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VOL. XXIX. NO. 41.
M3S. LYD!A H.
OF LYNN, MASS.
I
LYDIA E. PEr.KHAP.rS
Tsgmns cci.:rotTXD.
Th rtltlT Cnre
Per all Fecials Complaints.
TV TWLrali;m. aa t'. ccn. nl-rninci. conidst. of
V. .-jR-tili. I"ruj'rtics that re barmki l.i the mot del
Iratp invRLJ. t poa one trial tbo merit, of this Cam-
r-'nwl will be rocorJJH, asreliff la Immrdlale ud
v oco Its nwis eontlnmt, In uiurty-tiliio njn la hna.
rnxl. a p'tTCtutentrarrucucricd.&sthoacand. will I
t oiunvu-rM aaJ prm: -Ox.-1 Ihc Ust physWIaa. la
t :ie ro'iit ry.
It Till com hiUjy; t'i worst fona of ftUlsf
I f 11;. I-driirrha-a, irrculr and painrul
"tj.l.-ut'Jm; allOrarlan7roulla IrflanunatlnQ a&d
I lcera'...a, f Trllnr, all I l.larranroti aqd tb. eoa
rrqtior.t spuuil tia.c3i, ainl Is c socially aJai4vd ft.
t .it ( Uvirt of Lifev It w.ll uia.il re and rxt4 tomora
fnotheotcrm;inanorlrrt.-jr of dtn-ln.jmrnt. Tb.
ti'n3on;Tt3rxnccroJlnuior8tit-ra clisclccd v.ry
ja it i.-.i i-nrrd t la I'm Croat-
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ri II ixrm-a,-rvorr o: t.oa of t!ic tjntrtm. and gir
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Hrys all r Tin Tor .1i:vj".r.r.ti, or.: roltrea veakaoa
of Cie rtt.
It cur .ri a;!n. Ioi-j!)', ITcrrous Trosiratld'
Grnm t neMIitj-. f.: vi, tkruioa and la
r.-stl, a. Thntfocljiof bertnsiown, randnff pal.
wcv at and oackbe. L alr.-rs ivr-nawntly cured Jff
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female S3?tf:a.
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auU TrtaCty oJ llie lw Coa:?rr Lox.
FO!t SALE HY
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THRESMERS.
Traction and Plain Engine
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la the World. i I34U
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TRACTION ENGINES
Farmer. r. Threwbrrmra at. tn.tM to
MCKCL6, SHEPAKO 4 CO.
Carta Creek, Mich lean.
WATER ANDERSON,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
CC3. WGOD 11. AK3 SIXTH AVENUE.
NO. 226 LIBERTY STREET
PITTSBURGH, FA..
jao. KICKS.
Aleuts fir Firs an II Insirasce,
JOHN HICKS 8c SON,
SOMERSET. VA..
And Real Eatato Brokers.
LiSTAKLISIIKD 18HO.
TerK-n wtodr!re to sell. Lay or .xt-hanira
i.rotiortv, it rtnt still find II to toeir txlvantsjr.
tu rentier the dt-aerlptioa thereof, at Docliara-. la
uir.1 nnlc" tlil or rentod. Kcal eitata l.aaloaa.
frnr rsl'y will ! pr-aipuy auenaaa to.
S. T. LI1 TLB & SQXS,
lOS llALTIVOnK STHKET,
CUMBEKLANP. MX-
WATCHES, IHAIX,
SOLID SII i'H ARE. DIAMONDS,
AMERICAS CLOCKS, MESCU CI OCKS,
$!irk$ FLAT I'D WAkE,
jkiirEiur, 4-c
HOLIDAY PBESEHTS!
WktcbcJ and Jewelry
KepalrrJ t.y SkllleJ Workmea aai
reiamed ly Ex;rs Free of ciun(a. No etr
rltargaf'T Engravtop. Goodf war
ranted r.f ypMeotrJ.
oet IS
CHARLES HOFFMAN,
mm tailor,
(Atxv I Iewy t torfloy Rcw.)
SOMERSET, PJ.
LAT2T STYLES ill 'MISS PRICES.
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED.
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if
THE DREAMS OP YOUTH.
I built me a vcs.-fl lung years npo,
And I fitteil it out like the galleys of olJ ;
lu sails were a white as the fresh-fuUen
snow.
And its bows wort resplendent with erira-
son anJ gold.
Its bulwarks were (inn, and it mast strong
and tall.
And a gay colored pennon on liitrli was
spread ;
Tlic beauty of Youth lent a charm to it all
And nnimaa" of lio;e was its proud figuic
head. I lautuiied ii one morn in the spring f
the year,
When the breezes wore low, and the snn-
beams were brilit ;
And I. in the pride of mv vomit, bad no
fear.
Of the strength of the waves, or the plooin
of (he nifrhl.
;'. 1 dreaniol of the riches my jraliey would
brin?,
From the lands where u bark had been
ever before.
. 15.it the summer pa-tod by, and spring wore
round tofiriii.
And my es-w-1 returned not. altt--, to the
shore. !
At l.Mth one dark atituum it rmeback
l . tne,
15.it ils uj were al! broken, its bows
were ?;:irt-:
Its htilw.i. '; i wera covered with prowtli of
the sea,
And the ti;-".!re of hope was i:o lonjrcr
there.
While it brought me for freight tlietlrift
of the wave.
The sea foam and weedi that had lain in
it loiift;
And I uiounif.illy ihc.l as I gazad on
the grave.
