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Somerset, T.
J. '"'fTOKNnT -IT LAW.
Somerset, Fa.
W. RE1SEOKER,
Ail ' k A -rt -A,r .
t..nieret. Pa.
-ftir In Cook k Beerlts' liiotk.
,"y. KIM MEL,
I ' ATTOKN KY-AT-LA W,
i , Sonieriet, Fa.
J. KOOSER.
H ATTOKNEY-ATLAW,
t Somerset, Pa.
.v.ollCE II. SCULL.
" ATTOKNLY-AT-LAW,
v So niercet Fa.
II.
KXDSLEY.
ATTOKN KV-ATLAW,
Somerset, P
, l TRENT.
Somerset, Penn'i
i );. SCULL.
AlTUKNEY-AT-LAW,
Somerset, Pa.
.1 1'KITTS,
a TTt IUN KY.AT-LAW.
. " . V.
,-. c-.rtsir In Mammoth Work.
1 1 N II. SCOTT,
AlTl'KNtY-AT LAW,
Somerset, Pa.
V
....in-tcC.urt Hoose. Alllu!lnfmtnit
" in with i.ruimitueM and
i inr" -
r'. i:-''ni.
W. H. RITI'EU
y.FKIMTH RUPPEL,
... v.- -u-a- a 1- T a H'
. . H tn t,fe Mm will ha
.,..rr!iiallattcnrtoil to.
J I'rrtMta RtrML. miDoelte the
L. C. COLBORK.
1 J '
. ...r,- f- rvT TTVTV
ATTOKN EYS-ATLAW.
misted to our cr will 1 iirnmpt.
, ti.'ed lo.t'uUeotioB miule In Soni
''VV i,d a!iilnln t'-"UDtlr. Survey
' " ; ,'r:Af.:.(t lii on reaaonal'le tenia.
J'
r0. KIMMEL.
ATTl'KN EY-AT-L.A W,
SoBieret, Pa.
,B i ail t'usinefntruirto1 to ti cure
- ,: n I i.'.j 'liiiuK oi.unticf with pn.mpt
L.jt.ity. (.'Bice Main UroM atreel.
H' VP.Y F. sen KM.,
ATTOKN EY-AT-LAW,
r -v Ai l rTt"n Amt, Somemet, Pa.
ii'MAu.m.in lilai-k.
"Al.KNTIXE HAY,
ATTOKN EY AI LA w
Iim1-t In KprI EsUte, SomTet. P will
,. m. hII bii'tupw etitrumeu io m r wnu
r -;.:r.-f ! ndetjr.
T.'HN h. fhl.
J ATTOKN EY-AT LAW
" Sumereet, Pa,
ff! -ivi-mi'llT attrnd to all bnflncM entrunted
i y,..nrT atTnnred on collection, fc. Ol
- - ii, Un.mth linlMinc.
J.
G. OGLE.
ATTX'RNEY-AT LAW,
Somenet Pa.,
.i.i,.nAl aslnM entnuted to tuv care at-
tii.ieii :u with ironiitiieM and ndlUy.
"1LLIAM II. KOOXTZ.
ATTUKNEY-AT LAW,
Sonervet, Pa.,
Til tlvf iiiMmpt attention to hnMneM entrnrt-
:. I if cur In Somerset and aajoming cuunuc.
i t it Fruiting Houao Kow.
TAMES L. PIT, II
ATTORN EY-AT LAW.
xt.Mnt. uifw.tr Mali-. Entrance.
V.:a fn.M etreet. Villection made, etate
r- titled examined, and all leiral business
to with .roinpue and hdellty
II.
L.
HAErt.
ATTUKNEY-AT-LAW,
Somerwt, Pa.,
. . . . ..4 . J.nlfnw MntinlieH.
k ' uMnew entrusted to him will tie promptly
V rt,.IM to.
aac nrr.rs.
ATTORNEY'-A T-I.A W,
SomeiTCt, Penn a.
Tl 1H
fVKNXIS MEYERS.
1 ATTORN EY-AT-LAW
ts.tnierei. rmn .
f '.-irnl l ntne entrusted to titsrarewmoe
to with in.nn'tnefs end ndelHT.
'f in Mammoth Kl-k next door to Boyd
II
HOWARD WYNNE, M. D.
JOH.T0 Ji .V. rF.X.A.
!. .... nf i).. vv tjtr. Ni and 1 nroai-
:!: and Kxi-lusire practice. Hours. 0 a. H. to
Luiaer itreen iiora. -"
T I'. THOMPSON. M. D.
M KErN HENTIST.
j nniiFi' u. .
Ha- lis 1 a i.rdssioirext-rlence t more than
vnr. Eiilini Tkkth a raim.
r..".,ms No. X.1 Main "reel nn stlr) orer
h lw'i Hnrdware Stire. It will he neces-
.rv ..r iH-rsorts wlio wiint work done to meen-
.;ir.-inits bflorehalld. -
D
U. WILLIAM COLLINS.
ItENTIST, SItBti, ' v-
tii-f In Mammoth Block. aWe Koyd Irn
. . . -ii iu ri.noil ttrettar.
- rf nrrTf H tn " ' . " , r
I t'ulo all kinds ot work, such as nllin. --
IsiiME.extractlnB. kc. Anih.-lal tecthot n ximis.
il tl.e best material uiwn.
rrnted.
T A RUE M. HICKS.
lj Jl'STH'E OF THE PEACE,
Komeraet. Penn'a.
TAMES O. KIERNAN. M. D. ten-
' .l. r l.i? ...ir.ial services to the cltiiens o
S. tr r.f.fet an.i vlelMtv. He can be frond at tn
rr.i i..nre ot his tathiTon Main Mreet ur at th
..TTiff(sel an.l VlrlMIV. Jirf-jiii it .--. ----
rr.i i..nre ot his taihrron Main Mreet ur at the
rn M. KIMNElX.
H.8. KIXMEIX.
DR. E. M. KIMMELL & SOX
lender their professional services to the eltl-
Ii ;.f nl Somerset ano nnsiir. mt oi me ui-
l -'t oi the firm can at allinies. unless proiesmon
i:i.niii I tound at their ottica, oa Main
itrcet. east o( the Dlampnd.
