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ALBERT RECKE,
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i'f tha al'ora
-CENTRAL HOTELS
MVIIS" STIIKKT,
'JOMERSET, PENN'A.,
';ifiiol f.r l-.'ri-i o.i
Jan uary lotlt, 1SS1.
! T:.i Ii'.;i-i- '- f'trn!b.-.l in t".r;.-!-!.-i-.-s. in.l-
j '-rn nvie. wish the ni'Mb-ni eunveuii-in'i's of
II. a:i r-, ii.it anil t'"hl V;i::-r It.iths. lare
l.'. e iln-: iir!vi--c au.'. 'liauibers, ami
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T!.- Ta!.!e a:;.l JJar will be as tOi AS
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F.'S. KLEINDIENST.
j IT.-is vr. ! ..illy on ljanJ at Lis
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;r"-iPURE RYE WHISKY
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the I. ami or gallon,
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PURPOSES.
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3 AX. A. Ll'MiLI-AK.
Jso. H. Watees
M'MILLAN & CO.,
PRACTICAL
PLUMBERS,
STEAK AND GAS FITTERS,
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LoTI j'ATES MADE AM W95XE3SE
in ti.e ui' f! ti:.ir;.rti Dinnni raiiit (ru-ir.ir.tecil.
BANK.
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Somerset County Bank,
CHARLES J. HARRISON,
Cai-hler ami ilai:ajer.
Culke'.kr." a::iite is all jart ui tit I'nltcJ SUttg.
Ci.rse atoisratc. It&'.tcrar.do'.aeT check! eol
IweJ an i ca fhcJ. Eastern nJ Wcftcrnexehange
lrny 9 on tuni. llciuiiiar.oes ma.lo with prMr.j.
aor. A icst fjlteltfl.
rr.rttci ilc-trlng to pan-has V. S. 4 I'EB
CfcNr, II.'Dr.Ii LOAN, c:in aceotnmo
dli! at i.lt UacS. The coujioiii arct rciaM In
Jeno-5ir.s Hons ot 60, 10, oOO an l l.WO.
S. T. LJ1TLB& SOXS,
lOP llAT'TIMOHK STUKKT,
CrMDEItUNl), MJ.
. WATCHES. CUAH.S,
SOLID SILVERWARE, I'UMOKDS,
A VESICAS CLOCLS. FRESCII CI OCkS,
S1L VVR PLATED tl ABE,
JEK'ELP.Y, i'c.
KCUDAY PHESE5TS!
V.'iie!;cf and Jewelry
I.epsirfrJ by Sl;lllod Wortoiflii and
tcfrrel by Erfrca I'rca pf t.liarife. No cx'rs
cl;ari;e tr Enravlnic. Uuti war.
ranttd at rrj,rwntn1.
Jo. n': K.
LA K-ri K. H1CEB.
Apis & FIro ani Li Insurance,
JOHN HICKS & SON,
SOMKHSET. T.V.
And Real Estato Brokers.
t'.STAl.iMSIlKD 1850.
I'crxT-i i in:rp!re to mil. tny or rxi-hauite
pr' iH r'.v, or riTit ill liml It to t ielr advantage
to r"-rl:er tlie nficrti.ti; thrriil. f norlirrae U
mane Hv.lifc r- '.j vr n-ntei!. Hi-al tstatc busiueei
ei-nt rally i.l 1 .relr.jti- ttirat'eil to.
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CHARLES HOFFMAN, '
IEIHIT TAILOR
(Ali-c 1 Iiir.v ll.-fllry-V ?t' r.)
LATELT STYLES nl LSWLIT FRIGES.
ZTSATISFACT10K GUARANTEED. j
SOMERSET P.A.. '
IMJVI TAKK IT TO 11 K ART.
There's w.tny a trouble
WoulJ break like a bubMt',
An l into the waters of I.otbe dcpirt,
PiJ not vre rclioarsc it,
An.l tmiJi-rly nurse it,
Ami pve it a jitnnaiu'iit jiluire in 'be boart.
T!iire's many a sorrow
WouM vauish to-mrrrow
Were we not isuwillintj furnisb tiiewi:);:-;
S s.iil!y intniiiiii,
AriT quiL-tly br i.I;n'.
It ba!ebe. out all sort of iniji'.s:b!e tiling.
How woIeoMie t!ie seeming
of J. xits that nrc lH-aminir.
V!i ':!i r cin-j's M'caltliy or whether one's
lK.r;
Kyw brifrht as n berry,
ClieeUs re 1 at a cherry,
The mm at J the cow a:i I th- be i-'.i -U
eati -ure.
Its.Uel t- bi? merry.
All worry to ferry
Aer.ua the fanuvl water th.it b'.l in forget;
Atiil no lon.'r tearful,
Dill bajeiy an 1 chwiful,
We feel lil"' li.i-i mu.-h thai' worth livin;:
for Vet.
is it vor.
"Al- rrt, I wish 'ou would kt me
h.nvo hi- i nty-li ve cents."
Kate Ijtndiu.m ppoko o.irt-fully,
f..r she k j ; '.v that her husband had
not much liuHH'y topptire; j'ct she
pjxjke 'arno.tly, and there was a
world ol entreat v in her look.
