of Publication. rj Wednesday eaonilng at ,,-, otherwise PW It ID, ' k.:c"i I .r. paid "P- Po"" when wberierw . . riMa for th aab- l pen wiU n F' 4t.a wmer as .Id gtv US Mui - The Fon;rrset lieraia, Somerset, F -p V. BEIECKER, lv rM.mereH.Pa. I .alnto Ooofc fc.Berit- Block. v KIMMEL, . ATTOKNET-AT-tAW, Somerset, Pe. ATTORN EY-AT UW, Somenet, Pa. ir;E R. SCULL, 11 ATTOKNEY-AT-LAW, gomertet P a. ' ATTOKNEY-AT LAW, Somerset, - TPFT. -1 BNEY-AJXAW. 15- Ii'vV.AT.I.AW. W T At - Hotnertct, P. i J rKlTT?AM.AT.,.AW. , A,t Somerset, Pa. , .,.rtilrf In Mammoth ifS R. SCOTT, r-AT LAW, gomertet, Fa. I.. .-,rt Howe. Airbuslneseentrurt t"'1 V..!;rm with prouiptnee . ;. CT v" j . th.tr ear will be L. C OOLBOKK. i' VftRN & COLBORN. A 1 1 1 1 iv.' ..ited to our care "HI 1 prompt- i,lTiU'i' . imntiei. Survey- .KlorJ. na "' M.vn.ui. term i.,r!T.iK:''J - t 0 KIMMEL, 1 V . ...V .XI.AW. ATT"',' ' Somerset, l' iw!nei entrusted hi cre jtwiwlti-ti . .,,. with urompt- "T.I.'ITt . paw 'ln Cn ,lret- R'VRY F. SCII ELL. .... V-T.T.W. AT IV.' " - A sent. Somerset, P iI FN'TINE HAY. A 1 i . i is Rel EUte. Someriet, P will ,!flu t.lii-trot4uW - "lth act tnl tt'lety iv ii. niL. ATTUKNEY-ATXAW buiuemet, Pa, ,.rtlT .ttCTd t I1 ''""V""!!?. Min,iu.'.h UulldiQIE. G.OGLE. ATTUKIV tAi " Somerwt Ptt efftatl bti!tTie- entrB'1 to m J er t- 1 ui wlik pnnipme ana nuij. 'ILLIAM H. KOONTZ, . ATTOBNEY-AT-AW, Somenet, Pa ,Jih. meraet and adjoining ooontlea. i n Pruning Uooe Bow. MIES L rroii, ATTtJKKEY-AT.w. Somenet, Pa. It H.n.ih Blork. up tlr. Entran-, E i. utl mlMKl. and all lepal bmilnew ml tt with prooiltiwM ana pueuij. L BAER. , ATTOK.NEY-AT-LAW, Somenet, Pa .! ulinlnlnroonntlea. ecinitted to Mia will be promptly 'WW. aac nrr,rs. Somerwt, Pena'a. ATTOBK EY-AT-LAW, I' ltcil tafintM entrarted to hi care will be with pntmn ana nanny. Kit Mammoth Block ne door to Boyd ( k nun. HOWARD WYNNE, M. D. JO HSSTOVy. J J' J of the E . Ear. No and Tbroat. a-itl nd licltwirt rractka. Hnun. a- to Lai her a linen IUuck. a juam ov- R. WILLIAM COLLINS. I'tNTlST, SOMERSET, PA. r1llainth Rlnrk. abtw Bord'i Pro whrn r h b st all tlmf be foond preir- ilo tit kvil pi work. nrh a fltlinr. resa- ef.ritltn k. Artlfirtal teetbof all ainoa. ul the ben Batett InMrted. CHratlont ranted. A RUE M. HICKS. I JI STK'E OF THE PEACE. Somerw t, Penn'a. AMES 0. KIERNAN.M. D. ten- lm lit in.fliinl wrrlce to the eltlin of mH ar1 TVInllr. He ran I brand at the mi ot bl rather on Mala Kir t or at the l-'W Ir Henry Bralaker. sn e. lfcta. I KIM HI ELL. H.S. K I MM ELL. R. E. M. KIMMELL & SON ler their rmlelma! aerrt to the eltl- n..!!vtt t and Ttrlfltr. 4 me of the Bem- o( th linn can at allln'iee. anl proteon mml.l foan-1 at their lomoa. oa Main f t, f. ol tb. I lUmond. kU. K. MILLER has perma- '!' kxatni m Keritn for th. prartt ol -W Uoa. oaee opputltc CbarbM Krlro la . apr. t TO-tt ll II. BRUBAKER tenders his "wmi trr tV to the eltiaeM et Pom feAil vV.inlv I I Ik 4- i Main K-iaiottbelilamond. )l W M. R A U C H tenders his ' rnfeMkmnl wtIiti to the dUieni of Som- wticiDliy. 2-nluurut of Virnk BerkebUe'f 'tlrr Htm ".la. )1 A. G.MILLER. PUYS1CUK ASVBOEON, trmant w Roath Bead. Indiana, wnera ha - wuvra vj letter or atiwrwiaa. DR-JOHXEILIi. IlVVTTKT ahc Ueorr HeSert atorc Main CraM -.oaeriet.Pa. HUMOXD HOTEL, HTflVKTOWV lVKV"i DOtlUlar Bfl,1 rH Lmm rn km. ha. lat.lv r!tv!iIMriMlneF!yrentted with aU new - ioi liratiare. altrJli naa maoe it a .ry "-an KuMtty ulum lor the tranellnv patille. M nm t caiM le rarp.a-d, ail be ' Int eLan, cith a laxy. pnl'llc ball attached Alas larcre and roomy rtabllnc. ik Sf" huM,ltI,r an be had at the (oweat pu r-, -j 141c weea. oay w bom. SAUL' IX rT'STFK. Pn). S.E.0UT. Diamond Stoyaiow ,Pa WANTED Toeanvaaafor the -ale of mtt aw Ornamental Tree. 8bral, Vlnea, .H.Bow0n A Co Eocbeat er, N. T. CHARLES HOFFMAN, mm TAILOB, STTLES C4 LOWEST PE1CES. $TISFACTJCII GUARANTEED. Ine VOL. XXXI. NO. 44. Frnk TV. Hay. ESTABLISHED 34YEAHS. John B. Hay BBOS., WHOLESALE Tin, Copper and Mm fare Manif y, Xo. 2 SO Wtisliington Street, Johnstown, Pa. AE3 P2EPA2ED TO CITES . RANGES, STOVES and HCUS E-FURSISHING GOODS III GENERAL At Prices Less than any other House in Western Pennsylvania. Special attention jM to Jobbing in Tin. Galvanised Iron and Sheet-Iron, Fuicar Pans, Steam Pipe, Hot-Air Pipe. Roohnir, pontine, Staoki of Enxlnea, and all work ertalnlnK to Oellar Fur nace. Etlmate irlven an.1 work done by first-clnsa Mechanic only. Sole A rem for Noble Coi.k. JobnrtownU-xik Sian' Antl-KnstOook. Excelnlor Penn. In Houe-Enrnilitiic rool we oiler Ooal Vam Toilet rieu. Bread Cloeeta. Cake Boiea, tJbamber-Paila, Knives and Fork! (common and plated) trrrnian Silver tNon, liriunnia tspoona. Tea Travi. Llnel, Iron and Enameled Wares Unii and .)oper Kettle, Meat Hroilera, tyer Brollen, Ere Beatera, aU dilferent kind. Bread Toaaier, Platel Britannia and Wire Castors, Iron Stands, Fire Iron, and everything of Ware neeJod in the Cooking; I lepartmcnt. Aa experience of thirty-three years in business here ena bles us to meet the wants ot this ommunttv in onr line, with a rood article at a low price. All foods sold WARRANTED A3 REPRESENTED or the money refunded. Call and aee the Wares ; Ret price tie lore purchasint; ; no troooie to snow aooos. rersns oouimenr.ui( nuum-nius tr cent. I'y liuTi.f their outfit from n. Merchant aelllna; (roods in our line ehorld send for Wbolesa.1. Price List, or call and (ret quotation of our Wares. As we have no apprentice all our work is Warranted U be ot th. best quality at lowest pi Ice. To save money call on or send to HAY XtROS Xo.250 WaHliinffton Street Johnstown. Penu'a. HERE IS THE PLACE! J. M. HOLDERB AUM 1 SONS NO. 4 BAER'S BLOCK. A Complete Assortment of GENGRAL MERCHANDISE consisting of STaAJLE and FCY DRY GOODS! A Large Assortment of DRESS GOODS AND NOTION! MENS', BOY'S & CHILDREN'S CLOTHING! HATS , BOOTS CARPETS & Queensware, Hardware, Glassware, GROCERIES. All Kinds of Window Blinds Umbrellas, satcneis ana ituuks, iuuru8, jauixci. Bowls, Tubs, Buckets, Baskets, Toledo Pumps, Farm Bells, Corn Plant ers and Plows, Cultivators, and WAGONS! THE JIOLAXD CHILLED PLOW, The C1LUIPIOX Ihc CHAMPION GRAIN SEED DRILL, With Detachable Fertilizer. THE BEST OF EVERYTHING AT J. M. HOLDERBAUM & SONS', - SOMERSET, PENIS' A. COOLEY CREAMERS. ' Made In Font FTTLES. all r.