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i ,L.Ul-'lll iluilding.
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Mil W U. KOONTZ.
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omeneL, Pa.,
rivt iir.'Tiiirf at'.entloTt to tnflnen entreFt-
in Nunerwt and adjoining rrtintlea.
il'r.n'iEt U use kow.
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Somernet, Pa.
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u ith prouipUieai and fidelity.
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SumerMt, Penn'a.
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wt and vicinity. One of the mem
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t i.v.itc;i in ltertin ht iiw jr.-..-r
ai. Office oppueita Charles Krllna-
I II. r.IllT.AKEu t.-n.l rs his
-lui.ial nervi" tn the cltlieni of Sa
uncinr.r. tiee tn residence on Main
"e.M itie Diamond.
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PHYS1C1A ASIKOEUX,
ww!.S.m!fc Bend. Indiana, w here he
iied l y lotteror otherwise.
JnllX BILLS.
1ETIST.
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pa.
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he cj,ii at all time, he f.ind prepar-
H'lM.tork. such u tillioir. rrrn-fi'tv-tiLK
txe. Artltr l.i teetbut all kinds.
Wti materuil inserted. hratl.ms
!0X ACEXCY.
t S.rt-,ernt Sand Patch. Somerset eooniy.
"r t ol the peace, surveyor and elaim
tr-.BiMlv cllect all Hountr and Pen-
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Confiuence. Pa.
!:S BROTHERS
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PAINTERS,
s vki:t, I'enn'a.
3.000 UiiIIoim
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FOR SALE
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VOL. XXX. NO. 14.
A NEW OPEXIKG,
la tlie Hu'Ulu.g knowa'at the.
NAXJGLE HOUSE,
BY
ALBERT RECKE,
I.BAI k S.BTAIL
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For sale by the barrel or gallon,
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Seil attenthm given to House Knlnaire and
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In the most thorough manner and guaranteed.
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fehlt
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La bc m. aicsa.
tets k Fire aiii Lift Insiiraiice,
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SOMEIiSET. PA
And Hoal Estate Brokers.
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t. rniwitr the dunyitlna thereof, as noehare. is
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ac I
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' Vou may cease your discussion.
I My mind is fully settled in the nint
!ter," said Mrs. Grovenor, moving
jher chair back from the family
j breakfast table with an air of decis
i ion that would have done credit to
J a general of armed forces.
liella, the eldest of the three mar
j riageable daughters, and the dark
i eyed beauty of the family, sank
i back in her scat in elegant resigna
tion, while M arena, the second child,
remained nervously beating the
bowl of her Fjoon upo the delicate
China cofl'ec cup.
She was remarkable for nothing
but flirtations and a fine figure, and
had insisted unon spending the sum
mer at Saratoga, while Uclla had
plead for a cottage at Ixng IJranch
; or Cape Mav.
Fannie, the vounircst and fairest.
the violet-eyed, sunny-haired idol of
her father, had talked of the hills
and the cool, green country.
The discussion had waxed warm,
and would have doubtless become
torrid but for the timely decision of
ma.lame, who said :
"If I can find a place among the
hills of iVnnsylvania where the foot
of city p.l.rrims never trod, or where
tourists never penetrate, there will
I. metaphorically, pitch mv tent."
"Oh ! the hills of Pennsylvania !"
'gasped Mareha.
"And the horrid farmhouses, with
their rag carpets, family groups of
photographs and wheezing melode
on," sneered Kella.
"To say nothing of their home
talent pictures and butter-crock pot
tery," sneered Mareha.
"And all the green woods ami
s Acet-seentel meadows,'' exclaimed
the delighted Fannie, springing up
and huinfinz her pnpita who had
dropped his eyeglasses ami newspa
per ami was laughing at the diseom
fitted 15ella and Mareha.
"You have tlie best of 'cm. h,
kitten, as you ohvaj'B do ?' said he.
"I wish you would all reserve
your comments until X have con
cluded the programme for the sum
mer," interrupted Mr?. Grovenor.
"As I was saying, we will go to the
country during June and a portion
of Julv. The remainder of the time
we will divide between Ixmg Branch
and Saratoga. So make your prepa
rations accordingly, anil let me hear
no more about it," and she arose
and left the room.
Consequently, in due time, and to
the infinite delight of Fannie, she
awoke one lovely, crystalline morn
ing in June in a quaint old farm
house. The sloping roof of her
chamber mattered nothing to her, or
the dismal croaking sisters, who de
clared over and over again that they
should certainly die in euch a wild
with confusion of the brain, as they
were constantly forgetting that it was
impossible to assume an upright po
sition in their Innlroom save in its
centre.
For Fannie there was a world of
space and a wilderness of bloom
out of doors, and only six weeks to
explore the whole, anil so the dear
child of nature was always up with
the lark and out in the tangled dew
laden grass.
