u U c i rue s omcrsct Herald An Antcdote of Sumner. rid. ' .- "Iff, ,( the t -'.irC! 1 u i.feb. .v! ive If) u;;ir So; l In Silt) -. ,':,t '&il w ured "M; ? tu. Co; 'i -Si i tt ' it kal " "i C io: " to I ;! ' I fi 1 iJT t(ii 1 1 nH'i 1 I: 1 1 puv Crt-J 'i N't itioa! v i cu) r;:'ivlj -i;ch i ' pun u iKet in . Unkt -t vir I havt i t, -t city -iplj i. ij tf r year Kite .: land ? .B aj I vow e itoj Id4 I .- iiliJ ' nsijf ,., u ,:JW i' 0' i. mot i J ! ;o:ij .ur :M : B' g Ivi iui . JU-t .1' h .I.1' Jdi Tw ioo t t tl f i tst Mil sii I id I 1 nis of Publication. 7 !Si, ,tct7 Wednesday mornlB t ti 00 am II r,1J 111 d ! otherwise t2 M pjlrlpUon will t alaeoeonued until all .re " I'11 "P Potrai,ler nKlecUn y a when subscrtheri do not take oat 1 ' pa w,u n1" eiM,b, for ti ,UD . .j.ri!r removing from one ostoffiee to aa give n the name o the former as ".. u .(, present eflioe. Address The Somerset Herald, Somerset, Pa. H 1 LLj, N E AT-LA"4V. isomeraet, Pt. r p. V. BiESECKER. ATTOKN EY- a TL A W. nmrwi. fa. ui -stairs In Cook tt Becrite" Mock. ',im':GE 11. S(TLL It' attounky-at-law Somerset Pa. .UN U. SCOTT, ATTeKNtY-AT LAW. Suumei, Pa. F.J II K()SKR. ATTuKNEY-AT LAW, Somerset, Pa. EN 1 )SLE Y. ATTORN LY-AT LAW, ifomerpot. P TRENT. ATTUKXEY AT LAW, Somerset, Penn'a. Iv,;- s( n.E. ATTOKNEY-AT LAW, Somerset, Pa. u, II '" l'.AER. ATTORNEY -AT LAW, Somerset, Pa., ff .. ice lr. Somerset and ad lolnlna counties. , .u'.';,es cn;ruftc.l to him will rouiptlj n:n H. W. II. HVITKL 1" FROTH A- REITEE. ATT' KN K S-A 1 -LA . vin(.? eTiTrusti to thlr care will be lltl'' PUTH'IUH 11V Hi iruiir.1 i v. on TiUln t;ne stree. epjxigUo the :1; Ml.irll. US. I.. C. COLB'RX .1 RORN A- CORRORN. ATTORNEYS AT LAW ,. intmTi1 " r-r will vimpt- iv ntton.lcl to ,-..lli-tl.ip mud In S..m i . iir.l und .li..liiir ..uin Son-y-i vie' anoinn lm mi roatil'le tcniis. ft '1I.T.IAM IT. KOONTZ. ATTOKNEY-AT-LAW , SiBtrnt, Pa., T"i tlvo (in n I t jit'fntW-r tn bnrnM oitroct- ,. 'V... cpt In S 'tnerwt n.l ailmltilnn cuontiea, iv I'rinlintt Huatc Row. I) t;NlS MEYERS. ATTOKN EY-AT-LA W, iL-iil lfllnea entnmtrd to Mr rn will be .',.! t- wiili en irptnw ond h.lrH'y. -r in Mu it. moth Hl' a n-3it Ukt to Rivd , J WES L. ITGH. ATTORNEY-AT -LAW. Sutrewt. Pa v MammoTri Hl.-lr. n)i Ftalm. Entninf. (,, frrrx. '.llpc:i..i. mi1e. es1tci ttil" piiiin..i. and U leiral bolnes - :( ! to Willi jironii'tLrfj and Cilrlity. P. Y r.a;.3 K1MMEE. ATTORN EY'-AT-L AW, S.imerset, Pa. PRITTS. ATTOKNEY-ATLAW. S.mieet, Pa. u-f.alr Id STammoth lilock. jonx O. KIMMETi. ATTORNEY-AT LAW. Somerset, Pa. trill intend to all t'O'lnew entmMed to hli er v ..mcTNt nd a.liotninif ronntle with jin.mpt " and fidelity. Other on Main Cro atreet. II ENRY F. SCIIEEE. ATTORN EY-AT LAW. P ritT and renlon Agent, Somerwt. Pa. t in Mnmmotti black. "ALEXTINE HAY. ATTOKN EY-AT-LA w An.! Iel.-T In Real F.Ftate. Somer t. P iv, v ! i.. all tulne? en'.ruMed to hl eare I -. '.!.: mm and hdety will with ( )HN IT. T'HT,. ATTOKNEY-ATLAW Somt net, Fa, ViH-iiromptlT attend to all bninei entrnnted vti. Money adT.nd oneollei".ion aie. Ol " it Mammoth Huildinif. on EE. ATTOKNEY-ATLAW. Somerset Pa., p.,i, .i,nrl l.nKlnem entrnted to my care at- iiord to with proniptneM and tdelity. T" A AC nrr.rs. ATTORNEY"-AT -I. AW. Somerset, Penn'a. DR. H. S. KTMMEL rr.den hinro',''"'lonalfervlf to the eitl S. tneriK-t and Vleinuy. rnlew pnileion- : imaccd lir run I found at hit otlioc, on Main . rati ot tie IllamonJ. OR. H. RRERAKER lenders Tiis liMfefrtiTal wrvlreii to the eltiren of Soro nd Tlrinlty. orhie in residence on Main rrrrt weft ot the Diamond. nn. VM. RATTH tenders lii" I Mfep.mal,ervleeptothe eltiiens of Som-e"-' nd K'ini'T . , i itt rr t inedoor tact of Wnjr.e k !erkmlc t ::vT.i'ure itore. rr e, 2. JOHN RIET Vt NT 1ST. -. p -.alr Pa In Cook a; P.ceriti U'oek. Sonier- t?'. t'a. V1 T.T.I AM COT.T.TNS. I'ENl 1ST, SOMERSET. PA. i 'Tee In Mammoth Hloek. above Boyd i Trup s- rr wt.rre be can at nil timei t-e fonn ' prrpar r ' ;...o ell kin-'f ot work, fnch f Mllna reiru-l-.- iir n'rsctliia ke Anthclal terthot all kind. T. ..i the ben material Inferted. OiraUonf Hrranted. TT IimVAlin WYNNE, M I). JnllSZTOW.X.rE.VXjt. Pi.r,wll.tllf Eve. Eur. Now and Throat Sw-ctal koI clui practice Hours.? a. at. to tr LutWcr a tirern Mock, i Main St. TIIOM1SON. M l. Sl'HOEeiN I'ENTIT. .lolmi'town. Pa. H tad a i n fciifionid 'eTt"ienee ot more than ' -T ver Eniio TKtrrn a Sr wi alty. I ' c ni ne No. a: Main Mreet (up f'aira) over 1. ' r 1 tier Hardware Store It will 1 r.ec- t t.r irpor ho want work done to roaneen i sc'iitiit Iw iort'Lanu. etie 83. TAMES O. KIERNAN, M.D. ten der hlf li.otef liT.a! MTVleef to II.c rinirm n. S rrrrurt aid vieieitv He can be uuno ai int t. v.'.ci ce ot hl tatbr'r en Main street or at the ,j.rf ,. lit I'erirv lirul-akcr. Sept " D1: 1 rner J. K. MIET-ER lias irroa- 'nentlr located Ir. Herlln f-r the practice ol ....!..! l tfrw i.:.t,lte 'harle Kntnr- n i .re. ejT. XJ, TO-tf. QTAMOXI) HOTEL, STOYSTOWN. I KNN'A. " Ttlf popular and well known h-iufe ha lately tn tLorruahU and newly refitted with all new I ot luTTiture. w Urt. haa made it a very ''ir..' le rici pit a place l r the trauriinit public, l: it -aLle and nor i cannot beTafei. all I i. hrai elan, wl'h a larae puidlc hall attached ' ti e fair.. Alo larir nd roomy nabllnc (In cla Iari1lr a can 1 had at the lowert poa- ! eirlcei, l y th week, day or Bieal. SAM I KLITSTER. Prop. t.E. Cor IHamocd Stoyatow ,Pa CHARLES HOFFMAN. i (Aoovelienry He-fTlej-'a Store.) LITEST STYLES M LCWEET FE1CIS. SATIS f ACTIOS GUARANTEED. AGENTS! hauda uel. lira: M oer prlc. The fastest erlltt anted fort he Uvea of all th PresldeDts of the S The lar- rr aold Utr lea. than ilumen. The fasten eellluar h. Aaier- rfl want It pruhts to aenu. All inlllvent Any ice ean lieore a suceclul tree, Ualuett iioOK Co., Poai 't Tanua M.XaUMi. rnnnn 1 .Ttn m n nn MM rilLUK 1 VOL. XXXII. NO 40. YOU r Respectfully Invited to Call and Examine, Before Purchas ing Elsewhere the Largest Assortment