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ATTUKSEY-ATUAW.
Somerset, Pa.
aTTORSEt-ATLAW.
Somerset. P
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ATTORNEY AT-L.A
1 Somerset. Penaa.
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ATTOKNEY-ATLAW.
Somerset, Pa
II.
IJAER.
ATTuKS EY -AT-1A w .
Somerset, Pa
r. In Somenwl and a-ljmlnnewnntlea.
:DJed U).
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W. H. RrPPEL
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ATTOKNEYS-AT-liA W.
Mfniiiied to their eare
rtU b.
'crrr-opt. U,.
Mniiiaota uiia-
L. C. OOLBOR
IriOLBORN & COI.RORX
f TJLU ATTCBNEYS-ATXAW.
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:-.f klXirejanciua
II MAM H. KOOM..
' l' is Prtntia. BR
D7-IS MEYERS.
ATTOKNEY-AT-LAW
iiili!Mi1ne entrnned to hti;ere will be
a i o.'i nure.
tfrt
I KNEY.Arpa
i ile. eiamlned. an.l all leiral Mum"
Ko,:ij li wilt l.romi.u.M and Udelitj.
P.
Y K1MVEL.
ATTORN EY-AT-LAW,
Somerset, r 4V.
M
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ATTURNEY-ATLW
r4 mcrsn, .
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0HN 0 KIM M EE.
ATTORN EY-AT LAW,
Somerset, Pa.
Win attend t all tartness entnisted to htsear
mm tved 'tWellij. Otbioe on MtUn Crow ttreet.
II
ENRY F PHIELT
ATTORN EY-AT-LAW.
B.nty and Penrtoa Aant, Somerset,
i 'Set in Xammoin Biafk
P
TAT.EXTINE hay.
ATTORN EYAT-L.
Ami IWal-Tln Real Knur. Somer t, P
i-rrad io.II hnlr entnwied to bis eare
iToir.puiew and tidety
will
ilth
10HX H. THE.
J ATTORNEY-AT LAW
Somcrast, Pa..
will pr-wptlt attend to all bnatnew entrained
:i rim. loney adniDi'ea on coiifnni,..
'T la XamQhi'b HniMlnc.
or, i.e.
ATTt'RNFT-ATLAW.
Somersst Pa .
Pmtewloeal tm1ne entmtted tr, m eare
:tDoed to altb prnaiitneu and fr'ellty.
at-
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V LOUTH ER.
(FormeilT ot Stoye-t'wn )
ThYSiriAS ASD SVRGEOS.
Hal anuA tieimanentty In S.wl fur the
r'ir -f hif i-r'leii"n iff" Jdmr W et ol
' a'nl Hottl. In rear bf lm(f S ore. ma 21.
E. W. BLOUGH.
B':XE0riTBIC PUYSICAS AND StRCt'O.V
TM'T his ferripfiito the people of Somerset
"11raitr fall, lu town ore'Un-rr priinptly
10 i n le loumi a' mC'' " j tTnia-ni
a-lM. :.r.f.i.,.ll enTfd. tiriitfirr
v,bti ci.rn t vt' IiamunJ. over Kn pper s
f Mure. apra mil
nn. II. S. KIMMEL
1 " wdm h i prn'ewlooa! eerrlfe to the eltl
'm m s.tw.i and Vtrlnliy. t'nlew prteion.
ti mt tr'. h. mn I I' ood at Ms aOice, on Main
M east o( ibe liand.
DR. H. ftRURAKER tenders hi?
HMlwt i. 1. 1 ., tn the el-liens of S.m
tw m tirni't omr In real.lenee on Main
t".ret mtr. tie Manned.
n
U WM. RAUCH tenders hie
nfelinal ferrleet to the rlliaenf of Som
t"t Bd Irliil T.
Oftw-tme.iJoft of Warn A Berkeblle'f
ixnofe inters
lot t.-n.
DR.S J. MrVILLFN.
(Gralaa( i Zlraitfrir )
.MmtRsrr. Pa.,
'T5erlal a'tentlon to the Pre erra-lon "f
mr.l T:h Artmnal ee s Inured U
1 ra;eed an'iaiaeturr. tllKinre-
e.'riot ttrtet, -d)V easi of an
1'iialChBr.h. oris: Cm.
DR. JOHN BILL.
UF.NTIST.
Wt p luiri in Ccok A Beerlts Block. Somer
set. Pa,
I)
T! M'TT TTltl VT T T-o
- " ll.l.l.i.M VlU,M.V,
I'tNTlST. SOMERSET. PA.
J5"to najoih Kloek. abor. Byd s Drof
- wiier. ha ran at all time b ind prepar
ttu. all k.Mfirt work, sorb as til I Inn rn
" itmc-.ii.I Ae AruaetaltMthotaUklnda,
"its-'rt. bt "trti rted. UjjeraUoDS
HPJ. X. MILLER has iierma-
' toeated la Berlin fne tb. prartto. !
J prweauc oaM oppuatu Charles Krliwtng
,nnrt apr. TO-tL
QUM0XD HOTEL,
KTOYSTOWN. l'ENN'A.
Tin
. - r i-.tmi weu .tews Boas, nas iatiy
iMvajbly and iwIt refitted arltb all new
mV:. ,aTT"'re. .hlc.h bat nad. K a eery
fc i!r,u1'l''1 l'1 r the tranellna: publlo.
, ron "nnotbesiirpasaed. all h
iTtST U- Ur paWIe ball attached
frrt. ' tar rooasy stablldt
"bi. "lr.:i1, ran be bad at the lowest poa
"tw-tJUeek.dajorBieal.
SAMVIXCTSTER. Prop.
S. E. t or. IrUnood
Kt,yau.n,Pa
JjOW TO MAKE MONEV
vl( M 1 "n"ntt aaid tXfeww Meady em.
w Uill ',"Bt '"r.otawl SO more want.
a i., Z.. eeiry. Any liv. maa
oTtl,. eal.lvailon. lb.
btJfJ' l- Km rrowods In lb. ("nllrd
r'k. 7ZZm! varieties ollrait a
"raia,Hocke,N Y.