"What do yon want seventy-five
cents for? asked Albert
"I want to get some braid for my
new dre?s."
"I thought vou had 'all the mate
rial on hatid for that."
".So I thoiiilit I had ; but Mrs.
Smith and Sirs. Thompson Loth
have a trimming of braid upon theirs,
and it looks very pretty. It is very
fashionable and adds to the beauty
of.idress."
'Thijiue lake these women's fash
ions! Your endkss trimmings and
thiiijj-a-majigs cost me more than
the dress is worth. It's nothing but
shell out money when a woman
thinks of a new dress."
l'I don't have many new dresses.
I do certainly try to be as economi
cal a.s I can."
"It is a funny kind of economy
at all events, jiut if you must have
il, I guess you must."
And Albert Landman took out
Lis wallet and counted out the sev-ents-five
cents, but he pave it grudg
ingly, and when he tut his wallet
back into his pocket, ho did it with
an cm, basis which seemed to say
that he would not take it out again
for a week.
When Albeit reached the outer
door, on his way to his work, he
found the weaiher so threatening
that he concluded to go back and
get his umbrella ; and upon re-en
tering the sitting-room he lound I113
wife in teara. She tried to hide the
fact that she had been weeping, but
he had caught her in the act, and
asked what it meant.
Good cracious !'' cried the hus
band, "I should like to know if you
are crving at what I said about the
dress?"
"I was not crving at what you
said, . Albert," replied Kite tremu
lously ; ' but you were eo reluctant
to grant me the favor. I was think
ing how hard 1 have to work ; 1 am
tied to the house ; how many little
things I have to perplex me then
to think
' Pshaw ! what do vou want to be
so foolish. for?"
And" away ttarUd Albert Land
man the second lime; but he was j
not to escape so easily. In the hall
he was met his daughter Lizzie, a
bright-eyed, rosy checked jtirl often i
vears.
"Oh, pap.i, give me fifteen cents!"
"What?'
"O, I want fifteen cents. Po please
rive it to mc." !
"What in the world do you want,
with it ? Are they changing school
books again?" .j
No " I want to buv a hoop. El
len .Smith has one, and so has Mary
Puck, Sarah Allen. Mr. Grant has
got some real pretty ones to sell.
Can't I hav one ?"
"Nonsense! If you want a hoop
go and gctonc off some old barrel.
1 can t afford to buy hoops lor you
to trundle about the streets."
Please, papa."
"No, I told ycu."
The bright blue eves filled with
tears, and the child's sobbing broke
upon his cars. Albert Landman
hurried from the house with some
very impatient words upon Lis
lips.
This was in the morning. At noon
when he came home to his dinner
there was a cloud over the house
hold. His wife was sober, and even
little Lizzie, usuallv gav and blithe
some, was sad.
But these tilings could not last
long in that household, for the hus
band and wife really loved each
other devotedh', and were kind at
heart and forbearing. hen. Al
bert came home to Lis supper, Kate
greeted him with a kis3, and in a
moment sunshine came back ; and
had the lesson ended there, the hus
band might have fancied lie had
done nothing wrong, and the cloud
had boon nothing but the exhala
tion of a domestic ftrmamcnt, for
which no one was particularly re
sponsible, and might have cherished
the conviction tha: woman's fashions
were a nuisance and a humbug, as
well as a frightful draft upon a hus
band's pocket
After tea Albert did a few chores
about' the house, and then lie light
ed a cigar and walked out He had
"one but a short distance when he
met Lizzie. In her right hand she
dragged an old hoop which she had
taken from a dilapidated flour bar
riA. while with her left she was rub
bing her red eyes. She was in deep
He stopped the child, and asked
wliat. wfis the mattc-T.
Shp nnswered as well ns her sobs
-would let her, that the other girls
hn.1 lnnrhed at her. and made lun
of her oldhoon. They had nice,
pretty hoops, while hers was ngly
and homely.
"Never mind," said Albert, pat
ling her on Hie head for the child's
Sil Imw . hoUe '
"Mayn't I have ono now? Mr.
Somerset
Grant's got one left oh such a pret- as he had paid that evening for bil
tyonel" Jiard playing. j
The sobbing had ceased, as the j Albert Landman wanted to be an
child caught her father's hand eag-! honest husband and fcther, and the
ei'lw
"Not now, Lizzie not now. I'll
think of it"
Sobbing again the child moved on
toward home, dragging the old hoop
after her.
At one of the stores, Albert Land
man met some of his friends.
"Hello, Albert! Wkat's up!"
"Nothing." ,
"What do you say to a fame of
billiards, Albert?"
"Good, I'm in for it."
And away went Albert to the bil
liard hall, where he had a glorious
time with his friends. Ho .liked
billiards : it was a healthy and pret
ty game, and the keeper of the hall
allowed no rough scuffs on his pre-
m ises.
They had plaved four games. Al
Jert had won two and bis opponent
had won two.
"That's two and two," cried Tom
Piker. "What do vou say to pltiyin
them off. Albert?-'
"All right, go in," said Albert, full
ol animation."
And so they played their fifth
game, and lie who lost was to pay
lor the live games. Jt was an excit
ing contest. Both made capital
runs, but in the end Albert was
beaten by three points ; and with a
little laugh ho went up to settle the
bilL Not much for such sport ; and
he i iaveu out the money with a
grace, and neve.' once seemed to feci
that he couldn't afford it.
