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PIirSIClAX d- SURGE0X,
m)mi:usi:t, im.
villN r.ILLS,
DEKTIST.
t :c i Crota A Nt-tTi new huil ilr.g.
.Main Cr. . S.reet.
S-uvract, 1-
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UTIF1C AL TEKTII!!
J. V. Yl'TZY
D E i. T I S T
DALE CITY. .hm
r; Co., '
,r j.i.iTee-h. wa ,:! t.. of the very r-t
L.--1 iao.tne. n.ne-i lu me
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1'aru.ciai .ti.-3-.i. n 111 1 u the prt--
va.i -n 11 vii. u' .
r-u ; me t y letter. ci do to t y nri
Mansion House,
LATE 'BENFl'i;i lit.iVSE."
.roer or rranklla and Braai MreH,
Js. SUocmAcr, IWr.jjj
u.ri,.:.i.:f takn eharteof, rei te-1 asl tut ,
r..- e1 1 i.-V aa 1 coiuui -:i . HotL 1 n w
lu, -'eVT S..mcn-t County irten 1 fa. c.i .0 me ,
.:; ,; ... ,.xpt attvoti t their antt and
t , ,B'i :,el w-.;h the he; the tnarset afl..r.- 1 he
:.r .ked -ttb the rj;
N B. te r-a lice in u wu. rJt
SOMERSET HOUSE.
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. . r.n. n.l W1-U kn-.w
w.:!'. Ibe heat t
tr.e mr.- - '
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win at a.
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AM0SL HOTEL
STOYSTOM X rA..
SAMl !- eVSTKK. Proprietor.)
, , known b u- 1 at all
TMt pcv lr J 'T-r.r.betrarellrjt !
t.ra-wac -a-W 7 . .Jeva-
an-t .-ni .i
l.i ii ieave iia;.y
l.T
S ..R:ere:
T0IIN WILSON A: SON.
WHOLixAiai: taitoriius.
a.. a- -J
PITT3BTJKGH.
as. a, rs
Kiats'sUnriTalei Hn:s
li irrc-2 1 y the tea.'..ai ar.ijtj.
Haines Bros' Pianos.
The eheap5- tnC-el FiatK- la the market.
GEO.iiRINCEKO'SOEuM
CreT eyhre th.-nd of tr.eB ow Is . Ne
other wi-irai tcr.nimrat ever o6taiBed tbe fan
popularity-
CHCKLOTTE BUMF,
No. 1J S:l-b Aeenae. Fltiftargb, t"a,
afeot l.f ahoe. Swd lor Prv Li and
I vw. Fa 1 awe-xtt cf Mwet Koaie,
at a.. bonk, aad raaJ Ja uatoai X&lruawcia,
VOL. XXIII. NO. 3-2.
Banks.
JOBS IEKT.
JOBS D lOBIITt.
OIIX PI BERT & CO.,
NO. 240 MAIN STREET.
JOHNSTOWN', PENXA
W Ik-11 Irrf nKn,'at,le ln " PrU ofthe Vnl
te.1 SlHtrf n l f'DKlB. anl in t'orulirn omntrti.
Hut H.1.1, )oupn ! OorernmeDt Bno!i t
hithPM martft pnoef. Loan monry cm inni
ourii. liraftc nd l"hTk on othr lnt cb
ed. ilime j received OB ticpoeil p jalile u drmd
!nterei ct themtcof SLr per cent, per
A i n u m a il on Time Depot it.
Eremhlnfr ln tbe Iiauklr.g L1d receive! cur
i.rotnpt altmtlnu. ......
Tlmiiklul to our friend nd curtnmers for thr
an pm.naic. we mlirtt e.itlnuiuic of tbe
.line, an-1 Invite othrrt who have .ulne In our
line t.. irive us a trial, awurir.r all. that we ' at
all titm-B do ail we can I., etve 'f'.f.-
Eeh 1 7e JOHN U1BE11T k tA.
Cambria County
BANK,
m Y. icKir t co.,
Ml. 26 MAI KTItrrT.
- HNSTOWN.PA-,
lleorT Schnahle'i Brlrk EuII Uck.
k Ccucral Bailing IJusiurMi Transacted.
Iraft and OoM and Mirer Niuiiht and Hold.
tVll.vti. made lu all parti l the 1 dirt Mate,
and Canada, lntrrcrt alL.w.d at the rate of ix
ir cent, per annum. If l-tl i m-nth'or hmner.
Sivial arrantnratf m.le with Uuardiunt and
..thriT h. ld m.nej- in tru-t.
april lfl-73.
roi ctii
AXXVAL BKPORT
JOHMOWlfsIraS BAffi.
joliiiklunn, !.. ler. I. I"-
EUitil Bl l&-
.nl.f. n Keal I slate W
:l.ii:t.n ls.rouuli li-'ii.ts
ll. HiaUili lfc rv unh IL uds...
LI... t .. S..U.J lioll.tt. .
810 U0
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7'-U 00
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lmii.- ou Cvlia.cral
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b with 1'rurlkCo .'. l.W 1
fa
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t IS I! . I .1 1 it J .ti.i .-. -
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Total
LIA1III.1T1ES.
5C11.4JS X
Am. Hint due IieiKitor..
t'.9j.23T 80
a.ua'J 74
lt-i-in! r i.:ftid uue
Colilli.trul
ToUl.
Sictr of rerit,:tan:a.
tunrt.'y cf t:mlria.
I. Fmtk lii nrt. Trr:;.urcr of the J .whn'tf.wTi
Saviut:. H Jo i-.ln:niy attinn the ahovr .ute-tii.-ni
if t:w, to the tM ol my kin.wloJgo and
FRANK MHEKT.
