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The Somerset Herald,
Somerset, Pa.
'RED. W. BIESECKER,
Un, up-stalrs in Cook BeeriM' blocfc.
KonwrnC Pa.
lEORGE R.SCULU
Somerset Pa.
OHN R. SCOTT,
ATTORN E Y-AT-t, A W.
buucrws Pa.
i J. KOOSER.
ATTOENET-AT LAW,
Somerset, Pa.
I,
S ENDS LEY.
ATTOKNEY-AT LAW,
Somerset, P
. TRENT.
ATTORN EY-AT LA,
Somerset, Pens
VD li.
SCULL.
ATTOKNEY-AT-ILAW,
Somerset, Pa.
1
L. BAER,
, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
- Somerset, Pa
I . i i c.nwManil BiltnlrlnrmnnHM.
ealcil tu.
'.x.FFKDTH. W.H.KrPPEL.
hoFFROTH R17PPEL,
9" .
l!buf!nrM entre-ted to tbrir car will t
iii .nr.MilBlk mtts-sfirieVi tA.
, k'iiu Main uruM -Hjw oppotiu th
jim mem
tX)LiKK. L.C.OOLBOKX
hOLBORN & COLBORN,
I i ATTUKLl-Al-iaw,
Ml Mi'lnew Intrusted to our care will be prompt-
. i .. i i 4.lltlfia mAjlA In Hum.
& l!. . . li i T I '.CIJWTl
ru Httt'lont. and iliolntn Counties. Survey
e a Covejanelns; done on reasonable terra.
liriLLIAM H. KOONTZ.
1 ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
' SomcneL Pa..
n ut ! iirompt attention to business entrust-
k- to his mre in mni nd adjoining eouoUe.
tire In rnniinT noun now.
PKNXIS MEYERS.
ATTOKN EY-AT-LAW,
SumpTiM. Penn
All lrirsl business entrusted to his care will be
ler-.led to with promptness1 and fidelity.
i on .Main Cross Street, next door to Sny-
y r a fo.'s store.
0AME5 L. Pl H,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
I Illll-C .UWUi"u r
. . . .11. Inn ma,U afltB tasl
t ttlM, titlw examined, and all leiral tvtlfieM
.tended to w tic nrom.iDew aua uuwuj.
Y
KIM MEL.
ATTX)RN EY-AT-tA W,
Somerset, Pa.
lv3
fr J PRITTS.
IJ. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
OKre, np-stairf in Mammoth Block.
f OHN 0. KIM MEL.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Somerset, Pa.
Will ittend to all business entrusted to till ere
'.si omersrv aria tijtiiiiiiK f..- r-
MS ana oucmy. -ljivt- vi. juuj "
11
ENRYF. SCH ELK
ATTORN EYT LAW,
u,ntv rA PnRlnn AsenL
Somerset,
Pa.
If ALENTINE HAY.
ATTORN EY-AT LAW
will
irtth
luriin 'u iiiit-""n-.MM'".. -
1 ruuipttiess and ndety .
I
OHN h. rnu
l ATTORN tl -A i -1A
u Somtrset, Pa,
Wlirpn-mptW attend U all business entrusted
;ihlm. Money dTned on eolieetiona, . .-.-in
lc Mammoth Balldlns-
T C.OGLE.
ff . ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Somerset rk,
nw.Mi.ai kniinnfj ntrafted to hit car at
tended to wtih pnmptne and fidelity.
DR. J. M. LOUTH ER,
(Formerly of Moyentown.)
PHYSIC1AS ASD SURGEOS,
Mas locatd nermanentty In Somerset for the
lf,lir c-t hts jTotpssi.m. irtlre s doors V est ol
v entral Hott-l, in rear of Pros; Store. maj ill.
D
R. E. V. BLOUGII,.
HOMEOPATHIC PHTSICAS ASD SVBGEOS
Tenders bis serriees to the people of Somerset
and Tirlntty. Culls In town or eoun'ry pp.tr.ptly
itTdedto. ( in k loond atofflw dy urntghu
tinlrM pmlessi'in.lly enmia-ed. -Ortlce on
S..otlie eornr l Iiamd. cvrr Knepper's
Shoe Store. apra-Mti.
RR. H. S. KIMMEL
lenders bis professional serrtee to the eltl
imt of Suntereet and V trinity. t nlessprolejsl.Hi
l erni;1 he ml lound at his .ttloe, on Main
St . east ot the liamond.
DR. H. BRUBAKER tenders hi?
professional serrlret to tb. rltlsent f Som
trset and rlesnttT. Office In reddenc ea Main
street weft o! the Diamond.
OR. VM. RAUCII tenders his
professional services to the eltliens of Som
nw and Tlcsniiy.
txnre Onedwraast of Wayne A BeraeMle s
tarnlture store.
Iec.. tC
DK.S.J. M V1LLEN.
(GrMncle Drafisfry.)
mwkkst. Pa.,
Glrrs speeUl attention to the Frewrrm'ton of
the N.turml Teeth. Anlt rml sets Inserted. All
oiera;ions cn.ranieed ati!mctory. Othre In res
l irneon iriot ftreet. dr esst of Evsn
(tf Ileal Chur h. ort22 6m.
DR. JOHN BILIii.
DENTIST.
IXBot p sttiri in Cook k Beeritf Block. Somer
set. Pa.
DR. WILLIAM COLLINS.
DENTIST. SOMERSET. PA.
of In Mammoth Block, ttvrti Koydt Dru
Sture her. b. can at ail time, be found prepar
ed to do ail kinds ot work, such a dlUna. rwa
Ittlna. extraclin; ac. Artificial teethol all klDda.
Mid ol the beat material Inserted. Operations
smsted.
