JIJL Terms of Publication. Ths Somerset Herald ..published every Wednesday annum, If paid in advance; Momlug ;2 00 otherwise 2 40 .11 InvarlaOiy ' ,7H.tl until all ar- r lal op. Itmuter neglecting to ""H. X .ubscriber. do not Uk.at their Ir. will be held liabl for the wbecrtitioo. Uerlber. removing from one PortofBe. to an-tSrto-W fir. t. the nam of tb. former M veil a the preaent ' Addres " Somerset Printing Company, JOHN I. SUCLL, Buslnec Manager. - . . . ........ Businm Cards, 3ir&Pc...U, attend- d 10 J.KOOSIK. ATTORNEY AJ LAW - - I V TI. vi. .ttend to all Vu'" .7-. " - 1- protnpuio. VL" wiii riv P'V"! I'jnw uuui". y "n... iirho ,u . .. nd tne adjoining oouott. iy&-tt- iouae Row. ' TT,, H Ooffrotb has - AW KOTICE.-Alexdw ru j..,, j retained the Mammoth Building- .Tln.n counties. tmce I djoining countl .v iTHW.SOa ru H. VHU ATTU tt ' d mli business jan. I, " . - i "eln -Ul'le promptly attended to. aug. i-iy r IMV.KL A COLBOR. A-mBSE AT K LAW, Somerset, la. l u. W-ly. ki ca- r- with promises, and ndelity. ;gly moth Block. 11 Bounty an Pe AcnJ,n. u.lt. ,.7 office In Mammoth Wink. J pAVLU.OaITHKK. uec4-72. . jan 14. y IS L. PUGII, " A rrORSET AT LAW, S,met,ra, i;nirnc Main CroM ht. "O wu.osi- ndc julyli JO. Oi3LE ATTOKXET AT LAW, tv? attended to witb prompiue.,, and ad.H.J miria'T. " A G JJILLEII, after twclre ,tlr ki I at Somenet t the prao- J, tVtrSomt1 and ,k-:Hy.-to tt.e cl.ll?rn" VJ; ,.,,i,ite the Unmet " - rud at aU deo.ii, a-iy- PROFESSIONAL. . naorr B Fandenl-erft. of CumtwrUnd, eiated with t ' 1 J .J. j. Fun lender. 't-lM. f8"10 th"1!"Crr"40r the Ere and Ear. nsr KIMMEL will eontlnne to practlf DBM.nd ISniX MToSffS thepTe, a few door. m JL H. BRVBAKEK tenner... - Vtcin- . 11- .la.aialitnfl.1 aervlcr to t he ciueu. .i . iir in residence, on. door west of the llar- DB , v. MILLER ha permanently located a IterUn for the practt. of h pn OH "Jive Charles Ertsaingcf. .tor.. pr. lt 'KMX. O S. GOOD, PI1YSICIAX & SURGEON, tioniatsET, ia. M-Orrtc in Mammoth Block. f'-i'" llTIFICTAL TEETII'.l J. . YUT7X D E 1. T I S T DALE C1TT, jonurtet Co., V, Artificial Teeth, w.rmnted to 1 t-r the "t"l ualltv. Life bke and Handsome, inserted m tl.e eststvle. Particulai attention paid to the pns Mtion of th. natural teeth. Those " nult me bTjletter, cua do o by enclosing "y Addroa a abeve. jel-J DR. WM. COLLIXS, DENTIST, Somerset, Pa. tllttn in Caselr's Block, up suirs, wtierebecanattlltlmesbe found prepared to do all kinds of work, such as filling, regulating, ei ractmg. fc.c. rtU:rial teeth of all kin.,s. aud of he hct malcnai, inserted. All operations war anted. June7 ' Mansion House, LATE "BEX FOE D HOI SE," nrnrr mf rroakllsi and Broad Klrc, JOUXSTOWX, PEXXA. Jos. Shoemaker, Prop'r.! Having lat.lv taken charire of. ri titted an I fur ; niM.e l tuis large and w,umi.iious H.iiel. I now , innie my Soiuorset Couuty triem.s to call me. j anJ boi by prompt attention to their ti!S nnd j ...,..;ii.r.M ui merit their natron .. i a- ' hi supplied .ihthe iwst the market ailot-.s. The Icrstui-ked with the choh-eM i!e. Il ii..rc kc. Jt.Stl'H MKit-M AKEK. N. 1.. Best stUMlng la town. aprJ!) THE SOMERSET HOUSE. T Uavln le.se' this magnificent and Well knowc Hl propertv tn.m Mrs. K. A. Hi. k, the under nirned ukri pleuure In inlorming Ins friends and n.c ..i.u. that he will spare -ei. her pains n mna to make this house all that eould be desired. Accommftlatlng clerks and i obliging waller will attend to the wants oi cus oroera, and the tahle will at all times tc iuten with the bst th market f!.r.is. Mr. O. 11. lay van may at all times be found in theothc. suauU D. LAVAM. JJIAMOND HOTEL. SrOYSTOW.N 1A. SAMUEL, CUSTElt, Prop, iotor. Thl pofar and well known house W at u time a dartrable U)J.plng plaee for th traveling pahlie. TaWa and kooui first-elasa. Ooodst. bling Ha--k leav dally hx Johcstowa and Somerset. marlL B AR.NKT HOUSE. The undersigned respect fully Informs the puh. I that he has Inaed tins well known tacriel In tne Borough of Somerset. It 1 his Intenlloo to keep t la a atvl which he hope will give us!cUun to all who mar faror him with their custom. Apt ii 72 juux ma. JOHN WILSON & SON, WHO LIS ILK GKOCKKS, K.TTSBTJHaH. Mac, 7i EMM C05HSSI0H HOUSE, T. Buzby & Co., No. 6 Exchange Place BjlVLTIMQRE. Fretal ttntb alien to UKale'orGLAPE' ECiTEfi. ' nni jl n o VOL. XXIII. BaniK. JOHNSTOWN MfiS BAI. 120 CLINTON STREET. CHARTED IN 1870. JAMES COOPER, D. J. MORRELL. DAVID DICERT, JAMES McMILLEN C. B. ELLIS, JAMES MORLEY. A. J. IIAWES, LEWIS PLITT, F. W. HAY. II. A. ROGGS, JOHN LOW MAN, CONRAD SLTPES, T. II. LAl'SLY, GEO. T. SWANK, d. Mclaughlin, v w. Walters DANIEL J. M0?.RELL, President, FRANK DI3ERT, Treasurer, CYR'JS ELDEH. Solicitor. Di-iKitii of 0E MLL1R and utiwsxle re ceived, and intere: allowed on all eums, payable twice a year. InV.-rest if not drawn oat, is a ided to the principal. Oius CJMPOCXDINU TWICE A TEAR, withont troabl t'. the depositor tocall or even to pren-ul hi cjMsil lo'k. Money can be withdrawn at any time after giving the bank cer tain notice by letter. Married WoTOfn ul per ontler ae un deiKiJit money In their own names, so that it can be drawn only by themselves or on their or der. Moneys can be l-pfltel forchlktren, or ny societies, or astrust funds, Subject tocertaia con diti.inx. Iioaus Secured by Real L'stale. Copies of the By -Laws, reports, rules ofdepiait, and !iecial act of legislature, relative to deposits of married wuinea and minors, can bco'itained at the Bank. r-rsn:irkinir hours dal'v frnm to So'cloek: IjliS and on Wednesday audStturday evenings lromto7So'clo' k. aprl at JOBS DIBKRT. JOa I B0BKET8 JOHN DIEERT A CO., '0. 