Terms ofiPublicaticn
Ths Ssasrset Hsrald
,f ..ut.li.hod every Wdue.Uy Morning HU
per annota, Bdranc trtbCTiriw V
will InrarUMy he charged.
No .atwcripUo" will he dtaeoctlnced untfl all
arrearage are P P- PoaUnaater neglecting
to nouty " w1 da B Uik out
suiwcnwre removing from P oto an
oilier abouid giv w tb Bn of ltt '"- "
well a ibf j.reratce. AlJre
Soaiarsit Printing Company,
JOHH L SCCLL,
BniHil Kuikw.
A TTOKNEYSA T-LA U.
. . i.-v u v F St'UELL. ATTORNEY. ATLAW
11 a'oi bounty iiifwiwi Agent, S.meret,
t. to to Siaaimoth Block.
jam. 11-tL
1:
Mi. U. Ml I.U .
hUKTHi. ranna.
' U. POSTLETHWAITE, ATTOKNEI
..lUw.Sjoimtt.P. rn.loartoual burt
rrtjwcuuUj aoiicued nl uuacuuaiy Uid-
AW NUT1CL-Alexiider H. OflP'th bal
I . reoied lb. (.racu.-. o, to nd
.VinYugcounUe. 0ae in ftl.mu.XU AiuihUms.
wo. '.
1 -ALLNT1N EH AY. ATTORNEY AT LAW
.udM!ctlnmlt Somerset, Pa., w ill
ie..d to ail Ui animated W bwciare wit
,r ui4uc aad ndeiity. " LHy.
Ja.HU BAEF-, ATTOENETS AT
W, Somen, Ul practise to S"-
r,c ul a ---
raed to Iheiu will o promptly aueuded to.
1 . ,u X H. I HU ATTORN AY AT LA W, SOM
) r-l,'., 'lllp""''ytn,lu"'i, 'tt"Df'',
ulnirti " '- J.iey fclvmcedoBOu.lecUuJi
he. U3uc in Mi"""' UulldlDf.
tir.xxiA 11 KCKIXTZT AITi'liXEY AT
Ljik, S-worKt. -, "Hi (' l-rwut
uJ th l-nuia eontta. omo 1- PtikUiut
- . M -, . u.
J tTi, -.. ' ""baKlo':!''
IMIIVIl tlVVLl. AllVH.in ,
omiuM-
-
J.
O. (KjLE
ATTORXEY AT LAW.
'"
, w. K'I'ftl. w. . .
FFKUTH k EUFPEL. ATTuKNtlb AT
au i.umt-M enirusiea to t lieu care will
.. . .. ...
o?rit i
1 - . . ' . . t i.t .t.ii: the
jwmi iru -it
Hamwutli UiorA.
f OIIX liTfcCOTT,
ATTOEX EY AT LA W.
ti .mrmet Pa. uji tlra la Baer lJl. k
An i.uuerf rnlruaiea ui tiw crr allciiUeJ t who
um.iy3Miiu lijeal-.
rAMES L. 1'UGll,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
S.nt, Pa. loe. Nanimoth Bl.- k.op tUilra.
t-utrw-e Main ( km u Ci: iuale.e
Ui -Slie-i. uila .lammed, aolail Ical
MUu.lou tuwitli i.r-.mcUieM anJ Bau.jr.
julyl
griivEvixG.
Writing Deed, Ac,
d .tison'j:.i l ' "'! trm.
av"ka'in'rf at Csetwrr A ?.' SMre.
C. F.AVALKEK.
Aui;16.
J'HYSICIAXS.
t K J R. MILLER bat vernnnently located
j I in IVrun t. tbe wacuce vt tut .r.MaiB.
Miflfie .j-jue CUarlea R.riingcr a aiote.
apr. -i, la-ii.
I K. H. BKCKAKER leudera hlf prufcartnoal
I ) mioef to Uie ctuaeax ul Si.meict and vii in
ii v t. im in reaideooe, one dour wr eat of the Bar-
uei livuae.
I )"i'
T L'IMVrt.
ill eontlnae te jirartlM ;
ieine, and tendera hut .ieoua. a-1
u. the cluzena ol !-rtneraot uw aurrvuu
r.nirr. Itmr at tn old place, a lew uuora
l lLe'ila.le HoBM.
DU. WESLEY CUNNINGHAM.
..wmcTlrW LavnvUle, will r.tlnue the
aruUidS-taTand tender, hi. Pr-le-HaJ
H-n, u. the etuacna iUcnire. lUeaud ttnxad
Tit faUlitlT.
ieWTT
g S. GOOD.
rhrsicux & surgeon,
SOMERSET. PA.
av-trK to Mammoth Block v"n
DU A. Q. MILLER, after twelve
T.W ar-tra practice to Shankrrilla. ha.
o-- ,Uy located at t.mer ythe l-rac-uce
Jt c June. ad teader. bia peo4oa-oMJ aar
eicc. to U.a cutuu ol bomerael aad Jy
i .ce to bli lTog Store, ovpo" toe Harnet
H.h.. whora be eaa W oonauitod at allumM
nlew prHaa4imally ena-aarad.
arMgntoalU urompUy anawrerad.
dee. U, fl-ly.
Dr. W. F. FUXDESBEKG
Eaile Re dent Snrsoon,
KewMEye anl Ear InfaaiyJ
Has locatei pcrnircLtly h the
AV--T W " .
J , -
the E2wLw5iVXi trCCU-CL.l OI OU ,
aissa2S ea ilb juja asa Aa-to"
;we tie Kose ard 7!rt
orb re. S.
CO KaailB) aitrrt.
JuueJu.
DENTISTS.
DR. WM. tXiLEJXS. IiEXTIST, Someraet,
Pa Cimca In :atter'a Bh. mi atra,
wnere be can at all Umea he fnd re-"-d -4a
all ainda M work, auch aa ftlllna. reirulaun. ei
tracuug. Ae. ArtibeAal teeth ol all kia la. and of
cxiettma4riai,toaerted. Oiierati.ia warranted.
JOHN BILLS,
DEITTIST.
Oi&oc tc OaBroth A KeCi new bulidtog.
- MadaOroa Street.
Soaaeraet, Pa.
ovu
WM. COLLINS,
UEXTIST,
o-e atTe Oaaeheer A Frae' autre, etuaaeraet,
i . in tue laat ltee year 1 have greatlv re
nt ,vd i.eTvea of anbVial Uth ta tn l-lar.