One morning her mother and sis
ters came down to a late breakfast to
find, as usual, that Fannie was out
and off, after having broken her
fast with Farmer Ilobbs and his
wife.
"She's cone a-fishing. and wanted
me to tell you that she wouldn't be
back to dinner." returned their
landlady to an inquiry of the fam
ily. .
';It's dreadful, mamma." yawned
Bella. "1 do believe she will be de
voured, or something terrible hap
pen to her."
-Never fear, miss, repiiM Mrs.
Hobbs ; "she'll be back all right.
Has only gone up the creek, and
there hain't no place in it deep
enough to drown her, except the
Devil's Churn, and that's three mile
and letter awsr, and nobody would
ever think of coing there, it's so wild
and tangled-like."
"I hone shell get enough of the
country, with its wet grass, snakes
and lizards," said Mareha, helping
herself to a liberal portion of the
sweet golden butter.
"Never!" asserted Mrs. Jloblis,
coming out upon the broad veranda
where she usually breakfasted, with
an armful of bright milk pans,
which she placed in a row by the
beehives in the sun. "Never ! ehe is
one of them as is natural-born ar
tists, and she can't no more live
without nature than a humming
bird without posies."
Meanwhile tannic, clad in a pret-
tv, dark flannel suit, neatly braided
in a paler snauc, a jauntv sauor nai,
stout 6hoes, an alpenstock, which
by an ingenious device could be
turned into a fishing rod, a little
tourist's basket containing lunch
and tackle, and fastened by a strap
across her shoulders, had passed the
rrarden paths, up the lane and over
the fields into the woods, until she
came to a little brook that went
lancing over its pebbly channel and
by moss-fringed and fern-edged
banks, now glancing and singing
through sunny glades or whisper-
inrr and siclnnsr leneath thicRly
matted foliage and darksome shades.
Flushed with exercise, the young
girl paused to now and then make
little stores or gatnerai treasures,
to be taken un on her return. There
were matted leaves, trailing vines,
feathery mosses, a branch of the ded
icate shell-like blooming laurel, with
a bunch of delicate ferns ; and she
whispered to herself :
"I suppose I shall have an awful
time to get there, but I mean to ex
plore those tangled depths Mr.
Hobbs was telling alout, wherein
lies that wonderful pool called by
the elegant and expressive name of
the "Devil's Churn."
After lunching in a graje vine ar
lor and trying her little white hands
at fishing, she gathered up her pos
sessions and entered the wildest and
darkest part of the glen and began a
climbing ascent over brambles and
hugh boulders andthrough interlac
ed branches that at times almost de
fied her strength. Bui she scram
bled on into" damp, gloomy Laby
rinths, where rarely a ray of sun
light penetrated even at noon. Ires
ently the brook grew more and more
omer
! turbulent and the rrlxmi more im-
j ticnetrable, the way more difficult,
and, but for the dash and aong of a
waterfall which proclaimed itself
near, Fannie would have turned
back weary and frightened.
But with a last effort she forced
her way through a perfect portcullis
of green, and with an exclamation
half of fear and half of delight,
paused, panting and breathless, up
on the brink of a circular pool of
dark green water, which seemed to
be the heart out of which glided the
little 6tream that had guided her
thither.
Into this pool from a rocky height
there glided a waterfall of foaming
whiteness, like the veil of a bride,
broken into liitlo threads or ribbons
here and there by sharp jutting
rocks.
Almost inadvertantly Fannie Btar
tled back with an exclamation of
dread as she glanced down into the
pit of fathomless waters. Then as
she stood regarding the scene it
grew upon her in beauty and gran
deur until she clapped her hands
with delight, and whispered :
"Oh ! was there ever anything so
lovely and yet so terrible ?"
Up the rocky sides of the preci
pice, curved as a bowl, over which
came the waterfall, grew mosses and
trailing vines, gnarled, knotted, and
winding in and out of the broken
ledges in fantastic twistines and
turnings. Iow down at the brinks
of the pool ran a narrow pathway,
formed by a slight, shelly projection
of the rock and terminating in an
out-jutting platform, upon which
the parasite creepers had fastened
their roots and by a freak of nature
fashioned themselves into a rude
chair, and which Mr. Hobbs had
described as that of his satanic ma
jesty.
And so, she whispered in awe,
"this is the resting place of the 6ul-
phorous kins, or, U'tter still, that of
lus spouse, 1 resepine.
1 hen she fell to wondering it she
would traverse the little shelf and
scat herself in the inviting resting
place. The susnrestion nerved her
to try and do so. and with the aid of
her alpenstock, and clinging to the
roots and tendrills of the vines, she
slowly accomplished her desire and
sat upon the curious rustic chair.
lAKtkincr down into the green water
over wliich she was literally sus
pended, awe stricken, and then
glancing upward she saw the sun
light dancing amid the thick foliage
far above and wondered if even a
chance ray ever penetrated the si
lent depths.
