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The Somerset Herald,
Somerset. Pa.
eep.
sotner
Somerset, Pa.
nrn v TnrECKER,
' ATTOESET-AWjjW.
Office, up-stalr. In Cook Beerlta" Block,
G
E011GER. SCLL ft
ATTuni' ii "
Somerfet Fa.
TOIIN" R. SCOTT,
.1 ATTUKNLY-AT LAW
humcrss Fa.
1H J.
KOOSER.
ATTOKNEY-AT LAW,
Somerset, Fa.
In?
ENDS LEY.
ATTtiRXEY-ATLAW,
Somerset, P
s.
U. TRENT.
ATTOKNEY.AT-LAW,
Somerset, Fens a.
Euli
SCULL.
ATTOF.NEY-ATLAW,
Somerset, Fa.
II,
L. P.AER,
A TTOK N EY-AT-LA W,
Somerset, Pa.,
will nrartlce In Somerset and sioin'.na- counties.
All -uYlne. entrusted to him wiu ueprumpu,
attended to.
AH.COFFBOTH. , W. H. Ktlftu
nOFFROTTI RUPPEL
(J ATTUKNEYS-AT LAW.
All business entrusted to their cart wiU be
.tiilv and punctually attended to.
W,rs m Main Cross street, oppoelta th.
Mammoth block.
i a j.oolbok;:.
L. C. COLBORX.
InOLBORlRORN,
a n m.ir,e Intruded to onr care will be twnmpt-
Irfc .ItblTanendcd to. Collection maae in m.
ivitl Hord. and a.i.olnin IV-ontlea. Survey,
hit; Coveyanelng done on reaaonable terms.
TV
riLLIAM II. KOONTZ.
A TTOK ti-A i " ,
Somerset, Fa.,
win Kit. i..PL".,LJ,.n.:in'
e,i to hlf care in Mmtni -
tMhre in Frintlni? House Row.
D'
EXXIS MEYERS,
ATTOKNEY-AT-Lw.
Someroeu Penn a.
All lecal hnrineM entrnnted to h If care will be
iltrmle-1 to with promptness and fidelity.
urn- on Main Cross Street, next door to Sny
dVr a t 'o."s store.
aprt
JAMES L. PWH,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Somerset. Pa.
Office. Mammoth Block, up slatrs. Entrance,
Main Cmss street. Collections made, estates
settled, titles examine.!, and all leiral business
attended to with promptness and fidelity.
Y. KIMMEL,
ATTORN EY-AT-LAW,
mays
Somerset, Fa.
Mj rniTTs.
. ATTORNEY -AT LAW,
Off.oe, up-stairs In Sltmmoth Block.
JOHN 0. KIMMEL,
ATTORN EY-AT-LAW,
SomerMl, rm.
f in BllcDa in u I'ufiucw mw
... m a. ( wttmmtmA A hi MK
DM aVDa BUV1IIJ. V'Uioc
II
ENRY F. SC1IELE,
ATTORNEY-AT l8.w,
Huint. .nl Pension A it cut.
Somerset,
Fa.
Office in Mammotn Black.
VALENTINE HAY.
V ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Ill
attend to all business entrusted to bis car wun
promptness ana noety .
TOHX II. UIIE.
fl ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
17 Somerset, Pa
WiU promptly attend to all bnslness entrusted
trr iu Mammu'lb Hull J in.
T G.OGLE.
s . ATTORNET-AT LAW,
Somerset Pa
Prlelonal bnslness entrusted to my care at
tended to wun prompmew puu ibtouj.
DR. J. M. LOUT HER,
( Formerly of Stoyestown.)
PHVSICIAS 1SD SVRCKOS,
, i . - i .m.nMttv In Sftmoritet for the
nracilce ot ills irotcsion. Office S doors West of
t entral Hotel, in rear ol Drue; Store. m?n
r. E. W. P LOUGH,
HOMEOPATHIC FHYS1CAS ASD SVRGEOK
T.nH.m M iwrrlces to the ieoile of Somerset
and vicinity. Calls in lown or country primptly
att. nded to. I an I found at office flay or niarni,
unless prolessionallv eniraei. arf-Otflce on
S.iul beast corn.r ol Diamond, over Knepjier i
Sh. Store. aprt3::i.
D- R. II. S. KIMMEL""
tenders his professional service to the ettt
... nf s,nrnvi and VIclnitT. I nless nrofe.siin-
al enaaiced he ran be found at his office, on Main
St , east of the Dtamotra.
D
R. H. BRURAKER tfndors hi?
trset and vicinltv. office in reaidenot on mala
ortklesslonal aemces to me riiixrni m
ureet west ol the Diamond.
TVR. WM. RAUCH tenders
his
1 professional services to the citlscns of Som-
eret and TlclnltT.
titflce One djor east of Wayne k Berkeblle's
turniture store.
Iiee.S, "Si.
DR. JOHN RILLS,
DENTIST.
Omes p sulri in Cook A BeeriU Block .Somer
set, Pa,
DR. WILLIAM COLLINS.
DENTIST. SOMERSET, PA.
ifflce In Mammoth Block, above Boyd a Drug
M..re. where he ewn at all times be loona prepar
ed lu.lu .1! kimts of work, such as filltnir. reiru-
katiea, extraetioc. ac. Artificial teetb of all kinds,
sad of the best material Inserted. Operations
warranted.
H
HOWARD WYNNE, MD.
JOIIXSTOWX, PEXXJ.
I'lseasesoftbeF.ye. Ear. Nose and Throat.
Sjiedal and Exclusive practice. Hours, C a. u. to
r. a. Luther fe Green Itlork, a Main St.
J.1'
THOMSON. M. D.
SURGEON DENTIST.
Johnstown. Pa.
