Terms of Publication The Somerset Herald It published every Wednesday Morning P per annum, PM 1 advance otherwise 2 to will tnvartably.he churned. No subecrlptlou will be dleeoottauea utU ell arrearagee aiJld p. Postmasters neglecting u, ooUly wlieu eubscHbere do; not take eat their papers wU! be heldllable lur the subscription. tiotrilrt removing from one PoitofflceUu. other should sire us the aame of the former us wall us the present office. Aetldres Somerset Printing Company. JUHH L SCCLL, BuHsesa Xuiftl. A TTORNEYSA TLA W. UfcNKTF. SCHELJU ATTORNEY AT LA W. nod Bounty uncfenslon Agent, botnret, pa. Otnce tn Mammoth Block. Jan. 11-U. 1M. B SCt'LU AiroKNETAT a to Mb. iia,'l. aLrt.r Wherewith promptnoM and UdeUty. w iTTTTh. L. BAEB, ATTORNEYS AT W LAW,rt,l-i.waiprnlcelnn,. jL aoT.d':...nl..g eouat.es, All bu.ineM .n- trusted u th n w 11 w prompuy imsw I H. h" Lhu attotlaw. SOM- he omce lu Mammoth buUdlug. lUtoWuM utru.wd W his ear. in " to sod to. a Ijoiulug eounuee. Office In rnnimg Uuum Kw. tie wit a proinpiueu and ndouiy. u . auuth Block. r U. 1XJLE . ATTORN L ATUW, Somerset, Pa Professional business t1d a. ,r,mr-: W " v?. T tuFKHIITH at RCPPEL. ATTUKM.lt AT bt st.ee.llly and punctually attended b Orritav-on Main Cross street, oj-puslu tn. Mammoth Block. DUN H. SCOTT, V ATTORNEY AT LAW. Somerset Pa. OIBn. -P ru' In W-; All I'UsiueM! entrusted to bis care alteuueu w protuptueand fidelity. j TAMES L. rUGII, " ATTt'RNEY AT LAW, uieraet. Pa. mc. Mammoth Block. up stairs. EuuJS" Main t:n bu " Uw sett led. tltl examined, and a II legal 1 t u.i ue.. attended to with pr-mptness and nd.ltty. jull grKV EYING, Writing Heeds, &c, l,,, .1 .i ' '",,lljlJ ,oru" -tnqulre at t:aler a. Oo.'s Store. O. F.WALKER. AulC. OR J R. NILXER has permioratly located in IWrl.n tor lb. practh ol his pMeasloa. Ufllce opposite Charles kxiastnger s store, apr. Si, "70-tt. UK H BKl" BAKER tenders his pnotsj-mavl r"-estolt.eclU.ei.s ol .Son.er.l at.. 1 hhj Ity. Tilhce in residence, one door wet ol the Bar net Mouse. Or E. M. K IM MEL will continue to .ra-tlee Medicine and ten.lers bis ,,iessio,. 1 servl ces to tie cTtlstS. ol Somerset and .urrounJt.ig SunVrv th at the old pbw., a lew d,..rs eat ol the U lade Houne. Dll V G. MILLEK, afier twelve tc . -tlve practice In Shanksrllle, has ,JL Zii- located at Somerset f the prao uZ$? ..V.nders hi. H,"'' "w. to t-e citisen. ol Somerset .1" 0oe U hU lru St, opil" 'e Baraet House, w. ara be can be euusulted at all times unlri professionally enged. -M?H calls promptly answereo. dee. Is. T14y. Dr. W.F. FUXDESBEUG I.c Ite dent SiirBOon, Sew Yort Eye ail Ear Infirmary, His lccaied pernarerti7 a the City of crcLESLAOT. torybnd fa the EXCLUSIVE treatment cf all dissases f the Eye ard Ear, includ ing these of the XTcse ard Threat. oilier. Km. te Mu)b rlre .lre-l. Junetfu. DENTISTS. DR. WM. COLLINS, DENTIST, Pcraerset, Pa. Olhce InCssebeer s liUx-k. up "Wlrs. w tiere be can at all times be found prered to do all kind, of work, such as filling, regulaung. e fract'nsr. ke. ArtlDcUl ttb l all kinds, and of the best mawrtal, Inserted. Operatku warranted. JOHN BILLS, Office in Ojllroth k. Nefl'i new building. Main Cross Street. Somerset, Pa. tfjTll V7M. COLLINS, DKXTIST, t itfice above Caseler A Frease's store, Somerset. Pa In the lat BHeeu years I have greatly re dreed the price, ol artltHinl teeth la this plaru. The con.tant increasing demand forteeth hits In dujed me to so enlarge my la.-ilitles that can make rood sets ol teeth at lower prices than you cn get them in any other place lu ibis country. 1 m now making a good set ol teth lor H. and It there should l anv periwo among my thousands ol customers in this or the adjuinmie eouolies tliat I have made teeth tor that Is not giving good sat isfaction, they can call oo me at any time and get new set free ol charge, marl RTIHC'AL TEETH!! J. C YUTZY. DEI.TIS T VALS CITY, Jomerut Co., Pa., Artificial Teeth, war"anted to be of the ery best quality, Lite-like and Handsome, Inserted in the beat style. ParUculai attention paid to the pres rratloa of the natural teeth. Thoae wiafalng to eunsult me by letter, cat do so by unclosing stamp Addraaa as a bore. el-?l HOTELS. H ILL HOUSE. JOHN BILL, Pa.rajaTia. The iirunrletor Is prered to aeaommodabt guests In the most euuibirtubie and aatislacury manner. The traveling public and permanent buaniers Jnr ulshd wttii the ben vf hotel aceomiuoilailons. Tbe tables will continue to be lurnisbed with toe beat the market aBorfis. Large and eommaiiws tabling attached. lanll jQIAMOND UOTEL. STOV8TOWX PA. SAMUEL CUSTER, IVoprie-tor. This popular and wall known Ihsom l at aH time deailrable atoplng plaea lor tbe traveling public T.bia and kouwi. nrst-cbue. Kd sta bling. Hacks tear dally tor Jobnstwn and S250f t.Alt. A rents war u-d. Bast- rm b-r1SmaU. Particular, n-c. AMnm i. oaiu OO, lam. at S3 weLDrUTIDWATCBM.CIinsul bum Know a woria. Mmx. uaicarat f Atua. Audreas. A.Coi i.ian A Co-Can wo. Hie VOL. XXYI. NO. 15. BANKS, ETC. J.O.KIMMEL&SOXS, BAUKEBS, Successors te Schell & Kimmel, SOMERSET, PA. Accounts of Merchant and oth er Business People Solicited. Drafts negotiable in all parta of the Coun try for sale. Money 'oaned and Collections made. janl-i Ssnerset County Bank CHARLES J. HARRISON. Cashier tttnl Munagrr. Collwtloun made in all parts of the I'Dited States. Clisrgc. mo.lenitf . Butter and otter checks col lected and cashed. Eaflern and Wcsu-rnexc.har.ge alwav. on hand. Rcmlttsnc:- made with prompt nesi. Accounts soliciteil. Panic, desiring to pur-base V. S. 4 PER CENT. FCXBEU LOAN, can be accimmo datcd at thi. Hank. Tbc ruixnimre prepaid In dcnomlnition. of & .. Tota ana Cigars, M OUU aD RETAIL, U 4 OX J. 1'. Zimmerman, lsU WA Main Crocs St , Somemt, lenna. The bet of clears of dUlercnt brands, macufac UTd bv himeli, ol the choicest ol tobacco. These dims canii. twexcelied by any In the mar Urt it,,. .,f the n.n-kn of cliewinir lolaw erer brought to Sotucrwt. Price to suit the times. jo BOOTS AND SHOES. IMKIil.lt Tit KMT, Late of AV'iheny Cil'j, Pa., has somki is r:T, l I -:n n a . , and njKr.eilout a shop, for the niauuru-ture ol Bwts, Slices and Gaiters, la the building, c.imcr Main and I'leasaut Sts.. F.t of IiL-iniou'l. lie is ali'.e to turn out fir't-clnss work at the h.n e.t price, and aill guanniee rfe.