240 MAIN STREET. JOHN S T 0 AY N , 1' E N N A . We sell Drafts negotiable In all p.irts of the Uni ted States aud Cana.taa. and In K.niim countries. Buv Oold, '.uiriS an ! government Bonds at highest market prices. Loan mmcy on appnnred securitv. lira (:s and Cheeks -n other tanks cash ed. Money received ondcpotitpayableoa demand Interest ut tlteutteof Six per cent, per A mium paid on Time Dipotlts. Everything In the Banking Une receives our prompt attention. Thankful to our friends and customers Tor their sollelt a tionlitiu:tne of the same, and invite others who have l.usiness In our line to give ns a trial, assuring all. that we shall at all times do all we can to give entire satislactlon. Feb 21 7e JOHN DlliEKT k. CO. Cambria County BANK, M AV. KEDI &:., siTBF.r.T, Henry Schnable's Brick Building. A General Banking Rnsincss Transacted. Drafts nr.d Gold and Silver boueht and sold. Collections made in ail p:.rts of the United Stales and Canada, interest allowed at the rate of six per cent, perannum, if lell sll mont lis or longer. Special arrnnirements made with Uaardiaus and others who h.iid money in trust. april 18-73. CARPETING. Henry ftlcCallum, ol Fifth Avenue, PITTSBURGH, PA. ImiJrts direct from Mannfactnters, Superior IlnRlihli Oil Clotlis, RRUSSELS CARPETS, &p., RAG, HEMP and INGRAIN CAIiTETS In every variuiy. 51 FIFTH AVENUE, Above Wood street. rotr-5- . WM. BOOSE & Co., mm k MACHINISTS, SALISBURY, : : PUXX'A., Mxnufacti'.ri .-. ! nl, kli.ds t.-l CASTINGS k 31 ACIILNEItY rdrs by m:U! prompt'y '.tended to. Addre's int. KKIfE h CO., Sliibnrv, lUk'ick P. V. Somerset co I"a. Oct. 19. Ursina Lime Kilns. The uo.!crsigt.d are i repared toluniifh Prims Building lime By the Car Load. Orders nesncetfully Solicited, tt. J. HATZKIt A CO. I'rtlna. June Is. Mffill M liiB El Manufacturers of the Celebrated FAHXESTOCK PUKE WHITE LEAP, Wliien ha sustained sooh an n-U!!e repotstion f.H- so many years. lValersme time should l part'culnr to is m lt oor Pure White Lead, as I here is so much Inferior aul adulterated Lead in tlie market. WeiHdonly claim for rur Lead STKICT PU EITY, but that it rses-r greater dumbllitr. ciivers more snrtae. lor ram weiv-lit. and ir mp. ti.ir In Fl.NKNESS and V. H ITEXLSS to ny other brand. All orders should be addrtsKd to 1'abnesilock White Load Co.. OR B. U F AHNESTtX K A CO., . No. 7 Wood St., Pittsburgh, Pa. oetU JOSEPH SHEETS Si SON, Undertaker, Berlin Pa., eocstanty kp u hand and make to order i:nfBn ot all style and prwe. on the shortest notice powlUa. Baring hearse oi th latest tv( in reiins. w are al ways irpared to take rofEns to and bring eoqw tne various oeuMtsries. apriil piiE REST rusir IN THE WORLD! THE AMERICAS SUBMERGED DonHe-Acting, Non-Freeitag T1k SlmplrM. 'ost PowcrTnU Effortlve, Bum ble. UeHfc le and t;lepeM 1-urr.p in om. It ts made all of ln, and of a lew aiinple j rti. It wiii not Frrne. aa no water remain lu tb pljw when nol in actinn. It has nc ltiithnr or cum parting, ac the) aacker mi Tiilvos are all ol iron. It eldom, ir CTer, grta out of order. It will Torre water from 40 to 00 fe:t In the air, by aiUtcliing a few f-ct of hoeo. It in jrood for waifclng liuglea, Window, water ing Gardens, fee It fumluhe the purest and ooldert water, been as 1) If placed in the bottom of the welL Tks: Inch Pomp, 1S; pipe, We. fl foot. 1 " 18; " 6Sc " Larger tiwi In proportion. WETASn k'PLATT Sole AirenU for Somerset County. Somerset, Pa., AIjj la:, Mil. JINERAL POINT PLANING MILL. A. Growall & Son. We are now prepare ! to do nil kinds of Flanlng and Manatacturiiig of building material. FLfKiRIXO, MOULCI.VU. WEATUER UO.VRUIXO S ASU AND 1KX)RS W1XD0 W A Ar7) 1)00 F. tHA .VES, In short anythlrir genemllv nsetl In housebuild ing. All orders promptly filled. mar-" D.O. LINT. IL A. COStiYER. GLADE STEAM MILLS, Lint & Ccnover, Having recently leaser, hat is known rs the Chi Ueuniscii JIZII, mtt.... v. .In h CiimftAl flfl.t 1,.Vln I'll. I. Ill UH IIHrSlH'l"!, WMIt-l,rillv.,www. ;inds of grinding. Having purchase,) an engine we are enabled to uc either stcamor water power. All wcrk WA U R A NTED S ATI S FA CTORY If the griln Is in good conJl'.lon. Flour for sale always kept on liaiid. ep!6 NEW STORE! rk IX r.lL tX W'UIU I11HTUI alien frirntif and the joiMic (renerally-tht thty have oit-Dt?.l etore at G R H 3 T T , the line of the P. V. fc II R. K.. and now offer tor sale a a (ieneral Stotk of Alerehaudixe, Coo- igtiug or PRY GOODS, CLOTIIINQ, QUEENSWARE, HARDWARE, HATS & CAPS, ROOTS & SHOES. &.c, kc, ic, All c.l whl-h will be told sheap for CASH or ei- cimpire t"rTnwuoe. WA51 i:i Lumber of all kinds. Hoon-no!c. Oiffs-Tiea, Bark, Staves, fcft. Also, Wool, But ter, tggs. Bgcon. Oralnof all kinds. Furs, Sheep-Pelt, and Beeswax. f'T which we will pay the highest prices in vasu cr uooua. SALT AND FISH. alwayson han 1. Give ns ac;ill and be convinced thnt we Iniend to do business and cannot be under sold. SCIIELL & WILSON. CARPETS. m:vkst styles, BODY BRUSSELS LATEST DESIGNS TAPESTRY BRUSSELS, r-OVELTIES IN Two and Three Plies, INGRAINS, tSrC, ALL OF WHICH WE OFFER AT LOWEST CASH PRICES. BOVARD, ROSE &CO., Xcw No. 29 rifth Avenue, rin&uu:aH. ta. se 9 THE NEW IMPROVED mm AWARDED Th: "Medal cf Progress," ATVIEXXA, 1873. The Highest Order of "MeJal" (war Jed attb - Eipcslt'.on. A"o Sr iriay Madtiut kectirtd a Higher Prize. A rtW GOOD BEASOXK: l. A Nf-w Invention inomughly tested and se cure-I bv Letter l':enU a. Makes perfect Lock Slitxh, alike oa both ai.lr Ml Kit kinO Uf riKMi. S. Kun liifht, stnoidh, nolseks tad rp!J best com tnnauon ol iuautle. -liurable run tor years witlmut rrpalr. i. v ill do all Trietie of Wora and Eancy Stitching la a superior manner. . Is mit eaaiir mnauwl by the operator. Length ol stitch may 1 altered while running and machine can bo threaded without pawiug thread through hde. ?. lief-.gn simple. Ingenious, elegant, lormlng the il!ch without ill use or eog wheel gears, ro torv cams or ievcr anus. Ha the Automatic lrop Fee,!, wliii-h insures unit Tin length of tlitrh at anv ied. Ms our new 1 bread tjouironer. wnicn allows e."sy movement of nceOle bar and reventf inturr t"ti reaI. g.i'onsi ruction most careful end enlshfcl. I Is manutactured by the skill:nland eijieri- enced mechanics, at Ihe celebrated Kemlnaiou Ar m..rv. l!i., N. Y. I'lttabnmta OlUr, 1) Mi'lhM. t Arllsrs & ai Floer Materials. SEC A! CO HANI A riCTU3SS. Fine Slntionery. rScnd ibr Ctahg.