace, and possessed of a daring restless eye. nisattiro being scmi-nulitary ana ... . v. w . J semi-citizen, it wouia ue nam 10 ue termine to which of the opposing par ties he belonged. Tie wore the blue can of the i an- tees, the grey blouse of the Confeder ates, and the remainder of his apparel was that of an ordinary citizen. His horse, a large, powerful bay, swept along with an easy rapid pace. Bv makincr an abrupt turn, be left the main road, and entering a bridle path, was soon in a dense forest Tbe sun had already rrono down when he emerged from the forest, house. and riding up to a large farm asked lodging for the night. The farmer, who was a perfect "Southern Fire-eater," eyed him moment suspicious! v. and then in multifarious tones said ; Well, yes, I rcckr.n. stranger, as you might stay; thoncrh the country be so torn up that one can't tell who to take in. Who are yon. anyway?" "Simply a weary and benighted traveler, who will leave with the morning's dawn' The traitorous lookinsr larmer call ed to a neero who was near, and bad him nut tlio traveler's horse in Hic ham. The stranger accompanied him, and had the horso put in the stall nearest the door. w;tb the sad dle on. "Debblish strango." muttered the necTo. ".Mostoe aicard some ones comin' to gobble 'um up." As soon a3 the negro bad a chance to speak privately to Lis master, he informed him of the manner he had left the horso at the stable. "I'll watch bim Jake, nnd von re main handy, for I suspect he's Meade's Scout, Glorcus. If be should be, J want you to go the forest after Haw kins." The ncgroe's eves sparkled greedi ly, as he replied. "Golly, Marsa, only find dat out. and I'm off to the woods in no time." During this conversation the sub ject of it was in the sitting room quietly smoking a short lilacs pipe, while be seemed buried in thought, lie had nnbncklcd his sabre and leaned it against the wall, bnt his pistols were still in his belt around his waist His blue cap was placed on his knee, and his iron grey hair fell about his shoulders in profusion, while bis keen, restless eyes kept constantly in motion. As be sat there he looked what he really was, a desperate char acter. nis reverie was at length broken by the entrance of a very pretty black eyed girl, who announced sup per. ' V cry glad," said tbe stranger. "In fact I am very hungry, Miss,- What may I call yon ?" "Delia!" "Delia? A very pretty name. Yon arc the gentleman's daughter V "No. sir I" "nis niece then?" "No, sir 1" "A relative then, anyway 1" "I think no relation nt all. I am simply an orphan girfc-Della Doran whom Mr. Biswick has taken to raise: but supper waits." Tbe Btranger started np at the sound of the name, bent a keen glance on the lovely girl, but said not a word. The landlord, bis foster daughter and tho stranger were the only occu pants of the feuppcr table. Mr. Biswick being somewhat talk ative, intimated that the, fair girl wwt not bis child, but the daughter of a .scamp who had deserted her at ber mother 8 death, gone to California, and he had kept ber merely ont of gratitude. The stranger seemed almost to trange as tbe farmer still continued to degrade the girl. He raised bis band to brnsh the cold sweat from his brow, and as he id so a small slip of paper fell from ia blouse pocket to the floor. It was unnoticed by any save Mr. Biswick. Supper being over tbev all arose from the table and the planter pass ing around adroitly slipped the note in bis pocket Conducting the stranger to the sit ting room he left bim, and going into private room lit a candle, and trlanc-1 ed at the note. It was brief, and as follows : Forward to the front, Glorcus. Gen. Meade. "Ho, ho J I know him now." chuck ed the farmer. "He is Glorcus, the famous scopt. There's a reward for m, and I'm a fool if I don't get it" At a signal the negro entered. "It is as I 'expected. Jake : be is Meade's scout. Go at once for Haw- kins. The reward is ours." I'll go Marsa. I'll co " said the ne gro, and pulling on bis cap ran oat into the night air. Once Le muttered to himself: rset ESTABLISHED, 182 PA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30.11874. "Golly, if it am Glorcus, dcbblo be to pay when dey cotcb 'nm. Discbile be sceerce den.", Having dispatched the negro for tho confederates, the wicked, traitor ous farmer returned to tbe room in which tho object of hia betrayal sat, and entered into conversation with him. The eyes of Glorcus rolled suspi ciously about, but be otherwise evinc ed no apprehension of danger. Complaining of ennui from the effects of hia days travel, he propos ed to retire. This was what Biswick desired, aud he cheerfully led the way to the bed