II
Terms ot Publication
Th3 Soaersst Herald
..uwfl W eon-day M'-ntta, at $3 W
to ad vane, otierwls. 2
ii IncariaMy bt charged.
"1 ..t-rifUo. WW b. dtUn.l wattl all
! re pM P- PomMtert neglecting
rrf, wht. mt-erlber. ao.ot tak. out
" '".ctwlllbetcld able for teubfarfptlo
Jber. removing from P-"""'
rfdglveWtb. name ol "
ST--' ,ffi A;'!r
7r Somerset If era Id ,
Somerset, Va.
. TTORXEYS-A T-LA W.
sCHELUATTOKHET ATLAW.
,:R.itf .bT?'k Agent, Somen.
'l,LBl.a .U.
a
J, oaiC u
ti I'HL. ATTORNEY ATLAW , 80M-
I L'H t;. wiU Pr .mini) u U"M
I aft- "'" -rtranoed Ml eoliectioo
v . 1 t. run. afuv.
.-..--d ui i" -r.
fcc L'iiJ
q'u.tbest.
O ATTOKStr-AT-lAtr.
Soarritt, Prnn'a.
. . .t u I Vtflmlh hav
l-al1' Building.
.
V
T. ..LT1 E " . ' i'.X-: illl
V J 'il- Sai.Sft-4 Wblsearerrllb
TT'h l. baek, attorneys at
v. lr . l'.?rr- Fa., will iiwUn In S-vm-
tr40 - - -
-'..rcillJltt. ATTtKNEY ATLAW,
,Bi;
ATTt'KKEY AT LAW,
, p. ()BK. Mammoth BlK-k.p ttr.
".'. ti-t! prompt" l Mrt'V-
V
K"'.roBNtY AT LAV
, ri..inrniri, P-
K(ONT7.. A TTUK N IY AT
' b'.p cure in Somerset
';;rin:-.
V. a .
roll Ii SCOTT,
ATT KNFY ATLAW
Pa. ' in Mmivh BU. A"
imrnMed to Ma car. alied too.'b
J I
ArrjllNEY ATLAW.
- " imifiKl'TS AT
Sic am -
J.
. unaiMai.Aal Ch utrui-lel
B mj o auwu w -r - r -
ju, H 'A,JJ.uKnEYAT LAW,
1 A"1 Somerset. Pnn.
Writing Deed, ic,
arEir Uf-Uir A Co.'t Store.
C. P. WALKER.
rJlYHlClAKH.
Hit MIILtK bu perroaucTiu.
t.;.iit' liarie k.niuitT store.
1)1
FtfUitliiiien Ol jjr..
1S E. M. KDIMKL arlll wttiMi trt practice
if tniif. win wmci- i .
4t to toe itu( of .ert and aurnjundlnir
rWTT. US: at tne mo place, a i- u -
iaj'ai4 11
lIL WV OHXINS. DENTIST, Somerset,
Ilr " .... . ,...,'! M'.m-k. bl stalra.
-uf ht rma t ail tiuK-e be f mnd wiire.t to do
. ' . i... -''.... 1 ii ill- f I-
n.K.'kc. Anio-J teeth ol .11 kln-lt and ol
'..tiiateril.liiMrted. trtU. imntl
DR. 0. MILLER.' after twelve
.. j' alre urar.lce In 8hankvlc fcaa
iKTS. -alir ltrd at Sumerset f. the tne
vjtj kliAawltemlrr lit jimftl-nl or
I. v citUena S.nutr-t and vVinitj .
la til !'B Store, oppnrito tfce Harnet
k Mr. i ke ran be coiwelted at aU times
a,K t -tf -nr.r enree.1.
WN'sr niifirf-orcj:!' ar.swored.
n-ir.
Dr. . iTfUXDEXIIEIIG,
Lite Res'dent SnrgooM.
KiMEiE d Ear Mnnary.
Is !:ca:ei peri:xcr.t'.7 in the
Cl:7 cf roSISLAlD, licyls-a
f:rc-IICLrsr7E trc:cr.t cf all
ihuzx i 9 Eye cri lax, Srdui
:f the ce srd Throat
, X. 2 Piowlh retire Ktrr(.
Jan.
DENTISTS.
JOHN BILLS,
DEUTIST.
(4. ta oXrota A NelTs new bolldlrr.
Main Cross Street.
Soscerset, Fa.
a?r:i
"WM. COLLINS,
DF.XTXST,
l'i"t l'ubr A Freafe's'store, J.ftnent,
price. M n:h'cil teeta la tliie pla-e.
ntnaM a 'asinc demand lorteh ha. In-1
'-' i ai lo t euixre my l-ililii t! at ran
'" "ti t. letti at Atcr frtrrt than yoa
!. in ititai m act mt plaoe hi tbw ooautiy.
ioni. instil a iriod setuf teeih tor tt. and If I
t-rtU ai U w.t enoo antona- or ik--mls
HLpfflct ia t!,u the adenine euontics that
' zt.:c iceihlur that is But flniu fui la.t
v tUy eia call ou ma ai aay Use and fret
i fc. ar ol timfi-a.
RTIIIC AL TEETH!!
I. Y1TZV.
1) E N T I S T
CITY, yrtt: CV, V:, j
4 "''' T'h. n it.'. to be ..rt' e very beat
1 ! Ufc- Ur jj u lia-lr-me liw- ne.1 la the
..Trt 1 irn-u,i .!irnti raid to the trr
,.. "t r-t ,rl tee., t uuar wi.blnc to .
I s T te'.icT, cai vie k rj eadi.--Ex .i,p .
"wviImti, iel-J '
UOTELS.
);v.jxii ;;oti:l.
I , u!r i'Jd wcU kn..mn t.sr Las lately
' ,no reoited. wit I all new
wi -TV'' lnrr- i-b b.. ntarn It a ery
!,'.. p;o .tbe travellnc pa'.lie,
"t t-ti ',J P'"u" ul 4 srj'e'l ail
; W'tk a lc puWiK bail atlacbed
A;w Ui. and rm s.ablin.
i-m tt"r!", eu be had - t tbe lowr l
S K.Oir. HUDim.l.
'' a K ovitown, fij
r"M T ao BKit Ura.
Joseph; kerr, i
u'na Wairl maker, is prr-ai4 at aU ,
"tmliijoatrit-(rlrM.
1t. tiltier In the Hue ol
Batches clocks.
l-WnaipwHanT. Wnkgmaraoleed.
VOL. XXVII. NO. 3:.
HANKS, ETC.
BANK
-:o:-
Ssnsrset County Bank
CHARLES J. HARRISON.
OishUr end Mauefer.
CViloct U mx!t In !1 paru of tl-.e i'mceu SLcIe.
Clisnp moderate. Butter and oluer ciiecki c-l-lMted
and cubed. Eautern and Wcjternexcb-rg
alwT on hand. Remtttinece made with pnmpt
urn. AoeouuH solicited.
Partly desiring; to porcliam V. S. 4 PER
CENT. FUNDED UlAN, can accommo
dated at this Bank. The cupnare prepaid In
dcnuoiin atkn f
run. mcu
L tie a. BlCti
Apts for Fire an! 116 Issuranca,
JOHN HICKS & SON,
SOMKUfcET. l'A..
And Real Estate Brokers.
EWTAKLISIIKD 1H50.
