Terms of Publication Tfcs S:nrset Herald fTery W e-tne lay M-Tuta t amtuA. I U ia 1 ranee otherwise i iO ! .U brranao.v.t r charged. will . i Ska II I IB !! II ! MHUI j mWniHIUB weaaa - - ,-rmr mr" "p. For. ms Men nerieci!ng t . notify wnen "iKnar" " "" , p.rwmbeheldUau!.ftbsutCTlItloti. ; ' viw removing from on. rov!!Sclon- j , ,,, eboui i t'. '- tonoer ' ; Vil a. tb. present oW. ' j Somerset Printing Company., j JUHS L 8CCLL, Business Manager. omeF set Af U , F. aic ILO ESTABLISHED, 1837. A TTORXEYSA T-LA H. VOL. XXVI. NO. IS. EAXKS, ETC. SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1S77. WHOLE NO. 13S0. MISCELLANEOUS, 1 1 and Bounty fVna aYgecl, Bouieraet. Otno to ia;SDiti ton". jaav. " i:l Somerset, puma. H. rttSTLCTH WATTE. ATTt'KNE I . . I-.". Soimrrw, Pa. rTitWial burf. r" .ollciwd mi punctuaUy attend- NOTK'E. Aleaauder H. Ooffroth tm ued ih raeiica) n u la Somerset and umn Is JtaaaissHk iJuiiiling. ,n,:nic oounUea. I A.LEXT1N L HAV.ATTORSLi AT LAW and denier la real estate, S-uht, P.. will .cu.l to all tHMiurm aovwsud le tut care with Lr .loptnees and nuelity. aug. li-ly- ,ir j. k u. U BAEE, ATTOK.NEYb AT! 1 LA W . twers.sv Pa- will practice In Sem- S ere; and adriJning counties. AU bunines en i trusted im tntm will oe promptly auenaed w. UH-N H. I HU ATTORN tV AT LA W, SUM-1 .1 trL Pa., wiU ptvinpUy a-ornd to all business ; utruel u him. Honry adeaaoed on oiiecUvn j u,c. jrho In Mammoth iiulKling. ' Cambria Co. Bank. M. W. KEHri & Co. So. 266 Main St., Johnstown. A r General Banking Business transacted. Interest Paid at 6 per cent, on Time Depos ts. Loans Negotiated. Drafts Bought and Sold. Jany. a. uasrs M. HUM 'Apis fir Firs asl LUe Insnraiice, J OHN HICKS & SON, SOMERSET. PA- And Real Estate Brokers. ESTABLISHED 150. Person wlf (if re w aril, buy -jt exchance prr.p--. orl rrtntwiil it u Iheiradvanuiteio rru'i'ter the .if jriii. tkereot, Bochameu m.le ur.lct f Kl ur miied. Keal estate biuiaes. frent-raily wCll prua:.tlj attended U. aici(i ej: o. KiM)iEL a.s, URLIHG, FDLLANSBEE & CO, Merchant Tailors, nrLLIAH H. KOOXTZ, ArTttRJtEK AT L, roinerev Pa, will irire pnHni atten- I Uin u. fio entrusted to bif cart la merei j uiJ tli. aijulomg cuuaUta. Lite. a PrwuiMt ; dwue Ku. J Schell & Kimmel, SOMERSET, PA. And Manufacturer o Gent's. Youth's and Boys, Accounts of Merchants and oth-! , er Business People Solicited. DrarLnhmnn P nThratT AM "fOHN O. KIMMEL. ATTLKNE . AT LAW, .1 . u. ,i uuiin tti ail Mflw" ea- trnJ w Uif c.!"iB S.meietid a.!j;-tmn "- j neeotiable in all parts of the COUU U. OOLE ATTORN" ET AT LAW, tinret. Pa. rrMcmmu J. try for sale. H.0 Collections made. jaiiH u, m) care aitoeJed to altli pripuieao4 auelny. NKW DDI M). 42 I imi AVFM F. a. a. n.rK(TH. a. arrrau L Lr. All uuMur eoiruf teJ totlieUcartwUl ' gJJXigrS&W WW UiiW Jrrtt'a o aUin CruM .traet, oppoat. r Bank tbe OHN It. SCOTT, CHARLES J. HARRISON. Cathit r tud Mnno;,n r. ' S L A T 1 PITTSBURG II.' n o o f s. Willi Toothache. Uiaeiia5 : Oixlfrcy : now it pains mc '. Lordj : I't that old tooth jump : Seem as though tea thousand devils Pried with crowbar, round in stump. W bew! Can't some one give me something Just to stop this blasted pain li-'Klroi. laudanum, etorea, or hop-baa: t Quick ! or I shall be insane ! SK.p tiat "taroal baby l squalling '. Jehew : don't my tooth ache sweet ! Dam that eat ! I'd like to kill U ! Always under some one's feet. Jove: I'd like to fight with some one, Just to are my jaw stove In Fire: murder: Godfrey ! another Oh : it's aching now like sin: H ling, am I? Well, 1 know it And 1 (ruess that you'd howl, too, If you had a Muted toothache Saute as this one troubling you : Cnrse: I know It don't relieve me ; But I'm craij with the pain! Ain't there anything to ease it? Let me try the hops again. There, now, gently place them easy I Phew : They're hot I Just let them cool : Well, put 'em on. You're bound to burn sae! There vou've done it : Dam a fool ! HOW THE WEiTHEBt'OCK OILED. ATTORNEY AT LA W. Sotnrrwt Pa. IMnce up stairs la Ber' Blo,'k A II I.umiicw cotruf led w hu ear. attended to wiui prumpLUofr. and hueltiy. JAMES L. rCUH, ATrxiKNEY AT LAW, S..nifTs.t. Pa. C. Mammoth Work. up stairs, tnir.w-e Main Jrof Su Collecuon. umde. e ute( Kttltsi. uile eimlne1. and .it lui l;u e attended to with pnimptne. and ndettiy. julyl Ci'ilf-- huildfoe b n?-s !;-)tild know i? v. citralHT in iie v.uii run w nui R..If tl-Jii lin or stiintlf . Slate wiU la lrcver, , ,. i and n.'r.alrs are rprjuire.1. junjim r- Wi;iopinf'Tl u-iiM.--s tn M-ny M' J". j wa...r (-. cisterns. Siate is two pf. Every niulti.tl nttea iaic-B. ) af- 0iuli nave a r.i. . . . . .A.i in tMmtTiiiiid. where he has a Charges moderate. Butler and other cr.cts x.i-, 'V,,,. lected and cashed. Easurn and Wcsu-rneartaiire ; Actuuuis siuitcd. j reat.i!uutti;ii uiihuhi Refer t'y pcrmlf fi-. to - n t,.,r,t, ti"r at Ijiir. ii-'.i. - ! ncs?. H' J. Buer, Att v at Liw t uU r-a. .-um t. Hereon. A. J.t'oitwm AU'J at Law. M..t. in, n ciate .Iu .kv. Hun. A. 11. iruth. Alt y at Law. Win. it. 1'ivin E. Kliman. '. S. . '-tvf Merciiaul. S L A T E S rnvKYiNG, WriiiDg Deeds, Ac, ; i 11 i i ; i :i n i - f "in ? TrDf-at-Enquire at "aeleer A Oo.'s Store. C. F.VTALKES. AujtlS. riirsiciAXS. 0 Tbtecco hjm 'S5. i anl Cips, I n-r r.jfcinir the vpit ltl artt.-le. He will under ' uke to i.ui Slate R4s on Houses, putilic and pri ,i. r.i k,- .i:i.ir in u.wn or eountrr at the . ''.';..,.. ...i.....mltiihi. I'Mlland aee him it a-1 "dre' l.im at hi. t.rtioe. No. 110 rsaitimra i rough ! Street. CuaKrind.U. Or lert may beleil with I . UitISAU AS D RET At t J. II. Zinuiierman, liua Cross St-, 1 Jomerel, NOAH CASEBEER. Agent, Somerset. Pa. W. H. SBlPLaT. A ft h. IT J. I, reii.ia.jT-, TJ l.rar.lf. tr.ar.ufsc- ill II e-t o! t..t.ciirf. ! ' I R. J. R- MILLER has 1" I?? I I in Berlin tvr the practleo ol his pr- "Sikm.