c,f publication. niersct Herald, hi .rub. - reed. ill l .HoonCnocJ until all ll.w ' r,uti:cr negloctlng nut take out ;o!t tr-im one PosV.tT.ee to an- uai of the funner AiMrera . $t,isicrset IleraW, Somerset, Ta. ' '.'r (VliN !"Y AT-I. A W, 41 1 fc.fDJcrtel, l'( ".IroUNEYATLVW, rnsI.KY. " ATroKXtV-ATtAW, Simws.it, Fa. ;r i: rU'l'Ll. .ViM-KXtV-AT-LAW r- - SjmiTil, I'a. Arn'i;M:VATi.AA, S-nneriiel, 1'a. A;i..i;.i-:v-AT-l..vW, fvniiersct P. ,1,-ra-ie 1 W hi " U ''llJ- ,-i7Tl W. H. W1TKL. i-'';''';'tTii a- i:itpi:l. ' ' ".UIVKM.VS-ATX.ANV. ., --ni.-el to thrir caro wil1 1,8 i Iht'h-Sii allenileil ui. AWia k. Vtuss urect, opiwtte tbe -T- t a ir - ... . IVnl"H AKut, Soineret, "Cikx-hii Wait t i-NTI NE HAY. lITOSXtV AI LVW .. . In K ! E-1-.W. Suuiertet, Pa -.'u.i E liy will wuh -VO.KIMMEU . ATlOliStVATLAW, Somerset, Pi. ,... sM bnnlnet ent rutted la hit esire .tllltaC eiHITHlW null 1. 1. diti.v ..a Main Cross tuvat. . ;i;r:i:r t. y. L. C. CvI.H4 iKX. t;:M:N A- ('OLUORN. "' ATr'KtYS -AT LAW. er.'ro'wl t their eare will tw , ,.im-:ul!v!len lrl l. ..-ltluer'fU'luck. luiirs. H.nn, ATTl'KN tYATI.AW, ti.incrsct. Pa. Hr-.t!v i".cn l t " ta-inc entrU!ti.l - Maxui'iu Huil iii.it. ATTnKXEY-ATLAW, Somerset F.t : n! hc'.nf entratt to my ci.re at- l'dTTi:!:. 1, ATKiKNKY AT LAW, :i pn.iCTSi .iml crvire to tl. pBtillr. i,t,m utK'.'itot. and all oth?r l-irnl Kj".'Oi:edt.i Willi jiromiKneM and fiilehiy. .i:u. 11. L. BAKU. r.AER. AiroKN LYS AT LAW, Somerset, I'a,, !i in S .TnTWt an! aljo!nlin coontlea. eiitruMe.1 1 tLtm ill lwi.rv.ii.pU J ril.I.IAM H. KOONTZ. I AITCKXEY-ATLAW, : fiu- i.-"T.;.t at'entUm to hnflneM entraft r -art m s'- iurrxet and adjuloing ouuntlea. , xfnuuu li.iwe Kw. :. Si '(ITT. ATruKXKY-AT -LW, tiumeriict. Pa. All l.ulncJ enlrn ri'.h .roniii.neM acd a-:- i.. rr ;if. ATTuKX t Y-AT-I.AW, Sometvot. Pa. !iiiim .ih l!l.-k. up vulra. Entrane, r- i;iet. "lie-iin miwle, nate : u:m eiHBi!nel. ani all Icirnl I'Oflceift u.i:b j r'muuie and ndeluy. WW'Y. M. I TICKS. JVSTK'K ( IF TH E PEACE, Somerset, Pcnn'a. II. 9. KIMMF.LU M. KIMMELL k HON .'"rritifirpr.fewionalaervlivfto t!M cltl B irfrwt j.n'1 vtrlitltr, tnt" tlM mm nin can at alltlnir. unlw jirolffion "..irM. Iw t inl at their uUiee, on Main ti.e 1'iHinond. "jK. MIU.Ei: lias K-rma- : hcv l,t, in lierlln f.T the pnuttce- tit fc.puaite Charles KriSPln-.'-air.'iATu-tt h'!. ii. r.r.r 1 17 .:,'Jci-.nn! wr "r.AKEIMrxlcrs his ! wrviM t the eltlteni of Soia ivifioitT. ti.lioe In realJece oo Jl:n !;.;. .lit Iitatuoni. I A. 5. MII.T.F.U I' PHYSICIAN kSVEOEO, "'Mm! ir S.wih Btii1. In.'Uni, wb'jr t - tciu-u.ed l.j letter or uLherwisn. 9 UiuIXBILTA 1'tNTlST. ' il-ne Henry Hefllrj'f re, al Cruft s. S-,trrt, Pt iVni.T.T.VM (ViLLINS. I) LX f 1ST, SU51 EES ET, PA. 5-f !n V,TOiri.i'h Ulfx-k. abore IV.yd'i Vmt ire hf mn at all timet te f .onH prepar. : til lis.! M w.wk. eh at autmr. rnin - ntTiM-iir.it. kf Anihclal tettbofall ktu:. ...i th. f:n ma:eiil Intened. tjritloLt )N AGENCY. 1 jurist (,! tfc, ixice. tuneror and elaiio -:;! .; ilv e.lli-ct all B..untr and Pen f.itiin mirv.iej to ,im. fern.t wll.lna it;.rtn;ii, UI ail.trcM 1:1m at U.e alv -.):: eoc!.jii!jr duharg and iwMatre -.fcli wr Tt'l-'.v. AUCTIONEER Jl'l-. '-lSiifma ciyterviec on Real nr Per- l-ie. or rr;l,lrj to 1 dii.KM o at -'.iil ti,4 I will Biv. entire'tailtlacUoa. wtTf t.j .ron.jiUy attended to. , W. A. KOONTZ, ' :L CoDQaeoee, Pa. BROTHERS PAINTERS, S-MElt.ET, PeXX'a. 3,G0O ;::lloi!H JSt FERMENTED WINE, 'FOR SALE Kt 1 L "TT"1' A. J. Casotcr k Ctt. wAH GROVE FARM Berth fj . . -r - " iviluaL'j ii i lut cl lb. kibdt to - ELACKEERRY, CURRANT, -wtREERRY, WILD-CHERRY Fi&. Na.cD" WINE, r1 , a fciTi" q"nuty to nit pereKaOT. uer, lor medial and acra- aZ -" UTerara by Uoiw mi VOL. XXX. NO. I. JOS. HORNE & CO., 137, IlSft, 01 and 203 IYun Avt nnft, I'lTTWIJtTHOII. 1A.. yvT3sroxj3srcEs Tlial tli.'y r..)!tnicnl 1' liuve rcrcivt-il '.lie lawrt a- NEW SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS Tiuil lin y liiuv jm l:a.l iVi imji t.i t hi' iu!)!ii.-. f pleasure ofi.f- w.y vuiiAw-, ji "land ho brou-ht his dirtv list down II ymi ilu init ctiio (o Hum ily tn il l your sliftiiti; ymi im lmv yo'ir wantK satikfac turily Mi..!U...l ly pi-inline us ynur.ir.li rs liy mail. f have lirain '. !' imr lui-inos tliontulily ur'auizi'il, iu:.l all nrli-rs for citlii-r SAMPLES cr GOODS, am! Hiiy iin"iriiia;i.iu that it is H.ssihlp f..r our iii.K-t i-arvi'ul nn 1 ut.ip ilay tlioy rv y.mror.K'Pi tati.- as wliai vi.'.i want. that may bi? .li sirfil, us to pivp, will have j.nniij.t uvioiiiii.n the rwiivl. In Si-!iu:ng ixplicitiy i.s you ran ,7"-.i iiol Tail to n-a:l our rvpnlar ili-ni-i.;-i .i.lv-rtiM,iiii-ii!s, as t !n-y npivar frran ti:no to tiino in u1 1 of tl: l'itiljurr'h liuily and ri liioiis wi-tkly jibjats. RETAIL STOliES, 197, IS9, 20! and 203 Pcnn Ave., PITTSBURGH. PA. la t'.ie r.n l !ii,irkmwn at t lie NATJGLE HOUSE, BY ALBERT RECKE, f!T'T7' rssiiossaY, asrr At-TTBSB op FlNt and COMMON CANDlF-S.Cn ACKF.US, CAKES ANI KKEAP, UEAI SB IX GKOCKBILS, FIXE CWAKS,' SMOKING AND CHEWING TOUACCO, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC TKUITS, AC, fcC. Pi.rlle" and Pierla upiillcil wlBi Candiot, Cakes. Nu.s ami Orapct i,u cl.ort colics. All (!gu!i Frccli, and soli at A LOW FIG r RE. Call and tic for yourselves. I will np -n ont with a guudf. Mat li h. full line of the a)re Has conslantlv on hand at his distillery PURE RYE WHISKY For s:;'e bv the barrel or gallon, Fuitcd fur MEDICAL ABU MICMICAL PURPOSES. Orders addixf scd to IVrlin, I'a., will receive j.roinj't atter.tin. Jaa. A. Ai'dl ii.UK. Jxa H. '.TATStS rVI'MlLLAN & CO., rRACTIfAL PLUMBERS, STEAM AND GAS FITTERS, No t!2 Franklin Street, Johnstown, Pa. Sih-oIiI attentloD clven to House ltralnspo and Sewer Yentlialiou. ESTISATESIIADE AND WOEI D3S2 In I he mof t (horosgli mnncranJ truorantcI. NEW BANK -:o:- - j - 7 CHARLES J. HARRISON. Cashier and Mar.ager. CoUecUotit