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r
rcrms of Publication.
The Ssnsrsst Herald
bllsbed ery Wednesdiy Morning aOO
m invariably beeb""1
No subsertptloa IU be discontinued unul all ar
r il p. Postmasters neglecting to
when subscriber! do not take out their
,ollfy
will be held liable for the subscription.
'"ai'ftflten removing from one Fostoffloa to an
t;er .hould give bi the mm of the former as
well the present office. Address
Somerset Printing Company,
JOHN I. SOCLL,
Business Manasrer.
Dunou Cards,
' .r.... t iTiiu'ilTF. ATTOKXEI
' Vr.-T.' ' . n,i i,uncta-ily attend,
oet re
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AUKXTIXi: HlY.iTW AT LAW
V
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a . I ell I to
,1 business ciiiiu.-..- - .
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a ,d tnc n.;..f..tiiK ccuuii-a. l"a-
douse KoW.
in I'riiii'f'S
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L resumed the praeU-K
11.
IVIfmtll Uas
S"tnert and
lamtnoth iiulluing
dioininn counuc..
r,-Hi ATTtiKNtlY ATLAW,tOU-
'r"'-tl 1 o "hi u ' MoiIcy advanced on collection
jn. 1, 'M-
ATTORNEYS AT
iVa W. s'om.T..i P.- U 10
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ATTOIJNIA AT
Oaice In l:ic.r
ug. viy.
K i.iw. Soiutrwt.
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AT LAW,
Ion with proicpuic ul bJuitJ. f
m th Wlock. '
- Vt i Mmmotn Block- J"-n-
i a.
g,WrKLOAlTBKE.
x AITHER ai OAITHKR,
r ACL K. OHT1SIB.
Attorneys t La.
All irolf".iitl pOfinc
proniiiiyim.cu
toin.
Ueo-T2.
)n 16. '
AMES L. PUGII,
AfiOliNEY AT LAW,
h.tr..i.-e in,cn:" ea euJ 11 l"1"-alnu-.u,y.
otvli
T O. OGLE
" ATTORNEY AT LAW,
. t. fmro'l.nal t.usincfi entm?'e.l
r.n. a. g.
MIT.LEII.
afior twelve
17 rev
--'ive prectlc In Sl.nkfvll!, t
t iiA tenurre hi l1'1'''' .
kiiJ vu:ni:y.
rt W rr.i"5 '',' ;.,,(:- the li.iruet
u. ...... i-re he can
uul. M r..-teMlnli.v ":K,j
PROFESSIONAL.
"e t il? fluent .ureon ol the .New or Lje
the Lye nd LfJ.
1 ) M, and -MS,
31 iheliUde liou. m.
- t V K 1 11 i r w. i u .
;. H. I1UVBAKEK tender h -'"l
HTTlrftoheclUM ol ni "
tIH in rcfldenw, one door wvt ol J,ne.i':,r
Houe.
DR. J. K. MILLElibM inenHy'te4
ia Hcrl.n tor the .nr.i ot 1,1. vr-.-(
Mfii-e onxwite Chance risingcr s e-oro.
jr. i, "0-tt
o s.-Gdon,
rllYSWIAX ct SUIiGEOX,
KOHKKSirr, PA.
tf-itrrH in Maratu IJloA't. f,
A
utifical teeth::
J. V. YiTZl'.
DE
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jomtrttt CV-, '' f
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Artificial Tw!h. ira:
naiiiT. LH.t-hWc and
anted to t oi nit vi-. 1
4nnd!"!oe. lnwncd tu tlie
ie. "Panleulai Atteniion paid to Oi pre-
vati. of the natun.1 tee-.n. " , .7- n
nsult me br,!ettor, caa do so by encl.iag :;-P-Address
a above. jei--.s
DR. TM. COLLINS. IiEXTlST, R..merset.
'a. trti.-e in C.aeter s Hl. k. up stairs.
here he ean at tu times be found pr-pared to do
ail kinds ol work, such as filling. reulalinir. cx
ractiua. fcc rtitieial te,-.h ol all km-, and
he tl iuatn;.l, ii-ferte-i. All optrail-ns war
anitd. Jan'"
PVlansion House,
LATE "BEXFOUD UOVSE,"
Carner r rrauklin and T.road Mreef ,
JOHNSTOWN, PLXN A. ,
Jos. Shoemaker, Propr.
Hv!u latelv taken charse of. rcfl:tc! an 1 lur
b.mi1 tins iarVe and eonim !i-us H jh U I m
it i-.e irv Somerwt IVraniy tnvn..sto mil on mc.
and h.i by prompt attention to their warns and
tn.-HTa-.rch'arirrs, to merit their itra. T
t it suppiiad wi;h the best the market attorns. The
bar stocked wiih tlK choicest in-s- lienors. Ac.
JUMIPH SHi'i-.iAkt.K.
N. B. Best raiding iu town. . spr-0
T
HE SOMERSET HOUSE.
t
Hv-r. !.,. t1, rna-mia -er.t an l
ell ktiovcc !
H : jt,,..,., (r.,m Mr.. K. A. r.j-k. !
ijae-l ij,l.i i.-eAkure m int -riii.a his lr!
toe pur.iie c.-neraiiv tii-t he i.i
Pn n -r eit.K, to stiko this Ii-hi.
,re uei. !..rr j
i- .t
cm.) i d.;n , -. .1.1:11 !
b.'nting ii!-r till af -n i '
totii'-r. aj the !:- !
with the h-t ttie mifUet ! r '
i'i-.j
11 '!
M - iu 1:
waa may a: aU tis: -e t u 1 : ' '
nam ;i. l.tA.N.
D
IAM0NI) HOTEL.
STOYSTOV.X IM.
SAMl'EL. CUSTU.K, 1. m -ior.
Tliis -orlar and well krn n ti.Ais? u at ail
times a deelnUe ssopV"'? I-lae b the trareling
pubile. Table and Koontt iir
blina
Ka-kJ leave daily 1t JoLt
and
Somerset.
AR.VET HOUSE.
Tte ccderilk-neJ rwneet fully Inform the j uh-'
It that he has leased ti.is well known hwtei in the j
B-Tuugli o( S-ert. It is I. is iutratia to k-ep .
1 ir. a stj ie whieh lie n -pe wiiia'.i e saiii:a-.u.a . :
! who Mae tava- him iti. ttitir rut m.
Apt 1; ri JOiiN B'
LL.
JOHN WILSON k SON,
"VIIOLI"SAI.i: CiROCIlKS,
S T .
tint 34, Tl
BuiTiR mmm house:
B T. Buzby & Co.,
No. 0 Exchange Place
BALTIMORE.
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VOL. XXIII.
Banks.
JOHNSTOWN
S BAIL
120 CLINTON STREET.
CHARTED I3ST 1870.
