f jVrnis of Jublication. j'jl0 Somerset Hemlil, I, hm tier Wednesday nioruiiig at t- 00 ' J ... . iu m ,,..,um. tf l" t- .-Nfml'tl"" - UseouHoued until aft nnkl U1I. IVNSUBMtOf DCKlectbie ri'TKoe ' . MtlMfM fill nut t.-i ke out r- Kilt 1 held refl'onsiiiie me sun- roio.ivlin from on Postomee to an- ,ul,l -Ive lh" nn f th limner as .!l?,hr rc-tt-rnc Address The Somerset Herald, So'lllTKrt, iiie om.er set IT T! - AM r II II I n 51 111 II VI A A Fatal Thlrsl. ESTABLISHED, 1827. VOL. XXX. NO. 10. SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1881. WHOLE NO. 1570. E" II. Tl'l'.NT. ATIH'liXKV.AT.LlW, ioiuersei, Fcnn a. srn.L. ATP.tKNEY-AT-l.AW, Somerset, l'a. EN 1S LEY. ATTl'KN EY-AT-I.AW, Somerset, I'a. (j Vi:iK n. scull. ATTvlt NEl'-AT-LAW, Somerset, I'a. 1 .1. KO SER. AT 1'UKN EY-ATLAW, Somerset, Pa. 1". l'ATTEI.SON, ...I IM ATTi'UNKY-AT-l.AW, Somerset, 1'. t-sf uiiru-te.l to Ms care will 1 at r;ilt ii-.ih)'Uhsi and nileiity. w. ii. 1:1 i-i 1:1.. 1 .lTKOTH A- MTPKL, ATD'KNEYS AT LAW. mill 1 :.i:i .n incf" entruto-l to their care ,,. ..,.,1 i.mu-tu;ill. aUeuile.1 U. Main i:nn street, opi-ofitc the .III HI""-. II l i;Y K. SCI I ELL, ATP.tHNEY-AT-l.AW, v snd Pcr-lon Agent, Somerset, Pa. A!a:muln liliulL 'U.ENTIXK HAY, I ATTKKN EY-ATLAW ...i r In Kal E-ut, Somerset, t,. :iU aiiHi' entrusted to his care . ,': . an t u.leiy . 1 1 In I lie liuMii.g known'as the. j lsrVXJGX.E HOUSE, j j ALBERT RECKE, ! WI1I.'.SA!.B it UKTAIL j 2ASSRY and COITFZCTIOITEilY, ! ham faiti uiii: nir ! 11 Nr.aiid COMMON CANDIES, Cll.U'IvKKS, J CAKLS AN1 IiKEAK, 1 1 I1E.M.BUIK j liKOCKKlLS, II NE C1GAKS, SMOKINO ANUUHEWIMJ tuuaooo, FOBEIGN AND DOMESTIC KKVITS, AC., AC. Parties and Picnirs suji'-cO wilh :anJics, Cakra, Nh.b ami lr;ipes u Hhurt imtieo. AH ti.NNls l-'rult, anl s.l.l at a i.ow run nr.. I-tKITSTKI'S AT T1IK IMMll. fall anl lorj-i.i'rselves. 1 will n out with a Slav l.dli. lull line ilte almve As we know fiimilhir voices, Kvory noar and dear one's call, Coming through the silent chambers. Waking ci:hoes in the dull ; So with instinct ull unerring, Kver threntlietiiiig more and more, We can rcail the varied language Of the footsteps at thelxr. inuu'iia"s f:t!k-rin; trcail, now heavy Willi the weight of fruitful years, Xearing yonder golden city Almost through this vale of tears ; Steadfast feet that never loitered, llravely going on before ; IJy and by we'll miss their iuu."ie I'nt iotts footsteps at the door! Tlu n the patter of the children, Happy darlings ! out and in. Like the butterflies and .sunbeams, With no thought or care of sin ; Little feet that need sure guiding Pa;t the pitfalls on the shore, Lest they turn aside to mischief; lllcsscd footsteps at the door! Then the matron glad and cheery. Hears her good man drawing nigh; And the children hear the mother As biT busy footsteps liy ; Household music ! We a'.l hear it ! While we love it more and more, And v. e hope to welcome with it An; .-! footstes at the dor. A 1'AMIIA SKC'UKT. will IN (. KIM MKT ATTtiKNEY-AT LAW, Somerset. I'a. afT. : t ail business enirustwl U hli rare r--! an.l a.ii'i'ninic -iunlies with prumpi : 1 r '.i lr.y. 'iliiv on Maio Cnss etieet. 7-' iv li.'.UillN A ('OU'.OUX. ATTUKXEYS AT LAW. iHi-ire- enlru'tc.l to their earo i ar.l . mt ;u:il!v atlen le'l !". .; In i::icr s lii'K-k. fpsia-irs. -CENTRKL H0TEI 1MAIN STIIKIOT, SOMERSET, PENN'A., OiK'Hed for : January 10th, 1SS1. 'litis ii. nil,. ATTHK.NEY AT LAW, SoinerscL, r .n;p!'; HttiTi-1 to ail tttisim-F entiusti Mud' il va:ictl ou ntf'iinR1 K. ii ! 'trttn.ii Ii Ji;iilltn. .;!.!:. ATM KN EY-ATLAW, Souiersei Pa., i .n il lusfTiees eritrustiMl to my care at' . I., with proinptuess anil li'ieliiy. I! us" is furnished in lirsS-clas, iiukI- tvle. wi'h t ni" li'ni conwuii mi's c'rs. Iloi an.l I'oi.l W:n.T llatlis, largi' u.-aiing IIikii.i , I'arl.irs au.l liaml.cis, aint ,:t- -,uti in laeli.l. T.ie Table and i".:ir will be as tlitop AS T!ii:r.iT. 1-ro:u eie'i.ni-e ill tin- liotel bii-ilns, Hatter iiiv.-ell J ran render s:iii-!':u tioii to a who may e.i!i. F. S. KLEiNDlENST. i. porn::;. ATTHKNEY AT LAW, V i.v,.m.ii.K. SoMKuHirr :i.. Pa- rt in. i.r-ili'.-ii'ii.'.l s;rviHs l. lite i'iit!ii a. I'miis neiriiliateil, ami all other loenl a;n.i.'lts! to with prompliieiH! ami lulnity. :i.. a f,fw.!'y. l;ui!-.".'!.u. ,v h.l !!Ai:ts. vw:.: A- Y,.YM. ) ATTiHiNEYS-AT-LAW, 8 micrset, Pa., .11 .r:i-ri v in S.mer!t anil ail vi'.iihuf count Im. .i:.-ini-eii.rujteJ to ihtiu will l.e pr'.iiiptly li ll-.l M. ."M.i.IAM II. KOONTZ. ATTuiJNEY-AT-LAW, Setiierfct, I'a., ' sle l r miit attention to liuiness entran c;:rf in ..intfrs'i an.l adjuinlie; euuulit'?. .iu I'riiiiito; Ilouiie K"W. 'UN K. SCOTT. ATTdkNEY-A f-LAW, Somertet, Pa. ; fiiiitirfiiart Honse. AlVlmslne'-s enfrjst- :i' .are auti.if.l to with promptness ami Mi:s L ITCH, ATTDiLNEY-AT LAW. Somerset. Pa. .. Viiumuth Hli-lt. on suirs. liitninee, vir stnwt. llyt!on maile, cstaU- -:. t. Us oi.nnlnMl. an.l all leesl liusines's :..! tv wi; Ii promptness and taeliiy. litis coiisl.uitly m kind at lislillcry PURE RYE WHISKY For salt.' 1'V tlx: kinvl or :illm, PU'ttnl fur MEDICAL MB MECHANICAL PURPOSES Orders alilrrHi'd t lit-rlin, I'a. will receive romiit :tt it:rt. Mawk2, 1SS0. ;ii:m. hicks, .'. I ST1CE K THE PLACE, Somerset, Penc'i '.v.y. II. i. KI.MMKI.L. Je SON k'!. K. M. KIMMELL ' -r !cr rheir pr'-ti'Si-'luna; seiriecs to tli eitt- s. niT.'..t au.1 vi-intty. mif the mm ' tinn ran at alliiucs. unless profeslon-.'ui-i.-!. i t..und at their ottiee, on Jlain .f4!t in the lMamon-L i'LJ. K. MILLEU lists iH-nna- t l.i!e.l In Herlin ft the praetiee ot v:..a. (trhee upjscite Charles Kririns '.. H. r.!U"r.AKr.r. t-n.lt-rs Ins " ie--i.ir.jti sen iecs to the eiliiens nf Sum il viriniiy. nmee'in resilience on Main ftft'il Hie liiaoiimil. Min,i:n. PHYSICIAN M'li(!l".