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Business Manner.
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1 I . u ...nm . , frvn.ton Acetil. Sum'
it t ' U .Vlaiumoia Block. Jn. U-a
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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
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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.
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