Has bad a professional experience ol more than
thirty years. Fitt-ind Terra a Srmitv.
otlf-e rooms No. SB? Main street (up stairs) over
John 1 ln' Haniware Store. It will be neces
sary for persona who want work done to make en
araiceinBts be lure ha aa. octlS'SS.
TAMES 0. KIERNAN, M. D. ten-
I ders his professional services to the citlxens nf
Somerset and vicinity. He can be lownd at the
residence ol hlslatberoa Mala Siraet or at the
oAce of Dr. Henry Brubaker.
Sept
DR. J. K. MILLER has perma
nently locatarl In Berlin for the practice st
his prvteafW. IrBtoe oppoatte Charles Krisslng
er's saora. apr. Zi, TS-tt
QIAMOND HOTEL,
STOYSTOWN. l'ENN'A.
This popular and well known house baa lately
been thoruoshly and newlT refitted with all new
wnd best ol Inrniture. which has made It a very
t estraf.lt tJoipln( place ft the trauellns; public.
His table and rooms cannot be surpassed, all be
ns: first class, with a laree pubUe hall attached
to the aame. Also lance sad roomy stablinc.
First class board ins; oaa be bad at the lowest pos
sible prices, by the week, day or meal.
SAJITELCTTSTER, Prop.
S.E-Cor. Diamond
Stoyatow ,Pa
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
Estate of Michael Klucer., dee'd. late oT Addison
Twwublp. Somerset liounty. Pa.
letters of Admlnlstratioa ao the above estat
harina; beea s ran led to the andersiimed by the
proper aatbortty. notica Is hereby aien to all
persons lodebb-d ta said estsls to snae Immedi
ate paymeat, and those bavins; claims ajralnjl the
same will praeent them Oalv authentioatea for
auiement oa Satorilay. An'irast Z, UM, at the
lata rasidenca of the deceased.
SAM VELA. RINGER.
unels. AdmlnUtraVOT.
V
1
tie
VOL. XXXIII. NO G.
Ri(seT7ay Patent Refrigerator The Best.
It solves the difficult problem of Perfect Refrigeration. It driea and purities itself while in as by
an Automatic Circulation of Air. It dispenses
necessary 10 Keep it Clean, anl permiisoi a wihhi iimns; requiring really neeieaninsrui an u toos: as
ioe supply is maintained. Milk, Hutter, Meats, Fish, Fruit, etc., can be kept in tbia Refrigerator
at aame t'lme without imparting I hp flavor of either to the others. It ta much more economical In
consumption of ire than any other Kefriirerator. Insulated with dead air ipaeaa made In beat
manner, wun pa pet wans. morisK in purcuaeuig. aatisiactlon guaranteed, or money reiuaoru.
Send for Illustrated Caul ogue.
Fruit Jars,
Jelly Glasses,
Fruit Cans,
Cement Ladles,
Jar Fillers,
Cherry Seeders,
Granite Ware,
Lamps,
Clcthes Wringers,
Fly Traps,
Erlives and Forks,
Castors, Etc.
I F. W. HAY,
Manufacturer and Dealer in
; PLAIN, STAMPED A JAPANNEU
! TINWARE.
KANQES, STOVES, AND
House Furnishing Goods,
i Copper & Sheet Iron Ware.
1 Crashes tc.
' AT WHOLESALE and RETAIL.
' No. S78, 2W and 382 Washington St,
JOHNSTOWN. PA.
Wholesale Agent for Self Melting
and Self-Sealing
"Wax Strings
For scaling Fruit Cam and Jan. The
Simplest, t'besiiest, and mon reliable method
for Stealing Fruit Jar ever used. From fro to
so eta. per down saved br using them. Deal
en supplied at mvnutactnrer't prlcea. Send
for circular.
FARMERS,
FARMERS.
WE HAVE
MARKED DOWN
Every Pair Of
WHOLE STOCI
KIP AND SPLIT
PLOW SHOES.
We Found Our Stock Was
TOO LARGE,
And in Order to Reduce
Before The
Them
We Have Ccncludd to JIAEE THEH
I0WN So Cheap that they are
Eoncd to Go ITcw.
ALL OTHER
BOOTS SHOES,
JJSlT
SLIPPERS
Call and See Ua, and Save Money
bv Buying From
L.
OlSTE-FKICE
SHOE STORE
No. 212 Main St., Johnstown, Pa.
SOMERSET COUNTY BANK 1
(ESTABLISHED 1877.)
CHAELES. I. EtESlSOH.
President
M. I. PRITTS.
Cashier
Col lections made
Statea.
in all parts of the I'nlted
CIIAEGES MODERATE.
Partlea wlshtns; to send money West eaa be ae
eotnmodatad by dra t New York la aay swm.
Cullesajoas made wttfe promptoeaa. J. S. Boads
bot-awa'and sold. Money and valuables secured
by one of Die hold's celebrated ssUea, with a Sar
gent a Tale aaot oe Ume kick.
ACCOUNTS SOLICITED.
WAUleira boUdayi observed. -fca
STABBABDTEB S
with metal llnina:.w objectionable beeaaaa of labor
S2.00
Will purchaie a
Kitchen Outfit,
Oonslitlng 'of the fol
lowing 38 ptecea :
1 blah Pan.
1 Cflffea Pot,
1 Water Bucket,
1 Covered Bucket,
1 Large Grater,
a TinCupa,
4 Pie Platca,
1 Cake Cutter,
1 Saaee Pan,
1 Waiih Kuln,
Table Knlvea,
Table Forks,
6 Table Spoons,
Tea Siiooot.
EnaiM anl GalvauM In
Water Coolers,
LEMON SqVEEZERS. ICEPICKS, ICE
T( N r, s. W I N E X OL EKS. T V M BLEU
UKAINF.KS. ICECREAM MOLDS
LlUOK MIXERS, ETC
Albert a. Kobhk.
