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Somerset, Fa.
iSsEV-AT-LAW,
Somerset, Pa.
lKXEY-AT-UAW,
iTI Somerset, Pa.
VOL. XXX. NO 42.
SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY. MARCH 29. 1882.
WHOLE NO. 1603.
Al.UUT A. Hoknc
HOME
J. Scott Wttn.
& WARD,
SUCCESSORS TO
so.
EATON & BROS.,
27 FIFTH AYEXUE,
PITTSBURGH, PA.
"TT?.
'.TTokxET-AT-LAW
Somere.
Somerset, Pa.
to Mammoth Bioc.
;S& to'iUi pr.m.ptnoM and
AU'bueine entrust--
W.H.ItrWEL.
TH & HOTEL,
to their ear
tST'ijwt .met, c;po-it U
ill be
uc.coi.noLX.
& COLBORN.
iTTOKN EYS-AT-LAW.
..teJtoonre-m..rVt-
X 5ST" readable terms.
) KIMMEL.
iTTt'KKtV-ATXAW,
Somerset. Pa.
. ,11 business entrusted U Ml ears
ai .mlnic counties with pronipt
M Main Crvw street.
! vTTKKSON,
r
iKXEY-AT-LAW,
i Somerset, Pa.
r-.tro.t. to hi. ear. will be at-
t ,,rompineM and fidelity.
VF. SCHELL
ATTORN EY-AT-L.AW,
Pmikm A root, Somerset,
isota blatk.
Pa.
;T1SE HAY.
ATroKNEY-AT-LAW
i -a KfJ EUta, Somerset. P
i ,.ii.ew euirosid to his can
..will
wtia
in.niL,
mc.KNEYATXA
.t:i-
i stit Bttlldtns-
' ATTORKEY-AT 1-A',
Somerset Pa-,
-. .ine-entnute to.mj eara at
iiii .ues. and fidelity.
SPRIISTG, 1882.
NEW GOODS
E7SSY DAY SPSCIAITIES
la
Embroideriet, Lacei, Millinery, White Goods, Hand
kerchiefs, Dress Trimmings, Hosiery, Glovas,
Co-sets, Muslia tad Merino Underwear, In
fants' and Children's Clothing. Fancy
Goods, Yarns, Zephyrs, Mate
rials of All Kinds for
FANCY WORK,
Gaits' Finiifti GcoSs, k, k
vera raraovoa is KEUFBrrrrLLv bolitited.
MTOkDKUS BY MAIL ATTESDED TO WITH
CAKE ASD DISPATCH. mart
m. LTDIi L PIKIRia, L? ITO, till,
1 l
o V i
s. A
SOMERSET COUNTY BANK !
(ESTABLISHED lvSTT.)
CHARLES J. HARRISON,
CASHIER ASD MANAGER.
rolled
7oUectlocs made In all jrti of the
suiiea.
CHAHGES MODERATE.
Parties wisMna; to apod money 'West ean be av
eommodated by draft od New York In any sum.
Collection made wis h promptness. V. S. Bonds
hoaicht and kM. Money and valuables aeenred
ttyoneof IHehold's celebrated fatea, with a Sar
reni k Y ale as.iO 00 time lock.
ACCOUNTS SOLICITED.
-All learal holidays obscrvad.1 det-T
07 O WEKK. 12 a day at bora sally
& I V mart. kstly ontutrree. Address Taca
C', Anirasta, Mane.
Mar.la-lyr
LYDIA E. PINKHAr.VS
7ZG3TASL5 COlIPOTnTP.
Is n rrv't'tve Cnre
tS Pnl.rnl .aaplalaM aa4 Wnlnaal
nM.au l.amr aM fcatal. BaalatiM.
; ; .. . . r" r:.!ln 'j V.e worat form of Faaal.Con
fMiax a.'l vT.iriau troubles, Inflamanatieei an4 nrera
t oil. Falling and IHxplacrnwcU, and ta. eonagqwant
rplnal Wcakana; and is partlcalarly adapM to the
l l.a; of life.
It r'l! !!xm.1t. nn J erjil tamors frcm th. b-ras la
.a ii - ftcre of AvreinpmmL. Tbs trDdMcytoeaa.
rrra-Lt l i.: u tn titer. la c Wetted wij speedily by its aas.
IS tvwoT . fatatneaa, natnleney, destrnysall eraTina
for rtiniuIe-L--. and relleTea wakness of the stosaaek
21 cures !!:: ?. Ccadacbea, Kervons rrostration,
euerai I't" , , KleejiamaBeas, IprMaton and lndl
aoCt a.
IhAt ff-e:::ff of twrtna down, eaasiea; pala, we!c!:S
aiwl bacVacite, Is always prraianeBtly cured ty Hm toaa.
It will at all tiroes and BBdwaUdii iilaatanrnaetta
hanaony with the laws that covera th. fenaht system.
For th. rwraof Kidney Complaints of either ssz this
ComTMmad ts ansurpaaied.
l.VDIA F. ntn- TEGETABLE COM
POl'XDis prepared at S3 and S3S tfcatera Atsobs,
t.rna,Xaa. Price fx Six bottles for fx ScnttymaJ
In tie form of pilli, ali i n the form of laarn.-res, on
receipt of price, 53 per hoi for either. Krs. rinkhan
lr. 'ranswrn ail letters of Inquiry. Sewl tor pua3.l1
Address aj a'jovc. .r;.a ia rujier.
SCPERSTTTIOX.
Like the Uack ahadaw of some ancient
power
Some vast and formless horror, given to he
A tyrant to oar weak credibility,
Spawned on the sad world an eril honr :
That demon, Superstition, with its dower
Of suffering, death aad ghastly prophecy.