DR J K. MILLER 1ms ienna
ner.tlv located tn Berlin for the practice ot
I :' Tir-.lKMim.-Office uppuelte t;nariea nra.
erf store. 1T
DR. H. P.RURAKER tender? Ins
i.tesloMl servl-es to the eltlteni of Sow
-et and vlciiiitT. ottioe In reWence on Main
f'reet west of the IMamond.
DR. W M. R A U C II tenders his
pr.fcs1or.alaenicetothe rttlicnsol Som-
et aod vicinity.
ilhe one door east of ayne xwrarouc .
lec., 'to.
tture stre.
DR. JOHN BILIS.
1ENT1ST.
oftceaboreHewry HefBeyf tore.Haln Cre
r.rect, Somerset. Pa.
D
IAMOND HOTEL,
STOYSTOWN. 1'KNN'A.
l Lis popaiar anu wru kwi ww;
. Ii i MUjlJUJI li I . i " ' - ..... - -
ki W ol furniture, which ha made It a eery
eitrat.!e stopiilii place (or the trending public
Buituwug ri'"tmi.i"i1"m,,i '
t erst cUsa, with a Urea paUlc hall attached
to the same. Also la rite and roomy itablina:
V:t-- i .1... i...li.. 1 tiH at th lowaat rtu-
'He prirei, l.y the week, day or meal.
SAMVELOrSTER. Prop.
a.E.UT IHamood
Stoyttow ,Pa
CHARLES HOFFMAN.
MERCHANT TAILOR.
(Aoove Hsury lierllejr Htav-n.)
litest stiles m lowest prices.
JUSTUS F ACTIO III GUARANTIED.
somerset, :p.
1
VOL. XXXII. NO. 20.
Frnk W. lUf.
7
ESTABLISHED 84TEAES.
Tin, Copper aefl Sheet-Iron Fare Hanafy,
No. 2 SO Washington Street, Johnstown, Pa.
7TZ ALE PEEPAEED TO OFTEE
RANGES, STOVES and
At Prices Less than any sther
Si,c!al attention nald te Johblnr Id Tin. Galvanized Iron and Sheet-Iran. Sugar Pans, Steam
Pijie, Hot-Air Piie. Koo.lnic, Spowliuic. Stacks of
naces. LiStirnaUs Klven and work doue by nrstlaea Meebanlaa only. ?oie A vent iot in utile chmik.
Johnstown Cook. Siear' AiiU-Dast Uook. Excelsior Peun. In House-Furnlshlna Ooode we oiler
Coal Vases, Toilet Sets, Bread Cloeeu, Cake Boxes, Chamber Pal Is, Knives aod Porks (common
and plated). Oerman Silver siwans, Britannia
Wares Bmss and Conner Kettles. Meat Broilers,
Bread Tuasters. Plated Britannia and Wire Castors, Iron Stands, l ire Irons, and everythins; of
u are nee Jed in the Cooking itepartment. An
bles us to meet the wants ol this community In our
sold W A K K A M ill AS Khl'h lh. 1 hit of tin
prices lielore purrbasiiiic : no trouble to show roods. Persons eommencInK House-Keeping will save
ii ier cent, by buyinsi their outnt Irom us. Merrbanta aelllns; goods In our line shor ld send for
Wholesale Price List, r call and get quotations of our Wares. Aswehaveno apprentices all our
work is Warranted to be ol the best quality at lowest pi Ice. To save money call on or send to
H AY ItKOS Xo.2SO Washington Mreet Jobnutown, Penn'a.
FASHIONABLE
CUTTER & TAILOK,
Having had many
vears Tiierieni
in all branches of
he Tailoring bus
iness. 1 guarantee
Satislaction to all
who fiMLV ca 1 1 nn.
on me and tavor
k, me with their pat-
ronage.
luttrs, sc.,
WJ1. M. IIOCIISTEri.EIt,
Komerftet. Pa.
mart
SOMERSET COUNTY BANK!
(ESTA13I.ISHKD 1877.)
CHAELES. I. HAERISOH? K.I.PEITTS.
President Cashier.
Collections mule In all parts of the t nlted
States.
CHARGES MODERATE.
Parties wishing to Send money Wert can be ao-
commodated by draft on New York In any sum.
Collections made with promptness. lT. S. Bonds
bought and sold. Money and valuables secured
bvoneof IMebold's celebrated sates, with a Sar
gent ii Yale 3ii0 00 time lock.
ACCOUNTS SOLICITED.
WAll le al hoi Wsjs observed. -
decT
t
Beady for Pall!
Our Clothing is known to be
superior in make and style.
Ye guarantee everything we
sell, and w ill refund the money
on goods not found as repre
sented.
Samples furnished on appli
cation.
A. C. YATES & CO.
LeteBi3ii,(feM&6tliSts.
PIIIL.ADCI.FHIA.
aepS.
AlbkrtA. Hoasa.
J. Scott Waedw
HORIE & WARD,
rccaasoB to
EATON & BROS,
XO. 27 FIFTH AVENUE,
PITTSBURGH, PA.
SPRIN O, 1882.
NEW GOODS
E7EE7 LAY SPECLiLTIZS
l ir broideries, Uc, Killisery, While Goedi, H
kerch'ieft, Ores Trimoiiiigt, Hotitry, Gloves,
Corsets, Mstli Meriao liaderwear, la
fants' and Children's Clothiag.Fiacy
Goods, Yarns, Zefhyrs, llito
riali ef All Kinds for
FANCY WORK,
Gents' FbtbisMejc Goofls, k, k
vorarTRiAu la axsracTTCLLT louc"!
Mf-OKDLRSBr MAIL ATTLSDFD TO WITH
CAKE i.VD DISPATCH. mart.
ES T A BLISHEDJl SKO.
Fisher's Book Store.
Alwavi in stock at the Book Store a well se
lected a sortie en t of Bibles, Teataments. Oospel
Hymns. Christians' Hymn Books and Hymnals,
Lutheran livmn Booas. I tldlonarlea, Albums,
Fens. Inks. Papers. Fnvelopea. Magailnea. Nov
els Kevlews. hlank Books, leeds. Bonds, Mort
gaes and all kinds of Legal Blanks,
BOOKS OF POETRY,
Books of Travel and Auvcm.ro, n"T,D
gtaphy. and F-dueatlonnl W orka. Toy Books h.
children, in isci every """f - J
well restalaud U-.k store. Headquarter, for
school teacher, and school books and school rap.
plea. Chaw. H. Fihr,
v Cuok Beeriu Block.
