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to ntl . when e3twermdo nM ta
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The Somerset Herald I
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acd ..: ;i. ii :a:cr.al iast rtcd. lir.iion
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T AEl'i: V1HCKS.
j Jl'SCE OF THE PEACE.
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c:.n te cLrUl:cst t letter r otiierwls-i.
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EEXT1ST.
ittrt ahc.re Hur; HrCcj't ;Xaic CToaf
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MoyilOWK. I'ENN'A.
Tbl ' t,iar:nl n fcTM,arn h. u h. lately
Tfn tletnhi .ml cralrrmttnl with ail tew
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cannot ! urjMMsi, all
tarse tMitiUc 11 attached
. .0 n j, ta!ire ruvutj aiahlinc
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Hi.;, price. M ,.t wr)rk- ,UJ r maLL
KVELt'VSTER. Prop.
K. E. or. Um.'Od
StoyKuw ,P
1 Admitted srrl TfiJfdl
1ES FEDFLSTEi: ES!
THAT
DR. FAHRNETs
Health Restorer!
The CTNtt V.r.JaM. KeaiedT. evrea more bm
1 ''.cse..jot ttc L1V1.K. kli'Ntl atKl HUsii,
"--a uij uu.er snows reaiMT. it equina a
I uwcBiy, bu )nisoe : rcaoe 01 the muet liartnleta
'ct enctketx BMlial Kita. Itark. aad Herat
i.f-B a-i-rw tr.r dwremi fer
CLEAXSIXO THE BLOOD
b,i elmr ttt to the S-.orr.aek at it Ller. Can
" nd wtiH MrfMit nM, . ,m u4 timuc. It
fill haild mp tare rwdowa aat owrwori.au wd.
ed eire nm.h ba.: tkdr f tt-. iw
"eiKiadauiwi. all mailuiut datlen aeU It.
j 'i-jmrwi by
JK. W. AHUNEY . SON, ,
J3 H.rnrUTB, SM. j
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VOL. XXXI. NO 2.
Frank W. Hay. ESTABLISHED 31 YEARS. John B. Hay.
ZE3I -A. "Z" IB IR, OS.,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Tin, Comer M Stein Fare Maify,
"o. 2S0 Washington Street, Johnstown, Ta.
TZ A22
MUSES, STOVES and
I At Prices Less than any ether
PrierUl attert'..u pa: I to Jojinlnir la Tin. Cralrsnlrod Iron and
PIl. K"l-Air PI). R..t!nK. SUnir. Slacks f.(
Bacr. t-liinatt-i" Klicn mi.l .ir liciiio ! tiret c!a-
Jobntowii IVtt.k . Sian' Anti-Iut )iok, EiiN.i..r
)l at. Tutlrt Setp. Hrra.1 Olmwii". lak l..l, 'umler-rail. halve au torka (common
. nl .latrl) Orrnixn Silver S..i. KrltarnU Sjonf, Te Travs. Linr.1. Iron ami Eoamaied
Ware KrhiisaD't .l.'prr Kotilrs, Km HrMit-ra, vfier Kn.ilera. Eire Buten. Ma dillerent klnda,
Mrao T.MidtiTTt. Plaitr.1 IJriuuiuia an(t Wire Ua -ton. Iron Stand. Eire lnm. and everything d
Ware nee.le-l lu the :.ikini: iojiar.iii"iit. An .xirirn'-e ..f :liiriy.ti.ree yean" in lurines bere ena
' liltn o. Ui meet tlf wnl!- ol tM v.nnminl:v In ur line, with a ia artlrle at a l.w piina. All tatxin
1 a..!il Vt'A KKANTEIt A j KE1 Kl KM EU t lite uur.ev reltunieU. 'k11 and tbe Warei : get
! ... . l . .... .... . ,. T1
'J.'i ) ..r mi
V'hehl Frlce Liou or call an.l net uu..tatic..
f i:
)e
work In Warranted to be t the txs'. quality a: 1
1T.1T lROSXo.20 M athiiiRon Street JohiiMown, Penn'n.
HERE !S THE PLACE!
J. M. HOLDERB AUM 1 SONS
NO. 4 BAER'S BLOCK.
A Couij.'.eie Awortnu'tit of GENERAL KERCHAKDISE rontingof
STAPLE and FANCY DEY GOODS!
A I.:irj.': Assortiiiciit of
DRESS GOODS AND NOTIONS!
MEN'S, BOY'S A CHILDREN'S CLOTHING!
HATS , BOOTS AND SHOES !
CARPETS & OIL CLOTHS !
Queensware, Hardware, Glassware,
GROCERIES.
All Kinds of Window Blinds and Fixtures, Wall Papers,
Umbrellas, Satchels and Trunks, Churns, Butter
EobfIs, Tubs, Buckets, Baskets, Toledo
Pumps. Farm Bells, Corn Plant
ers and Plows, Cultivators,
and WAGONS!
THE li O LA XI) CHILLED lLOW9
The CHAMPION MOWER S: REAPER,
2 he CHAMPIOX GRAIX SEED DRILL,
With IMaehstble Fertilizer.
TirE UTJiY OF SSVIiVi JII;XU AT
J. M. HOLDERBAUM & SONS',
SOMERSET, PENN'A.
iIIi: V.OHL1M AHE!)
BURDETT OBGA:
is itni sai: oM.y r.x
MUSIC DEALER. SOMERSET, PcXN'A. ;
Above Ilrsi-.T Ilrrn.tY'- Sr.-.m:. j
BLTDHE BHTIS3 TRY THE EUEBETT ! i
"ITISTIIK UF.ST!" I
II E:5$ teutiOH is V3ris!7. E:3ni7 a Pna
The snperlDrltT ol the Kur.lctt Onram t rr !
niird and arknuWledjrud fry the hiiftitist nuiir:.!
aoihuhtirs. and the lieninnd f r thrm Is s:t'!ily
Inrreanlnt: a their inrlu are Iw.ralne more e- :
tnh-elr known. What everjNKiy witnu 1 the '
HHST OKG AX fvt the ImH arf..mt of n"n. y :
Therefore everylxkly wants Lho 1UJKUETT.
