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Somerset, Fa.
V ilEI). W. r.EIECKER.
V AITOKNLY-AT-LAW,
t- Smiersct. Pa.
pCiee, Bp-stairs In Cook k.Ewriu' lUuclc
, V. KIM MEL.
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Somerset, P.V
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i aTTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Somerset, Pa.
KORt.ER.SCTLL.
IT ATTUHNEY-AT-LAW,
Somerset Ft.
II
S. ENDS LEY.
ATTUKN EY-AT LAW,
' Somerset, P
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ATTOKXEY-AT-LAW,
Somerset, Pa.
f J MUTTS.
ATTOKNEY-AT-LAW,
Somerset, Pa.
'n)US n. SCOTT.
J UU ATTOKXKY-AT-LAW,
t Somerset, Pa.
. In tbe Court Honse, AirbuslneM entrurt
, !?hVre attended u with promptneHi and
t-:
,iTD)Xl W. U .RITI KL.
n-lpFKOTH REPPEL.
(J ATTt'KXEYS-AT-UAW.
. ,...-sir,M entrusted to their care wlif e
i,.l punctually attended to.
''".M-oil Main :r-" "1"
.18!lC"t Hi -
. .LI.,,i:V. L. C. OOLBORX.
nill CORN' A- OOT.liORN,
(J ATTUBSEY S-AT-LAW.
i n m.ln introi'ted to our care will b prompt.
' L i. .nd .t...inlnK Omnue. rvey
i i i c-jvevancu dun on reaK'nabIt terms.
10USOKIMMKU
,1 ATTOKNEY-ATXAW,
" Somerset, Pa.
wm.i'-iJt'!nn(iiiie?iitrostedte hit eir
. T t Jlt iml a.ljotiilnooni!e with prcmpt
" Tr " j ttfie- on Main ro itreet.
EXRYF. pniELU
-v.j pTinn A if en t. Somemt,
Pa.
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T-.vLKNTINE HAY.
ATT 'K ty-A I LiA
A,,.i Ural r in Kfl E..t. Somerset, r w ii
1 nil .u.ni"ii eutnwted ki ere wim
.. ,t: iul t lety .
THUS H. I'HL.
X ATTOKNEY-ATLAW
Somerset, Pa,
Will i'r n attend t-i all btirlness entrusted
t ii'ic. iM-iuy advanced on collections, sic. Ol
l;.e III V atMUuth Jtuildina.
J.
C.OCLE.
ATTOKSEY-ATLAW,
Somerset Pa
Fn.Mksl business entrwsted to tnj eare at
i.n.led to with prt ni,ues and fidelity.
r I .LI AM H. KOOXTZ.
ATTOKSEi-AT-LA w,
Somerset, Pa.,
Will irlre prompt attention to baslness ertrost
u hl cv u mmmwi ass adjoining coootlca.
1 1. ic I'rintlDK House Row.
tames l. rroii.
ATTJKXEY-AT.AW.
Somerset I a.
Vnnraoth Kloelr. up italrs. Entrar.ce,
V. in l"r"S' ure-t. '-llectlonS made, estates
titlrJ eisinlned, and all leeal baslnees
ctft lcJ u with ii-niptness and adelity.
TT L BAETl.
11. ATTOKNEY-ATLAW,
Al) t-nsiiii'weTstniMelo liim U1 be promptly
iiirtjltU to.
I
AAC IHT.l S.
ATTUKa tl-Al -L.A ,
Someraet, PenB a.
t)r!lUC
DKNNIS MEYERS.
ATTOKNEY-AT-LAW,
Somerset, Penn'a.
ii m1 I iws entrcsted to his cure will be
I'fi.'vO loiiii promptness and tioellly.
.13 . f in Mammoth lUock next ioortoBoyds
II.
HOWARD WYNNE, M. D.
Mm-kw, ot the Ie. Ear. Kose aud Tbroat.
:ei-!l stid I iciui-iv. prsctlce. Hours. . Ji. to
n . . L'krrfcOre-Brwk.ka'-alBSt.
I)
R.W1I.I.IAM C OLLINS.
DENTIST. SOMERSET, PA.
i'lr.w iil'mwli Hhk. above IViyd'S I)ror
f ...tf wtifrr he can at all times b found prepar
' ".cw U kiM'.i ol work, such as filllnif. rcirB
U 'tir.rttrantiix fcr Artlnclal teeth ol all kinds.
ai.:..( :i, test material Inserted. tratlons
imntfil.
T ARl'E M. KICKS.
I J JfSTICE OF THE PEACE,
Somerset, Penn'a.
T M EsTTk I ERN A N. M. f. t-n-
' l. r. Ms po.tcMtimal senice? to the cltitena ol
S'4iienet ar.d rletnlty. H .-mi be ouod at the
Tff. ncr nt t,i ta't.ercc Main Mr ct or at the
tli-rot lir lirnr ijruti&ker.
St-pt t. 16s;.
Ui. M.KIMMK1.U H. 8. KIMMELU
HR. E. M. KIM M ELL '& SON
.'. ;en.1fr their prdesfl.mal serrlces to the eltl-
'oin- r... tnerset ai. vicir.itv. tirew trie moi
i? "I the firm car at alllnies. unless rrolesi'tin-
t wiarcrt. 1 Lund a't their loffiea, on Main
rift, east ul tie liUicond.
m
;i..T. K. MILLER ias rma-
wtIt lursrr.l In Per:::. fcr pmrtlc cl
mriP jvrMiit-
DIl ii. BRUiiAKER tenders hi?
,i?jr..r,ul svirrt tn the citizens or Horn
.& vmni'.T. Oftii tn reablcnee on Mam
iirwt.awoi the Mamond. .
TL W M. R A U C II tenders hin
rM'..nal Mrvlccs to the dtiiensof Som-
sihI victniv.
t litre .me tioortas: of Wayue A Berkebi'.e's
itsre ..lore.
it , 'K.
D
R. A. O. MILLER,
PHYSICIAN fc SVBGSOX.
t Kmted tj l3U?j of uLMrwkm.
I)
U.
iOIIN IULI5.
DENTIST.
i slaw Henry Htfflry's More, Main Crws
-, Sim.erset, Pa.
