Serins oi Publication
7h3 S:sers.t Herald
M,..,.! every WeJner.y Morning lttN
' ' Mjittre, ' I'1'1 ln 1,iU,x clnt'1 IW;
-.hetrlpUoa wi" "tll " j
'rt)f art paid ap. I'orUEarterr neKlocttaf j
"""jjuy m when sutucrlbers do. not take oat j
" mbbW MeIorUieiabcr!ptIoii. I
w.rltfre-wvlns:fruin one P0100810"-j
. ,hIJ (fir
rtrtBrthe Mine 01 me tonner aa
M ibepretomc AJJres.
The Somerset HcralJ,
Somerset, l'a.
"jTTOIINEY: A T-LA
l." AKiTOKXEY AT LAW.
Y- SCAUOK.NEYAT LAW,
l-l Soinerse., lenca.
II s a 1 IX'KN E V AT LAW.
. cl.-.V.
bowers t, fenn'a
.. ,ii-r ir SI'l'I.L
(l ' ATTUKN tV AT LAW.
S SvinerK-t, l'a. i
-""TT ,ITH'E- Alexander H. Cufiroih taa
I -Vuci tut iraouc wise in t. UiTi.c as J
j : ati1- "
it.MiVK SCHKLUATTOKNLY AILAW. , CENT. FVXIIEU LOAX can be aocommo
11 t-.ntrrK. CmTt' j a.ed at thl. Bank. The ,n. are ,-m.id In
j denomination; of M, 1"0. MO and 1.CW.
.'1LLNTINE HAY. ATTORNEY AT LAW ! -
A. " , cr in real estate, t.iuer t, J'a..
' w ail buine entrust tu fcu-car w!U
jraiBi""- -
J ,4. ((. tlM.EL. AT1XKXEY AT LAW,
' it:- attend u all luim-at en-
,J bi, car in Somerset and adt-iuutt roun-
'r1 ;; :
Bv if SZXfrtZ !
,','ri.i L- Ij lJer' I jatai:s.
. .u H fHUATTOKX ATLA W, Si iyi
A tr-,i. il i r.'tnpttv aitttd to ail tutUM'ta
laui. Aluey ad-aJKduuuiieclion !
I .' i'Ui in Mammoth btiihisi:ir
J.
IHiLE
ATTl'KNLY AT LAW.
P. i'r.jtes
..r j. a. H. L. KAEK, ATTuKXEVS A T !
LAVt", soaieri'ot, l'a.. i rrti -c iu Snu. !
si a-:;a.m cjuntie. All iuiuc. -n- I
ljuiuv: i. '.i-i'" iU " I'ri i'-'-y attsn-ied tv.
t,.,vr7 i rr;,s; ar
1 .t.J.i 1." .iilnei.r.im.- .il'.-t,.1
a.';. et:tru-tri to !;! rare lu s.'iuer.l :
I !:. . f 'tuma couuttoa. tiSi in ITitiia,; 1
;,:FH k Kr.uATTTKYs7r I
V U. A.; Liijinii-s citnwted to tuvir-.-arew.il :
r-..;.ly al 1 a.Ktu.iii atietiicd Ij. :
An I'tvsti street, i;ituflie tlie
J
0!IX K- SCOTT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
limcr-et ha. Kilu-e in tlie t'ourt li. use.
All
wof ec:ruie.l
Uis cure aitentied towiii
ana hue.uy. ;
J
AMES L. TUG II,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
S u-erre:. Pa. OtS?e. Ximicutli HW-k.u; s.airi.
t.t:ru'e ta!n t'ro.-s St. tiie-::ons it.t.'f.e
u:w K-t-.i. title examined, aj.d ail ieif .1 t usi
h'.rr.;e i loaUli iTou:;.tnet and ...-ilty.
m.i
gniVLYING,
Vrlticg' Peed-, .ic,
ti ce .rt n 'tiee.
-tnjairf at t'ascleer k Co.' Store.
C. F.WALKER.
AiiH.
1
)ENSIOX AGENCY.
Pa. J : ol t Frve. unir cliiiui
i'wul protnpuy collert all Jt.ur:y sliA few
a d rUiDi tntru!--t-i l him. rer..ii w.?hine
tk'.irfj l.ve. encUmC Oivtiar nnit"i.iue
PHYSICIANS.
E. M KIMMELL & SON
i-ier their profe..iooal service, to the rlti-
t,iir -! s-'Uteret and vicinity, uoe ol me nietn.
tr o! tbt nnn can at all time. unle pn fe.jion
a.;y ecu.ad, he lunu at their vrtice. on Main St.
va: ji u.e .'lamxnd.
DR. J. K. MILLER ha permanently l.xated
ut Uerlin for the practice ol Mr pn-frMkra.
c".'i'ite t'harlea KrinlErter i iwrr.
a;.:, li, T-U.
DK. H. BKTBA KER tealerf hif pr.-.!cdraal
inrvice to the cititena f Somervt an i vifin
o in reidf.ace. one doi weft of f ie har-
Mt UlSM.
D
R. G. B. MASTERS
loit.i in -mert fT the vrai-Mce of his
l!i ti. ar.'i ten lcr his pr.lctlnnal ri-rvi.e lo
c;;;icunt i"n and surTmni inir c-.utitry: oue lu
V.ru. .th Ul.-k : ri fi lence with Curtli lr.-e.
DR. WM. CKLL1XS. UENT1ST, S-.merrc
Pa. ornce Is Caeter t liiock. u; Jtairn.
wLtrf he can at all timer he found prei-srf 1 t- do
;;i:r, l!ol wira, rarh a fcilmn. reitulatina. cx-
jiunK. rea-uiauna. tx-
tt ot aU kwur. anl ot j
inxT.tl.oi-.irtcl.j
:TT- !
trar.iLa. . Aniacial teet
ttn'-:ii.-jrrial. Inserted. t1eT:
mi A. G. MILLER
rnrtrciAX uhgeox.
H irmoTe.: to S.ath Hrnd. Indiana, where he
n t cvcjulted by letter or otherwise. - j with the floSS and fiffJiHC$S of youth.
Thin hair is thii keitftL falling liair
Dr. W. F. F U M) EN B E 110 , 1 chf k; 1111,1
I not alwnvs cnrl ly its use. otli
Lat? Keeiident Kurc. j i'l'-I e:m rt'.storo the liair where ilie
Rl TOrl EjB SSl EST Ilfe, j .hLTand jJcay...ril-it Mich'i
r-. u.,.j . , , , .. :, v-! mn.-tin can lie suvel for usduliiess
J lr til: application. Jnsteal cf l.u.--;
. w . .. f. a 3 , in t he liair with a p.i't.v JH-a:in-nr. ;t
MWce, s. so Kwolh ntr Strrrl.
DENTISTS.
VliS BILLS,
J
DENTIST.
' toe la CoCroU k NeC new balldit-.
Mats CroM Street.
Semerret. Pa.
vll
"WM. COLLINS,
WEXTIST,
IP"' i"ve Career k Freaae'r a.'.r. S-rtnerret.
'l lithe lart htteen veara I have Kreativ re
!1 ;t prix of araticial teeth in thir puce.
' "-"tanti3T'aK;e demand f.r teeth bar ia
uuii eniarg bit laciiiurr that I can
et o: ietn at U wer i.rir-M than ti
HOTELS.
iff
JJIAMONP HOTEL.
STOTSTOWX TA.
Tka i ppaUr and wc 11 known n-mre bar lately ;
hire
ltot taraiture. wbr-h bar aa.:e It a very,
bTI"' t"11,lc P'ace l.irtbe traveling pai.iic- I
" tatie ao.1 rHii tmn iv t ranwM all be- j
57, a. wit a terc public haU attached i
rI maM Au Unre and ro..n.v rtai.lmi. :
' b.nihur can he had at the'loweM - :
rW r.j wee, uay or meaL
AMl.'KL CL'STKIt, I'poj.
