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micrsct crald,
srTAuH.'M0 m
,orr Wednesday
' tf paid ta adraoee
oruln at td ao
otherwise r H I
beehanr.
tpUoa will be discontinued unUl all
' paid BP- POMirnBiounn
subscr"ien oo o "
removing from one FoeVomoe U ao-
tn tiama of tb tonaer
,st emeu.
Address
The Somerset HeraM,
Somerset, l"a.
KOOSER,
Somerset, Pa.
, ,;K U.SCULU
ATTORSEVAt-UW,
Somerset, Fa.
Somerset, Pa.
TUSbney.at-law
bumeraei, Penn a.
ATl Somerset, Pa.
,,ulrtlnMBmt' Block.
n SCOTT.
k. .Mart Horn. Airbuslness entrusts
Vliended to wllh promptness aud
;;OTH RUPPEL.
entrusted to the!' ear.
rill be
the
jin iau
tfk"-
intrai-ted to ourcare wtll I pr.Mnpt
: "."." tloumtes. Survey.
;",,u.-mit done un reaonau lo terms.
(VKIMMEL.
ATTOKN LY-AT-LAW ,
Somerset. Pa.
,; to all budinew entrained to l.lf care
, 1 adjointua; counties with pronpt
.'u",y mcc on Main Cross street.
PATTERSON,
AIT i:NEY-AT-LAW,
Somerset, Pa.
rntm-tel to hi ear wilt be at-
:Ii promptness) and fidelity,
lj.
PA F. SCI I ELL.
ATTOKN EY-AT-LAW,
,rl rrn1n Attont, Somerset,
..u.m.'tn lilatk.
Pa.
rVMSEHAY.
" ATrOKNEY-AT-LAW
r a Keal Ertate. Somerset. P
nuMiirsf entrusted to ut caie
..'uj l li.lciy .
..will
wlih
1I.U1IL.
ATTOKN EY-ATLAW
Someraet, 1 .
t.-lv attend to all bnflneM entnie;l
iiVneedoncollection. e. Hr
'KILE.
ATTORXEY-AT LA .
Somerset I1-.
toincMcntrnsted tc. tnjear. at
r.;ih ;a.; tness and fidelity.
IUM II. KOONTZ.
' ' ATTOKN EY-AT-l., A V
Somerset, Pa.,
eim.mit attention to bnslnesa entrurt
aremeraet and adjolnlnn onnUea.
riutitg iiouse stow.
L PUG H,
ATTtKNEY-AT-t,AW,
Somerset. Pa.
-.M..w ttinar nn stairs.
Entrance,
.. 4..vi-jmGmi. made.
L examined, and .11 lent ble"
estates
with promptness and fidelity.
BAKU.
ATTORNEY -AT LAW,
Somerset,
:ioe tn Somerset and ad jolnlnir Bounties,
.ontrnstedto him will UprompUy
,' I LEI AM COLLINS,
1EN riST, SOM ERSET. PA.
S.mmoth mock, abora oyJ' Jf
c he can at all times be tound pre,r.
kinds ot work, such as Bllin- rcisu
1..V. " aictslterthf all kinds.
"be- material Inserted. tr,'"ton
"EM. HICKS,
JVSTICE OF THE PEACE,
Somerset, Penn'a.
..MEI-L.
II. 3. KIMMFJX.
F. M. K1MMELE & SON
heir professlora! services to the ettl--et
ind vlctnlty. Oneut the mem
Drnicanat allu.es, unless protetwKm-
!. I t.mnd at their office, on Main
! the Diamond.
K. MILLER has inna-
located tn Berlin for the prart7
-4 mceopsite Charles KrUwinir
ajir.iJi,)tf. I EI1UDAKEH tenders his
nl services to the clUicns of Som
i-u.itT. omca in residence oo Main
. ..:Uie Ilianvind.
i. MILLEIi.
PHYSICIAN fc SflMS tUJf,
tri v. S.th Bend. Indlana.where te
UiLii 1 letter or oiijera Is.
iUN KILLS,
DENTIST.
Henry Hcffley's rU re, Maln Crass
trwt. Pa.
:0NI) HOTEL,
lYSTOWN. 1'KNN'A.
