1 Terras of Publication The Somerset Herald U published every Wednesday Morning at W v .nam- paid In advance otherwlB. 2 W i.rUiilT"b chawed. Ko subscription wiU b. discontinued BBtfl all im arelpaM P- Fosubb neglecting to aotlfy bi when iubecriberi do; not Uk oat iholr I!" wUl " ne,dUbl h Bbeerlilon. bubscribort romoTlng from ou Pottofflee to an other should fire ml the nun of tbe form.r a well a tot preeent omoe. a.uure Somernt Printing Company, JOHN I. SOCLL, Basis.! Manager. A TTORNEYS-A TLA W. UE3 K T F.SCHELL. ATTORNET ATUW. and Hunty t PJ ADV.tTt' K ' "' A1TORKEY at LA" Somerset, Penna. ir H PtlSTLETHWAITE, ATTORXEI V at Lew Somerset, Pa. Wfl d to rA W jroTIOE.-AlexandeT H. Coflroth tu leu. a. etnd to .U bSlnee. eulr.. to herewith promptness end BdeUty. nug.ia-.j. i,r"7r. H. L. BAEB, ATTORNEYS AT Y LAW, t,onierM, Pa., will practioe In Som ,rlt ami ed'loluing counties AU busies, .a wasted to them wiUls. promptly attended to. J erect. P.., w Ul promptly .lend to all bustnea. entrusted to mm. aiuiic, ae. omc In Mammoth Building. irILLlAM H. B.OONTZ, ArTOEMY AT l7w, Somerset, Pa., will give prmpt atten Uoo' to business .ulrustod to JJLSSS ..ud the a ijolulug couulle. Omo. in Printing UoU. KoW. J (illVo KIMMEL, ATTCRNEY AT LAW, hJmu K inll " toallbueluoasen-lr53ra2iT-Somerset end adding conn tie. with ppnpiae end nd.llty. Cmee in Main molh Block. "" l J. O. OOLE ATTORNEY AT LAW, Somerset, Fa. Professional business Bruod to my care attended to with promptness and ndelity. a. uorrnoTB. w. H. ncrrn. CtuFFROTH k. surrti an lvT . ",n Lew. AltbuBtoe.entrustadtetbelroarewiU be speedily and punctually atwnded . KuJa-n Main Uroai irel, opposite the Mamuiolh Block. . . ..... . . I'l I TJ V , a T01IX U. SCOTT, ATTORNEY AT LAW. . rr .. . - u. iii care alien Jed tow liu .riniptDeM and Ddellty. TAMES L. PUGn, ATTORNEY AT LAW, ,!IUer,t, P. OIBce, Mammoth BUa.-k.Bp euilrj. fcntranco Main Oroe. OoUe.-ti. made, e w. willed, tlUoi examined, and all legalj Ub.I net attended to with pr,uptnet ud ndctity. julyle gUKVEVIXG, Writing Detds, S:c, l ,i! i ( i ..- i.i:: l rmui'ils ternn . v-Enquire at Caaeteer k Co.'! Store. O. F.WALKER. AugW PHYSIC I ASS. DR. J. K. MILLER haa pennanetitly located In Berlin lor the prcilce ol his prvleaaton. Dince opposite Charle Erhwlnger'i more. . apr. -U, '70-tl. DR. H. BRV BAKER tendert hie profewlonal rcoioea lo tbe .-II liens ol Somerset and vicin ity. I itnce in residence, one door weat ol the Bar net House. U. E. M. iimh V.I. will continue to practice It Me ,,.,(..- .m,.. hi tAesionai servi- .. .it'iuni ol s.jmerset and nrrounding country. Ortl-e at the old place, a few door east of tbe Ulade House. O S. GOOD, PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, hOMEUSET, PA. rurricg In Mammoth Block e4": DR. A. G. MILLER, after twelve wl' Botiv practice ln Sbanksrllle, ha now pcrm.DUy limited at Somerset lor the prac tice of me itclne. and tender, hi profeeshmal ser vlce to tb citieeni l Somerset and vk-lnlt time. 1b bl Drug Store, oppoclto the f M.nse. where he can be consulted Bt all Umes unless pmtaMlooally engaged. )rMgnteaUs promptly answered, dee. U, fl-ly. Dr. " W-lTilTXDKBElW Late Ite dent SnrReon, New YotI Eye anl Ear Infirmary, Has located peraatently in the City of CUKEZSLAITD, Xmyhzi for the EXCLUSIVE treatment of all diseases f the Eye and Ear, iaclui ing those of the ITcse and Threat OfMre, . June -A). CO ltsitk resitrf Street. DENTISTS. DK WM. X)LLINS, PENTIST, Somerset, Pa. Ultloe in OaaebeeV. Block, up stain, where be can at all time Is, found pre! red to do .11 i.in.i... ,rv mrk filllnr. rea ulating, ex tracting, sic, Artlnclal teeth ol all kimia, and of the best ma uerlal. inserted. Operations warranteo. JOHN BILLS, DENTIST. ( iffic m Ooffroth k NeT s new building. Main Croat Street. Somerset, Pa. novu WM. COLLINS, DEXTIST, (iftire shore CaseeeT k Frease's store, Somerset, Pa. ln tbe laat Blleen year 1 have greatly re dreed lhe price, of artificial teeth In this place. The constant Increasing demand tor leelb ha In dujed me to so enlarge my laclliiles that I can m.t. sets of teeth Bt lower price thai you m. m mi t in other Dlace In this eouotry. 1 am now making a good sol ol teeth lor k. and If there should he any irron ssraos si; oii, ol customers in tills or the adjoining eountles that 1 have made teeth for that is not giving good sat Istactho. they ean call on me Bt any time and get new set tree ol charge, marl ARTIFICIAL TEETH! J J. C. YUTZY. DEMIST DALE CITY. Jomerut Co.. ra.. Artlnclal Teeth, war anted to be of the eery best quality, Llle-lik and Handsome, Inserted in th. best style. Partlculai attention paid to th. pres ervation of lb natural teeth. TbM wihing to eoosult m by letter, eaa so by .neioaing stamp Address a abeve, eU-T. HOTELS. II ILL HOUSE, riAUONS, SCYEESET, JOHN BILL, FBorBjSToa. PA., The proprietor 1 prepared to aonimodate guesu In tbe moet eosatortanle ami aetisiactury manner. The travellnc nubitr and permanent hoarders lur- nlshed with th. best A hotel aeeosamodaikms. Tbe table will continue to be furnished with th beet the market aflorua, Larg. Bod oKSodlu tahUng sltaohsd. janlS JJIAMOXD HOTEL. BTOY&TOWX PA. SAMUEL. Cl'STEIl. Proprietor. Thl popnlar Bad well known bous I at all time deaslrabi. tplng pise for the traveling Public Tabs and Rooms first -class. Croud sta bling. Hakj lea re dally lor JohnaWwu and SOBMrtH. i.ne VOL. XXVI. NO. 39. BANKS, ETC. J. 0. KI3IMEL & SONS, BANKERS, SucccBsors 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. janll . Somerset County ' Bank CHARLES J. HARRISON, Cashier and Hunayer. ColU-rtloni maJe in all parte ol tlie Vniled States. Cl.argr moderate. Butter and other checks col lected and cashed. Eastern and Westernexchange always on hand. Remittances made with prompt