made ia all paru of t!j Called Ktatta Cbarjrei moderate. Batter and otber ebeeka col lected and eaabeJ. Eastern and WeaternezcbaiHr alwayi on hand. I'emUtaccei made wltfc protnit ncat. Accounts (ollclted. Partiet detlrUig to (.un-baM V. S. 4 PER CENT. FUNDED LOAN, can be accommo dated at Uili Rank. The ei.npoDt are prepaid deoomlnatlont of SO, l'O, 600 and l.Cfrl. jun. B'ran. la cck M. bi aa. Agents for Firs aiilisiiisiraiics, JOHN HICKS & SON, SOMF.KSKT. I'A., And Real Estate Brokers. ESTABLISHED 1650. Pirtoct who Retire to aril, t.oy or eaehanite .piirt, or rent will nnd )ttotnciraiantaee to reaVier the drrrliti lbere(l. at Bo chanre it made aiilif "!d or rrnted. Real et tale Uuinete ICi-iirraliy will be .r uij.llj attended to. auk is S. T. LI1 TLB & S OXS, AOS DAITIMORK BTOKET, Cly'MUEItlVND, Ma. WATCHES, CMISS, SOLID Stl.VlkWJBC, VtAMOSDS, AMERICAN CLOCKS, FRESCH CI QCKS, ilUtfi PLATED K'itt', JEWELUY, -r. HOLIDAY PSESEIiTS! Wkichet and Jewelry Repaired j Skilled Workmen asd returned Ujr ExpreN Free of Charge. No extra charge for Enjrrarlnjt. Oooda war ranted at retmeented. etU e ! THK S IX)UY or . liAIS. siur.u OL- V 11, hrat, what dy'er want ? ?pcak up quick." Tliis was adJruss ed'to si little girl by a red-faced, Mear-eyed, bloated looking man, who bent over a long, dirty bar in New York city, as the child" stood on tin-toes and reached up nn old brok- j en pitcher. rlea.se, ir, I want half a pint of whiskey, and I will pay for it to morrow, just as true a3 1 live," fIio replied. "(iit out, yt.r youn;j she cat, yur can't :et iio whiskey here oiiles ver I . .1. . i .1 . i i. t t..i I ..tn on the rickety old bar m hard, I thought it would demolish whole structure. that the 'Well. I must vav. then, for old mammy told me, if 1 didn't get the wluskv-v Ptie d lick me. Here, sir, is a silver dollar. Oh, dear me Aleck give it to nic afore he fell and got hurt, and 1 promised I'd r.cver let it go. Oh, sir, I'll pay you this af ternoon sure, for I sell papers, and then I'll have lots of change. I hope to die if I won't," and the little pale faced ;. :rl began to sob as the brute growled and swore great horrid oaths and called her bad names. "She cau,!it hold of me tried to tear me from a red cord which had been run through the hole in my upper edijc," and a flood of hot tears burst lorth anew. "Stop ycr sniveling, yer young whelp, and give us the dollar, if yer wants the whiskey, for I can't be foolin' all day for a ten cent trade," and as he reached over to grab me from the child's hand a kind look ing stranger stepped quickly up and caught the little one by the arm and pulled her back from the brute's reach. "Sec here, my little gal, tell nie all about it. I remember your face, you sell our paper on the street. Come over in this corner and tell me all about your case."' The child looked up into the kind face, and a glance assured her that she could trust the gentleman, for such he was. Old lliley did not interfere, either, for he well knew that it would not be safe for him to do so, for he knew that the gentleman was attached to a daily paper, and that his visits to the low bucket shop were only pro fessional, and so the little girl was led away to a corner where she was placed on a chair by the kind man, who said : "Now, little girl, where -do yoa live, and who i mammy, and also who is Aleck ? Tell me and don't be afraid, for I will do you no harm." The child thus reassured said : "Please sir, mammy is a woman who takes care of Aleck and me, and we gives her all the money we makes Ecllla' papers, which is lots. She lives up three pair of stairs on the next street, and heats U3 when we don't get lots of money when we frees out. Hat, sir, l lorgct, poor Aleck is real sick. Oh, lie is so good. Hut he will die will die! and then what will become of me? Oh, dear, deary me !" and the poor little girl sobbed and cried as if her cup of woe was full. A lew word of comfort from her new friend and she stopped crying and continued: "Me and Aleck al'ays sold papers on the enucks, and when he sold mor'n me, he gave me enough to make up my profits to his'n, and when 1 sold the most I give him enough to eaten up to me, so om mammv wouldn't beat cither of us for not doin' as well as 'tothcr. lint she gets awful drunk, and when old Tim, her husband, comes home, he and mammy always has a big drunk, an' then Aleck and me has to get it Last Wednesday, as Aleck was go ing across the "Bowery, he slipped on a stone and fell and hurt his back, and he has been laid up ever since. The police sent a doctor once, and the doctor said Aleck wouldn't neyer get well as he had injured his spine. Oh, dear mel what shall I do if he dies ?" and the child again stopped and cried. The reporter again soothed her and she resumed: "But, sir, I must go right back. Aleck has not had much care except what I have given him. Mammy savs she's going to send him to the hospital, as she can't have no broken-backed j-oung one3 around her. I work hard and sell extra papers and run errands and manage to hide an orange or some other fruit, or a few crackers which I feeds Aleck when mammy is asleep or away. This dollar Aleck took a month ago. He got this red cord and I put it on my neck and wear it except when I go" in the house nights, when I hide in a dark hole where old mammy can't get it But sir, I must go right back. Old mammy told me if 1 didn't hurry backshe would lick me. Oh, 1 must break this dollar which I was keeping to buy medi cine for Aleck, and then I will never see it again, and Aleck must go without medicine. "Don't cry, child," said the god man. "Here is a dime get your pitcher filled with poison and I will go with you, for I want to see Aleck. He is one of our news boy?, and maybe I can help you both. Oct vnnr r.itchcr at once " and he hand- 1 br-r n dime, when she hurried fntb bar. passed up the money nnd old Kilev handed down the broken pitcher with a half pint of thqt rot?ut whicn nas maae ine ciiimo nf New York such a hell of wop nnd miserr. The two then left the place and passed into the street The neighborhood was a filthy one. Old and hard used buildings enrrnnndod the street Hardened looking faces, of both males and fe males lined the walks or looked out of doors and windows. ' Cliildren fl,f(.