"Have a cigar ?" said Tom.
"Yes."
They lighted their cigars, and then
sauntered down the hall to watch
the other players.
Albert soon found himself seated
over against a table at which some
of his friends were playing, and close
bv stood two men, strangers to him,
one of whom was explaining to the
other the mvsteries of the game.
"It is a healthv pastime," said he
who had been making the explana
tion : "and certainly it is one which
lias no evil tendency."
Albert heard the remarks very
plainly, and he had a curiosity to
hear what the other, who seemed
unacquainted, with billiards would
say.
"I cannot, of course, assert that
. ,, ! Ml
anv game which cairn lor skhi or
judgment, and which is free irom
the attendant curse ol gambling, is
of itself, an evil, remarked the sec
ond gentleman. "Such things are
only evil so far as they excite and
stimulate men bevond the bounds
of healthy recreation."
That result can scarcely loiiow
such a game," said the first speak
er. You are wrong here. Tne result
can follow in two ways : First, it can
lead men away from their business ;
it can lead men to spend money,
who hayo not money to spend.
Whenever I visit a place of this"
kind I am led to reflect upon a most
strange and prominent weakness ol
humanity as developed in our sex.
For instance, observe that young
man who has just settled his bill at
the desk. He looks like a mechan
ic, and I should say from his man-
and from the tact that he ieeis
it his duty to be home at this hour,
that he has a wife and children. 1
see by his face that he is kind heart-
cd and generous, and I should luuge
that he means to do as near right as
he can. He has been beaten, and
he pays one dollar and forty -five
cents for the recreation of some two
hours duration. If you observe, you
will see that lie pays it freely, and
pockets the loss with a smile. Hap
py faculty! But how do you sup
pose it is'in the young man's home
Suppose Lis wife had come ?j him
this morning and asked him for a
dollar to spend for some trifling
thing some household ornament,
or bit of jewelry to adorn her per
son and" suppose his little child
nut in a plea for forty cents to buy
a paper anu pid.uru oouiv mm,
what do you think he would have
mswered ? Of fifty men just like
him would not forty-live have de
clared they had not money to spare
for any such purpose '? And, more
over, they would have said so feel
ing that they were telling the truth.
Am I not nht ?"
Upon my word," said the man
who understood billiards, "lou
speak to the point I know that
voung man wnonasjusi, jmmiis
till, and you have not misjudged
him in a single particular. And
what is more, I happen to have at
hand a fact to illustrate your charge.
We have a club for an excellent
literary paper in our village, and
last year that man was one of our
subscribers. This year he felt ob
liged to discontinue it His wife
was very anxious t take it, for it
had become a genial companion in
leisure nnments, but he. could not
afford it The rate was one dollar
and fiftv a ear.
Aye, urn', so it goes," said the
other genticnan. "Well, that mans
wife might U wisning at mis very
moment that the had her paper to
read, while lie is paying almost its
full price for a year for what ?
And vet how willingly he does it.
Ah 1 those poor, sympathizing wives !
How many clouds oiten aarxen
upon them from the brows of their
husbands, when they asic ior inning
sums of money, and how grudging
ingly the mite is handed over when
it is riven ! What perfect floods of
joy that dollar and forty cents might
have poured upon mo cnuureu oi
that unsuccessful billiard player.
Ah ! it is well for such wives and
children that they do not know
where the money all goes."
They had finished at the nearest
table. The two gentlemen moved
on and Albert Landman arose from
his scat and left the house. Never
before had he such thoughts as now
possessed him ; he had never dwelt
upon the same grouping of ideas
That very morning llis own true,
loving wife had been sad, heart-sick,
because he had harshly and unkind
ly met her request for a small sum
of money. And his sweet Uzzie
had crept away to her home almost
broken-hearted lor the wantot a
simple toy, snch as her mates pos
sessed. And yet the sum of both
their wants amounted to hot as much
ESTABLISHED, 1827.
SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, ISSi.
lesson was not lost upon him. On
his way home hq stopped at Grant's
and purchased the bst hoop to be
found, with driving fli';k ' painted
red, white and blu, and in the
morning, when he beheld his child's
delight, and had received her grate
ful, happy kiss, the question cumc
to his mind: Which. was the best
and happiest result, tb Is or the five
game3 of billiards? The hoop cost
HO cents. He could play two games
of billiards less and be the absolute
gainer of ten cents by the opera
tion. A few mornings aftor this, as Al
bert arose from the break last table,
he detected an uneasy look
upon his wife's face. '
"Kate, what is it??
''Albert, could you spare mo hal
dollar tins morning r e
And out came the wallet, and thu
money was handed , over win;
warm, genial smile.
What! Tears at that? Was it pos
sible she had been so little used to
such scenes on his part, that so sim
ple an act of loving kindness thii3
affected her ?
How many gaino.v of billiards
would be required to secure such
satisfaction as Albert carried with
him that morning to the shop.
