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1 dealer in real estate, f ""' 0 "-ViLU
attend to all t.u-in-rt entrusted I" la- e ,y
;iruitnes and tl.ic-iiiy. "
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i!;.-e in Mammoth IU. k. jan. 11-U.
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K MiULUKlian ln,n:,'',"tC',
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rJlVSICIAX d- SURGEOS,
.rru t in M..tnm..:h KU:k. 'S
J
ii.iU-c jnlVir..i!ik.K. H-S tew LmMms.
Slain Cr.s Street.
Snnerfet, I'.
lill
KTIl-lC'AL TEETH!!
A
5. t'. YITTZY.
D 1 1 J T O 1
Ii.iLF. CITY, .-,:fr.t Co., TV ,
th. wa: tn'.e.l t., 1-e oftl.c v.-ryi-t
' v 1 7ke"ai"r n,e. ti.-rte.l in the
;vln n i f U' natural l-tli. U'? l"
;:,uJuit me Vy U-itcr. cat J -J nel'm . ...inp
LKSUT i:.;i'-i:--
..'underslmir-l n-speetrn.J .
'. .'-i'ih-iHc:.si-l ti ts vrli kr rn !...tcl l.i tae
r -n i S t .. r,. t. It is 1 is ..itctlon to keej.
. , ,e - uWb I. b..;,-s will c. e ..t..:a. tK.a to
Mansion House,
.ATE -HExroKU litit'SU"
ru r f I raatllo and Itrond strerl.
JiiliXSTOWX. !'ENNA. j
Jos. Shoemaker. Propr.
,.,elrl.,.'.T tkc ehr.r-reof.re.te.l an. rr
K. B. Best ital'.mg intofcu.
aprjt i
T
11E SOMERSET HOUSE.
li.VlllV ICS-.-., mi-
I'..' el frooertv (rom Sirs. 1- A. i:.-t. tnennder
S'lrtie.' Ukcs pleasure in lntTiun it Ins fn-n -Is and
tl.e public rcneraliy that he wi.l simn: neither
. ; Vlir tlut:KJ to m-ike tt.is h-.u all that
""li 1 I'e.ird ...e. u..."iat .1.,; uiid
I'"' .iwi.L'rt will !!" to t.'li-Tilll'M.; cui-
f .'htubie v, 01 a, aiMlrne. U la .u
th ti e U-t the market arlorls. .r H. U. Tay
all tu.es be f..d in the,
D
TAMOND HOTEL
SiOYSTOlVX im.
"li, forir al r,I kn.i.n lii-use u at all
,4!',,Swe .Tpir, ,.tf.tlsetr.ve,,,ig
i..ic Table and i.o. u:s r.rst-class. rood sta-Pn-
leave da.iy b-r Johnstown and
fc"Ui:rWV- ,. , .. . - -
WEBER PIANOS.
VOGEL A HUGHES ORGANS,
SHEET MUSIC.
' lIUSIC nooks,
MUSICAL GOODS,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
WILLIAM IL SIIEIB,
ij Fiith A.-cnue, PiTTS3URGR-a-Speclal
attentioo to order by mail.
AGEXTS WAXTED.
Xor.at.
1'
t!4 ,urerT. l.u m. lr. W alter I.
ui, the r;-.i.iMi-. .urna l the New urk l.4e
. ..! Var lttlirujArT. .. . .
u,.n . ',i the tlleaf' ui
hvtewS.HtWlv.t r.ieatrtft.. e-.'.t
Vd l-v i cu-l.t atieiiti.-n to their wants and
:.,-.er'teei:arve.. 't-n.er.t their patrjaze. l a
i -- o.-d f-e ..-t the marki t atioros. 1 he
lz ".'ed . ,th t..e eb-. '. st :i.. s. l. ;uor-. Stc.
" ji.j,,'.l'lliHiiL.MAK K.
VOL. XXIII. NO. 39.
BanLt.
JOHNSTOWN
120 CLINTON STREET.
. , fc-rv fca" fY-'E ssts
El
.713
CHARTEBED HnT1870.
TKITSTE1IS;
JAMES COOPER, D. J. MORRELL.
DAVID DIBERT, JAMES McMILLEN
C. R. ELLIS, JAMES MORLEY,
A .T H AWES. LEWIS I'LITT.
F. W. HAY. H. A. DOGGS, J
JOHN LOW. MAN", CONRAD SUITES, j
t. ii. lai'sly, ceo. t. swank,
d. Mclaughlin, w. w. Walters
DANIEL J. MORRELL, President,
FRANK DIBERT, Treasurer,
CYRUS ELDEST Solicitor.
Deifltnof OSiF. IH)ll.AR an I upward re
eeied.nd Interest allowed oo ail 6um, payaM
twice a rear. In'.ireJt if not drawn out, if added
t.ihe.'rin.:i.i: liu fOMl'lU Nl'INO TWICE
A YKAK, with mt tMnM.ns the1ep.itor toeall
ur even to present hi Cei-oeit l.k. Money can b
witb lrawnat any time artcrffMng the lank cer
tain not l-e ly letter.
Married Women and permni onder
ai;e can deposit money in thelron naino, aotliat
it can be drawn only by tliemselres or on their or
der. Sloneyn cin 1 depofltcd l..rcliil.!ren, or by
r x-icti -p. or n; trurt funds. Subject tocertain eon-
dillot:.
rip!r-.ofii:eiy-Las, tey-r:. rules uf deposit,
an.! fV.-ri.il act of Ldjislature, relative to deposit
of married women and minors, can be obtained at
the Hank.
