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Business Card.
II" H POSTLETHWAITF, ATTORN EI
11 - al law. Somerset, la- Prolesnona. l'Ui-
neis r'si-ecuully solicited and punctually attend-
ei to
r
J. KOOSF.R.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Somerset, Penna.
VALENTINE K AY. ATTORNEY AT LA W
1 and doaler in real estate. Somerset. "
attend to till t.uincs euirusled to hi eare wi.u
promptness and fidelity.
TOUN H. OIL. ATTORN tY ATLA W.
.) en-ct. Pa., will pp.ir.p'i- l," f rolk-rti' n
entrusted to Mm. Money advanced on eolliition
fcc. O.hce in Maiuuioth Building
jn. 1, 'To.
irvn k'roUtdKN, ATTORNEYS AT
kW-ucr-t, Pa. U-hee 1 Bs
f OH
OH NO. KIMMEL. ATTORNEY AT LAW,
i ruM.-d 10 injure in Soro.-rs.-t and admining eoun-to-
with promptness- ni hlclity. Office m .Mam-
wibiiiKi. fcb.is.o-.y
I'. WAMl i I rTll U) 111 UU-lllVnC-
HEN K Y F. SCH ELL. ATTORNEY ATLAW,
ii..univ b Pension A Kent, Somerset.
l a. t i.lu-e in Mammoth Mock. J"
11-tl.
(OUrtLOAlTHSIt rrtH.ITK.
I H1THKH ft. OAITHER. Attorneys at U.
( S.nimei, Perm a. All pr.-U;---i-ii ',1,uu
promptly attended.... i.h,e m Ji-ir Mock, op
flairs.
i.-.-4 rs.
iir J k H. L. BAER. ATTORNEYS AT
iiV, Somerset, Fa., will pract...e ln s,"m"
erVi: ..l.o!i.i..s counties. Ail business
tru-rd f tli-m wilij r tr.j.tly BU.-n.leJ U-
A n. orKRcTH. " "TU-
WFKOTH k M'PPEL. ATTORNEYS AT
t, Law All business emro'Vcl to their cure wul
l,t- ...ec.l.'.v nr.d punctually attended to.
i-r.., urutt. owoMlo the
Maicm jt h Biock.
l;an 1.
DK E M KIMMEL will eolitlnue to practice
Me."t..he, and t-nieri las prolcssioiia! s.-rn.
e.-s to Hi.- rit lions oi Somerset and Hrnindln
country, otlice at tiie oi l placs, a lew doors east
of the liln.ie il"U". .
iTiT'ii HKT'HAKKR terpen hlf pr.fcslnnBl
1 I .rr iceKitheeiti n of SomtrKH ami vi-m-
i i:hre lu r. icuce. .
ooe aoor wcrwi i"
livUT.
DK U-M. (K.ELINS. liLNTI-JT, Sranwi.
I'i. oi:i -e l l'f.lr i l -
. ! e r.-.n t til i n.'-: '""'' pn-pard to do
BiV km ..f w-rk j.-l Hian. r-ulBtivr. x
l.,P:w kc, Artlcclul twthol Kllkiu.l, and ..I
tliruii.:ii'rlul,hiseried. OpcKitu warranted.
A"'U.1AM 11. KOONTZ. ATTORNEY AT
11 ,.ra.T-t. !.. wi'.l iiive prompt atti.
u't't.. bu.n.. ei;iru.-.e.i f. li:.'ure lu-niemt
and the a-'-Miiilnit couutlcJ. U:U.e (a Ui.;ng
J
amks l. rroii,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
h .-r,f -n't, 1M. l-e, Mamm-th Ili.-k.np taiw.
i ntr.ni. Mjfi Sl- t'ol!.-cti..n Mti.le. e-
t.lti-r.lc l. nil' s -x:'.ml".-d. an ia.1 I. iril
m-fa't.ndod to with proiaptm-M" bu.I h tt ii' v.
ulvlS .
T f. (KiLE
iTToRXEY AT LAW,
rfu.,.ret. IMf.-ii.-r.l bu.iw entrust ej
Uinyi-:realU'aUdloW(tliS'P'BipUifrfBnun..tlitj-
iuarU'9.
DU ; (J. MILLER. af:T twelve
v.i.-T vire practice In Slu.nkv!'.!e, Mi
i , ...'ra ieuiv ""nxr-.-t lor the prac
t.coi ii,,Kli.e.'aod Icr.deM tM I'M. -n:il fcr
liccj to t- clliienl t J.meri.-t an ! vic.nt.y.
JUioe in hla Lirua Store, .p!.-it toe li.'ruct
U -W..V, w.re he uaa 1 c..tiu;Ud al til t;uici
ui;!.-m pn!eslnnal!y :.
-Mjbt calii.ruu)p;ij auwercd.
doc. l n-ly. .
IllOFESSSlONAli.
-ri- Oco'i-e 1!. rcn.!-r.Uvg. of eaiutci..in.l.
V.H 'inh.nn his friendt that he M"- thj day . - Jo.
tTBte.1 with l.im-ir m thf prmettee t niwlc.'tae
and iurgerv. klB.n. l.r. WaV-r K. I undenderic.
lau- the resident mirror, ut th.e New ork t-je
the Eye and Er.
rAW NOTICE. Alexander H. OifTrotn Mi
re-nmed thepracth-e o. I-.- lu jnerM and
6b. k. 'H-
DK i K. MILLER hai pcrtnatiertly K'-.id
in iwiint..rile pr:ictice h. pi.-.-ion.-Mificpu.ite
UhatM kniuerir.urc
ai-r. -ZL, o-lf.
O S. GOOD,
rhrswux d- svxgeox,
J-OrFirK in Mamm -th i;h-'i.
YoTrNluTXsT-
Off cc in V!:rolu k Ne!T new buihlir.?.