;ir and well known boose has lately
3mltanUnewlTfntted with all new
loniituie. which has made It a very
jI ir.E place for the trauellnit pnbllc
u r t cannot be suriased, all be
wlth a larare publle hall attached
Also larire and roomy stablinar.
r.,r.iirs can be had at the lowest pus-
t j :l week, day or meal.
SAMfELrt'STEa, Prop.
S. E. Cor. Diamond
Sloystow ,Pa
0OO nlIou
I: FERMENTED
iWLNE,
OR SALE
1 1"rat A. S. CaflicrT kv o.'s
t
? "t. Pa. ur .1 I: la
5
GROVE FARM
"hot Sncrset. the i.lace of
Uli-.m- j, . lut ,.( tlie kinds in
BLACKBERRY,
CURRANT,
RBERRY, WILD-CHERRY
AND CIDER WINE,
aid la onanUty to' suit perehaaer.
" : sim as a bercrair by those
'Vat aina.
SALE.
hrm aomalnlne aot One llundrrm
ZT ,m bnT ,0 ntty-ere (to-MJ
wmi )k and Poplar timber In Llar-
3!otT.tve acres eicellent meadow.
Wtcj (rain and iwstura land, be
"WrUod. all well watered. Iltne-
tid frame huaae. wax shed,
t"'m inn. 81 tested from 1ock
Siiie,, lfl,,le. p. R. B nillet.
jZt ana one-bait mile, wnere may
ah rrala and hay market.
. TtRas EASY.
JAS. Q. VFMMOy.
I'til Woodland Ave.,
, , . Pbliadalphta, Pa.
? J " W. Uemmon, Lsurobe .West
" r ' ootir.-iv
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VOL.
NO 42.
Al.UEKT A. HoKNE.
J. Scott Wai.
HORNE & WARD,
HCCCEfMOBS TO
EATON & BROS.,
27 FIFTH AVENUE.
NO.
PITTSBURGH, PA.
SPRIs a, 1882.
NEW GOODS
SVESY
DAY SPECIALTIES
Embroideries, Laceti Miliinery, White Goods, Hand
kerchiefs, Dress Trimmings, Hosiery, Gloves,
Co-sets, Muslin and Merino Underwear, In
fants' and Children's Clothing. Faacy
Goods, Yarns, Zephyrs, Mate
rials of All Kinds for
FANCY WORK,
GEnts' FiraiiBi GeoSs, k, k
1(1 rATBOS.'.UE 1 REftrfitTrTLLV SOLIOlTKK.
tfOKDEKS BT 31 AIL ATTENDED TO WMl
CAKE ASP DISPATCH. mart
SOMERSET COUNTY BM!
(I.STADLISIIKD 1877.)
CHARLES J. HARRISON,
CASHIER AND MANAGER.
t'ollectloni made In all parts of the
InMcd
States.
CHARGES MODERATE.
Psrtles wloMnir to -nd money West can be ac
commodated by draft on New York In any mm.
Collections made with promptness, t . S. Bonds
hoOKht and sold. Money and valuables secured
by one of IMehold't celebrated sates, with a Sr
gent a. Yale fu..'0 00 time lock.
ACCOUNTS SOLICITED.
-AU lciral holitlays obscrred.1
dec'7
(JI7Q W EEK. 1J a dsy
2j matte. sl ly ontflttree.
t o, Aairnsta, Mane.
at home sally
Address Tara
Mar 16-1 yr
SPRING and
v
ANNOUNCE MENT
To 11 tc People of Somerset and Vicinity:
L. M. WOO L F,
Tlio PopulnrOne JPrico Clotliier and lion's
Furnislier of
joiwsTO ircv; pexita.,
Would respectfully announce to the People of Somerset and
vicinity, that through the convenience afforded them hy the S.
& C. It. It., to visit Johnstown, they can now avail themselves
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.
L. M. WOOLF'S style of doing business has gained for him
THE LARGEST TRADE IN JOHNSTOWN.
Discounting his bills before maturity, and buying all goods
in large quantities enables him to SELL CHEAPER than
any other Clothing House in Johnstown.
OXK rillCE TO -ILL. XO DEVMTIOX.
NO GOODS MISREPRESENTED.
A LL GOODS MARKED IN PLAIN FIGURES
STRICTLY OXE PRICE TO .-ILL.
Money Refunded when
Satisfactory.
L. M. WOOLF,
The
Popular One Price Clothier and
JIAIN' STItEET, .lOIINNTOWJf, PA.
