Terms of Publication The Somerset Herald i, pUihd rrwy Wedneert.y Homing at 1 W aaaaa, paH adraaoa otherwise 1 M will lnratiably? charged. K eataseripUoa WUI b diseoeltoeed aatU aU rBarages are;pald mp. Postmasters neglecting to aoUfy ae. oiecrlberi do; not take eat their papers wHlbi wlubl tbeSBbeertptloe. Sabaoribar. removing Foewntoe ta Ba cker should give as tbe name ' " weU M thllWl Afddrei Somerwt Printing Company. johk L souiou, .- Besteeea lim. A TTORNEYS-A T-LA W. rvFNttVF SCMELl. ATTORWET ATUAw. f I BVTpenetoa lent, Somerset, tmo. la Mammoth block. J"- MB. B. SCULL. ATTORKIT AT U. P VTT I a " ' ITi MnotMiir attend. BOM reapecuBur 4 I l.b.,T. rLElNTIR HAY. ATTORNEY AT LAW V end dealer in real estate, rionwreet, ra w U ."land W -U bUH,- entreat " ,WTa'' prumpUMW wl adaUly. ).kH.L BAEB, ATTOBNEYSAT LAW, Somerset, fa- wUl practise In Sum- ran aa- Z7-.7 t-i j -. .1 ..... MMAtlaA. All NI DM BB" trussed to tneaa wui u iwfw .atresia, to him. i.ney advanced cm eolleeUoa fce. OSm la UtnnKKk liulldliig. f oTlAinrkllrTU B t ET AT V L-w. Somerset. Pa., will give I"! J" UoeV business te bis ear. In s eudtheVljotBlug wuUH. Offlce in Printing Hhm Bvw. fOHN 0. AUMMtX, ATTORNEY AT IAW, J Somerset, rVHl etwod trusted u hu oar. in hVererteed ?t?? wtk Block. " 7'7 r tl. OOLJC ' ATTOBKET AT LAW, iwumt, Pe. Professional bastnes. nf" ' a. m. corwmon. y-wrrKOTM a nwppti- .yTK..iS 1 L. All bn Imh nlrMtl u Ulr or w Ul )iric-Hi Uln Cm oppodl tn kUmnolk Block. TOHN R. SCOTT, ATTOBKEY AT LAW. , All bmlneM itrml4 w ku r MMwixl W wUA rumuiw ul Billlly. AMES L. PUQII, V ATTOBNEY AT LAW, Somenet, P. Offlo Munmoth Blwk.up it!". tnnine. M.I. Uro- t. CUlecUuui md, u leutUMxlKl lowtik pruupUMM and ttdUty. gU It V EYING, Writing Peeds, Ac, wEmuulr at i:aebeer A Co.'i Store. O. F.WALKEB. Aug 16. PHYSICIANS. Da j I, MILLEBbai permaneotlT looatad tn Merlin lor lb praettoa ol bu prvioa. Offloa o)ualt Charl KrlMkncar't nora. aur. IU, TO-U. DR. H. BBl'BAKEB Uadari hli profcutonal wrrleM to Ua dUtana of oeret and Tjftn Uj. omaa In raatdanoa, ona door o( Iba Bar oat Ilvaaa. I) VR. E. M. K IX MEL will continue to prartlca B . ... . i Ltd akHhtKAiald if Bail arrt Maau. ma at toa aid plaee, a few doori aaat ol tba tlada tioaaa. g S. GOOD, PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, SOMERSET. PA. irumoi ! KaanoU Block aaiTS DR. A G. MILLER, after twelve nuf aMira prartlra In Shaakarllla, kaa iTif Blkto. ad Uam hu frofaaaWmal iar VZTto tha itla- of rraodnclnltr omoa la kla Ura Siora, aMlu tkt ' J HiHua, whara ka oaa ba eonaultad at all Umef -KI(at aall pranipU am oaa.lvn-17- Dr. W. F. FUXDEMJERG Ll Ret dent Snrcen. New Yuri lye asl Ear Infirmary, Has located penaamtly in the City of CgMmiAKS, Maryland for the SICLITSIVE treatment of all diseases f the Eye and Ear, includ ing'those of the Hose and Throat Bar, H. th rclr Blrt. JimW. DENTISTS. 1)1 . v. WM. OOLL1K8, DENTIST, Bonwrnt, . l . 1 1 tt u hB ftiuna nnutru toda all aiaa. oi wori, bcb ""T" ' "v , umiibj, mm. AvrUkaial taatk of all kinda, aud ol lhabaatBatariai,iaaanaa. buiib.im. JOHN BILLS, DE1TTIST. Ollkea hi UoSrotb A Nefl'a a balldlnir. Mala UroM 8traaC BaaiBrnt, fa. BoU "W-t. COLLINS, DEXTIST, . . k " b hMM'i mam. iitjainet irscr " ' ' Pa, In tba laat kftaea Tear. I bar. Krratlr ra d. Bd iba nioaa of artificial teeth tn thl placa. Tha eoanant incrraalnK demand lor teetb ba. in dajed mum anUnra bit iaeillUw tbat 1 eaa Biak aood Ml of teeth at fewer prleea tkaa Jua eaa U them in aar ather place in ibwmntrj -I aa bow Baking a oud aet of teetk fcr a. and II there .boald b. BJ penoa anKmf. mj tbMuand. ol eaatoaien lathU or th. adjoinin eoaatle. tbat 1 bare atad. taatk lur tbat U But lrlu food fat lalBOtlon. tbey eaa call oa bm at an; Una aad gat a aaw pet fret of akarga. BiarU RTIFICTAL TEETH!! I, C. YUTZY. DEMIST DAlt C1TT, Jtmirut C., Pa., ArttnoWl Taatk, wat satad ta ba af tka aary bait emIHT, Lifa4ika uvl 1 ..uai., laaarMd la tba beet njla. Fartieaiai attaatka paid ta tka prea areatloa of tka aafrai tmtth. Tfcoee wlahlag ta aenaalt bm by ieuar, aaa 4m a by aBeiualng atamp Aadraa. aa ai.ee. taU-rt HOTELS. H ILL HOUSE, UIAMOND, S0I4XESST, FA., . JOHN BILL, Paoraja-roa. Tba proprietor Is ui -pared to aeaowimedate gueeu In the most eomlortabla and satislactory Buuiner. Tka traveling pabtle aad firm.a an beardars ror- Bi.BBfl wiua IM neaioi notat aow ooei ions. Tka tabias will aonUaaa ta ba rorniabad with tba beat the saarket aflurua. lavrga aad aommodloBS janu JJIAMOXD HOTEL. TOTSTOWX PA. SAMUEL. CUSTEIl, Proprietor. Tkla pawaiar aad wen kaowa koaaa W at aU fa daestraMa atoepkag 4aea fur the traveling lwMla Taken Bad Bwaaa nral-cUas. Ooud saa bllag. Hacks tear, dally lur Jobaauwa aad irwaierset. r VOL. XXVI: NO. 3S BANKS, ETC. J. 0.K1MMEL&S0XS, BAITKBES, SaeccMon to Schell & Kimmel, SOMERSET, PA. Account of Merchants and oth er Business People Solicited. Drafts negotiable in all parts of the Coun try for sale. Money 'oaned and Collections made. -:o: Somerset County Bank CHARLES J. HARRISON, Cnxhler and Manager. Coiltrtiuni made in all tru ofttit raited SUtea. Charge! moderate. Butter and otber checks col lected and eaahed. EaternandWertcmeicnan(re alwari on band. Remittances made with prumpt neat. Aecoanta aglk-tted. Partiet defiring to purchaM V. S. 4 PER CENT. ri'N'lED LOAN, fan be aceommo- datedatthif Bank. The mponf are prepaid In denomination of tpO, 0 1,001. Toteo and Cim WHOLBBALE AKDBbTAIL, J. II. Zimmerman. Main Cross St, 4 Someret, Penn. The beet of cliran of dlderent brands, mannfao- tured by hhanelf. of tba eholreat of tobacco.. Theaeclicaiiriinnutbeezi-elled l-yany In the mar ket, line of the tie tork of chewlnn: tobacco erer brought to Somerset. Prloe. to emit the tlmea. janM BOOTS A.1XT SHOES. PARKER TROT, Late of Allegheny City, Pa., has removed to SOMERSET, PEXNA., and opened owt a fhop, for the nunufacture of Boots, Shoes and Gaiters, in the ballding, corner Main and Pleaaant Stl., Eatt of Diamond. He l( able to turn out fiTt-claM work at the loweM price, and will (ruarantee perfect aatla fartlon to all who tcive him their patronage. Or der, pnnptly af.ended to. Retiring neatlj done. i nor. i8-3n. DEALER IN FLO UK AXJ) FEED Groceries, Confections, Quecnsware, Willow ware. Salt, Fish, Tobaof anil Cigar, fcc, &c. &c, gNew Stock.i) ox?: pjiicE. All Goods Positively SOLID -A.T BOTTOIVI PRICES. FAIR AND SQUARE IS Our IVIotto, ItoXot Fail to Give BO. 2, BASE'S BLOCK A CALL, 'When doing your ssoiisra-. Jan. 30 ' Coughs and Colds. Cured by using Dr. v-hehi-.h's wild Ciierrt Lrau Cordial. 