H.it.kir.ir hour daily from! to 3 o'clock:
mi 1 ou cdncMavan l Maiuniay
troui 6 to , o cio-k. "i""
Cambria County
BANK,
M AV. ICKII & CO.,
SiO. S66 MAI Si tiTBEET,
Henry Mihnable'i Urtck builJii.
A CPB ral DaFiVing Itusiuess Transacted,
Iirafts and OuM and Silver bopght and aold.
foii.viio::? ma.ie in all part of the I nlted Slate
asiU'atiada. tntereit ailuwed at thrrattolcll
iM-r cent, per anuain. If left month or lonner.
acpectal arranyemenu made with Uuanlian and
oiber who hold money In trunu
apnl It li.
CARPETING.
Henry McCallum,
51 Fifth Avenue,
PITTSBURGH, PA.
Import JlrK-t from Manufacturert,
Superior KnglMi Oil ClotliH,!
liUU.Sc-El-S (jAlU'EXis, 4c,
V J, HEMP ana INGRAIN CARPETS
Ja every v&rjcty.
M FIFTH AVENUE,
Above Wood street
Ursina Lime Kilns.
Tl.e undersigned are prepared tolurnLh
Prims Building Line
By the Car Load.
Orders Eespectfully Solicited.
It. J. Il.lTZKR 1 CO.
Vrsica, June Its.
NATIONAL STAIR EUILDINS
Turning1 Shop
i-ii-f-'' ,2 s ' l
I Mm?, -r'm
J.WELSH & CO.,
Maoufactarers ef
Stairs. Hand-fails, Balusters
31 ItUUU lUIIU
;wf:.risril vi
66 itriti 6 LiiVict rnroet,
A lm:c.hkxy.citv. pa
JOHN WILSON & SON,
; WHOLFSiLE GROCERS,
V
DM 1 N lSTR ATOR'S NOTICE!
EitTteof U-vrgeP. Hav, late of Brotben,lley
1 wp deeeascj.
Iytier of aJmm,traton on the abore etat
bavin. eo smnted to the undersigned, notice is
herel i gi'cn to those indebted to it to make Imme
diate pavmeut, and those h.vine claim against It,
to preset them duly authentK.'.ed b r settlement,
at the late residence ol deceased on Saturday, the
17th dav of April, IsTi.
" DAVID L. MET FK:.
ftl.14 Adiy-JstrafcT.
lorpi u. UAY 1 Inth Court of Cuomoa
J J Plea of skwraet Cu pa.
JOIIX J. EOPDY. To S 41 Jan. Term,
And new to wit: 11th lebruary. 1ST, on motion
Lf Wo 11 Ko.ti. Esq.. attorney for Sheriff .the
! Court a'pr-'ir." L. C. C.dlu. l-q.. to distribule
I ,he lu nd u Court arising out .d sale of defendant
real eaiate to and fflg tho. legally entiUed
t theieUK
Extract from the reo-rJ.cenlfied 1, th February,
E.M. SCHROCK,
, Piothoaotary.
AU parties lnteretd.iil Uke notice that I
ill ailed to tea fiuiiea j r L .
Wednesday, th. lTlh day of March, WT, at 10
o'clock a. m. at say omee io Someraet. Pa.
i. ')r.mr.X.
Auditor.
SAYINGS
BANK
VsT" s
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V AYETTE COUNTY
MUTUAL
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( fretiaent. Jrecturtr. )
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Penn a.
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'o.. Penn'a.
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V IN CI PAL OFFICE
(In Jroauaj, Vniont'-xrn, FajtUe
Ctu .'', Pchm'o.
,
IkulU'iiiSU'wEH isEvr TMini. Slo.uav la
KVKItT MOSTTH.
s)4-ThiiulJ a.l rvliabieCviupaiy ha len In
sncreasful ' prrtuju lor thirty year", rturlna w Mch
ilme all have le,n "promptly iid. For
furl her tub nnation apply to
JOIIXH. VHI,
S merst, or
V. 11. HOPn,Secy.
I'uior.town, Pa.
Nov. "j.
I). O, L.li f .
A'. '-, WNT,
GLADE STEAM MILLS,
C. G. Lint & Brother,
Having recently IcaacJwhat Ukn wnnthe
Old Dcnnison Hill,
tiiuateone t; lie r. .:h cf iou.er.ct, au1 havtay;
tut.it in ht-Ad'a-ji Ti r. fcpn parod So do ail
Imls ot gtiudinjf, Haviity un'kased an tugibe
we are enabled to Ua tuliei s'iauio water power.
All ofa
W A RRANTED SATIS FA CTOR V
If the grain I In giod codlti'jc F.our for sale
always kc-t on haud. epl
CROTJSE & SHIRES,
M&cutactureM of Seed aJ HiTinr.l
CIGARS.
BEDFOED, PA.
'h-der S..;ielteJ. No authorised agent.
Knab'sUmivated Pianos
Er. lorel ?y the leading ar.lsts.
Haines Bros' Pianos,
The cheapest, Erst-clasa Piano In the market.
GEO. A. PRIKCE & CD'S ORGANS!
Over fifty-three thocnaod of tbeiu now in use! Xo
other musical Instrument ever obtained" the1 same
popularity. CHARLOTTE BLCM F,
No. 1 SlxU Avenue, Pittairargh, l a-.
Sole agent fur above. Send fur Price List and
Catalogue. Full aaaortment of Sheet Music,
llasMliouk and small Musical Instrument.
Somerset
SOMERSET,
SEVER CETDHCOCIACED.
Never get discouraged,
Though four efforts seem to fall;
ir right, have faith and patience
And your case will yet prevalL
The man who goes to battle
AVith a flinching eowarJ's soul,
AVill never wear the laurels
While the years In order roll.
Never get discouraged.