-d nboutinthe neighborhood who bore hard lines on their pinch ed faces, and the stenches that greeted the olfactory organs were not at all pleasant Tb Kuch noises that sped forth upon the stifled air; such horrid tia ,r nltfoene remarks would i.ox- fWhfpned a weak hearted per son and made him turn back, but the reporter, educated to face the dangers of all earthly hells, clothed in his armor of duty, is obliged to Somerset enter into dens of danger, else how could the reading public be inform ed of what is daily going on under the noses of millions of charitable people. No missionary enters the wilds of heathenism beset with greater dangers, than the metropoli tan newspaper reiorter ; no scaven ger enters worse holes of filth -t!ian he, arid no physician runs greater risks of infectious diseases than that man who, for a small salary, enters the profession a3 a gatherer of news and occurring events. Beside the statue, in printing house square, of the greatest of journalists, as a com panion piece, in honor of one of the greatest public servants, the report er. As the reporter, with the little girl at his side, pressed on, he was the subject of remark from the people whom he passed. 1 he locality was one ot the worst m the great me tropolis. All nations furnished their quota of human dregs to give the 6treet its inhabitants. The brogue of the Irishman, the broad teutonic dialect of the German, the - 'way down in olo Virginy" of the Ethiopian, lcs, even the pigeon English of the almond-eyed China man, as well as the swarthy Italian, were all represented m that locality Out of the street into a narrow alley the reporter was led by the little girl. Through a long hall, lined on each side with doors. A peep into each room as we passed showed the worst and lowest class of humanity. The stench in the long hall was overpowering, and the reporter lighted a cigar and pulled great clouds of smoke all about his head to fumigate the air that he breathed. Up a flight of rickety stairs, that creaked and dismally groaned, a3 if, like the inhabitants of the building, thev were incensed to see a man en ter their domain, who seemed to be just from a place where cleanliness and comfort were twin sisters. Then another flight of stairs and the little girl stopped and said : "Wait a moment sir I'll see if old mammy is swearing at me yes, she says, 'she'll kill me when I get along.' Ah, sir, she wouldn't be uearcd to uo it bhe s like a wild beast when she gets mad. What shall I do, for I'm afeared to go in." "I'll go with you and she will not dare to hurt vou, and the little gi. l pushed the door wide open and ntered the presence of the she tiger. Then such a volcano of oths that came Irom the crater ot the old hag's form. It was worse than anj- thiug the reporter had heard 6ince entering the locality. The woman did not know that the little girl was accompanied, and she jumped like a wild-cat to grab the child, while the latter, like a frightened deer, flew to the arms of her good friend and the hag stopped suddenly dumfounded. She wa3 evidently impressed with the strangere pro tection of the child, for she immedi ately dropped her uplifted claw, the maddening look on her counte nance left, and the harsh voice quick ly changed as- she said : 1 ardon, mister, them ere chil ens is so trvin' to their mothers and natral protecters. Here, Nettie tear, git the gen leman a chair, and the child flew quickly to obey the order. The reporter "then said : "Madam, I am interested in this little girl. She says her brother is sick and I want to see him. Maybe I can help him." l ou Yin him ! I oor Aleck he s a darlin' he was allers my mainstay. bt 11 a poor lone oman the like ot me do without him ? Yes, there he is Nettie'll show yer. . 'Scuse my feelinx, I loves the deer chil'en so, that I can't help but cry all the time," and as the reporter moved toward the bed, great hoarse sobs came from the woman, as she squat ted on the floor and buried her face in the dirty skirts ot the filthy calico gown which she woie. i he room was a place where the filth reigned supreme. There was no furniture in it excent a broken rocking chair, a three-legged stool and a broken down coal sto ve that stool on bricks. There were sever al boxes and barrels about the apartment, and in two corners were piles of rags, which were an the beds the occupants had. On one of the piles was Aleck. As he saw hia sister he said : "Oh, Nellie, I'm so glad you have come. LacK acnes so hard, i try to keep back the tears, but they come and l can t Btop cm. i he bed hurt3 my side so, but I don't want to complain, but but I I can't help it." "Here is a gentleman come to see vou. fee, AiecK, he is a good man. Cheer up my boy, for Nettie'll stxy with you now lor an hour. Oh, sir, he suffers so much, the poor dear boy, but he never complains if he can help it" The reporter looked at the two children. They bore the imprint of kinship on their features. The little boy was ten and the girl eight years of cge, thev said. Their eyes were bright, and as their brown hair fell regularly over their foreheads, pale and wan face3 below showed trouble and privations such as so manv children have to endure m the great city of the new world. He asked them to tell who their parents were, for he knew the old hag with her coarse and beastly characteristics, was no relation to them, but Nettie whispered and said : Tjli-h ! alammy would kill me if I should wait till she goes out," for the woman had stopped her moanwes and