24c. Wc and 1 per bottle. Dr. Scherer's Rheumatism Remedy $i ter bottle. Sold bv druggists and at Ir. rVherer's Labora tory, 174 Smlthked Street. Pittsburgh. Pa. I)r. Scbcrer's Pile Sah e. M cents per box. Sent by mall aa reeelit ot the price. Nov.2s WAHITPD rarmstosellandegchanga. We V ri 1 1 I L Lf have hnndreils or customers wanting to buy farms just Bow. Never knew a better time to aril Acres at lair prices, as people are lifting money from banks and seeking Acres lotsalety. Address S.M.JAMES, Pittsburgh Farm Agency, 134 Smithneld St Plitrtwrgh, Pa. Tkuse in searcb of farms send for printed Farm BegiPter. Nov 18 R1YATE SALE. "to, otter lor sale my farm situate la Allerhenv Twp Somerset county Pa., eontalning Hi acres. at tout aa acres clem red, with a hounc, a good bank barn, and other buildings thereon. A good apple orchard, a first class saw mill, built w lib in three years. Also, a tract of land la same town ship, containing 380 acres, about 6 aores cleared, with a good apple on-hard. Also a tract of land in raid townshiD aontalninr 93 acres, over lou acres ol whlcn are cleared, with a dwelling bouse and bank barn thereon. Also aa apple orchard of a boat suu trees. For further in lonuation call oa or address ma . at LMriding Ridge, Pa. Jan. U, Ta JOHN DEETEB. 4 W. IAPBLEB, M. A . Ocnllflt and A a tint, OFFICE AND INFIRMARY, Ke t.lSPenn Ave. Pittsburgh, Pa. All dlseasesof EYE, EAB aad THROAT, and datarrh saooessl al ly treated. Operations lor Catarart. - False PabV 1rooked Eyes," " W lid Hairs." 1'Me.r and Tnsaors of tha Hds, Ear, Nesa or Throat, Ptrigtaa, "Weeping Eyes," Ptosis. Conical Cor nea, t or. la n Boliea, EitirpatloB, ke, skllllulry performed. Artlnctal Eyes Inserted. Send lor J 1 E. uwstratad pamphlet of "V"0TICE TO TRESPASSERS. 'Notice Is hereby given to all peranna, that any one found trei-rpaiuing on tbe premises ol the MlrtalullBl AdliMlt T u . . 7 . . " p-, .tun- set Co., by hunting. Ashing, gathering cuts, ber- inr. .'..ucinuwra K BIMPk amirOUlg V law. Parents aad guardians will ba b.kl tespoa ilde for deiiredation committed by minors. L. HOCHSTETLKR, J. PI.ETCHER, J. HUCHSTETI.tR. F. 8 ANN KB. JON. HI K'HSTITLEH, J.C. H( KHSTETLLB, Feb 13. tie MISCELLANEOUS, na micu. LA BCB HICU JUbeIi lir fire anil IttlnroeL JOHN HICKS & SON. SOMEItSET. I'A.. And Real Estate Broken. ESTABLISHED .1850. Ubbub,. wt.A JuIb, ,m bbII Kfiw aa ! Bin ATA TfTOD- arty, or fur rent will And It to their adrania, to regisier ma ueecnpuoa lunwi, b. wm ..p- made onlesa wild or rented. Beal eatata builnau generally will be promptly atienaeu w. augla. URL1NG, FOLLANSBEE & CO. Merchant Tailors, A.ud Manufacture re ol Gent's. Youth's and Boys, FasMonaWe Clotlii an3 FiiniisMiiii (W 0. 42 FIFTH AYEXUE. PITTSBURGH. OLATE ROOFS. Tboae who are now ballding hoaae. ahoold know that in It cheaper In the long ran to pat on Slate Riot, than tin oY thinglea. Slate will lait forever, and no repair, are required. Slate glre. the pur eat water for citterna. Slate Is Bre proof. Every good bnuw.hould have a Slate roof. Tba under lgned 1. located In Cumberland, where ba baa a good (apply of Peachbottom L BuckinQham. S L A. T E lor rootling he very beet article. He will under take to put Slate Roof, on Hoasea. public and pri vate, .plrea, ax., either in town or ooautry at the InweM prleea. and to warrant lot si. Call and aea him or addrea him at hi. Office, No. 110 Balllmora Street, Cumoerland, lid. ijrdsrt may be lea wltk NOAH CASEBEEK, Agent, Somenet, Pa. W. H. SRirurr. Apr! h, ir. E. H. WITH BOUSE, EEMFSTOM & CO, 285 Bait. St., Baltimore, M. D., Would reapeetfally aak tha merchant of Somer aet county, to aend bim their orders Air NOTIONS, FURNISHING UNO FANCY GOODS anirlng them satisfaction both as regards prtaa and quality of goods. Tba merchants visiting Haiti more are urgently requested to call and aaa me before tusk rug purchases. HIGHEST Af APS! gSHSS J. REYNOLDS & SON, NORTH W EST CORNER THIRTEENTH AND FILBERT 8TS. PHILADELPHIA, MANUFACTURES OF PATENTED Wrought-Iron Air Tight Heaters WITH SHAKING AND CLINKER-ORIND INO ORATES FOR BURNING ANTHRA CITE OR BITUMINOUS COAU CENTENNIAL WROUGHT-IRON HEATERS. FOR BITUMINOUS COAU KEYSTONE WROUGHT-IRON HEATERS, Cooking Ranges, Low-Down Crates. Etc. Descriptive Circulars sent free to any address. EXAMINE BEFORE SELECTING. April . Cook & Beerits' FAMILY GROCER! Flour and Feed Wa would most respectfully announce to oar fliends and the pabl ie generally, la the tawn and vicinity of Somerset, that wa have opened ear V . yw, . vb MAIN CROSS STREE1 Aad Is addltlua u full Una of tba beat CnrBtlM.eiie, Xtfa, ' Tbavrca, Clgwra, Ac. Wa will endeavar.atall tlmea, ta aapply ar aaa. tom.r. wltk tba BEST QUALITY OF FAMTLY FLOUR, CORN MEAL, OATS, SHELLED CORN, OATS A CORN CHOP, BRAN, MI DDL IN OS Aad everything partaialng U the Feed Depart, ment at Lba LOWEST POSSIBLE FSICES. FOR " CASH ONL Y. Also, well selected stock of Olaasware; Stoaaware. Woodeawara, Bras has . at ktadi, aad ST.TI01SrERTc Wklck wa will sell as ckaaa as tka ihsapsst. Plaaae oab, axamma ear goods ef all rods, a be sillsned frosa yaorawa iadgaasaL Doat forgat wkare wa stay MAIN CROSS Straet.8aBjiriat.rB. WABDWELL F. S SOMERSET. PA., WEDNESDAY, FEHRUAI.Y 27. 