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SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 17,iS83.
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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
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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
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;Y F Si HELL,
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Someraet,
FASHIONABLE
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T ii-SM tiff
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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.
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S.nienrt Pa.,
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o ptnem and tideil'y.
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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
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t-i. r i " lri.((ft-1 inj,'
CHrniCAL ro.
tff (if hi ft T L Ti-'O-. 0.
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T'KNEY-A1
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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.
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Some land in the city of London
waa lately sold at the rate of 3,S00,
000 an ancre.