II Lj V I and darn before yon die,
r P I a,,ethlg mighty and uU
X V P X. Urn leave behind to oon
uuertuue. a week in yuurown town, taout
htrree. No risg Everything new. Capital net
reoaired We will fnralah vou everything. Many
are makis fertunea. Ladle, make as much
men, ana ooys ana giria anae. s' r-i
Keader. IX yon want ba Alness at which you can
i .i..llik.il.a Ailt, fnr n.rlWlfliarS
vs H. B aturrr a. Ofc, Fortland, Maine.
Jeba B. Hj.
IT BROS.,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
HOUSE-FURNSHNG GOODS III GENERAL
House in Western Pennsylvania.
Enirlnea, and all work pertaining U Cellar r'ur-
Spoons, lea lrays,x.inea, iron anil tnamelea
(ivster Broilers. Ekk Heaters, six different kinds.
experience ol thirty-three years in Holiness Here ena
line, with a Brood article at a low price. All goods
money relunded. fall and see the Wares j gel
SOMERSET CIGAR FACTORY.
J. K. C0FFR0TH,
Proprietor.
:o:
I am contdautlr uianufrtcluriiiK Choice
rirnnds of the
FINEST C CARS,
And make a specialty of
HAVANA TOBIES,
the verr btt in the market.
OUR HAND-MADE STOGIES
Are unexci-lleil for excellence. These Sto
(hex and Havanak give the groat est
value for the money of any Ci
gar Manufactured.
None but the purest and best TOI1ACCO
used, and all CTGAIIS manufactured by
me are warranted to smoke.
RDEkut rttoa
RetailDealers SolicitecU
wliiiJi will receive romit attention. I can
conii-te in price with City Factoritti.
Ill connection with my manufacturing I
have a Firxt-clas Iletnil
Cigar fe Tobacco Store
In which are kit all the Superiorbrands o
CIO A ;.?, (7A'H 7.Y; m.it SMOKISG TO
HA'.Ot. riJ'KS. STEMS. Ton A CIV
rfVCJFS, dr., dr.
Str.'. and Factory on Diamond,
Somerset, Pa.
Julys.
LIME! LIME!
The Buffalo Valley Lime Company, limited,
will sell. until further ordered, nnslacked lime at
the following ratee:
At cents per bushel, loaded on eari at kilns;
at in cents er bushel for any quantity leas than a
ear load: at 11 cents per bushel delivered at any
station on tho Berlin Railroad; at li cents per
bushel delivered at Meversdale and Kockwood;
and at 124 cents per bashel delivered at all other
railroad stations in Somerset county. Including all
those en the Somerset a tmtrHa Kallroad. Pay
ment can be made to the following persons:
John L Savior, at Friedens.
W. H. Koonta. at Somerset,
Harrison Snyder, at Kockwood.
Frank I. no, at Garrett,
Samuel J. Miller. near Meyersdale.
We must depend uKjn lime as the basis to fer
tilise our solL Cnler It now and have it ready
when needed. Order from Frank Enoo, Garrett
BovTl
A
DMINISTKATOK'S SALE
OK
VA L UA BLE REA L ES TA TE. '
Hy virtue of an order of sale issued out of the
Orphan's Court ot Somerset County, to me di
rected I will eiuee to public aale on the premises
in Shade township, on
SA TURD A J', aVO VEMBER 3, 1883,
at 1 o'click T. v., the following Real Estate, to
wit :
A certain tract of land situate In Shade Twpi
Somerset Co.. Fa., adjoining lands of t"yrus Ber
keybile, Jacob J. Miller. Daniel Will. Muses Mil
ler, and others, containing loo acres more or less,
of which there are about M acres cleared, and 1
acres in ead..w, having a Two-story Plank
House. Bank Barn, and other outbuilding there
on erected.
TERMS.
One-third in hand, and balance In ymenU of
t'joo each until paid, without interest. Tea per
eent f the purchase money to be paid as soon as
the proerty Is knocked down. Deferred payment,
to be securred bv judgments on the premlaes.
oct 10. CYKl'S BEkK tYBlLE,
Admr. of Bernard Croyle, dee'd.
Q0URT PROCLAMATION,
ncsft, the Honorable Wiluau J. Baca,
President Judge ol the several Courts ofttommou
Fleas of the several counties composing the 16th
Judicial district, and Justice of the Count ot Oyer
and Terminer and Oeneral Jail Delivery, for the
trial of all capital and other offenders tn the Mid
IHstrtct. and Wat. Coixisa and 8cb.8this,
Esquires. Judge, of Ihe Courts of Common Flea,
inatioa of !he Cnuru of Over and Terminer
J and General Jail Delivery for the trial ef all capi
tal and other otlenders in tne county m Bomeraci,
have Issued tblr precept, and te me directed, for
holding a Court oi Common Flea, add Oeneral
Quarter Sessions of the Peace, and ttenrral Jail
Delivery, and Courts of Oyer and Terminer, at
Somenet, on
day. Xeceber It, 1S8S,
Nonca Is hereby (riven to all tho Justices eftho
Peace, the Coroner and Constables within the
said County ol Somerset, that they be then and
there in their proper persons with their rolls, rec
ords. Inquisitions, examination, and otherremem
braoce. to do tbe things which to t be tr offices
and In that behalf appertain to tie done ; and also
thev who will prosecute against the prisoners that
are "or shall be lathe jail ol Somerset county, to be
then and there te prosecute against them as shall
be just.
JOHN J. SPANOLKR,
aepk. Hhertfl.
TriTRAY NOTICE.
jTVarllng Steer, red la color, came trvepaeslng
an Biv premure tn Jefleraoa wwuehip. urn the Idth
ci August last. The owner oaa recover the same
liSt! M LCD W 1(1 OASDjVEB.
omer
THE THRUSH IN THE CONTENT
GARDEN,
Glad prophet hidden in the leaves,
Tby sndden flute strikes through the rain;
The air a thrill of hope receives.
