w u
TWj Tay t C
Terms of PubUcation.
Th3 Ssaerset Herald
, Wednesday Morning '
tannum. "P"1 ln aJran-e:otherwi-e U
uliT u "hen ocn"- ;
wui ta vru, ...
SitartbM removing frotrw
.hoald give .. Ih. asm. of the fo""
HW tbe present omee Addrstt
Somerset Printing Company.
john L soclu-
Bullae Manager.
Btwinf Card.
T, u WSTXCTHW AlTt, ATTtOiNLJ
J u .
-UL1AM H. KOONTZ, ArTUHSEY AT
w
"I.- 7raled u. bU care la
iai ltio adjoining eouuilee. Omce to fnnutm
j ...... KuW.
TORNET ATLA
SomerteU feline-
1 r ALENT1NE HAY. AITOH ti '-,
u l dealer In real eute, "'"clre -ab
.Head to ell buMneu entrusted " c y.,,.
' .... .rl l
proispiaeM and uJeuty
JU.UULE
iTTiiHXEl AT LAW,
,,,,! ,11 wmneei entreated
Somerset. Pa. rrotwfiow , u
is mj rare iiuaJMW""1! ' ;
" w. H. acrrgu
A. M. wrw .tthuWVS AT
t .(-day "J .VrxL ,wita the
Maaimolh Miock.
..,.v Tt.W.SlM-
ac umn In aiammuiu
JAMES L. PUGH,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
jttlyl
TTIhvTVIEiMMEL, ATTXliNEY AT LAW,
f mJ-u ?? iU U. ail butinc en-
inoib Bit.-.
ENKYF.SCBEIATTl.KNEY ATLAW
and Bounty Mir"" "s " . mf
OiBce In Mammoth Block. "T.
.V.rai.oam.cB. ran
toir.
dc.-TJ. .
7.r j a. H . L- BAF.R, ATTORNEYS AT
t NoTICt Alexander H. Vaab tu
lor.. 14
1
I In Berlin lor tue
oace ..plte CharUa knulnger
) to Merlin for u practice ot hi, ..r..-
1) -rvlcetothrdU.t ol J'JTL .
lly Oibo in reUen. una dour c of tb Bar
net House.
DRUM. KIMMF.L irineoiitlnneto,.w"
. tD, riiiienJ uf S .iuvret and .arnmnaii
Wintry Otni at lb. old lla.
ol lb, tJlade Uouae.
1 v K. M. COLLINS. I.ENTIr, S.OTrrt.
u' r. be fan at tu ttm he found Jtu J1"
Ac AriiP-ial tth ut a t
be iVma!nl.tuiCTied. ciratisj Ytrranted.
g S. GOOD,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEOX,
SOMERSET, PA.
WOrru Eln Mammoth Bloeh
JR. W. M. MARTIN,
RESIDENT DENTIST,
SOMERSET. PA-
.n. aereral yean' experience. I fn pre-
trum one to an entire art. rrri--r. f . h-
l teetX a apeclalty. Omo two door wjt of lb
hrorl Boiae: baU.laetlon guaranteed.
ajTH
DR. A G. MILLER, after twelve
irI- trtlr, praotln In SbanhfrtUe, ha.
a. . oeianUT located at Someraet Un tbe prarw
JT of MwS andtender, hi, profeaalonal aer-
;,7 U?I. U Ste, ct,k-1U th. Barnet
HH, vlw, ha can ba ouwulied at HI
Bleat I raloBally enwed.
AaNihtealU promptly anrwerea.
dee, la, n-iy.
JOHN BILLS,
DENTIST.
tOe In Ooffroth A Sr new hulWlng.
Main CM" Street.
Ou.ai, Tz
jRTIFIC'AL TEETH H
J. . YUTZY.
DEI. TIST
DALE CITY, jomtnet C., Ta.f
ArUfidml Twtlv, nr ntiNj to be of Ue very
. .a-. UW..A l.lantM tnaOTTJtrl In th
uomiiLT, aiTr-iiKc a-i --
bemnvl. P-nictilM ttmt nMl to tb prcf-
-. ' . i. laafk Thim TlhlriaF ta
H
ILL HOUSE,
TO, SCiSESIT, PA.,
JOHN HILL, Ponttrro.
Tb proprietor tt prepared to aopnmmodaie nert
p tne iKin ouanoruiuie ana Baufianory aiDwr.
be traelir. Bl"K and peiiuaect Iraai'ieit fur-
Th, taw, auniiDBe to ne larntrbed witn tne
bet the market aBoruv. Large and cumm' l'Ut
atabliuK attached. jaoU
rpiIE SOMERSET HOUSEr""
Hartnir leaaed thlr marnlRoent and well known
Howl proven mum re. a- . a uca, iw uun.
airnadtaae plea rare tn tsformlnc bit frteodt and
the iblie reMrally that h, will epa re neither
pa mi aor dintma ta maka tbu h.we all that
ooold ha dearad. AMommodatlnr clerk and
cbliiflna-waiter, will attend t the want of ena-t..,-t
. and the table will at all timet I tauten
with the bat th, marhet anoraa. i it n.. itj
anmayataUtiaiebfc'rndtotbrliI'. . .
iajarh.' D. LAVAS.
JJIAMOND HOTEL.
STOYSTOWX PA.
SAMUEL Cl-'STEK. I'roprie-tor.
Thi tjoplar and well knowa houe la at all
time, a desirable atoyploa: place for the traveling
paMte. Table and hounii Crnlaaa. Uuod ta
blin. Ka-l lean daily fur Johnttowa and
Somenwt. marlL
ja miaft.
iptslcrlaiilllMmcfi,
JOHN HICKS & SON,
SOMERSET. lA.,
And Real Estate Brokers.
IXTABLISI1ED 18.W.
fertont who deelre to aell. bay or eirhanite pnip-
ertr. or lor rent will fend h w their tTanUio
ritiater tb, deerriptm thereof, aa am rbarite It
made anlrat mM -i rented. Keal eetau batmeM
Feaerally wl.l b, BTvaaptly aXtraded ta.
aa;.
D. KNOX MILLER.
ARC'IIITEIT,
No. 4 SIXTH STKELT.
lte St. Clair S jeet,
hoTM PiTTSBtBGH.
n
OMES FOR ALL.
1 aa far aala. aa tana wlthla the reach wf er
j7 auber. Indairk, tediTldaal. hmiaea. Ma,
irm. Uaiber laarie. miBeral aBua, bmiMbin kita.
.laaineeeai pert wf It, ewtity. h lrocJt il
t11 one-Mrui ol aa aera to 1.0U0 arrea. TL
V" wamated. Terma ear fifth ta baad and th
amiaae, la ut oaal aacaal na.masiia. proprly
"eared, fottm eaed apply who M M wf aohar
'""mi awaa unaaa. HiaMwua
Cnkawiilb fur rest U aot aold toon
D.WKIaXD
VOL. XXIV. NO. 38.