(IX, :n.!i..ve.l to South Jten.1. Imliani, where he ' iim-uiiirj t.y ie-.iorur otherwuei. Jmiix lilTXS. DENTIST, '''of' Henry Hettley'i store, JM.iln Cross n il TM.-C Pa. - VILT.TAM COI.IINS. I'L.MlaiT, SU.MLiiSliT, PA. ' in Mammoth Ilioek, above lii.yil's Hrni ''r in- ean at ail times t lound pre;iar 1 :i k;niiii oi work, sufh as tilling, tvku-'t'ru-iitiK. fce. Artlh.-ial teeth ! all kin.is, ' lm mnterial luscrtcd. iraiiin iHM. !o AGENCY. f Sr::r.T ei San.l Pateh, Somerset county, -iii-iii-r f t, pro ro, funevor a rut rltiiiu '-'-ill j.r..njitly eollmt all Kouiily and 1'en '" en!iuie.l to litu. I'erNms wisliinif ' -niiaiu.n will ad.ln-ss lilia nt the al.ivc ' ''..iiv. rnelutliiK lls harKe and pu:ai;e -" i rrply. Jak. A. J'.'Miiux. 3yn. II. Watkiis IVTIVIILLAN & CO., riJACTIC.YL PLUMBERS, STEAM AND GAS FITTERS, No 112 Frsnklin Street, Johnstown, Pa. Special attention sjiven to li.u-e Drainage and Iseni.-.- I euulatiou. ESTIMATES KATE AND WOSIDCSE In tlie n.etu tbonmb mannerand tmaranteol. -:o:. Somerset County Bank, CHARLES J. HARRISON. Cashier and Manager. Collections made in ail pans ot the t'nlteJ States. Charges meratc. llulter and other checks col- leeted anJ cashed. Eastern and Westernexchanir, always on hand. Kcmtttsnces made with prompt 's. Accounts Solicited. Parties, desirlns to purrhaM U. S. i PEK CENT. KTMtEI) I)AN, can lx aceommo- dated at this Lank. The coupons are prepaid to denominations of 60, loO, 690 and 1.000. S. T. LJ1 TLB & SOXS, KH 1IALTIMOHK STHKKT, ci;MJi:nia.Ni), mi. AUCTIONEER. ( TiTLS necitlnir tr.y sen lee on Real or Per--ki i-eiee. or anvthinv to I di-'SC4l oi at ' -ill ritut I will irive cntire'satislaetlon. rt ty aia jmiiuptly attoudfJ Ui. W. A. KOONTZ, Conliucnoe, I'a. iS BROTHERS iq(N jND fp.E5C0 PAINTERS, S"Mi:i;KT, I'kN.v'a. 3,000 ;:IIoi!M -oE FERMENTED WINE, ii ' tOR SALE 'a., or at his k Co.'s GROVE FARM lr. . M"t the t.liv-e of mar.n- tl' EUCKBERRY, ChtR; CURRANT, BERBERRY. WlLD-CHCr.RY CIDER WIMF ...''l,BLJJn 1ntlty to suit i-errliaser. Wn.r.. n niwiieai ami Wn wiue. sacra those irrrzfs, criAiss, SOLID SM EkH AEE, D1AM0SDS, AMtlllCAX CLOCKS, FRESCIl CI OCXS, SILtLB PLATED WA UK, JLU LLRY.tc HOLIDAY PRESENTS I Walchei anil Jewelry )iired hy Skilled Workmen and returnul by Kxprcss Pre of Cliaive. No extra charge lor Enitravlnir. Goods war ranted as represented. oetl jxo. ess. LA BC M.BICIS. ApctsfeFirgiiilleliis, JOHN HICKS & SON, KOMKKSKT. I'A.. And Roal Estate Brokers. KST A HI .1 S 1 1 ED il 85U. Persons who desire to sell, tuy or exchange pn.rty. t rent will tind It to their advantage t reels: er the .lescrli.ilon thereof, as noehanre is made unless sold or rented, lie I estate Luaincss generally will be pronnKly attended to. a -JC Id CHARLES HOFFMAN, MERCHANT TAILOR, (Above Henry Hettley'. Btora.) LATEST STILES ail LOWEST PEICES. misht prove too f-enoun. SOMETaSET !aJ gone to her own apartment It was a iii'oud and happy dav for Mrs. Sinclair on which her elder daughter had leeoine Sir lMward W'estbrook's wife. She had been a widow many years, and since her husband's death, life had been a hard struggle with her; nor was it the "snow of many winters" that lay upon her hair, but the touch of a great trouble when Ida and her lit tle sister Minnie played together in white embroidered dresses, and nev er knew then why their mother so often wept Ida gained an inkling of the cause, ho n ever, which grew in detail year by year with her own trrowth. until it became the family skeleton, which she and her mother j hidawav in the cupboard, deter-1 mined never to bring it to light. Ere she had attained her eigh 'wnili l.irthdav. Ida became Sir Ed"ar ' W'estbrookls wife. He had f-niii" down to their little secluded villat't; in the early summer, ant; there made the acquaintance of the widow and her two pretty daugh ters. Ida had learned to love him though nearly twenty years her senior, and betore that summer . nassed thev were married. lie tookiier to his luxurious home in London, and they were as happy as the days were long. She knew very little of the world, reared all her life in a country home, and was pure and guiltless as Jthe infant she gave birth to twelve month later, but the trouble which had turned her mother's hair to sil ver had never once been mentioned. Indeed, Ida even trembled at the idea of her husband ever discover ing it, especially now that a sort had been born to bear his honored name. Two or three months after the birth of their child, Lady Westbrooke accompanied Sir Edgar to a ball, iven bv one ot las mends, ana there she was introduced to Mr. Chesterfield, who, her hostess in formed her, was a very rich banker. Sir Edgar Westbrooke stood watch ing his wife as the introduction was made, and wondered at the change that came over her fair young face ; he noticed, too, that as she hung on his arm, her breath came in short, quick gasps, and that she was ap parently painluliv agitateu. lie was a man oiu enougn xo De ner lather, this George Chesterfield, the hanker. Could she have ever met him before, and even if she had, what was the reason of this sudden emotion : He was above so paltry a feeling as jealousy, and yet he felt wound ed and aggrieved, and knew not why. He loved her so well, and deemed her utterly incapable of any thing like duplicity. It was during their drive home that he broached the subject, when she was lying back in the carriage, with her head half resting ujton his shoulder. "Have you ever met Mr. Chester field before, Ida?,' She paused a moment, and then answered : Xo, Edgar; never. Whv?'' Nothing, dear; only 1 thought ix rhans vou miirht have done so," said her liusband, quietly. She spoke the truth, lie was sure, and his mind was relieved. Hut Ida was a little nervous next i i? ji l-ll morning in spcamngoi uie oau, and her face was two or three shades aler than usual, but that, no doubt, c ' l r a' was in consequence oi lis laiigues, thought Edgar. The matter was never again re ferred to until Mrs. Sinclair came on visit to her daughter, and then Sir Edgar expressed his intention of giving a dinner party solely in her lonor. "We will invite Mr. Chesterfield, Ida." said her husband one evening, while Mrs. Sinclair was paving Iter usual visit to the nursery. "He is kn exceedingly good fellow, and " Mr. Chestemeld ! Uh, no, ivdgar, ilease don't," interrupted Ida, wrr . .. j. .