-'.-"ACL; 'forms ot'JPablication Ths Ssmerset Herald i, ..aVdihcl every Wednesday Moraine at i M . r aaucm. paid la adraaoa otherwise $2 M ill Invarial.iy I ehanred. Sj sul.writion win. b disoonUnoed antll ell .rriirafie irt paid ap. Postmasters neslectina; i.. no:i!f wbea nlxnlbcn do; do take oat ibelr (eirn willl"eheMUauleIoTtoenitcTipUoB. Mit-Tiit removing from one roumee to Sa nger should iflTt ex tbe name of the former ai soil at the present ornoe. Asddret Somerset Printing Company, JOHN L 6UCLL, Business Manager. A TTOESEYS-A T-LA W. UtNKT F.SCHEIA.. ATTORNEY ATLAW. and H.nty tm.l'fflrtie Agent, Somerset, i 4 office t .Manimotu Mock. Jan. U-tf. ".). ii scrix, ATl'OKNET AT LAW, Somerset, Peon. 1' H. POSTLETHWAITE. ATTtlRNEl Ik .i Ijiw. Somerset, ra. rroteeaioxuM osi. solicited and uucinaHj attend. vr NiiTHJE. Alexander H. tloflroth has , re-amed tiie l.rartlce 01 Uf to Somerset and j ...m in counties, Omoe In Mammoth building. Ki).","- t -ALKNTlNE HAV ATTORNEY AT LAW .mi dealer in real estate, Ssomereet, Ha., will '..i all l.usioess entrusted to his care alia J;!.mj.u.ef and Odetl-.J. 11 J- w J k H. L. BAEK, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Somerset, Fa., wUl practise In Sola- . ...aniUi All Knaine.eka satl . 'rusted to the wil ue ITumplly aUended to. - ".1 ..... Tmi)V-V ITI.1V U IM . - 4 !! lilllini DUUUUVw evanrsao I i H ii. V rii. . ' ' - ' ir-rL I'a.. will nr-eaptly attend to all luliness ,. to hltn. Money advanced on oulleciloB i:. uan-e la Hamniotn iiuUdiug. U-ILL14M H. KOONTZ, AmUvNtY AT U,w. Somerset, Pa., will ictve prompt alien u..nt business entrusted to h-s ware in Somerset " l the sljoiutu counties, urboe la Fruiting H.'U Kvw. '((iHSO. kVMriTATTt:KNEY AT LAW, ,J .-.merrel, l'- will attend to aU baMneas en i ru-ie 1 o hU care In Somerset and ediidnirr eiain !f . pn.a.l.tne- and nd.lu,. Bi lh iil-'i- ' " ATTORNEY AT LAW, ; .inrr'ct .t Pa Profe?s!"nal ImJincM enirusioi t u;j cre atleaJc. Ui ith promptness and ndellt. A. B. CKFTntTM. w. h. vrri .j Liw All t'OJi'neM entruUrd te iholrwewill ..iiWaiid l iuctcllyatu-iHlod t". ..un-n Main C-ro trt, opiilte the ls.uith lilock. I GUN K. SCOTT, V .tthL'VIV 1TI..W. . . . .funri 1TT1KT.YS Al AAA ' ai - - A f. J AMES L. rUGU, ATTORNEY. AT LAW, . .,., 'j tT.. Mamrcnth HI k-P slain, t ntrADoe' Main 'r. St. Coll-u.i. !. u,;"m.M. itl examlne.1, ami a I leral ll-.-.-s'ten.u-.! tvwlth pr.ittiptacM aud naUty. jui) s I'KVEYINO, Wriiicg IceJs, lie., .il - r)ii'le ut ni" a-liuit; at Caeter A t'o.' Store. C. F.WALKEK. rum ic i ass. I K I K. KILLER ha irmnently located is ilirlinl-Tihe prarti. it H proieMlon.- . it file 'harlo knuMntttr a Hjre. pr. Si, '" It- fili H. ERVBAKER tend-r bU i.l1;al (.Twew to the (iUM ol S-aneract and v .16 .... . ... one door wet ol the liar- li.u:e. V M K1VVIX !lle!IMHcwi" .nolicne. ai.d ten sers lilt .r.ei..n. - i tiitt. t in. e at the oi.1 i-lace. a lew d-..r east mtlMc Haaw. - - -! ,.. t;ii.i. ..I .Tnerc; airi : V:. r a "1 ti "e "1 il G MILLKU, afw-r twelve? .-w. ,frla In ShjuLst lile, has ttU li-.ited at ..i. r-l l"i r I,..'.. m! Lenders Lis im-tes: he ). jr.al ser- ' ..i.,:. ..I s..werei and lc!i.i r. - -e it '.Ij I'roe- Suite, e;..ite the i.jrnet j, - -re he ea he consulted at l:tiif i.-S"niiy er.iitd-e(-v. t ailf promptly amwere.. le- li l-'-y. Dr. W. F. FUSDEMJEKO I.aicltri denl SurBOon, Toil Eye al Ear Infirmary, x l::aiei pcrrucctly in tie . t wie"it 3 f:r o IICirSITS treatnett cf all ilzuz i ti2 szi Ear, s'- oHire. Raeith rl fclreel. June WU. DEST1STS. IvK WM. tX'LLrSS. I'ENTIST, Somerwt, I I'a. o:nce in faselcr' hl.k, up stairs. he car at all tiroes l f..tnd pre(ire.l to do a.i t.n.lsot work. su. h as Clllnu. reiculatitur. ex tac:in. .c Ar.locUl teeth . aU km.is, and of the hfct mate'laLlTisened. . Hieratic warranted. JOHN BILLS, DSNTIST. :e.ee in t 9rolh a NeU s new LulMlna. Main t"rs street. Somerset, Pa. n-.ll lvT. COLLINS, ii:tist. li : 'in the last nf.reB years I haee irreatlT re-j . ... teeth hi thi i-laee. .Jmi iit 'o to r:.iie o'T utilities tost ' can ' c,ucls-u ol teeth at t wer rles thae . .- n ci t f. in sry other pu-e Pi mis emniry 1 atu u w ma km a e: se; ol teeth e. ..-,.( It rh.T vuU l lav - re-n sskoi bit ih-mBds n" rau.urfrs In this or the ad;otnlre eountiee that 1 h e made tee-.h M that L ni srrvlrs: (rotl st tMj.th. ti-ey cn call on me at an uuie aad itrt ace set tree ol t I.xnre. a.-r".s UTIFIC'AL TEETH! I .1. C. YL'TZY. DENTIST, DALE CITY, rtet Cs., Pa., Artaicul Ter:h. wa.- aated te he of tke rery t Liie-I.ke ar.d ludstene. Inserted a ins i s. ile. Partamlai attetitM paid U the pres erMti-'n of tl.e natural teeta. Thw wishma U --a.t tr I j ietu-r, ul do a J eaeiosinir stamp Adorees as alve. lelx-TX UOTLI.S. D IAMOND HOTEL. sroVSTOWX I'A. J-ti ;h .r"tf fcu.i fftUrt. milk li -vt: i-r-t vi lemi iutv. Li h ti b il m rry -.r:4c noji4t; pi lair t be lrThar vi h; .a--i ar,j ro. tmC h na. H ui nri -:. vuh iarxe fvtUc sUil tt-leJ 'it mmr Ai-Aj Urse fco-I r.