A MTlxn BIA'K STOCKING. ; where a host of minors and gamblers wi re at play. A California mining town, away jac.fc wa8 WCH known in the camp, up amid the Hnow-clad, rook-bound ami whcn he got upon a chair and peaks of the .Sierra Nevada moun- j called for attention, the hum of tain?. voices and the clicking of ivory The town -as irregularly laid out, i1.iiec;3 suddenly ceased. Then, in and was scattered alone a creek I an earnest voice, he told what he which emptied into the Consuimnes jiaj ei.on and heard, relocating every river several miles below. Both the iworj 0f the conversation between dwellings and business houses or, tj;e mother and her children. In more properly speaking, cabins j conclusion he said : were constructed of unhewn pine J " Jioys, 1 think I know you, every log, the crevices between the tim-j0nc 0f you, and I kn..'v what kind bens being "chinked " and pl.i-tercd (,f 11Ktui yer made of. I've an idee with mud. The town contained at ' tjiat Santy Clans knows jist where least a dozen saloons, or saloons and that cabin's sitiwated, an' I've an gambling houses combined, and in:,.,, :e w ill find it afore morning, tliese hells much of the hard earned i Hyars one of the little gal's stock money of the miner parted company ; jtl!s tint i hooked ofl'n the line whar with him, to take up its temporary , i hoard t!ie widdy say she'd hung abode in the saloon till or the pock- j nn ,vjth the washin'.' The daddy o' ets of the professional gambler, j tljc-rii little 'uns was a good, hard The dwellings of the town were seal-; Workin' miner, and he crossed the tered along the creek or built on the j r;,n-c in the line o' duty, just as any side of the mountain, the majority : of thembeinzroutrh " laehelordens, for women were scarce in the newly discovered diggings. In a email cabin in the upper end of the town sat a woman in widow's weeds, holding upon her knee a! bri-'ht-oved. sunnv-faccd liuk- girl ; about live vears old, wliile a little ciierub of a boy lay upon a bearskin before the open lireplaee. It was Christmas Kvc, and the woniaii sat gazing alK-traetexlly ir.to the fire. She v. as yet young, and ;.s the iluwiiis lhuncs lit up her sad fitee tliev invested it witii a weir id Lnau- ty. ; " Mary Stewart w.;s the widow of : Aht-k "Stewart, and but two years 1 btfore had lived comfortably and j happy in a camp on the American j river." Aleck was a brawny miner, ! but the premature explosion of a j bla.-t in an underground tunnel had j ottcd.out his life m an instant, i leaving his family without a protec tor, aiid in straightened circumstan ces. His daily wages had been their sole sumiorL and now that he had gone, what coma isicy uo : With her little family Mrs. . . , . i , . t'v ; art had emigrated to tlie camp i!i which we lind them (all western mining towns are culled camps), and there she earned a precarious livelihood by washing clothes fur the miners. Hers was a hard lot, but the brave little woman tailed on, cheered bv the thought that her daily labors stood between her oar-'ceased, and tiplers left the bars as ling little ones and the gaunt wolf of!thcy entered each place, and miners, starvation. Their clothes were patch- j .rjniblcrs, speculators, evervbody, ed and shabby, and their food plain, i crowded ' up to tender their Christ iind sometimes scant, vet they were ; mas ujf. j0 tie miner's widow and never reduced to absolute fullering. 1 orphans. Anyone who has lived in Jack Hawson, a strong, honest j tj,,; par Western camps and is ae- ininer, was passing tlie caum tins ; Christmas Eve, when the voice i!k3 little girl within attracted his attention. Jack possessed an inor dinate love for children.. md although his manly spirit would abhor the sneaking practice of caves-dropping, he could not ror-ist the temptation Jo li.-ten to the sweet prattling voice. The first words lie caught were : P.efore papa died wc always hail Christmas, didn't we, mamma?" "Yes, Trotty darling, but papa varncd money enough to afford to make his little pets happy at least once a year. You must remember, j Trottv, that we are verv ioor, and although mamma works very, very hard, she can search earn enough to supply us with food and clothes." Little bright-faced Denny raised his curly head from its soft nest in the warm bear skin, and cheerily said : "Des' wait till I dit to be a man, mamma, an' 'oo won't have to wort. I'se doin' to be a dreat big miner 'ike papa wa, an' dit 'oo ever so much money, but I won't do near 'em hateful Mast in' fings an' dit tilled like papa did." (Jack Dawson still lingered cm the outside, lie could not leave, al though he felt ashamed of himself for listening.) " Why, bless my little man. what a brave future he has planned ! I do hope and pray, darling, that you will grow up a strong and good man. and one who will be a blessing and a comfort to mamma when she :rels old." " Wc hung up our stockings last Christmas, didn't we, mamma?" juestioned the little girl. "Yes, Trotty, but we were poor then, and Santa Claus never notices real poor people. He gave you a Jittle candy then, just because yoa were such good children." "Is we any poorer now, mam ma?" "Oh, yes, much poorer. He would r.over notice us at all now." Jack Dawson detected a tremor of j1 sadness in the widow s voice as she uttered the last words, and he wiped a suspicious dampness from his eyes. " Where's our clean stockings, mamma? I'm coing to hang mine up anyhow; maybe he will come ! like he did btfore. iust because I we try to be good children," said Trotty. " It will be no us2, darling. I am mire he will not come," and tears cathered in the mother's eyes as she thought of her empty purse. " I don't care I'm going to try anyhow. Please get one of my stockings, mamma,"' pleaded the lit tle girl. i: Your clean stockings are on the line outside, and I cannot go out and hunt for them this bitter cold night. Yoa may hang up your old ones; but, oh! darling, 1 fear you will be terribly disappointed in the morning. Please let it go till next Christmas, an i