Pmnas whodeflreto sell, fcoj or exchanne prop
erty, or fur rent will bnd ll to tlislra'lvmiuireto
r(filtr the dexTipiioo thereot, as nochanreli
miulesnibU sold or rented. Kcal wU busiueil
ireneraiiy rlllbe prooiptly attended t ).
auilS.
C'UAS. UfJHTOX. t'HAH. H, FISHER.
ORTON & FISHER,
CIGAR MANUFACTURERS,
FACTORY NO. 7.
Wholesale and Rstail
I.KaLEKS IN.
CIGARS k T01UCCO.
We arc niw maiiur:iti.riDf li.r the wlmlcsale
tmdc, lifttcr ci.ru tbiin have Iicrctoitire ien
m.tiiul.iivure'l in S.nuersel e.uuy. A wr Hav.
an. aii'.l t'..uini(n ToM we cliiltn t be mHnuiiic
turin. tbc lies', in iLe Stale. Vie t'-.ll Hie ntlcn-
linn "I licmil l)eal re b uur :. k and uric In
imr Hi t. il Store wc carry tlic hirht-si nnd lincft,
a. well as ttc tbni-s t jr':"b "' IStnokirn and
toninx Tolwo-oa in the mnrkot. :ijoo p'8, piie
:t-ii. ajd ail kin i of smokers uiurial.
H- i atory and Retail Stcre at No. 3,
MAMMOTH BLOCK.
Jnn.
J)UULI0 ilALE
jtvrirlue ol an or.ltr !m-d out afmi'! uu.!.rthc
tba'acol ol the I !rd.an' urt ot Sinoerrei i nn'y.
Pa., tbe uii ler?iitel Trute f'r the H.iiroi ibe
real erUteof JoM-ph I'l lcrrtl, dec"d. will t -ip.c
to sale by public ou'crr. at t lie st-ire ol P.J. tvcr
In Stan'.-:.' JlillN Jcfcncr l rp,. on
Saturday, January 11, 189,
si I oVl-ck r. M.. the loi'., wiK dcfcril-cd real
csta:e of said drv'd. vix :
A otrialn traci ol land liiu iic iu f.ucniah r init
Twp . SoKiirsvt Co., Pa .n 'v ininif la:;ils ol Elita
bcin Horner, Samaol M. Miln r. A. t over, and
otbi rf. CfUtaininx S. acres anil 1C isrches, baviiid
tiirreiin ereclci a two o-oiv inline .Iw-lllnif Incise,
ig la,-n. and other uecsary oiiibuildinss. There
are nue yiizg or-lmr is ol ajiplo and jieaeh trees
on tlu; birm. ui lr'iii fn-es lieirjr of the beat
r.nitl-.. The Imiu it s'i supplied wish running
vaier. and l.ssa lime naxny ua it. Abmi . 0 seres
sret-lcared and in good sute of eultlcati.ffl and
tl-.e balance is well timliered Sai l I uo j. upaie
or! "ie half mile fnm Sisn'oc'sMiHs
IE K.MS. One-third In naiW on contirmali w of
sale, balance in two OjUal auuaal payuien'-s wi'.h
vut i-tcrest.
A A HON" KLOCUlf.
" Pec. 4 1 ' Trasioe.
DIALER IN
FLOUR A XI) FEED
Groocrics, Confcctiors,
Qacenew&re, Willow-ware.
Salt, Fiah,
Tobnceo ami C'iKS
etc.. &c. :c..
g3-New Stock.-$
OXK PRICE.
All Goods Positively
SOLID -A.T
BOTTOM PRICES.
FAIR AND SQUARE
IS
Our JVXottp.
Do Stt 1 ail to Ciilre
NO. 2, BAER'S BLOCK A CALL,
When (loins vonr
ssoiFiFinsra-
Jan. ai
r,v so simp
tTPCOUIBCS "Wt, tf-4
USE
Domestic"
Paper
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. c2? LrnH nnfi '
I tiOIIIUIIO)
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1
KM av u )..
Thev are atpeclally -elqned to meej 1
' " - V"r--- w-Tb-n '
tha requirement rjnoLr"---l
tojalJ.TlL Ml
: . i i . -
in Stvle. cerfect 1.1 r ii, no
M ffn ji
ZjyA CHILD CAN HUM IT.r i
I if
that they are readily der$tood by ttti
iiiwriJ:& .?or.e1-
ilogueAddre.
"Domestic" Fcshion Co.,
NEW YORK.
Ic 4
' . . . -t a... m. M t
MISCELLANEOUS,
mm: ;keat rosiiiVE cuhb
J3. iirmi l.-IHI'AMESs siTtaiiniei-.wlf-.
tmitiv -.i.J!i. I. i .;, s.Kl-k,
.(.C.TIV.Uilb.OS.
Tii Sett Family il:.cin9 on Earta. .
8100 IN' (iOI.T)
f are pen .CI ".: a fin. tlROnFXr wttl
ait rll r. or cui--, ycx tirs. Uui Imhcx er orgaos ai not
Jttinis Mstind in CJt:"rni aa-3 the H 'nt !ti li- mruttb
T'T'W- ttmrtls. Altera--, rioretic end sMitloii-: .
lr.:jjkl 1 t'jr l:j,3m -Tr-thr!ti,1 in-ni . U t in-
r-c-AS th"ir povrrr oi tittle" ndt ntma a, 1; i.
crn. s t; ( p--it: fi-.bi di.'i!tc-h, aic- .-C
enrttp-t- O t': c ntr and rlr a:i-;.0fTcj. It fcUKt.
n'.-t s t' '" i rr t'"i''w to r3w-.'-. i. iMiy, ;.' , t
fvftra4 "i.ftib t'R f ul'I, tcit Uo wruua udrsta
JLlu j ilicy ;., JuiictKi.
TEE 032 X2ra EZ'3)Y FOB CLDS.
i;iit l.. If va era -iff- ri'r froa Itl.Wis in i
is! i. .r" .ni- -th.v. hti. i jutim;. ;m ui.dk
Mutv. c!t:pii;m. h:imi r mu!--. pr-nsk-s
m an dl-rrr art-tru fcu3 I'nPI RK liit c-i boiUj
4 iitl: . ..ill -iko ll n i r tl.ry-iors uji.:-.' L.::;i',
ia Fa-U-U. isii-ia, H,;. 'i tol FrrnrJi. ui l- ttw T.-..J
btTit T'i;v;-u j-.-'JOi :'.-c:.-UtJi -rj!jcj.3rctr-'J;lj
Uriulcm' l.i
fnrM Wis v, tr: Cuti or i ;tl'j c-iitJ--j iu:;i- a Kami ri r-sitij
l.n;:rfk. L. t iivi:i--'- l. .9 wy.tr-m, li-n r?;-.-.r. I i. a
b. !. un. t;? t erring Ji j an 1 r3iauiUii ficnkil on
p.riar.as'nt, eaie E il mlyrii. Li... 4.
fut up in !:.- ton;, arul ia iaar.t t. take.
SoM lit Urat-fcW- ia4-wrIU. I'rirr, f t.iKt i r .
Walker a itailerr Kfir. ., IT
TopiN,
SVFFrnED 30 VEAK?.
