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S omertet Pa.
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Somerset, Pa.
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ATTORNEY AT-LAW
SoBeraet. Penn'a.
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ATTOKNEY-ATIW,
Siaotet, Pa.
HL BAER,
ATTORNEY -AT-LAW,
SoaeM, Pa.,
in nraetlce in Smnemt aJ adjotalna: eoonUea,
auaodaa m.
4. B CO FT BOTH. w- H KrTPEL.
nOFFROTH A.RLTPEL,
(J ATTOKf KTS-AI-1.A W.
.n hloeM ti 'to their car. will b.
Jilllr and panrtualiy attended to.
C'-iTm wo- ttreo. opposlt. tbe
KamavUi Bioca.
rTcoLBOAS. ; UCOUI.k.
P0LB0RN & C0LB0RN.
j ATTOkNEYS-AT LAW
All iwloew totrotted to onreare will be rr-pt-ht
frhlTatten.ied to JlecU..a mxle In S-m-ULl
eu and adjotolna IJouuiiea. Surrey
ST O.aog do o. reaaonabl. tenaa.
ILLIAM II. KOONTZ
tHient, Fa..
wm rtre prompt attenttnn to business witrust
sTmereet .nd 3joloin eoanOea.
Offlw m Printing House Ko-
DENNIS MEYERS.
ATTORN EY-AT-LAW
Somerset, Penn a
all leeal Mftneas entrusted u hte.r 1U b.
;tei)dl to with proirptnew and fidelity.
1 1 mdcc on Main Cross Street, next door to Sny
der a l .'s store,
apt
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AMES L. PUGH.
ATTORNEYATLW.
Somerset. Pa
(flies. Mammoth P '" , f""
-.11, n street. vUeetlonS made. etates
"Vilte. etned. 1
attended to wttk jiroipteas and fidelity.
KIM MEL.
ATTORNEY -ATAW.
Scmertet, Pa.
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MJ PRITTS.
, ATTORN ETATX AW.
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OSes, np-sulrs (B Maaaotn Blwa
T0HN 0. KIM MEL, -
sj ATTORN EY-ATI.AW,
Somerset, Pa.
WW attend te all buflness entrusted to bis ears
fcS eaenet and adjolnlns; eountlee with prompt
sts aad fidelity. o- on Main ti street.
TTENKY F PCITELL:
I I ATTORN ET -AT
rVwnty .nd PtesWrn Art, Brsev
Pa
Offles lnl
la Mammal
tn Black, r
VALENTINE HAY.
ATTORNEY-AT.A W
And Pealt to Reil RrtteT Somer t. P
t;?rct mail baU eirid tujls care .wit
fmnptnees and tidety
I0HN H.ITTT. ' ' " '
rl - ATTORN EY-AT LAW . .,
Somerset, Pa.
mi pwm.tly attend to all business entrusted
I Mm mnoe, ad!ed "O eolleetlona. Ac tn
ti Ma-mutb Huildmc-
T G.OCI.F.
J, . ATTORNETJlTLAW.
Sotceret Pa.,
Fttslial business entrusted to mj ear. at
tanded vwltA prupUM and fineliiy.
DR. J. M LOUTH ER.
(Formerly of Stoye-town )
rTSICI5 ND St SC0.V,
Has keaud wrmaneoUy m S.)rset fhr the
pre.le "f his ti-lewlni OBlre doors West ol
Ventral Hotel, In rear of Drua Store. ma Jill.
pR E. W. BL0UGH,
H0.EfjrHC FBTStCAS AD SCKG0S
Tenders his m 1 1 kes to tbe people of Somerset
and rteialt. Calls In 'own oreoumry pmeivt'l
a-vrded t fsnbefoand at tt dy irmht
enle. prnfessiiaially rtrifd SMOfllce on
S-atheast eororr ol Dlaownd. wrer Kn-pper s
Shot Stora. apri S-'.tf.
DR. H. S. KIMMEL
tenders bis pm'nurtnaa. aenire) to th. eltl
rea t Smenet aal Vlelnlty. I'nle profe.:on.
tl enncl he ran he and at bis office, cm Alain
St east of th. iMamund.
OR. H. BRUBAKER tender- hio
professional s-i t k ei to the l1ens of S.m
trsst aad rlrlnItT ome m resilience on Matn
street west of the Diamond.
HR WM RAUCH tT.de-r hi
prnfess1al serrires to the cltisens of Som
s-aadw4niy. r-
Ofte On duur east of Warn, fc Berkehtle's
tiMiu.re store.
ht t. tL
DR.S J. MrlLLEN.
(Gratf;e ta tntislrv )
' ' - 'KrT Pa..
0ses sreetal auentlnn to tbe pre ena'ieu of
tt .tri Teeth,.- Artlfletal se-s irrwA n
oeraika, r iaraaieed saiisiaetury. OBw-einrea-!(
rairkx ttreet. on door east of 1-ran-ClKalCharck.
octa
DR. JOHN BILLS,
DENTIST.
O-os up stair m Crok A Beertts Blork . Somer-
DR. WILLIAM COLLINS. ,
DENTIST. SUM ERSET. PA.
Offles nj Mammotb RVe. abore B"T1 s I-u
'we, where he eaa at all times be found iirepar-
all -.ivt nt sN-k. eor as nliw tko
.araueune; ke Artlfirtal teeth of all tnda.
Z''1 tbe beat mater 1 linened. Operaaoos
arra-ted.
T)R J. K. MILLER has rrma-
tteasote. opposite Charles KtisrtraJj
". aie. TOl I
QIAMOND HOTEL,' '
TOYSTow nsa&2
T popular aad well known bouse has latelj
"-'es;hly and newly refitted with all wow
t el turuttara. which baa made R a eery
ITM "opplo plaos for the traueilne puhllr.
-seantbesurasaj. all be
t7,5r W,,B paf He hall attaebed
rJ. Also tonre M ferny stabttnsi
'ZV hoardlfur ran he had at the krweat poe
"W. Ptleaa, by the week, way ar meal..
