1 HE DOOM OF THE BRAVO
It m Dot long ago tbat, being in
tbe City of Mexico, I made an op
portunity of vimunjr the magnificent
cathedral there, which, it is well
known, it tnperior in eize. costliness
and architectural pplendr, to any
other religions edifice upon the Wes
tern hemisphere.
After .having spent several hours
in wandtsrintr about tbe interior, un
der tbe guidance of a bare-footed
friar, who was nririleired as on of
the exhibitors of the place, and whom
I had propitiated at the outset by a
ilvuccur of four reals (instead of two,
his usual perquisite), I was passing
out into tbe niazza still under his
guidance, for I wished to ask him
some more oucstions concerning the
numerous statues ranged about the
epplanade when my attention was
attracted by a large, flat flagging
stone, seamed across by a zigzag
fracture, with a rudo inscription un
derncat h tho widest crack "El Ha
do del Bravo?
; That was the purport of the inscrip
tion that X read on the stone, bending
down to do so for it was nearly ef
faced bv the action of tbe weather,
and perhaps tbe friction of thousands
of feet tbat baa pegged ana repasBea
over it since it was rudely chiseled
there and I then turned an inquiring
glance upon my guide.
"El JJado del J!ravo? I repeated.
That means in English, 'The Doom
of the Brave. And p-ay, good padre,
what mar that refer to
"Ah, scnor," said he, smiling, "tbe
ominous stone lettering is so much
worn now tbat few visitors find occa
sion to ask its meaninir. but there is
an old muleteer, accustomed to loiter
hereabouts on the piazza at about
this time of day, whom, perhaps it
would be well for you to meet, lie
not only inscribed this as vou see it,
many, many years ago, but would be
moro than willing, for a real or two,
to rive you its history, which is
terrible one in its wav. There he is,
now," he added, indicating an old,
decrepit, and miserably ragged man,
who was louncinir with an austere
but purposless air, at the shady side
of a public fountain not tar away, ia
company with a large group of mule-
teerstJwater.carriers, fruit venders, ana
others, apparently as lazy ana con
tented as himself. "Shall I call him
hither, eenorr Jh," be added, again
smiling as he noticed my hesitation,
"I will only leave you with old. Gas
co half an hour, and then return to
finish the task for which the sen or has
already paid me bo liberally."
I then signified my assent, and the
padre straightway summoned the old
Mexican, who came with a great
deal pf alacrity, when be had been i
given to understand that it would be
worth his while.
"Si, senor; it was my own hand
that cut those words in tbe stone
there," said be, when we were left j
a'oce. But the sun fairly blisters
here ; pray come into the shadow of
tbose aloes yonder, whence we can
see the front of the cathedral just as
well, and I will tell you story- CVr
ramba ! but it burns even here," he
added, when I had followed him to
the shelter indicated. "Ah, if I on
ly had the wherewithal for some cig
arettes, how it would refresh my mem
ory now! But we muleteers are bo
poor"
I hastened to supply him with
some tobacco and paper for smoking,
and then tendered him with a real,
together with tbe intimation tbat he
should have another if he gave me
this story in detail, and without ex
aggeration. .Nothing else was needed to set
mm going wun me regulation 01 a
music-box, and between the twisting
and the lighting of his .everlasting
cigarettes, there was scarcely an in
tsrruption to the old fellow's narra-
t ve, which was as follows :
mj name is iiapnaei uasco, sen
or. You'd hardly suspect it to look
at me now, in my rags and tatters,
and with this skin of mine, which
more reseniblei smoked parchment
than real human skin, but it is never
theless true that on the 12th of April,
just forty-six years ago, I was as
Landsome, hearty and devil-may
caro a young caballero as would be
likely to meet in a day's ride. For
Dios! I was all that; and in spite of
Having passea tnree ot tne best years
of my life in the convict 6ilver mines
of Chihuahua
"'I got Bent up there, together with
a fellow convict, an ancient comrade
of mine, named Pedro Vuldemar. for
having engaged in a sort of individ
ually revolutionary movement, which
the authorities were stupid enough
io misconstrue into a highway rob
03TJ. But, caramba ! we dont split
nairs aoout it at this late day. Pe
dro and I were rivals as well as
friends. That is, we were both in
love with Carmen Core, a beautiful
Mexicana, whose father used to keep
apicuj iuouuaiue era uruzroad.
1 was tbe more fortunate, and Car
men and I were one day married.
"I was arrested so soon after my
marriage as at first to make me sus-
p3ct that Pedro had given informa
tion against me out of jealousy and
pique, for he had been my only com
rade in the revolntioaary affair that
was proving so troublesome.
But when he was also arrested,
and we were both subsequently con
victed and sent to the mines together,
I thought that I wronged bim in my
thoughts, and we shook hands cordi
ally over our shackles, and became
chums ae of old hoping, despairing,
eroaning and suffering together,
through thick and thin, as miserable
convicts will. ' '
"It was only after we had tried to
escape together that I became con
vinced of his treachery convinced
tbat he bad even shared my penalty
for the fiendish pleasure of seeing me
suffer.at his side. . -- ,
"We had been filing at our fetters
secretly for many days, so that at
last a 6turdy wrench would break
the links, and bad fixed upon the
evening of a certain feast day, when
our guards would be apt to have their
attention diverted by a solemn pro
cession that was to pass near where
we were at work, as the time we
would vamose.
"Everytting worked Jike a charm.
The church bell : was tolling, the
priests fere chanting, and a vast
crowd attended the holy procession
that was sweeping along the moun
tain road, near tbe sluices ia which
we were working the ore, when IV
dro and I shed our irons like a Cash,
leaped into a neibborinir ravim. i
made a rush into the wilderness,
without being at once observed. The
alarm of our v fiifffat wae-quicklv
3unaea, nowerer, and we had the
P"wufuru ona poiaiers arter ns
pell-mell.
"Caraceo! how we rani But
we were turning a sharp turn in the
hollow, with Pedro a little in the ad
vance, we suddenly came npen a
small guard house, of which we Lad
been wholly unaware, and a trio
of sentries waiting to receive at.