PXECUTOR-S NOTICE.
itaieor t.. . . .
T-iJ late of Elkikk
UtiM , ' 1 uanrt tja.. Pa
U'bUn;j!!i'r " bove stat.
SJiS, ?'L rs1pmi b, le
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aa.ber Heated t. tb.aa
? UtB.ke-l?!?'!.'?. P-broary
twiuj " r -i-Ht.., la Ela-
l -2 LITENOOOn,
i?.iH "LLIr.h.
Ilsea .W30CA tU tNtiOOD,
xeurtors.
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VOL. XXXIII. NO. 37.
To ReduceStock, in order to Make R..m fr tl.e Purpose of enlarging
and Improving my Business house, I will 11 t.-r Cash all Goods in my
Line al Greatly Reduced Prices fortlie Following thirty Days.
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ie Uuart Id a Pan
2- Ctnart ' re l Haekrt.
3H u .n vercd Hoc el
4-yu t t'overed Hi rkei ,
yor Itovrred Bucket. ,
3- ml Pane? Ira-t ol
- ini Fancy Tea-Pot
APnit K.m; Tea Put ...
6 Pi i.i Funnr Tea P.t
: Pfnt Fw Tia Put.
3Ltr flee-Hotter.
4 u.rt o Ore Maiiirr ...
Lance Wasu-tfcdler (X B) .
TliPaiNVf Licit contxii.s hut Few of the Man"V Hundred Articles I will
OfT-r for Liw ih Pi ires for tl-e next Thirty Dms. Whethtr you irh
to huy r imt, Pl-iw Call and Ex unine the 1 truest Stmtk of Stoves, Tin-
wjire aiid Hi-iie Furiiislnnt! Gimmw
280 Washington Street,
P. S. Look For Mj Same on the
THE LARGEST
SHOE STORE
1 1ST THE CIX"ST.
L.
Has broken through into the
next room, which makes it
now
THE LARGEST SHOE STORE
In T hnstown.
The place is not comjileted jet
bat we are prepared to
offer you Bargains in
BOOTS, SHOES Al ROBBERS,
Cheaper than any other Shoe
Store m the City.
L. STAEGARDTER,
ONE PRICE
OPERA HOUSE
Shoe Stor
212 & 214 Main St., Johnstown, Pa.
mm i
LOCATFD DlREtTTLY OS MAl.t IJJfE
PITTS. I)1V. H. A O. R R . THUS SAV
ING EXTRA CtWT OP DRAT
INO. Pure Br Ccpp-Bistli WMj !
Sltaated on semmll of Allenhenle. ns.. the wa
ter Irwin cold monntaiu irtniri. This whi.ky is
snake i-yth. doaide-dlsi tiled process, and guar
antMd ertily pure and loll pTMit
B&Or4n A'ard sen day as tetivrd.
Special.
la order to atre Hot. 1 Keepers and Dealers a
araad opponani y never brfore oflered, will eoo
traet tbe nuu afaetaiv of W nlrkr in ay anan-
tMylroas Su.au barrela. t1a taeai tb. itrlvi
leire d let t-B It lie In ad fc tkrac years, eharg
lu r bat a am II seat lor Mora...
!(M band iae ba rela of Old Whisky. retalllBf at
2 1 to (Tie r g.lkm.
Writ, lur fall partb-atars In reward to large
naaautlesto 2. P. 8 f L1TZ r.K. KauC
stargakdter
MltD
a-aata, rm
t Qaar Sane Pan
l(ii ,rt ace P-n
3-vtuan Car ia Oil Can
4 It .ar I a b. oil an .. .
tMJ.iari t'arb. noil Can
Quuen t ar vn tU Can (Glass)
Flour Mli-r.
Lui. rv r'mks
H.-iinit t-ti.s
K .ll rs.
N.irel y CMhes Unoa-er.
Ki.ive. and F"rkS-t uf Six).... ....
T piiua (i -jf Sx)
T I'l (S-tul bit)
ISiLi l i
St. vr Pi.linh (Fuur Klndf) PerPap-r.
Meat Iirmien . ..
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Johnstown, Pa.
SOMERSET COUNTY BANK !
(ESTAIiLISIICD 1877.)
CEAELES. J. HARRISON. U 1. PRUTS.
President. Cashier
I'ollertlonf made In all parts of tbe United
States
CHARGES MODERATE.
Parties wlrhina: to s-nd money Wert can be ae.
eotniiiwlaied br dralt on New York In any fum.
Collerltont male with Tin'tnptneM I". S. Hoods
b. ulil and Sold. Money and valuables seeured
bj one ct iieiii seeiebratea sales, wun a sar
gent A Yale A3 0 00 time lock
ACCOUNTS SOLICITED.
sT-AlllesTa holidays observed. "5
Albeut A. Hobs a.
J. Scott Ward.
home & ran
srecrasoaa to
EATON & BROS,
NO. 27 FIFTH AVEXUE,
PITTSBURGH, PA.
SPRi?51882.
NEW GOODS
E7EE7 EAT SPECIALTIES
.aibrelderiei, Lscst, Milllssry, Whits 6oedd Hand
ksrehiefs, Dreti Trimmings, Hosiery, Gloves,
Cersett tUilia snd Msriss Usdarwear, a
lanti' and Children's Clothing. Fancy
bcods, Yarns, Zeshyrt, Mats
rials of All Kiads for
FANCY WORK,
Gent's hiMn GgoS, k, k
rcra raTBoxaGi ta BEsrccrrci.LT bouotsd.
jrT-OrliT liv Mail attended to with Prompt
ness, and I)iiiatch
TUTTS
PILLS
"THE
OLD
RELIABLE."
25 YEARS
IN USE.
The Greatest Medical Trinmph of the Age
Indorsed all over the World.
SYMPTOMS OF A
TORPID LIVER.
