M publication r-.-9tet Herald .. . ,. ctherwlae U asfa J dootUk. out .bie""-- ' mllWB avatnfncetOAn- '"Z,,srset Herald, JW "'" somerset, i a. : I.tF At, bom.; lL-.KEY ATUAW.SOM- - u Oofl roth Ii4l - IttOKNEY at law J .TIUBSETATLAW. ft- LH"". ijTjun, aiede.ee- J. I1 AlIORS" "LPa. - . m r A W f - " h KIKINTZ. AITURNEY AT If11 l" lv V""!1 " ft f'JfSSwd to toirl J . .-rt iir AU ilia Jitt i""-; ff'nlBSEVATLAW jj, buuwrset, P ' " TirPPEU ATTORNEYS AT , 'Hii-trusted U"ir car. wiU "it TviJ troel, oppo.il. th. ATTliE'E AT LAW, "TTk COI.BCKN. ATTORNEYS AT C-il' U iww mitmmed to tbeir er .nWt'vw' (.uni-iOMily itmdeU to. i-'u but' "R'lL 1 ' st,r"- '"SVEYIXG, Writing Deed, ic, flutM M Uo' Store. C. F. WALXEB. WYHC1ANS. kt E. il. KIMMKLL & SON m ikar srolmionli mrviccr to the till- '!BirF Mi..... - - rk xBrsaiiutiltiiuM. unlri proteuton- Hfuni, br ttttbd it Uiclr i ttice, uu Mslo SL -fueuiiB09 m j i. MiLLEi bu permnentlT looted jit brim for U fimnif ol h prctnialon. KiMiwCuriw KrWelnfrer'i nur. 1 BErBAEER tmden hll proTeMioDAl Jrm u Uk oiuiew ol kowerwt nd vlrtn . CttarMkMBoc, oMdoor wetoi to Br- ',1 OUUJNS. IrENTlST, SoBierMt, ilh. usw a olpe BiuiA, ap n&irs, KKtuttiuUivwut fiittltd pre(red to do isan'Mt. tuctiU lllUu. rexuimUng, I- t ArutuUl tMih ol all kiBiii, and ol MMtenti.bMriAd. Oprtkjc warranted. p. G. MILLER MTSICIJLXt SUKGEOX. kwiKtiS4iik Brad. Indiana, hereti Mlu4 by ktier or otherwise. nr. 6. B. MASTERS a anW la soBerwt for the praMioe of liia mw md teiHlrn bm pmleMlntiAl tcrrWt to mKknniua furrinii'lim (oonirj; oni"e in t.Tcww:j mrapled by lr. Miller; residence Jr. W. F. FUXDEXBERG, LutRideHt Surgeon, &M Eye an! Ear Inlrmary, h'xxtl pcTUirettlj in tie :iHn,wSITS tmtmest of all sa f is Ijt azi Eax, hclud ;is i ie STose sad Throat 1. M Ralk Blr tret. J HX BILLS, ?E1TTIST. CoCroU A Nen Dew bnlldln. Mais Cron Street. Somenet, Pa. COLLINS, DEXTIST. k rreie-i ttore, Sogitrtet, JU. 5"n hT tretly r- . lL2T.tr T w.,4 i 4-. a. A. - 1- y j? t lower prim ,hu yuti tt of teeU fur Av ul K a. anv i . . k 1 aVZT" """ lt adjulnuur uonile. that kLT " ta "x K'Tto roud aat- HOTELS. JaMOXD HOTEL. ITOTRTnirv n v A. Jf,'' kw.w Wm hu lately of':.. raj'-w, wim an new V"1; ' hat mad. It a wry -'iii,itr,'1m traIInr polillc. I . Ur P"h aU attached " - t ''I T and roomy nahliDa-. ""f ow te had it ibe lowest poa. t..; ".dajormeal. '-'VLSIt.ii.l'rop. j, t S. E. Oer. Iltajnood, Stoyvtown, Pa. ?AVlS BROS . su ana i resco WKHOLSET, PA. I t1 t"- 1S day M i fcao. i,y kKlortrk inirod: we will mart l J " Uarht and tTJ? Kw to the time. " " "Jtof p larire raau .1 "J-. AacAJtA, Maine. VOL. XXVIII. NO. 12. BANKS, ETC. ISTKW BANK. Scmerset County Bank CHARLES J. HARRISON, Ctmhler end Manager. CoIIortioDi made in all pam of tbaUniteo. Statea. Cbargej moderate. Butter and ether eueeki eol- looted and oalbed. Eaetem AndWesteraezchanire alwayi on band. Remittances made with prompt neat. AeconnU eoUclted. Partlet doclrlng to porchue U. S. 4 PER CENT. FUNDED LOAN, can be aooowmo dated at tb.lt Bank. The eapou are prepaid In denomlnaUoiu of M, loo, too and 1,001 aa aicaa. LA AC at. AKTCI Apats for Fire anl LLTs InsiirancB, JOHN HICKS & SON, SOMERSET. PA.. And Real Estate Brokers. EST ABLISI I ED .1850. Ptreoni who derlreto aell.bayor excbanire prop erty, or lor rent will tied it to their adrantaa-e to reirtor the description thereof, as no ehame to madeunlen Hold or rtsnted. Keal ental buu.ii generally wtllbe promptly attended to. AttKll. CHARLES C. ORTON'S TOBACCO STOKE. CHlu-nj and Tialtor will find It to their Interest and eoiulort lOtuy Clears and Tobacco at my tore. 1 1) .iere I can nndrrorll any estaMifhnient In the eoontr. and am orrtain that my stork can not lie exot-lled la quality. Cberoota and eirar ettee lor leicinnerF in the practice ol amokinr, and Tubies and f ijies for tuuee anrui'tonied to nar eotioa, are kept on hand: Very choice brand of Chewing Toiora and Clirare have just been m eeired and are disposed of at leas prices than hare bnen heard of since the war hcicau. A choice lot ol rieson band. The best flnet nt In tlie markc. Is sold over my counter. CALL AT THE SIGN OF THE yo.3,iang3Tg 2locs. 4 DMIXISTRATOR S NOTICE. &Lal Late of Daniel L. SUaBer, late of Shade Twp., tieoeaiietj. Letters of admlalslration on the above estate having been granted to the undersigned by the prop rauthorlty, notice is hereby given to thoe inubuiea onto inaae laameniaie payment, am those havingclatms againnl It to present them dulr authenticated for settlement, at the residence of sa id ileeeaeed, ou Friday the ilb day of &cp- iewicr, J. . PH1I.IP F.SHAFFER, Aug. IS Administrator. SELLERS' L1YER PILLS Have been the ttandard remedy for the cure of Ivor mpiaii, s.MiiTtsetm, lever 4 Ague, hlek lleodacitei, and all de- rancemeiits of the stomach and liver lor over . years. Read this: StUrrt' Liver fills curt J me of an attack ot Liver complaint of eltrht years' standing." Wm. Kvans, Joilet, Ills. Price, ti eta. a lr. K. K Sellers A t, propr'a Pitts burg. Pa. Sold by ail druggists. DMIXISTRATOR S XOTICE. Estate of Samuel O. Pile, Utc of Somerset Borough, Mnawraet ounty. Pa., dee'd. Letters ol aowlulnrattoB on the above estate bar ing been granted to the undersigned, notice is bervby given to those Indebted to tt te make imme diate payment, and those having claiaas er de uands will make known the saaae without delay. OEOKOE W. PILE, July 3w Administrator. Ayer's Sarsaparilla For Scrofula, and all scrofulous diseases, Erysi elas. Rose, or St. Antho ny ' Fire, Erujtions and F-ruptiTe uiass of the skin, Ulcerations of the Liver, Stomach. Kidneys, I.iinjrs, Fimples, Pustules, IJoils, Dlotcheg, Tumors. Tetter, Salt llhenm. Scald f Head, Ringworm, Ulcers, Soros, Kheumatism, Neuralgia, Fain in the Iiones, Side and Head, Female Weakness, Sterility, Leucorrhora, arising from internal ulceration, and Uterine disease. Syphilitic aud Mercurial dis eases, Prorvv, Dyspepsia, Emaciation, General Debility, and for Purifying the Blood. This Sarsaparilla is a combination of vegetable alteratives Stillingia. Man drake, Yellow Dock with the Iodides of Potassium and Iron, and is the most efficacious medicine yet known for the diseases it is intended to cure. Its ingredients are so skilfully com bined, that the full alterative eect of each is assured, and while it is so mild as to be harmless even to children, it is still so effectual as to purge out from the system those impurities and corruptions which develop into loathsome disease. The reputation it enjoys is derived from its cures, and the confidence which) prominent phvsiciaus ail over the courv. tryrepo.se in it prove their expttwtwo of" iu usefulness. Certificates attesting ifavirtA have accumulated, and U4 constantly Leiag received,. a& j, a luauy of these cses are LuUUc; iiw.