As these thoughts flitted through
her mind a single arrow-like beam
of golden light shot downward to
her feet and gleamed in the water
beneath as a dazzling ruby in an
emerald setting. With one hand
clinging to her stout staff and one
white arm linked into vines she sat
and rested until chilled and damp
ened by the spray of the waters.
Then she determined to retreat from
the dangerous position and return
home. But upon regaining her feet,
still clinging to her support, a low,
rumbling, cracking sound broke
upon her ear, mingling with that of
the leaping waters, and the next in
stant the entire ledjre gave way and
the affrighted girl found herself sus
pended above that awful gulf with
out a foothold, save the smallest pos
sible space.
Involuntarily she ghriked for aid :
but the noise of the rushing, foam
ing waters drowned her voice as
completely as if her white lips had
remained closed ami mute.
Thoughts of loved ones, the shel
ter and safety of home, and the fear
ful death that awaited her perhaps
tiiat when she could hold on no
longer and she had fallen into that
inkv pool, nothing would be left to
tell the tale that there she had found
a grave, and searching ones would
never have an answer to the question
as to the mystery of her fate, forced
themselves uon her.
Lik a torrent the flood gates of
ht r t-ars broke forth ar.d so exhaust
ed her that she came near falling,
but nerving herself she clung to her
sweet young life as long as she could.
Her sobbing ceased, and with up
lifted gaze toward the calm, blue
stripe of summer sky, she breathed
a prayer for help or strength to die,
if such was the will of the Creator.
Then as if inspired by faith she
sang a vers of the "Rock of Ages,"
and never were sweeter notes blend
ed with that leaping, dancingwater
fall, though hundreds of blythe
songbirds had vied with each other
in anthems of praise of the Divine
Architect of the grand old rock and
hills.
Softly rose the trembling voice
filled with soul melody ; higher,
deeper and yet clearer Bwelled the
notes until the very air vibrated
with the anthem of vocal prayer,
"Other refuge have 1 none,
Hung my helpless soul on Thee,"
and the full lips and pure young
face grew transcendantly beautiful
with its conceptions of the Almighty
and His love and tender care of all
His creatures.
Then, even as voice and clinging
limbs were losing all tkeir strength
something came falling down from
above with the boiling foam and
drifted out with the black waters of
the pool. Venturing one down
ward glance she saw a hat of rough
straw floating upon the water, and
glancing swiftly upward with terror
and joy caught a glimpse of a man
slowly climing down the face of the
terrible cliff, clinging, slipping,
trusting to strong hands, heroically
coming to her rescue or to Bhare
death with her. But everything
swam before her eyes, and as the
blackness of night settled down
upon her, her head fell forward
upon the cold, wet rock to which
she was clinzing, ai.d in instant
more she would have fainted and
fallen.
"Hold on !" shouted a voice, "just
a moment
With a ereat effort she raised her
self from the swoon that was death
and waited with closed eyes until
she felt a hand grasping her own
and heard a voice shouting :
''Now let go. Trust entirely to
me. I must draw you up to where
I have a foothold.
Slowlv. and with difficulty. Fan
nie extracted her slender, bruised
set
ISTA-BLISHKO, 1827.
SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY,
white arm from the coil of the vine
and felt herself elevated until her
feet rested upon a little projection
by the side of him who was ventur
ing his life for hers. I
aYou Bhould not bftve come, sir,"
faltered Fannie, glancing up into a
Fair of dark eyes. "It was better
should die alone,lhan that you
should also perish, fof we can never
"Hush !" whispered the stranger.
"Only be calm and dp as I bid you.
Here," he continued, stooping a lit
tle while still clinging to the face of
the rock, "place rour foot in my
hand and then react up to yonder
sapling, and with ' my assistance,
pull yourself up. Everything de
pends upon your coolness and brav
ery. But for your life do not look
downward."
With closed lips and set teeth
Fannie did as she was bidden, and
presently stood in a position where
she could find support, and waited
with closed tips and misty eves un
til the gentleman had placed him
self by her side.
Again his strong arm helu her
until they had rested, and then he
said :
" 1 hat was bravely , done, but in
order to gam salcty we must go
through this sliding sheet of water.
You must lock your arms about my
neck and trust yourself entirely to
me. I think we shall be successful,
but in any event you must resign
your fate into my hands and keep
yourself cool and calm,
"I will try. But it Is terrible. I
mean the thought that I am periling
another human life by my insane
rashness," returned Fannie, witl
tears flooding her blue eyes.
1011 must not thmK at all now.
Nerve yourself, for it is crowing late,
and life, and all it means, is await
ing us on yonder summit."
"Yes, but what a death below !'
she gasped.
"But I shall make a desperate
struggle for the former. Are you
ready?"
As he spoke he wound his left
arm about her slender waist, and in
stantly Fannie twined hers about
his neck as if he were a brother,
and a moment later she felt the
dash of water in her face and over
her form. Fighting inch by inch,
in the water, out of it, clinging to
the "waving loons of vines, they
suddenly passed into a broad belt
of sunlight were ushered, as it
were, headlong into life.