chamber. As soon a the confederate left the room the scout buckled on Lis saber, instead of retiring to bed. and re mained at the window in a listening attitude. . . .t i . ... lie nad not ueea long in this posi tion when a tap at the door aroused him. With revolver in hand he open ed the door cautiously. Pale and tremoi'ng the girl, Delia Doran, entered, making frantic ges tures for him to keep quiet Seizing the frightened maiden by tbe band the brave old scout said : "What is it, my dear, that frigh tens you 7" Seeming to gain strength from his kind word3, she replied : oir i ny :rom nere ; yon are in deadly peril ! Each moment you re main increases your danger 1" The s:out received this startling announcement as cooly as if it bad been an order from his General, and merely Said : l ou will have to give me some information as to the nature of my danger if you wish me to avert it" "Mr. Biswick thinks you are the great scout Glorcus, and has sent for guerilhas to arrest you !" "For Mosby?" "No. worse. Mosby has some ha mamty; but he baa sent for the wretch Steve Hawkins." "Never fear," said the scout "But you will fly, nevertheless ?" "I will not be taken ; bat you mast answer some questions first" "Ask them, quick." "Is vour nllme really Delia Do ran ?" "It is." "Do you remember anything of your parents ?" "Not a great deal. My mother died when I was young, and I can just remember my father leaving mo with Mr. Biswick and sroiug to Cali- foriia." ' Do you love your foster father ?" "No, sir, I cannot, lie is very cruel, and swears I shall marry Capt Hawkins." "That ia sufficient, I shall go now, but I will return and tell you some thing." - Arising ho glided out of the room, and Delia bavin? accomplished her errand of mercy, retired. The famous scout managed to reach the stable unperceived, and se curing bia horse, led bim to the rear of the house, and hitched him to tree, then holding a revolver in each hand he crept over the wall and walked up the garden path. Flashing lights and . confused voices told him that tbe Confeder ates bad arrived. A heavy tread of feet was heard coming down the gar den walk, and he distinguished the voice of the negro saying : "Let 'um kill him : but golly don't cotcb me near ; I might get a stray bullet 1" In an instant the scoot leveled a pistol at the head of the treacherous black and fired. Without a groan the negro fell dead in the garden walk. With yells of vengeance the guer illas rushed toward the scout, who nimbly leaped the garden fence, vaul ted into the saddle, and amid flashing swords and whizzing shots, dashed off into the forest "To horse; after him," shouted Cap tain Hawkins, "h ive thousand to tbe man who brings him down." Then there was mounting in hot haste, and the Confederates thunder ed on after him. Tbe scout having reached an open spot about three miles from the farm house, paused on the opposite side in a thick growth of onderbrnsh, with a cocked pistol in each hand, the rein in his teeth, and thus waited for bis pursuers to come op. In the course of half an hour the guerillas, seven in number, rode into the open spot and paused for consul tation. Various conjectures were made as to the whereabouts of the scoot, and the rebel captain vowed he would give a good round sum to know just where be was. Ilia speech was cut short by the crack of a pistol, and Captain Haw kins fell from bis horse. Two guerillas drew pistols and re turned the fire, but now pistol shot after pistol shot came from an unseen quarter, and three Confederates fell. Tbe remainder terror stricken fled. The scout rode out on the plain to examine bis alien foe. T.bree were quite dead and the fourth was dying. lieavmg the field of carnage, be made hia way to tho farm bouse. Fastening his horse near the gate he entered it As he was passing across the hall he beard a voice, in a room on the right, begging for mercy. 'Don't plead to me for mercy," said the harsh voice of Biswick. "Yon Snow you told the Union scout that Hawkins was coming. Now take that." A blo.w and a scream followed. "Hold 1" thundered the scout burst ing into the room. "What right have you to command me to hold?" cried the astonished rebel. 'The right of a father I" 'A father?" 'Yes, James Biswick. I am Al bert Doran, who years ago trusted my infant daughter with yoa while I went to California to amass a fortune. I made it in an obscure mine, and concealed it in a cache, bat was at that time captured bj the savages and kept a prisoner for years. I made my escape, secured tbe hid den treasure, and returned to tbe States just aa the war broke oat I joined Meade'a corps zander the as sumed name of Glorcus. My expe rience in warfare baa made me the rre&t scont that I am. I Am now ' here to claim" my child." 