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Somerset Printing Company,
JOHN L HOOLL,
HaabMM Kaaar.
A TTORNEYSA TLA H'
J. KOUSLhl,
ATTORNEY AT LA W,
Some rat, Frana.
UENK F.SOHEtXsATTOBNEt ATLAW.
and Hounly iKPraiita Agent, IfcHperset,
fa. Ome In MamraeU Block. Jan. U-U.
T li. rMSTLETHWAlTB, ATTOKIStf
. .1 l.aw, Souieraet, Fa. -r bas.
aeasrMoUutly auUctlsd aad imnctaally alWnd
d Lo
1AW NOTICE. Alexander U. Ooflroth baa
j resumed th, DrarUea law in Somerset end
tj.alug counties. OCBoa la Mamioolh lluuuuig
lab. 2a, ju.
. y . i i vtiv e HAY. ATTOHNEY AT LA W
V and dealer !n real estate, bumereet, ,-, will
a una! la all business aairaetaa w bis care wiib
promptness and noeuiy. i'j
iir 1. k H. L. BAKE, ATTORNEYS AT
1 y uw, Somerset, ra-. wui practice m sum
rM and adlointng WHimsee. All business en
trusted w them will be prompUy attended to.
itiHN Hl'UL ATTORNEY AT LAW, SOM
t) enwt, Pa., viU promptly attend to all business
eutniftti. to him. Money advanced oa eolleotloa
ac. omce in Majnmotn uiuiuiug.
iiru.l.iAM H. KOONTZ. ATTORNEY AT
Y Une, r$mersel. Fa, will give prompt atten
tion tu busurce muraaied to an care in wjiet
uid tbe a htrtntna eounUca. Orbce In f railing
Uoase Row.
IUHN O.
. IMMKL. ATTCKNEY AT LAW,
K,,nM. a.. will Uel to all bwluea, eu
trusted to his car, la Somerset and adjoluiug ooun
Ua. .,ih i.nunuuxsM and Bdellly. omce in Mam
moth Block. ob.WJO-ly
J.
U. OOLE
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Somerset, Pa. Professional buslneas entrusted
to Btrearealtewtedtowitkprompumaanantiemj.
a. a. txtrraora.
. a. acrrau
rKitTuiiTH a EUPPEL.
ATTORNEYS AT
j Law. All iHtstncra eoiruued to Ibeire
will
tirricntHt alain Cruaa auraet, opputlM Uie
Mammoth Bluck.
JOHN U. SCOTT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
8..meret Pa. omce up atalm la Ber a -All
Onslow entraited ui bl care altewde.1 tu im
prinipineisand BJeiliy.
IAMKS L. l'UUU,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Somerset, Fa. Otfine, Manuauth Blwk.ap talra,
tntrant-e Mala Wruaa St. Collection. "'
,.i.,tui nun eaamlned. and all ll baav
ic attended tu wltb mmpmea and ddeilty.
jalyla
grnvEYixo,
Wriiiug I)eeil!, Ac,
.I..H0..U yli.M-ni;- tal t. rjuunle terta.
d-Enquire at tawlieer A '-o.' Store.
C. F.WALKER.
Angle.
PHYSICIANS.
I)1
VK. J. iV. AiULE.nBM luiBiaaiawij
I LUalit. nnMatt atf ItLM Ilfl 'InaVatlHl "
M ' r ' " " t"" " .
. .. .. . i ' k. l- L rioalnitor atlikraa
pr. '70-lf.
1 J irvloe to tbe etUaeua id Sower and Tkm-
. i uLitTD.ErvD m.im kls nM,flfeial
I jr. omce in roaiuenoe, one uuor
oeL tivas.
II rx. t. i . ,,.Hjm " -
vo at piuvtT m Mtitlnn. tu nractica
A 7 jneuicine, iwiwwwi. ; .
e. to toe ciiiaeu. wi i,w 1 j
eunutry. Omce at tbe old place, a few duon eaat
rvil WKSf.KY CUXXIXGHAM,
I mriut-rlroT Lvanville, will euntlnue tbe
,-tloeol tnoll.-tne. ao.1 uaJem bla iwutt-wiua
arrvKwe to the clttteui olutre iticand aarruund
lug untry.
el.7IJ
PIirSICIAN & SURGEON,
SOMERSET, PA.
- Irnca la Mammotb Block seiTl
DENTISTS.
I R. WM. fJOLLINS, DENTIST, Somerset,
I I ... j. i. iwhw'i Hluek. an ataln.
wiiere be caa at aU Omee be baiad prewred to do
all kind, ol work, tat b a nllli, rettlUnt, e
iruun,. ke. Artlnclal teeth uT all kinda, and of
the boat mavartal,luavrwd. OperatluM warranted.
JOHN BILLS,
IDIEILTTIST.
Umce In Ootlrotb A NctTf new building.
Malo Croea Street.
awrKt, Pa.
aovll
DR. A G. MILLER, aftertweke
yewV art Ire practice In Shankprllla, hat
now pemwMBlly located at Somenet U the prae
Uee ol .lctoe. and lendera bU profeaslonal aer
rea to U.I eltUen of hwawraet and Tlcmlty.
tmice m kl King Store, poalte tbe Bw
Houae, wlMr, be cu be emualled at all Umea
anlm M-ll.mally engaged.
a-.N Igrt call promptly aoawered.
dee. 1, H-Iy.
wmTcollins,
DEXTIST,
Orhoc abure Oanebeer A Freaaef ttore, Somerset,
Fa. In Hie laat Biteea yen I bae greatly re
duced the price of artibclal teeth In tliln place.
The ooiiKtant Increasing demand for teeth ha in
dujed me to to enlarge my lacllltiea that can
make guod acta of teeth at lower prlcea than yoa
ran gel them la any other place In thi eoantry.
1 am bow makina a good set of teeth for . and If
there .hould be any raoa aiming my ibuasanu
of euabimera in this or tbe adjoining eonntie that
I hare made teeth lor that la id giving good aat
Ulactiua, tbey can call oa m at any liwe aad get
a new set free of charge,
aiarl.
RT1HCTAL TEETH! I
J. . YIITZY.
DEI. TIST
DALE CITY, jomertet Co., Pa.,
. Tuii, war anted to be of the eery beat
quality, Llle-Uke and .Utideom. tarln th.
beet .tyle. Farticulai atteHtloB paW to the prea
aiui. ul toe aatural tooth. Th. wlbtug to
eonxuit me by letter, ana do an bj encloalng stamp
Address as abvva. el-I
HOTELS
II
ILL HOUSE,
SIACavD, CCiHESET, PA.,
JOHN HILL, PaoraiaTOA.
The profirietor Is prepared to accommodate guests
In Uie BoiSt eomiuruioie na aauFiacmry aaauacr.
Tbe travelina nubiw aad arrmancat boaroen lur-
nlnhd a;tk tbe beetol Imtel accomaiudai ions.