neis. Account spirited. Parties desiring to purchaw U. S. 4 PER CENT. Fl'NDED LOAN, can Ue accommo dated at this Bank. The cuponsare prepaid In denomimtions ofj.o, l.Ooi. Tctecco and Bp, WHOLB8ALB AWt RETAIL, . II. Zimmerman, 2iuaCro:sSt, ' Nomenaot, Peoita. The Ucst of clanrs of dlflerent brands, minufao- tnre.1 by himwll, of the choicest ol tnlmccos. These clirais cannot be excelled by any in I lie mar- krt. M:e ol the txst stock ol chewing v.iiac-o ever bruuht to Somcrwl. Prices to suit the lime. jm BOOTS SHOES. IAllKi:it Til EXT, Late of Allegheny City, Pa., Allegheny City, removed to SOMERSET, PENNA., ipcnedonta shop, for the manufacture and of Boots. Shoes and Ga , In the building, coracr Main aad Pleasant SU.. Eust of liamond. He Is able to turn out nrst-clas work at tbe lowest prices, and will guarantee perfect satis faction to all who give him their patron-age. Or ders promptly al en-ltd to. Repairing neitiy done. " ,nor. -Ji3ms. S.R.PILE, DEALER IN JtXOUJl AXD FEED Groceries, Confections, Queensware, Willow ware. Salt, Fish, Tobacco and Cigars, Xx, &c. etc., New Stock. OXE VllICE. All Goods Positively SOLID .A-T BOTTOIY1 PRICES. FAIR AND SQUARE IS Our Motto. lo ol Fail lo ive NO. 2, BAER'S BLOCK A CALL, "When doing Your snoinsra-. Jan. M A KITCn Farms tnsell and exchange. We VifMlll I L.U hate hundreds or customers wnntinic to bu hirnif just now. Never knew a betterlitne tosell Acresat lair prices, as ieople are lilting mouev trom banks and seeking Acres fi.tsul.tr. Address S.M.JAMES, Pitislmrgh Farm Agtncy. 1.14 Smitbncid St. Pittsburgh, Pa. Those in si-arch of farm send for printed Farm Brgi'ter. Nov.lM O W. N4Pni.FR, M. D . (koiilisit Hntl Anrisl, OFFICE ANU INFIRMARY, Penn Ave. Plttsburrh, Pa. All diseasesol F.VK. ER sad 1 H KOAT. and ( stsrrh sucoessiul ly tratel. ( Mieratlons lor 'Btrnct, False Pniilov'-Crooked Kyas.''"Wild Hairs,- t'sinesir and Tumors of the Ibis, Ear, Nose or Throat, I'trigiam, Weeping Eyes," Ptosis. Conical Cor- nea.rorelgn Bolles, Extlrjiatlon, ke., skllllully penormede Artltl-lal Kves Inserted, tiend for de erlalT and Illustrated' pamphlet of ease. Julyli Ths Made Coin Boz holds over 5.00 of Silver Coin. In Hall IMIars.Uuartrr Hollars. Iilmcs l Nickel. The merest movement of your lliuuib pushes the desired coin Into your hand, and another one Im mediately take Its place as If by magic. Makes change lo ftallt he tlme.wtthnodangcrof drpplng anv. Sample handsomely plated with Nbkle Silver, seul postpaid m cu. Agents trial pack age, containing three Coin Boxes, for 1.0U Illus trated (Jotaloyue of Novelty Cbromos, Jewelry. Sialbmarr Packa ges, Ac., a.c . tree Agents want ed everywhere, big pay. Nitiosai Nm-r.i.Tf Co.. Nu. uu ChcsiLUt Street, Philadelphia, P. Fcbau ASSIGNEE'S NOTICE, otic. I hereby given, tbat Alexander!'. I learn of Jenner Twp., hy deed ol voluntary assignment hssassine. all his eetnte real and personal lor tbe beneht of his creditors to B. S. Flock. All persons IndrMed tothe said est its will pleas make immediate pavmeot. and those having claims or demands will present them to the under signed at Jenner X Ro&ds. B. S. FLECK, Feb. "" " Assiguee. S3 UOI.t atATFOWATTHl. Chespes) iiidi known wuria. Aamtiu alcfrn Agtnu. Address. A, Coui.TXa 4 Co Chicago. Jr. The most complete business enllere in the Uui ted h tales. Ci'Urse of study comprehensive, thor ough and eminently practical. Students received at any time. w-For circnlsrs address, 4, C. SMITH, A. M. Principal rcb. li piri.iiiKOH. Mi. MISCELLANEOUS, LA C . Bilk. Aisnts fir Fire anl Ute lwm, JOHN HICKS & SON, SOMERSET. I'A.. And Real Estate Brokers. ESTABLISHED 1850. Persons who desire to sell. buy or exchange prop erty, or (or rent will find it to their adeantuge to register the description thereof, as no charge U made unless sold or rented. Real estate business generally will be promptly attended to. auula. ill, FOLLANSBEE & CO, Merchant Tailors, A. nd TWImnufi7tipwr ol Gent's. Youth's and Boys, FaioiKe'cictMiiaiir Formsklnic Gools .0. 42 II mi A VOTE. PITTSllUltGH. O L A TE "ROOFS. Those who are now building houses should know tha Is It cheaper In the lung run to imt on Slate R.xits tfc.in lln or shiimles. Slate will last forever, nA n.,..ir. rviuirMl. Slate irive tbe pur est water lor cisterns. Slnteis lire proof. Every good house should have a Slate roof. The under signed l located in Cumberland, wlitre he hat a goodaupplyoi Peachbottom & Buckingham tor Mofllnsr the very best arti.le. He will under take to pui Slate Roots on Houses, public and prl- 1 air, fjiireis w., i-n hit in "u vi wmiihj 1 lowest prices, and lo warrant tlitm. CaH and see liiiu or addrts him at bis Oltlee, No. 110 lUltimore Street, Cum oerland, Md, Orders may belclt with NOAH CASEBEER, Agent, Somerset, Pa. Wat. H. Shiplbt. Apri b, 1875. E. A WITH R0D3E, HEMPSTOHE & CO, 285 Bait. St., Baltimore, M. D., Wonlil reiiect fully tvk the men hunt of Somer set county, to feud hi in their orders tr FURN1SH1KG FANCY GOODS fcfurin ihcin MtirLTtiun Nth ax retcarOfl rlce and quaillr of proculp. The men'hmits riiitlni( Maltituore kr urjfently reuefteil to call and eve me before makiiiK pun Lupcs. HIGHEST AWARDS! :!ia! J. REYNOLDS & SON, NORTH W EST CORNER THIRTEENTH AND FILBERT STS. PHILADELPHIA, MANUFACTURES OF PATENTED Wrought-Iron Air Tight Heaters WITH SHAK1XO AND CLINKER OR1ND INfl GRATES Ft H BCRN1NQ ANTHRA CITE Ok UITUMINOU3 UOAU CENTENNIAL WR0UGHT-IR0N HEATERS, F IK BITUMINOUS COAL KEYSTONE WROUGHT-IRON HEATERS, Cooking Ranges, Low-Down Crates, Etc. Descriptive Circular sent free to any address. EXAMINE BEFORE SELECTING. April &. Cook & Beerits' FAMILY GROCER! Flour and Feed STORE. We would most resnectfullr announce to onr menus and tne purine generally. In the lews and vicinity oi :oojei-sei, that