'T"T "T 7, With the beautiful Delia behind bim on bia powerful horse, be rode into Meade'a camp tbe next morning at sunrise. It was in the midst of the terrible battle of tbe wilderness that Doran met and struck Biswick dead with his vengeful Bword. "This," said be, is for your cruelty to my child." A Kims; wf Trees. In the great forest, near Cape Coast Castle, Africa, the eilk-cotton, like a king of trees, tower3 over all others. It is truly a most rronderful tree. It grows faster than any other, for the wood is soft. It most be one of the largest trees in the world. There ia a most wonderful provision of nature shown in thia in compensating it for tbe softness of its wood, which from its immense size, could not support the weight of tbe branches and tow ering top. Rising far above the other giants, therefore deriving no shelter from them, each one stands for a greater part of its height a seperate tree, and exposed to tbe full force of the constant tornadoes which sweep over thia part of the country during tbe rains. The necessary support is given to it by a number of large but tresses all around tbe stems ; they are formed by roots which rise over the ground in a flattened shape ex tending up the sides of tbe trees, and forming most regular support all around. In many places the natives make u.-c of the spaces between the battrecea aa houses ; merely making a roof overhead, tbe bouse is com plete. As the people of this country never have more than three walls to their honses, and tbe tree with two of its buttresses supplies those, they are quite ready made houses for them, and indestructable. While tbe tree is young all the bark is covered with very large strong thorns. Tbl Etlqact. See that those about you are help ed before you commence eating you self. Do not eat soup from the tip, but the side of a spoon. On passing your plate to be replen ished, retain the knife and fork. Wipe the mouth before drinking. Remove the teaspoon from the cup before drinking tea or coffee. Use the knife only in cutting the food ; do not raise it to the mouth. Eat slowly, as eating rapidly is un healthy. If yoa find anything unpleasant in your food avoid calling the attention of others to it Closcjhe lips when chewing your food. Keep your elbows off the table al ways. Do not speak with food in the mouth. When asked to help your nieghbor, do not shove but hand the plate to him. Do not turn your head and stare about the room. If anyone at the table makes a mistake, take tbe least possiblo no tice of it A Wldww'st Wltaeaa. It was told of old that the cackle of a goose once saved Rome. It is now related that a swallow won a suit in court away down in Texas. A poor widow and her daughter bad a suit for damages before a court in Hous ton. The counsel for the plaintiff in troduced into his pleading the fable of the swallow that built her nest and reared her young under the eaves of the temple of justice. The lawyer en larged upon tbe swallow's trust in the protection of her home tbe place offorded, and very aptly made the ap plication to tbe case before tbe court. When tbe counsel was about finish ing his illustration a swallow actually flew into the room and alighted upon the judge's desk. It then hopped away and found rest for the sole of its foot "on tbe railing of the jury-box. In its circuit of the court room it baited awhile on a pile of law books, then hoverea a moment over tbe beads of plaintiffs, and flew out of the window and away. Tbe coznseI concluded by saying: "Behold tbe witness," and as the witness could aot at be called back by the opposing counsel, tbe case was given to tie jury pretty much as the swallow left it The jury could not ignore the bird's evi dence, and gave a verdict for the widow. Tbe story is a little fcirdy, but not in tbe least fishy. If it was a preconcerted plan of the lawyer, it was very happily aranged and nice ly carried out, and deserves a place among court reports and curious pleadings. Haw ( Ylaeirar. A correspondent, starting with the premises that to make good yinegar you must have good pare cider, and see to it that tbe barrel into which it ia to be put is entirely free from any taint, proceeds with the process of making aa follows: Cider once properly made and pat into sweet, fresh barrels, the balance of the process in vinegar making is no trick at all. It ia a chemical pro cess, to be sure, but nature will be a good manipulator of it The chemis try of the thing consists simply in oxygenation of the cider, and if the air is allowed free access to it the ox ygenation