- , w ,minKh, u, i iffin 1 ' i I " 1 e v. it-? .i .rviun" i . The best of cit-art of liiSiTect nr.j l. hiiat'i(. of ti,e ehoiee! TUese eirti f catiE -t lti -elU-d t.y any in ttie mar- iHfl fl'k3 i.t tiiew.uit i"i..-"j jiernet. Pri'-e to f-uit tne jan- WARDWELL WITH times. DR H. BRVBAKER tenders bis professional ; ,ricf to the rttliens ot tHieret and vipn- j .! i .n,. tn myn. one door west ol Ih; Bar- . net House. R. E. M. KIMMEL will COTttaue t practloa 1 If Me-llcine. itw Hrn-wn u F1 to uj ett urns of 5neTset and wnuin e-uiirv. w at the old place, a few dixTS eaat ,( the'iJla-it House. Dll WESLEY CUNNINGHAM, ormerly of Lav.nsville. will eooilnue the .in ure Wm-dHne. and tenders bis pr-dessK-nai icrVi-es u. the eiiUens of Onirevtlle.nd sum-uad. ma cuiitry. let.; 77 g S. GOOD, phrsiciAX & SURGEOX, SOMERSET. PA. -i irru-s in Mammoth Block e J DR. G. MILLER, after twelve! to.--, aciv. practice In Shsnksvllle. has; n..w kii mui Uated at Somerset for the trac- ; Ttes to ti.o dtlaens ot beenerw '"''iT, ;.rfic ia bl Irt r,-t tb. Haraet ; H une. w.-er. be ran be oonsuitod M al times uiilei'i' pnlwi'mally eorasred. . ! atarN tg ot calls prompUy answeroo. dec. l, ii-y. Dr. W.F. FUXDEXBERG Late Rf dent Surgeon, SRPILE iSctccfs-ru-C. K- CtVrn a C.) DEII.I It IX FLOURAND FEED GROCERIES. CONFECTIONS, QUEENSWARE, AVILTOAV AVVIIK. laiODSE, HEMPSTOSE&CO, 1 2S5 Bait. St., Baltimore, M. D., ! Wi.ul.i rt-fj ! sqg cue J . .tfui:v r.k the tnerehartf of S-'-mer-: rm-.i hiaiUieirniers lor "I FANCY GOODS. siurlr.it ilietn aatij.'-iotion !,itn retards prior an : iiwjliiv of ki.--:. The merclants rUiung Bi.liin.ri; r- ureMly reuuested i" call aud nee me U-tort' tujtinit i-uri Lt.e. 1 li Tort Eys ail Ear iitaryjSALT, ABE, i: :a:ei pemarerf.7 in the City cf Karyiitttt fcr tie ESCLZSrCZ treataetl cf dishes cf tte 2js aid lax, irclua :r.g :se cf tie 27cse ard Threat. oiHr. S: Rositli ensure- tret. Juueai. DEMISTS. I v R. WM. I t Pa. Omoe tn Oetw beer's 1LL!NS. DENTIST, Somerset. . tn ieheer's Block, up stairs. nere he car ' sal times I sound preire wi ail Siodsof work, sweb as filling, mralatins:. ei-tra-tm. ke. Artiuctal teeth ot all kin-is. and of tnebemain.,tnsenod. Operailuca warranted. JOHN BILLS, DBUTIST. time tn Oofirotb k KeB's new building. Main Oruss Street. . Sosnerset, Pa. novll "WM. COLLINS, DKXTIST, 1 ,f. atrre t'ascbeeT a Freose's store. fc-..a'TeU Pa iDtL. laft Wicn years 1 have srr.iiT re (irced -he prices ot artiscial teeth in t!. place. Tt cai.l iocr-SMtig demand lteetb has to du:d ne te so enlarge my fafUrics that can make sets of teeth at lower price, than you can net them in any other place in this oaintrv- 1 am ni.w making a rood set of teeth l. , and II Uicre U"ld be any person among my ihesois 1 eusbwrslntbic of the adjoining .uues thai I hae nude teeth that is not giving good sat U:nii. they can call on me at any time and get ne set free of charge, starts A RT1FIC AL TEETH!! .1. C lTTZl. DEI T I ST DALS C1TT, jomerut Co.. Pa-. AruneUl Teeth, war aatad to bo of the very Iwot quality. Lite like and Iumm. Insertod la Ibe t-eit style. Partieulai attmtiua paid to the pres enatioo ot tb. aautral tcAh. Tbae wlshina to nunr.it me by letter, eaa d. aw by aa-ium stamp Address as aour.. ieu-n HOTELS. TOBACCO AND CIGARS, &c,. &c, iNJewStock. OXE PKICE. All Goods Positively Sold at BOTTOM PRICES. FAIR AND SQUARE IS 0 UK. MOTTO. Do Not FaU To Give EIGHEST AWARDS! SSffiS J. EETKOLB S & SON, NORTHWEST tXRNEE THIRTEENTH AND FILBERT 5T5. PHILADELPHIA, MAXITACTVEES OF PATENTED Wrcught-Iron Air Tight Heaters WITH SHAKING AND CLINKER GRIND IN'iJ GRATES FOR EVENING ANTHRA CITE f'R r.lTVMINOVS COAL. ci:xti:x.ial WROUGHT-IRON HEATERS, FOR EITCMINOVS (AL. KEYSTOXE WROUGHT-IRON HEATERS, Cooking Ranges, Lew-Down Crates, Etc. lk-fcrir tivt Cirrnlars sent free to any sddress. EXAMINE BEFORE SELECTING. April - Cook & Beerits' FA15ILY GROCER! Flour and Feed STORE. PA., JJILL HOUSE. ZUXSSD, SCYZLSIT, JOH5 HILL, FmorTtrarc. The pruprleuw Is pieparcn es aesaaosotato sroests in the moM eombiriaoie aad sathweaory usaaoer. Tt-e iraveiui'g o.MK and persBanent baaruers sur rwhAiwith the beat of kotoi aeoiissiaioBS. 1 be tables will ouaiiiBWe to b. foroiad who the beat the market anoras. Large and oommunbaM stabling aiiachad. ianU D IAM0ND HOTEL. srovsTowx PA. SAMUI L Ci;STEIi, l'ro jine-tor. This wiJr aad weB kajowa aooaa is at all tla a dei -lraU. uipu piaoe fur tb. iraTellng lie. la, and iaru. nrsKiasa. Uoodsta h r. Hsy-i icat. Uiiy uit JobnstwB and burners ot. We would m-.'t resrctfally announce to our feiMut. the ssMl-; ientraliy. ia the town tod Ti tm-y l t-omtrfet, that we hare opened Newttcrt on our No. 2. BAEE'S BLCCK A CALL When !oin? otir SHOPPING. V;iwt 17 MAIX CROSS STRKE1 And in addition to o mil line of the best wiilM-llonerlew. otlons, Tobaccoit, Cigartt. 