.-re-.-
Terms of Publication
, Th3 Somerset Herald
i. published every Wednc!iy Morning MBM
' ,,, paid la advance otherwise ( W
.ill InraHatdylbe charged.
No sul.scrtptlou wUl be dlacon tinned antU aU
srrearwrea arei-ld P- Ptni.Url neglecting
w aotity whea rebwsrtbetf do; not take out
tbeir papers willb.BMlUWeIJeui-cripU-u.
Suliecrlbers nwrliK from one Poswfflce t aa
,ber should gtre as the of tb. former M
well a UiepreeentottV. Aeddree
Somerset Printing Company,
JOHH X. SOCLL,
Business Manager.
TTORNEYS-A T-LA W.
' crPFI.I. ATTORNEY ATLAW,
1 1 and Bounty a Pension Agent, Somerset,
Pa? omoe la Maniatoili Bioek.
jan. U4t
1:
'U. B
SC An'oBNET AT LAW,
' Somerset, Penna.
t r H. FOSTLETH W AITE, ATWBK E J
V . at Lew.
i respectlully eolicii
L.? somen., ra. ."-;:.,;
lU WW -
1 w
aw NOTICE. Alexander H. Ooflrota hat
resumed the practice m
djoiaing counties.
Otnoe ia Mammoth Building.
leu. w,
.ATTORNEY AT LAW
V duJSla". Somerset, P.., will
attend to U business entrusted to tin care with
. - -r-l f II 4 V
promptness and Bdelity. aug.
.,r J. k H. L. BAER, ATTORNEYS AT
I A X4V SudkthL ra.. Will praoiiu lu i7ui-
ert aud ad'.oining
trusted Ui thein wiU be
" . 7. .1 All business en-
prompuy attended to.
JiiHN H UHL, ATTORNEY ATliA,"
erwL Fa wtfl promptly euend U. all business
.... -Th r. T.. at ...,. v ad vauced uu uliecUoB
eutruvw w .
.e. omoe la MauuueUi Building.
inx.LlAM H. KOONTZ, Am.RM '
Law, Somerset, Fa w id give prmpt a
- . , i , hit rare 111 Somerset
Uiwim - T.Hi, I. Printing
and the a Ijoiniu ooanllee. Otnoe la r
House Ruw.
lie. wit h promptness and ndellty. otoce in mam
.EDUth HlOCiL.
J.
U. OOLE
ATTORNEY AT LAW
. . wmfeaatoual business entrusted
(to my care
attended Uw lib promptness and Bdellty.
" . .-...rrm W. . BcrrBL.
CVT FROTH a RUPPEI ATTORN h S AT
7 La. All bualne" eutrwied te thlr care will
Ik auaauily aud t.uuctuitUy atteuded to.
rtTK- iilalB Orv .treel, opp-wlte the
MataawU IMmcA-
fOlIN VL SCOTT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
amerMt Pa. Uflln op alr in aer . - -
AUbulue entru-ted i. UK eate alUuded to alta
pronipuiaea and Ddeilty .
FAMES L. rUGH,
" ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Somerset, Pa. . Mammoth Blo. k.up nalra.
fcntrai..- Mala Cro St. Colle;uon
Ute .ttled,tiilee examined, and a 1 lal buil
aetu) attended towUU promptneM and BUciny.
julyla
gUKVEYIXG,
Wriliog Ieeds, kc,
.. .j : . i i - it 1 rjmaiMe Urjn .
w-KiHiuIre at iascbeer k Co.'B Store.
O.K. WALKER.
A uK 1
PHYSICIANS.
m t, ir m rT.T.KH haa nermanently located
1 1 i kwiio l..r the urarMce ! hi nvfcloa.
Ortlce ..ppoclte CUarloi KrtMlnger'B store,
apr. iti, 'T-U.
DR. H. BRUBAKER tendert bl profeaKlooal
en lcestothecittieni ol Somerwt and vWn
liy t (Ittoe in reaidenoe, one door wot ol the Bar-
act Uouae.
DM
. E. SI. KfXMEL wlUOontinaeiopracii.
ile.liPioe, and tenderi hie ptuiewionai
eea to the ciiiieui ol S.morel ana nummnumij
tMntry. t lttpe at the old place, a lew doort east
ol the Glade House.
O S. GOOD,
pnrsiciAN d sun a eon,
KOMKBSKT, PA.
Asr-Ovm-B la Mammoth Block
ae4'T2
D
TL A O. MILLER, aftr twelve
Teari' actlva practice In Shankvllle, hai
. prmenU located at Somen t ( 'ta lrae
- ....irj, and tender hit irofe.i"nl er-
.icei to tba clt'lienl ol "Mt ..yZlZ
OlBoe ia bll Uruir Store, oppolt tne Bareet
House, where be can be eotuuitea
nnlfi prefwlonally emtaned.
-Nlgot call, promptly aniwered.
dee. It, Il ly-
&t ftlltiioeit
Dr. W. F. FUNDEXUERG
IHle Ke dent Surgeon,
Hew Yort Eye ani Ear Mnnarj,
Has located permanently in the
City cf CUIIBESLAITD, Maryland
far the EXCLUSIVE treatment of all
diseases f the Eye and Ear, includ
ing those of the 2'osc and Threat
oiHrf, : tit tiaailli r-mr irri
June Ml.
DENTISTS.
nR. WM. COLLINS, DENTIST, Sotnemet,
t. nHt.n, in i:siMr', Blirk. up ataira.
where he can at all time 1 found prepared to do
Bll klnda ol work, u-h at flllinK, re(rulatlnif. ex
trartiuir. ke. Artlhclal teeth ol all kinds, aud of
Ibe beat Biatrtal,luerted. Operation warranted.
T01IX BILLS,
DENTIST.
omce to UoBrotb k Nell"( new building.
10 aln Crou Street.
Somcraet, Pa.
oorll
WM. COLLINS,
IKXTIST,
t itfice atove tTaiwheer k Freaae't More, Somerset,
Pa. In the lart BUeen yeart I have en-atly re
drred the price of artificial teeth In thi place.
The couwaut lncreaint demand l.-rleeth h:i in
dujed me to to enlarire aiy lacllitlet that 1 can
make st.mmI act ol teeth at lower price than you
enn Kt tlivm In any other place In thin country.
