'QEt 'Oflublicatioii.! Lncrset Herald, tilled " . ..Irani- : otherwise 1 to '''ili.ri. M f a.reA- ,., 1- Jlviot'oi nnill " 'uw. J ''The, ,.f v"' to not take out 1MB v Bnii, !""' f the former as 1,.-t,uw a 11 1.1 "V-Alir., if""!.-!! -.01 L !'f 1 1 I' I AIT ' Siniierset, P. ,Van.inotliBlc. --rower hr! ! ,r,"W'i liisBY-AT-iaw, Somerset, Pa, .-viWl.KV. Tr,.KSEY.ATlAW, . Smncrsot, Pa. i-P S'ULL. att'okney -atxaw, Smncrt, Pa. ' .TTOKNEY-ATXAW, Somerset, Pa, Yrr A7rtiKNEY-AT-LAW, Somerset, I'. m-teJ to hl re ' Bt" 'tl.vUi'-.ncM' and toleUty. ' :--" W. 11. m i l l i.. - )T11 A IUTPEL "ArlVliM.VS-ATLAVl-. ,n-rfl'fJ to their care will I .ua'l' attended to. V,! "..n cr street, opposite the -, sen ell. .,1 pen?!' Agent, Saracrw-t, Pa. .-vTiNi: hay, 4ITUKXEY-AT-I.AW it E'al Estate. Somerset, 1'., wf.l ' '.ailiK entrusted to kit care wuh Uusiulety. ii KIMMEL. 4TTOKXI.Y-AT.1.AW, Somerset, Pa. ii, al! Imsine entrusted to hi care W -Inlnn eonnlics with pp-nipl- Vmi- Main Cross trcet. v I.C COLBotSS. a- coLiionx. 'i'ttokxeys at law. .nct.l to their care win n , ;;.niL. . r-r, ,WV I V STUW. Suincrset, Fa-. . - v Mti-n.1 t'i H liolne enti-uctI v ! i'.:T!iiiflonoUectii'nr, A. Ul- ,j.a':t l.'uil'line. ATT( 'KX LY-AT LAW, Somerset Ph., r.a'hcir.r" cniruFted tn my care tX .'lit j,r. n;! tnti! nil lkielity. ll.l-ll.MR. :tl?AEU, AHuKXEYS AT LAW, Somerset, Pa., -ar.i-; ir. S memet and adio)nlnffC,iontle. wttetitwici lo mem. w,ih.j ny ll.KOONTZ. ATTi'US EY-AT-LA v , Sonierscl, l'a.. rive iTcmp: attrntl.m to bnsinefi er.tmrt . rm in S. rarrci-t nd adjiiioiuK Omntle. I . I'riDling U iok Horn. S R. SCOTT. ATTOKNEY-AT LAW. Somerset, Pa. is h'CiT" H.mse. AinOKlneer.trort-;-i.-e tttDi!el lo wUh mniiitnefs and ;:: l iron. ATTORN t V-AT M w . Sumerset. Pa. 5!iami:h liVri. np Main. Entrance. ureec OiUectioo made, Kiato u:lf eumlned. and all letral bafin?f w wi'.k on mptneM and lldeiliy. uI F.M. HICKS. Jl STU'EI'l'THEFEAtr, Someraet, Penn'a. iXSKii. H.f. K1MMKLL. L M. KIMMELL Jc SOX 'ifrtfcirpn(eilnalcrvlcet) the eltl- i arwt and vicintTT, inwui ujw . nnn can at ali:tlnie. unlrwprtiiffion- :rtJ. ! ,'und at their ottice, on Main I ai: ii t::e 1 tiamund. J. K. MIU.Ell has .. niia- iu.ihi in itriim r.ir the nnunlre ( fios. UrUce opjiusi'.c Cliarir KriJ'ins- : If. r.KUilAKEIi tenders his Hti,n!erlcetothe citlieui tif Sum j,' ticrat'.. Mhee In rediience on iuain : ot trie Iumind. . A. ;. MILLER. PHYSICIAN ASVROEON, to South Bond. Indiana, where he -'o.tel t,j letter or other is. :JHX BILLS. 1EXTIST. ilMre Henry HefTii-y' More. JMain Crwf . emt. Pa. -WILLIAM C'OLLIXS, liLX riST. SOM EKSET, PA. " it Mammoth lilwk, above Ttnyd' lru ' ffir Iff rfca n B uuim in limn i I'l'- 'ii kinda ol wi-rk. fach as Cllinic rcu- nTtirrir. lie. Artinciai wseinoi an ". tie material Inserted. HeraU'l -Mille rnc'a.) Ladies'. Seminary ' '"' tnnind.. eitnir.oillons Ki.il llnirs, 'ilv tal livwtvin. Tmimit oH ijirr.rT-n-. " 5 ymr i, c ri Hrptewih-r 14. I !. litCUlUciir to l'.KV. T. K. EWIMI. - Prineij!. L '3.-I0X AtiEXCY. 1 "::tT o: Sand Patch. Sumerstt county. "'-e it the peace, surreyor and cliilio "-iii pn mptlr cdlert all 14liitT and Pen- n.ntMfg ui una. I crswiii wirim;. win aiinrrm iiiiu ii in euriusUig tliscliartre and liostae .XCTIOXEElI l-S tieettlna wit an ivm na Ral nr IVr- lj"ate. or anythtnc to he lisil ui at - nnn i win anve entire rauaiaeiion. '-en nail pn,irp iy attended to. W. A. KOOXTZ, Conflnence, Pa. y'.MoXD HOTEL, KTOYSI OWN. PENN'A. h-NiT and well known house has lately "-tri.iT and nrwir rt-tmed with all new ,"liiiiui.tkiku made it very . ""'WMt place fc the tranrtir.a; poMic. w1"' r""" enm l tnrpssard. all ha fwithatarKe public hall attached ". Also lark, and r'mT staWina ' ' '-wriiita can he had at the lowest Jiu. tj tU k, day or meal. S All 1 PI. TSTFR. Prop, S. E. Cor. Diamond Suiysiow ,Pa 3000 Unllons r-H FERMENTED WINE, f OR SALE 1 silT't"' Caeter A Co. I "'"I. fa., of at tls GROVE FARM ' "'Wt.'Tlrifc.orS,,merlt',,'I''", of mm 3 a ttewwuiij a a list ol lha kinds In 5' BLACKBERRY, HERRy currant. lLCLR2ERRy, WtLD-CHERRY S-.i,, CIDER WINE, iiillrL',ta'',,Bt,,te " perchaaer. Kir!. "" medical and awrra- : fcJau as a bevtraa- br those -Sim. - he VOL. XXX. NO. 22. A NEW OPENING, In the Bn'kUi.K known u the. 3S3-A.TTQX.E HOUSE, BY ALBERT RECKE, WHI.1tE A ETilL 2AESEY and CSIirSCTICITEST, HAlPAlTt'UBOr I PI X 1. 1 ml (HIMMdS CAKDIES,l'ltACKERS, ' rAKRS AJfll EIJEAn, ' HK.VIXK is GROCERIES, FIXE HOARS, SMOKING AXDCHEWlNll TOBACCO, IXIREION AND DOMESTIC FHV1TS, AC AC. Prtlci anl Picnic mpi.'.le.l with Candle, j CUr Nuji nl trrnpw ai hrt notice. AU OtKHlf Kresli, nd old at A. LOW FIGURE. i Call nd ce lor yoursclve. I I will open out with a full line of the alwve irootie, Muv ivth. NE"W -CENTRAL HOTED MA-IT STREET, SOMERSET, PENN'A., f.tf gui.wti on January 10th, 1SS1. Thi lnrtw is furiisliiil in lir.t -class, miJ crr Mvlo. itli the HUKlcm t-onvenioaccs oi Healer. Hot aixl C11 Water llatlis. larpe Ucailiii J.ms Parlors ami CliamlK-rx, and lui i'.mkI .tallies n'tarlied. The TaUlo uii'l liar will l- as (HT AS T!IHl:lT. rr..m oxi-rieiiv in llie H..tet lmMiie. I fla'.ii'r inysflf 1 an retnier miti.-faction to all xvii.i may ejll. F. S. KLEINDIENST. U.: constantly on hand at bis distillery PURE RYE WHISKY For s:ile by the barrel or gallon, suited for MEDICAL UD KCMSICA1 PURPOSES. llrdor ftthlres-ped to Berlin, Pa., will receive jirompt attcntin. Marek2, 1.SS0. J Aft. A.M'MilLAH. Jxol H. Vatim lYI'IVllLLAN & CO., riucncAL PLUMBERS, STEAM AND GAS FITTERS, No 112 Franklin Street, Johnstown, Pa. Special attention Riven to House Drainage and Setter vntilation. ESTIMATES KiEE AND W0H DCSE In the most thorough manner and frnaranteeil. NEW BjlNKI. :o Somerset County Bank, CHARLES J. HARRISON. Cashier and Manager. Collections made la all pans of the Coital State. Charges moderaU. Butter and other checks eol lectod and cashed. Eaatrrn and Western exchange always on hand. Kemluanee made with prompt ness. Accounts solicited, ParJet detltins; to pnrchaae C. 8. 