4c, We w:l! endweor. t all amea, to "tpp'y our ews oaier "ith Hie BEST QUALITY OF FAMILY FLOUR, CORN-MEAL, OATS, SHELLED CORN, OA TS A CORX CHOP, BRA X, MIDDLINGS Andetorythiag parUlcing to tho Feod DejArt ment at Uie LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES. von , CASH ONL Y. Also, a well seloctod stoca of Olauware; Stontwar. TTooderrware, Brorba ' , i i , ar,.l IThlch ws w'q se'J ascbeap as the cheapest. Tmiie our iroodJof all tBdj.aaJ b. iUfied from yoor own judgment. Don't forget where we itaj M A INT CROSS Street. Somrrwt, Pa. "I'm game to do it," ssjs Bill Johnson, "any time you like." "Not you," saya Joey Ranee. "It ain't in you." "Ain't itT" eays BilL And as be spoke he took a pull at Lis strap, and Parson aays "My good man, I cou'.du't think of allowing it." You fcee, this is how it was. We'd . ..r gut a weaiDerocK i i church spire at High Beechy; and it was a cock iu real earnest, just like lie great Djrkio in Farmer Gran cer's vard; only the one on the spire was gilt, and shone in the sun qaiie beautifully. Toere was another difference, though. Farmer Granger's Dorkin used to crow in the morn, and some times on a moon-light; but the gilt one a top of the steeple after going on ewiogicg round and round, to show ouiedv which wav the wind blew, took it into its head to Btiek la-t in calm weather, while in the w ind oh lor' a mercy ! the way it would fccreech and groan was enough to alarm the whole neigbor bood, and alarm the neighborhood it did. I would not believe as it was the weabercock at first, but quite took to old Mother Bonnett'a notion as it was signs of tbe limes, and a kind ol warning to High Beechy of some thing urrible to come to pass. But then, when yoo stood and saw it turning slowly around in tbe broad daylight, and beard it squeal, why, you couldn't help yourself, but n ere bound to believe. Just about tbat timu a chap as called himself Steeple Jack not tbe real Steeple Jack, you know, but an importer sort of fellow, who, we beard afterward, had been going around geuiog sovereigns to climb tbe i-pires, and oil the weathercocks, and do a bit of repairs, and then go ing off without doing anything at all well, this fellow came to Uign Beecbv, and taw Parson, and offered to go tip, clean ana scrape me wtiin- crcock, t il it and all, without scaf folding, for a five ponnd note. Parson said it wax too much, and coaeulted churchwarden Round, who said "ditto,,r and so Steeple Jack did nut get the jot even when be came down to tbree pounds and then to a sovereign; for bless you, we were too sharp for him at High Beechy, and suspected that all be wanted was the money, when, you know, we coma not have made him go np, it was such a risky job. 1 be weathercock went on squeaE iug then awfully, till one afternoon, when we were onton the green with the cricketing tackle for practice. Parson beine w ith us. for we were euinz to play Ramboro' Town next week, and Pardon was our best bow ler. lie was a thorough gentleman was Tarson, and he used to say that he loved a game cf cricket as much at ever, and as to making one of our eleven, be used do tbat, be said, be cause then be was sure tbat no one would swear, or take more than was good for him. Speaking for our lot, I'm sure it always made us respect Parson tbe more; and I tell you one thing it did besides, it seemed to make bun our friend to go to in all kind of trouble. and what's more it fetched all tbe lot in our cricket club to cburcb wten I'm afraid if it hadn't been out of reFDect to Parson we would have staved awav. Why I've known him on a hot et ening at practice between the overs t-uddenly cry, "Hold bard I ' with the ball in bis hand, and say "Tell you what, my lads, I think a a-lass of Tompkin'a bome-brewed wouldn't be amiss just now. Smitb ru v man. will vou step across and tell them to send us a gallon ? ' Then when it was brought all cool and foaming from out of tho cellar nd be took the Grst glass an a matter of course, he'd got tbe nack of say im; something sensible to a man in wav as did more goad than tbe preacbicg in a month tfj Sundays 'Ibat" ne would say, wun emack of his lips, when be bad fin isbed tbe cool draught, "Tbat'a good, refreebing. invigorating and bearty What a pity some men are so foolish as to take more 'ban is good for them. Come, mv lads, another flaps around, and then to work." br. vou mar lauen at me. out we all of us loved our Parson, and h could turn us all this way or that war with bis little finger. Well, we were oat on the green, a I said, and the talk turned about oiling tbe weathercock and bow we heard an Steeple J ark. as be called himself, bad undertaken to d-i Upper tbrope uteeple, as is thirty feet lowei than ours, and bad got tbe money and gone off. "I thought he was a rogue," sai Billy Johnson. "He looked lika it driokiog aort of a fellow. Tell yon what. I'm came to do it any time von like." '.Not von " said Joer Ranee. "It aint in yon." "Ain't it?" said Bill, tightening bis belt, and then ."My good man," says Paraon, couldn't tbitik of allowing it." Yu see, ours was a nplendid eisire. standing aJtorfetber. one baa dred and seventy feet six inches high and as it eays in the old history, was a landmark and a bea:oa to the country for milea around. There was a square tower seventy feet high, and oat of that sprang the spire tapering one hundred feet, and certainly one ot the finest in the country "Oh, I'd let him go sir," says Joey, "he can climb like a squirrel." "More like a monkey," says Sam Rowley, our wicket-keeper. "Never mind what 1 I can c'imb like," eays Billy, "I'm game to do it; so here goes." ; "But if yoo do get np," says Par son, "you w ill want tools to take off and oil the weathercock,and yoa can't carry them." t - Just then a message came from the rectory that Paron was wanted, and he went away ia a hurry; and no rcooer was be gone than there was no end of chaff about Billy, which ended in bis pulling up his belt another hole, and Baying: "I'm going." "And what are too roinz to do WASiL .1.. Vt. "Nothing," he says, "but tie tbe rope up to tbe