Mwh:y and newly rentted. with all new
J!y SL
. E.1V. Iiiamond.
Ptoy rtown. Pa.
DAVIS BROS.,
House, Sijn and Fresco
PAINTERS.
sOjSltmt, ri.
A XtiNTB rwarautred. fl a day
t tK-ni. bij by the blB-in. r.
(-l al rx rcjqirr,!; Klu nan
a Ki Wun,,. I. r, a-d alrir
tat .t w-y t.-.T at wrk for ar
Ul.a. " . cu rht ac.
a, ..,1.".'' thu Dice widr od
TW.Vlf ' tree. How U ihe liuva.
nvj,-' at work arc UylL. ap Urjt nsi
TRrEklAnM..
laa. M uUtm.awwvt teeth t jr t. and !f C if tf.Ii I ii 5 ' 4 ' A
tar.lntti.nrinendMutii aosnuer tnat , 7A ' a 11 Xif $ ifil Wl I 1
liijeaieieevaf,, ,bt u . KirlM rat- fj iZ&X,, Tfi JIX5" M
they car call on oi at anv uui and pet I g. t AA f
e
0
'ilie
IVOL. XXVIII. NO. 39.
BANKS, ETC.
ersei County Bank
CHARLES J. HARRISON,
Cashier end Manager.
icvneethinsmadeinallDsrtsoItheUiineu State.
Charger mo.ienite. Butler and other checks col-
jected and cashed. Eastern and Werterne.chanrre
; always on hand. Kemlttaoee made with prompt
I ne?r. Accounta k.lieiteJ.
I Parties dtftrtnr; tn l'Urcliae V. S. 4 PER
KO. Kil'KS.
la Bra x. hicks
Agents for Fire and Ufs Insurance,
JOHN HICKS & SON,
SOMEUSET. l'A..
And Real Estato Brokers.
KS I AKKISHKD IMO.
Ptrw.r wlio tlfftre tn m-H.lmy or exrhanae prp-
eriy. it i"V rer.t ni rm l u i.i iimrH.uir...v
m ioui ics -ld r r-iitc.i. etate busii.eS
, t;en;ruUy will be prviiitJy attended tu.
auxia.
1V- llALTIMOiil: STKKKT,
(TMliEiMAND.Md.
UATCliLS, CUAISS.
SOU SUlLRH-ASi:. VIAMOMDS.
A VI iiC.t.V ( LOt'AV, I HUSI H Vl.Oi KS,
S1LY1R ILATl'D H'JK,
jrU'lIA V ic
HOLIDAY PRESENTS I
W at'-hvn and Jewelry
Kfjair.-d liy skilled V.'..rkuien anl
remrr.'- l in- Ex: resf Free of t"h;irj;P. No extra
eliar'C l. r Ijiirravin:. .h"i? war.
rantc.l r.-vfeer.t I
t.t li
AUCTIONEER.
! I ) r.TIKS nce linic try s, rri -e paKealnrPer-
A -Tiul t'.it-. or an Litiir to i? oi?t'Seu oi ut
u-' i ti. v in eti ' i aiii cue enure aittjctiun.
Ail letter!- l y ur.iil prompt ,y attended to.
W. A. K'KINTZ,
liec. i l. lA-nfluT.. Pa.
MERCHANT TAILOR,
; .VLove F. J. Koof.r O.-ficc.)
"MAMMOTH BLOCK,"
IiTUT Hi LCV7E2T PRICES.
ZZ'SATISFACL'CN GUARANTEED.
TO r00O A V E A R. or trt fS a
l:y in yur -wn U nhly. 2VoHk.
tt i men li wtrti a men. Many
make ni'TT than tteaim ant etAtej
aNrve. .ote can tjui to m&k
iuiwt ft Any vTe can co ibe work. Vm caa
make (ptia .V vd t an hor t-y W" Lirit; y-or
eveiiinfci tul r t.me l itf l'U.s'iuss. It coup
d.m1.iiij t' iry u;r tu-iDf-. N-.iiunc lik it l r
inoney Dikintr ever vCensJ hefre. alnM
pleai-ant an-1 ;H-i)y hnninitle. Kralrr. tf voa
want i kniw nil attoat the Ivft pntina l rrfn m
iH KTf thr I'UMic, no up yr or naroe aitd c will
peniytu lull i-artirulHr. aiiJ private termip free;
HmHi w-'H b ml, free ; you cun then make up
up yeur mirnlt.T v.furrlt
A'MreM G Ei thG E STI'S N k IV).,
June 11 P'rlTi..l. Mairte.
Ayer's
Hair Vigor,
Fcr restoring Cray Hair to
Us natural Vitality and Color.
A dressing
which is at once
acrceable,
heultliv, ami t-f-
f-.-n-.w j. .
JjfcZjl? K'Ctual fur pr
rJ.Ap Prrvil.tr tl
Lair. Fdd
pre-
le
! E.TS orimnol color.
' L.Tr." r I ' Onai
Will keep it clean aii-l vicrnrou. Its
(v.caiiditil lire will prevent the hair
l'r-.Mn tnniiry' pray or I'lllii; tiff, an !
coifcpiciitly prevent ktMn-s. I"i-e
fr-ini the lii-ietri.ni- aiibta:e.-
wliioh make ome preparations .lan
jcrou, anI iiijurioiit t the hair, t he
'itT'r can only Itenent but nt harm
S1500
i i:. It wa:irel niereiv tr a
HAIR DRESSING,
no-,i;iu (!-e can l? f iini s. lcir
:iii'.e. .Vnt.iininqj ln-itlier "ii nor
lye. if nut soil white cambric,
an 1 yet lat hncr "ti the hair, vii'-in
it a rich. rk-y iu-iv awl a '.'rat' fai
perfume.
Prepa-d by Dr. J. C. Aer rl Co.,
Frartiral and Analytical urmiota,
LOWELL, 3IASS.
1THEGNLY MEDICINE
S S That .'acts st t!;e Sitae Tirae a
J
"HE LIVER,
THE BOWELS,
and the KIDNEYS.
...l.a. U litre W9rt wtil. health
M a '.II i-- ;-r?-t.: if t-'.-jr bra' cKcel.
urt-aiiul il are rare to I kw vstb
TERRIBLE S'JFFERIMC.'.
Biliewrpear, Radacke. PrxaertU, Jaaa
tUr, Ckaatipation aa Pilaa, er kid.
Bay (aaipiaiata, travel, Diabefc,
medlmeat ia the Trine, Xliky
r Ety tr-ae 6r Eke,
tw-ic Paine d Aek,
are arrrVrv t-M tfce hnnd Ir potw
ar.h ie i.iur Uai alKMi4 ka ca
e;nJtd Caiuraitf.
I
i
,
,
KIDNEY-VORT
rT-'.
I'-br Toi rli lw-w
ill W tiiis.'). d i &oat
i;,ou.':Jhlicored. Tryttradrow
w ia.M on-e.re to t aamber. Titt It
a., i W-altb " police iror -!x).tn rom-kea-n.
. . M.tn )tr.tmtiai r.
r j u;nyctn?rKmeerirumineiiiiiwi.
' of awacidnal ln-k ?
Vriy Uwr aucti oialitiat Iran con
afwitKvn and nte-a ?
WrT ca ao fwirfwl beeanak of t)tw
Oner wrrt 1 .
Kn-rT-v.orrvni c-r-e row. Try apailr
afe it otne rad be aatlff c1.
Hun tat mmpcmxAmxa
Om Paka?K3aeaiulx nirta of w ed ietaa.
r"'tgnatC frapieica.
MOEGAFS WOOLEN MILL,
ESTA1JI.1SIIF.D 1812.
Harininv-ured the Mrrlrei of Mr. Wm. H
liambart al my Airent ln Somerset county, furtha
.ximira: wool rraauo, I lh to thank mynumemui
eamouiera fur tait larora, ana ueieaK lor Mr.
Bjirnhart the UlK-rul pamoate enjoyed by my
lurmer aKoia.
