u u
A Good Word For Oatmeal.
crnis of Publication.
Leaned ry Wednesday - -
. . An
rarUWy ebard.
,.,.w. .111 be dlseoaUna antil U
. paid .p. PorltlB,
.. wb fbserr.d Uk
will b neld rvvn"'. -
1)Krlber. rortn roswmee
. .hanld rlv as tb bum of U former
The Somerset ileraia,
Somerset, T.
Y
-FD W. BEISECKER,
.millKIT.lTJ.lir.
Somerset. Pi.
;ce, ul.talrs In Cock fc Beertta' Block.
f Y. KIMMEU
SOBMTMti PsV
h J. KOOSER.
Somervet, Ftv.
, X)nGER. SCULU
All - -
Somerset P.
7ENDSLKY.
iTTiiKSET.AI-LAW.
Viiitinnrt. T
Ttuent. "
ATTOKNEY-AT-LAW,
i Somerset, pena'a.
r J rlUTTS,
I J ATTdKNEY-ATLAW
1 Somerset, Pa.
sw, U;iirs In Mammoth Block.
, )H ILSCOTT, "
ATTOKNEY-AT LAW,
A Somerset, Pa.
, ir ire Court rlonee. Alljbuslnessentrost
careiuended W wUh ,m,I'l'Ule"-"
,',.t-FKOTH.
W. H. Bl'I'PKL.
i .vFROTH KUITEL.
ATTUKXEYS-AT LAW.
.v..4 mm will ba
I.-trine emr-
tbe
LC OOLBORK.
i,)T i;okn COTHORN
Al -
.. .-.iw lrTOted to oor eare will bepmmpt
W.Wlw "'Tlit v.llerttontna4e In Swin-
k''K:.Jri'.nliijtoln Oounttea. Surrey
twTcin d .oe on reanmable urnu.
Oil's O. KIMMEU
( ATTOKSEY-AT-LAW,
Somerwt, Pa.
i i - ,tMt ta tiia eare
"m'.7 i;i C'ltice on Main Croai aireeu
'- ID- L "l "
I
ENHY F. SCIIELT
,,,.r and Pftiri. Agent, Someraet, Pa
it Un.m'H i..
ENTINE HAY,
1 AT1A t X -A 1 "
I'
iIIN" H. niu
ATTx'hNEY-AT-LAW
Souiertct, I ,
'"It -twIt attend to all bnlne entrnftH
-i V.-oe' lTan?ed on eoliectlona, e. tl
Van;!B'tb KniMlng.
I.
0. OGLE.
ATTOKNET-AT UAW,
Somerset Pa
ol bnfinnw entrusted to mj ear at
ii i v. with prvmi'taeaa and ndellty.
"ILLLM II. KOONTZ,
ATTOBN EY-AT-L.A ,
Somerset, Pa,
K promi attention to borineoe entrnrt-
tii, cm In S.wneet and adjoining eonntiea
Itx f r.niina; Houae Kow.
I TAMES I. PIT.H
V
ATTURXEY-AT-CAW.
Someraet, Pa.
. l n)uw M at.lM TntnnM.
f..: .treet. vllrion "arte, ettea
h :;.i. tltlwi examinea. ana u
:ro..K-J u Willi prou.l'lo ana
hi
L BAER.
ATTOKNEY-AT LAW,
Somenwt, Pa,
w,r ir, f.merwt and ad"ir.lnefntlet.
I-.: : inew'entnite4 w him wiU be pruiniUy
I :ik.e)i to.
I ATTvKXEY-AT-LAW.
Someraet, Pena a.
DKXSIS MEYER?.
ATTUKXEY-AT-LAW.
Someraet. Peon a.
Ircal bnsinean enrrnatert to hieare will be
. :t: u. with I'romi'tneiw an.t tilclity.
inXias:xvth block ae door to Boyd
J J HOWARD WYNNE, M. D.
iMiMn't r. Par Kr and Tbrrt,
:-iai iT.-l Xf!nir prri!r. Honrs, a. m. to
. a ., . . 1 .a. MIA W.iaa t
D
,?k WILLIAM COLLINS.
IttXTIbT, SOMERSET, PA.
i'it.t to Viaartb Blork. aboea Boyd Iro
br? he co at all lime be found prepar
'! t 4 all HihIj ot wnrk. mch a n!lln. Teu
i;ita.ntrarasf Ac. Artllicial teeth of all klnda
r..: ui iw ir niiterial Inaened. trteratl
a.rrac'.eii.
r
A KIT. M. HICK!.
i JI STICEOF THE PEACE.
Somerset, reona.
TAMES 0. KIERXAN, M. D. ten-
Jer Yit fi.peMlnMl ei kef to the cltlten of
S.irmet an i ririnCr. He ran be lonnd at the
ri.l-orr l.(f !:her Main street or attne
i Sr .'I IT Henrr hrDbaker.
Sef.t .!;. "
M.tiMXKli. H.S. KIMVELL
Dn.. E. M. KIMMELL POX
er.1er their professional eerrlce t the etU
ii y s B-,OTei and WintT, toeof th. wiem
Tf tte tnr ran at aliMn'ies, unlea.ro1clon-
ce.i. I I udJ at their othca, ue Main
'wl east of the liamond.
J. K. MILLER has perma-
aently kicate1 tu Berlin f.-r the prartlce e
re"ifaiiua. OCice cpuoalte Charles Krtssina
t "afa. at, Ta-tX.
DH. II. ERU RAKER tender? hl
;M4.ia! af rrtpet to the ettlsent of Snm
asd icrai:r. tiihce la reaUeoe. oa Main
:n-,aest ot ibe Maa jod.
H R. V M. R A 1 C H tenders his
l pewLoal serrW to the elUtens of So
'" !! tli-iLitv.
,-ee ie dUirtast of Varsck Berket-Oe's
ttitarr ure.
D
f 1 n tiitT rr
- . v. -1 1 1.1. I. I..
PHYSICIAN aSlKQEOX,
Eai rffi.d utKnrsih Rend lB.tiana.wbcr b.
an t eutisuiied by Irttet or xberwte.
DTI JOHN BII.IA
DENTIST.
t above Beary HrSey's store. Main Ciwsa
r-"wt Soawraet. Pa.
