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M1LLKU. ar.frf.v.lro ..-Vn. W.Uv l.-atl at S..MHTS.-1 Mr the j r.c- i 'n'l.elo.Ucl at Mlf.u.e. w-.i.-.. J.' iWil-iallv -nyairc.l. W ii XV.rail.-l-'V" d.v. li n iy. IU.F!IUNAL. - -4 i ti,.- -l tl . llir K.vc an.l I r. V AvrNiTlT;K.-Al.vai:.icr 11. '.'-r.-. L ruiuclthririctl-c ... law in yoi-cr t . ... . dj. in.m.- 0..UR-.H-S. uma lu ..ia.:u-.t.. -.t o jeb. ij, Or. I K. MHAKKIiw 17tn:itic;.t!yt.oa::-1 , Berlin l.Tihe .rac-,-e ..1 !.i .r. -r.l...!.-u,licpo.i..lt.' fliarics lviiw:-r s u.r. 'il, "u-tt. g S. GOOD, PUYS1C1AX d- SUIIGEOX, ifFrtcx in MauiUfih DW w J 0I1X 1ULLS, S XnT X S I dili'v in ("..llr'th . N H' new t-nilillna. Main fp.ffl Mre. t. S ir.-r-.-t, IV.. u "vil TiiriTic al"t:i:ti:!! DEI T I S T J.1LE CITY, Co., -uU.--l.il Tech. : Mite.l to 1' "1 1 lie very 1-t: , i;ua!ity. Li!'--l:V- ai a I. in imuf, li: nc.l in tin h.'..: l ru.ulai iUi-!.ii-.ij :ui to tl.e i.rc.J- crvati'in .f tlie natui-.i t-.'.... 'i t..-v, i.-i.ii. to O'ti'uit tno by Icitcr, cat a. l-y t.:..;...-ii: Fiao.ji Addrviw af aU.ve. 1 Ll-ti rinr: so. mi: ii si-; r hulsk. T H.rir-.o i,..i ilii. masmia.'cnt nr..! will knoirr. lloici (.rojriv Irani Mrs. K. A. Kla k. the liu.icr nac.l iBk. s i'.rai.nrc in ti.lor::::. l.i? IricaJi- and tlic public KClirrally tliat lie .arif IH-I! l.cr ..iin.i nor ciia-n.c to m-.ac tl.l!. h-,a. all tliat i-..ul. te 1crc.l. A.-wtiin!lJtii:K cu-rk ural cl.l!-j ;lnif aai:.-r will alt- n.l t..t!.t- mania -u. toiii.m. and the ta'd, will a! ail i .ia. ! I n rim i In- bvfl i ho mirkct all or... .A.r. ii. II. Ijy wan mar al all tiini f i'L' 1 anal in 11 . . luur-'i" 1'. LA AX. D STOVSTOWX I A. sami'i;:. cvsi i:i:, l'n.r.iieior. ! This IXP15' Tr"'1 k,1'",n li'-u'e a' a!l ! time a d-.lrMe ij.li.i: 1 r u.o irav. iii ' tiul.lic. 7iiio a' 1 li' '' nrf. cla.-. i.! a l.linit. i:-k3 I'..ve t'aiiiy I..r .b iii:?:..v.u i-.r.d SouirrK.. n.arll. S L A t i: liOO V s . riiow mhn arc r .rr l:n',ld!r.e hultsca. sli"l:M '."H i ;lia t: cli. :.r in Hie 1 !.;; run f , ul ..n s;..tc !;..: Mi in nn ..r aianles. SUn- mi. I la: i..rn r. an.1 iwrcpaira arc n-.juir.-d. Male kim tin- ur-,-.t water lor c-rt. n.t. Mule in tire pr-l. l.vrry ticl i- l.K-ate 1 in t'r.nib.-rl.'.ii'l. a 1..-: a..i sux ;-'.y l . liomu-ntloun Have n l:-.ie r.. 1 .e u . r- Peachbotlom & Buckingham S L A. T E !r rfH tiinir the rrrr twV. arii.l. ur tcr- take U put State Ii-"!!1 n li"U?'.i. puMir nii'l pri-1 vat. Fiiirt1, Kc.. -iihT in town r ciU!iinr at. liie ! limct pri'K . an.t Ui w.trnnt tho ji. ';tll t nJ si-o ; hi in w tire him at t.if tittrv, Nn. 1 lu l:.il;i:n- rt- Strcvt, CumtTlaud, MJ. ir-lr ntay licU-ft 1 N CAH OAS K II 1: ;;;. i wm. H. su.rjxv. ; ii O.MKS FOIL ALL. 1 u. fr ale. f.n u-rnm wiTl.Io li.e r.-di h of pv. f tj aidir. tn-'uf. ri.-tiii ir.oKi.iua!, h.usiii. baa. farm. tmiU-r lub.ir. nan-n.l 'a ma., I iiiI.-ii k Iuk. . ke . In ditlert-iii p;tri .!. ;un'y. in ;.r.-,a. . f frum ..i.iur h . cn aire ni 10 la-' a. u-. 1 i- Ilea warranted. X. rn.: rc ni:h in l:i ii.i I ih i balance ,11 t.a etual annual pavmrnif, pi..criy' aecured. None ncci p!v lio i i.t ul ,l-r j and Induslrlou. ha'.m. full m. aan.nueul tlie I Iinper lies will I i..r rent II not auld t .-or. 1). W tYANK lel.S4 1 I I N El & K VOL. XXIV. NO. 30. Cambria County SANK, . SO. 200 MA IX KTBEET. JOHNSTOWN.PA., Henry Sdinal.le's ilrhk lluil.iing. A Ouera! Ra-iUng Husl-iess Transacted. Ti-af-.s en,l Oo'. l and Silver bnnght Collet tua It in all part. l tbe I'l an.! Canada, interest nil wed at tin and nH.- nlled SlatPB an.! Canada, interest allowed at the rate of fH I torrent. -r annum, 11 l It nx ni 'iiKu or u.na-r. j riiiceial arraiiacmcnts made with i juariliaus and OliO .S W II" Hii. (n ii' ; f- ... ...... aj.ril 14-73. Ursina Lime Kilns. l i t -:n -i-.:!if.! are I t'iwre.1 tofunilth Fricis Building Lims By tho Gar Load. Orders Respectfully Solicited. i:. J.KATZr.tt a-co. 1 r-itjn. Juno Is. JOHN D13EHT. JOHN D. ROBERTS. JOHN DIBERT & CO., J5ANKEES ziTMi "a::i and msius steelts, JOHNSTOWN, TA. AMtun(! of IrrcIisiKtN an.l tiliiT r5:iin's people c!icit EJiutls itcti;ik!e in hII t:iri 1 tlio "sii:tr.v lor Kale. - I MtJSK' I.Oilllil Kti'.l oiiei'itoii " i ZiiU. It-rtvl at the rate f ' Si Icr ft'iii. ifr a n nt! hi al j lt od i 'S'iiuo ISepohilM. i ccJ.aiitl Intoro! t'OHJMUin!t'l s. j S; :t.i-;'.i!;!ti:iilj wfirsi l't:rk!. .ii .v.iii i...:.::.e.s i : .nisi. i i.-r 1 . -k ('.'7 ii rtitK'niim li?t ! . .iv:i'-.- ..c t T-mvi i.v rn v.-tr V..rt T..'V.. i.:ij.-.-:-. at. 1 i V':- . ': v. .i.y o! :'.-.- W.tchEs! Watclios! Watches! A I L P5 nOBERTS&SONS, :;o. 16 Tilth Av.., Pittsburgh. .'1 ".' O'Vi r.r. l Siivr Ain.-.-i.-i'n V. atrm-. La i:ks' tioll Wiiiclii-s, pr! -' v.-ry l .tr: .IfW dry, t ":. Ii.. Sil. i-r : -.;l j.lari-U Ware. Siki.?, t'Jlli ry, I 1. :ii..l (iji'i -:ii ti.Kjii?. X. K He l.uve tl o 1 ir't slock if Watrbrs i:i l!ie i i:v. nn. I ln-r tlu-m at i!ie very iK.t liti.-i. N- 'll J 1. r ITii t liit ! W:iU-!ir-J. ci call .11. d n.i i:s v. I.i :i m tin- city. X. ip .ii lo to !n.w y.ju .-!y :tr..t y.li c j. il Jim-.-. a C:9(l PT 1,3 y- A'rnti wanted. All ft'H ft. yimn un l uli, mnkn mtre luum-y nt wnrk lur us, iu i ti' i r r-wn lorjlitk-s, riurin Hit1:--vyre l.-u.:;-!!'.:- ..rail U.e tiui.', ihabbitytliiii: f!5c "We c!Ut i.;':it tl;at will j ay lianiT.nincly ft.r i vtry lu ar'i w- rk. Kali . rtirtti.tr!1. tTinf. .-m irv(-. Sfri i us ytiur a'l:rl'! at iHe. Iont i iy. N'tw is liie time. Im'i l.tk It wirk or I.UMin,- vti:vtn r1 iinwl Vi-a li;ive rno I wh:it r o!!tT. O. Sn:.?ox Ci.. INr: l-:u!f JMe. I.VIIM LOU SALK. tlli.i S;i- b( tl'-'T liVrs lilt- f.no f.trm. :tu.ito ta Mil--.-5 N'TiIir.ui 'f r-'ti-lis) u:-;, itilt r-i -unty, :it yri :itt4-.i!o. I !' tii: : f'titaiu.