When Fannie recovered from the
almost deathly swoon into which
she had fallen, the instant she com
prehended safety was found, she
was lying above the waterfall upon
a dry mound, and her deliverer at
tempting to restore her by dashing
cool water in her face. 5hc at up,
sobbed her thanks, and . when they
had talked over how she came sus
pended over the "Devil's Churn,"
and how he, coming from a neigh
boring field.to a famous spring of
ice cohl water iust at the head of
the falls, heard her singing, and at
first was tempted to believe it spirit
music, but attracted by the sweet
ness of the voice had leaned over
the chasm, discovered and came to
her rescue. He continued :
"Born and matured in the neigh
borhood I know every foot of the
ground, and in boyhood often made
the descent and assent."
When Fanny had fully recovered
she learned more of the history of
her rescuer that he bore the musi
cal name of Clarence Cameron, that
he was home from college upon a
summer vacation, and that a large
white mansion, to be seen from
where they were conversing, was his
residence, and which shortly after,
they entered, even in her wretched
condition.
That night, after a moonlight ride
with her rescuer, she found the
Hobbs farmhouse in great commo
tion, and when all her adventures
had been recounted again and again,
Bella and Mareha tormented her with
questions about the gallant young
knight whom fate had sent to her
rescue.
"Such elegant people." concluded
Fannie, "such a lovely house, such
exquisite grounds, such a flowery
garden, and just think of it, a genu
ine Landseer over the mantel, and a
Rosa Bonheur on the wall3 of the
parlor, and a grand piano ! and such
a supper as they gave me such
splendid strawberries and real
cream ! And think of my eating
them in one of Mrs. Cameron's best
dresses, a mile too large for me,
while my own was under a drying
repairing process.
" as there ever such a madcap?
exclaimed Bella,
It is shocking ! I am certain I
shall not sleep a wink all night,"
groaned mamma.
"And, of course, notwithstanding
the politeness you received, the
young gentleman must think you a
downright fool, Fan," interlarded
Mareha.
Poor little Fannie went to bed
very thankful, but humble, and cried
herself to sleep, while thinking how
very silly Clarence Cameron must
have deemed her.
On the contrary, that young gen
tleman could not sleep for thinking
of the little maid he had fished out
of the "Devil's Churn." Over and
over again he declared to himself
that she was the lovliest, most hero
ic little thing he had ever met in
short, had fallen madly in love with
the girl, and when, at last nature as
serted itself and he slept in the wee
sma' hours he dreamed of the ten
der white arms that twined them
selves so closely around his neck, of
the soft, yielding form he was forced
to clasp to his heart in that awful
struggle for life.
"She is so young," exclaimed
Bella, one day. when talking of the
matter, "that it I were you, mamma,
I would forbid Fannie's tramping
all over the country with that Clar-
"He is a splendid catch," was an
swered, "ana, while I wish it might
have been one of my eldtr daugh
ters, yet I am very much pleased that
Fan has drawn such a prize."
"So 1" exclaimed her father, when
a few weeks later he came to take
them home, "so you went a fishing.
Fan, and caught a whale, they tell
me ? I shall have to look into the
matter," he laughed, as his favorite
He
SEPTEMBER 7, 1881.
ran out of the room, with her face
like a garden of roses, and ran
right into the arms of a young gen
tleman who was coming up the walk
in the shadows of the evening.
"By the way," continued the old
man to Bella and Mareha, "what
kind of a vine was it that saved the
dear child ?"'
'A grapevine, papa."
"Ha ! And it bore sweet fruit for
her and only sour grapes for you,"
and he went out laughing at "their
indignant faces.
The next morning Mr. Groveii'-r
and young Cameron made a pilgri
mage to the "Devil's Churn," and
when the former comprehended the
awful situation in which his child
had been and the heroism of the
man who had saved her life, he
turned suddenly away from the
black, sullen pool and, grasping the
young man by the hand, and with
his eyes filling with tears, said :
"Ilevcn bless you, my boy. How
can I ever thank you as I ought ?"'
''By giving Fannie to me, sir!"
w.is promptly answered.
" ou saved her life, and it shall
be yours," responded the old man, I
and together they returned hoiru j
ward.
That evening Clarence Cameron
had very much to tell Fannie out in
the moonlight among the flowers,
ana the promise given was sealed
by a kiss and to be further strength
ened at a later period with the snowy
veil and orange blossoms that usher
in wifehood.
Yisit to lie Ix-.
We went from Nice to Pome,
where we were very pleasantly re
ceived in private by Pope Leo. On
the oci ason ol our reception we
were iirct usncTOii into an ante
chamber where we were introduced
to a number of members of the pa-
pal household. In this ante-chamber
I saw a Chinese bishop and a
Chinese priest. The former had
been a Frenchman once, but wore
the Chinese pigtail and looked Chi
nese ail over, lhe priest was a
true Oriental, who gazed with awe
and veneration at his surroundings.