BAJiraXCTSTEK Proa
hi. E. (Jar Dlaatnad
sryatiWB.Pa
i. F." DADHELL,
rLORIST, : y
JOHNS! OWN.
asa a arartaLTT or J i'
HNE FIXRALTWOBiC
, rot", i .-r; vi
HaUs, ,: . Parties, r
Weddings, Sr
Funerals, dc
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VOL. XXXIII. NO 40.
BRC3CTS I
To RtdueeStoek, in order to Make Room for the Furpose of enlarging
;Hnl Improving my Business house, I will edl lor Cash all Goods in my
j Line at Greatly Reduced Prices for the Following thirty DayB.
UUGalloa Water Bucket....
S-Gall Water Suckei
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45
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' Itiain Pico fan
: ri-ltuirr Ii" Pan
lsyi.ri l t-h Pan
U-ya.rt I Weee l Hues eC
syurt 'cvervd Hot tl
4-lia t I Veered Bl eket
eituari I'oti-rni tturket.
A-frnl Kency lea-1-ot.. .........
4-nm F-c Tea-Pot
a-Pint l-aary Tea Pot ,
Pint FBryTPi ,
I Mtnt Faer- Tea e
2Qur .k.ffee-holier
! 4 nann tlultee Holler
inre w ash-Holler (o. ) ...
The above Lit contains but Few of
Offer for Low Cnah Prices for the next
!to buv or not, PltMe Call and Examine the Largest 6ttcL of Stoves, Tiu-
warf and Uoue Furnishing Goods eershown in Johnstown.
280 Washington Street, - Johnstown, Pa.
P. S. Loc'L- For My Xame on the
TO OUR PATRONS.
We liave completed all our
changes now. and c;in boast of
having the Finest Shoe Store,
both as to Size and Selection of
1
Stock, in this part of the State.
We have - just, double the
amount of room, and double the
Stock that ve have ever had,
and shall make it an object to
our patrons to help us do just
double the amount of trade.
Our prices are down to the low
est margin, and the quality of
our stock superior to anything
ever offered in 1 hi neighbor-
1 ; - - i ! ; ,
hood. The readers ofthe Her
ald are cordially invited to give
us a call and see our Store,
Stock and Inducements. We
have some winter goods, in
cluding the Celebrated Mono-
gram Boots and Shoes in stock
yet, which we desire to close
out before the Spring opens,
and we have marked them
down to a sacrilicial price, in;
order to get them sold down!
during the short time remain
ing before Spring.
Ladies' Good Quality Rub
ber Overshoes, 24 cents a pair.
Don't forget
STARGARDTER'S
I'.QIIimiMI, lULUU .01IU UlUIUj
212 & 214 Main St., Johnstown, Pa. I
Snminii DistilleiT:
UJCATFT) DIHECTLT ON MAlJf LCTE
l'lTTS. D1T. a fc O. R R , THCS, 8 AT
lNf EXTRA COST OF DRAT.
ISO, i'ii v: - it
- OJP-B-W Will !
I -"WtteHr.Trtn-mf-mtT nr RTleaTienles, mva Ins wa
ter Ir -ra cold wruautrlo sjiriDsa. Tula whisky hi
m let.ytie (wbl.iietiiteri pruceea, and guar
aateed (raly pare and lull ptvoC
mftTtlr- JUtt mm ti as eirrtww.
Special."
lTrde tnatT. Hotel Keepers and Dealers a
erkod nppnrtnal n ever before ollered, will eoa-
1 traei tr ut mt ai-rn. M atefcy la ay qaan
Jti ylrun irrels. srvlne tbem the priTl
' lere ol Wtms H He In n nd far three yearn. carsj
i li hat a sm ssn lor siorsve
i on fean-i ra tm ruis of Old Whisky. retaJliog at
r; to t tt s. it a-l
I writ, m Ml panteaTait In rs-wre M lanre
, qnantt lea to S. P. S A TTZ E HI' Wat ,
I jan-t. Swod. Patch, Pa,
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4 U.uart Sauce Pan ....
Main Can-on Oil Can
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Queen (J-rlwa Oil Ca (JJ.
Pkmr Mflera ,
Lann 17 FurkJ..
botllcc fh
loat Koil ra .
Xoveliy Cloihea Wn(er...J
kalTtoacJ Ferk(t ofSU)
Tea puooi (Sei of Six)
Table KfMnna (Set 0 Six)
SoaLatrf
St.i Pollh ( Four KlnJ) PerPap.-
Meat Brotien .. .....1
Lrg Walk iiaSiDS.....
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the Manv Hundred Articles I will
Thirty Das.. Whether-you wish
Window.
S0MERSE1 COUNTY Ml !
(ESTABLISHF'JD 18T7.)
CHAELES. I EiJIEUSSiL ii IPEITTS.
President. Cashier
4-olleeO-- maJe la all parts of the Called
States.
CHARGES MODERATE.
Parties wis-1 swwnd "BerWest can be ao
eommniate! by draft ow New York In any sum.
Collections nce-le wlrn pnmptness V. S. H"ods
bouaht and S"ld Money and raluaMes secured
by one of Dlefcold'scelehrated sales, with a Sar
gent fc Yale 3 0 00 time lock
ACCOUNTS SOLICITED.
ar Allien holidays obeerred -f
Albkbt A. Hoasa.
J. Scott Kiu.
BORNE & WARD
SCCC-SSOM TO
EATON & BROS,
XO. 2: FIFTIIAYEiUE.
PITTSBURGH, PA.
SPRING, 1882.
NEW GOODS
E7EE7 IAY SPECIALTIES
.mbreiderlas, Lacas, WHlnary, White Goods, Hssd
ksrchitfa, Btsss Triaiaiiagsi Hsiltry, 6los,
Csrsetl Utrtllats HerlM tladerwtar, la.
fsntt' 14 Children's Clothing. Faacy
6oodj, Yams, Zefhyrt, Bita
riais ef All Kinds for
FANCY WORK,
Mi Hski Mi, k, k.
....