QIAMOND HOTEL,
STOYSTOWN. VKNN'A.
""itl.'.hxt.'.y aud iely rented itb all new
In ul turriKure .whirls i has made It a very
'"IraMe su.t pli.K lace for lh traueltna o.V-t:.
'ai.it auu r,Mi s cannot t surjsse.!, .al
acit cUss, with a Lnrtte puMk. U.tl auarhed
j u Sam. Also larae at swtcy stablinar.
nrt eUm hoarding: can t-c W at tae lowest Jws
' ''pil'n, by the ,(. day ote.l.
AX V El. Cl'STER. Prop.
S. E. Cor. IMamond
ttloyiww ,f
IDfll TO YOUR HEALTH !
u,.', tht yo 5o 4 Uow yuir rT5tm to
. 2r. Pabacy's Eeali Scrxrer.
Mr,rt k er IbvsiI tJi lla-
BlaieM tr HrttUrhr,
tXt-aS"" ::',t"W with i Ubt
- 'a."yJTlES8 0rcHTBJl,AIS
, JtCk 88 SMALL OK HACK.
iltT? the Ilealik Kestorer. whica ejean-
M alu and liivujumei the Liver,
COfiECTS THE KID KEYS.
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VOL. XXXI. NO. 39.
Frank TV. IIcj.
ESTABLISHED SlYEAKS.
131 -A "3T BIR,OS.7
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Tie, Coper anfl SIieeMron fare laif y,
Xo. 2S0 Washington Street, Johnstown, Pa.
ALE PSEPAEED TO CFFE2 '
rikck anuw onri uni!QCniDBKUivc nnnirc
ilfillULUi OIUILO GIIU .iUUUL-.
At Prices Less than any other
Sjicclal attention paM to J.tib!nit In Tin. Oalranited Iron and Sheet-Iron, Pnear Pans, Steam
Pije, H-t-Atr I'lpe. K.ntiic, Siruttnit, Staokn ol Knitiner. and all worlt iwriainlni; to OlUr Knr-
macea. Knimate (riven and work done by hrot-clau
JohnlWTJ t'lt. Sienr- Anti-Dun Cuuk. Execlsiiir
Oi.t Vm, Toilet eiets. Kread Cliiseu. Cke KoTes, Chantlier-i'ails. Kuive? aiij t'urkf (common
and plated). Oenuan Silver Spoons, lirltannla SKmna, Tea Trays. Lined. Inin and Enameled
wares. nrnsBana oopjwr ive.iiin, meat nriers, oyster limners, fciric Heaters, six dllleront kinds,
Kread Toasters. Plated iiriiannla and W ire tJastors. Iron Stands, Vire Irons, and eTerrthlnsr of
U' nu , ... ln tl-f',.I I K .. ( . I 1 I
t.les n to meet the wn( ot thWcouitnmilty in our
rtf.ii hha.i i r.u n j ni.rKr.stn i r.uorine money reiuoiei. mil ana see the wares ; aret
prices tiefore purchafiiiir ; Da trouble to snow goods. Persons commencing- Kunse-keepiua; will save
ii per cent, by l.uylt.ir their outht Ironies. Merchants seianjr a;)ds In our line sborld send for
Wholesale Price List, or cull and aret quotations of our Wares. As we have Do apprentices all our
work Is Warranted to b ol the besi quall'.y at lowest juice. To save money call on or sund to
ITATHnOS .Ao.C80 TTnKbinon Street. Johnslown, Ponn'a.
HERE IS THE PLACE!
J. M. HOLDERB AUM 1 SONS
NO. 4 BAEPa'S BLOCK.
A Complete Assortment of GENGRAL MERCHANDISE consisting of
STAPLE and FANCY DEY GOODS!
A Large Assortment of
DRESS GOODS AND NOTION!
MENS', BOY'S & CHILDREN'S CLOTHING!
HATS , BOOTS AND SHOES !
CARPETS & OIL CLOTHS!
Queensware, Hardware, Glassware,
GKOCERIES: .
All Kinds of Window Blinds
Umbrellas, batcncls and Trunks, unums, Butter
Bowls, Tubs, Buckets, Baskets, Toledo
Pumps, Farm Bells, Corn Plant
ers and Plows, Cultivators,
and WAGONS! -
TUB ROLAXD CHILLED FLOW,
The CJLUiriOX JSIQWEU & HEAPER,
Ihc CHAMPIOX GIIAIX SEED DRILL,
With Detachable Fertilizer.
TIKE BEST OF SVEBYTIIIXC AT
J. M. HOLDERB AUM & ONS',
SOMERSET, PENN'A.
Vick's Floral Guide
For 1883 Is an elegant bonk of la) ps-e, three
colored Plates o! Flowers and Veircia riles, and
more than l.too lilnst rations ul the cnoices. Flow
ers. Plants and Yearetahlea. and directions hir
ari'wina:. I' is hanosome enough lor the center
table ir a holiday present. Send on your name
and pos tolllee address, wph 10 ceuta, and 1 will
send you a copy, postage pui.l. This is nit a quar
ter of Itf cost. It is irtnted in both Entrlish and
trcruu. It you allvrtiards order seods deduct
the lu rents.
Viol's Scwlg are the Best lathe World
The Floral Guide will toll bow to aret and grow
tbkMO.
Vlck s Flower and ca-etab!cOarden.l76mrfe,
six oihjred plates. 500 .enarsvlnes. FisrSOeeau
ia paper covers; il 00 in elcicant cl'.la. IntKr
man or Enciisb.
Yick's Illustrated Monthly Iuaine 32p:ires.
a colored plate In every DUdtber. and many tin.
ena-ravlnas. Price al Sia a year: bve oopiea (or
." 01). Siecimen nuialwrs seut for 1U cents; three
trial copies lor la eeuts.
JAAMESVICK,
KOCH EST Lit, N. Y".
CitlxiiiIiSa
irl-- -- a
"ZgftfSSSFS t' '' r. Knt 8TTLFi. '.:i
J r .'.-lii' lire.
t S S-r M 'VtMtr Haacca traSeo
- UVi rt Cold MfHlnlH
vkk l.TrrrriR liux-mt.
