t I The Somerset Herald! i .. Terms of Jrubiicanon- Published every wiuy "r at tfi 00 ! r anaam, U rW advance ; other-. 3 will Invariably be tbanred P will be dlseoailnaea nntfl all f rM reiM "P- Postmasters netfloctln th..rpPrIUb.h.iar.Plbl. for th. nb. j icrtptloa. J ,v- .moTln from one ostofflee t aa- fUirv - - - other .boold " ' th well as tbe preseat efflee. Address The Somerset Herald, Somerset. Fa. Somerset, Pa. sep. TnTFT) W F.IESECKER, IX- A Somerset. I Office. ntxlrlHCIifcBeeriu Bluck. I -w- XTOKNLY-AT-LAW, Somerset Fa. " Somerset Pa. J. KOO?ER. ATTOKNET-AT LiW, Somerset, Pa. ENDSLEY. ATTORN EY-AT LAW, Somerset, P IT TPFNT ATTOKSET-AT-LA, Somerset, Pcm a. 7I) B. ATTOKN EY-AT-LA W, Somerset, Pa. 11 L. BAKU. ATTOKNEY-AT-UAVr, ' Somerset, Fa-, attended to. A.H.O,KFUOTH. H. ... ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW. Alllmstnes. entro-ted to Jbrtr r. "! be " " .. irin trST TreVC -TO-lt. tb. Mauiniotb Klock. riOLBOUN & COLBORN, ATTOKNEYS-AT-LAW. All bostness intrusted to our rare w"l b f, OoveTnciu duM , reasonable tenus. AY rllXIAMH.KOONTZ. Somerset, Pa., will lrtveiriraptattitlitobofrneM ' 7wl hi ri 7n N.".er-t and adjolnta aunties. Office in Prlntlux Hue hw- DENNIS MEYERS. ATTOKNEY-AT-LAW Somerset. Penn All Wl business entrusted t hiscare will I attended to Ku 1m.n!.tne. and ndellty. "rli. on Main t'rM Street, next door to Sny der fc ( i.'l store. lr ,1 ATTOUNEY-ATXAW " Somerset, Fa. Otr.ee. Mammoth Blnrk np stairs ,,inhiPg attended to witb prumi.ti.es8 and bdelitv. T-a V VIMMEL. I' ' ATTOKN EY-AT-LA VP. Biay3 Somerset, Pa. M. T ITITTS ' ATTOUNEY AT LAW. ORice. un-sUirs In Mammoth Block, TOHN O. KIM MEL. I ATTOKN EY-AT-LAW, Somerset, Pa. Will attend to all boflness entrusted to his esre oess and ndellty. Other on Main Cross street. HENRY F. SCI I ELL. ATTORN EY-AT LAW, Bounty and Pension Agent, Somerset, Pa. Otnee in Mammotn Black. VALENTINE HAY V ATTtKNEY-AT-LAW And Deal-r in Resl EsUbs. Somer t. P aticnd to all business entrusted to bis care lromitnesa and bdety . will witb T OIIN n.riiL. l ATTOKN EY-AT LAW Somerset, Pa, Will-nromptlT attend to all business entrusted to him. Money advanced on collections, fce. 01 hce In Mammoth liulldinn. T "gTogle. I . A TTOR N E Y-AT-LA W, Somerset Fa., Professional business entrusted to mj cara at tended to with promptness and ndellty. DR. J. M. LOUTH ER. ( Formerly of Stoyestown.) FHYSICIAK ASP SIRCEOS, Hs l.M-atd permanently In Somrrset for the ynnUt ol his vrotsshm. ( doorf V est ol eotral Hotel. rear ol UruB Store. mayil. D' kR. E. V. BLOUGII, HOMEOPATHIC PUYSICAS ASD SUBGEOS Tenders his servloes to the peoule of Somerset atl. n.ledto. an be lound ntolhce dHV ornlKbt. : i; ..i mnlM on unless proiespionnij om.. Southeast corner ol Idamund. over kneppers rihoe Store. "V" J) ,R. II. S. KIMMEL . . r.w,4M1iwia.l aerrire to the cttl- ;ns ot Somertand Vk-inity. I.'nless prulewion al enirsited he can I lound at his vUue, on Main St., east ol the Ktamond. ' DR. II. BRUBAKER tonders his professional servi.es to the ett liens of Som ret and vicinity. Office In residence on Main street west ot tlie Diamond. TAR. YM. RAUCH tenders his I protessional services to the citiiens of Som erset and vicinity. ome(Nie door east ir Wayne . Berkebile s tnrniture store. lec.6. 'tct DR. JOHN BILT-S. HENT1ST. t)!bce up stain int't.'ok A Bi-erit Block , Somer seU Pa. DR. WILLIAM COLLINS. HENTIST. SOMERSET, PA. 0ce in Mammoth Block, above Boyd S Iru Store, where he can at all tiroes be tonnd prepar ed to do all kinds ol work, such as bllinK. rea u UtlnK. extracting, ate. Artificial teeth of all kinds, and of the best material Inserted. Operations warranted. H. HOWARD WYNNE, M D. JOHXXTOW.V, PEWA. ld?cses of lhe Kve. Ear. Nose and Throat. Scfal and Fxclusive practii. Hours. G A. XI. to vr. . Luiher a Urevn Hiock, 2K4 Main bt. T 1. THOMPSON. M. D. I . SVRGEON PENT1ST, Johnstown, Pa. Hs bad a professional eipcrtcnce ol more than thiny vears. Enxmo Tkkth a SrsriALTV. Office rwims No. tc!2 Main street (up stairs) over Julin Dihen's Hanlware Store. It will be neces sary for persons who want work done to make eo itaiicuienta beforehand. ctl'S3. DR. J. K. MILLER has Terma oentlv lacate.1 in Berlin for the practice of bit prolession. OJhea opposite Charles Krisslna--ers store, apr. C 10-tt D IAM0ND HOTEL, stoystown. ii:nna- Tblspoiwlsr and well known house has lately been thoroughly snd newlv refitted witb all new nd bestot furniture, which baa made 4 a very 7 oesiraoie sioiij)inft place lor me iraueiiuK fiuouc H is table anJ n.i cannot b. surpassed, all be ns: first class, with a lante public hall attached to the same. Also larva and roomy stabling. Klrst class boaMloa- can be bad at the lowest pos sible prices, by the week, day or meal. SAMUEL CUSTER, Prop. S.E.OOT. Diamond Slovstow .Pa A PRIZE. Send cents lor post ace and receive I cm a costly box of inch will help you to more money rU-ht away thaa anytblns: else in this world. AIL of either sex. succeed from first hour, i he orrad rd to fortune opens before the work ers. atolutelr re. At once address, Tr at C'..AaKuta, Maine. tanS. IXECITTOR'S NOTCE. Etiata of Adam Z.mmennan. deeM. late of Som erset township, Somerset County, Pa, Letters testamentary on the above estate hav ing len rranlel to the undersigned, notice la berel-y riven to all persons indebted to said estate to make Immediate