Haunts ns who hate and curse it and are
free, '
Who lore the truth as sunlight lores a flow. r.
It broods above the strong and starry mind.
And seeks with weird devices to affright
The spirit which moves ns with a noble
hope.
It rouses all the dtad pant, aud we find
It's spectral memories in the lunar night,
Like dreams of witches, dangling by a rope.
A YOUXG liAWTEIVB HIT
itt"t -Vrc: ; tv- ir::hoot i.rrr. r. 1
, P. .T. T '. r cup? rohfet-'-utJort, S..I -.-ac
r. " ' ' ' - icer:t ' 'r be-.
.' j- !-oi u.l U:a. i
tor sal bt
G. X. BOYD,
' DRUGGIST,
Somerset, Paw
$66s
week In roar own town, fh oatet
free. No risk. Evervininc new.
Ital not requli-d. We will (nr
1 to ererrtbtna-. Many are
m sainsr fortunes, toadies make as mora as men
and boys and cliis are making; great pay. Header
tl yon want a nusinesa at wnicn yon can mate,
vtmI TUT all tha limn eon arnrk wrlra tnr nartlc.
uiars to k. Uaiutt A Co.. Portland, Maine.
Dee 18-ly.
1SS2.
1882.
UMH. KOONTZ.
" 'attoksev-at-i.aw.
Somerset, Pa.,
iiromot attention to bnslnesa ntTiit
rJaTrSiSaaaswa adjoining .nUea.
mUiiC Uuass Mow.
i l rroii,
ATTIIKNEY-AT-I.AW,
Somerset. Pa.
Entrance,
estates
1 examined, and all leaal bu lineal
silt promptness and noern j.
....ik Riftr an stairs.
I siraet. Colleetioos ma-le,
I EAEH,
ArrOKNEY ATXAW,
I Somerset, Fa,
n adiotninreonntics
miru'siedto him wUl be promptly
ILTJAM COIXINS.
fctX riST, SOMEKSET, PA
Cimmotti Itlock. abora BoTd'i Pn
r he can at all times be found prepar
tmdsolwork. such as P1"""
teeth of all kinds,
lwt material inserted. trperaUcos
n ar w WTWn
-i M. II 1L ir.
1 JVSTICE OF THE PEACE,
Somerset, Pcna'a.
; m.
U.S.
KIMMELL & SON
. . . 1 . 1
i 'beirprofessiopalaerTicCTio im
viMr.it. tine of the mem'
r ;ns can at alOimes. unless prorcsi
i uhe tind at their office, on Main
i 4 the Itiamonc.
K. MILLER has irma-
;mtrA la Rcrlln for tiie practice ol
a.-Uttioe opposite Charles Krisjinjr-
:. KRUDAKER tonders his
eal srrrtces to tha cltjseos of Kom
r.l:y. omoe In reskteoe on Main
y. the Diamond.
. MILLER.
FHYr-lClAN kSL'KtlbU,
? t tc S.oth Bend. Indiana, where te
il ty letter or otlierwow.
1 1IX BILT.S
I DEXTtST.
J ( Henry HeBey" store. ;Maln Ctwaa
Suet, Pa.
0XD HOTEL,
! IYSTOWN. l'KXN'A.
i tar and well known house has lately
-(tilt and pcwIt re tit ted with all new
I tsnilture. which has made It a tctt
5 iitns: place tor the tra.eltns; pohllc.
J w roo- s cannot be surpssaed, all ba-
J. with a larre pet.llo hall attached
i . Also larare and roomy stahlinc
J "MMr can be had at the lowest po-
- , . Hi aw mal
AMV IX CVSTER. Prop,
hi. E, Cor. ltiamond
Stoystow ,Pa
OOO C.alIon
iE FERMENTED
WINE,
DR SALE
SPRING and SUMMER
A-jSnNTOTINCE MENT
To the People of Somerset and Vicinity:
L M. W0"0LF,
The loyiular On'o Price Clothier and Glen's
Furnisher of
JOHNSTOWN, PENNjL
Would respectfully announce to the People of Somerset and
vicinity, that through the convenience afforded them by the S.
& C. 11. It, to visit Johnstown, they can now avail themselres
of the opportunity to purchase their CLOTHING of the finest
MATERIAL, BEST MAKE, LATEST STYLES, and NEATEST FIT, at the
same or even lower prices than they have been paying for or
dinary shop-made goods.
la. M. WOOLFS style of doing business has gained for him
THE LARGEST TRADE IN JOHNSTOWN.
Discounting his bills before maturity, and buying all goods
. . 11 y . iinT t inn i firn a1
in large quantities enaoics mm to a3sxx ur.Ai'in man
anv other Clothing House in Johnstown.
OXK miCE TO ML. XO DEVI?1T10X.
XO GOODS 3IISREPRESEXTED.
Vl.L GOODS MARKED IN PLAIN FIGURES
STIiTCTL Y OXE Pit ICE TO ML.
Money Refunded When Goods Do Not Prove
Satisfactory.
L. M. WOO LF,
The Popular One nice Clothier and Gents Furnisher.
XAIX STREET, .fOIIXSTOTVX, PA.
.MarSt
LOOK HERE!
VTbeu you come to JOll SSTejwj H. do not fail
to call at the
PEOPLES
STORE
11
NO. 3 MORRIS ST.
i"ietoerat A. i. Cawttrcr
i-rart. Pa or at bis
A o.'s
& GROVE FAR1I
t'rrh of S4ccrsei. the place of msna
4Mlci)ii is a list of the kinds ia
X1
Berberry,
BLACKBERRY,
CURRANT,
WILD-CHERRY
AKD CIDER WINE,
' euid la quantitv to' suit perchsser.