-RTi, they furr.iah couviucbg tulau-e A the superiority t.f this Sar iai:nili over every other alterative ii'ciwe So generally is its superi wity to any oilier medicine known, that we (K-J iit no more than to assure the public that tlie ix-st qualities it has ever possessed are strictly maintained. rurPAni'.n cv Dr. J. C. AYER i CO.. Loweij Ma::. ft LIVER COKPLAiriTO, KIDNEY DIQCAQCG, consTiPATion and PILES, w a nr. n ice su-fi Bex. Tt- ear. le. eaaee rKIET TKwtTsUX It Asa ewSeAJlAe . ahaMS. Itba.ea4seaV,te-aeegI-afcA. aUavanbMsftI-" aCfcETTfr, of Bwllew ? "ASAtHer tni raiACUIXAea'tH.AIaaam, VU ears. etlaef arteeJcaavalae. AHeratateea aaeswe area fraaa rstae aaa 70NDEI?FUl111( ? POWER- r, i BECAtWE IT W THE OVLT MlICT!rE TBAT AcV.MTIItUTi:i;WEUiXaIMIII ATTHE XE TtWE. . Buiaaai H etpanea the Aaraaarfesalea HladCeawrlaatWa. H T aaA rrt-'T : , rn . i-' ' , ,. T-. laahiuitl twasrleAaasytAf eatAw? MaailkaM. trywmrttoWwiUBAdAieftaiwi WleestgaV Wwrt. taiAwTw nfulakta a, aaa " fa AAckage wHl male aht asnsla cf Betelav Ben) Urtlst ! II. if 1 "cjsl DOC AB)X, mt rkir. arre. e -j - , ;10- THERE IS AO MATH. There is bo death ! The stars go down, To rise upon some fairer shore I , , And bright In bearen'l jewelei crown, They shine forerer more. There is ne death ! he Tdust we trtatl, : Shall change neath rammer showers, To golden grain or mellow fruit, Or rainbow tinted flowers. - . i .. . . The granite rocks disorganise, " ' And reed tb hungry rocks they bear ; The forest loaves drlAk daily Ufa from out the viewless air. : . - There Is ne death ! The learw may till, And flowers may fade and pass away I . They only wait through wintry hours , The coming of Ma j-day. There is no death ! An angel form : ' , Walks o'er the earth with silent troaJ ; . And bears our best loved things away, , And then we call them "dead." H.! leaves our hearts all desolate, -He plucks our fairest, sweetest flowers ; Transplanted Into bliss, they now ' Adorn Immortal bower. " . The birdlike voice, whose Joyous tones Make glad these scenes of sin and strife, Sing now an everlasting song ' Around the tree ef life. : -. Where'er be sees a isnile too bright, Or heart too pure for taint and vlor. Be bears It to that world of light, , , To dwell In paradise Born unu that undying lite, ; They leave us bat to eome agair. ; . i: With j we welcome them the same, Except their sin and pain. " And ever near us, though unseen. The dear, immortal spirits tread ; For all the boundless universe Is life there Is no dead ! BLAIKISU THE MAS WE. "Wtich of us is goi&g to do it, I'm sure I don't know," Mrs. Gartw right exclaimed with a shudder, boldine her dainty skirt9 still closer around her, as it anticipating contamination from the very atmor-pbero of bo plebe ian a locality as the kitchen. "I haven't the first idea of how to set about such a horrid job !" Bobbed Belle. "I do think it was perfectly shameful for father to die and leave TVS all in this miserable condition !" 'ill A I i . I t.l 1 J auj uij uauua suu ciuiuea wouiu be perfectly ruined if I should at tempt it !" protested Lillian. "I think it was more than shameful for the strvants to desert os like this as soon as misfortune came upon us. And we hare got to take extra care of our dresses aod things now, for goodness only knows when we will gel any more " 'Wei!, since there must be a vic tim, I will undertake the part," said Amy, stepping- forward and rolling up the sleeves cf her pretty rooming drees, with a determined air. "I have read that Queen Victoria had all Ler daughters instructed in every necessary domestic art, and it see ma ridicuiocg that independent American women should bo so helpless when fortune frowns and ser vaat girls desert them. I for one teel heartily ashamed of my ignorance, and aa tempted to look upon our present reverses as a well merited dispensation. , I have no more knowledge of the art than any of the rest of you, but I guess I am endowed with sufficient Yankee in genuity to fathom its mystery." lou always did have such ultra notions about things," observed Mrs. Cartwright with a sigh. , "But if you tbink you can do it, I am sure it will be an immense relief to us all. If we have to go on in this way we shall all be in our graves before long.". . 1 es, the Cartwright family were in a pitiable plight indeed. Three weeks before Mr. Cartwright, then apparently in the fall flash of health and business prosperity, had dropped dead in the street from a stroke of apoplexy, leaving the overwhelming revelation to come to his family that his business affairs were so hopelessly involved that bankruptcy was inevi table, and that the only support left to his wife and family wab what lit tle profit could be derived from the sale of the bouse, which was already mortgaged for nearly two-thirds its value. . 