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VOL. XXIX. NO. 36.
SOMERSET, PAM WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 9, 1SSI.
WHOLE NO. 15 14.
Simerset, Pa.
at r jk"n KVATLAW,
bomcrset, Pa.
KKIiSl.KY.
7 lliliNEY-AT LAW,
Somerset, P.
A.J.CASEBEER, Wk. B. FKEASE,
President. Seeiwtiry.
CHAS. J.HABRISOW, J. S. HA.KTZ EU
DIBECTOn8:-
A WINTER XIGHT.
ry bAvirn. iiriMiN.
15 A AO KATFMA!f,
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HSOMERSEIV
! MECHANICAL WORKS,
I (Limited.)
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EY AT LAW,
fiumereet, I run a. M
i'atti:kox,
ATr,.tNKY-AT-I.AV,
S.iinoreet, IV.
.., ru-ted to l.t enr will N at-
- r.r v. li. lifri-F.L.
,rr::.;.H.
rrVTH .V III n'hi
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At
,,, Mm. M t tl.t-ir care wlU be
"Hi nn-imii attended U.
M.tn Ofom street, opposite tbe
NEW ARRANGEMENT I
The Somerset and Petersburg Foundries have
been consolidated uda the style of the
"simsn nau mw
Ural ted.
i:Y r. si ii hi. I
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r.i Prnlnn Arsut. Somerset,
jj'ttnaji'in Maok.
Pi.
ITNTINEHAV.
AlT.'iJXKY-ATLlW
Lotd la the borough of Somerset, and to pre
pare! to furnleh all kludi of
Mannar ail nuiie imtfiaaii
The celebrated
HArJTZELL PLOWS!
an manufactured and kept on band.
Hue of
A Uo a full
la R-al Put ite. Somerset, Ha , will
..... . ,:lril.ted tu bis cat. wl.h
,c (toil u :r'.
'COOKING and heating stoves,
IS 0. Kl.M.ul'.li.
Somerset, Pa.
-ci (., ill lsislncc entrusted to hii care
n ! '"ilnif eoumlcs with pn.mpt-
v ti "irllty. :ue- A1"10 -'r"M
i If
I U f. COIJViRS.
ATri'KNtYS AT LAW.
cntru'iwl to tt.elr en will be
All kind- EEPAIRINO will be prompUy done
The politic la Informed tbat aU kind, of work (-
FffiST-CLASS FODHDRT
AND
MACHINE SHOP!
iv if. niL.
aitoi;.j-.i-ai u,
Suuiewt, Pa
Tii.ir art-n-i t. all balneM entiapted
i ,:n v I v iiwt'I on collections, ate. Ol-
S.imra..th liulluiliif.
IM,
l.h.
A I. Ml
un be .nxurcJ at JiC-IIOUT NOTICE.
WOOLEN MILLS
F.STABI JSIIKD 1818.
XEY-ATLAW,
Sim?ri0t Pa.,
,r,,l linlnr-. entrai'tod to my care at-
nli pMuii'inra and nJciny.
Al I'OIJVKY AT LAW,
V-vkiwiaLE. Sokeiwct .!.. Pa-
m pr-titicionAi wrvice m me r-uoue.
Wnt nritoslntcl. and all otber leital
to with pr.mptn and n'leuty.
H. UBAF.B.
i i :ir.
iVrttJiXEYS Al I. MY,
S.a;oret, Pa
rj-ti-'inS ini Ti?tan.l ad julninirefionMei.
:o?t ca'.rumr.i u tbem wui be promptly
I.1.1AM H. KOONTZ.
TTitUXEY-ATLAW,
Sunitrwt, Pa.,
i;mrt at'ntlon to faun. eniniai'
rt id S mtTW-t and adioialuir euunuea.
l-r.r.-.in H 'ae i jW.
V It. SCOTT.
ATT' 'KXEY-AT-T.A W,
Somerset, Pa.
itif i;.iart Airbnslnenentniit-
iart iU'iijc-i iu with prumptneEf and
MF L I'H.H.
ATTOKXEY-AT-LAW.
hmenL Pa.
. Jlimmmh ninck. on atalrt. Entrance,
f.rttt. Colleetwuia made, eiatM
. tu:f rxjm1nit, and all legal boaineef
eo u. with nmptneM and bdelity.
IH'KM. HICK'S.
.11 STICK OF THE PEACE,
S.merwt, Pcnn'a.
H.i. KIMMELL.
: K. M. KIMMELL & FOX
i-ler t-lr profflnna; aerrlreF to the cltl-
mmn sihi infinity, iimm me mem
'tw lino can at nliHIni-. onlwirofcwt-iii-
orM. Iw l -und at tbir oiltoa, oa Main
: -J. K. MILLEli has TK-nna-
fir iim in Jtrrlia fur tlie practice of
:. otbiYupm:a Charle Krwlne
71 pr.Vi, '-o-tt
r.KniAKEHtfii.lcn" Iwp
Wi m mrvicoi (o the cltlirnf of Sm
' t',-in!'.r. .:.ie a rvslJeooe oa Main
"fto: the liuinoad.
I A ;. MILLER.
HiVML'UX kSl ll'JEOX,
n,iH to s.:h M. Indiana, wbera be
"'i-lled l.jr letter or otherwin-.
-WILLIAM COLIJNS.
I'tX 1 1ST, SOM EKSET, PA.
If ni.rih Kl-k. abore Ftnyd- lrat
r lie mn al .n uan h. f. und prepar
" ii k;!i.: i.t emrk. .-h a tilllnar. re-
itTuc'Tix ke Artilirisl te tU.it allklnda.
tt li m.ien.l InMrrtrd. I Itieralluni
':-JiHX l:!LT,.
1IXTIST.
t tvt Henry Heffley-f rtorr, Miln rr
-S-.tret, Pa.
NI')N AfSEXlT.
