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la advnooo ; otberwlee ta to
t'l,.
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' " are i up- t,tmMle" gW j
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U1 beneld Mppaneible for tha tub-.
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A TTl'KN ly-at-law,
Somerset Pa.
K. Sl'OTT,
ATTuKNtY-AT LAW.
tsuuu-reei. ra.
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ATTOKNF.Y-ATLAW,
.otcereet. Pa.
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ATTOKNEY-AT LAW,
S-omeraet, P .
i Kl '.NT.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Somerset, Penn'a.
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ATTi'l NEY AT LAW.
Somerset, P.
V
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AllOKNEYATLAW,
Somerset, Pa.,
-ir, j,imTwtnl ad -olntn counties.
" It
.Vntruaied to litin will iH-i-rompUy
:u.
W. H. RI I TFI..
iTi:')TH A- KFPPKL.
ATTt'KXEYSS AT LAW.
,....... ntrnmed to thHr rare will r
.... s.u:.-tuail atteorte-l to.
. M.'.n k:tk .tree.. opu(U the
...p.,K.;. L.C. O'LBOKN.
' 0S Je COLBOIIX.
' ATTt (KNEY'S AT-LA W.
.,.--( Ir.trni'ted to our care will be )rompt
. , a-trn.te-1 1 t'ullwtioa mle In S.im
n.1 ailiolriinn U'Un(te. Survey
. r rit.. it: t-n reawwaMe terai.
'1! I I AM H. KOONTZ.
ATT-B'EY-AT-LAW,
knuiert.et. Pa.,
t,n- i.r. tr.it atientlor to bufhieM entro
. -r t S"inerHft "nil aijlnlnn counties.
WIS MKYFIIS.
ATTdKN EY-AT-LA w,
Somerset, Pern
-i,; Mi!ne entrutt to cure mill be
.k i-h jrtTrr?new itnl ft1eli1v.
, t Vnmiriith llli k neil ilnor to Bojdf
1
l. pr;iL
fTTCKNEYATHW.
S"tcreL Ps.
KiU.n.oth Uli-k. CP slain. Eotrauoe.
freet. tVUeflilo"! m.ile. etie
nic nulne.l. anil all I'trnl builocM
ii .with ir-npti and fidelity.
"I Y
KIMMKL.
ATTOhN EY-AT LA W,
fomerset. Pa.
J.1
IT.ITTS.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
S. .tneract. Pa.
i.;. fir In Matr.moth Bloi-k.
O KIMMKL.
ATTCKX LY-AT-LAW.
SuDjerMit, Pa.
fti ! to all hontneni entrusted to rre
nr.t advlnlnr eountte with n.tnpt
r :f!ry t3lc- on Main t;ro street.
I:KY F SCUF.LL.
ATTt iKN EY-AT LA W,
:t r,.l Perton ApeDt,
- Vt.u:iDotn KUrk
SotneMtel, Pa
' ! KNTINF HAY.
ATTOKXEYATLAW
Tki! Tin Keal Kit at. Somer t. P
- Siurieii etitrusted to blf care
:iw and t-lety
will
with
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ATTDKN EY-AT LAW
Soineret, Fi
' virrtlT atteod to all bnlnet entrusted
r v i.rv atraiced on eolleetlona. ke. M-
a-.o u-.-ib Huildirg.
r,. OCT.K.
, ATTt 'KNET AT LAW.
Somerset Pa.,
i,,r! !reas entrusted to mj .art at-
t tc iv. I'p'Hil trew and fidelity.
ac iircrs.
ATTt'KNEY-AT -L A W
S-tnemet, Penn a.
H. S KIMMKL
"i 'trt . t pro'eaatoea' iH to tne eltl-
ir.rwand Vlctnitr. ftllea. Vr.'tel"n-
i . run I I' und at hl uflice. on Main
' .ttl.e Piamond.
H. BRFBAKKB tenders his
wninntlMrrWltAlh C)lrena Of S.HI1
r-Ti-ipfr. titfice In reildence en Main
r,i ot the IMamond.
WM. II A IT IT tender? his
I- v.. .w,, tervteet to tne miirmui
ored iwr east of Wayne k Berkablle'i
ot . re.
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1. JOHN r.ILTis.
DENTIST.
u s alrt inCo-.a fc Beeriti Block. Somer
Tl W ILLIAM COLLINS.
' liENTIST. StiMEKSET. PA.
--.InVammoth Block, abore Hoy-la lrua
.- he can at all times te f-nnt prefar
all kinds work, such as tlltnit re-
ir Artificial teeth of all kinds.
it oe Katerlal Inserted. Operations
-:-ed.
I 1 1 0 W A III) Y YN N E. M . D.
csr of the I v. Var. Nn-e and Tr.'oat
- .j. and jrtv.tv. t-r-cti-- Hoars. T a. n. to
jt Wee a Hre-o l l.Kk. b Main i-t.
' V THOMTnN. M H.
. MROVfS 1NT1.T.
.li-hrst"n. Pa.
i a a (td-sl. -1 et-ericncr ot m-re tl.an
-t ,ir. Ktii-'"' Tkkth a Sr" iiTT.
trs V Vain atreet lups-lrs) over
r ! r:' Hard"re store It will be necea
" - t -s.-s w-o want wwrk di-ne to wake eo
rt nil beforehand. w
I KM KS O. KIKRNAN. M. f). m-
1 n. n.oMi.l aerrlces ta the eiMtent of
--t and -rleirv Hecan be ton.l at the
ct Ms tatbeVoa Walti street or at tbe
" : l-r 'et rj Kns'-aker.
C law.
'; J. K. MILLER Lns rx-rma-
'-cr.-'.T located In herlin f-r tba praciwr ci
v.s-oa. 'Sce i i polte C tarlet Kri'n--rr
aprJ--tf.
4 jfAMOND HOTEL,
STOYSTOWN. 1'ENN'A.
( alar and well known koase has lately
"". 'hi ol lv and rely refitted a-ltb all new
"i.- mniliare. a Mch baa made It a eery
- -.- stopviT-at place lor tbe traoellna public.
J ! ar.d - cannot be eorpasae-1. all be-
t-r, rl.aa. altb a hr pnbite ball attached
f aire Also larire and ro-miy stabllna
f ua ttr.:ic can t bad at tbe kiweet poa-
pves. ty the aeea, ay or aseau.
8AMI U-CT STFR. Prop.
a. E. for. Itamoed
Stoyatow .Pa
"CHARLES HOFFMAN.
m
"ivs Henry HsWey1 8tsJ
!irT 2TTLES HJI LOWEST P!CS.
.rfTlSFtCTION GUARANTEED.
AGENTS'?
'anted for tbe
live l all the
i Pre..iens of i he
K The lar.
-l . heei tk ewre H.bt lor lih.n
t la '"" 1 ael.i,,t t.4 tn Aa-er
""" pronitaeelv an intelligent
" free. UaLUCTT Huok
Co.. Pert-
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VOL. XXXII. NO. 34.