K tonru M-i 1-M r-t I hiiri'-iff-n-0 fur t';T : 3
year (. idj tcnfc.s-aiid i.l.fU ltl.fr fi I'il.to.
at tines no !! tl.rt I tvn:.l -t staii'l upon rivfft.' I
fmid b-t wait tisif a uulo vitiiit fuiJt.riH$ lufrenaa
i:"n-i FMrh -c-iihI tnlnx "it twpro lllmn.
Alr'it Tcwaro I as UuIjoiJ i-j n-y a hottTr of
am ikw cnl t
iti r 'H. vt iie-ith atitl . tctia;iX I ad-
-ar'n-r. J t . try H.:tU M .
UK. G. f. t EUiUss t ?bsi St.
IXT CO KHUG ARGl'TD.
AAarr?t:laiRsr mfl.'in.--1 rn mnii''Tr rc-rsirK ivl
imii;i. 1 :e.i it i iitT iMiiii: ku.w
r:l-m Lo t-VI It. rn4 aT prrTrrinfr It c " l etl
nli-Zt!. It -i ia'i j, ! w-itti oriftt-..i mill tli-.ii-.WMiit ym
i Mm, lm l; kttmtH io buia -s auU ac-
c;ajUi--L -s !hmv,im u s.-i i.
H. E UCVALL. Wrcr-ia-?. I- I.
op vr.ius srAxnuo.
f mi one bt! 'f 1 1ii:rr nn' '.ii trvi"'r.ir.v jy
tt-t u lis. .ur-'U a" ol JMI1IA i-'- ;;lio of
a t nn, m .. Lri.iio-. ". J.
FOHSALI-UV
0. W. S P E E R S ,
Ml I'G GIST, Somerset, Va.
Wh', U authorised to parn!ec Ylirtnt'toprore
as guaranleeJ.
Sept. 15.
DT
Is an absolute and IrrcsiJ.l'il. tore Air
DRUNK-
rennefJ, Int'mp;ranc an.l the oo of Cipium
cToh eeo, Narcotic, anl stiniaUnt s. reni"vin
ail taste, ileslre and nablt of osinv any ot tbeu
rL(,i)tTiry the ti'.f'e and dcplre b-r any of theui
1 ieciiy uillun. ami ll"nuilar. ii nine every
one iNirteuL ail inikiitilde e mlro! ol the sobri-
jfrtrol theirwivt. ami their irit-mis
ll prcvcui. tuai a'wi.ui piiiri .nil ivm
prostration Uiat b'l!" the sudden brdaknijc
on rr-'in nsmir r'intuianis ornoreoiios.
I'ackvc. prepaid tociire 1 to w iers)r, 4t
oral yonr Inr.-uits, 1 Ti. Tetrpcri-nciii am'
i-harlinble sncieues sbn!d oi-e 11.
it btliannit-.-aiui tiCt cr-iuiliiiK.
HOP BITTERS UF'. CO., riole Act's
EOCIIESTER, K. Y.
7he JCop CotifU Care
liestroys all pniti. 1 a fes the c uah. nuie's the
'Wires ami prmlu-Njs rest. Ii wverbiilsin l"r
:'Tiiiirmr a p:r!e;t cure wlit-re tlierc is a sha-l -
'iWofhopc.
1 r I' oucc and yoa will 3 1 II:
F0I1 S.'.LE l.Y ALL DKCCaiST'.
FEIISYlfAIl. FEMALE HUM
(PttuinirRb, (rbt i:dt) r.
Collcgiafc yrar off cs ?cptf mtor 12tb.
IxiCHiifD 4 u:i!ts lrotu Court IIoue,
ovcr-lM.kirg K-i-l Li!..i!y valloy. liasy of
aF and frtt Ircm rriiokc. Itirns for
boaiJinp inijii's rt-t'uetd. For panicu'ar
and tai'ili'pu? siilv to
J!I JJKLL'N E. TELLTliEAr.
Arlin; l'residtnt.
GLO. A. nmnY. Treasurer.
Kvz. 7
4 KX1NISTKATOR SNOI'.CE,
V
-titce.r Kb'liat'l Zinixfnuin, l('-.f QncmaLon
ini; 1 wji.. S- uier.-t c-unty. Pa.. lie-.'iL
Letters ol a''.mlmtni:iun oa the above estatt
h4viri lioen rnui'ed to the uDi::i:intd, noti.-eis
hereby jtlvcn lo those lmlrKd to it b make Imme
diate payment, and tboM hnxlnif claims ik-1'!"
It. to present them duly authenticated forbetflo
ment on Saturday, tiie otb day of Jacuary,
lb'.ii, it the viw:.:'e" l .i.r.ai'.l.
W.M. ZIMMERMAN.
Dee. U Admici-trabT.
A
SaiGXEE'S NOTICE.
Noiiec i !u-reb
cir n. that lilclrl.-t Kreer
ba a.H:irneo all l-ar property real an I lierranHi to
AI-XHii.M-r ?!o'-re i r loe tjenebt of iiis crd:t"rf.
all p. ro tr.erefcTe in.iebted to the aald Iiie'rlet
Kretfer will make iuimeduite payment to said As
sinee. an-l thc avlllg claims aa-jinst the imf
a ill present litem to tne Aaai;rn-e fjr setilemrnt
at the resilience ol 'he nbove Aainar ta Jlidt'lo
cretk townfblp, '.u Satue'av, .li.nurr . ls;9
. ibLXA-t)LK..llIt..
lies. 1 Assi(!eo.
.SalGN EE'S Mil' ICE.
I
SsRUe'i S.
Fell
1
to ! As-I-nnti-Dt
Jacob Kiee A Ji pb U loe. ls rim rs, f Uiii'ieih
uoinn I u-lue.-i J. Kl -e it Hn. J Xor. 1;&.
I' samael S. Fell, ot S'niersct Jl-r. nifb.t hivine
Ultiic an a?vianiaeut v aiitk onu ur.r m i ii im-
. Imrxb, n-iti -e is hr.'by trirea to alt pers.ms indebt
ed to Hie sil 1 AsiuuiMr In vtke iinme.tiaie piy-
tnent to Uie sii A eljrnef s. sni lir.-se nxvin
eiim to pris.-at lbe tn unj b a.r,i?m:it ai
. tlie oihce cl W. Ii ko.ata.
KLEAHiiO..
iKe 1 vitnocs.
S5IGN EE'.S NOTiCE
VS lii-ej, Cirai
Foltjn and ariio of Alli-lii-uy
town'i'i"1. n trie .1 iy ol leeer.ii-cr. wnoe
v.ditnisry a-wlj'nraent to'iw. O. VValki-T, for tbe
tiein: of i 'c '1'xrs. of all the real and personal
c"iate oi ssui t or.ra i heio; nmie is ntrcoy
Civeu toall pr- ts iudeble.1 w rail Assi;rni.r to
ls.ke ltiiui'xiis'e p-iraim. and thi-;e hae.n
claims avsinsi t!ifi prernt thein duly ali;nrF
tie. ted (or si !. mem lo lfce autler:ii;n:-! at bis
t rldenee In Alleir'ieny towpchip, on Saturday,
January Is, lsTii.
QEdE'jE a. WALKER.
Ice.J ' A.flifJ.