'acs aied tur medlraJ and sarra-
: also aa a bevwraaw by
'w wma.
"2R SALE
I.
TO MAKE YOURP URCHASES !
We keep constantly on band a full Una of foods
usually kept In a First -class
GENERAL STORE!!
which me will sell at a VEBV LOW mars; in for
profit.
GIVi: US A CslLL!
TIIE WOBL.D-FAMED
BDRDETT ORGAN
IS FOR SALiK ONXY BY
I. aJ. IIEFFLEY,
UUSIC DEALER. SOMERSET. PEHN'A.
BEFOBE BUTDT3 TET THE BUEBETT 1
"IT IS THE BEST !"
It Ms Coiptitioi U YariJlr. Baitj k Rla.
It was the gloomiest of gloomy
days. There was not one rcdeem-
lnz feature about t 11 it nau only
rained, iiere might have been music
in the droLS : if it had snowed, we
micht have "lived over'' the beauti
ful poem ; but it did neither, and
now. late in the afternoon, the air
was a thick, damp vapor, and the
street ankle deep with slusn and
mud that an unpaved western town
supplies so beautifully and readily,
Then asrain. the life of the voudr
attorney is not always one of whirl
and excitement and pleasurable re
sults. Not a living soul except a
bootblack iust as if he would ever
need bootblacks again had entered
the door that day. In vain had I
tried to rive mv mind over to the
arbitrary statutes, and then in de
spair sought the more inviting stim
ulent of Recina vs. Reynolds : even
the gossip of a great leading case
failed to inspire me, and wearily I
turned from my books to my
thoughts, and from my thoughts to
my gloom.
It was just then, beiore 1 naa as
cended to the realms of suicidal pur
pose for I walk that way slowly
that the door knob hesitatingly, cau
tiously turned, and I was hard at
work again, pen in hand, with one
eye on the paper and the other on
the door.
I won't make a diagnosis of just
how fast my heart was beating, if
peradventure the door would open,
and somebody that was somebody
should come in. I could endure
the suspense no longer, I looked i
squarely up. Ihe door had opened,
and, though the evening shadows j
were gathering thick and fast, I
could see that my visitor was in
dress and mannc r a lady the most
significant word in the greatest of j
languages. Her veil conct aled herj
face, but, old or young, ugly or pret
ty, her thoughts probably were :
Here's a vouns man very young,
he hasn't .much experience don't
think he ever did much work before.
I would help him, but it don't help
me. I had better look
But I interrupted my own fore
bodings by springing to my feet with
a "Good evening, madam Step in ;
I'm through with the matter in
hand a little pressed now, with
term time upon us, but have an
hour to spare such a dull day !
Sit down !" and my first triumph
was won, for she was seated.
Then I swept my books from me
with an air of relief, as if any prob
lem she might agitate would be
child's play compared to what I had
just passed through.
1 bad not yet so mucn as
caught the color of her eyes, and
couldn't but wonder why she kept
her veil down so closely unless she
was meditating a sudden flight to
the office of the bald-headed wretch
across the way, who had a few gray
hairs and more experience, you
know but a bad attack of rheuma
tism, too, thank heaven ! which I
devoutly trusted was keeping him
home on such a day as this.
I want vou to write a will, she
suddenly began, in a half halting
voice.
"Certainly, madam, I answered,
nobly resolving to strengthen the
faith within ber, and I pulled a half
quire of legal cap toward me, ana
: thought of the solemn opening and
; the weighty formalities of its publi
cation.
"It's to be my husband's will,"
she added. "lie dare not come out
on such a day as this," and she shiv
ered so prettily that I was reconciled
with the weather for the first time
that day.
"Hadn't I better come to your
house ?" I ventured to suggest
"Oh, no ! not now," she answered,
with a little sigh. "It might excite
him too much. But he may be bet
ter to-night, and I will send the car
riage for you then. It will not make
any difference will it, about the will
being binding?" and something
told me she was peering anxiously
at me.
"Of course, madam, if he then ful-
The superiority of the Banlctt Onrani Is reeoi
nlsed and aeknowleds-ed by tha blithest musical
authorities, and th demand f"T them ia steadily
iBcreaaina- aa thair merits are becoming: mora ex
tensireW known. What everybody wants la the
HtsroKUAN for tha least amount f money '
Therefore .Terr body wants th BUKDETT.
Evkxt Oboax Or aKaxtzxb Five t aaaa.
Said Easy iosthly hyswiU ass Law for CASH.
jan'-'i-Sa
ALBERT TRENT,
Manager.
WALTER ANDERSON,
ttrut somatome: about Oa Humirtm
' faeces ()) orty to BltT-ar (sa-M)
t teen (it k and Poplar timber la Lta
I 'ewmy-BTaaereseseellcwlBveadow.
l' eaM train aad pastor, land, be
T Jaitwr land, all well watered, llme
'"cu. rood frame house, sitos shed,
i a bar. Ritnatod from Lor.,
aula. IacoII. P. R. B- mile.
. aad eo4ialf mile, wbwr may
Maeh rraia and nay market.
t TERXS EASY.
Jw
171 Woodland Ave..
Philadelphia, Pa.
a. " " VUMTBl, fj I MBSU WW U7UUJ,
P" BVV
DEBCHMT TAILOR
ecu WCaiET.AKIimiTEmt
NO. 226 LIBERTY STREET
PITTSBTJBOH,
iab.i
fl??a week hi your own
Wt( outBt owe.
r-oruwed. Mala.
