JUL
Fr.m t rar Regular Correspondent
Ol a.4IMw LETTER.
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JUliN I. SOlXin,
Business Manager.
A TTORNEYS-A T-LA W.
lEX1,AmKNEtAIUW.
ftomerset, rran.
Auk 11
UEV K Y K. SCHELU ATTOKN ATLAW,
and IWuniy ant Pension Agent, Somerset,
udii lo iUamuiolh Block. Jan. U-U.
. I, U AITOENEYAT LAW,
Somerset, Poena.
I a w N IT lot. Alexander H. AJoflroth tsl
, " 1 the practice 01 law In Somerset .and
d,ol"n"".unUca.1 Ufflc. In JdauunoU. UiuUm..
teh.
ar Al LNTINE UAY. ATTOKNKY AT UAW
V au I dealer real estate, S..mert, Pa,. 11
lln5h Tall b-'l-r lr..Ud .w.llJl
JroiTpinossand nded'.y.
,.r r a H. L. BAKU, ATTOKNETS AT
V a W, itmenel. P wai practice In Sou.-I-
nJ 1 ad'oiniug ..unties. All business en
r;uiu-a" -.ui vMipur .
. ,.! N 11 VHU ATTOKN EY ATLAW, SUM
.1 rt. P. ... "U promptly aatead u, all l;u.ne
eluded to W Mou. y advanced on ejection
lo uiee i Mammoth Builiinic.
. 1 r II LI AM 11. KUONTZ, A TTUKN tV AT
U,it..u...U entrusted tx, hjy. ewe JE
,,d me allulng counties. I'ltet In Pruning
(luia Kw.
,"i.-tel 10 .us care in S-roersetar-tl .d!"".'' ,
u..-h liucs.
I ti. txlLK
" ATTOKNL AT LAW,
v .r! ! Pr.!eliul l.n-inoa "tf'd
ca A-enie.1 W w!t h pr:.pin o a W
" w. B. avn-au
J
OlIN It- SCOTT,
ATTHUSEY AT LAW.
A n7.Z:,l'f cntru.ed i L care - 1
,5
AMES L. rUUU,
ArroKNKY AT LAW.
. ..... ;.li..mm..tl. lilwW.up iir
iie amiu.L '
.aticn U-i wwita tMoptncw and WittJ.
ulyl -
Writing need, Ac.,
,. nl ni'ui'i',5 term.
ul.o :it a--.lccr A IV St.'rt-
H. F.WALKEK.
-1ji-
Au.'.t
rilYSlClAXS-
UU t K. MIlXEliku raiintlyn..tri
i:UI,in -..rtiie prci -e 01 Lis IW--.
Hi: opp-'M' Cliartes Ivrkwimcer Core.
t.; 14 UKT'BAKEK tcn-lers hi? pr..ffl'nal
l);-... the, iti.cn. o! ndvtoj-
try is in rsid. nre, "Tie dwr west ol tbe Bar-
oei liv.ui.
IW. E. M. K1MMEL ::l -.n:it.ueU.pra.th-e
It y
i...i.li.e. and e. era
w u. the cttuna ol .weroi '''
.tatrv. iin UBu.iip,.-
rU . (1. MILLUi, Hfti-riwflvc
S v. "ive prac.i.-e In Shi-.kTllle. has
, v.t.tly l.anl at S..mcr--.-l tor the i rac-
,..'.1 u-. 'f II.C and ttn.Kra bis pr..lewl.l ser
,..es to i e cf.ijens ! S-wm-t and rb
,r-e in Lis 1'ru r.:ore, op,.ite t he H .-rnet
, . w en he n t coumlied .t all times
u". i,...'i..-.:Ti5i .na!:y eon ir-1-
' -S . "t c.ill promptly auswero.1.
(v. 11 illy.
Dr. W. F. FUSUESBEKG
Lair Hew Ient NnrK'oji.
Eei Ycrt Eye ana Ear MnaaiT,
Hi: lcca:ed i-emtncrtly is tto
f:r ie ISCLuSITS treaintri cf til
d-::s f 3 E73 Ir, isclui
iSttK8cf thslfcso cd ttxeat
OIKrr, -. 2I Ncalh Ca-e.fr flrl.
DENTISTS.
nlL WM. O'LLINS. PENTlsr, Sotr.crset,
Pa. ..:( " In t'asel eer f li!-k, up suirs,
aera becan at ell times ls h-on.! pr.--jri J U.do
H:ikin.isi "rk. sui-b as Mima. r.-irul;.iii;i!. ex
rartina. Artmi:tl ter'h ol all kinis, ai d ol
t ,-o t nsatenal.liiseneA. (irtka warranted.
J
DBHTIST.
H- In tMOroth Neti'f m w baiMir.s;.
.Mt!n(,'ro?s iret.
Soxerset, Pa.
"WTvT. COL1.INS,
1 11 s'- v.'i'irH A Freaset s'ore. b..n'iTS"
. a. lr, u . b':.-r. year? 1 h.irt aTi-tIIv K-
.-r-i ti.'i.':-. l nni.-uil ict-tb in tl.i pla.e,
I . r t t i.-r'-i!. (tfu::..:..! l-.rte.-Tb has In-
I uio ! etii-irte my f:-ilit;-s tl.at I can
,r it K-.i "I Uit!i at b.wur pris Lhan run
-1 i..-. 1 :u 1.. ji:y otii.-r In tbie e.u:itr.
I ..u. k.! t-'i ol t..vlh l.r sud If
th r s!-coi.l I an ersoo ainons; my tu.wsaBils
... tajtwicirs intl-uV-r the a.)-Uia.c "iiaues tiuu
I - o tc :pexhi"r tlx' Is t (titi r l sat
1. :.-t!.. thi y cm cn or. me at ai.y tiu e and tret
m-rf lr. ol tijare.
P...71S
t ;ii:nc Ti-:i:Tii::
! ) 15 N T I S T f
: ALU CITY, lz&crui Co., Pa.,
-.: -.,1 Tcetb. war ar.ted to I ortte rery best
........ Li-.r-l.ke ar-d iai..h-me. Insert f I in tbe
-:. Pirti.uliii attrntr 11 baai the pres
- .- -n i.l the tir.toral teeth. Those wtvthiir to
. .. e.t me l y le'.ter, caa do av by entloilur stamp
i.irea as atvve. jels-Ta
HOTELS
l MM) JIOTKL.
' :1. r-iis !. n.i !. m lr r-u i- U nil ut-w
t t..--t el .uninurr. wiih h !( m i It a wry
:r.If fi.-.i'tif trthe trvil'.-iir j-ai'V
!! it- si: : i.ui c; n ol in urjj;,reti. ml
.tnn A1m Utife and r.iy HtJiii.;it.
i irM . law I. nrj.n run le lid it t..e I W4I
a.VMl-rli-Cl'STKU.l'wp.
lu. Jtr. IiaiixGl,
Ju'y h'toyrtvirii, Pa.
til
Instituts.