then we may be richer." " No, mamma, I am going to try ;::ivhow."' Jack Dawson's great, generous heart swelled until it seemed break ing from his bosom. He heard the patter of little bare feet on the cabin iloor as Trotty ran about hunting her 'a and Denny's stockings, and af ter the had hung them up, heard her sweet voice again as she wonder ed over and over if Santa Claus real ly would iorget them. I le heard the mother in a choking voice tell her treasures to get ready for bed ; heard thorn lisp their childish prayers, the little pirl concluding: "And, oh! liord, please tell god Santa Claus that we arc very oor, but that we love him as much as rich people do, lor dear Jesus sake, Amen ! After they were in led, through a I small rent in the plain white curtain, lie saw the widow sitting before the fire, her face buried iu' her hands and weeping bitterly. On a jng just over the fire place, hung two lit tle patched and faded stockings, and then he could stand it no longer. He softly moved away from the win dow to the rear of the cabin, where some objects fluttering in the wind met his eyes. Among tliese he searched untill he found a little blue stocking which he removed from the lirw, folded it tenderly, and placed j ii in ins overcoat po:iiet, and then ling. set out for the main street of the caraP' j He entered Harry Hawk's gauib-i Jing hell, the largest in the place, j 0fus g liable to do in our dangerous ; business, llyar goes a twenty-dollar cold piece right down iu the toe, air i:yar I lay the stoekin on this card Uble now chip in much or i little, as vou kin afford." Hold them checks of mine on t.c .,co Jack," said 1 5 rock Clark, a uiil.l. r. and. leavimr the faro table. he picked the little storking up care full v, lK,ked atittender!y,and when he'faid it down, anotiier twenty had gone down into the toe, to keep com pany with the one placed there by D.iv .-on. Another and another came up, un- til the loot of the stocking was well tnied, and then came the cry from 1;10 canibling tables : l'aSs her around, J.iek." At the word he lifted it from the tal,lL. lxUl started arou.id the hall, ;c.fure ho had circulated it at half a dozen tables it showed signs of hurstiri" beneath the wemht of gold and silver coin: and a strong coin bag. such as is used for sending treasure by express, was procured, and the stocking placed inside of it. The round of the l-rire hall was made, and in the in ....lime the sto ry had spread ad over the camp. From various saloons came messen gers saying: "Send the stoekin1 round the camp; the boys are a waitin' for it With a party at his heels. Jack went from saloon to saloon, (iames ,,aintej tlC yonerositv of c.-tcrn men, who teel no surpr who feel or tiouot my trutniuiness wnen l say that after the round had been made the little blue stocking and the heavy canvas bag contained over eight thousand dolh rs in gold and silver coins. Horses were procured and a party dispatched to a large town down on the Consummes, from which they returned near daybreak with toys, clothing, provisions, etc., in almost endless variety. Arranging their ..Ill T lfts in proper shajie, and seeurelv the mouth of the bag of the part)- noiselessly repaired to the widow's humble cabin. The bag was first laid on the step, and the other articles piled up in a heap over it. On the top was laid the lid of a large pastelrard box, on which was written with a piece of charcoal : "Santy Claus doesn't always Give poor folks The shake in this camp." Christmas morning dawned bright and beautiful. The night had been a stinging cold one, and when the rising sun peeped over the chain of mountains to the East, and shot its beams upon the Western range, the sparkling frost flashed from the snow clad peaks as though their towering heads were sparkling with pure dia monds. Mrs. Stewart arose, and a shade of pain crossed her handsome face, as the empty little stockings caught her maternal eye. She cast a hurried glance toward the bed where her darlings lay sleep ing, and whispered: ' Oh, God J how dreadful is pover ty." She built a glowing fire, and set about preparing the frugal break fast. When it was almost ready sheajv proached the bed, kissed the little ones until they were wide awake, and lifted them to the floor. With eager haste Trotty ran to the stockings, only to turn awav, sob- lung as break. though her heart would Tears Minded the mother, and It il Till 1 j a I c W.1? Pc nuc. Pn lo. mr ,jcan. ld m ahoking voice: ' .cver mind, my darling; next I f'lirwf mie T mil criro tiiomin-i tviil be richer, and then Santa Claus will bring us lots of nice tilings." "Ohl Mamma!" The exclamation came from little Denny, who had opened the door and was standing gazing in amaze ment upon the wealth of gifts there displayed. Mrs. Stewart sprang to his side and looked in speechless astonish ment. She read the card, and then, caus ing her little ones to kneel down with iitr in the open door way, she poured out her soul in a torrent of praise and thankgjying to God. Jack Dawson's burly form moved from behind a tree a short dista??ee away, and sneaked off up the gubii, great crystal tears chasing each other down his face. The family arose from their knees and began to move the stores into the cabin. There were several sacks of flour, ham, canned fruit, jtounds and pounds of coiToe, tea and sugar, new dress goods, and a warm woolen shawl for the widow, shoes, stockings, hats, mittens and clothing for the children, a great big wax doll that could cry and move its eyes, for Trotty, and a beautiful red sled for Denny. All were carried incide, amid alternate laughs and tear;. " Dring in the sack of gait, Trotty, and that is all," said the mother. " Is not God good to us ? " I can't lift it, mamma ! it's froze t0 tIie step ! The mother stooped and took hold of it and lifted harder and harder, until she raised it from the step. H?r cheek blanched as she noted its great weight and breath lessly she carried it in and laid it upon the breakfast table. With trembling lingers