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Eiwlnc-vi Card.
, '"" t ISTI.KTHWA.ITE. ATTOKNEI
at'l a" fineni't. l'a. l'rolc-i.nal boat-
n','rJ..pectluily solicited and punctually attcud-
eJ to
V
J. KOOSER.
A1IOKXEVATUW,
Sviuicrcet, I'craa.
l'ALEXTIXE HAY, ATTnKXEY AT LAW
an.l dealer In real csuile, Somerset, 1 a-, win
alien I to ali busim entrusted lo his-care with
,,r..ttiptn-f and tidclity. au. 1-ly.
UiHX II. VHU ATTORNEY AT LAW , MI
,1 en-t, l'a., will promptly attend to all buMtiefS
entrusted to htm. Mo:ie advanced mi Collection
ke. o:nce In Mammmli Uuildinn.
jan. 1, 'TO.
I'IMVKL A OOLHORN
IV. LAW, Soinerft-t, l'a.
liiock.
ATTOKNEYS AT
o:lice in Hstr s
aug. lily.
f (lilN O. KIM MEL. ATTORN L AT LAW,
t Somerset, Pa., wtll at lend to all business en
I rubied to liu care in Some-ion and a dioiuwic wun
tics with promptness and fc.ieluy. :ticc in Maui
moth liiock. Id.. IS id ly
IL
EN RT F.SCHELL. ATT KNEY ATLAW,
and lf.unty anul-cnMon astnu ooim i
Olllce in Mammoth liiock. Jn. li t..
1'.
t, urBLOAITHER. P AI L H. (i AITHKH.
tAlTHER A OAITHER. Attorn-" at Law
Ij S.iwu Prima. All proii-mnl I-umi.
promptly auend?d lo. U:tice u ,;;,'r 8 1"" ' '
ai'.irs.
dec 2.
T J. A II. L. BAKU, ATTORNEYS AT
1 1 L W, Somerset, Fa., will pnoii.-
erc; aud adenine counties. All wwinc en-Irun-1
io them will )c promptly attended to.
. '.J....rra W. II. nt l TUl-
y w'iFFKOTH A ItUPPEL. ATTORNEYS AT
j Liiw. Ail business entrusted t" ihcircarcwiu
be pocllIy and punctually attended to.
Orrica n tdain Cross street, l'l'"Mj ,.'1.
Mammoth block. ';' ... .'
IT IT m!K.IMMKL wlil continue t" 'Tal
Medl.-,,., and tender his I'"";''
to ll,0 ci.ltena of isomer-! a'" "7""' c " ,
c.untrv. iii at the old plai-a, a l J,,rs l
ot tlie 'Olade Houc.
I)
ll V.
H. II. IIKI-BAKLK tender? hi? ; l,r"r,'f l!:'""!
Pen iref 10 the citizens ot ,,Inrr-. "; ',.,"
im.-e in residence, one door weft of the lr
Huufc. I.et
J) Pa. Olhee In :.el.ecr i HI-k, up fUirf,
l,ero he can at all time I ; ur.d pn pared 1 . do
all kind) o work, fueh af tillimc. reirulatinif. ex
tnim.iir ,VC Artiuei.il teeth d all km.U. and ol
tUbctma:ruiMu!riea. OpcMtK. warranted.
liLllAr'KTii INTZ. A TTORN EY AT
Liw. Somerset. Pa., will (tlvc prompt atten-
!on to burin". -mruted to V;rlartV,Hr;'
tl.e adjoiuinst coiuitl,-J. OlUre In 1 rialir
House Row.
TAMES L. ri'GII,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Somerset. Pa. , Mammoth H'-o-W--1'
Ki"ni,..-e Main 1'ro.s St. rolie.-twus i..a.le.
taie.etlle.l.ti',l exannne l. and a I 1 -a I b
nef attended to Willi proinpliie.-f and u.elu.
julyli .
lira.
. rs-usi-
J.
O. (KILE
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Somerset. Pa. Profel..aal lu"li'c" cntro
to mv care attended to wit h prompuiLSf and ndt
uiarl'73.
--.oil
lit)-
Q A. SNYDEK,
ATTOltNEV AT LAW,
SOMERSET, FA.
f.n.cc nevt door touth of Sclien A Kixmefs
I, aiik-up atalra. 1!T"''
uT A G. MILLER, after twelve
,.i' ae-ive vractlee In Shatikfrille. has
..w iK-iujawntly b-'Htcd at Somerset tor the i.rac
"o'l .fctoe, and tender. HI. pnde..mnf .er
iiee. to to ciii.em ol Somerset aud lie: .
, M la LU l.ruij Store. op,...lto the llarnct
II. ae. whre he can 1 consulted at ad times
uuieas ,p)!aal"nlly enquired.
-Sli call, pri.mi Uy au.wcre.1.
dec ivn-iy- . . .. - -
PROFESSIONAL.
"Tir Oeori-e B. FundcnWrn. of t iiml rland.
V J inlonnMil. tri-nd. that he has a., day ass
vV. Uo3c Yora I.e
..paid to thcdi-sejioi
the Eve aud Ear.
-.T. ...T,..v n..,,n.ii-f II. Collroth lias
umedtherract.ee ... law in S 'm;;rse, ami
iuiua countlea. oac la Mammoth lu:l -.ns.
iub
1)
V. .1. K. MILLEK Ml -rau...."-..
. - ..,1.- l.-.tAlt
in Berlin lor the praetlee ol his pr. -,s.ou.-
(i:ftce opiHislte Charles hri-Mnit-r s sior.
apr. iU Ti) 11.
O S. GOOD,
PHYSICIAN tfc SUHGEOy,
SOMEKKITT. PA.
WOrricx in Mammoth Block. "'-
joiTn "rills,
DENTIST.
i'Wcc in tVC.-'tli A Ni'fl'i new buil.'.ine.
Miin Cnss Street.
Somerset, Pa.
novll
RTIFICAL TEETH!!
J. V. Vi'TiY.
D E I. T I S T
PALE CITY, jomertct Co., Tj.,
rtincl:il Teeth, war -anted to be on be very If st
rrratian ot nimn nu. - r
' . i -ULlnir til
consult dip bv U-tt. cai g-j so vj vuviwiu r
a 11 ..al..r itl'l-.'Z
rpIIK SOMERSET HOUSE.