4 i::..irl, !a',i,(matcal and S. ientihe S htI
1 . i-L s-jn fturM- ft lnstt:uiioo is cipi:te.
i . ).r. ;arr c j.i.nts b aty ot our Au.eri.-ju 'd
1 f en 1 Seeulnariet is luade a stK-.lty. 'Ihs
Ar.:.-.. LtiiifaMra areth.ir.2tilyuiurht. N xt
r l:m 1 y.-or l-ls, 'e.tiM-Iay, Abei1! 2lb,
l. I -r cn-uirfr ai'-lrets
J.M lil A I.. A.M. Pimclj al, I'l iotofrn, Pa.
Aug I
P i I H O S! ""'" Shootlnft Outfit. t
a3lJHrlllevrCun Warrented. t:
S3
t-01 1 mrrnfr ATrif rt.OtMtpM
ft lii kva r-ur:l. Sampim cukFi is
OKIU 4 0O,U isMtM. Us
MM 7
the
VOL. XXVII. NO. 17.
BANKS, ETC.
Somerset County Bank
C4?IfS . HARRISON.
Cashier rxd Manager.
Cullectiuns made in all pana of tlicCoitau Statai.
Cbargea moderate. Butter and otber ehecki col
lected and eaahed. Eaatarn and Weaternexchanga
alwari on band. Kemittaneo made with prutupt
neu. Aeconnu solicited.
Partlet doflrlcg to purcbaae V. S. 4 PEK
CENT. FUNDED LOIN, can be accommo
dated at tbla Bank. The ruponi are prepaid in
denominations of
no. Hit aa
La sra m. bicks
Agents Tor Fire and life Insnraiicg,
JOHN HICKS & SON,
SOMEKSKT. I 'A..
And Real Estate Brokers.
i:STAUl.ISHED 1850.
Pcr who dertre to fell, boy or exchanire prop
erty, or l.-r rent will tind It to their advantage u
rRiier (he dcrripitua thereof, as noehanjeia
midcaiilm sold ur rented. Keal estate business
eneml!. wlilbc promptly attended to.
aaicla.
Toteco aci Cigars,
WHUUESALI AKDKirraiL,
al--aa
vim t ?
SoinerMfl, I'ruua.
The best of riuart of dltlerent brands, manofae
tnred by biuiHvIl, of the chol.M:iit ol tohaooos.
l'h(.s rluais cannot Injexct-llcd by any In the mar
ket, tir.e ..I the best st.vks ol oh-wlnsr Kiharco
ever bragnt to t'aaierwt. Prloet to suit the
times. Jan
S.K.PILK,
DEALER IN
FLOUJi AXJ) FEED
Groceries, ConfoctionB,
Quecnsware, Willow ware.
Salt, Fish,
Tobswro and Cijjarx,
cC, &C itc.,
ftNew Stock.)
OXE riUCE.
: A II iAAsr UAOltltrahf
i I I UUUUO I V
BOTTOM PRICES.
FAIR AND SQUARE
IS
Ovii Motto.
Iu . Fail to til ve
KO. 2, BAER'S BLOCK A CALL,
"When doing your
SHOPPING
Jan. ou
1. J fllTrri K.irmsto'cllsndexchanre. We
rr Mil I L. U hve bnndrtds c eusuimers
wnntlui: to buy ir.rms u.t nw. Never knew a
better tlu-.e tosull Acres at lair prices, as people
are lifting m'.nrr from banks and seeklnsr Acres
k salety. Address S.M.JAMES,
Pittsliuruh Pann A(?tncy, y.A tmithneld St,
Pi'Ni.urKli. Pa.
Tln.se in searcb of farms send for printed Farm
Kiriter.
Nov.M
ILUBfTUi HUES' fflM,
i tl iM sMun ori:. sept. 12, 1H7,
TERMS Mvdcrute. N nd for a Catalogue.
J. JKWirrr PAi:KS, PtinUil. Bhiirsvllle,
AUi. 7.
FHISTWM FEMALE COLLEGE
1'ilUburli, i:ii!.(i:iid,i Pa.
Collegiate year ojvns Sfjtcmtier 12tb.
lCittioD 4 milts tr.,m Court House,
ovcr-Kxikini; East Liln-rtv vr.ilcv. Kasv of
awv anti irce from fiiioUc. Tt-nns (ir
txardin? pupils reiluocJ. For particulars
ami cntH!n:uit Bppiv t
MIS HELEN E. PELETREAL.
Acting President.
ULD. A. I.LKK. Treasurer.
Act. ;
TO THE LADIES.
The Summer and Ka'.l stsbrs of E. Irattertrk
PAPEil PATTERNS.
at Mrs. E. K. W sirtier't,
5S9 .Arck St.. and 804 South 24 St., Philadelphia.
Alio ft rale the Centennial Platter. Onlers
bllci by n:aii receipt ot price. Cataloxue tur-nl.h-l"n
aj.plicati.4i ny m ill.
A on It
JEFFERSON ACADEMY,
CLASSICAL AND ENGLISH.
Competent taarbers. Fa'.l eaarse. Thorough
lustrncti.jiit. "-i moral surri.ucIiiihS. Term
reduced, (necessary Xet scs not exceeding f.CiJ
per term). Send fur ln,'..nna'lun or fatahjue lo
liEv Wm. Ewisti, Prin. Cannonsl-urg, Pa.
Aua. (
Y I M I X 1 STUATOH'S X OTICE
Lutic of t'yrtts Boa man, late of Krothersvaiiey
Ti , e lueraet t o.. Pa., dtv'd.i
letters l Admiiustrati. oat the al-ore estate
hartr-s; len granted to tbe undersigned) by the
prf-er authority. a.rtk-eia hereby given to all jcr-
-U lodcoted ( said estate lo make Ituux-Jinle
pa ineat, aad IIkm ba ing claims against the
same t. present them duly authenticated lor set
tlemetitto tbe unersiai.1. at the late residence
ul raid decease), on Saturday, Octolrer a. Itlt.
when and where be will attend I.T thai purpuae.
JOHN O.I1AV,
Aug. a Administrator.
MISCELLANEOUS,
GLEXX'S
SULP1IUR SOAP.
Thoroughly Cures Diseases of the Skih,
beaitikiks the comi-lexiom, pltkvexts
AM' KKMKDlkS RHEUMATISM AND Got'T,
liRAUS SOKES AND ABR.ASlONi OF THE
Cuticle and Coi:nieracts CoST.tt.ioN,
This Standard External P.cmedy for Erop.
lions. Sores and Injuries of the Skin, not only
REMOVES FROM THE OlMI'I LXlo.M ALL BLEM
ISHES arisinc from loco! impurities of the
blood and obstruction of the pores, but also
those proUucca by the sun and wind, tuui as
tan and freckles. It renders the cuticlr
MARVELOL'SLV CLEAR, SMOOTH and PLIANT,
and being a wholesome BEAUTlFlEk is far
preieralile to any cosmetic
ALL THE REMEDIAL ADVANTAGES OF StTL.
phi-r Baths are insured BY THE ise or
Glfnn't Sulphur Soap, which in addi
tion to its pjrilyinp ellects, reineuics and PRE.