.Xlart
LOOK HERE!
When yon come to JOI1 -STOW Jf, do not fail
to call at the
PEOPLE'S STORE!!
NO. 3 MORRIS ST.
TO MAKE YOURP URCHASES 1
We keep constantly on hand a full Una of (roods
usually kei In a First-class
GENERAL STOEE!!
which we will stll at a Vr.RV LOW marain for
profits.
GJVi: US A CALL!
ALBERT TRENT,
Manager.
jauUSaa
WAITER ANDERSON,
LIERCHANT TAILOR
CCE. WOOD ST. AND SIXTH AVENUE.
ISO. 226 LIBERTY STREET
PITTSBTJBOH,
febil
Terms and
Stiff owTnT fr' AddfwM H. Haj-rr Co.
f onhsod, Maine.
Mnr.l-1T
mi. iron l piKEH&M, df uiiii, min
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LYD1A E. PINKHAM'S
VZuSTAELB C01IP0UOT).
f. a I'itivc rnro
Imt.'I ti. Pnlntul '.inplnlnt. una V..V.r.T.
l.v;.;. .i rr.tln!T ttie wornt fi:rmof maleCom-r-t&liaii.
atl irtariAU tnmMcs, Iiifluiimatlon and Tlcera
lion, r.UCnjr and IilxilMeroentii, uid the corueqneot
f ;inal VCoLn, and is particularly adaitrd to th.
1 1 1-.. f I jf.
It t!:.-j.rlT. fndcr71c-IttiRton1frf-.rath.11t.nu la
a : . Ugt cf dVvrlnpmci;t. The tendcacy to can
riu.' i . u : . .m t licro la rlwckcd very spMllly by Ita cse.
Is iviuor - fnintncM, tlatiilmcy, dcatmyaalt eraTlnc
for ytlniulr- .). and rrllcrn weakneas of the stomach.
It cure. Ii; --r, Ucadacbea, Xcrroua rroatrBtion,
Ohrrnl IV KlecjileeMicaR, Pcprrsalun and I mil
ot.. n.
ltiitt ttY.tig nr tc-&rtnS7 down. c.3?nff pa!n, wr!f',!;t
and lwa.-Uct t. al aya rBQanently erred ty iu im
ItwUlalallUmMand mndrr all rlrrumstAnrra mrl tn
tumour with the lawa that goTcra tb. (emit sratcm.
ortbcar.of Clrtncy Complainta of either an this
ConiTKiuiMi la qnaqrpaaaid.
I.VRIA '- PIXKnASf TT.CETABI.E COM
lOl'DLi jirvTMUcd at 3 and 3 tVcrtcra Atuuic,
tyaa.lou. lMce tl. SizbotU.'sforCa. Sent ly mall
! t'le form of p:lK alio In th. form of l'xrcrT. oa
rwI.1 of j.rlre, $: rcrtvx forcitlicr. X.-s. l'.nlhan
t y answers a.1 Irttcm of Inquiry. Scad for pu;.U
t. AUdn-ttJ aj aKrro. iL'vr.'o. faij Jfer.
r ':!.-! !- v-::!i.,ut i.y;;:. r. r:: ::r:A::"J
.". 1. T -.-r euro coufct:utiort !..;'-ita
'; - .". ceM-r-.'r Ik: -.
- .'-o!M r u.l lira;;. -. ;
rna S A LB BT
G. N. BOYD,
DRUGGIST,
Somerset, Pa.
$66s
week In Tour own town. $5 outfit
free. No risk. Evemhinir new.
j'ltal not required. We will fur
it to everrthina-. Many are
m rWir.a fortunes. Ladles make as macn as men
and boys and airls are makinir (treat pay. Jteader
If yon want a business at which yon can make,
Itreat pay all the time yon work, write tor partic
ulars to II. IIali.stt a. l.'o.. Portland, Maine.
IeelS-ly.
SU31MER
Goods Do lNot wove
THE WOHLD-FAMED
BURDETT
is Fori saijK only nv
I. .1. IIEFFIiEY,
MUSIC DEALER. SOMERSET, PENN'A.
BEFORE BUYIN5 TRY THE BURDETT !
"IT IS THE BEST !"
It Dels Cetfitioi U Varietr. Baitj 4 Pries.