In the next ante-chamber Mgr. Ca-
taldi, master of ceremonies, made
us known to other memlscrs of the
household, and after a progress
through several rxms we were ush
ered into the presence of the Pope.
1 le was seated on a raise I platform
or throne in the centre of the large
room or hall rather. Being an
actor and having an eye for proper
ties, I noted the dress of the holy
father carefully. He wore stockings
cf white silk, white shoes with
golden crosses by way of buckles ; a
long white cassock of merino, bound
with silk of a jtale rose color; a
cape that reached below his elbows,
which was also bordered by rose
colored silk, and a white silk skull
cap, with a rose colored binding ami
a jewel in front. A heavy chain
from which depended a large cross
set with diamonds and rubies, hung
around his neck. Upon his hands
he wore mittens of silk which readi
ed to the first joint of his fingers.
He wore a white beltorsash around
his waist. When we were ushered
in we were told to remove our
gloves, and I observed before the
presentation took place the Pope
took off his left mitten. The pre
sentation was made bv Mgr. Cataldi,
each of the party kneeling in turn
and kissing the episcopal ring which
is worn on the 1'ope s lelt hand.
When the ceremony had been per-!
formed the Pope raised his hands
as though to help us to our feet,
and then for the first time I looked
up into his face. It was one of the
best and kinder f:tccs I ever saw.
There was something so fatherly, so
gentle and so goexl in it that I shall
never forget it while I live. in. J.
Florence's interview in the A". I'.
HfirW.
Iit-uliaritiei of Grral Men.
Aaron Burr alwavs forgot to re
turn a borrowed umbrella.
Charlamagnc always pared
his
corns in the dark of the moon.
Byron never found a button oil'
his shirt without raisng a row about
it.
Homer was extremely fond of
boiled cabbage, which lie" invariably
ate with a fork.
Napoleon could never think to
shut a door after him. unless he was
mad about something.
Pliny could never write with a
lead pencil without first wetting it
on the tip of his tongue.
Socrates was exceedingly fond of
peanuts, quantities of wliich he al
ways carried in his pocket.
The Duke of Wellington could
never think to wipe his feet on the
door, mat unless his wife reminded
him of it
George Washington was so fond
of cats that he would get up in the
middle of the night to fling a boot
jack at them.
bhakespeare, when carrying a cod
fish home from the village grocery,
would invariably try to conceal it
under his coat
When the wife of Galileo gave him
a letter to mail he always carried it
around in his pocket three weeks
before he ever thought of it again.
Christopher Columbus always paid
for his local paper promptly, and
being an attentive reader, he always
found out when new worlds were
ripe.
Im It luawible.
That a remedy made of such com
mon, simple plants as Hops, Buchu,
Mandrake, Dandelion, Ac, makes
so many and such marvelous and
wonderful cures as Hop Bitters do?
It must be, for when old and young,
rich and poor, Pastor and Doctor,
lawyer and Editor, all testify to
having been cured by them, we
must believe and doubt no longer.
Sec other column. Post.
The subjoined opinion, we per
ceive, is by J. A. Daniels, Esq., of
Messrs. btogdill &. IJaniels, attorneys,
La Crosse Chronicle: Sometime
since, I was attacked with pain in
and below one of my knee joints. A
few applications of St. Jacobs Oil
quieted the pain and relieved the
inflamation. I regard it as a valua
ble medicine.
A MILMOXAlKK MINKI
Tlie Career if a, Ilonanzit Kini;
Ivomanee of -Mining.
A Denver " Colorado) correspond
ent says :
I had heard so much about Ta
bor's mines, and Tabor's buildings,
and Tabor's schemes from the time
I crossed the line which separates
total-abstinence Kansas from drink-as-you-please
Colorado, that I was
quite anxious to meet the bonanza
king face to face. My curiosity was
amply gratified to-day. By the
courtesy of Governor Pitkin, 1 occu
pied a place on the balcony of the
State house while the splendid
militia companies of Denver and
Lcadville passed in review under
the Executive eye. A number of
the State officers assisted the gover
nor, and among them was Lieuten-ant-Goyernor
Tabor, arrayed in the
uniform of Tabor Guards, his strong,
bony head surmounted by a little
skull cap, apparently two sizes too
small.
His warmest admirers would not
call Mr. Tabor either handsome or
graceful. He is appparcntly about
fifty-five, his hair is black and
coarse as an Indian's and his large
mouth is covered rather than orna
mented by a heavy moustache
which is slightly tinged with
gray. His arms and legs seem made
of wood and his joints of iron, and
it is very evident that he does not
feel at all at home in a military uni
form. In conversation with this luckiest
ol men one soon forgets his peculiar
ities of manners and apieararice.
