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77.? Somerset Herald,
Bomrrset, Pa.
A TTORXEYS-A T-LA W.
. 'vr si'HELL. ATTOBNEY ATLAW
I -IT iWty an t Fensioa Agent, Sonwreet,
In Mamawia Bioca.
U. U-U.
,uvh:hu attorsky atlaw.som-
V uTViau Mut-T edvaaeed oaooUeoUoa
s.
TRENT,
ATTORStV-AT Li W.
ciTlOE. Alexander
H. OoflrotA ku
A"""- urn- in BuUding.
lell.
VMelleMnrtaleatata, Sooiit, Fa. -Ill
' V'L .U be ineee animated to bie ears with
. . , v k r w a tbt
a H L BARK, ATTORNEYS AT
tZ somerset. Fa.. wiU praoUoe I. Sum-
w
' .74 .JVming eonnuee, u
,rWi fo?.b. wVlptpUTaladedto.
uv.7KlH'tttL. ATTCBNEY AT LAW,
I ' HN LZ fZ will attend K aU baetneai
tra1 w fidelity. Orbee tn
uw e u prr fBh w ve-iy
aik Bixtk.
J
AMES L.
ruGU.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Offloe. Mammoth H lock, up talre.
f,frwt.l- ' ,llertia soade.ee-
(Uninl. and all t-iTal bM-
Ub prumi'toea aal fitleUiy
J. ,SEARTPUB!,ET AT DAW
SuiuexwH, Pa.
'.,, H. KMtNTZ. AntlRXH AT
ttjon K"- '
J
OHN 11. SCOTT,
ATTOKXET AT LAW
Pfc. T hta fcuettJea to with
II
"UUNEV ATLAW
aKHDcrwt, Pewia.
.i vkgTH k F.l PPEU ATTllKXETS AT
Main CW rl. PI l
) mrflh Kl'."a-
J.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
SOILV
ATWRSITAT U,
RVEVING,
Writitg Deeds, &c.
ar Li-jiire al Cwter k Uo.'a Suw.
C. r.WALKEK.
AsuM.
J'UYSICIASS. ;
r.s j K. XfLLERJiaj Pal70f,,
1 ) R- a ( praotira of Ll i-aaaiw.
te. i-
r.i B BEI BAKEK to.lrr hU profcaal-oiJ
' "1 . . . . .d.M a.lai U. Lar-
T' ..
Il . ' ...'i ,.trm lil. tirufeeaional
,1 1 . KIMM EL wi. un
-' -7r .; e aU-t'a-d e-e d'-
WM. CIjLLINS, BLMUl, oiBer,
1 ie. inJi- tee:ho7ali kuida. a-d ot
ienu.iunl. ojjataiama "
rT i O MILLER. fver twelve
1 I Tti V alre praetuse la Shankarlll, baa
rt't!lT Uoited at 8 Mneraet be- tbe prao
l y art CBe.'and tender fci profeaatJial aer
w t ?e citlaena of tvuwrae! aad ilT
la tU lirug Store, ppf e ine f
a.. wire he eaa be eonaulted a all time
ti.w. r-dartmiaP.y enraared.
airMoali irmuti anrwce-l.
r.-i.
pT. W.Y FUXDENBERG,
Lair Ren dent Snruen
RiMIjg an! Ear Infiraary.
tie
'rT I?
I
a- -T' a r w- w 7 a
I: s f i Ire tzl Xtr, irui-
at
aw, S M avMik retre fctreet.
JOUX SILLS,
DENTIST.
. fvrxk A NtfTa aew baildlug.
Mais Cruaa Sireet.
Smeraet, Pa.
WU. COLLIK15,
DEMIST, T
J t iVt Cmkw a FrMee'a atore. S.MTet.
' lr U; e:;vn r.r 1 bare greatlv ra
b pn-ra arm'.-ial teeth tn tbw plaea.
iDir.a:i demand forteetb fea In-
ti.-'i a; iu eci.-ze toy tariiitira that eaa
"- oi let -a at fepwer pnree than m
:.. .. j t : ..r j .. ; u U. iptry.
; " - a r;' a of teeth tbr aa. aad If
-aty eria anxg my inoaaan'ia
i X;i iirr, i ;tu or tbe a)uistng nuc tbat
' tn. tu:h tnr taat la not gMag guud aat
..ej ... o.jj Ef al .i,t uiM. and get
cLaiga.
BT1HCAL
TEETH!!
1 4 iliil.
I ii N T I S T
V1TV. .WTttt Co., r..
r T-e-. ; uuul u m of tke ewrybeat
u'-. trard fit.Ee. lo-ne-l in the
''a- rr:-:ai K4sta rU) u ttie prea
Z. 't flmU mw.s. ttoee wtMng to
i, i:-r. cal 4 as by enrioamg auaip
""' t ... jei-r
D:
A .oyrt HOTEL.
rviTOWS PA.
v'?.'rT'','aai wi kan n.w has lally
.v iT''1''-t r-.td with hS new
IT w wtjoa tw( mm it a ver
- ;
brxe KMit bail aitl-cj
lrzt mod rtrr.y siabrg.
- 'lil ca e ha4 t tlx auvest pot-
XtVmTr'-H. -.
. 1 4i. naaua,
f-tcysiewB, Fa.
-Vt'
':a.
S-r.s at tke
"ttwI5t, (tW .
is;.
"T Jlaia aao kuanii Si.
"U " 11"-a Ar, is prepared al a3
y;iinjit yoa Bm-riess Jlsae-
eitaer la tbe Lme at
aTCHES OR CLUCK.
a"w upaelairy. Warkgaaraataed.
VOL. XXVII. NO. 35.
BANKS, ETC.
3STKW BANK
-:o:-
Somerset County Bank
CHARLES J. HARRISON.
Canhier end Xmmger.
OoUmUom mAt in ail pans of thaCaiia SUU.
Cbanjea moderate. Butter and other ebecki eol-
leeted and eaaiied. Eartet. and WeeterBezebanKe
alwaji un band. ReaiHUncef made with prompt
. AeruunU toUdted.
Panics desiring to purchaae V. S. PER
CENT. FUNDED LOAN, can be aesammo.
dated at this Bank. The rapotu are prepaid la
denomln all u of
j wo. aicu
la .r h. u:i u
Apnts Ibr Fire aM Lifi Iiisnraiiffi,
JOHN HICKS & SON,
SOMERSET. IV..
And Real Estate Brokers.
ESTABLISHED ia0.
PerKu who dexire to aell, bar or ezrhanre pnp
arty. or for rent will find It to their advantage to
reeitter the deaeriptia tbrreof, a no charge If
made anteat ald or rented. Keal etate bauiineei
generally wiilbe promptly attended to.
aotia.
CHAS. CORTOX.
('HAS. H. FISUER.
ORTON & FISHER,
CIGAR MANUFACTURERS,
FACTORY NO. 7.
Wholesale and Retail
DEALERS IX.
CIGARS & TORACCO.
