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VOL. XXIX. NO. 41.
MP.S. LYDIA E. Pi:KHAM.
OF LYNN, MASS.
LYBSA E. PiflKMARS'S
Tor all rcmr.Ie Corjiplaints.
Thb Tre!rUim. aa Iti jimo (!nij. ennabt of
V.--:atW I'i-uiktUo Unt re l.nr.:. . to the urac dcl
i: au-larl:d. l'un one trial t:r Eirriti of tiilt Com
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t. hrn 1! njufc ccntirrarO. In ninctj nine caaoaln hua.
l:vl, pTTlnauciitcur iic;"ojU0-!aUiouaau4 UI rv-ti.'j-.
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L'riUEtrcatiun r.HOT-aritr:Trou,4r-t luriamation and
llcertlion, (1c oiling eU li-Uccnicnt. and th. too-KP.n-ai
r;umil in;, mid i. er.;x-ui:j adapted (0
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Catilo Crock, richio&n.
Traction srd Pirin EnQjincs
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TRAOTIOH ENGINES
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larmrr r. Ttirr:"!eirn-n ars fnitd to
Circu--n ia-m tno. Atldrns
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CHARLES J. HARRISON.
("ihier cud Mar-at'er.
C-!l.-ti.. cia.'.c.a ail jianaaf th. t'olteJ Btatea.
I Cl.-sree ni'i-Ierate. Kntler antl otSer checks col-
! lctt .: ao! cashed. Eastern and Westernexchaiiirt
I lisiri or. h.m !. Kemlttiiceo uiarte w!l?i prompt
j cos. Acftittuta .yllcltc4.
P-vrtlcg di-girlni? to par.-h6 V. S. 4 PEH
CLXT. FUXIiKU LOAN, ena ! aewmmo
! dito Bl tl.i Bank. Tbe s o;.!if areirrpM to
d'-Doa;'.n.i:!oDf ol 1 lt. frov and
La E?s Bid.
Apis for Fire aii US Insurance,
HICKS
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SOMEIiSIXVA.
And Heal Estate Brokers.
t:stav;lsul:d i8."io.
Pfr.-:s oflffr to Mil. l ay or rfcanir
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T1TC3ES. CHAliiS,
SOL1V SILllBiTABF.. VI A SOU VS.
AXWlC.iS CLOCKS, FRESCH CI OCfS, I
ULVLR PLATED If A B E,
HOLIDAY rSESENTSl
Waifhs and Jewelry
P.. palrc-J SkUld Workmen and
rctaraed l;y Exirew Free of Charge. Ka axtra
charp- ft Piiirrsvlni;. etuoili war
ranted as rpTTcntcd.
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CHARLES HOFFMAN,
lERGHAHT TAILOR,
(AU-c 1 1"iry 1 IvHlfyV. Ftore.)
SOMKRSKT, J?.A.
LiTET STILES ill LGWEST PE1CES.
OT SATISFACTION GUARANTUD.JEi
TIIK EDI TORI Ali BORE.
A lie sat slone on his paper "limine,
j A stranger strode tlirou;:!! the opt-u
iloor-
j A msrt to the ejitornot unknon-ii,
I Thougli lie lmd mver seen his fcce ljcfure;
j He was one of thp kind too well defined
' In the editor's mind, hv tha name of Unre.
He had traced his line bark to Palestine
To the Hebrew ting so grejt and wise;
He had plucked all the fruit the fair Eve left
On the treo of knowledge in 1'aradLsc :
And the little below he failed to know,
Was nfifAarlh knowing in hisrye.
He knew the tate of the jHipulitre
How q'tiei the public heart is won
i The kind of new the people chooj
How easy the editor's work U done ;
And he wanted now to show jast how
A fjMt-chns paper should he run.
He tried to peruse the political news.
To wri!e a leader on who would win ;
On t!f lateit phase of the Garfield craze,
The chance of counting him out or in
And whether the ehiimant would foree
h is
payment.
And take the prize at the city of (.'inn.
But the foreman s.iM there
be r -ad ;
Tere no proof to
It was time the telejranh wa benin ;
And the pre-smim below tntne nn to know
H jw -nany extras he should run ; "
Thusiia. f ions of hundred things
Took tiui and not a line was dot:. "
And
throu,' i them all came the terrible
call
The cry of ' copy " from the ofTu-c lud ;
Jle cupped out a pieee of "umierit Greece,'
U proved to be a medicine " ad,"
When the publisher saw the sntne he wiid
Well, some ot tho words he us?d were
had.
He stepped on the toes of fric'n'ds and foes,
And printed as uews a soore of lies,
lie left out an "ad," made a patron mal,
Tufled a man who did not ndvcrtij ;
Oh, I can't bein to relate the sin
That man must answer for when he dies.
It was time each chase was !eked for the
pre-,
But s-till of clo-ins there was no fiyn ;
".The mail is m::-:,ci ; " the presxnian h.:s.
ed
"There giies the whislleof number nine!"
For an hour or two the air was blue,
And smelt of sulphur aloii the line.
So the editor ad interim discovered a p!aec,
To stop the sharp call of the men at the ease,
And out of the basket the sorrowful tomb
WheYe the buds of young poets were wast
ing their bloom
He brought forth these verse', for wlix'u I
make room.
iu'cr'$ tirctiliir.