The superiority of the Bnrdett Onrsns Is reeor
nlr.e.1 and acknowledged by the biicbest musical
authorities, and tha demand f. them la steadily
IncreaslnsT as their merits are beeotnine; more e
tcnalvely knewn. What ereryNrfy wants Is the
HESroKOAN lor the least amount of wwj :
Therefore ererybody " tha HLKDtTT.
Etebt Oboas OraAT Five Vaaaa.
Sold es Eatj Boathly rayaMnti ana Law for CASH.
,.rf)LIXS. GUTAItS. ACX?IniiK)X
uanjos. cuvmoMTiTs, ric-
' I
;
cuiA. nxrr. nnx
And In fact ererythlait ta tfca saarieaj Ma. The
latast and snoa dcirat'l Inatractloa Hooka for all
lr ad all ataea aad ktada.
SHEET MUSIC & Y10LDI STEERS I SDedallf.
Isrjrans Tunad and It -paired. MasicsJ Instruc
ti.ailparUSrtrT. rWud M mtaJoaruea.
MulMtlnayuurardara tor trerythln ta the
Musical IrfD.," I am, Vours Eeseetlully,
I. J. HCFFLCY,
UlCI-tC Somerset, Pean'a
CHARLES HOFFMAN,
(Abnvs Henry llcfftcj-'. Storo.)
LATEST STYLES Hi LOWEST PRICES.
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED.
mm aVKYLANB TAWin.- Book and Map
1.1 free. Ur C. K. SHAKAHAN. Au'y. ta-
i
OB
ORlrAN
LIERCHANT TAILOR
omer
SOMERSET,
SCPEItSTTTIOX.
Like the black shadow of some ancient
power
Some vast and formless horror, giveu to he
A tyrant to our weak credibility,
Spawned on the sad world an evil hour :
That demon, Superstition, with its dower
Of suffering, death aad ghastly prophecy,
Haunts us who hate and curse it and are
free,
Who love the truth as sunlight loves a flowt r.
It broods above the strong aud starry mind.
And seeks with weird devices to affright
The spirit which moves tts witlt a noble
hope.
It rouses all the dead past, aud we find
It's spectral memories in the lunar night.
Like dreams of witches, dangling by a rope.
A YOUNG IiAWVKR'S HIT
It was the gloomiest of gloomy
days. There was not one redeem
ing feature about it. If it had only
rained, there might have been music
in the drot.8 ; if it had snowed, we
might have ''lived over" the beauti
ful poem ; but' it did neither, and
now, Jate in the afternoon, the air
was a thick, damn vapor, and the
street ankle deep with slush and
mud that an unpaved western town
supplies so beautifully and readily.
1 hen again, the hie of the young
attorney is not always one of whirl
and excitement and pleasurable re
suits. Not a living soul except s
bootblack just as if he would ever
need bootblacks again had entered
the door that day. In vain had I
tried to give my mind over to the
arbitrary statutes, and then in de
spair sought the more inviting stim
ulent of Regina vs. Reynolds ; even
the gossip of a great leading case
failed to inspire me, and wearily
turned Irom my books to my
thoughts, and from my thoughts to
my gloom.
It was just then, before I had 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
perau venture the door would open,
and somebody that was somebody
should come in. I could endure
the susj)enie no longer, I looked
squarely up. The door had opened,
and, though the evening shadows
wre 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
languages. II er veil conci aled her
face, but, old ur young, ugly or pret
ty, her thoughts probably were :
''Here's a young 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 plav compared to what I had
just passed through.
1 had not yei 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 meditatine 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 h.m
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 her, and I pulled a half
quire of legal cap toward me, and
thought of the solemn opening and
the weighty formalities of its publi
cation. "It's to be my husband's will,"
the added. "He dare not come out
on such a day as this," and she shiv
ered so prettily that I was reconciled
with tlie weather for the first time
that dav.
"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. Dut 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 fne.
"Of course, madam, if he then ful
v and voluntarily adopts it as his,
it is just 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 at I
shall think wise."
"What is your daughter's nauie ?"
"She is not my daughter," shean
twered with the slightest token of
gathering animation in her voice.
"Ah, yes ; just bo," said I nervous
ly fumbling with the paper. "Mie s
your step-daughter ?"
Yes 6ir."
"What's iier name ?"