we have opened our nc.ouire ou MAIN CROSS STREE1 And in addition to o full Urn of th. best Confeftloneriefi, Xollons, TobaccoH, Cisarst. do. We will endeavor, at all times, to supply oar cus tomers wua me BEST QUALiTY OF FAMILY FLOTJK, CO ItN-MEAL,. ' OATS, snELLED CORN, OA TS & CORN CIIOP, BRAN, MIDDLINGS And everything pertaining to th. Feed Depart mental tue LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES, FOR - ' CASH ONLY. Also, b well selected stock of Glassware; Stoneware. Woodeawara, Brush 9 a! kind, and STATIONERY Which we will ieD as cheap as th cheapest. Please call, examine our goods of an rods, an be satisfied from your own Jndgment. Don't forget where w. stay MAIN CROSS Strewt. Somerset, Pa. WARDWELL oincr SOMERSET, jor.i. nii iT"N i.od;fr A TALE OF OLD CALIFORNIA. He came op to tbe mountain road at nightfall, urging his lean mustang forward wearilj, and coagbinpr now sad then a heavr, hollow cough that told its owd Btory. There were only two houses on the mesa, stretching shaggy and sombre with grease-wood dwellings, wiie their clumps of trailing pepper trees and tattered bananas, specks o civilization asrainst a stern back ground of mountain side. The trav eler halted before one of them, baw- in? awkardlr as the master of the house came out. "Mr. Brant, I reckon." Joel Brandt looked keenly into tbe stranirer's face. Not a bad face cer tainly ; sallow and drawn with suf fering, one of those hopeless pa thetic faces barely saved from tbe grotesque by a pair of dull, wistful eve3. " Not that Joel Brandt saw anything grotesque or pathetic about the man "Another sickly looking 6tranger outside, Barbara. wantato try the air nn hpre Can tou keep him? Or maybe the Foxes '11 give him berth." Mrs. Brandt shook her head in house-wifely meditation. "No. Mrs. Fox can't; that's certain, She has an asthma and two bronchi tises there now. What is the matter with him, Joel ?" The Rtrancer'8 harsh, resonant cough answered. "Keep him ? To be sure. You might know I'd keep bim, Joel. The night air's no place for a man with a couch like that. Bring bim into the kitchen right awav." The new comer spread his bony hands over Mrs. Brandt's cheery Ore and the soft, dull eyes followed her movements wistfully. "Tbe Ere feels kind o' homey, ma'am ; California ain't much of a place for fires, it 'pears." "Been lonsr on the coast, stran ger?" Joel sqnared himself inter rogatively. "Bout a we'k. I'm from Indian ny. Brice's my name Posey Brice, the boys in the glass mill call me. I was blowed up in a glass mill oncet." Tbe sneaker turned to show an ugly scar on his neck. "Didn't know where I was fur six weeks thought I hadn't lit. When I come to there was Loisy potterin' over me; but I ain't beeh ruggeJ oence." "Married V The man's answer broke through the patient homeliness of his face at once. He fumbled in his packet si lently, like one who his no coram )n disclosure to make. "What d'ye think o' them, "stran ger f " Joel took a little black case in his hands reverently. A woman's face not grand not fair even some bits of tawdry finery making its plainliness plainer and beside it a round eyed boy plumped into a high chair, and two little feet sticking starily in Joel's face. Mrs. Brandt looked over her hus band's shoulder with kindlv curiosi- "The boy favors you amazingly about tbe month ; but he's got his mother's eyes, and they are sharp, knowing eyes, too. "Your's, I reckon." "Yes, that's Loisy and the boy," fighting the conscious piide in his voice like one who tried to wear his honors meekly. He took the well worn case again, gazed into tbe two faces an instant with helpless yearning, and returned it to its place. Tbe very way he handled it was a caress, fastening the little brass hook with scrupulous care. "Ill be sendin' fur 'em when I get red o' this pesterin' cough." A very quiet, unobtrusive guest Mrs. Brandt found the man Brice, talking little save in a sudden gush cf confidence and always of hij wife and child ; choosing a quiet cor. ner in the kitchen 5n the chill Cali fornia nights, where be watched hi3 hostess' deft movements with wistful admiration, "Try huntin' Brice; the doctors mostly say its healthy." And Brice tried hunting, as Joel advised. Taking the gun from the crotch over the door alter breakfast, and wandering for hours in the yel low wine-iike air of the mesa, bo came in at noon and nightlfal empty banded, yet no one derided his fail ore. There was something about the man that mothered derision. "A sort of thunderin' patience that knocks a fellow," Bert Fox put in. Mrs. Brant had always an encour aging word for the hunter. "Greaee-wood's bad for huntin'. Joel says it don't pay to look for quail in the brush when be docs feteb 'em down." "Like enough. I dunno, ma'am. Reckon I've bad a good aany shots at the little critters, but tbey alius turn their heads so kind o' innocent like. A man as has been blowed up oncet hisself ain't mncb at sepa ratin families. But I s'pose it ain't tbe shootin' that's healtby, mebbe." "And so the hunting came to an end without bloodshed. Whether the doctors were right or whether it was the mingled resin and honey of tbe sage and chapparal no one cared to ask. Certain it is tbat the "pester in cough" yielded a little, and the bent form grew a trifle more erect. "I think likely it's the lookia up, ma'am. Mountains seem to straight en a fellow some way. 