she loosed the string and emptied the contents upon the table. Gold and silver more ihaiifche had ever thought of in her wildest dreams of comfort, and almost buried in the idle of treasure lay Totty's little blue stock Wc will not intrude longer su h happiness, hut leave the joyful family sounding praise lo Heaven r.nd Santa Claus. on The whole story poon reached Mrs. Stewart's ears. She knew Jack Dawson by sight, and when she next met him, although the honest fellow tried hard to push by her, she caught hold of hm coat and compelled him to stand and listen to her tearful thanks. The tears shed were not nil hers, for when Jack moved away tliero were drops of li.juid crystal hanging to his ruddy cheeks. Four months from that " Merrie Christmas" Mrs. Stewart became Mrs. Jack Dawson, and every even ing, when the hardy miner returns from his daily labor to his comfor table and happy home, Totty and Denny will climb upon his strong knees and almost smother him with kisses, wliile they lovingly address him as "Our Santa Claus" papa," Vi!l;amort Hrcalfat Tqhle. Farm and Garden Note. Pure milk condensed to one-third will remain sweet from live to ten days in warm weather. Good milk requires good, sound food, and a large yield of milk re quires a large supply of good, sound food. Flax is a crop which would fol low a clean cultivated crop of sugar beets or mangles. It can only be grown to advantage on well fertilized lands. Charred cum is one of the best things which can be fed to hens to make them lay. It must not be fed as a regular diet, but in limited quantities each da)'. To heavily feed a cow of small milking capacity is very joor econ omy, llieh food will produce good results when fed to cows that give large quantities of rich milk. A tcaspoonful of powdered char coal, a quart of bran, and refuse from the table, mixed and moisten ed with warm water, are the ingre dieuts of capital egg producing food for hens. Harness oil made of one gallon of neatsfoot oil, with four ounce of lampblack, well mixed i.s simple and effective. The man whose watering trough is not dry, and whose stock can drink their fill under cover has much to be thankful for. Spent tan bark has been plowed into a compact clay soil with the bert results, as it rendered the soil mellow and increased its warmth. The raising of sheep is of the greatest txructit to the land, because wherever they feed, new and sweet grasses grow and flourish, and the weeds are destroyed. Farmers should raise turnips and feed them to sheep. The Force of Habit. Some vears ago the manager of a Atll regulated theatre, in a well- known town in Midlands, engaged a young lady as a supernumerary. It happened that the young lady had formerly ofliciated in some ca pacity as a hand on- a canal boat, a fact which she was anxious to con ceal. She was duly promoted, and in time became a general favorite. One night, when she was to appear in a lavonte part, a couple of boat men found their way into the pit near the footlights, anxious to see the famous comedienne. The house was crowded, and, after the subsid ence of the applause which greeted her Fppearanee, one of the boatmen slapped his companion on the shoulder and exclaimed, loud enough to be heard over half the house : "Dill. I know that gal !'' "Pshaw !'' said Dill. "Put I'm sure I do, Dill. It's Sal Flukin.i as sure as anything. She's old Flukins' daughter, that used to run the Pretty Polly, and she used to sail with him.". "Tom." said Dill, "you're a goose." Tom was silenced but not con vinced. He watched the actress in all her motions with intense interest, and ere long broke out again : "I tell ye, Dill, that's her I know's't. You can't fool me. You just wait ; keep your eye on me." Sure enough, he did settle the point. Watching Ids opportunity when the actress was deeply absorbed in her part he sang out, "Low bridge!' From force of habit the actress in stantly and involuntarily ducked her head to avoid the anticipated collision. Down came the house with a perfect thunder of applause at this "palpable hit," high above which Tom's voice could be heard, "Didn't I tell ye, old boy, J know'd 'twas her? You couldn't fool me,' The Iarkejr'a Rrpen'auco. Last Saturday night some sinner stole chickens from the coop of Rev. Aminidab Dledso, ot the Galveston Dlue-Light Tabernacle, and the next day the Devcrend gentleman preached a powerful sermon against the sin of stealing chickens and prom ising everlasting punishment to the man who stole his two chickens. Early Monday morning Jim Web ster called at the parson's door with scared face and 6ome poultry. He said: "Parson Dledso, dat ar sermon most scared me to death. I couldn't sleep a wink, so I fotched your chickens back." "I don't keer for the fowls, Jeems, but ;t pleases me mightily to know dat I am aa htjmble instrument in de hands of de Almighty fo bring sinners to repentance and to eauie , demtolead a new life. But, look heah, Jeems, dese chickens aint de same ones yer stole from me." "I knows it. Your chickens am done cat up ; but your sermon open ed my eyes to der sinfulness ob stealin' your chickens, and I felt so j bad about it dat the fust thing I did I when church was out was to climb o!kt into Colonel Jones' )-ard and cabbage two ob his fattest pullets to replace the chickens you missed." Gnhfstoa Xeirs. Tho Height of Foil)-. To wait until you are down ou your bed with disease vou mav not get over for months, is the height of louy, when you might be easily cured during the early symptoms by using Parker's Ginger Tonic, It costs only a tnlle, can never do any harm, and possesses curative prop- 1-iwi-s in iwc uigucM, uegrce. we have known the palest sickliest looking men, women and children become the rosiest and healthiest, from the timely use of thia pure family medicine. See advertise ment in other column. Obaertor. A Scrions Affray. St. Pah, April 20. A special dispatch to the I'ionxr Yaw says: "In an altercation at Whit Oak Point Agency, between an Indian and a white man, a saloon keeper, name