Terms ot Publication Tas S.nsrsst Hsrald .jj.aWlsbed every Wednesday Morning t $3 00 I aanuuv, paid in advance otherwise 2 M j will Invariably .b charged. No subscription -trill be dlseoni Inued until aU imtnm n'aU Postmasters Beg leetlng to notity n wbea subecrlberf do. not take out! tl.elr paper wlil be held liable fur the subscription, j Subscribers removing from on Poetoflioe to aa- j uther should (five u the une ol tna farmer i well as tbe present office Aaddnse The Somerset Herald, SoHirriuf, 1'a. A TTORNEYS-A T-LA HI li. S ENKSLEY. Al'lviKNEY ATLAW. Somerset, Ftr.na. Ami U UEXK FSCllELL-ATTOJiXEY AILAW, gnd l!"Ut.tv anr"enlon Atteut, Somerset, , Oiuce lu .iu.itMlb iijjck. lit. U It. I'll. Ii. SCt'LL. AA'iOBNEYAT U', ISoiueraet, Feona. s. u. tbent, .l7TOK.ViT.UIiH. .Sonrrr. JVmh'. iA' NOTICE. Alexander H. Coilroth has reutac.l the practice 01 law In Ssourrset and cJ,i.,uii cuntles, Otflc IB .Mamuiuib ijalidmg. ' !3tj. , .. rALESUXE HAY. ATTOUNEY AT LAW V au 1 dealer in rual etl Somerset, Pa-, will iid to ail buslnesa entrusted to his care with vr iptucss and fidelity, aug. M-ly. ,.r j tt H. L. BAER, ATTORNEYS AT V LA sx-mcraei. Fa., wiil practice In Svm-t--e' aud adX-ii.tug counties. AU Outness en ::u.u:d toil.3 Willie promptly attended lo. I ,.HV H. I'HU ATTOKX EY ATLAW.SUM J tr.-i-t i a., ill pr-uiptly uieuo to ail buinei c-iUUJ'ti'd Ut tiitn. .'iiut-y advanwNi cuiiectl-m n, ur.i in Mainniuia KuUJiuk. ii'iLUlM 11. KOONTZ. ATTOKNEY AT j w. .-mT-t, Ft., i-e u.pt Mlea-1 i ,il 1 1 t.uiiii ! utrt4 W Li ie in isoeret i vi.i I.! duimt evuuthav ui it I'ruttini U-.a?e Kuw. I ,HN (. KIMAifr.I AlTCh.NEV ATLAW, il sujirr!-'., !'., wiil atteu'i toal. i-u-iiicaien-1 i-j'i-1 i" in x'rn sn.) a tfininii ci.un- j t c" wnti proii.; uiert and C icli-.y. oi-e in .Mam- a u.bliiJ-.. let,. IS ;a ly ! w li. I K3LK At TOEXLY ATLAW, i..-...fT'ct v. f roiMi)cal tm5ii.ea entruned i.'ij care i.ua.le1!i.;Uprjmpuiei'!anJ bdeii:j. 4 u. romcra. w. H. acrni- . .j. ki.oth a nriTEL. attorneys at I y ji-v. Ai' i'UJ .uc enirufte l W tbc rtare will '(iruK on .Main Crusa air-ti- o-i-.e tbe f 01IN U. SCOTT, . 5 ' ATTMKXEY ATLAW. ,i..,C!Pj. OTienp B!nlr !a Ber ,i',u.:niot entruted to bin care autndci t r.:::,' uctnn'i ttdelity. I AMIIsJ L. rUGII, A TTc'IiX EY AT LAW, r-cl Office, :ltiim"tb IHivk.up ta!r. ivr. ice .M.'in Croa sl Uerti,m u.'ie. -; ", ,.v , ;:ic.!. ni!f exjmii.ed. ad all l-i:i 1-oai- j teM-afebded to emu i.'upuc liu;.16 ginVKYlNCi, Wrilia? Deeds, &c, i , . , nit', uii li ' t-ral . i'Jre El Cjwltrer k C.'t StiTe. U. i WALKEU. A-:kK. PHYSICIANS. f .1. K. MILLEKnai pennuntt located j ,rjiniXn r.4jo. ! i r in i:r,:n i'T u:c pri. f .fitc CLarlct avrinfinpiT' ior. .i; r. j DU. H. hlvl"UAKl"U tenders hi j.n.rcffial i , Ace ta "riKr. doSrril. to'" j 1 I K F ST K1MXEL wlil continue to praetloa I ) v-dlciti, nnd t..tere hi prul. '. 'i.ul Jcn i-1 o to the c:'ire:is ol S-TOeraet and (urrounuipar . .iT-,iry. Oihi-e at the old place, a le doors eaat Li-.4 llaic Uolie. I) II. A G. MII-LKl, after twelve a"!ve prscth-e In Mianii'niie, ' i-it.iiy loc itcd at S"inei7et i-r the prae- 'c ,' m "-lit. and lenoers h'.t pyic r, t -.-i i , ' citlttns ol tijfferfel and vkdoity. :.r.es r ' b l.rujt M", np-te me ' '.ri he .:n c .julteil al all lira's ... i , .-.! -natty ertsite.i. t)-Mi -k. rxi'.t promi'liy au5ercd. uc;. 1J. '1-iy. Dr. W. F. FUNDENUEHG, into Kea tlent Snrceon, KsfYrtEi3ac3EarMn!2iT,!T"w' "ml .tiSi"'s f:: tie SnCLUSIYS treatnsst cf 1W, 20 Kontb rBt Mrwl. VENTlSTti. DK y COLL1XS. DENTIST, Somerset, 1 a. OIL in C.a'er's i.Ji. up stairs, icrrl.crauatatltinieshe fi und pn-rwl lodo al! a'n isol w r, such as nliuiir. rctrulMtirif, x tri.'.inu. Ac. Art.tHial tsethoi all kinds, and ol tvtsiuiiitritti.ir.tcrted. Oirtions warranted. J 0IIX BILLS, i i.t.cs lr i Vfirr.tfc & NclTs new bull.ir.. Main Cross Street. Souirk'el, l'a. c:n'il "Wlvl. COLLINS, ii:xtist, , .. -.c ! iscl-er fc Frease't atore, Sflwst ( i. bithe last mco vwirs I r,ae irrcntly re-. rt-.t ti,c prifvi ct aruftcial teeth in hi.' place. , T'.c c.Mi.t lirrasii:a demand l.-rtvctn hss la-j .!i..I Kir lo so eciar my lai liitir that 1 i u,ce .,k".i of teeth at l .wcr t,ris tlmn y.u .n c:l t i.ra- i:i anv oihrr pluce in ihi ouitry. 1 .a. d..w c L :n; a"roo,l a:i ol tone lor and II . ..ere sl'LUld I aniMT ,n am' my thousands : rcsti'tuers lntht tbe ad j, dnn.it fanties that 1 luvr oia.: teeth fr that is it k'v" anoil at I I'.cy cjt cll ou use at ay time and -et l -w l-e ol chartfe. r.TIFlC'AL TEETH 1! cf. t YUTZa T-k -t- xt t o rii DALE CITY. MfKTKt Co., Fa.. A-tnc!;!! Teeth, war anted to oftfce veryliest Liir-l.ke ard .lamlsnme. Inserted in the ri'.le. I'artlrulai ttentl pakl to the pree-'-vati "n or the natural teeth. Th'e wishing to uniii nt hy letter, raadr ao l y encl aieir stamp Al irest -i i'atc. ie 12-721 . HOTELS. U'AM0M HOTEL. StOYSTOWX im. Tl..-- i V.:;r p.ti.l wrll kn. wc li.suse has lately '.'. tl.ot..i t'liv siid newl rrMteJ. lta all new -1 l-t ,.t lurui.me. wki-'-h is date tt a very i-Mml.iest-.pptrwi.dace lrthe travelit.K pu'dic !l.-tit.ic an i rm snn 1 surpa-sed all i--.-r.rrf . i.ss. w::L a lante puldic hall attached .!.. unr. A'-o Urte and rn:y staldiEK I -! r,ua lsin'inK can I had t the Priest i rjvcj- ly wct-lc. dny ir nival. S AMI'KL Cl'STKi:. iVop. r.. r. i ' in u.' . Stoystowa, Fa. a bhi n i.iaa iMBUPASl-Hl ricor- j-.ia.i t.v it. hiale ot tier ol wl.it-i woara"a Artl- 1 1 j t . mttiiulctwre .,vit.FiU i 'verv nifm. AliJI'SIARLE LAI - id :aKi Li.uts. 1 lie n ei.uil" rtiil le and !ra!k' liojl,, andthcr.cmr est a pI'P 4(i li' t he Eft 1 oral RirtaiK-r ol any ibtenlioa ilthe n)re- We hnvenlcd fsmdswlth the V. s. vf.vcrnnitit and nr. aibrlil to make liuihs h r ol,;crs on -ment onlera. Btai:k,s.lalt kin.ts and deseriiiveelrcm- I u.nt m ,.l.ft-n'. i. A AkTlFR IAL LIMB mM F Tl k.ao itv. Xo. s; Fei.ii av l lt j,rgli, I'a. j. w. Ta sipsox. benctary and t.w,DOt Munnxer. tu: ttv. OPIUMS PjlniMpnioly n r "i1 5 3 VOL. XXVII. NO. 25. BANKS, ETC. jSTKAV BJVJtfK. Somerset