J c.f'';"T ''!ch' N"Biriet county,
.: Hi. Penre. Mrrpror and cluitn
' 'Mn,..l e,,ll-t all HountT and Pe
""uced to l.im Prrnmo wifhlna:
' raiitioa win ail.irrr. 1,1m at the above
1 1'-: rr
"x-.iir(r dlscbarne and noiare
.'iS BROTHERS
Sign and f reco
PAINTERS,
AUCTIONEER.
i liiHr "Trice Real or Per
'-iiltnV,i '" T" tlr U(otkm.
'JB-Hli.n.mptlr attended to.
W. A. KOOHTZ,
Uunfluenea, Pa.
'AMOXD HOTEL,
stvstowx.i.pxva.
'fiat...-. - ...
t?l'''rl l".J. 'VCB hu" k lately
.ilK'".TkVTM",',,rr",raii b
it.. .'l"e i,u,ii.. fc.n .i..,
' ly tlAelk , '"O "ib. lowert pa
ASl PI.rPSTER. Prop.
E. Cur. blaawBd
HaTlnarforthepaat year or two. been entirely
unable lo 0iiljr tbe increaainK demand fur my
Kuodn I have built an addition to my mill and pat
iu a lanre amount ot
SEW AND IYPBOVED MACH1NEET
and thereby alinoat doubled my capacity for man-
oiactunnft.
1 have uuw ob hand a Urge itock eonalaUn of
BLANKETS.
CASSIVERES. SATINETS.
JE4NS. K EP ELLA NTS, FLANNELS,
COVERLETS, CAEPETS,
YARNS. AC,
which I wish to
TEALS PCS WOOL.
Farmers, I have tbe kind of ffoodl yoa Bead,
want your
WOOL!
to work ap
RIGHT IX T0UO 0WX C0UXTT,
and In order to reach all my customer! la rood
time, 1 have employed the same areola 1 had laat
rear, and In a. Id it Inn Mr. JuaeDh L. Dana-Dertv.
who brettnirodaoed my (ooda Into many part of
ttim eoaotT.
I will airlre. aa la tb paat, to rlra first claaa
f ooilf and fall value to alL
-.Vew enetomeriand tboae we tailed to Boa
laat year, will pleaaa addreas card to
WM. S. MORGAN,
QuemAhoninu, l'aw
Apr 7
CHARLES HOFFMAN,
MERCHANT TAILOR
(Abort Henry Il.ffley-. Stor.)
SOMERSET, 13V.
LATEST STYLES al LOWEST PRICES.
tlTSATlS FACTION GUARANTEED.JQ
WALTER ANDERSON,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
CCE. WOOD ST. AND SIXTH AVENUE,
NO. 226 LIBERTY STREET
PITTSBURGH,
feblt
no. aicKS.
la ana . BICKB.
AiiBnts for Fire and Liie IiisiiTaiice,
JOHN HICKS Si SON,
SOMERSET. I'A..
And Real Estate Broken.
ESTABLISHED .1850.
Peraona wbo drrire to aell. buy r eichanjra
pnierty, or rent will mninuiw"-
to reaiater im wr)"" fc ' : ---
ni. wnlex mild or rented. Real eatate baaimaa
Kenerally will be promptly attended to.
as i a
S. T. LI1 TLB & S OXS,
109 BALTIMORE BTHKET,
. CtjMBEItLAND, Md.
WA TCttEt, CHA1KS,
SOLID SILVSKWAtE, DIAMONDS,
AM tBIC AX CLOCKS, FMESCB CI OCKS,
HirCK PLATED WARE,
JEWELtT.t.
HOLIDAY PHESEHTS!
TFalchee and Jewelry
Bepatred by Skilled Workmen and
returned by Expreas Free of Charge. Wo extra
ehai for EarravtiMf. OoodJ wa.
raated ai repueeated.
ectU
All without the snow is foiling,
And the winter windoare calling.
Calling to thelcaflosa tress.
All above the stars arc hidden.
All the moonlight is forbiddou.
Every gust by coU is ridden,
Ana the winding ptream will frrtie.
Hear the shaken shatters radio ;
Hear the bleat of sionn-lx?at tattle ;
ITcar the hollow chimney roar,
fold and darkness both are beating
On the doornill, and retrcntinjr
Through the crevice. Bonding greeting
Through the key -hole of the door.
Closer, wife, aronnd the. plowing
Orate, where warming airs arc blowing
Warm as is the sun 5n June
Let us draw our little number.
Till our crowing boy bhall slumber.
And our hearts from care unrumlier,
To some old and sacred tune.
fiod is good ! In His kind kcejiing,
lnle the sweeping v.inds are Iica)ing
Hiilly drifts of fallen snow,
We these safe, sweet hours arespcmlins!,
And our simple hymn tipsendinjr.
At his footstool lowly bending,
V.'o'll oorddits and wishes show.
Tliaiikfiil for His constant giving.
KortlieS.iviour dead, yet living
For lii tiieroy and His might.
Prayerful to be meek and holy,
Tearful for the meek and lowly,
Kor the homeless, plodding slowly.
In the cold and snow to-night.
TIIK FEMALE I)F7TFCTIVH
The following telegram was sent
to the Mavor of I'hiladelphia, in Oc
tober, 1 800:
York, Pa., October 19. Send Mr.
Varnoe to Meyers' Hotel as quick as
possible. An important ca.se for
him. "Dcxkirk."
The Jetectivo' took the next train
anJ reached York in the afternoon.
Calling at Meyers' Hotel he rcfjisUr
ed his name, up-n which the land
lord directed him to a certain ad
dress, where a youn;; lady received
him and held a private interview of
about two hours duration. e
will acquaint the reader with all that
transpired at that interview.
Alter being seated the laiiv pluns-
ed at once into the subject that led to
their meeting.