187S. Tka Black PatayjOralMs Far Ula. "I arnesa I never told you about tbst horse, did I ?" asked Major Max well, an old Teteran of tbe American war, as be pointed out s large black borse tbat was quiellr feeding in tbe pasture just across tbe road. "Tbat ia tbe famous Black Decor: And be cost me an even tbonsand dollars, to aar notbine of tbe vexation and tbe peril attending bis purchase. "1 bouzht bim out in tbe xount- ains. It was before the war. I bad two rood arms then, and this leg wasn't a stick' I was on escort du ty. SometDing had ' happened to some of the warons. and the train lav in camD a dv for repairs. Near lr all tbe dots went out after buffa loes, but mr horse was lame, so I re mained in camp. "There was cmj one companion able person left with me, and be was old Jacob Stockton. lie was going out to Montana, to meet his daugh ter, lie had been in Montana for years, leaving his child with friends in tbe East, and early in the spring he went to visit ber. lie found bow- ever, that she bad gone to visit him, so he hurried back, and by chance iolned the train I was escorting. "We bad become very gooa irienas, ... . . . . and at every opportunity 1 sougnt bis com Dan v. aud was always well repaid. "On that day I found him stretch ed at full length under a tree, pul ling- away at bis old black pipe. 1 followed his example, excepting tbe pipe, and was an interested listner to toe old gentleman's tales of travel and adventure. "In tbe midst of one of bis most exciting narrations, be started unex pectedly to his feet, exclaiming: "The Black Decoy, as sure as I live ! I wonder what ill-luck is com iog to ub now 1" "I quickly changed my recumbent position, for one better suited for ob servation, and saw, coming towards camp, a stranger riding one borse and leading another. "Tbere was nothing remarkable about the stranger, nor the animal be rode: but tbe led borse was tbe most perfect thin? in tbe war of horse-flesh I ever saw. I was smit ten at once. My poor bay, though be bad served me faithfully for a year or more, looked like a cart horse by tbe side of this splendid black; and I decided at once that it this an imal could be bought for money, I would buy him. "Don't do it, major," said old Ja cob, although I bad not spoken a word. "I bad rather see you astride a Bengal tiger, than that horse, with all his beauty." "Beauty?" I exclaimed. "Why, Mr. Stockton, tbat word does not htilf express it He is absolutely in comparable! I will give a round thousand for just that black horse, and consider ll cheap, too I" "Don't think of it major!" cried tbe old man, grasping my arm as I rose to my feet "I wouldn't ride nor own tbat horse for tbe whole of Montana no, not if every stone were pure gold ?" "Pooh, my friend, yon are wild ! I'll ride aim, and boy bim, too, if I can." "Tbe old man shook his head." Major, it you know when you are well off, you'll not go nigb bim." "Your reason," said I, half vexed at bis superstitions. "I have but one," be replied sol emnly: "If you mount that borse, you are no better than a dead man." "I laughed outright" "You have forgotten the text, Ja cob; Death comes oa a pale horse." "Black or white, you will God it as I say, major." "liy tbis time tbe new comer was within speaking distance. I halted bim and went out to where be stop ped. It was no hard matter to trade with him; and ia less than ten min utes I was leading the horse away, and tbe seller was riding off with a thousand dollars added to bis pocket-money. "Anxious to try my new purchase, I saddled and bridled him, and mounted. "Major ! major ! don't do it !" "I bad forgotten old Jacob; but there he stood, holding the horse by the bridle." "Major you will certainly ride to your death J" "I was too much excited to pay attention to his words; and, touch ing the horse lightly with my sharp Mexican spurs, I left tbe old man still talking to me. "My beautiful black went charm ingly. I never bad an . easier seat; and I never saw a borse that could get over the ground with less exer tion. Twice one thousand dollars would not have taken him from me. "At the start I gave tbe horse free rein, and he took a northerly course toward the mountains. In this way I rode several miles; but the near ness of the sun to tbe zenith, and tbe admonitions of inner man reminded me tbat it was time to return. I ac cordingly drew rein; but, instead of wheeling about tbe borse broke into a gallop, nearly unseating me. "I had hitherto prided myself on my command over anything of the borse kind; but that magnificient black took tbe conceit out of me. All tbat I could do or say made no im pression on him; and I was forced at last to eive up and admit tbat I had found my match. It was very hu miliating, I assure yoo; and there was Jacob Stockton's warning to think about I was alarmed howev er, but I did wonder whether the old man bad not some good reasons for bis belief. And I was vexed, too. I could ride as far as tbe horse could carry me; but l felt tbat 1 bad tbe right to choose the direction. There was my dinner, too a nice juicy buffalo steak. "Take !t all-in-all. I was decidedly uncomfortable; and had it not been for a weary tramp back to our camping-ground, I should have shot tbe animal dead in his tracks. "The way grew rougher as we neared tbe mountains; but the borse did not abate bis speed in the least He plunged into a ravine the dry bed of some mountain stream like one accustomed to the way. Oa be dashed, and np, tbe path growing narrower and the rocky sides steep er. "Higher and higher were tbe T A Ill.I.irt KD, 1 8 II walls, as we advanced, until tbey closed over our heads, shutting us in to the gloom. Three minutes of