seemed to be prepar inir to leave the room, in lact she stepped up and said : " -Scuse me, sir, I must go a.id git Aleck some doctor stun", and Nettie'll see ter yer. By-by chilen, ver old Mammy'll come back pooty soon to her darlins," cad she grunt ed and wobbled from the apartment. "Now, Nettie, tell me who vour Earenta were, and I will see if f can elp you." he said. "Oh, sir, it is like a dream. I can just remember living in a nice pleasant house. There was a pretty carpet on the floor the beds were white and clean. The china and silver on the table 6honc bright as the sun. The curtains on the winders shone white and nice. Aleck and me had lots o' playthings, and our ma was jess like an angel. ESTABLISHED, 1827. SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY, Oh, sir, as I shut my eyes o' nights and see the sweet the sweet angel, our mother, stoop over our pillow and say a prayer, it seems as if I was peepin' with both eyes into heaven.- Papa was a handsome, good man, but I remember when he would be brought home by some men, and then I wondered why m.tuima kneeled down and prayed so h..rd to God to help her keep papa from that bad wicked drink. Well, sir, it was but a little while after wards when we moved into a cheap er house, then we moved again pooty soon into a poorer house, and at hist Papa lost his place, and then we moved into a house just on the street over there. Poor mamma be gan to grow sick and she cried and cried and cried lots, and one day t.vo policemen brought papa into the house. Oh, sir, it was awful, tor he was all covered with blood, ;u.d whon mamma saw him she just tumbled over on the floor and 1 thought she was dead. Don't cry, Alex, darling, that's a good boy. Nettie must tell the kind gentleman, although it almost breaks my heart to do it Don't cry cheer up and be a man. Excuse Aleck, sir, the poor boy is so weak like, and he's sick. Well, papa laid like one dead all that day, and next morning, when Akck and me got up mamma was come to again but but 'scuse me, sir oh, 1 can't keep back the great big tears but papa lay in the front room with a white sheet over him, and mamma said he was dead oh, dear ! deary ? deary me !! and the two children 6obbed togeth er, while the reporter wiped a tear from his own eye. The kind man soothed them both, and promised them that he would see that they should be moved away from the dreadful place, and then Nettie resumed her story : x ou see, sir, the next day a big u.uck wagon came and several fi n ads of papa's put the coflin into it, and we were put in a carriage, which the mends hired and then papa was taken to the grave-yard. Will, it was awful awful and when we got back to our house poor mamma cried and cried, but I re member she used to eay 4Oh, if lather and mother only knew, but no, they turned mo away because I weald live with George,' which was papa's name. "What was his other name, Net- tu . asked the kind friend. "Oh, it was Simon's, George Simons. Did you know him, sir?" Uerrge biiiiom! les, I knew him, Nettie, and. I 'also knew his wile ; and you are their children ? Well, it is lucky that I found you both cheer un little ones, this very day you shall both leave this hole of lilth. But your mother what be came of her?" - -' "Oh, sir, I can't tell it It is like a j reat naughty dream 1 wake up an 1 cry lots o' times in the night w'. cn I think of it She was oblig ee to move out ot her other house aii i we all come to a great nasty r,o:.i next Idoor in the hall, and m a r weeks Aleck and I stood be sit. -j her death bed, for she did not live long. Old Mammy then took us and when me and Aleck saw oar dear, sweet mamma lowered away down in the cold ground wc both cried as if we had everything we had. Oh, dear, deary, deary me! Oh dear ! oh dear !" and the child could restrain her pent up grief no longer, and while she sobbed, little Aleck joined too, and the room was filled with such tones as only burst out from hearts surcharged with woe, bitter and galling. ell, sir, 6aid Nettie, after a few moments, we have sold papers and kept close to each other. Old Mammy ha3 given us what we had to eat; and when me and Aleck have kneeled down and said our prayers, we have prayed to mamma to ask God to take us to her. Now, Aleck is awful sick, and sir do vou think he will die? Look at him! Look at him ! See how poor he is growing, un, I cannot live without him." S'ow, 'children you must trust me, and we will soon nnd out what can be done for Aleck. This very day you both shall be taken from thi? filthy place. Then we will have Aleck examined and cured up if possible. Old .Mammy, as you call her, will be here soon, and you must both say that a inend of your father and mother has come for you. Drv up your tears, both ot you. Those little eyes are going where thej' will see sunshine hereafter. Take your last look at the old place, for the children of George Simons will never suffer again as they have. The old woman will be here soon, for I think I can hear her voice, and no.vbothof vou must remember t!. it you are going away. No, no, t'. it will not do. Get up, Nettie, l must not fall down at mv feet t..at way ; wipe away yoa tears, and cheer up your poor sick brother. Ah, here comes the woman." The old hag entered the room and it required only a few words to tell her of the programme. She at first persisted in saying that the child ren were her own, but the reporter was firm and decided, and a few words, threatening her with the stern arm of the law, and she soon consented to part with the two little waifs peaceably. I will not dwell upon the preliminary movements of the change that louowed, but as 1 remained about Nettie's neck, with Iter I was removed to the reporter's home the next day. The children were washed and were given clean clothes in place of the dirty and nlthy rags, which they had on. Aleck was placed in a