County Bank CHARLES J. HARRISON, V Cashier rxtl .Vfuager. Collection made in all parts oftLe toitea State. Charges moderate. Butler and ether checks col lected and cashed. Eastern and Wcsternexebang always on hand. Kemlttances made with prompt bom. AccounU sdleited. Parties desiring to purchase C. S. 4 FEB CENT. FLXDEI) UtAN, eaa be accommo dated at this Hank. The rnponsare prcjiald la dt notnin all ns of j:io. hick Li itn M. BICK Apts for Firs ani Lifs Insurance, JOHN HICKS & SON, SOMEIkSET. I 'A.. And Real Estate Brokers. i:stabijsiied isro. Pcr!.n who d?nto ell. bny or ex-hanire prop tr.y. or f r rent will find It to their advanlaice to rryirtcr the dtscrlpti'-n theroo, aa uncharge fa iiftieunU'iiji .!J or rer.;rd. iiel cftate buftiaeefl rtneraliy w li 1 be promptly attended tu. aarla- CharlesC.Orton&Co., jii. Tobacconists. T a-'fCiC The f.ntsl Lipc9t and V , iA lt folec(l slot k ofC'icRW ' ' ..jT?!,'-, nJ C'bpwinp and Smoking ' A1w an infinite varifty of SmokeislUlcrials, atZim "Si merman's old stanJ in tbe MAMMOTH BLOCK. N. v. !'- WALTER 0. TRENT, M AX'TAi'TUKEK HE CIGARS, FACTORY SO. TS. Cor. Tiloin and Pleasant Streets, SOMERSET, PA. Clxarf inatulac'urrd tvm the Finest Leaf Tobacco, i'i.r,.f nil ra.lc. aivie and nrlcci to full all rcnnlrrmcBii-, fmm the cl.eancrt lo the most ex- ptKi-hc Ail bit irood are FeltC.eJ with a view to quality a weU as low figure. I have at prceut a iar.'e .K-k of line Icar ttM-co of all kinds on litni aTii will I aide to resr.ufacture cigars at thu. any other tr In .be county. WALTER 0. TRENT. Sct. Ii, Since. S.R.PILB, DEALER IS . ILOUU AXJ) FEED Groceries, Confections, Quecnsware, Willow ware. SLlt, Fish, Arc. ftc. itc, l-r. 1T-. 1 OXE MICE. All Goods Positively SOLID -AT BOTTOIVI PRICES. FAIR AND SQUARE Our Motto. Do ol rati to -'lve I KO. 2, EAER'S BLOCK A CALL, AYhen doing j our . : ssoipintsra- .Tan. 3 COMPLETE FALL STOCK -aF- J1PETS. ill CLGTH IffiEHS. Linoleum, &c, &c- At tie Lowest Trices in tbiiMaiket, HENRY McCALLUM, -j -j FIFTH AV"E3T'CrE, ' ' ABOVE "WO OID ST., piTTsnrncif. pa-. I FOKHUELY W. D.HsMcCALLUM, K1abli!ifd t 1. 1 ;ai ' H I KITfTl Farm useUacJeicliaraT. We lV AlJ I tU ! tnudrcds or eu-ier ian-wa w 1ST .arms just now. Ktt kaew a ltt. rtiu.etoill Acn-satlair ieea, aa people are lifanK money lrosa banks and MekiBirAcrs i.. snictv Addirsa . JI.JAMES, h pmsl.Brgh ra AkWt; SmithBd St. Fl'hreTnajcli of Unci aetid for r!cted Farm i.iJB ' vt , -A i The oldest and best ap;ointed Institatiow for ot't-iii.inKa Busit;es Euucation. f Fi circulars a.!dre.., p I,,-FFkgoxs, tv FiiUhurgh, Fa. PATENTS. I.J. lEESiKH, 'iitttr for Fitests. No. V Sixth Ave, Pittsburgh, Fa. So Patent, no ly. Sen"5 Clreular. Nov. 13 MISCELLANEOUS, rrilE (iREAT 1US1TIVE CL'RE 'X fcr&B ITHF.VES arl!ni from a ficriin1 oavll. !M lo. flI4Mll. I.IVtlt, XUiVi a JtlSEkTl VL UiUSAalk The Best Family Modicisa on Earth. 8100 Ii" (SOLD fc bt pnvnn afflicted Yittl d:eM that ioorfts fn iv rr-tif v nr rur, providing tU boac or or,'u an not Wwtfrt ymnd point of irrnlr. In wifnt.-lly rtiiui-tuDOeil lrra Jlt-rba, Hot-u, bark um! Ciutns haund in CaiKornia ud the West IikIim, cmUiiiiAS a Tualf, Cavtharic, AitrMlFe, pturetlc uid &uOn-.tic. Iu hnt3edlt effect npoa tb dlsftiv onntns, vfitrthar tnpnlrfd by dlra or whwiMfi from uy rmv, Li to ta cra tb-tr prvr of awcuilstUni and imtrU-oa. It In crvmtrs it ppitit. KMisM ditTcwtloa, acl (rlva Crmm and irtre n Dm Biaciilawr and crrututo crrtcm. It Uta Wlth: viaJ prorcr ta rtiHUred i-tivit7. e'trn. cor. Tvt tTid th- flii!4, ttAc U0 org 1.1 C.J tXCtAtV ItxtU' tutlr hiliby foDctUma. THE ONLY TEUE EEXEDY TOB COLDS. 1tl0HalM csrato Tipn th TtrtoM of tlitt enrkT KlLI't. II y-tti nr endrliir from KIMOI H ATT 14 ki, W1MTV, 0sTIPTMt, klliM I MP KritVOtl, IMMUHJH, er air dianrdr an-ic from ri UK uiA, r a bottle of lUK:h and tU It aa pr tttmrtloiia upon Arh brjttln, la fcnclwo.rrrma, Xpnteh and Frmrh. Onu ljt.kU1 h f. rit'.iTtDt-t uoi iu nurita Uiaa foluamuimMvil in A inn! of oe bnftjf trTOira tt adtmtt'v m aroTfamlrT. fT ao Nis. tTD&a or Clutii rantAko VlMLI.a ui'l r-jnaia iik k. It rt clean u.e imno, t;rr rvoalra, Ua biuk cp, UiBt curtn? disease and eiahllafdrf bcalui oa jx-rnnUMfOt, Mie od endunn bvlv. iut up in Hrern Uxilee, eil la taieaaant to take. KM b; lravrri fattrmiij. Vrk. tM(V. Walker fc Itadper Mfp. C'oM rnm'rs, 4 Mm KtU Kr York. , DI FFERED 30 VK IKS. JcrCT CitT. VptfnnVr fid, ,fC. Kotoame ran frU w Kt I harp uflVr d irr tr - pit w at l.ni ao hd tl.a: I ccoM X ntnd atmn my ft-t. I could Bt Talk hrjf a mile v1ttKJt duiT-ruig InTrmt tUpny winch w.-nWI brinic on eerrrs iUn. Aot ono tearauo i vu indtwrrd w try atUia of Tour l IMilu a and am rd to tnate that atbrr tskioc four bottjrt W4i fniln-ij enred uf both dUiws am mo enK-vinp rYrvIIt-nt ho!th and ftrrctt. 1 aJ vij all fcimiijrl offlirod to try U. r. FEHKiS, 13 Siiftc Ft. DOS'T CO FOOLING AUOl'XD. A . rcimli1nrnicdl(li I can wa,1mlT rwwmMid th.oK.K. I hai-. and tt in mjr f.tr.ty vid kmw otht-r. bo h.Tc trltMl tt, .nd .'tl pninnun, It utwid .nd r-Uahl.. It dHi t fru fooUnir inuDd and ll.i,p,tnt yna by m.ilnB no !m but It attratl to Imuumm. and ao comyiliiMa tuat niK-rvunto It U iu.t)t. an. R. DH ALL, BlTer;,Md, L. L OP YKARS STAXDIXC. I twed on. bottl. of TlfioarM vid tn tmt'ifotlT ur th.t it hw cr,l mof ni!iri:llAaBUMll.lotljftor jxaa .uuHiuig. S. C. BOK. w D, Lokaaoa. M. t. FOR SALE UY o. w. s r e e r. s , DKVGGIST, Somerset, I'n. Who is aut!nriie,l to guarantee Yl(jorene to prove as iniaranti-cd. Sept. is. Cook & Beerits' FAILY GROCERY, Flour and Feed We would most resiieetfullT announce to our friends and the paid ic itenerally. In the town and vicinity ol Somerset, that we have opened our IsewMore on MAIN CROSS STREE1 And la addition to o fell lice of the beat Confetllonerie. .Notion, Tobaccos, rifsart. dr. We w"l endeavor, at all times, v supply jur eus- tomers with li.e BEST QUALiTY OF FAMILY PLOUE, CORN-MEAL, OA TS, SHELLED CORN, OA TS & CORN CHOP, BRAN, MIDDLINGS Andevervthlr.tt partalnlcg to the