lie Somerset Herald.! I Terms of Publication. Published every Wednesday snomlns; t 3 M r annum, If P1J K' ! derwlse 31 torartsbly be ehargwd. Jf o absortptloa will be eUswosHjuee aotfl an rewaws m part ! Poetmaaieri neglecting I noufy u when sTibteribef. do not take eat air paper will be hld responsible for the wb- rlptloa. SobterfbeitrenKrcinf from or ostuHlos to aa jfcersboaldgTrejUi name of the former an r 11 $ ths promt efflee. Address The Somerset Herald, Somerset, Pa. J J. MILLER. . ATTOBNEV-AT XAW. j sej6. Somerset, Pa. FRED. W. BIESECKER. ATTOKNEY-AT-LAW, Somerset. Pa. : Offioe, op-stalrs In Oook Beertu' Block. G EOKGE K. SCULL, AITOKNEI-AI-LAW, Somerset Pa. OHN R. SCOTT, ATTORNEY-AT LAW, Somerset, Pa. J. KOOSER, ATTORNEY-AT LAW, Somerset, Pa. HS. ENDS LEY. . ATTORNEY-AT LAW, t Somerset, P C U. TRENT. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, tHmerMi, Penn'a. ED B. SCULL. ATTOKNEY-AT-LAW, . Somerset, Pa. H L. BAER, ATTOKNET-AT LAW, Somerset, Pa Will prsetlwin Somersetaiidadjnlnliia-eoantles. an Mudoeaa entrusted to tiim will toe promptly A. Hr)FrBOTH. W. H. BIFPEL. C' OFFROTII & RUITEL, ATTURNEVS-AT-LAW. f All business emrosted to their care will i;i a .... ..... ... M. . r inMmil fn . s orrn a Or, Main Crow street opposite the A J.LBor.K. X C COLBOBK nOLBORN & COLBORN, Kj ATTORNEVS-AT-LAW. I All badness Intrusted to onreare will be prompt- -e'rset. Bediord. and adiolnlns: Coamies. Survey tug k. Uoreyanclns; done on reasonable terms. TITILLIAM II. KOONTZ, I ATTORNET.AT-LAW, I Somerset, Pa., Will i-rce promnt attention to business entrust ed to his rare in Svimerset and adjoining counties. Vthc in Printing House Row. DENNIS MEYERS. ATTORN EY-AT-LAW, '. All leKaH'OPinrss entrusted to hlseare will be . attenooo to wnn imminnr auu uucmj. . i Iflice on Main Cross Street, neat dour to Snj tlcT k Co.'s store, aprt JAMES L. PUGH, ATTORN EY-AT-LAW, ,; Somerset Pa. i Oflice. Mammoth Block, np stairs. Entrance. Iln Cro street. Collections made, estates rttled. titles examined, and all business attended to with promitoess and fidelity. PY. KIM MEL. . ATTORN EY-AT-LAW, mat) Somerset, Pa. PRITTS, ATTORNEY-AT LAW. KiimmAt Pa. Office, up-stairs in Mammoth Block. JOHN 0. KIM MEL. ATTORN EY-AT-LAW. 3 Somerset. Pa. Will attend to all business entrusted to his care tnS omerset ami adjoinlna counties with prompt Bess and fidelity. Olbor on Alain Cross street. iH ENRY F. SCIIELI u,,T.,-. .rA Pension AaenU Somerset, Pa. Otfice in Mammotn Black. Itt-alentixehay. ; V ATTORN EY-AT-LAW And Pea Win Real Estate. Somer t, P will : attend to all business entrusted to fill car. wun promptness and fidety . TOHN II.UIIL. A ATTORNEY-AT LAW " Somerset, Pa, WlU pmmptly attend to all business entrusted to him. Money advanced on collections, . Ol- hce in Mammoth Buiidlnx. T G.OGLE. t . ATTORNEY-AT LAW, Somerset Pa., Proiessional business entrusted to mj ear at tended to with promptness and fidelity. D XL J. M LOUT HER. (Kormeny oi ioyeiowu.f PBYS1CIAS ASD SVXGEOS, Has located ceimsnently In Somerset fr the praclce of his prole slon Iflice doors W est ol Central Hotel, in rear ol Iru; Store. raaj.l. D R. E. W. BLOUGH, HOMEOPATHIC PIITSICAS ASD SCBCEOS Terdrsbis scrricesto the people of Somerset rd vicinity. Calls in town or country promptly attended to. an t lound at ofilcc dsy orntuhi ntiles i.nfefiTaily eniraaed. WOttlce on Southeast corn. r ol Ulam.nJ. over Kn-iperi Shtil-M. aprawtf. D R H. S. KIMMEL B r tenners nip :--. . - , I ' mi nnoelHin. . umtW to the ci 1 1- rcnsoi nieriei aii n-mn.. ...... , - -- a I eo-ei he can be found at his ttioe, on Main St , east of the Diamond. DR H. BRUBAKER tenders hi? professional srrrlces to the eft liens of Som erset and vicinity, oiflne to residence on Main street west ol the Diamond. DR. VM. RAUCH tfndere liif profesional services to the eltliens of Som erset and vicinity. ... . ( iifice One door tast of Wayne a. Berkebile t tnmiiure store. Dee. . 'Kt fiR.S.J. M.MILLEN. .-oxtitstrr. Pa Gives special attention to the Preerva'loo of the N.tural Teeth. Artificial se'S inserted All 4pet 1,1 rr iieratlons ituirnowl satistaotory. m r- ercenn ratriut street, oa dir essi 01 lim- Iteiical Cbur. tu ocli em. DR JOHN BILT. DENTIST. Olhce up stairi in Cook a. Beerlti Block, Somer eUPa. DR WILLIAM COLLINS. DENTIST. SOMERSET, PA. Office ta Mammoth Block, above Byd s Drug flora where he can at all times be found prepar ed tode all kinds ol work, such as ftlllnsr reru lattna. eitracting .e Artificial teeth of all kinds, and of the best material Inserted. Operations warranted. DR. J. K. MILLER has penna nentlv located ta Berlin for the practice ef his pmfessioa. Ooe oppusit. Charles Kris' Ins;, er s store. epr. !, KMX QIAMOND HOTEL, STOYSTOWK. l'EKN'A. This popular and well known bouse has lately been tkorouf hlv and newly refitted with all new wnd best ot furniture, which has atade ft a very desirable stopping place tor thetraueting public His table and rnos cannot be surpassed, all ba ng first cUsa, with a large public hall attached to the same. Also large and roomy stabile. Ftm class boarding can I had at the lowest pos sible prices, bj the week, day or meal. SAMCELCTSTF.B. Prop. S. E. Cor. D1amd StovsUiw ,PBi A PRIZE. Send rents tar po jt- ire and receive fre 9 a nily box of l,ich will help vow to ar ore moeey rl.l.t away than anything else ia this world. Alt. of either sex. succeed tr" first jour. The bread Mad to fortune opens be lore the work era aiisolutelr ore At once address, Tr rs a C .Amrutta. Maine. st jd'A. JXKCCTORTS NOTCE Lute of Adam 7. jnmermau. dee'd. lab of Som erset township. Somerset CVssnty, Pa. tetters teetassentary oa theabm Late hav ing been granted to tba aoderstgnet. riot lee Is hetvbv given to all prrsens Indebtwd to -said estate to male immediate payment, and tht se having claims strst the same will present them duly authentica ed lor oetOem-nt. m Sat.rdav. No. ve.her I. 1KH4, at the late reatdeaea ef the ex ecutor tn Jenner Twp. JONAS MA VRER, Seri3t. Executor. JJOW TO MAKE MONEY "$100, o c-uceessiui salesmen i pay as nign per rncata and expense'. Memoir en. ' li ment raartnlsed. 