Address H. JUtxarr a Cex
Mwr.l-lrr
llOIJXS. GUITARS. ACOOIIDKONS
KAN JOS. CtiARIOXETTS. PIC
COLOS. STATES, FIFES.
And ia met ererrthiot: la the musical Una. The
latest aud most desirable Inst met too Books far all
Instrument on sale. Blank Masse Book aad Pa
per at ail sizes aad kinds.
SHEET MUSIC k WW STK 1 SlllJ.
Orran Tuned and Repaired. Musical Iastrae
Uoa tin per quarter. Send lot ratalo-.
SolkHtins your order tor " Every m Ins; la th
XBsieal Lane,n I am. Yours Bespeettully,
I. !. HEFFLEY,
fU3-tt Somerset, Pcaa'a
CHARLES HOFFMAN,
nERCHAITT TAILOU
IrVbovw Henry JlIBrjrlB 9trv.)
LATEST STYLES Cl PaIOS.
arSATlSFACWM GUARAHTEEDEX
SOXERSET J?JL.
AKTLAk rABMnX Book aad Map
fnt. By C. E. 1 fat All A HAN, Atfy. tae
toa,M4 h Let.
ly and voluntarily adopts it as his,
it is iust the same as if I took all
down from his own lips."
"Well, we want he wants to
leave all his property to me, with
full powers as executrix and I am
to take charge of his only child and
make for her such allowance a I
shall think wise."
"What is your daughters name ?n
"She is not my daughter," she an
swered with the slightest token of
gathering animation in ber voice.
MAh, yes ; just bo," said I nervous
ly fumbling with the paper. "She's
your step-daughter ?"
"Yes sir."
"What's her name ?"
"Mabel Cecil," she haltingly
spoke.
'A deuced pretty name," I re
marked to myself. "I wonder what
she wants to stumble so over pro
nouncing it ?" And then I tried to
forget all about it, as I took up my
pen and began: "I 1
Ah 1 pardon me, madam, but what's
your husband's name?"
What fools men are when a little
excited, especially young lawyers,
sitting np with an early case.
"Robert E. CeciL"
"I, Robert E. Cecil, of the county
of Herkimer, and State of.. I , do
make and publish this my lost will
and testament :
"I give, bequeath and devise to
my dearly beloved wife"
0h ! pardon, madam, but what's
yoor name?" -
"Lucy L. Cecil," ;
"To my dearly beloved'wife, Lu
cv L. Cecil, all my real and ' person
al property of whatsoever Jcmd and
nature, alter the payment ot all
my just debts : and! hereby com
mit to her guardianship my only
child, Mabel Cecil, for whom there
shall be made such allowance and
maintenance as to mv beloved wife
may seem fit. .
"And I hereby appoint Lucy C.
Cecil my sole executrix of I'jhis my
last will and testament, hejpeby re
voking all former wills by me made.
In witness whereof 1 have here
unto set mv h?nd. this third day of
November, A. D. 187 ."
"I suppose you will understand,"
I undertook to explain, "that this
will vests all of your husbakds prop
erty in you, and to leave his daugh
ters allowances at your discretion
is to leave her at law nothing in her
own right The provision if in short
meaningless, except that it shows
that the testator had her in his mind
when he made his will, and so far
makes it all the more binding."
"Exactly," she spoke with anima
tion. "It's his wish and I shall
see that you are well paid for your
trouble and counsel the carriage
will be here very soon." And sho
had gone as qnickly as she had
come. That remark about payment
had entered a threadbare coat and
struck right home. .'
"But it's too mean all the same,
pay or no pay," I growled, to cut
that girl off that way without a cent
But it's the old story, and I can't
help it," and I sank back with a
philosophical smile on my face.
I .Then just in eport in a fit of ma
lignant satisfaction I took up a
second sheet of legal cap, and scrib
bled thereupon, with a formal open
ing and close that this said Robert
E. Cecil gave all his property to his
dearly beloved daughter, Mitbel Ce
cil, and left the lady of ' the veil
where the law found her. r?
"But such is the history of the
world." I concluded solemnly, "ever
such ; and what a gulf, deep, impass
able, between what ought to be and
what is. How I should like to
bridge it over." And I buttoned up
my coat and walked to the window
imacrinine: that I could see through
the darkness the coming of the car
nage of Madam Cecil.
The time dragged slowly, very
slowly, and I never felt more genu
ine relief than in hearing heavy
wheels grinding through the mud
and slush, and a knocking' at the
door to notify me the carriage was
ready.
I sprang into the carriage and
away we dashed through such dark
ness that I could not for the life of
me diacovrr to what portion of
town 1 w being dnyen
very v:
dr-Q IiaV
hands !" I cried as I heard a strange j The Washington Monument,
sound behind me, and I would have
turned if all the pistols in the uni-! Nearly a half century ago anas
verse had been pointed at me. ' sociation was formed fortheerec
The old man's arms had been lift-! tion of a lofty monument at the
GlaVM IIotMCa.
ed as in prayer, but now sank with
ered upon the pulow, whilst his
eyes stared at ns in tho rigidity of
death. He had died.
Instinctively Madam Cecil seem
ed to realize that it was all over, and
lowering her weapon, hissed at me
between her pearly little teeth :
"You've played me false go ! go!
or i n snoot you 1
capital to the memory of George
Washington. Funds were collected,
the site was chosen and the pre
liminary work so far completed as
to allow of the laying of the corner
stone July 4, 184S ; on which occa
sion an address was delivered by
Hon. Robert C. Winthrop, then
Speaker of the House of Represen
tatives. Tho work progressed satis-
And I went eladlv moncr. from factorily till the column reached a
the stone front .with its treachery, height of 15G feet, when the funds
its wicKeaness ana its avarice, into
the dark night and muddy streets.