JUMOND HOTEL,
STOYSTOWN'. I'K.W'.V.
'hiy and rewly rrbtted with ail new
ritreliare, atlrt has made It a very
r!Ti w n.an.u.t: I la. the traaellnc put tic.
a'i and ror raanot b sarpaeeed, ail be
U bmcUaa, with a larwe public hall attached
:i ra'. A ie. Urxe and roumv stahilna;.
' -w daa, brdiBC at be had at the lowast pus-
8 AX C EL crSTER. Prow.
k.E.Cr. Inasaoad
Stoystvw ,Pa
It.sl WANTED T.e.BTs for tbwlef
t ' 'H ii- tnaelitl Tre,.?hrl. Vln.
vu eajmen pat. Aaore,
Bowden A Co.,
reae r. N . V.
nuiujs HOFFMAN,
BCHMIT TAILOR,
'Assh Ha
ry laVtrsey. Cni.)
TST rTTLES Hi LOWEST PRICES.
StTiSFACTJCH GUtPAkULD.
merset,
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VOL. XXXI. NO. 45.
Frank TV. HJ.
ESTABLISHED 34TEAKS.
IK -A. "5T BEOS.
WHOLESALE
Til, Copr anA SHeeMron Ire Quufy,
Xo. 2S0 Washington Street, Johnstown, Pa.
WE ASE 7HEFALZD TO CFFEB
RANGES, STOVES and H0USE-FURIISHI1G GOODS IN GENERAL
At Prices Less than any Bther House in Western Pennsylvania.
Special attention palJ t Jobbing in Tin, Galvanised Iron and Sheet-Iron. Puirar Pans, Steam
Pit, H--Atr Pit. Ko-nnn. S)uiio. Stacks of Engine"- nd all work rtlniiii? toOeUar tor
naoes. Estimates 1ven nJ work done by hrst-claes Mechanics only. Sole Ateni for Noble Cook.
..ir Ktnni' A ni 1. 1 u tVnk. Eirelidue Prnn. In Houne-Fiirntsblnif foo! we oiler
ti Varro Ti-ilct Set. Bread CloacU. t'ake Boiea, Cbamler-Patl, Knivee and Forks (ommon
and plated), Uennan Silver Siwhwh. BritannU Son, Tea TraT. Lined, Iron and Enameled
Wares Hthm and Oot)ler KetUea, Meat Bndk-ra, tstcr Broilers, Ek Beaten, six diBerent kinds.
Bread Toamers. Plated Britannia and Wire Caftorn. 1 ron Stands, Fire Irons, and eeeryUiinnof
Ware nee Jed In tlie t'onktnt; 1 icpartmeni. An exiierienee of tbirtT-tiiree yean In bnsiness bere ena
bles n to meet the wants 01 tr,l lomtunnitT In our line, with a (rood article at a low price. All goods
sold WAKKAXTEU AS KEPKKSEMTKI or the m'-ney reiunled. tll and see the Wares ; get
prices before purchasing : do trouble to show aroods. Perkins eommenclns Honse-Keepins; will sae
Ji per cent, bv buvli.g their ontm lnm us. Merchants aeUiuir. goods In our line shoeld send lor
b)leai.le T-ce 1.1(0. or call ami pet quotation oi our r area. u.co alriuu..
work la Warranted to be ot the best quality at lowest juice. To save money call on or send to
HAY IIItOS-.Xo.2SO Washington Street Johnntown, 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
STAPLE and FANCY DRY 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,
GROCERIES.
All Kinds of Window Blinds and Fixtures, Wall Papers,
Umbrellas, Satchels and Trunks, Churns, Butter
Bowls, Tubs, Buckets, Baskets, Toledo
Pumps, Farm Bells, Corn Plant
ers and Plows, Cultivators,
and WAGONS!
the noLAxn chilled plow,
TliC CJLUTriOX JIOWER & 11EAPER,
Hie CHAMPIOX GRAIN SEED DRILL,
With Detachable Fertilizer.
THE BEST OF EVERYTHING AT
J. M. HOLDEEBAUM & SONS',
SOMERSET," PENN' A.
COOLEY CREAMERS.
Made ir. rOTTH PTTLEd.. n
r Iirv or r cuir uc
' 4iM-rwrUy demon.
Surccara withont
entTli" KtwI r"t! for amiiara and tetinla
T, f AKI BACH.kE CO.. Uoliowa Fails, Vermont.
FASHIONABLE
CUTTER & TAILOR,
Having had many
ears eiperienx
in all hrancbes of
he Tailorina tu
Inees. 1 aruarante.
SetlMcUtn to all
who may call op-
mm
a on me ana wiur
i. me with their pat.
y, rae.
ours, sto-.
WSI. m. nornsTETLER,
Soiertet, Fa-
marl
SOMERSET COUNTY Mi!
(ESTABLISHED
CHAELES. I. HAEEISOH. K. I FEITTS.
Resident Cashier.
CoIleeojoGS a.ie in all parts of the T'nited
State. -,
CHAKGE5 MUUi-ttAiii.
, i ... m.m.T VT can be ae.
eommo.1ted by draft on New TOTk In any ram.
iVllectlons maoe wnn inui,Hm-r.. i -bouabt
and "id. Mt.ey awl taluable secured
bTvoeot lileN.ld'seelebraied sates, with a Sar
gent A Vale 3i 00 time lock.
ACCOUNTS SOLICITED.
aT All 1 al holidays observed.-.. derf
AlskbtA. Hoaa.
J. Soott WiU).
HORNE & WARD,
crcckssoes to
EATON & BROS,
SO. 27 FIFTH ATE35UE,
PITTSBURGH, PA.
SPRING, 1882.
NEW GOODS
Z7IL7 SAY SPECIALTIES
4
EibriTi, Ucm, HHIiiiery, Ua!t GKlt, Hd
arcwf, Dress Trinna'wjt. Hosiery, 6!e,
Crrsets, wltsalHi sad Utrmt Uadarwear, 1
faati' iu CklMVws't CIthi(.Fatj
Gew3, Yams, Zeatiyrs, it
rWt of AH Use hr
FANCT WO IK.
Gents' ImMn GcoSs, it, fc
TcrBraTvao. is aa
rmcrmxr souci
CAAA' ASD Kl&TATCH. Biar.
