11
of iPublication
The Somerset Herald
hlKbed very W wtoaedAy Mania MUM
UP
paid i advaaoa tberwia, $S M
Will
5, sbscripUoa will ba duwonliliBed wun an
,nnr rIld "P- swRlaotliig
notify wlK "brtlm " uk
will b held aM for Ik subsarlpUoa.
gstivcriberi
removing from on, Pariofflo to as.
. -i tha bum ef th Ifaraar I
,tker
U , lipret- Aaddrw,
77f Somerset Herald,
Somerset, l'a.
j TTORSEYS-A T-LA W.
' r SCHELL ATTOKKET AT LAW.
T I . J? K ntT . iFtM" Agent, Sovnervet,
r is Mammoth Bloc.
aa. 11-U.
r-
oH rHLATTOHSEY ATLAW.SOM
I JLi ral w W PMnpUl d bu,lM"
V efh uTlila. Mooy advaod ua collection
"""uttc to Mama BdlDg-
TRENT,
rro"i"-Ar-tjir.
SierW, Pc'-
-rN7TlUt-Alexjuder H. OoBrota ha
I ,r,.i)rtle Somenetand
Ij ""at' OtHm la Muuaoik ulldlng.
'Lrjf'rireAle.iiA, Som.net, Pawlll
-T-... c uit ATTOatN ET AT LA W
M
A H . 1- nr.v, i c
LA Someiwst, ra- wiu f.
AU buslne en
iillM promptly Attended to.
f'--H2LL Pa- will " toaUbarineaten
J TTcarVln Somerset and ad joining oun-
.-.uwl'I. ATTLMSCT AT LAW,
Office In Mu
lb. UTA-iy
JAMES L. PIGH,
V ATTORNEY AT LAW,
. . Dtulr ... ...I..
oytHi K, tJoUection made.-
KRtnVV ...'" 1 - .... .11 .,rtl h
nirc
bail
Ji,ital U) wilt prompio
Itti)1 .
j. wnM-niTtiw,
Sumencl. Pa.
u K(tO'TZ. AfTOKNET AT
r . P. will iriv, Drouipt tuo-
"ZZZU. Otto, in PrlnUog
XJ v j
m Uom.
I0HXR. SCOTT,
" ATTORNET AT LAW,
!f'jrim.l to bl or. ttndd wwlih
i)iaev mi" -Ai.j-
IL
'"roEXETATLAW.
SumerHL, PencA.
rrii.iTHkRrPPEU ATTORNEYS AT
".Eriio Jln CM ut, oppodU tb
J.
a. DOLE
itkiivct AT LAW.
, p. PniieMrtKuU blnei entrusted
IZxaii ttttnded to wia MPonno. nod ndcllty,
'aVtorneyatlaw,
s
UUV EYING,
Writing Deeds, &c.
j-Engir t Crtef A C ' Store.
C. F.WALKER.
Ao(M.
I'UYSICIAXS.
rvK J. K.
MILLER DM permnentljr located
, fur me urectioe at hi nn-leMion.
I I m Htrlin fur me urectioe at hi prv
ono1.(ii CberiM iLrUlngr ftor.
kyr. ti, : tt
DR R BBl'BAKER tender, hll profeMlooAl
rro lo the rtUteni of meret And Tlrtn
in om in rouJenoe, one dtwr wet of U, Bat
tit hVufc
OK E. BL KIMMEL will eontlnne to pmotlre
kbllclne. nod tender, hi yrofeeAtotiAl mrrU
m t U ritKent of Smeraet And tnrroandinit
tmtn. tmf At th, old pUee, A fw door OAAt
(M tiitd HottM.
n. WJ. COLLI.VS, DENTIST, SomerAet,
f. (Mitre is tbeer' Block, op tlr.
van Miuittll time be found preired to do
lUundfol wurk. vorhA filllnv. revrulaOnK. I-
n,iiu. ke. Artlnctal teetn ui aii Ainu, mu n
IM Mt a:tM UJ. Inerted.
Operatiuo warranted.
DR A G. MILLER, after twelve
-M-i- fir prmrtlre to Shnknile, h
, aj loovted At Somerset for the Pre
InilM Ws. and tender hi profeonJ er
rt w tie diliMi ot SoowTArt And vicinity.
tH iTUIt Store, oiiWite the Befnet
b m. ewe be en be eooanited At All time
rfwri-VAllv ned.
WSIf (All prompUj AnvwerAd.
etc 11, n-i.
Dr. W. F, FUXDESBERG,
Re dent Kuriteon,
fa MSB an! Ear InMrx
Izs Ixatei peraasKit!y in tie
y of CrcSZiLAlO, Hairland
frieZICLUSITi: treatnert cf all
iiirs: f the Sje azi Ear, iiclud-
rjixe :f tie 2'ose ard Threat.
Ve,
JiutJu.
S. Kwalli rewtrei Rlrt.
DENTISTS.
JOHX BILLS,
DENTIST.
' to CtCrMk A Ner new talldlnc.
Mais One Street.
Someraet, Pa.
wll
"W2WT. COLLINS,
DEXTIST,
kt"" tr' A Prea' vtore, K.imervet.
1 the law ftrteea year I have (rreatly re
tivo ibt prire of arUBctal teeth In thl plAce.
Tl awt.ni tncrlnr demaad fur teeth ha In
Ml vm u w etilarm bt fadlkie that can
mi of teeth At iiiwer prtee than jrue
" r-i th it anv ether place In rhl eotintrv.
lu , aiakmc a" good et of teeth fur tK. and If
Uo,twvid be aay ptrvoa idu( my ihoaamad
(k(i In thl ia- the AdJMtnln; uniiM that
auuuethjr that I not -irtnv vuud aal
aoua. they es call on mf at a u&4 and jet
MiHlltUltji
ETIFIC'AL TEETH!!
a. C. YUTZY.
DENTIST
iIK C1TT, xmurut Co.. F.,
.! Teeth, war anted u be of th vwnr beet
Uad .iaButotno, bu.(ld & the
FiftkV.ti .ttentkie paid U the prve
ZJiK th natsral teeth. Thoae rlnlct to
wwt vm iy inter ,oa de as by eaoluvtn (tamp
D
UMOXD HOTEL.
sroiTowx PA.
i PTla and weU known boner ha lately
An,Ll, rr,,, wlth all b.w
AniT ',n","r- hih ha mM U a very
a Jr" "'Ifirg niae tuvtb travellna pulile.
a': """, wot tvariMMd. all be
,1 ""A a Ur. MMit haU atteehed
tabllnc.
. eaa be bad at th k
not '? wecA. !
luwevt pun-
AMfKI. CVSTEU. Prop.
8. E. Cor. liUavoad.
'' B St e,town. Pa.
