u Terms of IuWicatlon Ths Ssasrset Herald ...Wished .very Wednesday im' aUJM wiUtavarlablyU charged. , .. n, .u.puo, win "C rearage. ar. paid J$WW aotiry u. when reneerfber. do Subeeriber! remain from on ' tber .bould ,! th. - tB ,ormeT" Uath-pTeeotfnea AdJ Somerset Printing Company. JOHN L SCCIXs Business Manager. Etuinvs Card. aep, rrcui".7 - - ed t . 'fLLlAM H. KW .tu- Lew.seaorJ L-Vfmrelnomer ,oi the adjoining oouuties. "-" House Bow. rZrVTlNE HAY. ATTOKNET ATAW tL f dealer in real I -uh ."lend to ail bttSlue. emnu-ed l ug .,. pruiiipuM and treaty. JU. OGLE ATTOKSE AT LAW. S.,erL Pa. ri"JS" s..,i-siial uustne erases--" tat n . ui r urrica-xu slam vro -- jlumoib block. .ti iv SUM OUN H.VHL. ATT1 : t.'asines. ic7 Ulfict in Mnnnuili liuh-W- AMES L. PUGlI. . -.-wovrv AT LAW. A t IV'tt-' - S-Sierset, Pa. Om Entrance M"" iDned and all Hral e- juij l . TI. AW. i -.tend lu au u- Somerset, Pa., w!1' nJ adiotning coun- l rusted to hi care in J,??1 V XT in Maav ...UMI klll.LU --, ...,.. II ni wuu j "; ,, in. 11-11. C'c in Mammoth Bloc. J TAV1. B. eilTBEB. " A1THER U. OAITHEICT, Jfi TX i.uLui1' Oin N.HU..AU MS . "- ,jr. T'J-"- . rS H BBTBAKKB wnleu bu pi'.f'" '--pit Ut'ii;e. IE E M KIMMEL will continue to prai D Uc ik-ne. and tender! hi. proU-nalrvi. i w the rititen. ..f S.neret "tL'eart e..untry '"e at tie old pUoe, a few dO eart til the tl lade House. itt KM COLLINS. DENTIST, Someriet, I) v. ,7 luCUcr Block, n." Jnerehe can at all time, be luno rI ail kind, ol w,.rk. such a. reKU at inex tractiEit. kc. Artihcial teeth 1 all k''? uetimarial.lneried. Operations .warranted. O S. GOOD, PI1YSICIAX t- SURGEON. SOSIEUSKT, IA. M-Orru-s in Mammoth Block TU W.M MARTIN, RESIDENT DENTIST, SOMliKSsET, l'A. la rU tlP. Hani. MTeml rrr expenrmx, r- iral teeth a .pecialty. Office two du..r. west ol the Soo.er.el Uoiet Satlslaclion guaranteed. aprl4 r-.n n MlT T.r.R after twelve I I v. a-ire practice In Shankrrtlle. ha. nfi wra- .utiy k-caed at S.cret Lit Hie prac uo.itoe.d tender, bi. profe.rt--.faer-vice, to it ci.iten. ol Somenet and vtc.iir .y.- attice in ru urui more, "i""- U a;. wl're be can be consulted at all time. allien i rteai-naUy ecnaao. -Mieh'. call promptly answered. dec. 13, fl-ly. . JOHN 151 LLS. DBIsTTIST. (.iffce In CBinth k Nf IT. new bui'.dii;.;. Main Croe. Street. Somewt, Pa. novll A IITIFIC'AL TEETH!! J. C. YUTZY. D El TIST DALE CITY, jomenet C., Pa., Artificial Teeth, v anted to be of the very best uualilv. Llle-like ard iandeome, tnwrted in liie 1mm ft vie. Paruculai alieniioD paid to the pre. ervalion of the natural teeth. Tb.e Trishin U conrult ma by letter, eai do (o by euducinie lump Addrea. a. above. leU-T'i II ILL HOUSE, JOHN HILL, PttOr-KjrrV. The proprietor U prepared to accommoii.-ite gneft. in the most eomlortable attd aatlsiaciory manner. The traveling public and permanent boarder, tur nihi with the ben of Hotel accommodation.. The table, will continue to 1 furni-hed with the liest the market anoru.. Laiye ana eotcmo.:ta. nablint; attaebed. jn!2 T HE SOMEIiSET HOUSE. HTlr leased this miimiaccnt aod well known Hotel property ! Mm. i. A. Flick, the under (imed take, pleasure in Informing bi. friends and the public peaerally that be will spare neither pain, nor expena to make this boose all that eold be desired. Aceommoaatlnic clerk, and obiiiring waiter! will attend to the want, of cus t.mera, and the table will at all time, be liUen "Uh the best the market atiordt- Air. ii. H. Tiy wan nir at all time be found in theefflw. mnau.' V. LATAN. D IAMOND HOTEL. STOYSTOWX PA. SAMUEL. CUSTEIt. Troprie-tor. Tbl. prralar and well know. bonM U at all time, a Je-irWe rjir(r.a place for the trarelint: DQt.lic TaMa and Uoom. nnR-elasa. Ooud .ta bling. :.ckj leave daily for Juhntwa and Someraet marll. Jvo. BKKS. labci . inn Ansits Ibr Fire anil life Insurance, JOHN HICKS & SON, . SOMEIISET, r.V, ' And Tieal Estate Brokers. ESTABLISHED Penoo. w ho desire to au, boy or exchange prop erty, oc k rent will find it to their advantage to i-. k imiLj . V i . . liiade nnlea. auM r rented. Ileal estate bnaweai lrcrsu; wuiue pramiuy aitenaeo to. augU. H O.MES FOll ALL. 1 have Ibr sale, on term with la the reach of ev. err euber. Inuanriua ladlviueal, bonne, lots, farm. Umber laada. mineral aaua tmihllna lots. kc , la diBereei parts c' :U eanty. la parcel 1 from vee-lourtA ol aa acre an 10 Loot acre. Ti tle warranted. Tersa one aria la bead and th balance la tea eueai annual payment, properly ecard. a'oo aeed l1.iv ! U M ul aad Inoaetrtoe bablta. Call ooa. a mm ol the pr-Mrue wii! be ur rest II not aold suo. febi O.WKYAND A U NUMERATOR'S ii ALE. Estate of Sarah A. Moon, lata of Lower Tarkey foot T., deceased . Letter of administration bavins; been granted to the aadersigaed. by the proper authority, oa Ihe attfwe run. Attfi. t. h. i , Soos indebted to aud estate 10 make immecUte payment, and tfcoae having claim against said state will present them only eatheniioaiod hw aulasneitt aad allowance. THOMAS SEAM, feba Administrator. Finn I JL VOL. XXIV. XO. 45. JDHNSTOWN SAVIKGS BAM, 120 CLINTON STREET, JOHXSTOWX.PA. ,'hrtrrJ September U 1STJL DepoiU rectir l ll umi n le. lbanne dollar. r"rwnt !, i iDitrxt fix vrr rrot. Intcrctt itin in ,1k umiiIii of June and December, and if nut w i . Q-i ra w n is au.ieu w ucjpwh . . ,111. twin a year without ir.MiWtur tne deuoti t,.r tu eail r even to present tb depu!t bouk. Muoey ludDed on real estate. Preference, with 111 w ml rate and kmx time. ifiTeti to borrowerf o4 lennir nr m-KtK on lirat wurtb tir or more timet tne amouul m loan desired, tiood reler enr fwriocl till', he , riuircd. TbH cnaii.n u eirlusively s Savintrt Bank. No eominer-iai dejiosita received, nor UlseoHDU nsa-le. No loans on perwmai ieeurity. biank applicationi ! borrower. eopie of the ruiea, by law, and rpeelal law relating- to the tat.. tul to anv address requested. xrnfx J.mee Cooper, Uavid Plbert C. B. h.h, A. J. Hawea. F. W. lUy, John wman. L H Li1t. Daniel McLaughlin, V. J. Jlorreli, Lewid liit'H. A. Owirad SupliefcOetf. 