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The Somerset Herald,
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1?RED. W. BIEFECKER,
h ATTONtY-ATXAW.
A- .... SoBMTMt 11
ffl, ap4tairs to CoobnBeeriu' Btacfc.
C'l EORGE R- SCULL. w
T ArTOKKEY-AT-LAW.
' 8oBrrt?a.
lUlINRSOOTT t
LAW.
BuaNs Pa.
J. KOOSER,
ATTOKNEY-ATIAW,
Stanerset, Pa.
II
s.
ENDS LEY.
ATTORKEY-AT LAW,
' Bomerset. P
U.TRENT, mt
ATTORNEY AT-LA .
Somerset, Pena a.
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1 I'D B. SCULI
1 -
ATTOKI EY-AT LA w .
. Somerset, Pa.
xfie
Somerset
Hera
EST A "RT iTSFTF. D 1827.
VOL. XXXIII. NO. 35.
SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY U, 1885.
WHOLE NO. 1752.
To ReduceStock. in order to Make Room for the Purpose of enlarging
and Improving my Business house. I will II for Caeh all Good in my
Line at Greatly Keduced races iorine following ttimj uays.
V Gallon Water Bnrket.
-Gsll( Water Hurket ....
Mitua t.T ttn.kM.M. W
ltl)Hn IHil Kit.
14-do.n it ran. .......... sw
l(4n iirb Pan :
Htun 'rr.re. Pocket. 1
3UrtOoverod Hae et 1
4 ynt (X)Trd Bl rkrt..... : BV
6 Ctoart tvvtred Bat-ket
t-r-int r nry 1 ea-r-ot '-'
4--ini Fancy Ta. Hot ... 14
A-Pint r enrv Tea Pot ... M
a Pint r.nry Tea put , 40
7 Pint rur Tat Put. ...
1 QmT Ik'Sea-Moil..., ........ 1
4 vtaan Mm hvut ..
La nr. W'-SinwelHi ) w
Qar So Pm la
44a.rtSaa Pa.............M.. ...... S
-Uurt.:r'-oi OllC.n 14
4Ump' baiMl 'aa ... '
KunDvtwUIICu .... ..
O aeeo tUrD Ull Caa (Olaai)
Floar Mlt-r 19
La.it ry Fork 1
KuiliBK Hu 10
Towel Boll n I
NontijrCiofhei WriOfW..... '0
Knives anJ Forki(S of Six)
Te i-juo (Sei of Six) 10
rblerioB (Set ot 61x1 1
SoauL'. 1"
Su .re Poll.li f Four Kindil PerPaDur
Meat Droller. 1
Um Wao lUalos. 10
VERY COMMON LAW.
II.
BAER,
AT1-OKKEY-AT-IVAW,
Somerset, Pa.,
em 1Irf In Somerset and adjoining ooantlee.
1,V.C-atrl. bl- will oeprompUj
,iieaile4 to.
TheIove List contain but Ftw of the Manv Hundred Articles I will
OfiVr for Low Csh Price for the rixt Thirty Data. Whether you wwh
to buy or not. Plw ChII and Examine the Lnriteet SUx;k of StoTes, Tin
ware and lloue Furnishing Goods ever shown iu Johnstown.
. rn,,,T W. B. ErPPEL.
a. n. "
noFFKOTH & RUI'PEL,
j ATTORNEYS-AT-lAW.
.n.d.M entrrnwd to their ear wlU
nM.i:ly as it uanetaaliy attended to.
Tca-on Main Uroat atrea oppotiM ta
Kaomutk Block.
X J.COLBORS.
L. C OOLBOiUI
t RORN & C0LB0RN,
I; ATTORN EV8-ATLAW.
All hnrtneat lntrntl M oar eare wlU b. prP-
Mawiiom. ana bi ijiuu -
tt! A OOTejancln. dun oa raobl tr.
7ILLIAM H. KOONTZ,
( ATTORN EY-AT LAW,
Somenet, ra..
Will iri pro".Pt atteoaootobortneM jmtrnit-
mA it htf eare in wmrrwi - B
0M la PrtnUng bona Bow.
D
EXNIS MEYERS,
KiimnM. Penn
.1 KMaHnaaflal ntrnird to hlpcr. will be
a.tmded to wlin and Odellty.
iifflce on Main tro. Street, next door to Sny
dw A Co. '"lore.
ajr
.1
AMES L PIT.H,
ATTORNEY -AT -LAW, -
. - f SooMraat. Pa-
.,.. M.ir.mntli Rlork. an italra. Entrance,
H.ln On- itreet. Dollertlooa """J
itiu M.mlned. and all leiral MiauaM
ittended to wtta jirumpUieaf and Bdellty.
IV
may!
KIM MEL.
ATTORN EY-AT-LA W,
Somerset, Pa.
MJ PRITTS.
. ATTORN EY-ATI. A W,
SHnerset, Pa.
Oftce, ap-aulrs In Mammott Block .
I0HN 0. KIM MEL,
J ATTORN tY-AT LAW,
Somerset, Pa.
Will attend to an basfness antraated to bit ear
I.S .BMrnt aad adtolnlnc eonnuea wiu prumiuir
a, and ndeiny. Omct oa BAaln Croat street.
n
ENRY F. SCHELT
ATTORN EY-AT-LA W,
BnantT and Penrtoa A (rent, Somerset,
OBee la Memmota Black.
VALENTINE HAY.
ATTORN EY-AT-LA W
And Dealer In Real Esut Somer t. P wlU
ttt to all hontneM eatraetad to bis ear wlt
prompts and tidety
0HN
h. nil..
ATTORNEY-AT LAW
Snmersat, Pa,
arm nnm! attml to all baFlnes eotravted
to htm. Mm art Tanred oa eolleetlons, ke U1-
Bce la Mamawtb Baildlnc.
J.
G. OGLE.
ATTt'BNFY-AT LAW.
Somerset Pa..