HllTH iffl
HiFFUffiS
ra. ai (Lb -
nrloAMI
'Weaith to
wltiUA the
rjr vaewae will ave
B!-m-alHTI fILLJt,
1SLV CTB E f TnrpM Urw, lypwpIA,
' Aiixaach, OuaatipAUe i. iM-tililty,
? " MBoUtei( and Bl.u
"t. p.u
fewoia mm Ata-ned
'- for on boa U atarrtcA. JaoUaw
yr rKa;wt wiU
Terms
HP!
I he
VOL. XXVII. NO. 3S.
BANKS, ETC.
NEW BA.NK.
-:o:-
Scnersst Coixntj Bank
t?fS . HARRISON,
Ct shier end Jfgtmger.
Oollertl'iu mad, in All pen of tlivL'niteu SuteA.
CbArc;e moderate. Batter And other check col
lected And cubed. Lantern And WeternexchAnir
aIwat on hnd. BemlttAnoe made with prompt
aea. Acooant AoUclted.
Purtic deilrln; to pnrehAM TJ. S. t PER
CENT. FUNDED LOAN, con be accommo
dated At thl Bank. Th, capon arc prepaid la
denom 't(!u
jvo. bicxa.
LA EC at. HICK
Apts for Fire asi lift tames,
JOHN HICKS & SON,
SOMERSET. PA..
And Real Estate Brokers.
ESTABLISHED iaiO.
Pei tnp who dartre to veil, bur or xchanire nrou-
rty, or for rent will find It to their advantage lo
resriater the deacriptlun thereof, a no chanre I
SAdeanlee told or rented. Kent ertAt baines
generally wlilbe promptly attended to.
auKis.
CHAS. O. ORTON.
CHAS. H. FISHER.
ORTON & FISHER,
CIGAR MANUFACTURERS.
FACTORY NO. 7.
Wholesale and Retail
DEALERS IN.
CIGARS k TORACCO.
We are now mannfactsrlng fir the wholeeale
tratle. Iiter clvars than have hercioktrv leea
manufactured in Somerset countv. A lor Hav
ana and Common Tubl. we claim to temanutao
turliiK the Iwol In tbe Slate. W e :!! the atten
tin ol Ketail leal.rs to our vtnrk and piic. In
oar Krmlt Kutre we carry the higtien and hnrat,
a well a Hie cheapen t grade of Smokirg and
t 'hewing Tobacco In the m.rkct. 3"Xio ies, pie
tema,and all kiixliol a ranker ma it rial.
i lactory and Retail Store at No. 3,
MAMMOTH BLOCK.
Jan. 15
TWINTI-FOORTH AfflDAL
REPORT
OF THE
SOMERSET COUNTY MUTUAL FIRE
far 11: Yar Erlin Sztzi 31st 1S7S.
By ca.h rec" on acc't of pew policic, Ixmcd
during the year 1; - - - m 28
By ah received on amount of renewal
continued - - . - - 40? 40
By caii received on account of aaceaamenu
coiiecca - ... 4.11 la
flioj M
28
Bnl:nee iue Treamrcr rer lart rcimrt
Paid Pen r Zuiall, damage to house
In loll Jat.uar il, l7i . .
Salomon SvMl -
In lull FelAiiary . 1S78
Jaa Lau. li "
In lull Apr:l 30, 1(
Val H. tern " liarn
in lull Ant at B, u:o
C. A. U iliiani lor a'ju'.lrg 1 w
Wert' Barn - - .
W. t'hl.H-rmn lin!uliiise
rmber lgTt -
linerenton uurr.weil nvney apbed
to W m. Ma)" e ate .
Printing I lor biaiiki A rr n
Kent an 1 tool .
Postage and aratuv ary
Salary ol Sec'y and 1 r.a. 1 vear
3
10 00
s 00
- -.os 00
f hi
11
VM (9
16 2i
Si 00
uu uo
11M
M 41
Balance due Treasurer
l.'arb prruiiatn and ,!frtinli In
cvuree of oiillevtkju
- 10QS 4
V4C 04
43.00 .'
Amunt of prt-mlum d4ci In force
liable tu a-wiMnenl
Total capital l3jl8
V itole numt-cr 01 poll tie tued Zj8
m tao Mt mi ,!.rno teaa.
Samnel Barclav. Abram Beam. Bemamln Kline
Jame Paria, jph Kefm. Jotih J. S.ylor.
jorian .1. walker. t: L. Allllor. JoUn Herkley J.
O. Kimmel. John llirka ol SoTnernet county. Pa. :
Leonard Burner and C A. ttllliam of Bwllurd
county. Pa.
m.i frri'm rosTixrr.n.
Samuel Barclay, President : J hu Hick. Sec
retary, Treasurer ami General Agent.
Bv order ol the Board.
JXH.N HICKS.
Feb. 12 Socretary.
'"-Fashions,
Thty rw ttpecUHy doiqned to meet
th) requlrmrit cf thow who dcvir
to dr well. They ar urcucpatted
lriStyle, perfect in it.jariw o aiffipls
thit thVyare feidiiy understood by th
mot inexperienced. Sewd 5c. for cut
alogue. Address,
'Domestic'1 Fashion Co.,
NEW YORK.
Dec 4
TXECUTOU'S SOTICK-
iiaie of AaOrev Smith late of Quemaboclng
lowuhio, droaaved.
Letter tevtamentAry on lb awri eetAt hav
ing been gruted to the andervtgned by the prop
er aotborin.'tK'tlce hereby gie to taie in
debted to it to make In oirduttcpaytGenLaed th-w
having claim, agalwt It ill ieamt then dalT
aathentiemted for aettlrmcnt oa ftatarday, Mar. A
1, Ik', At tl tnK ol the df eaw.l.
Jaa
Lxcvwior.
DMIMSTKATOIl'S NOTICE.
LmaI
tcof Nancy Simpson, late of QnemjboAlng
1 wp.. aeeeapea.
letter of a!minl.iratx the above estate
Ating ln framed to the Hndervigned. wo ice I
berel-y given 'w tn.e ImlHHed to it to make im
m,4i: n. m.nt and tb,jw having claims against
M lo teeti't litem duly iherjtleated for settle
ment ob aurday. March 14, !;. at the reaidcawe
JACX)B J. BOWMAJT.
jaa. 2V Administrator.
DMIKISTBATOK S NOTICE
Jonathsa Veodet. tat, of Somerset
' wjAseu.
Letter cf AdmlaMrAtloa oa the Above aetate
hAvmv mi1 by UiprttperathoTity,notj
U beu7 gvatotboceiAWt4AvCUUUmakvimme
AiAU p.) meat, aad taw havlngelal.ua against tt
to present them dalv asnbeatlnatAd sor setiiecaen
aTaewrday April, k. W. '
th.AdmmU.mor. , AO wDrx
f .b. t AdmUlsumler.