Tbe Utile, will euntlaae to oe rurnuaea wiin tnc
best tbe aiarket aflorda. Large and eumawaifcaM
suttdiag attached. . janiz
JIAMOXD HOTEL.
srOYSTOWX PA.
SAM L 1-1. CUSTEIt, Propriclor.
This ptalar aad well known bobs. It at all
time, a de.rble stutptug place lor tbe traveling
puoUc labia aad koums arst-claaa. Uoud sta
bling. Hacks leave dally lor Jobastowa aad
MomkraaV, atari!.
NATJGLE HOUSE!
St, Somerset, Pa
FUED NAUOLE, Pro'p.
Tbe ivutrleba- has lately pan-based aad greatly
imiiroted this dmratde property, tarainklug K
with entire new larnltare lb as making it one ol
the Bust detrain, stopping pUca lor transleat
or reatdeat eastoaa la the Slate.
Taldrsare always sapplied with lbs (boiceat
vlaadi tb, market alorda.
Large aad eumamlloas stabllag to attacked
aad talibtul aad aueuUv, kostbers always la aV
tendaaoe.
Boarders Ukaa by tb, week, day, ar meaL
Bar alwayi aspp:iad viU taa caoktloaora.
July U. aprt
I 10
VOL. XXVI. NO. 4.
BANKS, ETC.
Cambria Co. Bank.
M. W.KEIM&Co.
o. 'Hid Main St., Johnntotvn.
A General Banking Business
transacted.
Interest Paid at 6 per cent, on
Time Deposits.
Loans Negotiated.
Drafts Bought and Bold.
Jany. J.
J. O.KDDIEL&S0XS,
Successors to
Schell & Kimmel,
SOMERSET, FA.
Accounts of Merchants and oth
er Business People Solicited. Drafts
negotiable in all parts of the Coun
try for sale. Money loaned and
Collections made.
janl
JOHNSTOWN SAVINGS BAM,
12U CLINTON STREET,
JOHNSTOWN, FA.
Ctmrtrret) September 11. 17U. IeMIl mc!--!
ol all sains not less than one duller. Interest ii
due in tbe raomhittt J uue anil December, d4 iinA
viihdruwii is Added tu the ticiHjrit, tbiu cumpoun-
ttlng twice a year without trouWUn the dri..
ur uic.ii or even w prettcm. uie u-mmui imjok
Muuey luaoed on real estate. Frelerei.e, with
Iibvri.1 riLu and Mi- time, given tu torrttwers ut
tering firm, morticagvs on tartnp worth tur or metre
lime 111 a. mount, itl liuan tliilrml . bh1 mirr.
en, jWiect titles. u?., rviulred.
l His aTiH)rttiim is exclusive) j bavint, itanK.
Nocuniuierciiiltep(Milts received, nor discvanti
made. N loans oo jieroal somrlty.
blank apiUcmtin lor .narrower, copies of tbe
rules, bj-iawa and ieclwvl law relating to the
bank sent to any addreni rw.uepted.
TRisTicKii. .fjinos Cooper, Harld Dlbert, C.
B. KUif, A. J. Haw eft, V. W. Har, Jnhn Lowuian,
1. H. idaiHly. Dnniel McLaaUKhliu, 1. J. M-ttvII,
Lewis Hilt. H. A. Bovkk, durad Supie9.0eo.
T. Swank, Jaiuet Mc-WUlen, Jduics Morlcj and
W. W. Wahers,
Ianiel J. Morrell. Pre.idei.tr Frank IHberL
Treaurjr; Oyrus Kider, Solicitor. uov4.
Totra ani Ciars,
VUOUflALI ASDaZTAIL,
J. II. Ziuiuieriuau,
liiin Crocs St,'
Somerset, l'fniia.
Tbe lest of elrarf of dlRcrent bran ts, manafae-
tured by bimaell, of the ehoit-est of loliaceue.
These rliallraumit lie excelled by any in the mar
ket. (r.e of the heat storks of chewing totiacco
ever brought to Somerset. Prices la suit the
limes.
Latin M. bicks
Apts lar Fire aiii Lile Insurance,
JOHN HICKS & SON,
SOMKIISKT, l'A
And Real Estate
Brokers,
kstaui.isiikd iko.
Persons whoderireto sclLlmy or eichanve prop
erty, or lr rent will find It tti their advantage to
register the dearrtiKhtn thereof, as nocliargebi
made nnlem add or rented. Ileal estate business
generally will be promptly attended to.
augis.
J. R. MECAHAN,
BUTCHER,
AND DEALER,
"Wholesale anil Itetail,
IN
FI115SI1 MEATS!
All kinds, such as BEEF, I'OKK,
MUTTON, VEAL, IyA M 15,
SAUSAGE, Tuddioe', Dolog
na, MiDce Meat, and
LARD of our 00
IleDderiog.
MARKET DAYS
May, Thnrsflay and Satnrflay.
Soiuerxel, Pa
Aerf e:tt -art ! oliaiit4l any lrty
dttrinz 1li" w0v. April 1L
Cook & Beerits'
FAMILY GR0CER1
Flour and Feed
W, would most resiiectrully announce to our
friends ami the puld k generally, the town and
vtcinlty ol Somerset, that w, bav. opened our
NewStore oa
MAIN CROSS STREE1
And in addition to e fu'.l line of the best
CmnfrM-IionerleM. Xotlmns,
TvaNafaMM, CljcarM. Ac,
W, will endeaaor, at all times, to mpply ear eas
tomers with tle
BEST QUALITY OF
FAMILY PLOUE,
CORN-HEAL,
OATS, SHELLED CORN,
OATSJt CORN CHOP,
BRAN, MI I) I) LINOS
And every thing pertaining to tbe Peed Ifepart
meat at tb.
LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES.
fou
CASH ONLY.
Also, a wen seUcted stock of
Olaasware; Stoaewar. waodeawara, Bnubes ol
at ainus, ana
STATIONERY
wblek wa will sell as aheap as tbe cheapest,
inaaa. call, ciamme ear goods of all kinds, aad
b, saxuaed Irom your own judgment.
lua t forget wbre w, stay
Oa MA IH CROSS Street, SeaMratt, Pa.
OoL . 1ST.
km
MISCELLANEOUS,
FOLLANSBEE & CO,
Merchant Tailors,
And Miuui.witarriB ol
Gent's. Youth's and Boys,
FasMoEaMe ClotMne aiiJ
' MliiiiGooJi
121 Wood Sli-eot, corner Fifth Arenac,
riTTSBUHOII.
CLATE ROOFS.
