- - uonrvc ooxqest. There never was such an ill-tm- rwvvwf- croM-rrained old " man in this 7orld as Dunn tan Read. He lived alone ia a square red-brick hmiM in the micMle of a desolate fiat field ; the garden around it had falljn into a dreadfhl state, no gar dener bud entered it for many rears; it was fall of tall nettles and of long, straggling, un pruned bashes. The windows were crimed with dust. never baring been cleaned within the mem or of man ; but the most miserable-looking object in the place was Danstan Ileade himself His face was withered and wrin kled like a piece of yeliow parch- ' ment ; his shabby clothes hung Loosely upon his skinny limbs, his - great shaggy eyebrows lowered like thatched eaves over his sunken eyes. He lived quite alone with one old man, who was almost as old and as grim as himself, and who cooked, and swept, and washed for him en tirely without assistance from any female whatever for if there was . one thing on earth that Ir. Reade hated and abominated ii was the whole race of womanlwod. The sirhtofaDetticoat was odious to him : the sound of a wr man's voice made him shudder. His servant hud strict orders never , on rain of instant dismissal, to admit one of them within his doors, it was cur rently reported of Mm that for twenty rears he had ml exchanged one word with a living woman. He was looked upon as a hardened old miser by the people in the neigh borhood, and there was not a man, woman or child, for miles around, who would not cross over to the other side of the road ooner than comr face to face with this ill-favored and sour-visaged man. Eut Lottie Harfield, from the end of her father's garden on the sunny hillside above the village, used to pit and look down pitifully and sor rowfully upon the gloomy red-brick house in the valley below, where old Mr. Ileade dragged out his unlovely existence. She was the softest-hearted, gent lest little thine in the world, with child like, clear blue eyes, and fluffy hair of yellow gold, and she had an innocent fearlessness about her that seemed to belong more to the child hood she had left behind her than to the womanhood upon which she had fairly entered. fc?he had al wiyr a kind word for everybody, and when she heard people talking of that dreadful miser Ileade, and telling stories of his bad heart and evil nature, she would sigh piti fully, and say : Poor old man ! it does turn peo ple sour when everv man's hand is against them. Perhaps he is not so bad after all" "But, Miss Lottie,", objected a friend who was present,' "what do vou say to a man who perfectly hate.? the sight of a woman ?" "Perhaps some woman has treat ed him badly years ago ; and no one has ever been gentle and kind to him since, to wipe out the bad Impression." "Lottie always makes excuses for everybody," said her father, smiling. Lottie ' went on walking up and down the garden walk from which she could see Mr. Reade's house, musing to herself upon his misera ble and lonely fate, until she be came quite possessed with the idea that somebody ought to do some thins for him. "Papa," she said one day, in pur suance of this idea, "may I ask Mr. Ileade to dinner some night ?" "Mr. Reade! Good gracious! Lot tic, you must be mad ! Do you im- i agine that he would come ?" and her father laughed aloud at the bare idea of such a guest. "Well, I don't know. If he were asked nicely he might come, I think." 4iMy little girl, you might ask him from now to next Christmas, and you would only get rough word3 for vour pains." "But you would have no objec tion, would you, papa, to his dining here?" "None whatever if you can get him to come," answered Mr Har field, laughing, "but I don't think there is much fear of that ; and now I must be ofT. Good-bve, mv pet" v , Mr. Harfield was a doctor and his high gig was waiting to take him off on his daily rounds. He kissed his daughter and went away laughing to himself over her last new fancy, and Lottie was left alone. Then what does this remarkable young lady do but go up stairs and array herself in her very prettiest dress a soft creamy foulard, cover ed with wonderful fluffings and puffings of lace for Lottie was an extravagant little person, and herj father spoilt her dreadfully in the; matter of dress ; then she toe k her i hat and her sunshade, and sallied forth thus equipped to call on old Mr. Reade the miser. "Is your master ia ?" "No, be be not," replied the aus tere guardian 01 Mr. Reade'B d omi cile, gruffly, and preparing to slam the door in the unwonted visitor's face. ' - . . . "Will.be be out long?" says Lot tie, perseveringly. , "He might be and he mightn't," was tne unnopelul rejoinder. w ell, 1 shall come in and wait for him till he comes back." how this took Timothy's breath away. Xo such audacious proposal had ever been made to him before. No, that you cant do! Mr. Reade uont allow no women-folk within his doors to pull things about and muss up his papers and books !" Oh ! you -needn't be afraid of that; I shouldnt think of touching bis things. Here is half a crown for you, and please show me into Mr. Reade's room at once.", Something in the young lady's tone of authority something too, perhaps, in the sight of the shining half crown she put into his not ' un willing hand took all of the brava do ana bounce oat of old Timothr. He touched bis fchajjgy forelock meekly, and show 3d Miss Harfield into the one sitting room his master used in the house. 