We are now manufactoring- lor the wholnaale
tr.tc ltler rl-ar than bav beretotiire been
mauuiUctured In Notnertet coantjr. A for Hav
ana and t'omtnoe. Tot4. . we oUiia Ui le manulae.
urine the beet in the Mai. We ell the alien
Uoc oi Retail llttn u our rtork and pric-'e. In
our Refill Store we rarry the hlgh.st and finrio,
aa well aa the eheapei t a-nutee uf Smoking and
brwiiiK Ttrf'uvua in the market. 3j pipta, pipe
a:rma,audall kin.Hof amokrra niaterUlc.
tr lactorj and Ketail Store at No. S,
MAMMOTH BLOCK.
Jan. 14
S.R.PILE,
DIALER IN
FLOUJl AXI) FEED
Groceries, Confections,
Qecnswure, jllow ware,
bait, Fifift. ' ' "
To.ami mu
ttc,
, -ikT ru i
f -jv, gW CTVICK. M
w :
OXE PRICE.
SOLD JiJJO
BOTTOM PRICES.
FAIH AND SQUARE
IS
.... ,
Our- Motio.'
At rail t iil'k'e
KO. 2, BAER'S BLOCS A CALL,
When doing your
:eio:f:f:otc3-
Jar. W
i W i
.astiions
UK' I k.au
They rw epciHy dtaiqne d to meet
th. retjyiramenta of tboae ibo deaire
IS Stvla, prfct in fit. jd o eimple
htTttiy'tre ra'dilv tint!r1ooa by thg
moat icki)wric- SendjcfofrN
, Domestic" Fcshion Co
NEW YORK.
E
XECVTOR'SSPTJCF,
f Aod. wealth et l awa a.lBJ
I . r . , . i Jr,WaMMl.
Letters tewtasaMitary e. tae aooew fata Re
tnc heea granted te tie ander!gned by the pn-iTaatJa-rVtv.
SMtlea is aerery r"? lm
debtad te B to make tar mediate pa ym-art, and thrm
kvtw el.t-te aw". It TUy-:'UsJ7
I ... - v . .IWClisr.
DM INISTPATOR'S NOTICE.
$iau cf Xi
aa,-y SlsspfvaV. bate af vla.saakeBin
lap. dkj-aatCj ,...
Letters -I bito i
i i tba above eetate )
bat to beta grained "TL iaa -
gea lu. - -y.,.
avll.'. pa jsrent, and ltaJ?,Tlre!I
t t pr. nt tbe. c. "USaie
aeat oa btrday. Mare 1. reaauaa
JN. SO SIMPLE
si. sin
fyS O LI C H TS.
X A CHILD CAN HUM IT.r
.. i i " " '
Weswht Wuateia.
Jan. 9
,.m.immy.
AaaaiawtiSKtV
lie
MISCELLANEOUS,
A.J.
DISSOLUTION.
-:):
The partnerahlp between A. J. Oaaebeer and
Wm. U. 'reie, baa been di-wolred by tbc with
drawalorWm. B. Freaae. The hooka are in the
hanua of A. J. Oaeebeer. and all aoeoanU mutt be
setMed. eiiber by me or cash.
Tbe buaineea will be continued at the
(la the S nth woj-t Corner of Diamond, by
CASEBEER & CO.,
Wrxi will keep a good rapply of
CENEEiL MCH1S11ISE
tB band, and aa tbey bay their
Goods EXCLUSIVELY ForEASH
vv'i!lbeMeloiwitljrlrg tad oo
BETTER TERMS
For tbe parrhaaer tban any other
STORE TX TOWN.
-:0:-
THEV WILL BE GLAD TO HAVE
THEIR OLD FRIENDS TO
CONTINUE THEIR PAT
RONAGE, AND GIVE
AN INVITATION
TOTHE PUBLIC
IN GENER
AL TO
GIVE THEM
A CALL.
Dee.SS.
gllEKl
FF'S SALE.
ttr virtue -fa writ of Tent. Fl. Fa. Iued oat of
tbe Court oi amoo Plea of Houford Co., Pa..
and to me Uim ieti. 1 will expoae to aale by pnolic
outcry, at the Court Houe In Somerset, on
Thursday, February 13. 1879,
at 1 o'clvrk r. a., tbe following described real
eetate via:
Ail the right. title. Interest and claim of Iraae
S. Homfr.Ol in and to the f-jllowing ileeeritied
real ematc. Til:
No. 1. A erruln tri of land ai'nate In Paint
Tap.. S-mrri Co Pa., containing -.T acreaa
UhrrvAr leaf, aud about a acrkc dear aud t area in
meadow, ilk a one ami a half atorr ulank dwell
ing h.Hifte aat Irame aiable therein erertnl. ad-
anina Un-ia o( Caibrrine Allin. John Hiuhea,
Arm Vv huaker and the I'ark tract.
N. 2. Ciutaittir-a 164 acre more er len, of
whk-fe there are ai.'Ut 9 ai-ree elearand 6 arrva tn
nteai"W. tla3ee well timlwrel, adjoining lanis
X wul.w tirutKly. J,cpli ilareluut, William Ai
lia n and trac. o. 1 .
No. a. t .nitnin.- T2 aret more orle.. of which
tbcre are about 3 acre ciear ami 1 aor in read
, w'th two ore ai d a rail e kx r ins divelliUi:.
'.ODJv aod (.aa.e s;bb.e tU.rwx; rkvibO, aj.Juli,J
UntiJ of JJlji Hiuriew, Jsrob Rl)le,and J. i,
B.Uijardner, vith t';e at'UrtcnaiiCes,
TaVen in eei-uiioc a tb p;.,perty of Iaae hi.
Horner, at lUe ut ofAijJ J. fcrifX tt U IMa-h-l
t'&a.
TbltUS-CASU.
LnOABKYLE.
Jan iJ . Sheriff-
h m& absolute and LrretlaUMe cure ts
DRUNK
'Tn-!", Intemperaeea and tbe u." of (ip!u0
Tobueu. KardJiica. aik.1 .Umulauta. remorin.
.ill ta.te. drkireand bai.it ol iwng any ul tbeu.
rendcrtcg the lu i ano ietre lor any oi utem
pcrtcily odlooa and dica-uatlng. Oiring every
one penert and IrTUl.lll.le e jiidI of the aol rl
cty of tbemfelvea and their mecda
It prevenu tbat aolute pbv;iel and moral
lnmtion tbat foil, w the ru iden bri-' in r
fl frv.m mtiCK atimulanra ir a iauj
jratiiiur lmiirt'ift. $1 Teopiemijcoa
jiartLaliie Mfjes ab-.o'd Hr it,
It u hrm)-eod wrc u..!g-
UOPBITTKRX MF'S CO.. eleil'
ROCHESTER, N.Y.
