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Several summers ago I bappencd
ti spend a few weeks in Concord,
New Hampshire. My Lome, for the
t me being; w as in a quiet family
ho took into their home sereral
neuibcrs of the State Legislature as
boarders. Among these people there
w as a talented young lawyer and his
pretty wife. They were a bright,
wittr, sensible couple, dres.ed well,
cad I looked upon them as fortune's
f .'rentes, and wondered if the passing
ears would fling any shadows in
ti tir pathway, or if they had known
tirecr foitow. Tfceyoucg wife was
ii sweet fcingcr, and many an evening
tia-sed verr l.lcasantlv in lister ing to
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1iano touched hv ucr pracucea
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lichen, and her songs were i'c i"et,bouirht of it bv dav and dreamed of
l.ird nuifcir in raxlr swine time. Her
par laugh would" ring out upon the
sir unminpled by a single note of
f-adnesn. The manly husband Bcem
fil licvoti-d to his accomplished wife,
finding his c hief happiness in her 80
cietv, and as I saw them daily I was
reminded of Whittier'a beautilul po
em, 'The wife," and I fancied, too,
w as some city's "fair pale daughter,"
who had found ber husband among
the New Hampshire hills. The lines
would come to my mind,
Wc senl the squire to :encri court,
Ht takes hlf vcung wife thither ;
No happier ana. clcctioiiday,
Kides tlin.Ofc'li the sweet J act weather."
Though I became interested in this
happy pair, yen the weeks glided
away and 1 learned nothing definite
ly of their history during my Eojourn
in the city. Rut another summer
came and the same errand took me
again to Concord, and I occupied the
nunc old juar:ers. There were many
i:ew faces around the tale, but the
young lawyer and his wife were in
their old seats, and apparently as
happy as ever. We met an old ac
quaintance this time, and one evening
we were all out upon the piazza
waUbingtbe sunset rnd the crowds
of people that promenaded at this
hour, or rode leisurely past in their
handsome carriages.
The conversation turned upon the
struggles of young men of limited
moans in acquiring an education and
a profession, and then a foothold in
this busy, grasping world.
"I know all about it," exclaimed
Mr. Weston, my young lawyer lriend
' I had a time of it o get Ftarted, and
if the Lord ever gives lue plenty of
money, 1 shall use a little of it in
helpin? others."
"Till inc something of your histo
ry if ym please?" I atked. "I have
had ail manner of conjectures in re
card to it, and now my curiosity must
be satisGod."
"You may not care much for it,"
he replied, smiliug, "but I think I will
u-11 vou acout mv Crst client. Tome,
certainly, it was an interesting
case."
Here his wife slipped her little
hand out of hie and went quietly into
ti;c house, and then I knew that she
was in Fume way conuected with the
tory.
"V11, to begin, I was early left cn
rphan with only sixpence in my
porkct, and a jack-knife to w hittle
with. I believe I had a pood share
of energy, or pluck, as they sar, for I
went through college, and studied
law, supporting myself and ow ing no
man a dollar. Hut the tug of war
came when I went to the little village
of , where I now live, and hung
(lit my shingle, expecting that busi
ness would come of course. But
weeks dragged into months, and no
woik came.
Sometimes I would get a little
writing to do, but the other lawyers
Uok all the important cases, and I
hardly earned enough to pay my
board bills. Every morning 1 rose
very early and took a long walk, then
carefully swept my office and arrang
ed my books, so that if business did
com ? I could be ready for it. Rut the
mouths glided away and still I bad
nothing to do. Finally I began to
got a little discouraged, and wonder
ed if I had nt mistaken my calling.
1 sometimes wished myself ie Bur
man, teaching the heathen, or any
where else than in that quiet village.
At length, one day in & fit of despe
ration, 1 looked over my affairs, took
an inventory of my possessions, which
consisted ot a lew law dooks ana
two seedy suits of clothing, and asked
myself what had better be done; 1
could endure this waiting no longer.
"Try your luck somewhere else,
John." I said to myself, "these old,
staid New England villages went to
seed thirty years ago. Go to Kansas
and start afresh ! That is just what
I'll do if no work comes this week "
But, at the close of that very day
there came a low knock at my office
door. 1 kuew that it was not any of
the fellows who sometimes came in
to chat awhile, and I threw down my
new spaper and arose and opened the
door. There stood a very handsome
young lady dressed in mourning, and
I was a little frightened and awk
ward, but I asked her to come in aud
take a seat.
"Mr. YcFtonf I believe," she
j.-ked.
"Yes, at your service."
"I cm Minnie l'llery, she said,
with a low musical voice, "and I
came to consult you on business."
"I shall le happy tolear your
story," I answered, "as I have a lit
tle leisure just now." .
1 as in a flutter of delight that
Miss Ellery had chosen to consult me
on business, yet I belieee that 1 dis
tinctly heard all that bhe told me.
It seems that she was an adopted
child of the rich Mr. Ellery, w ho had
recentlv deceased. The old gentle
man had never had legal papers of
adoption made out; he bid Dot re
car Jed it as necessary, as the child
La J been given to his "care by her
mother on her death-bed." lie bad
given her a happy home, and carefully-
as his own daughter. Several
years previously he had made a will,
in which he had given ber the bulk
of his property, after providing hand
somely for his wife during her life
time. But now two brothers of the
deceased came boldly forward and
claimed the property, and the will
could not be found.
"The will mast be found," I ex
claimed, in my excitement, "you must
look again."
She shook ber head in sadness. "I
have looked over every scrap of pa
per in papa's writing desk and safe
and library, and mamma has helped
me, but the will cannot be
found."
"Have you bny suspicion that
cither of these uncles have privately
obtained possession of the missinp
will I asked. b
"None at all !" she frankly answer
ed. "Tbey bare bad no access to
the papers ; it is all a mystery."
I promised to do my best for this
ladv mr first client and
told her
to renew her search for the important
paper, and I would call at b.r house
the next day ; we would again talk
the matter over and sec what could
be done.
Well, I could not sleep much that
nignt ; 1 looked np my authorities to
see what could be done in case the
will csuld not be found, and bad de
fadWsJE""!
