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. Pa.
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A Somereet Pa.
UU ATT-RKEY-AT-LAW,
I ATTOBNEY-ATLAW,
Somertet, Pa.
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t 41 1 Sumereet, Feci.
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raw- aom on iaaeooable Una.
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DVNNIS MEYERS,
ATTOBNEY-AT-LAW,
A" Somereet, Penn a.
.....a-lbn-toe- animated to btteare will I
if
TAMES L. PUGH.
AWENEV-ArUW,
a-- rntnllM.
wttwo. uu , dellty.
M
ATT-BNEY-ATXAW,
Offlw. m Mammoth Block.
U ATTOBNEY-AT-LAW,
tmerfet,Pa.
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HEXRYRPCHELt,
Lr.. .. p.n.tnn Amu tKmert, ra.
Offlc 111 Mimmote isiaca.
HMIJ - " . . . . "
VALENTINE HAY,
. "'"LT.l-. LP Will
.UMKltoaUbii'lnoMWWMWdto hi ear wlta
inmpuwo ana natty.
10HN H.UHU
1 .
sooiariot. Pa-
(r era. awp'i'"'""'
In la Mammoth BnUdlna.
T G.OGLE.
J . ATTOKNET-AT LAW,
SomaraatPa
Protewlonal tatlnm Btraitl to J ar at
tended to with prumpiooM and fidelity.
DR. J. M. LOUTH ER,
(Foraerlj ot Suytown.)
THTSICtAS ASD SlUGtOS,
.... -- n Snnwwt f(lT the
mnln ot hl prolMl. Vlbr t doort t ol
! a ..f ni.iilrM ma v 21
mem noivt, ib iw v -n
D
R. E. W. BLOUGH,
HOWEOPiTHC . BTS1CAK AKD SVMGCOS
TmdTt hit kw to th peopla of Bomatart
ind Tlrlalty. ValW la town or rouni nvinij
tiidedo. tin lfcod atoffloe It ornlgbt.
S.ttiMrt eoracr ot DUmoad, orer Knptr'l
-(.uekton. UftWAU.
TJ H fi VTMMFT.
) tHlrthitprofo1noalr1c totha etU-
f i ru.ti. t'nU.a tknif.l.fiin.
irW 91 9UUH I fa. V SIIU HUNIJ. a " ' J'
i ecorMt ha can ha toond at hit othca, oa Main
tit eati af tha Diamond.
DR. H. BRUBAKER tenders his
IirofaMloiial ttrrll to tha etthanf of Snm
i.-t utd TtrlnltT. otfloa In mldanea oa Mala
inai aotot tha IHaBMOd.
FiR. WM. RAUCH tenders his
17 protrnlonal kitIcci to the dUnni of Som
irarttDd TtDity.
( (tmduoraait of Wayna fc Bwkablle I
nmttin nora.
Dm.I. 'BL
D
K.S. J. M. MlLLfcN,
.ri.ult Srafiury
-oacaarr. Pa.
0!t ipr!l attantloa to tha Prwatr alloa of
i-t!nii irrth. Artinrtai aeit loMrtea.
oprra'luu uaraniecd wll-fartory . Offiro la
Bht Blurk. ap flair, knirane ooa dnnr wet
"uui i jewairy stora. ocub-oo-
DR. JOHX BILI-S,
DEKT1BT.
tea ap naln In Cook A BeoritiaBloc , Somar-
m.P
DR. WILLIAM COLLINS,
DENTIST, SOMERSET, PA.
"ISeata Mammoth Block, a bora Boyd'f Dntf
stun, mum ha aa at all Ubm ba foand prapar-
U4a all kloda at work, aoch aa filllna. raaa-at-f
. artractlnc. bo. ArOScial taethof all kind a
M ot tha bait malarial laaanad. Operatiou
v&rraataa.
DR. J. K. MILLER has perma
wntlf located in Kerlta for tha prartlc of
hi ptvtaMloa. offloa oppoalt Charlaa Krlnlnir
winora, apr. i, 'TO-tf.
I la mrettnu mtven o. Sand
nu Doataaa. and b? mail ra will
Jt frtt a paraafca of pourta ol lara
alaa ihal will ... irt rk
I'M win at once brina yea la ax y laater tbaa
aenhia eiaa m Amrrira. All about tha J'JOO.ojO
pretest wlu each box. Ac.ntt wanted arart
Mn.alFithartn.ol all aaaa. for all tha time.
vew Una only, to work tor as)at their owa
"am. Fartanta fur all workart abtolntalr aa
'i. ki t delay. H. Hurr fc Co, Portland,
Buna. tana.
KITS' FUHNSHIHG GOODS
HATS AHD CAPS.
Xy Stock it an MEW, and kubeca
SELECTED WITH GREAT CARE.
It coa'.itj fa part of
SiU, Capi, Scarf Kps, Sleeve Exit
t, Sii a-i Lipen EaEker-ieS;-
Slirts, UAerw,,'i'
Sadery, TTabrellas. &t
t,ill,J Tha irtWet are too nnneroaa
Fk!f?i " ood Stal AT POP-LAB
cii Ja?"1 '" 'ha placo. BOOM NO.
-SLbLB'S BLOCK.
43. PAUL L. CASEliEER.
CHARLES HOFFMAN
MEfiCHAHT TAlLSfi.
Uoov. HefBay favaj
JpZ TTLE C LOWEST PRICES,
SATISFACTWK GUARANTEED.
SOMERSET
r
tie
VOL. XXXIV. NO. IS.
FRANK
"no. a."
Xorelty and Eureka
CLOTHES WBIXGEB8,
We are wiling at
ONLY S3.00.
Ranges, Stoves
RIDGEWAY
REFRIGERATORS.
THIRD SEASON.
A PERFECT S VCCESS.
Satisfaction Guaranteed.
:Thaea ReMireraton are tha cheapen i
Be to tha Market.
280 Washington Street,
OCTOBER.
COMPLETE STOCK
, OF
Fall M Wiilsr 30-, ii etsit isiartiEJL
Pike guaranteed tha lowest for quality.