Tl cawiant UMrem demand lortoatb ba to
dujed aue to ao eoianre my faeilitiea that can
make acta id mill at lower pncea than yoa
on (rt tlm ta any other place in tb euuntry
i .o. . tn.kMtg a good art ol teeth lor fa. and ir
tandlHvM l aay penwa among my thand
el ruet.iWM-n tutb or Hi aIJ.niog rmantle that
I have made uvtb ur Uiat u not giving good aat
t.iactiio. tbey eao call oa ma at any tune aad get
ew M tree of charge,
aaarta
RTIHC'AL TEETnil
J. C. YtTZY.
)E1.TIS T
VALE C1TT. jomernt Co.. V,
Anlh.'Ui Teeth, war aatnl to be of the eery beat
juamv. Life like ai-a iaHnaia. laaened to tla
li atyle. Partarulai attetittoa paid to the prra
rvaik Jl tbe aatatrai tertA. Thoe wiabug ta
rait me by lettrt, eava we a by eamtiatliig ataaip
Addraaa na abvre. leU-Tk
HOTELS.
II
ILL HOUSE.
tXLiXLSL?,
JOIIX BILL, raurajaroa.
r.f
rH to oroomjotltt itomu
In Hi Biuvt mBl'TiAble ami BiiPAitcifjo- mar. tie p.
Tbe trsvr.inai puMtr aoj frnuaUDl ifUrofr Ikir
liiohe wuh irv? taMH LotH ocrkmtnudAi tk-jic
Tit tt.t vUl ln to be lemtKlred wiih tti
tem tl Barkrt aflvruc Laara ao4 xmmociM
D
IAMOND HOTEL.
STOYSTOWX TA.
SAMUEL. Ci;STE l'lp. tor. j
T1J I.t lr an well kaowa Woate I. at all
lia a deacabt. ! plaee for the travelkf I
bile. 1 ab.a and awbi AraKte. Ooadata.1
lag.
1-acxj laav dally !. Johnatjwa aad j
Hie
VOL. XXVI. NO. 12.
BANKS, ETC.
Cambria Co. Bank.yfjSC & CO.
M. W. KEIM & o.
o. '2CG Main St., Johnstown.
A General Banking Business
transacted.
Interest Paid at 6 per cent, on
Time Deposits.
Tjoans Negotiated.
Drafts Bought and Sold.
JUV.l.
J0. TkDUIEL &: SONS,
BANKERS,
Schell & Kimmel,
SOMEHSET, VS.
- "
.
: AwMir.m or Mercnants ana olu-
er Busincjis Teople Solicited, craits
negotiable in all parts of the Coun-
jtry for sale. Hcncy oanea uu
1 Collections mad a.
. r,. ,
-:o:-
i (Tiiroomt forwrKVcB.nifdty.lf. Mi.inrrf o.)
. , am
; t .m. -?' I,VTTT7 ttn Tl K
kJji.X u WW IAA w 1
i
nmmro f UlDDIOnU '
lishicr ami Mumiyrr
Willijn f r lu-in JUty rt"wr ist. i
C.l!t-ti'UJ ma.!r in all psrta ! Uie I nlied sulci. I
Charge' mK rale. lVjticr anl other i htikf col- :
lcoted and ea."he 1. KaHero anI ei ns c-xenauge
alwavt i hand. Remittance uii '.e with ir -ta:
Dtr. Aceounta elicited.
Refer l'V ;craif i-o to
ii w H L'.nilL All'r at 11 w. H'ti. W
J ll.rr. Att'v at Liw. C4. Ed. Scull. .d. I'. S
Krvetiuc. A." J. tVilviro Atty at I.iw. C. 1'
MnMclinan. Awiciate Jmljce. M.m. A. H. "!
froth. Att'y al Law. V ui. t. Frca.-. Meivlint.
E. Kiemau.
JOIKSTOffl SAVINGS BANK,
120 CLINTON STREET,
JOHXSTOVX.rA.
t'hanered Scj.temlrlJ.l'T '. Iej!tre?elv.
al olall fuiiifu. it lefiijan.ie dollar. lMtn-jt i
due in the iuoiiii:9ol J uue and lcceuiU.T,and iin.a
withdrawn ui added toit.e d iK.!it tiiu cuiu.uo-dinittwu-e
a year without truuh'.ing thedejwei. ;
tor lo call or even to rerut the deN.ii lk. I
Mooev loaned . real.it. Prelerence. with I
liberal rate and lonit time given u tx.rruwert ol-1
fermg hraLm-irijcgH'n laruih wwrih lour or more I
umea the atu.uut ol l'n deMrod. i.km1 rcicr-;
euc. inect title avc.. re-uire-l. '
Thcirorauun iat.4nnvciy a Saving" Bank. ;
Mo cumiui r. ial dvK:; reccitcl Bit .;iMxUiii '
made. No kane peraouai aerurtiy.
Blank a.).licati.'iit l burr tr . ci.i'lef of the .
rult a, t-y iawa and rj-eclal liw relmiDg to the
fcank aeiii to any addreM roqueMed. !
Tbidtues J .iiiea t'.'i.r, Iiavtd uiin l.
B. Eilia, A. J. Hawea. F. W. Hay John Lew man.
t M Ui .lv llinlcl UrLuiiilis. ll. J. MorreiL
iwi. PiiuH. A. :. 0rad Su.i. Jee.
Daniel J. Morrelt. Pt1 lent: Fr"-.k 'lrt.
Treiieurer: t'nu Liosr. Solicitor. aovu.
Teta an3 Cip,
wnoLGKALC AKnBETAlL,
J. II. Ziiuuieritiaii,
- e
Sotueret, I'enna.
The hert of cigar of diSerent hear..l, roanufae
tored hy bimarll, of the choicest of totmecos.
Tt.ece circle cannot hecieelled by any in the mar
ket tr.e of the bc dt.kn ol chewing t..ba-o
ever brought to S.acret. Prices to fult the
time. jani
JB-O. Hit I
LlEll M. HUE
Aiients for Fire anS Life IiMraiice,
JOHN HICKS & SON,
BOM EI! WET. I 'A.,
And Real Estate Brokers.
ESTAMEISHED 1-V.
Peron whodertreto sell, buy or exchange r-
erty. or tr rent will find it to their advantage to
reirimer the decritioa thereof, aa Do eliarge ia
made anler a.ld or rented. Keal entaw oufineaj
general :y wl.lbe promptly attended to.
J.
R. IYIEGAHAN,
BUTCHER,
AND DEALER,
"Wholesale nnd I-wotail,
IN
FRESH MEATS!
All kinds, fuch as CEEF, I'OKK.
MUTTON, VEAL, LAMB,
SAUSAGE, Pudding, Bclog
na. Mince Meat, and
LARD of onr own
Rendering.
MARKET DAYS
May, IMaj aJ SalirJay.