Viaic t"ro- Street.
S .iiiemd. I'a.
KTIFICTAL TEETH!!
J. V. YVTZY.
D E 2. T I S T
DALE CITY,
rt Co., ra..
... I .f the verr heit
ti'st style
tie l'a'rtieuiai mii.on paid the rr-
, 1 h. e wihin to
SVlH . do .o by euclin a.p
i
I :Ut h. l. a!.-d Ihi well Vn..wn h-.tel In the
H. r..a.hUi 'B.-T.eL It M ht? mteut.e.B , tu ; p
t lu & ; iuf-u t.c .I"
kU b. nmv uwr Uim iU t-Utar ot ia
Arc IT Juli.N H'LX.
Mansion House,
LATE ' LENEOIiM KUl SI"
, omer of Pi.-i-VM" ?r
4dHNSTVWX.rF.XXA-
Jos. Shoeianlvcr, Prop'r.
lUvlr.ir Ute'.v tsken charge of. rentt.-l r. 1 fur
nift.rd th.i larjte " e.mui.!i-ui Hotel. 1 nw
Invite WT Somerset iVunty lm-n.ls to rail .-n me.
and not bv prx.ir.pt au-nti-n to their wants and
moderate ri;n.-s. to merit their patriate. Ta
I ie sutTlie-l withthe tst the mariet atl..r.:s. The
lr staked wi.h t! rt e wines. li.;u..r. Ac.
N. B. Best stah'.iBK in wwn. aprJ
1
rrilK SOMEUSKT HOUSE.
Lyt..;U left m U..! r-aLf.ly -cat u
ell I t
Hotel p-opert fr.n t a. ;..-.-i tie nn-.w-
t :-ned tak.-i pleasure in lai-Tiura h ln.-n.is and
lu' liC -uerliv that hi- ia s. pare neither
wan civ at
.-.i . l.-anJ llill.e.i:er.
P. LAV AN.
D
1AM0N1 HOTEL.
s toystom x r.i.
sAir:.'..CTSTEii, i,'-p''",,or-
,h.s tiV.ar ard well kn-.wn h.e at all
t ire, ioocirslue BW.-!n pt-e lor the tra ...
Uwiic Tvde and I.o..lis nrsl-class. 0-lf -r"r'
Ka-ki K-ave caily ! r J jl.nst.wn and
WEBER PIANOS.
YOG EL k HUGHES ORGANS,
SHEET MUSIC,
MUSIC BOOKS,
MUSICAL GOODS,
WHOLESALE A D BETAIL.
WILLIAM II. SHEIBjj
70 Fifth Avtoue, PITTSBURGH.
WSpeciAl attention to ordert by malL
AGEXTS WJXTED.
ti-"Ci Ji'lT I" " ' . " " , I
Liu deai'rwt. .HMumim ek-rks and j
ol." ainp waiters will -It' lid WlOe an-.s. .1 cus-.
. m-5 act the t-le t i. t.n. be l-.en
I'Hb the lX. !he rrarket art r - H. T.y-
. ... an n--.k II.!. ..i(h k : 1 llltal i
1 lie
VOL. XXIII. NO. 38.
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Feb. 10.
Cambria County
BANK,
3t W. KEIM & CO.,
XO. a MAI STBEET,
-HNSTOWN,PA-,
Hecry Schnable'i Brick Building.
A Ueneral Baklog Business Transacted.
Pra and Oold and !!leer bought and nM
Col lections made In ail pai-J of the Lntted bt "
andCaua.la. interest u..- '-,, -.
IK-r rent, per annum. If left aix monthi or longer
. ' ,m n4.i with i 1 oAnlimDS ana
Nler.M JWraUkeHiruL. -
CARPETING.
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vlj nfth Avenur,
PITTSBURGH, rA.
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BRUSSELS CARrETS: f;c ,
RAG, llOU' and INGR,AN CKPfTS
In even- variety.
I IFTU AYENVK,
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Ursina Lime Kilns.
Prime Building Line
By the Car Load.
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Ursina. June li.
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AND
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-j wrnrrr
Is. is .
J. WELSH & CO.,
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XEWEL POSTS,
os. 66 and 69 Lacock trcL
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J. H. I HU Somerset.
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Peon'a.
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Penn'a.
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Pear.. - . .
ABEL M ' EfAXS, Aatwell Tr-, Washlr.gtm
. Ci,. Pena a.
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' ' Penn'a.
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County, renti'a.
Beam or Mawacbs wext thibb Mokdat is
btcwt Hons.
-Tfc'old M rtijb Ca3'.iiay haa been la
uece.tful "J"eratWu I.T thirty years, daring which
ftme ill b.atea har lieen promptly paid. For
further Information apply tu
JOH.VH.CHL,
S-nwrset, or
W. H. HOPE, Sec J.
I ui.itown. Pa.
Nov. Si.
D. G. LIXT.
C. ;. LIXT.
GLADE STEAM MILLS,
C. 0. Lint & Brother,
Having recently leaded 7V.Lt is incn a. the
Old jUfiiiiisoii Mill,
siiuaUone mile svmth of Somerset, and having
put it In first class order, we are prepared to do hi
kinds of grinding. Kavinr purchased an engine
wears enable.! to use eiiheTsleamor water power.
All work
WARRANTED SATISFACTORY
If the grain Is In r.uJ coalition,
always ke.t on hand.
F our for sile'
,u"r si-is
!
'
GROUSE & SHffilJ'S'S:
Manufacturers of Seed and Ilavasttt
CIGARS.
BEDFORD, PA.
Orders MictuJ. K aalhurised agent.
"
Knab sUnrivalsd Fiin:s
EndorseJ by tie leading artists,
Haincs Bros Pianos,
The cheAjjr.it, trat-dasi Piano in the market.
GIO. iuPBJNCE SCO'SORGANS!