In-afurt-r.
Sw. rn an! fu! wrilied bef. re nie.
A. i"'TOOi:RY.
Notary midK.
The nndervliroiM. Audilioc Cotuiiiittee. r-
J.pecttuUy ri-.ri tht thry have caretuliy In-
Jirtn'lvtt l lie 1 n-a?urr ? r -.ri iwr iuc tuuuis
Sovruiivr S"th. f7. and have examined the
aiwcta of the Bai.k. wmiit(! of lt. n la. M.
Kaue. Ju.1!ineDt(. Lau um Keal rotate Caan
in li.ti.k an.i on nan.i. and nni the aatue to o r
repvid with the atve n-jwirt
1. MrLarowuit,
JaMke t'K raa,
H. A. H;a.
Anditort.
TATtSTlCAU
Numhar of I) pnstt. r. 1'
Nunitr ol opvn avount. 1.044
Average to ach lep.nor 1' US
Ada ta I.'3'
Vm.in hi7
j Male V-aua
Kcmalr. f
iKateol iridBd. tor 17! 6 per cent.
ivaie 01 I'liiiiPU'ii icui ii".nv i-m t"
Loan U)-.n Keal Eriate are hajej Uu the
Tame ol me land aljne. hoiluinir. up-n 11 being
ix-ar led merely ai an additional K-.uruy.
lee. S3
CARPETING.
Henry McCallum,
.52 rifth Avenue,
PITTSBURGH, PA.
Import, direct fnin ManufaCuren,
Superior i:nglih Oil C loth,
BRUSSELS CARPETS. Ac,
RAG. HEMP and INGRAIN CARPETS
la every variety.
:,1 FIFTH AVENUE. .
Above Wood .Mrer:.
roarSj.
lUrsina Lime Kilns.
Ttt lerfijined are i reprtJ tolun-lb
Prir. BrUding Lizas
By the Car Load.
Orders Respectfully Solicited.
it. J.nvrzri. a co.
1 V ta.ua. June JS. "
I
jjjjj jrjrjjjrjr.
.
Turning: Shop
TT T!RFie ; - i I
if ii'
J, WELSH & CO.,
ManuTacturers
j Stairs, Hand-rails, Balusters,
0, UulUjlblC)
S EtTEI. post.
No. 66 and 6S Lactxk f?tret.
ALLKCillllXY. C'JTY. PA
WEBER PIANOS.
V0GEL i HUGHES ORGANS,
SHEET MUSIC,
MUSIC LOOKS, .
MUSICAL GOODS,
WHOLESALE A D DETAIL.
WILLIAM II. SIIEIB,
70 FiMi Arrnne, PITTSBURG IL
-5peelaJ sneatke to trier. 7 iL
JGEXTS WAXTED.
Sft?a
Miscellaneous.
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BOARD OF MANAGERS:
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H L K tNKlN.
john w. hake.
ellis ba1ly.
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ewinu bko nfifld.
william h. hmly.
THo.MASH.FEXX.
I'K. Vt'w. H. STCKUEHN. "
HHARLKS S SEA TON. " "
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Coantv.. Fa.
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J. H. T'HL SomersvL.
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Penn'a.
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Penn'a.
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IV, Penn a.
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Penn'a
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PRINCIPAL OFFICE
Oi JJroaJway, Vniont-ncn, Faji.Ue
Cvun'y, renn'a.
B,.ikd or Mas agmis wkkt thirb Mo.idat i
a VIET MOSTB.
j-Tt.! old and reiUb.e ti.mpaay ha. been ln
ttiTf;ul operation hT thirty years, caring which
ime .11 h- have been promptly paid. For
further information apply to
JOHN II. VHL,
rv.merset, or
W. H. HOPE. Sec y.
VnioDU..wu, Pa.
Nov. Li.
D. G. LINT.
C. C. LINT.
GLADE STEAM MILLS,
C. C. Lint & ISrolhcr,
Having recently leased what ltknowautc.
Old Dennison
iituaiern, re ,ath of SvUnerset. and having
put it in hrt e?a order, we are prepared to oo .i
aireli ol xnn-i.r.K. Havina purrhased an enxtne
we are euab.ee u ate cither 9. earn or water pvwer.
All . JtS
WARRANTED SATISFACTORY
if the grain 1 in gnod eondlUua.
always kej on haui.
Floor f. tale
rcpl.
rpiIE BEST rUMP
IN THE WORLD!
THE AMERICAN SUBMERGED
Due:4e- Aetlng, Now Freer tug
FORCE 1U3II!
The Simplest. M.t Powerfnl, Effective, Dura
ble, b.Uaoie aad Cheapen Pump la ate.
It Is aud. all of Iron, and of a tvw simple pam.
It will aot Fnrexe, as bo water remains ta the
Jdp wkea Dot ia actio.
It ha. wc leather or ram ftkif. at the rarker
ana i aive are au w irwaw
I: kIA-xm. If mr, geta oat of order.
It will force water friwi wist) feet la lb air. by
attaclucg a m ice numm.
It Is good for washing iiagrVa. Wuvi. ws, water
ing Garden, ki
lt fgrni-hos the pa rest and adet water, beeaas
ij m plaooa in the bottos. ol ua wu.
Taaaa: . tnch Pamp, pll, toe. ? foot.
1 - - If, - tae. -
Larger files In proportioa.
WEYANP av'PLATT
Sol Arw-J IVc Swawrtet Conty.
Soatenct, Pa., Jtay uu, is; I.
AXDREW PEEBLIIS,
ARCHITE CT,
Cor. Sixtk A.T. and Libertr Strew.