SoinerM't, Pa
"Meat t'Ati be oMnined any day
iturtnit Hit w-oelc. April 11.
ADVERT 1SINC!
WORTH, tOR9H7.ee.
Tbe cheaj-rrt iw bett way t ru-b i-!"! out
thle tf the larje ri.te U fcv Mtir w or "T !
diur fix ii ol it nwfiwi-er, UivMed t
vft-r rfiTfrnfrt ff tlie rvuntry. nettlg
itrt miction opt r 00,0. A.mtrtrj'nt tv
ohJ tr onr r mum- ii?u. -r rata m
(flint. tutos of iwprt, nl other iatormjiit
bU Iut rtniiualtfts mKlrvrf
UKAl A K Jj:lt J-"w4i. Park l T;.- Ihuliluif i
N. Y.r.
H. M'C ALLTJM,
77 FIFTH AVENUE,
VIkdyo A"oot3 St.,
I'lTTMJl IU.II.
NEW CAEPETS !
LINOLEUM DRUGGLT2
At Prices of lSG?..
II. .TIc CAI-TalTM.
Oct. IT
i. ... v .
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111
MISCELLANEOUS,
Merchant Tailors,
A.nl Man facta
Gent's. Youth's and Boys,
FasisicHaMe ClclMiii asl .
NO. 42 Firm A VOTE.
PITTSBUKGII.-
SL
T E ROOFS.
wbn itt now hnlMtnr h?e jlvmlJ "mow
! (hat i U rfacaper in tlx k-i.ir run I" rat SMt
I Kuoff ttn tin cr .Uurmlfi". .lUle mil l.ift i..rTer.
. dJ trvi:r lire r.'uirr.l. Msir clren tlif 'Ot-
' e.t wau-r !-rcii.im. s:atiA lire ir -f . Every
' irixl hiti! t.bi4ill liave a SIiM n.M. The umler-
r. , !..,,, , i...h v.. ... .
i ea. i..; ui
Peachbottom L Buckingham
S L A.
T
E
Ui.r Tifltr7 th t-v hett ni-lf. Hewlllnifler-
, wketll ,,ut SU( K,i,011 H.-. (laMiraoJ rt-
! rate. .irt p. fuller in Mwn r ouantry at the
lowwt i-ni-m. nni U mmt th.n. 4 'all and fee
. . ; ; . . ... ....
I i . , i i hi i m. i t ir. t, v.
'AH C A S E B E E R,
A rent. StKneraet, Pa.
Wat. H. Shituv.
A I'll
h. rt.
IE. H.
nr. I
WARDWELL
with
EODSE, HEMFIQNE & CO,
2S5 Bait. St., Baltimore, M.
Would rwert fully a.-k the mer !nt of S,ner-
c: curs:), tf etiU Uiui tin r oritrfr icr
FANCY GOODS.
airirtiemfati.:acti,! -th aa m:rdt price
and SLall!v ol The tn'rctiaiitli vhillnc
BaUiuK.ro are tmrntir re-iurnted torall acd aee
HIGHEST AWARDS!
Centennial
Exhibition.
J. EEYHOLI S & SON,
N iRTH W KST tt IK X E R
THIRTEENTH AND FILBERT STS.
PHILADELPHIA,
MAStrr-ACTt EES CF PATENTED
Wrought-lroa Jir-Tigtit Healers
WITH SHAKIXU AXU (. LINKER UllIND
IXGGEATLS FtK Bl'KNING ANTHEA
CITE tK IUTl JllXuf S CIML
ii:.Ti:yMAL
WROUGHT-IRON HEATERS,
tK BITOIIXOt'S yAL.
KEYSTONE
WROUGHT-IRON HEATERS,
Cooking Range. Lo'Dwn
Cratea, Etc.
lcriptit e Circulars aent Ire to any addrcu.
EXAMINE BEFftKE SELECTING.
April iij.
Cook & Beerits'
FAMILY GR0CER1
Flour and Feed
STORE.
We would in-t reapecUttllr announce to onr
frfen.'. and the pub) 1c r-nralfy. in me town and
vicinity of Someraet, thai wa Lara opened our
NewSiore on
MAIN CROSS STREE1
Aad u addition to a full lice of tbe beat
ConfeftfonerieM, Notion,
TobHOOOK, CigHrx. dr.,
We willetcarur.aiaU Usiea, to anpply jar eua
tomert wlih tua
BEST QUALiTY OF,
FAMILY PLOUE,
CORN-MEAL,
OATS, SHELLED COIiN,
OA TS COHN CHOP,
Bit AN, MIDDLINGS
And trrerntlilii lrt.iLlcE to UM Fel lcpart
meat at ;b
LOWEST POSSIBLE YSSESL
FOIl
CASH ONLY.
Alao. a well selected ttoeg of
Ihuraare; atlonewara, Woodecwara, Bruabea t
al ctoda, and
WbJek wa wl aeO aa cheap a the cheapen. ' -Plemae
cab. examine cur goodt of all hida, and
be aauaned frn your swat
Djnt forget where w (toy :
MAIN CBUSS Street. Sob. erect J a
BISSELL & CO.
MAKt'FACTTKEBS. - '
235 L1EERTY ST., AND 242 PENN AVE.
PITTSBURGH," PA:,
. : ... ' t.- -v. A 1- ft
Stoves, Ranges,
GRATES,
M ANT ELS,
FTrest assortment in the country,
and Low Prices.
Sep. 12
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SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1S77.
TIKEAMIXU.
When I sit ta twfllst'I silwi!,
Wtita tbe tun hare ail grown s;iil
I ilreaai of the green oM vats. Jow ,
And the oH home on the Ul'J.
Ani 1 1 tbe met bluomlnK
AU ahoal in dtwrways tow.
An! my heart ginu gladdest jreajng
To Uie frlca.U ufloug aja.
Ttiere I aee my mother aitting
W!U Time't anowflakej in her hair.
And be amilc above her kaittin?,
Aad her fate if aalntly fair.
Anil i aee my lather readiaa-
Frum the RiMe on his knee.
And afila I heir him praying,
Aa, of J.l h prayed tor m3.
Oh, the dc.ir, remembered faoei
Oi the boys an i glrlt at heme !
They art here, as in llfe'i morula.
Ere oar leet bad leaned to ruaat
Singing ail the old aungs otrer .
Wiuh the iricnOf 1 tuci to know,
I forgot lile'a Uii an 1 trouble,.
Preamin? of the l'g aga.
Fir and wWe our feet hara wanderrd
From the old Bne tender tie.
Soma have cruased tbe oceaa' billows.
Some have paaaed beyd the akie.