A rnd digDlav of wool dress
fabrirai. in fancv noveltv combina-
tiott Buitings in the newest weaves
and colorings, Bouclea, Bonrettes,
Surces, Tweeds. Diagonals, Home
snnns. Plaids. StriDes Homespuns
from 40 cents to tl.25 a yard.
All Wool Tricots euitines. at 50
cents, in plain colore and mixtures-
all -fool ladies, cloth, at u cents-
special values also 65 cents.75 cents,
and tW cents.
Silks bargains as usual m black
and colored Gross Grain Silks of
standard makes colored Silks and
brocades in the New Fall colorings
a wonderfully rich and elegant
collection of Brocade Velvet in two
and three toned combinations of
color for costumes and short wraps
a large assortment of black bro
cade velvets at special low prices,
this Velvet department is away be
yond competition by any house in
this Country.
Fall wraps for Ladies, Misses and
Children Newmarkets, Raglans,
Short mantles, all the newest in
shane. Material and Trimmings
Seal Skin, genuine Alaska, Coats
and Uolmans, now open at iuwer
prices than those of last season.
Seal 1 -us Uoais at cpeciai goou
values for the money now is the
time to shop in these big retail stores
of ours.
State vour wants to our mail or
der department.
Jos. Home & Co.'s
RETAIL STORES,
613-621 Penn Ave,,
PITTSBURGH. PA-
angUMyr.
CURTIS K. GROVE.
(Eatt from Coart Houe,)
Somerset, Penn'a,
Wanafaetorar of
BUGGIES,
SLEIGHS,
CA BUIAGES,
SPBLVC WAGOKS,
BCCK WA00FS,
AND EASTERN AND WESTERN WORE
Furnished oa Short Notlea.
Painting Done on Short Time.
My work It made ant of Tkrmgklt Stuonei
Ually Cocttrocted. Neatly Finished, and
Wmmnit a Givt halt if telle.
I Employ Only Urst-Clas Vorkmen.
Repairing of AU Klndala My Una Done oa Snort
Notlea. riCEt SEASONABLE, and
All Work Warranted.
O.ll a.n PlMht HI. ark. .d lafll PHOOt.
I do Wagoo-work. and fnrnlab kieirea tar Wlad
MUla. Betrber tha place, and call In.
CURTIS K. GROVE.
( Eatt of Coart Boata,)
aprM-lyr. SOMERSET. PA.
Albbbt A. Hoaaa.
J. Soott Wabd.
HOME & WARD
tcuLiaeoaa to
EATON & BROS,
SO. 27 FIFTH AVESUE,
PITTSBURGH, PA.
SPRING, 1885.
NEW GOODS
ZYZEY LAY SFECIALTIZ3
LmkraMerlat, lacee, Milllaary, Whlta Gaait, Raatf
kerckltfk Drn, Trlamlart, Httlary, Glatw,
Carta ta Mailla lad Rarlaa UetVwear, la-
fU' t Ckhdrft't Clothlm. Ftucj
fioadt, Varat, 2tayrt, Sat-
ftalt'af H KUir
FANCt W0IK,''
Gents' Mil idi k, k
rcca rATBoviaa ta raararrr-LiT tounro
.... . 1. 1 . it i
-Orders by Mail attended to with Proa pi
Den and Di-patch
1 DMINlSTRATpR KOTIC
EAate of Heory Metiler dee'd. laU ef Soawnet
Lettan of admmlttratloa aa M akoeeettate
barl.g baau graaud ta ta andoate-ad toy the
tmin. tlifltw 1m 1. ti...h. arfva t .11
pcrtoni indebted ta tald ertatt to mke hBrnedi-
ate paymani, aaa iom aavmg -'f 'r"- agama, in
aM to prtamt them duly aatbeuUeatM for tat.
Ueaeat oa Fridaj, tha atk day of November ixtt,
at the office of. O. KimmeU, Etq la Somenet
Burough.
CATHARINE METTLEK
tep3. Admialttntrlx.
V- HAY.
; ICE CSCAM TtttCZCUS,
ICE TONCS, ICE PICKS.
LEMOW SQUEEZERS, WIRE PISH
! COVERS, FLY BRUSHES. UARPAT
: WHIPS, ETC
I' at tha ImproTod
SELF-IELT1K8 WAI STKISGS
For Sealing Frail OaaiandJan.
and Tinware.
RASGES, STOVES AHD TUWAEE,
And a General Aaaorunent of
nowe-Fnrnisl-Hg Goods.
T15-B00FIS,' SPOCTISG,
And General JolbinR,
AT LOWEST RATES.
All Work Guaranteed.
- Johnstown, Pa.
ISAAC SIMPSON,
Lira. 11B SALE Mllft
PATRIOT ST., SOMERSET. PA
if ra ITaaf fa Jay Good and Ckuf
BUGGY,
New or Second-hand, call on ma. 1 alto keep
oonnaauy on nwuu m wm, .h..
Fine Hand-made
Harness. Saddles, Bridles,
Whips,
RmliML T.rt RlankeU. and everything to be
toond In a Flrtt-claae Saddlery. Good Teamt
and Hiding Hortei alwayt ready for hire.
W ben In need or anything in my Una,
aire me a call.
ISAAC SIMPSON,
may.lS. Boaaaaar, Pa.
CALVIN HAY
BERLIN, 3? A.,
(MILI-ER'S MILL.)
MANUFACTURER OF
FLOUR & FEED!
I alwiyf kepcm hanfl a larre ttock of FLOUR
wblcb I tell at
BOTTOM PBICUS.
Wholesale and KeUIt. Ton will iara money by
haying troa ma. My ttock It alwayi I rain.
ORDERS FILLED PROMPTLY.
CatarrH
ELY'S
CREAMBALM
Cleanses the
Head. Allays
Inflammon.