-u.y rtNiin-t. (a. Un.:uc b lajk-i -t lite k-v - s.vNiricid crsTi-iMw KNOW fir TT-x.r -tni jtrvirinr f h ia.Drfcie tnrh coo. VMlAri pyrxr-l'KK-sERVAlAuN THiSELr,lvW"i. t.rusfcf ExsEted Vrtsiitr, lrt cwr.se IKetine. N?,roM aad ivi4salleU;.rT, aad theeaiUes nzrsMuziM dis'aiHi aiald wueencs tksa rewalt :h.ref roai, and cectame eiose taaa aoertcwal ( re-a-nr rjeT-s, a.roae ef wkjcaWvcrtb tbepnee of iae book. This boc was wrcea hr '.be suxn. t w.tc and preoaUe the meat sk tlfttl peacxUKSavr ia Aciena. te wbcasi waa awieded a road and Jrw- 4- i aiedal by the KatMai Unheal AssacnTiiwa A Pui-.iiKt. idwstratew vuk the eerr Aacwl -"1 an and bcury lit ill cat rtsi a aii. brae '" ' it at esace. Address isfaSTIIYSELF 1 he VOL. XXVII. NO. 10. BANKS, ETC. J. O.KIMHEL&SOXS, BA1TKEBS, Sooeesaori te Schell& Kimmel, SOMERSET, PA. Accounts of Merchants and oth er Business Peopl9 Solicited. Drafts negotiable in all parts of the Coun try for Bale. Money loaned and Collections made. janli Soasrset County Bank CHARLES J. HARRISON. Vtishier ami Manager. Collection made in all pirts of tl.e VnlteJ Statca. Charvtf mo-lente. llutler and other cherkt col lected and cashed. Eattern and Westernexrbange alwavs on hand. Remittances made with prompt nest. Accounts solicited. Parties deeirics; to purchase V. S. 4 PES CENT. Et"NDEI LOAN, cm be accommo dated at this Hunk. The cuikiti aro prepaid In denominations of so. anas LA Bt'Z x. Bit as Agents for Fire ii Iffi Iwm, JOHN HICKS & SON, SOMERSET. I'A.. And Real Estate Brokers. ESTAKEISHED 185C. Perweis who desire to sell, buy or exchange prop erty, or for rent will nod It to their adranUire te rKirter tiie desrriputei thereof, as no chance Is Biadeanleiw sold t renied. Keal elate Lnillcss cenerally wi'lbe promptly attended to. aiKla. Tctecco ani Cigars, WBOLESiLE ASD BKTalL, J. II. Zimineruiaii. 3-aaCrsa5t, The best of clirars of dilli-rent brands, manafao tnre.1 l.jr hlir-fetf, of the choicest ot tolmcei. These rivals cannot he excelled hj any in the mar ket. One ot the l-est sin ks ol ohewinit tot'icco erer brouitht to b'e nerset. Prices to suit the times. jan S.R.PILE, DEALER IN flovi: axi ii:i:d Groceries, Confections, Quccnsware, Willow ware. Salt, Fish, Tobncfo and t'iars, etc., &c. tc, ft-New Stock.8 oxi: MICE. All Goods Positively - SOLID .A.T BOTTOM PRICES. FAIR AND SQUARE IS Our INXotto. lo rail to Cite SO. 2, Em's BLOCK A CALL, When doing your SSOIFIPrtTG-. Jan. 11JITfn Parms tosell andexdree. We MAN I tU Ue Luadnc, or cast.cen tenrr nice hikm an" I 1 ; . are littir.e n-n? Irom hanks and seekrnr A-Tes Uf'.r'.l. All'refS S.M.JAMES. Pntsiruh Karat AsrwicT. li Smlrhneld St. P1'r-I.nii. Pa. " Thiee in search cl (arm stnl F printed Firm Kejiiier. Novjp ivueriiice toseil Acres at lair prire. THE pERFisCTiQN Earth Closei All TICHT. laiStUSS AI9 AmATH, - Seat atwaT, clean am! free from drjft, trl r, i Cjv cac ci 1 tttrl'r adawtsS f -ir see ia Reayiuia, Hotel, aad law lltes. aa ae aerd ia tke belreesa witkeet rltiaf aa eaVace. - Pr-ces, 10, 14 and 18 Dollar. a AJieee, wiUi stimp, fordrcniar. FUTLTTICH UIT3 CLEFT CXPiiT , Nc. H Water St. I5rookl-n, I. one Isilantl. i7 A. J. LXI.1 dk rrt., MPrs ' li Jeftl.-OndtJ A Ws'ker'i lerakle Paiat U.bMU,! Uitf.K 111, MIK.m- Lff 1. fn.Brwa .v ,. v . . . - . rs tm.j SKCis, CjuUs as shear forks that n k kilx. aaa se cixeiritacstheeoaBas; t.hU tat lafhsraasot, ae f TJ mi IWS,i mml teas SwS. I r,vwiiu,siManiaisrka ,Mt ar SB mrm ae r ttcs. aacraa -e f ' A. t. a AavUS a COj, riOakmrra, faj Mayj - all or C2, NiUr y cbafit, ,s KlUal. tsrtnct. MISCELLANEO US, GLEXX'S SULPHUR SOAP. Thoroit.hly Cures Diseases of tiik Skin, UevVtifies the Cfivii exio."(, I'riivents AVl KKMEDItS RhLLMAIISM ANI tlOUT, IltAlS SOKkS AMD AKHVMONS UF 1111 CfllCLE KSU CorSltk-tCTS CoNTAUiON. This Standard External Remedy for Erup tions Sores and Injuries of the Skin, r.ut ouiy IEVOVES FROM THE CoMPI :X1:IN ALL 1'jIJLM ISHE5 arising from Itxr-.l impurilies of ths blood and obslraction of the tiorcs, but also tho&c produced by the sun and wind, such as tan and freckles. It renders the ci'TlCLE MARVFLOrSLY CLEAR, SMOOTH IT.d ILIAST, and lieing a wholesome BEALTlFir.k is far preferable to any cosmetic Atx the remedial advantages of Sul phur JIaths are insured EY tiir l sz of WfMw'e iArr Soap, ttrikh in al ii tion to its pjri;y:n:j effects rcinc.iics and FSE VEXTS Rllkl'MATISH an.l COLT. It also DisiXFFcrs ci OTlt'Sii and ltxen and prevents diseases cimmuxicated by contact with the FERiOX. IT DISSOLVES Eandrltf, prevents baij ncss, and retards gTayness of ttic hair. Ph) sitliis speak, of it in bih icruis. Prices-25 and 50 Cents per Caki; per Box (3 Cakes), 60c. and $1.20. K. B. The 50 cent cakes arc triple ths sire of those at 5 cents. "I1LLLS HUE AI tVUISKE?. lrE," Black er Brown, 5t) C cota. C 5. tH'TrESTtiS, Lv, 7 -SLsli iv., Ii. The Great New (tiedicine fl - " Vil A Health-Giviag Power PURIFIES THE BLOOD, l.':VtCOtATES THE LIVER, PROMOTES OICESTIOW, and STREMCTHfcNB THE NERVES, Til ai efTt-tiittlly earliisr disease of what, ever ssasne eir iiatnre. It I s worthy of a trial. HELifcF guaranteed. la lollF.KABLE to tlie taile.UKATE I'l'Llatheitomafh.aad act eflleiesitly as a ATIIAKT1C. A LI'K li A T 1 Y 1 aad Ull HETIC. Ita artlcn I. not atteaded w ilk mmy nlrsfsal f. eiin c.Heit her Is laasroar nor debility rxi eriencrd. bat os tiie eontrarr, retiesliuiesit and in Tlst oration. Ita immerifalerffeetiif'On thediesttee er(sai, nether isn paired kydlwanoi ealaanated from aajrraaie, I. to incieaae I heir powera of a. .imitation and nutri tion, the appetite belnsr Increased at once ri'o t liu,f alfWtel with an enftor pe,l condition of the iirer. as Kiliona neaa.charneterlxed byadakyrsinplri Ion. a coaled Ions nr. a pasty, bad taste In the snonlh.n t aprlelons appetite and eluceTish a. Hon of the bowels, with a eense of fnllm In the head and of men tal dnllness, YItsOKEMS proves most saleable. Ita effeet npon the kidneys la no lese fcanpy, a tnrhiil. irritating niine la sjnirkly cleased np by it. Inflammatory and Chronic nnEC M AT1SM will eoon disappear by a urr elstrnt nee or KdiREtk. Ksr the rare of Sikin Dlsea-es and F.rnptione of all kinds, VlbOHESt is most certain. VIGOREM: I. composed of the act Ire propertlea or IIKKHH. UlSUTa. Ol Ma and MAKKS, lhat .Xatnre alone far ni.hea. rreat care belna; taken by ne that they are ejatherra at the right aenson of the yetr, and that their ponscas their nallTe virters. r lhat VIIIRFAK has the power tn PIR1FV T IIK IIMHin, I WIf.Olt ATK Ihe I 1VF.K. and TI.Hl LATE the 1)1 I.KallVK IRU.tS, Is lndlpntablr proTrn by thaw who knee clven it n trial and have been permanently enred. AVe do not a.k you 10 ley a doxen bot tles to experience