11! news flies fast ; and as the pan ic reacned tne servants they with one accord packed up their things and deserted the kinking , atip . for other and more secure places, leaving the aristocratic lady and her delicately reared daughters to grapple with the mysteries ti housework as best they could. - . . i A most wretched two wetkg had followed. . - ! Mr. Cartwrvgbt1 creditors had etizsd upon everything, and the fam-! ily were obliged to remain where they were until the bouse could be sold, with only the small amount of money that they happened to have in their purses upon which to subsist meanwhile. At last Mr 8. Cartwright received a letter from a friend of her late hus band, saying that be would call on a certain day to inspect the bouse, with a view to purchasing it u it pleased him, aad as be was known to be a man of very fastidious tastes it was con sidered of paramount importance that the mansioa should be in the most precise order and prepared to cuBtain the most rigid and critical scrutiny from cellar to garret . The family bad managed to get along with the np-statrs work with tolerable success, a large share of which was due to Amy, the youngest daughter, a bright, blooming girl of eighteen, who possessed a good share of practical talent and native wit.and had, moreover, the happy faculty of keeping np her spirits and adapting herseif to these unlooked-for contin gencies. - t ; Bat now they were confronted with a task from which they shrank oack appalled From the repeated boiliag over of the contents ot various pots and pans during the management or the de partment de cuieine, the once bright and shining range presented the ap pearance of Incipient measles, and was in a condition to bring disrepute upon the entire place to any one of fastidious tastes. - :. ' . If they should lose this chance ot seiiing the bouse tt wonld go to fbre closure, and might hot bring the amount of the mortgage. - -11 The range must be blackened, and some oue of them mast perform tbe task, for they bad no money to spare for hired help, and credit was a luxu ry of the past. " Tbeir appearance w as both ludi crous and pitiable, ' as they stood around tbe dreaded object in perplex ed conclave. , ' - E S Mrs. Cartwright and ber two elder daughters stood with their dainty wrappers and tucked petticoats drawn tightly around their stylish boots, gazing around this hitherto terra in cognito with looks of mingled dismay and dread. " Belle and Lillian, with their light hair done np with crimping pins in front, and jewels twinkling in their ears and on their fingers gave no evi dence, in their present appearance, of their suddenly altered fortunes; but Amy, who, from the moment she bad learned the true state of affairs, haJ laid aside all superfluous adornments, and with her pretty curls tied simply away from her lace, aad arrayed i tbe plainest dress she could Cnd, which was, nevertbeless.fartoo hand some for such work,' stood calmly and bravely surveying the scene. "Well 1" Mrs. Cartwright repeated with another sigh. "You bad better set about it right awaj, then, Amy ; though how you are going to manage it without ruining your dress, I'm sore I den't see." "Just wait a minute and I'll en lighten you mother," was Amy's re- - And, first pinning ber dress around ber in true domestic style, she next Gsbed np from , the ironing basket, stowed . away in the corner of the closet, what , had once served as an ironing sheet, but waa scorched and otherwise defaced, and wrapped that around ber in a thoroughly scientific manner, leaving only the piquant, resolute Xaco and pretty plump arms visible. :. ... , - . "Now 1 am girded and guarded and ready for the fray I" she exclaim d gsyly, "you girls and mother can retire on dignified state up stairs un til l summon you to witness tbe re sult of my labors. If old Mr. Sanford doesn't boy this house it shall not be tbe range' fault nor mine." And tbe young face bent gravely over ber task, as Mrs. Cartwright and her other daughters beat a will ing retreat to more aristocratic re gions. Fortunately for Amy, directions bow to use the blacking w ere pasted on the outside of the small package that contained it, and after some lit Je perplexity and .trepidation, she was at last fairly launched upon this new enterprise, and scrubbed away with undiminished alacrity and cheer fulness, until tbe range was finished, aud she could see her pretty face, in any part of its polished surface. "When everything had been once more restored to order, Amy, quite elated at her success, summoned her mother and sisters to behold her hand iwork. .' While the trio were contemplating it and congratulating themselves at tbe same time that the dreaded Rub icon was passed without their being compelled to soil tbeir dainty fingers, a decided peal Bounded at the door bell above. , "Mercy!" exclaimed Mrs. Cart wright "Who can it be at this un-beard-of hour I Girls, some of yon must go to the door ! I am not ft to be seen in this dishabille !" V "Nor I, with my hair ' all in crimps !" declared Belle. "Ard so is mine," added Lillian, putting ber band up to ber bead. "I cannot go, looking like such a fright 1" "Then I supppose nothing remains but for me to turn porter as well as stove polisher !': said Amy, with a laugh. "Thanks to my novel apron, my dress has not been Boiled at all, and I don't tbink my appearance is calculated to shock any one's refined sensibilities. And, with another laugh at the ex pression of dismay on the faces of her mother and sisters, she tripped away up stairs, ' blissfully nncouscious of the fact that there was a slight dab of black on one Bide of her nose, where sbe bad inadvertently touched it with her finger while engaged at her late task., , - - . Opening tbe door she found herself face to face with a handsome and stylish young man, on the sunny side ot 30, whom she knew by sight, hav ing noticed him at one or two of the recent evening parties which sbe bad attended, although they had not as yet been formally introduced to each other. ' Bat Harver Atwood was evidently quite familiar with the pretty face of Mrs. Cartwright s youngest daughter, and doffed bis bat with bis best bow. "I am addressing Miss Cartwright I believe ?" . "One of them,sir,"Amy responded, with a smile. 