unknown, the Indian shot tlie white man in the legs, and the sa loon keeper 6hot tho Indian dead, the same shot wounding a white man named Wakefield badly." Trlpple Tragrdy in California. THE VICTIMS ARE FROM UrtOXlKIl VAL-I.KY A brief note was made in yester day's Xcwi of the tragedy, but par ticulars seem to be as follows : .Swcarengen, a resident of Dayton, seven miles from Chio, California, shot his mother-in-law, Mrs. David Douchei, killing her. He next shot his wife iu the arm, seized her and placing the pistol to her breast fired again with fatal effect. He then sent a bullet through Ids own brain. There had been some family trouble between the parties, but a general understanding had been readied, and Swearengen was to have left for Misssouri in the morning. Mrs. Doucher was the widow of the late State Senator of Dutto county, Cali fornia. Senator David Doucher wis a bro ther to Mr. II. Doucher, who resides in this county. The murdered wo man was a sister-in-law to Mr. Doucher, and an aunt to our fellow townsman, John N. Doucher, Esq. The young lady was a niece and cousin to the altovc respectively, and was very highly educated, hav ing received much of her education in Paris, France. The sadall'air has cast a gloom over the hearts of their friends here. The murdered woman's maiden name was Maria Miller, daughter of Philip Miller, who at one time kept hotel in Ligonier, where Noah Mar ker's store now stand, and after ward the house now kept by J. Hargnet Frank. She still leaves some brothers and sisters in the val ley to mourn her brutal assassina tion. They removed to California some twenty years ago. The Johnstown Daily Tribune of last evening says : "The account of Henry Swcaren gen, shooting the mother of his wife Mrs. David Doucher, his wife, and her daughter, and then himself, at Dayton, seven miles from Chico, Dutte county, California, i.s of local interest because of the lact that Mrs. Doucher was a native of Ligonier, Westmoreland county, a daughter of Philip Miller, deceased, and sister of Mr. Harry Miller, of the first Ward, this city. At the time the California gold fever broke out in 1S10, Messrs. David and Joseph Doucher, then young men, left their home in Ligonier and joined the Argonaut, as the band who cross ed the Plains that year was cal'et! Soon after arriving on the Pacific slope they purchased a large tract ot laud and started a stock ranche. Fortune favored their venture, and in I SOS David returned to his native home and married Maria Miller, daugh ter of Philip Miller above relerre to. After a brief honeymoon spent in Ligonier and vicinity, thev started to Chico, Dutte countv, California. near which place the brothers hm been so successful, and in 1- Wavid was elected, to the Mate sen ate. He died the following year, leaving a son, Joseph, now about his majority, and Ella, whe was married m October to Henry Swearengen and who, it still living, would now be about seventeen years of age. This young man arrived in Dayton some lour vears since, from Missouri and commenced working in the vicinity. He ingratiated hirase If into the esteem of Ella Doucher. and they were united, but it seems that the family did not agree very well together, and an arrangement was entered into with the under standing that Henry was to sepa rate from his wife and depart lor Ins lormer Lome on 1; nday morning last, but afterward he determined upon the dread crime which wa carried into successful execution, and which was fittingly terminated by the blowing out of his own brains. There is nothing known among the relatives of the murdered women in this city in regard to the perpetrator of the tragedy, beyont the information received last October that Ella had been married to Henry Swearengen, who was represented a3 a steady, worthy man. It likely that in the course of a few days full details of the matter wil tic received ny Mr. Jlarry Jdilu-r. Mrs. Miller, mother of Mrs. Doucher, risides on Napoleon street. Fifth Ward, with her son-in-law, Mr. Orovier, and her age is now some sixty years. Messrs. David and Joseph Doucher worked at the "Union Line" warehouse here in 1840-41, during the old Porta Railroad and canal davs, when Mr. Kratzer, deceased, was agent of that transportation line. Shortly after the death of her husband, Philir Miller, his widow took up her resi dence here. Turning Potatoes Into Cheese. A foreign paper savs that cheese is made from potatoes in Thuringia and baxony m the manner below. Possibly the process may be worth trying, if not profitable in this country. After Laying collected a quantity of potatoes of good quality giving preference to a large, white "kind, they are boiled in a caldron, and after being cooled they are peel ed and reduced to a pulp, either bv means of a crater or mortar. To 5 pounds of this pulp which ought to be as tqual as possible, is added one pound of sour milk and the necessary quantity of salt The whole is kneaded together and the mixture covered up and allowed to lie for two or three davs, according to the season. Ai the end of this time it is kneaded anew, and th$ cheeses are placed in little baskets. when the superfluous moisture es capes. They are then allowed to dry in the shade, and placed in lay ers in largo vessels, where they must remain for fifteen days, The elder these cheeses arc the more their quality improves. Three kinds are made. The first and most common is made as detailed above ; the sec ond, with four parts of potatoes and four parts of sweet milk. These chees es hap this advantage over other kinds, that they do not engender worms, and keep freth for a num ber of years, provided they su e plac ed in a dry situation and in wcli closed vessels. A PcnuKflvaaia Appointment. Washington, April 22. Gen. S. h. &lj;rgis will be nominated to succeed Gen. J'ither as Superin tendent ot the Soldiers' Ilomp in this city. General Sturgis is a native of Shippcnsburg, Cumber land county, Pa,, und is a. graduate of West Point, class of '1(5, to which Gens. Stonewall Jackson and