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KOOVr ArTtiKNETI AT L7w svOT.r.rt. Fa., w.U sir entrusted u, J" aad Hie a tj.MUUig owiauea. OtCce u rnamig Uua.-o Kuw. nmv u USMtL ATTORNEY AT LAW, ftuLn oJuLa. ). (x)LE J ATT1R" EK AT LA, U, my car, atuaaa LuwiUik-ri B,lUiy. w. a. AcrFax. " lI. A.i I eu:ratcJ w ibeureill , U: .(niy .,:n?--"L---- - 1 r r tw "U jaata - ' i H AOBUaajLtl ilMKlA. 1 OHN 11. SCOTT, V ATT' KXEY AT LAW. S-ncrvt P. 'T. op rulr. h Baer;. A. . A ii t.a.-m :iral w tot .are ali.i-e l to aim ,r-inlmi aa-l Oarlitv. J TAMES L, rUGII, " Am-RNET AT LAW. , S..cri. P.- . Mammoth B1.P i W. UU eae.l. "d l ' ,.,aiiM.le.u)ital..a.l.ii.e" and Aituiy. kjriiVKYINU. Wriiin? Pceds, Ac, t--.-J auire at Caocl-eer A t.'o-'i Sture. C. F. WALKER. AazM MYSICIAXS. IwK. J K. MILLER haa penataeaUy leat4 t in Ber!int,.rUie rKr.i.-e 1 pnaaioB. t hSi t .'fM Charle KruutiiMftrt iwra. n. H. BRVBAKER tender! nil prufejwHinal LP wTMre tu the ctuiena w c-jam . j:y itnee in renuien, una uuur -uel Huum. l" ; .., ,k. I K- E M. KIMMEL will eonttnae to prartlca J 1 .Me-lirine, and ten leri III proieiawua. .- c u, toe tin d K-rel and roamry . at the oW place, a lea d eaat ol tua Uiade baaa. 1 Sfi. GOOD. groceries, . . orrnrir! Queensware, MiMEKbtrr. PA. f Mtirnvl la Mammoth Bluck I DU. A G. MILLER, afwrtwelve, atrr a-!TC rrartle In Shankfrt'-le. aa ; t . jx'naaawiy -e.ted at amert t. tb. praa-, Jt mailctoe- and tendera ale profciuBal aer- i ",,-ci U. tta d:iti t S.,meraet and -"';- 1 drn-e to hi Iru Stura, o,.i4it the t ' M .use. whera be caa ta eoouitad at all Umea i!pm pr--nally engaged. , a" Ma n caus j.rvu,.uj ata vered. n r . w. f. fusdemieiio ' Ijile Rr dent Snriceatn, KEiYort IjBffll Est InSmnryj Zzz l::a:ei perricrtlj la lis! fsr'tie ZSCLUSIVS treatpept cf aU j ckeaees f the EreaSar, irdui-i iz5 zzs cf tho ;Txe ari Itrat j u(at-e. a, ae ftaaih reaire airef. j Jui.eSi. iiEXTWTS. I) R. WM. COLLINS. PENTIST, S,neret, . p. , f!, in iwfaHr'i Bluc-k. aa ttalra. f a uere he cn at all time be f,ind prepared to do ; aiiain-ltw a.k. nku e!ILn. reauiaunir. el- tramline. Ac. Aru&cial teeth ol ail imJA and ui the t niawnal. luarr.ed. (.tperalk warranted. JOHN BILLS, DB1TTIST. lICc la tiuCrutA A NrS'i aew balldirg. Mala On Street. 5. aieret. Pa n-ir-.l WM- COLLINS, DEXTIST, 't.re atTT Caarbeer A Fraee- ftore. !.nret. r a. In the laet Bneea eearr 1 have areatiy re- ced tbe ) o( arubrial teeth ia thai pUoe. T,el r,xaattlKTeaf..r oemaa-l trtei haa m dajed mum eaiarre farthOca that t eaa maae arta ol taeth at luwer pneaa taaa y-a ran m tB.m m any uher plaee in thia coaairr Ua m.kiba a (oal aet ol aeetli lor aa. and If ttK-re U,,d he any peraua. anca my iuuaH ot -si-n,erf tn thi jt the a.i)niii" euantiea that I hae ma.ie teeth r that M a giriaa ruod at Iriartiua. tbey caa call ua ate at any uaae aad get a new art tree ot charge, aiarla KflKICAL TEETH!! DEMIST DALK C1TT, jomtrttt C., Pa., Art'.nrUI Teeth, war anted to b of the eery beat qnutT. Uie tlkeapd Hactame, luoue in the br r vie. p-n,ii atr- paw u the prea ert of ti. Vf.rl ietto. ' tt at aUUlllg to evocM me Vj Tf.frt, caa 41 au tty cnciuaicA ataatn Addrem u alare. laJATi HOTELS. JJILL HOUSE. JfHN HILL, Paopiurrua. Tic inzA-tna it preracd taamodate gaetu K. it ji.l rMiTtaVW ail aaMary mi.aer. Tmc -.r..-..i i-u!'"c and permanefa bura;ra ter t.!,! auk the heat Bute! .x -C mui, . i-i 1 u:-a aiil ounticne u he lure l? lied with the brat tbe market aSoroa. Lartc aaS rmasa,ia-aa naui.g wtached. JAhiS JIAMOND HOTEL 8TOVXTOWX PA. SAM I H. CI SI Kit. lrprietor. j This pxvalar sxd weU kauwa a-s Is at all ' tiae desjraue tujv'M pWe the trareliog I'ltdir Tahat aad kud Brat-elaas. Ooodsta- I'Uaa-. HacAs aaaea dally JAaatjva aal i 1 ho VOL. XXVI. NO. 3b BASKS, ETC. J. O.KIMMEL&SOXS, Saecaori to ScheiISc Kimmel, SOMERSET, PA. Account of Merchant and oth er BuA:ne People Solicited. Draft negotiable in all parts of the Coun try for sale. Money 'o&ned and Collections made. jan 12 :o: Scasrsst Ccxmty Bank CHARLES J. HARRISON. Vatkirr nul Mnmagrr. 'ill.tuu m.!e m all iraru .rft'u t'nUed SUtea. Char(, t iaoJrte. Bauer aa4 ulher elcM J krrteJ and cahe.l. Eartern o.l Weeniei-aan alwari ua luaJ. RemiUao nuulc wiLh r.nipt urn. Aenjaau Ultra. Far.ii deoiring to .urcoaM V. S. 4 PEE TENT. Kt'NPEO LltiS, fan fc aw-oiiao-dall at lhlo Bank. Tti rpnn re ivW In ttn.xmnaU.MU of !. ul, tueu u Tfeco 2a3 to nnuiiiJ aT) aeTAiL, t. it. 7 i in merman. SA (Mnirrl, Pen The beat of rir of diri-n-nt brand, mamtlae. tored I t himft-i!, vf the rh. of The riateeaan, leirelll t-yany m the mar - keu I me M the heat u et ehewma t. BOOTS SHOES. PARKER TROT, j TMfe of Allegheny City, Pa., Lax I rem'rJ to j SOMF-HSET. I'ENXA., and ,Hd .t a ho(s lit the majiufactur wf B::tsf SIa:ss and Gaitsrs, ! In the baa-Hag, earner Mala and Pleaaant Sll, Eaat of lriamon-1. He ia ahla to tarn oat nwt-elana work at the West prirrs. and wiil miiriuiee xrtert fatla liritii to al! who t him their pauuoae. Or der uruaaully at eadeii tu. Repairing neatly .iuoe. ,au. i-lni. KjS.R. PILE, I DEALER IN -, pj Q J J J IXJ) FEED Confectiona, Willow ware. Pish, Salt jTola'o ii nd Cipjar, .tc, fcc. &c, New StockaCO OXE VKICE. AMGoods Positively SOLID J-T BOTTOIVI PRICES. FAIR AND SQUARE IS Ovvr otto. ! o( FmII to (ie SK0. 2, BAER'S BLOCK A CALL, Wli n lttins your snonnsro. Jan. 30 j Coughs and Colds. i I'tl k toi l't 8,mm'i wild Chckbt ! Li v. I'l-ciii AL. He. Smt an 1 i per huttie. !Dr. Scherer'8 Rheumatism j Remedy $1 rta bottle. ' S-ad l-T drnirt..u and at It r-herrr LaUa- ! l.er, 1T4 Smttiihed Street. Pittatmrgh. Pa. I Dr SerT' Pile Salre. M eat. per hvi. Seat ! by mail oa receipt ul tae pnoe. j NT.a WANTED K wanticK lo l'i ' larwtf 'arm loteUandexciiaBr. W v nnairi3e or rajaaenere anticK u hoy iara iaat aea. never knew a better time hi' aril Acre at taur prieea. aa peele are Itlticg me Iruai uankaaad tarknt Acres mr. Address S. M.JAMES. Plttatrgh Earm Agaoey. U4 femiteneid St. Pn:larxti. Pa. That ia aeareh of mraw send fur printed Farm Kramer. 