u II Terms of JPablication Ths Scasrsst Herald , . ...Uihrl oery Weanc day l " 1 . ind in Advance otherwise i Hi - I invarlaMv I ehArs-od. ! 'iSt to b. dlsconUn.ed ntU all ; ' rigel ,re paid P- FostmARer, neglecting , notife h "'CTibeT Uke CUt ! to Dtn ,,i.iw..h..-w eintlia. t heir lal-crf will " ' "u'rTwmortnfro!ii ooe Postofflce lo An ...L, ,iiUglveustbe Bime of tbe runner as U M the present om- A""" Somerset Printing Company, JOH5 I. SOl'LL, Business Manner. J TTOUSEYS AT-LA W. 1 I . u ...nm . , frvn.ton Acetil. Sum' it t ' U .Vlaiumoia Block. Jn. U-a V, . i; 1. B ATTORNEY AT LA W . bunerMt. Penna. ,1' H lUSTLETHWAITF.. ATToKNEI il to I AW NuTICt-AleXAnder H. OoBruth has icu. . v -ri v r h A Y ATTOKNEY AT LAW VV .'del Irr in "sou.en, will orou-piueM and naeuty. - " ,,r , R L. BAER, ATTOKNEVS AT LAW s-.u.crKi, Pa will practise In hom er,! .i Ad'vimug cuntk. AU business eo ?SUa" tta-P-"piiy aued t,,H H I'HL. ATTORNEY ATLAW.SUM- !' ru-i i to Mm. Money advanced on collection te. uitce id Mammoth luJidin. i.uah h7 x jntz, a itokn e y at Lw. ?ii.er-L, i'A., will K prompt ,'ul..wimn,-M. entrusted to ln .T. "nd the . Homing counties. Otbc in I rumug U-umj Ku. f . ,H N oTMfcxTTTTrRN E Y A T LA W, Oi'iUl Bloc. O. OOLE ATTORNEY AT LAW, a. b. .rrwTB. w. . EvrPKi. .FKUl.THfcKUFPEU ATTORN Es AT urn. -u Mun Crv ir:t, oi-potit. the Ai!umuOl lllock. OUN n. scott, " ATTORNEY AT LAW. Fa. o:ft op .air. in lUer- HU-k. Alil.UMiM-n- enirufK J lo Ui cre iunile.l toun jtp'luplues aul ll-telity. f AMKS L. rUGH, ATTORN EY AT LAVT, ..mcri!. P. Offl. Mammoth 1S1;h W.up f Uiri. tmruc. Maid Cr u ."V'SlSI: tf.i;eu.il tjl:h fMinptiit-H ml bueiity. s UKVEYIXG, Writing Deeds, &c, ,i..ne on:i.r:a ''"''' trmf. -Ki; iuire t t a.-tlfcr A r Sfre. C. F. WALKER. AiilC. NIYSICIASX. DR J K. MILLER bA, pennincntly lur.d in ii; riin..rn.e pricti-. "I t.i pr- iion. tnti.'e i.;.p nte I'lmriM k.ru.-ifcrcr eu.re. ujit. iii, ;o-tl. 1) R. 11. BKf BAKER Ireifn m; rloemotlie-lllnl 01 - i nni- in lut.ii' i"! w ot-L H ui. OR E. M. KIMMEL wllleontlnnptoprAfOc M.-Ui.. uidimJwi in. l(r..ljtfi.lervi. o. to tli -Uii or f-.mrr And "'""'iJ c.u;.irT. ihr At tb. old pUce, a l wl l tb. ViUii Houce. DU. WESLEY CUNNINGHAM. .rmTlv..r LAVAnfMlle. ftmtmue the t.. the ciliten. ol cenirevllie And 8um.uud. iiK o-untrv. tel.; 77 O S. GOOD, phfSICIAX & SURGEON, SOMEUSET, rA. - irrtCK In MAmmoth Block sri T'i D R A G. MILLER, after twelve ttreol m. IclKe. And tender, hif proieMi.mHl eer to L. cil.teni l Somenwl nd etrinity. VZ. in bi. lira, fctore, om-K. th. iaroet H..uw, w.-r he en be OMulied t n" time unl-w profwionnlly enifted. .-Miol cAlit promptly Anrwerea. flee. U, IMy. Dr. ayTf!" ruYi)ENw:iuj Late Ket dent SiirReon, Sew Ycrt Eye esJ Ear Mnaarj, Zo: Iscatei pcrnarcitly h tic City cf CUIir.LA:, liarylari ::r tha IZCLTTSITS treatises, cf diseases cf the Eye zzi lar, belui itz tse cf the I'ass ari Threat. tHir, rionlli ruUt Meef l. .1 Ul.CVU. HEXTISTS. DK. V. M. Ci'LLlNS. UENT1ST, Sinnersot, lA. orbe. tn Cnftr', Hl. k, up emirs, w here be can at All time tie found prepared to do all kinds ol work, aurhAf niliur. rcnuUitira:. ex tractlmr. Ac. Artlbcial teeth o! all kiuda, and of itie tt niateriAl.iuaened. Opemtioiai WArranted. JOHN BILLS. DENTIST. Oltce In Ccttivth A NetT new bnildina-. Main Cross Street. Somerset, Pa. novll WM. COLLINS, DEXTKT, ffi -e et.ve Cafebeer A Frease's More. S..merset, Pa ln the 1am eitei-n yeArt I bare trreatly re rti ced the price, ol Artlbcial teeth in thi place. The couttaui increauur demand f.irteelb ba 1b-lu.-d me lo o enlarge bit lacllilie, llial cab make rl et ol teeth At lower prleM than yo ear. get then, in anv other pUoe in this country. I am now maktni a" ood eel ol teelb U Atd II there should I aiiv person abkiuk any th.iaanJ ol customers Intbis or the a.ljoinnuc intiea that 1 hsve n;ade teetbA thai u b icivinc T1 at trlacti.ni. they can call on me At Any time And ft at new se' free ot charge, iiuuli RT1HCAL TEETH!! 1. C. 1TTZY. D E I. T I S T DALE C1TT, jorKt Co.. '., . Vrttft. lal Teeth, war Anted u t of the eery beat quality. Lite like and iaD.la.vn. Inaerted in tbe l.i s'jle. I'ann ulai aitenikn imid u the prea ervall. vt tbe natural leetn. Thae ltiilr.i lo mmsuli ate by letter, cai do to by encjomng etamp Addn fl! M Alwve. leliia HOTELS II ILL nousE, JOHN H1XU PKorvurTo. Ti e "j-rietor if prriwred to tacommoiiAte ruett i iut ait ccmioiraoae too nLuiacturT nuner. .iLl wub the l of liotel aorwoirTHBiiat.iBnf. i tnti will cjtitinue lo be furm plied with the '. ix n arkrt accrue. Lrf9 aod euKmvii"af JjlAMOXD HOTEL. STOVSTOWX PA. riAMI.'FX CUSTEIl. I'ropriefor. TUi pn,ir nnd weH konwa house It at all Luii , i'?,?l,!e "'J1'", pl hUeua,iln(r biLri " l""'"" kd ill VOL. XXVI. NO. 13. BASKS, ETC. V UlUlUii jlmi w, sl4i-aix. M. W. KEIL1 & Co. So. ?C6 .Vain St., Johnstown. A General Banking Business transacted. Interest Paid at 6 per cent, on Time Deposits. Loans Negotiated. Drafts Bought end Sold. Jany. i. J. O.KDDIEL&SOXS, BACKERS, 8aonisn to Schell & Kimmel, SOMERSET, TA. Accounts of Merchants and oth er Business People Solicited. Drafts negotiable in all parts of the Coun try for sale. Honey oancd ana Collections made. IttroomsforrnciUoccufUiby M. A. Snner ro.) Ssnsrset County Bank CHARLES J. HARRISON. CasUur and Manttgrr. Wlllo.i n fir i'U.lniff tn M'.n lay (Wotr 1st. CN .Hit: ! njA.le in ull ini ol ti c I nited StAti-s. t"liri?t-s moderate. i;a:trrn.1 other rli-k col lected And CAPheJ. Eaftt-ra an l Western cx.-banRe alwayf on hand. Remittance tna4e with f nipt rw?&. ActvuntB Fuli.'ited. Refer by pcrniU.Moa to Hon. W. H. K.-nti. Atfy i Ui. Hon. W. J. lia.-r. Atl'y ai biw. CoL 1. 1. Scuil. Col. t S. Kevenuc. A. J.l'ollMrn Att y t Liw. C. V Mu.'liiin. Asjel:ile .lu In.