1 am now inakliift a Rood et of tetb lor . and 11
there should t any pemon among my ibouand
ol cunicr lnthii" or the adioininir K.untiei that
I have made teeth that l not iliit good aat
imactloo. they can call on me at any time and get
a Bew aet tree ol charge,
marl
RTIHCJAL TEETIIII
J. C. YIITZY.
DEI. T I S T
DALE CITY, Jomernt Co., Pa.,
Artificial Teeth, war anted to be of the Tery bett
quality. Lite-like and Maudaome, Inserted in the
let al vie. Partlrulai atu-utiua paid to the prea
rratloB of the natural teeth. Those wishing to
nonsuit me by letter, eaa do so by encluelnr stamp
Address as above. jelx-7k
HOTELS.
II
ILL IIOUSK,
riAKCOT, SCaiEISET,
JOHN HILL, PaoraiBTua.
PA.,
Tlie iroirletir Is prepared to accommodate nests
In the most euailortahle and satislactory maimer.
The traveling puldleand permaoeot imarders tur
tiishod with the best of hotel smommoilailons.
I be uldes will eotitlnae to be furnished with the
best the market adonis. Large and eomnKitloos
stabling aUacbed. JanU
JJIAM0XD II0TKL.
STOYSTOWX PA.
SAM DEL Cl'STER, Proprietor.
ThU popeJar and well known house is at all
time desdrable stopping plane for the traveling
inblle Table and Rooms nrst-elass. Good sta
bling. hii tears
SwsuerBei.
dally lor JohuetjwB and
The
VOL. XXVI. NO. 37.
BANKS, ETC.
J. 0.KIMMEL & SONS,
Sncreiwirs to
Schell & Kimmel,
SOMERSET, PA.
Accounts of Merchants and oth
er Business People Solicited. Drafts
negotiable in all parts of the Coun
try for sale. Money 'oaned and
Collections made.
janU
-:o:-
Somerset County Bank
CHARLES J. HARRISON,
faith Ur ft lid Maunger.
Oilli'tilvr.s made i- all parts orthel'nited States.
'barge moderate. Butter and other checks col
lided and cached. Eaftcrn and Wcrtcrncxchange
always on hand. Remittances made with prompt
ncss. Accounts solicited.
Parties desiring to purchase V. S. 4 PER
CENT. FI NKED LOAN, can be accommo
dated at thin Bank. The ruKns are prepaid in
denominations of iu, 1 ,00 .
Tcteco ai3 Cigars,
WBOLHSALB ASD RETAIL,
J. II. Zimnierninn,
JIain Cross St,
Somerset, Ienna.
The lst of cigars of dlltcrcnt brands, manufae
tared by Mm.-ull, of the choicest ol tobaccos.
These clicaiscaun'.tl-eexc'lliil by any in the mar
ket. One of the best s(.-ks ol chewing tobacco
ever brought to Somerset. Prices to suit the
times. jania
-Df-jf-ji-pd A TsTfi crxrn'F.S
PAIS lil-It Tit KMT,
of AlU-ijhemj City, Pa.,
Late
lias
rrmiiftd to
SOMERSET, I'ENNA., j
and oiiened out a slioi). for tbe manufacture of
Boots, Shoos and Gaitsrs,
in the t-uilding, corner M-iln and Pleasant Sts.,
East of liiamond.
He Is able to turn out first-class work at the
lowest prices, ami will guarantee )erteit satis
tiu-tinn toall wlioirive hliu their tialronaife. Or-
lers promptly at ended to. Rcpalrina: neatly
done. iuov.
;4-3!US.
S.R.PILE,
DEALER IN
FLOW AXJ FEED
Groceries, Confections,
Queensware, Willow -ware.
Salt, Fish,
Tobacco and Cigars.
etc., ttC. etc.,
oxi: MICE.
All Goods Positively
SOLD
BOTTOM PRICES.
FAIR AND SQUARE
IS
Our- Motto.
Uo .Vol Fail to iie
1. 2, BAER'S BLOCK A CALL
When doing your
Jan. 30
Coughs and Colds.
t'ured bv usinir Dr. S hkrkr'h wn.n Ciikkkt
Li mi I'.mi'UL. Me. .VK-and i per bottle.
Dr. Scherer's Rheumatism
Remedy $1 per bottle.
Sdd bv druevisls anj at Dr. Scherer's Liliora
tory, JT Smitlihcd Street, Pittsburgh. Pa.
I)r. Scherer's Pile Salve. 60 cms per box. Sent
by mail en receipt ol tbe price.
iov.w
hl A hi TPH ''arn " "e" and exchanir. We
ft fill I UU have bnndreds or eusiomcrs
wanttna to buy larms lust now. Never knew a
better time tosell Acres at lair prices, as iieople
are lifting sooner Iroin banks and seeking Acres
lot saleiy. Address S.M.JAMES,
Pittsburgh Farm Agrocy, 1:4 Smitheeld St,
Pittsburgli, Pa.
Thise in search of farms send for printeil Farm
Register.
isov.3
RIVATE SALK
otter for sale my farm situate in Allegheny
Twp., Somerset cHinty Pa., containing Ho acres,
alout bi acres cleared, with a huse, a gooil
liank bam, and other buildings thereon, A good
apple orchard, a first class saw mill, built within
three years. Also, a tract ol land In same town
ship, containing 380 aires, about Ml aores cleared,
with a good apple orchard.
Also a tract ol land In said township xmtatnlng
21 J acres, over 10 1 acres of whlcn are cleared, with
a dwelling bouse and bank tiarn thereon. Also an
apple orchard of alsiut 3oo trees. For further In
formation call on or address me at Dividing
Kklge. Pa.
Jan. It. T8 JOHN DEETER.
O W. SADDLES. K. D ,
OciiIIt an1 AnrlMt,
OFFICE AND INFIRMARY.
Kw Pena Ave. Piltsbunrh, Pa.
All diseasesof KTK, LAK aad
1 HROAT, and lrrh sucnesslul
ly treated. Oin-rathns hir CsttarsM-l,
-False Pupils' "Cnsiked Eves."" Wild
Hairs." ( tarrr and To mors of the
lhls. Ear, N. we or TbrL, Ptrigtam,
Weeping Eyes," Ptosis. Conical Oor-
aea.ForrlgB Bo.lles, Erllrpatfm. Ac, skillfully
performede Artificial Eres Inserted. Seod M
aea ctiihit anl illustrated pamphlet ol
JuJyU.