-I .1 .... vouslv, tlie pretty coior uyiug uui of her face. "Why on earth not, my dear?" asked Edgar, somewhat impatiently. "You seem to have taken u strange antipathy to that man." "Well, I suppose we all do some times," said Ida evasively. "Not without reason at any rate," replied the baronet in the same strain. "I should really like you to overcome your prejudice, Ida; al though at the same time I have no wish to invite anyone who is disa-; greeablc to you." ' He spoke coldly, and his tone sent a chill to her heart Oh, was this secret, which she felt it her duty to conceal ever from him, going to make a breach between her self and her husband she loved eo well? If the had ouly had the courage to tell him before their mar riage, liow much better it would have been; for she felt she never d;ire reveal it now the consequences Ida's white face startled her, but when the young wife eat down and told her of her recent introduction to Mr. Chesterfield, and of Sir Ed gar's intention to invito him to the house, the mother's countenance also changed, and for a moment she confessed herself unable to offer any advice in the matter. "I canno leave suddenly, Ida," she said, "or make any excuse that Minnie is ill, as it was only last evening I was telling Edgar how much she was enjoying herself with her friends in the country, and his suspicions would be dangerously aroused. No, the best and wisest plan is to let things take their own course, and to trust in the mercy and coodness of Him who was pleas ed to send us this great and bitter trial so many years ago. The chan ces are, dear Ida," (for the young wile was trembling m her mother embrace) "that George Chesterfieh will never recognize me. I was bu a few years older than you when he saw me last; and now mv hair is ... i -.I white and Uh dear mother, l was wrong not to tell Edgar before we were married," interrupted Ida. "What would he say if he were to learn the truth now, the mistress of Ins home and the mother of his child. Hush ! hush ! compose yourself, mv Ida," said Mrs. Sinclair sooth- inijlv. "Go to your husband, do nothing to excite his suspicion neither for one moment conjecture up evils that may never exist Even if this be the George Chesterfield whom your father " "Mother, don't," almost shrieked Ida, the very waits have cars, "hut even if he be, dear," addei Mrs. Sinclair, "the same George Chesterfield, surely he would newr publish it abroad to the world. They returned to the dining-room where Ida had left her husband, and no further allusion was made to tlie dinner party. On the follow ing morning, however, as Iadv Westbrooke sat in her boudoir alone, with her boy on her knee, Sir Edtrar joined her, and she then told him that she was perfectly wil liiitr to invite any cuest that tlie husband might choose to select. She looked so pretty, so utterly guiltless, as she 6at there with the morning sunlight turning her bright brown hair into sold, that he bent and kissed her with more than usu al affection. "My little wife shall ask whom she pleases, and then she will please me," he said, with much tender- "Only I don t like her taking r. one word more; my doctor has or dered me abroad to tlie South of France ; all business responsibilities devolve upon my brother; I take my departure next week, and there is but little chance of my ever tread ing English soil again. Ida's heart was too full for words, and she silently suffered George Chesterfield to take her hand and carry it to his lips, unconscious that her husband saw all from the stair- ness. prejudice without a reason." Ida colored deeply, and longed, as he stood there by her side, play ing with hij boy, to make a full confession of everything, and trust to his love and affection for the rest As he turned to leave her the words were on her lips, "Edgar come back ; I have something to tell you," anil then she looked at her babe, and her courage failed her her tongue was mute ; and Sir Edgar left her. How miserable she felt all through the dav ! Ah ! and many more in succession ; and how many tears she shed in secret; Her mother had advised her to invite Mr. Chester field to dinner, in accordance with her husband's wishes, and Ida had done so, though her fingers trembled as she penned the words, and she lived in continued dread of what the consequence of it all might be. She began to think that it was impossi ble to live like this much longer ; that, come what mav, she must tell her husband. The evening of the dinner party arrived, and, although Ida had been nervous and hysterical all the day, she stood by her proud husband's side in the drawing room, calmly doinir the honors of hostess. Her mother sat on an ottoman near her, lookins pale and lovely, with her hands placidly folded, and the light from a candelabra throwing its faint glimmer upon the Bilver tresses of her hair. "Mr. Chesterfield." Lady Westbrooke went forward to meet him, and uttered the words of introduction to her mother with lips that never faltered. The con sciousness that this night would de termine everything, either one way or tlie other, mad her feel wonder fully brave. She saw her mother's cheek turn to the hue of death, and the blood rush like a torrent to George Ches terfield's face. The recognition