Ower aAy-thra. thowaaad of thew nww In mte. IV.
other musical Instrument ever obtained the itame
popwiarr.y.
CHAK.LOTTE BLITH F,
Ko.ll Sixth Aresda, Ptttabargh, Pa,
CatajogiM. rail BjaortBuni at Brsveet Ha
M bam B-ki and tmail Masicai IcJtraiaenu.
r ail BjaoriBwu mm husm,
SOMERSET,
BE SOT HIE FIKST
Oh ! be cot the first to discover
A blot on the ftime of a friend ;
A flaw in the faith of another
Whose heart may prove true in the end.
A smile or a sigh may awaken
Suspicion most lalse and undue,
And thus our belief may be shaken
ln hearts that are honest and true.
How often the llijht smile of gladness
Is worn by the friend tliat we meet
To cover a soul full of sadness.
Too proud to acknowledge defeat.
How often the friends wc hold dearest
Their noblest emotions conceal.
And bosoms the purest, sinocrc-st.
Have secrets they cannot reveal.
Leave base minds to harbor suspicion,
And small ones to trace out deiat ;
Let ours le a nobler ambition,
For liasc is the mind that susiM-cts.
V.'e. none ol us, know one an-jther,
And oft Into error we fall ;
Then let us speak well of another.
Or not spcuk about him at all.
TIIF. HOCTOB'8 STB.4X6E LETTER.
'liyJove! what can this mean?
la tbia a stupendous fraud, a trick, or
what?''
And Dr. I'ouieroy stared, almost
vacantly, at tbe closely written sheet
he held in Li Laod. He read :
"'Doctor l'omeroy, I will not apol
ogize for the unparalleled service I
am about to ask of jou; suffice it to
say that I have heard of your strug
gles to maintain yourself and invalid
mother, and realize how hard a task
it is for one so young in the profes
sion and without friends in tbe great
wilderness of houses called a city.
Also, permit me to add, 1 have been
informed of the cruel blow you re
ceivid from the land of oue you
loved, who was unworthy of you;
and yet I am not acquainted with
you, nor you wiih me. Indeed, we
have never looked upon one anoth
er's lace. Nevertheless, I cm about
to request you to do me a great fa
vor. Wilfyou come to South Street
church to-morrow evening at eight
o'clock? Come privately, unattend
ed, and never reveal what takes place
there. Will you give me, a stranger,
a lawful claim to your name, and yet
seek not to know whom you marry ?
If you will do so, I will make over
to you fifty thousand dollars, paya
ble to your order at the City Lank,
as soon as the ceremony is oyer.
Trusting that the money will Le a
temptation to you. I shall ansioBsly
.await you at tnc appointed titne."
il That was all. There was no sig
19 1 nature nothing to give any clue to
the writer's address or abode. In
deed, it was go terFe and so unfemi
nine in its details that he wa3 tempt
ed to believe some of his n2E,!o j
friends were trv iii? to play a joke on j
him, ' "
'I will not go I will not b? fool
ed P he said to himself.
He flung the missive down; then
be picked it up, folded it carefully, j
ajid thrust it into his pocket.
He remembered thai he had a pa
tient to" visit, and went out; but
everywhere tbe contents of that
strange letter were ringing in his ears.
He then went to see his mother. She
was suffering even more than U3ual,
and a number of dunning bills had
been left for his earliest considera
tion bills which he had not the
most remote idea how he was to
meet. He threw tLem down, and
buried his face in bis hands.
"Paverty is a curse, mother !" he
groaned. I do not know which way
to turn."
She tried to cbcvf cj, lut iu vain..
Every were te turnei hopeless chaos
seemed to envelop him.
"Ah ? if that letter were only real 1"
he thought. "Fifty thousand dollars
would wake me rich."
And so he fretted and worried un
til the appointed hour one moment
vowing he would not go near the
place, and the next tempted to sec
the "farce" out.
Eight o'clock found him stealing
in. He saw two ladies, closely veil
ed, and a gentleman, standing in the
upper part of the building, "srLilo tt$
minister sst in the chc,ir.
There was but one gas-jet ligh.ted,
and Le could jcst tiatiiyjui&b. the
forms. ' As soon as he entered, the
gentleman spoke ta one of the ladies,
nd then the advanced to meet him.
"Are you Dr. l'omeroy ?" she ask
ed in a low tone.
"I am."
She led him up to where the gen
tleman stood, and he extended his.
band.
"How do you do, Pomeroy ?" Le
said, and Pomeroy recognised ia him
;Le president of the City Bank. "I
am here by the request of this young
lady," pointing to the one who had
not moved or spoken, "to inform you
that if you agree to her proposition,
I am authorized to pay to your
order the sum of fifty thousand dol
lars. Pomeroy tried to speak, but his
voice was choked. It was do fraud ;
it was reality he was to bid farewell
to poverty !
11. stoud motionless for a mciuerit
then advanced and olcrejb'u arm to
the ki'ieut lady. She took it without
a quiver, and went with him to where
the minister awaited thenf."
. The ceremony was quickly per
formed. Doctor Pomeroy signed his
name, and then looked with consid
erable curiosity at the bold sigoa-
I lure, " .Iien Latour, " which nis
I bride wrote down. The minister
' i - . : r " i . - -. ; r. 1- w.t.
ua?i"j hiicu cut iciuutiic, nmvu
he bad brought with him by request
and which the maid and bank.tr A-
t-il a-; witut-'sses. The Lride toot it.
j two glided away swiftly from sight,
j Ductur Pomeroy then wiped the
4 perspiration from his brow, and
! asked :
1 "Who is she?"
j "I do not know," said the minis
jter. 'T was requested, by letter,
! and paid to perform the ceremony
j and keep it a secret. It is perfectly
,.ia tbe ,ter,
j ft) gee J, !a(Jvs fdce. She deposit-
i ed lLe De-v mt"TTni
that her promise should be fulfilled."