JN. SO SIMPLE
jZjS A CHILD CAN RUN lOsJ
UUHICMIU
Paner
1 I I Aw
liMI avi.
Maw.
MISCELLANEOUS,
A.J.GASEBEER&GO.
DISSOLUTION.
-:0:-
The im rtnerslilD between A. 3. CAereer And
Wm. B Frt-aw, ban been uilred by the with
drawvluf Win. B. Freaae. The bonk are In th
band of A. J. !ac tieer. and all accusal null 1
Kt'ied. either ny nite or cash.
The buaineu will be cuntinned at the
OLID ST-AJSTO,
On the S mtb.wt Ojrncr of DUmooJ, l.y
CASEBEEE & CO.,
Who will keep a good inpply of
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Oo hand, and a they bny their
Goods EXCLUSIVELY For GASH
WUl be Able to sell their ad on
BETTER TERMS
For the pnrcbAer than an? other
ST011E IN TOWN.
-:o:-
THEY "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
Pee. 24.
A CALL.
rnoi ehk.
PROTCBBM.
"Fur ainklng ciell,
ht,. ilitiiueMi. palpita
;im aud I'.w uplrit,
rely on H p itinera.'
"A.-.00 will be paid tori
1 case that Hop Bit
rr will not
ielp."
cure or,
'Red of. procure an'ifi "Hop Blrlcr huildf
you will lie atrotig
nealtby, and happy."
"Ladle do jron. want
?o te siroLg, hcabhv.
ai7 .uusuu, siren allien an' ,
ure omtinuallT .rote
rirat uoe. '
'Fair kin. msj
heekK. rmd the weet-
iod IwantilulT Then
et breath In hop Bit
uae Hop lllt.eM."
"The grcatcet Ajpe
: iter, stomach, bi'iotl
ter.
Kidney and t'rlna
try coroidaint of all
4nd liver regulator
liop Bitter. '
led by Bop Bluer.''
kin.t. irmin.nl I r cur
Clernymcn, Lw
Soar tcm?h. ick
vera. Lot tor. Bank
headache, and dirai
r. ani Lilie neel
Hop Bitter UaUy."
"Hop Bitter hat re
tred to aohricty ano
iirallh rfect wreck
:rom Inlettiperance.''
ni. Hop Bitter cure"
with A few dose."
"Take Hon Bitters
three times a day and
yoo win nave no doc
lor bill to pay."
For sale by
GEOROE W. speers.
Snm ciwt, Penn. '
( P It t.lurgli, (!:.( I'ud,) Pa.
Collt giate year opens Scjtember 12th.
Location 4 miles Irom Court Tlouee,
OTer-IuokiDf Kam Lilierty valley. Easy of
acccM and lire imm coiokc. lerms for
boardioit pupil reduced. For particulars
and catalogue applv to
MISS HELEX E. I'ELETREAU.
Acting President.
GEO. A. BERRY. Treasurer.
Aug I
cfcfi,''d.r sri4 iri-rtt'innt, r fnr tmjtrvremfnt
(n'ffitvl r -r mniirrl tw ntkrr Cfmynun'i& , trtde
mtrrkt mm4 -tWa. f'.'ecr, Aignmrta, cr
fTnrt. A rt'9. ftttttfr lnfrigrmrHU. mmA
:n I m m ntirtriM Uwt Aur fceeai
4x-.mj L,'uAj;f tr.m l . n. Patent
HuMirrttt, irt fw iM'tc vit9'T vir-V'. and 9"un
P,iUnt$ mor frtupt!if. uud vUU I reader niaimist
n tiiAi gzom.
M l vfTOrf-
r nHch of
wr J rirr; jr
(at ex'tmi 744ji4u4 nm.t aaiuft u$ to pttttnbilitiit
f.lrntinl. it AO ..' OjEv CJT-
Wer'frr in. fTfthivrftm, to ". pttuhnfiitf
Gmrml it. V Key. Pt. F. . T'lsprr, The tf&r
Ararrlcfrn Xoticms l Leuk. to op'in j h tJ. &.
Patent f3rt. ow-f tt timafr,T4 jui &wr tut ht3
i it arena: ttntt eyerUL wrcUri in emery
:uAj
14 ti4Ung:an9 2K C
DMINISTRATOIl'S NOTICE
township, Sumrrset cebnty, F.. dt-e'd.
L ter i 4 i nj Li! jt rat to, on t he above eat at e ha v
low lee.i) graD'.eif lo the upieriiA?ned. nolle it
ber by given to tb-ise rndelned to Itte make Imme
t'ii4ie pa toent, aso tnoac having claims aaralnat it
to preaept tbua dolv aatheutlcaia.1 for settlement
M fne n K.er A B er, In Sjncnet Bof.
on SaluniAy, MArch v, 17.
SOLLFVHAKT.
Fell. 12 Admialstrator ol Si:? .tkart.
DEAR SIR:
41 )oo are In want of anythina; in lb, w.y (,
C.VXS, mn.is.iu:voLTERs,
Pistols. AiamunliHoo. Qan Material. Fishing
la.ti. or auy oiuer Fine Sporting Cood
plea-e wtile tor my Larve li;us.iAivu c'ialue
and Pr ee Lin which 1 mail tree. Yoars truly.
J I'll .N SON'S Uki at Westarx Ol VTqrka.
PiTTsacmiH rt. " '
Feb. lv lm
Fcr Sale or Rent.
(JREEN TOINT FARM.
Two and one-half mile west from center of
Cumberland. At interse tt( d the National Kjad
with the .Id Somerset Tarni ike, Thl larm -tame
AjO acre ol iimeste land, VH acre anaer
cul ira lon. the ret In timber. Bearing orchards
of apples. fveacbeA. pears, a vine, ard and small
trait. The imprut.meat etnst ol twadwrl mg
huuseA. bank ti.ni. ste stal le Ut W sowa spring
boase with never failing spring ol water, kce house
titll, bedA pen, vara mt, and all other aprnr
tenne linilirM ela Lrm.
The above ptifeny will be rented with or with
out stuck. Pe.ioa gives m or belore the 1st of
April. lMtails given on app'lcatbei to.
S. H. l NULNBERO.
Fell. It Camherland, Md-
ALL SOLDIERS
Wbe received woand or Irjarle daring th late
war. eves tl but slightly dUal-led, can Bow obtain
pensKiBS back from day of discharge under new
iensi law. Kejected case, also reopened. Send
stamp lor partk-alarA
W. C BER1KOER A CO.,
B. I 3A3. Pittsburgh, 1'etia'A
" Oldest Claim Agency in th State
r eu. , oia .
A DMIijlTUATpRS NpTICE.
CaiBU of Em S. Tterrkley, late of BruthenrraUey
Twp., deceased. '
Letter, of sdmnlnratl-woB the a bore estate
having been granted to th ttBderairned, notice U
ben:)'; girea Ui thoae Indebted to H to m-k Ua
bmkU.1 payment, and thuas haying claim against
1, t pre ul (hem anly aaibrntlatd for avttla.