Tn n.. u;v.: - I .
j wituiu ii w varas of ns;
to retreat
presented their
ana and called for ,
us to surrender.
While I was hesitating wha
course to pursue, tne companion oi
my flight turned upon me liKe a won
at bar.
'"MaUellor he roared, 'stay
where you are, and be taken 1 I have
always hated yoo !"
"And with tbat he struck me a tre
mendous blow on the face.
"Down I went, as if struck by a
filcdze-hammer. As I fell I saw bim
dash one soldier to tbe ground, dart
past the remaining two, heard a shot,
and then all grew dark, and , 1 knew
no more for many hours, when I
came back to my senses in my dun
geon cell, bruised and bloody, and
loaded down with triple irons.
' I couldn't discover from the pris
on officials whether Valdemar had
effected bis escape or been killed.
They are profoundly secret about
such things in the mines I suppose
for tbe purpose of adding mental dis
tress and suspenso to the bodily pun
ishment that uao endarcs. However,
it was enough for me that I had been
recaptured, and that I should in all
probability have to serve out my
term which I did.
"Finally, I was discharged. I re
turned to the capital, ruined in for
tune as in reputation, and only to
meet a more bitter blow. Poor Car
men, my beloved bride, had pined
away of grief during my captivity,
and had been dead and buried several
months before my release. Her fath
er drove me from his inn with curte3
and reproaches, when I presented
myself there. My own relatives and
former friends shunned me. I was a
miserable, ruined man and a beggar
ia the streets!
"The second day following my re
turn was Easter Sunday, which was
to be the occasion of an immense fes
tival a holy day and civic celebra
tion combined, whose crowning feat
ure in the evening was was to be
tbe illumination of the catherdal,
which had just been completed in
every part, and was to .cceive a sort
ot rededication.
"I cared nothing for these things
as I wandered, on the preceding Sat
urday, ragged and hungry, through
tho gay and crowded streets. But
chance led me hero to tbe front of the
cathedral, where I read a placard
concerning the illumination, that
gave me new hope.
It announced that " one hundred
workmen were required for the light
ing of the dome and cupola, three
hundred for the cornices, pillar, col
onnades, and the like ; and stated in
conclusion, tbat every workman em-
Dloved on the outside of tne dome
and cupola Ehould, on account of the
extreme danger attending tne employ
ment, receive in payment a hearty
meal and the sum of twenty pesos tho
wages of the rest being less than one
half that sum.
"There were few applicants for the
dangerous posts ; but desperate worn
at fair pay was just in my line, l
went at once to the major-aomo nav-
ing charge of the illumination, was
entereil upon his list, received two
pesos as an earnest of the contract,
and engaged to present myscii punct
ually at noon of the following day.
That evening I supped well at a
street stall, and bought leave to sleep
on some straw in a stable at the back
of the Calle del Theatre.
"I was at the office on time next
dav. and toeether with a rabble of
poor fellows, doubtless as miserable
and desperate as myseif, was ushered
inta a hall where two tables had been
laid for our accommodation. We
were in bv a file of sentries, and as
we Etood around the table, grace was
read by an old padre, whom I had
known and loved in better days, but
who had quite forgotten me.
"As he began to read a magnetic
thrill shot through me. It impelled me
to look across to the opposite table,
and there ves by all the saints !
there I saw Valdemar.
"lie was looking full at me, but,
his eyes dropped on meeting mine :
and 1 saw him turn perfectly livid
Caramba ! what a Bea of revengeful
recollections surged upon me. Oh,
that I might live to meet him yet, un
der the free sky, where no priests
was pravine and no guards were
by!
"Tbe dinner lasted long, and when
no one seemed able to eat mo'e the
tables were cleared. Most of tbe
men threw themselves upon the floor
and benches, and went to sleeD in
preparation of tbe bazar Jons night
work that was before us Pedro
among tee number, l couia not re
frain from going over and spurning
him with my foot
"Todro vou know me!' I hissed
" 'Diablo ." he growled, looking
sullenly up ; 'I thought you were in
the mines.'
" 'it is not your iauit mat 1 am
not there still,' I muttered. 'But
hearken! If you and I survive this
night, you shall answer for your
treachery.' ;
"He only glared at me from under
his bushy eyebrows, and without re
plying turned over ou his side again,
as it to sleep. . .'
"He had evidently gained little by
bis villainy, tor be was dirty, ragge
and as friendless as I.
a.T I J
"loeguaras arousea us at seven
in the evening. We were then
marched in double file around by tbe
back of the cathedral, and conducted
by an incline plane to the roof below
the dome. From this point, a .Berieg
of staircases and winding passages
carried us up between tbe double
walls of the dome ; and at different
stages in the ascent a certain number
of us were detached and posted rea.ir
for work. I was detached ab ut
half way np, and I saw Pedro going
nigner aiui.
i.ii'i .1, . ...
it uu we were au postea tne su
perintendent came around and in
structed ui. At a given signal, every
man was to pass through the loophole,
or window before which he
stationed, and scat himself astride
upon a narrow shelf of wood hang
ing to a strong rope just below.
This rope came through the window,
was wound around a roller, and se-
cured from within.
"At the next signal a lighted torch
would be put in his right baud, and
he was to gra?p tbe rope firmlv with
Lis left band. At the given "signal
the rope was to be unwound from'
within by an assistant placed there
ior ice purpose ; be was to be low.
r .i .
ed to slide rapidly down over the
bulge of the dome, and while thus
sliding was to apply his torch to r.
ery lamp he passed in bis downward
progress.
"Having received these instruc
tions, we waited, each man at his
window, until the signal should be
given. '." . - : -
"PorDioe! but it was desperate
work. Just run your eve up over!
tne cathedral dome yonder, eenor and
yoa win nnaerstand the method of
uiis thing better than I can tell it.
Thoee windows circling it mLJway
cp look like pigeon holes from where
we stand, but, heaven preserve you1
they would look like church doors
were yon sitting just outside of them.
"My window must havo been that
!ono direct! v over tho centre facade
yonder. At any rate, a heavy body
dropped from it wouid have struck
plumb in tbe middle of that Bravo
Stone there, and given it tbe zigzag
fracture which you see upon it.
