IJU J fbe Somerset Herald ,.- m an. reTtjxs of Publication. ar,lv mlii a SB BO -.Jj&A ' tandvaaea: atharwlt. kl M ' . m ehargud. I 411 h. iIi.iiumiImbsS mtg atl t3BW lpUB. . m-u - - th nk. 1 stf" - itam Mtiiffin ta ea- rw"-' aW.14 r1 " 01 " " -tprBtatleB. Addreai The Somerset Herald, Somerset. Fa. J. B. O'OWlfltOK. huXBKCVT, Pa. agDaA. wx"-- . a wk & RmiHii' Kloc.k- EORGE R. SCULL, G Somerset Pa. J .T.AW. SOMCTMS Fk. j KOOSER, ATTORNET-AT-tAW, Somerset, Pa, HSESDSLEY. ATTORNET-AT-EAW, - Somerset, P W ATTORXEYAT-I-A M l 1 11 P. A Somerset, Pana'a. B SCULI. V ATTORNEY-AT LAW. i Somerset, Pa. H L BAER, a TTt I RN EI -AT-LA W , , -cUce Snrt and adB oBthA. . . .Rinses entrusted ta bub CnrFROTH & uunxu ' iTwwnntw. . . .k..... MM will tM lia " I " WW"' t J.COLBOKS. edoro.eaoB.blterma. ttttlLIAM h. koontz. PnnUn Houm Bow. DENSE MEYERS. t . TAMES L. PUGH, Ottee, mpuM la Mucmota moca. taiiv n in V MEL. ,1 AnX.KNEV-AT.LAW. v Scet,Pa. will ettend to ill rtrirt to bit mn JlerU J a4lntow eoatoi with prompt. TTENRY F. PCHELL, Kl a .DKTV.lT.TJl W. Bounty d FMrt Afent, tomTet, r. Omet is aauwii ow.. VALENTINE HAY, ATTORNEYAT-IJW 111 tumt u mil tattiMu .Dtrutwl to bli oar. m JOHN H.UHU I aTTuHN kt at law 7 SomorMt, Pa. TlirprenptlyattetMlto aU toloe Btmud f PIE. iaKTMTWW.." 1 T G.OGLE. i J , ATTORN ET-AT LA W, L Soawreet ra, r PnlenVttil bsrtaeM eBtmrtefl to iy ear. at MM t witb proBptaeM ana nacmj. DR. J. M. LOUTH ER, ( Foracrljr of SUitoiowtl) forinK iVD srCGEO.V. lu IhiwI permaneattf In Smnerset tor the imoc M kle pretMelea. OUim doori Wert ot D R. E. W. BLOUGH, i&JEOMTHfC rBTSICAU AVD SIBGEOS tmim klc perrloee to the people of Sooi.rwt tNlTWeltT. fellfletowa orroantry proBptly tutted to. f 'D l t olDoc aT or Dmnt nrm prleMkall7 mmed. MOm( on taifceut mm ol UUmuod, arer Knepper'i DR. H. S. KIMMEL mtoi hie mofemtaul nrrlr. to the eitl- Mf Sontaail Vtrtolir. I'nlew prolrwkw. . nnH be res be tonwt at hit olfioe, on Mala X out ot the Diamond. DR. H. BRUBAKER tendere his pr.feKlnn&l terrVe ta the rttteetu ml Som man Tiftiltr. OIBo. la raeldeno. oa Kala itnet oeMol ta. nnmoan rR. WM. RAUCH tenders his L' profemlonal nrrtoe to the cttiient of Som One door eat of Weyne A Berkeblle't arutireeun. Iiet.a'B. IS.). MrMlLLKN. Qrmdumle ia Vrmtittry ) OtTM rpertal attentioB to tbe Preeerrntlon of wnetem Teeth. Artinnai eeie aww. u wi;lont fuerenteed eattdfaotory OOip. In "n Block, ptulra. Entrano. oo. dnorweet e owl I Jewelry Store. ocugmbi. D" R. JOHN Bn.Ii?, DENTIST. tp ttaln In Cook A Boerit4B)oek,Somr- atPk. D S. WILLIAM COLLINS. DENTIST, SOMERSET, PA. 'SntaXenauiUiBloFk, abor. Boyd l Proj 'oi bre be can at ell Unwe bo foaod pr'Par 4o ill kinda of work, each a nUtnf. iw extrwUng. As. ArUfidei taeth o( all klada, k the hen material intoned. OpwnUocj wioiei. DR. J. K. MILLER has perma ently loeated In Berlin for the prartlee of "iwieenon. Offlc. oixalte CheriM Krinlnf. ""W. apr.tt.TO-tf. J -ecu puetarre. and by mall yoa will m frte a paruice of gondt ot larre i emrwif eiea evev. Send a rem., max win eian yon in w-r. once brlrot yo In money luter than cite m America. All ahoot the two on. menu with rack boa. AceMf wanted erery MR.eieitheteri.ol all ace, for all tbe time. n Um euly. to work nr ashu their own J. Furtanee fur all warkere abonlmely ae-P- t dtUy. H. HamtT A Co.. Portland, A2TD IATS AHD CAPS. r Stock te all NEW, aad bat been CTED WITH GREAT CARE. It eoaelMi ta part of Csps, Scarf Its, Sleeve Eut Sii ard lirea Eanikov ceS. Shirts, Underwear, &ey, UmtreHas. && htl'I H. The artlrle are too nnnerooi HlriV..u f' SOLU AT POPl'LAB LLiHuitr boomno- i PAUL L. CASEIiEER. WARLK HOFFMAN. I .2! STTLB 01 UWTST PRICES. WfCrOf GUARANTEED. ' 1 tie VOL. XXXIV. NO. 19. FRANK no. a. Xoyelty and Eoreka CLOTHES WRISGERS, W. are eeulag at ONLY G3.00. Ranges, Stoves RIDOKWAY REFRIGERATORS. THIRD SEASON. A PERFECT SVCCES& Satisfaction Guaranteed. :TbM HeIrt(rrmion ar. tb. uhepect mod: : Uert In the Market. : 280 Washington Street, OCTOBER COMPLETE STOCK OF ftll 131 WilllS 3033 ill E72T7 JMSlL Pileat guaranteed tbe loweet for quality. A grand display of wool dress fabrics, in fancy novelty combina tion suitings in the newest weaves and colorings, Boucles, Bourettes, Surees, Tweeds. Diagonals, Home spuns, Plaids, Stripes Homespuns from 40 cents to $1.25 a yard. All Wool Tricots suitings, at 50 cents, in plain colors and mixtures all fool ladies, cloth, at 50 cents epecial values also 65 cents,75 cents, and 90 cents. Silks bargains as usual in black and colored Gross Grain Silks of standard makes colored Silks and brocades in tbe 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 bouse in this Country. Fall wraps for Ladies, Mioses and Children Newmarkets, Raglans, Short mantles, all the newest in ehape. Material and Trimmings Seal Skin, genuine Alafka, Coats and Dolmans, now open at lower prices than those of last Season. Seal Hash Coats at Special good values for the money now ia the time to shop in these big retail stores of ours. State your wants to our mail or der department. Jos. Home & Co.'s RETAIL STORES, 613-621 Penn Ave,, PIlTSIiUUGH. PA- angUlyr CURTIS K. GROVE. (Earn from Coart Ho.se,) Somerset, Penn'a. Manufacturer of BIGGIES, SLEIGHS, CARRIAGES. SPRISG WAGOSS, BCCK WAGOSS, AND EASTERN AND WESTERN WORK Fornbjhed on Short Notice. Painting Done on Short Time. My work l mad. oat of TaorowoW. Sraewaea Wmod. and the Brtt Iron . Sfret Sabetan Ually fnetrncted. Neatly Finished, aad H erremJcrf to Ctee Mtae(lea. I Emploj Only First-Kass Workmen, Repairing of An KhxliU My Lis. Don. oa Short Notlea. PICES SEASONABLE, and All Work Warranted. a.m.11 UN aAawiUV ui' wa. va we - . - - I do WuroB-work. nd farnUh Scire, fur Wind- It ..A