Of the dreams that were bright when life's
heart-beat was strong.
A VI LLR VAIX-NTINE.
"Hishkin, pliL-hkin, ptiicau gee,
Wc think no birds o fluffy as we ;
rilshkin, pluhk:n, ielicau gill,
Wc thought so then we think so still.''
Gertrude Yintliro;e looked rath
er bewildered as thou "ounds jssu
ed from the door which the servant
0ened for her.
"They're rum one?," whispered
the girl.
Two children were hopping about
the room as they san the strange
gibberish given above. One was a
keen, sullow-faccd bov of nine : the
other a itrettv. fair-haired girl of
seven. The boy had a hat on with
a bunch of dilapidated cock's feath
ers in it. i he girl wore a long os
trich iiluinc. and various scraps of
red llannel pinned here and there
on her dresn.
'Oh, halloo! were pflicans."
cried the boy, in no way ahashed ;
''that's the pelican chorus."
lou re precious picWlts, thatu
wot you are," said Jane. "If ever I
see such limbs of the "
tihe hesitated out of respect for
the stranger.
Gertrude surveved her charge,
and they in return bestowed on her
an unflinching stare.
"What are vour names ?"' she
asked, 6oftly ; "I am going to be
with you and teach you, you know.
"Golly 3" said the boy, "woman t
it le larks if she never found out?
then you couldn't call us, you
know. And if vou didn't call us we
wouldn't have to come."
"But I can casilv find out," said
Gertrude, with a laugh ; "so you
had better be a gentleman and an
swer my questions."
"My name's Ilodfrick, but they
call me Hod. Her name's Nina, but
I call her Ninny, 'cos she'B a numb
skull all girls are numbskulls."
"This is your room, ma'me," ex
claimed Jane, opening a door and
going in. When Gertrude stood by
her side she turned the key.
"See! you kin do this when you
want to be alone ; and you'll bless
the minutes vou get from that pair.
I'm goiu' to leave to-marrer as I've
give wamen regular an' my life
worn out with them two young
imps savin' your presence which
you'll find 'eiii out, 6oon enough ;
and I wouldn't prejudice you agin
'em beforehand ; and that cantaker
ous old cat, either, down below oh.
they're a sweet lot "
"Hush !" said Gertrude. "I can
not listen to such "
"Well, I'll say a good word ior
Master Kric'said Jane, turning to
go ; lie snows now 10 ireai a poor
girl. I le's a gentleman more's the
pity he's to be thrown away on that
liibberty giblet, Mis3 Francis, as is
no lK-tter nor a "
"There, there !"' cried Gertrude as
the children were pummeling at the
door, "vou may go now thank
you"
There were two or three scratched
up desks and some torn Irooks, also
a globe over which strange maps
had leen smeared with ink
and red paint
"Well, Roderick." she said turn
ing to her little subjects, who had
most mutinous faces, "what do you
study ?"
"Oh ! when I feel like study, I
like Roman history best I'm goin
to be a heathen and worship Jupiter.
I built an alter to him the other
day ; cot one of Francia Dormer's
white boxes, and printed 'Jupiter
Ave Impcratore' on it, and made a
pile of sticks and matches, and
poured cologne over it .for incense,
and golly ! how it burned ! That
was a sacrafice, you sec ; and Fran
cia sa vs she'll sacrafice me the next
time 1 meddle with her things. I
said to her : 'Francia, you've got
no feeling for Roman history.'"
'I am a heathen, too," cried Nina.
"You ain't vou're a christian,"
cried Rod, as if he were hurling at
. . .
her a most opprounous epuneu
I T won t be a christian ail :
alone !" cried Nina, with a roar.
"Hullo! What's the rumpus?
What's the row ?" cried a good-nat-nrrd
voice, and a very handsome
yourc wan entered rather hurriedly, j
and stopped short at the sight ot Oh, I must go," she said decid
Gertrude. edly. "I shall have to give the chil-
"They want to be heathen," said facn. a holliday ; I shall have to
Gertrnde, with an embarrassed leave them in your care. My aunt
gDiile. i is very eick and alone. I will return
"Well I venture to say it would! this evening if I can arrange things,
be hard to find two greater young You will explain to Mrs. Chumleigh
heathen in our enlightened country, if I am not here."
Excuse me for bursting in so unccr- j "&uxe and I wull that," said the
cmoniouslv. I wanted to quench t girl good-naturedly, "and the holh-
. "Xff .A4tt 1 Ja. will Af r a var-inrtrr trca rrru i "
tiit YOttnCTlcrs noise, my jhuwi-
er-'
om
SOMERSET.
'Oh, I forgot," answered Gertrude
nervously ; "she especially spoke of
her dislike to noise. In a little time
I shall learn"
Eric was forgetting everything
even the two young savages who
were swarming up on him in look
ing at the wonderful beauty of this
young girl's face. .Surely, if Mrs.
Chumleigh had seen that face in
anything but the half-darkness in
which she delighted, she would nev
er have brought Gertrude Winthrope
into the house.
"Well, Eric, what arc you about?"
cried a merry voice. "Going to wol
lop Rod ? I'll go in for that, as he
used up a goxl bottle of my Frangi-
pani at his late incantation.'
And a little, dark, brilliant-looking
creature, in black gauze and
amber, Huttered in, and stared
rather superciliously at Gertrude.
She reminded cur heroine somehow,
of some brilliant South American
insect there was so much flash and
color about her.