I have a very large ftork of
WOOIaKX GOOIS!
of my own manafactore, eon slating of
liLANKETS.
CASS1MERES, 8AT1JIET9,
JEANS, REPELLANTS, FLANNELS,
COVERLETS, CARPETS,
YARNS, kC,
which I vifli to
TRADE FOR WOOL.
OurOoodi are MADE FOR SERVICE, nnder
my own raerviin. and we si rive now, a In the
wFt, to klve aatislactiun and lull rain to all. We
ill, aa usual, vult all our customers during the
Suuimer.
WM. S. MOrJGAN.
Stanton f..Milln.
Apr
tiKO. W. DtMdlil).
CEO.KSYtlER
SOMERSET FOUNDRY.
BENFORD & SNYDER.
AH klndnofcaftint; made and for falc, conrirt.
Uiic in part ol
SUGAR G HATES.
S L E li SOLE S
S T O VE L IX I X G S
A XJ) G K A 2'E S.I'L O 11
A X I S 11 E A i: S , f c. A c. Ac,
Tha
BOAZ, STONER and HECLA
.. 3, 4 and 5
HE1TIXG STOYEK,
Madcand for tale.
Allkin.liofCartinift nude to order at short
notice. A
M.1CHLXE SHOP
s at tached to the Fonndry in which all klnda ol
Machinery will It repaired promptly.
We ?re doing a Keneral
FOUNDRY BUSINESS,
And fvllclt all kinds of orders In our line.
RITAIRIX(J A SPEC1PLTT.
Nov. 2fl
iTTTST OUT!
HOOD'S GREAT BOOK
OF THE WAR.
ADVANCE
AM)
HETliEAT-
Personal Experience in the Uni
ted States and Confeder
ate. Slate Armies :
IV OENERAL J. T.. HOOD,
Ijito Lls-Hlcnaut-Ucarral oafedersue
Mtmt9 Aria;, paklisih fr
TiB Hool OrplHii MeiiialM,
BY"
General G. T. Beauregard,
New Orleans, 1880.
The entire. t.reds ari.inr from tha aale of
tntr wor are oeroteo to The Hood Orphan M-
mrai aun-i.wiiien la invented ln I niled State
Ketlntere-J B.Jr hrr the nurture, care. niuMM
ana education d the ten Intanta deprived ot their
parenu last rummer at Aew Orleana. (the mel
ancholy Incident! of which rd bereavement are
tin ireru in toe pntnie mini.)
i ne i it an eleyant ocuro. eontainina- SSA
pairea. with a fine pi.ototmip i likenerraod a line
rteel entrravini(, made eiprrMly tor tbu work,
Urlnemw of battle held., bound in hand.
romeuray u'iii-n t'l.h, at Tare. Owliatrw.
or to a Fine Sneen Hlndinx. with Mir Ir
I kre Itmllatra f ifty eata In Half
tx.unu .iiupou uorary ntyle, l .ar Dllm.
or In the tvt Levant furaey ilor.oj, lull Uilt
n the noript from any perron remitted by
mall or expreaa, of tha amount in a registered let
ter or by a I'jrlal order, bank dralt or check, a
eoey win i immnateiy rent Iree of postage, rej
iMered a. r-Oin-J elaf-i matter.
1 be volume ir putdirhed ln the let rtvle of tr-
poimpby. oo elrmnt per, with lllustratJona,
exi-eutol ar fain heat rpeciinenr ol art.
Th aath.r. the rut.jt. the punre. all alike
render it worthy to a place in everr iilirarv. on
every .lei. or upon the buok ruelt of every hour
in ua -tu.rj .
Ar. atr watri in mrf ton and cty (a Me
I wued sittrt. aad a prcereare tcUl W girt It
To the la-liea. who feel a derire to ;rer their
ii d.i.j wun lit uoo vrpia Memorial f und
the .ale of Uir book amoctfr their circle ol trieDda.
will aDor t an excellent way of contributing rub-
FUR TERMS. RATES TO AGENTS. ETC.
ALIKF-SS WITH FI LL PAKT1CVLAKS,
l.'en'IG. T. Branretrard, rnblisher.
ON EEHtLF OF TUE HWJD MEMORIAL
F1M.
New Orleans, La.
A WEER In toot own town, and no cap
ital n-aed. Voa can Klve the bariuera a
trial ltbout expenre. The bert opr-
i.uuji,(Bun.ip. imm witiinir tf
wora Yi-n alid trv n.jLhii,r elre nntl.
yon ree for yourvlt what you csado at the Imri
near we offer. No room to explain here. Voa can
devote all y..ur time only y.ir epare time totha
tarine.. and aaakerreat pay for every hour that
you work. Wmen make ar mark aa men Sen J
lorrjwial private term, an-i itaruculara. which we
mail free, ai t wtftt free. Iou't complain of hard
timer while voa have each a chance.
Addrerr H. HALLETT, Portland, Maine.
June U.
C. r waLKEI oi
thir place har a lot ol hu
celebrated Horre Eaker
for aale better tbaa evej
an-1 cheap. Any use w be
wantr one at once, woalc'
do well te read him a
portal card or ln a4ae
way tew mm know In order to make rare of ret t ma
one. ar be in bir roandr of railing aught nut una
ail who want raker.
May 2
AlSearch Warrant.
allow, aa efficer to ao th roach your bonre from
cellar to rarret. and Lindsev's BlOOd
Searcher warraatad u. ru in roue k yuar
m iruBi t-.pui toe and drive out all t4.oi diaeaaea.
lta enrer are wimtenal and eertifted to by doevirr,
preaeiierr and iMnde. tKrrofnla, ktercarial liia
earea. Ernipelaa. Tetter. Ulcer- la the Loom or
on the SSkia. Blir Ftailea. kc . we warraai u to
cure. It Ir a purely Vexetaide Uompuand and
r-owmui ionic for rate oy an imumrta. see
that our name ir on the bottom of the wrapper.
U. E. SELLERS k W)., Prop'ra, Pttubarsk, Pa
C- N BOYD, Arc at Seeret,T.
m&utmid far m lafufwm. errr figrewiewtt
mmatdanea f-rmetHmlcrafircfmptmmjia.trada
merer aad lneefr. ftreeatr. jiarlpaaeeaU. M
rec. Aypenla, Ftiti fT Infrimifrmrmts. ami
ir i i f 1 1 i.nu tain rrMT vewia
ly the Patent Of
ft eawy rtiU,
ai'Kt cwrre. kr
I..a.-'J vf aa- .iKIJ.? tf f. 8. Pott
trrpOrtmrmt. aa ravaged ia tdrat kaxiMe
tiurivela. wv en a aaii clatr iwrvVr. a4 aarwre
Pateatt mart prmapt'm, 4t4 mritk I-rander etaiau.
IflT. rfa. a TiKsr vlg w uea.iaeeeL '
ai ms m eabV
at ar alrtck af
trewr aVricer we
awkt unaiuuw tad nirail. parrariTMltrjr,
yr af rJ.mr-. Alt cei ieroeaaAa arHir'y m--ft-.ir.
V(v I a. ,V IAUii t'JT-
r. rr.vr ax tttri
B rrfer m k-iueiworiw. aa Bu. Paifarahr
fVTul D jfee, . fWer, TV. Orwa-
ieeriroa .Vilacil .KmJt, t t Vt.il it aw C K
aft ar (..fee. ajarf to.iK-Mrnre.iHi ffirai"ftr'''rir
la CVwfir'..: nad rfimri-ialtit V wre.'Ww.'rfa every
tiatt ia tfce rTJ''iLi!iV;-'tJf
V.,t..:t iHt ifrW, fcaekukaa JlQ
66
HfllH
om
BEI.LIXUTIIE FABH.
V BETH Dar.
The followinir poem, allcr the tlyle ol Will
Carleton'r larm oaliudr, lr one of the Pert piece
oi me aino. mat naa yet tieea wrlll-n, f.d inlet
ureaa.