of toves, Tin, Copper, Or Sheet-Iron Ware, Knives, Forks, Plated Ware, Lamps, Enameled Ware, Clothes Wringers, Etc. To ( found in tlie AVtstern Tart of this State. Our Goods are Warranted to be as rep resented, and prices are Nett Cash, within the reach of all persons needing them. TIN ROOFING, SP0UTIXG AM) JOBBING 01 ALL KISDS IX T1X, SHEET-lltOX OR COPl'KR Promptly Attended to at Lowwl Itntes. Brushes a Specialty, at Wholesale Only. Orders Solicited from Merchants Selling Goods in My Line. FRANK W. HAY, Xo. 2SO WnMliingtoii Street Johnstown, Penn'a. FASHIONABLE CUTTER & TAILOR, A ,'" '. ",? Jlnvlnghi jJl . -V 'ci. ver ! ACvWW '"Tailor Jlavtn- had many iierient e hraii'-lies of rina bua- KUitritntee m to all v call up on mo anil tarur A me with their iiat- v. ri-naite. Y oart, kc, xvn. m. nocnsTF.ri.r.n, Somerset, Vtu ALBKST A. t'.OKXB. J. Scott Wabd. HOBNfi i WARD, ervcEssona to EATON & BROS, XO. 27 FIFTH AVEXUE, PITTSBUFtGH, PA. SIHI2s G, 188-2. NEW GOODS E7ISY 2AY SPSCIALTIIS inbrpideriet, L4Cs, Kiliiaery, White Goods, Hand kerchieft, D'est Trimmingi, Hosiery, Gloves, Corsets, Muslin and Iterino Underwear, In fants' and Children's Clothing. Fanty Goods, Yams, Zehvrs, Hatt riais of All Kindt for FANCY WORK, . Gents' FeisMm. Gools, k, k vct BrATBoAO 18 REsrarTrpLLT aLIC tt-OKDIRSHY MA1LATTEXDFD TO WITH i A HE ASD DISPATCH. art mmm mm mv. ( F.ST A BUSH VA) 1H77.) CHARLES. I BAEEISCN. President. K.I FE1TTS. Cashier. C(dlectloCf made In all parta of tho t'Dlted Statea. CHARGES MODERATE. Part led wtahlna: to a. nd money Wert ean be ae rv.mimlated bv dratt on New York In any urji. tVillectlvni" made with promptnen. V . S. Honda tuaht and eold. Monrv and valuahlei aecured bvoneof I Melxld'f celebrated talet, with a Sar ar'nit k Yale 3'4 00 time lock. ACCOUNTS SOLICITED. -All lepal holidaji oheerred.-liw deeT E XEC UTORS NOTICE. Eetate of Adam Y odor, late ot summit lowninip. Somemetoountjf. Pa., dee d. I,otter teatamentanronthe ab .eeeatate havlna been cranted to the nder?lned by the prier authority, notice If hereby arlvcn to all perwaa In drbted to aaid eatate to make Irnmedlate pay ment, and th"e having elaima aeaint the aame will preent them duly authen'lcil foraetile ment im the "i! day ot March. Iks4. at the fcouae ol the Executor In aaid towmhlp. ELI AS A. YOIER. jan.t01H(4. Executor. GOLD: lortheworkirgctafs. Send ;o eerie for ifoetaae. and we . will aend you tee a royal. ; ralauhtc Ux ol aampie s-'KxIs iL.i wi.i iia nn ui ibe war ot maKina luoremon- - ey in a lew dava than you ever thought iwailile at anv hnaineat. Capital not r-Utred. ewul Hart you. You ean work all the time or In apare time only. The work la universally aaapted to i hoihaex'ea. youna and old. You can eaailv earn -Irom 6o eenti to t .00 every evenlna. Thai all who want to work may teat'the buainraa we will' ma kethU unparalleled offer : To all ihaturenot aa.Khed we will aend -1 to pay I.Ttlie in utile ol writinn ua. Pull particular., directions, etc. sent i (rxe. Fortuuea will l mule .v tboae who fir ; their whole tiaie to the work Oreat suces ah- Kilutely sure. IkeTi delay Startnow. Addrwta STiasos k t.'o , Portland Maine. JanJA. DESIRABLE TOWN PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE. The two story frame Homestra d of ite late Pe ter Meyers, dee'd, situate on Meyem Aveoenue, accompanied bv l,.ur acres ot ground, a lane old fashioned Uardi-n. plenty ol Miade onil Fruit Trees, splendid I'.arn, Kod outbuildinra. loe House, ete., plentiful supply of hard and ao't run niiiK water. The bouse in elegant condition. H larae mums, 6 convenlrat halts a place well adapted tor a boa nlinu -house or hotel. For particulars a-i.ly to MISS B F. MEYERS. jacJott Meyermiale, Somerset, Co Pa. ARYLAND FARMS -B.k and Map E. SMANAI1A.N, Attorney, LaaloO, hid. rel.-T lm. NOTICE. " My wife, Sarah, bavins: left my bed and board without juat prcT.K-a'ion. the public Is hereby cautKmeo Dot io trust or harlot her o my aeruurK as 1 will not be responsible for any debts cf her ( ( contract!;. rD I fthli. Turkey root ra. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. Eaiate of Iianlel Yatrr. deceased, late of Green ville Twp , siomersei t.. Pa. Letters of admlnl.tratlon on the above esUt bavins; be.o rranted to the undersianed by lb pmper authority, notice la hereby .riven to all persons Indebted to said estate to make Immedi ate payment and those harlns: claims aaramst the . t, iteMent Ihem iut .ulhentieale.1 l"T Setr ilement on April 12, ISM, "at the late residence of deceaaeu. tD.TrTtT. J. J.YITZY. febZT. Admiuiatntort. ARE fOTT'S Li L-S TORPID BOWELS, DISORDERED LIVER, and MALARIA. From tiwso xourcea aruc tni-ee-fonrtha nl the h.trsi !i ol the human race. Thow! byuiploiuainilic4ttu Lheirexmtenoe: Loaa ol Atctae, ItwMrl. co.flvr, MrW llead at tar, tullnea. alter rating, avrraion lo exertion of body or uU nd , LrnctAt ion ot fvud, IrrilaMlltjr f temper, Low .plrlta, A trrliun of tiavlnaT nealertrd dniy. l'ltxtiieaa, riaUerlni at the Heart, I lot a brio re the eye., Hlgbly col ored I ripe, u.TIP1TIO.', and tie in uiil the ue of a remoly that act Oireetlv on Ibe l.iver. Asa Liver medicine Tl'TT'S I'll.LN hare no equal. Their action on tho Kidney!) ami skin isulso prompt; removing all impurities Uironiru these three) eeoir engrre of the eyetcm." protlucinjr ajipew tite,Miml digestion, regular stwils, h clear bkinand a vigorous bcxi v. TCTTS PILLS esne nr iiaumta r ri ipinir nor tuter.'ero with rtitlv work und nre a perfect ANTIDOTE TO MALARIA. IIK FEELS LIKE A SLW MAW. "1 have hnil Jysrepsia, with Constipa tion, two years, and linve lrlel ten different kinds of"iills, and TI'TT'S are the first that have done mo nny gorxl. They have denned me out iiiooh. My apetito ia xplendid, food Oiirests "readily, anil I now Imve iiatuiul paaL-es. I fe 1 like a new man." W. 1. EDWARDS, Palmyra, O. .. .cviTvwhi rc.a.'Ve. ((H.4-I MurmrS-..X.Y. TUTT'S HAIR DYE. tiitAT Hair or Whifkfrs changed In Mnntly to ii i.Lossv P.Lai E bv a