Loss of appetite Nausea, bowels cpsv
tire. Pain m the HeacLwijh a dull sen
satioain the back part. Fain under
the saoulder blade, fullness fitter eat
Lng, with a disinclination to exertion
ot body or mia J, irritabiUty of temp
er, Low spirits, Lossof memory,wiUl
a feeUng oJiaTxngneglecled some
claty, w-arinesSyDizziness. Flutter
ing of the Heart, Doisbeforetheeyes.
Yellow Skin-Headache,Restles5nes3
at night, highly ooloredTtJrine.
IF THESE W&RinSGS ASE UNHEEDED,
szziszs tstiza mu. scok si sivzufu.
TUXTS FILLS are especially adaptetlto
snclt ca, one dose ettects ench a change
of feelinjr ai to astonish tbe sufferer.
Tbev I acre a a. (he Appetite, anil cause
tbe body to Tak. an rieab, thus the sys
tem is ataairiahrd. and by tlieir Tonie
Artin on the Ilertiv Ornai, Hea;a
It siool nreprodnoed. Ptk-c aij cents.
TUHS HAIR DYE.
viKAT IUTR or WHiKcsa chanced to a
Glot Huck by a amfflo application ol
UiIm DTK. It imparts a natural cnlor, acta
Instnntaneonsly. 8il.l by ITOKglsta. or
wit by express on trcelpt Of 91.
OtTico, 44 Murray St., Hew Yo
FASHIONABLE
CUTTER & TAILOR,
tbad many
iDerieos.
1 branches of
I Tallnrins! bas-
Vy. Satisfaction to all
wnv cu wp
on as. and favor
. m. with Uistrpat-
. ronae.
Voars, Ac-
M. HOCnSTEIXEII,
Konersets Pa.
mars
CHARLES HOFFMAN,
(Aoove Henry HefBejra. StwreJ
LATEST STYLES ol LOWEST PRICES.
SATISFACTION GUARAKTEED.
SOMKPSKT PA.
CATARACT BLINDNESS
is eauaed by ts or tranparcy of the
Una hehind tb. awnil flit at la mator.
.Mh ilnw. u.t ul BSaA h. r.ival af
avTvlry t'.,!i IZ-YuZ !
ZTZZi Tb." '
a.b Is lnaby th. asoet tlaatd. Tb.
Ia aikl. ShSPaa saaaWawassri Ian am II I lllSwsl
m tbe Eia nasi Asm-, awa assal Ikrwava.
a, At. O. V 4. rvaa afa.,
MERCHANT TAILOR
assnsasw, a-n.
omer
3IY CREED.
The world and I do more are friends ;
I will not bow to make amends,
For what my life may be ;
My outward law my aout propounds ;
L, for myself, set metes and bounds.
As semeth best to me.
T know the laws that bar and bind ;
I know the needs of most mankind
Are ' f a common guild ;
Yet I dare not set myself apart.
Dare listen to my honest hfan.
Pare follow hereit willed.
And I will match nr life, the while.
With thoK who follow, rank and file,
In marching orders bound ;
Will raeavare good against the ill ;
And leave decree lo whoso will,
In Justice's solemn round.
A SCARBOROUGH feCAXDAU.
The season t Scarborough was
at its height. The hotel were
crowded, and innkeepers atsd trad 8
8 tben were doing a roaring trade.
Not oniy w re there the uunl holi-tlny-iiiakers,
Yorkshire manufactur
ers, sprigs of nobility, o er-worked
t ity men, with theirwivsai d s ier
uhuudaiit children, but tlic c lera
hud sent over a goodly coi tinsent
of foreign notabilities with hih
sounding names, and of more or
less distinguished appearance.
There were French marqui-es and
counts, Otrnian baronn, and an
Italian duke; there was a liur-pian
prince, there were d-zens of wealthy
Hebrews of every nationality, "ri
valingthe'sun in Oriental splendor."
Many of these personages were ac
compDnied by their wives and
daughters, and most ot them were
exceedingly affable in their demean
or, joining in whatever amusement
the place afforded, and dancing
away at the periodical assemblages
with an energy which, if somewhat
rnifdirected, was obviously well
meant. The Miss M uncos, trtim
Bradford, the Miss Shoddy, of Hal
ifax. trrew ouite sated with the ad
ulation of foreign nohli-iuen, md it
it had not been for the advent of tht
brilliant and facinating Count Spiiz
entoff at the Regalia hotel there i?
no knowing but their affections
niicht have returned to the some
what deserted loins, Uicks ami
Harrys, of their native country. Bu'
beiore the counts superior attrac
lions all minor constellation waned
into insignificance. He was young,
apparently two or three and thirty ;
he had lovely teeth and maguincent
black bair; he was evidently porsese
ed of ereat wealth, wore little jewel
rv. and drove an admirable mail
nhirton and pair of horses. With
one consent, however, tbe maidens
of Scarborough fell down and wor
shipped him.
Tbe count was accessible, and
sueedilv made a vat number ot
acquaintances. He was universally
Douular, the women all JUea nun.
and tbe men. though not a little
jealous of his success, were forced
10 admit that he drove wen, ana
i.laved a remarkably good game ot
billiards. He spoke moderately
good Englist:, with a strong foreign
accent, and conversed nut-nuy in
French with anyoue who had ruftic
ienilv mastered the intricacies ol
that language. There were, of
ruurr-e, certain enuous persons at
Scarborough who hinted broadly
that tbe tacina1in count wns no
11 i . i
count at ail, out an inuiwuuai in n
very much humbler station in life.
The Baron on Stefguzz, for in-
Matice, inrinuattd that he had met
m before 111 a gambling heil in
Vienna, and that his duiies were ot
character both menial aiid dis
i. 11 . .1 i
renutable, wr.ue ine Marquis ue
Tombola Ferrara 8 id he was a cour
ier; but, as neili er ot these gentle
men adduced any evidence lu sup
port of their assertions, they were
universally disbelieved. Moreover,
as both the baron and the marquis
and, for the mat.er of thai, quite
half of the most eminent m rsonagts
in the hotel had very good reaond
lor wi-Ling that their own antece
dauts should not be too closely
investigated, they were content,
as a rule, to act upon ttie excellent
proverb w hich regulates the conduct
of those who live in gla?s houses.