-' li4 at-rt'S. nil u:i irr it nrr an 1 wr ii VJitrivd, part r.l it ifin i'l s:;iri'i'i .-uliii:t!i-n uat ti.e r'in:Uti'iT ivni iiuiiiiTO'1. Tin-re ur' threo aiiplf- tcvtui.U iiii'l a ua:i.t'T (t pcyrh aii'l i dirry trt'ts n tha -r iu.M'. J'ul lie r ml ta hy ii'uiio nu'l ham. "lii:rH;". 'rr(i. tctioi 1 IpjUs-o :h)1 null nr omve l i. i:!. l l.t.-luriu I liK-:ittNl lut thrro mii' Irua tiit i-iir'-ii'i. 1 " r Vurtl.T luNtn-iatin 'ill "n KUliKH T li. SMITH, t. ;tl Siiiii.kf'vilU', l'a. D. KNOX MILLER. AiiiHTi:tr, X-.. 4 SIXTH STHKKT, I.-.U- St. flair S.r.vt. li,.rtJ I'M TS 111 lit 111. tiii: u 4- 1 fc. . J CL LSfJE LmiE KILKS, arc now -'i-.irt'-l tj Fill all orders for L 1 IS! E . T.'a. ir l,)z.e I: of tl.e Mcaatain Lino Stone F'.Tin.i'i- v.. !:iv.ir:l-.y fen-wp fnmtM-r f.ir;?r t!ff n.; jif ; ii I'fkuni t ii.i'.lity liiiu Siuri' . lie H'.i-'.i:y ! ai:.-"i:rii.ft;t, cjthtr 't'T EnifiE crlpollnial Fnroses. A.l.iK -M all or.lcrs ty Kcyinc Junction, Som erset .unly, J'a., Keystone Lime Co. W"" a n tep an i : x r; i ; (; i: t i c ni;in ac intrail it nt in tl.if illftrlrt, to cvt;.:,!i-h ' ;ii:ii, n- nl nritniiilip fjli-tiof an urticli "t .!;ii!y u' In v-ry ht.u. -h-.-M. A lo-i-i'.imU' 'Mli Iti.iR-.'ft n 1 a u'.'-kI,j tlial will uuy. An aciif Ui nt :-;.ty cut n .lriir.ilo anl 7r uiamm JM.M...U I y i'in 4iiij: au- ti t - i ir urt r, M M1TTA MAM KAKTLTilNO ('(.. H7 R.-.i.l ST.-ct, Xcw Yrk. A P M I X ISTliATO H'S X OTIC K. !-... ef D.nil Sin. rfcr. late. .f 1-ali.t b.wn.'hlp Iitiem cf a-lnilni"trnili.n nn the abovi; epta'e ti..-. mar bc.-n Krau;e.i totlie niuler.ii,e.i, rtoit,. b. t.-i.j given u. i imM' iii.iei.icl t. ii 1.1 make Imme diate i)un nl, and ih.iao liavine claimr rmninM iu to prec-nt il.em duly auihciiti.-at.-d tor .ettle iin iit ..n Sninroay. tbii SkiIi day ,f Xot., at ti.e late rcsdaclire. ..f ral-l deceased. 1I1K AM SirAFFKR. c4 Adiuiuisir.iior. i'4 Bau;i:ul l.ull s' of Hvn.-Jj.tl:, bulbs, ?,;'ii:,v4 v-f,M:t' "-t,K" PLANTS Fnii'" .'rnamentalTrfM, Shrub an.l Vlnea. An imm. nc- aim-k b-r u l''"li.-.if,viry ctieap. Send for . lii-C ItH. TREES. I HEX. A. F.LL.IOT A CO., ! 114 Market St., l'itli.l;iir(.'li, Pa. i'iil YSItiNEE'S NOTICE. "Auiicfl i l.cn-l.y siren tliat IlavM Ankrny on the '.alliduv d .'i..tH-r. 1 s7 f. tnadean aiiti.uint lur tl.e I el.ip.t l bis creditors U tbe ui:delii.-ncd, all h u.. kilo. illZ llil CIM-l.es lo I in.ieblll to tlie :.ld Ank.-cv a ill plcHwcailai ilie idn id tlie undet.-.ni'd. m'S nn.r't-t bur ab, tnl make .t tlimcm ilicr.-id. II. L. I1AFH, di-ci Asjiko.-c. A ' I !.' Miscellaneous. rTLETOXS' AMERICAN CYCLOPEDIA NEW KEVISEP EDITION. Knlirelv rewritten by the ablc writers on every (.ubic-t. Friuted Iroin new lyj. uud llluscrated witu several lUouaaud engravings und iuapa. The work originally publisbed under the title of Thk .New AMi.iiii.A3 tnuiranu !' clinlMli, since unn " im.i.ic.iau . ... .. ., i ... .,.iiimi iii all iiarlai.f the Lnilcd uile. and tlie inal developiuenia liieh have lakvu pla:-c in ever braucU ul ienee, iiieraiure, : , ,r! iiar ludm-ed the ediiora and puldbera i to funuiit lo an exact and thorough reviekm. and j loisnue a new eaiiion.cutUU-dliia Antattaa Cv- i Wiuiin the last tea years the pmcrcM of dls 1 every iu every department oiknoa ledge Iiaa j nia.io a new aw. 01 ivivivntu '1 lie movement uf iwlittcal atlalrs has kept pace Willi lliediMuvcrics ol eclcnce, aim "'en .....". 1 .,...ii....n..n i..fii in.iiiMriul and u.'eiul arts, and ! I lie convenience and n hncuicut ol social lite. ' Oreat wars and consequent revolutions bave oe I curred, invulvin; national changes ol peculiarmo- i nienl. llieeivu war oi our ou v.uu.i.-, -u... i w.i at its height when the last volume of the old ! work appealed, has happily been en.ied, and a net? cvune d comiuereua and Industrial activity I has been commenced. lairi... iic.-ei.sii.nii to our ireoirraphical knnwledae have beeu made by the iudeiatigablc explorers of Tliifcrcat ix.'.iilcal revoluitons of thclastdccade, with the natural remit ol the lapse ol lime, have i.r..n..i.t into vii-w a multitude ol new men, whose nn unsure lu everv oue'smouih, and id whose lives i everv one is curious lo know the particulars. Ureal i bailies have been louichl and iuiir1:int sieges 1 maiiuaiiie.l, ol which Hie details ureas yet pre served only iu the newspapers or In the transient publics. ioiisol' tho dav, but which ought now to lake their place In permanent aud auihentic his- 1 . . r...,h. t.r.a II in preparing inc preseui m:..--.. .... hasawordingiy beeulheaimoi thoedliors lo bring down the ii'iormatlon to tl,o latent ponsiblo dales, and to lurnisti an accurate aeiHiuul ol the mast re cent discoveries lu science, oi every fresh produc lion iutclirature, and ol the newest Inventions in the practical arts, as well as to give a succinct and original record of the progress ol political and bis- tori, al events. 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M.owiiig type, illustrations, etc., will l o vent gi-aiis on applu-aiion. First cla, c4U,a;ia adonis want?. I. Addiess 5. il. WILLI AiiiSOX. Ai,-eit, Xa. W4 hixlhSt., l'ilteburgh, Fa. de. J New Firm. SHOE STOEE, STiYDER & UHL IfaiiuK ;urt'hasel the Sho Store Ii:tel3 owned Iy Wc take pleasure In caliinir tlie atter.lien of public to the lact that wc have now and expec keep constantly p band as cjmidete an Boots, Shoes and Gaiters 150TII Of Eastern and Homa Manufacture as cr.n be foun t anywhere. We also will bav or hand cons U'.ntly a lull supply of SOLE LEATHER, MOROCCO, CALF SKIN'S, KITS, AND LINING SKINS Or all kinds, with a full line of Shoe Findings. The H'lalF. M A Xl'F ACTl'R K HEFABT HLX Twill It in ehargool 1ST. 13. Snyder, 3sq. W hor-e reputation for making Good Work and Good Fits is second to none In the Stare. The public Is re IM-ctlully invited to call and examine our stock, as wc are determined to keep good as good a. tb. Ih'S: and sell at pri'-cs as low as the lowest. SNYDEE & UHL. JOEL S. GOE; IlliALKR IX T II u N K S, Ladies' Satchels, &c. No. IU Fedf-kal Pticf.f.t, near suspension llrldgc. ALLEGHENY CITY ,Ia. ct20. IN TOT ICE. Tlie annual meeting of lb. ainckhi.l.!