UTiuinea upon my courso, ween ij
presented myself at the E!!ery tnau-j
hinn ihe next morninr. As Missi
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Minnie came into the parlor to greet
me. she Btemed more lovely than cn
the previous evening.
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ith ber thought
charmed cspecial'v w
ful attentions to her adopted mother
They had made another search for
the will, but with no better success.
I inspired them with courage by stat
ing that under the circumstances the
suit might be giincd without it, par
ticularly as one of the witnesses could
readily be obtained and I believe the
right would prevail.
I became so much interested in my
fair client and her case, that I forgot
ail about my Kansas project, and
prepared myself for the trial. I
;
it by night.
The brothers of the deceased were
sure of winning their suit, and em
ployed the most skillful attorney in
the State to assist them to secure
their claim. As the time drew near
for the trial 1 was deeply anxious.
as my future might depend upon my
success in this suit, 1 retired to rest
one night burdened with care in re
gard to it. "If a kind Providence
would only put that will in my
hands," I exclaimed, mentally,
would never doubt hiai in the future."
AY hen at last I fell asleep I was
still busr with my law business
dreamed that it was the day before
the trial, anf full of anxiety. I bad
called at the Ellery mansion and
bnmblr asked leave to 6earch the
house mvself for the missing will.
Leave was readiiT obtained, and the
fair Minnie went with me to open
closets, writing desks, Ac
"Have you cleaned house since the
death of vour fatber : ' I assea.
"Yes," she answered, laughing
hcartilv at the strange question;
'we had our vearlr cleaning in
Mar."
"Where did rou put rour waste
papers that you regarded as of no
account :
' Wc threw a great many of them
into the kindling basket, but a few
that we fancied we might mant to
look over again, we carried to the
attic."
"Then I w ill go to these upper re
gions, if rou please, and will look
over every scran of paper that has
any writing upon it."
We proceeded to the attic, and
found a large woodbox full of old
letters, and began to look tbcm over.
Before we had been there an hour,
I came to a bundle of paper tied with
a green ribbon, and opening the bun
dle, the lost w ill was in my hands
I jumped upon the floor in my joy,
exclaiming, "Eureka!" and it in my
pocket, enjoining silence upon Min
nie, who, of course, was as delighted
as a child, and fairly wept for jor.
In a transport of ccstacy, I awoke
to Cnd it only a dream; but soon I
slept again, and the whole scene was
repeated.
When I awoke again, old Chanti
cleer was announcing the dawn of
day, and I arose, fully determined to
search the Ellery attic. Who knows
but it mar be true? (!od rcreolcd
his will in ancient times in dreams.
May he not sometimes do it still ? I
thought of the cases given in mental
philosophy, the sister of Major An
dre dreaming that her brother was
before the court-martial for being a
spy; and all the particulars of the
trial were vividly impressed upon her
miud, just as they really occurred.
Washington and Knox were particu
larly designated, though she had
never seen tbcm, for tho waves of
the broad Atlantic rolled between
them.
I was so much in earnest that I
did not wait even for breakfast, but
went to call upon Minnie. I put the
same questions as in my dream, and
by a strange coincidence, received
the same answers. We went to the
attic and the lost will was in my pos
session in less than an hour after I
eLtercd tLe Iicubj. Then I went to
breakfast and ate w ith a relish, for I
was as happy as if 1 had a million of
dollars in my pocket. I knew that
the tide of my aff iirs bad turned at
last, and I was in the way of a good
little lortune.
The day of the trial came, and the
judge and jury were all in their places,
for Minnie was a favorite in the Til
lage, and the case was exciting the
deepest interest. We had kept the
6ecrctof the w ill being found, and
the lawyer of the uncles opened bis
case with a flourish of trumpets of
w hat was natural and just, that the
property should go to legal, family
heirs, instead of a stranger's child,
w ho had already, for fifteen years,
enjoyed the charity of her kind bene
factor. True, he had learned that
there was once a rumor of a will,
but bad such a document ercr existed
it bad probably been destroyed by
the same hand that made it, as there
was no trace of it as be could learn.
When it came my turn to speak, I
simply announced that the lost will
w as found, and proceeded to read it
word for word. When I had finish
ed the crowd began to cheer, and
this over, tho judge decided the case
on the spot w ithout it going to the
jury. .Minnie ana ner inotuer came
and stood beside iue, and together
we received the congratulations of
the villagers. It was the happiest
day of my life, for that vcy evening
I asked Minnie to marry me and she
said yes and I believed she has never
yet regretted it I had business
enough alter that, the people trusted
me, and I have tried to do my duty.
I am now- in the Legislature and may
yet turn up in Congress, or be Gov
ernor of the State. At any rate I
am a happy and contented man, and
grateful to a kind father for all his
love and care.
This ended the story of the lawyer's
first client. I was deeply interested,
and from that evening we were
friends. Last summer these New
Hampshire friends were my guests for
a week, in my new home on the banks
of tho Susquehanna. We rowed to
gether over the placid waters of
Otsego Lake, and ate our picnic din
ders upon the shores, and lived ever
again those summers at Concord.
Time, that had brought so many
changes to me and mine, had left
them the same, prosperous and
happy. The young wife's Toice is as
musical as ever, and though the hus
band is not yet in Congress, when be
is there he wiil be the right man in
the right place.
A Nahaxt beauty was weighed in
her promeuade costume and turned
the scales at 195 pounds. In her
bathing dress she weighed but 105
pounds.
To call a woman a piano, is deemed
an actionable slander in Canada
i probably because it scetns to imply
S lat she's forty,
A new definition cf an old ciaid is
'a woman w ho has been made for a
Mooe time.
Vou can't speak in a balloon with
out having high words, but it is death
to fall out
nalMtalaaT a Ball.
A writer in the New York Ledjtr
says:
One f the most thrilling scene?
!. 1 . t -.1 .
' ever w itnessed in ine amnnuneatcr.