The Kop fvuyh Cure
Jeihuyt ai. pels, kovi tbe euuxb. qnletl tbe
imM and pn.!u?ee nrat. It ncvrfaii ia per-r.rf-niina:
a pefie cure anerf tbere ia a tuaui -w
ol hpe. '
Iry tt nec and y;a!U Simio .
feOK&lLE 15V ALL IRUGT,1ST--.
mmm nmi urn
(ri(teliir((li,trsMi:pd Fa),
Collcglaie year rpens September 12ih.
Location 4 mile trom Court IToos2
OTer-lxiiD? East Liberty TaUy. iA3Y
cce.-a aci true trdi saicie.- Tetks fr
ItoariDff 'ufit rerfocttl. for panipcUrj
iiirp r:f.t.r.3
E. Ff-LETREAC,
Acting PrebideEt.
GEO. A. BERRY.
AlgT
Treaeortrt
SSIGNEE S .NOTICE.
NvAloel bervl.y c!va. that Diftrirk Kreger
has aiicnl aU ba n,erty leal anl personal tr
Aleiav.er Moore lur the lneHt tii ?r il
all f r ist.Ati ,.t .i.'c:it?d I I je sa)t litery'r
krwrt aill B.ke ln.vie.!iate plijiii?n,i to at
sixnee. and t4e bavjj:g cUiis; sgaiBjt the ratntj
.ill prrsTt them lo It Aiiiu-; fr r(i;f-cii
at tl rv.irtrrre o! lbs aliive Agnor ia i!t':lev
mtk U-waahiji. . I.i:r. January A. UTa
iLtXiiil..V"ai,
Pec. It Asaiiroee.
jilUMIE 6 NOTICE.
Sa;-.
B1C
Feil
- to"
AUmcKt
Jab Rlee k J' ph K'lee.pirtners. ! flif.!'rh
dotna iiDtlim . J. lit fe bri. J ov. U"i
t iiuui a. tcil. of S xarrirt jtm ab,t hava
maoe aa aaiUsment to J. kiee 4 ErvCurrvif r ItU
bur,ch, ni"e m hrpj gi-n tc aii peraura ioit:U.
ed Uftbe eiid Auior u make iinme.liuie pty.
meoltolbe -.l AMurowe, act tb we havmg
rbaats u praai ae to suae for aetilctaat at
toe vSi -e .4 W. H. Alu.
KLEE A BRO
Dee IS Arrtgneee.
A
SltiNEK -S NOTIOB
U r.crcmi TxiraJ Fflb and wi'e of Allnrbeey
town.hi)1. oa 1 he 0y m u-cemrer. llrs. aaai
vaiuatary a!imnl teo. O. iValk-r, for lae
bearni of rrr-litor. ofall tbe real aad- perncs!
n ate of said ( Vena l Felwn; sx tiie I tweei j
Sirea toaU perca in-ietne pt aa,J Aigool W
m.ae imwx i.ia i-afia-nt, su-1 thee t-i'll
eukiias i(mi him u pnwtnt tbem da.yaaibenti-wiWk-rci:kiiH,llata
ua.l.i-i.l at bis
rmLleaee In Atirgheny towaanip, on .Satarday,
Jaaaary 1. laa.
OEt'SGE O. WAf.KER.
Iter. M Amignee.
KniAS' corr.T Sale.
virtue ef an order bs4 net of the Orphan
cWrt M"nerrt erwoty Fa- 1 wHl aril at pwt-'w-sale
la BneksCfawa. Soeaeit coa;i-f, F a ' '
'ivffiicj, Jinyary 2, ; Js3."
tbe toHowiejt real eetate, t wit :
I A Metals a ..use and t groaaJ RtSJte 'a
Barkatcwa S'BtiHt e.may. Fa., frtmtirg op tVs
Bedford aadtt enr-crj tanrt r.e .-a fb ir -jA.
i?...nu) io i.'JMiSt'Ul batrba tke wwtjM
Xaarfr "the Mutaand- k of
Vr" O.J tlie east.
I T.
T'eraa fat ten per rent. U be t-sfd gs fT
rf f b; ST rel.! ea ncf tur of VaiS.
YlLLiAHBJEI,
ipLECTiON N0T1CE.
(lr hcret'V given tbat aa cleetion win t
beld ec Kcsday Jaeaary I". 'T it te r
Uie of ..ieae Ji aa.
laWSt
t ai aj
n. tic ei&
aj(SeT(,a,ilit
.-.a. of eltrn.it 2 rr e
Enaia Vu( iiil fco-l
itf Avf oJ. -..'--
Dec 11 i tVearwiarr.
TOECCTOp :qtic
i JM:e ml Paaael Tnetle. sate wf '
aeaiBg
a toWBefetp, Senrraet etaatT, Fa, dec-d.
1 Lattenteetaswararv cola abora ertafc aae-
... mmUA U
1 Kre to tbeae Indebted to tt w ataae
amtepajawm. aad Uwee aartna eaaines aceJaaa a
e prtirM tbee. dale aartbraUeaMd far seuaseses
at UeUU restdeaoa ( dee a, aa Satarta. Fa,
; "J
- B"I tin iltti.c
C ASEBEER & GO
Jam. a
THE LOXO AVO.
BY BAYARD TAYLOR.
Oh ! a wonderful etream in the river of time.
A It runs through the realm of teara,
Wltb a lau'.Ueei rythm, and a moaical rhyme,
Aad a broader twaep, ard n aarge tabllme.
And blend with tbe oeean of yearn
How tbe win ten are drifting Uke Hake of
Ani the lammera Uke bad between.
And the yean in lb a ahaaf as they eome and they
Ito,
Un tbe river's breast, with lis ebb and its Bow,
As It glides in tbe shadow and sheen.
There's a magical Isle in the river of time.
Where the softest of airs are playing.
There's a eloaJlea sky, and a tropical clime.
And a song as sweet aa the vesper chime.
And the Janes with the roses ere staying.
Ani the name of the isle Is Long Ago,
And we bury our treasons there
There are brows of beauty, and bosoms of snow,
There are heaps of durt but we loved them so !
There are trinkets aad tresses of hair.
There are fragments of song that nobody sings,
And a part of aa Infant's prayer ;
There's a lute nnwept,and a harp wlthont strings,
There are broken vows, and pieces ot rings.
And the garment sb need to wear.
There are hands that are waved when tbe fairy
shorn
By tbe mirage is lifted in air.
And we sometimes near, thro tbe turbulent
roar.
Sweet voices hoard In the days gone before,
W ben the wind down the river Is lair.
Oh remembered for aye be tbat blessed Isle,
All tbe day of life till night,
When tbe evening comes with Its beautiful smile.
And oar eyes are closed In slumber awhile,
Slay that greenwood of son! be la sight.
AUH'K IF.l RET.
"Jtwaeonlr yesterday I kiseed
her lips, d the whimpered, 'I do
love you, Horace, I do love you.'
Aad lo-day rhe writes me ibis."
4s Uurace Weston epoke be read
once more tbe note be held open in
bis band which already be bad learn
ed by Leart, from frequent perusals.
