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1 '".'..'ejiiJ Por.masters nealeetlna;
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XI, p Somerset Herald,
S. imervet. Pa.
;:i,u!noi;M;..UAW-.
oun raet. Fa.
W I'.IESECKER.
ATT( ihN EY- T-L W,
r-.,incrcl I'a.
In Cook fc Heenta' bi k.
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" aTT 'KN IV-AI LAW,
Somerfet ra.
V m'OTT.
ATT1 'KS KY-.lT LAW,
Sooiereet, Pa.
)( ii tSER.
ATTl'KNEY-ATLAW,
5omf ret. Pa.
. I NDSLLY.
ATTORNEY at law,
Souicrfet, P
ilkvt!
A T T ' K X E V- A TL A
fcoa.erst, Penn'a.
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S.
". m I'LL.
Airol:XtY-ATLAW.
' SSotncraet, I'a.
i;KU.
.nit.l.NhY-AT-LA'W,
Sun-cwt, Pa.,
. s. inrTsrtandadiotnlnireou'itlef.
, :.-.ruMi'.i to him will fe promptly
, ,, w. n. RrrrEL
. . Til a- BITPKL.
' ,TTKNEYS-AT-LAW.
., m-ru'tcl t their rare will 1
m.ilis attended to.
L ' ;aiu cr"f f.reei. oppoflte the
; i. -
L C. O'l-Hl'KN
-, r: . COI.P.ORN.
ainKNKYSATLAW
. .... ,i-ntml to our rare will he prompt-
... i' cil.-eton made in S"in.
,i ad'ntiilti- Cnuinie. Survey
,. :: '!: 1"tie ui oa'..fc!le terms.
- ' ! l M II. KOONTZ.
ATT. IKXKY-AT LAW
S' uieret. ri.,
... ..!. HTTention t liFttiew en'ron
..... 1:. K.."!-rs't nl ail'otrilnir eurtiep.
: )' -.! i H"Use liuw.
CM- MKYF.RS.
mi. p. -r ei'.'nu'el i H'"re mill 1
v t- (r Tr.Tf",5 ami h-lrliTv.
-.. ,:nii:otl. m-k ticx: n.H.r t"Hi?l
l. rrcu.
ATTtUiXKY -ATLV.
S"Tner"Ct. Pa
v-.n "-h Hi-efc. ui ftatrf. Kntrane.
..-im)nt1 nn l nil leeil horinew
. ill. i.r. m'i.rsii aril n-:e!ttv.
V KIMVFL.
ATTOKXKY-AT LAW.
S'tjnerret, Pa.
K1TTS.
ATTORNEY AT LW.
S..D:eret. Pa.
r.i'i In Mammoth Hlo.u.
O K1MMF.L.
ATTt iKN E Y-AT-LA W,
f;..iu.ret, Pa.
m i, 11 I'linlnew ertniptrd to hl ere
I ailmititnc eoimtief with jn'int
, .i y. otrr. in Main 'nM Kreet.
i'.Y FSCHFT-T-.
ATTOkNEY-AT LAW.
' Penrtoti Agect. Sumerwt, Pa
' ' NT1NF If AY.
ATTORNEY AT LAW
- ' r In Krai EM ite Somee t. P will
.': I n"irri entrnmej to bif ears with
-. sr I 1'ie-t y .
:: n ful.
ATTOKNEY-AT LATT
Simeret. P.
t,,,.!T attend to all h"lnM entrufte.1
v . v 'vBtiH-rt on eolleetlona, fce t'l
v r u.-.il' Holloing.
,;i v.
ATTOKNEY-AT LAW.
Snmerpet Pa.,
' r 1 I u.lr" ertrni'teil tn tnj rare at-
'I .r- !tn!f and e-'ellty.
' c lM'CFS.
ATTORNEY-AT -I-AW'.
N"meret, I'enn a.
11 S KIMVFL
. r y t.rn1oTiii1 iifrrW to 1 Ht.
r. , Hr, VMnitv. I ?.lr.ff.n-
,r ipj ttund at hf mtliw, n Main
H. P.P.rP.AKKR tender Lis
.i . r wrrleea to the rttlren o(Smn
v: it tv off.re In renl.lenee cn Main
! I,e Tlaiconil.
: VM. RAITTT tenders lu's
- .'..ial terviwi to the el'.iiTfof Som-.-o:.f,i,tan
of Wavtie li Beraelillc'
V: .'I'HX BILLS.
.' HINT1ST.
- i.; '!f !ti Cfk k rieerltn Work. Somer-
: I : V II LI AM COLLINS.
I.KNTIST. SOMERSET. PA.
' ' - Mnn:ninth El.wk. tbore K.it a
w .-. i.r ran at all timet I foutH jireiar-
. i ,,,, , i w,.rk. eo.'h aa r.Uirif r-a-.
' -!T:,t!.iir fcr ArtltK-lal ter'h..t all ktmia.
i.t-fi material lneene.l. jratloof
I HOW A lTr "w YN N K, M . I.
: .'".' 7' U .Y. l h:.A
iiitht K. Far. 'i anl Tl ""at
it-.! lirit!n rartre Himra. . a. at. to
i Lio Wrr a (Jreen :lia-k. 2Mb 'aln e-t.
':. Tl! iMpsoN. M. P.
. STKOfetX MNTIT.
.li.l.i m.wn. P.
",',1 p f. i.iT-.l ei-er(fnf ot more than
llll'Mi 1 llfll SfKitAlTT.
;i . " i V.' air feet (upf'nlt) nver
H:.rJare st..re li will I tieeii.
. -( . . i . r.nt aiTt i. ne to irake rn-t--
I.al .l. tlt.1.
- (. KIFBNAN. M. I. ten-
j ,.'.-f.. i l ert It to ti e ritlrerf of
i.'ir i:i lit run t-e t.un.t ai the
' 1 1 ; i-'r . o 'in sirevt or at the
I ft rj -.rbtaker.
K. M1LI.KR Ins penna-
:,-,te-' tn Ferllr f"r the praettee ol
l t i"t ! ; '.!. Lprlea KriMira
aj.r. Tu-il.
i A':oNI HOTEL.
"KYSTOYN. 1'KNN'A.
".- .., an" well known a.'Uae haa lately
f '.: t ' ant rewly rette1 with all new
l' inure. Willi, laa waile It a Terr
' 1 1 i lr. I-r the trauelltiK puhlie.
r Tf-'- ratmot le aurafaed. ail le.
' ' ih a lare j ul-ltr hall attached
, ' a 1k lame and n'mT mWinii
' i. aniit a ear 1 had at the low eat put
t tl.- wek. da or meal.
SAMVKHTSTER. Prtj.
. E. Cor Inamood
Stoyatow ,Pa
-HARLES HOFFMAN.
Tin
UTILES iifl UTfUTJElCES.