rel ief, for we tl AH tVri.H yon will ftI tetter from tho tirst few doses. IGHF.VE la aafoniahlnz the world with ita caret, and I. throw inc all other IOl. ALTERATIVE an.l l!VIG UHiMi, Into the sharie. Fnt np in larc-boitlea.rfoul.le.tirKcth. Keqniree email tlose., and Is s'.rstiNf to take. Price. $1. tU per Ilottle. WALKER L BACGiR MFG. CO.. Pron's. 13 .sis St. Vt-r Trri. ill .':rt:7 :::y. S. J. HE OBjrrr OF r VTISO - a near book eTce .ne sbc n'.d rued, i, at Lr. e cjon niijd of a o&e ceat eiain. I -"OliiSAI.EliY G. W. S P E E It S , OUVGGIST, Someritct, IV. I'elcaary Cook & Beerits' r A FVI .Y (TKOnF.R Y XillTilljl UHUUJjUI, r .OUT and FeGd STORE. We woM most eestetnilT atrannsre to onr Men Is and the al.llc ireticTatly. la tne lewa and Tlewi'.y of Somerset, th-t we care opened oar itew&ioce ua MAIN CROSS STREE1 Aad IB addhljo to o fall Use of t2e best CurM'(iiirrieM. Xotiouft, Ttkliaecow. Cigar, d o. We wUl endearus, at ail tuBes, to (apply jcr ens- toaiers witfc tiie BEST QUALiTY OF FAMILY FLOUR, COEX-jIEAL; OATS, SUELLED CORS, OA TS & CORS CHOP, i?aTJ.V, 3HrtDLISOSVt a3 I was saying, Gerard used And eeeTTtbitr par. vafr.lng to tUe rl f-Tar- ssea: ai tne LOWEST POSSIBLE fEICS FOIt CASH ONLY. Alas, a mi selected stojx U Qtuesue: atwtrxe. Weedecware. 1 itil t' al kinds, and STxVTIONEUY W kick wa wiU sett as chess, as the eaeax-en. Hesse call, examine ear roods of all ktnds, aad be satisfied frees year eara lartasaeal. Deat target whore we stay A5A1X CKUSS Street, Sxcme, Fa. Somer&et A l VIST. BY WILLIAM CCLI.EX UHVAST. (The follow Id e portina of a poem 'with the above title dties not appear in any of his published works, but was contributed in 133 to the New Voik Mirror, the predecessor ol the Home JvtiraL The fiaiet August noon is come ; A slumberous silence fills the sky. The fields are still, the woods are dumb, la glassy sleep the waters yie. And mark you soil w Uilo clouJs lhat rest Above our vale, a moveless throng ; The cattle on the mountain's breast Enjoy the grateful shadow long. Oh, how unlike those merry hours In sunny June when earth laughs out; AVhen the fresh.winds made love to flowers And woodlands sing and waters shout When in the ra?s sweet waters Lilk, And strains of liny music swell From every moss-cup of the rock. Front every nameless blossom's bell ! But now a joy too deep for sound, A peace no other season kaows. Hushes the heavens and wraps the ground Thc blessics of supreme repose. JIIm Iniccrsoll's Letter "That is a very handdome house of Mr. Strong'?," I said, referring to one visible from the window at which I was seated ; "it is quite an orna ment to your whole village." Liittie -Mifs ingersoit signed, as the always did when ilr. Stronger bis belongings were mentioned. She was a tidy old maid of about fifty, who kept the village echool, and during the two mohtbs cf sum mer holiday, rented her only spare room for a boarder. Five years ago I was the boarder, and my hostess had made me at home ia the most genial eense cf the word. w e were last Ineudj in a month, and had exchanged many coaG iences, eo I was not surprised at the new one reposed in me, after that long eigb. "You'll soon ba going," said my hostess, "ani I muit cleia house be fore I open school. I never clean house now without a heartache." I looked sympathetic, though the speech was rather vague. "But for one house cleaning,'' said my companion, "I should now bo Mrs. Gerard Strong, and live ia the house you a-erejust admiriag." 1 did open my cye3 then. Before my mental vision there stood a porJy figure, a broad, red face, surrounded by iroagray hair, ihi figure aad ftse i cf Mrs. Gerard Stroag, the wife of Gerard Strong, tha miili jad-e, the great iron founder, whose factories and the colony of workmen thereia employed, really made ibe village of Strong's Corner, an tlTahooi from an older village of scattered houses, call ed bv the unmusical name ct Pott's Milli. "Ye.3, my dear,'' continued the lit tle old maid, wiping a email tear froai the corner of btr faded blue eyes, " he was my lover thirty-two years ago. It it a long time to look back upon more than your wb-le life. Gerard was not the rich mia then that be is now, bat the son of the blacksmith at Poll's Mills." I looked at the prim little figure in its dress ot cheap print, most dainti ly made, aud finished with soft white ruflles at the throat and w:isU: at the cosy eitticg room, that was but ecimily famished though eirpiekely clean, and frightened ty muslin cur tains and saucers cf garden flowers ; and at the sencol room beyond, whesp doors were opt?a to admit the air. I thought of Mrs. S:roag's velvet lined barouch, with us superb hors es ; of her magnificent dref scs, and the probable grandeur of the icsi.1-? of that bouse, whose walls were 60 imposing, and contrasting the posi tions, curiosity got the better of cour- tesv, aad 1 asaed : "How did it happen ?" My curiosity was rewarded, whether I deserved it or not. Miss Inrrersoll evidently not unwillin? to tell the story, for she smiled and said : Poyoa really care to hear about it?" " " i I reallv do." i "Well, my dear, thirl v-tro ter ; ago when 1 was a girl cf c;gbKeo, there were no factories or workmen aboat here, aad iattea J of the bast-' i:ni, nlii-s thit it iannar tV. -V I was a collection cf firm?, hirg fi Mr parent owaH 'a small uiace, and we were quite ctLtented tofarmLra living while Gerard i StroDg was the son cf the village 1 room to read it, lor 1 coma not oear blacksmith, but not contented at all. J the ths eye3 cf even the feeble mind He was my werm, true friend from I d to see my fcce then. I was the time we were littie children nrl I half frantic to think of the letter hav- he would tell me o'tea of his hone to gtt away from Pott's Mills, and make bis fortune as a great machin ist in Pittsburg or