1 "WelL youll have to take the blame if the matter is angry," he crumbled, "for I dont know what ever he will say to me for letting you in. It is quite against all the rules." "Ob, I donl mind that at all ; he may scold me as much as he likes!" said IotUe, cheerfully, then her quick eye looked about the dingy, ' uusiy, and carried 'un out -1 should hare stood on my head if she'd ha' told me. . Khe had that war with her!" Then Lottie took a brief survey of the chamber in which sue found herself. She was too trae a daugh ter of a scientific and well-bred man to attempt any tidying or dusting of those dearly belived books and papers, which she found fcere ia as great profusion as in her father's study at home. But somehow her fairy touch we it round the room and brightened it !Sb . straighten ed a rumpled chair cover, put back a useless Hool into its place, wiped the pens afresh and laid them in the pen rack, then she opened a win dow and let a little fresh sunshine and balmy summer air into the mustiness of the stiflingly close at mosphere. In mskinff her little rounds she glanced, without touch ing them, at the books and papers, and she made the discovery that they were all on one subject chem istry. line did not of course understand quits what branch of the science it was tnat air. neaae was Biuuywg, but evidently he was engrossed in some deep researches, and this made - a 41 her quite cneertul and nopeiui. "I knew the roan was not so bad as he was Dainted," she said to her self, joyfully. "A man with one absorbing taste or pursuit has always a vulnerable rint I shall get at him somehow, think." ' Then she sat down in tho one comfortable arm-chair in the room Mr. Reade's own particular seat and waited lor nis arnvai. eu, he had to wait a Ions time. The davwas warm: a bee hummed drowsily in through the open win dow ; there was a distant eheep-bell tinkling on the hill ; and presently Ixittie fell fast asleen in old Dun- stan Reade's leather-covered arm chair. That was how he found her, when, quite unprejwired for any such marvelous dwvery having let himself into tl.- nouse without encountering Timothy Mr. Reade came in by himself into his 6tudy. Timothy, to be sure, heard him come in fast enouch. but he was in a dreadful fright of what would happen, and kept himself quiet and still in the kitchen awaiting the event Well, Dunstan Reade came in, and there was a white mass of soft silk and lace curled up in his arm chair. He did not quite see what it was at first "Bless my heart !" he said below his breath, and came nearer. Then be saw a white hand and wrist thrown back over the arm of the chair. "A tramnn The imtxrlinent bag- quite welL I hsve quite as brains as you have proba- gage !" In another minute he would have shouted for Timothy, have raved aloud at him and his unconscious visitor but something arrested him. Perhaps if she had been awake he wou'.d have turned her out summarily and roughly, refus ing to listen to what she had to say, and only furious with her for being there. But she was asleep, and she lay so still, and looked 6o perfectly lovely in her childlike unconscious neps,"that somehow he stood still and said nothing, only looked at her. Her bright hair made a sort of sunlight in the room, her little pink and white face looked so refined and sweet amongst the unlovely sur roundings of the dreary place ; her very dress so dainty and so pretty ; the little hands flung back cureless ly, with their blue veins showing throuch the cieamy skin ; all was so unlike anything he had seen for so long ; she looked like an exotic flower falen by mistake into a cab bage garden. Dunstan Keade tiro a long breath, and sat down opposite to her, with his eyes rivited upon her face. It did not occur to him to wonder who she was, nor where she came from : he onlv knew - that he was gazing on something that was passing fair. "If she wakes she will spoil it all!" he said to himself. "I haven't 6een such a Bight as this for yeare not for years 1" and he sat quite still, hardly daring to breathe lor fear he should wake her. . Old Timothy, who had crept out side the door to listen to what would happen, could not make out the ab solute silence within the room a bit, and stole back to the kitchen again quite puzzled and perplexed. Presently something the con sciousness, perhaps, that somebody was looking al her roused Lottie from her slumber. She stirred tm-j easily, then half opened her eyes. i Dunstan Keade s face grew hard and grim again. Asleep, she was a lovely picture awake, she was merely a noisy, shrill-voiced wo man one of the sex he hated. She would be horribly frightened, he re flected, with grim satisfaction, when she woke and found him sitting' op posite her. If you have seen a child awake out of its mid-day sleep, with just a little stretch of its arm?, and a rosy flush upon its face, and a little open ing of ita rose-bud lips that was how Lottie woke. Then, when sh was awake, she did not start up nervously, or look frightened or scared no, not in the least The image of that grim-faced miser glar ing at her did not appear to alarm her at all. She just moved her head a very little against the back of the chair and smiled at him. "Oh, you have come back, have you T" said Lottie. "What are you doing here ?" s.