Put your shoulder to the wheel;
Let your will -be like to Iron,
And your nerve to finest steel.
Let the faltering call you foolish;
Let the weak In heart deride;
II your neighbor top your progre
Pat htm gently to the side.
Never get discouraged.
Though the sky seems dark as night,
For the sun will shine to-morrow.
And God will aid th. right.
DE.iroSf OSUOOD'S HELP.
MY MARY B. COLBY.
TLo ntw minister was epebdiog
ibe afiernooQ at Deacoo Osgood's.
He came to Ljnton, a .small town in
Pennsylvania, iu February, and now
it ws June, and ibis was the first af
ternoon he had spent with the Dea
con and his family.
Delia O.o;ood looked very pretty
in a drab mohair with a tiuy bou
quet of violets at her throat, and
Mrs. Osgood looked rcry motherly
and pleasant in her black alpaca and
rufded white apron, and Johnnie Os
good (nge five) tried to look as a dea
con's son should, and the minister
ought to have passed a very pleas
ant afternoon there, bqt he did not.
The first Sunday he preached in
Lynton, and every Sunday since, be
had. seen some one in the Deacon's
pew whom he did not seo in the
Deacon's parlor. She wa3 a, young
woman svith sad eyes and ri face
whereon he had never seen a smile.
He had tried all the afternoon to End
outwhofhe vyas, without seeming
curious, (he was young and unmar
ried, you know) and had failed; This
was the reason aa Lj be bad not en
joyed his vieitas wt ll as he ought to
have done.
At five o'clock, Mrs. Osgood left
the room, and yery soon after called
Delia out to help bcr get tea, and
the minister was alone with little
Johnnie.
"So you are Johnnie Osgood, are
you?" said the minister to him,
"Won't you come here and see me?"
"I can see you from here," answer
ed Johnnie.
"i hope you are a good little boy?"
said the minister smiling. "You
ought to be, for you have a good
father and mother. Dou't you think
SOf
"Oh, J don't know. I want to run
away, but tbey won't Jet me. My
papa talks as if he never was a little
hoy. What do you think? This af
ternoen 'ore you come, be told rue
if I said 'bully' wbilo you was here
he'd flog me. Was you ever s little
boy?"
"Oh, yes", answered the minister.
"Ain't my sister Delia pretty
thoush?" was the next question.
"Very" said the minister.
"Rut she's the dumbest thing? TL
other night I wanted her to do my
sums in division for me, and she
couldn't do one of 'em do you b'lieve.
I made Alelisfa do 'em."
"Who is teies8?.
",Vi Y, she's our help. Vou've
seen her. She sits' in our seat at
church, Ee$t to Pap. There's the
ball, I'm agoing to get," and Johnnip
disappeared. ,broqgh th open door,
and was not seen again until after
the blessing was ask.c4 at the well
filled table.
After tea the Deacon turned to the
miniater and said:
"Mr. Ridgely, it is onr custom to
have family worship immediately af
ter tea. khall be glad to have you
conduct it to night."
The minister assented, and the
Deacon raised his voice aud called;
"Melissa?"
Just then Johnnie was seen going
olyly to the window.
"Johnnie!" said his mother, re
provingly. "John!" said his father sternly,
"where are you, oisg, sir?" 1 '
Tm going to geL?' answered
Johnnie, as be slid quickly out of the
window, aud rolled over on t,e
u-esh, green jra," TL.en,. Melissa
entered, and, the LVeacon introduced
let to the minister.
"Mr. Ridgely," he said "this iaour
ahem! this is. MeUsaa. Perry,
Melissa, this ii Mr. Ridgely."
The minister held the little hard
brown hand in bis a moment and
locked at the sweet, pale face, meek,
like the master's and as clearly pale
as a white niorning-lory, and into
the sad blue eyes. Then be motion,
ed her to a cnair next to him; and
opened the Rible. le reacj a few
v-fXi of one of the "sweet eld chap
ters," and t-heq i,Cj S4qj a hymn.
Mel(sa did not ting. She sat very
still and listened, but she only beard
two lines:
"Breathe, eh, breathe thy living rplit:
Into every troubled breaat."
The minister prayed, and when
they rose from their knees, the room
was dusky with shadows b,a,Vh.e was
certain that theft "were tears on
Mrlijia's" cheeks, and tomehow Lis
heart ached for her.
'Surely they treat her kindly?" be
thought as tbey went from the din
iDg room to the palor; "tbey are a
Christian family." He was puzzled,
and when s few moments kter he
heard the rattlin c ciua and glass
in tte neil 'room, he involuntarily
glanced at Delia's hands; they were
too white, too soft, to be pretty, be
thooght,
Mfclira cleared the table in the
dark and went quietly all the while.
Poor child, she was so disappointed.
She had been in a little tremor of
happiness all the morning, for she
thought Mrs. 0?-rood woslJ oertain-
jly invite LVr'irAo the parlor, a lew
j moment to' get acquainted with the
minister, and after dinner she went
to her room and put on s delicate
white muslin dress, with s tiny ldac
frill, in the neck and sleeves; but at
three o'clock Mrs. Osgood came into
the kitchen and told her to go a,nd
put on a dark calico, for ' si ijiust
mix biscuits lor supper, and 'she
would spoil the muslin. Of course
there was no parlor for ber after that,
and she was rather surprised' when
tbey called her in to prayers.
While she was washing the dishes
Johnnie came stealing into the kitch
en on tip toe.
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PA., WEDNESDAY, MARC1T 10. 1S75.
"Are they through praying, Me
lissa? Ybat are you crying 'bout?
Did you break a dish?"
"No, Johnnie," she answered.