So the count increased in favor with
his acquaintances, and became quite
a leader in social society. Ju?t
when he was at the zenith of his
popularity, there arrived at the He
galia hotel an Americui gentleman,
accompanied by two young ladies.
The party attracted no little interest.
The American was a spare, dried-up
looking man of 50 or thereabouts,
he had an abrupt, decisive manner,
ar-d he gave his orders with the air
of one acust.mtd to te obeyed
with promptness and decision. His
name, according to the visitors'
book, was Julius K. Dexter, aud he
had scarcely retired to his private
sitting room before he was recogniz
ed by the hotel gossips as one of the
largest and most successful specu
lators in wall street. There was no
doubt about Mr. Dexter's millions;
men looked on him with awe and
admiratian, while needy scions of
nobility hung upon bis lips eager
for tbe slightest indication of the
course of the markets. The two
young ladies rather puzzled the
company at the Regalia hotul. Mr.
Dexter was known to be childless,
and he had simply entered bis name
in the visitors' book as "Julius K.
Dxter and party, New York." One
of the girls was apparently very del
icate; she always went to the Spa in
in a bath-chair, closely wrapped up,
and wearing a thick veil, tbe other
being ta constant attendance. 1 ne
second, who was of a sufficiently
attractive appearance, dressed plain
ly, but well, and seemed to enjoy
excellent health. Mr. Dexter him
self never alluded to them except
as "Clara" and 'Annie" and the
maie visitors grew prouigioumjr u-
ious to make their acquaintance. xUemhie he determined to ascer
But a week passed, and ihe foreign ntm hw unc,e whal
noblemen, epnng captains, tailors, . ,. .m1v H5
money-lenders and teedy honor-
ables bad not succeeded iu attaining
the object of their aspiration. -
Matters were growing desiierale, so
the count was deputed to devise a
ncneme wnicn migni prouuee me
t.
,,(-lara. ! dear, remarked Mr.
Dexter One tVeillnif tu the lDVuIIU,
.
that OiaCK-WOIB.f TtKl lUliao, uri
gand-lookine chap, who calls him-
set
ESTABLISHED 1827.
SOMERSET, PA , WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 25,
self a count, want us to join in a
"Of course, you told him you'd
do no ouch thing," Answered the
young ladr, somewhat fretfully.
J "I iaid I'd ask you not that I
ever supposed you'd mix with the
i rag-tag and boh-tail lot of people
1 1 ... t
tua. ai7 line.
"So you are not goine?" said the
other iirl.
"Certainly not Why?"
Twning, hut I mought tou
mistit like a change in the mtnoto-
ny," and she a ose and left the
room.
"I wish to goodness some Italian
brigand or nobleman would take a
f nicy to Annie," sighed the invalid.
' Her temper is really unendurable.
Italian counts are generally on the
lookout for heiresses. Why can't
you send her on this expedition in
6te.d of me? Nobody here knows
that she hasn't got a farthing in the
world. We might get rid of her,
and what a blessing that would be."
"I am afraid you are getting un
charitable. It would, however, be
rather sport to let those hungry fel-
fows think she is an heiress But
if I take her, what is to become of
vou?"
"I shall get on. The people are
amusinz to look at, and Hannah
will takec rof me. Besides, Anna
positively irritates me, I know she
thinks nursing such a dreadful in
Miction "
"Have it your own way, my dear.
I'll tell the count that we shall be
delighted."
S i when the ap ointed day came
Mr Dexter, accompanied by Miss
Annie, and duly mounted on
moderately well appointed coach,
was piloted by the triumphant count
to a well-known show place, a dozen
miles from Scarborough.
Mr. Dexter omitted to inform Count
Spitzeutnff that ihe young lady un
der his charge was not his niece at
all. but the daughttr of u defaulting
clerk, who had committed forgery
and then bl-iwn out bis brains.
Neither did he say that she had not
a sixpense in the world, nor that he
had allowed her to asume the name
of Dexter owing to the disgrace
which had stained that of her father
The excursion was therefore very
. - n-i t l 1.1
eninyaiile. me count naa asKen
the Baron on Stufguzz to join tbe
nartv. too. on the condition, of
course, that he did not make himelf
too agreeable to the pseudo-heiress ;
and the rich Miss Mungoaud her
mother had been invited for the
baron's amusement So, after in
specting some more or less interes
ting rums, the party paired off in
the grounds, the count, of course,
monopolizing Miss Dexter, and the
baron Miss Mango, while Dexter
w as left to the tender mercies of the
chaperon. The Utter gentleman
had decidedly the wont ot the bar-
giin, for Mrs. Mungo, who had for
merly been a Halifax milk-girl,
subjected him to a cross-examination
of the most searching and irri
tating description, about himself,
In.-loitune, hi nieces, the amount
of money he intended to leave them,
end, in fact, alt bis most private and
personal affairs.
"I hop you enjoyed yourself, my
lear," said Dexter to his protege,
somewhat grimly, when his torments
were over and he found himself
once more at the Hegalia.
'Immensely, answered theyoung
lady, with emphasis. The count
is simply charming, and he is so
well otl lie has a house Hi Fans,
villa at Cannes and any amount ol
estates in Lithuania aud the CaucUs
A house in Paris aud a villa at
Cannes?'' growled D-xier to him-
lt. "1 must make turthrr inqui
ries.