-r.,ir rtitf. falo Valley Kaiiroad ivntpnnv will b held at ll-e rta.ion.i oi.pt. xicriin. January iu, in. a, (second Monday) for ihe purfiosa of ceding a 1'rvsidenl an 1 twelve liirectors tor the eusa.nj year. C. A. M. KKISSIXflER, d?cl5 Secretary. Somerset THE C II I'llC II SPIDER." Two spiders, gothe story goes Upon a living bent. Entered the mcetlng-honse one day. And hopefully were heard to say "Here wc will have at last fair play, With nothing to prevent." Tiach chose his place and went to work The light webs gTcw apace ; One on the altar spun bis thread, lint shortly catse the sexton dread, And swept hint oil. and so halfdcad, lie songbt another place. I'll try the pulpit next," 'aid he, "There surely is a priie ; The desk appears so neat a n 1 clean, I'm sure no spider there has heen Hesldcs, how often have I seen The pastor brushing flics.'' He tried the puljd', but alas ! His hopes proved visionary ; With dusting brush the sexton came, Aud sjioilcd his geometric game, Nor gave him time or iliacc to claim The right of sanctuary. At length, haif starved ami weak and lean. He souhgt his former heightior, Who now had grown so sleek aud round, He weighed a fraction ol a pound, And looked as if the art he'd I .ur.d Of living without labor. 'How is It friend." lie asked, '-that I Endure such thumps and knocks, While you have grown savory gross?" ''Tis plain," ho answered "not a loss I've met, sin. first I spun across The contribution box." I'herc is wit in this poem, bat it is Hogarth's wit who painted the spider's web over that cn tribution box. The last slanxa contains the pith of the wli.de. CI'l'IfM 1I01.I.AK HI 1. 1.. "Stella, is it vou ?" It was a titter cold niglit, tLe full moon shining with freezing light over a cold expanse of glittering suow.the branches of the glen tinkling and crackliug under tbe weight of iciclei, the Mars glittering alar 08". I had, to run across the beaten jiatb that led from the hou."e to the barn.to get some i.f the red Uald win apples that were packed so nuuirly in the oM bin, for old Air. Cornell, who had eop.ie to Hpcud the eveninjr, und i:iy mother look pride in her unpre'ending hospi tality". RutjustasI stooped to lift the lid of the bin, a m.-tling noise in ihe hay startled rue. IJefora I could utter a low cry that trembled on my lips, I saw that it was Stella Severn. Stella Severn, Mrs Lockwood.s "bound girl," was a wild, reckless thing, w ho received a bad name at every one's hand, and contrived, somehow to get blaniud for every scrape that was going. Whether she was really bad or not no one could tell but somehow f-he was perpetu ally under the ban. Mjs. Lockwocd, a stiff, rigid dame of the puritanic type, knew no more how to manage Stella Severn than the matronly hen comprehends the nature of the wilful duckling thai takes to the water in spite of every thing and for 6ome recent escapage, the iiU) details of which I did not know, I4iad been forbidden by my mother even V fpek to Stella. "Yes, it is I," said Stella, slowly rearing herself out of the recesses of the bay, and staring at mo with her big, Andalusiin eyes. "And I am, oh so cold." "What are you doing here?" I a&ked, holding up mv lantern in sore perplexity, "I am trying to sleep," said Stella; "I have run away." "Run away! What for?" "Recauae I couldn't stand it any longer. Mrs. Lockwood accused me of being a thief she had lost some miserable old teaspoon or other and I won't be called a thief!" "Rut, Stella," I cried, my conserv ative nature thrilling with terror at the mere idea of such bold measures as these, "what ore you going to do ?" "The Lord only knows," Stella an swered, with more reckless truth than reverence. 'Terbaps mother would let you sleep in our spare room," I said. "Perhaps she wouldn't," scornful ly retorted Stella. "o decent per son lets nip in." "I mean to ask." "Ask, then and get a folding for your pains," laughed Stella, bitterly. ' Rut il is so t ruo ly cold,aad I know mother wouldn't shut out even a dog in such weather as this." "Perhaps so but I'm wcrtc than a dog. You mean kindly, Ellie lleartt, but you'll find out the foliy of it. I made no asswer, but ran back to the bouse, where, breathless and panting, I preferred my request. "A thief! A runaway in my house !" cried my mother. "A lazy good-for-nothing, who would rather lie in tbe sun than work, any time," echoed Deacon Cornell. "Go and warn herofT the premises, immediately, " said my mother. ' I duuno but what I ought to go for the constable," dubiously remark ed the Deacon, feeling his stubby beard. 