&f for Dairy yr Fartory 1 lieir FUH'riorilT tieiuui- rtraHiL , lh-;r tSaeccaa witnetn a tra!lrl. 1 lit-y are FrxJ Ssnnmco. Five tiold Alfdal. and fsrvra ilrr iledle fr euix'riciritv. i'hb Lk Icav Makc ftrmi liuTTfR. DAVIS SW h6 CHURNS. EUREKA BUTTEA WORKERS 4 PBKTERS, MU'l UU. Ul ..Ilk,'. -w rainillea. rVnd ostal for circulars and tertjnmnlaJa, VT.fAM CH;K CO., BaiowsFalla, ermonu FASHIONABLE CUTTER & TAILOR, Having had many Tears' experience in all branches of be Tailoring; bus iness 1 ruarantee r' ari,f.Y.M(in to all who hut eall BD i on me and favor 5. me with their pat- rnaire. lours, sic... WM. n. nornsTETi.ER. Somerset, Pa. mar8 SOMERSET COUHTY BANK ! (ESTABLISHED CHAELES. 1. HAK1SCN, K.I PEITTS. President Cashier. v,lletlon made In all part of the United State. .mrtTi'D (HI? Parties wlthlnx to Mid money West n be ae- eon.iiio.lated by a ran i" u. TJFR-.iZto.wllh a ar- gent A Yale : 0 00 Ume lock. ACCOUNTS SOLICITED. A-A11 la al holiday observed.- dI Atintk. Hokkb. J. Soorr WilO. HOME & WARD, trrrEB.Rt TO EATON & BROS, SO. 27 FIFTH AVENUE, PITTSBURGH, PA. SPRING, 1882. NEW GOODS E7IEY LAY SPECIALTIES : Ebr;dri, Uc, Milliatry, Whit. 6eed, Haad erthleft. Drew Trimming. faimT, 6lovw, Ceneti, l!- -eriiie Uderweer, la bat' Cki4rM' Clothing. Fac j 6cmI(, Varus, Zeahyr. Kite rili of All KM w FANCY WORK, M MM GooJs, to, to rocmraTaiaaaa i ,aar)o wrtiT aouc" ag-OSDEtSBT MAILATTtSVFO T0WITB CAMS ASD DISPATCH. "M T T"" r m ot- wacplng by, go f P I something mlarbty and anb- 1 JLj kJ X ma leave behind to eoa oaertlma. jaweek la your owa town. o 2t tree. Norisa Everytbtng new. Capital not required. W will furniah yoa everything. Many ar maklnr fertanea. Ladle maka a nacn a anan, aaid boy and girl maka great pay. Header. If yow want baataea at which yoa an make great par all the time, write for parti alar ta K- BitUTt A Oa., Fortiaad, Maaaa. dceSMr AND RETAIL AND SHOES ! OIL CLOTHS I and Fixtures, Wall Papers, MOWER & REAPER, EDWARD ALOOTT, AM-rACTVIlEB AD DUUt IH LUMBEE! DAK FLOOfilNB 1 SPECIALTY OFFICK A.VD FACTORY : URSINA, SOMERSET CO., PA. jylMy PATENTS obtained, and all buslne in the V. S. Patent mice, or In the Courts attended to fur MODERATE FEES. We are opposite the T R. Patent Office, en .n.,.d in PiTFkT RI1SINESS EXCLUSIVELY. and can obtain patents la lea tune than liioM remote from WASHINGTON. When model or drawing 1 lent w. advise a to Eatentahllitv free of chsnre: and we make NO HARGE UNLESS WE OBTAIN PATENT. We refer, here, to the Postmaster, the Supt. of the Mmey t,ruer lMvistoo, mo 10 uumu in m V. S. Patent (Kline. Fee circular, advice, term, and reference to actual client in your own State ur county, atldrew C. A. KNOW dfc CO., Opposite Patent flfttee, Waahmgteo, I. O. A a nwA !rl licr-his medicine is hlarhlr reeom mended for all manner of ehnmie or o 1 d (landing eouipiaiuTs, c.ruu tli of the skin. sueh a PiuplM. H I a t e k . s and K a k e , Ring worm. Tatter. .1 Rh.nmRn.ld Head, Sor lula or King' Kvir, K b a m a t ism. Pain in th. Bone, Bine anu neau, and .11 dlaeaaM arising froi,; Im parity of the blood. With this rare medieina In your house yea can do without Rait. Caator OIL, Citrate of Mag ntsla. Senna or Manna, and won th whole of them, and what 4 better. It may b take with M.-rw .ni arinilirt hv the most delicate woman. a we'll a by the robut man. It I very pleasant to th. tat. therefore easily administered to chil dren It 1 the only vearetabte remedy earning which will answer in place oi bv the action ol the liver w Itbout making yoa a Ilia long victim to the ase of mercury or blue pill. It wlllopen ine uowei ui a yivyci - - msnner. . There 1 nothing like raaraey -..-er for th. cure of all disorder of th. Stomaah, Urer. Buwet. Kidney aaa Bisasw; diseaaea. Headache, OosUvenes. Indigejlkw, Biiioa Fever, and all derangemanU of the In ternal vloera. As a female regulator It ha no euaal In tb. world. -An ounce of prermtloB I worth more than a pound f cure." Tb. Paaaca will not onlveara . . ,. a 1 1 . ..I. fnf, hatlr.hh. ohi vtanoing ana iubiitii.d, - of the best preventaiivee of such dieeraer ever offerad to the world. Vow eaa avoid aever at tacks of acute dtseasea, such a Cholera. Small iiog. Typhoid. Bllloua, Spotted and Intermittent Fever, by keeping yaur blood purlfled. The dilferent degrees of aft uch dleaseepea4 al toaetber upon lb eonditlop of tb blood. fee sure ta ask for FAHaarre BLnCt.a. ok Paaara. a there ar several other prep aration In th market, the name of fMch r omewhat ilmilar. Dr. Geo. G. Shively & Co., Saoeeaaor to Fahmey' Broa. A Co-, MAXVFACTCBEES ASD PKOPBIETOBS, Bmra - Warartaoao, Pa. DMIXISTRATOR'S KOTICE. itof Joerph Khoedf. late of Jesner Town ship, Soman county. Pa., a. Letters of adatlnlstraUou oa tb above aetata having been granted to the undersigned by th nroiief authority, notice 1 hereby alvaa Co all otmm Indebted to Bald aetata to eaa a. naau r ' . ,k..aa havtiur elaisaa aaalaat tbO pnrVo present th.ut dalv .lnatiall tor art !?Jtlmt.r!ay. May is. ltat, at the rt- dence of the deceased. g.prUI Adsainiatrator. Somerset i 6HEWAS SOMEBODY'S MOTHER." The woman was old and ragged and gray, And bent with the chill of the winter's day; The street was wet with the winter's snow, And the woman's feet were aged and slow. She stood at the crossing and waited long, Aloneuncared for, amid the throng Of human beings, who passed her by, " Xor heeded the glance of her anxious eye. Down the street with laughter and shout, Glad in the freedom of school let out, Came the boys like a flock of sheep, ' Hailing the anow piled white and deep. Past the woman so old and gray Hastened the cnildren on their way. Nor ollered a helping hand to her. So meek, so timid, afraid to stir, . lst the carriage wheels or horse's feet Should crowd her down in the .lip'ry street. At last came one of the merry troop The gayest laddie of all the group. He paused beside her and whispered low ; I'll help you across if you wish to go. Her aged hand on his strong young arm She placed, and without hurt or harm, He guided the trembling feet along, Proud that his own were firm and strong. Then back again to his friends he went, His young heart happy and well content. She's somebody's mother, boys, you know, ror she's old, and poor, and slow ; " And I hope some fellow will lend a hand To help my mother, you understand, " If ever she's old and poor and gray When her own dear boy is far away." And "somebody's mother" bowed her head In her home at night, and a prayer she said Was, " God be kind to the noble boy Who is somebody's son and pride and joy." A STORY OF THE PLAINS. .Tarlr filade was one of the most remarkable men who ever lived on the plains of the West A strange admixture of ferocity, kind hearted ness, daring and politeness, his character was one nobody could un derstand. AU feared and many loved him. Sladft was born in Illinois, of qui et and respectable parents, and was raised on a larm. wnen aooui twentv-six years of age he had a quarrel with a man, and in a fit of uncontrollable anger snot mm. I To flipn fled WVsL and at St Jo seph, Mo., jined an overland train. His courage, address ana aouuy soon brought him to the head of the train, and he was made train mas ter. Oni dav he Quarreled with the driver of one of the wagons and both mpn drew their revolvers, but the driver was first, and covering Slade, . . aw . a declared that he would snoot nji dead if he stirred." fil.if.A-said it was a itv thev should waste life about so trifling a matter, and proposed to the teamster that, thev should throw awav their revolvers and fight it out with the fists. The unsusDectine driver threw his revolver on the crround. when Slade, laughing at him for his sim plicity, shot him. Th authorities of Illinois sent a sheriff after Slade and he fled into the Rocky Mountains, and there en gaged in killing Indians. In one battle he killed three savages with his own hand, cut of their heads and sent them to the chief of their tribe. He soon gained a wide notoriety for courage, and the horse thieves and desperadoes having become quite bad on the overland stage road, the company employed Slade to hunt them down. TTe was made a division superin tendent, and stationed in the Rocky Mountains. It was not long until a desperado who was suspected of be ing a horse thief aired his insolence before "Gentleman Jack " as he was called, when Slade rose and killed him without a word. fin crest a terror had Slade become to the horse-thieves that, no matter whose horse was stolen, the overland stage company's animals were never touched. Having restored order on his division, Jack was sentlo another further Last Here he relieved a man named Jules, who was inefii nient. Jnlf-a hated Slade because he had superseded him, and it was not lng before the men fill out War was declared, and they watched for each other. Jnleu. peeint? Slade comint? down the street, hid behind the door of a store and poured the contents of a shot-gun into his enemy, Slade returning the fire with his re volver. Both men were badly wounded, and for a long time confined to their beds. Jules recovered first and fled to the mountains, glade having declared that he would kill him as soon as he was able to be on his feet For a lontr time the men did not hear of each other, but one day Slade, learning that Jules was in a mining-camp, offered a reward for him. Some of Blade's minions cap tured Jules, who wad an old man, and brought him to Slade's house, Jack tied him to a post in the back yard and left him there all night, the weather being quite cold. In the morning he went out and amused himself by making a shoot ing mark of Jules. He wounded the old man purposely in several E laces, until he begged Slade to kill ira, which he did by shooting him through the head. , i Hearine- one dav two men had stolen one of his horses be followed ! them, caught them and bapged them with his own hands. ' On one occasion some despera does took the stock of a few poor emigrants, who complained to Slade of the outrage. Blade, hearing that the desperadoes were at a house near by took n Bingle companion, rode te the ranche, and- bursting in the door commenced firing, killing three and wounding the fourth. . On the road Slade was absolutely master, and his word was law. He was addicted to drinking, and when in liquor was very ugly. One day in a drunken fit he killed the father of a little boy, and bis feelings of re morse were pitiable to see.' He wept bitterly over the bod y and adopted ESTABLISHED, 1827. SOMEBSET, PA., WEDNESDAY. the little boy, raising him tenderly and educating him. Slade