I am perfectly certain of this you
will presently be aware.
"Well, there we were all stationed,
and it was fast growing dark. All
the treat ribs of the dome, as far as
I could see, and all tbe cornices, frie
zes, columns and parapets surround
ing tbe piazza, three hundred feet be
low, were traced out in paper lanterns
which gleamed with silvery fire that
bad a most fairy-like and marvelous
effect.
"Scattered among these paper lan
terns, at differeut intervals, all over
the roof and dome facing the plaza,
were iron cups, tilled with tallow and
turpentine. To light these with our
torches was the perilous task of the
gang to which I belonged, and then
the illumination would bo complete.
"A moment of intense suspense
tlapscd. The darker the evening
grew the brighter the little lanterns,
while the surging hum of the thou
sands in tbe plaza and streets below
rose louder and louder to our ears.
"1 felt the ouickenine breath of
tbe assistant at my Bhoulder I could
bear the beating on my own heart.
Suddenly, tbe first signal flew from
lip to lip. I got out instantly and
straddled the board ; there came the
second signal and I seized the torch;
with the third I found myself launcn-
ed, and lighting every cup as I glid
ed past, saw all tbe enormous dome
above and below me spring into lines
of gorgeous, dazzling flame. Tbe
bells began to toll, and a great, ocean
like roar arose from the multitrde be
low, seemine to shake tbe very roof
against which 1 was clinging, and
feeling like the tiniest atom in the
immensity of my danger.
"Bat, having dropped safely to the
full length of tbe rope, and lighted
mv full share of iron cups, I was real
ly at this moment sitting in secure
enjoyment of the stupendous scene.
"All at once, 1 felt tbe rope vibrate:
I looked up I saw a man clinging
with one hand to an iron rod, and
with the other saints of heaven!
whatdidl see? It was my fellow
convict, Pedro Valdemar, firing the
rope above me with his torch !
"1 acted upon instinct l baa no
time for thought. Everything was
done in one fearful moment. I clam
bered up like a cat I dashed my
torch full in his felon-face and then
clutched the rope an inch or two
above the spot where it was burning.
"Utterly blinded and baffled, he ut
tered an awful cry and dropped like
a stone. Then he bounded like an
India rubber ball, down the rounded
roof, and over into the abyss.
"Well that is the whole story, se
nor. When Pedro was picked up
from the stone flagging of the plaza,
there wasn't a whole bone in his
body, and his mother wouldn't have
recognized him.
"Yonder broken stone marks the
place where he alighted, and one of
tbe holy fathers gave me permission to
scratch upon it the inscription which
it has borne ever since 'I be Doom
of the Bravo,' as it would read in En
glish." "But how were you saved your
self?" I exclaimed, almost horror
stricken with hia story.
"Caramba : I never exactly kuew
myself," said the muleteer, drawing
a long breath, as he rolled and light
ed my last cigarette. "Scarcely had
the bravo's death shriek ceased ring
ing in my ears when I found myself
being hauled up. The assistance
came not a moment too soon, for I
was sick and giddy with horror, and
swooned dead away as soon as I was
safe inside the window.
"Tbe next day I waited on tbe
general superintendent, and told him
how it all had happened. The va
cant rope by which Pedro descended,
and the burnt fragment by which 1
had been drawn up, sufficiently cor
roborated my statement, which was
afterward repeated to the archbish
op and others high in authority.
"I not only received much sympa
thy but some pecuniary assistance;
and for a long time they gave me lu
crative menial employment about the
cathedral here, which was finally
lost to me, however, through my own
folly, and must I say it? my love of
aguardiente, as well. But somehow 1
was never the same man after that
horror of the dome.
"What i these tour reals tor my
simple story J But yoa AtnericaaQi
are always generous! 3Iiiles gra
tia, senor ! See ! here comes the
padre to take charge of vou again
and I have only bored you for half
an hour, ltuenos diax, senor !"
Vow a fine.
"Get your tickets at the wagon ?"
screamed the doorkeeper of tbe cir
cus yesterday to a young man with a
girl on his arm who had a handful of
small change. "This is the third time
you have come here without tickets,
when you know that I can't take
money."
The young man and his girl fell
back, and as they did not go near the
ticket wagon, and yet seemed very
anxious to see the circus, a curious
minded citizen edged abound and in
quired of the young man :
"Why don't you buy tickets if you
want to go in."
"'Cause I'm short!" was the whis
pered reply.
"I didn't 'low enough for incident
als when I was figgering on the cost
of this thing but I don't want the gal
to know it!" : , ;
"How much are you short ?"
"Only five cents. I figgercd that
ten shillings would pay all expenses,
but I got left. We spent ten cents
for peanuts, ten cents on tbe street
cars, and five in candy. I had just a
dollar left to pay our way io when
the gal got a peanut shuck in her
throat and I had to buy a glass of
lemonade to wash it down. Didn't
do it though till I had pounded her
on the back more'n fifty times and
tried to pull one of them Ere hydrants
op by the roots!"
"I'll lend you five cent9 to make ud
your dollar."
"lou win? By gosh ! but that lets
me out! I'd made up my mind to
ten the trai that the tiem h.i nt
J loose and the hyenas had run mad,
put sue s long-beaded and might not
nave oeneved it Thankee, sir, and
the fust time I'm in town I'll pay it
back. Hang it, I orter figgered" on
eleven shillings, instead of ten, but
you've made me happy for life. Come,
Bets.
Burie Allre tm m Well.
Elmira, N. Y.. July 2 At Wy
alusing, Pa., on Monday, a well cav.
ed in, burying a man named Cham-
bera who was working in it. A par
ty of men were digging all night, but
had not reached Chambers at last ac
counts. The well is thirty-six feet
deep, and is situated near the rail
road tract. It is thought the caving
was caused ty the passage of a
freight train. Chambers leaves a
wife and three children.
rioi sew
By Our Special Conxpoudeut.
Nkw Yobk, July 10, 1879.
Pl-MMER AT LAST.