'uej SOLDI ERS, I InralM Peonmier! drawing orer Ten tallar I per nth he w-4indf in Arm or Leg will hear i a-mething to their advantage by ilJmiii; aad I arSHlina wa dearripth. date. Ac., of rc--emag i wuwad or mjory. . I". BtKISE at.. t'laira Imt'. 114 Smuhind'iu P.ttArah, Fr 5'" J pRlVATKSALE. I oiler S-r sale air Una fitaate la Allegheny Twp.. Sonaeraet eoanty Pa., eoataiatna aa acres. ahMit aa a-res rkeare,!. with a bc. a gu,al tk barn, and other baiidlnra therena. A cwkl aie op-Aard. a nrat eian aw mill, bailt within tiirreyaara. Also, a tra M land ia ease towa sfctp. nataiatag aw aTra. ahuat Sa aores Cleared, ua a J apte urr-har-L A... a tract .,( Und In raid loanship jaatsioina 3 acre. jj acres w a bi.a are cteated. aith a dgeiime law and W&k laa theseam. Also a ajifoe itfifiard of aia :m. trees Fur farther in: lmaii-m cai ua. aidrea tu at lftridiBg balge. pa. Jan. U, Ta JOB, DEE TEH. W. tlDL. M. Oealial aad Aartot, I'trut A.VU IMriAMAKT. IM Paaa Are Piuatwrh, Pa. nidMMii a-vsr aaa . &4 1 H BOAT, aad taxaa-rh awooraaial- ly uwated. Operauima tor Catmra. PapUa. -Jiobked Eeea. - - W lid Hairs. " (aaeer aad Taaiiin of the av:s. tjLT. am or IKruat. Ptngiaaa, ' raping Eyea," Puww. Ouaicai Cur- Iberfonaeda Artiaetal Eres laaertadL Saad tu. aaa h,irv4va R.h9U rir-.L. k . .1 rricor aad UlnatraLad paaapaari of case. MISCELLANEOUS, vd. Kiev a AA bobjbt. aicaA AptsliirlaiillaiLM J OHN HICKS & SON, SOMERSET. PA And Real Estate Brokers. j ESTABLISHED law. i Vm-Kt who4Kret aILba'r .lanr pfip : ,r. ur hr rrat aMU fcal it w their auaotatta I reariattr the deami tAareo. aa aehae 1 . made uolc ,M or rested. Real artaM buie I generally will he primptly aKetnled t . j Iuk" FOLLANSBEE 6 CO, Merchant Tailors, iAaut Maaataocaran of Gent's. Youth's and Boys. FasMMe (Mill aa3 lteliii W 0. 42 FIFTH ATXMT- PITTSBURGII. LATE ROOFS. i Thoae who are now batMhur bnaaw shooM kaow ! tha- K it cheaper in tbe raa In pat un Slata luiu Uaa un ur ihinlea. tilate will laM tureeer. , aat water fc euterna. Slate if are yraot. Every a-utal be abuaiJ hare a siaw roof. The aoder . nrne-i I, knlal hi famberland. where he hal a : (ootl taply at ' I PeaChbOttOm Ml BUCkinghaRt 1 ! f- -r- T I 1 I ii mr nmhlna- the renr beet art--le. He will aader Uke u. pat Slate R ' on Huaavs. pabile and prt eate. rpma, A&. either ia Uea or enantnr at the kieed pri-m. and to warrant tbta. 'ali and as hiia ur ad.tre him at hla U. No. lie Kutinxea Street. Camoerlaad, Md. Ltrdera auy be left with NOAH CASEBEER. Agent, Sumeraet, Pa Wh. H. SairiAT. Aprl a. UTa. I I MM, WITH ROUSE, HEMPSTONE & CO, 2S.5 Bait. St., Baltimore, M. I et poanty, to 4ih1' tain their onScrf for Vnl.T tOTwM-fftiliT ask that nierrhAi.nf of .airutr. NOTIONS, rURKiSHIHG AKO FANCY GOODS aaartng them aatlafaetjua both aa regard! price and quality el giiudA The merchants Tiaitibg Baltimore are argently requested to call and aea bm befur aiahing pereAasea. HIGHEST AWAEBS! S! J REYNOLD S & SO N. XliETH W EST COK.V EE THIRTEENTH AND FILBERT STS. PHILADELPHU, MANCFACTVEES Or PATENTED Wrought-lroH Air Tight Heaters WITH SHAKJXl AXD CLTXEER-OBIXD IXd Q RATES FOR BCRKIKO AJTTHRA- TTE OR BITtMlJfOVS COAL. CEXTEXXI4L WROUGHT-IRQN HEATERS, fuk BiTracu?ors cuau WROUGHT-IRON HEATERS, Cooking Ranges, Low-Down Crates, Etc. 1 vriptive Oirralar seat frea to any address. EXAMINE BEFORE SELECTING. April 2k Cook & Beerits' FAMILY GROCER! Flour and Feed Wa woM aauat raspactiailf aaooaaea ta oar Mends, aad the pabiac geaeraify, ta IA Uwi aad eVuity 4 Sutaenet, tliat wa have opened aw MewoTn MAIN CROSS STREE1 Aad m addtUoa la a fall Mae of La bast CoareetUaerle. etUas, ToltT, Clear. eVe. Wa will aadaavor, at all toaaers with tha PPy BEST qUAliTY OF FAMTTiY FIiOUB, CQBK-yEAL, OATS, SHELLED CORX, OA TS Jt CORN CHOP, BKAX, MIDDLISOS Aad ererTthlog part. In tug ta the Faad Depart ment at Lb LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES. FOR ' ; CASH ONLY. Ala. a was aalattad Mate af OUawwara; glim swtra. Waalwsarara, Braikas alklada.aa4 STATIONERY Wait wawaUaall aaaaa at tAa Plea a eaii. aar gaods af Doa't target whara am any MAIM CROSS 8UaaA.Smaaeaat.Pa. Somerset SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1878. EilllltTH' VAEESTIJE. RT LOVISE Pt PEE Elizabeth Rare utteraore to little home-aick eigbs as the climbed flight after fl trbi of tbe dark tiaira which led iato ber loftj little room. Sbe was -i deeplj absorbed ia ber owa sad tbongfcta that sbe did not heed ibat tbere was aojbodj behind ber, nntrl, sll of a sodden, some one stood by her side on the landing, and ; sbe looked np into the sensitive face , ot the young artwt who occupied the j opposite. lie lifted his hat with the i creaiesl ixjiiieoes, auu kciucu w have some desire to linger and say ; more than good evening to bis prettj neighbor, wbo was so sot, sod loos ed so lonelj; but Elizabeth, though ber smile wss verj sweet, in some way diecooraged his effjrta to be come better acquainted, so be kept silent. It was a drtarv winter's nigbt, cold and dark, with the prospect of a com ing storm, and this great citj boua in, crowded with mosicisns. artists, teachers, dressmakers, aad homeless beings of all sorts, never seemed more desolate to Elizsbetb. Still, Signor Morensi was drawing the blithest carnival strain from bis violin, if a violin can ever be said to give utter ance to b'.itbe music Little Miss Brown, the mi liner, wbo o cupted the next room, was laughing merilj with hsr mother at their earlj tea, which