some othr grest ;nr. Ycu thou'id have set n Lim how bis eyes would &ah and his shoul ders straighten bat's when he talked al..ut going itto the gteat world to make bis foitnne. He was always a handsome man, and had a passion for working in iron, and, a hope to be j then hirigho I he told me of his love, one day at the head ol a great fcun-1 his dear love for me." dry " Here Miss Ingersoll looked so "As be is row," I ventured to re- J dreadfully sad, that I crossed the Blkf:; jrocm to where she sat and kissed "Ye3 but I caa't tell the Itort li'w kr airrlsinrNtis? mr ftvm- ecu seep cn latcrrnptiE? me. iE? me." ! I asked pardon, aad promised to cSVnd no more, and then Miss In- gcrsoll remarked "I suppose it is teaching so long mtt'.'S it confusing for me to be in terrupted. X never allow it. "Where was I ? Oh. I rtreinrr to tell ce al. Lis Lopes and plans. His mo'.her's b. vther was a great machinist in Pittsburg, and hs hoped at some future ticic to be allowed to learn the business he liked so w ell. Iti-pro. In the tneanrimai fee hnnoht all the bKiks he eoc'.i a 3 3rd, studied bard, and hammered out horseshoes upon Lis father's anvil. iai ween we ta.eed o! tee in lure, though 1 1 stened ' and eccour - aged Gerard, there was no love - ma - ;g folks were days than king between us. . Youc more reserved in those they are now. Here the little lady dre Lcrseif op primly, and looked as u she dened any contradiction. Bat I ventured no remark, and she continued : "In October, daring my eight- S T A H Ls I n K D, 18 SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY, cento year, when we were -in the"! miasi 01 toe mil noase-cieaniog, rcj mother was taken very ill with acuta rhtumatisro.- Her room was a small one next the parlor, aad with the: khchen on the other, and I could run,1 and 1 had rested there, after a long in from cocking or cleaning to attend ! walk, and there the poor fellow wait to her every few minutes. Well, if j cd for me on that miserable Thursday you ever nursed rheumatism you ; afternoon, thinking all sorts of bard know what a bu3y nursiog it is, with rubbing and bribing and keeping down the pain as best yea can. I was ycung too, and though accus tomed to work, had nerer tried to clean house alone before "I bad the upper rooms all dose. aad was bu?y 111 my mother had a the fcarlor, w hen dreadful spell of pain. J I must tell 50 a we had a laree old fashioned mirror over the mantle piece, that my grandfather had brought himself from Lap-land, and that we prized greatly, i lathe frame we bad scmo few pictures and cards. stuck in at odd times, and left there from year to year. The parlor Itself was seldom used, and only open twice a year for thorough cleaning in the epr.ng and falL Perhaps if I had not been so hurried and wor ried with mother's Bickaess and the cleaning coming upon me, both at once, 1 should have noticed a change in tho arrangements around the frame of the mirror; but as it wa3 I cleaned the room, in the interval of nursing, and shut it up, for, as it happened, six long months. "It was on Wednesday that I had finished the room, tacking down the carpet, putting up tresh curtains, blacking the stove, and : making ev erything shine. I had washed the mirror in ths morning, aad it was at noon that mother was taken so bad, so the afternoon's work had to be done quicklv to finish the room by dark." I was wondering what all this de tail had to do with Miss Ingersoll's me ot single blessedness, bat dared not interrupt the quiet flow of words that were pouring from berlipa, It was all done on V ednesdav," ihe said. "Thursday and Friday mother was very ill, but on Saturday she began to mend, and on Sunday she was well enough for ma to go to church. The first news that I beard when I got there was that Gorard C- . . 1 a . I a strong s unc:e in i utsourg, the oie he had so often told me about, had written to Li to to come to bis found ry and learn hi business, and Ger ard had tone." "Oa!" I siid, but warning glance kepi ma from further remark. 1 weal borne and cried all the af ternoon and half the night I nev er know how much I loved Lim un til he Lad gone -off without a word c f farewell to me, to make his fortune. "Then I cheered op a little, Stink ing that he would certia!y write to me and I coaxed fatherTver to the village as of tea as I could, that I might ask at the post offise for a et ter. I never had one in my life, dear, bnt I hoped one would come from Gerard. "It was a loag winter to me, fjr mother never left her room at all. perfectly crippled with the rheum atism. In April we cleaned hou?e again, at least I did, and father said as mother could not help, I could have Jerry While, a half-witted lad, who did chores for all the farmers, to help with tie carpets and do the heavy work. "Ot course we had to clean the parlor, for it had never been cpencd ail winter, and Jerry came in 1 1 lift down the pictures and mirror, lie was on the ladder, going to take down the mirror when he 6aid: "Lawful sakes. Miss Clara, if here ain't Jed Strong's letter, just where I stack it last fall !" "Yon might have knocked me down with a feather, then." "Oh, Jerry !" I said "bow came you to stick "it ia the frame?" "Well, there's a lot of such things (there," be said, "aad I thought it was a good place." "But why didn't vou give it to me "Because, yon wai wnb your ma, and I ran off as fast as 1 court, she w" groaning eo bad. I )ust stack the letter here and run. Jei never said cothinir ab:ut an aaswrr ct I'd a waited !" "I understood it all then. Poor sight must when Jerry could never eauure ine or sound of suffering, and he have brotlht the letter lUSt mother bad the bad sped of pain on tb-t unfortunate Wednesday. I tack down the let'er, aad bidding Jerry t till I came back, ran eff to my in? keen so close to me all tbese