George D. M'Clellan belonged. His son was killed in the Custer massacre. Lydia K. Pixkiiam's Vegetable Compound is a remarkable remedy for nil those painful complaints and weaknesses so common to our best female population. Send to Lydia E. llnkham, Western Avenue, Lynn, Mass., for pampltts, or C. N. Boyd, Somerset, Pa. A Terrible IMower. Under the head of "A Terrible Dlow at the Pulpit," in Monday's issue, the New York .S' quoted some of the strictures of the Rev. l-riel Graves on the clergy in gener al. Certainly the powerful rays of the .Sun were needed to discover that this gentleman is "a, distinguished Protestant elereryman of Pennsylva nia." He has long been "distin guished," it is true, but probably not lor loose qualities which me o expression would indicate. There are parts of his character and career that have certainly " distinguished " him, but to the sorrow ot those who have been in any way connected with him, it is a distinction rather unenviable. True, also, he is at present a Pennsylvanian, but our Commonwealth must not be blamed fur that. In the actions of the Maryland Lutheran church and the gentle man's own uuavory record there, in Daltim re, may perhaps be found the cause of his presence in Penn sy i vania. He i.s no w at G reensbu rg. He has ascended from himself, and descended from the pulpit to Green backisni. God help us! he is even an editor. And recently he gave to light a severe arraignment of the preachers of the World, saying, among other tilings, " we assert that by far the larger number, through ignorance or downright villainy, are serving their flocks irrespective of the good or ill they may do to oth er j, so thev only get the milk and enjoy the shelter."" And that " there are not six pouular ministers in the State of Pennsylvania who dare preach the whole truth of God to their congregations without the surest trouble ensuing," and many other declarations as shocking. Coming from a man who himself cniovs the title of Dev., who thus seems to expose the imperfections of his own class, the Sun is much sur prised. Dut the Sun doesn't know Criel. Is the charge true ? Yes ; if one can expect to dip crystal waters from a muddy fountain, or inhale the perfumes of Araby from a de cayed carcass, we need not stop to praise the preachers of their work. The actions of Uriel whilst here would serve at once to place discred it upon any criticism he might make ot the characters above. He is well remembered here. Remembered bv a strugling congregation, which is now iust emerging from the clouds of disaster and almost ruin for which Uriel was much responsible; by the many to whom his name has served but to recall sjieeulations in coal oil : bv those interested in fast horses and whose tastes in this respect common with Uriel's threw them together; and by many others tor reason per haps not as creditable even as those above. To us Uriel in the ministry seem- td like a rotten onion in a bed of roses. Had he pen-pictured himself when a preacher in charge, what terms so apt as those of his denun eiation ? I ew men ever left this town iHihaps with so unenviable a repu tation as he, and it is the height of impudence fur such a clerical mountebank to set himself as an ac cuser over against a class the mean est member of which transcends him in moral worth and christian princi ple. h tactile Jntdlnenccr. Haw She Got a Place. One bright morning last sprin the Hon. John Sherman was sitting in his ofliee, when suddenly a bright haired, pretty jrirl dashed into his presence. She was apparently six teen, and had about her an air of business which even the cold gaze of the Ohio statesman could not transform into maiden fright and flurry. Deliberately taking a seat, the girl said: "Mr. Sherman, have come here to get a place." 1 here is none vacant, was the re ply. "I know vou can cive me a place if you want to, and I think I am as much entitled to it as any body. My father spent his life in the United States Arm v. and when he died he left nothing. The re sponsibility of the family is on me, and I think I've got as good a claim as any one else on the government." 'What kind of a place do you want ?" 1 don t care what it is, but 1 must have worK at once. Mr. Sherman assured her that fhere were ten ap plicants for every place, and there was verv little chance. She verv deliberately told him that such an answer wouldn't do. and declared that if he would allow her she would come up every day and black his shoes, if he couldn't do better for her. The Secretary was struck with her determination and charmed by her bright face and her charming manner. He told her to come back. In less than a week she had a good place in the Treasury, which she still holds. Every morning she alks to the department with the step of a business little woman who is proud that her delicate little hands can be the support of othere. She receives $100 a month and sup ports in comfort her mother and sister. This brave bright young woman is Miss Mav Macauley, for merly of Atlanta. Her father was a utnant in the Eighteenth ln- lantrv. Children Killed. St. Lous, April 19. A Mrj. Nutt living near Camden, Arkansas while in a state of frenzy, called he ;ldcst ,hi!d. a boy twelve years ol, trom a field whero ltc vyas plowing knocked him on the head, 'and threw him into a well, where she ad previously thrown her four other chilren. Finding that one of i!:g children was not drowned, but was clinging to the sides of tho treU, she descended into it, tore away its grasp, and thrust it down into the water, thus completing her uiabon cal work. Cyclone fit Georgia. Xew Youk. Anril 18. A dispatch from Chcyapla Limekilns, Leecoun ty, Georgia, sayi t 'A cyplone pass ed over this place yesterday, sweep ing everyiiung in lis cwurse. iuuy muses were unroofed and the house of Mr. W. II. Howard was complete- y torn to piece. A heavy wagon in his yard was lifted in the air and arried seventy yards. o one was illcd.""" Advertising Cheats. It had become to common to write thebeginning of an