Mi-s Annie Dexter once having
nsei ted the thin edge of the wedge
by getting an introduction into Scar
borough society, gave her guardian
no peace until he allowed her to go
to the ever-recurring ball-, which
were tbe alnx-t daily solace of the
young men ami maidens at the no-
lel. She bail hixiithcultv in getting
Mrs. Muugoorsome. t-ther affable
matron to look after her, an arrange
ment which suited Dexter and his
niece to perfection, as thereby they
got rid of her for the evening
and were left to their own devi
ces. Everybody knows what a Scarbor
ough hotel ball is. The guests of one
hotel usk thote of another alternate
ly. There i usually a gentleman
who officiates bS master of the cere
monies, and introduces everybody
whether they like it or not. Hence
one sees young ladies of title revolv
ing with Hebrew money .ei d .rs,
ambitious mamas gushing over their
daughters' perfections to the man
agers ol Hay market restaurants, and
respectable British merchants wor
shiping at the etrine ot French bal
lad dancers and demi-mon-daines.
Miss Annie Dexter was not a young
lady of very refined tastes, and this
sort of thing suited her admirably.
Her various chaperons immpressed
upon the company that she was the
heiress of untold wealth, and Dexter
millions made such a sensation that
the young lady had half a dozen
proposals in as many days. She
herself did nothing to enlighten ber
adorers as to the real state of the
case, as she was quite shrewd enough
to know that any such statement
would materially decrease both their
number and ardor. On the contra
ry, as she generally borrowed Miss
Clara's dresses and diamonds, some
times without her leave, she did her
best to confirm the popular er
ror. .
After a few weeks, of this sort of
hfe the couut's attentions became so
exceedingly marked that Annie be
gan to expect a proposal daily. The
count, however, was a very warv
, . f uroceedin to
.-..i:.,.,ir i,:,,; ...tin '
- .:nt '",;.,
.,, rim Th im.riK.n ,
of courge Knew pretty well whatlCoutSpilwmtoff and resides at the!jnon the supposition that the de-j
wgg com- hm being over-con-
fi. nt ,K:i;ti J.l
with an ardent lover, he took bis j
niece's advice as to what course he
ought to pursue. I
"That Polish count swindler,
courier, or whatever he may be,
What
am I to say ?" he began.
On let mm have her, by all
means." "
"But I don't believe he will, un-
less he thinks ehe is an heiress, and
I don t intend to perjure myself on
ber account, though of course. I
shall give her something when she
marries."
"That is a little awkward," said
Miss Clara, musing. "We must
think it over. Have vou made any
(inquiries about him?"
"Yes. and I have no reason to be
lieve that be is not the man he rep
resents himself to be. He is well
known both at Paris and Cannes.
And yet I believe he is a fraud."
"That is quite possible ; but if he
is really Count Spitzentoff, 1 don't
see why Annie should not marry
him."
"But he thinks she is worth a
million."
"Let him think so."
''1 am not going to tell the man a
pack of lies."
"I don't want you to," said the
invalid, with animation. "Attend
to me When Spitzentoff proposes
you must positively refuse to hear
it, wunout a word about her pros
pects.
"And then?"
"Why, then thev will elope of
course i
Mr. Dexter buret out laughing.
'Well, that is certainly an ingen
ious idea. But I am afraid he will
ill-treat her when he finds out"
"Oh, nonsense ! She is very well
able to take care of herself, and you
will make her a decent allowance."
So Mr. Dexter went to meet the
count, having made up his mind to
pur. bis niece 8 plan into operation
Ihe interview was brief. Tfe count
avowed his devotion to Miss Annie
Dexter, and formally asked for her
hand. Dexter, w hose repugnance to
the fascinating loreigner, rather in
creased than diminished, point
blank relused to entertain the pro
posal. 'I he count waxed eloquent
and expostulatorv : enlarged uion
the splendor of his family and the
extent of his possessions, went even
so tar as to produce a number
papers which established his idecti
ty beyond all reasonable doubt, and
invited Mr. Dexter to come into his
pnvale room aud inspect a quantity
ot foreign onlers and patents of uo-
bility. cut the American was ob
durate; and, seeing that all tbe
pleading was in vain, the count went
off m a terrible rage
The next few days were somewhat
trying, both for uncle and niece.
As soon as Miss Annie heard the
dreadful news of ber lover's rejection
she attacked her guardian with ev
ery species of argument and abuse
she could invent, aud was only paci
fied by tbe threat that be would dis
close ber identity. Failing to make
an impression upon him she resort
ed to Clara, whom she pestered for
her good ofhees and reproached bit
terly tor having marred her pros
pects in life.
Mv dear Annie," protested Clara.
I assure you it has nothing to do
with me, I should be delighted to
see you the Countess of SpitzentuS.
Lucie takes such violent dislikes,
you know. If I were you I should
elope: ne will oe sure lo come
round afterward.
My dear Clara, what a magnifi
cent idea I" cried Annie, embracing
her, enosively.
As tbe days passed, tbe lovelorn
yuung lady temiier improved m t
the count was as deVuUd
as ever in bis intentions, though
less tibstrusive, and the Dexters, un
cle and niece, proposed to take no
notice of the affair. Tbe SL Leger
week came on, and the hotels were
crowded to suffocation. Tbe night
betore the great race there was a
ball at the Regalia of unusual splen
dor.
"I suppose you are going to night.
Annie : inquired Clara.
"Yes, with Mrs. Mungo; and I
have a great favor to ask perhaps
ii may be tbe last,"' saaviti the young
ladv demurely.
"What is it?"
"I want you to lend me your dia
monds. 1 am so anxious to look
well to night."
"Oh, yes you may have them,"
answered Clara, smilingly. "Doirt
forget to leave them behind,though."
"bo Miss Annie went to tbe ball
arrayed in Miss Dexter's jewels, and
naturally enjoyed herself immense
ly. The next dav nearly everyone in
the hotel went of to Doncaster. The
Scarborough air had done Clara so
much good that she determined to
accompany her uncle. Annie, how
ever, pleaded fatigue aud a bod
headache, and Dexter did not press
her to go. Just before starting
Clara entered her Uncle's room.
"Lend me 200," she said laugh,
ing.
"What for?" he asked, with a re
sponsive grin.