mis- erable months. "Ia mv own room I cpentd it, and i read tbc Icve, aad tender words that came to me too late, berard told me of his uncle's cuer, and his own delight at the prospect opened to bim. He wrote with all the hopeful entha siasnis t f youth, and cf his own re- ! solve to cotuer fortune in the path ihe bed always wished to tread. And I. J j "Ye?, my dear," she said scft- I lr, "it is tlirtv-two years ago, bat I ican'tbearto think ot it yet. De i asked me if I loveu him well enouzh ! to be his wiie, when be made bis for tune in Pittebargb. and promised to be trne and fajlbfui if J would wait far iics- "I?e wrote bow te always loved me and would not speak until he had some pro ? pee t of making a Lome for me. He bad intended to come cp to the farm, and tell me all that was ia the letter, but he heard Low bad mother was and did cot like to ia- 1 trade." Just about iine-tenth3 of the jIove - Ecrspes ofth'a life are caused by j writing instead of speaking," I said, impetuously, "boi I bc pardos for inltrrnpting yon." I "Well, my deer, all my trouble! j hung cn lhat, I most confess, for Gerard, after telicg me the reason he did not coxe asked me to meet bim the cext day at a creek, the trysting place for years aid years for all tbe 2 7. A UGUST 14, IS7S. lovers of the villase, and where more lean half tee gammer courting was doDe. TLcro wes a fallen tree there, just large enough to make a rustic sofa for two. Manr a time Gerard things, I have no doubt. For he wrote that if 1 did not meet him, he would know that I did not care to wait until a poor blacksmith's boy made bis fortune. , f I' 11 mm en, my uear, a?;er l read my letter, I wrote to Pittsbure. but I ! don't think Gerard ever cot mv letter i for I never heard of bim again for twenty years. Then he came back here. His uacle was dead and had left him a fortune, and Gerard bought up a lot of farms and started the foun dry. He built the house von see from the window, and all the cot tages for the work people, made the piace, in tdct and is adding every year to his wealth.' 'But did be not repeat Li3 offer to you?' 'Bless you, child, he had been mar ried years and year?. Why his old est son is twenty-four or five. He is ia Germany now, studying. And there are two daughters married and living in Tittaburg, who come here now and then on a visit at Christmas or sometimes ia the summer.' You've not seen the oldest children, but you have often seen Susie and the two jounger boys, William and Frank? 1 nodaed assent, for the two little boys, who were Mis3 Ingersoll's scholars' came often to the cottage, and I had seen a daughter cf fourteen or fifteen in the village church. The next week I left Strong's Cor ner, thiaking I hod beard the last cf Miss Ingersoll's romance, .but, four years later, having a month to spend ia the country, a longing came over me for the quiet of the little cottage, and I wrote to Mi38 Ingersoll to in quire if I could have my own .room. My answer contained this informa tion : "You remember the story I told you whoa you were here before? During the winter fullowiag your stay with me Mrs. Gerard Strong diet!. I was very fond of ths boys, and Susie, the only daughter at home, came with them often to tee me, af;er their mother died. Then Gerard Strong himself came to visit me, aad one day he asked me why I never answered the letter he wrote to me before be went to Pittsburg, and I told him he thought I would be a good wife to him and a comfort to his children, and my dear, we've been married nearly three years. I cannot boaid you in the little cottage bat I shall be more than glad if you will be my guett in the b'g house, you used to admire.' I aetrepted the iavitatios, and found my friend a happy, bustling little matron, with her gray-haired bus batd apparently as much in love with her as if the:r courting had not j been interrupted for a matter cf more! tbaa thirty eirs, by Jerry s s'.upidi- ty and a house cleaning. The I'oatajcc.atansp. J-.it--! cf:en John wrote home t hi3 mother, for John "lived out," and his mother lived on a small rotky farm among the hills. One day John pick d up an old envelope from the wood box, and saw that the postage stamp on it was net touched by the postmaetcr'a stamp to show that it had done duty aad was thercfoic useless. "The postmaster missed his aim then," said John, "and le't the stamp as good as new. I'll use it myself when 1 write to mother again." He moistened it at the n jc of the teakettle, and carefully pulled the stamp off. "So," Eaid conscience ; "for that would be cheating. The stamp has been on one letter ; it coght not to carry another." "It can carry another," said John, "because there is no mark to prove it worthless. The post-cEce won't know." "Bat you know," said conscience, "and that is enough. It is not hon est to cse it a second lime. It is a little matter to be sore, but it is cheating. God looks for principle. It is the quality of every action which he judges by." ""cs," cried the best part of John's character ; "yes, it is cheating to use the postag stamp a second lime, and I will n3t do it." John tore it ia two aai give it to the winds. The boy woa a glorious victory. Ihe linn's Dlatanee. Mr. Richard A. Proctor, ia a let !er to the London Tinu, says lhat yet another change has beea made ia the determination cf the ton's distance from the measnrt ments made during the transit ot Venus by the British observing parties. The first estimate cf 5,3 10, 000 miles was re duced not long sgo to 5,800,000 ; now a still farther reduction of 200, 000 miles has been made. There is cause for alarm to apprehensive and overheated readers, for oa Tuesday last at 3:24 P. L the gas was in apog that is the earth reached that part of its orbit in which it was the greatest possible distance Jrom the sen, or nearly 