ETKV Oboa arAXittTEirn F:vr. i rius. j
Sold os Eaty KontSly fcyirents and U for CASH. ;
iu
VIOLINS fil'iTAIlS, ACX'OKIIXNS.
banjos, ciiAKioMrrrs, vtc
COIjOS. IT.tTIi, KIFIiS.
And la fet ewythlnir in the ainflral lino. The .
latest ar.d mot,: drirMc Ir.rtrueth-n H.'k fT nil '
Instrument on sale. Hi.nk Mulc liui! an.1 1'a- :
!r of all laeaaad kiaus.
SHEET MDS1C h V10LW STRINGS i Sliy. ;
C"iD TuD'J and Rer-ainM. Musii-al lnsiruc-
Uon ?1 per quarter. Seu.1 tor eatalvae. I
Snllrltlnt: y'a-orirs f-r Kery:r.tnir ia tli j
Musicel L:t.e," I am, Your. Kes.etlully,
1. j.
KEFFLEY,
SNocierjct, IVhp.'a
lahZMf.
FASHIONABLE
CUTTER & TAILOR!
vearn txieri a
J m all hrsrr"i t.f
the TUrtnK tinf-
s&ZZZXC ini-89 lituaiiUitec
Ti 7 A r . 71 7 win ran
i,r.V M,.v' Ti Ytora.fce..
1VM. M. HOCUS TET!..:K,
Somfwet, P.
marS
SOMERSET COUNTY BANK !
(ESTABLISHED 1877.)
CHARLES J. HARRISON,
CASHIER AMD MANAGER.
OIleetioDS mad la all parts of tic
Vnited
Staiea.
CHARGES MODERATE.
Partlea wLhiBf to arnd money Wert ean l j
eoiaeinted b drmll b New York la any tun:, j
VHeetluu Blade wiin r.ntoea. ii..nde ,
Iwuicht and aoid. Money and Ta!nalle arenred i
l.yoneof Plehold'a eelehrated faiet, with har-!
KM k. YaJe A3-0 W Umt lock.
ACCOUNTS SOLICITED.
aXat-AUVcal bolldajt obervad.' dc7 j
CHARLES HOFFMAN,
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(Ak Henry Heftley" ftore.)
LITEST STYLES ml LOWEST FEICEL
U l tut ny i 1 vrw wnttn.t - a..b-i
SOMERSET, PiV.
Biakiea; ftBsas. Ladle BtakaaA ataak m bicb I
aad bun Bttd vtrtrara anaJrtna-at pst. Header
if jam wavt a bails B4 wMc yen eaa taake. ,
ciara l n. auun A vo., i-cruanc aiawc
MERCHANT TAILOR
Pecla-ly.
1
TO CxxSH
KOUSE-FURNISKJKG GOODS IX GENERAL
House in Western Pennsylvania.
Sht Ino. t'liirar Pans, Steam
Engine. an. ail work "rnalDing to Ollar ur.
.lf.-l:ani', only. A)cni Hr .ubiauooK,
Pmio. In Houje-Fiirnif tunic ood we ofler
...I, : ... In .-. Una 1.1 K.i.l 1. r
our Wan s. Ate bare Do apprentb'es all our
i?ife. To save money call in or send lo
LYDJA ti. PINKHAM'S
xwy. k s
A Hur. rn?o Tor nil FEXXLE WEAK.
XESSES, lerlmliea; Iaeorrhgni, tr.
ret!RT crtd PnTnt'tsI .JeBaOruBliB,
iciamir!:tlon aad tTeerntioi: C
tbe. Xl'omli Flrdlne, PKO
I ri I TI HI, &.
'Vfcamit lo m- ' at-. t:. ac-ViCS and untnedfaXa
te :i.C.ct. U L. a KriMt I i-it, in irTMsr. and re-li.T:.-
; tf-i '.1 Ulcr t.i-U i-. .-uir pf rh Cu
Vm-H UV. W IT 4i' noxKlEE IT MLT.
r--T"' -a .il, 7,.lrMn of the jrer.cratlve ..rcana
at rt.Lir k. x. it i.t-.iudd ioiK Mneriy;lL--t ercr
um lfro il put.lici and tr al ttisrtura o thu
ir.l.xx.-? it Li tii C,riiMt Prmttli in tht K mrU.
ilT-KinXEV rOIPI.AI'TrFltfcer Sei
I i-d :rr Itelli I lo lis l ee.
us: t r.. pir::tv;ri bi.wh PtairrfR
-"'1 t- . -t" - ! ...via li.
r.i'?iiC t' - 1!! ci-e tr-a. .nU rtn urta
ii. j;. iu. i.- pn i 3 1. 1. l... Uie Ajmijouu'l.
rTS " t".P Cr :-.v.A an nv-l TBrir.." are pre
.y.nj n ir. ami S i V.Tt. m A-nw. Ltdb. Man.
I Pri-iir.!lUiT. I. Kiil-t!Vf..r.V. Tlie eoicpoHB.!
ii scr tr 111 13 tbe ti rm ot eIIIi. or of kaeii."e,OB
rcipt of l-ric-, 1 ..'X I'oe either. Mn. Itnkhaai
fiwdy aiiss.ro all W.tertnt I Mo':'-.. ISr-lcse Sort
ti:p. Sead fer aa ,U!. t. tUMiut Hit r -rr.
rvi.Tr. r Tirw'" I rem Ftms erre C.nt:i.
t.u. iiiUwicHa.mlTori".. Ui-L:v.
j-.SU hy Bii l,rTit.-SB ('
FOK SKhF, BY
C. X. BOYD,
DRUCGIST,
Somerset, P.
Ain;:ET A. Hvrse.