'I am deputed by my uncle, Mr. Sanford, to examine this bouse, which be bas some thoughts of purchasing. Can 1 see it this morning;" "I guess so. Step into the parlor for a moment, if you please." And closing tbe door upon bim, Amy went down stairs to inform ber mother of the advent, - "Harvey Atwood ! Horrors 1" Bell exclaimed, actually . turning pale. "Tbe very last person that we would want to have catch os in such a plight! And I bad made my calcula tions upon getting an introduction to bim at tbe next party", she added with a sob. ., e . , . : "Well, Amy, yon will have to show him around the house, for it would take roe an hour to make myself pre sentable," said Lillian. "Only keep your bands out of sight as much as possible, and for goodness' sake don't breathe a word about our having to do tbe housework. If we manage tbe matter very discreetly w say be able to sustain oar position in society yet." "Ob, rubbish!" was Amy's uncom promising comment, as Bbe went back to tbe parlor whence, after giving the others time to slip softly np , to tbeir rooms, Bbe proceeded to show her vis itor over the bouse. Mr. Atwood inspeeud the premises with the air of a connoisseur, bat found plenty of time, meanwhile, for ths study of tbe pretty face ' beside bio. ;; ' ' . v That little dab of black on ber ncse did not escape his attention, bat be was puzzled as to how to account for it, for awhile. "c;" ; " -' : ' ' -Bot when tbey had' "done" the oppep pvt of the house, he was guid ed by bis conductress at last fn tbe neat kitchen. -1 ' -,: lie cast a well satisSed glance around, for he was a great lover of TAB T.. 1.1 H E D,rl8 3 SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1879. order, and failing to detect ths pres ence of a servant any wherw.was about to make some remark when a sudden look of intelligence flitted across bis nanasome lace, v -.-.V . lie glanced from tbe well polished range to the little spot on tjs pretty companion's nose, then do wit at the folded bands, yet red with the morn iDg's work.andthen watching a favor able opportunity ha treated himself to a prolonged look at the bright, res olute face. : j. . !U 1,1 , ' ; A very pleasant expression came orer bis own after that, ani his de portment toward her was as," deferen tial and courteous as bo cotld have accorded to any court-beaut arrayed in all the paraphernalia of fashionable grandeur ; so that Amy, blissfully un conscious of bow she bad vetrayed herself, felt a very delightful thrill at her heart during Mr. Atwood's short visit, and an unaccountable feeling of disappointment when be rqrnel at last to go. ! - "I am moch obliged to ySoo, Mies Cartwright, for your kindly )ccommo dation," he said. "I have no doubt that the bouse will suit my ancle; bat if it should not, I can guarantee a purchaser elsewhere. And I pops that our acquaintance, thus informally but pleasantly begun, may continue good-day," and, lifting his', hat, be turned away, leaving Amy, rosy and bewildered, to gaze after him with a multitude of unaccountable emotions stirring in her breast. ; -i - Meanwhile Harvey walked away with a face as animated as be had suddenly come into possesion of a large fortune. J "Sweet indeed are the ases of ad versity, when it brings out Inch gen uine worth as that I Any young lady who can bear such severe and sudden reverses, so bravely and can prove equal to the emergency, even to the matter of blacking a range, ia tbe right kind of a wife for me. They must be dreadfully reduced, poor things! bat it has made a heroine out of one member of the family. I will keep my eye on that little household fairy the darling!" "Are yoa particularly ; desirous about buying the house, : ancle f" Harvey asked, when he made his re port. " ell, 1 don't know. V by do you ask?" replied tbe old gentleman. "Because I would like tofporchase it, It's about time I was thinking of getting settled in life, you know; and after I have secured the house I will look about for some one to pat in it What do you say f" ? "Just as you piease,"' Mr. Sanford replied, and Harvey went awar, looking as if he was much pleased. The next day bo called! again at Mrs. Cartwrurht'E. to infirm them that his uncle had relinquished bis in tention in favor of another! purchaser, who would give a tbousrhd dollars more than the price askedj He was received th is b Mre.l Dart wright and ber two older daugh ters, whose robes of conventional black had abated nothing from tbe fashionable style in tbeir "make np," whose deeply bordered handkerchiefs were redolent of perfume, and whose light hair was arranged in a bewil dered complication of puffs, braids and crimps but Mies Amy did .not appear. In answer to bis almost involunta ry inquiry for her, ; Mrs. Cartwright replied that "tbe dear child was slightly indisposed ;" but the faint and distant clatter of crockery, as he stepped into the hall, waa sufficient to impress the young gentleman with tbe conviction that bis pretty inamo rata was engaged at that identical moment in washing their dinner-dishes. ' " With his readily offered assistance, a suitable bouse was procured for them at a moderate . rent, and when the business transactions were finish ed, in which he represented himself as empowered to act for tbe purchas er, they found themselves provided with sufficient fuuds to maintain them comfortably ; until : tbey could find something to do. . These arrangements, however, be fore completed, necessitated quite a number of visits from Mr. Atwood, and about two months after their re- moral to tbeir new quarters, by whieb time tbey feit like old friends, be call ed upon them one afternoon, finding only Amy at tome. "I have taken possession of your late home, MiesAmy," he said, in the course of tbe conversation, "and like it very much. But there is oue draw back about it." "What is that ?" Amy asked, quite unsuspecting what would be his reply. ' ' " - "The presence of tbe bright face and brave, heroic spirit that bright ened it on that day of . my first vis it," Harvey replied, tenderly. "Amy, will yoa come and be my household angel!" ; ... , !'Mr. Atwood !" Amy faltered, ber cbeeks growing scarlet" r . .. "Am I too precipitate V asked ber lover. "These circumstances have en abled us to become more intimate than we would have been in a much longer time under ordinary condi tions. Amy, I discovered your se cret that day when we reached (be kitchen," he added, with an arch smile, "and I loved and honored yoa for , tbe heroism that could not be crushed by adversity, but rose super ior to circumstances, even to the per formance of tbe ' humblest duties. Will yoa let me restore yoa to the boose wbere yoa alone have a right to reign, its honored mistress, my be loved wife J Speak to me. 