4 PES CENT. FENDED LOAN, can be accommo dated at this Bank. The coupons are prepaid la denominations of 60, 1K, 100 and 1.000. "waiter ahbersonT CCE. WCCD LT. AND SIXTH AVENUE, AID NO. 226 LIBERTY STREET PITTSBURGH, IA tells na sncm. LA BUB at BIOKS, AnEsts for Fire aai Life liLSiiraii JOHN HICKS 8c SON, SOMERSET. PA.. And Real Estate Brokers. ESTAKLISLIED1850. Pers who desire to sell, boy or eicbanr. prurtT, or rent will find It to their advantaa-e toreictAer the descrliitlon thereof, a nee haras is made sinless sold or rented. Heal estate business generally will be prompt lj attended to. ace la CHARLES HOFFMAN, (Aliove IlVnry Hetfley's ftot.) LATEST ETTLES Il IXWEiT PEICES. VSSATtSF ACTION GUARANTEED. SOM35RSET FJl. $5 TO 820riit?tZ'disE" aia k IVi Purtuud, Maine. Ma.l-lyT. MERCHANT TAILOR MERCHANT TAILOR Silent were best, if hand in hand. Like friends, sea sundered Pcxi'ilcs met ; Iiut words must wing from laud to bind The utterance of the heart's regret, Though harsh on ears that Sorrow thralls E'en Sympathy's low accent falls. Salt leagues that part us check no whit, What knows not bounds of time or spare. The homestead feeling that must knit World-seattered kin in speech and race, Kone like ourselves may well bemoan Columbia's borrow : 'tis our own. A sorrow of the noble sort, AVhich love and pride make pure and fair; A prief that is not misery's sport, A pain that bows not to despair; U?ginning not in courtly woe. To end in pageantry and show. The great Republic's foremost son Struck foully, falls ; but they who mourn Brave life cut short, good work half done, Yet trust that from beyond Death's lioiirtie That blameless memory's gifts may lie Peace, Concord, Civic Purity. Scarce kuown of us till struck for death, lie stirrud us by bis valient fight With n.ortal pain. With bated breath We waited tidings morn and night. The hoc that's nursed by strong desire, Thougli shaken often, will not tire. And now mir sables type, in truth, A more than ceremonial pain, We send, Ourt, Cottage, Age and Youth, From open hearts across the main, Our sympathy it never swerved To Wife he loved, to Ijtnd he served. VhW.. MAGtaK AXI TIIK Hl'KGLAKS "You are not afraid, Margie??' "Me afraid !" f-aid Maggie. "Fd no fear born in me. As for the house, it's the strongest fastened ever I was in. You say yourself there's no lock a burglar could force, and I am not the one to let tramps or the like in of my free will, God knows the place will be safe though when you come back as safe as though there was a regiment of soldiers in it, and I'll have all bright for your new wife, Mr. Archibald." .She called her master Mr. Arc hi bald still, this old woman : but she was the only one who still used his Christian name, lie was an elderly man himself, and had few intimate friends, hospitality not being one of his virtues. He wa3 rich, and there was much that was valuable in the house; more ready money too, than most men kept about them ; but then it was as secure as a bank vault pat ent locks and burglar alarms that first sent a bullet into any one who sought to enter bv stealth, and then rang a bell to wake the household, were attached to every door, and a furious watch dog that lived on raw meat, was in the back garden. The Van Xott mansion could have withstood a siege at a moments no tice. . Mr. Van Xott was a money deal er. He had ways and means of ac cumulating property which were mysteries to his neighbors, and they were suspicious that the little back parlor, sacred to business, had even seen such lesser dealings as the loan of money on the gold watches, cashmere 6hawl, and diamonds of genteel distress. Two or three mortgages that lie had bought up had been rather cruelly foreclosed, and he was a hard landlord and a bad person to owe money too altogether. On the whole, he was disliked in the place, and, rich as he was, would have found it hard to get a wife to his liking among his neighbors at Oak ham. However, having resolved to mar ry again there having been a Mrs. Van Xott, who died years before he had sought out a wealthy widow of a saving disposition, who lived on a small farm, some miles from town, and having already disinher ited her daughter, for espousing an estimable man of small means, and turned her only son out of doors for equally prudent reasons, was not likely" to bring anv troublesome generosity into his household and had offered himself to her and had bee n accepted. And, now, though both their eco nomical souls revolted against it, custom decreed a wedding of 6ome sort, and a honeymoon trip some where, and they had decided to do it as cheeply as possible. For this lrief time Mr. Van Xott must leave his business and house, and it was upon the eve of departure that he held the above conversation with his old servant, standing with his portmanteau in his hands and re garding her gravely. "Yes, yes," he said, I presume it is all safe enough. And 111 speak to the mghtrwatchman, and give him a dollar to take a particular look at this house. Well, good-bye, Macjiic. make things as neat as pos sible. if thev look dirty my wife mav think the furniture old, and want some new for the parlor," And Mr. an Xott departed. "Yes," 6aid old Maggie, "no doubt she'll have fine, extravagant ways. Poor master! What a pity lie should marry after all but old fools are the worst fools. A young man of eight and forty, too, when he lias a a sensible servant, sixty last, janua ry, and knows what belongs to good housekeenine. If he wanted to miirrr