J. SOOTT WABD
HOME & WARD,
er'CKfn to
EATON & BROS,
27 FIFTH AVENUE,
NO.
PITTSBURGH, PA.
SPKIXG, 1883.
NEW GOODS
I 27227 2AI SPECIALTIES
j Embroideries, Uc, Rilliaery, White GooJt, Hao4
1 aerchtefi. Dress Trimmiags, Hosiery, 6laa,
Cortett, alatlia ki4 sriM Underwear, la
f ants' aad Ckirirea's Clothiaj. Tikj
Gsoe, Vtres, Zathyrt, Mate
Ha!t cf All K'rads fer
FANCY WORK,
Yxr rATaoXAGC ia usraxTrrcixr aouorrsD.
irOHDEKS BTMAIL ATTIXVtD TO W1TB
CARE AhD DISPATCH. Bkrt
WOMAN CAN r rtWaH Of WOW AM
y;n-rAr-u2iwrrh is the hope 0.7
I iff 1
omer
SOMERSET,
Ml'STEItED OCT.
Tliere's a lonely grave in Virginia,
And nameless sleeper there.
That fell when Uie tide or battle
Kolled over that land so fair.
No contly marble mark the spot
Vhere he fell 'raid war's stem rout.
But a naph hewn cross and the simple
words,
"A soldier Mustered out."
There are graves in the '"Old Dominion"
Where our heroes lie at rest.
And piles of bronze and marble
Stand alove rat h sleeper's breast;
Hut none are there among them all
That deck her hills about,
With a tomb so grandly niinple
As the soldier' "mustered out."
It stands in solemn tieauty
By the ever moaning sea,
And the passing schooner proudly floats.
The (lag he died to free.
The whit-capped billows Itow their hear!,
And all the waters shout.
And f!ing their f.wm wreath round the
grave
7here he sleeps mustered cut."
Those waters on that dreadful day
Had seen him fighting till,
And mingling with the battle's smoke
Had made the soldier's pall.
No anus reversed, no muffled drum.
But shot and groan and shout
These were the sounds that filled the air
When he was "mustered out."
No niu.MC of soft rejuieuis.
No church bells tolling low,
But clash of arms and cannon's boom
When ho was called to go.
His shroud a l!ood-staiued, tattered flae;,
J lis hymn the victor's shout,
His knell, "Cumberland's" lat gun;
When he was "mustered onU"
All ht-roci sleep not 'nf-ath tall shafts
Nor mountains of stone:
For many graves are marked, alas!
With one short word, " Cn known ."
There sleep who fought as brave a those
For whom the millions shout.
Till the Lord of battles gave command
And they were "mustered out."
But He who marks the sparrow's fall
Knows where each hero lies, '
And humble blood lor justice sued
Bv Him is not despised.
But when in the lat reveille
The dead ranks throng about,
Foremost among the just shall stand
Those soldiers "ruu-tered out."
MAMMY
ISA1U.K THE
OMrA'."
''WiTrii-
Mammy Isabel was a celehratt'd
character in our neighborhood, her
renown unship; from the ossession
of several accomplishments, the
chief of which was the power of
"trickin'." or "cunjermV The lp
ular pronunciation of her seemingly
pretty name may be best learneu by
reading the opening linen of a poem
addressed to her, "when she was
young and charming," by a sablead
mirer ofQhusual erudition :
' 0!, In'jly Izzable.
Yon make me so mizzable!
J nelK-ris happy 'eep' when you is vizai
Ivle." She was what is called a "Gullah
nigger;" that is, she was born ii Af
rica, and was brought to this coun
try when a chi'd. She always main
tained that shf was ttie daughter
of a King, and hail been kidnaped
by mistake, nolnxly ever had the
cruelty to suggest to her that per
haps her papa had possessed a su
perfluity of offspring, and had been
charmed to part with a score or so
on favorable terms. In proof of her
royal birth she was fond of exhibit
ing a pair of broad bone bracelets,
which, fitting loosely about her
wrists, would not pass over her
hands, and also necklace of "teeth,"
which always encircled ner regal
throat. About these teeth she made
various statements at one time
had been extracted from the jaws of
warriors slain in battle by her val
orous Bire ; again, from a tigtr which
had fallen a victim to the same
mighty hand. They were shapeless
bits of some hard substance, not
much like the grinders of man or
beast, but they were held in the ut
most reverence by all the negroes,
one of whom confided to me the
Ttopular belief on the subject :
"Does you link dein dar teef of
Mammy Izzal-i iatfcf? Naw, 6ab,
dein ain't no twf culdn't nobody
chaw nuflin wid dein pinted tings, j
I'll tell you whst dey is'' and here
his voico sank mysteriously as if
half afraid to utter hisj thoughts
"dey is de dcbiVs toe nails. Ain't
you neber heerd dat song 'lout
'Pi J yoa eber, eher, eher see? the rlebil, deb
it, d.'hil
A-scralchin' tip le grabble wil his long toe
nails Arter while dey cits so long lie's
'Meeged ter cut 'em otT, an' den he
aib 'cm ter Mammy Izzable fer ter
trick wil. Golly ! hope she won't
neber get wrarthy 'ginst me !" and
he cowered at the very thought.
Mammy Isabel's personal appear
ance was very striking. Although
of a great age, she still carried her
self perfrctl' erect, and her small
trim figure was always clothed in a
scanty black woollen dress,
short enough to expose another
token of her royal blood tiny
feet of beautiful shape. Upon
her head a turban, disclosing at
each temple a tuft of snowy wool
Her skin was intensely black, and a
pair of heavy white overhanging
eyebrows gave a singularlv uncanny
- 1 ii 1 :n-
expresMon o i.er ,mau wuiiam
eyes ; and the big s.lver rings which
IIH'litm ilOUl OCl t-il 1 JlUb L11C 11U
ishing touch to an appearance s
weird and striking as any "witch
'oman" could have desired.