Protenlonal bnnlnessentrasted to mj eare at
tended to with promptness and Enemy.
M IjOUTHER.
(Formerly of Stoyertowa )
PHYSiriAS ASD SVHCEOS.
Hat loraud Detmanentty In Somerset for the
rrac.lcc. f hi. .r4eMin c 1 doors West ot
t entral Hotel, In rear ..fLImg S ore. maj21.
I)
R E. W. PLOUGH.
HOMIOTATBIC THYSICAV ASD SLKCC0S
T'B.Urt hit srrrtrest. the people of Somerset
and Tldatty. t'all.lntowa orowairr promptly
n tended to. ran I kmnd at ulnee iy or niKiit.
nlrw orfiwiuallT ensed. AJeTOSlce
S:haii eorwr .1 Pis mono, arer Kn'Tper'f
Miwatera. , aRBttfc
DR. H. fv KIM MEL ' '
ttwler bit pmlwkwial serrle. to tb eltl
tfn of Someiet and VIHnitT. I'nlew nmlewlon-
al mr r"i hea ba toaad at bl ttea, eo alaia
nt ea ofUi Iilamond-
nR. H. BRUBAKER tenders his
1 professional aeniees tm tha eit liens of Som
net and TleinltT. time in raatdene oa Biala
meet west of tba LHamoad.
FiR. WM. RAUCH tenders hi"
I ' profearinnal serrlres to tb cltlaeBS of Som
wt and rtcenltv - .
tjfflce- On do tast of Warn h Berkebll.1
mrniiar. wosv . ' .
bet I. 'to.
DR.S J. MflIIXFJi.
(Gr4l ia Bttulrf )
M)MII1AIT. .
0It stdal attcntloa to tb Pre erra'too of
wtnrat Teeth. Art If rtal SB'S marnea u
fratiien r larameed satisfactory . Office In res
H'rieeoB fatriot itreet, one door east of rraa-
f uial Caarvii. . , .
DR. JOHN BILTi
DENTIST.
OAet ap suin in Cook fc BeerlU Block, Somar
aa.Pa, . ....
DR. WILLIAM CJ0LLINS,
DENTIST, SOMERSET. PA.
turs Mammoth Block, a bore Boyd s nrt
". wber he eaa at all tlatea be foeoH prepar-
(ode all kinds ot work, soeb as Billac re
Uat.xtraUng Ae ArtlAelal taetb of all klnoa,
t tb best material Inserted. Opera liaos
triate. ... -
DR. J. K. MILIJR has iiertria
. antly located la Berlin for tha practtea el
"protesjioa. Office-opposite Charle. KneJlBjr
. afr.Xi. Ta-U.
fJlAMOND HOTEL, " "
WOYRTOWN. PKNN'A.
ft popalar and well A now bows baa lately
tomas;bly aad newly reottad wltb all aww
t ot larnMara. wbieb baa aaane at a eery
Mthi suipping place fur tb trawling pabUe.
'aM. anj roo- imnaotb.snrae-aail, aU bo.
trsteUs. wltb a uuwa pablls ball attached
Ss asm. Also 1st aad rooatyatabUaa:
ynces, ry ice week, day or
SAMTJELCCSTElt. Prssx
S.E.Oor. H
280 Washington Street, -
P. S. Lcxk Fur My Xame on the Window.
Johnstown, Pa.
THE LAKGJEST
SHOE STORE
SOMERSET CGUXTY BAKU!
(ESTABLISHED 1877.)
CBAELES. J. EAEE1S0N. M.1PEITTS.
President. Cashier
Vlleetloni made in all parti of tba TJnltad
Sutas.
CHABGES MODERATE.
Parties wtsblag to send money W est eaa be ee-
eomiiMKlated by draft on New York In any sum.
Collect tool matte wltb nromptaera. U. S. Bonds
bonirbt and Sold. Monet and ralnables Secured
by one of Olebold's celebrated safes, wltb a Sar
gent A Yale 00 time lock
ACCOUNTS SOLICITED.
rAUIeg holidays oberrl.
Albebt A. Hoasa.
J. Soorr Wakd.
BORNE & WARD
SDCcaaaoaa TO
IN" THE CITZ"-
L.
STARGAEDTER
Has broken through into the
next room, which makes it
now
THE LARGEST SHOE STORE
In T hnstown.
The place is not completed yet
but we are prepared to
offer you Bargains in
BOOTS, SHOES Al BOMBS,
Cheaper than any other Shoe
Store m the City.
L. STAKGARDTER,
ONE PRICE
OPERA HOUSE
Shoe Store,
212 1 214 Main St., Johnstown, Pa.
EATON & BROS,
, 1
NO. 27 HFTn AYEHUE,
PITTSBURGH, PA.
PRl5?G1882.
NEW GOODS
SAT SPCIiLTH3
ambraldtrHH, Ucm, illl7, Whho 6sod, Has4
krckifs. Drat Trlwailafs, Nsslery, 6lvas,'
Csrsst Mstllsaad arls Uularwaar, !
fsstt ind Chlidros't Clttiis. Ftsty
Gsodt, Ytrst, Zaisyrt, Mats
rialt sf All Klads far .
-FANCY WORK,
Gent's Ftainiu ,Gtf s, k,k
roca r ATBoaaas ra
araorvtruT oLKTrco.
f&Qiden by Mail attended to with Prompt
nes and Itipatch. "
One day an aged millionaire .
Fell moat extremely ill ;
Wit'i mournful air bis mournful heirs
They begged be'd make bis will ;
And sweetly acquiescent, he
Dispatched fur Mr. Wright
To write Ihe document, and then
Expired that rery night
His kin, with sighs of wondrous size,
Remarked that life is brief,
And vied with one anatber in
Difplaying Ti'lent Brief ;
And when the lat aad rites were o'er.
With one accord they went "
To bear the proper person read
His latest testament
The ready lawyer read aloud
The difit-rent bequests, .