Having leaaedthl. n.agnlllnM.t .n-l well kno
"ed'lat:
t .e puldie peneraliv that he w.ll .pare I.. 1 her
)!Liu. nor exin to n.ake th.. house .11 U.a
iJ? "'-ill . fen j to the wants of cus.
. ".-j -i.- .).! At a.11 timp t la-ten
who the best the market ..rds. Mr . II. la)
w.a mav at all timvs In- found in theottiee
aui' H. LAA..
D
IAM0ND HOTEL.
KTOYSTOWX PA.
SAMUEL Cl'STEIl. Proprietor.
This pcpilar and well known house l at all
Ilniee delrUle stoppia
LUliilt. Table aud :
piajf place me iraveunx
ims trstiaMi. til sta-
llluif. Kaks
fcouierK'n
leave dally 1 Juhu.town and
uiaril.
O LATE ROOFS.
Tboiw who are now building b.mw-. should know
that It It cheaper In the Ion run to put jw Male
Root, than tin or .hingrU-.. 'ac will lasl f..rever.
an no repairs are required. Slate Kive the pur
e water lor cisterns. Slate is lire pr.of. Every
good bouse should have a Siate roof. The unlrr
s:rr.ed i, Cituibeuaud, shere he has a
jod supply ot
Peachbottom & Buckingham
SL A.T E
. roofling the vcrv lut arfi.-le. He will under
Uke to put Mate K.ids on Hou.es. public and pri
vate, spires, fcc.. either lu town or country at the
lowert price, and lo warrant them. Call and nee
lil in or addre. him at bit o.t.cr. No. 110 llaltiinore
ktreel, CumaerUod, Md. Orders may be left with
NOAH CASEBEEK,
Agfnt, Somerset, Pa.
WB. U. SHiPLKT.
Aprl lHth, 187S.
II
OMES FOR ALL.
1 liave for sale, on terms within tbe reack of er.
ery aor. lndutirious indiviiioal. Hous-.. luts.
l.rm tlmlier lauda mineral landa, bull.iing lots.
fce Id dierent part ol the county. In parrxrl. f
Irwm oae-touria ot aa are up to l.otw aorei. 1 1
tles warmiied. Term use ulh in band and th
balanca in ten equal annual payment., properly
c.red. None need apply wbb is not of sober
and l.dsstrtous habit. Call soon. some ol the
Kroner tie will tie lor rut If not said soon
tab 1. WtYAWD.
VOL. XXIV. ISO. 1.
JOHNSTOWN
120 CLINTON STREET.
CHARTERED IIT 1870.
T12lSTEKS;
JAMES COOPER,
DAVID DIRERT,
C. TJ. ELLIS,
A. J. II.UYES,
F. W. HAY.
JOHN LOW MAX,
T. II. LAl'SLY,
1). J. MORRELL,
JAMESMcMILLEX
JAMES MORLEY,
LEWIS PLITT,
II. A. DOG OS,
COXRAD SITPES,
CEO. T. SWAXK,
D. M' LAUOIILIX, W. Vr. AV ALTERS
DANIEL J. MORRELL, President,
TRANK DIEERT, Treasurer,
CYF.US ELDEP.. Solicitor.
l)cl.-i;sof Ui: IIUI.I..1R and upwar.-.s re
ceived, and interest allowed on all sums, payable
twice a year. Interest If not drawn out, Is added
to the principal thus COMPOUNDING TWICE
A Y'EAR, witli. mt trouliEns; thcdeposi'.or tocall
or even to present his ileiwit IhioIc. Money fan be
withdrawn at any time aRer giving the bank cer
tain notice by letter.
.MarrlcU Women and icrton under
ape can deposit mcmey in their own names, so that
ltcanlc drawn only by themselves or onthciror
der. Money, can l-o deported for children, or by
aneletlcs. or a. tru.-t fun 1?. Sul ject tocertain con
dilions. Loans Sens red by ISoal I-st:ilc.
C'ple! of the Ry Laws, report.', ra'.cs of dcptisit,
and special act ol Legislature, relative to deposits
of married wonvn and niin irs, can bco'italned at
the Lank.
rvSfU.mkln? olr dnllv fremB to So'elock:
lSd nndoii Weduedava)ldalur'ay evenings
lrouititoTS.o'cl.K-k. ajirlit
Cambria County
BANK,
Ar. IvEIt & CO.,
0. 2C6 MAIS STREET.
JOHNSTO"WTT,PA.,
Henry SehnaMc'l Brick HuildiUR.
A (iem ral linking llnsiness Transacted.
Prafts and Goid and Silver houtht and f'd.
till-t!ons made in all p:irt. of the I'ni'.ed St'es
and Canada, iaterest allowed at the rate ol tlx
iercent. i-raiiiium, II left six months or longer.
Swial nrranireinent micls with Ouanllau. and
others who hold moneys tn tnt.
april 13-73.
Ursina Lime Kilns.
Tlic uri U r.-'.tied are 1 reparcd tvlurnlr'b
Prims Building Lim
By the Car Load.
Orders Respectfully Solicited.
It. J. II.ITZI'K A CO.
I rsiiia. June IH.
JOHN DIEERT. JOHN D. ROBERTS.
JOHN DIBERT & CO.,
BANKERS,
CORNER MAIN AND FRANKLIN STREET'S,
JOHNSTOWN, PA.
AcemintH of Mercluinfft am!
other bii-incw people Kolicil
el. Irall neuoliable in all
parts of the eountry for nale.
Money Loaned and olleetion)
Made. Intercut at I lie rate of
Six I'er eent. per annnni al
lowed on Time Iepotitii.
SavinffH lenosiil Ilooki Isisu
ed. nnd Interest Componntled
Semi-anniiall)- when desired.
A Grncral Rankii;": BusiaeBS Transacted.
Feb. 10.
WALI, PAPE1L
Morris an.1 Fjist'ake Tapers.
New Leather Uround 1'apers.
Tapestry with ll:ulos and liirders to luab'h.
lh licourt's 1'nrisian lieeorations.
Complete line ol American Uoods. grades.