'Amy, is your ceart mine -5 ' "Yes," sbe faltered, tremulously-. Then in a minute tbe drocping face was raised, and sbe went on in firmer tone : "Mr. Atwood, I do love youTandl am willing to be your wife, but not until I feel myself thorough mistress er every department of my province. This adversity bas both humbled and instructer me, in showing ma my ot ter ignorance cf those housewifely arts that should be known bv every woman, and tbe importance and val ue of a thorough knowledge of , all that pertains to her Bphere. And not until 1 am thoroughly familiar with all these details that in my former aimless, frivolous life were a sealed book to me, sball'l feel competent or worthy to fill that position. But when I can compass, and, if necessary, lend 7. a practical band in the entire circle ot housewifely duties, from the most in tricate mysteries even down to black ing the range, then I will come to yon and be your household angel, dear Harvey." "And I will wait for my darling as lor the most precious gift I could re ceive. The range shall prove a homelv but effective talisman be tween as, my little Amy ; and my heart shall safely repose in this true wowan, wbose price is above ra bies." - . "' ; lie kissed tbe little hands, rough ened by unwonted labor so cheerfully performed, and after a little further lover's talk, left her,' with a ring sparkling en the band be bad been last to release. And Amy, crowned with tbe triple blessing of lore, happiness and an approving conscience, wrought with such good will that when a year was ended her garments of mourning were laid aside for bridal robes. And as sbe stepped over tbe threshold of the luxurious home that had been given her a second time, it was the presence, the love, and tbe benedic tion of that heart which no beauty nor fashion, but true, unsullied worth had won. ' My Neighbor I-aee I-ambreqalaa. "For the land's sakes !" exclaimed Mrs. Brown, dropping in upon me for a morning's call, "what an extrava gant creature that young Mrs. Har manis! why just aa I was coming through the back yard, I happened to glance up, and I do declare, if there to alt her kitchen windows don't hang the most beautiful lace lambrequins I ever set my eyes on." . "Lace lambrequins at her kitchen windows ! yoa mast be mistaken." "No, I am not, and if yoa don't believe it just go and look for your self." : ' I did so ; and sure enough, there hang what appeared to be elegant lace lambrequins. "She'll ruin that husbaod of hers," continued Mrs. Brown. "I mast Bay it makes me angry to see such do ings. Mr. Brown is worth twice as much aa ber husband, and I never thought of having any thing else but green paper curtains at any of my windows." "Well," I remarked, "I tbink it is a very extravagant move. Young persons when starting in life, should be economical.it ever, and look cat for a rainy day." ; "Have yoa called ?" asked Mrs. Brown. ' "No, but I should like to." "Then supposin' yon slip on your bonnet, and we'll jest step over Those lambrequins have made nu kind o' curious." I assented, and in less than five minutes we stood at tbe door of a pretty cottage. ' j- 7 "Good morning, ladies," said Mrs. Herman, appearing at the . door in a neat calico morning dress, "walk in," and she ushered us into a cool, shady room, wbose windows were draped with curtains of white dotted mus lin. Sbe was very social, and we fell at once into a pleasant chat At last Mrs. Brown introduced tbe topic of domestic economy. "Yes, indeed," said ifrs. Harrnan, "I know something of economy. Harry and I are just starting in lite, and 1 teel we ought to save in every way that we can, without infringing on onr real comfort ' He wanted me to keep a girl, and '. I told him, no, that I had much rather do my own work, and I find it very pleasant, too. Through tbe hot weather I arise bright and early, and get all the bak ing and sweeping oat of tbe way be-' fore breakfast; then I have plenty of leisure to sew. Yesterday I finished those curtains, (pointing to the win dows,) I didn't think they would do so well I made them oat of a coup le of old white dresses that I bad thrown aside " ; "Yoa ought to have put your lace lambrequins in here," said - Mrs. Brown: - ' Mrs. Ilarmaa looked puzzled. " "What do you mean?" she asked. "Why, them beautiful lace things you've got hanging np at your kitch en windows; I couldn't tbink of such extravagance in my bouse." Mrs. Herman broke into a bearty langb - 1 ' ; ' " '" Won't yoa step bat and look at them?" sbe asked. i ' ; ' "Well I never! If I ain't beat!" ottered tbe amazed Mrs. Brown, as we surveyed them, for lo and behold, tbey were nothing but newspapers cut and notched in imitation of lace pattern. Mrs. H. kindly showed ns how to fold the papers and eut them, bo we both walked home and hung lace lambrequins at our kitchen windows try it . ' : '- ' ,; ' A aia-a PtafBtefa IsavAntleita. A woman who opened a small mil linery store in tbe western part of the city, says tbe Detroit Free Pres, engaged a painter to paint her a sign. When it came home tbe other day she saw that It read: "Mrss. J. Blank, etc.," and she called out, "Yoa have got an extra V In Mrs., and yoa must paint tbe sign over again." Tbe painter saw tbe error, bat he did not want the job of correcting it, and he replied : . , . a , : : a , - "Madam, haven't yon bad two husbands?" . .. v "Yes, sir." , "Yoa were a Mrs. when yoa lost the first?" . ! v , i "I was." ; v. m : u ,"And do yoa think a woman can go on marrying forerer and not lengthen out her title 7 . Mrs. meanB a married woman or a widow. Mrss. means a woman . who bas married twice, and is young enough to marry again, and only yesterday a rich old coon was fa onr 'shop,. and said if he bad any idea that yoa were heart- free he'd come np !! ,. ."On, well, yoa can nail the sign np," sbe interrupted. And it Is there to-day. ' Jadge : "Have yoa anything to offer to the court before sentence is paaesd upon yon ?" Prisoner: "No, jurge;Ithad $10, bat my lawyer took ibat" '-! - 9ASBT. MB- XA8BY TAKES A LITTLE TLEN THEOUGH OHIO AITD KEP0ET8. PETTCSVlLLK, ) (wichisin the Stale uv Ohio.) I- Aug. 3,1879. I I felt It my dooty to faced the Mac edonian cry wicn tbe Dimocrisy or Ohio yelped, "Kum over and help as!" aad I went, to do a little mish- unary work in tbe Sutbern part nv the State, for that 'possel or onlimit- ed money, that harbinger or good times, Genl Ewing. 