Torm r ATKoHA&n is mrsnreuT oLirrrcD.
"(.rriiT br Mail attendFd to with Prornrii
ne hnd Diialch
IPOIUIUS
"THE
OLD
RELIABLE.'.
25 YEARS
IN USE.
The Greatest Medical TrinpjJi of Qie Aga
Indorsed ail over the World
SYMPTOMS OP A '
TORPID LIVER.
Loss of appetite Nansea.bpwels.cos;
tive. Pain in the Head. with a duU ser
satioa ia the bse-r parts fain nnder
Olo sooaMar blade, ful-iesa wter eu
iag, with a diinrUaation to eiertion
oioody ormittd, Irritability of temp
er. Low spirita,Los30i memory,wl
a feeling of haTmg jaeg! eot ed some
5aty, Wiarin'ess. DizzinessTFlatter
ing of the Heart, I-ot.s'before the eyes.
Yellow SiBa- HeadachetRestl esssesg
at night, highly cblored'Lrnne.
if thub Wsvurnros aee tjs heeded,
OCRS txx tl SSTc-a.
TO ITS PILLS are especially ailupteO to
acts case, ono dose edects auch a cUauT.
of feeling as to aetoniah tbe sufferer.
Ther Iwereawe die Appetite, and ranafi
lbs body to Take ra sVlcah, thaa Uie a a
tern is ssoartahed. and by ttx-ir Tonie
Actsnm on tbe IMestlee Oraas, Keena.
. fcar SXol nrw prortilred. Pr e a .
TUTTS tlAin DYE.
Giur flant or WmsKEBa changed to a
GtoT TtLaCK byaKinirle applieation of
thai TC It tni ports a nararal en lor. acta
limiaiitaneKiiv. 811 by Dmapsta, or
s-et br express reeelnt of 91.
OtTico, 44 Murray St.. HewYoH-
FASHIONABLE
CUTTER & TAILOR,
H ring had many
years .xperleme
in aft branches ol
be Talloiina baa
Iness 1 naranuw
X 8aUefactlia to all
wb ma call an
on me and faeor
mawith their pat
ronare. Years, fce
- 1 . -
wsi. h. nocnstixjcii,
t- ftos.ierwt.Pii
mart
CHARLES H0F7MAN,
UERCffAlITTAILOR
U-oov. Heary UwAejrb Brar-J
LATEST STYLES 111 LOWEST PRICES,
arSATISFACTIOM GUARANTEED.
SOMTR8KT5PA.
CATAIIAUT BUXIINESS
j a W 1 aeser eery eeera. ad wad rib.
f A ttmn ol tt new anaestbetle. he alssvle
BaLitawa lee arose hi (he evw the oner-
. fc is ene by the most Umld. The
Best wm fWPWs wr v ram nt as, ivtii"
oa th. E WW r, aa asssl IsApwsM.
mm. u hiui. mm. peM .
rttaawarsrsi, rmw
'ft w
V "ls oansed by Vws of tiaospaiwaey of tbe
leas behind the ppl Mxhl fc, restur
V?t mI M l a f out .4 IM by reai oral of
50 th. iHM,as Imi Th- sia of wper-
. 1
j THE LOXE HOCSE.
From Good Words. ,
rbayt a lone bouse on the aide of tha moor,
Iuj walia and its roof titer are gray ; -,
f There my father and mother lived happy ami
I;,... poor, -
I . Till they left it for the churchyard clay
ily love owns a mansion fine,
' ISotrered in roses and woodbine.
But ebe say. that she does not care to stay.
.. , biie will co rue iii at tbe door
Of my lone house by tbe moor
1 a i-h ode were here to-day !
I'll deck my luue bouse with the best that I
And strengthen the walls old andgray;.
Laying down at her feet the true heart of
r honest man,
I To love heMill Itjmourden into clay.
Soshesba ne'er repine
For her roses and woodbine.
Her .lordly roof and chambers rich and
. aray i . ,
She bball dwell content, secure.
In my looe bouse by tbe moor,
And turn its dreary darkness Into day.
A STARTLING ENCOUNTER.
Tliey told me when I got home
that I looked pale, and my wife de
cl.ued t-he had known all along that
I ehould suffer noru bo much wad
ing of that cold river after trout Let
me tell you what it was that , bad
frightened me. together with one or
two peculiar accompanying circum
stances. It wa a bright morning in early
June that John hitched "old Mor
gan" to the wazon, while I donned
my fishing-suit and prepared the
lunch, or, rather, told the woman
how to prepare it. I bad a pair of
ftiut corduroy pants made on pur
pope for fort and- riser wear, and
in eettinc the pockets the maker had
so cut and inserted them that they
hung low down upon the thighs,
c.uins a chafing sensation from
their content anything but agretsble.
"Hallo ! how is this ?" I cried, as
I put my spare lines into the left
r-k-t. .(Said lines were compactly
wound upon a carefully prepared
section of pine shincle ) I thought
you promised to alter these pockets
before I hud occasion to use them
again."
"Who knows," asked the lady
prment, "but the depth of these
pockets may be the means of saving
to you something of value, which
vmi might have lost had I cut them
off?" ;
"All readv !" shouted John at that
moment, for which I was thankful.1
I turned and saw "Morgan's" intelli
gent face peering at the window.
John holding him by the bit, and
without further remark I packed up
and made off, onlv stopping to do
what I have never "Yet " learned to
forego to kit my loved ones as tbe
parting blessing is whispered. , It
diesipates mits and makes bud
s hi ne.
Iiito the wagon, and away we
wtni. Up Swift river, in the town
of Albany, N. H. (we started from
Conway j, under old Mote Mountain.
Inking the shadow Hay Stack and
E 'gle Ledge the-e on our right,ibe
wittl rollii n mi d dashing river low
Uown on the left in under the grim
hide of (Thecoma, thence over the
river, and now tbr ugh a region as
wild and romantic is the mwt . de
voted lover those sublime in forests
compas could des're, up to the
Falli, where we unharnessed my
faithful horse, secured him. and gave
biiu something to eat ; and then
over to the little pond under Spruce
Mountain, where we caughtoO beau
tiful trouf. After this we ate our
lunch, .'itid thin toi k nhnnt 100 of
the specked fellow trmn tbe river.