this darkness, and the horse emerged into an open space, lighted by the noon day son. There he stopped as sud denly as re bad started, and neighed loudly. : 1 : "Before I recovered from my sur prise a quick, sharp," well-known sound struck upon my ear; and look ing in tbe direction from whence it appeared to come, I saw two men starting down at me two as rough, villainoos-looking creatures as ever encumbered tbe earth. "Ah, my friend, I knew my peril then, and my thoughts went through my brain with wonderful rapidity. I had not a second' to lose. Already two rifles were pointed at me. What ever I did must be done instantly. There was but one chance to stake a dumb brute's life against my own. "I drew my revolver and placed the cold? muzzle to the ear of my treacherous captor. "My release or the Black Imp's death !" I shouted. "So Boon as tbey comprehended my intentions, tbey disappeared; but I knew it was only to gain a more advantageous position. I dared not leave the horse, however, for on him depended my safety; so I sat there still holding my revolver ready Tor any emergency and watching all points. Vigilant as I was, however, I was surprised. y Without any warn ing, a light form leaped upon tbe sad dle behind me, aad a human voice ottered some strange word some magical word it teemed, for the borse, so motionless before, wheeled on the instant, and went dashing back through the path we bad come. "Tben tbere was a ride fcr life. Tbe rocks 'seemed swarming with men; bullets flew about us like hail, and the clatter of hoofe over the hard stones came distinctly to our ears. I spared neither whip nor spur, and by strange good fortune we escaped the bullets and reached the open plain. Then, for the first time, I ventured to look behind, and I saw a woman's face. I cannot describe my feelings my surprise, ny grattitude, my ad miration, my love. For once I forgot that there was such a man as Major Guy Maxwell. "Neither knowing or caring who this stranger was wheth er rich or poor, of high or low de gree I then and there gave her the noblest, truest, best love man ever gave to a woman, nor thought per haps it would ever be returned. My lite then was nothing, only so far as it was necessary for her safety. Tbe yelling demons in pursuit were wel come to it, if, by tbis means, she could be saved. But there was no surety of that ' Both would be lost or both saved. "Our pursuers were gaining on us. Ever and anon a leaden messenger, ploughed up the sand behind us, lessening our hopes as tbey fell near er and nearer. But we could only urge on tbe poor, tired horse, and pray for deliverance. "A mile or two ahead of us was a belt of timber. I bad no recollection of passing it in the morning; but, if we had lost our way, we could not torn back. If we could only reach tbe shelter of those trees, it would be better than remaining on the open plain, a target for half a score of ri fles. But could we reach it ? 1 had the shadow ot an idea that we could, tor the horse was nearly spent Yet I urged him on. lie strained every muscle to the utmost, but those sin ews of steel gave way at last lie staggard and fell, and I was jost in lime to save myself and my compan ion from being crushed beneath bim. "Tbe timber was yet a hundred yards awav, and tbe ruffians scarce ly Cfty behind. Why tbey didn't fire upon us I never knew, but I think tbey wished to spare my companion's lire. , "I grasped the small white baud of my companion in peril, and to gether we resumed the flight. But half the distance was covered, when one of the robbers galloped up to my side, aud drew his sabre on me. "Take that" "They were the the last words be ever spoke. Puffs of white smoke appeared suddenly among tbe trees, and of the ten outlaws but three es caped. "Well tbere is little more to tell The timber which I bad tried so hard to reach was our camping-ground, and it was the rifles of my own men tbat sent death and defeat into the robber ranks. "Mr. Stockton stared at me as if I were a veritable ghost; but when I led forward tne beautiful girl, it was my turn to be amazed. "Minnie, my darling!" cried tbe old man. "And I knew then who had shar ed my ride from the robbers' stroDg hold. "She had been taken prisoner on ly the day before. Failing to find ber father, she was on ber return, and the coach fell int) tbe hands of tbe robbers. By cbance she saw me, and conceived tbe bold plan to es cape; but what magic word she used to induce tbe horse to turn back with us I never knew, and she cannot tell. "It came to me and went again when I bad no further use for it," was her reply, when I asked ber about it; so 1 am contented with tbe benefits received, and ask no ques tions." I "We resumed our way next morn ing, Minnie accompanying us. The borse, too, I took with me, although it seemed utterly worthless. He grew belter, however; and there he is now, pretty well advanced in years, it is true, but still the cheapest horse ever bought Smile away if yoo like. I do not allude to the original invest ment I paid enough for a share in the concern bot to the dividend re ceived. Only one has been declared; yet I should not sell it for ten thous and dollars. Let me show you. Minnie ! Minnie ! O, here you are My wife, Minnie Stockton Max will my dividend." "Charles" said sLe to her Sunday school class, "mention some act of violence tbat was inflicted near tbe sea about tbis time." "Don't remem ber any ; 'cept Jooab was wbale-laid on the shore." 