The day begins to breathe again
The dull day weeping ceaseless rain.
The world may weep, yet sound of tears
But faintly stirs this cloistered space,
Where noiseless feet of passing years
Fall on soft lawns and lecve no trace.
But cast fresh spells about the place.
Ah, not for us such green repose.
Gray wall-girt stillness, brooding air,
Where floats the soul of each dead rose
The endless years have seen unclose.
And pass, sweet ghost, to hauntjthe air.
Sing loud, and bid us dream no more
In this iair prison of the soul.
But riM: and gird us, and before
The sun sets hasten toward the goal,
Break loose these sweet bouds of the souJ.
Sing 'mid the falling leaves thy song
Of hope, though Autumn's breath is here,
The day is short, the way is long.
Cp ! let us labor and be strong,
Nor falter till the end appear.
lhirprr't Mtujazine.
AT LAST.
'Don't you know rue?' said Mar
tha Minkley.
The Rev. Paul Blossom was dig
ging up a bed of late peas, under the
pink clouds of the apple bought?,
with his straw hat tilted on the top
of his head, his linen coat fluttering
in the wind, and his brow beaded
with prespiration.
One little blossom was following
at his heels with a toy rake, smooth
ing down the lumps of fragrant
earth ; a second was building hous
es with oyster shells, in the angle of
the garden wall, while two others
were engaged in the wholesale man
ufacture of mud pies, at the kitchen
door step, all four dirty, happy and
demoralized.
Mr. Blossom looked hard at the
trim figure, with hiB neat, cheap hat.
black and and white cnecuea piaia
shuwl and flounced alpaca dress.
He was a little near sighted, a lit
tle absent minded, and yet surely
this sweet voiced, cherry cheeked
woman was none of the sisters of his
flork.
v' Raid Mr. Blossom. 'I can't
say that I do.'
Miss Minkley smiled and colored
a little.
Try and think back,' Baid she, 'to
the days of the Wesleyan Seminary,
on Rose River, where we recited Ro
man history in the same class, and
old Dr. Dodge heard us in rhetoric
and English literature, old Dr. Dodce
who wore green spectacles and talk
ed through his nose.'
Mr. Blossom dropped his spade.
'It's Matty Minkley,' said he, ex
citedly. 'Butdear me, how you've chang
ed.'
'I haven't erown any younger, 1
sappoae,' said she, biting-tor lips.
'But that is a complaint common to
us all.'
'Yes, I know I know,' admitted
Paul, turning red to the verr roots
of his hair as he realized what an
awkward mistake he had made.
'Time doesn't spare any of us,' he
said.
And then feeling that he had not
bettered matters, he made haste to
ask:
'And how came you in Toppleton
village?'
'My cousin's husband. Hiram
Dodd, keeps hotel,' 6aid she smil-
'I've come to see about a situation
as housekeeper for a gentleman that
Mr. Dodd knows, for I'm not above
earning my own living.'
one spoke with a little luliness in
her throat, for she had somehow
cherished Paul Blossoms memory
kindly 6ince those boy and girl days
and now he had never even a.-ked
her to come in.
'He might have introduced me to
his wife, at least,' said she to herself.
as she walked swiftly and lightly
along the green path.
'That would t have been loo mucn
for old acquaintance sake.
'But if lie chooses to iorgei out
times. I can only lollow his exam
ple.'
'1 wouldn t have mougni u oi mm,
thoug!-' ,.
And the waving billows oi the dis
tant apple orchard swam in the disks
of two big tears, which momentarily
obscured her bright, sparkling black
eves.
And Paul mechanically dug the
pea bed up, planted the 'wrinkled
marrowfats,' and went into the
house, where his sister, a middle
aged spinster of a care worn aspect
and a very uncertain temper, was
engaged in single combat with the
children.
'I declare, Paul, she croaked,
catching sight of her brother, 'them
children are enough to try the pa
tience of Job.'
'All washed clean this morning,
and mended and darned and now
look at 'em. Why, b. Gipsy gang
couldn't be more discreditable in
their appearance.'
Air. lilossom loosed ieeiuy at me
chubby, rosy, dirty flock.
'It never used to be so when Mary
was alive,' said he.
'Well, and that s just what I am
thinking about,' said she, tartly;
and what I say every day in the
week vou ought to marry again,
Paul.'
'Yes,' said he, with a sigh, 'I sup
pose I ought'
And by some curious link ot ideas
be thought of Martha Minklev,
standing out there among the apple
blossoms, with the delicate pink
color on her cheeks and the old
rougish sparkle in her jet black
eyes.
'Certainly you ought,' said his sis
ter, thinking of Hester Henderson,
the village dress maker, who had
money in the bank, which ought
fairly to compensate for her Gorgon
like severity of countenance. 'Some
one of mature age and ripened judg
ment' Ot course, ol course,' said the Rev.
Paul.
'Who would benefit her position
as a clergyman's wife, and keep your
house for vou in a model manner,
as it should be kept, she went on,
and govern your children with dis
cresion and mildness.'
'Yes. to be sure,' said Paul. I be
set
ESTABLISHED, 1827.
SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 31, 1883.
lieve I know the very person to real
ize all these ideas.'
'So do I,' said his sister, oracular
ly. 'And not a hundred miles away,
either.' v-
'In this very village,' said Paul.
'Exactly,' nodded his delighted
sister. . . ." ?
'It is certainly my duty,' said Paul
Blossom. u
'And somehow upon this very day
of all days, I feel moved to fulfill it'
And he put on his best suit, and
went straightway to the Eagle Hotel
kept by one lienry Dodd and Elvi
ra, his wife.
'Is Miss Minkley to be Been ?' he
asked politely of Mrs. Dodd, who
came from the kitchen with carmine
cheeks and wiping her hands with
a snowy roller toweL
'Oh, yes, I guess so,' she replied,
Bmilina: and curtseying to the cler
gyman. "Squire Tel wright has just
been to see her but I'm pretty sure
he's gone now.' '
'Mat Matty, where are you ?'
'Oh, she's in the blue parlor.'