-t sa'is laciion to all ho aive tiiu their palrooatte. or der proiuidly arended lo. Iit-airinc neatly done. ;uv. -3m. s.r, pile; DEALER IN lovi: axj n:i:i Groceries, Confections, Qucensware, Willow ware. Salt, Fish. Tobacoo stud Cigars. :c, &c. Szc, ftNew Stock.CS o.ye n:ici:. All Goods Positively SOLID -A.T EOTTOIYI PRICES. FAIR AND SQUARE IS Out- lotto. 1 ot I'ail to .ie KO. 2, EAER'S BLOCK A CALL, When tloin vour SHOPPHTG. WANTEDS?:' excharre. We customers anui to lu liirms ia niw. Aever knew a betteruiue toell Acres at lair prices, as eode are lilting nmiev from iMiuks and seeking Acres l.n saletv. Address S M. JAMES, l'iitsl.unch Farm Ag?U'-y. 1:4 Stulthtield St. Pittsburgh. Pa. Those lu search of farms scud for printed Farm Register. XsKM u w. kabhi i k, m. n . OtulUt and .inrUt, OFFICE AMI 1NF1KMAKV. !teS.lPenn Ave. Pittsbnrirh, Pa. A II diseases of ti ll, KAR msssl 1 H BOAT, and Catarrh successiul lv treated. OiM-ralli hir "alaraet, :FalseInpils,,-"Crwked Eyea.' -VVild Hairs." lancer and Tumors of the lids. Ear, None or Throat, Ptriiclam, 'Weeping Eyes," Ptosis. Conical Cor- Xi 4 oea.torelzu Bodies. Extinction. Ac., skillfully performede Artinclal Eyes Inserted. Send lot des eripiiT and Illustrated immphlet of oases. Julylt WALL PAPER! Slng Stk luimetisc! Paper from e up! All theuew stvle of Ittuto. liordera and rirtes. fairer, ol e'verv unuie. an leand ouality. at lower lri than can be found in Hie city. Sample Screens newly -ered witb late parlor papers. A Due display ol icw uoou. lor every room a bouse contains. New Ycrk Pars: Store. Bet. eth an.1 Tth Arcs. March IM 173 SniHti field Strcau PiTTsaraiiM. DIPHTHERIA! Johnson's Am.line Idniinent will positively pr" vent tbis terrible disease and will positively cure nine case In ten. lnlormation tb.t will save many live, seut tree by mail, lioa't delay a moment Prevention I. letter than cure. I. . JOHV SU A lib, Baai.r, Mailaiv. March FITS, EPILEPSY, riiliun cinvurcn s rrtLLinu oitincoo. POSITIVELY CURtDi the worst rawsot tlie lunarest si.ih'Iiik liy u.n.a OR, HEBBARD'S CURE. "NU ! HUMBUG," IT HAS CURID THOUSANDS- Will ! "ve $1,000 for I esse H will aot benefit. A Ssirple , l4ileiree to all adnre'suig J. IIIRBI.l.i:, i Chemist. Office, 1,3VS Jlroaoway, New Voig. I Feb nt C45 piiFim wirrn urn rntix-a stcni-wujdtr.Kree a Ufa every order .Xft at true. J.tt.Oailurdlt.kiua-u,IlL 8 3I1SCELLA NEO US, LA KCB . HICK ABiils fir Fire anl Mb Insiirance, JOHN HICKS & SON, SOMERSET. PA.. And Real Estate Brokers. ESTABLISH ED law. Persons who desire to sell.buy or exchange prop erty, or for rent will find It to their advantage to reirlster the description thereof, as no charge Is made unless sold or rented. Heal estate buslnes, generally will be promptly attended to. euglt.- URLING, FOLLANSBEE & CO, Merchant Tailors, And Manulkotureri of Gent's. Youth's and Boys, FasMoiial ClolMng anl Fiirnisliiii Gooffs NO. 42 FIFTH A VEX IT. PITTSBURGH. 'LATE ROOFS. 4 Iliiw w lit rx lav iui'(nt "'' tJiatl U cheairr in the Ion run U put on Slat 11 a. A I . i ' i. : 1.. ..ill l.n r..isvp IKPOIE umu uuur rniiJn.. mum aotl no re pairi are mjuired. Slato (fives the pur est water for rlfttcmt. Stnte I lira pnof. Every fnOU IIUrT liiu:u iia c is. ninic n-vi. Urni i hM-ateU in C'uui.ierUnd, where he baa a Peachbottom & Buckingham S L AT E lor rooning tne very ie.t ani.-ie. " c win mii-iwi- Uke lo put Slate K...I on Houses, public and pri vate, spires, c. eitiier ui wwn wuo.ij . lowest prices, and lo warrant tins. Call and see mm or auurea mm at im. vpuo-j, iv i ' ! Street, Cumberland, Aid. Orders may be left with NOAH CASEBEEK, Agent, Somerset, Pa wn. H. SuiruiT. Aprl h. 1ST. E. H. WITH EODSE, HEMPSTOHE & CO, 285 Bait. St., Baltimore, M. 1)., WtHiid nieotfnjr art the mrchntr' of Somer art eun(y, to mtv4 him their urtier f-r FANCY GOODS amrlnir them aatlnraotlon Iwrth a rettuntf V1 rni't quality ot troutl. The merchants vifitiiig Baltimore are nrfffntly reqneiietl tu eall and see lue btlrc iiiakinK purx'uaat:. HIGHEST AWARDS! Centennial Exhibition. J. REYNOLDS 1 SOU, NORTH W EST CORNER THIRTEENTH AND FILBERT STS. PHILADELPHIA, MANUFACTURES OF PATLNTEIi Wrought-Iron Air-Tigtit Healers WITH SHAK1XCJ AND CLIN KER41 RIND INO ORATES FOR BURNING ANTHRA CITE OR BITUMINOUS COAL CESTEXyiAL WROUGHT-IRON HEATERS, FOR BITUMINOUS COAL. KEYSrOXE WROUGHT-IRON HEATERS, Cooking Ranges, Low-Down Crates, Etc. Descriptive Circulars sent free to any address. EXAMINE BEFORE SELECTING. April 2i. Cook & Beerits' FAMILY GROCERY Flour and Feed v e woaia nKin rrfjswiiuiij nmuii- w vur fiiemlDaoa the public generally, in the Uiwo ami SKJIlll J V fjuuKTICli UM vV Mwj vptireti vwa NewStore on MAIN CROSS STREE1 And is addition to lull line of tbe best C'oiirecdonerleH. o(iona. Tobat-cosi, Ciicai-ei. dc. We will endeavor, at all times, lo supply our cus tomers wltn the BEST QUALITY OF FAMILY