0 more ed. Lxpcrieuc ar necessary. Any live man caa sweeeed. MM acres under eabivatioa. The m.t cumpiete pacamg grosnsds ta the t'nlted State.. Newest and choicest varieties of fruit a tjeisity. Send tor term, stating age. Caaa. II. ham. hurservaaa. Mucaeetar. N. Y. V i N (CY . i Tr lT. ine Doiiierset n VOL. XXXIII. NO. 20. GREAT BAEG-AINS -IN- BRASS AND COPPER KETTLES ! LARGEST STOCK At Lowest Prices Ever OffereJ, at WMesie and Eetail- : MANUFACTURER AND JOBBER IN Plain, Stamped, and Japanned Tinware. RANGES, STOVES AND HOt'SE-FCEXlSHINO OOOPS, COPPE, SHEET-IRON WARE, AND BRUSHES. WOrders Solicited from Merchants So'llnf Oools In tn By Line.- 280 Washington Street, - Johnstown, Pa. TO THE Farming Trade ! -:o:- Wc wish to call j our attention to the IMMEXSS STOCK -OF OUR Crlcbrated Male of Monogram BOOTS & HOES, Which we have Just Received for the FAU AIIO WINTER TRADE. Ivery Pair are Warranted to Give ENTIRE SATISFACTION 3y the Manufacturer, and if they fail to do as we guar antee them to do, we refund the money or give you a New Pair FEEE OP COST ! lease hear in mind that we are Sole Agent for the Monogram Boots & Shoes n 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 rail than ever, and at Prices that Will surprise you. We can save you fully 25 per cent by buying your Fall and Winter Stock from Us. ONE-PRICE SHOE STORE No. 212 Main St., Johnstown, Pa. A NEW ENTERPRISE. E. M. Lambert & Bro., Maaarfaeturert of aad Dealers la iWiBe Hue ami Heslcct SMcules- L. STARGARDTER S We bar secured a 2sl "JBTW HVTTTilj, aT Aad ansiaaaetara Sblagles am the Mlehiaaa Prloeiplew We eat, and ewisianUy keep on band twogradesof the vartoag klsuta of Shinglea. vVe gwaraetM ear Shinglea t be supertor ta any la the IVaiaty. Snail b pleased to hava parti eosne am iaspect ear aaiatriea beiure baytaf eUewhera. Addreas E. M. LAMBERT & BRO., LA M R rRTS VUXE. SOM fcKS ITT CO., Pa, a BUrai. SOMERSET COUNTY BANK ! (ESTABLISHED 1877J CHAELES. J. HARRISON. M.I. PRITTS. President (Soehier Collections made In all parts of the United states. CHARGES MODERATE. Parlies wishing to send miner West can be ae- eomioodated by draft on New York In anv sum. Collections made with promptness. V. S. Bonds nought and sold, money and valuables secured by one of I Heboid's celebrated safes, with a fear gent 9l Tale 9 00 time lock. . ACCOUNTS SOLICITED. WAllleira holidays observed. Albert a. Hoasn. J. Scott Waan, HOME & WARD trccaasoas to EATON & BROS. X0. 27 FIFTH AVESUE, PITTSBURGH, PA. jPRl5?G1882. NEW GOODS EVSLY DAY SPECIALTIES Imbroideriet, Laces, Millinery, Whits Goods, Hd kerchiefs, Dress Trlmings, Hosiery, Gloves, Corsets, tint lis isd Verlno Usderwsar, la far, ts' d Children's Clothing. Fancy Goods, Yams, Ztf hyrs, Bats rials of All Kinds for FANCY WORK, Gent's FflmsMi GooJs, fo, to. vera rATnoKAoa ia ararscTTTLLT soucitsd. rOrders by Mail attended to with Prompt ness and Dispatch. TOTT'S POLLS "THE OLD RELIABLE." 25 YEARS IN USE. The Greatest Medical Trinmph of the Age Indorsed all over the World SYMPTOMS OF A TORPID LIVER. Lossofappetite. Nansea-bcmelscoS; tive. Pain in the HeacLwitJi a dull sent sation in the back part. Pajajander thesaoulder blade, fullness after eat lag, witlt aisiMUnation toerertion of body or min3, Irritability of temp er, Low spirt tJf Loss of memory ,wit a feetoiThay neglectedJspme datyt weariness. Dizziness, Flntter tng oXeHearjT3ots before the eyes, YgUow S kin-Head ache,R estlessness at night, highly coloredTTrine. IF THESE W AEHIHGS ABE US HEEDED, ESI3 SSCASZSWriL BOSS SI SIVILSFXS. T0IT8 PILLS are especially aUaptedto acta cases, one doae effects aurh a change) of feeling as to astonish toe sufferer. Therlsketvaea (JseAppeCHe. and canae the body to Take em Flesh, thns the sys tem ia num risked, and by tbeir Taaiae actlsam the IHiscattw Orspaata, Bcarav lar Sitools wre prtxinfcd.Prlee a eemta. TUTTS IIAIll UYE. Gaar Hata or WmsKssa changed to a GuT Busck by a single appltcation of tbU PTE. It imparts a natural color, acta tntantaneoasly. Sold by Drugglste, or sett by express on receipt of 91. Office, 44 Murray St.. Mew Yen FASHIONABLE CUTTER & TAILOR, H sving had many years experience in all branches of he Tailoring bus iness 1 guarantee who may call up- me and favor i HtJrBBhU,ei,I,,' Yours, fce-, vn. n. nocnTEixB, fsniemti Pa. aaari CHARLES HOFFMAN, HEBCEAIIT TAILOR. tsVooww Krry HaaVejr! Btareu) LITEST STILES d LOWEST Em. arSATISFACTIOH GUARANTEED. SOMERSET 1-. $66ss -Tlj - mm-w HBftf ST Ol t hM. a mtflt free. aaeolataiy sure. Ke risk. Uaa tot requtrea. bchv, ebersex, yof oM. " fTriT.U" the time wj . . . - -j wrltefc particwlars u H. H ui.btt. PorUasxMta A COMPLAINT. 