was mutual, without the shadow of a doubt ; and Ida, with a sickening feeling possessing her, went back to her husbands side, fearful as to what might happen next Later on, almost toward the end af the evening, Bhe heard her mother conversing with him in a small ante room which adjoined the drawing room on the top of the staircase. She was sitting a little way apart from the others. Her husband was not with them she believed that lie was in the card room below when Mrs. Sinclair walked toward her, and stooping down, whispered that Mr. Chesterfield wished to speak to her alone. For a moment she hesitated what if Sir Edgar should return and find her in the ante-room with the man she had shown such dis like to? "Do go he won't detain you a minute," whispered Mrs. Sinclair hurriedly. "You will be back be fore any one has time to miss you." And Ida went her heart beating wildly. The gas burned low in that little room where George Chesterfield stood erect and immovable, and evi dently awaiting the appearance of his young hostess. lie smiled as she came in, and his looks reassured her. "Lady Westbrooke, it has caused me minpled feeling of pain and pleasure in again meeting the wife of my once esteemed friend, Henry Sinclair your father," he said in accents that were slightly tremulous with an inward emotion. "She has told me how much anxiety my presence . beneath your husband s roof has given you ; but you need hare no fear " that I am coward j enough to let the innocent suffer for the guilty, and disturb the peace of such perfect bliss as yours and your noblo husband's. Let me add case. It was late when the last of the guests took their departure ; and then Ida, all unconscious, sought her husband in his library. lie stood there, turning over a few letters, but he put them down when his wife entered, and turned his face toward her. "Ida, I wish to speak to you come m and shut the door. The tone of his words fell like ice upon her heart, and she saw that af ter all, the truth was to be told. Silently she obeyed hiin. "What were you saying to Mr, Chesterfield m the ante-room to night ?" The silence that followed was aw ful, and then she came forward with a faint cry, but he put out his arm to keep her back. "Pray remain where vou are," he said ; "we can talk perfectly well at this distance. He gazed at her a moment as she stood dumb before him. in her su pcrb dinner dress, with the diamonds that his mother had worn shining on her neck and arms, and her love ly face, pale and quivering now, above them. "I wish for an answer to my ques tion," he said, again, "and we will mt leave this room until I have one. The diamonds upheaved and fell then she spoke, not excitedly, but clearly, and distinctly : lhe time has come, then, Edgar, when I must tell you that which I fear you will reproach me for not having told you before our marriage," she began. "I know it was wrong of me, now, but I did not think so seriously of it then ; and it has al ways been a secret ltetween my mother and myself. I don't think even Minnie knows all the truth. It is about my father he was a partner in George Chesterfield's bank ; and shortly after I was born, he lost a large sum of money in speculations. He used to gamble too ; but alas ! my mother, who lov ed him only too well, never knew it until it was too late. He was often out half the night, but he told her that it was his business that kept iiim ; and she, in her innocence, be- ieved him. One day I seem to lave a faint recollection of it he was arrested on a charge of having robbed George Chesttrtield's bank of fifteen thousand pounds. He was found guilty, transported, and died in penal servitude." rgain there was a brief silence, which was broken soon by a wild and bitter cry from Ida. Oli, Edgar, 1 know 1 was never fit to be your wife I, the daughter of a convict," she burst forth. "But loved you so well, and feared I should lose you if you knew what I was. And still more ur worthy am I now to he the mother of your child. Oh, Edgar, my husband, say so tell me you can never love me any more, and I will go away as quietly as possible away with my mother !" She sank down upon the floor in her agony, and ran her jeweled fin gers through the loosening tresses of her hair. The next moment 6he was lifted tenderly to her feet, and gathered to Edgar's breast "Is this all, my poor, foolish, lit tle Ida?" he said, soothingly, and kissed her bedewed brow. "To think that the fault of another could ever lessen my love for you. Your father is dead heaven rest his soul and the skeleton of his crime shall never rise up between me and my wife. This, then, has caused your fear of George Chesterfield. My darling, how much uneasiness you might have spared yourself if you had only told me all this before !" And you won t love me any the less, Edgar ?" she said, timidly seek ing his face. "Any the less?" he repeated with a smile. "More, if that can be pos sible : for it has convinced me to the utmost of what a precious wife I have got. No, darling, set your heart at rest on that score, at once and for all. And your father's crime shall remain buried with him. We won't let that be a skeleton in our cupboard, Ida, will we ? What do you say, dear ?" liut lady V estbrooke had noth ing to say she was sobbing out her joy and thankfulness upon her hus band s breast THK TRACK TESTER. An Almost Human Automaton How the rcnnHylvanla Railroad Engin ei-ra Detect Fatae Cango, Faulty Curves and Dangerous Joints. FaMliion Notes. Little girls are appearing as brides maids. Round hats turned up on one side are among the latest novelties. Shirring is the leading features in the making of summer dresses. Young children are wearing in doors shoes of untanned leather. Red is much used in summer toi lets and is shown in all