And my heart grow aJ Willi thinklug
. the frienda I ascd t.. kDOir:
jh,rray "d I meet la heaven
AUthel,ne,Un"n,,,SO;
KAVr.D BT TWO SIIXl Tt!.
' Joe wa not half as good-looting,
but Jennie liked l!ni a great deal
better : aad, indeed, it was onlj 6ome
times tbst. ia a caprice, sbo faoeied
,-Le liked Mark Maldon at all.
Joe Thurston waa the driver and
Mark Maidon the fireman of freight
train No. 99. which stopped reguiar
lf all tie year round at Redwood
Station to let lightning express No
TO pass.
I
No. .'9 wbiatiea at io:Da r. m.,
I iivanauij ; ax 1 1 Joe uaa .jeuuie iu
j bid arm?, kissing her almost to death
This was of course, after they were
j married.
Jennie lived in tue onir li.iuse, aua
j kept the only store tLere waa at Ued
wood, ana all tae company sne nau
after dark was her old grandmother
and tho little dog at least, till the
train arrired, aad ilea Joe and Mark
i inade their appearance.
Thus the courtina; waa dono.
I Somehow, although each of Jennie's
i IjvefS kept a rharp eye OU tho Olh-
'er, yet both found opportunities to
I propose. See accepted Joe, and
when abe iuformed Mark bext nigh:
j what he had done, he turuod pale,
jaud ilea congratulated her, and
I ben be got aboard of Lis engine he
1 was onsober.
It was tbe beginning of his run;
j -nA OD be night Jennie and Joe were
I ., u t I "
married WblCtt Was UUa a Oriel Cer-
emoov, as Joe was pressed for time
IJark MaldoD waa not iu condition to
take bis place on the train, and on
tbe day following the company dis
poned wltb' bis future services.
From that time Mark, as the e
predion is, went to the bad. ilia
little savings he proceeded rapidly to
drink up, and this dissipation made
the usual changes, and soon, in ap
pearance, manuers and speech, aud
the refct, he was a different man.
Sometimes he dropped inu the
jlitliesbop, and aore lharj once Jen-
Die rpeke to Lim in reproct, dui witn
gentlecess; and it was only wbon
the perceived that these well-meant
reproaches mad Lim a great deal
woree that she ceased to oTer them.
It is a terrible sight to see a hu
man being sinking in the dark and
dreadful pool ia this way; but down,
down he went, and no mortal hand
could save him.
I don't know when or how it was,
Lut b? imperceptible degrees Jennie
grew "afraid of Mark Maldron. lie
bad never uttered one word ol love
to her after her marriage, nor had be
beemed to like her husband tbe less;
but 6cmehow whenever she saw
Mark's white and swollen face com
iog ia at the door, or beheld ia the
distant woods his bent and furtive
figure gliding softly over the broken
twigs and dry grass like a ghost, ber
heart felt a nervous pang, and she
wisted he would go away to live
somewhere else or was it wicked?
that be might even die and be at
rest.
Matters went on much as nuai till
one evening ia October, wben, about
10 oVioCE, looking Up from her Sew-
ing, Jennie beheld a palid face at ibe
wiudow staring at ber intently.
Something jumped into her throat,
aud she could not stir or speak. But
then the face went away, and pres
ently tbe door opened and Mark
came into the. shop.
-Didn't ycuknowme?" he said.
advaucicg and leaning across tbe
counter. "I hope you are not
frightened, Jennie. It was thought
Ios of me ; but I just wanted to peeD
at fireside comfort, a happiuess 1 tear
1 have n. itw fed, tb; xou look so co
zy and contented sitting there, and I'd
give something handsome to hare a
pretty wife, wailing at the hearth for
me ; and really you musn't mind my
eavesdropping, Jennie, will you V
There waa something mournful in
bis looks, voice and words that touch
ed ber deeply; and this waa .be
more noticeable from the fact that for
once be was entirely sober.
"Ye?, Mark, you frightened me
terribly ; but it's gone now. Why
don't you do better you know what
I mean-crand I am sure you will not
6nd it bard to jet tbe pretty wife
and domestic bappincsa bjih.."
lie shook his head.
"Too late J I've missed my tip. I
don't blame any body, thougb only
my luck yoa know. Joe is due pret
ty coon now, Ua't be ?' lie glanc
ed at tbe clock and nodded, aad then
said: "I've felt awfully tired aud
cold all tbe evening, and and lone
some. I don't believe I ever knew
myself to be so lonely before ;"' and
be" laughed in a melancholy way,
fiddling at the sam time with tbe
walea on the counter. "And I de
clare," be went on oddly, "this is
such a pretty scene, that it it makes
my heart ache, Jennie, to think I
bare no share ia it. The pleasant
glow of tbe chimney corner for Joe,
and the cold snow for 'Mark! Such
is fate, and a fellow oughtn't to com
plain, ought be?"
Jennie never felt so uncomfortable
in ber life. She was not afraid of j
bid any longer ; but sbe wished he .
wonid gc Still he stood there,;
talking in tbe same melaccholvj
Btra n, and at length came the shrill
scream of tbe engine's whistle out
side, and then, very soon after en
tered Joe, tmoky and begiimcd,
bat nil smiles and good humor.
p .
EST A IJ T. I S Jl ftT; 1 S
"Four minutes late," said Mark,
glancing at the clock. : ; ' '
"Yes ; my fireman was' taken sick
at tbe Cut above " aaid Joe. after
kissing bis wife ta usual, "and I
niado the run from the last station
alone. I don't know what I'm to do
unless By Jove! I just thought
of it I can get von s go on with
me, Mark." , , - .
"The company migbn't like it,
Joe," said Mark, with the same
strange, depressed smile., -v ,2 '
"Ia a cae like ibis there's no
choice. I cannot keep uy train here
all night, and 1 cannot go on with
out a fircmau. Cmae, I'll take the
responsibility and . make is worth
your while." . - .. '. j
Jennie looked uoeasy. Mark Mal
don rubbed bis bands together ia a
feeble, imbecile sort of way, hesitat
ing. ' ; " .
"The tomiany ditlat treat me
right," he replied : "ba v, that wasn't
your fault, Joe. VVelL,'!! help you
out. I alwav dj a Jriendlr turn
when I can." - ,
"Good! There's the express now,"
added Joe, as the wbude of No. 70
sounded, and the train went thonder
ing by. Lei's get aboard at once.
I must make up f jr lost time."
"Very well ; I'll Just, get on my
coat and he oa the. engine ia two
minutes." And Mark Maldon hur
ried out. . 't' '
Good by, Jennie," said Joe. "I
mus: be off.'' V
"Joe," abe bf sitated, H half wish
you were not guing to take that
man !" .. : t.