Her only real beauty was in her
eves, whit h were large, intensely
black and shining, but also, at pres
ent, a little malicious ; for Francia
Dormer took in at a glance Ger
trude's beaut, and she was not yet
secure of Kric Chumleigh 's heart.
She nodded carelessly.
"The governess, I suppose? Come,
Eric, the Count is down stairs, and
wants to consult you about some
thing whether tomatoes will grow
in Saxony, 1 believe. He has learn
ed to dote on them, and wishes a
garden of them around his castle."
Eric took leave with a polite bow,
and Rod, who had been silent for
the space of five minutes, said :
"I hate Francia Dormer. She's a
snake 1"
Gertrude kept the irrepressible
ones quiet till tea time with her in
ventions. She had some talent in
that line, and felt glad and relieved
to find that she held a most potent
weapon to be used in her new king
dom.
Rod had reallv an active mind,
and 6he won him by her praise
Nina followed his example : and
when he found that he could gain
the pleasure of hearing a story bv
diligence, he began to apply him
self.
Eric said the children were grow
ing eo tolerable he quite enjoyed
looking in on them once in a while ;
to which Rod replied, "What makes
you look at Miss Gertrude all the
time then ?"
Gertrude blushed, and began to
feel uncomfortable about the visits.
Sometimes Gertrude was request
ed to come down in the evening to
play, and then she saw Bertha and
her betrothed. The elder sister
was too busy just now to look into
the school-room. Her intended, Yon
Arnheirn, who was an officer in the
Prussian army, was a rather stolid-
looking German, with scant blonde
hair, good-natured blue eyes and a
beaming Rmile. Bertha was sallow,
but had fine black eyes and dazzling
white teeth.
Sometimes Francia bestowed her
company and confidence on Ger
trude ; at others she assumed naugh
ty and distant airs. She delighted
in outre toilets, wore the most won
derful combinations, glowed and
glittered like some rare tropical bird.
So the months went on of that win
ter, and the wedding day drew
near.
How do I look ?'' exclaimed
Francia one night as she opened
the school-room door. "Good ! I
hoped the imps were in bed. Heav
ens and earth how I hate children !
I pity you, Miss Winthrope ! I sup
pose vou dream of an escape some
day 1 some fairy prince will open
your prison with a golden key !"
"No, I expect nothing," answered
Gertrude. "I am tryingto cultivate
the spirit which Tennyson eulo
gizes :
Not to desire or admire is lietler by far
Than to walk all day like the sultans of old
in a garden of spice." "
'Go away, Francia Dormer," cri
ed Rod, from the next room. "You
keep me awake with your chatter.
You're worse than the nightmare."
"Oh you angel ! are you awake ?"
cried the girl. "Then good-bye,
Miss W'inthropc. Comfort is at an
end. "YouH have the house to
yourself to-morrow ; we're off on an
excursion, all of us. The snow is
just right, so hard and white bah !
what a poor fire you have." And
she disappeared.
"She has everything," thought
Gertrude, "beautv and fortune" ( she
had heard fabulous eccounts of
Francia's estates in Cuba), "and she
will win Eric at last who can doubt
it
Still Gertrude, rememlering cer
tain words and looks, did doubt iu
her heart The next morning, when
the party whirled away and she saw
Eric tuck in the sables about Fran
cia, and heard the cheery sound of
their voices, the old school-room
looked ycry cold and bare ; and she
took up the dog-eared history very
absently.
Enter Betsy with a note anil bo
quet cream white camelias, blue
heliotrope and crimson bouvardia.
"Sure they was both left thegith
er, but they te not after belongin'
thegither, as the post-boy brought
the letther."
Gertrude dropped the history and
gloated over the flowers in delight I
She had never owned a boquet of
hot-house flowers before, and then
she knew whoso kind heart had rc- j
membered her when all the others
were aosorDca in uieir own pleasure.
ltseemeuasn iney wouiu mate j
the whole day fragrant She had i
j almost forgotten the note. There !
-as only one person in the world to i
write to her, so she opened the note
leisurely, as those do who have lit
tle to hope or fear. Bat as she read
she startled anxiously. Betsy had
not left the room
uj v jvu VM"? jbr
"Golly, a holliday!" cried Rod',
ESTABLISHED, 1827.
PA., WEDNESDAY,
in great ccstasj. ' Oh, I've got a fa
mous plan.!"
"No mischief ?"' said Gertrude
anxiously ; "I shall think of you."
"Oh, we'll be quiti ; you'll be so
pleased !"' exclaimed the boy, with a
docility that would have alarmed
Gertrude if she could have stopped
to think about it
As it was, she hurrid her prepa
rations, only remembering to take
the Uowers with her, as she thought
they might cheer the sick room, to
say nothing of her .'.own reluctance
to part with them. I
Her ride in the c;ns lasted onln
yalf an hour, and she found herself
belore the little brown cottage, which
was the only home she remembered,
as she had been left, an orphan to
this aunt's care in her earliest child
hood. Poor and plain as everything
appeared a tlirnl came over her at
sight of it, and she hurried with re
al anxiety into tho house?, whose
door stood open.
Aunt Racha'-l wan in Led and a
neighbor's girl had conic in to wait
on her. The old;. woman had a
sweet, patient face, anil her eyes
lighted up as she saw the young
girl in whom ail her love and earth
ly hope3 were centered.
"I feared 1 had done wrong to
send for you," she said, "but there
was a litlk business to settle. Do
you know, my love, the age of miri
cles is not over ?:'
Gertrude smiled and held her
aunt's wasted hand very fondly.
