AN EAST BLOW. BY BfSiS X. DAY. The summer hotel among the mountains was almost deserted. Half doien of the late-etaying pieets were gathered in the little parlor for their last evening. A high September wind turned their thoughts to the desolateness of the winter months in the White Uills. Maud Wellington, always a leader in talk and action, called to the landlord: "Come here, please, Mr. Little; tell us how you ever live through the winter T "Wall, you jest come up here and trr one of our east blows 1 I tell you, you don't know anything about the mountains. You only come un here when its warm and nice, and Mr. jeorge ne ames ou A noil it?" team arouuu, v uav u c Tandem." sumrested George. "Yes, tantrum ; and he takes you eirls to drive, and its all very pretty Jest let bim le here in the winter, sinA he'd drive tantrum, sure nnntrh." "Would'nt it be fun?" asked Maud. "Would you really take us in, if we came up next winter? I euess most likely I could You would have to put with things, though. I would be real glad to see ron. r.:iow: the winter is awful . Jonelv!'' I am in earnest, and I will come if the rest will. I think it would be very jolly," said Maud. "Yes, quite too awfully ghastly jolly," murmured her brother George whose slang was overwhelming. The others all promised they would join her if she formed a parte- nnA ihn next davthev senarated. and forgot all about the plan and the promise, as people do. It was late in December. The holidays were approaching. Maud - Wellington was restless and dissat v ipfied. The Beacon had been very I disappoining. Everybody was dull and stupid; Germans were tire some, dinners more so, and she was . tired of Boston and everyone in it And all this because a certain Thomas Sedgwick Thornton had not appered in the city, as 6he had expected. It was none the less true because she would have denied it and that she Lad al jrays laughed at Lim, and professed to hold him in the most perfect contempt She knew perfectly well that he was a hard-working lawyer in New York, with little time for holiday making, but she was quite unreasonable enough to think that such trifles as business made no difference. He ought to have admired her enough to have made any sacrifices, and have made haste to continue the summer's acquaintance. It made no difference to her, also, that there were many others as assidious in their devotion as he was amiss. He was the Mordecai at the gate, and she was unhappy. The wind howl ing around the corner of the house took her thoughts back to the last evening in the mountains, and a sudden resolve made her spring to feet "Mother," she cried, rushing into the warm library, where her mother sat doozing before the fire, "I have made up my mind. We will go up to the mountains, and see how tbey look with snow on them." "You crazy girll we won't do anything of the sort" Mrs. Wellington always made a oint of seeming to oppose her daughter's plans, but 6he always did just what her children told her to uo. Maud wasted no more words in entreaty, but coolly told her she must go, without any more ado. With Maud to decide was to act George was delighted with the pros pects of such a "Jark" ; he had not known what to do with the holidays. Notes were immediately sent to those who had been with them when the proposition was made, and to several others who might be congenial spirits. When they had written nearly all, Maud said with jerfect carelessness : "I suppose you will have to write to that Mr. Thornton. 1 don't ; think he would add much to the ; general hilarity, but I am afraied it won't do to leave him out and ask all the rest who were there." 'Right you are !" said George. ' Ill send an invite to the old duf fT; he's not half a bad fellow after aiL Of course he won't put in an - 'appearance." - But it is the impossible which ML:ippens. For some occulent rea .'wni, Mr. Thornton chose to join this wild expedition, and pre ented himself at the appointed time at the rendezvous. With the excep tion of himself and poor Mrs. Wel lington, who looked already vic timized, it was as gay a party as - Boston could furnish. ' ' As usual, it was Maud who was leader and prime favorite. But she ; Was admirably seconded by three f her friends, only a little less ' brilliant and daring than she. Then there were two or three society men, who would have gone anywhere that Maud and her set proposed. Little did they care for the gran deur of mountain scenery in its se , vcre winter dress, but the trip prom : ised much fun and unlooked for op 1 iwrtunities for carrying out certain intentions. Last and noisiest of all came George Wellington, a Harvard : Sophomore, with an equally reck less and hair-brained classmate, whom the young ladies alternately petted, snubbed, and used as foils in their more serious schemes, Mr. Thornton felt out of his ele ment, as he had done so many times , during the summer. He was not keyed to the 6ame high spirits and unceasing gayety. He was grave, quiet a man who was terribly in earnest about everything he did. rom the first moment that he saw her he became fascinated with Maud, against his will and better judgment Her beauty, wit, ca- Jrices, would not let themselves be orgotten. He was angry with her, he heartily disapproved of her, a dozen times a day ; and then when he was most indignant with her, he discovered that he loved her with a love which he could not reason ior live down. He was more bitter 2v enraged with her than ever, to day, as the cars rapidly bore them towtedlhe mountains. He cursed )rimslf and his folly in having jqined; them. No one seemed to Want Lim. Maud with her usual perverseness, had giving him eting, and turned awav her brightest smiles and speeches on Gilbert Liv- me wuodi lie cordially nat- sed. Mrs. Wellington led to need him. She r, Jus, weak and timid, dread- purney, and unable to con- Ichildren's madness, so she ; t-ar 7 i,iuuruum wiiu injunctive " his sober strength. He bit -f wtSmed, being blind as men giVthai. Maud saw every motion raraessTrre a l l that be made, that she had so plac ed herself as to