- 1 at Cadif - transpired in 1S41. I was
iu iue euf ui iue lime, um u uui
present at the theatre. The circum
stances were related to me by a
friend. It will be understood that
the re-!!y thrilling scenes on such
occasLus are not of blood. Blood is
too common a thing at a bull fight
for rivers of it, be it brute or human
to thrill the ordinary audience. Some
thing out of the ordinary line is what
transpired on the occasion to which I
refer.
Notices had been posted on all the
public places that on a certain dav
the bull called El Moro (the Moor)
would be introduced into the arena
and that when be should bare been
goaded to the utmost fury, a young
girl would appear and reduce the an
imal to quiet subjection. The people
of Cadiz had beard of El Moro as
tho most magnificent bull ever
brought into the city, and it soon be
came known that the girl thus adver
tised to appear in so strange and dar
ing a part, was a peasant girl of
Espera who bad petted the bull, and
fed it and eared for it during the years
of its growth.
On the appointed day as might be
supposed, the vast amphitheater was
filled to oversowing with an anxious,
eager crowd. Two bulls had been
kilted and dragged away, and then
the flourish of trumpets announced
the coming of the hero of the day.
With a deep terrific roar EI Moro en
tered upon the scene, lie was truly
magnificent a bovine monarch
black and glossy, with eyes of fire.
dilating nostrils, and wicked-looking
horns. The picadores attacked him
warily, and began hurling their ban
derillos (small dart-like javelins, or
namented with ribbons, and intended
to goad and infuriate.) The bull had
killed three horses off-band, and bad
received eight banderuloss in bis
neck and shoulders, when, upon a
given signal, the picadores andmata
dores suddenly withdrew, leaving the
infuriated beast alone in his wild par
oxysra of wrath.
Presently a sou, musical note, like
the piping ot a lark was neard, and
directly afterward a girl, not more
than fifteen years of age, with the
tasteful garb of an Andalusian peas
ant, and with a pretty face, sprang
ightlv into the arena, approachmg
the bull fearlessly, at the samo time
calling his name
"Moro ! Moro ! Y'a voy !"
At the Crst souud of the sweet
voice the animal had ceased his fnry
and turned toward the place whence
it came, and when he saw the girl he
plainly manifested pleasure. She
came to his head and put forth her
hand w hich he licked with his tongue.
Then she sang a low sweet song, at
the same time carressing the animal
by patting him on the forehead, and
while she sang the suffering monarch
kneeled at her feet Then she stoop
ed and gently removed the cruel ban
derillos, after which, with ber arm
around El Moro's neck, she led him
toward the gate of the torril.
Until now the multitude bad been
held spell bound, but when they saw
the gentle mistress thus triumphant
a 6hout went up that shook the very
walls. In an instant the bull turned,
the flame again in his eye. but the
girl very soon subdued him, and led
him out from the arena a prize
which 6he was to carry back with her
to her home.
The Chilian Fxponillon.
The semi-centennial exposition of
Chili will open at Santiago, the capi
tal of that country, on September lb.
The Chilian government has with
unusual liberality made large and
special appropriations for the exposi
tion, with a view of making its in
ternational character a decided suc
cess. A large public park upon the
outskirts of Santiago has been select
ed as the place of holding the exposi
tion. Extensive and expensive build
ings have already been erected, and
numerous railroad tracks have been
constructed to and from the grounds
at government expense. Special in
ducements have been held out to for
eign exhibitors in the way of accom
modations and free transportation;
and it is a noteworthy fact that there
are a greater number of exhibitors
from the United States than of any
other nationality. It is also said that
upon the close of the Chilian exposi
tion a majority of the European and
South American exhibitors will for
ward their goods to this country to I e
exhibited at the centennial.
A reporter called yesterday upon
Pr. Stephen A.. Ilogers, consular
agent of Chili, and President of the
New York commission for the exposi
tion, and was told that the number of
Americans who have sent samples of
their manufactured articles to the ex
position was far beyond the expecta
tion of even the most sanguine be
liever in the stability of the republic
of Chili. "Indeed," said he, "if you
had gone to the wharf of the Pacific
mail steamship company a day or
two before the departure of the last
three steamers you would have been
surprised at the number and dimen
sions of the packages awaiting trans
portation. The shipments from New
York by steamer via Panama to date
number 150 from different producers.
This does not include a large number
of shipments by way of Cape Horn,
both from New Y'ork and Boston.
From Boston there have also been
sent, via Panama, a large number of
the lines of products of the New Eng
land manufactories, which aggregate
about COO tons. The exact number
of exhibitors from the United States
I am unable to state, but I should es
timate the number at over one thou
sand. From San Francisco, repre
senting the Pacific slope, over one
hundred applications for space were
received, and over seventy-five per
sons bad forwarded their articles pre
vious to August 15. The actual
amount of articles exhibited or the
precise number of exhibitors from
the United States is, however, sec
ondary to the way in which these ar
ticles are exhibited, as I fear that too
many of our people are sending their
products to the exposition without
accompanying them with the skilled
hands necessary and sufficient to ex
hibit their practical application.
For instance, a mower and reaper
company in the west have sent a
number of their finest machines with
only a single man to attend to the
management and working of them
all. For this class of articles it has
been arranged for the farmers in the
vicinity of the exposition to set apart
portions of their wheat and grass
fields to be applied to their display.
It is, therefore, a seriou3 matter to
our exhibitors to have at hand all the
force required to go into the actual
working of their machines without
depending upon the inexperienced la
bor which may be picked up there.
In fact this is iie only point cpon
which I have any doubt of a brilliant
success for American exhibitors."
aforr A bunt erp Milk Ca.
Colonel Waring, in ihe .I jricullur
int. savs:
Reports concerning the use of deep
cans seem to be increasing montn Dy
month, and, considering the imper
fect w ay in which the experiments are
made, the results are often better than
I should have expected. It seem3 to
be generally thought that the great
point is to set the milk in deep cans,
and to keen the can3 in a room with
alow temperature. This is not suf-
ficent for the full benefit desired. Air,
even though kept almost at the tem
perature of melting ice, will not with
draw the heat of the milk so rapidly
as water will, and this rapid with
drawal of heat is the important point
All who propose to experiment ill this
matter should provide themselves
with cans not too large, (S inches in
diameter is better than a larger size),
and should float them in cool water,
if possible not much above 50 de
grees and certainly below CO degrees.