materials. Watered silk makes a stilish trim ming for silk or satin Surah dresses. hite 1 rench bunting and nuns iling are in demand for summer dresses. A very large Alsacian bow of dark red plush, held by a gilt ornament, is worn in the hair with morning toilettes. Throat bows of satin Surah of pale blue, rose, or lemon-color are trim med with Spanish lace dyed the color of the Surah. Evening shawls in rich colore come so cheap this year that there seems to be no excuse lor wearing knit breakfast shawls. An elderly resident of Newton was approached by an agent for a cyclo paedia. "I guess I won't get one," said the elderly resident, and frank ly added, "I know I never could learn to ride one of the pesky things." Peruna by giving health also gives beauty. Its purpose is to ascertain accu rately and record automatically and exactly the condition of every foot oi track over which it passes, Whether there is any dip or spread if there be anywhere a dangerous curve or a defective joint, these are the questions often of vital import ance to traveling thousands whic it answers. laws that the most vigilant inspector could not detect, or the most experienced foreman locate, are by this machine deter mined alike as to their nature, ex lent and exact situation, and throug its guidance remedial measures may be applied when necessary without loss ot time or uncertainty as to the place. The contrivance is built from plan prepared by Alex. Voigt,a draughts man of the company, under superin tendeneo of Chief Collins, of that department and T. N. Ely. superin tendent of the motive power of the road. It was built in the shops of ine company, under the persona. care of Master Mechanic G. W. Strat- ton. It possesses pretty nearly the accuracy of a chronometer and the delicacy of a jeweler's balance. Similar contrivances have been used in England and France, but this is believed to be the best of all in fact, it is thought to combine their best features. Its first visit here oc curred last August when the gener al yearly inspection of the road was made. It is now being used to as certain tho exact state of affairs on the main line, with a view to quick er time in the near future. It is to be kept in constant use over the en tire road from this time forward. The indicator is always "run spe cial" and is always pushed ahead of its locomotive, so that the observa tions may be influenced as little as possible by the weight of that ma chine acting on the rails. The speed generally adopted is about fitteen miles an hour, though a fair record may be obtained up to twenty-five miles an hour. The condition of the track is determined by its eifect on the car, which is very accurately hung. A defective joint cause a jolt, which is always proportioned to the extent of the unevenness. The point to be solved by the inventor was how to make an intelligible re cord of the jolt which would locate it and give a notion of its extent. The principle he adopted was that of automatic graphical representation, so successfully applied in meteorol ogical observations. Over two drums in the car a broad paper ribbon (it . j , r - i is aooui iweive incnes wiue) is stretched. At the beginning of the route it is coiled on the drum nearest the rear of the car. As the journey progresses an ingenious arrangement of cranks and wheels, connected with the wheels of the vehicle, imparts such a motion to the forward drum that for every mile the car traverses four feet of the paper are drawn off the other drum and coiled upon it passing meanwhile under a set of pencils, which record upon it in faint zig-zag lines, the observations obtiined by instruments to which they are attached. Every one who has ridden on a fast train knows what effect an increase of speed has on -ease of motion, so in order that due allowances may be made a re cord of the rate of travel is first nec essary. A pencil touching the paper near its right edge is connected with an electric clock, r or four minutes and fifty nine seconds a straight line is made, as the paper passes over the roller; at the end of the five minutes a circuit is broken by the clock and the pencil marks a tick. If but a little section of the paper has passed from the roller letween ticks in other words, if the ticks are near together the travel is slow, and faults in the road ought to make their minimum disturbance. I( the paper is running fast tlie car is going fast, and a little flaw may make a big jolt Near tho Epace occupied by this device is a series of lines like music lines, only not so near each other. There are two groups, of eight lines each, and they correspond respec tively with the right and left rails. The pencils which work over them record errors of level in the track. As long as these are smooth the zig zag is confined between the fourth and fifth lines of each series. A projection causes it to deviate to one side, a depression to the other. The lines measure the detect, and an eighth of au inch makes a percepti ble variation on the paper. The pencil is connected by a series of cranks with a rod attacked to the spring of the car. As various ex crescences set the body rocking on the springs, the rod sets all the cranks ana through them the pencil in motion. Between the two groups of lines, corresponding with the two rails, is a single line, along which the "elevation" or swing of the curves is determined. As the car rounds these the pendulum within it is carried in one direction or the other, according to well known prop erties of that instrument, and by a very simple arrangement it records the extent of its deviation on either side of the standard line, according to the direction of the arc. On the left of the paper are three more lines. On one of these an electric device makes a mark each hundred yards