PITTSBl.aH,PA
Eatraac. 5a. i Sixla Artaa. tepd
Some
SOMERSET, PA.. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20. 1S75.
DRTANT AT rOl'B-SCOBE.
NOVEMBER 3, 1874.
Poet, whote voice it ol iba wind. aDd woods.
Whose calm verse flows at doet the mountain rill.
BIppUng and murmuring through the shade and
theen
And o'er the cool, clean stone ;
Poet, whote voice It of the ocean fiooJt
When Ihou dost hear, along the wooded bill.
The footstep or the Lord, and thou may'st lean
To listen, stilled, alone,
Nature's Interpreter, ibe wind, the stream, tbe
tree.
The human tout, all Bud a friend in thee.
Thine It the music of the fountain's flow.
Or Autumn's wind, fresh in the fading tree ;
Men quicken at thy word ; they fcel thee nigh,
One dear to childhood's day.
Too art a stream born of the mountain enow,
Which sought, ansoiled, the city by the tea,
W indlng where fair things fall and pure things die;
And springing, while with spray.
A fountain, where, despite the multitudinous tread,
Faith It refreshed and faint hearts eomfortcl.
Bryant! thy word Is best when thou dosi write
Of life, of hope, of human destiny,
Of the grave joy which keeps the heart cwent.
Of Nature's constant calm !
Comforter, thou dost show the In finite,
7 hou dott unseal the fount when eyes .re dry
And heart are breaking: Thy wise worus are
blent
Wl;n weeping ; and a rsalm
Of Life goes up, and not onheard: while thou dost
sing.
Hearts grateful, though unseen, still lisitn linger
lug.
So shall men listen when all these are gone ;
Still .halt thou sing wbea the invisible veil
Hath wrapped thee from man's vhuon. Lightly lie
On the. thy years four scoro !
In thine eternal youth thou thalt ting on ;
Thf strain, a voice of Nature, shall nut fai! ;
And thee labor and sorrow come not nigh '.
But when the silent oar
Of Char n f.lr, not too late or soon, tiat Voiceless
SO-A.
Wtke to thy two-fol.1 Immortality!
P'V, llrnry C. Bfr'.grr.
For the Somerset Herald.
SLIPPERY MIKE,
or;
SA1Y, THE SHARPER !
BY R. R. RODDY,
AUTHOR OF THE BANDIT OF
THE ALLEGHENIES
ATHANASE THE
(Concluded.)
Set'mg no immediate pro?pect for a
garr.e cf cards, or chance of plunder,
Le bastilr assumed tbe Lurried look
and manner of a man of business.
Through all tbe business parts of
Cumberland be wait ia and out, wkb
an anxious and care-worn look, &3 if
tbe world was not going well tiitb
him. Before commencing this ;1
srimage be had caiefulir concealed
all Lia money but m little loose change
n tbe scles of Lis shoes. In ono of
hid harried tramps through tbe street
ne clipped and sprained bis ankle,
not far from one of the leading
tnTerns. That was before the "house"
and ''botel'' era. Bj the aid of some
persons attracted to the spot by bis
groans, be was assisted into tbe
house. Calling for a quart of whis
key, be bade bis willing assistants to
rub bis leg liberally with tbe potent
fluid and drink tbe balance. Tbe
timely application of the stimulant
seemed to have a good effect,' for be
was soon able to walk again as well
as ever, lurning to the landlord be
thanked him fur the kindness shown
him. and said he was short of change
just then, but would call in befure he
left town and settle. Tbe landlord
thought settling tbca would conduce
to tbe longevity of their friendship.
At first Sandy denied having any
money at all; then in apparent con
fusion admitted Laving some that be
feared wasn't good and wanted to re
turn to the man be got it from. Tbe
landlord thongbt be could find some,
nd did with the aid of a stout black
servant, find a twenty dollar note,
carefully wrapped .n a rag and pin
ned in a small side pocket of tbe
vest He mumbled that it wasn't
good, that be didn't think the land
lord could change tuch a big bill for
so small an amount. Mine host laugh-
ed at tbe idea of bis not beinsr able
to change a big cotp, and eooa did
so, giving the stranger within half a
dollar of the full amount, but telling
him Le ought to charge a dollar fur
the trouble. Mike felt greatly crest
fallen in appearance, but inwardly
rejoiced over Lis nod day's work.
Counterfeiting Lad not attained the
perfection cf our day, and if be bad
tried to pas that note oosnlv. th
a m
poorest judge in tbe place would
have at first sight pronounced it a
base counterfeit, but the trick, since
become common ia the cities, was
new tbca and completely bliuded the
eyes of tbe jolly hust.
Deeming it unsafe to remain there
longer, as tbe news of bis Frostburg
exploits would soon be generally cir
culated through tbe town, be started
up tbe old pike towards Berlin,
known at that day as the "saw log
road.'" (There are contradictory ac
counts cf tbe crigin cf tbe came.
Perhaps, some one who dues ns the
honor to read our story, will favor
the Herald with full particular..)