HAWAII AND I.
.Mv lather had movru luto a new
place. rro?pcctivtly, I enjoyed
much in the dethronement ot our
household goods, and the redaction
of all our worldly good9 to a etate of
chaos. 1 loresaw the delicious sus
pense, anxiety and final dismay or
rejoicins that would attend the tran
sit of our looking-glasses and parlor
chairs. I looked forward to a. kind
of nomadic existence about the
house during the days wherein we
were petting settled, to the explora
tion of unknown depths under the
closet Ftairs, and of mysterious re
cesses behind the chimnev. I ex
pected to sit and sin in the best
rocking-chair, to roll my tired limbs
on the best matress, and to take my
dinner with a large spoon from out a
fruit-jar."
When, therefore. I rode ud from
the depot on the top of a box con
tainincr mv mother's best china and
glassware, I felt that every ono who
beheld, also envied. The short ends
of my liat-band fluttered spiritedly
in the March breeze, and the antci
ipatory tremors in my breast creak
ed the" starched shirt front beneath
my jacket
At a very tender age we realize
that this is" a world of disappoint
ments. For the next few days my
life consisted mainly in hunting up
the hammer, going for nails, trot
ting up to the store and down to the
tinner s and aftei the carpenter,
pushing stove legs into place, hold
ing up footboards for bedsteads,
lifting corners of bureaus, waiting
on the painter and white-wash
man, getting my nngers pincuca,
getting fcolded, getting a cold, los
fn!r handkJrehief, having noth-
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x" in r
liieuiax 10 eai save u mue
baker's lircad, and now and then a
bit of beef-steak cooked sometimes
bv my mother, sometimes by my
father, sometimes by Mary SnHivafi,
and occasionally b) all three.
l'.y the third "day I legan to sec
that the anarchic" e tyle of house
keeping has its disodvantages and
to feel that the springs of a natural
ly gKxl constitution were wearing
out in the family scrvie. On the
merningofthat (fay I left my mother
and Mary Sullivan stretching a car
ptt fitted for a room loxl-i to cover
our new dinniiig-room, loxlG, and
walked out in the back yard to take
the air.
As I sauntered down to the front
giite- my cyca wore greeted by a vis
ion of youth I cannot say of beau
jy swinging upon the gate over the
way.
The "vision" wore a bombazine
hood, such as was at this lime in
high repute among grandmothers,
but was never calculated to enhance
the ehorms cf the young. 4 little
plaid shawl was pinned askew
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like the dodo of Mauritius, has since
! became extinct, had slipped down
land lay likp a wrinkled hnndrge
around the top of her shoe. '
'Hallo P raid I,
'Hallo 1" responded she : 'you're
i $ mpan naty boy TV
I should have promptly returned
I the compliment but for the consid
j oration that I had just moved into
the commuuitj-, and everything de
pended upon my acquiring a pod
! reputation. Without reply ius, ihere
jiore,' Iliegan reflectively digging h
kr-ln In tho fr-ito TtCll-t With niV i.ick
knift The "vision" swung back
and furtU i.nd hummed "I. want to
be an angel." In giving an unusu
ally vigorous lurch outward an ap
ple flew from her hand and "feel in
to the middle of the mudy street
T disfTpR here to Ftate. though a
popular street, that portion ot u
in front of my father ' house gener-
ally was muddy. Dr.. ing the spring!
anil fall months we had a large, j
swashy pool thcr! one that appear-'
Bomefset
ed to flow from a secret perennial
source of muddiness. In the winter
months it froze oyer and made capi
tal skating. During the Fummer it
gradually dried away, until, at the
"pollywog" season, when alone a
boy can take the highest rational
enjoyment in a mud-puddle, only a
damp spot in the centre of the street
indicated the place from which the
water had subsided. It was now at
high tide and the apple fell into the
ooze just below it.
"Bov, come over and pick up my
apple,'' commanded my neighbor.
Conscious of setting that young
pagan an example of good manners,
I returned the apple with a bow my
j niotner had taught me. blie gave it
j two or three cleansing dashes on her
! dress skirt and then said : j
.IT 1 1 Till
lA-im me your Mine nun i a give
you half." J
She set the apple on top of the
rratepost, savagely jammed tho knife '
through it, wiped the blade on her
sluill and returned the knife with
the larger part of the apple.
"Thank you," said I.
'What is vour name,
bov?"
What
'George
Ilarriinan.
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yours ?"
"Hannah Ann Farley. ' You go
ing to live in that house ?''
"I expect to."
"I'm glad of it. There's Tieen a
disagreeable, stuck-up little girl liv
ing over there. I thought when I
first saw vou, vou were going to be
just like her."
1 his 1 took as Hannah s apology
for her reception. It was satisfacto
ry, and we might then and there
have be-en friends, but at that mo
ment Mary Sullivan came out of
the front door and called me home.
She said the brass-headed tacks were
all, and I must co to the store for
more. When I returned 1 lannal
was nowhere to be seen.
The next morning I was fortunate
enough to find a five cent piece in a
crack of a bureau drawer, and
promptly started for a store where
in to spend it, 1 he streets were so
muddy I thought I woud go across
and leap the neighbors iences. 1
was in neighbor Farley's yard when
I was sharply hailed from a little
window high up in the end of the
house.