was mide over tbe gas, in a litt:e black tespot Yoing Mr. Sta'W the concert einrer, wa sing ing "0 loving besrt, trust o j I" in a truly toich'ng msnner, at the fur ther ead of the hi 1; anl the artist, Mr. Frank Wilson, had left this door cpen, showing the brightest sal cos iest of interiors. A br ght fire was snedling us scarlet radiance over pictured 'walls, and hve&tiog every thing, even the faded furniture, the worn drapery, aad bits of statuary, with something like splendor. Books were strewn about invitingly, and a boqaet of flowers sent its perfume as a greeting to every one who ascend ed tbe stairs. Elizabeth's room was not like this, but a bare little place, uncheered by firelight, or anything beautiful except tbe face of tbe girl herself. An old piano stood iu one corner, weighed down with classical looking music; a few chairs, a table, and a sofa, which served also as a conch by nignt, were the only arti cles of farniture it contained. The only ornaments, one or two shabby little vases, and the framed photo graph of a aad-looking womanEliz abeth's mother, who died less than a year ago. Elizabeth taught music. Sbe was all alone in tbe world, and this little room was what she called home. Sbe took ber dinner at a res taurant, and ber breakfast and tea she prepared herself when she bad the heart to do so. Oa many occa sions sbe went without either. For tune frowned upon ber. Sbe had on ly been ia tbe city one year, sbe had hardly enoogb pupils to pay her owa bills for instruction; and now, after all these months of tireless labor and exertion, of hope and preseverance, the great Signor Bonari, over at tbe conservatory, bad informed her that he feared ber voice wonld never be of any service to ber. At first be had given ber much encouragement, and she indulged ia many bright dreams for the future ; bat now life seemed likely to be always tbe same round cf think'-ess drudgery, this poverty snd loneliness. Mr. Wilson listened in vaia for a sound of ber clear, sweet vtlcj this even ;ag de lightful to listen V, if Sigaor Bonari bad condemned it, though doubtless jt was not of sufficient strength to be effective on tbe stage. He bad form ed a habit of leaving bis dcor open, f,,r the sake of bearing it more dis tinctly and it was when be beard ber aing "Robin Adair" and "The Last Rose of Summer," at twilight, before it wss time to light tbe gas and work at these agonizing exerci ses, and tbe operatic selections, that he bad lost his heart He had hard ly seen her then but some persons fall in love witb voices, as others fall ia love witii eyes; and, as he had just been reading Tennyson, be said to himself, "Please God, this is tbe one voice for me." But, quiie un conscious that her ringing had al ready made a conquest, Elizabeth toiled on, thinking nothing more of ber neighbor than that be had the pleasantest smile in tbe world, and that it was no wonder that be was growing famous ac an artist, bis pict ures were to wonderful Sbe had an eye f.r color, and bis coloring, even tbe critics allowed, was almost equal to that of the bid masters. And sometimes tbe wondered why he re remained in th.it dreary building, in stead of seeking something like a home. Probably he was attached to the room, however, be had, been there ao long. It was quite dark by thia time, but Elizabeth, without removiog her things or striking a light, threw her self on the sofa, and burst into a flood of tears. Never bad the worM seemed so dark to ber, never had sbe felt so utterly alone. For an hour or so she remained ia this position, sobbing as if ber heart would break, when midenly tbere came a tap at the d-wr, and, thinking it was either tbe jaaitor to .inquire something about the sieam, or Miss Brown to borrow something Miss Brown was always bQ-rowiag or the boy who did errands ia the building, who was always making some excise to come to ber room, Elizabeth rose ajd Opened the door. It was the boy, and be brought her a Bote, saying that Mr. Wilson would like a reply. fVVbat ia tbe world can . Mr. Wil gon te writing to me for ?" she thought, harrying to obtain a light, that ahe might e the mystery. It was this : It had euddenly struck tbe young gentlemaa. aa it was a very dreary night, and all bis neighbors were likely to be at home, that a little so cial meeting would be highly agreea ble ; and. as be bad jast finished a new picture, he bad invited a few of tbem to come into his room and crit icise it, and spend a little time ia so cial intercourse. Would she be ao very kind as to favor him with her company ? Elizabeth looked very blank indeed tt the finished reading the note, and a realizing sense of the condition of EST A Rli I In berfa-w stole fito' ber possessed one if those countenances which Cannot bear tears, and, unlike tboae of cbildbjod, ihej did not dry likaf tbe summer dew, and leave no trace behind on ber in nocent cheeks 'A weepin; maiden U sapped t) e rerj interesting; bo i a maiden who hai wept la gaaer allv mine tha reverse V least an far aa liuik tn einrrjd El'zihff'h . , - - -- - Fi:k-. Ui .u bad o need In lb k ia tbe mil rr t j sibl for ber to appear i eB; 0er , f ,, d make brrat-lr aware in- it was u in society were fear- He r nose was tviec ig nttnrts iet and artistic!! v spotted witb bright scarlet Even her lips were swpllen, and ber bro covered with reJ mark. To be sure this highly unpleasaat state of af- fairs would gro beautifully less ia time, but not ia Lay great degree un- til tbe small bou of the nizbt; and so all sbe could was to send ber regrets, and ft very sorry over them. It would save been eucn a pleasure, such a elief, to spend one evening away Jrora tnat gloomy room, and in pie certainlr Mr. n sant society : and pon was