Jar BliUES WO'-Xt! 4 P5KTBS,
an.l Siiil litie of butter fri4.nirv
stipp i'1.. K-nd postjl joc circulars and tivtlnnrflUjl.
VT. f ARM H.Cri;K C3., Hdiotita l olla, enuonu
Planing Mill for Sale.
VV. ...U.ilonA.I .1 ... It-1' tn U11 .1 . .H V. iM. I M
six M of eround in K.xkwood. Pa., the luu.xion
of the S. A O. and li. k U. Kaiiroads, wt which
are a two story
PJank Dwelling House,
table, the usual oti.baikiinJ and a
PLANING MILL
hnlldini-. Alio, one-third IntcroM In the machin
ery coa mined la the huildistf. For lurtber par-
Uclr oau on or aiores
AamiMi uuiviai.Ii.
janSl iiochwood. Pa.
FASHIOHAELE
CUTTER & TAILOR,!
Having had srsny
year xirieBie
ij. tail branches of
kt Tailorlnu: bs
sncwa I auarantee
Satistaliii lo all
who nay call up
on too ami favor
aae with their pat
ronaae. Yours, A3.,
;?e-W4 .-
i ;r rA V-'
win. m. noiiMYi-7ri.i:it
Noiuertset,
mart
SOMERSET dsn EM!
(KSTAULISIIKD 1877.)
CHAELES. I. EAEE1SCH, K.1PEITTS.
President.
C:u?hitT.
I'olleetloM aaajav In ail art of the t'nlted
States. .
ranm w i 1 1 . ii ... wr .
con.modated by dratt New York in any snm.
. . . ..li ....i TXmt eu be afi.
bought Bd mid. Money mci vlo&lIe amnA
hyHfl llU4df relel rmlol stct with ft r-
ACCOUNTS SOLICITED.
49-AH l b1 bolWajaobeerreU." decT
CHARLES HOFFMAN,
II ERANT TAILOR,
lAliov Hmury Hcrticy'i. 6tea.)
LATEST STYLES ill ICTEST FEICES.
BT SATISFACTION GUARANTEED.
SOMERSET, PA,
IVAByLAND FARMS, Book Bad MBp
Mee.j"siliAHAi. ,
John B. Hay
UllillOllir.U UUUUO 111
House in Western Pennsylvania.
Mechanics only. Sle Accnt fur Noble Coolt,
I'enn. In HouM-Farnlkhinir Kk( we oiler
line, with a g-ood article at a low price. All roods
and Fixtures, Wall Papers,
AlbkktA. HoaNK.
J. Soott Ward.
HORNE & WARD,
trcrceoct to
EATON & BROS,
NO. 27 FIFTH AVENUE,
PITTSBURGH, PA.
SPRIjNTQ, 1882.
NEW GOODS
EVE27 SAY specialties
Embroideries, Ucs, MiHInerj, White Goods, Hand
kerchiefs, Dress Trimmings, Hosiery, Gloves,
Corsets, Maslia nd Merino Usdorwear, la
riats' and Children's Clothing. Fane;
Goods, Yarns, Zephyr,, Kate
rials of Ail Kinds for
FANCY WORK,
Gents' FnnifcMBi Gccfs, to, to
vci-BcTixa b is marartrvixx solic'-b
gg-ORDKRSBT NAILATTEXDFO T0W1TB
CARE AD DISPATCH. mart.
EDWARD ALCOTT,
HAM-rACTVBXIl AID VKaXBR IX
LUMBEE!
OAK FLQ0RIN& A SPECIALTY
OFFICK AM) FACTORY:
URSINA,
SOXEKSET CO., PA.
jylMy
EXIABUsHED 1W.
O. T. FBAZEB,
Kor. 501 aaO 203 Main street,
JOHNSTOWN, PA.
WHOLESALE AND EETAIL
DRUGGIST,
AND DEALER IX
PERFUMERY, PAIXTS. Oil
Glass and Pwtty, Kair and Tooth Brashes. Fancy
. . t ar..!).. M aCkatrtnar KiMalul Jwi.
, FttnilT Medicines ftad PbyMciant PrwrHjw
. . 1 - waalTulawl aYnrlS
PATENTS
cbtalned. and all bsnei to the r. 8. Patent
( imce, ur Ul the tjuuru iimmn t avutsau
IttS.
We are opposite the V. 8. Patent Office, eav
wajed In PATENT BUSINESS IXCLlJSIVELV.nna
can ubUlo fatents in lea uaaa tnan Umm remote
from WASHINGTON.
When model or drawing ia leot we adrlae as to
ratent.blIHe free of ehanre: and we snake NO
CHARGE UNLESS WE OBTAIN PATENT.
W e refer, hero, to the Postaaaater. tb Sopt. of
the Money Order Iilession, and to otBeiaui .1 tae
U B Patent Uffiow. Far circaibir, ..Irioa, lran.
Bad reterenee to actaal elleau yew own Stat
or oouaty, aUdre
O. A. SNOW A CO..
. tnposste Patoot OsBm,
" ' . Waa4fcHjalI.a
omer
THE TACLE TREES.
Great pines that watch the river go
Dutrn to the xes all night, all day.
Firm-rooted near its ebb and flow,
Bowing their heads to winds at play,
S:rng-limbed and proud, tliry silent star id,
And watch the mountains far away,
And watch the miles of furming land,
And hear the church bells tolling slow.
They see the men iu distant fields
Follow the furrows of the plow ;
They cotmt the loads the harvest yields
And fight the storms with every boiiu'i.
Beating the wila winds back again.
The April sunshine cheers them now; .
They eager drink the warm spring rain.,
Xordivad the sjiear the lightning wk-h jj.
High in the branches clings the ne-4
The great birds build from year to ye ir;
And I hough they fly from east to we t;
Some instinct kceia this eyrie dear '
To their fierce hearts ; and now the j eyes
Glare down at me with rage and lor ,r ;
They stare at mc with wild surpris1
Where high in air they strong-tr inged rest.
Coi.ijwiiiionsliip of birds and tree !
The years have proved yonr friendship
strong;
You share each other's memorie! ,
The river's secret and its song.