I would like to quote tbe "oldest
inhabitant," hut it would be useless:
nobody would believe him, and Iven
ture to say, on my personal responsi
bility, that I do not remember so re
markable a season. We have worn
overcoats daring the past week, and
three days Ueiore bad perspired un
der Panamas at 97 in tbe shade. Peo
ple get ready for the seashore one
day, and the next put on their winter
flannels. But now summer has ap
parently come, and Ice Company
stock is buoyant once more.
WATER FARMING.
If the title sounds funny tie sub
ject is so interesting tbat I profound
ly regret my inability to do ltjustice.
It is a "coming issue" this matter
of "Water Tarming" and your far
mer readers and city subscribers are
alike interested in it. A person not
acquainted with this subject wculd
laugh in your face if you should tell
him that a three acre frog pond could
be made to yield more profit to a far
mer than a three acre potato patch :
and that a stream of water could be
cultivated to his great pecuniary ad
vantage, let this is all as true as
any fact in life. Fish are the most
prolific of living creatures. A single
sturgeon contaius nearly ten million
eggs, cod and herring millions, shad
hundreds of thousands, and even
trout and bass several thousands. A
pond or stream can be stocked with
trout, bass, salmon and other fresh
water fish, or eares of the seme at
practically no cost to tho owner.
With good management these can all
be hatched, and in some cases in
very lew davs. Once hatched the
Doh provide lor themselves ; they need
neither food nor care, and they con
vert worthless insects and waste wa.
tcr grasses into the healthiest of hu
man food. The trout or fcuss in a
farmer's pond costs bim nothing but
the trouble of catching, and compare
favorably on his table with tho choic
est poultry or pork that na3 cost him
constant caro and expense. Trout
sell at their reason here at io cents a
pound, and often higher, and all fresh
water fish finds a good market at fair
prices. The only loss of time or Ia
bor ia in the catching, and to reduce
this it is only necessary to make the
fish abundant
For the encouragement of fish cult
ure, the Government and many of the
States have provided hatching hous
es, from which young trout, bass and
other fish are furnished in any desir
ed quantity at only the cost of pack
in? and freight. A dozen farmers or
gentlemen owning country seats
might, by the most tnning expense,
combine and fill their ponds and
streams with young fish that would
multiply faster than they could catch
them, and thus furnish luscious food
for their own tables while affording
profitable occupation for tbe "small
boys ' of the house, who could often
earn as much with their hook and
line as a full grown man would in thu
cornfield.
We have a fine hatching establish
nient and a Board of State Fish Com
missioners, who are only too anxious
that people should avail themselves
of this important addition to tbe al
ready long list of profitable farm pro
duct?.
ROCUERV AS A FIXE ART.
New York does nothing by halves
except mind her own business. Sbe
sits on two of the most magnifi
water tronts in the world and sings
"Pinafore," while ten mile3 0f wretch
ed, rotten, rat-eaten wharves drive
awey her commerce. That's her bus
iness! Thousands of her little chil
dren are murdered by overcrowded
and illy ventilated school-rooms, and
6he teems satisfied. That is "her
business," too ! Sbe well, both sides
of yoor paper would not begin to tell
how gloriouslv she leaves undone
whatever in her corporate capacity
the ought to do; and if I roust draw
tbe line somewhere, it might as well
be over her poor children's graves as
anywhere.
But when you come to private en
terprise the scene changes. Fabulous
sums ami boundless energies are pour
ed like water upon the thundering,
dripping wheel tbat drives tbe fun
oub, overstimulated civilization of the
hour. It matters little whether the
enterprise be good or evil, it iseleva
ted by sharp competition and the at
trition cf acute minds to a fine 'art of
science. Robbery is one of these fine
arts now being rescued from low me
diocrity. It is indeed entitled to be
classed among the exact sciences.
Oar thieves are skillful, trained, am
bitious; and are the one body of men
not to be disparaged. They know
when every oanser puts up his ex
changes ; when every merchant
sonds his cash to bank; when every
manufacturer draws out his wages
money, and the habit of nearly every
man worth roDOing. rtiey are ' con
tent to wait weeks or months for the
safest and fattest time for plundering
their victims. Court records have
proved all these a thousand timta
In sober earnest I aver tbat whom
soever they deem it profitable and
safe to rob will be robbed ; and be
who boasts he cannot be robbed sim
ply shows how little he knows of life
in great cities.
An acquaintance of mine who had
frequently made that boast was rob
bed twice in one day last month.
Men who are "awfully smart" may
baffle the thieves, provided they wear
valuables only in the waist-coat, but
ton up tiebt, resolutelv refuse to
tbink of anything else, and ate ioca
pable of beinr thrown off their guard
But a man cannot go through life
with no thought but of "pickpockets"
in bis mind, if these gentry think it
worm wnue io nave your watch or
pocketbook. they are going to havo it
that's all.
All these thieves are well known to
the police, but the blue coats are be
lieved to be often in alliance with
them, and several recent investiga
tions develop the fact that there are
professional burglars on the police
force, known to have plied their nefa
rious arts on their own beats, and yet
neither imprisoned nor even removed
from tbe force! There are many ex
cellent and noble men on the force,
but as a body they hare sadly de
generated in tho past few years; and
when Goibani, sometime in tbe dim
future, makes up its mind to attend
to its own business, it will have a
lively time looking after the accom
plished criminals who have graduated
daring the present reign of police in
efficiency. MORLET.
Sing Sing, shouted the brakeman.
as a Hudson river train slowed up to
thestation. Five years for refresh
ments, yelled a passenger with short
hair and bracelets, as he rose to leave
the car, in charge of a deputy sher
iff. 'Subscribe for the Hebalp.
HOB LEY'S" LETTEB
VUKK.
Traa Karrtag-e.
Our ailvatift'd theories of divorce
and free love musing tbe matrimoni
al relation merely a partnership to be
dissolved at pleasure, whatever else
may be said in their favor, strikes a
deadly blow at an element in it which
was meant perhaps t" t upreme
above all others. Wmt i itiu sweet
est charm of all true intunage, what
is the greatest advantage, what is the
most priceless happiness to' take life
through which it brings to the hu
man heart? Not the flash and splen
dor of its early love; not the richer
developments which it brings to the
character ; net even the children who
are gathered arcundits Bhrine. No,
but the intimacy and reliability of its
companionship; the fact that it gives
those who enter into it. each in tho
other and through all scenes and
changes, a near and blessed standby.