?anix.
J0M3IOWN SWNGS BAE
12U CLINTON STREET,
JOHNSTOWN. PA.
'brire.l Seemtr li 1" . Deitt reeelr.
J I ol ' uU'f a1 than Mie .lolur. frn-ent
raieui iitM;rtrSi aix jn-r ent. luteri-at it in
J)rniiht i4 Jom and leormbrr, aa I if not
wlibar.an it aldoU to tue deposit tout c moo aan
tiwfi twi'- a ear witboat r IUhk tne.lepil'
tor to call i-r erea to preteui the u-p 't l4.
AI.ry loaaea oa real estate. Prtlenm -w wlih
hbcnl rUrt an l long i"e irirea tn o-T..wr at
lriUK orti nioni(.K wB urui w.jri b bur or m-e
tiuii-a tbe am.-um 11 ioat. ueaired. Good refer
ence rMxt titit att . reqalre.1.
l'bit curp.4'.Li' u co-luaively a Sonnet Bank.
NocoinmercUl oep.ita received our uiauvonu
made. No kj&nf tn prraoiial areuriiy.
BUnk application, lor ovrrowrt c'lei of the
nil. a. l'Ji aul fweiai law relating luthe
lout mi lo ant auiimw ivqacMeu.
l riiTu-J niri na-r. lucid Dlnert. C.
K. Ellic, A. J. Hwt. F. W. Hay John b.
L H. I-iv. Itauicl MtUiUicluio. I. J. lorr-ll.
Lean. 1-litl'H. A. B-uck. Oonrad Soih.o.
T. Swank. Jamra Mcailln, Jame, .tturley .nu
W. W. Wal.era . ,.
l:iniel J. iiom ll, Prerf.lent: Frnk Iilrt
Treun;r: Cj rut fcider, S-iliciior. ouVJ4.
J. 0.KDI31EL&S0XS,
B-A-ZtTlKIZEieS,
Soi-cetwrs to
Scheli & Kimmel,
SOMERSET, PA.
Aooounta of Merchants and oth
er Business People Solicited. Drafts
negotiable in all parts of the Coun
try for sale. Money loanea ana
Collections made.
janl-
Cambria County
BANK,
M AV. KEIM & CO.,
NO. 2 MAIN MTREE1.
JOHNSTOWN.PA.,
Henry Srhnable', Brick Building.
A Jrt-ircrsl Banking RiisiueTranNetHl.
. ... ! .l.t ndv twinirhl .n.1 ai4u.
Oolleetiont made in all parte ol the l'nlte.1 Slate,
... . ... M I ih nlftnf III
tU 1 aual. iuirre .i,. . ,
.rr.i lorannum. II li-fl lit monl bt or iouxer.
Scial rraLtrni-nlt ma.lt wllb Uuardlantand
otiiert wti" nvi.i uoaevt in
april l-7t.
JOHN DIBERT. JOHN D. ROBERTS.
JOHN DIBERT & CO.,
BANKERS
CDENER KAIN AltL rEAKKUH SHEETS,
JOHNSTOWN, PA.
4 aarSAllaTlfwaV A f M fi-rtiunta and
other buiii-M people Mtlicit-
et. IrNltH neeotiuble tn nil
parti of I lie eounlry Tor Mie.
l a.miMlaiifirnllM'liaiill
H,wi lnl.nl ail (h I-at If of
Mi ler rem. per annum al
iened an I tme tvepoHiin.
ed, and Interest C ompounded
. . . . i
e III I a II II U U 1 1 j anrn umrni.
A tienetui Kanliing uusintfa i ru.nsai-w.-u.
Feb. !9.
Ursina Lime Kilns.
Tb, uodrrtlaned are prepared tt tarnlib
Prime Building Line
By the Car Load.
Orders Bespectfully Solicited.
It. J. n.lTZER A C O.
Vnloa, Jnna la.
New Firm.
SHOE STORE,
SNYDER & UHL
Haling pnreliHMMl the Shot
Sorc lately ow ned by
II. C. lteerlta.
We take pleature In calling the attentka of
pnMIr lo the lact that we bare now and ezpec
keep eouLan(ly m hand ae complete aa
menl of
Boots, Shoes
and Gaiters
BOTH OF
Eastern and Home Manufacture
a can Ixft.ead anywhere. We aluo will ham og
hand coovtaclly a IullH'lj of
SOLE LEATHER,
MOROCCO.
CALF SKINS.
KII'S.
AND LINING SKINS
Of all kimla. with a roll line of
Shoe Findings.
Th HOME MAlFACTrKE UEPABT
MLXTwiUbeincuiiXgeoC ST. JJ. Snyder, Esq.
IThoK reputation (or making .
Good Work and Good Fits
I. t la the Slate. The nablle II r
aet;lly Invited to eall ad eaamiaa oar work,
an w, are determined to keep good, aa good aa lb
beat and aell at price, as K W al u wwasu
SNYDER & DHL.
Mitcclianeou.
PI'LETON'S'
AMERICAN CYCLOPAEDIA
.NEW REVISED E1UT10N.
taurelreantte. by th. ""'"Crltea
aUultXi. ITUItW. "
' . ... . r-A ilia aklaal tAlaldf-
mUM -teier-w uwwsiPi d
a urn wuta wiia-.v r " .... ,
4a.aa,W .Ma..U .lAtfdt1 A -V.wllip.rl-
u. i4 t-fcr cii uiA u fiat vircuii-uo.
. .-. amAuer Lin UUc ul
aidMBi aiu r
7 . - .-ra ..tM't. i aa-ietuw. llraium.
Latit.al laaajaj an - .
uar uK u waiwr. and pnoiiaheri
I4i ftOUaUlt. - UI "v,v""
IWlMlaes tti OiiitAlt)lIlli.lt?U iBa AMJUUI.AJR
iwl
Cv
.tAf daltA.
KaiUj ilM Idval U3U jr av .Vf.