And legends of the country-side ;
The eagles take their journeys 1 ing
The great trees wait in noble de
For messages from hills and se s.
I hear a story Uiat you tell
In idleness of summer days ;
A singer that the world knows ' well
To you again in boyhood strays ;
W ithin thectillness of yotirsUa dc
lie rests where flickering enLT ht plays,
And sees the nests the eas mi de.
And wonders at the distant belL. .
His keen eyes watch the forest ;a owtb,
The ruhbits' fear, the thmnhes' l ight;
He loiters gladly, nothing loutla
To be alone at fall of nitrht.
The woodland things around liin i taught
Theirsecrets in the evening light ,
Vhisjering some wisdom to his thought
Known to the pines and e igles Vl -th.
Was it the birds who er.rly told
The dreaming boy that he would win
A poet's crown instead of gold?
That lie would fight a nation' siL'?
On eagle wings of .ng would gau i
A place that few might enter in.
And keep his life without a stain
Through many ye .trs, yet not gtow old T
And he shall be xrhat few '3en are,
Said all the pine trees, whi pering low;
His thought shal t llnd an iiD.ieen star;
He f-ha'l our tre wured leg imU know ;
His words will aive the way-worn ret
Like this cool t hade our Uranehes throw;
He, lifted likec ur lofties crest.
Shall watch bii ; country near aud far.
Jlarjier't Ma ntzine for Zlarrh.
A COXJURKIYS FEAT.
The Eip-nor was giving a series of
highly successful veriormnnces in
the city of Mobile, where (as he tells
U3 in his auto bi ogniphv) peDpIe
came to consult hit a privately about
love affairs, matter of business and
future even's, thinldnjr that one who
could do such wonders must be able
to unravel all the i nysteries of life.
It was a rather tsnmitive, Bimple-
minded community in those days. In
vain he disclaimed the fortune tell-
infr. powers apcrilxsd to him. It was
still believed he could give the re
quired iniormatio a if he would.
lie was one day in the hall, pre
paring for the evei line's performance,
when an elderly gentleman called
upon him and wi h profound respect
asked the honor of taking him by
the hand.
"I saw vour doings hc-re last
night," said the -risitor, "and let me
tell ye, 'twas the most wondorfulest
thing I ever did Bee! I never l.uii'hed
so in all my born days !"
"1 am glad you were pJeasod, re
plied thesignor.
"How you could take so manv
eggs out of a bag that had been
threshed on the stage and trsmpeu
on, upset all my calculations ! And
how could ycu ainow that a stranger
in the middle of the hall had a
chicken under his coat ? I couldn't
see a feather of it until you called
him up and. pulled the squeakin
critter out
The signor silently listened to a
good deal more talk of this sort, un
til the speaker came to the object of
his visit.
"They do sa y, signor, that there's
nothing yon xlon't know, or can't
find out if yo'd try. And I've come
to consult yon" the old gentleman
looked cautic usly about the hall and
lowered his veice "'on a question
that I'd willingly give one of my
fingers to un puzzle."
"lhat pro batily a question 1 could
not unpuzzl if all mv fingers depend
on it," repli ed the signor. "I have
no such poi rers, outside of my own
business, an many people suppose."
"Make th is your business, and 1 11.
reward you well for it," said the vis
itor. iy name is Oatman. 1 live
on my plantation in the summer,
and bring i ny family to town in the
winter. bring only two servants
with us, ai id they are old family ser
vants, that I can't think would steal
from us."
"You liave been robbed?" said
the signoi .
"Now, "now did you ever find that
out?" cried the planter.
" l ou just told me, laughed the
signor.
"Not I !" chuckled the other, with
a sagacious shake of the head. "I
hadnl come to that part of my story.
But I see yon can read my thoughts
before I can out with them, I have
been robbed in the strangest way."
As every well-to-do planter car
ried his watch and dangling fop
chain, and as Mr. Oatman 's person
showed none, the signor, who was
fond of a joke, could not help an
swering in fortune telling fashion :
Your watch has been taken ?"
"Now how could you know that ?"
the simple minded man exclaimed,
in delighted surprise. It was the
first thing I missed. Then we made
search and found that my wife's dia
mond ring was gone, and that over
two hundred dollars bad been filch
ed from my till.'
"The thief must nave been ac
quainted with the premises," said
the signor.
"There you hit it again," said the
planter, .with lively satisfaction.
"You score one every time. He must
know the premise, whoever lie is,
and that's the strange part of it.
Servants faithful good Lord, they
wouldn't know what to do with the
money and things if they had them.
BO It
EfBTBLISEEED, 185
SOMERSET PA., WEDNESDAY.
Only our son ami daughter living
with us. A lew intimate friends
come in, that I trust as far as I trust
myself. Now, who could have rob-i
bed us?" '
The worthy Oatman aimed this
question point blank at the signor,'
who answered seriously that h
could not tell.
"You can tell ! I'm sure you cp.ti
tell," the planter insisted Btoutly. "I
haven't come here without consult
ing my family. My wife and dan-gh-ter
advised me to come. Only my
son tried to dissuade me. He naid
you couldn't know anything al out
such matters, and I would onl;r be
making a bad matter worse. But
then, he hasn't seen your 'ivocdttrful
performances."
A quick suspicion shot through
the signors intuitive mind.
"Your son was right; he gave you
good advice. I dare say that ho was
quite anxious that you should keep
away from me ?"
"Indeed he was !" said the planter.
"He was so worked up about it, I
: had to partly promise I wouldn't
i come, before he would let me leave
the house. He said I would make
a fool of myself; and I said, 'WrelL
well, George, I won't.' He thought
I meant I wouldn't consult yon.
But what I really meant was"
"That vou wouldn't make a fool o f
yourself," the signor interrupted .
"And here vou'r doing it, I'm afraid,
after all."
"No, no !" cried the planter confi
dently. "You just come around to
the house with me, examine the
premises, and talk to the folk", and
I'm positive you can guess the rid
dle if you haven't guessed italre-vly.
Ah," he laughed gleefully, "I s
by your eyesyou have guessed it."