AE.GAIN
In House-Furnishing Goods We Offer:
Coal Vases,
Cake Boxes,
Tea Tray b,
CliHtnbt r Tails,
Copper Ware,
Mincing Knives,
Revolving Grater?,
Cofiee Mills,
Nut Crackers,
Waffle Irons,
Lam D9. C All Kinds.)
Clothe? Wringers,
Kn a triplet Ware,
Ojieen Oil Cans,
Knife Trays,
Bread Boxes,
('ash Boxea,
Toilt t Sets,
Kz Hi att rs,
Slaw Cutters.
Budding Mold.-,
Iemon Stjuetzt-r?
Can Opener,
Apple 1'arers,
Mrs. Potts' Irons,
Bread Toasters,
Towel Kolllers,
Steak Pounders,
Pocket Stoves,
Farina Boilers.
AND HUNDREDS OF OTHER ARTICLES.
In cotitifciion w i'h t)ie alxive we "Hit t!io Ijirc( mid I" I u -. t A-irUiu-it of KANGES,
ft i iKIN; ami IllIA'1 1N; .'TuVMS t vir ll.vIl in Joljksluwn.
S;ivial attftition -it: ! to Jul in Tin, ;alvaniml I r.n auJ Sliest Iron. Sii:sr l'ans,
."Until I'ipp, llot-airi'ix. K'NiriiiK. pimtiii(;. Macks lur Kntiiiit-s. ami all wortt jiertainiii(?
t.i IVIIar l-'nrn.tri-i. I j.t iniiitts pivi n ami work done hv tirt inti liaiiit nl v.
II A V I. HON.. o. 3SO WahhiiiKloii Sireet. JobiiMlown. Ieinr
FASHIONABLE
CUTTER & TAILOR,
Having had man)
venra exierlcn.e
me witb their pat
ruuaKe. Yours, lie..
Soiuernel, Ih.
mart
At.nitBT A. liuRis.
J. iiii.rT Wabi.
HORNE & WARD,
r"cjoiiS to
EATON & BROS,
NO. 27 FIFTH AVENUE,
PITTSBURGH, PA.
SPRING, 18812.
NEW GOODS
SVSST TAY SrZCIALTIES
irtroer', Lacai, WHIine'y, Vk hit Good, Hand-
kerrhi, Dte Tiitrwlagl, HotlfT, 6!evn,
Corsfti, WusltD ld Utr r.t Udraar, la
lists' aad ChiidreR's CloWiing. Fancy
Geadt, Vara, Zeahyra, Matt
riaii of KM Kisdi for
FANCY WORK,
Gents' FlmMeu Goods, k, k.
tiririrtjMGi ta BBarKCTri-i.iT aoLt,"
H-ORDERSBV MAIL ATTESDFD TO H tin
rant ASP VISPATCH. art
SOMERSH
(ESTAiiLISllKI) 17
CEAP.LES. I. EAtFJSCN.
H.I. PEITTS.
Cashier.
Pre-iient.
iollec'.lona made ia all parts
ot tbe foiled
States.
CHARGES MODERATE.
Parties wIsMrk to s- n-1 money West can be ae-
eore-nlated 1-y d-alt on Nea ork In any sum.
fvllectior.s ma-le witn pron.pine-s. . ;
hoonlit and x-l t. Monev nd valual-ies accure.1
byoneol Dlel--id"s celet-ratej aalea. ith a Sar
ar'rnt a. Vale ' time lurk
ACCOUNTS SOLICITED.
a)VAll 1c:j1 holldajs ot-serre l.-V dec?
NEW GOOD!
For its Fall ail Winter We
XOV Is STORE !
CasVmerc.. s Ik Ftulshe-l S.il;inif. elrets.
I -ncT Dr. " (i.-o-is Prints, (iiiieh ms. f liev-l-.ta.
fT:--n Plalls. VI v.ncls Llnseya,
Canton Plann-ds. .leatm. Saitlt.ets.
Can.i.neres. 'm1uro H-isiery.
til res. I'n-'crwear Varna,
Notions. Kaney l."ls.
Ne-k-Wear.
A Full Line of Choice Croceries,
Tobacco and Cigars,
IIAKDWAUE,
QUEENSWAKE,
IIVTS and CAPS.
A large and varied assortment,
CLOTHING,
Nails, Glaas, Stove Pi;.
Tlr.war.):Is. P.inta,
Dregs, Dyes. Salt.
Flour. Meal and Chop.
It will 14- oar aim ta keep In stork eTerytblnpj
UMial't kc-t In a well r gulate i ireneral store, a i
ot whx'h Will oe a-.ld at rrk b-tcir prices all
kin-s ol prodace taken In eachatiate tor tpfU. at
, .. hi.hrat market nricea We take ooraslon to
l bank a arenerous p blie l-ir the lilieral ntriare
we bare received since we have e mmenred busi
ness, and reapeetfully aoliclt a eootinaancvof tbe
Bme otntiee w no ii.t. uuiatTn mi -
s. wakiatSU aak to attva as a tr.al and be con
vinced Short proB'-j ani qutca retarna. rs our nmin.
CO.,
r.nriLuLa. Pa,. Oct.W, 11.
JKGAL NOTICE.
To Rachel Helnhanh. fwt-'ow) Janet Hela-l-aaah.
4 Lanark. Carroll Ccsanty lllinot sa
rah. Iniermarrtel wtth Jeremiali F!k. ot Llk-ll.-k
Township Somerset C-wnty. Pa., Kaney.
i I. M..,kra McNair. of Cas-el-
maa. S- mereet ewentv. Pa Matitlai Heln-1
bah H Lanark. Mine. Jocaa lelnDanen.
deceased, leavtr ar a widow. Nary Ann Hein
baavh. reaidlna la Iowa, Hannah. Intermarried
with Hiram kretrer. reeklir In loea. Sarah,
intermarried w.tb David Mar. resi-lltieat M
bre. this e-untv. h Hetr.hauh. Keeidtra at
Fibte P . Jac-bO rhard. tluardtau 4 Jonaa
and David Heu-haaca. all of S -meraet eoan-.v.
Pa
Y- re bercbv ncvtlfled t-nppearat aa Or-
- e
i bars wn to t-e ncu at weraei
to take ia-relee'ate rsaaawl Meluftaajh. do-
reeet at tbeappra se-i talaail-ti, or snow cans
the 8ta iay ot rrtirwary nemu -inrn r.
f -T7V JC-1 i i 3 ln tranciies 01
' 'J1 L tne lKUrante
KAT- i ' 'VvV;i " Stis!ctii.n to all
Sjj Ji $ L"-TV ''" may call op
-A a '. .n mc n.l lav.'r
why Ue same i.W rnavaLEK
Jl'H J. sPAOLtK.
S-trrOrrirt Sbenn.
January T, 14. f
?