Woe to the unlucky individual
who offended this embodiment of
magic and the black-art, or for whose
discomfiture anybody would pay
tier a good feel 11 is children would
begin to pine away,
his
craps
would fail, bis bogs grow lean, and
his fence tumble down, and he him
self be subjected to aches and pains
innumerable, and perhaps even i
dth itjelf, unless the "cunjer" was
removed by a timely bonus to the mo' sometime' an I does oders. 1 1 he clouds grew thicker, the night
dreaded "witch-'omen." This be- j Some mont's I gits fi' dollar." j darker, the wind colder. Every now
ing the general lielief, there is small j "Humph ! Au what loes yer git j and then the captive made an abor
wonder Mammy Isabel whose rule when yer don git fi' dollar ?" . i tive attempt to escape, or muttered
for monev-makirig ctrtainlv worked i "Well " said lsham. reluctantly.1 a prayer for deliverance, but he
both ways, should gradually have I
become the Crcesus as well as tbe f
oracle of tbe neighborhood. , She j - Don' git nothin' dan' git nolh- i At last' accidently turning his
was also much esteemed for hc-rskill j tV 1" repeated Mammy Isabel, with j head toward tne cabin, he thought
in udoctrin" and was as careful to J intense sarcasm. "Dem's mighty i be saw through the palings some
keep secret the ingredients of her purty wages fex to cum axia' fer to thing white approaching him. Yes,
"ager pills," "rumatizile," and ! marry a young lady 'pon. Is'am tbere it was, and now he heard a
set
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"raizry powders' as any quack phy
sician alive. She was sedulous in
preserving on air of profouud mys
tery in all her payings and doings.
was blessed with a line command of
languace, a hot temper, and a voice
which, when raided, resembled that
of a Ecreech owl. It was impossible
to apjcal Ui her on moral
grounds, as she did not trouble her
sfclf with questions of right and
wrons, insisting that it was quite
immaterial to her "whar IV gwine
when IV doneceasted, 'cazelalwavs
did Vpise milk and' Loney, anf I
neber cud git warm null' nohow
'thout settin' right up in de fire."
Such was the old woman, object
of untold tears and renpect, to whom
Isham Coombs, the hero of my tale
i for there is a brief yet affecting
love story involved having screw
ed up his courage, plucked up his
wits, ond adorned his person, pre
sented himKelf in order to request
the hand of her granddaughter, who
resided with her. the beauteous Sa
lir.dy Ann. Salindy Ann had
smiled upon him, hut so had she
upon several other youths, and it was
cenerallv understood that whoever
was bold enough to gain thcconsent
! of Isabel, would not find his Dulci-
nea at nil unknown foe to matrimo
i
i
ny, and she was a judge, having
been married three times,
So the
I proposed interview held no charms
ff .e flinin H'lin fliil nrt cvpn b.nw
1 V ' . J ... 1 1 ..... , " ..v .. - ' " -
even
that consoling line : "None but
the
brave deserve the fair.
Our hero was a ? small, dapper
youth, very bow-legged, ana with
an expression which ran very much
to smiles, especially when he was
excited or apprehensive. He attir
ed him-elf m his "Sunday close,"
crowned the effect by a huge white
standing collar, took a cane, the
care ot which would at any rate pre-
j sent occupation lor his trembling
I hands, and set forth to learn his
fate. He whistled and sang as he
) went alon, but instead of keeping ' bel, with grim emphasis, pointing
i up his spirits, he felt them grow j with her stick at the trembling Ish
I lower and lower. He reached the j am, who had retreated a few steps,
gate, and would fain have turned I in case a hasty llight should seem
land fled, but he thought of Salindy i advisable, "did yer tell dat dar
j Aiin, and entered. "Sher," ho said j Is'am Coombs you wanted ter mar
j to himself, bravely, a he proceeded j ry him "
along the path, I am! skeer doj Isham looked imploringly at oa
triekin'. Toin't nothin' nohow, j lindy Ann, who Add said that very
Mas' Will heses-o " thinir. Salindy Ann glanced Pt him,
Mammy Isa'oel was sitting just j and then at the outstretched stick,
outsidelhe cabin door, her eyes :md ; with which she had an intimate and
attention apparently fixed on her j painful acquaintance, and her heart
knitting. Saiindy Ann was nowhere j faih-d her.
in sight. Isham. approached as ,4No, Mammy," she said, falter-
near as he dared, then
"G-g-good-e.l-enin', Mammy Izza -
ble." he said. ru!liri2 otl his hat,
gripping it tightly in one hand nod
the cane ia the other, and visibly
trembling. Excessive perspiration
had lowered one end of his collar,
tho other stood fiercely.ereet. Mam
my Isabel raised her eyes, let them
wander around, aliovc, beyond her
visitor, and finally drop uion him
as though it was the merest accident
she had discovered any object so
insignificant.
"Oh! good-ebenin'. Is'am,"
she
answered eullly.
Isham by this time earnestly de
siied to sit down; -so, espying a
three-legged stool, he hastilly depos
ited himself upon it.
"Take a seat, Is'am, take a seat,"
6aid Mammy, with emphasis ;
whereupon poor Isham felt inclined
to bounce .up again. Then followed
a grim silence. Mammy knitted
and Isham wriggled. At length, in
desperation, the latter spoke.
"I hope I sees you in good healt',
Mammy Izzable?" he said, wishing
to ingratiate himself.
"It's berry well, Is'am," replied
mammy Isabel, suavely ; "ay' how
is your'n Is'am ? Is you doni got
ober dat dar lickin' vit ol' Mas"
Peter Jones gin you las week when
hecotch vou in the water-million
patch?""
Isham writhed, and his smile was
something wonderful to lehold.
uHel he! Mammy Izzable," he
faltered ; "la! dat warn't nothin'.
We was jes' in fun, bofe of us."
"Well, mebbe lickin's ain't noth
in' when you's use to 'em," was the
withering" reply. An' I reck'n 'twas
fer fun you went ter the million
patch, but I bettwarn't no fun time
vou come out." Another squirm 1
and a faint "he ! he!" came from
Isham, but he let the subject drop, j
"Whar's Salindv Ann ?'" was his
next venture.