1 slunk awav disheartened. Stella's prophecy had been correct. Rut t was determined not to detert my playmate thus. Creeping to uiy room, I took a solitary dollar bill, treasured toward a new blue sash for a spring muslin, and wrote a short note to Hubert Leslie, a youug ar tint who had boarded with us the summer previous, asking him to bt friend the friendless. I believed be would do as much as that for my sake, and then hurrying onco more to the baro. I crept up to Stella's side. "Stella," said I, "you must go away from here." "1 thought so," responded Stella, calmly. "Rut here is a dollar all the mon ey 1 have : it will take you to New York, if you walk fast and reach the depot iu time for the miduight train. And here is a note to a gentleman, who mor perhaps, help you find something to do." Stella threw her arms about my neck, 'and I could feel her tears wei and warm upon mv cheek. "Effie lleartt," sobbed she, "if all the world was like you, perhaps I shouldn't be as bad as I am. Yet I'll do my best. Give me the money and let me go." I watched her dark form plodding away over tbe snow until the black speck vanished under the wall ol j trees that lined tbe road, and then 1 went back into the house, where nn j mother and the deacon were ditcurs- I ing their cider and apples. ESTABLISHED, 183 SOjIEKSET. PA., WEDNESDAY, "Has sbo gone ?" as-ked the form er. "Yes, she's gone," I answered. "I am glad of that said my moth er; I have no faith in that Stella Severn. She might bave bad a good home with Mrs. Lockwood, if she had only behaved herself." It was not till some time afterward that I ventured to tell my mother what I had done. "You are a fool," she said, with acerbity. " our dollar is as clean thrown away as if you had pitched it down the well ; and I am sure I don't know what Mr. Leslie will think of your interference." I hung my head and made no an swer; but when summer hung her coronal of big, cream colored roses over our farm bou-e door, and Hubert Leslie came baek with his easel and sketching umbrella, I ventured to ask him of Stella. "Oh," said he, "that black eyed girl with tho Spanish face? Yes, I remember now, I got her a place a3 child's nurse with my cousin, Mrs. Evelyn, but she ran away within a month." That was just before Hubert Leslio asked mo to be his wife. We were married tbe next spring, and I went to New York to live. We bad a little bit of a room open ing out of Hubert's studio, where we kept house like a pair of turtle doves in a nest. Although Hubert was such a genius and had painted 0 many beautiful pictures, he was young and comparatively uukuown, and wo found it hard to live, particu larly after the twins had opened their blue eyes on tho w intry sunshine of a glorious February day. I had' done a little fancy needlo work tfor the store heretofore, but now my hands were tired, and it was bard to sec the shadows creep over Hubert's brow and know that I had no power to lift them, j S the year went by. More little ones clustered around our scant v board, and although Hubert worked hard and conscientiously there were other artists who pandered to the public tasts and received more orders. We were very poor. "Hubert," said I one dav. when tho load of poverty had been almost more then we could bear, "don't you wish vou had never married "Do I wish sunshine had never come into my life?" he asked. "Nev er put that question again, mv little wire. What would existence bo without you and the biirnies?" "If you could onlv sell that thous and dollar picture," I sighed, think ing of something that had been on tie easel for months. "Harper says it isn't worth a dol lar," said Hubert, shrufrsrin? Lis boulders. "Harper thinks it far be yond tho standard of appreciation." 1 signed, but in spite of poverty. I would not have asked Hubert to low er his grand Ideal ' of art. I was proud of it I was proud of him. Hubert came in from the studio next day with a radiant face "Little wife, tho golden nuchas at last dawned, and true art is appreci ated. I nave sold mv picture." "Not the 'Sunrise,'" Hubert ?" "Yes, the 'Sunrise.' Look! Here's a check for $1,000, signed by Signora Es'clla Severini, the great prima don na, who is now singing at the Acade my. She is in the studio now, and says she wants to bo introduced to the artist's wife." "Rut, Hubert, my dress! My ging ham dress 5" "Oh, your drcs3 is good enough, Mrs. Cinderella," he cried laughiog as he drew me towards the door. A lady sat in the model's chair a tall, superbly molded lady, dressed in black velvet and an Indian shwl, with hair of rippled purplish Uftck, and big dusky eyes. Tho instant she looked op I knew bcr. "Stella! Stella Severn !" I cried, with a sort of gasp. She rose, laughing and crying, and ran into my arms. "Effie, darling, to think that we should meet again !" She told me her story. How, af ter battling with tbe worl'd vicis situdes, she bad come across an opera manager, who perceived the hidden treasure that existed in her voice, and voluntarily assumed the expense of training it. "I am rich and famous now," said she. I can pay back the debt I owe to you, Ellie, for I think if it had not been for you aud your dollar bill that winter night I should have been driven to swallow the little bottlo of laudanum 1 had in mv pocket." "Oh, Stella!" "Ah, but I should. You do not understand how persecuted and haunted 1 was, EMie but, thank God, that is over." Signora Severini's thoasand dollar check was the beginning of our new fortunes; it was the fashion to copy her whims and caprices. Other peo ple bought because she did and pretty soon we were able to move in to a pretty cottage of onr own in the suburbs. And when my mother and Deacon Cornell, down in the country, heard what Stella Severn had become, they declured savagely : ell, there's never any telling bow things may turn out in this world !" Nr.. Skinner on Woman's RIkUI'si. Miss President, feller-winicnen and female trash generally I am here to day for the purpose of discussing women's rights, redressing her wrougs, and cussing tbe men. I believe the sexes were created perfectly equal, with tho womau a little more equI tban the man. 1 also believe that the world would to-day be happier if man bad never existed. As a success, rran is a failuie, and I bless my stars that my mother wa ft woman. Applau.e.j I not only rnautain these princip'es, but I maiutain a shiftless husband besides. - They say man was created first. S'posen be was? Ain't first experi ences always failures? If I were a betting roan, I'd bet $2 50 that they are. Tbe only decent thing about him anyhow, was a rib, aud that went t. make something better. Applause. And then tbey throw into our lacer about Eve taking tbe apple. 