1:uk!i Papers. Atovrucw ilurc,
13. 1C1 Fifth. A7S-C2.
(Nlst rTorr;cE.) 1'ITTSBl Kt,II
Vn.
IeOVClIK V Co.
ilarlO
VLI.EHH ENY CITY STAIR IiVlLDING A
WlxiU TCKNlNtl SHOP.
772-1 PSCPLES, PEOPSIETCIL
I--.STAHLISHED 18"G.
Nos. 142, 144 & 146 Wcb'W S',., Ilivgseay Ciiy Pi
Newels. lialuster. Itaixt Hails, with joints cut
And bulled ready to batijc, tumljcd on short no
tice. Inquire or C. O. BASSETT, agcntforS omcrsct
and leinity. ' julyla
FurnilTire! Furniture!
f:g. WEISE,
(Successor to LEMOX A WEISE,
111 FOl'UTn AYENVE, FITTSBCKGH, PA.
Manufacturer and dealer In
CABINET FURNITURE,
CHAIRS, &c,
The trade supplied at lowcit rate.
CALL AND SEE HIM.
MIKE THAN HALF A
CENTI HY aio. Iir. H. 1
s ELLEKS, a e-lebrtel pbv.l
cian of Pittsburgh, diw-ove'red
and used in his practice th
I'pularremetly knowu tlirocjifc.
. i e country as
tellers' Imperial Cough Syrup.
This is no quack remedy. It was luirn of wis
dom: ami thousands are living; witneaws; of iis
w.mdertul curative powers. It is pleasant to take
and sure to core Coughs. Odds. Croups, liruncnia
Attentions, Tnl.in.lt of tbe Thru and .11 dis
eiiH-s of. klndrvd nature. K. E. Sellers A Co.
i'ltuburgta. P.., are also proprietor, of Johnson's
UUE UMA TIC COMPOUND,
The great Internal remedy for Kheumatism, Neu
ratirla. lleatlaehe, etc Vi can have . doctor al-
was in iuc uttupv -
medicines on band. Their
LIVER PILLS
are the oldest and wt in th market, and every
luieoi their Vermtfare Is warranted.
For sale by all druggists and country dealer.
!-r?
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for book (Tth edition) eontainln; lists of S.000
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LATEST DESIGNS.
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NOVELTIES IN
Two and Three Plies,
ALL OF YYIIICinVE OFFER AT
LOWEST CASH PRICES.
BOVARD. ROSE & CO.,
New No. Fifth Avenue,
mnylM - PITTSBl'KQII, VX.
1 1 BiRRETT k ll
Wholesale Dealer in Watches,
Jcwelrv. Clocks. Silver and Platlxl Ware, Waten
Makers" Material, Tool. Ao, Anvrt-an More
incut (, and Caae. and Fine SwIks Walehes .
Sixx-iallT. Fresh GoikIs, Heliablc Uualilit-t, enj
Cheap. Wholesale exclusively.
m rum Avenue, (sermi'i ntnr,
may. PITTS tiUKGH, PA.
KINCSFORD'S
OSWEGO
Pure
AND
Silver Gloss Starch
lor the Laundry.
MANUFACTURED BY
T. KINGSFORD & SON,
The httt Starch in Ike World.
Gives . neaatlful finish to the linen, and the
dillcrence In coat between it and rum mod starch is
acarcly half a cent tor an ordinary washing. Ask
your Grocer lor it.
Ki(.sroni-s
OSWEGO CORN STARCH,
ro rrPDtsos, BiiC atx.NOE, ice cnxaat, Ac.
Is the original Established In 184. And pre
serve lia repuutmn as purer, stronger, and
mora delicate than any other article of th
kink ollered, either of the sunt nam
or with other title.
Stevfoson Macadam. Ph. 1., Ac, the hiarnest
chemical authority of Europe, carefully ana I. vied
this Corn Slrch, and says It la a most excellent
article of diet and in chemical and feed tag prop
erties I. fully ro,nal to tbe bm arrow root.
Direction for making Puddings, Custards, Ae,,
accompaay each pound packane.
For sale by ll nrt clasf Uroccrs. mayt
CD M M I 5 5 I
i y,i i " 'i i bp a -
SOMERSET,
MT Wir AND CHILD.
Tho Utoo beats, the lights are gone,
The camp around In slumber lie?;
The night in solemn peace lulls on.
The shadows thicken o'er the skies;
But sleep my weary eyes hath flown,
And sad, uneasy thoughts arise.
I think of thee, my dearest one,
Whose love my early life hart blest;
Of thee and him our baby son
Who slumbers on tby humble breast.
God ol the lender, frail and lone,
Oh, guard the tender Ieeicr'! rest.
And horer gently, hover near
To her whoae watchful eye is wet
To mother, wife the doubly dear
In whoso young hearts hare freshly met
Two streams ol lore so deep and clear
An I cheer her drtwplng spirits yet.
Now, while she kneels before Thy throne,
Oh teach her, Kuler of the skies,
That while, at thy behest alone,
Earth's mightiest powers fall and ri."c.
No tear is wept, to Thee unknown.
No hair Is lest, no sparrow dies.
That Thou canst stay the ruthless ham's
Of dark disease, and soothe Its pain;
That only by Thy stern commands
The battle's lost, the soldier's slain:
That from the distant soa or land
Thou brings't tbe wanderer home again.
A in! when upon her pillow lone
Her tear wet cheek Is sadly pressed,
May happier visions beam upon
The brightening current or her breast;
No Trowning look or angry tono
Disturb the Sabbath of her rest.
Whatever fate those forms may show
Lored with passions almost wild
Hy day, by night. In joy or woo
Iiy fears oppressed, or hopes beguile !,
From every danger, every loo.
Oh God, protect my wife and child!
MUX HY CARDS.
"For Christine!"
''For ChriistiDc!'' tbe stranger re
peated, as he tojk his place at tho ta
ble, while the old voma, with a
ringing laugb, suumed tbe cams
once more, and again the game went
on.
It was a wi!d, weird scene, which
perhaps, could not have bica wit
nessed ia any other part cf the
globe.