Well, why don't yon ray It, husband '. I know
what you want to aay ;
Yon want to talk about felling the tarni, fr the
mortKBir we cannot pay.
I taow that we cannot pay for It, I hare thought
of it o'er and o'er ;
For the wheat bar failed; on the comer lot, where
wheat never failed before.
And everything here's, gone.backward rlnce Wll
lie went off to rca.
To pay the mortgaa-e and rave the farm, the home
lead, for yon and me.
I iaav It war beat to aire it ; It war right that the
debts be paid.
The debts that our thoutf'ulli n W illie, ln the hours
ot hlr weakness, made ;
And Will wonld have .paid It lairly, yon know It
ar well at L
Iftherhlp had not gone down that uight when
no other f hip was nigli.
Hut, aomehow, I didn't 'iuii hoping, and ever I've
tried too pray
(Hut I know if our Will was alive on earth he'd
urely been here to-day).
I thought that the niercllul Father would some
how, care lor the lad,
Deraure he war trying to better the pat, anil be-
cause he was all we had.
But now I am well nigh hoiwlesii, since hope for
my boy har tied.
For rellu-g the farm means giving him up. an 1
knowing for sure he's dead.
Oh ! Thomas, how rca we leave ,iu the hi. me we
have always known?
We won It away from the forest, and made it so
much our own.
First day we kept house together was the day that
yoa brought me here ;
And no other place In the wide, wide wurld will
ever be hall so dear.
Of course you rouicniher it, il'Uoiaaj I need not
ark you, I know.
For this Is the mouth, and this Is the day it wae
twenty-six years a-o.
And don't you remember It, Thomas, the winter
the barn was made
How we were so proud. and happy, f r all our
debts were paid
The crops were (rood that rummer, and everything
worked like a charm.
And we felt so ilch aud contented to think we had
pal i f ir.tte farm.
And now to think we must .leave It, when here I
war hoping to die,
It seems ar it war breaking my heart, but the
fount of my tears Ir dry.
There's a man ap there in the village that's want
in? to buy. you ray ;
Well, Thomar, be ll have to have it, but why doer
he eume to-day ?
But there. It Is wrong to grieve you. lor you have
enough to bear.
And in all ol our petty troubles you always have
borne your share ;
I am but a sorry helpmeet since I hive so childish
grown.
There, there go on to the village, let rae have it
out alone.
Poor Thomas, he's growing feeMe, he steps so
weary and slow.
There Ir not much in his looks to-day like twenty.
six years ago;
But I know that his heart ir youthful, ar it was
when we first were wed.
And his love Is as strong arerer for me, and for
Willie, our b..y that's dead.
Oh, Willie, my baby Willie, I never rball sec him
more:
I never shalipicaraiU'riK,trtca;hcdimestliruugh
the open door.
"How are you dear little mother V were alwuy ?
the words he'd say :
it seams as if I wonld ajtve the ; world to hear it
arraln to-day.
I knew when my boy wsj comlntr, 'be il ever so
early or late ;
He was always a-whirtllng - 'Home, Sweet Home,"
as he opened the garden gate.
And many and many a moment, since .the night
that the ship went down.
Have I started up at a whistle like bir, out there
on the road from town;
And la many a night of sorrow, in the silence,
early and late.
Have I held my breath at a footstep that seemed
te pause at the gate.
I hope that he cannot see nr. wherever hi wul
may be;
It would grieve him to know the tr.sble that's
come to father and me.
Out there Is the tree be planted the day he war
twelve years old ;
The sunlight is glintine thrusrh' It, and turning
iu leaves to gold ;
And often when jl was lonely, ;anl no oocnear at
hand.
I have ta'ked to It hour, tosether a. it It cul l
understand
And sometimes I "ed to fancv, whenever I spoke
of my boy.
It was waving Its leaves together, like clappin g
its hands for joy.
It may be the man that will 'own It, that's coming;
to boy to-day,
Will be chopping It dowa, or dieting it ap and
bnmlni It out of the war.
And there are the panrlee yonder, ami the meer
be helped to trod
Why, every burn on the dear oU place ir ar dear
as a tried old friend.
And now we must go and leave thtn but'there!
they have come from town :
I haven't had time to smooth my hair, or even hi
change my gnwn.
I can ree them both quite plainly, although it Is
getting late.
And the stmntrer's a wbirtlinz "'-Home" Sweet
Home.' as he comes np from the ifvte.
I'll o oat Into the kitchen now, (or I don't want
to look on bis face.
What right has ae to be whsKling thai ,',unIH he
has bonghtthe place-
Why, can that be Thomas coming? he nruaily
steps so slow ;
There's something come Into his footstep like
twenty-six yean atr i.
There's konething that sour! Ii ke gladners, and
the man that he nred to 1
Before oar Willie went oat from home to die on
the stormy sea.
What, Thomas! Why am jms rmi.tngand hrU-
Inc my hands ro tight
And why don't yon tell me quietly must we so
from the farm to-night?
What's that? "Too bring me tidings, and tid ln;s
of wonderful joy ; "
It cannot be very ploar, unless It ir news of my
boy.
Oh. Thomas ! Ton cannot mean it ? Here, let me
look in your face.
Now, tell me again It is Willie that's wanting to
buy the place .
STACTT UJlL
THE SIMTLE IXSOTEXCE OF NATURE S
CHILD A STOUT OF THE SAJf JCAN
MIXES
The Colonel, I thick, wes the first
person to propone to ber. Ue did it
in tbe oratorical style for which he
was noted in the camp, and wse
promptly refused, moch to his own
and tbe boy's astonishment. I be
lieve tbe Judge was tbe next, bat as
be bad fortified bis courage wun a
large qaaati'.y ot whisky bis breath
was stroar enoagb and bis words
tbick enoagb to ensue epeedy rejec
tion, lie was considerably mortified
at it aad was never able to explain
tbe caose of bis defeat, bnt when a
Mexican woman drifted into tbe
camp shortly afterwari and engaged
in wasbins frr tbe men, tbe Judge
tried bis banc again acd was accept
ed. It took him a month to get loose
from tbe bonds and be swore be
would "never give any durced female
critter a chance to book him again,"
and be carefully avoided the Indian
squaws and bomerj ser-oriia who j
occasionally paesed tbrougn Mineral
City.
After tbe Judge a dozen or more
of tbe boja offered their bands and,
Irianes to "Mac 's gal" and fared
ia precisely the aiane manner, while
ESTA ML I i'Sri K D , 1 8 2
SOMERSET, PA... WEDNESDAY, MAR. 3, ISSO.
old Stacy himself quietly chuckled
and bet on his gil every 'trip,' a he
afterward explained.
She bad cume Into camp a week or
two previously to the greatest sur
prise of everybody, incloding her
LtDer. Old Stacy, a good many
years before, sjtne eight or ten, had
lost his wife, and eo graat was bis
grief that he could not be induced to
remain longer in the place she had
mudo a little heaven for bim. S he
placed bis daughter his oqU child
ia the fashionable female seminary
of the State, providing her with ev
erything that was oecrtusury for her
comfort or happiness aad tben struck
cut for the Saa Juan silver mines to
forget his recent loss ttn uc tbe ex
citements aad privatious cf the front
ier.
Stacy was one of the fortunate few
out ol the unlucky tnaoy that enter a
mining country, aad in a few years
he was po-6ested of properties yield
ing him an excellent income from
thtir hard, wtiitc quartz lie regu
larly correepouded with his dauhtsr
aud kept her supplied with pocket
money fur in excess of ber needs or
requirements, but he never went buck
uq a vi.-it, aud when the young lady
was ciuiv graduated with high hon
ors, she determined to peek out her I
lorjg absent paternal progenitor.
r.h an iodepeudence and courage,
the wonderment of the boys, she trav
eled across the plains, took pas?ae
on the stage and tioally rode into
Mineral City on horseback, the first
white woman ia camp and the ob
ject of the shv adoration of the men.