A very simple lesson, is itnot;bit
how many may gain lasting profit
bv giving heed to the lesson r
A. Nevada Story.
A gentleman ol this place has a
tree which is a perfect spccie3 of
icacia. It waj grown Irom a seed
brought from Australia. Tho tree
is now a sapling some eight feet in
heitrht and is in full foliage and
growing rapidly. It is leguminous
md very distinctly snows the char
acteristics of the mimosa, or sensa-
tivc plant. Ilegrularly every even
ing, about the time tho "chickens go
to roost," the tree gcm3 to roost. The
leaves fold together, and tho ends of
the tender twigs coil themselves up
like the tail of a well-conditioned
pig. After one of the twigs has been
stroked or handled, the leaves move
uneasily and are in a sort ot wnd
commotion for a minuto or two. All
this was known about the tree, but
it w as only lately that it was discov
ered that the tree had in it much
more of life and feeling than it had
ever tfefore been credited with. -The
tree being in quite a small pot, one
which it was last outgrowing, it was
thought best to give it one of much
larger size. One afternoon the tree
was transferred to its new quarters.
It resented the operation of Its re
moval to the best of its ability.
Arriving at his -residence about
the time the tree had been trans
planted, the gentleman foundthc
house in grand commotion. On
iing " what was up" he wra told
that they had transplanted the tree
according to orders and the opera
tion had "made it very mad." Hard
ly had it been placed in its new
quarters before the leaves began to
stand up in all directions like the
lair on the tail of an angry cat, and
soon tho whole plant was in a quiv
er. This could have been endured,
but at ihe same time it cave out an
oder most pungent and sickening
just such a smell as is given out by
rattle-snakes and many other kinds
of snakes in summer when teased.
The oder so filled the house and was
so sickening that it was found nec
essary to open the doors and win
dows" It was fully an hour before
the plant calmed down ami folded
its leaves in peace. It would prob
ably not have given up the fight
even then Lad it not been that its
time for going to root t had arrived.
It is probably needless to add that
the whole household now stand in
not a little awe of that plant as be
ing a thing more animal, or reptile,
than vegetable.
i-'olKnvins tl'.eir Masters.
It is well known that geese become
attached to persons who habitually
feed them and treat them kindly.
But the attichment i3 seldom so
great a3 that manifested towards an
English miller who keeps a Hock.
The faithful creatures had repeated
ly followed him a mile to the village
on week days, when he went to at
tend to business. It did not occur
to him that possibly some day they
might want to follow hira to church.
But on a recnt Sunday they seem
ed to be in a devotional frame of
mind and marched behind him as
he went to the sanctuary. Arriving
at the door, they wanted to follow
him in, and probably would have
occupied his pew had he consented
to let them do so. He undertook
to make them understand that he
wanted them to go home, but the
innocent and awkward creatures
failed to grasp the idea. Finding it
impossible to make them return
without committing violence on
them, the miller .was compelled to
abandon his religious privileges
lor the day and proceed homeward
at the head of the file of his feather
ed pets.
A Beniflctent Action.
The worn look and miserable
feelings of those closely confined in
mills, or at desks or at work tables,
are caused by weak stomach, kid
neys or bowels, and show the neces
sity for some mild tonic to build
them up. No one need suffer thus
who will use Parker's Ginger Tonic;
for without intoxicating it has such
a beneficent action on these slug
gish organs and eo cleanses the poi
sonous matters from the system,
that rosy cheeks and good health
and spirits are soon brought back
again. Express. See adv.
Jersey webbing, sometimes called
stockinet, resembles the clastic tex
ture of knitted work, and is used
for the !ew Jersey basques.
The small old-fashioned shawls
of white china crape embroidered
with heavy silk floss in each corner
and edged with white nettled silk
fringe, are again in vogue. .
Shoulder capes and large mantles
of net chenille are the wraps of high
ceremcny for summer wear. ;
THI-3 HlSTOliY" Ol' A IK.VD MAX.
Ilioy THE Rl'SSIA.W
It was in the autumn, just before
the opening of tho railroad between
Tagaurok and Charkoff, nnd I had
to make the tedious journey with
post horses. For the first two days
the weather was pleasant, but on
tiie third morning the heavens were
covered with heavy, gray clouds, a
northwest wind blew furiously ;
thunder, lightning, snow flakes, and
rain followed such a storm as is
only to be found in Southern Iiuss'.i.
In half an hour the roads wero im
passable with black mud, and as we
reached the post station of Donski
wo found there wa3 no more pro
gress for that day. As I entered the
station I was met by a tall, tine-
looking. crav-haired
man, whose
black velvet co-t with backward
falling Grecian sleeves-made me
judge him as holdin
Z some military
. Behind him
or oiiicial position
came a handsome Cossack woman
about his age, and both greeted me
kindly. In reply to my request for
a cup of tea. the woman said. "Hus
band, ask the gentleman if he would
not like a ro;t emcken with nisi
tea. It will be a long time before
he can mount h;3 troika and contin
ue his journey, and he will find tho
chicken tender."
As she said this she glanced lov
ingly at the man, and then left the
room, not ueioro no nau waved a
kiss to her as she closed the door.
"She h my beloved wife, and wid
ow, sir," said he, turning to me as I
took a seat by the porcelain stove,
warming my hands on il3 smooth
sides. "II! ha! you' laugh, sir, but
wait until you are eating your chick
en, ami if you wish 1 will tell you
the history of a man who has been
dead fourteen years, and who mar
ried his widow." Of course I was
eager lur the story, and soon alter
when nr.- dinner was brought me
tempting and warm, he drew his arm
chair near my elbow, and began Lis
story.