was a matchless marksman with the revolver. One morning, a dispute having arisen as to his skill, Slade pointed down tne road to where a man was coming up, and said : " Gentlemen, you see that man ? It is a good fifty yards. I will fire and you go and loolc at tne oody and you will find the bullet-hole in the left eve." Suiting his action to his words he drew his pistol and fired, and the man dropped dead. The crowd rushed off to examine the body, and sure enough, he was shot in the left eye. This shot was greatly admired by all who saw it, and the frontiersmen, with common consent declared it to be a most remarkable exhibition of skill. One day Slade went into a saloon and asked for a drink of whisky. The bar-keeper, who did not know him, said something to anger Slade, and threatened to put him out Stooping to look under the counter for a stick er revolver, when he raised up the barkeeper was looking down the muzzle of Slade's pistol, and a moment afterwards was one of the deadest bar-keepers that ever came West , But a day of reckoning was coming for S'ade. The people of the West were becoming tired of his acts of violence, and determined to abate them. His wife was a beautiful and accomplished woman, and as brave as her lord. '? .7 One day a party of citizens went to Slade's house, disarmed him and took him to prison. His wife came to 6ee him, and they let her enter without searching her. Throwing two revolvers on the bed and whip ping out a third, she leveled it at the jailor's head and told him to march out Jack was notions in taking in the situation, and picking up the revol vers followed his wile, lie mount ed on the horse she had ridden and, taking her up behind him, they galloped away undisturbed. Slade and his wife fled over the mountains to Montana and took up their abode near Virginia City, then a ereat mining camp. Slade would come into town, get on a spree, and frighten every one. When it was known he was in town tne mer chants would close up their stores and remain indoors until he had left He had a band of armed roughs who always accompanied him, and it was deemed impossible to arrest him alive. He had been on a spree and the town was in an uproar, when - the people, h&ying . beoornav-lrorougbiy tired of his capers determined on his destruction, cost what it might He had broken up a lot of furniture and beaten a man, when Judge Alex ander Davis issued a writ for his arrest. A courageous sheriff, J. M. Fox, took Slade into custody and led him into court. He went quietly enough but when the writ was being read to him Slade snatched it from the hands of the sheriff, and, tearing it up, stamped it under foot His companions, cccking their revolvers, defied the Court No effort was made to detain them, and they marched out of the room. If he had fled all would have been well, but he rode into a store and threatened to shoot the propri etor, Mr. Dorris. Theu he led his horse into a saloon, and buying a bottle of wine, tried to make the ani mal drink it. Meanwhile the outraged citizens were arming and organizing. A gen tleman went to Slade and said to him: "Slade, get on your horse and leave town." " What do you mean ?" inquired Slade. " You have no right to ask," re plied the gentleman. " Get on your horse, lake my advice and go away at once." For a moment or two the despera do was sobered, and got on his horse to ride away ; but wanting another drink, he went into the saloon and forgot the warning. Becoming furious he sought out Judge Davis, and drawing a pistol, held it to his head, and said he would hold him as a hostage for his own safety. The Judge stood 6till and the ruff ian soon forgot what he had said, when the Judge quietly walked awav. Up to this time the death of Slade had not been decided upon. The committee of vigilantes were in session, but Slade had many friends, even on the committee. When, however, they heard of the outrage on Judge Davis, the com mittee at once voted that Slade must die. The miners turned out en masse and mustered to the number of six hundred. Turning "the corner of a street suddenly the head of the col umn came upon Slade and his par ty. Slide was sobered in an instant He saw the hopelessness of resist ance, and crossing the street to Mr. Pfoutz's store, where Judge Davis was, be apologized handsomely to the Judge, saying he would go home and give no more trouble. It was too late, the miners filed into the store and took Slade into custody. He submitted quietly enough, but cried like a child when told he must die. A court, after the fashion of min ers, was organised, and some speech es were made 5 then the whele body, acting as a jury, voted on the ques tion of what should . be done with the prisoner. The answer was al most unanimous, "Hang him !" Slade heard the voice of the peo ple with fear and trembling. He had lived long enough in the West to know its meaning, and felt his fate was sealed. Still, Slade had some earnest friends who did all they could to "save him. He told one of his gang to take his horse and ride for life and death for Mrs. Slade and acquaint her with the situation. He did, and in three minutes after he had delivered his message, Mrs. Slade had saddled and mounted her horse, and was APRIL 11. 