Q
UF1IAXS' CURT SALE
I p.r vlnne of an onlerifuacd out ..fthet.h8' I
! Cou'it ofi.imn't etnnty pa,. I will sell at public j
s:'ie in Kuestown. 5- 'ieisei cauniy, n on
Tucfjjy, January 21, 1S79,
ibe foll..irlr-ar re-letale. towlt:
A eeittia b uc aul lt ot ..vwt situate
(u'
BurkMi wo s'Herii .-.aitty. Pa
H,ml-vr turnpi,
of Adam Hv!.ron lb n.nt, a
c.-lasev en theesat.
I'firtTiS e..hlea tier ceuL to U
lirk.ii wd s'iieri-t . -untT. Pa., fronting n the !
Pike oa the sitb,
k m tbe weaUatKi.
and 1-t of Aa
Terns cah tea per ceuu to be paid iie i. p-i
r;y Ul id. n. rescue n??b -mat cf s-ie.
ri- u i j(, . n.
fcIeaieo
biic at iv u ciwb n - i
hilh.mff.eu
J" V .. .
... i
LF.CTfOX NQTICK:
.1...
otic' is aercbv eivcd tnat as election win ne
held Mvwday J.naary 1 . lft't, at be store
: boas uf Geo. pie Jubnaon, in Ber in, tribe par-'
' pose of cb-e-i.g p roMient and directors CI tbe:
Baftala Valley Kali -load.
Dee. 11 Secretary.
Semeiiet
k s
A "TINTF. PIECE.
ir oliv guru.
The north wiaii cold and :Liiiing,
The air bites with the frost,
The tree fling up ban branches,
' The leaves are tempest tossed.
The sky Is dull and leaden
As lr with weight of snow;
And tbe birds are flying southward,
. And the smoko Is hanging low.
Fromosta thou sand chimneys.
It is falling down lo earth;
And the once lovely meadow
. Of grass, shows wofsl dearth.
' The groan, is hard and flinty,
And cracks beneath your feet,
. And ths hanjery little robins
Hunt lor crumbs to eat.
And the cattle In the pastures,
Stand Willi stiffened knees.
And with their plaintive lowing
Their brcatfcs congeal nd frecse.
The trees opra the mnntiin
Havedonnel their clothes of br -wn:
Hare some few verdant ceda ri
Wbo IM frosty crown.
And thejiretty Utile streamlcif,
That trk-kie wild and -free,
With tbe flowery summer
Are si ill as still can be.
An-J the armrrs' sturdy hones.
Now wear their roughest clothes:
A nd the fowls all stand compluinln.
Their feci are nearly fruxe.
And the fun himself 1 chilly,
And the moonbeams too are rl.l:
And the sbirsare ky crystals
Instead of points of gold.
And every thing in nature.
On bill. In wood, op plulq
Shivers is it tclis you
OF winter's Iry rci?n.
Inside a little cabin
f )n the oqtrr edjro ol town,
Lay a dying oipuati
I poo some airaw thrown down:
No -re Mated In the chimney.
Nor gave its cheering charm;
And there was nut a covering
Hut straw to keep Mm warm.
Tbe cupbojrd In tbe ccrner,
Held not a bits or food;
For there a mouse as hungry
At erer mouie was, stood,
A -id he eyed the dying baby,
With a little trembling lip
A4 if be a-id In in u.c talk:
"Kat leave a finking ?bip."
' And your th.p, imle tta-cljn,
Must very hm h down,
Anl so I guess I'll trivti
To an A her part of town."
So away the muse he traveled.
And tbe child all alone
Save tbe one great, glorlou? prcsei.ee
That on his forehead shone.
Anl the little boy tr.lked wil Iy
( Tone whom he could sec.
Who wallied abroad in beamy,
V bote eyes beamed tenderly;
An 1 who loved little rliiklieu.
And called them to bis tide,
And who, reaching his LjiiJ lock nio-l
The boy, who suiilc 1 and dieii.
The sun shoaa bright and merry
Through window, on the wall,
lint no sweet baby auawtrcil
A neighbor's kindly call:
Tp, Charlie! Christmas lU'Tnintf,
Come, dress ycursclf ,mydesr.
And, though you know I'vo little,
Yco'll share our Christm-a cheer."
But Charlie never answered,
- And there U)on the, gr.iund
Wiiii featio Jcy Jroien," - -
Was the dead orphan h.unu
Big hearts then would have oflu.e l
Purses, and bonse and board;
Too Lite! thebjwl was broken.
And loosed the silvcnhord.
We are all attention. A etory was
cat to be .lighted, even when told to
prove oureelves in tbe wrong.
Wcli, said Mrs. JIartio, toaDj
years back, locg before 1 was bcrD,
and tba't is nearly feisty years ago, a
jourjg man came cut of a little bouse
at tbe eastern eod cf a town by tbe
sea. Tbere was plenty cf life and
gayety at the other eod of the iowd,
which was enlivened by one or two
barracks, a fort and a cattle. Rat the
eastern end was very poor, and would
have been quite lonely but for the
fishermen and their boats. Tbe bouse
from which the young man came wa3
beyond even this homely bustle, aad
w8 little more than a wooden but,
tarred to defend it from wind and
weather. Its only near neighbor
was a huge windmil!, whose gaunt
arms were almost over it) hamble
roof; and, though its windows and
doorstep were clean and its curtains
white, it was clearly a very poor place,
where ncne but very poor people
would live.
Rut tbe young man wbo came out
w&3 in the full dress cf a military
officer, though that was screened from
first view by the locg gray cloak
which the wild March wind made so
necofsary. He looked back and wav
ed bis band toward the little bouse,
as if he knew that gomebedy there
was watching1 him, thoagh, certainly,
nobody could ba seen from the ou
side. And then he turned and strng
gled against the strong gale that blew
in from the tea.
He was quite young, and his face
va8 Gneiy cut, and would have been
pleaabt but for a look of stern and
painful Borrow, no: unmixed with
bitternees, which seemed strangely
incocgracQB will. Lis years and bis
drss.
He walked on quite through the
town. There were few people taking
exercise lor pleasure in that rough
w.atber, and tbe crod of chipping
in tbe do ns made the tea ward view
almost less lontly than the shore. It
was a very pimple little t'jwo, with
red tiled, dccei dwelling hoUres
crowded forward toward the $ea, as
if tLcir inmates wanted to watch the
boatmen and timbers from cs near a
pjiai as they rui:bt.
Wherever tbe bnu.ccfl brcke apart,
ore caught glimpses cf a wild, flat
Cjoniry, dotted terp un4 there with
weird trees ia Indian Gle; and the
youib looked wistfully toward these
desert field', ac if be wouiI fain bare
.truck away across ties, instead of
going cn, as be did, toward tbe grim
old furt.
Yet there, it was clear, festivity
was going forward, and friendly
Toices greeted h ot as be pa-eed the'
-1 a ... i - a .b-M t.;i
tieiay uiu ovi iai. auu luvu. uici uis
j stern, sad face be dropped a mask of.
; gayeiy, ana moogu ne reispsea into
silence at timex, hi was as polite and
am r -raili'a co l bo koct if thvm
.
Tbere was preparation for a dinner
rt n th(J fin(.t 6uff ol,J ha!l w;.h
us rows of military portraits, ana us
.. UA.x'a h.nr.Prii Th
The
r-j
eaetie, the barracks, and the fort H-
ae!f bad eagerly furnbed gaeots to
welcome the Tisitor cf the Uar. a
izracd old General recently returned ,
- f ' - : . -
i irom aonorable victories in tne soutn;
of Europe
'To oar ideas of to day,' said Mrs.