JAMES COOPER,
DAVID DISEP.T,
C. IJ. ELLIS,
A. J. IIAWES,
F. W. HAY.
john lowmax,
t. ii. lai 'sly.
d. Mclaughlin
d. j. mourell.
JAMES McMILLEN
JAMES M0RLEY,
LEWIS PLITT,
II. A. DOGCS,
CONRAD SUITES,
GEO. T. SVTAXK,
V,'. W. WALTERS
DAMEL J. WORRELL, President,
FP.ANK DIEERT, Treasurer,
CYRUS ELDEP.. Solicitor.
Ueiitsot OXE DOLUK and upward rc
c?civeJ. and Interest allowed on all funis, payable
twipc a year. Iotsrest if not drawn out, 1 aJdcJ
to the principal. Urns COrMUUXDlXO TWICE
A YEAR, wilhont troubling the deioitor tocall
or even to present hi deposit book. Money ean be
withdrawn at any tie aHer giving the bank cer
tain noliue by letter.
Married lVoinon and person nader
arc can deposit money in theirown names, eothat
it can 1 drawn only by themselves or on their or
der. Moneys can be deposited lorchlldren, or by
societb. or ns trat funis. Subject toocrtain con
ditions. '
Iansi Secured hy Ileal rotate.
C'l'lea of the n.v-Ltws, roiwrts, rules of deposit,
and special act of Legislature, relative to deixrsiu
of marrk-d woiaen au.l minors, can be obtained at
the U.mk.
Rankin' hours dal'.v froiu to Jo'clnck:
and on W'cHineJdayaud Saturday evening!
lrwiii r5 to 7 It o'clock. aj'ri
JOHK D1BECT.
TOIIN PIDERT
JOBS D B IBSBT.
k CO.,
RS,
NO. 210 MAIN STREET.
J 0 II X S T 0 W X , P E X X A.
We sell Prafls nec.'tlalde in all p;irtaoftbe ful
led bliites aii'l Canada, and in EurciKH Cutictriea.
Huv told, t.'oup-mi and Ouiennuent liomia at
highest murket prices, lxmn in'.ney n approved
security Drafts and Chocks on oilier banks cash-
ed. Jioney rcci ed on deposit payai'ic i a ucmanu
Lifere-rt at the rat vf Six per cent, per
Annum paid on Time Dqwitg.
m
Krerjthin In the Banking Line receive our
proinpi atu-i.ti.ou.
1 lianaTUl lo our irii-ni? nut , .
ral paironage, we iieit a oaiu-iuani- u. u
same, and invite others who have business in our
li-e to eive us a trial, aw urine alLthat we ehall at
all times oo all we can to givo er.tire satisfaction.
t ebilTe Jl.iil-', Dlor.ni m. v-vj.
Cambria County
BANK,
M av. kedi & CO.,
NO. S6 MAIN HTREET,
- X-I3ST STOWN, FJ. ,
Henry Scbnable s Brick Building.
A General Da'ikicg Easiuess Transacted.
Trafts ar.d OwM an ! Silcer booiht and -ld.
(.!le.-ti -ns madf in ail parts of the l uked states
and Canada, interest allowed at therateolSAX
percent, per annum. If bit six m.mths or longer.
Special arrainfements made with Guardians and
others who bold niLiieys fa trust. "
aprillo-TS. ,
CAHPETI1TG.
Henry IMcCaiium,
.72 nfiJt Arenue,
PITTSBURGH, 7U.
Iuipjrts direct frjra JIanaracturers,
Superior Kitglish Oil Cloths,
KKUSSELS CAP. PETS. kc.
RAG", TIEMP --r.il INGRAIN CARPETS
la every variety.
- 51 FIFTH AVENUE,
Aliove Wct-d ttret t.
marCS.
1. BOOSE & Co.,
FOUHjERS k HACHlNISia
SALISBURY, : : PEX2Tt
Maoafacturcrs of all kinds of
; CASTINGS & 3L.CIIIXERY
Or '.crs t y m-ll prftzptly attenied to.
..i.:,vss Wj!. L!",'SE k CO.,
b l... r
-L Jf.
lk'.k-k P. O. S-werswteo, Fa.
Ursina Lime Kilns.
Thtsti !ers;n.t-J are prtpnre.1 toiur:
ilfh
Prims Euldin
By the Car Load.
Orders EcfpcctTully Solicited.
It. J. IIATZEIt aV CO.
I rtina. Jsce 1 v
ffilfSM WHITE LUI ft.
! 3Iar.ufaurref the Ce'c!rate-! '
j rAHXESTfiCKPrKn WnrTELKAIi.
! Wi:i. h hs sut-iiuid su-ii an mvUle reputatica
j f.r so m-ttiy yers. f Vai. rs au.i 1 :.eTnt r- sri.-i-i I
( pirt' -ular to use n-i! but vnr I'ure Wia-e
i Ix-ad. as t here Is rau-.h laleri .r and a-Jciterated
Lead in 1 tie market.
Xten.Hir.'y ei.iim r rar L"ad STRICT PT"
! r.ITV. but that U p'-? gri-au-r duratd tty.
c..ver? m- re reriiiT t r ktics weicht. so-! i Kpe.
i ri.T in Fli.MS an-1 WHITENESS to any
otui r bran.'.. Ail -J- r '-Id be a !dnsd to
efrtook TJliite Lead Co..
B. L. I AIIXi5Tl.'K A CO.
X M WoJ St.. I'itl!.urgh, P.
t-.14
QOAL AND
LIME.
itavinw Wsssd the fl lar.k and lime w.une
quarry on the Lraa el James KmiiuoL war Sto;-
I""- wewitl fceip m baud ami lor ta.le.ur wUlu.
; iivceeaU. l.mutJm and l.nr . man,Nr u-rsi.
1 Ir WEiMEB a. KIMMLL.
h ff u
2Iizcd'aneou3.
JHE BEST PUMP
Ui THE WORLD!
THE AM EE IC AN SVBMEHOED
iKvablo-Actinj;, Non-Freeiins
I ThJ Simplest, -Most Pnwrfnl, KffnetlTe. Ilun-
I ble, Kc!t'ic auil Jlicaiei't I'urtiji in um.
It i made all of Iron, ais.l of few jlmple p irU.
It will not Frtrzr. i no water rt-miiii In the
pij when not in acii,A.
It his nc loathrr or rnm pacti?, M the raoker
I and valvr are all ol tron.
' It tnt.Ltn, If Ax-nr iri-'l mil nf rttpr.
It will fnive water rrnro 40 to 60 fe t In the air, by
attaching a lew lift of hose.
It is a-iwd for washing Uulei, Win Jowg, water
ing Gardens, Ae.