elegant, in teresting article and then run it in to some advertisement that we avoid all such cheats and simply call at tention to the merits of Hop Bitters in as plain honest terms as possible, lo induce people to give them one trial, aa no one who knows their value will ever use anything else. Providence AdvtrtUer. Some Men's Iuck. Gen. Gordon was severely wound ed four times in ono battle, and within an hour, ami lived to fight again ; and this is only a specimen of th singular good luck that at tended some men. In lttiii a Michigan cavalryman named Drake was out foraging in the Sbenadoah Valley in company with a comrade named Cooper. Cooper was in a smoke house after meat and Drake was on guard at the.door, when l.'l Confederates suddenly appeared. They were mounted and advanced at a gallop, part of them firing as they rode up. One bullet found a suitable opening in a stone wall of the smoke house and flew in and killed Cooper in his tracks. Drake was standing beside his horse, and his saddle was hit by three bullets, one of which glanced through his hat. As soon as the trooper could realize what had happened he swung himself into the saddle and dashed at the circle around him. The mo ment he hapjxmed in view he was a target for carbine and pistol. His horse made a rush at the line but was driven back. Followed by Cooper's horse he galloped around and across a circle not over 100 feet across, nil the time under a steady fire by the Confed erates. This tire was soon returned j by Drake, iho fired awav seven ! cartridges and then drew Ids sabre, j His seven bullets, as afterward ! vouched for, killed two men, wound-1 ed two more, and killed one horse. ! His fire broke the circle and he got ; out of it. but for thirty rods, as he i made off, he was exposed to the j fire of nine or ten men. Cooper's horse was killed in the circle, while Drake's was hit no less than nine ' times and yet not disabled. As for J the rider, his comrades, on his re- j turn to camp, counted up a record j of truly miraculous escape. Three i bullets struck ins scabbard, two bis hat, four went through his clothing, i one burned Ids cheek, one raked j his knee, .nd two hit his left boot. ! While one single bullet killed the j one trooper, the other had sixteen fired point blank at him and did not lose a drop of blood. Cooper's horse was killed by one bullet, while nine failed to disable the larger and more exposed animal. Fighting Womeu. Female soldiers have been more numerous in foreign armies titan in the English serviee. 1 may mention a few. In the Freneh army, for instance, there were, among others, Louis lloussaye de Hennes, who served from 18'J2 to 17(Jo, and was at Quiberton ; Anneliijue llruk-n nee Duehemin, for she was married,) sous-Lieutenant of Infantry and de coree with the Legion of Honor, who was horn in 1772 and died I believe, in the Invalides about ISO!); The- rese Figuer, who served as a dra goon for 14 years, from 17U to 1S12, and had four horses killed under her; she died in 1871, at the age of bi, in the Ilosruee des 1'etiU Menu- ges at Paris; Virginic C'hesniers, who served during the Peninsular War as a Seargeant in the 27th Reg iment, and died in 187o. Iouise Scanagatti was a Lieutenant of In fantry in the Austrian or Sardinian Army tiuring uie Aepoleon wars. Marietta (liuliani and Ileriminia Manelli were at the battle of Custoz za. Augusta Krugcr fought in the War of Liberation against the French as a subaltern in the Dth Prussian Regiment, and was deeoree with the Iron Cross of the Russian Ordtr of St. George; she, after leaving the army, married a brother officer in i3oi, and in law ner grandson re ceived a commission in his grand mother's regiment. Uertha Weiss is said to have fought at Spicheren in 1870. The most nc?nt instances I know of are the following three: "A young Russian officer," (her name is not given) whom the Tune correspondent on Septemler 27, 1S77, reported to have fallen at Kacelycyo, after displaying the most brilliant gallantry ' in rallying her men against the Turks ; Sylvia Mar iott a private in the 11th Battalion of Iit-raaglieri, who served from 1SG( to 1879, and who fought at C'ustoz za; and Dolores Rodri:uex, Corpo ral at the age of IS in the 1st Regiment of Peruvian . Sappers. She, it appears, fought in the pres ent South American war, and is still in service. A very observing gentleman, who had lost four wives, was eloely questioned by a friend about such an alarming casualty. The reason he gave for the prevalence of his misfortunes were quaint, if not en tirely true. He said that he was a peaceful man, and never contradict ed the person with whom he lived. A lively controversy, he went on to explain, U absolutely necessary to a woman s nature. Lnder it she is stimulated, and so long as it contin ues she U happy and health v. When she i never contradicted, however, ghe pinea, sinks into a de cline and at last dies. Well off a bad habit. Hail new born spring! The world's fair Women. fame bird a stool pigeon. A fiery steed ibehorsa jadiali. Winter hxi concluded to surren der. Love makes a man's arm go to waist What burns Sealing wax. MVhat musicians tures of peace. first made over- The boy who ycarr,3 q Le a man must act man Jy: "May, you are a duck," you are stuffing mo." Chan. At what season did Eve cat the apple? Early in the fall. The man who has gathered a bin jce crop wants to keep it shady. To cure men of playing cuchrr Teach their wives to play poker. It is not possible for three men to keep the same secret unles two of them are dead. An old thermometer is never very popular. No one want's to cc a thermometer over 70. An investigation committee ia a body organized for the purpose of either wnite-washing or running the accused. The new Secretary of the Navy knowns scmething of one shin, any how. We refer to courtship, lie has had four wivc3. Norrintoicn Herald. ivoacu otlicr County nod Wold Board win outwear tbn ot the yrry beat kinds ot th ordinary stwl mold Doftnu. it will iwonr !n nrlls tvlire tfl