3,00,000 miles further than the alleged source cf beat than it was cn the 31st day of December 'art. Mr. Prceior tays that the 1 holographic work cf the expeditions ended in failure, the dis tance deduced 10 a the itest meas urements being nearly 100,000,000 miles a result hopelessly incorrect. The last Greenwich estimate Mr. Procter regards as a satisfactory ap proach towards the value, about 'j2, 333,330 miles, which ether measure ments have shown to be apprcxi mate'y correct. Elevator tlrsck by LlchJaiaf. Hei sv, Iw-, August 1. The Don ley elevator, cncd by Xkbolsoa k PoIIistcn, was .track by lightning daring a terrific thunder cbower last ! eight and burned to the ground with its c cements, over uu.uuu insttis c: warenouse was -oris $30,000 and the grain about $15,000. The Detroit mtis Pre calls it s.irt-eleeve weather. No callers ad mitted except cn business. Hot pi if Hralktr rrobabllltleo. Every one who reads the,dily pa pers ia familiar with tho "weather record," issued from the ' War De partment, office of the Chief Signal Officer." at Washington. These re ports give, first, a general statement of what the weather has been for the past-twenty four hours all over tne country, from Main to California, and from the Iskes to the 6ontb Atlantic States ; and then the "probabilities" or "indication" for the next twnty four Lours over this same territory. The annual reports of the chief signal officer show that ia only compar tivelv few instances do these predic tons fail of fulfillmeat. The reason these prophesies are so true is a sim n!e and vet wonderful one. Ihe weather itself tells the observer what ;tia p-oingr to do some time in advance, and the telegraph sends the news all over the country from the central signal office at Washing- We shall see presently how the weather interprets itself to "Old Probabilities." Alliiough it has prov ed such a fruitful subject of discourse in all ages, yet I ra afraid many people who pass remarks upon it do not really think what the weather is made of. Let us exmaine its different elements. The atmosphere has weight, just as water or any otner nuia, al though it seems to De penecuy uoui Iess. We must comprehend that the transparent, invisible air is pressing inward toward the centre of the earth. This pressure varies according to the state of the weather, and the changes are indicated bv an instrnment called barometer. Generally epeaking, the falling of the mercury in the tube of the barometer indicates rain, and its rise heralds clear weather. Some times the rise is followed by cold winds frost and ice. What tbese changes really indicate can be determined on ly by comparing the barometric chang es at certain hours 'in a number of places very far apart; This is done by the signal service. U&Bervations made at about 110 stations, in differ ent parts of the country, at given hours, and the results are at once tel egraphed to Washington, where our faithful "weather clerk' receives them, reasoning out of tbeci the "probabilites" which he publishes three times in every twenty-four hours. But the atmosphere varies not only ia weight but al30 in temperature. The thermometer tells U3 of such changes. Boside3 this, the air contains a great amount of moisture, Rnd it shows as much variation in this characteristic as ia the c'l ers. For the purpose of mak ing kno o thechanges in the moisture of the atmosphere an instrument has been iavented called the "wet-bulb" thermometer. We are thus enabled to ascertain tba weight or pressure, the temperature, and the wetness of the air; and now it only remains for us to measure the force, and point out the direction of the wind. Th:3 is done by the familiar weather vane and the anemometer. Ibe vane shows the direction, and tee anemometer indicates the veicci'y of j the wma. It is by a right understan ding cf all the instruments that the signal service officer is enabled to tell what the weather says of itself; for they are ns with which the weather writes out the facta from which the officer makes op the benefit of all concerned. Thus however wildly the storm may eeem to come, it send3 messengers telling just were it arose, what course it will take and how far it will extend. Bnt it tells its secret3 to thoe only who pay strict atten tion. Married Polllenea. "Wiil you ?" acked a pleasant voice. -And tte husband answered Yes, my dear, with pleasure." It was quietly but heartily eaid : the tone, the manner, the lock, were perfectly natural and very affection ate. "I beg your pardon" comes as readily to tho lips, when by any little awkwardness he has disconcerted her, as it would in the presence of the fashionable stickler for etiquette. This is because he is a most thorough gentleman, who think3 his wife in ail things entitled to precedence. He loves her best why should he hesi tate to show it, not ia sickly, maud lin attentions, but ic preferring her pleasure aad honoring her in public as well as ia private. He know3 her worth, why should Le hesitate to at test i. I "At.d her husband he prais ed her," saith holy writ ; no: by fcl some adulation, but by speaking as opportunity occur3 in a manly way, of her virtues. Though words ttem little tling3, and slight attentions al&tost valuelss, yet depend upon it they keep the flamo bright, especially a3 they are natural The children grow up into a setter moral atmosphere, and learn to respect their parents as they see them respecting each other. Many a boy take3 advantage of the mother he loves, because he sees often the rudeness cf his father. Insensibly be gathers to his bosom the saae habits and the tbooghts and feelings they engender, and ;a ii turn be comes the petty tyrant. Only bis mother wbj should he thank her ? lather never dce3. Thus the Lome becomes the scat of disorder and un happiness. Only lor .