Those who are now hnlldlng hoases should know
that Is It cheaper In the bg ran to nut oo Slat,
Koofi than tin or shingles. Slate will last forever,
and no repairs are required. Slate gives tbe pur
apt water for clftcrns. Klate la lire proof. Every
good house should have a Slttta roof. The under
signed l located in Cumberland, where h, has a
good supply ol
Peachbottom & Buckingham
S L AT E
Kir roofiing the very tics! article. He will ander
take to put Slat, KNfs on Houses, public and pri
vate, spires, Ac, either In town or country at lh,
lowest prices, and to warrant lhm. Call and see
him or addres hi in at hi omce. No. 110 Haltlniore
Street, Cuinoerlaml, Aid. Urdora may be iell with
NOAH CASEBEEK,
Agent, Somerset, Fa,
Wa. H. SuirLaT.
Apr! th, lTa.
e. e.
WITH
RODSE. HKMPSTONE & CO.
285 Halt. St., Baltimore, M. I).,
Would ripper, fully a.k the mercbantj of Somer
set county, lo st-nd dim their orders tor
fi
FANCY GOODS.
astaiina: them mtbtfaetion both aa rrsrards price
and tuality ol a-ooda. The merchants vtnUltis;
iiultimore are urgently rco,ueated tu call and see
me bvlorc making purchases.
HIGHEST AWARDS! gSSK
J. REYNOLDS & SON,
NORTH W EST CORK ER
THIRTEENTH AND FILBERT STS.
PHILADELPHIA,
MANUFACTURES OF PATENTED
Wrought-Iron iir-Tiglil Healers
WITH SUAKINO ANI CL1NKEB-OKIND-1NQ
URATES FOlt BURMNO ANTHRA
CITE OR . BITUMINOUS COAL.
CEXTEXTAL
WROUGHT-IRON HEATERS,
FOK3111TUMIN0US.COAU
KEl'STOXE
WROUGHT-IRON HEATERS,
Cooking Ranges, Low-Down
Crates, Etc.
Descriptive Circulars sent free to any address.
EXAMINE ISEFORESELECTINU.
April &.
77 FIFTH AYE.
NEW
CARPETS
PRICES the VERY LOWEST,
TteAsMntDHFpassEl
H. M'CALLUM.
77 FIFTH AVENUE.
Btt. M ood and SmiUifle Id St".
Mart-li 28 I'lTTSBl RO.
THE KANSAS PACIFIC
HOMESTEAD
Is published by th. Land Pcitartmcut of the Kan
sas Pacific Railway Company, lo supply the large
and Increasing demand for Information redirecting
KANSAS, and especially tbe m gaincent body of
lands granted by Oongreas In aid of the construc
tion of Its road. This grant comprise.
OYER 5,000,000 ACRES
OF LAND, consisting of every odd section in each
township, for a distance ol twenty mile oa both
sUes of tbe road, or one-ball of tb, und la a belt
forty miles wide, extetding to Denver City, In Col.
or ado, thus forming a con tin oat loa of th, belt ol
couotry which, from tbe Atlantic coast westward.
Is found to be. In climate, soil, aad every prodae
tion of nature, tbe must favored.
To aid In Uie settlement of this superb domain
with anintelllgent and Industrious people. Is tbe
object of lha HOMESTEAD. It Is Intended la
contain a fair and candid representation of facts
aur will it ever give. Intentionally, any statement
that will not, upon Investigation, be fully sus
tained.
The Comny obtains its title to these lands!
from the Government of tbe United States. ,
Tbey are being offered at prices lower than aa
other made ia the West, that will compare with
tbem In SoiL climate and general advantages.
The terms of payment, as will be for.nj on a care
ful examination, are mor, liberal la all csscatlal
features than hare heretofore been offered by any
railway company. , ;
THE HOMESTEAD
IS FOE
FLEE CmCTTLATTON,
Ab will be seat gratis toahyoae upon appllca
Uoa. AM eommojib-attuot ia reference ta tbe lands of
the Coainy should be addressed to
S.J. GILHORE,
- Land IVmrnkrlotfeT, K. P. Ry.,
SAUNA, KANSAS.
MarchMia.
WARDWELL
Somerset
SOMERSET, .
obsihu avaiaus.
I -MY HEART.
My heart b likea fairy Und,
With flower. and garlaads gay ;
My heart U like a meadow plain,
W hereon a child may play.
My heart u like a sliver brook
That rightly babbles by j
And sometimes lik, a draamy Ltk,
licaeath a heavy sky.
And sometimes Uke a stormy sea, ,
W ith waves that rise at will.
Till o'er th, water breathes a voice,
And then tbe waves an still.
My heart Is like a roomy boute.
With wkleW opened door
tine day the gates will ihut, aad then
Comes peace fore verm ore.
IL-OOD'S LILIES,
tlod's lilies droop a boat the world.
In sweetiKM everywhere ;
They are the maiden -souls who learn
To com fort, and to bear
And lo smile upon tbe heavy cross
That every one must wear,
U llliei, beautiful and meek !
They know God's will is right.
And so tbey raise their patient beads .
la dark and stormy night, ,
And far above tbe eastern hills
They see th, dawn of light.
They know that when their day la done,
And deep the shadow lies.
The cross will weary them no more ;
Sj lightly they arise
To meet the angels when they evil
"Lilies of Paradla, r
HL-PATIKNCE.
4-Tmt rhnl a qui salt attendr..
Italy be patient, all will come
To one who knoweth how to wait ;
The w!hed-lur, love-desired home
Ab, yea, It eomcth soon or late.
Ah yes, It eometh ; see the star
Of bop. In darkest c loads arts, :
Ah yea, it eometh ; see froa far
Tbe dawning red la eastern ikk.
O my beloved, we shall see.
When all tbe weary years are o'er,
How very sweet the days will be,
For yoa and me, forevermore.
Seasey Magazine.
'stop iir.ii, paid! avror Ml'
1 ime t in bid o wa words as near
ly an I caa. We made tbe run from
a war station, tbe name of which
baa escaped Die, into l'uebltt hj night.
There bad been bearr rains, l'arts
of tbe track were submerged. Tbe
darknecs and rush of waters created
aoioog tbe passengers considerable
anxietj. 1 f'tcm most of tbe night
ia tbe cab. Tbe engineer was too
much absorbed ia bid denied to talk,
lie answered my questions witb ci
vility but with bre?ity. I did not
notice it at tbe time, but afterwards I
recalled distinctly tbe sudden start
be gave aad tbe look of ioterest be
tamed upon me, when I made some
observation which indicated that my
bouse was ia tbe vicinity of Pitts
burgh. TLe next day be accepted
ray invitation to dine with me. We
were alooe ia my room, and bad
been recalling the scenes of tbe past
night, when, taking his pipe from
bis mouth be began :
THE ENGINEER'S STORY.
Mayhap, stranger, yoa hev ran the
Penanvlvania . Central Railroad.