J. Scott Wash.
HOME & MRD
arrcassou to
EATON & BROS,
NO. 27 FIFTH AVENUE,
PITTSBURGH, PA.
KPRl5?G1882.
NEW GOODS
EVEEY AY SPECIALTIES
Imbroideries, Laces, MiHinery, Whlta Goods, Hind
kerchiefs, Drew Trimmings, Hosiery, Gloves,
Corsets, Muslta and Kerlns Uaderwear, In
fants' and Children's Clothing. Fancy
Goods, Yarns, Zephyrs, Mate
rials of Ail Kinds for
FANCY WORK,
Gent's Fuim&i Goofis, k, k
vera PATsoKAoa ia axsracTFtrLLT oucTrD.
.SO-Onk-rs bv Mail attendol to with Prompt-
ne$ and Dispatch.
A NEW ENTERPRISE.
E. M. Lambert & Bra,
Manufacturers of and Dealers in
White Pine ii Hemloct Slito
We have secured a
US) E W HVTTTiXj,
I And manuiaeture Shingles on the Nlcblaran
! Priociiila. We cut. and constanllv keeD ou band
', two sriadesof the various kinds ol Shingles. We
uaraulee our SbiiiKles to be superior to any
in the County. Shall be pleased to have parties
come and Inspect onr shingles before buying
elsawbere. Address
E, M. LAMBERT & BRO.,
LAMBERTSVILLE, SOMERSET CO., Pa,
juucll tin.
FASHIONABLE
CUTTER & TAILOR,
Havins; had many
years experience
in all branches of
he Tallorlna bus-
Iness. 1 truarantee
bausiacuon to au
who may call ap-
on me and favor
me with their pat
ronage.
Vours, Ac,
WUI. M. IIOCHSTE IliEB,
Somerset, Ptv
marS
QUEMAHONING
WOOLEN MILLS.
WM. S. MOliGAX, Proprietor,
THE Avcnls of these well-known Mills are now
visiting their customers with a splendid as
sortment of
WOOLEN GOODS,
which Ihev wish to trade for WooL These Ootds
are made In our own County, from Pure Stoei,
on the Latest improved Machinery, and bj first
class w.irkmen. We want FIFTY THWSASD
POI SDS OF WOOL this year, and will make it
par vou to deal with ns.
aHsT-We sre also prepared to do Custom Spin
nlnx and Wool Carding jfifr
aprt3-im. Uuemahonlng, Pa.
$66s
week at home. $5 outfit tree.
absolutely sure. No risk. Cap
Btit reoutred. P.eader. if Voa
ant business at which Demons of
ertberaex, younsc or old, can snaseirre pay h
the time they work, wun absolute eertainty
write hr particulars ta H. Haixktt, Portland,Me.
AGENTS
wanted fir the
of all the
Presidents of the
U. S. The lar
gest, handsomest, best book ever sold for less sner
twice onr price. The fastest selling book. Attest
ca immense pronia to asjenu. aiu iuiusiim
cople want It. Any one can become a snceesort
aicent Terms free. Haixjott Rook Co., Port
and, Maine.
Lime,
Lime.
Lime I
a
From the Celebrated Peek Limestone Led sre
famished aboard the ears at ear kilns near Pino
Urove at cents per bushel, rnslaeked. Orders
promptly oiled, tor lurtner particulars cauoa
the nndcrsia-ned.
J. M. auLt uicDtsuui at statu..
K or a-wood. Pa or
m-syl ISAAC O.
JUXES.
Somerset, Pa
CHARLES HOFFMAN.
HEBCiAUT TAILOR.
(Adots Henry He8teiy Stera)
LITEST STYLES CJ LOWEST PEICES.
OSA TISF ACTION GUARANTEED.
SOMERSET, :P.
ar a --
oiier
To-Day.
Don't tell rue of to-morrow ;
Give me the boy who'll gar.
That, when a good deed's to be done,
" Let's do the deed toJay."
We may all command the present, '
If we act and neyer wait ;
But repentance is the phantom
Of a past that comes too late.
Don't tell me of to-morrow ;
There is much to do to-day
That can never be accomplished
If we throw the hours away.
Every moment has its duty ;
Who the future can foretell ?
Then why put off till to-morrow
What to-Uay can do as well ?
Don't tell me of to-morrow ;
If we look upon the pa.t.
How much we have left to do
We cannot do at last.
To-day 1 it is the only time
For all on this frail earth ;
It takes an age to form a life,
A moment gives it birth.
AH, THE PITY OK IT!"
BY TIG II B HOPKINS.
Many years ago I made a slay,
extending over a period of months,
in a email, obscure watering place
on the southeast coast I had just
finished my course as a student at
Guy 8 Hospital, and, under the com
bined strain of severe and not over-
pleasant work in the wards and dis
eectine room, and ot a sharp and
exhausting examination, my health
had given way. I was ordered to
take rest, and with it any mild form
of recreation that pleased me best,
and beins at that time much strait
ened in pocket, and having no in
clination to tax the hospitality of
mends, 1 went down alone to the
little seaside town of Southbeach. I
took small rooms in an unambitious
street from which, when the tide
was unusually high, I obtained an
uninterrupted view of about a half
dozen miles of sea. It was the mid
die oi beptemoer, and the season
was waning. The place was crowd
ed and the visitors, of both sexes
and all ages, thronged the beach
from morn till dewy eve." Al
though without friends, acquaint
ance or companions, I was not in
the least degree lonely. I entered
thoroughly into the life of the place
and took a liVelv interest in the
sports of the children on the sands ;
in the flirtations, jealousies, little
quarrelings and peace-makings ef
the young people ot seventeen, twen
ty and twenty-two ; in the confabs
of the aunts, mammas and grand
mammas, and in the discomforts
and trials, more or less stoically
borne, of the papas. As the month
closed in, the holiday population be
gan rapidly to thin. The morning
train to town was crowded each day
and the loiterers on the beach dwin
dled like the sheep of Wadsworth's
northern shepherd. The brass band
performed its last tune on the ter
race, and dissolved amid a crash of
big drum and cymbals; the negro
minstrels washed their laces and re
sumed conventional habiliments ;
the itinerant preacher disappeared
on the same morning that the don
keys were driven off the cliff ; the
perambulators, which had obstruct
ed the beach for fourteen weeks,
were hoisted ou the luggage train.
and the bathing machines were
drawn far out of the wash of the
waves.