While very rariuus feelings swelled. .
Within the listeners' breasts,
And some resolved with energy
To break that unjust will,
And some resolved with filial zeal
His wishes to fulfill.
So those who held the will was right
Secured Lawyer Nab,
And tbuae opposed, the service of
The smart attorney Grab ;
And now tba poor afflicted ones,
Plunged into legal strife,
"o longer shed their tears for death,
But let them flow for life.
To tell yon how the quarrel grew
I will not even try.
The poetry of pros and cons
Is tedious and dry ;
I know they argued high and low,
The usual oaths they swore.
And all the cases cited that
Were eyer tried before.
Time passed, and these contestants strove
With still increasing rae,
Until the latest litigant
Was bowed with care and age ;
Till death with coldest diregard
Cut off their arguments,
Allowing plaintiffs no appeal,
Defendants no defense.
Also at last the lawyers died.
And with a solemn face.
The undertaker gravely said :
"Lie here, and try my case !''
And thus I close my simple tale.
With which I'd be content
Could I but tell what no one knows
Which way the money went
OCT OF THE DARKNESS.
OLD
"THE
23 YEArs
RELIACLE.'
in USE.
SflBDit
0W TO MAKE CONEY
M T Saeresstal Salwaasa 1 pay as barb
ClI 10"" "" ana eiM Steady em-
.j '"VJuloyment (aarate4 Mmorwwaaa.
- uperieBe a, aacwaary. Any lie maa
. "Mad. AM am rnadar enliWatkai. Tb.
npM. (mcs bc graaada as the Urtt4
newest aad cknlnsst varieties of trait a
"taiw.
lr. tatlng age. CBaa.
. aatserymaa, koehcsur.A. Y.
gXEa'TOR NOTICE. . -
" Jf Lrwngo-d. dee'd tat f Dkllek
1 . Twsw ansaTset Co., Pa
WSl7?,lntary a ia abwsw Mtttt
5!Li7!3-otlo " bere'T ibwlo aH
ra.r?f ta tu to m. k Imnaediate
IllT!11" aTtngelalassaa.lost tbeaaar
sr2f aitleaw.
toWBSbis.
aar4i t. tnenny
SWardav. Fbrorv
U. AVreageud, la Elfc-
F LITETSOOOn,
ABAH BBOLL! KB.
atliUCA Ut tNOOOD,
LOCATF.D DTBEfrrXT ON MAIW LIWE
MTT. DIV. B.AO. L R, THCS 8 AV
IMQ KXTSA tXMT OF OB AV
ISO. .,
ThaOraAtastMaojeUTrimjnparf tha Age
indorsed all over the World
SYMPTOMS OP A
TORPID LIVEQ.
Loss of appe'lta. Natuwa. Rowels cos;
tire. Pain in the Headwih a dull Sn
ationjn the-becat part. Pain adT
the snouider blade, alines alter cag.
Ing, writh a disinclination to exertion
ot body or mind, Irritability of temp
er, ow spiritarLoespf tnemory,wlth
a failing of hawlag aaglecfd aome
dnty, we-ariness. Dizziness, Flnttar
ing of the Heart, Do t before tliaeyes,
YeDoygtonHeadaofae.Restiessnesg
at night, highly oolorwf Urine.
IF THESE WAJUTDIGS ABE WHEESEO,
tvam snisf wsj. tour u tmunt,
TO ITS FILLS are specially adapted la .
Bach case, on. do enacts aocb a cliaugw
of feeling a to astonish tba aufferer.
Tbey Iswswaaa bbm Anttiw, And rsiass
Um body to Tab.. a rioek, tba. the ss
tous la Bi.airl.au 4. and by their Taab
! on tha MfisUt Otmsas 1Uc
lar snol are prodneed. Prioe W ots.
Tumi liEFLTiC
Grat lUntorWinsnaa chanired to a
Gixmst Blacb: byaalBcle appllootloa oi
um lira irupana a nanrrai color. I
Intantaneooalv. Sold bv Drnawltfe. w
sent by express oa reoalnt of 91.. .
Offica, 44 Murray St.. Saw Yaram
FASHIONABLE
CUTTER & TAILOR,
fl hVtjP KAvinBhaJmaay
' I T n Tallortnit !
I 'Wbo sjay aalf a
1 oa as and teeer
A, ss. with tbaar pat-
r j. !','Voara, fca
wm. n. noccaraiisEn,
MaeneiPsv'
Bjart '
CHARLES HOFFMAN,
UERCHAIIT TAILOU
Pro Bye Cqt-MM mrj !
SKaated oa sammtl of A llrirbenle rbe ws
tartMB eaM msaan s tU.- This whisky ia
ssak t-y tb. duabie-dtetllled prooess, aad gaar
aatawd aoriaeity pan and loll isvoC
. nrOrttn JUlfi ww vi wised. .
OAoowo Henry Hwfltay.
-a
UTCTOTiaiIXTCTrnil
Special.
xaruiimcmn evmmio. n
SOMERSET- PA.
ta arder to siva HoUl Keeper ad Deahsn a
grvad uppavtaal y never before oBeiwd, will Ofiav (
iraea h me aai aiae. are oi .way "j wM"
tii from A to M iMtrrls, alstmc tbem tb. urivl-
ler. ot ssttiasj It M. la aM ssi thraa yeara,
ia. bat a am il sam for nersn
Ua ban.1 lat ba rets ofCHd WbUkr. retallias;
f3 to to CLta ir Moa
ami for
qaaaUtlaaia
f CATARAXTT BUXpX8S
Vtses
Vta
.used by ks r traasoar.aey f tha
beAlad tb wH kebt an sabn "
thjuwoat f !. by la mial of :
Mboav.rTb.a.biaf I". a--.
r ever, and
BBSS rtM
What a bleak wild night it wan !