7. JANUARY 5, 1S75. I'll bet five dollars Adam boosted bcr into tbe tree and only gave her (the core. j True to his masculine instincts, ho .sneaked behind Eve's Grecian and said, "Twant me, 'twas her." .And woman has had to father everything since, and mother it, too. What we want is the ballot, and tbe ballot we're bound to have, if we let dowu our back hair and swim in a sea of sanguinary gore. fSen- ;sation. j Rring up your little daughters to love and care for the ballot, and when they are old and scrawny, they will not depart from it. Teach them that without the ballot, woman is simply a cooking and wah iug machine; with it she can rule her roast. Give them little ballots to play with. We bav plenty of ballot girls ; what we want is ballot women. The male creature now sitting on this platform, whom the law compels me to call my husband, says I bave got ballot on tbe brain. ' He says I sleep with a ballot un der my pillow, and dream I'm commander-in-chief of a large army of ballots aud can clean out everything that looks like a male sex, while the band plays, "See the conquering hero cometb." Such remarks prove that man was created lower than the beast of the sea, the curioa of the air, or the rhi noceros if tho prairie And what can we expect from this man Skinner, whose intellect is low er than the common quabaug. Ap-i plause. 1 My soul is Gl;ed w ith p. etry and sentiment, and his vulgar remarks grate on my car, and when I hear persons use expressions that are not refined and geuteel, I want to go through them like brimstone and mo lasses Hear, hear. I'm astonished there aiu"t more in terest manifested in this absorbing top ic:. This hall ought to be packed from dome to ceiling, and a couple of hun dred people climbing up the light ning rod outside. A short time ago I addressed an immense throng on Roston Common; at least thirty-seven persons includ ing men and women cf both sexes, v. ho stood packed together for at least fifteen minu es hanging on my words, the enthusiasm finally reach ing such a pitch that they insisted on burniug my efficacy to slow music. We arc bound to succeed. Our speakers don't lack brains or influence, but there is one thing 1 wish they did lack, and that is there desire for a husband. No matter bow rabid a woman may bo on the question, or how much she talks against the men on the plat form, she'll grab the Crst one that of fer himself and turn right round, and that's where ce're weak. Most women seem to think that we were made for but oue purpose, and tha was to have Mrs. on their tomb stone. They'd be missed all theirlives, and when ,hey die, the more they are missed the better. There's Pharaoh. What did Phara oh do? Recognising the fact that woman must inevitably rule, he issued tbe order to strangle all tbe male chil dren. If this thing hadn't slipped up t'would be money in our pocket. Mr. Pharaoh is dead now, and he hadu't forethought enough to leave the business to some good person. Among t'.ose who escaped justice at that time was a youth called Mo ses, of bulrush fame, ant since then every Moses has becQ a wart on the nature, including the wretched ob ject w'bosc rear name lam encumber ed wilh. Crie3 of "that's so! Put bim out!" No, you shall not put him out. Neither shall he go of his own ac cord. lierod was also a woman"? rights man. He ordered all the male children to be slain, and, what sweeter proof could we have that HerodVhead was level ! My dear sisters we can't all be Herods, but we can wear this tin type next to our hearts and press on to the goal. When we reach home I will show bim what one solitary woman can oc compliisb for this great cause, with ber good rijrht arm. Applause. Coming down to the present day where do we find women ? We don't find ber. In ten cases out of nine she will find herself. Come with me to the worst portion of onrc'ty. After ascending thirty one flight of rickety stairs, what do we Cnd ? A miserable basement. In one corner sits a wretched wo man, once a belle of the city. She makes vests. Twenty-four vests for a cent. Not a morsel of food has passed ber lips since last fall. Around her are fourteea children crying for bread. lut alas ! she ain't got no bread, bnt with tears in her eyes, monrnfnlly divides amon; them the last half of a tallow candle. Have I overdrawn this picture? o. And if any roan dares say I have, I'll send him home on a shutter in Jess 'ban ten minutes Emotion in tbe aodiance Rut, my dear sisters I am not here simply to touch yoor hearts, but to touh your pockets also. A thing of this kind can't go on witbour money, and I hereby call upon four of the most able bodied sisters, who feel 'tis sweet to be on their muscles, to pass around tbe bat. Two lawyers in a country court one of whom had gray hair, and tbe other, though just as old a man as bis learned friend, bad bair which looked suspiciously black had some alter cation about a question of practice, in which the gentleman with the dark hair remarked to hia oppo-nent, " A person at your time of life" looking at tbebar-rister's gray bead "ought to have long enough eiperi-eoce to know what is customary in such cases " "You may stare at my gray hair, if you like. My hair will be gray as long as I live, and yours will be black as long as you dye!" erald A Singe "Ilorsie.' A humorist writes: Some time ago I gave an account of an accident that happened to Mr. Hammer, tbe trage dian, at our little