payment, and those bavins; claims sjcainst tbe same wlU present them duly aalbenUca'ed for eu lem-nt, on Satardav, No vember 1. WM, at tb Ute residence of the Ex ecutor la Jenner Twp. JONAS MAUKER, Executor. F. II. s Is. 7 mi ine VOL. XXXIII. NO. 17. GREAT BARGrAINSj BRASS AND COPPER KETTLES ! LAEGEST STOCK it lowest Prices Ever Offerefl. at Wholesale ani Retail. ; fja-istk: w. hat, MANUFACTURER AND JOBBER IN Plain, Stamped, and Japanned Tinware. . RANfiES, STOVES AND HOUSE-FURNISHING GOODS, COPPE, SHEET-IRON WARE, AND BRUSHES. M-Orders Solicited from Merchants Se'ling Goods In In My Llne.t 280 Washington Street, - Johnstown, Pa. TO THE Farming Trade ! Wo wish to call your attention to the IMMENSE STOCIC -OF OUR- d h hrutvd Mole of .V..;-oi BOOTS fc SHOES, Which we have Jut Koreived for the FALL AID WINTER TRADE, Every Tair are Warranted to Give ENTIRE SATISFACTION ly the Manufacturer, and if they fail to do as we guar antee them to do, we refund the money 01 give you a New Pair PEEE O COST ! Please hear in mind that we are Sole Agent for the Monogram Boots & Shoes In Johnstown, and no other Shoe Dealer can sell you the Monogram Boots & Shoes But Us. Our Stock of other BOOTS AND SHOES Of Coarse, as well as Medium and Fine is larger this Fall than ever, and at Prices that Will surprise you. We can save you fully 2 per cent bv buying your Falfand Winter Stock fsom Us. 02STE-lrMCE SHOE STORE No. 212 Main St., Johnstown, Pa. A NEW ENTERPRISE. E. M. Lambert & Bro., Manufacturers of and Dealers la WMte Pine ani MA SftEles- W bare secured a NEW IMTT.Xj, And mannractnra Shingle nn the Michigan Principle. We cnl, and constant! keep en hand tvo Kradescifthe various kinds of Shingles. We gnaranieo oar Shingles to he enjierlur ta any in tbe Ouonty. Shall be pleased W have parties come and inspect oar slilngles Wtiure Loving elsewhere. Address V. k E. M. LAMBERT & BRO., LAMB ERTS VILLJ J. OM tKS KT CO., P. L STARGARDTEBS S0MERSE1 COUNTY GAM! (ESTABLISHED 1877.) CHAEES. I. HARRISON. M. J. PRUTS. President. Cashier (VlleeUona made In all parts of the United States. CHARGES MODERATE. Parties wishing to send mnney West can be ac commodated ly dralt on New York In any sum. I'olKwt ions made with promptness. V. S. Bonds bought and enld. Money and valuables secured byoneot I Heboid's celebrated sates, with Sar gent si Yale 3u0 00 time luck. ACCOUNTS SOLICITED. M-Alllejra holidays observed.- Alhkrt A. Korki. J. SOOTT WlD. HOBNE & WARD artX-KSSOBB TO EATON & BROS, NO. 27 FIFTH AVESUE, pittsburgh, pa. s:prSgi882. NEW GOODS EVEHY IAY SPECIALTIES Imbroideries, Laces, Milllnerv, White Goods, Hand kerchiefs, Drest Trimmings, Hosiery, Gloves, Corsets, Muslin and Merino Underwear, In fants' and Children's Clothing. Fancy Goods, Yarns, Zephyrs, Mate rials of All Kinds for FANCY WORK, Gent's Fimistee Gocfe k, k rtlE FATBCXAHX IS RKflr-EOTPCLLY BOLICITtD. -iV-Ortlent byjlfail attenJcil to with rrompt iicsi and Dispatch. TOTTJS POLLS "THE OLD RELIABLE." 25 YEARS IN USE. The Greatest Medical Triumph of the Age. I ndorsed all over the World, SYMPTOMS OF A TORPID LIVER. Lofs of appetite. Nausea, bowels cos-, tive. Pain In the Head, with a dull sen? satioajn the back part. Painjxnder the shoulder-blade, fullness after eat? ing, with a disinclinatiou tqezertion bt body or mind. Irritability of temp er, Low spirits,Loss of memory ,with a fueling jJiaTintrneglected some dnty weariness. Dizziness, Flntterr ingof the Heart, Dotsbeforetheeyes, YeilowSkinHeadacne.Restlessnesa at night, highly ooloredtjrine. IF THESE WAENINGS ARE UNHEEDED, iaiizt3 Will ocis si tel:?id. TUTT'S FILLS &re espeoialiy adait to much canes, one dose effects such a change of feeling as to astonl&b tbe sufferer. They Increase tbe Appetite, and eatusj tbe body to Take sa t least, thns the sys tem ia nonrlshed, nnrt by tbelr Tonic Action on tlie Ititrratlve Orsrana, lters jar sirnola nrs; procured. Pnee 3lj eeatta. TUTTS HAIR DYE. Grt Haih or Whiskfrs changed to a Rusrt Ulack by a ainfrle application of lhl DTE. It Imparts a natural color, acta Instantaneously. Sold by Drrisjgists, ot 'ntby exprewii on receipt of 1. Office, 44 Murray St., NewYor FASHIONABLE CUTTER & TAILOR, Bavins; had many years experience in all branches of be Tailoring bus iness. 1 frnaraotee Satisfaction to all who may call up on me and favor me with their pat ronage. Yours, he. m. n. nocnsraixER, Nomeraed Pa. mart CHARLES HOFFMAN. CA. dovs Henry IlatHear. Store J LATEST STILES 121 LOWEST PRICES. tWSAHSFACTION GUARAHTEED. SOMERSET, FJl. $66e week- at horn. S oatflt tree. nay absolutely sure, no rtsa. cap ital not required. Reader, If yoa want baslnesa at which persoU ot ei tbersex, young or old, can makerreat payau tbe ume tney wora. wiut aoaoiDw vmainiv wrltctor particulars to H. Uaaxarr. retUaad,Me. LIERCHAHT TAILOR oilier LITTLE ELSIE. Ah, don't come a-wooing with your long, long face. And your longer purse behind ; I'm a bright young girl and I know my place. And I think I know my mind. I like to lauch, and to dance and sing, And to tease my parents dear. My brothers call me a "tiresome thing," Aut they wouldn't miss me here. Oh, 'tis I am my mother's heart's delight. And my father's right hand brave. Would I leave my home so free and bright To be a rich man's slave? Would I buy myself a gowu of silk Id a grand dull house to pine. When I have boys to play with and cows to milk, And the whole fair world is mine? Ah, don't come talking of the cares of life; My head is gold, not gray ; And it's my desire to be no man's wife At least, not just to-day. Unt I've a heart and it's warm and true. And I'll keep it safe at ease; And if one I love should come to woo. I'll give it when I please! Dinah Mulock Crait- THE CUAUUEL. The brief March day was drawing to a close, and the twilight, which would probably light up country hillsides for sometime with purple softness, was already eclipsed in the city with flaring gas-lights, and Lil ian Graham hung closer to her friend's side with almost a sensation of terror. " I had no idea it was so late, Ef fie,"she said to Mrs. Wallis, her II ,M 1 1 . 