The weird pi rite of the storm
marched op the valley bowling like
angry demons, and with giant
strength wrenUVd with the mighty
oaka upon the hillsides, until they
bowed their trembling limbs to the
earth in mute supplication. How
the windows of the old factory rat
tled in the driving blast, and the
young girl. Jessie Dene, drew her
shawlcioBer about her as the damp
ind came moaning in through evr.
ery crtvice and cranny. '
1 he 6 o clock bell had rung, the
day's work was done, but still she
lingered in the work-room, and fit
ting on the window ledge, close up
to the dirt-begrimed pane, her plain,
homely face, with its frame-work of
soft brown hair was almost hidden
in the dull November twilight.
With ' a. nervous restlessness her
blender brown hand tied and untied
the fringes of her coarse blanket
shawl, while in and out of the wind
ing passes of her brain the busy
thoukbte came and went and went
and came.
Onlv a factory girl !" So a fair
haired lady had raid that day as
she passed her on the pavement and
uatheml op her cilken garments
daintily, lest they should be defiled
by the touch, one remembered
. . aa
what the old pastor had saia last
Sabbath day in the little church of
the neighboring village oi hllen
thorpe: "Oh, ye tich men, all your
wealth will surely avail you nothing
when you reach the river'd brink."
She knew all this, and vet it wa.
hard to walk always among the eliad
ows.
With a thud the waves came dash
ing up against the moss covered
walls of the old factory, and with a
startling thrill nlie looked down from
her dizzy perch in the third story
window, and thought of the one
frantic leap, a little struggle for
breath, all would be over.
Should she do it?" Would any
body care? Ah me! There was a
pale fare with the love-light ever
shining in the brown eyes,, which
she knew was watching for her even
then in the brown house under the
bill. O
blessed mother! Anything for her.
Perhaps by and by the purple gates
of day will ttpen beyond the night,
but though He bade her walk through
a furnace heated seven times hotter
than before, she would endure it all
for her sake, and out of the depths
of ber suffering the toul of Jessie
Heane walked that night white-rob
ed and purified.
There came a dull, heavy footstep
along the lower floor and up the
creaking stairs ,
"Are you ready to go home, Jes
sie?" . .
She knew just what be would say,
for be had ottered precisely the
same words every night for the last
six months, standing in the same
place, fumbling his fur cap in awk
ward embarrassment ;
No I I'm riet ready to go home
with vou" end Jessie" turned with a
scornful air from the sturdy country
youth. ' ' " ;
-Here is my omoreiia. 100 win
need it"
It was a kindly voice, and came
from a manly heart and looking: at
her for a moment with a Questioning
lot k, plain, honest John Brace turn
ed aw ty and walked slowly down
and out Into the damp street
8uch an awkward specimen of
humanity," the girl murmured pet
tishy ; and yet she knew the sun
niest spots in he lite wert the pleas
ant summer evening walks with him
through the green country lanes to
the brown farmhouse.
, ; "If ; lie were only . a handsome
and graceful as fiarry Bell," and as
he tied ber hat ber ' gaze wandred
wistfully over the river to the brown
stone villa upon the bill, where, in
stately magnificence, dwelt the own-
r of the mul propertv uanvon
BVIt ' In' her simplicity "she had
. . sv t a . a
to his overseer. ii late trie mous-
tached yuan college gradubte, Har
ry Bell had performed these duties
for his father, and she now consul
ered him the personification of man-
Iv beauty and excellence.
And co Jessie dreamed on, and at
last, with the night shadows folding
themselves closely about her, went
slowly down the creaking stairway,
with a heavy aching at her heart and
a weary, wistful loaging in her brown
eyes. . ' i
But hark ! Up through the wind-
.i I r .
ing passage, witu me rusn oi me
damp wind from the street door
came a shrill cry of mortal agnnv
and her blood ran cold while ber
heart almost stilled its beating as
she listened.
One, two, three, horrid veils rent
the air, mingled with the sound of
failing blows and fierce oaths. The
sounds came from the overseer's of
fice at the foot of the stairs, and
were beard with awful distinctness
above the rear of the storm. Jessie
knew that the last workman had
left fifteen minutes before, and she
was alone perhaps with a murder
er and whiter than the faces of the
sheeted dead was that of the young
girt as she leaned for support against
the smoky wall.
The cries had ceased, a door open
ed and closed, but still she - could
bear the thud, thud of the wind
l ished waves, and up from the street
came the sickenfug stench of the
rain-soaked debris. -
But she must act ! And with the
thought came renewed strength, and
down the old stairs she went with
Hying feet. At that instant in from
the street came the same awkward
form from which she nad turned so
scorufullv five minutes before. How
noble at d manly he looked in the
hour of peril.
"Thank God, you are here, John
Brace !" and then they opened the
office door and went iu together.
Only the empty room, vacant and
blank, with the shadows weaving
themselves together in the dim and
dusty corners, and the wind moan
ing its weird anthem through the
narrow pasaee.
But what U that thing lving in
manpled heap upon the low lounge
behind the stove? Shapeless almost,
and vet not lifeless, fur a. human
hand is thrust out and on it is
great gout of blood.
V ith a pale face, but unpnaking
hand, John Brace removed the cov
ering and disclosed the ghastly dis
figured face ot Thomas Morgan, the
factory overseer, three great gasn-
e acroes the throat from which the
life-blood was fast ebbing, and the
marks of heavy blows about the head
were the sole traces of the murder.
; Poor little Jessie could endure no
more, and when ltnr curious crowd
cau.e hurrying in from the street
they found ber lving prostrate upon
the floor, and honest John Brace
gazing in dumb horror open the
scene.
Three weeks bad passed, and
through the low kitchen window of
the farmhouse under the hill, the af
ternoon snnlight shone blithely in,
and wove its fairy embroideries m
broad lines of gold upon the white
hair of the busy housewife, as she
passed with light footfalls across the
floor, plying her daily tasks.
