Xhe Somerset Herald Terms of Publication. Pabll.ry Wednesday If paid la adTeaee 5 oUterwlee S M wm Invariably an 5, .ubaerrpuos wint. am ta m p-WlUbaar-pea-ibla ft the sab- should 1v. mi U. nesn. o U M Mtt,, ptwonSH Address , The I Somerset Herald, Somerset. Pa- , , nVOSSOR. Bovunr, Pa. ,PVD W. BIESECKER, KtU. . i-ruici:T.AT-LA LAW Somerset, Pn ..tfcCkBlU- I Y ATTOBKET-AT-IA.W, Somerset Pi. J nH R. SCOTT, J KOOSER, J' aTTORNEY-ATLAW, Somerset, Pa. 3 S ENDS LEY. ATTORN EYAT LAW, 1 Somereet, P E iD B. SCULU .Tlt H ATTORNEY -AT LAW. Pa, A" ' , ... " , U.K. arrasx. V entr.4 to th.tr ear. wlU b. n0LB0RCOLBORNw fl.. dub. on reeaonebl. terms. trg - If biannn, r., fJL uri.Uu Hoese Row. UB 1 ' DyWIS MEYERS, ATTORN ey-at-law, Somerset. Penn . . burines. entru to WU' b. arra JRNEY.ATAW Mammoth Block, up !" Jf! settled. Mies .bj fidelity. V" J kNEY-ATLAW "1 s-.uiereet. Pa. A.tv rv VTVMFT , ATTUhKEY-AT-LAW, V ScBJCTMt, Pa. mm 4 6J.1UJ. um on Mata Oro trert- TT ENRY EjSCHELIji, AbTt d Prton Agt, Somt, Pa. VALENTINE II AY, r iw ittenia to ui - TOHNH.UHL, J ATWBKET.ATXAW wnrwiyatdu U BIB. jnunrj """ "- tr tat X us moth BnUdlnc- JG. OGLE. A TTORK EY-AT-LAW, Soaemt Pa, Prot.ittalbntitranedto ntjear. at ni to wtia yrvmyiw " - DR. J, M. LOUTH ER, (Formeily ot Stojwtown.) iiirciniV AKD SIRGZOS. Mm locatfd Mnmnentty Smrwt !Jh Central howi, id iw - nR. e. w. blough, HOMEOPATHIC rHTSlCAS ASD SIKGEOS TmdM.hH aTTifto tbf people of Som.rMt ml itrl.lty. falli t t"n oroouniry proniptly :tell to. "aaf0Baa aiomee ot .um"j Suihrt ooraw U Dl.ui.od. over JW8.' fjtiot tun. ,R. H. S. KIMMEL IV. AX. a-'. i.; wfwnfwMlnn&l BerTlca to tb fit). r7wo((kriietindVlcinny. rnJewprofeJrioo- .i w at fcia n4ltr. OM M&UB I CCFBkvu ni i-n i iuwam - ' rVR- H. BRUBAKER tenders his lnrr.ft.'nl twmrM to in. n-.iien. t'Mt and Ttdntty. Utne. la mldane. en amin tnt wen of U. Diamond. TV Tt VM RAFCH tenders hie 1 1 pnfratkmal anrtM. to tbe elUwof of Bonv trwIINTIllUHI. (-Umduoraait of Warn. A Bora.bli. rarvnore nor.. lM.A'n. DR.S. J. M--MILLEN, IGr4att in DrnlUtrf.) OItw (prdal attmtlon to the Prtaentloo of tir Bhck. ap nahr Entrano on drwr . i..... . ..u.i niufunrr. Ittne. in WomU Jtw.lry Store. oeuawin. DR. JOHN BILTi DENTIST. US', np tutrt in Out A Beeriui Block, SoMr t.Pa. DR. WILLIAM IX)LLIXS, DENTIST, SOMERSET, PA. tXtntsMamaioUiBinrk. abor. Byd'. ITt Sr, 9hm k. eu t .11 time. b ind prepM i tod. all kind, ol wurk. nrh a. nlllnic. toUuf . extracting, fca. ArUftctal t4ethof all ktnda, ao of th. beat aiatartal toMrtad. UperaUonl imatad. R. J. K. MILLER has perrna- mtlT taeated in Berlin for lb. prarttc e 1HKlT iMated m Her 1 la tor in. pntnir. n in woienion. Oflto. oppoatl. Oharte. Krt-1nr-wra. .pr.itTiMX c.ua Irenu nnK.K.. .nd by mail yon will JlUUUv" auaraan. of kouI.o larjre ' Tf lo, inu wUl .tart Jon m worn that will m we brtnc yon In money luter than Ttai on in Anx-ncn. au aooni to. hi pretmu wui encbhoz. A(tent wanted . wy bm..i tuber .ex. olnll .. tor aU th. tlma, rt tiro. only, to work lur ns)t tbelr awn "aw. Fortnne. tor all worker, abanlntely - rarxi. Doa't delay. U. Uaixxt A Co, Portland, GUIS' ME GOODS HATS -MID 'CAPS. My Stack It all HEW, aad baa been SELECTED WITH GREAT CARE. ltconfrttti tn pert of Eats, Caps, Scarf Pint, SleeTO Bzt t. Silk and Lisen Eaadker cHeSs, Slurts. Underwear, Exiery, Umbrellas. &e. lcae and am H. Tke article, are to nrmerom ntk. AU nooda StiLK AT POPI'LAK Hlt lvt th.ulaea. KUO.V No. CASEBEEK 8 BLUCK. PAUL, L. CASEBEER. CHARLES HOFFMAN, MERCEMIT TAILOR Ca.ot Hear V II.frleT. StarwJ UTST bTTLE! Ei LC7EST PRICES. MTISFACTIOH GUARAHTEEO: SOMERSET P-A.. ine Dome VOL. XXXIV. NO. 17. FRAlISTK no. 2. Noyelty and Eareka j : CLOTHES WKIXOEBS, Wa ai. telling at : ONLY S3.00. ! Ranges, Stoves "ridgeway REFRIGERATORS. THIRD SEASON. A VERFECT SUCCESS. Satisfaction Guaranteed. :Tben RefrlKcratorn an the cheapest and: ; Ben In th. Market. : 280 Washington Street, THE OLDEST AND BEST. THE CELEBRATED MITCHELL m AID SPRING WAGON. ESTABLISHED FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS. I have now on hand . and offer for sale, at greatly reduced prices for the next ninety days, the very best WACOM FOB Manufactured in the United States made by Mitchell, Lewis & Co.,- Limited, Racine, Wisconsin. Any person acquainted with the superior points of the MITCHELL Which I am now scllin?, will they are the VERY BEST Farm Wagon made. They are in J - . . .fit- general use now in nearly every country on ine lace 01 me globe, and are adapted to every variety of climate. It is ac knowledged by all to be the best proportioned, best ironed, best finished, and lightest running wagon made. I present a few facts that should be read by every farmer, about the Mitch ell Wagons : 1st. Great care is taken in selecting only the best timber tW trrnvvs which is cnt at the nroDer season he year and piled under sheds until thoroughly seasoned.T of the thimble skeins are much heavier than any other skeins in use and are, therefore, less.liahle to break. 3. The hubs are dodge-mortised, which makes the strongest and most durable wheel that lw mnefTiirtpd 4 The mien! box-couulin?. used only by this Company, prevents the axle. 5. The MHLlliL.Li WAUUJN sianas 10-uay at uie hp! rind frnnt of all romnetitors. and is known far and wide as the strongest and most durable, unequaled in quality and finish, and "monarch ol the roaa wnerever Known aim uscu. riiTi't fail in rrivp m a rail, and see the waffon for yourself! ifpmotnWr fnr thp next NINETY DAYS I am selling these vy n ka - - 7 wagons at greatly reduced prices. and to buy now ! 