Fine Carvinsr Set3,
Knive and Frks,
Fine Plated Ware,
Cake F.raters,
K-g Pake Molds,
Spite Boxes,
Lanterns,
Oil Stoves,
Tea Canisters,
Granite Ware,
Wire Broilers,
Cuspadores,
Dust Brushes,
Itpllinjr Pins,
OLD mXLUil.K
SADDLERY & HARNESS SHOP
M'lToSITK THF. GI.AT'K HT SK,)
3VtAIl CROSS ST.
SUM EKS CT, PA
1 keep ronstaiitly on lianj alara assortment ot
HARNESS.
JiKU'LKS,
CULLAKS,
DISTEKS. KOBKS,
SADDLES,
Bill SUES,
WHIPS,
BLANKETS,
And
evcrythlra- ostially found ln
HAKM.SS'SHDP.
a Finn-class
IlHrnes.14 from MIO.OO
st Sol
inurd
in i'Aiiusc a si'F.t iM.TY
Sctifartion gvarcnttrd in frtry inruate.
Jeremiah -Woy,
ni.vT.3n,. tROrHli.TOR.
PILLS
TORPID BOWELS,
DISORDERED LIVER,
and MALARIA.
1 roni tin-su wiunri aiisi; Unit-fourths "1
tlie tiirtcasi's ot itie l.uiuan r-.ice. lliese
ayui)Im,iii,lieutv the :rexiatence: Vntn ot
AMrCite, liuMrl cwaltee. Mrk llrad
f ttllne. alter eatlla;. avrriloa la
ee.iituur lxtt- or uuuU, l:mrtJt lu
of to. .a, InliaMlily ul teUer( Loir
eiirii. A (rliu uf harlna; asrulertid
me limy. Jsuaiueaa. l ltttirrtna: at (he
Irart, ( brlorrtlif ryes. Iilglily rol
rca I rLir, o. i Tl lATIi.. and tie
tn in I tne u?e of ri'inctly tlint act1irert!y
on th'" l.lver. AsaLiver mwlicinc Tl'TI'S
111. IX liavt- no e.jual. Tttetr action on the
Ki liieva ami skm is;o pirotnpt; removing
nil liUuritio tliroucli tln-w three ' aa
eiaa:-r. of the syaicra." proluclnar npe
titi'.Miunil rli'Stion, r-fful:ir etoois. a cieur
akinaml o ViaToroua Ixxli . TCTTW III.I.M
ctui- no nauH.-a or gripinir nnr inUrn.ro
wl-'i A itlr work ami rue a perfect
ANTIDOTE TO MALARIA.
nn i r.ri s i.inr. a mw max.
"I hive ha'l DyatK jmm, with (nnwipa
tinM, two rears, nutl have triei ten ihtfuM'tit
Um.ls of "pills, un.l TriT'S ar- the firm,
lhat Irive tlone me r.ny gon.t. Thi'V Lave
Wrnm-it tne out iiiii-ir. My apie"t1ie 1
pli nilnl, Io'kJ lis?i sts "readily, ami 1 now
hiiii natuiHl paiiL'oa. I lei l l.ko a new
Viiin." W. 1 1. t-DW AnD, 1'ttitnyra, O.
. cvt-rrtr'K r".2r. l!i ,MtmvP'..S.T.
TUTTS HAIR DYE.
i.mt 11 vr on V)i!Kt'U- elianze-l In
,:n;l y iDiti.Li-fv 1'Lai K 1-v a eiiiarle rm
!" .f tins rll by Drugista,
- t 1-v x--i--- r-'ooipt of f I.
:ii i , 44 Murniv Stro. t, Now York.
UTT'S MANUAL CF USEFUL RECEIPTS FREF
PATENTS
obtained, and all business In tbe T. S. Patent
f.m. or ln the Conns attended to l-r MODERATE
FEES.
We are oi-r1te the t". S. Patent Offlee,en-at-ae-l
in PATEM BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY, and
en obtain (win-s to iea nine than thoe remote
rrom WASHISGTOK.
w'tioti Ro:iei or drawlrjr Is sent we adrlse as tn
pa'enb11lTe tree ot ch-rire; an-l we make NO
CHARGE UVLESS WE OBTAIN PATENT.
W e reter, here, t-- the Postmaster, t lie Sapt. ol
theNniey Jrdcr Dlrl-l-.n. and to officials of the
V. S. Patent Office. For circular, advice, terma.
and reirrence to actual clients In yrur own State
or oounty, address
C. A. SNOW A CO..
tip"ote Pteatent CifBee,
WaaUlna-t.n, U t3 .
C
l"RT PROCLAMATION.
Wi'KitEA. the II morable w illik j. 1eb.
Pret!cm .In :e ot t be several Omrts of C.-mm -a
Plens- t the several o unties comjioslnE th- 6th
Jo-llril .tistrloi, and Ju-tlce of i he (Vwr e oft er
an I Terminer an 1 (irm rl Jll Delivery, tor the
tnxl -f all cuplral and o'her ofl-n era In i lie sid
Dmtr-ct. an t Uat Colli xa and si l SjtvtiKB.
tsuirea. Judxrsot the iVursol Cvaima Picas
an-i J us' Ices ol ih Courts ut Oyer and Terminer
and ttcncml Jail lielivery firthe trial ol all e pi
ml ami oiber of!en-lcrs In the c.unty of S.-meiet,
have p?ud th' Ir precepta ami to me diree'e-i. lor
h-d-tinir a Court olC.-min -o Pleaa a id Oeneral
Huartt-rSessior s of the peace an-l (femralJail
le i very, anl Courts olt)cr aud Terminer, at
Somerset, on
vt da. February 25. I.
, NoTlrk i( hereby alven to all the .Tutlces of tha
' Peace, the former an I C-ftl.les wiihln tl-a
- sal i f unty ol Somerset, thai they be ihen and
there in ihH- pr(r iieraons with their rolls, rec
; or-l. inii'-isiti'-ns. ea.atntnati.-ns and irther remem
brances, to do th-scihln.s which to their office
!ani In ihat t'tltatt fipficrtaln to le done: and also
I they who wid pro-cute aarains! the t-rtooers that
are - sh.i!l l-e In the jail ot S. -men-el c uniy. to I
. then aud there t- prosecute iiintu them ae shall
1 lie lust.
j JOHN J
i jan20.
SPANGLtlK.
benfl
CALVIN
BERLIN
II AY,
iMJLLEK'S MILL.)
MAM FACTIRER OF
FLOUR & FEED!
1 alwavs keep on hand a larire stock of FLUl'R.
O'lKN-MtAL m'tk'WHL'tT FLOCK, and
al kinds of CHOP. Also, all kinds of GKAl.N,
w.-iico 1 aetl at
IS OTTO IT PRICES!
Wh-lesale and Fetall. Yon will save money by
buy teg Ir m me. My s-ock Is always Freeh.
OBDEES FILLED PROMPTLY.
JXECU IOli'S NOTICE.
tatau of Joaiah Iively. late of Salisbory Bor
ough Somerset Cow, Pa. , dee'd.