FLOUE, CORN-MEAL, OATS, SHELLED CORN, OA TS & CORN CHOP, BRAN, MIDDLINGS And everything pertaining to the Feed Depart mem at tne LOOT POSSIBLE PRICES. FOR CASH ONLY. Also, a well selected itoeft of Olusaware; Stoneware. Woodenware, Brushes aj kinds, and T AT!ONEE"S Which we wlU sell as cheap as the cheapest. Please call, as a mine our goods of all kinds, and be satisfied from your own Judgment. Dowt forget where we stay MAIN CROSS Street. Somerset, Pa IAMELL oiner SOIERSET, OI.D TIMES. There's a beautiful song on the slumlicruut air. That drifts thnugh the valley or dreams; It comes from a clime where the roses were. And a t uncial heart, and bright brown hair That waved In the morning beams. Soft eyes ol aiure, and eyes of ;brown. And snow-white foreheads are there: A glimmering crss and glittering croan. A thorny bed and a couch of down. Lost hopes and leaflets or prayer. A rosy leaf in a dimpled hand, A ring and a plighted vow; Three golden rings on a broken hand. A tiny track on the snow-white sand, A tear and a sinless brow. There's a tincture or grief in the lieauillul "ti j That sobs on the summer air. And loneliness felt lu the festive throng SUiks down in tbe soul as II trembles along From a clime where the roses are. We heard it first at the dawa of day, And it mingled with matin chimes; lint years hart distanced the beautiiul lay. And Its melody floweth from faraway, And we call it now "OM Times." Timlc't . :ic. nmow cobb. The fire crackled cheerfullj on tbe broad hearth, of the old farm house kitchen, a cat and three kittens bask ed in the warnr.b, and a decrepit vellow dog lym? full in tbe reflection of tbe bUze, wrinkled bis blacs nose approvingly, and turned bis hind feet where bis fore feet bad been. Over tbe chimney hune several fine bams and pieces of dried beef. Apples were festooned and hang along the ceiling, and crooked-necked squashes vied with red peppers and slip3 of dried pumpkins in garnish ing ea;b window frame. Ihere were plants, to.), on tbe window ledges hor.-e shoe gerDiam?,and dew plants. and a monthly rose just budding, to say nothing of pots of violets that perfumed tbe whole place whenever tbey took it in their purple beads to bloom. The floor was carefully swept tbe chairs bad not a hpeck of dust upon leg. or round, tbe long settee near tbe fireplace f-hone as if it bad been varnished, and tbe eight day tlnk in tbe Corner bad bad its white face newly washed, and seemed de termined to click tbe louder for it. Two arm chairs wcie drawn op to a cosy distance from tbe hearth and each other; a candle, a newspaper, a pair of spectacles, a dish of red cheeked apples and a pitcher of cider, filled a litlie table between them. In one of these chairs Eat a com fortable looking womaa of about forty-five, with cheeks as red as the apples, and eyes as dark and bright as'hey bad ever been, resting hr elbow on the table,. and lurking very thoughtfully into the fire. This was widow Cobb "relict"' of Deacon Levi Cobb, who bad been nuulder iog into tbe dust in tbe IJyton church yard for more than seven years. She was thinking of her dead husbaud, possibly, because all her work be ing done, and tbe servants eone to bed the sight of his empty chair at the ctber'side of the table, and the silence of the room, made ber a little onelv. Seven years," so tbe widow's reverie ran. "It seems as it it were mere than fifty and yet I don't look so very old, either. 1 erbaps u is not having any children to bother my life out as other people have. Tbey may say what they like chil dren are more plague than profit that's bit opinion. Look at mv sis ter Jerusba, with ber six boys. She's worn to a shadow, and I am sure tbey have done it, though she will never own it." The widow took an apple from tbe d S3 and bean to peel it. How dreadful fond Mr. Cobb used to be of thete gifis. He never will eat any more of them, poor fel low, for I don't suppose they have apples where he has gone to. Heigho, I remember very well how I used to throw apple parings over my head when 1 was a girl, to see who I was going to marry." Mrs. Cobb Slopped and blushed. For in those davs she did not know Mr. Cobb, and was always looking eagerly to see if the peel bad formed a capital "b. ' Her meditation took a new turn. "How handsome Sam I'avson was! and bow much I used to care about bim. I wonder what has become cf him? Jerusba says he went away from the village just after I did, and no one has ever beard of him since. And what a silly thing that quarrel was! If it had not been for that Here there was a long pause, dur ing which the widow looked stead fastly at the empty chair of Levi Cobb, deceased. Her fingers playing carelessly witb the apple paring; she drew it safely toward ber, and loos ed around the room. "Upon my word it is very ridicu lous, and I don't know what the neighbors would say if tbey saw me?'' Si ill the plump fingers drew tbe red peel nearer. "But then they can't see ire, that's a comfort, and tbe cat and old Drowse will never know what it means. Of course I don't know any thing about it" The paring bung very gracefully from ber hand. "But still I should like to try it ; it would seem like old times, and ii Over ber head it went and curled up very quietly on tbe floor at a lit tle distance. Old Bowse, who al ways slept with one eye open, saw it fall, and walked deliberately up to smell of it. 