why didn't he ask me? I'd not have gone galivanting and) spending. Ah, well, he'll sutler, not I." And JIaggie trotted away to begin her sweeping and dusting. She said truly that there was no fear bom within her, but as the night drew on she begin to feel somewhat lonely. As her master's presence was strangely missed out of the great house, and there was something ghostly in the look of his empty chair when she peeped into his little back office. "If I was superstitious," she said to herself. "I should think some thing dreadful was going to happen. I feel chilly up nd down my back, and I keep thinking of funerals. I'll make myself a cup ot tea, and see if I can get over it" And aecordinely old Maggie shut herself into the snug kitchen, and) lighting two candles drew a pot of the strongest young hyson, and putting her feet to the cooking stove began to feel much more com fortable. . The old clock ticked away on the Somerset .SOMEBSET, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1881. mantel, the hands pointing to half-; past eight. "I'm going to bed at nine," said Maggie. "1 ve worked well to-day. Much thanks I'll get for it, I doubt. Hark! What's that?" It was a sound outside the door a slow, solemn grating of the wheels. Then feet trod the pavement, and the bell rang faintly. "A carriage !" cried Maggie. "Has he changed his mind and brought her home at once ? But that can't be he's not married, yet" And taking one of the candles she trotted to the door, but not before the bell rung again. "Who's that?" she cried, holding the door slightly ajar. "A stranger," said a voice, "one who has something in particular to say to you." "You'll have to wait for to-morrow," said M aggie. " You can't come in to night" "My good woman," said the stran- ger, "you are Margaret Jilack "That s my name. "Mr. Van Notts housekeeper for twenty years ?" "Yes." "My good woman if you arc at tached to your master I have bad news for you." "Gracious Lord!" cried Maggie, but she did not open the door much wider only enough to thrust her head out "Don't scare me, mister. What is it" "The worst jou can think of," said the man. "Mr. Van Nott trav eled on the road. There has been an accident" "Preserve us !" cried Maggie, let ting the door fall back, "and him on his way to his wedding. lie's hurt badly then?" "He's dead said the man. "Dead, and we've brought him home." Maggie sat down in a chair and began to cry. "We've done what we could," said the man. "The lady he was to marry and her friends will be down to-morrow. Meanwhile my instruc tions are that you shall watch with him and allow no stranger to enter the House. There are valuable things here, I am ytold ; and Mr. Van Nott's lawyer must take pos session of them, and seal them up before strangers have access to the the room." "Oh, dear, dear ?" cried old Mag gie that it should come to this. Yes, 1 11 watch alone 1 m not afraid, but oh dear !" Then she shrank back and let two men carry a iajambie collin into tne front parlor. lhey came out with their haw oil, and the other i.ian also held his in his hand. "I regret to leave youall alone in the house," he said. I don t mind that," said old Maggie, "but it's terrible !" 11 you d like me to 6tay, said the man. Xo " said Maggie. "I've no fear of living or dead folks. You can go." Then she locked the door, went into the parlor, and putting the can dle on the mantle, looked at the cof fin through her tears. He was good enough to me, she said, "poor Mr. Archibald ! And this comes of wanting to marry at this time of life, and galivanting on railroads. I wonder whether he is changed much. I'll take a look," and Maggie crossed the room and lifted the lid over the lace of the en closed body. 1 11 take a look, she said to her self again. "I'm not afraid of dead folks." In a minute more, Maggie drop ped the lid again, and retrated, shaking from head to foot She had seen, within the cothn, a lace with his eves shut and with ban dages about his head, and the ghast ly leatures of a clown in a circus minus the red mouth. But it was a living face, well- chalked but not her master's, and Maggie knew at once she had been well humbugged that this story of her master's death was a lie, and that a burglar within the coffin, was ready to spring upon her and bind her, "or perhaps murder her at any moment She could of course, open the door and try to escape; but the accom plices of the man were doubtless outside. It was a long distance to the nearest house, and even if they did not kill her, they would execute their purpose and rob the place be fore she returned. "Master looks natural," said Mag gie, aloud, and tried to collect her thoughts. Mr. Van Nott's revolvers were in the next room, she knew, loaded six shots in each Maggie could use pistols. She had aimed at trouble some cats with success more than once. If she could only secure these pistols she felt safe. "Poor, dear master," she sobbed, and edged toward the back room. "Poor, dear master." She lifted the desk lid. She had them safe. She glided back to the front par lor and sat down on a chair. She turned up her sleeves and grasped a pistol in each hand and 6he watched the coffin quietly. In half an hour the lid stirred. A cautious hand crept up the side. A wiry eye peeped out. It fell upon the armed figure, and closed again. "You'd better." said Maggie to herself. Again the head lifted. This time Maggie sprang to her feet "ou're fixed quite handy," she said coolly. "No need of laying vou out if I fire, and I can aim first- rate, especially when I am afraid of ghosts, as 1 oe now. The head bobbed down again, Maggie reseated herself. She knew that this could not last long. It was as she supposed. A moment more and the coffin -was