Letters tasramentarv on iier. t.il o iu
been crantod to tba umterslaned by the proper aa -
r'rdUeVm.l.V-
merit, and those bavinr elaima aarainst it to pre-
ryffjs
sent them duly au'nencwt Hr eeiiiemem on - t- well" Bflvoha "111 ht
Samrlav. March I? I at the lat residence , ery well, sajs ne. all ue-
oniddeca.,ei. insai.stnry ivowah i lit ve vou. if I like. Manv a ladv i
'Jt. L DIVFLY.
jaaJ.
Lxemtor.
A
O.MINITRATOR'S NOTICE.
Lsiatecf Michael Lc-hr. late of Cr-wetDnugh Twp
Somerset Co fa- de-- d.
Letters ol administration o the above estate
faavina l-en rranrert to the wonersicne-i cyme
ir...er aatborPv. notice is hereby len U. all
wiier aatborPy. notice
V ,.,,..,
wSS'Kj--.
- - . m fn.t, m rttait to mass laintmi.
wlli Dt
, .j,,,, Saturday, the th day of February,
t tbe i See of J. D. Swaak, Esq , la Da-
i
EOLSOXLOHR.
Administrator
V J"
0 ft UH
. II 13 II V
11 11 Ll
THE HI'S KING.
We climb the bill andatroll tliebeacb
Play tennis on the lawn,
But lnt of all the eaMns p(")rt
. 1 busking out the euro.
The .-prinminie rain and cummer heat
The I'reoiutl' harvest stores.
Ami autumn witb a liberal hand
Tbe golden treasure otir3.
Inventors, tax your brains no more
The busks to quick remove
Witb any color blind machine
YVhkii can no ml ears prove.
Tbe lads and laase. far and near
No second bidding ask.
With o much fun and frolic there.
They revel in tbe task.
The silvery moon looks calmly down.
Not telling all she think.
And when the crimson ear is found
Appropriately winks.
Then, too, sbe lights the homeward cay,
Husking ainl dancing o'er,
Jut veiling with a kindly cloud
The parking at the door.
Ah. in the spring the hope may 5iit.
And throUfli.ihe snmtner.Hweil,.
I'm it is autumn's bimkinj; brings
Thy blessed chance to tell.
YV1XM17S l)KFKMVf:il.
Ye ujayentertaiiv.ingelsunawar fg.
'"Why, as I sat there, my de ir,
a-.-eeruinir to look at vou, I m
! it-looking years back at your ma n
I when she was no older thauy -u
'are. and thinkiu; how bheentertai li
ed au angel Mitaweres once. Oh. y u
M-dt4L lunch. It hadia't win g.s
tucked awaj downita batk, no; b Jt
what 1 mean is something sent I y
th Ixird to do you good an ang el
in that ei!e. I'm :i plin old w o-
man. 1 hadn't had any educatio
1.
1
I was a nurse ji rl hrt, and then
mintied children, jitid then I wei
to your jirandeiia's to take care
Miss Winnit. that's your own des
ma. Mis Gu$ie, now, and I aiu
It
f
T
learned and book-read like soni- i
but I've ;;ot my thoiiL'hts : and llei i
you, Nero was an angel, and we en
Urtained him unawares. To he tur
he didn't look like one, with hie
black nose against the window and
his big ever) a-starins in through the
glar-s. Wall, 1 was younger then, .
you see. I FUpjH)be I wa twenty
eicht and your in a was just fifteen
rle was as fair as a. a lily ami
smaller than you and you never
eaw anything so happy. Yout ,
grandpa had been pretty rich, and
he grew very rich afterwards, as you
know ; but just about that time
ihere'd ben a failure or i-omethintr.
and we'd moved from the great city
liouse to a little place out of town
and I was the only servant kept. A
wau-herwonihii came to do the
cioihes, and 1 did all the rest. Why,
I wouldn't have left your grandma
for all the world, an J though it war
Harder to wail on Miss Wintiie, and
mend and make for her. bles j-ou..
I was j;lad enough to stay. They'd
been liberal in old times, and I had
m' savings too in my bureau draw-:
er. Well, I didn't know then Uut 1 ;
might step off some day and n-eetJ a j
dowry, but I rever mwant to have i
John Connor." j
'Who was Jhn Connor ? Wll, I
didn't know ttien as well as I knew
afterward, but he was a thick set,
beetle-browed fellow and called him
self a blacksmith, how is n girl tt
know? and said hw'd like to marry
me; and huff him as I would, be
came a-courtin'. Well, V.ees your
heart, though I alwavs fancied a fair (
man more outspoken. I didn't hate!
John, and I had a long tongue ol
my own, ana tola nun all mat went.
should I
on, I supnote. And why
keep it from him that master and
mistress had gone to tt e city that
winter night when he cime to take
a cup of tea with me? Vour grand
ma gave tne leave. 1 "was never one
to do things sly. Oh, I didn't tell
you there was some la' r business up
and that mailer and mistress had
gone to swear to somi .-thing at the
court, and must stay for three days.
TheyM drive off after dinner, and
loth they were to go. 'You'll be
lonesome and afraid,' said the mas
ter, but we Uth said no we'd tik'
care of each other, and Ik safe ; and
I can tee Mis Winnie now kissing
them both.
"You've got over teirig afraid of
the dark.7' says missu. laughing, ;
"and the burglars don't know about j
inv rag-bag, so they won't trouble j
you. w itn tins tney were on.
"What about the rag-bag?'' you
say. Well, my deur, your ma had
a way of thinking that the best way
of hiding money was to put it in
aoine odd place, where no one would
think ef lucking ; so, what money
she had, and some di:-.rnond earrings
and that, she kept hid away at the
bottom of a calico rag-bag. And I J j
taken the idea, and kept my saving j
in i roll of old pieces m my top
tl rawer.
"That's what she mant. yau see,
and it put it into my mind, so that
when John Connor came that night
and hearing tJiat the master and
mistress had gone away, asked me if
I was afeared, and turned up his
nose with the speech that there
wasn't much to take, he supposed.
1, feeling my temper rise, and being
up atHut the familv says, says I :
"Out.ide don't show everything,
John, and "tisu't many ladies has
diamonds as fine as my lady keeps
in h.r rag bag.
"What's that nonsense ?"' savs
he.
"Well, says I, no nonsense at all,
but my lady has the finest of dia
monds that she has worn, and will
wear again someday ; worth a great
deal of money thousands, I've
heard her say, and for safety she
hides them in her rag-bag, in the
.ong pantry. And for the matter of
that 1 ve enougn in my roll ot paten
, . . r J ,
CS in my Chest Ot drawers to make
burglars while to break
in.
I has bits f glass set in rings and j
things, and much you'd know the '
"Thev shine like stars." savs I,
.t :r....i i..
thev
... . t i
Were wedding present from a Tela
17
t i i i i. -. i.
But we'll live in style again. John
tin 1.11111,11...... ... .... u.v .... , , t
Connor," eays I,
talk."
T-.. 1 I
set
I
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ESTABLISHED, 1827.