"I've told you that the house all
I have might be taken away from
me at any time. What do you
think of my having a couple of
thousand sent me yesterday-enough
to pay off' the mortgage and leave
me five hundred dollars ?"
"I should eny you dreamed it,
aunty."
"Look in the top bureau drawer,
and vou will see the check. I think
the surprise and joy. of it has been
too much for me. To think Jamie
has remembered nic now lhathi3
fortune is made in India ! My god
son, you know."
Gertrude had the chec!; in her
hands, and viewed it with delight.
"You see, my love, the action to
forelose the mortgage has just com
menced, and I could not rest a mo
ment till this business was arranged.
You can e!o it for inc and Bess hr p;
will keep me company."
Gertrude was quite relieved In
find that it w'as anxiety more than
illness which had prostrated her
aunt: and t once set about per-
forming her task, which she did bv
calling on an old friend a lawver
to aid her. She had the satisfac
tion of leaving the old lady cr.lm
and comfortable in the evening.
She found it quite dark when she
reached the house, and felt a symp
tom of relief that the family were
not yet returned. The children, to
her surprise, were Jn bed, a state of
affairs which she did not doubt had
been accomplished by briber-.
But the silence and rest were nev
ertheless sweet, and she sat down to
the hemming of some interminable
ruffles with which Mrs. Chumleigh
kindly kept her emploved. After a
time shutting of doors, luugter and
gleaming lights woke up the quiet
house, but no one disturbed her.
The next morning irancia swoorv
cd in just as lessons began.
"Well, you look serene," she said
"Do you know there's an earthquakes
down stairs ?"'
"Oil, what a fibber you are, Fran
cia Dormer !" cried Rod, indignant
ly. "If there was an earthquake it
would have swallowed U3 all up."
"Well, look out ! Bad boys get
swallowed the first thing,1' said
Francia.
"This, however, is a financial one.
They've lost ten thousand dollars in
coupons."
"Lost ?" questioned Gertrude.
"Yes ; just fancy-Bertha's dowry!
It's been stolen, and. what's worse,
Yon Arnheim won't be married with
out it. He is desolated, but firm;
it's the law of Yatcrland."
Francia wa just as careless and
smiling, as she talked of this loss,
as if had been a pleasant bit of gos
sip. Gertrude with her ready sympa
thy, was on the point of asking sev
eral questions, when she noticed the
open-eyed children.
"Oh, I forgot. 1 was to ask you
to step down into the library," ex
claimed Francia, and then, alter pop
ping a sugar plum into the child
ren's faces, she danced away.
Gertrude went down with sv fcel-
ino- flint, sbo wnq tn bp mild in nc-
n . r , i u -t i r i
count for her absence the day before, i
lint ziliirA nin
dnced that her reasons
,' r i i.j L
v, oum ttuiMy ai.y r.guu m. u icu per-
son. .-?o snc mil .urs. aumieign
:.u i. i e"
iti -t t i
said lad v was somewhat staggered
in the belief to w hich she had ranid-
ly come within the last hour.
"I hear anil must say that I am
exceedingly annoyed to hear Miss
Winthrojie," the lady began, with
extreme aucidity, "that you absent
ed yourself the whole of yesterday
from your duties without leave. Was
this a premeditated thing ?''
"Certainly not," Gertrude began
impulsively ; and then as rapidly
as possible explained tlie affair,
"Do you know what has haopen-
: here ?" asked the lady.
ed
"About the coupons ?"'
Gertrude.
"Yes ; it's a robbery, you
"I scarcely understood.
asknd i
J
ui -circclv understood I im I
gorry it is a great loss," said the i
: . ,' " i
' it waa taktn Ly somcono i:i tUe
jl0USC Chumleigh' went on ex-
cjtejh jv desk was opened, the I
coupons taken , the desk relockcel,
nmi fi. i.v r,Tlt ;n tr)f, i,snl rvlnrro "
an, she Cxe(1 a penetrating glance
on Gertrude's face as she spoke, and
added after a second's silence : "It
was taken yesterday after wcleft the j
house." i
Even then Gertrude listened with ;
a polite sympathy, without feclifigj
anv direct reference to herself in the '
case.
"My servant I know thoroughly,"
Mrs. Chumleigh went on. "Even
Betsy, the last comer, has lived with
me belore, and I cannot suspect
them, only of course they must all
be searched. You must feel, Mis3
Winthrop, that circumstances are
against you you leave the house
in such an unaccountable manner
0 lb
MARCH 1(5, 1SSI.
Gertrude's face Hushed.
Miame on vou. lrs. L humlei" h
You insult me because I am poor,
Uecause L have no one7'
i-rie opened tne door with
a mad
buret at this tnomc-nt, and caught :
the sound of these last words. . I
A') one : ne cried. " X oil have
me 1 I have heard these iusan
pieions. Mother vou arc mad!
a.1 t r "
sus-
I will
-
staKy my n:e upon this
ilv s liftiior Yl ht i)
u n v tio vou not sus
pect me ?"
Mrs. Chumlei
cd pale.
h fitUe-rt-d and turn-
"Mv son, what have vou
to do
with this young person "'
"I have this to do with her,-' he
cried impetuously. "I wish to make
her my wife, if she cares enough for
me.'
"My
Chumlei
Gad !'' exclaimed
'h, falling back in a
half
itunt.
. "Nice time fur your declaration,"
cried Francia Dormer, who had
heard these words, and now hurried
in with restoratives, her own face
ashc-y pale, but still with a malicious
gleam in the eyes ; "at ail events
you won t be able to gr-t a n. com
mendation for your wife from her
best place !"'