Oiily to one human being would be
Lave rerealed his misery and sur
prise, but bis mother bad been one
ud him in heart and soul all bis
life, and to ber be read aloud tbe few
crui-Liog words:
"I release you from your engage
ment. Forget me, it yoa can, but
fiom my heart I shall al frays pray
fur your happiness and proepar
itr. Alma."
Mrs. Weston bad a noble, gener
ous nature, slow to suspect evil, still
more reluctant tJ make accusation of
unworthy tuoiire. But, stung by
her sun's white face and haggard
eye?, t-be said : ?
' Yesterday Alma did not know
fehe was an beires."
"!ery cpe kieB7 her friber was
wettihy.s '
"liui no one knew how he would
leare his property."
"His will has nut been read."
"He has left no will Alma in
herits all. Dr. Hale " told oie so
an hour u
"ButJ"ftrQ no papec, mother 1
And Alma ia tbo last, person y be
iiiSuenced by money."
"So ebopjd, ba ,-e8adesterday,"
baia Airs. eston bitteilj. "a wU(
take cf my boone for fi ftnly
goinir to eH qpon 4-lwa."
I "Ob, mother, Uj go 1 Think how
lonely aod desolate she must be. 1
was there this morning, but I could
ntt see ber."
Mrs. WfS'-na hesltatei iieiore
; hef r.ent&r vision rose the sweet face
l- Dgr sou s Decrotoea, tne large in
ncewot brown eyes, guileless as those
of a babe, tbe sensitive mouth tbat
quivered with every epio'.ion ; the
sligbt.graceful ugore that eeemed too
frail ikfcQOet for life's many "weary
hours. Gentle, yielding, loving, it
seemed impossible that Jlms H.arsi
puld noi ooe mercen rj thought,
one do worthy impuUe.
"I will go I ' she 8i4j "ia poor
ch;!4'w ufain aaj Le turned by troub
le. Her U'tera Geath wa mov w
tu!!y EUil'lfS.'
"Iid Or. Hale give ycu any par
licu'-ars?'
Only that ths fall (roia ti horse
yegterJay ' prodie'e 'fatjl iojuries.
He irerJ three hours, in full pesses
bi -n of all' his faculties, and Alma
never left him afcer he was brought
home. She waa along i(h him
more than an hour before he died."
"lie was a cold, reserved man, and
had cot many attractive '.raits, tut 1
believe he loved Alma very devoted
ly. Dear mo'hor, go toeer, nd try
to gala sou1-. ' t'pIanat.ion f th?
ttfngi noift.''
It was not a plaant errand, ytt
.Mrs. Wfs'.on utiderto-.k it Aii her
mot fctrV pride ruse ai-ainst the curt,
crutlnj ciioo uf tbe pure, tender
love Hwrace bd i7en t betrothed
in the vtree months ot their engage
merit ' D;eioieteted love, too, lor
Mrs Uaret tat told ora piaialj
that be wt'ijlw meka no prooiiae tfa
Urge dowry fur LU wnly child. It
bed puu'ed Ilorsce at lie lime, that
ht-aao anxious to impress the
fact ; but Le had attributed it to a
oatural detire to ea'9 bis dsghter
fron a fonanj banter :Tinn a he
aa acply able to support a wife
habdecccely, it had not cost him one
f egret.
Mrs. WeUueolitmttaber when
Jaoits Hurst bad been a compara
lively poor mar, carrying 00 a small
bun oe.s in hardware. He bad gone
to California in tbe Erst rush of gold
beaters, ana returnee in De Te:r
tvith th t'pa1-1-00 f 'wealthy
man. Late IB life he bad married;
and loi-t his wife while Alma was &
babe, and the' child had grown no o
Myrilevale. the ygler (roui in(an:T otoase duty laid upon her young hands
her devoted surses and teachers, in-
Zulged io everr x whim, petted and
humored, bat oever ppjikd. Wilr! v ite will meet it, if it causes her
oo great ict'lje-rta powpf, she haa'death. I never drewqjed her fragile
been pareipuy laeUCiea IO tee Ha-ri
al branches of a young ladt1! t?
li jo, saqij efj eeuy and correctly
played up-n the piano, spoke French
pasf-abjy, 0(J W i C0OO BOCwekeep
cr ia tseory. Her last governess,
Mrs. Way men, an ldetly widow,
bad remained as eotppanton ai
hoqaeper e'ves Aa' fjowpleted
ber niftetw0-6 year, hod had accept
ed Horaee Weswn's proffered 'love.
It'was Mrk jm'a Who receiv
ed Mrs. Weston. -
"i'aa so cla yoo, have cornel"
he eal4 witb ai sol), "eyerythins U
so strange I Mr. Morton, Mr. Hurst's
lawTer, has been here and arranged
fur the funeral, nod I bad to meet
him. Alma is prostrated !"
"That ia natural !" said Mrs. Wes
ton, wondering if Mr. Wsymaaj
knew of Alma's note.
ESTAHLICil ED, 18 8
SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY,
"The state she fa in is ct satorti
She grieves for ber - lather, bnt - is
crushed by some other sorrow I can
not guess. I would not epaak to
any one sj freely, bat yoa : hare
right to my confidence. Already,
bink of it I and ber lather not yet
buried, Alma has told Mr. Siortoa to
hare tbe house sod grounds sold, to
convert all Mr. Hurst's property into
money, aod deposit it in bank sub
ject to s check. Imagine : Why, ha
has left over a hundred thousand dol
lars. And Alms herself!. She look
ea as ir sue bad risen iron Her own
grave. Sue says she will see no one,
not sren yonr son, and altogether is
in a state that terrifies me.i I hardly
dare suggest it, but if yoa were to
go to ber room unexpectedly yoa
might win her confidence. I fear
she ceeds fiiendly ccacsei, but she
will tell me nothing.
Reluctant still, Mrs. Weston as
sented and went to the familiar room
where she had spent many pleasant
hours with Alma. Her tap beinfe
unanswered she pushed the door gen-
Uv open, and Btood confounded.
Could the ghastly object confront
ing her be tbe fair, sweet-faced girl
she had seen twenty-four hoars be
fore? Her hair, that was always
carefully arranged, with s natural
girlish pride in its waring profusion,
was pushed back in s roughened,
disheveled mass, as if untouched for
hours ; her large eyes had sunken in
to hollows, and were burning in s
face as death-like in pallor se (bat of
tbe corpse lying in another part of
tbe house. She still wore the white
dress she had worn the previous day,
bat it was crashed ana limp, and
hung about her without any dainty
neatness that had always character
ised ber attire. Even her voice was
changed, hollow and doll, as the
said :
"I am sorry yoa have come."
"Sorry, Alma!" cried Xrs. Wes
ton, losing all resentment at tbe sight
of such evident suffering. "My dear
child, who should comfort you if
Horace's mother has not ine paw
er ?" j
"No one can comfort meJL Horace
must forget he ever knew me. Only
a few days more and I shall be gone
from yon !"
"Alma, what troubles yoa ? Tell
me ! Remember I was soon to have
s mother's rigtt to your confidence."