I)
n J K MILLER Vim rierma-
K neutlT lflcii 10 ftcriiu wvt lire pi
tuprotesilom. CimeeotipueluCharlea Krissinpr
w inore. apr. Xi, lo-ti.
D
IAMOND HOTEL,
STOYSTOWX. l'ENN'A.
This popular and well km-wn house has lately
ben tUorouiihly and newly refitted with all new
end test ol tuniiture. which baa made It a eery
dtratle stupplng plaee lor tb. muelinn pMlc
K :t tMe uttt roue s cannot be surpassed, ail he
lc nm eUsa. with a lam public haU attached
to ih same. Also tame and roomy stmblina.
First class board iLir eaa be had at th. loweat poa
H le prices, by the week, day or meal.
5 AM VEX OUSTER. Prop.
.E.Cor IHatnd
Stoestow .Pa
ADDI7P Scri! certs torport
rKlAiti .rtand rereiew free a
fM lu ini i.uh will help y. to more
' n.-ht aw.y Uiaa anethtna else la this
wtii. AU. oteliBcr sex. raoeeed froea first bowr.
1 6 brrwi n4 to tortane ns betore the work
en. etmteis Mire. At owe address. Tar A
e .Aaenu Maine. lac'ja.
Jp:V TO MAKE MONEY
To Successful S.lnrmra I pay as bhrh
jMi W lc awth ud eipensea. Steady ein-
At kjwent luruteed. M more want
1 J-rwao n aeeeamrr. An lire ntia
swmi. iuo aent andrf nliiratkn. The
riri,mt uaca t rrusmds in the Tnitad
!es. Xm and rbuleeal earietM et fruit a
. ! t . . . . . .
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V.
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EXECUTOR'S NOTICE.
Lsata ef Fr.l.r, Gilbert, late of Somenet
hor.ca Souerse !.. Pa- dee d
f'tasiauHwiarvn theaboee eaute haslac
tbnr,, . " a4rshrae4 by the proper
ei ! J fcw'y etm ta ait pWisI
tfa.. karinc iluumlut It loiisw-
W-.i" "ly aatheotkat-l fur aettleanenl aa
AeTkjrVtZ- Iter W ll at tba atora at
W k la Scrset lvx-.l
a. JUMAU kELLER.
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VOL. XXXIII. NO. 22.
GREAT BARGAINS
IN
BRASS AND COPPER
KETTLES !
LARGEST STOCK
At Lowest Prices E?er OffereJ, at Wiolesale and Retail. -
MANI FACTI RER
Plain, Stamped, and Japanned Tinware.
RANGES, STOVES AND HOrSE-FCRNlSHINO GOODS,
COPPE, SHEET-IRON WARE, AND BRUSHES.
M-Ordert Solicited from Merrhtits Se'llns Ooods In In My Ltne.-M
280 Washington Street, - Johnstown, Pa.
THE
Genuine
MONOGRAM
Boots
Shoes
Can Be Had Only At
Vs STARG ARDTER is
Sole Agent for them
in Johnstown.
Stargardter does not misrepre
sent his Goods to his
Customers.
Stanrardter bas but one Low
Price to all.
Stargardter will save you fully
25 per cent, on your Shoe
Bills.
Stargardter will sell you a
Bovs' good Calf Boot, Size 1
and 2, at $1,50.
Starrrardter will sell you Hub-
Boots and Overshoes, Cheap
er than any other Shoe
Store in Johnstown.
Stargardter will sell you a
Men's Good Coarse Boot
at $1.85
IF YOU WAXT TO J2 EDUCE
YOVl:
Shoe Bills,
GOTO
L.
OSTE-PIIICE
OPERA HOUSE
SHOE STORE
No. 212 Main St., Johnstown, Pa.
A NEW ENTERPRISE.
E. M. Lambert & Bra,
Maauauturen of aad Dealers la
WMtfi Hue aiii Hemloct Stiriilfis-
W. har secured a
NEW HVTTT iXj,
Aad masuactura Sfnclea oa the Nlefclcaa
Prtactpie. W ra'., asd eusvaatly keep on hand
two ciwdesof the eartoas kinds ufShlnflea. Wa
aaareatee w Shlnarlea to ba saperiw to any
In tb. Ooanty. Saail ba pbsaaed to bare parttea
eoaae acd icspert our afclaclea betvf buy ins
alsowbera. AOdraaa
E. M. LAMBERT & BRO., i
LAMBERTSTrLLE, SOMERSET OOPa. I
anll am. 1
STAR&ARDTER S
STARGARDTER S
AND JOBBER IN
SQMERSE1 COUNTY BANK !
(ESTABLISHED 1877.)
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Collections made in all parti of the United
states.
CHARGES MODERATE.
Parties wlshlnc to tend money West can be ao
eommodated by draft oa New York In any sum.
Oollect Ions mule with promptness. U.S. Bonds
nought ana soia. jqoney ana raiuanies securva
broneof Kietioid t eeietTated sales, witn a sar-
gent a Yale tJ0 W time lock.
ACCOUNTS SOLICITED.
JVAUleira hollilsji obserred.-
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J. Scott Wiia
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Corsets, Hut lis aad Merino Uadarwair, la
fasts' sd Chlidraa't Clothing. Fjscy
Gecds, Yarns, Zsejrtt Matt
rii'i of All Kisdt for
FANCY WORK,
Gent's hriiflifli Goofls, ftc, k
rcca rxTaoxAOB ia uerBCTrcLLT aoucrrao.
Orders by Mail attended to with Prompt
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TUTT'S
POLLS
"THE
OLD
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25 YEARS
IN USE.
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SYMPTOMS OF A
TORPID LIVER.