. ...imudu ail B.laU atXiUtt
iao a ova wora Ml reiereiK au lluperaJrt
1 be uu.euienloi poUucal aDair baa aept pace
wiui me oujcotcrice vi -
IUI
.(..naU.. . me m..wuuu u .
uie uouvcuicirie abu itUuemeut ol au ai
lirel aua ooUftcUe..t revolUUou. uav,
. ..,i..l Mtauaoaol peculiar
ami
iuo
ocul I be uviJ war u our own oouujj, whKii
w.a at lie beiui wuea the luai rolume ol the old
work apiwarcu. haa happily been enued, and a
. ...( i.MliuiriMl atoivltT
M;W OOHtaC VI WWWO . "
lias oeei wwiucuwu,
Labgeaccvniun, loour geographical knowledge
bate oeen wade bj the 111uel.lH5.ble explorer, oi
A tbegTeat twllllral revolaihw, of thelattdeoade,
with mi. naiural rc-euli ol tbe lapw ol time, have
brougui Into lew a muliliaoeol new men,wboae
bauie, are ia every one .mouth, auu ol wboaeUtea
every one it cortout to kuo the paniculan. tlreat
baitlea bara been Haigbl and uuportant airge,
. . ... h iiriMiL. are aa vet lrr-
irnM only in the nrwppape" or in tne transient
, 1 ' . . 1 . 1 ... 1 Hhla nuirbl DoW to
miHirai.i 01 j . " :
lake their place in permanent and authentic huv
.1' iitbai lor the Dreai.
haeivorJiUKl beeulbeaim U the editor, to tting
lown tae MiiormauoD w ow 1-..
and to luruuh an accurate aecoant of the moat re
cent diew-rerlr. In eciemr. oi erery freah proooc
tl. In lelirature, and lb, oeweai Invention, in
tne pracucai an., a. .m a-- ; .
onginal reci.rd of tbe prvarrea, ol political and huv
Tbe work haa been begun after long and carerul
... . iik . m ami,le re-
preiiminary lauor, .mm - . ,
ioarce, K carrying il on to a acceMlul termina-
1 tilatM htre been
qmhJ, but every lr- h -"!lfc"eh
1 1 r.., .ww ltrMotianlim. with tn
u!ue plan and eompaM a. It, predet-ewur, but
wilb a lar greater -unlary expcnuiiure. and
wilh uch (wpruremrnuiu lit eonip.tiun a, have
been tuggetted by looser expericace and "urged
'TSlfurtratloiia which ar Introduced for th,
flrw time in the preaenl ediiion have len added
not lor the aakeol pictorUl eflert, but to give Iu
ci.iitT and iorce to the explanalli Inthetext,
Tbey embrace all brancne, ol acienc and of natu
ral bitiorv, and depkt the nun laniou, and re
markable' feature, of acenery. architecture and
art, a, well at tbe Tari"U procetavt ol m.hauic,
and manulariurera. Although intended lor ln
tirurtKi rather than einbellithmenl, no paint
have been lred lo injure their artittic excel
lence; tbe cow ol ibelrexeculloutaenonuoua. and
it it Inhered they will find a welcome reception a,
an admirable leatureol the Cyciopardia, and wor
thy of Ita high character.
thl, work It aold to autiarrlher, only. PTble
ondellrerr ol each eolume. It will be completed
in tixleen large navo olnmea. eacb eontalning
al..ul WW paget, lully lllumrated. with aeeeral
tlwaanl VVood Kngmvinga, aud with numeroua
cidored Lithographic ill).
PKICE AND STYLE OF BINUINO-
In extra Cloth, per T"l J
in IJbrarv Lealber. errol J
In Hall Vurkey Morrucm. per rol I
ln Hair lluwia, extra gilt, per toI
In lull Morrooco. antique, gtlt cigea, per ul . 10
In lull kutia. ier d I
Fourteen volume now ready. Succeeding wlume,
until completion, willbei(,uel once tntwomontba.
- -aicrimeD .igr ui .410 ,,. j--
dU. tht.wing type, UlaatruUnna, etc., will be aunt
gntit on applHvUoa.
rim eta, caavaaMbg agent. wni
Addre, J. H. WILLIAMSON.
Agent. No. 10' SlxthEt., fiiuburgh. Pa.
decz
Baltiire & OMo MM.
(rrrrsBURG division.)
" MlLBS TQE SnoRTEeT LlSK
1 0
piTTriBl'Hr.II and
WASIIIN'GTOX CITY !
Thi U tb
UXLT DtaavT BOCTS TO
WASHINGTON CITT AND BALTIMORE.
Persons purchasing Ticktts ly tbw RJ
TO
BJLri.wour,
rlllLlDKI.PHIt.
new joba:
BOSTON, 4-c.
Hotf Ike frivllry c titilir.j
WASHINGTON' CITV FKEF-
Pullman Palace Cars,
Air Brakes, and all
Modern Improvements.
ai...i g IHWIKID TTlKoroB TO DtftTUATIOS
qTUEOCGU EXPRESS TRAINS
From Depot, tor. Oraat and Water Sit.
AT9t A. W. VAllT,
- t P. M. bAILf, ( Except Sunday. J
Fit time of Local Trains, see Pius
burgh Daily Papers.
ESTSave many boura time by patronizing
1lic '"SnoRT Lisk."
Oatral Ticket Office, Si 6th Are.,
Pittsburgh, Pa.
J. A. HYSDM. rX,
Gen. Sup'L
CONNEXXSVILLE.
Novcmler. 10, 1STS. '
URLIKG, FOLLANSBEE & CO.
Merchant Tailors,
And MtnnltuXu
Gent's. Youth's and Boys,
Fasfeicnalile MiaM
121 ttaod Suwt, wnier FUUi ATenae,
PITTSBURGH.
aprL
OLATE ROOFS.
jThfwe who are bow building boaae thould know
'ha' w t eaeauer la the loag raa to pat oa Slat,
Ko. lt la .a tin or .h Ingle,. Stale will Ian forerer,
and d. reir ar. required. Slate give the par
ew T!ur ,'cu- Slate is bra prmd-. Eeery
rd hoair,hld bar, a Slab, mot The under
rtgaed it heated la CamberUad, wbera he Am a
good niiply of
Peachbottom L BucVinrjham
SL AT E
h ! -v - 1 1 mm4 artula Ha will mIm.
take t pat Suite hoof, na Hoaaea. public aj pri
vate, tj Ire, ar, ettber ia town er uuaatry at U
I -... .mI 9m w.MKt lb. f !.ll mwtA
him or addre him at hi. Office, K. 110 Baltimore
Street. Camoeriaad, Md. Order, may be lfl wilh
NOAUCASEBEER,
Agwat,8uai,.ail, Pa.
Tx H. SarruT.
Aprauta,ir.
omer
THE DTINC WIFE'S APPEAL.
The following beautiful line, were placed ln a
erop book of a now deceaaed wife aliout a week
Ivfore her demiee. How beautiful and touching
they are under the rircumttancea. Sb exieeted,
when placing them ln Ih, book, to live but a abort
time:
Come near me, let me lay my hand
Once more upon thy brow,
And let me wbitper In thine ear
Love", last and fotxlcut row.
Tbe lip, that breath theae trembling wordt, '
When they lie eo d ln death.
And thy dear cheek eaa feel no mora
Their warm and loving breath.
I go from thee: Ql only know.
How I have lnogcd to stay ;
How I hare thuddere.1 thus to thread
The Ion; and thadowed way.
Faith tclU me that I toon mon know
Tbejoyt 'he bk-ated Bod,
And yet I falter, when I cat'.
A lingering look behind
I aa, thee bowel before me here.