VENTS kliElMATISM and GOUT.
It also DISINFECTS CLOTHINU and LINEN
and PREVENTS IilSCASLS CllMKUN'CATED BY
CONTACT with the PERSON.
It DISSOLVES DaNDRCFF, prevents bald,
ness, and retards gravness of the hair.
Physicians speak of it in hiyh icrins.
Prices-25 and 50 Cents per Cake; per
Vox (3 Cakss). buc and SI. 20.
N. B. Tbe y ceat cakes ate triple the iuc uf tluMC al
25 CCT.CjV
" iiiLL's nun a?;d whlske?: pte,w
C. S. tFiTIEIKI, ivc?V, 7 Sixti Av., Li
rruiE (iiiiiAT rosnivi: cum:
JL fctiH HKI'AsEt ,Tl.ht(noldcnii.-.lf til
tia cr v3 lii.ixm. i.lVLK. MUV,
JIIGEaTI Vt UHOAAa
Tbo Bost Family Medicine on Ezxtix.
tlOO IX GOLD
t ETtr ?Tfon ffllctHj Wltha triJMii- true lnrtX vID
TX rt ll-v or rum. prtwViinf Um bowt or ors&ua Siv SMt
wtfl rvvrrn'l tvtfnt of rpTstr.
1 rctttiiicai;j orappanaWrtl :rom U'-rat, Kv., Ear anl
Gems found la California and tho TTnt IdUip. m:.-Dtnj a
Tonic, Catnarue, A)t?ratiT, flnreek ami tjstioriaic
Us ln:u-liat fTtxt upon tbe dlrmiTe orrran , T-hctb(f
hnpait-sd try dlcoasa 3r 91 havstod fracn anv cnuv, U U b
fcrtuuw UMlr povfips ef a-a4v..rtfa aa4 MtrttsMI. t ls
crrut Itw spjjctita, asK'.tts dlspstkm. and ci cJli"mnica
and tun to tbe mtrwolar aad ctrrulatinr frtcri It Lt;ra
ViLsAU.ts tr ia1 proctme to rrard arttvitj, a tc ror---:
and parifl.- th tlutds, tuCts te Wau rcsUb
JasLoa Um-Ht bs nay ftutctiutia.
THE ONLY TRUE REHXDY FOE C0IDS.
It ti vieSMs to expatlats vss tie Ttrrtea of t!.i. CRKif
MllrM. lr yo ar. 0Ttna from tilLHila OTMlN
llll-t rMfc. mr lIIK.110. URfct MATINS. 1.1. M l: kL I.L.
aiuTt. oMTirTiii. hinxrtr rKUKHsnhasii
or anr dl.wvtlr artetoc from l.rt RR RUhiii. rt a bct:w
OT laHI,K and US It a. per dlivetaai. Qf.ii ear-i b.tu.
Jn EuUti. Genuao. S,mhiu and PrvBrh. O:io lntlo.i!l
tti..rciiaviacs sua et 1U awrlu Lbaa roaiao. aoivual k
t.-i!itr' lua.
A trt.1 ol on. bortla mnrfi Its adontlmi m cwr famllr,
fhruo Haa,U'omaarCuudraatak. . I4n , aad rvi:i..io
k;.lk. It flrat el...n lto .Ttem. tl.n r.-lir tt. D
btiild. p. tfco. eurtog dlwMMe and aatatiitlinlr.tf L'aincal
ITmatint, sale and eodunuu ba!4.
1'jt up la tarn bououa. and la pleaaant to uka.
.W b) Vraetlrf.WamUr. Vrta, SI.OO r IWIto.
Walker X Badger Mfc Co., rrou'rs,
MMlRaH, K.w tot.
B1FFERED 30 YEARS.
Jerer CltT. eptemhrr t !. 1!.
Jin tongue ran ttU what I ha.e .iff.-mt Inr !k- p:t---l W
rear, fn.m OMTIlftAwsaod Rl l nu.lRIM; I'U.ia.
at tune, to IhuI that 1 eoald nnt ttaad iipxn m) (r-s. 1
anuld aiH aralfc hall a mlu. a-lthout auffrlaj tatcaao
aimj a bloh wuuld brine no aarero IUimm.
At". .it one Tar ari I wa. rndur,1 u try a bnttlr of
your UaU abd am z:a.i to atate Uiat alwr tAInc
Inar txntw I vu eaun-ljr eared of both duram. and
am n..w M.).Tlnc exn-uvnl Iwaltb and .tn-nflli. 1 ad
t il. all alauuuiy afflicted tn trj 1 K-"K I.
Mas. u. i I tKKl.-., 131 Saaara (X.
DO.VT tiO FOOL.HC AKOl'VD.
A. a Tecnlatrae medktoe f raaeoafl.lentlr racmmnrod
tlM.KI.fta. I hav .d ha mr taoillr and know
other a bo have trtod II. and all praaoanre u r--l and
rvtiar.1. It df-1 cj f.Mline around and dtaatipt.ht: roa
by maklruT no tn- bat K attevda o taulaoM and ac-c-.iulMl.bea
tbat auareanoi It u w-nt.
a a. A DCVALL, Btnrrhsad, L. L
OF TEAKS STANDING.
I aed oa. bottle of VtmRrXr and ran trntlifnlty u. 4
thai it ha. rand ma at vinrtraia and aiuaaa u
j oars .landing
' S C. ROE, I , Lebanon, X. I.
FOn SAL.E 1JY
Q.W.SPEERS,
Oil VGG 1ST, Somerset, l'a.
W ho U aothn-ised to guarantee Vtgorene to prove
at guaranteed.
e,LN . -
Cook & Beerits'
FAIvIILY GROCERY,
Flour and Feed
STORE.
We would most respectfully announce to our
friends and the pol.l te generally, in the U.a-n and
vicinity ol Somerset, lual we hare opened vitr
Newstore on
MAIN CROSS STREE1
And u addition to e fttll line of the best
Confectlooerleit, Xotiansi.
TtlM0V4Bt C'lgHrki. At.
We will eaiieavur, at all times, to swpply jmi cus
U4aers with the
BEST QUALITY OF
FAMILY FLOUE,
COliN-MEAL,
OA TS, SHELLED CORN,
OA TS CORN CIIOP,
EUAN, 3UDDLINGS
4 rwt AtYswrvt hlntr ian rtaalnlnv tn lha Pik. In
uadi mi utm
LOWEST FtiSoIBLE PRICES.