Loss of appetite. Nausea, bowels cos
tive. Pain m the Head, with a dnjl Ben
sauoain the back part. Pain under
the shoulder bladeTruilness after eati
ing, with a disinclination to exertion
ot body or mind. Irritability of temp
er, Low spirits,Loss of memory.with
a feeing havgneglecned some
duty, weariness. Dizziness, Flatter
fng ofthe Heart, fiots before the eyes.
Yellow Skin-Headache.Restlessness
at night, highly colored Urine.
IF THESE W ASKINGS ARE UNHEEDED,
CXCCCS S2Z4SI8 WSJ, 3CS U SEVZUTIB.
TUTTB PILLS are especially adapted to
such cases, one doe effect, snob a Chang
of feeling as to astonish the Mfferer.
They Increase the Appetite, and c. alias
toe body to Take rices, thna the aya
tem is swmrtehed. aad by their Teals
AetbHB on tbe lNa-ewtive Ortmas, Mis
tar SHool. wre pnxliy-f-d. Prx-f flj egwta.
TUTTS HAM UY&
Guar Flara or Whisks. as chanred to a
CuT Hlch rtraelnsjlw application of
Uila Dra. it imparts n natural color, acts
Instaiitaneoaviy. hold by Drugspsts, or
wit by expreeson receipt of 91. .
Office, 44 Murray St.. New York
FASHIONABLE .
CUTTER & TAILOR,
J 0t)(reJ,lbdr,t'
sBs taTaa a WkA fetM
WR. Sf. nOCnSTEIXEB,
Nonienet, Pau
star
CHARLES HOFFMAN,
HERCHANT TAILOR.
lA-oov Heaujr Hffly SeeravJ
LATEST STTLES Hi UWET PIKES.
tSTSMTlSFACTWM GUARANTEED.
SOMERSET YJL.
at eatat
ra. ito rlafc. lp-
beadar. IT yM ,
which piraas of
, yonnsj or ota, eaa aaaae ana pay su
lbs tin. they work, with ahsoiata eertatoty
write lor parucaiars w a. buustt, nninn,t
n'f i 1 branches"
' 1 be Tailortn bas-
' ' r toees l manatee
Satisfaction to all
w' ii wbs aay call at.
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Bin
(P Q p yVhiol mwly sara
rKririUai Mreoulrad.
AJ J Vat hastaaas at
either sex
oilier
DISCONTENT.
I.
THE BRIEB ROSE.
I cling to the garden vail
Outside, where the grasses grow ;
Where the tall weeds flaunt in tbe son,
And the yellow mulleins blow.
Tbe dock and the thistle crowd
Close to my shrinking feet.
And the gypsy yarrow shares
My cup and the food I eat.
The rode winds toss my hair,
Tbe wild rains beat me down,
The way-side dust lies white
And thick on my leafy crown.
I cannot keep my robes
From wanton fingers free,
And tbe yeriest beggar dares
To stop and gaze at me.
Sometimes I climb and climb
To the top of the garden wall.
And I see ber where she stands.
Stately and fair and tall
My sister, the red, red Rose,
My sister, the royal one.
The fairest flower that blows
Under the summer sun I
What wonder that she is fair T
What wonder that she is sweet ?
Tbe treasures of earth and air
Lie at her dainty feet ;
Tbe choicest fare is hers.
Her cup is brimmed with wine;
Rich are her emerald robee,
And her bed is soft and fine.
Sbe need not lift ber head
Even to sip the dew ;
Xo rude touch makes ber shrink
The whole long summer through.
Her servants do her will ;
They come at her beck and Ct.ll.
Ob, rare is life in my lady's bowers
Inside of tbe garden wall !
II.
THE GARDEN ROSE.
The garden path runs east,
And tbe garden path runs west ;
There's a tree by the garden gate,
And a little bird in a nest.
It sings and sings and sings !
Does tbe bird, I wonder, know
How over the garden wall,
Tbe bright days come and go ?
The garden path runs north.
And the garden path runs south ;
Tbe brown bee hums in the sun.
And kisses the lily's mouth ;
But it flies away ere long
To tbe birch-tree, dark and tail,
What do you find, O brown bee,
Oyer the garden wall ?
With ruflTand farthingale,
Under the gardener's eye.
In trimmest guise I stand
Oh, who so fine as I ?
But even the light wind knows
That it may not play with roe,
Kor touch my beautiful lips
With a wild caress and free.
Oh, straight is the garden path,
And smooth is the garden bed,
Where never an idle weed
Dares lift its careless bead.
But I know outside the wall
They gather, a merry throng ;
They dance and flutter and sing,
And I listen all day long.
The Brier Rose swings outside ;
Sometimes sbe climbs so high
I can see her sweet pink face
Against tbe blue. of tbe sky.
What wonder that she is fair.
Whom no strait bonds enthrall t
Oh, rare is life to the Brier Rose,
Outside of the garden wall t
Jclia C. R. Dona, in Harper' t Magazine.
BIS ESCAPE.
A profesEional conjurer sot long
6ince related to the writer the follow
ing storv of his escape from roughs
and outlaws in the mountains of
Missouri. It shows very vividly
how in frontier life where the re
straints of civil law are not felt, men
take the law into their own hands
and resort to violent methods, losing
all regard for the sanctity of human
life. e give the Btory very much
in the narrator's :
I bad been giving entertainments
at Huntsville, near the head waters
ofthe White river in Arkansas, and
concluded I would crons over into
Southwest Missouri, and try my
luck among the new towns that
were springing up along tbe road
that had just been built there. To
get to that locality I found that I
must either go round by way of the
Nation,' or else take my wagon and
apparatus over two iong, deep spurs
of the Ozarks.