7 BaeJgerlBK Brrker. Ilenry Ward Beecber entered the train at tbe Bosten depot tbe night of his lecture, in high good burn or. lie had bad a rousing house the night before, and felt on good terms with himself and all the world. Under his heavy cloak be carried a box of grapes, aud in bis band a bunch of tbe morning and illustrated papers. Tbe passengers on either side of bim made room, and after a careful inspection of the car, he seated him self by tbe s:de of an old gray-bearded Massachusetts farmer, throwing bis cloak and papers on the seat be fore bim, and attacking the grapes with gusto. "Here," said he at length, dividing tbe grapes and putting half of them on the farmer's lap, "I want you to help me with these." 'Thanks, Mr. Beecber," said the otber. "Oh, you know me, eh ?" "Certainly," replied the other.with an air of patronage ; "my brother paid $100 for a pew ia your church, sir." "Well, that wasn't much," said the pastor, amused. "It wor' a heap o' money in them days, Mr. . Beecber. Folks couldn't get $500 a night for lecturing then." "And tbey can't now." "I thought them was your terms." "Did you?" "Yes, ain't tbey ?" "No.!" A pause here ensued, bolh old gentlemen munching their grapes." "I see the pew rents in your church are considerably lowered, Mr. Beecber," said tbe farmer. "Yes." "That's kind o' bad !" "Not at ail. It will, and it has al ready done so, helped people who could not before afford to attend reg ularly and comfortably .to procure permanent seats. Beside, what's tbe use of always preaching to tbe same class of people ?" Pause. "Mr. Beecber, you're getting pretty old, eh ?" "Sixty-three, 'sir, sixty-three," re plied tbe domiuie in a hearty voice. "And twenty years ot good work left in me yet." "We'll, I'm only fifty-nine." "But see, you've got no bair on the top of your bead," said Mr. Beech?r, merrily removing his hat. "Look al me four years older, and look at tbat bead of bair!" This answer, together with Mr. Beecber's manner and the amused at tention of the otber passengers, si lenced tbe farmer, and the rest of the journey was performed in silence. II minors of Hoaae Recti aa. She was very pretty and quite young nineteen or thereabouts and when she tripped into tbe real estate office, and with a smile and a blush began making inquiries regard ing a little six room cottage out on Olive street, the real estate agent looked over hi3 spectacles at her and thought he had not seen such a band some woman for years. (Jaestion aud answer followed each other in rapid succession, and at their conclu sion tbe lady seemed as delighted with the bouse as the agent was with kis prospective tenant. Then the la dy's hand dived into the mysterious folds of her polonaise and drew forth a dainty little purse, from which she began to count forth crisp notes with which to pay ber first month's rent of ber bouse. At the sight of money tbe agent's presence of mind returned to bim, end remembering the rules of tbe office, which applies to "cases where unprotected females apply to rent residences, he began question inn his fair customer: "Ah, yes, Madam ; that is to say. Miss; ah, who is to rent tbe house ? Your father?" "Why, no !" "Your mother, then ?" "Why no. What difference does it make to you?" "Ob, nothing, nothing; bot then we always like to know who is go ing to occupy tbe premises we rent." "Well, I'm going to live tbere my self." "Alone?" "Certainly not." "With your parents, I suppose ?" "N-o-o-Cs." (with a faint bluah). "Who with then ?" "With a, a, a, gentleman." . (A profusion of blushes). "A gentleman ? A relation I sup pose." ""No, sir ; be is not a relation, but "Madam, I must decline to rent the premises. No, Madam it's no use, I really " "But he's the gentleman I'm going to marry," (cheeks carmine and eyes full of gentle fire). And then tbat real estate agent went and stayed in tbe back office just long enough to call himself a qualified old fool eight or nine times, after which he frisked back to his cus tomer and promised newly papered walls, freshly whitened ceilings, hot and cold water on each floor, bronze gas fixtures throughout, grates in the fire places and everything else she might want in the bouse, and handed berths receipt for the first month's rent with a bow and a smile tbat if the grandmother of bis grandchildren had happened round just then, would have cost him a bean of domestic trouble. Charles II. Smith, a telegraph op erator of Munster, HI., was returning tbe other night from a party, walk ing along tbe railroad track, wbeu suddenly, on the middle of a trestle bridge twenty-five feet bigb, bt was stopped by an armed tramp, who forced bim to throw np bia hands and surrender bis revolver, $90 . in cash, and a valuable gold watch and some jewelry. , "Well, old boy," said the highwayman, in delight, "you are pretty. .well beeled," and he ordered bis victime to band over his ulster, dress-coal,, and vest As Smith took off his vest be watched an opportunity, and with a desperate push be hurled tbe robbor from tbe trestle work upon tbe ice twenty-five feet below. Hurrying back for as sistance, on bis return be found the highwayman lying senseless, serious ly if not fatally wounded, on the ice, with all his plunder, and the man was soon in jail. terald Laying-Mae Cable at It may seem a simple joatter to distribute or "pay out" the cable, but in practice it is exceedingly difficult Twenty men are stationed in tbe tank from which it is issuing, each dressed in a canvas suit, without pockets, and in boots without nails. Their duty is to ease each coil aa it passes out of the tank, and to give notice of the marks painted on tbe cable one mile apart Near tbe en trance of the tank it runs over a grooved wheel and along an iron trough until it reaches tbat part of tbe deck where the "paying out" machine is placed. Tbe latter con sists of sis grooved wheels, each pro vided with a smaller wheel, called a "jockey," placed against tbe upper side of the groove so as to press against the cable as it goes through, and retard or help its progress. These six wheels and their jockeys are them selves controlled by brakes, and after