"Did you bum your finger, then?"
he asked anxiously, with bis fat little
face upturned to hers. "D you did
I'll wish the dishes, every one
of 'em and you can wipe 'era Me
lissa."
She declined bis offer of help, but
he staid with ber until the minister
went away, and by ; steady coaxing
found out tbe reason why she wept
Mr. Ridgely walked slowly home
from the Deacon's. He boarded
with an aged widow, and be knew
by the d'm light burning io the par
lor when be reached, there, that she
had retired. He w as too restless to
study or to sleep, so be walked up
and down the little garden in the
starlight," Avitb bis hands clasped be
hind him in the style peculiar to min
isters in thought. There were a
great many roses blooming in the
widow's garden. The soft night air
was laden with their perfume, and
they made him think of Melissa. Of
course there was no resemblance be
tween the flowers and Deacon Os
good's "help," for she was white and
drooping like a lily, and they were
in full rich bloom; but she was pure,
like them, and sweet, like their
breath, and they made him think of
ber. With the thought of her came
a memory of what his old aunt said
to Lim the night before he came to
Lynton.
"Judson," ?hc said in ber broad
English, "you are going away with
the grace of God in your heart;
you've got the old Ridgely muscle,
and the marrow of their spirit is in
your bones, and your feet are well
shod, but you lack one thirtg you
need a helpmate. Ave, my boy,
you're not complete. You'll find it
out some ?J, ana wnen you do,
'oilow the leadings of your heart.
You have got an honest Ridgely
heart, my boy, and it will not lead
you amiss.'
Why did the roa make him
think of Melissa? Why did the
thought of her bring his aunt's
words to his mind? He certainly
could not have loved her when be
had only spoken to ber once, did
you say? No, I suppose not. I be.
lieve it isn't called love in the be
ginning.
Johnnie and the minister became
very intimate after that night.
Johnnie liked him because he bad
once been a little boy, and he often
went to the widow's to visit him.
He told him about Melissa'3 crying
the night he was at their house to
tea, and he also told him that she
bad a lot of books in ber bedroom
that used to belong to her father
be guessed there were as many as five
hundred, altogeiber..-
One day the minwterplucked two
or three posies, a rose and a few ger
anium leaves from the widow's
flower bed, and Bent the wee bou
quet to Melissa by Johnnie. John
nie told him the next day that she
kissed it after she thought be was
out ot tne room, but be peeped
through a crack iu the door and saw
her do iL He went to the Deacon's
often after that, but he never could
get a chance to talk to ber ftjoae.'
Ona riigfet, when none of the fami
ly were to prayer meeting but her
and the Deacon, he undertook to go
home with tier alone, but before they
had gone two squares the Deacon
came puffing np to them, and talked
"new pulpit" uutil tbey reached the
gate.
By the last of beptember the min
ister, like everything else, bad ceased
to be new. Martha Jamison bad
tried to get Lim, but failed; Fannie
Guss bad tried, and failed; Amar
antha Pcabody bad tried, and failed,
and be was looked upon as belong
ing to "the church."
Rut he was not the church's. He
was not bis own. Next to the Mas
ter be loved and served, he belonged
to Melissa Perry. But re. dic no
know it then, ' "
One bright October day the
knowledge came to him with a bur
den of sweet Ticpes and, tremVlicjj
fears. Would Melissa take what
belongs a her, hp wondered. H,ow
could be eYC find, out? The Lord
through the mouth of Johnnie Os
good told him how.
Que morning be went to the wid
ow's and stayed with the minister
until the clock struck twelve, when
be caught np his hat and started for
home.
"Stay and eat dinner with me,
Johnnie," said the minister.
"I can't," said Johnnie; V have to
get, I have to wipe '-he dinner dish
es for Melissa, she's gone' U the
butter-woman this afternoon. Why
dont you go and Bee her?"
'I will," said the minister.
Johnnie meant the butter-woman,
but the minister meant Melissa.
He went to the butter-woman's
fsri was a mpmhpr nf hin chnrrh A
ana naa ueen mere on norr wuea
Melissa came. She' wore a dark cal
ico dressV&'d carried a bright tin
pail on her arm. On her way out
to the house (it was more than a mile
from the town,) she saw a little
bunch of scarlet berries lying in " the
road. There was no bosh near them;
tbey were alone in their Warm, irih,!
beauty, and she picked Uecn up and
fastened, tbeui in her dress at the
neck, wondering where tbey came
from just as the minister bad often
wondered where she came from.
The minister saw the nice berries,
and be forgot whether her dress was
a calico one or not
After she pu chased the bntter she
took the tin pail on bcr arm aaia
and went out at the ityhen door.
The miniver saw ber go and be
west out the front door and soon
overtook her and insisted on carry
in? her Dail. Tbey talked in a gen
eral way until they reached a bit of
woods through which toey naq io
go, and then he persuaded ber to si,
down by bim on an old lo and rest
Something perhaps it was the
bright d,ay or' the independent au
tumn air made ber forget that she
was Deacon Osgood's "help" and
she talked unrestrainedly and with
an intelligence that surprised biro,
At last with delicate tact he led her
to talk about herself, and she told
him bow ber barents were both,
buried in one day leaving ber. penni
less and friendless, and bow she bad
been bound to Deacon Osgood until
7.
she was eighteen years old.
"They are kind to you are
not?" he asked.
tb.y
"Yea, tbey are kind but
stopped abruptly.
"But what?" "Tell me
'and she
all about
it," be said encouragingly.
"Tbey do not care for me, she an
swered with great tears in her violet
eyes "They do not love me and
nothing can live without care and I
love," she added.
The minister's heart was swelling
under his coat but he kept very calm.
"How old are you?" be asked Qui
etly.