- e .
f'MK'HSKT, PA.
wanteD 'f, r th
ma. -tii in
k t'eeaiueifa of th"
liv ...tall ih
'" V ' l" etU.. AU Inllirent
t fttVrerMnlMmm . . f..
n ip m ait nu
DAHl liilLUn
I lie
VOL. XXXII. NO 3S
BARGAINS
In House-Furnishing Goods We Offer:
Coal Vases,
Cake Box P.
Tea Trsys.
Chambi r Fails,
CH per Ware,
Mincing Knives,
Revolving Graters,
Cflee Mills,
Nut Cracker?,
Waffle Irons,
Lamps. (.All Kinds.)
Clot fits Wringers,
Enameled Warp,
Queen Oil Cans,
Kiiife Trays,
Bread Boxes,
C.ish Boxe,
Toilet Sets,
Egg Beaters,
Slaw Cutters.
Pudding Molds,
Lemon Jquetzers,
Can Openers,
Apple Parers,
Mrs. Potts' Irons,
Bread Toasters,
Towel Rolllers.
Steak Pounders,
Pocket Stoves,
Farina Boilers.
AND HUNDREDS OF OTHER ARTICLES.
In connection with the a!xvr we oiler the Largest runt Finest Aorttnent of KAXOES,
tioKl.Nti uikI 1 IF. AT IN ('J STOVlis ever s-hown in Johnstown.
S;M'ci.'t1 nttention j aiil to .Tchhinj: in Tin.
Men III I'lpe, ll.it-:
l' ( VMjtr Fiirimct
I IV. II AY.
i r 1 i ( , Kooiin;. Sioinni(;. lark fr Kninex. aii'iall work pertaining
F.MMnit'ej cuen ami work dcino !y lirst-r ins ineelianics only.
o. '2S0 HsliiiiKloii Mrert JoIiiinIowii, I'cim'a
FASHIONABLE
CUTTER & TAILOR
Having had many
venri exiKrl'ni e ;
in all hranelien or I
K- lie Tiil'-nnu hus-
l.. I irtlir'HIINl I
StiFlH'tln to all !
ht tuav eall uii i
vn tno and tavnr (
vLaL-JJv
ie wilh their tiat- i
naze. i
Yours. k.c,
un. m. iioriisri-. n.r.it,
Somernel,
mart
A LTIKKT A. l'.i l'.S E.
J. Si'OTT W'ABI".
HOBNE & WARD,
er KSHitits t
EATON & BROS,
NO. 27 FIFTH AYESUE,
PITTSBURGH, PA.
i-PRIXO, 1882.
NEW GOODS
.!rb-c;(!eries, Laces, W:iHr'y, White Goods, Hand
kerchiefs, D:ess Triirinings, Hositry, Cloves,
Corsets, Wuslla and Kerino L'nderwear, In
fants' and Children's Clothing. Fancy
Geods, Yarns, Zephyrs, Mate
rials of All Kinds for
FANCY WORK,
Gents FBraisli Gdo!s, k, k-
rtraraTa-'NAdi la aarsTrn.tr slic
-0Rlt:KSHV MAIL ATTtSVfD TO WITH
A at: ASD IH f PATCH. ar
SOMERSET
i:sTAiii,ism:i
CEAELES.I. HAEEISCN.
President.
M.I FEITTS.
Cash ier.
illeetlom made
Staiea.
In all jiarta of the Vnltcd
CHARGES MODERATE.
Var'len wtFhlnr to a-Bd money Wet can 1 ae
conin.'xlatetl hv d'att on New York in any aum.
'ol!eo:.,T;f rna.ie with pr nipineps t . S. Hondt
lo.uxht and fold Money and valuahles ferured
t.v one of lioliiff oeiehratetl fale, with a Sar
n'f ut a Yale lime lock.
ACCOUNTS SOLICITED.
at-All le(tal holldaj obfereed -
deeT
lXKCTTOK
NOTICE.
Ette of A tatn Y'Mer. late of Summit townhip.
tir.uierfeteiiuntj. I'a., dee'd.
Ietter. ..atamentary onthe ::l..Teetate haelra
leen itrau'.ed to i tie underhla-ned l.y the proj.fr
au: horn v. not ire Ik he rt Ly mv n to all perf -nf In
ditiied tuaald eaiaie to Dr.ake lnitne.lla'e y.
metit. and tboe hat ir.g riato.f aa-ainl the amie
will pre-ent them t'uiy authen'lrated lorat-ttle
ment t n Hie -i i day ol' Mare . I"f4. at the bonne
ol the Eiecutor iu'.a J town-hip.
EElAS A.TOM R.
janSO.ls'.. Executor.
pxiaTToirs NOT
ICE.
E.tate of John P. I'u'tpan. flee d. laie ot u.i:c:e.
creek townrhip. ttnrnt vuety. Pa.
Lettrrf tei aint-ntary inthealove eftnte hav.
in len s;ranu-l to the under. tmied, noiire la
her ! aiti u lo all jiera mf indet'ie I lo Ml I efiate
to make imme. ite paynient. and tnt fe havina
rlainin aaairnt toe raa.e will preneni them ioij
auihentiva e.i forartMrin-nt. on -.a'ur.J.ay March
S. Aa-. at t he luie rei jinre ol id .iereaaa t.
S1I.A1 1'II.M AN.
Jan. 3. Executor
y-v y torlheworkit'ifriasa Seed .
I III I 1 tore- ta (or s-oft -(e. and we
ll II I I will f ml yon ire a roial.
Ji J I -1 1 J th In -hie U. a ol vain pi- (too-: a
that wi I .u ou 111 ti e war ol maKintr o.,renion
y In a tew dnva thao job evrr luouuhl i-naii.e
ai any huaioeni. 'aiiial n tpquned. W'ewill
aiart 'vou. Y'o ear. work all ' lie time or In apare ;
ttmeonlv The work la nnlveraall aoapted 10:
lo-b aet-a. yt-unr ind old. Y'ott eaa easiiv earn
trtirn to eenta lo 00 .rery ereninr That all who
wanl to work may teal th huaineaa. we will
makeiM. unparalleled ofler: To all thatrer.tt
ta l.ned we will t-eod l to pay for the trouhieof
wrttinj ra. Eull parlrnlara, d'reethia. ete. aent
fre . Eot-tunoa will tie mae hy tbipae who glee,
iheir whole t aie 10 the wurk Oreat fueeeaa ah-
M.lutelv aure. Ion'i delav St.rtB'jw. Addrvaa (
STiaat'ia k lo , I'ortland, Maine. jao.-
DESIRABLE TOWN PROPERTY
AT PRIVATE SALE.
Tbetwo-etnrT (ram Unmeatead of tte lata Pe
ter Mevera, dec'O. altaate on M-er Aventsnae,
aenni..ritnl hi four acre of rroood. a lar-,- ohi-
lafhi.Hied Uard. n plenty ol snade ood Emit
Ireea. rplendlt I'.arn. a:oxl outttulldinra. Ii-e
M-e. tielefiiifalaap.lyofbarU and "t run-!
ulna water. 1 he bouae ta rle.-aot condliion.
lame Ma-ma. a eonrenlrnt balta a plac well
adnpted tor a l.taroinr-lttvae or hotel.