neat, clean bed, and I was gratified f hear the doctor say that with j r. tper care the boy would soon re cover. Several gentlemen called to i-.athe children, and from words u iered by them I learned that the l.i nd gentleman," whose name for i rtain reasons I will not give, had mentioned the findine of the child ren of George Simons. They , all ri rabered him as filial disposition a fellow whose and sparkling characteristics, likemany another in Bohemia, had led him into society where men with appetite for drink are sure to be wrecked. He was, nevertheless, a great favorite, and it was not long before a sum of money 1 ' JUNE 8, 1SSI. was raised to provide for the child ren's immediate necessities. But the good and kind friend who had rescued them, soon wrote to the children's wealthy and influential relatives who lived within three hours' ride from the metropolis. It was not long before kinship asserted itself, and when little Aleck had nearly recovered, and Nettie had just begun to gather the bloom upon her cheeks, an atiectmg parting took place between the reporter and the children, and the two buds rescued from the . slums of the great city, soon had a home with their moth er's parents. As both were sitting at the feet of their grand parents a few weeks afterward Aleck said : "Oh, Nettie, isn't this lieaven ? Do you think we shall ever have to go to that bad place that Grandma has just been reading about?" "I don't know I hope not, Aleck," she replied, "but if we do, I hope they won't have such a cruel and wicked person to take care of us as old Mammy was." Tho little girl kept mo close to her all the time. I was hanging about her neck attiched to a little blue ribbon, and I expected to always re main her companion, but I was doomed to disappointment A week later the two children were sitting on the front piazza of the house, when two little waifs, a bov and a girl of about their own ages, came up to them. "Please give us suthin to buy bread for sick mamma," said the oldest, the lad. Two little hearts that had drain ed the same bitter cap to the dregs were touched. Two little respon sive sighs leaped forth to meet sighs that seemed to gush out from the little ragged and woe-begone pair who stood at tho foot of the steps. "Oh, Aleck, what shall we do! Grandma has gone out and I hain't eot no money. See their little faces. Poor dears," and Nettie turned to Aleck. "Let's see if we can't get seme thing for 'em, Nettie but no. I haven't got any money at all, but we mu3t help them for we know what it is to have a poor sick mamma. Nettie, that dollar about your neck! Oh, I 6ee you feel bad, dear sister, but see how we have been rescued. Never mind it. We can now pet along without it, and if it saves the mother of these two little ones, I shall bles9 myself and you because I saved it." "Yes, Aleck, you are right, as dear as I love the old piece it shall go to these two children, for no one knows how to pity them more than me and you, Aleck. Good-bye, old dollar there, let me kiss you again. Sec, Aleck, it has been our companion so long kiss it brother dear. Thcr-2. children, go and buy vour dear sick mother bread, and God bless you and her too." Tho children took me, and as they were going out of the yard they held me up and tears ran down their cheeks, while thanks, hearty and touching went forth to greet the hearts of Aleck and Nettie. White hall Timet. Fat "Wivca. The people in portions of Africa have many curious customs and su perstitions, and among the former may be mentioned the custom of having fat wives. Being introduc ed to a great chief s wife Speke thus describes her : I was struck with the extraordi nary dimensions 3ret pleasing beau ty of the fat fair one. She could not rise, and so large were her an3 tkat the flesh between the joints hung down like large, loose, stuffed pud dings. The chief, pointing to his wife, said : "This is the product of our milk pots ; from early youth upward we keep these pots to their mouths, as it is the fashion at court to have very hit wives." A sister-in-law ot the kinr was a perfect wonder of hypertrophy. She was unable to stand except on all fours. Spckc unblusingly requested permission to measure lier. This is the result : Round the arm, twenty-three inches ; chest, fifty-two inches ; calf, twentv inches ; height, five feet eight inches. All of these are exact excent the height, and I believe I could have obtained this more acurately if I could have laid her on the "floor. Not knowing what difficulties I should have to contend with in such a peice of engineering, I tried to get her height bv raising her up. This, after infinite exer tions on the part of us both, was ac complished, when she sank down again fainting, for the blood had rushed into her head. Meanwhile, the daughter had sat before us suck ing at a milk pot, on which the fath er kept her at work by holding the rod in his hand ; for,"a3 fattening is the first duty of fashionable female life, it must be duly enforced by the rod, if necessary. llenew Vour Leane. There are times in every one's life when energy fails and a misera ble feeling comes over them, often mistaken for laziness. Danger lurks in these symptoms, as they srise from impure blood or diseased or gans. Medical advice is expensive and often unsatisfactory. Parker's Ginger Tonic will renew your lease of health and comfort because it re stores perfect activity to the Stom ach, Liver and Kidneys, and puri fies the blood, as men and women restored to robust health testify in almost every neighborhood. See adv. Advocate. Disaatroma Explosion. Bradford, Pa., May 24. A well on the David Emery lease, Toad Hollow, was torpedoed last evening and responded by a vigorous gush ofgasandoil. The oil fell in a dense spray and took fire at the boiler. In a twinkling the rig and derrick were wrapped in flames. S. Ii. Hatten, contractor, Tatrick O'lla