1 wish 1 wuz back in the Corners, . and shel git there jist ez soon ez the Sentral Com mittee lets me Ieeve this most trior ougbly discouragin kentry. El tbe rest nv tbe btate is any thing like this secksbun, Ohio is gone op. Rooin is before Ohio, and tbe State is drivin full tilt onto it I met with so success at all, wich wuz not my fault, ez the - condishns are agin me. i waz never so aisap pintid in my life, and hope . never to be so agin. I expected l find a people ready to receeve Dimecrauc doctrine. I expected to find a distrest kenfy filled with farmers bemoanin tbe hard times, and mechanics layin idle, with ther families starvin. 1 expect- id to find a ehoelis, hatlis, coatlis community nr serfs, wich hed bin ground down by the money power till they wood be willin to receeve any promise uv a change with joy and gladnis. I expectid to see fac trys silent and farms desertid, shops abet np, and only Nasbnel banks and sicb, open. I expectid to find pale men, weak-eyed with hunger, and pale-faced, despairin wimmen, starvin theirselves that they mite keep life in to their angel babes. I bed bin reedin Dimecrauc papers, yoo see, about tbe people bein ground under foot, and I hied me to Ohio, with tbe most joyous antiasipa- Bbuns. When I struck Fettusville it oc curred to me that I must ber got in to the wrong locality. I arrived in the nite, and I notist the landlord uv tbe hotel weighed suthin over two hundred, and his wife wuz suthin heavier, but that didn't affect me. In all strikly Dimecratic localities, land lords git fat, no matter who else grows lean, wich they giuerally do. I turned in and bugged the idee to my buzm that I snood hev easy work to do in that place. Tbe fust thing I notist in tbe morn- in wuz a string uv teems a mile longA more or less, warns to onload wheat at the warehouse on tbe ralerode. Tbe men onto tbe loads wuz ez bale and harty a set uv fellers ez I ever seed.- They wnzn't pale ncr , wan, nor nuthio. ' They wuz hefty speci mens, blU lookt cz tbo they hed three square meels a day all tbeir lives. To my horror I notist that tbe shop3 wuz all open and tbe mechan ics all very hard at work, and that the three factories in the town hed torrents uv smoke a bilin out uv their chimneys. ,' Bein entirely sboor , that I hed bin sent to the rite place, in spite nv these discouragin apeerances, 1 approached a farmer wich hed Bold his lead and wnz a goin into a Bank with bis wife. "My friend," sed I, "yoo are a vic tim uv the money power !"' "What!" wuz his reply, lookin ez though he thought I wuz a escaped loonatic . . "Yoo are a serf, a bondman, and are held in the iron grip uv the bloat id bond holders, wich is a squeezin the life blood out uv yoo." . Is tbey r" sed he. "I never thot uv that Jiut 1 kin beet em. 1 real ly haven't time to discuss the matter, for, yoo Bee, I'm goin to be a bonded bloat-bolder myself. I her Jest sold my wheat, and I'm jist goin in to buy a bond or two. I want to be a aris tocracy myself a while." And he eloodid me, Ieevic a button in my hand. Repeatin the same remark to an other, be merely remarkt, "O, git oat, yoo ass ! Wheat 30 bushels to tbe acre and a dollar a bushel, gold. I want a great many years more nv this kina or rooin. Wbere yoo frum, anyway V " V Abandonin the farmers in disgust. for I got the same answer from all nv em, I attempted to git in my work on tbe distrest mechanics wich must hev bin rooined by resumpshun, but my success wnzn't any better. I don't know bat I cood hev convinst em that tbey wuz all rooined ef I hed bed a fair show, but tbe alarmin fact wuz tbey wnz all too bizzy to listen to me, for it happened to be pay-day. Every man uv em went cut uv tbe ollia with his money in full, and every man uv em declined to bear a word I sed. , . It wuz in vane I urged that tbey wuz serfs, it wuz in vane that I told em they wuz bein ground into tbe dust by the Aasbnel Banks, it wnz in vane 1 told em resumption wood be their room, for every cossid one of em filed past me and went and de positid their spare earnings in one nv these cussid octopusses, the Xsshnel bank nr tbe place. I can't understand what Ewing sent me to sich a place for, aod I tel egraphed him. . The Dimecratic Cen tral Committy ansered : ' "Mold on awhile. A heavy frost may come in Augnst and kill tbe corn, and fetch em to their senses. Then they will know what Sherman has done for em. Suthin must be left to Providence." ' And so I am sittin in the tavern, watchin the thermometer, it is a corn kentry, and tbe farmers depend upon that crop for the heft or their profits. Ef the Lord wood only take pity on tbe Dimocrisy and send a heavy frost, a regular - black frost, this month, I shood her some show. It wood derange things and tear op matters to sich an extent that it wood give ns a chance. But then the wheat crop was so ' heavy that I'm not sboor that even tbe totle destine shea av the corn crop wood save as. xne nog cnoiera cant come Boon ennff, and ez for cattle and horses,: 1 ever seed em so diaguatinly healthy. Still, I she! sit and watch the ther mometer and cobs John Sherman, ez the Central Committy direx. It is possible that some distress may come npoa the kentry before October, tbo reely I