I r partlrulara apj ly to
MISS B K. MEYERS.
jansott Meyeradale, SoDseraet, Co Pa.
D M I N ISTIt ATOR'8 NOTICE.
Lile of Joac, h Nertiriert-r, late of Paint Twp
omert Co . Pa dee'd.
Letter of adtalnlftratlon on th ahor eelate
h in bn aranled to the nodera Ip-ned l y the
pr-er alhoriiy. notice 1 beret y ira t all
uereubf inueoivd to aaid eaiaie to auate immedi
ate pavBient, and Uioee caving claims aKainaith
taoie will prefect them duly auloeniicated loT
eeiUemeut on Tliura!aay.the"20tb day ot March,
14. al the law rwhtenc of 4eoeael.
JOHN MEAJsNBEROER.
feblS. AdtBamiauMor.
Fine Curving Sets,
Knives and Forks,
Fine Plated Ware,
Cake Renters,
Egg Pake Molds,
Spice Boxes,
Lanterns,
Oil Stoves,
Tea Canisters,
Granite Ware,
Wire Broilers,
Cnspadores,
Dust Brushes,
Rolling Pins,
lalvat.i7i d 1'on and Sheet Iron. Pujiar Tans.
TORPID BOWELS,
DISORDERED LIVER,
and MALARIA.
From tii'-su miurvea nrise ttii-ee fotirlViaol
tlits ilineanrs ot tno l.uuian lace. 'lli-Mt
f-yuipioius iii.iuiito tiie.rfxi.tener : Iia. ol
Ailflllr, littMrl. co.ll.r. tVltlf. II. ad-
atlir. lullnr.a alter atiK, tnlnato
rartliou of body nr lunid. I.rut lallain
of Io-kI, In liabltil v vf temper, litr
.irU. A frelinic if harla( aaeclecled
f ine urn;. liaiinraa, lutlrrln at the
II. ai l. ota bt-irc I lir eyea. Iilglily rul
red I i l.ir, t O.Wl ll4.TIJ. and lo
ni:in.l tho iisu of a n'mtsiy that aota ttirocfly
on 111-- Liver. AsaLiTtr me.liclne Tl'TT'SS
I'll. I. S liHvnoe.ju.il. Their action on tlio
Ki Iim-v nnil Skm isain prompt ; removing
nil impuntioK tiiioiik'h tiifM tliree aeav
eafjtri of the ayatvm." prtjtlucinir tipne
t!o,Munl flii'Pti.in, rt-ptilur ettttla, a eieur
ski nan. I aTiicoroiiM boil v. TCI T'S I'll. IS
c-nwn no Tiaiit-n tr irriplni; ror interleru
ii Ii d u tirk uml nro u Tfect
ANTIDOTE TO MALARIA.
II r. KI.EI.S I.I 111; A M.W MAX.
"1 h ivo had lysnrpsia, with t onsiipa
tinn. two veara, nml r.uvftri- d ten tlifftrfiit
k inls ..f"pills, und Tt TT'S ar- the first
thai have ilone mo any goexl. Thty have
eleaned me out nln iv. My appethe is
-)dt a.li.l, to il liii dt rendilv, ini.i I now
l ate liatuial jm-a'--f. I fi 1 lik a new
man." W. n. EliWARDS. Palmyra, O.
1 . v.-rral,. r -.ae. Offi ViirryS-..N.Y.
(iitAT II MR on Wiitski r rhaniroil ln--.Intit
t..a.Lii-SV liLoK hv u Hiiiglo li-plK-atMoi
of tlm livi. Sol.l Vy IlixiHifUta,
. im i:! by t xnrrs on r'-ei'ipt of J. I.
ofllff, 41 M:ir- S'nft, Vew Vmk.
'JTT'S KftNUAl CF USEFUL RECEIPTS FREF
PATENTS
: ohtnlne.l. and all l ufin-cf In the t. S pntent
i iftte, . r In the i.'ouna atten.letl to for MODERATE
1 FEES.
We are opnr.flte the T S. Pfitpnt nfT.re.en
Kuired In PATENT BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY, and
can ,htt" fatiit. m ier lime ittau thoiu remote
(mm WASHINGTON.
W hen tti-Niei or urawtna 1 vent we advlae aa to
pateTitabilliv tree ot rdiirirr : and we maka HO
CHARGE L'NLESS WE OBTAIN PATENT.
Ht rt'ler, here, iii i lie Pttat mauler, the Supt. ol
the Money -rl-r liivli.in, and lo ofhrlals of the
I.'. S. Patent OHW. K".r elroalar. advlre. termt.
and rett-renre to actual clteute in your own State
or countv. ad.lrep
C. A. SNOW M CO..
( rp1tr Ptea'ent 'ills e,
"fajhingun, U I).
CALVIX II AY,
BERLIN
3
(MII.I.F.U'
M I LI.
)
MANL FACTIKEK OF
FLOUR tfc FEED!
i I atwar. krepon hnnd a hi rue ftork of FI.OtR.
."tiKN MEAE. Ul cKWHKiT KI.nl It. and
all kinds of (Kill. Alao. ail kinds ol GRAIN,
w lilt-li 1 ft 11 at
li O TTOJT Pit ICES !
Wholofale and Ketall. You will fave money hy
buying Inm me. .My (took in alwayt Erefh.
ORDERS FILLED PROMPTLY.
A New Enterprise !
LIME! LIME! LIME!
yifchanict and f armtrt iupplitd oy
"Win. TipDold fc Co.
Witli llic Dt st r.uiMhi! ;ir Aricul
ttinil T.imo.
Sitisfaction Guaranteed.
ig-ORDlRS BY MAIL PROMPTLY AT
TESDED TO.
Addre-i WM. LI PPOLD Sl CO.
P. U. Rsi o. 221, t'ruB krlak n, Mr.
, f-h'-T-Ur.
r.,:
1 1 G E S.vI.E
Th- 'oir.n:i-h nrra ol S .tuer.i-t (' n'y wtll of.
fi r to In ai puMir i tiirrv. on the preml'ta, to Ih
lowot and 11-ft Idddcr, on
WEDSESDAY. MARCH 12. 18.
at I u'l I' rk r. .. the repil.lt r of the .l.l ahut
menta t. r a t 'onihiraiion ltri inc. ovt r I'affelm in
river, near J.-t -as Eh-biy a. In Elklh-k towr.l ip.
S.,inrra-I I'univ. Pa., wnerr thi ulilie hiatTwae
lea.llrm lr..ia ,Mrvera.lale loS.iI.shuiv rroaef ,ld
urcam At th- s.inie time atd place they will
aell me old bridge.