SOMEKSKT, PA., WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY t, 1S84.
i "No doubt," says Joha and turn
ad up his nose again,
j "But I remember thinking of a
g udden what a bad face he had. the
1 1 :ind of a face, don't you know, that
j s eems to watch you, and yet be
! a feard of looking at you. And then I
ft It a little sorry I'd told him. I own
thinking he wasw t tne best man
to tell such things to, maybe, after
all
uKot that I had any notion how
bad he was yet, but just a Bort of a
dread of him that I couldn't under
stiuid and that passed away in a
minute."
"I remember, to this day, just
how he stood leaning against the
wall, after he'd swallowed his five
cups f tea, bragging about the fine
I property his latner owned across the
sea, and how he d come into it ome
:' day ; aud that the woman that had
i him would be a lady before she died,
: but he didn't make me wish to be
'. that with all his talk, and I was
'. glad to gt the door shut on him at
last for, though you mightn't think
j it now, there was one at sea that
ii night that would have put thoughts
of a better man than Jonn Conner
out of my head-one that never came
back, dearie never came back
! again."'
' But that't" not what I began to
J tell."
1 '-Whan .Ilin w.ia penp I ran to
look for Miss Winnie, and I found
her in the parlor and angry enough
J was to find her at her old tricks
again."
From a baby Miss Winnie had
always been fond of pets, and the
more wretched a thing was the mere
she loved it; -Sick puppies aud blind
cats, she'd had. Once she brought
homo a wretched chicken with a
broken back, and nursed it until it
died ; and once she found a misera
ble horse turned out to starve, and
got a boy to bring that after her."
"We never knew what to expect
of her next, and now. there she was
sitting before the grate feeding a mis
erable wet dg with cold chicken.
His muddy paws had daubed her
nice gray merino dr.-ss and blue
ji jacket, and I couldn't bear to see her
i. ii ii i
handling nim, runomg run duck
head with her little white hand,
and treating him as if he was a
Christian."
"Oh. Mis Winnie," said I, -'don't,
please. I don't kuow how diity
t lat brute may be, and he look as
if he was going mad. Justfved him
and turn him out, if it s only to
oMige me."
!?he looked up with tears in her
eyes.
"Oh. don't be cross to the poor
laitlilul thing." she said, "don't
please. He belong to the poor fel
low who died themuii whose name
no tine knew, who wit's buried last
Siturday. The poor thing has been
lying on his grave ever since; and
to-night T went and coaxed him
away. Truer than men he has been,
nursey, and I mean to keep him for
my very own."
"Then I can tell you your ma
won't like it, miss," said I, " he's no
lady's dug."
His eyes look human," said she,
drawine hi head down and kissing
hitn. That made me mad.
"Don't sund him into my kitchen,
miss,'" said I.
"I shan't, he's parlor company
she said.
"Then I went away, I can't deny
I banged the door, but, there now,
we all have our tempers. I kept
mine up ail the next day, and twice
I kicked the poor creature, but he-
j're ""P"1 socit-thing happened tha
ipiiif en;tii",ru tu v iiioou , w- ni.i
should come to me out a bit of a let
ter, telling me that my only brother
at the coal mip.es had fallen down a
shaft and was not expected to live,
and that I must come at once."
"I'd been eross to wy dear little
Miss Winnie all day ; but. bless you.
she never reniemWred it."
"Go to your brother, nursev dear,"
she said, "and tion't be quitedespair
ing; while tht re is life there is hope.
Papa and mamma will be home to
morrow,
and I shan't be a bit
afraid."
Then she tied my hat with her
own hands yes; and pinned my
shawl about me, and kissed trie,
too.
And off I went to the railway sta-
i tion : and my last words were
j "Fasten the house up close, my
dear, and let no one in."
"After that I thought only f my
brother, until I got to the mints;
and goinjr to the place he boarded
at. wake i t:iem all up, to find him
lis well as ever, and not an accident
happened.
"The message was a wicked trick,
and the minute I toid my brother,
he said it was some one who wanted
me away for a bad purpose."
"To rob the house, maybe," said
he. "and no one in it but that pretty
! little lady."
"What shall I do?" said he.
"There s a coal train in ten minutes.
They'll take us on when I tell them
the story. They know me. We'll
go down, and Sam Bird, my mate
here. You must make time, though,
to catch it."
"Well, they tossed on their coats,
and pulled on their boots, and off
we started. I was young and light
of toot then. We just caught the
train."
"It's life and death, mates," cries
Jim, jumping en, and dragging me
after him.
"The men helped me up. It was
a queer ride. The air seemed to cut
me like a knife, and tbe coal dust
blackened me; but all I cared for
was to get to Miss Winnie.
"As we reached our town, a man
I don't know what he was, flung
himself across the coal cars, and
shouted to us:
"We can't stop, but well slack p
at Can the woman get off safe?"
"Yes. said I. don't fear."
But if it hada't been for Jim and
his mate. I never should haTe done
if
! "Now for the bouse, says Jim.
"Show us the wav. sister, and do
vour best.
I doubt if all is right j jf fufierii g with Piles or skin disease State, the other left alt to lay what er's Gixger Tonic," contain thegen
' of auv kind thev magnify a hundred he had upon his country's altar his uine medicine if the signature of
' - I . . . . a . " : r . . a 1 . - w.l
. Taia at
the white
i a von-
' walls, and the black trees behind
.t.oit n ta I amtiaat lha .KV."
1 "All right, I hope," says I, and
then I gave a scream, for the door j
stood wide open.
"Softly," says Jim. "They've been
at mischief."
"Sam. come in ; sister 6tav back.
Hark, there's a dog, a fierce one, too.
Hear him snarl. You didn't tell me
vouhada dog." (parage Gen. Grant. It this is tbe
Then I remembered the poor j cae. il is because men are oftener
creature Miss Winnie had taken itnuenced by their feelings than by
into her head to adopt. j nurd facts- However weak Boabdil
"Ive broucht mv uistol." said a ruler and controller of men,
Sam, and he crept in. Jim follow
ed.
And just then I heard screams
coming from Winnie's room, and
Btay back I could not
We burst in together, and what a
sight we saw.
On the floor lay a man bleeding
and torn, though I knew by the
striped jacket he wuro that it was
John Connor; and over him, tearing
at him still, stood the strange dog.
1 looked for Miss Winnie.
Far in the corner crouched some
thing that I guessed to be her, but
for all I knew she wasdead, she was
so white anil motionless.
"Dead? Oh, uo, dearie. You for
get Miss Winnie isyeur mother now
only Ltinted and afterwards she
told me the whole story."
All the evening the dog had acted
strangely.
Just as she sat in the twilight,
looking out of the window, he sat
and stared at her aud gave little
whines as though he wanted to tell
her something. Then he took to
pulling her dress.
"She believes John Connor was
hidden in the house even then; and
when she went to bed the dog crept
under it, and lay there, growling
eofily.