1883. speeding oyer the rough mountains, urged by love and fear. She loved her husband passion ately, and her brave, loving spirit was constantly with aim. It is said that Mrs. Slade made the distance from her home te Virginia over the mountains, twelve miles, in a little over half an hour. Meanwhile, Slade hade had been led forth to execution. He asked that he might be allowed to see his wife before he died ; and although it seemed hard to refuse such a re quest, the committee, knowing the kind of a woman Mrs. Slade was, deemed it best he should hang with cuQeeing her. When Slade heard the decision he criea out : "My wife my dear wife! My God, my God ! must I die without seeing vou ? His entreaties to see his wife were pitiable, but his requests were firmly denied, and he was told that, if he had any business' to settle, to ar range it at once. A rope was thrown over a beam in the store and a noose made at the end of it He was then told to mount on a box. At this moment a man threw off his coat and said Slade could not be hanged until he was killed. In stantly a hundred guns were leveled at him, and he turned and ran, but he was caught and brought back, and made to resume his coat ; and it was not until he had humbly apol ogized for his interference, and prom ised never to do so again, that the crowd was appeased and agreed not to nang him. There was no further effort made to rescue the prisoner, for every one saw that the people meant business, and any attempt at interfering with their will would bring down de struction upon the heads ot the reckless men. Everything being in readiness, the judge gave the command, "Men do your duty I the box was kicked from under Slade's feet and he hung dangling by the neck. lie died almost instantly, and af ter hanging fifteen minutes was cut down, and hia body carried over to the hotel and decently laid out in a darkened room. Hardly had his limbs been straightened on the cooling board before the unfortunate companion of his life arrived at headlong speed. Her grief was heart rending, and gave evidence of the depth and sin cerity of her attachment to the des perado. Her shrieks and cries could be heard for blocks away, and it was a long time before she could control herself. I have often been at his house and stood on the spot where he was banged., lue story has, over and over again, been told me by people who knew Slade well and saw him hanged, and I believe it is correct in every particular as I have related it "Mark Ttrain. Fertilizers for the Grape. At a recent meeting of the West ern New York Horticultural Society, Prof. Caldwell, of Cornell Univer sity, in a paper which he read on the subject, treated very tnorougniy of fertilizers for grape. The first point for inquiry was, what does the grape take from the soil? Secondly, what is the composition 01 tne grape and vine? Thirdly, what does sta ble manure do by way of supplying this exhaustion? And fourthly, what commercial fertilizers accom plish the same end? He gave the component parts of the vine spoke of the amount of potash and phos phoric acid,which proves to be much less than the same ingredients con tained in the farm crops of clover, wheat and potatoes, and the amount of these ingredients found in the soils. The importance of potash was indicated. Diseased wood was found to contain much less potash than the healthy vine, and lime had been found to supply the place of potash in diseased growth. In the European vineyards twenty-seven tons of yard manure are applied every three years, an amount con taining several times as much pot ash and phosphoric acid as analysis shows to be necessary. The paper was rather suggestive of future in vestigation than as prescribing fixed directions, and the conclusion was drawn that stable manure promises the best for vineyards, while leaf mold, peat and potash salts may be added. The fact that soils in dif ferent localities vary in composition shows that no distinct rules can be prescribed alike for all places. Mr, Kodgers.of New Jersey, said he had conducted a series of experiments for three years on fertilijers for the grape and" strawberry, and that pot ash in any form had an nnlike effect on different varieties of the grape. For example, on tne Concord the wood was rendered the first year more spongy and the fruit more liai ble to drop. The next year the wood became hard and the grapes larger and better. On the Wilder the influence was every way better. Sulphate of potash often decreased the size of the berrv. Nitrate of potash sometimes diminished the market value of the lruit by making the skin so thin that he had found that it could not be taken safely to a place only seven miles distant Each variety, however, would give differ ent results. "I hope you'll never smoke, John nie," said Mr. Putancal, the Wall street broker, as he pulled an easy chair in front of the grate flre, light ed a fine Havana, and settled him self for an evening at home. "Why, papa, didn't you ever smoke when vou were a bov ?" ask ed the young heir, a little surprised at bis lather s words. "No, my son, not until I was at leant eighteen rears old." "Didn't you ever chew, either ?" "No." "Nor drink?" "No." "Nor fight?" "No." "Nor swear ?" , "No, I never did any of those things." "How in the world, then, did you become a broker?" ' asked the inno cent little fellow, after a few mo ment's deliberation. .Hlera A BLACK BIAN IX A BAT PIT. Catching Rodents With Bare Bands. On a wager of $200 a colored nun named William Henry Lewis tried on Saturday nisht to Pick up and place in a barrel one hundred live rats. The articles of agreement stipulated that to win, Lewis would have to transfer the rats from the pit to the barrel in sixty minutes and that the work must be done with bare hands and arms. Lewi3 is a Philadelphian and is forty years old. He has had fifteen years' ex perience as a professional rat catch er. For five years he was employed catching wharf rats in New York fur the well known dog fancier. Harry