S
TOTICE TO TRESPASSERS.
one found tresspassing on the premises ot the
undersigned citirens of Sumyereek Twp Somer
set Co., by hunting, fishing, gathering nuts, her
ries, Ac., will lie proceeded against aocordlng to
law. Parents and guardians will be held raspuo
silde fir ilepredallonsouminitleil by minors.
L. HOCHSTETLEH, J. I'LETCHF.R,
J. HtK'HSTETLER, F.SANNEK.
JON. HtM'HSTETLER, J.C. HOCUSTETLEK,
Feb IX
MISCELLANEOUS,
no. bic-ks.
Ia art M.Bicxa
Apts for Firs ail Life IiisTiraiice,
JOHN HICKS & SON,
SOMERSET. TA..
And Real Estate Brokers.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
Persons who desire to Bell, buy or exchange prop,
ertv. or for rent will find it to their advantage to
retfister the descrlptloa thereof, as no charge Is
made unless sold or rented. Real estate business
generally will be promptly attended t X
auKlS.
FOLLANSBEE & CO
Merchant Tailors,
And Man ufiactn rare of
Gent's. Youth's and Boys,
FasMonaWe tJlotMiii ana
Fiiniisliii Goods
NO. 42 FIFTH ATEN'UE.
PITTSBUUGIL
T E ROOFS.
Those wl
ho are now building houses should know
that is it cheaper In the long run to put on Slate
Roofs than tin or shingles. Slale will last forerer,
and no repairs arc required. Slate gives the pur
est water l"r cisterns. Slate Is ore pr.-of. Every
good house should hare a Slale roof. The under
siirned is l-ieated in Cumberland, where he has a
good suj'ply ol
Peachbottom & Buckingham
S L A.T E
for running the very bejt article. He will under-
j take to pul Slate Roils on Hoaees. public aud prl-
: rate, spires, ac., eituer in town or country at tne
lowest prlivs, and to warrant them. Oall and see
I him or addrcs lilu at bis Ortloe, No. 11U Baltimore
! Street, fumaerlaad, Md. Order mar be left with
NOAH CASEBEER,
Agent, Somerset, Pa.
Wat. H. SatPLKT.
Aprl h, lSTi.
E. H.
WITH
ROUSE, HEMP3T0NE & CO,
285 Bait. St., Baltimore, M. D.,
WtiKild rGK)rrt fully auk th merrhantii of Sumcr
tet cvudi, to kuU biuj their orUor. lur
FANCY GOODS
acuririK them natl Tart Ion both a reranl price
and (jualtty ol n-ooitj. The merrluiut vLMtintf
Ril tf more are nrfrentlv reueMcd to call and see
me twlore milking purchases.
HIGHEST At ARBS! 32SS2S
J. REYNOLDS & SON,
NORTHWEST CORNER
THIRTEENTH AND FILBERT STS.
PHILADELPHIA,
MANUFACTURES OF PATENTED
Wrougtit-lron Air Tight Heaters
WITH SHAKING AND CLINKEK-GRIND
INO GRATES FOR BURNING ANTHRA
CITE OR BITUMINOUS COAL.
CENTENNIAL
WROUGHT-IRON HEATERS,
FOR BITUMINOUS COAL.
KEYSTONE
WROUGHT-IRON HEATERS,
Cooking Ranges, Low-Down
Crates, Etc.
licscriptive Circulars sent free to any address.
EXAMINE BEFORE SELECTING.
April lb.
Cook & Beerits'
FAMILY GROCER'S
Flour and Feed .
It
mends and the publ lc generally. In the town and
ricinity of Somerset, that we hare opened our
Newstore on
MAIN CROSS STREE1
And in addition toe full line of the beet
ConrecflonerieN, Xotlong,
Tobacco, Cigar. Ac.
We will endeavor, at an times, to sntiulr our ens.
toilers with the
BEST QUALiTY OF
FAMILY FLOUK,
CO EN-MEAL,
OA TS, SHELLED CORN,
OA TS & CORN CHOP,
Bll AN, MIDDLINGS
And everything partalnlng to tbe Feed Depart
ment at tne
LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES.
FOR
CASH ONLY,
Also, a well selected stock of
Glassware; Stone war". Woodeawara, Brushes
al abids, and
STTIOISTER
Wales we will sell as ebeap as the cheapest.
Please call, examine oar goods of all tads, as
be satisfied from your own Judgment.
Don't forget where we stay
MAIN CROSS Stmt. Somerset, Pa.
WABDWELL
SOMERSET,
Mow the Woapel Came I Jlaa Okka.
One New Year's eve a strange
tragedy was enacted io the far orth
west. Away up ia Montana a mi
nicg camp was established ia days
when women were as scarce in that
country as they were in the early
days of the settlement of California
there was in fact but one woman in
the camn. She was Touasr. of Gne
appearance, great physical strength
and endurance and indomitable nerve.
Two rears before she hod left, an on
happy home ia "Wisconsin to become
the wifd of a reckless dare devil
named Jim Oaks, with whom she
had Bharcd the vicUa'tode cf a long,
slow journey across tte ibiflrveniog
plain?. This man just missed being
a ruffian through his wite' influence
She loved him with noble devotion
and, although he was incapable of a
like attachment, be loved ber, too,
after a fashion of his own. She was
made much of bj the camp : it would
hare been a sorry day for the miner
who should have shown any disre
ppect to Minerva Oaks.
Tbe day before New Year's dawn
ed lowerinsr. Toward tbe middle of
the afternoon huge clouds began to
loom in tbe northwest. A mournful
wind soughed in the gulches. Tbe
miners, housing tbeir picks, shovels
and pans, took their axes into tbe
neighboring bottom and set to wood
cutting with a vengeance. All signs
portended one of those fierce, cold
storms that occasionally descend op
on tbe border, arresting torrents to
chains of ice and freezing even the
shaggy-coated buffaloes.