'Please to walk, in, Mr. Blossom
And the clergyman walked sol
emnly into the pretty blue carpeted
room with its much, waxed mthog
any chairs, gaudy rug, and stiffly
starched muslin curtains, where she
Bat knitting.
'Miss Minkley. said he, entering
without unnecessary prelude to the
subject which was at present absorb
in i? Ins mind. 'We have known each
other from childhood.'
Yes.'
And I believe you to be a devout
Christian, a conscientious woman
and a trood housekeeper.'
'I hope I am. said she, rather
fluttered by this unusual address.
'In my home, said Paul Blossom,
abruptly, 1 need all three..
And I believe rrovidence has put
it into my head and heart to appeal
tu vou at tuiu viiuia upjwi i-uuhj .
Miss Minkley neither blushed,
giggled nor burst into tears.
She rocked back and forth, went
composedly on with, the red worsted
sock that she was kruttiug, and lined
her black eyebrows just the least lit
tle trifle.
'I'm verry 6orry,' she said.
'I only wish you had been a little
earlier, but 1 m engaged already.
'Eneaeed ?'
Paul Blossom's lower jaw fell ; he
stood blankly looking at her.
To squire 1 el wright, exclaimed
the ladv.
'But he's sixty,' said he.
'He is not young,' she admitted
'Surely, surely, Martha' argued
Paul, forgetting all formalities in his
eauer interest, 'you qannot care for
him ?' i
N'-no,' said Martha, 'I can't say
that I do. But he offers me a very
eood home.'
'Is it possible. Martha,' said the
good clergyman, reproachfully, 'that
you can allow yourael! to be swayed
by -considerations likthia?'
'One must do the beet they can
for themselves.'
'Well, well,' sighed Mr. Blossom,
'it would be downright sinful to
doubt that all is ordered for the
best.'
'It is the will of Heaven.'
'I always liked you, Martha, and
I believe your life with me would
have been both useful and pleasant'
'At least no effort of mine should
have been licking to make it so.'
'I am very sorry,' said Martha, de
murely. 'But first come, first served,
you know.'
'I ehould like occasionally to call
and see you,' he said.
You will still be in my parish,
you know.'
'Oh, certainly,' she said.
'I hope that we shall always be the
best of friends.'
And Mr. Blossom almost fancied
that, for a quarter of a second, the
tender grasp of his hand was in some
measure returned.
He walked dejectedly out
'I am too late, Mrs. Dodd,' he said,
meeting the cheery landlady, who
was coming in with a pair of newly
brightened candlesticks.
'Dear, dear, sir I'said she.
'She has already promised herself
to 'Squire Telwright Though, how,
to be sure, she could ever have made
his acquaintance '
'She wasn't acquainted with him,
sir,' said she.
'Not at all?'
'At least, not until I introduced
them, an hour ago.'
The Reverend Paul looked horri
fied. 'And yet,' he gasped, 'she is going
to marry him.'
Mrs. Dodd, in her consternation,
dropped one of her brass candle
sticks.
'Bless your heart alive, sir !' she
cried out, 'she ain t a coin' to do
nothing of the kind.'
"She's only going to be housekeep
er for him at $150 a year, and two
servants kept You wasn't a mean
ing sir, to '
'I was asking her to be my wife,
6aid he, solemnly ; 'and I lully be
lieve she understood me to that ef
fect' Mrs. Dodd grasped eagerly at the
sleeve of his coat
'She couldn't !' she said.
'Just wait a bit, sir wait a bit'
'Martha! Matty! come out here
this minute.'
'You hayen't understood a word
that the Rev. Blossom has said to
you. He has asked you to marry
him.'
The knitting fell from Miss Mink-
ley's hands.
She turned pale and began to
tremble.
Was it then true the crushed out '
forgotten dream of her whole life?
The reaching instinct of her hunger
ing heart
Did some one really love her at
last even her?" "
I I didn't comprehend,' said
she. 'I supposed that he wanted
me to be his housekeeper. I believed
that his wife was living.'
She's been dead these four yeare,'
interjected Mrs. Dodd.
A nd if ever there was a saint upon
earth, Martha, and a man as any
woman might be proud to many, it
is Paul Blossom.'
Martha held out her hands.
'Paul,' said she, forgetting all the
years that elapsed since they were
boy and girl at the Wesleyan Semi
nary, 'do you care for me ? Do you
love me, Paul T
'I do,' he answered solemnly.
Ihen I will be vour wile, said
she, with a little sob.
In this world nothing is altogeth
er satisfactory.
The Rev. Paul Blossom was hap
py ; so was Martha Minkley ; so were
the children, and, in a lesser degree,
Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Dodd.
But Jemima Blossom was not at
"11 pleased, after having selected
Hester Henderson as her brother's
second wife.
Neither was Hester Henderson
herself, who had already settled on
the color of her wedding dress. .
And squire lei wright was com
pelled to advertise in the paper for
a suitable housekeeper, after alL
But love, a late blooming flower in
Borne lives, was beginning to bright
en Martha's solitary existence at last,
and what mattered anything else?
A Mail-Carrier a Advent are.
The fourteen feet long shoes of
''Snowshoe Thompson" will be sent
to the Louisville exhibition by H
Mctvusick, superintendent of the
railway mail service on the Pacific
coast The shoes are those built for
Thompson, who was a mail carrier
on various Sierra Nevada routes for
many years, and died only a few
years ago. If a history of a few of
the startling adventures encountered
by Thompson could be sent along
with the shoes, they would indeed
be an interesting exhibit One
morning when Thompson was rest
ing at a hut near lanks station,
something knocked at the door, and,
coins to open it Ihompson saw a
b;g gnzzly. Ihompson jumped
back, and the bear waddled in and
cave evidence of his satisfaction at
the prospect of a mail carrier for a
winters least lie couidn t get out
of the door, so Thompson jumped
up, caught hold of a crossbeam, and
drew himself up. The bear camped
underneath and grinned indignant
ly, as though saying : "Well, old fel
low, you've got to drop down sooner
or later; here goes to see which
one of us can outlast the other."
Thompson sat it out alk that day
and the following night There was
no use in crying lor help, ns none
would be within hailing until spring.