A group of meu ia every descrip
tion of dress, numbering no less than
a hundred, stood looking on some
in silence, some uttering oaths and
bandying coarse jokes, as they watch
ed Madame Dupray, the wickedest
woman in the Colonies, fleece her last
victim.
Two weeks before she had an
nounced that she should set her
daughter up to be played for. If the
man lost Lc was to pay mauaine one
hundred pounds; if he won Chris
tine was to pass into his hands;
the madam's control over her at an
end!
This was madam's latest desperate
game, and in anticipation of this she
had kept her daughter in seclusion.
Only a few had ever looked upon her
face, and those few raved so about
ber beauty that it inflamed tho hearts
of their comrades.
' To-night she had s'.ood before them
Never had their eyes fallen on such'
loveliness Madame arrayed ber in
costly roUes; but even though she
bad been clad in rags, her riefc, radi
ant, dusky beauty wouid have bewil
dercd the eye.
Her beauty infatuated the beholder,
and one by one tho men advanced
and flung down their one hundred
pound stake, and one by one they
arose defeated, while madam's ser
vant swept the gold awav.
Some lisle J.but the game went on;
others played game after game, un
til their pockets were cleaned out, be
fore they would give up.
.Madame was exultant; sue was
reaping a rich harvest to-night
What a lucky thought it had been!
Her skill in cards was something
almost infernal, as many poor fel
lows could attest to their sorrow.
Hardly a miner, with his bag of gold
came down from the mountains whom
the madame did not lure into ber dn;
and once in, the facination would be
so strong that, wheu they went out,
they did so ruined. Some bad re
trieved their fortunes; others "had
gone to the dogs," and many a poor
fellow had filled a suicide's grave.
To-night but few had intended to
ulay when they entered, but now the
last victim was sitting down. He
kept his hat slouched ovir his eyes;
no one knew him. He had dropped
in to look on; he had no intention to
have anything to do with this "hellish
game," as he called it.
Madame played like one possessed,
but her good luck wa3 leaving her.
She laid down no card that her oppo
nent could not defeat; and, as tbe
game progressed, stillness reigned,
every sound died out all were ab
sorbed in seeing if indeed, Christine
Dupray was to be won to-night.
One card more! Madame threw the
pack on the floor in a rage, and' the
stranger arose, sayin?:
"Christine is mine!"
A wild deafening cry arose; though
defeated themselves, the men were
glad that some one had won
her
game
Chris-
Madame could not play that
over.
The stranger advanced to
tine; be saw tbe wild look of affright
in her beautiful, dusky eyes, and his
intuitively became softer and he eaidd
(Jet your bat. Ibis is no place
for you. You will be safer with me
than here," glancing around upoo
the rough wild group
As one in a dream she obeyed him,
and the men parted to let them pass
oat. Madame said no word of adieu
to her daughter; she only muttered
curses upon the fellow whose skill
was greater than ber own.
Tbe stranger took tbe girl to a ho
tel, and early next morning he took
her to "parts unknown" to those
who had tried to win her: but in re
ality, only to place her in a good
boarding bouse in one of the cities.
He paid for a year's tuition in ad
vance. He gave them his address
and wished them to write twice a
year and inform of her progress; and
then, bidding the girl t keep to her
self nil her history, he took his de
parture". Four years passed away. Chris
tine's beauty had increased, not
diminished. She had not looked up
on her guardian's fact (for as such she
spoke of her owner,) but he was
ever in her mind, assoiiited with that
awful night Even now, all the
swarm of wild laces swam before
her vision and made her sick at heart.
Fiom a little, ignorant fourteen-year
old she bad develaped into a glowing,
educated, refined young lady of eigh
teen; and now a letter came, address
ed to herself, it read:
ESTABLISHED, 18 3
PA., WEDNESDAY.JUNE 16. 1S75.
"It is four years since I saw you.
Your school-days are drawing to a
close. I am coming to ask you to be
my wife, and go with me to a home
of your own."
There was no word that she be
longed to him, nothing that indicated
his ownership of licr, but she shrank
back from that letter with affright.
She could not meet this man! She
dare not meet him! What must she
do?
She went out into the open air.
At a little distance she could see a
steamer at the wabrf, almost ready
to leave for the Australian shore. A
wild thought of escape came into her
mind. She had been kept well sup
plied with money which she had
made but little use of. Perhaps she
bad enough to take her far away.
She returned to the school, secured
her money and jewelry, nnd then
hastened to the LoaL ;
She had just time to write a note
before the plank was pulled in, and
amid cheers and good-byes, the boat
started on her journey. She pur
chased a ticket, making an excuse for
coming so late that she had just re
ceived a letter which summoned her
to England.
Two days later, Mr. Ilardcliffe
j made his appearance at tho school
and ask for his ward, Christine. The
matron handed him a sealed envelope.
It contained the note she had scrib
bled on the moment of her departure.
She wrote:
"I cannot stay to meet you.
now on board the Eagle, and
I am
before
I am
I re-
you get this will be far away,
not going out of ingratitude.
member what you have done for me;
you rescued me from degradation
worse than death, and have given me
an education which but few in this
country receive. And now out of
the goodness of your heart, not know
ing how else to dispose of me, you
are willing to marry, aic rather tban
allow me to be cast upon the world
friendless. Such an act I cannot
permit. You shall not be bound to
Christine Dupray, daughter of 'the
wickedest woman in the Collonies.'
The blight would be fata) to us both.
I leave my thanks, and Christine
will pray for yon as long as the breath
of lile- is in her body. Farewell for
ever."
He re-read the note, and then
turued to the preceptress, who was
standing nervouslr awaiting him to
speak.
"My protege has gone to Eng
land," he said, quietly. "Sho could
not wait to consult me. I hope she
had enough to defray her expenses."
The woman breathed more freely.
She had a expected scene expected
to be upbraided for not keeping a
stricter watch over her pupil.
"I think she had," she answered.
"Yon wrmrm rm-wy HIBrl la your &I-
lowance of rpending money, and
Miss Christine was vcrv careful;
she never frittered it away as other
girls do."
"Have you any bill against me
he queried.
' None whatever."