Mr. arnoe, 1 have summoned
vou here on a bare suspicion of a
fraud being attempted ; yet that sus
picion is of such a 6trong character
that I am sure vou will admit that 1
am iustified in sending for vou t
investigate it. My name is Mary
Mosher, and my father keeps the
Farmer s Hotel, lwo weeks ago
two young men stopped at our house,
... .1 i . C ! '
Willi me intention oi remaining in
town until the end of the month
ways attend to the chamber work of
the guests ro.ras, ana wnen tnus
engaged, I always wear seft slippers,
so as to avoid annoying any one in
an adjoining room, who might be
sick or enjoying a doze. Well, sir,
one day, while attending to these
duties I came along a passage lead
ing to their room and found their
door open. I supposed, from this
fact, that they had left the room,
and I was on the point of entering
when I heard Mr. Kimball say :
"Well, JIauold, you have given me
a surprise; I must confess that I
never should have suspected that
you wore a wig, and for the reasons
mentioned, And since we look like
twins when vou have it oft', let me
see if I look like you with a wig on
mv head."
' fireatlv interested. I peeped into
the room "while Mr. Kimball put on
the wig, and was perfectly astonish
ed to see how strancely he rescrn
bled Ilanold. Only it appeared to
me that the wig fitted him too loose-
lv. and a moment later he exclaim
ed : "The wia is rather too large for
me. otherwise I would reaoily be
taken for vou."
. i.i t
"When Jiorerawvcu me wig anu
returned it to its owner 1 looked at
the two men, ami to ray amazement
beheld, as twins twoJocclun, Aim
halls Twins could not possibly
look more alike. They had not ob
served me, and I slipped away quiet
ly and resumed my ocupation at
the further end of the passage,
"The physician when examining
the dead man's head, also remarked
that the wisr ho had on was too large
for his head. The companion ot
Mr. Kimball chanirod clothes with
the dead man, after sending the boy
away for the doctor, can you 6ee
it ?" asked he eagerly.
After what you have told nie in
rofpreneft to the incident in their
room, I can readily believe that Buoh
a thing was possible," remarked the
the rhansrc of temper, habits and
! disposition in the present Mr. Kim
ball, would naturally cause me to
arrive at such a conclusion. Know
ing what vou know I shall take the
matter in hand, if that is your desire
and give it a thorough investigation
I shall stop at your father's bote!
under the name of Mr. Otto Kunka-
ly, and prctfess to bo acquainted
with vou. Let us therefore agree to
this tioint where we became ac-
ouaintetl nrovidinz vour father
should ask me."
"fc!ay we met at Lancaster las
winter, at a nartv." said she.
'Very sood ." "was his rejoinder,
and they parted to meet again at her
lathers' hotel.
Next dav, in the early forenoon,
'Mr. Kunkaly" entered the Farmer's
Hotel and rcnistered his name. At
1- 1 - - A - V ..... .1 t, I
dinner ne saw vno joeus umiuni,
but eho did not recognize hiin, al-
One was called Jocelyn Kymball,
A n n.iAn f A al fTDn1nmin H7
birth and education and lossessed though she appeared to be anxious
of considerable wealth. The other's awaiting his arnvaL A arnoe won
name was Georrre Hanold. who ap- a complete disguise.
- c
After dinner he saw her alone,
and made himself known. She re
garded him with amazement. Had
ho not mentioned his assumed name
nd his object of coming there, she
would not have believed tuat lie was
Mr. Yarnoc,
She introduced him to her father
and mother, stating where they had
met. and then had a long conversa
tion with him in the private parlor.
She informed him that Mr. Kimball
(as wc shall call him for the present),
when asked whether he had aopris-
cd Mr. Hanold's friends of his death,
replied
' 1 Ml M
o : lor the very good reason mat
I know nothing at all about tnem.
I picked hira up in Philadelphia,
during my stay there, but never
heard him allude to any of his re
latives. I think he has none, so 1
have concluded to give him a decent
burial in one of vour cemeteries."
Miss Mosher handed arnoe a
letter, sealed and directed to Airs.
I . . i ii 1 T
struck the earth head Agauia Kimoan, -ew vneai.
1 nis letter, saia sne, was nanu-
ed to me on the day of the accident
lilameud.
Ktoyauiwu.Pa
-f
OTICE
Ufc'T. rh "yw WPf
Taa
TwZ."1au...
i Trr1"- i ,r L? ,b bvt ewtaU
' r' W,M.7,"r.,?"ed, notice ta
1 lAeT eiaiBua aHlnas
lit- ". ii ..a wrn.u-
lare
k . - " 01 ret-rwarr,
IaL Uetbarti
CJU.E8A.w,AITER
AdmlnlKretot.
1STEW BJSTK.
Somerset County Bank,
CHARLES J. HARRISON.
Cashier and Manager.
OoilecOuoa made in ail pans of tbe UnUad Stale.
Chergra moderaU. BaUer and ether aheekJ al
lactad atd eaahed. Eaatera and Waetef each age
always ea hand. SemlUaneM made with oraaapt
aaaa. AeoesnU BoUeUed.
ParUee deetrinc U porreme V. FEB
CENT. FUNDED LOAN, eaa be stenmii
dated at UK Beak. The euwpa are pn paid
deaesaioatloM ef M, KM, M aa4 MH.
peared to be a sort of servant and
companion to Kimball, for they ap
peared to be on very intimate terms.
"Thev were about tne same ncigui,
rather tall and slender; loth had
dark eves and no beard whatever.
But while Mr. Kymball had dark
brown hair, closely cut, Ilanold had
red hair, of a curly nature. Both
were of a lively disposition, and ap
peared to be in the best of spirits.
Yesterday they went away together,
to gather chestnuts in a neignoor-
insr wood, and two hours aiterwara
.1
one came bacK in great nasie, witn
the intelligence that the other had
fallen oil a tree and was terribly in
jured. The unfortunate man was
the companion ol mt. Kimball,
"A physician accompanied - the
gentleman to the spot where the ac
cident occurred, and found the un
fortunate man dead, lie having
broken his neck in the fall a height
of some thirty feet. An indented
mark on the ground bore evidence
where he had
foremost. ,
An inquest wa3 held on the body,
and a verdict rendered according to
the facts as elicited. A boy saw the
man fall, from a distance, and ran
to the 6POt. where he found his
companion stooping over him, and
apparently feeling his head, as it ap
peared to the boy.