empty, and a ferocious young fellow sat on its edcre. and thus addressed her: " Wemeant to do it all in quiet," he Baid "and I don't want to frighten an old woman. Just put them down." "I'm not frightened, said Mag gie. "I'm coming to take them things away from you, , said the man. "Come," said Maggie. He advanced one step. She took aim and ho dodged, but a . bullet ESTABLISHED, 1827. went through his left arm, and dropped by his side. Furious with pain, he dashed to ward her. She tired again, and this time wounded him in the rightshoul der. Faint, and quite helpless, he staggered against the wall. "There ! you've done it old wo man," he said. "Open the door and let me out My fime is up." "Mine isn't," said old Maggie. "Get into your coffin again, or this time I'll shoot you through your heart. The burglar looked pitiously at her, but he saw no mercy in her face. He went back to the coffin and laid down in it Blood drip ped from his wounds, and he was growing pale, Maggie did not want to see him die before her eyes, but she dare not call aid. To leave the house before daylight would be to meet this man's friends, and risk her own life. There was nothing for it but to play the surgeon her sef, and in a little while she had stopped the blood and saved the burglar's life. More than thi3 she brought him a cup of tea, and fed him with it as if ho had been a baby. Nothing, however, could induce her to let him out of his cof fin. About one or two o'clock she heard steps outside, and knew that the other burglars were near, but her stout heart never qualed. She trusted in the bars and bolts and they did not betray her. The daylight found her 'quietly sitting beside the wounded burglar, and the milkman, bright and early was the embassador who summon ed the officers of justice. When the bridal party returned next day the house was neat and tidy, and Maggie in her best alpaca, told the news in laconic fashion. "Frightened !" she said, in answer to the sympathetic ejaculatoin of her new mistress. "Frightened! Oh, lo! Fear wasn't born in me." After Chestnut. "Any chestnuts round here?" asked one of three boys who met an aged, benevolent looking farmer out in Montgomery county. The old man hesitited. "lou don't want to steal 'em?" he asked. "Oh, no ! We just want to find out." "Well, there's a few trees back there ; but if I thought you wanted to steal them, 1 woukm t have told you, for the owner has gone to town. But vou re bright honest looking bovs." The boys blushed with the pride of conscious goodness. "When will the owner be back?" "Well, not before dark, I reckon." The boys respectively thanked tne old man, waited till he got out of sight, jumped t'ie fence, and were soon shaking down the burrs, lhesnak- mg was easy, but the opening ol tne burrs was more difficult and un pleasant. At las the boys had a splendid pile of handsome brown nuts on tho ground, and tney prepared to put them in the bags they brought with them. "Please don t take anv more trou ble," said the benevolent old man, who stood by the fence, beaming indly on the startled boys. "1 m not so strong as I once was, and 1 fear I can't hold this dog much onger. If you'll hurrry, though, I guess I can keep, him here till you get to the railroad track. Down Tiger, sir!" As the bovs looked back Irom the railroad fence they could see the stooping figure of the old man scoop ing the rich brown chestnuts into a two-bushel bag. A Veteran. The celebration of the Yorktown centennial recalls the memory of old "Uncle Xelse," a colored veteran, who used to act as guide over the field at Yorktown "befo' de wah." He had heard the story of the sur render so often and talked over it so much that in early life he became persuaded that he was really there, and saw the whole affair, and a dia logue with a party of visitors would run in this wise: "So you're real certain, uncle, that you were here and saw it all ?" O, sartm fo' suali, massa." "Is if possible ! Well, now, tell us all about it." "Well, you see, Massa Lawd Cawn- wallis he stood right dah, and Massa Gineral Washington he stood right heah. Jes so soon ez .Massa Jawd Cawnwallis seed Massa Gineral Washington, he pulled off his hat, and he sez. sez he : "'Good mawnin, .Massa dineral Washington.' " ' ho is you ? sed Massa Giner al Washington, lookin' very cross. "'Why, I so Lawd Cawnwallis, sah,' sez he, a bowm and a scrapin . 13 ye. ye son ol a gun ; sez Massa Gineral Washington, and pullin' out his sword, he chopt his head clean off. A Tliiers Prayer. We recently overheard an old darkey praying over a bagot corn he had lust stolen m this wise : "Oh, Iordy. God, i seies been an stole a bushel of corn from datmean man, John Williams' patch, d n an 1 axes your pardon. He s got plenty, an' so has I, but he wouldn't pay me for mv work, so good Jxrd overlook the little transgress and keen dem from finding out, for wants to steal some more, and when I goes to steal help me to get some thing nice, like you did dem chil dren of Isralum when you stole dem from de bondage of Egytium, and I'll be mighty glad. And, oh, Ixrdy, God, if dey find out dat I stole dis corn help me to prove dat Tom Connelly, dat black rascal, Bole it to me, for Christ's sake. Amen." Kasiljr Proven. It is easily proven that malarial fevers, constipation, torpidity of the liver and kidneys, general debility, nervousness and neuralgia ailments yield readily to this great disease conqueror, IIop Bitters. It repairs the ravages of disease by converting the food into rich blood, and it gives new life and vigor to the aged and infirm always. OUR PHITiADKLPHIA liKTTKIL From oar special correspondent. Philadelphia, Oct, ."0. Yester day was a merry day in this beauti ful city of brotherly love.' It seemed as