He could not jump down and fight
the bear with his pocket-knife, his
only weapon, and altogether the
case looked pretty desperate for the
old mail carrier. His snow shoes
were leaning from one end of the
cabin to the wall at the other end,
and Thompson finally opened his
knite and lashed it with his scarf,
torn in strips, on one end of one shoe,
making a formidable lace of it.
VV bile the bear camped under him
he could not use his lance, the cabin
not being long enough. Thompson
at last got the animal ontside the
door by tossing one of his stockings
out,- which the bear' lunged out to
investigate. That got him far
enough to be prodded, and Thomp
son prepared. V hen the grizzly
had sniffed the bait it turned round,
facing the door, and found itself
within a foot of Thompson's lance
point The old mail carrier onlv
had a foot to draw back bis lance.
but he used it to good advantage, for
carefully drawing it back he gave
it a sudden lunge forward, the knife
entering the bear's brain through one
of its eyes.
W hen the exhausted mail-earner
reached Yank's and told his story it
was doubted, although Thompson
had a remarkable reputation for
truth-telling among those hardy
iars of the mountains. lhere, if
vou don t believe me, boys, Thomp
son said, "the United States mail
ken wait until my carrackter is vin-
dikated. I'll not leave this place un
til some of ye doubting lubbers has
gone back thar and brought me a
steak from that thar bar." And it
was done. Yank himself and some
of the men about the station went
back on snow-shoes, and Thompson
had his dinner off a steak of the bear
he had killed with his snow-shoe
lance.
Always If ad m Master.
There are phases of hypocrisy, but
the Democratic party can always be
trusted to adopt the one best suited
to its purpose.
It is nothing without a master.
Its old master was slavery, its new
master the whisky ring.
II obeys orders and has no troub-
es of conscience, for it has none.
It is not alarmed at inconsistency,
for inconsistency is its chief glory.
It has no rule of action save to
oppose what the Kepuuiican party
advocates.
Members of the Republican party
in Ohio secured the passage of the
Scott law, a high-license law. The
whisky ring ordered it to right that
aw and the Democrats are denounc
ing it in Ohio.
in Iowa the Republicans have as
certained the will ot the people to be
for prohibition, declare their purpose
to see that that will is obeyed.
Ihe whisky ring orders the Dem
ocrats of Iowa to advocate a judicious
icense law and at once the welkin
rings with Democratic demands for
license.
If you are ruined in health from
any caus, especially irom the use
of any of the thousand nostrums
that promise so largely, with long
fictitious testimonials, have no fear.
Resort to Hop Bitters at once, and
in a short time you will nave
the most robust and blooming of
health.
Some Democratic papers will
stoop to almost any infamy to defeat
the Republican party. Their last
slander is that William Livsey. Re
publican candidate for State Treas
urer, was in the rebel army. The
fact is that he served gallantly in
the Union army, and is a member of
Hays Post No 3 G. A. R. of Pittsburg.
Vote for Livsey for State Treasurer,
and the whole Republican State
and County tickets.
A mansfield (Mass.) man failed in
committing suicide, but a railroad
accident killed him the next day.
There is one lawyer for every
people in the United States.
roo
eralciL
THE KLAG IN THE DCST.
Another Brilliant Account of the Sat
reader at Appoautattox.
General J. L. Chamberlain, of
Maine, the officer who was designat
ed by Grant to receive the surrender
of Lee's army, in one of his lectures
gives a graphic description of the
closing scenes of the rebellion :
We were in camp all day, while
Generals Grant and Lee were ar
ranging the details ot surrender. But
on the next night about midnight
I was ordered to have my command
out at 5 o'clock the next morning,
to receive the colors of the rebel
army of Northern Virginia. It was
chilly that morning, but you may
safely bet we were on time. We
formed in line of battle, stretching
along the south street of the town
from the bank of the stream to the
court house, three quarters of a mile
in extent, facing north. We were
not ashamed to face that way 'now.
Old Massachusetts to the right all
that is left of her 18th, LUd. 32d, and
the 31st Maine, willing to follow
where she was worthy to lead, and
the proud fragments of the 1st and
20th sharpshooters, Michigan ; never
behind when a blow was to be
struck, with shadowy fragments of
her once glorious 1st 4th and loth.
Pennsylvania on the left with all
that remained of her 6Gth, 91st,
USth and 15-3th. In the rear of us
Gregory's New York brigade of new
troops, but worthy. Upposite our
own gallant little first brigade.
In that surrender Grant showed a
magnanimity we were disposed to
criticise. He insisted, however, that
while private property should be re
spected, wherever it might be, all
that belonged to secession the rebel
army, officers and men. must march
out with due ceremony and lay
down their arms and colors in the
presence of some portion of our
troops. As we stand there in the
morning mist we see the rebel army
breaking camp and then slowly and
reluctantly forming ranks for the
ast time. And now they move
the great mass breaking into column
of inarch ; General Gordon with
Stonewall Jackson's corps ; then
Longstreet's corps, then Hill's corps,
commanded by lleth. On they
came, the rebellon battle flags with
the diagonal cross and the thirteen
stirs. The head of the rebel column
comes opposite our right, and at the
bugle signal we come to carry
arms." The rebel commander, Gen.
Gordon, at the head of the column,
observes the little courtesy, drops
the point of his sword and gives the
command to "carrv."' Not a sound
from the trumpet, no roll of the
drum, but in stillness, as if indeed
the dead were passing there thus
they moved.
They then stacked arms, and took
of! their cartridge boxes and laid
them on the pile. Lastly, painfully,
they furled their battle flags and
aid them in the dust, some kneel
ing over them and kissing them with
burning tears. And then the Star
Spangled Banner waved alone upon
the field.
A Doctor s Bill Settled.
When the time for settlement ar
rived the good doctor presented a
bill for fifty dollars, whereupon the
man of the house took down his
trusty rifle, walked up to the doctor
and in friendly accents said : "You
wan't goin' off without a settlement,
was you, doctor? I don't propose to
owe no man nothin." Here's a ten,
which I reckon 19 about the square
thing. Now, then, if you ain't satis
fied jist get yer weepon and come
round behind the hill thar. so the
old woman won't get riled up, and
we'll settle it. I don't want no man
to go 'way from my house dissatisfi
ed, 'specially you. Doc." It is, per
haps, needless to add to the length
of this historical narrative by
saying that the physicians was a
man who could draw a logical infer
ence, and that he expressed an opin
ion on the spot that ten dollars con
stituted an ample and even generous
remuneration for the services ren
dered. There is a way to make any
man reasonable, and in Texas they
seem to have discovered that way.
bkool Kools.