that is covered. On tho second one the person in charge of the car notes by number the mile posts, towers, switches, signals and stations as they are passed. The third is at tached to the most complicated por tion of the entire machine, that by which the gauge or interval between the tracks is measured. For this purpose two small wheels are used, which have no part to play in the running of the car. Their axle is not continuous, but is broken in tho middle by a double drum with a spring within. Whatever be the distance between the tracks this spring always keeps the wheels tight pressed against them, the drum which works like two joints of a telescope, giving room for the exten sion or diminution of the axle. The pencil in the car is attached to the outer one of Uiese drums by a series of cords and wheels. Now a mo ment's thought will show that th position of this drum relative to the mean line of the car or of the road must be altered by every change it undergoes. It the track is narrow the guage-wheels are pushed a little closer together and the drum is pushed a little to the right, carrying the recording pencil to the right ot tho standard line; if the tracks widen the drums move out the outer one travels to the left and the pencil fel lows. Thus, on one side of the line are the records of too-narrow gauge, on the other those of "spread ing rails, while close by these am parallel with all the indicated faults the location is tallied first by the mile-post numbers made by the operator, and secondly by the auto matically measured hundred yarc dots. Tlie A"tl liiiliitii-! Immeiit. "Warriors, I am an aed heinloek "The mountain winds sigh among my withered limbs. A lew more suns and I shall fall among the sol emn hush of the forest, and my place shall be vacant I shall tread the walks of the happy huntin grounds and sing glad hallelujahs where the worm dieth not and the firewater is not quenched. Once 1 was the pride of my tribe and the swift loot ot the prairie. stood with my brethren like the towering oak, and my prowess was known throughout the nation. Now I bow t' the wintry blast and hump myself with a vigorous animus hump. My eagle eye is dimmed. The fleetness of my limbs is gone. The vigor of my youth is past. I do not shout now to my warriors, for the dills and rocks refuse to answer back my cry, and it sinks awav like the sad moan of the low-grade re fractory mule. hen my brethren go forth to shoot the swift-footed ranchman as le gambols on the hillsides, I cower above the camp fire and rub mutton tallow on my favorite chilblain through the still watches of the night "Warriors, I vearn for immortali ty. The White Father has said that over yonder the life is one editorial excursion. No inflammatory rheu matism can ever enter there. "I want to be a copper-colored angel and outfly the boss angel of the entire outfit I want to see Po cahontas and other great men who have climbed the golded stair. I want something to eat so as to sur prise my stomach, i want a long period ot rest and soul destroying inactivity. "Warriors, my sun is set I have ost mv grip. My features are sharpened by age, and one by one my white teeth have resigned till but two are left, and thev do not seem to mash by any overwhelming majority. 1 cannot masticate butla- o tnpc or even reush my tarantula on toast as I once could. inrslti on i rt and the day is gone. 1 hear the cricket chirp in the dead gras3 and know that the night is at hand ar away upon the gentle winds 1 hear the soft cooing of the Colorado torn cat and the thump of the stove id as it msses the cat and strikes with hollow, mournful sound against the corral. A few moons and you will meet but you will miss me. There will be one vacant chair. "The veal cutlet and the watermel on of the paleface hold 'out no in ducements to me. The circus and the icecream festival will miss me, for I shall ba far awav in the ether blue, where the wicked cease from troubling and the weary arc at rest. I shall be revelling m more eternal rest than I know what to do with. Farewell, my warriors. Make my humble grave low in the valley where the Columbine and the Iiockv Mountain flea can clamber over my ast resting place, and carved upon the slab above my head the name of Minneneconjospresipitatenuxquonac rtahsunkahooquipahahanazanyrhka iconkaska. lhe cross-eyed cater- piller who-walks-on-his-hind-legs and-howls-like-paleface-papoose-who advcrtises-to-hold-down-the-blonde- bumble-bee." An Emperor's Favorite Flower. It is well known that th-j corn flower also called bachelor's button From the Ijndon Liuiccl wn learn that "many years ago a :ane was re corded by"fr. Otto, of Copenhagen, in which !!" neeilh-s passed through the skin of a hvbterical girl, who had probably swallowed them during a hysterical paroxysm, but these all emerged from the regions lelow the diaphram, and were collected in groups, which gave ris to inflam matory swelling of some size. One of these contained Wi needles. Quite rwently Dr. Bigger described. lcforo the Society of Sararv. of Dublin, a cae in which more than 'J00 needles were removed from the body of a woman. It is very re markable in how few casts the nee dles were tLc cause of death, and how slight an interference with j function there presence and move ment caused." It woriM Ker-in from tlin r;JC rn or blue-bottle is the favorite flower j record that needles in tho system of the Emperor of Germany. The rather aist in digestion and pro reason why this simple field flower mote longevity, should be preferred by him to other iv.r instnne n'wn will u-it.tuw fl.nt and much liner ones may not bo so j tiir liv.aferie.il Airl !il.iv .lUn.Ul tr Deeds Must Be Recorded. In the injectment suit of Duncan McBane vs. George W. Wilson et al, for the rcovery of a tract of and