0, IiHe on earth, what dreary sadness lies t Between thy day's first dawn and tetting sun, What bitter pangs, what hopeless agonies Thy moments bring os ere our task is done. For all our toil of fevered pulse and brain, For all the patient faith that leads us on, What dost thou give ? A heritage of pain And lost beliefs, when joy and hope are gone. Thy promises are wondrous fair and sweet, Thou lovest youth's bright smiles aud - laughter gay ; But thou hast only thorns for tired feet; F or wearied eyes the g lare of noonday. Alas! that thou no recompense canst give For all the labor of thy heavy days ; Alas ! that man must ever toil and live Waiting for eternity to praise. L. C. A PHYSICIAN'S ADVEXTCRE. Late on an afternoon, in the au tumn ofl84o, on retarnincr to mv omce aner visiudk some Dttiants. - c. .... . I found this iiwte Ivine on the table : Dr. James: Will von do me the favor to call at my office this even mg oeiore reunngr 1 nave some thing of importance to communi cate. Yours truly, J. L. Garbetso.v, M. D." The office that I occupied was in a large, old-fashioned building, since torn down, on Arch street, Philadelphia. It was a large, double mansion. I occupied the right par lor as an omce in conjunction with a young dentist, while Dr. Garret- son, who owned the house, occupied trie lelt. T r . . a ... lit. uarreison at that time was a man about thirty-five, though he looked ten years older. He was rather tall, and slim in fieure. with a face that had once been handsome, though this was nearly obliterated by trouble, sickness, or something else. Though with the reputation of being a skilled physician, his solita ry habits kept the fraternity from seeing much of him. Indeed, he was the most seclusive man that I ever met Having had my office for three years under the same roof with Dr. Garretson, and in all that time not having exchanged a dozen words with him, of course I was surprised on reading his note. My mend, the dentist, retiring about seven o'clock, I finished my business for the evening, and knock ed at the doctor's door. A voice bid me enter. I opened the door. The shutters were closed, and there was a lamp burning on the ttble. The doctor ffiV-ua'ilCTi'iriacecfiJbifiuu date. :u I went in. As I was turnins around to close the door 1 received a heavy blow from behind, which stunned me; though I seemed to have a faint rec ollection of the doctor's turning the key in the door, and then binding me. Be this as it may, however, I knew, when I recovered, I was bound hand and foot, and so tight ly that I could not stir, while I was securely gagged by a large handker chief being stuffed in my mouth, and then being firmly tied behind my neck. I could neither stir nor speak ; an I could do was to listen and trem ble, for I suspected the doctor in tended taking my life. I was speedily reassured, how ever. 'You have nothing to fear, Dr. James," said the doctor, who had taken a seat near the table, while he had placed me on a chair near the door. "I meditate no harm to you. I am sorry I was compelled to hurt vou. out l had no omer memoa oi a v .1 .ir accomplishing my object Before we proceed to business, 1 win exam ine the wound I gave you." So saving he took the scissors and cut the hair away irora the neigh borhood of the wound. He then bathed my head and placed a cool ing lotion on it. ' There, he said, as he nnisned, I think you'll not suffer much from it now." The doctor, for some time after he had fixed the wound, did not speak. but continued pacing the room in deep thought It was raining outside, and there was little noise in the street All was quiet sae the ticking of the clock and the noise of the doctors feet. I can recall my feelings as I sat there, bound hand and foot and mouth, waiting for him to speak. At last he stopped his walk, and taking a seat near me, be gan : MI have a confession to make to night The confession must not be told till I am dead. After the con fession I intend to hang myself. The door will be broken in in the morning, and vou will be released. This will explain mv conduct to ward vou this evening. 44 You have known me, I believe, for about three years. You have heard me spoken of as a strange man; you think I am a strange man. When you have beard my Btory you will know what made me so. ! 44 My father vas a wealthy cotton planter ; I was an only son. After being pampered and spoiled at home till my conduct was unbearable to all that came in my way, I was sent to college in one of the Northern States and afterward transferred to the Univeisity of Pennsylvania, where I studied medicine and in due time graduated with high honor. 44 My father's money soon placed me in a respectable position as a doctor in one of our large Southern cities. In a short time 1 had gained an extensive practice, 44 With one of the families I came in contact dwelt a young woman named Laura Moyer. She was em ployed as a governes, but her beau ty and other attractive qualities won her a place in the hearts of those with whom she resided, and she was treated more as a danghtber than a governess of tbeir chil- j dren. I 44 Fate, as it were, threw me con '8tanUy in this young lady's way. ESTABLISHED 1827. SOMERSET, Pi, WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 29, 1884. If I went to a all, she was there ; if I went to a aeatre I was sure to meet her, and ft every social meet ing I attended she invariably con stituted one of he party. From this fruent intercourse ri pened friendshj ; and from friend ship, love. .Thaugb my social po sition placed m far above hers, still love made us qual, and finally I proposed to er and was ac cepted. 