Superintendent Lucky, of Alle
gheny county, in a recent trip into
the country ran acrass a school
where the teacher had been furnish
ed with the following ' Skool Rools"
by the trustees :
No swearin
fitin
quorrelin
nicknamin
goin into the water
resling or jumpin
goin into any persens vinepatches
or orchards without the consent of
the owner.
no pinchin
stickin of pins intil each other
pulling of hair durin books
cortin in skool
not more than one pupil must go
out at a time unless for wood coal or
water
no crackinof walnuts unless dried
no whisperin
1 hose rules must be observed lor
a violation of those rules will be
punished with a lash according to a
verdict of the trustees.
Cause of Fail are.
Want of confidence accounts for
half of the business failures of to
day. C. N. Boyd, the Druggist is
not liable to fail for . the want of
confidence in Dr. Bosanko's Cough
and Lung Syrup, for he gives away
a bottle free to all who are suffering
from Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Con
sumption, and all affections of the
Throat and Lungs.
Carta of Life.
As we come to them they are re
ceived, borne with, and passed over
with no more than a thought if we
are in the enjoyment of health, but
if suffering with piles or skin dis
ease of any kind, they magnify a
hundred fold. C. N. Boyd, the drug
gist bas Dr. Bosanko's Pile Reme
dy, which is an absolute care for
any anecuon or this kind, and is
i sold at 50 cents.
WHOLE NO. 16S5.
THE BAD BOY.
,-0h, people are not all as good as
you and I are," said the grocery man,
as he watched the boy making a
sneak on a bunch of grapes. "But
did you go to the circus ?
"Circus ? Well, I should assimi
late. And it is a wonder I am not
there yet But whatever you do,
don't ask pa if he was at the circus,
'cause he will kill you. You see pa
and I drove up to the race-track,
where the circus was, in the evening,
and after the circus was out we
waited to see the men take the tents
down, and after they had gone we
started to drive home. It was dark
er than a squaw's pocket, and I
drove out on the race track, and the
old horse used to be a racer and he
pricked up his ears. Pa took the
lines and said he would drive, 'cause
we were out pretty late and ma
would be nervous. I told pa I didn't
believe he was on the right road,
but he said he guessed nobody could
fool him about the road to town.
and bless me if he didn't drive
around that track about eight times.
Every time we passed the grand
stand, which pa could t see on ac
count of his eyes, I laff't-d ; but I
thought if he knew the road so con
founded well I could ride as long as
he could.
After we had rode around the
track about eight miles, and I was
getting sleepy, I mildly suggested
that we had better stop at a house
and inquire the way to town, and
pa got mad and asked me if I took
him for a fool. Then he drove
around a couple of times more, and
the man that keeps the track he
came out with a lantern and said,
"Hello !" Paaetopped and asked him
what he wanted, and he said, ' O
nothin," and pa drove on and told
him to mind his business. We went
around the track again, and when
we got to the same place the man
was there, and I guess pa thought it
was time to inquire the wa', sk h
pulled up and asked the man what
he was doing there, and thu man said
he was minding his own business.
Pa asked him if we were oa tlie right
road to town, and the man said if
we wasn't in a hurry he would like
to have U9 drive on the track all
night, as it was a little heavy, and
he wanted to get it in condition to
speed the colts the next day, biit if
we had to go we could drive out at
the gate and tike the first left-hand
road.
"Well, pa was mad, and he want
ed to know why I did't tell him we
were on the track, but I told him he
seemed to know it all, and it was
dangerous to advise a man who
knew it all. He didn't speak all
the way to town, but, when I put
out the horse, he said, "Henry, if
this thing gets out vour pa will have
the reputation of lieing drunk. If
you tell of it you are no friend of
mine." So I shall not say anything
about it 'cause it is a bad boy who
will go back on his pa."
Her Berene Little HighneM8.
In a letter from Robert J. Burdette
at Nantucket declining an invita
tion to lecture at Chautauqua, is
simply told the touching story of
the favorite humorist's home life,
and his devotion to the wife who
has inspired all his work, and by
her inspiration has made him world
renowned :
"Seriously, and in all 'truth and
soberness,' I cannot come. Mr.
Burdette's health it the poor little
sufferers combination of aches and
pains and helplessness may be de
signated by such a carcactic appel
lation has been steadily failing all
winter, and we have come down to
this seagirt island to see if the old
ocean and its breezes may do what
the doctors and mountains and
prairies have failed to do And
here we are waiting 'Her little se
rene highness' in utter helplessness,
able to stand alone to for vears she
has been unpble to walk her help
less hands falded in her lap. She
must be dressed, carried.
about cared for like a litle baby
suffering countless pains and aches
day and night, and I cannot leave
her even for a few davs. No one
at Chautauqua will feel the disap
pointment as we do, for we had
planned to go therp together. If she
could go with me I would be glad
enough to creep to Chautauqua on
my knees. Her li(j has been a foun
tain of strength to uie. In her long
years I have never seen the look of
pain out of her eyes, and for more
than half so long I have seen her
sitting in patient helpl'-ness, and I
have never heard a complaining
murmur from her lips while she has
served as those who stand and wait.
never questioning and never doubt
ing the wisdom and goodness of the
Father whose hand has been laid
upon her so heavily. The beauti
ful patience of her life has been a
constant rebuke to my own impa
tience, and in her sufferings I have
seeu and known, and believed the
'love that knows no fear' and the
faith that knows no doubt'"
A Widow With Nine Childrk.v
may have as much trouble with
them as did the old woman who
lived in a shoe. The children will
all the time be getting their noses
bumped, their heads bruised, their
fingers cut and their stomachs and
bowels disordered by unripe fruit
The mother who is wise enough to
keep a bottle of Perry Davis's Pain
Killer, saves her children much suf
fering, and herself a great deal of
trouble.