in Jeflerson county, to which both parties laid claim, Judge Ach eson, of the United States Circuit Court, filed an opinion yesterday which orders that judgement shell entered for the pfamtifl in the amount claimed. The cases, which involve a considerable sum of mon ey, hinged entirely on the point of aw which provides that unless a deed of conveyance is recorded within six months after its execu tion it shall become null and void. he deed of Alexander Smith from whom McBane purchased the land was recorded September S, 1874, while that to Henry Metzgar, from whom Wilson received his title was not recorded until June 8, 1870 although the latter to all intents and purposes had owned the land over a year before Smith's purchase. On account of this neglect to record the deed within thestaetcd time, and be cause Metzgar, when questioned as to his interest in the land, stated liat he did not own it, judgement for the plaintiff was given. A Beniflelent 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 so cleanses the poi sonous matters from the system, that rosy cheeks and good health and spirits are soon brought back again. Express. Peruna will tone your whole system. well known, un the occasion ot a small festivity given at Kumigsbtrg, the Emperor's mother, Queen Lou ise, appeared in the presence of sev eral French generals sent by Napo leon I, to the unhappy Prussian King, in a very simple whito dress, wearing somo of these flowers in her hair and a small bunch of them in her corsage, much to the astonish ment of the rude warrior.s who did not hesitate to exchange in a loud whisper the derogatory remarks about the plainness of her toilet. Turning with an undeseribably sad yet dignified smilo to tho generals the Queen said : "Ever since your horses have trodden down our eorn lieldj, gentlemen, these pretty wild flowers may well be counted among the rare treasure of my unhappy country. Ihat scene ami the llow ers connected with it belong hence forth to the Emperor's sad but sweet reminiscences of his youthful days. When shortly before the bat tle of Inedland, Queen Louise had once more to flee from Koenigsbcrg to Memel. the carriage in which she traveled with her two eldest sons, Princes Frederick and William, lost wheel on the road. They were obliged to alight, and, being far away from any habitation, to sit down by the side of the deserted road, while the damatre was prepar ed. The little princes being tired and hungry loudly bewailed their fate to the dejected mother, who did not know how to appease the wants of her children. The your.g and delicate Prince William in par ticular clung beseechingly to Ids dearly beloved parent, who finally rose from her grxssy seat and culled lue-bottles in the adjacent fields, encouraging the two boys to follow ler example. u ith the bowers thus plucked she twisted wreaths, which occupation the princes look ed on with great curi'ssitr a:d in terest The feeling of helplessness and the thought of the unhappy condition of her family, her coun try, and the future of i lie sons by ler side brought tears to her eyes, hot tears, whichelowlytr'i-kled upon the flowers she held in ,;er hand-1. 'rir.ee William deeply touched. threw his arms round her neck and tried to comfort her witn his ciiild- ike caresses, which broi. lit s-vec-t smiles to the maternal laci and lips and won for the irresistible com forter a wreath of the blue flowers upon his ten-year-old curly head. This touching roadside scene Prince, now Emperor William, has never forgotten. On every corn-flower (this being the German name) he still thinks he sees ine glitter oi a maternal tear. Hence his fondness for them. Still it is not the flower alone that he loves he has also a great partiality for its color. A pe culiar construction of the Emperor's eyes causes this particular shade of blue to strike it more pleasingly than any other, to such a degree in fact as to render him almost indif ferent, nay insensible to all other colors. . This is also the reason why he likes to surround himself with this his favorite shade, and the la dies of his court have long made it a point to appear on festive acca- in- .. i . t . . . i nun ueeiues in ner siomacn, should absorb the midsummer cu cumber. Think how interesting those needles would make it for tho great colic promoter. We can imagine ll.c cheerful smilo of the cucumber as it enters the stomach, and bowing cheerftill toy the follicles standing around, hang its hat uron the wall of the stomach, stand its umbrella in the corner and proceed to get in its work. All at once the cucumber looks surprised and grieved aliout some thing. It stops in its haven-born colic generation and pulls a rusty needle out of its person. Maddened by the pain, it once mere attack1! the iliv;e:tive apparatus, and r.ine more accumulates a, choice job lot of needles. Again and again it enters into the unequal contest, each time losing ground and gaining ground till the poor cucumber, with assorted hard ware sticking out in all directions like the hair on a cat's tail, at last curls up like a caterpillar and yields up the victory. Still, the needle business will be expensive to husbands if wive? once acquire the habit and allow it to ob tain the mastery over them. If a wife once permits this demon appetite for cambric needles to get control of the house, it will soon se cure a majority in the senate, ami there will be trouble. The woman who once begins to tamper with cambric needles is not afe. She may think that she has power to control her appetite, but it is only a step to the maddening thirst for the soul-destroying darn ing needle, and per'iaps the button hook and carpet-stretcher. It is safer and better to crush the first desire for needles than when it is too late to undertake a reforma tion