-S GEORGE W. IIACKOFEX, No. 161 SmlthBeld Street. PlTTSBUltOH, PA. Oct a Somerset SOMERSET, SIHXER'R DOXE. Along the wayside and up the hlllr, The goldeo red flames la the sun. The blu eyed gentian nod good-bye To the sad little brooks that run. In yellowing wood tho chestnut i!rops. The spuirrel get galore. Though bright-eyed malo aud llttU mai.!i Bob him of half lis s'ore, Th maple in the twuiiip lgic T fl-unt'.n gold and rcl. And In the elm the firebird' nest Swing cn-.p'y irerheid. The liarbcrry hang her jiw.-U out, And guards them with a thorn ; The merry farmer boys cut down The poor, old dried up corn. The swallow and the bobolink Are gone this many a day. But in the morning (till you lu-ir The scolding, wgcring jay. A wonderful glory fill the air, And big and bright is the sun ; A loving band for the whole brown earth A garment of beauty ha span. For the SMn.'raot Her.id. The Maniac's Eide. A STORf OF. THE OLD STAGE COACH TIMES. BY U. K. RODDY, AUTHOR OFTBE BANDIT OF THE ALLE- OHEXIES. Years Lave pasted bince I first heard tbe tale 1 am about to tell, but the impression it made remains. I fi-trl assured it will interest tbe readers of the Somerset Herald, for many of'theni know it is strictly true, aud some persons ore yet living who witnessed at least a portion ot what promised to be a fearful tragedy. A coach with its full complement of pusseDgers, "nine ins'do and one with the driver," pulled cp at the stage office in Jeuner. The peace ful quietude that had prevailed was immediately broken, and that lonely country ian was immediately a sceiiC of the liveliest bustle atu ap parent confusion. Landlord, hos tlers, drivers, cook?, all seemed smitten with an earnest desire to do someth ng and to do it in a great hurrv. Tbe very first toot of the coachman's bora bad roused them- When the coach drove into the yard, every one rushed forth "At bee bin out wf angry fyke." The smoking and panting horses up released from the coach, and each one caiefully blanketed before being taken to his stall, lnc cramp ed and wearied passengers were warmly welcomed and taken in hos pitable charge by the people of the inn, all of whom seemed anxious to make them not only heartily' wel come but thoroughly comlorlable. The ride in a close coach over the Laurel Hill range in the keen air of the early morning' had sharpened their api elites, and made thfui en- jov the change, lney couia say with Shenstone that they received their Warmest welcome at an Inn." In a brief space a fresh tam had taken the place of the tired one, and the merrT rinoinjr sound of a horn and the driver's authoritative shout of 'all aboard!" summoned them to resume their journey. The driTer's nervous anxiety to start, aud hi vehement assurance that "he could put them through on time or break the traces," made them momentarily uneasy, but as tbey were well aware that all favored drivers claimed aud exercised despotic authority, they en tered the coach without remark. A bystander noticed that the team was more than ordinarily excited, and re marked that "he must have been warming them up" in the 6table. Before many hours every, even the slightest, incident was recalled or effort was made (9 recall it. Jlany of course noticed something wrong and "were jist agoin' to mention it," bni didn't, as is the custom of cer tain sharp-sighted people who al ways make important discoveries when-Ihey are of no use, and every body else has found it out. The horses, by some subtile instincl, or their intimate connection with the driver, seemed conscious of & change and uneasy under it. Nosjoner had the coach received its load than the horses with a common impulse dashed down the road. This, like an electric influence, seemed to rouse the driver, and excite him to a frantic wildness. The last frail barriers that reason aid ed by long habit Lad interposed be tween him aiid fitiiZ'- were swept away by the euthusiuMii common tw drivers, it speedily mounted U his brain and drove from it every vestige of reason and caution. .With wiid shout tud the un reasoning cruelty of a maniac, be lashed tbem into freniy also, and continued by stamp, shout, ges ture and cruel lashing w ith the long and suppls hip, to goad them to the utmost. Tbe route from Jenner to Sioystown is familiar to many of the readers of the 11 era LP. ; those at a distance will sufficiently comprehend tbe situation when Informed that like all routes through tbo mountains it was a suc cession of up and down grades. Short up grades succeeded ty long and steep descents. There being a general and tolerably regular fail Irom tbe too of Laurel Hill to the StoDy Creek, at the foot of the Allt- chenr. nine or so east ti sioys town, at Pine Mills. Tbe frightened passengers so sud denly roused from the comfortable languor induced by a warm and hear ty breakfast after a night of fatiguing travel, for a moment thought the driver was drurA. and consequeatly reckless. Even that comparatively comfortable tuougnt was soon anveo out by the conviction that they were at tbe mercy of a maniac! The nerve-thrillinff. blood-curdling shouts with which he urged the mad dened horses to a desperation equal to his own could onlT issue from a madman s lips. 1 bat peculiarly car rowiug tone, that unmans tbe boldest when first heard, even in safety, that rings in the ears for w eeks and mii- gles disagreeably with tne dreams oi the casual visitor to tne asyium, leu upon the ears and senses cfthe star tled passengers like the knell of doom. Powerless for resistance or eSective ESTABLISHED, 18 2 PA., WEDNESDAY, action, they could only await the dreadful death or fearful mangliug and crushing that seemed inevitable, and the torture of-racking suspense, more