'Pears to me somebody writ oncet by liften' his eyes to tbe hills for help. Mebbe not though. I s'n't much at recol- lectin' yereeB. Loisy's a powerful hand tbat way." Perhaps the man was right. It was tbe looking up. Ue followed Joel from the table one morning, Btopping outside, his face full of patient eagerness. "I'm gettin right smart o' strength, neighbor. Eftbire's odd jubs yoa could give me; I'd ba slow, mebbe, bnt seems like most anything would be better'n sitting roond." Joel scratched lis bead redectivo- ly. The big brawny-handed fellow felt no disposition to smile at his weaker brother. Fox and I was sayin yesterday we'd like to pat another man on the ditch ; it'll be easj work for a week set ESTABIiUilED, 18 3 PA.. .WEDNESDAY, till we strike rock again. Then there is the grease-wood.- It's always on hand. Yon might take it slow,' grub bing wnen you was able. 1 guess we'll Sad you job3 enough, man." The scared, colorless face bright ened. "Thank ye, neighbor. Ef you'll be so kind there is another little mat ter. I'll have a trifle over when I've paid your woman for her trouble. 1 wuz thinking like enough yon would let me run up a shanty on your place here. Loisy wouldn't mind about style just a roof to bring 'em to. It is for her and the boy, yoa know," watching Joel's face eagerly. "Yes, yes, Brice, we'll make it all right. J ust take things a kind o' easy. I'll bo going in with wood next week, and I'll fetch yoa a load of lumber. We will make a day of it after 'while and put np your house in a jiffy." And bo Brice wen to work on the ditch, gently at Erst, spared from the heaviest work by strong arni3 and rough kindness. And ao, ere long, another rude dwelling went up on the mesa, the smoke from m its fireside curling slowly toward the pine plum ed mountain tops. Tbe building fund, scanty enough at best, was unexpectedly swelled by a sudden and obstinate attack of for- getfuiness which seizad good Mrs. Brandt. "No, Brice, you haven't made me a spark o' trouble, not a spark. I'm sure you've paid your way twice over biingin' wood, and grinding cof fee and the like. Many a man wonld have asked wages for the half you've done, so I'm getting off easy to call it square." And the good lady stood her ground unflinchingly. "You've been powerful good to me. ma'am. We'll be watchin' our chances to make it np to you -Loisy Loisy and me. 1 11 be sending for directly, now." "Yes, yes, man, and there'ill be the bits of furniture aud things to git. Spread your money thin, and Mrs. Fox and I'll come in and pot you to rights when you are Iookin' for her." He brought the money to Joel at ast, a motley collection of silver pieces. "Ef you'll be so kind a3 to send it to her, neighbor Mrs. Loisy Brice, I lattsville, Icdianny I've writ the letter tellin' her how to come. There is enough for the ticket and a trifle to spare. The boy's a master hand at Ecufllin' shoes and things. You'll not make any mistake sending it. will you "No, no, Brice, it'll go straight as rocket. Let me see, nuw. The letter'll bo a week, then 'lowin' 'em a week to get started" "Loisy won t be a week starting, neighbor." "Never you min, man. "Loin' 'em a week to get off, that's two week3 ; then them emigrant trains is so slow, say thirteen days on the read that's about another fortnight four weeks ; this is the fifth, fcin't it: Twenty-eight and fives thirty three; tbat will be about the third of next month, say. Now nv'nd what I tell you, Brice don't look for them a minute betore trie third not a min ute." '"Pears like a long spell to wait, neighbor." "I know it man; bat it will seem a thunderin' sight longer after you be gin to look for them." "I reckon you're right bay four weeks from to-day then. Like enough you'll be goin' in then." "les, we ll hitch up and meet 'em at the train you and me. The wo men will have things kind o' snug again we get home. Four weeks will soon slide along, man." Joel went into tbe house smiling softiy. I uad to be almojt savage with the fellow, Barbara. Tbe anxious seat is no place for a fellow like him; it would wear him to a tooth pick in a week." But she might get here before that, you know, Joel." I'll fix that with the man at tho depot. If she comes sooner we'll have ber out here in a hurry. Wish to goodness she would." Tbe southern winter bloomed roy ally. Bees held high carnival in tbe nodding spikes of tbe white sage.and now and then a breath of perfume from the orange groves in the valley came up to mingle witn tne wua mountain odors. Brice worked every moment with feverish earnest ness, and the pile of garland roots on the clearing grew steadily larger. With all her loveliness, nature failed to woo him. What was the exquisite languor of those days to him, but so many hours of patient waiting? Tbe dull, hungry eyes saw nothing of tbe lavish beauty around them, looking through it all with restless yearning to where an emigrant train, its dust and dirt and noisome breath, crawled over miles of alkali, or hung from dizzy heights. "To-morrow's the 3d, neighbor. I reckon she'll be along now directly." "That's a fact. What a rattler time is." lbe days bad not been long to Joel. "We'll go in to-mor row, and if they don't come, you can stay and watch the trains awhile. she won't know you, lince, you've picked np amazingly." "I think likely Loisy will know me if she comes." Dut sbe did not come. Joel re turned the following night alone, baring left Brice at cheap lodgings near tbe station. Numberless passers-by mast hive noticed the patient watcher at tbe incoming trains, the homely pathos of bis face deepening day by day. The dull eyes growing a shade duller, and the awkward form a trifle more stooped wi'.h each succeeding disappointment. It was two weeks before he reappeared on the mesa, walking wearily like a man under a load. 'I reckin there's something wrong, ma'am. I came to see ef yer man would write me a letter. I hadn't been long at Plattsvillo bat I worked a spell for a man named Yarnell; like enough be'd look it up a little. 