Even less than 50 degrees would
probably be advantageous, but I can
not speak on this point from experi
ence. The possible danger ia hav
ing the temperature too low would be
that tl)9 heat would be w ithdrawn
too rapidly, that is, before the vola
tile odors of the milk, which often
affect the taste of the butter, have
been driven off. Very sudden cool
ing, as in passing the milk through a
coil of pipe surrounded with ice, has
the effect of fixing these volatile mat
ters, to the certain destruction of fla
vor in the product. Too high atem
perature, especially in the summer
time, allows the milk to curdle, or to
become loppcred, or stringy, before
all tho cream has had time to rise.
Much further experimenting will be
necessary betore tne prccis3 poiui
that is best for ordinary milk can be
determined, but my ow n experience
(with Jersey cows), which has been
constant for the past four years win
ter and summer, shows that in my
case a perlectly satisiactory resua,
including the securing of all cream,
is attained with a temperature of the
w ater of about 54 degrees.
Klorlus Hay In Tlgbi Bnrun.
Nearly thirty rears ago, a man of
progressive ideas said to us that grass
but partially cured could be stored in
large bulk in tight barns with perfect
safety, and come out looking better
and less musty than if dried and stor
ed ia ventilated barns. c regard
ed it as a visionary idea, to which he
had given a kindly reception on ac
count of its novelty, but w hich would
result in loss if put in practice.
It was the custom then to side up
barns with green boards, so that they
would shrink in seasoning, leaving
w ide cracks to admit the air for dry
ing out the hay. An important prin
ciple was here overlooked. Ferment
ation, like combustion, is caused by
the union of oxygen with carbon,
and caa no more proceed if air is ex
cluded, than fire can burn under like
conditions. Manv farmers have learn
ed that manure will not ferment rap-
dly when it is trodden dow n so as
to nearly exclude the air, and that it
cldom hre-fangs wben thrown wucre
catile can trample it under foot.
The class which, above all others,
jas made grass and nay a special
study, is dairymen. They have as
certained by experiments, directed by
science, that hay will keep better in
clap-boarded or battened barns than
n open barns or stacks, that the
heating will be so moderate a3 to on
ly dry out the hay without mould
ing.
If it is a fact that they can be safe
ly put into a large mow, in a tight
barn, less cured than is necessary if
stacked or stored upon scaffolds, or
in open barns, it is a very important
fact for farmers, as it will enable them
to gather their crop with much less
exposure to the vicissitudes of the
weather, for even where hay is in
cock, tho exterior surface is injured
by contact with dew or rain. liural
Home.
1'un at the Branch.
The beach at Long branch is get
ting to be tho scene of riotous fun
and jollity now that the number of
persons who face the rolling surf is
comparatively few, and of ladies on
ly five or six. It is not that the roll
ers are enormously high, though at in
tervals one does get caught by a mon
strous fellow eight or nine feet in al
titude; but they com 3 in so fast that
a bather has no sooner picked him
self together after the attack of one,
than he is prostrated by the onslaught
of another. Some of the gentlemen
lately got up a Ijjtlc comic interlude
when the bathing was at its worst,
when the rollers were fierce and the
undertow the most dangerous. The
guests at the hotel en ma we came
dewn regularly to the sands and en
couraged the bold swimmers by their
presence. One of the gentlemen
donned over his bathing costume an
old calico gown, aud concealed his
ruddy face and heavy beard beneath
a sua bonnet. A handsome shawl,
lent by a female accomplice, complet
ed his costume. A party of bathers
came rushing through the surf over
the sands, seized upon the apparent
female, hurled dow n the shawl, and
grabbing her with vigorous bands
carried her off bodily and plunged
her into the sea. Shrieks arose from
every hand, aud there were cries of
"Gentlemen, will you allow this cut
rage?" "Are there any men here
any gentlemen?" "It's a shame to
allow such things." "Blood will be
shed for this," and a hundred other
remarks whose incoherence was ex
cusable under the completeness cf the
deception. While some, deeply agi
tated, exclaimed, "She will be drown
ed," the calico dress fell off, the old
bonnet was washed away by an an
gry wave, and one of the best swim
mers of the Branch rose buoyantly
on a wave in the place of the old
woman, amid the
inextinguishable
laughter of the lookers-on
XoMalrnfAr Grapevine.
A correspondent of the New York
Tribune recommends green cuttings
of wood, grass or garden refuse with
ashes as summer mulch for grapes.
He had much better use no mulch
whatever, keeping the ground well
cultivated around the viues to admit
air and warmth. Grapevines need
no summer mulch. Even in our hot
test and dryest weather we have
never known grapevines to be injur
ed by drouth, and we understand that
they endure the severe dry seasons
in California withont injury. The
more protracted the drouth the deep
er the grape roo'3 will strike down
for moisture. The common disease
of vines, mildew, etc , originate in too
much moisture and too low a temper
ature. To cover the ground with a
mulch only makes the matter worse.
It is sometimes advisable to protect
grapevines from the severity of north
ern winters, but the covering should
be promptly removed so soon a3
warm weather comes in spring. Lu
rat Xcw Yorker.
The Hrkaol nae la the Coaafrr.
The following picture and the re
flections upon it, by James Russell
Lowell, will touch a responsive chord
in many hearts:
Tassing through some Massachu
setts village, perhaps at a distance
from any house it may be in the
midst of a voce of woods where four
roads meeU-one may sometimes even
yet see a small, square, one story
building, whose use would not be
long doubtful. It is summer, and
the flickering shadows of forest
leaves dapple the roof of the little
porch, whose door stands open, and
shows, hanging on oither hand, rows
of straw hats and bonnets that lock
as if tbey had done good service. As
you pass the open windows, you bear
"whole platoons of high pitched roices
disehanrin? words of two or three
syllables with wonderful precision
and unanimity. There is a pause
and the voice of the officer in com
mand is heard reproving some raw
raernif who?0 vocal musket bung
Gre. Then the drill of the small in
fantry begins anew, but pauses again
because some urchin who agrees
with Voltaire that the superfluous is
a very necessary thing insists on
spelling "subtraction" with an s too
much.