nr..lM. 4Tf ann tAAIII 1tVAwL. Mill, fiey W tbm piM, aa eau in. CURTIS K. GROVE, ( Eatt of Coon Hoata,) aprSO-lyT. SOMERSET. PA. Albbbt A. Koasa. J. tSoorr WiM. HORNE & WARD cocas bo a. to EATON & BROS, XO. 27 FIFTH AVENUE, PITTSBTJRQH, PA. SPRING, 1885. NEW GOODS F7E27 SAT SPECULTHS lakrelf srka, lacee, RUIIaare, WhH. 6eads, Had kerckieft. Dress Triwalafs, Hesiarr, 6levM, Cenets Besll. aad Haria. Usderwear, h- farti' aad Ckiitfres't CWHima.Faaci 6di, Ytraa, Zeekyrs, Bsb rials af Ml Kiaaa Jar FARCY WOIK, Gentf Mm Gtcfs, tt, In rotm raraoaAaa ia anratiisiJLXT aouc itj y-OrdeT by Mail attended to with Prompt uesa and lniitcb DMIHISTRATOR-S NOTICE Estate of Henry Meuler dee'd. lata of Sosaerset TowBsblp Soaterswt County, Pa. Lattar of adnualsmtioa a the ahowoetat. kavlng docb graated ( the Bnderturaad by the proper aathority, aotlca It kaiwby glvea to ail Bwraoa Indebted U said estate to make tmmadt. at. payBMBt. aad tbeat having; eialsas agaiaet the same to promt then duly aatheatloatad Air seV Ueeaent oa Frtday, the eta day of November imm. at the office ot J. O. IlimmeU, Esq la Soeserset Borough. CATHARINE KETZLER. taps. AdmsoistratrU. W - HAY. j Water Coolers, j ICE CREAM FREEEZERS, ICE TOMCS. ICK PICKS, LEMON SQUEEZERS, WISE DISH : COVERS, ELY BRUSHES. CARPET WHIPS, LTD. I'll ta. Improved SELF-IELTDIS WAI STEKGS For Sealing Fruit Cans and Jul. and Tinware. EiSGES, STOYES ASD THW1EE, Aid a OtKnl Aaratment of nsose-TuTiishicg Goods. TlX-ROOFISt:, SPOCTOG, And General JoLbiDg, AT LOWEST HATES. All Work Guaranteed. - Johnstown, Pa. ISAAC SIMPSON, LIYE1T ill SUE STABLES. PATRIOT ST., SOMERSET. PA. If Pen Wmnt to Kay a Geo a4 Caeaa BUGrGfY, New er Seeoad-aand. call oa me. 1 alto keep ooaaiaauy oa umnu w ' - ahwi .-.. - Fin. Hand-mad. Harness, Saddles, Bridles, Whips, Brtuhe. Lap-Blanket, and erenrthtnc to he fuand in a Firnelan Saddlery. Good Team! and Hiding Horeee alwaye ready for hire. When In need of anything In my Una, Kireme a call. IS A AO SIMPSON, may,lA Soaaasar, Pa. CALVIN HAY BERLIN, FA.., (MILLER'S MILL.) MANUFACTVEER OF FLOUR & FEED! I always keep on hand a larre Rork of FLOCR OOKN-MEAL. BUOKWHE.4T FLfit'K. and all kind of CHOP. Alto, ail kinds of GRAIN, which I tell at BOTTOM PRICES. Wholesale aad Retail. Yoa will sare mosey by tMijUie; Iroaa ate. au stock u always t reac. ORDEBS TILLED PEOMPTLY. Frsa fas Isfiswsolu Tissrt. AN INTERESTING LETTER. From Mr. Harry W. Olmead, Proofreader of "The Time-" The foltowina letter is eBOOBrasring sad worthy of careful cerasai. oominc. as It dues. Irotn so re liable a sonroa, ansolkited. It contains (acta of great ra.ae : IxmawArous. Ian., Oc-r. 12, 188A Da David Kisaanr, ktmdomt, '. t". 1 1 liaA a Si a : For ten yesrtl bar. leen a raflerer from disease of the kidneys, at limes to much to as to make 111. a harden. Dating this time sereral of the best physlctans in Indiana have treated me with little or no success, antil I had almost de spaired of relief. 1 then trtod several advertleed remedies, bat Birthing produced tbe desired result until a friend who had he?n relieved induced me to giro DR. DAVID KENNEDY'S FAVOR ITE REHEDY a trial. I did so. After taking ooe bottle I began to experience relief. 1 took another, aad was charmed with the result. In all I have laken four iottles. and can truly say I feel like a new man. I am confident I am en tirely cared, as it has been several months stntw I took the last medi. Ine, and there Is no Indication of a return of the disease. 1 have recommended your remedy to aseral suffering friends who have also been relieved. 1 write this to return my sin cere thanks to you for the cure whjrh has been effected la my ease, and also desire to say I think raitering bomanltv owes you a debt ef gratitude for your wooderlul scientific discovery. I .lull do all that in me lies to let all sufferers know where they may find relief, and thereby la some meaa- nre remunerat. yoa lor ta. good yoa nave done me. Wishing yoa long life aad prosperity, and thanking yoa lor proionnng my n:e. l am, U.EKT W. OLMSTEAD. Dr. KeBssoelw, r atasselatit. SI. T.. as sures the public, by a reputation which be cannot, afford toforleitor imperil, that the -Favorite Remedy " doe. invigorate the blood, caret Liver, Kidney and Bladder complaints, as well as those diseases and weaknesses pecnllar to females. Your dtugcist has It: it not, send One IHdlar to lr. Oat 11 Kennedy, Kondoot, N. x . oel-(t. no. a THE GREAT REGULATOR. Purely Vegetable. ARE YOU BILIOUS f ' Tar fipowefor arrer fait to rwrr. I most cheerfully recommeBd It to all who sutler from Billoas Altai ks or any Diseass caused by a disar ranged state of the Llvrr. iUaaaaCiTT.Hu. W. H. BERNARD. Do Yoa Want Good Digestion t I suffered Intensely with FaU Stomach. Head ache, etc. A neighbor, who bad taken Simmons Uver Regulator, told m. it was asurecura for my trouble. The first doe. I took relieved me very much, and in one week s time I was as strong and hearty as I ever was. if is fae href awdiriae 1 rvrr loot for Vyprptim. RicnucifD. Va. H. O. CRENSHAW . Do You Suffer from Constipation f Teetlmooyof HrBAW Viiim, Chfef Justice of Kim : i nave a-eo Simmons uver Regulator tor Constlratloa of my Bowels, reared by Tempora ry iMraagemeat of tb. Liver, lor tbe hut three er lour yean, and always sma mcaarm otmrju." Have You Malaria f I bare had .iprriear. with Simmons Liver Regulator sisce lute, aad regard it as the evraf esl sardirtae . far risers for diseases peculiar to malarial regtoaa. So good a medjeine dssiries oairersal eomjuaaoatloa. REV. M. B. -WHARTON. Oor. Sec Southern Baptist iheoiogieal Seminary. Safer and Better than Calomel I I hav. been sobiect to severe snails of Oonaea- tloa