"The man looked startled when
the boy came up, and immediately
sent him to town for a doctor, al
though he followed him ten or fifteen
minutes later, leaving the unfortu
nate man alone on the ground.
"I suppose vou think, Mr. A arnoe,
observed she, "that there is nothing
in all this requiring your service?."
"You have more to tell " querned
ie.
"I have," responded she, gravely.
"What follows may only be my im
agination but I think that you must
admit that it required an investiga
tion. Mr. Kimball drank only wine
or porter, while his companion in
dulged in ardent spirits only. Now,
however, since his companion is no
more, he appears to have acquired
an aj etite for brandy alone utterly
eschewing wine and malt liquors.
Mr. Kimball never indulged in pro
fanity before, but now he makes use
of it very frequently, lie was a
man of mild temper lefore this ac
cident occurred, whereas he now ap
pears to be of a very irascible tern-
en . i . l - i : . r
per. Jan you ioiiow wc uiretnun oi
my suspicion?"
"I can," replied the detective.
"You would intimate that George
Hanold has usurped the name and
position ot his dead master J" j
"I do!" was her emphatic re
sponse. "Manv of his act point to that
conclusion," observed the gentleman,
with a smile, "but you lose sight of
the inconsistency of yonr suspic
ions." . , ,
"Inconsistency?" echoed she, with
a laok of surprise.
"Yes: you say Mr. Kimball I.al
dark hair and this man fcad red.
How then could he expect to pass
himself off for his master?"
"Oh! I had foreotten to mention
that Hanold's red hair consisted of
a wig."
"Oh!" exclaimed the detective,
with awakened interest that does
way with the incons:..tency. But
how'cameyou to a knowledge of this
fact ?" , , "
"IU tell you," replied she, with
great earnestness. At home, I al-
The real Mr. Kimball asked me to
mail it for him. I had quite forgot
ten to do so, and the sad atlair oc
curring so soon after quite drove it
from my mind until my suspicions
were aroused, then I concluded to
retain it and give it to you, hopin
vou could discover something to ai
vou by nerusinsr it'
"My dear lady," responded the
detective, "not for the world would I
break the seal of that letter ; you
must mail it I shall send a tele
gram to the same address. 1 am
glad you have the address. 1 was
alout to ask if you knew where Mr.
Kimball's friends resided.".
"He told nie his home was in
New Orleans," rejoined the lady.
"He also informed me that he had
been traveling in the eastern and
northern States for the past eight
months, and had not been home dur
ing all that period."
Yaruoc at once sent a dispatch re
questing Mrs. Kimball's immediate
presence. He then took a look at
the dead body, and noticed that the
wig was not on the head of the
corpse. lie turned to Miss Mosher
for an explanation, and he replied:
"I removed it surreptitiously be
fore the body passed into the under
taker's hands. It may become of
use in the investigation that is to
take place."
"That was discreet, Miss Mosher,"
replied the detective. "You have
many qualities that arc requisite to
make a good detective." j
"Thank you for the compliment,"
said she.
Varnoe received Mrs. Kimball at
the Station, and on the way to the
hotel made her acquainted with all
that had transpired during the past
two or three days. The presumed
death of her son he broke to her
gently, tenderly, soothing her grief
adding that there to a bare possi
bility that it was the companion
(Ilanold j, instead of her son, who!
lay in his shroud.
"Oh, I could not be mistaken in
my son !" said she, the tears flowing
afresh. "laying or dead my heart
will tell me which is my boy I"
By the advice of the detective she
was to try a test They separated
some distance from the hotel, and
she was to come alone and register
an assumed name. The detective
would manage it that she and the
young man would come together
as if incidentally, and not by de
sign. Mary Mosher offered to effect this
meeting. Mrs. Kimball sat in the
ladies sitting room, and the young
girl requested "Mr. Kimball" to get
her a certain book from that room.
He eagerly obeyed, and entered
the apartment hastily, probably not
thinking it had an occupant Ho
halted when his eyes fell upon the
lady, who Btarted perceptibly when
she saw the strong resemblance to
her 6on ; yet the mother's heart was
true to its instincts. After the first
glance it whispered, "This is not
your son.
"Excuse me, madam," said he, ad
dressing her as he would any strange
lady, "I was requested to get a book
for a young lady, and was not aware
of any ne ieing here."
"You are excusable, sir," returned
the lady, bestowing upon him a
glance of contempt for the part he
was playing, compelling her also to
play a part for the time, and keep
ing her away from her dead son.
arnoe was concealed in- a posi
tion where ho could watch the fea
tures of the young man, and notic
ed that not the slightest sign of rec
ognition was visible in his face
when he beheld Mrs. Kimball
After the young man had left the
room. Varnoe entered and approach
ed tho lady. Before ho could say a
word she ro3C, and appeahngly
holdintr out her hands cned :
"0, sir ! now that I have seen the
living impostor, take mo where
mav behold mv dead son !"
The detective tenderly placed her
hand in his arm. and with bared
head led her into the presence of
the dead. Some half dozen persons
were seated in the darkened room.
Miss Mosher and the impostor (as
we shall henceforth call him ) were
seated near a window.
When Mrs. Kimball and her es
cort entered. Miss Mosher reached
out her arm and opened the shut
ters, admittins sufficient light to en
able the bcrclt mother to see her
dead son's features.
The moment she beheld the be
loved face sho fell upon her knees
beside the coffin, and nressma her
lips to those of tho dead, she cried
in anguished tones r
"Oh. Jocelvn. mv son. my son, is
it thus we meet again ?"
i i
Further utterance was cuoiced by
her vehement weepine, and for a
period naught was heard save the
... - . .. , e i
wauinzof tho widow, bereit oi ner
only son.