dreadful than the most terrible certainty, only added horror to tbe situation. The longer, the steeper, the more daczeroiis the di'ncrnt, the in. re maddening lecume the shouts and more frantic the gestures of tbe driver, and trie speed cf the hoises. The coach swayed and swung along side the sheer descents aud frightful precipices beside the road, or jerked like a playthiug at their heels. When crossing the numerous breakers it would anirrily leap like some ferocious monster in pursuit of its-fast-Qeeing prey. The wild, heart-pierciog shrieks of the ladies soon subsided into a piteous and hopeless moan. In some their excess of terror had mercifully produced temporary oblivion, and they happily were not restored from these fainting fits until the danger had passed. Others more steady nerved or stronger, were forced" to bear the keenest torture that hair snsncnilpil death, an Bermizinir and J F O 0 i repulsive doom, could inflict. That every conscious passenger sunered more than a hundred deaths during that fearful ride is no exaggeration. Fortunately but few are ever placed in situations that would enable them to realize, ever so faintly, their trying situation tbe terrific ordeal through which they passed or seemed to be whirled rather, like the leaves driven before tne whirlwind. A glimmer of consciousness, or the iron force of habit, kept driver and horses to the road. In their utterly frenzied condition, tbe most frightful precipice or gloomiest gorge would hive offered an inviting leap. God's mercy was over tbem in their hour ot greatest "trial, and preserved them through the dimmed consciousness of. tbe man and the habits cf the brutes Alarm, wonder, blank consterna tion seized the people of Stoystown when, before the usual time, tbey saw the coach and heard tbe shouts of the driver as tbey dashed into the town. The terrific pace at which they travelled heated his maddened blood until it coursed through bis veins like quicksilver, and gave him a frantic joy and most horrifying and demoniac glee at their phantom-like rate of travel : his hair flying in the wind, his long whip brandishing and cracking round bis head, stamping on the foot-board with fearful violence, and uttering tbe most frightful yells and ot. ths, the foam flyingfrom his lins and flecking his clothes! Such was the appearance of the maniac driver as theccach was Whirl ed up to the hotel with the sweep of a deluge. The horses, ready to sink with exhaustion and terror, stopped suddenly, and allowed the pale, ter ror-stricken passengers to eet tneir first glimpse of safety, their first p-leam of hope. Many had to be as sisted to alight, and were unable to proceed further on their journey. All bad received mental snocES tnat only time and care could counterbalance, and that would haunt tbem to their dvinff dav. The team was ruined. The driver, after a desperate resist acce, was cantureJ and confined. The story soon lost its interest, and tbe man I first heard teli it was as unmoved, as unexcited, as if detailing tbe most common-place event. His bloodless way of telling it was suffi cient to stir my imagination, and J never could forget it. "Wild BUI." A correspondent of the Louisville Courier- Journal, returning from Col orado, tad an interview with tbe no ted scout, Wild Bill. He writes: One of the pleasantest things ia tbe Colorado tour is that you are liable to be thrown in contact with sonic distin guished person at aoy time without knowing it. Still I was really much surprised when tho train - boy whis pered in my ear, as the gentleman walked leisurely away, tbat "he was the reg'lar old Injun fighter, Wild Bill." I had heretofore clung to the 6tage conception of the Western desperado a being six and a-half feet high, with long, flowing hair, scarred face, tobacco stained mouth, and buckskin vestments adorned at all available points, with soms offensive or defen sive weapons. So when I was in formed that the mild gentlemanly young man, looking exactly lika a clerk out on a holiday, was the cele brated scout aud Indian fighter, Wild Bill, I naturally supposed that the train boy was exercising his propen sities for mischief upon Tie by en deavoring to pcrpwtrate a "glorious sell," aud it required the united as strtion of several passengers and the conductor to convince me this w as really the veritable "Wild Bill." Actuated by a pardonable curiosi ty, I seated myself by his side and proceeded to interview him according to tbe best known models. lathis I succeeded far beyond my expectations, as Wild Bill is usually very shy and reticent with strangers. He inform ed me that he was then on his way to an Eastern city to meet a large party of English gentlemen, to whom Buffalo Bill, Texas Jack and himself, were to act as guides during a three months' bunt in the Yellowstone country and in the Rocky Mountains. They were to receive far their servi ces the small sum of $1,000. These famous scouts are always well paid for tbeir skillful guidance, and are frequently the recipients of valua ble presents from generous tour ists Wild Bill wore in bis breast, at tbe time I met him, a mag nificent diamond pin, presented to him by an English nobleman. Wild Bill is a man of mark on tbe frontier, chiefly ou account tf his generally hitting the mark (no pun intended). Wonderful stories are told of his proficiency with his favor ite weapon, the pistol. It is said, though with what truth I know not, tbat he can bit a Dickie at thirty yards, or a man at 100, without diffi culty. I, myself, saw him shatter small objects, not larger than my hand, atthe distance of twenty or thirty yards while tbe train was moving slowly, which I considered pretty fair shooting. He uses a pair of heavy Smith & Wesson revolvers, which shoot nearly as acctntelj as rifles. Tbe remarkable quickness and dexterity with which he wields them is the secret of tbe wholesome re 7. NOVEMBER 25. 