pleasant, if the others were rt so very agreeable. It was foolish to reep: it did not pay at all, and s so any more. would never do 1 be next mor door was closed ling jur. V uson's but Miss Brown came ia to hare s Tittle chat. "We had such aa lovely time in Mr. Wilson's rooni last night!" she said. "He's a splendid man; and I've no doubt bat that he would have invited yoa if he bad been more acquainted witb too. We looked at ! his picture, which is beautiful of course, as all his pictures are; then we bad a little collation, perfectly charming, it was so daintily served. After that Mr. Harrison read aloud, and we talked aad laughed ia the most informal manner got nicely ac quainted, all of us, and here we've been in the boilding together, some of us, oTer seven years, aad hardly bowed to each other before. Mr. Wilaoo was devoted to Tilly Clapp all the evening. Well, Tilly ia pret ty; but I should think he'd look higher for a wife. He took ber to a concert the other evening, tbey Bay." "Indeed," said Elizabeth; and, for some reason or other, sbe was strangely disturbed that he should have been so attentive lo Miss Clapp, and sbe commenced to think about Mr. Wilson a good deal more than sbe cared to, "What was he to her?" she thought. To be sure, bis smile was very bright when they met, as if he were pleaded to see ber ; and be had sometimes gone oat of his way to do ber some trifling service, though they bad exchanged very few words. FrobaWy he pitied her lonely condi tion, he seemed sacs a kind-hearted man. ' . The next time they met be regard ed her refwoachfuiryrnd bowed fa a rather more distant manner thaa usu al; and Elizabeth, though she had always felt a strange shyness ia his presence, sbe could hardly tell why, looked straight into bis eyes, which were unconsciously full of pleading, and made what he considered, at least, to be the prettiest apology im aginable. After that they were con tinually happening to meet in the street, and Mr. Wilson would ac company ber home. Then one night he asked her to go to a concert witb him, and Elizabeth accepted the in vitation, looking more like a prinoess than a half-starved music-teaeher, in her old black silk dress, with trim mings of some rare old lace which had belonged to ber mother. Eliza beth knew bow to wear old lace, and attracted ae much attention by her beauty and ber style that her escort was decidedly proud of her. Life was growing a good deal brighter to Elizabeth, in spite of her failure in singing. Tbe days wore on, and St, Valen tine's Day came a bright, spark ling day, all snow and sanshine and blue skies. I a the moraing Elizabeth sang aa old madrigal, dainty and delicate as dropping dew love in springtime quaintly but so happily expressed not because it was St. Valentine's Day, sbe had forgotten that, but because she was in tbe mood. And Mr. Wilson, wbo bad opened bis door to listen, when it was finished brought a little boquet of violets to ber as thanks. Then sbe went on her dreary round of lesson giving with a light heart, not reach ing ber room until dusk. When she had lighted tbe gas, aad removed her things, her eye chanced to fall on a letter .which the postman bad slipped under tbe door, and on open ing it, it proved to be a valentine. Elizabeth was faiily overcome with surprise snd bewilderment. It was a very gay affair, covered with bsge swollen roses aad corpulent bees; and tbe scroll containing the written matter wss gingerly held be tween the thumbs and fingers of tbe two immense Cupids, whose out spread wings covered nearly the whole page. . ire-f Liziie Will you wait me, and be my wife ! "Your true Valentine, F. Wilsos for Qjlv-.bia aad nothing more did tbe srroll contain, but Elizabeth thought it was quite enough, and tat dowa rubbing ber forehead, to be sore that sbe wasn't insane. Could Mr. Wilson, with his refined tate bare sent her such a thiag as this And, if he did so, was it not only in fan? coarse, cruel, Qngentlemaoly fan it would be, to be sore; bat could be have sent it ia earnest ? She deci ded at last that it must be ia earnest. though it seemed so very unlike him. He was so fastidious, so reserved in his almost lover-like attentions His taste was perfect too; and, oh those dreadful pink Copids! those yellow and green and brick-red roses! and tbe "Sweetest Lizzie !" . Sbe did ao dislike to be called Lizzie. And what did he mean by waiting f ' Elizabeth had only been oat of s convent school for one year, and she knew little of city ways. Those val- eatiaes might be fashionable, for all she knew ; sack vulgar abao'dities did become popular sometimes even among the higher classes. Bat then how did he dare to call her sweetest Lizzie? and what aa unformed ee boot-boy hand he wrote ia! Tbe other aote be had written her was something of a scrawl, she remem- mind. She'bered; tbia was stiff uaf jrtana'e j Should she reply to it and labored, at all 7 And hat ahonld aha lit if aha did an t Sbe would dream over it, and then perhaps sbe would be less bewilder ed la the morning tbej met on lie . j a. ' j. l :.k stairs, and be came towards her with tho same cordial, uubeaiialiag air as enr; bat Elizabeth dared uut kuk up .t i.i. -nd tareJ a- rMiv aa dm- - - r- , j r 1 ih! A i.A a-Si h ar.uil.i h.c. l s. :..i.i aT M nuii, as aaSJU UO W trail) Uww a? ; df taiarii tier. Jj pledod hi e, -d ru r an fai a ever the euula Ail tkar iaV a.K A fA B kltitlA Kim av n i4 ,k- .e, .1 thh h. J-m.rf more thaa usually aoiioasto see her, and looked very reproachful and sad W UCU BUC UIVKUUra UVI W ItW 14V hand which be held oa: to her in OTee'.iar. Elizabeth ened all nia-ht -then she wrote him thia letter L... if. n-.;.