Heals the Sores
Restores the
Senses af Taste
Smell. Hearing
A quick Relief.
pOt-FEVER
A positive eure-
A narticla la applied .Into each nortrll and it
arraeaMe tn tite. Price M) eenta br mail or at
Uracgina. Send forctrralar. ELY ijBOTUERS,
DrugUU, Uwi go,
THE GREAT
DU-Iiu Ssed-C
FOR
LIVER
DISEASE.
a - Bitter or bad tatte
OympiO-TlS in month : tongue
eoated white or eoaered with a browa far ; paia
la the back, thleeor jolntt often mittaken for
Bbeuai atlem aawr almweh laaa af mp
paits tumetinw-t aaoaea and watwtwath, or
udlgettioB : flatnleney and acid einetatkiet : haw
ait alternately colli ve and lax ; hvaelarliei
loea of memory, with a painful tenaatioa ot bar.
lag failed to do tometbing which ought to hare
been doaa, tfekllltr low tpirlu; a thick,
we llew appearaaea of tha tkin and eyee , a dry
ooagk i later : reetiaMaeae ; the arine la a aaty
and big h-eoioretf, and, it allowed to ttasd, depot
lu a tedlmenC
SIMMONS LIVER REGULATOR.
rCaUELY TEOETABUB.
tn ffect(ial Spfclfk Fr
MALARIA. DYSPEPSIA.
CONSTIPATION.
SICK HEADACHE,
NA CSEA,
MENTAL DEPRES
BILIOUSNESS,
JAUNDICE,
COLIC,
SION,
BOWEL COM PLAINTS
ETC.,
ETC,
ETC.
It It genmlly arad In tha Sooth to aronta the
Torpid LJTer to a neaitny acttoa.
It aeu without ditturbeBca to the avttem, diet
or orcuuatloa. K rrnlMtilk, l.lvor. and
rauKt the bile to act at the purge. TheezceMof
nue Deina mnotea, m ramie emrt it prouacao,
and health It pertaetlt raetored. The Beaulator
it given with . tnd the kappttl remit t to
the moat delleaia infant. For all dlaeaeea In
which a taxatlTe, altera tire or purgative la aeed
ad H will rtre the moat perfect taiitfartioa. The
laeaarfr, runt aaa ma tamuy jaraume la rat
Wwrttf
1 THERE 75 BI T CXI SIMM0KS LI FEB
MEGl'LATOB !
See that you get the veaalae with tha ree
S oa front of Wrapper, prepared only by
J. H. ZEILIN A CO..
eot.e raorairroaa, PHIL' A, PA.
iall-'a&.rr
$500,000 A YEAR.
StattSKat erthe AmerieaB, SaUeaal A
U. 8. as4 Caaaia Expresa Ca.
Trey, X. T.
The ttreagtb of Rome lay not In her mulUtada,
aor in her grata-ladea leeta Theae were eie
menta of ttrength. but her never-fallina leeouree
lay in the self control tad discipline ol the Bemaa
tolJtera. Dltdpltne it it the very toal of all tha
wonderful meaning poaMted by the word ".
eran." Mr. Benedict, of Trur, it a vetena in the
ezprea butlnett. Thlrty-tbree yean.'' he t3iL
to your reaonen u Tae ttoed at tiiildk." r It M
the dmeipiint of team of experience which gtree
him the peaitloa he boldtiathe trathand eaaeem
of thaw three great eorperatioM. We have a
-aatoeea of Uf.tW a year, aad I've been abaeat
from thitoffiea hvdly aawath la all that time,
althoagh I matt eonfeat that many timet I've
worked here when suOerlng great pals, for I have
been troubled aU my lira with bUiouaneaa aad
dytpeptla. My tyitem had beeotne to radaced
and weak that I had no anoetita. and r diaeatloa
wholly dltordered. Ire tr.cd varioui rtmediea,
bat almott tare yean ago I happened to bit upua ;
Dr. Kenaedv'l FAVUB1TE B cEM ED T. Ake 1
ir.ng only tape Mtte dr so I befcaa to feel Mrar.grf
fa every 'way.' Thd gveat difficulty baa beea with
Isy d.gtiaa, batthia teeaaato regaiau ttajea
feetlv. 1 1 have. Mr, great Mth ia Dr. Kearney
FAVORITE REMEDY- I have bought aad gin
in a great deal of It ta (be poor around her;
tboee, yea know, who have no money to bay medi
cine of aay kind, for there are a great mahv troub
led' with Wltcet dlaeatet aad tpfreronwlthout aJX
1 afa.l keen FATORITE U&lfvf Jn tilt)
&. I eoekdrr t tha 'beat medtrTn) fcr the
Mood la the market. Wall, I mutt attend lothie
aiattar fur the W aetata part of the city. Hay, yoa
tell the Doctor I am coming down to Roadout ta
tee him la Auguat. I waat t know him." 1 left
the veteraa. Mil at hit poet, re joking la health,
aad grateful to Dr. Kennedy. teplt-lm.
SB
is
onier
THE MESSAGE.
It was midnight, and two women
awaited different messengers under
one roof. To the elder the slow-paced
hour? were bringing death, to the
younger a bridegroom. The faded
mistress of the rich parvenu's home
bad laid down to die, facing the
doom of all with the cold stoicism
of the neglected and the unloved.
Ready to take her place, impatient
to clutch at the gauds the other de
spised, and to parade a triumph
which should have been her dishon
or was the rival.
She was a young woman, ot course.
Subtler feminine charms than bright
eyes, rosy lips always parting in a
smile, a slender figure, and auda
cious, girlish ways, were burdly like
lv to fascinate a man of John Hart-en's
character a man who had ris
en from the meanest ranks of life,
spent his years in money-getting,
and shunned rather than sought
good company in the true sense of
the word. To be put out of counte
nance by no one bad been a leading
maxim of the money-maker 's career;
whilst therefore surrounding him
self with all the glitter of opulerce,
he remained the blunt, plain spoken
homely John Harden of early days.
He was just sixty ; and the girl bus
ied with such affection of demure
ness on some foolish boarding
school beadwork could hardly be
tweotv. The pair sat opposite to
each other by the fire only inter
changing a word from time to time,
betraying nothing of their secret
thoughts to chance eavesdroppers at
the door. Yet, despite such guard
ed speech, a quick observer must
have seen at a glance how it stood
with both ; the girl's flushed cheek
and sparkling eye, the man's look of
suppressed satisfaction told their
own story. The dread messenger,
whose name is Death, as he passed
through the hushed house, made
way for a joyous successor whom
under various guises men call Love.