ALSO
f)o THI'RSKAY. M K'II 13. 13-4. at 12 v.. the
hull. tit, a 01 one nt-w abutment tor a mihra'lon
Hn 'are over I'uxea' t're- a. near Millor-1 Sratloo.
Mluord Towr.flip .iumy al.refahi. Plaiaand
arinratiotif can te feen at the I'ommistlonera'
( illioe, alter the lTl h ol February.
ALSO
Sealed iro(tna'f f. r 'he f ui-er?:rarture ef a
Combination Hrhltre orrr i'aafelman Hirer, near
the hooee t,f Jimae I.lrhty. aiwee neatrllwa,
wt'l I received at t he '.tnmiehner' other np to
10 o'clock a a. EKIIIAY. MARCH 14. H-4.
aald fuperetrurtur to be plaord on atuln.ent lii
feet aijart.
ALSO
For a etnldnatltm Sup-rruettire of a Bridge
over Coiee' Creek, near Millord tSiailon. aa at-oee
i deferltiol. to I plaee.1 ai ulmenta 0 leet
apart. l'roofala ieeivel p to ibe aame lime at
ahuve. The ruatlwayt 01 bm pndee win mix
le"" APAM S SHAFFER,
JOSEPH HoKNrK.
AtteMt- H. W. RI MAKER.
1 J. HoRKta, Clerk. Conimldionen
teb'ja.
YpptT TOUX
I4 AfcijUlwiio
J
NOTICE.
... !
fcstat of Joaiah Pively, late or taiifnurj uor-:
I ough SKjmerw.1 Co., ra., flee a. I
I Letter testamentary on ahor eatat having
thorny, notice la hereby Kiven to all pertain In-
oenteu r'--r-.' I
ment. and tbixe bavtDK claims aaamft It to pre-
aent (heat duly autbnilca'l tor eettlement ea
Saturday. March U l4. at tbe lata reekicae
ot aald docaaaed. In SalJLUrr Huroaah
JU. L. til V ELY ,
JanCS. Executor.
a 1
week at honse. ootflt free.
Shhrqu
fill II I . k e.U..a at VhUh (if
v mmu
want i nfiaefi at which ina of
una or old. can make (Treat pat all
ev work. tik ai-oiut eertaiaty, '
a ther erx, ooD)r
. 1. - On. lb. 1
writ. lorparuoaiar w H. luujrrr, .
lfl Li LaS)
I mat 1 1 II I ! IHiatim I II
omer
THE SONO OP THE WASTE BAS
KET. Every day I am there
Near the bitf office chair,
With nothing but litter to cheer me ;
The editor wise.
With jilass-covered eyes.
Sit with his hoofs resting near me.
He feeds n'e .til dav
In alilieral way.
Bat the food is not oer-delicious ;
Envelopes torn
And postals forlorn
Are frequent and common place dishes.
Into frenzy I'm worked
Every morn, as I'm jerked
By the office boy rnde from my slumbers ;
He knocks me around
Till my tender ribs sound
As thoncli they were cracking in number.
With a toss and a dash
He dumps out my tra!ih
Into the great box in the hallway ;
Then back I am flung
By this villain unhung
To he fed by the editor alway.
The manuscripts rank
Of the humorous crank,
His incomprehensible scratches,
Drop into my mouth,
'Ixjngside of uncouth
Cipar butts and half burnt up matches.
I am happy in spring,
When the poets all sing
Of the season that comes before summer ;
I receive all the truck
Of tlie Kjtry struck
With delight do I hail eacl. new Conner.
THE TEAK-WOO U CABINET.
'o the BernailoUes are lo be
sold out at auction?" said Mrs.
l'rice, as she t-eattd liwrself at the
brt aklust tulile, in a rich costume t
gray cashmere, heavily facvd and
triNitued with claret-colored velvet.
"On Wednesday next," said Mr.
Price behind his newspaper.
"Any one might have known it at
the raie they were g-ing on," said
Mrs. Trice. '"Dresses from Taris, in
deed bonnets at seventy live col
lar." "Uernadolte was a fellow that nev
er would take any one" advice,"
said Mr. Price. "It was that last in
vestment in Wisconsin railroad
shares that floored him.
' Poor dear Clara Hernadotte,"
said Mrs. Price, retlectively buttering
a roll.
"1 shall miss her Wednesday
evenings. Oue always enjoy one'a
sell there."
"I'm told the horses were dispos
ed of at privule sale,"baid Mr. Price.
"Of courts tiiey didu't bring half
their valuw."
Is ii not M.de PiouchfoucalJ, who
says that "in the misfortunes of our
best friends, there is something not
uittigt trier disagreeable to us?" And
tture is a deal uf truth in the saying
of this keen French satirist. The
liernadottes were ruined out ami
out, and their swciety frieuds talked
uf the failure for an hour, and then
forgot that buch a family had ever
been.
"1 think I shall go to the auction,"
said Mrs. Price. "I am told that
great bargain are to be had at auc
tions; and I always coveted that
nweet old teak cabinet, with its plush
linings and delicious carvings
"Pshaw," said Mr. Price.
"Mrs. liemadntte gave two hun
dred dollars for it in an Francisco,"
aiil Mrs. Price.
"It's a deal too big for our rooms,"'
said he.
"Hut we don't always expect to
live in this littl cramped-up place,"
said Mrs. Price, with a contemptu
ous glance around the room which,
although snug and cozy in th nioet
superlative degree, was not what one
could call absolutely spacious.
I don t anprove of second hand
things," said he shortly.
"And you are quite right, saia
Aunt Clarissa, the elderly maiden
relative whoe opinion always car
ried weight, in consequence of the
money she had to leave.
Mrs. Price was silent. She did not
venture to rebel against the public
opinion ot the family ; but all the
same her mind was maae up ior
Mrs. Price was one of the women
who alwavs want their way in little
things and big; and who contrive to
have it, too.
"I will go to that auction," said
she to herself, "in spite of what
Price and Aunt Clarissa say and I
will have that darling old teak-wood
cabinet."
Mr. Price was meanwhile chuck
ling to himself, as he rode down
tiiun on the e-levated road.
"I wanted to give Susan some
thing nice for her birthday," thought
he, "and I'll go and bid on that
teak-wood concern. It can't run
above a hundred dollars, I should
think."
Aunt Clarissa, in the meantime,
w;is more npn in her tactics.
"My cousin Lavinia is just fur
nishing her country house," said
she. "I think I shall retmmend
her husband to go to this Uernadotte
auction and bid cm the cabinet If
ii g'H'- for a reasonable price, it will
he quite a nice article lor the par
lor." "Hut I wanted the cabinet," said
Mrs. Price.
"Folly and nonsense!-' said Aunt
Clarissa. "Your drawing room is
over furnished already."
And Aunt Clarissa nailed the
matter in her own opinion at least
by making an appointment for
Mrs. Pries to spend th day with a
cross old relative at Yonkrs, on that
special Wednesday.
"I was thinking of going to the
auction, Aunt Clarissa," faltered Mrs.