We quit fishing m little earlier than
wc might otherwise have done, in
order that we miubt keep a promise
made to the women folks. Wr had
inadvertently let tbem into a know
ledge of the fact that on the way to
and from our fi.-hing ground we pass
ed a rpruce wood, where we bad ob
served signs of nice chewing gum
the result of which was that we were
placed under a solemn promise to
lake a long-handled chisel with us
the very next tine we went up the
river, and get them a "good lot of
spruce gum." . And on. this after
noon we started on our return three
quirter of an hour earlier for the
purpot-e of tuihllinn our promise.
The spruce wood was within three
or lour tmhwttomer-fid, arrived
there we secured the hor.e,took our
long t halted chisel, and set forth.
We L-iil gone but a short distance
whtu we discovered a large rattle
snake in the path ahead of us, which
John succeeded in killing. He
mea:-ured, as nearly as I could judge,
from five and a half to six feet in
length a large one, with eight rat
tles ; but we could see that some of
the rattles had been broken oS. His
full number would probably have
been 10 or 11, and perhaps more.
The tail looked as though a stone
had fallen upon it, as the last re
maining verttbra was bruised.
Oh! how I shudder when I see
one of those monsters! Talk of your
cobras 8od.mocca8ins and your
t-tingi-g viper I I believe , there is
nothing of the reptile kind more
deadly than our New England rattle-
M.ake. I know they give token of
their pretence in shrill, piercing
alarum no one knows it better!
but annihilation seize them ! they
will strike a death blow while they
do it, if they can. '
I looked for gum while John car
ried the dead snake to tbe wagon,
and htowed it away nnder a branch
of bri uk leaf.. - When he returned we
ulked of rattlesnake, and told to
each other what we bad heard and
read, and what we knew of their
awful nature and power. ,-,
"Of course," said John, who holds
himself an oracle in such matters,
"there's f uuhr as'.thdm snakes not
far away. -They always travel in
pairs." - ; ., . J
And he was not tbt first who had
declared the same thing in my bear
ing. However, we were after epruoe
gum, not snakes, and we made a
strike for it- . I Lad a tree in my
mind's eye.". It was a stately spruce
which bad been blown over by a
gale during the previous March, (be
top of . which bud . Ieen lodged
ttiiiong a clump of nhrub-oak that
fcrew upon an abrupt elevation an
elevation which mqt once have
been a bank of .Swift river, bat the
trunk of the tree was eo Car from
the ground that no one
had been
:-nt.
ESTABLISHED 1827.
SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY. MARCH 18,
able to reach the section where a
j long, rich line of goodly lumps of
'pure amber gum had exuded from
a seam about baif war between the
roots and the top. I found tbe spot
and eagerly jammed my way in
among the thickly growing shrub
that extended down the whole face
of the bank ; for I saw that I could
reach tbe big bright tears of gum
with my shafted chisel. ' j
1 bis bank faced west, and as I oh
served bow tbe rays of the declin
ing sun were pouring their golden
sheen upon it I thought what a place
for the' lurking of a snake ! - I
thought eo, and the thought thrilled
me as I approached the bank ; but
when I saw tur prize 1 forgot all but
how i ehould beet secure it.
As I have said, I jammed my
way into the shrub thicket, which
was there about breast high, never
looking down, for th cloth of my
garments bad been selected to with
stand such contact, only looking up
to where tbe gum was in reach of
my chisel, I had secured 20 or 30
pure lumps', all within my reach
from two standing places, and was
pushing recklessly ahead against the
intervening" sfirub, "when 1 stopped
as though a thunderbolt had' burst
upon me from tbe clear sky above.
Reader, UiJ you ever bear that
alarm ? If not y ou may have beard
our common locust-tbe rough hided
gray backed, flying grasshopper,
that sings , with such sharp, ear
piercing note. Well, strengtbeu and
luteuaily that sharp, ringing vibra
tion tenfold, and then add to it a bins
juntas sharp and penetrating, and
you have the alarm note of the rat
tlesnake. And this was what I heard and
what arrested my steps! lu starling
to spring backward my heel caught
in an obetrucuou, and in order to
save myself from falling I was oblig
ed to grasp a branch of the fallen
spruce, the only thing at band stout
enough to snpport cue, and iu doing
this 1 made a slight bounce to the
left. Merciful Power 1 my left foot
came down on something that mov
ed beneath it ! moved and strug
gled and hissed! and I felt as
though 10,000 galvanic batteries had
sent their united currents surging
through my frame 1
I cast my eyes down and I saw a
bright bow formed of two fine
threads of lightclearly defined 'amid
the deep snade of the shrub. I
knew 'twas the monster's eyes, flam
ing mad fire, drawing that curve of
light as the ugly triangular head
swept to and fro but swept so only
for a moment. Mv foot was upon
its body not more than third of the
distance from its tail, eo that full
WO thirds
from the bead was free
and it was a large snake-.' -."
Whnt did 1 do? What could I
do? Within ones"cond after I look
ed dnwn, tbe deadly reptile was
ready to strike. The head was
thrown far back; the upper jaw
raised until it fairly lay over toward
the crest, and I knew the blow waa
coming. I could only throw up my
bands, start backward once more,
and think ..ofthe wife and two prec
ious children at- home, . Ay, more
than that much more ; I thought
of the old home where my parents
and my brothers and sisters were,
and I thought of that other home
where blessed spirits are gathered.
The blow came qui;k and strong,
striking me upon the left thigh, and
yet I forced my way backward with
out stepping, but I looked down and
aaw that the venomous reptile was
clinging to the fabric of my pants,
the booked fangs prevented his let
ting go while 1 was in motion. In
an instant, however, the prehensile
tail, or the . lower part of the body
(the tail cannot be very preheusilej,
caught among the shrub, and the
fangs were torn away.