But I had carried out the wishes of
the poor dragooned husband, and
Mabel received her own. As soon
as her share of the estate could be
obtained the wretched woman dis
appeared from the neighborhood.
and it-was understood had sailed for
Australia.
Although a vounz and almost
briefless lawyer, I was appointed
Mabel's guardian, and 60 faithfully
fulfilled my trust, that after six
vears. when she was little more than
eighteen, she gave her estate as well ' strengthen the bane,
as herself into mv kpprn'rw :m fl na i iudned inadequate to
1 write this, after my tea, and as Ma
bel leans on the back of my chair,
watching the rapid strokes of my
pen, she declares that I did not
praise myself at all in the grand act
of justice I did, and the courage I
showed at the revolver's mouth to
sustain her rights.
A Woman's Ingenuity
ki Tk I
nn tho 1 I
open d V
ii. i
sum iri I
ed hal! V
As JI 1
and ni l
Cecil. V
with I
me tl :
instrl It
hap I
oeei 1
hi -f
fc ,i i '"'
t frSg o suc-
Elizabeth Lloyd King, alias Kate
Stondard, who is well known as
the murderess of Charles Goodrich,
brother of the Hon. W. W. Good
rich, and is now confined in the
Auburn State convict asylum, be
ing denied the use of writing mate
rial, recently invented a new way of
composing a letter. She was allow
ed books and magazines, a Bible
and a Test-iment, although not per
mitted to have scissors, had a needle
and some thread. Taking the fly
leaf ot a book she stiched upon it
single letters, and bits of words that
would compose sentences, and very
neatly made out of fragments of
print the following letter :
Mr. Pavey, Counselor at Law :
Sin: Please excuse this print
and paper, for I have not been al
lowed to use any writing material
since last July." I' would like to
consult you as soon as I can. Will
you please call here?
Respectfully,
Llizahetji Lloyd King.
Auburn State Convict Asylum.
rk.
the Syractse Standard ;
ill you please oblige me
to Mr. Counselor Pavey
note? I do not know
ress it Please excuse
d paper, for I have not
to use any writing
?e last July.
illy,
abeth Lloyd Kix.
Convict Asvlum.
jicssly she elided over the
h aw carpets, and as silently I fol
io Ned her. She passed into'the li
brary, and from thence, as 1 instinct
iveiy felt, into the chamber of death;
even elegant furniture and costly
paintings and embroidered coverlets
are not to overawe our destiny.
"Mr. Cecil, the lawyer has come,"
she softly said, as she stooped over
the face of the silver-haired man.
"What? Who?" said he starting
irom a seeming stupor, and looked
wonderingly at me from his sunken
eyes.
uHe will read it to you now, Mr.
Cecil," she added in a low tone, "he
is sinking rapidly ; I fear you must
hasten."
I felt that I must I seated my
self at his bedside, and as I did so
I saw his lipstremble.and I beeved
they were breathing a name. I im
agined it was "Mabel."
Our boldest moves are born upon
the spur of the moment
"Mrs. Cecil may I trouble you for
a glass of water ?" I asked, as I took
out the will she had drawn.
"Quick, sir, quick !" said I, as I
noticed his sunken eyes v watching
her hastening footsteps. "Do you
want your daughter to have allyour
property save what the law gives
your wife?"
He started from me as if he could
not trust his own senses, or was
doubting whether to put confidence
in me ; but he seemed to feel the
necessity of doing so, and suddenly
the dull eyes brightened with a mo
mentary gleam of relief and joy as
he clearly answered :
"Yes, yes ! And God bless you."
And I, too, was thanking heaven
for the whim that had led me to
write two wills so very like in
strength and appearance, and it was
only the work of a moment to make;
the exchange and just in time.
With Mrs. Cecil came the house-1
keeper and a man servant, and in
their presence the dying man trem
blingly wrote his name to the second
will and they witnessed it
They had gone and I started to
go, when the old man pressed my
hand and I saw the tears gathering
in his eyes. As I turned to go I in
voluntarily felt that the black eyes
of Madam Cecil had witnessed all
and suspected everjthine.
"I should like to see that will!"
she said firmly, in a low voice.
"Some other time. He's dvjng,
Mrs. CeciL"
"So much the greater reason, sir I
Show it to me."
I looked at her one instant calm
ly and suggestively in the face and
then started for the door.
"Stop !" she cried, and a tiny
mounted revolver gleamed inker
hand.
"My God! Mrs. Cecil, yon have
killed him ! He has died at yoor
address was atich
bit of paper, which
sewed on the re-
card:
ey, Editor of the
i, Standard office.
ork.
have required many
weeks to have pieced out the letter.
The capitals where used only in
proper places, and great care was
taken as to punctuation. The
whole of the first letter was in bre
vier type, and the most of the sec
ond, and the words were nearly all
made up of single letters pricked
out of a printed page, evidently with
a needle, and then sewed on with
white thread. The word King
seems to have been cut out of a
Bible printed in agate. The stitches
were taken with such care as not to
tear the paper or to leave upturned
edges that would be apt to cause
any part to be torn off in handling.
The edges of the paper were neatly
hemmed. The letter was delivered
to a visitor to mail, but it was taken
up by an asylum physician, who
has preserved it as a curiosity.
A Claimant After the Estate) orThad
tlena Steven.