"Then good day?"
gone. Six years later,
Guy Ilardcliffe had
and he was
succeeded in
the mines beyond his wildest expec
tation. Almost at the last moment,
when his courage was beginning to
fail, he had struck upon such a streak
of gold, in Golden Gulch, thxt his
fortune was made in a few days.
Then word came to him that his un
cle was dead, and he came into the
HardcliHe property and title.
He sailed for England, and went
to his new home. Everytling was
strange to him. She customs of his
country, the stillness of his new life
everything was dull tad he gave
up and went to I'aris, to see' if he
could there be amused for .a little
while.
Mademoiselle Santelli was adver
tised and many were flocking to see
her. Sne was the new cantatrice
about a horn all men were going cra
zy. Her beauty and her voice were
raved about, until Guy Hardcliffe
determined to go and see for him
self. Once iu the building he was spell
bound. In the beautiful creature,
whose glowing loveliness infatuated
all who went to 6ce or hear her, ho
recognized the girl he had won by a
game of cards Christine Dupray!
He watched, he listened and in
that hour he felt his doom was seal
ed. No woman had ever thrilled
him as this woman did; no woman
had ever seemed tho same.
He made no remarks, bnt asked
his friend her history.
"She came from Australia," his
friend said "an orphan, alone.
Her voice, on shipboard, attracted
the attention of old Mezzo, and he
engaged her to go to Italy abd have
ber talents educated. She did so;
and when he introduced her, to the
public she was immediately success
ful. Men were mad about ber," he
continued, "where ever she went;
and Mezzo's widowed sister traveled
with her and took care of her, and
no one could say a word derogatory
to her."
Ilardcliffe listened like one in a
dream. "Introduce roe," he said.
When brought in close contact
with her, he admired her even more
deeply than when she was on tbe
stage, tut to him as to the rest she
maintained a cold politeness. He
knew that she did not recognize him,
for be had changed in appearance,
and bis true name she had never
known.
Day by day he haunted ber, and
when she was about to leave Paris,
he suddenly became frenzied, and told
her he could not live withont ber lon
ger. She listend to his torrent of words
with trembling lips,
"Do not say more," she pleaded,
"You know not what you ask. I
shall never marry."
"Why not?"
"My past," she said, quietly "I
can not reveal it and it forbids Bach
a thing."
He approached nearer.
"Christine." he said, softly
"Christine, I know it all, and there
is nothing in it that should separate
as."
"You you" she faltered "were
tue"
"The man who won you; Chris
tine, let me win you again,"
And he did. He never regretted
having won for his wife the Chris
7.
tine ho won from tho "wickedest wo
man in tho Colonies," ho confessed
at the last moment of her life that
she was not her own daughter, but
only an adopted child.
AUvcnlorers of two f'lsherinen.
SrtonoLA, Pa., May 20. Samuel
L. Downs and. W. C. Reeves, of
Rochester, have been trout fishing
for three or four days on the streams
this vicinity. On Tuesday they
went out to lish at Taylor's creek, a
branch of the Shohola, about five
miles from this station. The stream
traverses a wild and hilly section,
and for some days the - woods have
been on fire for miles along its conrse.
Tbe men had fished up two miles
above its mouth, wheu the fire ap
proached so near the stream on both
sides that they were compelled to
stop, and started to retrace their
steps. They had proceeded but a
short distance on their return when
they were alarmed to find that the
fire bad closed into the stream in that
direction also. High and precipi
tous hills rise on either side of the
stream t the point wierc they were,
and even if tho fire had net covered
them, escape in that direction would
have been very difficult. To add to
on the. peril of the ntuation. the
fires both above and Ltlv them were
rapidly approaching one another and
reducing the space in which the fish
ermen found themselves confined.
The i.:iderbrush also in that locality
grows down to the water s edge,
and dead logs and dry branches lay
across the stream. To these the
flames communicated readilv, and in
a comparatively short time the fish
ermen were hemmed in on all sides by
fire:
At the spot where thev were
they were forced to halt ia a deep
pool, at the foot of the fall some ten
feet high. This pool is about twen
ty feet wide and very deep. Downs,
seeing that there was no hope of es
cape in any other way, suggested to
his companion that they must plunge
into and remain there, if possible,
until the fire had so far exhausted
itself along the strsain 88 to permit
of their wading down tbe creek un
til they got below the burning woods.
A new difficulty here presented itself.
Reeve3 could not swim, and the wa
ter in the centre of the pool, where
they must necessarily take their po
sition, was over their heads. The
heat was now becoming intense, and
the smoke almost suffocating. There
was but one thing to be done. Downs
shoved a piece of pine log into the
stream, and supporting Reeves with
one arm, swam to the cent.-o of the
pool. Ry the aid of the bit of log he
was enabled to keep both his com
panion and himself afloat until they
reached tbe foot of tbe fall, where a
protecting rock offered the former a
firm hold for hi Land, and by which
be kept bis head above the water.
iney aiiowea as mucn oi tbe raninsr
water to cover them as they could
with safety, and in that trying situ
ation awaited the passing fury of the
flames. Fortunately, no branches
or dead trees projected into tjie stream
where the fishermen sought refuse,
and they had nothing to fear from
direct contact with the fire. But the
beat from tho flames, which were at
at no time more than ten feet away
on either side was almost unbearable.
The men would endure it as long as
possible, and then duck their beads
beneath tbe water and keep them
there until they were forced to again
emerge for air. Added to the suffer
ings of Reeves was the circumstance
of his being obliged to hang suspend
ed by his hands from the rock, scarce
ly any water touching them, lie
could not find a foothold, acd eased
his hands from the heat by literally
dipping first one and then the other
under the water, .tor a quarter or
an hour the agony was continued,
when Reeves, exclaiming that he
would rather drown than suffer lon
ger, released his hold and disappear
ed under the water. When he reap
peared he was some feet below, and
bad touched bottom. Dawns shouted
to him to hava courage, as ire worst
was over. Reeves, without a word,
waded on down the stream, and
reaching shallow water, ran &4 fast
as he could Cetwcen the moeh-re-duced
flames that lined both sides of
the creek, and emerged, with hair
and flesh singed and blistered, below
the burning woods.