1874. spect in which be is held on the fron tier. Nd man can get the "drop" on him , although I suppose plenty have ti ied; as be is said to have killed on ly the trifling number of forty-two men already, and be is only about twent v-seven, he has plenty of time to add to the bh ody catalogue. I could not help wondering as 1 looked iu the face of the quiet, reso lute man beside me, whether remorse bad ever laid her envenomea lash up on him, or if memory did not some times call back his victims from an untimely grave to haunt him with tbeir awful presence. And I was af terwards informed, on creditable au thority, tbat be frequently suf fers under some horrible nightmare, when, after uttering the most dread ful groans, he will gradually awaken in an agony of fear. Wc passed through a little town in Kansas. where, it is said, lid Bill could not show his face without being shot or Strang up. He was once United States marshal there, and ruled tbe town with a strong and heavy hand. It is said that he killed four United States soldiers in one drunken squab ble, and it was not a very good nigbt for soldiers either. He was far too modest to speak at length of his adventures, but gave j me a eraphic account of the hrst occa sion on which the Indians felt the ef fect of the terriblejrepeating rifle. A little band of scouts were reurning from some expedition, when they saw a large body of Indians charging down i-pon tbem at full speed. ow, one good shot, armed with a repeat ing rifle, is more than a raatcn tor half a dozen Indians, equipped with bows and arrows, or even the old fashioned muskets. So they quietly stopped and awaited the arrival of the deluded savages. As they came within long range tbe scouts discharg ed a volley. At this the Indians, thinkinir the whites had only rifles, came rushing on, confident of a speedy victory. or were they greatly dis couraged by a second well-aimed fire, for thinking that if the whites had double barrels their gun3 were cer tainly completely emptied, they came on with redoubled order. But when greeted with a third and fourth dis charge, they were evidently complete ly demoralized, and at the Bltb tnay tired as though the evil spirit himself was alter tbem. Perhaps the most interesting infor mation I trained from my fellow traveller was the correct method of killing the grizzly bear, which I now publish for the benefit of any adven turous sportsman who may ever find himself in close quarters with the nrsus horribilis. 1 shall give it a3 nearly as possible in his own words: "There is no more trouble in killing a B-rizzlv than there is in killing a chicken, if you only know how. If you've crippled him or made ciui an gry, he will always come at you on bis hind feet, with his mouth open, and all you'vt got to do is to waitun til be gets within ten feet of you, and then shoot him in the mouth. This will confuse him a little (I should think so), and he will stop and commence clawtne; bis moutb if you haven't killed him dead, and you can riddle him with pistol balls be fore he can eet to you." In order to do this neatly it is only necessary to nnsRPss as cool nerves and be as good a shot as Wild Bill. But, as tor myself, I believe 1 would preier trying to starve the bear to death by climbine some very high tree and lettinz him wait until 1 saw fit to come down, as I would be somewhat more secure myself and would be fully as apt to kill the bear as if should adopt Wild Bill's plan. TberaTCfWB. Paa. Many Americans visiting England desire to make a pilgrimage to tbe Friends Meeting house, and tbe grave of William Penn, Ihomaa til wood, Isaac Pennington, and other worthy Friends. To visit these .at Jordans' one takes the railway at Uxbridge, about half an hour from London; op posite the station, atthe Railway Inn, a good lunch nicely served, can be obtained, and a trap bired lor aooui ten shillings for the meeting-house, some seven miles distant, over a good and much frequented road lead ins to Oxford. Arriving within about two miles of tbe meeting-house, a side road to the left, narrow and unfrequented, and bordered with pretty hedges leads to the ground. No one seem" to know the precise lo cality ot Jordans, and it is only y very frequent inquiry of those one meets that at length deuite infor mation is obtained; and, alas for hu man irreatness, even our intelligent lad who accompanied us had never heard of William Penn. ibougn be bad heard of what the people called Penu's chapel. Arriving at the meeting house we find it to be a one and a half story buildioz of brick, with a roof of tiles; that portion nearest the road is occu pied by a family who have the care of the property, not However, mem bers of tbe society, although I under stood tbe same family had occupied the -same position for some thirty years. That portion intended for the meeting-houses presents nothing pe culiarly differing from friends' meeting-houses generally; the usual rais ed seats for ministers and elders, the same rough and uncomfortable benches, and in one corner tbe not very usual concomitant of a loaded musket; this, upon inquiry, l was told had been placed there by tbe husband of the woman whom we saw. to keep it away from tbe hands of the children; why it was in the house at all. she did not say. I trust if this little sketch ever comes to her eyes it may suggest to ber that loaded guns are pot proper orna ments for a Friends' meeting-house. In front of the main entrance to the house is the graveyard, perhaps an eighth of an acre in extent, and there in a row are tbe graves nmedj at the commencement of this article, along with a few others. The stones tbat mark the graves are plain mar ble, perhaps a couple of feet above ground, and on them, plainly cut, are the names of those buried be neath. The whole place is badly kept, grass long and uncut, fences ' and gates dilapidated, and, I regret to say, very similar