As you may say, 1 was bora sad
brought up oa that Hoe, first aa fire
man and then engineer nigh unto
tenty years. It's allera exciiin' to
ran a machine, and wen I was fi re
al a u I used to think it was better to
be on top of ooe of 'em splendid en
tities, tbaa to be President of tbe
United Slates. Tbe day they first
put me oa tbe footboard aod 1 took
tbe lever ia my baud aad knew it
was my engine, I reckon I was tbe
proudest man between Pittsburgh
and Altoona. I kinder thought that
everybody was goia to be out that
day to see bow tbe train made her
run, ana yoa can oet your specie
that she went smack up to tbe mint,
tbe whole 117 miles. Bat this kind
of spirit wore off, alter a while, and
I settled down into a sober, stiddy
goia' man; and tbey did say that 1
wor as sale and reliable a man as
tbev bed in the business. I hev to
sav it. stranger, as there's nobody
else to do it : else wise you wouldn't
know it.
I was turned 2-3 wen me and Mary
was married. Twenty-eight years
ago. Vou bev a wife, stranger :
llevu'iyoua wife? Well, mayhap
it's just as well. I bed Mary some
eieht vear. but it don't seem like no
time now. I left ber there in tbe old
Keystone State, be and tbe boy.
Sometimes 1 thiuk I'd like to go back
agio, and see the place where tbey
both lie. but I suppose tbey never
shall. Dju'i seem as if I had tbe
bean to do i- It wasn't in any
churebvard. vou know; but a little
way up the mountain there was
green, quiet epot among tbe trees,
and tbev are there, not mor'n a bun
dred feet, say above the track and I
often wonder if CLarl'e ta.snn't still
dream when the New York Express
thunders bv. that his old father is
boldiotr the throttle.
I put up a snug cauin oy tne side
..... a
of tbe road where I bad a small
clearia'. and between whiles I used
to plant mv potatoes and tbiugs,
enoueb to keep us from', and Mary
bad ber garden. Alary ailers tool to
owers, as 1 ased to tell ber, joKio'
like, Vo she waa ooe of the family
Tber. we had a cow, aod Mary raw
ed chickens, aad I never seen no per
son eould do 1 a much a Ua chickens as
Marv could. Jest seemed like those
bens were alters strainia' themselves
lavio' cjfjra. 1 oa never see notbia'
oav stricter atteutioa to business
tbaa what tbey did. eer standin'
about and foolin' around, but ailers at
it. And then they'd set aod batch
incredible. Mostly two broods a
year and brought 'em all up.
Mary raised a cow. Ooe of the
neighber j gi v it to her wen i' waa a
calf, and she made much of it. I
ased to tie it to a stake near tbe cabin
wen It was a little thing, for it to eat
gaa. Mary didu'a know much
about things then, she was young
like, and one day sbe thought she'd
pat tbe calf ia tbe stable. 1 told ber
she'd better try it sbe was just a
slight girl. Now a calf, you know,
ia the most deceiviu' animal in the
world. It don't look as if it bed aoy
strength, and yet it'll upset a full
grown man. So Ma y unties the rope
and starts lor the sbed. aad the calf
kicked up bis heels and away she
went Mary beld on to the rope and
away sbe went-artbrowo down, roll
ed over, and there was a confusion of
calf and calico all over tbe place.
P.STABLISHED, 182
PA., WEDNESDAY,
There was not bo booed broken but
Mary wea tbe most amazed girl yoa
ever saw. That calf grew up to be
know in eow. She used to run out
on the track just on purpottoto Irigbt
en people. She'd stay until tbe train
was close up, but never got bit. Tbe
men all soon got ta know her and
didn't mind ber. . But whenever a
new engineer eaava along and saw
her, he'd whistle, down breaks and
raise a rumpus, altea bringing tbe
train to a dead stop. Hot sbe'd walk
off just at the right tine, aad seemed
to understand th joke.
Our little eabiBj was among tbe
mountains, a good way from any
other house, and I used to sometimes
think that Mary raust be lonely, with
me away so much of tbe time.
You see, I was allera out three nights
in a week. I west up in the daytime,
passing my bouse, at noon, and down
again that night, , passing midnight
But I was borne two or three days in
tbe week, and altera Sunday. Tbe
place where we lived was a wild re
gion of couotry, aad tbe storms we
used to have up there, so high ia tbe
air. waa tearful, j,
I didn't tell ; you anything about
tbe boy t No. Veil, do you know.
l took to him the very first moment
And that's a very carious thing ab)ut
babies. Now, I never fancied 'em
much, but 1 tell you stranrer. it
makea all the difference in the world
whether it's your baby or whether it
belongs to somebody else. I've seen
a great many ol 'en in my time, and,
according to their parents, tbey were
the most uncomaton babiec : but 1
could never see meh of it I ased to
laugh a good dsaljwben people made
such fools of tk08 Ives over their
children, but I : ijw exactly how it
is now, lor I suppoM I was tbe great
est fool over my Charlie as ever lived.
Mary named him CI arlie. That was
after me. Seems to me he took to a
locomotive from the time be was six
months old. II is mother would set
out in front of tbe j house with him
in her lap, when I went up at non,
and she'd kiss her hand and wave
tbe baby at me. By the time be was
three years old be'd got so that I'd
used to take him up to ride with me,
There was a water tank near tbe
house aod when I'd stop for water
he was aller's there, aad I'd ketch
'im up'n carry 'im off tea or tweaty
miles, till I met another train, and
aonie of tbe boys'd carry 'im back
borne. 'Twasn't lonir afore there
was scarce a man ,00 tbe road as
didn't know Charley Latham's baby.
Tbe'd pick 'im op wherever tbey
could find, 'im, and sometimes he'd
be gone nearly all day, bat some body
set 'm down afore nigbt'n he'd . come
toddlia' home. Sometimes I think
it's qaeer how the men ased to take
to that baby. There was fellers jost
aw 1 uugu aus osDts - uraaouieu
they'd get drunk and crazy with
1. --,- t.i.
liqaor and cut or shoot a can qaick-
er'nlightnin'; and section men op
n-tnem mountains, tbem section men
were mighty hard cases. ' What for
fightin and qiarrelin' they beat Sam
Hill. An' yet there wasn't one of
tbem t-'itps as would speak a cross
word to my Laby. Tbey was all fond
of 'im and anybody took to iniposin'
on ira. why tbere'd be a muss qaick-
er'n tbe drap of yer hat
There was Bill Walker. Yoa
dida't kaow Bill Walker, did you f
No! Of coarse you dida't Dead
now. Lieu a switch open oa Im aad
he raa off. Never spoke after picked
im up. Bill he was a crusty old
bachelor one of tbem fellers wat
never sees notbinr, if be can help him
self. He didn't have no relations
and he was so sot agio everybody,
tbe boys used to say tbey dida't be
lieve he ever had a father or mother
like other folks. He'd hd hard lines
ia life, for a fact, and it made 'im
what tbey called a mi sen yes that's
it, a miseotbrop. He seemed to
bev a particular grudge for every
body be had ever seen, aod a sort of
general disgust Tor . everybody be
hadn't. Bill picked up the baby fur
a ride one day, and when he stopped
at tbe next station be was goin' round
oilin' hisinjine and the little tyke was
taggerin' after boldin' oa to his
coat-tail and gettin' himself all cov
ered over with grease jest like a reg'
lerinjineer; and there was one of
tbe station mia as dida't like Bill no
how, and be ses, sea be, "Hallo. Bill,
is that a left-bander of yoar'n?"