1 ain't much at writin', and I'd like it all writ oat carfally like, yoa know.' The man's voice had the old uncom plaining monotone. Joel wrote the letter at once, mak ing the most minute inquiries regard ing Mrs. Brice, and giving every possible direction concerning her res idence. Then Brice fell back into his old grooye, working feverishly, 7. MARCH 0, 1S7S. in spite of Mrs. Brandt's kindly warn ing. 'I can't stop, ma'am ; the ettin' round 'ud kill me.' The answer came at last, a busi ness like epistle, addressed to Joel. Mrs. Brice had left Plattsville about the time designated. Several of her neighbors remembered that a stran ger, a well dressed man, had been at the house for nearly a week before her departure, and the two bad gone away together, taking the western train. The writer regretted his in ability to give further information, and closed with kindly inquiries con cerning his former employees health, and earnest commendations of him to Mr. Brandt. Joel read the letter aloud, some thing some sturdy uprightness of his own, no doubt blinding him to its significance. 'Will you read it again, neighbor, for I'm not over quick. The man's voice was a revelation full of an unutterable bnrt, like the cry of some dumb, wounded thing. And Joel read it again, choking with indignation at every word. Thank ye neighbor. I'll trouble you to write a line thankin' him; that's all.' He got up heavily, staggering a little as be crossed the floor, and went out into the yellow sunlight. There was tbe long, sun kissed slope, the huge pile of twisted roots, the shanty with its clambering vines. The humming of bees in tbe sage went on drowsily. Life, infinitely shrunken was still life. A more cul tured grief might have swooned or cried out. This man knew no such refuge; even the relief ot indignation was denied him. None of the thous and wild impulses that come to men smitten like him flitted across his clouded brain. lie only knew to take op bis burden humbly and go on. If he had been wiser could he have known more ? No one spoke of the blow that had fallen upon him. Tbe sympathy that met him came in the warmer clasp of hard hands and the softening of rough voices, none tho worse certain ly for its quietness. Alone with her husband, however, Mrs. Brandt's wrath bubbled incessantly. 'It's a crying, burning, blistering shame, Joel", that's what it is! I suppose it's the Lord's designs, but I can't see through it.' 'If the Lord's np to that kind o' business, Barbara, I don't see no fur ther use of the devil,' was the dry response. Joel's religion was as free from any theological timidity as a child's, and jtite as simple. These plain, honest folks never dreamed of intruding opon their neighbor's grief with poor sugges tions of requital. Bat this man's hurt was beyond the jurisdiction of any court Day by day the hollow cough became more frequent and the awkward step slower. Nobody asked him to quit bis work now. Even Mrs. Brandt shrank from the patient misery of his fa?e when idle. He came into the kitchen one even ing, choosing the old quiet corner, and following her with his eyes si lently. 'Is there anything lacking, Brice V The woman came and stood beside him, the great wave of pity in her heart swelling up to her voice and eyes. 'Nothing, ma'am, thank ye. I've been tbinkin',' he went on speaking mure rapidly, than was bis wont, 'an' I dunno. You've known ut people gettin' wrong in their minds, I s'pose. Tbey wns mostly smart knowin' chaps, wasn't they V tbe low, monot onous voice growing almost sharp with earnestness. 'I reckon tou nev er knowed of any one not over bright gettin' out of his head, ma'am.' 'I wouldn't think o' them things, Brice. Just go on, and de yoor best, and if there's any good, or any right, or any justice, you'll come oot ahead; that's about all we know, but it's enough if we stick to it.' 'I reckon you're right ma'am. 'Pears sometimes tho' as if anything 'ud be better than the tbinkin'.' Happily it all came to an end one afternoon. Brice was at work on the ditch aeain. preferring the cheerful companionship of Joel and Bert Fox to his own thoughts.and Mrs. B. was alone in her kitchen. Two shadows fell across the worn threshold, and a weak, questioning voice brought tbe good woman to her doer instantly. 'Good day, to you, ma'am. Is there a man named Brice livin' nigh here tny where?' It was a woman's voice, a woman with some bits of tawdry ornament about her, and a round-eyed boy clinging bashfully tJ her skirts. Mrs. Brandt brought them into the house, urging tbe stranger to rest a bit and get her breath. 'Thank you, ma'am ; I'd like to be niovin' on. Do you know if he's well the man Brice? We're his wife and boy.' The woman told her story present ly, when Mrs. Brandt had induced her to wait until the men came home told it with no unnecessary words, and her listener made do comment 'My brother came a week afore we was leavin' and he helped us off and came as far as Omaha. He'd done well out in Nebrasky, and he give me right smart o.' money when be left; I was tookjsick on the road I disremember jest where) and they left me at a town with a woman named Dixon. She took care of me. I was out of my head and when I come to I told them to write to Brice, aud tbey writ, and I reckon tbey took the name of the place from tbe ticket I was weak, like for a long spell, and they kep' a writen' and no word came, and then I recollected - about the town, it was Los Angeles on tbe ticket ; and then I couldn't think t the place I'd sent tbe letters to before, i and the tbinkin' worried me, and tbe doctor said I must not try. So I jest waited, and when I rot to Los An gel os I kept a askin' for a man nam ed Brandt, till one day somebody said 'Brandt, Brandt, 'pears to me there's a Brandt way over beyond the Mission.' And then it came to me all at once that the place I had writ to was San Gabriel Mission. And I went there and they showed me your house. Then a man gave us a lift on bis team part of the way, and we walked the rest It didn't look very far bat they say mountains is deceive n'. There's something kind Herak o' grand about 'em. I reckon it makes everything 'pear sort of small.' Mrs. Brandt told Joel about it that evening. 