'Bow?j Bowse don't touch it !" cried his mistress, and bending over it witb a beating heart, she turned as red aa fire. There was as handsome a capital "S" as auj one could wish to see. A great knock came suddenly at tbe door. Browse growled, and tbe widow screamed and snatched up tbe apple paring. "It's Mr. Cobb its bis spirit come back again, because I tried that silly trick," she thought fearful ly to herself. Another knock louder than tbe first, and a man's voice exclaimed "Hillo, the house!" "Who is it?' asked the widow, somewhat relieved to find that the departed Levi was still safe in grave upon the bill side. "A stranger," said the voice. "What do you want?" his set F,STAHLi:;nED, 1827. PA., WEDNESDAY, "To get lodging for the night." The widow deliberated. "Can't yon go on there s a house a half a mile farther, if you keep to tbe right band side of tbe road and turn to tbe left after you get by " "It's raining cats and dogs, and I'm very delicate," said tbe stranger, ccugbiog. "I'm wet to the skin doa't you think you ran accommo date me I don't mind Bleeping on the floor." itiining, is it? I didu't know tbat," and tbe kind hearted little worn in unbarred tbe door quickiy. "Come in, whoever" you may l-e I only aked y ju to go on because I am a lone woman with only one serv ant in too bouse."; The stranger ' entered shaking himself like a ewfouadIand dog up on tbe step, and scattering a little shower of drops over bis hostess and her nicely swept floor. "Oh that looks comfortable after a man has been out for hours in a stcrm," be said, as be caught sight of tbe fire, and striding along to ward the hearth, followed by Bowse, who sniffed suspiciously at his heels, he stationed himself in the arm chair Mr. Cobb's arm chair, which had been kept sacred to his memory for seven yaars. Tbe widow was hor rified, but her guest looked so weary and worn cut that she could not ask him to move, bat busied herself in stirring up the blaze that he might sooner dry his dripping clothes. A new thought struck her, Mr. Cobb had worn a comfortable dressing- gown during bis illness, which still bung iu the closet to the right. She could not let tbe poor man catch his death by sitting in his wet coat if be was iu Mr. Cobb's chair why should he not be in Mr. Cobb's wrap per ? She went nimbly to the closet, took it down, fished out a pair of slippers from a boot rack below, and brought them to bim. ' I tbiok you bad better take off your coat and boots ; you will have the rheumatic fever or something like it if you don't. Here are some tbiugs for you to wear while they are drying. And you must be hun- r;ry, too. I will go into the pantry and get you something to eat." bbe bustled away on hospitable thoughts intent, and the stranger made the exchange. He was a tall. well-Iormed man, with a bold but handsome face, sun-burned and heav ily bearded, and looking anything but "delicate," though bis blue eyes glanced out from under a forehead white as snow. He looked around tbe kitchen and stretched out his et before him, decorated with the deacon's slippers. Then be stroked tbe cat and ber brood, and patted old Bowse upon the head. The widow bringing in sundrr good things, looked pleased at his atten tions to her dumb friends. - - It's a wonder Bowse does not growl ; he generally does if strangers touch tiii;. I'ear me! How stu pid." I be last remark was neither ad dressed to the stranger or the dog, but to herself. She had forgotten that the little stand was not empty and there was no room on it fori the things she had. "Oh, I'll manage," said the guest, gathering up tbe paper, candle, ap ples, and spectacles (it was not without a little pang she saw tbem in bis band, lor tbey bad been tne deacon's, and were placed each night, like the arm chair, beside ber) and deposited tbem on the settee. "Give me tbo table cloth, ma am; I can spread it as well as any wo man. 1 learned that long ago witb scores of other things in my wander ings. .Now let me relieve vou of those dirhes ; they are far too heavy for those utile bandd ;" (tbe widow blushed .) "now pkase sit down with me or 1 canuil eat a morsel." "I had supper long ago, but really I thiuk I can take something more," said Mre. Cobb, gently drawing her cbar nearer to the little tabic. "Of course you can, my dear lady in this cold autumn weather, peo ple ought to eat twice as much as they do in warm. Let me give you a piece of this bam your own cur ing, I dare say." "Yes; my poor husband was very fond of it. He used to say that no one understood curing bams and drving beef better thau I." He was a most sensible man I t ii.t am sure, l urinic your neaun 10 this cider, ma'am." He tock a long draught and set down tbe glass. "It's like necta;." The widow was feeding Bowse and the cat, (who thought tbey were entitled to a share of every meal eaten in tbe house), and did not bear what be said. 1 fancy she would hardly have known what nectar was so it was quite as well. "Fine dog, ma am, and a pretty cat." "They were mv husband's favor ites," a sigh followed tbe answer. "Ab vour husband must have been a very bappy man." Tbe blue eyes looked at her so long that sbe grew flurried. "Is there anything more that I can get for you, sir ?" sbe asked at last. "Nothing more, thauk you kindly, I have finished." Sbe rose to clear the things away. He assisted her, and somehow their hands bad a queer knack of touch ing as tbey carried tbe dishes to the pantry shelves. Coming back to tbe kitchen, she put tbe apple3 and cider in their old places, and brought out a clean pipe and a box of tobacco from tb6 arcbed recess uear tbe chimney. "My husband always said he could not tleep after eating supper late, unless he smoked," said sbe. "Perhaps you would like to try it, sir?" "Xot if it is to diive you