1'nces lurnisnea on application. GEO. "W: SIM ULl!R,, NSW EUIL15I2T& HO PATSIOT NSAB MAUT CSOSS STEZET. CURTIS K. GROVE. ( Eaat from Coort Honie,) Somerset, JPenn'a. Manafaotnrer ol BIGGIES, SLEIGHS, CA BUI AGES, SPBISG WAGOSS, BUCK WACOKS, AND EASTERN AND WESTERN WORK FamUhod on Short Notlea. Painting Done on Short Time. My work to mad. ont of TkormMf Sranei Wood, and tb. Heat Iron enc nirei. cnoaian. Ually Oooatrncted, Neatly Finished, and . H .rronlf l litre &tiacfla. I Employ Only First-Class "Workmen. Repairing of All Kindiin My Line Done on Short Notloe. HCES SEASONABLE, and ' All Work Warranted. rn .Mt Fvafntn. m Ktock. and Learn Price.. I do Wavon-work. ami furnish Scire, for Wlnd- Mllla. Ken--tr tn. place, ana can in. CURTIS K. GROVE, (East of Court Boue,) i aprtO-lyr. SOMERSET, PA. iuuT A. Homara, J. Scott Wabo. HOBNE & fflBfl .txxnasaoaa to EATON & BROS, NO. 27 FIFTH AVE8UE, PITTSBURGH, PA. SPRING, 1885. NEW GOODS SYS2T SAT S7SSZALTIZS LatknlaariM, lacat, Mwar, Wait. 6o4i, Hand karchiaft, Draa. Trfaatiaga, Natlary, 6loraa, Caraeta alaalla aad Hartaw 11 a Mr. ear, l- tutt' aad CkMnm't Ctothlag. Fancy ' " 6aWa, Varna, Zai kyra, tat. s rmii at Ail Khti fcr . ! FANCY WO IK, Gents' FiraisMri Gdvto,4c recn r Tnonn ta avaapacTwcuT tounm yOrdffrby Vail aUended to wilh Prompt new and Dismtcb won ? Hay Fever, C ATARRH. nd Threat Trouble. ecu smvoranna, amjAca ana aLBanaaanaa. Price SO Cta a Baa at Draggitts at bj Rail- AUta oaealaj ju. cav ISM ar. S. Y. ajl.lB. w - hay. Water . Coolers, ICE CiKAM riEEEZERS, ICE TOHCS, ICS PICKS, , : LEMON SQUEEZERS, WIRE T)ISH COVERS, S, LY Halatl IES. CARPET WHIPS, ETC. V"e Um Improved SEU-KELTTF3 WAI STfiUGS For Sealing Fruit Cant and Jan. and Tinware. I BINGES, STOVES AM IDTWAEE, And a Oeneral Aaaortment of Honse-TrgaisliiTig Goods. : TIS-B00F1NG, 8P0CT1S. I And Ueneral Jolbinp, j AT LOWEST RATES. AU Work Guaranteed. Johnstown, Pa. GENERAL USE, Celebrated WAGON, certify to my statement that wearing and weakening of the U w It will pay you to buy of me THE GREAT UaTiilins Sssdfic FOR LIVER DISEASE. Symptoms : Bitter or bad taste In month : tongae coated white or eorered with a brown tar : pain in tb. back, tide, or joint often miMaken for Knenmaium ; nnmr wp attln s Mm.tlme. nanjea and waterbrash, or lndla;e.Uon : natnlencj and add emclai Itms : new. el. alternately c.tlve and lax : hi.awTfco kw. of nimnrr. with a ualafnl aenaation ot bar- Inn failed to do aomcthlDg which onghtto hare been dm. , vwlllty t low spirits : a thick, j vllow .ppearanna of th. akin and eyes , a dry conxh : fever : renicssneat : th. niine I. aianty ami biKb-oolortd, aad, II allowed to .tana, depot lu a tedlment. SIMMONS LIVER RECULATOR, PI KELT VEETABLE. A EffiKt.il Specific For MALARIA. DYSPEPSIA. CONSTIPATION. SICK HEADACHE, NAUSEA, MENTAL DEPRES SION. BILIOUSNESS, JAUNDICE, COLIC, BOWEL COMPLAINTS ETC, ETC, ETC It It generally nssd In the South to a route th. Torpid uirer to a neaitny action. It act without diatnrbaan. to th. fyrtem. diet or orm nation. II r.arnltea,lie l.l.r, and ranae. tb. Ml. to aet as th. parse. Th. .xeeae of bile beinar remored, a loaifte eOert ta orodaoad, and health is pertrctl. restored. The Regulator la iriven with 'ofetp. .nd tb. kpir rrtnltt to th. mutt delicate iDlaut. For all dlaeaae. in which a laxative, alterative or puritallre it need ed tt will (tire th. moat perfect aaiinfaetion. Tkt I htanrtl, turttl ni bttl f amil Mediant in tkt H srM I a WEBE IS BIT ONE SIMMOXS LIVES HEUVLATOBl See that you get thenrcamlaie' with th. re Z on Iroot of W rapper, prepared only by J. H. ZEILIN A CO., aoLi raorairrona, PHIL' A, PA. inll-'ai-Lrr- $500,O00J. YEAR. SUtemeat or the Anerican, Xatloaal k V. S. Dd Canada Express Ce. Troj, S. W The stmst'Ji of BraM lay not In aw anlUtade, nor In her itrala-huiM aaota. Then war. ele ment, of atrenKta, but her nTcr-failin reaoarc lay in tha aaU-ooatrolaad dtadplln. ol tb. Rouaa aldlers. IHaelpltao It ia the very eoul of all the weaalerful mwnma puattaacd by tha word "TcV ran." Mr. Benedict, of Troy, la a wateran In tb. expreet basineaa. " Thlrty-thre. years." he tax: to yonr reporter, " rc ttoud at thlt desk." It at tha diacipiina of yean of cxpartanoa which aire, nlm the potitioa h. bold, in tb. trntt aad aatacm of those three ajraat eorporaiion.. "W.hav. a baslnew ol aou.ooo a year, and I've bow abteat rroan Lb la ofnea hvdly a month in all that tlnw. althonah I must content that many time. I've worked her. when auflerlng arreat pain, for I have been troubled all my life with biilousoeai aad dyspepsia. Mv system had become so radaead aad weak that I had no appetite, and my dliroMioa wholly disordered. I've tried various rasnadiea, bat afmott two year, am I happened to hit upon Dr. Kennedy'! FAVORITE REEMEDT. Alter using only one bottle or so I betran to feel stronger in every way. Th. great difficulty has been with my digeMlun, bat thlt teema to regulate It per fectly. 1 have. air. great faith in Dr. Kennedy'! FAVORITE REMEDY. 