1 companion. " un, ao lei us flurry home. Don't be nervous," laughed mer ry little Mrs. Wallis. "We're only half a dozen blocks away from home at the furthest. I like to be out in the twilight once in a while, myself. It gives one a spicy sense of adven ture." J5ut Lilian was made of different stuff. There was something clinging and dependent in her nature, and the growing darkness appalled her. " Oh, 1 am so glad ! " she exclaim ed, with a sudden, joyous intonation of her voice. "Meredith Allston is coming. He will see us safe home." As she spoke a tall figure ap proachedthe figure of a gentleman walking rapidly down the 8treet. with the lamp-light shining full up on his dark eyes and regular features. " Mr. Allston ! Meredith ! " Uut, to Lilian's surprise, the gen tleman took no notice of her hesitat ing summons, but passed her, look inr into her eacer. flushed lace with the careless elance of unrecognition, She drew herself haughtily up and bit her hp. " I might have spared myself the trouble of speaking " she said, n had only known that Mr. Allston does not know his acquaintances in the street ! " ' I dare Eav he was thinking of something else," said Eflie Wells, apologetically. " But I cailed his name," persisted Lilian, " and he looked me full in the face !" ' Well you shall call him to an account for it when he comes to night." " I have half a mind not to see him ! " " That would be nonsense," said sensible Mrs. Wallis. " Come along; we shall be at home in two min utes." Lilian Graham looked very pretty as she sat in her father's drawing room that night, with the 6oft light from the chandelier streaming round her slender figure. She was a blonde, of that rare type of beauty which boasts a complexion like damask roses and hair of shining gold in contrast, to eyes of the dark est hazel, and the somewhat plain face of Mrs. Wallis served as an un conscious foil to set oft' her own fresh young loveliness. Mr. Allston's face brightened as he entered the room a few minutes after the little ormolu timepiece on the mantel had struck 8. " You are looking well, Lillian,"he said, with something of the conscious pride of proprietorship. . Lilian bit her lip. " You did not 6top to think about my looks when I really needed your escort this evening," she said, a lit tle coldly. He looked at her in astonishment " I don't know what you mean, Lilian?" ' Were you not on Sixth avenue this evening between 6 and 7 ? " "No ; I was not" Miss Graham's cheeks flushed. " Mr. Allston, I can hardly dis credit the evidence of my own sens es I I certainly saw you, and so did Mrs. Wallis ! " He looked pained, but offered no further explanation of the mystery. " Are you ready for the concert ? " he asked. u I have changed my mind." she said, briefly. il I don't want to go J " " Lillian ! " The truth is," she said, raising to her feet, and playing with the gold chain which wart looped around her neck, u I do not care to go out with a centleman who see's fit to repose so little confidence in me! " Mr. Allston bowed his submission to her fiat Very well," he said, quietly ; " I cannot, of course, dispute your deci- sion. l wisn you a very gooa even- " . . But little Lilian round tbe hours by the domestic fireside a little dull after the departure of her offended prenx chevalier. "lwish 1 nadn t been so cross with him," she said, shrugging her pretty shoulders remorsefully. u Ef fie, let's ask papa to take us to the opera ; we shall be in time for the last two acts." " Just as you choose," said Effie Wallis, who was not unaccustomed to the sudden caprices of her prettv little cousin's mind. The Opera House was crowded, and the party with difficulty found seats at the back of the dress circle but Lilian was hardly seated be fore she pressed her cousin's arm. " trhe, look there in the parquet close to the orchestra stalls ! " " Yes," said Mrs. Wallis, M I see- it is Mr. Allston ; but that'B no rea son you should pinch me black and blue ! I suppose a man lias a right set ESTBLISELED 1827. SOMERSET. PA. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER S, 1884. to come to the opera if he chooses ! " M I hope he won't see us," Baid Lilian, in a tone which might easily have been interpreted as directly contrary to her words. ' He can't, unless he has eyes in the back of his head," said Mrs. Wallis. " Do keep still and let me hear Santrello sing this delicious solo!" Lilian was delighted when she met Mr. Allston the next morning on Broadway. "I hope you enjoyed yourself last night," she said demurely. " I can't say that I did,particular ly " he answered with a smile. M I spent the evening at home, over my books and retired very early." " I beg your pardon, said Lilian, "you were at the opera, for I saw you there ! " "At what opera ( " 4FraDiavol6?" "You are mistaken, Lilian." " I am not mistaken," she answer ed, positively. "I saw you there, and Effie did, also. Where's the use of trying to deceive me so? " He colored, and for an instant looked as if he would have spoken hastily ; the next instant, however, the cold quiet look came on his countenance. ' I am not trying to deceive you, Lilian ; but there are some things which I cannot tell you ! " " Engaged people should never have mysteries from each other," she answered, indignantly. " The mystery is not mine, Lil ian!" " As you choose," she retorted ; but I do not choose to me the butt of your practical jokes any longer. Please to consider our engagement at an end ! " " Lilian, do vou mean what you sav?" " Certainly I do ! " She drew the glittering engase ment rinir from her finger and tossed it toward him, but he, standing with folded arms made no effort to catch it and it rolled down into the gutter. And thus they parted, these two, who had been affianced lovers for so long ! The .weeks passed by Bleak March softened into violet-eyed April, and somewhat to Lilian's dis appointment, perhaps, Meredith Allston mae'e no further effort to see her. She grew pale and heavy eyed, but she would have died ere 6he would have sent to her lover ,say insr. " I have been wrong come to me once more ! " For Lilian Graham persisted in believing that Meredith alone had been in the wrong. She sat at the head of her father's dinner-table one evening, mechani cally devoting herself to the duties of hospitality, when a well known name sounded on her ear. " Allston," said one, a pussy-look ing old gentleman, who was eating a great deal of lobster salad. " Yes, I saw the notice of the death in the morning paper. It's one of the All stons of Gramercy Gardens Mere dith Allston '8 cousin. He was hope lessly insane, and no one ever was him until of late years, when the old gentleman insisted on having him at home. He didn't believe in asvlums. he sanl ; but he was so sensitive on the subject he never al lowed any one to know the poor young man was at his house. A fine looking young fellow, too; they say he looked very much like Mere dith. Got loose one night. I believe, and paraded about town, behaving himself so well that half the people mistook him for his cousin ha, ba, ha!" And the old gentleman swallowed half a glass of champagne, and turn ed very purple in the face. Lilian listened, feeling as if she were in a dream ! This, then, was the secret of the strange misunderstanding which had parted herself and her affianced lov- m, a 1 t sr 1 - er. I he cruel secret wnicn iiereuun Allston was obliged to conceal the mistaken identity of the two cousins had been at the bottom of her heart wreck ! She could hardly sit through the tedious courses of the formal dinner party and rejoiced when the time came tor herself and Mrs. Wal lis to leave the table ! " Effie,' she cried, breathlessly, as soon as they were alone, "did you hear what .Mr. an ess said.' " Yes ; isn't it a strange story ? " her cousin assented. What a re lief it mut be to the Allstons ! But what are you going to do ? " "To send for Meredith at once! " Lilian answered, promptly. "And confess yourselt to have been in the wrong?" " Yes, certainly ! " Effie Wallis smiled and elevated her eyebrows. "Then you have more moral cour age than I have ! " But Lilian's heart secretly urged her on and she could not rest until she had summoned Meredith A1I ston to her presence. He came somewhat surprised, yet not lacking in dignity. " Meredith, she said softly, com ing up to bim, "wm you iorgive me? I have been wrong and hosty, but I love you still. I never knew until to-niaht of of the cloud which overshadowed your household." " I knew vou were misunderstand ing me, Lilian," he said calmly, but my lips were sealed by a promise exacted by my father j " Then you will forgive me ? " He smiled. " It is easy Co forgive one we love," he said, gently. " Meredith," she whispered, " dc you love me as you once did ? " " My sentiments have undergone no change, Lilian." And the lover-like kiss he pressed upon her brow was the sigual of a newer and more auspicious be trothal, whereof the mainspring was perfect love and trust A Sensible Man Would use Kemp's Balsam for the throat and lungs. It ia curing more cases of coughs, colds, asthma, bronchitis, croup, and all throat and lung troubles, than any other medi cine. The proprietor Las authorized C. N. Boyd to refund your money if, after taking three-fourths of a bottle, relief is not obtained. Price 50 cts. and $1. Trial size free. TT Migration of Squirrels. A Morgantown, W. Va., farmer who was in Pittsburg last week, sta ted that on the previous Thursday and Friday thousands of squirrels had crossed the Monongahela a short distance above that town and taken a northeasterly direction. The entire village turned out to witness the extraordinary spectacle. Some were drowned in the passage by the eagerness of those behind to The relater stated that ia 1859 he had witnessed a much more ex tended migration of squirrels at Blennerhasset Island, near Parkers burg, at the mouth of the Kanawha. Said he : "I saw them coming oyer in sholes and if I had been in the