The three men separated;. the ga
was turned out; the curtain fell on
the Grst act.
The next day romeror tried to
realise what he bad done. He had
, sold bis name to an unknown woman,
uui ue mouzci mat couia not injure
jhim.
f4
ESTABLISHED, 1837.
FA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1S75.
"She must hare been in deadly
peril," be meditated, "to pay such
an exorbitant price for a simple
name !"
He took an office further up town,
and moved his mother to a nice
borne. Patients came pouring in; a
different class employed the rich Dr.
Pomeroy than those w ho had ern
plored tbe poor one.
Five years passed away, nd be
had gained a reputation, and added
considerable to bis bank account.
He had been an indefatigable worker,
and now he felt that be needed rest
for a while.
"We will take a trip to Europe,
mother," be said. "It will do you
more good than jou can imagine."
A great many gentle hearts felt a
pang to see the" "good doctor" leave,
although their endeavors to catch
him had been in vain. He felt no
preference for any of the opposite
sex; he bad recovered from his dis
appointment, and he never ceased to
remember that ho was a married
man, or to think kindly of the un
known woman who had so radically
changed bis life.
They traveled leisurely through,
the tour they bad marked out before
they 8tarted, and one night found
themselves in a French village.
About the middle of the night the
doctor was awakened by some one
tapping at his door, and calling him
to come out.
Ho did so. He found tbe land
lord, who told lim, ia broken Eng
lish that one of his countrymen had
just fallen down stairs in a fit, and
seeing his name registered as an M.
D. they called him up
He went into an elegantly furnish
ed room, where a man, some fifty
years of age, w as lying in a danger
ous condition.
A young lady sat near the bed fan
ning him. The doctor hastily exam
ined the patient, and found that it
was impossible for him to live; but
the day passed, and still another be
fore be drew bis last breath. He
never recovered his consciousness.
The lady told Dr. Pomeroy that he
was her father. His name was Eu
geue Sydenham, a native of Eng
land, and she would like to have him
buried where he died. They were
traveling for the benefit of his health,;
she went on to explain, and he was
a widower. Her only remaining rel
ative was a yoanger sister, who was
being educated in the convent of the
Sacred Heart, Paris.
After Mr. Sydcataai was bnried
Mis3 Sydenham, went, under the
c.rc 0 the doctor and his mother, to
Paris. She insisted upon them tak
ing up their abode where she had
apartments, and so not a day passed
but she was with Mrs. Pomeroy.
The old lady got warmly attached to
her, and talked dolefully to her son
about the time when they should be
1 . - !
separated. - .
Sh told them confidently n&t to
wonder that she did not mourn for
her father, for he bad endeavored to
wrong her so deeply that it was not
love which held her to hi side; and
that in all tier Hie sne Dad never
been so happy as now that she was
free.
Doctor Pomeroy watched her. At
Grst he was very gallant, but at last
he began to be reserved d cokL A
feeling which fee dare not cherish
was growing in his heart and it
aj armed him,
"1 dare not love her," he muttered
to himself. "I am bound !"
Then, for the first time, he felt how
heavy were the fetters that bound
him. She noticed the change. She
tried to beguile him to forget the
grief that was evidently bearing on
him ; and at last, in a fit ot despera
tion, he told her all.
"I am a married man !" he said
impetuously. "I love yon, and I am
not free to loveP
She recoiled, but bado him tell her
all.
'It was cruel, unkind of her, to
biod you so." she said..
"No, noP he ejaculated. "She
saved rue L blessed me and I
shall always respect her, but never
did my bonds hurt me until I met
you. Now I shall be miserable for
ever."
"You may meet ber."
"Impossible!"
"liut possible," sne said, witn a
sorrowful look. "I know your Ellen
Latour."
"You know her ?"
"Yes. Te-morrow I will intro
duce you to her. She is anxious to
see you; she knows you are here,
and she believed you loved me, and
wondered if ycu were as upright as
she always thought yon to be.
He bowed his race in bis bands,
and Miss Sydenham left him.
The hour had come which be had
hoped for in by-gone days he was
to learn whom he had wedded bat
it gave him no pleasure now.
At an eariv nour tte aext day a
servant told him that 31iss Latour
awaited him in ber private parlor,
and he was ushered into a strange
room.
lie scarcely lifted his eyes as he
entered, but when he did, tbey fell
upon Miss Sydenham.
"I am Ellen Latour," she Piid
simplv. "That is my real name,
though I never anticipated to tell tbe
truth to you."
"Eellen Latour ? My w'.fe ' asked
the doctor.
" Listen to my Btory before yon
blame me," she said. "The man you
saw die was my step father. He wed
ray mother w hen I was but five years
old, and sister Ada a baby. My mo
ther was weakly, and she died a few
years later, leaving all our father's
property in this man's bands. He
was our sole gaardian, to hold our
property under bis control until we
were married, or became of age. He
placed me in the Sacred Heart, and
kept me there until I was sixteen,
and then he took me out, and pro
posed to marry me to a friend of bis.
1 rebelled. One night I heard a con
versation between them, and found
that he was selling me for twenty
thousand dollars, that being the sum
that was to be paid down to him,
out of my property, the moment
Turner became my husband. 'I had
no friends to go to. I was totally at
a loss what to do. He did not allow
me to go into society; I made no
acquaintances, and instead ef allow
ing me to stay in my mother's house
be kept me traveling around tbe
country. At last I proposed to com
promise. I told my step-father to
take me to America, and when I
returned I would marry bis friend.
He complied, and I got my maid to
gossip with one of the servants in
tbe hotel, and by chance she told her
your history, as her Bister worked
for your mother. Just before I start
ed from England, an uncle of my
mother died, and left me fifty thou
sand dollars in my own right, which
my 6tep-father could not touch. I
had it transferred to New York, and
determined to save myself with it
Hearing of you, I adopted the plan
of getting you to marry me. When
we returned to England, and my
step-father commanded me to fulfill
my promise, I showed him my mar
riage certificate. He swore, but bis
case was lost ; I had outwitted him.