single ap plication of ilns DYK. Sold y Druggist, 1 aent by xpres on receipt of S I. Oflloe, 44 .Miiriav Street, New York. UTT'S MANUAL OF USEFUL RECEIPTS FREF PATENTS obtained, and all bufineaa in the V. S. Patent "rtice, or in the Courts attended to for MODERATE FEES. We aie opposite the TT. S. Patent Office, en- a-i.Ked in PATENT BUSINESS EXCLUSIVELY, and can obtain paten la less Uuie thau those remote from WASHINGTON. W hen model or drawtntr It aent we adviac as to paleniahilltv free ol charire: and we make NO CHARGE UNLESS WE OBTAIN PATENT. w e refer, here, to ihe Poatmaater. the Supt. ol the Money .rder Division, and to ofhclalsof the t'.S. Patent Office. Eor ein ular. advice, terms, and reterence to actual clients In your own State or county, address C. A. SNOW & CO.. Opnosite Pteatent OIB ee, Waabirujtan, V. C. Our stock of Spring Clothing is now ready for your inspec tion. It comprises such si variety of styles that we will surely be able to suit you. A. C. YATES & CO, IjprBaili,CteliiitSt6ilSti rHIlJ'DKI.rHIA. CALYIX HAY, BERLIN, IrV., iMII.I.Eirs MII.U MANUFACTURER OF FLOUR & FEED ! I alwava keep on hand a lara-e alork of FLOUR, .'iiKN-iltAL. HIlKWIIhU KLdUll. and all kinda of CHOP. Alao. all klndaol OKA1N, which I aril at BOTTOJT rJlTCES! Wholesale and Ketail. Y'on will save money by buying Irom me. My stock Is always Frrpti. ORDEES FILLED PROMPTLY. A New Enterprise :o: LIME! LIME! LIME! Mtchanic$ and Fcrwurt tupplitd ly "Wm. Lipuold & Co. Wilh the Bet Building and Agricul tural Lime. Satisfaction Guaranteed. M-OKDEKS BT MAIL PROMPTLY AT. TEXDED TO. Address WM. M PPOLD A. CO. P. O. Rats X. 221, CrsrstKLAKD, Ma fchr-lvr. $66s week at home. & outfit free, Bot'rauTied"Reader want business at which persons of eTheraex,younf orold, ean make ((Teat pay aU the lime mey wora, wiui anaoiuie rmamo, writ, fur parucwlar. t. H. Haulttt, Forth, , El ff om ANOTHER LEAP-YEAR DITTY. Miss Susan Aramantha Sears Iid love and woo a cofiiely lad. But all despite lier plaint- and tears, A most distressing time she had ; She did not suit her lover's did. The old man linked his lovely boy Within a dark and lonesome room Which did the pentle youth annoy And plunged his soul indistual gloom Likewise retard Miss Sears' boom. The old man bought apair of shoes. Which bv the gods of war, he swore He would for dreadful purpose use If ere aain as heretofore. The girl hung 'round his mansion door. lint late one night Miss Susan crept . In through the gateway undismayed, And while the father soundly slept Ueneath her lover's window played And sang a dulcet serenade. And as she sweetly played and sang She had no thought of harm, I ween ; When lo ! from out the darkness sprang V'nbiildon to the festive scent', A bulldog of ferocious tnein ! The sight of that ferocious brute Made Aramuntlia Sears turn pale, She, shrieking, fled; he pave pursuit ; The fence, a leap, a growl, a wail; Cut why prolong this piteous tale? Yet, to relieve you of suspense. We'll say, mid sympathetic tears, That, tho' she nimbly cleared the fence, Miss Sasan Aramantha Sears Without a bustle now appears. larl!ni'.'iii JI'iuir;ie. YIK-KEE. T1Y PATIENCE THOKXTOX. After father died, some turn yean ago, I found Vhat for three ye:irs we had been living m credit. I wa eighteen, strong and well, hut did not know how to work. In the little hack room of the New York tene ment (by the way the landlady seized my clothe. tor our rent) I considered my future. I had inher ited a great faith in relatives from my father, ?o I wrote to seven. I received six polite note?, tf-llino; me to go tu work, and th following let ter : Joxeskoko, CoL,, Jackson's Rmch Dear Nell : I'm your cousin Jack. Your father once gave me money te come west. I've took up land, got a comfortable home, no style or frills, but good folks to live with and healthy grub. I've got the best wife you ever see and seven young sters. The city ain't no place for a friendless girl. Wife wants you to come. She'll be a mother to you. Come right off. I'll meet you at Denver. Inclosed was a check sufficient to defray expenses ; so I started. Den ver was then only a large town, ami the depot a bam like structure. 1 got out of the cats nd etood bewil dered among all the emigrants and their bundles. Some one touched me on the shoulder a roughly dressed, broad shouldered man, with long blonde bea-u ami blue eves. "Are you Nell?'" he asked. 'Yes: and are you my cousin Jack?" I knew vou." he said, as he led the way, "by your black clothes and sorrowful look, and tnein big, blue evei. like yer father's as two peas. We'll git the shadder outer m when we git nome. 1 er iatner was a mighty good man. Bless yer dear leart, don t let them tears come. This 'ere 's a dry country ; we don't waste water. Comforting me in his kind, rough way, tie readied nis team, a uig , 1 1 I green wagon, drawn ry two wnu looking steeds, which 1 alterward knew to lie brnnchos. A Int. blond boy, about twelve years old held the rein. That's Ted," said cousin Jack. "Ted, this is Miss Nell, your couaiu ; give her a hug. The fat boy solemnly obeyed. After this he seemed to have a special claim on my affections be cause he met me first. Jack's wife was a jolly, plump woman, with brown eyes and cuilev hair. She al ways had a baby in her arms and another at her heels. She adored Jack. I never knew them to have a quarrel. I soon erew to love the life at the ranch. 1 Jiked the tug. half finished house, its untidiness and comfort, its pleasant, healthy atmosphere. 