4 - la..--
Far,
CaS7 ONLY,
Abu, well soiectad tloef of
Olassware; Sine, ewxre, Wotdenwara, Jlrusbea
all klada, and
STA-TlONKira
V tk-h we I1 seU as ekes p as the rheapen.
Please call, examine oar goods of all ktnda, and
te satisfied from yoar own judgment.
boat forget where we stay
MAIN CKOStf.Btraet, BesjMrnt, Pa
WfJJ m
omeF
DELIKir TBEIES.
BV JOHN a. SAXE.
Oome, listen to me for a while, my lad,
Come, listen to me lor a spell !
Lot that terrible drum
For a moment be dumb,
For your ancle Is going; to tell
What befell
A youth that loved liquor loo wclL
A clever young man was he, my lad,
And with beauty uncommonly blessed.
With brandy and wine
He began to decline.
And behaved like a person possessed ;
I protest
The temperance plan is tbe best.
One evening he went to tbe tavern, my lad,
He went lo the tavern one night.
And drinking too much
Bum, brandy and sucb,
The chap got exceedingly "light
And was quite
M'hat your aunt would entitle a "fright."
The fellow fell into a snoote, my lad,
"Tls horrible slumber he takes
lie trembles with fear,
And acts very queer
My eyes ! bow be shivers and shakes
When he awakes,
And raves about horrid great snakes.
'Tut warning to you and me, my Ud,
A iarticular caution to all
Though no one can see
The viper but he
To hear the poor lunatic bawl,
"How they crawl
All over the floor and the wall ! '
Next mornli.fi he took to his bed, my lad,
Next morning he tiaik to his bed ;
And he never got np,
To dine or to sup.
Though properly pbyslced and Lied ;
Next day the poor fellow was dead.
You've beard of the snake In the crass, my lad.
Ol the viper concealed In the grass ;
But now yon must know,
Man's deadliest foe
Is a snake of a dltTi-rcnt class ;
Alas!
'Tls the rljwr that lurks in the glars.
HOW NT FOItmE (A1E T HE,
I bad always been poor and I bad
always been a dreamer. The first
fact was patent to any and every one;
the last I did as carefully as 1
could.
One cf my favorite dreams bad
been that of suddenly finding myself
a rich woman. 1 thought about it as
I followed my daily duties; I dream
ed of it as I taught Mrs. Brown's
four little daughters. When I did a
sum in interest for them, it was sim
ply calculating my own profits ; and
when I drew map3 it was only to
mark out my future travels.
O, yes, I was a dreamer. And yet
I worked and worked, .as well as I
could, for my dreams were my solace
and strength.
It is said that only tbe unexpected
happens. This is a mistake. I sud
denly found myself a rich woman,
and, though I had confidently expect
ed one day to be rich, I will confess
to a little feeling of surprise that was
almost awe upon finding uiy silent
convictions verified. j
I bad often fancied how I should
feel when this delightful state of
things should be attained. Truth
compels me to say that my emotions
were by no means of an exalted char
acter. When it was borne in upon
my mind, my first thought was that
now I need not wear that rusty alpa
ca any longer, nor provide kindlings
for the morning fire. I hated rusty
aljiica, 1 hated to think about tbe
morning fire. And I bad always had
to think about such things. As a
child I bad dimly realized that we
were to make tbe wood and coal, tbe
bread aad butter, go as far as possi
ble ; and as a woman I had realized
it as only a woman ran who has to
put all her strength of body and mind
into the effort to obtain tbe where
withal to be fed and clothed.
And, being a dreamer, I worked
wit) a disadvantage. I was not
ekifled, not thoroughly tkilled, in any
Kina ot work. X taugbt, but I am
sure 1 did not teach well. X'ot that
I did not know enoub, for I was well
educated, after tbe way of my own;
but 1 bad no systematic training for
that vocation. I doubt greatly it I
could bave been systematically train
ed. 1 could play and sing, but could
not teach music Still 1 managed
for two or three years to pass tbe ne
cessary examinations, and get my
certificate, and a position in tne pub
lic schools. And as I see now what
teaching is, and what it should be,
and how important the work of a
teacher, 1 am ready to beg pardon of
tbe boys aud girls, now men and wo
men, upon whom 1 inflicted my crud
ities in those days. Sewinp: I detest
ed, that is, tbe part cf it that requir
ed thought. If I sewed, I wanted a
long seatu that would need no t-tietial
atteution, and so leave me free in
mind to sit and dream my dreoiua.
will say, however, that I hive gain
ed in this. Long practice has made
me perfect, and I can make over,
twist and turn., and give my old gar
ments quite the air of new ones.
Blessed bo the latitude that the
fohhioDS give, It has, however, de
veloped suspicion in the female breast.
I and all my eisters know that tbe
long overt-kins and polouaioea cover
"sham" tkirts, and bows are put on
to cover seams ; or if they dj not, we
think they do. lluurewutk I did at
arms length, and if I did not study
French while miiiug bread, as one
of tbe Bronte sisters did, I wove
many a romance while engaged in
kitchen warfare. As a consequence
both suffered; tbe romances were
nipped in the bud, aud tbe bread was
tbe worse 'or being seasoned with
poetry.
Sitting to-day, removed by many
years and the blest-edness of plenty,
from that time, I look back, and 8 e
myself, poor, plain, hungering with a
mighty huuger for that which I could
not have, and from the standpoint of
to-day I pity tbe girl and woman of
that by-gone time. I see tbe room
empty cf ornament,' and my eyes
ached (or beauty j I see ,he thousand
and on? market bills, whereby the
ends were made to meet, and didn't
always meet at that I remember
the time when the want cf a fresh
frill for my neck or a bow for my hair
was a serious want. And yet, I am
forced to say, in spite of all this,
that I was not a very unhappy wo
man. Tbcy said I was happily constitut
ed. 1 think I was, but in a different
way from what they meant.
My father left me his books, and, a
better legacy still, his love for them,
and I bad never seen a day, even
when tbe meal sack was empty, and
the fire on the hearth low, but what
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I found these a refuge ; acd if these
failed me, was not tbe outside worlti
lett, and Lad net I a share in that?
I felt, and in no egotistical Eeuse, I
think, that tbe world was Gee, and
tbe world was mine; ; I Lad a right cf
ownership ia bill and dale, in eky and
tree and flower. I think, indeed J
know, that 1 got more out of the oak:
trees ia my neighbor's handsome
grounds than be did out of bis whole
estate. They were mine, and from
the moment tbe bj-U beaa to swell
in tbe spring, till the last brown leaf:aa exceDiionailv harmr one. but ba
had fallen, they were a perpetual joy;
and those bare branches, delicately
outlined against the gray tky cf win-
ter, pleased my eyes with a pleasure
he would no more Lave understood
than be would the joy of the seraphs,
I think I bad a rich nature. God
was good to giva it to me. ia
dark days the snn shone.
Ana men mere was inat sbin of
mine which was to come in, "with
gold ia the ingots and silk ia the
bales," ladea with love and all the
sweet tlelignts tbe scul cried cut for.