By this time You Arnheim had
come in, and Bertha. To Gertiudj
the room secerned full of staring,
talking people. Sue stood among
tliciu like a queen,' tall erect, with
und.iunded eye, but a fierce pain at
her heart.
Mrs. Chumleigh opened her eyes
to say, tragically :
"Search her things !"' and then
sank away again.
Yon Arnheim, with true politeness
said :
"It vill not be veil to suspieioned
some ones mit not no grounds to
stand en," which was very lucid,
but not much calculated to console
Gertrude on the whole. Bertha sat
crying in one corner husband and
fortune and coronet to disappear
like the baseless fabric of a vision.
OIi, it was too much !
Yon Arnhtini, who was really
not merr'-nitry, strove lo'comfort
her.
Gertrude walked ui to the nurse
ry unchallenged, anil sat down in
tii? empty rv".i:. The children had
been . spirii'jd away somewhere?
the whole hoiis:; was in comuiotion.
Eric's words, so strangely s-,vcet,
seemed somenow to span this
sud
don storm like a iv.inbow but
or, never would she listen to
while tiicre wa a shadow on
nev
him her
good nauic.
It was not hard to search tho mea
ger contents of Gertrude's trunk ;
but everything w:es tumbled out in
a summary way, pockets examined.
even linings ripped, and sue heart
some one say, "Wot's the use, she
went out vesterdav,'' with a f cling
of desperate exasperation.
She laid back her clothes, all t:"
them, sadly, for there w.n notmngj
now to do but to go. She strapped j
her trtinii herself, and uul not wait
for leave taking. Only she had a
kindly feeling for the imps, after all,
and looked about for them as she
went down stairs.
She left a note for Mrs. Chumleigh,
merely giving her address. Then
with such a feeling of ih-solation as
had never yet wrung In r young
heart, she started out.
The children were not about ; but
when she reached the corner Rod
darted out at her. His fjee smear
ed and tear stained.
"They say you're goiu' away," he
cried out, "and I wasn't to see you
again ; but I've cheated 'em bully.
I want to give you this valentine.
To-da j' 3 the fourteenth, you see, and
I like you better than any other girl
I know, i fixed ii yesterday
painted it all myself there's two
hcart3 on a meat skewer and an
alter and a bride nil rk'ht. vou'll
see."
"Thank j ou, Rod," said Gertrude
with a sob in her throat, as she
stooped to give the boy a kiss. "I
do not exiect any other valentine."
And she smiled through the tears
that dimmed her eyes as she looked
at the liugh envelope with its offi
cial looking seals, to which Rod had
confided his treasure.
A moment after a quick step came
behind her. Then some one took
the little traveling bag out of her
hand, and. looking up, she saw a
friendly, handsome face looking
down at her reproachfully.
"Going without one word to me?"
cried Eric.
And from tiiut moment half her
burden seemed lilted, roe tound
T ,' i i.
burden seemed lifted. She found
B T" 5 ' " "
cd her aunts aoor.
ti . . , h;Ud-d;vx
vou are
- .rn.. v
carrying so carefully !
exclaimed
Eric, ns he ?a tight siTnf ot the iuijc
!' X
invciepc.
"My valentine
Then a moment
"Rod's work."
" said Gertrude,
after she added,
They stood in the little parlor,
then, by the window, as the young
girl turned over the epistle, and fi
nally opened it with a half hysteri
cal laugh. Such a villainous look
ing couple as Rod had executed ;
but he had gilded a ring on the
bride's finger, which obliterated her
hand, and had also a cable of the
same burnished metal around her
neeK.
"By Jove ! what. s tnLs? exclaim
ed Jrie, seizing the paper ; do you
see what the rascal has tied on with
bluo ribbon for a. fancy cover my
mother's coupon's, by all that's iol-
; ly !"
i Gertrude stared m sn'.H cnless snr-
prc,
The child had nicked a whole
sheet of coupons and used them as
a cover for his clsj tVavxrz.
The neat little squares and num
bers had evidently taken his fancy.
These were only a part, to be sure,
but l.e could probably give an ae-
count of the rest. Of course he had
no idea that the beautiful peper he
had found in his mother's desk was
: so vaiuawp.
j Gertrude gazed nt ii a moment,
i and then joined in the laugh.
Son looker! nn to see Aunt. Tl-icbel
in the doorway regarding them with
mild wonder.
"Mv first valentine !"' she exclaim-
eel, in some embarrassment j the Liberty Pre, a paper published
But Eric told the story for her, at Utica, New York, and when twen
ar.d added hi3 own conclusion. He ty years old, in company with Hon.
was his own master, free to choose Franci.1? B. Fisher, he purchased the
iwhe
re he would ; and in the happi-
that followed, Gertrude forgot
nos
j the misery of the day when she had
received her queer valentine.
GarllcM'n Cabinet SclctrtioiiHContiriti-
rd.
WASinxtvro.N-, Mar. fi. The whole
cabinet was unanimously confirmed
I fit'fn";I'11f IITTArniVin It W C t 1 i aW 1
', that the question oi reiernng me
! names to committees was discussed
at some length in executive session,
but met with so little support that
there was not even a single objection
which would have carried the mat
ter over for a day and the subject
was elroppcd without a vote, where
upon each nomination was in turn
unanimously confirmed. The cabi
net is, therefore, as follows :
Secretary of State Jas. G. Blaine,
Secretary of the Treasury Win.