Tbey say Bill juet turned ashy.
lie sets down bis can and reached
for that feller just ooe, square ia the
jugular, aad be didn't git out o bed
lor tea days, une day tnere came
down from New York rocking-horse,
and Vary found it at tbe tank with
piece of paper lied on the bridle, and
it said like this: "If Bill Walker
would ever wib for a baby of his
own it would be little Uaarley."
That rocking-horse cost Bill a whole
month's' wages.
Ooe of tbe first things Charley
learned to say, when he waa begin
nin' to talk, was this : xou see tbe
men on tbe road used to call one
and ber Tard." abort f jt "partner."
Charley bad caught it, and he alters
called me "Pard." I don't think he
ever vailed me father or papa, like
other children do ; but he was alters
"Pard." "You aod me is pards,
isn't we t" be used to say. An' that
is what we allera called one another,
add be went by the name of "Charley
Latham's pard," alt over the road.
I d be goiu' bv tbe bouse on tbe
noon train, and taenia tat of tbe cab
watcbin' for im, aad he'd be out ia
the froat witb a white rag or some
thing to wave at me, and I'd see by
tbe motion of sis lips 1 couldn't
near for the noise of tbe cars that
he was aayia', "Yoa an' me is pards,
LsVt we?"
As I was tellia. Sundays I laid
off; and in the mornio', after break
fast, Mary would fill up a basket
with some bread 'a butter, 'u meat 'o
things, n we three would go off in
to tbe mountains and stav all day.
We ased to do this nearly every Sun
day, and so Charley got lo callin' it
bis pard'a day. You see he got in
tbe notion it wa, tbe best day in tbe
week, eus I was ailers home with ia.
I didn't never go to church much ;
it was a long way; and then I
thought Charley would get as much
religion by goiu' around ia tbe wood
and amooa; the mountains, where the
trees and leaves were so beautiful,
and tbe rocks so grand, as any otoer
way. It they doal tell us that tbe
Creator who made tbem all is power
7.
JULY 4, 1877.
ful, aod good, t
there ain't 01
preacher can d it.
Yoa went to tbe lop of Pike's
Peak the other day. I've been tfcere.
too, eu' I'd like to kn w if a chap can
go up there among those awful preci
pices and gorges and look over tbe
country for a hundred milds, and see
the mountains around, and the plains
away off ia front, that don't seem to
bev no end, and then look at himself,
aod say whether he does really
amount to a row of pins. You see I
never was any Christian, and never
gave Charley no snch trainio', and
so sometimes I think maybe I didn't
do quite right bj him. Bat, Lord
love yoa, stranger, W1.4 he went
among the angels, I'm jest ceitiin
there wasn't none of 'em had any
cleaner soul 'an what he tad.
There was a place about three
quarters of a mile from our house,
where we used to go a good deal on
Sundays, and Mary would read the
Bible to us and sing. She was a
good singer, Mary was. We ased to
call tbe place "Devil's Run." It
was a sort of a creek, aod didnt have
no water in cept after a bard rain.
It come down between two Ligh
mountains, where it wss steep as
it could be. Wen a storm came op,
I've know it in half an boar to have
six feet of water in it An' then it
would bring down logs, traaks of
trees, and great stones, rosriog that
yoa eould bear it for miles.
It got its name because it was
such an .infernal place. Often I've
woke np at night by a heavy shower
aad I'd hear Devil's Kan bowlin' as
tbongb it would tear everything to
pieces. There conldn't be a worse
place fixed for the road if they bed
honted tbe wbale country through,
than right ihere. Tlere was a sharp
carve, and on the outside of it was a
straight up-aod-dowa precipice for a
hundred of feet, so that if a train
went off it would be mashed into
kindlin' wood and tea penny nails.
Devil's Run went underneath tbe
track near tbe point of tbe curve,
through a barrel culvert, aod once
there came a bard storm, 'n tbe trees,
n stones, 'n so on, choked np tbe
culvert, which wasn't large enough,
'0 the water dammed up an' rose, tilt
by 'n by tbe whole embankment
gave way, and tweaty feet of tbe
road weot rippia' down the moun
tain. They found ont tbe break be
fore any accident happened, and tbe
culvert was rebuilt a good deal lar
ger tbaa before. Bat that place the
whole road was afeard of. .
As I was tellia' if it hadn't been
sich a wicked place, Devil's Ran was
the prettiest place on the wbold
mountain. The bed of the stream
was deep down, '0 full of ferns and
grasses that Mary was alters gath
er! u', an' we could sit there ia the
hottest day, rtf the sun could never
Gnd bis war thro' tbe tree overhead.
As I wastellin', Charley was boru
to be an engineer. By tbe lime be
bad got to be six years old he kne
the name of nigh all parts of the ma
chine. He'd learnt all tbe signals
that was used oa the road. He knew
that a red flag or a red light meant
danger. That a lantern at night
swung backwards and forewards,
alowly across tbe track would bring
a train up, all standin'. All that sort
o' thing he'd jest picked up himself.
He knew tbe sound of every bell aod
whistle on the road, 'n could tell
who they belonged to, and I believe
be knew tbe tread of No. 29 when
ever she went by, night or day. No.
29. that was my engine, I raa ber
about tbree years, aod there wasn't
notbia' ia God's world that I couldn't
get out of her when sbe was in a
good humor. We sort o' understood
ooe soother, aod she hardly ever
weat back 00 me. Once io a while
she did, aod then waa a perfect cuss.
Yes, be was seven that winter
just seven years old a few days be
fore Christmas. After Charley got a
year or two old 1 ailers made much
of Cbrittm is. Mostly I contrived to
lay off that day so as to be home
with my little pard. Some of tbe
boys was alters ready and willin' to
take my run that day tbem as
didnt have no wives or children
They'd come and say, ' Now, Lath
am, there's your little pard, bell be
wantio' of you to morrow, which is
Christmas. So III jest take -your
turn down. An' this 'eer basket
wby, tbe boys, you know, tbey ses,
we aur't got no chick nor child, and
we'll send this along to Latham's
Cbarlev."
Tbe first time they did that I was
took back that way I stood and gasp
ed, a Iookin' around tike a natural
fool and coaldnt aay a word. And
the things they used to send Char
ley was astonidbin'; toys and soon
Why ooe Christmas they sect him a
silver ring. Ob! tbem days was
such nice times as I've never had
since. There wasn't no other chil
dren around for Charley to play with,
but me n bis mother Was all he seem
eo to care lor, 'n we'd carry 00 to
gether all day isst as if none of us
wasn't more'n seven years old.