"Thank Heaven, yoa are saved !''
was tbe reply, given with a solem
nity that startled her hearer.
"My dear tma, " yoa ttrrifjf me I
What is thia sorrow thst is croehinz
you?" ' :' .
j cannot tell you," said the girl,
ber eyes seeming to be reeking es
cape) as though of an animaij newly
trapped. "l ean tell no oca, -1, sto
to be enij. Do yoa understand j
I (i'ieufio everybody, to love, lo bap
pioess, even to hope, yestrdy. J
am going away ru .toLU fieT
ef .fie jj;tgT'rne.o'r, me.1
"Bat, Alma, yoa carjaoV We
hay a right to sows explanation.
Horace will se?er submit to ucb a
rejection.M
The girl sholdered, and then, with
ashy Ip?, said :
"Tell Horace '.bat. he never had so
great cae Jor gratiiade as Is has
to-pay. II d my father lived s few
months longer I should have been
Horace's wife, and his corse !"
"For Heaven's sake, Alma, cease
to speak in riolei Horace asks no
greater happiness tban to call yon
his wifo. 1 will send him to yoa.
He may persuade you to iterj to
reason."
''Ho not send him. I will not ee
him V Oh," she cried, wildly, "how
yoa torture me I" and throwing ber
arms above her head, she dropped
senseless upon the fbor,
"She ii goiog lo have brain fever,
and her trouble is a delirium !"
thought Mrs. Weston, perplexed,
.-a -,;'.,
6-.', -" r "r .
cnw nn rmt
.ti:u
Lot Alml did tot t-ave brain fe
ver. Pr. Hale, sect for in haste, or
dered perfect quiet, and tbe girl was
mercifully left with only Airs, toy
man's motherly care, tjati', after the
frjoeral. Oo (he very day her father
was buried abe drove to Mr. Mor
ton's oCke, and left with him her
father's last writien words :
"My danbtt?r, Iqi, b U have
perryct voting of my entire property,
(3 Wdqn fs I pq bsried, to aee'ws she
f)nJtraiafids to be my dying will
James UtRfT."
It was a long interview, and the
last Wurds were tbe death-blow b
Horace Weston 'a oze o( a, a end of
ais fyrpieilty.
"Yoq promise to give mv a4Jff
to no one I" Jnja aid-
"I hare promised. I tract yon.
and am willing to believe your du
ty to tbe dead dictates jcur strange
course of conduct. Bat if yoo ever
can confide in me. yoa bbalgot faut
friendly cooqsfL'I
the seat day, when Horace sought
tbe loosed for interview with his be
trothed, he found the house closed
and empty, and Mr. Morton, aisoi
lately dnrn rugareiisg bis client's
bovcif ata.' Moved st last by the
young mao's sgosr, the old lawyer
said i
"Whatever Miss Hr-m'j jvrt
maybe, it is sntireiy "her own.' 1
'now ndthibg of the motives for her
strange conduct, but this I do know,
that she is crushing out every hcje
vt, her life, her ot, T irienfishrp,
all tiit sas maia her hspplness. in
by ber dying father. bat;t tg, J
tell yoa franVj- I easaot even gcess.
iraiya u awcet. race were dibsks tor
sacs ao iron will, such power of ti.i
sacrifice," .But in her own home, gossips said
tbat "Alma Horn's besd was turned
by her sadden control of wealth, and
the bad j'ltei Eorace Weston and
fB to se?khe pleasures of, a city
lit." "
Aod as the months rejjt Vj, of
ace'Wetaa,' Rearing notijng of his
betrothed, accepted his dismissal as
finaV It aged him, hardened him,
for, with his lore, he had givea Alms
the Boat unbounded confidence. Ho
man aatcre eonld never seem tbe
same to hiss aioce his ideal of wo
naoLood bad played him false. Jiv
years bad passed when Mrs Weston,
who was making a visit to Sr sister
in s neighboring city, leiegKpaM
Iver son : '
7.
FEBRUARY 5, 1879.
"Come to me on ths next train."
Wondering, alarmed, Horace obey
ed the sammona. He found bis
mother waiting at tbe station, her
face pale and agitated. -"I
hare found Alms !" she said.
"No yon must not look proud and
cold. She is dying, sod in destitu
tion. She promised to tell me the
reason of ber flight. Horace, we
hare wronged her, thinking her mer
cenary or heartless."
A rapid drive to one of tbe poorest
localities brought them to s wretch
ed boue. where in s miserable room,
s wasted shadow of Alma Hurst lay
dying. About her some hastily con
trived appliances for comfort epeke
ot Mrs. Weston's former visit, bat
want was plainly stamped on all sur
roundings.
"I thought to die unknown " she
said, her hollow eyes resting on
Horace's face, "but your mother com
ing to visit a stranger io want found
me. So I thought heaven was kind.
and meant me to clear myself in your
eyes. - Ob, Horace, could yoa . be
lieve I would leave yon unless it wss
for your own dear sake? I never lov
ed yoa as I did when I left yoo."
"Jiut, Alma, why did too not let
me help to bear thia strange secret
oardenr"
"10a coaia not. &ren now l can
ir n n
scarcely speak the words. Hide
your eyes from me, Horace ! My
father, on his death-bed, confessed to
me tbat the wealt he brought from
California was not his own. He lost
what he bad made, and in a despera
tion ot disappointment be murdered
his comrade, and robbed him of
what waa half their mutual gains.
Murdered him, Horace! Do yoa un
derstand now why 1 fled from you
I, the child of a murderer! 1 bare
succeeded io Coding tbe widow and
children cf the murdered man. Ev
ery dollar has been restored to them,
aod I have lived br my needle, my
only comfort being that yoa did not
soar, my disgrace and misery. I
know you will not betray me. My
father's secret is buried in his grave.
Will you spare bis memory 7"
1 oa mar trast us," said Mrs
Weston, seeing that Horace was too
much overcome to speak. "But yoa
must rest now, Alma. It rusy be,
dear child, there are still happy days
betore you.'.'
"There aie, if my love can bring
them," said Horace. " Y1 ire mine
still, Alma. M.ioo to love, to cher
ish. You must live fpr my sake .
my wife !"
I3ut even while he spake the
change that comes but ence upon a
human Jface, settled "upon Aima'a
lips, cheeks and brow,
Mrs. y"v 0 3 ov, broken with
obs, rose in prayer for the dying,
aod with her hand cfcsned t4 thM oi
her to?e;. A.lm,a. passed s,way, the
riCfim of her father's ia snd tardy
a,tooemeot.
Thia ftinuseletir Amoeatry.
Ia a letter: to the Barlingtoa
JIawleye, Mr. Bardet tUe haator
iot, says ;
Jipealaiai of relioa, jaat bofore we
reached Portsmouth a man entered
into conversation with me. He
said :
- "Yon are from th Wist?"
I tnor-&rod something about tbe
vast Illimitable, etc, and tbe man
said :
"Yours is a new country, a sew
country, a n-e-w country."