Stie felt afraid of something,
though she could not teil what, and
she lay watching the moonlight for
a long, long while.
At last vi a sudden she heard the
stairs creak, one after tLe other, and
tbe door ot her mother's room open.
"Straight opposite her bed was
another door tbat led into it, and
tnrough this she saw a, man witii a
candle in hi hand creep into thu
room and look about him, and by
the hgfct lie carried she saw his face
quite plainly, and couid not btlp
snriekiiig out, "It's John Connor!"
uud at that he came ru.-lung towards
her.
"So you know me," said he. "It's
a bad thing for you, I can tell you,"
but before tne words were out of his
mouth, he was on the lloor, aud the
do upon him.
After that it grew too horrib'e to
see, and the poor dear darling faint
ed "Oh, if I'd had my way and turn
ed away the angel that was to save
my darling, thai was sent theie for
just that ; but I didn't I couldn't."
"You remember him well, don't
you ?"
He was old then, and hadn't a
tooth in his mouth, hut that was
what was left of old Nere.
"They named him Nero afterwards
and he and 1 were alw ays the best
of friends, though he never worship
ed anyone but Miss Winnie."
p'rota A9 P'iMitl.
In some portions of Europe frogs
have long been an article of diet, but
a few years ago frogs' legs was a rare
dish iu the western world. Now it
is stated that they are regularly serv
ed in hotels and restaurants at Bos
ton, while a considerable number
are also sold for family use. Frog
catching and preparing for market
has now, in fact, become a recogniz
ed business. Boton is supplied
from the adjacent country towns,
from Cape Cod, from Maine, and
ether places. The Maine frogs are
kept in fresh water until needed,
and then shipped alive in crates,
provided with wet moss or sea weed.
At Cape Cod the men engaged in
the fiog business employ boys to
c itch the frwes, and have a number
of ponds penned up. One frog catch
er alone sends from 50 to 100 dozen
per week to the New Orleans mark
et, where also a great tn.de ii done.
In this southern city the demand is
greater than the supply. In the
Massachusetts market prices range
from CO to 50 cents per dozen, and
sometimes higher, according to size
and quality. Canada used to ship
11: ,..i 1 ,
the frogs legs packed in ice, and to
1 . 1 ...
supply the Boston market almost
wholly 11 few years ago, but the com
petition of the domeatia article has
driven the foreign out of the market
r.nd the Canadians now ship wholly
to New York city. All kinds of frogs
-ir e-iten lint the sneckled fmir is
fm.r
t ih mo-it tender Frn-'s
have recent!
v been shipped alive to
"a Boston dealer, and it
England by
u oii.si. ereii nossiP e inai an ex-
port business may be developed, is
the bull frog is not an inhabitant of
British waters.
Fast Itunmng.
The train that makes the run of
912 miles between New York and
i"'hivicTr in "i'lt hours makes onlv
seven slope; but there are so many
- J
bridges to cross and villages to pass i we ueeu jusi such wen aa you , more in a minute than a man can
through that the speed is ncessarily ! nn of military education and expe- j do in an hour, and do it better. She
re!axeu as often as once every ten j rience. The Legislature meets next can make the alleged lords of crca
minutes elsetheayeragefortheen-jTueaday April 23, 1S6L Several i ijon bow down to their own sweet
tire run might be much higher than j of us are going to Springfield. Come j will, and they will never know it.
35.20 miles an hour. Its greatest i along ; you will surely be wanted." j Yes, a woman can do sverything,
speed is on the run between New; " I Pues9 you will have to pet! with but one exception ; she cannot
York and Philadtlphia ; and here j along without me hereafter," Grant climb a tree.
the slowest mile is made in two j said to his brothers. "Uncle Sam "j , .
minutes and the fastest in 57 sec- educated me for the army, and Messrs. Hiscox & Co. call special
onds. Many a mile is made in GO
seconds. The locometive on which
Mr. Argus Sinclair, of the American
Machinist, made the trip from Jer
sey City to Broad street, weighs 74
tons, and draws a train weighing
200 tons, and ou descending grades,
when the great machine was doing
a mile a minute, the driving wheels
made 258 revolutions a minute.
Care of Lire. ', along without me." Country, Nation, ! friends will agree with us as to the
I America, was Gen. Grant's idea. J propriety of the chance. There will
As we come to thera they are re- j Children and property, State and be no change, however, in the prep
eeived, borne with, atd passed' over i local home, was Gen. Lee's idea. ! aration itself ; and all bottles re
with no more than a thought if we ! He who runs may see the difference, i maining in the hands of dealers.
are in the eniovmerit of health, but
'fc-l.L C . BotI. the druggist, has
Dr. Bosank.VPile Remedy which
u an aotoiate cure 'mr au v suwiiuu
OI iniS ilDU. unu u Bum kk liny
'cents.
Grant and Ire.
It has been noticed by some of 01 r
cotemporaries that there is a dispo-
sition, particularly in Europe, to
exalt Gen. Lee for mental and moral
qualities of excellence, and to dis-
we yet cannot help feeling sorry for
his fate, as an Irving tells us of his
lat sigh, looking at the Alhaaibra
deserted and the power of eight cen
turies crumbling into dust, In a
measure Gen. Lee is a romantic fig
ure. His name is historic, and
around it cling the associations of
the Ue volution and of Washington.
Joining the War tor Independence
with the Rebellion, and bringing the
Lees of the first in comparison with
the second, the figure ot Gen. Robert
E. Lee looms up gloomy and mourn
lul. He was the best representative
jf the cniyalrous South. Jeff Davis
was its Aarou Burr. People forgive
Lee because they think hitu a second
Blfimerbassett. Everyone acknowl
eoges he was chivalrous, soldierly,
cuurily and able. Combining the.ie
qualities, men feel a pity that he
abouhl have been sacrificed in up
holding the causeof traitors, and the
souls of Catalines.
On the other hand, there is noth
ing romantic about Grunt. His
lineage does not appeal to the imag
ination, aud his success may have
bred that jealousy which is eyer at
tendant upen true greatness. It must
not be forgotten that Washington
had his traducers, and among the
immertal three who refused to vote
a resolution of confidence in ids ad
rninislralion appears the name of
Andrew Jackson. Gen. Grant's epic,
like England's is "My Mark." Gen.
Lee was a patrician, but Gen. Grant1
had the strong fibre of American
feeling in his mental and moral
opinions The patriotism of one
was loci, was for a class and class
interests ; that of the other vas na
tional. The one loved Virginia, the
other America. Gen. Grunt was a
soldier by education, but one of the
people by feeling and development.