it has been embraced by them tbe cable winds round a "drum" four times. The drum is another wheel, four feet in diameter and nine inches deep, which is also controled by powerful brakes ; and from it the cable passes over another grooved wheel before it gets to tbe "dyna mometer" wheel. The dynamometer is an Instrument which shows the exact degree of the strain on tbe cable, and tbe wheel attached to it rises and falls as the strain is greater or less. Thence the cable is sent over another deeply grooved wheel into the sea. On deck is a small house, which is filled with delicate scientific instruments. As the cable is paid out, it ia tested here. If a wire or a nail or a smaller thing is driven through it, and the insulation is spoiled, an instrument called the galvanometer instantly records the fact, and warning is given at all parts of the ship. The man in charge touches a small handle, and an elec tric bell rings violently in the tank and at the paying out machinery. At the same time a loud gong is struck, at tbe sound of which the engines are stopped. Delay might cause much trouble or total failure, as the injured section must be a rrest ed and repaired before it enters tbe water. Tbe "Great Eastern" went ahead at tbe rate of five nautical miles an hour, and the cable passed smoothly overboard. Messages were sent to England and answers received. The weather was bright and all bands were cheerful. On the third day after the "splicing" of the shore-end with the main cable, that part of tbe ocean was reached where the water suddenly increases in depth from two hundred and ten fathoms to two thousand and fifty. One of tho earlier cables broke at this place and was lost forever. The electricians and engineers watch ed for it with anxious eyes. It was reached and passed. The black cord still traveled tbe wheels unbroken, and tbe test applied by tbe galvan ometer provad the insulation to be perfect . The days wore away with out mishap until the evening of July 17. when tbe sound of tbe gong filled all hearts with a sickening fear. The rain was falling in torrents and pattering on the heavy oil skin cloth ing of the watchers. The wind blew in chilly gusts, and the aea broke in white crests of foam, A dense and pitcby cloud issued from tbe smoke stacks. The vessel advanced in utter darkness. A few lights were moving about, and shadows fell hither and thither as one of the hands carried a lantern along tbe sloppy deck. The testing room was occupied by an electrician, who wap quietly working with bis magical instrument, and the cable could be beard winding over tbe wheels astern, as the tinkling of a little bell on the "drum" recorded its progress. The electrician rose from bis seat suddenly, and struck the alarum. Toe next instant each person on board knew tbat an accident bad hap pened. The engines, were- stopped and reversed within two minutes. Blue lights were burn ad on tbe pad dle boxes, and showed a knot in tbe cable aa it lay in the trough. It is a very intricate knot that an old sailor cannot untie, and the old sailors on the "Great Eastern" twist ed and untwisted coil after coil until tbey succeeded in untying tbis one. The insulation remained perfect, and in a few hours all was right again. The accident caused much ill foie- boding, however, as it showed how slight an occurrence might bring the expidition to a disastrous end. On July 27, after a voyage of 15 days, the "Great Eastern" finished ber work, and her part of the cable was attached to tbe American shore end, which bad been laid by another vessel. William, If. Rideiny, Si Nicholas for March. Fatal Are Meat. Reading, Pa., Feb. 13. Coroner Goodbart bas just held an inquest cn tbe body of Isaac Faust, who met ith a frightful death two miles from this city to-day. Faust, aged thirty, was driving a two-borse wagon and was returning from the country, where he had taken a load of furni ture. He was Intoxicated, and stand ing upright ia the wagon with the reins around bis neck. Going down a steep bill be shouted and clubbed tbe horses to a breakneck speed, wben suddenly be was thrown bead long to the horse's heels, dragged, Btamped upon, and finally ma over by the wagon wheels and killed. A verdict was returned in accordance with the facta. Beaaarkaale Little Bte The small steam yacht Estelle was recently tried at Bristol R. I., under tbe direction of Mr. C. E. Emery, C. 1.. 1 be test lasted eight bours through tbe water of tbe bay as far at times as Beaver Trail, where tbey met quite a heavy sea. The thurmometer stood at 35 Fab. when the torch was applied to the furnace fires. In four minutes afterward the engine worked water out of her cylinders, with a steam pressure of 25-8. to the square inch. One minute later the large cylinder moved. At the expiration of ten minutes from the time tbe fires were lighted, the Estelle had been backed out of tbe wharf, turned, and was on ber course. During the trip of eight WHOLE NO. 1390. hours she made 103 statute miles, in cluding five sharp turcs. Her aver- an pressure of steam was C'llbs. only at a temperature of 346. Her aver age revolutions of propeller per min ute were 130. The expenditure of fuel was considerably under two tons. On the return trip, after tbe course to be run was fiuisbed, the blower was put on the fire, running steam up to over a hundred pounds, and the little craft showed her heels on a spurt at tbe rate of sixteen miles an hour. Uettlaa Tkelr fletarM Takea. Hand in hand they passed timidly np the stairs and went into the gal ery and told tbe artist they had come to have their pictures taken. "In a group or singly 7 ' "Weil" said Zeke, removing his bat, and wiping his face with a red cotton handkerchief taken from the crown, "I don't, know edzactly. Which comes the cheapest :" It was explained