'Boy, come up here !'
How am I coinc to eel up?"
'Go around to the kitchen and
asu my mother to show vou the
wav.
I hunted up the kitchen, and
found Hannah's mother. Trior to
this time when I wished to represent
female figure on mv slate 1 had
a triancle surmounted b'van eclipse,
and this. in . turn furnished by a
small circle : hereafter, with Mrs.
Farley in mind, I drew a cylindical
figure with a small circle on the up
per end, and a slight depression
representing the waist-line. After
once seeing Mrs. Farley I could
never wonder that Hannah was for
ev r borrowing a pin to fasten some
thing on with. There could never
lie a more delightful earret than
Mrs. Farley's, for never could there
e a woman who could excel her
in the celerity with which she would
use up the furniture. Such a col-
ection of mirrors with shattered
glasses, bottomless chairs, disman
tled bureaus, and tables standing on
three legs never was met 1
"W hat do you want to play :
asked Hannah.
"I'irate."
"What's a pirate?"
I explained, and Hannah forth
with became the most bloodthirsty
of pirates. It was in my heart to
sjiare the woman and children, but
she refused to listen to such a pro
position, and felled her victims right,
and left without regard to age or
sex. Once she pierced me to the
heart, and I fell bleeding, dying,
hitting my head against the wall,
and yelling out in unfeigned ago
ny. Afterward, we were riding peace
fully along over the green fields,
and beneath the calm blue sky, on
a two-legged and very dusty sofa.
when a party of brigands swooped
down upon us, and bore us off to a
lothosome dungeon behind a dis
mantled bm-eau. We flattered our
selves and crawled out, beheaded
the brigands, appropriated their
spoils, and returned triumphant to
our homes. We were very dusty
and covered with cobwebs when I
remembered my five-cent piece and
said I must go.
"Give me half of what you're go
ing to buy and I'll go with you,"
said Hannah.
I couldnt very well refuse this
jgc-nprpus oner; bo she put pn her
hood and shawl, at my suggestion
tied up her shoe strings, and wc
started. She expressed a preference
for black licorice, and I expended j The girl was pretty. She had.
my money upon that luxury; and ,vi!or and frankness ; bho had grace
shared it liberally. We came home .;. nd repose of manner. Her finger
liand in hand, and though Hannah j i.ails were scrupulously kept, root
went oyer hoe in mud and water j and crown, and her hair was glossy,
three times, she bore it with intiniit- as well as fashionably dressed,
able good-nature. j The year we left town Hannah's
From that morning our friend- i mother died ; and after the biilows
ship matured rapidly. Sometimes. ! of affliction had surged over his
Hannah was nt pur "house ; some-! soul for -about six inpnths, Mr. Far-
times I played in Parleys garrett ;
And sometimes when dip had a
pro throat, and wore a preparation
of lard and camphor-gum around it,
we had permission to play in Mrs.
Farley's parlor. Whenever Hannah
stole cookies and ginger-snaps for
herself, she always layed in for me ;
when Mary Sullivan made tea-saucer
pies for me, I carried them red
hot from the oven to neighbor Far
leyV, and Hannah and I watched
them cool with hearts that beat as
one. Then while one-half the juice
drizzled over my jacket the corres
ponding half dripped on Hannah's
apron. Hannah was passionately
fond of "jooce I" '
. . -
hep school opcred, we went
hand m hand, and attvd by one an-
pthrr in days of adversity as well a small letter. He was an individ
as of prosperity. Hannah being a . ual of from 110 to Impounds weight
miserable scholar, her days were ; thouh what there was- of him was
mostly of adversity. j drawn out and judiciously diatribu-
The months slipped away, and j tetl witb a view to piaking the most
the vears grew apace, My father of straitened circumstances. There
petitioned tha town authorities to
till up that mud puddle in front of
our house. The authorities gave
every encouragement that the "whole
board" would be on the ?pot at an
early day, but we looked for them
in vain. My father made a second
aad a third importunity with like
ESTA.BL,ISiIED, 1827.
SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY,
results. Then he pressed his criev-
unee upon them as gentlemen of
honor. As gentlemen ot honor they
gave their word that the matter
should be no' longer neglected. We
lived upon that pomise for six
months. Then my lather, grown
irrate, threatened to spc. The board,
becoming defiant, jijst wished ho
would sue ; they shottld like to see
him sue. At this retort my father's
feelings rose to the suknmit of moral
indignation ; he wouldn't sue, he
scorned to lower himself to a epuar
rel with Mich men ; jbut he would
pay no more taxes tn that town ;
and energetic preparations for our
removal were begun. -
Hannah and I wcri sitting upon
the edge of Mr. Farlcys coal bin
when I communicated to her piy
father's decision. As soon as she
saw that I was in earnest she drop
ped over on the anthracite, and gave
vent to a flow of tears. She declar
ed that she couldn't and wouldn't
have me go. She would die with
loneliness, and she wished she was
dead. A few tears of mine drizzled
over into tho bin and mingled with
Hannah's. Afterward she appear
ed reconciled, and mamicsteu intense
interest in our preparations, obtrud
ing her services at her house until
my mother delared she should never
be ready to go if that rarley girl
couldn't be kept at home.
The morning of our departure
dawned at last. .My lather and
mother went to the depot, leaving
me to follow, as I had come, on tho
last load of goods.