nee bo enearridgia signs. ' ' Petrolic m V. NASBr,' 'y Distrest Finanseer. LLO WHOLE NO. 14(38, A reanevlvanl latereas. Our sympathy reaches to tbe small but growing number who for some years past have sought to turn public attention to tbe rapid waste of so ira portant a wealth and adjunct of wealth as the forests of this State and country. Tbe consumption ot lum ber baa increased four-fold within the last twenty years, and the foeling has of course grown in tbe same ra tio. All tbe eld forest growth in ac cessible counties baa been cleared off and lator growths hare shared the same fate, and regions that were and still are almost inaccessible are being denuded. Y'oung plantations are recklessly destroyed, and annually fires devas tate and disforest large tracts. The destruction is not wholly domestic, either, for Xtw York draws more and mow largely from our northern tier of counties, and New Jersey from the eastern and central, and local receipts at this port are turned into ship ments. Nor ia there any sufficient offset in new plantations, while tne forests of Michigan and isconsm, on which we have drawn, are being BweDt away by equal waste. The only relief from this state of things is the transfer of considerable wood lands to railroad and other corpora tions, by which they are prudently harvested and growth runs parallel with destruction. The most important fact in tnis connection is that tbe fertility of each county decreases according to the destruction of lis woodlands, at:er a particular point has been reached. This ia directly traceable to the ef fect of forests ia the precipitation of moisture, and no other proof of tbe relation is required than that given in tbe Madeiras, where the invalu able vineyards were destroyed when the owners cleared all the land to en large them. The eame result has been noticed in Italy, Spain, France and Belgium, and laws have been enacted to control disforesting in be half of agriculture. There is an ob vious relation to the degree of heat and violence of the wind in the amount of the forests : and both of these are causes of injury, as well as results from it, and bear upon health and business. Tbe cououmptijn of lurcher increases more rapidly tbaa population, and at no remote day must reach a point at A biefe prices will rule above profit fir m toy in dustries. This generation has "rown with the notion of its predecessor?, that our forests are inexhaustible, ind is surprised at the contradicioa tender ed by prices when the loo. er di nand is enlarging everywhere. It u high time that the danger be forcibly im pressed, and that measures should be taken to secure economy and restitu tion. There are large regions now waste and worthless in exhausted Selda and pastures whicb may be made pecuniarily profitable by pla i ing tbem with trees. This ia largely done in Europe. Tbe effect of such planting will be seen la greater ha midity, fertility and health, as well aa in larger forests ; so tbat by tbe close of the century the State will not only be fairer to view, but richer and stronger and better developed. Every day's delay augments an inju ry already too great, and one tbat reaches over to and hurts a thousand iadu3triex If the people cannot be awakened so tbat tbey will act voluntary, other agencies muet be employed. iut tbey will so act as soon as they know the dangers they are causing. Eve ry word spoken on the subject is edu cational and of profound use, and tbe speech should continue until the evil ia arrested, and forest culture takes the place of wanton waste. North America. A iew Enemy or tbe Grape. The grape growers along tbe shores of Lake Lrie are very much alarmed by tbe appearance of a species of rot in their vineyards which baa destroy ed about half of tbe crop. Tbe dis ease does not discriminate in tbe slightest between tbe best examples of cultivation and the vines wcicn have been Badly neglected ; in otber words, the appearance ot tbe rot is as malignant and as extensive in tbose vineyards where tbe vines have been most carefully and promptly tied up and kept entirely clean of grass and weeds as it is wbere tbe canes have been suffered to droop at random from the vines or drop prone upon the weedy soil. Another peculiarity of the trouble is that it is not confined to any spe cial eiass of vines growing on partic ular soil. It strikes tbe carefully tended young vineyard on tbe high, breezy, dry ridges with as much im partiality as it visits and ravages tbe old and neglected ones tbat may be found on the wet bottoms across the road and below it This rot is doubt less the same as tbat which has ruin ed the grape crop of Sooth Jersey for the last two or three years, and from which tbe vineyards there are still suffering. In this latter locality many methods have been resetted to to protect the crop, but without suc cess. In numbers of instances this year tbe young bunches were separately tied in paper bags, but appearances now indicate that tbe rot baa not been prevented by this means. The Lake shore growers say tbo ravages of the phylloxera have no connection whatever with tbe rot epidemic. Tbe effects of tbe work of that enemy are apparent in a totally different manner. When this microscopic insect attacks the roots of tbe vine its presence there is manifested not by decaying c! aster 3 of fine fruit hanging to thrifty, yigorous canes and foliage, but by a sickly, weak growth, wbere in the year previous it bad been strong and healthy. The straggling bunchea of grapes which bang to the root-infested vines never ripen," but cling there green and acid until smitten by frost. They believe the rot to owe Its origin to a peculiar and exceptional combin ation of atmospheric agencies, pro ducing an undue fermentation and decay of tbe sap and the tender tis sues of the swelling fruit Fhilada. Efcvrd. The watchword Tick. - Riots in Cork ought to be light affairs. A Brtrw Ah. hum. How the wheels of time speed round how the gathering years crowd thick and fast how the maelstrom swtria as we are urwu