It was surely coming, and it did
come. '
It was in those days whea it was
low tide with liie, the days when I
raadd acquaintance witb waut, yea,
when be sat at my table that I met
Robert Tremaine, the eon of my
neighbor whose handsome house
overshadowed ours, and whose beau
tiful grounds I enjoyed more than he
did.
It was on his father's grounds, ua
der one of bis father's oaks, that I
met him. I bad gone out with a
copy of Shelly, and sat reading, aad
wondering at the fire that burned so
in this wonderful poet's heart
wondering at tbe divine madness that
touched his braia.j Suddenly I heard
sbouliag and laughter, and, rising,
received straight ia my band, which,
involuntarily I extended, a large
ball. In aminute more Itobert Tre-
maine and bis little nephew came up.
a was mteniiy examining tne play-;
thing.
"O, Uncle Rob, here's my ball.
This lady has it." The child hesi
tated for an instant, but, true to his
childish intuitions, he then said "la
dy." ;
Lccle Iiob lifted his hat. Really,
your skill is something wonderful, if !
you did really catch that, for I th-ew
it without aim or object. Aro ycu
in tbe Labit of caching thin3 so ea
sily, Miss Marguet? See, now, I
remember you. And yoa look as
though you had co recollection in
your soul for an old friead and play-i
mate, abase bands, aad say you are.
giad to see me ; ' and he beid out his
Land with a friendly frankness that
was wonderfully winning. I gave
him my band and said that I was
glad to see him. "Come, Uncle Rob,
let's go and play more," teased the
ooy.
"Ao, I d towaDt to do that.
I've found an old friend, acquaintance
for she does not look like a very
warm friend and I am going to stay
and talk with her."
"You bad better go and plav, Mr.
Tremaine."
"I think not; I prefer to stay. It's
cool aad pleasant under this tree,
aud I want to May ; beside?, this is
my ground and my tree, and I can
stay if I please. 1, at least, am not
the tresspasser."
"Robert Tremaine, this is as much
my tree as it is yours !" I buret;
out. j
"O, this is little Margaret, afLer
all. 1 began to fear that some one
else had taken her place. I see you
hold the same dangerous communist
ic sentiment as ever. Eight years
since I have seen you, Miss Margaret,
yet you fee I bave not forgotten. If
you could manage to give tne a smile
with a little less ice in it, and could
put an f xpreesitB a trifle less frigid
on your f;c 1 should be glad."
"Mr. Trtu.uine, I am heartily g!d
to see you. I remember you well,
but I presume you hardly expect me
to look or tct as the girl of fifteen
looked and acted."
"I wouldn't like aeylbinr better,
be said, smiling.
I flushed, for when he wect away
I bad put my arms around Lis Leek
and kissed bim a tender good bye.
So we sat down and talked He
picked up my bock. "Poor Shelly !
Poor, unrcsiiul Shelly!" he said.
"Poor Shelly ? Grand, glorious
Sbelly, rather. Mirtiken Le may be
boruearce.-', but he wes always sin
cere." "Ycu are an enihusiaft. I admire
him as a pctt But let us talk about
something else. Tell mo how it has
gone with you these eight years."
"I can'i really say. I've been
working at starvation wages, trying
Vo keep the wolf from the door. Tbo
rest of tbe time I've read and dream
ed ; and on days like these I've sat in
tbe sun, and, well, yes, I do think I've
grown some, though ia a wayward
vert cf iasLion."
"I rcttait.lv think you have. Xow
we have the rummer before us, and
summers aie short, so short, so short
butswiet. Let us epjoy it. I've
brought bi.me curiosities from many
a foteiifu ebtue, and I want ycu to
read tbeiu. We'll read tbem togeth
er, and "
"Robert, my sen." It was an ex
ceedingly well-bred voice, but it woke
me from my little dream. "O, here
your ue. "I've been looking for ycu.
Aad thi lady ii -"
"Mies Margaret I3 Rujter, moth
er. Our neighbor, you know."
"I tio not know my neighbors as 1
ought, perbitps, so I bave nut tbe
pleasure cf Miss Pe Ruyter's ac
quaintance. Bui my ill health is my
excuse. . I beve not walked so far as
this ia maav months'. Xow. if thp
i - - .
VAttn t tarle tri!l nir..ii..a nj Tti.I1! net-!
you to go to the houso witb me."
It was smoothly said, and, so far
as the letter was concerned, was true;
bat I knew, when Mrs. Tremaine
took tcr eon'ti arm and walked away,
that fabe luentaUy resolved that the
pleasant plan she Lad overheard,
would, if the bad the power, be frus
trated. But sbo had not the power.
Never was Juno so sweet; no, nev
er were mornings so rosy and radi
ant ; never were twilights so tender.
The light "that never was on land or
sea" enveloped me. And I walked
in it, but not alone, for the glamour
and the beauty came to me through
Robert who bad grown so dear, so
perilously dear.
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7.
OUTOIiEU 2, 1S7S.
The birdd that 8aDg, the fljwera
that bloomed, all tbe elouus that float
ed in the summer fcky, the hillsides
aud tbe green.growing things, were
lighted and gilded and gloriSed br
the light that (-hone from two brown
eyes.
I knew that I was a captive, but I
found captivity so sweet nay, it was
the freedom wherewith love makes
freo.
I remember one day in particular,
ana 1 ruler tj it. not because u wai
cause it was the type of many others,
I We bad left our little village for a
morning walk together. We took
jtha waj toward the great woods that
j fur miles aod miles covered the hills
j about us. llobert was as great an
! enthusiast us myself in regard to
wild-flowers, and searched for the
newest of tbeiu for me in secluded
i cook?, and actually found at Ia3t a
blue gentian. lie helped me over
'steep places, climbed almost inacces-
sib!e recks for me, and loaded himself
down with ferns aad grasses. Oace
he found a white rose, the last of the
season, aud gave it to me with a look
I remember even this day. Ah ! hao-
: py. happy time,
But tbe summer and our happiness
had to end.
Judge Tremaice and his wife had
other plans for their son. Margaret
Do Ilnyter was a roost estimable per
son, but she was poor. Professor Ie
Kuyter had been a very fine man, a
profound scholar, a thorough gentle
man, hot a man who never had tbe
second good suit to hi back, a man
who preferred speadin? bis money on
what he called "rare" old book, to
doing and living like other people.
And .Margaret herself was odd. X'ot
much like ether folk?, and co match
! for Itobert, wbc, rich, elegant and
icuhtired, could Cad many a woman
! better fitted to be L"i3 wife. So they
j said, aad it all came to me.
! And it wes trua. I knew it to be
so. aiu si me note oi a Dcaumui
day, when Robert came up the little
walk to my door, I bad made op my
mind.