away," he answered, for sbe bad ber candle in ber band. "Ob, no 1 do not object to smoke at all." Sbe pat tbe candle down some faint suggestion about "proprie ty" troubled her, but sbe glanced at tbe clock and felt reassured, it was only half past nine. The stranger pulled the stand back after tbe pipe was lit, and drew ber easy chair a little nearer tbe fire and bis own. "Come Bit down," be said, plead ingly, "it s not late and when a man has been knocked about in Call AHUL 17, 187S. fornia and all sorts of places, for a birth like this and to have a good natured, pretty woman to speak to me once again." "California! Have you been in California?" sbe exclaimed, drop ping into tbe chair at once. Unconsciously, she bad long cher ished tho idea that Sam Payaon the lover of her youth with whom she had foolishly quarrelled, bad pitched bis tent after many wander ings. in that far off land. Her heart j warmed to one who, wun something, of Sam's looks and ways about him, bad also been sojourning in that coun try and who very possibly had met him perhaps had known bim inti mately ! At that thought her heart beat quick, and she looked very gra ciouslj at tbe bearded stranger, who, wrapped in Mr. Cobb's dressing gown, wearing Mr. Cobb's slippers, and Bitting in Mr. Cobb's chair, be side Mr. Cobb's wife, smoking Mr. Cobb's pipe with such an air ot feel ing most thoroughly and comforta bly at borne. "Yes, ma'tm I've been in Cali fornia for tbe last six years. And before that I went quite around tbe world in a whaling ship." "Good gracious !" The stranger sent a Duff of smoke curliog gracefully over his head. "It's very strange, my dear lady, bow often you see one thing as yon go wandering about the world after that fashion." "And what is that?" "Men, without house or home above their heads, roving here and there, and turninz up in all sorts of odd places, caring very little for life as a general thing, and making for tunes, just to fling them away again and all for one reason. You don't ode me what that is ! No doubt you know already very well." "I think not, sir." "Because some woman tbem." has jilted Here was a long pause, and Mr. Cobb's pipe emitted short puffs with surprising rapidity. A guilty con science needs no accuser, and the widow's cheek was dyed with blush es as she thought of tbe absent Sam. "I wonder how women manage when they get served in the same way," said the stranger, musingly. "You never meet them roaming about in that style." "Xo," said Mrs. Cobb, with some spirit; "if a woman is in trouble she must stay at borne and bear it in tbe best way i-he can. And there's more women bearing such things than we know of, I dare say." "Like enough. We never know whose bands get pinched in the trap unless they scream. Anjl women are loo shy, or too sensible, which ever you choose, for that." "Did you ever, in all your wander ings, meet any one by the name of Samuel I'avson ?' asked tbe widow, unconcernedly. Tbe stranger looked toward ber. She was rummaging ber drawer for the knitting work and did not notice bim. Wben it was found and the needles in motion, he answered her. "Payson? Sam Pavson ? What! He was my most intimate friend ! Do you know bim?" "A little that is, I used to wben was a girl. Where did you meet bim ?" "He went out with me on tbe wha ling voyage that I told you of, and afterward to California. We had a tent together, and some other fellows with us, and we dug in tbe sime claim for more tban six months." "I suppose be was quite well?" "Strong as an ox, my dear lady." "And bappy ?" said the widow, beuding clot-e over her knitting. "Hum the less said about tbat the better perhaps. But he seemed to enjoy life after a fashion of his own. And he got rich ot there, or rather 1 will say very well off." " Mrs. Cobb did not pay much at tention to tbat part of tbe story. Ev idently she had not Gnisbed asking questions. At last sbe brought it out beautifully. 4 V as bis wife witb bim in Cali fornia?" His wife, ma'am! Why, blesa you, he hasn't got one !" "0b, I thought I mean beard' here the little widow remembered tbe fate of Ananias and Sappbira. and stopped before she told such a tre mendons fib. "Whatsoever you heard of his marrying was all nonsense, I can as sure you. I know him well, and he had no thought of this kind about him. Some of the boys used to tease bim aboot it but be very soon made tbem stop." "How?" "He just told tbem frankly that the only woman that he bad ever Iov ed bad jilted him years before, and married another mac. After that no one ever mentioned tbe subject to him except me." Mrs. Cobb laid ber knitting aside and looked thoughtfully into the fire. "He was another specimen of tbe class of men I was speaking of. I have seen him face death a score of times as quietly as I face the fire. It matters very little what takes me off," he used to say ; "I've nothing to live for, and there's no ona to shed a tear for me when I'm gone." It's a sad thought for a man to have, isn't it?" Mrs. Cobb sighed as sbe raid sbe thought it was. "But did he ever tell vou , , name of tbe lady who jilted bim? "I know her first name." "What was it ?" "Maria." The plump little widow almost started out of ber chair; tbe name was spoken so exactly as Sam would have said it. "Did you know her ?" he asked, looking keenly at her. "Yes." "Intimately ?" "Yes." "And where is sbe now ? Still happy with her husband, I suppose, and never giving a thought of the poor fellow she drove out into tbe world." "Xo," said Mrs. Cobb, shading her face witb her band, and speak ing unsteady. "Xo, ber husband