Price.
"Your husband don't approve of
auctions," said Aunt Clarissa, "and
you'll do a great deal more good ia
reading the Bible to old Mrs. Bene
dict." She's as deaf as a post, and can t
t,.nl a vrrA T racl Tlil liter!
Mrs.
nvi - . . .. . t
1 rice.
"No matter," said Aunt Clarissa.
"The motive IS just the lame, and
! Run.n rt liiaa e litt'at atton
Mrs.
!tion"
I But if Aunt Clarissa fondly be
lieved that she had thrown her niece
' off the stent of the auction sale, she
was mistaken. or had she prop-
erlv gauged the length and breadth
1 J L .rf Li.; .Uctva-t.aA
n depth of Mrs. Price'a obstinacy.
" P . -r r -v- t.
Mrs. Price set off, as if for lonk-
ers, bat eh did not go thither.
bhe
set
ESTABLISHED, 1827.
SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY. MARCH 5, 1S84.
stopped at the house of a friend, one
Miss Melissa Meddle, whose name
was synonymous with her charac
ter. 'I want to borrow your oldest
black silk gown, and your last year's
poke hat," said she, "and a hawl
and a pair of spectacles."
"Is it a masquerade?" said Miss
Meddle.
"Not exactly," admitted Mrs.
Price.
"Ah!" said Miss Meddle, elong
ating her countenance afu r a system
atic patern, "you are jealous of Pe
ter." "No, I am not!" retorted Mrs.
Price, reddening. "But I am going
to Bernadotte's sale, and I don't
want Peter to know it. Do make
haste. Melissa, or I shall be too
late."
"I do wish that I could accom
pany you," she sighed.
"Well, then, why don't you " said
Mrs. Price.
j And the two ladies, dressed like
elderly females from the country,
j edged their was into the crowd
which had already assembled in tlie
drawing room of the Bernadotte
mansion, and took up their patient
position near the door, to wait until
the bidding should commence on the
teak-wood cabinet.
"Law, how my heart dots beat!"
said Miss Meddle. "1 feel exactly
like a State conspirator."
At the other end of the room, con
cealed by i marble statue of Diana,
sat Miss Clarissa (owper, who was
there with the intention of buying
the teak-wood cabinet, not for any
cousin Lavinia, but for her niece,
Susan Price.
"I mean to surprise her," said
Miss Clarissa, complacently. "Poor
dear! how she did dislike the idea
of going to Yonkers. But she gave
ut her own way like an ai-gel."
And in the middle of a izroup of
gentlemen, just out-idethe opposite
door, Mr. Price bided his time,
with a printed catalogue in his
hand.
"I hope they won't be very tedi
ous, sjid he to Captain Morely
Hmtykins, wha stood next to him.
' Every moment is valuable to a
business man."
And strange to say, not one of the
three had the least idea of the pres
ence of either of the others.
People buzzed and whispered, cu
riosity swekers came and went, spec
ulators crept hither and thither with
memorandum books and stubby
lead pencils, second hand dealers
gathered, like rusty vultures, around
every piece of furniture in it turn,
and above all sounded the sonorous
voice of the auctioneer,' drowning
ali lesser sounds. Acd at last thy
reached the teak-wood cabinet.
"Here, ladies and gentlemen,"
bawled the auctioneer, who was ap
parently endowed with cast-iron
lungs and a throat lintd with brass,
"is the inducement of the day. A
genuine carved Daghadara cabinet,
of oriental teak wood, lined with
plush, and meunttd with antique
metal handles and pendants. What
am I bid for this piece of Eastern
manufacture? Twenty dollars?
Twenty did vou say? Ladies and
gentlemen, can any one look m in
the face and insult art so grossly as
to bid Oh, thirty, did I hear? rif
ty? Seventy-five? One hundred."
And here the bidding stopped for
a minute or two. The Mictioneer
looked around and saw Mr. Price
incline his head about one-sixth of
an inch.
'One hundred and twenty-five,"
said he. "Thirty thirty-live? Forty-live?
Who bids higher than one
hundred and forty-five on this mag
nificent chef d'icuvre?"'
"Seventy !" squeaked .Miss Clar
issa Cow per.
"Eighty !" breathlessly cried Miss
Meddle, .incited thereto by Mrs.
Price, who was beginning to get
highly excited.
"Two hundred," said Price, be
lieving that this would settle the
matter.
"And twenty-five," Miss Clarissa,
behind the classic shoulders of the
chaste Diana.
"Fifty," screamed Miss Meddle.
"Do you tiear, acutioneer? Fifty!"
Nobody else was bidding now.
The trio iiad it all to themselves.
People watched and listened with !
breathless interest, the auctioneer
chuckled inwardly.
"Two hundred and fifty is bid,"
he said. "Am I to let this gem of
art, this positively unrivaled piece of
medieval carding to go as a mere
song like this ?"
"Two hundred and seventy-five,"
shrilly cried Aunt Clarissa.
"Three hundred," roared Mr.
Price, who was in a mortal hurry to
get down to Wall street.
"Three hundred and twenty-five,"
said Miss Meddie, standing on tip
toe to catch the auctioneer's eye.
Mr. Price turned on his heel.
"I won't be swindled," he mutter
ed between his teeth.
And he atrode out of the side
door, made his way to the street, and
beckoned to the first omnibus he
saw.
Miss Clarissa Cowper took off her
glasses, and put them dtlioerately
in their case.
"I was very near forgetting my
self." said she to herself. "Thue
hundred and twenty-fire dollars is
exactly two hundred more than the
thing is worth."
And so the teak-wood cabinet was
struck down to Miss Meddle, "for
three hundred and twenty-five dol
lars," Miss Meddle still continuing
lo represent her anonymous friend.
It was nearly dark when Mrs.
Price got home. Aunt Clarissa was
sitting bv the fire, half asleep.
" ell,"" she said, "how is Mrs.
Benedict ?"
"I don't know," said Mrs. Price,
recklessly, "I haven't been there,
I've been to the Bernadotte auction. (
And I've bought the teak-wood cab-1
inet."
"What I" cried Aunt Clarissa. j
"Oh, Aunt Clarissa, what do you
think Mr. Price will say? I paid
thirty-five dollars deposit money on j
it," pausing to listen. "I do believe!
it'e coming home now!" J
At the same moment Price rushed j
in.
"What in the name of all the;
fiends and faries." shouted he. "in
that thing which is 'being tumbled
on my front doorsteps?
"It's the teak-wood cabinet," said
Mrs. Price, rendered bold by de
spair, "I've bought it at the Berna
dotte auction sale !"
Price glared at her like a sayage
beast.
"What !" he shouted. "Was it you
that was bidding against me ?"
"Against you, Peter ?"
"Me, too!" faintly uttered Aunt
Clarissa. "I bid up to two hundred
and seventy-five dollars, and then I
stopped."