ra and A. J. W. St John were stand ing on the derrick floor at the time and were terribly burned before they could escape. O'Hara, it is believed has sustained fatal injuries. erald Comeulore Stockton's Duel. In an Indecndcnt article giving some reminiscences of Commodore Stockton, of the American navy, Josiah Qumcy says : 1 now come to tho most marvelous dueling adven ture in which Stockton was engaged ; and this I shall give as I heard the story told by its hero one day after dinner and in the presence of sever al gentlemen who were lingering about the table. The scene was at Gibraltar, and there had been a previous duel be tween Stockton and a British officer attached to tho station, who, howev er, was not the officer from whom the affront to be avenged had really come. There had been charges and counter charges, negotiations and criminations, till finally the American officer in command, put a stop to proceedings by an order that none of his subordinates should go ashoro while the ship remained in that port. The lull was only tempo rary. After a short cruize the Erie retured to Gibraltar, and this time the real offender was forced by the public opinion of hi3 fellows to give the Yankee lieutenant the meeting he had demanded. A guaranty was required by Stockton that the British authorities of the town should not be informed of the duel, with a view to ordering his arrest ; and a pledge was given that there should be no interference. "Under these circumstance," said Stockton, ''I went ashore without distrust. 1 he flag had been grossly insulted by a British officer, who was now backed up by comrades. I wa3 the only unmarried officer on board the Eric, and my duty was, of course, clear. The governor of the fortress during our previous visit had an nounced that ho would hang any Yankee who came ashore for the purpose of fighting ; and, although it was not probable that he would have dared to carry out the threat, he would have been ugly enough had he caught me. It was arranged between our seconds that upon landing, we should be conducted to a retired place where the duel might come off without interference. Brit ish honor was pledged to this, and belicveing it still to be worth some thing, I was rowed ashore, accom panied bv my second and ship's d-ctor." ' The graphic, descrption of what followed must be given in a feeble outline. The Americans were con ducted to a spot near the top of the rock, where they met the opposing party. It then appeared that no immediate fighting was contempla ted, for the Englishmen began to enter upon a discussion, and to raise frivolous objections to the rec ognized code of dueling. Stockton, seeing that all this tended to delay, and suspecting treachery, suddenly declared that he would waTe all rights, and fight at once upon what ever terms his .opponent chose to exact After such a declaration no retreat was possible. The ground was measured, shots were exchang ed, and the British officer fell wound ed. Stockton advanced to inquire into the nature -of the injury, and then the wretched man was shamed into a confession that treachery had been practiced, and that in stant flight was necessary if his op ponent would avoid arrest Upon this the Lieutenant started for his boat, running at full speed. His way lay through a passage cut out of the rock, which gave access to the beach below. Upon turning a corn er, when about half way down, he was confronted by a file of soldiers drawn up to oppose hi3 passage. The officer in command was a pus sy little fellow, who seemed to en joy hugely the discomfiture of his supposed captive. 1 here stood this merry gentleman upon a parapet which guarded the road, and which was raised a lew leet above it llis squad was ranged in a line with him, completely cutting off the pas sage. There was not a moment for delay ; the situation was desperate ; it could be met only by a resolve as desperate. The officer was off his guard and was chuckling with de light Now was the instant for a dash. Now stiffen the sinews, sum mon up the blood, and there was yet a chance for liberty. Instead of making the surrender which was expected, Stockton sprang at thi3 cheerful ollicer. He grappled with him ; he got his head under his arm; he jumped with him from the parapet, and in a moment the two men clasped together were rolling over and down the side of the rock. Presently the parties separated, the Englishman rolling one way and the American another. At length Stockton managed to stop his peril ous descent and dropped a number of feet to the beach below. Covered with blood and dirt, with his clothes nearly stripped from him. he ac costed a gentleman who was taking his morning ride upon the beach, and begged the instant loan of his horse. This request the rider nat urally declined. Whereupon he was seized by the leg and pulled from the saddle. His assailant in stantly mounted the horse and putt ing him to his speed made for the boat He looked up for a moment and saw the soldiers running about in a distracted manner, most of them tearing down the road to cut him off. Stockton, however, reach ed the boat, gave the order to pull for the frigate and then fainted. He did not recover consciousness until he found himself in his berth on board the Erie. l'rcjadice Kill. "Eleven years our daughter suffer ed on a bed of misery under the care of several of the best (and most of the worst) physicians, who gave her disease various names but no relief, and now she is restored to us in good health by as simple a reme dy as Hop Bitters, that we had poohed at two years, before using it We earnestly hope and pray that no one else will let their sick suffer as we did on account of predjudice against so good a medicine as Hop Bitters." The Parent Teleyram. A joke and a boil are much alike in one respect. We all think they are very funny things when they are on somebody