to him tbat the price woold depend more upon the size and style of the picture than it would whether tbey sat separate or together, and so, after . a whispered consultation tbey concluded, as they bad joined hands for life it would be better to put them in one fram e. As the artist was placing them in position, Zeke looked sweetly upon his companion, and said : "Now, Polly, I want you to look your puniest Think o' tbat picture o' the Sleeping Beauty on tbe pan- nel o' your fatber's wacon-box, and try your smartest to waik around it. 1 on kin do it if vou try you ve got tbe feecbers that kiu lay it in the shade if you'll only compose 'em an' bring out tbe right eorto' expression. You dob't waut to look brassy, nu ther too timid ; but just a kind o' be twixt and between. Yen don't want to be giglin' nur you don't want to git tbat sanktimonious solemncholly look about you tbat Sister Peasely puts on whenever she gits up in class meetin' and goes to tellin' about how fast we re all si id in down hill to per dition. That won't do at all ; you've got it every bit jest as she ha-, and not a fringe missio'. Tone it down some with a little touch of smiles. Hold on too much, that is there you go ag'in, an' now yoo've got tbat wild bloodthirsty stare your sis ter Susan bas whenever tbe old mnley steps into the milk bucket Stiddv tbere bold easy now yeu're edgiu' 'round to it that's better. Look where the man p'ints, and don't move a muscle till I get mv faea ia trim Don't win or blink, Polly there give me your band, an' don't git ekeered I'm with you. All ready, Mr. Man. As soon as I tap my foot crackaway. Mum mum, l olly." Away went the cloth and the poor creatures before the camera sat as rigid as bean poles during tbe inter vening seconds, which seemed an age; just at the last moment, as bad luck would have it, Polly bad to sneeze. "There !" excaimed Zeke. "You have blowed the whole head ofFen that picter, now, I'll bet a bag o' po- taters, aa' mine, too, maybe. V by didn't you muzzle in a minute or two longer?" Polly bad-haded, and said she couldn't to save ber life tbe smell ot the paint had filled her bead, and something had to break. The artist had been quick to see tbe emergency and threw ' the elotb over the camera, and said he guessed no very great damage bad been done. In a few minutes the picture was ready lor tbeir inspection. "Well, 1 swan to goodnes?, Pollv, if you don't look sweeter than a cake of maple sugar, an' just as natural as a rail fence ; but I don't hare quite as sarchin' a look about me as I would like to take borne. My bair might o' had a httle more roach to it, and it seems to me as it my left ear was sot ronod a little too fur. bet tbe finger ring yonll notice, shines oat beautifully, and the brest pin is all tbere. I was too anxious about yoo to get as easy as I o'r to been, but I don't know as it could o' been bettered much. It's a better lookin' couple than any I see bangin' around here, and so I guess we won't bother the man to take aim at us again. It's ahead of anything I've ever seen in Thompson township, an' so I guess well take it along it s a becomm' pictur tbe more l look at it tbe better I like it. If I'd only bad a little more of a roach on my hair I could not have been suited bet ter." lire. Marshfixld, Mass., Feb. 14. Tbe mansion of Daniel Webster here was destroyed by fire, with its eon tents, early this morning. The build ing was owned by Mrs. Fletcher Webster, who, with her son, were the sole occupants. They made great exertions to save their histo rical relics, and succeeded in rescu ing a quantity of silver plate, pict ures aod otber priceless mementoes ef Webster. The library was not destroyed, having been removed some time ago. Tba latest account puts tbe loss by tha burning at $00,000 ; insurance $15,000. American women are described by Catherine Magerka of Vienna, who waa with ber husband at tbe Phila delphia exposition. He was one of tbe Austrian Commissioners. Mad ame Magerka says that our womea are handsome, and well dressed, but are too fond of showy ornaments. The prevailing modes of dressing tbe hair especially by girls, she approves as simple, natural and becoming. She was impressed that to many wo men the toilet was the sua around which tbeir existence turned, for whom no other stars had radiaoce but diamonds aod pearls and to whom tbere was no ambition higher than to be admired. This idea was based on what aha saw in public places, mainly, for she had little opportuni ty to observe American home life; but she was convinced tbat Ameri can wives are not so tenderly care ful of their husbands as are German wives, and that the former are too in dependent, and the husbands to sub servient She found few girls here all were children or women: and she was astounded at hearing of a young woman who sat np alone in ber par lor with a young man from 8 p. m. until midnight. - - Eigkt Arm artoa! an t ire. . Yesterday afternoon, ia couipiiit with Messrs. Stark. Mc Fetrick ao"l Strong, tho Republican reporter re paired to the sceno of the great tiro which is at present raging under ground, on the property of tbe Butler coal company. It in about one mile above Pittston and situated in a lo cality which has always proved un inhabitable, and partly cuvtred with bruh and scattering trees. Oa tLc hills leading to it can plainly he ircu immense volumes of steam riir up ward, caused by tbe intense beat es caping from the numerous ravea in the ground, and coming in conit-i with tho cold air on tbo ont.-i ie Ah we approach tbo cracks ia tic j-ouud foretold a heavy "workinn" f tl;" mas, and although at first '. not intent upon venturing inrJu-r, the numerous adveiturers ta j.