will go on elowly through tbe winter and more rapidly in the summer. The process may be accel erated by keeping tbe cider in a warm room, and made more rapid still by trickling tbe cider through a hogs- bead or large cylinder perforated with toles on the side and filled with birch shavings, 80 aa to allow tbe air to come ia direct contact with it A little yeast added to tbe cider gives it a good start on its fermenting course. Oar custom is to wait the slow process of nature, and to admit air to the cider only through tbe bang hole. In the summer we take the barrels out of the cellar and place them in a sunny place, nailing some wire gauze over the bang holes to keep out flies and straws. Thia mode of rfpaking vinegar requires about 12 months. Early made cider will some times go through the vinous and ace tous fermentations tbe same fall, bat it forms a poor article, and we pre fer to wait till tbe latter pari of Oc tober or tt e first of November before t51 we start the cider mill for the .supply j of tbe vinegar cellar. Beware of all nostrums iu tie man ufacture of vinegar. The simple, un adulterated juice of ripe apples if small and knotty, do matter makes the best flavored viuejar. Brown sugar, molasses, mustard seeds and all flavorings and medications arc a damage. Some recommend addiDg the "mother of vinegar" from some old vinegar barrel. This "mother" is a fungus growth on old vinegar, and will doubtless hasten the acetous fer mentation in cider, as it contains with in itself the seeds of d;cay, but it is very apt to contain also bad flavors and too much corruption Putting mother" with new cider is too much like bringing up a little child to asso ciate and sleep with us aged and in firm grandmother. The child grows old fast enough without such an un natural catalytic influence. If any one has old sider in nis cei- . . . . . t lar which he wishes to uouuie in jti ue, now is the time to put it out into . . . .. , i i the sunshine. It will "make" twice as fast in the warm out door air as it does in tbe cellar. Qta. Ctister Aa lie In A correspondent writes to the In ter-Ocean : He is a great man, a no ble man is General Custer, and one of, whom most of the world that nart which does not know him has a singularly wrong idea. I came here expecting to find a big wnisKereu, swearing, ranting, drinking toper, and I found instead a slender, quiet gentleman, with a face as fair as a girl's, and manners aa gentle and comely as tne traditional prince, iu hunting for the drunken raider I found a literary gentleman in his library, surrounded by adjutants and orderlies, to whom he gave his mili tary directions while ho wrote and read. His guest for four days, I never sat with a more courteous host, or generous entertainer, or polished conversationalist With one of the sweetest, brightest women in tho world for a wife, his home ia that ot cultured gentleman instead of a roystering cavalry man, as is gener ally supposed. General Luster doc3 noiurinK, not withstanding the prevailing idea of his intemperance. lie believes in and practices total abstinence. The good temperance teachers of the day can use him a3 an example rather than an object of regret. General Custer docs not swear. In bis con stant companionship for more than a week, under circumstances, too, that have been unusually trying, I have not heard an oath from bis lips ; and what is more, he does not allow pro fanity among bis subordinates. But what, Bonio one will at, are his vices? His soldiers will tell you he has none, unless an almost inor dinate love for the brute creation may be called such, for General .Cus ter has tbe best docs and the best horses he can procure within the limits of reach. HiVeichof hounds is probably as large and well bred as any in the" country, and his own and the horses of the regiment, the Seventh Cavalry, are famous all over the States, while he Las the reputa tion of being tbe best sportsman and the most acurate shot in the army. Dartmouth College Student. President Smith of Dartmouth, in talkin? to the students the other day, said, in regard to the employment of Dartmouth students as waiters at 8amnier hotels, that so much ia said and written in tne abstract, nowadays, about the dignity of labor, and so lit tle is practiced, that it is refreshing to notice an instance which is so com mon an occurrence that it attracts no attention in the district where it oc curs, and is scarcely known beyond the district. The students who act aa waiters in hotels at the White Mountains, during the summer, come chiefly from college Dartmouth where labor ha3 always been neia as honorable. Sixteen from that in3titu- tion