of th. Lirer, and have been la tbe habit of taking from IS to SO grain of Calomel, which gen erally laid me up for three er four days. Lately I have been takinr Simmon Liver Regulator, which gav. me rli.C, without aay interruption to kosineas. J. HUGO. AtiDDurroar. Ohio. J. H. ZEILIN A CO.. PHILADELPHIA, PA. PRICE $1 OO. taU-'tt-lvr I CATAHIlH nrxr f mVai m wnawnaa snbsi C I mil the Head. Allay Inflammon. Healathe8orec Restore the Sense sfTaate Smell. Hearing A quick Relief. A aartlcla If applied tnto each nostril and is aausalil. to as. Price &. cents by mall or at Draggista. Send tor circular. ELY BROTHERS, Druggist, Oweso, N. Y. '-fcgittt Sill Somerset SPINNING. Uke a bliud spinner in the stm - ' I tread my day ; I know that all (be threads will run Appointed ways ; I know each day will bring its task, -And being blind.no moret ask. " I do not know the nseorname Oftbatlspin I only know that some one came . And laid within My hand the thread, and said, " Since yon Are blind, bat one thing can yon do. Sometimes tbe threads so rough and last And tangled fly I know wild storms are sweeping past And fear that I Shall fall ; bat dare not try to And A safer place, since I am blind. I know not why, but I am sure That tint and place In some great fabric to endure rastimcfand peace My threads will have ; so from the first. Though blind, I never felt accurst. I think, perhaps, this trust has sprang From each short word Said over me when I was young. So young I beard It, knowing not tbattiod's name signed My brow, and sealed me Ilis, tho' blind. But whether this be seal or sign Within, without It matters not, Tbe bond divine I neyer doubt. I know he set me here, and still. And glad, and blind, I wait Ilis will. But listen, listen, day by day. To bear their tread Who bear the finished web away. And cat the thread, And bring God's message in the sun, "Thou poor blind spinner, work is done." BETTER THAX GOLD. Two persons stood at the garden gate ol Farmer Bray'n cottage. One was a tall, stalwart young fel low, with no beauty save a pair of dark, expressive eves, that lighted up his face with a look of intelligence and goodness. The other wa9 a fair young girl, who68 nppline hair glittered like gold in the sunlight that fell over it, and eyes of tbe clearest and softest blue. There was a changeful color in the check ?, and a conscious look in the averted eye : that felt rather than saw the earnest gaze that was direct ed toward them. "And so you are going to leave us, Amy?" "Ves. John : I am going to the city to-morrow. Don't you envy me? It doesn't seem as if 1 could survive another winter in this dull place," John Thornly winced a little at these words. "And vet vou have spent many kappy years here," be said, in a tone of gentle reproach. . . . "To be sure," responded Amy, with a toes of the bead : "when I was a child it was all very xell. But of late it does seem Millbrook grew duller every day of my life." "Then you dont think you would like to settle down here?" Amy well knew all that lay be neath those low, quietly spoken words. At one time they would have made ber heart beat with different feelings, but the newly awakened aspirations of the past week changed them to alarm at the crisis that was ap proacching, and which she was anx ious to avoid. "No, John, I don't believe that I should ever be contented to settle down in Millbrook," she said reso lutely, doing ber best to look uncon scious of the blow she knew these words inflicted on that loving and faithful heart. "Then it will be of no use for roe to tell you tbe errand on which I came to-night," he said, sadly ; "so that I will only wish you happiness in the new life that is before you. In all the gay and brilliant circles that will surround you, you will never find a friendship so true and faithful as mine. Should Borrow or misfortune overtake you, remember this!" He was gone. And as Amy watched his retreat ing form, something deeper than eor row for his sorrow touched ber heart. A thousand instances of his worth and goodness thronged upon her recollection. Would she ever find a heart as true and noble as his? But these regrets soon vanished before the bright anticipations of the future. Her uncle and aunt were wealthy and childless. They had offered her a home, and in the refined cir cle in which they moved she would be likely to find someone more con genial with her feelings. "Mr. Frederic Crowley called upon me to-day, Amy." A bright, swift color rose to the cheeks of the young girl. The face of tbe good old man sad dened as be observed it "Yes. uncle.". "He told me that he called by your permission." The grave tone in which this was spoken struck coldly on Amy's heart She.raised ber eyes to bis with a startled look. "I am sorry to hear that, my child." "Why, uncle, wbat objections can you have to Frederic Crowley ?" "I have no iaith inbim, Amy. He is a showy; brilliant man, but desti tute of the fixed principles that can alone insure your happiness." "You wrong him, uncle." "Time will show. Don't look so distressed, my child ; it you are re ally ia earnest, I will not oppose your wishes. But I cannot but think your fancy to be captivated rather than your heart Wait a few months you are both young and can afford to wait and if you con tinue to be of the same mind I will say no more." Amv yielded a ready assent to this. "She was in no hurry," she said. But she found some difficulty ia rec onciling Frederic to this delay, who manifested an impatience which se cretly delighted Amy, who looked upon it as a proof of tbe ardor and sincerity of bis love. Two months after Mr. Hunt's con versation with his niece the good EST-A-BIaI8HED 1827. SOMERSET, PA.. WEDNESDAY. old man dropped down dead in bis counting room. Upon examination his affairs were found to be in such a 6tate that it took all his estate to satisfy the de mands against it ; everything went but the house and furniture. At first Door Amy, who was over whelmed with sorrow at the loss of her kind friend aad protector, was too much engrossed to notice the change that had come over her lover. 