"Mabel Cecil," she haltingly
spoke.
A deuced pretty name," I re
marked to myself. "I wonder what
bhe 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 up with an early case.
"Robert tl. Cecil."
"I, Robert E. Cecil, of the county
of Herkimer, and State of , do
make and publish this my last will
and testament :
"I give, bequeath and devise to
my dearly beloved wife "
"Oh ! pardon, madam, but what's
your name?"
set
ESTALISHEt), 1827.
. v
i t
PA., WEDNESDAY. MARCH 29. 1S82.
"Lucy L. Cecil,"
"To my dearly beloved wife, Lu
cy L Cecil, all my real and person
al property of whatsoever Jcind and
nature, after the navment of all
' - tr i
my just debts ; and I hereby com-
i. i .
mu 10 ner euaraiansnip my oniy
child, Mabel Cecil, for whom there
shall bo made such allowance and
maintenance as to my beloved wife
may seem fit
"And I hereby appoint Lucy C.
Cecil my sole executrix of;ikhis my
last will and testament, hefeby re
voking all former wills by me made.
"In witness whereof I have here
unto set my 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 husbands prop
erty in you, and to leave his daugh
ter's allowances at your discretion
is to leave her at law nothing in her
own right The provision i4 in short
meaningless, except that it shows
that the testator had her in his mind
when he made his will, and so fur
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 she
had gone as quickly a3 she had
come. 1 hat 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.
t kThen just in sport, 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, Mibel Ce
cil, and left the lady of the veil
where the law found her.
"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
imagining that I could see through
the darkness the coming of the car
riage of Madam Cecil.
1 he time dragged slowly, very
slowly, and I never felt more genu
ine reliet 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 discover to what portion of the
town I was being driven. But in a
very short time we came to a snd
den halt, and the carri?ge door open
ed. The coachman conducted me
up the brown stone steps, where the
open door was already awaiting me,
and I stepped into the dimly light
ed hall.
As I did so, a lady, whose figure
and manners told me was Madam
Cecil, glided from a side room, dnd
with a little plaintive smile, bade
me follow her at once. But in that
instant I had read her face and per
haps her character. She might have
been thirty-five, only she didn't look
it with brilliant black eves, pearly
teeth and elegant manners ; but be
hind all these I read the positive
force that turned to good may save
country, but given over to evil
would sacrifice everything to suc
cess.
Noislessly 6he glided over the
heavy carpets, and as silently I fol
lowed her. She passed into the li
brary, and from thence, as I instinct
ively lelt into the chamber ot 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
tne face of the silver-haired man.
"What? Who?" said he starting
irom a seeming 6tujor, and looked
wonderingly at me from his sunken
eyes.
"He 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 believed
they were breathing a name. I im
agined it was "Mabel."
Our boldest moves are bom upon
the spur of tlie 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 watching
her hastening footsteps. "Do you
want your daughter to have all your
property save what the law gives
your wife ?"
He started from me aa 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 momttnt to make
the exchange and just in time.
With Mrs. Cecil came the house
keeper and u 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 everything.
"I should like to see that
will !" i
she said firmly, in a low voice. I
(IC ntU Uo's . .lninr R
Mrs. Cecil"
"So much the greater reason, sir !
Show it to me."
I looked at her one instant calm
ly and suggestively in the face and
then started for the door.
"Stop 1" she cried, and a tiny
mounted revolver gleamed in her
hand.
"My God ! Mrs. Cecil, you bave
killed him! He has died at your
hands !" I cried as I heard a strange
j sound behind me, and I would have
turned if all the pistols in the uni
verse had been pointed at me.
The old man's arms had been lift
ed as in prayer, but now sank with
ered upon the pillow, whilst his
eyes stared at us 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
i ou ve played me lalse go ! go:
or I'll shoot you 1"
And I went, gladly.nough, from
the stone front, .with its treachery,
its wickedness and 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 youm; and almost
briefless lawyer, I was appointed
Mabel's guardian, and so faithfully
iuiniieu my trust, that alter six ;
years, when she was little more than j
eighteen, she gave her estate as well
as herself into my keeping ; and as
I write this, after my tea, and as Ma
bel leans on the back of my chair,
watching the rapid strokes of mv
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
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 Testament, although not per
mitted to have scissors, had a needle
and some thread. Taking the fly
leaf of a bonk 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 :
Siu: 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,
Elizaiieth Lloyd Kr.o.