Charley had a little room by him
self where he slept, which bad a
window that looked down oo tbe
track. I gave him a railroad lan
tern, which he trimmed and call bis
self, after I showed him bow, 'n
when it was my night down be'd
light his lantern 'n put it on tbe win
dow at the head of bis bed. I could
see it a long way before I get to tbe
bouse, yoa don't know, stranger,
w bat comfort it was wen 1 waa cous
in' down to tee that light and know
that my little boy was lyin' there
fast asleep and dreamia' that tbe
roar of the train waa the footsteps
of bis old pard flying at 40 miles an
hour.
It was my run down Thanksgiv
ing eve. I waa goia' to stop off in
tbe niornin', and Bill Walker waa to
Uke my train goin' back. We star
ted from Altoona late in tbe evening
and a good deal behind. It had bet.-a
a warm day. The weather had been
warm for some time back, and
it began to rain in the mornio', aad
bed rained all day. By night tbe
wind chopped round to aorth'n it I s
gaxi to turn cold, so that wen
started it was raisin' and sleetin'
wiin au outlook lor a beavy storrr.
A darker aigbt I nereraaw, 'n wea
the conductor pulled tbe bell 1
ses to my fireman, Cmj, this is
goin' to be aa ugly run." My fi e
waa was a wild barumscsrum sort
of a boy, aad so they bad 1 1 .knamed
Herald
'.oi "Cr-zy Jake." But they soon
dropied inn J,ka 'u left 'iu Crt-zv,
and ibei'albe us uie be ailers wrtil
by. Sj be w 10 me, "'li wet, I giimo
you're right there." Ciazy wan mis
of theiu 603 tbel was never a feared
o' nolhiu'. I've seen 'im iu ile.-iicr-ale
tight places, but never knowrd
'im to show the white feather. I
don't believe man or devil could
scare 'im, but this night be seemed to
be sorty uneasy like.
Sometimes there's something
makes you think beforehand thet
something's goin' to happen a kind
of of presentiment? Yes thets it
Presentiment You can't tell ex
actly bow it is, but if there is spe
rits in accidents or disasters, seems
like tbey were try in some wsy to
let folks know in time, and couldn't
quite do it Everything seemed to
go wrong-with as tbet nigbt. Tbe
passengers wss alt growlin' cos we
norried tbem up at supper ; and when
I pulled out my machine sbe bad the
very old boy in ber. No 29, as I
was tellia' ye, was ooe of the surest
engines on the road, but when sbe
did get into ber didos she was more
obstreperous 'a a government mule.
Inerincs is like sewin' machines or
pianners. and tbem things. They git
oat o' kilter without no reason, and
yer can't tell what's tbe matter with
'em, only tbey jest won't and thet's
all there is about it. She wouldn't
steini, ths fretted, snorted, and foam
ed, and wouldn't do ber work no
ways at all. Me and Crazy fussed
with ber, and coaxed anil cussed her,
but it wasn't no use. We kept run
Din' behind all tbe time instead of
making op, 'n the conductor swore
like a pirate. He was an engineer
himself, and he came out into the
cab and for five or ten miles be fus
sed and worked and coaxed and
cassed. I believe the engine knew
jnst as well tbet Satan was out
loose tbet night as if sbe'd been a
real human. Iogines is like women
they can't tell yoa wby a tbin is
so, and can't give no reason for it,
but they just know it is so.
Mebbe we'd made thirty miles, or
sicb matter. The rain, and hail, aod
sleet, and snow 'was comin' down
fearful. Water was pourin' down tbe
moumain and Glin' tbe ditches and
roonin' roach as you saw it las; night.
Tbe wind was blowin' a tornado,
and come tearin' through the passes
gulches tbey call 'em in tbis conn
try ia gusts ; tbey would strike the
locomotive like a big wave striking
tbe ship, and almost throw her over.
It was so dark, too, tbet I couldn't
bev seen Crazr on tbe other side of
tbe rab but for tbe lantern, and
when be opened the furnace door.
But I bed to gt along all I could.
It wouldn't do to show np, I was
runnin' for meetin' point
" Just before vou get to the eurve at
Devil's Rao, there's a short stretch
of straight track. Soon as I struck
tbet I began to look for 1 be light in
Charley's window, which was tbe
other side of tbe Ran. Strainin' my
eyes through tbe dark, just at the
point of the curve I saw a light
swinging backwards and forwards
slowly across the track. Yoa know
I was tellia' yoa everything went
crooked that night Soon as I saw
thet light I knew what it was all
in a minit It came on me witb a
rush like. My hair stood on end.
I blew tbe brakes. I screamed to
the fireman, "Crazy, Devil's Run
culvert's gone, by tbe livin' God!"
He jumped 'a sot tbe tender brakes,
and slid the wheels in a flash. The
brakemen behind dido'l answer;
tbey were dozia' in the cars I reckon.
I blew brakes agin, witb a blast to
wake the dead, and threw ber open.
Tbe drivers groaned and groaned
under me, but the rails was sleety
and slippery, and I went forging
ahead to a gulf 500 feet square down,
aod 150 lives behind me. I was tei
liu' ye as No 29 that night was dead
square agin' goiu' ahead ; but when I
threw her back, seems like she
knew ber biz, nbow much laid on
her doin' of it well. Woman, agin, is
ingmes. Crabbed, crooked, can
tankerous cusses, wen tbey don't
wsnt to, but wbere it's works of
goodness or mercy, call on 'em 'a
they're right there. No 29 took
holt on tbet reverse witb a grit 1
never see in no ingine afore. Sbe
put alt tbet was in ber to every turn,
and tbe whole affair took less time
than I'm tellin' of it till tbe danger
was by.
When we stopped within twenty
feet of the light, wbicb was swiog
in' still, backwards and forwards,
slowly across tbe track, I ses to Cra
zy, Who's got tbet lantern r'' I
kneT 11 couidn t be tbe trackman,
for we'd just met 'im three miles be
low, 'u 'cept him there was nobody
Dearer n ten miles it tbet time of
night So I gits down from tbe ma
chine and ruus up tbe road. As I
comes up 1 sees a little figure in
white. It was still a swingin' cf the
light, backwards and forwards Ijw
ly across tbe track. He was la bis
nightgown, just as he got out of hrd,
hadn't 00 hat, aad was barefoot Tbe
sleet had froze ia bis hair, aud his
nightgown was stiff with ice, I comes
up to 'im welt, I was took tbet wsy
1 coulda't speak. An' be kep' swing-
in' tbe liirbt, backward acd for
wards sbwly across the track, aod
he ses to me, be ses, "Yoa 'a me's
pards, isn't we ?" I looked at 'im a
mioit Uis eyes wh open aod look
ed qaeer. He waj dead-fast asleep.
Crazy ketched me or I'd gone over.
wbicb it was my knees seemed
weak like. Then I seta down on the
rail, and Crazy picked up tbe child,
'a bugtftu' of 'im but be busted oat
crj fa' be did.