Bv-and-by the sands wore the
desolate look which the banks of the
Red Sea might have worn after the
morning of the annihilation of
Pbaroah and his host : and on such
days as were bright enough and
warm enough lor an early dip I bad
the whole wide sea to myself; those
who like the seaside only as it ap
pears in mid July or August, when
the season s brief fever is at its I
heieht. will connect a sense of the
dismal with this description, Put let
me hasten to eav that for my part
found nothing dismal or depressing
in the emptiness of the town, or the
barrenness of the shore. The little
place quickly settled down to the
life which it led during eight months
of the yeir, and this in its turn had
a eentle charm lor me. 1 had a leel
ine of importance as I walked
through the High street, the sole
remaining visitor, and on the beach
of an evening I had full liberty to
regard myself as a ne Alexander
Selkirk and te indulge imaginings
as I looked across the never ending
sea, taat i was monarcn oi au i
surveyed." The barber began to
take a personal interest in me ; the
policeman would halt on hia un
eventful beat to inquire kindly after
the effect of the new tonic I was
trying ; the tobacconist and station
er, an ardent amateur sportsman,
took pains to cultivate in me an af
fection for the turf, and the young
ady at the postoffice was never in a
hurry to retire behind the screen
after she had served me with a shill
ing's worth of postage stamps. I
had another set ol mends along the
beach where the fishermen told me
yarns which, ignoring the. 44 too too
solid " evidence of their apocryphal
character, I accepted as unimpeach
able gospel ; the post-guards unbent
so far as to touch their caps, and the
piermaoter more than once invited
me into his snuggery at the end of
the pier, where he kept a bcttle or
two of double extra proof spirits, of
the existence of which the corst
guards above mentioned were dis
creetly ignorant I had more friends
now, in short, than I had when the
town was packed and the beach
swarmed with visitors ; moreover,
being of solitary habit I took pleas
ure in day-long rambles in the coun
try which stretched away almost
from the water's edge, and amid
fields still verdant and hedges yet
teeming with life and color, I re
newed the botanical pastimes of boy
hood. A striking (indeed the most strik
ing) feature of Southbeach was its
pier. It was an old, sturdy, wooden
structure, only a few yards short of
a mile in length, which had resist
ed wind and wave for nearly a hun
dred years. Rugged of aspect, its
height, length and massy build in
vested it with a character almost of
grandeur ; and it gave one an idea
of strength well-nigh invincible to
note the steadfastness) of the piles
when the waves rushed against
them, and the storm winds Btnote
set
ESTA.B3LI8HED, 1827.
SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY. JULY 23, 1884.
them with a giant's blows. In all
weathers and at all times I found the
pier a delightful promenade. It
was restful and quieting beyond ex
pression to sit there on a still after
noon What time the splendor of the setting inn
Lay beautiful
upon the waters. At early morn
ing the air was coolest there, and the
sea showed a hundred colors under
the radiant sky. By nightthe place
had a mystic beauty of its own
tv hen the moon clave a white way
across the gleaming waters, and the
pale phosphorescence tracked the
swift, silent motions of the fish.
On a breezy or stormy day the pier
head, a mile away from the shore,
was a coign of vantage around which
the winds eddied briskly or thun
dered magnificently, the foam top
ped waves seething and roar
ing among the timbers under
neath. A day rarely passed on which I
did not visit the pier ; often I re
mained there irom morning until
afternoon, or trcm afternoon till far
into th night calling to mind, as
far as I was able, all that my favor
ite poets, lrom viigu to laureate,
had Denned about the sea, and com
paring the descriptions with the
living, moving waters ; turniagthen
to the sky, and longing for the pen
cil of a Turner or the quill of
Rousseau to put upon the canvas or
into words the colors, the texture
and movements of the "unenduring
clouds."
In a little while it seemed as
though the pier belonged to me.
stayed on it for hours, hanging over
the wooden ran unui x couiu i
most touch the waters with my
hands, or wandering the length of
it, 44 lonely as a cloud," and never
meeting but one living creature,
This was th man who occupied a
tiny hut on the pier head, whose
function was to light at dusk the
huge lamp which tlung a red
glare over the waters. He was an
ill favored man, short and lean,
with a hooked uose and crooked
eyes, who reminded me of a waxen
murderer I had seen in the Chamber
of Horrors at Madame Tussaud's
In the not very robust state of health
in which I was at the tine the eight
of this always aitected me uncom
fortably. and when I saw him com
ing I ran down the steps of the land
ing stage in the centre of the pier,
and kept my gaze fastened on the
sea.
One afternoon, toward the end of
Oct6ber, when for three weeks 1 had
held almost undisputed possession
of the pier, I was surprised
nay startled, to see approaching
from the shore the figure of
woman." -
The height shape and genera
lines of the form told me that she
wan a woman, and nresentlv tha
gait, the poise of the head, the car
riage of the figure told me that she
was a lady. There was excuse for
my fueling of surprise, but I do not
know that 1 ought to have been
startled. Startled, however, I was
that much I remember distinctly
and in that state of mind I remain
ed while the lady, with slow, even
and graceful steps, drew near to me.