1 loved the children, the household pets, Hien, the sa gacious dog; Thad, the clever cat; the hens and sheep; the horses, Dolly, Dot and Daisy, that did the plowing and the marketing at Den ver, twelve miles away, and were so geitle and kind we used to ride them without eaddlw or bridle. Oc casionally Harry White came over to visit us from his ranch, five miles away. He lived with his old moth er; heund Jack were dear friend.' Harry needed a wife, Jack used to say, winking at me. One day Jack went to Denver for tupplifcS. He went alone, and com- : ing home later than usual. Ted and 1 1 and baby Maine went out to meet him. Jack looked sober and guilty, j and seemed ill at ease. If In ever j drank I shi uld have thought him i intoxicated. In the wagon was a : queer shaped heap under a horse blanket 1 was sure it moved. When we got behind the barn Jack said, sheepishly, avoiding my eye: Well, Ted, I calkerlate I've got suthin' in that there wagon that'ul astonish your marm." Little Mame pulled the blanket off the heap; she had been peeping un der it all the while she was in the back of the wagon. There lay a hu man being. Such an abject; short and squat, dressed in a queer blue blouse with flowing sleeves, wide trousers and queer wooden shoes. He bad email black eyes, a shaven poll. Irom which depended a long, thin cue. His countenance was bat tered and bruised, his clothes torn i and bloody. I "There was a row down to Den- j 'r..e"oo;rl TordV "lri Ch rif n n Clb- j avri, rw.vJ vuvn, kuv ...... . ...... ..... , iv, nuuij, j stove in these ere heathen's winders, j "Hump, no." said Yik Kee. "Yel j tore their houses down, an' killed j lee sick," and he closed his eyes in ; on "em. I cleared out as soon as I a dieawav sort of manner. "Go now ' could. When I got half way home I ; heard a noise hack o' me, and out rrawled this thins?. I was SO dumb- fuuded I couldn't speak. He .t,U T n;. morA l,,"m "'""fe"" j " , UHCK, UIJU UC 1CU III CI Jill ttllU jau- y&? q erset ESTABLISHED, 1827. SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY. MARCH 19, 1S84. outer my hand, an' ki?sin of it. It sorter turned my stomach. 1 told him ter sit down, give him some crackers to eat. covered him up an' told him he could live with ma. What do you s'pose your marm'll say?" 'Oh, cousin Jack," I said, "of course sue win 111 dare, lour home is a refuge for all the wretch ed and unfortunate." "Now, don't Nell," he said, turn ing as red a3 a rose, and busying himself about the harness. The Ce lestial looked at us solemnly ; Mame toddled up to him. He looked at her curiously, but did not move. "Get out, John," said Jack, "you needeu't be ecar.d any more ; we'r at honue." He got out stiffly, and, to my sur prise, turned and lifted the baby down. She took his big tail and pulled it with delight. He seemed grieved when I took her away. When Jack told Mary, the good soul found a thousand reasons why he 1 should stav, and hurried to make him a bed in the attic. The Celes tial did not say much, but when Jack called him John, he smiled a ?:id smile. "Mehcan man callee John. Humph ! Yik Kee." So with due consideration for his feelings we addressed him as ' Yik Kee. He was of ereat use. He helped to take care of the children did the washing (Mary did not tan cv his method of sprinkling clothes) and helped Jack on the farm. He was always pleasant and but was a man of few words Cousin Jack added much to his income by trading in hides. Ranch men living at a distance sold their hides to him and Jack sold them to traders, who came around at certain times in the year. Harry White was a partner in the business. He used to co on a sort of round up and visit the ranches all over the country The cattle of the ranchmen roamed in vast herd ever the plains, pro tected only by the brand of the owner. Cattle stealing was frequently practiced. Offenders in this respect were shown no mercy, lhey were tried, convicted and executed enly in the court of Judsre Lynch. I ney er blamed the ranchmen for this, it was impassible to guard the herds in the vast area over which they traversed, and the cattle must be protected in some way. (liil Mead wgs a wealthy ranchman, who lived about ten miles from us. He owned the largest herd of cattle on th nlains. They were branded with the vowels of his name, E. A., which could be recognized anvwhere. H always shipped his cattle east to his brother in Chicago. I ftsared the man. lie was tall and gaunt, with deu set black-?yes and low fore head. His home was unhappy, his wife cross and ugly, and his children wild and unruly. This made him more than commonly disagreeable I ttmik it was in the fall of l.(4 that Harry White brought the. big load of hides to Jack. loth were much pleased at the bargain they made. Harry gave glowing accounts of a new customer, a ranchman from Chicago, who had taken up an aban doned homestead. He had purchas ed many cattle from his cousin, Gill Mead, and hoped to rival him in the number and quality of his herd. Jack packed t Le hides away to keep till December, when he expected the dealer. One afternoon not long after this Gill Mead rodu up to the house looking verv agreeable and pleas ant. A couple of strangers, also ranchmen, were with him. They wanted to look at the hides, one of them being a trader, Gill said. Jack was in Denver, so Yik Kee and I went to the barn with them. They looked the hides over carefully and conversed in low tones. Gill with a suppressed oath. Finally they thanked us courteously and took their leave. "Humph, no goodee," said Yik Kee. but wouldn't say more. About live that evening, when we were at supper, a crowd of twenty five or thirty men rode up on horse back. Jack came out and met them, inviting them to take supper, in his kind hospitable way. They wanted him to go to Denver with them; there was to be a meeting there of importance to ranchmen. The meet ing would beat s. The) had brought with them an extra horse for Jack. Mary looked around for Yik Kee to help her, but he had mysteriously disappeared. I faintly remember seeing his white, horrified face peer-! ing around the barn at the horses I noticed the visitors ate little the foot! seemed to choke them. Some of them watched Mary and the baby in a queer sort of way. When Jack, as was his ousta.'iu, kissed his wife and babies good bye, one of the vis itors, an oldish man, coughed huski ly, and said : " "Blest if I kin stan1 this." They all rode off. Jack the merri est