-. Hon. A. II. Of ln.th. Atfy t Law. Wm. U. 1'rcas-, MerebnU K. Kieruan. JOHNSTOWN SAVINGS BAffi, 120 CLINTON STREET, JOHNSTOWN, PA. Chartered S. ptemWr 12. 1-". Depritf recclr ed oiAil uuinot le than.me .K.lUr. Interest if due In the niouUil Juneau.! lX'cenilr.and if not withdrawn it added t the dep ,it . thus coniK.un. diiitwu-e a year without troulitinx ine..-i i.. en 11 or t-Vftn to l.reecnt the tlelK.!tlt Ikx-a. Jl.mey l.ane 1 on real ete. Prtiereuee. with UIktaI fate and lonir lime, iciven U Nmtwer ol- ferinit brst mortaajrtfoii trui? w.inii lour or more liutea the Atnouui oi luan deired. Good rcler- eu?e perlect titles, Ac rtaire.!. Thit c..riK.ratiun l t-xrlui-iveiy a Savinir? Hank. Noeoliimereial dep.ite receive! nor iisc-.inla made. ?o loan ui pertonai ecurity. Hiank applications b.r l"rr wera. ci ies of the ruien, !' . and ciKl law reUuni totb. bahit ellt to AUT Adurtw reque-iei. Tm-nin. l. meii lliwr. IlaTid lllrt C. P. tills. A.J. Hawef. V. W. Hay. John lnnitn. I. H. La!v. Howard J. iiot-ru, 1. J. Mornl , . ...... U . U u J'...u.l n..ftd ltf LPW1I Mill, n, n. " " " ' " " l ' I ' T. Swank. Jamee Mc.Uillcn, Jme."Uorley And W W Maittrs n.micl J. Worrell. Prei1ecl: Frik Ditrt. Treaturer; Cyrue Litier, Soli.-iior. uor.4. Mateo aaJ Can, jQjJJi V WHOLKSALI ASDRATAIL, V Wf fV? J. II. Zimmerman, Nomeret, IVnna. Tbe best of cic-ar, of dlllerent brands, manufac tured by himM-lt, oi the rbok-eet ol tobacc. 1'he eiirais cann.it teaeeiled bv anv in tbe mar ket. One i.l the be stocks d ,-iuilna- lobaivo ever brouarat to S'nersct. frlceg to suit tne times. jaai jko. mem. LABXI at.BUBA AEents for Firs an4 IxlTe Insurance, JOHN HICKS & SON, SOMFJiSET, I'A., And Real Estate Brokers. KSTALil.IKllI .D Ix-W. Pc-rsoTif who desire to ae'l.bavnr M'luan pn p ertv. or lor rent will 6ral P to tbetr advantaire to mciter tbe dewnptK -.hcr.., as n" ciiarice le made unless s.. 1.1 or rented, lieal estate bufine BTierally wbltie prumpl!) ttundedto. auk IS. J R. MEG A HAN, BUTCHER, AND DEALER, Wholesale and Hotail, IN FRESH 1MEATS! All kinds, futb as DEEF, FORK, MUTTON, VEAL, LAMB, SAUSAGE, FuddiQ?, Rolog ca, Mio'-e Meat, and LARP of our own Rendering. MARKET DAYS Mi Ttnrs32y ani Satnrfiay. Somei-Hct, Pa "Meat ran V" oll:nel any tla jr tiurinii th" wolt. April 11. ADVERTISING! M.OO VIORl II, I OR S7.oO. The rh-pet ami tt way t- ra h rt-a irr oot fi.le ol th lrxr eitirv i by 'nMnfr we ifrrr o! t,ur ix litP ot or2T IttUO nrwhiA)-fr. divi'el (o tNivpr ilifienrnt jvtj.ni f ihe rountrv. Heitly rrr .' on rrr Ott.OO. Aiiverrt-rot-nr rr r?.fHl Ur coe -r mr ir etalito-- en- tfttninv nm uf MpT. an l wttirr ln!rioatia ci lr eKimate, jM!iir9 BFAi.f A Ftfr'TKI. 1 1. I'urk T.-h il;.r Buil'.inf Ni Vorfc. isein,ae H. M'CALLUM, 77 FIFTH AVENUE, xYlxrve AVood St., rjTT.siiriu.il. NEW CARPETS ! LINOLEUM DRUGGETS At F rices of JSG2. ir. jhvVAMaIaUii. LKi. i; MISCELLANEOUS, URL!SG( FOLUKSBEE & CO, Merchant Tailors, A nd ManaiaatURrt of Gent's. Youth's and Boys, FastsionalJle ClotMi anl FnitiskbE GooSs NO. 42 FIFTH AVENUE. PITTSBURGH. LATE ROOFS. hoae who are now bslldlrur hoaet should knew tha is it chrir in the b un run to tmi on SlAt. Riofi than tin or shtnelea. slate will Ust forever. And no repair. Are required, hlat five, the pur est water for eixtenis. Siate is bre pnf. Every rmd house b.ld bare. Slate rmf. The under iimeu is located in Cumberland, where be ha A good tUply ul Peachbcttom &, Buckingham ivr robin the very beat arti -le. He will under take to put Slate K.H.fs ou H.mis. public and pri vate, s; in s. Ac., either In town or oountry at lb. b.weft pri.-es. and to warrant tht .r. Call and see biin or a ! Ires lilin at t.i timce. r liu rwnira. Street.Cum!r!ud, Md. Ordera may beleft witb NOAH CASEDEEU, Agent, Somerset, Pa. Wat. H. SHirurr. Ai.ri b, 187. E. fl. WITH ROUSE, HEMPTONE & CO, 2.S3 Bait. St., Ealtimoro, f. 1)., WimiM r Pitfally n-k t!i merfbant of Somer set cuuoty, to dtuU him ihtir urden lor FANCY GOODS. Asurlcir t'icin aatisfactltn fth AJ reirardf prloe and .jualitv of itih'!a The mer.'bauta vtsttina; Haiti. .re are umently requested tocall and see me be lore making purthaeea. HIGHEST AWARBS! Centennial Exhibition. J. REYNOLDS & SON, NORTHWEST CORNER THIRTEENTH AND FILBERT STS. PHILADELPHIA, MANCFACTVKLS OF PATENTED VrTDught-Iron Air Tight Healers WITH HAKIN( AND CLIN KEE-G KIND 1NO QHATES FoK BCKN1NQ ANTHRA CITE OR BITUMINOCS COAL. CEXTESXIAL WR0UGHT-IR0N HEATERS, FOK BITCMINOVS COAL. KEYSTOXE WR0UGHT-IR0N HEATERS, Cooking Ranges, Low-Down Crates, Etc. Descriptive Circular, sent free lo any address. EXAMINE BEFOIiE SELECTING. Aprils. Cook & Beerits' FAMILY GROCER'S Flour and Feed STORE. We wooM mwt reirj-octnilir acoounre to our friem'.s n-I the iaM ic vcneralfe. in the town ami TicJnitT ( Snuicritet. Uiat we have ojeaeU our NewS tort on MAIN CROSS STREE1 And ln Addi'J'jo to e full line of tb belt nfe-Mou:rlei. Xotiont, TobaeeoH, CI car. Ac, W. win endeavor, at All time, lo Apply oar ens. to inert wttb in. BEST QUALITY OF FAMILY FLOUR, C0RX-31EAL, OA TS, SHELLED CO EX, OA TS d CORX CHOP, DUAX, MIDDLINGS Andrverrtbinp; pArtaltdrtg to tb. Feed DepArt ment At tb. LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES. FOR CASH ONLY. Alee, s well (elected noes of Gbwrware; Stoneware. 