As she approached I could see that
she was followed, at a distance ef
two or three paces, by a female at
tendant She came nearer, and J
saw her disuactiy. She was tai
and slight, and of singularly elegant
figure. Drawn half over her lace
was a thin J ace veil, which intensi
fied the pallor of her complexion
She was dressed in black from head
to foot and wore a rich silk mantle,
very slightly edged with sable,
which, fitting to perfection, lent ad
ditional grace to her figure. She
was beautiful, with a beauty thai
had never seen before. Pale almost
to whiteness, with clustering black
hair, and eyes large, deep and lus
trous, and of the blackest black. As
she came to where I was sitting I
stood up to let her pass, and she
went on without noticing me. The
expression on her face struck me as
singularly sweet and tender, but the
eyes were the striking feature, and
the ray of strange, half sad light
that passed from them haunted me
when she had gone. The maid fol
lowed a woman of rather heavy
countenance, and strong but obsti
nate shoulders, who looked straight
before her, and seemed to have no
eyes save for her mistress enly. I
watched them as they passed, and
went slowly down the pier. The
mistress never looked behind or
spoke to the maid, and the maid al
ways walked at the same distance of
two or thre paces from the mistress.
I waited, hoping that they would
return ; but they stayed long and I,
who had been fasting since earlv
morning, at length went home. I
was on the pier next morning and
again in the alternopn, and looked
curiously for the unknown visitant
of the previous day, but she did not
appear.
Meantime my thoughts were busy
and I asked myself again and again
who was she, and what had brought
her to bouthbeachr Hers was a
figure that would have been noticea
ble anywhere, I should have singled
her out I thought from the crowd
that frequented the beach a few
weeks past and was therefore, of
course, especially noticeable on the
narrow pathway of the deserted
pier. It did not occur to me that
she was invalided like' myself ; in
deed, there was nothing of the in
valid in her appearance ; but why,
then, had she come to Southbeach,
a place recommended solely by the
salubrious vigor of its atmosphere
which, in every other respect, seem
ed unworthy of her?
Three days passed, and I saw her
again, l bis Ume she was before me
on the pier, and as I entered it from
the shore I saw her coming in the
distance. Saw her, I say, and yet
it was with the eye of the mind
rather than with the eye of the body
for she was half a mile distant; but
I knew her in an instant As she
came near I had an intense desire
to hear her voice, but knew that I
should not dare to speak to her. A
happy accident however, favored
me. The little kitten belonging to
the solitary lady at the end of the
pier had followed her towards the
shore. She had, perhaps, spoken
to it, or fondled it, as it gambolled
where I had often seen it on the
light-keeper a threshold ; at any
rate it had attached itself to her, and
she was at a loss what te do with
it
as we met and were passing
one another, she stopped and
said :
44 You are going to the end of the
pier l lhis little kitten has follow
ed me. I cannot let it leave its home,
Will you think me rude if I ask you
to take it with you ?"
What could I say ? I said that
of course I would take it with pleas
ure, and in my heart of hearts
blessed the kitten lor having fol
lowed the lady witi the lustrous
eyes. I took it in my arms it was
a little friend of mine ; I had played
with it a hundred times and the
lady thanked me with her eyes
1 a .
ana, oowing slightly, passed
on.
She came the next day, a little
later than before, her attendant with
her, and I plucked up courage to ad
dress her.
I was about 22 years old at that
time, and I gathered from her looks
and manner that the lady was some
three or four years my senior, so
that, in every way, I felt myself her
inferior.
It was not without an effort that I
lifted my hat, and said, timidly,
that I had carried the kitten in safe
ty to its home. She thanked me
her voice was low- toned and ma
picsl, and the dim, soft, light of her
eyes shone on me while she
spoke.
She was so kind and gentle in her
manner that in a moment or two 1
found nmelf talking freely and
without effort and I turned and we
walked on together.
We paced the length of the pier
and back again slowly, and perhaps
for the space of an hour, but to me it
was the shortest hour I had ever
spent And yet we had spoken only
of things indifferent We had,
soon discovered, a common interest
in the sea and sky. She loved them
both, she said, but only in their
quiet moods. Happily the day was
one of preternatural softness ; the
waters scarcely trembled as they lay
outspread beneath us, and the azure
sky was flecked with cloudlets wo
ven of gossamer. I asked whether
she intended to remain in South
beach, and she answered with some
reserve that she had visited it under
medical advice, and did not know
what would be the length of her
stay. At any rate I was rejoiced to
think that she would not leave im
mediately.
My interest in this pale, lovely
6tranger deepened daily. We met
frequently, and it was a sweet pleas
ure to me that she had quietly ac
cepted me as a friend, and allowed
me to share her walks on the narrow
wooden path above the sea. We
met nowhere else, though I knew
the house on the cliff where she had
taken rooms. I was not long in com
ing to the decision that she was the
most extraordinarily interesting
creature I had ever seen. She had
read widely, and had the rare gift of
drawing upon her books in conver
sation. My own reading had been
to some extent on similar lines with
hers ; we had both, for instance,
dipped pretty deeply into theology ;
and religion, and religious literature,
as I discovered, had an intense fas
cination for her ; chiefly,) however
on the metaphysical and specula
tive sides. Her affections were with
the church of the Middle Ages, at
the period of the dawn of Koman
ism ; and she wandered and won
dered often anaid the mazes of med
iaeval mysticism.
It was in this connection that she
once disclosed her inner self to me
more fully and yet how slightly !
than she had ever done before ; it
was evening, the first evening that
we had walked together, for she
had always returned to the shore
ith her maid at dusk. I had look
ed for her all the afternoon, and was
leaying the pier disappointed, when
I saw her coming.
The moon 44 with sad steps
climbed the sky, and the multitu
dinous stars she'd a quiet light upon
the sea.