11 is manner became constrained, and bis visits more brief and infre quent, until at last they ceased al together. Then came a letter of explanation if explanation it could be called stating that "she was lar too dear for him to wish fo entail upon her the poverty and wretchedness that would necessarily follow his selfish ly insisting on the fulfillment of their engagement lie aid not in sist upon it, but gav her back her freedom." Amy's lip curled with scorn. Before this the clouds bad begun to break away that bid from her eyes the real nature of the man who had taken such strong hold upon her imagination, if not ber heart now thev were completely dispelled. Nearly all of her gay associates dropped away horn her as well. But Amy had no time to mourn over the defection of these "'air weather friends ;m her aunt was tak en dangerously ill.'and in less than a week she too Was laid in the grave. A It was a bitter cold night, and John Thornly was seated by the glowing grate in tbe cosiest and pleasantest of all cozy and pleasant rooms. And yet, to tell the truth, his feel ing were not of the most pleasant description. He had just beard of Amy's mis fortunes, and his big,generou9 heart was all aglow with sympathy for her in her loneliness and sorrow. "How I wish she was here," he said to himself, as be glanced around him. "There is plenty of room ; if she would only come! But as John had made up his mind that he would go to the city the next morning and seek her out he beard the rumble of wheels that stopped at the door, followed by a ring of the door-bell. Then the housekeeper put in her head, saying: "Please, sir, there's a lady come in the 6tage, who says she won't give her name and business to any one but you." "Let her come in." - Only the quick eye of love could have detected anything familliar in the form so encased in wrappings as to hide every outline from view, but John's heart beat fast as be saw her enterr- b. But be made no movement toward her until the door bad closed be tween them and the curious house keeper. Then he approaceed. "It is I, John," said a half-laughing half-sobbing voice. Instantly a pair of stout arms seated her in the easy chair before the grate, and then the hands be longing to them began to divest her of shawl, furs and cloak, bringing into view tbe fair, sweet face that was so dear to him, but oh, so much paler and thinner than when he had looked upon it last! "You told me to come to you if I was in any trouble, and I have come, John." "My darling! I am so glad. And now you will stay with me always?" "Do vou reaUy wish it, John?" "You" know that I do." Warm and happy tears sprang to Amy' eyes as the arms that were from henceforth to be her refuge for all time folded tenderly around ber. "I am wiser than when I left you, John, for I have learned that a true and loving heart like yours is better than gold." A Singular Phenomenon. Sugir lake is a beautiful little body of water, and is undergoing a continual chemical change that should attract tbe attention of scien tists. Fifty years ago the average depth of water in the lake was about thirty feet, but is now only fifteen feet deep. The surface of the water stands at hieh water mark, but tbe bottom is fiiline up or rising. It is a most singular phenomenon that every year in tbe month of August the water of tbe lake becomes a milky substance, and after a little change in the temperature, small white particles like cheese cord are formed and precipitated to tbe bot tom, and are slowly, but surely, fill ing up the lake. After these parti cles are formed and settle, the water becomes clear and pure. At the rate thi9 chemical change is now going on, fifty years more and tbe water of Sugar Lake will have become solid ified into a solid loaf of sugar, or what is more probable, formed into a great bed of Limburger cheese. During the season of the year when the chemical process is in operation we have the pungent evidence to sustain the latter theory. ' Conaolinic the 'Squire. 'Squire Patterson, wearing an air! of deep concern, approached his friend, Farmer Glover, and without i speaking, leaned on tbe fence and sighed. " What's the matter, "Squire ?" j " I don't know what this coun try's comin' to. What would yon think if your daughter should run away and marry an ignorant hired man?" i " Oh, I dont know, 'Squire, but I would not take it to heart if I were you. I would try to think that it happened for tbe best" "Would yon forgive the girl?" asked the 'Squire. " Yes, I believe I would. There's no use in holding out, yoa know. When did it happen?" ; " Just a while ago." " Who performed the ceremony ?" -I did "What! . Then you could not have been opposed to tbe marriage." " Oh, it makes no difference to me," replied the 'Squire, for, yoa see, ifs yoar daughter instead of mine." OCTOBER 21, 1885. Tbe Mother, of Greet Men. The history of great men is the history of great mothers. Byron's mother was proud, ill-tempered and violent ; behold her son ! Napol eon's mother was beautiful, energet ic and ambitious ; and her son said of her, "It was my mother who first inspired me with a desire to be great" Sir Walter Scott's mother was a lover of poetry and painting; no marvel that her son is the great est of Scotia's bards. Patrick