of them all, waving his hat till he was out of sight. When we were clearing up the unusual quantity of dishes, Yik Kee appeared at the end window and beckoned me. I followed him out. Ted was with him. Behind the barn were the three horses saddled. Shep was with them, released from confinement, where he had been se cured from following his master. "Foller Vm," said Ted, in an ex cited whisper. "Yik's afraid they're up to something." "What is it, Yik ?" I said, sternly. "No fooling, now." For an answer he twisted his long pigtail around his neck, tying it un der bis left ear in a significant man ner. "HumDh, he hangee, etealee cow." "Oh, Mary," I sobbed, remember ing Gill Mead's visit and his strange actions, and dimly seeing what lik Kee meant, n-il.ll.. I must tell Mary," I too late." We mounted. "Mnthpr'H thinfc wrs rrvn tn ride." said Ted. as we ealloped over V. t J J Jt l"c V e 1, v , J V ' poor little ItUUW, OUk De Sal, erWCl firm j fcjg j Colt's revolver sticking out of hia pocket He ws a determined bov Even in my despair, in my wild hope that I could save Jack by beg ging on my knees, that I could cling to him, and that they would have to kill me first, I could not help a smile at the comical figure Yik Kee presented on horseback. II is loose garments flapped in the wind, his long pigtail flew out behind, and he bobbed up and down like a kernel of corn in a coin hopper. It was a soft, warm night, lighted only by the pale yaug moon and the twinkling stars. We rode as far as our horses could gallop. Shep was close at our heels. 'Way ahead, when we reached the top of a little hill, we saw the crowd of horsemen. They were riding toward Denver. We galloped on with renewed zeal. They turned into a cross road lead ing to Mead's ranch. On this road was a bridge over Dry Gulch, which was in the spring a roaring torrent. Beyond the bridge; across the field, was the haystack of Mead, where was stowed sufficient to feed his do mestic cattle through the winter. We at last reached the turn to the road. They were three miles in ad vance, riding rapidly. Yik Kee stopped at the turn. "Humph! Can't catchee. Hangee at bridge. You gone !" He turned his horse and sped across the field, d'serting us basely. We mile on, Ted and I. He was pale and still, my eheeks were burn ing. We neared the bridge. The high mound of enrth before us hid them from sight. We stopped our horses and listened. The men had lighted torches, swrne were prepar-j ing a rough gallows under the bridge, two were uncoiling rope ; some held the horses of the others beyond the bridge. The men were masked now and I could see by the lighted torch es that their number was increased. Jack was very white and sad but he showed no fear. "I am innocent, gentlemen," he ?aid, slowly, ' but I refuse to tell you of whom I bought the hides." I understood him. Could Harry White be a cattle thief? I felt as if I were growing mad. "Wnat shall we do?" whispered Ted, cocking his revolver. Suddenly a bright red light illu minated the heavens, followed by clouds of black smoke and a queer, crackling noise. A yell from the men, Gill Mead s voice above the rest. Ihe haystack was on hre It seemed to me in the dare around it that 1 could see a foreign looking lintii.'in h-iniT vaniatiini' across the plain. ihe men mounted their horses, Gill Mead at the head, and set off across the fields at a mad gallop. They must save the stack. They left Jak bound hand and foot and guarded by one man. ;hep, the wonderful dog, h.'ul kept by us uutil now, slinking in the dark shadows. Now gliding sidewise and still, he reached the man on guard, whose back was to us, and with no warning growl caught him by the throat with stromi white teeth that could choke a coyote in a second. The man, who was in a sitting pos ture, fell back with a groan. Ted struck him over the head with the butt of his revolver, and pulled off the dog. I cut Jack's bonds with a knife. He looked at us wonderingly and staggered to his feet. Never mind hur we cam?. Jack, I said. "Quick, mount the horse be- vond the bridge, ami ride to Denver for your life. They wiil not harm a woman and child. "Harrv White," he muttered, the loyal soul that even could think of another's danger. "I will tell him." "No, no; not of this only say, if he stole the cattle to fly the country. They will find out sooner or later." He golloped down the road Ted and I mounted, calling off Shep, who sat on his haunches watching the unconscious man, and then, we too. sped down the road. The haystack was giving out great vol utnes Ql black smoke, but the fire was dead. Ahead of us was a riderless horse, )olly, who greeted her master with joyful whinny. Where was Yik ivee 1 incn voi, my norse, snieo from the road from a recumbent black figure. It was the indomita- le Yik Kee, who had crawled all the way from the stick on his stom ach, so that he could not be seen, af ter lying in the ditch until after the blaze had faded out. "Humph, no catchee Chinee; leap sore, he said, laconically, ruu- bitig his stomach. He mounted dollv, and we rode on to White's ranch. Harry rushed out at the sound of horses' feet at midnight. There, under the twink ling stars, I looked into his eyes, and told hiin the whole story. He showed no guilt, but only said w must stay that night at his ranch, for the men would come back to Jack's for him, and then mounting his flet colt rode down the road. I comforted his mother the best I could. At daybreak we rode back home. Mary was in a wild state of alarm. Where had we been? Where was Jack ? and how cruel we were to leave her alone. She said that at 1 o'clock three masked men had come to the house and searched it and the premises, but had not molested her or the children, only asking where Jack was, sternly and sharp ly. At noon, Jack, Harry, the sheriff and a party of of armed men from Denver rode up, ( stopping only a moment to tell me that they would be back at night I dared not tell Mary, and she worried all