"I am nineteen."
"Why not leave them? You are
not obliged to stay."
1 have no borne; no place to
too," she answered sadly.
"Lome to me," said the minister.
She looked at him wonderingly a
moment, tbeu she understood and
went to bim.
When she lifted ber bead from its
nest in bis gray coat ber eyes were
glowing, and the sweet, pale face
was beautified, transfigured.
Y here did you get that bunch
of berries?" he asked, touching it
carelessly, as a little gleam of sun
light looked through an opening in
tne trees and ieastea a moment oo
its warmth and brightness.
I found it lying alone in the road
and I took it up as.you have taken
tne," 8 he answered softly.
The bright tints that were gather
ing i,i tne west warned Her tnat sup.
per time was approaching, and the
minister took the pail of butter from
its resting place at the end of the log.
and they were soon at the Deacen's
gate. The Deacoo was in the barn
yard feeding the fowls and the minis
t,er went out there. Melissa went
to the kitchen. Johnnie sat on the
steps with a piece of apple pie in his
baud and she bent down and softly
kissed his brown cheeks.
"Have you been a cortin' Mclis-
sa?" he asked, looking at her won-
aeringiy. "l bet you Have, 'cause
your eyes look just like Delia's when
lom lliggs comes to see ber."
Melissa laughed and went in the
house.
"How are you, Mr. Ridgely, said
the Deacon as the minister entered
the barn-yard. "It has been a fine
day. How is the new pulpit getting
on.'"
"1 have not been in the church to
day," answered the minister almost
impatiently. "I came to ask you
Deacon that is to speak to you
about Miss Perry."
"About Melissa," asked the Dea
con with surprise.
"About Melissa," answered the
minister.
"Mr. Ridgely," said the Deacoo
with a lengthening face, "1 have
tried to do my duty by that girl. I
pray tor Her morning and night at
family worship, and I have several
times prayed with her alone for more
than three quarters of an hour at a
time, i never let a Sunday pass
without speaking to ber about the
concerns of ber soul, aad yet she re
mains indifferent She is growing
hardened, and lately ha,ve noticed
that'.'
'.You Laxe aotioed nothing of the
kind," interrupted the minister
Then be said rather abruptly: "Dea
con, I have asked Miss Perry to be
my wife, and as she bas been a mem
ber of your family for several years
I feel that it is my duty to acquaint
you "
"Your wife!" exclaimed the as
tonisbed Deacon. " Wby, Mr. Ridge
ly, she is my help my bound girl.'"
"she is the daughter of the late
Maxwell l erry," said tne minister
quietly.
"But, 6ir,what will the church say?"
" 1 really do not know," answered
the minister in a tone that meant "
really do not care."
"She is from a raod: ianiily." con
tinued th.e Deacon, "but she is not a
vburen member, and 1 fear the con
BTegauon w.
1 have thought of accepting; tall
to the Bloorjaington fhurtb, "said
the minister slyly."
"Uht no, no!" cried the alarmed
Deacon, "you must not think of leav
ing us, Mr. Ridgely. Tbe church
bas never been in to prosperous a
condition, spiritually and temporally.
Don't speak of leaving, Mr. Ridgely.
As to your marrying Melissa, 1 am
perfectly willing. 1 only thought
but there is the supper bell cc.e up
to tne House."
W ords fail to, ueacribe tne amaie-
met of tie Lyntonians when they
knew for a surety that their minister
intended to marry Deacon Osgood's
"helo." A few among whom were
Martha Jamison and Amarantba
Peabody hinted that be had better
resign, but they were ordered to keep
their bints to themselves by tbe mora
sensible ones, who when tftey recov
ered from the s.hoci, went to work
to find, a parsonage. Tney decided
upon a cottage opposite the church,
for which they paid tbe sum of two
thousand dollars.
Tbe wedding took plaee Christmas
morning in tbe church. Tbe minis
ter took bis bride to bis aunt's, tor a
week's visit, and when, Uey returned
to Lynton t? congregation bad for-
go.ueu that Mrs. Judson itidgeiy
was once a bound girl, and received
her with ooen arms. Tbey have
never regretted their minister's choice.
Large! IMa
twt im Asawrle.
The San Francisco Chroni
says : Tbe largest diamond Ia ibe
United States, is. iaong the glitter
ing ob:eU of interest in the show
window of Col. Andrew's diamond
palace on Montgomery Street It
attracted a great deal of attention
yesterday. Its weight is 51 1-16
karats. It was found in Africa two
years ago, and was Uiea to
Amsterdam, where it wu cut and
polished, twenty-two months were
oejspied I subjecting it to these
processes. It ia slightly off color,
and consequently its value is only
$30,000. Col. Andrew's brother,
residing in London, secured the gem.
and forwarded, it to this city. T
next largest, diamond in America is
owned by "Boss." Tweed, and
weighs n karats. The Late Jim
Fisk bad one of 15 karats' weight
Tbe most, valuable diamond owned
in Saa Francisco up to this timt is
in tbe possession of Lloyd Tevis,
and is said to be worth $15,000.
PsTll
Th Pawer ef ft .
Dr. Rudolph Von Gardcnficld
coiei pnysician in tne uavanan army
during the Napoleon wars, tells the
following: "Once I wa3 gathering
piautsin a small forest near Moisen
Suddenly I came upon a man who
was lying on the ground and whom
I at once supposed to be dead. On
drawing near to him, however, I per
ceived ne was still alive, but in a
fainting state. Vigorously I shook
him ; at last be opened his eyes, and
asked me in a lamentable and scarcely
audible voice, whether I had any
snuff with me? When I gave a
negative answer, he fell back into his
former condition. I now went in
search of snuff, and was fortunate
enough to meet a peasant, who kind
ly came with me to the fainting man,
and gave bim some pinches of snuff.