Windom, Minnesota.
Secretary of the Interior Sam'l.
J. Kirk wood, Iowa.
Secretary of Wrr -Robert T. Bin
coin, Illinois.
Secretary of the Navy Wm. 11.
Hunt, Ixmisiana.
Postmaster General Thomas K
James, New York.
Attorney General Wayne Mac
Yragh, Pennsylvania.
IIO,7AMKS i. r.I.AINK.
Mr. Blain'a career as a statesman
is familiar to our people. Mr. Blaine
is a native of this state, and was
born in Washington county, on the
'Jlst of January, lfi'j(.. He gradua
ted at Washington college, Pennsyl
vania, in 1S17. After two or three
year3 spent in teaching, he adopted
the editorial profession and remov
ed to Maine in 1S-32, w here he suc
cessfully edited the Kennebec Jour
nal and the Portland Advertiser, the
two leading Republican papers in
the state at that time. In IS08 Mr.
Blaine was elected to the state legis
lature from the city of Augusta. He
served four consecutive vears in
that body, the last two as speaker of
tne house or liepreseniauves. in
1'2 Mr. Blaine was elected to the
Thirty-eighth congress from the
Third congressional district of Maine,
and was six times re-elected by very
large majorities.
On July 10, 1 S7 , he was elected
by the Maine legislature to the Uni
ted Stales senate to fill the vacancy
occasioned by the resignation of
lion. Lot M. Morrill, who had been
appointed secretary of the" treasury
by President Grant, and when the
term expired he was re-sleeted for
the ensuing term, which expires
Mar.-ii ls:i Mr. Blaine has fig
ured prominently as an aspirant for
the nomination of the presidential
candidal ? of the republican party.
and at the conventions of 117(5 and
J r-'.arly won the prize. He had
a very strong following in both con
ventions, receiving in 1S' as high
as 2 votes.
IIOX. WAVXE M ACVF.Ai.lt.
Hon. Wayne MacYeagh, the new
attorney general, was born in Ches
ter county Pennsylvania, April 10,
IS'J'u He graduated at Yale Col
lege, rh the class of lS-to. and, adopt
ing the profession of law, was admit
ted to the bar, April 13o, Is-A). Hav
ing entered Ujon the active practice
of his profession, he became district
attorney of Chester county, and re
mained so for three years. During
tle civil war he served as captain of
militia cavalry in 102, and as a
major on the staff of Major General
Couch during During that
year he was also eluirmanof the
republican state central committee
of Pennsylvania. Under the first ad
ministration of President Grant he
was appointed United States minis
ter to Constantinople. In 1S72 he
was elected as a republican delegate
representing the Twelfth senatorial
district, composed of the counties of
Dauphin anu Ix.'banon, to the con
stitutional convention.
At tho beginningof 170. Mr. Mac
Yeagh removed his law office from
Ilnrrisburg to Philadelphia, and he
has since made that city the chief
scene ef his professional labors. He
still has a residence, however in
Lower Merion township, Montgom
ery comity, where he recently pur
chased a fine farm which is situated
a mile or two from Consholiokcn.
IIOX. WILLIAM W1XPOM.
Hon. Yi'illiam' Windom, of Min
nesota, who has been selected as sec
retary of the treasury, was born in
Belmont county, Ohio, May 13,182-5.
His parents were both from Yirginia.
His father's people came from North
Carolina and his mother from a fam
ily of Pennsylvania Quakers. Living
beyong the Al!eghenie.3, Mr. Win
dom had but few opportunities in
his boyhood to obtain an education,
and it was not until he was twenty
three ycare old before he left the
academy in Kuox county, Ohio. He
then studied for the bar," and upon
being admitted began practice in the
town of Mount Yernon. In 1S52 his
prolitical life commenced by his elec
tion, cs a whig, to the office of pub
lic prosecutor. In 18-5-5 he married
and removed to Winona, Minnesota,
where he has since li-ed. In 1-STj
he ran on the whig ticket for the
Thirty-sixth congress and was elect
ed. He was subsequently, four
times consecutively, unanimously
renominated, and this is a district
where a republican nomination was
equivalent to an election. I le de
clined a renomination at the end of
his fifth term, but the governor sent
Mm to the senate to fill the unexpir
ed term of Senator Morton, and
since that time has been twice re
turned to the senate by the unani
mous vote of his party. At the le
ginningofhis political career Mr.
Windom was a devoted follower of
Henry Clay, and was an ardent pro
tectionist Ho was also actively
identified with the homestead law
of 18G2. In 1S73 he was chairman
rf a special committee on transpor
tation. IIOX. THOMAS I- JAME-.
iion. i nomas u James, the new-
ly appointed postmaster general,
was bom in the town of Hamilton,
Madison county, New York, in 1831
He was apprenticed to Wesley Bai-
ley, the veteran abolition editor of
-3
u
o
WHOLE NO. 15 19.
j Madison county Jwrnn!, published
! at Hamilton, his native town. The
ability he displayed in tho managc-
: mem oi nis paper secureu ior mm
the appointment of collector of canal
tolls, which position he filled in con
junction with his editorial duties for
several years. In 101 he went to
New York city and became inspect
or of customs under Hiram Burney,
collector of the port In 1804 he
was promoted to tho position of gov
ernment weigher, and soon after
wards deputy collector in the ware
house department. In 1873 he was
appointed postmaster of New York
city by President Grant, and in
March, 1877, was re-appointed bv
President Hayes. Mr. James' excel
lent administration in New York,
and hi3 vast experience in the iostal
service pointed him out as one who
was fitted to become postmaster gen
eral when Judge Key presented his
resignation in the spring of 1880. A
petition lor his appointment was
signed by every republican senator
of New York, and of every state of
ficer except Governor Cornell, to
whom, for obvious reasons, was not
presented. Congressman McCook
laid before Mr. Hayes, by whom it
was taken in favorable eonsideration
until Mr. James declined longer to
be consielercd a candidate.