the after- j noon at their strange conduct At night Jack and Harry came home, looking tired but happy. Then Jack told Mary, and she cried and clung to him as though 6hecould4never let him go. It seemed the pleasing ranchman frnm Ch inarm was one of a. band sf - - n- cattle thieves. He sold the hides to Harry, who, honest and open him self, was slow to suspect wrong deal ing, of others. Theshenff had caught the men skinning a cow that be longed to Mead, and had captured the gang and taken them to Denver. The men concerned in the attempt to lynch Jack were sincerely sorry. Their regrets would not have avail ed much, however, if they had suc ceeded in their purpose. They gave each of the children ten acres of land ; they gave Ted sixty-five, and me, whom they considered very plucky, 150 acres. I felt rich enough and time has made it very valuable land. The man on guard was the warmest admirer. He thought Ted, Shep and I wonders of courage. He said when I came down on the bridge with the open knife, he! thought his last hour had come. Gill Mead committed suicide not long after this. He was always queer. No one ever knew that Yik Kee set the stack afire. I tell you Jack rewarded the .faithful gave him a good farm, taught him to work it, and built him a house. The fun niest thing was Yik Kee had a wife and three .queer little children io China, and Jack sent for them. Yik Kee and his family are as happy as can be. The children play with Jack's (he has twelve now,) and get along finely together. In 1S75 I married Harry White, which, I suppose, was foreseen from the beginning at least Jack says anybody, could have seen it. The most serene and satisfied face at the wedding was the Celestial's. In my inner consciousness, notwithstand ing he is a "heathen Chinee," 1 have the conviction, that as great a hero as is seen in modern times is the man of few words Yik Kee. YVjiu-htel 8 KindneAB. Tho latest story of Wachtel, the great tenor, is that about a twelve month since he purchased some tri flinp: article in a small art store and ordered it sent to his residence. "Your address please," said the little old woman in charge. "Theodare Wachtel, No. , strasse." "What, are yu the great singer Wachtel?" "Yes. Haven't you ever heard me sing ?'? "No; but I have always wanted to." "How long have you lived in Ber lin?" asked Wachtel. "Sixty-five years," she replied. "And never heard me sing? How does that happen?"' "Well, in the first place, I have my business to attend to; and then "Then what ?" "Then the tickets always cost so much ?" "Is that all. Then I will send you some tickets for to-morrow evening, as I sing at Kroll's in the "Postil ion." The tickets were sent and the little old woman went to hear the great Wachtel for the first time. A few days ' later he again visited the little shop. "Well, I saw you at the theater Wednesday evening," was her greet ing. "You sat in the fourth row in the parquette, directly in front of the stage." ishe replied with a rapturous ex pression of thankfulness and pleas ure that was probably one ot the proudest moments of the artist's life. Before his magnificent voice was dis covered and while he was stil driv ing a droschke in Hamburg, Wach tel was married and became the father of two children, if not more. His wife kept a huckster stall at the market, but when he tiegan to rise as a singer, they separated by mutual agreement, a3 it was evident to both that she was not the woman to adorn his new position. The boys staid with her thereafter. One of them is Ferdinand Wachtel, the young tenor now singing in the Leipzig opera, and of whom the elder j achtol is verv jealous. Theodore Wachtel was married again and most happily. They have several childron, and live near, or on, "Belle Alliance Plaza," in Berlin. His greatest success. "The Postill ion," was written especially for him, ... . and is partly his own history, or, at least, strongly resembles his own life, and was so intended by the j author. j I Grape? culture. A remarkable illustration of what may be done with ten acres of land I only has been furnished by a fruit I planter named Dillon, of Woodland, California. Six years ago he planted five acres with Muschtel grapes, since which he has added two more acres. He has also planted one acre with prunes, nectarines and peaches. From the five acres first mentioned his gross returns last year were tl, , u , r . . i . i . l l. . j.ki. Ijmsi itar ne piuiut-n iiucc fourths of an acre of beets which yielded 3-" tons. By the aid of these, and a liitle bran or shorts, he kept a span of horses and two cows seven months, besides which he sold 820 worth of beets. One of the cows yielded from ten to eleven pounds of butter per week besides the milk which the planter's small family used. By the side of his fencing Dillon further planted twenty walnut trees, whicbhave borne lruit for two years. From the wood cut from these trees last year in the trimmings he made a little over three cords of stove-wood. Gum trees planted six years ago, and some of them twelve inches in diameter, will make when cut into wood from one-fourth to one-half a cord of wood per tree. In the condition in which he now has his fruits and vines, this enterpris ing grower on a small scale states that he can make a living for him self and family, and lay bv from ?S0O to $1,000 annually. IIib fami- consists of himself, wife, and one V. 11 1.1V.. Canae of Failure. Want of confidence accounts for half of the business failures of to- dav. C. N.Boyd, the Druggist, is ; not liable to fail for want of confi t.l . fofl V.. f fi i dence in Dr. Bosanko'a Cough and Lung Syrup, for he gives awav ai bottle free to all who are suffering! with Coughs, Coldi, Asthma, Con-! sumDt on. and all affections of the Throat and Lungs. Charred grain, either of corn, wheat, oats or buckwheat, should bo ! fed to fowls occasionally. ' ale WHOLE NO. 1705. Presidential Probabilities Four yearsago the Republicans of the country were in