It farnihes toe tntmt and eoMcat water, beesoje
1; i plboed in the bottom of the well.
Tkkhs: i inch Purap, fi5 ; pipe, SOe. foot,
1 " , " I; "tic "
Larger sizes In proportion.
IWEYAND fc'PLATT
Sole Aircnts for Someratt Co ity.
Somerset, Pi., Mjr ui, w.i.
"JJIXERAL POINT
PLANING MILL.
A. Growall & Son.
We arc now prepared to !. ail kinds of Planing
and Manufacturing of building material.
FLOORING,
Moruiim
WEATHER BOAElilXG
SASH AND IJtKJKS
TT1XD0WAXD DOORfn.UlES,
In short anything generally used In housebuild
ing. All orders promptly iiilcd. mania
I). G. LINT. 11. A. COXOVER.
GLADE STEAM MILLS,
Lint & Conorer,
Having recently leased what is known as the
Old loimisoii 'lill,
situateone mile iih of Somerset, and baring
I'M it in lirst class order, wc are pre)ian-d to do asl
;inds ol grinilioir. Havinr purchhsrd an engine
we are euallcd to ui-e cither steam or waterpowcr.
All work
WARRANTED SATISFACTORY
If the grain Is In good eon !lti . Flour for sale
always kept on liand. teplf,
r. b cwtaa.
L. C. SCOTT.
OWENS & SCOTT,
Butter Commission House,
153 W. Pratt St.,
BALTIMORE.
.-pa
NEW STORE!
KOHELL A WILSON would Inform their
friends and fie public generally, that th?y have
opened a store at
Q A. REETT,
Somerset A Mineral Point Bailmstd. and now offer
lor sale a a General Stock of Mercliaudiae, eoo
sisting of
PRY GOODS,
CLOTHING,
QUEEN'S WARE,'-
HARDWARE,
HATS Jfc CAPS,
: " BOOTS & SHOES.
Ac, kc, kc,
All el which will be sold sbeap for CASH or ex
ebnnired lorproluee.
WA 1 r.D Lnmberof all kinds, Hoop-rKdes,
Cross-Tics, Bark, Suves, Ac-, Also, Wool, But
ter, Eggs,
MAPLi; STJGR,
Kaoon. Grain of all kind. Furs, Sheep-Pelts, and
Beesw:.x. f..r which we will jy the highest prices
in Cash or Uoe-J.
SALT AND FISH.
alwavsoahnad. Give iia eall and lie ensvinel
that we iiitcu l to iu busiucss and cannot be under-
SCIIELL & WILSON.
CARPETS.
XE1VEST STYLES.
BODY BRUSSELS
LATEST DESIGNS
TAPESTRY BRUSSELS,
NOVELTIES IN
Two and Three Plies,
ALL OF WniCH WE OFFER AT
LOWEST CASH PRICES.
BOVARD, KOSE &CO.
XewXo.a Filth Avenue,
aer prrrsncKGii. PA.
t . " I.
r7:?- :i-r
I
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THE tiEW IMPROVED
VP?-,, ; PFTTTTP If
91
I
AWARDED
The "Medal cf Progress,
ATYIEVXA, 1ST3.
Thail HVst CrJer of '"Meoal" awarded at the
' ' Eipcsitlor.. -
fa .t-iriaj UacMn Received c tlightr Prise,
A FEW COOD BttSOSS:
l A X"W TiiTentlaB loucvuchly tested and M
cured bv Letters Patent.
s. Mkf a perfect L k Sdtch, alike on both
lUti.n atikioosof poo's.
a. Uuu Imht, sttxth, noiseless and rapid
best c"iu:inui. vf qiali:les.
i. Will df all rarieiies of Wrc and Fancy
SUlcl: tot; in a suprlr manner.
.-i ci.t ea,iiy muairi by in i-erator.
4. Iu-als raas fer years wit be at repairs.
Kurta w r.ucu ouiy ' '-er wr.i:e roaains-j
a i rrrai'i iTifr ran na LMrHirui auuvak t-t-niuK
' ' ' i-t2
1
th sut.-awi.h-jt the wse ol cost wheel rear ro-i&er DeraSS OI IQe rascanv luuiauni.
FeZi?.-" lLe 0DCC celebrated and dread-
any speed. Ha swraew Thread t otrlier. watch ; e4J Lewis took high rank in laSCaI
alliii evsy nu.veotent of needle-bar and preretiU : , , - j ) Vnrtiun
icurr toiWead. jdomandwas more widely Known,
k.w.tree.. a mist careful aed enisiied. 1 more wparrally feared and personally
ii manufactures: bv the riom skiliruland eiperl ' S "', "J ... . ' J
; .- !'- IJ. H Fillimr, J.W. Vlk--ri' K svs uiiua
vfKd mrcbueir. at tne retet-rated HemtnrtoB
whitt. l.i.t. Ji. i, rtM.barasA J Jire
tilth at. apr
bomerset
SOMERSET,
TIIF.EE is so death.
BY LOBD BCLWTtlt LTTOS.
There Is no death I The stars go down
To rise upon some fairer shore ;
And bright In heavens jeweled crown
They shine foreTcrmore.
There Is no death ! The dust we tread
Shall change beueath the neaam sIi-jw.tj
To golden (train or mellow fruit,
tljaln-bow tinted D jwer.
The granite rocks disjrganie
To feed the hungry m-s they bear,
Tha forest trees drink dally lire
Frtfpi out the viewless air.
There Is no death t The loasc nwy fall,
The flowers may f.ide and pass away;
They only wait tbioagh wintry hours
The coming of the May.
Thero is no death ! An angel form
Walks o'er the earth with silent trend.
He bears our best-lored things away
And then we call them "dead."
He learcs our hearts all desolate,
He plucks our fairest, sweetest flowers ;
Transplanted Into bliss they now
Adorn immortal bowers.
The bird-like Toiee wituMoyous tones.
Hade glad these scenes of sin and strife,
Sins now an everlasting song
Amid the trees of life.
And when he fees a smile too bright,
Or heart loo pure for taint and vice,
He bears it to that world of light,
To dwell in Paradlso.
Born unto that undying lire,
They leave us but to come again ;
With joy wo w eloonie them the same,
Except la sin and pain.
And ever near us, though unseen.
The dear. Immortal spirits tread ;
For all the boundless unlvers.
Is life there Is no dead.
For the Somerset Herald.
THE BANDIT OF THE ALLEU1IEX1ES
An Incident In the life of Iwta the
Kbl?er tlilef of tlie 9oontalms.
The Robbers end Highwaymen of
every country are the favorite heroes
of romance of the masses. Even the
educated and the thinking part of
the community do not altogether es
cape the infection. The universali
ty and depth of this feeling render it
worthy tne attention oi pnuosopuic
minda. Something more than tne
lamour of romance and man's natu
ral admiration for energy and daring
must be accounted for. The native
inslincU of the average civilized man,
his general impulses, are right ; and
opposed to theft and violence.