'I just took the two of them up to the shanty, and'opened the door, and you'd cried to see how pleased sbe was with everything. And I told her to kindle a fire and I'd fetch up bit o' supper. And when I car ried it np and left, I just came back and stood on the step till I saw Brice comin' home. He wa3 walkin' slow as if his feet was a dead weight, and when he took hold of the door he stopped a minute, look in' over the valley kind o' wistful and hopeless. I guess sbe heard bim come, for she opened the door, and I turned around and came in. 'Bar bara Brandt' says I, 'you've seen your see.' If God wants t look at tbat, I suppose Ue has a right to ; nobody else has, that's certain.' What He Wanted. The bolt on the back door bad needed replacing for a long time, but it was only the other night that Mr. Throcton had the presence of mind to buy a new one and take it home. After supper he hnnted up his tools, removed the old bolt and measured the location for the new one. He must bore some new holes and Mrs. Throcton heard him roaming around the kitchen and wood-shed, summ ing doors, pulling out drawers, and kicking furniture around. She went to the head of the stairs, and called down : 'Richard, do vou want anything ?' Yes, I do ?"' he yelled back. 'I want to know where in Texas tbat corkscrew is?' 'Corkscrew, Kichard ?' Yes, corkscrew ! I've looked the bonse over, and can't find it !' Why, we never had one.Hichard.' 'Diden't eh ? We've had a dozen of 'em in the last two years, and I bought one not four weeks ago. Its always the way when I want any thing.' 'Bat yoa must be out of your head, husband,' she said, as sbe decended the stairs. We've kept house seven years.and I never remember seeing you bring a corkscrew home.' 'O.yes, I'm out of my head, I am?' be grumbled as he palled out the sewing machine drawer and turned over its contents. Perhap3 I'd bet ter go to the lunatic asylum right away !' Well, Richard, I know that I have never seen a corkscrew in this house.' 'Then you are as blind as an owl in daylight, for I've bought five or six. The house is always upside down, uny how, and I never can find aaything!' The house is kept as well as any of your folks can keep one !' she re torted, growing red in the face. I'd like my mother here to show vou a few things,' he said, as he stretched bis neck to look on the high shelf in tbe pantry. 'Perhaps she'd boil her spectacles with tbe potatoes again !' answered the wife. 'Do you know who you are talking to V he veiled, as he lumped down. Yes. I do 1' 'Well, you'll be eoing for York State, if yoa don't look out!' I'd like to see myself. When I go this house goes !' Look out Naney !' I'm afraid of no man that lives I 11 leave you!' 'And I'll laugh to see yoa go !' Going close op to her, he extended his fiosrer. shook it to emphasize his words and slowly said : Nancy Throcton, I'll apply for dvorce to-morrow ! I'll tell tbe judge that I kindly and lovingly asked you where the gimlet was, and yoa said we'd never had one in the house, which is a bold falsehood, as I can prove !' Gimlet V she exclaimed. Yes, gimlet!' Wbv, I know where there are three or four ! Yoa said corkscrew !' Did I ?' he gasped, sitting down on the corner of the table; 'well, now, I believe I did.' 'And von went and abased me like a slave because I woulden't say a gimlet was a corkscrew ." she sob bed falling on the lounge. Nancy,' he said tenderly lifting her up. 'O, Richard!' she chokinglv an swered. And that household is so quietly happy tbat a canary bird would sing its head off if hungup in the hall. Haw f Hsadle Guns should always be carried at half-cock, as then neither a blow on the striker nor a pull on the trigger will bring the former into action. There is no necessity whatever far a gun to be otherwise than at a half cock, unless game is immediately in front ; and, further, it may not be out of place to add, that it is danger ous when shooting in company for the gun to be swung round in taking aim with the finger on the triger. The eye should folio tv the line cf tbe flight, and the gun be raised at tbe proper moment Accidents from guns bursting are rare ; hat caution is very necessary in getting over fences to see that no earth gets lodg ed in the mozzle, or in winter time that the latter does not get blocked up by boow dropping from the bosh es or otherwise. These obstacles, although they may be easily remov ed, are quite sufficient if they re main; to burst the strongest barrels when the piece is fired. This is caused by tbe wonderful velocity of the expanding gasses. This expan sion, is said to be at about tbe rate of 7,000 feet per second, is the same in all directions, and the least check at the mozzle of the gun causes such a sudden increased pressure on all sides that the latter are onable to re sist its effects, and are burst open. No one is more cautious or scrupu lous in the use of his gun tban an old sportsman, and no one more readily than he detects and condemns care lessness in the manipulation of their guns in others. JoBie Fowler, of New Uaven, snuffs candles and cores apples with a re volver. Tbe young men are exceed ingly respectful In their attentiens to her. WHOLE NO. 1.301. The siteal' l.titiip l (Ml For vears no one supposed that a piece of soft coal dug from its mine or bed in the eartb, posseted any other quality than being combusti ble, or was valuable for any oLher purpose tban as fuel. It was next found that it would afford a gas, which is also combustible. Chemic al analysis proved it to be made of hydrogen. In process of time me chanical ingenuity devised a mode of manufacturing this j-as, and apply ing it to the lighting of buildings and cities on a large scale. In doing this other products of distillation were developed, until, step by step, tbe following ingredients or materi als are extracted from it : 1. An ex cellent oil to supply light-houses, equal to the best sperm oil at lower cost. 2 Benzole a light sort of etherial fluid, which evaporates easi ly, ana combined with a vapor or moist air, is used for tbe purpose of portable gas lamp?, so called. 