nearer tbe vortex how old tempos doesfugit And yet It was not al ways thus. Looking back over onr shoulder (to Bee if the girl ia flirting) to the years that now, alas, are past and gone, we Bee a fair haired boy. Ah, but his hair was fair fairer than the luscious strawberry nestling in the fraudulent box in tbe early spring time, at eighty cents a quart fairer than the golden carrot as it swims among tbe grease-drops on the sur face of a plate of soup fair as tbe lily, the marigold, the daffdown dil ly. Fair, fair. How long the days were then. Tbe forenoon was an epoch ; tbe af ternoon a measureless cycle of time. A piece of bread and butter at half past nine, and another at eleven, mitigated our sufferings and stayed the hunger which consumed us dar ing tbe lapse of time between break fast aud dinner. And the doses would have to be repeated in the afternoon, and just before going to bed. What a change in all this twen ty years have wrought Thre ia no "piecing between meal.' ioW ; no, indeed. And dinnerseema to come so soon after breakfast tbat we are almost inclined not to be bothered with it And supper ia a thankiesa task. The years seem to gather momen tum aa they pass; eac succeeding one being shorter than iu predeces sor. We see how it is we are on the down grade, and there are no brakes. We are rushing along with increasing velocity to-day we are bald-headed ; to monow we shall be toothless, next day gray, and then ab, then, tbe silent bone-yard. It Is not a pleasant prospect Let na look the other way let us shake 'em back. What wa3 it that caused us to fall in to this train of thought? Oh, yes this aged bill from a shoemaker. We promised to pay the man next week, and now the account is outlawed ! It beats all Time should not fly so fast rraaess Objeetlaaa te JlaaralsMt. Englaad'a The objection of tbe Paris Sieel to the official English lamentation over the prince imperial seems to be well taken. There is no i rench em pire, and bow could there be a French prince imperial ? Would Jerome be received aa emperor if be came to England ? Y et he is as truly empe ror as the son of Louis Napoleon wa3 prince imperial. There are two otber families beside the Bonaparte family which have furnished rulers to France the older and the younger Bourbons. If Je rome Bonaparte be ejsperor of the French, the Count of Chambord ia king of France, and the Count of Paris king of the i rench. jsowit the Count of Chambord had a son who shonld die in exile in England, would members of the government officially attend his funeral ? Or would the Count of Paris, dying in England, be officially mourned aa king of tne French? How would England be pleased if some scion of tbe Stuarts, dying in Africa while ac companying the French army, should be honored by franco as c.ogiana baa honored the young French man ? Tbe young Bonaparte who was killed by the Zulus waa either the rightful sovereign of France, or he waa a private frenchman. But tbe official presence of English ministers and of members of the British royal family at his funeral Ia the precise sign of respect which would have been offered if he had been acknowl edged to be the French emperor. The Sieela very properly objects; and tbe flaneur of the Boulevard, as he drops lamps of sugar in his glass of water at tbe cafe, will wrathfully muse upon the perfidy of Albion. LAtncBlatlana ef a M. Lealelaua. Lo, the sun doth compaas ua round about and the beat thereof doth pre vail mightily 'against the son of man. It catcbeth bim in the seventh hour in tbe morning and tarrieth with him until evening and there is no good in him. He aweateth Like unto the street sprinkler. Y'ea, verily, like onto tbe hose cart and hia bowels yearneth for ice-water. If he so hath ice-water wherewith to quench hia thirst, what profiteth bim ; it bowetb his soul in anguish and vexeth hia reins sore. 0, daughters of Jerusalem, why art thou girt a boat with wrappers and wherefore dost thou slam the doors all tbe day long wben tbe men folks do enter into tby habi tations 1 Why dost tbou array thyselves in slender raiment and laugh unto scorn the son of man who cometb onto bia borne at tbe third hour ? Ia thy servant a dog tbat be shall be snubbed in bia own habitation, and who art thou, O daughter ot Je rusalem, tbat visiteth him with wra:h even in his own temple ? Oar sons and daughters are sore chastened against the vengeance of tbo sun ; it is bard for them to kick against the prickly heat Tbe milk souretb in the dairies, and the sound thereof is an offence to our nostrils. The undershirt is a mockery, and tbe paper collar is full of vanity ; there is no health ia good shirt fronts. Whither shall we flee to escape the calamity that is eome upon as, and where shall we hide from tbe fro ward ness of tbe oppressor. A Beaalbl I.ltll Lee tare. Breslin, of tbe Lebanon Advertis er, gets off tbe following local item, which will suit almost any locality.. It is a five minutes lecture which may be read with profit by all: "Whatever yoo do, never set up for a critic. We do not mean a newspaper critic, but one in private life, in the domestic circle, ia society. It will do yoa no good, but ve- tj great harm, if you mind being ! called disagreeable. If yoa do not like any one's nose, or object to one's chin, ao not put your ieeunga in woraa. If any one's manners do not please you, remember your own. People are not all to suit your taste ; recol lect that Take things as yoa find tbem, unless yoa can alter tbem. Even a dinner, after it is swall'wed, cannct be made any better. Contin ual fault finding, continual criUcism of the conduct of this one, tbe dress of one and the opinions of the otber, will make borne, as well as communi ty, the unbappiest place under the sun. II yoa are never pleased with any one; no one will be pleased with yoa. And if it is known that yoa are hard to please, few will take the pains to please yoa." The girl who makes tbe bread is the flower of the family. . . . ,. . j i o
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