The wagons, loaded with freshly
chopped, slicks of cotton wood and as
pen, bad : bardly distributed their
loads at nightfall when tbe wind,
changing to tbe northeast, grew
stronger and brought snow. Higher
and higher it rose as the darkness
came on; faster and foster fell the
snow. As the cold increased the
snow was condensed into fine parti
cles that bit like needles into tbe
cheeks of belated miners struggling
toward tbeir cabins, bull swelling
in volume tbe roar of tbe tempest ap
peared to anect tbe earin as well as
tbe air: tbe plains and distant moun
tains were shaken and the ground
under the camp trembled like the
floors of a dwelling in a city when
heavy trucks roll by along the pave
ment; tbe heavens swirled gigantic
ally overhead; at length the tempest
became a hurricane. Ibe volumes
of pulverized snow in tbe atmosphere
were now so dense and piercing and
the gusts were so violent that it was
impossible to see even a lighted win
dow at a few yards distance.
It was considerably past Jim
Oaks' supper time. But as Oik
was the only man ia tbe camp who
didn't have to cook his own meals
he bad lapsed into the habit of com
iog ia late to supper, for which fault
his wife, wbo was not of a complain
ing or haggling disposition, never re
proached him.
beven o clock Mrs. Oaks fed tbe
fire from tbe ample simply of wood
which one of the wagons had brought
to ber door, then stepped to the pane
or glass wnicn tormed tbe only win
dow in the diggings, and essayed to
look out into tbe night Tbe class
was caked witb irost and covered on
the outside by a snowdrift. Sighing,
be young wite returned to ber seat
by tbe fire. She snuffed the candle
with a pair of snuffers which Jim
Oaks had ingeniously carved oat of
an antelope's horn for the last birth
day present, and then putting her
hand into the bosom of her dress she
drew out what?
A well worn copy of the New Tes
tament.
There was something covert in the
way in wbicb sbe brought this vol
u me to the light, and, thinking she
heard a noise at the door, she thrust
it uacK again. Jim uaksbad some-
bow and somewhere acquired so rank
a detestation of the Holy Scriptures
tnat be could not bear to bear them
quoted from or evea mentioned
The sight of a Bible affected him ex
actly as the devil was described by
Pat O'Grady'a grandfather to have
been affected by holy water.
i inding that tbe noise was noth
ing but the crunch of a settling drift
sbe opeued tbe little boos and began
to read:
tor it ye torsive men your tree-
passes, your heavenly Father will al
'so forgive you.
But if ye forgive not men their
trespasses, neither will your Father
forgive your trespasses.
n " i . . ,
vuwe uuiu me, an ye mat are
heavy laden, and I will give you
rest.
Tten said Jesue unto his disciples,
if any man will come after me, let
bim deny himself, and take up his
crots and follow me.
I am the resurrection and the life;
he that believeth in me. tbonrh he
were dead, yet shall be live; and who
soever nvetn and believeth in me
shall never die.
These passages, on which Minerva
Oaks was accustomed to dwell, were
all marked in the New Testament,
and underscored with a pencil. High
spirited and able to handle a rifle or
revolver on occasion, she was a sin
cere Christian and quiet in her ways.
Sbe eat, with the Testament spread
open on her lap and the New Year's
eve enpper growing browner in front
of the hre, until nearly eight o'clock.
Then, as a mighty throe of the storm
threatened to wrench the cabio from
the foundation, she started up with a
cry:
"Jim! Why, Jim was to be off at
Wild Swan Gulch this afternoon. He
was going to get some feathers for
New Year's. Oh, God 1 It is eight
o'clock. And the storm! How can
he ever find his way home?" !
Springing to the door she lifted
tbe hickory latch and drew it toward
ber. The mass of snow which bad
been piled against it fell in and
streamed across tbe floor, and the
blast, driving ia more snow, extin
guished tbe candle.
"Hah!" .
In a few moments she bad man
aged to sweep away apart of tbe
drift and close the door. Then she
relit the candle. Next she threw off
ber dress and petticoats. Going to
the old horse-hide-covered trunk in a
corner she pufled out of it her bus
band's spare suit the clothes in
which he won the three thousand at
faro which allowed him to marry
set
ESTAllLirlHED, 18 2
PA., WEDNESDAY, FE1JRUAHY 20. 187S.
and start with his bride across the
Mississippi. She dressed herself in
them, and put on the long rubber
boots Jim wore when he worked ia
the sluices ; then his old cap, tied
close to her head with a comforter;
then her own thick shawl and mit
tens. : Lighting her lantern and tak
ing a shovel, she opened the door
airain, and attacked the drift until it
yielded far enougfc to let her latch
tbe dorr behind ber.
Tae night was auf'il. She could
see nothing through the flurry. Sbe
hardly dared turn her face to the
yelliag blast. She tbcugbt of asking
some one to accompany ber, but tbe
camp lay gome distance out of tbe
line. Moreover she knew the oun
try m every direction. She could
feel her way anywhere if necesjary ;
betides she had her lantern that
would enable her to distinguish ob
jects within a small circle. Turning
resolutely in the direction of Wild
swan Gulch sbe set out to find her
husband and to guide him home.
As she emerged from the canyon
and gained tbe level of the surround
ing broken plain, a strange calm
came. It seemed as though the wind
bad suddenly forsaken the neighbor
hood and gone reeling away into the
mountains. She took advantage of
this sinister calm to hurry onward at
a run. Out of breath she at last
stumbled and fell
The lantern went out
She had no matches !
Staggering to ber feet she heard
the moan of the returning storm. She
shouted: ' s
"Jim !"
Again with all the might of her
voice, she luted ' the plainsman's
call:
"Yip, yip, yip ya-hoo,Jim !"
No answer.
Then tbe tempest rushed around
her in a baffling, ferociouswhirl of
sound, wind and snow.
In the meantime Jim Oakes had
been at one of his old diversions.
Having returned from Wild Swan
Gulch with a splendid trophy ia the
shape of a black billed swan drake,
be wa3 lounging toward home when
the storm came on, and stopped in
at the last saloon as U3ual to get a
drink. It was always warm and
cosy in that liquor mill, and on New
ear's eve the place wa3 peculiarly
inviting. Tbe boys were assembled
for a night at poker, and Jim sat
down and took a hand.
"It's kind c' rough on Miner?'."
he thought once about midnight,
"leaf in' her alone up thar such a
night as this. Never mind; she'll
worry through I reckon."