It was an April morning, suc
ceeding a heavy rain storm, and the
waves of my fathers mud-puddle
was running high. Hannah sat
upon the old petuna miound by the
gute, sobbing. I. raised her droop
ing form to bid her farewell, push
ed the hair from her face and" gave
her my last kiss. She clutched
frantically at my jacket, but, real
izing that delays are dangerous, I
sprang upon a dry goods box in the
wagon. The horses, most severely
aftlicted with spring-halt, started olf
at a fearful gallop, arid we disappear
ed around the corner forever. .
As soon as circumstances would
permit I addressed a letter to Han
nah; ' and soon received a reply; of
which the following is a verbatim
copy:
Mj Dear George:
I now sit down to. let you know
how 1 am. I have had a sore throat
ever since you left. Somebody has
shot our cat. School commences
next week. I dred it. A new fam
ily has moved into your house, there
id two boys, Eddy and wilty. If we
never sec each other again on urth I
hope wc may meat in heare. 4
l ours 1 ruly,
H. A Fai'.ley.
The letter also contained two
blots and a grease spot and was di
rected by Hannah's mother, wrong
side up with care. I wrote her
once more, but received no answer
failure which I attnbute-d to her
aversion to all literary labor rather
than to any diminution in the ar-
ir of her affections.
I attended school for the next
three or four years, and then enter
ed the mercantile business in the
service of an uncle. I became a ris
ing young man. Some of the time
1 rose rapidly, as gassous matter
and young men between the ages
of sixteen and twentv-five are in the
abit of doing. Our family also
prospered. From three ply in our
parlor we passed by easy stages,
through body Urussols to English
Wilton, and we numbered the suc
cessors of Mary Sullivan by twos
and threes.
Presently I arrived at that age
whereat extremely witty people
begin pointing at a young man pe
culiarly sharp and original jests con
cerning the subject of matrimony.
At first the implication therein con
veyed that I had only to choose was
gratifying to my vanity; but by the
time I began to direct any serious
thoughts that way myself, so much
solid wit had become an insuffcra-
ti bore.' There were girls in large
quantities and excellent quantities
all around me, but the thought of
advancing to anything serious with
any one of them ahvavs suggested
Hannah.
My reminicenecs of Hannah were
such that I could create an ideal
feminine character of her ; but when
a follow lias sat in a ceal bin with a
girl and taken alternate sucks on
as many Jackson-balls as I had
with Hannah, no subsequent expe
rience can ever entirely efface the
impression. I had a curiosity to
know what Hannah had become.
The surest way to satisfy this curi
osity seemed to be to go and see her.
I accordingly went.
. i . i . . i i . i . . .. i i .
ivy ugam uenetu ine sun unci vook
a new wife. The new wife had tak
en infinite pains with her step
daughter. The step-daughter's
present appearance, as compared
with her former condition, bore
favorable testimony for the lady's
system, Hannah Faid that when we
were children I had seemed like a
brother to her, and I at onoo plac
ed myself upon a fraternal standing.
I interrogated her in regard to the
occupants of my old home, and she
finally confided to mc that she was
engaged to the younger Wetherbee,
the "willy" of her letter.
I afterward saw biro, and could
not but inwardly applaud tho dig-
crimination that
ied her, even in
childhood, to begin his name with
may be no more ink in an exclama
tion point than in a vowel, but it is
better adapted to attract attention.
As to color, energy and vivacit,
Hannah had enough to supply three
just like him. Hannah s I soon
perceived, was the philosophical form
of engaged life. One evening1 when
y tt
APRIL 0, 1881.
we went to walk, she said to me:
"Mr. Wetherbee has Ins faults ; no
one knows them better than I. Uut
where," added she, touchingly,
"Where will you find a man who
hasn't faults ?"
Where, Burely !" responded I.
"I don't look for perfect happiness
here be'ow," coutinued Hannah,
pensively: "I've seen too much of
life for that!' Hannah is some
years my junior and must at this
period have arrived at the mature
age of nineteen years.
I returned home and two years
slipped away. I was still halting
between two opinions and looking
inquiringly t:t the third, and the
"opinions" had begun to manifest
lively symptoms of taking care of
themselves, when one day in a neigh
boring city, strolling through a
paper box factory whose proprietor
was my friend, I came across Han
nah. "How in the world came you here?
bluntly ejaculated I.
"By the fortunes of life and the
railway."
I didn.t know whether she was to
be addressed as Farley or Wetherbee,
and observing that she was dressed
in deep mourning, avoided anything
that might suggest explanations,
She presently told me that her fath
er was dead- Then as I sought her
confidence on the fraternal basis
she told mo that her father had left
his estate incumbered.
"Those disagreeable Wctherbecs
hold a mortgage on the house," said
she, and they arejust the exacting.
unaccomadating kind of people who
wouldn t hesitate in foreclosing the
day the time expires!"
She had set herself about earning
money to pay the indebtness.
"You see," said she "the property
is left bv will to mamma and my
self conjointly. If it is disposed of
at forced sale it must be a great sac
rifice, and then poor mamma will be
left without a home. She has done
everything for me" here Hannah's
large eyes filled with tears and it
is a small thing for me to try to
save the home ior her.