to the careless con dition of too many of Friend's grave- TT TJ ' ' "TV "T1 P OTP O P yards iu this country. A meeting is held here but once each year in 5th month immediately sucreeding London Yearly Meetiog, and is then well attended. The meeting-house not being large enough to contain all, other meetiogs are held in the yard adioininir. . Tbose who attend briug tbeir lunches, and pass some hours in pleasant social reunion. A lovely drive of little over half an hour brings us back to Uxbridge, and hence car- again to London. With the few hiuts given in this brief sketch Jordan is not difficult to find but the se bints the writer found diffi culty to obtain, and'tbey may, I trust, prove useful to many who, like my self, desire to visit tbo grave of this great and good man and his co-workers in religious truth. Mesteaa lndcfvemdenrc. A correspondent of the Louisville Courier Journal says: "The immense room, said to be tbe largest of the kind on the conti nent, was brilliantly lighted, and the one hundred and twelve boxes were tilled to their utmost capacity with fashionably dressed ladies and gen tlemen, while the parquet below wag crowded with less fortunate but equally respectable men, and the fifth gallery or pit overflowing with the tiert etat. At tne lannesi ex itv sat the smooth-faced and oily tongued President of the Repub lic with bis Cabinet, ana exienuiug fnnrarH nnnn aph side were rows of government officials in full black, an mi ltarr cent emen respienueui i in decorations and cold-laced uniforms The exercises, as we of the States denominate ji programme, consisted in the reading of discourses by four gentlemen selected lor mo purpose, s:milarly stupid delivery of four poet ical effusions, two recitations by a little girl often or eleven years of age, and tbe singing oi nine operatic airs by members of an Italian troupe engaged for the occasion making nineteen acts in an, noi sounuug iuc national hymn, which was sung by tho whole audience, before our arri val. The matter of the speecnes ana the poems may have been very good no-ht we. who are unfamiliar with Soaaish comoosition, could tell; but v . - ., i j : .. l wo tbougnt toe siyie eittwuiug'j mrinntnnmia and tiresome aa opin ion which seemed to be fully shared by the occupants of tne pit, wno visa ed nearly all the readers and com pelled them to desist before they bad concluded their inflictions. After the last piece of music, which was admi rably rendered by a quartet, the walked forward, bearing in his left hand Hidalgo's old flag of the rebellion (tbe audience rising iu an mo timfV and demanded in distinctly clear voice, viva indepen- deneiaV and '.ben (a very mouermio response having been returned), 'viva in rvTvihUrV to which the reply was not more ireneral or enthusiastic. Th rrnwd now beiran to disperse, and at the same time precisely eleven he church bells throughout the city were rang and a few rockets exploded from tne ne." ATerrlbltTlar It. They have a new hired girl over t Kevser's farm. iu3t outside our town, savs Max Adeler, and on Tues- day, before starting to spenu me ut ,-ith . friend. Mrs. Kevser instructed th c-irl to whitewash the kitchen absence.. Upon return ing, Mrs. Keyser found the job com pleted in a very satisiaeiory manner. On Vr1neRr!v8 Mrs Keyser always churns, and last Wednesday when she was ready she went out, auu, finding that Mr. Keyser had already put the milk into the churn sbe be the handle. This was at eight o'clock in tbe morning, and ehe turned until ten without any signs of butter appearing, men sdo caueu in tbe hired man and he turned until dinner time, when he knocked off trith anmis verv offensive language addressed to tbat butter which had not. vet pome. Alter dinner the hired girl took hold of tbe crank and turned it energetically until two o'clock, when .v. let. o-n with a remark which con veyed the impression that she believ ed the cbnrn to oe nauuieu. men Mr Kevser came out and said be wanted to know what was tbe mat ter with that ehurn anvhow. It was a good enough churn if people only knew enough to wont it Jir. .tvey sen hen worked the crank until half- past three, wbenas tbe butter had not come, be surrendered it again w the hired 'Yuan hecause he had u en gagement iu the village. Ihe .man ground the machine to auaccompaui- ment offriirbtful imprecations; tuen tli Kev&er children each took a turn for half an hour, then MrsKevr tri or! her hand, and when Sbe was ex hausted she again enlisted the hired girl, who said ber prayers while she turned. lut tne butter a:ua i come. When Kevser came home and found the chura still in action he blasted his eves and did some other innocent aa-earino- and then he seized the handle and said he'd mate tne butter enme if ho. kicked ud an earthquake - - : . . . .. ... in doing it. Mr. Keyser effected about two hundred revolutions oftbe prank a, ' minute, enough to have marie anw nrdirjarv butter come from the. endof the earth : and when the perspiration began to stream from him and Kill I the butter dian t come, ne ottered one wild yell of rage and dis ... . i appointment and KicEea toe courn over the fence. When Mrs. KeyBer went to pick it up sue put her nose . 