if "Old Probabilities" had arrang ed the weather specially for our honored French guests in" perambu lating the city. They took in every thing and were received everywhere in a manner becoming the great commonwealth of the Old Keystone State. The programme was arrang ed for a special field day by the re ception committee of the city coun cils with the Mayor and General Hartranft as right and left general guides. Colonel A. Loudon Snow den welcomed them at the United States Mint and escorted them through the massive building where the "dollars of our daddies" are made. The rolling-room, where gold eagles were being made was first inspected, and the Frenchmen watched with interest the operations of the presses each one turning out sixty stamped coins a minute. The silver smclting-room, where long bars of metal are rolled, and the 6tamping-room, where all de nominations of coins are rapidly marked for currency, and Colonel Snowden presented to each guest a medal of pure silver which had been struck oil' in commemoration of President Garfield's death. They were also presented with a Bland silver dollar a piece. The next Joint of interest was the new City lall, and the brilliant uniforms of the French officers and bright badges of the others forming the par ty attracted much attention as they proceeded on foot to the colossal white structure. This building is simply immense. I have been in Philadelphia several times before but never till now cou'd I appreci ate its grandeur and magnificent buildings. I have no doubt but that the City Hall is the largest in the country if not in the world. But life is too short for me to examine statistics on this subject so I will briefly give the Herald gossipers a few figures on the subject and they can find out for themselves. After leaving the new City Hall the party adjourned across the street to another unfinished build ing, namely the Pennsylvania Rail road Depot in process of construc tion. Here a delightful experience awaited the descendents of Iafayette, which was all the more pleasurable because not arranged on the pro gramme. Through the courtesy of the officers of the "Great Double Track" route west (.Fritz, where is my dead-head ticket on theft. & O.) a train of two handsome cars was boarded on the elevated road, and a rapid journey to the company's de Dot in West Philadelphia and return, gave an adequate idea of the mag- nihccnt beneiit the elevated raa will prove to travellers. Oacc more carriages were taken, a quick drive up Broad St brought the tli3tin guished sight-seers to the Baldwin Locomotive Work9. It was now just twelve o'clock, and the workmen had stopped their labors lor dinner, but nevertheless a pleasant insjec tion of the work3 was made. Twelve open carriages once more dashed up Broad St and out Green St, and in a few minutes the wheels of the yehicles were rolling smoothly along the graveled roaus of Fair- mount Park. Captain Chastcau, of the Park Guards rode ahead of the line on horseback, and all eyes were turned following the brilliant party as thev bowled rapidly along the road. Soon a halt was called, for the water works were reached, and Chief Engineer McFadden stood on the plateau bowing welcome to the happy party. A hurried inspection of the machinery, and en route was called. The French Officers bowed to the Chief, Captain Chesteau dug his spurs in his horses flanks, and in a little whirl of dust (a slight re minder of Yorktown) the guests were carried away frm the mighty wheels that were driving the water to the basin above their neaus. Along the Belmont drive and around the Main Centennial Building, fall ing to decay, the party were hurried on. Horticultural Hall was reached, and once more the carriage doors were ODened and the party alighted. The beautiful ferns and plants wav ed their long branches in welcome. and with the exception ol the drill later in the day at Girard . College, the siirht of handsome plants afford ed more satisfaction to the French cruesta than anv other portion of the entertainment However, there was hardly time to stop long, even amid this tropical scene, and the party were hurried to their carriages and driven to Belmont Mansion. Here a fine lunch wa9 prepared. After considerable loud talk, toast and speech making between cock tails sour and wine, with considerable "taffy" thrown in as desseit showing "that the memories of the alliances of the two nations were firmly plant in the breasts (stomachs) of both countries" they were driven to Gi rard College. As the carriages enter ed the gates the College band played the Marseillaise, and the boys stood drawn up along the portico at the entrance in military form. The Marquis de Rochamtieau and his wife and Mme. Loyseau, who had been accompanied by Mrs. Geo. W. Childs through the city, during the morning were waiting at the College to join the rest of the party. Mr. Philips, president of the City Board of Trustees greeteed. He said that it was with pleasure that they entered a college founded by one of French origin , and it was pleasant to be greeted with the sound ot their be loved language. After a hasty visit through the buildings the party returned to the Dortico and witnessed a battalion drill by the well-trained boys under the command of Major Ilyan. The French Officers reviewed the dimin utive soldiers and expressed them selves in glowing terms of pleasure at the wenderfulprecision and accu racy of the drill. More banquettine and then back to the Continental Hotel At night the First Troon Philadel phia City Cavalry gave tne French delegation reception and those that attended the blow-out say it was as brilliant an array of fashion and eraM beauty as has been seen for several years. .The soldiers with