theatre in New Castle, while be was representing the "Demon of the Ilartz," and was descending through the stage to tbe infernal regions. A supernumerary flashed a barrclful of red Ore through tbe bole as tbe demon was going down, and five minutes later an un-der-doue demon was beiog carried borne on a stretcher. Well, Mr. Hammer has met with another dis aster. Last week the manager put on another piece, entitled, "Wild Dill; or, Tho Scout of the Rocky Mouutanias," and in this Mr. Ham mer was to bo tied upon the back of an unbroken horse and sent burling over the edge of a precipice. As 00 boddy in town would lend a borse for the purpose, the manager hired a mule from the captain of the canal boat The Roarimj Maria. During the rebersals the mule did well enough, but on tho first night of tbe play the footlights must have scared it. tor as soon as the savages had tied Wild Rill upon its back, instead of charging over that awful lath and canvas precipice, it refused to budge. od when tbe Indian chieftain prod ded it in the side with a tin spear, it uot only let out its heels and kicked that unfortunate brave into the wings, where his spear jammed savagely against the stomach of the prompter, but it reached his head arouud and made ac earnest effort to chew Wild Rill's legs. Failing in this, it stood upon three feet and endeavored to reach np to Mr Ham mer and scrape him off with the hoof of his near bint leg. Ibentbe man ager came out and tried to start the mule with a whip. Rut it merely began to wheel round and round, un til the tragedian felt seasick, and then it charged up against the scenery, kicked a new sunset into rags, re duced the entire precipice to splin ters, upet two muslin tre?s and finally brought up with one leg tan gled in the Sea ot Galilee, which was pressed into service to represent Suit Lake. This frightened the mule so that it jerked the Sea of Galilee clear over on. the stage and then went into a fit, in which it tumbled, and after rolliug over and over Mr. Hammer three or four times, it plung ed into the orchestra and expired with its haunches in tbe bass drum and its forelegs tearing the b:g mid dle into kindling wood. When tbey united Wild Rill be rose, wiped the blood from his nose with his sleeve, felt his legs to sea that tbey were unbroken, and then went to an Al dermau's office and registered an oath never to play anything agaiu but low comedy if he should live 9,000 vars. "The Scout of the Uockv Mountains" has been with drawn, and the captain of the floor ing Maria is about to enter suit for damages to that mule. Trait of Ike Shark. When all the blubber and fat has been removed from the carcass of the whale by the Trinidad fishermen, it is usually towed oat, and allowed to drift with the current as a bait for sharks, while large canoes, filled somewhat in tbe style of whale boat. "ollow it, to harpoon any of these fish that may come within range. Shark ing is rather good sport in itself, and is at the same time very remunera tive, on account of the quantity of oil that may be obtained from tbe liver. Tbe shark is killed much in the same way as tbe whale, being first harpooned, and then lanced till it is exhausted, after whieh its liver is cut out and placed in the boat. The live" is four or Eve feet long, and a large one will give as much as fifteen or sixteen gallons of oil. Though sharks in these parts are numerous, accidents whiie bathing, or even when boats are swamped at sea, are rare; aud tbey will not touch a human being even when in the water alongside a whale that is be ing cut up. Several instances are well authenticated where persons have thus fallen among them and escaped without injury; tbe shark, it is said, oreferring tbe blubber and tbe flesh of the whale to human flesh, 'lbere can be no doubt, however, that if tbe person thus immersed were wounded iu such a manuer as to cause blood to flow, sharks wonld eat him just as readilv as they do the whale. When in great numbers, they will eat one ot their own kind that has neen se verelv wounded, aud on such oc casions rush at the body so fiercely as to force it above the surface. How Idabo Uot Its Xante. The late Dr. George M. Willing, was the first delegate to Congress from the young mining community. At tbo time when tbe subject of tbe organization of the new Territory was under debate he was, as a mat ter of course, on the floor of the House of Representatives. Yarious names bad been proposed without any seeming approach of agreement, and the Doctor, whose familliarity with Indian dialects was pretty well known, was appealed to by some of Lis legislative friends for a sugges tion. One of them said: "Some thin? round and ernootb, now, with the right sort of meaning to it" Now it happened that the little daughter of one of these gentleman was ou the floor that morning with ber father, and tbe Doctor, who was fond of children, had just been call ing her to bim with, "Ida, bo, come and sec me." Nothing could be better, and tbe veteran explorer promptly responded with the name, "Idaho. "Rut what does it mean?" "Gem of tbe Mountains," replied tbe quick-witted Doetor. with aglance fat tbe fresh face beside bim, aud tbe interpretation, like tie name, bas "stuck" to this day. Dr. Willing told roe about it at tbe time, or scon afterward, with a most gleeful appre ciation of the humor of the thing, nnd I bave often since beard him re hearse the 8torj. Two telegraph operators in sepa rate Hartford offices quarrelled over tbe wires unlil one challenged tbe other to meet bim half way and fight. J Tbey met and had it ont in fisticuffs. WHOLE NO. 1278 Ideal Coarlsnlp at Oaeiiore Gnlrn. In Rret Ilarte's uew serial story in Sertbner'g