Martin, shaking her dear, white-capped
bead,- 'there was perhaps a great
t a I5ii :; ti iz r, i a
SOMERSET, PA. , WEDNESDAY,
deal in that dinner-tabla" conversation
which ongbt not to have been. We
have left off openly despising our
then enemies tbe French, or speaking
ot any foreign allies much as if they
were vermin, whom it was our good
p'easure for the time being lo support
and project. j ,
Let us not be afraid to condemn
our honorable grandfathers in that
whereii we think they were wrong.
Only let us humbly remember that,
strive as we may, we ourselves shall
still say and do many things which,
as we believe in God and progress,
our still more fortunate descendants
will characterize as ill-judged and
wicked. ; .
We can do cur very best accord
ing t j tbe light which is vouchsafed
to the world in our day:'
After dinner, when ceremony was
fairlr thawed, the good old General
in tbe kindness and pride of bia heart
displayed a little box, which had been
given to him by some 1 Grandee of
Spain. . , ' ' . 1
I think it must bare been too small
for a snuff-box, aar was probably one
of thote tiny trifles in which fasLion
ablejlk9 used to carry comfits and
lozenges.
At any rate, this box wa3 set with
diamonds and colored gems of rare
value, end it passed from hand to
hand, flushing brightly ia the lamp-
iifbt, while the eld warrior told dread
stones of bis campaigns, and of tbe
daring and honor of bis men.
But suddenly, at the end of a story
so thrilling that all heads bad been
craned toward biro, while tbe mili
tary servants bad thronged the door
in rapt attention, tbe simple qiesiion
was a.iked-:
'Where is the General's j.wcled
box?'
Nobody knew ; everybodj said that
he had filenily passed it on to bis
fellow.
The General rumagated his pock
et?, lest it bad found its way back to
him and be bad half consciously put
it away. Xo, it was not there, aud
tbe brave eld fighting face looked a
little blank, and be ninrxured an ex
cuse about 'bow its los? would vex
Lady Elizabeth.'
'Hut it cannot bo lost, General,'
cried the o fiber in comai-ad of tbe
fort. t
'In this room it was a few minutes
ago, and in this room it mast be stiil.
Xo gentleman, to his koawledge, has
it ia tij possession. Lt.tbe servants
at tbe door come in, though, to the
best of my belief, not one of Ibem has
approached the table since the box
was brought out. Let the doer be
made fast, aud let our sesrch be ibor
ougL Tbe candles were brandi.Led to
and fro, under the tabk', under tbe
cha'r., round tbe table drapery. Bat
from no point Hashed out the brilliant
beauty of the little box-. . -3tirl
it rflasrteerenatJteartbe
Commandant, 'and surely no gentle
men will think bis honor infringed if
ra.b in '.urn is asked to empty tbe
contents of his pockets npon tbe table.
I myself will be tbe first to do so.
And the .errants will be the last.
Xobody could be expected to de
mur at so simple and sensible a pro
p jsal, backed as it was by tbe honest
old officer instantly rattling out some
crown pieces and a tobacro pouch,
baif-pence, and old pipe Qae after
tbe other, the gentlemen on either
side cf tha table followed his exam
ple, while sharp but not unfriendly
eyes touk eager note of strange pieces
of personal property, and of dainty
three cornered notes, which might
serve ia the future as material for
badnage and quizzing.
'Uui one drew back when the com
mandant mads bis proposal. That
young man wbo bad walked ia from
tbe eastern end of tbe town dropped
suddenly into his s?at, whence he
bad riseu in the first eagerness of the
search.
He rastsed bis band once cr twice
crrvcusly through bis hair, leaving
it wild and straggling. And then he
watched blankly, as tbe fruitless
Ecarch drew nearer and nearer to
himself. Withio five minutes later,
one or two of tbe officers were whis
pering to each other that any simple
ton might have seen be did not ex
pect it to be found.
His tarn wa3 the very last. 'Eo
sieri Hanson,' said the Commandant
steadily. Ensign Kanson was cer
tainly the first who had required to
be called upon by name.
The youth arose. And tboo?h the
rest of his face was of a deadly w hite
nss. there was a spot of burning red
on each cheek.
'I don't think any gentleman should
b? asked to do this,' be said. 'I will
give my word ot honor that the box
is net upon my person. did not
even eep it in my bands for a mo
ment. I merely took it aud passed it
on.'
'Too high minded even to look at
socb grw-gaws,' sneered a spiteful
old Major, under bis breath.
'What men high in the service aid
old enoogb to be bis father have al
ready dt be, Ensign K.nson may safe
ly do als ,' said the Commandant,
witb a rtveiity which wa3 not un
kindly, for young Ranaon looked such
a b y among the crowd of men, most
ly stout and middle aged; and the
very suspicion suddenly lowering
over him made tbe old officer think,
of bi-t own lad-1, growing v and not
quite t'ro to do well for themselves
after all.
'! wonld never have asked it for
the sake of tuy box,' observed the
General, leaning back ia bis rbair,
and inwardly wondering what Lady
Elizibeib would say of bis careless
ness. 'Hut u ark it for tie sake of eur
honor, General,' said the Comman
dant testily.
'And wc do not seem to have ask
ed it needlessly,' whispered the spite
ful old Major.
'I will not do this thing!' cried -the
young Ensign passionately, and he
looked wildly round the group as if
he sought for ono face that -would,
comprehend and ccmpa5s)p;3e bis
misery.
The iace which looked tbe kindest
wts that of tbe old General bimselt,
partly because it waa not his hospit-
ality which was outraged, partly be-
cause ia genial nature was lemtdj
shocked at finding anything of bis
tbe cause of such a wretched act of
dishonor.
'If tbe General
will come with me
7.
JANUARY 22 1879.
to the ante-room,' said the young man,
I will convince Dim that I have not
touched bis box. Cat this public ex.
posure I will not submit to ; oar con
sent was not asked, and '
'Certainly not !' "Oat upoa you !'
'General, yoa must not tbink of in
dulging bis insolent request,' were the
only senteu.es audible in tbe general
hubbub that arose on every side of tbe
table.
But the General rose.
'Gentlemen,' h" said quietly, 'I
bae never yet refused to listen to an
enemy's petitionT If you can saiis'y
me, sir, perhaps your comrades will
take my word for you.'
Tbere was a murmur of very re
luctant acquiescence, as the Eabign
bowed and waited repectful!y to fol
low tbe General to the ante-chamber.
Tbev bad not disappeared behind the
heavy curtaias before all sorts of sur
mises were whispered round tbe ta
ble, guesses and hints so w ild and
sinister as to do credit neither to the
heads nor the hearts which originat
ed tbem.
The General and the Eot-ign staid
a longer time in the ante-room than
woold have sufficed to search the En
siga s pockets twice ana tnrice over.
Xot a sound could be beard. If any
conversation was going forward, it
must have been ia a very low voice.
The two Rentltmen were away for
nearly half an hour. .
All the military servants had been
subjected to tbe Commandant's rigid
scrutiny, and then dismiseed.
It might be as well that none but
tbe 'gentlemen of the regiment' should
kno-v what the end was.