"Now you know you are not to
ask questions, but to do as you are
told."
Arriving on the course, Dexter
disposed of his niece and began
Btrt.lling about tbe ring. Presently
he felt a touch on bis sleeve.
"I beg your pardon, sare," said
some one with a strong foreign ac
cent, "but haf I ze pleasure to ad
drees Mr. Dexter?"
That's bo," said Dexter, turning
round.
Two men stood before him, one
tall and somewhat distinguished
looking, the other shorter, with a
sharp, hatchet face and business-like
appearance. Dexter fancied be bad
. ft a Sk -V I
seen tbe tail man oeiore. uuiv
enough he was singularly like Cstuntj
Spitzentoff, but his whiskers were
nearly white and bis face was wrin
kled and worn, as if from a recent
illness. Moreover, he might have
been at least 30 vears older than the
count, but still there was a likeness.
"You are Mr. Dexter," he con tin-
nd. with much volubility and many
gesticulations: "then vou know a
means to propose to Annie,
miserable, who calls himself theifV,, iYOOO tor damages was brought
Hotel Kegalia?
Vere is he can
vou tell me?"
"Hanged if I kniw," said Dexter,
feeling somewhat uneasy.
"Is he not here?" said the stran-
ger. excitedly.
"No, 1 don't think ha came.
111,
eralGL
185.
or something."
"Hang the fellow !' interposed
the short man. "lie a given us the
slip."
"This Bare, is to you a mystery,"
said the other trembling with rage.
HI am ze Count Spitzentoff; that
scare brigand is my valet, Juels le
u union. Look, you, sare, be is a
voleur what you call pique-pocket.
I am at Naples ; I catch ze accursed
cholera ; LeGuillon, he pack me to a
hospital ; I grow worse ; he leaves
me to die ; he go to my hotel ; he
steal my luggage, my money, my
papers everything; he go off I
know not where. But I recover; I
get on bis traces, wiz ze aid of my
good friend Monsieur Ferrett. of
Scotland yard. At last I have catch
him is it not so?"
"Dexter was not easily surprised ;
but he stared at the now infuriated
etrarger with amazement
"The devil !" be ejaculated.
"Perfectly correct, sir," said Mr.
Ferret. "But we are wasting time.
Where is the gentleman?"
"At Scarborough, 1 believe."
"By jove! I trust he mayn't have
got clear off! If I had only wired to
the police ! But I wanted to collar
him myself."
Dexter promptly found his niece,
and the whole party returned lo
Scarborough as fast as a special
train could carry them. The real
count was frantic at the thought of
losing his prey. Ferret was silent
and sulky, while Dexter was serious
ly uneasv about Annie.
"I never meant to let her in for
anything like this," he whispered to
Clara, who was crying quietly in
corner.
"Whre is Count Splitzentoff?'
shouted the party in chorus, when
thev arrived at the Regalia.
"Went to London this morning on
important business," answered the
manager, and a volley of impreca
tions burst from the group. Dexter
rushed up stairs to his ward's room.
The door was locked. He kicked it
violently, and ihere was a faint
"Who's there ?"
"Open the door !" cried the Amer
ican feeling thankful that things
were no worse.
"Oh, Mr. Dexter!" sobbed the for
saken damsel, "where is Count Spit
zentoff ? We were to have eloped to
day!"
"You'll never see him again," Baid
Dexter, savagely. He s a swindler
y the way did Clara give you
"ies, and I e-e-gave it to him to
take c-c-car of. Aud be took Clara's
diamonds, be-c-c cause he said one
of the s-s stones was loose ! Oh, gra
cious, what shall 1 do ?" And Miss
Annie went off into a violent fit of
hysterics.
"That was a very excellent joke
ot yours, Clara, remarked Mr. Dex
ter grimly, as his niece came to the
now disconsolate Annie's assistance;
but at present M. Jules le Ouillon
has slightly the best of it
Tbe
'.telephone Girl Makes) More
MiscbieC
The giri had been asleep a long
time, when somebody called. Look
ing at the switch-board, she observ-
d that No. 1111 was down and leis
urely raising the phone to her ear
she softly replied :
"Hello ! '
"Hello, ducky." was tbe answer
and she made faces at tbe key-board
long time before ehe paid any
more attention to him. Then she
aid:
"Oh, you bald-headed old sinner!
What do you want?"
"Dr. Highflyer. No. 2222."
"Hello!'
"Hello, Highflyer! My wife is not
very well to-night. She has a se-:
vere pain in the back of her neck,
and complains of a sort of goneness
:,h.kj
in the abdomen
"Got malarial colic I guess
"I think so, what shall I do for
her?"
Here the wicked telephone girl
switched on a machinist who was
elling th owner of a saw mill what
he thought ailed his boiler, and the
answer to Doldoodle question was
as loliows :
I think she's covered with scales
nside about an inch thick. Lt-t
her cool down during the night, and
before she fires up in the morning
take a hammer and pound her thor
oughly all over, and then take a
hose and hitch it on to the fire-plug
and wash her out. I wouldn't be
surprised if she is half full of mud.
besides tbe scales. hen you get
through, fill her up with cold water
and build a good fire under her. and
f she don't get hot enough to steam
well in half an hour I'll eat her!"
The result is that No. 1111 does
not now speak to No. 2222, and Dr.
Highflyer has had the telephone
taken out of his house because he is
no longer able to pay rent for it
A Startling Discovery.
Mr. Wm. Johnson, of Huron,
Dak., writes that his wife had been
troubled with acute Bronchitis for
many years, and that all remedies
tried gave no permanent relief nntil.
he procured a bottle of Dr King
New Discovery for Consumotion,
Coughs, and Colds, which had a
magical effect, and produced a per
manent cure. It is guaranteed to
cure all Disease of Throat Lungs,
Bronchial Tubes. Trial Bottle free
at C N. Boyd s Drug Store. Large
size l.w.
Ifbat Owe ltter Will Do.