At her anguished words, anu at
the sight of the face in the cofhn,
the impostor starUd to his feet, white
as the face of tbe dead man whose
name he had assumed, and tremb-
lincr with a vairue alarm. Theft bend
ing his head he whispered to the
girl at his side : "Miss Mosher, who
is this ladv who calls .him iu the
coffin her son ?"
"It is Mrs. Kimall," replied she,
without looking up.
"Damnation ! I was not prepared
for this 1" mutteredhe in alow tone:
but it reached the attentive ear of
the detective, nevertheless, who plac-
od his mouth to the impostor's ear
and whispered :
"No, George ilanold, 1 suppose
not : nor for what will follow I
. .'. - at, J
"Sir, what do you mean c de
manded the young man, in a fierce
whisper.
Step outside Uus sacred room anu
11 inlorm vou " quietly replied the
detective, opening the door and leav
ing the room.
After a moment's hesitation, Han
old followed, and tho detective and
ie met in the yard of the hotel,
when tho impostor demanded an
explanation. This was given in the
following words:
"George Ilanold, tue wisest course
for aou to follow is to confess your
attempted imposition. The mother
of the dead son has pronounced
against your claims by not recog
nizing you as her8on, when you and
sho met in tho sitting room, a few
minutes since; neither did you rec
ognize the lady, whom you probably
never saw before in all your life.
Conic, what say you ?" and the cool-
lcadcu detective looked him square
in the face.
"See here, my fine fello , ex
claimed Hanold, dropping all his
assumed refinement, "you liad bet
ter be a little carefdlhow you .chin
to one, or youll get your mas
monkey into a condemned hobble.
Do you know that, you scarecrow?"
This was accompanied by the exi
bition of aclcnched fist in close prox
imity to Varnoe's olfactory organ.
A smilo of mingled scorn and
pity rested for a moment on the lips
of the detective, which gave place
to a frown when the man made a
movement as if to strike.
"Look j'ou, George Hanold," ob-s-rvcd
Varnoe, in cold tones, keep
ing a wary eye on the fellow, "if you
arc wise you will drop this tiling at
once."
"Curse you for i meddling fool !"
cried the other, furiously. "IU
drop you first," and he lunged out
savagely.
The detective warded off the in
tended blow, then eeized Hanold's
two wrists, pinioned hira against
the wall, and thus addressed him:
"See here, my pugnacious bantam,
unless yoa abandon all pretensions
to the dead man's name, you are
my prisoner. Do you understand ?
I am Varnoe, the detective, sent here
to look into this matter. I have suf
ficient proof to condemn yon, and
send you to the penitentiary for atl
tempted fraud; nut Mrs. Kimbal
desires me to persuade you to let the
matter drop and go your way.
Should yoa refuse this I am to take
you into custody at once.' Decide
quickly."
Hanold spoke not a word ; but
suddenly tried to trip Varnoe, but
that was a thing easier in concep
tion than execution, The detective
was all eyes, as it were, and detect
ed the movement at once. To avoid
losing his equilibrium he released
his hold, and once more the now
desperate fellow attempted to fell
him with, a blow. Varnoe now warm
ed to his work ; he tamed the blow
with his right and let fly with the
left No man had yet been able to
withstand that terrible blow, and
Hanold acknowledged its crushing
power by a most ungraceful move
ment, to wit : turning a backward
somersault, and reclining on his
back directly afterwards. When he
opened his eyes they wore a look of
wonder. His wrists were encircled
by a pair ef polished steel bracelets,
and tho detective stood leaning
against the door-jamb, with a pleas
ant smile upon his face.
The belligerent fellow was entire
ly subdued, which he eloquently
expressed by saying :
"Well, old follow, I cave. You
are a figure above me. I played a
high game and was euchered. You
held the best hand."
Then, after a pause, a serious turn
took possession of him, and his face
wore an alarmed expression as he
observed :
"But I hope you won't charge me
with killing Kimball. I'm none of
the best of fellows, I own, but by
I had nothing to do with his death
he fell from the tree while I was
below.''
"Rest easv on that, mv man," re
plied Varnoe. "No one accuses
you of harming him, and had you
heeded my advice you would now
be at liberty."
"Well, let up on me," said he, ap
pealingly, "and I swear I'll git.
Come, now, will you ?''
1 must at least take you to the
lock-up until Mrs. Kimball is more
composed, so that I may consult
with her. In a dav or two I may
be able to inform you what her de
cision is," rejoined Varnoe. His
prisoner submitted to what he could
not well avoid, and was according
ly locked up.
In the examination that followed.
Ilanold made tho subjoined con
fession :
He firsi. met Kimball in New
York, and this is how it happened :
He had been to a photographer's
to have a picture taken. While the
operator was making preparations
for the process, Ilanold whiled
away the time by looking at the
specimens of the photographer's art
Among them he saw the picture of
a man who so closely resembled
himself that his own likeness could
not look more like him. He resolv
ed to hunt up this man, without
any other object than merely to sec
him and ascertain who he was
thinking it probable that he was a
relative. He asked the arti.st if he
knew his name, and where he could
be found. The man looked at him,
then at the picture, and, without at
once answering the question, asked
him if he was not a brother of this
man. Ilanold, who possessed a
somewhat fertile; brain, for inven
tion, at onccjhatched up a plaudible
story and replied :
ies, we are twin brothers, but
have not seen each other for ten
years. o please tell me what name
lie goes I'V and where 1 can fin
him."
The artist believed every word the
man uttered, and gave him the
name and address of Jocelyn Kim
ball. Hanold procured an auburn
wig to conceal the remarkable re
semblance, and made the acquaint
ance ot his counterpart, lie soon
became quite intimate with him, nnd
won his friendship.
He In. illy accepted Kimball oi
ler to become a traveling compan
ion, at a liberal salary, and accom
panied him in his eccentric wander
ings for the period of six or seven
months, until their companionship
terminated in the catastrophe at
York.