Tbe conductor and some of the
men got out of tbe cars aod come
wtere be was. It was sleetia' still.
'a grow in' bitter cold. .Tbe bovs
carried toe baby into tbe baggage
car, wbere there was a stove 'a took
00 bis nignvcioiDcs and wrapped 'im
up ia blankets and great coats. There
was a doctor on the traio, and he sea
if we kin git 'im back lo bed without
wakiu of 'im up, p'raps it wouldn't
burtlm; but if be was lo wake,
what witb tbe wet 'u the eld, 'a tbe
fright, like as out it might kill Im.
So the nova lakes 'im ou to carry 'ia
to the h juse, 'u 1 follered el-itig, bit
I couldu'i bev carried a k ttao. Tbe
doctor he tell j 'em to be kt erful aad
not wake Im, fur it was as much aa
his lifo was worth. So C :y bks
'Im, and two of 'em holds a b'aiket
WHOLE NO. 1350.
n-r 'im t keep the i-leff i ff, h .lc
g'd-a abeatl wltb a labiern, and two
r ibrre more about with la tilers s 's
to light tbe way. Wcu w g. it to
V break it was just as I expected.
Track, road, culvert, everything
gone, cle aa as rut off with a kuife
Tbe water was piu-hiu' down the
run six feet, carryiu' big rocks and
boulders I bat pounced and pumped
from side to side and np into the air
clear out of tbe water. It was aw
ful to took at How the child get
over tbe gap. which was at least 25
feet wide, I don't know. A tree bad
some dowa and lodged crossways.
and I suppose be must a gone ever
that Wea we come to it we was
most afraid to try it, for if you slip
ped off tbe log it was all day with
you. I dida't like to trast tbe boys,
'n I ses to Jake, "Crazy, vou wont
drop tbe baby, will yoa ?" He points
dowa into tbe break, 'n ses: "Lath
am, we'd all be down there, every
mother's son of as, but for your little
pard. I d drop my soul first"
Well ! we got Im home safe at last
Mary was asleep when we got to the
bouse, and scared as bad as me when
she learned what was up. We put
'im back into his bed, 'n, sure enough
he never waked np. Next mcrnin'
tbey tbrew a trestle over the break,
and trains waa ronnin' agin. But
the doctor stayed with as. Just out
of his own bead, you know, but he
seemed noxious. Seemed as though
he took to the child. Don't wander
at that, neither. Most everybody
did.
1 watcbed by 'im all that night, n
to-wards day I got out all bis old
Christmas things 'n set 'em on the
table near the bed wbere be could see
tbem tbe first thing. Bat a fever
came on Im, 'a wea be woke be wss
out of his head. I speaks to 'im aod
ses : "How goes it, Pard ?" But
be didn't know me. That was
Thanksgiving day, yoa know, 'a I
sat there by 'im bopin' 1 could give
'im bis things and have our holiday
jest as we used to do. Bat he kep'
gettin' worse from hour to hour.
He was sick jest one week and
wanderia' and wild from first to last
I stayed with Im all the time, for 1
hadn't wits enongb left to handle a
machine' and the bovs sent word not
to bother myself about business and
tbey'd see me through. So between
them tbey did my duty and No 29
went np and down in her regular
runs jest as if I was at the lever my
self. Yoa kaow I was tellia' about
the water tank sear tbe bouse. It
dido'l ased to be used much, bat
that week it seemed as though there
wasn't a train either way. that didn't
get oat of water just there, aod some
of 'em would come over 'a see about
the boy. Aad their wives kept send-
in' nice things and tbey was all
poor people, too. You see somehow
It traveled about fast what little
Pard bad done stoppin' the train
that night, 'a be such a might or a
child. 'N it got iota the newspapers,
'n tbe President of the road came up
to see Im 'n all that But be jest
went on from day to day, for Death
struck 'im from tbe first moment as
he stood there in tbe winter rain.
From his talking white he was de
lirious we fouod out pretty much alt
bow it was. I reckon he heard the
storm ia his steep 'a the roar in' of the
ran. 'a that ret 'im to dreamia'. Of
coarse he knew it was my oight, 'n
I had often told 'im what a bad place
it was and what to do if anything
happened never thinking that be'd
go to doin' it bisself. Bat he gits up
in his sleep, takes his lantern, and
goes oat to meet me. I d bs a sit
tin' there watchin' of Im by bis bed,
'a be'd begin first, jest kind o' mut
terin', 'n I'd bear him say, softly
like, as if be was talkin' to bisself:
"Pard's due at the raa ia twenty
minutes. I kin get there ia time."
'reared like it was an goin
through bis mind agin' and be was
doin' over agio jest what he did that
nigbt We could tell wen he got to
tbe place where the road broke, for
he pes, "Kia I get over that log?"
If I don't mv pard will be killed.
Then be seemed as though be was
goia' dowo to tbe curve where we
found 'im. 'N be'd shiver like as if
the cold rain was strikio' him.
You see we could mostly oiler 'im
bv watchia' aad ketcbia' what be
said. Onct or twict be shook right
bard, acd bis teeth chattered. We
thought it was tbe cold he was feelin
agio as be felt it out there in tbe
nia-bt witb notbin' on 'im. Then be
keeps still awhile like be was waitin'
acd listenin' for tbe train, and you'd
see im bold his breath tearin' be
couldn't kctcb tbe sound. Pretty
soon be speaks agio, gently like, and
ses:
'Kin be see tbe light in time?
'N be waits a bit Next be jumps
op in bed on bis knees and rcreams
out at tbe top of bis voice:
'Stop her, I'a-d . Stop 23 r
Stranger, I've seen frightful things
in my time, but 1 never seen things
so awful as that was. Pate and wild,
witb the fever on him, that mere baby
was trying to make me hear, aod tbe
wind howlin' aod tbe rain roaria' tbe
way it was. 'S we'd try to keep 'im
still, 'a bis mother wtuld coax iai 'a
try to quel bim, 'a be'd scream agio :
Culvert s gone I btop ber pard :
N I'd uke 'im in my arms, 'a be'd
be all of a quiver. Then it seemed
like be beerd me whistle, for he ses :
All right ! He's blowin' Lrskes.'
'N I pui him back in bed, 'n be
lays still a minit like be waa listenin'
'a ses
He's rtverain' of 29, be is! My
Pard Pard's safe.'
Then he'd shut his eves and drop
off, and smile ia hia sleep, like be
was satisfied. By 'a by he'd begin
aod go all ever it agio, 'a so, day af
ter day, allera the same. He seemed
to bev it ia bis miod all tbe time.
Tbe doctor, you kaow, him I was
tellia' atut, welt, be atopped off that
oirbt. 'o staid with oa tbe whole
week 'a nursed it like it waa bis own.