Price struck his doubled fist
against the mantle with a force
which set all the bric-a-brac spin
ning. "Well," he cried, hoarsely, "I see
that the fools are not all dead yet. I
could have got the confounded thing
for a hundred and twenty-five dol
lars, if only you women would have
minded your own business. And
that was double what it was worth."
Mrs. Price began to cry.
Aunt Clarissa uttered a groan of
remorse.
"But, Peter," faltered his wife, "do
please give me a check! I must pay
for it, now that I have bought it."
"Pay for that thing? Not if 1
know it," said Mr. Price. "Tell the
fellow to take it back again. I won't
have it in the house."
"But my deposit, Peter," remon
strated Mes. Price "my thirty-five
dollars."
"You have bought your experi
ence at that," said the broker, "I
won't pay another cent for the bat
tered old fraud."
He was as good as his word, and
to this day the teak-wood cabinet
stands unsold in the auction rooms
of Messrs. Bawl & Bid well.
And neither Mrs. Price nor Aunt
Clarissa havu attended any auctions
6inee-
Hints p'or heCuet.t Chamber.
In the guest chamber always have
a copy of the Bible, printed in large,
clear type, also a, few books or mag
azines. 1 once passed a few days,
the Sabbath included, with a friend.
Not knowing the custom of the
family, in the morning I rose early, j
as usual, and waited three and one
half long hours before breakfast was
announced, with nothing but medi
tation to employ tuy time.
Then, again, tiie useful guest finds
it pleasant to put little iiniatiing
touchs to the room, and a hand
brush and dustpan to gather up the
dust or little ends of thread a dus
ter so nice ami clean as to require a
bit of paper pinned on to designate
its use and a good sized piece of
cotton, colored or white, tucked in
tlie handle of the siop-jar will be
readily understood and appreciated.
Then, too, a corn-broom, in one of
those cunning little iancv cases now
in veigue, is very useful.
A square of oilcloth in front of the
toilet stand may save your carpet
lrotn spots.
A spare newspaper one does not
always think to bring, to use while
combing the hair, these are little
things, but "moighty convaneyant"
Vacate one or two drawers in the
bureau for the useot your guest, and
see that there are spare hooks in the
closet also a box of hair pins a
small basket containing a few nee
dles, spools of cotton, threads of
black and colored silk, scissors, shoe
and glove buttoner, and other little
things of a similar character may be
of timely service to the transient guest
Sometimes a mattress, unless it be
of hair, is lound too hard ta sleep
upon, and feathers too warm. To
obviate the difficulty, place the
feather bed on top, and on it a new
piece of wide straw matting covered
with one thickness of cotton cloth,
and the bed will be comfortable and
cool.
A clean apron is not always put
on while making up beds, and to
prevent the sides of mattresses be
coming soiled, sew strips of cotton
over them ; thev can be readily re
moved for washing, and look nicer
if starched
A Itomau Circus.
Rome is astir early citizens and
strangers, slaves and soldiers, all are
hurrying toward the great pleasure
ground of Koine the Circus Maxi
mus. With flutes playing merrily,
with swaying standards and gleam
ing statues, with proud young ca
dets, with priests, and guards with
crksted helms, skilled performers,
restless horses and glittering chari
ots, down tne sacred street winds a
long procession, led by the boy mag
istrate, Marcus of Home, the favorite
of the Emperor. It passes into the
great circus, and files into the arena;
two hundred thousand excited peo
ple think, boys, of a circus tent
that holds two hundred thousand
peoplt ! rise to their feet and wel
come it with hearty hand clapping.
The trumpets sound the prelude,
the young magistrate (standing in
his tugyestus, or state box) flings the
vtapia,ot white flag, into the course
as tlie signal for the start ; and, as a
ringing shout goes up, four glittering
chariots, rich in their decorations of
gold and polished ivory, and
each drawn by four plunging
horses, burst lrom their arched
stalls and dash around the track.
Green, b'ue, red, white the colors
of the drivers stream from their
tunics. Around and around tbey
go. Now one and now another is
ahead. Tbe people strain)and eheer,
and many a wager is laid as to the
victor. Another shout I The red
chariot, turning too sharply, grates
against the meta, or short pillar that
stands at the upper end of the track,
guarding the low central wall ; the
horses rear and plunge, the driver
struggles manfully to control them,
but all in vain ; overgoes the chariot
while the now maddened horses
dash wildly en until checked by
mounted attendants and led off to
their stalls. "Blue ! blue !" "Green !
green!" rise the varying shouts a the
contending chariots still struggle for
the lead. White is far behind. Now
comes the seventh or final
round. Blue leads! No, green is
ahead I Neck and neck down the
home stretch they go magnificently,
and then the cheer of victory is
heard, as, with a final dash, the
green rider strikes the white cord
first and the race is won!
o IP
The Model Prison.
George W. Cable's striking essay
on " The Convict Lease System in
the Southern States," is printed in
the February Century, lie intro
duces his powerful array of facts,
with the following clever statement
of what a prison ought to be :
" Here and there in the United
States a penal institution may be
found that fairly earn3 the pride
with which ii is pointed out by the
surrounding community. In the
whole country there may be four or
five Bueh. The visitor to them
admires tLe fitness of architecture."
" Yes," the warden replies, " this
is not a house of pleasure, and so
we have not made it pretty. It is
not an abode of crime, and so we
have not made it u"ly. It is not a
place where men tseek justice, and
therefore we have not made it
grandiose and majestic. But it is
the house of chastisement of chas
tening punishment and so it is
made solemn, severe and calm.''
"The visitor praises the grave
and silsnt decency of all the internal
appointments.
" 1 es, ' responds the warden ; the
peace and dignity of the State are
here asserting themselves over the
prisoner who has violated them ;
there is no more rtoru here for mer
riment or confusion than for
strife."
" The visitor extols the perfection
of the sanitary arrangements.
" Yes," says the warden ; " when
the criminal was free and his life at
his own disposal, he took no such
care of it as ttSis. He probably
lived a sort of daily suicide. If he
shortened his day the State was,
presumably, not to blame. But if
we by malice or neglect shorten his
days here, where he is our captive,
we bring upon the State doth blame
and shame. For his life is in our
euftodv, just as the clothing is with
which he came here; the State,
through ltd courts, has distinctly
declined to tamper with it, and
holds it subject to be returned to
his own keeping, at the expiratien
of his confinement, in as good order
s that in which it was received,
the inevitable wear and tear of time
alone excepted. Can a State main
tain its peace and dignity as it
should that commits breaches
of trust inside of its very pris
ons ?"
"The visitor remarks that a wi
benevolence is necessary even toward
bad men.
" But," says the other, " it is not
merely benevolence to bad men that
puts in these elaborate sanitary ap
pliances ;; it is the necessity of hold
ing the integrity and honor of the
Slate."