The hand of the costly timepiece
on the'mantel shelf pointed to 12
and the mere sign seemed to chill
the air. Mr. Harden rose to make
up the fire, as he did so letting one
hand fall on his companion's. ''It
is growing late and cold. Better go
to bed, Constance," he said, in a
voice of tender concern.
The girl allowing herself for a mo
ment to be carried away by the im-1
pulse, leaned forward ; htr Dngnt
brown curia just touched his scant
gray locks : her softly-rounded cheek
just came in contact with his own,
lined and corrugate- wun care.
"Should I leave you alone at such
a time?" she whispered. He said
nothing, but, kneeling before the
fire, making it up after methodical
fashion contrived at the same time
to transfer from bis waistcoat pock
et to her not unwilling fingers a min
ute box of crimson leather lined
with velvet Within gleamed a wed
ding ring, and as Constance Emery
gazed upon it furtively, her lover's
lace showed exultation equal to her
own.
To this shallow girl the first
glimpse of her wedding-ring meant
everything that life itself could
mean. She was nothing, possessed
nothing ; the ring would give her all
she set store by, and render her
exactly what she wished to become.
It would throw the responsibility of
her own existence upon another's
shoulders ; relieve her from the odi
ous burden of bread-winning ; "afford
ease, luxury social power and the
kind of swav over an ordinary na
ture that by such women is made to
do duty for affection. The ring, in
short, was to open wide the porta 1b
of a career after her own heart with
out it unattainable as a crown. To
the man also the ring symbolized
the aspect of life most agreeable to
him. In one respect money making
had not rendered bim callous. To
his mind a certain feminine type ev
er remained irresistible, Of ideal
loveliness, of spiritual or intellectual
beauty, it was not at all likely that
he should have tbf remotest concep
tion: but be owned the sway of
frolicsome girlhood the easy assur
ance of vounc. handsome, reckless
woman. To surface charms of look
or manner he was ever ready to do
homage. But the ring had other
and graver meaning for him. His
first marriage bad been childless.
The enormous wealth amassed so
laboriously lacked an heir. Might
not a young wife make him the
proud father of blooming children ?
I be tiny box consigned to its bid
ing place, Mr. Harden fetched from
the lobby close by a carriage-cloak
Mned with rare fur. and bestowed it
carefully about the girl's shoulders.
He next went to the sideboard, and,
half filling a glass with wine, "Do
not let yourself get chill or faint
then." he Eaid softly, standing over
her, lass in band.
She just sipped the wiue and put
back the gloss, smiling gratelullv.
He returned to the sideboard, swal
lowed the remainder of the wine,
then sat down in his old place by
the fire. Just then the door was
tapped lightly, and an elderly .home
ly woman-servant made her appear
ance.
If yon please, sir," she said, with
out looking at the girl, "mistress is
herself again and asks lor you.
Such a summons, unwelcome al
though it may be, was imperative.
With a lingering look at the vision
of life, youth and jollity left behind.
Mr. Harden tollowed bis bushed
conductress to the chamber of death.
II
It was a strikingly luxurious
room, punp wun rich arras or crim
son' silk1, and carpets to match, in
which the feet sank noiselessly'. On
each Bide of the Venetian looking
glass were handsome French candel
abras supported by little Loves in
tinted porcelain. On the dres$;pz
table glittered silyer tpppe scent
bottW and a woman s small' watch
set with 'diamonds. The $re had
been allowed to'burn low, and only
one small lamp jit up the silent
room and its solitary occupant
worn, white paired woppan,' wbps?
life was pearipg ils close.
It was easy to see that like her
husband, lire. Harden bad not been
born to such luxury as this; her
physiognomy as well as bis own in
dicated a homely origin. Her thin
set
ESTABLISHED 1837.
tSET, PA., WEDNESDAY.
hands still showed evidence of labor
ious toil. The heavy silk curtains
of warm red and downy quilt cover
ed with satin, were in strangest con
trast with the look of the mistress.
Twenty years of opulence had never
familiarized her with it. To the last
she looked, as indeed she felt, a
stranger in her own home.
"Go away, Anna," she said fcently
to the faithful peasant-woman who
had grown old in her service.
"Leave us alone."
The husband realized at a glance
what had happened. She had re
membered something, been remind
ed of something she wanted to say
to him at the last, and, as will often
happen in the case of the dying, a
brief return of consciousness was ac
companied by a momentary recov
ery of physical strength lasLbright
evanascent flicker of the flame of
life.
The servant withdrew, and Mrs.
Harden now beckoned the shrinking
conscience-stricken man to her bed
side. There had hitherto been no leave
taking between him and the faithful
partner of well nigh forty years,
from the beginning of her illness,
greatly to his relief, she had avoid
ed anything approaching to close,
confidential talk any allusion to
the past or the future as they more
immediately concerned themselves.
He had taken care that everything
money could do was done for her.
A London physician had been sum
moned in consultation ; fall the con
cern that decorum exacted under
the circumstances had been testified
by him ; he was constantly in the
sick room. But the solemn confi
dence, the final understanding, the
supreme valediction that might be
looked for from two human beings
who had passed almost a life-time
together, had never been uttered.
Now it became clear to him that
they were not to be separated thus.
The opportunity for a last word had
come, and she clutched at it with
almost frenzied eagerness. The ex
pression on her face be could not
misread. She was determined to
say what she had to say. She felt
confident that death would afford
her this grace consent to hold
herself aloof a little while.
"John" she began, gathering fire
and force with every word, all the
pent up indignation of years poured
forth at the last, "I have had some
thing to say to you for years past
Now I must speak, or not at all."
"You ought not to agitate your
self Bessie," he said, nervously; it
will do you harm.
"Harm I she reiterated witn a
gesture of contempt "You speak of
harm to a dying woman ! But do
not interrupt me; my time is short
John I am nl rtraid to die. I have
never been what is called a religious
woman. I was never so tender
hearted to the poor and afflicted as
I see now that I ought to have been.