The maid wa9 with her, but walk
ing at a greater distance than usual
in the rear. I had noticed from the
first that the relation between the
beautiful young mistress and her
maid was neither e friendly nor an
intimate one. The maid, I thought,"
had a stolid and sullen air, and
seemed devoid of that regard for her
mistress which I thought would have
been a natural feeling in one who
stood in the position of protectress
to so tender and gentle a being.
My fancy had created for the lonely
visitant of the pier a history ot min
gled pathos and mystery, but it rest
ed on a basis unsuostanuai as air,
for she had never spoken of herself
except in phrases involuntary and
remote. This evening, when we had
reached the end of the pier and had
stood for a while watching the lights
flash upon the water from a vessel
anchored in the distance, I noticed
that she was paler than usual, and
that her eyes, whose restless, wistful
glance always affected me strangely,
had an anxious and troubled look,
also a certain indescribable some
thing I had never seen in them be
fore, I prevailed on her to sit, and
we placed ourselves on a bench be
neath the life-boat which, swinging
in chains overhead, formed a sort of
extempore roof.
I wanted to speak to ner, out knew
not how to begin. Presently, of her
own will, she turned and said, qui
etly :
You have noticed something
strange in me."
I renlied. in a confused and hur
ried way, that I had sometimes fear
ed she carried some heavy trouble
with her : that I had shrunk from
peaking oi it; but that I longed, if
it were possible, to be oi some ser
yice to her.
You are right" she said, sadly.
in supposing that I had a trouble,
and indeed, it is a heavy one ; but
yoa cannot help me no !" she said
with a gesture and accent almost
despairing, when I made as though I
would oner some neip or counsel.
It is not possible. My life is as it
eraldl
is. I cannot help myself, and
no
one else can help me.
Then her voice sank to a frightful
whisper, and the fear in her eyes
heightened, as she said :
"Have .you not seen that I am
watched?"
I cast an angry look in the direc
tion of the maid, who was pacing the
pier at a little distance from us ; and
my companion also glanced that
way and whispered :
"Yes, you have seen it ; I knew
J'ou had. Everywhere and all day
ong I am watched and followed. I
cannot escape ; they have woven a
web around me."
She turned and was full of excite
ment; a condition that contracted
strongly and painfully with her
usually quiet and gentle state.
"But why ia it?" I asked, anxious
ly, with a feeling of deeper concern
than I dared to reveaL "Why are
you watchod and followed ? Do not
your friends know of this? Why are
you here alone with a woman you
fear?"
A moment's passion gleamed in
her eyes and expired ; and inexpres
sible yearning took its place while
she answered :
"My friends ? you do not under
stand: you cannot; how could you?
I fear my friends more than I fear
her. She belongs to them and acts
for them ; it is my friends that are
my enemies ! it is from them that
I cannot escape. Shall I tell you
whv it is that they are cruel to me.
and what is the horrible burden of
my life? but no; I cannot Who
are you that I should talk to you in
this way? What interest have you
in me?"
A terrible suspicion crossed mv
mind, but vanished in an instant.
She had become calm again, and
spoke as one who weighed her word.-
and told no more than she wag
aware of, I begged, I implored her,
that she would speak to me and
make her confidant assuring her of
my fidelity and ray earnest desire to
serve her ; but she was silent, and
when she spoke again it was with
a shadow of coldness in her manner,
and she thanked me ; but said that
she had spoken more than she in
tended, and made an exense, and
begged that I would forget, lhe
maid, wbo as I believed, had noticed
her recent excitement came up, and
saying that it was late and the air
was growing chilly, suggested that
her mistress should return. She
rose at once and gave me her hand,
saying that she would not trouble
me to accompany them to tne snore,
and seeing that it was her wish to
be alone I bowed and she withdrew,
followed by the maid.
From that night 1 thought ol her
'V- a.
mm-e man ever. jay, ner sweet,
mournful face haunted my waking
and my sleeping dreams, and the
sad music of her voice echoed in
my ear.
To the interest ol her Deauiy ana
her bearing was now added that of
the mystery she had darkly hinted
at mystery which remained a mys
tery, for she never again reverted to
it, and I forebore to trouble her with
ques'ionings.
but the feeling that had Deen
growing in me since our friendship
opened, sank deeper and acquired
ever fresh strength. Interest had
ong since passed into fascination ;
fascination now passed into love.
At this there was nothing to won
der. Her dark and melancholy
beauty, the inexplicably subtle
charm of her mauner, the frequency
of our meetings and the curiously
fitting character of time and place
these were circumstances I had nei
ther power nor will resist And I
grew to love her with the heat and
passion ol youth, though conscious
always of a something hovering
about her which made it difficult
for me to approach her in the char
acter of lover.
But one evening as we sat together
. . . 1 " , A .1-
on the steps leaaing aown to ine
water I dared to speak to her as I
had never spoken before. She heard
me. bat with agitation in her looks ;
and when I paused and drew a little
closer to her she shrank back, and in
a tone almost of horror she answered
that what I had asked her was
wholly impossible for her to grant
Then her manner softened, and with
tears in her eyes she bade me leave
her and forget her.
To me then it seemed that this
was not less impossible, and I said
so earnestly and pleadingly ; urging
that if it might not be now it might
be in the future, and imploring for
eave only to hope.
But she, gently and kindly inex
orable, denied me again ; thru giv
ing way utterly to tears and with a
gesture of despair she begged of me
to go and see her no more.
Scarcely knowing what I did I
reached out my arms toward her,
and she, thinking apparently that I
ment to clasp her theugh I my
self know not even now whether
that were really my intention
moved from me, and would have
fallen backward into the water had
not caught and held her by the wrist
In thesame instant we both obser
ved a sudden and startling change
that had come over the sky. It had
been a sultry afternoon, but the op
pressive calm of the past two hours
had ceased, and tho wind, with an
ominous sound of storm, was rising in
the west The sun had set red and
, .,, r l
angry, aad an arui'ery oi neavy
rlmids loaded the western sky and
spread rapidly until the whole
heavens were obscured, save where
one broad 6treak of a dull yellow
marked where the sun had lately
sunk. The sea was of one metallic
hue its surface was broken by the
wind, and little sullen waves with
glittering crests beat against the sides
of the pier.