But when the man entered his cab
in next morning and started toward
the bed witb a peace offering fhis
winning) extended in his hand be
was completely stunned by what he
saw. Ibe untouched bed. tbe tire
less hearth, the cold, untasted sup
per, bis wile s clothes strewn on tbe
Boor, tbe open trunk, the absent cao
and lantern these flashed the truth
into bis brain.
"She's gone to hunt for me ! She's
been gone a long while. AH night,
perhaps in the storm. O, Mi
ner?' !"
Out he sprang through tbe door
way, ibe storm was over, the
air was clear, still, and bitterly cold.
The sun was rising. He cist a
strenuous look around tbe narrow
horizon, then plunged through the
drifts, toward the camp.
"Miner?'", he shouted. "Have
any of you seen Miner?' ?"
Immediately tbe camD roused
itself from its slumbers. When it
was fonnd that Mrs. Oaks was really
missing, tbe miners volunteered as
one man to go to her rescue. A sled
was prepared some brewood, pro-
?isions, biankets and a keg of whis
key were roped fast to it, and witb
Jim far in froat on the way to Wild
Swan Gulch, the Company started.
I'artiea were assigned to search tbe
whole prairie, east, west and north;
tbe largest eroup followed Oaks
trail. It was hard work floundering
across tbe gullies and wash-outs
which were packed to the edge with
snow. Utten tbe men shuddered to
think of what might be hidden under
those heavy white masses.
I he first "sign" was discovered by
Jim Oaks' partner, one "Spick"
Jones, wno kept to tbe lett and sig
naled from a clump of timber. Tbe
bark was partially torn off about four
feet from the ground, on the side of
a tree, not by the teeth or claws of a
wild beast, but, as was plainly to be
seen, by tbe bands of a human creat
ure. Almost every miner in the
camp was familiar with the trick. It
was a trick to keep from freezing, at
the sacrifice of nails and finger tips.
It was a desperate method of exer
cise to arrest lethargy. One veter
an of the camp remembered to have
climbed up and down a tree all night
one winter when be was overtaken
by a Montana blizzard.
Jim Oaks set his teeth bard when
be saw tbe frozen blood spots on the
tree.
"Stay with me, boys," he said
hoarsely, "and help me find my dear
wife."
Tbe men straggled on.
Some two hours later a figure on
a distant bluff was seen waving a
bat All sought the place where tbe
wind bad blown so fiercely daring
tbe preceding night that it had pre
vented tbe snow from lodging on the
windward ridges. Mrs. Oaks lay on
ber back there, half covered with
snow, frozen to sleep. Her left hand
was thrust inside tbe vest she wore;
ber right hand was extended above
her and covered with blood from ber
poor torn fingers.
Everybody made way for Jim.
He came up and knelt down rever
ently beside her, and kissed her rig
id lips.
"Miner?'," be said, genii?. He
then tried to feel her heart. .
"Miner?'!"
He looked around on the faces of
is fellow miners witb such an ex
pression on bis drawn and haggard
visage that they turned away.
lie toucbed the cold hand in ber
bosom. It covered something which
she clutched for when sbe fell. He
drew it forth; it was her Testa
ment. Opening it mechanically at
the fly-leaf, he saw tbe words, writ
ten, perhaps, long before:
This book has been my comfort
Read it, Jim."
And below:
7.
"I am tbe resurrection and tbe life,
saith the Lord. He ibat believeth
in me, though he were dead, vet
shall he live; and he that liveth and
believeth ia me, shall never die."
"Boys," said Jim. half rising to his
feet, and holding out tbe open book
with both bis trembling hands,
"she's left me a New Year's pres
ent. See!"
Anerdolra el Doffa.
Many curioup traits are exhibited
bv dogs, showing the highest order
of instinct, if not reason. Telesius
relates tbe following fact of bis own
dog, to which he was an eye witness:
The animal had been worried by
a . other of great strength; when he
returned to bis home it was observed
that he abstained from half the quan
tity of tbe food regularly given him,
forming a kind of store of his sav
ings. After some days he went out,
brought back with him several dogs
of the neighborhood, and feasted
them upon his board of food. Tbe
singular proceeding attracted his
master's attention, who, closely
watching the result, observed tha.
they all went out together. Follow
ing them he found they proceeded by
several streets to tbe outskirts of the
town, where the leader singled oat a
large dog, which was immediately set
upon by all his guests, and very se
verely punished.
A watch dog that was habitually
chained to his kennel found that his
collar was large enough to allow him
to withdraw his head from it when
ever be chose to do so. Reflecting,
however, that if he should attempt
any such practice whea his master
or keeper was about they might so
tighten his collar as to prevent its
repetition, he always'refrained from
the manoeuvre during the day, but
he availed himself of the privilege by
night, roaming about the neighbor
ing fields that were stocked with
sheep and lambs, some of which on
sundry occasions he wounded or
killed. Bearing on his mouth tbe
marks of his misdeeds he would go
to a neighboring stream to wash off
the blood, having done this he would
return to his kennel, and, slipping his
bead into bis collar, lie down on his
bed as though he had been there all
night.
Mr. Jesse gives the following an
ecdote or remarkable sagacity in a
dog belonging to a farmer in Lincoln
shire: Ii any well dressed person
goes into the farm yard during the
day the dog takes no notice of him.
If, however, a beggar enter the
premises the dog instantly goes to
him, gently lavs hold of bis stick or
clothes and quietly leads bim to the
door of tbe dwelling bouse, and sees
bim safe off the premises under sim
ilar precautions. But in the night
the faithful animal will apprehend all
persons alike, and never release a
gentle grasp until bidden by his mas
ter or mistress. The latter has a
sister living on an adjoining farm. In
order to make a short cut between
tbe two bouses a single plank was
thrown across a deep brook. The
wife of the owner of tbe dog con
stantly and fearlessly intrusts ber
little children to bis care whea oa a
visit to their aunt The animal baits
the little group of children whea he
comes to tbe narrow bridge, and con
ducts them over one by one, always
taking hrm bold of tbe child s gar
ments behind, and when he has safe
ly escorted one child be returns for
another. He then waits their return
and conveys them borne in a similar
manner.
At Woolwich Theatre, during the
performance of "Sesse Vere," ia the
third act, io!whicb a terrific combat
take3 place between a mother and
two assassins for the possession of
ber child, a large Newfoundland dog
that bad managed to get into the pit
along with bis owner (an engineer of
a steamship,) leaped over tbe heads
of the musicians in tbe orchestra and
flew to the rescue, and seizing one
of the ruffians dragged him to the
floor. The dog was with difficulty
removed and dragged off the stage.