having served in tne i rouie House thia season. They get as regular wages twenty dollars a nonth, which is sometimes trebled by donation. "When we consider," said the President, the fact teat near ly one-third of the students of Dart j . .... .t- mouta teacn school during me win ter, ao4 work at harvesting during summer, we need have no fear about the dignity of labor becoming an ob solete expression." l'r War That are Dark. When a Chinese Eorva-t is dis charged from a family and is about to leave, he places Lis mark on the wall of the room he has occupied, or in some part of the premises where the next coming servant will see it. Whatever difference may Lave exist ed between the employer acd em ployee, whatever disagreeable tbings, true or imagined, that is possible to say against tbe people of the hoase, are duly recorded in a few cabalis tic signs, and a housekeeper not post ed will have a chance to wonder at some things seen in a new servant. A San Francisco paper tells of a family in that city which had a con tinual coming and going of Chinese servants. They treated their help well, the work was light and the pay liberal, but no servant could be in duced to make a reasonable stay in the house. At last it was found that a refactory man who had been discharged had left on the wall certain uncomplimentary remarks concerning tbe family, and statements that could no be verified by fact3. The writing was at once obliterated, and no other trouble was experienced. In a Chicago library a book on "self culture" never rrot a reader. The librarian bad it re-bound and re christened it, "A Young Man on his Muscle," and anxious readers bad to wait for weeks before tbey coald get it X. A cowardly young rascal, in Low ell, Mass., insulted two ladies in tbe street the other night, and when ar rested swore be was innocent- The evidence was stronger than bis oatb, however, and be was convicted, not merely of impudence, but of purjury. He will spend bis next six months in the House of Correction. 2 NO. 15 (.'hnrsu-tr-r in Walking. A Saratngo correspondent says: It is amusing to sit '. the hotel balconies in Saratogo and watch the different way peonle have of walking. Tho sentimental young lady comes hitching along with her dress tied tighly around her feet. This is the brainless noddle where the dress over comes all character where it gets bigger than the woman. Sometimes a little happy woman comes walking down the dining room with her head up, heels down, and patting her left palm "with her fan. This is tho walk of a hnnpv girl just engaged Alter studying tue waiaa oi men all summer I bare prepared the following infallible chart, whereby you can tell all human charaeter just by noticing the walk: Selfish, on-idea men like Gov. Mor ton and John Randolph "toe in," and look straight ahead. Unstable persons like lneodore Tilton, George Francis Train, Mrs. Woodhull. and Gov. Bcveridge, of Illinois, walk slow and fast by turnrf. Fun-loving persons like Sam Cox, Mrs. Harriet Beccher Stowc, Olive Logan, and Oliver Wendell Holmes teter and ti!t up and down when they walk. Careless persons like Lincoln, Gree ley, Zach Chandler and Susan An thony are eontiLually stubbing their toes, or stepping on somebody's dress. Retiring persons like A. T. Stew art and Charles O'Conor walk swift ly and slip through a ciowd unob serbed like eels through a Sh rack. Good nature J persons like Schuy ler Colfax and Frank Carpenter pat an envelope or knife on the palms of their left hand or snap their fingers every few slops. Strong ni'.nuLiI people like Anna Dickinson and Secretary Bristow toe traijrlit ahead, slut their mouths, and plank the whole foot down on the floor at once. Wideawake people like Gen. Sher man, Gea. Sheridan, Speaker Blaine and Senator Logan, s wing their arms and "toe out," A-hiie their hands fly about miscellaneously. Lazy peoplo like Senator Morton, Judge Davis, of Illinois, and Gen. Grant slosh around looseiy, first on one side of the walk, then on the other, while they skuff their heels along, on the ground without lifting I them up.. Managing and conniving persons like Thurlow Weed, Gov. Feutoa aud Andrew Green generally walk with one hand clutched bold of an envel ope or stuffed into the pocket, while their heads lean Jo-waru, indicating subjective thought Timid people I.ke Jay Gould ami Sam Tilden hesitate a3 tbey wal, pass outside when tbey meet any one, go around a stone or stick instead of stepping on it, and step ou the walk entirely on meeting several people at once. Observing persons like Weudeii Phillips, Henry Ward Beccher, and Josh Billings walk slowly, while their eyes look down on the ground and