Monthly for December, the i hero, Gabriel Couroy, gives to bis little sister tbe following mendacious account of bis risit to the Widow Mark'e on business matrimonial: Oily bad drawn a small box, her favorite seat, between ber brother's legs, aud rested the back of her head comfortably against bis waistcoat. When Gabriel had lighted his pipe at tbe solitary caudle, be gave one or two preliminary puffs, aud then, tak ing bis pipe from bis mouth, said gently: "Oily, it can't be done." "What caa't be done, Gabe?" quer ied the artful Oily, with a swift pre conception of the answer, exoaud ing her little mouth into a thought ful smile. "Thet thing." "What thing, Gabe?" "This yer marryin' o' Mrs. Mar kle," said Gabriel, w ith an assump tion of easy, business like indiffer ence. "Why?" asked Oily. "She wouldn't hev me." "What?" said Oily, facing swiftly arouud. Gabriel evaded bis sister's eyes, and looking iu the fire, repeated slow ly, but with great firmness: "No; not fur fur fur a gift." "She's a mean, stuck up, horrid old thing!" said Oily, fiercely. "I'd jest like to why, thar ain't a man as kin compare with you, Gabe! Like ber impudence!" Gabriel waved his pipe in the air deprecatingly, yet with such an air of cheerful resignation, tiat Oily faced upon bim again suspiciously, and asked: "What did she say?" "She said," replied Gabe, slowly, "thet her heart was given to an other. I think she struck into poetry, and said: My heart it is another's. And it never can be thine. Thet is, 1 think so. I disremember her special remark. Oily; but you know women allers spout poetry at sech times. Eunvhow, that's about the waj tbe thing panned out." "Who was it?" said Oily, sud denly. "She didn't let on who," said Ga briel, uneasily. "1 didn't think it the square thing to inquire." "Well," said Oily. Gabriel looked down still more em barrassed, aud shifted his position. "Well, he repeated. 'What did you say?" said O'.Iy. "Then?" "No, afore. How did you do it, Gabe?" said Oily, comfortably fixing ber chin in her bands, and looking up in her brother's face. "Oh, the usual way!" said Gabriel, with a motion of his pipe, to indicate vague and glittering generalities ol courtship. "Rut bow? Gabe, tell me all about it." "Well," said Gabriel, looking up at the roof, "wimen is bashful ez a gen eral thing, and thar's about only one wy ez a man cn get at 'em, and toat ez, by being kinder keerless aud bold. Ye see, Oily, when I kem in ter the bouse, I sorter jest chuckled Sal under the chin thet way, you know and then went op and put my arm around tbe widder's waist, aud kissed her two or three times, you know, jest to be sociable aud funiil iar like." "And to think, Gabe, thet after all that she wouldn't ber ye," said Oily. "Not at any price," said Gabriel, positively. "The "disgustin' beast!" said Oily "I'd jest liko to ketch that Manty bangin' round yer after that!" she continued, savagely, with a viciou shake of her little fist. "And just to think, only to-day we give ber her pick o' them pops!" "Ilosh, Oily, ye mustn't do any tbin' o' the sort," said Gabrial, has tily. "Ye must never let on to any one anything. It'3 confidence, Oily confidence, ez these sort o' things alius is atween you and me. Re sides," be went on, reassuringly, "that's notbin' Lord, afore a roan'p married, he haz to go through this kind o' thing a dozen times. D's ex pected. There was a man as I once koowed." continued Gabriel, wilh shameless mendacity, "ez went through it fifty times, and he was a better man Dor me, and could shake a thousand dollars in tbe face of any woman. Wby, bless your eyes, Oily, some men jest likes it it's excite ment like perspectin." THy Plan with PlK- I have studied the na tore of the bog, and come to the following con clusions: First, have the pigs dropped about the first of May, thus avoi 1 the cold winds of March and April, and tbe overlaying occasioned by penning iu early spring. 1 save by this plan about ten per cent, and sometimes more, especially of a wet, cold spring Second, have a good blue grass or clover pasture for them to ion in, with plenty of fresh water, and feed liberal! with corn. Third, tbo following year bave a srood field of rye to turn on as it be gina to harden, and, if possible a good clover lot. 1 feed no corn while tbey are on the rye. In the meantime 1 bave four or five loads of coal ashes from the steam mill, or refuse from the brickyard, and mix with salt or wood ashes. Ry the first of Septem ber they are ready for corn, not fat but healthy and sleek as moles. I then commence feeding, each day in creasing tbe amount until tbey are on full feed; never overfeed, but as they will eat up clean. I give plenty of iresh water, and in six weeks I am ready to market pigs that average over 300 pounds each. I am not par ticular about tbe breed, but prefer a croes of Rerksbire and R; field. A person may do better with a few, but this plan is for those who keep from sixty to one hundred bead, and feed no cattle. Corr'pondt AVw York Tribune. It is the man with tight boots who talks most violently of the eternal fit ness of things. When a Chinese sea caDtain wants to sell hia ship, where wonld be lake itr.Wby to tbe iunk dealers, 01 course. A Saval lenanl la Washington. The Senate Naval Committee held a meeting yesterday and agreed to report favorably the bill making an appropriation 01 f '0,000 to complete a monumen: to the memory of the officers, marines and seamen of the United States navy, who fell in de fence of their country during the late civil war. The bill provides that the money be expended, under tho direc tion of the Secretary of tho Navy, for tho purpose of completing the statue of "Peace," platform, steps, and