"Whar she b'longs, an' whar she's
gwine ter stay a loin' of her work
in d it dar kitchen. She don't have
no time to go a-visitin' in der after
noons." Isham felt that a few more of
these trenchant remarks would an
nihilate his purpose, and make him
take to his heels, so with the cour
age of despair he gasped out:
"Mammy Izzable, I dun come
fer ter fir ter ax vou ter
ter ter lerome
Ann."
marrv
alindy
The last words came out with a
rush, and Isham shut his eyes tight
He half expected the devil to apjiear
and bear him off. But nothing
touched him, and he ventured to
peep. Mammy Isabel was regard
ing him grimlj her hand folded on
her lap. Years before, she bad been
nerformine some domestic du
was '
tv in a room where a gentleman
petitioning her "ol" massa" for the
hand of his daughter, and she had
irvamnA up whal she ha(
UMa? j Qture
heard.
n v
require, she .
asked with great. w ! puUed and tugged, hi eves nearly
you depose to export Sa i,dy Ann , I ; t b'u hea-d, and h(9
wid de manners besootable to herlJ' hatlering with . iroa
perdition, j chains could not have bound him
Marm! was the bewildered re-,
ply. This was almost as bad a the j "Lw bave nmrcy ta he
devil (ejaculated presently, dropping his
v bar was you fotch up at nig'
ger. oat vou can t unersian u
you can t unersian u t
English langidge? How much
wages does vou git a mont'? Does i
you unerstan'dat?" ;
Yes'm, oh yesm," Isham hasten- j
jed to reply. " I gits well, I gits j
"when 1 don' sit fi dollar, I don' ,
ginnally git nothin
Coombs, yo' mudder were a low
down, po -white nigger, an' yo' dad
dy were a no-'count nigger preacher,
but I didn't think bofe on 'em to
gedder cud 'a had eich a awful fool
nigger fer a son. Boy, ef you don'
call yerse'f a fool ejot, what does yer
call yerseT?"
This was too much even for the
meekness of Isham, who replied
with dignity : MI calls myse'f a gen'
leman." "Yer does does yer ? By what
quallocations does you consult
youse'f to be a gen'leinan ?" retort
ed Mammy Isabel again returning
to her recollections of the conversa
tion of "ol' massa."
"Marin ?" again proceeded from
the distracted Isham.
"What I was'in' time on you fer?
You don' know nothin' an you neb
er will. Jes' answer me one ques'n:
Whar is you an' Salindy Ann gwine
ter lib? Jes' tell me dat?"
Isham slowly shifted his stick to
the hand that held the hat, and his
unoccupied digits travled to his
head, where they burrowed perplex
edly. "I t'ought I t'ought " he stam
mered at length, with much hesita
tion, "you mought let Salindy
Ann an' me lib wid you."
Mammy Isabel rose to her feet as
the last monosyllable struck her ear.
She grasped the stick with which
she walked and which having a
head like a trident, was believed to
i be an instrument ot magic
and
j shook it at him violently.
she screamed at the top of
her shrill old voice 'mc. V Then,
with a glance of withering scorn at
Isham, she turned toward the cabin
door, "Salindy Ann," she shouted,
"come :ere to me !"
A moment later a saucy, trim
looking girl appeared in the door
way in answer to the peremptory
summons.
"Salindy Ann," said Mammy Isa
j ingly,"'elar to goodness I neber did.
; "You heardat, nigger, don' you ?
ltiouired Mammy Isabel, tnum-
phatitly, of the dejected Isham.
j "You clar vourse'f offn dese ere
premusseg, an' don' you leave no
tracks ahin' you, an' ef you eber
sets yo foot inside o ray palin s
agin, you'll 'pentde day, or de night
eider. An' you kin tell all de nig
pers what want ter marrv Salindv
Ann an' come an' lib wid me, dat
we eats snakes an' toads an' lizards
an' pole cats an' buzzards, an' de
j debil comes tT supper wid us rbery
iSat dav ni&ht Now clar out.
He c tared.
But Isham was much in love
with Salindy Ann, and even forgave
her base desertion of him in time of
need. He was horribly afraid she
might thiuk him finally disposed of,
and turn her attentions to some
other suitor, and he racked his brain
lor a method of imparting to her his
faithfulness. Not for vorlds even
with Salindy Ann thrown in
would he have crossed "dem palm's"
in defiance of Mammy Isabel's pro
hibition, but surely the road was
free to all. Ldiam was a good ban-
jo-playcr, and a leader in the church
choir, so he concluded that he
would serenade his lady-love. But
unluckily for him he announced his
intentention to several of his con
freres, boasting in an unguarded mo
ment that he "warn't "fraid of Mam
my Izzable, don' keer ef she is a
witch-'oman." One of Mammy Is
abel's cronies repeated this to her,
and with a malicious chuckle she
resolved to be ready for him.
One moonlight night, about
twelve o'clock, our hero wended his
way to the cherished yet dreaded
spot, and there, just outside of the
"palins." he poured forth his soul in
melody. He warbled of Dinah :
"Her eyes so bright, dey shines at night
When de moon am gone away :"
'of Cindy, whose
"neck's so lonx an atriney,
I feared she'U neber die;"
of Nellie, who
"was a lady.
My tark Virginia bride ;"
of Susannt1 h the lorsaken, and Lu
cy the betrayed, feeling more and
more courageous as the end of each
song found him still unmolested.