Backward I staggered to the path,
faint and dizzy, knowing that 1 bad
been struck and expecting every
moment ttrfeei the toocb of the poi
son upon my vitals. As I reached
the path John was by my side. He
had noticed the fallen spruce and
was making tor it
"Good gracious ! What ails you T'
he cried, an he caught sight of my
face.
-Bitten !'' I gasped.
"A rattlesnake?" was bis instant
query.
Ye,"8aid L
"Where?'
I laid my hand upon my thigh,
where I still felt the force of the
blow.
"Let'slook. We'll cut into it, bind
on a piece of the fat of the dead one,
and then 'parfbr te" hotel. Quick
where it it?" ' '
My thigh was ex post dv fair and
ruddy, but not a mark of poison
fangs no scratch or puncture of any
kind. .
"There's no bite here, Vancy not
a sign of one."
Johnny's happy, thankful smile of
assurance gave me strength, and my
thoughts came to my aid.
?i looked where the thread of the
corduroy had been started up into
loops by the tearing away of the
name's fang", and saw that it was
directly over the objectionable pock
et I put my band into the recepta
cle and drew forth- the- wily thing it
contoinvd-s-th broad flat piece of
shingle, with the trout line wound
pon it, ' The line was new and of
fine white silk, and we saw upon the
silken surface the stains of the
snake s deadly virus, but we saw it
more plainly upon the smooth wood.
The fangs had etrtif k through the
pants pocket, and three turns of the
fine, to the wood ; and we could fol
low the yellowish lines where the
ubtile poison had crept along the
grain ! of the ' wood, as plainly as
though they had been drawn with
pen and ink.' ' ' J ' '
Do you wonder that I was weak,
and that I .let John drive home ?
And do you wonder that my face
gave token of recent terror when I
entered tbe bouse? At all events,
there was no more wonder or mar
vel at that board after my story bad
been told, but yu
can imagine
that the pocket so condemned in the j
morning, furnished tood for a very ,
curious and interesting discusmin. ,
aud it, the end we were ail inclined ,
to admit that man is so far a, crea
lure or circnmstance mat ne nam
much and Continual need of reliance
upon a power higher than his own.
'JIT'
A Derated Mother.
Wbe Maj. Convene was laying
out the line of tbe Galveston, Har
risburg and San Antonio railroad be
spent several davs in obtaining the
right of way through tbe little town
of Kingsbury. 1 here was considera
ble opposition on tbe part of some
of the citizens to granting the right
of way unless they received extra
ordinary remuneration.
Among those who regarded the
railroad as a nuisance was a bard
faced woman of about 50 yean of
age, wbo owned a small farm. She
said that if she was not allowed to
have 8100 right off she would fight
the corn par. y until a certain warm
place froze over. - . ; '
"That 'ere road will run over some
of my cows, but I've got to have
money," she "laid:"-"
"It will not be so bad as you im
agine," said Maj. Converse, soothing
ly.
It will be a heap wuss. The
sparks from the locomotive will set
fire to mv haystacks. But necessity
knows no law. I reckon III have to
sign the right of way, but I'd rather
take uizen."
"I don't think that you will be
disturbed as much as you suppose.
ul never expect to get another
wink of sleep at night for those
trains. Just know my bealth'l!
break dow. IU be in my grave be
fore a year, but ha.d out your hun
dred dollars and it's a whack. I'll
do it on accout of the children.
What won't a woman do for her
own flesh and blood V
Maj. Converse handed over the
money and the woman signed the
document cheerfully.
"Do vou really need the money so
badly ?" asked Maj. Converse, as he
foldr-d up the document and put it
in bis pocket.
"The worst in the world, stranger.
A gentlemen irom uaiveston a
drummer, I believe they call him
visits nie every time he comes to
town. The last time he was here
be called jne bis gazel.leand want
ed n e to sit oh bis knee, but I told
him 'no, not yet."
. "I understand. He is paying
you attentions."
"And he's going to be here again
in about two weeks. . He is rkht on
the ragged edge of proposing, but if:
I don t encourage bini he may grow
cold and listless. It may be good-
by-John with me unless I do my
part- You knew how men are.
Thev are so onreliable."
"Yes, I understand. You want
to lend him money, said Con
vene
".Not much I'm going to lend him
any money. - But I'm going to San
An tone to morrer, and I'll buy me a
new silk dress and a new bat, and
I'm goine to have a new set of fake
teeth built, and if I ain't Mrs. Drum
mer inside of three weeks, it won't
be my fault." i '
"Do you really love him ?" asked
Maj. Converse.
"No, I'll ' never' love again."- But
he's so kind to the children, and my
poor children need a protector" eo
bad, that I'm ready to make any
sacrifice. I don't think we ought to
take our own feelings into considera
tion when the welfare of our off
spring is concerned. Do you know
who is the best dentist in San An
tone?" h
Pitchforking a Ball.
The DttpatcK's Venango correspon
dent states that Charles Ryman. an
nged farmer, was leading a brindle
bull through a narrow lane ' on his
farm Tuesday, when it suddenly
sprang upon him, bellowing loudly,
and held him pinned to a light board
fence, one of its horns being on one
side of his body acd"the"totbr on
the opposite 6ide of3 his "body.4 The
space between the horns at the
end permitted his body to just get in
but nearer the base it was so much
narrower that he was held as if in a
vise, and so tightly squeeze! that
the breath was nearly crushed out
of him. Fortunately the bull's
horns were so long that the bull's
head was kept from crushing Ryman
although the mad animal made
every effrt to do so. A tweive-year
old son ofthe farmer was with him
and he started back to the house to
f et a gun to shoot the bnIL
Oh bis way he saw a heavy manure-fork
leaning against an. out
building. As it was a long way to
the house the boy seized the fork
and hurried book to thospot where
the bull held his father.- He reach
ed it just as the animal bad backed
away a few steps and was about to
dash forward with lowered bead up
on the former The boy ' met the
advance of the hull with the fork
and thrust the two long tines with
all bis strength into the animal's
side. Both of the sharp irons pierc
ed the bull's heart and with a terrible
bellow it fell heavily to the ground
and was soon dead. With the ex
ception of severe bruises on bis side
and a great nervous shock tbe old
farmer sustained no serious inju-
A Back eye aa a Pocket Charm.