way they would haye suffocated me, so thickly did they run in masses. They would have swamped an ordi nary batteau. But the sight I saw last Thursday and friday beat all creation. Four weeks ago I started out to hunt squirrels, and I didn't get a single one. Last thursday I saw thousands, and they were all traveling northeast" Lifting Persons bj the Kingcrs. Two persons stand on each side of a fifth who is seated in a chair. The four raise their hands (which are clasped with the forefingers ex tended) as high as possible over their heads, at the same time inhal ing deeply. They then simultane ously bow as low as possible (always facing the sitter), bending the body from the hips, and swinging the extended arms from the shoulder till the hands touch the knees, at the same time exhaling as storong ly as possible, these motions being repeated three times together. As they arise fron. the last position for the third flme, the extended forefingers are placed under the knees and arms of the sitter and he is lifted high in air as light as a feather. In this way I have seen four young school girls, under six teen years, lift a man of ISO pounds with no more apparent exertion than would be required to lift a three pound weight. To one who tries this experiment for the first time the result Is very surprising, Sci entific American. Vesna of Tbongbt. New action is are the only apologies and explanaions ol the old onese which the noble can bear to offer or to receive. Public discussions are an intellectual stamping mill, where tbe worthless quartz is crushed and tbe pure gold set free. Be not penny-wise; riches some times fly away of themselves they must be sent flying to bring in more. There is no policy like politeness; and a good manner is the best thing in the world, either to get a good name or supply the want of it W e ought not to loofc bade un less it is to derive useful lessons from past errors and for the purpose of profiting by dear bought experi ence. Religion can no more be learned from books than seamanship, or soldiership, or engineering, or any practical trade whatsoever. So quickly sometimes has the wheel turned round that many a man has lived to enjoy the benefit of that charity which his own piety projected. Employment, which can be called 'Nature's physician," is oo essential to human happiness that indolence is justly considered the mother to misery. Religion gives a part of its own reward in hand, the present comfort of having done our duty ; and for the rest, it offers the best security A Mathematical Masticator. A pale man, with a high fore head came into Booge's restaurant, sat down at a table and ordered his dinner. Then he took out of his pocket a laige diagram apparently covered with unintelligible signs and algebraic lormuia anu iastenea h with a nin upon the wall where he could easily observed it When his dinner came he looked it over attentively, and then turned to a profound contemplation of his fig ures. After a while he began to eat but with a great deal of caution and reserve, as though he were afraid of making a mistake or suspected the biscuit of concealing a snag. Fre quently he paused between the bites and his lips moved as if in prayer. I he latter illusion was dispelled, however, by the occasional indistinct pronunciation of the name of a nu meral. He was evidently counting. He chewed with his eyes fixed up on the equations of tbe diagram. There was a pale, bluish tinge about his face, and he loeked billious. His neighbor at the table hitched his chair a little further away and placed his hat where he could seize it at a moment's notice. He sus pected the new-comer f being a lu natic. Suddenly the 6tranger caught his eye, started and inadvertently swallowed his food. He seemed to be very much put out by the occur rence. "Why do you loon at me that way?" he demanded ; "do you think I'm peculiar?" "Well, I did think your manner a little odd, ventured the other. "Not at all, Bir returned the stranger emphatically "I'm a dyspeptic, and my digestion is in a bad way. 1 have just learn ed of Mr. Gladstone's rules for reg nlating mastications eo as to in the highest degree facilitate digestion. I have adopted his system of thirty two chews to a piece of steak, four teen to a cold potato, etc., only I have improved upon it What was before crude is now systematic and theoreticaL It is the combinations which puzzle me. They will not when I get used to it Is the expla nations ufficient ?" It was, and in a few moments more the scholarly dyspeptic was plunged in the in tricacies of a profound mathemati cal problem. A Hamburg clerk has just com pleted the longest bicyle journey on record. He covered 2,850 German miles in 10 weeks and 5 days. eralci Tbe Women of Constantinople. If I were to have my choice of the whole invoice I should take an Ab ysinian brunette. They are divinely tall and slender.and black as the ace of spades. Their features are clearly cut and regular, the eyes liquid and the lips red and full. The hair is black and waving, but somewhat coarse in fibre. They dress in pure white, and the black face and red lips against the white setting of the burnous gives an effect that is as en chanting as a picture. The only fault they have about them is their limbs. Now, if any lady's limbs may appear with propriety in litera ture, it 13 the legs of a