their showy uniforms and the fragrance of the flowers sandwiched in, was too much for the Quaker City ladies and they turned out en masse. As the opening society event of the season, it ushered in the enjoyments of fash ionable life in the best possible manner, and the beauty of this city appeared at its best, amid the pro fuse decorations of the armory. As the guests entered the building they were received by the members of the Troop drawn up infdouble line with swords elevated, and tne scene as it greeted the eye was b-iilliant to excess. After a little "chin-chin" with the officers of the Troop horns were sounded and Minister Outrey, with Madame de Iiochambeau lean ing on his arm headed the proces sion. M. Outrey was profusely cov ered with decorations and orders and Madame de Iiochambeau was attired in a purple silk dress, elab orately trimmed with old lace. The Marquis de Iiochambeau followed with Mme. Loyseaa on his arm. The remainder of the brilliant party succeeded, in glittering uniforms and decorations. The hosts of the evening then fell into the line and proceeded around the walk prepar ed in the riding department, while the strains of tne orchestra greeted the guests with tho familiar Mar seillaise. The hall was profusely decorated with plants and flowers, and the walls and ceilings were cov ered with banners and flags. Around two sides of the walls convenient arbors covered with greens and flags formed the most delightful for those who desired to rest After the pro cession, the guests assembled were introduced to the distinguished vis itors. Dancing followed. By the wav of comment, it may be added that many of the young ladies wore large Gausiborough hat and their beautiful faces showed to great ad vantage from beneath the N'rames of flowers and lace. From here the distinguished Frenchmen go to New York and Boston where grand receptions await them. Picket. Young 1'nca. Do I place Greek literature below your modern would-be psychologi cal romance? Do I place the great est of vou psychological heroines below Shakespeare's Rosalind or Portia ? Is the Apollo Belvidere a lesser work ofjart than George Elliot's Gwendolen? I must not compare things so different you say, bat comparisons of distinctly different things sometimes bring us up sharp ly and enables us see where we are. The art and literature of the past which .the world could least afford to lose are almost wholly objective work that deal with the external, with beauty, action, courage, and force. Shall I tell you what I con sider the most perfect figure in our American literature. It is young Uncas, in Cooper's "Last of the Mo hicans." He incarnates the three special qualities of the hero youth, grace and daring and neither Hec tor, nor Paris, nor Perseus has great- . .. . , .ii er lascinations man mat. eirange and almost mystic figure would have possessed had he also came down to us from the remote past As a product of Greek imagination, he would have emboied the melan choly, the beauty, and the spirit ot the woods, just as the uercaan spir ite Undine does of "the waters. He would have figured in endless stat ues and paintings and have fired the fancy of innumerable poets. But. born close to us. being our very own, we have lacked the faculty of seeing in him tho exquisite poetical conditions that, 3,0u0 years ago, would have made him inimortoL We think we appreciate the heroes of Greek story because we have been industriously instructed how to ad mire them, but we have shown an utter lack of ability to seize for our selves upon a singularly beautiful figure ot our own land ami time, which as a type of a splendid young savage, is unique and artincialiy perfect He is filled with the very breath of poetry, and yet neither our painters, our poets, nor our sculDtors have discovered hirn. It mav some day be thought that this Adonis of the woods is as worthy of attention as diseased studies in. spiritual anatomy, and we may be sure that our tastes will not be healthful, robust, strong, or sweet until this time comes about. 7ici elor IUiiff0. Jl. Uunce. Ktlacation of Deaf-Mote?.. The moral education is of special importance. Parents must not fall into this error of thinking that, with respect to the principles observed in the education of ordinary children, an exception ought to be made in the case of a deaf mute child. Just like other children the latter must early bt taught the difference', be tween right and wrong; it must know what it may do and what it may not do ; an occupation must be given to it suited to its age, and it must be taught cleanliness and neat ness. These are the points which are most frequently neglected in the education of deaf-mute children, the greatest leniency being shown them. all their wishes being lulhiied, ana all their acts deserving punishment remaining unreproved. Such inju dicious treatment produces peculiar ities in the character of deaf mutes which are supposed to exist in all of them. When occasion requires it the deaf mute child must be treat ed with the same severity as an or dinary child would be in order to 1 i t A TC ?A 1 1 At 1 Keep ii ngni. ii it nas Droujers aim sisters, the parents must be very careful not to fall into the error of petting it, perhaps out of pity, more than the other children. As it gets older a constant and regular occu pation must be given it for if this is neglected it will get used to laziness, ana get fond of it just as easily as any other child. Veaf-mutmx Irr. JIarimann. "The doctor said my wife had con sumption. Tried 'Lindaey's Blood Searcher,' and she has better health than ever." G. IL Hubbard, Hamp den, Ohio. WHOLE NO. 1583. The JCLicm. The Aphroditean nature of the Nixes comes out in the most varie gated manner in