Yes, i told hinj it was new, but it
was the only one we had, and, ac
cordiugly, we wore it Sundays sod
week days alike, worked sod went
to parties in it,, sod It woolk soon
look a tt ousted years old.
"We," said the man, "come down.
frcm tbe venerable m'st) o a a frui
ty. It is ;l;o&8 (soaght,"
Yes, I said, bat it waa nt pleasant.
I ws io' Botton four days, and it
east-winded and rained three of them.
It was misty enough, bqt spoiUd
tbe prospect.
"My aaeesors," he said, "came
over io the Mayflower. But yonrs
And he looked at me wur
a rising reflection. "
I tried to bIpt h la with look of
si!ert scorn, btit she btssed fire.
Your ancestors, I Uke it," said
the man, "did not come over in the
Mayflower?"
Aod then I turned upon him.
"Sir," I remarked, '"this Maj&wer,
I take it, was a sailing ship p
' "Sha was,". he sa.i'd,T'0J'o4,Tr
oring to stise his emotion ; Vve waa
t sailing ebip,"
'4tieo " isaitiBaognuiy, -most as-
ao redly my ancestors did not come
over is tbe Mav Sower. It has never
been the miefortone uf my family to
be compelled to take passag ca say
ahip ot the mer;l;s)t marine. My
ancestor pame over ia s Canard
steamer, srst cabin, no steerage
pafseoger carried, only tea days
from . iverpooi, and tbe minute tbej
landed ia New York, they west
straight on ta Mrs- Aei:r's tsvern
sai twik ftOBt rcoms co the parlor
floor."
' I thought I had croi-hed that man,
but may I be blessed if t La nt
look as ibou'h t pUkd tse.
alaaiey.
PiTTSBinna Pa., January
23 A
convention of ;sa aoiners
from the
onoagahela Rirer Mines, held at
Eliiibetb, resulted in a oaoioto-j
rote for 5 cents bui-te aud Ueclar
in; they wo aid go on suike unless
the advance was agreed to by :be
operators. The misers hare been
getting 2 cents a bosbel. It it
thought mat the mine-owser. will
not agree to the advance, and that s
strike will follow.
Uaa
CisiissAii. Tanoary ii Jason
Robbios. 60 years of age, who h..t the ossein a- atranzsr. whil her
led the Ufe hermit tor asy jesrs
near Farw,i; Vriewt wigaiiog at vaeasey throogh a wider
d last eveoing with a b allet-lioie ; .-rtBre Mow Afghan ladles ex
throozh his head. It s alieved
that b ws killed fur a large sum of
aoaey which, is was supposed he
possessed. He was a man ef t allure,
end is said to bare taken refuge in
tbe woods on account of ftur.poln
ed lore.
- anawBaaaasBeaeaBBBar .
"What is money?" atks an ex
change. "Money is the missing liik
between several hundred of oar enb
tcribers and the editor." ' 1 .
e
Fa
To Mael. of a Hard Mm.
Recently sn old fellow, who for
some time worked st the slo'ce-boxes
in Six-Mile Connon, sold bis Siemi
Nevada and came out $7,009 ahead
He went to bis broker and remarked
that be was going East to see his
folks, aod guessed he'd take tbe mon
ey along.
"Yoa want a draft on New York,
I suppose ?"
io uratt tor me. 1 want coin.
Gold twenties are what I came for."
Here be placed a brown leather
valise on tbe counter, and told them
to pile in the money.
I am eoiog to take this sack all
the way to New York myself."
"loo can get tbe sold in New
York, and save the bother of carry
ing tbe coin along," remarked tbe
clerk.
"Yoa can't play gold in New York
on me ; tbey don't have any there ;
the last time I was there I never set
my eyes on even a two-and-a-half
piece. Now just dump the coin into
this hack. I want good, solid Corn
stock money. No paper io mine."
He was given the coin as desired,
aod soon was on the train with the
carpet-bag alongside of him. The
chances are that the first three-card
moote sharp tbat be falls io with will
relieve him of his pile.
The Tree) Sarphye.
A good story is told of the Irinh
comedian, Joe Murphy.
I was during the "blue ribbon''
excitement last season, aod Joe was
journeying to a small town io tbe
vicinity of Pittsburg. Aa tbe train
steamed into tbe depot it was bDard
ed by a half dozen men, who after a
harried conference with the conduct
or, approached the comedian with
beamiag faces.
"Mr. Murphy, I believe," said the
spokesman, bat ia hand.
"At your service, sir," replied Joe.
"Delighted to meet you, sir. We
are tbe committee appointed to take
yoa in charge," and they fairly drag
ged tbe astonished 4oe from tbe car,
placed Dim in a carnage and tbey
were whirled swiftly away.
"God bless ns," thought tbe expo
nent ef Irish peculiarities, "This is
very kind. Never was in this town
before. A man's reputatioo does
travel, and that's a fact."
In a short time, havine reached
the hotel and the committee havinz
placed Joe in the test parlor suite.
prepared to depart. "We will call
tor yoa after socpar. Mr. MarD-v."
said th? ;pokesX
wae moment, gentlemen," cried
St. Joseph, aa ha polled the cord
vigorously. Waiter, drinks fjr the
party.
"Drinks !" shrieked the conclave
in a chorus. Francis Muruhr. ara
yoa mad?"
fMad," echoed Joe,, a bit cf
it. Name your beyerage, gentle
men. '"' iih, this is a terrible backsliding,"
said one.
Francis Murphy," repeated, the
perplexed Joe. ' I q in Murphy,
tbe comedian,"
Th?Y saw it all, and rushed wildly
from the room in search of tbe tem
perance apostle, who was even Vhen
toiling painfully IroQ ths eiepot oo
foot, totinf; hugs earpet-bag.
ieotk tse Murpbys drew large
houses tbat night.
A . Wifw.
A good wife is tbe greatest ear;bly
blessing. A wife cere; makes a
greater mistake tmu when she en
deavors t) coeree her husband wi b
oibr weapons than those of love ana
affection. Those weapons are a rure
pall if he has any humao'V? kft in
him. Forbear mtul opbraidings.
It is the iuother who moulds tbe
character and destiny of her child as
to the exteriors, therefore let Can
nes, peace, affection ae raae-ss
rule ber conduct to&r is her children.
Children. ;a grsat imitators; wheth
er Uey sa?e scolding or peaceful
mothers, they are generally gnre to
learn from the examples cet before
them. And thus the consequent joy
or Borrow is transferred to ot,hcr Uo
llies, therefore let mobe?ti tae heed
to tbeir condcot. It U not possible
to exercise, too much jadgmeat aod
prudence before entericj on married
Ufe. Re sure tat the affections on
totk vidua are so perfectly inter
twined tbat the two form, as it were,
one mird.