Indeed, the" suspicion which had
entered the signor's mind had le-
conie almost a certainty ; and it was
not without hope of being abl to
solve the mystery to his own satis
faction, if not to the planter's, " that
he finally consented to visit the
house.
He was introduced to theplanter's
wife and daughter, the servants a
simple old negro and his wife ; and
was shown the room from which the
valuables had been purloined.
While he was thus engaged, a fine
looking young fellow, but with a
rather careworn face for one hardly
yet out of his teens, came and stood
in the doorway.
"Ah, Signor, here is my son," said
Mr. Oatman, slightly embarrassed.
"You see, George, I I thought it
best to you won't mind, mv boy.
for asking him in ; can't do any
hurt, if it don't do any good."
."All right," said George, careless
ly'. But the signor who exchanged
glances with hiin,- saw that his lcp
twitched nervously, and that thw
was an anxious look in his eye.
"Your father has an extravagatt
notion of my poor abilities " the sigr
nor remarked in a friendly tone.
"You havn't witnessed my perform
ances ?"
"I havn't had that pleasure," the
youth replied, dryly.
"No doubt you have been more
pleasantly employed. The city offers
a good many attractions to a spirited
young man, and I see by your looks j
that you are not one ot those dull- A
ards who so to bed at dusk,
George smiled in a glassy sort of,
"1 I J 1 ail
way, ana seemeti trvmg to onnp- out
some careless reply, when his moth-1
er remarked, complainingly :
"George keeps very late hours this
winter. I'm so sorry, for one cani
see it isn't good for him."
He used to raase calls with me
in the evenings," said his sister.
"But he never does now-a-days. I
can't think what he finds to amuse
him so late every night."
"I can think," said the signor. "I"
know the city, and I know younir
men. I'm sorry, George." He looked
the young man keenly in the eye, as
he continued :
If you had been in the habit of
remaining at home at nignt. this
theft never would have taken place."
By the look, and the words, and
still more by the tone in which the
words were spoken, poor Ueorge
knew that the signor
must have possession of his secret,
but he perceived that his
trusting parents and affection
ate sister remained free from the
slightest suspicion of his guilt.
1 reckon that s true, signor, said
the father. "George is known to be
a capital shot, and no burglars
would venture in the house when he
was at home. Do you dtfscover any
thing more?"
"Being a stranger here," the sig
nor replied, "I can't m ake up my
mind at once. If your son should
set about it, I've no do abt he could
clear up the mystery v $ry quickly ;
but I shall have to study over it
awhile."
Declining to 6av anything more
definite, but prornisingthat the fam
ily should hear from faiion if he suc
ceeded in finding the lcet treasures,
he pleasantly took lsave, giving
George a very significant look at
parting.
He bad not been long; at the hall
pondering over the painful problem j
he had been set to solve hunted
by the pale face of the guilty son,
when the face itself appeared before
him.
Ah, George!" said the signor.
kindly, "I am glad to Bee you."
1 he youth came lorward slowly,
too much agitated to speak. Then,
apparently touched by the signor s
sympathetic manner, he broke forth
imploringly:
"For mercy's sake, sir,don't expose
roe.
Mv dear George!" replied the
signor, taking his outstretched band,
"I shall not expose you if I can help
it But let s understand each other.
Tell me all about it"
"You know it all," exclaimed the
wretched youth, beginning to trem
ble and sob violently.
"I know something. You have
fallen in with bad company. But
how could you how could you de
ceive and wrong your parents ?"
- "Because I am an idiot ! Because
I am the most miserable, ungrateful,
wicked son that ever had good par
ents to wrong P said George, in a
convulsion of remorse and despair.
"But I didnt mean to rob them, sig
nor."
"I know," said the aignor. "You
$7.
MARCH. 7. 1883.
j; meant to return what you took.
1 hat a what every well brought up
young man means when he takes the
hrst steps in crimes of this sort
"Truly I meant it," George pro
tested. "I took the money first,
hoping to win back with it what I
had lost in play. Then when I had
lost that I took the ring. Then, des
perate fool as I was, I took the
watch and pledged it. That led to
the discovery. If it hadn't been for
that, all would have been well."
"How so?"
"Last night the luck turned," said
George, and I won back a good part
of what I had lost', enough to recov
er the watch and ring and all the
mcney I took from the till."
"Is it possible?" exclaimed the
Bignor.
"I have it all here, said George,
touching his coat "It was in my
pocket when you came to the house,
didn't you know it?"
The signor was obliged to confess
that he had not seen so far as that
"I was in distress trying to invent
some way of returning the things
without being found out trying to
keep my father quiet when he
brought you in and spoiled all. Un
less," said George, with looks of en
treaty "unless you will be merciful
and help me."
"I will help you on one condition,
George."
"Name it! I will d3 anything,"
he eagerly promised.
"I only ask you not to do a certain
thing," said the signor. "You know
what it is the greatest folly a young
man can be guilty of."
"I know what you mean," George
replied. "Gambling. I have found
out by experience what misery it
leads to."
"And I had vowed that if I only
could win back enough to save my
honor, I would never never play
again. And I never will.
"Then trust rae to make every
thing right with your father," said
the signor, again clasping his hand.
"Will you leave all to me?"
"I shall be so glad to, if you will
take the trouble !"
A few minutes later, relieved of
his dreadful burden, with a lighter
and more hopeful heart than he had
carried in his breast for days, he de
parted, leaving the signor to work
out the delicate question in his own
way.
That afternoon the signer dis
patched a note to Mr. Oatman, in
forming him that it was quite im
portant lie should be present at the
evening's performance. .
In due time, accordingly, the
planter appeared with his family
wife, daughter and son and took
hia place with them at the end of a
seat, only a few steps in front of the
performer.
There was a crowded audience,
and everything went off charmingly.
The re trick was repeated by par
ticular request and afforded as much j
amusement as ever.
The signor allowed himself to be
shot at, and caught the bullet in his
teeth.
Ladies saw their handkerchiefs
cut up and made into an omolette,
and afterwards restored to them
ironed and folded.
A pair of doves were found in a
lady s bonnet and a rabbit in an
old gentleman's hat
So the signor went through with
his stock performance all a delight
ful novelty then and there, though
so familiar to other audiences in la
ter times.