Jennings. Twice in New York he won money by picking up rats with in a given time. Oa one occasion he won $50 by picking up twenty five of the little animals in ten min utes. They were rats he handled before and he escaped without being bitten. The exhibition on Satur y night occurred in Frankford an .J ty men paid one dollar each to wit ness it After the match ended it was hinted that its managers had put up no stakes and that the re ceipts for admission were divided between Lewis, his alleged backer and the proprietor of the house in which the affair took place. THE SCENE OF THE CONTEST. In the centre of the room a space eight feet square was surrounded by a tight board fence four feet high. The floor was covered aa inch deep with sawdust In the centre of a pen stood an empty whisky barrel, the upper head of which was re placed by a piece of canvas, with a hole in its centre. The rats were con fined in three tin-lined, wooden cag es, which stood in the yard. As the visitors entered the front saloon they were introduced to Lewis, who touched the flowing bowl so fre quently that before ten o'clock, when the rat handling began, he was in a boastful but good natured state of intoxication. There were no cards of admission, but a man stood at the door opening into the back room and took a dollar from every one who went in. A .few minutes alter ten o'clock the pit room was packed with men, some of whom became impatient at the delay. There was no disorder, however, at any time during the night Two men were selected to act as judges and timers. One judge had no watch and owners of time pieces in the crowd were backward about oaering to lend their chronometer. IS TnE MIDST OF THE RATS. While the judge was trying to borrow a watch Lewis climbed into the pit , He wore a sleeveless shirt, daTKpantalo5n9 and brogans. The legs of his trousers were tied around his ankles so as to prevent the rats from taking refuge therein. His hands and arms were covered with musk, which he believes will pre vent rats from biting him. Forty rats were dumped from the cage into the pit The rats darted wildly around , through the sawdust and made vam endeavors to scale the lence. Finally they huddled into a wriggline mass into one corner and the judges gave Lewis the word to begin. He moved over to the pile of rats and without an instant's hes itation thrust his naked hands and arms in among them.. He caught five fat fellows and dropped them into the barrel. He next picked up three, then four, Ihen two, and so on nntil sixniinutes had expired, when he had placed twenty-one of the ro dents in the barrel. The rats that remained in the pit were wild and he tvas compelled to catch them one at a time. The first single rat he picked up bit one of his fingers thro' the nail to the bone and hung there. Lewis jerked his hand up and sent the vicious rat against the ceiling. The wounded finger was dipped in whisky and the chase was resumed. Seven rats were picked up, and deft ly tossed into the barrel and then Lewis was bitten twice on the right arm. He received four more wounds before the fortieth rat was imprison ed in the barrel. A LITTLE TARTAR CAUGHT. The judges announced that the forty were picked up in twenty three minutes. Lewis wanted the -emaining sixty placed in the pit at one time, holding that it was unfair to drop in small lots, as he lost lime Eicking up stragglers. The judges eld that as forty had been pitted on the first occasion that number would have to be dropped in again, leaving twenty to form the last batch. Lewis worked with great agiMty, and rat after rat was lifted and dropped into the barrel with amazing rapidi ty. The fifty-seventh rat he attempt ed to catch sprang into his face as he stooped and bit through the man's lower lip. Without flinching he grabbed the little brute and tossed it through the canvas cover. He lost five minutes staunching the blood that flowed from his lip. In picking up the other twenty-three rats he was bitten slightly five times. Eighty rats were in the barrel and Lewis bad but seven minutes to pick up the remaining twenty. The time was too limited and Lewis gave up the job and got out of the pit The spectators were satisfied with his ef forts, however, and a collection amounting to $22 was taken up for his benefit "Father." he suddenly remarked, as he looked up into the paternal face, "vou are awful pood to ma. "Am I? Well I hope I treat her as a husband should a devoted wile. "And it's all over town how liberal you are to ber." "Now; what do you mean?" "Why, I heard three or four men on the cars say that all you bad in the world was in her name !" "Yes ahem yes you go to bed. sir ; and next time you hear people lying about me don t listen to what they say !" A surveyor has discovered that the squarest-footed walkers deviate to the right or left at least a distance of thirty six feet to the mile ; and the Detroit Free Press man, who has practically tested the matter, asserts that in case there is a saloon on the way he may diverge as much as 1500 feet WHOLE NO. 1657. The Bad Boy's Pa aa Inventor. "Ha ! Ha I Now I have got you," said the grocery man. to the bad boy, the other morning, as he came in and jumped upon the counter and tied the end ot a ball 01 twine to the tail of a dog, and "sicked" the dog on another dog that was follow ing a passing sleigh, causing the twine to play out until the whole ball was scattered along the block, "Condemn you, I've a notion to choke the liver out of you. ho tied that ball of twine to that dog's tail?" The boy choked up with emotion, and the tears came into his eyes, anil he said he didn't know anything about the tvvine or the doj. He said he noticed the dog come in, and wag his tail around the twine but he supposed the dog was a friend to the family, and did not disturb him. "Everybody lays everything that is done to me," said the boy, as he put his handkerchief to his nose, "and they will be sorry for it when I die. I have a good notion to poison my self by eating jome of your glucose gugar." "Yes, and yon do about every thing that is mean. The other day a lady come in and told me to send up to her house some of niv country sausage, done up in muslin bags, and while she was examining it she noticed something hard inside the batrs, and asked me what it wa.