The man soon recovered", and then
told me that he had to travel a cer
tain distance as messenger, and on
starting in the morning, had forgot
ten to take his snuff box. As he
went along, so violent became his
craving for snuff, that ho was com
pletely exhausted, aad bad fallen
down in a swoon at the spot where
I found bim. Rut for my opportune
arrival, he said that he must surely
have died.
The Ileaolna Hercenarlea of Oar Rev
olution. Prof. G.
article in
February,
W. Greene ha3 a leugtbly
the Atlantic .TWy for
on "The Hessian Mercen
aries of our Revolution," which the
Chicago Tribune pronounces the
best account ever published in f'ag
lish of the traffic in Wood between
Great Britian and Germany during
our struggle for liberty. Ihe first
skirmishes, since glorified as 'battles'
of the Revolution, showed that the
15,000 British troops between Nova
Scotia and Florida coultl not conquer
3,000,000 American colonist?. To
be sure, many of the latter, far more
than we care to admit now, were
faithful to the king. New York city
was a stronghold of his. Rut their
faithfulness did not generally go
tbe length of inducing them to
bear arms in his cause. They were
not of much use to the royalists.
Recruiting and conscripting could do
little in England, where tbe Whigs
opposed the war from tbe start.
London wa? hostile to it. The aris
tocracy furnished officers in limitless
abundance, but where were the pri
vates to come from ? From Russia,
George thought, and forthwith offer
ed to buy 20,000 troops of the Em
press Catherine. The English Min
ister at St I'etersbursr, Gunning,
opened negotiations. He preferred
bis request and the Empress politely
said she "would gladly pay her obli
gations to King George in the man
ner most agreeable to him." There
upon Gunning wrote that tbe 20.,OO0
Russian mercenaries were duly
bought. George wcots z, letter of
thanks to Catberins in Lis own Land,
and waa unutterably disgusted to re
ceive, a reply from her private secre
tary announcing that ber reply to
Gunning was merely a polite expres
sion, and that she did not care to sell
a part of her army. Evidently
Catherine had spoken in French, the
language of diplomacy, of compli
ments and elegant falsehood. If she
had used rugged Russian or straight
forward English, Gunning might
nt have been tricked. It is very
strange and true that Russia and
America have always been steadfast
friends. We owe the Czar and bis
subjects many a good turn.
Holland was tempted next. She
came near yielding. Then arose an
apostle of right, Baron Vaader Cap
t lien, who stung slumbering public
opinion ino, Lparty condemnation, of
the Sfcijerne of sending the "sona of
rebels to put down rebellion." The
people spoke and. the Court heard.
The baffled British envoys withdrew
in desgust and dupalr. The petty
PrincUca of Germany were next
fished tor and bit eagerly for the
baits. Tbey used their selfish sub
jects only as mouey making ma
chines. W by not use tneni a3 such in
this new way? they asked ane an
other. They drove a bard bargain
and put their prices. Six States,
Brunswick, Hesse CasjeY, Hesse
Hanau, Waldeck, Anspack and An-halt-Zerbst
aoW S'UGG 'men! The
detacitUTieat, 4,200 Rrunswickers, was
a poor lot Its centre was composed
of very young or very old men, sick
men, tiny men, worthless men.
Their uuiforms were unfit for use,
and tbey had no overcoats, cloak
shoes or stockings. Tbey were fit
ted out by swindling British, contrac
tors at Bristol and sr.t to sea.
When the voyas t fttirly begun,
the stores wore opened. The shoes
w&re fuund to be women's shoes,
thin' and small. The pillows were
pincushions, 5 inches by 7. A
mattress, blanket, and coverlet to
gether weighed 7 pounds. The food
was rotten. They suffered froca both
German and British avarice.
Tbe first (iiviaioa of Hessians, 8,
397, stroag, reached New York, Aug.
13, 1775. Fifteen day3 afterwards,
tLey tasted blood on Long Island.
So the troops poured in. Misery
reigned in Germany. There wa3 a
common saying among the peasants :
"When we'are dead, we are done
with it." Yet they shrank frora the
terrors of an ocean, voyage, bad
enough now, an,i m worse then, and
from fLliug for the gain of their
ruiers. "I die," said Iloflop, mortal-,
ly wounded at the attack of Redback,
"the victim oi my own anjuiuuu uuu j
the avarice of my sovereign." A Ger-(
man historian wrote : "The Treasury!
was filled with blooa and tears."
Blood yielded g-od dividends, for a
man killed was paid for as a new
recruit, and three men wounded
nn.mrA as one killed. When 2.800
Brans wickers were taken prisoners at,
:iT". .vIt. i rw ftl.Teetsd
. . - , w.r :. wmiTJ !
inins rsrrnnnirs iisiciciiik wv.".
ire.
interfere with future proBts. In 1773,
the last lot of piirchased German?
sailed for .America. Ibe marxet
was exhausted. I rederick tbe lreat
had already interfered with the traf
fic by remo'ostrace, by levyinj a
"cattle tax" oa the men marched
through bis territories to tne sea
board, and by finally refusing thera
passage from" his ports. Tbi3 was
probably not because be really loved
tbe business less (be wa3 a cosmo
politan kidnapper himself), out te-
C
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cause he hated English more. Never
theless, it was a good thing for us.