Jtie started. .. :
"Why r . t
' I doa'ikno w. . I don't feel satis
fied." . : J
"l'obaw, Jeuuie! Mark never
harmed any one hut biure!f, and be
couldn't harm me if he wanted to. I
cues I run the engine, doa'i I, little
girl?"
"Plea.-e dou't take him I"
"And ke?p my train standing here
all night aud be discharged to-tnor-rov
morning? Nonsense!. I mqst
clear tbe track, darling. You forgot
that there waa another ftpreia vet.
Yoa don't want a collision, do yoa ?
Good by, Jennie." ?
"Take care of yourself, Joe," sbe
said, pale and iroubieo,-and almost
trviczto detain him. "Don't leave
your engine a tr.nute." ." -
lie laughed. .
1 never U. Agaiost tbe ruJes."
the rules."
A few lEiou'es later freight No. ilil
was on its vay. Joe at bia accus
tomed pest and Mark id his old 6f
Gce of ftremao.i
"Now, whbt's the instructions,
Joe?" said Mark, much more cheer
fully, his spirits risiag wltb the speed
tbey were making as tLey tore along
through the dismal nijht.
"Well, we go oa as hard a we
eaa till we reach Clear Spring, aad
there we pull over to the south sid
ing and let No. 80 express pass, and
then we have the right of way all tbe
rest of tbe route."
"A,her Clear Spring there is no
siding till we reuch Apsley Junction,
sevfti liiles beyond if"
"Nuue. Wo wait fcixteen minutes,
if neceseary. at Clear Spring,'' re
plied Joe, decisively.
"All ribt. By-tht-way, I haven't
had a dried to far. 1 brought a
Qak along," said Maik, producing
tbe article and unscrewing the top,
which formed a cup. "Take a nip
cold night won't hurt you."
Joe shook his head.
"I never touch it when I am on
duty."
''Once and a while won't hurt yoa,
Joe. It's good stuff, and can do yon
no barm."
"Well, perhaps one drink won't
hurt. Y'our health."
Three minutes afterwards he was
as unable of exercising his faculties as
if be had swallowed a quart. His
brain reeled, his sight became dim,
his limbs relaxed, and he fell helpless
upon tbe bench i uilt against tbe side
of the cab.
A lurid triumph filled tbe heart of
Mark Maldon. He flung the bottle
out of ibe window, and seized the han
dle that governed the movements of
the locomotive.
"I bave owed you a long debt,
Joe !" he shouted above the roar of
the wheels, "and now I can pay you
in compound interest! Yoa took
everything from me and made me
wbat 1 am, and now late give3 me
my revenge !"
"Joe was incapable of moving, but
his senses in some degree still re
mained. . "What are you going to do?" he
gasped. . -, . . . ..
,-Y"ou bhall see." - .- -The
wretch pulled the lever, and
the engine leaped suddenly as a
horse bounds when, pricked with a
spur. Every pound of steam she
could bear with safety from instanta
neous e xplobion was put on, and the
train da.-hed forward at lightning
peed.
"Lemember Clear Spring siding !"
gacped Joe, bardly conscious. .
"I shall remember to pass it 5"
yelled Mark, with demoniac joy,
above the clatter and crashing of
such mighty machinery. "I looked
into y ur home to-night, Joe Thurs
ton, and saw your happiness, and
then I aeked myself where was my
borne and where my happiness. I
saw your wife the woman I loved,
and 'of whom you robbed me, It
was a comfortable ' reflection -all
that love and peace for yoa, all tbe
shame and despair for me! : My
chance to get even came before ' 1
dreamed of it. You are in my power
now, and l'il use it. We both die
tonight!"
He stopped and icized Thurston's
Watch. ' ' ; I.1 I- i " i
"Every minute brings us nearer to
death. Iia, ba ! We are at Clear
Spring already," be cried, glaneiog
out; "but we don't top. No, no!
We go cn tQl wo smash into the
express, and be ground to atoms !"
This horrible design seemed to
sober Joe somew hat ; he at least com
prehended it. ' : -
"My Ood ! Mark, have ixercy," be
groaned; "think of my poor wife. Re
verse tbe ecgice or we are lost. ' .
"I do think of yonr wife, an d that
nervea me to go to my death, smiling
and joyously, because yoa go long
with me," returned ' this fiend.
"More steam, more steam, if f do
blowup. What care I
He turoed to the coal tender.
R
k 9 if
27.
There was a Sash in his fce, a re- "Hannah, I've something nnpleas
port rang out and he tottered and ant to tell you, bat I am going to do
dropped down among tbe wheels, lit because I considder it right that
Something hot spurted apwa-d
! blood aud the train jolted.
A woman clambered i)wn from
among tbe coal. It was Jennie, pale
as death, revolver in hand.
"It was I, Joe. I distrusted thut
man. you remember, and before the
train left I armed myself and sprang
on to the last car. You made such
speed that I have been all this time
gelling here; I wasn't used to run
ning along the roofs, voa kao, and
leaping from one car to another; but
here 1 am, and just in time, Joe."
"God bless yon, darling! bat I
fear it too late. Where- is my
watch?"
"The villain took k with him
when he dropped under the wheels.
What is to he done ?"
"We must go on just the way we
are going now. If we can't reach
Apsley Junction before the express
we are lost."
And so they still tore oa through
the marky night, piuagiig dcub
ward with every second, Jennie
looking steadily ahead.
' I see a lantern, Joe."
"A laniero-'" he cried, trying to
rise. "It is the s wiichm.m at Apsley
Junction J
At the same time both heard the
wierd and ominous scream of the
whisile.
"Itiathe express approaching at
the other end !" shouted Joe, with
the sadtien energy of despair. "II
we have two minutes iu our favor we
are taved. What is the color of the
lantern, Jennie, darling!"
' Red, and be waves it up and
down. He is running across the
track !
"Sound the whistle fjur limes!
screamed Joe. "It is the signal to
switch us off."
She knew bow. Three shrieking
blasts and a long concluding wail.
The watchman had set his lantern
down. Ooe minute! Over the rails
they jumped and were safe on the
j siding ! With a rusty groan the
watchman turned the switch. A
i Cash and a yell, and the express No.
180 had safely passed ! Both trains
f were secure. Two minutci,
I "Kiss me, Joe no danger now," ;
! she whi?nered.
j He caught her juot in lime, for she
bad fainted. Already be bad re-1
I versed the engine, and tbe tram was I
standing still. The old switchman, "I'm no wrse than you are. "ou
with his lantern c jme hobbling over, gaid yourself you had a trap-door ia
"Y'ou whistled just ia tbe nick of the top of your head and a gum ela
linie," he croaked, tremulously, j tic palate."