top of the spire, and leave it for some of you clever chaps to do " "What rope shall yoo ue?" I said. "Tbe new well rope." says BilL J "It's over two hundred feet long." j Cricketing was set aside for that day, for Joey Ranee went off and got the rope, coming' back with it over his arm, and throwing it down before Billy in a defiant sort of way, as much as to say "There now, let's see yoa do it" Without a word, Billy picked up the coil of rope and went in at the belfry door, to come out soon alter at top of tbe tower, and then, with one end of the rope made into a loop and thrown over bis shoulders, be went to tbe edge of tbe eight-sided spire and began to climb up from crocket to crocket, which were about a yard apart, and looking lika so many or namental knobs sucking out irom tee spire. ; We gave him a cheer as he began to go up, and tnen Eat on tbe grass wondering like to see now active ana clever tbe fellow was as be went op yard after yard, climbing rapidly, and seeming as if he'd soon be at the top. 1 The whole village tarccd out in a state of excitement, and we had hard work to keep two other brave fellows from going up to try at tbe other corners of the spire. "He'll do it he'll do it!" was tbe cry over and over again. And it seemed as if he would, for be went on rapidly ontil he was within thirty feet of the top; when all of a sodden he seemed to loose bis hold, and came sliding rapidly down between two rows of crockets faster and faster, titt fcr disappeared behind tbe parapet of the tower. We held oar breath, one and all, as we saw bito fall; and a cold chill of horror came upon ns. It was not ntil be reached the top of tbe lower bat Te roused ourselves to ran to the belfry door, and began to go op tbe piral staircase to get to tbe poor fellow, wbom we expected to find half-dead "Hallo!" cried Billy's Toice, as we got ban-way up toe corkscrew: I'm coming down." "Ain't you hart then?" cried Joey Ranee. "No. not much." said Billy, as we reached him by one of tbe loopholes the stone wall. "Got some skin ff, and a bit bruised." "Why, we thought voa were half- killed." we said. Not I." be replied, gruffly; "the rope caugbt over one ol the crockets, and that broke bit fall a bit." Going to try it again r'Eaid Joey with a sneer. No, I ain't going to try again, neither," said Billy, gruffly; "I left he rope up at tbe top there, thinking ' A mw.A knn. 1 ii.il .-IWn.'Sril CU UIC1 BUU UUU UVOT. , falling. wi;h bia leg slipping through the loop, till bis foot caaght; and be hung by it, Cghting hard for a few moments to get back, but in vain; and as we watched him bis struggles got weaker, so tbat he did not turn himself up so far in trying to reach the loop where bis ankle was caught; bis you were so clever you'd like to go." Ob, I could d j it if I liked," said Joev. 'Only tou daren't," said Bill, rob bing his elbows and putting bis lips to bis bleeding kauckles. "Daren't I !" said Joev. And without another word he pushed by Billy, and went on steadi ly up towards tbe top or tbe tower. "I bope be'JI like it," said liiiiv, cbuckline. It ain't so easy as be tl in'ts. Let's go down. I'm a good bit shook, and want a drop of bran- dr." Poor fellow, he looked rather white when we got down; and to our surprise on looking op, on bear ing a cher, there was Joey hard at work with tbe rope over bis shoulder, climbing away, tbe lads cheering him again as be climbed higher and high er, till he at last reached the great copper support of tbe weathercock, and then, drawing himself np a bit higher be clung there motionless for a few minutes, and we began to thick he bad lost bis nerve and was afraid to move. But tbat wasn't it he was onlv eatbering breath; and we gave a cheer, in which Billy Johnston beart- fly joined, as np tnere, looking as small as a crow, the plucky fellow gave tbe weathercock a spin around, afterwards holding on by his legs, clasped around the copper support, while be took tbe rope from bis shoulders, untied tbe loop, and then tied it securely to tbe great strong support. AH this time be bad bis straw bat on; and now, taking it off, be gave it a twirl away from him; ana away it went right oat into space, to fall at last far from the foot of tbe tower. Joey now began to come down very slowly and carefully, as if the coming down was worse than the go ing op, and more than once be slip ped; bat be bad a tight hold on the rope with one band, and that saved him, so that he only rested, and then continued to come down Yoa see the spire sloped so that he did not hang away from it, but against the stone sides; and so we went on watching him ontil be was about half way down, when he stop ped to rest, and, pulling np the rope a bit as be held on to tbe tower so as to rest his legs. We gare him another cheer, and so did Parson, who just then came np, when Joej waved bis band. As be did tbis, something occur red which took awav my breath; for, poor fellow, be seemed to slip, and, and at last be bang there, swin gently to and fro only moviug bands. By this time Parson, I, and two more bad got to the belfry door, and we ran panting op the dark stair case till we got upon the leads. "Hold on, Joey," I shouted. 