It was some time before tbe bovs
could stand their ground and face
ber, instead of searnparinpr away at
her approach, as had hitherto been
the case : hut tho western miner is
not long ia getting accustomed to
strange things, acd it was not over
ten days nucr her arrival that the
Colonel immolated himself on the al
tar cf tor affdctious. Encouraged by
ois example aad uaterri&ed by his
unceremonious defeat, the bays, one
after another, tried their luck, though,
as I have before mentioned, with no
belter success.
Stacy was a partner of mine in the
cjax mice, ia which there were
three of us interested, acd as we
were doing cousiderable development
on tbe vein I was of necessity much
in his company and consequently in
that of his daughter. She wa9 a very
pretty girl, with dainty, delicate
w ays far more beSttiag a houi-e cn
Wtlaut street than a rough mining
c&nip ; bat she loved her father with
an earnest clinging auac.ion tnat
would not listen to her leaving
him, aud so she continued to re:ga
(u-.ea of Mineral Citv all through tne
summer of 1ST(.
1 don't know when it was that I
was unduly attracted towards Neliie.
I toink it was a Leu she a-kt d me to
call her thereafter by that name. She
made the request so innocently, so
sweetly, and so tenderly, alleging
that as 1 was her fat Jer s partner, a
gentleman by birth and education,
and such a kind friend to ber, it would
be ever so much nicer for me to say
Nellie, instead of Mies Stacy, which
sounded so formal, that I came very
nearly adding other words to the
name that our short acquaintance
would not justify. After that 1 spent
most cf my evenings with Neilie, and
sometimes an afternoon, we took de
licious little rambles together on the
mountain sides and into tbe heavy
timber litiag the valley or canon of
L cc-'inpacgre. One evening as we
were returning home, we stopped to
rest cn tbe rockv-crested summit ol
Mineral I'oint. A few hundred f-.et
below us ly the little mining camp,
its leg callus looking doubly pict-urer-que
in the c&ibering gloaming
The blue t-ruvke was curling from a
djzen cniinneys as tbe men prepared
their evening meals ; ana here and
there, over the various trails, a blue-
shiried miotr, with pick aad drills
across Lin rhoulder, came stridicg
borne. Tee ton sinking behind the
Wasatch ih uulains, one hundred aud
sixty-nve ni;k-s distant, cast great
lung shadows across the surrounding
peaks, and veiled the ravines and
gulches in dtepeniog darkness.
elne sat on tbe croppings of a
vein of quartz and I lav stretched
out at her feet, watching ber pretty,
tender eyes, as they wandered about
tbe horizon, drinking in the )eauty
and the grandeur of the scene. Sbo
d some light, n.ecy arrangement
a nubia, 1 btlieve it is called
wrapped Losdy about her head and
shoulders, aud ber hair, in w hose
meshes the sunbeans seemed to bare
auebt, peeped from beneath, helping
to frame a lace stamped wiih inno
cence and purity. Young people al
ways get eentimentul in the evening,
when surrounded bv quiet, and I was
no exception to the rule, and almost
before I knew it I was toving with
tee little band, so white and soft, lying
carelessly on the flinty quartz.
".Nellie," I said, after a few mo-
ments, "uon t vou ever long to leave
tnis rough place end go back to tbe
"Not now,' she said, slowly,
"though I might under some circum
stances." "Why not now ?"
; Ob," because because I don't
want to leave papa."
"Is that tbe real reason ?' I asked,
ber shyness and evident avoidance of
my eyes giving me hopes that set my
heart beating w ith quicker pulsations.
"Let us go down," she said quick
ly, as she arcse.
"No, not nniil yon answer me," and
I caught again the little band.
She drew it from my grasp, and,
with a saucy "Come" started down
tbe trail aart I hastened to follow. I
made several attempts to renew tbe
conversation on ibe way, but Nellie
always turned tfT from tbe subject
nearest my heart; and yet when I
left ber at ber father's door she sbjlv
extended ber band, and I thought I
detected a soft pressure as I took it
in mine. A moment, and she bad
vaniebed, and I noticed a rosy flash
on her pretty cheeks and an unusual
light in ber tesder eyes. 1 went back
to my little cabin w iu a strange ad
nix. ure of rertaintv and d. ubt in mr
feelij-s, aud a quickening of my puis--es
that made me cbrkut. to my n uah
surroundings. j
After rupprr I lit my pipe and satj
oppn try riogfciy-tewn door sup. j
Tbe son tad gote down, but yet tbere :
was light enough for me to see ber
X
7.
: cabin and notice her father standing
in the doorway chatting with Mineral
Bob, the best prospector in camp and
the third owner with Stacy and my
self in tbe Ajax. I turned my head
and saw tbe lights in the shaft-house
of tbe Big tiiant mine cn Red Mount
ain gleaming away in tbe distance ;
1 beard the clanging bellows of .the
blacksmith at bis forge as be sharpen
ed tbe tools for tbe morning's work,
and the deep boom of tbe blast in the
Little Kuaily mine came floating
through tbe still nigbt air. Tben my
eyes wandered back to the cabin
wi.ich held Nellie. Bob was still
tbere, bia tall figure and br,ad shoul
ders contrasting greatly with the lit.
tie old man iu tbe door-way. What
was be doing tbere so long I thought,
and I puffed my pipe viciously as 1
saw Nellie a moment later join tbe
two. Tbe nigbt settled down, and
ibe cabins faded from view, their
presence only revealed by tbe light
ehioing through tbe lictle square win
dows or the sparks etreamiug out of
the stone and mud chimneys. It was
getting eool, too, and I knocked the
ashes out of my pipe and re-entered
my little borne and stirred up tbe
smouldering embers on the hearth.
An boor went by and the moon sent
its beams across my little table, with
its tin plates and cups ; across my
earthen and rocky floor, touching
lightly ray books on a shelf at tbe
bead of my bed and resting softly on
tbe rolled-up coat that served me for
a pillow. I turned on my stool and
glanced oat of tbe window. The tops
of the t-urrounding timber were sil
vered by the moonlight, and the cab
ins stood out against the dark back
ground of the tall spruces. Tbe Bound
of singing came up from the saloon
and the wind sighed fitfully now and
then. And so 1 fell into a sombre
reverie, and Nellie was the centre
about which all my thoughts revolv
ed. Presently tbere was a knock at
my door, and at n'y invitation Min
eral Bjb entered.
"Hello ! Philadelphia," he said, "I
kinder thought you wasn't in."
"Why?" I asked, rather sorry of
the interruption, though Bob was
good company and do one could look
into his merry, blue eyes and pleas
ant face, covered all over with a lux
uriant, rich brown beard without feel
ing better and less out ot spirits.
"Oh, I sort cf calculated you'd be
somewhere around me gin. how s
your chances, partner? Good, eh?"
"Come, come, Bob, and stop your
nonsense. Here, fill your pipe and
sit down."
Bob laughed good-humoredly and,
pulling up a stool, sat down near the
lire, and as be filled bis pipe, said :
"I've dropped in on a little busi
ness, about the Suuehine. you know,"
alluding to a mine of his and one of
the best in the camp. "Vcu kno w,
I'm obliged to sink ain't got no
chance to tunnel, and the derned sur
face water is getting the best of me.
Vust have a pump, if I want to do
anything tbis bailing water out by
tbe bucketful when she's coming in
near as fast is of no account. Vcu
know that ?"
I nodded assent.
"Well, then, Philadelphia," said
be, as be lighted bis pipe and gave
two or three vigorous puifs, "I want
to see what kind of a dicker I can
make with you about running the
mine. 1 ain't got the money to gel
aa engine and pump, though I guess
I could borrow it, and besides I've
got to go East on bueiness inside cf a
week and I don't want to leave tne
Sunshine idle I can't afford it.
"Why don't you sell ber to old
St&cv ? I said. He's got some readv
cash""
"But he's going out shortly and
wants to sell bis own mines."
"Going out, Stacy ?" I demanded,
wondering why Nellie had never al
luded to it.