But l have done my duty. As a
wife, as a woman, I have acted up
rightly. When the same moment
comes to you, when the door stands
open before you, as it does to me,
between life and death and you know
you must go the dark way, can you
suv even so much for yourself?''
She leaned forward, not looking
exactly at bim he could have borne
that belter but peering as if into lu
turity ; seeing.so he seemed to think,
what lay behind the grave and was
veiled from his own and from all
mortal eaze. The meanness, the
homeliness to the woman, vanished
indeed then.
Scmethiog more than personal
feeling the indignation born of si
lently endured wrong flashed from
her dying eyes, and white, almost
spectral features. It was not the
injured wife, the outraged woman so
much that spoke now to John Har-
dan's guilty soul as the voice of con
science itself, of awful justice, -of
awarding doom.
'I have been a hypocrite to yon
all these years. I have never once
opened my lips to you on the sub
ject of your conduct to me," she
went on in a supernaturally strong,
clear voice. "But do you suppope I
was blind or a fool ? These long
winter evenings I dragged out as
best I could alone, did 1 not know
how they were spent by you t J
was not going to Haunt myself be
fore the world 89 an insulted wife to
court the neighbors' pity for the
slights put upon me by my husband.
No: I sat alone amid all the show
so hateful to me, with unspoken
curses in my heart What right had
you to treat roe thus ? Was I the
only one of us two to grow old and
wrinkled ? If our marriage was not
blest with children, the misfortune
was mine'aa well as yours. These
things rest with the Almighty."
For a moment, a moment only,
her voice swayed to real feeling, as
she continued :
"There was a time when life was
a hard struggle to us and you be
haved kindly to me, I would have
laid down my life to make you hap
py. And I was ever a true wife to
you, John you can not deny that.
Do you remember when wekeptonr
little shop, how I used to sit up till
past midnight ironing your shirts
and mending your clothes? And.the
first time you were summoned to sit
on a lury, I was so proud to have
you go. I never told yon that I
sold my father's watch the very
watch he left me to buy your black
coat and turn you out like a gentle
man. And now
Yet one tremor more aa she sot
out the rest of the sentence ''
An4 now.'haUVou treated tns
lib' the consideration doe to a wife
tia you' eared for me at all, I should
be the first to' say to too on my dy
ing bed : "Do not fret, my dear ;
marry some rood woman ; try to bs
happy for my salts.'
'then eip 4,d indeed look at bim,
enetratfcgly and with a startling
xednese that seemed io search bis
vert sduL Clenchine her hand. a
if between himself an bf r 4190a 1 e
deadliest tof s$e added i
"po not know what will happen
a? soop as a,m put o my give ?
In spite of your caution, f see well
enough who is waiting to take my
place, Marry that ungrateful girl
we picked out of the gutter. Ring
the joy bells a year bence at the
birth of a son and heir. No good
will come of it Conscience will
OCTOBER 14, 1885.
crush your unclean heart, perjured
tongue ! You will tremble when
death stands near you, beckoning as
he now beckons me, and tremble in
vain "
White as the dying woman the
husband leaned forward with a word
of exculpation, an entreaty for par
don on his trembling lips. But it
was too late. The force of ebbing
life bad already spent itself. Mrs.
Harden ftll back unconscious on
the pillow, and as he caught her in
his arms, he saw that the end had
come. The faithful Anna, bearing
his cry for help hastened to the bed
side to find her mistress dead.
Ill
So enticing the warmth of that
luxurious fur-lined cloakosoft and
easy the arm chair in which her
patron had settled her that Con
stance Emery felt ready to drowse.
But her brain was too busy with the
future to indulge in sleep. She must,
would keep awake, in order to
think out the future as it opened to
her enlarging gaze. Perhaps the
girl was not deserving of wholesale
condemnation after all. Vulgarity
may be indeed a piece of ill fortune
as much as a wry nose or misshap
ed foot ; only to the rarely endowed
ones is it possible to burst the
chains of custom, bringing up and
heredity.
In the midst of foolishly-bewildering
dreams of silks and trinkets,
carriages and lackeys, boudoirs and
fashionable receptions, she was
aroused by the abruptest intrusion.
Risin to her feet, for she knew well
who the intruder must be, for she
was fain to clasp bis band, to whis
per an endearing word, to greet him
fondly as she bad done surrepti
ously many times before. But, at
a glance toward her patron, her
heart stood still. Clever she was
not, feminine tact she possessed in
a moderate degree ; yet she realized
in a moment, without knowing the
cause, the nature of the transforma
tion that had come over him. She
stood aghast, not venturing to step
forward, lacking courage even so
much as to utter his name.
He came close up to the table by
which she stood, holding in his
hand a small strip of paper barred
with pink.
"Constance," he said, in that
brief, hard unanswerable voice she
knew so well, though now used for
the first time to ber. "Constance, I
can not marry you. I shall never
marry again. Here is compensation
for a broken promise."
He turned up the lamp in order
that she might see what he had giv
en her. There it was plain enough
nothing could be plainer a check
for 5,000.
The astonished girl was dumb,
and be hardly knew whether as yet
she fully understood the meaning of
his words. Something else he had
to say. however, unmistakable, clear
and to the purpose also.
"It will be better for you not to
stay here any longer. I have order
ed coffee to be ready by six o'clock,
and the brougham at half-past in
time to catch the early express.
William will drive you to the sta
tion and give you a first class ticket
Mind and be ready." I
Still not a word from the scarlet
cheeked, mortified, trembling girl.
Had any one half an hour before as
sured Constance Emery that she
should thus stand silent and abash
ed in the presence of this man, she
would have laughed the prognosti
cation toscorn.
But with that quick unerring in
stinct of the dull the instinct born
of fear and self-preservation she
now recognized the fact for herself.
There was nothing she could say to
soften him, even were she mistress
of herself; blandishment, exhorta
tions, tears. woild prove ineffective
as children's dams to keep out the
tide.