Upon the little white-draped cot
in the kitchen bed-room lay Jessie,
with her poor face thinned almost
o a shadow by wasting fever. For
a long time, in a kind ot oumr,
dreamy quiet, she lay counting the
crimson leaves upon the woodbine
over the window, listening to the
cricket's dreams chirping under the
door stone, and the sound of the
dropping nuts in the forest, and
then with a sudeen rush ot memory
came the recollection of the events
of that terrible night
"Mothtr, mother, come and tell
me. Have they found the murder-
err
"Can vou bear it, Jessie, if I tell
you all?" and the poor woman look
ed with yearning pity upon the
worn, tired little face before her,
Anything is better than suspense,
mother," and so in trembling tones
the poor woman told her all.
"They have took him up for the
murder, you know John Brace, I
mean for they found him in the
r iom with the dead man, ami his
jack knife was on the floor covered
with blood, and they do say the two
have had a good many bard words
of late. John was wanting more
pav, and Morgan wouldn't give it to
him, and they are both high-temper
ed, you know. The trial comes off
next week, and you'll have to be a
witness," and the garrulous old
mother expiated at length, upon the
particulars of the horrid tragedy .but
Jessie heard ber not
What? John Brace to be tried for
murder! Her John, whose coarse
brown hand she had held so often
in her own in the olden time, and
whose honest eyes had again and
again looked down in hers, with the
light of a noble tenderness shining
in them. Tried for life? It must
not, should cot be, and she remem
bered with a thrill of satisfaction
that her testimony. would save him,
for did she not see him come in
from the street before she reached
the foot of the stairs ?
And then came anatber thought
chilling her to the heart She did
not - bear him speak after all, and
she had only said, "Thank God, you
are here, John Brace," when they
went into the office together. Per
haps it was all a mistake he might
be the murderer and then away
down in the depth of her heart Jes
sie realized the length and breadth
and depth of her love for poor John
Brace, and in all ber misery her
soul sent forth one plaintiff cry:
"Oh, God, pity me ! Oh, God, pity
me!" --" -
Though I walk through the val
of no avail against the powerful cir
cumstantial evidence against him. '
. For weeks the stricken girl hover
ed very near the gates of death, bot
tbey were closed against her, and at
last she gathered up her strength
and turLed her feet again into life's
busy path's. Sanctified through
suffering. That was the story her
pale, sweet face told, as she took op
her burdens again, and with cheer
ful patience toiled on.
Two years bad stepped back into
the shadows of the past and the
primroses were sprinkled thickly in
the dim old lane, filling the air with
their fragrance, as Jessie brushed
the dew from their petals in ber
homeward walk. A quick, firm
step came op behind her, and her
slight form was lifted high up from
the ground in the grasp of two stur
dy arms, and a brown bearded face
bent over hers in passionate tender
ness. "I hardly know where to begin
the story, Jessie darling," said John
Brace that night in the brown farm
house kitcheu.
"My name is cleared from all dis
honor by Harry Bell's confession.
When death came near to him be
was ready to tell the story. He had
been gambling and betting heavily
that summer, and getting involved
pretty heavily. He was trying that
night to coax a thousand dollars
of his father's money out of honest
Thomas Morgan. Both got aagry
and excited and you know the
rest."
A solemn prayer of thanksgiving
ascended that night from three unit
ed hearts to Him who had delivered
them from evil, and guided their tir
tired footsteps into the narrow way,
which leads to the shining moun
tains ot the City Beautiful,
"Oat of the darkness into the light"
llYN'AMITE. .
A HOT BATTLE.
Stewart's force Reach the Nile.
THJE COMMANDER BADLY WOCSDED,
; .Brr NOT FATALLY.
How It Is Made and Why It is Such a
Dangerous Jora pound.
Few people know what dynamite
is, though the word is in common
use. It is a giant gunpowder. That
is an explosive material, varying in
strength and safety of handling ac
cording to the percentage of nitro
glycerine it contains. Nitro glycer
ine, whence it derives its strength,
is composed of ordinary grycerine
and nitric acid compounded togeth
er in certain proportions and at a
certain temperature. Nitro-glVcer-
ine, though not the strongest explo
sive known, being exceeded in power
by nitrogen and other products of
chemistry, is thus far the most terri
ble explosive manufactured to any
aVrlAnt 1ttvvn10rtAPin4 Ktf itaAlf ia I
AIVIIIM AtlllVAll bVIIUV J V lVOt.lt J&7 1 . - B . .
. u.nA) :ana lorm a zareoa. inis was maue
Lo.ndox, Jan. 28. The battle of
Abu-Klea wells, the story of which
has already been published, was
fought on Saturday, the 17th. Gen.
Stewart employed what was left of
the day after the fight and a large
part of Sunday in establishing a
strong post at Abu-Klea. There
those who had been seriously
wounded in the battle were left
with a small garrison. On the after
noon of the ISth General Stewart
began bis forward movement toward
Metemneb. After parsing the Sbe
baca wells the British forces moved
to the right This was in accord
ance with instructions given by
Lord Wolseley, who bad otdered
that in case Metemneb. was found
to be occupied by the enemy Gener
al Stewart should make an effort to
establish bimself at some point on
the Nile between Metemneh and
Khartoum. His forces consisted of
ninety men of the Nineteenth Hus
sars, the three divisions of the
Camel Corps, in all about 1.0S0 men.
At seven o'clock on the morning of
the 19th, when the British line was
barely a league from the river, the
enemy appeared in force some dis
tance in tront A hail was there
upon made for breakfast in a strong
zereba established there.
The enemy presently opened fire
upon them, and while they were
strengtening their works for a pro
tection to the wounded and baggage,
the fire was the heaviest that th
British had yet been subjected to.
It was while they were still at tbis
point that General Stewart was
wounded. Sir Charles Wilson there
upon assumed command. The en
emy numbered 7,000 men, a large
number of whom were cavalrymen
armed with rides, and the fight
which followed was a severe one. .
THE BATTLE DESCRIBED.