In bltterncu and lean ;
But I can leave thee something Hill,
To light thy weary yean ;
Young tender tormi will cling to thee,
Prrhapt will mtn my tone.
And though they may not aaare thy grief.
Thou wilt not feel alone.
Fold them closer to thy breast.
And tooth their childlth woe.
A ik I ebeer the many lonely hour
The mt.thrrleei mutt know.
Tbe world, with all in bopet and joy.
Will eometlmet make thee glad;
But they mutt linger round the hearth
SHU deaolate aad tad.
And, oh ! when time ahall calm thy grief.
Perchance the time may come
When thou wilt wia another form
To share thy heart and home
When thou wilt welcome to thy board
A younger, fairer face. '
And bid thy children f mile ,n her.
Who take their mother'! place.
Bat think not, could I tpeak to thee.
That I would frown or blame.
Though tbey tbould love the t ranger one
And call her by my name.
For they will speak to thee of we,
My memory i their trutt ;
A word, a tmlle, a look like mine
Will call me from the dutt.
Yet make my grave no place ol tear;,
But let the dear ocet bring.
To cheer their B.otherl lonely home.
The 1'loeatnt of the tpring;
And Uura thoa too osay'tt k&GAl,
And softly prat the earth
That covert her, whota faoe oa ?ave
A brlghtnes to thy hearth.
Then will the ronsi of early year,
Steal softly to thy tide.
And for aa hour thou can fardel
Thou hatt another bride.
She may be all thy heart can ?k.
So dear, so true to thee :
But oh! th firing time of thy love,
lit fret hnett wa, for me.
May the be Mett, who omf-rti thee.
And with s gentle hand
Still guide our little trcmblinir ooet
Who make our house bold band .
She cat not know the tenderoeta
That hilt their mother' I ureal t.
But the can lore them t tby take.
And make Ihee more than blen.
QI U NEW QU LETTER.
New York, February 2S, 1S76.
SOCIAL TOPICS.
The ek may be Bumtuoned up
ibu4, ia brief: weather ia extreme,
sriiui-t-nieots inaiiW. .. BuatneM
a edged ia between times. v iih
Ietit already id view, the gajeiiea of
lbs ceason whirl faster aud faster,
aid there U no end to the fun tbi
a inter, though it may out be of the
grandest aind. Stilt there id much
ftucial ambition to air tbe lvt retiue-
oieat in receiving. People might
very truthfully send oat invitations
which, would read, "to meet the new
dinner service," or to exhibit the
drawing-rooms, refurnished by Cot
tier, who is the fashionable high art
furnisher, for those who eat, sleep
and drink according to a standard.
FASHIONABLE ENTERTAINMENTS.
The yonng fulls, of course belong
to a musical or dramatic society ol
the selected sort, which gives excase
lor dozens of delightful evenings at
rehearsal in copy private parlors, and
a gratifying dah at public applause
in tbe name of charily, which as of
old bearetb a multitude of sins,
amateur and otherwise. Dickens par
ties, where everyone drestes after
some character from the great novel
mt, are more elaborate than ever.
Tbe characters are more deeply stud
ied, and their .dres, manner, and
vpeech are carefully taken from the
pages of the "Household," -or tbe
"Globe" editions of the novels. Tbe
more one can look like one of Cruik-
shanks designs the better.
ItOSEBlD parties.
But for fun alive, and deepset dis
sipation, go to a roecbua party, to
a bicb ail tbe ladies invited s re seeing
their first reason in society that is,
if tou can get a card for it. No fa
vor dispensed by a kind and charm
ing hostess is so coveted as aa invi
tation to her rasebad party, for the
compl'ment bears on the face of fit
that bbe considers yon one of tbe
eligibles of her acquaintance. Going,
yon find tbe drawing-rooms nobody
says parlors anymore except an old-
fashioned fellow like myself, we ta$e
so closely after the English buDg
with fern, smilax and ppirea, feather
ing from mantle and cornice, baskets
of hall-blown roses on every stand,
and scores of debutantes ia pink and
cream-colored floatiug about, with all
the mischief tbey learned at Mrs.
Meares' or Madame Cbegaraya' at
five hundred dollars a quarter, freh
in their pretty beads. These pretty
bacchanals, fresh from up town
boarding schools, waltz 'he wildest,
flirt tbe deepest and sip champagne
the most defiantly of any belles afloat,
unless we except a lew 01 our pretty
married women and do this with
more freedom than they a ill ever find
t command again.
POUND PARTIES.
This frm of amurement U bound
to be caagbt op at once for the use of
cbnrcb parties and ladies' charities,
it is so cheap and so diverting at
once. It has tbe patronage of fash
ion this winter, for it is a favorite
form of spending a social evening
among matrons and elderly business
men who are not above having some
fun of an evening in their good
clothes. So while tbe vooog people
are off in their pink gauze and dress
coats for a dance say the "Elks"
ball, or that of some select and expen
sive regiment tne rooms 01 tne cosy
Madison avenne bouse are thrown
open to a hundred or so friends with
out any special preparation in tne
ay of flowers or music, bat with a
hot sit down sapper to follow in com
fort for everybody. Tbe guests com
we!I-dretsed but not over-dressed, for
tbe end and aim of a pound party ia
10 nave a geoa time. acn one is
expected to bring with him or ber a
package of something or aaj thing to
set
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SOMERSET, PA.. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 187G.
weign exactly a ponnrj, done up so
that nobody can tell what is in it.
The fun is to bold a parlor auction.
witb the irlibhiest speaker as auction
eer, aud tbe parcels are sold ti the
hiirbet bidder unopened, for tbe ben
efit of a .tne charity which tbe hoste-8
ha at heart.
Fun, is it ? Ynu never saw such
fun as wbfii th- pat-knife are opened,
and be Wall Street man who bid 6
d'.IUrx fir a iiue paper parcel find
that it contains a b. I tgoa i-aua1-.'1,
bought on tbe nay up town by tun
itiVtug rrmtrop, nr tne st.jj oacneior
bida "ff a girl's powder and roojre
bx. or a frisky y0U)f marned w.
man find- a p und of sm kiuir t bc
co in hers. N.t vtrv great or hiifb
t"0ed anniKeiiient, Tke tb informal
om rie, upon Park avenue, whre
the elect decide tbe mnvementit f
powers and parties in tbe interval of
serious flirting and e imposing serene
epigrams.
LEAP TEAR PARTIES
are discreetly inilulued in. with the
nam of two or three married lidie
of tbe highest standing at the head
of the invitation cards, m voa-bers
for decorum, and herAi'cof the af
fairs. Tbe centennial bad nearly put it
out of people's beads that this is lesp
year, witb its perils and privWes.
Bu since the "cabinet young ladies"
in Washington have set tbe example
of honoring the occasion by ball,
leap-year Germans will vary the mo
notonr of kettledrums and the glare
of public halls.
A KETTLEDRUM IN NEW YORK.