The delay grew first awkward and
then awful. Even the whimpers and
rupurs flagged into an iutease and ex
cited watching.
At la-t the General and the Ensign
came out. Tbe Ensign's face was
etill very p'e ; what flu.h remained
upon it had now mounted to the eyes.
Tbe old General was blowiqg his
nose.
'Ensign Iia-son has thorocghly
satisGed me,' he said, in his most gen
ial voice. 'Xever mind my box. It
has vanbbiii by one of those myster
ious aciii-:.t3 which will happen
sometimes. It will be found some
day. And, now, gentlemen, perhaps,
as we have been thus broken up, we
shall not scit'e down again very com
fortably to-nuht. I hope we shall
see yi-ii all at tbe Ca3te before
Lady Elizibetb and J leave for L-'u-don.'
'General,' sa!d lbe Commandant,
drawicg bini a little to ono side,
may I say that I eincerely trust your
great generosity hs not led you to
'Sir,' tried tie old General, 'cjny .u
icisgice that any ritakea idea cf
ki-daers v:ou!i cause me to make
yon a companion of thieves? Gen
tiea;ea,' he went on, seeing that tbe
C-TOpaay WTtT-BT- tmrfe 'f tbiw
little by-play. "I pledga my ' word
that I am satisfied of Ensign Han
son's honor, and whoever dares to
doubt bim makes me to be his accom
plice.' And tbe old General seized the
young Easign's arm and marched
bim from tbe banqueting room, while
every one sat dumbfounded, till the
spiteful Major remarked that wonders
would never ceasg.
Tbere was nothing more to be said.
It was discovered that Ensign Kan
son was not only invited to tbe Cas
tle with tbe ether officers, but was
also a.ked tbere by himself, and act
ually was believed to have taken tea
with the General and Lady Ellzibeth
inXbeir deepest retirement.
For tbe General's sake rather than
his own, his brother officers continued
oa courteous terms with bim ; and be
bad always been so shy, and kept
himself so aloof, that perhaps he did
not discover there was but little cor
diality in their courtesy. And pres
ently be exchanged into another
regiment, which went on foreign ser
vice. He was away fcr sevcal years,
and in the fortunes of war he got rap
idly promoted so that when here
turned borne, though be wa9 still
youog, be was no longer a poor no
body. Wtea he landed in his own coun
try he found a letter awaiting him,
written by one wbo bad sat near bim
at that memorial dinner-party, and
who was now residing in the old
Castle where the General and Lidy
Elizabeth had been guests.
This letter pressed bim, in the
warmest terms, to spend some of his
earliest days ia England at this very
Castle, and so give many old friends
who were in the neighborhood an
opportunity of meeting and congratu
lating bim.
Ensign Hanson, now Colonel Han
sop, smiled a little strangely when
he read this invitation, bat he wrote
a very polite little reply and accepted
it.
Once more be eat in the stately old
banqueting room of tbe fort.
This time be bad net walked, ia
from tbe bleak, east end of ths town,
but bad b,een driven from the Castle
iq tbe chariot of the Castle's owner.
But, at he took his seat in the chair
cf honor, he noticed that every face
at tbe table was, in al! its cbQea,
familiar to him.
All of the frue-is at the former din
ner were uoi tbere. Many of those,
indeed, be well knew, were sleeping
on battlefields far away. But nobody
waa at ibis dinner wbo had not been
at the other.
Once more the dishes were remov
ed and the servauts withdrawn.
Tbe guest of tbe evening was no
wonderful story-teller, like the good
old General, wbo bad now passed to
rest.
Colonel Ransoa was as taciturn as
Ensign Hanson had been sby, and he
even let lbe conversation flog, and
never seemed to notice it.
'Colonel,' said the eldest gentleman
of tbe party, speaking with visible
effort, and giving &iight coogb to
veil his e$oa?ra$meat, 'Colonel, I
think we all remember another time
when we dined together here.'
'Certainly, I remember it,' answer
ed the Colonel, lifting bis gray eyes,
with a cool light in tbem.
'Colonel, we fancy yoa think tome
of as did yoa ill-justice then. At
least, a lady saya yoa felt so Lady
! Ejisabc,hf the gA old General's
idow. If what we are going to do
ia ia any way painful to yoa 1 hope
yoa will pardon ns, for we are only
li t , S. :d 8
following ber counsel. Colonel, there
wa9 a box lost tnat evenme. Here
it is.
Yes, tbere it was, gleaming once
more ia tbe light wfcich dance, gayly
upon it. Tbe Colonel looked at it
calmly, and asked :
'Where wa3 it found ?'
His composure was exceedingly
disconcerting.
Another gentleman, feeling that the
nrst naa done nia part, now toos uo
the parable.
'It was found in the very chair on
which ycu are now seated. Colonel,'
he said.
'Yon will remember that the Gen
eral eat there on that night. It mu?l
have found its way back to tbe Gen
eral's own band, and in the interest
and excitemeat tf the General's own
story-telling, he must have intended
to slip it back into bis pocket, which,
if vou recollect, was lbe first place
where be sought it.
.In stead of that it evidently escap
ed the proper orifice, and dropped in
to the ccveriog of the chair; that cov
ering waa very thick and heavy, and
ro "
ihang in
tof it wa
n lapptls about bis legs. I art
as unsewo, and this box droo
ped between the damask and the lin
ing, and remained there safely and
unseen till the cbair was re-covered
last year.'
'Gentlemen,' said the Colonel, with
his accustomed calmness, though bis
lip trembled a little, 'I cannot wonder
if some of you thought my coudjet
suspicious.
I thank you heartily ior showing
me your brotherly delight that those
suspicions were unfounded.'
At tbe bottom of the table sat the
spiteful old Major, (be wa3 on half
pay cow, and more spiteful than ever)
and be thought within himself that
there was no knowing whether En
sign Hansoa had net taken some
subsequent opportunity of g.ttiog rid
of bis dangerous booty into the hole
in tbe daamek, and that the mystery
could not ba called cleared up ualcsrs'
the Colonel had explained why he
bad demurred to tbe search.
And tbi3 Fpi.eful old Major would
have said as much to bis next neigh
bor, if he b'mHtlf had not been so ter
ribly deBf that he could not regulate
bis own voice between a confidential
whi-per and a rrsis-bty shout.
The Colonel eat in silsnce some
minutes, and toyed with his wine
glass, es if he quite forget wLtre be
was.
Then he rc:a!kd Limaclf with a
start, atid, drawing something from
his own p&cket, said quietly :
'Gentlemen, I, too, have something
'0 show you.'
All p-t ssed forward as he carefully
unfolded tbe soft, paper paiket and
laid so aeth!a ou the table. What
was i ? What could it be ?
.It was the bleached skeleton of a
chicken's win.
T'GctiOtnwa,' Lo tairl, in that aanoa
quiet voice, which no longer sounded
cold and stern, but rather foil of
strength and sweetness, 'when I was
here before, I was a poor fatherless
lad, owning nothing ia tbe world but
my poor little pUtance of pay. I fear
I was aa eyesore to gome of you. I
think you felt that my appearance
did not do justice to the dignity of
o.iir regiment.
I believe I often looked rather
shabby, but really I could not help
it.