Hen ry's mother was remarkable for her conversational powers ; and ber son is the American Demosthenes. Washington's mother was pure, true and pious ; and her illustrious son exemplifies ber virtues. John Quin cy Adams' mother was distinguish ed for intelligence and piety ; of her he said, "I owe all that I am to my mother." The mother of John Wes ley was extraordinary for intellect uality, piety and executive ability ; and she is justly called "the mother of Methodism." Benjamin West, the distinguised artist, ascribed bis renown to a mother's kiss. When a youth he sketched his baby sister asleep in her cradle. In that roueh outline his mother saw the evidence of genius, and in ber maternal pride she kissed her son. In after life West was wont to say, "That kiss made me an artist" A mother's impressions have a resurrection in second childhood. Dr. Nott, so long president of Union College, relapsed into second child hood, and when restless he was ea sily quieted to sleep by Watt's cradle hymn, "Hush, my babe, lie still and slum ber." The last time he conducted family worship he forgot himself, and con cluded with tbe well-known lines beginning, "Now 1 lay me down to sleep." I do not wonder that Robert Hall said, "The family is the seminary of the social affections and the cradle sensibility, where the first elements are acquired of that tenderness and humanity which cements mankind together, and were they entirely ex tinguished the whole fabric of social institutions would be dissolved." From Christian homes come forth the saints of the Church. Recall Samuel and Jeremiah, and John the Baptist, who were sanctified from their birth. Good King Josiah knew the Lord when but eight years old. Timothy knew the Scriptures from a child. Polycarp died at the age of ninety-five years, and bad served the Lord eighty-six years ; hence he was but nine when converted. Bax ter embraced tbe Savior when a youtb, Jonathan Edwards at the age of seven. Isaac Watts at nine, Mat thew Henry at eleven and Robert Hall at twelve. I do not wonder that the famous statesmen of all nations, as Draco and Lycorgu9, and Solon, and Na poleon, and Washington gave atten tion to childhood. How precious tbe influence of mother! There is no velvet so soft as a mother's lap, no rose so sweet as a mother's cheek, no music so charming as a mother's voice. ChriMianilij Triumjihanf, Smith Had Misjudged Her. There were half a dozen of them holding down as many chairs ia a suburban drug store the other even ing, when the talk changed to tramps, thieves and burglars, and Smith said : " Well, now. but I'd like to try an experiment I am a little skittish about these desperadoes, and Mrs. Smith knows it and takes ad vantage to brag about ber own courage. She says she'd just like to find a tramp on the door step who refused to dust when she ordered him to." "Well?" asked one. " Well, suppose one of you rig up and go to the front door and demand something to eat and be mighty impudent about it. It will give her a scare and stop her bragging." The crowd fell in with the idea and one of the men donned an old bat and coat and fixed up as a tramp. Ten minutes later he was knocking at the side door, while Smith and his friends were posted across the street. It wasn't ten minutes after the tramp's first knock before he came out of the yard. He came over the fence. He was in such a hurry that he ran thirty rods before be could bring up. When Smith and the oth ers reached him he had his hat off and was feeling of his head and grit ting his teeth to keep back a groan. "Well," said Smith, "what did you do?" Told ber I wanted a bot supper p. d. q." " And what did she say V "She asked me whether I would have boned turkey or fricasseed chicken, and while I was trying to make up my mind she kicked me on the shins, struck me on the head with a club and pushed me off the steps all at tbe same time." And every one looked back and saw Mrs. Smith in trout of the bouse apparently waiting for somebody's return, and each man- gasped cut : " ell, I'll be kazooed." They Bad Pargottea It. " Say " shouted a boy in front of tbe city hall tbe other afternoon. Something like fifty men came to a dead halt "Say I your wife said I was to tell yoa not to forget to bring borne tea," continued the boy. in a louder voice. "Forty-five men wheeled, slapped their legs and granted out: " Hauged if I hadn't forgotten all about it 1" Detroit Free tret. In speaking of the junior class in the university this year, tbe profes sor said : " Tbe junior class will em brace seventeen young ladies." " It will!" exclaimed tbe young man addressed, "Great Scott! then I shall join the junior class. When a miner has been eaten by a grizzly, the western people speak of him as being admitted to the b'ar. Love is blind, bat matrimony is a great oculist ; . era Gen. Grant'. Lsust Mean age. A reunion of the veterans of Gen. Grant's old regiment tbe 21st Illin ois Volunteers, began at Neoga, 111., on Tuesday night of last week. CoL ! red Grant was given a very bearty reception. In response to requests for a spetch, the Colonel said : " I do not intend to make you a speech, for I have not been trained as a public talker. I have- here a document that I would like to read you. It is the last line written by my father upon matters pertaining to tbe war, aod has never before been made public. As h entered into the war with you for his first companions, and as he alwayy spoke,' of your regiment with affectionate interest it is fitting that you should be the first to hear his parting words. This is wbat be wrote upon tbe pa ges I hold here : " I feel that we are on the eve of a new era, when there is to be