L pto that period uc iiad never
entertained anv evil design against
lis friend and companion; but
while he lay dead before him, it
suddenly occurred to him that by
assuming the dead man's name and
position, he might live the life of a
gentleman instead of living by his
wits, as he had frequently been ob
liged to do. The result of this ven
ture is already known to the reader.
As Mary Mosher had surmised, lie
had removed the dead man s clothes
and put his own (including the wig)
on the dead body.
In consideration of the fact that
the prisoner had done no harm, and
was merely guilty of attempted
fraud, he received at the hands ot
Mrs. Kimball, a very light sentence.
Marv Mosher being considered
mainly instrumental in the exposure
of this attempted imposition, was
handsomely recompensed by the
grateful mother; and Varnoe, for the
part he took in the matter, was not
forgoteen.
The affair created mute a stir in
the community for manv davs, and
Mary Mosher became a heroine
among those who knew her.
When Vamoe took leave of her, he
presented her with an elegant gold
watch, with tins inscription engrav
h1 on the inside of the case :
"To Miss Mary Mosher, from
'Varnoe,' as a tribute to her admira
ble detective qualities."
The Wrong God.
WhatXot to Drink.
What Killed Him.
Lawyers too often have a way of
making a witness tell the truth so as
to kill it But a wise presiding
magistrate may easily spoil their
artifice if the opposing council does
not.
A few years ago, when Judge
Gould, of Troy, lately deceased, was
holding court in that city, a prison
er was being tried for wullul mur
der, in causing the death of a man
by a pistol shot An eminent phy
sician and surgeon, was on the
stand as a witness for the defense.
The prisoner's counsel, an adroit
lawyer, attempted to show that the
man who had lived sometime after
being shot, might have died from
some other cause, and examined the
witness after this style:
"Doctor, would not such a thing
cause death ?"
"Oh,yes,sir!"
"Well, doctor, might not this man
have died from such and such a
cause."
"Oh? yes, he might"
. "This is quite sufheeint for me,"
exclaimed tne defendant's counsel,
with an air of triumph twirling his
eyeglass.
Judge Gould turned in his Beat,
bent his large, keen, penetrating
black eves full on the witness, and
said, a little sharply:
( "Doctor, you have told us what
might have caused this man's death ;
what did cause his death ?''
"The bullet sir !" answered the
witness. That ended the case.
Once upon a time Jupiter came
dow from Olympus to Athens, to
get the people to worship him ; and
they did it in this wise.
One set of men worshiped the
ground on which he alighted.
Another set worshiped the day on
which he came.
Another set worshiped his mantle
and his sandals.
Another set worshiped the eagle
which accompanied him as his sym
bol. And Jupiter complained that in all
this worship they worshiped every
thing but him.
God once, in like manner, came
down from heaven to get the people
to adore him, and they did it simi
larly :
One set of men adored the place
where he came, the stable where he
was born, the manger in which lay,
the oxen and asacs which were with
him there.
Another set adored the dav, on
which he came, on which he left,
and on which he did his chief works
Christmas, Kaster, Good Friday
and hitsuntide.
Another set adored Lis mother,
his kinsfolks and his companions
Mary, Josuph and the saint.
And in all this adoring of so
many things about him they did
adore him.
And Jupiter, in order to make
men better worshipers, erected a
temple, where they might meet for
the purpose.
But instead of meeting and wor
shiping him there, they fell to wor
shiping the temple, and the altar in
the temple, and the stoves, and the
poker, and other utensils, until they
forgot all about Jupiter, in the ado
ration of tho things which he pro
vided for their convenience in his
worship.
And Jupiter a pjointed teachers to
instruct them in his worship, and
times tor meeting, and ways ot wor
shining him.
But tho people fell to worshipin
the teachers, instead of followin
thc-ni,and they worshiped seasons and
services, and all other means which
J upitcr had provided lor Ins wor
ship, and they never worshiped Ju
piter.
And so, in like manner, uod co
lected his worshipers into an assem
bly or church, and appointed teach
crs therein, that they might better
reverence him. But thev went
reverencing the assembly, and th
teachers and all the appointments
of the church, until they forgot all
about God.
And when he had them erect
building for worship, they got to
reverence tho buildings, instead of
worshiping God therein; and they
reverenced all that was in them
the alt;tr, the pots, the cloths, and
the fuuiture and did not worship
God.
And when he appointed times
and seasons for worshiping him
thev cot to reverence the seasons
and services, instead of him.
And Jupiter that he might en
lighten the people in his worship
gave them written instructions, to
serve in his absence ; but the people
instead of reading them; opening
them preserved them as their most
sacred object of devotion.
And God, likewise, that he might
enlighten men, gave them a book
with instructions, and often without
reading it, reverenced it, and, with
out worshiping according to it de
clared that thev believed it and
that their dutv therein was fill
filled.
And Jupiter that he might make
them better as his worshipers, gave
them an example, teaching them by
his own conduct how to live and
act and pray.
.j ..... .
And thev worshiped his example
instead of following it, and celebra
ted hi3 deeds, instead of imitating
them.
And, God, in like manner, to make
men better worshipers, gave them
his cxammle praving, fasting and
loving, as he would have men do,
But they worshiped his example.
insead of following it, celebrating
his fastinj, his praving and his
deeds of love, without imitating
them. Independent.
A Brave llojr.
at
to
so
of
of
A brave bov who kept twenty In
dians at bay died of his wounds a few
clays ago, at Denver Col. Three
days after the battle of White River,
in "which the gallant Thornburg lost
his life, Freeman Z. Wrav, in charge
of cattle forty-five miles north of
U hite luvcr Agency, was attacked
by a band of savages. 1 Ie contrived
to get his rifle and to make so good
a defence that they betook them
selves to a ravine and besieged him
at their leisure. - After a while he
got out of ammunition? and was
forced to climb into a wagon to get
a new supply. While he was exe
cuting this movement a bullet struck
him in the call; ot the leg passing
directly through. In another in-
st?nt a ball caught him at the hip
and knocked him down. With a
whoop and a yell tho savages ran
toward the spot, expecting to take
their plucky foe prisoner. But they
ie r
were again lolled, lor ray was
only down temporarily, and getting
his ieet again, scrambled into the
wagon where lay his ammunition.