-.id Mr. Reade, sternly. "Well, I was waiting for you," an swered the girl, unabashed. "Who let you in ? Don't you know that I oont allow women" in here a set of baggage lazy hussies every one of them !" "Well, so they are you are quite right !" answered Lottie with a little laugh. "You see, I'm no better than the rest of them, tor I went to 6ler ; otherwise I should have dusted youi papers. Dunstan cave a sort of rasa and looked jealously around. - .No, donl be alarmed. I . didn t touch them I knew better; I went to sleep. - What are vou reading all those books about chemistry for. Mr. ReadeT" learn many bly." "What V "WelL so I have. I dont know so much about chemistry, per ha 73, but I know a ereat many other thinrs much better than you do. If you will teach me then I will teach voauyouue. - " Now this was altogether each new view of things to Dunstan Reade that be was quite nonplussed, and did not know how to answer. He fell back after a minute upon his old line of roughness and inci vility "I can't stop to waste my time talking to you. I suppose you have come to best fr somebody ? I never give money uway I haven't any to give so you can go ! "Oh Avar mil don't want anr thing at alL 1 never thought wheth er you had any money xr no." Well. I haven 1 not a farthing I am as noor as a pauper ! These books aie all I have in the world "I dont care at all whether you are rich or poor ! I came to ask yon to dinner. , "What?" screamed the old man; he could hardly believe his ears. - "Do you want to insult me ?" "Oh. dear, no ! Why should I ?" "Dont you think I can afford to pay for my own dinner ?" I really never thought about that I want you to come to .din ner, so that you can talk to papa and me. Papa is a doctor, you know, and he 13 very fond of chem istry, so I am sure you will get on together." "Oh ! you are Harfield's daughter, then ?" "Yes. I am Lottie Harfield : and are you comine to dine with us to night please say yes seven o'clock sharn : auite a plain dinner, and a talk about chemistry." And Lottie rose to her feet and picked up her hat from the floor preparatory to taking her departure. Dunstan Reade looked down at his hands, then at his boots, then something that was like a smile passed over that wintry counte nance. "I cant dine with you," he mur mured, "it is so long so many years since I dont know how to behave myself in company." "That is one of the things I am geing to teach you," said Lottie, laughing, and shaking out her skirt He put out his finger gently, cau tiously, and touched the laces of her dress tentively, as a man might touch a flower or a butterfly. "Prcttv frock, isn't it ?" said Lot tie, carelessly. "I put it on on pur pose to come tnd see you. "It must have cost a great deal," said Dunstan Reade, trying to look stern azain. Lottie shrugged her shoulders. "I dont know ; papr has the bill, I never think of that I like to have pretty things about me, don't you?" Dunstan looked up into her bright young face, and a sort of glow i spread over his own. I "I think so," he said ; "but 1 dont know much about it" "No? Well, that is another thing I shall teach you, Mr. Reade ; look at that butterfly that has come in through the open window there is something for you to look at, you know. And you are coming to din ner, are you not ?" "Yes, if you really wish it," said Mr. Reade,"quite meekly. "Timothy, I am going to dinner to-night," said the miser to his ser vant "Mercy on us !" ejaculated Timo thy fairly staggering back against the wall. "Go and look up in the lumber room, in the third black box be neath the skeleton case," continued Mr. Reade, sternly frowning, "and you will find a mulberry velvet evening-? uit of clothes, and knee breeches, stockings, and buckle shoes go and find them, you stu pid ! and dont stand gaping there !" An angry stamp of the foot sent Timothy flying up to the attic after the mulberry suit " ' "Papa. Mr. Reade is coming to dinner !" said Lottie to her father that afternoon. v "No !" exclaimed Mr. Harfield. "Why, what a witch you are, ' Lot tie ! Good gracious, child, what am I to talk to the mummy about?" added the worthy doctor in de spair. "Chemistry, papa. I have found out that that is his hobby ; and give him the best claret in the cellar." "How on earth did you do it cried her father. "I really cant tell, papa," laughed Lottie. "I only talked to him as a ra tional being. He is only a poor, cross, lonely old man, who wants a little kindness to bring him out of his narrow, selfish life. The evening came. Mr. Reade, very shy and very subdued, appear ed duly in the mulberry suit. He had shaved and brushed himself with a care that had been unknown to him for many years : and his timid look at Lottie as he came in nearly made her father laugh. "That child,,' said the doctor to himself, "could tame a bear if she tried." Lottie nodded and smiled at her guest, and when dinner was an nounced, came up to him and led him into the next room herself. Mr. Harfield, although a hard working medical man, bad also large independent means of his own; he pursued his profession as an oc cupation rather than a necessity. Everything in his house and at his table was of the best ; and, thanks to Lottie, everything was also of the the most refined. The flowers, the silver dishes, the glitter of the glass and china, so bewildered our friend, Dunstan Keade, that he was quiet meek and amicable, and as to a talk about chemistry, not a bit of it ; all he did was to gaze at Lottie adoring ly, much to her father s amusement The eight of her in her fresh . vounjr ' beauty carried him back years of his life, and bridged over a vast yawning space of hideous misery and self-absorption. She reminded him of some one in the vistas of his life some one who had been gentle and tender to him before his face was wrinkled and his heart grown hard wme one who had smiled at him and had been kind, and yet who bad turned away from bis love was summoned away to a patient, and Dunstan Reade and Lottie were leftakd. -- - -4 Theb . the , old man cot up and came acl stood meekly by the side the litCJ white baud, be raised it to hie lips. , , t "I have been a very bad man, ray dearer said trembfipg J "but I am not q'lite so wicked, perhaps, as every b -iy thinks." - ' "Ofcurae not" sid Lottie, cheer fully, "nobody is really bad ; " but her eves were full of tears, and she was very much touched.. . "You know you remind me of some one some one 1 was very fond of years and years ago : but she was cruel to me,and I could not forgive her. So my heart hardened and be came all crusted over with thick ice ; but you have broken the ice, Lottie ; And when I saw you asleep, dear, I thought one of heaven s an-ela had strayed unawares into my misera- V.9a liAiiaA ' aw4 vKon vn tvnrA an4 U1U UVWra tivu J v rrwm.v spoke, and somehow what you said, and the way you said it, struck home to myself, and I felt that you bad come to save me. I cried out when you said you were as wise -as I ; bat, dear, you are far far wiser , for vou are cood. Tell me what I am to do. and I will do it." r That was how Lottie Harfield made the great conquest of her life. Later on she was woedand won, but nothing in her whole live ever gave her such Durehaopiness and delight as the thought of that poor.miserable old man, whom sue had -redeemed from bis existence of wretchedness and selfishness. Under Her auspices the red house in the valley was cleansed, and swept, and painted, and furnished from cellar to garret Two brisk neat handmaidens of her own choos ing replaced the effete and crabbed old Timothy. The garden was clear ed and replanted and filled with sweet, bright flowers, muslin cur tains fluttered at the windows, and the hall door, standing wide open, seemed to invite the passing fuest to come in. But the greatest change of all is in old Dunstan mmseiL ne was really possessed of great wealth, and now makes no secret of it He gives argely to the local chanties, and no one who is sick and in want ever appeals to him in vain ; he is no onger crabbed and rougn, butcneer- ful and Bociable. Lottie has made him send articles and reviews on his beloved chemistry to the leading scientific papers of the day, and his name is now well known and re spected amongst clever men. "For," says his little mentor, it a man has a talent like yours, it is very wicked not to give the rest of mankind the benefit of it" Lottie trots down every day to the red house and savs she takes lessons of her old friend ; but he always maintains that she teaches him ten fold more the she learns of him. In short Dunstan Reade is a hap py old man because ho is no longer selfish and greedy of gam, and be cause he has found something to live for. "From the day, sir," he says to Mr. Harfield, "that I found your lit tle girl asleep in my arm-chair my life became and altered thing." As to Lottie she only Bays : "I always knew he was better than he was painted everybody is. If you want to do good to anybody, assume the good in them and ig nore tn evil." Clever little Lottie. What Farmer Should Ijcarn. The farmer should study the laws of concentration. He should 1 earn how to -concentrate his crops into the best paying articles. Does he consider that butter, cheese, beef, pork and mutton represent only a certain amount of gras, hay and grain that his farm produces ? That instead of selling the raw commodi ties, he can, by putting them into these articles, get J much better re turns for his products. His study should be how to transform the raw products of his farm into something that is concentrated, and that will bring him the most money. What he raises has to go to some market By condensing it, little freight has to be be paid, and that much will be sayed. A farm is not only a farm ; it is, or should be, a factory for changing the raw products into articlos of general consumption that have a commercial value the world over that are of the best quality, that keep well and sell well, and brines prices that will nav well for the skill, labor and capital employed Montreal Inundated. reriteortheDeep.' " The world-renowned swimmer, Capt Paul Boynton, ia an interview with a newspaper . correspondent at the seashore, related the Ibllowia; incident in his experience: . -... - Reporter. '-Captain Boynton, you must have seen a large part of the world?" - . Capt. Boynton.-' 1" sir, by the aid of my KubberLire baying Dress I have traveled over 10,003 miles on the rivers of America, and furore have also been presented to the crown beads of England, France, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Italy Holland, Spain and Portugal, and have in my possession forty-two medals and decorations: I have three times received the order of knighthood, and been elected hono rary member of comrmttees, crabs, orders and societies." ; Reporter. "Were your various trips accompanied by much dan ger?" ' : '-I Capt Boynton. "That depends upon what you may call dangerous. During my trio down the river Ta gua in Spain. I had to "shoot' one hundred and two water falhythe highest being eighty-five feet, and inumerable rapids. Crossing the Straits of Messina, L had three ri)e broken in a fight with a shark ; and coming down the Somane, a river in France, I - received a ' charge of shot from an excited and startled huntsman. Although all this was not very pleasant and might be termed dangerous, .! fear nothing more on mv trip than intense cold for as long as my limbs are free and easy, and not cramped or benumb ed, I am all right Of late I carry a stock of St Jacobs Oil in my little boat, (the Captain calls it "Baby Mine," and has stored therein signal rockets, thermometer, compass, pro visions, etc.) and I have had but little trouble. Before starting out I rub myself thoroughly with the ar ticle, and its . action on the muscles is wonderful. From constant expo sure I am somewhat subject to rheumatic pains, and nothing would ever benefit me, until I got hold of this Great German Remedy. Why, on my travels I have met people who had been sunenng with rheu matism for years; by my advice they tried the Oil, and it cured them. I would sooner, do without food for davs than be without this great remedy for one hour. . In fact 1 would not attempt a tnp without it" - ' ' The Captain became very enthu siastic on the subject of St Jacobs Oil, and we left him citing instances of the curative qualities of the Great German Remedy to a party around him. Chicago Inter Ocean. , , Character of Cow's 3Iillc' Uemorial Medal. Cows that are compelled to per form much muscular labor, as in going far to pasture, or to roam over a large area in order to find a supply of food, or to climb moun tainous pastures, . will be found to give milk deficient in butter, with an increase of casein. 