Y e ail take tne moral siue in oootfa
or plays. Even the wickedest ap
plaud virtue on the stage and rejoice
when the "poor but honest" young
man defeats tne machinations of the
rich and heartless oppressor. An
audience whose daily conversation
would not look well in print, whose
garments ara soiled by the muck of
our Vanity Fairs is a unit in rejoic
ing, and applaud to the echo, the
Heroine, poor, proua ana virtuous as
she escapes from the castle of her
ravisher bv a lean from the liattle-
nipiits destructive to evervthintr of
mortal mould in real life. Or by
the aid of a mysteiions individual
invaribly wrapped in a voluminous
mantle, his features shrouded under
a slouched hat and holding a dark
lantern, whose language inevitably
hoarse and interjectional consists of
"Hist!" "Ha!" "away!" etc, inadeep,
nerve thrilling bass, even in the
depths of the snbterraneau passage,
where sunlight uever penetrates and
the human voice is only heard once
nr twtVn in a centurv. on occasions of
startling adventure, or aa escape
like the one under consideration. As
a rule people are law abiding. Man
possesses aa innate reverence for
authority, and powerful must be the
reason, almost irresistible the impulse
that drives whole communities to re
sistance or indaces them to side with
the lawless or sympathise with the
criminal, aiding him to evade punish
ment and cheat the administra
tors of justice. Robinhood in England
and many of the celebrated Robbers
of Ireland were looked on by the
masses of the people as champions,
as the enemies of a dominant and op
pressive race, alien in blood and in
terest to the natives. They cannot
therefore be cited as examples for our
present purpose.
Long years of injustice and oppres
sion, in nearly every land arucng peo
ple of different faith, race and lan
guage, have broken down and worn
awar the natural reverence for au
thority which it was the duty and
the effort of civilizatioa to foster and
increase. The very one who should
have been most dreaded and avoided,
the man of violence and crime, for
many aires and in many lands has
been and we are sorry to say still ic",
the favorite hero of romance. Ibis
is specially to be regretted,and a reme
dy earnestly sougbt tor in our own lano
where the great majority are in favor
of our present form of government,
and even the humblest take an ac
tive pari in forming and susta n
lag it. At the time ot wbicn we
write especially, there was not the
slightest desire or intention of chang
ing tr destroying existing inouei ana
forms. Some party animosity of course
existed and was warmly cherished
by the o:ie ilea'd people of the ilay.
Hut the onnoiliiu wus i-ntTt-Iv
rected against speciCcacts and individ
i uals. not against the form of govern
1-
mti.t, the law or administration, let
the people of our good, old, law-abiding
State sympathised with the bol
dest, most brilliant and susccssful
Bandit of that age.
America, like the communities of
the old world has furnished her full
quota to the criminal calendar, des
pite her comparative poverty and
consequent freedom from temptation,
despite her scattered populations and
entire freedom from- many of the
wrongs and reasons that in older and
richer countries urged or forced men
into a criminal career. Her Sea Ro
vers have ben among the boldest
i and bloodiest, her heads of gangs, ber
captains of Bandit, have been as red-
handed and ruthless as the bloodiest
of Italy or Greece . Pennsylvania part
ly owing to the difference of her pop
ulation, somethinr perhaps to her
central situation, but more to the na-
tive coodncss and honesty of her peo-
; j tu Dp Leen 88 prolific 10 the
! . r ! Tl 1
j productioa of rascaiiy material as ber
. etftteS W th Smaller and more
- - -
populations. Among
j - . i , -. nntuw
Ar- popular than any of bis day and gen
pjjieration. We mfght say Jndeed of
ESTABLISHED, 1837.
PA., WEDNESDAY,
any time.for never since has there been
one fit to proclaim himself bis rightful
successor, ice wiue ana variea ueiu
of his operations., The number and
security of h'3 strongnoius ana
hiding places, the" dash and brilliance
of bis exploits,; his popularity and j
UlllUt'IlCt! Wim l IHK'pm Vl 111"
-. l . 1 - I.. ..r 1. ; .
en
tbe t:r; tli.-lficl. (i-Z'.enuin": iroiu
Driawtrt? to the Out", ltil Htivily if
11.it exeiu.-ivi ly tninSned tu the- coun
ties on our N-mibeni border, occasion
ally raiding into Maryland aud Vir
ginia where he bud many shrewd
aud active partisans) lie tears the
bell among them '4. He became knoWn
to fame shortly ttfter the close of the
War of 1812 and the consequent un
settled condition of the country large
ly aided his schemes and protected
him from punishment, tnougn mat
was doubtless owing to the wonaer
ful rapidity of his motions, which
rendered him seemingly ubiquitous
and gave the ignorant faith in his
supernatural powers. The wide
spread perfection of h;s arrangements
for securing information and prompt
ness of action made bim a dreaded
and dangerous foe to the business
men and authorities. His wild aid
reckless daring, his p.iany acts f
kindness and generosity, purposely
exagerated by his partisans, speedily
raised him to the summit of populari
ty among the poorer people of the
mountains, who would have regarded
his arrest a3 a calamity and bis pan
ishment as oppression.
Many of our old' citizens can tell
anecdotes of him and many of them
when voung searched for his buried
treasure when supposed to be hunting
for berries or chestnuts.
In those days men were compelled
to travel iu coaches or on horseback.
Bills of exchange if known were not
in use in the South and West, and it
was no trifling undertaking to con
vey a large sura in gold or silver to
the East, through a country where
the inhabitants were all unjustly bus- !
pectod of being robbers or in sympa- j
thy with them. It was the general
practice to carry what was then con
sidered very large sums, concealed
ahout the person or in the old fash-
ioned Sadd!e-Bag3, an indispensable
portion of a travelling outfit. Mer
chants and drovers especially were
the object3 of the lawless gangs, the
merchants took money east with
them but the drovers carried money
to the west and were waited for on
their return from the city.
Sometimes companies of them
would unite and travel together giv
ing confidence and protection, when
this could not be done disguises were
adopted. Many men from choice or
necessity travelled aione ana tney
were the special oojects or the gangs
who had tim" notice of their de
parture, with a suggestion aa to tne
amount carried. bew waa bimseii
expert in disguises aud a sufficiently
good actor to sustain any of the char
acters adopted in his seirch for infor
mation or opportunities to plunder.