The latest dispatches received at
the War Office show that the point
where the battle occurred is in the
desert about five miles south from
Metemneb. When Gen. Stewart
reached that point he found the en
emy were havering about his little
army on all sides and skirting it
often within uncomfortably short
range. The rebels had evidently
stationed themselves in the vicinity
to await his arrival and give him
battle. When they began to sur
round him and press in upon him
he determined to abide the event.
He ordered his men to dismount
is preferred. ' It is extensively made
and consumed in the United States,
under the various names of Giant,
Hercules, Jupiter, and Atlas pow
ders, all of which contains anywhere
from oO to SO per cent of nitro-glyc-erine,
the balance of the compound
being made up of rotten stone, non-
explosive earth, sawdust, charcoal,
plaster of pans, black powder, or
some other substance that takes up
the glycerine and makes a porous,
spongy mass.
Nitro-glycenne was discovered bv
Salvero, an Italian chemist, in 1845.
Dynamite is prepared by simply
kneading with the naked bands 25
per cent of infusorial earth and 75
per cent of nitro-glycerine until the
mixture assumes a putty condition,
not unlike moist brown sugar. Be
fore mixing the infusorial earth is
calcined in a furnace in order to
burn out all organic matter, and it
is also sifted to free it of large grains.
V bile still moist it is squeezed into
cartridges, which are prepared of
parchment paper, and the bnng is
done by fulminate of uilver in cop
per capsules provided with patent
exploders.
Nitro-glycerine is made of nitnc
acid one part and sulphuric acid
two parts, to which is added ordina
ry glycerine, and the mixture is
well washed with pure water. The
infusiou is composed of small, mi
croscopic selicious shells, which
have lost their living creatures. The
cellular parts receive the uitro-glyc
erine nd bold it bv capillary attrac
lion, both iuside and out The
earth is verv light Water is ex
pelted from it . by means qf a fur
nace, and then, in the form of a pow
der, it is mixed with nitro-glycerine.
Nilro-glvcerine has a sweet, aromat
ic, pungent taste, and the peculiar
property of causing a violent head
ache when placed in a small quanti
ty on the tongue or wrist It freezes
at 40 degrees Farenheit, becoming a
white, balf-crystnlized mass, which
must be melted by application of
water at a temperature of about 10U
degrees Fahrenheit
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the past five years I have always
used Dr. King's New Discovery, for
coughs of most severe character, as
well as for those of a 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
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I consider it the only reliable and
sure cure for coughs and colds."
Call at C N. Boyd's Drug Store
and get a free trial bottle. Large
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A Japanese dentist don't frighten
his patient with an array of steel in
struments. All of his operations in
tooth drawing are performed Hy the
thumb and forefinger of one ' hand.
Tbe skill necessary to do tbis is only
acquired after long practice, but
once it ' is obtained the operator is
able to extract a half dozen teeth in
about thirty seconds without once
rsmnvinir hia fimrnra frnm thn n.
ley of the shadow of death, thy rod ' tient's mouth. Tbe dentist's ednca
and thy staff they comfort ma." Ati tion commencs with the polling oat
last these blessed words of comfort
came floating ia upon her poor con
fused brain like the Jow, sweet notes
of a cradle hymn, and wholly ex
hausted she sank into a troubled
slumber. .
ot pegs which have been pressed in
to soft wood ; it ends with tbe draw,
ing of bard pegs which have been
driven iat3 an oak plank with a mal
let. A writer in the Union Jfedical
says thai no human jaw can resist
i iriwi- SJl aikatsaevar van
"l X- tu'.Va'da .pi looked with almost revwwtial awe for nianlaughW,convicted and sen
ut! 3 s'toe at h-w.by tb. uast. tb. upon tne portly gentleman, as with teno-d to the State prison for life,
Write fur Ml panicalart la reward to tare oa tb sue smoj , ism. jrrer'A pomptirity lie niaue ilia wrra- itif iinijn (mw wtitwu iwu-
S. F.BWtlTZtJt. fai.. i aw. wt as mstavi.f . . i u. r
Maaranh,r. I mm aTW.
A week later John Brace was tried the delicate bat powerful manipula
Uoos of the J4D4MSO deotist
',ly visits to tha factory to give orders, mony was read in court, it
A cheerful way of talking will
proved sboo cbaso away gloomy foelkp. . .
mainly with saddles and baggage
and during its construction the reb
el nnemen drew nearer and main
tained a hot fire from behind am
bushes and such hiding-places as
they could find among bushes and
high grass. " This fire was very well
directed and was most disasterous
in its effect upon the British troops.
Twelve men were soon shot dead
and forty others were stricken down
with ugly wounds. Among the
first killed were Mr. Cameron, the
special correspondent of the London
Standard, and Mr. Herbert, the
special correspendentnf the London
JPost. But two commissioned offi
cers were killed. Gen. Stewart was
one of the first to be wounded. He
was shot in the thigh. When he
was struck the work of making the
zareba was about completed and the
army bad been put in motion to
form its battle array.
This was a hollow square. The
square was formed in the following
order: fn front the naval brigade
and the Grenadier Guards; on the
right Sank the Coldstream Guards
and the Scots Guards; on the left
flank the mounted infantry, and
on the rear the Sussex regiment and
the heavy camel corps. As soon as
completed the square advanced un
der a heavy ambush fire a distance
of two miles. At this point the en
emy began to advance on the square
in two large echelons. These were
directed against the British right
front, which stood unmoved. Dur
ing the rebel charge the English
troops forming the assailed front
delivered a terrific fire right at the
enemy's middle, mowing down men
in ouch heaps that they formed ac
tual obstacles and interfered so ee
riously with the evenness necessary
to the success of the onslaught that
its centre line was brought to t
stand-still about sixtv yards from
the British front line. The force of
the general movement threw the
unimpeded parb of the line like
the ends of a broken timber around
the corners of the square, and the
rebels so displaced were simply cut
to pieces. From this on, the war
fare was as disasterous to the rebels
as it was irregular on their side.
v hen the enemy s line was brok
en tbe Arabs seemed to break up
into bands, each of which waged
war on its own account A large
detachment, mostly on horseback,
went back to attack tbe zareba. This
1 lis V
was garrisoned Dy a rxxiy oi Eng
lish soldiers made op of little de
tachments left behind be each corps
which hd gore forward in tie
square. Lord unaries uerestord
was in command and sustained the
attack ior two hours, when the en
emy was compelled to retreat
Daring the general attack upon
tbe square only six men were killed
and twenty-three wounded on the
English side. Capt. Norton worked
the guns during this fight, and bis
firing did awful execution.