1. Swir.k. Jamea Jlc.uiiicn, Jame. M.riey and W. t Val:er. Kaoiel J. Morrell. President; Frak Dlbert, Treieurer: Cyrus Elder, S4icitor. no-Ji. J. 0. KDI3IEL & SON'S, Succefsor. to Schell & Kimmel, SOMEIISET, PA. Accounts of Merchants and oth er Business People Solicited. Drafts neeotiable in all parts of the Coun try for kale. Money loaned and Collections made. Cambria County BANK , M AV. KEDI & CO., XO. S6 UAH STREET, JOHNSTOWN.PA., lictfy S--l-Jl'-l Brick Bul-'tng. A Oar-re! Banking; Business Tunsactt'd. lrat. and "JoM aad S.lrer binrht and ld. C-)llerti-s mae in all part, of tLe l ulled State and Canada, interest allowed at the rate of ail percent, peranum. 1: left ix month, or Umftr. 6,;.3cial arraiiifeaieDU nraJe w't'.n Guarliar J and others IP buld nioneyi In trust. aprii 18-J.i. IOHN D13ERT. iOHN O.ROBERTS. JOHN DIBERT & CO., Bankers CGESER M3 Ail mmi Sf EEETS, JOHNSTOWN, PA. AcounnU of Merchants and other buMinettM people rolieil- etl. DrMflsj neicotiable In nil part of the eountry tor mw. Money Icoaned and t'olleetlona Made. Interest a the rate of Mi ler cent, per annum al lowed on Time l'epofcits. avln:r lepotU Ilooki in ed, and IntereM t omponnded senii-atmually when dexlred. A General iidiitiD Uum-sii Transacted. Feb. 10. Tijtocco anJ Cigars, T t VUOLEBALE ASWUCTAii, M ' J. If. Zimmerman. Somerset, Penna. The tst of cirars of different braixls. manufac tured by himself, of the choicest of ttbee. These rim . cannot 1 excelled by any in the mar ket. One of the best Mocks -f chewing- tobacco ever brought to Somer.-t. Price to uit the time. janM New Firm. SHOE STORE, SNYDER & UHL HaTiuK purchased the Sho Store lait lj owned ly II.C. Iteerit. We take pleasure la il!in the attention of pnblic to the lct that we hare now and expee keep constantly on hand a complete an meat of Boots, Shoes and Gaiters BOTn OF Eastern and Home Manufacture a can be found anywhere. We also will have nt hand constantly a full supply of SOLE LEATHER, MOROCCO CALF SKIN'S KIPS. AND LINING SKINS Of U kind, with a full Us of Shoe Findings. The HOXK M AXCr ACTIHE DEPART. M EST will be in charge of N". B. Snyder, Esq. Who retatloa for making Good Work and 6ood Fits I I eena4 toaooe In the State. The public, la r : KMt.l. . . t . 1 ! .1 I . . are eeteruslBed to keep gowl a good aa th - . a4 pnece a sow aa me lowest. SNYDER & UHL. r-A.rfi lie Mticellaneou. rPLETONS AMERICAN CYCLOP-EDIA .NEW REVISED EDITION. JLutlrely rewritten If the abiert writer on every auujeel. 1'rinusd irom new type, and illustrated wiu several umhikumi vnrm. 111.3. mn wp The work originally puniUhed under the title of ruAiwlxuii.t iYCLuruii. waaoompiei- eo ui is4 giuee wiucn tuii tne wine ctrcnuuon wbK-n 11 has attained In all part of the I niled btaiea, and tin aigual development which hava taken place in every branch ol acience. literature, ana art, nave inuacea lbs editor and imbluher to .ubiuit to na exact and thoriMigh revtsioo. sad to issue a new ediuun,enutle4 lua akjuucax ri jr MUl A. M iihin the lat ten year Ihe progress of dis covery m every department of knowledge ha uiaue a new work ol reierenca an lmperatlv want, lb movement ol political affair ha kept pace with the discoveries ot Kieoce, and their truitlul applicauoo to the industrial and useful art, and the convenience and reanemenl ot Social 111. 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In extra Cl'th. per vol $ In Lil-nirv Leaifaer, per vol In UaU Turkey oitocoo, per vol..i J In Half Russia, extra gill, per vol In full M.htocco. antique, gilt dlgea, jr vol . .v In fuU Kussia, per vol Fourteen volume nr-w ready. jucveedia warns ant'l completion, M be ueupd wore in two month. -Specimen page of the American Cyclopae dia, showing type. Uli-nratiotis, etc., will be sept gratis on application. First cui canvauui ajreuu warned. Addres. 3. H.WILLIAMSON. Agent, Ifo. 10! SUthSu, Piiuburgh, Pa. dccS UW, FOLLANSBEE & CO; Merchant Tailors, drVnl MMutaotuarer ot Gent's. Youth's and Boys, Faslsioii ClotMsi ami FnriiisMjig Goeii 121 Wood Street, corner Fifth Avenue, PITTSBURGH. aprL c l ate'ro 6 Fs. Tbose who are now building house should know that Is it cheaper in the lung run to put on Slate Roots th in tin or shingle. Slate will last forever. and no repairs are required. Slate gives the pur est water lor cisterns, aiatei ore prnoi. tvery good house snouiu nave a Miaie root. 1 ne under signed is located in Cumberland, where he has a good Bypiy uf Peachbottom L Buckingham SL AT E lor roofling the very beet article. He will under take to put Slate K.k.4 on Houses, public and pri vate, spire. Ac., either in Iowa cv country at the lowest price, and to warrant them. Call tnd see him or addres bun at his Office. No. 110 Baltimore Street, cumaerund, aa. Urder may be lea with JUAB CASEBEEK, Agent, Somerset, Pa. W. H. Shim-it. Apri th, 1STS. C. A. Waltsb, C. W. TarxaL, Cheap Store! DEY GOOUS, ORfXrrBIES, FAKMIXQ IMPLEMENTS, H ARD'tCHBE, GRAIN, At. frt, Fcr Cih or Produce. Uebharts, Pa. maris 1876 WALL PAPER. 1876 Pemratlv aoveltle fcr the eotnlnr scrinr ar ranged. The b Partsian houses lally represent ed. Last! Paper, with and without Dado. Scarlet mhswl aad Pebble Ground Paper com plete asei wsaent. New H a 11 Pilaster on Screens, very reebenb. American OoW Gtonnd. Gilt, Satia. Plsia Embonw. iiamask. Ac., First I'rixe Silver Medal awarded at Ei position. xial Prion !e Deeuere. De Zoiiche A. Co 101 Fifth ave., neit to Postoftce. .- . PITTSBUTGH, PA. March Ii T.D.EVAjS. ARCHITECT. Aaa retDrned from Europe. Office U. YHXh PITTSBUBGII. March SJ. 1876 .WHEBE NOW ? "1876. WHAT FOR? TbnyaFABJtt0(th, One Million -Acres of fine farwiwa- lands sale- by- the ob ANI1 J1AP1L.S It INDIANA JL JL j " j " Strong SoTls. Ready Market. Sure Oop. Oond Scbaola H. Rj-raa through centre of rraat Seulemeau all aim. AU kiads of pvodoee raised Plefiiy ef water, bsuoer and bonding material! Pnoe fmsi M to 10 per aerei osM-soona down, balance on )uoe. T-Sead fur illustrated pamphlet, fall of beta and hgwrea, and be convinced. Addrea. W, A. HOW ARD.Coaun-rOraad RapldrXich UPEUtCSeeLandliejVu No eharwe Ins mwllmln.n m.). D NefacasaadvaBea. No lee aa- less (neoeaslul. - i w. i.n i.ramm 11 1 ie. era OtBce, r . UONKOLX-T nitrra a imii. Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, Pa t onier tOST. Once on a time she came to rue, As some small star from Leaven mizht flea To be mortal's sole delight. A love by diiy, a dream by night, The sweetest thing on laud or sea. My little darling crept to me. A trembling, tender, fairy thing, Too grave to smile, too sad to'sing. Aware of earth with grieved surprise An alien from her native skies, A baby ange! strange to see, My little darling came to me. But love and loving taught her smiles, And life and living baby wiles The way to cling, to coax, to kiss. To fill my soul with deepest blUs ; My heart of hearts, my life, was she. This little love who came to me. TVhat words she stammered, sft and low, Xo other ears but mine could kaow ; More gentle than a cooing dove. More fond than any voice of love, 80 shy, so swet-t, so tenderly, My little darling spoke to me. I know not how to tell the grace That dwelt upon her wistful face The tinted skin, the lip's pure bloom. The clearest eyes that knew not gloom, The hair as soft as moth wings be My little darliDg showed to me. Alas ' I know that all is gone, That here I sit and grieve aloae, That every fair and gracious thing I loved and lost is but a sting ; Another thorn thy memory, My little darling, brings to mo. But kindly night doth pity paia ; In all my dreams she conies again ; Her precious head h oa my breast ; My happy arms caress her rest ; I hear her words of tender glee : My little darling kisses me. Ah ! sweet is n;cht too sweet, too brief When day recalls out bitterest grief. The hungry heart, the longing dire That burns the soul with vain desire. The ancient cry of wild digress. The Raochel mcurning, comfortless Oh, God ! ence more that face to see ! My little darling, come to me. Rote Terry Cooke. LITERARY MU11TSIARE. Zr. MARK TWAIN. Will the reader please cast Lis eye over the following verses, nod see if he can dif cover nnythio? Larcnft;! a them ? ' AWiuclor, whea yoa receive a hire. Punch in the preaeaca cf the paiaenjaK 1 A blue trip sljri for aaeigbt-cent fare, A tuit trip slip for a six-cent rare, A pink trip slip tor a three cent tire. Punch in the presence of the paatenjare ! CHOKCS. Punch, brothers ! punch with care 1 . Punch in the presence of thepaxsenjare !" I came aeroua thsaa jingling rhy mes in a newspapera little while ago, and read them a couple of 'imea. Tbej took instant nat entire possea sion of me. AH through breakfast tbey went waltzing through mj brain; and when, at last, I rolled up oij napkin, I could not tell whether I had eaten anything or noL 1 had care fully laid out my day 'a work the day before a thrilling tragedy in the novel which I am writing. I went to mv den to begin my deed of blood. I took up my pen, but all I could get it to say was, "I'unch in the presence ofthepasseDjare." I fought hard for an hour, but it was useless. My bead kept humming, "A blue trip slip for an eight-cent'fare, a buff trip slip for a six-cent fare," ana sa on and so on, without peace or respite. The day's work was ruined I could see that plainly enough. 1 gare np and drifted down town, and present ly discovered that my feet were keep ing time to that relentless jiagle. When I could stand it no longer 1 al tered my step. But it did no good : those rbymea accommodated them selves to the new step and went on harassing me just as before. 1 re turned home, and suffered all the af ternoon : suffered all through an un conscious and unrefreshing dinner; suffered and cried, and jingled all through the evening; went to bed and rolled, tossed, and jingled right along, the same as ever; got up at midnight frantic, and tried to read ; but there was nothing visible upon the whirling page except "Punch! punch in the presence of the passen- jare." lij sunrise l was out oi my mind, and everybody marveled and was distressed at the idiotic burden of my ravings, "Punch ! oh, punch 1 punch in the presence of the passen jare !" Two day3 later, on Sunday morn ing, I arose, a tottering wreck, and went forth to fulfil an engagement with a valued friend, the Rev. Mr. , to walk to the Talcott Tow- er, ten miles distant. lie stared at me, but asked no questions, ne started. Mr. talked, talked, talked as is his wont. I said noth ing: I beard nothing. At the end of a mile, Mr. said, "Mark are you sick r I never saw a man look so Daggered and worn and abi;nt-minded. Say nothing; do!" Drearily, wiibou enthusiasm, I said: "Punch, brothers, punch with care ! Punch ia the presence of the passenjare I" My friend eyed me blankly, looked perplexed, then said, '1 do not think 1 get your drift, Mark. There does' not seem to be any revelancy in what yon have said. certainly nothing sad ; and yet may be it waa the way you atd the words never heard anything that sounded so pathetic. What is" Rut I beard no more. I was al- readyfar away with pittiless, heart breaking "blue tr'p slip for an eight- cent fare, buff trip Blip for a six-cent fare, pink trip slip for a three-cent fare : punch in tbe presence of the passenjare." I do not know what occurred during tbe other sine- miles. liowever, all of a sudden Mr. laid his band on my shoulder and shouted. "Ob,-wake op! wake np! wake up Pont t-lcep all day t Here we ar at : tbe - Tower, man I I have talked myself deaf and dumb and blind, tad never got a response. Just look at tbU magnificent autumn land scape. Look at it! look at hi feast your eyea on it I You have traveled; yon bare seen boasted landscapes elsewhere. Come now, deliver an bonet opinion. What do yoa say to this?" set EHTAULISHED, 18 3 SOMERSET, PA., .WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1S76. I sighed wearily, anJ mannered, "A buff trip slip for a six-cent