Feed Depart ueutst the LOWIST POSSIBLE PRICES. FOH CASH ONLY. Also, a well selected stoea ot 0!iirare: St"0are, Wccdscware, WrolS all kinds, and STATIONERY W Lk-b we wl tell as cheap aa the cheapest. Please call, examine our goods of all kinds, and satisfied from your own judgment. Iitn't forget where w stay Si A IX CBOSS Street. Somtraet, Pa m mm T'PDIC'PD stove PACKAGE ULllnolljl PUIS. ALWAT STEADY FOB CSC ' - - Em, Mr-arihM M am fc...1, ...y Ui r M ..! ft. aij.a . SSaa Sa.aac htaaiiaaf na,m isiumik-i hi. art. arc. POUSM Wo Huiattl no . asiJCTfto. DUST, aosT, BEHST S. ZIECLER, o!e Baauftcturer, , ae at. s.ka atms, rwtaHta. tltl 89PS rEIiSYLTAHA IEUUE COLLEGE (FltUbursli (East End,) Pa. Collegiate year opens September 12th. 1 milM tnim fonrt Iloiue. OTcr-Uiokirjg East Liberty valley. Easy of access and iree num sraosie. terms mi boardinr Dupila rr-doced. For particular and t.!icne ap ly tn MI ?S lifcL L. I'LLtllitAl, Acting Preeidmt. GU A. CEKRY. Treasurer. Aug.; - --" X' .'S S3 .UOLSnATCBWATCBtm.Cbesojeal inUM kaowu worM. MMfiie sssair" AttxU. Juklrrsa. A. U( i.Txa Co Chicago. omei K S MS'T SLAX THE WATE. Sow, Harry, pray don't laugh at me. But when you go ao lata I wish yoa would be careful, dear, To sever flam the gate. For Bessie listens every night, And to dors teasing Kate To tell me next day what o'clock They heard you flam the gats. 'Twas nearly tea last night, you know. But now 'tit very late ( We've talked about to many things :) Oh, do not flam the gate. For all the neighbors hearing it Will aay our future fata We've been discussing ; to I beg You will not slam the gate. For though It if all very true, I wish that they .would wait, To canvass our affairs until Well pray don't flam the gate. At least Dot now. But.by and by, When la "our home" 1 wait Your coming. I shall always like To hear yoa slam the gate? . IR09 DEATH" lO LIFE. There were six of us seated before ft blazing fire which cast a gecerous glare into the otherwise uolighted room. Outside a- winter storm be I lowed over the chimneys, and beat seriously at tbe window panes. Afar off we could hear the guat roaming among the naked hills, now plunging shrilly through tbe skeleton branches ofthe trees, and again whirling over head with a weird shoutiag sound, that might well bare proceeded from the throats of evil things riding upon the wind. Tbe ghostly spirit of the storm seemed to have penetrated even into onr comfortable circle, for we had got, I know not how, upon the most dismal of all subjects death. We had canvassed the theme pret ty thoroughly before we discovered that two of our number, the profes sor and the doctor, bad tsken no part in tbe conversation. They were sit ting a little removed from tbe rest of us, gazing gloomily into the fire. Their ordinanaly cheerful expression of countenance bad given place to a sober, troubled look, and more than once we bad detected the exchange of a 6trangely-significant glance be tween them. As may be readily supposed, we were not slow to press them for an explanation of their conduct. Bat for a considerable lime our efforts were fruitless. At leDgtb, after much persuasion, it was the profes sor who spoke : "Geiiwemen," said he gravely, "no man cares to gain for bimself a repu tation of a liar or a maniac. Yet that is exactly what you are pressing both of us to do. I have no doubt that tbe experience which I am about to relate, and in which my friend the doctor bore no unimportant part, will appear absolutely incredible to persons of your advanced views." There wsb a touch of sarcasm in the worthy professor's tone, but in our eagerness to hear bis story we found it convenient to disregard this. "However," he continued, "I will risk it. If you choose to disbelieve it, why I shall try to have charity for your ignorance and conceit. Now, doctor, if yoa will hand me the tobacco and one of the pipes the ranker and the blacker the better I will proceed." Having filled bis pipe and settled himself in bis chair, be began thus : "It must be fully ten years ago the doctor and myself were engaged up on a geological survey of the north ern part of tbe State. We had la bored diligently during the summer and fall, when toward the close of a November day, we shouldered our knapsacks and turned our faces home ward. "Our way led tbroogh chain of black and rugged hills toward a fron tier town, twenty miles distant, where we intended to take the rail road. A more forbidden region it has never been my misfortune to see. It was a perfect chaos, blackened and wrapped by primeval tires, and desti tute of tbe smallest trace of vegeta tion. Tall cliffs towered a thousand feet above our beads, shutting out the light of the dull November sky. Sluggish streams filtered between tbe crevices of the rocks, and poured noiselessly into deep and motionless turns. It seemed that the blight of death bad fallen upon tbe whole country. "Weil knowing the peril of at tempting to proceed through such a region after nightfall, we baited at sunset, and building a firo at the foot of a crag, disposed ourselves to rect as well we might Exhausted with the toils of the day, the doctor was soon asleep, and I was not long in following bis example. "How long I had slumbered I knew not, when I found myself sitting up right, and peering rervously in the darkness around me. It seemed to me that some one had uttered a wild appealing cry in the very portals of my ears. For some moments I sat so", wondering and anxious. Then I reflected that as there could be no human being in tbe neighborhood besides ourselves, the sound that had alarmed me must have been the shriek of some bird or animal. Ex plaining the matter thus, I was on tbe point of lying down agaia when I was arrested by a repetition of the cry. This time there could be no mistake. Wild, long, and it appear ed to me, full of intolerable anguish, it re-echoed among the crags with fearful shrillness. Witb an uncon trolable start, I turned and shook the doctor to awake bim. M 'Be quiet,' he muttered, 'I am awake and heard it all.' " 'What can it be f I asked anx iously. 