-, and I opened it, and I hope to die it there wasn t a little bra?s pad-lock and. a piece of a red morocco dog collar imbedded in the sausage. Now how do you suppose that got in there?" and the grocery man looked savage. The boy looked interested, and put on an expression as though in deep thought, and finally said, "I suppose the farmer that put up the sausage did not strain the dog meat Sausage meat ought to be strained." 1 he grocery man pulled in about half a block of twine, after the dog had run against a fence and broke it, and told the boy he knew perfectly well how the brass pad-lock came to be in thesaU3age, but thinking that it was safer to have the good will of the boy than the ill will, he offered him a handful of prunes. No, said the boy, 1 have sworn off on mouldy prunes. I am no kindergarten any more, ror years I have eaten rotton peaches around this store, and everything you couldn,t sell, but I have turned over a new leaf now, and after this noth ing it too good for me. Since pa has got to be an inventor, we are going to live high. " hat s your pa invented : 1 saw a hearse and three hacks go upon your street the other day, and 1 thought may be you had killed your pa." "Not much. There will be more than three hacks when I kill pa, and don't you forget it. Well, sir, pa has struck a fortune, if he can make the thing work. He has trot an idea about coal stoves that will bring him in several million dollars. if he gets a royalty of five dollars on on every coal stove in the worly. His idea is to have a coal stove on castors with the pipe made to tele scope out and in, and rubber hose for one joint, so you can pull the stove all around the room and warm any particular place. Well, sir, to hear pa tell about it, you would think it would revolutionize the country, and maybe it will when he gets it perfected, but he came near burning the house up, and scared us all half to death this morn ing, and burned his shirt off, and he is all covered with cotton and sweet oil, and he smells like salad dress ing. You see pa had a pipe made and some castors put on our coal stove, and had me to put in seme kindling wood and coal last night so he could draw the stove up to the bed and light the fire without get ting up. Ma told him he would put his foot in it, and he told her to dry up, and let him run the stove busi ness. He said it took a man with brain to run a patent right, and ma she pulled the clothes over her head and let pa do the fire act She had been buiiding the hres for 20 years, and thought she would let pa see how good it was. Well pa pulled the stove to the bed. and touched off the kindling wood. I guess may be I got a bundle of kindling wood that the hired girl had but kerosene on, because it blazed up awful and smoked, and the blaze bur.ted out the doors and windows of the stove, and pa yelled fire, and I jumped out of bed and rushed in and he was the smartest man you ever see, and you'd died to see how he kicked when I threw a pail of water on his legs and put his shirt out Ma did not get burned, but she was pretty wet, and;he told pa she would pay the five dollars royalty on that stove and take the castors off and let it remain stationery. Pa says he will make it work if he burns the house down. I think it was real mean in pa to get mad at me because I threw cold water on him instead of warm water to put his shirt out If I had waited till I could beat water to the right temwerature I would have been an orphan and pa would have a burnt offering. But some men always kick at everything. Pa ha9 given up' bus iness entirely and says he shall de vote the remainder of his life curing himself of the different troubles that I get him into. He has retained a doctor by the year, and he buys his liniment by the gallon." "What was it about your folks getting up in the night to eat? The hired girl was over here after some sap the other morning, and she said she was going to leave your house." "Well, that wa3 a picnic. Pa said he wanted breakfast earlier than we had been in the habit of having it, and he said I might see to it that the house was awake early enough. The other night I awoke with the awful- est pain you ever heard ol. it was the night that you gave me and my chum the bottle of pickled oysters that had begun to work. Well, I couldn't sleep, and I thoughtl would call the hirea girls, and they got up and got breakfast to going, and then I rapped on pa and ma s door ana told them the breakfast was getting oold. and they eot up and came down. We eat breakfast by gas light, and pa yawned and said it J made a man feel good to get up and ! get ready for work, before daylight I the way he used to on the farm, and i ma she yawned and agreed with jia, j 'cause she has to, or have a row. ! After breakfast we sat around for an hour, and pa said it was a long time getting daylight and bimeby pa looked at his watch. When he be gan to pull out his watch I lit out and hid in the store room, and pret ty soon I beard pa and ma come up stairs and go to bed, and then the hired girls they went to bed, aad when it was all still and the pain had stopped inside my clothes, I looked to see what time it was and it was two o'clock in the morn ing. We got dinnsr at eight o'clock in the morning, and pa said he guessed he would call up the house after this, so I have lost anoth er job, and it was all on account of that bottle of pickled oysters you gave me. My chum said he had colic, too, but he didn't call up his folks. It was all he could do to get up hisself. Why don't you some times give away something that is not spoiled ?" 