"There was onlr two minutes be
tween you and eternity, my man."
"Two minutes," said Joe, "and
woman's loving .heart."
And the, vas true.
Ibe Ilygewlewf tb rye
The following hygenic rules arc
compiled and condensed from eminent
French and Koglisb anthorities :
For the worker the liijh? should
come as tauch as possible from tho
left side, that is ta say, from tbe side
towards which one turns in working.
Daylight is the best, but direct sun
light and that reflected from mirrora
&hould be avoided. Tho aspect
should be northern, and the light
should eome a little from above.
While walls soould be avoided ;
highly varnished table", and, in
workshops, shining articles like silk
should be protected from the i;n's
AUinciai ngnt is always uau, on
acconnt of the heat and the exhala
tion of carbonic acid. The best is
that of lamps fed with vegetable oil
(much used in France, but seldom in
tbis country) and furnished with a
glass shade. Gas is bad, because cf
its heat, brilliancy and mobility ; the
light of mineral oils is too hot; that
ot candles insufficient and flickering.
The eye of the workingman should
avoid the light comicg to him di
rectly or diffused through tbe room.
Working immediately after meals
is otjeciionabie; also uninterrupted
use ot ibe eyes for long periods ot
lime. One should write on aa in
clined plane, and not keep the head
bent down more than is absolutely
necessary. Reading in bed is bad
everyway.
Some good authorities commend
washing the eyes with cold water,
bat the majority of the beet opthal
moloeist advise the nse of hot wa
ter, for the less serious affections of
the eye. t or tired eyes, we believe,
Srcm our experience, that water hot as
can be borne is refreshing and bene
ficial. A Sren In a Philadelphia Court.
The trial of Bliss, the bogus spiritu
alist, has just closed in Philadelphia,
and onecf ibe principal witnesses for
the prosecution wasMis-s Helen Sny
der, a very pretty young lady, who
frequently acted the part of a mate
rialized spirit. Sbe had acted as tbe
spirit of a dead sister of a Mr. Eman
uel C. Wolf, and that gentleman
showing a lock of hair he bad cut
from his dead sister's bead tbe court
ordered Miss Snyder to take down her
hair. The mysteries of this task were
difficult without assistance, and Mr.
Hervin was delegated to that deli
cate duty. There was at ence an
exhibition of genuine curiosity. Tbe
gray-beaded attorneys adjusted their
glasses and tbe venerable old judge,
leaning upon his elbow?, gazed over
the top of the bench and when the
hireute mass had been lowered from
iu symmetrical arrangement and
found to be a gift of nature with tbe
young lady, reaching below ber
waist, it heightened ber beauty, and
Judge, jury, attorney and audiecce
were lost in admiration. The young
attorney who had undertaken the
task waa a little nervous, bat per
formed his part well, and tbe lock of
hair was fonnd to ct where tbe wit
ness said it was cot from. A looking
glass was procured, a lesiivc old law
yer produced a pocket comb, acd the
iresses were spedily wuaad iuto that
becoming head ornament again "' hich
only feminine hands can do -Srhmjl-Liil
HepvUicmi.
' The Ebcrton (Ga.) Ga:ct!s gays
tbe water courses sre fo low that
he fish have to stand oi tVir h eids
tto sustain life.
3 H- S
yea should krow it. llaanab, what
would you say i I informed yoa that
one of my tate-pans w gone, and that
I have a patsnt binge ou that leg of
mine?"
"I should sir that I care nothing
for that, my dear; I have only one
toe on my lei: fooL Tbe others were
frost-bitten ofi", and the ankle is all
twisted around crooked." .
' You don't tell me!" said Thorp?.
"Well, but I've something worse tban
that. I might as well confers now
! that tho b did place on the top of my
bead is not really my scalp: 1 re
been trepanned. I have a silver-plated
concern set ioto my skull, a kind
of skylight You can lift it up and
see down on the inside of me."
"I am glad ycu mentioned it, dear,"
said the widow, "for it gives me
courage to tell you that I havea't
a hair of my own on my head. I'm
as bald as a chandelier globe."
is mat so: uracioas: l never
should have expected it. But you
will be surprised to learn that none
of my teeth are natural. All faUe,
and besides that I bave to wear an
India-rubber thingamagig on my pal-
jate to keep it from dropping down."
"I am very eorry for yoa, John,
but it's some comfort that all my
teeth are false, too, and that I am
perfectly blind in my right eye. It
locks like a good eye, but it abso
lutely aic't worth a cent."
"Great heavens! Wbr didn't ycu
j tell me of this before?" exclaimed
Tborpe. "But while we are on the
subject, I will sir farther that I bave
chronic torpidity of tbe liver. How
does that strike you?''
"Oh, I don't mind it," said Mrs.
Bot'.s, "because I bave been bilious
and dyspeptic for twenty years, and
besides, I am one rib short. It was
broken ia a railroad accident, and
the doctor had to eat it oat. I'm
subject to fits, too."
"This is horrible," said Thorpe.
"Mrs. Botts, I think you ought to
bave mentioned tbesa things to me
whea I proposed to you. 1 imagined
that I was addressing a woman, a
complete buaian creature. But what
are you, Mrs. Botu?
Mrs. Botts, you
appear to be a kind of a dilapidated
old wreck, with not mnr'n half r.f
! the usual machinery about you. It's
a wonder to me you don't fall to
pieces."
"lee; but these things am't true,"
said Thrrpe.
"I only told you about them to see
if yoa really leved me. I'm sound
as a dollar: no inactive liver, or silver-plated
skull or anvthing. But
you seemed to be kind of strung to-j
gether, so's if you should knock 1
agaias: anything you'd scatter all:
around over the carpet. 1 think yoa
ought to Jet me off." "Very well,
sir, so I will. But let me tell you j
that I've got nothing the matter with
me either. I only invented those
stories to try you, because I knew)
you were playing a game over me.
Now I know you don't love me. "ou
can go, sir."
"Hannah, I lake it all back; I do
love you."
"Io you, really? Then I love you
more than "
"Bat no; the curtain had better be
drawn right here. Tbe cold and self
ish world has no business with such
scenes as this. They are to be con
solidated next month.
fcilka aMInalloa.
A press dispatch from Portland
says that the steamer California ha3
just arrived from Sitka. Chaplain
Collins, V. S. A., is a passenger. He
brings information of the deplorable
state of affairs at Sitka since the
withdrawal of the troops from that
place. There is now no protection
either for life or property. There is
not the semblance of law, either civ
il, military, or naval, and no power
whatever to restrain the lawless ele
ments. At present there are not
more than fifteen white residents at
Sitka, besides their wives and chil
dren, and to oppose this number are
several hundred Indians. Since the
departure of the soldiers the Indians
have become very bold and impudent,
get drunk and swagger aboat town
day aBd night, and have no respect
whatever for tbe rights of tbe whites.