else.' LL1H3L1H WHOLE NO. 1561. The Use and Abuse of Fuiu What should we be without this gift to brighten our existence on our earthly pihrrimage ? A love of fun is most often found accompan ied by a cheerful and lively disposi tion. We can imagine no drearier state than that of an individual who, during the whole of his life time, can obtain no fun or pleasure, in the slightest degree, in his daily intercourse with Lis fellow crea tures. But it is a well-known fact that even of the best of things one ean have too much. Even fun has limit, and a more wearisome thing can scarcely be imagined than an individual who, at the mos t inappropriate times, can not refrain from turning the most com monplace of conversation into fun and ridicule. This is certainly a great failing; but of course there is a graver apect under which it can be regarded, namely, the love of ill-natured fun. A laugh raised at the expense of a well-meaning person is highly injudicious, and in many cases rarely forgotten. The turning into ridicule of another person's words and ideas is a most uncharit able and hurtful habit, which when long forgotten by the speaker, ran kles in the mind of the victim. There is nothing more disagreeable to very sensitive natures than the fear of being made fun of and turn ed into ridicule, and the very slight est inclination toward this unchris tianlike habit will cause the victim of it such pain and shrinking that a less sensitive mind would scarcely deem possible. We should be espe cially careful of these sensitive ones, especially as one can never tell the harm a careless world levelled in mere jest may do. It rankles in the mind of the sensitive one, and gives a pernicious precedent to the hear ers of it After all, this is a failing which happily is not general, and brings iU own punishment; for those few who find real pleasure in giving pain to others by ill-natured and personal fun are rarely well spoken of, even by those who pro fess to see no harm in it. A sarcas tic person may have many admirers, but no real friends, as, directly per sonal intercourse with them ceases, and when one's back is turned, then one trembles for one's own character. But this is a spiteful and uncharita ble fun, only resorted to by those who, disgusted with and weary of the world, can find o. isolation in the endeavor to convert others to their opinion. There is one more abuse i f fun which is necessary only jctto iouch upon, and which, while :ae love of pure and holy things exists, can J never become a habit 1 mean the danger that one has to guard against of speaking in fun of sacred and holy things, r in anv way bringing them into ridicule. It may be that, to a real witty person, the inclina tion to this irreverent practice has to be more carefully guarded against than to those whose sense of wit is less keen. If a witty speech or joke is on your hps which would turn into the slighest fun or ridicule things only to be spoken or thought of with reverence, let the words re main unspoken, let the witty sen tence be waisted, rather than be ut tered to fall, on some untutored and waived ng mind, and prove a stum bling block in that mind for years and vears after the words were ut tered and forgotten. So much for the abuse of this gift. But, on the whole, much more may be said for than ajrainst it : for though it may prove a stumbling block and "occasion of fallinz" to some few, it is an unde niable blessing to those who, with a constant and ever ready source of cheerfullness and fun, can make lighter daily trials and difficulties, and even afford to help a less hope ful brother or sister on their earthly journey. Keep it t Veorocir. You have trouble, your feelings are injured, your husband is unkind, your wife frets, your home is not pleasant, your friends do not treat you fairly, all things in general move unpleasantly. Well, what of it? Keep it to yourself. A smouldering fire can be found and cxtinguised ; but, when coals are scattered, you can t pick them up. Lurry your sorrow. The place for sad and dis gusting thinirs is under the ground. A cut linger is not benefited by pull ing off the plaster and exposing it to somebody's eye. Charity cover eth a multitude of sins. Things thus covered are cured without a scar ; but once published and con fided to meddling friends, there is no end to the trouble they may cause. Keep it to yourself. I rou bles are transient ; and when a sor row is healed and passed, what a comfort it is to say, uNo one ever knew till it was over I An Indian Bnrjring liroanil. Several new discoveries of Indian relics have been lately made on the farm of David Sharadm, near Kutz town Pa . There is an Indian bury ing ground there which is believed to contain the bones of many sons of the forest A few years ago a number of graves were opened and utensils which had been placed therein were obtained. A coffee ket tle and gun found at that time are now in the possession of Dr. Wan ner, while the collection of Indian curiosities owned by Eugene Shari dan, of Kutztown, was greatly en riched trom the same locality. The fact of there being an Indian bury inz irround In the vicinity creates great interest among the residents of Kutztown. and the scene is irequent- ly visited by jersons in quest of relics. Death of "Commodore" Xatt. New York, May 25. "Commo dore" George Washington Morrison Nutt died early this morning at the Anthony House. He had been con fined to'his room for eight weeks, sick with Bright'a disease. Commo dore Nutt was 37 years of age, and 3 feet 7 inches in height He was born in Manchester, N. II. His re mains will be taken to Manchester for interment The deceased was mar ried about three years, and hia wife survives him. ITow the Coon Presided. Once uHn a time there was a gen eral assemblage of fowls and an i mals, called together to discuss th question of reform. The Tiger shed, tears over