I did not leave him, to protect my
sister Ada from a similar fate, i
never expected to meet you. I in
tended to have you sue me for a di
vorce as soon as be should die, and it
would not endanger my safety."
"But that intention will never be
carried into effect," Doctor Pomeroy
exclaimed. "Y'ou will be mine for
ever, Ellen V
"Yonrs forever I" she answered.
And when tbey went to see his
mother, there were no three happier
people to be found in the whole
world.
Years have passed since, and Ada
finds a home with her sister, ho
never repents that she was saved
from a fate worse than death by her
strange letter.
Destroying Haak Aote.
The new system wag adopted on
January 1st, for the destruction of
the national bank notes redeemed by
tbe Comptroller of the Currency.
Heretofore it has been the custom at
Washington to destroy the notes by
fire, thus wasting a large quantity of
material from which tbe bank notes
are made. Workmen are now en
gaged at the national capital in erect
ing machinery for tbe purpose of re
ducing the notes to a pulp, by a chem
ical process extracting from the pulp
all impurities that it may have ac
quired In printing, circulation, etc.
In this manner the United Slates
bonds and spoiled note sheets have
been treated for some time past, and
a large amount of valuable material
has thus been saved. The destruc
tion, of circulating national bank
notes by fire has been so large that
it was deemed advisable to try tbe
same evstem with them, and it is ex
pected to realize a large profit The
pulp thus saved will again be made
over into new bank notes, etc The
Comptroller of the Currency baa also
adopted a plan of numbering every
note of issue with tbe designation
number fit tbe specific national bank
by which it was issued, in order to
expedite the sorting of such notes
when redeemed by tbe Comptroller.
The clerks in the Comptroller's office
at Washington bare no occasion to
read tbe name of the hank from the
note, but can sort them numerically,
without the possibility of charging
the Botes of one bank to tbe account
oi another. It is expected that a
large saving will be effected by this
system, as well as preventing error
throngb the similarity of the notes.
A. J . Tribune.
Metallic Floors.
A method "has been devised for
rendering floors to a certain degree
fire-proof, by employing long flat
bars of thin sheet metal, with a per
pendicular flange turned on each
edge. Other long thin bars which
are curved or arched, and revited at
or near their edges to tbe first named
strips, are placed edgewise vertically,
one between each two, the connec
tion being so arranged that the tops
of the arches do not rise quite as
high a3 the tops of the first set of
bars. Narrower strips are also ar
ranged across and revited to the
lower flanzes at suitable intervals
apart, to serve as laths for holding
the ceiling plastering to be applied to
them, as well as to brace them later
ally. Similar strips are arrangi
across and riveted to the upper
flanges, or wood pieces may be bolt
ed on to receive and support the floor
boards. Tbe outside flanges are
built into and rest in the wall ; and
other flanges may be applied, if de
sired, to the outside strip for letting
into tbe walL For a floor of great
length tbe bars are lapped and
riveted.
'Jthaay Clcnaon." ! ap la Browne.
Earlett's sketch, in bronze, of
Johnny Clenam, the famous "drum
mer boy of Cbickamauga," on ex
hibition at Tiffany's, in New York,
is thus described:
"Tbe little drummer who said
carry me and I'll drum it throngb,'
is hoisted on tbe left shoulder of a
stalwart soldier, his left leg, which is
wounded, hangs loosely behind, and
the right is firmly grasped by his
bearer, who rushes forward with his
burden. The little figure is further
supported by the right bsnd of the
soldier, who reaches up over bis
head and holds the boy by a vigorous
grasp on his belt The drummer is
bareheaded, his hair flies in the
breeze, he wears no jacket, and his
nervous arms are halt bare. His face
is sharply turned toward his follow
er?, to whom he yells not shouts
flourishing his drumsticks the while."
A Tervlblo Iseata.
Augustus Catwinkle, of Salisbury,
nerkimer county, New York, left his
home last week to look at some tim
ber land, several miles distant He
became lost, and while crossing a
creek, broke throngb. He pulled off
his boots to empty the water, and
they froze so hard he could not get
them on again. He then crawled
for a long distance on bis hands and
knees in search of some refuge from
the penetrating atmosphere, hot
death put an end to his sufferings, and
when fonnd he was in that position.
Short dresees are coming into
fashion again, aid jonng ladies are
experiencing the old, old difficulty of
getting a No. 6 foot into a No. 4
shoe.
Genuine Hospitality.
m, 1 ... -.1 ,
l no nospitamy me Dome is
loudly and noit-.ty demonstrs,
It never overwhelms you with
et.ng, though you have not a
Us III BVU'IIJ UUU uvii i.j xsvuiuuM bV
tive
its greetin
doubt of its perfect sincerity. You
,. , , , , , . r.vt 1. .i. iy eiuori, ...' nut... ,
are not disturbed by the creaking ofjb y to,:3 t0 tbe capital of one of
the
aomestic niacnmery, suuueniy
-
accommouation. vuiciiy it uot-s us
worn; lum il mtij jiuw juu iu jn.-av.ca-ble
possession of its results. He is
not tbe true host, she is not the bet
hostess, who is ever going to and
from, with hurried action, and flur
ried manner, and heated countenance,
as if to say, "See how hospitable I
can be;" but rather the one who
takes your coming with quiet digni
ty and uoisless painstaking; who
never obtrudes attentions, yet is very
attentive all the while; who makes
you, in one word tha most express
sive word in the hngliu tongue to
be at home. There is no richer,
deeper, larger hospitality than that.
Know Tbjacir.