hear every word he spoke. He only saw, with wrath and shame, that she was flirting openly, desperately, with that soul less, brainless Livingston. But even Thornton shook off hia gloom when they came among the hills. The highest peaks were white with snow, reflecting the set ting sun with dazzling brilliancy against the marvelous blue of the sky. It was very cold, but still and clear, when they left the cars for a drive of a few miles. Mr. LUtle met them with his six-horse stage ; the wind had not left enough enow on the pround for sleighing, to Maud's regret It was an exhilera ting drive. The air was like wine, and made each inhalation an in creasing joy. The laugh and the sweet, ringing voices of the girls no loneer iarred unon him : he was a bov azain himself, and startled them by his wit and paity. Maud was delichted. She warmed toward him. and left poor Livingston shiv' ering out of the sunlight of her favor. It was all going to be a perfect suc cess, she thought, and blessed her self for the inspiration. The hotel, when they had reached it after the stars had come out su perbly in the clear air, looked as if ' r Ti 1 J prepared ior a siege, it was uottu, except a few rooms on the ground floor of the west and Bouth sides. On the north and east every blind was Becurelv fastened. "Have you had an east blow yet?" asked Maud, as they dashed up to the door. "No, miss, not yet," said the land lord. "I guess we will hev, pretty quick though. The maountain hev kinder looked like it all day." "I hone it will come. I should consider our whole trip a failure if it does not" Mr Little shook Lis head and 6miled doubtfully. "I guess when vou have 6eed one, you won't be likely to want to see another very quick. The next day was gloriously clear. There was no wind stirring as yet It was this stillness that roused the forebodings of the land lord. His guests had a magnifi cent walk, tbey said: they climbed partway up Starr King, and nad a view a hundred times more superb than they ever imagined it could be. It had been hard work climbing over the slippery rocks, and they came back to the house delightfully tired and in undiminished spirits. The general hilarity flagged not dur ing the cozy evening round the open fire, and one and all pronoun ced their satisfaction and delight all except Mrs. Wellington who had not stirred from the fire all day, and who grew more and more nervous as the talk about the expected east blow continued. In the morning Mr. Little's pre dictions were verified. The city leople's ears were startled by what le had so often described as the "roaring of the maountain." This strange, steadily increasing roar, filled some with alarm, some with most enjoyable excitement Mr. Little called them to see the "churn ing of the clouds up the chasm, and, looking they forgot to smile because he pronounced the ch of the last word as he did in the first It was a sight aa the angry clouds came up, rolling over and over, aa it seemed, through the gap which opened out toward the east. Within the house there were hurried preparations. Mrs. Lit tle and her sons went about making everything as fast as possi ble, while her husband and the two men went to the barns to give the cattle and horses food and water to last them till the storm hikd passed ; for when it had reached its height, nei-ucr man nor beast could stand against it Thornton, George and his class-mate prepared to go down to the barn and help them, for the time seemed very short Every moment the tempest increased in violence. Quick as thought Maud wrapped herself in her fur cloak, and she would go with them. Her mother was so distressed that she would have desisted, but that she caught Thornton's look of disap proval and disgust, she thought, and then nothing could have pre vented her. Seizing her brother's hand, she rushed out of the house. The barns were west of the the ho tel, some little distance down the hill. The wind carried them on as if they were straws, and drove them breathless against the building. Maud had never dreamed of its force. When they were inside the barn, and the door had been closed with difficulty, Thornton said to her 6ternly : "This is perfect folly. If you do not go back to the house instantly, you will not be able to go at all." Mr. Little said the same; the storm roared so that they could scarcely hear each other even then. Maud was bitterly ashamed of her folly, but not one whit afraid. Even Thornton could not help admiring even while he blamed her. He ask ed Little to take her and "the boys" back to the house. He himself, be ing strong and large, would stay and help the men. It was the best plan. The four had a hard fight to return. Holding each other's hands, one keeping behind the other as much as possible, the struggled up the hill. Once they fell flat to the earth, but regaining their feet again after a moment, they toiled on, and reached the protectien of the house. Little said he had never 6eenr:e "blow come on so fast" Tin re was no use in trying to get back to the barn ; the men would do what was necessary, and his strength was half used up by his efforts already. After Maud had regained her breath she went to the window, and would not stir or speak. Her eyes were fixed on the barns. The others gathered around the fire in awed silence. The terror of the 6torm was upon them. It seemed as if nothing could 6tand against its vio lence. Mrs. Wellington was nearly fainting with fright She was cer tain that the house would go. Once Maud turned and said, in a strained, hard voice, "Mr. Little, how long does this sort of thing generally last ?" " Wa'al, it begins abaout noon to be the worst, and it keeps it up till next morning." "Ought not the men to come u pretty 6oon ?" she asked again, wi i ill-concealed anxiety. "Oh yes. they'll be up directly, I guess."" But they did not come. Once Maud saw three figures creep around the partially sheltered side of the building, but when they reached its front they were struck down, and she saw them crawl ou their bands and knees back to the sheds. The full horror of the