on each side, and the body frequently turns clear around, as if the ruiud wa.s reflecting on something passed. Careful persons like Toter Cooper, Gen. Dix, Fernando Wood, Augustus Scbell, lift their feet high and bring them down slowly, often touching something with their canes or kicking a stone way. or stick to one side of the How to Make s Brick Oven. Many a house keeper longs for a good old-fasbioned brick oven, es pecially when there are several loaves of bread, and a dozen pumpkin pics to bake at once. A brick oven built in the old style, out of doors, entirely separated from the dwelling house, is more safe, so far as danger from fire is concerned, than if built by tbe side of the fire place in the house. A good brick oven for baking bread, pies and cakes, i3 worth all the ranges and cook stoves that one could store in his kitchen. In. such an oven every thing will be baked just right, above and below through and through. After a foundation ha3 been pre pared, let two courses of bricks be laid for the bottom of the oven. Then build the mouth and part of the sides, until it is desirable to be gin to draw the sides inward, when sand or mellow earth may be placed on the foundation, and the surface smoothed off and pressed down to the desired form of the iven. Now let the brick work be built oyer this form of sand; let two courses of hard bricks be laid over the form with the best morter. After tbe last bricks have been laid, the sand may be removed. The bricks should be soaked for several hours previous to being laid, so that they will not absorb the moisture of tbe morter until it has set. Such an oven will cost but a few dollars. Many people can col lect a sufficient number of loose bricks and pieces around their dwel lings to build a brick oven. Besides this, any intelligent man, though on ly half a mechanic, can build such an oven about as well as a mason. 2Ianufactttrer and Builder. . T! Crswkerw ofK)orfl.. The Crackexs are a class by them selves, and, to a considerable extent. are governed by their own well un derstood but unwritten laws. To some extent they resemble tbe patri archs of old, inasmuch as tneir proj erty consists mainly iu their stock, and no country has any attractions for them which does not auord a good range for tbe;r cattle, ineyj "snnat," down m the pine oou without stopping to enquire whether more than a pen made of pine poles j and matched together at the corners and covered with unshaven shingles j from the ine tree. A few acres are j fenced in for a pen, or yard, to en-j roam uirouu mo - - o - day, and to secure their return to the pea the calves are retained in the en closure. Tbe trees in the enclosure have been girdled, and when the land baa been sufficiently enriched by the dropping of tbe cattle, another pen 13 fenced in and tne orst piuu.- the land belong3 to tte gcueratgu- D;m 0;r uown t"e ernment, the State, or to individuals, ga:j ncthia', neituer di mi preet a log caoin which is not j jjoth thorougl J , sweet potatoes-, which fill tha place - ana T.'gcu.!c3in the family i.. f-'. ,0.n' no?eJ aQ' -hart. hvo ill t in w-.-i.l1., ... i ..pr a,..! i ...... .u ... " " mrspva mm s ip.I tU r.iily ;ive i w,ib i,,oa.. or c.(Ur,e , shoo!s fii-.-l ,..,.-, J even l!;e it.ii:oi.;i(,, t.., , . , - -nr-i iri'a ti- or dues not Ud them : licit iiii .t .... liKiiy hi.tU-ciMve p?opK. wh' would share a corucr id th.'ir ;al;n with.v ytrangtr andVgive him the best the house aJorded. They cook, eat, drink nnd sleep ia tie one conil mon room men, women, children and strangers, and still unchaste con duct or bastardy is unknown. The cattle are penued" from' April to Au gust, when the calves are branded and the whole turned out to shirk fr themselves until tl.e next April. While being penned enough i'i:ik is taken t) supply the faiuilv, but when turned out, in; is a dish unknown the bouse. The steers are sold f.r beef at three to four years eld, and command from twelve to fourteen do.Iars cas-b ; and the cows are allow ed to live until accident or old age" terminates thr-'.r existence. TLey are never fed, in fact will not eut hay, corner oats if laid befou thcie. There are different grades of wealih and standing' among them as with other people. Many of them art very poor, while some owa from thirty to fortv thousand head of cattle. An I ndress Welilin. By a strange perversion of legal principles, it was supposed by our ancestors that whosoever married a widow who was administratrix upon the estate of ber deceased husband, represented insolvent and should thereby possess himself of any prop erty or thing purchased by the de ceased husband, would become a:t ex ecutor de so li.rt, and would thereby make himself liable for the goods of his predecessor. Major Moses Joy became enamored of Mrs. Hannah Ward, widow of Henry Ward, w ho died in 1T?3, leaving aa insolvent ostate of which Mrs. Ward w as ad ministratrix. To avoid the unpleas ant penalties of the law, on the morn ing of her marriage with Major Joy, Mrs. Ward p'.iccd herself in a closet wiih a tire-woman, who stripped Lcr of all her clothing, and when in a per fectly nude slate she thrust her f.tir. round arm through a diamond hole in the door of the closet; the ;j:dk!;:t major clasped the hand of the Iijx.