"Yes, going to take that gal of bis
back to tbe States. Thw ain't no fit
place for a pretty little thing like she
is, you know."
Nellie goiDg to leave camp. By
jove, that wouldn't do. No, if she
left, 1 would too. I sboulla't lose
ber, now that 1 bad all but won ber.
so I said : i
"1 tell you, Bob, I don't know that!
i snau stay mucn loDger myseii.
Perbapa you would like to make me
an offer for my interest ia the Ajax
aad let me attend to your business ia
the East, if I can ; I would be very
glad to."
"No; much obliged partner ; but
no one can do what I'm going out
for, except myself. Same time. 1
might be able to handle my own
property better if I bad the Ajx, too,
seeing as bow tbe two claim join
each other on tbe same vein. I won
der if old litacy would sell out cheap
enough ?"
"Oh, I guess so," I said ; "espe
cially if be is at all anxious to get
away. I'll speak to bim for you."
"He said tbe other day," continued
Bob, as tbongb be were carefully
weighing tbe proposition, "that be'd
sell to me on time if I could get a
good man to go my security."
"Would he take me, do vou
think?"
"Take you ? A great sight sooner
than any other man in camp."'
"Well, then. Bob, you give me a
mortgage on the mine, and if his fig
ures are not too high I'll indorse your j
note and turn yoa over my interest
beside. Tbe
guess, though
for a week."
"Tbat's the
mine is sk lid yet, I
I haven't been to it
gal's
fault," grinned
Bob; "bat if she wasn't good (
wouldn t want to bay. I believe I'll
go down and see tbe old man it
won't take long, acd Bob buttoned
up bis coat and started out."
Half an boar later Bob returned
with tbe necessary Daroers bv which
at AS k af I
Stacy conveyed bis third interest ia j
tbe Ajax mine to bim for eight thou
sand dollars, payable within thirty !
days. . I indorsed Bob's note for the;
amount, be assuring me that if tbe
aAit continued to pay, as it bad in the:
past, be could easily take it op when:
due, besides which, I reasoned to
mvself, that I would soon be Stacv's,
son ia law, acd, ia case of Bob's fail-!
ore to meet tbe note, tbe old man'
would not be Lard on me. : 1 also
transferred my third interest to Bub
for a like amount, and secured myself
for both sums by a mortgage on the,
property, and so 1 weot to bed tbfct
eight and dreamed of tbe little wife;
I soon expected to have.
TT 11
1 r S " ; B sTE .HUH
I saw Nellie the next day, aad
though she smiled sweetly and blush
ed most prettily I wasn't satisfied, as
owine to her getting things in readi
ness for tho trip next morn'"cg there
was no opportunity for a quiet little
conversation. I told Stacy I was go
ing out, and he laughed and said Nel
lie bad spoken of it and be "didn't
know but what it was a good scheme
for bis gal, 'cause it could hardly be
expected that me and Bob would be
good company ; and so the matter
was settled and I collected my traps
together, and those I didn't care to
take with me 1 distributed amoni; the
boys. They all knew what I was go
ing for, and good natured witticisms
were freely indulged in at my ex
pense. But I liked it, and rather en
joyed my triumph over tbe Colonel
aud the Judge aad the others who
bad tried to win tbe little treasure
that I hud parried oOf, bat bad miser
ably failed.
1 sat in my cabin that evening
the last I should ever spend in Min
eral City and somehow I got terri
bly blue and out of spirits.
Il ftlt
like parting with old friends. Every
tree and every rock seemed to have a
hold of my afi'ecticas, and the rough
logs of my little borne had a warm
place ia my heart. I couldn't shako
off my low spirits, and so I went
down to sco my little one and from
ber eweet face and pretty eyes draw
the consolation I felt 1 needed. I
found ber looking tired from her ar
ranging and packing efforts, bat she
seemed most glad to see me, and we
uat n r. tha il'ViPat.n anil aura utn
nK.irii'. in a t, rm n.-in fi lie n t i nl war
::v .u" . . .tl: , r:;;c :z: , :
hand in mine and said :
"Ar won rpailv rrlnrl tJ.ftt I Km rrn-
- j r
mg out wiia you r
"You know I am," she said, earn
estly, her eyes dropping and ber soft
little fingers involuntarily pressing;
mine, and somehow before I fuily
realized whut I was doing I had
leaned forward and pressed a hot.
passionate kiss on her pretty bps, and
with a littl-3 exclamation- expressive of
surprise aad not of anger she turned
and vanished. I was a happy fellow
that night.
Our trip was begun the next morn
ing and ia due course of time w e
all of us came to a halt ia New
York.jWhat a delicious time I bad of
it and how considerate Stacy and
Bob were. They never intruded
their presence, but let me have Nel
lie to mycelf, as though they had no
connection whatever with us. I felt
grateful to them and meditated often
upon what I could do to show my
appreciation of thair tbcughtfulaess
and good tteliog. Neliie was a little
paradox, however aa enigma I
couldn't solve. 1 hd proposed to
her half a dozen times oa our way
East, b it though she plainly showed
thai b- f Leart was mine and permitt
ed mi; to squeeze her hand, whisper
sofi Dothings and kiss her good night
whea she retired, she would give me
do answer to my pleadings, but kept
me off w ith coquetry in itself most
attractive. And so the days spun
round and I seemed to be do nearer
than when we lefi the old mining
camp, and I got irritable and out of
sorts, and one day Nellie suggested
that I had better run on and sec my
family and get sweetened op a little,
and 1 savagely replied that I would,
aud I should not return until she sent
for me, etc., etc. She smiled sweetly,
and looked tenderly out of ber p'etty
eyes, and I took tne train fur Phila
delphia, in a terrible temper, and yet
feeling sure that I would be back
again within forty-eight bonrs and I
was. 1 a?ked the clerk to send op
my card, and he said it would be
useless, as the lady, with her father
and an other gentleman, bad left tbe
nigbt before for the South, be thought.
They had left a letter for me, how
ever, and I snatched tho letter, and
tore it open Tbere were several en
closures, reading as follows ;
Thcrsdat.
Mr Dear Charlet: You must
pardon my terrible flirtation wi.h
you of the past few weeks, but it was
the last 1 should ever have and you
are the dearest of fellows to finish
up on. I dare say you will feel a
little vexed, but you'll get over it,
Charley, and when Bob and myself
get settled down to housekeeping
which I trust will be a long time yet
you must come and see us and be
a good friend to v our penitent
Nellie.
Tbe next was :
Dear Philadelphia: You've
bad a go-.d time with my intended
wire and I haven't interfered ; voa
indorsed my note for $i,000 and I
won't cheat yoa oat of it. 1 trusted
you and you came to "time;" you
true ted me and here I am smiling. I
enclose with tbis the note that yoa in
dorsed and deeds conveying to yoa
the whole of tbe Ajax. She's pinch
ed, Philadelphia, and ain't worth
a cuss. Yoa sa6e now tbe business
that called me East, eh? Ta. ta.
Mineral Bob.
I have never seen them since. I
don't want to. I went back to tbe
old camp the following year. The
boys don't tease me now, bnt I
thrashed two of them aad got thrash
ed by three before this silence oa tbe
subject was observed.
G. P. MacArihur.
A t hild Tnrsred lata Mane.
A special dispatch from Cleveland,
says :
The most extraordinary case of
sclerema, or petrifying of tbe skin
known in medical history, was tbe
subject of a medical clinic ia tbis city
to-day. Tbe case was that of a child
brought here from New Philadelphia,
and it is becoming literally a petrified
child. Tbe Sesb is as cold and bard
almost as marble, and while tbe
child, which is nearly three years old,
continues to live, it can only freflt
move its lips and eyes It has none
of the warmth and pliability of human
Seen, aad sleeps with its eyes open,
presenting a most ghastly spectacle.
Until six months ago it was in perfect
health. Tbe disease is one of the
connective tissues beta eea tbe skin
and H-sh, whose origin is unknown,
but is supposed to be caused by per
verted nutrition. . Tbis is the tbirty
fif.b case discovered, ar-d is aa im-i
. . a in.. it I, Ma n.-. In -I l rft !
r ...