- t ., i.i .our not. of the fourteantJi : and though I am deeply sensible of the honor conferred upon me when yoq ask me to become your wife, I caa nit accept the position. "Yours very truly, "Elizabeth Actx." TLea sha went more inconsolably than ever. And, when sbe saw him coming op the street, oat of her lit tle attic window, she wished, oh ! 8he wished with all ber heart that she hadn't sent that letter, in spite of the piuk Cupids, aad tbe "sweetest Lizzie," aad everything. Two or three more days passed, and she hardly saw him at alL He alsvays kept his door closed now. And onte or twice when sbe met him io the hall he seemed to regard her with a look which expressed as mach f wotde.- as aiTthiog else but then she ooly gUcced at him, and the could hardly tell how he looked. Sunday came, and she went to church trying to forget her troubles ia her devotions. It was a balmy, spring-like day. Tbe sky was blue as summer. Sparrows were chat tering ia the tree-boughs, aad the breeze was cheering, as if it brought news of May. Sbe crossed tbe Com moo oa her way home, and was walking very slowly, whenehi heard' footsteps close behind ber, and Mr. Wilson suddenly appeared at her side, begging to be allowed to walk with ber a little way. She bowed her permission rather stiffly, and walked along with down-cast eyea. He was silent for a fw momenta, then, after a while, he begao "Miss Acton, I cannot accept your refusal. There is some ' strange mis take about it some cruel mystery. I am going to ask yoa to marry me myself now. Before, some one must have asked yoa for me. I cann-H possibly understand it, but I did not write to yoa." ! Elizabeth's face flashed crimson, and then grew deadly pale. What a fool she had made of herself ! "Yoo did notsend ma that valen tine ?" she said. "How very strange!" Your name was signed to it. I can not imagine what it all means." "My whole name, or only my ini tials?" he inquired. "But never mind that now. I cannot wait until yoa tell me whether yoa will consent to be my wife." Elizabeth was silent, but her ap pearance was not discouraging, and before they reached home he bad wan a faint and tremulous, but highly fa vorable, answer from the lady of bis love. "Do let me see that remarkable val entine ?" be said to her that night, when tbey were wondering over the mystery. ' She. produced it, displaying the lovely Cupid with a merry laugh. "How could yoa have believed for one moment, Elizabeth, that I could send yoa a thing like this ?" Elizabeth colored deeply. "What else could I think, with your same written there in plain black and white 7 I know no other F. Wilson. And who would dare to use your name ia such a way? Then what could tbe motive be ?" "Stay, Elizabeth!" he exclaimed, breaking into a sudden fit of laugh ter. "A new light haa dawned upon me. Why didnt I think of it before? Why, the errand boy's name ia F. Wilson, too ; and hia devotion to yoa has long been a standing joke ia the boilding. Tbe mystery ia solved.".' "Is it possible ?" said Elizabeth. "I never knew his last name. I al ways called him Fred I have no ticed that there was something on his mind for a day or two; and he has regarded me in tbe moat sheepish manner." "Poor fellow ! I suppose be ia in a dreadful condition. Bat cheer np. Elizabeth ! hia age is only fourteen ; and he is likely to recover from his passion in a time. Hereafter I shall pay him an extra fee tor every errand he goes for me. He's s valuable youth though. ' I have been stranre- 1 wa lslT VrW tfw, V aavasaA 1 am as. t tt MAaBf I t' his absurd valentine hadn't made yon I croei, ana me aewperaie, i uon snow when I should have foand courage to speak my mind, dearest, yoa were ao shy and reserved." A TmawaWlala . One of the moat singular rarioaitiea ia nature that haa ever coma nader oar observation is tbe nest of a tar antula, a species of spider wboee bit is supposed to result fatally. . It is constructed cf clay and smaU atones, and ia about four inches long aad two inches wide. A hole tbree quarters of aa inch in diameter passes through it lengthwise, one end of which ia closed by a trap door beveled oa tha sides and top and fitting ao perfectly that when dosed scarcely a sign of the opening ia visible. - Tha door is rounding at the top, perfectly straight oa the bottom, and works oa a hinge constructed oa the same priacipl as the joints oa which a door bancs. Tbe nest ia lined with a soft gossamer aabstaace, and is aa round aa tf bored with ao auger. It ia sail that the tarantula, when attacked, crawls iato its nest, and closing tbe trap door. secures it by inserting one of iu legs through a staple scarcely diaceraible to the naked eye. Galena (lllt )G- tette. Changes come with the seasons Tbe ma a who hut year lay ia bed while his wife buiTt the Ire, will this year let his wife build the fire while he lies in bed. Thas is married devo tion rewarded. erald By Oar Spaaial CJaraapeoSant, CA LI FaB.3 1 A. At Andes' Camp, a mining- towa, i i i t l. t : . ,,rau" "J f M 1 " " !Jampifir Froar" uf CaiaTeras. tha driver of the rs?. an interesting old b'chelor, dimuanted, and , . . . . : . i ! oroogDl rar a cup r, wa ytij iut i i l t 1ST Mtmcne, i.ir mv oeaoaen. far woica i oi ever b arateful. I I De-re I naa mv fi-st opporteniiy to er see tbe auble red taaa, "arh i ootetored mind." ete. Someho f0 BOt P och eathaaiasm r lhm M - of our be wm" I looked ia vaia for any "marvelloue jg, 0f t5 res" though I saw several "widowelon tD. -!,n ? woe m words, id coal-tar aad soot. other which ' th ,a 1,eB,of crePT ! nd boBBb line. Angels' is an old mining town, aad ia of some considerable size, aad tbere are some very pretty houses ia it, many built of atone. Tbere were many stones ia the tbe road, and the people nsa them to make fencea ot ;' they ought to make more of tbem, or at least, that waa what I thought whenever the wheels struck them, causing me to bite my tongue half of every time I opened my mouth to say a word. Jast think of it ! It waa about sundown whea we left Angels', and it began to grow much cooler. We still rode on till dark, when we drew np to the door of the hotel and got out, thankful, and not much dusty. There are many bydraulie mines in operation ia sight, bat a short dis tance from the hotel, and on every aide are evidences of soeh labor. I somehow had thought that the California mines were ail things of the past, bat I find that tbey are es tablished on a still firmer basis thsn ever before, aa they are worked by men who are content to reap a rea sonable reward for tbeir work and do not rash off to every new diggings in search of what too often proved t be a chimera. The moraing after my arrival I started out for a drive around Mur phy's to see tbe town fad the mines, some of which were in operation in tbe very heart of tbe to wo. We rode eastward to tbe school-house, which is one of the finest In the State, aad is surrounded by a grove of p:ne trees all so regular in size and shape as to remind one of tbe trees in the boxes of toys for children. We then turned down another road and went to a deserted worked out placer mine, where the little heaps or stone were principally suggestive of graves over tbe buried hopes of wealth of hardy pioneers who had once labored there throan, despondency an1 despair; hoping, working aad waiting for the wealth that never came, till at last, heart-sick and broken from long dis appointment, tbey left the diggings to meet success or death somewhere else. These mines, . though, all through Calaveras county have been very rich some years ago, and it was then a flourishing place; but aow it is, an the whole, a more substantial one than before, for what mining is now done is by men who are content to reap slower bat surer profits from their industry. The scenery about Murphy's is re ally beautiful; partly from the moun tains and trees, and partly from tbe rugged chasms made still more so by tbe miners in tbeir search for gold. Ia some places whole bill-sides have been washed away, aad tbe red earth carried down tbe San Joaquin and Stanislaus rivers, while for miles the bare red rock U all that is left of a ones luxuriant meadow, while on each side are the round boulders hesped in long lines of pil-'S The bed-rock is full of deep crevices cr seam, is to fantastic and weird in its shapes that one almost shudders while looking at it, thinking of the old labariath ia which wers the tombs cf all the dead. -We drove to one deserted worked-oat mine which had its own sad history, aad perhaps some of your readers might like to hear it, so I tell what 1 saw, snd bow the story weot also. It bad been a hydraulic claim, and great cliffs of red earth stood out in rug ged relief against the rich green of the bashes which crowned it, snd huge boulders snd ledges of lime stone were exposed to view in sll their barren nakedness, for the gold en soil faad been washed away from them long ago. I have seen rocks on the sea shore and rocks crowning rugged ocean-beat cliffs, but never did they give me tbe idea of such sin ister immovability as these, as they stood erect, grim and grand, while the earth had melted away like snoa in sunshine, before tbe hand of man. It made ms think of eternity ; of how the earth and all things earthly shall pass away, but Heaven shall not ; it made me see ta a clearer light what was meant when said, "Resold the glory of Ood! All things dissolve before it" The owner of that claim had come oat here io early days, whea every thing was prosperous, aad had work ed without making more thaa a liv ing for more than five yeara He was sober sod industrious, served to it by loving remembrance of home and family; and be aver spoke of them ia the most loving manner; but all at once he had struck a rich vein of "pay dirt," and ia two months was a rich man. Then his longings were about to be gratified, and be was about to start for home and Mary and children. Meeting aa old friend aad playfellow ia school day, ha stopped ; and fall of joyous con fidence told him or his sadden lack, sad that he should start for home next day. at the same lime biddinsr him aa affectionate rood bve. when ha seemed to notice a deei sadness oa his eompaaioa's face, aad kisdly asked if the "world had used him hard, or what was the matter." "I've joet got news from home," said h, sadly. "I hope nothing haa rone wrong with yoa." "Not with ms but with yoa. Last week there was a fire ia tbs village and your house waa burned dowa, and there a mother and two children aoraedto death. "I doal ears for',"- have perished from cold snd that. "Ill build a batter one. I ta tead that Mary ahaU be the finest lady ia tha lead; aha deserves it." "But God help yoa, man, it was your wife sad childrea that were burned." He slowly put his hand op to bis WHOLE NO. 13SS. parched lips and tried soeak, but finallv. witb vainly to a pitiful dra wa smile he said : "Joe. ! got mv death :" aud ur aiuh in two weeks he was laid under tbv trrmad, and rock fr..m the old clai a we-re pile-i over the grave. Oa returning f.