Uavicg in his pay the Landlord,
Hostler, Cook or some one at nearly
all the principal stopping places on
the different routes, be generally bad
correct and minute information
that enabled him to lay his plans so
carefully a3 to en3ure success. The
writer La3 been shown the " place
where he perpetrated one of his most
noted robberies, on a man known to
be brave, prompt and fully alive to
the risks he was runniug in crossing
the mountains. His coming with a
co nsiderable gum ot money was
known to Lewis, but bow ho would
travel and by what particular route
he had successfully concealed. His
shrewdness, well-known courage and
watchfulness made the robber special
ly anxious to rob him, his vanity and
cupidity were equauy excuea. Hav
-. , TT
ing perfected his arrangements aa
far as possible and posted his men
bo that the traveller avoiding one
would be almost sure to be caught
by another party, Lewis started in
search of information, anxiousto meet
this redoubtable hero and rob him
unaided and alone. Leaving somexf
his eanrr near Stove&towa he travel
led leisurely along towards Grcens-
burr. hearing nothing of his man he
crossed over to Connelsville, where he
snent several days passing himself off
for a farmer near Shippinsburg, who
had bought some and wished to buy
more land in Fayette County. He
even irot a letter cf introduction to
one of the leading lawyers in Union
town where he was well received and
spent some days very pleasantly ex
amining the historic spots and natu
ral beauty of that region. Feeling
assured his man would take that
route he passed oa down the National
road not caring to stay too long about
Uniontown for fear of being recog
nized. At Somerfield he passed
for a contractor from Virginia who
was engaged in building bridges and
wished to examine the bridge across
the Youghiogheny particularly,
while there be made the acquaintance
of all the leading men and wa.3 wel
comed as a visitor to many houses.
He also visited IVtcrsburg on the
invitation of one ot the citizens aud
a parly wa raided to show the lran--er
F.'rt Hill and the Three Riv-rs
where Confluence now siauds. lie
was delighted with the country es
pecially with the Ream farm and
tried or pretended to try to . buy it,
saying it was equal to their best lands
in the celebrated Shenandoah Valley,
and he would move there and greatly
improve it, (even if he had purchased
it he would hardly have made as
much of a change as did. W. J. Baer.)
"He afterwards said he was so much
pleased with this trip and so heartily
enjoyed being treated as an honest
man" that he felt more real regret and
sorrow for his past life and conduct
than be ever had before. Would
gladly have changed places with the
poorest, most ignorant and overwork
ed man in the country if he conld have
blotted out hi3 past career of rapine
and nl nader and lived free from
alarms. It was while these better
thoughts had possessioa of him, that
he received notice that his intended
victim was travelling alone, on
horseback, on tbe, turnpike between
Greensburg and Bedford. He bade
a hasty adieu to bis new friends aid
to all hopes of an honest peaceful
life and hastened over to Berlin, from
there to one of bis Lideiog places,
where be donned a new disguise and
started to try conclusions with the
redoubted traveller wbose wealth he
coveted and to rob whom he thought
NOVEMBER '4. 1874.
would be an aditional feather in
cap. if he could succeed without
his
aid
from his band. ... . v
Our traveller staid at a tavern ia
the valley east of Stoystowij and ia
the morning carefullv examined his
arms, found they liad not been tam
pered wild, and pucea mem reauy
bo instantly used. His horse was in
ifiMid couditioa 8ad travelled freely in
the early morning. With every stase
alert our traveller proceeded, and as
bo approached the place where he ex
pected to be "interviewed," be kept
the middle of the road, and cast a
wary eyo on either side, not to be un
prepared and taken with one of
Lewis's tremendr us leaps, of which
he had often heard and was ready
for. His precautions were aa yet
entirely useless, nothicg dangerous
or even suspicious had been seen.
But one person bad been in sight and
his motions indicated that ho wished
he wasn't. Jle seemed in haste and
anxious to avoid being overtaken, or
spoken to. As the horseman gradu
ally overhauled him, a reason for not
desiring to extend the circle of his
acquaintance wa3 app.irent. The
man was evidently very drunk and
was hurrying home to sleep off the
effects of a night of dissipation. Soon
another and a greater reason was
seen ; he had been fighting and it re
quired no second look to one long
used to frontier life and rough and
tumble fighting to tell that he had
been worsted. His bruised and
bloody head, and soiled clolhing,
something of weakness in the gait
and general lassitude was evidence
of great physical exhaustion and suf-ferinfl-.
In annarent desperation at
the imminence of bein;
overtaken,
spoken to, questioned
about tho
fight and perhaps made fun of for his
want of pluck, ho pushed forward aa
rapidly as possible, in sporting
language he "spirted" but the effort
as was soon apparent had been too
much for bim. He staggered, rallied
a little, struggled on for a short d:3
tance and then with a despairing
groan fell, limp, helpless and almost
lifeless in the road. Our traveller
was a humane man, of generous im
pulses and a ready sympathy, espec
ially for fighting men, aa was common
at that day. He had been in many
a fight himself, he had readily divin
ed the state of mind of the man be
fore him aud heartily compassionat
ing the condition of the sorely stricken
one hurried to his relief, hastily dis
mounted from his well trained horse
and was about to raise him and place
him in a more comfortable position
when Boom-whish ho fell stunned
and nearly senseless ia the ditcn,
and could barely hear and understand
the taunting laugh and shout of the
treacherous robber a3 he seized his
well-filled saddle-bags, and in two
or three bock-liko leap3 disappeared
down the side of the mountain. The
taunting shout told bim he was a
rlrtim to the wile3 of Lewis the Ban
dit Chief and that added an addition!
sting to his ovewbelming misery. 1 ne
robber soon found bis gang and made
them laugh heartily at bi3 racy recital
of the morning's adventure. ...But the
victim ? That morning's worn nau
ruined and made bim desperate. He
wa3 defrauded of his sympathy and
rob'd of his money. There in solitude
and Borrow he made- a vow to deeply
avenge his own and other's wrongs.
He was the man to keep that vow to
the bitter end. Is our next we will
tell of bis visit to the Robbers Pen
and subsequent adventures.
(Tobe Continued.)
A. Groleaqae Bobbery,
A brief account of tbisi remark
able robbery was given In The Amer
ican of yesterday, but the fuller ac
count, which we take from the New
York Tribune, is of interest.
An eccentric old man w ho, although
wealthy lived in a populous tenement
house, and although having neither
wife nor children did not invite any
fricnd3 to share home, was robbed of
property worth $100,000, which he
had secreted in his room, on Sunday
night October II.
Luther Bryant waa bora in the
year 1801, near the village of Con
nington, Berkshire county Massachu
setts, where his father, a physician,
waspraniciog medicine at tbetirae. At
the age of fourteen he was graduated
from Williams College and he then
traveled in Europe for over two
yeara. , Returning, be studied medi
cine, was soon given his physician's
diploma, and began work in his pro
fession. After a residence of many
years ia Burlington, Vermont, he
changed his home, in 1843, to Charles
ton, South Carolina. He there re
mained until the civil war broke out,
when bein-ill-treated on acconnt of
Northern birth, he came to thi3 city.