When the account was finally
closed, England bad paid Germany
what would now amount to about
14,000.000, or $70,000,000 ; and
11,853 Germans had been killed or
died of disease. Some deserted ;
some returned from Europe, after
they were mustered out to settle in
Pennsylvavia. Their descendants,
true to their tradition, still vote in
Berks county for Gen. Jackson for
President
The Hessian3 were heartily bated
during tbe war, and not "without
cause. Brutalized by their treat
ment, they acted like brutes. France
had let loose red fiends npon the
Colonial settlemenst, for years, but
here were white savages. The
Americans regarded them as the
frontiersman does the Indian to-day.
A New Jersey tradition epitomizes
this feeling: A little girl found a
sorely wounded Hessian lyjog in a
field the day after a skirmish. He
begged for water. She ran into the
house, took her father's gun without
being seen, sliuped slyly out of the
room, ran to the dying man, put the
muzzle to hi head and pulled tbe
trigger. Another IIc3siao dead, and
William, Hereditary Prince of Hesse,
was entitled to draw more thalera
from the Trearury of England.
What a chango 100 jears has
wrought in German sentiment to
ward America! Seventy-nine thou
sand German volunteers fought in
the Cnion armies against the slave
holder's Rebellion.
A Carloaa ('Me.
A curiou.3 case of assumption of
sex was lately discovered in Paris.
A pensioned officer, named Senkie-
sen, now nearly eighty years old, fell
ill, and bad to be taken to the Neckar
Hospital. There the doctor in charge
discovered that the officer belonged
to tho female sex. Her secret being
thus detected, the " rieille de la
nVifc" no longer 'hesitated giving
the story of her life. She was four
teen when she lost her father, a Ba
varian colonel. Her grandfather, Gen.
Baron Von Senkeiseo, bad the com
mand of a Bavarian array corps.
Bavaria was then the ally of France.
By bo mo unexplained whim this
grandfather forced her to enlist in
one of the regiments of his divi3ion.
She advanced rapidly in the cam
paigns of Germany and Spain, and
was wounded twice, and severely, at
Waterloo. She was then admitted
in the hospital as an officer ot tbe
second class. In 1830 she took ser
vice again, and went to Algeria ; in
1833 she obtained French naturaliza
tion and a penaion. This woman
ha3 a glorious character to boast of,
having received letters of congratula
tion on ber valorous deeds from Mar
shals Berthier, Augereau, Sucbet and
Gen. Dupont, who was sentenced to
death for having capitulated at Bay
len with 40,000 men.
An AOtetloMte laities.
Some months ago a kitten was
born in tbe attic of Mr. Lewis Balcb's
bouse, at Groveland, where it lived
through its kittenhood unbeknown to
the family down-stairs. In due time
kitty got iu "eyes open," and with
increasing strength came the desire
for a wider field of operations than
wa? afforded by its narrow attic
home. Softly, with cautious foot
steps, she crept down U stairs to a
chamber below, from the window of
which it found the way to tbe ground.
The kitten was very shy of tbe fami
ly, and would not allow any of them
to touch or caress, it, bat associated
quite familiarly with a flock of fowls,
taking special fancy to a rooster.
It followed Lim round, rubbed against
his leg3 and sides, purred, and show
ed other signs of attachment At
eight, when be went to roost on a
tree, kitty would go too, and take
position as near bim as possible. A
few days ago the rooster died, and
the kitten forsook Mr. Balch'a premi
ses, and formed an acqnaiutaoce
with a flock of beas belonging to a
neighbor. Xeubryjort Ilnra'd.
Oiliiaae Falllesieaa.
Rules of politeness are all regulat
ed at Pekin by a Tribunal of Rites.
In case you wish to pay a visit to a
mandarin, the proper thing to do is
to send in your card, on a small
piece of rei papr, on which is your
name, followed by a polite sentence,
as this: "Tbe tender and sincere
friend of your lordship, and the per
petual diM'ipl of your doctrLae,
thus presents himself to pay his re
spects and to bow before you to the
earth" If the mandarin is willing
to receive you. he asks you to pass
before bim. You are expected to
make the huaiUe reply, "I dare not;"
and, after an infinity of gestures,
wbieb are all arranged, and obliga
tory phrases, the master of tbe house
bows you to a chair, and slightly dusts
ii with tbe corner of bis robe, upon
which you are at length seated. The
difficulties are much increased when
ten or a dozen mandarins call upon
an Englishman at once, and accord
ing to tbe custom, tea is offered, be
ginning at one of the highest rank.
He pretends to offer to the next, then
to tbe third, and o on to th last
All having poliuly refund, be per
mits himself to drink it Tbe sec
ond, in turn, ba3 to offer ths cap to
the others, and thus ths farce pro-
' - , .
ceeds until all Lave gone through tbe
wearisome task.
Lane aa Shert llf.
The man who lives abstemiously,
who avoid3 a!I stimulants, takes light
exercise, never overtask3 himself, in
dulges in no exhausting passions,
feeds bis mind3 d4 heart oo no ex-
cmu
material, bas no debilitating
Pleasure, lets notbing ruffle His tern-,
Tier, keeps bis "accounts with God
r -
and man squared op," is sure, Dar-,
rinz accidents, to spin out bis life w enoeavors to iummio .a vukw, .
the longest limit which it is possible : tbe sam wise- man bas no sooner fix
to attain; while be who intensely ed bis eyes oa a taaa given opto hi
feeds on high seasoned food, whether vices, but, mistrusting himself, be ia
material or mental, fatigues bis body j terrOgates himself ia tremWinj
or brain by bard labor, exposes bim- manner if be be not like that man.
self to inflammatory disease, seeks It ia not enoogh to know virtue, it is
continual excitement, gives loose necessary to love it; bat it i BOt suf
rein to bi3 passions, frets at every ficient to Iovs it, it is necessary to
trouble, and eDjoys little repose, is possess it Acknowledge thy tene
burning the candle at both ends, and j fits by tbe return of otbsr U..it
is sure to shorten Lis days. bat aeTer M?MJ tojarias.