1. . r... v.-.. h,.... v.r th.lOBe anon year w
uin urir.. -j ... -u
entire body w
must die, as
will ensue.
as affected. Tbe child
rifipa.ion
1
WHOLE NO. 1495.!?'
Ilewesfy the Ecat I'olley
Honesty is always
that is to KaV.
almost always the best policy, tor
instance, the other day, as a keen
lookiog .business man, with bis hat
oa the nape of bis neck, was stand
ing on Clark street, a sitnple, gawky
looking lad of nineteen with a big en-
relope in his hand, and his mouth
and eves wide open, came sauntering
along, looking anxiously at the signs,
which be was spelling out. Tbe
business maa bein naturally kind
hearted and deeiricg tc do a friendly
turn to a stranger, said to the boy :
"Hi, sonny, what are jou looking for?
Let me see that letter."
"No, I can't let you ste that letter,
there's bonds in it," said the boy ;
"but p'raps you can tell mei where
Mr. Smith lives round here. The
boss told me the number, but I have
forgotten it, and the letter has got
bouds in it, and so I ain't to give it
to anybody but to hiai ."
"Why, I've been waiting for you
this bait hour," said the keen busir.esa
man, as his face brightened up;
"waiting for voa to bricz me b".se
bonds which I boaght of t nat's his
name?"
"Be you 3Ir. Smith?' said tbe
boy; "well bow I'm right glad I
met you, because I'd clcuu forgot
what was tbe number where the boss
said you lived, and I wouldn't have
liked to go back to bim without had
mgyou; it woulu La.elooteu as U 1
was careless."
With these remarks, the lad took
out a big envelope iuurk'.-d "J. Smith,
f -'1 I esent, IU
Lsci , Present, ia the tipper corat-r
-2.000 u. s. i 20s," aCd
m 3 lower
corner "Com miHiou uae,
Please
! u7 "earer.
i "that s all riKht, soaav," suia tne
keen looking business uian, as be
hauled ouc a scanty furaished parse,
gave the boy a five dollar bill and a
quarter and said : "There, sonny,
that quarter is to reward you .'o:
your cleverness aad fidelity:" aad
putting tbe envelope ia his breast
pocket, he walked leisurely around
the corner, ran to Dearborn sirt.et
with the speed ot' a deer, skipped
round to Madisoa, aad, bailed a car,
was whirled at a comparatively
lightning speed. Not till Le LaJ
reached Union Park did he draw hid
precious envelope frotu his pocket,
and, with the remark : "Pray Heav
en they are not reirittred !"' tore it
opea. He then fouati tr.at the envel
ope contained acoti7 f the Chicago
Tribune, which he co
Late pur
live cents.
chased at tbe o"ice
i
Meanwhile- the silj;
IM'lf'IO I I I
entering a beer saloou n 'te iciuity
cf the Sherman House, '
d ht. -orbed
a beer, salted away tL -
bill with seven others ia
v? dollar
his tiocket
book, and with too remark: "The
fish are biting very Luctrouly to
day," tooat another Li ' envelope from
his pocket, and ones more sallied;.
forth ia search of a kea looking bus-
j t 'i ... '
mess man. '-'U'.fj'J a no vim.
The IIrekee Maperaliiioet.
The origin cf the borteshoe super
stition has never been satisfactorily
explained. Among the theories of
fered, that contained in tha following
will rank among the possibilities:
"Tbe borse shoe w as of old held to
be of special service as security
against tbe attack of evil spirits.
The virtue may have been assigned,
perhaps, by tbe rule ct contraries,
irom its being a thing incouipatiole
with the cloven fooi tt the Evil Ooe ;
from the rude resemblance which tte
horseshoe bears to tte rays of glory
which in ancient pictures are mafle
to surround the beans cf .saints and
angels ; or, finally, from some notions
of its purity, acquired through the
fire. This latter supposition receives
some countenance from the method
resorted to for the cure ot horees
that bad become vicious, or a dieted
with any distemper which the village
farrier did not understand ; such dis
ease was invariably attributed to
witchcraft, and the mode ot cure
seems to imply the beiief that the per
fect puriScau-jti by lire ot the shots
wLicn the animal wore kUorded fan
inlet to malevolent influences. Ac
cordingly, the horse was led to the
smithy ; the door was closed ai.d
barred, the shoes we.'e taken oil aod
placed in tbe tire, and the wiica or
wailuck was speedily under the ne
cessity of removing the spell under
wbich the animal suHtred.
:i
Sailors are, for the mo.-t par
ful to have a ccrseshoe nailed
, care
to the
mizzeD mast, or somewhere
oa the
deck near midship, fur the projection
of tbe vessel.
Tbe Chinese Lave their toa.bs
built ia tha shape of the horseshoe,
wbich custom is very curious, as it
may fairly be regarded as a branch
of tbe superstition long prevalent
among enreeives."
Tm nsay Proaenar.
T I ' 1. I 3 1 I t .t.t. W . I
. . . 8 . . ..... . - .'
tailing ineir r.t
king their English, such as it is, of;
interjecting tbe personal pronoun
erjectinz the personal pronoun ne
... . , 1 -
iving ne nas come. " vitea in coa -
sentence is rendered ex-
. ' . 1
tremeiy luaicrous. Agtuucuiu esjs;
he lately listened to the Kev. Mr.
w hrt hoo-an Kij Hirf-i.nrii thns
r
in
fifth chapter
1: 1.. (,.
iiuu wccaiurj ..uvmua iajj uv.vm.
Now, my brethren, for your instruc -
tion, I have divided my text into four
heads. Firstly, we shall endeavor to
k .k- ,.;i ka. a
UtTltriU WUV IU. c 14 " ;
ondly. we shall inquire into bis geo-i
.1 i iic..
graphical poaiUOU, uameij, iiuvid,
tte devil be was, and where the devil j
be was going ?' Thirdly, who tbe;
devil he was seeking. Aad fourthly, ;
and lastly, we shall endeavor to solve ;
a question wbich has Dever yet been .
solved what the cevd he was 'roar-'
ins sboat.' "
Tbe American compositor is a fair
Br.rirEen of human dDrkvitv. How
ever cultivated or refiaed his etir
roundiogs may have een prior t
bis entry into tbe comp, siar-rooaj,
... .knrt t.ir i kic. thr trndft ri
1:1. I .
Penag t.u di ponr-o. '""
bspsnjmorethaa bia w.gtt ia v..e-
Inesfi
, ' , , I want you w.a to go along a
"My friends, voa wul Sad mv text' ,
.r"'7- - .T t t r . 'show me the wav.
the first epistle general of Peter,, H r, kpJ f
th chapter and eighth verse. 'Tcei ,uo-su'"
PEE.I.H Of BATTLE .
"What constitute nerv e ?' ' !ii: 1
the New York Worn! tLo other Jay
of -i readers. Oae raaa will aruwer
that it ij pluck : another tL.it it is bo
m: cool and ollected la aa emerge a
cv. It i noae of tbati. i ii "u.c
thia.r ack r a'! ' them, and sonie--i
tiling which a maa never La:I uaie;-
jit was burn i-i Lini. In.-Oacccs of
prrrcoce cf mind vvn io.v. ii
i cv.rv (1 y in she army. An ,!'i-'."r
!utit n charge of fjrner., or oa re-'eona'-i-sanee,
would bo sjuddoaly at
tacked. Presence of r.iind aided him
j 13 form hli men for (I::f-.'r-i
lif
jeKf ..f rtiiid, ev-a t Lough hi:'.
- - 1 " .
i f. a.j wii'to ii 1 ,".:r aoii l:s tr.'i.n
Ishak" . . I'.rirsw Iti-':! were c-Ui:o.l
j ea--u.ru in he raok L'i'1 fjrr v i
to cvrliti-'i di'ii'h, an i l btudrctl ir.-
! va'fs wouid se out at u
rvio
Aun'-.r two or thtti? im: i'.v 1:1 r;
tha: ot Jcbn Melrose, a T'
in
TO-
th Sixth Michigan cav.tirr.
j called, fie wu an um !