-ih widow, and was married i:i due Lrm by thcjolliest parson ia Vermont. At the close of the ceremony the tire woman dressed tho bride ia a com plete wardrobe, which the major bad provided and caused to be deposited there at the corn men ci im nt of the ceremony. She caruo out elegantly dressetHn silk, sa'in and lace, and there was kissing all around. ?!! pcl'ar Anj'.t.i. Another .Harmon Trouble. A dispatch from Salt Lake. Utah, says : In the last election the coun ty of Toclc went liberal by a largo majority, instead t.-f Mormon, lh:- county, in area, is larger than tiie State ol l'oiaware, nttd nas a po; u- lation ' about G,Ct.:0. The claim that the elcetion was :.ii.r (..'IS ur-.I OOi t bv :r.iu !. ami n tnere groom 1 refuse to give u: the oSiccs -to the iu '.vl v- fit'de ud olHcer?. Two hundred arm ei Morm-'.'is s,re now surrounding the Court Louse, and are de'emiim-d to keep poss-cssion at all hazard;?. Gen. Maxwell, the United States Mar.-l.al, is on the spot, and will do everything in bis po wer to get peaceable posses sion of the Court bouse and the re cords of tto County and Probate Courts, but ho will certainly place these leg:i!lr elected c (Seers in theit positions, i!' it t:k'3 the entire milita ry force ef th-! Territory. That a serious enfliet is more than possible cannot be denied, an.l as this country comprises a large mining district, with a small army of miners eager tor the fray should it occur you will hear f.f lively times. limited ber Mind. The Baltimore Gazel!? says: ''Eliza Goifroy, formerly living near Leaven worth, Kansas, is among the curios!- . ties of womankind. She is an inter esting and not unatractive damsel of sweet sixteen; and when one night she was missing, her father set out on a search for her which ranged over six hundred miles of inounf.iii and prairie. Tbe wor.-t of it was that she had eloped with her lover, one, as the sequel proved, unfortunate Mr. Bailey. For when her father over took her the course of true love bad" not by any means run smooth. She had travelled over two hundred miles in a lumber wagon over rough roads, and either her affection for the man of Lcr choice had been taken out of her, or she was of a disposition mighty uncertain. No minister was attainable, and when the Judge ar rived to marry them this is how it all ended a nice little romance spoiled by the cantankerousncss of ore woman: "Judge Norton was sent for and came upon the seen. The party as sembled, while the eagwr crowd iilled the doorway and windows to fitness what next would transpire. Spoke the father: 'Judge, this is my daugh ter. I wish to give my consent to her marriage to this man.' Then said the Judge: '.Mr. Bailey, do you w ish to marry this womr.nl" 'I do,' said Bailey. 'And you, young woman, would you Lave this man for your husband'' said the Judge. The young lady looked up nnd replied, 'Well, Judge, I guess not just now.'" Out on the I.T- The Washington t'ln-or.i' ? says: A Ii:t!e cock-eyed fellow strolled into the office lust evening with a piece f manuscript in Lis hand r.nd a merry tinkle irl bis eye, faying:-""'"? "5a v, mister, will you put our game in the paper?" 'What game, niv soiii'" 'Why, I belong-" t the Arrow Ba.-e Ball Club, and we Lad a match game with the Gem for forty cents, and after we licked 'eiu they stole our bats from us, put a head ou The umpire, and took the forty cents." "WVd.n hat do you want to mo tion that in the pnpur for?" 'Oh, we dout want anything said about that, but we want to chal lenge Vm for a square game of forty nine innings." Just Lere an elderly lady, with an umbrella ander her arm, came crecp-inn- ilowlv in the door, and caught the youngster by the car and waltzcd btepa. A tie ijjj d the old wo- ily understood cat.Tj other. "An old man and his wue, who came in by the Central road yesterday morning, saw about tmrty backs as llie man tooa u an as o -- r nient, and taming to the old lady be said, 'I tell yon, mother, they .thin k never had all these carnages oowb mpf.t as. I wonder how they nib jv- a -m Detroit knew we was Free Press.