He pulled a sack of flour in front of
him and piled a bag ol beans on top
of that and took hold of such other
articles within reach as made for
dm a barricade against the shower
of balls that was promised. Rapid-
y cutting a hole in the canvass
wagon cover he saw the Indians ap
proaching. Leveling his rule he
tired at the formost pursuers without
the ball t iking effect. Thist hrew the
ndians into confusion, and they re
treated to the walls of the ravine.
They threw a hailstorm of bullets
into the side of the wagon where the
plucky boy lay intrenched. One
of these leaden messenger struck
young Wray in the right eye, crash
ing through his brain. The Indians
finally retreated. After a protracted
delay the boy's wounds were dressed
and the balls extracted, and after
five months' nursing he seemed to be
entirely well, although he had lost
the use of one eye. One of his
wounds broke out fresh eighteen
months after the fight, and at last
caused his death.
In an interview with a New York
Herald reporter, the other day, the
eminent New York physician, Dr.
Williard Parker, used the following
language concerning the use of alco
holic beverages. The Doctor's words
are valuable as coming from a non par
tisan standpoint, and embodying the
latest results of scientific investiga
tion into the effect of intoxicating
liquors.
"Are you a tetotalltr, Doctor ?"
asked the reporter.
"I am and always have been a
temjierance man," the Doctor repli
ed, ' but I belong to no temperance
society. I have great respect for the
tetotallers. Some men are so con
stituted that they must be total ab
stainers. There are four clashes :
The first are tetotallers, among whom
are persons who must drink immod
erately if they drink at all. These
inherit from their ancestors some
where in the past a taste for alcohol
r i- 7 .
ic liquors. iJepenu upon it, some
one of their ancestors was an im
moderate drinker. Such unfortun
ate subjects of hereditary taint must
mind you, sir, I say must ab
stain absolutely. Secondly, there
is a class of temperate users who
take a glass of wine or so at dinner
and who, as a rule, limit their bey
erages, as the Business Men's Mod
cration Society limit theirs. These
persons are temperate. The third
class is made up largely of youn
men oi good purpose and socia
leenngs, wno arc aiming high and
who drink unguardedly and fre
quently until they create an appe
tite. They too often fall into the
fourth cla?3 namely, the drunk
ards, and if thev do not stop
time they inevitably become drunk
ards. It is a question of time only,
and from the time of their fall to
confirmed drunkenness down to the
Potters field is a rapid and fearfu
descent.
"A limited quantity of spirits
the principal meal, especially for
persons advanced in life of weak di
gestion, may aid in the combustion
of the food. Spirits aid digestion
in leeblo aged persons, but onlv
the feeble or the aged require
a stimuious. l he young and vigor
OU3 do not need it, and are better off
without it Middle aged persons
may, perhaps, drink a little spirits
with their meals without danger
but they cannot safely make it :
beverage. In small o'.i mtities al
coholic drinks stimulate, and if not
enough is taken to coagulate the
pepsin and albumen in the food they
promote digestion in pn iier cases
and thus help to repair ti.e svstem
But whenever more alcoholic liquor
is taken into the stomach with the
food than is demanded it passes in
to tne circulation, disturbs the ac
tion of the heart, flushes the face
and confuses the brain. When
much fermented or distilled spiri
is taken into the svstem that the
functions of the organism are dis
turbed positive harm is. done the
system has been so far poisoned. An
irritation has been set up instead
the desired healthful stimulation
the stomach."
"Have any practitioners regarded
111 !. ...
aiconoi as a Kind ot tood I the re
porter asked.
l heir opinions , Dr. l arker re
plied, "hive been theoretical and, it
seems to me, not borne out by facts,
They have viewed alcohol as a kind
of respiratory food, whose use is to
develop more animal heat and thus
eliminate more carbonic acid. This
conclusion is not sustained by obser
vation and experiment, rood is
that which repairs some waste in
the system. We can repair that on
ly which exists, l he human sys
tem contains water, tat, starch and
sugar, nitrogenous substances, iron,
sulphur, phosphorus, animal qui
nine, sodium, potassium and chlo-
; but no alcohol is found. It
has no like in the svstem ; hence
there is nothing that it can repair,
and it cannot, therefore, be ranked
as a food of any kind. It possesses
an inherent deleterious property
which, when introduced into the
system, is capable of destroying, the
life, and it has its place with arsen
ic, belladonna, prussic acid and opi
um. .Like these it is to be emplov
ed as a medicine, and has its true
position in works on materia med-
ica. It is both a poison and a med
icine.
"I has been settled by science that
alcohol, winch passes into the blood
when more is taken than can be em
ployed as a condiment or tonic, un
dergoes no change in the blood, but
exists there as a foreign substance,
creating irritation ; and the excite
ment involved in the effort to throw
off the irritating substance wastes
the energy and life of the system.
Alter alcohol has produced diseases
of the stomach it never expends its
force upon the neighboring organs,
inducing disease of the liver and
dropsy or Bright's disease, both of
which are fatal to health if not to
ife."
But assume. Doctor, that the spir
its a man drinks is pure ?"
"I answer that alcohol, however
pure, is in itself a noison. and that
A ' f
it impairs the whole living organism
and cuts life short cuts life short,
sir. The life insurance companies
understand it Their figures show
that while a temperate young man
at twenty may reasonably look for
ward to forty-four years and two
months of life, the young man of
tne same age who poisons his sys
tem with drink can expect no more
than fifteen years and eix months.
lie who uses alcohol becomes an
easy prey of epidemics ; his system
cannot resist the poison of diphthe
ria, cholera and fevers."