During tbe. advance of the mam
body of the English from the zareba
the garrison left behind at that point
kept up a heavy fire from their guns
and rifles. An effort was made to
erect a small redoubt some buy
yards to tbe right of the zareba, un
der the protection of the steady fire
from the zareba. Dunng the erec
tion of tbe redoubt one man was
killed and three were wounded.
Lord Cochrane, with forty men from
tbe Life Guard and the Scots Grays,
held the redoubt and . maintained a
heavy fire throughout the battle.
Tbey did much to repel the rushes
of tbe enemy. Tbe losses of the reb
els during the whole day are estima
ted at 2.000 killed and wounded.
the British. Tbey say the Mahdi
seat them from Khartoum.
- Tbe square reached tbe Nile at
sunset on Monday evening and en
camped for the night Early on
Tuesday morning scouting parties
made a reconnoissance and destroy
ed some empty villages, tbe recent
inhabitants of which watched the
operations from a distance and after
wards retreated to Metemaah. The
British then advanced through the
villages around Metemneb. Ou
Wednesday tbey made a reconnois
sance and found Metemneh fairly
well fortified. Shots were exchang
ed, but the rebels kept out of sight
The ground around is sandy, with
depressions full ot grass and bushes,
affording good cove".
ihe prisoners state that the eae
my came from Khartoum, and that
the force which attacked the British
at Abu-Klea was the advance
guard.
rive of General Gordons steam
ers, conveying 500 soldiers and five
guns, arrived at Uubat on the 22d
All the troops and guns were landed
when the guns were turned upe-n
Metemneb, without, however, pro
ducing any apparent effect upon tbe
rebels. It is reported that the Man
di is sending more troops and guns
to Metemneb.
On the 22d Gen. Wilson, with four
of Gen. Gordon a steamers, a num
ber of black troops, two companies
of mounted infantry and nix guns,
bombarded Shendy for two hours
and almost completely destroyed
the town, but the occupants of whom
there were few, appeared to be un
willing to surrender. The steamers
afterwards returned to Gubat, where
a number of forts are being erected
It is slated that the Matidi has a
force of 6,U00 men around Khartoum
the population of which is now esti
mated at 14,1)00. A conyoy has
gone to Gakdul to fetch stores and
ammunition. The inhabitants of
Metemneh are apparently retaaiuiug
in hiding, as scouts are able to see
only a few persons in the town. The
total British loss, including the loss
at Abu-Klea, was 104 killed and 21b'
wouuded. The enemy's loss was
3,0U0 killed and wounded.
The Queen has sent a dispatch
thanking Gen. Stewart and his
troops for their bravery, condoling
with them for their losses, and pro
moting Gen. Stewart to the rank ot
major general.
A Mao in a. Den or Bears.
Robert J. Bardett.
HIS LECTVIlE.
"Bob Burdette, the humorist,
could well feel Mattered at the audi
ence assembled at Farwell Hall last
evening to bear his lecture on 'The
Pilgrimage of a Fanny Man," be
cause it was a large and apprecia
tive one. His style differs some-
I what from other popalar humorists
iu kUBfc luuuuueuoa ui Wife ia de
picted on his countenance, and it
can be said of him that he laughs
at his own jokes. This, however,
does not detract from bis power,
but, on the contrary, tbe merry
twinkle of his eyes and the smile
that gatheres on his countenance
just as he is about to give utterance
to some mirth-provoking sentence
affects the audience spontaneously,
tbe laughter is contagious, and this
was heartily mauifested more than
once last night. He said it was
easier to be funny in these days
than in the "good old days," be
cause -the material for it existed
and there were those who know
how to make the best of it Tbe
periodical called Puck, said the lec
turer, "was born in a suburban
town of yours St Louis. As soon
as tbe proprietors ot it learned Eng
lish they located the paper in New
York." For a long time he bad
laughed heartily over the English
pictures in a Dutch book. People
nowadays liked their fun in the
daily newspapers alongside of an
account of an explosion. It was a
long time before tbe people knew
whether Hayes or Tilden was elect
ed. Some people did not know yet
Mr. Dana, for instance. The
whole funny business of the news
papers was made op from observa
tion and nothing more. Man did
not make fun, it already existed,
and the secret was fouud in seizing
on the material and bringing the
fun out of it There was nothing
in a stove-pipe to langh at but when
a man came borne and lound bis
wife had stacked up a pile for him
to exercise his ingenuity upon he
could not see anything funny about
it but be bad considerable to say to
himself when be went into the wood
shed and thought the matter over.
When a man fell from tbe top stair
to the bottom be did not see any
thing funny in it, but when he read
an account of another man gjiog
through the same performance he
read it with great glee to the mem
bers of bis family. Mr. Burdette
then reviewed the life of noted hu
morists, such as Charles Lamb, and
showed how he lightened up the
world by bis wit, although he was
at times" bordering on insanity and
caring for a maniac sister. The lec
turer toward the close told the story
of a neighbor of his who bad read
some where that the sting of wasps
was a certain cure for rheumatism.