Marriage in some of its aspects is
doubtless the source of an immense
amount of happiness, crimo, injus
tice, blight and down-dragging, one
of the most perplexing institutions so
ciety has to deal with only the
blindest sentimentalists will deny
that
On tbe other hand, however, and
this is not mere sentiment but sober
fact, of all tbe evidences of God's
goodness to be found in this lower
world, all the proofs that he cares for
us not only with the wisdom of a
Creator, but with the interest and
love of a father, there is none quite
equal to his sending human beings
into the arena of life, not to fight its
battles, win its victories and endure
its sorrows alone, but giving them
as they go forth out of their child
hood's home, a relation in which each
two of them are bound together with
the closest of all ties, live together
under the same roof, have their la
bors, their property, their interests,
their parental allectioas all m com
mon, and are moved to stand bv each
other, hand to hand, heart to heart,
in every sorrow, misfortune, trial and
stormy day that earth can bring. It
is an ideal, if not alwavs realized in
full, which is tasted even now, amid
all that is said about marriage miser
iea, more widely perhaps than any
other happiness.
One More Hrarj of Breath.
Lebanon, Pa,. July 2. This quiet
little borough, which of late has gain
ed much notoriety on acccount of the
many criminal acts committed there
in, was yesterday afternoon the scene
of another tragedy, mwhich a man
committed suicide, the cause being
the death of a woman with whom he
had been criminally intimate. The
facts are as follows : Wm. Williams,
a laborer about 50 years of age, Hn
married, and who for some time pa9t
had been out of employment, yester
day afternoon, while under the mffa
ence of liquor, called his housekeeper,
Harriet Peters, up stairs, and after
telling her he was tired of life and
was going to kill himself, suddealv
drew an old-fashioned double-barrel
pistol from his pocket and pointed it
at the frightened women, telling her
she must also die. She, however,
broke loose from him, rushing down
stairs and hid in the cellar. Wil
Hams then placed the pistol to his
own breast, and ured with fatal effect,
tbe ball tearing a gaping bole near
tbe heart, from which he died in
short time. He held bis pistol so
close to his breast that bis woolen
shirt was isrnited. Some time since
a woman named Mary Eckert, with
whom Williani3 bad been living,
died, and bioce then he has been
threatening to kill himself, as earth
had no pleasure for bim.
Nnirlde or a Iafantry Officer
Vailed States Army.
la ine
Atlanta, Ga , June 30. Lieutei
ant Henry M. McCaulev, Company I
Thirteenth Infantry, shot himself
through the head at four o'clock this
afternoon. lie went into an empty
freight car at the Central depot, and
standing in a corner, put a pistol to
his mouth and palled the trigger, the
the ball coming out through tbe top
of bis head. He is now lying inscn
sible, and cannot live through the
night He leaves a wife here aad
two grown-up daughters, one a;
school in Philadelphia and the other
with his brother, General Mc Cauley
of the Marine sorps, Washington
Tbe cause of the act was temporary
aberration from financial troubles.
A Wharf Fails w lib 75 I'eople on it
Morris Island, N. J., July 4. An
excursion resort one mile below Tren
ton was tho scene of disaster this af
ternoon. As tbe excursion boat was
approachiaz the wharf hundreds of
people on the Island rushed toward
it to get on when it landed. The
wharf suddenly gave way and about
eeventy-nue persons were thrown in
to tbe river. Several were taken ont
injured. Mrs. Andrew Johnson, her
little son, five years old, and a girl
named Miller were drowned. Their
bodies were recovered. It is feared
thero arc others who hare not been
recovered. There is terrible excite
ment over the affair, as tbe wharf
was a small structure.
An Eunrmon Train Wrecked.
feT. Louis. July 4. A collision oc
curred to-day on the narrow gauge
railroad running from this city to the
village of Florisant, sixteen miles
from here, between two passenger
trains one of which had on board
about three hundred excursionist),
but the other was nearly empty.
Thos. Mead, engineer of one of tbe
trains, was badly hurt about tbe
bead and shoulders ; George Bailey, a
printer, was severely injured internal
iy ; Cornelius Clendenning and wife,
of Calhoun county, III., were pretty
well shaken up, and two or three
others were slightly bruised. Both
engines and one passenger coach
wer: damaged to tbe extent of $3,009
A Kemaraable Case.
Fire weeks ago Gus. Brabrandt, a
Bohemian, employed in a fertilizing
company mill at Chicago, caught his
clothing in a horizontal shaft, and
was whirled around at the rate of
300 revolutions per miaute, dashed
to the floor and divested of every
thing but his biota. Hid skull was
fractured, a portion of the brain ocz-
cd oat and afterward reanvei. his
noie pretty woll demolished, two ribj
broken and bis body badly bruised.
A portion of the s-kull was removed.
as was also a part of tbe brain that
protruded. Two days ago he resum
ed work and considers himself well.
though not stron?.
The man who dodges behind his
newspaper when a lady enters a
crowded car is the man who piously
hates a hireling mioistery and refuses
to pay his pew rent on principle.
A bachelor has left a bokrding
house in which were a number of old
maids, on account of the miserable
fair set before him a! tie table.
II. T. HELHBQLB'S
COMPOUND
Flu id Extract
BUCHU,
PHARMACEUTICAL
A SPECIFIC REMEDY FOR All
Diseases
OF THE
BLADDER & KIDNEYS.
For Debility, Loss of Memoir. Indis
position to Kxertionor Business, Shortness
ot Breavh, Troubled with Thoughts of
Disease, Dimness of Vision. Pain in the
Back, Chest and Head, Rush of Blood to
the Head, Pale Countenance, and Dry
Skin.