I had only one relative in the
world, and that was my mother's sis
ter. After my mother died she had
been as a mother to me, but when
our home was finally broken up, tbere
was nothing for it but she must te a
governess in a stranger's house. And
she did ber work courageously and
cheerfully enough till ber health fail
ed, and nobody wanted the services
of a sick woman.
She had always been good to me.
And we two bad only each ether in
the world. I could not help ber aa
she ongbt to have been helped, bat
my pay would at least provide her
such a maintenance as a very poor
man can give to a poor working wo
man. I took my aunt to lodge with tbe
wife of the miller's man, in the little
black cottage beside tbe mill.
She was a kind, cleanly woman,
though rough ad plain ia Ler ways,
and my poor aunt used to call herself
very happy there.
But she could not ea. tbe simple
food my scanty means could procure.
And the good landlady used to break
my heart by suggesting that ber ap
petite might be tempted by chickens
or game, or such oth.r luxuries bj
joni my utmost reach.
All the day of that memorable din
ner party my annt had been very fee
ble and tailing.
When I left her 1 really wondered
whether she would be alive when I
saw ber again. My soul revolted at
the sight of dainties which were of no
good, to me, and which I could not
convey to ber wbo seerre j dying for
want of tbem
Suddenly a bright idea seized me.
I took a letter from my pocket and
spread it on my napkin, and then, by
an adroit movement transferred tbe
wing of a chicken from my plate to the
paper, and thence smuggled it to my
pocket.'
Tbe listening guests began to lock
at each other with enlighted eves.
The spiteful old Major ft It that a very clothes, usually preferring bright col
full explanation was beios given j cr.-, bat will throw a sack of blubber
and he was glad be wa deaf, that hejjast as readily across their shoulders
need not hear it ! when clad in a gay new sni; as if in
ueawcineo, you caa an imaii.Buvii nvmug cwiues-a
my feelings when each unlocked cir
cumstances threatened to expose my
poor little plan.
Gentlemen, there are seme of yoa
who were, like myself, young then
whom it weald have been as hard, ta
meet after such a discovery as it
woold hare been ha,; really stolen
the jewels.'
'ileaven forgive us, IUasoa, but I
can't say you were wrong,' said one
brave gentleman, wbo bad been a
fashionable dandy in those days, but
who bad a wife and eight children
now.
'Gentlemen, I did not fear the old
man, honored and. enricbeJ by a
grateful cogniry.
The mea who have fought tbe best
battles of life have ever a pitifal re-
spec, for tne poor and tne friendless.
To him I could lay bare my poor lit
tie secret.
Bat my place thea was among the
young the young, wbo, baring ner-
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er conquered, always despise tbe de-
leatea tie vain giudy youtn., ex
travagant witn their father's monrr,
and'
'Oh, come, Hanson,' cried one offi
cer, 'it is your turn now with a ven
geance. Please U remember that to
night we are the abject and tte de
feated and be mcrcifiil.'
The Colonel laughed, and they
coald not tell whether it was wit'j
good faith or subtle irony that he re
joined, 'Yoa are right,' and then went
on :
'In that little room, yonder, I told
my sad story to that good, great maa
wbo is gone. And I folded up my
queer treasure again, for I could not
leave it behind to bear witness; and
beside?, having paid such a terrible
price for it, I did not see why my aunt
should not have it. And she atf it
for her 6ujper that very night, and
the next morning, ahuo.-t as soon as
it was light, there was the General
hammering at the cottage door, with
a basket of fowls aad fruit, carried in
bis own band. And, then and there,
I took ibis little chicken bone, and
vowing that I would keep it till lue
snuff-box was found, and I mvself
was such a man among sucb men,
that none would smile at ray great
poverty, or even despise my weak
ness. This is my story,' said gocd Mrs.
Martin, deftly folding -lp the stocking
which she had finished i ff while she
related it.
'That is my story, as told roe by
my own uncle, wbo was at both those
dinner parties. And it has always
taught me not to bo too sure that
there can be but one sort of reason
for secrecy !
My dears, we should never think
evil while it ts posai'ole for us to im
agine gocd.
I bciieve that it is because God
knows of so much goodness, which
we never bear about, that He has
patience with the world.'
Tbe Alaska lndlnn.
Among the passengers cf the stea
mer St. Paul, eleven day f.o i Oa
nalaska, were a Lumber f (.'tub
men wbo have spent to e jtars ia
the solitary islands ailj-i-rsct to A In
ks, where the great se.l G-iLerics ire
carried on by the Alatka C .Ojttief
cia! Company, and f.'oi.t 'b.ru some
interesting fact3 we-e U rnec'. Tie
islands are largely pop. Ut.iJ by na
tives, who live in a primitive ;y I-j of
hut3 called barabaka. Ttese ::i:ives
are as dark as gynr-ies, v. her; their
blood is pure, aad have f .es . : the
usual Esquimau type.
Their standard cf morality is low,
and scrofulous d:sea.-e3 prevail. They
drink a liquor made frcui brown B'j
gr aud an infuiioa cf herb.?, which
is more overpowering ia i;s ciT.cts
than tbe most, vil'aiaous wh.ky, ad
are, however, niuca Huaittoj t
b!ing whea they have the wherewith
to stak.. The native tongne is a cor
ruption of Hass'iflo, bat the majority
have learned to speak very fair Eng
lish from tbelr intercourse with the
employes of tbe company. They are
devout worshipers of the Greek
Cburcb, and tbe restraining iaflue.ca
of church and priest is of incalcula
ble value.
Tbe temperature of tbe inlands is
quite eolJ, but without the sadden
variations which occur ia the Xev
England States. The summer sa.
oa is extremely short, aud the 'only
vegetable thai can be raised througn
out the islands ia lbe radish, which
can neither be fricaseed, boiled or
stewed for a change, but must be eat
en in tbe simple, old-fashioned way,
however greatly tempted the culti
vators may be to present some va
riety in tbe way cf eerving their own
fresb vegetables.
Potatoes, onions and cabbages are
carried op from San Eraacicco, acd
tbe company transport every variety
ot canned and dried traits aud vege
table", as green peai, string beans,
green corn and asparagus are not
tasted from one year's end to anoth
er, save in their poorly canned sub
stitutes, a deprivation that most be
pa tita'arly severe oa Californians.
Paul's Island, one of tbe principal
seal fisheries, is a biliy strip of land
about twelve miles Ion?, with a beau
tifal harbor, Tbere about, six hun
dred houses here, built by the com
pany for the natives in their employ,
nni the company's hou.e, a frame
building cf plain exterior, containing
ten or twelve rooms and a nice li
brary and a piano, much appreciated
by tbe exiles and visitors to this
lonely land. Mails are received only
about twice a year, bat lbe time is
passed pleasantly and happily, far
away as tbe inhabitants are from
politics and fashion and Congress and
yellow fever.
Chickens, hogs and cattle are rais
ed by tbe corapanr, but tbe mast
stylish eqaippage on tbe island is aa
express cart drawn by a mcle none
tbe less appreciated, however. The
natives here earn good wazes, some
tiaiws making from $100 to $150 a
month, the fonr working months in
the year. Having tbe rent free,
burning coal supplied by the compa
ny, and blubber for lights, aad sub
sisting chittiy on seal meat, they
may oe coasiaerea very prosperous.