Turkish lady. Turkish modesty never goes farther than the knees. Both the trousers and the feredje stop at that point, and with the majority of women the limbs and feet go bare. But the Ab yssinian women seem to prefer go ing barefoot, and thus betray the one peculiarity that stamps them as the daughters of Ham. Their ankles are about as big round as a rolling pin, and it is ankle all the way up to the knee. The leg is set exactly in the middle of the foot, which is very low and flat This African trade-mark is, as I have said before, somewhat of a blemish, and tends to lower the quotations for them with some people. Forcijn Letter. - A Historical Tavern. It is not generally known, but it is a fact all the same, that to day in Alexandria, built around by a much larger edifice, but still kept intact in every appointment, stands the tav ern or inn where the fat, red-faced, brandy drinking Gen. Braddock passed the night prior to his fatal march toward western Pennsylvania. The inn is a neat, well-built, and thoroughly preserved building of two stories, with dormer windows and roof, and seems solid and good for many years yet When Braddock and his forces left Alexandria, they did not march over the road, but moved by trans ports, and landed on the Maryland shore near where the National ob servatory now stands Twenty -third street. To-day "Braddock's rock" can be seen near the old canal in that locality npon which the com mander leaped from his boat and superintended the landing of his sol diers and equipments. From the site of this city he marched by way of Cumberland to their place of mas sacre. Had Braddock been half as prudent as he was brave, he could, by acquiescing in the advice given him by the "Buckskins," as the Virginia militia were termed, have whipsawed the French and Indians in that campaign. But as it is it is all the same, for he would have been dead before this date anyhow. Hartford l'o.t. The liidtlenite Gems. The new precious gems discovered a couple of years ago in a mine about to miles distant from Bridge water, N. C and known as the Hid ennite, is said to be almost equal to the diamond. It is placed next to it ; and at present superior to it on account of its scarcity. This gem is of a clear, beautiful grass green tint. sparkles like a diamond, and is very hard. They vary when cut from a fraction ot a carat to about six or seven carats, and the demand for them at 8125 to 8150 for a carat stone is far greater than the supply, and it comes chiefly from Europe though many wealthy persons in New York and New Jersey have bought them. . t,. Hidden, a young, enthusiastic student of Geol ogy and mineralogy, of New Jersey went down to Western North Caro lina some years ago, and in prospect ing tours over the mountains found this now celebrated gem, which by a friend wa3 named "Hiddenit. The stone seems to have made more impression in Europe than in this country, judging by the demand the interest manifested. 1 hey are lound incysted in hard rocks that run in flat veins, thus eyincing the stability of the formation and its permanency. The gems are concealed in pockets inside of stones, lining the sides and have to be crushed out. Hundreds of the stones may be crushed before a pocket is found, and the number of gems in each pocket varies. Some times as many as eight gems. varying in size, are found in a pock et that is, there may be 850 worth of gems or 81.0UO worth in one pocket. Never Gve lp. If you are suffering with low and depressed spirits, loss of appetite, general debility, disordered blood, weak constitution, headache, or any disease of a bilious nature, by all means procure a bottle of Electric Bitters. You will be surprised to see the rapid improvement that will follow ; you will be inspired with new life ; strength and activity will return ; pain and misery will cease, and henceforth you will rejoice in the piaise of Electric Bitters. Sold at oO cents a bottle by C. N. Bovd. The Remorseless Plague. Rome, September 2C. The reports of the ravages of cholera throughout Italy for the past twenty four hours give a total ot -toz iresh cases and 212 deaths. At Naples there were 201 fresh cases and 05 deaths, as against 242 cases and 150 deaths for the preceding twenty-four hours. At Genoa there were 51 fresh cases and 20 deaths. A Leper in San Francisco. Sax Francisco, September 2G. A white woman, who was admitted to the Pacific Dispensary about two weeks ago and treated by three wo men doctors for a scrofulous disease, was discovered to have leprosy. Yesterday the woman was put in a vessel for Sandwich Islands, where she has a husband and four children Considerable alarm has been created among the inmates of the hospi tal It is only a little over a year since the first white man set foot in that fine country north of India, known as Kaffristan. WHOLE NO. 1734. Carrying the "Via Into Africa. New York, Sept 2i. The Repub lican National Committee intends to "carry the war into Africa." Branch headquarters of the commit tee will be opened at Nashville, and efforts will be made to carry Tenn essee, North Carolina, Mississippi, Virginia, West Virginia, Louisiana, and Florida. It is believed that the "solid south can be broken" Church Howe, a member of the Executive Committee, will depart to-morrow for Nashville to take charge of the headquarters. He has been selected