There is so much straightforward
ness and strong common-sense in
; wjiat jic
savs that no one who
knows him wonders that he has be-
r,.at art of 0 niakin
e - -
His history is one of the roman-
ces ofmining. Twenty-two years ago,
when the "Pike's Peak or bust ' le
ver was at its height, Tabor and his
wife left their hungry home in Maine
to seek a fortune in the wild West.
They didn't find it. For eighteen
weary years they went up and
down tlie loot-hills and mountains
of Colorado, pursuing the phantom
gold and growing old and discour
aged in their tiresome ami bootless
search. lie was sober and thriity,
but somehow they did iiot get on
in the world.
Now, when they have more mill
ions than the' had hundreds then,
Mrs. Tabor delights in telling how
"me and Tabor" moved in an ox
team across the Park from Denver
to Oro City, where they started a
little stor for the sale of miners'
supplies. Oro City was a small
camp a' .out two miles from where
Leadviiie now flourishes, and where
the firot discoveries of quartz were
made in Lcadville. Tabor "grub
staked" two prospectors, August
Rciche and ( leorge Fryer, to search
for ore. on the condition that he
should have half of all they should
discover.
The first ore they found ran only
eight ounces to the ton, but as they
went down on "Little Pittsburgh"
the quality steadily improved.
About this time Leadviiie had out
grown Oro City, and Tabor moved
his store to Denver end bought a
a bill of goods amounting to SJ,r)0,
and not having money enough to
settle, he offered his share in the
Denver firm, but they preferred to
take their chances on getting their
money back when he had disposed
of wares. Later he bought 8;J.7UO
worth of goods from another firm,
and actually succeeded in inducing
thtm to take his half of Little Pitts
burgh in payment.
When he reached home, however,
he received a letter from the firm
asking him to take back his mine,
as they had no desire to go into
that kind of business, assuring him
that they would trust him for the
bill.
Well they might, for within three
months he had bought out both his
partners for 61"0,O!jj, paying them
out of the proceeds of the mine,and
had in turn sold out to Chaffee,
Moffatt & Co. for 81.XXVYX. In
all he made about SlJOOjOW) on the
mine which wa3 then stocked at
$20,(XX).0(JO, yielded some S",()00,
(XX) to its new purchasers, and is
now an empty ruin, so far as' ap
pearances go.
Tabors wealth is variously esti
mated between 64.000,000 and 810,
OOO.OU), but it is doubtful if even
he could state its exact figure. Not
withstanding his sudden leap from
poverty to millions, he is as plain
and approachable as ever His only
son and heir is one of the lessees of
the Windsor hotel, and is said to be
a shrewd, level-headed young man.
Mrs. Tabor delights in fine clothes,
diamonds and New Eegland gram
mar, and is now enjoying a tour of
Europe.
Suit the Cows.
Cows should receive all the salt
they want. A very good plan is to
make an artificial salt-lick by plac
ing ground or coarse salt in troughs
accessible to the cows when they
want to get it ; or by placing larger
pieces of ordinary rock salt where
the cows may lick at them when
thev feel inclined. Most people salt
their cows about once a week, and
then give them a pretty good dose.
This is, of course, better than not. to
give any, but its incongruity and
unfitness will better be appreciated
perhaps by the dairyman himself if
he will try taking his salt the same
way ; say, on Sunday or Saturday
morning he should eat a teaspoonful
of salt, and let that do for the week.
A cow isn't a human being; but
physiology and common sense are
pretty much the same, whether they
are applied to man or other animals
in the matter of alimentation and
the ordinary functions of digestion
and so on. If cows are fed in the
stable every day they should each
have a good teaspoonful of salt every
morning in the trough, or a piece of
rock salt may lie in the trough to be
licked when she wants it If cow3
are not stabled every day a box or
two of salt should be placed in the
field or at the milking place, so a3
to be accessible any time when the
cows feel like having a lick.
IC
LL. O
WHOLE NO. 1574.
'arc AlMnt Tliina-.
; We h ive on many occasions in
going over the outbuildings upon
; some farms, noticed a great deal of
carelessness in guarding against
man-traps, which might prove very
dangerous to life and limb, if a
knowledge of the existance and re
membrance of them were not at all
times borne in mind, or of contriv
ances where cattle may be hurt.
Passing through a friend's farm
building sonic time ago, wo came
on a cistern for catching water from
the roof, the lid of which opened in
a frequently-traveled path. On our
expressing surprise, our friend won
dered at the alarm, "For," said he,
"all about u.s are trained, to such
careful habits there is really nodan
ger. No one would ever think of
leaving the trap door open." This
reason seems correct, and yet the
newspapers are filled with accidents
which occur in places where "ull
hands'" are supposed to exert the
greatest care. Some one come3 in
with a loaded gun and does not
draw the charge. He knows how
careful every one is in handing fire
arms, and ye numbers of people d ie
every year simply through forget
fulness on the part of some playful
fool that the article may possibly
be loaded. A man carries the
dangerous matches, that ig
nite with scratching against
anything loose in his pocket, and
goes through his stables aud over
his haymows and straw stacks.