I remember that day so well. It
is a bitter thing to fctand face to face
with a duty which, acknowledged
and yielded t3, will cover your lite
w ith darkness, but which, set aside,
would bring to your own soul a sense
of humiliation and contempt not less
hard to bear.
And I made up ray miud.
There is no use in urgiog me, Rob
ert," I said. "God knows that I love
you, for year love, fcr your willing-
ness to throw away your inheritance
for my sake. But I will permit no
sucb eacrifice'."
"It is no sacrifice."
"You have not tbe knowledge that
I have. You do not know aught of
privation or trial. Love in a cottage,
with ail the modern improvements,
looks fair to you ; but I fear joa
would Mad that
Iv.ve In a cottage, with wider and crust,
I, b.ve, furtive me-w.itcr, ashes dusx.
If I were alone, I would go with
you unhesitatiogly ; but I will not
burden you with the aged mother
who is my sacred charge. -O, my
darliag, try to understand that it is for
your own dear cake I put away all
the beauty and loveliness of life. Go
go before I pity myself into repent
ing uiy decision. Some day yoa will
thaak me that I did not ?pare myself
and you tLis bit'.eraess."
lie answered "I would leave fi'.her
and mother, houses and lands, for
your cake ; but si ace you will not
permit that I will do what is harder.
1 will leave you for your own sake,
not for luiac."
O! the bii.tur, weary days aud
weeks that followed, llo weulaway,
I did not know where, but irfier a
lima heard that he had gone back to
Germany, lie had Lee a educated
there, aud had spunt so many years
there that ii seemed like home to him
more like home to him, I knew
than the father's he bad left.
Anl I took up my burdens agaia.
I never, for a moment, ia my wildest
dreams, imagined that, tbis parting
wai aught tbaa final. I knew that
such experiences never repeat them
selves. I had known the height aad
depth cf joy and sorrow, and looked
into the future with little knowledge
ai to what it could do.
I still taught Mrs. Brown's daugh
ters, and at night, after my work was
done aud my mother asleep in her bed,
I wrote.
I kaow that pcets are bora, not
tupde, but. I also knew that this div
ide birthright i f song lies dumb till
the mighty band of some great pas
sion tjucbes tbe heart.
'-it sis nut s ti tiit tau&httne Uve,
But lore that taught me scag."'
The waking of this gif; brought a
strange deligbt, and I learned new
things of myself. I understood now
the rapture that bad been bora of my
dreams. I felt as though I bad been
asleep, and some great magician bad
j awakened me. And this was true.
And so I wrote and worked, and
was far from being utterly unhappy.
I gained some reputation, too. My
poems found their way iato the pap
ers and tnagszioe, and, better than
a!), into tbe hearts of the people. I
grew accustomed to teeing myself in
print, and by degrees rid myself of the
shy, half guilty feeling I bad iu re
gard to it.
I earned some money by it too.
Xot the fabulous sums we bear of,
but still enough help very macb.
I was a Pd Rayter, and they were
not a niouey getting race. .
"UoJ 5iPiCJ paa. 60 J coul-1 hul l
ir.'t ttttla natt-r In my ban I,
Anl not mu'-b gol L'
Xot long after Robert went away
Mrs. Tremaine died.
She had. beea an invalid all ber
liie ; nearly all tbe time conSaed to
the bouse, and part cf the time to her
bed. She was a proud, unlovable
woman, aad though she had lived for
many years in the little town, there
was not a dczen that called her a
friend.
There was no other child. Ther
had been a daughter, but she had
died soon after ber marriage, leaving
one son, the bov who was Robert's
play fellow when I met him, eo long;
ago ; be had also died. j
But Judge Tremaine kept bis borne
one a, and lived in solitary state. 1 1
used to meet bim ia going; to and
from my lessons at Mrs. Brown's, lie
always lifted bis hat to me, and somn-
"fijod mora-
And I alwars thought of the wron?
he had done, aad of the good ha could
have done instead; and ia my heart I
fear I hated bin,.
I heard not a word from Robert or
of him. I thought it very possible
that ho would find a wite among the
daughters of Li3 beloved Germany.
I will not pretend to say i nopca so.
I could not think of it without agony.
Yet I kaew that though like a maa
be had loved me, still, like a maa be
would love ajraia. Then one morn
ing I met his father. He paused,
raised his hat, and said, "Miss Mar
garet, but I oiuit give you yet anoth
er pain. Robert is dead."
"Dead?" I repeated. "How can
Robert be dead ?"
He looked at me pityingly. "You
bave eufTercd I see; and now it is too
late to hope. Poor child ! And yet,"
he added, "what is your hurt to mioe,
who am old ?"
"O, Mr. Tremaine, I tell you truly
whea I say that yoa bave given me
no new grief. Tho cup that is full
can hold no more ; and Robert is no
farther removed from me than before.
Life sundered us cruelly, death has
made him wholiy mine."
"I pray you be merciful," he said.
And I in my pity for his gray
hairs and his desolate old age, gave
him my band iu forgiveness and kind
ness.
It seems that Robert had takqa
passage for home ; the steamer with
all oa board was lost, or supposed to
be.
A year went by. Judge Tremaine
was still my neighbor, and he begged
that he might be allowed to be neigh
borly. Ue was sixty-five years old,
and I was twenty-eight. And the
little kindness he offered me I accept
ed, because it made him feel less the
burdened by bis grief and mine. At
least 1 thought so, aad whea one day
he asked mo to marry bim my sur
prise was beyond measure. It was
only exceded by my indignation.
"Marry you 1 Be your wife?"
"Yes, Margaret I mean it; be
my wife. I will be a tender loving
husband to you ; and though it may
seem to you, in your youth, a mock
ery for me, witb my gray hairs, to talk
ot iove, I tell you truly that I do love
you ; and could make your lifi, which
Las boon defrauded ot its best, rich and
grand and beautiful.
For a moment, for a wild moment,
I did suffer myself to stand on this
mountain of temptation ; I did suffer
myself to see the kingdoms of the
esriD, ia their beauty and glory pass
before ar; I did thiak what this could
fcriaj ict a life which Le had right
fully called defrauded.
Oah for a moment. Then a flood
of mi :uories swept over me, memories
ao s eet, so sad ; and so over-mastering!
I stood ia the dear past ; aad
besH Rol?rt'sj voice, and Looked into
Robert's eyts.
Then I said, as tenderly as I could,
"I do not mock your passion nor call
it unreal, nor do I fail to see what
you could do for me, but I remjmbdr
what you have done, and I remember
Robert. God help me ! When I for
get htm, I shall forget all earthly
things."
And so that was ended.
Two weeks later, 83 I passed, early
ia tLe morning, 1 saw crape swinging
oa the door of tbe Tremaine mansion.
Judge Tremaine bad died the night
before. A sudden stroke, the doctor
said, for be had seemed ia excellent
health only the day previom.
I bad not seen his face since the
day he turned from my door, aad
then it wore a look sad to see ou the
face cf an old mau. Grief, remorse,
aad the hurt look of one who had
failed in tbe ut.ermost
But death had touched bim with
its blessed restfu'.aess ; and Le lay at
last peace crowned.