circumstance struck her. Calling Mr. Little, she told him what she had see. "TheR they must stay there till it is over?" he said, in a low unnat ural voice. ; "Do try to help them, she plead' ed, so earnestly that the men ail re solved to try, though it was of little use. laKingsrope, inline ueu tui the volunteers firmly together ; even the "howling swell," Livingtons, as George called him. offered to help. When all was ready, they crept along the western side of the bouse with little difficulty. But when they reached the corner they went down like planks. They tried again and again, and then came back into the house tired and dis heartened. The short afternoon had passed ; the early darkness made the terror more awfuL Maud still strained her eyes through the deepening gloom. The storm at that moment was at its heisht Cluthine the window- frame tightly with her fingers, she pressed her dilated eyes against the pane, and saw with speechless hor ror the roof of the large barn swept offasifithad been paper. It was all the more terrible because a sound of the falling timbers could be heard above the ceaseless roaring of the wind. It was an awful night No one thought of sleeping. They clustered together about the fire in silent ter ror. From time to time' Mr. Little spoke reassuringly. There was no danerer for themselves, he said ; the house was firmlv built ; large beams passed diagonally from floor to ceiling through the partition walls ; it was not possible they could give away, lsut the awed neans were not easily assured. Maud aione had no thoughts for herself or the safety of the house. She had seen the rootless barn, and she strove to picture the fate of Thornton, and the two men with him, without fire, without food, with no roof to shelter them, and perhaps crushed by fall ing timbers, for it had been too dark to see the extent of the disaster. She told no one of the sight which she had witnessed. Only 6he and Little knew what had happened. All that' was best in her came to the surface that long, agonizing night Never again could she silence her better, nobler 6elf. Very base and contemptible seemed all her wiles, her caprices, her coquetries. It had been her wild folly that had placed Thornton in this danger. If 6he had not delayed the men they could have returned to the house before it was too late. If he were alive when morning dawned he should know how bitterly she had repented. tone remembered how she had trifled with him when once, the summer before, he had told her that he loved her more than he had ever loved any being before or ever could again. She had not meant to drive him away lrom her ; she only meant to tease him for a little. But he had taken it all in earnest, and now, ot course, he had ceased to think of her except to despise her. If he had continued to love her, would he have been so long silent ? She little knew that the man who was all sincerity could not under stand the insincere. He would never care for her now, of course, and she loved him with all the force of her 6trong, ungoverned heart After that night of agony she could never be the same. The pale daylight dawned upon her white face. The wind died slowly down, as the 6un came up the troubled sky. 1 ho rum of the night was revealed to the weary watchers. Three men came slowly up the hill, tired, hungry, half-frozen, but safe. Tliey had made a compara tively warm nest for themselves in the hay, where they had passed a sleepless night The part of the barn which had sheltered them and the cattle and horses had been un injured, and not a man nor a beast had been hurt by the falling beams. Mrs. Wellington could not be in duced to remain an unnecessary moment in the terrible place, and late in the afternoon the subdued party were in the cars returning to Boston. Thornton confessed that it was the most uncomfortable night he had ever passed, but he would cheerfully have undergone far greater hardships for the reward that it brought him. Before they reach ed the city he had learned of the agony which the night's suspense had been to Maud, and she had ac knowledged her love lor him in an swer to the passionate reiteration of his devotion to her. And tins was the work of an East Lloiv ! To Cook a Lies of Mutton. The following twa modes of cook ing a leg of mutton may be accepta ble to economical housekeepers : 1. Boiled shank. Cut the leg of mutton cleanly cross the meat and bone lrom the shank down, with as much meat as will suffice for the meal. Rub it, and flour it all over, but especially the cut meat surface. Plunge it at once into a saucepan or pot of boiling water to cover it, to gether with some salt, a few grains of pepper and a bunch of parsley. Draw away from the fire, ana allow the water to cool almost completely: then put once more on the fire and cook 6lowly, according to weight, till quite done to taste, serve with parsley, onions, caper, sorrel or any sauce preferred. Garnish with meat or potato rissoles. The flour and plunging into boiling water will pre vent the juice from escaping, and the meat will cut just as finely as from a whole boiled leg of mutton. 2. Mutton 6teak. l?rom the rest of the leg of mutton cut cleanly and evenly a slice from the full round of from two to three inches thick. Salt, peper and hour both sides at once, and insert a piece of shalot onion into the bone eye. Broil the meat slowly on a beefsteak griddle or pan, covering the upper surface with chopped beef marrow, butter or mut ton kidney fat rrepare a brown gravy with fried shalots, brown stock, a few peppercorns, two cloves, some lemon rinds or juice, or a spoonful of vinegar. Strain, add a few split olives or pounded ancho vies, and serve with pats of mashed potatoes, turnips, parsnips or any suitable vegetable. A Burglar's Bis Haul, Pottstowx, March 2. The office of John Thompson, ticasurer of the Schuylkill Bridge Company, was entered last night and $700 in mon ey and a gold watch taken from the safe. The safe was relocked in some manner by the robbers after abstracting the money from it Mr. Thompson did not discover