"Over the mountains was the
shortest way, and the road, thongb
rough, was used by teams. It was
an old military and freight route,
but not much traveled at that time,
and there was just one objection to
it; the inhabitants all through the
legion were a lawless set illicit dis
tillers, horse thieves and all sorts of
roughs, who were up to all sorts of
mischief to accomplish their own
purposes. Of course, all the people
were not of that sort, but large num
bers of such fellows were scattered
all through tbe mountains.
"Then, too, it was only a little
while after Pinkerton's detectives
bad arrested the James and Young
er boys and their friends ; so every
nest of these wretches was stirred up,
and the men were suspicious of ev
ery stranger who made his appear
ance. They watched all new-comers
like natural-born Apaches and made
trouble at once if they saw one of
them looking into things a little too
closely or asking too many ques
tions. 0f course, I had warning enough,
but I was more headstrong in those
days than I am now ; and I con
cluded I would venture to take the
shortest way to my destination, as it
seemed to me that I carried the evi
d( nee of my profession as conjurer
and magician with me, you know.
"Well, I did get over the first
spur of the mountains without any
trouble, and rather enjoyed my ride.
I did not meet many people and
those I did meet were very shy and
suspicious ; but I managed to make
friends with them when I had time
enough to talk awhile.
"Every now and then tbe trail
would lead me into one of tbe close
mountain 'pockets' that passed a
little clearing and a equatter's dirt
rooled caDin, and where I always
found that my company was not
wanted.
There was generally a lot of chil
dren out on tbe open, who would
scurry away, and try to hide among
tbe neareat bushes, like a bunch of
flushed quail ud then the face of
some latik old woman would oe
set
ESTABLISHED 1837.
SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 12,
turned on me from the halt open
door of the cabin, and would stand
and glower till I'd passed on and
out of sight.
"But as I was saying, I got up in
to tbe spur of the mountains with
out any serious trouble, though I
found the trail very rough and stonv.
Well, I hadn't traveled these hills
more than twenty-four hours when
my horse became lame, and I found
I must go into camp at least for a
day.
'"So I halted about ten o'clock the
second morning, on the side of a
steep mountain, in a deep pocket,
where there was a clear spring gush
ing out of the rocks and running
down into the valley below. I stay
ed there all that day, and doctored
my horse with some liniment that I
carried.
"But old Begums, as I called him
did not get much better, and so the
next day J still remained in camp.
During "that time I did not see a hu
man being and had no idea that
anybody in that region bad noticed
or thought of me. But just about
an hour before sun down I heard
the clatter of hoofs below on the trail
and a moment after up galloped five
big mountaineers, dashing recklessly
against mv wagon.
"Gentlemen, I was scared the mo
ment I saw them, and I was very
much more frightened when the two
leaders drew their pistols, and, with
out another word yelled.
"Handsup! Hands up!"
"All right," said I ; and lifted
them meekly as you please.
"We're goin' through your wagon,'
said a big. whiskered fellow, who
seemed to be the leader of the gang.
"Very well said I. 'You'll find
a gunny sack full of twenty dollar
gold pieces, two chests of silver and
three hundred thousand in Govern
ment bonds."
"That pleased them and they
laughed aa though they enjoyed the
joke.
e am t on tne scoop, stranger,"
said the big one. it s you we re
lookin after.
"I reckon, I answered, rather dry.
like. "Go ahead, gentlemen ; you'll
find the evidences of my profession
and of my honesty in that wagon.'
All this time tbe captain and one
of his mates sat in their saddles,
pointing their six-shooters at me,
while the rest of the gang got off,
tied their horses, disarmed me of
my only weapon, a Colt pistol, and
then began rummaging ray wagon.
They seemed rather surprised at
the things they turned out
On the wrong scent tnis time.
He's a peddler feller, I reckon," said
one of them
I began to feel easier. But pre8-!ald
ently they drew out a small wooden
chest that . contained some of my
most valuable conjuring apparatus,
and burst it open. They rummaged
a minute, then seized something be
saw and pulled it out with an oath.
Then he turned to me with his face
white with rage and shook in my
face, two pairs of hand culls and a
pair of ankle-irons that had been
stowed away in the verv bottom of
the box.
"You tee, I'd bought them with
some other apparatus from a show
man two years betore, who had giv
en up business, the iron- locKeu
with a key, as do the common ones,
but with secret springs in them.
These springs were touched by
bending over the middle finger ; and
presto! they'd open as if they were
bewitched. " If a secret spring in the
ankle-irons was also touched they
would spring open also. They were
uothing but trick irons, but they
played me a sad trick then. These
men took me for a revenue detective
at once, and there wasn't any use in
my trying to explain matters.
"This is sumcient evidence what
his profession is," yelltd the leader.
"All we want now is to hang bim to
the next tree. Put hia own irons on
him, bovs !"
"1 submitted quietly enough, and
n less than five minutes I was sit
ting en the ground, ironed hands
and feet, at a word from their leader
all of them but one, who sat on the
og near me, went behind the wagon
and held some sort of a council to
gether. It ended in three of them
riding off up the trail in the direc
tion I had come, and the other two
squatted on the log to keep guard
over me.
"Going to gather a crowd before
they do their hanging," I said to
myself. Well, that's better than I
expected.
"You see I had feared that they
would do their fiendish work at
once after they had held their
meeting behind the wagon, and I
hoped now to have a chance to show
them the trick of the irons and oth- j
er performances
"I breathed a little freeer when I
saw tbe three ride off, and as soon
as thev were out of sight, I com
menced talking to my guards. They
were nt inclined to say much at i
first, though I talked on all sorts of
subjects ; in fact, I tried to get into
an argument with them, and not
succeeding in that, I told them sto
ries ; but they sat there without
opening their lips, and grinned, and
watched me suspiciously.