"If wc knew half as much of man on
this continent as Agassiz has taught
us of turtles, or bis son has taught
as of echinoderms, we should be
most fortunate." So speaks Dr.
Oliver Wendell Holmes in his last
essay on "The Americanized Europe
an." This being truf, it would seem
as if some of the energy devoted to
the study of animal life might to
great advantage bo directed to a
pursuit that concerns tbe weilarc ct
. i . . i .... i .
ine unman race aiiuoM ns mucu a.i a:
Knowledge ot tortoises or pca-urcnins.
"Pew subjects, lr. Holmes informs
us, "would repav in vestisratiou bet
ter than that of human development
and health, at different ages and in
the two sexes, in tbe different re
gions of America." Unfortunately
for ns, while tbe study of marine life
has enlisted the devotion of very
superior minds, the question cf hu
man development has attracted tfce
attention of a host of charlatans and
half educated theorists who have con
fused the world with a mass of pure
ly mendacious or half-digested utter
ances upon tbe subject. It a thorough
and intelligent investigation of all
tne p&enomena pertaining to ice ra?e
in America would, as Dr. Holmes de
clares, repay the inquiry, let us hope
that some of our wiso men cf science,
oor cool, balanced, large brained men,
will take the subject up, and pursue
it at least far enough generalize
the great mass of facts that Lave al
ready been collected. Let the hu
man familv stand in a.s much rever
ence with these pavanl as foss-i'sand
the lower organisms.
Mann re Agaiast Bail.lngi.
A correspondent to the Country
Gentleman writes: Manure is a most
destructive material when it comes
in contact with woodwork of any
kind. It is often difficult, however,
to avoid pil'og it against buildings
beneath stable windows, where it is
eertain to cause decay in tbe weathor
boarding and sill, but unless some
precaution is taken, even if it remains
but a short time, the effect will be
destructive. It is possible to prevent
this injury to the building, although
injury ia inevitable if the manure is
allowed to remain in direct contact
with it. It is simply necessary to
provide a passage for air between tbe
manure and the building, as manure
never causes decay in wood un!e3 it
touches it By nailing light scant
ling horizontally to the bui.'ding, irn
mediately beneath the stable win
dows, also in tbe same position at
the bottom of the sill, and nailing
boards upon them perpendicularly, as
in a tight board fence, a passage for
air is produced, which will prevent
all injury to the building. Old
boards, if sound, will answer. It is
questionable indeed if in this case the
manure will not act as a preservative,
as it is a Dowerful absorbent of wa
ter, and attracts moisture from all
substances around it. Even if decay
ha3 already commenced this precau
tion will prevent further action.
Seventy Pairs of Hand.
The variety and number of needle
made in these days are wonueriui;
tbe surgeon, harness maker, boos
binder, felt worker, saddle glover,
embroiderer and house-wife, each
wanting needle3 of a'.l chapes, and
sizes, and lengths. And when you
think that each needle has to pass
through seventy pair of hands before
it is finished and for use, you see
what naina i taken to reach excel
lence in a very small thing.
Seventy pairs of hands to make a
needle! and each pair necessary to
make the needle perfect If only one
pair refused to do their part, the whole
would be a failure not a needle
would be right.
You see it is painstaking in little
tbing3 and in small parts which leads
to excellence and success. We are
apt to slight bits of work, thinking it
is no matter and of no account. But
it is not so. 1 be details oi a pian
mu3t be faithfully carried out in
or"!
der to make the plan a success. If
the parts of the work are all weil
done, the whole will be complete, and
only thn
And it is just so in
making and
mouldinir character.
It mnst be we!l
done in parts, faithfully finished ia i
. , I-... ji
k t. ,n urdor f n mn.c a comn etc auu
... 1
beauti.ul whole.
n,1 r-ommon work which vou have
t An is thoronrrtlv dose. It is faith-
! fulness in little things .which
vou reliable in great tbing3.
A Hiartllac Metamorphosis.
Some one who has been viewing
the Siamese jugglers say3: "One
trick which Minhmau performed was
a very superior version of the mango-tree
feat of the Indian jagglers.
He took an orange, cut it open, and
produced a serpent This he took
down into the audieDce, and borrow
ing a robe from one, cut the snake's
head off and covered it with the
robe. When the robe wa3 i;::ea
again a fox was ia place of the snake.
The fox's head was cut off, two
robes were borrowed, and when they
: a v. - Tr-ciJf which
"i . .r.i Thrre robes. I
V, U Ul.CU " tlU A o n u. '1
and
leopard appeared; it was,
slain with a javeiiD. rour
covered a most savage-looking bulTa-i
driven at unwonted ppeed f r yourirroin lne
1 P
WHOLE NO. 1234.
10, loat was kiucu who an axe. '
Five robes covered ia part, but not.
ailogether
Lh(?atbe BWord waJs pointed at him,
seiztl(1M:nhmaa 1)Vlbe riCl.k
, logscd TioenlV u He mount-
a lortny eiepnant, w no
p. lie nionni -
Li A f..r. I f . m . f on.l finftllir elimrpInaFolUl n .1 . . , .
.. niJ t,h, io,i
1 luiw t.-jiuiiiii.. 1 iiiiiii is u bv iLuiit ia
stace and
i
alighted
upon
j tjie elephant's
shoulders.
With a
short sword he goaded the beast on ' and it continues to burn most bril
the head, until shrieking, the unwiel- j hantly for a considerable length of
dy animal reared upon his hind feet, time, the combustion being, apparent
twined his trunk about one of the j Iy, as natural and easy as that of an
great colimns, and seemed trjiug to 'ordinary substance. If the e.xperi
lift himself from tbe ground and j menter with this operation stands on
wrap its body around the great pil- a slight elevation, and waves the
Iar. The music clashed out barlar- J magnet to and fro while burning, a
ously. Norodom flashed furth a daz-j most magnigcent rain of fire is said
zling firework of some sort, and the to be produced.