Not lopf ago ftwsideot Cleveland
received a small package by mail
from Alabama.' The package con
tained a letter which read about as
follows: fer OwtrHor Cleveimxd
Everybody says yow are tbe luckies.
kind of a man, and I'm glad of it
I want to UntAnrWiM f nd
you a buckeye. rj You must keep the
buckeye in yoor'pocket and you're
sure to be lucky. I'm only - little
boy, but 1 keep a bock eye and I'm
the luckiest boy you everlnw.' : Iv'e
found it penknife - And a marble.
I don't' want noofSee nor-sothfng
else. I'm only eight years old. ,
kt.L J.ul
Remastsi HecwTery.
" .....
Mr. George V. Willing, of Man
chester, Mich-, writes : "My wife has
been almost helpless for five years,
so helpless that she could not turn
over in bed alone. She used two
Bottles ot Electric Bitters, and is sot
mub improved, that sie is sblefree trial bottle of Dr. Bosankos
now to do her own work."
Electric Bitters will do all that is
claimed for . them. Hundrtda . of
.lesumoDpus attest tneir great cura-
tive powers.' Only fifty cents a bot
tie at C N. Boyd's.
Herak
1885.
A Modern Mile Stand Ish.
One of our fellows whom we play
fully dubbed Shad, from a fancied
resemblance about the paunch to
that de!icious fish, confided to us
one day that he found be could not
exist without the landlord's daugh
ter, and that he would make her his
bride, before the end ofthe sum
mer. We viewed the prospect with
great faviwr.
"What will you marry oa?" we
asked.
"Well, I know I have not much
wealth," replied Shad, meekly, but
don't you think this pi ice is quite
large enough for both ol u ? And
when any of this worshipful com
pany shall wander hither there will
always be a big el tie and a long
reckoning."
Sbad placed bis hands on his
stomach and raised his eyes to heav
en. He always swore by bis stom
ach, at least these oaths he intended
to keep, aad we were content. We
promised bim our influence with
the father, and ns there was no time
to be lost I undertook to break the
news gently to tbe girl that Shad
intended to marry her. She was
shelling peas at the time and look
ed charming in her neat calico
gown.
"Annette, I have something im
portant t communicateto you "
She looked up from the peas, and
forth lite of me I could not pre
vent my aruh4roa aU-uiug in a pa
ternal fashion toward her waist.
,"And what is H, monsieur?"
Vl&nette, my "child, you are now
a young worn in. l u) not douot
but that many have already sued
for this fair hand (.here I removed
it from the peas and rubbed it
against my whiskers), but Annette,
marriage is a great thing and one
which we should most carefully
consider before taking the impor
tant tep." Here I paused for
breath. Annette's eyes were fixed
on the pea-"", and over her cheek
stole the daiiUies-t ripple of a blu-h.
"Annette, there is one not far
from you at this moment who adores
you, who cannot live without yu,
who will make you a loving hus
band (.how pretty she looked ), will
you, will you be his?"
: I glauced across tha yard and
saw Shad and the group watching
me anxiously. Annette's hand lay
passively in mine, but she still kept
her eyes on the peas.
' "Who is he, monsieur?" she said
g'nnciog shyly at me.
. For the lite of me I could not
help it, she looked so tempting.
"Behold him !" I whispered.
."Will you can you be miue, O
Annette?"
"Monsieur ehould confine him
self to two absinthes before dinner,"
said my lady, demurely, withdraw
ing her hand and resuming her
shelling as if nothing had happen
ed. : "She said she would not marry
you for a million dollars, Shad," I
said, bitterly, on my return.
-."Well. well. I suppose not," re
marked my friend, philosophically;
but I am obliged to you, old man,
jut the fame."
Neatly Caagbt, bat Died Game.
Senator Butler, of South Carolina,"
and Senator Garland of Arkansas,
are constantly playing jokes, more
or less outrageous-, on each other.
Not long ' ago Garland hit Butler
hard and Butler laid for the Senator
from Arkansas. Knowing Garlands
fondness for candy, h procured
some canmels and also some cubes
of brown.. eaap1 which, when wrap
ped in tissue paper, exactly resem
bled the caramels. Butler knew
that if he tried to put the cubes of
soap off on Garland he would fail,
as the latter was, of course, on the
alert so far as he was concerned.
So Voorhee?, of Indiana, who sits
next to Garland, was chosen for the
confederate. Said Butler to Voor
bees. "Here are two genuine -Caramels
these other are cubes of
soap. Go to your desk, lay the
cubes of soap on your desk, eat the
genuine caramels, put your trust in
Providence and say nothing " Yoor
hees did as be was told. Garland
observed the cubes on the desk and
saw that Voorhees was eating some
thing with an evident relish.
iltilo! sail! u trland, what are
you eiitii g?" "I ve got a cold, and
I'm. etiii som-i ciudy," replied
Voorhees, very much absorbed in
some papers in his hands. Garland
looked wistfully at the counterfeits
for a moment "Hum,"ie said fi
nally, as he pic-ed one up, 1 ye
got something of a cold myself,'
and he popped the piece of soap
into ha -mouth laere was a
crunching of bis juw, and he saw
that he was caught Voorhees
watched bim out of the tail of his
eye, as did a dozen others of the old
boys sitting around. Garland knew
be was under fire, but be determin
ed not to flinch. After chewing the
soap for a moment be looked up at
Voorhees and softly said : "Do you
eat many of these things when you
have a cold ?" As Garland kept on
chewing, acd an almost impercept
ible strip of lather formed on his
lips, Voorhees became alarmed and
went to Butler. "The fellow's ac
tually eating that stuff! Why, it
will kill him, won't it?" "No-o-o,"
drawled i Butler, ."I don't reckon
anything will kill that man." Gar
land was game. lie finished bis
p;anri no man coma say ne loos-
led an if he didn t enjoy it-
IrosA-
An odd i. U-!w , ornament can be
made out ol a pie of , pure white
marble about as big as your hand,
get a piece that is raised in tbe cen
ter and slopes off toward the edge
trace in outline two large moss rose
buds and leaves, and paint them as
much like nature as poeeible.