'N wen it was ail over I thought it
waa bh mr'a right, 'a I sea to im,
'Doctor, oaa pay you ?' 'No !' aays
be, 'Laibaaa, yoa csa'L Ilia life sav
ed utifK. i besides iba', La' him,
I've gut oa Jew his age. i bereaint
nuthin vats kin wit rust but that lit-
d.cH,fc- I hia lvhead' Sole"""
Mary takes tbe acisaor 'a cuts it bff.
He kissed it, n put it la bis pocket
sod weal away. -
Ua the nirtt cfUebwal eitwviisiyc
Bub wl j I get off tfc machine to go '
u mm wu was um ni titer, 1 piMs
oat my watch and it was li o.clock
'a three mioitu
..
Some of tbe neighbor had come
around to be mountain, and a min
ister fr.nn a villiage ahmt fifteen
miles clT, but I didut g;iva os alma-
uoa w &ihid . fjr I w, sjn.i. 1
like and didn't ku Lo u ai was.
I was oiuia' iu f.-oat vt tbo houso
oa a largo xtoue. whcr Cbar'.u used
to sit and wait f r in wb-n wa
coming by. aud b-ard a whiv.le.
An' I seed a train It Ht'p:wt new
where i was To U-om a'i was
No. 29. The boya had her dres-md
ia mouraia. " Bill Walker was run
nin' her andCrazy was firia'. Thc-ie
was three coacbes tilled wiihheS s
and tbeir wives ami mtl'tre 1. . Thi ,
wi iu tbeir bent cl x Ik-m, . 'u a I -,
the Ciiiil'hr ahre I w. at 'in'
ibey all knew ii tiff.- t''i !-'
place tbe men tmik itT tbeir u!
and the women hail their bantik.-r-rbiefd
to their fare-. alters k nxr.l -they
were very f.md of liiiu, and it
seeniBil as though they had loot an
only child Tberv was six little buys
all tbe same size, ani they took 'ira
up, an' we followed np the side of the
mountain. It was a mild day, and
the ana was sbinin' bright. We cross--ed
Devil'a Ran, and came to a place
of level ground wbere there was
some large pin trees. It waa just
over the cliff, a little ways from the
road, say a hundred feet, and in a
plain sight of wbere be stood wavin'
bis lantern backwards and forwards
slowly across tbe track when be said,
'Yoa and me is pards, isn't we?'
After alt, it was harder 00 Mary
tbaa oa me. Ia three months, time I
took her there too. I staved oa the
line a while after that, but I eouldntt
never go back to my bouse again, and
whenever I was jroin' by and saw
those two heaps of fresh earth, it
worked on me ao 1 couldn't stand
it
As 1 was tellia' I sometimes thiuk
I'd like to get back there and tee tbe
place once more, bo. seems as if I
was afeard. I don't believe io ghosts,
but I know if I was to run a tram a
round that curve in a dark nigbt I'd
see my little Charley wavin' his light
as he did that nigbt that it -ost him
his lire.
4'astch KbjoII llama.
It was possibly during bis stay in
New York in 189 that Washington
began to wear oa his coat tbe conch
shell buttons, now in possession of Cap
tain Lewis's daughter. A new fash
ion in dress,' introduced by a pres
ident, is worthy of record, especially
when there is an interesting story con
nected with it. Tbis story, related
by Robert Lewis, illustrates two strik
ingly characteristic traits of Washing
ton generosity and economy.
A needy sailor with a wheelbarrow
of shells accosted the General on tbe
street, and, holding np a number of
conch-sbells, implored him to buy
them. Washington listened with
sympathy to the story of his suffer
ings and want, and kindly replied
that be woolu buy tbem if be could
ia any way make use of them. Ne
cessity perhaps sharpened tbe sailor'a
wits, and be promptly suggested that
tbey would make lovely buttons for
bis velvet coat The General doubt
less smiled at the ingeneous proposals
bat agreed to try them. Carrying
home bis ocean treasore of pink shells,
be sent for a button-maker to know
if he could mannfactnre a useful arti
cle out of tbe pretty playthings with
which be found himself encumbered.
The workman replied he coold make
tbe buttons if be coold find aa instru
ment sharp enough to pierce them.
Washington would have nothing use
less about bim ; and so the shells were
delivered to the manufacturer, who ia
due time returned tbem to him ia the
shape of concave buttons, a little lar
ger than a quarter of a dollar, with a
silver drop in tbe center biding the
spot where tbe eye was fastened be
neath. Tbe President then astonish
ed tbe republican court by appearing
in coat with pink eoach-Bbell bat
tons sparkling on its dark velvet sur-
face, bignty years ago, it seems,
fashion ruled ia hearts, or over the
costumes, of men and women jnst as
it does now for Captain Lewis bears
testimony that conch shell buttons im
mediately became the rage. 1 he
shell venders and button makers' for
tunes we-e made by tbe General's
psssson for utilizing everything that
came into bis possession. St-ribnrr
fteia.hawsa afa f'rwwd.
Mr. Headly, in bis letters from Ita
ly some years ago, told a singular in
cident which illustrates tbe selfishness
fostered by a luxurious indulgent e in
art He was present at one of tbe
theatres, wbere a famous prima don
na was tu sing in a new opera. Just
as she began singing, a man in the
pit near the orchestra was seized with
convulsions. Tbe prima donna, see
ing his livid, death stamped lace sud
denly stopped, with a look of horror
and a start that were for once wholly
natural. But tbe audience, determin
ed not to lose their enjoyment shouted
to ber to go on, and a person directly
behind tbe dying man, who bad now
risen bolt upright forced him down
by pressing oa bis shoulders. Tbe
singer went 00, while foam streaked
witb blood zed from tbe mouth of
the sufferer. As sbe finished io one
of ber finest strain, tbe boue rang
with applause, and tbe ruffian, lifting
his bands from tbe shoulders of tbe
dying man, dapped witb enthusiasm,
as be shouted. "Brava! brave!"
Then ri P arme entered, earned
awav tbe et rose, and the opera went
oa as if nothing bad happened to dis
turb tbe harmony. loufh Lnan-
Thva Tarn Hi.
For kisaing a pretty girl, ooe dol
lar.
for kissing a homely girl, two dol
lars.
(Tbe ui w levied in order to
break up tbe custom altogether, it
being regarded as a piece of inexcusa
ble absurdity.)
For every it 1 nation Biteea cenis.
For every young maa who bas
more tbaa vo girl, five dollars.
Courtiog in tbe kitchen, twenty-
ITva cents.
Courting in the parlor five dol
lars. Coarlia g in romantic places, five
dollars; fifty cents thereafter.
For a girl giving a young maa the
mitteo, five dollars and suit of costs.
Seeioga young lady home from
church, twenty cents.
Fail:?- to see her home five dollars
and twl
For ladies who paint, two dollars.
Proceeds to be be devoltd to the
rc lief t.f disconsolate hatbands who
have been deceived by outside ap-
The grasshopper to tbe farmer:
Dont be a f.ol and want to take
or wheat to that mtUef. in
your hopper