'Surely, nothing human ; no one lives in this region for miles around. Perhaps it is a wild eat' " 'No,' he said, between his teeth, such a sound never came from the throat of a wild cat There it is again. Listen.' "Tbe cry was repeated. It was a woman's voice, but it expressed each supreme misery as I believe woman never felt before. It came ringing up the gorge with a weird and mournful intonation that chilled the blood in my heart By the doctor's quick breathing I could tell that he was aa much affected, aa myseii. Neither of us spoke or moved; both waited for a renewal of the cry, in the hope of arriving at some rational explanation of it -: f . mi T A B f J: D . lrj(7 SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY, "Again it cam?, but now like a low tremulous sobi ?1 am not a su perstitions man, gentlemen, but I confes that I eat tAere shivering witb a species of horrot that was utterly new to me. Wha; could it be J Not a living woman. Barely alone and suf fering in an inaccessible fastness where we were morally certain noth ing human dwelt" And then what misery was it that gave itself such uncanny expression? No fear nor bodily pain, but eacetbing terrible; something namelcs to us. While we were debating these questions in smothered tones tie cry came once again. This time in words we un derstood : i "Help ! Oh ! God! nelp !' "At this intelligect appeal to our manhood, our superstitious weakness at once disappeared. Seizing a torch from our smouldering fire, we made our way hastily toward a pile of rocks a few yard distant, whence the sound seemed t have proceeded. Scrambling up the height we came suddenly upon a strange and mourn ful scene. Before as stood a small, wretched looking lot, evidently con structed by bands una Bed to such labor, unglezed and without a chim ney. There was dim light within, and through the open door we saw tbe body ot a mau apparently lifeless lying prone upon tie floor. Beside him, witb arms flying wildly over her head, knelt the figure of a woman, evidently the one whose cries had alarmed us. It needed but a glance to assure us that some strange trage dy bad taken place, and without a moment's hesitation we entered the but "Tbe woman raised her eyes as we approached, but gave no further besd to us. Apparently her great sorrow had driven her distracted. She was a young creature, hardly twenty, I should judge, and despite tbe signs of hardship and sorrow vis ible on ber features, very beautiful. Her form was slight and even atunu ated.but in its shabby dress preserved traces of former refinement "Her companion, a young man of about her own age, attired in a coarse woodman's suit, had evidently suc cumbed to hardship or disease, and was either insensible or dead. His pinched and ghastly countenance must have been onee very handsome, but now it looked old and worn as that of a man of sixty. He had ap parently fallen in bis present position, and tho girl bad been unable to raise bim. "My friend, tbe iloclor," continued the worthy professor, "sorely uncouth and cynical as he commonly appears, has as kicd a heart. as ever beat in a man's breast-no flattery, my dear fel low, but it must bVy confessed that you bave faults that more than coun terbalance your one good trait Well, gentlemen, he bent -over the poor creature, and in a cnre as gentle as a woman's endeavour to arouse the girl from her lethargy. " 'Who are you ?' said he, 'and whet has happened V " 'He is dead dead!' she mattered, hoarsely. " 'Perhaps it is not as bad as that,' he rejoined. 'Tell us about it. We are friends, my dear, and medical men, and may be able tc assist you.' " Jlo died this morning, before my very eyes,' she moaned, 'died, oh, my God ! of starvation. And I never knew that he was depriving himself for my sake. Ob, my husband, why did you not let me die with yon?' And she threw herself across the body ana sobbed as though her poor heart would break. 'There were tears in the doctor's eyes as be look ed at me,' added the professor, with a tremor in bis voce, 'and the rascal has always sworn that my own were not dry. That, however, is aside from the subject. 'The doctor stooped down and felt at the heart of tbe prostrate man. " 'He is dead,' he whispered, mo tioning me to imitate bis example. " 'Yes, dead,' I replied, after exam ining the corpse. "How we made the truth known to tbe poor wife I do not remember. It would see pi that ebe preserved some faint remnant of hope until our assurance destroyed it utterly. With a low groan she fell suddenly at our feet, insensible. Although at a loss to know what course to pursue, we felt it no more than our duty to re main in t?.e but for tbe night; and on tbe morning to make the best arrange ments for the poor girrs comfort that were possible. Fortunately tLe doctor had bis medical case in his Docket Admin istering a powerful sleeping potion to ber, he placed ber in happy uncon sciousness of the events that were to follow. We then proceeded to a more careful examination of tbe man. "Without vanity I can eay that both tbe doctor and myself have re ceived some few testimonials as to our scientific ability from tbe world. You will probably believe that we are capable of deciding upon a very simple case cf death by starvation." be paused and looked gravely around. "Very, good, remember then, that I assert, upon my professional reputa tion, that the man was stone dead." "Yen," added the doctor, who had hitherto remained silent, "tbe life must have been extinct more than five hours when we found him." ' "Well," continued the professor, with increasing gravity, "having sat isfied ourselves upon this point, we covered the corpse decently, and sat down to wait for morning. Though in no mood for conversation, the startling experience of the evening kept ns both awake for several hours. But at length, completely overcome with weariness and excitement, I fell into a light slumber. "Almost immediately, it seemed, I wag awakened witb a shout The doctor was bending over me with an expression 'of wonder and alarm up on bis face. " 'Wake op,' he said, in a troubled whisper, 'something very strange baa been going on in this room for many xinutes past' " 'What is it?' I asked, 'I thought I heard Bo.se one speaking.' M 'Ton did,' be replied, '1 bave distinctly beard a voice close beside ns, yet there is bo one ia tbe room except ourselves and) these two poor people '"Perhaps the woman baa been NOVEMBER 27, 1878. talking in her sleep,' I suggested, 'or it may be that tbe man is not dead after alL' " 'No, I have looked to both,' be replied. 