circular basin of the naval mon ument contracted for by the officers of the navy with Franklin Simmons, and placing the same on some appro priate part of the public grounds in Washington. Tbe Secretary of the Navy, the chairman of the committee oti Public lniililiuifs and Grouuds of : tbe Senate, tbe chairman of tbe com mit te on Public Ruildiogs and Grounds of tbe House of Representatives, and Frederick Law Olmsted, are ap pointed a committee to select and designate such place- upon tbe public grounds for the erection of tbe moo- umect as in their judgment shall be most appropriate Washington iitar. Tbo Prnaalan Army. Tbe rank and file in tbe Prussian a'my are miserably paid and poorly fed, according to our ideas. Tbe Court Journal gives some interesting statistics concerning this matter. The only ration which a private sol dier receives in peace is one and one half pounds of coarse bread. His pay is tl irty-six thalers a year, or about nine shiliugs a month ; from this a deduction of one and one fourth groscben, or about one and one-half pencu a day is made for messing, and to this is added an allowance made by government, which varies accord ing to the garrison, and is fixed quarterly. Oa the whole, it may be said that each German soldier bas a bowl of gruel or coffee in the morn ing and oue meal in the middle of the day provided for bim, also that be bas about fvo and oae-balf pence remaining over from bis pay to pro vide bis supper. There is no fixed r ite of pay for the non-commissioned ri n ;s. A bargain is made wub each nou-couiuiissioned officer from time to time, according to the value of bis a a . t services. Jiut alter tney leave xue army they arc well provided for, and it is wholly unknown that deserv irg noo-commissioned officer should be necessitated to seek employment, after he has served bis time, because he is unprovided for. Clvlnx fowls Kmerrlse. The f'ancisr's Journal, Philadel phia endorses the practice of Col. Taggart, Northumberland county, Pa., as beneficial and economical. The editor describes the mode as fol lows: We found here several beds about thirty feet square each, in which Mr. Taggart buries oats, several bushels to tbe bed. The grain begins, of course, at once to swell and germin ate, and the fowls have free access, .-.cratching and eating tbe tender jprouts to their hearts' content. While the fowls are thus busy on one bed, a new one is prepared which is in readiness by tbe time tbe first is exhausted. In this way the fowls not only enjoy tbe beneSts of vegeta tion, but have ample exercise at the same time. The idea is a good one, and we are glad to call attention to it. In our own yards we have found the benefit of it, and are glad to learn that we are not alone in the prac tice. - How He Oi la. The Iiuhpendanee Helje tells a story of a priest who, during the Ju ilee mission was excessively disap pointed at finding none but female listeners to his sermon. On the day oefore his final ministration he thus addressed bis congregation: "It is a great comfort to us that you have duly confessed your sins every day to us,, but that is not enough; we wish to see your bus- tiands, father, brothers present also. Tell them, therefore, that it they will assemble here to-morrow, I will teach them how to make an excellent pair of shoes in five minutes." As uiik'ht be expected, tbe church on the ensuing day was crowded to over flowing, when the priest having given lis bearers a lesson on their duties, told tbem that, as no doubt curiosity bad brought them there, be would uow gratify it, and stooping down he took a pair of boots irom tne noor. and in five minutes shaped them with 4 shears into a serviceable pair or shnes. itbost tbe Water Supply. Here are some rules on tbe sub ject of tbe water supply of d wellings, irom tbo sanitarian: Tne well should be sunk at as 1reat a distance as oossible from the i.rivies nio--tvs. fold vards and other t ; o - ' - collections of tilth; especially is this necessary where the water irom me urface spring bas to be used. The top and sides of tbe well hould be carefuliv puddled with well temnprpil rUv. eighteen inches thick. as far down, if practicable, as tbe first bed ol clay. If the ton of the well bi left open. it should be walled around to keep tbe surface water oat ana prevent ac- cidenta The soft water cistern, if under ground, rhonld be built in coment, and puddle eighteen inches thick, it hould be ventilated, ana tne over low should not go into any sewer or lira in The lid should be surrounded by a raised rim to prevent any surface water getting into the cistern. Leaden pipes should not be used for solt water. The same cistern should not be used for drinking and supplying a water closet. A show-case coutaiuing fancy cards, etc., "specimens of tbe work done inside," standi ia front of a Trenton, N. J., printing bouse, and a placard is attached to the same, which reads in large letters, "lianas off." A few nights since some witty newsboy gave quite a new import to tbe card by making it read "Hands off on a drunk!" Over tbe porch cf tbe Old South Church at Roston is chiselled : "Re hold ! I bave set before yoa an open door," and under, oa the door, is printed in emphatic letters, "Positive ly no admittance." There is a man ia Indiana who takes thirtv-two newspapers, and vou might as well try to ride a . . . 0 ill. a. wtirlwind on a Bidesauaie as 10 at tempt to impose opon that man. Sweet meets two fond lovers ia a Drst embrnco. i Mrvtm mau. haviuz vomited into -a baeket cooiaiuiug goslings .a f . t .oJalmaii warming tT toe ore piece, in consternation, "My God, wife, when'd I swailer them .Lings ?"
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