'I am nearly sixty j-cars o:d now,
sir; niv wu-j auo. Dut she was
once a beautiful, good, young girl ;
she is as go.-) ! now as then, and per
haps I n m a partial judge, yet 1 und
r still Ijeauiiiu!.
To this last statement I assented,
and he continued :
"I was a wil l young fellow, high
tempered, and of a roving nature.
I was postmaster of the station when
I married Olga. At first I was con
tented she wns a lovinsr, good wife
but I grew weary of life, and rest
less for Ireedom. One day, it was
n the year 18 IS, she seemed sad,
and coming to me put her arm
around my neck and said, 'Do you
really and truly love ine, Wanska-."
I answered impatientl-, 'Oh,
yes,
'But
Olga, vou know that . 1 do.'
you don't love rue as I do you,' she
continued. In that moment r.u tvu
spirit must Lave seized me. I don't
know what thoughts passed through
my brain, oniv it seemed as if she!
was right. I loved her in my way,
but it nettled me that I was bound
to her for life, and I wanted my
freedom. As she still clung to me,
I puslied her violently away, and
she fell to the 1'oor. Basing slowly
she looked at me reproaehfully'nud
left the room without a word.
"I was wild. I ran to the stable.
'Harness me a troika instantly,'. I
cried to the hostkr. 'There is a'de-
spatcii leit here uv the last courier
hat i m iiat ta.-vc to Charivou makei., ,.r ,T r., ,
baste.' In a few moments the wag- Ir- C1;l? ' r- CL'-V P09sessfd
on was ready. Paul took the reins, j tu? 9 ot oratorT a Ratc,r
the bells were rinintr clearly m the j
fresh air, and 'without a backward
glance for Olga, I was Hying from
the station, and in twenty Lours I
reached Charkoff.
"Dismissing the wagon, I went to
the postmaster, who wa3 my most
intimate friend. I ca-lled for ink
anil pen and wrote a letter, Avhich I
gave to him, saviu' 'Do this favor
for me, and be silent I rat to !
- ... . , , i
U'".tv nu v:T In nc-.f i!ivj :.,.vl
nd
ner tins letter, ar.ti as. me no
I It'll! 1
ones-
lions. In the letter I wrote :
"Oi;a: When you reoieve this
letter I shall be dead. Forget mc
and vnarrv some mnn who will treat ;e
you better than I have done. For
give mc for striking you , it was a
shameful act Keep" the station ;
you can write, and cm hold it as
well as I. Heaven bless vou.
W'axska."
"My friend shook my hand, and
promised to fulfil my errand, T.nd a
few hours later I was on my way to
the military bureau of where I
told them I wanted to enlist for
fourteen years in the Horse Guards,
and gave them a different name
from my own. I was tall and heal
thy, and they were very glad to ac
cept mo, asking me a few questions.
My hair was cut short, my beard
shorn, and in my new uniform, with
a glittering helmet on my head. I
rode through the streets of St. Peters
burg, and no one to know me among
the thousands who looked at us as
wo passed by. I was ambitious,
and learned the routine of soldier
life quickly. The discipline was se
vere; it was hard to be obedient,
and 3 for the freedom I had longed
for, I found I had lost it I wa3
soon a sergeant, and finally be
came a captain of horse in the regi
ment. "I won distinction in the service.
In the war "with Turkey and later
the Crimea my time was up, and I
was seized with a most terrible
homesickness, for late years I had
learned to love my wife passionately,
and to sec her again, even though
she were the wife of another, was
my only thought,. I wondered if
she had changed in ail these years ;
if she had grov,'n stout as a beer
cask, or thin a3 a corkscre ,v. I was
offered many advantages if I would
remain in the army, but I refused
them all, was honorably discharged,
with' a eood pension, and tho same
day started for the south, my heart
beating wildly between hope and
fear. I reached Charkoff, and found
that my old friend, the postmaster,
wa3 dead. My heart fainted, with
the thought that Olga too might be
dead.
"'Who has the post at Donbki?'
I inquired, crossing. myself under
my long military cloak.
"" 'A widow,' was the reply.
l.' - -u 13 i-
" 'The saaio who held it fourteen
years ago ?'
" 'The same' came the answer.
"In eighteen hours I was there.
I knew the two old men who unhar
nessed niv horses. They were for
mer servants of mine. But they did
not know me in my uniform. I
hastened to the entrance of this
house, then into the office. Olga
sat at the desk writing, and seemed
unchanged to me. True, her face
was moro sad, ami in her beautiful
black hair I saw a few silver threads,
yet she was still beautiful.
"I stole in. 'Olga dearest!' I
whispered, and sank on my knees
before her. She didn't look at me,
but threw her 'arms in tho air; her
head fell upon the desk heavily.