'One sleeps soundly, and the other will never Bpeak again in this world. So satisfy yourself.' "I arose and trimming tbe lamp, proceeded first to the couch where the girl lay. She at least could not bave spoken, for all her senses were lock ed in a profound stupor. I then ex amined the corpse and found it as we bad left it, except that the features were more shrunken and sallow than before. No voice could have come from those rigid iips. Concluding we had both dreamed or mistaken some nocturnal cry for a human voice, I replaced the light and was about to resume my seat, when my movements were arrested by a very singular voice. " 'There it is again !' muttered the doctor, agitatedly. "A low confused murmur, resem bling nothing that 1 bad ever heard before, arose in tbe room, and seem ed to circulate in the air for an in stant and died away. Again it arose, coming from a point directly over our heads and gradually descending un til it seemed to emanate from some invisible source immediately beside us. I know of nothing with which to compare the intonation, except it may be tbe articulation of the tele phone, or that of a ventriloquist "The first words we caught were, 'Oh, my poor wife!' "It would be impossible to de scribe tbe effect that these words pro duced upon us. It was not so much the tone, weird, and uncanny as it wa, as the startling significance of the words that amazed us. "Who could have spoken them but the husband of the woman lying stupefied upon the coach ? Yet he had been dead for many hours. Fall of repugnance of the horror of tbe idea, we started up and again exam ined not only every nook and corner of the but itself, but even tbe space outside fjr many yards around. There was no human being beside ourselves in tbe vicinity. "We agaia scrutinized tbe corpse. It had neither changed its position nor appearance. Tbe flesh bad grown perfectly cold and tbe muscles rigid; there was not a trace of vitali ty in it. Now," said the professor, nervously, "I have arrived at what I imagine will be the limit of your credulity. I da not expect yoa to credit what followed, but I swear to you on the word of aa honest man, that I do not deviate from tbe truth as much as a syllable when I Bay eay that while we bent above the body we again heard the voice pro ceeding from a distant part of the room, saying andibly: " "In the name of God, assist me back to life !' "With hearts beating thick and fa at, we stood gazing at each other absolutely thunderstruck. An expe rience so terrifying, so utterly with out precedent, completely unnerved us. While we remained stupefied with horror the voice was again audible: " 'Ob, bave pity !' it said, 'aid me to return to life.' "It was some minutes before eith er of us could recover from our amazement sufficiently to make any reply. "'Who is it that speaks to ns?' asked the doctor, in a low tone. " 'The soul of the man who lies dead before you!' it replied. " 'It is impossible that the dead can speak,' answered the doctor. " 'No, for the intelligent never dies,' replied the voice. 'My body is indeed dead, but that with which I lived and loved is still in this room.' " 'What is it that yoa desire V asked tbe doctor, carrying on this strange colloquy with increasing wonder. " 'To be aided to resume mv form er existence,' was the rejoinder: 'I dare not leave my poor wife unpro tected in this wilderness. I cannot see her suffer. I love her beyond all my hopes of fatcre life, and by the power of my love I have remained near her, and bave been able to com municate with yoa. I cannot, I will not be separated from ber. I must return to ber in my human shape.' "Whether the doctor's courage de serted him at this point or not I can not Bay; but he spoke no more, and, as the voice was no longer audible, we remained silent, in a state of mind that bailies all description. "I am morally certain that both of os would bave lied instantly from the place, had it not been for tbe poor creature sleeping upon the bed. We could not leave her to face alone a mystery that shook even nerves as toughened as ours. After a hasty conversation as to our coarse, we re sumed onr former seats and waited in breathless expectation for what was next to occur. "Some boors had passed in this way, and the first dim traces of dawn were shining upon the eastern hori zon, when, with a simultaneous start we sprang to oar feet The voice had again spoken, inis time it bad proceeded not from some indefinite point in the atmosphere, bat from be neath the sheet enveloping the corpse. " 'Help " it cried, in faint but dis tinct accents; 'for Christ's sake, help!' "For an instant we hesitated and who would not ? then hastened to the body and removed the covering. There was no alteration in its pallor and rigidity, bat we perceived that the lips, from which a faint murmur was issuing, trembled slightly. Here oar instincts conquered on? weak ness. Whatever the mystery Involv ed in the matter, a human being was struggling to regain existence, and our impulse was to aid without ques tion. A powerful restorative was administered, and before many mo ments had passed, we saw the color coming back to the wan cheeka and the sunken muscles reshaping them, selves witb tbe current of tbe warm Uood. Then, with a faint sigh, the eyes opened and