"Finally I began to boast extrava
gantly, telling them what I had
done and could do in the way of
tricks and feats ot strength. At this
one of tbem became indignant, and
declared with an oath that I lied
when I said that I could lift the log
they were sitting on and bold it at
arms' length above my bead.
"Ill wager yon a hundred dollars
in greenbscks'l can do It, if you'll
unlock these irons," I said.
They looked at each other and
then laughed.
"Show up yer papers, said one of
tbem with a sly grin.
"They are in my breast pocket,"
said I, glancing down, "and I'll tell
you what 111 do ; I'll wager you
one hundred dollars against twenty
five that both of you can't lift ' that
log above your bead and hold it at
arm's length."
"We'd accept yer bet, if we had
tbe money with us stranger," said
one of tbem, a young, square-shouldered
fellow, who was always laugh
ing, and seemed rather good natur
ed. -"Well, 111 wseer it against yonr
weapons,-1 said in a breath.
t
,:. i
JLL J t
"You're pretty wide awake, stran
ger, said the good natured one ;
"don't ye know ye ain't got three
hours to live ?"
"That don't make any difference,
said I ; I must have something to
take up my mind, and this will do
as well as anything."
"With that the old fellow nudged
the young one with bis elbow, and
whispered something to him. Hia
companion listened, and his eyes
sparked.
"I watched them almost breath
lessly. They talked for a momont
or two in tones too low for me to
hear, then the young fellow turned
to me."
stranger,' said he, "will ve give
us yer oath not to tell the bovs ef
we takes yer bet and wins ver mon
ey ? We'll be square, though, and
tell ye that ef ye wins the pistols, ye
won t git em now, but we II send em
ter anybody anvwbares you says.
TKo ; f.,; " :,t t j
iiim in i 1 1 , eaiu a, uuu icaauu'
aoie, ana it i win, you are to send
the money and pistols to my broth
er. R. II. Macquoid, 73.' Dash street.
Ot. L0U18.
"Well, you will hardly believe it,
but those if Hows exchanged solemn
oaths with me that they would do
what they said.
"They then pulled out my pocket-
booh, took out the one hundred dot
larf all I had laid them on the
ground, laid their pistols and belts
on top of them, and then took hold
et the log.
Thev raised it somewhat. It
made them stagger from its great
Weight, for a minute, but they grip
ped it with tremendous strength.and
finally worked it up on top of their
heads, where they steadied it with
their hands, for a breath. Then
they turned their eyes up and began
to raise it, so as to hold it at arm s
length. It took 'em a few seconds
to accomplish this, but they did it ;
held if there a moment, and then
dropped it and turned to claim the
wager.
But then found themselves look
mg into the muzzles ot their own
pistols, with me standing behind
them !
"If it had not been so serious
situation for me, I could almost
have laughed at the expression of
their faces. They turned white,
their eyes bulged out and their jaws
actually dropped. There they stood
with their mouths open, not able to
speak a word, they were so eurpns
etl and terrified.
"Gentlemen," I said, as quietly
and steadily as my nerves would al
low, "it isn't necessary for you to
say a word. Do as I tell you. Sit
down on the ground, side by side,
stretch out your legs." They
did as I told them aa meekly as
lambs.
"Then I kicked the irons that I'd
just sprung off from my ankles in
front of the young fellow. He was
the one who had put them on me,
and he had the key.
"Put them ankle irons on your
mate, and lock them," said I. He
did it witbuot a moment's hesitation
"Now put the hand-cufls en him,"
I said in a more commanding way,
to the other, for he was a different
kind of a man. He reached outand
took them and did as be was told.
"I then put the pistols in my belt,
backed up the wagon and got one of
my trick ropes, and then went round
behind the older man and pulled
his hands back of him and tied them
as securely as I knew how ; then I
cut the rope and tied tbe young fel
low's feet; and then, fearing they
might find the secret springs, I tied
each of them where they were ironed.
"They did not say a word during
all this time, but sat there glum and
angry. I took their best horse and
untied him as quickly as I could,
for I knew that time was precious,
and after picking up my money ,just
as I was jumping into the saddle I
said :
"Gentlemen, I shall have to take
this horse, but I shall leave my own
horse and wagon and other proper
ty that will more than pay for him,
and settle the wager besides."
"All right,' growled tbe young
fellow. "Better be gittin', though."
It is evident that the men were in
clined to respect the pluck I bad
shown and this respect for courage
I have seen manifested many times
among the roughs of the frontier.
"Well, I did 'git.' I kept to the
trail and the same direction I had
been going, and rode like John all
nightlong; lor I knew well I should
be hotly pursued.
The next morning I came down
out of the mountains and put up at
a little town in the valley, and I am
happy to say I did not see any of
nay mountaineer acquaintances
agajn.
l'hat professional trip was a se
rious loss to me pecuniarily ; but I
was only too happy to lose the mon
ey and get back to civilization safe-
i v. r Dave often thought I should
i.tg to know how the affair turned
with the two men I left behind, and
what they said to their comrades,
when they came back with a gang
to bang me; bnt I have never heard
a word from that locality since I
left it
The Origin of Ear-riags.
The custom of wearing ear-rings is
so ancient that it is hard to tell wbo
set the fashion. According to the
Moslem creed, every Mohammedan
lady considers it ber duty to wetr
them in honor of Hagar, who was
held in peculiar veneration as the
mether of Isbmael, the founder of
the Turkish race. There is a curi
ous legend that Sarah, tbe wife of
Abraham, was so embittered against
Hagar that she resolved to disfigure
her rival's face. Her better nature,
however, triumphed, and she only
pierced the lobes of her ears. Ha
gar, wishing to seem comely to
Abraham, put rings of gold in her
ears to cover the marks. Her Turk
ish descendants to-day feel that a
woman dishonors her great ancestor
if she fails to wear them. But many
sensible girls and women in our own
laad want a better reason for the
fashion.