If you had the gocd fortune to be
born and bred in the Bay State, your
mind is thronged with half sad, half
hnmorous recollections. The a-b-abs
of the little voices long since hushed
in the mould, or ringing now in the
pulpit, at the bar, in the Senate cbam
ber. come back to the ear of memo
ry. Vou remember the high stool
on which culprits used to be elevated,
with the tall, paper fool s cap on tneir
heads, blushing to the ears; and you
ibink with wonder how you have
seen them since as men climbing the
world's penance stools of ambition
without a blush, and gladly giving
everything for life's caps and bells.
and vou have nleasanter memories of
going after pond lillies, of angling for
horn-pouts that queen bat among
thfi fish of nutting, of walking over
the creaking snow crust in w inter,
when the warm breath of everyhouse
hold was curling up silently in the
keen, blue air. You wonder if hie
has any rewards more solid and per
manent than the Spanish dollar that
was hung nround your neck to be re
stored again next day, and conclude
sadlv that it was but too true a
prophecy and an emblem of all world
ly success.
But your moralizing is broken
short off by a rattle of feet and the
pouring lorth of the whole swarm
the boys dancing and snouting tne
mere effervescence of the fixed air
vouth and animal spirits uncorked-
the sedate girls, ia confidential twos
and threes, decanting secrets out of
the mouth of one cape bonnet into
that of another. Times have chang
ed since the jackets and trowsers
used to draw on one side of the road,
and the petticoats on the other, and
salute with bow and courtesy tlie
w hite neck cloth of the parsons or
the 'sciuire if they passed during the
intermission.
Now this little building, and oth
ers like it, were an original kind of
fortification invented by the founders
of New England. They are the mar-
tello towers that protect our coast.
This wa3 the great discovery of our
Puritan forefathers. They were the
first law givers who saw clearly and
enforced practically the simple moral
and political truth, that knowledge
was not an alm3 to be dependent on
the charity of private men or the pre
carious pittance of a trust fund, but
a sacred debt which the Common
wealth owed to every one of her
children. The opec'ag of the first
grammar school was the opening of
the first trench against monopoly in
Church and State; the first row of
trammers and pot hooks which the
little Sbearjashubs-Elkannahs blotted
and blubbered across their copy books
was the preamble to the Declaration
of Independence.
A Xew Bine for the Russian Army.
Some experiments at the camp of
Bruck,n the Leitba, with a new re
peating rifle invented by Captain
Kropatchek, of the Austrian army,
appear to have produced highly sat
isfactory results. "This rifle," says
the Bohemia, "is described as being
far superior to any small arm hitherto
used in the armies of Europe. Minie,
Drevse, Chassepot, Ilemington, Tod
ewils and all other systems are thrown
into the shade by the Kropatchek ri
fle. It fires fifteen shots in ten sec
onds without being reloaded ; its
greatest advantage, however, is not
not its rapidity of fire, though that is
unprecedented, but consists in the
circumstance that at certain periods
of the battle the soldier may fire from
three to four times as many shots with
this repeating rifle as can be fired
w ith an ordinary rifle. Hitherto it
has been found impossible to obtain a
repeating mechanism which should at
the same time be simple and sure.
The Kropatchek rifle unites both
vualities. In the wildest tumult of
battle all that is necessary is that the
soldier should have sufficient pres
ence of mind to open and close the
lock with two movements, and the
mechanism is so simple that it can be
set in motion even by fingers numb
ed with cold. Its pre-eminent quali
ty, therefore, is that it can be relied
upon to bo its work at the decisive
moment of a battle." The Jlu'wmia
adds that the rifles at present nsed in
the Austrian army (the Werndl; mav
easily be converted into Kropatchek
rifles at a cost of about two florins
each.
An "Injun" Yarn
The following thrilling story comes
from Georgia, and is told by thj At
lanta Constitution:
When Mrs. B. went home from
shopping yesterday she entered upon
a scene of thrilling horror being en
acted in the back yard.
In the center of the yard a dry
goods box was in flames, and the ba
by was lying in frout of it squealing
lustily from beat nnd fright Down
behind the current bushes were two
of the neighboring boys, skulking
around with painted faces, chicken
feathers in their hair, and bows in
their hands, while ber hopeful son
bad on bis father's moccasin slippers,
his cap turned wrong side out upon
bis bead, and an old army gun in his
hand. He was creeping along with
evident murderous intent tow ard the
roosters behind the bushes.
"What on earth is the matter?"
cried the alarmed lady.
"Sh! sh!" Eaid her hopeful, "don't
you see them Injuns has burned down
Hawkin's cabin and nearly killed his
baby, burned up the family, and I'm
the Lean V.'orlf going to bring down
veDgince on the sculps of the var-,
mints!" j
But in about fifteen seconds after
he went down to tho wood pile, wish- 1
ioir he was the fat woman in the ma-
ing ne was tbe fat woman in tbe mu-
seum or the big medicine man of the
Pawnees. lie bad been reading an
Indi an tale in a New York paper, rou
see.
IaterestlaK I Smaker.
Smokers will read with pleasure
the follow ing anecdote of that great
man, President Grant The Indian
apolis Herald publishes it:
One morning the President was
taking a stroll through the White
House grounds, with hia hands be
hind bis back and a cigar between bis
lips. When nearing the gate open
ing upon the avenue, bis attention
was attracted to a man and child who
were standing near a lamp-post while
the former endeavored to light a match
for his cigar. The wind was blow
ing strong and the child, wearying of
seeing her father fail so often, and
eatching sight of the smoking figure
at the gate cried out, "Wait, pa ! I'll
get you a light," bounded over to the
ruler of tho nation, before the aston
ished and embarrassed father could
make an effort to detain him. With
a merry twinkle in bis eyes, Grant
handed the little fellow his weed,
w ho took it in triumph to his father,
and seemed puzzled at the look of
confusion on his face. But he lighted
his cigar from that of the President's
and with manv apologies for bis
son's forwardness, handed it back,
A short conversation was indulged
in. and Grant expressed his admira
tion for the youth's independence.