gazed at as inquir ingly. In a word, gentlemen, tne dead was restored to life. "It is needless to detail what follow ed. In the meeting which occurred between these two poor young crea tures, we felt ourselves more than re paid for the startling experiences of tbe previous night It can do no barm to add that we claimed and ex e ercised tbe right of securing their fu ture prosperity out of our ample means. We heard no more of their former history than that the persecu tion of those whose wUbes their mar riage had opposed, had driven them to hide their poverty and misfortune in the wilderness. We have heard of them since. "The young man, as we discovered on questioning him, remembered nothing of his sensations while un conscious, except a vague, dreamlike, and yet intense sorrow for bis young wife. He bad no knowledge what ever of the voice that bad addressed us, and appeared to believe that he had labored under a temporary sus pension of animation arising from starvation. We did not combat his belief, for we believed that he was actually dead, and that he only re turned to life through his great love. Who will deny that love is stronger than death, and that it goes witb os even beyond the grave V Haw Ft Will Treea Urowr. In order to test the rapidity of the growth of tbe different varieties of trees, a writer in a Western paper took the measurement and height of a large number, some years ago, with tbe following result : Two Norway spruces, set twenty years, were five and a half feet in circumference, forty feet in height, and had a spread of about twenty-six feet in diameter. A black spruce set fifteen years was twenty-five feet in height and proportionately large. Two balsam firs, set sixteen year, were thirty feet high. A European larch, set seventeen years, was forty-two feet high and four feet in circumference at tbe base. A Scotch pine, set eighteen years, was twenty-six feet high. A hard pine, set seventeen years, was three feet and eight inches in circumference and twenty-five feet high. A white pine, set eighteen years, was four feet in circumference, while an Aastrian, set fourteen years, was twenty feet high. A Kassian spruce, set fifteen years, was fifteen feet high. The red cedars and arbor vitaei, set fourteen years, averaged twenty feet in height, while a hedge or wind brake, set entirely around an eighty acre farm was composed of first a row of cedars, set about fifteen years, which averaged fifteen feet, next a row of Scotch pine, twenty-five feet high, and outside of this a row of soft maples ranging from twenty-five to thirty feet in height Thed formed a perfect security against high winds and reduced tbe temp-.rature in the enclosure several degrees. Hard maples, set twenty years, averaged over thirty feet in height ""One soft maple, set eighteen Tears, was fifty feet high and six feet in circumference: A black walnut, set sixteen years, was four feet three inches in diameter, while a sycamore, transplanted twen ty years before from the timber, was seven feet in circumference, at the base and forty-eight feet in height. A Bilver-leaf poplar, set twenty years, was seven feet two 'inches in circumference and thirty-five feet in height, and a golden willow, that twenty years before bad been stuck into the ground a switch, was eleven feet eight inches in circumference and over forty feet high. There are many ether varieties some of them rare specimens but enough has been shown to prove that even our slow-growing varieties, if carefully cultivated, will, in a few years become great trees. But they must be taken care of and cattle kept from them just as closely as if they were orchard trees, if the best results are to be secured. Farmer Joha'w Jlew Bay 31 ale. He was showing the man the new bay mule that be was working in a team with the old gray. "You warrant him sound, and per fectly kind and gentle?" said the man. "Perfectly," said farmer John. "My wife and children drive him, and be is a perfect pet Comes into the house like a dog." ' Is he easy to shoe?" asked the man. "Well, I guess so ; fact is, I never had him shod ; I don't believe in it ; he works better without it," said far mer John. "How doe3 he act when yoa pat the crupper on ?" asked the man. Farmer John hesitated. "Well, pretty good, I guess," he said ; "but the fact is I never put it on." "How does it get on ?" asked the man, "who pot's it on ?" "Well, I kind of don't know," said farmer John ; ''fact is he had the har ness on when I got him, an' it fit him so well, an' he seemed to be so kind o contented in it like, that I sort of never took it offn him." "How long have yoa had him ?" asked tbe man. Farmer John chewed a w ieat straw very meditatively. "Well," he said, "not to exceed more'n two years, mebbe." And the man backed a little fur ther away, and said he would "sort of look round a little further before be bought, like." Jr armer John never saw bim again, noi even to this day. Burlington Hartley e. A storv is told of a deacon in Ten nessee, who was in the habit of rid ing a bucking mule that is, a mule that can make a camel's back of its straight one, and, by a spasmodic movement of its four legs and tamp, discharge its rider Tike a cannon-ball. The other day tbey came to the edge of tbe worst mad bole in toe &tatc, and tbe mule gave unmistakable in dications of bnckine. Tbe good dea con knew that be was about to be thrown, and hia mind skumed about for a prayer. His table grace came easiest : "Lord, for what we are about to receive make as humbly thankful," be exclaimed, and the male had back ed and he was in. Lame exenses seldom carry the crotches of plausibility. LL O WHOLE NO. 1 129. Tb Lssrakw Caverna. Tbe wonderful caverns near Luray, Page county, Virginia, are still betng explored and fresh discoveries con stantly made. Tbe New York Her aid correspondent describes a num ber of the new galleries and chambers discovered. The correspondent gives the following description of what he styles "the most