, , .i i,- i i .-i-
lepnani naa aisappeareu, ami ,iepa-
da lay upon trie stage wmmng in
the folds of a great boa constrictor
and holding up Minhraan upon bis
feet."
Anrlcnt and 31 odern t itle.
One turns naturally to tbe East
for the ruins ot ancient cities and lost , soap made by boiling 1 pounds of
empires, and the plains of Mesopota- j soap for a piece of coarse linen, or
inia and tne Syrian deserts offer a list j one pound fur a piece of fine, and al
of fallen niart3 of commerce and j lowing it to coo!; then cover the linen
early centres of civilization, hidden ! in a tub with a clotb. Prepare a Ive,
beneath their sands, or marked only i for a piece of linen, by boiling one-
by a few tall and shattered columns,
The Cbicagoa and Cineinnatis of the
past once lined the banks of the
Tigris and tbe Euphrates, or sprang
up in the track of the caravan, and
, wantio. chieiiv the mental
- - -.
elements
I oi jaier progress, jitritsuvu nu'wj m
. r i . . : I .. 1 ... I, . .11
-.'!,-
: lbc mjj.t
of tLeir
No
modern c'.tv Las ever met
with so
complete a ruin as Rabylon and
Tyre; all the great centres of mod -
ern commerce sceni trifled with a
civic immortality. The printing -
press and tbe school-Louse, tbe tele -
ranh aid the steam-car. unite to
shield London and Paris from decay,
and New York and Philadelphia, in
nearly the hundredth anniversary of
their freedom, are manaced by few
of the perils that surrounded Car-
thatre and Rome,
Men have become
discreet since tbe
somewhat more discreet since the
, n-orj,i -a -roverned bv Sennacheribs
nnd Nebuchadnezzar?.' Yet a tour
over the ruin3 of the Eastern capi-
tals, and down those famous rivers ;
where Scmiramis labored and Israel j
sang its immortal lament, hasalwavs!
n strange interest, and no one treads i
the Mesopotamian plains or specs -
lates upoR tbe site of Labylon with -
out feeling that the deft fingers of the j
Assyrian weavers nave- iiistruenu .uc.
. i : . ... ,j . i
mourn arusi, ana mat tue miruiiuus
.. w. . ........ r. . . r. u n r j im I
nUU UCIH.C3 VI IUC All I 1 . 1J uu 1,.' "
mechanics of Mesopotamia were not
lost to the factories of New "ork.
Citie3 perisb.but knowledge never;
and the flowered muslins and paint
ed vase of the East live again in
the looms of Lyons and tbe furnaces
of Sevres. Eugene Lawrence, in
llatper't Mn'jnzine for Jfarch.
Tbo Crier of a Rhinoceros.
Evea a rhinoceros is capable of
grief, according to a Paris correspond-
ent, who tells the following anecaote
of the rhinoceros which recently died
In that city. The animal had been
ia the collection at the Jardin des
Plante3 for twenty years, but was of
an unsociable and irascible temper,
and not even his keepers ventured to
take any liberties with him. One
dav. however, the little lap-dog of
the wife of the director, given her by
Oueen Amelia, got into his house by
squeezing ia between the bars of the
iron work
Instead of killing tne m-
truder, a3 expected, tbe rhinoceros
allowed the little creature to play
with him, scampering over his back, !
biting his neck, and playing off all
mannei of sportive tricks. The two
became great friends; the "wee dog
gie" passing several hours each day
with his undemonstrative acquaint
ance which put up patiently with all
its teasing.?. One day tbe rhinoc
eros inadvertently set hi3 foot on bis
pet, killing it instantly, lnepoor
brute's grief at tbe catastrophe was
pitiable; lor two uays 11 uiu em
a particle of food.
Tbo British Indian Policy.
A writer in the February Oc-rl(inl
speaks in glowing terms of the In
dian policy pursued by the British
government through the Hudson Bay
company. Tbe policy of this com -
pany Las been peculiarly fortunate, j ssid be reimbursed his lever, blowed
They have accepted the Indian a3i the whistle, and did all he could to
they found him as God msde him. save the old man, who was trotting
They have striven to utilize, rather along with his Lead down, but noth
than civilize or evangelize him. They iog could warn him. This here eow
have taught the red man to respect catcher picked Lim cp and tossed
them a3ma5ters; bat while ruling him 40 feet high, and be turned over
them sternly they have treated them j seven time3 and come down in a corn
with justice. All" contracts they have 1 field."
kept faithfully; no shoddy i3 found, "And he was dead'" asked the
in their article3 of barter, and the ' other gent.
a-ent3 of the company are upright! "Dead! Well I should say he was!"
and downright in their dealing. The j Every rib broken, the vertebery was
consequence ot a'.l thisjs that their shivered, hi3 skull was stove, had one
word is never doubted, any violation ( leg broken and he was the worst
of the law is inflexibly punished, .looking old roan you ever see. I
and mnrdrs and outrages rarely oc ! shall never forget the day they
CUT. lLe IlUOSOn 3 uav people re -
Bav people re-
cognize an existing state of things;
j thev leave the Indiaa undisturbed in
j h'mora! condition, control the evil
! ja b;m bv fear, fairly reward the
good, and" are successful.
How lithography was Discovered.
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After the first ti.uuipL.Dt perform-,
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ance of Jlozart s opera ".uoa juau, (
! at Munich, tbe theatre was deserted ;
, UJ f' , , . . , , T . ,i i f.,.r
r. a V .A r-. T ...11. ... 'I ' 1 . 1 . . a ' 1.
, . 1 1.3 -sen
ne . .Da , ., ' .. i ,i. " J
n.ake3'g?elDS carefully around the ;
!,h.t if. Cnorl-a hA ignited about the !