is dead." "Ah. Bnt still Bbe never thinks of Sam." There was a dead silence. eraici "Does sbe?" "How can I tell?'' "Are you still friends?" "Yes." "Then vou ought to know and do. Tell me ?" "I'm sure I don't know why I should. But if I do ycu must prom ise me, on your honor, never to tell him if you erer meet with him again." "Madam, what vou say to me shall never be repeated to any mor- tai man." "Well, then, she does remember him!" "But how ?" "As kindly, I think, as he could "I'm glad to hear of it for bis sake. You and I are the friends of both parties, we can rejoice with each other." He drew his chair nearer hers, and took her hand. One moment she re sisted ; but it was a magic touch. The rosy palm lay very quietly on his, and the dark beard bent so low thit it nearly touched her shoulder. It did not matter much. Was be not Samuel Payson's dear friend ? If he was not the rose, bad be not dwelt very near it for a loag, long time?" "It was a very foolish quarrel tbat parted them," said tbe stranger, soft ly." "Did he tell you about it?" "Yes, on board the whaler." "Did be blame ber much ?"' "Not so much as himself. He said that bis jealousy and ill-temper drove her to break off the match ; but he thought sometimes if he bad ouly gone back and spoken kindly to ber sbe would have married him af ter all." "She was not happy, then, with another ?" "Mr. , tbat is to say, her bus band was very good and kind," said the little woman, thinking of the lonely grave on the hillside rath er penitently, "and they lived very pleasantly together. There never was a harsh word between them." "Still might she not have been happier with Sam? Be honest and say just what you think." "Yes." "Bravo! Tbat is what I wanted to come at. And now I have a secret to tell you, and you must break it to ber." Mrs. Cobb looked rather scared. "What is it?-' "I want you to go and see her, wherever sbe may be, and say to her Maria ! wha; makes vou stare "Xothia only you speak so like seme one I used to know, once in awhile." "Da 3 well, take tbe rest of the message, leu her tbat bam loved her through the whole ; that wben he heard tbat she was free, he began to work hard at making a fort ine; he has got it, and is coming to share it with ber, if she will let him. Will you tell her this?" The widow did not: answer. She had freed her hand from bis and cov ered ber face witb it. By and bv she looked up. He was waiting pa tiently. "Well?" "I will tell her." He rose from his seat and walked up and down tbe room. Then be came back, and, leaning on the man tel piece, stroked the yellow bide of lid wee with bis slipper. .Make her quite understand tbat he wants her for his wife. Sbe may live where she likes, and how she likes, only it must, be with him." "1 will tell her." ' Sav he has grown old, but not cold; that be loves her now perhaps better tban be did twenty years ago; tbat he has been faithful to ber through life, and he will be faithful till he dies ' Tbe Californian broke off suddenly. The widow answered still "I will tell her." "And what do you think she will say r" be a?ked, in an altered tone. "What can she say but COME !" "Hurrah !" The stranger caught her out of her chair as if she had been a child, and kissed her. "Don't oh, don't !" she cried out. I am Sam's Maria." "Well I am Maria's Sam !" Off went the dark wig and the black whiskers there smiled the dear face she bad never forgotten. I leave you to imagine the tableau even the cat got op to look. Bowse sat on bis stump of a tail, and won dered whether be was on his heels or his bead. Tbe little widow gave one scream, and then said : But stop! (Juiet people like you and me, dear reader, who have got over all these follies, and can ao nothing but turn up our nose at tbem, have no business here. I will only add that two hearts were very happy ; that Bowse concluded after awhile tbat all was right, and so laid down to sleep again and that not a trreat while afterwards there was a wedding at the bouse that made the neighboring farmers stare. Widow Cobb bad married Ler first lover! A Parallel tasr. A ragged, shivering, middle aged man called at a hoose and asked for food, but tbe lady of tbe bouse called out: "Why don't you work for some ! thing to eat?" j "I would if I knew where I could work," be replied promptly. "There's a place down town where you can saw wood and earn vour dinner," she continued. That seemed to stick to bim for half a minute, but he fioally said witb great solemnity: "Madam, let me state a parallel case. Tbere is a place in Heaven for you, but you don't want to die till you are driven to it." She pondered over his philosophy for a few seconds, and then called for the cook to pass out a half a loaf of bread and some meat. Tho Galveston News editor, it is declared, Bits quietly at home, smokes his pipe, and edits his paper br tel ephone. General Grant made bis trium phant entry into Jerusalem upon white Arab steed, with housings of gold. WHOLE NO. 1391 From ur Kciruiar t'omponocnt. Ot R WAAHISUTO LETTER WASHINliTON, I). C. Apr C IS 3. Life will never be monotonous in Washington. As long as we are in possession of the Departments, and the cave of tbe winds, and tbe Fog Bank, eometiuic3 playfully called the National Congress, the average Washingtonian will always have his grand and thrilling moments. The Wisconsin star, Howe, who is sup posed to have invented a sewing ma chine, has done some rufiling lately for Hayes, and has succeeded in fair ly tucking up Schurz in his little bed, for be went to bed sick for a week, and it was reported be was