At length he had occasion to bor
row another hat.
He stepped down to the seat oc
cupied by the Oatman fainily, who
were among his most interested
spectators.
"Perhaps you would lend me
yours." he remarked, "if I will prom
ise to be careful of it."
The planter handed him his large
and omewhat seedy hat with a
broad smile.
George looked on with bright eyes
and throbbing heirt
The signor stepped back to his ta
ble, when, lookir.g into the hat, he
gave a start of surprise, and with a
frown of feigned displeasure, turned
to address the audience.
"I have particularly requested
that gentlemen should be careful to
empty their bats before handing
them to me. One hat came into my
hands, you noticed, half full of tur
nips. And now mark the incredible
carelessness of this one."
So saying, he put his hand into
the hat and drew out a gold watch
which he held up by the chain.
"A hat seems a very unsafe place
for carrying a watch, and why
couldn't the gentleman have taken
the trouble to remove something so
valuable before lending it to me ?
But what is this ?"
Havins placed the watch on the
table, the signor shook the hat and
turned it toward the audience, show
ing it to be partly filled with loose
bank notes.
These he began to remove by the
handful, placing them on the table
with the watch with many exclama
tions of surprise, amid roars of
laughter from the spectators.
Then he shook the hat again to
see if it was empty at last, and hear
inp- somethme rattle, fished out a
ring.
"A cold rinsr." he exclaimed, hold
ing it up before the audience. "A
diamond ring f" letting it sparkle in
the light ''Now; what a temptation
this is to place before an honest con
jurer. I'll have nothing mere to do
with this hat and contents."
With these words he produced the
climax of astonishment by handing
the hat back to the owner with the
bank notes crowded into it, and giv
ing him the watch and ring.
The moMt pleased and wonder
struck person' present was probably
the planter himself, as he showed
the treasure to his wife and children,
and they rooogniied the genuiness
of the articles.
Perhas George was not surprised
as the rest, but he had reason to feel
a deeper joy than anybody else.
Meanwhile the signor stepped
back to the platform and said, with
a bow :
"Ladies and gentlemen, the even
ing' performance is ended."
Oatman called on the conjurer-
again the. next day, and urged
hxm to accept a reward for the re
erald
covery of his property, and also to
explain the way the thing wa3 done.
The signor declined to do either,
saying that it he should explain his
tricks to everybody who asked about
them, he would soon have no sur
prises left for the public.
The planter thanked him most
heartily, and they parted the best of
friends.
The youth he had helped to res
cue from ruin, also called, and beg
ged to know how he could show his
gratitude to the friendly conjurer.
' "There is only one way," said the
signor, taking him by the hand and
looking earnestly into his eyes. "Be
kind and true to your good ,'parenU
and dear sister, and keep your prom
ise, never, never to fall into the odi
ous vice of gambling again."
The youth renewed his vows,
which the conjurer had the satisfac
tion, long afterward of knowing, had
been faithfully kept
As for the planter's family, we
may be sure that they never ceased
to think with gratitude of the won
derful Signor Blitz.
A Xltro-Glycerlue 1'actory.
Near the village of Tweed, Onta
rio, and at the water's edge of Stoco
lake, is a fair sized, unpretentious,
isolated, wooden building, the ap
pearance of which would cause a
stranger to inquire why such a good
building was erected in such an iso
lated locality, and why it was so
closely guarded' ts a solitary watch
man, day and night the year round,
checks the steps and inquires the
business of the curious as they stray
near. As the eye passing upward
reads, "Nitro-glycerine factory, very
dangerous !" in big letters above tht
door, the use for which the building
is intended and the necessity for
watchful care over it is apparent At
the door were seen lying iron casks
sheeted inside with lead, and in these
casks are imported the pure nitro
glycerine and mixed acids used in
the factory.
A cask of mixed acid is hoisted
by machinery to the upper story and
dumped into a mixing tub, in which
the mixiLg blades are moved by a
crank turned by a man who is sta
tioned in a tight box and has in
front of him a thermometer. As the
glycerine runs into the acid, a vapor
is engendered in which life is scarce
ly supportable, hence the man turn
ing the crank is stationed in a close
box. The acid and glycerine in their
admixture rapidly heat, and the
compound has to be toned down by
cold water or ice, hence the greatest
watchfulness is necessary at this
point; as the heat is allowed to run
up to eighty degrees, and the nitro
glycerine explodes at ninety degrees,
there remains but ten degrees of heat
between the known and eternity, or,
as the manager remarked, if the heat
was allowed to run up to ninety de
grees they would not nave time to
pucker their mouths to say good oy.
It is needless tosav that while the
work is going on, strangers are never
allowed to enter the building, as it
is necessary that every man should
have his individual attention at such
times upon his work. Strict rules
goyern our men, remarnea tne Tore-
man, as the least venture at experi
menting would leave no one to tell
how the accident happened. The
nitroglycerine thus manufactured
has an explosive force ten times
greater than that of blasting pow
der, and ia used ott very heavy work,
but we sell very little in that shape.
remarked the manager, as it is run
down a funnel to the room below
where it is manufactured inty dyna
mite, dualin.or yigorite,all of which
have nitro-glycerine a- their basis,
but are known by different names
to designate the degree of power.
As rapidly as possible the nitro
glycerine is mixed with charcoal,
wood pulp or other mixtures, ana
reduced into a commodity more
readily handled; for although it is
understood that nitro-glycerine is
extremely dangerous to handle, it is
rammed in lo cartridges with a stick
with as little apparent fear of the
result as would be the case were the
substance so much dirt
The cartridges are made to hold
from a pound to two pounds each,
and are carefully packed each day
and taken to an isolated magazine
owned by the company. The out
put of the factory is about 1,000
pounds daily now, but the owners
expect shortly to increase the capac
ity to meet the requirements of a
rapidly increasing demand, as this
is the only factory of the kind in
Ontario, and the development of the
mines has rapidly increased the de
mand, as blasting with powder has
been almost entirely superseded by
the use of dynamite, which i3 not
only more efficacious, but also safer
to handle. The manager remarked:
I have to pay my men large salaries,
although the work is comparatively
light, as a very slight accident would
put them out of the way of draw
ing their salaries. I haye worked
at the business for the past seven
years, and own a mill in Algoma as
well as this one here, but in this
business life is the result of vigi
lance. Samson's Strength.