Te B4njy f(r.
i According to the Savannah. Snub
.m' ?r GenI Sherman mado
;h!s march to the . la his track
; there sprang up a new and nnknowa
: grass from the son, which tb farm
jers called "Sherman clover." it
j would grow up in th most unex
j pected places, aad it ia said, would
i root out Bermuda grass; and. as a
strange similarity, it Is noted that
after the Franco-Prussian war of
1370-71, la msny districts of France,
a new vegetation sprang np, evident
ly the result or tho invasion. W
may add to this account that a Paris
professor bas arranged a regular cat
alogue of plants discovered for the
first time in France after the invasion
from abroad. As some of these
plants were wtll known to Germany,
it was suggested that the seeds might
have been brought along in the for
age bags or with the forage itself
transported from Germany and turn
ed out on Fren:h soil. A new plant
is also said to have been introduced
after the march of the allies to Pari
in lslo.
awart fneSj,
Freddy is a little one of tevea
growth, the son of a minister, wh,
with his wife, bas just arrived at a
new field of labor. Hearing his
mother say to bis father that (he bad
been deceived by bis saying th
parsonage was a three-story building,
when in fact, it was only two, he
said :
"Ma!"
"Well, Freddy !"
'Ta is right."
"now is that, FreddyJ?"
"The kitchen is one."
"Yes "
"This floor is two, and the story
that pa told u three."
The Original of the "Iseelaratlaa."
A Washington writer to the New
York Evening Pout finds on a visit
to the Patent Office Museum, where
tbe original Declaration of Independ
ence is on exhibition, that while ths
engrossed part of tbe instrument i3
in a fair state of preservation, all tbe
signatures, except those on the last
column sf the right side, are almost
wholly obliteated. He suggests that
tbe document might be "touched up"
with the aid of a magnifying glass,
and sees no impropriety in it, since
great historical pictures ire freqently
renovated. The suggestion seems to
be a good one. The simple restora
tion of the uames would not make it
less valuable, since its main import
ance as a historical relic is derived
from the fact that it is the original
document signed 100 years ago in
Philadelphia.
A Rae-e Wild Death.
A story is told of an engineer a
the Union Pacific Railroad, who ran
a race with death at the rate of forty
miles an hour and won by five seconds.
He was driving tbe passenger train
west, and was taken suddenly and
seriously ill.
He seemed to b aware that death
was near, yet the train mast reach
Cheyenne before be could be reliev
ed. ' That would end the route. He
increased the speed of tbe engine
and ran for life. Forty miles an
hour and saved bis distance.
He reached Cheyenne ahead sf
time, and when the engineer who
was to relieve him stepped aboard
tbe engine be faintly gasped, "Take
the engine; I'm ready to die now."
In five minutes he was a corpse.
If death bad stepped aboard before
the other engineer what would have
been tbe consequence to the passen
gers ? But tbey did not see tbo
grim specter running the egine like a,
phantom train.
Trees late R
Continuous rows ol stately trees
along tbe roadside add much to the
appearance of a farm cr country.
But it is urged that shaded roads re
main wet and muddy much longer
after heavy rains than those fully ex
posed to the son. This is doubtless
true, but a& an offset we may claim
that tbey are less liable to Ucome
dusty, and between the two evils
there is not much choice. Decidu
ous trees only should be planted along
roadsides in cold climates, because
tbey afford shade during lbs season
wben rnott needed, if at all. Road
side trees may also interfere with tk
growth ot crops in tbe fields adjoin
ing by shading as well as by the ab
sorption of moisture by tbeir roots,
but as we can scarcely recure any
thing of value without some Ions,
perhaps tbe pleasure derived from
passing overs shady road during the
hot weather in summer, as wU at
the beautiful appearance o soeft
highways, more than compensate for
the slight losses whieh they entail.
Pen and Plow.
rretena AsUat. .! to kta,
A Citaese teacher of Eogliah haa
written to a San Francisco paper a
protest against tbe sending of Chris
tian missionaries to bis country, that
will make us realize, perkaos tor th
first time, how thai tftiee nmal
seem to the nation which experience
it The protect reL very much like
tbe Rev. Murray's remarkable lec
ture on our religious inferiority to the
heathens, in some respects Fancy,
says this Chinaman, my people send
ing Duissionaries to the United States;
wbat would you do about it? Why,
says be, "not only jeers aa4 taunia
ivould meet us at every tarn, bat ths
press and pulpit would vis with each
other in denouncing us, and our very
lives would be ia danger. Tbey
would cry, 'our holy religion is sum
aced.' But is not ours sacred to as?
'But, says the Christian. Toa are
wrong and we are rikt Too bea
thec nations are no eapaUe to jodgs.'
Great 1 and iilwYsf Tbe ques
tion of seeding mission sries from
China to America bas been argued
io our councils st borne, but onr best
men (a tkey saoaW) frowned opoa
it st once, and said, ia the words of
t'uufucius, 'let os mind oor own bu
siness.' Their religion is as sacred
to them as oars to as." Then this
uncomfortably shrewd heathen pro
ceeds to coairaattbs morals oi wis
V V a . ww
Chr;8tj-n an( wiltt those of Chinas,
mucb to the detriment of tbe former.
quite in the styls of Marray; ana
quotes from the writings of Confu
cius a few sentence.', which be point
out to have been duplicated ia ths
New Testament, a few of which w
append, as follows: "Do anto others
as tboa would b dealt with thyself.
Thou only needat thi law alone; it
is tbe foundation and principle of all
be rest. Tbe wise man has bo sooner
, ... 1 V . 1.
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