German folklore. Ihe female Nixes strongly incline toward the sons of men. The Was- serman tries to ensnare maidens, and carries them off. A madiawial poem "Das Meerwunder" already refers to such Nix love. The con nection between the Nix world and mankind is kept up in a peculiar manner. Often, at night, a horse man appears before the house of a midwife, and with good promises, sometimes, also by force, conducts her down into a lake or river, so that she might perform her office on the wife of a Wassermann. Many a midwife has thus been once in the beautiful Nix palace, and has ren dered helpful service to the pretty Lady of the aves. Does not this sound as if the aboriginal forms of life contained the fluid element from whom some scientists would now derive the human species were assumed to keep np their connec tion with the earth by means of the umbilical cord? Whole Germany was once filled with Nix and Was sermann myths. In north and south, in east and west, they were rite, and even now are told in some out-of-the way places. Many of those tales have come down to us in rather boorish guise. Yet, even in such noor ffarb of travesty, thev still be- try a great deal of their original del icacy ; or they show that combina tion of deep feeling and of awe which characterizes the "Nix in the Pond" one f the most charmful tales preserved by the brothers Grimm, attractive both for the heart and the mind. In outward appearance the bewitching fays of the Hood are rep resented, in German folklore, with truly Teutonic traits. Yellow, curl ing locks, and bluish, sometimes greenish-blue, eyes are-attributed to the male Nix. Golden hair adorns the head of the Nix woman ; her eyes are water-blue, but sometimes verge upon the gruesome. Other wise she is of surpassing beauty. Being wholly of human shape, and at least in the genuine and unal loyed German tale not of fishy form at the lower extremities, the wonderful figures of the deep seem akin to mankind, which ail the bet ter explains the frequent mutual in clination between Nixes and men. But as water possessed --otor.ly ben eficent and attractive, ut also per nicious, destructive terrifying forces, the myth, of course, changes i n the invention of its forms, "he broth er Nickel, who dwells oi he sland of Rugen in a fishful but troublous lake, often swamps boats. So also, near Melrichstadt, the water-sprite Schlitz-Oehrchen Little Split-Lar whose name seems to have arisen from the ooDular conception of a fish's ear, dips persons into the stream and drowns them. Whtn.it Magdeburg piles were being rammed into the river for the purpose of building an aqueduct, a naked man was seen in the water who tore up the piles, so that the structure had to be stopped. I may add here that very similar tales are still current in South Wales. Through my son-in-law, Mr. Charles Hancock, who has recently gathered for me, from the lips of the people, a number of Welsh water-tales, I have received the fol lowing : "On the highest peak of the Breconshire Beacons the larg est mountain range in South Wales, there is a mountain pool, fabled to be unfathomable, and this it was one day proposed to drain off. The project, however, had to be aban doned, for, ever and anon, a female figure rose from the pool, and sitting in an arm-chair almost every cot tage about here has its carved oak arm-chair uttered a terrible warn ing that if the work were continued, she would bring about the letting down of the waters, and the destruc tion of the town of Brecon. This is very like the Madgeburg tale." Karl Blind, in the Cmteutporary Re ticle. Ileattjr Iat. Dr. Leidv. of Philadelphia, be lieves that the dust of our cities is a serious source of disease. "When we reflect," he says, "that this is the dried and pulverized dirt and filth of our streets, derived from all kinds of refuse matter, the dangerous qual ity may be suspected, if they are not clearly obvious. Conveyed by the winds, it is diffused everywhere, and settles upon and adheres to everything. We inhale it, drink it and eat it with our food just brought from the market or provision store. If examined with a microscope, it is found to teem with particles of dust, consisting of fine sand, bits of hay, straw, filaments of cotton from old paper and rags, wood liber, hair and scurf scales of men and beast, starch grains, snores, etc. Recent investigations render it probable that dust contains the germ ot de composition, gangrene, and conta gious diseases. WJnun's Way. No man attacks the reputation of a youth as women attack that of a girl. The man who should come into his club and whisper about damning stories of his friend's young son. who should accuse him of dis honorable doings, such as would ruin the lad's character as thorough ly as the charge of immodesty, flirt ing with married men, and the like ruin that of a girl, would soon have room to himselt But women over the tea-table gather up the crumbs of Bcandal with relish and apprecia tion, and eyen the mothers of girls are not ashamed to believe and re peat stories against their dear friends' daughters which may have no foun dation in fact, and which, even if true, they have no means of proving and testing. Henry M. Hovt, Jr., Bon of Gov. Hoyt, has located in Pittsburg, where he will practice law. Mr. Hoyt is a gentleman of fine attain ments, and will make his mark in the courts of Allegheny. A clergyman of Cardiff, Wales, I) reached upon our National sorrow rom the text : "I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan." Ifc Wante'l a Not h e. 'Are you the editor? 