Bcil D, at that day aud since,
though the mass of its people were
Lonest and indnstrious, unusually so
for towns of its size. Lad a few
"black sheep," who were ready fur
any kind of trade, game, or sport,
from pitch and tosA to burglary, it
is only just to add that the worst
part of ber male population were
new-comers; the femalei!, tbe home
production, n we are to rciy oa P"'
stories, were noi to be improved on
by importation. He was certain of bail-like rush at fclippery Mike, de
finding congenial spirits and gambling !oed crush Lim, It might Lave
. . . . r i- duoe so if entirely successful, but
associates ia pleptj both id Berlin ; Saodj eMiIj tToi(Jed it, and with a
and Somerset Tradition Las not j few gentle passes and waves of the
preserved any of Lis exploits at! hand, after the manner of the mes-
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either place at that time. Oa his
way home be stopped at GebhartB
over night and robbed a couple of
drovers, but did not secure a very
large amount. As be .was by this
time sufficiently famous for others,
both at homo and abroad, to steal on
bis credit, there were plenty to em
brace the opportunity. We are of this
opinion of a transaction attributed
to him on the Clay Pike about this
time. A couple of mounted travel
ers were stopped and robbed be
tween Centreville and Springfield,
in the regular highwayman stand
and deliver style of the famous En
glish robbers Duvall, Turpin, and
others. Sandy got the credit for it
and, we believe, was, arrested and
imprisoned for a time. Our reasons
for doubting that he did it are, that
it was bo entirely different from his
usual course. Without doubting his
courage, we turns u d mienuta
adopting that course he would hardly
have tried two mounted and presum
ably armed men for bis first attempt.
He seemed to enjoy robbing people
in their rooms, and going through a
house where he knew parties, willing
and aniious to shoot him, were on
the alert. Wbeq we say enjoy, we
say it without any qualification, nsing
t in the ene of a positive pleasure,
apart from what be acquired in tbe
doing. Returning home with plenty
of funds, Le set himself to enjoy tbe
fruits of his labors.
About the holidays a ball was giv
en at tne snow nouse, near New
II v-
bury, now owned by Abram Augus
tine. Saadv was on nana ana
danced, drank, and enioved himself
as well as anybody. Here it is well
to observe that he was temperate in
drinking, and never allowed it to get
the better of him or interfere with
business. A well dressed traveller
stopped at the house that night, and
after looking on for a while, asked to
be shown to his room, as his journey
bad fatigued him. Tbe keenly ob
servant eyes of Slippery Mike had
noticed indubitable signs of wealth,
although the stranger was dressed
verv plainlv, and bad evidently taken
.a: us to avoia aispiay.
. . . - i it-
W bat was
unnoticed bv all other3 bad strong-
v attracted his attention, and he
determined to sati.fv himself before
morning, despite the danger from the
enhanced watchfulness of the travel
ler in such a miscellaneous crowd,
and the very great risk of being de
tected by the numbers that swarmed
n every part of tbe bouse.
His usual good fortune, r more
probably bis consummate skill and
noiselessnetSkjrarried him through.
He robbed the man ot nis purse,
watch, ring, &c, but did not rik
aking off his belt where the buia ol
bis money was carried. I a the morn-
tbe alarm was given, and sus
picion pointed to Sandy. After some
trouble he was arrested and taken to
that house to stay over night, 6uffi
dent evidence having been secured to
warrant committing him to jail.
Knowing their man, every pre
caution was taken to prevent bis es
cape. The window was securely
fastened, tr.e prisoner uea, an a to
make assurance doubly sure, Lis
clothes, or part of them, the indispen
sable part, the pantaloons, were
taken a ay; and tbe two watchers
having ordered ail for refreshment
and enjoyment into the room, fastened
the door, moved a heavy bedstead
across it so that the door could not
open without moving it, aud after a
comfortable repast, retired to rest,
Mike bavin been fur some time in a
heavy slumber. But when their
breatLing proved them aslepe, be
arose, cast off his bond?, which were
a'.retdy loosened, picked the pockets
of both men of everything they bad
in them, made their clothes up into a
compact and convenient bundle,
crawled under the bed on his bands
and ft et, and commenced moving it
by almost imperceptible degrees.
At least a quarter of an hour was
spent in mvicg the bed far enough
frum the door to open it wide enough
to let him pass out. He went to the
room his pants were in, took them
and some other trifles belonging to
boarders and the people at the house,
entered a couple of other rooms, pick
ed the pockets of the inmates, and
then returned to tbe room from which
be had escaped, to take a good stiff
drink of whiskey, as it was a cold
night, lie took Lis drink deliber
ately, and then, as was thooght, ac
cidentally uj s;t the glasses and rous
ed his keepers. We are inclined from
our know ledge of the man, to think
he did it in mere bravado. When he
saw bis guardians were awake, Le
darted un-ler the bed, out of tbe
partly open dour, and having locked
it on the catside, whistled shrilly
through the keyhole, bade Lis keep
ers aa affectionate farewell, and
gathering op Lis bundle, started off
across tbe fields at a pace that few
men could equal. At a convenient
hollow filled with undergrowth be
bid the clothes be bad taken from the
bouse, and then resumed his retreat.
It must not be inferred that be al
ways escaped punishment. Solitary
confinement and hard labor were
sounds unpleasantly familiar. Pun
ishment failed of its true intent, if,
as is said, it is designed for reforma
tion. He came from prison harden
ed and confirmed in evil courses.
He was the introducer if not tbe in
ventor of the trick of throwing pep
per in the eyes of an opponent As
jtwasbefure Mr. and Mrs LanjQle
and tie cbivalric Fledgby became
known to fame, be certainly did not
borrow the idea from teem. It
possible they may have from Lira.
His firt essay was very successful
and seemed to afford immense delight
to his impirh disposition. After the
preliminaries of the fight Lad been
settled, Le kept at a safe distance
from Lis antagonist and laughingly
; sneered stand ir.aded turn into a sort
; of frenzy, in which Le made a kind of
merizers, placed him hors du combat.
The boys looking on seemed to re
gard it as magical. The man, in
stead of fightin j, sneezed, stamped,
laughed, cried, swore and howled.
Witchcraft appeared to be the only
solution, and the mixture of fear,
ae, dread, tnd admiration with
which Mike was regarded by them
was greatly enhanced. The pepper
trick (cayenne preferred) became af
terward very common.
A Texa. Duel.