He convulsed the house with laugh
ter by his description of the good
man': performances after ctrrying
a bottle full of wasps to bed with
him in order to test the cure. In
conclusion he said that all should
let the sunshine of their hearts come
out opon their countenance?, and
by looking on the bright side of
life make the world the better for
having lived in it
Three residents of Wellsville, Al
legheny county, N. Y., named
James Bailey, James Clay and Mor
ris Marcey. while fox buntiDg near
the State line, a few days ago, came
upon the tracks of three bears.
They followed them to a hole in the
rocks known as Sim's Cave, nearly
five miles from the place where the
tracks were discovered. The hunt
ers built a fire in the mouth ot tbe
opening, which extends several feet
back in the ledge, the first few feet
being a narrow passage. Tbe Bmoke
of the fire entered the passage and
drove one of the bears to the mouth,
where it was shot and dragged out
It was a spring cub. A minute la
ter anothor bear stuck its bead out
of the passage, and was killed. This
was a very large one. The third
bear did not come out and Morris
Marcey crawled into the cave, taking
his pun with him. 1 be other two
heard the report of bis gun soon af
terward, wbich was followed by an
gry cries from the bear, and sounds
of a struggle in tbe cave. The hun
ters on the outside were undecided
what course to take for a minute or
so, and thta Bailey resolved to go in
the cave and tM if he could aid
Marcey.
Just then Marcey 's head and
shoulders were thrust out of the
opening. His face was covered with
blood. He shouted for help, saying
that the bear had him clasied tight
ly around the legs with its fore paws
and was trying to drag him back.
The two men seized Marcey by the
arms and pulled him out of the pas
sage. The bear clung to him until
it was pulled far enough forward to
see the two men outside, when it let
go. It rushed out of the cave at
once, however, and dashed furiously
at the men. They ran in different
directions. The bear followed Bai
ley. Clay returned and got his gun
and started after the bear. He came
up with it as U was pressing Bailey
into close quarters and, placing the
muzzle of the gun against its head,
sent a bullet through its brain.
.Marcey had lighted a match on
entering the cave, and saw the bear
crouching in one corner. He fired
at once, but only wounded the ani
mial, which attacked, him furiously
in the dark. Before he could make
his escape he was badly cut and torn
by the bear's claws, there being
hardly a stitt h of ojothing left on
him from the waist down.
A Sensble Man
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the throat and lungs. It is curing
more cases of coughs, colds, asthma.
bronchitis, croup, and all throat and
lung troubles, than any other medi
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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.
How much for candy?" asked a
little boy. "Six sticks for five
cents, eh? Now lem me see; six
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cents, four for three cents, three for
two cents, two for one cent, and one
for nothing. Ill take one stick,
mister." He got it, but the dealer is
still in a state of bewilderment and
can't see how that can be. Montreal
Witness.
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ized to refund your money by the
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if it fails to cure you. C. N. Boyd
has secured the agency for it
Price 50 cents and f 1.00. Trial
size free.
Strange Restoration or Speech.
Lancaster, Pa., Jan. 28. Miss
Emma Sensenich, of Beartown, is
the daughter of George Sensenich. a
prominent tanner, who died four
years ago... Miss Sensenich is near
ly thirty-seven years old, and never
spoke to anyone but ber mother
and two sisters. Although tenderly
caring for her father m his last ill
ness, she never spoke to him. She
was the only one present when he
died. She went to school and ob
tained a fair education, but never
recited a lesson nor spoke to teacher
or schoolmate. When a child, her
father tempted her with gold pieces
to speak to him, but she would not,
or could not, speak.
She has always abhorred men,
but was fond of the society of ladies,
answering their remarks simply
with smiles. Inheriting some mon
ey, she bought a house, which after
ward became the parsonage of the
Bridgeville Church. Her mother
acted for her in the purchase of the
house. Last Thursday, upon com
ing down stairs suddenly, she found
her mother lying on the floor in the
agonies of death, and before assist
ance arrived the mother had died
in the mute danghter's arms. Since
then she has talked freely to every
one. A gentleman from that sec
tion to-day says she continues to
talk, but offers no explanation, if
she has any, of the past
Dr. Lyman Beecher was noted for
hia absence of mind and forgetful-
ness. Sirs. Ueecher once received a
sum of money, and it was the occa
sion of great rejoicing that it would
enable them to pay a bill for a car
pet, so she committed the money to
her husband, charging him to at
tend to the matter immediately.
In the evening the doctor return
ed from the city in high spirit. He
described to us a missionary meet
ing he bad attended.
u Doctor," said Mrs. Beecher,
"did you pay tor that carpet to
day?" "Carpet! What carpet?" respond
ed the doctor.
"Why, the one I gave you the
money to pay for tbis morning."
" There," said tbe docter, " that
accounts for it. At tbe missionary
meeting they took op a contribu
tion. When tbey came to me I said
I had no money to give them
wished I had at tbe same time
feeling in my pocket, where, to my
surprise, I found a roll of bills ; so
I pulled it out and put it in tbe box,
wondering where it had come from,
but thinking tbe Lord had some
how provided." Christian Union.
A Walking Skeleton.
Mr. E. .Springer of Mechanics
burg. Pa., writes: "t was afflicted
with lung fever and abscess on lungs
and reduced to a walking Skeleton.
Got a free trial bottle of Dr.
King's New Discovery for Consump
tion, which did me so much good
that I bought a dollar bottle. After
using three bottles, found myself
once more a man, with a gain in
flesh of 4Sfte."
Call at C. N. Boyd's Drug Stare
and get a tree trial bottle of tbis
certain cure for all Lung Diseases.
Large bottles 11.00.
Talleyrand's advice to young
AmonaT the enemy were many slaves student in diplomacy i "Never writ
several of wLosn have toUaitted to . a letter ; never destroy one."
Much has been said as to women
physicians in Russia, but according
to a competent authority there are
only some 250, and whatever their
acquirements and abilities, they are
only allowed to treat tbe diseases of
women and children. Even in
country districts, where there is, per
haps, no male physician within 50
miles, apothecaries have been for
bidden to pat up a prescription em
anating from a woman.
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