1 So when cows are poorly sheltered from tho cold and exposed to driving winds, the butter and sugar of their milk is consumed by the respiratory pro cess in the effort of nature to keep warm. . The cattle of Switzerland, which pasture in exposed situations and are obliged to use much, muscu lar exertion, yield a very small quantity of butter, but a large pro portion of cheese, yet the same cattle when stall fed furnish a large amount of butter and very little cheese. The kind, quality and quantity of food suppliied to the cow, together with atmospheric influ ences and general - surroundings, have much to do with the character of the milk produced. ' -, x Gen. Sherman's Tour of Inspection. -. WASHixr.Tox, March 2. General Sherman left here last night for a tour of inspection along the : Mexi can boundary with a view to famil iarize himself with the condition of the frontier posts.' Accompanying him were General Poe and Colonel Morrow and Misses Lizzie Sherman and Winifred Poe. The party will proceed direct to St Louis. Thence they will go to Little Reck, San An tonio, Fort M'Intosh, Corpus Christi. San Felipe and Forts Clark, Duncan,' Davis and Bliss. General Sherman stated that he expected te be absent at least a month, as ho had never been to this part ot the country be fore, and that after his inspection it was probable he would visit r ort Yuma, California, and then return Montreal, March 2. Owmar to the constant down pour of rain ves terday and last night, which melted the de ;i snow in the elevated parts of the city nearly all of the low wes: tern section,' from - Bonaventure street to St Cunegondc street, was inundated with water from four to ten feet deep. The only means of get- ling to tne dwelling-house in several streets is by rafts. The injury to property will be very considerable and a great many familes are suffer ing great inconvenience by being anven to me tipper stones ot their nouses, l be Grand Trunk Railwav He looked at her suspiciously. I The rharm cV a mA tVirio-n niov him in her slumber had partly fa1-! and all his wealth to marrv bis nen- ed with her waking presence ; bv niless cousin, and that was what still there was something that sub j turned old Dunstan into such a man jeeted his morose and savage na as he was now. And Lottie, Heav ture. She was different from wha, ' en bless her face, was like that fad he had remembered women to be. ! ed idol of his youth not in her hat 1a vtn ivnnt tn finrt jvt . fdoA 7 knt i n oAmatliimt CWiiOrueeS-iOOKin? room. 1 hunt ma 7 h imrM . i l1. in Kr bm4hu orvJ JafceV.&t tray aWaV. Please. She "Oh nAthino ahniit nn 1 nnlo In thm Anlntlr..-,. r k A i said, poinang to the slatternly re- should have liked to understand the fiiint perfumeof violets that her mains of a scanty breakfast left ; some of the books von utfm fn ho ' nrKn m forth rw --- -' -''i . . , I . , . .. 1 . r ter in some place, but trains have not been detained in consequence The flood commenced to subside rapidly this evening. .. . A Desperate Convict Shot. Baltimore, March 2. Yesterdav afternoon Robert Taylor, a colored convict in the Maryland Penitentiary, was shot and killed bv Prison Offi cer James Byrne. Tavlor was em ployed in the foundry, and was told by the foreman toco on another floor aiid make a casting iu place of i . - . . one ne uestroyed. lie paid no atten tion to the foreman, when Byrne re peated the order. Taylor . replied that he would not go on the other floor and made an assault on Byrne, when the latter fired. Taylor grap pled withtheof5cer,andMr.Thorne, the foreman, separated them. 'Tay lor then ran for Thome, but the latter i j i . ' . .. cwsucu iau ue rciurnea to ine as- a.H1t i T l j I eauit upon cyme, wno nred two more shots, at the last of which Tut. Ml 1 J- J i J tut ieu auu uieu wiinin an nour. to Washington. : ; " f i 5 Washington, D. CL, Feb, 27, Representatives Brewer, Harris, llardenberg, Hill and Ross, mem bers of the Sew Jersey delegation, who wen present at the funeral ob-rr-rnie of the ' late President Gar ckl,' have presented to J. M. Wbeepry; conductor ; Chas. Watts, trainmaster ; J. D. Kelly, baggage master ; ' William Page, entruu er : J. W. Larrison and Enoch Gwinnell, firemen, and Geo. K. Denne, brake man, of the the train which convey ed the President from Washington to Elberon, handsome silver medals appropriately engraved. An auto graph l; tier accompanies each of the medals , conveving the thanks of the members of the delegation to the train-hands - for- their careful and considerate management , . A Train Throws froaa the Track by a Stone a4 Boroed ' ' - ' CrxcisxATT, Mar. 2. A dispatch from rarkewburg, w. va., says the west-bound passenger train, on the Baltimore and Ohio road last night ran upon a stone at the toll-gate, throwing from the track all the cars except the sleeper. The engine ran into the store of George V. James, and the store and whole tram, ex cept the sleeper, were burned. John Gigley, the engineer, and John Bre mer, ths fireman, were iustantly killed. Both were of Grafton. The mail and exress matter was mostly saved. Mr. James' loss was $-,000 uninsured. ' Oatragea on Jew. P1IS LoxDojr, March 2. The Russo- Jewish Committee has prepared statement confirming the reports of outrages on Jews in Russia, includ ing many cases of murder and rape, which the recent British Consular re ports discredited. The committee's statement is ' founded upon letters received from persons