a fever of excite ment over the Presidential question. Tnere were Grant men, Blaine men, and Sherman men everywhere. Everybody seemed to have a first ehooce 'and to have staked all hia political hopes and aims upon his nomination. Very little of this feel ing exists to day, and what is more, the nearer we come to the convention the less of that sort of personal po litics there seems to be. All signs point to a deliberative instead of a belligerant National convention. This is true, indeed, of both parties. Nothing is being accomplished aad very little attempted far any candi date in either party by setting up pins, laying wires, lighting butire, and the other devices of boom-makers. The entire country seems pervaded by the spirit of deliberation. The only attempted boom now in progress to advance the interests of a candidate by the methods of 180 is General Logan's. How much of this effort is due to hiiselr and hi immediate surroundings and how much to what are well called "fool friends ' it is difficult to say. If the General is as sagacious a political! as The Inter 0 fnn has always given him credit for beinz, he is now using his influence to bring his friends it. to liiii- with flic piirront of nrtva- I lent opinion, ami will do so all the more as the campaign advances. A public man is often the victim of friendly follv, and General Logan's candidacy should not be prejudiced bv what he cannot prevent. A recent canvass of Illinois by the New York Tribune, Blaine's special organ, and for that reason a paper just now very friendly t Geaeral Logan, shows that only fifty-two out of the 102 counties of this rotate, and those not the largest, have Logan as their first choice. This does not mean that a majority of the Repub licans of Illinois would regret his nomination but simply that theyaro in avmnnthv w 1 1 a it. ni;i! Br.irtt f,f deliberation which prevails elsewhere ! ing the rebellion which occurred in iu the country. The LJcr Orom j Ireland in 17US Kilkenny was gar sees no signs of an anvthing-to-beat- risoi.ed by a regiment of Hessian Logan fight in anv district of 1 1 1 i-1 nois, but it does give the tarty iu this Statu rrpdit for w.iritin" the National convention to nominate the ticket most likely to carry a luajf-ri-ty of all the electoral votes, without regard to local pride or prejudice. It is evident that the contest wiil be very close and that neither party can afford to make a mistake in the choice of a standard-bearer. There are six doubtful States, New York, Ohio, Indiana. Ne v Jersey, California, and Nevada, casting in all ninety-four of the 401 electoral votes. The Democrats are conceded 153 votes, the Republicans l.4. New Jersey with her nine is likely to go uemocratic, and caniornia with hereight Republican, thus mak ing the two parties stand a tie, 102 each. Of the remaining seventy seven doubtful votes New York will cast thirty-six, giving whichever party may win that golden prize 1US votes, or within three of a majority. Any one of the three remaining States, Ohio, Indiana, or even Ne vada, would then complete the ma jority. A campaign under such circum stances is bound to be for both par ties the crossing of a precipice upon a single log. One false tep and all is lost. Deliberation, in distinction from rash precipitancy, is the neces sity of the hour for both parties con fronting mk'Ii a contest. According to the present indica tions, President Arthur is the man of all others to lead the Republican partv to victory. All the signs of the times point that way Entering upon the office under peculiar! cia- tressing circumstances, beset at the threshold of his administration by difficulties of the most embarrassing nature, he has steadily grown in popular favor. Suspicion was dis- 'armed and animosity turned to TT .1 .11 ad- miration. He lias not been the head of a faction. Abraham Lincoln him- self was not more thorougly deter- mined to obey the will of the people as against the behests of cliques and factions. He has succeeded in har- moniziug the Republicans of his i own Mate, and in winning to his iiircrt th mrire cnriunrviitiva .-- ni.t r,irh r,a littlo 1.,1 t tV, crack of the party whip. The Utica convention of April 2-i wiil in a very important sense be National in character. The intelli gence of the country will note with great care all the proceedings ot that body, and the accessories ot it, w ith a vifcW to thi:J quefition . Can Arthur i . carry New York? If satisfied that he can, then hia nomination in Chi cago, with Lincoln or some other Western man for Vice President, will follow almost as a matter of course. Not only has President Arthur encouraged no resort to the ordinary methods of winning delegations, but he has effectively and resolutely used his influence to prevent anything of tho kind. Instead of putting him self in the hands of his friends, he has compelled his friends to stand aloof from any interference with the natural course of political events. It is only fair to General Logan to add that the weakness of his boom is due mainly to the fact that the people are in no mood to encourage the booming of any one, but largely also' to tho remarkably strong and widely current feeling that Robert T. Lincoln ought to be the . candi date for Vice President This senti ment has not been fostered into life by the enemies of General Logan or the friends of Mr. Lincoln. It rests upon its own intrinsic merits. Whether the expression of senti ment be in favor of Arthur, Blaine, Sherman, or Edmunds, it 's general ly coupled with the remark that Lincoln as second on the ticket , would add strength to it, and that alike at the South, in the doubtful c,0,, j I1c.k0,, r.r,rk I out the country. Inter-Ocean. """"6" - hlte -,ePh"HJi?Te .PJR?!1? pneo from 8200,000 to ll.o,000. ow --JUC lu 1U BU"- mer supply. Some men are so lacking in hos- pitality that they will not even en- ter tain an idea. j Charles Sumner, many years be i fore he was known in politics, sought