Something had happened she
vaguely guessed tha truth to shut
him from her.to harden him toward
her forever.
Whilst she stood thus shrinking,
irresolute, unable to get out a sylla
ble, yet feeling that she ought to say
something on ber own behaf,anothi
er significant act told her clearly
enough, wero proofs still wanting, of
wb-t was ip Mr. Harden'1 mind.
The rich fur lined cloak in which he
had so tenderly enveloped her just
an hour ago lay on the ground. She
now saw bim pick it up, and with a
gesture not to be mistaken, lay it,
carefully folded, on his wife's favor
ite chair at the extreme end of the
room. That cloak she was not to
touch again. Then he left her in a
moment more to return. Constance
Emery looked up, and once more
ber heart stood still. He had re
pented of this cool abruptD?, this
uudeserved colduesa, and was come
to whisper a tender word in her ear,
to console ber for what he had per
haps been forced into by s death
scene. He csme back to the table,
leaving the door ajar.
"Take good care of that piece of
paper," was all he said, as he point
ed to the check.
Again the door closed ,and this time
he was indeed gone. She heard him
go to his closet on the same floor
and look himself in ; that was a sign
also she had learned to understand.
Nothing remained but to do as she
was bid. After all, be was master
in bis own house. She might weep,
remonstrate, implore she 00" &a,
stay aainst his will
HuaUUtioaporiiiied vanity and
dismay teere succeeded by other feel
Ingjtl' On the whole, perhaps, her
uodeo departure would not create
much talk in the neighborhood anjj
in the kitchen. She was YWg c
hadno relation. Wft14 it not be quite
natural for tit. Harden, In the ejes
of the world, her benefactor, only, to
send her away ?, And certainly. j
her own feelings antj inffiftaVftO
were concerned,, ouq rather be
anywhr?'anki fcog$e o( death
erts, but for th? th was
really glad to Eft.
And, lastly, bat check, when sbe
grew calm enough to think about it,
altogether altered the aspects of
things. She had no idea of Mr.
Harden 's real wealth, but the sum
ha bad just given ber in lieu of a
wedding ring seemed to her simple
eyes enormous. Whatever happen
ed, she was a great personage now.
erald
It was characteristic of the girl, as
she deposited the check at the hot
torn of her trunk and suddenly made
her preparations for departure, that
she never lor a single moment re
gretted the affection of this man or
what had passed muster for his af
fection. She only thought of his
rough flatteries, bis unfigurative
compliments, his homely admira
tion. Aut all of these, and much
mone surely awaited her in the tri
umphant future. Why should she
shed a tear for one who could part
from her then without a handclasp,
a tmile, a fond look ? She almost
felt that in time she should learn to
hate him.
True enough, punctual to the mo
ment, William waited in the porch
with the brougham
A moment later and a woman's
trunk was placed on the top ; a slen
der, girlish figure, wearing a small
crimson hat with white feather, and
tight-fitting crimson mantle border
ed with fur stepped in ; the door was
shut; and, as if divining his master's
wishes the old man-servant drove
the carriage swiftly toward the lodge
gate. IV.
What the rich man did with his
inner life from that time none knew.
Outwardly it was clear for all to
see a model of austereness, recti
tude and rigid adherence to duty.
Mr. Harden made no affectation of
piety of conversion, as the phrase
goes. He did not take to reading
bis Bible, or excessive church-going.
The exactions of conscience and
custom in this latter respect had
ever been fulfilled by him. But in
his lonely, remorse stricken widow
hood, be took to good company.
Alike in dress and manner, he affec
ted tbe air of a gentleman. As if to
challenge the world, moreover, to
say a syllable against his character,
he generally bad to reside with him
some needy clergyman or young
man preparing for holy orders, with
whom he took his meals and spent
his evenings over chess and back
gammon. He gave clerical dinner
parties, too, delighting to assemble
round bis luxurious board all tbe
clergy of the neighborhood well
pleased also, in turn, to accept invi
tations to their houses, and be initia
ted into what is called good society
generally. The world of course wel
comed the millionaire into their
ranks. He might have married
half a dozen times to his social and
moral advancement had he pleased.
From tbe first however, it was evi
dent to all that whatever John Har
den might do for the church and
society, be would never marry
again. Clerical ladies might get
money out of bim ; no woman
would ever persuade him to pur
chase a wedding ring. These dis
tractions relieved the tedium of soli
tude, and if he did not look cheer
ful, at least he invariably wore ao
expression of satisfaction. He might
well look satisfied? He was satis
fied himself in other words, as he
thought, balancing bis moral affairs,
and putting himself on the right
side of the banking book.
Nor was the widower forsaken in
moments of sickness or when in
firmities overtook him. The devo
ted Anna, whose heart had once
turned wholly against him, whose
very feminine instincts had revolted
against the Blights put upon her in
distress, now testified even affection
ate solicitude for the changed, re
pentant man. And if there was one
person in the world to whom he
ever opened bis lips on the subject
of the past it was to his wife's faith
ful servant and only friend.
lat ot his Race.
A good story is told about a purse
proud old nobleman who was trav
eling through the rural districts of
Sweden. Over in that country tbe
people do not have quite so much
respect for the titled aristocracy j
in some other localities on the coni
tinent
One day ths nobleman came rol
ling up ta a country tavern, and
&a be slopped his carriage, he cit
ed out in an imperious tone :
"Horses, landlord ; horses here at
once."
"I am very much pained to in
form you, my lord, that you will
have to wait sometime over an hour
before fresh horses can be brought
in," replied the landlord.
"How !"' violently exclairad the
nobleman, "this to me? My man,
demand horses at once."
Then, observing tha reh and
sleek-looking ho.;4 which were be
ing led nn U another carnage, he
said
"For whom are those horses?"
"They were ordered for this gen
tleman," answered the landlord,
pointing to a tall slim individual a
few paces distant
"I say, my man," called out the
nobleman to tbe slim gentleman.
"will you let me have those horses
if I pay you liberal bonus there
for?" "Not much," answered tbe slim
gentleman, "I intend to use them
myself."