plows and all othrr plows luivo bllberu) protrea a Minir-. With tula plow will b- Intrf liir-l n niwtylof Plow point nl Joint r Point, on whlrli wo have obUlmiil I'RU nts, and whl'd are also a urt-nt Improvement, botu la riirla v.ir The Julntpr can be shMW M to ti': anil suvntfm. The beam Is ailjuslablo fur Sprint; or Fj.I Pi ivtlnjf, an-l T'-o ! r Iwi or th n Tru hundlin can be ad!uitt to ao-oniuiodaui a iiiun or b J ou tli. ;-n; I't.w. Th whe-l will run uuui-r im nttun c The handles can be adjuitl to ao-onitiimlaU! a iiiun It Is the Llima iirari i-iow -rr rnimr. Wonrit-n br-ams are irnlnir out of u.se bn:.i'L- lhv hrln'-. tcu. f ml warn. r,.l n tt ran Malli-.ihle beams become uVrwiruUnl ami W'Sd. wlih-ti li wir ill n t . hn-eii hteel brain to the nwiwitr of Mm 4v. tl W tlin-e tlws u fir m,' -ad vi.rj nju-h It.Ht r tVr.i a:.y o;u r When tm gay Mol l Uoard la ti.l:liil. tho : rui'-'M know I' l- f . We do not palm off on thetn a imirfiiiiiri i.f vf.rtnua mel iU iiii-J till It t-iiilbd dm Ui. We want amenta f-r this n:-w Plow In everv t-iwn In Uaj r-ul : We ran (five but a verv small ciiM-mnf. to tliein, but w ni l w ih Rallroed Fr-lrht. We propone to place this Plow la tlie bund of the V. mien tur tJ to t tuauuia.-lur' at -?-JK . H Is the bt Agricultural Implement, i vtr will. It i-s t Persona, therefore, who are u .t iHri to act as not apply for an aifenry. o Plows ou commlsslm. All sales absolute. We make KUAt and Left Hand I'l f all i-Jye AI.- fy'llil la tho only 8t-l Chilled Pit" In the World Steel costa several time more than Ii-.-rt but, this !". Com'iurc thla price with that of ny Iron Where there are no ay ma, we via, ou freight. jVJiircaa SYRACUSE CHILLED PLOW COMPANY, Syracuse, N.Y. MRS. S. J. COVER & JOHN F. BLYMYER, II a hcvn In ' connlant iiiu by tb. puMle fur utrer twectj years, and U t!ie bet) preparation ever In vented Tor KESTOSXM; chat n.tin TO IT voiTiiri L coior. ! Stat 3 AiSayer Ar i ifi:, J i t.a?m;st applies the ntu- ,i cf U2S3. nil food and color to tI:o bair Klaiida without ataiaiae the akin. ItvrMlj increase ami thicken t'.ie j Crowth of tho hair, pre- I ent It blum-bins and : Callina- off, and thosi end ATCKT IIAI.DNES3. j it cun-l iuliinK. Krup- Uona and Dandrnn'. Aa IIAIK UKESsIXI it le very dealrable, clilns toe hair a silken noftnesa which all admire. It keeps the head clean, street and heal) by. s: ' WHISKERS i:i rhunstt the beard to a CROITX or I'.UCK at diarretion. Iicins In one preparation" U 13 rahily andled, and produces a pernliinent color that will not wanh oSC l ltl l AKtl) BY P., P. HALL & CO., UimK N.R. v.'d L i'.i Dci'ers ia MeiiicIflA t l Slt.E BI ax. DQ YD. . ir.r;;i.sr. Noiqerset. Pa Profitable Reading for Everybody Business men and women, teachers, mechanics. farmer, minuter, mothers, and all who are tireii ut by the constant toil and worry of your work !' ,fion i nrimc inTfTirtinz mtrw"., nm nr Are you muttering iron, ivijp.ia, khcuma :im, NcunJgia, ox with iiowel. Kidney, Liver or Crinanr comriaint. vou can he eurd hv uinir ,Tal weak net or any sickness if you have a pain Jul ttwgh or had mM. yon will find re rriirf in it you are enleebicd bv Utheae. utd j or aia- rMpation, and your system needs tnvigoratinc, or n you nave pimples and blotches, and your bioou needs pnrifyine. vrm ran alwnv HeniH rn Made from Ginger, Buchu, Mandrake, Sttllingiai Mfld manv ether of the rpt nwritcir.es Icea-vn it U. he Best Halth and SIlcmOi Resiorer Er uea, ana rr uperor to rinters, tivmcr ot 'Singer and other Tonics, as it never intoxicates. tnd combines the het curative pmpertie of ail. It Has Saved Hnadrwls ef Lives; It May aav Toars. Euy a X. bottle of your dnisclit, and to avoi rnterfelt be ure our siijnatiire k on the out itic wrap;cr. Hiscox & Co., Chemists N. Y. The ISet A Mont t0BomIcaI lUtr DressUv Concaininj only tnjredienrs that are beneficial to the hair id scalp, the Balsam will be found far tirc satisfactory than aity other preparation. It Xerr-r FalUte t'cutoreflray or Faded flair to the original youthful color and is warranted to pnne !'nurtin, prevent baldness and stopiallirg uf tl:e Loir. JJ ky tirggisu at $o cents. FOR AT K BT . c. n. no YD. ;.nn:;isr. Sa tanbor k. HQ? jitters; ( .M.-dtcliiB, nat a l'rtai0" nars, vrcr.r, ;t ".?,n.:cE, ATI rIteoFff fliPFromsph. Kffrehi. :i.xid, iv.-r. Kiu:.. .in.i I'naurv i'!L':ut. Nvi- 3 1 CCO III GOLD. Wta ha jnlti fur 4 raw they win pt rrre uui, at iwrr-.vuti.v n:inrv w Ujur.uu Askjoar "'n-.rslst for rt:tlritp.1 t-r tlioia before yuu Ki-p. Take b hI r. D 1. C 1 n n'.c!utf nnil iivi,. r-. for DiunkeiiiiLfj, um- i.f m.iuu,. ioijaMo4 ii.'.rcoiu-. a:i um hiit.. FCK 8.1 LE ET CN.r.O YD, WlUlitilST, Sisncpspt, Ia. HOSENSTEEL & fcQN WlLli PAT THE IIIGIIKSTCASII PUICK Ftn iSprS'i v wiAUpm V: il n OAK and HEMLOCK E ARK, Hides, Sheep Pelts, Calf Skhs, Etc., 1 s Johattowa OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, ant at mity-ialt it , ichf. u eltrlit.'fl lywiiiU k-.-s tJii"i wir A iln.fi;in Sfc-rl l'lnw. Iiiuii - in ortiln.-.rv v Uiuuirrk in . ....-. ui.,.1 iMdvu rr'LHU infill sjjiu" u i. Tlsn price or our new now a uu mon or lw lanit B' rt It c?n t- k-pt "i u-.mi -'. ki " U. .t -4 t liubie rain. ... rl. ;ti;l W i$s'-v II a r, fill ri-;;t 1, r..- ". in ; s m il dL"' ur.n. cm b v,H fi.r ?-rf-r,Ufn tr.'Jui t r-D I;,!larj, surf a H .w V aa. liilrojd S;av,o la Uie sf.:. rLj Plow -v:r m i'l r-tel;l of -'.i SON, Jennor X Roads, and Somerset, Penn., WHY . .-. hm,, nfp i .ale dnwnat an early henttil iniia tlie hot mid- until every pore i openvi: t;ien li-l hm rtaa-l i.v. r i. that cr.niii from waMii: ' and boilinic clothes, that are f ill or rweat uvt t-vli-n tU-i und bj b-tdLQ loo . JUld brtaic down btfore long; and yet lion nu.v. w.t..c , A WOMAN v.. -, ,!,-.., -i.!, nn j,hav: and. tiio Iwt work.) bau tiik her l:ie by (P'.n out m the air . hat. up u ... ; th.ee re.-t ai. worS are in tlie unbeaitli atm-jsphere: u fined, ft apfcan U to v in- Ihul it limU it way thronirh the hoiw, tiia fam:.j-, hcweTcr, .:: n t ,ine.l to the fiernliar olor ftiiro iu own aU a m.