BMauat the retkleaoe o deed, katAruay.
hi arch 2A, .:.
EPHRAIM J WALKER,
JUiLPM JalLLLK,
Feb. 1 Administrator.
OrTSIDK IIP 19.
Just oaUld, th, window.
Through the cold night air.
Snowflake faUIn; softly.
Dropping ben and there.
Covering Uk, a blanket j
All the araond below,
V' hen th, flowen an ileeplna;,
Tacked In by the snew.
They an dreaming sweetly,
Through th. Winter night.
Of the Summer 'i morning
Coming tun and bright.
Jast Inside the window
Firelight ruddy gleams :
On the wall and ceiling
Dane it merry beams.
White A outside snow Sake
I th little bed ;
Oa tb, downy pillow
Best tb, early head.
Like th Irani the child 1 dreaming
Of tb, long bright boor, ot play,
Coming A tb, darkne meiteth.
Into tb, sunny day.
Aad above tb, sleeper.
Be they ehl'd or Bower.
Oar loving Father bendeth.
Watching boar by hour.
Tl HU kiv, which givetb.
Blessing great or imall ;
'TU HU ran which shincth ,
Slaking day for aU.
The Church ma.
MT AJBAVDKOTHEK'a MOXET.
I was Bittioa; ia my cosy bachelor
apartment ia London, conoiai? over a
subject fjr m j uext sketch aad woo
deriofr if mr engagement upon a pop
alar illustrated paper would prove a
mioe of wealih, wbea tbe letter came
that showed me what sudden wbirla
fortune's charmed wheel can take,
tt was from a lawyer ia New York,
and it informed, Carleton Egertoo,
wood designer, that I was heir to two
hundred thoueand dollars. I gasped
a little, looked about me to be sore I
was not dreaming, read the letter
over again and gradually absorbed
the delightful fact.
"lour grandmother having died
without a will." the lawyer wrote,
too are sole heir to the estate."
Mr grandmother far away ia tbe
recesses of my memory I could see, a
picture of mj father's death, his fune
ral aud his mother, who turned my
mother aud myself out of doors. Sbe
bad never cordially forgiven bis mar
riage with a girl who was earning
ber owo bread as a milliner.
Well, we went, and never mourn
ed for the splendid home we left be
hind os. Mother was proud for the
Egertons, for her boy above all, and
would not open a store, bat sbe made
enough for our simple wants and
gave me a good education, u ben I
was twelve year old my grandmoth
er offered to adopt me, and mr moth
er gave me a fair statement of all the
advantages that would result from
the acceptance of this offer. Bat I
clang to her, sobbing, praying to re
main.
Too most not chose hastily,
Carl," she said to me. gentlj.
" l oa say mr grandmother requir
es me to give yoo op entirely; never
.0 fee too? I sobbed;- " 7
"But you will have everything
else !"
I wanted nothing else I I set my
mother against all worldly advanta
ges and chose ber. I never regreted
it Oar love was perfect until tbe
grave closed upon ber, and I knew
ber dying blessing was tbe last word
I should ever hear from her dear
lips.
I went abroad to study when I
was twentr-one, paying my way by
ending sketches of travel to a New
York newspaper, and after three
years of wandering, had been two
years in Loodon when this wonder
ful letter came to me.
I was rich ! independent ! I could
study art unhampered bv money con
siderations. I could study my ideal
fancies OLcramped by newspaper re
quirements. Rich!
And though the grandmother who
hated my mother, who bad never
given me a kind word or a caress,
even when my father was alive! I
am afraid there was a wicked zest ad
ded to mj enjoyment of this good
fortune, by the fact that I inherited
ia default of a will, which would, I
felt sure, have deprived me of any
such inheritance.
I hurriedly canceled my L.oodon
engagement, packed xy trunk and
crossed the ocean. My lawyer sent
a clerk to meet ine, who accompan
ied me home, Informed me that Mrs
Hill, my grandmother's housekeeper,
was a thoroughly trustworthy person,
and left me.
Tbe houee was handsome ia every
particular, aad I was delighted to
find so many trnc of feminine
sway.
"Sryeiy," I meditated, "my grand
mother was a person of very youth
ful feeling, for tbe whole house is
as fresh and attractive as a bridal
home."
Mrs. II il was a grim, unapproacha
ble person, who served me delicious
repasts, kept tbe house in dainty or
der, and never spoke unless to answer
a question. She seemed to mi to be
nursing a grievance, bot I did not
care to inquire into its proportions.
Society opened its doors to me
Was I not an Egerton ? And I en
joyed my first taste of ease and luxu
ry immensely. Mj time had been
given to mercenary pursuits ever
since I was abb to earn a dollar, and
it was a most delightful noveltr to
spend, without counting the aelt-de
oial formerly entailed by over indul
gence. One of my special delights was to
visit Mrs. Craatord, an English lady
of advanced years, who bad been one
of my mother's friends; one of the
many who visited ber and loved her
after my father died. Widowed and
childless, sbe was fund of yooog peo
ple, and sure to have pleasant soci
ety always in ber rooms. I ofwio
went in uninvited and unannounced,
and was always warmly welcomed.
Therefore I waa amazed one evening
early in February, when 1 had been
six months ia New York, to meet an
embarrassed greeting from my old
friend. I bad passed tbe door, seen
bright lights ia tbe reception room,
beard the sound of music, and enter
ed. But as I stood near a window
looking over tbe room 1 beard Mrs.
Crawford speak to a friend :
"Carl Egerton is bere, and I invi
ted Marian Uentx. Sbe is iq the
music room."
"How very awkward! no you
suppose be will mind 7
"I never spoke about it to bim !
Then tbey passed on, leaving me
to wonder who Marian Hentz might
BCt
ESTABL1 ED, 18
SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY,
be, aad why it was awkward for me
to meet her. I saantered into the
music room. At the piano, singing
as I never heard an amateur sing,
was a girl of about nineteen, with
tbe rarest, most perfect '. bronette
beanty, the combination of black
bair and eyes, with the dazding fair
complexion. .. - 'i - . .
Her rich, cultivated voice rang out
in a ballad, tbe very simtviteity of
rendering being a triumph of art,
"Who is she?" I whispered to
pretty blonde beside me. V
"A music teacher Mrs. Crawford
8 interested in," was the fcalf con
temptuoos answer ; and then a rush
of crimson dyed the girl's face as she
said :
"Oh, I forgot, Mr. Egerton ! I
thought I" and she acttallj ran
away from me.
Then I found Mrs. Crawford, and
begged an introdoction to the singer.
aod was answered :
"It is Marian Hentz, Mr. Egerton
But, I suppose, yoo most tueet her
sometime." f
It was no place to seek aid erpla-
oation, and 1 was presented to Miss
Hentz, who waa coldly, ery coldly.
civu to me.