In a recent divorce case tried in
the Salem (Mass) court a queer
mistake occurred. Tbe defendant
being a man of no property, no at
tachment could be made, and so, in
accordance with the legal usage, one
of tbe papers stated that the officers
had attached a "chip" belonging to
the defendant
r -o
Thi was erroneous-
ly read ship," and everyotwy was
nuzzled bv it.
including the mry. ;
The consequence was that a verdict
fendant owned a vessel. The plain-1
tiff was overwhelmed with disap-!
pointment when the mistake was '
made known. '
'
i ITiilrM:ikahl hannv A deaf and
dumb bridal couple.
WHOLE NO. 1754.
I SPY.
HOW BILL XYE PLAYED IT WHEN HE
WEST TO SCHoeL.
Dear reader, do you remember the
boy of your school who did the
heavv falling through the ice and
was always about to break bis neck,
but managed to live through it all ?
Do you call to mind tbe youth
who never allowed anybody else to
fall eut oi a tree and break a collar
bone when he could attend to it
himself.
Every school has to secure the
services of such a boy before it can
succeed, and so our school had one.
When 1 entered the school I saw at
a glance that the board had neglect
ed to provide itself with a boy wnose
duty it was to nearly kill hirus-if
every few days in order to keep up
the interest, so 1 applied for tue po
sition. I secured it without auy
trouble whatever. The board un
derstood ot once from my bearing
that 1 would succeed. And 1 did
not betray the trust they bad repos
ed in me.
Before the term was over I had
tried to climb two trees at once and
been carried home on a stretcher;
been pulled out of the river with
my lungs full of water and artificial
respiration resorted to; been jerked
around over the north half of the
couuty by a fractious horse whosa
baiter I had tied to my leg, aud
which leg is now three inches longer
than the other, together with van
ous other little early eccentricities
which I cannot at this moment call
to mind. My parents at last got so
that along about 2 o'clock p. m. they
would look anxiously out of the
window and say, "Isn't h about
tune for the boys to get here with
William's remains? They generally
get here before two o'clock."
One day five or six of us were
playing "1 spy" around our barn.
Everybody knows how to play "1
spy." One shuts his eye9 and
counts 100, lor instance, while the
others hide. Then he mustfiud the
rest and say "I spy" so-aud so and
touch tbe 'goal" befor-s they do. Il
anybody beats him to the goal the
victim has to "blind" over again.
Well, I knew the ground pretty
well, and could drop twenty feet out
of the barn window and strike on a
pile of straw so as to land near the
goal, touch it, and let the crowd in
free without getting found ouL I
did this several times and got the
blinder, James Bang, pretty mad.
After a boy has counted 500 or 600,
and worked hard to gather in the
crowd only to be laughed at by the
bo vs. be loses his temner. it was so
with James Cicero Bang. I knew
that he almost bated me, and yet I
went on. Finally, in the fifth ballot,
i saw a good chance to slide down
and let tbe crowd in again, as I did
on former occasions. 1 slipped out
of the window and down the side of
the barn about two feet, when I was
detained unavoidably. There was a
" batten " on the barn that was loose
at the uppei end. I think I was
wearing my father's vest on that day
as be was away trom borne, and X
frequently wore his clothe when he
was absent. Anyhow the vest was
too large, and when I slid down that
loose board ran up between tbe vest
and my person in such a way as to
suspend me about eighteen feet from
the ground in a prominent, but very
uncomfortable position.
I remember it quite distinctly.
James C. Bang came around where
he could see me. He said : " i spy
Billy Nye, and touch the goal be
fore him." No one came to remove
ine barn. No one seemed to sympa
thize with me in my great sorrow
and isolation. Every little while
James C. Bang would C"me. aroun I
l"e c"rneT na,"av : ee 3 e:
lou needut think vou re out of
sisrht up there. 1 can see you real
plain. You better come down and
blind. I can see ye up there !"
I tried to unbutton my vest and
get down there and lick James, but
it was of ne use.
It was a very trying time. I can
remember how I tried to kick my
self liMise, but failed. Sometimes I
would kick the barn, and sometimes
I would kick a large hole in the ho
rizon. Finally I was rescued by a
neighbor who said he didn't want to
sell a good barn kicked into chaos
to save a longlegged boy that wasn't
worth over six bits.
It affords me great pleasure to add
that while I am looked up to and
madly loved by every one that d ies
not know me James C. B.tng is the
brevet president of a fractured bank
taking a lonely bridal tour by him
self iu Europe and waiting for the
depositors to die of old age.
The mills of the gods gring slowly
but they most generally get there
with both leet. (Adapted from the
French by permission.)
An End to Bone Scraping.
Edward Shepherd, of Harriaburg,
IU.,says: "Having received so much
benefit from Electric Bitters, I feel
it my duty to let suffering humani
ty know it, Have had a running
sore on my leg for eight years ; my
doctor told me I would have to
have the bone scraped or leg ampu
tated. I used, instead, three bottles
of Electric Bitters and seven boxes
Buck ten's Arnica Salve, and my leg
ia nnw innnd inn wll
Electric
Bitters are sold at fifty cents a bot-'
tie, and Bucklens Arnica Salve at
25c. per box by C. N. Boyd.
A Parissan shoemaker advertises
bis ability to give expression to the
foot A good many men can do
that and some of them can give
it a very severe expression, too.
The use of Iodoform or mercur- j
ials in the treatment of catarrh I
. - . . i- e -.
whether in the form of svppositor-i
... - .. ,
ies or ointmentTshould beavoided,
as tney are oom injurious anu oa..-,
gerous. ioioiorm is easuy oeiectea ;
by its offensive odor.
the only
liable catarrh remedy on the mar
ket to-day is Ely's Cream Balm, be-
ing free from all poisonous drugs.
Il has cured thousands ot chronic
and acute cases, where all other
remedies have failed. A particle is
applied in each nostril; no pain:
agreeaMe to use. nice n.iy cents :
of druajiets.
!
MVIXGSTOXE S CIRCrS.