1 have bought aad gl v. ea a great deal of It to th. poor around bare ; those, yea know, who hav. e moaey to buy medi. elneot aav kind, for there are a great many troub led with btttcma disease, and sorter on without aid. I alwaya keep FAVORITE REMEDY in th. bouse. I consider It the beat medicine for (tie Mood la the market. W.U, I mutt attend to that setter for the Western part of the city. Hny. yn tell the Doctor I am coming down to Roodout to see him In August. I want ta know him." I le tha veteran, atil! at kit port, Tajokdne; la health, aad grateful to Dr. Kaaaedy. aeplS-lm. 4DMINISTRAT0R'S NOTICE, a of Polly Alwine.dee'd. lata of Cone manga Ten.. Somerset Ceunty, Pa. Letter ef admlniMratioa on the a Sore eetate kavmg been graaaad to the undrrslgned by the nroper authority, otto. Is hereby aim w all persona tudebted teaaid eatato temak. ImmedW its payment and tboee having claim, aarainat tan same to present them duly authenticated for ee Utaneat on Thursday, the ath day of October, USA. kWUU r" BAAO UTODER, a. X. ' Administrator. A RIVER DREAM. The blue, bin. sky above, Th. Mae, blue water under. Two eye, mora Mac and a heart that's trot, And a boat to hear me with my lor. To leads of UgM aad wonder. ' Th. tunny fields areund, The river rippling by ua, " A tail. Bore blight than noonday light; Our brow i with meadow garland, crowned. And never a care to try u A A drifting; with the tide, - A wind that whispers greeting. An ille of reat in th. faded west. With only the waves en the thor beside ; And two heartt fondly beating. Harold E. Boullon, in CaselTt Magazint. FOR LOVE. Time baa laid bis hand upon my heart gently, not smiting it. but as a harper lays bis open palm upon bis barp to deaden its vibrations. OMen Legend. It waa a bright, lovely morniag in January, just each a cue as made the huntsman's bugle-call souud like welcome oiumc. The air was crisp and invigorating, the sky a vast expanse of cloudless blue, and the snowy branches of the trees glis tening with a thousand dewy crys tals. , A goodfy group of rollicking sportsmen had come together lor the "meet," and their scarlet coats form ed a marked con Iras t with the pure, untrodden enow, which made mead ows and roads for miles around look like a vast plain of fairyland; Seen in the morning sunlight, it was a picturesque sight, this gather ing upon tbe village green of hunts men on their pawing, impatient horse9, with their well-shaven grooms and baying dogs anxious for the day s sport. cy Jove, a pretty woman never looks better than on horseback 1'' exclaimed one of the party, who had been looking very expectantly toward the road. "And here comes Miss Lestrange to exempliiy my theory," he con tinued, by a young girl, escorted b an elderly man, cantered up to the party. She wore a dark green riding hab it, which showed to advantage the perfect grace of her slight figure. A small velvet hat of the same color. with long, floating plume, heighten ed tbe charm ot her delicately chis elled features. She responded gracefully to the greetings and com pliments ollered her, but held out tier euia'l, gloved hand only to the young lad who had first spoken of her. That he and Evelyn Lestrange were old friends soon became mani fest, for he rode uninvited by her side as they passed slowly through the village. Arrived at a point sin I in the outskirts, Evelyn slackened her horse's speed, and contrived to remain a short distance behind the party.- Her eager gla ne'e had" falleh upon a young man who leaned over the gate of the vicarage garden, and who evidently awaited her approach. The long, sorrowful glance in which their eyes met spoke volumes. And was it by accident or design that the white rose which EvelyD wore in her belt fell at the young man's feet? Neither the stolen glance nor the movement which followed escaped the watchful eye of Sir Gilbert Hill bank, Evelyn's companion. HiB face clouded visibly. "You looi sad this moaning, Eve lyn, he said, as he looked inquir ingly into the depth of her dark, expressive eyes. "Do you fear a lecture next Sunday, from Mr. Selby ou the sin young ladies commit who waste their day in the frivolous pat time of fox-hunting, when their young minister friends are debarred from such amusements ?" A flush arose on Evelyn's fair cheek as, with a spirit and dignity natuial to her, ehe replied : "Mr. Selby never presumes to lec ture me. But any advice he might oner, would, 1 know, be wise and friendly." ........ , "tie is lonucate to nave so ear nest a champion," remarked Sir Gil bert He was prevented from con tinuing, as at these words Evelyn rode on hastily and rejoined tbe par ty. The fox was soon drawn from his cover, and everything else seemed forgotten in the excitement of the chase. Evelyn had entered into it with full heart and soul, but just be fore the master of the hounds had got "the brush," her horse after clearing a hedge, slipped and threw her violently to the ground. Sir Gilbert was the only member of the party near Evelyn, and on Beeing the accident he reined in his horse at once and came to her relief. The s injuries she " had " sustained. though not serious, still were grave enough to render it advisable to send for a carriage so that Evelyn might drive borne. Messengers were at once dispatched to obtain one, but tbe shades ot evening began to gath er before any covevance appeared. bo Sir tiilbert helped Jtvelv into her saddle, and they rode slowly to Air mount her home. A Btrange friendship existed be tween the rough, generous kind hearted baronet, and the refined. graceful Evelyn. that bit Oiibert was devotedly attached to her was evident, for be lost no opportunity of displaying his s flection. ..-.-.. On Evelva's part there existed no feeling more strong than childlike confidence and warm friendship. . l et there had never been a decla ration of love on tbe part of the bar onet, for -be knew that Evelyn would never be influenced by worldly con siderations, and had reason to fear that her heart bad been already giv en to Norman Selby, the young clergyman of tbe parish in which she lives, and he had long determin ed to discover the truth from lips which still be felt bad only to speak to dash bis hopes to the ground. - A favorable ; opportunity now seemed to present (self, as he rode slowly by Evelyn's side through the Bilent lanes. "I want to exercise the privilege of an old friend and ask yon a ques tion," began Sir Gilbert, abruptly ; "the truth, bitter as it is sure to be, cannot be mote unbearable than the wretched suspense I have been kept in lately," be continued with a great effort, fixing his eyes searchingly on her blushing face. ESTjBIilSBLED 1827. SOMERSET, PA.. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 7, 1885. "Are you engaged to Norman Sel by?" - Evelyn's eyes suffused with tears as she replied : "I should be if my father did not bitterly oppose it : but Sir Gilbert, I do not care to speak on this painful subject, even to you, one of my old est and best friends, for my love foi Mr. Selby nas caused me so much unbappiness." , "Bui why does your father object to your marrying bun ? inquired Sir Gilbert, trying to assume a calm ness be was far from feeling. Evelyn remained silent. ' "Tell me your troubles now just as you used to do when we were chil dren together," continued Sir Gil bert v- .. . The warmth and ieeling express ed in his tone and the conviction that genuine interest in her welfare prouipted bis question, caused Ev elyn to throw 1T her usual reserve, and she told him frankly that her father s only real objection to Aorman Selby was bis compara tive poverty. His parish was a small one, and ' it might be many years before he would be able to of fer her a home such as she had been accustomed to. Her father was im plicate in his resolution that she should never marry a man who could not do this. Sir Gilbert listened in silence. He understood how the happiness of two lovinc hearts was at stake. He Dlainlv saw : the whole wealth of tenderness of Evelyn'B nature was lavished- on Norman, and he further discovered that their attachment has continued for three years hopelessly yet no les9 faithfully. Already his nnseltish, generous spirit prompted him to try and se cure the happiness ot the girl he loved, even though that were to give her to his rival. Arrived at Airraount, he left Eve lyn and rode homeward. Conflict ing thoughts filled hi3 mind. Strangely enough, he had in his gift arich livins, which he had intended to offer to an old college chum of his, a bachelor, but his conversation with Evelyn had filled him with a new resolve. jAfter a few hours' de liberation , he bad decided what to do. He sought Norman Selby and, without alluding to Evelyn in the slightest degree, offered him the va cant living if AVeslbrook, which of fer, it is needless to add, was joyful ly and gratefully accepted. Time sped on, mellowing life into ripeness.. Here in its course is shed a sorrow, there a joy. Succeeding years had filled the lives of Evelyn and Norman Selby with more of tbe sunshine of prosperity than is usual ly acorded to the most favored lot. Norman's talents had been recogniz ed iu his new jphere, and the gilt of Sir Gilbert turned out to be but the stepping stone to fortune. It bad been succeeded by a still richer liv ing, presented by the hands of royal ty itself, and Norman was now a well-known and popular preacher at the English Court. Evelyn had developed into the highest type of perfect womanhood. To the grace and loveliness of girlhood were added a ready sympa thy and charm of manner which found its way to the hearts of both young and old. A little haughty to her equals, those beneath her in sta tion found in her their kindest friend and she was the first to withdraw tiie cloud from the lives of those on whom the shadow of sin or sorrow had fallen hers the helping hand ever stretched forth tc encourage. And Sir Gilbert what of him ?" He had gone abroad soon after Evtlyn's marriage and -proved one of the most careless of correspond ents now hunting on the American prairies ; now in the wilds of Aus tralia; a roving life constituted his chief pleasure and occupation. At length, wearying of the excitement of travel he turned his face home ward. He yearned for the quiet of an inglish borne, lor friendly faces and familiar voices ; and, in con nection with these longiogs.thoughts of Evelyn and Norman Selby ever came back upon him. A strange presentiment of an early death, too, threw its shade over bis heart Con sumption had been tbe bane of his family, and he felt now that he also numbered os one of the victims. So one evening as the setting sun was gliding the handsome vicarage with its floods of golden light, Sir Gilbert stood before it, lost in admi ration of the freshness, quiet and beauty of that home a home in ev ery way worthy of its mistress. Re finement and cultivated love of the beautiful were visible in the taste ful landscape gardening all around. ords of warm welcome followed his meeting with the happy husband and wife. Both insisted on his making the vicarage his home, that they might nurse him back to health again. So tbe invalid remained thf re to be tended by loving hands. Evelyn's children had been taught to love him, and they vied with each other in their eagernesa toshow their affection. But the old health and the buoyant spirits had gone, never to return. Gradually he grew weaker, and one autumn morning, while the song ot the reaper gather ing in a plentiful harvest, fell npon Sir Gilbert's ear. his end came, and he passed gently away to that home where good and noble hearts find their true resting-place. Tbe Cost or Her Beauty. An old lady over eighty years of age, and who was once a great beau ty died recently in Paris, leaving af ter ber a diary in which she endeav ors to show the alleged vanity of women, t torn the age of twenty to thirty she spent