fare, a pink trip slip for a three-cent fare, punch in tbe presence of the passen jare." Rev. Mr. stood there, very grave, full of concern, apparently, and looked long at me; then be said, "Ma'k, there is something about this that I cannot understand. Those are abont tbe same words you said before; there does not teem t) be anything in them, aad yet they near ly break my ueart when you say them. Punch in tbe how is it they go?" I began at the beginning and re peated all the lines. My friend's face lighted up with interest. Ho said, "Why, what a captivating jingle it is ! It is almost music. It flows along so nicely. I have nearly caught tbe rhymes myself. Say them over just once mere, and then I'll have them, sure," I said them over. Then Mr. said them, lie made one little mis take, which I corrected. The next time and the next be got them right. Now a great burden seemed to tum ble from my shoulders. That tortar iog jingle departed out of my brain, and a grateful sense of rest and peace decended upon me. I was light hearted enough to sing; and I did sing for half an hour, straight along, as we jogged homeward. Then my freed tongue found blessed speech again, and then tbs pen talk cf many a wearT hour began to eush and flow. ' It flowed on and on, joyously, jubilantly, until the fountain was empty and dry. As I wrung my friend's hand at parting, I said, "Haven't we bad a royal good time ! Rat now I remember, you hayen'nsaid a word .for two hours. Come, come, out with something!" The Rev. Mr, turned a lack-luster eye upon me. drew a deep sigh, and said, without animation, without apparent consciousness, "Punch, brothers, puuch with care ! Punch in the presence of the pussen- jare:" A pang shot through me as I said to myself, "Poor fellow, poor fellow! he has got it, now." I did not see Mr. for two or three davs after that. - Then, on luesday evening, he sta-gereq into my presence and san dejectedly into a seat, lie wai pale, worn ; he wa & wreck. He lifted cm faded lui-t to my face and paid, "Aii, Mark, it wad a ruinous in vestment that I made in those heart le&3 rbvmes. 1 bey have ridden me like a night mare, day and night, hour after hour, to this very moment. Since I saw too I hare suffered the torments of the lost." 'Saturday even-J ing I had. a sudden call, by tele graph, and took. tsv. aisht .tram far Boston. The occasion wi. the death of a valqed oid triena who bad re quested that I should preach his funeral sermon I took my seat in tbe cars and set mvseif to friniinsr tbe discourse. 1 never got beyond the opening paragraph ; for then tbe train started and tbe car-wheels be gan their 'clack-clack-c!ack-clack clack-clack-clack clack ! and riht away those odious rhymes fitted themselves to that accompaniment For an hour 1 sat there aad set a syllable of those rhymes to every sep arate end distinct clack the car-wceeis made. Why I waa fagged out, then, as if I had been chopping wood all day. My skull was spliting t ith headache. It seemed to me that I must go mad if I sat there any long er; so I undressed and went to bed. I stretched myself in my berth, and well, you know what the result was. The thing went right along, just the same. 'Clack-clack-ciack, a blue trip slip, claei-clack-clack, for an eight-cent fare; clack-clack-ciack, a buff trip slip, clack-clack-ciack, for a six-cent fare, and so on, and so on, and so on punch, in the presence of the passenjare!' Sleep? Not a single wink ! I was almost a lunatic when I got to Boston. Don't ask mo about the funeral. I did the best I could, but every solemn individual sentence was meshed and tangled and woven in and out with 'Punch, brothers, punch with care, punch in the presence ol the passenjare.' And the most distressing thing that my delivery dropped into the undulating rhythm of those pulsing rhymes, and I could actually catrh absent-minded people nodding (inK to the swing of it with their stupid beads. And, Mark, yoa may believe it or not, but before I got through, the entire as semblage were placidly bobbing their heads in solemn unison, mourn ers, undertaker, aud all. Tbe mo ment I finished, I fled to the ante-1 room in a state bordering on frenzy. Of course it would be my luck to find a sorrowing and aged maiden aunt of tbe deceased there, who had arrived from Spnng&ed too late to get to tbe church. She began to sob, and said. ' 'Oh, oh, he is gone, he is gone, and I did'nt see him before he died !' "' Yes!' I said, 'he is gone, he is gone, be is gone oh, tcill this suffer ing never cease !' " 'You loved him, then ! Ob, you too loved him !' . ' " 'Loved him I loved who ?' " 'Why, my poor Qeorgef my poor nephew P " 'Oh him ! Yes oh, yea, yes. Certainly Certainly. Punch punch ob this misery will kill me !' "'Bless yoa ! tless yoa, air. for these sweet words! too suffer in this dear loss. Were yoa present daring his last moments?' "'Yes! I irAoselast moments?' " 'His. Tbe dear departed's.' "Yes! Ob, yea jea yes? I sup pose so, I think so, 1 dont know I Oh, certainly I was there waa there !' "'Ob, what privilege I what a precious privilege! And his last words ob, tell me, tell me bis last words ! What did be say t 'He said be said ob, my head, my head, my bead ! - He said be aid be never said anything .bat Punch, punch, punch ia tbe presence of tb passenjare I Ob, leave, me, madam I In tbe name of all that is generous, leave me to my madness, my misery, my despair! a buff trip slip for a six-cent fare, a pink trip slip for a three-cent fare endu-rance can no further got punch ia the presence of the passenjare !".' j 31y friends' hopeless, eyes rested 7. ' upon mine a pregnant minute, then he said impressively, and "Mark, yoa do not say anything. i oa do not offer me any hope. But, ah, me, it is just as well it is just as well. You could not do me any good. The time has long gone by when words could comfort me. Some thing tens me that my tongue is doomed to wag forever to the jigger of that remorseless jingle. There mere it is