Abundant hair is not a sign of
bodily or mental strength, the story
of Samson having given rise to the
notion that hairy men are strong
physically, while the fact is that the
Chinese, who are the most enduring
of all races, are mostly bald, and as
to the supposition thot long and
thick hair is a sign and token of
intellectuality, all antiquity, all
mad-housee and all common obser
vation are against it The easily
wheedled Esau was hoary. The
mighty Caesar was bald. Long
haired men are generally weak and
fanatical, and men with scant hair
the philosophers and soldiers
are
and statesmen of the world. Zm-
don LanceL
How to Get Sicx. Expose your
self day and night, eat too much
without exercise, work too hard
without rest, doctor all the time,
take all the vile nostrums advertised
and then you will want to know
How to Get Well. Which isihim. inenpaBaiaoe wumu
anfweredin three words-Take Hop ! the Ever out ol the proprietor of the
Bitters. . jrink,and got up and steadied his -
WHOLE NO. 1652.
IIow He Foolenl His Parent.
"What is that stuff on your
shirt bosom, that looks like soap
grease," said the grocer man to the
bad boy, as he came into the grocery
the morning after Christmas.
The boy looked at his shirt front,
put hi3 "fingers on the stuff and
smelled of hia fingers, and then said.
"Oh, that is nothing but a littte of
the turkey dressing and gravy. You
see after pa and 1 got back from the
roller skating rink yesterday, pa was
all broke up and he couldn't carve
the turkey, and I had to do it, and
Ea sat in a stuffed chair with his
ead tied up, and a pillow amongst
hislegs; and he kept complaining
that I didn't do it right. Gol darn
a turkey any way. I should think
they would make a turkey fiat on
the back, so he would lay on a grea
sy platter without skating all around
the table. It looks easy to see pa
carve a turkey, but when I speared
into the bosom of the turkey, and
began to saw on it, the turkey rolled
around as though it was on castors,
and it was all I could do to keep it
out of ma's lap. But I rassled with
it till I got off enough white meat
for pa and ma and dark meat enough (witches, ghost, and goblins are
forme, and I dug out the dressing Jsa:j to taunt the country at nirht.
but most of it flow into my shirt
bosom, 'cause the string that tied up
the place where the dressing was
concealed about the person of the
turkey, broke prematurely and one
oyster hit pa in the eye, and he said
I was as awkward as a cross-eyed
girl trying to kiss a man with a hair
lip. If I ever got to be the head of a
family I shall carve turkeys with a
corn sheller."
"But what broke yonr pa up at
the roller skating rink ?" asked the
grocery man.
"Oh, everything broke him up.
He is split up so ma buttons the
top of his pants to his collar button
like a bicycle rider. Well, he had
no business to have told me and my
chum that he used to be the best
skater in North America, when he
was a boy. He said he skated from
Albany to New York in an hour and
eighty minutes. Me and my chum
thought if pa was such a terror on
skates we would get him to put on a
pair of roller skates and enter him
as the "great unknown," and clean
out the whole gang. We told pa
that he must remember that roller
skates were differentfrom ice skates.
and that may-be he couldn't skate
on them, but he said it didn't make
any difference what they were as
lone as they were skates, and he
would just paralyze the whole crowd.
So we got a pair of big roller skates
for him, and while we were strap
ping them on, pa he looked at the
skaters glide around on the smooth
waxed floor just as though they were
greased. Pa looked at the skates on
his feet, after they were fastened,
sort of forlorn like, the way a horse
thief does when they put shackles on
his legs, and I told him if he was
afraid be couldn't skate with them
we would take them off, but he said
he woulk beat anybody there or bust
a suspender. Then we straightened
pa up, and pointed him towards the
middle of the room, and he said
"Ieggo," and we just give him a little
push to start him, and he beeun to
go. Well, by gosh, you'd a dide to
have seen pa try to stop. You see,
you can't stick in your heel and stop,
like you can on ice skates, and pa
soon found that out, and he began
to turn sideways, and then he threw
his arms and walked on his heels,
and he lost his hat, and his eyes be
gan to stick out, cause he was going
right towards an iron post. One
arm caught the post and he circled
around it a few times, and then he
let go and began to fall, and, sir, he
kept falling all across the room, and
everybody got out of the way, ex
cept a girl, and pa grabbed her by
the polonaise, like a drownding man
grabs at straws, though there wasn't
any straws in her polonaise as I
knew of, but pa just pulled her
along as though she twas done
up in a shawl-strap, and his feet
went out from under him and he
struck on his shoulder and kept
agoing, with the girl dragging along
like a bundle of clothes. If pa had
another pair of roller skates on his
shoulders, and castors on his ears,
he couldn't have slid along any bet
ter. Pa is as bort, big man, and as
he was rolling along on hi3 back, he
looked like a sofa with castors on
being, pushed across a room by a
girl. Finally pa come to the wall
and had to stop, and the girl fell
ritrht across him. with her roller
skates in his neck, and she called
him an old brute, and told him if he
didn't let go of her polonais she
would murder him. Just then my
chum and me got there and we am
putated pa from the girl, and lifted
him up, and I told him for heavn's
sake to let us take off the skates,
cause he couldn t skate any more
than a cow. and na was mad and
said for us to let him alone, and he
could skate all right, and we let go
and he struck out again. ell. sir,
I was ashamed. An old man like
pa ought to know better than to try
to be a boy. This last time pa said
he was going to spread himself, and
if I am any judge of a big spread, he
did spread himself. Somehow the
skates bad got turned around side
ways on his feet and his feet got to
going in different directions, ana pa s
feet were getting so lar apart that l
was afraid I would have two pa'B,
half the size, with one leg apiece.