Thinking that years might past be
fore he could obtain a remunerative
practice in a city where he had only
a few acquaintances, he determined
to erect a stand in the busiest part of
tbecitv and buy and sell old coias.re ve
nue stamps, and mutilated currency.
For many years before he had bought
old cuinsVut of curioMty, and had be
came an expert in regard to their
worth. He selected as his home two
rooms on the third floor of a tene
ment house which had just been erec-J
ted at No. 1 Forsyth street, and he
has since lived in them. He began
business oa the principarof buying
cheap and selling dear. Believing
that it was an indiscreet business
habit on the part of the purchaser of
old coin to offer a high price for a
rare coin to a per3on who had acci
dently became possessed of one, and
wits unaware of i'.3 true value, he
adopted the practice of refusing to
give over a certain small amount for
a coin, at least one thousand per
cent, below its true value. If tbe
keeper of an old coin stand "should
! offer $20 for a coin 'worth flOO, the
I person intending to sell the coin
'. would almost invariably refuse to
sell, and go away to make inquiries
concerning it3 true value. W bereas,
if tbe proprietor should offer Cfteea
cents ior a Roman coin of the time
of Aeustns. the owner of the coin
would usually think he bad got a ve
ry good price for it." Shortly after
arriving ia this city, and beginning
business on the principle descri'oed, a
brother of hia died and bequeathed
him bDnds worth many thousand dol
lars. He continued in his, business,
notwithstanding tbe legacy, and
made money. Having always lived
fi
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3
alono, never having been married,
and being very economical, frugal
iu his diet, healthy, abstaining from
both liquor and tobacco, bo had ac
cumulated a large fortune, even be
fore reaching this city. It has been
his habit for thirteen years pa?t to
leave his home at eight A. M., walk
to a resturant ia Chatham STeet, eat
breakfast, ' and then going tj his
stand begin the work if the day.
His stand - was pla -ed against the
iron fence surrounding the old Nottb
Dutch Churdi, at Fulton and William
streets, and being passed daily by
many thousand person?, was conse
quently in excellent position for a
selljr of old coin. Mere be would re
main until 4 P. M., summer and win
ter. Then closing up his stand he
would agaia go to the restaurant in
Chatham street, eat supper, it being
his habit to havo only two meals a
day, and then would go home. It
was seldom that any person was ad
mitted to the rooms. Never during
the daytime, and for only a few mo
ments at night, did friends remain in
them. The door leadiug out into the
hallway of the house had three locks
a patent padlock, a ntgut-Iatch
lock, aa ordinary bouse loci. At
tached to the inside of tho door
there waa also a large chain, which
could be so fastened to the jamb of
the door as to prevent its being open
ed further than two inches. Although
there wa3 such a numbtr of locks,
the pannel of the pine door was so
thin that with a moderately sharp
knife a thief could cut a whole large
jenough to crawl through. There
were two rooms, tho larger and out
er rooms being used as a sort of par
lor, and the inner room 83 a sleeping
apartment. The floor of the outer
room was covered with a handsome
Brussels carpet, and tho walls were
almost hidden from sight with a mul
titude of small chromo paintings and
glas3 vases of curious shape and dif
ferent colors The furniture was
good, the attention of the visitor to
the rooms being especially attracted
to a small rosewood bureau, upon the
top of which rested a large and cost
ly French clock. A visitor looking
at the bureau would have thought
that there were only three drawrc3,
and if prompted by curiosity to have
opened them, would have found with
in the clothing of the occupant of the
room. Underneath tha third drawer,
however, theie wa3 a secret drawer,
easily discovered nevertheless if the
drawer above wa3 pulled oat of the
bureau. Iu this secret drawer and
on the floor beneath it Bryant declar
ed he placed $70,000 in $20 gold
pieces daring tbe past twelve
years! Before concei'ing the coia he
would weigh, and then would punch
a small whole ia tha head of the God
desa of Liberty on the face of the
coin. He would then enclose one
hundred piece3 of the coin ia silk
paper and store away the rolls ia the
secret drawer. The clock upon the
bureau waa sheltered from dust by a
large glass cover It was a theory
of Bryant's that if any person should
gain entrance to the room darmg bi3
absence, they would not dare to
move the bureau and thus uncover
the rolls of gold on the floor beneath
it, from a fear of breaking the clock.
The bureau did not conceal, however,
ali the wealth ia the room. A
shelf seven feet above tho floor sup
ported a large tin case. This case
was almost filled with rare coins, ac
cumulated by the ioecupant during
the thirteen yeara he bail been in
business. He had been in the habit
of selling the poorer coins he might
buy and of keeping the precious ones.
Gradually, in the course of years, the
box bad become heavier and heavier,
and at last he did not have the
strength lo lift it to the floor. Ac
cordingly he bought a small ladder
and nsed it in ascending to the box
to examine and put ia coia. Tbe coin
ia the box Bryant estimated wa3
worth $12,000." Hanging agaiust
the wall from a -nail there was a
large black morocco travelling bag.
In the left-hand compartment of this
bog there was $1,000 in mutilated
currency and $700 in the new fifty
and ten-cent currency. In the right
band compartment there was a gold
watch, valued at $500; a gold chain
weigbiog 100 pennyweights, formed
of oblong bars; a diamond rtng, a
pair of amethyst sleeve-buttons, a
a pair of gold eye-glasses, and a doz
en silver teaspoons. Near tlie bag
there was a trunk, in which was hid,
the occupant of the room asserts,
$20,000 worth of postage stamps.
The locks oa the doors well guarded
allthe property described during the
day, Bryant thought. At night be
placed a large bowie-knife and two
revolvers oa a chair near his bed
side. Bryant as has already been stated,
in addition to bis coin basines3 also
dealt in postage and revenue stamps.
On October 7 last William R. Evans,
a book-keeper employed bv Faber k
Co., dealers in lead pencils, at 2o.
133 William etreef, entered the Sec
ond Precinct Station House iu Beek-
man street aud asked to see Captain)
CaiTrev. He then told toe Captain
that a"bov iiumcd Charles Krepps of
p'lS Ol
No. 2!3 Rivington street bad .tieaj
aiam nrnr;h Z:. Lclftirrintr t
to bim, and bad sold them to Bryant.
' ''--.- r - " -" o o i .