; kt-a n;p.D. and he ha;
J derful nt rre which not
:..!
thv.
ot y:
nieu ia toe who.e ori-raJ
While acting as a r-cj'it
po
andoah val'ey, he w:n o .e dv ev.
Ini? dinnt-r a: a fa"" u , wli-'i i'i
walked s;vei cuicdera'e t o'd crs.
They kn.-w hittt I'ra I'cioa feu",
acd he knew tbstu for e a:;.i ?rates.
A brave man wm!d have maJf a
rush cr had a litt. Me'.roas sitsply
looked up as they filed ia, smiled or
LU fix, ati'l c-.ll.td out :
"Siy, old woivtn, put oa r.ii-e di--cer
here, and we';l all have a q ia-o
Oicttl tt
aether."
"You a-u niv f :
S1 rt-aat of ine
i-".uer . Hit?
rial a i Lrt a 1-
vancetl.
"Ye.-, I kriw it. bat I'll oaf f-r a
! dione
for V'iu ad votir moa jic- ri'-
sarne. Sit ri,;hi dow
1"-
selves at Loate."
His nerve up-e; tb? s.;id c:j ar.
afier a moment tho tec It scats a;
table, f raving a f'-cipiete rir !
aroQCU 'no (.ou.ru. Aa s ,oa e tc.
j begtta eat he b?ga t thick of t -
- ! c-ipe. It was sammf-r, aud t!:e wu-
w Ik-hi sd him aad ten fee? away
it tie stood up ey'
od cn Liiri, aad nay cv.-
Wi'.tiM be f
cuso to leave xb.i rv'-m v,t to b"
; tuou-
:t Ol
i -i i
U9 i
ttoa". t
captive
d Ci
.i.rs
aud
wen chat-
tin? away whta Melrcje fudilen'y
fl'ja? hi'e!f ba.-kward, cft-e i.l
chair a i.I bounded torcijh the win
dow. Tho soldiers ran out iircd 6.
and pursued hitn, but he tu.i
g-10
Lis ercipe.
Ia tbe Lursy va'y j i-t b.:l ire ti.o
affair kaowir es Wood-toc'n th'c,
Melrose aud Lis companion ft-il o-it
J ranks to fora-r Af:er fceo-urier &
jsupplv of meat th2j pushed or t:'c"
toe c...'ji:ia, ar. 1 were r.'iiog a: a g'tt
iop when five ba-h whack-:, we!!
mounted, came cut cf the cro-;.s-ro:s l
about twta'y rod-! &b:ad of tb'!!i.
11C Cm. ' .'-J,
scout's CMnr-aaina a thev
a:
C3rj? !"
ba'.t.
L-,f kin? bat i t':-v su v fwur more
b-fc whackers- cliii.binsr the icacw t
taka pocitiaa on the b;:h way. M. i
roce ct;-i.:y viewed their si'.nati ,r.,
aid S a ally said :
"We will charge tle o ! Fa'T i i
bthiad n:e aad tbcr wii! he le-a (i.-in-z'T.
Irav vour sabre aad sink.;
hard!-'
TLe other darfd not Try it, 'l.cu.b
be was a brave maa. He L-ret ir'
kept I piae- a? tif v. "-.- '
rwarJ. Melrae rotto'.s'.rr -'i
i '
i --' --tra .' '
b (ira'-va sab'-, 2. t:: ,r,"
Vjllev tfo'v !1-1 went over 0:-'.:. !"
struck ti e line, sa;.-d a tr"!"1 aJ I?
pas.-ed, arid soon ri joined ta colt ma.
His companion was neer heard of
again, prcbablv bci.n? morel' red ia
cold Hood
Ia 1 ? C 1 Melrose cd three otb-r
forejrers w ere cap'ured in toe Shen
andoah valley, tain to a mi ill eL
cainprnent, and tbe four placed ia a
log houe under jfus.-d ua'. l tbe.r
cass could b di-posed of. They
talke 1 the situation over, aid 'tie
brave-t of them could see no hope of
escape. Melrose caletly 1: -.'-Q-ri to
their discourssicif rtmirks, and as
quietly replied that be w-,-iH If ia
s'lde of tr. Union I:m !: ir'j mid
night. There wa. a cir;': tf K'uti
Etls around tea buildiaz. whica hai
no door. The semice!- piced witbia
six left of tie buildinr, and tbe ore
ia fr out "::' i see the prWoter. thr-
tbe doorway. Melro-e said tba' if
ail wonld rash together the sat:f.t!.-
would be conftjeed. and either h-dd
their fire cr Sre wiiu Tee ;h;ee men
hai piticiptted ia more toau t-vtatv
bank's, and wt-re known as brave
fellows, bnt here
v wa:
nerve, end serve
not got.
' Very well, I
wa.s what
tbov had
t- a. one .
w 44
niifht
the quiet announcement, sa'l a-
can;e oa Melrose ws reartv. Manu
iog ia the door ay, be arkeS thy sen
tinel w hat t:U3e it was.
' Yoa git bd'-k thar', or Ml cbo -t!"'
was tte proa.pt rtpiy.
"Yes I'm goine: ri'.'ht back !'' said
tbesccat, asa he dssbe-l poa the
mac. hi: b;ia a staining blow, ai
luide f.r ibe wuods. lie had to run
acros an 1 prn field ia fail fih: of
camp,
anu, trioUa'n 1. a.s cj s, r -
'con.d be -een
finite
plaii.lv for In If
Le distance. M or? tbaa .i::y snot
were 5re-J at tiai, and ;h-a pa-sor.
begaa. but he reached th.j wi. a:. J
made Lis escape.
He rrm oLe dav . 'it 57 uj the
vallev tatic? ca a
mixed
caaie
o'jilorc,
ui)-,a tw o
I t ... Ko nrlilu-.lv
v. Lj r 1 -.-- " p "
ferocious Iookis? gotrri..a wh.;
croseing a thick wood. They were
seated on a log, backs to his:, but at
Ut -,.n-.f? rr I.: 'er ite-7 fDran- u:
A r. r . A V. ' ti tai rt t hfrir rt.i-. i.
J , llM t0 to,, .'j
ad covered him wi
, , ,,. rt v;- ,
tit. Mt
.roi-e Lever eiacaEOtu Lis pai.t? -i.
j , (.t,,ia.trj:.2,.e. U: walked
.Ci,rrC
r.lv cn to tbe men ana -in. k-
.
. .. . tI ,;,,.. ,ad
: . ,
1 1 n ij so kion e"jJ
ic s i-e
w sv
' bt r-!! r
r . T r. ' s ' -i
.' . r "
T?' a
j ,.r '
i L-' "B aiOv
new j.
d
at i th j t -.it -t
goin! to t:srr p
i,' -
, '.
tietr ta .-jr.
Htl
we in t
YoU go down to tbe
r fix A f. I -r i f. ramie. LJwcta
you corr.e to the oid k g-sta'cie f a tbe
right, tara into the biind road. '
"Wby caa't cce tf J--t
come
along."'
"t)-i Tn can't ffilfS tie W J'
it. We
are watchii'? here f r gen.e '
Melrose i-kucted ca ia a
.azy.
lira,! hrut l!e Ld got ktoUT-
fi''tv ftet wt a te beard tbrac.tk
tteir g-.ns. He c d i.rtttra ti- ttud
nor q-kkvn bis pn-r
-ji
eoe f
ed t t.
, . Yak-o-t I-i.n: 'M. t:i
ir- wr.o but tte fr et
TbeV wrre ir f tui ;
bi.:
1. i. . 1 . 1 1
of
a' d
"u -Vv
be U?t t;-. !
T L't.? wii ..I
... 1
It e.i
a . f.'ofo ttf'r ce.e l
fborb.-.d.