-'"it hi ii-arted claim we went amaod p, luwher yard, several Sue farms, irreai liiun - tone mouotai i aud d-r'cl k 1 1. scrubby aa-.SrusO and grea-e over the rot-kiwt r ad I bad nr seea, la the Fink mia. Itia itu tu-d I !inot Kara- ,J tha tiiwa ia,at mars thaa five minutes' walk from the hotel. We left tbe horses hiirbed to a bush and clambered over the roi ks to tbe bank, and looked dowa fall of intene interest All aloof the bottom of tbe gulch wbicb the miners bad made io waan - ing, laid the great pipe through which the water flew with a force perfectly terrific erainst the red bank, sending tbe spray and earth aad atones flying like dust, boring great holes instan taneously wherevar lorned, aad roar ing like thunder through the ravine Tbe great derrick was swinging round and hoisting tbe heavy buckets of rock like child's play. I remained about aa hour intensely interested by the sight of sn enormous ledge of limestone which tbe washing af tbe wster was every instant bringing in to still bolder relief, while tbe red earth and wa'er rushed off dowa the ravine in long boxes till at last, with a grand crash, tbe overhanging bank, which had been completely under mined, fell, covering again the great rock, and was sow played a poo eed a large part bad dissolved, when the welcome sound of tbe dinner bell came floating up and my romantic wonder vanished before tbe nnro m an tic desire for something to eat In this mine tbey found a "pocket" a short time ago, of tbe very richest of quartz, and they cleared up, after a fire weeks' run, nine hundred ounces of gold. Going back to tbe hotel, Mr. Sper- ry told me of a ludicrous affair that took place several years ago, and I know yoo will like to hear it. -Sev eral years ago," said Mr Spetry, "I was keeping this same a tl, wnen a young early haired Englishman came here and was taken very ill and soon became deliroua. He hated to take his medicine the very wNt wy,and would always fight aga i-t n aad say he was not sick, and all that. eH, after a few days and nig'its of watching, I was'pretty tired, aud one night Colonel Lovelace came up from down below, and 1 aked bim if he wouldn't sit up till four o'clock and give him his medicine.. Says the Colonel, 'He has been taken very suddenly, hasnt be ?' " 'Yes,' said I, 'and bad, too ; he will tell yoo he ain't sick aad don't need medicine, bat yoa mast make bim take it or he'll die.' - " 'All right,' said the Colonel, 'be shall take it, if I have to chke it down bim.' "Tbe Colonel is a big man, weighs about two hundred; so I felt sure aad went to bed content. It so happen ed that that vary night there had come op from below another little eurly-headed Englishman, and he had a room next to mine ; but I nev er thought bat the Colonel knew who it was tnat was sick. ell, alter a gcod nap I woke up to bear the Colonel come stumping up stairs, with a lamp ia one band, and go straight to tbe room of the one wbo had just arrived. I jumped out of bed and looked through a crack and saw him put tbe lamp on the table aad take a match from his pocket and begin to stir up the medicine. - The Englishman woke np then, and rose partly op, saying : 'What do yoo want in here :' " 'Keep quiet, dont worry said Lovelace stirring the dose. "'What the devil do yoa mean?' said the little fellow, considerably frightened. " 'I've jast got a little medicine for yoa but it is good to take, all stirred op witb molasses; now take it like a good fellow; I'll hold yoa up.' " 'You leave here ; I ain't sick ; I don't want your medicine. Yoa want to poison me. Now you'd bet ter leave, I tell yoa.' " ' I knew yoa'd say that: now take if Aad h-e be grabbed tbe little wretch by the neck, and before I could say a word he had choked it dowa hia throat. I hollaed, bat too late." That waa Mr. Sperry's story ; the Englishman that tock tbe forced dose is a jeweler there now; the oth er one sleeps nnder a madron a on the hill-side. Olite Harper. ajaamsMklalas B wad law a. A swallow's nest, built in the west corner of a window facing tbe north, was ao much aofteaed by the rain beating against it, that it was render ed unfit to support the superincum bent load of pretty, full-grown swal lows Daring a storm the aest fell into the lower corner of tbe window, leaving the young brood exposed to sll the fury of the blast To save tbe little creatures from an untimely death, the owner of the house be nevolently caused a covering to be thrown ever them till the severity of tbe storm was past. No sooner had it subsided, thaa tbe sages of the col ony assembled, fluttering around the window, aad hovering over tbe tem porary covering of tbe fallen aest. As soon as tbe careful anxiety waa observed, the covering wss removed, and the utmost jy was evinced by tbe group on finding the young ones siivo and assart. After feeding tbem, tbe members of the assembled teommonity, arranged themselves ia- ! I working order. sah divisioa Uk iegiu appropriate station, and eo menced instantly to work: aad he- fcre aiarhtfaC they had iointlv ran- Dieted as arched caaopy over the yotyig brood ia the corner where Llhsj WJ. wd seearely covered them sgaust a succeeding blast. . calcu lating the time occupied by them ia performing this piece of architecture, it appeared evident that the yoong hunger before any single pair could have executed half the job. A St Louis base bail player re eeatly inherited a fortune. ' That makes im a "good catch." Carttama rrsaharlas. Perhaps it ia well enough just now to print a few of toe old political prophecies again. Tbe following lines are supposed to have been pub lished before tbe Crimean war ot 1353, some MaatTOriti9" giving the date of publication 1l33 : ' la twice two hundred years tbe Bear The Creacrat aluQ aaeaU ; But if the Cock and Bull onlce, Tbe Bear lb!! not prevail. But Ufea; ' in twice tea years agiia Let Is'.id know sad fear Toe Cross shall wax. tfco Crescent wane. Grow pale and disappear." "Twice two hundred yeare." from 1I&. brings as to 1853. - Thia wss tbe begioniog of tha "C'riainae war " France (the "cock") . aaa E-igJand (the "bull") declared war ia aliiacce with Turkey (llra) again Kuia (the "brar"). ia Marca InSI la lSjb" peac m c