Did I hear a qnietold ladv (not to
mention a young one) say that she
woa'd like to know what is meant by
a kettienrum ? itn all the pleas
ure in life. It is tbe Enelish custom of
invitinsr one's acquaintance to a fash
ionable five o'clock tea, to which the
ladies go in their bonnets, tn gns?lp
an bnur with caps of tea in their
bands, served with vrrvthin wafer
It is essentially a city institution by
which a eood many persons who see
each other often are pot together,
and an boor is mad to do duty for a
good deal of rivilitr. For tbe coun
try, the old fashioned tea-dnnkintrs
are ia better taste, and areeiven with
zpst by ladies of suburban towns,
who like to play at being neighborly
in the old way.
npss. will not hesitate to probe for
truth in whatever direction it lies
It is pfsiible bat Plymouth Chnreb
bs counted too Ifberallv on Tr Ba
con's support in tbe Council. Al
ready, shrewd questioning has drawn
out the order nf action in Mrs. Mon!
ton' case, in which the ingenuity nt
Plymon'b Church maneuvring ap
pears to better advantage than its
honesty by a lnar sirbt. It didn't
propose to go on ith tbe Council in
spite of its own protest, til! it was
sure that Bra. tHorra and Baddinrton
were- pretty certain not to come.
Plymouth CbftTch and its pastor are
slwvs triagaanimoua when there is
notbinir to lose. All tbe social arts
of the society are brought to hear on
tbe delegates; tbey are kept supplied
witb flowers., and tbe latest papers
to read, and ready for rooiline. A
handsome lunch is spread for them
in the church parlor all tbe time, and
carriages are at their command. But
neither Dr. Bacon nor the Andover
Did 1 ever mention the friend who
used to call his wife's kettledrums
Beecher parties, for he declared their
sole purpose was to get ber friends
together in their best bonnets, to talk
over the latest of the Brooklyn sao
dal. That was Ion; ago however.
At a kettledrum VMlay.like that to
which my pretty neighbor lias gone
this afternoon, one will meet a dozen
magazine people, wuh their best man
ners on, and their prettiest things to
say, two dozen handsome rich women
who pet tbe liiterary ones, and laugh
at their nice things, one or two lead
ing women affiicicd witb a desire to
be managing something, and who
a.e stirring their acquaintance up
on the momentous question of hav
ing a woman's banner at the Centen
nial exhibition, as if it were the orig
inal m.tter of difference with King
George. Tbey will then get what
tbey want ; there isn't one of ibeir
frieuda who woulda't give them a
subecripiion tor a bauner for the
moon, to get rid of them. Besides
these, a few young men, who are at
lcUure because they can't get any
thing to do, and a parlor philosopher
or two will drop in to be the Ittuiou
in the tea. You know tbe fashiona
bles profess themselves unable to
drink tea without a slice of leuiou in
iu iu the Russian manner
OLD CHINA.
Fine ladies are getting as toad of
old china aa they were in Addison's
day. But the difference is, that in
stead of filling their rooms with Chi
nese monsters, aud dragon tea cups,
iney have taken to making historical
collections of the various porcelains
aud putteries ot tbe world. A plate
of real Majolica, or a cup and saucer
of royal aevres gives one esteem
among connoisseurs, as one who "has
the right feeling for art" in this direc
tion, but one wno would wiu renown
among amateurs mast have at least
oue broken-nosed specimen of all the
wares from the time of Solomon
down. Cabinets, carved and velret
l;upd, are consecrated to these treas
ures, where tbe roval blue and gold
of true sevres aud the splendors of
Dresden ore surrounded by gaudy
Hungarian ware, iu red, green and
yellow. Hideous Madonnas in Ma
jolica, ugly aa tbe painted plaster
parrots laukee peddlers used to car
ry round, together with every spe
cies of old English delf known to the
top shelves of kitchen clobeis. Alive
to ibis increasing passion, an enter
prising speculator baa been scouring
New Euglatd villages and South
Carolina boutesteada lor treasures of
ibis sort, of whose value their own
ers never dreamed before. The sight
at the Sunierville auction rooms
where tbey were sold ibia week was
very fuuuy. Il looked as if all the
property of a country village was
tlierw for vendue. Seta upon seta of
blue East ludia china, and odd piec
es of cracked cream-colored wedge
wood with black tracings, fragments
of old English tea seta of preity
cbiuix patterns, acaramoBch Holland
painted ware, and English blue din
ner services, rehearsing the history
of Dr. Syr-taxoa their pictured sides,
7.
or scenes from the war of Indepeod
enee, includiog portraits of George
Wnshington, were mingled in a sort
of iuditfestinn of china. Tbe ugli
est of old pots and basins were there,
witb some really superb Staffordshire
aud bauds ime bits of Flemish pot
tey, long-uecked, straight-sided
pitchers and jars embossed in indigo
blue. I was shoa-Q a yellowish
wtditeaood pitcher, as common look
iug as tbe cbeapert kitchen ware of
i.i-day, tie mate of which brought
$25 00 at yesterday's sale Let me
arn all renders who think of scllinir
heir grandfather's furniture, or their
grandmother's croikery for 'Id rub
bish, to be careful what they are
abi'it, for they may be tbrowiug
away a small fortune. If the taan
who bad half a doz-o silk Washing
ton's .o setl happens t have any old
lea sets or tdd pieces, (the more for-
l rn tbe better,) he wants to trade, I
will bit happy to talk wuh bttn.
A BUST WOMAN
If any f the ladies who read this
have any ambition to iabble in liter
ature, I hope tbey may prore as cap
able of work and bave as pleasant
credit for it .a Mis Gilder, the lit
erarv editor of tbe New York Herald
wb besides dramatizing Dr. Hol
land s novel of "revenoaks," has
written a plav of ber own. which is
soon tn be brouk-ht out at the Brook-
Ivn Theater. Miss Gilder has had a
fair showing cf newspaper experience
as former editor of the Newark Ki"j
inter, and a very acceptable New
York correspondent, but will be bet
ter recognized as tbe sister of Mr. R.
W. Gilder, tbe poet, and assistant
editor of ScribnT's Monthly.
THE LATEST FROM BROOKLYN.
A New York letter without Beech
er would be like a New England Sun
day without baked beans, r rom tbe
appearance of thing:? in Plymouth
Church, the present calendar year
will be spent in proving what every-
dv is convinced of alrcaay. But
the Council now convened at the call
of the church itself is beaded by Dr.
Leonard Bacon, whose acutenePB,
veiled skillfully under a daring frank
men have come for a free lunch.
MR. BOW EN AMD MR. JOHNSON.
. Mr. B weu is choosing bis time
and method of presenting bis proofs
so as to throw their full light on Mr.