For two weeks I met her constant
ly, and was baffled br ber exceeding
coldness, wnue learning to admire
ber as I bad never admired' any wo
man before, tier beauty aa a de
light to an artist, her voice; won my
heart, and in spite of her evident dis
like for my society I loved her.
It was a fresh yooog love, too, al
though l bad admired others before.
My life bad been too bard s) struggle
for necessities to indulga ia love
dreams, and when I gave Biy heart
to Marian Hentz, I gave it true, lor-
al and untied.
But I made no progress, though
the spring days came and tbe Bum
mer bloomed, and I haunted ber.
We bad all been invited to Beecb-
wood, Mrs. Crawford's country seat,
tor a 6ummer visit, when one even
ing just before she left tbe citv I
went to call upon my old friend. .
sbe was ia the library, aod as I
crossed a loog room, heavily carpet
ed, to the door, I beard a voice, too
dearly familiar, say : , "..
"I cannot go! do yen not under
stand how paioful it is forme to meet
Carl Kgerton 7"
'But, my dear child," tar old
friend said, "if he loves you, and I
am sure be does " .
"Hush !" Marian answered Quick
ly, it never eould be !" (
"Not if 1 might be yeur grand
mother, my child not if you loved
him 1" ;
A quick sob answered this, bat in
a moment she said bastilr :
"I do love bim ! There vou have
forced it from me ! Bat it can never
be never!"
I heard ber leave tie . room br
another door, and go op ta1rs sob
bing as sbe went And t did 'not
wait for ceremony, but went to Mrs
Crawford, asking abruptly :
" by can it never he?"
"Were yoa there, Carl ?' she ask
ed.
"Yes, coming to beglrou to plead
my cause with .Marian Hentz. What
is the mystery aboo. ber ?"
Is it possible yoo do not know ?"
I never heard of her until I met
her here."
"Set here beside me. Carl. 1 beve
blamed you, loving you, that you
did not take any action in the mat
ter. But if yoa are ignorant of her
claim upon you "
"Claim upon me !" I cried.
"Well, opoo your propertr! What
wide-open eyes! Yon are Burely ig
norant and innocent! Listen, then :
Your grandmother" and Marian's
grandmother were first cousins, and
warmly attached to each other
When you, as a boy, refused to be
adopted by your grandmother, Mari
an's mother was dying. Her father
bad been some years dead, and the
child was destitute. Mrs. Egertoi
took her. She brought ber ud as
she would bare dooe ber own daugh
ter, lavishing npoa her all that
wealth could command, both for ed
ucation and pleasure. She was nev
er formally introduced to society, for
Mrs. Lgerton took ber everywhere
with her while she was but a mere
child. It was tbe general impres
sion, Carl, that your grandmother
would leave her property to Marian,
bat she had the too common super
tilion that making a will shortened
tbe life. Sbe pat it off, year after
rear, until sbe was actually dying.
Tbeo sbe had a will drawn, leaving
everything to Marian, and died while
the lawyer waa engaged upon the
draft. leaving Marian penniless."
"Why was I never told this ?' I
cried. "What a brute I have been !
Does she think I knew ?"
I cannot tell. It was a delicate
subject, aod, I presume, your friends
were, like myself, natarallr relactant
to speak of it Bat now V
"1 shall of coarse, settle opon ber
n
"It is too late for'that Carl.
Yoa
upon
eould not bow confer fortone
Marian exeept in one way."
"Bat if sbe will not hear me ?"
"Was I right in mr conjecture.
Carl F Do you lore ber 7"
"With all my heart !"
"Wait bere, then."
1 waited long in ao agony of sus
pense. Well 1 realized tbat it was
Indeed too lae for me to rectify my
grandmother's delay, tbat only as my
fe could 1 bestow fortone upon
Marian. Woold Mrs. Crawford suc
ceed ia ber friendly offices? Would
sbe nerer come to tell me bow Mari
an bad received ber? Would tbe
barrier ot pride my darliDg had rais
ed to hide ber love melt before her
old friend's pleading?
I was growiog more than impatient
ben Mrs. Crawford returned, and!
said tome:
"Marian is in tbe sitting room.
Will you go to ber?"
Woold I enter j?araiae if the
gaea stood open t I kissed my old
friend's band and hurried away.
will not tell all that passed. My
darling forgave my unconscious cruel
ty, and- when tbt autumn leaves
were falling there waa a wedding at
Mrs. Crawford's that settled finally
the vexed question of who should
rightfully bare inherited my grand
mother's money. Both heir-at-law
aod tha heiress who might hare
reigned war satisfied.
rr
87.
FEBRUARY 26, 1879.
The !!
that Bwatael
Army.
British
- An old and tried friend of mine,
who has lived half bis life in South
Africa, and is intimately acquainted
with the native character, expressed
a rerr high opinion of the Zolas,
wbea I called on bim tbe other day
for a little information on the sub
ject
'The Zulu Caffrcs are,' said he,
'fine fellows, both physically and in
tellectually; their splendid physique
and aquilioe features are a pleasing
contrast to many of the native Afri
can races. For faithfulness, industry,
and honesty, you might search the
world over and not find their equals.
When I first took up my residence
permanently in -Natal, some years
ago, I bad tbe management of one of
tbe principal banks in the country,
and was astonished to find tbe im
plicit confidence which was placed in
Zulu honesty a confidence which, in
no single instance tbat ever I beard
of. prored to be the least misplaced
Planters used to send a Zalu ten,
twenty, aod eren sixty miles to tbe
bank with a check for wages, with,
perhaps, a note instructing what pro
portion was to be paid ia silver and
what in gold. I bare often seen a
Zulu cheerfully trot eff with a little
bag slung orer his shoulder, coojaio-
ing as much as 100. Their endur
ance is wonderfal; tbe distance from
Durban to Mariizberg, or Pietermar-
itzberg, as it used to be called, is fif
ty-six miles, and tbe .hoglisb mail
used to be carried on the backs of
Zulu postmen the entire distance.
Although there ia a rise of 12.000
feet, and the carriers had portman
teaus strapped on their backs filled
with letters and newspapers, and va
rying iq weight fro ni ,b to llio
pounds, they used to perform the
journey regularly in twelve hours.
and came ia 'fresh as a daisy
'Are tbey a cleanly raca?'
'Yes, almost too much so; I used
to wish tbey would instill tbeir scru
pulousness ia this respect into the
dirty 'Bushmen' and Hottentots. The
fellows are always washing them
selves or their clothes. I bad a faith
ful Bervant, who prayed me, with
tears ia bis eyes, to take bim to Eng
land with me, on my first return to
tbe old country. I remember once
making him a present of a pair of
black cloth pantaloons, with wbicb
be was highly delighted ; be osed to
wash them three times a week regu
larly a process which, though not
conducive te the longevity of tbe
pantaloons, spoke relumes for Zulu
cleaoiiQess.'