Downs retained his position in the
stream until the fires from below and
above had met, and tbe flame gradu
ally clinied up the mountains, and
then made his way down stream
through the smoke and still red hot
embers along the shore, and found
his companion about a quarter oi a
mile below. The latter was consid
erably burned about the face, while
his bands were tearfully biisterea,
ia fending burning brush and branch
es from his face as be left the pool.
Both men were so much exhausted
that it was a long time before they
could proceed. Tbey walked to a
farm bouse about half a mile from
the creek, where their wants were
attended to.
Yesterday they took train 2Co. 5
on the Erie for home. They left
their rods and baskets at tbe scene
of their adventure, and they were in
all likelihood consumed by tbe fire.
rielsl Beaa.
The bean crop is worthy a place
ia a rotation, not only for its profit,
but for influence upon the soil. It
takes liLtle from the soil ; is a clean
ing crop: requires little outlay for
seed, occupies the ground bat a short
time, and may follow a crop of clover
the same 6eason, if an early ripening
variety ia chosen. The "Medium"
ripens early, is hardy, but sells at a
lower price than the "Marrow" is
very productive on a good soil, and
is a popular market variety. If
properly harvested, the 'haulm is
much relished by sheep, and is no
tritious. Tbe bean, when 'ground
with corn or oats, is readily eaten,
and wben cooked, pigs will accept it
with avidity. No food is better for
a growing animal, nor contains more
flesh-forming elements than this bean.
The idea, however, that , beans may
be grown with profit upon a soil too
poor for any other crop, is errone
ous. American Agriculturist.
A Maidens prayer "pspa boy me
a new spring suit."
Herald
Hqucezlnsr Oat Money.
According to a writer, an early
French monarch having in vaia en
deavored to keep his treasury full by
issuing paper money, tried a system
of "squeezing'' the rich contractor?
and others. As informers were to
have half the product of the squeeze,
an offended Iackv had only to tie
nouncc his master, and get him tried
oa a charge of havinor made too
much money. Woe to the plebeian
who was convicted of this crime!
Besides being despoiled cf his prop
erty. ParisJ saw him, naked to the
shirt, a rope round his neck, a peni
tential candle in his handcuffed bands,
tied to a dirty cart and dragged to
the pillory, carrying on his back a
large label: "Plunderer of the Peo
ple." The French pillory was a re
volving platform, so that all the
crowd had an equal chance to hurl
mud and execration at the nxcu ana
pailid face. Judge if there was not
a making haste to compound with a
government capable of such squeez
ing! There was also a mounting in hot
baste to get out of such a France.
One lucky merchant crossed the
frontier, dressed as a peasant, driving
a cart-load of straw, under which
was a chest of gold. A train of four
teen quarts loaded with barrels of wine
was stopped, and in each barrel a keg
of gold was found, which was emptied
into the royal treasury.
1 ha universal consternation and
the utter paralysis of business which
resulted from these violent spoilia
tions may be imagined. Six thous
and persons were tried.who confessed
to tho possession of twelve hundred
millions of francs. Tbe number of
tbe condemned was four thousand
four hundred and ten, and the sum
extorted from tbem was, nominally,
nearly four brndred millions, of
which, however. Ies3 than one hun
dred millions reached tho treasury.
It was easy for a rich man to com
pound. A person condemned to dis
gorgo twelve hundred thousand
francs was visited by a "great lord."
"Uive me three hundred thousand
francs," said the great lord, "and you
won't be troubled for the rest." To
which the merchant replied: "Really
lord, you came too late, for I
hare already mado a bargain with
raadame, your wifo.for a hundred and
fifty thousand." Thus tbe business
of busy and frugal France was
brought to a stand without relieving
the government.
A u ltaltittite tcieailal.
The Saa Francisco Bulletin eavs
that a family in the southern part of
that City recently engaged the ser
vices of a Celestial domestic, whose
intelligence and industry were high
ly reooiumenied. The lady of the
bouse decided that the matting on
the floor of the spacious kitchen need
ed renewing. The old matting, hav
ing been patched, was a sorry sight;
ia fact it appeared to bo made up of
a dozen irreguUrpieces. lue bright
new matting was ieat to the house,
and John was requested to substi
tute it for the. frayed and patched
stuff. I be, family accepted an invi
tation to visit the interior, aud left
John a clear field for his operations.
Tbey returned to find that tbe new
matting had been laid with methodi
cal precision. There was the new
matting to show for itself. But what
a show! John had cut it into irreg
ular pieces, patched it, and frayed
the edges, until- it was a counterpart
of the old matting in everything but
age. .: .
Mirtlaat Meal Time.
Everybody should plan to have
pleasant conversation at the table,
jut as they have good food. A lit
tle story telling it may be of hu
morous things, anecdote?, etc., will
often stimulate ioyons elements of
the mind and cause it to act vigor
ously and healthfully. Cultivate
mirth, and laugh when anything wit
ty is said. If possible, never eat
alone. Invite a friend of wbeni you
are fond, and try and have a good
time. Friendship and friendly inter
course at the table promotes the flow
of animal spirits and aids digestion.
Think of a sulky churl muaching his
meat in dogged temper. He will be
come dyspeptic. Never bring a cor
roding growl or complaint to the ta
ble. Is the pudding too salty? Was
the bread burnt: Do not mention it
especially at the table. Let that
pass, though tou need not eat that
which may not be palatable or health
ful, but politely decline it. He who
brings the most happiness to tbe ta
ble is the best citizen.
Health ot the old Time Hebrew.
The King made gold and silver
at Jerusalem as plenteous as stones,"
is tbe Oriental way of stating it in
the Bible. The eommoness and as
tonishing abundance of these pre
cious metals in Solomon's realm and
time can easily be inferred from tie
lOlh chapter of second Kings. He
brew wealth (even surpassing tbe
Rotbchilds') is by no means a mod
ern novelty. It was commerce that
made Solomon's age a "golden" one
A small part of this wealth (the
mere matter of money) is estimated
as follows for the readers of the Bi
ble Educator:
In the times of David and Solo
mon. irold was held in enormou3
quantities among the Hebrews. The
fieures rriven in the Old Testament
anoear almost fabuloa3. From
Chron." 20:11.' we" Ieara that Dayid
had collected together, for the pur-
dosc of the temple building, a hun
dred thousand' talents of gold and a
thousand thousand talents of silver;
and from 1 Chron. 23:3, we learn that
over and above this enormous amount
he contributed from hi3 own posses
sions three thousand talents of gold
and seven thousand talents of silver;
whilst the people In addition offered
"for the service of tbe heuse of God,
five thousand talents and seven thou
sand drachms of gold, and of silver,
ten thousand talents." I Chron. 29:7-
From tbese data, the total value of
tbe eold and silver ha3 been caleuia-
. t -t J :'i:na
tea at neariy one inousauu iuiuiw
sterling, a sum greater than cur na
tional debt, and larirer than the com
bined annual expenditures of all the
governments of Europe.