occupying hum ofhcial positions in the Jewish community, and upon personal ref- erence of Jewish refugees. A letter from an eminent rabbi indicates that steps have been taken by the Russian authorities to conceal the truth. ConkJlng and Sargent Cbnflrmrd by the Senate. Washington, March 2. The Sen ate in executive session has confirm ed the nomination of ex-Senator Conkling as associate justice of the supreme court and also that of ex- Senator Sargent as minister to Germany. The vote on Conkling's confirma tion is understood to have been thirty-nine yeas against twelve navs. Eicrht Democrats, and four republicans namely : Hoar, Dawes, Morrill and Hawlev. Sargent'a nomination was confirmed without a division. . ... Store Jewish Refugees. London, Mar. 1. A Vienna dis patch to the Daily Telegraph says A special delegate of the Jewish al liance has returned from Brody, whence he went to assist l,S0O Jew ish fugitives to return to Russia. His mission was not successful, lis it was learned that if they were sent back thev wuld be exposed to sudden death. The sum of 100,000 florins wul be devti d to defray the expenses ot their emigration to America. . Senator Wagner'a Sac-cesser. Albany, Mar. 1. The special election yesterday to fill the vacan cy in the State Senate caused by the death of Senator Wagner resulted in the choice of Mr. Baucus, Democrat of Saratoga, by about one thousand majority. It is a heavy Democratic gain. . Oddly enough the three Re publican counties - of the district went Democratic yesterday and the usually Democratic county goes Republican. - ,. . An Indian Massacre. Denver, Col., March 2. Thomas Mathison, a Mormon, of St George, Utah, arrived here yesterday from a trip through Arizona. He reports that his wife and daughter and two Mormon men had been killed by the Ton ton Apaches near the Colo rado, Chiquita and San Francisco mountains. lie was out hunting several miles from camp when the ndians made the raid. After the massacre the Indians went south. An Insane Mother's necond Murder. - j . fOH Baekmckm, Sarwt af th Chasi, Garni. Quint j, Sara Throat, Staat iitj$ aa4 SaraJat, Barns and SeoJdt, GanaraJ Boditf " " Feins, Tooth, Ear end Headache, Frosted Foot end Ears, end ell other rains end Aches. Wa ai.inittoa a fartb Kub Sr. Iiram fti kmWv A trfal nMli but compmtfmly riflo eat lav of M bail, art nry w MtOMtng Vila aaia aa am chasa aad poaUm gtuot tt iu claiM. lii initial la SOLD BY ALL SKU0OI8TS AID DEALER IS KEBICIIEi A. VOGKLEXl & CO., JlalHiT, McL, U.S. Am m (ALB MX C N. BOYD, , . DRCGGIST - - - - V - 23J )TIIE( Chicago & Nobth-Westerx - RAILW Is thi OLDEST! BEST CONSTRUCTED' B EST . EQUIPPED ! and banc ths Leading Railway ' ' -OF THE ' ' WEST AND NORTHWEST! It if tha ibortMt and best mat between Chicago aoa an potms m Itortbera IUIdoU. Iuws. Dakota. Wroralna. nebraeka. California. Own. Arlzon. Utah. Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada and for Council Bluffs. Omaha BETTER, LEJDY1LLE. SALT LAZE, SAN FSAKCISCO CEADtYOOD, SIOUX CITY, Cedar Rapid. Dei Moinea, Oohnnboi, nn all roinu ia uie lemumea, ana tne west. Also, lor Muwaaaee, ureen Mxj, UbUKosd. Sheooyiriu!. Marqaette, Fond da Lac, Watertown, HonKhton, Neeaah, Menaalia. St. Paul. Minneapolis, Haron, toura. carco. sumarcR. winona. laurome. Owetoana. and aU point la Mlnaeaota, Dakota, ivouiisin ana wi .lunnwcik At Council Bluff the Train of the Chlcairo orth-Writern and the U. P. R depart fro arrive at and oje the aame joint Union Uepot. AtCnleaco, close connection are nuttie with theLakeMiore. Miehtiran Central. Baltimore fc Ohio, Ft. Wayae and PeaacTlrania. and Cbicmro and Grand Trunk K'ji, and the Kankakee and ran Handle ttoutet. Claea eenaeetlena aaatfe a Jaartlwn la the OXLY USE ranalna Pullman Hotel Dining Cars . iimn CHICAGO aM COUNCIL BLUFFS. Mo asm a all Kim Tnim Inlrt on Ticket AaeaU ell!ner van Tickets eln thi road. Kxam'lne vour Ticket. and refuse to boy If thev do not read ever the Chicago a North- w nun jutuway. If yoa with the Beet Travellnr Accommoria. boo yoa wui toy yoa Ticket by this route, 4VA1TD WILL, TAKE NOXE OTHER. AU Ticket A sent sell Ticket bv this Um. Mabvii HnitaiTT.ild V. P. a. Oan'l iluuV ra.i - : Drowned Out CoUterieav Pottsville, March i-About one half the coal operations in the coun ty are either drowned out altogether or are working on short time on account of the floodsrAt Burnside colliery great difficulty .was experi enced. The pumps became sub merged, and in trying to keep them at work the engines broke down. To remedy the matter a corns, of the l"lL ?1 l!la -a - . J a F rmiaaeipnia ana Heading' Tepair shop hands under William Wa-ner, started for the colliery this morning, taking with them two new engines and pumps, which they will put . in place at once. ' Large forces of men track is three or four feet under wa-Vroin 8noPs are work m differ ent parte of the similar work. region engaged in Bandreda of People Borne. Drive From Old Timoiy neTer could tell terwar3,fir cronies, why ber. but aces; "She joet tray, please,' studvinw." The old tf- "Woman don't understand thincs . and gentle ; he tried so hard to be- i.