Tbe College of Physicians and Sur
teons in Philadelphia has tbeekele
gon of a Louisiana canal man which
ia eight feet in height
era I a
1884.
Three Elephant Stories).
Major Rogers had been out
shooting, and had discharged all
his guns, when an elephant made
a charge at him from the skirts of
the jungle. There was no help for
it but to run, and for 400 yards the
Major kept just ahead, feel ids; at
every step just as if the trunk was
trying to twist itself around his
loins. A turn around a tree gave
him a momentary advantage, which
made tbe most of by spnngiug
up into the branches; but before be
had time to draw his legs up the
elephant had seized bim with his
proboscis. Still, Rogers pulled
against him, thinking it was better
to have bis leg wrenched from its
socket than to fall back bodily into
the animal's power. Tbe struggle
did not last long, for to the delight
of the pursued and the chagrin of
the pursuer, the Wellington boot,
which the former wore, came off, re
leased the leg, and saved the life of
poor Rogers. The dilemma, how
ever, did not end here, for the ele
phant, finding himself balked of
his prey, after destroying the boot,
took up his quarters beneath the
branches and kept his anticipated
victim in the tree for twenty-four
hours, when the country postman
happened to pasa by. llogers gave
him notice of bis position, and soon
help came, and the elephant was
frightened away by tom-toms and
yelling.
There is a beautiful story of an
old elephant engaged in a battle on
the plains of India. He was a
standard bearer, and carried on his
huge back the royal ensign, the ral
ly point of the Poona host. At the
beginning of the fight he lost hia
master. The "mahout," or driver,
had just given him the word to halt,
when he received a fatal wound.
and fell to the ground, where he
lay under a heap of slain. The
obedient elephant stood still while
the battle closed around bim and
the standard he carried. lie never
stirred a foot, refusing to advance
or retire as the conflict became hot
ter and fiercer, until the Mahrattas,
seeing the standard still flying in
its place, refused to believe that
they were being beaten, and rallied
again and again round the colors.
And all this while, amid the din
of battle, the patient animal stood
straining its ears to catch the sound
of that voice it would never hear
again. At length the tide of con
quest left the field deserted. The
Mahrattas swept on in pursuit ot
the flying foe, but the elephant,
stood like a rock, with the dead and
dying around, and the ensign wav
ing in its place. ror three days
and three nights it remained there
where his master bad given tbe
command to halt. No bribe or
threat could move it. They then
sent to a village, 100 mile9 away,
and brought the mahout s little son
The noble hero seemed then to re
member how the dnver sometimes
gave his authority to the little child,
and immediately, with all the shat
tered trappings clinging as he went,
paced quietlv and slowly away.
The native Hindoo trom want ol
thought keeps upa constant drum
ming on the beast's head with the
goad or "ankus;" I, therefore hoped
not to use it at all. such an lm
provment all at once, however, was
more than the elephantiue mind
could grasp. He began really to
enjoy himself, going hia way more
than mine, till at last he marched
straight into an immense forest tree
of the banyan species and commen
ced to brow.-e. He seized the
boughs above his head, and brought
them down on my devoted skull.
This was too much. I raised the
ankus and brought it down on his
bead with a blow that brought the
blood through the skin. This had
the desired effect, and he at once
bundled off in the direction which
be knew I wanted him to take.
From this moment we were friends,
and I dont think I ever had to use
the hook again so a3 to bring blood.
Maidens) Against Widows
In the records of the office of the
Secretary of State at Columbians. C,
the following petition, bearing
date 1733, addressed to the Gover
nor of South Carolina and signed by
sixteen maidens :
"The humble ietition of all tbe
Maids whose Names are under
written :
"Whereas, We the humble peti
tioners, are at present in a very
melancholy condition of mind, con
sidering bow all tbe bachelira are
blindly captured by widows, and we
are thereby neglected ; in conse
quence of this our request is that
your Excellency will, for the future,
order that no widow presume to
marry any young man until the
maids are provided for, or else to pay
each of them a fine for satisfaction
of invading our liberties, and like
wise a fine to be levied on all bache
lors as shall be married to widows.
Tbe great disadvantage it is to us
maids is that the widows, by their
forward carriage, do snap up the
young men and have the vanity to
think their merits beyond ours,
which is a great imposition to us,
who ought to have the preference.
This is humbly recommended to
your excellency's consideration, and
we hope yon will perssit no further
insults. And we poor maids in
duty bound, will ever pray, etc."
T he Electric Light and Vegetable
Crowth
A great pressure was brought to
bear upon the managers of the Elec
trical Exposition to practically ex
hibit the effect of electric light upon
flowers and plants, but they posi
tively refused. Tbe fact is that,
though such an exhibit would at
tract much attention, it amounts
oniy to clap trap, for the electric
light, it has often been demonstrated,
does far more to retard the growth
of flowers than to facilitate it.
But it has been shown that in ar
boriculture electricity can be used
to good purpose, but not as light i
. . . - . , . .
ana not airecuyas oeai; ana just,
how electricity can be used effica
ciously in the vineyards will, before
the exposition is closed, be practi
cally demonstrated.
WHOLE NO. 1739.
Tbe Liquor Traffic.
People sometimes say that "these
temperance people are a set cf re
ligious fanatics, led by the clergy."