three hours a day at her toilet, which foots up for the period one year ninety-one days and six hours employed in dressing her hair, powdering her cheeks ana painting her lips. From thirty to fifty the toilet labors amounted to five hours a day, the extra hoars be ing consecrated to covering np the tracks of time, including the obliter ation of crows' feet and other neces sary filling in and grading. Time, four years and forty days. After fifty her efforts bad to be redoubled. To the last ehe resists the effects of time. ExtMvatiaat Fanerale. The Philadelphia finw has the following to sav of what has become, if not a national question, at least a very important one: "We are unodubtedly arriving at that point in our national progress when a sweeping reform is neces sary in the matter of burying the dead. The scandal that all men are beginning to fear in connection with the expeuses of the Grant funeral is only a larger illustration of smaller instances equal in demoralizing pow er. It is no secret anywhere that tbe pomp and ceremony attendact upon the average burial costs twice or thrice what they are worth, and it is equally well known that fam ilies wbo can but ill afford such dis play from false motives yet endeav or to imitate it All over the coun try the same extravagances are ap parentand it is probable a fortunate thing for all people that the Grant exercises made such extravangances particularly conspicuous. "There is no sense in covering the bier of any man or woman with such tributes of flowers as make us after wards regard flowers with more sor row than pleasure. The season of death is not a joyous one and the robing of the death as if for a feast or bridal festival is the most sicken ing evidence of a thoroughly deprav ed taste or feeling. , And what could be more inappropriate from any standpoint than to close a life that has run its simple and unselfish course entirely away from the strife of publicity with such a service and procession as inevitably lead to an entire forgetful! ness of the simple virtues of the dead ? The lives of men and women should point stron ger morals than tbe mere burial of their breathless bodies, and the mor bid taste for display and newspaper notoriety, if to be suppressed at the brink of the grave. The increasing cost of funerals and the consequent financial worry that comes at a time when men bear it least consti tute another aspect of the case that cannot longer be concealed. IJy and by, perheps, it may oc cur to the leaders who have set these senseless styles, that death and bur ial should be above fashion. A sim ple, impressive service, without dis play at the home, church or grave, or undue lavishness in any way, can but commend itself to all. Who can doubt that all this world would be more in harmony with the dread oc casion it would commemorate. It the Grant funeral shall emphasize these facts and bring back the bur ial custom to somewhat near what it ought to be there will be count less persons to profit in more ways than one, from the change thus ef fected." An Old Doctor's More. kI have.a little story to tell you, boys," the old doctor said to the young people the other evening. "One day-a long, hot day it had been, too I met my father on the way to town. "I wish you would take this pack age to the village for me, Jim,' he said, hesitating. "Now, I want a boy of 12, not fond of work, and was just out of tbe hav field, where I had been at work since daybreak. I was tired, dusty and hungry. It was two miles into town. I wanted to get my sup per, and to wash and dress for sing ing school. "My first impulse was to refuse, and to do it harshly, lor I wes vex ed that he should ask after my long day's work. If I did refuse, he would go himself, He was a gentle, patient old man. But something stopped me; one of God 8 good an t-els, I think. ' "'Of course, father, IU take it,' I said, heartily giving my scythe to one of the men. He gfve me the package. "ibank you, Jim,' 1 was going mvself, but somehow I don't feel very strong to-day." "He walked with me to the road that turned off to the town : as he left put his hand on my arm, say ing again : "Thank you, my son. You have always been a good boy to me, Jim." "I hurried into town and back again. ben I came near the house T saw a crowd of farm hands at the door. One of them came to me, the tears rolling down bis face. w i our father, he said, fell dead just as you reached the house. The lapt words he spoke were to you,' " Im an old man now.out I have thanked God over and over again in all the years that have passed since that hour, that those last words were : 'You've alwavs been a good boy to me.' n No human being ever yet was sor ry for love and kindness shown to others. But there is no pang or re morse so keen as the bitterness with which we remember neglect or cool ness which we have shown to loved ones who are dead. Do not begrudge loving deeds and kind words, especially to those who gather with you about the same hearth. In many families the hab it of nagging, crossness or ill-natured gibbing gradually covers the real feeling of love that lies deep be neath. And alter all it is such a little way that we can go together. let the Forest City Mr. G.E. Bryan, No 151 Putnam street,Cleveland, Offio, has naturally much experience in sickness, with a familv of seven children, and his doctors' and druggist? bills are heavy. He states publicly that he has given Red Star Cough Cure a thorough trial in his home, and finds it to be the beet remedy that he has ever need for coughs or colds. It contains neither morphia nor opium, and therefore