dead. I could not help thinking whit a beau tiful angel he woold be with specta cles on, swinging on a damp cloud, and gently waving a large sizsd palm-leaf tan. He got well, howev er, but is evidently very 6ore from the castigation of the Wisconsin ora tor. There is much surprise tbat Howe's attack has elicited no reply; it seems to have reacted1 on himself, for he has not been in tho Senate tor three days, and tbe surmise is that he is either sick, or is preparing an elaborate answer to bis own speech. Those who account for his absence on the indisposition hypothesis, say that tbe troches Senator Conkiiog gave him during his celebrated effort were too strong for any but a pugilis tic physique, like that of tbe colossal Conkling. The tempest raised by Howe is still howling, and will, it is thought, soon break out with redoub led fury: but just now the Nation, through its Hou?e cf Bopresntatives, is preoccupied witb a doorkeeper. Mr. Polk the doorkeeper of the House has been brought before a committee, tried ond crucified, on the cross of investigation, and though at present it looks like the ol'd man would have to let go tbe door, tbere has nothing been proven against him, but an amiable incapacity to say no, and that be promised places to more people than there was places to give. If his promises had been fuliilk-J there would have been tbree or four deputy doorkeepers wrestling vvib each door of the Capitol ; d ors cf ali kinds would have beeu iu great de mand, and tbe hum of industry would have been heard in the lumber regions of Michigan and Maine. If Mr. Polk's promises could ':ve been carried out, the son of every member of Congress, or, if not his own i-on, then bis nephew, or the sou of bis mother-in-law, would ha.j b made a page and the number of ii le bovs tbat would have been lumbiiag over each other on the floor of the House of Representatives would have made tbe leaves io Yelamrosa a tame simile. What will be the next sensation I will not vesture to predict: "sufiicient unto tbe day i the evil thereof." During this religious rest of Lea: when the belle has ceased lrjm waltzing, and has ceased tbe toot horn pest, your corespondent no longer harried wii.h balls, receptions. and fetes, indulges iu reminiscences, and the grateful philosophic quiet of pastoral (boarding house) life. The population of Washington is divided into two clashes, (somewhat analo gous to tin division of humanity into beasts of burden and beasts ot prey) boarding house keepers, and boarding-house lodgers; and tbe great end and aim of each is to get the better of the other. If any skeptic, I use tLe word it its ctyuulogica!, not its theological sense, wants to study hu man nature, and can ailrd to lo.-e money for his labor, let him start a boardicg h use iu Washington Tbere are many h:storc boarding houses hire; no matter how grand and palatial a Washington mansion may have been, or bow distinguish ed tbe men, or lovely the womeu, tbat have posed and plotted, waltz ed, scintillated, and flirted, in its once brilliant saloons to tbe board- ng-house favor must it come at last. The old time house where Beverly Tucker once entertained in his Vir ginia style, was, during tbe war, and is now, a boarding-bouse. Tbe bouse n which Seward lived, and in which bis daughter so heroically defended ber father, and foiled the assassin on tbe night tbat Lincoln was kill ed, has fallen into line, and tbe coat of arms over its door has this legend, Rooms to Let, with Board. The old Commodore Wilkes' mansion has been for years a boarding-house; here Belknap lived in the early days f his secretaryship, and here his land lady sued him for bis gas bill. The common fate bas also "befallen tbe handsome mansion cf Chief Justice Chase, afterwards tbe borne of bis son-in-law, Senator Sprague, and the bouse where we all liked to go to Bee the kindly old man, and attend the superb receptions of his daughter; this too bas become a boarding men agerie, and last winter had the gas turned off in default of payment of gas-bill. Tbe houee Jeff Davis lived in was converted not long since into a restaurant. Such is politico-social life bere; one day resplendent with horses, carriages, music, flow ers, beautiful women, and gallant men; tbe next a bursting tf the bub ble, debt, disgrace, bouse for rent, furniture for sale tbe red flag Dies it is at tbe door. Life is short very funny. but .4 ScslbltUlrl. They were seated together side by side on the sofa in tbe parlor, in the moet approved lover fashion his arm encircling her taper waist, ete. "Lizzie," said be, "you roust bave read my heart ere this; you must know how dearly I love you." "Yes, Fred," she answered very calmly, "yoo have certainly been very attentive." "But, Lizzie, darling, do you love me? Will you be my wile?'' Yourwifv', Fred? Of all thing?! Xo, indeed; nor anyone else's." "Lizzie, what do you mean V "Just what I say, Fred. I've two married sisters." "Certainly; and Mrs. Hopkins and Mrs. Skinner have two very good husbands, I believe." "So people say; but I wouldn't like to stand in either May's or Xelt's shoes that's all." "Lizzie you astonish me.'' "Look here, Fred, I've bad over twenty-three sleigh rides this winter, thanks to you and my other gentle- 'man IrienJ?." f red winced a little here, whether at the remembrance of that unpaid livery bill, or at the idea of Lizzie sleighing with other gentlemen friends, I cannot positive ly aver. "How many do you think my sisters have bad ? Not the sign of one, either of them. Such pretty girls as May and Xeilie were, too, and so much