Manning and Molett, rival physi
cians in Giddings, Tex., quarreled, as
nost rival physicians do. Thev
agreed to settle their difficulty with
Knives in a quiet place in tbe woods
just out of town. There were no
seconds or spectators, and each of the
physicians took along lint and ban
dages to dress bis wounds. Their
a?conntsof the fight are alike, and as
follows: ibe weapon were long
bowie Knives, ibey stripped to the
waist, and at too brst onslaught got
such a brm bold of each other that
the weapons could not be used. After
a long struggle they separated and
stood warily watching for a chance,
As they at length rushed together,
Manning received a slight stab in tbe
necK and Alolett a mow serious cut
across tbe arm. They stooped long
enough for each to dress his own
wound and then faced for another
found. With great caution, and
nany feints aad dodges, they spent
what thev say seemed like half an
hcur before coming tojretber. Final
ly Molett caught Manning's head
under bis arm, and, while for an
instant be was able to bold bim in
that position, stabbed him deeply
twice in the breast; but Manning,
with his arm free, was able at tbe
same time to plunge his knife inro
M jlett's back These serious stabs
ended tbe fight Molett was able to
reach his surgical appliances and at
tend to hisjwound. Manning fainted
and fell insensible and bleeding.
After attending to his own hurt,
Molett says he was about to go awav
and leave his adversary to bleed to
death, but Lis better nature predom
inated and with considerable effort
be saved Manning's life. Assistance
soon came and they were takea to
their homes, where they will be con
fined a long time by their injuries.
The Dorb.a. tf Edlatbargli
Sever
Opened Dm.
A London letter says:
"The Duchess of Edinburgh does
not grow in favor with the public.
They never quite forgive ber for as
serting precedenry over tbe Princess
Beatrice: and she has certainly
given proof ot a haughty disposition.
As a general rule our own royal
family do not give themselves airs.
This sort of .personal pride is espe
cially resented in a foreigner. A
curious instance of it took place the
other day at Lbiswtck, where tbe
duke and duchess went to visit a
certain fame us collection of Louse
flowers. TLe proprietor of the place
wished to explain tbe merits of bis
plants, but the path was narrow, and
it would have been indecorous as well
as dangerous to bis pots, and to pre
cede her he was given to understand,
would Lave been (in Russia) to com
mit high treason. At last they came
to a swing door that only required a
push, but which, to tbe Russian
duchess was an insuperable barrier
She had never opened a door for her
self in ber life, and was not going to.
begin in a nursery garden in Cbis
wick. Her splendid attire blocked
up tbe path, so that to pass by ber
was impossible, and tbe whole party
came to a dead lock. The unhappy
proprietor was in despair. Then tbe
Duke came to his assistance. 'She
won't open the door,' said be ; 'that
is quite out of the question. Do you
run around, open it for Lcr, and keep
in front of ber. Walk backward,
and never mind your flower pots.'
Whether any flowerpots were broken
I don't know, but I wiil stake my ex
istence that if there were, the duke
did not pay foi them."
C.eneraltT of at tK-
The following instance of generosi
ty on the part of a farmer's dog de
serves to be recorded. Trip was
naturally a good-tempered animal,
though when chained npLe looked
fierce enough sometimes. There was
a cat named Tom, belonging to tbe
same establishment, who often tried
Trip's teTper by stealing Lis food
and by other annoyances. The two,
in short, led a thoiougbly "cat-and
dog life," in the proverbial sense of
tbe phrase.
One day Tom was out on a Lird
ing expedition, and at the same time
Trip was accompanying his master in
a stroll about tbe farm, when, at a
hedge ctrner, a good way off, the
dog saw socretbing like mischief go
ing on, and he ran swiftly toward the
spot It was another dog of the
neighborhood remorseless worrying
Torn. Trip bravely attacked the
dog, and soon forced Llm to desist
and ; but Tom Lad beea mortally
wounded. Trip, Lowever, took up
poo.' puss by tbe neck, and with bis
master returned to tLe Louse, where
be whined for some time in ftich a
p. eojs manner as pr ? d that Lo was
actuated by a most magnaaimons
temper cf forgiveness.
Bella.
The great bell of St Paul's Lon
don, weighs 8,400; the great belief
Lincoln, 9.834 poonds. Great Tom,
in Christ chcrcb, OifcrJ, tbe largest
bell in England, weighs 17,000
punndg. Tbe bell in Palez Viccbio,
at Florence, suspended 296 feet from
tbe ground, weighs 17,000 pounds.
The great bell cf St Peter's, at
Rome, weighs 18.400 pends. The
bell at Erfutb, 23.200. But large as
are tbee bells, they shrink consider
ably when compared with those of
Russia. The bell in tbe tower of bt
Ivan, in Moscow, weighs 100,000
pounds; and the fallen great bell
which lies at tbe foot of tbe same
tower, 440,772 poonds. Its height
exceeds 31 feet, and its diameter at
the rim is 22 feet Tbe metal io it is
etima:e4 to be worth X73.000.
"Halo bonnets probably derive
their name from tbe exclamation of
husbands when they see tbe bilL
Ham Poataxa Mtampa rs sie.