Beecber without dragging his vic
tims into tbe glare. The satanic
brain which makes the moves for
Plymouth Chur:b sees the only de
fence possible is to refuse any evi
dence from Mr. Bowen that will not
ditniAfre ..thers worse than Mr. Beecb
er. To give names aud dales to the
public as they demand, would drag
more tbau one family of the Church
iuio dirgrace. Mr. Beecher's safety
lies in the irreparable nature of the
injury he has done his victims. Mr.
lUw.u knows tbat tbe utmost malig
nity of Plymouth will visit biro when
be speaks, and this wilh tbe stronger
consideration of humanity to the in
jured and the innoceut, may well give
him pause. Mr. Oliver Johnson,
former editor of Beecher's paper,
does not show so well siuce the pub
lication of an old letter of his to Mr.
Bowen, pleading tor Mr. Tilion,' and
speaking emphatically of Mr. lieech
er's guilt. Mr. Johnson aud Profess
or Tyler appear to have "crawfished"
badly under tbe influence of a posi
tion on the Christain Union. And
the charge of blackmailing made
against poor Mr. Loder is proven true
of another man entirely, and tbe
Tribune is manly enongh to come
out aud do the poor upholsterer jus
tice. There is much feasting oa toad
pie in many quarters, nowadays,
over the latest view of things.
PlITRO.
SAVED BY WOLVES.
AY DUKE CUTLER.
"There they are again."
"Yes, we're going to have music
again to-night. 'Tainvtbe worst kind
i ever beard either. It kinder helps
a chap to go to sleep."
1 couldn't help giving a shudder
al Tom Cright'a words.
"1 had rsiner hear anything else,"
I said. "I could sleep better if I
kuew there was a dozen grizzlies
about. I hate a wolf more thaa any
thing in tbe world."
Tom looked over toward me.
'I dou't," he said. "1 kinder like
ibe varmints. They saved my life
vuce."
"Saved your life!"
"Yes Uidu't I say so."
"You did, bm bow in the name of
goodness could tbat be?"
"1 will tell you if you want to bear.
It's a sanin fact, tbat if it hadn't
been for wolves, 1 shouldn't bave
been here to-nigbi."
Our comrade was as curious aa I
to know how ibis could be, and so
we all said to Turn:
"Let's bave tbe story."
You see we couldn't get it through
our heads, anyway, bow a pack of
blood-thirsty wolves could save anj
one.
Tom began.
"Il was ten jears &go lost Fall,
that Sam &elly aud I were trapping
away up oa ifco Yellowstone. We
had good luck at first, but after a
time it kinder cbauged about, as it is
apt to do. We caught next to
uoibiug in our traps, but it wasn't
because there wern'l plenty of game.
The plaguey redskins got a aotion of
vioiuug 'em aud taking for themselves
whatever they fouud in 'em tbat was
worth taking the hide off. This we
wcru'i long in fiudiog out by the
Lacks tbey left behind, for tbey kept
out ot sight, so tbat we didn't get as
much as a glimpse of one of tbar pie
ce rs.
"We bore it for a while, aud then
made up our miuda thai we wouldn't
stand it auy longer. We didn't be
lieve that there was more than one
or two of the robber, and we jest
sed to ourselves tbat we would get
rid of 'em by puuing a bullet through
the bead of tbe fir-t one we should
fiud up to their tricks.
"So we kept a bright lookout, and
a couple of nigbia afterward we
catcbed a redskin takiog a beaver out
of a trap.
"This was all we wanted, and
Sam jest sent a bullet through bis
beao. We put him out of aigbt at
once, for we knew the old Nick would
be to pay, if any of tbe redJuaa
eraid
should come acrost him
"For three days nobody meddled
wilb our traps, aud we began to think
that we were all right agin. But we
soou fouud that we was a good ways
from it. The third uight, when we
got back to camp, we found ourselves
in a fix. Tbe red.-kius had been
there, aud carried off everything we
had. All our furs, and our outfit, ex
cept that wbicb we bed with us.
"Sam md 1 talked the matter over,
aud made up our uituus thai the best
thing we could do was to cut, sticks
a i once.
"If we staid w here we was wc
were sure lo tiaie ui-jfe trouble, aud
we mitf til uot gel ui of it very ea.-y.
&o we jest cooked our suppers out of
ferine gauio we unci brought iu. and
liieu we shouldered our rifles aud
started."
"After leaviug the river we had a
pluiu to croad, tour or five miles wide,
vu which there was uoibiug bm loug
dry grass that crumbled uuder our
feeL Beyond ibai we kuew tbat we
should strike a creek with a bell of
limber ou either side. There was a
Vouug tuoou iu tbe sky 'boui as big
as jer poder-horu, aud ii gin us a
light for au hour or two.
"e bad got jest about half
across the plaiu whea allatouce Sam
stopped aud looked back.
"What is ii? sed I. 'Anvtbiog
up!' "
Ucdskius."
"I gin a start, stopped and looked
back At first I couldn't see nothing
and said so, to Sam.
"Right under the moon. Don't
you see 'em now?
"He was right. There was lagius
thar not more than half a-roile away
aud comiog after us at tbe top of ibeir
sjieed.
" 'I see 'cm uow,' I answered
That's a dozen of 'era at least.
What's to be done?
"1 see no way but to run for it,
sed Sam. If we can get to the tim
ber betore they do, we shall stand
some Sort of a show. We have got
to do some tall walking Tom.
"Thai's my mind. Come on, or
we shall lose our hair.
"Act! we went.
"For a mile we kept the distance
good betweea us, and then in spite of
all we could do, ther came nearer
aud nearer. Then, then the rroon
went down, and we could no longer
see them.
"Just then a sound broke upon
our ear3 away in tbe night. Tbe
wolves had scented us, and were
coming in full pursuit. So we bad
two kinds of euemies to contend agin.
Atweea 'em both we knew cur fame
wa? up, unless we could get to the
timber. The redskin3 would have to
get there too, or the wolves would
make a meal of 'em.
"It was a strange race, and a hard
one bat Sam ana 1 came in ahead.
But we hadn't much to brag on; tbe
redskins were in tbe timber about as
soon as we was.
"We didn't take to the first tree
we came to, for it didn't appear as
though we could climb easy, but
went op oue not a half dozen rods
away, and lelt that for the redskins.
Ther took it all except one who
was a bit too late. Tbe wolves
caught hold on hire as he was going
up, and in less than a minute they
bad tore him to pieces and devoured
him. We could hear them cruncb
his bones as plain as coul I be.
"But soon as we got oar breath
Sam and me talked our condition
over. t e were sate so long as tbe
night lasted, for tbe wolves would
keep the redskins np the tree. But
as soon as day began to break they
would slink off, and thn would come
tbe tug of w ar.
"What could we do against many?
We might manage to kill half of 'em
before they could finish us, but what
goog could that do us? There we was,
and for tbe life of a we could not see
bow we were going to escape.