leaves no depressing ef fects. I notice however much a girl struggles when yoa try to get a kiss, if she bears her pa'e step approach in she alwavs lets ud on the strug gle long enough to nab the kiss be fore tbe old man appears. Love is blind, bat matrimony is a great oculist erald Marry. The Detroit Journal publishes from an old newspaper, the Herald, dated January, 1817. the following, which is good advice for 1885: " If you are for pleasure marry ! "If yoa prize rosy health marry ! And even if money be your ob jectmarry ! A good wife is heaven s last best gift to man his angel and minister of graces innumerable his Sal Pol tjesexium or gem of many virtues his Pandora, or casket of celestial jewels. Her presence forms bis best company her voice, his sweetest music ber smiles, his brightest day her kiss, the guardian of his innocence her arms, the pale of his safety, the balm of his health, the balsam of his Hie her industry, bis surest wealth her economy, his safest steward her lips, his faithful tt counsellors her bosom, the soft est pillow of his cares and her prayers the ablest advocates of heaven's blessings on his head. If you love the Creator, yoa ought to marry, to raise him up worship pers; if you love the ladies, you ought to marry to make them hap py if you love mankind, you ought to marry to perpetuate the glorious race if you love your country, you you ought to marry, to raise up soldiers to defend it in fine, if you wish well to earth or heaven, you ought to marry, to give good citizens to one, and glorious angels to the other." Mr. Dvk.es' Explanation. It was a big August meeting in Wake county, N. C, and there was acres of darkeys present The w Crossing of the Red Sea " was the subject of the . discourse, and the Rev. Mr. Dukes, a 'cuancipated min ister, was treating it in the most frig id manner. He bad just closed by saying, " Moses an de chil'un of Is rael crossed ober de RedSea on de ice, but when Phara' an' his lumber- in' big chariots come 'long dey broke) true de ice an dey was all drown ed," when a young man arose and ' said: " Brer Dokes, will you low me to ax you a question?" "Sartinly; what is it?" u Well, Brer Dukes, I'se been studyin geografy and geografy teach es dat de Red Sea am in de trop icks and dat dere ain't no ice in de tropicks. What I want to ax is dis : Wbar dat ice cum frum dat Moses crossed ober on ?" Brer Dukes cleared his throat, mopped his brow, hesitated a mo ment, and replied : u Well, I'se glad you ax dat ques tion. It gives an opportunity to 'splain. Mv dear young brer, you musn't think kase you war store close an' bin to sknle dat you know everything. Dis thing I'm preach in' 'bout toook place long time ago, 'fore dere was any geoerafys and 'fore dere was any topics." Petrifactions. Petrified mummies' eyes are the latest craze for watch charms. A human body, buried in a Bris tol (N. H.) cemetary nine years ago, wa9 removed and found to be petri fied. A petrified snake was recently discovered in a sandstone rock at Portsmouth, Ohio. A petrified hickory log, four feet long and nine inches in diameter, was found lately about eleven feet below the surface,by workmen mak ing an excavation in Greenboro, South Carolina, Four petrified shark's teeth, from one-fourth to one-half an inch long, were brought up recently from the Americua (G a.)-artesian well, which is down some nine hundred odd feet, and has not yet reached a sup ply of good water. The petrified, wool found in the Rocky Mountain regions is rapidly bee iming utilized. In San Francis co there is a factory for catting and polishing tbe petrifictions into man tel pieces, tiles tablets and other architectural parts for which marble or slabs is commonly used- Petri fied wood is said to be suscepti ble of a finer polish than mar ble or even onyx, the latter of which it is ilriving from the market A Confounded Fool. " Are you interested in the subject of steamship navigation, sir?" said a wheezy old man with a wandering eye, as he took a seat and fnade him self at borne in the private office of a State street business house the oth er day. " o, sir, 1m not," said the bead of the firm, rather curtly. " If a man was to tell yoa that be could build a ship that would cross the Atlantic in 24 hours, what would you say r inquired the old" man, as he leaned forward to catch tbe answer. "I'd say he was a confounded fool," responded the merchant, with emphatic promptness. " W ell, sir, 1 can build that very ehip." " You can ?" " Yes, sir, I can." " Then, sir, permit me to strength- en my previous remark or saying that I consider yoa a blamed sight bigger fool than my first observation indicated. "Why so, sir?" " Because you don't build it ; good day, sir." The old man picked np bis bat and slid out A Misconception. "Just one." eaid the lover, as be stood upon the stoop with his girl, "iuat one!" "Just one," said the mother, put ting herhead out of the bedroom win dow above; "well I guess it ain't so late as that, but it's pretty near 12, and you'd better be going or ber father will be down." And the lover took his leave with pain in his heart A Chicago firm is introducing wooden slippers into this country. Tbe small boy is all in a sweat for fear his mother will take it into her bead to liny a pair. WHOLE NO. 17Sb Cooling the Cellar. A great mistake is sometimes made in ventilating cellars and milk houses. Tbe object of ventila tion is to keep the cellars cool and dry, but this object often fails of be ing accomplished by a common mis take, and instead, the cellar is made both warm and damp. A cool place should never be ventilated