I said I wondered she hadn t
sought a di!T;rent kind of employ
ment and suggested teaching.
"Oh; I ve tried applying for schools.
Two or three times I've received in
vitations to examinations ; and they
have given me perfectly dreadful lists
of questions asked reasons why we
performed operations that 1 never
before knew we did perform."'
"Music, then."
"1 love music; but the re arc three
teachers to every pupil. This is
pleasant work, and I am happy in
feeling I shall save the home for
hi am ma
When I reached home that
evening I sold an opera ticket I had
purchased in the morninng, and,
whereas I had always smoked
fifteen-cent cigars, now purchased a
box at ten cents (I gave them away
before the close of the week and
went back to fiftecn'a)and asked
mother if there wasn't a place some- j
t.,i o,i tiroamX -.c;i o. 1 L i,l rrinrra !
ii wiv nvv,. v .....n........ .
to look as well as new.
For the next few weeks I had con
siderable business in a neighboring
city, and I used to transact it in
season for the three-o'clock train,
and then concluded to wait for the
express. Hannah was always in
hne spirits, buoyed up by the ueiiei
that she was making sure progress
in paying that debt. I should as
soon thought of discharging the na
tional obligation by peddling match
es. One warm Saturday afternoon
when I stood by her side, and she
leaned back fatigued, but distract-
ingly pretty with the lo.se hair curl
ing around her temples, she inadver
tently laid her hand on the corner
of the tabic next me. It was grow
ing thin and the 11 formed by the
blue veins pn the back, and which,
in the days of youthful simplicity
he had told xao stood lorllarnman,
tood out with great distinctness.
I suggested being allowed to make
an arrangement removing her from
the necessity of liquidating these
debts. She refused to listen. I
pressed the matter unavailingly.
I then went to ths proprietor,told
i him Miss Farley was an old school-
t . i r:.t r ...t..,
mam aim u iiiuuuui mint., uu .
heroically trying to save the family
residence for her stepmother, and
asked him if he could not furnish
her a better position;IIe finally asked
me if she could keep books. Bc
membcring the splurges in that use
ful epistle of hers, I felt by no means
confident, but I said:
"Give her the books, any way, and
look to mc for damages."
He found that she wrote a neat
hand, and had a slight inkling of dou
ble entry; bu.t when it came to the
subject of rcnumeration, and she
asked him how much he had paid
his last booker, he had the stupidity
to reply : "He had SSX) but I shall
allow you $1,200.
"Ah!" said she "hp was an old
and experienced book keeper, while
I know but little abovtt it. Why
under such circumstances do you
increase the salary ?;' '
Frank wouldn't have scrupled at
an entire series of equivocations in
his own behalf, but since only my
interests wcro at stake, his conscience
became aa tender at George Washing
ton's. He finally acknowledged
that tbe inereasM) was provided tor
by a friend.
"I shall accept the position at
$800," said she, with dignity.
I went up and held a conyersation
with Hannih. J "reason ed'1 with
her; "I set things, in their true light;"
I ''made matters clear." It did
seem as if she might see, but she
wouldn't.
Upon the urgent and repeated in
vitations of my mother she consent
ed to spend her Sabbaths at cur
place. She was in the frequent re
ceipt of Icttew from her stepmother,
n which the most afi'ectionatc senti
ments were couched in the most
beautiful language, and on Sunday
evenings she used to read me extracts
from these letters with tears . in her
evrs.
Tho pay-day came at length j
whereon I was morally certain she
would receive enough to' complete
her payments. I went to see her at
her boarding-place that evening,and
broached the deferred subject. She
attempted evasion, but I had decided
that it ever I was to have my own
way in this connection it was time
I began. The result was I went
home with her the next day.
Ave found Mrs. rarley had just
decided toniarry the formerchairman
of that board of road commissioners
who wouldn't fill up my father's
mudpuddle.
i trniiK, iiannan. said sue, re
flectively, "that perhaps we'd better
dispose of tho property, and take
our respective portions to purchase
our trousseaux with.
They diel accordingly, and one
respective portion was made up
as quickly as 1 could spur on an
able and experienced corps of dress
makers. During the years that have elapsed
since that eventful period, our do
mestic life has been sometimes crit
ical; and often peculiar, but always
jolly. I've nevcrscenthe hour when
in the inmost recesses of my heart
I've regretted that my fathers fami
ly once resided opposite that mud
puddle and Hannah Ann.
Some leading Quo-lions,
A young man who looked as if he
had a heap of things on nis mind,
but who was struggling hard to ap
pear outwardly calm, put a $ biil
on the desk of a Detroit lawyer the
other day and said :
"I want to ak you a few leading
questions."
"Go ahead," was the reply as the
money was quickly thrust out of
sight.
"If am engaged to a girl and I go
back on her, what can she do ?"
"Sue yon for breach of promise."
"But if she goes back on me, what
can I do V
"Hunt up another."
"I'm ! Suppose 1 have presented
her with a two dollar fan, a pair of
bracelet, a parasol and a ring ?
"Then she's so much ahead."
"If I believe that her infatuation
for another is but a passing whim
and I flourish a revolver and talk of
suicide, what then ?"'
"Her father will probably pick
you up and drop you in the first
mud-puddle.
"I'm I Suppose that I had pre
sented her with a twenty shiliing
umbrella ?"