a great harmony between the Federals and Confederates. I cannot stay to be a living witness to the correctness of this prophecy, but I feel it within me that it is to be so. The univer sally kind feeling expressed for me at a time when it was supposed that each day would prove my last, seems to me the beginning of tbe auiwer to ' Let us have peace.' The expres sions of these kindly feelings were not restricted to a section of the country nor to a division of the peo ple. They came from individual citizens of all nationalities ; from all denominations, the Protestant and Catholic and the Jew, and from the various societies of the land scien-! roll ot blankets and furs. Taking tiSc, educational, religious or other-1 the trunk by the back band, the va wise. Politics did not enter into the liae in the right and tbe blankets matter at ail. I am not egotist enough to suppose all this signifi cance should be given this matter because I was the object of it But the war between the States was a very bloody and a verv costly war. One side or the other had to yield principles they deemed dearer than life before it could be brought to an end. I commanded the whole of the mighty host engaged on the vic torious side; I was. no matter wheth er deservedly so or not, a represent er of that side of the controversy. It isa significant and gratifying fact that Confederates should hare join ed heartily in this spontaneous move. I hope the good feeling in augurated may continue to the end." A general amen went up from the veterans, and tbe meeting ad journed. A Young Girl Gel $10,000 Daw age. for Breach of Promise. WiLLiAMsroRT. Oct. 9. Dushore is a pretty little town among the BIueKidge Mountains, in aulhvan county, about forty miTea from this place. For three or four days the people for miles around have been discussing a breach of promise case on trial before tbe County Court One is a girl of twenty-three and the other is a man of eeventy, the Sher iff of the county. Miss Arabella Kantner is a brunette of vivacious manner, and has been considered the belle of Laporte. Lewis Zaner, the Sheriff, has resided in the coun ty for fifty seven years. Miss Kant ner has resided in Dushore. all her life. After Bhe began to go into society Lewis Zaner was very atten tive to her. and when his wife died, in August, 1S-S4 Zaner commenced to pay her the closest attention, and finally asked her to roarrv him, promising to give her $20,000, it is alleged. Miss Kantner accepted tbe offer. Zaner went to Miss Kautner one evening, it is said, and told her that he could not mirry her in Dushore, as he was afraid of the interference ot relatives, but it she would go est be would meet her and they would he married. He would give her money to buy wedding clfthes and enough to take her to Detroit and he was to follow. Miss Kant ner arrived in Detroit bot failed to get any reply from Zaner, although she wrote to him several times. On the stand Bhe told a pitiful story of being left destitute in a strange city and she reached home at last only to find that Lewis Zan er had married another girl. Miss Kantner immediately sought the counsel of a lawyer and the case was brought up before arbitrators and wa9 brought to trial on Monday. Miss Kantner sued Zaner for $20,000 damages. Zaner tried to prove that Miss Kantner was not of good char acter, but hosts of witnesses testified to the contrary. Miss Kantner's mother is poor.but very respectable. The minister ot the church which Miss Kantner attended, Rey. G. L. Burson, gave testimony in the case. Witnesses said that Zaner had borne a bad reputation. The jury returned a verdict m Jliss Kantner s favor, awarding her $10.- 000- Protection Against Lightning. Mr. Calladon recently, addressing the French Academy of Sciences, said there was no truth in tbe popu lar supposition that a building with a metal roof, or with metal in its construction, is more likely to be struck by lightning than a building composed wholly of non-conducting materials provided there is do means Ol eiecinc commumiauon Between the metal and the earth. A bouse in Neufchatel, Switzerland, bad been ofnifV kv liohtnincr ted Knrnorl and somebody suggested that a lot of old iron stored in tbe attic had attracted the electric fluid. It was this sug gestion that brought Mr. Calladon to bis feet He said tbe iron bad nothing to do with attracting the lightning, but had probably been a cause of the burning of the building after it had been struck. The ex planation of that is that a combusti ble substances placed between two conducting surfaces (in this case the bumid atmosphere and the pile of irrnl ia trpnpmllv nre tn take fire when an electric current is passed 1 hmncrh it from one conducting hut- fare ta tbe nther. Tbe lifithtnin J having struck tbe bouse, concludes i the scientist it found its way to the metal within, and ignited whatever combustible material it passed. Well handled A pomp. 1c WHOLE NO. 17SS. A Three Armed Man. As the Garrison train stopped at Stuart a most singular looking man was seen descending the steps of the smoking cur upon the side facing the town. 1 he man was apparently : 3-5 yeans of age, stood 5 feet lO inch ea in height was poweriuny duui and would probably weijrh some where nenr 160 pounds. He had on a well-worn drab colored slouch hat and sported a full beard of a reddish cast. Deep set, dark bine eyes, a prom inent nose Hud cbic. square jaws and a head covered - with . closely a e i f .11 1 .. 