, 4HaMSjnHMaMmmmmmmnasBVn
... Xry It Yosur-eit
The proof of the pudding is not in
chewing the string, but in having an
opportunity to try tbe article your-
selL C. N. Boyd, the Druggist has
Cough and Lung Svrup for each one '
who is affli ted with Couahs. Colds. .
Consumption or any Lung Affection.
: T.... nr...: "
. -
1 President Cleveland
himself.
WHOLE NO. 1757.
Insipid Sweet Siateeai.
Tbe reign of very young girls
over the heart of man is ended.
"Sweet sixteen" is insipid, "fasci
nating eighteen'' tame. At twenty
five the young lady of the present
day may be said to oe interesting,
at thirty she is charming and at
thirty-three fascinating. But it is
not till a woman gets well into the
forties that she reaches the angelic
period where tern per no longer leads
the mastery, and mature- thought
smooths out the rugged outline of
ber mental life. If she understands
tbe art of self preservation she may
also retain at this age the better
part of her physical charms and be
pretty in spite of the years. Ninoa
de l'Enclos was regarded as a belle
and a beauty at sixty, and care and
discretion are only necessary to car
ry tbe beauty of youth far into ma
ture life.
Another custom is cotxing into
vogue which must lend hope to
many a spinster and widow of un
certain age, and that is the fashion
of women marryi-g men younger
than themselvef. Perhaps this can
hardly be called a novel innovation,
for it bas been practiced in the older
countries for many years, and in Ire
land has long been tbe custom. Dr.
Johnson married a woman old
enough to be his mother. Disraeli
was many years his wife's junior,
and Aarso Burr married a widow
several years older than himself.
The famous -ladauae da Stael was
44 when she picked up a young of
ficer of 20orsa, and Rachael mar
Vernhageo Von Ense when she was
over 40 and he in his twenties. All
of these were happy marriages, and
Miss Thackery, Mrs. Craik and Mar
garet Fuller seemed to believe in
such unions, for they each chose
comparative younesters for matri
monial mates. Modern and ancient
unions of this kind have proved
lucky unions, and as some of the
latter have given a sort of tone and
fashion to custom we may look for
a tide in that direction. If it be
comes the fashion for women t
choose husbands younger than
themselves old-fashioned folks maj
preach against it in vain. , -,
Congratulating Grant.
HARRBPCRd, March 9. la tbe
House of Representatives this eve
ning Mr. Colborn offered the follow
ing, which was unanimously adopt
ed. Whereas, The members of this
House have learned with gratifica
tion that tbe Forty-eighth Congress
as one of its closing acts did justice
ta the services ot one of the world's
greatest soldiers and rne of the Na
tion's defenders, and,
Whereas, . They Lave learned
with deep regret that distressing
illness has seized the soldier who
braved death a thousand times In
his country's cause: therefore, be- it
Readied, That the- Speaker of
this House be requested ,to announce
to General Grant its congratulations
upon his restoration to th'e military
rank, which he laid down to become
tbe chief bead ofthe Nation, and
its trust arid hop that a kind Prov
idence wiu lone preserve bw life
to a grateful Re public , .
A Betrosjpeet. ' '
'Our readers will remember very
weil that although we supported Mr.
Blaice with all the energy we could
command, we doubted the propriety
of nominating bim, fearing his defeat
which actually befei him. It ' was
apparent to any man who could see
the length of bis uoee that be would
be and was finally opposed by a
powerful element in the Republican
partv, and this opposition secured
hii defeat. ' II may be regarded as
unprofitable to speak of the er
rors of the past But - we, owe
the future something, and the les
sons and experience of the past may
serve us a good purpose in our fu
ture contests. Tbe lesson of tbe re
cent contest is a very bitter one.
Pennsylvania did its full duty and
can well afford to be proud of ber
record. But can the Philadelphia
Press and its small imitators, who
yelled for Blaine and denounced ev
ery man who . was independent
enough to express doubt of the pro
priety of bis nomination, feel proud
of their agency in 'forcing a candi
date upon the party onlv to have
bim aad the party both defeated for
the hrst time in a quarur ol a ceu-
tury ? Franklin Jiepofiiory.
The PuM in aster' Life.
Did- yon e7er spend tbe day in a
country postoffice? No! I sat be
hind a big class case with the post
master, and as we sat and Chatted,
girls and boys came trooping in ask
ins for letters fur-"our folks." Tbe
postmaster was urbanity personified
and with a smile be would say again
and again and again,' 'Nothing to
day for you." "Doyou know that
some of these children's: - parents, to
my certain knowledge,- haven't bad
a letter in three yean ? And yet
they come here every mail without
fail and chirp out, "If you please, sir,
anything for our folks?? And dd
you suppose they ars dismayed, af
ter a year's continued daily ' inqui
ries ? . Not at all ! Day. after day they
hnh nn arn1v anrf it make Tint
little diflVrebce whether President
Cleveland enfLrrcee UoetviIismceiCour3fr saysof the old conir.a.d-
program ms, lb "oar folks, will be
on hand regularly at the distribution
of every mail, and they will cot be
dismayed if they do not receive ef ea
a circular for four years to come j -
i ne usv or luuoiurui or mercur
ials in thtr tmtment j catarrh
whether in ttwform of suppositor
ies or iwnftnatsslr0iJld heavoided,
as they are both lajariouevin dan
gerous. Iodoform is easily detected
by its offensive odor-Ttw outy re
liable catarrh remedy ba IheT. mar
ket to-dav ii Ely's Creaas Ba?a, be
ing free froas alt pt8ori4tw?rogs.