that he had been robbed until he opened Lis safe at noon to-day. Moxhoe, Mich., Sept 25, 1S75. Sirt: I have been taking Hop Bitters for inflammation of kidneys and bladder. It has done for me what four doctors failed to do. The effect of Hon Bitters seemed like magic to me. W. L. Cahter. PolaU la Cow. Point- in stock are the badges of nuritr. What are known as "points are certain conformations, outlines of shapes and marks of color which specify that the animal possess ing them is truly and distinctively a member of the class demanding the Rrvcifications i-ossessed. The avfram farmer sires but little at tention the finer points, but with his exp. rience and habit of associa' tion iucLta very critically at times. While farmers are seemingly anx ious to improve, thev endeavor to do so without knowing in which di rection to benefit themselves. Near ly every farmer claims to he an ex pert at selecting roucn cows, vet in breeding his stock he does not con sider first what he is to breed for. Does he stop to consider whether he i .v. Zcr : f u: f.. Wisnes tue Oliepriiig vi ins ijiuhw cow to be a superior miliar or a ereat butter producer ? The influ ence of the sire is to be considered above all others in such a matter, Jersev bulls are scattered far and wide now. and are within the reach of all, and yet the dairyman who sends his milk to market, and cares not to make butter, is foolish in pa tronizing Jersey bulls. The Jerseys are for butter-producing only, and are not heavy milkers. The milk such cows give is very rich ; it is al most pure, cream : but it does not come up in quantity. The farmer who desires large yields of milk from cows should seek to have trans mitted to his young stock the blood of the Holstein or Ayrshire ; for, al though the milk from these breeds is not so rich in quality as that from the Jerseys or Guernseys, they great ly excel them in quantity. Ihus, those farmers living within reach of of cheese factories can better pro mote their interests by selecting Holsteins or Ayrshires for improv ing their stock ; while those who send butter to market should have nothing nut the butter-producers. A great milker shows her quali ties in her looks and make-up. The eyes and hair also give good indica tions. The first point for a farmer's observation, and the principal one, is to observe that she does not show a tendency to become "beefy," or rounding with points that denote good fattening qualities. A first class cow does not take on fat as a rule, but is rather bony and ugly lookinz. The shape of the Jersey should be deer-like, with a mild- looking eye and soft feeling to the touch. The udder should be full, reaching far up the rear. One of the most prominent points is the large milk ducts sometimes as large as a person's arm running from the udder to the middle of the stomach. They are sure indications of good milking qualities. Jerseys have black nozzles and tongues, the udder being usually smoother than in other breeds, and velvet-like when examined by touch. The Holsteins are a very large breed of cows, equalling the Shorthorn in size, but largely excelling them in milking qualities. The young male calves from such cows can be kept with profit, as the Holsteins, when fed for the purpose make not only good beef, but equal to the best Oxen from this Btock are nearly equal to the Devons. Their color is usually black and white. But in endeavoring to breed for milk it should not be forgotten that two excellent characteristics are rarely found in a single breed. Thus we mubi not expect to find good milkers among the Shorthorns, nor have choice beef from the milch cows. A cow cannot make milk and beef at the same time. If her tendencies are toward milk she will be hard to fatten ; if 6he keeps ex tra fat it means that she is a better flesh-former than milk producer. A great deal depends on the feed, as a matter f course ; but the breed must be taken into consideration if an increase in the herd is contem plated. Phila. Record. Easle and Goonc. A gentleman from Stone Ark., tells of a remarkable County, incident which he witnessed while crossing White Iiiver on the ferry just above the mouth of Sycamore Creek. When nearly half way across the stream an enormous eagle swooped down on a flock 'of geese which were swimming in the river some eighty rods below the boat The fowls upon observing the eagle ap proaching instinctively dived un der the water just as the bird struck tne waves, mined -n the first as sault, the eagle flew slowly upward, and when the geese came to the sur face darted downward again, and burying its talons in one of them, attempted to bear it away, The goose fctruggled violently, while its companions 6wam around it utter ing sr). ill cries and the persons on the fer: boat watched the strange scene i. ith keen interest. Once the eagle lilted it3 prey clear out of the water and seemed on the point of conveying it to the mountiin cliff that rose grandly in the air on the other side of the stream, but the struggles of the goose forced the cap tor downward. When water was again reached the goose made a supreme effort and plunced below the surface, dragging the eagle after it, and causing the latter to loosen its hold and rise upward with a fierce scream. The eagle nest at tacked another goose, but with the same resultybeing compelled to re linquish its hold, when its intended victim plunged beneath the waves. This strange contest lasted fully thir ty minutes, at the end of which time eagle gave up thefigh. and ris ing, wared away tothe mountains westward, while the flock of geese 8 warn further down the stream. None of the flock were killed, but the water in the vicinity was dyed with blood, and the surface of ihe stream was covered with feathers for a consider able distance. Cor. SL LouU llepub Ucan. A Singular Will. Boston, Mass., March 1. The will of Charles Albert Read, latelv deceased, of Newton, Mass., gives 850,000 to the Treasury of the Lnited States, to be applied to the reduction of the war debt To the attending physician of the testator $5,000 is given oa a condition ex pressed as follows : "That my head be severed from my body, as I have great horror of beinir biiriwl alive." Will Wonders Ever CoaM. Mr. John G. Fledderman. thn well-hnown Merchant Tailor, in Union Block, writes : "I was a suf ferer for muiy years with Neural gia and Rheumatism, and found nn relief until I tried St Jacobs Oil. After using two bottles. I was entire ly cured." Fort Wmjne (Ind.) Sen tind. - Alms are the golden key that open the gate to heaven. Peaches, Then and Kow. I was talking to a man last sum mer. a neighbor of mine, a man about seventy years of age now, who was bora almost within sight of where he now lives. He is one of those bright and intelligent old gen tlemen who seem to do one's heart good to talk with. . w-.