Ooe must bave a little soul who
can stand by the dead and say over
the seosek'ss clay, "I bate you. I
remember all the evil you hare done,
and will remember!" I felt only
pity and forgiveness fur the man who
had passed beyond the need of cith
er. A short time af.er the wiil was
read. It was found that all Lis pos
session?, houses, lands, bank-stock,
and all, were left to me, whom be
named as his "loved and respected
friend, Margaret Do Rayter."
Truly, "The mills of the Gods
grind slowly, though they grind ex
ceedingly small." Others marveled
at tbe strangeness of the will. I,
who knew what they did not, recog
nized the justice of it. Had Robert
lived, it would have been his; aad
now it is mine, for I should have beea
Robert's wife.
It made me glad that he made this
acknowledgement of his wrong. I
aid in the begintiag of this story
that I ha 1 always expected to be
rich; and tbis was the way it came ;
and having passed through so niucb,
it was not straDge that '.he Erst
thought that came t i me was cf the
relief from irksome duties and petty
economies that it would bring.
It was the thought cf the negatiye
good that came Erst. The rusty al
paca, the fret of daily teaching, and
thn struggle witb the kindling wood.
Later came tbe consciousness of
the world thi3 would open to mc, and
I should bave exulted mightily only
for the one loss which never could
be made np to me; the loss fur which
no late restitution could atone.
I took possession. I moved my
old fee Llo mother avay from the plain
little house, and gave ber the bright
est, sunniest room it the graud man
sion. I beautiSed and adorned the
grounds as I chose; bit in tbe house
I made few changes, save to bring
books and picturea according to my
taste and needs.
I spent money iu a fashion that
made my lawyers open their eyes
widewith astonishment. I was in a
fair way to find my way back to that
which was to be the normal condi
tion cf the De Ruyters.
I should ia time have done that,
for you kaow my palm was not made
for holding gold, but for a strange,
strange thing that happened.
It was June again. I stood on the
porch, enjoying, in every nerve anr,
fibre ct my being, tbe marvelous
beauty cf a perfect rocrnicg. There
was no flaw. Tbat moment th
world was all good. I could not be
sad witb such a sky above mj bead.
Locking dewn tbe graveled walk.
tiaies added a pleasant
inc. Miss Do Rayter."
Q
WHOLE NO. 1 1-21.
I paw Robert Tremaine.
He walked slowly, lo. king one
side and then another, evidently ad
miring but not quite understanding
the change be eaw.
I stood like one stricken dumb. In
my moments of deepest emotion I
had never the gift of words.
Xow, through all my surprise, my
absolute bewildeiment, rose the one
glad thought, "He has come back to
me," whether in tbe fiesa or in the
spirit I did not yet know.
But they were warm, living hands
that took mine, and sweet, human
kisses that fell upon my lips and
cheeks and brow.
"Has the sea given up its dead,
Robert ?" I asked.
"Xot that I've beard of dear. Cer
tainly it has not given me op, for it
never had me."
"But were you not drowned ? Did
not you sail in the sea-Bird, and was
she not lost V
"Do I look as if I had romu from
some cool sea cavern ? Is there any
seaweed or coral clinging to me? Xo
dear, I did not sail in tbe Sea-bird,
for at the last moment I changed my
mind. But, Margaret, may I ask
how come you here? And what ia
the meaning of all these changes I
see ? Where is my father ?"
"O, llobert, don't you know?"
"I know nothing. Tell me quick,
please."
I pointed to where ia the distance,
the white monument of the Tre-
maincs gleamed with a cruel clear-
cess through the trees.
"He is dead. They are all dead
And be thought tbe sea Lad swal
lowed you up, and he left this all to
me; but you shall bave your own
again, all your own."
"Surely, I will bave my own," be
said.
He had not sailed as he nad plan
ed to do, and had written to say so.
but tbe letter miscarried. He bad
beard nothing from hofie, and the
longing to see his dear ones hod at
last been too strong for him, and he
had come.
I told him the story of the years
that had gone, of my ambitions and
success, of my longings aud heart
aches and I said :
"I took what your faiLttr give me,
thinking it was right. You are the
rightful owner; now I wiil give it
back to yoa ; and the ti tle b.ue "
"Margaret," Le said, ' I suppose I
could take all this from vou. I am
the rightful heir ; but if I did it would
be only to lay it at your feet, i id beg
you to take ir, with the slig ht en
cumbrance of myself."
"O, Robert, it is yours as much as
it ever was."
"Yes, and it is yours more than it
ever was, for all 'mine is thine, aud
thine is mine.' "
We did not call in the lawyers to
settle the matter for cs, but left it to
love's wise arbitrament.
That was many years ago. Tbe
dreams cf my youtb have been ful.
filled. I am a rich woman rich in
this world's wealth, but richer far ia
the love that beautifies and glorifies
my life; in that which takes bold up
on immortality, for all t' o years I
say to my heart. "My beloved is
mine, and I aat his." Petrrton'
Magazine.
ttlsm :litte9 Woaderinl Siha-atlsic.
d iru Gcldie is a maa in the prime
of life, about five feet eleven inches
ia heigbtb, and with a most wonder
ful physique. Some of the feats
which he has performed seem impos
sible. He has broken 209 glass balls
out of 300, in 12 minutes, with a
forty-fonr calibre Winchester rifle.
He can break 100 glass balls five
times out of six, without a miss, in
three minutes. These feats are on-
paralleled, and surpass Dr. Carver's
wonderful snooting. A seemingly in
credible feat that ne performed is as
fellows: A Boda-water bottle is
thrown into the air in a certain man
ner, and before it falls, Goidie will
send a ball dowa tae neck of the bot
tle aad make a hole ia the bottom.
There are other feats which he per
forms with bottles. At fifty yards
distance a bottle is placed on a fork
ed toog, aad Goidie will send six
bullets in rapid succession down tbe
neck and through the bottom, only
perforating the latter ia one place.
At long distances this wonderful
marksman performs just aa marvel
ous feats. At 1.000 be will hit the
centre of the bull's-eye and then
send six bullets, one after tbe other,
hitting the very indent made by the
nrst. A potato tbrowa ia the air
Goidie will perforate wkh six bullet
boles before it touches the ground.
Perhaps his most astonishing feat is
breaking two balls at once. Tbis is
done ia the following manner : Tae
balls are thrown crosswise, and as
they pass each other on their course,
with quick, unerriog aim and light
ning like rapidity, Goidie wiil speed
a bullet through both. Another teat
is the placing of an inch strip of tin
about tbree feet long ia position at
thirty feet distance, and perforating
it from top to bottom with thirty six
holes, all exactly in the centre of the
strip, and all at even distances apart.