A Rich and Kccemric Sew Yorker
Strang Performance.
Standing in front of the Hotel
Washington one day soon after my
arrival in this city I saw a strange
sight coming. A rather oddish, but
well-preserved man eat upon the
high fore seat of an open vehicle,
driving six horses a pair next the
wheels and four tandem. Behind
were two vehicles, each drawn by
six horses, with coachmen and foot
men in livery. The coachmen were
dressed in the regulation English
costume, but the footmen wore
green and bltck short coats, with
caps to match, and a: ream-colored
trousers. The old man in front,
with his plug hat and peculiar face,
handled the reins with skill and
spoke occasionally to hisgty ly trap
ped and bobbed' steeds. His mind
seemes to be set upon bis work. I
said to the porter of the hotel:
"what is that? Is it a circus?"
Tbe Italian, who spoke English
very well, smiled and said: it is
Mr. Livingstone, an American."
Of course, 1 concluded that Mr.
Livingston was some vulgarian' who
had suddenly struck oiL 1 found
out bis whole history soon after
wards, and imagine my amazement
when 1 was told that be was one of
the distinguished Livingston family
of New York, and a man of bril
liant education, speaking several
lauguages fluently. But he is a
crauk, all the same, and a good
coachman.
It appears that he has been living
in floreuce twenty or thirty years
and he has kept up this street hip
podrome or street procession all
tnese years. Horses are his hobby,
aud he spends nearly all his surplus
money on them. They cost him.
twenty four head, $10,000 a year.
I'bey soon eat their beads off, and
the sums the old crank has squan
dered in this way is a shame. He
is now 07 y ears of age, and old
euougti to know better. His horses
.re sp.eudidly groomed and quarter
ed, and give him no trouble as he
makes au annual contract with the
head coachman, who rilieves him of
all responsibility. On himself he
does not spend 11,000 a year. He
lakes bid meals al a cheap cafe and
lakes bis seat in tne pit at the
theatre.
Formerly be drove as many as
twenty-four horses iu hand himself.
He alaws drives himself, and
sometimes his "leaders" would be
lar around a corner and out of sight
before the vehicle got into the turu.
He had a runaway picnic three years
ago and was thrown from his perch
aud arm broken. This did not de
Ur him, however, and it was not
long beiore bis string of steeds took
fright again and dashed through
the streets of Florence, scattering
destruction and consternation as
they went. A cab was utterly de
molished and the driver so badly
bruised that he afterwards died at
the hospital. The authorities step
ped in at this stage of tbe game and
informed Mr. Livingston that hence
forth be should not drive more than
six horses in hand through the
streets. The old man was nearly
heart-broken because his pet luxury
bad been so fearfully curtailed, but
the officials were firm, and six
horses are all that he can handle
now. But he will bave his stable
out and has alwavs from twelve to
sixteen head following his coach.
This passion or craze seems to have
taken complete possession of the
old Jehu.
A few years ago he lost his wife,
and shortly afterwards married a
beautiful Italian woman with rath
a soiled reputation. It was not
lonz before the young bride ran
off with her stepson, a youth hard
ly grown, but the old man kept on
driving hi horses. After a round
at Pans the guilty couple returned,
and the old man has so far forgiven
his beautiful bride as to settle an
annual sum for her benefiL One of
his sons is lying at the hospital at
death's door, but the old man drives
his horses just the same. Nothing
short of Gabriel's silver trump would
stop hi.- prancing steeds.
Gen. surrman iiiirmma.
A correspondent to the Troy frw
i . a
says : une inciuem. nowever, wncn
happened in ban Erancisco aUiut
five years ago, came near breaking
the General of the habit which has
fastened its terrible grip upon him.
The occasion was pretty Alice Har
rison's farewell benefit, and. as luck
would have it Tecumseh and his
staff were visiting the Pacific Coast
Department So they hired a box
and went to the show. No sooner
did Miss Harrison appear than the
old war horse Bnufied the battle
from afar and began to grow restless.
The members of the staff winked at
each other, and suggested the pro
priety of g'ling behind the scenes to
compliment the beneficiary. This
proposition suited the General exact
ly, so bu.k they went When they
were fairly on the stage the old hero
of Atlanta marched up to Miss Har
rison with the remark that he hadn't
kissed anything since breakfast,
threw his arm over her shoulder,
and Dent to bestow a paternal salute
on ber cheek-. He had just reached
the goal of his desire and was feeling
like a ju-t admitted angel sliding
down a buttered rainbow, when the
impi-h young lady saw that the
prompter was about to ring up the
" drop." Quickly placing her hands
over the General's ears so be couldn't
hear the bell, she backed him
against the curtain. As everybody
knows, this is wound round a huge
wooden roller, on the inside of the
canvass. Well, the General's coat
tails were caught, and before tbe
prompter could reverse the motion
the astounded man was suspended
seven or eight feet from the stage,
like a sheet from a clothesline. The
Bight was so ludierous that the mem
ber of the General's staff who told
me tbe story said tbe audience went
into hysterics, for they knew that
those convulsively clutching legs
and venerable gaiters belonged to no
one else than the coramander-in-
chief of all our armies.
America' Inventive Talent.
The annual report rf tht Commis
sioner of Patents gives tbe following
summary of tbe work of that Bureau
for tbe past year :
There were issued 20,297 patents
and designs; lib' patents were reis
sued and 1,021 trade mark and 513
labels were registered ; 12.301 pat-
: i .i ik. .... .ni
cuts riuiicu uuiiiik mv l r
.... oc-o
psieuu were wunucm iu tiw
QO Q( of tbe fina. fee.
Qf -nU . ldm were to
. - f . Unita, Sutes. and
I UblACMS Ul L1TJ IU1ICI1 LJWWB, Witt
h2$4 to citizens of foreign coun
tries.
"Roped to Rest" is the way a Kan
sas City paper headed the obituary
of a murderer.
The office of Sheriff of Washing
tn county is worth from $6,000 to
T.eOw-jr year.