It may be well for such to read
what the chief skeptic of America
says about rum. o one win ac
cuse Robert Cr. Ingersoll of being f
led by the clergy. But oa this one
subiect be speaks a good deal as
they do. In speakiug to a jury in
a case involving tbe manufacture of
alcohol, vol. Ingersoll used the
followling eloquent language:
I am aware that there is a peju
dice against any man engaged in the
manufacture of alcohol, from the
time it issues from the coiled and poi
sonous worm in the distillery
until it empties into the hell of
death, dishonor and crime, it de
moralizes everything that touches
it, from its source to where it ends.
I do not believe anyone can con
template the subject without becom
ing prejudiced to the liquor crime.
All we have to do, gentleman, is to
think of the wreck on either bank
cf the stream of death, of the sui
cides, of the insanity, of the desti
tution, of the little children tugging
at tbe weary and laded breasts of
despairing wives asking for bread;
of talented men of genius it has
wrecked, tbe men strulin with
imaginary serpents produced by
this devilish thing; and when you
think of the jails-, ofthe almshouses,
of the asylums, of the prisons, of
the scanolda on either band, I do
not wonder that every thoughtful
man is prejudiced against tiis dam
nable stufl called alcohol.
Intemperance cuts down youth in
its.vigor, manhood in its strength,
and age in its weakness.
It breaks the father's heart, bereaves
the doling mothing extinguishes
natural atfections, erases conjugal
love, blots out filial attachments,
blasts parental hopes and brings
down mourning age ia sorrow to the
grave. It produces weakness, nut
strength; death, not life. It makes
wives widows ; children orphans ;
parents childless, and all of theiu
paupers and beggars. It teeus
rheumatism, nurses gout, welcomes
em.lmi, n-cia oiwlra i ,n r.-i rta
pestilence ana embraces consump
. . i I ,
tion. It covers the land with idle
ness, misery and crime. It nils
your jails, supplies your almshouse
aud demands your asylums. It en
genders controversies, fosters quarrels
and cherishes riots. It crowds your
penitentiaries and furnishes victims
to your scaffolds. It is the life blood
of the gm bier, the element of Ihe!
burglar, the prop of the highway
man and the supports of the mid
night incendiary. It countenances
the liar, respects the thief, esteems
the blasphemer. It violates obliga
tion, reverences fraud, und honors
infamy. It defames benevolence,
bates love, scerns virtue and slan
ders innocence. It invites the father
to butcher his helpless off-priag,
helps the husband to massacre his
wife, and the child to grind tbe par
acidalaxe: It burns up men, con
sumes women, de'ests life, curses
God and denies heayen. It suborns
witness, nurses perjury, denies the
jury box, and stains the judicial er
mine. It degrades tbe citizen, deba
ses the legislator, dishonors the
statesman and disarms tbe statesman
and disarms the pjtriots. it brings
shame, not honor ; terror not safety
despair, not hope; misery, not happi
ness and with all the malevolence of a
fiend it calmly surveys its frightful
desolation and unsatisfied with its
havoc, it poisons felicity, kills peace
ruins morals, blights confidence,
slays reputation, and wipes out na
tional honor, t! -i curses the world
and laughs at iuruin. It does all
that and more it murders tbe soul.
It is the sum of villainies, the fa- J
ther of all crime.the mother of abom
inations, the devil's best friend, and
God's worst enemy. j
Bill Nye ox Polar Expedi
tions. Every thing shows us that the
summer is gone and the twilight of j
the year is settling down upon us. i
We begin to wonder whether we had
better run the furnace this winter
or take the money and buy Cuba so !
as to have a winter resort. Speak-'
ing about winter resorts, a military
friend of mine writes me that he
vnli r n t 1 int-thir. if K.Mi.p tl, itrvoi.
. ' - , 5,
e , r, . ' :
ti an open i oiar r?ea. lie mvues
me to go. I thanked him for the
invitation and asked when he want
ed ths men picked, before or after
the trip.
While I w&uld like well enough
to catch a few pickerel in the open
Polar Sea, and breathe the crisp,
pure air of no degrees and no min
utes longitude due west of a given
point, 1 am almost positive that I
will dig the clinkers out of a large
u,,, uun. nil, winier ao.i write
foamy, frothy, sunnv, soothful po
r a - I
d-Vn? worM-.
hile no one would more cheer-;
fully enter into the giddy whirl of .
Esquimaux society, or load his stom-'
ach with cod-liver oil and old bar-1
sadtjles with vinegar, in or-
, , . . , , . . . , .
uci mat lit; luikui tiaui UJW urn !
curiosity as to whether the North
Pole had a hot box or not, yet I
shall not avail myself ofthe oppor
tunity to go this winter.
While lew could more joyously
contemplate a life where it would;
take a ninety -day note a lifetime to'
mature, I am free to say that I j
would rather, at present, climb a!
tall tree till the payee gets by.!
Denver OjAnion. i
How funny things work around ! Electric Bitters will not speedily
Sin brought clothes into tbe world ; (;are We sar that they can not,
and if it were not for sin nobody;, thousands of cases already per-
would go to church, for had it not j nanentlv cured and who are daily
been for sin there would be no j recommending Electric Bitteis,
clothes to show there. j will prove. Brights Disease, Dia-
4, ... ... ., , , ; betes, Weak Back, or any other uri-
- V hat s tbistbiBg r asked a man ; nvy COB,p.4int qaickiy carefL TbeJ
Tr!"810 B-re-iP"- tbe Wood, regulate the
"That? Oh, that used on vumns. , we d act directly on the dis-
e call it a chin rest" "Gimme ; ea3ed Every bottle guaran-
one!" exclaimed the visitor. "S pose: .,".-r . v. i
it would work on wife,"
"Papa," said a little daughter of a!
clergyman recently," lfGod tells you
i -. ,
what to write in vour sermon, whvl
do yon so often scratch it out again?"