"The vi.itor shows his surprise at
the absence of all the traditional ap
pliances for the correction of the re
fractory. 'Yet be certain,' is the
rejoinder, 'a discipline, sure, prompt,
and effectual, njts every infraction
of rules. How else could we have
this perfection of order? But it is
a discipline whose punishments are
free from brutalizing tendencies, in
creasing dispassionately as the cul
prit's passions increase, and
relenting only when he has repented.'
" The visitor is impressed with the
educative value of the labor perform
ed by the inmates.
" Yes,' says the warden ; 'serd a
man out from here wit 1 knowledge
of a trade, and may be he will come
back, but the chances are he will
not. Send him away without a
trade, and may be he will not come
back, but the chances are he will.
So, for society's sake, in the com
munity's interest and for its safety,
these men are taught certain
trades that they cannot turn to bad
account. We do not teach burglars
locksmithing.
" Yet the visitor takes a momen
tary alarm.
" You put the housebreaker and
the robber, the sneak-thief and the
pickpocket into open competition
with honest wen in the community
around thera.
' Exactly,' responds the other ;
'trvino. to live without competing in
the fi.lds of productive labor is just j
the esience of the crimes fer which
thev were sent hure. We make a
short end of that.'
" The visiter looks with pleased
interest at the statistical records of
the clerk's office.
" We could not call our duty done
without the-e,' is the warden's re
sponse. 4 These are the kiys to the
study of the cause and prevention
of crime. By these we weigh our
own results. Bv these we uncover
not only the convict and his crime,!
but society's and the State's own '
r ' 1 . ! ' I
Sins 01 omission anu commission, i
whose fruits are these crims and ;
these criminals.' j
" After all,' at length the viaitor :
..1, . i - it i
says, tell me one iniag more, iiere ;
where a prisoner is sate Iroru tire .
and plague and oppression and 1
temptation and evil companionship, j
and is taught thrift and skill, and I
has enly to submit to justice and
obev right rules, where, where is his ;
punishment? How ia this punish-1
ment at all ?' I
" And the warden makes answer
with question for question : 4 Had !
, r , c . ;
you a deiorme iooi, anu at? iron ;
mold were made to close around it !
and press it into symmetrical shape j
and hold it so, would you ask where j
is the agony? The punishmeatj
here m the punishment of a deform-,
ed nature forced into superficial!
symmetry. It is the punishment!
that captivity is to unrestraint ;
that subordination aad enforced!
self-control are to ungeverned pas-!
sion and inordiaato vanity and j
pride: that routine is to the love of;
idle adventure; that decorum u to
the love of orgies ; that temperance
is to the love of drink ; that loneli
ness b to the social and domestic
impulses; that solitude and self-
communion are to remorse, n
all the losses and restraints of ban
ishment, without one of iu liberties.
Nothine tempers it but tho repent
ance and reform which it induces,
and these temper it just in degree
as tbey are genuine and thor
ough.' And your actual results?' aaki
the visitor.
Of those who come here for their
first offense, a majority return to
honest life"
8L1C
WHOLE NO. 1703.
Women I-a wjers.
Opinion by Stephen S. Remak,
written out at the request of Hon.
Wra. N. Ashman, one of the judges
of the Orphans' Court of Philadel
phia county:
The right of a party to ba heard
by himself or counsel was officially
conferred by the Provincial act of
1700, which enacted: "That in all
courts all persons, of all persuasions
may freely appear in their own way
and according to their own manner,
and there personally nlwad their own
cause themselves, or, if unable, by
their friends." Foot note on page
9'.) of volume 1, Purdon's Di
gest. The act of March 21, 1S0G, eon
firmed the above.
The act of April 14, 1S34, provides
as follows:
The judges of the several courts of
record of this Commonwealth shall
respectively have power to admit
a competent number of persons of
an honest disposition, and learned
in the law, to practice as attorneys
in their respective courts.
The judges have thus the 'power,'
but are not commanded or required
to admit as attorneys-at-law any
body. The words 'comtietent num
ber of persons' might mean Unit the
persons should be competent, but
also that the number of persons
should be competent. It seems that
the act did not cmilVr upon the citi
zens any right or privilege. A priv
ilege was given to the judges evi
dently in the intereft of die public ;
hence, if the judges should think
that there are tno many attorneys-at
law within their jurisdiction, "they
might suspend their rules for ail-
mission until further notice.
'uli
what
. , .. - , ,
Constitution of Pennsylvania decides
tins. .It a well known tact tnit
an atton.ev-at-law is an ofheer of
the court, buc he is also an othcer
1 a. raw neieni person, l ne
ot the Commonwealth. It has never
been do lbted, but nothing can be
taken for granted with regard to the
latter position, because upon th s
hinges the question of the admission
of women to the bar in Pennsylva
nia. Article 1. Section l of the
Constitution of Pennsylvania pro
vides : ;
No Senator or Representative!
shall, during the time for which he ;
shall li ave been elected, be appoint- j
ed to any civil office under this'
Commonwealth, and no member of j
Congress or other person holding j
any office except attorney at law or j
in the militia) under the United
btates or this Commonwealth shall
be a member of either house during
hia continuance in oflice.
This means tnat notwithstanding
the oflice of attorney at Ijw, and
any office in the nnhtia are otlices
IT T i r 1 1 i Ihs I 'rm mrit wu-ilth tt
sylvania, still such attomey-at-law,
or one holding any oflice in the mi
litia, may be at the same time a
member of the Senate or House of
Representatives ot Pennsylvania.
Can a woman be an officer under
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania?
Decidedly not. Article VIII, Sec. 1
of the Constitution of Pennsylvania
provides:
Every maie citizen 21 years of age
possessing the following qualifica
tions, shall be entitled to vote at all
elections, etc.
It is not necessary to mention
here the qualification of a voter.
They do not constitute a part of the
question in hand. The tt'itm of the
voter must be male citizen. It is
not denied that a woman is a citizen
but she i- not a "male citizen," anil
only such "'male citizen " has the
right to vote at all elections. Thus
no elective franchise is conferred by
the Constitution upon woman in
Pennsylvania. The consequence is
that she cannot hold an oflice under
the Commonwealth. In article 1,
section C, already quoted j it is dis
distfnctly said: "No Senator or
Representative shall, during the
time for which ic shall have been
elected
which the
in connection with
with
attornev-at-law is men-
tioned. Thus there is not a particle ; tiUhtd with every sort of conve
of doubt that only men can be voted ; nience for a good display of the ex
for under the Commonwealth. ' hibits. "Floral hall" will be 12-
It is not generally known that I fett square and 30 feet high. There
the Cabinet of the Prf sident of the j wili be 2" approaches to this build
United States U not an authority j ins, which i to bo one of the most
under the Constitution of the United i attractive structures on the grounds.