ol ilrti by Ca- : gre at Pan. "Tr brar did o t j prevail." "Twiew tea 6mui J thw peri m1 bring us t lt, tlAriog j which jr Ui-iarbn-a ro-Brueuee-d j ia llerzfr'i , B :ii. Bjlgri, M -nrecegro anil Stn via, wb cb final. y , iuvulved to F.rv to a war wits ti liti aaiat d ' prvvfucn. aud al- though a Item p. at e jtwurMiana aud mediation were made by tbe CoegreM which aasembied at Coastantiaople ia the fall of IsTC, Servia alone yielded to Turkish authority. Mon tenegro refused ail overtarea looking to submission, and Rasaia. aeviog completed preparations &r tha war. jmade nute to take such acuaa , has already given assursnoe that "Tbe Cruaa shall wax. tbe Cmceot wane, ii row pais and disappear." "Mother Sbiptoa's" remarkable prophecy was published ia and republished ia 1111. All the events predicted ia it. save tae last, have coma to pass : "Carriages without horses shall go. And accidents All the world wita woe. A phi ad the word thoughts shall fly In the twinkling of aa eye. Water shall yet more wonders do. Now strange, yet shall be true. The world upside dowa shall be. And gold be tound at root of tree. Through hills men shall ride. And no horse or ass shall be at his aide. Under water nea shall walk. Shall ride. ahaU sleep, shall talk. In the air men shall be seca Ia white, in black, ia green. Iron ia the water shall doat As easy as a wooden Unt Gold than be sound, and faind In a land that's not yet known. Fire and water shall woaders do. England at last shall admit a Jew. The world to aa end shall come Ia eighteen hundred and tighiy-ose." rtglB) a TMn All bodies attract each other ; the power of the force exerted depending upon the weight of the body and their distanee from each other. The weight of any body is in fact the force with which the earth attracts that body to itself. Tbe celestial bodies are all chained together by this force of attraction. The sua and the moon both exert aa attractive in. fluence on the earth, inducing our planet to approach them; this at traction being counter balanced by the centrifugal force, we describe a carve, which is the reasltant of those two forces. But the surface of the ea rtb consists of Said and solid ; the form er, owing to iu mobility, exkibite a greater tendency ta obey the attract ive inSoence, and theraorw rises to meat tha sun or the moon. Tbe son, oa seconat of his enormous balk, ex ercises a much greater attractive force on tbe earth thaa tow moon, bat the solar tide is mach. less than the lunar tide, for this reason that tha moon being near tbe earth, at tracts the surface of the sea far more than iu solid bed, aad, therefore, tbe water rises in a heap aaderneeta the satellite. The son, on the other hand, being so distant, exerts nearly as niucn force on the suriace as on the ocean bed beneath, and, there fore, lifts np tbs water but vary little. Tbe identically same effect is produc ed a pon that part most distant from the un or moon, only in this case the ocean bed ia drawn towards those bodies more rapidly than the water. which is. in fact, left behind, n hen the sun and moon are either ia con junction or opposition that is, when the line joining tbem passes in -the neighborhood of, or directly through the earth then, their attractive forc es being united, the tidal wavs will be at tbe maximum, forming "spring tides." If they be in "uusdratare'' that is, if the lines drawn from their centre to the earth's centra form a right angle the the tides will be at a minimum, or "neap tide" wiil re sult,' It will be evident, then, that if the earth were a world of waters. each tidal wave would pass complete- round tbe earth in twenty-Soar hoars. The existence of continents materially modifies iu transit and it- is driven from iu coarse, and consequently re tarded. Tbe great tidal wavs takes iu rise in the deep Antarctic ocean. As it traverses tbe ocean the water is not raised above a few feet ; but when it enters a shallow sea, or estaary, where the tide finds itself in a sort of funnel, then the rise is some times as mach as seventy feet, aa is the case ia the Bay of Fnndy. Tbe wave is not a wave of transmission. bat one of motion, snd if the particles of water were destitute of aii cohe sion or friction among themselves they would ooly rise into the same place after tbe attract! oa had passed. A wave of this asters is illustrated by throwing a stone iato a pond ; the wsveleu expand from the point of disturbance, bat do not carry to the shore anything that 9oaU ea the sur face of tbe water; sacn bodies only rising as it were to allow the wave to pass beneath them ; thia proves that the water hsd only aa upward and downward movement as it formed tbe wave. Deacon Schollar and family arriied safely at Salem. Massachusetts. Thursday of last week. Salem is dowa where they used to have to chain the teakettle dowa to keep it iron chasing the hired girl sat into the door yard, and where atove hooks and things would grab the old man by the back hair aad fatal him oat of bed In the middle of the night Tbey used lobars witehes st a stake there. But times have changed; sow, they marry tbe witehes ssd eat the steak and the plaa works better. The moraing after their arrival, the deacoa felt ia a tuneful mood aad re marked, as he dusted off his coat with a shoe brash, that ha ssaat ed he'd go out and shoot a few clams. Oar last reports are to the effect, that, after skipping merrily over tha bogs tor a eoupie of hoars, ha had raa a herd af cUau sad two boxes of sardines up a tree, aad aa was ss toakhasg a saliva with a glowing accoontofhow aiaetj eaat turkeys grew oa bashes and could be had for picking op ia the wetem country. ilenasha (Wit.) Prtn.
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