'What is your opinion of Lord
Chelmsford, the Commander-in-Chief?'
Tbe fine, bronzed old colonist gave
a grunt, wbicb I interpreted to be the
Zulu for dissatisfaction, and said
slowly, between meditative poffd of
bw egarv n-ll, bo', . good enough in
some respects, and would be tbe
right man for some places, but he's
hardly tbe man for South Africa.' 'A
sort of 'square peg ia a round bole,'
I suppose?' I said interrogatively.
'Exactlr.' said the colonist; 'he'd do
well enough for Malta or Gibraltar,
for tbe camp at Aldershot or ao or
nameccal officer at the 'Autumn Ma-cu-uvre8,'
but he's very little use in
'the botib.' I remember he used to
be dreadfully pompous when he was
Colonel itiessigtr; I don't know
what he will hare blossomed into
now. A friend of mine met bim on
tbe street in Durban some years ago,
and mistaking bim for a friend, sa
luted bim with 'Hallo, Smith, old
boy, how are yoo?' The Colonel
was mighty proud of his personal ap
pearance, and, moreorer, rery much
disposed to pat down what be con
sidered as presumption; be cast a
withering glance at my friend, and
drawing his handsome person op to
its full height, remarked, 'Haw, haw,
my good fellow ! do I look like a per
son if the name of Smith ?"
Tbe conversation drifted off Lord
Chelmsford to the troops he cora-
manded and the Zulu fighting men
who would be opposed to them. 'I'm
no pessimist,' said the old colonist,
'and any man woold be a fool to
doubt what the final result of a col
lision between England and Zuloland
would be, jet I fear tbe authorities
make a mistake in overestimating tbe
efficiency of tbe forces at their dis
posal, and ubderrating those ot tety
wayo. There are about 7000 native
troops in Natal aod the Transvaal,
aod 5000 whites. Tbe number of
Zulu warriors is estimated at 40,000,
bat I am certain tbey could throw
CO. 000 fighting men into Durban in a
single night. When roused, ther
fight like wild-cats, and as nearly
every able-bodied man has been sup
plied witb a breech-loading rifle by
the traders from Delagoa Bay, it is
most unwise to despise their powers
ofdoisg mischief.'
H by Are aw Jlawy Ttalaga
Why is it right to steal from the
Government ?
Wby is it wrong to kill the man
who says be told you so ?
Wby do people always discuss Eu
ropeau politics as though tbey under
stood them?
Wby a man should always get mad
if you frankly and for bis own good
tell bim be is making a fool of him
self? Wby is it o hard to find a man
when yoa want to borrow money
from him?
Wby is it so hard to borrow the
money af.cr yoo hare found bim ?
Wby a man always wishes he had
chosen some other profession ?
Wby a man is always goiog to
take a racatien "next Summer ?"
Why a man thinks every year tbat
he won't be as big a fool this year. s
he was last?
And wry he is, though, all the
same I
Why a man never tries to beat
down tbe price of a railroad ticket?
Why everybody effects a profound
knowledge cf growibg crops and crop
prospects 7
Why men always lie about the size
of the fiab they catch and tbe number
of ducks they shoot ?
What a girl ever sees in a great
selfish, deceitful, bulking, animal of
a roan to marry bim for, anyhow ?
Wby it takes five grown people to
take one sleeping infant to the cirrus
"to see tbe animals!"
llera,
Kerreahlwa; Hiatwry.
In a letter publisbel in Harper's
Weekly of tbe 15th uit Commodore
John Marston, of the navy, comment
ing upon tbe printed statement tbat
to Commodore Paolding was due the
credit of having countermanded an
order issued by the Navy Depart
ment directing the Monitor to be sent
direct to Washington from New York,
gives tbe following narration of his
(Marston's) connection with tbe
matter:
Tbe facts of the case were these,
and I received tbem from tbe Ad
miral himself: Commodore Pauld
ing had been ordered by the Depart
ment to Bend tbe Monitor to Hamp
ton Roads, and she left New York
under those orders. Sbe, however,
had been gone but a few hoars whea
another order was received by Com
modore Paulding from tbe Secretary
of tbe Navr. directing him to send
be Monitor to asbiogton. Lorn
modore Paolding immediately dis
patched a fast vessel to overhaul tbe
Monitor, with orders to proceed to
Washington. It was too late; the
Monitor had gained too great a dis
tance to be overtaken, and tbe dis
patch-vessel returned to New York
without accomplishing her great ob
ject.
At this time I was in command at
Hampton Roads. Some two or three
days before tbe Merrimaccame down
from Norfolk I received from the
Navy Department foor telegrams or
dering me most preeroptorily to 'send
tbe Monitor to Washington immedi
ately on ber arrival' Oa tbe night
of the 8th of March tbe day on
which the Merrimac came down and
sank tbe Cumberland, and the Con
gress was burned at about nine
o clock, tbe little Monitor arrived.
Captain Wordea immediately came
on board the Koanoke and reported
himself to me. I inquired into his
condition which was not a very fa
vorable one; bis men were all green;
tbey know nothing of that peculiar
armament then on board tbe Moni
tor. A few moments' reflection,
however, derermined me as to the
course I should pursue. I informed
Captain Worden that my orders
were very positive to Bend the Moni
tor to Washington, but tbat I was
going, at the risk of my commission,
,0 disobey those orders aad send bim
up to Newport News to look oat for
tbe Merrimac Ia this Captain Wor
dea most cheerfully acpaiesced, and
on tbe following day tbe result was
koowa to an astonished aad admir
ing world.
I hare made this correction of the
sketch of mr much-valued friend Ad
miral Paulding for the reason thrt,
after a service in tbe Nary of more
than sixty-six rears, I look back 00
no part ot tbat service with tbe pleas
ure and satisfaction I do on my bar
ing on tbat memorable occasion dis
obeyed my orders.
A recent writer (I th!nk) In tha
United States service, epeaking of
tbe introduction of new means of
war-fare, asks tbe question, 'Where
would the United States at this mo
ment have been if Ericsson bad not
given us the Monitor?' and may I
not ask the question, 'Where would
the United States at tbis moment
have been if I had not disobeyed my
orders?' There was nothing to pre
vent the Merrimac going to Phila
delphia, New York or Boston, and
the fall of either of those cities would
have been the signal for Europe, but
especially for England, to acknowl
edge the independence of the south.
A Xvwleglcal Kaambte.