3. Naptha a heavy fluid used to dis solve gutta-percha, india-rubber, etc. 4. An oil excellent for lubricating purposes. 5. Aspbalturu a black, Eolid substance, Uied in making var nishes, covering roofs and covering vaults. 6. Parafine a white crys talized substance resembling white wax which can be made into beauti fulwax candles; it melts at a tempera ture of one hundred and ten degrees, and affords an excellent light. All these substances are now made from soft coal. Sign of a srperna. Farmer, When yoa see a barn larger than his house, it shows that he will hare large profits and small afflictions. When you see him driving his work instead of his . work driving him, it shows tbat he will never ba driven from good resolutions, and tbat he will certainly work his way to pros perity. When you always see in his wood boose a suthViency for three months or more, it shows that he will be more than a ninety days' wonder, in farming operation, and tbat he is not sleeping in bis house after a drunken frolic. When his sled is housed in siimm r, and his farming implements covered ia both winter and summer, it plainly shows mat ne win nave a good uo u e over his head in tbe summer f his early life and the winter of lis ol 1 age. When his cattle are properly : hield- ed and fed in winter, it evinct 3 that he is acting according t tc:ititure, which says that "a mercifil il .n i3 merciful to his bea3t." Wheii be is seen subscribing for a paper and pay ing for it in adva.ee, it shows that he is speaking like a book represent ing tbe last improvements in agri culture, and tbat be never gets his walking papers to the land of pover ty. Faabionable Women. Fashion kills more women tban toil and sorrow. Obedience to fash ion is a greater transgression cf the laws of woman's nature a greater injury to her physical and mental situation than poverty and neglect. The slave woman at ber task will live and grow old, and will see two or three generations of her mistresses fade and pass away. The washer woman, with scarce a ray of hope to cheer ber in her toil, will live to tee her fashionable sisters die all around ber. The kitchen maiden is hearty and strong, while her lady has to be nursed like a sick baby. It is a sad troth thai the fashion tampered women are almost worth less for all tbe ends of human life. They have but little force of charac ter. They have still less power of moral will, and quite as little of phy sical energy. They live for no great purpose in life ; they accomplish no worthy ends. They are only doll forms in the hands of milliners and servants, to be dressed and fed to order. Th2y dress nobody and they s ave nobody. They write no books; they set no rich example of virtue and of womanly life. If they rear children, servants and nurses do all, save to conceive and give them birth. And when reared what are they ? What do they ever amount to but weak scions of tbe old stock! Wbo ever beard of a fashionable woman's child exhibiting any virtue or power of mind for which it became eminent? Read tbe biographies cf our great and good men and women. Not one of them had a fashionable mother. Tbey nearly all sprung from strong minded women, who bad about as little to do with fashion as with tbe changing clouds. aBSBsfaBjjjaiaaaajjSBwaBtBBB Farmers are slow to learn the val ue of carrots for horses. They are so nutritious that livery stable men feed out large quantities of them to their horses, instead of grain. Four quarts of oats and tbe same of car rots are considered as good for a horse as eight quarts of oats; and horses that are not worked much will keep in good condition on hay and carrots only. A few small po tatoes are also verv good for a horse, especially to give a smooth, glossy coat The farmer who has no car rots, beets or turcips for his stock when winter approaches has made a serious mistake. In England where land is dear, the farmers grow im mense crops of beets to feed oat in the winter; and if profitable tbt re. why not here ? Probably the most easily raised, most productive, and most profitable root crop in this coun try is some of the varieties of beets, gome of which grow eighteen to twenty-four inches long and yield a thousand bushels to the acre, if the land is highly manured; butthe best way to grow them is to grow a crop of potatoes tbe previous year on the land, with a heavy application of manure, and with no manure the year the beets are grown, and there will be but few weeds, if the land was kept clean the year before. Pipe lines are growing in favor as a medium of transportation. Down in Louisiana some syrup dealers pro pose to lay pipes through which syr- np can be pumped any distance from the sugar house to the great factory j ontbelecbe. Perryopolis, Fayette county has a citizen by tbe name of A. G. Hasio who is in the 1 05th year of Lis age. Mitel. At Bodie, Moao county, on Tues day afternoon, Jack Braslan and a man named Blair, who have for some tiosebeea in partnership in their bus iness of mining and prospecting, met in the bar room of Pollock's boarding house and commenced an angry dis pute concerning the term3 of a cer tain location they had recently made. They were both under the influence of liquor, Braslan more so than Blair. After quarrelling for some time Braslan exclaimed that he was chief, which claim Blair disputed, saying that he was willing to fight him at any distance, from a handkerchief leagtb to forty paces. This chal lenge I).