the wickedness of the Babbits, the Hyena wept at the ra pacity of the" Vultures, and the Wild Cat pressed his paws to his aching heart and sighed over the villainies peapetrated by the Rats and Mice. A venerable old Coon was made chairman of the meeting, and after clearing hi throat be gan : "My friends, there is great need of reform. We are drifting down to perdition at race horse speed. Speak, brothers, speak, and let us have a full and frank expression." "I am for reform," said the Tiger, as he rose up. "I see the Coons out every night, stealing corn and rais ing old Ned generally, and I hope they may be brought to see the error of their "ways." "Reform is my watchword," be gan the buffalo as he secured the floor, "and I hope the Tigers will commence the good work in their midst . The Tiger who just address ed you has the blood of my slain calf still on his lips." "It is my opinion," hgan the vet eran old Hyena, "that reform is most needed among tho Vultures. They have become so bold that I hardly stand a show nowadays to find a carcass for myself." "And since men have taken to carrying guns and sword3,I hesitate to attack them," said the Wolf. "I move you, Mr. Chairman, that it i the sense of this meeting that men no longer go armed." "Here what I have to say," plead ed the Wild Cat "I move that the Panther be censured for eating flesh." "And my friend the Cow should be forced to let gris alone." observ ed the Elephant. "In order to get the sense of the meeting I move that we no longer eat flesh," observed the Deer. "I move to amend by substituting the word 'grass,' " promptly re sponded a Wolf. Amendments and resolution.3 were coming in like the Pacific Express, when the old Coon in the chair call ed for order and said : "My friends, let us begin our re, form by routing out the serpents." "No ! no !" protested the Fox. "I lease my cave to a famliy of Serpents at excellent cash. Lets drive the Worms out ot the conn try." "But we feed on Worms," chirp ed a hundred birds. "Drive them out and we'd starve." Thus they continued, each one anxious to preserve whatever was good for himself, and sacrifice what ever was good for his neigbor, until the Coon cut the discussion short by saying : , "Order ! Order ! Now, then, any bird or fowl who is willing to begin thi3 reform campaign by sacrificing personal gains, please stand up." Everything continued to sit "Well, then, any one willing to begin the reform at home and un der hia own hat please stand up." No one stood up. "I think we have bitten off more than we can chew," said the Coon, a3 he laid down hi3 gavel. "This i3 a very wicked world, and there is a great need of reform, but when Ti gers set out to reform Hyenas, and Wild Cats find fault with the doings of Wolves, it is time to dismiss the meeting." Moral. Charity may begia next door, but reform should commence at home. Rest and Repair. It may be safely assumed that those have been mistaken who sup posed that physiological rest consist ed in inaction and that repairs go on during quiescence. Nutrition and therefore repair is the con comitant of exercise. Appetite i3 one thing and the power of digest ing food another. A man may feel ravenous, and consume large quan tities of material containing the ele ments of nutriment, but be unable to appropriate the supply furnished, or, in other words, to nourish him self. It is so with rest Mere inac tion may be secured without rest, and idleness without the restoration of energy. The faculty of recover ing and recuperation after exercise i3 in direct proportion to the vitali ty of the organ rested. The faculty is not to be called " into action by inactivity! It follows that relief and recovery from the effects of what is improperly called "over work" cannot be obtained by simp- ly'g 'going away for change' or by in- dulgence in idlenes3. A new torm is necessary, and the mode of action chosen must be one that supplies moderate exercise to the very part of the system which i.s required to rest and restore." Health-seekers often err in trying to recover their powera by simple diversion of energy. It is a popu lar error to suppose that when the brain is over-worked the muscular system should be exercisjd by way of counteraction. The part itself must be worked so as to stimulate the faculty of nutrition ; but it should be set to fresh work, which will in cite the same powers to act in a new direction. Sleep lor Children. If you would preserve your chil dren from wasting disease, do not stint them in their sleep ; chlorotic girls, especially "and weakly babes need all the rest they can get If they are drowsy in the morning let them sleep ; it will do them more good than 6tirnulants and tonic syr ups. For school children in their teens, eight hours of quiet sleep is generally enough, but do not re strict them to fixed hours ; in mid summer there should be a siesta corner in every house, a lounge or an old mattress in the coolest nook of the hall, or a hammock in tho shade of the porch, where the little ones can pass the sleep-inviting af ternoons. Nor is it necessary to jend them to bed at the very time when all nature awakens from the torpid influence of the day star ; sleep in the atmosphere of the sti lling bed-room would bring no rest and no pleasant dreams. But an hour after sunset there will be a change ; the night wind rises and the fainting land revives : cool air is a febrifuge and nature a remedy for the dyspeptic influences of a sultry day. Open every window, and let your children share the lux ury of the last evening hour ; after breathing the fresh night air for a while they will rest in peace. There is one nuisance that the Czar is free from at any rate. life insurance agents don't jostle each other to get fnto the winter palace to present the advantages offered by their respective companies.
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