II L V I ski dar be
f p I eomeihinamiahtyaod sab-
X V 1i JL lias, ieav behind -
sucrllme. 4rek ia rtmr owa town, at
ittrea. No risk tverrthlna new. Capital not
required. We will famish evwrythtoa- "V
Ar makior fortsm. Ldie aaak as much
bm, a ad bv .ad Ctrl mak rreat ly.
KMder. tf yoa want buas at whirh yoa eaa
make arrat pay all the ties, writ for partsralar
t. H hatxa-rrk OrurUaad, ssaioa.
deravir
..-la.a j
i4i n ;jtk
r.rVV- . a! Thev are Brir SmrvTun. .
T- 1 r Five ;ld .Medala and
fif1 l 1 Sieves Mlver .Mesial for
I: 7" Bl I .urencrltv. !'
ll'yH 1 Mauc ltrrrts BiiTKa.
r' . A I 1. But ?t f.HUfiaL 111 REM
John B. HJ
AND RETAIL
EDWARD ALCOTT,
m aurpacrt-akB abb dxalbb i
LUMBEE!
OAK FLOORING A SPECIALTY
OFFICE AND FACTORY
SOMERSET CO., PA.
jylMy
PATENTS
ht.injd nl all business In the TJ. S. Patent
( tifire, or in the Court attended to fc MODERATE
FEES.
W r ovros1' " S. Patent Ofllce,
Oeed in PATENT BUSINESS EXCLllSIVElY,nd
cab obtain jiatti' in less lime tbaa Umis remot
trutn WASHINGTON.
When model or drawing Is sent w adelse as to
rtatentabliite tree i cuarae: arm we maae au
CHARGE UNLESS WE OBTAIN PATENT.
We refer, here, to th Postmaster, tb SnpL of
the Monev Order nivtMnn, ana to omaaisoi in
L". S. Paient txfioe. . For circular, advice, terms,
and reterenr tu actual clients in your own State
or county, address
C. A. SN'OW 4 CO.,
flppuslte Patent (1e.
Waablnsrtao. I. C
a. 9ararTV,'
A a Blood Port
lier this medicine
Is hlarhly recom
mended for all
manner of ehrooie
or I d standing;
romplilnts, Lrun
Uuns of th t kin,
such as Plmplee.
Hltttbtl ami
K . Tl
ivv Tim
"-.-sa,
Hi VL'rmrT T . t t . r.
-1Sl Rheum. Scald
iil Head, Scndula or
- -JKInf's KrtU
K B e a m i wm.
Pain m the Rooe,
Side and Head,
.nd all dlaeases
aristnc froi.i lnv
parity of tbe
blood. With this
rare medicine In
tout bouse j a
i - ..v... . :.!. fm i til (ltr.t.f afar
: nla. Senna or Manna, and "ob th whole t
them, and what is better. It may b taken with
! salete and comfort by tbe most delicate woman,
i as we'll as by tbe robust ass. It Is Tory pleasant
i to the taste, therefore eaUy administered toehtb
dren. It Is the only vegetable remedy exist in
which will aaswer la place ot calomel, resrulaUna;
' tbe act l of the liver w Itbout mekmer yon a ill
bnr victim loth as of mercury c Mae puis,
j It wUloiiea th oowels la a proper and waolesom
I manner. . ,
I There Is nothIn like Fahrney's Blood Cleaa
' u the cure f all dla-ieders of the Stomach.
! Liver. Bowels. Kkioeys and Hiadder: for nerroas
disease. Headache, UcsUrenesa, IndlcesUoa.
BUhjos Feeer. and all derangement of the In
ternal Ttoera. Asa femai regBiMor it as no
equal fa an world.
-Anoonc of prevention is worth eor than a
. - n.v . rm . will M, n.1 I Ml.
old staad ina and aiarii.-iax oompbunt. but Ir one
. ... . . . . ... ,. k rfiMRlM .
VI tH ...UltJ'. '
offered to the world. Yob eaa vvd sever at
tacks of acute diseases, a Cholera. Small
pos. Typhoid. Bilkm, Spotted and lntermlijent
Ferers. by keeninr your bkwd puxtned. The
dt&ereat dearees oi all each diseases depend SU
tocether upu th coodltwnof th bseod. i
to ssret. asli lor Fahbsbt' Buod Ct-ka!va-aa
oa Pa aa. a tber are several other prep
arations la the starket, the aaaaes of which are
somewhat similar. ' - , i ..
pr. pcoi p. Shively &
S mil wort t Fakrneys Bros. . Co
MAKIFACTTKEKS AP PKOPaUETOBS,
maK3 WaTfaoo, Pa.
4 DMIXISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
Katof Josepa Sfcoad. lat f Jeaawr Towa
ahin. Swtat eomnty. Pa.. '
Letters of admbslttratloa cu tb ahvr estate
basing beea graBted t th. adcrabrswd by tb
proper aathorltT. sutkv is karaby clvua to all
itms iadebted to aald tt ta atak bamedt
atiaraesdaadtaOTBBM(cUtasaaBMl ta
aaaaVto prosrat taa daly aataaatieatad ssr act.
Ucmeat. a Saturday, May IS. laU, at Use rel-
ooaeaof tacdeoaaaed. ,...
LEVI BEBKCT.
urU4 - Adai roast rater.
OR
Somerset
JIM'S KIDS.
Jim was fisherman, up on tbe hill
Over the beach lived he an' his wifo
In a little bouse yom kin see it still
An' their two lair boys; upon my life
You never seen two likelier kids,
In spite o' their antics an' tricks an' noise,
Than them two boys I
Jim would go out in his boat on the sea .
Jest as the rest of the fishermen did
And when he come back at night thar'd be
Tp to his knees in tbe surf each kid,
A beck'nin' and cheerin to fisherman Jim
He"d hear em, you bet, above the roar
Of the waves on the shore.
But one night Jim came sailin' home
And the little kids weren't on the sands
Jim kinder wondered they hadn't come.
And a tremblin' took hold o' his knees an'
bauds
And he learnt the worst np on the hill
In tbe little house, and bowed his head
" The fever," they said.
Twas an awful time for fisherman Jim,
Vith them darlin'sa dyin' afore his eyes
They kep' a callin' an' bick'nin' him
For they kind c' wandered in mind their
cries
Were above the waves and fisherman Jim
And the little boat a sailin' for ashore
Till they spoke no more.
Well, fisherman Jim lived on and on,
And his hair grew white, and the wrinkles
came,
But he never smiled and his heart seemed
gone,
And he never was heard to fpeak the
name
Of the little kids who were buried there
Up on the hill in sight o' tho sea,
Vnder a wilier tree.
One night they came and told me to baste
To the house on the hill, for Jim was
sick,
And they said I hadn't no time to waste.
For his tide was a ebbin' powerful quick
An' he seemed to be wanderin' and crazy
like
An' a seein' sights he oughtn't to see
An' had called for me.
And fisherman Jim sez he to me.
'It s my last, last cruise yo under
stand I'm a sailin' a dark and dreadful sea,
But off on the further shore, on the sand,
Are the kids, who's a beck'nin' an callin' my
name
Jess as they did ah, mate, you know
In the long ago.
Xo, sir ! he wasn't afraid to die,
For all that night he seemed to see
His little boys of the years gone by.
And to hear sweet voices forgot by me ;
Au' just as the mornin' sun come up
" They're. holdin' me by the hands! he
criedi
An' o be died.
KOVXD IX A WACOX BOX.
'Thf( bloodv TillainB." muttered
Sandj McGovern to himself, as he
sat on his horse surveying the scene
of desolation and death; "the bloody,
murdering scoundrels !a ; ---
In front of a litUe knoll on wnicn
Sandy had reined his horse, was a
confused heap of broken wagons.
Here and there a dead norse, aireaay
partially stripped by the .cayotes,
nnl en-ittered ud and down the line
of wagons the bodies of men who
evidently died righting.
It did not need the hideous rea
noiM on tnn nf tliA skulls, where
jrAWUva V . vvf- - - 1
the scalps had been torn off, to tell
the old frontiersman that he saw De-
fore him all that was left of an emi
grant train that had been surprised
by Indians. The arrows in the
men's bodies, the wanton destruc
tion of the wagons, told the tale but
too plainly.
Sandy lilted his horse s rem, ana
the trained animal picked his way
down the little descent to where the
fight had been. Here the "signs"
were plainer than ever, and as San
dy rode slowly along the line where
the unavailing battle had been
fought, his mind was filled with re
gret that he, in company with a
score of stout fighters like himself,
had not been there. Mingled with
this was a feeling of desire for ven
geance. To his exDerienced eves, the
slight signs which would have es
caped a man new to the plains, uia
him that he massacre had taken
place, at the most, but two days be
fftre. The most horrible and vet the
surest proof, was the fact that the
cayotes had not had time to finish
their work of eating the dead.
As he rode slowly along he sud
denly heard a faint sound. The si
lence of the desert is so intense that
one becomes accustomed to it, and
any noise, however slight, attracts
the attention instantly. With his
nerves strung by the scene which lay
before him, the frontiersman whose
senses were always alert, found hi9
attention attracted at once, and
stopping his horse he listened in
tently. In about a minute he heard it
again, and noticed that it came from
one of the wagons. Dismounting
and walking to the place he listened
once more. In another minute he
heard it again. It was something
like a faint cry and it seemed to be
smothered in some way.
Sandy stood close by the wagon,
his hands resting upon the foot
board in front Again he heard it,
and this time more plainly than be
fore. Fairly leaping to the foot
board, he opened the long box in
front, the top of which forms iu a
nrarie schooner the driver's seat.
and saw lying in it a little child.
The big frontiersman lilted the
baby for it was scarcely more out
of its strange resting place as ten
derly as a mother.
He saw that the child was very
wmV (mm it Inner fact and. rJflV
" ..v. - . 1 , I
ing it gentlj on his blankets he be
gan to search for something fit for it
to eat rinding a Dag oi nour, ne
made, with a little sugar, a' kind of
thin grpeL heating it "oyer afire he
bad hastily kindled. Taking the
baby in his arms, he fed it slowly
and cautiously. With infinite pa
tience the big bearded man went
through his strange task, until, af
ter some time he had the satisfaction
of seeing the little one refuse to
swallow any more.'.
Then Bitting on the tongue of the
wagon, with the dead lying around
him, Sandy rocked the baby in his
arms until it went to sleep.
Placing it in his blankets and
covering it up carefully, he exam
ined the box in which he found it
ESTABLISHED, 1827.
SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY.
In the bottom was a rough horse
blanket Thrown over the edge was
a piece of rope, placed there to pre
vent the lid shutting tight Along
side of the child he found half of a
bracelet evidently a cheap imitation
one, which looked as though it had
been torn off from the other
half. At the lower; end of the box
there was a confused heap of baby
clothes, thrust in hastily. All of
these things Sandy' took. He found
even the water in the spring beside
which the train had camped, to give
his newlv discovered treasure a
bath, which seemedjo do the little
one a great deal of good.
Fnr nnA wppk Sandv staved there.
spending his whole time looking af
ter the Dahy. lie saw me cnua grow
strong and "bright, arid he saw that
the feeding, washinsand dressing of
the "kid "as he baa alreadv christ
ened it, a source of ver increasing
delight
A AlA At-isl yf tVi bb f fif-via Viainn rr
l UJC IT I ill ui nit, uaiuiij
the broken bracelet carefa lly stowed
away in his saddle Dags, oandy
mounted his horse, and, taking the
4kid in his arms, left the scene of
the massacre never to see it again."
. -
What a wonderful change sixteen
years make in men and women. The
glossy brown hair may have become
thin in that time, ap a on the once
smooth face time niay print more
than one fine wrinkle telling of
the deep furrows to (pome. Sixteen
years have . somewhat whitened
Sandy McGoyern's "hiur, and his fig
ure is more portly than it was when
he rode away from tw scene of the
desert massacre. An sixteen years
have transformed the "kid" into a
tall, stalwart lad of eighteen,, full of
health and strength.
Robert McGovern, ps Sandy had
called the baby he'fund in the old
wagon box, looked magnificiently as
he rode up to the house, crossing the
little stream in one eajny leap of his
horse. For the sixteen years had
brought wealth to Sandy with his
gray hairs.
It really seemed that everything
he toucheJ prospered after he had
rescued the baby. He, made more
money in trapping that year than
he had made in anj two before.
He got contracts to supply the stage
line with horses, and Jnade money i
out of them. He bouiht a share in
a claim for almost nething, and it j
turned out to be enormously rich.
"Lucky Sandy," as lie was called,
began to be noted for , his uniform
success. Finally he tamed his at
tention to cattle, and purchasing a
large tract of land, stocked it, and j
became a ranchero. He placed tbe j
"kid" at school as soon as he was
old enough to go, ana after giving
him a good education, brought him
home to live on the raoeh and learn
to manage it i.jj i,-..
"Father," said Bob (Sandy never
called him kid unless they were by
themselves,) "there's a party down
there on the road and the stage has
broken down. I told them I'd ride
up here and send a wagon down to
bring them up. I said you'd be
glad to have them as long as they'd
stay."
"That's right, my boy, of course
wer'e glad to have 'em. Here, you,
Pedro, harness up and go down to
the road. Bring up all the passen
gers on the coach. How many is
there of them. Bob?'
"Five, in all. There's the prettiest
girl, father, you ever saw, an old la
dy who kept looking at me, and
three gentlemen."
"Well, my boy, well try and
make them comfortable. You better
go and see about rooms being got
ready for 'em, and I'll ride down an'
bring 'em up."
Bob dismounted, and throwing
the bridle rein over the hitching
post, walked into the house.
Sandy looked after him, and mut
tering to himself :
"I declar', that boy gets better ev
ery day," prepared to ride down to
the rescue of the passengers. It was
not very long before the whole party
reached the house, glad enough for
the chance of staying there' until
they could go en with their journey.
It consisted of Mrs. Barnston and
Mr. Barnston, his niece, Miss Edith
Hovee, and two friends of theirs,
Messrs. James and Flynn.
Sandy's welcome was so cordial,
and he was so unaffectedly glad to
see them, that all idea of formality
vanished, and before supper time
tbe whole party had become as fa
miliar as old friends.
Bob seemed to get along very well
with Miss Edith, and while Sandy
and the other men chatted together,
the young people talked about any
thing and everything that could fur
nish a topic of conversation. Both
Sandy and Bob noticed that Mrs.
Barnston was very silent, and that
she did dot seem able to keep her
eyes off the yorlng man's face. She
would look at him with a half puz
zled and most anxious expression
until she saw that she was noticed
by the others, when, with an effort
she would join in the general con
versation. After supper the whole party went
out upon the piazza, when the men
lit their cigars and talked.
At length Sandy, who never miss
ed a chance of showing his boy off,
called up Bob to sing, and he at
once began, in a beautiful tenor
veice, some simple melody. As he
sang, Mrs. Barnston became more
nervous, until suddenly starring up,
she hastily le$ t,be piazza. Her hus
band followed her and 'ajteij a short
absence returned. Turning to Sandj,
he said;
-Yu "must excuse mj wife, Mr.
McGoyern ; but she lost her first
husband and . her boy many yean
ago under peculiarly distressing cir
cumstances, and your son's singing
has reminded her so of her first hus
band's voice that she was unable to
stay with ns."
Sandy paused for a momont be
fore replying, and then in a deep
tone said:
"Bob ain't my son." '
"Not your son ! Why, I thought
but beg your pardon," said Mr.
Barastou.
"Pardon's graBted,'' said Sandy,
sententiously. "What I mean is, I
tint Bob's real father. He's my son
in affection and in love but he aint
my natural son."
APRIL 18. 1883.
"Well, if youll excuse my curios
ity, where did you get him ?"
'"It's sixteen years ago now," said
Sandy, slowly, "that! was riding
along the South Platte. One day I
came across a place whar' the red
devils had been fighting a train.
When I came thar' ther' wern't no
man alive nor no horses nor nothin'.
I rode along an' I heard a kind o'
wail, feeble like. I stopped an' lis
tened, an' then I looked whar' the
sound came from, and I found Bob
thar, nothin' but a kid, he were then,
in a "
"You found him in a wagon box I
Oh, for God's sake, ydu found him
there !" and Mrs. barnston fairly ran
from the door in which she was
standing, and threw her arm3 around
Bob's neck, turning her head toward
Sandy as she spake.
Sandy started, and half rose from
his chair. Then looking at Bob
with an eye full of affection for a
moment, he allowed his gaze to rest
on the eager face of the woman.
Then he said, Blowly :
"Thar wer' somethin' as I found
alongside o' the little one."
"I know," said Mrs. Barnston,
"the half of a bracelet"
Sandy nodded, and with a wild in
articulate cry of delight, Mrs. Barn
ston fell fainting to the floor. The
spectators of this intensely dramatic
scene hastened to her assistance,
and when she recovered it was to
find the arms of her son around
her. She hugged him, kissed him,
laughed and cried at the same time
over him. She called him her boy,
her Willie, her darling every term
of endearment ever heard, she lav
ished upon him.
Bob, or Willie Thorndike, as his
name really was, behaved very well.
While it was impossible for "him to
realize that he had found a new
name and a mother, he yet showed
a great deal of affection. He was the
first to realize, however, that Sandy
had left them.
"Mother," he said, "father must
be told that this makes no difference.
Come with me."
Mrs. Barnston got up, and holding
her son's arm tightly, went with him.
They found Sandy" walking to and
fro ouUide the house.
"Mother," said Will, "you must
speak to father. He bus been a true
lather to me.
At the sound of the title he had
so long been accustomed to, Sandy
turned towards them.
"I do not know what to say to
you," began Mrs. Barnston ; "words
would be poor and weak. God bless
you, Mr. Mcbovero, and He will
bless you for what you have done.
I cannot thank ;ou, but I can pray
to Him that He will. Do not think
that I wish to take Will away from
you. You have been a father to
him, and it is right that he should
be your son. ..But he is mvboy, my
darling n '
"Wa'al, marro," said Sandy, as
his face softened into a smile, as full
of pleasantness as a May morning,
grasping as he spoke, Will's hand,
"thar ain't no reason, "as I knows,
why we both can't love this young
ster. He's a good boy, as good as
they make 'em ; and I reckon we
can 'range things so as to suit all
Earties. You an' your husband had
etter stay on the ranch for a month
or two an' well have plenty of time
to talk it all out I was afeared,"
continued Sandy, after a pause, "as
how I might have lost the boy long
o' your comin', but I sees that ain't
so, an' I bless God for the joy he has
given this day. Let's all go into
the house and talk it over."