To remove dandruffgo ta Ariz
n aad interview the Apacnes.
WHOLE NO. 12-19.
A Jtngget ef Copper.
There came to St. Louis from the
Lake Superior regions, says the AV
publican, one of the largest speci
mens of native copper ever trans
ported a long distance. TLe mass is
heart-shaped, and weigLa 0,000
pounds, almost double tbe weight of
the famous bowlder which was trans
ported many years ago from the same
region ti the Smithsonian Institute
at a cost to the government of $.".$ 9.
The specimen brought here exhibits
the pure copper to the eye, and con
tains ninety-eight per "cent ef the
rretal. It may be seen lying on skids
at the southeast corner of the Lindeil
Hote1, where it has been examined
by crowds of people. The speciu.cn
was taken out from an ancient dig
ging sixteen and a half feet below
tho surface by a Mr. I'aris, who has
?)cnt twenty-five year3 ia copper
mining. The mass, when found, had
evidently been detached from it3 bed
by the ancient miners. A number of
pieces of copper besides tho mass
were found, weighing fr un an ounce
to seventeen pounds, wh eb were evi
dently clippings ly the old miners.
Stone hammers weighing from ten to
thirty pounds have been found in cart
loads, several specimens of which
mentioned have been brought to this
city.
Thee were the primitive tools
with which these ancient miners had
to do their work. These tocls are
foand cither perfect or broken from
w.l A 1
use, ana tbe iragments are iouau
scattered through the debri. It has
been computed that two hundred of
these old miners with their rude
methods could barely be equivalent
to two of the skilled miners of the
present day. Who and to what race
they belonged, and at what time
these people flourished, is not satis
factorily known, and can only bo the
subject of conjecture. The only
plausible assumption is that they be
longed to the ancient mound builders
and worked ia metals long anterior
to the Indian races, as evidences of
their occupancy were seen by the
eaily Jesuit explorers, and the speci
mens which they clipped from the
copper rocks are found scattered ever
the whole continent.
TVendersof tha.JIirrotrope.
Here is a list of some of the won
ders seen through the microscope :
lnsect3 of various k'mds can be
seen ia the cavities of a erain of
sand.
Mold is a forest of beautiful trce3,
with the branches, leaves, flower.',
and fruits. -
Butterflies are fully feathered.
Hairs are hollow tubes.
The snrf.ee of our bodv ia cover
ed with scales like fish.
A single grain of sand would cov
er 150 of these scales, and yet a sin
gle scale covers 500 porea. Through
tbese narrow openings the sweat
forces itself out like water through a
sieve.
The mites make 590 step3 a sec
ond. Each drop of stajaent water con
tains a world of animated beiags
swimming with as mach liberty as
whales in the sea.
Each leaf has a coloay of iusect3
grazing on it, like oxen on a meadow.
A speck of potato rut, the size of
a pin head, contains abwit two hun
dred ferocious little animals, biting
and clawing each other savagely.
Tbe male mosquito is decorated
with plumes like those of some trop
ical bird.
The eye of the common houe fly
is cut into facets, as diamonds some
times are.
I'Ukloc the Kan.
Picking the ears is a most mischie
vous practice ; ia attemptieg to do
this with hard substances an unlucky
motion has many a time pierced the
drum and made it as useless as a
pierced India rubber life preserver;
nothing sharper or harder than the
end of the little finger, with the nail
paired, ought ever to be introduced
into tbe ear, unless by a physician.
Persons are often seen endeavoring
to remove the "wax" of the ear with
the head of a pin ; this ought never
to be done; first, because it not only
endangers the rupture of the ear by
being pushed too far into it, but if not
so far, it may grate against the drum,
excite inflamation and on ulcer which
will finally eat all tbe parts away,
especially of a scrofulous constitu
tion ; second, hard substances have
often slipped in, and caused the ne
osssity ol painful, dangerous and ex
pensive operations to fist or cut out ;
third, the wax is manufactured by
nature to guard the entrance from
dust, insects and unmidiEed cold air,
and when it has subserved its pur
pose it becomes dry, scaly, light, and
in this condition is easily pushed
outside by new formations of wax
within.
The llisbeit Sleaalala ia tbe World.
For many years past Mount Ever-1
est, in that portion or the great Him
alaya raneo which occupies tbe west-
Am nrt of the stranre Kinrdom of
Nepaul, immediately north of India,
has been regarded as the highest
nioantain in the world. It is known
to the Nepaulese as Guarisanker, but
the English name is Everest, ia hon
or of a distinguished officer of the
British Indian topographical survey.
Its snow-capped summit is 29,002.
or nearly five miles and a half, above
the level of the sea. Of course no
dub has over ascended it to this
KAio-Kt hut its altitude, liko that of
the other lofty peaks of the Himalaya,
was ascertained by triangulation ;
and until tbe present time it has not
been supposed that any higher land
existed on the earth.
If the news be true, however,
which has lately come to us from
the more distant east, there is a lofti
er peak than Moant Everest in tbe
goat island cf Papau or New Guinea.