'Tib coming." "Make haste," he cried back faint ly, "I'm about done." By this time I was about ten feet up, and climbing as bard as I could, forgetting all tbe danger in the ex citement; for I don't think I should have dared to go op on another oc casion. It was very hard work, and as I climbed the wind seemed to blow ter ribly; but I got cp and up, panting as 1 did till at last I was cliaging si, there with one foot resting on a crocket, wondering what I should do now. "Look sharp, lad," said poor Joey "It seems as all mv blood was run ning into my head." I leaned over and got hold of the rope close to his ankle, but do any-' thing more I could not. I had all the will in tbe world to help the poor fellow, but it took all my strength to keep myself with one band from fal ling, and as to raising my old com panion, I neither bad the strength nor the idea as to bow it could be done. The only way out of the difficulty seemed to takeout my knife and cut the rope, and then the poor fellow would be killed. "Come down," cri'd a voice be neath me. And looking towards the leads, there was Parson, stripped to bis shirt and trousers, and with a coil of rope over his shoulder for the new well rope had proved to be long enoagh to let Lira cut off some five and thirty feet. "Don't leave me," groaned Joey, who was half faintin?. "I feel as if I should fall any moment. I say, lad. this is very awfal." "Here's parson coming up," I said. And so it was; for he went to the row of crockets on the other side of Joey, who now hung, looking blue in tbe face, and with his eyes closed. "He mast make baste make baste," he moaned softly. I stopped, holding on, while Par son climbed up quicker thaa either of us bad done it, drawing himself up by bis arms in a wonderful way till he was abreast of 03 two me holding on and Joey hanging by one foot. As soon as Parson reached us he said a few words of encouragement to Joey, who did not speak a word, and then climbing higher, tied the short rope he carried to tbe lonatrope just above tbe loop knot which held Joey s ankle. Then coming down a little, he tied his rope tightly around Joey, just under the armpits, "That will bear yoa my lad. But catch fast hold of it with your hands, while 1 cut yoor foot free." Climbing up higher once more, he palled out his knife, opened it with bis teeth, and then began to saw tbrouzh the strands the rope that held Joey's ankle, till there was a snap, a jerk, and a heavy swinging to and fro, for the poor fellow had fallen two or three feet, and was now bang ing by the rope round bis breast, right way upwards. He did not make any effort for a few minutes, and as cheer after cheer came to as from below, be swung there, with ua holding on for dear life. "Can you climb down now, Ranee?' said Parson, "if I cut you free: " "No, sir," he said, hoarsely, "I've no use in my arms or les they're all pins and needles." ..mi . t i oeu we must, tower vou uowu, ju ; saia t arson, caioiiv. And getting bold of the long piece ol rope, he climbed up once more, as coolly as if be was on an apple-tree in his orchard, and seeing the knots were fast; then, comingdown, he pass ed bia long rope through the one round Joey's breast, and tied it again round him. "Now," he said, "Fincher and I will hold on by this roDc, and you can let him work it over bis bead," and then with Parson striding from the crockets on the one angle to those on tbe other, and me holding on to the rope a? well, we let him down sliding, with bis back to tbe stone, till his feet touched the leads, when be fell down all of a heap. Untie tbe rope," said Parson, "and get him down." He spoke very hoarsely, shouting to tbem below; and a cheer came op. "Now, incher," said Parson, "we've got to get down." As be spoke, be made a running noose in tbe rope with tbe end be bad in his hand, let it ran np to the big noose, and pulled it tight Then be made an effjrt to get bis legs together on one angle; but the distance be bad been bending was too great, and he couldn't recover himself, but swung away by bis bands. "I can't help it, Fincber I must go first," be cried. And be was already sliding down tbe rope as he spoke; bat I was so unnerved and giddy now tbat I dared not look down. I believe I qnite lost my head then for a few moments; for I was clinging there for life a hundred and twenty feet above tbe ground, and the wind seemed to be trying to pash me from my hold. I was brought to myself, though, just as tbe landscape about me seem ed to be spinning round, by feeling the rope touch my side; and I clasped it convulsively with both bands, and then, winding my legs round it, slid rapidly down, tbe rope seeming to torn to fire as it passed through my bands. A lew moments later, and 1 was safe on tbe tower leads, trying like the rest to smile at tbe danger we had passed through ; but it was taint, sickly kind ot a smile, and we green and cared nothiD; for tic cheers of the people. Tho rope was left hangiag there, and stayed tiil it rotted away ; but somehow before a wesk was out that weather-cock stopped squeaking, as if some one had been op to oil it, and, though nothing was said about it, I ve always felt sure that l arson went op himself and did it early one morning before any one was up. He was cool-headed enough to do it, for he certainly saved Joe Ranee's ... v - . i. - : M . Hie, ana I snow no oae in ioa tiuagcj would have done it without bragging after. At all events. cock was oiled, and as Tho rre.ltlrwt a Poller. The country would have lca dis appointed if "the Presideut, in bis Message to Congress, had not given his own version of his Southern pol icy, its motives and objects, its methods and results. His statement of the case, though brief, ia compre hensive, and from his point of view conclusive. The disappointment which the country will now experi ence will proceed from the insuffi ciency of the explanation, measured V . Vn c. a -ft ef fha T?annhTw.n "'VSln.. 1 