44 My family tas greatly against this alliance. Every inducement was offered meto break my prom ise of marriage and marry a rich beauty of my pents' selection. But all their pleadirra were in vain, and we were marrid, thougn from the moment of our carriage my father disowned me. j "My practice was good and we succeeded vrrywell in keeping up an appearance c weann. My wue s beauty and attactions drew many of the elite of tta city to our home indeed, but forlhose attractions, if she had been a plain, reserved wo man, instead a the belle or every assemblage, I'dnot have to tell this story to-night ; une oi our nany visitors was a young man naned L.arue. He bad all the qualities that charm the fe male sex vouni handsome, wittv. with a dash of oystery about him, and a thorough man of the world. He was also the most ardent admir er of my wife, and was seldom ab sent from the hmse. l don t thini l am naturally a jealous man thft is, enough to ac cuse a man witheut strong proof of bis crime, bu 1 taw so many things between Larue tnd my wife that would have aroised the suspicion of the most confiding husband iving. ; "To get my wife from the influ ence ol Larue J relinquished the extensive practice I had gained by skill and industry, and came here to hiladalphia. Here I purchased the house that ws are occupants of, and it was here in this house that the crime was committed that has been hanging on mv conscience like a millstone for years, and which I will atone for to-night by my own band. We had lived here perhaps three months. I had put forth my great est energies, and succeeded verv well in getting patients ; my wife seemed to return to her allegience to me, and i thought I had a full store of happiness before me, when, one day, on returning to my home, surprised ray wife again, in the arms of Larue. 44 1 was overwhelmed with passion, threatened to kill him on the snot if he didn't leave my house. He had the advantage by his impene- the house, promising to call again when he pleased to do so. I appealed to my wue to re nounce all thoughts of Larue, re minding her of my constancy as a husband. But her bead seemed turned again by her lover, and she was as insolent as be. I suspected the lovers would have a stolen interview that even ing, as they knew I would be ab sent But 1 bad determined to stay at home unknown to them, and watch. 44 My suspicions were correct I heard Larue come. They went into the parlor. Silently I crept into an adjoining room, and through a key hole watched them. 1 heard an that was said and done. They were planning an elopement 44 It was then the thought of mur der first occurred. I would kill the false wife and deceitful lover. But how? 44 To use firearms would discover me. and Larue having greater strength and being more active than I, would bave the advantage ;n a personal encounter. I had it ! 44 1 would first stupefy them, then commit the murder. This was the way I accomplished it: 4' My wife proposed having a little supper, and I knew they would use wine. I procured a bottle and drugged it then placed it in a con- snicuoua nosition. The bottle of wine was used, and the lovers were soon, with tneir arms emwmeu, locked m the embrace of sleep. "The rest was soon done. My first step was to bind their ara.s se curely, then, with a rope, I strangled them as they sat locked in each oth er's arms. 44 But after the murder ! It was no sooner committed than I repented it Here were the bodies those riamnin? witnesses what was to be done with them ? I could not bury them, and my blood shrank from burning them. Yes, there was a wav ! I nartlv understood the art of "embalming. It was my only chance to escape detection. I put my skill to work, and before morn ing had the bodies embalmed ana hid. "The next dav I informed ray neighbors that my wife had fled, and I expected she had eloped with Larue. I was believed. - Mv char acter nlaced me above suspicion." Here the doctor ceased speaking, and taking a pen and paper, wrote for a considerable time, ne men sealed the paper, and laying it on the table, said : "That paper finishes the story, to gether with instructions I wish obeyed. I see your position is pain ful, but there can be bo help till morning. He then bid me good-bye, telling me I should never see him again alive. I managed to get on the floor, and I lay there till morning. I don't know how many hours I' remained awake, suffering with my cramped position, but at last sleep came to me and 1 slept till awakened by tbe noise of breaking in the door. The note the doctor had left told os the bodies were concealed in a rhimnev. that was walled up, and that Lis body would be found in tbe garret He wanted all three taken south, and buried near tbeir former homes ; and there was more in structions regarding the property that he had bequeathed to his parents. W fonnd the bodies where the doctor bad indicated ; and he was found hanging ia the garret His wishes were complied with to the letter his parents coming on and taking charge of the bodies. This has been years ago, but I shall nevr forget the night when I was compelled to listen to the doc tor's tory. by Children Should eat Honey. Thousands and tens of thousands of children are dying all around us, who because their ever-developing nature demands sweetness, crave and eagerly demolish adulterated "candies" and "syrup" of modern times. If these could be fed on honey instead they would develop into healthy men and women. Children would Tather eat bread and honey