unless the air admitted is cooler than that within, or at least as that or but very little warmer. The warmer the air, the more moisture it holds in suspension. .Necessarily, the cooler tbe air, the more this moisture is condensed and precipitated. When a cool cellar is aired on a warm day, the air entering being in motion, ap pears cool ; but as it fills the cellar, the cooler air with which it becomes mixed chills it, the moisture is con densed, and dew is deposited on the walls, and may often be seen run ning down them in streams. Then the cellar is damp and soon becomes moldy. To avoid this the windows should on.'y be opened at night the last thing before retiring. There is no need to fear that the night air is unSealthful ; it is as pure as the air of midday, and really drier. The cool air enters the apartment and circulates through it The windows should be closed before sunrise ia the morning and kept closed and shaded during the day. If the air of a cellar i3 damp it may be thor oughly dried by plncing in it a peck of lime in an open box. A peck of lime absorbs about seven pounds or three quarts of water, and in this way a cellar may soon be dried even in the hottest weather. A bushel of lime absorbs twenty-seven pounds of water and still appears as dry as powder. In this condition it will be very useful to spread over the gar den or lawn cr about fruit trees, or it may be used for whitewash. This precaution is often necessary in the dairy, because of the prevalence, where air is damp, of mildews and the various forms of moH. The orange and red kinds of mold especially, which sometimes f irms uood the cream, have a most inju rious effect upon the butter. Amer ican Agriculturist. Why that Boy got Ir. One of the simplest and best illus trations of faith which I remember to have seen in h story told by M. Theodore Monrod. A Sunday school teacher, when ttacting his class on one occassion, left his seat and went around among his schol ar' with his watch in his hand. Holding it out to the first child, he said: "I give you that watch." The boy stared at it and stood eiilL He then went to the next and repeated : "I give you that watch." The boy blushed.but that was all. One by one the teacher repeated the same words and action to each. Some stared, some blushed, some bmiled incredulously ,but none took the watch. But when he came nearly to the bottom of the class a small boy put out is hand and took the watch which the teacher han ded to him. As the latter returned to his seat, the little fellow said, tim idly: "Then if you please sir.this watch is mine?" "Yes, it is yours." The older boys were fairly roused by this time. "Do you mean to say, sir, that he may keep the watch ?" "Certainly, I gave it to any boy who would have it" "O, if I had known that," ex claimed one of them, "I would haye taken it" "Did I not tell you I gave it to you ?" "Oh, yes ; but I did not believe yon were in earnest" "So much the wcrse for yon. He believed me, and he has the watch." Saving faith is as simple as this. I just take God at his word, and trust him. Though it sounds too gooa to be true, Christ is the gift of God, freely and fully offered. The Wilrnot ProTlao. The Wilmot Proviso, which was destined to play an important part in poiuic8, originated at the dinner table of a political club in New Y'ork which met weekly. It was compos ed of Democrats opposed to the ex tension of slavery, and among those present on the day in question were John Van Buren, Samuel J. Tilden, John A. Kennedy, Isaac Fowler, Andrew H. Greene, and other free soil Democrats, Mr. Howe, a western member of Congress, was a guest, he having vis ited New Y'ork to confer with the Democratic opponents of slavery. During the consultation John Van Buren said that the protest against the extension of slavery introduced into Congress was not worded right He sugeested that the exact words of Jefferson in the ordinance of 'S3 and 7 should be used. This was agreed to. Mr. Howe stated that it would be difficult to introduce tbe proviso, as the Speaker would not eive the floor to any one friendly to freedom. Mr. Tilden, as the chief oreanizer of the movement to be ! made, proposed that a ruse should be played, it was agreed that each man composing the little body of sixteen to eighteen freesoilers in Congress should have a copy ot the proviso in his pocket Each should spring to the floor at the first chance and shout " Mr. Speaker !" It was thought that one of them would be recognized. ,Mr. Tilden, with other members of the club, went to Washington to aid in car rying out the plan. At the time agreed upon tbe Spar tan band, each rith tbe proviso in his band, sprang to tbe floor and in concert shouted, "Mr. Speaker!" The Speaker was bewildered. He could not ignore tbe whole crowd. He selected Judge Wilmot as the most moderate of the party, and so the Wilmot proviso passed into his tory. Ben Jferlry Poore. Dogs may not need to have their mouths shut op at this season of tbe year, bat women certainly need muslin. Cnbaa Railways. About tbe only instance ofcompe tion which I have encountered in Cuba, is that between the two lines of railway extending from Havana to MaUnzaSL In general, railway fare ia pheuoraioally high. The tar iff from Havan to Cienfuegos on the southern coast is f IS in gol J, and the railway company held a meeting not long so to ascertain, it' possible, why the receipts don't ex ceed the expenses. But a first-class fare by the longest of tbe two routes to this city is only $1.10, and by the shortest $1.50. Second and third class tares are proportionately cheap