If these symptoms are allowed to go on,
very frequently Epileptic Fits and Con
sumption follow. When the constitution
Incomes nftcctcd it requires the aid of an
invigorating medicine to strengthen and
tone up the system which
tl
Heliolu's BKtaf
DOES IN EVERY CASE.
Helmbold's Buchu
IS UNEQUALED.
By any remedy known. It is presrribed
by the most eminent physciang till over tho
world n
Rheumatism,
Spermatorrhoea,
Neuralgia,
Nervousness,
Dyspepsia,
Indigestion,
Constipation,
Aches and Pains,
General Debility,
Kidney Diseases,
Liver Complaint,
Xcrvous Debility,
Epilepsy,
Head Troubles,
Taralysis,
General 111-Ncalth,
Spinal Diseases,
Sciatica,
Deafness,
Decline,
Lumbago,
Catarrh,
Nervous Compl'ts,
Female Compl'ts, &c.
Headache, Pain in the Shoulders, Couch.
Dizziness, Sour Stomach, Eruptions, Bad
Taste in the Mouth. Palpation of the
Ueart, I'ain in the region of the If idpeys,
ana a uioiisana oiuer painiui symptoms,
are mc oiispnngs oi uyspepsia.
Helmbold's Buchu
Invigorates the stomacU.
And stimulates the torpid Liver, Bowels.
and Kidneys to healthy action, in cleans-
lne the blood of all impurities, and impart-
jug new me ami vigor io me whole sys
tem.
A single trial will be finite sufficient in
convince the most hesitating of its valua-
uie remeiiuu qualities.
Price $1 Per Bottle,
Or Six Bottles for $5.
Delivered to any address free lrom ob
servation.
"Patients" inav consult bv letter rprt ly
ing the same attention as by caliinz. bv
answering the following questions :
1. Give your name and post-office ad
dress, county and State, and your nearest
express office T
3. i our age and sex ?
3. Occupation?
4. Married or single ?
5. Ilight, weight,now and in health T
. now long have you been sick T
7. our complexion, color of hair and
eyes
8. Have yon a stooping or erect gait?
9. Relate without reservation all vou
know about your case. Enclose ene dol
lar as consultation tree. Your letter will
then receive our attention, and we will
Zive you the nature of vour disease and
our candid opinion concerning a cure.
Competent Physicians attend to corres
pondents. All letters should be addressed
to Dispensatory. 1217 Filbert Street. Phila
delphia, Pa.
II. T. IIELMBOLD,
Druggist and Chemist,
Philadelphia, Pa
SOLD EVERYWHERE.
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GENERAL, LOCAL AND
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7" Q 33, IK
OPALL
DESCRIPTIONS
EXECUTES WITH NEATNESS AND DISPATCH
A LARGE HUHm OF
BLANK RECEIPT
SOMERSET C01T i
ED. B. SCULL,
Business Manager.
Unparalleled
Tho Mail Dcpcrtincnt
"""!1 Cr.id DoDot.
li h?a neecss.'tatod an
I n lr.terlorof tho lareo
n to cxcoutlncr crCoro
THE LAHCZGT Pr.Y GOODS & OUTFITTING HOUSE.
Though you livo a
Silki,
Drcsa
GooO.
Shawls,
Hosiery,
Underwear,
CkTC,
Zephyrs,
Fringe,
Ribbons,
Notions,
Cloths,
Philadelphia, youfan purchase at tho Grand
Depot an cntlro outfit or he smallest article
In Dry Coods, etc.. with tho preatest caso.
and an absolute certainty of tho samo exact
attention that is paid to customers who vu;t
tho establishment In person.
Precision, Promptness an J Experience, . : .,
combined with tho highest rogard for even jjj .
tho slightest wishes of those who or Jcr, and jj , . 71
r. now almost fauitless cystom. peculiar to j " r"
tho Crand Dopot enly, nako this tho Modol j -
Department cf Ita kind In America. 3
i M
THIRTEENTH ST., CHESTNUT TO MARKET ST3.
sSBsasssssi
Send a Penny
what Is doslred, and by return mail you v;l! tj
receive, postage paid, samples cf tho new- S f
est stylos cf Cccds, with tha vidth3 and 8
lowest city prices, fccslde3 full particulars j
about crder'nej. t
7
PACKAGE JLI 1 AOllia POLISH.
ALWAYS MCADY FOR USf. "
im r it.
?.r,-.w ft tnt
InrrMr-SMMawait I
W ?u, 1JX la turns ir.irx
- Ca POLISH Whs. Hs-tto-S
NO
, affixing.
OUST.
HU8T.
WASTE.
URuau,
BERRY S. ZIEGLER, Solo Manufacturer,
00 SM St. Mia Hito, rfctlaMpUa.
Oct.m
SALESKOOUS:
Union Square, Xcw York,
-AX
154 State Street,
CHICAGO, inx..,
SILVER F
PLATED
WARE.
Trade Mark fir Spoons, I'ork, ic.
1847, Rogers Bros. A. I.
:o:-
These Gipods have taken the Cer
tificates of Award wherever ex
hibited, both in this ami the old
Countries,
And the Mericlra Tkitannia Co.
are the LAKGEST and IJest
Manufacturers iu this
line in the World.
IfTAsk your Jeweler for tliec (Jooils.
April 18.
TO fc0 A EAK, er i to C0
lay in yinir own tot ality. X0 ri.k.
Women du as well as men. Many
makeuiore than theamunt siate"l
store. Kuihw can tail to maks
money fast. Any one can do the work. Yu can
make from 5 n. to an hour by iterotinx your
eveninan ami snare time to the liusineM. Iteosts
nothing to try the ImaincM. Nothing like it tor
money making ever ollereil oelore. t;u-lne
pleasant and strrtly henoralde. Reader, if you
ant to know all about the best paying buine
beiore the public, nd 09 your name and we will
sendyou tud particulars and private terms Iree ;
samples worth $ "i al Iree ; yuu can then uiake up
up your mind for rourcelf.
Address I'tEoKUESTINSON
June 11 Por;land. Maine .
ANNl'AL STATEMENToithc School He mrd
of Somerset Township Sch.iol District for the
School year ending Monday, June V, STU.