than bread and butter. One pound of honey will reach as far as two pounds of butter, and has besides, the advantage of being fur more healthy and pleasant tasted, and always remains good, while butter becomes rancid and often produces cramp in the stomache, eructations, sourness, vomiting, and diarrhcea. Pure honey should al ways be used in every family. Hon ey eaten upon wheat bread is very beneficial to the health. The use of honev instead of sugar in almost every kind of cookery is as pleasant for the palate as it is healthy for the stomache. In prepariug blackberry. raspberry or strawberry shortcake it is infinitely superior. It is a common expression that honey is a luxury, having nothing to do with the life giving principle. This is an error heney is food in one of its most concentrated forms True, it does not add so much to the growth of the muscles as does beefstake, but it does impart other properties no less necessary to health and vigorous physical and intellectual action. It gives warmth to the rvstem, arouses nervous en ergy and gives vigor to all the vital functions. To the laborer it gives strength to the business man men tal force. Its effects are not like ordinary stimulants, such as spirits, but produce a healthy action, the results of which are pleasing ard permanent. The American Hotel. The American hotel is both the centre and nuisance of the town. Around the hotel gather all the dis contented people, those who from various reasons have lot industry for housekeeping and thrift for plain boarding. They are like birds in a cage, always tempting others to come to the hotel and live and yet alwavs desirous themselves to get back again to some substantial life. At the hotel vou not only get all the news, but all the scandal. It be- piaUC IV' ... j .5 I n rr the town, who there tell their old stories and cultivate the barkeeper, and I have often observed that the barkeeper is the favorite guest in the hotel. You can see young mil lionaires, or expectant that way, leaning on the bar telling their pri vate family life to the barkeeper. Liquor encourages convivial inter- 1 a. t ' - course, and tne oarneeper nere is like the barmaid in England some one to make love to when another social intercourse is frustrated. The barkeeper wears such a sice white apron such a spotless shirt, has his hair frizzed every morning, is dainty about his shoes, he juggles his crys tal glasses so deftly that he would seem to be what the ladies call "such a refined man." When a man has got a hollow stomache, looks pale and weak lrom his Fecret excesses. and has finally not much of any thing but a toft address, insinua tions and a good suit of clothes, he gets the name of being 'so refined." Frank Howe, whj appeared around Grant.s Administration as the chiel beau, made all his impression ty bis "refinement, whereas bis wile had to get a divorce from him for corrupting his own house. I never quite got over the feeling that he was a rehned man, because ne seem ed to be so effeminate that if there was no refinement about him it seemed to me there could be noth ing else, He never antagonized. He had a certain polish amounting to inoffensiveness. Under the skin. however, the wreck of human nat ure burnt like an old line of battle ship that is set on fire to avoid the exnense of keeping up. Letting the Young Man Down. One of the Knickerbocker girls whom I met and liked, writes Clara Belle, is to be a bride in October. She ia a philosophic little thing. I noticed that her to-be hushand was being slowly, gently, but none tbe less surely, let down from the heights of shadowy sentiment to the solitudes of human actuality. Do - . i n T . Ml . . - you loliow me : J-ei me illustrate mv meaning, one waltzed one night with the infatuated fellow and on seating her at my side, he whis pered rapturously : a I really think you have wings on your heels, you danced so lightly.' . a . i aa nrt ot a wing." she replied. .ine fact is that I had No. 2 shoes on No. 3 feet, and I felt as though 1 were stumping around on my ankles. rui just now my pet wiu onugo through the numbness. 44 Ah 1" sighed the persistently ro man tic chap. 44 then the wings ex tended invisibly from your shoul ders, dear girl?" 44 Well, it's safe to bet" the heav enly seraph responded, 44 that if any wings are attached to me they are somewhere outside of my corset, for there isn't room for half a breath inside." An End to Done ocraplng. Edward Shepherd, of Harrisburg, HL. says: "Having received so much benefit from Electric Bitters, 1 leel it my duty to let suffering human itv know it Have bad a running sore on mv leg for eight years; my doctors told me I would have to bave the bone scraped or leg ampu tated. I used, instead, three bottles of Electric Bitters and seven boxes cf Bucklin's Arnica Salve, and my leg is now sound and welL Electric Bitters are sold at fifty cents bot tle, and Bucklen's Arnica Salve at 25c. per box by C. N. Boyd eraia MODERN INSTANCES. THE CCRI0C9, ROMANTIC, ASD TRAGIC AL IXCIDEXTS OF LIFE. . ABOVE GROCSD. One of the greatest yegetable curi osities in existence is on exhibition at Thyes & Co's saloon. It is a po tato vine filled with well developed potatoes, which grew out of the ground in the open air, like toma toes. Tb?y differ from the tubers which grow underground, according to established rule, by bearing a slight green tinge. Reno (Nevada) Journal. TUSSLE WITH A BEAR. One day last week Mrs. W. K. Lee discovered a bear