attention aa tbey used to have ?" "Now, Lizzie " "I'm fond of going to tbo theat-r occasionally, as well as to a lecture or concert sometimes, and I shouldn't like it, if I proposed attending any such entertainment, to be invariably told that timeswere too bard, and my husband couldn't afford it and thcu to have him sneak eff by him self." ' Vzz e, Lizzie" "And then, if cure ia a dog's age bo did condescend to go with me anywhere in the evening, I shouldn't like to be left to pick my way along the slippery places, at the risk of brer king my neck, be walking along uncontsiously by my side. I'm of a dependent, clinging nature, and I need the protection of a very strong arm. ' Lizzie, tbis is ail nonsense." "I'm tbe youngest of our family. and perhaps I've been a little spoiled. U all events, I know it would break my heart to have my husband vent all the ill tempt r which be con cealed from the rest of the world on my defenseless head." ' But. Liz:e. I promise you tbat I- "Oo, yes, FreJ; I know what you are goiog to say tbat you will be different; but May and Xel! have told me time and time again tbat no better husbands than theirs ever lived, and I'm inclined to believe them. Xo, Fred, as a lover you are just and perfect, and I shall awfally bate to give you up. Still if you are ben', on marrying, there are plenty of girls who have no married sisters, or who are not wise enough to profit by their example, it they have. And don't fret about me, for I've no doubt I can find some one to fill your place " But before Lizzie bad concluded, Fred made for the door, muttering something "unmentionable to ears polite." There : ' exclaimed Lizzie, as the street door closed witb a bang; "I knew he was no better than the rest. That's precisely the way John and lex swear, and slam doors, when tnings don t go just right, lie d make a perfect bear cf a husband. but I'm sorry he came to the point so soon, lor he was just a spienum beau " llow .rly Hwrtaed. Mr. GreeUy was a persistent and untiring worker. He was very sel dom observed resting away from his desk. In the latter years cf bis life be did occasionally resort to a lounge for a nap, but it was because he bad lost his regular rest previously. When deeply absorbed he committed the most comical acts. He would shout loudly for the boy, and then the colloquy : 'Dennis, what thief bas stolen my scissors ?' Wby, Mr. Greeley, there's your scissors on the chair.' 'I did not see them.' He was alaie worker, and although he knew there was a limit to the time when be could get his deliverances int ' the paper, bo was certain to be a transgressor. Next day there was a uoise made in the business depart ment over late mails and bundles which were delayed by getting the paper late to press. Who was to blame ? David Ilhoads could tell when the "forms" came down: the foreman, Sam Walters, could tell when he sent them down, and when he got his last copy marked "must" from Greeley. When the matter was brought to Mr. Greeley's attention he promised to attend to it. Then he waited the srrival of Dave Ilhoads at night, to ventilate his grief. G. Dave, bow was it tbat the pa per was behind time this morning' D. What's the use of asking me ? I guess you ought to know belter thau anybody else. Why don't you go borne ia decent time and g to bed? Stopping here all night and losing our mails ! G Somebody's always saying its me. D. So it is you. "J You know well enough it's you. Exit Greeley. Then as soon as he arrived up stairs, 'Myron,' (Booker, now of Al bany), 'you must get tbe paper down earlier; Dave Bhoads says it is all your fault up here that the paper is iate every morning.' 'Yes,' replied Myron, 'we'll get it down early in the evening.' And Gretler would go into his room to grind out some more 'late copy.' UronklyH Eayle. A Soa-roramittal Captalw. Captain Ward was an eccentric of the firat water, and one of hi peculi arities was that be never gave tbe desired answer lo a direct question. An amusing instance of tbis evasive babit is related. One morning, four of bis friends, who were aware of this trait in bis character, observed him going to market, and alter some bantering, entered into a bet as to the practicability of learning from bim the price be paid fur his pur chase. They accordingly settled the preliminaries, and stationed them selves at different points along the street which be roost pass on tbe way home, awaiting bis coming. Very soon tbe bluff old gentleman made bis appearance witb a bunch of pig eons in his hand. As he approached, the first questioner accosted bim with : "Good morning, captain ! What did you givo for pigeons tbis morn ing?" "Money," said the captain bluntly, as be moved up tbe street Tbe second gentleman, a little fur ther oo, addressed him and asked. "How gees pigeons this motn'ng. captain?" "They don't go at all I carry them !" fas the equally unsatisfacto ry reply. Shortly after, be met tbe third, who passed the time of day and inquired. "How much are pigeons a dozen ?" "Didn't get a dozen only bought half a dozen !" said tbe old gentle man, gruffly, still plodding on bis way- Finally, the fourth and last of the conspirators, cottoned to tbe wary old salt, by observing in the blandest of tones, "A fine lot of pigeons you nave there, captain; what did you get them for?" "To eat !'' was tbe pertinent and emphatic rejoinder, and tbe captain reached home withont further moles tation. If tbe pigeons did not take wing, the joke did, and has been handed down by tradition to the pres ent day.
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