j the acquaintance of Horace Greeley in .ctr lorfc. lie found the jour nalist much engaged, and wad invit ed by him to come to his house the next morning and take breakfast Mr. Summer was not an early riser, and he liked a good breakfast when he did get up. He rather anticipa ted one in this case. At the early hour named by Mr. Greeley he left the Astor house, took a stage, and roue several miles up Broadway, and after much difficulty, found tho residence of his new friend at an oidfashioned farmhouse, situated in the middle of an orchard between Broadway and the river, where he was hospitably received by the oc cupant. After considerable conver sation with Mr. Greeley the latter remarked to his wife, who had come into the room, that Mr. Sumner would probably like something to eat She expressed a doubt whether there was anything in the house, at which Sumner, who was really hun gry after his long ride, was some what well, surprised, to say the the least "Why, mother," said Greeley to his wife, "you mut have some milk, some bread and milk in the house." She thougt that it might be so, and soon appeared with a mug, two bowls, and some crackers, which she placed on a bare pine table, and the two incipient philan thropists ate their breakfast in peace. Anybody who knew Sumner and his dainty ways in these things can appreciate the situation. No doubt it was the first and last time he ever did justice to bread and milk. The friends to whom Sumner related this incident had a feeling, which time rather strengthened, that the oldur philosopher was practicing a grim joke on the gay and somewhat festive man from Boston, fcumner howev er, never could appreciate a joke, and considered the transaction a real one so far as good faith was concern ed, although he related it with con siderable glee. Perhaps he had in Ins heart something of tne feeling ol i Thackeray, r.ho once said to a friend in Uoston : I olten wish 1 Kuew whether Becky ir-harp was really guil ty when found by her husband with the marquis ofSteyne under such re markable circumstances." AVcry Other Saturday. Kilkenny Cats). w . . r I I The story has been so long current that it has become a proverb "as quarrelsome as the Kilkenny cats two of the cats in which city are as serted to have fought so long and so furiously that naught was found of thriii but tww tails. The correct version of this saving is this : Lur- soldier?, whose custom t was to tie together, in one of their barrac; roiuns, two cats by their respective ' tails, ami thn throw them fare to f.ice across a line generally used tor drying clothes. The cats naturally became iafuriated and scratched each other in the abdomen until death ensued to one or both of them. The oflicers were maJe acquainted with the barbarous acts of cruelty, and resolved to put an end to them. For this purpose an officer was or d?rd to inspect each barrack-room daily and report its State. The sol diers, determined not to lose the daily torture of the cats, generally employed one of their comrads to watch the approach of their officer. On one occasion he negiected his duty, and the oflicer was heard as cending the stairs while the cats were undergoing their customary torture. Ono of the troopers seized a sword from the arm-rack, and with a single blow divided the tails of the cats. The cats escaped through the open windows of tre room, which was entered instantly afterward by the officer, who inquired what was the cause of the bleeding eats' tails being suspended on the line, and was told in reply that "two cats had been fighting in the room ; that it was found impossible to separate tlit.ru, and they fought so desperwte that they had devoured each other up. with the exception of their two tails." A cuiious romantic tale is just now going the rounds of the press, though unfortunately, na names have as yet been publiciy mentioned, and names and date are always of interest in a story of this sort: "An old bachelor German immigrant, C7 years of age, who is tilling the soil in Dakota, tiring of his solitary lot. but finding no helpmate near wrote some time ago to his aged mother in Germany, asking her to choose and send him a wife. She replied that she knew the right woman, but she was living in Brazil. She wrote to the woman, however, inclosing tho son's photograph, describing him and his life, and proposing her to share it The suggestion found favor in her eyes, and through the mother the son was so informed. Further correspondence followed, giving directions and the means of travel, ami a few weeks ago the her oine in this singular triangular courtship came from Brazil to New York, and thence went west to meet her coming husband." Kxeusca for Bankruptcy One day three or four weeks ago a retail grocer over in Jersey sat down with his clerk one evening, and said : " James, I owe New York houses over 83,001), " Yes. sir." " We have 452,000 in cash in the safe, the stoek is all run down, and this would be the time to fail in bus iness. " It certainly would." " But I want a reasonable apolo gy to give my creditors when they come down on us for explanations. ee if you can't think of something to-night and let me know in the morning." The clerk promised, and the gro cer wheeled a chest of tea and a bag of coffee home as a beginniog. Next morning when he appeared at the store the safe was open, the cash gone, and in tho desk was a note from the clerk reading : I have taken the $2,000 ar.d am prepared to skip. It will be the best excuse in the world for your failing so flat that creditors cannot realize two cents on the dollar. Wall Street Xevc8. In a courtship tho position of a purser is occupied by a man, while woman looks after the rigging and stavs. u What will stick to a man closer than a good and true wife?" asks a correspondent A porous plaster will crowd her for the honors, young man. In Clearfield county the majority against a Poor House was 002.
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