Tbeclergyman changed thesuject by
asking ber how she liked her now
doll.
To Milt oa Horsehack.
Down in Arkansas they still send
a boy to mill on horseback. The
Arkansas Traveller describe! the
process as follows :
There are few eights more sugges
tive of hopeful patience than that of
a bor Bittillff on a hao nf akar.t K..f
has fallen frem his horse. He starts
! to mill joyously. The great ever.t in
j the life of a youug country boy is
; to be entrusted with a miliiug expe-
uiuon. iie sleeps very little the
night before the journey, so active
is his mind concerning the prospec
tive trip. His father kelps hint on
the horse and he sits on the bag as
proud of his position as a king Is of
his throne. Every object along the
lively road interests him. He
plucks the blossoms from the dog
woods, and almost falls off when the
horse reaches around to bite him
self. He rides into the creek to let
the horse drink, and spits at the
minnows that swim around. After
he goes up the bank, on the opdo-
side of the stream, and pursues his
course along the road, he notices
with alarm that the bag is slipping
to one side. He sits still further
over to make the bag balance, but
yet he is not satisfied, for it keeps on
sliding to one side, and at last it
falls off. He cannot restrain his
tears, and though he knows that be
cannot lift one end, yet be tugs at
the bag. The old horse snorts, nib
bles the grass and lashes the boy
across the eyes with his tail. "Whoa.
you old fool !" and the disconsolate
little fellow weeps afresh. He can
not leave the bag fearing that some
one wnl steal it He must wait the
coming of a passer-by. He hears
the sound of hoofs and he listens
intently, while the swelling buds of
hope burst into full bloom. He is
doomed to disappointment, for the
horse bas no rider. At laot he sees
an old negro coming along. His
heart beats high with hope. The
negro turns and takes a bv path.
The boy shouts, the old negro does
uot hear him. Another hour, that
seems an age. draws itself along He
bears a wagon. He is almost wild
with joy. The driver lifts the bu;
up and the boy happy and thankful,
is rescued just at thtt time when he
does not think that he could stand
it a moment longer.
A Hi max Monster. "Wasnt't
Charley Green up to your house last
night?" asked one yocng lady of
another.
" Yes."
"How pleasant that was ! I think
he is just too nice for any use."
"Well I don't.M was thesnappy re
ply. " Why not?"
" Oh, because he's no good."
" What's the matter with him ?"
44 Why, don't you think, after he
had been there about half an hour,
he a-ke) Fannie and me to take a
stroll wun mm, ana oi course we
"
ought it meant oysters, for it was
a lovely oyster night, and we were
just boiling, and we went out only
too quick.'?
"And didn't you get it?"
"Get it? No! He walked us si
or tight squares, and then said it
would be so much fun to get weigh
ed, and he took ua into a grocery
store and we got weighed, and that's
all we did get. Now. what do you
think of that kind of a man ? '
She Sased Illm.
"Darling, she whispered, as she
stood beside bis chair and rubbed
the bald spot on his head in the
gentlest rnauner, "why this gloom
to night?"
"Etlie," he replied in a broken
voice, "are you prepared to receive
bad news?"
'"Yes no! What can it be ?"
"I am short on pork, and the next
ten days will probably witness my
financial ruin.''
"Oh 1 no! n! I can save you yes
I can save you!"
"How?"
"Ill at once issue cards and invi
tations for our wooden wedding,
which is qnly seven days away.
Well invite at least GTjO of our frieuds
each one of whom will be bound to
send a present. Next day you can
sell the whole business to some cor
ner grocr and secure enough cash
to carry you through. Hold on for
eight days, Ricard, and we'll be long
on pork and short on rolling-pins
and potato-masbers."
Something Peruana He Would Eat.
Heard a good story on a West
End minister one day last week. He
is a vegetariau ef tbe strictest order,
and in the course of his pastoral ca
reer he was invited out to a Sunday
dinner by one of the sisters of bis
flock, whese name for tbe nonce
shall be Smith. Old man Smith
didn't go to church that morning.
His wife told him to expect her to
bring home company to dine, and
he, with the aid ofthe cook, laid the
Smith came liome, but all the com-
'
pai.y she brought was the minister,
fill,, CilC UiiJUt:i
They were seated at tbe table, when
ttis sort ofconver3atisn ensued :
"Mr. Jones," meaning the minis-
j ter, " what part of the chicken do
) you like best ?"
j "Really, Mr. Smith, I don t care
j about any chicken."
j Well, here is some extra fine
roast beef ; try some of this."
j " Excuse me. Mr. Smith, I will
i forejro the beef."
I " I have some tender Iamb here
bow wU, lhal .uitr.
- .. t , ik
AV aae t -; lTAJ
" W.H. nrw I know vr,n rn 't rsv
fu,e thi3 ham
a Pardon but ham j nev.r
,u
r...l: n ...: r..
,t.. ..ij , i,.,;,,i t.j
iuci.au uii iii iijuiy Diuuci, iiiai
. . V. -
oeen seated near bim watching op-
erations, and standing it as leng as
be cou id, squeaked out in a piping
voice :
"John, maybe the d d fool will
suck an egg."
Tbe enjoyment of that dinner was
spoiled.
An Answer Wanted.
Can any one bring us a case of
Kidns or I.iver f'nmrilaint that
, m-vw. vi Oato m l ev. e ivt ,iZ3 U J
! C N. Boyd.
A Ha MT hale Ashara.
TinMn fi V 1 x aft
CO feet long and six fcet across the
tail, was found on the shore of Mos
quito, St. George. It is being cut
up ana tried out.