She had fainted. I sprang to her,
took her in my arms, and bathing
her face, called her by every loving
name to life again ; and then she
lay in rav "arms while I told my
6tory and" begged her forgiveness,
and f.hn .m"cl forrrnva me. That
was sixteen year3 ago, sir, and the
years passed like spring days. We
have been always so happy."
rn;in continued :
Alter a pause the delightful old
"I'.nt -'n-,t An
you think tho stu
pid government at St. Petersburg in
sists upon? That I am dead, sir,
and the Dons&i post-station must
remain in the hands of my widow ;
or else the guardsman of the Cuiras
siers must be dead, and lose his pen
sion. My widow laughs over the
dilemma. She keeps the books,
signs the receipts, and pays tho tax
es. I draw my very liberal pension
under the name by which I enlist
ed, but a3 the former postmaster of
Donski I am a dead man. I his is
my history, sir. There may be
somi who do not believe it, but we
and our good neighbors know bet
ter." : -
I thanked the good man for his
interesting story. And his wife,
soon entering, took bis hand, say
ing :
"Ah, my husband, I fear you
have wearied the gentleman with
your oft told story. Come with me,
ibat I may scold you." and they
went off laughing together, he with
a look of love in Lis eyes that show
ed plainly how much he valued nife
and widow.
Clay, Wcljfetcr anil Calhoun.
A correspontent of tho Philadel
phia iVm thus quotes Jefferson Da
vis : "1 had peculiarly intimate re
lations with Clay, Calhoun and Web
ster," he said, "I went to school in
Ciay's town and his favorite son
was killed with mc in Mexico, and
he sdways associated me with that
boy. M r. Calhoun gave me my first
warrant to West Point, and by a
singular coincidence, when I went
to ti.e .jnate my seat was by his
side, md he always seemed to take
a fatherly supervision over me.
While in tho House I had been
upoua commutes charged with in
vestigating the State Department
i under .nr. w eoster s administration.
He had been charged Avith mis-ap-propriaiing
some ef the Secret Ser
vice funds, but the investigation
showed that he had simply used it
to prevent the introduction of the
Ashburton treaty into the politics of
the State of Main. I drew and
championed the report which exoner
ated him. Mr. Webster never forgot
that act. He. was the most grateful
man for any act of kindness or in-
. i ? . i 4 t i ir .
rw" ,' , r " . v
l.MUilU tuaA .nun I'lifcb 1.IL1 IULU
in this country. Hi.-; gcstur.s, his
manners and his speech were per
fect. Mr. Calhoun had none of the
graces of oratory, but he did have a
perfect contempt for them, and his
pronunciation was wretched. But
ncorator of the present day could
influence the people or have the po
sition that these men had in those
davs. Tho newspapers have taken
n,; r n,, ,-in;,iw af.
lilt i lf.V Ji tuv Cltuwvii u-m to
. .1 .1 ' 1
cr cntriuo man the newspaper has
superseded the orator, that is, the
telegraph, People want new3 and
information and want it in para-
rapns.
A
tat Witii a Kelt 0:i.
A German customer trading at the
hardware store of Patterson Bros.,
on Park Bow on Friday said to the
clerk waiting upon him : "Don't ycr
hear somcstrar.gc noises? Somdintis
in de vails."
The clerk replied that he did not
hear anything strange.
"Dere it goes again. Hear him
iu de vail ? . Dcre, it's up in dc ctil
in'," cried the excited German, as
the tinkling sounds became more
distinct.
"Oh! that's our rat," said the
clerk. "Bccently we - have been
much troubled with rats. We have
tried many devices to get rid of them
and all proved useless. They seem
ed to increase in numbers since Jay
Gould began to tear down those old
buildings for the new World office.
Kelly's building on the corner of
Nassau and Beckman streets must
have sent us a few. Anyhow they
swarmed about our store and we
did not know how to get rid of them.
We caught that rat that you hear
going about the walls on Thursday
in a trap. A customer suggested
that we tie a small bell to its tail
and allow' it to go free, instead of
turning it over to the dogs, as we
were about to do. It was done. It
has been going about jingling the
bells at intervals since. The others
have fled. The strange sound star
tled and drove them away. The rat
upon whose tail it is tied is himself
startled. We expect that it will go
too." '
Honircd and Blcfct.
When a board of eminent physi
cians and chemists announced the
discovery that by combining some
well known valuable remedies, the
most wonderful medicine was pro
duced, which would cure such a
wild range of diseases that most all
other remedies could be dispensed
with, many were skeptical; but
proof of its merits by "actual trial
has dispelled all doubt, and to-day
the discoverers of that great medi
cine, Hop Bitters, are honored and
blessed by all as benefactors. Dun-teral.
WHOLE NO. 1508.
Homo of tho Great nridj;.
Robert Stephenson, great engineer
as he was, reported that suspension
bridges would never do for steam.
John A. Rocbling answered with the
Niagara susension bridge, the
cheapest structure and one of the
best ever duilt for such a necessity.
In Menia strait, which divides an
island from the northwestern corner
of Wales, the tide rises to the height
of thirty feet sometimes and gener
ally twelve feet The British Gov
ernment erected a bridge on the
great high road from England to
Ireland over this strait in 132G. It
is a suspension bridge built by Tal
ford on chains, and cost SoiVty.KJO
(gold ) at the time. It is one hun
dred feet above water. Twenty
years afterward George Stephenson
began to build tho tubular Lndge
three miles above, spanning the
same strait. It took five years, and
trains crossed in lSOO. It was four!
was lour
spans, the two in th
middio being
iw ieet wuie- eacn, and tne whole i
bridge is about l,HiO feet long. It'
is 12H feet above high-water mark, !
t I f X ' t 1 1.1 1
. , -
and cost B-5,WJ,WJ.