He thought that Bryant ought to be
arrested for buying tbe stamps from
the boy. Captain Caffrcy said that
be did not like to take upon himself
tbe responsibility of arresting Bryant
upon such a charge unless be bad a
warrant, and requested Evans to go
to the Tombs Poiice Court aad state
wbatBrvaat bad done. Lvans re
turned with a letter from one of the
justices, so uaptain uaarey states,
advissnar the Captain to arrest Lry-
ant The Captain accordingly sum
mone
bim
went
and
Lourt. A corap
by Faber againft Bryaat, the former
charging the latter with receiving
stolen foods. Justice Bixbv, who
waa presiding, committed Bryant in
default of $500 bail to appe
ir for
trial at the Court of ijcneral es
sioa. A detective belonging to a
nriri1!! rtitoi't?irf rrpnrr who bad:
informed Faber of ' KrerW crime,!
asiea j usiicj i.xoy 10 give u.m
MW . T I ' t . . ' I. 7 a f
him
him . '
search warrant for
Bryant's dwell
I ratrcimaa reters, ana toia i - s-"-- ".- ... ,:.,. ,.m.tA i- .
to make the arreL Pc'ers no one to harvest it lc; u ua.c (ja0.-, i .Miners ui
to maae me arrest. c.crs :. -,. ,,nn,.r and thus two-third
to iryani, s siaa j, arrea.ea nun, , i... r ih h:H nti i.i
tnr-V rim ir. th Tom!. Police on tandav ; longer rftwM- i" 0r tne pruu - 7'
toes tiru to tte ion us l o.ice . , daTi. I f)f OQ,r .bout one-fifth, as it
a;nt waa tnere niaae . ,. - . -
1 the ground that' the accused j we discover him to be a fool; but Do
ha vc secreted there sme ofi body could find it out ia bis prospen-
ing, on
mio-ht
the 6toIen postage stamps. Justice
Nil
1.
t
NO. 20
Bixby refused to grant the apoplk-a-tion.
Bryant was apparency amaz
ed by his arrest, and declared that
he was ignorant of what measures he
ought to take to get released, lie
was put in a cell and there remained
for the ucxt five days. Meanwhile.
his few friends were unaware cf his
tiairira- Kucn i -.-., - .-i 1 an1 1 . ; -i rnr.rr.a !
with their hidden treasure, remained j
unguarded ror many hours. Late oa
Sunday night, October 11, a resident
in the house, whilo approaching the
place, saw a carriage driven rapidly
away from in front of its doors.
Early tho foliowiug morning the
daughter of a Mrs. .Neubauer of No.
7S Division street, a friend of Bry
ant's, come to the house to bring bim
some clothing. She found the door
open, and looking at it closely, saw
that there were circular mark across
its face, evidently the marks made
by aa instrument which had been
used in tearing off the padlock. Tho
other locks had been picked. Enter
ing th; room, she saw that it had
been plundered by thieves. All the
drawers of the bureau including tbe
secret drawer, Lad been pulled out
and were resting upon the floor. Not
one gold coia was left, and some of
Bryant'3 ciothing had been taen.
The lock of the trunk had bceri torn
open with a jimmy, and the contents
of the trunk were strewn over the
floor. Tho morocco case was so
securely located that the thieves were
unable to get at it3 contents in that
way. They therefore cat a long slit
in the leather on each side of the
bag, and then took out its contents.
The lock of the box containing the
coia had also beca forced off with a
jimmy, ana an cr the com stolen.
The thieves apparently did not dare
to cumber themselves with the three
heavy clocks of the robbed man,
valuable as they were. Captain
Ward, cf the Tenth Frecinct Police,
was at once informed of the great
robberry. He hastened to the bouse
with several officers and thoroughly
examined the plundered rooms and
questioned the inmates. If a clew
wa3 obtained its worth h3s not vet
been shown bv the arrest of any of
the thieves or the recovery of any
portion of the stolen propetry. Su
perintendent Walling has instructed
the detectives to make strenuous ef
forts to discover tbe perpetrators of the
crime. The detectives do not express
mnch hope of recovering the pioper
ty on account of its being so easily
disposed of. The information of his
great los3 wa3 told to Bryant on the
day of the discovery of the robbery.
He exhibited much anguish, and ex
pressed despair of being able to sup
port himself. The police obtained
his release on his own recognizance
to appear for trial and then took him
to his house. He described his sto
len property to them and its position
in the room. He ha3 since tbroueh
Superintendent Walling offered $o,-
000 for the recovery of th property
and arrest of the thieves. Hi3 money,
he said, be kept in his room, because
he had no confidence ia banks. Ail
mea have some object ia life ; most
men worked hard to get money for
their families; he worked to get gold
for himself. A few years ago be
made a will bequeathing money to
various friends, and then had added
codicle after codicil until the paper
was covered, and then wishing to put
in another codicil, and not having
tbe room to put it in, he had burned
tbe will. He had recently thought
of willing his money for the estab
lishment of aa old bachelor's home.
Now he would have to abandon that
plaa. A man that had health and
was energetic, even if seventy-three
years old, need not ask charity, and
ought to earn a good livelihood.
A 8eaibl nillionalre.
A few years ago Mr. .Tamf i Lick,
ibe California millionaire, had the
old house in which he was born ship
ped by rail to his Pacific home, and
there set up oa Lis farm and furnish
ed as of c! j, a wonder to curiosity
seekers. Mr. Lick's fortune was
made in lucky gold and real estate
ventures. Within a decade he es
tablished the Lick House, one of the
hotelj in the world. When com
paratively a young man he ia found
in the pampas cf Brazil and Baenos
Avres with thousands of fine horses
and cattle, a great proprietor, from
whom these governments derived
supplies for the commissariat. Next
he is in Chili and Peru, always op
erating oa a very large sca.e. W hen
in A'alparaiso he heard cf tbe Cali
fornia gold discoveries, put twenty
thousands dollars ia doubloons in his
trunk, and was off at once for .Saa
Francisco, bougot large corner lots
and made other successful invest
ment3 that have brought him mil
lions. He is now ia very poor health,
and, therefore, like a sensible raaD,
be proceeded to administer on his
own rrreat estate while livinrr.
Take Time to Beat.
M.
it men arid women fiiust keep
j ' the traces and
i 'r roun'i- J!i tl
1 keer ruliiiiir. the
vl iuuii'i. H iii i;i"t ii;'.m I'lii (
t .. ,t,..-..r...
" nr duty to tane things easier
tbe bot weather conien mi. Take
longer rests at noon. Put on less
steam when you are at work. Snatch
a Sunday now and then from the
middle of the week. You can't You
can. People End time to be sick and
die. They can just as easily find time
rest and keep well. Everythingdoes
not depend on finishing that dress
or fencing that field ; or "putting up"
so rnucb fruit or catching so many
customer. Better that the children
should wear old clothes than tha.
their mother should be laid aside by
a fever. Better that the corn crop
i.. ti etnr nhuttcrs earlier at
. . ' i a.t. i:Li. tL. Knt f no ra r i -r- r .tvo 1 ir (if iiuthi ic usrn.