Ha Ilea A, (g eaa 1.1 vo.
la accordance wi-.b the naticnal
character for suspicion and intrigue
and corruption, says the ITAiWJJi
Retrieve, an Afghan dwell'-; harie
is like aa Affbja aoorksposh a
wbitene 32ptnr. The flat roofs
0 tse nouses hare generally a para
pet wall formed of rail-work, thickly
overiaia witn mua, ana nve &; six
feet high, to allow tfcj coien of the
family to tae an airing nnveiled, as
ljlr Joru are very jalous about
tbeir being overlooked. During our
former occupation of tbe city, aa oJ
fi?er who bad ascenjej to tse upper
part of the Ula Vissar Vo get a good
v'mw of the Burrounding country, waa
credited with locking t saas wom
en half a mile hi low him, aod re
ceiird litiMiate hint in the fehape of
S ball from a j-jil whizzing past his
head. But, however, much an
Af -
gbaa would think himself dirgraeed
by his wife's face being exposed to
the f wlgar gals, tbe wires may go
wherever tbe please in tbeir boora.
poshes, to shop or visit relation?, ut
they must "Keep ',heir pycao," o;n -
erw'!9. aroid a SCaudaL la some of
tbe walls Wing the street livtla loca-iiion is aecepteJ as a blessing worth I at a pretism. Last May the A me rt
Uoie with tiny shouts xta Therein better way ! cat shin Mabel Clark was wrecked
which an A,U(V3 hsaaty may be
an v.ADStnar aaiekir and tntiieIw
j o4 t mutin g5w ilojidlT
ercise considerable msaence orj
their spouses both in coaes:ic and
political affairs, iar age and in tract-j
able sfte men usually re acjangj
themselves, it is ouite beautiful to
see how sabtsiasavs they can become
to the discipline of the Harem beraL
As officer has lately been telling os
in the Time bow Shere Ali had the
slipper applied to his sognst beti Lyl
the mother of his deceased heir, A b -
dqll aiu H'AtfeAoi PrirTf.
WHOLE NO. 1439.
A Waa
ftk Farsa.
A correspondent of the Troy Tim,
traveling in Dakota, writes from Far
go, a town, he savs, now only eight
years old, containing 6.000 inhabit
ants, describing the cultivated farm
of William Dalrymple, containing so
undivided estate of 50,000 acres, ex
tending 12 miles along tbe fertile
bottom lands of a most beautifui riv
er, and then back into tbe interior 11
miles, the whole covering an area of
over 30 square miles.
Of this, 20,000 acres were last
year sown in wheat, which has yield
ed 250,000 bushels ai reward f.r tbe
htawbaodmao'g toil. Tbe soil of this
Red River farm ispeculiary rich, aod
adapted to tbe production of just the
cereal cultivated. The upper sur
face is ao alluvial deposit of great
fertility, under which is a deposit cf
marl, containing in large fiuantitie.3
toe phosphates and silicates needed
in the formation of the berry and the
stais or wheat
Of course it wcoM be impossible
to operate such a farm from one
headquarters, so the land is appor
tioned into subdivision of 2,000 acres
each, every one which is presided
over by a superintendent, who b on
der tbe directions and orders of the
owner. Lach chief overseer baa a
nice boose, in mom cases nicely fitted
up, and finished, in several instances,
in most excellent taste. Near the
superintendents house is 'the band'
boarding-house, where all tbe har
vesters board. Back of these build
ings are located the granaries and
stables, and a little further removed,
tbe machine shops, engine rooms, and
windmills. All the buildings follow
a plain but quite attractive style cf
architecture, and answers every pur
pose intended. Each subdivision has
the same t et cf building', and is op
erated in quite the same way.
To run tbe larai it requires tbe
service af 45d men and over 300 hor
ses and mules; to keep the accounts,
3 book keepers and 1 cashiers are
kept constantly busy. Water is
pumped by windmills several miles
back into the interior from tbe river.
1h Wood's reapers and binders are
used io tbe harvest, and pile up yel
low sheaves at the rate of 1,000 acres
per day. During the entire harvest
season last year thoy were retarded
only one half day by inclement
weather. The grain is separated
from the straw by IS steam thresh
ers, which, pats it ia tbe bins at tc;
rate of 1,000 bushels per day.
What aa Old Jlaai Have .fedeetf.
I have noticed that all men an; boa
eat when well watched.
I have noticed tkai purses will
bold pennies v veil as pjond3.
1 have noticed tbat in order to be
a, reasonable creature it is necessary
at tims to be downright mad.
I bare noticed tbat -eiiVi broad
cloths and jewels are often boogbt
itb other peopj. money.
I hare sotieed that whatever is
ri-ht, with tew exceptions the kft
eye, the left leg, and tbe side of a
plum pudding.
I have noticed that tbe prayer of
tbe seliah man is, "Forgive oa our
debts," while he makes everybody
who owes him pay ta the uttermost
farthing.
I have noticed tbat he who thiais
every man a rcgue i certain, to see
oce when he shaves hi cast If, and be
ought, in mercy ta his neighbor, to
surrender the rascal to justice.
It .are noticed tbat money is tbe
fool's wisdom, the knave's repatatkm,
tbe poor man's desire, the covetous
man's ambition. &i the idol of tbem
all.
hare noticed tbat all tne a speak
well c all men's virtue when tbey
are dead, and tbat tombstones are
marked with the epitaphs of the good
and v rtuoii. Is there any particu
lar cemetery where tbe bad are bur-
a ewe aai strepertaJale.
This is the way it U playeu; A
man past tbe prime cf l;te, poorly
dressed and having a moarnfol quiv
er in bis voice, takes two old oyster
cans, partly fills tbem with tend,
does them op io seat shape, and
selcting a bouse he calls the lady to
the door and says :
"Madam, I'm old and p, but
I'm not a thief I foaoJ these oyster
cans on the street, and won't you be
good eoosga to keep 'em till the
owner eal;s?"
"Why, tbe owner may never ci'.l,"
replies tke lady.
"1 bats so; bot la aol sole to
bur milk aod crartera even if I bad
oysters- you'd better keep 'em a
biieaoyhow. If no oce corner the
cans are yours. 1
Sometimes the old sad
mtkeS a
quarter, aod snstimes
to eat. lae owner dees not arrive,
e,nt the family prepare for fried
oytters tr supper. When the paper
is torn iff some folks laugb and
some don't. Some say they'll hast
over every rod of ground ia the
United o.U ho; la: thai they'll find
the old man and make him
eai tbe
last grain of sscd and the
hoov
cans to
Last year seven thousand ladies
and gentlemen,' who aspired to pub
lie life, found it in the Houfc cf Cor
rection, so say nothing df those e .!-
lly osetul folks who ought to have
gone there bat had ta pa; up with
Moyameasicf;. It costs money ta
providj these people with tbe luiu
aea to which tbey have been accus
tomed. To this class whcb is kocsed
and trd in the House of Correction
' for'natt or all of tka arnr rlpfan.
of dealing with small crimes ; it
tbe Delaware plan. The exce'eWece
of the whipping p;t U making'
friends for rt everywhere. Yirgiaia,
thinks it vi4 the one thing rsdid ;
to sp'emeot the Mc?tu ball pasck,
and now abe boea ss4er tsess com-
bined bcoiga iosoeaees to pay ber
deli. ls week a resolotion look-
isz to the settiog ep et tbe whipping
post was referred to a speciea! com-
j mittee of tbe West Virginia
Hooe.