Tbe residents informed Chaplain Col
lins that tbey were in hourly fear of
their lives and property, and that
they intended to abandon the country
aa soon as possible. The Collector
of Customs at that point is powerless,
and his authority is utterly disregard
ed. Already tbe Indians bave be
gun to plunder the government build
ings, carrying away the doors and
windows, tearing down and burning
for fuel tbe stockade about tbe deser
ted garrison, and there ia no author
ity to interfere and prevent demoli
tion, Siika Jack, tbe fading Indian
chief in that territory, his noti&eda
number of northern tribes to come
doa n to Sitka, w here they will hold
agrandpowpow about tbe 1st of
October. Among the settlers it is
feared that the meeting of the In
dians will be the signal for the gen
eral plunder of tbe town, and proba
bly a massacre of tbe inhabitants.
The government steamer waa at port
only a few weeks ago, but the In
dians regarded it with tbe utmost
contempt, saying they could very
easily capture it if ihey desired. A
general feeling of insecurity has com
pletely paralyaedtbe business of the
Territory, and unless the govern
ment speedily offers protection to the
settlers it -vill be totally abandoned.
General "Stonewall" - Jackson,
though lanicus for hisp'ety, did not
I scruple to take a sound nap in chnrcb.
It is related ot bim that daring tbe
invasion of Maryland, on Sunday
night be rode three miles in an ambn
lence to attend church in Frederick,
and then fell asleep as soon as tbe
minister began to preaeh ; bia bead
Ifll onoo Lis breast, and be never
awoke until aroused by the organ
and choir. He could sleep anywhere
and in any pogii'on, sitting in his
chair, under tire, or on horseback.
A man's temper is most ralcab'e
to himself, and he should keep it
1 1
WHOLE NO. 1371.
ma Title at Conrl.
Robert Heller, in one of his recent
j bewildering performances, alluded to
J the "darkitr and blackity" of certain
j proceedings of tbe "RiDg" men of
this city. It reminds us of the gen
eral trepitude that prevails in some
of the frontier towns of Texas, and
tho hilarious character of the local
jailor thereabouts let us say at San
Antonio, whence comes the following
sketch :
Not long since a young man with
blonde hair, a freckled nose and oth
er marks ol personal attractiveness
applied to tbe deputy-sheriff for a pass
to see his father, who he bad reason
to suppose was an inmate of the
county jail.
"What's your name?" asked the
officer, turning to his register.
"I'm Jim M Snifter, from the Ar
royo, Colorado."
"What peculiar kind of playful
aess has your feyther been amusin'
himself at murder in tbe first de-
greel
Wusser than thai,"
the
M'Snifterian response.
All levity vanished from tbe face
of tbe officer, who was really a kind
bearted man, and there waa human
sympathy, and perhaps a tear, in his
eye as he turned over the page, and
said, in a low voice.
"Worse than murder? My God!
he must bare stolen a pony !"
"It was some misunderstanding
about a ruewel," observed M'Suifter
junior, punisbing bis cowhide boots
with ma quirt
"There are none of the M'Saifrers
in jail. Maybe I'vt got a vnpiaa for
you."
"I believe in the last indictment
the old mail's naiiie was ipe!t Bob
White. Tbe title of the suit is tbe
State agin White."
"Why didn't you say so at once?
You mean that ia his title at coart
Why, certainly! Just yoa come
along aad I'll present you to bis royal
Majesty. He is in the ground cell.
Jus; come along: I want to see if
the old rooster hasnt been trving to
saw his hobbles &"."
And buckling on his armor, the
deputy-sheriff conducted the crown
prince across tbe fquare to the cas
tellated summer palace of his royal
parient Emtoe's Drawer, in inr-
PcrV Majazin'' fur X't ember.
Be KIbhI.
These words should be written on
every heart and stamped on every
memory, not only practiced in tbe
home circle, aad in every society, in
every community, tut ia all the
world. Who of as has not seen or
felt the power of kindness, a kind
word spoken in the right spirit is
more precious than "gems from Gol
conda or pearls from the sea." Bnt
bow few of us know or realize their
true value.
By helping each other we not
only remove care aad anxiety from
tbe minds of others, but we feel a
sense of pleasure in our own hearts,
knowing we have done a kind act to
a fellow-being. There is nc one so
good, so noble, but at times needs a
helping hand or an encouraging
word.
How often bave we, w hen our task
has been difficult, our work perplex
ing, and we were exerting every
nerve and every thought to accom
plish our object and we felt without
help we mast fail ; how cheering to
our hearts to feel a friendly hand on
our shoulder and bear a pleasant
voice at our side say, "I thisk I can
help yoa." Instantly oar counte
nance brightens as if a rar of sun
shine had suddenly penetrated the
opened casement of our beans, aud
we felt we bad found a friend wortbr
of tbe name.
"Yes, be kind; everywhere hearts
are bleeding for sympathy aud ten
derness. If we conld only realize tbe
good we might accomplish by being
kind, I think we all would be more
careful of onr words and actions.
Many a lasting friendship has been
formed br a !ittlo act of kindness,
or a word of love, many a wanderer
has been brought bick to tbe path of
virtue by a tender look or a helping
band, many a would be suicide has
lived to thank God for kindness.
By being kind to an enemr we oft
make a warm and true friend ; a kind
word has often soothed a raving ma
niac ; it hath been said, and that truly,
that a "soft answer turneth awar
wrath, but a grievous word stirretb
up anger. 1 ben let us w uh a brave
spirit minister to tbe wants of human
ity, ever remembering that a smile
wins more fnenas tban a frown.
The aged and infirm need a com
forting word; the little children need
our smile. Then let us, for the sake
of Him who died for you and me, be
kind ; let as encourage the weak ; lift
tbe burden of care frcm the weary
and oppressed ; comfort tbe sick ; feed
be hungry; clothe tbe naked, and,
whatever we do, do with a true
heart and noble purpose, Lr we live
n deed, not rears. "He most lives
who thinks most, feel tbe noblest.
and acts the best"
Baaalaa Kolvler aaat lae Bible.