I , . . . . 1 i r J ... -a
night; prepare plainer meals in tbe xto chit ken down is said to form
kitchen. Take a noon-day nap yoor-j , igutifu! cloth when woven. For
self, and .give your employees aiaf,.jat a square yard of the material.
a chance to
itii a rUbino- nf an alter-
and then. That only
noon cow
rfu.'y which the Lord lays upon
and be is not so hard a master aa
U3
we;
1
sometmics mppose.
As riches and favor forsake a ma
ty.
T AwtusaB-TI.
In the eternal round cf seasons
j tbero is nothing strange : and Tet m
17As-a AAnin. 1 a
j wmiaou na pleasant custom it
is, as one goes out and we atand oa
the threshold of another, to take a
survey of both. WbD giim old
winter sets his snowy foot and icy
grasp upoa us, the soft balmy airs of
spring are anticipated wholly with
delight. Neither drizzling rain nor
omnipresent slush find a place in the
meatal picture. Eat soon these ars
palpable enough uncomfortably pal
pable, and might be nnsupportable,
but for the expectation of tha ap
proaching delights of summer, whose
clear skies and rich vegetation in tura
lead ua to foget the sweltering tem
perature and long draughts, which in
due order assert themselves, and ia
cliue every discoi. tented humanity to
cast another sing!;? glance forward
this time to autumn, the season now
open.
Of all season, Autumn promises
most, and disappoints least. Melan-
eb..Iy it may be, yet in its mtl incholy
no.ioueii oi pain, itiercis death ia
tLo wai
wmia a dirze they
stem to thaat for the withering
leaves, fall'io.: fruit, and deeavinw
flowers, even as the fresher breezes
of spring are a natal anthem. But it
is death dealing with maturity, aou
however sad but fulfilling its mission
at a natural and befiting period. The
process i3 suggestive ol calmness and
repose, and every surrounding helpa
to produce that effect If man is in
fluenced at ail, it is into a quieter,
more thoughtful mood, and for once
he feels measurably well disposed to
linger, content with the present, in
stead of again taxing anticipation.
Golden roads, fields and forests ia
purple, yellow and russet; delicate,
many tinted twilights, and ali soft
ened, subdued and invested with aa
additional charm by such haze as
that which belongs to an Indian sum-
rrer there is at no other time so ex
quisite a treat for the eye.
Keep III tearalf.
You have trouble your leeling
are injured, your husband is unkind,
your wife frets, your home is not
pleasant your friends do not treat yoa
fairly, and things in general move un
pleasantly. Well, what of it ? Keep
it to yourself. A smouldering fire
can be found and extinguished ; but
when tbe coals are scattered, who
can pick them up? Bury your sor
row. The place for sad and disgusting
things is under he ground. A cut
finger is not benefited by pulling of
the plaster, and eiposing it under
somebody's eyes; tie it up and let it
alone; it will get well itself Booner
than you can cure it. Charity cover
eth a multitude of sins. Things thus
covered are often . cured without a
scar; but, once published and con
fided to meddling friends, there is
no end to the trouble they may cause.
Keep it to yourself. Troubles are
transient, and, when a sorrow
healed and past what a comfort it is
to say, "No one ever knew it until it
was all over 1"
A ! EsUer.
There is a chap ia Staunton, Va.
who cats glass. ''I went out," says
the physician who describes it, "and
secured a piece, about one-third of a
broken paad, and brought in several
friends to witness the sight Retook
the glass and deliberately bit oat a
piece about the size of a silver half
dollar, and chewed it up with as much
gusto a3 if it had been a piece of
biead, and swallowed it,' taking af
terward a swallow of water and bread,
he "said, to get the particlea out of hia
teeth. He would hare eaten tho
whole piece if I had requested, as he
has frequently eaten tumblers for a
drink ot whis-key. He said he would
eat any kind except the colored bottle
glass, which had poison in it He
was first induced to try the expert
meat about three years ago, at the
Cape of Good Hope, by a surgeon in
the Brittish navy, who bet he could
eat all the glasses (eighteen ia num.
ber) at a dinner-party, which he did,
and he saw no reason why he could
not do as much, so he tried it by eat
ing only three. Since that time he
has eaten glass for the amusement cf
others over a thousand times with no
disagreeable effect. The only differ
ence he sees is, it gives him an apoc
tite.
A Sew F.o far Chlekess F .than.
Chicken feathers are among thorn
waste-prod'icts of the farm of which
regular mean3of utilization has here
tofore beea suggested. Myriads of
them are strewa over the barn-yard
packed ia the floor of tbe chicken
house, or are conyerted into positive
nuisance by the wind which bestrews
thern over lawns and flower beds, or
drives them into ope a doors and
windows. Tho down alone is, we
believe, occasionally used as a stuf
fing for pillows or cushions, and some
times employed as an adulteration ia
goose feathers : bat the long plumes,
wiogs, sides, and tail of the bird, ua-le-sa
made into rude bundles to serve
as dusters for tbe housewife, are gen
erally regarded aa totally worthless
"According to statistics very care
fully compiled," says a writer ia Lm
Xature, "we throw away yearly a
quantity of chicken feathers, the in
trinsic value of which is equal to the
money we pay out for cotton." A
startling statement, bat tbe author
i considers it true; and he proceeds to
ejnlain how tho feathers are prepared
1 10 reader them valuable: Theopera-
tion is to cut the plume portions of
the feaiher3 from the stem, by means
of ordinary hand cissors. The former
arc placed ia quantities in a coarse
bag, which, when full, is closed and
subjected to a thorough kneading"
with the hands. At the end of five
miantes, the feathers become disag
gregated and felted together, forming
a down, perftcly homogeneous and of
great lightness" It is even higher
than natural eider down, because tbe
!af.r coniaing tbe ribs of the
fathers, which give extra weight.
The material thus prepared i
worth, and readily sells ia Paris for
about two dollurs a pound.
About 15 foy ouaces of thi
do.vn can be obtained from the feath
ers of an ordinary sized pullet; and
this on, the above valuation, is worth
about 20 cents. It is suggested thai,
through the winter, children might
collect all the feathers about a farm,
and cat the ribs out as we have stat
ed. l'r tte spring time a large quan
tity of down would be prepared,
.". , ..11 ! .tlar.tcw? r,f tn nnhnl-
wiiicn couiu uv vii.-'. -t
1 t nresent tue case.
n..tinil ana a tail Ol aowa 1 iw-
islouired. The fabrickis said to be al-
most iudostructable, as, ia
place of
fraying or wearing out at fobu,
only seems to foil tbe tighter, it
' a,'.., ritra i.1 ;I X- inn IK JVv-ja -j
wa'erproof. There pp to .
a good opportunity bw. tor mbm u
genious person to inreot machme. t
ut aad treat tl ftaUr.
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