"Then she'll keep dry."'
"'And her brother with an accord-
eon ?"
"Then he'll worry the neighbors."
"Suppose, sir, I had, for the sake
of making myself solid with the old
man, presented him with $1 worth
o'f watch dog ?"
"He'll set him upon you if von
h:ivti unv troubled
"Urn ! Have I no reelrcss ?''
"Yes, sir ; go and lick the prairie
ranger who has stolen your girl's af-
feetiot
-I'll do it.''
"Glad to hear it. I'll defend your
ease for $20."
"Come to think of it he's a bigger
man than I am."
"Then let him lick vou and 111
make it cost him t"X.
... i i.ii,i. i
e m : i u ininK 01 u.
And the young man troubled with
inward agitation took himself out.
Fr e Pre.
How to Fay a Compliment.
To pay a compliment is to tell
the truth, and to tell it as though
you meant it. Ai.d the only way
to do this is to mean it. If a girl is
pretty or accomplished, if she plays
well or sings well, or dances well, or
talks well ; if in a word, she pleases,
why in the name of common sense
shouldn't she be told of it? Don't
blurt it out before everybody. That
ill only serve to make her feel un
comfortable and make you appear
ridiculous. Say it quietly when op
portunity offers, but say it strongly.
Convey the idea distinctly and fully,
so that there may be no mistake
about it. But don't do it "officially."
Formality is about the coldest thing
known. More than one maiden has
been happy say for half an hour
by a man's taking the trouble to
say a pleasant thing about a toilet
that he liked, and many of fashion's
follies have been given up by girls
when they noticed a discreet silence
nnprninnr thr-m r.n l!i leirt. if
their gentlemen friends. A lewitch-!
ing Uttle black c ved ix auty once
c.i,l t n frr-nth-iimn -I likotn lmvo
vou sav sweet things to me. it seems '
to come so easy and natural," In
general terms, it may be said that j
it is always better to say an agreca-1
ble one; better for all parties. The
gallant, who when a young lady
stepped on his foot when dancing,
and asked pardon, said: "Don't
mention it ; a dainty little foot like
that wouldn't hurt a daisy," and not
only told the truth, but doubtless
felt more comfortable than the boor
who, when his foot was stepped on.
roared out, "lliat's right, chmb all i
over me with your great clumsy
hoofs." u.o Transcript.
How She Saved Mfturjr.
"For nearly six yeare my daugh
ter was most of the time on a sick
bed from kidney and other disorders
peculiar to women. We had used
up our savings on doctors and
prescriptions without any benefit
Our domine advised us to use bar
ker's Ginger Tonic, and four bottles
effected a marvelous cure. A3 it
has bec our only mcdicino sineo,
and a dollar's worth has kept our
iauiily well oyer a year, we have
been able to lay by a little money
again for a rainy day." A Poor
Man's Wife,
Nine Hundred Kmigrnnts fcaow
Bound,
Ciiic-v, March 21. A party of
Canadian emigrants filling with
their stock and baggage ninety cars
and numbering nearly WW persons, i
have been snow bound on the out-!
skirt of this city since Saturday
night 1 hey appear to !e of a su-
perior class of farmers, r.ad are
l l r ir : . i i
Douiiu ior iuaimoo.
I HHW...
len icy stream and rescuing
ing boy, than by his two years
preaching in the town.
ofl
1 he Key. II. B. Cook became more i ud bv doctors to die. who I have rc- j
r, .i uint.'. Lw.i .. iiii,'. .n.i ;r vi ioni,t i wife. She has done
ii'uia& ji ivu liini u u r, . uiuiciff- swioi ic jmwi , unu i. j w . . vj . . . .
..:n x- "v v.. : : i :.u . -.1 1 :ii 1 work- inr a Tear t iit.
jiic, s. I uy juiuuiii mtu a ddui-i 11 CUJic im uiv unu a mui'mic .... .- rf
. . . 1 .. - tl r. ni.i I 1
a drown- to
Tl T
WHOLE NO. 1552.
BY FA IT A.
A COLORED PHYSICIAN WHO MAKES
MIRACULOUS CUKES.
"The days of wonders will
cease,,' quoth a friend to a
never
Tiiiiei
reporter in our sister city the other
day.
"Why," ejaculated the reporter,
"what reason have you for reaching
such an astonishing conclusion as
that ?"
"Because Allegheny has a physi
cian who claims to cure disca.se by
the power of the Father, tho Son
and the Holy Ghost. He only treats
the advanced diseases patients
who have been given up by the
medical fraternity and has been
successful to such a degree that the
people are beginning to believe in his
powers. Henry l horton 13 the name
of this man. He formerly drove a
Trov Hill street car, but since the
development of what he claims to be
a gilt lrom God, lias lorsaken Jus
former occupation and is now devot
ing his whole attention to the bene
fitting of his fellow creatures. He
is of African parents, but has lieen
a resident of Allegheny for the past
eighteen years, and is at present re
siding at Xo. "1 First alley, in the
Third ward. His work is done qui
etly and unostentatiously, few be
sides those whom he has treated be
ing aware of his powers, and none
being permitted to tell w hat he has
done to them. He uses no medi
cine, and his cures are claimed to be
wrought by faith m ( tod and the
power of prayer.