Tbe movement is spread :nj. If vme
gentleman will ta'e p this eolject,
offer if in tae Pennsylvania Legtela
tore. and pass it, we wiR engajce to
1 famish hint with a tpech that
rill
'da kirn credit. Sunday Press.
Tana Pt(r'fcla.
' They bad been talking about the
remarkable performances of Dr. Car
ver, tbe marksman, who shoots, with
a riHe, glass balls which are sent
into the air as fast as s man
throw them. Presently Abner
ing who was silling by, said :
"That's nothing."
can
By-
"What is nothing?"
"Why, that shooting.
Did jou
! ever know Turn Po'tpr?"
( "No."
! "Well, Potter was thd best hand
with a ritle I ever saw; beat this
1 maa Carver ail bollow. HI tell vcu
what I've seen him do. You know,
maybe, aloncr there in the cherry
season, Mrs. Potter would want to
preserve some cherries; so Tom
would pick 'em for her, aod how tio
you think he'd stone them?"
"I don't know. How ?"
"Why, be'J fill his gun with bird
shot, aod gfct a boy to drop half a
burihel of cherries at one time from
the roof of. a hou se. As they came
dowa be'd fire and take the stone
clean out of every cherry in the lot !
It's a poeiiive fact! He might oc
casionally miss one, not ofien. But
he did bigger shooting tban tbat
when be wated to."
"What did be do?"
aVI"! a. .
ny, jin aimer Uid vou know
him ? No ? Well, Tom made a bet
ooco with Jim that he could shoot
the buttons off of his own coat tail
by aiming in the oppoite direction,
and Jim took him up."
"Did he do it?" .
"Do it ! He fixed himself in posi
tion, and aimed at a tree in front of
bim. The ball hit the tree, caromed,
hit the corner of a house, caromed.
strack a lamp pest, caromed, and
Cew bebined Tom, and nipped the
button off as slick aa a wbirtlo. Yoo
bet he did it!"
"Tbat was fine shooting."
"Yes, bat I've seen Tom Potter
beat it. I seen him stand under a
Bock of wild pigeons, billioos of them
coming like the wind, and kill 'em so
fast that tbe front of the flock never
passed a given line, but turned over
and f.l down, ' tbat it looked like a
kind of a brown and feathery Niaga
ra, Tom did it by having twenty
tbrte breech-loading ri3e and a bo
to load 'em. He alwavs shot wita
that kind."
'You say you saw him do this sort
of shooting V
'Yes, sir; and better tban that. too.
Why, I'll teil you what I've seen
Tom Potter do. 1 saw' him once set
up an India rubber target at 200 feet,
and hit tbe hall's eye twenty-seven
times a minuie with the same ball!
He would bit the target, the ball
would bonaca bic' right into tbe ri
fle barrel jas; as Tom had ctarped ia
a frerh charge of powder, and so he
kept ber a going backward and for
ward, until at last he happened to
move his gun, aad the bullet missed
the muzzle of the barrel. It was the
biggest thing I ever saw; the very
biggest except one.'
'What was that ?'
'Why, one day I was ot.t wirb
him when he wa practi-iia, and it
came on to rain. Torn eiida't want
to get wet, aud we Lad no umbrella,
and what do yea think he did?'
"What."
'New, what do you think that maa
did to kepdrr V
'I can't imagine.'
'Well, sir, he got n to load his
weapons fur bin, and I pledge yea
my worJ, aitiough it began to raia
hard, to hit every drop that came
down, so that the ground for about
eight feet around us was dry as punk.
it wa beautiful, B:r, beautiful"
And then the company rose op
slowly aad passed out onq by one,
each man eyeing Abner and looking
solemn as he went by; and when tbey
had goes, Abaer looked queer for a
moment, and said to me :
'There's nothing I bate so much at
a liar. Give me a man who is the
friend of the solid truth and I'll tie to
him.
Who can blame us we, the sona
of the Foortb of Jaly, first cousins of
E. l'lunhns Vnvm, and keepers of
the ferocious bald-headed eagle if
we do occasionally practically and
metaphorically clap cur wings and
emulate chanticleer io his lusty crow
ing, when all London stands aghast
over tbe notion c4 ooe Mortimer
merely broaching the ideact startiog
a diaiiy illustrated paper in the great
British metropolis. The project is
mad one, say the cockneys ; such a
thing cannot possibly be done; it is
lunacy totbitkef it. Well, perbsp
it is in London. Here in the United
States, we have had a daily illustrat
ed paper fr years, and it pays welf.
too. Will the stolid Englisbers ner
learn of us how things can be done ?
Mortimer evident! keens himself
posted on American journalistic af
fairs ; tbe bulk cf bis eouotrymen do
not.
A raiery Aaeal Atfaalraltr rata.
When ner Msy?aty's ship, Emer
ald, sailed for West Aostralia last
summer, ska received orders to ra!)
at ths rare-freqaected little island of
Tristan d' Acnna, to learn how tbe
lit:le colony fared, and inquire for
some ebip recked passengers; aIao,U
land a ecore of cats sent oat by the
Admiralty, in consequence of reports
that the i-!acd was impoverished by
swarms of mice. , A letter iuet re-
j ceiied frosa cne of the Emerald's cS-
; pra ,(, -,sr,l, Th nominal
oiilv a bite!r:,..,nr . t t.;.. i..
wa aa - a a M a atau, m V . t. 1 'Ul I ta IA a y
and his ninety soljcts, received
their visitors cordially, and tbabeck
and BkWrpapers brought were
moet wflccrue, but tke prcseat
cf cats caused Loth amnsemeot and
dismay. Grant told bis visitors he
coold e'jpply tbem with hundred' of
'cats' skins It was true the island
, WM tfeirna with cas.
and
it wis
Joubiful which was tbe greater
plague. Tbe rsiee destroyed every
greeo blade on the inland, hat ts
cats lived on friendly teraas w'r.k the
juice and d'sdaiced to eat them,
preferring to prey on yoong sea
birds and chickens. Therefore cat
are trapped and destroyed by ban
dreds. The Emerald's chaplain tarU
tened seven children bora to tke
eommanity since the last vaeit or a
maa-of-war. There ara five bachelor
and two marriage etle women ia tke
n-.tiinv the li.wr ari-nrrl'njlT K.in m
i.4,Ja the island, and six snrvivora
were rescoed, aainly by the exertioae
of the QoYernor's son. Tbey wr
oid aad fed by the poor cJoeista
froaa tteir seanty resources, aotil the
arrival of the ship relieved tieaa
of their burden. It was asgzested
ibat such comas services should be
recognized by occasional presents
from the Admiraltr, est act by un-
pcnaticBS of cats.
Paris has S00 newspaper,
Bad pusctoation fr a posUaher -
$yjp my paper.
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