Auburn State Convict Asylum.
New YcrK.
Editor of the Syracuse Standard;
Sir : Will you please oblige me
by giving to Mr. Counselor Pavey
the above note? I do not know
how to address it. Please excuse
this print and paper, for I have not
been allowed to use any writing
materials since last July.
Respectfully,
Kluabeth Lloyd King.
Auburn State Convict Asylum.
New York.
The following address was stich
ed upon another bit of paper, which
was afterward sewed on tlie re
verse side of the card :
Mr. IX C. Pavey, Editor of the
Syracuse Standard, Standard office,
Syracuse, New York.
It must have required many
weeks to have pieced out the letter.
The capitals where used only in
proper places, and gr-at 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
vhite 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 tlie paer were neatly
hemmed, siie letter was delivered
to a visitor to inail, but it was taken
up by an asylum physician, who
has preserved it as a curiosit'.
A Claimant After the Kslatft fThatI
leuH Stevens.
Lancaster, March Id. Most peo
ple familiar with the life of Thad
deus Stevens arc also familiar with
fact that he left a peculiar will. In
the event of his favorite nephew
Thad. Stevens, Jr.,keeping sober for
five years he was to receive a cer
tain amount of the estate ; keeping
sober for five years longer, lie was
to receive a certain other amount,
and, keeping sober for fifteen years,
he was to receive all of the estate
save a few small bequests. Not
living up to these terms, young
Thad was to receive SSOO per an
num during his life, and this he ac
cepted, burying his talents and his
life in an insatiable indulgence in
strong drink. In the event of young
Thad. receiving only $S00 per an
num, the residue of the estate pro
vided it amounted to $."0,000
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
I 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 $50,000. He claimn that he
and his 6istcr are heirs at-law, and
that his
si8ter 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.
Ix)uis Hope, a sufferer with rheu
matism for a number of years, ob
tained the greatest relief by the
useofSt. Jacobs Oil. Monroe (MicX)
Cimmrrcial.
erald
The Washington Munnment.
Nearly a half century ago an as
sociation wa3 formed for the erec
tion of a lofty monument at the
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, 181b ; on which occa
sion an address was delivered by
Hon. Robert C. Winthrop, then
Speaker of the House of Represen
tatives. The work progressed satis
factorily till the column reached a
height of 150 feet, when the funds
became exhausted and further pro
gress was indefinitely suspended.
The civil war which ensued was, of
course, fatal to any scheme for 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, aud 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
strencthen the base, which was
judged inadequate to sustain the
enormous weight of the column
to rest upon it, and a large sum and
much time were exponent thereupon.
This accomplished, the laving of the
course was resumed in August of
last vear. A few of the surface
marble blocks, found injured from
many years' exposure, were remov
ed, reducing the height from VA 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
200 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
by au elevator worked by an engine
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 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 have already
been placed in the niches assigned
them, the remainder bein housed
near by.
It is estimated that the monu
ment may be completed in the
course of lSSo. 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 the 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, audits 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 mustprove a chief
attraction to Americans and stran
gers. The highest columns thati
man has ever reared, apart from its
object, must bring to Washington a
tide of visitors, pilgrim to the new
Mecca from all part of the I'nion, :
and stniner3 from abroad all anx-;
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 throu
; a very small aperture, and a very
sensible change ot temperature is
noticeable. As we ascend by the !
elevator it becomes more chilly, and
the light diminishes, till on arriving j
midway to the summit, it is so dark ;
that objects become scarcely tlis- j
oernible; then, as the ascent con-j
tinues, a sort of twilight succeed., j
which brightens into open dav on ;
reaching the upper platform.
When completed the ascent will
be made by elevator, or the stair
case which' hugs the wall and is to
be so constructed as to relieve the toil
of ascending 5GO feet. At short dis
tances will be resting balconies for
pilgrims wending their weary way
to the summit The interior will
lie lighted as a matter of course, and
an electric light will Hash from the
summit The further statement
may be of somo interest, that up to
the suspension of work upon the
monument $2'JO,000 had been ex
pended, and that the appropriation
lor its completion will swell the
cost to some SGOOiOO. The marble
blocfc-s are irom jiaryianti. anu 01 1
very fine material. 1 he monument
grounds contain about thirty acres.