I arting with tho gentleman the
reporter moved himself in the di
rection of No. 51 First alley, which
he found to be a neat little white
washed house, with a small porch
in front that was reached bvr half a
dozen steps. I here was only one
window in the lower front room,
which was covcreel with a lace cur-!
tain, nnil fin thr wirwliinr-sill n:u n f
pot of flowers. The reporter pulled ;
the bell, and in a moment the door j 1
was opened bv a very svlph-likej
"Dairy Queen" ot eighteen or twen-:
tv summers and as many winters,;
wnopomeiyinquireawnaiwasw.-ini-ithoughtsoandkeijt
ed. l;eing told that the visit was to
her father, she stated that ho wa3
not at home, that minute, 'but
would the gentleman step in, and
she would send her littl" brother in
search of him." The tinkling of a
guitar m the rear was hear-1, and; -Vtli," ejaculated the reporter,
the interior serenading was so pleas-; -the facts are that you were sick for
ant that the reriorter very wihingly ;sjx years and are now well by the
accepted the invitation. The room ; Iww"er 0f jjr Thorton 3 prayers ',"
was small but cozy ami 1 - atly fur-! -yt,, answered the woman.
nisheu. An organ stood :n the cor-!
ner, upon which the maiden vol an-;
tecred to play until her lather came. ;
A short time passed with he sound j
of the organ and the accompanying ;
tinkle ot the guitar in the rear, when
the reporter said :
l our lather is a doctor. 1 1 r-
lltlb 1
"Yes, sir ; he cures right smart."
"Has he many patients ?"'
"I suppose so, anyway, there are
a good many people come here to
see him."
"How does he cure them ?''
"I dunno. sir ; he does not tell,
and they are not allowed to tell
either. He takes them to a room by
themselves, but he does not use any
medicine."
"Has he cured many people ?"
"Oh, yes ; there i3 a picture of a
little girl on the wall behind you
that he made well. She lives on
Troy Hill. She is about twelve
i;-.- 9"'
years old, and since she has got well ; the htdv of fashion is proud of,
she comes here very often. She j noti as "formerly, the money that
will be here this evening. If you these cost. She has now a real ap-.
want to wait you can see her your- i preciation of the beauty f her In
EC" ii- !dia shawl, with its seven hundred
"Has he cured anybody else ? ;stiehes to the square inch, and other
"1 es there is a woman that lives ; features thai make her treasures of
down on Ohio street, Mrs. Eliza 0j iacc so valuable. The mere fill
Jane Artzberger, who was su k for j m:X ;n 0f worsted-work is superseded
six or seven years, and was unable , by an occupation that requires
to do anything at all. She was not i thought, knowledge, taste and skill :
confined to bed, but was ill all the ! the promised slippers or sofa cush
timcaad did not know what wasj;onaro n0 longer so much to be
the matter with herself, excepting j dreaded, and even the afghan, chair
that she felt bad, could not eat or do ; back and chauffe-pied are assuming
anything else. She had several doc-! artistic importance things that can
tors, each of whom prescribed for j Il0tonIv be tolerated for the sake of
different diseases, and none of whom i association, but which wc can con
seemed to afford her any relief until : Pcic.ntiousl v admire and be thankful
they sent for my father, on the Gth : rvr ()f co'ursc many things are em-
l-T l . .- .1..- . ... J - - -
, January last. Mnce that time
sue bas altogether recovered, and is
now able to do all of her own wors
' is -V troubled with t!
sick-
Pcs3,a"'1 uneasiness
which troubled '
' Cl,,
Well, what was tho matter with j
lier ?" "Was she. possessed oft he !tti va;,nCc to completion will lead
devil?" t a degree of aquirenient that will
"'I don't know, but my father dvits ncknoicc its cccgrcitv; and bv
not treat ordinary diseases. It 13 that timp tho heat nr.d MKtfoftbV
only cases of this kind, when no-; gre have rendered itunsjghtlr
body know3 what is the matter with 1 enoU!:h to be consigned to the attic.
thm and can pet no reheffrom j.hy-1 am0ng the useless accnmttlation-i ot"
.l it l . I.; .
sicians, that he undertakes to do
anv good."
Just here some one was heard n
eenuing tiie fcieps on tne ouimho.
The front door opened, and a small, i
pleasant faced, light complected col-
j ored man, with large, dreamy eyes '
t t I I Tt 1 1 I 1
ana a uiacn musiacne anu cnin ; lowing live questions : 1. her.
whiskers entered. He was dressed j ar,(i by whom was Ohio first caUeil
in a dark suit of clothes and wore a j t;e Buckeye State ? What was
slouch hat, which ho removed upon th'e origin of the cxp'ression, "He
entering. j liC3 co the dead wood on him ?'
The "Dairy tiueen" introduced j Who arc the ten wealthiest men
hiut as her father and retired to the j in West Yircinia ? 4. How many
year room when the sound of the ' graduates of Washington and Jeffer
guitar immediately ceased and her j son College have ever been I'nited
voioo was heard joining in con versa-' States Senators or members of Con
tion with that of a mau. grts3? Who first called Vhe-f-
"You are Dr. Thorton, I believe," ing the nail city ?
remarked the reporter. This plan of abstracting iruiirma-
"Yes, sir ; I am," tion is not a bad one, nnd we make-
"I have understood that yon claim a similar offer in regard to the fol-
in Knv tho mircr tt nerfnrm mirif- '' lowint OUCStionS : 1. A ho StrUCK
ulous cures, casting out spirits, etc?" j William Patterson ? 2. Who orig
I have the power of which Godjinated the phrase, "What dyer
has given me of curing the sick antl
suffering, and I believe it is mv du-
ty to do it, therefore I have "given
ud mv other pursuits and do noth-
ing else, x nave made no ikwsi oi
jt at an, and only attend those who
comc. to me at m v home or send for i
me- j ampt whatever remunera-
ihm thev are able to offer."