..The Niagara suspension bridge,
built by Itoebling in li.j2, cost only
SoUOAX), is 800 feet long, feet
aoove the river, ami its towers are
about &1 feet high. The Niagara
foot bridge built in lSG'J, cost ?17-",-000,
and was said to be when open
ed, the longest suspension bridge in
the world, or 1 ,2G-4 feet between tow
ers.
The Cincinnati suspension bridge.
by Boebling, stands next to the East
river bridge, and is 1 ,0-77 feet be
tween towers and 2,22 between the
ends ; the bridge is 103 feet above
low water; the towers are 2'') feet
high, and each is talier and larger
than the Bunker Hill monument,
and the structure cost 51,800,000;
it was built by a com pan-, and
charges three cents toll per man.
This bridge has been in most useful
operation since about ; it was
eleven years between its commence
ment and opening.
Rocbling, the projector of the
Brooklyn bridge, was the greatest
bridge builder in tho world. He
started the making of wirj cordage
in America, and built
husi.'jnsion
bridges to carry tne acfieduels o
c
canals across rivers, and engineered
the Pennsylvania railroad across the
mountains. The Brooklyn bridge,
between towcr3, is l,o'.'"i feet long.
Behind the towers there re 'J I ) feet
each side, back to the anchorages.
The whole length of the Lridgu and
approaches is 0,000 feet. It is one
of the widest bridges u. !he v.orld,
eighty-five feet, with a .oi.;-. .iade
thirteen feet wide, two railroad
tracks and four carriage and two
horse-car tracks. It is 135 liet in
the centre above the water. The
rock on which the towers rest -is
about ninety feet be-low the surface
of the water on the New York si-K
and half that depth on the Brooklyn
side the most stupendous tiring
about the structure. Each tower i.s
1.31 feet long by fifty-six wide and at
the top these dimensions are reduced
to 120 feet by forty, or the size of a
very large house. Lack tower is
2& feet above high water. It is
1,33G feet from the beginning of the
causeway on Chatham street out to
the anchorage on the New York
shore. The architect of the bridge
received his death wound almost at
its inception. BaUwhis Mcn'Jdy.
H.ibit ol" Exasperation.
"I will skin you alive if you do
that again," exclaimed a mother to
a naughty child. It wa3 a sort of
hyperbolical expression that has
crept into frequent use. with a mul
titude of similar expressions. She
did not mean that she should pro
ceed to flay thclittlcones as abutch
cher would a calf or lamb. The ex
ecution of her threat would fill her
own soul with excessive horror. She
would not have strength to make
much progress in the veTy barbar
ous work of skinning her child alive.
It would not be motherly.
I will whin you within an inch of
your life." said a father to bi.s erring
son. This would be a terrible whip
ping indeed. Coming so near deaths
door with the'rod would be revolting.
But he did not mean this, lie only
meant that he would administer a
very severe chastisement. No one
would be more careful than he not
to jeopardize the life of Lis son
His expression was only a form of
exaggeration which society seems to
tolerate.
How many precisely smli speech
es are made in every circle? "It
was done as quick as lightning."
"He is as slow as a snail." "it is as
hot as an oven." "It is as cold as
Greenland." There i3 no end to
such expressions. And they indi
cate that the habit of exaggeration
is very strong in tho human family.
Human nature seems inclined to
stretch the truth. That is the rea
son that such strange stories are told,
often becoming magnified to such
an extent after having passed through
several hands. "A story loses noth
ing by traveling", is an old saying.
Every tongue that repeats it gives
it an additional turning over. Yet
none mean to exaggerate.
It is a fault, however, is it not?
May it not be a sin? It is certainly
deceptive to tell a child that you
will skin him alivo when you have
no idea of perpetrating the deed.
Should we not talk as we mean ?
Let your yea bo yea, and your r.ay
nav. At least this should be done
to children. Home Mtynthhj.
Another Autocrat.
The King of Abyssinia cuts off the
nose3 of those who take snuff, and
the lips of those who smoke. The
king is hated more than Theodore
was. Cruel to a degree, he does
not however, take life. He cuts off
the feet and hands cf people who J
offend him. He puts out their eyes r
by pouring hot tallow into their ears. ,
You can buy nothing without the;
i, i :n ,.i,t i
King a uruer, ttnu no otic m snu-
ter you without his ordei: in fact,
no moro complete despotism could
exist. It cannot last, for tho king
will go on from one madness to an-!
other. -
Never when traveling abroad be,;
over boastful in praise of your own
eonntry.
Cwotnr at I he Hi -a (Told.
Sir Wulf-tr Raleigh, it will bo r.-o-j
ollected, was charged with cotispir
i ing to put Lady Arabella Stuart on
I the throne of England. He was ron
j vieted ou the flimsiest evidence,
'sentenced to dV.ith nnI his state
jc'onfisticaUid. For thirteen years
Q I afW conviction he was imprisoned,
land then released but not pardoned.
I He was subsequently fciven coin
! mand of a fleet, with which he went
' to South America. In defiance of
I the ord'-rti of Kir.e James, h attack-
led the Spanish settlement .-f St.