r. ,k. ,m..li.t ea. ice weainer" markable indifference to facts upon X stliu unci and over again to Joey, "If Parson did nt oil tbat weathercock, who did ?" which tbe President bases bis claims i to success. The message declares truly that in I the campaign of 1STG the pacification ir-.inK tfcc Baby. ! of the booth was by both parties ae- Iclared desirable. No one can pre- When a woman goes to work to j ten(Ji however, that the two parties dress a two-year old child she does were agreed as tJ the end to be it in a systematic, busiaess-like maa- soni?ht or the means to be employed. ficp a n n tcitriAnr a n v nmm or i ii WkaS aU wwafcavrw asuasij 4 --r . a J , The Democratic Partv consistent- aud before you know it tbe yonnir- j y impagQed tbe policy deliberately ster is slid out of her bauds with his j a,i(jpleri bv the Republicans. Its idea face wasted and bair combed, b;a: clothing in ship shape order, and a : $10 cbromo nntter bU arm. Tbis all corner from knowing how. ith a mau it is different. He makes elah-j orate preparations and puts on the air of one who is getting aa eighty- four gun ship ready fjr a two ytar s cruise. He collects the youngster's duds together in a heap, gathering them up from pretty much all over the house, aad after a great deal of bawling for tbis, and sharp snapping inquiry for tbat, and an unlimited amount ot getting down on bis kaees and looking under the furniture for tbe other (all uf which omes from his baviug undressed tbe child tbe night before) he at length sits re signedly down in a chair and with a teeble attempt at good-nature says : "Come, Freddie, come to papa, and have your coees on." Tbe child, who is just then travel ing aruud in his oigbt-dress, and playing with a damp towel aad stove wrench, makes a bee line for the door, full of desire to escape into tbe next room. "Come, Freddie, come to papa, like a good boy," says the lather, with a brave effort at piiience. Tbe child keeps tn us course. "Fred!" of pacification was an unqualified surrender to the White Douiocracy of the reconstructed States. Under the guise of self-government their sa premccy was to be made absolute The Republican Party, on the other hand, insisted that to render pacifica tion permanent, complete protection roast be assured to all citizens ol the South "in the free enjoyment of all their rights;" and tbe exaction of guarantees bearing upon this poiat was indicated as a Republican duty. Now, Mr. Hayes ws elected to the Presidency by the Republicans. He was their standard bearer in the con test When, therefore, be appeals to tbe Dartv's platform as furnishing a justification of his southern action, he should be prepared to show tbat the construction he places upon tbe Cincinnati demand for pacifica.iou harmonizes with the construction which tbe convention would have pat upon its own proposition. Does the President believe that be would have received tbe nomination had be, or any one in his bebalf, informed the convention of the course he in tended to pursue ia Southern affairs? Does he believe that the great body of the party outside of the conven tion would bare accepted bim as us and ment. Tbe record of So a tbe rn States has again and again been blackened bj repudiation. Tbe whole Sooth novt seems to be cursed with tbe re pudiation mania. Georgia, compar atively rich and prosperous an it i, has incurred the brand of infamy by robbing its creditors of millions, and ! eidading tbem from its cevrts. A!a tia: fig s rspsdiatcr iitasus i repudiate. Yonh Caroliaa fee ! atei F-onih Caroliaa, despite th entreaties of In Go renter, drilU to ward repudiation. Virginia, after 'scaling" aad funding to its bean's content. Is torn by a struggle ea tbe question of farther redjamit Teonesse, which gave to toe rrf dent an advisor and a welc-me, is ecgaged in an unprincipled attempt to extort terms from the fears t its creditors, to wbom, meanwnile, it will pay neither principal nor inter est Where, then, is the foundation tor tbe Presidents' remark? What Southern Slate has bad its credit "great !y strengthened ?" Which among" them could to-day sell its bonds in New York, London, or Frankfort? If the President will investigate a little, he wiU discover not only that Southern credit baa not improved, but tbat tbe almost universal disposition . to repudiate justifies the fears with which eonserv. ative financiers regard the influence of a solid Sooth upon tbe credit of a nation. After informing Congress tbat bis polier has already borne such rich lL:.'l..l. U. ..J . . irun suae is must uv sitwpvcta aw success, the President In bis final references to tbe subject, practically concedes that ererytntiif is yet con tingent upon the voluntary procwa iogs of tbe Southern States.. Tbe National Government can now do little or nothing. Tbe education and general welt are of the colored people, tne enactment of just aod bamane laws and tlveir proper ad ministration, everything, ia short, not specifically provided for in the constitutional amendments, most now be dependent upon tbe South ern Demycracy. They are masters of tbe situation. To tbem tbe Pres ident "earnestly appeals" for tbe recoguiti jn of the equality they have sparued, for the protection which is at present a mockery, for the attain ment of objects which they fught against when the Re-pa bitcsa Party was a power ia tbe Sooth, aod which will hardly receive their support now tbat their authority ia absolute. Tbis, tben. is the Klorioas result- tbis the salutary change" this the proof tbat the p -licy is not an experiment! X. Y. Timet. caniliilAta if hia rtninnint and Dur This sounds so much like business ! 