Bcceifts.
From State appropriation $ 616 72
Balance on hand lrom last year.. . 1)0 1 u
Prom I'-ol. including taxes 01 all kinds 2114 ;ii
prom sales ot nouses, binds s iy
Total receipts. jii'ti 42
Exi-esditcuks.
Por building and fntwhing houc $ C2J o
" renting and repairing &c 14; 00
teachers wages &'.M 00
fuel and contingencies ,oh 37
" fees ol Collector a per cent. & Treas. . . 1 74 M
" salary ol Secretary iu 00
u other expenses 14 00
Total expenditures J4o:!H 03
Cash 011 hand 4 27 3'j
Witnefsour hand" this 14th da of June. l7i
PHILIP P. CVPP, D. iiUSBAND,
Secretary. President.
W th. nnilnMl.n.n.1 A ...ll,. ,.f G .... .... T
.. .... u... 1 k "... 1 ii'.iH't. ui iiin-rft lown-
shlp Sch-pol District, Soioerxet county. Pa., havitix
Cureltlilv Vnlllln.l tha nl.it'. n.wu ...... i.
knowledge and belief.
JtUA.II 5. .Ml I.I. r. If. (JEM. D.LK'IITV,
Township Clerk. J t KE S. M 1LX.EK,
A MONTH guaranteed. a day
it home maile by the lndtmrlouii.
upmi uu, ltUIICU, WW Mill 5ian
lyou. Men, women, boys and girls
. (hukv iimut-j iti.icr 11 1 nort i'r as
than at anrthing else. The work is light and
pleasant, and such as anyone ean Tiro riirht at.
w.c.uu.1, wumwiiusee inis notH-e win fend
us there addresses at once and see lor themielves.
Hmy imirn ami terms iree. now Is the time.
Those already at work are laying up larga sums
of moner.
01 money.
Address TKV E X CO., Augusta, Maine.
Inn. 11
!
I
ryssoLUTioN notice.
ifotice is hereby given that the partnership of
iMiuiiKrr nnnners t.o., inanultetnrers and
dealers in lumber at Fair Hot. Hnm,..i r.....v
Pa.. Is this day dissolved by mutual consent. John
A. Kudr retirini? trom the lirm all n,.r. Bn.i
aceooms due 10 the firm are in the bands of Wil
liiikTer Hm's., to whom all accounts must 1-e pai.l
as they come due. or they will 1 eidlei te-l bv le
gal process. The bcriness will lie eonilnee.l l.v
KilllnL'e- Hro's.. and all orders 1. r lo:.,l...r r.L
celve their prompt aitentlon.
air nope, Somerset Co P:i.. Mar Wh. H7.
J.S. KlI.LlNiiEK,
C. H. Kll.Hl.UEli.
A
DMIXISTKATOU'S NOTICE.
Estate of Daniel Pile.lnte of Ml! lord Twnthip,
ueeease.1.
settersor administration no the above estate
having been granted to the undersigned, n"ttce
is hereby given to thoso indebted b il to make
mmedlate tiarnient. and those having claims
against It to present them duly authenticated ior
settlement on ThorsiU. July 24, lS7o.
SUL.U.MUN N PI-.K.
July 18 Adminissrator.
Save Your Children.
For expelling vormt from the sTtenl.lI'r ;
YrrniilUB-e husnoenual In this ur any other
country, -i me teashoonlul given to a child ot Air. 1
Hradbury's, exiwlled 2S4 worms in four hour? alter
taking the medicine. Hcni. Lvtle. 1'nion Town- j
hip. Pa. Also "expelled 4oo teormt from my child ;
two years old."Vm. Sarver. St. iiimis. Mo.;
MoMhydraggiste. Price Sietj. R. E. SELLEKS
ti . rroj rs, rittsourgn, ra. Mend lorcm-uiBrf.
1500
OUUU
Success cf
fcr Sanploo & SappJiC3
durlriT V.ia cast soa3on. Si--
cntiro rcflttlnsr of the
room devoted exclusively a
received by malt.
Thousand MIIcj frort
UK,
R Mm',
js
Postal Card, spccifylri- m
bor gjfs rami m,
r.STAlJI.INMF.I 1-1 .
H;iv ii sf f(fur(! jirVfc it
Rirnh tut as my A m rf In s n: r
Oomir.ir I :taM it. 1 s i.-ti in ), .vj
rnsioiiu-r nn?.'l '.:ir., .-sr.i t.
" llrlv. Ti
ll M:-
Rirnh.l rt the litei:;l p:'.;. r :'L-tj u '
1 hav e is Tery I;iri?c sti i k t
nf my nn nrinnfirnre. ..,ni.-;,(1.. f
i'.laxkkts.
:a.ssimeuks, satinit
JEANS. KEPK1AAXTS. Fl.iyH
ruvEKi.Ers. cAi;n.r.
YAK. VS. ,(
which 1 wish t"
TRADE FOR WOOL
Irarll'K"') are MAKE KiK SM: u r r
my own iJujicrvi.-in, jm.t we -:rr nr.w. :1'.r
l;it. to civc atij"it.-fit.n Mill t w"
will, a u.'ual. visit ail uur rurVnivr urn," -C
summer.
WM. S. Mt ih; N
APT. Stanton, AiuiV
I
(HnnA W,-EK ,n yntown t,.w. v;.!.
li' U U' ri.'Ked. V , .in sivet!;, i u-m-,. .
A 1 1 J lrri.tl without r;..'ti-. T'.e W .,',:
!1 If li fiiTiiry ever .)?!.:.- i : r t, n .
T work. Yo sh--u!d trv r, .:r.i. ,.--
n .we iiir y oun- .-ii w i.:u juu t-.iii i;.. a; i . ....
nett wee tier. No r.iu t-. e i, rr. v. '
devote all V"iir :1i:ip or ..niy y.r - -;r ... ..
I ninep.. a"n-l makere:it pay t- r..'iry :...iir K
V"U work. Voinen mako .. mti. ij i- ';i;.'n s.
i"? tierial private terms and pirtk-uUr.. V
mail free. 3 1 utfit fr.-e. i- ,rt i iir
times while ynu have su' li a cli.in- f,'
Address U. I1AL..ETT, 1' r;: .- iurc
June. 11.