The Ohio story is entitled : Wool,
Wine and Women ; or, the Petticoat
and the Pretzel
Have no fear of Blight's Disease,
Diabetes, Kidney, Liver or Urinary
Disease, if you use Hop Bitters, as
they will prevent and cure the worst
ewes, even when you have been
made worse by some great puffed
up, pretended cure.
Penetrated to the Bone.
Alderman John Baxter, Toronto,
Canada, avers that St Jacobs Oil
will penetrate to the bone to drive
out pain. knew it, for J hate tried
it ; it hits the mark every time.
MiseeUsneoaa Items. .
Six survivors of the war of 1S13
live in Schuylkill County.
Lieutenant Governor Black is pre
paring a biography of his father, the
late Judge Black.
Pennsylvania has 3,716 post offi
ces. Ijuicasler County has 153, the
largest number of any county in the
United States.
Patrick Kelly, Luke Horan and
Martin L'rua were.arritel La Senm
ton on Friday for counterfeiting sil
ver dollars. :
Jay Eye See, the famous trotter is
for sale; price SIOO.OUO. We hepe
some of our sporting men will pur
chase the horse.
Rata at the public crib is what
Representative Landis calls the $10
a day Demoaats at Harrisburg.
Turn them out
John Lengel, of Tulpehocken,
Berks county, advertised to trade
his wife off for a horse. His wife
concluded she had better leave.
Nebraska women have establish
ed a paper of their own called the
Woman s Tribune, and
having as
their motto, "Equality
Law."
Before the
The attempt to introduce bar
maids into Italy meets with dfficulty
from the fact that Italians do not
seem to comprehend that women
so employed can yet be respectable.
Three gourds have been raised in
Warren county, Kentucky, one of
which is a foot and a half long, the
second three feet long, and the third
a round one, hve leet in cir
cumference. 300G majority" for Livsey and
Niles will save the people of Penn
sylvania just that many dollars a
day. Make the majority 1U,W0 so
as to emphasize your rebuke to Cas
sidy's Senatorial ambition.
Mrs. Julius Brenham was the
name of a Pennsylvania woman of
unblemished character and religious
life, who committed suicide because
she thought she was not so good as
she felt she ought to be.
According to the annual report of
the Commissioners ot Prisons in
England and Wales, the population
of the jails on March 31 last was
19,913. against 18,392 in March
18-S2. The decrease has occurred
chiefly among the yonnger criminals.
A fine constitution may be broken
and ruined by simple neglect. Many
bodily ills result from habitual con
stipation, ihere is no medicine
equal to Ayer's Pills to correct this
evil, and restore the system to natu
ral, regular, anu healthy ac
tion. The Democratic issue is this State
are Free Trade and Cassidy for
United States Senator. There is no
mistaking it alter an expenditure of
s3-1Vi,uii() t make districts for Free
Trade Congressmen and Legislative
districts for C'a-sidy's benefit Turn
the rascals out!
The cholera has broken out again
in Ejypt, at a little town near Alex
andria, which had heretofore escaped
the int'ectionf It Is believed that
the disease there now was caused by
the infiltration into the canal run
ning through the village of water
from the adjacent cemeteries, in
which cholera yictims have been in
terred. ( ver the door of a small frame
building in which a colored family
is living in Greenville Tenn., is a
pine board on which is the legend
nowalmost erased by rain and storm
"A Johnson, Tailor." A little beyond
the western border of the town is a
marble monument that marks the
last home of "Andrew Johnson, Pres
ident of the United States."
The bird population of Wisconsin
is estimated at 66 per square mile,
or 3,56.5,0(10 for the State. Each
bird is assumed to eat 50 insect a
day, or 6.000 for the summer. Hence
all the birds will consume 21,384,-
000,000 insects a year. Add to this
the amount of work which these
birds do in their Southern homes.
and we have a low estimated of the
influence they exert
In Yolo county, Cal., in the won
derfully productive Sacrameuto val
ley, where alfalfa fields are made to
produce as many as five crops of
hay a year, au English syndicate,
headed by Sir John Kaye, has pur
chased 20,000 acres of bottom land
that has been subject to annual over
flow. This land is to be reclaimed,
and a large force of teams are build
ing an immense levee around it The
work will cot $500,000.
When during the review at Ham
burg, the rain descended heavily,
the old Kaier and his staff sitting
uncloaked, the Crown Prince, seeing
some military spectators preparing
their greatcoats, sent round the com
mand, "Ohne Ueberrocke," and it
was a treat to see how the whisper
ed words were at once obeyed. But
the originator of this piece of mili
tary tomfoolery was the insane Em
peror Paul of Russia. In the cold
est days he would stand half-freezing
to review his guards and any one
venturing to don a military cloak
was at once degraded. This resulted
in frequent deaths. His son Nich
olas inherited this mami and the
German Kaiser learnt it from his
brother-in law.
An inmate of the Arkansas Pen
itentiary approached the warden
while the latter was walking around
the grounds and said: "May I have
have a a few words with you, sir?
Thanks. Of what denomination is
the man who preached here last
Sunday ?" Presbyterian." "Well,
I'm a Methodist and am firm in the
faith. Mv father always taught me
to hold up for my religion, and I d
like for you to get another preacher.
I have full confidence in the one
who preached last Sunday, but you
know how a man is about his church
affairs." "You were put in here for
stealing a horse, were you not?"
"Well, I guess youH have to put up
with the Presbyterian a while longer.
When vou serve out your term you
can go back to your faith."
General Lew Wallace says that he
was converted to Christianity by
Colonel Ingersoll. He was inclined
to be skeptical as to the divinity of
of Christ Ingersoll presented his
infidel views. Wallace was not
much impressed, but finally remark
ed that he was not prepared to agree
with Ingersoll on certain extreme
propositions. Ingersoll thereupon
urged Wallace to give the matter
careful study, expressing his confi
dence that he would after so doing
fully acquiesce in the Ingersoll view.
For six years he thought studied
and searched. At the end of that
time he said : "The result is the ab
solute conviction that Jesus of Naz
areth is not only a Christ and the
Christ but that he is also ay Christ
my Savior and my Redeemer."
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