'Woodeewara, Brufbet I Al Alnda. And STATIONP Which we wl aell AJ cheap as the cheapen. Please call, examine our (roods of all tods, aai be aaiialied from your own judgment, Djt forget where w itay MAIN CBOKS Street. Ecmuwt l a BISSELL &CO. aiANl'FACTVKEKS, 235 LIBERTY ST., AND 242 PENN AVE. PITTSBURGH, PA., Stoves, Ranges, GRATES, MANTELS, Finest assortment in the country, and Low Prices. Sep. u WARDWELL Bomefiet SOMERSET, PA., THE IIIEOrTHE HTOTE 51 45. It U the man of Summer ftrcet, Mtt woe-befMie to fee. He dodged th. friends whom he may meet, Who loudly laughed at Le. For under bl arm be bears a piie, That eke belong, t the atove, And tbe elbow be grasps hi his arrlmy hanl, T the pipe It man be rove. Loud langnt hU frlemle, "Ha, ha, ho. ho," And eke they err, "I say :" "Wlthbold tby ehaflT' the victim cried, Eftjoona their chaff held they. The house was clean, the sun was bright Cheerily dawned the day, "Bring up the store," the goxl wife crie L "I'll brook ms no delay." "In wild unrest I beat my breast. But I could not but choose but do ; Tbe rusty stove from tbe shed I brought, The pip and the elbow, too. "Tbe soot was here, the soot was there, Tbe aoot was all around, And Baku of nut on the carpet stood Like hoar frost on th ground. "Down dropped tbe pipe, the elbow fell, Tbe good wITe scolded free. And tbe misfit joints they wrought a stiell. That raised old Cain with me. "About, about, and to and out. The joints shoved and eramed : With many a wall And many a shout. And much unseemly lauh. I pun led them in. I pried t'uem out. And hear, oh man and brother, Bxh er.ds ol every joint of pipe Was 5'gger than the other. "They rasped my knuckles to the bene, Tbey pinched my grlmmy skin. They bled and blistered all they touched. But I could not drive them in. " Klo way, go way, you awkward man,' The good wire spake to me, I dropped tbe elbow joint and ran, As mad as mad could be. "But I turned and watched with silent gaze, For wrath had made me dumb, Aud saw the wife of my bo torn raise Blood blisters on bcr thumb. 'I saw her sink on the sjoty fljur In agony anl pain, I heerd her wail, 'Oh, ntver more. Will I marry a man again ." 'Right quic k I aelied the manned pipe, And the elbow, battered free ; And I seek the man who miketh stoves. To nx my stove for me. 'Oh never again while life miy last. Will I be found so green, However may buwl the winter bla.t. To fK.l with a stove, I ween." Burlington 7nirt I'ye. STMPIIEA'S lilt AVERT. The M&Dse rose a hage pile of (fray granite, wub outlines softened lij tbe gathering darkness. About its clumps ct foliage threw denser gloom, or white-reck work thrown ar tistically op gleamed ghostly be tween tendrils of creeping ines. Marble Btataea, and great vases over flowing with rare exotics, were scat tered through tbe grounds, and a fountain where Niobe shed continu ous 6treams of tears sent the sooth ing sound of its flowing waters out upon the air of tbe summer night. One by one tbe windows of tbe great house was filled with a lurid glow, until it seemed like a monster. Argus-eyed, awakened from a slum ber, and peering into outer darkness through its manifold fireryorbs. The shadows scurried away before the streams of light, or clung tremulously about the skirts cf tbe mother-objects which firmly stood their ground. The drive, stretching its white peb bled length in tortuous curves and twists, began to be dotted with in coming vehicles, and the rooms with in gradually filled with alighting oc cupants. It was Nynipbea's birth-nigbt, and to be celebrated as became the natal anniversary of Ealabroke's only daughter. But, then, Lstabroke was peculiar, and by no means permitted social custom to override his sense of comfort or aristocratically exclusive propensities. So this fete resolved itself into an informal and scattering gathering, rather than tbe crush of two where there is room for only one, and tbe glare and beat so pre dominant at such festivities. The line of carriages Wire full, and the last of the guests sojourned at tbe Manse bad floated down the stairway in clonds of gauze or tulle, or descended, with more apparent pedestrious motion, his potent leath er and sable broadelotb, relieved by tbe usual array of saowy kids and waistcoat. Gale, coming in through the wide entrance way, sauntered slowly by tbe groop clustered in the ball, ex changing salutations as she went. Uncrowded as it was, some one came in bis war, and that some one proved to be llnbe Holstein. Gale favored bim with a malignant glance, but spoke casually a3 he passed. Ev idently there was no kindly feeling wasted between tbe two. Gale would rather have encounter ed any one else at that moment The fact that Holstein was preferred be fore him was a bitter piil, but one which policy induced bim to swal low with a smiling face. Ejtab'oke held Hulien in high favor, and bad enstalled bim for an indefinite peri od at tbe Manse; while Gale, after aDgling in vain for a similar invita tion, made tbe most of such circum stances as be could command, by taking lodging at tbe hotel, which already contained macy of tbe Es tabroke set. Of course be came in for a share of tbe common courtesy shown by these, and while be chaf ed at his tolerance, yet grasped ea gerly at tbe advantage it gave bim. lie cangbt sight of Xympbea a mo ment after, and turned that way, a chord of gratification thrilling as he saw that she observed bis approach, lie went lingerioglv, surveying her critically, as though she had been a work of art, instead of Nature's won deroos masterpiece. But Xymphea could well endure the scrutiny. She was robed in green eatin, the sheen of wbich, softened by snowy lace, reminded bim of the foam-capped sea-waves glinting in waves of down-pouring light Her hair, taw ny and floating, was bound by s Tel vet fillett, studded with a single pearl. Pearls upon her arms and neck gleamed beneath their lacy covering. 5y mphea, dazzling, be thought, as be approached her perfect, peerless, he told himself, when ebe softened tbe stereotyped phrase into unmistakably glad greeting. He gave way, but did not retire, as a last comer paid devoir to Ler, and turned to the ellerlv lady who bad been ber support. Then Nymph- j ea gave s sigh of relief. "Free at last r she said. Gale offered bis arm. and they moved away with the floating hu man tide. Borne by this, they drift ESTABLISHED, lHii7. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER U, 1S77. ed into an ante-room, , where a side table upheld a fragrant floral pyra mid. : J "My gift," she explained. "I could take nothing else from any ex cept the family, yon kaow." "I sent you the only token I dared this afternoon," said Gale, bis face flushed as sfas singled, it from the mass of bloom. Twin camelia, pure and wax-like, nestled down against the bed of glis tening green. "I knew it came from you, even before I saw the name. So consid erate not to add to tbe inQax of ro ses and lilies. People seem to pitch upon them as an available standard. See this, too, is exquisite." It was a cluster of mask pinks ar ranged in a silver Glagaree bolder. "There was no name, but Kube was the kindly donor." "Is woman's institution such a cer tain guide?:' He stooped over the flowers as if to inhale their pungent odor, and the shadow playing on his face conceal ed the quick hardening of bis lips. "Not in this case," Nympbea lauvrhed. "The perfume lingering about him told me that they had been made up by no other bands. What is it?" He bad dropped tbe cluster be was carelessly handling. An insect dron ed away from a honey-laden calvx. "Only the traditional thorn. A wasp in the midst of yonr fragrance, ma belle." "And I came near looping them in to my flounces," Nymphia shuddered. "They suited my dress so admirably. But I could not wear all, and would make no distinction to-night." She did not see a tiny" slip of pa per lying wi'.hin Gale's half-closed palm. How he blessed ber impartial resolution when be glanced at it un der the gas-jet, as she lingered over ome other tributes. Just a line la Kube's writing, fine and accurate as copperplate. "Wear but a flower of mine if I mav speak to night." He crushed it into his glove, and, drawing closer to ber, lowered his voice until it could reach no passing curiou3 ear. "If you would accept a gift from me, Nymphea. All the love of my life went out to you from the very Grst. It is so precious to me, and yet so worthless, if you have to re turn. Give me merciful assurance, Nymphea." Her eyes wondrous eyes they were met his gaze, and shyly drop ped Oefore it. Rosy waves surged up to ber very hair, and fingers plucked nervously at a tuft of bloom. He closed bis one band over her two and they lay quiet in his clasp. He detached a ring from bia watch chain twisted circlet of gold, so pure that it was pliable and clipped it on her unresisting band. "Wear my fetter," he whispered. "Let me feel that I am linked to you by a tangible tie. I will never let you regret it, Nymphea." Her eyes dashed op with a sud den, siucy light, but her hand with the ring nestled closer to him. ! "If it i.- a bjnd, you must expect a restire captive. Don't let the chains chafe, or I may break them." "And my beart too? You would never do that, my Nymph. Elf, changeling, you should have been. A moment ago you were all sby diffi dence; now you are sparkling, exult not already ia the power you wield." "I ain like a chameleon, never re liable. Tbe promise of one moment may not develop in tbe accomplish ment of the next." "Then I shall tell myself that you are mine and hold you fast." Gertie Wray, alone, fluttered up to them. Gale reached over, taking Nymphea's tablets. "Tbe lancers," he was saying. "Ab, your card is full!'' "I promised Kube the first, and have not looked at it since. It has gone the rounds, I see." Those who had been earlier at her side bad filled the vacancies. Gertie Wray looked on half enviously. "You never lack attendants. Jost think, Nymphea I came with Burt, and he has deserted me already. Let me stay with you until I can get back to the parlors." j "I will do better," Nymphea de clared, as the soft strains of quiet; melody changed to lively measure,! and she saw Kube coming to claim her. "I charge Mr. Gale with tbe delightful task of caring foryou." "A task which is endurable only because you have given it," Gale told her in an aside. "I wonder if bliss is never unaloyed." j "What are you saying?" Gertie asked, thinking the whisper had been meant fur her. "Thanking Fate for unexpected beneficence. See that obese lady with the eyeglass. I am sure you have preserved me from her." "And I am tolerated as a lesser evil, I suppose," Gertie pouted. "Is, that Burt? If you will call him " j "Wbich I certainly shall not," Gale responded, tucking her hand j within bis arm. "You were depend- ent upon my mercy a momeut ago; don't recompense me by cruel deser tion." j "If I thought you were not bored," she hesitated. "If you go, I shall not care to avert boredom. Don't you see you hold my contentment in your pres ence?" They turned away from tbe floral mass. "What a pity the other gifts could not have been placed on exhi bition," Gertie said. "Estabroke is munificent. Nymphea's gems are worth a fortune." "You have been favored with ad mission behind the scenes?" qnerried Gale, carelessly. "Enviable liberty! I have almost a woman's mania for precious gewgaws." "Is that satirical? If not, you sbll be rewarded with a peep." "Let me prove my sincerity. That is, if brighter shafts have not impair ed my appreciation of material bril liancy." Gertie's eyes drooped consciously. Gale had tbe faculty of freighting idle sayings with apparent meaning. She led him back into the dressing-rooms, where only the lady guests bad been admitted. These were now deserted for the ball-room and the promenade. Nymphea's gifts lay unguarded, ex no cept for a fragile crystal serene. Gale's eyes