from the abject slavery to this hellish thirst. We once knew a swett young creature with dewy eye and breath like timothy hay. Her merry laugh rippled out upon the summer air like the joyful music of bald-headed bobolinks. Everybody loved her, and she loved everybody, too. But in a thoughtless moment she swallowed a cambric needle. This did not satisfy her. The cruel thralldom had begun. Whenever she felt de pressed and gloomy there was nothing that would kill her ennui and melancholy but Uie fatal r.eedle cushion. From thi3 she rapidly became more reckless, till there was hardly an hour that she was not under the mnuence of needles. If she couldn't get needles to as suage her mad thirst, she would take hair-pins or door-keys. She gradually pined away to a mereskel eton. She could no longer sit on one foot and be happy. Life for her was filled with opaque gloom and sadness. At last the took an overdose of sheen shears and monkey wrenches one day, and on the following morn ing her soul had lit out for the land of eternal summer. We should learn from thi3 to shun the maddeninsr needle cushion nq sions in blue toilets, which not only j We would a viper and never tell a lie. produce an agreeable effect upon j ;; Laramie Boomrawj. his sight but also upon his mood, imparting to the latter that happy tinge of cheerfulness and amiability which have long become proverbial in his case. Home Journal. The Revised Testament. "I take pleasure an, satisfaction,' said the President as he held up a parcel, "in informin'' you a worthy citizen of Detroit who does not car' to have his name menshuned' has presented dis revised cdishun of de Bible to de Lime-Kiln Club. We do not open our meeting wid pray er, nor do we sin' de Doxology, but neberdeles3 I am suah dis giit will be highly appreciated by all. Dar has been considerable talk in dis club about dis revised cdishun. Some oh you hab got the ideah dat purgatory has all been wiped out an heaben enlarged twice ober, and I have heared others assert dat it don't forDid lyin' stealin' and passin' off bad money. My friends, you are sadly mistaken. Hell is jist as hot as eber, an' heaben hasen't got any mo room, in lookin ober some ob ob de changes las' night I selected out a few paragraphs which hab a general b'arin. Forinstnace, it am just as wicked to steal water mellyons as it was las' v'ar befo,' and de skcerccr de crap de bigger de wickedness. "No change has been made in re gard to loafin' around de street De loafer am considered just as mean and low as eber he was, an' I wan to add my belief dat ho will get meaner in public estimation all de time. "De ten commandmens are all down here widout change. Stealin,' an' lyin' an' covctin' an' rnnnin' out nights am considered iist as bad as eber. "I can't find any paragraph in which men are excused from payin' der honest debts and supporting their families. .. v . r "leant nnu wna a poor mans wife, white or black, am 'spected to sling on any particular style." "Dog figsits, chicken hitin', polv- tic3, playin' keerds for money, an' hangm aroun' fo' drinks, an' all sich low bizness am considered meaner than eber. Fact is I can't fin' any change whateber which lets up on a man from btin' plumb up an' down squair' an' honest wid do world. Dey hab changeu de word Hell to "Hades" but at the same time add ed to de strength of de brimstun and de size ob de pit an' we want to keep right on in de straight path if we would avoid it Doan let any white man make you believe dat we's lost any Gospel by dis re vishuu, or dat Peter or Paul or Mos es hab undergone any change ;of sperrit regardin' de ways of libin' respectably en' dyin' honerably ' .'. Marriage Fee In IVeswax. Many of the first settlers of Illi nois were rude in speech and rough in manner. Money was scarce with them, and service was payed in pro duce. Gov. B used to illus trate these incidents of frontier life by the following anecdotes : One day there came to his office a young man accompanied by a voung woman. s-juire ?"' asked the ie you tne manly youth. 'les, sir.' "Can you tie the knot for us right awav ?" "Yes. sir." "How much do you charge?" "One dollar is tiie legal fee. sir." "Will vou take your fee in bees wax?" "Yes, if you can't pay cash." "Well, go ahead and tie the knot and I'll fetch the wax." "No," said the 'squire, thinking there was a good chance for a little fun , "bring in the wax and then I'll marry you." Reluctantly the youth went out to where was hitched the horse, upon which. Darby and Joan flishion they had ridden, and brought the wax in a sack. On being weighed its val ue was found to be only sixty cents. "Wall," said the anxious groom, "tie the knot, and I'll fetch more wax next week." "No, sir, I don't trust ; that is against the rules of this office." Slowly the disappointed youth turned to go out, saying, "come Sal, let's go." "I" say, mister," answered Sal, with a woman's wit, "can't you mar ry us as far as the wax will go?" "Yes, I can, and will," replied the 'squire, laughing, and he did. No Good Preach int;. No man can do a good job of work, j reach a good sermon, try alawsuit well, doctor a patient, or write a gooa article when he feels miserable and dull, with sluggish brain and un steady nerves, and none should make the attempt in such a condition when it tan be so easily and cheaply removed by a little Hop Bitters. Set; other column, Albany Times. The Brooklyn doctors examined a man to see if he wxs insane, and i as they found six letters from other men's wives concealed in the lining of his coat, concluded that he was able to transact business. The young man whose pocket book is crammed should immediate ly quarantine against picnic invita tions. If wit is badinage, what must it be in youth.
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