1 . . . . .,, . . i lown close to tne butternut auu uwi , sniff. Then she understood how it ... . . t . was. Tbe girl had mixed tne wnne- a.sh in the churn and left it there. ttmmL honest and intelligent serv- ant who knows bow to cburncan nna -- : . . . . fiitnatirin at Kevser . There is a vacaicy. It is reported that a somewhat ju venile dandy said to a fair partner at a ball, "Miss do you tbini my mous taches are becoming?" lo wbicn Miss replied: "Well, sir, they may be becoming, but they haven't ytt arrived." The name oftbe Sheriff of White county, IU., is Hail Storm. His father was an eccentric gentleman, and he had three sons, whom he named respectively, Hail Storm, Rain Storm, and Snow Storm. NO. 23 Asnerlesma I LBle. Uol. Forney writes: "The Ameri cans in London are an important and increasing element of business and society. How vast tbe difference between tbe very few in the great metropolis at tbe beginning of tbe century aad the hundreds or thou sands of to-day. There are lawyers, clergymen, artists, actors, journalists, manufacturers aud bankers. Many are living here in ease, even elegaut piivateli.'e, and I think it may be said ,of this large class that they never forget their native land. The poorest creature I know is an Ameri can abroad who is ashamed of our country. Man and woman, there- is nothing more contemptible, and I am glad to add that tbe instances are rare, and that they are growing rarer, so to speak, because nothiog is more sure to provoke the ridicule of agenu i e Englishman than an American wiois forever complaining of bis government or people; precisely as there can be nothing more offensive to us than an Englishman in the United States who delights i- abuse of England. The truth is, there is too much ia the United States for English wonder and praise, and too much in England for American imi tation, to encourage either class of these critics. An American gentle man or lady is more than welcome into English society if capable of in telligent illustration cf tbe institutions and resources of their country. The same remark applies with equal jus tice to educated English travelers in the United State,?., The snob who tries to conciliate favor by empty praise of habits which be has not bad time to understand, like the txir- venu who will see nothing but imper fection in that which he sees for the firsi time, is equally despised." Tmmrj Work Willi Aatnsnsi Leave. The bright autumn leaves are very lovely for ornamenting our parlors, boudoirs, and dining tabies. Brackets and picture frames can also be adorn ed with them, and they add greatly to tbe beauty of one's surroundings: Collect a large quantity combining every hue, from crimson to scarlet, from scarlet to yellow, and from yel low to green. The red beech and tbe beautifully variegated sumach are very desirable, as also are the oak and ferns, but tbe maple exceeds tbem all in the great, variety of its tints, and the various sizes of its leaves; smooth every leaf on the wrong side, with a moderately warm iron, holding it upon the leaf only a minute. Then take a camel's hair pencil, and a little olive oil, and care fully brush over every part of the leaf. 1'Iace tbem on a hat surface to dry, and let them remain until the next day. For wiring these leaves into garlands, Ac, or for preparing tbem for boquets, take tbe fine green covered reel wire, such as is always used in manufacturing wax flowers and attach it around the stem, first laying it so that it will extend the en tire length of the leaf to rupport it. Afterwards wind around each stem to conceal the wire, either narrow strips or green tissue paper or brown Berlin worsted, and join the leaves together in sprays; of course tbe in ditidval leaves on each spray must be of the sam e species. Prepare a large number of these mounted on wires: and then arrange them in vases, about picture frames, o.er mirrors, and as ornaments to lace curtains, and your apartments will present a festive appearance, although tbe dreary winter weather has brown ed the face of nature. Oak leaves, acorns, and brightly colored beans, gummed upon a card-board frame, will make handsome ornaments when used for this purpose. Country Gentleman. Early Daya la Teaaeaaee. When a lady went to Dover or Palmyra, our commercial cities in those days, and bought a calico dress, says an exchange, speaking of early days in Tennessee,, it aroused and excited the whole community more than tbe killing of a bear caught in tbe cowpen, which was a frequent oc currence. When a calico dress was purchased, the news spread like wild tire. It was narrated abroad that such a one had a calico dress. In those days we bad our sugar-crumhs, and made our own sugar; coffee a, bought at our commet -iai cities, aud used only on Sundays, Milk, tbe best and most healthy beverage in the world, was daily used, and the rose bloomed ad played on every girls cheek. There, were no calomel-doctors' bills to pay. They are a wor thy and useful profession of the pre sent day. We had meeting-houses in thosa days, made of logs and Clap boards. V e called it going to meet ing. The elegant phrase now is to attend church, and to go in buggies and carriages. We walked from three to five miles in going to meet ing, playing with the girls all the way. 1 have seen irom fifty to one hundred ladies walking barefooted to meeting, carrying their shoes and stockings iu their hands, and on arriving, sitting down along tbe branch, washing their beautiful feet, and putting on their stockings and shoes, preparato ry to going ia. Aaat.'sT. Are vou fond of your coffee? An official investigation lbs jui P.;. in trie materials of which this "delicious beverage is made. There are five principal compounds: 1. Burned bread and coffee grounds. 3. Powdered cbiccory, sand "d brick dust. 3 Cbiccory and burned bones. 