- .t . i .... . : Wle taHT U HIA tnp era tillv tnmnrnnf itmitum i Ikiu aul !. ;.t.kl. ...It. i.j . il. r U - . - - - ' i - -- ..... .w.t v uwvu IU wiv VJUT ri iiir ..v vwvi tu Mm tilvw Buvuuii. -..... i DoiiKii un nis innv anrmim mnnnora anwva in.1 ifiri IaaU ,T, ; - lurJ)"tTUU " uij, t mat uie ri.ee was aiznosi painiuuy j wara tn evening. It was ajaaa ariai bij a, . aim a. au.L U Mil - 1.IIPV n fll TT1 I arWIAHI T nil u . .a, a.' I A a A anVl !ai,lji I t "Ti ' T " muuiE a billWUeflOWn at o p. uU,.i, rua wouiu teacn me. icouiai l neti alter uinner wr. Harfield i to-day and the river was ri Spbiso field, I1L, February 27. Dispatches were received by the Governor to-day from Shawnettown, Gallatin countv. renresentinrr that Indescriba- a large portion of that eonnb-v ia orernowed and that hundreds of Eersons nave been driven from their omes. They have flocked into hawneetown, and the citizens are unable to famish shelter for them all. The Sheriff of the countv an. asaist- for- KtiU m. sing, Democrats Preparing for War. " - ' .AfaVJaaaaaBaaaaaaBa.,, 'v'i Washixgtox, Mar. 1. The Dem ocratic representatives in . Congress neid a caucus in the hall of the House last nicht to onranize a Dem ocratic Congressional campaign com mittee, w. s. Kosecrans. ot Cali fornia, was selected chairman of the caucus, for the Fourtv-aeventh Con gress. It was agreed that the com mittee should consist of spnei mem ber from each' delegation' n Con gress containing Democrats, and that this body should appoint ah executive committee on the part of a t -. .... me louse to act with a similar com mittee on the part of the Senate. The chairman was authorized to ap point a committee on pairs. A World of Uood. r ;- Hit? i ' One of the most popular medi cines now before the American pub- lie, is Hop Bitters, Yoa see it every i where. People take it witH gob effect It builds them upv. lt la not so pleasant to the taste as some other bitters, as it is not a whiskey drink. It is more like the old-fashioned bone-set tea, that has done a world of good. If you dont feel just right, try Hop Bitters. Aunda Kara. 4 .Hancock, N. J. March 2. News has reached here that Mrs. Gustavus Russ a crazy woman living in the vi cinity, has murdered an infant child by strangling it in a blanket. Mrs. Russ six weeks ago killed her oldest child bv cutting it throat with butcher knife. She will be taken to the hospital at once. Her disease is puerperal mania. - v Tne Great Floods. . I Washisgtos, Mar. 1. The Secre tary of W ar to-day issued instruc tions to the officer in charge of the commissary depot in New Orleans to communicate at once with the commissioners appointed bv Gov ernor MeEnrv, so that the desired relief may be afforded to the suffer ers by the floods in Louisiana with as little delay as possible. Defiant Mormons. Salt Lake Citt, Utah, Feb. 27.- The preaching ' at the Tabernacle yesterday was very belligerant and defiant. It was said that the Mor mons ; were extending into other Territories ; that no power on earth or in 4hell could stop them ; that the gentiles may take away their votes and be damned, and that they would be damned, anyhow. , Stealing- a Ride To Death. A Catholic Chares Baraad. ad School Mar. X The RlVEESIDE, N. Komaa Catholic church and the buildings adjoiiu, bceapied by the bisters as a school, were ' entirely destroyed by re ; this taorcb about half past three o'clock, The loss is estimated at abort t25,0C0. Joliet, IlL'Feb. 23. A freight car was thrown into a ditch eight miles from here yesterday. . Ten tramps were secreted in the car at the time, two of them ; were killed t outright and the others so badly in jured that their lives are despaired ot i ne names of the unfortunates are not known. ; ; - ' - ""An Aaed Feanale Thief! ' - THE GREAT CURE i it f fcr n rtisevsa of tb KIDJJCYS, LIVER AMD BOWSLS. It '.turn the tytt"m,cf th- acjd prison thos eaara tu uiau-u sufficing; luok. only tte vutiuw tt KU amattzta eaa r-aliu TKCJSAM3S C? EASES Cf fi WOTf Form r th'. L-rrfhla Ampri btve twaa nieit.y rll' Tti, iu a tker; time f PERFECTLY CURED The Somerset Herald! (estibiisseo ism HAILROAD SCKERSCT a CAS3.1IA R ' ll Cat of tha w Papers of TTastcn ! t esaaylvaiua. Mall. Ual V a- uJ Jn.B. . a. ; is smmT www. a. . TaeMalL .. . . herkwoou at in p. aad ii-VT?'''1'' - (lav. una a-.ua t... .-. - " lii.l'O p. , ..J a BBinf . a. iimwfcTWWftitiin, j1 awfully a. aad Via tfrT'lr MI"Ki iTv. hockwj at o.etS. aaia ""W" . PENNSYLVANIA CENTRAL Ra!LK0al TRAixs woixu Cast. Julicstuwa i-x.j . facmc t.x. j , x ess Baa weeMcrrtil mxrtmm, n iinenwiiie ei inerc 7j ,l tl:j Connr J i bin. f . iln.l Tt i. 1 W. .. ft . . fifi: J IS ITS Af .'hoth-.r.a.i .! ir. con. f Itflnm. atrRrtarmead iH. I.lia U) f.-l Uio 1-i.iier-.ortTa: 10! torn bodj. Tlw LiTe ls.elaszsmtofalltiiaeair.ancl the Bowels move Jreeiy and aeuit '.J'nlly. In this wsyttie worst ditessn are cTa-iit--.td frcia UissTitKn. . JU tt has lx:5 rsiy -.hot-j-dsrt : a Ti HAS DOUBLE THE CIRCULATION OF ANY OHER NEWS PAPER IN HE COUNY I It Will Contain tha General News of the Day. he Editorial and Local DEPAETMENTS Speak for ThenuelTem. re, j y- j " , i r---ma. vua.iun tlf,. U. 144. tliaal .luaaswwB A.... :M E. u. m. TXAisa ooro WEST. Arrir, :.. p . J- U.M f. t Wilis U I- J-a.m.s.0 a. iu stTi I'liKtiinaU La..., re-t- :!. iu. sms (.husav s.a.j Am. it. a : at : -tj auu toe J brutown Afru..; ., C.ilimaii.si lay .. Ah, ami Mm t me rastune.etttaa west, wlil ,t. iv aud iut f v .....' WI" - . .QttCUlitU; u& va 1 stop on m oniy. i01""! Express aest a stuu at Mlainrii.. "f." w"7 ban?, ana 1-Ust Liberty. ,,ltn. luerseine aoa Jounstomn , . e-moect will, the tbeasiwra -li , . " - lT LOO! 4 ' .a na.,.l Ml and mH .u. catimoaE (i oh!o railroad. FITTSBUJada aDiridio.V. sod after MayC3 in trt m . auU U auer Street as ioilow. . EAST. Hlla'htLKtC McKew-itrl Sfwum Rrua Kord ML tit attaint fstlllHiaV,Jla. 1'MIOIituWa Uctwud Hyutsinmi "I Urii)i)aiUat MAilaa " . Bl. Jxtf It. AS l- 'S P. Dl. 3: J p. ia. f.'-MTa - Plltlflrr Uasiuittbf, um't-i.itiia i -: i.vi Ujiis;;!,,", I "ti' ,wr, Vlt. i'ia.,.;j(e Mt' fY !.- l.r.:.iV HT - T .us tiprees train eaven PlrtiM,-,v . wma ll-ig m. i. ,.VV r- J1-. h.. -- - . .g. r 'jf.L aelb-i:i IMA :.l','i'i- i n rt.i. .r ii.iii. . arruiaTrtiii.fifa a-:. . : ... 1. , , -aa. , at. umtlT(I 11'. a w i'trDUafh krnr.MJ . rive, ai w Z I'Z. . a. f .e j urt s-j 93-00! (2.00 a TEAK! 2.09 A TEAK $2.00 A YEAR ! $i00 A YEAR ! $2.00 A YEAR ! $.00 A YEAR! 52.00 A YEAR! $0 0 A YEAR! $2.00 A YEAR ! S2.00 A YEAR I $2.00 A YEAR! " - fi0 A TEAS 9X00 A YEAR 93-00! ; PblUUcij.hia;' ' H r. a. -tsllr. : !;..l;i....,r'. Tluroart Mail trti.