1 taid a roan i who wore a conciliatory smile and a ' dyed heard, as he took a seat in our : office. ! We acknowledged that at present we served and instructed the public ( in that capacity, and to prove our assertion, ire f howed him the blisters I made on our hands by our exertion ! in oKrat'mx the Archimedian lever i that moves the world. ! "Well, I want you to surprise me with a flattering personal notice in your paper. Lin coins to run ior constable in the Eighth Ward, and I want something neat in the way cf a send-off." "Our columns arc always open to advance t!iO best interests of the public, but wo shall expect you to first surprise us with a ccuniary compensation, not necessarily for publication, but merely as a pledge of good faith." "I'll pay. A man can't expect to be surprised without paying for it in advance. What have you got ?" "We can accommodate you with almost any kind of personal notice, from a cheap electro-plat ed biogra phy to an eighteen carat obituary, and at a scale of prices vn.rvin.c- ac. cording to the strain of our column.? and veracity. In molding public opinion we defy competition. Now, how wouLl yor like this? It is a neat little pre-Ilaph- lite gem and will cost you only $1.50. : " 'Our enterprising townsman, Colonel B- , than whom there is no more popular and genial gentle man in the length and breadth of our Empire State, has consented at the earnest solicitation of raanv Ifriendi, to sacrifice his profitable business for the public good, and has authorized us to announce him as a candidate for the honorable office of Constable of this precinct' "If that is not strong enough hero is a Michael Angelo, full length, in which your good qualities of head and heart will betouchingly alluded to, and you will be commended for your generous impulses only $2.50 each insertion. Then we have a brilliant thing, after Mozart, which is really intended for Gubernatorial candidates speaks of your simplic ity of character, jean clothes, and pay-as-you-go proclivities but it can easily be modified to suit a prospective Constable. It will cost you $3.00. There are several others from $5.00 to $10.O!) each. For re ferring to you a3 an 'old landmark,' one dollar extra is charged." "I reckon you can saw me off three dollars' worth, but you must throw in something about my bril liant war record." "We always do that." "And jist wind up by surprising Captain Bill Smike. lie is running against me. 1 wouldn't say any thing he might take offence at Only say he is not tit for the office, because he has a breath like a buz zard and the record of a convict. You might add that my brother hasn't got a wife that has fits. That will Lit him where he is sore, fur his brother's wife is subject to fits. I don't care to lug any personalities into this campaign, unless I am obliged to." "Pshaw ! I thought you were run ning an independent paper, in the interest of the people, but, I soe you are the subsidized organ of a politi cal clique," and off ho went to we the editor of the other paper. TeJ- Pcrspiral ion. While the body is constantly dy ing, old particles of bone, muscle, nerve, etc., being supplanted by new, made by the daily food, the flow from the body of this effetn matter, by the way of TiOO.'.M) openings or pores we call etiylr tion. These are the xravengcr of the system, carrying off about three fifths of all the lood and drinks con sumed, this perspiration being to a certain extent poisonous. When this is retained in what we call a cold, or closing the pores the body ceases to be purified in nature's way, goon becoming very impure. Hence the commotion, the fever and inflam mation, which we call disease, or the effort of nature to do the best that 6he can under the circumstan ces. Of course the heat results from burning the rubbish or dead and waste matter, that which should have passed off through the pores a real combustion, that the system become freed of this retained poison ous waste. Since most of our accute diseases result from those colds, it becomes a matter of vital importance to avoid them, or to remove them t y sweat ing as soon as possible, by friction of the surface by a flesh brush, by exercise, extra clothing, a Turkish bath, or its equivalent anything to j open the pores and equalize the cir j dilation. I Farmer Beii' Saying. Little roosters crow loud. Kverv clond doesn't bring rain. Gnarly apples don't ray for their fodder. Light heads of wheat stand straight. Oats in the mender p"- s in with the hay. Cornstalks in the weed- si'ble t git eat up. A lying tongue puts a patch en its neighlor3. Bobin in the tree top's b tt r'n a fifty cent barometer. Weeds in the corners be as lad as holes in the pockets. You can't guess by the size of the calf what butter's worth a pound. You can't tell by the blossoms which of the apples will be wormy. Chicken hawks never say nothin, when going for the chicken coop. Charles Nelson, Esq., Proprietor Xelson House, speaking to us re cently, observed; I suffered so much with rheumatism that my arm withered, and physicians could not help me. I was in de spair of my life, when someone rl vised me to use St Jacobs Oil. I did so, and as if by magic, I was instantly relieved, and by the con tinued use of the Oil entirely cured. I thank heaven for having used this wonderful remedy, for '; mxed wj life. It also cured my wife Port Huron Commercial. Lydia Pinkham 's Vegetable Com pound is a remarkable remedy for all those painful complaints and weaknesses so common to our best female population. Send to Mrs. Lvdia E. Pinkham, 233 Western Avenue, Lynn, Mass., for pamph lets. They asked him if be was the best m an at the wedding. "Xo," he said; "I don't know that I was the best, but be jabera I was as good as any of 'em !'' A machine has been invented in Xew York which sweeps the dust from pavements and collects it in cart3.
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