The Philadelphia Pre says:
mong the strange incidents of the
war in the East ia the eagerness the
Russian soldiers show for the pur
chase ot the Bibles sent for their nse
by the British and Foreign Bible So
ciety. Over CO 000 Bibles have been
bought by them since tbe Russian
armies crossed the Prnth. An agent
says that tbe readiness of the sol
diers to bay is unparalleled in the ex
perience of tbe society's continental
work. It is a strange thing, he
says, when fierce looking Cossacks,
armed to the teeth, thank yoa ten
times over for having boaght them
tbe New Testament and when tbey
can scarce be restrained, in the glad
ncss.of their hearts, from taking you op
in their bony arais to give yoa a well
meant hug of gratitude. And not
only do the men bay, bat they also
read. The lasa:an soldier, he says,
has yet to be discovered who would
speak aa irreverent word of tbe noly
Gospel. The commanding officer has
frequently been the first to bay a
namber ot copies, which he himself
would distribute at once as a gift to
tbe common soldiers arooad him.
Tb Tyrswoj r Unevla and Ctaat
Reading the rpet'cLcs, ornate and
grandi!oquent, ci the Southern gen
tlemen who hare welcomed the Pres
ident, one would gain the impression
that vindictive and cruel despou had
ruled the country for the last fifteen
ycar3. That Lin:tla, sympathetic
and large-hearud, waa "a Cxsar.
That Grant, magnanimous and gen
erous the man who spared the pride
of Leo and his officers, and softened
the chagrin of their defeat by the uo
bility and delicacy with which hf
received their surrender was a
bloodthirsty tyrant, ; who ground
down a poor, unhappy people to the
last vergd of possible endurance.
Such yas been the tenor of the re
ception speeches, and in one instance,
at least, tbe tenor of a speech in re
ply that was made by Wade Hamp
ton, wno accompanied the Presiden
tial party.
Could there be anything more ri
diculous tbaa this? Wherein hare
the Southern people tbe ex-Confederates,
the ex Rebels been illy treat
ed. When their great crime was de
feated of its object, after oar coffers
bad been emptied, and almost every
hoaschuld shrouded in mourning,
what revenge did the Northern peo
ple wreak upon the authors of the
war? Did tbey hang the leaders of
the rebellion for treason?
No.
Did they coaSscate their propertv?
No.
Did they forbid their restoration to
citizens?
No.
Did they deny them any right un
der heaven enjoyed by those who re
mained loyal to the government?
Not one.
The grass had hardly grown green
over the graves of the mn who gave
up their lives to preveat the aestruc
tiou of the Government before those
who wrought tbeir deaths were in
full possession of eveir privilege en
joyed by any American citizens.
Wbat, then, has been tbe trouble?
Simply ibis: Tbe Constitution and
the laws give to all citizens, with
out distinction of color, the right to
act, speak, and vote aa tbey will, aa l
pledges them tbe equal protection of
tbe law.
Tbis supreme enactment has been
defied, trampled uuder foot opit up
on, and insulted, wherever tbe ab
sence cf Federal authority has made
it oaie to do so.
Accepting the amendments with
words, the Southern people bave
systematically violated iheia in their
acts. They bave kept the word of
promise to tbe ear and broken it to
ibe hope. Free speech baa been stif
fled; tree suffrage denied, aad it baa
only been by tbe firm altitude of tbe
iederal arm, aad the known determ
ination of the government to see to it
mat acta of vtuleuce and intimidation
were punisbed, :bat any tbing likw a
republican form of government waa
ciaiiiUiued in half a dozen of the
Souibern States.
There was no formidable outbreak.
A company of soldiers, backed by a
resolute will and unhampered by Con
gressional meedlings, was enough to
upnold the laws, and resistance was
only kept alive by tbe sympathetic
cries of Northern Copperheads and
lily-livered Republicans; but the va
cillating course of the latter lent the
conspirators courage, and so tbe
trouble continued, growing greater
aa the stern policy of justice yielded
to the milk and-water programme of
knock kneed conciliators.
Here in the North we obeyed the
Constitution and the laws, and re
spected the rights of all men. But
ibe ex-rebels of the South claimed a
privilege we did not and would not
enjoy ibe privilege cf denying tbe
rights ot a portion ol their fellow cit
izens: and it baa been this claim
still theoretically opposed, but prac
tically conceded tbat has occasion
ed ibe trouble. It is for -insisting on
the observance of the amendments to
the Constitution that Grant, and the
Republican party were tyrannical.
It is for yielding, or for doing wbat
the ex-rebels thus interpret, that the
present administration is lauded.
There is a mistaken kindness that
i3 more cruel than the sword. There
is a fal.se generosity more bitter in its
nssults tbaa tbe law of the baronet.
We shall see ere long if these mis
takes have not been ours, and if it w
not true now, as in the days of King
John, that
Mercy but murders, pard'ning those
who kill.
Tk Parlaaam.
The Puritans have been blamed
because people have not stopped to
consider iheir real aim and tbe con
ditions of their existence, because
tbey have not tried to put themselves
in tbeir pls.ee. The Puritans acquired
tbeir land not merely by royal pat
ent, bat by the abandonment of borne,
of civilization, and of every comfort.
In a place so dearly bought tbey bad
an inalienable rigbt to do as tbey
p.easei, and it pleased them to try a
great political experiment They
had entered into the land and pos
sessed it, and there, in the wiMer-
dernecs, iber founded the Puritan
State, the asylum for men of tbeir
race and religion. In tbeir new
countrr it further pleated them to
make Chare h and State one, and
tbey believed that whoever touched
one touched the other, and therefore
ther defended both with all their
strength Tbey did not come to the
barren shores -of Maseachusetis Bay
to obtain for every papist, fanatic,
and heretic freedom to worship God
after bia fashion; they sought free
dom to worship God alter their ,wn
fashion. Whoever interfered with
them, or threatened the existence cf
tbeir government by attacks oa
Church or State, w better it was
Charles the First or Roger Williama.
they resisted to the uttermost, and, if
they had ibe power, punished the as
sailant by exile and sometimes by
death. By every law of self-preservation,
by every law of commoB
sense and common prudence, and
with all justice in so doing, they
acted strongly and well. No doubt
their juugment often erred, fcr they
were banian and fallible. No doubt
they were often harsh and narrow
minded if tried by our standards or
by the standards of such cotempora-
nes as Francis Bacon or John Set
den. Y'et is fully and weakness to
make apologies for them, lor they
need none. The Puritans oi 3is-a-chusetts
acted according to their best
lights, and they acted like wise,
brave men. They built up a strong.
enduring State, be corner-stone of a
great nation. AU iheso roes ard l
the exact and eevere justice of histo
ry, and sooner or later ibe judgment
of history must become the verdict of
maakind North Amrriran lierictr.
A good sized parrot will deruar
121 grasshoppers per minute, per
hap it would be well to import
100,000,000 parrots.
A cbecrfal face is nearly as good
for an intalid B3 healthr weather.