-n talking of the past and the pit-tent of this country, and before we h id talked long on this subject we turned our talk on fruit cenerally. He said he could well remember when peaches grew and bore abundantly all through this part of the country, and that they were just about as sure of a crop of peaches then as we are of a crop of apples now. addinz that they only had to cut off a piece of woods and plant out the trees, and in a couple years or so they would bear . "but It is different now." said he ; "for we can hardly get the trees to live over the second winter, and much less expect fruit from them, But I believe that there is something wrong with the tress that we get now. I think they must b more tender than they used to be." "But where did you get your trees from in those days ? said 1. Well," he said, "we used to grow them from the stone our selves. Scmetimes we had more young trees than we wanted to plant ourselves, and we would sell those to our neighbors. A good, one-year eld tree was worth then about six cents, and they were worth more to those who planted them than those trees which agents ask from twenty- five to fifty cents for now. Iu lact, have sold many a bushel of hne, ripe peaGhes for twenty-five cents ; but those trees are all dead now, and we some way or other neglected to keep up the planting of our own grown stock, but were prevailed on to try something better as we thought Agents began to come around from Rochester and other places, taking orders for choice bud ded trees. Well, to make a short story of it we have never had very good success with peaches since we began planting out those bought trees." (These are the words in the same language as spoken to me.) ow, in my mind there is a great deal to be learned from this old man, and I wouldn't wonder if we could find many more men just like him. 1 suppose even that many ot t..e readers of this article will say that their experience has been simi lar to his. In the first place, in or der to be successful with the peach, we must do as they did vear3 ago , we must either grow our own trees or get them as near home as possible, and from soil as nearly like our own as we can. Then we must remem ber that years ago, when peaches were easily grown, the country was not cleaned up as it is now. The fields were smaller and surrounded by tall woods, so that in the -. winter the sun did not shine on them much; and, as I have been told, the snow stayed on such places much longer than now. Then, again, peaches were not planted out in the open field in orchards, as now, as they were grown chiefly for home use. Tbey were planted around on the borders of the fields, in the fence cor ners, on the sides of lanes, etc., and they of course were shaded by the surrounding woods ; therefore they stayed dormant, the 6ap not moving until spring, and there were no trees killed by frozen sap in winter. Then the trees were healthy and bore abundantly. Yes, healthy, first, be cause they were acclimated to the soil and surroundings. It was nat ural for them to do well. Secondly, they were not damaged by being out of the ground any great length of time. Thirdly, they were shaded by the surrounding woods from the sun in winter, and later spring frosts did not damage them, simply because it did not come in contact with the trees until after the warm atmos phere had dissolved the frost on those trees. living in Kurope and America. Our Cunsul at Cork, in a commu nication to the State Department, discusses the question of the relative cost of living in Europe and Ameri ca from a point of view often over looked by people who talk about the dearness of things on this side of the Atlantic He insists that if the American laborer will live in the same poor way as the Irish laborer, eating meat but once a week, if nt all, and going without many arti cles which are considered indispen sable here, he can live as cheaply as he could in Ireland. Mr Brooks goes further and asserts that it is capable of demonstration that cheap clothing is cheaper in the United States than in Great Britian. A 6uit such as is geneally worn by la boring people, costing $10 in Cork, could, he Bays, be bousht in Wash ington not an exceptionally cheap place for purchases for 87.oO. Mr. Brook's communication is a piece of additional evidence to establish a fact known to most careful observers of prices and ways of livin; in Eu rope, namely, that it cobis nii.reto live here because nobody is willing to live in the mean, scrimplcd, half starved way in which poor people are forced to live there. With us there are few mechanics or day la borers who do not eat meat at least once a day, sleep on a good bed nights, and have a respectable suit of clothes to wear on Sundays. Fan as a Moral Farce. Fun is as distinct a moral force as prayer. A good, heart v, healthy laugh will clear the cobwebs out of the brain, renew the blood tone the nerves and drive all thought of com mitting flagrant wrong from the mind. It banishes worrying cares, and knits humanity in common kin dred. Every missionary enterprise ought to provide nmuscmpnt Preaching services, praver meeting. sppday schools, philanthropic or ganizations, and even charity well oestowed set no closer to the henrta of the humble than do thoefl who induce them to stell an hour away from exacting toil to