There were recently forty memorial
stones built in Lhe structure, and
eighty-five are still nninserted.
Jioston Transcript.
$4000 to ray.
Scraxtox, Pa., March 15. The
Court to-day awarded to Professor
J. K Hawker, Superintendent of
Schools of this city, 841100 tlamages
brought uy him against Morris
Goldsmith," a prominent merchant
of this citv for signing a libelous pe-
tion the 'State Superintendent of
Schools.
fsjsMSBBMMHHaW
Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham, 233
! "Western Ave..' Lvnn, 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 pamphlets.
WHOLE NO. 1G03.
Giant Ilonrfen.
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 of
granite, would accept the statement
as true. Yet it is a fact, and being
so, the query is as to why glas3 has
not received more attention from
architects as a structural material.
A reporter had a talk with several
prominent glass manufacturers on
the subject, and in answer to an in-
terrogatory as to whether blocks of
glass could be made in suitable
lengths and sizes and so annealed
as to be utilized in tlie construction
of a building in place of stone, they
eaid it could be done. Said one of
these gentlemen :
"This question has been consider
ed by myself a number of times, and
although I do not want to
advocate
the absolute abolition of brick and
stone, et 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. With the numerous inventions
which have come into us of late
vears in connection with the pro
duction of class, the cost has been
craduallv going down, while the
quality ot trie iaonc is sieaciuy ue-
-J . . a- i l-i 1
eominr better.
"One objection w hich would be
raised to the durability of a glass
house, in the literal sens 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 nercentace 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 costly as
compared with glass, when tlie lat
ter can be moulded into any shape
or form, and the work accomplished
in much less time. I am convinced
that the time will come when we
shall see such a building erected.
Scarcely a day passes hi;' what the
sphere of glass as an article of use
becomes widened. In parts of Ger
many and on one line in England
glass ties are being usedc rail-ads,
and thus far have given ? :isf.:; tion,
combining all therequisites'of wood
en ties 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 th"
floor and will rebound like a rublu 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 glass 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 likely
found its way into the 'Catalogue
Expurgatoro?.' Pithhurgh DU
patch. Why a Woman Waitlril a Warrant.
"Say, mister, I want a warrant,
right quick!" exclaimed the irate
woman as sh dashed into police
headquarters.
"What do you wstnt with a war
rant?' asked th" sergeant.
i-Vormr cort-mf ,iri ii u j,
i got any right to chase me around
the house with a clothes-pole?''
J "Certainly not."
That's what I thought. Which
of us has the right to eat at the first
table, she or me?''
"Whv you, of "course."
'?so I finntioiii)i 1 I w ii i trt ln.,ir
if I've cot to slet p on t'ie back f r.ee
with the cats four rdghtu in the
week, while she srives t.artie in the
kitchen"'' '
"Assuredly not. W hv don't von
discharge her?" "
"I rnn't o-Pt' tiPr .noni.li s.n-
does the law justi'y her using my
false teeth to draw carpet tacks and
making me shin around with noth
ing on but a hair-pin ami a sore
throat, while she wears my clothes
t a wake ?"
"I cu.n't believe it does.'
"So I concluded. Gi'mt a war
rant." "Can't get any warrant here. You
will have to co before the judge in
the mornintr."
"Will, eii! Well, I won't ! If you
think I am going to waste any
more time lawing with that girl,
you're left. In the morning
the
oil can will be left alongside of the
kitchen stove, ami if you find a job
lot of legs and backbone around
your precinct, you can make up
your ideas that that girl is out of a
job, and I am busy collecting the
insurance. You hear this twittering?-'
And she left, the sergeant wonder-
rng it even dynamite would have
any ehect on a girl wno coum gel
the best of that woman.
A lrunkart1 Bnrnetl to Death.
Bitfai.o, Mar. ll. lite house:
and saloon of Patrick O'Harra was
burned this morning ami he perish-
CU HI me liviurr. oiiaiui na
V , , . ... i i
urunk tne previous men ana nau : .
turned his wife out of the house in ' mtle tn n,e- w CxlirYR
her night clothes. . , ,
" ! If one dog can be placet! on a
The greatest cleanser and purifier j eent, how many can be placed on
of the blood, Peruna, should be tak- ft trade dollar ?
en ever few months to prevent ma- j j
larious diseases, and to cure them Peruna is in itself a great physi
when prevention was neglected. ' cian.