TheTrnlli I, UUhly
and will prevail. Tii'-n-rin.! wl-1 h . ve -
!-cn cured are living w:fn. ..m-.. -r
tatement.tliat SELLER'S LIVERPILLS
li.i. i 'ri: the oi-i ,-a.-. . . i i.u.r
Hiii'uneis. He)!d;.ene ansir'' :!: r';n ni. i ;
Bess. .t iiiation. Iiizin-.-s nil . ..1'.;.,IS T
.-uiling Iroui a diea.-c.l iiver. I'jr .-jl. M j!1
Druggists. Price 'i cvuit.
11. E. SEM.LItS Jt (.. Pr-p"rs, Pii:-' a-A r.,
C N- BOYD, A;cnt S
C. V W.KI R ,r
tliH m;H,? h.-? i p 1 .ti a
Cfit" rtu-i a r- K...;i
!-T .ilf '-Hl-r t::.ta-'. j
3ii-l elitMji. A ay 'ict:
want ; t :il !:. w u ;
.U w.'ll to .rt! Wti
.K.-j'.cl f.iri r in -..n-
way let him know In niMT ( :n ni t: n
one, . he in hi n.unls .(' u'llit1:; iuiL,'ht L 'lraa
all who w:int ralce.
May 2J
t'H out. f-r Hif'.Hrit! t-r uth. r ...
all Yii!'Trix( ng tfi r fit I'-rtrnt i.ntr. - - .f
I t ntr n''-1 fo. mi j'-vm tinit Unrrlnfit
;-u'ci-1 uy u. m,j f ;,(..-.,;' iif I . S. I tt.J
iHpaYtmfut, nnd'ttiqrj' d in rf .-t
c(Mit'y. ire en u iinke 'iW-.- j -t. ru'
Jt'itiLiitg more promfthfy t-f tci''i '.;.:'.'' rr'-.i,
freenf rharte. All crrr ...' n- " ''7-1-fi-1-ntitl.
prirt f,m, gtn.t 4 It IEI, If
JL.SS VATICMT IH SKURF.lh
IIV T'f'T in. tl'f'tinn'-n, V Jim. V'Mm-ft-7
Central IK Jf. A- 7. K 7. -" r.r- f,
AftJfri'mtt frith, wl !nnh, tt"j'--i -'4 1".. V. V.
I'otfrtt tjhf, fintf to ,s unto,- '.' A' ji
i i'uu'fr- Hit' and tw'-itrfht t titt r -r.'i'n'' t ry
ritOYF.KRS.
FkoirmiH.
"For sinking spell.
iiti, dizzinew. ialpita
'in and low spirit?
rely on Hop Hitters."
'Read of. i rneure an.'
mso Hip Uirtcr. an'
you wUl bo strong.
:iealt!iy, and happy.
"ladies do you want
to tie Sinm. healthy,
und beauriuil? The:;
ami Hop Hitlers.'1
"The gr'ateit appe
iier, stouuch, 1.1...
nd iiver regulator
"fiMwiil W
b case llt;it H 'P 1;:
er.- will tint tuft '
eip."
Hop ISltcl Mki-.
:!. ST' riii'lii-r!. m
arcs dpDii:.u,iliy .r.
:rst duae.-'
"Fair skin "
liee.a. .lei tae
brtatli in I..41 U-'
crs.'1
"U. '.'..' l '
-v .tai l.ln.' f 1--.
ino-1 - rni.inR,.ly ur
1 !. li -j. :::ters.
"S'n ti :us h. Ji
,,.!:;:,. nn.l In!
,r... il .p K.ttrr'eaii
ntli a tew !. '
Take 1l..p H.'.-T
:,r. J;i!i;.- 'lay "
:.,a will ha ti" '
or bilL-topay."
tlop Hitter.''
Cl'-rj vmen, Uiw
yer.1, E'titor. Rtnk
rs, i.nd iridic nctv
Hop Hitters Daily."
"Hop Hitters had re
-tored to sobrl-'ty ain'
lealth perfect wreek
'rom intemperance.'1 j
Por Sale br
C. S. 1M)VI,
Si?npi---r. IVnni
A fcearcli Warrisnl
allows an oiiicertu go thr. uzh y.ur I1""
cellar to uair-t, and LindSOV S BlOOa
Searcher 1 warranted to -''. V i.
teiu lrom t..i to toe and drive out ml !'"""' "' , '
I III M 'I' '
C- N- BOYD, Agtnt. S?mtntt?i
Piles, Constipation,
Perauaevl rare a v
VSi IS. If. I.AI.1. ' U T nii j,,!,--
weaaf kllt TKOIBLLS H
ssna, ltkaaeawattertheT7-e'
verastKi. Iaaveinwrle4UfrPILl',,'rj;
"et kavtawearWaeTepal rf ""'""fl
TkewwHl. wa. aavc W. re nJ.
xw-aa have rallrd. knUri ta. '"'t' . ,Z
late great enseal ka la ccrefaiic le"
r AS A SPRING MEDlS
1 -- .
aw (he Urrr aa4 kraela. rei !7 X
reelsag rfamds aa4 llavr aalca ts aaliw-
There awsMSslsts! aeei ! ,Zum
away with the sarl Mf "
thMMl ta w later.
T-r"1- rt.ef
Uminc ao spin I. heiiia rf sri-l iaere2,
kVH KALh' Hi ALU j
v j Or we will "tall la ''kj22 V
W wi-oL mmmiai' TT
pre hers . -id po-ple. S r -mla. M-r"";J ' ' '
cases. Ervsi: eia. Tetter. Pk-cr in tl W".:
on the Skin. oils. Pimple', tu' . we w ami 01
cure. It Is a purely YegelaWe C-mp-nn-l
Powcrlul Tonic. For rale by all Krmr.f.'-
that our name t on the botiom .!' the wrip!" r-
B. E. SELXiEiiS x CO., Pr-pT". P"'-1 ;'ir" ''
Julys f