for the duty on ac count of bis organizing ability. The National Committee has decided to open a Southern headquarters owing to the requests of thousands of Southern Democrats who desire to vote the Republican ticket A cam paign of the most vigoroi.s descrip tion will be waged in the Southern States from Nashvelle under Mr. Howe's direction. It is believed such a headquarters will greatly inspirit the Republcansof the South and encourage Southern Democrats to break away from the Democratic party. Northern men will be sum moned to the South to make speech es. Mr. Howe will open the Nash ville headquarters next Tuesday and will haye the assistance of a large number of clerks, whom he will take with him. Gather the I-'raguirnts. Be an economist of time. Time is money, and more than that. It is the stuff that eternity is made of. Be, therefore, misere of minutes. We talk of " off hours," and " spare moments," but we have nne to spare. True, we need recreation, re lief from the daily pressure of care. Sleep cannot be safely abridged. The tension of modern life, the rush and rivalry of business make rest a necessity, not a luxury. Overwork is a sin against the body. We owe it to ourselves and to others to keep the body in its best physical condi tion. We are gathering up the frag ments by so doing. Proper relaxa tion is a part of true economy ; but the point to be remembered is th value and significance of all our hours as related to the aim of life. This understood, we shall be frugal tf our canty and lessening store. Fragments of time saved will rap idly accumulate wealth, material and spiritual. Many valuable books have been prepared in moments of comparative leisure. In the gold room of the Philadelphia mint there is a perforated floor, through which passes the dust of filings of gold, the aggregate value of which is thirty thousand dollars every year. This is but a hint of the gathered wealth of many men who have learned how to husband minutes. Kind words and deeds that take but a moment of time may be like fruitful seeds, the harvesting of which maybe su perlatively rich in this life and in the life to come. O, thw joy of mem ory that comes from utilizing frag ments of time ! Vorth more than the sweepings of the gold room, they enrich alike the life of him who saves and that of him he serves. An extra visit to thecloset. the improve ment of some fugitive impression or some passing acquaintance, may start streams of beneficent influence that will not only momentarily re fresh and restore a wearied soul, but leave permanent effect on char acter. What we need is strong pur pose, followed out by systematic and persistent effort day by day. I!e Dr. John A. Lan.tiixj. An Editor's Tribute. Theron P. Keator, Editor of the Ft Wayne, Ind., " Gazette," writes: "For the past five years have always used Dr. King's New Discovery, for coughs ot most severe character, as well as for these of milder type. It never fails to effect a speedy cure. My friends to whom I have recom mended it speak of it in same high I terms. Having been cured by it of j every polish T havo hA fr vpaH. T muster it tl,a ! i ' w t vui ItllUUIC and sure cure for Coughs. Colds, etc." Call at C r. Boyd s Drug Store and get a size 81 '00. free trial bottle." Large Fatal Act-tdent. Erie. September 2G. A terrible accident occurred at the county Fair to-day. An aeronaut was about to ascend in a balloon when the huge machine shot up with a rush, tearing from the earth the large wooden supports, one of which fell upon Samuel C. Pherrin, of West Mill Creek, knocking his brains out and killing him instantly. James Wad3worth of Girard. and W. P. Edwards, of Harbor Creek, were al so struck and severely injured. The hot -air balloon came tlown within five feet of the lake. Very Keiuarkable Recovery. Mr. George V. Willing, of Man chester, Mich., writes: "My wife has been almost helpless for five years, so helplees that she could not turn over in bed aione. She used two bottles of Electric Bitters, and is so much improved, that she is able to do her own work." Electric Eitters will do all that is claimed for them. Hundreds of testimonials attest their great cu rative powers. Only fifty cent a bottle at C. N. Bovd's. Butlers Party. Boston, September 2(5. The peo ple's party had two enthusiastic ral lies in this city to night at Faneuil Hall and Tremont Temple while an nvprflnor mpptinir wan held in the i Melodeon. General Butler snoke in i the former two places and was warm- ly received. At Faneuil Hall there was a large audience many ladies occupying the galleries. James H. O'Neil presided and spoke brief ly, while he wa3 speaking General Butler entered and was loudly cheered. The new high school building in Hartford Conn., is Eaid to be the only absolutely fire-proof bunding in the country. OM JcwMa'a FsUIsxjosthy. Soap don'i cost as much as dia monds, but lots o' people don't seem to be able to atford both. A man that needs forty cents worth of whiskey to give hira an appetite for a fifteen cent dinner always has the dyspepsia. 