He bad been accustomed to tbe com
pany of children and had on' many
occasions evinced strong proofs ot af
fection. The mimic life on tbe thea
tre stage had all tbe apoearance of
reality to the noble brute and he has
tened to exhibit the promptings of his
kio'dly instincts.
Only a Khsdew,
A story is told of a well-known
gentleman, wbo sometimes imbibes
too freely of the ardent Going
borne late at night recently, and mis
taking his shadow outlined on the
door tor a mao, he paused a little io
eu'prise, and then, lifting his hand
very gracefully, bade him good even
ing. ' A very pleasant evening," said
the gentleman.
No reply.
"This is my house, I believe,"
waving bis hand.
The band of the shadow went
through the same graceful curve.
"1 should like to get in, sir, ifyoull
stand aside;" but tbe shadow made
no movement to let him pass.
Ibe gentleman was evidently sur
prised. He repeated his desire to
pass in, but the Bbadow remained
still.
His wife, bearing her husband's
voice, looked through the window
blind, and, seeintr no one but him
self, asked "why he didn't come in."
"So I would, my dear, but this
gentleman" pointing to tbe shad
ow "insists on blocking up the
door."
His wife quietly opened the door,
remarking, "that "was your shadow."
' "Indeed," said tbe puzzled citizen;
"well, I thought he was a mighty
fine looking fellow to be so impolite,"
and walked in.
Whenever he shows a disposition
to remain out late at night, bis wife
has only to remind him of tbe shadow
on the door step to insure a peedy
return.
A Maui Borders His Fatally.
Ironton, 0 Feb. 2. There
a fearful murder committed, yester
day afternoon, about one and a half
miles from tbe city, by a man shoot
ing his wife and killing her instantly,
and wounding his stepson and daugh
ter, aftei wards shooting himself
through the chin. He is now lying
in jail, badly wounded.
era
Fleaelata Taaea(rj-Wear era Im Tealee
TLe chronicles tell us of a colony
of Flemish weavers down there ia
the quarter of San Salvatore, near
the Rialto. I can picture them, with
their flowing yellow hair, and blue
Northern eyes.and coarse dark dress.
witb tongues caused to the soft
lagoon speech, passing the long days
ia the low shops where the great
bright webs stretched from floor to
cieling, feeling the soft wind blow
from the main-land, bringing a breath
of mountains, and a thought of home
sickness, and a dream of the rich
grass growth and the gabled cabins
of the flemish plains. A gentle
company etalwnrt men and soft
eyed women, like the Northern Ma
donnas, and fair-haired children whom
tbe young colorists, passing by on
tbeir way across the Rialto to the
great hospitable painter-houses, beg
ged from tbeir parents tor a day's
posing as angels in tbeir Holy fami
lies. Tbe gold-locked Flemish maiden
looking up from her bright warp,
wonld find a lithe shape at tbe win
dow darkening the room some mad
young fellow, with dark eyes aud
flowing locks, and a saucy plume in
his hat an art student on his way
to one of the great studios across the
canal. And the girl would leave ber
weaving, and grasp the glowing red
carnations that were flung at ber
feet Tbe shape glided away, -and
the girl laid the flowers agaiast her
goldea hair and her white throat,
and wove the burning hue into tbe
drapery she wrought, and plied ber
shuttle to the rhythm of an old love
ballad. And if there be a knot in
the smooth texture, will not posterity
know that here a hand touched tbe
hand of the weaver.or a quick caress
turned her eves trom the even mesh ?
They will not be bard on the poor
child, those gray-beard senators lor
whom the tapestry is ordered, for
they too have been young, and have
flung the passionate carnations in at
fair women's windows in tbe dear
lagoon fashion.
Sometimes a mightier shadow
would darken the low rooms, and at
the open door would stand some great
paitter Titian, perchance, or ror
denone, or II Robasti himself, and the
gentle Northern people would rise
from their looms and bid him wel
come, and listen to his judgment on
their work, for which he himself
might have furnished the design.
And they wonld bring forth their
red wine and their pale green salad,
like tbe color they rought into their
tapestry. And tbe painter sat among
them, with the children. on his knee,
and smiled on the fair young girls,
and helped tbe patient mothers with
their stumbling V enitian speech, so
difficult for their Northern mouths.
And anon some stately red-robed sen
ator would issue from his gondola
shell and enter the low dwelling to
inspect tbe work that was to adorn
the reverend halls of justice and
smile benignly upon the group. Ay,
it was beautiful, tbe large-hearted
ness of that old-time genius that did
not fear to brush its skirts against
the door-stone of the toiling artisan
I wonder if thea as now, there
were cafe oa the piazza before the
Rialto, this side the Fondaco of the
German merchants, and if the weavers
took their wives and children there
fur feV night's treat after so many
days spent in tbe dingy shops ot ban
Salvatore. I can fancy bow, on bun
day mornings after they had said
their prayers in the old market church
among the dusky canvases of Fra Se
bastino, some great lumbering barge
would pause at tbe nearest riva, and
the pale weaver with his wife and
children would enter it with their
staves and pilgrim wallets, and bid
the dark ragged oarsmen push off
and they would thread tbe canals to
tbe lagoon behind the city, where the
Alps tower blue in tbe morning air,
and their homesick hearts would leap
with joy, and across the lagoon they
would find the flowering meadows of
tbe mainland, with corn fields and
lily grown ditches like those of Flan
ders, and vines wreathing their luxu
riant arms about tbe mulberry trees
with the added glory of tbe South,
and there, lying close to nature, they
would dream themselves tar away in
the hazy Northern meadows. Char
lotte Adams, in Harper's Magazine
for March.
A Ttirklak Lstdy.