When tbe war broke out the two
men were called upon to know what
they would do in the matter. One
was a Coirnel in the army, the other
a tanner at Galena, and the tanner
became the hero, because he had
a heroic idea to animate him. Let
us leek at tbe facts. It happened a
la.-t tbat an authentic statement has
been furnished of the reasons which
Gen. Lee himself gave forgoing into
the Confederate army instead of re
taining his place in the Regular
Army of the United States. This
in formation is supplied by ex-Adju-tar.t-General
E. D. Townsend, now
on the retired list, a mm woose word
is not t be questioned, ami who
speaks from personal knowledge,
not from heresay. In a book on the
war, which he has recently publi.-b-ed,
he gives the f'-llowing account of
the final interview, which took place
Auril 19, lSbl, between Gen. Lee,
then a Colonel wearing the United
States uniform, and Gen. Scott, at
tiie hitter's request Gen. Townsend
being present:
Gen. Scott You are at present
on leave of absence, Cdriel Lee ?
Col. Lee Yes, General ; I am
staying with my family at Arling
ton. Gen. Scott These are times when
every officer in the United States
should fully determine what course
he will pursue, and frankly declare
it. No one should continue in Gov
ernment employ without being ac
tively engaged. No rtsuont-e from
Lee.j
Gen. Scott (seeing evidently that
Lee showed no disposition to declare
himself loyal, or even in doubt) I
suppose you will go with the rest.
If you purpose to resign, it is proper
you should do so at once ; your
present attitude is an equivocal
one.
Col. Lee General, the property
belonging to my children, all they
pe-sess, lies in Virginia. They will
be ruined if they do nt go with their
State. I cannot raise my hand against
my children.
Gen. Scott then signified that he
h.vl nothing further to sav. and Col.
u e n urt'w. 1 ne next uav, . nni
, ,
fl. Isol.he tendered hn resitrni-
-.ii 'r: - i.
tion, and it was accepted on the
25th.
O:: the very same iav that this
interview took place in ahington,
another conversation was held at
wiGaletia. IU., between lien. .. I.
via 1 w ww
! ashbume, and lieu, liratil. ll.eu a
! private citizen, engaged in tbe leath-
1 er business, and called " Captain "
'-n.-" .
capacity
jduring the Mexican war.
The Ga-
j Iena conversation ran as follows :
I Grant said : 1 left the army ex
pecting never to return. 1 am no
seeker for position, but the country,
which educated me, is in sore peril,
and. as a man of hor.or, I feel bound
to offer my services forjwhatever they
are worth.
i ..-.. . .? ! 1 .1- 11
uapiam, repnen asnourne,
S though l nave served through one
j war, I am stil! indebted to him; and
now he is likely to want all the help
he can get."
How few the words, hew simple,
and yet how sublime! The Great
Silent Man never appeared greater
than when, never dreaming of future
fume and honor, he spoke these sim
pie words u I am still indexed to
my country boys, you must get
The one left hi eonntry to serve his
lite it need tee. Uen. Lee can never
be mad. a hero, and Appomattox
. . t i ,c t:.- ,
. f" -'"-" uiu.t-. .
trwius u ion lire "iua vl ucueiai,
' Grant. Lancaster Examintr.
WHOLE NO. 1699.
When te Begin Keeping Poultry.
There is no doubt that a well-kept
flock of poultry is that most profi
table et all larm stock. iut a littie
flock well kept, like a little farm well
tilled, brings the most profit to the
farmer. Just as many as can be
kept without crowding, and with
ease and convenience, will be the
most profitable. Poultry will not
bear crowding any more than sheep
or pigs or people, and it is well
known that when any of these are
too closely kept disease appears
and works mischief. It is a neces
sity of the case, because cleanliness
must be sacrificed to neces.-ity.
We would not put more than 50
fowls in one yard, nor confine them
in a yard all the time. Success
with poultry is totally impossible
with close confinement. Tbe fowls
must have a run abroad at least half
a day, and a grass run is the best.
There they secure au abundance of
insects, as grasshoppers, flies crickets
beetles, caterpillar, ants, and worms
all of which are there natural food.
But on a farm th: number of fowls
must not exceed the limits of grour.d
provided for them, or. like Mr.
Micawbors financial condition it will
produce misery. When this gentle
man kept hi expenses within half a
cent of his income his toinl-rt and
pleasure were unbounded. The half
cent was a perpetual joy to him
But whan he went half a cent beyond
his incooie life was a burden. The
debt was a sourer of misery. The
princifi'e applies strictly tu poultry
keeping. hie hen too fef.ainl health
cotnlort and wealth abound.
One hen too many, and disease,
death, and loss result. The line
may be drawn right there. fr it is so
narrow and so straight that it is
quite 3S easily everstepped as
that.
But a3 with other live stock
t'-ere are good and bail fowls.
And we should get the best. If a
dairyman were to begin business he
would buy cows not ealv In t!,c
one ease his profits would i-e-ii;, at
once: in the other his e.j. r.n'v
would begin, and his pr jfits would
lie in tiie future. It i the sum
with fowls. Done procure a dozen
eggs of some good kind tu begin with
he must spend a year and some
money before any income be ma.le.
For the price of two settings of egg.
a trio of fowls can he procured, and
while the epg? Woiil-1 b hatching
and the chicks rearing tiie I wo hens
would lay a hundred or two ei:gs
and rear 20 chicks themselves. Thus
it is eas. to get into stock quickly
nd at less cost by procuring fowls
than bv gcttinjr. eggs. And this is
istheseason for beginning. Eirlv
pullets can be purchased now quite
cheaply, while in the spring no
breeder will sell them, because thev
are makinsr him a profit. In Jan
uary or Februrrv they will begin
Lying, and if a few common hens
can be procurred for brooders, a large
number of chicks can be hatched in
March by good management. That
is by having a warm place specially
fr the hens, where they will not l-e
disturbed by anything, and if need
be by putting a small -tove in it to
keep it warm. A large sunny win
dow on the south side is very read
able. Young chicks are susceptible
tocold, and warmth will cover a
multitude of mistakes and dangers.
Henry Stewart.
What A YVonian Can Uo.
She can sav
'No" and stick to it
for al! time.
She can also sav "No.,
in
such a
means
low, soft voick that
it
"Yes."
She can sharpen a lead pencil if
you give her plenty of time and
plenty of pencils.
She can pass a display window
of a dry good store without
stopping if she is running to catch
a train.
She can walk halt trie niht with I
a colicky baby in her arms without j
onee expressing a desire to murder,
the infant. I
She ran nnnreeiato .1
j-rnmj
her husband seventy five years after
the marriage ceremony has taken !
place. '
She can suffer abase an-l neglect
for years, which ot.e touch of kind-1
ness or consideration will drive
frwm her recollection. j
She can go to church ai d after-!
ward tell vou what everv werran in!
. L
the congregation had on and in some
rare instance can give a f tint idea:
j of what the text w as.
1 Thecanh..k htr ho'
square '
I ' , .
: in the eve w en tie tells Ur some d
1
cock-and-bnll sfpry about being 'ik-j
j tained at the offi
trayir.g in the lea
thee," without b-!
ast that she knows !
him to be a coloal liar.
She can rumple up S17.M worth
ef dress goods and buy a srtool of
thread with an order to have it de
livered four miles away, in a style
that will transfix the proprietor of
j the establishment with adrr.ira
j tion.