The wolves divided up so to keep
us all where we were. The ground
beneath both trees were covered
with 'em and sach a snapping of
ttetb and growling I never heard be
fore in my life. Could tbey but get
at us tbey would bave devoured tbe
whole of us in less than five minutes
time.
"Tbat boys was about as unpleas
ant a sight as ever I was out in.
But we kept a dreading the morning,
lor we felt that it would be worse for
us. But it didn't happen to be af
ter all, though we felt mighty sqoir
dish when we see it begin to grow
light in the east. Just then there
was an awful crash and a scream
that seemed to split our ears. It gin
us an awful start aud Sam and I
held on to our perch with all eur
might.
"The next minute we knew what
it meant." Tbe trej in which the red
skins were roosting, bad split down
and every one of 'em had gone down
among tbe wolves.
"For about two minutes there was
an awful fight about that spot and
then all was over. Every one of the
redskins had been killed by the
wolves, aud we could beartbem tear
ing tbe flesh off from their bones
"Sam and I shook hands on it, for
we knew that we were safe now "
"The sun was jest coming up when
the last of the wolves sneaked away,
and gin us a chance to come down
from our roost.
"It was a hard looking Eight un
der tbat tree, I can tell you boys."
"The wolves were our friends that
night for tbey saved our lives, as
. . t T 1-1
you can see, and mat is way i ue
music. But then, boys, 1 believe it
sounds better when it is a little ways
off"
A Brae of Dwc Wlorlea.
The Buffalo Adcertiser says: "On
Thursday a Mr. Stambach, residing
on ibe Hamburg Turnpike, called at
o.j Police Station and reported to
CapL ilanigran tbat a large -New
foundland dog, attached to a band
waron, had been standing on tbe
turnpike, about a mile from the city,
since Tuesday moruiog and refused
to move, tbouch some one bad re
leased him from tbe wagon, which
was partially filled wilh willow
branches, evidently cut by the dog's
master, from a grove in tbe vicioiir.
This morning it was ascertained tbat
the animal's owner was Andrew
Selrick, a baeketmaker, also that on
Wednesday night he had beel a-
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rested by an officer of the Second
Precint, and yesterday raoruiDncoru-
muted to the V irk-houe for thirty
days ia default of a fine. It is be
lieved thai beiug cold, Andrew left
tbe dog aud wagon si the place w here
tbey were touud to 'get a drink.'
and that be tovk a uumoerof -dribks.'
till be became iuiuxicaled aud frgot
all about his property. The circum
stances are remarknOle, aud aff rd a
gd illustration of tbe faitvfulues, if
a brute who had stayed for three
days without food, Waning f ,r his
master, as opposed to the master's
dissipation aud neglect."
The Troy Yhiy gives the f Mow
ing in iis irsue f Stturd-ty: ' Ye
terday a little girl was sent to a store
with a twMlo'lar hill to uialemiiue
purchases. The child ou I'tr w ay to
tLesiure lost btr inuu-j, and reiuru
iug borne told ber lather of ber il.
fortune. Ileal once weut out in
search of the mfssiug cash. Wuilt:
proeculiug his staich he was uc
C' Sled by a lad uain-d R an, iiiioir
ueur by, ho on lesruiu wbtai was
lost rtqtlrsled biut loshv a b:ll to
the dog thai was wilh 'be boy, aud
apparently iuierenled Iu what wa
going ou, aud assured ibe g-ntleuiau
that ihe dog wootd bud tbe lost ute.
The geuilemau wuh iue incredulity
preseuted a uoie for Hie iu.-pecuu
of ihe dug which the taller reeiucd lu
eXamiue luteliigeuily, aud then tbe
boy sent the cauiue ou the
search. Shortly sf.er ibe fugacious
brute returued, but with no bill, aud
the Keutlemau's look or incredulity
became quite poniuve; but ibe by
asserted thai ibe bill was uot -u the
street. Had ubeeuibere, ibe ry
Uiaiutaiued, ihe d"g Would bave
fouud ii, aud lo vindicate the high
reputation of his pel, asked ihe geti
lleuiau lo place a bill ou ibe street al
considerable disiauce aud unob
served by tbe dog, wbicb was doue.
Mure money was exhibited aud the
dog seut out al random, lu a few
minutes tbe sagacious animal return
ed with tbe note. In tbe meautiuie
Mr. R. Tuuuard bad found tbe lost
uote. The remarkable sagacity of
tbe dog being told, Mr. Tuuuard
heard of the story and promutlv re
stored ibe money to its owner. A
comparison of events left no doubt
that be picked up the bill before the
dog was sent in search of it. Tbe
animal is a very intelligent, water
spaniel that has beer, trained to search
forbidden articles, which h? does
with more than human thoroughness.
On another occasion a lady lost a
gold ring, which the spaniel soon
found and restored to tbe owner
after being shown another ring by
the ladv."
Th tealeao er tbo MaT lot
A correspondent of Xotes and Que
ries (London) writes! Can any ot
your correspondents inform me
whether the enclosed extract from
Ibe L,oiniche Zeilung published cor
rect transcript of tbe sentence of
death pronounced against Jesus
Christ.
Tbe following is a copy of the
most memorable judicial sentence
which has ever been pronounced in
tbe annals of tbe world that of
death against tbe Savior, with re
marks which Le i roil has collected,
and tbe knowledge of which must be
interesting in the highest degree to
erery Christian. Until now I am
not aware that it has ever been made
public in the German papers. The
sentence is word for word as follows:
Sentence propounded by Pontius
Pilate, Intendent of province of Low
er Galilee, tbat Jesus of Nazareth
shall suffer deatu by tbe cross.
Ia tbe seventeenth year of the em
peror of Tiberius, aud on tbe 25tb
day of the month of March, in tbe
most holy city of Jerusalem, during
the pontificate of Annamian and Ca
iapbas. Pontius Pilate, Iotendant ot the
province of lower Galilee, sitting in
judgment in the Presidential seat of
praetor, sentenced Jesus of azaretb
to death on a cross, between two rob
bers, as numerous and notorious tes
timonies of tbe people prove.
1. Jesus is a misleadcr.
2. He has evcited the people
sedition.
3. He is an enemy to laws.
4. He calls himself tbe son
God.
5. He calls falselr the King
to
of
Of
Israel.
6. He went into the temple fol
lowed by a multitude of people, car
rying palms in their bands.
Orders the first centurian Quirillus
Cornelious to bring him to tbe place
of execution.
Forbids all persons, rich or poor,
to prevent tbe execution of Jesus.
The witnesses who have signed
tbe execution against Jesus are :
1. Daniel Robani, Pharisee.
2. John Sorababet.
3. Raphael Robia.
4. CapeL
Jesus to be taken oat of Jerusalem
through tbe gates of Tournes.