recuperate their energies and renew their moral vigor by rational enjoyment This done, the work of getting in communion with them is complele. Laugh with those who laugh, and weep with those wh-j ueep, and see if by con tributing to their mirth vou cannot cause them to forget sorrow and to stop thinking of the battle of life long enough to realize that men and women were made to be invigorated by fun, morally, mentally and nhvs lcally. Albany Esprau, ' t Was afflicted with Catarrh and Cold in the Head. I tried many remedies without any beneficial effects, at last I used Elys Cream Balm, which effectually curod me W . II. I. Iliilard. Dentist, Borden town, N.J. He hath lived ill h how to die well. not Bold into Slavery. As a landmark of a time ineflaora bly engraved upon the- older clais, we came across a relic in the sha pe of an old negro whos life history might well be woven iLnto a tale as thrilling with romancej and adven ture as was ever born in the feru le brain of a Dumas. Ot.l Cyrus is a remarkable specimen if that genus homo, bowed with th i weight of an hundred and ten yea itB, with eye sight dimmed and mi nd beclouded, he still bears traces c f that muscle and manhood so noticeable in the first Africans brought! to this coun try. Cy is perhaps the last living Arncan-born freedma n is this sec tion, and up to two years since, at the remarkable lage of 108, retained his mental faculties to in nstonishin degree. Nearly a century ag.t, at the ag of sixteen, re was brought over by slave-trader with a l&rjie number of others, all of whom have long siiye been gathered to their fathers, while this old' man bad lived on and on past his dav and generations linger ing land mark of an epoch of onr peo pled now historic A talk with the old fellow is highly entertaining and amusing. Of course due alowance must be made for his somewhat tropical imagination: Old Cy claims that his capture by the traders was a case of the basest perndvand aid napping on record, i He belonged to the Fulavs, a powerful interior tribe of the Liberi.in country, ami was not less a personage than the son of King Boma l'ulah. The facts of his seizure as tol i by himself, are bnelly these: He was sent by his father with a number of captives from a hostile tribe with his agents, to sell them to the traders. The sale having! seen duly effected to the satisfaction of all parties, Prince Boma 1'ul ih (now old Cy) with his retinue were invited to fete on shipboard. It was the old game, when the' fnncc and his attendants awoke :xom the effects ot the New England rum, they found them selves leagu 38 from their loved land, and what was worse, treated with no more consideration than the very slaves they had sold. For seventy-eight Ion years old Cy bore the yoke of slavery to be freed in his second chiWhood. The old man's lines, how ever, have fallen in places, and ih tae helplessness of old age, he is well cared for, and nothing is lacking; to ease his way to the grave. Any bright day hemight be seen sunning himself in front ot his comfortable cabin. Panic in a Circus, City of Mexico, March C A ter rific hail storm visited this city last night, causing great consternation among the crowded audience in the tenta of a circus. Within five min utes tons of hail bore down the can vas, and with it the poles, and ex tinguished the . lights. The scene was frightful; women screaming and fainting, and the panic-stricken people scrambled lor the exits and rushing ankle deep in water for shelter. Fortunately the casualties were slight, two men only being se riously injured by falling poles, al though many wre slightly bruised during the confusion. A Young Ijady'a Horrible Iratli. Noiuvalk, O., Maivh 9. o'clock this morning the -At four house of Joseph Mullen was discovered in flames. The family were aroused, but the flames spread with incon ceivable rapidity. Two young men sprang from a second story, the balls being in flames, Miss Mary Nagle, a beautiful young lady eigh teen years of age, perished iu the flames. Her body was badly burn ed. It was recovered. The origin of the fire is unknown. Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham, 2C3 Western Ave., Lynn, Mass., is ra pidly acquiring an enviable reputa tion for the surprising cures which daily result from the use of her Vegetable Compound in all female diseases. Send to her for pamph lets. Firing Upon a Train. Kexsixgton", . 111., March 8. A freight train on the Illinois Central railroad wa3 Iflst evening fired at, near JGrand Crossing, by several men who were standing a short dis tance from the track. Engineer Nicholas Stubar was struck and se riously wounded, a bullet entering his head under the left eye. Stuber, who is a veteran engineer, stuck to his post and ran his train to Ken sington before he received medical attendance. No motive can be as certained for the shooting. There Is no use in drugging your self to-death, and buying all the vile medicine for internal use when you can be cured of fever and ague, billious disorders, jaundice, dyspep sia, as well as all disorders and ail ments of the liver, blood and stom ach, by wearing one of Prof. Guil mette's French Liver Pads, which is a sure cure every time. If your drusrgist docs not keep the Pad, send 81.50 in n letter to French Pad Co., Toledo, O , aud it will be sent to you by return mail. It is the only pad that is guaranteed to cure. Beware of counterfeiti!. A Caution to, Mexican Stage Robbrrs. City of Mexico, March S. A dil igence with full complement of in side and outside passengers, while on the way to Guadalajara, and when within n mile of that city, was attacked by a band of robbers. Most of the passpngers being armed, they resisted the attack and in a fight that ensued eleven of the rob bers were killed, while thp remain der were put to flight. Strange as it may seem not one of the passengers was injured. Elys' Cream Balm, for the cure of Catarrh. Hay Feaver and Cold in Head, is an article of decided merit. Eossessing wondcrfuj cleansing ancj ealing properties. Price 50c. An ply into nostrils with little