At last "Snap!" went a string, and
he looked round for a convenient
place to sit down and mend
Close to the fence was a section of a
big pine log, and upon that he es-
conced himself. He tinkered the
string, he tuned a little, and
sang a great deel more, enjoy
ing himself famously, and feeling
uncommonly brave. At last the
moon disappeared under a cloud,
the night grew chilly, and Isham
! concluded to leave, with the pleas-
consciousness that Salindy Ann
1 MHXt have appreciated his devotion.
He prepared to arise but his hair
was the only portion of him that
ITn nm.1.1 w.r.t ..w...n f...... 1. : .
ruse. uc wum uub uju.c iiuui uia
. ., , . t-toj k
banjo and clasping his hands. "De
ole oman done trick me eho ,nun
dis time. 0 Lordy ! O Lordy !" He
dared not call out, for fear of worse
consequences ; he could not get up ;
he had not a spark of courage to be j
kept up by whistling or singing.
mainly preserved the quiet of ab-
j ject despair.
il
stealthy step, Nearer and nearer it
came, its outlines vague, its propor
tions gigantic. It reached the fence
beneath which Isham was cowering,
a huge white toauthing stretched
over the fence immediately above
his head, and a dull, horrible groan
saluted his cars.
There was a shriek, a wild strug
gle, a rending of garments, and a
sound of flying feet, and the place
',hnt had known Isham knew him
no more.
Early next mornin? Mammy Is
abel might have been seen just out
side her garden fence picking up a
banjo, and disengaging from a pine
log the garment which had clothed
the nether limbs of Isham Coombs.
She seemed to enjoy the perform
ance immensely, for she chuckled as
she said to herself at intervals :
Didn't know I was a-settin' at de
windp a-watchin' on him, an'a-hear-in'
all dat miowin'. Ef he hadn't
sot down, I'd a had him sotneodder
way. Alwus knowed I cud make
eood glue. An' den dat ol' white
cow he! he! he !"andthe old wom
an almost bent double with delight.
Salindv Ann," she said, re-enter-
. . . . , . , . ,,
JL
ing the wbin with her trophies, ';yon;there h a s-tudint at pur alleges,
see dese yer things ? Well, dey's all
you eber will see o' dat fool Is'am
Coombs."
Salindy Ann didn't, believe" her ;
but it was true. Isham Coombs
left the country : but before he went
he gave such a harrowing account of
1 his night s adventure that Salindy
Aun never had another oher till htr
grandmother's death, which, luckily
for her prospects, took place not
very long afterward. Ilarjier
zar.
Bo-
Starting a Bulky Horse.
Here are seven ways for starting a
balky horse ; each has been ti ied by
various persons and is said to have
succeeded :
1. Pat the horse upon the neck,
examine the harness carefully, first
on one side and then on the other,
speaking encouragingly while doing
so; then jump into the wazon and
give the word go ; generally he will
obey. 2. A teamster in Main street
says he can start the worst balky
horse by taking him out of the
shafts and making him go around
in a circle till he is giddy. If the
first dance of this sort does not cure
him the second will. 3. To cure a
balky horse simply place vour hands
over the horde's nose and shut otr
his wind till he wants to go, then
let him go. i. The brains of a
horse seem to entertain but one idea
at a time: therefore, continued
whipping only confirms his stub -
born resolve. If you can Ivy any
means give him a new subject to j
think of you will generally have no!
trouble in starting turn. o. A sim
pie remedy is to take a couple of
turns of stout twine around his
foreleg, just bolow the knee, tight
enough for the horse to feel, and tie
in a bow knot. After the first check
he will go dancing otT,and after go
ing a short distance you can get out
and remove the string to prevent
injun' to the tendon in your progress.
G. Take the tiil of the horse between
the hind legs, and tie it by a cord to
the saddle girth. 7. Tie a string
aror.ud the horse's ear, close to his
bead.
Mollie'fi Ram.
Mollie hud a little ram as black
as a rubber shoe, and everywhere
that Mollie went he emigrated too.
He went with her to church one
day; the folks hilarious grew, to
see him walk demurely into Deacon
Allen's pew. The worthy Deacon
quickly let his angry passions rise,
and gave it an unchristian kick be
tween the sad brown eyes. This
landed tammy in the aisle: the Dea
con followed fast, and raised his foot
again. Alas! that first kick was his
last. For Mr. Sheep walked slowly
back about a rod. 'tis said, and ere
the Daceon could retreat it stood
him on his head. The congregation
then arose and went for that 'ere
sheep. Several well directed butts
just piled them in a heap. Then
rushed they straightway lor the
door with curses long and loud.
while rammy struck the hindmost
man and shot him through the
crowd.
The minister had often heard that
kindness would subdue the fiercest
beast, "Aha!" he says, "111 try that
game on you.
And so he kindlv, gently called,
"Come, rammy, rammy, ram, to see
the folks abuse you so, I grieved
and sorry am."
With kind and gentle words he
came from that tall pulpit down,
saying, "Barn my, ram 1113, rammy,
ram best sheepy in the town."
The ram quite dropped its hum
ble air and rose from off its feet.
land when the parson lit he was be
neath the hindmost seat
As he shot out the door and closed
it with a slam he named a Califor
nia town I thine, 'twas luba
Dam."
Killing His "Whole Family.
Atlanta, June?. Alfred Ender, hre within the knowledge of the
a negro, residing in Brooks county, ! teacher. Caution must be exercised
killed his wife this morning. His j here in order that your pupils may
son witnessed the deed, and in or-j not think that you are striving to
der to shield himself Ender mur-'"how eff your superior acquire
dered the boy and his brother, who j rnents." Such ideas strike boys, as
attempted to save him. He then i well as men, and when they do
took an infant from hLs wife's arms strike them, "woe worth the day !"
and placed it on a railroad bridge j for that teacher. "Let him fold his
over a river near his house. Before tent like the Arab, and silently steal
the arrival of the train the child fell i away."
into the water and was rescued i A microscope is a good tiling to
dive. Ender is now in jail. j Lave in a school room. The peeps
VMaMiBWHBBaBBBaBBBBaBaBBB I 1 4, rv tvinni.iiniiawill nm.r. nr.
n ' "V", , ff.T 7 I .