-.rangers are kind words expressed, and hypocrites go oat from the hearth-stone fully prepared to render justice, bttevo tence and politeness to any one aad every one but those who have the jestest claims. Ah! give ns the kind glance, the happy homestead and smiling wife and courteous children cf the friend who said so pleasantly: "Yes, my dear, with pleasure." Election a.1 ie tnjplsLe- MiiiHi, T$i3f., August 1 In tie county tlectica today the National Greenback party elected their entire ticket of thirteen candi date by majorities ranging from 4,000 to 5,000, polling about 1C.0OO vctes. At tbe i nth ward polls an affray occurred, ia which a Council man, I'lcs 1'oagtierty. a Nation., j 6tot ,nd ,j1Ied Joseph Day. a color - ; ed Ptmcnit. The quarrel original- ei ayoat politics. Day bred at, but missed Dougherty, who shot Day ihronorh the bodv. from the s.ffia of which he died in twenty ruinates, Doogherty was arrested. WHOLE NO. 1 114. A Slnxjnlisr Oeenrrenee- Four or five City Hall officials were sitting on the steps on the ood ward avenue sida, Saturday after noon, discussing politics and the weather, when a smallish man, seeming to be ia considerable mental distress, approached them and in quired : "Gentlemen, is there a scientific man among you ?" "Certainly there Is," they replied in chorus. "And you must bo familiar with the laws governing storms?" "He are," wa3 the prompt an swer. " H ell, then," continued toe stran ger, 1 wish to relate what may seem like a lingular occurrence. 1 live on Division street, and though it began raining the other eight, and continued lor twenty-four hours, not a single drop of water fell upon my garden." "Is that possible !" gasped one af ter tho other. "It is the solemn truth, gentlemen, and I'd like to know by what lav ot natnre you can account for it. It was a long-continued drenching storm, yet not one drop fell upon my garden." There wasn't even room for a sug gestion. The crowd was astonished and silent. After a long minute one of the gentlemen turned to the stran ger and aeked: "Y'ou mast haxo a theory, haven't yon ?'' "I have." "And what iz it ?" "My theory, gentlemen, is that I rent rooms on the third floor, and had no garden for the rain t fall on." Fivo men rose up in chorus, brush ed off their coat-tai.'s, and followed each other into the iiall ia Indian file. Free rres.i. Tins a lilt. It sopprised the shiners and news boys around the post ollice the other day to see "Ltmpy Tim" come among them in a quiet way, and to hear him. "Boys, I want to -li mr kit. Here's two brushes, a Lull Ivt ot blacking, a good stout b ix. aad the whole outfit gees for two khillin's !" "Goin' away Tim r" q-icried one. "Not 'zctly, boys, bn v. .at a quarter tbe awlu!c3t kiii j le-t about now." "Goin' on a 'scursioa ?'' u.ik?d another. "Not to-jay, but I ran-i I. ve a quarter,'' he answered. One ct the lads passed over the change and took tie kit, and Tim walked straight to the counting-room of a daily paper, put down his money aod said : "I guess I kin write it if you'll give me a pencil " With slow-moving fingi-rs he wro e a death notice. It went into the pa per almost as he wrote it, bat yoa might not have seen it. He wrote: "Died Litu! Ted of scarlet fe ver; aiged tLree years. Funeral to-morrow, gca up to Hevin; left wua brother." "Was it your brother V a-ked tbe cashier. Tim tried to brace up, bat he couldn't. The big tears came op. bis cliia quivered, and he pointed to the notice on the coonter and gasp ed : "I 1 had to sell my kit to do it b but he had his arms aroun' my neck when he he died!" He hurried away Lome, but the news went to the boys and they gathered in a group and talked. Tim bad not been home an hour be fore a barefooted boy left the kit oa the doorstep, and in the box was a bequet cf flowers, which had been purchased in tbe market by pennies contributed by tbe crowd cf ragged but big-hearted urchins. Did God ever make a heart which would not respond if the right chord wa touch ed. t sasalks Faraa. We often hear the remark, "How dull farmer must be !' or who would live ia the country, where there are no opportunities tor fan ? Well then if you want to kaow what genu ine fan ia, jist pitch in and help break a pair cf three year oia steer3. Firat, you catch a steer and tie bira by the head to a post ia the barn-yard. Then you catch the other one and put a rope aroucd bis horr.3. Then your father tells yoa to untie the ropo gently, while he and the hired man hold the critter. Just as you slip the knot, away go the steers with a bawl and a bellow o rather a pair cf bellcwr and there arises before your vision a confused mixt ure of horns, be' is, tails, ropes, fath er, hired ssaa and cries on your ktu pidity that reminds you of the pict ures of the volcanic eruption in tbe old geographies. Arid that is only the beginning of the fan ! By and by your father gets bold of one rope and the hired man hold of the other, and race down the lane the steers "neck and neck," and the old man performing: the corse oa the serpent. 1 Then there is tbe time is baying, when lather undertakes to ebo r vou neat how to mow over a bumblebees' nes He ain't afraid cf thee bte, nor needn't be just g right along they never sting unless you f ht 'era j ani then "whish !"' get ou; cf. thft vast snrl fatfecr avtli n a to a sodden stop and he denar.s for the house and hartshorn on a dead ran, at the basiness end of a dozen yellow-legged, b.mbJe bees, there Lia't any faa oa a ix. ,' At? if Fvrie-r. Ob, no. Isnkssr the Lixbtniaz . Des Moie. . ... ,1 . . , . . terset, Madison Co. P. M .was kuledj by lighting yesterday while stacking I hay. His companion, Mr. Hii del ri0 ', was severely stunned. Two horses were killed ani tke stack set on Cre. j The amphitheater and judges' stand i at tae Fair Grounds at Winurset were' i totally Anguai i. JCderB'f.,.