Having gireo tbe cat-o'-niae tails
her milk, aod patted the dog ia the
manger he seemed to smell a rat
I put on my borrowed plumes and
left borne just as the cuckoo clock
was Btriking nine, bent on accom
plishing one of two things either to
beard a lion in his den or t break a
butterfly on a wheel. I called at my
fish monger and poulterer's but be
bad nothing in his shop except a fish
out of water (rery much like a whale)
and a March bare; but his wife said
be was absent on a wild-goose chase,
and had set some springs to catch
woodcocks before he went, so would
be sure to hare a bird in the hand in
the course of tbe morning. I ordered
a couple of Welsh rabbits, and went
on my way. 1 bad bought an ounce
of ciret of tbe apothecary, wbea,
bearing a cry of 'Wolf!' I rushed in
to a china shop, aod there encoun
tered a bull, which I took by the
horns, and was thanked by tbe mayor
for my courageous conduct Oa my
way back I crossed the fields, and
Lad the rare good fortune to catch a
weasel asleep, aod a'tached to the
spot by the croakiog of a frog out a
wooiog (witboot tbe maternal con
sent) to find a toad witb a precious
jewel in his head (Luckily, 1 saw a
snake in the grass just in time).
Nothing else remarkable occurred,
except that I met the lion of the sea
son on a white elephant, accompanied
by a little dog proud of its side-pockets,
and saw a man witb a bee in his
bonnet nursing a dear gazelle, and
throwing physic to tbe dogs. I shed
oome (crocodile's tears at tbe Bight
(I forgot to mention that I was pur
sued by a wolf in sheep's clothing,
and a bear with a sore head, bat my
dogs ot war sared me). The cat
was still looking at the king, and tbe
fox at the grapes.and tte fretful porcu
pine bad not parted with her quill",
wbea I reached home, where I found
a present awaiting me of two dozen
(fjur.acd-tenty) blackbirds all
ready prepared tor my Christmas
pie. Adcance.
A Quaker WaMaB AerBaow.
'My dear friends, there are three
things I very much wonder at The
first is, that children will be m foolish
as to throw stones, clubs and brick
bats into fruit trees, to knock down
fruit; if they would let them alone
they would fall down themselves.
Tbe Bccond ia, that men should be so
foolish as to go to war and kill one
another; if let alone tbey would die
themselves. The third and last thing
I wonder at is, tbat young men should
be so anxious as to go after tba
young women; if they would stay at
home, tbe young women would come
after tbem.'
Song of tbe dry-goods
"Swinging in detain."
clerk-
WHOLE NO. 1442.
For II aasaada.
Don', think wbea you have won
a wife tbat vou bare also won a
slave. '
Don't think that you can dispense
with all tbe little civilities of life
toward her on marrying. Sbe ap
preciate those thing9 quite as much
as other women.
Don't be gruff and rode at borne
Had yoa been that sort of a fellow
before marriage, tbe probabilities are
tbat rou would be sewing on Tour
own buttons still.
Don't make your wife feel that she
is an incumbrance on yoa by giving
ber grudgingly. What she needs
give to her as cheerfully as if it
were a pleasure to do so. She
wiil feel better, and so will you.
Don't meddle in tbe affairs of the
house under her charge. You have
no more right to be poking yeur nose
into the kitchen than she has to
walk into your place cf busioes and
giving directions and orde-s to your
employees.
Don t find fault with ber extrava
gance in ribbons, etc., until you have
shut down on cigars, tobacco, beer,
etc.
Don't leave yocr wife at borne to
narse the children on tbe score of
economy, wnne vou bolt down town
at night, to see the show, or spend a
dollar on billiards.
Don't bolt your enpper, and hurry
off to epend evenings lounging
around away from your wife. Be
fore marriage yoa coulda't spend
your evenings enough witb ber.
Don t prowl ia toe Ioaang resorts
till midnight, wasting your time in
culpable idleness, leaving your wife
lonely at borne to brood over your
neglect and ber disappointment.
Don t think that board and clothes
are sufficient for all a wife does for
rou.
Oh, fjeorge.
They were on tbe ice, one after
noon, be in tne giorr 01 cia new louna
love, sbe witb a brand new pair of
skates on her pretty feet They were
very sweet oa each other and skated
hand in hand, now forward now
backward, gliding smoothly and
gracefully, totally unconscious of the
smiles of tbe spectators and the chaff
ing of the email boys. He was skat
ing backwards and had bold of ber
band, a strong bold witb jast tbe
least more pressure than would have
been desirable under other circum
stances. He was pulling ber along
and talking sweetly tbe meanwhile:
'Darling Celeste, shall we always
glide together through life as smooth-
y as we do now V .
'George dear, 1 hope so: smil
ingly.
'And shall we ever be to each oth
er as dear aa we are now ?'
O, George, always.'
'And, Celeste, shall our clasp of
tb Ltattd b aa warm ia the future as
it is now ?'
Ob, George, it will !' lovingly.
'Dear Celeste, you are so kind
to keep me first in rour affee '
'Ob, George!'
There was a crash before that last
exclamation. Celeste was skating
backward and they were looking into
each others eyes. Her skate caught
ia a crack ia the ice and there was a
fall George oa top. A series ot
mild shrieks, a risioa of dimity, and
then two skaters left the ice. Celeste
bas a lamp on tbe back of ber head
as big as tbe prize pompkin, and
George's nose locks like a ripe fig
aod is all skewed around like a mule's
jaw. Ub, George 1
Cowatry Hegvw v. lawn egro.
An eternal warfare seems to rage
between the country negro and the
town darky. This was illustrated at
a passenger depot yesterday. A color
ed youth from Pike county approach
ed a town negro, and the following
conversation ensued:
'Whar boats is de ticket office ?'
Right dar 'fo'yo' eyes.'
Fo' whose eyes?
Yone.'
"Is rou de ticket cfUce ?'
'Look yer, nigger, doo'tyoa gimme
none yo' slack.'
'I'm a mighty slack man, ole man,
when be gits stirred op.'
'An' you 11 git stirred up ef yon
stan' roun' yer foolin
longer wid
me.'
'Dat's de kiu
9 rt evVifi mv'. , 1 m e
pinin' rer.'
And with that they clinched aod
had a lively tussle. They were sep
arated, however, before a policeman
came along, and tbe Pike county
darkey found tbe ticket office. Tbe
town negro, it may be as well to
mention, was badly used up.
A VlrU CaaaawMlttw aa Baya.
Bors is strange things. Boys is
of three kinds tbe baby boy tbe lit
tle boy aud the big boy. I don't
like tbe baby boy, because he squalls
aod kicks, aad I mast reck him with
a cradle. But if the big boy or little
boy squalls and kick?, 1 can rock bim
wun stones. I like tbe littlw boy
best when he's got candy and gires
me some. But I like tbe big boy
beet when it snows, because be can
haul me on a eled. A bor is a little
man, if Le behaves himself, aod if he
doesn't, he's a little devil; that is
what mother said brother Bob was
tbe other day when be told Miss
Smith that mother said she was an
old bore. My papa said he was a
little boy once, bat mother says she
was not and she wishes papa was a
little boy once more. Sister July
says she doesn't like boys, and when
I saw her aod Tom Brown a sitting
in the rocking chair a Sunday night,
sbe says she was trying to tqoecze
tbe life out of him 'caase she did not
like him, but I don't think she was.