Goidie says be does not kaow where
all his wonderful skill comes from
llo never handled a riflle until be
was eighteen years old, and to bim it
seems like an instioct. He would
take aim and fire with uaerring ac
curacy, and List wonderful feats soon
acquired for him a marvelous rcj Na
tion saioug his neighbors.
Facia for Vetera.
First fact a voter must bave re
sided for a period of two months
rijrbj daij.-i in the election district
where he offers to vote to make bis
vote legal.
Second fact he must have paid
within two year a State and county
tax, which shall bave been assessed
at least two months, and paid at
least one month before tbe day of
election. Unless this is complied
witb te cannot vote.
Third fact a citizen who removes
from one election district to another
between tbe 5th of September and
election day loses bis right to vote.
During tbe year 13.7. Wo per
sons were killed and 3T0G injured
by railroad accidents in Great Brit
sin. Tie Delaware peach crop is esti-i
m ated at 6,000,000 baskets.
Lo.idon, September, 23 1ST9.'
From Paris to London is not more
than sine or tea Loora, (they estimate
distance by time in Europe-,) but that
givrs no idea of tbe immense changes
ia scenery, life aad manners involved
in the transition from ooe city to the
other. Taris is clean, wbitewalled,
ever wearing an air of holiday and
refinement In Paris tbe kumhier
classes are cheerful, happy, healthy
looking, and cheaply bat neatly at
tired ; ber dandies are exqnisite and
diabolically guy, and her ladies,
what more need said cf them than
that they dictate faabiou to tbe fe
male world, and axe at the bottom of
bard times.
London is immense, labyrinthine,
unclean, mepbitie. Her lower classes
are numerous, blear-eyed, filthy, aud
meanly clad they wear a worried,
wearied appearance, giving the im
pression of a hard, struggling past
and doubtful future. Her middle
classes have a shoppy air, homely
features, with ungainly physique,
and elaborate bat ungraceful manners
The want of taste in dress of the
English people is proverbial, but I
am disposed to think that the defect
is less in the eye and esthetic sense
of the subject than ia tbe waat of a
proper figure for the display cf good
clothes. TLYsartorial genius bas.not
yet been born that can make an
EngUhma-i look like a gen th
ru an. The average Englishman is
neither an Adonis nor Antinous,
Either his arms are too long. Lis
shoulders too narrow, his stomach
too large, his shins too short, cr bis
toes are disposed turn in. I know
that many who imagine tbat they
have seen Englishmen will be dis
posed to criticise my criticism ; but
let no one suppose that he has seen
a people until be has seen them in
tbeir own habitat. The only way to
compare the English with tbe French
or Americans is to see them in the
mass, aa they may be seen in their
respective countries, and I think that
those who have remained a few
weeks in England will bear me out
in what I have said. Xext to the
French there are perhaps fewer na
tive English people in the United
States than of any other great nation,
and tbe specimens with as do not
furnish a sufficiently broad premiae
for a general estimation.
Politically the Englishman is loyal
in spite of a discontented element
that finds fitfil expression here and
there, nineteen of every twenty Eng
lishmen yoa meet will speak witb
pride wad praise when the ljueeo, the
Prince ot Wales, or any of the Royal
family, are referred to. The tenth
one, however, will'call her Brittannic
Majesty an old bag, and has awful
stories to tell about tbo atapidity of
the Prince of Wales, his diseased
body and dissolute liie. AH English
men praise tbe superiority ot our
railway cars, bat there their conces
sions cease, they think they have the
best government ia the world, and
are ready to prove by figures that
our frequent elections by breaking up
industrial routine and babita are in
directly a greater strain upon the ex
chequer than the enormous amounts
expended for the maintenance of te
Royal family. Xo Englishman can
qsarrel without informing his adver
sary, at some stage of the alterca
tion, tbat he is an Englishman, and
he cannot talk long with an Ameri
can without denouncing the protec
tive tariff of the United States. That
is where tho shoe pinches. If we
would but give free ingress to the
numberless cheap and excellent
things they make, they would love
as more. The marvelous cheapness
and superior quality of the thousand
and one articles that are indispensa
ble to civilized life, here in London,
caanot but astonish Americana who
cannot see how they can be made for
twice the sum asked for them. A
tooth brash that will cost 40 cents in
the States may be bought in London
for five or ten cents, and thousands of
other thing1) in proportion. I caanot
of course make a list, but will say in
a general way that our tailors and
dealers ia useful and fancy manu
factured articles are perhaps the
most extortionate sinners in tbe
world, and that one hundred and
even two hundred per cent not an
unusual price for tbem.
In England the co-operative sys
tem is having a very appreciable ef
fect on local trade. The object cf
this system may be described as the
furnishing of members of a trading
association, formed for tbe purpose,
with genuine and moderately priced
goods, on the principle of ready money
payments, tbe cheapness being secur
ed by economy of management and
by contentment with small profits.
Xotwitbstandisg the opposition of
retail and even wholesale dealers, it
has of late yeara made astonishingly
rapid progress in London, where
there are about thirty co-operative
stores, carrying on an immense trade.
The chief company is the "Civil
Service Supply Association," which
consists of share boldera of members
belonging to the Civil Service, who
pay aboat 60 cents a year, aad cf
outsiders (who mast be friends of
members or shareholders) who pay
$1.25 annually. All bave the same
advantage in the purchase cf goods ;
bnt while tbe Civil Service member
may bave goods seat borne carriage
free, tbe others most take their pur
chases away witb tbem, or pay for
tbeir carriage. The association now
engrosses about COO person, who
receive salaries amounting in all t
$250,000 annually. Tbe cost of the
string, paper aad straw, ased in
packing good amount to foO.OiiO
per annum. The sales ia 1977
amounted to tbe enormous sum cf
$5,500,000, the net profits being a
little over two per cent. TLe article
sold comprise groceries, win., spirits,
provisions, tobacco, clothing, books.
stationery, fancy gocus, drugs, scd
watches. Indeed so complete aad
varied are their stores that it is not
necessary to go elsewhere for the
purchase of anything. C. A. S
Kepwrte Xasassrrw.
St. Pall, Mixn, Sept. 21 Tbe
following special telegram from Bis
marck has jast been received by tLe
Pioneer i'rffs. Tbe terrible etory
is not credited here, though the sen
der of tbe despatch ia a leading cit
izen of Bismarck and generally trust
worth: "The brother of Senator
Dorsey returned front Kecgh by the
Coster trail to-day. He reports that
be reached Keogh aboat tbe tb ;
that General Miles and an excursion
party were aarroaoded by tbe Ban
socks ia Yellowstone Park, and
iweaty-sevea of tbe escort bad beea)
killed. A lot of Cheyenne Indiana
and two companies of mounted in
fantry were sent from Keogh to his
relief. Mrs. Mile, a daagbter ef
General Saaboroe, of St Paul, and
other ladies are ia Mile' Party.
A man never wants to laugh whea
a fly alights on his bow, bat be is
greatly tickled.
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