"This to me !" exclaimed the no
bleman. "That's what I said, p' the
slim man.
"Perhaf j ya are not aware who
I am ?' wared the now thoroughly
agitated and irate nobleman. "I am,
sir. Field-Marshal Baron George'
Sparre, the last and only one J. say
race." '
"I am glad to feas that," said the
slim m?u. stepping into his ear
iW5w. It would be a terrible thing
to think that there might be were
of you coming. I am inclined to
think that your aa will) be a foot
race."
A ?okov KM.
A little gill ia Watertown, N. Y
dying of scarlet fever, wished to send
a kiss by letter to a little former
playmate, residing in another part
of tbe State. She kised the letter,
and had it sent The little girl who
received the letter very naturally
kissed it also, on reading the mes
sage. From that kiss she caught its
fever, and also died. This case is
well authenticated. It teaches the
necessity of great precaution in deal
ing with infectious diseases.
WHOLE NO. 1787.
Caeftal Hones of Europe, and their
Origin.
Our horse-breeders are interesting
themselves bo much now-a-days in
the horses of Furope, that we give
some of the oldest, original races,
from which the rest have largely
sprung, and some typical modern
breeds improved, and by careful
breeding brought to their present
excellence. Prominent among these,
and probably that one approaching
most nearly the original horse, un
changed by contact with men, ia tbe
Tarpan, or ud horse ot .enuai
Asia. Closely allied, are the Kiangs,
the wild horses of the northern
slopes and steppes of the Himalayas.
These are the horses upon ;which
the mounted hordes of Parthia
swept over the ricb plains of Persia
and Medea in ancient times, and
which greatly improved the breeds
of horses then used by the Persians,
and the dwellers in Mesopotamia,
and the Caucasus. Their inuence
has extended in process of time to
what is now Turkey, Greece, South
ern Europe, and the Danubian prin
cipalities ; thence, no doubt, to Ger
many and Central turope, and per
haps, by tbe Roman conquests, even
farther. The Arabians are a dis
tinct race, greatly modified by man,
yet maintained to the present day
little changed from the earliest his
toric times. They have been reared
from these early times, with regard
to the strictest rules of breeding, and
with unbroken pedigrees. I heir in
fluence upon modern horses has
been immense, and their blood is
still sought, to give quality and bot
tom, where close breeding or other
cause develops weakness of consti
tution, or any falling off from typic
al excellence. We have the breed,
of races of Morocco and Barbary, in
Africa, and of tbe Russian Steppes,
and Moldavia, as examples of tbe
effects of mingling Arabian blood
with that of the native races of these
countries, modified largely, as inti
mated in the case of European
horses, by the blood of the wild
horses of Asia, particularly by that
introduced by the Parthians.
The English thoroughbred is es
sentially of pure Oriental blood, al
though doubtless somewhat modi
fied by unknown admixtures of that
of tbe original British horse, before
the days of stud-books, and the most
careful breeding, which has prevail
ed during the past two hundred
years. He is much larger than the
Arab, and is preferred by modern
breeders as a source of the highest
qualities of the horse speed, bot
tom, style, action and constitution.
He has given the finest characteris
tics to all the breeds of England arid
America, excepting only the native
breeds of ponies, and of the heavy
draft horses of England and Scot
land, which last affiliate closely with
the heavy horses of Flanders and
Denmark. Examples of this im
provement are seen in the superb
Cleveland Bays, used chiefly as car
riage horses, and in the excellent
Suffolk Punch, an admirable horse-
of-all-work, while the English hunt
er, which is not a breed, but a high
bred grade, is doubtless the best
saddle horse and heavy weight car
ter for rough work to be found in
the world in fact, a typical war-
eorse for the uses of modern (warfare.
The French horses have been greatly
improved since tbe times of the
crusades, by the the introduction of
Arabian, and in some cases Barbary
and Spanish (Andalusian) blood.
Promineut among these are the
Percheron, which show the Arabian
blood prominently ; the Melleraud.
which was modified by ntive Brit
ish blood prior to the crusades, and
by Arab blood since ; the Crotentin,
which shows the influence of the
Danish horse; tbe Limosine, ia
which the Arab, through its congen
er, the Barb, has been the improving
influence. Than we have the horse
of Boulogne, alfiliating with those of
Rurgundy and Flanders, which as
now bred, are taking a prominent
rank among draft horses. The horses
of Germany owe their excellence,
and among them are many of good
quality, to crosses with tbe Arabian
and with the English thorough
bred, or both but largely to a mag
nificent Arab stallion, given by the
Empress Catharine 2d, of PaUj.a, to
the Austrian General Kuimitx. and
by him to Count UnJenau, who
ith bim established a breed which.
like the Qriorfs of Russia, have been
exceedingly useful in improving tbe
Stock of otner breeding studs.
His
name was Turkham Atti.
Tbe World's Champion,
Mr. Edward Hanlan, the
great
con-
oarsman, and until bis recent
test with Beach in Australia, the
champion of the world, may certain
ly be looked upon as an authority
in everything affecting athletic
sports. Before leaving Australia for
this country, be wrote a letter in
which be stated that hehad used St
Jacobs Oil with the most beneckd
results. He found it a reliaU rem
edy for muscular paioa ia the arms j It is related that a gentleman from
and limbs, and rstthis persona ex-1 some northern city entered Mr. Lin
perience Ux great pleasure in rec-j coin's private office in the spring or
omm jnding it No stronger proof j 1S3, and earnestly requested a pass
oi the truth of what is claimed for to Richmond. " A pass to Ricb-
St Jacob's Oil can be furnished than
this, and it will undoubtedly carry
great weight with aU thoughtful and
intelligent peoae.
Mopped It
"Is your pa at boms, little girl ?"
"Yes sir; do yea wish to see
him ?" I
" Ye-' , j
Rnt wnu bud. knnm la if rnn i
do see bim.
W", -ww - - J
Why, what. the matter?"
MYeU, y oa see, out in the country.
oa our farm, a man and his wife
got to fighting, and pa tried to stop
them."
"Oh, indeed !"
"Yes ; you'd better call again. You
wouldn't know pa now.'