8 had ua(ierstoid as as well . . I . , T , . - , . . .. , I . . . ..., ' a-i tbev are now : L ules be can ao swer thesfl inquiries that tbe vouujster sups, turns aud t acking niowij up to the uow stern! browed parent, gradually gets with in reacn, wbeu a euddeu grab of his arm brings mm iuto position where the damp lowei slaps around on tbe father's clean oh in front, aad tbe stove wrench plumps solidly down on bis fool. "Immortal Julius !'' he screams ia agony uarsiug bid fool with oue baud aud ehakiug the poor innocent with the other ; whereupon the inno cent se is up aa uccoujpoayiijg yell. A voice Irom below, where the wite aud mother is busied in getting breakfast, joins iu the chorus. "Oluisiead Moilesou, what on earth are you doing to that child." Ou, you be darned . ' goes back tbe quick reply, in a short, ugly, des perate growl that silences all lurther luqutry. Xheu the fatber after rubbing his fojt and groiiuiug a while, squares the child aruuud aud begins the pro cess of dressing him, wnicn id most ly made up ot dreadful struggles be tween clumsy fiagers aud smooth porcelaiu buttons, a geueral mispla cing ot garments nind-side before, up side dou, searches after the missing articled, aud talk tike the "lura arouuu!" "Siatd still!'' "Hold your arm cp!" "I'nuuder aud lightning you lei things be ?" "Slop reaenmg !" "Up 1 say!" "Cau'i you keep still ?" "Where's that nther skirt?" "Shut up!'' "Lei go!" "Busi mat button !" "Now, where in tne blazes is that Oat of Dwora. following: Can't Stand up!" There, by thunder!" Whv dou'i you lail down an i te done with u?" "Stop bowling " "Stop !" "Oucn! Devil take that pin!" "Lei ihai be !" "UenaVe!" "Great beat!" "Say, why don't you have four or five ihuusatid more buttons on jour clothes ?" "Quit!" "Now, where is that other stock ing V "Keep your foot btill !"' "By Jove lu Jerusalem !" "Oiuiine the otLtr lot-l!" "No, ihe other !" "Can't you tee ?" "aanciihed Solomon ! what do yoa waut to epread your toea ail cut tor? How do ou tappuse I'm going to put your stocking on with ycur fool lu Ibal shape ?" "Stop it!" "Stop it, 1 say !'' "Lei go tbere !" "Prow, wow ! e u ! Who stuck thai pin in that way ?" tun ol course," say 3 a cold, thin cutting voice; aud he glances up and sees ins whj lovkmg down on him m a taunting, exasperating sort of way. "Id be ashamed of myself," she continued, "to go on in that wav and gei so out of patience with a lit tle dh Oi a baby, i ou.ve been ma king noise enough to raise the dead, ana the clothes look as if they'd been thrown on with a pitchfork. Gimme him !" And begets up sheepishly and sul lenly, and afier slamming and stamp ing around the house after tbe lini ment boiile, and banging the doors aud making as big a noise as he can, be works himself into such a state ot meanness and mortification that, to epiie himself, be goes off down town without hu breakiasx affirmatively, tbe attempt to fiud approval of his Suuthern Dolicv in the utterances of his party must be pronounced a failure. Is the argument founded upon ex perienco any more successful ? Tbe President says that "beneficent re sults already apparent prove that his "endeavors are not to be regard ed as an experiment, and should eu su stain and encourage as in our efforts." Surely "beneficent results whicn ad mit ot being thus positively stated are susceptible of some sort of tangi ble evidence. What is its nature? Where is it to be found ? We are told, ia the first place, that "all ap prehension of danger" is dispelled; next, "that a most salutary change in the minda of the people has begun and is in progress in every part" of tbe South. The precise meaning of tbe first of these allegations is par tially elucidated by a subsequent al lusion to "the terrible and often fatal collisions which for several years" were or frequent occurrence ana "have almost eutirely ceased." These collisions, it should be remembered, and the apprehension of danger growing out of them, were in almost every instance traceable to a political origin. The Republicans asserted their rights, a3 citueos, to meet, dis cuss, organize, agitate. ar.d vote: the Democrats employed their strength to render the exercise of these rights as perilous as possible. There has not been an election since the Presi dent's "beneficent" policy came into play, or we 6honld have some pretty illustrations of the way in which the ! danger of further collisions has been j dispelled. Even now the it is known i that the price of peace which the ! President would have us celebrate ! in hymns of praise and thanksgiving is the virtual abandonment of tee Republican party in the South ern States. Collisions have ceased because Republicans, white and black, finding themselves abandoned by Federal authority, have quietly succumbed to superior force. They have no further inclination to kick against the pricks for tbe sake of a party which as they see the matter has left them to their fate. The Democrats, having got all they want ed, are for the time quiet ; they do not kill or maim or drive into s wamps, simply because men are not rash enough to avow themselves Republi cans. As for the "salutary change" spoken of by tbe President, exeept in he sense jast portraved, we know not where to seek it The South has become solid tor the Democracy Is that a salutary sign ? it takes as a matter of course all the President concedes; it dictates appointments and does not thack him when they are made; it assures him tbat he has done exactly what it