Beware of the stuff that pretends to ,
cure thes dieses or other serious i
Kidnev, Lrmary or Liver Diseases. I
d t - ii t a I Itcc a or I It a nprrc i
o a ikaitf a i 1 1 jartlt
... - i
, J , -
VAMAtrA fir if 1 1 rv-i a
ivilv a VA A a J v. I
f Z 7 1 -V V i i 7, of apparatus furnished to our coun
terwards, but rely solelv on Hop Bit-, to perhap. ia the saccha-
ters, the only remedy that will sure-! l ...i. k-
Ii .1 1111-7 U1U.UALCI T Via. T luai
rand permanenUy cure you. It, ,f h ter - a readi
destroys and removes the cause of , h caQ find to intlodace
disease so effectually tht it never , to his cla9fl calcrllated to awaken in
returiis. iterest I once took hold of a school
Bloating headaches, nervous pros- m which the subject of literature
tration and spinal weakness cured had been utterly neglected; as an
by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable . illustration: I remember we read
Compound. " "The Parting of JIarmion and Doug-
'. his." by Sir Walter Scott I suppos-
Goiteau thinks he will beat Sin-! ed of course that they knew some
dram's record when it comes to a ' thing of him and inquired:
rope walk. "Who was Sir Walter Scott?"
S SI
WHOLE NO. 1615.
METHODS OP IXSTKVCTIO.X.
BY A. C. HOLBF.KT.
CHAPTER X.
Many teachers, and good ones, too,
use what I may call the per ceutage
plan of exciting an interest in study.
Given a class in any branch taught
by them and they will say: "Schol
ars, I shall mark each one of you
faithfully, according to the standard
you make. Your highest possible
mark will be one hundred per cent."
Then they start in. Every lesson is
reduced to a calculation in per cent
age, so much so that many a teacher
spends more time in calculating per
centage than lie does in preparation
for class-room work.
I said to a young man some
months back: "How are you getting
along at school?''
"Finely," was the reply. "I am
studying six branches, and my low
est per centage was 94 last month;
on chemistry I got DS."
Wonderful," said I; "98 per cent
. a . . 1.1.
on cnemistrv: l aonot wnetner
where they have all the appliances
for an intelligent study of the sub
ject, that can show such a record.
Do von know the table of equiva
lents?" "Not entirely."
"Can you tell me what is the pro
toxide of livdnxren?" (Water is
what it is.)
"No, sir."
"Do you know what will be the
probable result if you bottle chlorine
gas while hot and nt the glass stop
pers into the jars tightly at once?"
He guessed at it, which would
have done had he guessed correctly,
and said:
"An explosion would follow."
"Do you ever swear," said I.
"Sometimes." said he.
"Then in your case the explosion
would be an explosion of profanity
when vou went to open the jars,"
said I, "for the hoi gas, on cooling,
would contract, vacuum, and the
atmospheric pressure of 15 pounds
per souare inch would uxthe ground
glass stoppers so tightly as to neces
sitate the breaking of the jars.
He left me, and I walked off pon
dering on the deceptiveness of 'JS
per cent, on chemistry.
Per centage is a somewhat doubt
ful thing if made the tet of profi
ciency. 1 ireely admit that me pu
pil who runs up a good per centage
is more likely to le proficient than
one whose tier centage is low, just
1 as every one will admit that a good
! teacher will most Iikelv carry a good
certificate, yet some of the very best
certificates are shown b' men who
lack teaching power. But, at the
same time, any one who knows any
thing of the matter at all will read
ily admit that there is a greater
prospect of securing a good teacher
if one be employed with a good cer
tificate than one with a poor one,
for while one who hicks teaching
power may foist himself upon an
innocent county superintendent
through good acquirements, while a
stranger he will not do so the sec
ond time, if the official has the nerve
to do his duty, and they generally
have it
One mode of exciting emulation
among the pupils is the offering of
prizes. In lormer years l was op
posed to this plan, on the ground
that the prize system fostered evil
passions and had a depressing effect
upon those who failed. Another
reason was that the prize is frequent
lv given not to him who has made
the greatest effort but to him who
has most intellect; I mean thequick
est intellect. Subsequent research
has led me to modify my earlier
views on this matter. I am now an
advocate of a judicious prize sys
tem as a meaii3 of fostering emula
tion and awaking an interest Our
colleges, which are th highest edu
cational institutions, offer prizes.
What are "honors" but prizes for
study? I think thata system might
be developed which would result
well. Graduation from the common
schools has been devised, and the
diploma is the prize. But I think
that an actual prize to be awarded
to the best scholar in the school,
that is the one who has most perfect
marks, both lor recitation and con
duct will act well. A volume of
poenw may be offered, a history, a
gold pen, many things, but let it be
something lasting and useful some
thing that in after years will bring
back the past with all its remem
brances of joy or sorrow. Boys will
work in the" hope of reward, and
when that hope is something tangi
ble, something of which the value is
apparent to the senses, they will
work much harder than when the
reward is the far off one of benefit
derived in manhood from knowledge
acquired in youth. "Boys are men
in miniature;-' the things which act
as incitement to duty in the one will
! te found to act in the same manner
i in the other
An interest may often be excited
! bv timely statements of facta which
T . K
boundless field for inquiry, and
M wilt 'read
ul wMch otherwi8e woud
' t i v..
llrVrr l air 1 rrr I A AJ liriin a. uol 111 ill I r
. ...
scopes are not
' Til? in n-!:' -'
v:i:iU CiT.tr..! ;b
answer givr : in ill
i That l-sso:. .-u
dil not ":.itt I. .eg.
about f.T .-.-.r.:r r:.,-.
iaiiu'erti:.
Sir Waiter Sati
I l"i'nn to c?-t
t it: .irovl.'r
0:' a:.J
1 tfeT -v:
vi.e.A ......