A peculiar virtue in Ayer's Sarsa-1 servatives are to control the govern
parilla is that while it cleanses and i ment About two million new elec-
...... .. la . ' 1 1 a-l- a ' . 1 1 . "
purges tbe blood lrom all corrup
tions and impurities, and thereby
roots out disease, it builds up and
invigorates tbe whole system, and
makes one young again.
"Beware of imitations,"
monkey eaid to the dude.
as the
Tha Belailoa of flaato to Health.
An eminent physician cites a rase
in which his sister, ajed fifty years,
was afflicted with tubercular con
sumption, her death, as the natural
result of such a terrible dLs-S.e, be
ing expected at any time, but being
an ardent lover of plants and flow
ers, she was daily accustomed to
move among her plants, of which
she possessed a large number, in her
sleeping room as well as many oth
er specimens in bedj outside. Her
f.iends reproved her for sleeping in
the same room with her plant. ; but
the years came and went, and she
was still found moving abont among
her flowers in her eightieth year,
surviving those who many years be
fore predicted her immediate demise,
as the result of her imprudence.
Who will say but what the exhala
tions from her numerous plants, in
creasing the humidity of the atmos
phere in which ehe lived, prolonged
her life? The above ia but one of
many cases, in which tuberculp.r con
sumption has been arrested and
sometimes wholly cured by tbe san
itary effects produced by working
among plants for a considerable
time. We know of cases in which
druggisU, ministers, students from
school, were compelled to relinquish
their chosen vocations on account
failing health, and resorted to the
nursery or hot-hous. In almost
every instance restoration to vigor
ous health was the result We con
tend, therefore, that the old super
stition that house plants are inju
rious to health, is nothing but a
myth.
Soila
ad Se?aaona Afreet
Grapea.
Quality of
Perhaps no fruit varies more ia
the quality of its flavor, as affected
by location and the seasons, than
the grape. The same variety which.
is rich and luscious in one place, U
poor and tasteless in another. The
Concord is a fine grape in southern
New Jersey, but inferior in the nor
thern part of the State : it is Urea
and rich when grown on the shalr
banks of the lakes ot Western New
York, but email and insipid on th
clay soil at the foot of some of thesi
lakes. On the best of soils, a mark
ed difference is made in the charac
ter of the grape by the season. A
summer rich in sunshine, and fre
from prolonged rains and periods of
cloudy weather, with a late and
beautiful fall, will produce grapes of
a qualtiy that is never eeen in ordi
nary seasons. Even the most com
mon varieties attain a sweetness and
a flavor which rank them with tha
better kinds. In such a vesr, the
Concord contains a double mouth
ful one in the pulp, and one in tho
skin. Tbe Catawba grows almost
as dark as the Isabella, and the Di
ana colors a perfect purple, and loses
entirely the peculiar "catty" flavtr
of other seasons.
Some approach to this perfectioa
may be made by artificial means. If
a vine is trained against the south
ern side of a porch, and over a tio.
roof having reflected heat, the sizs
and quality of the grape will sur
pass that grown on the open trelli.4.
Our native varieties, grown in a cold
grapery, change their natural char
acteristics. Tbe Iona loses its sharp
and sprightly flavor, and becomes a
mild, sweet grpe, much resembling
its foreign sisters.
These facts will account for the
varying reports that are given, year
by year, of aU varieties of grapes.
While a few succeed over a wide ex
tent of territory, there is not one
which has not been condemned aa
worthless, by some one, for some
place. The same grape, also, fails
or succeeds in the same locality, ii
different seasons. This should teaci
us to be careful about discarding a
variety, without continued trials
throughout successive seasons. The
grape that fails at first, may be th
very one to succeed in the futum
Some of our choicest kinds will suc
ceed under the best conditions, ami
if we can aid in producing theso
conditions, we add another elemen .
to the enjoyment and rewards cf
fruit culture.
-In the Saddle.'1
If the reports of that red-hot anti
Mahone Journal, the New York
Sun, are correct the Democrat rf
Virginia are again " in the saddle,"
inflaming sectional animosity an 1
appealing to the tebel spirit that
dominated the "Obi Dominion"
quarter of a century since. The Smi
says:
" General Fitz Hugh Lee Lt mi'f
riding across the country, accoui
panied by large bands of mounted
men, who call themselves tbe Fits
Lee Cavalry. Fitz Hugh Lee ride,
in the saddle used by his uncle.
General Robert E. Lee, and the bat
tle flag, torn and bl.-ickened, whic.'t
was osed by Ricketl's division in it I
Gettysburg charge, i borne in fron ;
while an old cavalry trumpeter her
alds the approach of the body. Af
ter riding ail day, the cavalcade i.-t
met at nightfall by a similar body,
and the others ride back home. In
this fashion Gen. Lee rides all over
the State, and creates great enthusi
asm. And yet neither the Philadelphia
2im., tbe Lancaster ntffli'jr -r.
nor any other of the Democratic or
gans, so fur as we have observed,
have a word to say against this bold
attempt to revive sectional animos
ity. But they join in a hypocritical
bowl against the Republicans who
demand that fair play be accorded
to the colored voters of the Southern.
Sutei.
Llncolo a Pa
1 o Respected.
mond !" exclaimed the President :
" why, my dear sir, if I should giv
vou one it would do no good: You
j may tbink it very strange, but there
I is a lot of feliows between here and
i Richmond who either cant read, or
are prejudiced against every man
who totes a pass from me. I havo
gives McClellan and more than.
j0,(jCO others passes to Ricbawnd.
and not a darned one of 'era has yet
rr.H jV,r "
jV.a.. .&...
The EnglMh UtetHaa
The 14th of November has been
fixed by tbe English Government as
the parliamentary election day, and
both parties are already actively pre
paring for the campaign, which will
be exciting, as on its result will de
pend whether the Liberals or Con-
tors will iue par. iu ui eiecuons.
under tbe new franchise bill, and the
result will be determined largely by
this new element The Liberals are
confident of winning, but there are.
some dissensions among tbe leaders
as to future policy, both foreign and
internal.