gorgeous chamber of all :" At last, through a narrow opening, we came suddenly into the most bril liant room in tho cave, and almost twin in size to the "Giant's Hall" proper. The contrast between this and "Giant's Hall" was complete. While in the latter everything is dark, weird and awful, everything here was light, brilliant and gorgeous. A scene of unparalleled spleodor, of sub lime grandeur, burst upon us. The whole scene was brilliant and daz zling beyond description. If an ar tist never failed before he would fail here, for this inconceivable mass of splendor no brash could paint or pen depict to the mind of man. There were no facilities for measuring this chamber, as all its parts are not yet accessible. Several bridges and a number of stairways will be required. The formations are marvellously beautiful, a number of them being en tirely beyond description. There is an absence of springs, but beautiful grottos, bowers and palace-like struc tures are to be seen at every turn. In one place a Chinese pagoda pre sented itself; there were four entran ces between its columns. Its root was steeple pointed, and served as a canopy for the rarest and most ex quisitely beautiful structure yet dis covered. This marvellous formation was a white monument, seven feet high, twelve inches in diameter at its largest part, tapering up to a delicate head and forming in and rising from the centre of a pedestal of dark stone, perfectly round and about two and a-half feet in diameter, the whole res ting on a perfectly square platform five feet either way. This platform rested at the height of twelve inches on a second platform about seven feet square, and this in turn on a third, somewhat larger, aod the thud dual ly on a fourth still ldraer. These platforms and the mouument itself were formed of masses of beautiful white crystalic particle-', uDlike aay other formations in the i-nrerx The whole glistened under .t ligbts and presented a transcendeutly It-autiful spectacle. We stand in awe id al most in terror before tuU wt. derful structure. We have no word to ex press our feelings. One ran ouly re member that the works of nature are beyond the comprehension of poor weak mortals. Tbe principal colors in this gigantic room are light buff and pure white. 1 here is not a speck of dirt or mud in view. Eveq the chasms and ravines bave a wl.te lining. The dome is pure buff, wi'.h thousands of lovely white stalactites hanging from it Where there are a few columns, mounds and monuments in other chambers there are hundreds here; all grar.d, brilliant and beauti ful. From a gallery on the right a structure in shape of a monster shell hung out, seemingly without support Climbing up into the gallery and ex amining it an opening was found which would admit a man easily. It would measure nearly eight by ten feet, and is sufficiently high for one to move about in it without stooping There must be a very large number of openings from this room, as we could easilv discern many np among tbe draperies banging about its walls; but tbe route at present is so diflicult that the strongest men could not drag a ladder long enough to reach most of them. With a little more labor and expenditure these apertures may be easily reached, and perhaps other large discoveries will take place. Buddhist Folk Lore. King Kusa bad received from Sa- kra, tbe chief of the gods, a jewel, which was octagonal in shape, and he used to wear it suspended by a string, which had been miraculously passed through the centre, notwith standing the eight bendmgs or angles, frcm one end to the other. Tbe jew el bad descended to king W eueha, but the string by which it was sus pended had become decayed and rot ten, and no man knew bow to pass a string through the centre by reason of the eight headings of the jewel. Now, King Wedeta wished to wear the jewel, and si be tent it to - the villagers of the eastern village, where the pandit dwelt, and bade them take out the old decayed string from tbe interior part of the hole, and replace it witb a ner string throughout, that the jewel might be bung, as before, from the King's neck. But these vil lagers were not able either to take out the old siring or to put tbe new string in its stead. So Mabaushada, knowing their trouble, Bent for tbem, and telling them not to concern them selves witb the matter, ordered tbem to bring bim a little honey. He then smeared some drops of honey in the holes at the two ends of tbe jewel, and having twisted a new string of woollen thread, he dipped the end thereof in honey and pushed it a abort distance into the hole of the jewel, and placed it in an ant hole from which tbe ants were coming out. But the ants issuing forth from the ant bole, by reason of the smell of the boney, ate np the old thread which had rotted in the jewel, and taking in their mouths the end of the woollen thread which bad been dip ped in the honey, dragged it under neath and brought it out at the other side. When tbe pandit found that the string bad been passed through the jewel, be gave it to the villagers and bade them present it to the King. The people ot the village sent it to tbe King, and when he heard the de vice by means of which the string had been put through the jewel he was grea'Jy pleased. The Fortnight bj Review. A Western paper says: "A child was run over by a wagon 3 years old, and cross-eyed with pantalets, on, wbich never spoke afterwards." Fashionable mother r "Maria I'm almost discoaraged. How many times have I told yoa not to say ta ter, but pertater !" laflaeaerw wf 3fcwr. A school teacher, who had been engaged a long lime in hii profession, and witnessed the tbe influence of a newspaper upon the minda of family and children, writes aj follows : "I have found it to be a universal fact without exception, that scholars of both sexes and all ages, who have access to newspapers at home when compared with thoee who have not, are : 1. Better readers, excellent in pro nunciation, and consequently read more nnderatandingly. 