! a caul as io:ic;:vc
school Tritn me a ,
a very elementary eii.tn. tt r cm the
subject. I told them 'what it w:v-.
the value of it, and gave them per
mission to read it, but no pupil wa
to have it tor nv.r t'...,, a h;:irj1(;ijr
each day. I to'ul ti:rm. too. that if
any one ot them dt'sireil a cvpy of
the work I would get it for him. The
book was in constant requisition for
a week, and le!'ore the end of the
second week I had ordered a dozen
copies; before the end of the mont'i
every pupi! who was in o-v roading
classes had a copy. I will only add
that when the school closed the pu
pils could no longer l said to be
uLurriy i-ijurani oi i.n!:ii ar.-i
American literature." If parents
would interest themselves on this
subject sufficiently to make the dis
.,..). 1 . A. P TI 1-
covery, they would know that chil
dren are deplorably ignorant on this
very point of literature; in fact 1
will add that many teachers are jut
as isrnorant a thoe t hev aim to
teach. But this will be remedied
by and by, and it cannot be far in
the future. In other counties morn
and more attention has been paving
to "literature" in connection with
reading for several years ra.-t, and
teachers are becomm? better an.'
better able to tea. h it. Our own
county will not remain in the back
ground on this branch, and if we
would do so e dnre not, for the
simple reason that if we do when
teachers go to other eo'iisties thev
will fail on the very point t.n wLi. ii
stress is laid in tho'secounli.'s. One
thing here bet-T- i leave t''ii sub
jct: Never point w.t the ee
cies, much l"-s th- deficiencies, of
one hoy to the school. Vou wilt
only succeed in bringing 1:1 .on your
self the charge of favri'.i.-'ni, ;n.l if
there is one charge more than no-
other that you
it is this.
niM t;-!. avoid
My next chapter will 1.
Teacher-" Library.
How a X Oiiirfit Keit. I- h V.'us
paper.
According to Mrs. I'ierir.ide
rison this is how she do.-s ;t
G.ir-
S!e
takes it up hurridly. and begins
scan it over rapidly, a- though
to
S.e
were hunting s-ome p irtii ai.tr ti;',!.-.
but she is not. She is merely hik
ing in the olwcureparagraphs'which
she believes, were put in the out-of-the-way
places for the uak- of keep
ing her from swing them. As she
finishes each one. her eoiuiten;;:.. e
brighten with too comfort, ii!e r. -flection
that slie h is out-witted t!:e
editor and the whole race of tin::,
for she cherishes a v:-gue belief that
newspapers are the enemies of her
sex, and editors her chief oi.pr.'s.-ors.
She never reads the head linn?, and
the huge telegraph hea.i.s she never
sees. Mie isgree.lv fori.., I news.
anK t evours it Villi toe Ke: nest re
1 I -.. . a
ish. Marriages and deaths a.v al
wavs interesting read::-.- to I.er the
advertisements are exciting and
stimulating. She cures but little for
printed jokes unlcs tiiev r thrt
tut? men. a':d ti.en s -e
deli?
its in then and never forgets
them. She pays p!.tUu!,ir attention
to anything enclosed in quotation
marks, and considers it rather bettir
authority than anything first handed
The columns in which the editor airs
his opinions, in leadinghifaluMn.she
rarely reads. Views are of no impor
tance in her estimation, but farts .ire
everything. She generally reads the
poetry. She doesn't always care for
it. but makes a practice of r reading i
because she thinks- she ought ?.
She rads stories, ard sketches, r.r.d
paragraphs, indiscriminately, and
believes every word of them Final
ly, after she has read all she intends
to, she lav3 the paper down with an
air of disappointment and a half-contemptuous
gesture, which says very
plain that all newspapers are miser
able failures, but is certain that, if
she had a chance she could make
the only perfect new-jpar-r the world
has ever seen.
Im proved Cattle in America.
Prof. Francis A. Walker, makes
the following; allusion to lbe im
provement in cattle hi this country
'luring the present century :
"About 11)0 we began to import
in considerable numbers the favor
ite English cattle, the Short-horn.
The first American Short horn herd
book was published in lJG. Ir.
1873 a sale of short-bom cattle took
place in western New York, at which
a herd of lfif hend wer sold for a
total sum of S3"52,fX., one animal, a
cow. bringing ? it )..; another,
calf five months old, ?j7,M. both
for the English market To-day
Devons ar.d Short-horns are freely
exported from New York and Bos
ton to England to
improve the n;t-
tive stock.
"In 17'J3 the fir.-
t M
er.no sheep.
three in number, werf introduced
into this country, though, unfortu
nately, the gentleman to whom they
were consigned, not appreciating
their peculiar excellencies. h:;d them
converted into mutton. Sire that
time American wool has lcrmie
celebrated both for fineness r,f fibre
and for weight of lleecv. The finest
fibre, by microscopic tet. ever any
where obtained, was clipur d a-tout
1850 from sheep bred in w-tern
Pennsylvania."
Tietl to a Chair anil 3Iur.lerel.
Cairo, III., June7. J
W. Boyles,
and sixty
a fanner, between fiftv
years of aire. living about three and
a half miles from Vienna, ill., en the
Wabash Railroad, has been brutally
murdered. It seems ho had been
sitting by a small lamp, rpnding.
when the assassins entered and tied
him to bis chair ur.d then fastened
his band behind him and also tietl
hit feet together. When found his
feet were burned to a cri.-p by th
lam p, which had been held under
them. After splitting his Lead with
an axe they searched the house.
When through thev cut the bridle-
with which they had bound I '.m
to his chair and shovd Lira over on
the floor, where he was found dr-ad
by his neighbor?. There is no due
to the? assassins.
So groat has been the popular de
mand for the celebrated remedy Kidney-Wort,
that it is having an im
mense sale from Maine to Caiitbrxtia.
Some have found it inconvenient to
prepare it from the dry compound.
For such tbe proprietors now pre
pare it in liquid form. Thi can be
procured at any druggist's. It ha
precisely the sam effect as the dry,
but is very concentrated so that the
uose ia much smaller. Lovell Mail,
In Ireland the dauc
tbere is much wa1-""
revolver."-""'