coming on me again, a blue trip clip for aa eight-cent fare, a bo J trip slip for a" Thus murmuring faint and fainter, my friend sank into a peaceful trance and forgot bis sufferings in a blessed respite. How did I finally save hiu from the asylum ? I took him to a neigh boring university and made him dis charge the burden of bis persecuting rhymes into the eager ears of the poor, unthinking students. How is it with them, now ? Tbe result is too sad to tell. Why did I write this article ? It was for a worthy, even a noble, purpose. It was to warn yoa 1 n reaaer, ii voa should como across merciless rhymes, v avoid them avoid them as you would a pesti lence ! TLe Romance f trlmi. That "truth is strange than fic tion" is oftentimes strikingly exem plified in life, but frequently the accu racy of the saying is brought out with startling distinctness in the re cords of criminals as they are "work ed np" by that sleuth hound of the law, the detective. The recent dar ing attempt to rob the Bank of Cham oersbnrg by gagging the cashier and his household and gutting the vaults, has brought to the surface, in the capture of the principal burglar, a man who presents a liirtry capable of being wrought into a Paul Clif ford or a Claude Duval, and needs only a chronicler. The fact that one of the chapters of bis life was writ tea ia this city makes him especially attractive at this time to those who read the rjcordi of crim-i with inter est When a very young man 3ay 18 or 20 Lewis" C. Clermont lived in Chicago as a car conductor. "It nay be imagined what fco looked like then by bis present description: A man abot Go 'years old, a little over the medium height and weight, well the wej and shapely in physique, with a face almost classical in out line, striking for its full, daik blue eye, warm complexion, heavy dark brown moustache and good tecta, and in dresa "nob " gestae! .in. black, with spotless linen, diamond stndded. In conTera&teouk.e speaks slowly and coo'Jj, with ready ose of words, and in manner suave and persuasive, giv ing tbe impreaiioQ of one able to talk the birds off the bushes if it should eo please hiin. Tbe "confidence game," - as it is known to tbe police. might have been and, indeed, was his natural element Such a man, in his last teen, came under the notice of Walter Patterson, a man who 6tands a$ tie top of his profession ;a ctfcer word,s, the most successful and, notorious forger in this country. His invariable plan of op eration is in itself a study for an ar tist. The word "is' is used because Mr. Patterson has never been caught, and he is at this moment spreading his net as a fowler in some city as be did in this one forue three years ago, when he swindled the National Secu rity Bnk on Girard avenue out of $5,000, then operating under the name of Charles II. Gale. Cler mont became his "kid" a name giv en to the young man who operates under the instructions of aa o4 one in the frequent repetition in all the leading cities of this country of the foilowibg "scheme:" Patterson, a rather distinguished looking stranger, with a traveled air, arrives in a city, and calls at some new banking insti tution and at once opens an account with say ten thousand dollars, ne rents an office, and apparently enters into some business appropriate M the place. After his first visit to tbe bank he sever calls again, but uses bis "young man" to take his checks and deposits to and from the bank for a few months, keeping bis account about even. Then, when time is ripe, and his reputable business char acter established, he draws down his balance pretty low, deposits a heavy draft on New York, but, before it is collected, draws against the dattfbr as much as is safe, say evea oreight thousand dollars, and "skips" before the draft is returned to the bank, marked in red ink across the face, "forged." A new city, a new alias, a new disguUe, but tbe same opera tion soon replenishes his coffers de pleted by the great enemies of tbe forger, burglar, counterfeiter and any criminal to whom money comes easi ly the gaming tamble. In such a school aa this young Clermont made tbe tour of cities like Baltimore, Rich mond, Louisville, Memphis, New Or leans and even Chicago, and in each be left, bis distinctly-marked trail to tbe tone of perhaps a $100,000. In 1872 Clermont, now arrived to man's estate, exjperienced by contact with the world and blushing in all his manly beauty, registered at the West find Hotel, Long branch, as the son of a rich merchant in Cuba. At the fame hotel the tall, handsome, ripen ed form and rather refined face of a woman, well known in certain shady circles in West Philadelphia were noticeable. Her camel's hair shawls, rich silks, flashy diamonds and coach and pair attracted the attention of our hero, and his fascinating appear ance on the tapis was the signal for a desperate case of love at first sight rudely transmuted, in the alembic of detective .slang . into "both thought tbey bad a good snap; a case of dia mond catch diamond." A hasty mar riage while at Long Branch and a flitting to a West Philadelphia man sion for the honeymoon followed. Clermont, ia bis assumed character of a Cuban hiding from the United States Government, kept close to the bouse, armed cap a pie, never writ ing a note without bis jewel-hilted pistol ready at his band; never sleep ing without the cold stee! in different shapes under his pillow, and grand, gloomy and peculiar in bis treatment of his mistress or wife, as she sup- posed. I After a few weeks of this sort of' life be concluded to take a trip to a-j rope, aad madame converted all her LJ (Ob portable property ino ready cash, packed np her diamonds, valued at $25,000, and the twain prepared to leave. Suddenly Clermont remem bered that he had forgotten something in the city, and sent the lady ia with a note which would fix it When she returned it is needless to say that her hero-ler Adonis had gone off with the bandbox of diamonds under bis arm. A hot but