The preparations for the storm
alsrmed my companion thoroughly.
She rose quickly and turning to me
and beckoning to her maid, who
came on the instant, said nervously,
"Let us go at once; I am afraid of
the storm."
We were three-quarters of a mile
from the shore, and the wind contin
ued to raise, and the clouds changed
from a leaden to an inky color.
Certain winds brought with them a
very full and heavy tide, and the
waiters, which were then nearly at
the flood, rose as we went until they
WHOLE NO. 1723.
were almost flush with the edge of
the pier. A single flash of lightning
parted the clouds and danced for an
instant right over our heads, follow
ed by a prolonged muttering of
thunder, which burst then into a
crashing peal. Tne arm that rested
in mine trembled, and I saw that
my companion was completely over
come by nervous excitement Her
eyes wandered with a troubled look
over the now towing and swelling
waves and her whole frame was vio
lently wrought upon. The maid on
one side and I upon the other held
each an arm and I strove to set her
at ease, but her fear increased with
every step she took Suddenly.
when we were distant not a hundred
yards from the shore, a glittering
mass of spray was dashed up
through the open beams of the pier,
a few feet in front of us. She scream
ed, pointing at it with quivering
finger, and could hardiy be persuad
ed to go on. The foam sheet van
ished in the instant of its appearing,
but all her courage had gone from
her; and turning to me she said
piteously : "Do not delay : let U9
make haste; can you not hear the
voices in the wind and see the faces
in the sea? They are pursuing us
oh! let us hasten, or we shall be
taken.
It was the very exaltation ot ter
ror, and though she never ceased
urging us to hasten we were scarcely
able to bring her the few remaining
steps to the shore.
I went with her to the door of her
house, and would haye gone in, so
troubled and fearful was I for her;
but the maid signified that her mis
tress had better be alone, and almost
repulsed me from the door. I pass
ed a sleepless, miserable night ; and
at the earliest possible hour the
next morning, went to the house,
and asked anxiously for her. The
maid answered me, saying curtly,
"That her mistress was unwell, and
that the doctor was with her." I was
turning away, heartsick, when some
thing in the maid a expression ar
rested my eye ; and I looked at her
narrowly.
"Tell me," I said, "who you .ire,
and what it ia that is the matter with
vour mistress ?"'
She laughed a little cruel laugh,
and answered:
"I am her keeper!" Tinaley's
Mnnazine.
A Pei-Matestt Lover.
A curious story is lom ot the ro
mantic courtship of Mrs. Celia
Thaxter, the poetess. Her early
life was spent on the Isle of Shoals
where she still goes for the Summer.
Her father, deceased a few years ago,
was known as the hermit of the
Shoals. When quite a young man
disappointment caused him to be
come a recluse, and purchasing the
Island of Appledore lrom Xjw
Hamphire for some S2o0 he erected
there a small cabin. The delightful
location, quiet, fair scenery and pure
air soon a;trac!ed the attention of
some tourists, particularly invalids,
and requests for board began to be
received. Gradually the cabin was
enlarged until it became a Summer
hotel, though conducted in the most
indifferent manner as to whether
guests came or went. They were
never sought after. When the
daughter Celia reached the age of
fifteen, a young lawyer, at the island
for his health, fell in love with her.
Duly and respectfully he reques
ted her hand of her father, who irri
tably ordered him off the island.
Respecting the rights of proprietor
ship the young man removed to an
adjacent one. and, there erecting a
little hut, mowed his intention of
remaining until the daughter be
came of age, when he would marry
her. Recognizing, probably, the
fellow's obstinacy and strong will,
her father relented, stipulating only
for a year's delay. That passing.
they were married.
She Took, the Dry One.
"Single ladies," said the captain
of an ocean steamer, "often cross
the water under the special care of
the captain of the ship. A very fas
cinating young lady was placed un
der my care, and three young gen
tlemen fell desperately in love with
her. They were all equally agreea
ble, and the young lady was puz
zled which to encourage. She ask
ed my advice. 'Come on deck,' said
I, 'the first day when it is perfectly
calm the gentlemen will, of course
all be near you. I will have a boat
quietly lowered down ; then do vou
jump over-board, and see which of
the gentlemen will be first to jump
after you'." A calm day pflon came ;
the captain's suggestion was soon
followed, and two of th lovers
jumped at the snme time. Between
the.n two tne hu'.y could not decide.
Take the man that didn't jump,"
said the captain, "he's the most
sensible fellow, and will make the
best husband." And she did.
Enthusiastic for Troth.
"So you struck the man because
he called you a liar ?" said the po
lice judge.
"Yes, sir."
"From which I am to infer that
you were not a liar ?"
"Oh no ; I was a liar and am yet
Iflhadnot been a liar I should
have paid no attention to the fel
low's remarks. Truth is so scarce,
Judge, that when I hear it I can't
keep down my enthusiasm." Ar
kansas Traveler.
News About Taw a.
It is ihe current report about town
that Kemp's Balsam for the Throat
and Langs is making some remark
able cures with people who are
troubled with Coughs, Asthma,
Bronchitis, and Consumption. C.
N. Boyd, will give any person atrial
bottle free of cost. It is guaran
teed to relieve and cure. Price 50cts.
and $1.
My brother and myself were both
. 1 . c i. i.
cured 10 ail appearance, causit"
and hay fever last July and August
Up to this date, December 2S, 181,
.A:tUn flan ri Q 3 fl IT FafttfirTl ff
these troubles. .Ely's Cream Balm
was the medicine used. Gabriel 1
Ferris, Spencer, N. Y.