It hascwrsd thosj-it-. of catfMiic
and scat ce, wsWre all Mother
remedies bate Galled. 'A particle is
applied is each nostril; no sain ;
p ki i
'5" - .
use. Pncw fifty- cents ;
I arUgglBIS
druggists. ! j.
always ahaves;Ado6Hsefea a Js? ajtffan Thunder in 1Z&S, was the raaa call
egrtbauattalia(yg - ed apon to act as his guardian angeL
PEOPLE and EVENTS.
So far 4,141 office-seekers from
Missouri have registered as appli-,
cants.
farmer near Mitchell, D. ,T., are
sowLig wheat this week.
Ther are three Williams in the
Cabinet Mr. Cleveland nuy get
them, mixed.
. Tea Medical Jieic says that the
cities of Philadelphia and Balti
more are ripe for cholera.
. There are reported to "be 20,'JiJO,
000 people in A nstro. Hungary who
never reada newspaper.
Tbe skull of Richelieu, carefully
preserved evawiyt ., is said to
be iu the possession of a Paris pub
lisher. This year, for the first time, it is
said, the Zoiuwhave rmd the entire
Bible translated for them in their
own language.
Japaxieae law compels people to
sell fish ariver-Theyare vended in
tanks.
'The newest application of elec
tricity is for electric lining to hats
to nourish the brain.
Tho King of Siam is not yet 30
ears of age, aud is credited with
aving B3 children.
The Senatorial shoes of Bayard,
Lamar and Garland will now be
raffled for.
An old MeU-odiaLclmrch in Rim
ersburg, Pa, has been converted m
to a skating rink.
A York County. Pa grocer has
sworn out a warraut against his wiiu
for pouring a gallon of molasses over
his bead.
The Wa-biflgtoa anoaument ap
pears to have been the only thing
that remained unmoved in the Cap
ital on iuauguratiou day.
Attorney General Garland is the
first representative Arkansas bit
ever had in the Cabinet
There wetwovetX- letters foud
waiting the new President when be
arrived in Washington.
Mrs. Frank Leslie, it is said,
boasts of having tha smallest tout
of any lady iu the United Suites.
Miss Nellie Arthur made her pet
Skye terrietv Todd.'e, btsfk, a goo-.l-by
to all toe occupants of the White
House when she left
A writer on science says that
when the thermometer is at de
grees below zero cats' ear becou.u
very brittle, and are often broken
off.
A 4-year-old boy ir Clarke Coun
ty, Mo smoked a cigarette the oifi
et day and in half an hour died
from blood poisoning, the efftcts ot
the tobacco.
' . . .
PreparatioBs are in pnres for
celebrating with unusual pomp the
SSth birthday of Emperor William,
which occurs March 22. Alt the
German sovereigns will go to HerUn
to attend the festivities.
An old Irish shoemaker named
Patrick O'Hara has asked to be ap
pointed Presidential cobbler. He
claims to have patched and n
for Presidents Buchanan, Grant and
Hayes.
A young ladTeaTnstrtute in Nonh
Carolina is represented at the New
Orleans Exposition by specimens
ot stocking darning and refootin.,
the work of tbe pupils. This ouht
to help the matrimonial market in
the old North State.
The inaugural bouquet was arracg
ed at the botanical gaWon and con
sisted of tufty-two distinct varieties
of plants and flowers, twenty-four
of them being exotics and seven
very rare .tropical flowers that
bloomed in tbe hot-bouse.
The , New York Sun welcomes
Arthur back to New York as "in
honored citizen, and honorable not
only because of tho office be has
held, burnerarwe of what be is and
what be bas done; nor do we doubt
that he will always remain a com
manding figure in our society and
our politics."
Tbe United States bas 17.O0 den
tists, wbo use a too of gold and
five tons of other metals, acd n.-.ke
4.000,000 artificial teeth annually.
Only one American in eighty is
found to have perfect teeth, and one
third of tbe population makes more
or less use ofthe artificial product
Tbe Rev. Dr. J. P. Newman an
nounced to his congregation in S in
Francisco last Sunday that be would
leave thers and go to his old frir d
General Grant and try to adminis
ter comfort to bis soul in bis trying
affliction.. Dr. iisaoan was for
many years General Grant's pi-tor.
The prettiest iariy in Somerset
remarked to a friend the frther d;iy
that she knew Kemp's Balsam wus
a superior remedy, as it stopped her
cough instantly when others had no
efiVct whatever. So to prove this
C. N. Boyd will guarantee it to all.
Price 50 cents and Sh Tril size
free.
A Hoosier paper, with independ
ent professions and Democratic pro
pensities, sees the last hope of Na
tional honors slipping - away; and
sadly remarks that Indiana seems
to stand toward the new adminie
tration as the preacher did to the
crowd among which be passed hi
hat for a contribution he got noth
ing and thanked God that the h it
was retaTCed-.
Is in store for all who use Kemp's
Balsam for the throat and lung, the
great guaranteed remedy. Would
you believe that it is sold or its mer
its and that each druggist is author
ized to refund your money by t!.e
Proprietor of this wonderful remedy
if it fails to cure you. C. N. Boyd
bas secured the agency for it
: Pries 50 cents and I1.0U Trial
size free.
Th. Charleston (S. C.) As, and
er: Uenerai urant enjoys, of course,
tbe Knowledge that manv thousands
of bis fellow citizens sympathize
with biara ia tha suffering which he
is called upon, to bear, but it would
probably prove peculiarly grateful
to him if. he could knpw the extent
arid sincerity of the kindly feelings
which are entertained toward him
is bis a-8ictioa' by the great major
ity of the people of the South."
When Abraham Liceoln went to
Washington the threats cf seces
sionists called to his side that
stawnch old abolitionist, Allan Pink
erton. When Graver Cleveland
went to Washington, 24 years later,
tha notorious -Confederate blood
hound," Captain Mat O'Brien, who,
as the Assistant Chief of the Con
federate Secrwt Service,' frosrrated
tha efforts of a number of Union
nrumnra. f A . euat , f.m Pi.'!.