Lancaster, March 1G. Most peo
ple familiar with the life of Thad
deus Stevens are also familiar with
fact that he left a peculiar will, lu
the event of his favorite nephew
Thad. Stevens, Jr.,keepiDg sober for
five year3 he was to receive a cer
tain amount of the estate ; keeping:
sober for five vears longer, he was
to receive a certain other amount.
and, keeping sober for fifteen years, I mien comp eiea me ascent win
he was to receive all of the estate 1)6 mad elevator, or the stair
became exhausted and further pro
gress was indefinitely suspended.
The civil war which ensued was, of
course, latal to any scheme lor ob
taining further aid, and it was not
till after its close that various meth
ods were organized for procuring
the necessary means for the prose
cution of the work, all of which
had no practical result, and it was
left for congress finally to make an
appropriation which secured the
completion of the enterprise at no
distant day.
The first labor to le done was to
which was
sustain the
enormous weight oi uie column
to rest upon it, and a large sum and
much time were expened thereupon.
This accomplished, the laying of the
course was resumed in August of
last vear. A few of the surlace
marble blocks, found injured from
many years' exposure, were remov
ed, reducing the height from 156 to
150 feet Since then, to the middle
of August of the present year, thirty-five
courses, or seventy-five feet,
have been added, making the eleva
tion reach that of Bunker Hill
Monument. It is estimated that
by the close of the year a height of
250 feet will be attained, not includ
ing the granite base, which extends
eighteen feet below the surface.
One hundred men are employed
in cutting and preparing the blocks
in the sheds around, and twelve in
setting them. The marble blocks
have a uniform thickness of two
feet, but are irregular in length, and
each is accompanied by a granite or
inner block- The blocks are hoisted
bv ao elevator worked bv an engine
intfiftv rinrse-nower. The elevator
will endure a strain far beyond any
possible demand that can be made
on it, the two cables which support
its weight having been subjected, as
stated, to a test of 170 tons each,
and not being at present taxed be
yond eleven tons.
When completed, this monument
will be the loftiest structure reared
by man, towering seventy feet above
the Great Pyramid of Cheops, ninety
three fe t above St. Peter's at Rome,
and tw t and half times higher than
Bunker Hill Monument. The
measurment at the base is fifty-five
feet square, losing one-quarter ot
an inch to thejfoot as the column as
cends. A small portion of the me
morial stones contributed by states,
cities, towns, associations and for
eign governments hive already
been placed in the niches assigned
them, the remainder beinj; housed
near by.
It is estimated that the monu
ment may be completed in the
course of 1SS5. Were it not for in
terruptions, two courses or four feet
per week could be added ; but.
changes in the gearing, inclement
weather, delay in th arrival of ma
terial, and various causes frequent
ly retard progress. Already, how
ever, the monument begins to peep
up to view, in quarters of the city,
where, hitherto, it has not been visi
ble, and its gradual rise is watched
with great interest. At its present
height it attracts the attention of
visitors, and as it progresses and
nears completion it will become an
object of increasing interest, till, at
length finished, it must"prove a chief
attraction to Americans and stran
gers. The highest columns that
man has ever reared, apart from its
object, must bring to Washington a
tide of visitors, pilgrims to the new
Mecca from all parts of the Union,
and fctr.inger3 from abroad all anx-1
ious to view the shaft towering!
above all existing structures.
We may add that at present on
entering the shaft and looking up
ward the sky seems visible through j
a very small aperture, and a very j
sensible change of temperature is
noticeable. As we ascend by the
elevator it becomes more chilly, and
the light diminishes, till on arriving
midway to the summit, it is so dark
that objects become scarcely dis
cernible ; then, as the ascent con
tinues, a sort of twilight succeeds,
which brightens
reaching the upper platform.
hen completed the ascent will
Perhaps not one builder or con
tractor in ten, if told that the com
mon grades of glass made at glass
factories in this city have a crushing
strength nearly four times as great
as that credited by experienced en
gineers to the strongest quality oi . wuere cer husband
granite, would accept the statement
as true. Yet it is a fact, and being
so, the query is as to why glass has
not received more attention from
architects as a structural material.
A reporter had a talk with several
prominent glass manufacturers on
the 8ubiect. and in answer to an in
terrogator v as to whether blocks of
glass could be made in suitable
lengths and sizes and so annealed
as to be utilized in t!ie construction
of a building in place of stone, they
said it could be done. Said one of
these gentlemen :
"This question has been consider
ed by myself a number of times, and ;
although 1 do not want to advocate
the absolute abolition of brick and
stone, yet in the erection of art gal
leries, memorial buildings, etc., a
structure composed of blocks of
glass in prismatic colors would be a
unique, beautiful and lasting struct
ure. It" "le uumerous inveiuious
which have come into use of late
vears in connection with the pro
duction of glass, the cost has been
gradually going down, while the
quality of the fabric is steadily be
coming better.
"One objection which would be
raised to the durability of a glass
house, in the literal sense of the
words, might be that the blocks
would not take a bind, or adhere to
gether with common mortar. The
objection can be readily set aside by
the use of a good cement, and when
completed the structure will stand
for ages, barring extraordinary acci
dents. As to the cost of a glass
house, it can be kept down to a
small percentage above the price of
our cut granite. In building with
stone you have to pay the stone
masons, and when it comes to elab
orate examples of carving in Co
rinthian pillars, collars, capitals, etc.,
why the work is rather cotl v as
compared with glass, when ihe lat
ter can be moulded into any snape
or form, and the work accomplished
in much less time. I am convinced
that the time will com when we
shall see such a building erected.