er. The long route has a train that pushes right through in two hours without stopping, save two or three times at different railway junctions. Tourists ordinarily make the trip out by one route, and back by the other. A railway train in Cuba is not such a cariosity as cne in Irdia, Burmah, or even Europe. The idl ing stock was manufactured in New England, and shipped here a few centuries ago. It consequently has a venerable, but withal familiar look to any one whose experience runs back to the primitive sort of coach es and engines that characterized the early hislory of railroading in our country. It is in the third-class coaches that you get the best glimpse of real Cu ban ine. You Bee the negroes and the Chi namen, and the poor Cubans and the Spanisa soldiers all mingling on a common level, i ou see every peasant black or white, stow some live chickens away under the seat. and you wonder, as I haye done a score of times. I have seen two thirds of the wealthy Cuban passen gers on a Bteamboat lake chickens into their first-class cabins. W hen tbe train stops at a station of some importance, in rush men and boys with various kinds of native fruits for sale, country cheese, lightning bugs, and above all, lottery tickets. The lightning-bugs are principally purchased by tourists as curiosities, for the Cuban lightning-bug, if he could be traioed to systematic illu minating habits and brought into the United States, would soon bank rupt the various electric light com panies. When it is time for the train Ij start a wrinkled, emaciated China man riogs a hand-bell lethargically. and tbe engine pulls out 1 he hrst-class car is put at tbe rear of the train, and is nearly emp ty except in the tourist season. n one railroad there is a macuine in the forward end of each coach dis playing a placard that reads, Pros- una Estacion, ."' It would not be amiss if some of our railroads thus announced to the eve as well as to the ear the name of the next sta tion, but I imagine some way would be found iu our country of Laving the moving wheels of the car operate the machine instead of sapping the life-blood of the tired conductor. Jliiitiaza L'or. XtVf Orieann Tiutr. lt;min rat. Terrible Tale. Since the invasion of Northern California by the grasshoppers there has been made a marked revival in the literature appertaining to the in teresting insect. "I remember in 71," eaid a mem- iber of the Ga-ain Exchange yester day. "I was coming across the plains. Well, sir, I was seated in a car leading a newspaper about ojon, when suddenly it grew quite dark, aud I thought sure a terrible storm was on us. It was a cloud of grass hoppers ; so thick that when they settled on the car-track they stopped the train. There was good feed where we were just then, and it brought the hoppers to a halt We wre blocked for twenty-four hours, until a snowplow was telegraphed for, and when it cut the way for us it left a bank of 'hoppers on each side higher than the smoke-stack of the locomotive." "That was pretty had," said another broker, "but I have seen worse. We were camped one sum mer in Kansa.a, making a survey for a new town. The hoppers struck us at night, and in the morning we thought thtt the end of the world had come. They were piled, sir, twenty feet deep over our encamp ment and we were nine hours tun neling out of them. If we did not happen to have a few giant powder cartridges to blast out air holes we should have been suffocated before we could have struck a shovel into the mass." "Didn't you have any of 'em?" inquired a warehouseman, who bad seen a good deal of Western life. "What do you mean ?" asked the broker. "Just this: I was caught in the same fix yoa have told about, once in Kansas. I was in charge of a mule team hauling supplies to a railroad camp. Among other things we had several thousand yards of canvass for tents fcr the men. As soon as tbe grasshoppers struck us I put my gang to work and in a short time we bad a canvass sack made, balloon fashion, only bigger than any balloon yon ever saw. Well, sir, we filled it chock full of hoppers lire hoppers and hitched it on the wagons, and when the swarm star ted to go our caged hoppers went with them." "And took off your balloon ?" "Mo, eirree ; they hauled our wa gon tor over seventy-eight miles, when they broke down and we bag ged a new lot. It beat mule power all hollow. Then it occurred to me ." But his andience had pone. and the Western man, growing, "I suppose the darn fools think I'm green.' walked off to find a more credulous and attentive auditory. Talnr of Telephone Stock. I have devoted myself to elec tricity ever since I was a boy," con cluded Mr. Chinnock in response to a question as to '.be money repre sented in electrical enterprise, " and I confess that feel more ignorant than I did at the beginning. Who can understand this mysterious force hich is becoming so important s servant to man l As to the monev represented, it is simply incalcula ble. The great telephone case, re cently decided, is said to have in volved more than $100,OOO.Cl0. al though the telephone patents have only about nine years longer to rn. In 1S7S I migbt have bought one hundred shares of telephone stock, par value $100. for $",UXand the investment would have brought me $100,000 by this time." "What are the prospects of this town for a circus ?" asked the ad vance agent of a Kentuckv citizen ; "think we'd draw a crowd ?" The citizen shook bis head dubiously. "Thar's to be a man hung here in September, an' I reckon evervbodvll be savin' up money for that"
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