wanted bim to do, and that it intends to manifest its gratitude by strengthening the Democracy, and readeriag impossible the election of another Republican President Does the President real ly consider these things salutary Are they what he designed? Should they silence adverse criticism, or reconcile Republicans to a change which endangers cherished purposes of their party aad casts doubts upon its future r We can describe tbe plea-tare and delight, tie peace of mind, sort tran quility which we feel in the balmy air, and among tbe green buls and rich woods of an inland village! Who can tell how ecenea of peace and quietude sink into tbe minds of pain worn dwellers in close and noisy places, and carry their own freshness deep in their jaded beans! Men who have lived in crowded pent-op streets, through whole lives of toil and ne'er wished for change; men to wbom enswm has been second nature, and who bare come almost to love each brick and stone tbat formed the narrow boundaries of their daily walks even they, with the hand of death opon tbem, have been kaown to J,rn at last tor one short glimpse of l : tare's face; and, earned far from the scenes of. their pains and pleasures, have seemed to pass at once into a new state of be ing, and, crawling forth from day to day, to some green, sonny spot, have bad such memories wakened np within them by tbe mere sight of sky, ana hill, and plain, aod glisten ing water, that a foretaste of heaven itself has soothed their quick decline, and they bare sank into tlveir tombs as peacefully as tbe son .vbose setting, they watched from their loaely cham ber window but a few boars before faded from their dim and feeble sight! The memories which peaceful country scenes call np are not of tbe world, or of its thoughts or hopes ; their gentle influence may teach . us to weave fresh garlands for tbe graves of those we loved, may purify our thoughts, and bear down before it old enmity and hatred. - Bat beneath all this there lingers in tbe least re flective mind a vague and half-formed consciousness of Laving held such feelings long before in some remote and distaot time, which calls np sol emn thoughts of distant tunes to come, and bends down pride ana worldiiness beneath it before we could utter a cry, he turn- were aU Tery glad to get down to tbe W here are you going askeu one little fellow of another wbo bad slip ped and fallen down on tbe pavement "Gomg to get op "' was the reply. An old bachelor explains the cour age of tbe Turks by saying tbat a man with more than one wife ought to be able to face death at any time. A stabawerfoal City. A strange discovery is reported from the Lake of Genera. A toar iat baring lost his trunk, two divers were employed to search for it While they were below water they found wha; tney supposed to be a vil lage, since covered by tbe lake. Their statements led to aa investigation of the spot by the municipal authorities, who took measures to ascertain tbe truth of the extraoidinary account of the divers. Uo covering tbe placid surface with oil, these latter were able to distinguish tbe plan of tbe town, streets, rquarss, and detached bouses, making the bed of the lake. The ruddy hue which characterized them led the observers to suppose tbat the buildings had been covered with the famous vermillion cement which was used by tbe Celts Cimbri, and the early GauL. There are about 200 houses ar ranged over an oblong surface, near the middle of which is s more open epace.supposed to have been ased for public assemblages. At tbe eastern extremity lies a large square tower, which - was taken for a rock. A superficial Investigation seems to in dicate that tbe co us traction of these buildings dates from some centuries before our era. The Council of Yaud baa derided to have tbe site of the dwellings inclosed by a jetty stretch ing from tbe land, and to drain off the water, so as to bring to light what promises to be one of tbe most interesting archaeological discoveries of oar day. LondoTimt3. rsjssesartasa raT Bat the President assigns other reasons for his confidence, and prom inent among tbem is tbe statement tbat "public credit in the Soithern States has been greatly strengthened" by their surrender to the Democracy. If this were correct, it would be a valid argument in his defense. If. as a consequence of hi policy, tbe Sooth evinced a nicer regard for its financial integrity, aad re established its credit at borne and abroad, we should panse before passing any harsh judgment either upon the pol icy or upon the Southern people. It is, however, a question 'of fact, and we admit thai all the facts are against tbe President Southern credit, be says, "has been greatly nrrinft.iiPnad'' We reo?T that it never was worse tbaa at ibis moiblga. Tbe extraordinary feat completed at London, on Saturday night, by Gale, tbe Cardiff pedestrian walk ing 4,000 qnarter miles ia 4,000 con secutive periods of tea minutes each is without parallel in athletic aa nals. Compared with it, - Captain Barclay's hissoric 1,000 miles ia 1,000 hours a feat frequently dupli cated since, and lately, we- believe, by an English woman Biota Into the grade of minor perfbrtsavaoeat Rob en Skipper's 1,000 half aailes ia 1,000 half boors was not nearly as remark able a performance as this of Gale's, because the length of continuous sleep possible at each restisf isterral was much greater. Gale's previous feat of i.500 miles h eseeo tire hours was also qaprtcwdented. In fact, Gale is tha.iXiidiff Or am . "s' : '""
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