'a .cropped brown hair surmounted un- usually broad shoulders, flanked by a pair ot as muscular arms as one could find in a crowd of a thousand men. But the most singular .bing about the man is the appearance of a third arm, which, starting out from between the lower points of the shoulder blades, extends out ward at least three feet from the body. The arm is of extraordinary iz9 and strength, has an easy work ing elbow, and ends with a hand of a unusual proportions, provided with a thumb and four fingers. It U carried over the right houlder when not ia use, th hand resting over the pit of the stomach. Jumping from the lower step to the ground with the ease and grace of a well trained athlete, the singu lar looking stranger went to tbe bag gage car, from whence the baggage master first shoved out a huge trunk weighing at least 150 pounds, then! a well tilled valise, and lastly a huge ' in the left hand, this freak of nature made his way to the nearest saloon across the street Of course he was observed by all observers, and many were the speculations and remarks indulged in concerning his physical structure. The stranger said his name was Orloff Kemanski, and that he was born of poor but respectable parents ; on the hanks of the Yukon river, in , Alaska, 1,500 miles above it? mouth, j While he was talking Mr. Keman- j ski rested bis natural bunds on eith- er knee, and with hi9 back arm over j his shoulder fanned himstlf v:i;or-! ously. Our informant, noticing the i ease with which he handled the odd member, ventured to inquire if it I discommoded htm in any way. f "Oh, no." said the gentleman. "On I the contrary, I find it a great con-' venience. In the first place, it is j the strongest limb I have. When I j am eating I use a fan in my extra j hand and keep tne Hies from my food. 1 can carry two buckets of water and at the same time ir.op the sweat lrom my orow or mow mv ! nose. I use that arm and hand in a thousand different wavs, sir." "Are three armed men common in your country?" "Tbey are not uncommon, sir,"' replied Kemanski. I know a great: many on the upper Yukon, among them several fernak s. A lady with three arms is very much sought after by the Y'ukon beaux, and tbey can generally have their pick among the j wealthiest dudes of the land. That; extra hand and arm are very handy about tbe house. j "A lady possessing them can cook a meal of victuals and set the table' at the same time. She can sweep j the floor and carry the baby, too, without inconvenience. But beware how you offend one of them. I once saw three boot jacks, a poker and a troom thrown at a man at once. I wouldn't part with my third arm, but I would never marry a woman with one." Butte (Jf. T.) Inter muuritain. Bird, and their Feathers. Tbe best time for seeing perfect feathering is in the winter, or on ward to the spring ; then, after a very short honeymoon, the birds t settle down to domestic drudgery i with exemplary ardor, with the re- ' suit that at the end of a few weeks : their tail feathprs are rough and ir- j regular, their pinions worn and, ragged from constant contact with the ntst in sitting ; and by the time their new suit comes at midsummer they are more than ready for it The spring, of course, is the climax rf a hirrl'a 1 i f With nrmrvnfnua care he arranges hourly his feathers, j all their markings are seen to per-' fection, and many peculiarities of, decoration are then, and then alcne, displayed. The fleshy combs and protuberances become scarlet and enlarged, and any one who has not seen a pheasant or cock grouse at this season of love would be aston ished at the alteration from his nor mal state. Tne cock pigeon swells that part of his body most adorned with iridecent feathere to make the : grandest show he can ; and every I bumble finch and small bird brush- i es up his modest finery. It is said ' that not a single bright colored feath- j er on any birds' body is left idle or undisplayed. If birds have bright colored tails they raise them to their ! highest and fullest and abase their ! head ; if bright heads, then they shake out their plume9, their eye distends, and their wattles swell.and : if, as in some cases, they have large ' tippets of feathers falling on both' sides of the head, they contrive the j bewildered hen shall Pee all the g!o-; nes ui uum bkjcis i a umiicc, uni to drag all the feathers of tbe far side j round to the near side, making such j : a hii'rp mnsa that the fko A neartv hidden, and the projecting beak' alone shows where the head must be. All this is done for the hen's benefit, and it is only done when she is near.; it all turned on her ex istence, and ceases if she is absent Brutality la the Watkmat Game?. " Mr. Dosenbury, I don't see how you, as a Christian man, can go these ' base ball matches." 1 "Why, my dear?" "Ob, there s such outrageous go- i ings on 1 It's a wonder the ', allow it!" police " To what do you refer. my love . ! w To yesterday's game, which, no ! doubt, didn't differ from any of the others. Tbe paper here says that; they knocked the pitcher all over the field. . It ' absolutely brutal" The rennaylvastia Aerolite1. ' TLe people of Southwestern Penn sylvania were startled on the 2ith of iS-ptember. by tbe occurrence of a very unusual phenomenon ; an immense aerolite had descended upou them. At first the impression prevailed that the district had been visited by an earthquake, or that a terrible explosion of natural gas had taken place, while others decided that a pretty large set of boiler? hail burst or that a gigantic blat had thrown down a large mass of rocks from some neighboring quarry. Loud detonations were beard throughout that entire section, the explosions apparently following a straight line across the country, and causing not a little consternation among the people. Tbe meteor seems to have passed from the northeast to the southwest, and the noise