She can but what's the use! A
woman can do anything or everv-
. . ... - ..
thing, and do it well, s-ne can do
i
j attention to the fact that after Apri;
lb, lS5o, the name and style of this
preparation will hereafter be simply
Parker's Tonic. The word "Ginger"
is dropped, for the reason that un
principled dealers are constantly de
ceiving their patrons by substituting
inferior preparations under the name
of Ginger; and a ginger is an un-.
! important flavoring ingredient in
our Tonic, we are sure that our
: wrapped under the name of "Park
. tit-cox K k.o. is attne ooitom oi tne
outside wrarr.
The knave of hearts the "mash
er.
Yarn Abont bjr.
I have not seen Nasby in New
York for same months. There's
an odd fellow for you. lie can work
( harder and steadier, both at a demi
ijohn and a type writer, than any
i other "literary feller" in the country.
; He never travels without both th9
! articles mentioned as his side com
iprtnions. His method is to hire a
whole -ection of the Pullman, Lave
the curtains drawn and the tables
set up, and proceed to business with
the type-writer on top of the table
and the jug underneath. He takes
a drink to the page, and his eager
ness for thejug makes him rush off
the pa-e at a very lively gait.
Nashya face looks like the moon
before a storm, and his garments
look like a second hand store after
a cyclone. Hethinks whiskey Heav
en's best gift to man. For some
years past he has been traveling
abroad getting material for a history
of the wm Id. It will be sold by the
cord. He has made a great deal of
money, and through prudently buy
ing his liquor at wholesale and sel
ling it to himself at retail he has
amassed a fortune by saving the bal
ance. He is short, fat and fifty,
and he smokes five cent cigars whea
he can get seven for a quar
ter. A lU-markanle Feat.
Recently Jim Lawton, of Carroll
ton, Mo., invited fifty neighbors to
tee li l in beat his time two years ago,
when his wife baked bread iu eight
and a quarter minutes after the
wheat was standing inthe field. At
six minutes and ten seconds after
four the Buckey reaper stoed at the
corner of the growing wheat. Men
wi re stationed every few feet along
the lii.e of grain ready to seize au
armful as it fell from the reaper and
rushed with it to a thresher close by.
l'he mill was just sixteen rods dis
tant. At the drop of the hat the
mules sprang to work, and in a
minute and a half a peck of wheat
was in the sack and on the hore
that began a race for the miil. A
minute and seventeen seconds later
the flour was delivered to Mrs. Law
ton, and in three minutes and two
seconds from the starting of tiie
reaper the first griddle cake was
eaten. In four minutes anil thirty
seconds after the startingof the reap
er a p;n of bu-cuit was passed out
to the spectators.
The C hurch Sleeper.
"He will bt? there. Peradyenture
he leaf ed his ( bin upon a cane, so
that when the moment of deep and
i-rofi
hi:n.
sit: m tier cometn upon
ehi.i -I :. : . i.l.t !, ..H ,!,,! ivitli
chin
t! .. r. , .,)' 1.
r l u i. uii
.Mi
head upon the i-ew
! i ! ii'- lilt Ot ti iSIl
t
.e is awakened. Or,
t..- slum. t ivr in
av sit bolt upr'sht
and nod iii time to h: sleep witn
r ':iiir brciithir.g. Only when you
i:. s your y Uiin him. tiie watch
' ii wife of his ii-.som stabs him with
herelbo.v, ;md he tlareth on the
euiigp'gatiun as one who would say :
IL- that sneth that I slept, the
-cime is i 'iur. aud a villain, and a
horsetiiief.' Or if he be so. that he
!e..netii his head back until the lid
t.h- rei f f.ilh-ih down between his
shot:! lers ;.i.d fie pljyeth fantastic
tunes with his nose, insomuch that
li.e i-rtys in the gallery mak merry
t.vt r tt-e same, then it iJ hazardous
'o nwaVi-n this slumbersr riht sud
denly, because he dreameth of di
vers things and sayeth to the tithing
man who shaketh him up: "Hey?
ha! ha! yes. .ill right! I'm up.
And thus is the congregation scan
dalized. But if he foldeth his hand
kerchief over the back of the
pew in front, and boweih his
head devoutly on the same, even in
that moment when die text is pro
nounced, then will that sleeper troub
le no one. but will slumber sweetly
on until th- time of the benediction;
and he will awaken refreshed and
smiling, and he will-extol the ser
mon and magnify the preacher,
lie is the old timtr from Sleeper
Hollow."
KacOt Tor the? Curioua.
Xw York city contains ever A( -)
individuals whose wealth is esti
imr'ed from S1.M.(J0 to SP'OHiO,
ten).
A young giant is Jack Shi.ilds, of
Hunt county, Texas. He is twenty
one years old, seven feet eight inch
es high, an-l weighs '.'til pounds.
He has six brothers, all over seven
fett in height.
Aeronauts say that in passing over
a lake or sea hi a balloon trie bottom
can lie diciinctly seen, the water
being no hindrai ee whatever. This
knowledge will hereafter be put to
good use in getting charts of the
ocean.
The Mo-,ri-di Jews evade the law
which forbids thc-tn to kindie a fire
on the Sabbath by putting their
dinner in a jar and setting it in a
hot oy-ri Friday niht. The din
ner consists of salted locusts very
often, f ut it is hot.
curiou fact was noticed in cor.-
r.ection with the late earthquake in
Java. Two hundred miles away
irsim the scene of the disaster the
telephone
v. ires wtre so violently
that messages could not
i t tl r l- tn
be carried. On raising the tube a
jrfed roar as of a waterfad was
beurrf, and by shouting at the top of
one's voice the clerk at the other end
heard the v ice, "but of the who
not one single sentence was audible.
Sometimes, while listening to the
instrument, a report like a pistol was
heard.
In Sussex, England, even the
most jutted cat is instantly turned
out of !oors if it sneezes ; for, should
she stay and sneeze three time in
the house, everv one within its walls
will have colds and coughs. To
quote a few lines of the sneezing su
perstitions prevalent am ang distant
nations, it is said that when a Hindoo
sneezes, the bystanders at once ex
claim : "Live," whereupon the sneez
er replies : "With you." The Mos
lem, when he sneezes, cries out :
"Praise to Allah?" and the Jewish
sneezing formula is "Good life."
A letter lrom Los Angela?, Cal.,
says : "A curious reasdn is assigned
for what has heretofore been the in
feriority of the fig. It appears that
this gentle and pretty tree is pecu
liarly susceptible to the deprivation
of the society to which it is entitled.
Ignorant of this trait of the female
character, tr.e garaeners navesei oui
whole orchards of female fig trees
by themselves, and then wandered
that they did not bear. Since they
have discovered their ruisUke, they
have imported a male variety and
distributed it through the orchards
at the rate of one to every twenty
females, with astonishing success.
Perhaps if each female fig tre had
her exclusive mate there might be
more and better figs, but they seem
to recognize the fact that one-twentieth
of a husband is better than ne,
husband at alL"
JanA
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