fruitless pursuit by the lady clear oat to tbe Pacific coast fallowed, bat although ber per fidious husband appeared in ban Francisco and carried out the song operation of bagging f lo.i'uu on "raised" srver mining stock: van Yalkenburg, the gentlemanly super intendent of the Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Company, being his vic tim bis friend, did not come np witit him, but here first learned that her gay Cuban was a most expert forger, from Chicago. Clermont, after the San Francisco transaction, next ap peared in New York as a depositor with Belmont &. Uo. or fuu.uou, tne purchaser of a bill of exchange on London and a ticket to burope. ibis was in 1873. In July. ISU, Lou. La Dezma, a gentleman who might have been with difficulty recognized by a detective acquainted with bi history as Cler mont, waa a passenger on a home ward bound steamer lor the I nited State-, aad the special acquaintance, and even friend, of Mr. William H. Camp, president of the New York Clearing House. Through Camp and the Belmonts our suave friend was introduced into tbe best stock brokering circles of New York, and Wall street soon rung with his bold transactions, success, ana tnen tne fate of Daniel Drew fell on him, and be left New York in debt to his bro kers $2,500 in margins oa Toledo and Wabiieh. Just here an episode in his early life in Chicago becomes important MiUd L. Margrave a daughter in a large family of respectability, bad won his voung affections, and t&e priest had joined them, iasuca a way that no man a.ox woman either seemed to be ever able to put them asunder. She was not "crooked," hut her love for him soon made ber obedient to tverv crook of bis little finger, and it led her into many a dark and devions way. She .was rather preposseseing ia appearance, but has now but one eye, through frequaat use of poisonous cosmetics, fox the purposes of disguise. "Thiouga the world she followed him" always obedioAt. always uncomplaining, even under the trying circomstance of be ing aa accomplice, tboagh perdu, in the Long Branch venture. The scene now shifts to Philadel phia; time, 9th of March, 1875, and the visit of a very lady-like woman to the office of C. & II- Borie, the well known brokers, on Third street Tbe lady wanted five shares of Bead ing Railroad stock, tt desired it to be issued ia single shares and to be first transirred, to. the brokers and from, them to her. These conditions were unusual, and the lady was told thev could not be complied with. At this answer sho was non plussed and said she would return the next day and give tee names which the wished to be tiled into tbe certificates. She left the money, some $200, to pay for the stock and then went out She was seen to "connect" with a man in thequiet precints of Willing's alley, a man who subsequently turned out to be Clermont alias Le Dema. Suspicion was aroused and tho Reading Railroad, ojacors informed of the cirduraatance, and they, al ready scaarting under the tricks of ilortop, the Lancaster "raiser" of stock the year before, and knowing that these one share certificates were the very metal upon which such wor thies wrought, called to their aid Pinkerton's men, Franklin and Bangs. A "shadow" was pat oa the two, the woman was allowed to take tbe shares next day, having given the significant name cf C . Jioreim to be filled in to the certificate. The couple were then traced to the Merchant's Hotel, where they had registered on the 9th of March as O. C. Sargeant and wife, of Lancaster. As soon as the stock was obtained Clermont and his real wife, Maud, for the lady la tb bro ker's office was Bos,e. other than she took the train for New York and went far up town into rooms. Frank lin's men took rooms opposite, and as may be imagined tbe comings in and goings out of "the house across tbe way" were narrowly watched. Tbe faithful wife did the shopping, tbe mailing of letters, and everything re quiring out door movement, and the wiley confidence man kept close quar ters for two months. V no tbe clos eted "O. B. Sargant" was became tbe desire of tbe detectives, and by the time tbe two months had passed by'they were satisfied that be waa Clermoat, the lover and supp sed husband of the West Philadelphia widow. In order to be satisfied of this Franklin looked op an old indictment aerainst Clermont, which a "friend" of the lady bad procured through his counsel, Judge Brewster, when, the diamonds of his mistress bad been taken off by the husband she bad got ten at Long Branch, and a requisition was issued for the apprehension and extradition of tbe apt pupil of Pat terson to a Philadelphia dock. Qa the 9th of May Franklin, armed with the requisition, went to New York and arrested his ran a. tkough surpris ed, made the Wat of it, and drove with the detective to the St Denis Hotel A card was sent up, and the Long branch widow, now en route to Europe to join ber child, who was at school there, was confronted with her perfidious Cuban lover. It was a perfect surprise to ber, for she bad long since given op tbe search for him, but, "Oh! yoa villain," choked her utterance when she saw him, which be returned with a bow, ia which was incorporated all the graee of a Bayard aod impudeace of a Brnmmel, notwithstanding the diffi culty of raising bis bat with mana cled wrists. To shorten a long story, be was brought to Philadelphia, putia the dock for tbe larceny of tbe diamonds, tbe fair West 1 biiadelrbiaa rot in the toils of love again (although ben she visited the prison she found his real wife sitting oa the ether side of tbe cell door), made an affidavit tbat when, be took the diamonds he was ic WHOLE NO. 1293. ber lawfully wedded husband, and tbat she bad been since divorced. So after many efforts to bold bim oa other charges, the Reading Railroad bonds not having been used or alter ed, Mr. Clermont went acot free, Mad ame went off to Europe, and the gay cavalier left town with his wife, os - ensibly forNew lork. This was in