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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. "
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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
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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
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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' : '""