The process of manufacturing the
little postage stamps is quite interest
ing: In printing, steel plates are
used, on which 200 stamps are en
graved. Two men are kept hard at
work covering them with the colored
inks and passing thru to a man and ;
girl, who aro equally busy prinPingieireakinzs; red ye low irrev. Ac The
. I, .:.t, t n:'i .1 I... . e . .
tucui wim jurge roiuug iiauu presses,
Three of these little squads are em
ployed all the time, although ten
presses can bo put into use in case of
necessity. After the small sheets of
paper upon which the 200 stamps
are engrarjd have dried enough they
are sent into another room and
gummed. Tbe gum used for this
purpose is a queer composition,
made of the powder of dried pota
toes and other vegetables mixed with
water, which is better than any oth
er material, for instance gum urabic,
which craclt3 the paper badly. This
paper is also of a peculiar texture,
somewhat similar io that used for
bank notes. Atr having been again
dried, this time on little racks which
are fanned by steam power for about
an boar, they are put between sheets
of pasteboard, and pressed in hy
draulic presses, capable of applying
a weight of two thousand tons. Tbe
next thing is to cut the sheets in half;
each sheet of course, when cut, con
tains a ounarea Btamps. mis is
done oy a girl with a large pair of
shears, cutting by band being pre
ferred to that of machinery, which
memou wouiu destroy too many
stamps. They are then passed to
two other squads, who in as many
operations perforate the sheets be
iween tne stamps. ;ext tney are
pressed once more, and then packed
and labeled, and stowed away in
another room, preparatory to being
put in mail bags fur dispatching to
tuinll orders. If a single stamp is
torn, or in any way mutilated, the
whole sheet of one hundred is
burned. About five hundred thou
sand are burned every week from
this cause. For the past' twenty
years not a single sheet has been lost,
such care has been taken in countinir
them. Durinir the progress of man
ufacturing, the sheets are counted
eleven times.
A Lv.aiar7.
She is a young lady of a penive
turn. Her hair is light, her eyes are
blue, and her nose is red. She gets
up in the morning in a melaaeholy
mooa, ana retires to bed ia a water-mel-uncbolicky
state. She loves a
man whom her father abhors. She
do e- upon the ground be walks with
his fourteen inch cowhides, while ber
father swears he'll lay twenty in
ches of cowhide over his shoulders if
he ever catches her talking to bim.
r
laasi weeKsno was out lor a prom
enade, and to commune with ber
own thoughts. She met Alpbonso
she called bim Alpbonso, though the
boys in the shop where he earned
his eight dollars a week called bim
"teeisy Jim." lie onered bi3 arm.
She took it ne sighed and said,
"Ah, this is, indeed, a moment of
ecstatic joy." "Is it ?" asked a voice
of thuuder at bis side, while a band
grasped hiB collar. "You'll find it
tbe saddest moment of your life, you
blasted jumble-beaded idiot You
talk poetry to my daughter, and
meet her clandestinely, will you ?"
and then the old man elevated one
boot, and Alpbonso plaintively
groaned "Ugh !" Then the eld man
lifted the other, and Alpbonso shriek
ed "Good heavens !
Flaw tm Hsk. a Wax O...
Take a wooden cross the size yoa
wish ; take plain, thick, white paper
of any kind, have ready some paste
or any thing that will stick good, and
first daub the cross all over with it,
then wet the paper with the same and
cover your cross neatly with the
paper Laving it meet at one corner
on the back of the cross. The bot
tom or base of the cross must be fitted
with paper, having it meet but not
lap at the corners ; let it dry a little
while, t en cover with white wax in
tbe same manner aa you covered tbe
paper, large sized sheets of wax be
ing used. Then take diamond dust
and put it on except where you wish
the vine or stem to stick ; iben your
cross is ready to trim as yoa wish.
This will make a clear white cross
and cannot fail to please.
Delicti Pel.
There is constant sympathy ex
pressed by robust people fur those of
slight physical constitution. We
think tbe sympathy ought t turn in
the opposite direction. It is the del
icate people who escape the most
fearful disorders, and, in three case3
out of four, live the longest. Those
of gigantic structure are almest al
ways reckless of health. Tbey ay:
"Nothing hurts men ;" and s they
stand in draughs, and go out into the
night air t cool off, aad eat crabs,
at midnight, and doff their flannels in
April and get their feet wet But
delicate people are shy cf peril.
Tbey know that disease Las been
fishing for them fur twenty years,
and tbey keep away from the hock.
No trout can be cangbt if Le sees
the shadow of the sportsman cn the
brock. These people, whom every
body expects to die, live on most te
naciously. We know of a young la
dy who evidently married a wealthy
man of eighty-five years on the
ground that he was very delicate aad
with reference to her one third. But
the aged invalid is so careful of bis
health, and the young wife is so care
less of hers, thai it is now uncertain
whether she will inherit bis store
houses or he inherit Ler weddijg
ringa. Health and longevity depend
more upon caution and intelligent
raanagentent of one's self than upon
original physical outfit Paul's ad
vice to the Sheriff is appropriate to
people in all occupations: "Do thy
self do barm,"
Nattcckit has Lad bat two daya
rain and one shower since tbe last of
Jane, but tbe people were converted
to lager bier several years ago, and
don't care much if it never rains
Brooklyn Argus.
Josh Billings ays that in the beds
of many hotels "ya sleep sum, bet
role over a good deaL"
WHOLE NO. 12-2S.
Alabttater B.xrt.
Alabaster is a delicate, white, soft
kind of marble used fur lamp, vaes
and other ornaments.
There are two kinds of alabaster.
One is composed of carbonate of
lime, and is hiirbiv valued on account
of its clearness and varietv of colored
otuer Kinu Oi alabaster IS Cwttloosed
or bydrou. sulphate of lime. This is
so soft it may be scratched with the
finger-nail. It is beautiful aud dear,
white as snow. This kind is gener
ally used for vases and other orna
ments because it is softer and more
beautiful, aud it can mure easily be
molded and formed. Alabaster is
often bronzed. This is done by coat
ing it once or twice with sizing and
tjuchinir ic with bronze powd.T
The bnest aad best alabaster is found
io Yalterra, Tuscany.
in Aianastraoi, bvnt. tbera was
a manufactory of small vessels aad
pots tor holding perfume, which were
made from a stone, found ia the
mountains near the town.