-td us to follow. Our route - brought us over the most dangerous approaches, and each scene tbat wu presented as we gazed down the fiery depths told of an extensive body of burning debris. At some of these openings which have crarly caved in. the vol umes of heat and sulphur whi-h rush ed out made it impcs-iMe for one to stay there long with safety. The ex tent of the fire issopposedto be eight acres, and all tbis area is oue burning mass, with tbe rock to a white heat to the surface at many of the open ings where the rock crops out. The gronnd is covered with cracks, aod from appearances is settling down as the large pillars of coal underneath are consumed. The site cf tbe fire when it first broke out was atuoog old workings, which had been aban doned years ago, and while the toss is not great aa yet, as the coal con sumed would not have been taken out, it is now an established fact tbat tbe fire is steadily burning t nvart! other valuable coal bed?, which it will be necessary to protect, ami a contract bas been made by Conrad, civil engeneer, who will at once put to work a small army of men and en deavor to cut around it The aver age depth of the coal from tbe sur face is abcut fifteen feet, and the shel ly nature of tbe rock above the coal is the present cause of the numerous openings and continued caving in. Mr. Conrad's method will be to com mence at the surface and excavate down to the coal a large channel across the part which corumnnicates the burning district with the main bed of uo worked coal. This, if suc cessfully accomplished, will result ia retaining the fire in it3 present' loca tion and will eventually die ont. The large trench to be excavated will measure 1,200 feet, the depth aver aging from H to 33 feet. Serniit-m Ilepehlican. Fooal, Hark and .SI rep. Tbe things that a man most needs in thi3 world are food work and sleep. He does not need riches, bouor or office to live. He needs society be cause be is made for it He mu:-t love and be loved ; bis life and hap piness are promoted by companion ship ; mutual dependance aud coun sel enlarge hope and stimulate cour age. Yet after all be lives if bis friends die. There is no grief, no form of bereavment, but it hu its consolation. The best preserver of a man's life is contentment. Nor is work destructive of strength. Men look forward to rest, to a life of ease, which to them means cessation from toil and from tbe care of business. They mistake the cause of weariness. It is not work ; it is care, it is over exertion, it is ambition and desire after gain tbat brings worn and weary feelings. All we posses we possess in life, tbe sooner we get through with life tbe sooner we re linquish our possessions. Tbe faster a man lives, tbe quicker he reaches the end of life. There are three end-i to life, and death is tbe last and ieast desirable of them. One is to live. That is why we are created to live, and as well as we can. Some go mourning and groaning on tbeir way as though their life was a burden, and that it is piety to put a low estimate on it The opposite is true." A man should seek to live out bis days, and be cannot accomplish it in a better way than by using every means to promote life. Among these means are three things mentioned at the head of ibis article. When a man denies himself sleep, and exercise which gives brain and body, be robs bis life ef its full term. Let bim 1? cheerful also. He is like an engine it will run well and long if it well oiled. Contentment and cheertul ness are the oil which keepthe nerves from wearing out Busy men and women think tbat time taken from toil for sleep and recreation i time lost It is really the cement put i.i to fill up tbe joints to keep out tbe weather and preserve tbe building. Providence Journal. Atwaala. The life of the Russian officer, as I have been able to observe here, away from tbe glittering parades and tbe excitement ot battles, is occupied chiefly by routine duty, tea drinking, smoking and card and billiard play ing, proportionately in tbe order nam ed. The duty seems bard and tedi ous, but to some Americans it would seem harder to drink five or six large tumblers of tea three or four times a day. The "dentchifc," (officials) do nothing but attend to the making of tea and their masters' pipes all day. Every time tbe officer returns to his quarters tea must be prepared and tbe long-stemmed pipes ready to light, not only for himself, but for a number of guests he may bring with bim. The tobacco used is always of Turkish brands, or at least sold as such. Tbe Ukraine is a tobiccc -producing province, but tbe leaf caunot be enjoyed by any body beside the Ukraine people, with their h rse-eon- stitutioas. It would be tbe height of imprudence for anybody with weak lungs to ride in a smoking car in this region, even for half a day, for fear of suffocation, and a corpse exposed to the action of the smoke of Ukraine tobacco woold be converted into a mommy in twenty-four hours. Me-aBaal. Scandal mongers can learn a ie1 son from tbe story told of a woman who freely used her tongue to the scandal of others, and made a confes sion to the priest for what she had done. - He gave her a ripe thistle top and told ber to go in various directions to scatter tbe seed one by one. Won dering at the pennance, sbe obeyed, and tben returned and told her con fessor. To ber amazement he bade ber go back and rather the scattered seeds; and when sbe objected that it would be impossible, he replied that it would be still more difficult to- gather np and destroy all tbe evil re ports she bad circulated about oth ers. Any thoughtless, careless child can scatter a handful of tbit!e seeds before the wind in a momeut, but tbe strongest and wisest man cannot gather them again. S j the slander er may scatter seeds of discord that no effort can remove, and the graves can scarcely cover. II '
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