swimming in the Columbia and determined on its capture. The men folks were all away, but she summoned a posse, including the children, a boat, and the dog, and, armed with a butcher knife, attempted to prevent a land ing, while one of the children went alter a neighbor wao had a gun. The bear landed and showed liirht. Mrs. Lee was treed once on a big rock, but gaye chase again as tbe bear tried to make off. The bear turned on her again and ia retreat ing she tripped on a stick and went down, when the bear made a fero cious attack, bhe struck with knne and slashed it so severely on the nose that it went howling uway long enough lor ber to regain her leet and the dog attacked so vigor ously she made good her escape. About this time the nan with the gun settled the contest, and for sev eral days bear steaks were plenty in the neighborhood. Mrs. Lee show ed great courage in this contest and deserved a bigger share of the bear than she received. Vancouver Inde pendent. BEN FRASSXISS WATCH. Levi W. Groff, of Lancaster, Pa., a staunch old Pennsylvania farmer and stock-grower, yesterday visited the Sun office and exhibited the memorable Benjamin Franklin watch," of which there has been considerable newspaper mention. It is manufactured of silver, in the old bull's-eve pattern, with open fase, and on its back bears tbe following inscription, in letters still well de fined ROiwithstandirg its extreme age and no doubt extensive hand ling: "Ben Franklin, UTfi." An old paper on the inside indicates that it was "Repaired by Thomas Parker, of Philadelplia, on the 24th of January, 1817," over sixty-seven years ago. 1 he watch it appears lrom another paper, was made more than 12G years ago. It was proba bly purchased by Franklin when he represented the independent colonies at the British court in London. " SKOflrXtl ' B BuamoaLi. ! bkobelen, so the story goes, was working one evening in bis tent near the Danube, or near a pond, when a Turkish bomb dropped at the threshold of the tent The Gen eral had just time to see the sentinel outside stoop and phlegmatically throw the shell into the water. Skob eleff approached the sentinal and said, ''Do you know that you bave saved my life?" "I have done my best, General." "Very well; which would you rather have, the St. George's Cross or 100 roubles?" Tbe sentinel was a Jew with a fine Seroet ric profile. He hesitated a moment, and then said: "What is the value of the St George's Cross, my Gen eral?" "What do you mean? The cross itself is of no value; it may be worth 5 roubles, perhaps, but it is an houor to possess it." "Well, my General," calmly said the soldier, "if it is like that, give me 95 roubles and the cross of St. George!" Whether the prayer of that child of Israel was granted or not history does not say. A Man Jim Fit.lt Understood. A recent book has this new story : Fisk once received by telegraph the details of a dangerous bill introduc ed in one of the State Legislatures. He telegraphed in reply to bis in formant to come on to New lork at once, received him at his sumptu ous quarters at trie Grand Opera House, and inquired if his visitor could kill the bill. The Judge thought he might Fisk drew out a check for So.OOO, The Judge 4rrAicA trt Af trhnt ria arm Id frvr an small an amount, but never tooktlfIon checks. FUk smiled and got the cash, which the Judge pocketed and shook hands to to, when Fisk sud denly asked : 44 By the way, who is the author of this bill f 1 he J udge replied, without hesitation, 44 1 am." Oh ! said risk, with a beaming i look of admiration, I thought so Good day." An Important Isaac 44 George," chirruped a pretty girl to the young man who has been keeping company with her for the past year, and had never plucks-d up courage enough to propose,4 George, do you know I am reminded of one of the issues of the campaign every time I think of you?" "No ; are you, Clara?" exclaim ed the youth, eagerly. Yes. Can t you imagine what issue it is, George?" " The foreign policy ?" ventured the young man." 44 Oh, no." Western land claims ?" said he, looking down at his feet 44 Wrong. Try again." 44 Nothing to do with an 4 Inde pendent party.' " 44 Ne, you simpleton." 44 Then I give it up," at last said he. "The main question at present George, is protection. Do you see ?" He saw, and popped the question then and there. Bradford Mail. Though numerous causes may operate to turn the hair gray, all that is needed to restore the natural color is Hall's Vegetable Sicilian HairRenewer. For more than t wen - ty years its sales bave been enor - mous, but we have yet to learn of its first failure. The mosquitoes' bless our hum 1 " WHOLE NO. 1737. Clara Barton at Geneva. The following letter, dated Gene va, Switzerland, Sept S, is from An toinette Margot and addressed to the Woman's Journal: The great kindness with which two or three American papers receiv ed and published some articles which I sent them, a few years ago in regard to Miss Clara Barton's work in Strasbourg, encourages me to send you an episode of her pres ent visit to Geneva on tho occasion of the third conference of the Geneva convention, known as the lied Cross. I leave it to pens better authoriz ed than mine to tell you about the conference ; but I want to be the first to speak to you of Miss Barton, whom we are proud and happy to have again in our old Europe, where she is as well known as if she had been born among us, and where she is loved and appreciated by many rulers and nations