The Greeks gave to these vessels
the uame of the city ia which they
were made Alabastrum.
After a while thestoae from which
J they were made was called alabas-
truru. Later, still, this name was
given to all vessels used fur holding
oil or perfume, whether made of ala
baster, glass, ivory, bone or shell.
These vessels ef perfumery or oint
ment were made of various sizes and
styles, or shapes. S.jme were made
long and tapering without handles;
some like a flask, with long necks
and some in the form of a box or
chest
In the 11th chapter of Mark you
can read of an alabaster box.
It is supposed that this .vas one
of those loo necked vessils, and
when Jesus was reclining or sitting
at the table in the house of Simon lu
Bethany, Mary the sister of Lazarus
came, and broke the neck off of the
vessel or box, and poured the pre
cious ointment upon the head of
JfSUS.
inese vessels, cr auoastcr buxe3,
irera ni llIl )....! otminrvc. t I , .1 n . .
in their toilets; also, ia anointing the
beads of guests, as a mark of distinc
tion. When Mary broke tho albas-
ter box and poured the precious oint
ment on the bead of Jesus, Judas
Iscariot was displeased. He said it
was wasting; he said this alabaster
box with the precious ointment might
have been sold fur tbree hundred
pence, but Jesus said: "Whv trouble
ye the moman ? fur she hath wrought
a good wi rk upon me."
Jew foe to to Feline. Kara.
The following statements appear in
a communication, without date, ia
the Richmood (Ya.) Mhiy. "la a re
cent number of your paper it was
announced that a fatal epidemic pre
vailed extensively in many parts
tbe State amojg tbe feline race. In
this neighborhood tho disease has
been raging, aad the lives of many
of the race Lave been destroyed by
it. Some of the physicians have as
certained that it is trichina tbe
same disease which has caused the
death, at different times and places,
of a great number of cattle and bogs.
When cat3 were attacked with the
disease, it was believed there was no
remedy that death was inevitable.
When I was in Richmond at tbe last
Stale Agricultural F'air, a lady at
whose house I was a guest, informed
me that she bad found in a case of
her own. that calomel was an effec
tive remedy. During the past week
a baif grown kitten of ruy own, of
remarkable beauty, was attacked by
tbe disease. The above mentioned
remedy (Qve grains ol calomel) was
applied, and she is now well, hearty j wi.i, by tbe aid of the observations
and playful. The publication of tbisj"niJ tables we shall transmit to them,
remedy may be instrumental ia sav- be able to come to a definite cunclu-
ing the lives of maay cats."
ller tel..
TLe Director of the Mint Las is
sued a "metiiorandum'' circular,
showing that when the golJ value
of silver bullion is 112 cents per
ounce, standard, and the premium on
gold 111 per cent, one dollar in sub
sidiary silver coin and one dollar in
currency are of the same value iu
gold. For instance, a s'lver bar
which yields $ 1,00m, v. Leu coined
weighs S03.75 ounces, its vdue iu
guld at 112 cents per ounce is f'jOO
20. Tbe coinage adds 33 bO to ii
value, and makes it rt present $1,040
in silver coin. If silver bullion were
purchased at the pretent price, 112
12 cents per Etandard ounce (gold),
the issuing rate being 1 51 4-15 per
standard ounce, or about f 1,500,000
on $G,3i7,000 issued ia redemption
of fractional currency. It is presumed,
Lowever, that silver will reach a still
lower price, owing to the increased
production of our mines, and to the
fact that Germany having demoral
ized her silver coins will probably
throw an immense amount of bullion
oa the market, in which event as sil
ver tncreases ia pr.c..', the profit to
the government will increase ia pro
portion. If the government could
Day a hundred million dollars' worth
of silver bullion and coin, it adding
ta.O'iO.OOO to the value by this oper
ation, we might gf? rrj cf a hundred
millions of eur pap.- currtacy. Tbe
Secretary of the Treasury could pay
out silver coin in inch quantities to
take away the temptation to hoard
it a well as to destroy tbe margin
ua which it is bought and sold.
rrlnee of Wale Tm J Jit
Beat to a cream half a pound of
fresh butter, and mix it by degrees
aa eqaal weight of pt uadtd Ioat su
gar, dried and sifted; add first tbe
yolks aad then the whites of five
egz which Lave been thoroughly
whisked apart; then st-ew lightly ia
half a pound of the fiaest flour and
half a pound of raisins, weighed after
thev are stoned; pot these mjrrediecw,
perfectly mixed, into a well-buttered
mould, and boil the pudding for tbree
hoars. Serve with sweet sauce. A
little pounded mace or grated rind of
a small lemon may vary tbe flavor ol
this excellent pudding, and slices of
candied peel should be laid rather
thickly over the mould after it is bat
tered. One tad
Laving it.
tL:n abcot gold sot
IwUtj if ,u wt aavjuiaaM-
He IMdw'1 Get P!e.
The CoDjrrcman' Uac j tba
young ,,iaa who -want a position -Hunt.ng
goveru)enul situations for
neeuj women and iua!Pr.t roi(1Jle,
aged Leans of families, m a jrearr
task encusrh. But it has ht brht
side ia the fact that it furnishes bread
and butter t these who otherwise
might bo sore pressed fur even the
bread alone. For the inane youn?
man, however, whose only ambition
is a roatinfl job, where th- work is
moderate and anxiety a minimum,
tbe Congressman or Ccbinet
cherishes but scanty regard. The
desired situation mat. 'in.!,? k
looked up. Hone ioUucnee has iu
weight with those ia autboritv ia
Washington, and when a shallow
Jhth conies here with his valiso
crammed with endorsements from lo
cal !igaiuri.:s elsewhere, tbe persoa
.. uoui ue ii consigned
general.y
Sfis mm "a u a..p t.
it is tha
ruin of tho
youth. T i
exhibit the average department male.