-t notii-e it. 't!-e u.:: i.u.o uL-.- manv woruiui amrcr with coi-is. riituins'-iiia. teak ntn. . ir i.. LOOK OLD h:Ie yet y.-mrijr 'n 7e: rears ana r hyiciarn Iv Ut tb iajiirfoiK vtfceU ft mo u-.un! Iv Ui tlirf lajtinoi iNim tij lim t rani ut thun dmtJiul tli-inw, tiiphCrwriK. oiiiruf.u- u, ami Firfu:ill thi trouble can bo ai Jl -. icni'iini. b-i!.n, u-ui i... . fim ll ftm the -!i iTropW- ly !-ne away with; i'im m&'Je wt an-i f. tlx tatiwj l the twis dunevt Ut p Own rren Khnlvme-maie txp u ? SOONER THAN hj tJi oi l wiy. r.T ii-inr ru.lK MUD.HLS MAr, Sen f.ar.iy a: liuit Lie l:nt.-4 tiotliinx ran be viu.hel in Ictcwaira watT witli Ty l ' .c r d.,:h.-i. M'i:n trl ntenMt 1 br th. nici lt-infc an. I linui-.ii ; s.-aMimr or b !hnT. whilj the work iino liu-lil tht a jri'l twelre f i.'untt- yr i.: lnnri. wi.-:i without Iknii; tiwl; and )rt u-M aa.1 healing i tiiis s p tliat l hvini it b no vqiuil. ami physician a-lvife iw n -e in pn-f.Ti-n. e t i im(.ru l I ,.i wor.r.'N iii.l .n. mi l ti wash Uie yimP2t inf.-.n!?. as veil e. iu h-mjui w:h :.. .; Kuiv t.iat liu:m is a reuurdy fur this, au ccunonuenl thri Uie mrest o-r. nee rf, Uitrrj :s .-ii!r:i .r loulinv m wt tria trlothes Mire ana A MAM Ti'ti firr'-!,y Jnlprir-1 in hiv;n: ! V..NUEKrTL WAV tF VA;iI-V-i CLUTlir-S, snn'U :i 1 fvarful -nm on wah-iiav'. Kiitkvs tlarjn.-!s fttr than tiii-y can he ma.Je by whm? tLe : 1 way, i - r; j v.: t riiie be w aud e wry ar.icc iu cicaa, as iwcct &cd j pure ct . Fr.m TI. TL IV.wt. ?T. ?.. flaxamimum, J. X, sovi fr(:Q a:t tulvrtr-mpiit in mbva p:.p-r, cod itHusu?in my house Tor nw.rly a year. ifcertrJir.ic to the lirwihiiu, has provinj tuu iu r-imsr k:alii t rnp-rtrH have not ntn overifjite!. Kr rcnov f:i print' m ink it H mvaiuab), while fir l-Hl-t au jjbuvtnt; it id Uie bet SSoapI have tvvt scva. From Mrj. IT. L. Kcstojj, IJorthfiehl. XL I In mv wash with KR A NIC SIDDA Ll SOA P fi h. ttf ih tinieartd wuti uo ei-iiMme f-jr phxi, atVsa untno in fuel mr 'turn pnyfur it I ha-e noRteum i. v .'?. i (rum t!i wash. wliil tt:f Kivintc h-'I h,clolLe and Ilor can nardiy be f-iUixuttfil. Fr 1?taxto!C. V4 X. aoth SL, PMlad We ar confident, from a lonir xrinc In 't- ir aid roi-..nimcndin FRANK t-HJfA LF.-S MAI. that one tri-d. atxnrJin to tb very ea-.r f'Tiiif-d 'iTtu-orT. will .srciiat all injuop. It au'.i rt.t:iy Las wucdcrl'ul mer:t iuf siiAViig, loiict. Tha fi.Urj-Inj: arj the Directions ftir ITs. ao simple tiat cliiM can nniTrrNtinii 'i- -.. iHnt do a:iytlili:g no rldirulou as to boy the Soap co1m yon lutrnj u." S-$tOO piy.ilierlif furfi-i!dif U Injures the tlot!trs,ur tri't not do rv-ryihiwj f.'i.insi First, put t!i white clothes in a tub of waJer, cn'y rr.wlo warm eaoi:;h tjhfc nn;: r.J ': i'. t tl-.e lunJj. TLcn Uike one piece out at a time a the wai-Ii-boarl, rib I'.-.a S cp V over it, mil it up s.cl pet it back into the cane luh, an! so oa wiih cv, Ai j:.-ce n;-:;'. Z uavc the So.ip rutlcJ on them. Then go tway anil let tueia s-jat ct l-a.-t tvi-r.rv v. ir--. -. tri:iioat tiuehinc; tlierj, when the dirt will til be looscncJ, anil a Tery h'.i'e r.i" -tiie wai.ii-board, oat of that one sails, will niaie them perfectly c'tan. ti-in f arci-r a tara each pi-jca while washing so as to gut at the seams. Thea wash ti.-hi-'y en :i. " bcirl, t!:rrn,h a lutewana rinss-watcr (without any Soap,) to as to pet the d;r:y sr. i.-TU'-i: j-ut t!;r ou-.-h blae-vntcr, an l on the lice, vrlthout tcildinj or &w:7mj h s- AiV-r:ird pat flaawls wl puhrpl pieces to sak, and wash theai F:-t!y the It is Iuaf.f;ui.t cot Ui heat the wasU-watr io a tin, briii or copper ke;r.'.-. A u vY.'i her.t enan jU water fur a larjs vx-h with this Soap, J::st Think V?7tat You will Savs ly tUs Easy Way cf Vr'aihir.j! 2:o Wash-loilcr! No Steam! No Smell cf Suds thrcujhti:: :.:::.' It has ihs remarkable Property cf keeping the Disk-Clcth, Ya.k-r..;j r;.: Sponge alxaysr Sweet, and cf Washing Freely in II.:nl Wz'-.r. Get a Cafe end Try it for Yourself nsxi lvcsh-5:;. '.'o Points -whera tiild Soap la not yet Introduced a Trial Caii vri-'l te "' -. Ha:!, on receipt of Price, (10 Coctj), in Money or Slarnps. ADCHESS ALL LETTERS to cFFicE or : 1 CALLOWS ILL lOiuerset Herald 18 HAS THE LARGEST CIRCULATION IN THE COUNTY. e It will contain all the General Xcws of the U.iy, giving full accounts of the proceedings of Con-ross an.l o JState Legislature by its able corespondent?. As for tlie E"1' torial and Local departments they $p?ak for themtolvcs. THE JOB DEPARTMENT. We are prepared to fnrnUli able terms all kinds of PLAIN ID FANCY JOB WORK, .SOMERSET HERALD. . HPINTING HOUSE R0'. SOMERSET, PENS'- k.TJ;KI;i.,.l 1 a fo-r!fmiTifii .if I: '. M l, '1 ui l r .-. j.r. r wi-'c-n w.; ).v? I,,,!,. Hi- 4 f'irmrr stv way, Pill rl'' if -J' ill ..K. " J'' ii.ii.,,. ,.,i .. l ,,. ijiik ' - u- u;- '-n a 11 ! r.Wi r.v.i .s?r. r a.i :r. Ir alxp.-m tUh itr tU.n a J-.-t . AGENTS. DOES aff Put a man at ue w& !-' 1 I-.U.v be:K - , w:i:i fcer i-e t-'. r- tn i dwto i ih-iuj r rrt rr way i.l wliliiir. :t;i i FV.Kt-rm'-lnns. estnuji..y a- : in Uic:r h"C). In rp-.to ci ftryvnct. ' fit- U tlrna away :m Uie luxvl w.rw trie wmte r..cw wrnttr. cm and all hiv.ti'o'.d rm. arwt ti It Ti.-r,mp: rrr From Ma E K-rorswiU. ILuoaret":.:;. J. FrtAriK f-innAi.LS kiap iw tii my Luufc for tlie Iut wrvn mor.t,j.4. ari r i .-: . Irtlie print rl diriH-tiorw. r'.-nl ! :.i. turn? rLiini1! oil te rA,'jv-rf'. V.'.. i av n au:il(Hl or twill1.! a .;rti;'.' i.rTii--.'. c.l f.'. -: CTf: waiter and girrrlrr Uv n v.run uv-.j n ..'- Wii. My fcl!tnrif!, w ! r L b;i a -ay lj3Kini f-.r ira; t-jy ir.ra cutouK'm. rwn ?Ixact3I rr PrrjtTrn Lrrnr.T. ' I - ri fc?rclrt. Cwr.ier C trtr t. Vii..a:l;i. J. i ..- No Imr.tfrv rr farn:?r er.r. ftfT M ti w':"'. r.:A.NK Mi)lAI.MSiAP. V. - !.:;...; tiu. an-l oe nouiii' sn. ami iv.- a j-...-Bir.ti to no laundry i k..:..i l; l r Cloth-; theet:T.'r wnrlr w hv.-.- :-.-to turn out Imv.nic "TTrl i" t. ' -the lxt fiircisliu.-j slur.- :u PHILADELPHIA, F-3 8 11 nt ;hort natici" an I na r
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