who saw her at work after our great war of 1870. The hearts of all her countrymen would have beaten with a noble pride, as did mine, if they had been present at the session of last Wednes day. Mr. Sheldon had just spoken of the Red Cross in America, and paid a delicate compliment to Miss Barton. After speaking of her ef forts to spread the lied Cross in the a ; United States, and of the full sue cess by which they have been crown ed, he alluded to Miss Nightingale, and said with a voice of emotion : " After our American war we ued to call her our Florence Nightingale; but now we only need to call her our Clara Barton, and we consider that this name is enough." Upon this the whole audience, who were less familiar with the American work of your famous and beloved countrywoman than with her Euro pean work, but who knew tbe latter well, applauded warmly. One of ihe Italian delegates, springing upon the platform, proposed to the n??era blage to vote by acclamation that "Miss Barton has deserved well of humanity." And actual thunders of applause broke out at this propo sition. Emotion and enthusiasm were at the highest pitch. The clap ping and stamping were renewed again and again as if thev would never stop. I do not know whether you are familiar in America with the exact significance of the phrase, "Men merite ee Thumanite." It is the ex pression of the highest approbation, honor and esteem that the French language can convey. It means that all humanity is under grateful obli gations to her for the varied work she has accomplished, nrt in Amer ica only, but wherever she has gone. ii is te declare her a universal bene factress. Miss Barton is probably that from the official representatives of all the governments of Europe, and from seven foreign countries, which gives this vote a very great importance. I hope and belieye that after this Congress and thi vote old Europe will no longer be so afraid of seeing women mingle in public work.which has been considered hitherto as the exclusive domain of men. I hope that this meeting with a woman dis tinguished as a princess, modest and capable as a statesman, will mark a step of real progress in the cause of woman, and that we shall be able, we women of all nations, to declare that Mies Barton has deserved well of womanhood. And this is why I address, through a woman's paper, my humble tribute to our noble and venerated friend. May God send us many Clara B.irtons, and the tri umph of our cause will be near at hand. An Kxtlnct Volcano. The Orange Mountains haveal ways been considered one of the redeem ing features of Eastern New Jersey But for this fine range of chestnut clad hills the geographers of Essex County might beexcused for believ ing, with the contemporaries of Co lumbus, that the earth is flat The Orange Mountains are their pride and joy, the Jerseymans picnic ground, the locality of mysteriou robberies and murder", the supposed winter resort of the seaside musqui to; and at lost something has actual ly been found which should give these humble hills a pre-eminent po- ln the Appalachian system. The crater of an extinct volcano has been discovered in the mountains near Orange, and hundreds of visi tors daily crowd around the interest ing spot. The genuineness of the dis covery is asserted upon the authori ty of State Geologist Cook and many other scientific men. The prevailing scientific structure of that part of the Blue Ridge range admit, how ever, of caves and what are com monly called "Sink-ho!es,"and if it was not for the corroboration of Pro fessor Cook, who enjoys a distinguish ed reputation in his department of science, the report would not hi so readily lelieved as it i. The New England Society, comprising many of the foremost citizens of Orange are arranging to obtain of the property 1 on which this wonder i. situated. Gazette. ' A Strtl'na; Diiicosery. Mr. Wm. Johnson, of Huron, Dak. writes that his wife had been troub led with acute Bronchitis for many years, and that all remedies tried gave no permanent relief, until he procured a bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery forConsumption, Coughs, and Colds, which had a magical effect, and produced a permanent i enre. It is guaranteed to cure all Disea-ses of the Throat, Lung9. or Bronchial Tubes, Trial Bottles Free at C. N. Boyd's Drug Store, Large Size 81,00. The Empress Eugeuie has return- ! ed to Farnborough, after an absence ! 0f nearly two months. The Queen j has again invited the Empress to oc- j Cupy Abergeldie Castle, but it is 1 now donbtiul whether she will go ; to Scotland this year. Butler u consistent He refuses ! positively to enrich soulless corpora motto4" God j tions. He travels on a pass. Bal timore American. A Selkir on Cliff Some two weeks ago Captaia M. M. Robinson, in the employ of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company, gave an interviewer from the Vail a remarkable story abont an adventure in Chili. The Captain, whose bov hood was passed in Pittsfield, Mass., left the bark W. Robinson at Io;ii- J que, Peru, on the occasion mentioned and with four other men of the same I vessel, made his way overland to Val paraiso. It was during the lonj tramp that the adventure occurred. Tho captaia, now master of tbe steamer Santa Cruz, is quoted : "At about 4 in the afternoon one day when we were getting pretty well down into Chili, we found our selves empty-stomached and strand ed at the base of a promontory that jutted well out into