,uc 00 nas settled d.,wn
to the
list. ess round cf a
govermental n-
oouj, w me youn- ruen of 0thrr lo
calities who aspire to similar enerva
tion. He is a business dunimv ud
3- cial corpse. By the time "he ha
dandled through a dozen years as a
i. pirtment servito-, he is'devoid of
manliness, ami as incapable of acting
and thinking f,.p himself as a sa wdust
stuffed dull.
Let me show von how men of
brains and energy view this work.
Jeveral years ai?. .lk.:.i...i ......
1 1 . .l
ward printer b ,y fr, Maine found
bis way to Washington in search of
"au ea,y place." Tom Ewin- was
then .Secretary of the Interior. He
was al.,o uacle of our gav, kv " place
hunter. To him the youngster natu
rally applied for assistance in getting
the desired situation. This wa th
encouraging answer h r..oir,t
from Ewiair:
"I Will Lot 'Ct you a l lj.-e i.. nv
of the departments. Moreover, if
yon find a place and go to work I
wni use all my influence to have you
dismissed. I want you to get out of
Washington. I am not going to
have you made int.) a limp end bel;
Iess nonentity if I cm help if. Oo any-
to tne tievi it
like
yoa
you shan't stav in W
shing
ton."
TLis iiispir
ling counsel drove tfc
printer youth back to Maine
n?a:n.
ua.i r,wmg round him the desired
place, he w.,uM tr,.uar betving tape
around bundled documents," or stick
ing official stamps on somebody el-e'-i
letters.
in one cf the I'l'narl n.onta
aa
inert hum-in routinn nm.hinn
But tbe uncle's sensible brusquenes
nes was the nephew's salvation.
The name of that discouraged youno
applicant was James G. Blaine, pre-
IT1"":' ui ius nome or liepre
. seatatives.
Ass Eerentrlet.
TLe most singular fact connected
with the proper motions of the stars
is that one or two stars arc flvin"
through space with such enormous
rapidity that the combined attraction
of all tbe stars visible with tho tele
scope could never stop them. This
seems to be especially the case with
a small star, invisible u tfce Dafced
eye, designated in astronomical liter
ature as "Groombridgp, 1830." from
the nasi.; t f the astronomer who first
recorded its position. The rate of
motion cf the star U about seven
seconds p,r year! he greatest known.
It was hence concluded that it must
be very near to us, and a number of
astronomers have sought to determin
Hi'" p'ou.t, um nave found ii tn he
ooiy a teutc of a second. Its
appa
rent motion ia a year being seventy
time :t. parallax, it moves at Iei
seveniy umes tne distance from the
eart h to the sua ia a year, or eighteen
millions of miles every day, and
more than two hundred miles every
econd. From w hat we kaow of the
distribution, masse.., aad number of
the stars, it seems probable that the
attraction of all the bodies in the
universe can never stop this LeadloDg
-peed, nor bring this btar into an or
bit, and that con-equcn'.ly it will
pass through our universe ; and leave
it entirely ia its pa.aye through in
finite space. If we bad accurate ob
servations of the star's poitin three
or four thousand years ago, we could
speak with more certainty of its des
tiny. We may sxpect that oar pos
terity of a few thousand rear Y.r,rs
siun respecting tne age aad sir
ucture
of tbe ua' verse.
Worth Ken.o.l.rtc
How the boys may be saved the
trouble of "coin? f.'r the eow3" is
thus told bv tbe Americsa Stock
Journal: 'livery time they re
driven up at ci-Ltcriu tbe morning,
give them a good lick of meal or
bran, and our word for it the cows
always Le on hand at the milk-
An Illinois farmer determines the
age cf animals over nine years old
by the following novel method : Af
ter the h'jr.-e is nine years old a
wrirA'e comes on the upper l.pt aD.l
every year thereafter he ha3 one well
defined wrinkle for every year there
afur. If, for instance, 'a 'her- Las
three wrinkles, be is twelve; if be
has four, Le i thirteen. Add tte
number cf wrirA'e to nine and y.j
will get it.
Ire lake.
Tea ei'a, one pound of sifted white
sugar, Lalf a pound cffoir, make a
-po.'ige cake batter and bake in tin
piate with upright si.Jej. Season
with the grafed rind of a lemoo aad
half itsjjice. 'Take the white of
three egy.( aad orje b3j
pound of finely pulverized wi'ie u
ar, the grated riad and juice of a
sour orange, with the half lem)a left
from tbe cake. Make into icing and
p-il ia layers between the cai;,
Lich must be iced oa top. Wtea
U have been piled together, it make
a cake a la-ea one baked in an or
dinary pound iroold.
la.le Pie.
Sliced peeled apples npoa a pie
plate, and cover with a crut. Do
aot pres it dowa at tbe edge, bat
trim it off neatly. Bake quickly and
thoroughly. Remove tbe crust, torn
its upper side down upon another pie
plate. Mash the apple, sweeten it to
the laate, flavor with nutmeg, add a
piece of butler the size of a Lickory
aut. aad spread upon the crust A
little sweetened cream, poured opoa
this when eaten, i delicious.
TLe Chicago Times describes aa
fCee-hoIder as "colieetcr of the nor.
of Ararat wn Noah arrived Ur
with bis ark, and has anlaierrojtf dly
hel l olS-e ever since "
A friend that nicks ia JT?3?'
and adversity Maei'ajr.