Scarcely a day passes but, what the
sphere of glass as an article of use
becomes widened, in parts or oer
many and on one line in England
glass ties are being usedo.. railroads,
and thus far have given Msf.n lion,
combining all the requisites ot wood'
- V w-ur- jr S B 1
all the, V' j . v-i
' ana ,
thev
all thrx
joyed V
! that therex
tional Capiv
dition fairly
barbarious ph.
the sex have gnu.
present independe.
At the Chinese Ia
the handsomest resio
city, lives a lady of rv
country, tbe wife of the pa.
ister Cheng Tsao Ja. She.
as strict seclusion here in the
al Capital of our free couDtry
still in the capital of her native la
Even here she must obey the natics.
al law which compels women oV
rank to keep within tneir nomes.-
She has never been out since si e re
moved from the Arlington Hotel,
and his suite
were until the Legation
ready for
occupancy, which
en tie3 with the virtue of being sus
ceptible to usage at least twenty-five
per cent, longer than wood. Then
by the Bastra process glas3 articles
are now being made for common
use which can be thrown on tr;
floor and will rebound like a ru'ubt r
ball. Progress is also being made
toward rendering glass, which has
ever been characterized as the brit
tle fabric, ductile, and to-day threads
of glass can be made that can be
tied in knots and woven into cloth.
Were one disposed to give play to
fancy and fuse it into fact, a house
entirely composed of glass could be
built with walls and roof and floors
fashioned from melted sand. Car
pets of gl.tss could cover the floors.
The most ultra asthete, sitting on
glass chairs or reclining on glass
couches arrayed in glass garments,
eating and drinking from glass dish
es, such a one could realize that the
age of glass had come. Yet nearly
all of this fifty years ago would have
been classea with the then impossi
ble telephone and eletric light, and
this statement would have likeiy
found its way into the 'Catalogue
Expnrgatoros.' " PitUburgh Dot
patch. Why a Woman Wanted a Warrant.
was before the middle of January.
While the names of the wifes of
the other gentlemen of vne Diplo
matic Corps who are married and the
names of the wife and daughter of
Mr. Bartlat, the American Secretary
of the Chinese Legation, appear al
ways on tbe official diplomatic list
published by the State Department
the name of the Chinese minister '
wife is not thereon. She receives no
company at all, and must not be al
lowed to see a man except her hus
band. Consequently, she being
alone with her Chinese women at
tendants, has no opportunity to
learn English. She is the fourth
wife the other three, I hear, am
living in China, and she, it is said.
was ermitted to accompany her m
husband on his travels because she
was the youngest and comliest of
the number. Ihearthev have not
been married long. She is under 25
years of age.
The Chinese minister visits and
attends parties daily, and although
as yet he knows no English, no one
seems to enjoy society more than he.
Through his interpreter, who al
ways accompanies him; he talks
merily with ladies. He thinks Miss
West the British minister's young
est daughter, very bright, Itr-cause
she has memorized some Chinese
phrases taught her by the interpre
ter, and repeated them to him, Two
Philadelphia ladies at a recent re
ception kept up an intimate conver
sation with him through the inter
preter, and he laughed heartily over
6ome of their sallies.
As no one below the grade of
Minister or Charge d' Affaires is
ever invited to dine with one of
their Presidents, the Chinese inter
preter could not accompany th
Minister to dinner at the White
House, and thus, where all the lan
euases of the civilized world were
spoken, he was the only one present
who did not understand any of
them. The Japanese Charge d' Af
faires who attended, there being no
minister here to represent that na
tion communicated with the Chi
nese gentleman in writing on thia
occasion, though he cauld net sneak
his language. The Chinese Minis
ter did not appear to feel lonely at
the dinner, but ate and drank hear
tily, and as he closely watched the
others about him committed no
faux Tpn$. He afterwards told the
President that he thought the wine
very good and enjoyed it TIWi.
Cur.Phila. Times.
Episode or Love-Making.
"Say, mister, I want a warrant,
right quick!7' exclaimed the irate
woman as she dashed info police
headquarters.
"What do you want with a war
rant?' asked the sergeant
.When the French sought to es
tablish a monarchy in Mexico a
Mazatlan youth raised a regiment
of boys and waged, -against such in
vaders as appeared in Sinaloa, a
warfare that told. The young man V
father was of Castilian blood and
his mother was a Mexican. His
name, Corona, soon became famous
and at the age of 2-5 he was regard
ed as the Moseby of Mexico. At the
end of the war he was a major gen
eral, the hero of the soldiers and
tbj idol of Mazatlan society. He
was six feet tall, broad shouldered,
handsome and daring. While at
tending a ball at the American Ho
tel, in Mazatlan, he stumbled over
a domestic, knocking a tray from
her hand. Stooping to pick up the
crockery, General Corona noticed
that the girl wa3 very pretty
and saucy. She told him that her
name was Betty Bowman, that her
mother was a San Francisco washer
woman and that he ought to know
better than to rush so headlong
down a dark stairway. Corona
made love to the American mis
and before leaving for the Capital he
had learned of her irreproachable
I .. a a us . .
j though humble Jile. Unce away,
For mv servant sdrl. Has hhe " Iace ana Terl ways hauntetl
got any right to chase me around i llim 80 mncb that he wrote to hf r
the house with a clothes-pole?-' j arranging for marriage by proxy.