This incident occurred in the early
part of the present Administration,
and to-day the lather of the preco
cious infant occupies a prominent po
sition under the government
What it Farmer Did.
A farmer made an experiment. He
took a sheep that weighed about one
hundred pounds, put it in a pen, and
after it had become wonted, weighed
all its food and found that three
pounds per day of fodder and grain
was all that he could make the sheep
eat. The farmer had verified a rule
well known to the much despised
"book farmers," and arrived at by
many and careful experiments, that
about three pounds of good food per
day for each one hundred weight of
live stock is a fattening allowance
For illustration, a sheep weighing
one hundred pounds requires three
pounds of food per day, and a steer
weighing one thousand pounds needs
thirty pounds. These rules are ap
proximately correct, being varied
somewhat by duality of food and
stock, Tho farmer knowing
weight of his feed and that of
stock, by applying these rules,
guess closely as to whether he
food enough for hi3 stock.
the
his
can
has
Abont the Water Supply.
Here arc some rules on the subject
of the water supply of dwel.ings,
from the Sanitarian:
The well should be sunk at as great
a distance as possible from the priv
ies, pig-stys, fold yards and other col
lections of filth; especially is this nec
essary where the water from the sur
face spring has to be used.
The ton and sides of the well
should be carefully puddled with
well tempered clay, eighteen inches
thick, as far down, if practicable, as
the first bed of clay.
If the top of the well be left open,
it should be walled around to keep
the surface water out and prevent ac
cidents.
The soft water cistern, if under
ground, should be built m cement,
and puddled eighteen inches thick;
it should be ventilated, and the over
flow should not go into any sewer or
dra:n.
The lid should be surrounded by a
raised rim to prevent any surface wa
ter getting into the cistern.
Leaden pipes should not be used
for soft water.
Tho same cistern should not be
used for drinking and supplying a
w ater clos et.
Salt for Hobs.
A correspondent writes: I have
seen salt fed to hog3 for fifty years;
and in the last twenty years have fed
many h ayy hogs, ranging from 300
to GOO pounds net. I fed them all
liberally with salt; have never lost
one, nor Las one been sick an bour.
Those hog3 have been fattened in a
close pen, and their principal food
was corn meal made into dough.
This dough I have salted, at least
once a dav. Sometimes my hogs
would fail to clean out their trough;
in that case I would put a handful of
salt into my bucket, with some water,
pour it into their trough, and they
would lick it up with much relish.
Jn addition to salt, I feed coals from
ihe stove. I make it a regular cus
tom to feed coals, and it is astonish
ing what a quantity a hog will eat,
and bow healthy and robust it will
make them. Let the hogs hare plen
ty of salt and charcoal, and we shali
hear less of the cholera.
National Bank Xolti.
The Controller of the Currency has
issued a circular letter addressed to
cashiers of banks making requisi
tion for the printing of additional
bank notes, ia which the Controller!
savs:
The Secretary of the Treasury un
der a section contained in "An act
making appropriations for the sundry
civil expenses of the government for
the fiscal year ending June JO, 18. C,
and for other purposes," that the
national bank notes shall hereafter
be printed on the distinctive or spe
cial pader which is now nsed for the
printing of United States notes, and
that the national bank notes, shall
hereafter be executed ith not less
than three plate printings. That no
company or establishment shall ex
ecute more than one printing upon
the same note, and that the final
printing and finishing shall be exe
cuted in the Treasury Department
Arrangements are being made and
are nearly completed to perfect this
plan, in accordance with the decis
sion of the Secretary, when orders
will at once be given for the printing
of additional currency.
Jupiter Doe It.
And now the theory is started that
the unusual disturbances of the at
mosphere this seasoo are due to the
influence of the planet Jupiter. The
astronomers say that Jupiter now
presents a strange appearance in the
heavens, and it is supposed that the
big planet is passing through the
same stupendous changes which oar
own earth saw before man appeared
on it; and it is certain that its move
ments may and do considerably af
fect our own. This has certainly
been a notable year in the way of
floods, earthquakes, and hurricanes,
whatever the cause. But the rain
bow still appears in the sky after
each storm, as the siem of assurance
that the course of the seasons and of
tbe planets is to go on as "usual, de
spite these temporary disturbances of
the elements.
Xevo Advertisements.
JOHN F. BLYMYER,
DEALER IN
Hardware, Iron, Nails, Glass, Paints,
OILS, &C, &o.
The following is a partial Kst of goods in Stock : C trpenter's Tools,
Planes, Saws, Hatchets, Hammers, Chisels, Plane Iron? A dzes, Ac, Black
smith's Goods, Bellows, Anvils, Vices, Files, Hammers, kc. Saddlery
' Hardware, Tab Trees, Gig Saddles,
Table Knives and Forks, Pocket Knives, Scissors, :poon-i ana j.azor. ine
largest stock in Somerset County. Painter's Goods, a rull stock. W bite
Lead, Colored Paints for inside "and outside painting, Paiats in oil, all colors,
Varnish, Turpentine, Flaxseed Oil, Brushes, Japan Dryer, Walnut Staius,
kc. Window Glass of all sizes and glass cut to any shape. The best Coal
Oil always on band. Our -stock of Coal Oil Lamps is large and comprises
very elegant styles. Ditston's Circular, Mi;!? and Cross Cut Saws. .Mill
Saw Files of thebest quailty. Porcelain-lined Kettle?. Handles of all kinds.