2. They are better spellers and define words wkh eaie and accuracy. 3. They obtain practical knowl edge of geography in about half the time it requires of others, aa the newspapers hare made them acquain ted with the location of important places, of nations, their government and doings on tbe globe. 4. They are better grammarians for having become so familiar with every variety of style in the newspa per, from tbe common pla?e adver tisement to the finished and classical oration of the statesman, they more readily comprehend the meaning of the text, and constantly atialjzoits construction with anrtcj. 5. Those young uin who have for years been readers of newspiDers are always taking the lead in deba ting societies, extibiting a more ex tenire knowledge, a greater variety of subject?, and expressing their views with greater fluency, clearness and correctness. How Live Stork Turn mm Their war Essrwss. A passenger on board tbe steam ship Devonia, from New York, writes that there were on the ship IS Cana dian carriage horses shipped for G!as gow, and 40 bead of horned cattle consigned to the same port The weather was fair with slight head winds until Friday, when at or about noon the wind changed, and the De vonia fl6w before it, her freight of live stock doing well, and improving with the rest after tho fatigues of their long journey by rail. The wind increased, and by Saturday evening we were in a gale. The horses stood nine head on each Bide of the vessel; those on the port side were exposed to the full fury of tbe gale. The sea washed over tbem, and in short time their wretchedly constructed rtalls were dashed to pieces. t The horses, thrown from their slings, Jay prone upon the deck, torn, maimed, wounded, and even Minded. The noble animals lay and perished, in despite of the continued and ardu ous toil of the officers and crew of the vessel. Sometimes a horse would struggle to his feet, only to be flung to tbe deck with renewed violence and increased suffering. On the star board side, being the lee side, the in jury and consequent sufferings were less. A few of the stalls here held together, and out of the 13 head ship ped, 5 animals were saved, and thai without serious injury indeed, al most intact Of the 40 steers, one died of natural causes, one had to be slaughtered, and three were so much injured as to be a complete loss. The bcrned cattle stood the gale better than the horses. Tbe arrange ments made for them were better, and tbey struggled far less against their condition, therefore they got off better. The foreman in charge work ed like a beaver, and, aided by the ship's company, brought his charge well through what was as bad a gale as bad swept the Atlantic for some years. Another large ocean steamer exposed to the same weather, lost on her passage, ol head of horned cattle, and had two of her life boats carried away. A Chirac EdUots. Mr. A. Stempel, cf this city, has made a discovery which bids fair to rival Edison, and thus Chicago will assume iU proper place and produce a man who promises to light, beat and furnish water power for the en tire United States by one immense and magnificent scheme. The plans and models, in all their intricate de tails are on exhibition at Mr. Stem pel's establishment, and some of them are illustrated, tor the benefit of ca rious pedestrians, witb daubs of green and black paint in bis window. It has always been urged that the production of electricity by steam could not Le made profitable, because it could not be created cheap enough, but the main reason, says Mr. Stem pel, is that they could only create power or light or heat at the end of tbe conductor. That is, they could only produce one light or one quanti ty of power in other words, it could not be distributed in small quantities. Mr. Stempel says that .Edison dis covered that he could take off an amount of electricity from tbe main conductor for heat, light and power purposes. Edison claims that he will get his electricity by friction, and pro poses to use steam power to be con verted into electricity. But Mr. Stempel goes one higher than Edison. II is proposition is that the tides of the seas can furnish a constant unlim ited power which can be by friction converted into any amount of elec tricity for tbe purpose of creating light, heat and power for tbe use of man. He proposes to build immense basins in the sea in the shallow wa ter of an inlet near the shore, where there are high floods. He proposes to build two wails strong enough for the purpose. One will be built at the mouth of the inlet, to shut off the sea, tbe other a certain distance apart, to divide the inlet into two tremen dous basins. Each wall will have a floodgate through which, when open, tbe sea can Cow in. At high tide tbe floodgate neartst the land is shut. Six hours after, at ebb-tide, the gate of the other basin is closed, and thus he will have one great basin full of water. Smaller gates in tbe wall of the first basin are then opened, and the water rashes through, turning as it runs a thousand turbine wheels, which, in their turn, keep in motion the electrical machines from which he proposes to generate sufficient elec tricity to furnish the entire country light, heat and motive power. The cost of his scheme will be, according to a careful estimate, only about $2, 000,000,000, and he proposes to bring the matter before Congress at its next session, and urge upon tbe Dem ocrats) to go in for this scheme instead of paying the rebel debt and claims. Chicago Inter-Ocean. Th rirleif ElelK-wi -aalwrwa. Jacksox villi, November 13. Chief Justice Kandall has ordered a special session of the Sapreme Court to convene at Tallahassee on Satur day oext, when a petition for a man damus against the County Canvaa .;n P.nard will be presented. Smivh, colored, Inspector of Madiaoa eounly, arrested yesterday, was bail ed to-day Ii the s'nra of $3,000. awiacwa Cars UL
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