, -i-- - - o j
; theatre, te reiireu wn ".o .wuij
'tnstamr the theatre tickets for the
following day. As te entered tne,
room be had three things in his hand
s pol-bhed whetstone for razors,;
trW i ha had Durcnaseu, a ucnei
be had purcu-neu. a
stamp moistened .in primer, ma,
and a check on the theatre treasury
for his weekly pay. He placed the
check on a table, when a gust of
wind took it, swept it high cp in his
room for a moment, and then depos-jaj
ited it in a basin Ei.ed witn water.
Sennefelder took the wet paper, uncu
it as well as he could, and then, to
make sure of it, weighted it down j
with the whetstone, on which he had
before carelessly placed the printing-
stamp. Returning to bis room on
the following m orning ne
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printed with remarkable accuracy
upon the damp paper. Ke gazed
ln? at the check; a sudden thought
"Rbed through his brain; he wonder
ed if by some such means he could
not save himself the weary trouble
he continually had copying the songs
of the chorus. That very morning
be went out and purchased a larger
stone, and commenced to make ex
periments, and, as we all know, final-
iy sueceeucu in uiscovenng tte art
of printing from stone lithography.
Barmtag- Irwa.
The combustibility of iron is a
chemical fact well known, but a Ber
lin experimenter has demonstrated
thephenomenon in a manner peculiar
ly his own. He takes a straight bar
magnet of some power, and sprinkles
iron filings on one end of its poles.
These filing.? arrange themselves in
: accordance with the lines of magnetic
force, and. however, closely ther
1 may appear to be packed, of course
; no two of the metallic filaments are
1 aiii,i nuu cunsenuruLiv m certain
; portion of air is elold ir I me-
!!;.-. tu-o.'
1 t - - o - - uuiuv vi mi vi-
. a. i . a i r run n. a i h ti m m nr mr jw v .
dinary spirit lamp or eas-burner
, readily ignites the finely divided iron.
Rapid Bleaehlas or Lla.a).
According to the experience of
some, time may be saved by bleach
ing linen by the following process:
Rub the linen as it conies from the
loom, in a dry condition (best on a
table), with a brusu, with a lather of
bait a bushel of good sifted beech-
wood asbes in rain or spring water,
and filtering it through a lye-basket,
bring it to boiling in a clean kettle,
and pour it upon the linen. Cover
the vessel well, so that tbe warmth
J : .. i
auu moisture may oe retained as long
! as possible, and allow it to stand
i over niirht. Spread the linen on the
j grass in the morning, ee to it that no
j spots become dry during tbe day,
j and cover at night again with the
1 boiling lye. Turn the linen on the
! second day, and expose as before,
without allowing it to become dry,
and steep it over night in weak hot
soap-suds in a well-covered vessel.
Wash out tbe dissolved dirt ia the
morning, and expose again, without
allowing it to dry before evening.
(and then treat in the usual way until
j it is as white as may be desired; six
: it is as white as mav be desired:
to eight days often being sufficient,
; If necessary, however, the soaping
and steeping may be repeated as be-
fure, when only two day's additional
bleaching will be required,
Aero 'b rc'-
1 The offices of the Western Union
; XorthwegterQ Teie,pb com.
panics of Marquette are on opposite
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: g(es j
r? i '.a v j v a tut u w l 1 w v 1 a-o v aug-ow v
a curious coincidence, use
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the letters 'N. Y.' as their signal. A
few evenings since the operator of the
Northwestern heard a weather re
port addressed to Detroit, and 'N. Y.,'
licking on the instrument in his office.
Supposing the message to come from
New York he hailed 'N. Y.,' and
asked about tbe weather down
there
'N. Y.' stated the temperature. 4c,
i as so closely resembling that of Mar-
, queue that the Northwestern opera-
tor asued:
"Who are you?"
The answer came quick:
"Marquette."
"The devil you are'"'
"Wbv, I am Marquette."
"Weil, so am I."
'Where are
you:
"Across tbe street"
"Tbe deviL Come over and tret a
1 cigar."
The two lines at that time were
. connected by a repeating machine at
Chicago, and tbe operatives had
been talking to each other by way of
Detroit, Chicago and round the west
ern shore of Lake Michigan, a dis
tance of 900 miles.
tenneah oa Daf.'
Y'csterday afternoon two strangers
walking up and down in the Detroit
and Milwaukee depot to pass time
away, were attracted to a locomotive
standing on the rail, and they
. marki
waited arouna it, one or them re-
"It was one of those old fellows
that killed my old dad."
"Is ihat so?" sail the other.
"Yes, busted him Into 9 or 10
pieces. I can never think of it with
out tbe tears coming."
He sighed heavily, and went on.
"Dad was walking on the track
! when she basted him.
The engineer
: brought the pieces into the house.
; orougniiue p.eees iuiu i.
j There was mother weeping in a cor-
; ner, siatcr Juliana up stairs, Jim on
the bed, and I had to run the funeral
business, though I was that nar gone
that my ceau swum ion 1 couiaa 1
I kpcn nothin? an my stomach but la-
un porridge."
."It was & aai thing indeed," re-
, , , .
-t .
"lou bet it was.
son "and the worst
continued tbe
of it was, tbe
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newspaper come out and
said dad
I was a blamed old fool for walking
on lhe track tLem were the very
nyordS.
"They were."
"Va it.m wpre the word3. and I
fc aJ u
11 - . k,e bQ. te
no fool. He'd good heart, and
O - l A
DOWerfiil on poetry and figures.
- . b:aeye3 on tbe pmJm of
! ttQdn(J fce sad Lia cf ioa
i' d
f . . .
j Tbe CT0W ,a DOl s b;r(j after
it never shows the white feather
and never complains without caws.
Wine improves with age but kisses
don't
The most valuable prize Enter
prise. "a dead latch Ttat oa a ceaattsry
este.
AMIS.