Tter friend a great deal of money in
inecbtiaren are euueated at a
school provided by the company, bat
are anything bait ar t scholars, ex
tremely fUtby in their habits and dif
fLcuJi to manage. Tbere is a pretty
little Greek churth in the settlement,
and adjoining it is a small graveyard
with many graves a simple wooden
cross marking the last resting places.
Here lies buried a young fellow be
longing to the signal service detach
ment, who died of exhaawtinn a short
time after he arrived at the station.
Tbe cold dorio the winter is very
tateose4bat so subi! that tbe victim
ia scarcely aware of its rigor before
he is overpowered.
Daring the summer months about
one Hundred varieties ol Dowers
i manr verr beacm'fulbioora on tb
j hillsides. Tbe season is so short
th.t the an-in- ,
that ibey serins from tbe frozen
ground, bud, blossom and mature in
a aa lMA i kl ck.a .,, 1uaHI'f il
sea mosses are also washed ashore.
San Franciteo Chronicle
" Cwle j 'enroot ."-"''"
i One winter Mr Greeley went to
j tbe West Indies for ber health, and
; the following' spring she sret for Ler
t bnsband to come for aad bting her
; heme lo Xew lrrk. ow, if tbere
was one thinir the oli man hated it
was the sea. The very smell of salt
water made bim sick. But never
theless he obeyed his wife's call, as
be wa3 accustomed to obey her every
whim. Ia dae time they got back to
Gotham, and tbit morning 31'. Sin
clair received word that Mr. Greeley
was sot fccliu w!l, owing to his
voyage, and decided to stay at home
for tba day. Ia the evening S:a
clair was going to Washington on
business, and so valise in hand, be
called at Greeley's hou.e aa hour or
two before tbe triin was to start.
He foocj the old man ia bed, having
suJ.ret' terribly from sea sickness ail
tho wav ou. and all the way back.
He was akr-e. tbe ether members of
the family bciaj ill or away from
home, aid so Siuclair determ
ined to spend the cibt with him,
giving up for that time hi trip to
the capital.
"Sinclair," said he, in that qnnru
!. whio of Lis, "I'm as naked as
th. day I was born fr trunk,
haven't arrived ye: ""1 I haicu't got
a d d niuht-?on."
"But why net wear this:
poi
at
ctT ing to too garment ne nad taken
before getting into bed.
"Ob, I expect to be cut to-m.rrow,
and I want that to wear then. How
tbe blazes would it look af.er I had
slppt iait?;'
Well, i.i due time the luggage ar
rived, and Sinclair made a bolt for
the a'ticlo to wanted. After soma
rummaging be found it, and t!pcd
tLe old man put it oa. It wa? spee
dily fastened at the neck, and the
nurce took up oue of tho wrists and
tried to button it. There, however,
be stuck ftst, tho ends wouldn't meet
by fuily two inches. He tnjged aud
twisted to Lis utmost, bat it was no
go. Still, as the patient said nolh
ior, Lo supposed it ought t. bo fas
tened, and redoubled his elorta for
that purpose. For about twenty
minutes Lo labored without success.
Then Le ssid :
" i Lw is a fi!'ire. It won't fast
en." "Xo,"-replied Greeley with exss
peratiug calmness, "I knew that it
wouldn't. Tbe fact is I never could
button tie infernal thing myself. 'But
yoa scetced to ei joy it, so I tlida't
disturb you."
IIo Iv :lL oa the pillows for a
few E;orjcta, as if thinking deeply,
and tben eit'fsg bolt upright, he
brought bis fist down. npoa the quilt
aad exclaimed savagely:
"If ever M .roioni.ru works as fir
Ean as ilU, ill be d d if . I
don't have on i wife to take care of
my shir's!" third io Trtlninr.
Anrnlote of l lefaria.
( lcta Vie.ori wa- not tweCty
years of a-c when she ascendftu tbe
throne. Coming ia pssessioa of
power with a heart fresh, tender and
pure, with ail Ler iahiiccts inclined
t mercy, we may La sure that she
found toany things that tried her
strength and resolution to tbe ut
most. Oa a bright, beautiful room
ing tbe yuung f'ieen was waited up
on at her palace cf Windsor by tbe
Duke of Wellington, who had brought
from Landoa various papers requir
ing her signature to reader then; op
erative. Or.e of tLcta was a s.c
tence of a court martial, pronounced
against a oldier cf the line that
sentence that he be shot dead '.
- Tha j.:tpan lacked UDOO lb PPcr
and thea bxk.d upon the wondrous
beauties tea; rature had spread t
her view.
"Wha; has tLis man done ?" sbe
asked.
The Doke looked at th" pippr aad
replied :
"Ab, my royal mistress, that maa
I fear is incorrigible. He l as de
serted three times."
'And caa yoa not car anything ia
hts behalf, my lord?"
Wellington shook his head.
;,0 ! think again, I pray you !"
Seeing that Ler Majesty was so
deeply moved, aad feeling sure sbw
would not have tne man shot ia
event, be finally confessed that
man was brave, and gallant aad
ally a good soldier.
"But," be added "think of the
fkence."
"Influence!'' cried Victoria,
anv
the
re-
ia-
her
eyes flashing, and ber bosom heaving
with strong emotion.
"Let it be ours to wield intluenc?.
I will try mercy in this man's case,
and I charge you, your Grace, to let
me know the result. A good soldier,
yoa said. U ! I thank yoa fcr that.
And you may tell hiu that your
good word saved him."
Then she took the paper and
wrote with a bold, firm hand acroHs
the dark pce the bright, saving word,
"Pardoned!"
.larslrrer I.jaebKl.
Ciiete.nne, W. T., Jan. C. Last
night at Carbon, Wyoming, To or 00
masked men broke cpen a baggage
car and took out and bang to a tele
graph p.'e. Dutch Charley, who w:i
enroute to Hawlics to stand his trial
on a cbsr.e of participation in the
Widow I'.eid murder last fall. He
was a notorious character aad Lad
been identified with a number of
stage robberies.
Am Outlaw Soot.
Ck'ciwati, Jan. 9 James At
kins, a Kentucky cu'.law, who recent
ly escaped from, Elliot county jail, at
tended a tarkey shooting match at
Blair's Miiis, Morgan county, yester
day, and becoming engaged in an al
tercation with Ben Perry was shot
and killed. Perry was very badly
wounded ia the bead.
An exchange prints fourteen rales
for spoiling a child and the quick
est and most certaia rule is omitted.
It yoa want to spoil a child, give a
youngster a didn't know-it-was loaded-pistol
to play with. It gees right
to the epot, and no postponement on
accouat of the weather.
Whit city in France is a man aboot
to vieit when he goes to get married'
He is goinjf to Havre (have her).
An oi l bachelor being aoked the ques
tion, promptly leplied : "to Honen,"
(ruin). Lj: whatever place be takes
ber t, siie'il think it Xice.
A musician, George Sharp, fcad his
name oa the door thus : "G. Sharp."
A-wag ot a paiater, who knew some
thing of musie, early one morning
made the iollowing undeniable audi
significant addition : "Is a flat"
"Dj yoa like Sanday-saboolf ask
ed a ministerial visitor at a house
in this place of a little sii-year old
bor.
Yes," sa'd
the hopeful, "I like
J - V. 1. -
CnnrfiVl mfil
or xney uon ajiut
bla2es oa? of a fellow's bang-up eoi-
Mar." TVhile7taU Timet.