IIO.V. S. J. KIKEWOOI).
lion. S. J. Kirkwood bear3 a re
semblance to Abraham Lincoln in
appearance. He is tall and angular,
and is careless as regards dress, lie
makes quaint speeches, always en
tertains and generally instructs. He
is a warm personal friend of ( tarficld,
and accompanied him on his Chat
tanooga trip, making the finest
speeches of them all. He lives in
Iowa City, and was born in Harford
county, Md., Dec. 20, 1813; received
a limited education at the academy
of John McLeod. in Washington;
removed to Richland county, Ohio,
in 1835, and studied law there ; was
admitted to the bar in 1843; was
elected prosecuting attorney in 11-5
and again in 1847 ; was in 18-51 a
memberof the convention that form
ed the present constitution of the
state of Ohio : removed to Johnson
county, Iowa, in 1855; wns elected
to the state senate in 18-5' ; was
elected governor in 15'Jand again
in 18G1 ; was in lstio nominated by
President Lincoln and was confirm
ed as minister to Denmark, but tle
clinetl the appointment: was in lsfb'
elected to the United .- ;b s senate
to fill the unexpired tei.ii of James
Harlan; was in 1875 again elected
governor of Iowa and rtsigned that
office January 31, 1877: t. is elected
in January, 10', to l, t. United
States senate as a rcpubiii an to suc
ceed George G. Wright, republican.
KOCERT LINCOLN.
Robert Lincoln, secretary of war,
is the oldest son of the late Presi
dent Lincoln. He is about thirty
eight years of age and a lawyer by
profession. He has never held any
public position, but has studiously
de-voted himself to the practice of
law in Chicago, where he now lives.
In general disposition Mr. Lincoln
resembles bis lamented father, be
ing quiet and unassuming in his
manner and kind and courteous in
his bearing toward all who are
brought into contact with him.
Those who know him best say he
possesses talents of high order, and
that he eombines those qualities
which would make him a successful
executive officer. While Mr. Lin
coln is esteemed on account of his
father, he is also respected by all
who know him on account of his
worth and ability." His wife is a
daughter of ex-Senator Harlan, of
Iowa, a lady of many accomplish
ments, who is well known in social
circles in Washington.
JI DOE II l" XT.
Judge Hunt, who has been select
ed to till the position of secretary of
the nary in the cabinet of President
Garfield is a native of South Caroli
na. He went to Louisiana with his
father's family when a bov, in which
state he resided ever since. He be-'
longs to a very old and respectable
family, and is recognized xs a man j
of ability, accomplishments, and j
unquestioned personal integrity, j
Previous to the war he was an old ;
line whig, and tluring the rebellion j
he was a staunch Union man. He'
is a lawyer by profession, and is one ,
of the most effective and aecom- '
plished speakers in the south. Judge ;
Hunt was the candidate of the n-1
publican party for attorney general
in 137, when Packard was elected 1
governor. The Packard govsrment,
however, having been overthrown, !
Judge Hunt was not permitted to
occupy the office. A few years ago
he was appointed one of the judges
of the court of claims by 1 lave,
which position he now holds.
Tales of the Ijobby.
The palmy days of the Washing
tin Lobby, when Bill King and Sam j
Ward ruled with a high hand, have,
gone. 1 he only prospect ior a re
turn of something like those times
is in a bitter light being had over
the various canal projects tafore
Congress. The lobby is on hands,
though, and a Congressman has to
fairly fight his way out of the main 1
entrance down through the crowd of j
men who lie in wait for a victim,
like Schus at a railroad depot. But i
the lobbyists don't seem to have any !
money. They are heavy on prom-1
iscs and have plenty of chin, but no :
tin. Bob Ingersoll is the boss of the
third house this year, and he is as
slick and shrewd in his manipula-i
tions as he is wicked. Conkling de-1
tests Ingersoll, but other Senators,!
who should know better, jump cv-j
cry time he snaps his fingers. He
is retained in no particular interest, j
but is on hand for every job that j
promises a dollar. John Roach's ;
man here is Tisdalr, a tali, hand-
some fellow, who talks, eats, drinks ;
and dreams nothing but subsidies. I
Sherrill is a quiet, staid-appearing
old gentleman, who hob-nobs with j
( the easy-going aged members of trie
! Senate and House, and looks out
j for the Pacific Railroad interests, j
Captain Eads is the hardest worker
a man 01 indomitable will and
plenty of pluck. He is white-topped,
has a keen eye, and fidgets
around always full of business. The
Captain's great forte is in preparing
surprises for those who oppose his
ship-railway scheme', and in Making
bold moves. Alexander Cochran,
an ex-member of Congress from Al
j legheny, is Fads' right-hand man.
I Cochran is of graceful figure, has a
glib tongue ami Land.;omc face set
off with a pair of side whisskers. He
! II; would pass anywhere for ayoung
j rector 011 a fat salary, who knew
1 how to live well and enjoy life as
! well as teach Holy Writ. But Alex
: ander is engaged in other business,
and with Eads to make the plain, and
j himself to execute, there i3 no srnar-
; quiet, clderlv gentleman, who keeps
an eye on Texas 1 acihc matters.