"You classify the immoderate use
of alcohol amoug the crimes against
ie State T
"Yes ; the disease of the parent
is transmitted to the offspring and
in the offspring the tendency to dis
ease, such as consuption, cancer or
gout is intensified. The tendency
of like to beget like is stamped upon
the whole organic world. Consumpt
ive parents beget consumptive chil
dren, and the taint of certain spe
cific diseases is sure to place its
mark somewhere on the constitution
of offspring for several generations.
But of all agents alcohol is the most
potent in establishing a heredity
that exhibits itself in the destruc
; tion of mind and body. The drunk
: ard by inheritance is a more help
less slavo than his progenitor,
! and the children that ho begets are
I more helpless stiil, unless on the
I mother's side there is engrafted upon
! them an untainted stock."
"Now, sir, as I have said before, a
man's value to the ration is in the
ratio of his ability first to add to
the wealth of the nation, and sec-
; ondly to produce progeny that shall
' add to the strength and enlarge to
i the grandeur of the nation ; and
! the nation owes it to itself to restrict
this destroying agent, alcohol, and
relegate it to medical practice, where
it belongs. Iet me add that every
individual drinker should exalt him
self in his o-.vn esteem by proving
to himseli that he has the nerve to
repress and conquer whatever desire
he has for indulgence in destroying
alcoholic drinks.
The Growth of Fennsyluinia.
Without fully coming up to the
sanguine expectations of our own
people, the census of 18$0 gives
Pennsylvania a very creditable po
sition in the progress of national
sisterhood. Our rate of the increase
in the last ten years wns 21 per cent,
while that of New York State was
16 per cent. And yet New York has
during all that period enjoyed the
immense advantage of monopolizing
two-thirds of the foreign commerce
of the Republic, and about the same
proportion of foreign immigration.
Her organized capital, her business
enterprise, her command of inter
nal trade, and the enormous magni
tude ot her resources, combined to
give that State an attraction and a
prestige that should have kept up
ner progress far in advance of that
of all other American States. Pennsylvania-
on the other hand, has de
voted her attention to railways, do
mestic industries, mining, internal
development, and encouragement of
home traffic. The result has prov
en that Pennsylvania's policy Is and
must continue to be, under all cir
cuumstances, the wisest and tho
best calculated to enhance the pros
perity of the American State. Some
calculations have been made going
to show that at the same rate of in
crease in both States, Pennsylvania
will in twenty years overtake and
Eass New York in population. We
ave no doubt that such an event is
possible if the policy of Pennsylva
nia can be guided aright in the
meantime. There can be no sort of
doubt that if this State had as many
miles of railway as Illinois her pop
ulation would increase more rapid
ly. For a number of years, Penn
sylvania stood at the Lead of the
list as the first railroad State in the
Union. But the wild mania for
building railroads in the west un
der the stimulus of the competition
of the great trunk line companies
and of the boundless ambition of
the three leading western cities,
placed Illinois at the head of the
list of railway States and compelled
Pennsylvania to accept of a second
place. It was alleged for a time that
those Illinois railways could not
possibly find a paying business.
But thev have created it bv the
rapid multiplication of industries
all along their routes. In Pennsyl
vania, which is the parent of that
system, the growth of population
has been largely stimulated by the
increase in like manner of local in
dustries all over the State. Latter
ly the application of the industrial
principle to agricultural product?,
which has been found so advanta
geous to New York and Illinois, has
made great progress in Pennsylva
nia in the establishment of butter
and cheese factories, canning works, '
etc. There is therefore good reason
to believe that the internal develop
ment of Pennsylvania will be car
ried forward rapidly and prosper
ously in the course of the ensuing
twenty vears, so that we may add
two millions of the people to our
gregate, and probably be able to
pass ahead of New York and gain
the height of our ambition as the
leading State in the Union. Now
that the foreign emigration is flow
ing into the country freely, it be
comes our people to be keenly alive
to this great opportunity, and to
adopt measures to induce the agri
cultural immigrants from Europe to
settle upon and cultivate our wild
ands m the mienor of Pennsylva
nia under the influence of some of
our enterprising railway companies,
instead of seeking homes in the re
mote west.
An Angel's Visit.
A colored man named Bounty
Smith, living up on Antoine street.
was belore the justice of the peace
yesterday forenoon charged with
larceny of fifty cents worth of wood
from a white man living next door.
The prosecution had a circumstan
tial case. Some one was heard at
the wood pile in the night There
were tracks in the snow leading
directly to the defendant's house.
The defendant was in possession of
wood exactly like that missed from
the pile, and he admitted that he
had not purchased any wood this
fall. The defendant said he wished
to be sworn in his own evidence,
and after he had taken the stand he
began:
lie claims dis wood was tooken
away over Sunday night. Now, on
undav mawnin I war tacked bv
rheumatiz an' couldn't step until
Monday night Dis right leg war
bent back so, and dis left one war
skrew out so dat my wife had to
feed me wid a spoon. War I in
shape to go out an' steal wood ?"
"Go on."
"Well, long about dark de ole
woman said de last stick of wood
ar gone, an' we went to bed to
eep warm, tonld l go out when l
war in bed ?"
"I guess not"
"Sartin I couldn't When I re
membered dat we had no wood for
e next dav, I went to pravin' dat
some rich man's heart might be
opened to charity. Fust I knowed.
de sticks ob wood began to hit de
doah, and, de ole woman scrambled
out and fotcbed them in. If anv
man robbed dat wood tile it war an
angel who was sent to help me."
"But you forgot the tracks in the
snow. They were just the size of
your boots ?""
"Tracks? Was dey any'tracks ?".
"Yes. there were several"
"Well, dat's nuffin against me, as
I see. Hs'pect de angel had to
stand longside de wood pile to load
up." h4'
Two of the iurors seemed to take
this view of the case and the result
was a disagreement Detroit Free
Pre.
A captain ofthe navy, on meet
ing a friend as he landed, boasted
that he had left his whole ship's
company the happiest fellows in the
1.1 UTr o'l .oVwl Vi'a fVionrl
"Why, I have iust flogged seventeen,
and they are happy it is over; and
all the rest are happy that they escaped."
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