4 Chiccorv burned, mixed with butter and colored with Prussian red. , , ., 5. Burned cabbage roots ana ooii- ed horse liver. i w.nt to know." said a creditor r. i. "when vou are going to py that debt von owe me." "i e " up," replied tbe debtor, "ask me something easy." v-acMont firent rave $500 to the shelter of Homeless Women in Chi cago during his recent visit tnsre. A. BcU a Ckari, A short time since a farmer's wife residing itS Berks county, was engag' cd on the green sward in front of tbe house m churning butter. Th rVmal is one of those suruee, tidy houae .: kt-.t. i u,. r . aiH iui "mm unis countr lj go proverbial, and invariably takes spe cial pains to turu out prime butter and light bread. Now the woroac" inqaestionropened ' the lid"of the churn to see what progress sho had made, and having businessin the house " neglected to replace it. A small dog belonging to the family, one oi tbat breed of poodles good for nothing else but to lie in the sun and wag tbeir narratives, came aloDg at a dog trot, having no doubt sniffed a feast from afar. Pooto halted when -in front of the churn, and with a bound landed on its top. Scanning the surroundings and finding the coast clear, the brute inserted his bead into the open vessel, and was very soon engaged in satiating his appetite on its rich contents. Horror upon horror elongating his neck deep into the churn in search of but ter curd., the dog fell through the opeuing into tbe vessel. Just at this moment tbe woman returned, and horridly replacing the lid, made things lively for the purp for a while. After manipulating the crank fr fifteen minutes, sbe took a peep in side, and supposing the dog to be a lump of butter, inserted her hand for the purpose of removing it, where upon the animal squirmed armind, and the woman, who is a firm believ er in signs and tokens, quickly with drew her band and left tbe spot, at tbe top of her speed, in search of her husband, who was at work in the barn. The man, upon reaching the green, and making an examination, turned to the partner of his "joys and sorrows," and said: "My gra cious, there is a dog in tbe churn." Tbe poodle was brought forth, the contents of tbe cburn emptied, and things assumed their regular channel again. .Uoawf. Society. A man cf high position in the world made it a rule to associate with men of exalted minds. "Better be a hog among king.?," says the homely old adage, "than a king among bogs." Choose good company, or no company. Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton often spoke of the greAt ben efits he had derived from bis visits to a particular family. Tbeir words and example stimulated him to make the most of his powers. "It has given a color to my whole life," he said. Speaking of hi? success at the university, he remarked : "I can as crible it to nothing but my visits to that family, where I caught the in fection of self-improvement." Surely, if our visits have such an influence upon our characters fur life, it should be a matter of serious importance to us in what families we ailow our selves to be intimate. Boys aad girls form attachments very easily, and often with very little forethought. In this, as in all things else, you should not fail to take advice of tboso who are older and wiser, and never, never choose for a friend any one against whom you hive been warn ed by those who dearly love you. There are people whose very presence seems to lift you fn a better atmos phere. Choose such associates when ever it is in your power, and tbe more you can live in their society the better to both mind and bear;, "lie that wa'keth with wise men shall be wise; but a companion of fools shall Iks destroyed." Caalda't ( ftaaaa Jaa. A Utah teamster says: "I never tried to get married but once, and tbat was to a morman gal up here in Logan. Sbe was just about tbe slickest critter ever you see. Fust time I come across her wad where tbe folks and I camped out one night right about here. I followed on ber trail pretty close six months, and thought 1 was goiag to trap ber sure. be wanted me to be a mormon. I wasn't particlar about ' that, fur I didn't like to jine any church. I never did belong to any church nor any engine company in the Statep. However, 1 told ber finally, as she crowded me, that I'd swallow Brig bam, tabernacle and all, for tbe love of ber. So we got things about fix ed, and if sbe hadn't gone too far, I might have been a bishop by this time. But she bad an old maid sis ter, and sbe wanted me to marry that Susan Jane, too that d d dried up old Susan Jane! "Emmy,'4 says I "I can't and I won't!" So, 1 sot my foot down, and there's where we split. You see the old won was kind or sickly, and just as sure as I'd agreed to take Susan Jane, when he died I would have to marry tbe old woman, too. I bavn't hunted after a wife since. Aa Eipeaslr tare. A Boston gentleman, accompanied by a clerical friend, visited Niagra, nid was movnl to cross tbe bridge iudtttur U-iiadt. While returning, attention was called by a peddler to a pair of vases costing $12, and the gentleman, against the advice of the clergyman, made the purchase. Soon the two friends were stepped bv one of LTneIe Sum's custom house ofLcers, aud a dutv was demanded, (uecn- backs were offered but re.'used, aud the gold was only procured by the payment cf $7 in bills. The cost of tbe varcs thus far was $19, and tbs chagrin of the purchaser on reaching Niagara may be imagined oc bis finding that precisely similar ones could be purchased there for $6 a pair. But, having been brought the next thing was to express the ex pensive articles to Boston, at tbe owner's rik and at a cost of To cap the climax, the gfn;Ieman, on reaching home, opened ihe package onlv to find tbat tbe vases were bro ken to pieces, and bis time, trouble and $21 wasted in the using. He does not propose to purchase any more Canadian vases. 1 Mississippi boatman with im men9e feet, stopping at a public house on the levee, asked tie porter for a boot-iack to poll off bis boots. Tbe colored gentleman, after examimng the stranger's feet, broke out as foJ o iatk here big nuff fordem feets Jackass couldn't pull 'em off, mass a, widout fractring tbe leg. Yuse better go baca wm mrew j u . :M Aa a.i1 in1 mill miles to ue ioi - i em off dar." II ts out between acts, and re- . ,..? .;rnr.inslw rhewin? a clove. luruvu e- j , a , His wife asked him where be bad been, and he said, "To see a friend." Sbe calmlv replied that she thought bis friend was dead , as suo cou. smell his bier. Two young ladies holding inverse over, new dress-"Aod J1 l well ?" asked one. -WW h,d been melted and poured in. ir
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