This vast region, extensive enougTi
to form six states as large as ew
York, is as yet almost wholly unex
plored, except along its coast . . Ly
ing close to the equator, where the
Indian oceaa and the Pacific meet, it
is the borne of the cassowary and
the bird of paradise, a country grand
id its scenery, rich ia its vegetation,
and abauding ia carious and beaatifa
&raii of animal life the Tariuble
oaderland of the globe. Aa atr
Apple Trc llorfM
! !' .. 1 - '. . ' ' V.'taTe been mr.ch n'
! it . ..v BL tljUIl. 1 u IiH
i tut? jourucy.
nave fcon
1 liODtluU,
in? :i' I , eii v.r .i
tired mib'3 ic'aii l, and about midway
between the north and south coau
discovered a mcunlain ."2,7s.". feet
high, which he name I Mount Hercu
les. The height of this mouatala over
six Diile. is not the only rema- iab!e
thing about it. Its apparent eleva
tion is but liltlo less than its acu al
elevation ; for, instaed of ri.-ing from
a lofty table land like the plateau of
central Asia, it stands ia a compara
tively low plain only about 2.000 feet
above the ocean, and thU gives a
clear rise of more than 30,000 fet
above the surrounding country. Tbe
traveler, standing at its banc, could
look up ami see it3 sno.yy peak tow
ering 30,01)0 feet skyward from where
he stood Under such circumstances
the altitude of a mountain U apre
ciatcd. Captaiti Lawson tells us that ho
undertook the ascent, formidable as
it appeared. He did not reach the tp,
but we believe tho achievement
which he relates H unparalleled in
the records of mountaineering Ac
companied by one servant, he set
ont from the foot at four o'clock ia
the morning. They passed through
dense forests iu the first two thous
and feet of perpendieplar progress,
found the limit of tree growth at elev
en thousand feet, and by nine o'clock
had reached a point fourteen thous
and feet above the r-ea level almost
as high as tho famous Matter
horn. A thousand feet higher was
the snow line, and they began M
sufer from the cold. As they passed
on drowsiness began to overcome
them. "Nothing was to be seen but
snow'ofthe mostdazling whitenes.
Every peak and crag was covered
with it, and it hung over tho edges
of the c'iffs in long fleecy masses."
Their eye.? were affected by the g!an
and they felt themselves growing
more and mere lethargic.
"At length blood began to How
from our noFf-3 and ears," Fays Cap
tain Lawson, "and my he-d ached ia
a distracting manner. I saw that eur
chance of preserving life was to re
treat without tlel.iv ; for we were in
a pitiful p i r Li t- Our lii3 an.l gums
and the sLI.i of our hands and faces
were cra A-jd and bleeding, and our
eyes wcm bloodshot and swo'ea t-
aa alarming extent. The thermome
ter had sunk to twenty-two degrees
below the freezing point, and tho
air was so rallied that wo were ga-p-ing
rather than breathing. Our
staves fell from our grasp, and wo
could not pick them up again, so be
numbed were our arms and bands
It was now one o'clock, and the
greatest elevation we had a.tained
was 25,3 1 4 feet."
They then turned back, descended
to the" limit of the snow ia three
hours, aud arrived at their camp at
the base of the mouataia about half
past seven in the evening. Thus, iu
fifteen hours and a half, they had as
cended an absolute height of 23,000
feet, to an elevation which we be
lieve is greater than any ever before
attained by man uphn the surface of
the earth, although balloonists have
occasional'y gone higher.
These are wonderful stories, and
the reader may desire to know wheth
er we altogether trust ia their au
thenticity and accuracy. The fresh,
spiritd, and interesting narra'.ive ia
wLLh we have found thera is publish
ed by one of the most respectable
firms in London, and is put forth as
a genuine look of travels. Tho au
thor's account cf the Cora, the fauna,
and the inhabitants of New Guinea,
contains much that is marvelous, and
that certainly has hitherto been un
known and unsuspected. Some of
the statements, also, aro dilhcult tn
reconcile with our previously acquir
ed knowledge concerning the island.
Under these circumstances, his nar
rative is likely to be regarded much
as we should view the testimony of a
single, strange witness to a startling
fact; we do not believe it, but we
should like to hear sums corobora
tive evidence. This will probably
be afforded by subsequent explora
tions. A Woo.lcrfel Klver.
ILe Amazon is tee most volumin
ous of rivers. At the narrows of
Obydos, six hundred miies from the
sea half a million cubic feet of wa
ter pass any given point every sec
ond. Born in Lako Lauricocha,
among the Andes of Peru, the main
trunk runs northerly for five hundred
miles in acontinuous series of rapids,
and then, 'rom the frontie-s of Ecua
dor, it flows easterly twenty-five
hundred miles across tho equatorial
plain of tho continent. The average
current cf tho frreat river in its pas
sage through Brazil is three miies aa
hour. At Tabotinga, two thousand
miles from its mouth, the width is a
mile and a half, with a depth of elev
en fathoms; at the entrance of th
Maderia, it is three miles wide, and
below Saataren it is ten. Tho tribu
taries are in keeping with thia colos
sal truck. Ia fact, the Amozon is a
Teat river. It has twelve affluents
over a thousand miles long, the larg
est the Maderia equalling tho Ar
kansas entering tho Amazon nine
hundred mi'e3 from its mouth.
Beside these and a host cf minor
tributaries there is a wonderful net
work of natural canal3 alongside of
the main river3 and joining the tribu
taries, called i'jaraj't jjaranast and
furos. These by-paths are oi im
mense advantage ior in;crcomiiiuu..
ration.
These are characteristic of the
country, and ar so numerou.s that
Amazonia is truly a cluster of is
lands. Altogether, this inland or
fresh water sea drains a territory of
two million square mi!e3, reachinz
from the Andes to the Atlantic an 1
throwing out its arms to the Orino
co and Paraguay. On the lower
Amazon the annual rise reaches its
maximum ia December, the differ
ence of the level being aiout three
feet
No other river tlus in so deep a
channel so great a ditapee. No
other river can furnish over six thou
aad miles of continuous navigation
for large vessels. For two thousand
miles from its mouth the main stream
has not less than seven fathom3 of
water; and" not a fall interrupts nav
igation for twenty-five hundred mi'e3.
Tbe Fongode Mancoiche is the west
ern limit to navigation oa the Ama
zon proper. While tbe current is
ever east, there is a constant trade
wind westward, so that navigation
up or down has always something
in its favor. In August and Septem
ber a strong breeze sweeps over the
lower part of the main trunk, so that
schooner3 often go from Farato Oby
dos in ten days, or intone third of
the ordinary time.
Slight of band performaacei-aot
giving ihow tickets W tto printtrs.