finger An Arkansas Altercation. Little Rock, March 0. News Wj received here to-day of a trage dy in Harrioburg, Poinseit county, ou Tuesday evening Prof. E. j. Wllmat, a teacher, and County Treasury J. J. 8mith had an alter cation about the former whipping the hitter's child in school when Smith seiztnl a piece of wood and struck Wilniot on tha head. The blow crushed his skull and the brains oozed out The victim died in three hours. Smith surrendered himself. All Itetween lite cradle ami the coffin u unrortdiii, Children are certain cares but un certain comforts. ! IK , 4 TtlE GREAT L-JhskLi i'OIt. RQEUHATM Heuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, Backache, Soreness of the Chost, Gout, Cuinsy, Soro Throat, SweI irjt and Sprains, Burns and Scalds, General Bodily Pains, Tooth, Car end Headache, Frostod Feet and Ears, and all cthsr Pains and Aches. No Preraratloa on earth equals Sr. Jjma Oil as a Mr, jvn, mintpic and eJkeas External Krtnmlr A trial entails but the eumpiirativply tiillioK outlay 60 Oats, and evrry one suffering with pain can cave ouesp and pociure proof of its cuims. I'ireetions in Eleven Languages. E0L3 BT ILL DKUGOISTS A5D DEALEST IH MEDICIHE. A. VOGEIJGR Sc CO., Baltimore, JId., V. S. ron SALS. BT C. X. BOYD, DRUGGIST ftroerst. la )TIIE( Chicago & Nokth-Western ii ai r,w is theOLRESTIBESTUOJ.'STRUUTED'BEST EQUIPPED ! and hence I ho Leading Railway OF THE WEST AND NORTHWEST! It It the tLortest tnd liest route between Chlcgo du an points in Northern Tllfnoift. Iowa. Iu.knt&- Wviwnlnir Netireslui. California. Or'on. Arton. Utah Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada and for Conncil 111 n 12V Oismlia DEXTER, LEADT1LLE. SALT LASS, SA!7 DEAD WOOD, SIOUX CITY, Cedar Rapid. Pes Moines, Colamhas. and all mints in the Territories, and the west. Also, for JUllwaaKee, Oreen Bay, Uehkosh, Sheboygan. .imnjucur, r ona ou liar, v aterrown, HouKlium, Neenan, Menasba, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Huron, Volxa, Fartro, Bismarck, Winona. Lacrosse, OwatoDM, and all points la Muinesota, Dakota, Wisconsin and the Northwest. At council Bluffs the Trains of the Chlearo North-Western and the U. V. R'ys depart from, arrive at and use the same joint Union pepot. At Chicago, close connections are mtuia with the Lake Shore. Miehiiran Central. Haltimnr & Ohio, Ft. Wayne and Pennsylvania and Chicago sou uran i t runic u. ya, ana tne Kankakee and ran nanuie itouies. Clone ronnrrtlaH mud Jiarllu folatla. ItiatkeOXLT 1.1 XE rn unlit Pullman Hotel Dining Cars MTCCKir CHICAGO aM CODICIL BLUFFS. PaHiiaSlasss n ill Klsit Tnin " Insist on Ticket Agents sellinir you Tickets via this road. Kxamlne vur Tickets, 'ami refuse to hur if they do not read over the Chicago fc Nortb Western Railway. if you wlh the Best Traveling Accommoda tions you wm ouy your Tk k-t by this route. ArAaD WILL TAKE NOXE OTHER. AH Ticket Aicents sell Tickets bv this Line. Makvix Huuurrr.Sd V. P. it Qeu'l lUanas'r, n does --WHY? 5H CURES! IneroitacUoa tlie LIVES, BOWELS aad KIP5SV3 at the same time. Because It easMa the ayalem of the poton- one Aaxaot that develop In Kidney and Urt naryPisssiai.BUlo f , Jaundio, Consti pation. Piles, or in Xaenatotiem, Neuralgia, Ji crvous Disorders and rasudo Complaints. LJ BBS WHAT PBOPLS BAT t Easrne a Stork, ot Jtmetkm City. Karas says, Kidney-Wort eared him after rrgukw i"ny aciaos bad beea trylB( for four jsara. Kra John Iraall. or Washlngtom, Ohio, save ner boy was firm unto die by fan promaieM DhvsKdeMMul that aWM afterwards cured lJ H It a Oooawkt, an editor In Chardoa. Ohie, ays he was bo expected to live, bainir kloaiew beyond belief, but KJUaoy- Wort cared aua. Anna L. Jarrett of Booth Smi-m, N. T.. ssvs thatsevon years safferiDe; from kidney troablea and other comiilirsl lona was ttadid by tae u ui i ildaej-Wort. John B Lawrenee of Jarkwtti. Term., mffernt foe rears from lirrr and kidn, tnuihltMi n, Rafter takinc "barrels of uUiar amilii iltiM." CiWT.Wart mkd. him ii.ll J mekael Coto of Hnntenmerv fn?e Tt XJmtferedekrht rears with kiriner dlAM-uttv an,: was wmw wora. ajujiey-wore Biaue aims ww aeevwr. i:img: PEslMAMKMTLV OU3E3 I v I I- KI9NEY DISEASES, fi I ' LIVER COMPLAINTS, Yi r Constipation and Piles. " H I" tWlt Is put up la Bvy Vrcrtabl' form ti ff a tin eans, oae package of whtrn ,iiiu.,-; r : t . ot aaedlcuia. also in utsu r cm, j r- t.'-t-, a tralea, tor taose that canao; i-.--- kJtsT Jteetstrta ejwal t?.cirrt f-i r.Vcr f-x-. jf ht obi rr at the drucoists. I:.:. -.C-W WELLS, EICniUDSO J win .v.. - v "-.' , i r-r" uiiTiuruuiu', isw-1 s. I t ruk RAM HT C. N. BOYD, DRUGGIST, Materiel, Pa. BE NOT DECEIVED 27 Plasters claiming to bo an im provement ca ALLCOCTS POROUS PLAST52S, 017 geanho ?or; Plaster; all Uisr so-callsi Porous Plasters ara imltatisrc Bewaro of them. S that yea g:t aa ALLCC-CI'S PLASTS2. wHch w gsaraatso has effected nor. aad qnck:r rcrcs than any cthsr estsnal Eemsdj. FOR SALE BY Jan23,7inoOW ALL DRUGGISTS. M I wl. i eatrkly lest lb US Ml llw.a Amarlcat, t7W aead ear Waaiatcd Caolre of 'Rwerythltisr for FREE. irui uaraea, 01 The Somerset Uerald ! (ESTABLISHES !8r.) On. of t!ie leading Papers of VTestcni Pssrsylvaria. IS STALWA8T 1UM. HAS DOUBLE THE CIRCULATION OF ANY 0HER NEWS PAPER IN HE COUNY I It Will Contain the General News of the Day. he Editorial and Local DEPARTMENTS Speak for ThemselTes. 92.00! (.t A YEAR I t!.M A TEAR $2.00 A YEAE ! $00 A YEAR! $2.00 A YEAR ! $.00 A YEAR! $2.00 A YEAR! s ') 0 A YEAR! $2.00 A YEAR! $2.00 A YEAR I $2.00 A YEAR ! not A YEAR tits A TEAR 3o: IN OUR OB DEPARTMENT! WE HAVE THE BEST FA CILITIES WEST OF THE MOUN TAIN, CST'We are nreDared tu furnish on short notice, and at it frrt rp. duction on forme? prices, all kinda of JOB W OCK, such as : LETTER HEADS, BILL HEADS, ENVELOPES, BUSINESS CARDS, Y1SITIXG CAlUkS, WEXWX5 CARDS, PROGllAMXIES, H.C.RSE tiLLS, SilPBIIXS, POSTERS, LABELS, TAGS, RECEIPTS XOTES OF ALL KINDS, .DODGERS, CIRCULARS, AC, iU. Onlers from s tlliLmce will receivepturapt and careful attention. AJdrrs. The Somerset Heiald, PPmiNG HOUSE ROW, Somerse, pm. 3E . . ..7. " ?.V"rnLwh'''1 Lh to leil tae m V, . - . . . UAnitB.lf.M AA1I S UIKIHTS. r,. ... bAUOKNKIW AJ.O VLUKlMTtt, on.,l,ir - n sm., ud fTZj. euverii mn nwe ana t-ABJSta. imrUrmilmMn aiM I'tsmri In Jrrnrv C.'