States, but simply a creation of the' The buiMir.o fur the display of
different acts of Congress; but the j poultry will be V) feet by "0 feet,
attorney at law is in Pennsylvania ' and -r feet high, and on the English
an officer under the Constitution (of i style of architecture,
course of Pennsylvania ). because he ! In addition to all these structures
is mentioned in the Constitution, ! there will be erected 42- cattle stalls
whilst the Cabicft is not mentioned j and 12-" box stalls for horses. No
in the Constitution of the United 'rotting exhibitions will be held,
States. j but there will be an oval exercise
The question of "progress" in this j track constructed after the most ap
enlightened civilization has nothing j proved pattern. This track will
to do with the question of admission j probably be a half mile circuit. The
of women to the bar in Pennsylva- entire coat of these buildings has not
nia. It is the organic law whieh yet been fully determined upon, and
forbids it. No Imrynr, whether male the plans may yet undergo some
or female, would want to practice j slight modifications before they will
as attorney at law in Pennsylvania ! be finally adopted, although they
in violation of the Constitution. i will be substantially as described.
Article X, section o, provides :! secretaries Seller and McConkey.
" Women 21 years of age and up- j who have the matter in charge, were
ward shall be eligible to any oflice
of control or management under the
school laws of this State."
This gives women the privilege of
being otiicers under th school laws
but not under the Commonwealth.
Stephen S. Remak.
Philadelphia, Jan. 22, 1SS4.
Superstition About Hair.
The ideas of savages and of our
compatriots about the mysterious
connection which is supposed to ex
ist "between the cut lock of hair and
person to whom it belonged," are
shown to be often identical. Itinous woods is preferable, and af-
seems that in Ireland "it is held that j
human hair should never be buried, j
because at the ressurrection the for
mer owner of the hair will come to
seek it ;" and that it ought not to be
lost, "lest some bird should find it
and carry it off, causing the owner's
head to ache all the time the bird!
was busy working the hair into ita
nest" A somewhat similar belief:
lies at the root of a cure for whoop-
ing cough current in Northampton
shire and Devonshire. A hair of
the patient's head is placed between
two slices of buttered bread and
given to a dog. "The dog will get
the cough and the patient lose it,"
Francis Murphy began his crusade
at Lowell, Mass., last week. I
Oiily A Hose.
IIaa it occurred to vou !' said
I Mr. S-ibson, addressing his wife,
, "that we have ben married twelve
J years to-day?"
"It did not occur to me," she re
plied, "until you spoke, but I up-
' pose it is true. The time seems very
: long though, and when I look back
it appears a wonder that I have
j lived through it all."
Why, my dear," rejoined Mr.
Sabson, turning with an air of
annoyance, "you do not regret that
we were married, do you ? '
"Oh, no, for it is a woman's prov
ince to get married, and the sooner
the duty is performed the sooner
she has begun the life for which she
was designed."
"I Suppo.e then your love did
not enter very largely into the ar
rangements? '
"It did at first."
"But a woman always discovers
her mistake, I supptise?"
"Yes more or less."
"I am sorry to hear you speak so.
All along I hare cherished the idea
that you married me out of re
gard.'' "And you have given me very
little upon which to bae a hope
that your marriage was actuated by
the same high motive."
"Oh, now. here. You are just
trying to pick a quarrel with me.
What have I done ?"
"That's what I want to know.
What have you done ?"
"Confound it, haven't I made you
a living :
A sort of one, but I haven't lived
anv better since we were mar
ried,"
"Haven't I helped you in all your
troubles ?"
"Not all."
' Didn't I get up the other night
and hold a tablespoonful of parego
ric over the lamp chimney ? '
"Just once."
"Will, I'll declare. Give me a
spoon and I'll hold it over the lamp
till it melt-.''
"No ure to talk that way. You
know you nrv&r think of me."
'"Didn't I bring you a whole arm
ful of goods last night, and didn't
you go out the other day and get a
whole cart load of stuff. Talk about
not thinking of you,v and the an
noyed gentleman arose and left the
houe. He was troubled as he
walked along the street, and when
hp ttirnpil towards home. hj felt
heavv and cheerless. "If I could
..!.. ...i. . u..- ..i. i.
mii liiivrf ii'-i mourn in iil;. lie 111 a a-
-There was a time when her
j eve bri-htene.l at mv approach. 1
Ilol ll;ive tu t:lke' llcr e01IJ((thiBg
,i, m ,..r.oi,. f rt.,,
early visits if I can."
II- plucked a rose that hung over
it fence. A very common rose, but
hecirried it tenderly.
When he entered the room his
wife s;it rocking one of the children,
lie spoke softly and she looked up.
lie li itidf'd her the rose and the
lL'tit, once so charming, carno back
into her eyes. She put the child on
the bed and biushingly approached
her husband.
"You tl-) think of me, don't you ?"
she s.iid.
"1 always think of you."
"L"i me put the flower; in, a
j Tue vanl was fu,, of beailliful flow.
j an;j she cou!d haTe p:Uh,red a
j h ,etfoi, hut in all the grand floral
arr., v tht.,e WiU lmt ', full 0f
Sf.nlir,ier1t as this cummon rose that
J env in ;l .,ace anJ huus over
! r . - .-
branee that a woman prizej and a
true woman's soul i not made of
love for tine dresses and gorgeous
ii i. ila v. A rkanas Trailer.
The Next State Fair.
Tho dans and specifications for
the five large buildings to be erected
in this city by the State Agricultur
al Society, for the State Fair to be
held here either next spring or in
the fall, have been prepared, and
bids for the erection will soon be in
vited. The Fair Ground will be
upon the land of William Weight
man, running from Broad street to
Lamb Tavern road, south of the
Connecticut R iilntod, thirty acres of
which will be inclosed by a substan
tial fenee nine feet high. The soci
ety will take possession on April
firtt, when the erection of the build
ings will beoetrun. The main build
ing will he :;'.KJ feet long, loU feet
wide and fet high, surmounted
by two lofty towers at each end.
This, as well as the other large build
inus, will be of iron and wood and
of handsome archittctural design.
The -eed. fruit and vegetable dis
pl.iv will have a special buildin?,
i -w My ,o leei, ana ou ieet nign. it
j will have one tower, and will be fur-
in this citv yesterday, and will hold
a meeting soon when the plana w ill
be finally adopted. Over $-jO,OUO in
premiums wili b offered by the so
ciety. J'hil'i. Record.
Gas from Sawilutt
An excellent use has been found
for the enornous quantity of sawdust
annually made in the lumber re
gions of our country. From the
Poputar Scienrt Aetf for February,
1S4, we learn that illuminating gas
is made from it. Any kind of saw
dust can be used, but that from re-
fords a larsrer yield of ga. From
iSXjO) to G0.( .1 cubic feet of gas 19
obtained from a net ton of fuel. The
wood-gas has the advantage of con
taining no sulphur, is more easily
purified than coal-gas, and is said
to be fully as good, while it is less
expensive. The ordinary burners
are used for wood-gas. Mill-owners
Can construct chemical works to
make their own gas.
Law is like a sieve; you may see
through it, but you must be consid
erably reduced before you can git
through it
A lady in Willimantic, Con.,
dodged the measles for S4 yeais, but
was canght last week-