Thomas, but had to retreat. For
this breach of national courte3y
tho Spanish embassador demanded
the punishment of Raleigh which
King James was not slow to grant
It w.o3 decided that as Raleigh
was still under sentence of death
pronounced in 1W-), he could be
tried again, and it was decided'to
execute the former srnt.-nce.
The last night of Rakighs life
was spent by the prisoner in a man
ner according to his antecedents.
He wrote a letter to the king . and
ono to his wife, the latter full of tho
most tender solicitude for the hitter's
welfare, giving her directions what
to do after Lis death, llv wrote al
so some verses on his d' r.th, and
lay down to rcit
Next morning tho dean of West
minister extended him, and found
him smoking Lis favorite tobacco
and partaking of a cup of sack. His
demeanor was so calm and regular,
that the dean c hided him for
levity, but afterwards confessed
that he had not met a man so well
prepared to die. He was quite chcer-
; ful in his conversation, and seemed
1 1 ti,:,,'. T,,r,, ,.f- i.:.
,, v..ft ;, .,
j Until Ii 11- llU'4 ayv. i v. i
ney. llis dress was carefully at
tended to; he would net appear
slovenly for the last time. He wore
a handsomely wrought cap, a ruff
band, a black wrought velvet night
gown over abase colored satin doub
let, and a black wrought wai.- tc.jat,
black cut US' brceehr-s, an-1 ash
colored silk stockings.
From the scaffold he made- a
speech, in which hequietly explain
ed his conduct, professed his for
giveness of those who injured Lim,
and asserted his loyalty to the king.
He then called for the ax, and the
headsman not bringing it at once
said :
"I pray thee let me see it. I)ot
thou think I am afraid of it ?''
He tried the edge with his thumb,
and said to the sheriff:
"It is a sharp medicine, but a
sure cure f..r all diseases."
The headsman,
had lain Lis head
when P.;
the block
asked him to lay Lis face towards
the east.
"It i.s no great matter where the
head stands so the heart lies right,"
wa3 the answer ; and after a few mo
ments of silent prayer, the signal
was given for the strok. The exe
cutioner ailed to obey immediate!
and the signal being again given,
the dying man called out :
"Why dost thou not strike? Strike
man !"
Well might English people
"We had
cat off."
not such another head to
Milk l'ur the Si k.
Milk is a perfect food and the only
perfect food that exists. It contains
ail the elements! that enter into the
human body. Should a man at
tempt to live on bread alone, or
flesh alone, or fat, or vegetables, he
would sooner or later starve, through
lack in these articles of diet of some
one or more cf the properties that
are necessary to the nutriment of
the human body. But on milk
alone most persons can live, thrive,
and grow. Milk has a value, beyond
the period of infancy, much greater
than is generally thought. Tne .old
notion and practice was to starve a
fever. The result was the patient
was starved, and had no strength to
rally when the fever was subdued.
Fever patients are now carefully fed,
advantage being taken of the daily
"remissions" that is, the hours of
low temperature and the digestive
power of the stomach being aided by
pepsin. The bland and nourishing
properties of milk make it the main
food for such patient-. It is equally
tho best food in many cases where
tho digestion has been impaired
through over taxing of the nervou.;
system. Some patients, however,
have found that it produced "bilious
ness," as they expressed it But
this has bet-n largely due to using it
as a drink between meals, instead of
as the principal part of the foo 1 rt
meals. It has thus only increased
the stomach's burden. Still, very
weak stomachs have been unable to
bear it even as an article of food,
especially in winter. The difficulty
is that the cold temperature of the
milk has; still further reduced the
impaired viutlity of the stomach.
In such cases kt tho person u.-e it
warln sipping it as hot as it can be
borne. This heat furnishes just the
stimulus needed for the process of
digestion. An exclusively milk
diet, with bread or boiled rice, for a
few days, will often help a person
speedily through a cold, or cnablo
him to railv Irom r. temporary tutaC:C
ol indigestion.
Kcely's motor is known as the
,'tramp" because it won't work.
Never arrest the attention of
acquaintance by a touch. Speal;
him.
an
to
The first 1,
w of nature is sell pns-
crvalum : fc
Ui t' tiU 11 T.iVi lit -- V.
runa.
The fox whose tail was caught in
the trap was one of the first Individ
uals who severed his connection.
The popular balayensc is of mus
lin, cmbroidercd-in the designs of
Carrickmacros3 lace, and is used
laid flat in the skirt.
An Irish editor says: "Oar
women are accused of being fond of
whistling. Well, so be it. What
is more lovel7 than tulips wd
blown ?"'
Talk about our native contortion
ists ! We recently saw a fellow
down at Castle Gard-n sitting on his
own chest.
M. Drtz, the new President of tho
Swiss Confederation, who is only 30
years old, was the son of a workman,
and hn3 attained by private study x
high degree of literary culture.
A Cartt
Gr.rvN Fama N. Y.Djc. li.'Hl.
Her. -hV. L. X. St. Onrjc,
Dear Siu: W'iil you piease state
below what satisfaction .St Jacobs
Oilgivcsyou, which vou got of us
some time ago, and oblige,
Leocett & Ri"H.
Very effective.
L.N. Sr. Osr.
GUn Fdli, Tima.
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