SHOVELS, FOKKN, W1AIE.S, KAKJEM,
Mattocks, Grub Hoes, Fick, Scythes, Sneaths, Sledges, Mason Hammers,
Cast Steel, Step Ladders, Carriage and Tire Bolts of all sizes. Loooking
Glasses. Wash Boards, Clothes Wringers, Meal Sieves, Door Mats, Baskets,
Tubs, Wooden Buckets, Twine, Rope
Mop Sticks, Traps, Steelyards, .Meat Cutters and fctuiiers, traces, Low
Chains, Halter Chains, Shoe, Dust and Scrub Brushes, Horse Brushes, Cur
ry Combs and Cards, Door Locks, Hinges, Screws, Latches and everything
in the Builders' line. Caps, Lead, Shot, Powder and Safety Fuse, Ac, Ac,
The fact is, I keep everything that belongs to the Hardware trade. I deal
exclusively in this kind of goods and give my whole atttention to it. Per
sons who are building, or any one in need of anything ia my line, wiil find
it to their advantage to give me a call. I w ill always give a reasonable
credit to responsible persons. I thank my old customers fur their patronage,
and hope this season to make many new ones. Don't forget the place
LN O, O,
April 8 '74.
URLIHG, FOLLANSBEE & CO,
Merchant Tailors,
.And AlaiiuiUcturer ot
Gent's. Youth's and Boys,
Msmk Mini ail ;
Fttitii Ms. I
12,1 Wood Street, corner Fifth Avenue, !
piTTsuuKGir. ;
rL i
KEYSTONE DIMG ISOOIS,
293 Llbtrtj Street, PUIibnrKb.
W. n. SLVrSOX, rroprietor.
MEALS A'jTaLL JIOUJIS. j
W-TKAXS1ENT CUSTOM SOLICITED. j
sip IS :
New Fir
NEW GOODS!
LOW PEICES!
tW Having purchased the Interest of Mes ?rs c. j
F. Rhoads S. Bro's., In the grocery business, we :
rejpectfullj- announce to the public that wc will
continue the business at the oM stand, i
(Xo.2, Bacr's Illock.)
i
In addition to a full line of groceries (fn'."h and
of best qualities),
GLASSWARE,
QUEENSWARE,
FLOUR, GRAIN,
& MILL FEED,
We will make a fpccLiltT
SAL T
Carbon Oil,
Land Plaster,
CALCINED PLASTER,
FREDERICK
AND
CLEVELAND
WHITE LIME,
Cumberland Lime,
GUANO,
PHOSPHATES, &c,
We hare a large warehouse and lime lurnc nenr ,
the Depot, and will furnish Conniry Merchants,
and Farmers storage pmm at reasunalde rate. j
W. F. ALTFATHER & ft
SOMERSET, PA.
March 3-1, 1373.
IMPORTANT TO ALL.
Protection of Tour Family from poverty, nn i in
eM of Midden death jour estate irum l-aiikrui-t- !
er; or in event of a long life a eompetenrv li,r your
old aire, can be aeenre.r if jon now arafl vnur-lt :
oi tne vecenniai nivuend plan furnished 1-y the
NEW JERSEY
The only Company that ean or do Issue theahove
Kind of policies, the most liberal and lair lu iu
provisions of any in the world.
Those who wih to avail themehre of Its many
benefits can have the necessary doruraents lurni.'h-,
ed them to all oat, and additional n I imHrjnt ,
information, by applying by letter or iu person to
F.E. GOODELL,
AGES ASCII OFFICE,
SS Fourth Arc, Pittsburg, Pa.
A responsible person Is wante-l In this and ad
fotnlng' counties, to present the mhuev plan of in
surance to the public, to whom 'a permanent and
desirable pueitioBwiU be given. Adtircss as above.
Miscellaneous.
Hames, Buckles, Kings, Lits and tools.
all sizes, Hay Pulleys, Butter Prints, I
JOHN F. BLYMVEi:.
0. & Cr Holt
Unve cow opncl
A Large anil Complete Assortment of
dooils for
Fall and Winter Wear.
Tlicy h ive a c'iiii'Iete as' iricrnt of
iTa-adics' JFnr.s,
ICMN Cm OUt! M,
ttUoopKLiri's.
(Hoy vs.
Mi!i:i
: And Pelt over Shoes,
!
MEN' AND UOYS- '
; C.oiliisig,
Eoots and Shoes,
HATS AND CAPS,
GLOVE!
; UiuIertlotLlGrr for Mca and Vi'oir.cn
A larc a.'Sirtnicnt ot
HARDWARE
i
QUEENSWARE,
Carpets, Oil Cloths, Ac.
A bire "t. clt of fise and oar?e
A. L T
3rrel or. Sack
Prices as Low as Pcssib'e.
C. & G. HOLDERBAIDI.
Somerset, Pa.
30.
Oct. 30.
NEW STORE!
i SOU ELL i WILSON" . u!J Ir.firm their
frieu!.-1 a:il t!ie T.uL'lk K;'Rcr"'Ij. ik.t t!icy have
! oj.cneJ a store at
; G A. Ii 11 12 T T ,
on tho line of the P. W. V. H. R.. nn-l n-w offer
f'T fiiieit i Goacr.il . ?.Itrh.ia-:i2c, cod
I sis i in;: of
DRY COOPS,
CLOTHING,
1 QUKHNSWAIIE,
HAEDWAr.E,
HATS & CATS,
BOOTS & SIIOKS.
Ac, kc, kc,
All f.l wliich will be .U slic.ip fur CASH or ei
cliaPU'! fr-nMn"e.
AN1 Kl Lumt rrrf a!l kin l.', II(-.p-j.le.
rt-Tie, Hark, Stave, vc, Als Wool, But
ter, Han. Oraln rf all tin !. Kun. Sliei-p IMt.. anil
IteefVKx. f"r whl'-h we nil! jay th.- l.!!:est rice
in t'ii.-li or U'hkJ.
SALT A:i3 FISH.
a!waTnn hm-I. Oire n mil anrt.he ""nvinreil
tint we lmenii to do l)U -men aul encm-t te onler-
ClIELL & WILSON.
AY IKE & YOUNG,
BUTCHERS
AND PEAlKRS,
rrvEss-r meats,
ALL KINJJS, SOU AS
by.v.7, ro::ic. mvttun, veal, lame,
SAVsor, irrurvi, i:uuniy
AND
LARD, OUR 0WH RENDERING.