-. ..t v..,,- .-i .,..1 destroyed by the storm last, " t-P"&' w 1 Other damazes. bnt eeneraily 1 iat-'' night- 'of a trifling character, are reported' 1 from along the river. TLe severity i of th storm u er nnaannl anrl j some tear, are entertained f damage to the crops- Phil. pen ta UrrnMT The German method of managing the pleasant play of pbiiopena is a. follows : When a couple meet after eating pbiiopena together, no advantage is taken of tbe other until one cf tbem pronounces tbe word "pbiiopena." This the waruiug now tho sport U to begin. Let as suppose that a gentleman calls npon a lady. She invites him to walk in, and at the same time speaks the talisman!? word. If be accepts the t-ffi-r to w.'i'k iu he is loet, unleM she removes the baa by telling Luis to go away. If she aks hiui to take off his ha!, be must resolutely keep it on ; if to be seated, he must stand ; or it at the table the should hand bim any article which he accepts, she wins the for feit During all this time l e endeavors to take ber by 6uprise, for the accept aaca cf acy effc-r from the other wins the game. Both are costaaily exer cising tcero wits to prevent being caught and tho sport goes on all even ing. Perhaps the gcntieman brings a little present, and says: "Knowiog that I shall lose my pbiiopena, I have brought it along here it is." If she is caught off her guard by the smooth speech, she loses, for be im mediately claims forieit If neither wins at the first meet ing, tne sport is continued t tbu second, and it may happen that half a doz?n parties meet at tbe same time, all anxious to win of their pbiiopena partners, so that the scene often becomes ludicrously amnsinir. It is "d'aaiond cat diamond," in very truth. Bitter Arcane ana Bailer. Some one asks : What Is the c iuso ot bitter cream and milk.' I bare always lived on a farm, and my eipcrience is that cream needs air. In warm weather, if tbe cream ts cov ered closely for forty-eight hoars, 011 first removing the cover there will be an unpleasant odor, and if thus continued for several days, it will grow bitter, and consequently the butter made from such cream will be bitter also ; but let the cream stand uncovered and sur it every day, and it is never biuer or unpleasant. The remedy is very simple. I never have any bitter milk ; but I alwavs leave it oncoverd, and prob ably that is tbe reason. In taking care of milk and cream, neatness and fresh air are indispensa ble. Uoti'irrnnUonohnt. Dead-Letter Oflice I net. There are foar million dead letters received annually at the dead-letter effice. Threo hundred thousand without stamps. Over Ciiy tbousaad partially ad dressed. Six thousand no address. One and a half million of monev order3 and drafts of money value. iorty five thousand packages con taining property. Forty thousand dollars la money, nine-tenths of which ia returned, the balance remaining in the treasury, subject to application for four years. Fifteen thousand photographs. One-quarter of a million Eurr-pcan letters are retarncd unopened. One-tenth of all letters received contain property. Ten thousand applications for let ters reported lost ; the great propor tion found and delivered. Redaction of Wafss. Pini.AHELt'iiiA, July 31 The iron mill owners of this city held a meet ing three week sin:e aad cave their Lands notice that a reduction of ten per ceat. would be made in their wages af;er the 1st of September. The hands refused to submit to ir, bnt have beea allowed until tbe loth of September to decite whether Ihey will accept or not. If they have not then decided tbe reduction will cer tainly take place. Ileallb Precaution Iss krnpkli. McMi'iiir!, Te.ns , Angust 1. Or account ol yellow fever at New Or leans, tbe Memphis board ot health resolved today that nntil further orders no person from New Orleans will be permitted to enter Memphis. Meady Inereaao of Telloss Feeer New Orlian, August 1 Tbe board cf health report twenty four new cases of yellow lever and seven deaths for the past twenty four hours. William Clark, a high-nettled young fellow, shot and killed tbe man who won from bim his lady love. This was ia New Haven, twenty-four years ago, and emerging from State Prison on Tnesday he walked op and down the city ol Elms like one in a dream. His playmates were too thickly bearded to be recognized, and tho landmarks were culv remembered with an ef fort. A young and pretty girl tpped ic.o a shop where a spruce young man, who bad long been enamored but dared cot fptrak, stood behind tbe counter selling drapery. Ia or der to remain as I003 S3 possible she cheapened everything, and at last she said, "I believe yoa think I am cheat ing yoa." "Ob, no, iaid the young ster"; "to me you are always fair." "Well," whispered the lady, blaah ing, as she laid an empLi.-is on the word, "I would not stay to Ion? bargaining if you were not so dear." "Gentlemen. I can't lie aboat the horse. He is blind of one eye," sai I the auctioneer. The horse was soon kooeked do a t0 a spectator, wbo LaJ beea greatly i struck by the lafioneer's hoety. After paying lor tbe torse, ee re plied : "Yo were honeet -enongh to tell ma that this animal was blind in one eye. Is there any other defect, my ne'" ' Yes. ah" flhere He is blind the prompt. ia the other ihe," reply. "Sara, you are not hots. IXhr do yoa put all the gooi peaches cn tte'tcp of the measrj and tbe little ones below ?" Same re&ij, sab, dat makes ta It Utile VI 1 U AJsA -C ail -t .v - - 6 r .... ! A lady in tae wca-ern pr. -M j'-y - - . : . "blh L,J " inclination to turn P- "Ab. dIa1B01l . aJ'b'ff -fut m-T .c3e-. 1 td nothing to do Why is a doctor Utter taea care- i of thaa his patients? Because when J ke goe to bed, eomtbody La ore to. ' rap him op. I t t : 1 f 1
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