I tried to get him to take up a col
lection of his legs, and get them both
in the same ward, but his arms flew
eround and one hit me on the nose,
and I thought if he wanted to strike
the best friend he had, he could run
his old legs himself, When he be
gan to separate I could hear the
bones crack, but maybe it was his
nants. but any way he came down
on the floor like one of these fellows!
i in a circus who spreads himself,and
he kept going, and nnaiiy ne sur
rounded an iron post with his legs,
and stepped, and he looked pale, and
the proprietor of the rink told pa if
he wanted to give a flying trapeze
performance he would have to go to
the gymnasium, and he couldn't
skate on bis shoulders any more,
cause Other sxaters wereairaia oil
.. . -
U rri J,- nnlrl B-i.a-
self, and he tried to kick the man,
'but both heels went up to wonct,
! and pa turned a liack summersault
jand struck right on his vest in front.
1 1 guess it knocked the breath out of
him, for he duln t speak for a few
minutes, and then he wanted to go
home and!we put him in a streetcar.
and he laid down on the hay and
rode home. Oh, the work we had
to get pa's clothes off. He had
cricks in his back, and everywhere,
and ma was away to one of the neigh
oors, to look at the the presents, and
I had to put liniment ou pa, and I
made a misttke and got a bottle of
furniture polish, and put it on pa
and rubbed it in, and when ma catae
home, pa smelled like a coffin at a
charity funeral, and ma said there
was no way of getting that varnish
off of pa till it wore off. Ta says
holidays are a condemned nuisance
anyway. He will have to stay in
the house all of this week."
"You are pretty rough ou the old
man," said the groceryman, "after
he has been so kind to you and giv
en you nice presents."
'Nice presents nuthin'. All I got
was a 'Come to Jesus' Christmas
card, with brindle fringe, from ma.
and pa gave me a pair of his old
suspenders, and a calandar with
mottoes for every month, some quo
tations from scripture, such as 'hon
or thy father and thy mother,' and
'evil communications corrupt two in
a bush,' ' and a bird in the hand
beats two pair.' Such things don't
help a boy to bo good. What a boy
wants is club skates, and seven shot
revolvers and such things. Well, I
must go and help pa roll over in
led, and put on a new poru3 plaster.
Good-bye." Peek's Sun.
Ghostly Track Walkers.
The enginemen of the Reading
Railroad report strange things from
the Schuylkill Valley, 'about Fort
IConnpiW Stjition anil Rovpr'n Kuril.
stopping trains by waving spirit red
lights across the track, frightening
the train hands with their ghoulish
cries, and even at times squatting
like imps of darkness on Ithe rear
platform. When the nights are dark
and stormy the frightened shriek of
the engine, as it darts through the
darkness Hke a great fire-eyed Cy
clops, often arouses a spirit from the
very center of the track. Engineer
David Lowe, who left Philadelphia
with his train yesterday afternoon,
tells a most wonderful story of what
he recently saw at Royer's Ford.
His sturdy engine was making 30
miles an hour, as the train swept
away from Pottstown through the
blinding snow storm. The
wind chased the flying express like
mad, catching up cloud3 of snow
flakes and sweeping them in a hun
dred fantastic shapes through the
midnight air like shrouded spirits,
to which the shrill scream of the
tempest seemed to supply a super
natural voice.
PARK AS A MOCNTAIX OF COAL.
"The night," said the engineer,
"was ns dark sis a mountain of coal,
and I and my fireman, Wm. Miller,
had to keep a sharp lookout ahead.
I had heard of ghosts on railroad
tracks, but I had never seen any. In
fact I don't believe in ghosts or
spirits or anything of that kind ;
and I don't say that what we saw
was a ghost I know it wasn't a
ghost, but it was very queer, and I
tell you it made me feel mighty fun
ny. The snow was whirling up in
front of us, and it was impossible to
see the track very far ahead. All at
once we saw a red light, a good ways
off in the darkness. It didn't seem
to be right on the track, but a little
to one side. We slowed down, and
ran ahead cautiously. When we
had gotten within a few yards of the
light it was swung across the rails,
and something like a woman dress
ed in white stepped on the track.
We thought there had been an acci
dent, and stopped the train. Before
we could get out of the cab, howev
er, the figure, light and all, disap
peared. Where, we could never teiL
It just seemeti to vanish. Were we
frightened? Well, you see, the storm
and the ghost-like things made by
the drifting snow, the dark night and
thi3 mysterious apparition were cal
culated to make us feel very uneasy.
It was about the strangest things I
ever saw in my life, and a man in a
loco motive cab sees some very queer
sights."
The Port Kennedy Station ghost,
which has for some time been excit
ing the curiosity of some of the
train men, and the terrors of others,
is believed in by more than one of
the rugged old engineers. It is said
to be
THE SPIRIT OF A TRAHP
who was run over by a train in that
locality over ten years ago. Plenty
of Reading employes will swear to
having seen this phantom. Some
of them have shot at it, some even
have knocked it on its ghostly head
with a cordwood stick, but the bul
lets went through the scepter with
out injuring it, and the club only
seemed to beat the air. Engineer
Charles Welch reports having seen
this ghost on Christmas night, and
others have encountered it since.
The engineer has since been on
the lookout for it again, and on hist
Saturday night it appeared on the
track just below Port Kennedy Sta
tion. For a moment he thought it
was a real man of flesh and blood
In. a second his hand was on the
throttle bar and the brakes were put
down, but not in time to prevent the
train from running over the myste
rious track walker. The fireman
thought that they had killed, a way
farer, although there was no shock.
Although the engineer was sure it
was the ghost, which could not be
harmed, even if a dozen trains should
run over it the conductor and some
of the hands went back to find the
body. There was nothing there, and.
although everybody laughed at the
engineer when he told them it wa3
the ghost, they all agreed that the
affair was awfully strange.
Among the other persons who
have come in contact with this re
formed spirit of the dead tramp is
brakeman George Nelson, who tells
a thrilling story of his encounter
with it on New Year's eve. He
emptied both chambers of his dou
ble barrel gun directly at hia face,
but it only laughed and floated away
on the wings of the howling wind.
These and other strange stories are
the current gossip of the Thirteenth
and Callow hill street station, and the
I niirht men who pass by the fort
Kennedy Stationer through Qoyer's
Fnrrf keen a sharp lookost lor the
ghost of the rail. PMIa. Record.
An Arxensaw man, whose brother
was hung for murder, changed hia
name out ef regard for the memory
of the deceased.
A country debating society is
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