of its passage, which was variously described as resemb ling the rattling of heavy artillery over a solid bed or as a mighty peal of thunder, was heard over a large area of country in the neighborhood of Pittsburgh and to the south. A number of witnesses describe it as an immense mass of fire, fully as larse as the largest barns and Pennsylvania barns it will be re membered are noted for their size. A powerful flame of deep red color, which tapered off into a darker tail, seemed attached to the mass. This, however, is stated to have disap peared as the metere came nearer, and the color of the mass changed to a bluish white, which was main tained as long as it remained in sight A mail-carrier on horseback and a man who was plowing at tbe time both describe their animals as being so terrified that they remained per fectly motionless, and could not be persuaded to stir for several minutes alter the fiery visitor had disappear ed. It filially struck the earth on the farm of Mr. Buckland, in Jeffer son township, Wasbingtoth County, near the West Virginia line. The stone broke into three pieces, and became partly buried. The color is gray, with streaks of red running over it ; pos;itIy from the forma tion of sesquioxide of iron. The form is irregular.and the dimensions if correctly reported, are without precedent It is stated to be from thirty to fifty feet irr diameter, but we doubt very much that tbe state ment can bo verified. The Gibba meteorite, in the Y'ale College cabi net at New Haven, is noted for its size.but it weighs only l,fi.V pound?, and has a length of 3 f.tt 1 inches, a breadth of 2 feet 4 inches, a height of 1 foot 4 inches. It came from the Red River. A still more noted one is the Tuc son meteorite, from Sonora, Mexico, which is now in the Smithsonian Institution. It is ring-shaped, and torty-iiine inches in its greatest diameter. The most remarkable ma-sts of which we have any knowl edge have been found in South America. One discovered in the district of Chaco-Gualamba was es timated to weigh sixteen tons. These weighU and volumes would, however, be quite dwarfed by a comparison for thsoe reported for tile Pennsylvania meteorite. But there ia probably still a little ro mance attached to these accounts, and the true dimensions will not bo reached until 'ater. An odd superstition clings to me tier?, and many who witnessed this remarkable one were inspired with the dread belief that it brought with it a spirit of pestilence and fstrnine; but if these people would only call to remembrance the wide prevalence of meteoric visitors they would enrtrlude that the mo?t per sistent spirit which their imagina tion would attach to them must be quite exhausted by this time. Dr. Kleiber, of St Prtersbtinr, has cal culated that 4,950 pounds of metoric dust fall to the earth every hour, which would make fifty-nine tons a day or more than 21,-r00 tons in a year, while Professor Proctor thinks even this estimate is too small. Yet uery little damage is done by the fall of these "air stoat" for the most part of them fall upon unoc cupied ground or into the sea. Relic hunters are reported to be already at work and carrying off the metor ite by piecemeal. This seems to indicate either that the mass was very much shattered by its fall or that it has a large predominance of stony matter which would enable fragments to be broken off, for the most accomplished vandal would find difficulty in securing a souvenir from a piece ot meteoric iron. iS-t-eiiiitiir Amerii an. Finish for a Gun Stock. The stocks of guns, as they come from the stores are generally oiled or varninhed. In selecting a gun, the quality being the same, choose the oiled stock ; to finish it so that the water will not affect it and any scratch can be qnicklv remedied, tike one quarter pint of boiled lin soed oil, a piece of yellow beeswax, about an inch square, or its equiva lent in size, and if handy, add a teaspoonful of copal varnish, heat all together in a tin or earthen dish, placed on the back of the stove, stirring frequently, until the wax is all melted. Rub the stock down smooth, with very fine (Oor 00 sand paper, being careful not to touch the locks, or metal part of the gun the lr-a.-t particle, as it will show every time : then apply the above mixture warm, with a cloth or sponge, rub bing it in well and thoroughly ; it will not harm the gun if it gets on the mountings, as it will all rub off. Stand it away for at least twenty lour hours. Then take a piece of woolen, an old stocking leg, or the like, and rub the stock well and thoroughly, cleaning out any that may remaia in the checking with a piece of soft pine orbasawood splin ter ; then apply another coat of the finish, warm or hot as before, and after standing again, rub down with the woolen rag. Three or four coats thus applied, and rubbed in, will give the stock a finish that will bring out the grain, 811 up the pores of the wood, and the more tbe gun is handled and rubbed the brighter the polish will become. Storm Sotew. In bis latest meteorological paper, Proi. E. Loomis observes that north of thirty degrees of latitude storm tracks in all longitudes almost in variably loilow an easterly course, but generally have an inclination north of east In the tropics, how ever, tendency of storm tracks is westerly or toward the northwest An interesting fact connected with tropical cyclones is that they are un known in the Pacific ocean except near tbe Asiatic coast Abe average velocity ot storms in the United States for the entire year is found to be 240 miles per hour, but in Feb ruary they travel twice as rapidly a in August
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