Tbe sentence is engraved on a
plate of brass, in the Hebrew lan
guage, and on its sides are the follow
ing word3: "A similar plate has
bten sent to each tribe" It was dis
covered in the year 1S20, in the city
of Aquila, in the kingdom of Naples,
hy a searcher for the discovery of
Roman antiquities, and remained
there until it was found by the Com
missary of art in the French army
of Italy. Up to the time of the
campaign in Southern Italy it was
proven ia the sacristy of the Carmu
siaris near Naples, where it was kept
ia a box of ebony. Since, the relic
has been kept by them, which was
an acknowledgement of the sacrific
es which they made for tbe French
army. The French translation was
nario. lite-rail bv members of the
Commission of Arts. Denon had a
facsimile of the plate engraved.
which foeimile was bought by Lord
Howard, on tho sale of his cabinet.
for 2,890 fraoca. There seems to be
no historical doubt as to the authenti
city of this. The reasons of tbesen
tenee correspond exactly with those
of the Gospel.
Why is a selfish friend like the let
ter P? Because, though he is first in
pity, be is the last in help.
During leap-year every woman has
aa inalienable ri6ht to make lore and
fire la the moniag. '
Tbe Detroit Vew Prgat: sayc
Saturday, when "Big English" saw
thatHWMB(rjnjrtjbe. iOBMOin
day for ih Umiblacks, be H his
bead to devise something to break
tbe monotony. About tea o'clock be
got a number of boys i0to the ally
heboid 'he pt . AW sod organised
the Fom-bub Coogresa." "Big
Eugliab" ia a regular roader of the
daily papers, and he ia a great or
ganizer. It took him but fifteen
minutes to get the "Honae" and
"Senate" ruooingao smoothly that
lawyers and others looked dowa
from their windows with great inter
est. "Who's a liar?" yelled a white
headed bov as h- jumped up.
"Ob, dry up!' shouted "Sixth
w ard Tom."
"Put hi iu out, be was a rebel ia
the army!" called a boy from Grand
River aveuun.
"Some one clubbed my dog fifteen
years a., aud I never forgave him!"
bowled Strawberry Bob.
"Gel out ibe records, and leta see
who was loyal," put ia King's b-y.
B.g Eogl.sb rapped on bis box to
resioie urder, but Kiuat Tommy threw
up bi hat aud yelled:
"I move for the nizes and tbe
'10M!S."
"He can't gag me," shouted a
lathy boy fioiu Wiunor.
"Lesi have salary grab," piped
a Congress street boy.
"The peepul Won't sltjj it,"
hoope-d auotber.
"H .tut we the people?" dtinaoded
a b i.u tbe failing.
' Are we one country?" asked tbe
Speaker, as be rose up.
"I art", but you naint!" yelped
N t-ke-iy Dick"
"D esu't ue fla,r float f r us all?"
cotiuuued the Speaker.
"It dfs about tax lime!" screamed
a cr.ss-eyed youth from Spring
wells. Somebody kicked tbe honorable
Speaker. He ibeu struck the hon
orable gentleman fron Wisconsin.
The-honorable geuilemaii from Wia-cou-iu
ema-bfd at the honorable gen
tleman from Georgia, aud bair stood
up aud coat-tails stood nut. Whea
ibe row had quieted down tbe honor
able Speaker remarked:
"Il was pretty rood for the first
li'iir. though y u didut abu-e eacb
o'her enough.
Why Ho Watatoo tao Tlsor.
Those who attended the sale of
animals trom Barnnm's hippodrome
iu Bridgeport, tbo other day, report
the following occurrence: A tiger
was being offered. The bid raa op
o $4 UU0. This was made by a man
who was a stranger and to him it
was kuocked dowa. Baroum wbo
had been eyeing the stranger daring
tbe bidding, now went opto bim aad
said :
"Pardon me for asking the ques
tion, but will you tell me where yon
ari Irom ?'r
"Down Sout a bit," responded the
man.
"Are yon connected with a show?"
"No."
"And are you buying this animal
for Yourself I"
"Yes."
Barnum shifted about uneasily for
a moment, looked alternately at tbe
man and tbe tiger, and evidently try
ing his best to reconcile the two to
gether. "Now young man yon need not
take ibis animal unless you want to,
for there are those here wbo will take
it off yoa' hands."
"I don't want to sell," was the quiet
reply.
"What on earth are yoa going to
do with such aa ngly beast if yoa
have no show of your own, and are
not buying for some oae wbo ia m
showman?"
"Well, 111 tell yoa said the pur.
chaser, "my wife died about three
weeks ago. We had lived together
for ten years, and I miss her." He
paused to wipe his eyes and steady
bis voice, and tbeo added "so I
bought this tiger."
"1 understand yon," said tbe great
showman in a husky voice. Dan
bnry Xeics.
We Can All BVsawoaaftww.
We can remember the time when
a mac wbo wore a moustache la New
York was looked t p n as a suspicion
character. A merchant who left the
bair grow on his upper hw woaCJ
have found it hard to maintain bis
credit Foreign merchants, French
men for instance, when they estab
lished themselves ia business ia New
York, found it necesaary to sacrifice
their moustaches to business consid
erations. Those were the days wbea
opulent merchants, portly bank pres
idents, and high toned lawyer wore
dress coats every day at their busi
ness, and tbe average ew York man
of com'ortabl income invariably ap
peared oa Broadway wilh black
broadcloth coat and doeskin trows-
era, thin boots, and stovepipe hat A
man weanng a beard id those rood
old days we are talking of bo twea-ty-five
or thirty year ago wa re
garded as a very eccentric person.
-V. Y.Sun.
Arroat of Molly !.
FoTTSYiLLf, Pa., Feb. 25. LasS
night Charles McAllister and Petrkfc
Monley were arrested for tbe do obi
murder in Sep. last of Thomaa San
ger and Wm. Wren.
A poor fly, who, lured forth by tnw
insidious siren-like heat of a red hot
stove, had the misfortune yeaterday
to light on the proboscis of a red
nosed visitor with soap and lead pen
cils to sell, got hi feet aioged to
badly thai be limped every time he
lit
A lady of Rock ville, Conn , receiv
ed a note the otber day, asking if a
tew friends ronld bave a surprise par
ty at her bouse. She said yes, and
took up her carpets aod made ample
preparations. The evenief came
and passed with not even caller.
That's where tbe surprise earn ia.
A boarding establishment
pen ter's shop.
car-
"The rich," said Dotcbmaa,
eat venison because it is deer. I
eat routtoa because it wh sheep.
It is much better to work ia earn
est aod to py earaeat than to
mix work aad play careearj togtta
er. ' ' -
X fem:Je teacher ia Main recest
cently attempted to c.nastin a boy,
when be turned npon her aod stab
bed her with a gimlet Sb has quit
teaching since it has become soea a
bore to her. '
When a strange' asked a Detroit
girl, whom be met at a party, if sb
was married, she protnptly replied:
-Vat suite : bat I hav sued tare r
four chap foe stwadk f pf!."
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