.V.a..' I t r- warae u iwdr ecrsa. aouu la giass. euyii PETER HEKDERSOEJ a, 35 Cottlandt Street, New Yo.-U. RAILROAD SCHEDULE SOMERSET 1 CAMBRIA RA!Lr;j0 Nail .... 1 ileal ... J""- Arrrtv. - 1:1. a. m. ln,iK ' 1 ,.-, .! . .JB. I uir.uwn. Arrivo. IVp, at. ' " :a.ia -Vail.. The Mail .. ... tea. sa. Li Train-d.l,;. ily: On tne Pttubar.k i,i-,-ri J: . through UMin T1. ,r? O. Railroad hockwoou at ui n: a .Ij,, ": ' " reevectlvely at WashinitJ, it day, aad isQ ,.xt monu'woV , p. ... Sam. d,V-ln',1'tt"" WestwaruiJ inrush, ' !J?xt ttH'". at ao a. m., and a f .1,'? a. m.. and ri pT m arrt.i,Wn",uo ' l" kockwood at o.. D.'and t "'r Z PENNSYLVANIA CENTRAL RAILROa'j TKAlXa eot-io AST. r,""""r'"u - : a. m. Iie.. T..h... . rsoiM CZ.il iJ7 m . &iuur.'.-a?nt Huntln.don AecJ.. Cincinnati Ex.11.... T;U Johnstown Aecl... I:i3.m .TJ- u :...iu: : p. ' v ' P. la. :lVa".V iiiiaVii: TKAISa outxo VUT. Pittsburgh lxe; i V. ' -a a. m. JtihnNl.twK Pk A . C d J a. m- ' wa. m. m. stooa . MaiiEx.,....r::T-- A.uinnxt am s - Ti. r a . o . , aw: iz .... .. u-u "nrrivea!" ..- In. irnnst .'" v . l itn M Fas, La-,. ....;; J ""I-. 7:. Alia, " f . . . 1 I...-.V V.;-:: IU:1 P. m. sum. . un , eept Monday. ouy. Dally , rZ "V except Sun,iL." ,:" ex. eU I -1 . aihltheJohMtownAieum?-f?.,oc,U ,r" eat eommodation. Way tS,u1,,uo. Alt.o a, ' train, west. ' 'enijBr aau ir,u .;: Ike Fast Una, east an west .in day ana ,Mt .c 0 4 "SrKiSs- m hur. and cast Utrty i-troo., tie,n Z LSSSteS and eonnect wita the KtwnsburVjf t,PrM" t the morninjf, and bViht C"u tfranck la d mail wZ&& .tl BATIM0RE 4 OHIO RAILROAD. lTTSBCKOH DIV1SIOX od W aur tTallIow, . t KAST. Leave: MAIL. s.-5 a. ui. s:ie s:n " lil:w -1:-H 11 JO:4 ' 11:3 11:13 ' P. tu. 2.(14 " SrM - ; . . :46 p. m. WEST. Pitt-I nrjt Kraudota Mckvport eet Nwtoit rtruad ford MU fleaiKnt I.avv r Baltiuinr Waauiijgt,,!, tuutixTutn tlTnilmsn htxkwiiou Ubiu f-yia Conneiisvitie I ri:oiib,wa Hruud Kurd Mt. Plnaant H est rwtoo Mi-k rt Bntd'loce PilUburg .. 1:. Jf .. ri " iTie :t i : l US CoonellsvilJe t'nloutown Ohio r-yj Kucewood Hyudman I'uiuiwrland vtuMimsrtou Haiti uiure Cumberland at 2:3i A txprea. k, rry. ... WOTjSi-l- the Ea rives at W ashinirton at ju a" w u i., "' ar . -1 miadelfchia- i f a . L " '"more. 7:40 iCTTP 1 11 . . .. - .. , . 1, .Ai j Through Mail trains daily ixpsess traits daily exjept' SgjMa. daily except Sunday. Faeile Eirea, Ticket offices streets, and depot Teoruei UrLtt i1 WooJ FUtiburgh, Pa, 1 J tera. " Ueneral Ticxet A&au gHERIFFS SALE. Thursday, JTarvk W, 1S Summit township, Somerwt eoun rt Z tijl in tand. of Garret Foresprinc Jesi,' ",7l rus HoehsteUer and Christian , "uvwolZl l'D'n5 d one-half aires. ZIw' hi Tm1" "b wlth " Tl-urtenwieVi MUler. ' me sai: of Samael P. ALSO ft.i'2eirih.t'Kt,t!f ,ntert nd riai otke de fendani, Jonathan Schrock, ot, in and to, I be k.1- ii011' "P HT- Adam Marker, W Ulam Hay f.i. fiL r' '"inlDg ' acres, laore or less. plank hoas and stabte, with the apourtenanees. v Mec,lon at the sultoi Samuel Walk er, rrea . Walker awl Jeroate Countryman, ixeculors of V. P. Walker. Uee d. umaa' rOTiru.All persona purehastnit at the above sale will please take notice that a part of the pur chase nv'twy to be made known at the time f ' l he required a soon as the property 1 knocked down, otherwise it will be scam expend to sale at the risk of the tirst purchaser. Tae re In 0ih I'orehase money must tie paid ca .r before Thuradav of th. n., i. . i ,u Court, the time fixed by the Court t seeurinie tne acknowledgment of deeds, and bo deed will a acknowledged uatfl the purebase m-mer Is pakt ,D fIL JOHX J. sPANtiLilk. SuKittpr'd Omcx, i Feb. 8, lSeX Skeril fur tnln la the Umus. back. etomarlL N breast. (Me or shonKlpr bcwlrs, take i'v.- UiXA. For rrrms of tbe stomach, eolte. fltnr nura, or vusuitiag, laka i'EtiUXA. ' BBBH roreonirk, asthma, nlirht nwsK siiort ceaof brfiaiti7ieAJaJU;iiA. wH Fnbronleitrh. tronrhltla.Bienii'V. and eoroUiroataf any kkiil Puum a. " KB PrlTwa la th unrest, meetprnrt sth (1 tonic, finest jnv1?oratr "PuttrwA In th bst arnetl llrer, purest ejlnbnl1l "It Ton can't dees, take PiRcna 1 If week or eorrtfj mentally, can't rest, Famlka." Ui mineral that way Utfoond la i'ntfcJiA." ficrt) win be Dald for the least lmnwttT v . Sow everywhere, rnrpamrhk t ,a B. IS. UAliTHAN A CoTUskuos. rJZ If ron are Mrk. feel baJrr. nr tn I bwii. uk11u;A kljr.L-ilet' Uw'tiuw-I TOR SALE BY :.C X. BOYD, Druggist ?Msaerea. Ft Mate FOTJTZ'S K3RSE AND CATTLE POWDERS f rmir i.r.FCUTZ "lo Ikm ! .- Cf-f. Tnor Irvi ' IK. . I lt-it -(-.. vr ... ..(i-t,,,. I oiU-s Ho.l-r. -i wv-nvmii Hon Cti" - IUI -f . -. ..AP.s 11 n . IwiUlhn'l srill In. :. Ih, qMIKrni ! ; vltrMisiwia j fx-.-rtiu, aua uur tue batter tr . :kl wtt ' iirt Powiten win tn or rrrvrnt snimt rvts'' ''.a,Mf to h;.-b fturw-t an 1 f.,nl,- re i:,H,.-t. rot Tit's Powotaa wuj.iivi: SaTisr actios. UiU axqiMK. SATtO S. TCCTC. Proprietor BA I.TI SI OEZ, ID v Feb L 17. PATENTS obtained, and all boslnesa In tae U. S. Patent (Wee, or In the Couna Mientled le fur MODERATE rtLa. We are ennneltsi tha U. 8. Patent n. gaged la PATEHT BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY, and own obtain patxius iu uuia uiu Uham retool (romWASHIN.TOH. Wkeo model or drawing Is sent we advise as to natentahtlUy free of ennnre: and we Brake k ta CHMi UNLESS WE OBTAIN PATENT. We refer, here, tn the Postmaster, the Sapt ef -the Meoev order Division, and to oartals of the V. t. Patent titflre. for elirnlar. alrlee. terms. and retereore to actual clients la jour own StateJ ur eountj, address C. A. SNOW A CO.. Opposite Parent OIBm, Waehingtan, . . - . , i 'U-. Td'ny yar xoHTirnc,i P;HJ n;.i , - lii utirni:f n; t:n' : i wur Ii-tii.,.. rmi a'-S't a a.e. :;o ul -trrntv IS: r-.-w.t 4 fit rive, .7 vV1 V;. -ly. ar PhiUpelplUaYlu a7-! " a. - a.. L "Sri" ' J&Z'ff? v'i'.-' KXJfa til fy I 1 SlZ-jnti. in tt.
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