George O. Jones came down from
tho Albany lobby, and has not yet
worked hi nisei f into the more refin
ed method" pursued here. He is an
apt scholar, though, and by next
session will know that it is some
times dangerous to rush into the
arms of a member of Congress as he
would into those of a pumpkin leg
islator. Itan Tucker is around some
nowadays, but he is not taking an
active part in any of the schemes.
Finley, the alleged author of the fa
mous Springer letter forgery, has
disapjcarcd lately probably gone
off to hatch up some new scheme.
Sam Ward visited Congress a few
days ago, and erne wo::!d have im
agined him to be tho ringing ruler
by the attention showered upon hira.
Ward is a little fellow, who wears
yellow breeches and has a sandy
beard. He married t) 10,000 a year
and lives in style in New York, but
takes a trip over to Washington ev
ery now ami then to keep his hand
in and see how the boys are. He
sizes up to the crowd now in about
the same proportion that a mount
ain ljears to a mole-hill.
The female portion of the lobby
does its work well. How the lofty
and imperious Congressmen tremble
when a pretty girl attacks them ! Is
it any wonder wives visit the galler
ies and watch their husbands? But
then, you know, a Congressman is
allowed great liberties. It might be
a deserving case or a sister of one of
his most influential constituent? ; so
the wife has to be satisfied. Most
of the female lobbyists go into the
business for the money they can
make. In nine cases out of ten they
are more successful than the men.
There are not many of them in
Washington just now, but the ac
knowledged queen is a dashing lit
tle beauty who dresses in black. She
is so lady-like ami refined ami can
talk business so glibly that evn the
crustiest Senator falls a victim. Her
receptions are affairs to be admired,
and her suppers are royaL This lit
tle witch resides in a fashionable
quarter of the city, and is surround
ed with all the luxuries money can
give and a culture of taste desire.
Members go to her, she seldom to
them. Another figure in this pecu
liar line is a female whose face de
notes strength of character. She is
j in the interest of the Nicarauga Ca
nal, and is the advance guard cf the
immense lobby that will be here
next session. Siie is a Southern wo
man by birth, or adoption, I' don't
know which. For three years she
served as a lieutenant in the Confed
erate service without her sex Ieing
discovered. Then she fell wounded
on the battle field, and the secret
was out After the war she drifted
to Panama, then to Nicaragua, start
ed a newspaper, and is the sole pro
prietor 01 a nounsuing journal. .ow
the turns up hj Washington a3 a lob
byist. Her companion is a dark
eyed little chub of a West India girl,
s a eet sixteen or thereabouts, who
has a pretty foot and a prettier face.
Tin's coy maiden is her constant at
tendant, and is used to a decided
advantage. Congressmen talk to
the elder of the females, but their
eyc3 and mini Is are always on the
younger. She is so shy and all that
sort of tiling, and has only come
here to see the country. But she
plays her part well. I think a troop
of West India girls, chubby and
dark-eyed like this pattern, "would
secure the protection and cash of
this Government for the Nicarauga
scheme.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever,
but a thing of beauty with a claim
in her hand is a terror to Congress
men. It was amusing one day to
see the Rear Admiral from Camden
pressed to present a claim by a fe
male he never saw before. She wa
a sweet, dimpled girl of about twen
ty, and when the gentleman showed
himself she took him by the lappel
of his coat so as to be confidential.
Her story suggested, the Admiral
declareel it was imjossibIe, and kept
moving along the corridor to get
away. Then she caught hold of the
other lappel and waltzed the Secre
tary into a corner, where she held
him until her story was finished.
"Whew!" ejaculated Robeson, wip
ing the perspiration from his brow
as she moved away ; "she's a stun
ner." When sent for now he always
peeps out of the glass doors before
appearing. No more stunners for
him. I notice in the papers that an
ex-queen of the lobby here, now re
siding in Philadelphia, is prominent
in a work of charity. The lady was
one of the retinue of the "early days
of Pacific Railroad subsidies, and
one of Col. Tom Scott's favorites.
She has a fat bank account now, and
lives in luxury in a fashionable sec
tion of the city west of the river. If
she could only be persuaded to write
a book on "What I know ahxmt lob
bying" she would make the country
tremble or at least some of the big
men in it. She originally residetl
at Washington, Del,, and was taken
to Harrisburg by II. S. McComb
when his Credit Mobilier scheme
was an infant From there she
found her way to the more enlarged
sphere of the national capital. She
was supreme at one time, and men
rose and fell before her somewhat
after the fashion of that innocent
amuementof "Thumbs up!Tbutnbs
down!"
flow it wast Done.
"How do you manage," said a
lady to her friend, "to appear so
happv and good natnred all the
time ?"
"I a' ways have Parker's Ginger
Tonic handy," was the reply, "and
thii3 easily keep myself and family
in good health. When I am well I
always feel good natured." Rend
about it in another column, f. 10.
An exquisite young lady calls an
ox a "male cow."
Now that Fernando AVood is dead.
Hannibal Hamlin is the only man
left in public life, whom Alexander
II. Stepher s found in Washington
when he came to the capital thirty
years ago.
I.ydia E. Pinkham's Vegita&U?
Cwiipound has done thousands of
women more good than the meui
eines of many doctors. It is a pos
itive cure for all female complaints.
Send to Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham.