u U Somerset Herald s of Publication. w, ,,,7 Wednesday mornm- at 2 ' in m ntu " , .re paid up. Postmasters neglecting ' at when subeefhers UJ" mt will 1 belt rospanslble lor tb rub- 1 omer set eralc , vrf removing (Tom one n. the nama O I efflce. Address ostoAre to aa tta former as ..fs.U!vi . present The Somerset Herald, Sotnttrset, r. X :I'''KfT( ,KNEY.T LA W. Somerset, Pa. V. HEISEOKEIt, ATTt'KNEY AT LAW. . nn,-r t. Pa, r.'.rf In Ct k k Keertt.' Blork. KIM MET.. ttotoerart. Pa. K.H .: rs AlTKkXtT AT LAW, Sumersrt, Pa. 1. K . HTM.. A!11IT-IUW, Km Pa. HM.KY. illHi.MV AJ LAW, s..rrart. P .1 T. il IiiMVAT LA. ! ufKi, Pei.n a. - I 1. 1.. .. . NEY AT LAW. S.-uirnwt, Pa. ,;' !T AT1"KM Y AT LAW. H-nierpct, Pa. -. .:. Ynu.iiitb lilu a. ESTABLISHED, 1827. VOL. XXXII. NO. IS. SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 17,iS83. WHOLE NO. 16S3. Frank W. ESTABLISHED 34 YEARS. EL" JL "3LT John B. Ha B IR OS., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Tin, Copper aid Sheet-Iron fare Maify, C 2S0 Washington Street, Johnstown, Pa. RANGES, STOVES and KOUSE-FURKSH KG GOODS II GENERAL At Prices Less than any ether House in Western Pennsylvania. Spe-ial attentl.ej paid t. Jobbing In Tin. Oalvanlted Instead Sheet-Iron, Sugar Pans. Strata Plj. H Air Pi. R. nnit. p.-silhg. Stack, ot Engine., and all work ierteinlcg to Cellar Fur-.-. :uln given an J . d one by hrst-clar. .Mechanics only. Svit Ageni for Noble Cook. I .1 I t ...('-I S;.ear Antl lut ' k. Exrel.lur i'rnn. In Houe Furnlftuiig Oood. we otter (teal . T i.rt etl. Bread t'ake Holes, bamtr-Palls, knives and Forks (common i n 1 pl.t-!). i-nnan Mlvcr r-p-ioti., Britannia Sioons, lea Tray.. Llnf.l. Ino and Enameled i mrrt Hr., an t " 'I lr Krtt w. Meat Broilers, Cijstcr Broilers. Egg Beater., aix dltlerent kinds, Breed T.e'i-r.. Plate.l Britannia and Wire ta.tors. Iron Stand.. Fire irons, anj everything uf i Hirt ir,l tn tlie - kt!.i Hr.artuifOt. An exiriDr ol Ihlrty tliree yearf In Ixiolueu lirre ena ' 1 1- n to n--n '' iitiii t ! '-"n niunltT 1D nr Udo, with a (rw arllrle at a low jirlca. Ail gtiil '.I W AkKAM Kl AN Kr.Pkr.MTLIr th ni"iM-y refunJeJ. all and aer the Warm ; net ' i-ir. t-i -rr 't.r-ttili;it : n' tr-oMr lu rhow iruc.ig. I'er'K.c? coiiiUiU'itijf HuuFe.Kei!iK will save , j-r f-r.t. v t-mif.K their nm trt'in at. Merchant. ielliriic k'kmI? in uur line .hurlU .end tut W li .iie Trl -t Lin. or rail and aet qu"ttl.tn i l ourWurK. Ai we have no apprentice, all our i.rk u Warrunted tu b ot the lt quality at loweat pi Ice. To tave money call on or (end to II Y ItltOS o. 2SO WafhtiiKton Street. Johntttown, Penn'a. GOOD XIGHT AND GOOD MOKIIOW m . tTT. ikK.N'LY AT LAW. Soiucnet, Pa. c- H '0e. AlVt'OHnewentrurt . iu wuu priuiptue. .and W. 11. Kl'l'PKU li .V IIl'I'I'EU i l.M.YS AT LAW. ru'Td to their care will be atlendcnl to. uu t TaK cm-el, oiioalt the L. C. OOLIVJIIX. V;;- A- COLIiOIlN, ATT' EYSAT-LA W. ru''! to our care will le prompt- .p;! T. tollecllur luaile In Suui. -d a' i 'ininif t'ountiea. Survey- ,t i "lie on reaaonaide tern;!. k"IM MEL. : i 'h S LY-A T LA W, Somerset, Pa. l'n!new entroffted U hit care j :i wauk enuntle. with prt.mpt i 'Uu- nn Main Crow etreet. ;Y F Si HELL, .17 lX'KXKY-AT LAW, Someraet, FASHIONABLE CUTTER & TAILOR, T ii-SM tiff Havlne had many year. experiene in all tirancuea of he TniUrinic tua incnt. 1 anaraniee aii8taction to all who may call nit on me and lavor me with their pat- ronaire. Y'oura, avc. HJl. Jf. IIOCIISTKn.rR, SomerMPt. Ph. PHOSPHATE $25 PER TON ! a-Jil IV A RKAL AMMOSIATVD HOSK M Pt 'H-l'UdSpliAl A H HK'H H I A 1.0 St: Mul'lrt: IIV MKASS lh SPECIAL All A! l A'iUS IS NASI A'.tC l Kli.-k mart i..l n Afrent, 11K HAY, AT lcKNKY AT LAW -... I.r il Eute. Somerset. P f..ir tri eu:ru.ted to tl. rare Pa. will rub nil.. il 1 1 KN tV AT LAW Some et. Pa. a .-.It.! all l'Of1ne entrou'ed ,.'! ed ( rplleiw, fco. M- Huil :lna. A'T" l.MY-ATLAW, S.nienrt Pa., . entreated to my eaee at- o ptnem and tideil'y. iM II. KOONTZ. ATTt'KSLY AT LAW. NiBirrnl, Pa., - - "rntl"i l'a.1r mtrert- i i-wl and a l;.lnlna C'ttulie.. . 1; -j-e k"W. ' !i ;H. . . I.M.Y AT LAW. S.-o.'iet. Pa. T1-Hr. np elalr.. Untrane. 4 '..U4VM i. . wia.1e. e.tte rt ..vi et. and all Iraal lalneM i ",iptnra. an.1 n.l iltjr. i:ni. ,:i l.M.Y AT LAW. &-ymrrri. Pa., ir; S merKt an 1 ad'dnlnae.-nntie. . L.r..;-:tu Lira will ue pnmplly SOMERSET COUNTY BANK ! (KSTAIil-ISIIKI) 1M77.) CHAELES. J. HARRISES. E.I.PS1TTS. l'l-csident. Cashier. ("..nertli.til mode Sutes. In all parti of the T'nlted CHARGES MODERATE. Parties wl-hlnn to f. nd money Wet ran ae ennio1nted hy draft on X-w Y'Tk in ny mm. tklli--tlon ma.'e with prmipinrr. t . S. Hoj.H bouahl and odd. Money and taluaMe. ae.-ured ty one id liletdd'irpelifr.ie. rate), with a Sar-a-ent a. Yale (.i d uc time !-k. ACCOUNTS SOLICITED. -AU le a! bo!Wy.otaerrel.-ti dee? SS5 The fires arc all lmrned out, the lamps are low, The guests are pone, the cups are drained and dry. ll.'re, then, was somewhat once of revelry ; Hut now no more at all the fires shall glow Xor ttoiiff be heard, nor latishter, "or wine flow. Chill is the air; pray gleams the wintry Through lifeless boughs drear winds be gin to sigh. 'Tis time, my heart, for us to rise and go l"j the steep stair, till the dark room we gain Where sleep awaits us, brooding by that bed On which who lies forgets all joy and pain. Nor wecjis in dreams for some sweet thing long lied. 'Tis cold and lonely now ; set wide the door; (iood-morrow. lieart, and rest tnee ever more. I'hilip Ilourke Marston, in Harper's Mugn !nf for Octoltrr, THE COMKDY OF A STKAW HAT. VIRGINIA W. JOIIXfTOV. Per Ton or S.OOO Pounds. OK THECAUS OR BOAT IX 1HI Li 1IX1HI A. .SVad for Circrler. Addreu BAUGH & SONS, Sole Manufacturers, Philadelphia, Pa. auK'JUt. II wm 0 Crc;j t-i. r i " lri.((ft-1 inj,' CHrniCAL ro. tff (if hi ft T L Ti-'O-. 0. 1 1 !!! .rs. T'KNEY-A1 I AW. Soiuerwt, Petm'a. VM- VEYEI1S. ATI ( KN I.Y-AT-LAW. Somer-et, Penn'a. i.m rttrnFted to M care will lie " ( nut''ni'ii and fidelity. ".Nuti.c tii lilnrk next dooftMliny-.t't WAIII) WYNNE, M. I). :rwx. IK v.v.i. he Pve. Kar. Now and Tb'"at- 1 !i;iv l.mot ire. H iirf. '. a. m. to r & ire.-u l.U k. is6 Muln t. T!! iMI'SON. M. 1. SI i:5Kt-'X 1KNT1ST. .lohnftown. Pa. ;T .vion.il exiMTience ol more thn CI'. Ptl IJM. iKIIH A Sl' IAITV. . iss Main reet tup atr) er - - lUr.twiiro Store. It will I n.ref- . r . w'm w;itit worn done to mke n ' 1 1 .rei'.and. -tie"W. WILLIAM COLLINS. I'KXTIST, PO.MEKSET, PA. V.tnm'dh Bl"-k. aWe Boyd . Iru--i lie run at all time. 1 found prepar kinde id work. fU'-h a. Bllirsr. reiiu tr. o: iT.K a.r AniffiBl teeth ol all ktn.!. ' !tH material luferted. operation. E M. TUCK .lt'STK'Et'F THE' PK.ACE, Si'meret, Pcnn'a. K I EKS AN. M. D. tt n- r l.ial eervice. to the ritixen. ol u.irv. Jiftan te found at the jtlrtim Main Mreet or at the rv llrutiaker. k:v : u H. . KIMMKI.L. E. M. K I MM ELL it SON v" h.-tr pro!eloral iierrlce. to the cltt s r-wt and rteltilty. tineof the tnem- r-n; can at allltne.. nnle pridemlon found at their 'oflica, on Main : . : ihe IMamonri. K. MILLER Laf ierma- located In ll-rlin lor the practice ol a iftice oppuaite I'barle. KrlMina- air. SEA '70-tf. !L HIU'RAKEi:t'niK-r? lii? - nl nen W to the eltl.en ol S-nn 'i- wt v. utfcce In residence on Main ot the Ilam4id. V M. 11 A V CH t. r.lers hi '"..nalfrrramUitiM rltuien.ol Som- of WarneA BerkcMle'. li-tnt'y. !0..f tilt .UIN L.ILLS. 1ENT1ST. iN.ve Henry HetBey't .tore. ;Maln CraM ti.cTwt, Pa. i'AVoXP HOTEL, M lYSTOWX. l'l '.NN'A. 'I-tu r and well kn.iwn .ue t.a. lately i nu.hly and newly rented with all new ' lurt'iture. wl ah ha made tt a very v ' ii !tt pla lor the traueline; puWIc. 't t:o r- eaniKit 1 raraeeed, all he v r.t,t. it, . larci putdlr hall attached lAp-t aIpo larae and romy .tahltiia. uMiI ean te had at the Ivwert poe-,"'- I j iht week, day or meal. SAXVELCT'STFR. Prep, ai. E. iXir. IMamocd Stoyow ,Pa 11. IT. FLICK, Special Agnt, I.YYAN-Yll I.K. I'A. TUTTS PILLS eady for Fall! i A DISORDERED LIVER IS THE BANE of the present feneration. It is for ths . . . , , 1 Cure of this diaeass and its attendants. Our C uitliiii:; is known to lei sick-headache, bhjouskess. dys- PEPEIA. COSSTIPATIOSPlXESietc., that Tl'tT'S PILLS havs frained a world-wide reputation. Ko Remedy has ever been discovered thatacts so ently on the digeative organs, (rivingjhemlgorto as similate food. As a natural re.ult. the Kerroua Bystem ia liraced. the Muscles are'DeTeloped, and the Body Robust. superior in make and style. Yr jruarantec everythinj; we st 11, and will n thml the money on iroods not found as repre sented. Samples lurnixhcd on application. A. C. YATES & CO. Le3i6rBi&i,CttltSi6ttSts. PlIli.Al.f.l.PIIIA. ALBKIITA. HoUH J. Siott Ward. HOME & WARD, ertxTSMioM to EATON & BROS, 0. 27 FIFTH AVENUE, PITTSBURGH, PA. SHRirs a, 1882. NEW GOODS TAT SPECIALTIES Cla.Hl n.cl Fovor. R. RIVAL, a Plantar at Bayon Sara. La..aaTa: tlj plantanoo ia tn a malarial district. For MT.nl years I could wot make half a crop on account of bilious diseasee and chilla. I waa Dearly discouraged when I oeg-an the use of TUTT'8 PILlS The result waa marrelous: my ls,Dorera aoon became hearty and robust, and I have bad no further trouble. Tltrr rrllewr the eararfed Llrer. eleauns) law KIo4 from piwa.M fcaianora. anal esav Ike bowel. e art auatnrsOly, wtta et sklek aaaaeraa feel well. Try tls reaM nUrry.awal yeej wHIjrsJsj s knltkr UtceMloav, (rua Hmdy, Pare ttiMd, fur... Jjerrca, .n a Itoainal Liver. I'rlee, 3 ents. wnee.ayieirmy C W. V. TUn'S HAIR DYE. ray Hats ot Wmtn chanced toaOLmwr Kla k hv a mnele application f tliia Dye. It Impart" a"natural color. Hint act ImtantaneouMy. So.d tr Imntifist, or eent by expreea on receipt of one ftollar. Office. 35 Murray Street, New York. rtoM t l aeWf leeerca n (itr. ii rr eeili oe awoi Meat Ita aa aaiaaMoia.J mi, .mbrctiertet, Ucet, Killinerv, wh t Goedt, Hide aerthieft, Dteti Trisrigt, Hoiiery, C'ovst, Ce'ttts, Wuilis t) Wer! L'ndeaeir, In fants' snd Chiidin's Clothing. Fancy Geodi, Yrwt, Zeryrj, rt rlali of All K itdt for FANCY WORK, Gents MuM Gcofls, k, k ITAI5LlSlli:i;iSN0. Fislier's Book Store. DR A a Blx.i Purl er th if meilicine hilt hly recom mended for all manner ol chronic or o 1 d standing; eompUInt. Erup tlua. of the .kin, .uch as Pimple.. Blotches and Knhei, Kinir ,Wcrm. Tetter. Sal Khrnm. Scald , Head. Seroluia or K I n k ' Evil, "..4 k n e u m a t im. .. Pain lnthe Bones, - - Slide and Head, and all diaeaw. ariAlnic froi.? Im parity of the rp-e t.l(Kt. with this 1 J V ? var. medicine in -J li i your bvure j oa fflCHAHT TAILOR CHARLES HOFFMAN. il III Uouv Jlenry Heflley'. riroro.) --ai TILES srj rsr PPinrs HtlSFACMK GUARANTEED. N1 KHSET, can do without alt. Cantor Oil. Citrateof Mag nesia, Senna or Manna, and thewholeof them, and what 1. Utter, It may l-e taken with tatetT and eomtort bv the mot delicate woman, a. we'll a t'j the rot.uf t man. It 1 very pleawnt to t he tae. theretore easily admlnlftered to chil dren It 1. the onl reaetable remwly aliens; which will an.wer in placed calomel, reitulatina; the action ot the liver without m.kinic von a lite iona victim to the ase ol mercury or blue pill.. It will open Ibe bowels tn a proper and wholesome minner. , There i. nothlns like Fahrney s Bloml Clean er lor the cure ot all dtorder of the Stomach. KririTtmiiii is BKri-TrfLtT solic'"w Liver. Bowel., Kidney, and Bladder tor nervous I di.ea.ea. Headache, Oostlveneja. Indirenion, Mi-OKVlRSUr MAIL ATTESDFO TO WITH I Hill. -us Fever, and all deranirementa of the ln CARL ASD DISPATCH. mart I ternal Ticera. A. a lemale reieulatw U aas no nml In the world. An ounce of prevention is worth more than a I pound ot cure." The Pasacia will not oolv core ' old .tandlns: and malUnant eomplainla. but If one of the lieat preventative, oi sucn uieoruern ever ofiered to the world. Vol can avoid tevere at tack, o' acute direaaes, . h as Cholera. Small pes. Typhoid. Hilkus. Spotted and Intermittent Verer. br keepina vour blood panned. The diflerent d'eirree. of al'l such dla depend ai toaether npi the condition of the blood. He ran to f k for FaHRNST'S BlK'Iv Cl.IA- . . w -ti o Pxa. a. there are several other prep. Alwav. In st-ck at the Store a well se- ,he msrket, the name, ol which are lected aawrtn eoi of Bibles. Testaments, to.pel h t l il Hvnin.. Christian. Hymn Book, and Hytanala, Lutheran Hvmn Bo'k.. IHctionariea. Atiomn, pen. Ink.. P!r. Envelopes, M.ifAtlne.. Nov el.. Kevtewn. Blank Bwka, l'eed Honda, Mort S.lte. and all kind, of Lryal Blanks, BOOKS OF POETRY, B ki of Travel and Adventure, Hletory. Blo atai.hv. and Educational Uorkn. Toy Book, lor children, in fact every tbina unially tonnd In a well regelated hook .tore. HeaiKuarters b arh.iol teachers and ..-tiool books and school sap- pie.. Chas. h. pisner. vanlT Cvok a Ueenu Buck. REST not, lite Is sweeping- by. gu and dare belore y die, aometbltig mighty and ml lime Wats behind to eon- uuer time. saweea in yowrown un, e. vmv fit Ires. 'ori.a Every thing new. Capital not repaired. We wlUfurnub y everything. Manv are m mating lertunea. Ladles make aa mack a. Bien, and boy. and girl, make great pay Header, It yoa want business at which yoa caa make great pay all the time, write for particulars le H. Haixttt a. Con PorOand, Malae. deraO-lr Dr. Geo. G. Shively & Co., Suecessori to Fahrney'i Bros, it Co., MAM FACT VKEKS AND PROPRIETORS mmrJS WaTKgssoao, Pa. PATENTS oMalsed. and all business In the TT. S. Patent iffce, or in the Court attended Is for MODERATE FEES. We are opposite the V. S. Patent Oflre, en gaged tn PATENT BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY, and can obtain patent, to leas tune llun muse remote from WASHINGTON. When model or drawing ' sect we advise as to patentability free of charge: and we CHARGE UNLESS WE OBTAIN PATENT. We refer, here, to the Postmaster, the Sopt of the Monev Order Division, and to officials of the C S. Patent Office. For circular, advice, terms, and relereoce to actual clients la your owa Stats or county, address C. A. SNOW & CO.. Opemslte Pteatent Offlss, WashingMb, V. V. Barbnra Williams inspected er hat meditatively, and turneJ it around, poised on her left hand. Soring had come, and flowers had not only bloomed in every garden, glorified the marketplace, and form ed bowers of fragrance about the corners of old pallaces, but adorned the heads of all woman kind. Barbara Williams was no longer young, and even cherished an inten tion of assuming the black and noise less garments of the German Protest ant Sisterhood a few years later. I a the meantime it was spring, and her Paris hat had done good service for three years. She was a calm and patient wo man, with a slight figure, a pale, thin face,delicately featured.chestnuv hair meekly smoothed on either temple, and brown eyes. This tran ouil face was verv attractive. Seen in a crowd, impassive anil nun like in its repose, an Anglo-Saxon would have aflirmtd : "The face of a woman who has overcome the world ;" the more sub tle Italian perception would have clecided, in turn, A Madonna in ex pression.' The hat was made of black straw, rolled on one side inaizracefulcurve, and trimmed with ostrich feathers. This modest and serviceable head covering jn-s.-ed additionally the harmony of French art in the droop ol the plumes and the adjustment of the satin knot. It was not the true roetical Iwnnet of the French mod ieU, the airy fabric of lace and deli cate tints evolved aneilurt of ge-j niug to suit some beautv of the world. The hat of Barbara Williams belong ed instead to the class made by wholesale fur strangers, and was as likely to be worn by an Knglish wo man of tifty as an American girl of sixteen. "They s.iy a l'aris hat always looks well, no matter how many seasons old,' said Barbara, still turning the treasure ou her left hand. "I do wonder if this one might not be done over, though, and a bunch of lilacs or violets added to a great ad vantage ?' 'Of course.' said Bet, glancing up from her drawing, and transferring some of the crayon adhering to her own fair countenance. 'Hats have poke fronts this year,' added Marion, who was pounding a chromatic scale on the piano. Yes. they are more poky than j ever,' said Bet. All these avocations were more agreeable to write nome about than to enjoy at the time. For the rest, young, and full of warmest instincts of enthusiasm, they felt themselves to be outside any circle of gay lite about them, and were doubly home sick in consequence. Spring floated up to Barbara Wil liams. At the open window, from the wealth of roses in the Count's garden, spring beamed down on her from the pure Italian sky, bending to a horizon of hills, steeped in the delicate haze of early heat Beyond the palace garden flowed the Arno, spanned by the bridge, and on the opposite bank rose the Uffizi build ings, and that matchless cluster of towers, the Badia, the shaft of the Palazza Vecchio, Giotto's Campanile, with the purple dome of the cathe dral behind, while Flesole rose on her cone of hill in the background. She wrapped the straw hat in a neat brown paper and (went out, de scending swiftly the , stone steps. The first floor, the piano nobile, of the Italian palazzo, was occupied by a foreign gentleman of wealth and leisure. The Count and Countess, fallen on evil days of exhorbitant taxation and a new railway system which drains Italy even of eggs, wherewith to make plum puddings the more for London or Manchester, dwelt on the ground floor. The Countess abated nothing of her splendor. She drove,' out daily in gorgeous carriages ; hef liveries were always fresh ; her toilets were varied and startling with a preponderance of color. She excluded, tenants from the garden by means of an iron cate in the vestibule surmounted by a gilded coronet. The Count was un derstood not to frequent the club any more of an evening when play is apt to run hign. A haughty, somewhat stormy browed lad v. she now swept out of the door, attended by a footman clad in a blue coat with red facings, and a yellow waistcoat, like that of a wasp. She made a slight inclina tion of the head to genteel Barbnra Williams, and passed on. Tne Countess was a woman of the world, but how could she divine that Bar bara was so soon to be a rival? The latter went forth on her errand on ftot, while the Counter rolled away in her coupe. As it happened, the mind of eac h la.lv was intent on a spring Iiat, w ith this notable di'.h r- j being t enre : the counters waa prepared to fn.try !' add such a trifle to the very long ill run up at her milliners, while Bar bara was equally ready to pay ou the spot for all purchases with the promptness which ha so truly en deared the Americin to the foreign shop keeers. Iu the first little square Barbara wad CiUjgLt in the eddy f a popular demonstration, w here musical bands braved, bunkers waved, and the guilds of cab drivers, banners, shoe makers or cooks met to forma pro cession. She paused a moment near the stand of a vender of cooling drinks, his little cart gay with red cloth hancings and burnished cans. A small bov. with an expression of owlish precocity, dropped the copper coins received in payment into a great earthen dish used to rinse glasses, thus adapting it as a till. Then Barbara was pursued by vari ous flower merchants, their baskets freighted with pink hyacinths, tu lips, and great plumes of white li lacs. She crossed the bridge, and gained the narrow, dark little street ol the Porta Itosa, redolent of cheese, ham ami sausages. Here the shop win dows were already lull of Fiesole straw work and garlands of artificial flowers. In one of these shrines of boy left a small box and departed. A chorus of feminine exclamations greeted the raising of the lid. Within waa Barbara's straw hat, feut how recognize it under the transforming wand of a fairy ? The hat waa lined with fluted satin of a peachy tint; the crown was wreathed with blue wending their way toward the cascine and presented a small round hat to enjoy the fresh foliage, velvet turf ot the meadows, the music, and onl liant spectacle of superb equipages passing in a file, or pausing in groups in the piazza a true open-air drawing-room. Ia this procession of ve hicles our trio, in a modest street feathers, shading from turquoia to I cab, crossed the dashing steeds of rose pink, while rich lace, black and j the Countess, and the lady, attired white, was cunningly disposed in a j in crimson and yellow lace-fl ounces, drapery behind. Such was the ele- j assuredly gave Barbara a sombre gant head covering revealed to Bar-! glance in passing. Barbara was bara s astonished eyes. j Haunting in the lovelv pink and blue hat,' 'I told them not to trim the she said, ruefullv. 'Did you ever hear the wise adage quoted of being penny wise and pound foolish ?' inquired the wicked Pet. 'Where is your fine economy now, .Miss Hiiams ; Nonsense! In for a penny, in for a pound, suits better the nineteenth century,' said Marion. 'Do try it on. Accordingly, Barbara put on the hat, which rendered her charming, for the poke brim, lined with the rosy satin, formed a sort of wheel about her delicate face, and trans formed it with a youthful freshness. Sunday was a cloudless dav, but Barbara had made up her mind dur ing the night not to yield toiempta tion. 'I shail take back the hat to-morrow morning,' she said, with firm ness. 'The trimmings will render it frightfully expensive. How sly an Italian to put on all those feathers?' 'Pray keep it,' cried Pet, 'it is so becoming.' 'Yes, and it may not be too dear,' added Marion. 'At least wear the hat to-day, and you can take the en tire week for judicious compromises with the milliner.' Barbara listened to the yoice of the charmer. She put on the exquis ite spring hat, and accompanied the two Poppleton girls. looking as fresh as rosebuds in their pear! gray dresses, tiny mantles, ami th chip bonnets, to tine of the American churches. Surely manv glances straved head gear, while the Countess, with rage in her soul, was condemned to a reception bonnet of the past winter season. Could swift suspicion have winged that sharp scrutiny on the part of the noble lady ? No ; he did not even recognize the tenant of the third floor of her plazzo. How much wilder the conjecture, then, that Barbara Williams, most raspec table of chaperon, waa wearing her hat on that spring Sunday ! Such was the astounding truth. The maid of the third floor, Assunta.had waylaid the boy bringing the hat of the Countess, while the bearer of Barbara's straw had left his box on the ground-floor, as no other address save the house had been impressed on his youthful mind. Monday morning. Pietro, the groom, hastened to Madame Mille fleures. ami spread consternation through that establishment by pre senting Barbara's poke bonnet. Madame refused to receive the ob ject, ami returned with Pietro to the palat e, scolding the boy rn route. 'Was it a charming production quite worthy of Madame Millefleur s talents, the color pink and blue ?" inquired the Count, cigar in mouth, a Turkish fez on his head, a velvet morning coat on his back, and the unlimited idleness of a noble gentle man always at his disposal. "Yes, ves, signore,' assented the poor milliner, eagerly. 'Tfien I think, one of the foreign hidit-s of the apartment alxive stairs wore it out yesterday,' saiil the to I Count with a mocking smile. verv prettv woman.' box. The philosopher felt a pleasurable interest in a spring hat, from a mas culine standpoint He opened the box, and drew forth the straw bon net of Barbara Williams. 4 The devil !' exclaimed M. Chris- tianson, with a droll grimace. 'Some poor woman will be disappointed if she loses this treasure. Keep it in the vestibule until called for.' Barbara waited all day, and then the crest-fallen Assunta confessed to have seen a milliner's boy on the stairs, but she had not ventured to meddle with him. Sudden inspira tion akin to despair, dawned on Barbara. ' If they have ever found my old hat at all, they have probably be stowed it on the Scandinavian this time,' she said. She went boldly to the door and was about to pull his bell when M. Christianson emerged in person. Explanations ensued, and Barbara received back the wretched Paris hat which had made her so much trouble, and yet waa an instrument of destiny. ' I had it made over,' she said, en couraged by his gentle smile. ' The economy has cost me dear.' M. Christianson had a large, massive head and humorous blue eyes beneath shaggy brows. 4 It is nothing,' he said, reassur ingly. I owe the ( oiirt a and I will explain all to him.' II VOU kindly would. siglie 'Waiting for the. Official Ketnrna. 11 deep ed her usually calm Barbara, while blu.h of tiiortili-atii n Mitl'u diet k. She hail agliir.pt-eol'rt.itely room adorned with tape.-tries and Ptrsi.in hangings the Aladdin's Palace of which Pet sjioke, and then with drew, the recovered handle under her arm. She was ignorant that her presence had tx-netrated th- coltl, shrouded chamber like a ray of suiifhine. The invalid philoso pher had fallen in love with Barbara W illiams' placid face as he I.eheM ! Teddy Kyan, from the ould sod, and Puress Greta, a very dark-hued African, were bro'igbt btfoie Judge Ellis, of Yonkers, charged with be ing drank and disorderly and keep ing two or three wards of the city m an uproar for the best part of a week. Singularly enough, consid ering their nationality , Paddy was a rampant Republican, and Burgess an eipially rampant Democrat. 4 ou nhoiil.1 have observed the Maine law a little more carefully, gentlemen,' said Judge Ellis, 4 ami you wouldn't be in the present pickle.' 4 lie jabbers, what's that'." inquir ed Paddy. You should have observed the Maine law.' Burgess opened his mouth from ear to ear, like an immense cavern, and gave vent to a guffaw that al most brought down the ceiling. 'I golly, Judge, that's what we done gone and done, shuah.' 4 Be dad, and the nagur is right, yer Honor. This Maine business has been too much for us, entirely,' added Teddv. 4 Fo' de Lo'd, Jedge, if we'd a went an' follered dat Maine business to de end, we d a bin planted out dar in de graveyard shuah an' sar- tin,' still further explained Burgess. How's that?'" inquired the Judge. Teddy acted as spokesman. 4 Well, ver Honor, and this is the whole truth of the matter. Misther Green and meselt don t agree in politics. He's a Dinncrat and I in a Republican, and we work together. The day before the Maine election. I sez. sez I. ' Burgess, me hye, 1 11 bet a quart of whisky that the Re publicans ot Maine wnaie neii oui tn the Fu?ioi ists. 'Its ago, sez l.nr gess, sez he. Well, ver Honor, the next morning I looked at the pa pers, and there, sure enough, the Fu.xior.ists had got away w ith u for good. 'Come on. Burgess, se. 1, and we'!! 20 down to Mc truths and get the whisky 1 owes ye.' W got it. and Burgess said he'd be so likf. utul we'd drink it together. visir,j vy-ll. ve s'-e, we had ju-t purcha-d orra. the news wm" th.it .-.in bad woo. I'll l e . , . .i . t , .11 Tlif .witiare iii.n;;. - a St 7. he, ' and pay you ti e whi-ky IV' lo-t.' He paid t 1 I . ver iior.or, aim i u n nun ot p me drink it loik-. Well. jr : t.i Ire if- :i r , i , when 1 the ,i, P b.-o pllhll d. the al'.lier Bur: quart ol it. hei Ib.i.or. bad f.n V.. .....r- We o,,t 1. it lloWII the new c.iii't tit.it it were the D.m vrraL a had t '.rr t .1 Maine, ai d a We'd paid even . t I had to get ar,otl..r n't irt !' 1 -kv t be one ahead. The n-Xt inomin" who ,l,il. 1 Mot ol, the Court H-U-e v..t.l I. nl Burk'es .recti, and 'Mv hat!' shrieked the Countes, and stamped her foot on the ground Barbara Williams sighed 'That is the way ol the world," j the milliner's art. Barbara deposited she reasoned. 'Nothing stands still, i her much worn Paris hat. A group If hats are comfortably turned up. thev should turn down. Now, I of voung women, handsome, black eved. and ingratiating, with hair might take this one to a milliner, j banged across the brow, and much and have a sort of gutter of straw j Spanish lace deposited about the built on the brim, and, re-trimmed, j neck, received the hat, and promised andbereadv for church next Sun day in fresh spring finery, all at the expense of a lew francs.' 'You are such a dear, economical body,' exclaimed Pet, laughing. 'My dear, I have been as poor as a crow all my life, and poverty is the best of schools in which to learn lessons of economy,' replied Barbara, sedately. Marion gazed at the musical score before her, and said, after a short pause: 'I wish you were rich.' 'Thank you, my child. The wish is as improbable as that I should meet a troubadour on our stairway prepared to offer me his hand and fortune in preference to all pretty young girls.' Barbara spoke with a soft gayety, and taking the scissors from her work basket soon reduced the trim mings of the hat to an indistin guishable heap. 'The deed is done,' she proclaim ed, holding up the rusty and batter ed structure thus robbed of all adorn ment. As for Marion, she glanced tender ly at the engagement ring on her own finger. Waa Dot her sailor lov er, now doing duty on board a man of war in the Chinese seas, coming home next year? What were the troubadours of a Florentine palace to her ?' The trio occupied a 6mall apart ment up under the roof of a great mansion in the city of Flowers, gain ed by an interminable flight of stone steps, and furnished by an ingratia ting Italian landlord with chairs, ta bles and bedsteads apparently join ed together by means of glue, so readily did these articles fall apart on the slightest application of exter nal pressure. Barbara Williams was taking charge of the two Poppleton girls in Europe, Barbara was always taking charge of somebody, such waa her vocation, as the poor relation of a wealthy family, and therefore ac corded irreproachable credentials. The Poppleton girls wished to study the arts at Florence, and would en joy their winter in the beautiful city more in retrospection than in the re ality, if the truth be told. Pet had UCl Or Ulll( If WU WSJ BAIMrO SKtVi - " , - . . . . . ttntabll.ty fn of rh.nre: and we mikt HO 1 COpiea A Deaa Dv 1 Itian in ttie ritll . r r f . r adti u siTriiT i . . - - - . Gallery, and acquired chilblains as a result. Marion pursued music with ardor, and conscientiously at tended classical lectures in sombre balls of colleges and dismantled convents. refreshment to the dusty crown and the requisite poke brim for the mod est sum of three francs. 'I wish no trimmings,' said Bar bara, in her best Italian. 'Cm you let me have the hat on next Thurs day ?' 0h, yea, madam, without fail,' re plied the forewoman, showing all her white teeth in a very brilliant smile. Thursday came, and with it no hat. Barbara sought the little dark shop end the door of the recreant niodiete. All the young women with banged hair bowed, and reassured her in caressing tones. The hat was not finished. Friday night it would be sent. Friday dawned and passed, with no hat. Barbara's face length ened perceptibly. Petty vexations and commonplace cares had ever been the brambles that caught this woman's garments, and yet a coura geous spirit had kept her brow un furrowed. The two Poppleton girla were al ready tying the azure bows of ador able little chip bonnets sent from Paris by the care of their fond mam ma, j Saturday morning found Barbara hasteningonce more to the shop. Ah, how much wiser to have left her Paris hat untouched. The forewo man beat a hasty retreat, and left the duty of making excuses to anoth er. All the shop girls bore evidence of late hours at ball or theatre in their heavy eyes, pallor, and sullen pftulance of manner. A pressure of work had delayed Barbara's elonga ted brim. She should have it, posi tively, on Saturday night. 'My poor hat is lost,' she sighed, mournfully, gazing at the heap of trimmings. 'I shall never see it, again. They have burned it up, or cut in two pieces, past mending. Of course the creatures will always lie about the matter.' A dazzling surprise was in store for Barbara. At ten o'clock in the evening the maid of all work, Assun ta, came bustling into the room, where Barbara was reading aloud the 'Makers of Florence' to her charg es. A milliner's boy appeared be hind Assunta, with a wooden box slung over hia shoulder by meana of a strap. Swiftest explanations trip ped from the tongue of the deeply sympathetic Assunta. She had es- Eied the boy afar off, and waylaid im in the vestibule below, in order that there might be no mistake. The Barbara during the service leiiii nine eyes wilii the anxiety of glean ing a new idea in fashions, and m:us- culine eyes with a pleasant admira j 'That comes of tenting the palace.' lion. A l coming tint warmed her 'We must have patience.' observed cheeks, and atlimple actually assert ed itself at the corner of her mouth. 'The idea of a roman of mv age ricked out in such showv she thought, guiltily, and yet with an exhilarating sensation of excitement. The tenant of the first floor, emerging from his door, met the trio on the stairs, Barbara resplendent in pink and blue, and the cherubic faces of the girls pet ping over her shoulders. He wait a grave and silent man, and wore a white silk handkerchief folded carefully about his throat, like the King of Wurtemburg. He bowed to the ladies with a lingering glance at the group, and went down stairs. 'Strange that people may live in these apartment houses for years without ever knowing each other !' mused Barbara. Who is he?' whispered Marion. '1 know all about him,' proclaim ed Pet. 'He is a learned man from Scandinavia, and his name is Mr. Oscar Christianson. He lives in Italy because he has no lungs or something. He is rich and 1 wish he would show us such an Aladdin's palace as his apartment, for the brie a brae merchants bring him pictures, majolica, Venetian brass work, and bits of old damask almost every day.' The Countess had awakened about the time these tenants returned from church, for she was too true a Flor entine to retire before two or three o'clook in the morning. Propped up in the great state bed, with hang ings of amber satin, she sipped her coffee, while plensant thoughts of the afternoon drive in the Cassine in a new toilette filled her mind. The Milanese maid. Marguerite, hovered about the waking lady. If no beau is a hero to his valet, what must madame the Countess have been to her Abigail at this early hour ? 'Has my new hat been sent home?' she demanded abruptly. Marguerite vanished, and returned with a hat-box. 'This came at half-past ten o'clock last evening, Signora Contessa, and Pietro received it from the boy,' she said, glibly placing the box on the bed. The coverremoved, an untrimmed straw hat was disclosed, with a poke Prim for a different braid, and in differently sewed, at the best. 'Misericordia !' cried Marguerite, clasping her hands tragically. ilow the black eyes of the Coun tess flashed, while a dark red flush of anger sufhised her swarthy coun tenance for she waa a very plain woman. 'What does it mean?' she exclaim ed. 'Is it a trick ?' She flung the despised black hat across the room, and summoned the bewildered Pietro. 'Go to Madame Millefleursandask if 6he wishes to insult me. Stay, take this thing, this object, back to her, and tell her I will never enter her shop again. I withdraw my cus tom. I will warn my frienda. Thia fool'a prank shall prove her ruin.' The Countess grew hoarse with rage, the veins in her throat swell ed like cords, and she made a gest ure as if about to crush the unfortu nate milliner in her nervous fingers. She loved dress above everything else in this world, and she beheld herself hatlesa on the fashionable drive of the afternoon. Bitter dis appointment swelled her heart. Pietro, the groom of the yellow waistcoat resembling a wasp's, was respectful but practical. He argued the matter with all the familiarity surprising to a foreigner in the inter course of great Italians with their servants, which so readily assumes the channel of easy gossip, without stiffness on one side, or insolence on the other. Shops are closed on Sun day, and it would be useless to assail the portal of Madame Millefleura before Monday morning The cul-jteman was pacing his cool and loflv pable milliner must be left unques-' chambers in an Eastern dressing iiuucu iui iiouia grown and slippers. least- ' I ordered a new hat on Satur At five o'clock Barbara Williams dav.' he said to his valet. and her maidens joined the throng pat the Count, using u favorite formula of his nation, and flecking the ashes from his cigar. Indeed the rent of the apartments above-stairs was very carefully consigned to hia own aris tocratic pocket. 'You should insert in your con tract that my hats are to be first worn by tiie lodgere," stormed the lady, continuing to pat the gravel with her foot, as she was seated in the garden, with a little crowd of menials crowd ed around her headed by the crest fallen milliner. ' Madame Millefleurs, escorted by Pietro and the errand boy. wended their way up stairs. Assunta opened the door. ' I gave her the box on Saturday night,' proc laimed the errand boy. Four pairs of Italian eyes scanned each other, ready to impute the wor.t possible motives with the best graces in the world. Concealment was no longer possible. In the meanwhile Barbara had sought the street of the Porta Rosa to gently reproach her milliner for the perfidy of retrimming the Paris hat. ' Madame is satisfied ?' inquired the polite forewoman. "The hat is very pretty, but I did not order you to put on black and white lace and satin.' All the young women with bang ed hair gathered about Barbara and stared at her. 'Madame's hat was untrimmed,' remarked the forewoman at length, with benevolent tolerance of foreign tongues. 'Of course it was,' assented Bar bara, a trifle testily, and then re lented. 'Well, what do vou charge, after all?' 'Three francs,' said the forewoman, simply. ' Three francs !' repeated Barbara, wtth sudden horror. ' Oh, if I promised the alterations for two and a half' 'Two francs and a half!' echoed Barbara wildly. The youngest girl, sewing in the darkest nook of the shop, dropped her task and came forward to inspect this customer as an object worthy an ardent curiosity. Waa she mad? Was she only odd, like all fores tier! f 'The hat I received was beautiful ly trimmed,' faltered Barbara. 4 I have kept and worn it. Does it be long to somebody else?' Sanctissima Maria !' ejaculated the forewoman. 'Sanctissima Maria!' cried all the girls in chorus. The milliner promised to question the errand boy, and have the miss ing article at once produced. Barba ra returned home just in time to confront Madame Millefleura and realize in the modiste's cold polite ness the doubly awful truth that she had worn the spring hat of the Countess, and the noble lady was aware of the fact The Poppletons burst into irrepressible laughter when the door closed. 4 The Bargello may be re opened for you. Perhaps you will be ar rested and cast into a dungeon,' gig gled Pet. 4 It is as good as a play,' cried Marion. 4 Do you recall Goldini's fondness for reproducing houses in sections on the stage? Our palace, thus set to comedy, would show Miss Barbara Williams on the third floor arrayed like Solomon in all his glory for church, while the Countess waited below for her new spring bonnet,' 4 What would the Scandinavian gentleman b doing between, then ?' demanded Barbara, yielding to weak mirth over the situation. 'A lit framed in that pink satia hni: g ' ijt. j.,-: I.ui k here, Tt ddv. of the C'auntesa hat. I lut tvei.ng, jhl .t,;, ,,r rj.ut vthi-ky aitl.er a.i. he called, and presented the ('.tint's ; i l,,. .ti,, :.m have got it :a flowery compliments. He admired M;ti r Well, yer honor. Pet's drawing's and Marion' music j w,. .r'-l in ' pay that bet on the imd exacted of Bertha a quotation i ,,xl ,.IV- ;i, , ii t . j r i'.nppin' buck from lAnglellow lor aa sav he ,.., ,-.,r,r. cm we got awav with p was contributing to a periodical. ' He'i the most charming old gen tleman I ever met.' said Mar ion, with enthusiasm, niter fie had j gone. 4 A man of culture,' added Bar bara, with the appreciation of ma turity. Invitations to the Aladdin.s Pal ace followed. Barbara and the girls spent delightful hours amidst the art treasures of their neighbor's apart ment. What more natural than that Pet should copy the design on the panel of a Renaissance cabinet in the grand salle of M. Christian son, with Barbara as chaperon? What more natural than that the lonely man should bring a roll of his favorite music for Marion to play of an evening? He described the land of the midnight sun to these new frienda in faultless English, and professed a warm interest in the new world in return. Yes, M. Christian son had every gift of fortune save those of health and happiness. He found a solace of tranquil enjoyment in the shabby little salon on the third floor. There came a time when he took the party to a villa at the environs, traversing a portion of the blooming Val d'Arno to gain the spot. When they returned, in the June twilight, the Poppleton girls found a cable dispatch summoning them home. ' You must come with us,' cried Pet, embracing Barbara. ' When Marion is married I intend to be a strong-minded old maid, too, and we will live together.' 'Thank you, my dear. I fear I cannot accompany you,' said Barba ra, her tender face beautified by some emotion. aa ersav lie!