1 never kel comfortable when there in a man around that smiles all the time. The only dog that ever bit me never stopped waggin' his taiL Y,cn I ee a fellow siftin, two quarts of ashes an' smokin, a ten cent cigar at won time, I know he'll get rich, because he's bo ekonomicaL You show me a man that's alius workin' in politics an' I'll show you one that alius gets a darned sight more and better to eat than his wife and children do. I don,t often ask riddles, but wot doyou think a family likely to get for dinner wen the old man gets eight dollars a week, spends four for beer, two for cigars, and buys a raffle tick et? There's a great deal of talk about folks killing themselves by overwork. There's many people struck by lightnin. Most such critters work, eight hours a day an' dance, drink or play poker ten more? Then wen they break down, their wives put on the tombstone, Died of Over-work. You can't rely on signs. Lots of folks say that a man with big ears is ginerally stupid. When I was a boy I went to the cirkis, an' they had a little mule no bigger than a ten week s calf. They asked boys to ride the critter, an' I sez, "he's only a mule, an, he's got big ears. He must be stupid an' he won't play me no tricks.' Wen they took me home my father licked me for bein' a fool, he said he'd like to give the mule a medal. W en I was a boy we had a big yaller dog that hadn't as much sense as a sheep or as much pluck as a chipmunk. That dog wouldn't have fought a canary bird; we knew it and he knew it, but he kept up an awful sight of bluster and How. just the same as if we all didn't know just what it was worth. Every day a cowardly cur like ourn used to go by with a butcher's cart, an' them two dog3 would run up and down n diiVerent sides of the fence, bar kin' fit to kill, an, just as if they'd tear each other up if it wasn't fer the fence. One day the two got after each other, an' it happened that some one had left the gate open, o all of a sudden they came opposite each other with nothin' between. Well, sir, them two dogs just stopped and looked at each other for a minnit Then they put their tails between their legs, an' cut sticks in opppsitedirections. There's piles an' piles o'nien that's a heap more anxios for a fight w'en there's a fence between them than w'en they're n clear ground. L'lemelnnd Sentiiol. An Over-AAVctionate I'et Uear. Uathprlm, Idaho, September 2.'V Consternation has been created here by the ugly work of a pet bear. It escaped from the custody of its own er and ran on the street in a rage. The animal attacked a girl twelve years old, mangling her and nearly crushing her to death by hugging Four men hearing the girls cries rushed to the rescue. The bear turned on them, dropping the child. Three men were badly torn, one having a hand nearly chewed off. The fourth man escaped the ani mal's fury. Before the bear could be dispatched he made his escape. The little girl will probably die. I bought medicina in thirteen States, but nothing helped me till I got Ely,3 Crearn Balm. In four days I could hear as well as ever. I am cured of the catarrah as well. It is the best medicine ever used. Garrett Widrick, Hastings, N. Y. A Mad Steer Loose Id s Crowd. Erik, Sept, 24. The second day's exhibiton by the Erie County Agri cultural Society was attended by 20,01.0 people. Buffalo Bill's "Wild West" waB a feature of the show, and during that pait of the programme where Mexican vanqueros ride wild steers a frightful scene occurred. One of the steers became furious with rage and breaking away with a vanquero on his back plunged into a large crowd of spectators, goring right and left, injuring several and trampling a dozen or more people; the infuriated brute wbs finally las soed and secured. A Cyclone at W ellsbarsr. Er.MiRA, N. Y., September 2S.A cyclone struck the village of Wells burg, six miles east of here, at 8 ; o'clock this evening. li ousts, barns and other buildings were unroofed, orchards destroyed and the streets thickly strewn with trees. The wind was accompanied by a terriflic rain storm lasting some time, which del uged the streets. Rev. A. B. Lawrence, pastor Sec ond Presbyterian church. Winston, North Carolina, writes, he thinks it his duty to state, that having suffer ed several years with inflammatory rheumatism, ana having in vain tried all other remedies, he was in duced to try St. Jacobs Oil, the mar velocs pain-cure, which after contin ued use, cured him entirely. Political Fusion In Lonislana. New Orleans, La. Sept 22. At a meeting to-day of the regular Re publican State Committee a com mittee was appointed to confer with the Independent or Conservative i Blaine and Logan organizations of Louisiana and prepare an Electoral ticket satisfactory to and represent ing all the elements opposed to Cleveland and Hendricks. Des Moines, Iowa, has paid over $24,000 in four years in damages to pedestrians brought about by de fective sidewalks. The total superficial area of the seas of the world is 231.9l",'05 while all the land is only 3-1,3.j4,05O square miles. A Washington correspondent of a Boston paper claims that a huge punch bowl is to be found in almost every house in Washington. Fire In Lancaster County. Lancaster, S?ept 2 i. lhe large of Reuben Keller, near Lincoln, this county, was destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon with con tent?, consisting of the products of five acres of tobacco, a large amount of wheat and hay and farming uten sils. A horse, a number of hogs and some chickens were also fatally burned. Loss, $7000; partially in sured. Five thousand four pnrwfpeppnt. licrhta ar hundred in used at the i Louisville exposition.