The following extract is from a let
ter written by tbe captain of a Maine
briir now loading: iu Smyrna. Tur
key: "Speaking of Turks makes me
think to tell you that I have been
highly honored since I have been
here, having bad as a visitor a Tur
kish lady of high rank something
that never happened before in Smyr
na, so my consignee informs me. bbe
was the most beautiful woman I
have ever seen, and wonderfully
graceful. I suppose you are aware
thai the Turkish ladies are always
veiled to all except their husbands,
if tber have any; but this lad? was
unmarried, and came on board ac
companied by the consignee of my
vessel, with bis wife and sisters, and
a small army of assistants. She kept
closely veiled wh'le sbe remained on
deck, but when resting in the cabin
a photograph of m? little girl was
banded to ber. she, in order to ob
serve it better, dropped her veil, and
thus remained during tbe short time
of her visit Sbe was just like all
handsome women, perfectly aware
of the tact, and evidently willing
that others should be, when out of
her own people. She was perfectly
at ease and jast before leaving re
covered her face with her veil, and
assumed that mysterious look and
appearance common to all Turkish
women."
A Frawatoat Vie.
Surely profanity is one of the
glaring vices of the day, and nowhere
ia it exercised more freely than in
country Tillages. In cities profane
swearing is not common in the
streets. The individual in no such
communities acquires a respect for
the rights of his neighbors, and
among multitudes he baa to be cau
tious in regard to the prejudices of
all. Any such act as obtrusive
swearing in the street would soon
arouse the attention of the police
men as the representative and agent
T r
Id
WHOLE NO. 1389.
of public sentiment. In many coun
try villages a different state of things
seem to prevail. Profanity is not
regarded as a thing to be ashamed
of, but as a sort of manly accomplish
ment Ia the bar-room and the cor
ner grocery the air is full of strange
oaths flung out, not in anger or by
way of execration, but merely to
strengthen, adorn and emphasize dis
course. Ae expletive is the rural
American's great feature of rhetoric.
It serves to describe a girl's beauty,
to estimate a horse's speed, to meas
ure the yield of a wheat field. It is
the climax of invective against an
enemy, tbe chief argument in a dis
cussion, the point ol every witticism.
Two men cannot meet ia the street
without adding to each other's health
choice specimens of profanity. Plen
ty of decent people passing by must
be shocked, but tbey are powerless
to express tbeir indignation, for pro
fanity has got to be a country habit.
Tbe vice of indiscriminate swearing,
setting aside its indecency, tends to
corrupt the use of language and de
stroy its capabilities for expressing
any strong emotion. A bad habit,
neighbor master; it ere you become
it 8 slave.
The Ulaaa ller Bill.
Below will be found tbe Bland
Silver Bill as it passed tbe House
and as it now stands before the Sen
ate. The House bill ends with the
words printed in brackets. Tbe Sen
ate Committee on Finance struck out
the words in brackets and added the
words which follow, printed in ital
ics, ibe reader tbus uas ootn on is
before him and will be able to under
stand the references made to them
during tbe debate, which begun in
the Seoate yesterday:
An act to authorise the free coinage of the stand-
aril silver dollar, and to restore its legul-tcu-ier
character.
Be it enacted, et , That there shall
be coined, at the' several mints of the
United States, silver dollars of the
weight of four hundred and twelve
and a half grains Troy of standard
silver as provided in the act ot Jan.
eighteenth, eighteen hundred and
thirty-seven, on which shall be tbe
devices and superscriptions prjvided
by said act; which coins, together
with all silver dollars heretofore
coined by the United States of like
weight and fineness, ahull be legal
tender, at their nominal value, for
all debts and dues, pub: l- and pri
vate, except where otherwise provi
ded by contract; and any own
er of silver bullion may d?porit the
same at any United Stau s c inage
mint or assay office, to be coined in
to such dollars for his benefit, upon
the same terms and conditiors as
gold bullion is deposited for coinage
under existing laws, And th- -Secretary
of the Treasury is authorized
and directed, out of any money in
lite Treasury not olhcrwixeapproju i
ated, to purchase from lime l time
silver bullion at the marlet price
thereof, not lens than two million dol
lars per month, and cause the ame
to be coined into tucli dol
lars. And any gain or seigniorage
arising from this coinage shall he ac
counted for and paid into the Treas
ury, as provided under e.risHmj lan-s
relative to the subsidiary coinage:
provided, that the amount of money
at any one lime invested in such sil
ver bullion, esdusive of such result
ing coin, shall not cscscd five million
dollars.
The Years er a ('entnry.
A TALK WITH ONE F THE BuSTO.N
BOYS WHO PETITIONED GEN. GAGE
OF REVOLUTIONARY FAME A MAN
IN 6T. L0LI3 ONE HUNDRED AND
FIFTEEN YEARS OF AGE.
From the St. Louts Erenlng Post.
Carl Schmidt is the name of a re
markable old man, who has been a
resident of St Louis county for tbe
last forty-three years, and of Missou
ri a much longer period. He is now
living with his grandson, Henry
Berkfelder. When tbe reporter was
shown into the room occupied by the
centenarian, who was rolled up in a
bundle ot clothes, made bis existence
in the arm-chair known by a slight
cough, after which be unrolled the
covering from his head, and looked
with a keen and intelligent glance ia
the direction of the reporter. The
appearance of Mr. Schmidt showed
that the years bad had very little to
begin on, and had left very little of
what Mr. Schmidt had been. He is
a man below the average bight, has
a humped back, aud his limbs are
helpless to bim from palsy. Two
fingers of his right hand are gone.and
while he has to use an ear trumpet to
hear through one side of his head,
the other is entirely cloecd up, being
permanently deaf.
Mr. Schmidt told bis story in a
very interesting and concise manner.
He was born in Uln, Bavaria, so long
aero that it would require a terrible
stretch of memory of an ordinary
man, which Schmidt ia not, to recol
lect even that all-important event of
hialife. Tbe time, however, be bad
not forgotten. It was the 15th day
of October, 1763, many years before
the American colonies won the right
to govern themselves. He came over
to this country with his parents when
only ten years old, and at a time
when a sailing vessel voyage was an
event in a person's life ; but we could
not learn any of tbe circumstance - of
the trip, only that be had an lccen-
nite and vague idea that be was oo
the ocean for a long, long time, and
that, to his own and everybody else's
immense satisfaction, he finally man.
aged to strike terra jirma in the vi
cinity of Boston; he was apprenticed
to a silversmith named Rodney. He
recollects how his heart glowed and
his brain waa kept spinning with an
ambition to wear a red coat, gilt but
tons aad top boots every time he saw
a British trooper in the streets of
Boston, and one very particular event
in his life, and one that has ac histo
rical importance he recalls vividly,
and that is, that he was one of the
boys who called upon General Gage,
oo that cold and snowy day, to pre.
sent their petition praying for the
General's interference in tbe miscon
duct of his soldiers.