1 he grocery man Baid he guessed he knew what to give away, and the boy went out and hung up a sign in front of the grocery, that he had made on, wrappino paper with red chalk, which read, "ilotton eggs, good enough for custary pies, for IS cents a dozen." Ocean Cables. Tho machinery used for picking a cable in both deep and shallow water is of the most simple description. It consists of a rope about an inch and a quarUr in diameter, made from twisted hemp, with interwoven wires of fine steel ; the grapnel at the eud is merely a solid shaft of iron some feet long, weighing about 100 pounds, and prolonged into six blunt hooks, which very much re semble the partly closed fingers of the human hand. In picking up the cable in deep water, the Minia, aiter reaching the waters near the brean, leis out her rope and grapnel, then takes a course at right angles to the cable and at some distance from the fracture, so that the broken end may not6lip throug the grapnel, the grapnel rope is attached to a dy namometer, which exactly measures the strain of the rope, and shows unerringly when the cable has been caught. If the grapnel fould a rock the strain rises very suddenly and ta a high poin!;but theexaet weight of the cable being known, the dyna m ometer signals by the steady rate of increases its hold on the cable, which is very far below. The ease and certainty with which the cables a'e picked up in these days is amaz ing. Not long ago one of the lines of the Anglo-America Company was caught without trouble at a depth of two and a quarter miles, near the mdidle of the Atlantic- Coptain Trott, of the Minia, who won great fame for his skill, and ingenuity in cable matters, but recently picked up the 1 rench cable 160 miles offbt Pierre, and in four hours from the tune the cable was spliced and in good working condition. The splicing is a work of great delicacy and skill, and when accom plished by trained fingers, the epiiced part can scarcely be distin guished from the main cord. So rapid has been the improvement in perfecting the model cab e, that the resistance to the electric rrent has been reduced to one quavter of what it was twenty years ago while the duplex system of 'sending and re ceiving messages double the capaci ty of every new cable laid. The working age of a modern cable is about thirteen years. Eight Follies. To think that the more a man eats the fatter and stronger be will be come. To believe that the more hours children study at school the faster they will learn. To conclude that if exercise is healthful, the more violent and ex haustive it is the more good is done. To imagine that every hour taken from sleep is tn hour gained. To act on the presumption that the smallest room in in the house i9 lanre enough to sleep in. To argue that whatever remedy makes you feel immediately better is good for the system, without regard to ulterior effects. To commit an act which is felt in itself to be prejudicial hoping that . somehow or other it may be done in your case with impunity. To eat a h earty su pper for the plea sure experienced during the brief time it is passing down the throat, at the expense of a whole night of dis turbed sleep and a weary waking in the morning. Ad Enthartiastie Endorsement. Gokham, N. II., July 14. 79. Gents Whoever you are, I don't know, but I thank the Lord and feel grateful to you to know that in this world of adulterated medicinefther is one compound that proves and does all it advertises to do, and more. Four years ago I had a slight shock of palsy, which unnerved rae to such an extent that the least ex citement would make me shake like the ague. Last May I was induced to try Hop Bitters. ' I used one bot tle, but did not see any change; an other did so change ray nerves that they are now as steady as they ever were. It used to take both hands to write, but now my good right hand writes this. Now, if you con tinue to manufacture as honest and good an article as yon do, yon will accumulate an honet fortrse, ami confer the greatest blessing oi your fellow men that was ever conferred on mankind. TIM BURCH. Among the printed rules of a hotel in Los Angles is the following: "No combustibles such as paper, old clothing, bottles or oyster cans to be thrown out of these windows." All the upper crust people in Canada wear snow shoes. The average servant girl doesn' believe in pouring oil on the troubled waters; she would rather pour it on the troubled fire. An exchange says it makes a wo man sick to keep a secret That is why a woman always feel better af ter attending sewing society. A Store Robbed. Mt. Pleasant, March 29. Par ker's store, at Ragantown, a small viii-xra seven miles south of here. was broke into last night and $100 worth of dry goods and clothing were carried awav, also $50 in chash w taken from the safe that Parker had forgot to lock. Near the same !)lace a horse was aieo eiuieu um a anuer named S toner.
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