He is quite sure that his careful
habit3 will never let him drop one
so that something may tread or fall
on it, or a mouse muhie it and a
fire ensue. But some day the whole
thing "goes up," and there is no
end of wonder how such a thing
could be !
It is indeed singular that acci
dents and loss are usually the luck
of those who are the most careful.
We knew a man once who carried
money loose m his vest pocket, as
many do their matches. No one
could be more particular than he in
watching everything, that nunc fell
on the ground or blew away. He
regarded loss as impossible, and he
continued to think so until next
day when about to give up his room
at a hotel, after visiting a county
fair, his wife found a ten-dollar bill
lying on the floor! Carefulness is
very well. Study it by all means.
1'i.t in all our arrangein- "ts securi
ty should rest rather on .impossibil
ity than on watchfulness. The man
who lies asleep with one eye open
to guard against foes doc well : but
the one who takes his re win nj he
knows no enemy can com .-. has the '
best chance of rest.
We make a note of these things
now because the season will soon
be here when fires will be necessrry
and with it the season when things
take fire from "defective Hues" and j
other accidents. These things nev-!
cr occur where people are really
careful, but the best rule is to so or- j
der things that no matter how care- j
less people may be, accidents are j
next to impossible. fjrrm irto.rn j
Th- "Wheat Chip.
The wheat crop of this year is
now harvested and being threshed
out read fur market, or to be plac
ed in the granary of the farmer,
and tlie next ouestion with the
growers Is as t the time of sale best
suited to their interests, inis, oi
course, is a question which can
alone oe determined by the farmers
themselves, and their pecuniary
condition will very greatly tend to
aid in the decision. It is pleasant
to know, however, that the land
holders, of the country are partak
ir.g in some considerable degree in
the prc?reritv now enjoyed by
other classes, and have it in their
power to handle more of the ready
cash than they have been accustom
ed to for many years. They have
certain market lor -everything they
have to sell, and, unlike most other
professions, their returns are cash
down on delivery, and we see no
good reason whv thev should not
be able to realize more than ex
penses, unless they are still in debt,
as. has been the case with many in
years gone by. As was anticipated
by us some weeks ago, we believe
that this vear the quantity raised
will be equal to that of last year.
In many cases the vield has not
been as great per acre, but the addi
tional area? of land sown will fully
make up for any shortage in the
yield.
the delivery oi gram at the sever
al seaports where it is exported is
considerably short of the preceding
year at the" date to which there
turns are mad up; but the cause of
this is largely on account of the sea
son for harvesting being some ten
davs to two weeks latex than that
of last year, when the wheat was cut
earlier than usual, whilst this year
it was not ready for the reajer un
til a later day than what is usually
the ca-e.
We have always deemed it the
best policy to sell wheat when it
can be done handily. As a general
rule, the chances are that as good
prices are attainable as when it is
stored, and the loss occasioned by
shrinkage, by vermin, petty thieve
ry, etc., will be likely to equal any
increase in price which can ordina
rily be obtained by holding over lor j
better terms. We can see no rea- j
son why prices are likely to be j
higher than at this writing. Tis
true speculators will be setting afloat
all kinds of reports to affect prices, i
as usual, and "corners" may be got-:
ten up by those who have the com-
mand of "large capital ; but against J
these there is no protection, and the j
wheat-grower will have to run his j
chances the same as other classes j
in these speculative times. J
- i
A Massachusetts woman was re-!
cently buried at the age of one hun-;
dred.' Thi.s might be termed a cen- j
tury plant. j
I paid Sl r0 to my doctor and was J
no better. I then took a few Ixittles j
of Peruna which cured me. j
Tt ; j pnneeilpd f'irt that cannot i
be denied, Peruna i3 supplanting all
other rmedicines. j
Iryins; Kwrrt iihi .
A 0; .ui ou for ilrvit.;; sweet
em u is id hand, I tlninht a few
hints i. n thvHihjt-ct would tn't tome
iaiuirsio some of your reader. In
jtherirot place, never gathereoritone
day for the next (!ayV drying, as
j this pjkhIs the flavor of tlie corn,
even if it doc3 not turn sour, which
I is very apt to Im the taw
unless great care is taken to keep it
in a cool place. I am quite sure
: that a great deal of the dried corn
Mound upon the market is not reai
j ly fit to eat, implb because it had
soured tafore it wxs dried. In fact,
j corn that is to ls used as ruasting-
eara should be used the same day
on which it is gathered, in order to
retain its natural flavor.