And so it was all arranged. Mr.
and Mrs. Barnston and Edith stayed
at the ranch for three months. Dur
ing that time Will's mother had a
chance to tell how she had been
carried off by the Indians and res
cued by the United States troops
within a week ; how she had met her
then husband some eight years af
terwards and married him, and how
she had never ceased thinking of
her boy that had died, as she sup
posed, in the desert.
During the three months Will dis
covered the fact that he was very
glad that Edith Hovee was not his
relation by blood.
When the Barnstons did leave,
they did bo two days after Mr. and
Mrs. William Thorndike had taken
the cars on their wedding tour. San
dy gave Will one-half the ranch,
stocking it for him, and the last time
I saw V ill he told me he was going
to run for Congress, He was full of
the pleasure he expected to have in
getting his mother, bis wife and ba
bies, and his father, as he always
called old Sandy, together once
more in his grand home in Wash
ington. Daniel Webster.
. Mr. J. Emery writes : There is
one incident in Daniel Webster's life
that I have never seen published or
heard mentioned since it happened.
In 1S19, 1 think it was that year,
the United States Supreme Court
gave its decision in the famous
Dartmouth College case. At the
commencement in 1&2D, Mr. Web
ster was present and addressed the
students. At a meeting of tbe trus
tees and faculty a draft of five hun
dred, dollars was -drawn in favor of
Mr. Webster. Our resident. Dr.
Francis Brown, was very mu;h. eat
of health, and Mr. Webster urged
him stroogly V go South. Mr
Brown repLd (hat perhaps it would
b$ better tp dp go, but that he was
poor and V.uaUe to bear the expense.
AfcAVebster, without saying a word
Va reply, stepped to a desk in the
room, took from his pocket the draft
of five hundred dollars that had
been given, indorsed it over to Mr.
Brown, saying, "that will help yon,
sir." On Mr. Brown's attempting
to reply, "not a word, my dear, sir,
not a word, but go South and thank
God for the means," said the certain
ly then "God like DanieL" Mr.
Brown did go South, but died the
same year, in the autumn of 1S2Q.
This one act will balance all that the
Ghouls are trying to di; ap of faults
in his character
A little girl was walking along the
street the other day, when she was a
very bow-legged man with a short
coat on. "Oh,' ma !" she cried,
"Thore's a man with a tunnel under
him P
eralcl.
Boys on the Farm.
An exchange recognizing the gen
eral disposition of farmer boys to
leave their country homes and drift
to the cities, where they are in dan
ger of eking out a miserable .exist
ence as poorly paid clerks, unsuc
cessful physicians, or chentless law
Jers, endeavors to suggest a remedy,
t assumes that none of the respon -
sibility for this unfortunate condi-
tion of affairs rests upon the parents,
It argues on the supposition that
father and mother are anxious to
keep the boys on the farm, regard
with displeasure their yearning for
the more varied scenes of the city,
and send them forth on their quest
after fortune with many misgivings
and deep sorrow.
It is suggested to parents that one
way to attach the boys to the farm
is to identify them with it by paying
them wages from their childhood, of
lightening the monotony of their life
by giving them frequent holidays
wherein they may visit the outer
world and learn something of its
hollowness as well as of its pleas
ures, making home the centre of all
innocent pleasures and youthful de
lights, treating them as rational be
ings ought to be treated, ministering
to their spiritual and intellectual na
tures as well as to their merely phys
ical organism.
It is also suggested that when they
are nearing manhood it would be
well to give them portions of the
farm for their own, to help them to
erect little cottages to which in the
fullness of time they may bring the
girls of their choice, and, in general,
to do all things that will tend to
discourage the roving notion, that
will identify them with the farm on
which they were born, that will lead
them to believe that duty and Eelf
interest require them to remain in
the occupation which their parents
have dignified and which has been
commended by the best minds of
all ages ad the most natural, and it
i3 the most useful employment of
mankind.
This is good advice. Doubtless
it is the hardness, the monotony, the
everlasting grind year in and year
out of the average farm life which
drives many of the children of farm
ers to leave the country in disgust
and seek employment al less remu
nerative occupations. It is" probably
true that the farmer who never
adorns the hard labor of daily life
with any of the flowers of culture
which are now accessible to all,
whose home -is plain and uncom
fortable, whose ideas all run to util
ity unembeilished by beauty, will
lose his children, as he deserves to
lose them. The immortal spirit is
not content to feed on mere material
husks.
But our observation has forced us
to the conclusion that tbe restless
spirit whieir adrirea 'yorraz men who
would have made successful farmers
into occupations in which they mis
erably fail, is often fostered by the
parents themselves. They look" with
satisfaction upon their broad acres,
it is true, but they would snare their
boy the toilsome lot which has been
tht ir. They have had enough to
eat and wear, but they have had lit
tle) leisure and few enjoyments.
They are ambitious that their boy
shauld shine among men. They
find teachers aDd others who have
not the courage or the honesty to
tell them the truth about their boy,
or to unfold to them the difficulties
which will confront or the strong
chances that his life as a profession
al man will result in disastrous fail
ure. And so they encourage him to
look forward to the moment when
he will leave the old home to become
a man among men. With such
teaching the boy grows up with a
contempt for the toilsome and limit
ed life of his parents, and at the ear
liest moment shakes the dust of the
farm from his feet and plunges into
the great maelstrom of the world.
He must be a strong swimmer in
deed if he succeeds in breasting its
swift current.
It is natural that parents should
be proud of their children and con
fident of their ability to excel. But
it is wise to bring them up to hon
est toil. The farmer boy who has
been trained from his earliest mo
ment of conscious existence to re
gard his father's business as his
own, will find his way into a pro
fession in good time if nature has
called him in that direction. It
should be the duty of parents to dis
courage notions which may tend to
produce idleness, dissipation and
failure. The man who knows how
to run a farm is never in want of a
situation in this country. If he pos
sesses all the virtues and abilities as
a man which his parents see in him
as a boy, he will be sure to rise in
the world.
Call the Next Co.