A good, bandy, fast walking team
is more economical
at a high price
than a team
hich walks slow, or ,
which la awkward, or ot poor quali
ty. A poor tool or poor team is
always dear at any price, aod is one
of the gos of mismanagement and
poverty. An implement should be
aa light aa ia consistent with strength.
There ia a great satisfaction in hand
ling excellent tools. It is well to be
a little aby of patent bigb-priced im
plements of any kind, aniens yoa
bars plenty of money to spare.
. I'l.i... . .. 1
A Penaevlvaala Sldlr Bnj In .!.
Nearly forty years ago, ia South
Huntingdon township, , Wesuaore
land coQa'jj.lired John Hinton. He
was an orphan boy, rude and iineda-"
cated, and had wandered there from
tbe neighborhood of Masontown,
Fayette county. With ao known
relatives, he was kicked about frvm
one family to another till manhood.
Etiliating then in the regular army,
he served in the Florida war. At its
close be helped to escort the Chero
kees beyond the Mississippi. -From
tbe Indian Territory he went to New
Orleans, and shipped aa a common
sailor on a vessel bound for the East
ladies. At tbe city of Madras, on
tha western shore tf the By of Ben
gal, he deserted and enlisted iu a
British regiment, ia which be served
many years, and during tbe memo
rable Sepoy rebellion was noted for
his daring bravery. At his discbarge
be was presented with a gold medal
by the Governor General. He is
next beard of travelling ia a cara
van from Delhi westward across tbe
Indus river, thrt ugh Afghanistan and
Persia to Turkey aud back.
Ia time, from trading, be became
immensely veaitby, and was the own
er of five caravan, containing 13,
OG1) horses and camels, and fifty ele
phants. I;i l5ot he visited Cabul,
the capital of Afghanistan, for cop
per, great quantities of which are
there mined and smelted. Ilia mag
niHceat retinue attracted the atteu
tioa of the Emir and be was invited
to an audience an hooor never tie
fore received by a Christian. A
present of a hundred of his best hor
ses and albree-tusked elephant, made
the Emir his eternal friend. Wbea,
yearly, it was followed by similar
present?, besides camels and mer
chandise, Joha Hiaton had tbe mo
nopoly of trade from the summits of
the Hindoo Kosh Mountains to the
confines of the Beloochintan, aod ia
real power was second only to the
Emir himself. About 1370 he wn
made Military Commander of th
District of the Herat, and 1STG sup
pressed a local rebellion, to tbe great
satisfaction of his sovereign. Train
ed ia the arts of war among the sav
ages of North America, aad among
the superstitious natives of India.
where he became thoroughly familiar
wuh British soldiers and resources
together with hU years of service as
the idoiizad commander of the Mo
hammedan tribal armies of Afghanis
tan, amountiug to tens of thousands
of half-civilized men, be is to-day the
ablest soldier of Asia. PitUbur'j
Tdgraph.
The rig'a Statt In Life.
The pig is an animal that has its
wits about it quite as soon after birth
aa tbe chicken. 1 therefore selected
it aa a subject of observation. The
following are some of my observa
tions. Tbat vigorous youag pigt got
op and search for food at once, or
within one minute after entrance in
tbe world ; that it removed several
feet from the mother, when aged only
few minutes, they soon Hud their
way back to her, guided apparently
by the granting she makes in answer
to their squeaking. In the case I ob
served, the uld sow rose ia less tbaa
aa hour and a half after piggisg, and
went out 13 eat ; the pigs ran about
and tried to eat various matters, fol
lowing their mother out, aod bucked
while she stood eating. Oae pig I
put ia a bag the moment it was born,
and kept it ia tbe dark until it was 7
hours old, wbea I placed it outside
the sty, a distance of tea feet from
where the sow lay concealed inside
the house. The pig soon recogefced
tbe low granting cf iU mother, went
along outside the Biy struggling to
get over tbe uuder or lower bar. At
tbe end of fire minutes it succeeded
ia forcing its way through ucider tie
bar at one cf the few places where
tbat m possible. No sooner in,
than it went without a pause intc
the pig bouse to its mother, and was
at once like the others in its behav
ior. Two Ltde pigs I blindfolded at
tbeir birth. One of them I placed
with its mother at once ; it soon foond
the teat and began to suck. Six
hours later I placed tbe other a little
distance from the bow ; it reached her
in half a minute, after goiog aooa;
rather vaguely; in half a minute
more it found tbe teat Next day
I fouod that one of the two left with
the mother, blindfolded, bad got tbe
blinders off; the other was quite
blind, walked about freely, knocking
against things. Ia the afteraooa 1
uncovered its eyes, and it went
round and round, as if it had had
sighr, and bed suddenly lost it In
tea minutes it was scarcely distin
guishable from one that hadsigbi all
along. When placed ou a chair it
knew the height to require consider
ing, went down on iu knees aad leap
ed down. Wbea its eyes had been
unveiled twenty minutes I placed it
and another twenty feet from the
sty. The two reached tha mother
in five miaates aad at tha same mo
ment The Beat hwaps.
A correspondent in the household
department of the Free Press gives
this advice to ladies, in regard to the
use cf soap: Always use tbe best of
soaps for toilet purposes, as cheap
poor soaps do more to injuring the
skin than any other cause. Tbe
safest soap in market ia the colorless
caaiile ; olive oil soap is also good ;
glycerine soap is good for winter use,
especially if the skia is liable to chap;
tar soap is recommended for those
who have eruptions cf the skio ; oat
meal soap will make the hands soft
aad white. Soaps made from vege
table cils are much better than those
made from the fats of animals ; al
mone til soap is a farcrite on account
of its delightful perfume taken from
the oil of which it is made, aod
therefore requires no other sceatiog.
Lard soaps are bard aod solid and
by some are preferred to regetable
soaps.
Pa aa laa ateaeL
An Irishman, driven to despera
tion by tbe stringency of the money
market and tbe high price cf prof ij
ions, procured a pistol and took to
the road. Meeting a traveler, be
stopped him witb :
" Your money or your life ! '
Seeing Pat was green at l holi
ness, the traveler said :
"I'll tell yea what IU do; IU
give all mr money Sor that pistoL"
"Agreed !"
Pat received the money aad Land
ed orer the pistol.
" Vow " aai.t the ... .I.,. L.nil
ha..k th., . 1.,. K,'
v,.; . , 1 J
"Blaje away, my hearty," said
Pat ; ni ver a dhrap Jf powder is there
in it"
Firm friends. Partners.
The floating population. Fiafiea.
A good dentist is a Successful scan
on tbe stamp.