Mr. Schmidt was, of course, in the
revolutionary war. There waa nev
er an? centenarian yet wbo bad not
had the extreme felicity of holding
forth in how he had shouldered an
old musket for the struggling repub
lic. When the evacuation of Boston
occurred, his father and himself went
with tbe army, ho being then a tory,
but afterwards returned. The day
of the declaration of American inde
pendence, and the stir and excitement
which were caused by that event, ho
remeroiVres distinctly. It was tbe
liveliest Fourth of July be has ever
seen or participated ii. He married
at eighteen, lie jjiued the troops
under General Wayno, and funght
straight along until KS'J. when he
was discharged honorably. This dis
charge is a very aged and sere look
ing document, many parts of which
are now illegible. U is dated March
18,1 7S3, and is a strong argument in
favor of the truth of Mr. Schmidt's
statements. lie had nothing to say
about the appearance of Washington,
or any of the characters ot revolu
tionary times, add is a phenomenon
in this way, as there is hardly any
existing centenarian who has not
been one of Washington's body
guards, or recollected having seen
him at some place or other, aud hav
ing bad a talk with him.
Aa eld Kssterky Oael.
A dad was fought at Soap Island,
ia Bridgeport, in l-j3t. The partici
pants were Sbeltoa and Kingsbury.
Sbeltoa thought it was real; Kings
bury kaew it to be a joke. Tbe guns
were loaded with sft soap. Shelton
won the first fire, banged away and
dropped behind a log. Kiagsley
walked np, put tbe muzzle of the gun
against the head of Shelton and pull
ed the trigger. Such a looking man
was never seen, bjf: soap covered
his head entirely. I a the agony of
despair Shelton reached up and got a
handtu! of the soap and exclaimed :
"Oh, my poor brains! my poor
brains!" Realizing tbe hoax, he
sprung up and chased Kingsbury off
the island witb rocks, swearing all
the while like a sailor. Shelton af
terwards enlisted in Sam Houston's
war, and made a good soldier. Com
ing back from Texas, he passed
Hardinsville with bis gun on bis
shoulder. One of his old friends
cried out, "Halt" lie did so. "Pre
sent arms!" He presented. "Make
ready !'' lie did so. "Take aim !''
He aimed. "Fire !'' lie wheeled,
fired right at tbe fellow, tbe buliet
just missed his bead, went through
tbe door and dropped on the lljor in
side. Shelton took to his heels.
Ia the civil wr he made a brave
soldier, was unflinching in bis atten
tion to duty, and died like a soldier
at Missionary Ride.
A linsbaad Isrkst
A Etrong-minded woman married a
man not noted for activity of body or
energy of character, and before the
honeymoon was over, upon awaken
ing one morning, he found his wife
ia tears.
"My lovc,"said he, "what is the
matter?''
"Oh, I have had such a dreadful
dream."
"Why, what was it?".
thought' I was going out Fourth
avenue, when I saw a siga 'Hus
bands for sale.' So many women
were rushing in that I followed, and
just then they were selling a splendid
spicimen for il.iOO."
"irutdid they all bring as much as
that?"
"Oh, no! They went at $1,000,
$300, and so c lown.."
"Well, did 6a see any that looked
like me ?"
"Yes, indeed. But they were tied
up in bunches like asparagus, and
sold for tea cents a bunch."
Tableau.
Vegetable la Cellar.
An exchange say3 that such vege
tables as beets, turnip?, cabbage, etc.,
should never be kept ia the house cel
lar, as tbey frequently decay and
cause serious illness. This is true if
they are carelessly thrown in uncor
ered heaps on the cellar bottom, but
there is no necessity for such mis
management A vegetable cellar,
which should always be a separate
apartment from tbe fruit room and
the room where cooked food is kept,
should be clean as a parlor, and all
vegetables should not only be stored
ia clean boxes or barrels, but they
should be imbedded in pulverized
moss, which will not only preserve
their ffishness, but prevent all bad
odors Clean, damp sawdust will do
in pi i." 3 of moss, if the packages are
not arge. Potatoes do not need
sue packing, - but tbey should be
pluc.'d ia clean boxes ventilated at the
bottom and well covered from the
light at the top.
A Male's Venderlal Trtrfcery.
"Speaking about mules," remarked
a six-footer in Arkansas, as he crack
ed his whip, at market. "I've got a
mule at borne which knows as much
as I do, and I want to hear somebody
say I'm half a fool." No one said so,
and he went oa. "I've stood around
here and heard men blow about kick-
ng mules till I've got disgusted.
When yon coxe dowa to kicking, I
want the bet on mv mule. A friend
came along and took dinner with me
the other day ; and as be seemed a
little down hearted, I took him out to
see Thomas Jefferson, my companion
mule. I was telling the good man
bow that mule would flop his feet
arouad ; and he said he would like to
see a little fun. He'd passed his
whole life ia the South, but had nev
er seen a mule lav his whole soul into
a big time at kicking. "Well," he
said, after borrowing some tobacco,
"I took Thomas out of the stable.
backed him up agin a bill, gin him a
cuff on tbe ear, and we stood by to
see the amusement It was a good
place to do his durndest, and what
d'ye s 'pose he did ? In ten minutes
by the watch he was out of eiht.
Ia five more we could't feel bim witb
a twelve-foot pole, and and .''
Tbe crowd began to yell and sneer,
and the narrator looked around and
asked : "Does anybody think I'm
lying? Would I lie for one muls?
Right here nnder my arm is a pound
of tallow candles which are to light
the hole for to go in after Thomas ;
aad I got word not an hour a?o that
the bind feet of a mule were sticking
out of a hill thirty -nine miles as the
bird flies from where my mule went
in. I'm shaky on religion, gentle
men ; but our family never hvl a liar
in it "
Among tbe many surmises as to
what will become of the last man, it
is queer that nobody has yet discov
ered that be is destined to be talked
to death by the last woman.
A new song is called "Always keep
a smile tor mother." Some young
men will drink every drop that is in
the bottle without giving a thought
to their parents.
The printer devil goeth about like
a roaring lunatic permitting the fire
to go out when the temperature is at
zero and keeping the stove red hot
when it rangeth in the nineties.