Market dnjj, TuejJnyJ, Thor!aT. ami Sator
I days. ' marlO 7i
STEVEHSOH & CARWBIGHT,
Manufacturers of
Galvanizc'l Iron Cornices,
Win !. w an 1 TWt Itr a.l. FinlaK Tn-r'. Chlm-
I pey C'a;. VeniilJt. rf. and ail kirvl "f "r:vlvant
i ed Iron rram n'al Work. Tin K-ioiinx. $'ot
! in;;, aad ai! k-u li ui Jiu Work pr-.-u-.j-uy aitcnd
1 ed to.
I
Xo. 13S SYileml Si.,
i
Allegheny City, Pa.
may
Miscellaneous.
J.W. PATTON. CO. HURST.
N EW GOODS.
THE NEW FIRM OF
Xo. i, Jiaer's Mock,
are now in nvript of a t'k of a!.iptc t
the present w.inr.f the itenple. Purrh.ict wi'h
in the la.-n ten d tys nJ since the decline in the
prices ol St:.pl ;i"n.. Domr-tie. 1hy are enable!
to ulir upeciai iuiucmtnt. to all iit want of txU
f evt ry UcfcrtpUua In ttjcti variety as cannot b
louii'l unTnuerv eisetu u wo. rumprisinK a H'-n-eral
ai..rtincnf. They call fpccial atttrui-u to
their large aojH.rtmciit of
CALICOES,
B'cache-tl ami UnMem-heil Mu.-!ins
GIXtiHAMS,
SlMKTlNtJ,
TICKING,
BOYS AND MENS'
HEAVY PAXT STUFFS,
hi CoUoimile, Double and
IriSh Jeans, Satinets,
Cassiniercs, Ac.,
DllIvSS GOODS,
j in Plain and Corded AJpaccas, Pop
lins, Cashmeres, French
Merrinoes, &c,
STATU-: k FANCY NOTIONS,
HATS &c CAPS,
BOOTS Sc SHOES,
TOBACCO AND CIGAES,
The V:;i??-.rtment of
Ciirpt tins anil Oil Cloths
evcrbp-UL'ht to tiiwn. A l-ira-' stock of Uneens.
ware. ! nruiined I l-c up M ihe liim-M in a- .rt-
caii friu til-'.e in wuciof vex.
un-m. ie uti'i iiru-os, we. r-r-pci.-. luiiv g-i--it a
R-t'M
T. HK.-iWX. 2 SKfOM) AVF.M K
i ll W'nul ;in.i .tl.irki-t S;n-els. I'ltl-l-'ir--.
i .ninit.-. to icitnntntce Ins tin- in ca.-f 1'KI
VA i K lilSh ASI S. Hi n-m.-.!i--s are pr-par-d
by hmwli ,'.. paii-nt wiil lie nent tu a dru"-i.'t
Vr hi.-m. ii.-.rii-. 1 i :i v i ii it had a l.irje exm-nrii'-e
in a j-r u-iii-e oi nv, r t-ar. hi- can ln-iure r'-li'
in a I'w liny. Titins low and cure? certain. Im-1-icate
uisiTi--. liv.-r fimt-Iaint. p. il. nation ut Uit
heart, stricture. H--.-a s of the Madder and kid
neys, if en- rat lWi;ity and nervousness yield read
ily to hi tp-.itmeiit. All letters containing a tee
or postage smiiio pp-mo'-ly answered. juc;
Cook & Eeerits'
FAMILY GROCER!
Flour and Feed
STORE.
We would most respectfully announce to
friends and the pulil lc eenerally, in the twn
vicinity of Somerset, that we Lava opened i
oar NewStore on
MALY CROSS STUFF 7
And in aJJltivD to o fall line of the best
C'onfcetioneric. -Votiom,
Tobaccos, C'isars. Ac,
We w"! endeavor, at a!! t!xc, to n'ri'Iy -ur cus
tomers wiiU t:.e
BEST QUALITY OF
FAMILY FLOUE,
CORX-MEAL,
OATS, SHELLED CORK,
OA TJ t COIiX CHOP,
nnAX, MiDD Lisas
And evcrvihiuir pertaining to the Feci LVpart
uicnt at tuo
LOWEST POSSIBLE PSICES.
rou
CASH ONLY.
AI;o, a w.:!l selected stuck of
;ia.--warc; Sf near", Wo!enware, Itroslies 01
ai Lta'i?, ULd
STVTIOISTEIIY
rThlch we will ;el! as cheap as the cheapest.
Please call, examine onr ironds of all klr.!?. and
be sati?:ied trum your own judgment.
Don't font et where we stay
I n M IN CROSS Street, Somerset. Pa
Oct. 2, u:l
Ayer's
Hair Vigor,
For restoring to Gray Hair its
natural Vitality and Color.
A dressing
wliii.-h is at
once aqrceiil'Ie,
healthy, a ii J
effectual f o r
preserving' the
hair. It otii
restores fubl
or 'jr'iij hilr
to its ori'iii'tl
eolor, with the
gloss and freshness of youth. Thin
hair ia thickene-1, fulliiiir hair checked.
and baldness often, though not alwavs,
cured by its U3t Nothing caa restore
the ha.r where the follicles are de
stroyed, or tho glands atrophied and
decayed; bat such as remain can be
saved by this application, and stimu
lated into activity, so that n new
growth of hair is produced. Instead
of fouling the hair with a pasty sedi
ment, it will keep it clean and vigorous.
Its occasional ue will prevent the hair
from turning gray or falling off, ami
consequently prevent baldness, Th
restoration of vitality it gives to tha
scalp arrests and prevents the forma
tion of dandruff, which is often so un
cleanly and offensive. Free from those
deleterious substances which make
some preparations dangerous and inju
rious to tho hair, the Vigor can only
benefit but not harm it. If wanted
merely for a HAIR DRESSING,
nothingel.se can be found so desirable.
Containing neither oil nor dye, it does
i.ot soil white cambric, and yet Lists
long on tho hair, giving it a rich, glossy
lustre, and a grateful perfume.
Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co.i
i'ractical and Analytical Chetuiafcs,
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