May of last year. On tbe 24th nit tbe telegraph told every reader of newspapers in and out of this State tbat well conceiv ed plan to rob the Chambersburg Bank had been frustrated, and two of tbe burglars captured. The leading criminal in the affair had gone to Chambersburg just after the escape of Clermont from Franklin's clutches here a year ago, and bad set op as a Southern officer named CoL Rolland, with bis wife and invalid brother. They bad ingratiated themselves into the friendship of the cashier of the bank and visited his house frequently during their stay. On tbe night in question Col. Rolland had called with a friend at the dwelling of the cash ier, Messersmitb, which was connect ed with the bank, aad tbey made a friendly visit At tbe conclusion of this visit Messersmitb found bimself hooded, gagged and robbed of $30,- '000. But in the uproar he created. with great pluck, tbe two worthies were caught aad jugged. It is hard ly necessary to say that Detective Franklin and his men yesterday iden tified Rolland as Patterson's "Kid," Clermont, La Dezma, Sargeant and Degmond all in one. Alexander r Bamala. The late rumors ia regard to tbe approachiog abdication of Alexander 11. of Rassia, received a certain de gree of confirmation in recent dis patches from Europe. While there are no political reasons for such a step, and a few very valid ones why it should not be taken. It i posi hle that th state of the Emperer's health may compel bim to withdraw temporarily from :he cares of govern ment He is now 58 years of age, and has held the scepter of all tbe Rassiaa 21 years. Now that mre seriows crises ia tbe development of tbe Empire than will be likely to oc cur again during bis life bare been successfully reaolved, it i3 natural that be slwuld crave a period of rest, bxU not probable that he 6houId whol ly relinquish his power. The Czar evitch, bom in March, 1845, is at present 31 years old, and has been heir to the Imperial crown since his twentieth year. He is of a some what morose and obstinate tempera ment, and has never manijasled per haps because the epportuoit has been wanting aay special intellectu al capacity;. He is chiefly known as tbe opsetvent of some of b ia father's projected plans of reform, as a sympa thizer with France daring t? war of 1870-71, and of carrying bia ialike of Germany and German influence al most to tbs verge of hatred But it is a sayiag which has tbe carrency of an accepted truth, in Europe, that the crown rncce almost reverses tbe lather's policy when be succeeds to his throne ; and in tbe case of Alex aa anaer lexanarovitcn this impres sion has been increased by the known sympathies of bis wife, the Princess Dagmarof Denmark. It is to be presaged, however, that Alexander II., bettef taaa any one else, under stands the temper and inclinations of his sob. He is too prndent to take such a step as a final and irrevoca ble abdication of his crown without security against any immediate or disturbing change in the policy of Russia. We are therefore inclined to believe that a Regency, involving a suspension but not a termination of his autocratic powers, and which may be revoked whenever it shall potato be satisfactory, is all that is wostem plated. ASIellUaa Tnakeev Five years ago, a Sicillian by the name of Tazliavia ortraniied asteam- ship company for that island. He was remarkably enterprising and am bitious man for those parts, and ia a few days after conceiving the sheme bo bad collected a million dollars' worth of shares. With this amount of capital in band, be organized tbe company under the title of "LaTrina- cria," with five well-known merchants as directors, and himself as manager In a few months tbe company owned three steamers, which before the first year was oat had been increased to eleven others. The company, of coarse, stood high ia the community ot Palermo, and its directors and managers became masters of the money market They discounted large ly and with careless frenzy. Al though trade was rare freights low, coal and iron high, still Tagliavia rose with tbe emergency. Adopting John Law's system of finance, the bold manager, feigning a prosperity which was far from comforting tbe company's disturbed seven and eight per cent divies to tbe shareholders, gave a sumptuous banquet on the ar rival in the port of each of the new steamers,, and iodnced the Sicilian editors to intone the vespers. Mean while, Tagialia forgot himself. Fin- Dally the rainy day came alonir. and the bottom fell oat of his company --yumo, as me Italians concisely call that operation. One beantif nl" day, Tagliavia was said to be sick. In stead, he was unperceivable crack! And that's the way they do it in Sic- uy. its astonishing bow all tbe world nses tbe same primmer. A rUker Kills kia Soa. Cincinnati. April 4. A Times special says: Patrick Pickering labor er, Columbus, Ohio, shot aad killed his soa aged seventeen years, this morning. Tbe boy bad bees associ ating witb an objectionable compan ion, and the father, who bad bean drinking, forced bis boy to get upon bis knees to pray and promise never to associate witb tbe boy again. While opoa his knees, with bead bow ed tbe father seized a heavily-loaded hot-go a and discharged its contents into the boy's side, killing bim instant- Tbe man who had a project 00 foot went to a corn doctor. Sentimental bank robber rWith all taj faults I love tbe itilL" I ! Wlmlwww. Nothing is more eJectTe p out cold than double windows; the layer of air between two panes of glass is a good non-conductor of heat, and can only transmit it bom tbe in side outward by convection, that ia, bf a circulation of tbe enclosed air, which will descend along the outer cold window pane and ascend along the inner warm pace. The radiated heat, which, at temperatures below 100 degrees Fahrenheit, U very weak through glass, is of course smaller still through doable glass; then the inconvenience of glass becoming cov ered with frost during co'.d weather is