the sea. We hadn t come across house or man for several days past, and there wasn't a crumb lelt in the provision bag, the last scrap baying been divided that morning. While climbing among the rocks we found a spring of water to which a path ran down We scouted carefully up the path, to the queerest looking man I ever saw. "He was a haggard, dried-up, old bodj, whose age might have been anywhere from 80 te 100, and he sat on the plateau, a little back from the edge ol the cliff, nursing his knee and staring out to sea iu a vacant sort of way. He had nothing on bis head, and his hair and beard, which evidently hadn't been cut for many years, had changed through age lrom white to a moldy sort of yellow, and made hiai. LOOK LIFE A HERMIT in a picture-book. His only c ing was a lagged sheepskin, loosely hung upon his shoulders, and tits of sheepskin bound around h'u legs and feet I can't describe to you how ghastly and miserable the poor old man looked, with his withered flesh, dim eyes, and toothless gums, as he tut there muttering to himself and ignorant of the fact that we stood within a few feet of him. I guess we all felt a creepy sensation, for several minutes must have pas sed before one plucked up courage enough to touch the old boy on the shoulder. He slowly glanced up at us, took one indifferent sort of look and then turned to sea-gazing again. Then some one made a remark ia English, which f e?med :o give the old fellow a galvanic shock, for he roused himself all of a sudden. struggled on to his feet and appeared as though on the point of tryi ig to run. then be shook his head in a weary fashion and collapsed to. his original position. "Our Spanish talker now asked him frorne things in that lansruase. He didn't say a word, but fumbled around under his sheepskin until he got hold of a razor and motion ns t sharpen it lor him. It was of English make and had the dullest blade you ever saw, with nicks all over it. One of the boys had a small oilstone in his kit and we all sat down there while he ground away at the razor. After another failure to get r word from the old man we began chatting in English over our bad luck in the grub line and wondering if our neighbor couldn't put us in the way OF EATI.v; A SQUARE MEAL. When a tolerable edge had been got on the razor the old man stod up and motioned us to follow him. cl'eniy A&c,a ''tiMiS larsrieefc skin hung on the face of a low cliff. Lifting theskin he showed us a hole in the noli rock behind it and signed us to crawl in. We hung back a trifle, but felt rather ashamed of nhowifigany superstitious fear, and did crawl iu to what was an artifi cial cave. "It was, perhaps, some twelve feet square and so low that we couldn't stand up. At the far end another sheepskin divided this cave from an inner one, and when one of us was about to lift this the old man stopped him, and mutter ed angrily something we couldn't understand. Then Ik J pointed out to one chap where some brushwood could be got, and handed another one a rough crockery pot to get wa ter with. There wasn't the least trace of furniture in the cave, where we sat on the ground, and nothing, in fact, but two or three pots of crockery and iron and a few rude wooden platter. While a fire was building in the outer cave the old man went into the inner cave and returned with a small supply of jerked meat and dried fisb. There waso t a scrap ot tread, and not enough of the other btuff to go de cently around, but we made as much as we could of it aud filled in the chink with cold water; the poor old boy wouldn't eat anything, but af ter supper he seemed to get a good deal of satisfaction out of a pipe that one of us passed to hi in. Not a word did he speak, mind you. but he sat there STARINd AT VS. "As it got quite dark outnide our linguist asked if we might stay in the cave all night and the old man nodded assent Shortly after this he passed into the inner cave and didn't come out again. We bunked on the bare fiooraround the fire and were tired enough to sleep as though it was in a feather bed. About 2 o'clock we were aroused by awful groans from the inner cave and gasp ing sounds that made our flesh crawl. After chucking some dry brush on the Sre and raising a blaze we pulled away the sheepskin and found the old man writhing with pain on a rough pallet He seemed to be suffering intensely with cramps and stretched his hands out to us. I thought I heard him say: "Forgive me, O Lord !" We covered him op well and went into the larger cave, where we sat for a few minutes. When we, went back he was dead. "In the morning, after burying him, we searched the cave. In the way of food we found a scant supply for two days, and nothing else worth noticing except a Bible under the head of the bed. This Bible was printed in English, and had been read to rags. On the flyleaf a name was written, and you can imagine bow startled I was to find the words Pittsfield, Massachusetts, and above them the well-remembered name of a bank officer who had stolen a lot of money and ran away from home when I was a boy." Captain Bobbins and his partv experienced j many hardships, but finally reached i V alparaiso in safety. , i i . i j When Texan vigilantee set oat on j a lynching expedition they are al- j ways mounted on their must-hang horses. - - ' "-J- i In New York the Merchants em ploy private detectives to watch their employees and report on tbe liyes they follow.
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