Forty years ago Eatonton was a
fat town, says a local paper. Gam
bling of all kinds, cock-fighting and
horse-racing was tbe rule, as it is the
exception now. At one term of the
court 1845 or 134ft the grand jury
returned one true bill against forty
persona John V. Ashurat, solicitor
generalandi a number, of prominent
iwjers included in one hatch for
gaming. It was La this case that it
ia said T.adze Cone made himself
famous. When the case was reached
all of the defendants arose and plead
guilty. Judge Cone fined each of
of them S10 and costs and lectured
them severely upon the uselesnes
and immorality of such habits and
the viciousness of the example which
they were setting for the youth of
the country; then, commanding the
defendants to take their seats, with a
solemn face but a merry twinkle i
his eye, he turned to the clerk and
said: " Now, Mr. Clerk enter after
these cases, 'State of Georgia vs.
Judge Cone gaming special infor
mation by bis honor ; plea of guilty,
aad Ene him SlOOand costs.' Call
the next ease, sir."
Some of the styles in spring bon
nets look very much like a wreath of
flowers.
' A pickpocket never lets his right
hand know what his left hand
doeCh. -
WHOLE NO. 1(558.
VAXDEIiBIlVrs IJXE.
"Where tbe Sew Kond Will Get Its
Traffic Baying Vp Iron Ore and
Coal Lands.
Philadelphia, April 10. It is by
I no means probable that the road
j proposed by Mr. Yanderbilt from a
' connection with the Philadelphia &
j Reading Railroad at Harrisburg to a
point on the Youghiogheny, will be
completed within the next two
years. There have been three sur
veys made, but no line has been
definitely agreed upon. The bridge
across the Susquehanna at Harris
burg is to cost S3,XtO,(XX, and the
contract has been awarded to Clarke,
Reeves it Co., at Pottstown, this
State. President Gowen states that
he will be able to offer an amount
of freight for shipment to Pittsburg
and the West over the new line that
to the outsider does not appear.
It will make anothertrunk linerora
; the city of
New York to the great
West. The
Jersey Central, which
will be
LEASED TO THE READING
as soon as it goes out of the hands
of the receiver, will deliver passen
gers and freight to the Reading Com
pany at Allentown, and from thence
they will be taken on to Harrisburg
and Pittsburg by the new Southwest
road of Mr. Vanderbilt's and the
Pittsburg, McKee?port and Yough-
iogheny, and from Pittsburg to the
west via the Pittsburg and Lake Erie
and the Lake Shore and Michigan
Southern. It is contended by the
projectors of the new trunk line that
the advantages to Pittsburg manu
facturers from the new line will be
very numerous. Raw materials are
especially mentioned. Orts and
coal will be brought in at greatly re
duced rates of freight, and the man
ufacturers of Pittsburg will be thus
able to mett manufacturers of any
other market
BUYING VP IKON AND COAL LANDS.
Mr. Vanderbilt and by friends
are purchasing iron ore and coal
lands along the line of the new road
wherever they are to be found.
These are to be developed, and when
the road is opened it will be with an
assured tonnage of coal and ether
products, the greater portion of which
will rind a market in Pittsburg.
The syndicate representing Mr. Van
derbilt has invested no les9 than S'i,
(W0,000 in coal lands in Westmore
land, Fayette, Washington and Som
erset counties. In Bedford they
have purchased several very valua
ble iron ore tracts and thev contend
that with a line of railroad to Pitts-'
burg through the richest mineral I
region of the world, and hity miles
shorter than the Pennsylvania Rail
road, that they will have the
carrying of the larger portion of the
raw" materials used by the manufac
turers ot that city.-
CNKAINK l.V COAL TRADE CIRCLES.
There is some unt-asiness felt in
coal trade circles that with the pro
posed development of so many new
fiflds of coal land, that within a
few years the market will be glutted.
The Vanderbilts have come into
Pennsylvania determined to dig coal
wherever it is to be had along thir
lines of road and put it down at
tidewater and other pointi as cheap
ly as others. Thev have discovered
what an immense profit there isin!,jck; they pay" while they aie well,
it and at the same time are desirous j but as soon as thev eet sick the pay
of coming into stroeff competition' stops. Here men kill their enemies;
with the Pennsylvania Railroad in i a Chimaman geta revenge by killing
transporting this product They ! himself. We use a soft pillow;
have gone into Clearfield county, jthPV a block of wood. Thev launch
where the Pennsylvania Railroad ; ghi'ps sidewise, rine bells from the
Company were supposed to be the j outside, and actually turn their
supreme master of the situation, and j screws in the opposite direction from
V" .. .... tJ . . I.A1U11I ;
i r a. t .
co;u irom live 10 seven ieei in me
thickne3 of the veins, and in the
adjoining county of Clinton are now
opening a tract of 10,j00 acres, and
are constructing a line of railroad
leadin? to a connection with the
Reading, for the shipment of the
product to the lake at Buffalo,' and
to the East. I have already men
tioned what thev were doing in the
I l'l 1 , .L .
,
the
vrtv ui tuai i.iiiu uuiiiiucra on lilt;
liri frn... H,.rWr tn Pi'tt.Kiir.v
. T',4 u
to 1 lttsburg,
( - "'-
and the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany must be caretul to secure ter
ritory or it will be badly left in a
few yeara in finding that the Van
derbilt is draining a territory upon
which their lines should rely.
LAST YEAR'S COAL I'KODIXTION.
The total production of bitumin
ous coal last year wa3 22.''M.iO
ton?.- but gentlemen of long experi- i
ence in this branch of industry de-i
clare that if all the companies now ;
chartered to engage in coal mining ';
carry out their intentions, the pro- j
ductioa of last year will be doubled j
within the next tw3 years and that I
coal will be a drug in the market!
Coal is very dull at this time, but
such a condition of affairs is account-1
ed for by the dollnes3 of the iron
trade.