done away witb, if tLe enclosed air is dry. Some time ago we communicated a suggestion, made by some builder, to insert two panes of glass, one on the outside and one on tbe inside of the same frame, .having rabbets oa both sides; this may do for economy, but is subject to tbe objection that tbe io side cannot be cleaned without tak- 1 e . g3 and the fact u tbat , ,Am. ir. -ill in some J (A UC VVUl Ut Wa, aiaav mm in the course way or other get into such a condi tion as to need cleaning; then when the glasses are so close toother, the protection against tbe outer cold is less effective thaa if aireater mass of air is included. In very cold countries, like Russia, Sweden or Canada, the need of such protection ia more felt than witb us; but even here it is often adapted in exposed localities when tbe parties can afford the luxury. Thus all tbe bouses on Brooklyn Heights, enjoy ing tbe magnificent view of New York Harbor, and those on Washing ton Heights, enjoying tbe view of the Hudson Biferand the PallUades, are fully exposed to the strong and cold blasts of tbe northwest winter wind?, and are all provided at the wet and north sides witb double windows, tbe absolute neveasitv of which bas be . - ... . come more and more evident lur tne comfort of the inmates. Such a dou ble window may serve another pur pose, and be used as a little green house; when exposed to tbe sun, tbe sr lar beat is stored up ia them, and in France some persona grow differ eut plants and even grapes in ibem in winter. a th Bits.lw Fie 11. A recent writer truly nays: I be lieve no two good soldiers) will wide ly disagree as t their eii.H'ions dur ing a battle. I take it to be a piece of bravado in any man to A-rrt tbat he had no fear during the progress of a long and severe engagement A batt'e is a veritable bell upon earth; not to be in serious apprehension while it lasts is to be either drunk. crazy or inseDpibie. ice nignesi type i-f bravery is that of the man wb realizes tbe full extent of the peril, but micks resolutely to bis duty. It was my experience, and that of all those about me, repeated a djzen time., that shell firing is nt ordina rily nearly so demoralizing a3 tbat of musketry. It is not often that shells are thrown so that their fragments scatter death and wounds, and their loud humming overhead does not cause tbat servous tingling which al ways follows tbe sharp zip of tbe ri fle bullet. Tbe peculiar cattiog of the air made by half a dozen of these at once is apt to give the soldier the idea tbat the whole air is filled with them. and that he is certain to be strack by one of them. A Narrow Eaeas. The late Commander Sanders, of the English Navy, was in or about tbe year 1803 a lieutenant on board the Stat ica, engaged in "cutting oat" a French privateer. Two armed lug gers came to the rescue of the latter, and the lieutenant was shot in tbe head, the ballet pacing clean through from ear to eye. He lay for dead 09 the deck of tbe Frenchman, and waa just on the point of being thrown overboard when the French surgeon of the ship asksd to have tbe Eng lishman sent down to his cabin that be might make an experiment open bim. This wes done, and in the cabin Lieutenant Sanders revived, to the amazement of every one. Tbe French doctor took all care of bim, and at tbe end cf five years' deten tion as a prisoner of war, he reached bngland sound and well, with tbe exception of tbe loss of bis eye. He after this lived to tbe good old age of ninety-one, and died only a few days ago. Mow a Party of 31 1 acre LaaehceL A cruel disappointment was that of a party of ladies and gentlemen exploring the depths of the Bonanza mines in Colorado the other day. It was arranged tbat a lunch was to be eaten on the 1,500 foot level, and. therefore, at noon large baskets full of dainties were lowered into the depths. These descended first among a group of honest Cornish miners delving on tbe 1,200 foot level, who, in the absence of any instructions, de cided, after much discussion, that it mast be an American national holi day, or something of the kind, above ground, and that this was a kindly liule compliment from the Bonanza princess. They, therefore, fell to on the eatables with much vim. -When the exhausted excursionists inquired for their refreshments, they discover ed only the empty hampers and abont twenty brawny miners full of chicken salud, etc., dancing a Cornish break down by the fitful light of the flaring torch. Uaw Ska waa raaleeL A lady in this city says the Mar quette Journal, suspected tbat her husband was in the habit of kissior Katy tbe cook, and resolved to detect him in the act After watching for day3 she beard him come in one even ing and quietly pass through into the kitchen. Now Katy was oat that evening and the kitchen was dark. Burning with jealoosy tbe wife took some matches in ber band, and hasti ly placed ber shawl over ber head, as Katy sometimes did, entered tbe kitchen by the hack door, aqd was almost immediately seized and eat braced in the most ardent manner. With her heart almost bursting with rage and jealously the injured wife prepared to administer a terrible re buke to ber faithless spouse. Tear ing herself from his tool embrace, she struck a match, and stood face to face with the hired man. Her bus band savs bis wife never treated bim so well since tbe first month they were married as she bas for tbe past few days. A portly ciueo fU in tbe mud on Griswould street yesterday, and another citizen, who bad a grudge against bim, called to newsboy twelve or thirteen years old and said: "If yonll go op to that fat man and ask him what be picked op 111 give yoa a quarter." "Not for s dollar not for ten !" exclaimed tbe lad. -Why?" "I coo Id get away from him, I know, . . , , j s a . j Out J guess ne u oa uiau, man a wva f do it I'm just growing up now, and X don't know bat IU want to be tbat very man's son-in-law some day Detroit Free Press.
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