-as!it! whose pi-itnl and belt were lying on the floor a short distanco from bim accepted, a.-king for time to "bet-1 himself," which he proceeded to do by buckling on his belt. The two men went out into the street, appearing tujre pleasantly di-posed toward one another than they had been at any time during the day. Placing themselves less than eight feet apart, at a eignal from one they both fired effectively, Blair being struck on the shoulder and Braslin ia the side. After the first shot they both fired rapidly, until the revolvers, cah a six shooter, were emptied. After the smoke of the twelve rapidly fired shots cleared away both men appeared riddled with shot, blood from the wounds crimsoning the snow at every step they took. either seemed to have been satisfied with the result, each starting for a fresh pistol. Braslin returned the bar room and Blair started around the corner of tbe house, where he secured -.mother pis tol from an acquaintance, with which he returned to the bar room and shot Braslan in the abdomen, inflicting a wound of which Braslan died in about fifteen minutes. After firing tbe last shotCIair fell to the floor from the great loss of blood. He was moved to the cabin of a friend, where, upon examination, he was found to have been shot in four dif ferent places. Neratfa Tranr-t. Long J ob a Weatwarla. "Long John" was lightly resting on the simple but substantial chair which supports bis ethereal form in his office, yesterday afternoon, when there entered with a slow, uncertain step, an elderly man who looked as if hejhad seenbetter days. "I kem up to thank ye, Mr. Went wortb, for a favor ye done me the first time you was Mayor. I've bad it on my mind for some time, and I thought I'd come down and tell you. But maybe vou don't remember me?" "No I don't," said Mr. Wentwortb. "You see I have been Mayor sev eral times, and as I gave my time to the business and have been very busy ever since. I cannot remember every one I met. What did I do for you ?" It was just like this : Tbe first time yoa waa Mayor I started down to your office one day to ask a favor. I met you on tho street and said I was going to the Mayor's office and say3 ycu, this is the Mayor's office; I take it right around with me. What do you watt ! sayo you. Says I, 'I want a pardon for my boy, who is in tbe Bridewell,' an' then I told ycu how he kum there. "You just took a piece of paper an' reached down an' wrote on my shoulder an' gev it to me." "I went to the Bridewell an' give it to the man an' sat down. When I saw tbe boy wasn't coming I asked why they delayed, and said I'd brought a pardon from Long John. They asked me if I'd read the pa per, and I said no. They gev it to me, and it read : Give this man his son when his time is cut J. Westwortu, Mayor. "So I went home, and the boy came when bis term was out. He hadn't been 1 ong heme till I made up my mind that you was right in not letting him go sooner, and since then I've came to the conclusion that it would have been better if you or dered him kept there ever since." So I thought I'd just drop in and thank yoa for not letting him out when I asked you." Chicago Time. rant Ilorso. Many years ago a solitary horse man might have been seen swiftly riding towards Toledo, Ohio. Tbe sun had just set in the horizon. It was on the close, in short, of an election day, and that solitary horse man was a courier from an important township in that county. All but tbe one we speak of had been heard from at Toledo, and the vote from this very township was needed to tell how the countv had gone. At length the solitary horsjman arrived in Toledo and reined the foaming steed up before tbe Indiana House. A large crowd of Republicans and Democrats rushed for the news. "Better time," said the solitary horseman, looking at his watch, "was never made by live boss! Fifteen miks in tbirtv-two minutes ! What d'ye tbink of that, gentlemen, asked the horseman. "Cuss the horse," yelled the exci ted crowd, "how has township gone?" "Gentlemen," replied the solitary horseman, "I disremember. It went either Republican or Democratic, but I've been so taken up witn the speed of this 'ere boss that I forgot which; but, gentlemen," roared tbe excited horseman, rising in bis die and waving his whip ia tbe "you may just rest assured on point all creation can't beat boss." Bad air, one this What I Have .. An old man of experience says : I have seen a young man sell a good farm, torn merchant, and die in tbe insane asylum. t have seen a farmer travel about so much that there was nothing at home worth looking at I have seen a young girl marry a man of dissolute habits and repent for it as long as she Iired. I have seen a man spend more money in follv than would support his family in comfort and independ ence. I have seen an old man depart from truth where candor and veracity would have served him to a much better purpose. I have seen the extravagance and folly of children bringing their parents to poverty and watt and themselves to disgrace. I have seen a prudent and indus trious wife retrieve tbe fortunes of a family when the husband pulled hard at the other end of the rope. An old lady being asked if sbe ev er had her ears pierced by the wail of distress, said she couldn't very well remember, bat she believed it was done with a fork. J
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