Tbe Largest Spring,
Silver spring, in G07gia, is said j
the largest spring in the world. It;
is the source of the Oklawaha river, !
which is sixty feet wide at the start,
tea eet deep, and with a current!
sowing two miles an hour. All this j
vast quantity of water comes from !
the sprint?, whose only inlets are at ' .
the bottom. It is about two acres in A ewly-mamed couple from
size, and its mysterious depths have I ayback " were n i this city yester
never been explored. There is aa da7 nd, of 2: fonnd " -V8tfr
Indian legend about Silver ep-ing, saloon th ret tbinS?-. ,H(?W d
of course. Wenonah, the Uaaty of! ?ou wan tnm' " "iMnril ?
the tribe that inhabit;! the neigh- j th wa'f T &sked vth P?0?- ah"
borhood, won thekve of Chulioo-! 8"-e? bar8 ? hid'-shell business
tab. a hostile tiki. Her wrathful ' w,th thw weddine tnp; give em to
fntripralpur iks li.vpr nnrl thn u'L
nonah drowned herself in the spring,
which was then small, but was in
stantly enlarged to the present pro
portioES by the Great Spirit's abun
dant tears of sympathy.
Miss Miller, of Ferris. Texas.
chloroformed her father's dogs and i
eloped with the young man whom
her father had forbidden the premi-
sea. The probabilities are that '
about a year hence she will eon-
elude that ber life would have been j
less miserable if she bad chloroform.;
ed the younj mas and eloped with j
her fathers doga. I
!
! Parliament is the pow-wow behind
the throne.
TLe oat crop, which is so promi
nent in our farming, is rarely utilized
for farmers tables. In a somewhat
long acquaintance in the rural dis
trict we do not remember evpr tn
I have m t with oatmeal cooked in
any lwnn. This diet is a favorite at
1 the breakfast table in our cities, ia
I the form of mush, and eaten with
j sugar and milk, is an appetizing ami
wholesome article of diet But upon
the farm, the oat crop is very largely
a money crop, sold m the nearest
market or at the railway station. If
used upon the farm it, goes to the
horse without grinding, or, if ground,
as provender for the pigs. Almost
everywhere we meet with corn pro
ducts upon the table, Indian bread,
the convenient Johnny-bread, hasty
pudding, samp, hominy, corn bread,
and the finest of all summer dishes,
succotash the sweet corn mingled
with the savory juices of the bean.
The wheat plant is well represented,
in bread and other forms of cooking,
though it has ceased to be a product
of many northern farms. In all the
region where rye has taken the place
ot wheat, rye bread is a staple article
of diet Baked beans are about as
popular as ever, in the rural districts,
and are likely to hold their own
with the coming generations. But
oatmeal is ignored as a food fit for
man. Among the people who use
it, and in the analysis of the chem
ist, it stands confessed as one of the
most nutritious and economical
foods that can le used. The Scotch
people are living examples of what
oatmeal will do to make an athletic
race with plenty ot brain, bone and
! muscle. The Scotchman's average
daily ration is 21 pounds of oatmeal
and a pint of milk. On this he
thrives and performs the labor of the
farm. Analysis shows that oatmeal
ia very rich in nitrogenous matter,
and comes much nearer wheat flour
in nutrative value, than is generally
sup posed.
There can be no doubt that oat
meal cooked in its various forms
might be added to the list of our
dishes in the farming districts with
great advantage. It is one of the
best sustainers of muscle in the list
of human foods.
The Land ofOprxwiten.
The contrarities of the Chinese, as
compared with us, have often been
commented on. The Rev. Selah
Brown writes about them in the
Christian Advocate. We shake
bunds as a salution ; a Chinaman
shakes hands with himself. He
stands at a distance, and, clasping
both hands together, he shakes them
up and down at you. We uncover
the head as a mark of respect ; they
keep their heads covered, but take
off their shoes for politeness. We
shave the face ; they shave the head
and eye-brows. We cut our finger
nails ; they consider it aristocratic
to have nails from three to five inch
es long, which they are obliged to
protect in silver cases. The China
man's waist coat is outside his coat,
and his drawera outside his trousers.
We blacken our shoes ; he whites
them. We have soup as a first
course at dinner, and desert at last ;
they have desert at first and soup at
last Here people take wines ice
cold ; the Chinese drink theirs scald
ing hot We bury in the earth ;
they on its surface. With us black
clothing is a badge of morning; with
them white garments indicate the
lofs of friends. In that land of op
posites it is the old men who fly
kites, walk on stilts, and play the
shuttlecnck, and, to keep up their
odd ways of doing things, they play
the latter with their feet instead of
their hands. In China women do
men's work, and men are the milli
ners, dressmakera and washerwom
en. With us the right hand is place
of honor ; with them it is the left
hand. In dating letters we place
the year last : they write the year
firet. They always speak of the
mariners a compass (their own in
vention) a3 pointing to the south.
We pav our physicians when we are
n 1113
wu'J'
I think the value of flax straw for
feeding stock depends generally on
how much seed there is in it. I
have stacked upon my place seventy
five or one hundred tons of flax
straw. I have also a quantity of
prairie hay. which I do not value
verv highly for the wintering of stock,
i and I was obliged to fence it in to
, i . v . ; 4 v.:t
, 1 .
I Wjt from being eaten up,
I an p lb uuiij uciuji; caicu up, vfiiuu
, fl -.- nntnnrhwl. I
J would not give 50 cents a ton for
I flax straw for feeding stock, as there
is not any substance in it
I He was a real estate aeent, and
complained that he had had three
anjoining nouses io lei since iasi
fall, and couldn't get rid of them on
any terms.
" What's the cause?" inquired a
friend.
"Malaria?"
" Xo."
" Rum mill on the corner?"
"No."
"Is the neighborhood infested with
cat?"
" No."
"What then?"
" Well, there's a man who lives
across the way with his daughter,
and he's endeavoring to make
an American prima donna out of
her."
That poor bedridden, invrlid wife.
i sister, mother, or daughter can be
j made the picture of health by a few
i bottles of Hop Bitter. Will voa
let them suffer? when so easily
cured ! '
i OS On the Whole ShelL
At a recent marriage cereeny in
one of the Providence chuehes the
contracting parties were thirty min
utes behind time and the organ peal
ed out : "Oh ! dear, what can tlie
matter be?"
yriD3 rises two and a quarter
norir9 eun. j. naturall
Uxe9 e 0lj gi gome tjme to kindle
a gre anj get tangles out of her
fore breakfast time. The sun
gets Bp WEen the weather
set3 warmer,
TU an amot OTOwintr riir,n'r
1 - , r or frjl
1 faithful Christian. For the Master
i has need of such, and such Christiana.
cake a live chureh.