"Have tou cured many wrIe
. -
point you iutnum-! rr year, total 1 JL)-aJIof tha i ex
bo have been given ipense was stopped by taking three
- i . . r t I:i.. ,ilitra I.tt nrv -
"Yes. I can
1 . n . - r f it. rx w 1 1
you.-
"How do you treat them ?"
"I can not tell yon." t
von o njf uic'mis if imv
kind ? '
"No ; there u not '!)(! druggist m
tho city tliat can nay I have sent a
perscription to Mm to bo filled or
: have purchased drug.-, myself, c-x-.cejiti.ig
a few simple herbs and tea.
which I in'Un uivc my patients t
j use but they arc not used a a ruedi-
rixi', only because they nr.? good for
any person, Sick or well.
I "Then what is it that you do !
i you pray with them ?"
: " ts. I pray with theni and fur
them, both when I riso in the morn
ing and retire at night, but what I
say I must not tell you, and none of
those that I have cured are permit
ted to do so cither. Only they and
I know."
"Do you pretend to cure thoie
about to die?"'
"I do not pretend to cure anyone
whom God calls away."
Here the interview ended with the
colored man, and the reporter has
tened away to find Eliza .land Artz
berger. who the colored girl said liv
ed on Ohio street. Walking along
the street he found a shoe store at
No. lOi.i, with the name George Artz
berger over tho door. He entered
and found a man sitting behind the
counter, and a lady resting in a chair
beside the stove. S-i-..j.-iiig the
former to be the proprietor, lie ask
ed if that was Mrs. Artzbcrge-r. Be
ing answered in tho affirmative, he
further inquired if this was where
the Mrs. Artzberger lived who had
Ix'cn possessed of the Devil and had
him east out by the colored doctor,
Henry Thorton.
"There she is herself," replied the
. man pointing to the woman on the
'chair. "She can tf!l vou what -she
has to saw"
"Well," said Mrs. Artzberger, I
was sick for six or seven years, and
had several physicians, who pre
scribed for dilfi rent diseases which
they said I had, and nene of them
seemed to beneiit me, until the col
ored man commenced to treat me
the Cth of January, and now I arii
altogether well and able to do ail
my own work, besides helping my
husband in the store. At the time
he first came to see me I had wast
ed away almost to a shadow. and al
though not bedfast, was just like a
ghost, and I am sure would soon
have been in my grave."
"Well, what was the matter with
you r
"I don't know, but I could not
eat and had no strength to do any
thing. Some of the doctors said
one thing and some said another
thing was the matter, but none of
them made me feel be tter afte r treat-
1 jn2 me."
"Did you think you
pint?"'
had
evil
'No.
Mr. ArtzV-rgci
"Yes you did.''
interrupting
'No, 1 didn't," snappingly an-
6ered the lady.
"The neighbors and our friends
telling it till
3-011 believed it and 1 did too.
no, i never tnougiit so, but my
friends did. Don't vou'renier.iber I
LL T - j 1 .
1 told you I did not believe anything
j of the kind when they kept insist
in'? that it was ?''
The interview with the woman
: and her husband closed here and
the rennrh r left with th trwmod,
that probably his friend was i.rAtv
nonr corrcct when he said that iit
this, the nineteenth century, the
avs of wonders had not ceased.
77:,
I'ashionaMe I'mbrolilrry.
j The present revival of interest in
embroidery seems likely to be more
permanent than any that has pre
i ceiled it, because it is now some
thing more than a passing f ish ion
j in dress, as was the cae in England
j in lS4ti, when London alone em
ployed two thousand pair of hands
! m decorating every, conceivable arti-
li - . c 1 l " V. 1 - r r i -
e-ie oi urcss woui uy lauies oi lasnion.
Now it is her own handiwork, the
hours of patient stitching, the choice
of material and colors, and the real
ization of an artistic thought, that
broidcresl which should be perfectly
plain, if, indeed, as in the case of a
valance for a mantel, they should
exist at all ; but this lark oi" disc rim
ination is incident to all beginning,
mid r,-. niav feel certain that the cn-
thusiasm w:hich has carried the man
i the past.
An tMTer.
i .t. Wheeling Suntiff-i Leader o&n
vriTq eiihccriritinn to the Person
SrK4lin2 the best answers to the fol-
say
Why are country editor
always wealthy: 4. now many
ex - members of Congress liave bn
in jail? ". Who first nai.r.1 a po-
liiicni nc :
I-roOf, $1,200.
To sum it up, six long years of
ri.I.hm sickness, costing $200
bottles oi nop Diticn, Mi"" '' "v
her own nouse-
without the
tranl fVprvbodv
m r. . r"": " w
to know it lor tneir ocnem. ... .
Farmer.
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