grew coroscant; but he looked down, seemingly indifferent Opals, emeralds, pearls, diamonds, and amethysts, representing ia them selves values untold. Gertie pointed ont Estabroke's selection. A chrys ophraso set imbedded in doll, Etrus- caa gold. "So unique!" be declared. Gale admired all, and they went back to mingle with the moving stream. The crowd had surged away to the refreshment tables, and th: gas light3 streamed down over the disor dered furnitnre and drooping decora tions. Even the Manse was not proof against the demoralizing effects of society and protracted hours. Some one else bad monopolized Nymphea, so Gale lingered behind to dream of her; perhaps, also, to es cape paying devotion at some less absorbing shrine. Voice and laugh ter floated back to him, mingled with the clatter of china and the ring of glasses. A casement near bim swung silent ly back, a face, smooth-shaven and dare-dcilish, wa3 framed within it "Gale, a word with you; this way, j quick, before prying stragglers spot me." J The newcomer spoke in hurried, ! suppressed tones. Gale went out to bim mechanically, but with sullen re sentment. "What are you doing here?" he questioned. "You will ruin all with your cursed chicanery." "The others think you are trying that game, and that you mean to give them the slip whiin your nest is feathered. They will not be saiisPed with promises now. Either you must do for them, or they will take the job in their own hands. We all know what gleamersthe Maaie holds to night." "Fool!" Gale uttered excitedly. "Let me follow my own plans, and you shall all share of them peaceably before three months have passed." "We should hear of Maiame Gale sporting them in the midst of Euro pean bon ton," the other said good huraoredly. "But you forget you have old bands with whom to deal. Either you must show color to the tune of a few thousands, or the crib will be cracked by other hands with in six hours." "With chances of tbe whole gang seeing Botany Bay within as many weeks. You haven't n expert equal to the thing." "We number you yet," iaterpasad the newcomer. Gale fumed, but realizing his pre carious footing, bottled his wrath and attempted to make terms, lie went back to tbe rooms twenty min utes later, quiet, dark and cool, to ex change a parting word with Nymph ea and take noticeable departure. It was three o'clock in the morn ing, and the house was still, with bere and there a single light dimly showing behind curtain.?. Tne moon, late risen, shown full and clear on the Manse, touching the weeping Niobe with a sheen of bcr tailing tears. As the ormolu clock struck its three chime3 Gertie Wray, who was staying over night, distorted her pretty mouth with a distinct yawn. She and Nymphea bad been gossip piug together in the dressing-room which separated their sleeping cham bers. "So late!" exclaimed the lauer ia surprise. "I have kt'pt ycu out of bed for an hour. Don't wjit for me, dear, unless you share my wakeful ness." Gertie suppressed another yawn, and made a faint demur. "Shall I help you put awnv your jewels, Nymphea? You must be very tired. " "Tbey are safe enough," Nymph ea said, absently turning tbe ring up on ber finger. So Gertie, kissing ber good-night, withdrew. Nympbea was neither tired or sleepy. She leaned back in ber chair, softly caressing the band which wore Gale's ring, and gave herself up to pleasant thoughts. The clock ticked a monotoaus re frain. Tbe sound of rustling leaves and dripping waters were wafted faintly upon the breeze which played about the open casements, just stir ring the curtain within. Her birthday-gifts the snarklin?. glittering mass of precious stones I were npon the table. Near tbem, in i a cbrystal case, were the twin caine-j lias. Tbe cluster of mosk picks lay i waiting in the miscellaneous beapj below. Bube had seea them there! during tbe evening, and ascertained the absence of tbe tiny note; had ta ken to heart the chilliog convictions that Nymphea wesqnite beyond bis reach. The clock struck the quarter, then the half bonr, and she roused herself j from her reverie, preparing to retire. Wheeling her chair before the dressing-table, with its inclined mirror, she brushed out ber hair, confining it in a close net She bad removed her elaborate evening-dress, and wora a wrapper of dead-wbite cashmere. "It makes me look like a corpse," she said half aloud. A second later tbe tinge of color faded from her cheeks, and her lips grew pale until the simile she had used was no extravagance. Back of her was an alcove, separated from tbe room only by heavy curtains. These were slightly drawn, and through tbe interstice a man's face peered out at ber. Tbe slight sway ing of tbe curtains, and a face cau tion sir appearing, met her eight in a band-glass resting upon the table. The swinging mirror reflected only her own form and features aud im mediate surroundings. For an instance her hands fell nerveless, and her heart stood still through sudden terror. Then she went on tying the silken tassels of her net, lingering over all the trifling details of her toilet with her eyes fix ed steadily on the imaged face. Gale's face ! she recognized it at once. The Estabroke blood coursed through her veins, and from that sec ond her tender thoughts of him lay daad and buried in ber memory. Gale, as she had known him hereto fore, and Gale a? he stood revealed - 1 1 (Cilti to her, were alike powerless o stir a chord of joy and pain, except through a realization of ber present peril. A thousand rumors she had beard without heeding thronged up now. She remembered bints thrown out questions asked. "Who is he?" had been the qoery. It was never an swered. Gale, springing from whence no one knew, referring to no past, had been tolerated, even lionized, through his own as-umptiox Nymphea saw his gaze wander from bcr ana rest upon the heap of glittering gems, saw the sordid light ening of his eyes and tbe impatience stamped upon bis features. In the room beyond Gertie was sleeping. Her own empty apart ment was opposite. Tbe suit com prised a wing, and a long corridor connected it with the center building. She could summon no aid. Only her woman's wit to foil bim. She drew tbe vase with the came lia3 nearer to her, and bent her cheek to touch them caressingly. "Beautiful flowers!" she mnrmcr cd, but never moved ber eyes from bis mirrored face. His features softened and twitched emotionally, bat relaxed nothing of their resolute purpose. His own feeling3 might prompt withdrawal even yet, but tbe stronger power had bim still ia its clutches. Nymphea stretched out her hand and dropped it,a saowy covering over the gleaming gems. She took tbem up, one by one, clasping them oa ber throat and arms, until she flashed with a thousand tongues of reflected light She leaned forward, a low laugh rippling over her pale lips. lie bad grown grim and keenly watchful. She could never dare to rise with that load upon her. One by one she took them off again, and swept them in a glittering heap. Then 6be leaned bcr bead upon her hand, and, singing softly, kept ber eyes upon the glass. Four strokes chimed. Only a Lalf hour, and it seemed to bcr an eter nity. He was growing restless and sus picious. Nympbea felt a sense of deadening horror as she watched bis lace take on a sullen, dogged expres sion, w bich would admit of no mer ciful promptings. He thrust the car tains half aside, as i! to step into the room. She rose slowly, and be drew back again. She moved about, singing yet some opera air. She felt that a crisis was coming soon, and she was momentarialy growing powerless to avert it She approached tbe open casement, looking out into the still night Some one moved from tbe shad ows below, and ber beart leaped with renewed hopo. It was Kube faithful, disconsolate Kube, unable to rest after bis grievous disappoint ment, taking chill comfort in watch ing her light, and thinking himself re warded by having seen her shadow on tbe blind an hour before. She stretched out ber hands to bim with a gesture imploring silence. With him so near she realized safety, but bow should she convey to him knowledge of her position. A providential remembrance came to her. Gale unaerstood nothing of Italian, as she happily kaew. Form ing bcr words into perfect rythm she sang on, softly yet, but then with startled comprehension. He signed O her bis understanding, and then darted away. i She drew back into the room, and, with the assurance of speedy aid, felt her strength deserting her. The al cove curtains shook, and Gale, look ing down, met the gaze she wa3 pow erless to withdraw. There was no chance for further subterfuge. He was her terror, and his purpose wavered before his passion for her. "I was driven to this," be said ap proaching her; "but there i3 a way to cheat them yet, Nymphea. If you will go with me I swear no harm shall come to you, and my love shall make you forget all this. Will you go, sweet ?' She shrunk back, wringing her bands dombly. Must she soomit to the touch vl "this man ? The pliant gold circlet be had placed opon bcr finger parted under her clasp and fell to tbe floor. Tbe last semblance of a tie between tbem was broken. A second later the door was thrown open, and she wts caught in Babe's arms. A stoct Eervant or two, hastily summoned, were pre pared for Gale, whose apprehension was a key to unravel a score of previ ous mysteries. He wa3 identified as the infamous hero ct many dark ad ventures, and is now paying tbe pen alty of bis crimes aad regretting the plot defeated through his very wetk ness. The lyelRbl. Multitudes of men and women have made their eyes weak for life by two free use of their eyesight, reading small print and doing fine sewing. Ia view cf these things, it is well to observe tbe following rales in rela tion to the use of the eyes : Avoid all sudden changes from light to darkness. Never begin to read, write or sew, for several minutes after c miog from tbe darkness to a bright light Never read by twilight or moon light, or on a very cloudy day. Never read or sew directly in front of a light, window or door. It is best to have tbe light fall from above obliquely over tbe left shoulder. Never sleep so that on first waking the eyes shall open on the light of a window. Do not use the eyesight by a light so scant that it requires effort to dis criminate. Too much light creates a glare, and pains and confuses the sight Tbe moment you are sensible to an ef fort to distinguish, that moment cease and take a walk. As the sky is blue, and tbe earth green, it would seem that tbe ceiling should be a blue tinge, and the car pet green, and tne walls some meliow tint The moment you arc prompted to rub your eyes, that moment cease using them. Betcher is lecturing for $300 & night WHOLE NO. 137.1. Love f Dr. There is a dividing line between a vain love of dress aad a tasteful adornment of the person a frivo lous love of display and a modest aad becoming apparel. Many women after marriage be come negligent ia dres3 and personal appearance, and lave a reckless dis regard for cleanliness, often suffering tbemsdves to appear in soield rahneo', when a very little effort and trouble wou'd have made them presentable to guests as well as to the immediate home circle. Women complain of the neglect of their husbands, and bitterly bewail tbe fact that tbey are not appreciated as they were ia the days when they were wooed aad woo. Ia their com plainings they fail to see that they are not the same women they were then. Far from it! Then they were neat and tidy and always clean, with hair smooth and beautiful and face radiant ia smiles. Now they are dirty and slovenly, with hair froozy and unsightly, visage sour and unattractive. How caa they expect to be appreciated in the homo they were to adorn ? There are other women again, who, though wearing hymeneal bonds a dozen years or more, have still tbe lover in the husband, and glide along the matrimonial sea as placidly as God intended tbey should, while oth ers live in discord and frigidity, each year as it rolls by seeming to add a new degree of colaaess to their hearts, making life to them but a barren waste. The secret of the one is, she takes as much pride, if not more in her personal appearance, and endeavor ing to retain and enhance tbe charms that first won bcr busban'l, as when in girlu-h pride she beautified herself for bis coming. She finds that a dime calico neatly and tastefully made, and always clean, with a white ruffle at tbe threat, and a bright knot of ribbon for it aad the hair 0', better still, a flower spray from the gardea border the bair combed iu a becoming style, and a warm smile to greet the object of ber love, are all suilicient to keep both tbe admiration of the lover and love of the husband. How many men would be withheld from the club-room and convivial companions, had the wives they won been tbe women they wooed, and home attractions been more potent than outside influences. Now, all women are not beautiful, neither can they make themselves so; but there is none so ordinary looking that she cannot make herself beloved and in teresting to her friends; no face so ugly but it -may bo made sparkling and bright with animation and intel ligence, and the soul beneath, though encased in tbe most plain casket, be one of rare beauty and loveliness. A cheerful heart and contented mind need no outward beauty to recom mend them ; they carry with them a certain wholesome atmosphere uni versale felt by all wbo fall within its influence, and which has a telling ef fect on even the most gloomy and misanthropic nature. Then, sister, be tasteful, neat and cleanly in your outward adorning, and beautify your lives with a cheer ful contented spirit, wbich is more to be prised than pearls or rubies. De troit Commercial Advertiser. W hstf Is liood El ueai less. Edward Everett, the gifted orator, never spoke more truthfully than when uttering the following words : "To read the English language well, to write with dispatch a neat, legible band, and be master of the brst rour rules of arithmetic, so as to dispose of at once, with accuracy, every question of figures which comes op in practice I call this a good educa tion. And if you add tbe ability to write pnre grammatical English, I regard this an excellent education. These are the tools. You can do much with them. They are the foundation, and unless you begin with these, all your flashy attain ments, a little geoloer, and all other olc?ies and osopbies are ostentatious rubbi.-h." It is generally the custom among tbe schools cf to-day to ne glect these so-called "common branch es " Thev omit the foundation, and build up a vast and imposing stru t cre of showy nccomplisfcments. No sooner does a pupil of one ct these schocls attempt to enter upon the business scenes of life, than he finds his "castle in the air," built at so great a cost of time and money, come tumbling down on his ears. Vbl lh JIIerrpe Revenl. Lcwecbcck tells U3 of an insect seen with the microscope, of which twenty-seven millions would only equal a mite. Insects cf various kind3 may be seen iu tbe cavities of a grain of sand. Mold is a forest of beautiful trees, with the branches, leaves and fruit. Butterflies are fully feathered. Hairs are hollow tubes. The surface cf our bodies is covered with scales like a fish ; a single grain cf sand would cover 1"0 if these ecales, yet a scale covers 500 pores. Through these narrow openings tbe perspiration forces itself like water through a sieve. Each drop of stagnant water con tains a world of living creatures, swimming with as much liberty as whales in the sea. Each leaf has a colony il insects grazing on it like cows in a meadow. President Hayes told P. T. Ear num the other day that he never takes tbe cares of office with bim when he goes cot riding or walking, or into the family circle. He then forgets that he is President, and en joys society and his dinner as much as other folks. Mr. Hayes declares that be will not grow gray in the White House, and we hope he will keep his word. "Why did yon name that old horse Napoleon?" asked a gentleman of a negro whose horse was almost re duced to a skeleton. "Why, marse, you see it kase the bony part is so strong in him." Senator Morton is sadlr missed in Republican circles, la Waohtogton city. Elepbauf s svi Tlawhtr Carriers. Oac of the great industriea of L'ur mah is tbo timber trade. TLo teak wood; which ia tbo cihef timber cut and shipped, 13 very heavy, and re quircn prodigiou3 force to handle it; and as the Burmese are not far enough advanced to nse machinery f.r the purpose, they employ ele phant, and bravely do th nol.lo boasts perform their task Ia tbe limbf r yards both at BaDgoon and .'. Matilmain, all the heavy work of drawing und piling tbe logs ia dono by ihciii. I have never been auimab show ing such intelligence, and train ed to such docility and obedience. In the yard that we visited there were seven elephants, five of wbich were at that moment at work. Their wonderful strength came into pUy in moving huge pieces of timber. 1 did not measure the logs, but should think that many were at least twenty feet long and a foot square. Yet a male elephant would stoop down, aad run bis tusks under a log, and throw his trunk over it, and walk off with it as lightly as a gentleman would balance his bamboo cane on tbe tip of his finger. Placiog it oa the pile, be would measure it with his eye, and if it projected too far at either end, would walk np to it, and with a gentle push or pull make the pile even. If a still heavier log needed to be moved on the ground to some part of the yard, the mahout, sitting on the elephant's bead, would tell him what to do, and the great creature seemed to have a perfect understand ing of his master's wilL He would put out his enormous foot and push it along; or he would bend his head, and crouching half way to the ground, and doubling op bis trunk in front tbiow bis whole weight against it, and thus like a ram, would "but" tbe log into its place ; or if it needed to be taken a greater distance, be would put a chain around it, and drag it off behind him. The female elephant especially employed in drawing, as having no tusks, she could not lift like ber big brothers, but could only move by her power of traction or at traction. Then using her trunk as deftly as a lady would nse her fingers, she would nntie tbe knot rr unhitch the chain, and return to her master, perhaps putting out her trunk to receive a banana as a reward for her good conduct It is a very pret ty sight, and gave ns a new idea qf the value of these noblo creatures, and of tbe way in which they can be trained for tbe service of man. Protectant Si.terkoexla, The action of the House of Bishops of the Episcopal Cburcb, on Tuesday, in adopting a canon for the organiza tion of a sisterhood of deaconesses, is very significant It proves that that Church, like tbe Roman Catholic, appreciates the importance of system atically utilizing the piety and relig ious zeal of its female members. Already there are sisterhoods in tbe Episcopal church, the members of which wear a religious habit n(l temporarily or permanently devote themselves to religious, educational, or charitable work. The action of tbe House of Bishops, which will boubtless be sustained by the House of Delegates of the General Conven tion, will lead to tbe extention of these agencies within tbe Church, and Protestant sisters clad in a relig ious habit, will become common. It is safe to predict that there will be no lack of applicants for apoint rent as deaconesses. There are maidens disappointed in love, or of a peculiarly devout temperament, who will welcome an opportunity to give themselves to prayer and pious and cbaritablelabor. 1'any widows, too, will find solace and congenial occu pation in such sisterhoods, and they may make themselves of much nse among tbe poor and suffering, and so help to extend the influence of their Cburcb, which, in formally availing itself of the aid of women in its ec clesiastical organization, will take a step wbich will awaken much in terest, and doubtless excite much op position. It can hardly fail to be charged that these sisterhoods of deaconesses will eventually become as rigid in their rales aad requirements as the sisterhoods of the Roman Catholic Cbnrcb, and thus prove a means of leading tbe Episcopal Church nearer to Borne, something very obnoxious to Pr testants generally. Bat sister hoods both high church and low church in their leaning, have been in existence in this dity for a rumber of years without fatal consequences, and the amount of practical good they hive accomplished among the poor has been simply immense. Ha XeX Mrt for Temr Mr. Thomas McElrath, an emi grant from the north of Ireland, set tled in Marlboro, Ulster county, New York, many years ago. He is an honest, upright and respected citizen of toat place, being a member of Bev. I. C. Nevin's congregation. A rumor has been in circulation for a number of years that this gentleman has work at bis ocenpation aa a farmer apparently happy, enjoying good health, and yet had not at any time been blessed with a refreshing sleep. To make sure of the facts before publishing, we sent a reporter to interview Mr. McEIratb and make a verbatim report. The reporter stated to this gentleman what bi3 mission was, when he replied a3 follows: "I came to this country in the year IS32 from the county of Antrim, Ire land. I was ia excellent health, and continued to remain so nntil nine years ago. I was confined to my !ed for over a month. Dr. William Gednev, of Milton, attended me then and since. After I began to get well I could not sleep till about 12 o'clock at night A week or ten days later 1 could not sleep till 1 o'clock, and so on for six months, till tbe the pres ent time I have not closed my eyes in nine years. I hear every sound during the night, while nay family are in bed sound asleep. I frequent ly rise and read for hours, but my bead feels dizzy all the time; my back aches, my eyes are sore, al though people tell me I look well for my years. 1 am really very weak, and have not worked very much ia the last two or three ytart on my farm. Oh 1 yes, 1 lie down daring the day, but sleep nary a wink. Yes, sir, I am positive 1 have not slept in nine year; my family and others have watched me tor many weeks yea, and for montls to see If they could catch me asleep ; bat it's of bo nse, I can't sleep and that's tbe end of it I'll give any man $50 who will give me jast one night's rest No, 1 cant stay on my feet over two or three honrs at a time. My memory ia good. How much do I weigh ? WelL I should judge somewhere about 100 pounds. I've tried everything, and nothing affords me relief. 1 wish I was dead. It ia jast nine years since Cuba de clared its independence. i
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