-,.,, ..,r,r. cm vi t'ftawnv with p-ur 1- . carniiiiavi.tn ,,,rts And I'V the l.owiv Jjoacr, its I een that way every I iy situ '. Follow the Maine style, is it Re we've been doia It, yer ..I h.-re we are. an I the iiiinr, aii divil only kn he (Uciiltil.' Judge K!!i: get sober and returns. here t.WS wh.-n the b. t will sent them to jail to wait for the official just risked dour mnon bridt ' Why ?' cried the girls, in a breath. ' Mr. Christianson ha me to marrrv him.' 'Then y u did meet a tro on the stairs, after all,' said with the sympathy of a elect. Pet clapped her hands. Depend upon it, the hat of the Countess did it all,' she laughed gleefully. Barbara married Oscar Christian son, and they dwelt happily in the state apartment of the fine old pal ace. iewing life as an apartment house, what a difference the '"'' makes in social amenities ! The Countess kisses Madame Christian son on both cheeks when they meet, but her black eyes instinctively re vert to the head covering worn by the American laiy at the time. She would not be human otherwise. For the rest, M. Christianson shows a preference for delicately tinted satins in the attire of his nun like wife, and especially for rose, shading from salmon and opal to pink. Ii.tpr vement In Grain Growing Selection of Sort!. by It has been the practice ot several farmers to select their seed corn in the field before or at the time ot cutting it for shocking, and the re sult of this practice has been that, after a few years of such selection, these farmers have had a field of earn that attracted attentinn in the neighborhood ami they had orders from those w hose attention was at tracted, for seed to plant. These facts show us that there is something superior in some plants of a variety of grain over and above variety in Nation Without Fire. According to Pliny, fire was a long timeunknown to some of the ancient Egyptians, and when Exodus, the celebrated astronomer, showed it to them, they were absolutely in rapt ure. The Persians, Phanicians, Greeks and several other nations ac knowledge that their ancestors were once without the use of fire, and the Chinese confess the same of their progenitors. Pompanion, Mola, Plu tarch, and other ancient writers, speak of nations who, at the time they wrote, knew not the use of fire, or had just learned it Facts of the same kind are also attested by sever al modern nations. The inhabitants of the Marian Islands, which were discovered in lool, had no idea of fire. Never was astoniahment greater 4 1 don't know,' sharply retorted j than theirs when they saw it on the Marion. (desert Magellan, in one of their Marion did not know, indeed, not ' islands. At first they believed it was being in receipt of fern seed, and ! some kind of animal that fixed to able to slip through the key-hole of ' and fed upon wood. The inhabit- j Mr. Christianson 's abode. The gen- auta of the Philippine Islands were AUAAucijjr rAju&ujr iguuiauv. niuo presents, even to our own day, tribes in this deplorable state. Conscience is the most enlighten- 4 It has just come,' said the valet, ed of all philosophers. 1 other plants of the same the same field and with the same care in cultivation ; and also that these superior qualities are heredit ary and may l.e propagated by a wise selection of seed. This fact is as true of a variety of grain as it is of an individual ear of a variety, or a single grain of an ear and no more so. It is also as true of wheat, rye, oats, barley, etc., that is. of one variety of grain as of another, and though it may be more labor to select from a field of wheat than from a field of corn, it is more the less desirable to have the best of one kind of grain for seed liian of another; nor is the selection of su perior heads of wheat impractical or unworthy of the farmer's attention. We, therefore propse to give some evidence ot a practical experiment made upon wheat of different varie ties extending through several yean of careful selection, and to show the results as follows: 1. Every plant has an ear in which there is a grain superior in productive powers to the rest of the grains of the ear, butthere is no way to find that special grain but to plant and mark each grain separately. It does not occupy a uniform position on the ear : but when more than one stalk is grown from a single grain planted, the best grain is found on the ear of the best stalk of the plant, and its superior qualities are trans missible to its progeny. '1. The result of repeated careful selection iaan accumulated superi ority that finally settles into a vari ety and practically to a limit known as a fixed type, and aa everybody knows or ought to knowfter perfec tion come-s deterioration, degenera tion or running back to what it was before careful selection and cultiva tion raised it above the medium. Now, although it is quite a paying investment to buy and sow selected varieties of grain, it might not pay every farmer to experiment for him self or to incur the expense of their sowing and cultivation to the high est degree of perfection from each grain, it would pay all to farm bet ter and know more of what is doing and what can be done by knowl edge, care and attention. Gorokovs Cars Quite gorgeous railroad cars are run between Paris and Bucharest. They are carpeted with Smyrna rugs two inches thick and the sides of the compartments are covered partly with embossed Japanese leather paper and partly with Gobelin ttpestry. The dining room care in which triumphs of French cookery are served are sup plied with handsome clocks damask curtains and Venetian mirrors. Breakfast consists of five courses and dinner of eight The sleeping cars are splendidly furnished and have hot aa well as well as cold water. The average speed is forty miles an hour. aBBBBBBsWBBWaaaBBBBBBBIBBBS.WHSraBHBf Some land in the city of London waa lately sold at the rate of 3,S00, 000 an ancre.
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