Muscular Chrtstlamlty.
Peter Cartwricht wa inn nam-
of a well known Methodist pioneer.
ne was a son oi peregrinatmgpigeon,
who flew oyer the hills and swamps
upon his apostolic wiogs. He feared
nothing, and was as strong as he
was baave. At a certain camp
meeting he got into trouble with a
set of roughs who had tried to break
up the services. Major L., who was
a prominent citizen, though a great
"sinreV ider titled himself with the
roughs, and, flying into a desperate
rage, said if ho thought Cartwright
would fight him a duel he would
challenge him.
"Major," the preacher answered,
"if you challenge me I will accept
it"
"Well, sir, I dare yoa to mortal
combat"
"All right, sir; I'll fight you.
And, sir, according to the laws of
honor I suppose it is my right to
choose the weapons with which to
fight"
"Certainly," the Major replied.
"Well then, we will step over here
into this lot and get a couple of corn
stalks. I think I can finish you
with one."
The Major waxed hotter. He
cleached his fists and foaming with
rage, saying : "If I thought I could
whip you I would smite you in a
minute."
"Yes, yes, Major," the militant
minister asserted ; "but thank God
you can't whip me; only don't you
attempt to strike me, for if you do,
and the devil gets into me, I shall
giye you the worst whipping you
ever got in all yoir life." That end
ed it.
Another bully threatened to whin
the Rev. Cartwright who answer?!
"sir, I never like to live in dread.
If you really intend to whip me,
come and do it now."
The bully continued his curses
and threats, and the ministerjump
ed off his horse, and going to him
said, "Look here, you have to
whip me as you threatened, or you
will have to stop that cursing, or I
will put you in "the river and bap
tize yon in the name of the devil,
for surely you belong to him."
The bully repented, and after
wards became one of the preacher's
best friends.
Poultry liaising la the Setttb.
Batom Rouge, La.. July 1. For
the last twelve years I have given
much personal attention to poultry
because in summer it is almost the
only meat of which we make use ;
therefore every spring I make a
point of rearing 10) to 2W chickens,
not for sale, but for ray own house,
hold. I am always well pleased
when most of my broods come off
in March, as at that early time of
the year there is less risk of vermin,
and the young chickens also have
time to feather before thegnate come.
Last winter was so cold that it was
a long time before the hens began
to lay, which of course, retarded
their ime of sitting; so up to
April 1, 1 had only sixtv-two chick
ens : but their healthfulness and
rapid growth exceed anything I
have ever had in former years.
The universal custom here is to feed
young chickens on cracked corn,
moistened only with enough water
to make it stick together. I thought
I would try feeding two thirds oat
meal and one-third cracked corn and
this has produced the stardieut.
healthiest chickens I ever had. My
first brood hatched on February
14, and from that day to this I have
not lost one bird, nor do I see a
weakly one among them. I may men
tion that mr hens are mostly of the
Creole stock of the country, some
what improved by selection, while
the roosters ara pure Houdama. My
poultry arrangements are very sim
ple : all the year round the entire
flock ranges in a pasture about an
acre and a-half in extent. For the
younger birds I have feeding coops
made ot laths, nailed at distances
wide enough for the chicks to run
out and in ; the sleeping rooms for
the little one3 are under a shed, and
consist of a row of boxes, which are
every day swept out and twice a
week washed with wood-ashes and
water. In this climate our fowla
are only housed during the night
Girls and Tight Lacing;.
A girl who hus jnst returned fram
London tells Clara Belle that, in
the health exhibition there, one of
the exhibitions to meant to depict the
horror ot tight lacing. A waxen
figure was subjected for the pur
pose of divulging the secrets of the
ladies' torture chamber, to a com
pression to the girth which a wo
man may with proper self-respect
measure around the waist The
sufferings of the dummy, inaudible,
save for the creaking of the ma
chinery, which in the forcible com
pression of the waist might well be
mistaken for groans, were quite ter
rible iu their realism, but the female
spectators laughed insteal of being
instructed. The fact is that the old
curmudgeons, who take corsets aa
a text for sermons against us are
left very far behind. Injuriously
tight squeezing of the waist is rare,
ndeed, nowadays. "The coming
man and woman," says Dio Lewis
will tie just as large at the waist as
at any other part of the IxHiy."
h:it an old tool I Did he ever see
a Fiji ir-land woman? I have. She
had never been compressed by so
much as a calico wrapper and i-et
her waist had a goodly taper to it.
retty soon Iewi will be demand
ing legs as big at the ankles as at
tne canes. Ana when that same
ness of outline 13 produced by big
ness of ankle rather than smallness
of calf, I hope he will be satisfied,
for surely the owner won't
Dr. Sophus Tromholt reports that
the electrical forces which produce
tb aurora bortaiis have very little
energy in Iceland, according to his
obseryations last winter at Reykja
vik. For this reason, probably, he
failed in an attempt to obtain an
artifioial aurora with the apparatus
with which Prof. Lemstrom attained
that result. During the winter Dr.
Tromholt had several opportunities
of viewing the full naoom through
the aurora borealis, but the only
effect obseryed was that the light of
the aurora completely disappeared
within a radius of five orten degrees
around the lunar disc
Capital Cora tort.
Washington, D. C Mrs. Mary
K. Sheed, 1110 Maryland avenue,
Washington D. C, 6tates, that for
several years she had suffered terri
bly with facial neuralgia, and could
find no relief. In a recent attack
which extended to the neck, shoul
ders and back, the pain was intense.
She resolved to try bt Jacobs Uil,
the great pain-reliever. Rubbing
the parts affected, three timea only,
all pain vanished aa if by magic,
and ha not returaed.
I