Select ears that arc not too ripe ;
this can be easily told by pressing
i your thumb nail into a kernel, and
I if the milk spirts out kind of watery,
! it is not quite ripe enough, but if it
j is more like a good thick cream, it is
j right for using. Strip off the husks
! and drop into hot or scalding water.
j and let it boil one minute, or just
long enough to set the milk, then as
soon as possible take it out and let
it drain dry, so that there will fe no
water left m the corn ; then tike a
sharp knifi and sliee just the
ends of the grains, and the next
time you bring your knife down
deeper, but not so deep a3 to cut off
any of the cob. If you are drying
for home use, you had better take
the back of the knife and scrape the
cob. In this way you will get some
of the best part of the corn. Thi.s
should be dried by itself, as it will
tike longer to dry than tlie other,
and is really worth twice as much
for the table ; and again, if you
have only the stove to do your dry
ing with, I will tell you the way to
do; make the stove middling hot,
nut your corn into large bread pans,
put it into the oven, and as soon as
it begins to get hot commence to
stir the com, and the steam will
leave so Cist that a jerson can dry
two or three batches every day.
The more it is stirred the faster "it
will dry. It is surprising how
mncl can be dried in this way in
one season.
As soon as corn is dry it should
be hung up in paper sacks in the
kitchen or some other place where
it will harden, and should be shak
en up every few days until it be
comes real dry and hard, then put
it away in some dry room, or sell it
at once if you can get ten cents a
poumL We always get that for all
we dry without any trouble. In
fact, I have never yet had enough
fcr the demand, r.nd I find it more
profitable to dry and sell at 10
cents per pound than to sell my
corn at eight cents per dozen that
is, if yout corn is of the large varie
ty. John Turner, Jameztoim, Ta.
riftiisite for Potato).
Tlie best potato fertilizer on dry
soil is water ! This is to say that
the potato is more dependent upon
moisture than the most of the crops.
On rny own farm I am unable to
calculate upon a sure crop of mer
chantable potatoes. I may apply
sufficient manure or fertilizer, anil
yet if the season be unpropitious, the
potatoes are small despite the ma
nuring. This has led me to give a
little study to this crop, and I find :
1, That any cause which check3
the growth of the plant after the tu
bers are somewhat formed tends to
check the growth of the formed tu
bers and to etimulate the formation
of other tubers. Thus a severe hoe
ing in mid season will check tlie
growth of the tubers and form new
tubers to such an extent that on
rich land the crop will be numerous,
but also small and unmerchantable.
A drought at this time will aflVct
the plant likewise.
2, The manure put on the potato
land, or fertilizer, does not necessa
rily prove large potatoes ; it only
influences aggregate growth; the
production of the best merchantable
crop seems dependent upon a con
tinuous growth from the time the
tubers are formed until they attain
ripeness. The potato requires a
steady uniform season, without too
much or too little water. It re
quires fertility in the land, but the
physical condition of the soil and
atmospheric relations must be such
that growth be materially uncheck
ed. As the pinching in of a shrub
rendera it n.ore brapchy and leafy,
and causes it to contain more nu
merous buds than the larger un
pinched ' shrub of equal vigor, so
the interference of growth of the po
tato plant, by means of the hoe or
drought, effects the production of
the underground buds or tubers.
3, Fertilizers, especially that con
tuning potash, seems to improve
the quality of the tuber, over that
produced from manure. Piaster is
often beneficial, applied in the hi!,
in modifying the mosiure relations
of the soil. The best potito lands
of Maine are freshly burned soil.
Under the lest conditions the burn
ed over soil is rich in ashes and
charred wood, and this layer is a
more efficient mulch to the plant,
so that we can believe that the qual
ity of the potato is caused by the
excess of potash and other ash ele
ments, and the size is influenced by
the uniform condition of the soil un
der this efficient mulch, daring th
season of growth.
Pretty Poor Stair.
"Well, Father Brown, how did vou
like tlie sermon yesterday ? asked
a young preacher.
"You see, parson," was the reply,
I haven't a fair chance at them ser
mons of yours, i am an old man
now and have to sit pretty well back
by the stove ; and there's old Miss
Smithe, Widder Taff, and Rylyn's
darters 'n Nabby Birt and all the
rest a sittin' in front o' me with their
mouths wide open a ewolerin' down
all the best of the sermon, an' what
gets down to me is pretty poor stuff,
parson, pretty poor stuff."
Kape-rlenee th Itest Gnide.
The constant practice most wo
men have in caring for the sick
makes them often more skillful
than phvsiciana in selecting medi
cine. The reason whv women are
everywhere using anl recommend
ing Parker's Ginger Tonic is, be
cause they have learned by that
best of guides experience that
this excellent family medicine speed
ily overcomes despondency, periodi
cal headache, indigestion, liver com
plaints, pain or weakness in the
back and kidneys, and other trou
bles peculiar "to the sex. um
Journal. See adv.
It is called a poke bonnet because
it is necessary for a young man to
poke his head inside to kiss the
wearer. mmmmmmm
For constipation and piles take
Manalin.