A lonely tmdy.
! Just at the time when American
; women have succeeded in causing
each house in the National Leeisla
' ture to appoint a committee whoe
' "pecial duty it will be to consider
' the question of admitting women to
jail the privileges of citizenship n-
joyed by men, it is- very singular
j that there happens to be in our Na
tional Capital a woman whose con
dition fairly represents in its leaf!
barbarious phase that from which
the sex have gradually risen to their
present independent condition.
At the Chinese Legation, one of
the handsomest residences in the
city, lives a lady of rank in that
country, the wife of the present min
isterCheng Tsao Ja. She lives in
as strict seclusion here in the Nation
al Capital of our free country as if
still in the capital of her native land.
Even here she must obey the nation
al law which compels women of
rank to keep within their homes
She has never been out since si e re
moved from the Arlington Hotel,
where her husband and his suite
i were until the
Legation
was
made
ready for their occupancy, which
was before the middle of January.
While the nanus of the wifes of
the other gentlemen of trie Liplo
matic Corps who ar married and the
names of the wife and daughter of
tr Kni-tL-tt. th American Secretary
j 0fthe Chinese Legation, appear al
ways on the official diplomatic list
published by the State Department,
the name of the Chinese ministrr'n
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-
i trndant., has no opportunity to
learn English. She is the fourth
wife the other three, I hear, art
living in China, and she, it is said,
was permitted to accompany her
husband on his travels because fihe
was the youngest and comliest of
the number. I hear they have not
been married long. She h under 2
year? of age.
The Chinese minister visits and
attends parties daily, and although
. . " . . . .
as vet he knows no Lnslish, no one
seems to enjoy society more than he.
Through his " interpreter, who al
ways itccompanies him; he talks
merily with ladies. Hethinks Miss
West, the British minister's young
est daughter, very bright, because
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
some 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 the
Minister to dinner at the White
House, and thus, where all the lan
guages of the civilized world were
spoken, he was the only one present
who ditl 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 this
occasion, though he CDuld 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 pat. He afterwards told the
President that he thought the wine
very good and enjoyed it. W;Ji.
Cor. Phila. Time.
Kpixode of LoTe-Making.
.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 manV
father was of Castilian blood and
his mother was a Mexican. His
name, Corona, soon became famous
and at the age of 2-) 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
thj 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 was very pretty
and saucy. She told him that her
name was Betty Bowman, that her
mother was a San Francisco washer-
i woman and that he ought to know
better than to rush so headlong
down a dark stairway. Corona
made love to the American miss
and before leaving for the Capital he
had learned of her irreproachable
thouzh humble life. Once awav.
Bettv s lace ami pert ways naur.tetl
j lini Et. mucn " wrote to nrr
jairuiigiiiK i"i mini liit- i' i'io.i.
! He remained in Mazatlan; the bride
I went to a convent school. Thev
w?re a tnousan. mi es anart ami
wrote to each other daily, the hus-
' hand instructing the wife in polite
! wavs. President Jaurez, fearing
i " i-orona s popularity would lea.i
: llIe to give their vote to the
.ldier at an election then
, apfnach:ng. concluded to send him
i -M inisUr to Madrid, the most en
'viable diplomatic position in the
levtsof all Mexicans. General Co-
... a
rona took the wasnerwomans
daughter to his palace in Madrid
and she now is regarded as the most
brilliant and accomplished lady at
the Court of Spain.
The I'anamal Canal.
.
From Germany it is learned that a
curious historical document con
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 17S0. A canal
I project, this document records, was
' broached in the reign of Philip 1 1,
i but Flemish engineers surveyed the
j territory and declared that the ob
stacles to the undertaking were in
: surmountable. "Native Governors."
; c'tntinnes this record, "thereupon
'; )intetl out to the King the enor
i mous commercial disadvantage like
ly to arise to Spain from such an
undertakine," in consequence where-
; ot I'Minp ii issuea a rescript wnicn
threatened with death any person
alluding by word or writing to the
project.
MoxKt E, Mich., Sept 2.", W".
Sir: I have been taking Hon
Bitters for inflammation of kidneys
i and bladder. It has done for me
what four doctors failed to do. The
- , - .. r-. i
iicffeetot Hon Bitters seemed like