"Certainly not." ' He remained in Mazatlan ; the bride
That's what I thought Which to a convent school. They
of us has the right to eat at the first were a thousand mi es trait and
table she or me?" wrote to each other daily, the hus-
"YVbv you, of course." band instructing the wi.e in polite
"So 1 supposed. 1 want to know ways- President Jaurez, fearing
if I've got to sleep on the back fence ! that Corona s popularity would lead
with the cats four nights in the h PePle S,ve their vote to the
week, while she gives partie in the young soldier at an election then
kitchen ?' i opproaching, conciuaea to send mm
"Assuredly not.
inf r nrain rlnir - i A irK 1 Ttvt laar''
ill IV VraVl V i Ul ; MlCVIIttlgV (Itl
Whv don't vou i a?
few small bequests. Not
ii n to these terms, vountr
save
livin
Thad was to receive SsUU per an
num during his life, and this he ac
cepted, burying his talent and his
life in an insatiable indulgence in
strong drink. In the event of young
Thad. receiving only $S00 per an
num, tbe residue of the estate pro
vided it amounted to $50,000
was to go to the founding of an or
phan assylum where children who
had lost either parent (and regard
less of color, creed or nationality)
were to be admitted. Hon. James
P. McPherson, Hon. A. E. Roberts
and Hon. O. J. Dickey were named
as the executors. Mr. Dickey is
dead, but the other two executors
were about arranging for the trans
fer of the estate to the Children's
Home of this city, when Mr. Thad
deus N. Stevens," of Indiana, step
ped in and filed a bill in equity
which sets forth that he is entitled
to the residue of the "Old Common
er's" estate because it does not
reach 150,000. He claimit that he
and his Bister are heirs-at-law, and
that his sister has transferred her
claim to him. Able counsel has
been retained by the claimant, and
the case promises to be more than
ordinarily interesting.
Mr Clarence B. Stoddard, the
druggist, informed us that Mr.
Louis Hope, a sufferer with rheu
matism for a number of years, ob
tained the greatest relief by the
; use of St Jacobs Oil. Monroe (Mid)
OtmmerciaL
1 cant get near
does the law justify
i eyes of all Mexicans. General Co-
case which hugs the wall and is to
be so constructed as to relieve the toil
of ascending 550 feet At short dis
tances will be resting balconies for
pilgrims wending their weary way
to the summit The interior will
be lighted as a matter of course, and
an electric light will flash from the
summit The further statement
may be of some interest, that up to
the suspension of work upon the
monument $2-10,000 had been ex
pended, and that the appropriation
for it-t completion will swell the
cost to some f 000,000. The marble
i : . l t T 1 I r
Iliovan ale iiuiii j tuiiu. uiiu ui
very fine material. 1 he monument
grounds contain about thirty acres.
There were recently forty memorial
stones built in Ihe structure, and
eighty-five are still uninserted.
Jioiton Tranmript.
$4000 to Pay.
Scraxtox, Pa., March 15. The
Court today awarded to Professor
J. E Hawker, Superintendent of
Schools of this city, $4000 damages
brought by him apainst Morris
Goldsmith," a prominent merchant
of this city for signing a libelous pe-
tion the "State Superintendent of
Schools.
Mrs. Lydia E. Finkhain, 2oJ
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 ber for pamphlet".
M inister to Madrid, the most en
viable diplomatic position in the
enough. Sav,
her using my L
false teeth tr rim or rarnet rjiolta and t
t T 1 . , ortjl aha rirtar ta vat, er?ttl aa trtA mrtat
Oil. ..v. 3 .-H mo ... "l v
brilliant and accomplished lady at
wears mv clothes
roria took
aughter to
the washerwoman's
his palace in Madrid
making me shin around with noth
ing on but a hair-pin and a sore
throat, while she
to a wake?
"I don't believe it does."
"So I concluded. Gi'me
rant"
the Court of Spain.
Tbe Fanamal Canal.
a war- j From Germany it is learned that a
icurious historical document con-
"Can't get any warrrnt here. You
will have to eo lefore the judge in
the morning."
"Will, eh ! Well, I won't! If you
think I am going to waste any
cerning a Panama canal exists in
the archives of Venezuela, (which,
by the way, is not a city, as some
of the Continental papers say it is),
bearing the date of 17.S0. A canal
more time lawing with that girl, project, this document records, whs
you're left. In the morning the broached in the reign of Philip 11,
oil can will be left alongside ot the i but Flemish engineers surveyed the
kitchen stove, and if you find a job j territory and declared that the ob
lot of legs and backbone around ; stacles to the undertaking were in
your precinct you can make up j surmountable. "Native Governors."
your ideas that that girl is out of a: .--mtinnes this record, "thereupon
job, and I am busy collecting the : pointed out to the King the enor
insurance. You hear this twitter-: mous commercial disadvantage like
ing?' I ly to arise to Spain from such an
And she left, the sergeant wonder- undertaking," in consequence where
mg if even dynamite would have ; of Phillip II issued a rescript which
any effect on a girl who could get ! threatened with death any person
the best of that woman. ; alluding by word or writing to the
. ' project
A Pnkrd B.med to Iiea.lu Monroe, Mich . Sept 25, 157-5.
Bi'ffalo, Mar. lfi.-The house '; -T1 ve taking Hop
and saloon of Patrick O'Harra was i K,tKr? f?, mflTU.0DJ0f.k!?!
i ana uiauuer. lb uas uuuo tur uin
what four doctors failed to do. The
effect of Hop Bitters seemed like
burned this morning and he perish
led in the flames.- OTIarra was.
rlmnV trie -nrerinnu rno-rit ami ban
turned his wife out of the house in ! mai,c to roe
her night clothes. '
W. L. Caster.
----- If one dog can be placed on a
The greatest cleanser and purifier j scent, how many can be placed on
of the blood, Peruna, should be tak-1 a trade dollar ?
en ever few months to prevent roa-!
larious diseases, and to cure them Peruna is in itself
when prevention was neglected. ' cian.
great physi-
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