-. dullr uuaeat tmiu,i..i!... '.' Aa-umiB..iTrrTi"".:?.'7- aatijreacej.tSuaaay. Ticket omM . FltisbarJh gW-matr Uraat ana WsMr.u. I'lt'jbargh, Pa. a i. t r T-t n TU u.i ..' itri nin-nT jgllERIFPS SALE. Swun-rset, va "- ."U,.i i,. Thursday, Hard. V.l't. ls.v. at 1 o'clock p. m , all the riehL tit! lntert in 1 elaim ot the Uefcr.iant. CharteS i ini S .71 Wli to tne l..ll..winK .ierllM real ut".i'- " m Ins; lan.lof Garrat Forejiirl.T' irH iii-.r i-. talninir eiif.1t ana one-half arrcs. m-r. ..r i.u,ii,TrCOn. I?""1 " !'" "v t"b,,e' "n ,h awrteniHe. " Miller? catu,n at the sim sma:l t iLsy All t!i rittht. title. inter..t sn4 f !s i:n oftha Jendani Jouathan Sohrn t. , in ,, . lh( h,. nuer. eoDUInin iD acres, mur .w lew. aavine; thereon ereerel a e an-1 a-h ilf it,.rt pianit house and stal.le, with the afiaanraeneoi.' '"""tl'-n at the u:tif samm-l j!k r ml . Walker sn.1 Jerome Cuan-rraau, txecator of . J. Walker, .lec u. ftTtcE.Allpers.)nspnrchaiiu; at th bT6 aie will please lake notice that a uart ot tlw par etiase nxmr to he maue known at the uio. ui be required as won as the brptnr l (Qu-ketl down, otherwise it will be ski-u tijojr.! to sale at the n.k rrh. . .......". t,' fMaeorthe uurrh m...... .. k. ,.n ... belore Thurwls.r of the nrt work of Apr l tk"rV Um Hx', O00" fnr "'"' theacknowleltment oi 'tleet!, anl aodeoU will i ackitowledseU antll thenurclisix, mnev i v:l In falL joh J. SfAN'GLkU. SimrrrsOrn,:. Sut-rilt Feh. 8. lssi IN OUR Baatxl ia Cr73, 7 1. OMewlu & Alemrs c-ire I.ILJO jC:7-!3i. OHiTTTPA KiiJ and all 1 :iLiiE UiMmn. rsyr:teeinIrT Trrr-tttbl? Ferm. I:itin-rns. j one psu-jta-r of V iieji ii.Pkon.irt i rM-.K-i:: j. Alia in UaaU Fana. rerr ( enccntratcc' fjr cierravrnteaceotth.ewhoran'r rr BarsiU lofwttaeMai mtritmcgitftt.tr'i. 1VEII.S. BICHArtrxnt Af-... Pre--. (Bnism4 fai'rri-'- wr nnt, t. J" toi aatK y C N.BOYD, r . DRUGGIST. ... aeaHrHl, Pa. Lebahox, Ohio, ' March 2. -Mra. Sarah Taylor; aged sixty-two, was yesterday convicted of grand larce ny. She had lired alone for yean, and hat stolen all forts of property for which she could hare no possible use, concealing it about the house. One theft ..was committed . thirteen yeara ago. ., :,Bi ...r-.-.w ' Thousands of ladies- have found sudden relief from all their woes by the ate of Lydia E. Fiokham's Tec etable compound,1 the great remedy for, diseases ; peculiar to females. Seed to Ur&v tydus E. Pinkham, 'Zii estern Avenue, Lynn, Mass for pamphlets. BE NOT DECEIVED B7 Plasters claiming to bo an im provement on ALLCOCZ'S P02CU3 FLiJSTSSS. . :' siLLCOCXS is this erieinal and only gxruna , Poroia .. Plaster ; all otker aO-eallei Percas Platters ara hnhs.m9 Ea wan of tftsml ' ! ! JOB DEPARTMENT! WE HAVE THE BEST FA CILITIES WEST OF . THE MOUN- TAIN. J ' HOUSEHOLD lTOSBsT W I Tor r!ck ttrmxch, bad t--e. sint.qj j I 'lTora-antof ai'Wtito, aiwwi:, ImiiA.-? , . t.ite Pi:kl a: ir. i. j Ssay Wk are prepared to furnish on short notice, and at a great re duction on former prices, all kinds of . i OB WORK, Itioa. and lirer romnlaiufc JTTose In literarr, prolsMorl or coot-J mercLiI rnrraits constantlY n-! Pr.r"v. M is or uusc.pauon, m Ajiajui x. WBxar-jtm-- ! '-Fnr slrfc hmwlarhe. wi!it In tho Lean. JC! Idtelnuss, and low spirits, UkercBk.-tA." I Ilead and stndyoor book ci the Ills of life. Iri -innrt win hAtniil forsnv rm fr.::r.vl I rrlU not euro or g.euJy ixioro. ' ' fBiTlsW T 5 ir yen msa srrfin. neann an-: Nv.u-'v. sTv--:t br.irh. ehrrr li" and r-i-v .(Jixkj, atiLA-au as".! .TO'Mr,-i. ytrt to vri. r yutarps drnrvi5fi fT ahottk ofI'KitcjJU Xila It Dei,roiiu.a iai." 'For n-rtw rtoMMtr. mfarr"! of tv T1. v. r, or wioo. WW - i j -t i ) a J.. n and be cured." such as Sm that yea gat' ia ALLCOCZ'S PIACTT2, wnlca w eurantee lus Ctod son ani quicker v euros tian vsj tto txtaTnal Soaedy. ; n FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS, . isM3t,jBBaxW 4 LETTEK HEAPS. BILL HEADS, ENVELOPE. 1 ' . BCSIXES3 CARDS, VISITING CARDS, ' WEDDING CARD8, PEOGKAMME3, HORSE BILLS, . ' -SUP BILLS, POSTERS, ' LABEI, .. .., ... . .. TAGS, - . ' RWEIIT3 NOTES OP ALL KINDS, DODGERS, r CIRCULARS, &i ia Order f rotu a (lifttanoe will rtceive ir.Miift aii.l irarvful attention. . l c. Ms FOR SALE BY y. BOYD, Irvgjiitt jHsDMrut, Pa FOTJTZ'S HORSE AND CATTLE POWDES3 -'1 of ror.tr. 1otot Irta "nvorrs are ami lntim. r -:ih !in-nntnrs-al Hoorro'' v ill p-t-i-rot t.rs i-t '- will id. ream! tb omtnti'-re) r v per cent, aud cols turn batter Ztm TRR. ii VwtlZ' 1 mizl Ho Foetza Po. ' auu Fowl J rrsni tek I .! Pow-Vr win nrr nr wrent slmort trizf J. to win. u Hinwiui f ,,u- sril- l. rorTz-s PowDsa wtu.aiT Tiaciio. Luld ekuxjwliere. DAVID E. rorrs. Proprietor. Bai.riKoas.xo. Feb i. If. Adtlrwo, The Somerset Herald, '. ; PRINTING HOUSE ROW, Snermr. Pa. PATENTS otrtstaeit. an. I all baxfn-es In the U. A. T'.tt '"H or ia lius Uoaru attenued K tor JI0DRAT FEES. We are opposite trie TT S. Patent O.-ee, en pwed in PATENT B'JSIflESS EXCLUSIVELY, "-: en ostein tMtntii iu iss uue tiiau iuxi iviOJM Iron WASHINGTON. Wben saiMlel ordrawbisj Ii seat we lrle Xr' patemaldltrv Iree ! ch:.re: and v otaae H') CHARGE UNLESS WE 0BTAI3 PATENT. We refer, here, to the liierm?ier. tHe Sop:. ( the M'urj Jr-ler DivJ-hm, and to vtlli-isls d ik" I . 8. ftBt Outre. 'or elnmlar. adre. terms, aud ntmne tu actual rlients ia joor oaa Stall or eoautj, addreas . O. i. SNOW A- CO.. SsCCE 7i sea as IBsastJ Caatoror i MBT3rtB1arar for ss sm vumnue es niEE, a','"!"', ' ' and KIim.1. iwurrmluuun! a aaariaa. ami iuj opa ard of Iwr ki j. wiu io ( lL . PETER KZUDE RSOM 33 Cortlantil SireeC KewVor y xr '.. ia-av ' i s- s,- nsii.....iiiu,.,-L.--- -in v