jljc Somerset Herald gT-" Terms of Publication. "La Wedis-dar -on " 500 sai, If P"" " bsertp" " dUoc"llaMl ttt " r P" " .Mailmi do bo take t ... t. w.m MnMuitda Mr th rab- t paper"" -om -torn-"- ha ..mo at tlx former a .vuldgtveaSt -tW present efflea. Addres The Somerset Herald, Somerset. Pa. ...VVI,C J. J, uvwi'v All""- boBBRSKT, PA, irMvTBI ESECKER, f RE ATTORNtY-ATW, clB,CT'"B'"clt-... )M1- rnrGE R. SCLLL, EU1" " . .. .v.T.LAW. G &i v Somerset Pa. I0HS r SCO 1 1 , ATTOKNtY-aTLAW, A Sumerees Pa. KOOShU, ATTORN EY-AT-LA W, Somerset, Pv F.' II. r J. .-LEV. ' ATTOKNEY-AT 1UAW, s. A bomereet, Fenn'a. pD B. SCULL, ATI01.NEY-AT-UAW, Somerset, Pa. 11 I BAER. U ATTOKNEY-ATLAW, Somerset, Pa-, iMinmeratnndadjolnlngmnUes. :rmUU. Mm 1U be promptly 1:1 I g.:UWK " O-T-II YT. m- 11 Br l PEL. nOFFBOTH & RUPPEL. C,Jt ATTORS E YS-AT-UA W. .-tmsted to their ear will be ""'VrrtMllj attended to. 1f! Me" Cn-s street, opposite the (jl'LC ATTOKNEYS-AT-UAW. . in-ru:ed w "ur car Pr0111!'1 'Tsnet w.Collertloamad. In Sum- i Vndidj.4BlD; Counties. Survej ft .'nca du reason term. ILLIAM H. KOONTZ. butneraet, r.. . .1 imtinMi ntrart- ill n P'"'r.u:,;.niE counties. a rYinui House Ku D vIS MEYEIi-s, -- J . . T- T iff A Smerset. Penn" lb0f1nMS entrusted lo hisj u cr kt.o.'istr. rt ATIORNEY-AT-tAW. Somerset, Pa. ti'w -Kb promi.ti.es. and bd.Uty. j rniTTs, ATTUKNEY-ATX.AW, oivif.aln In Mammoth Bloca. "JOHN 0. KIM M EE. V Sf merset. Pa. Will tter.J to ill lnJiness entrasted to hlf care J Tt tl'. adKlv.me; -ntleswtth prompt- vmoe on lvlio Crow ttrce. H ENRY F. SCI I ELI, ATTtiRNEY-AT LAW. . t u.-..., a ir.nt Somerset, Pa. Oltce it M.nimotn lilack. TT1TT'TI'E HAY. I a TTi Ll VV V A T-T.A W ! .n..i .u l .'.ta KAmrf t P Will Aim u 1 . - r 1 with i-inwl to ili hufinww entrusted lo b er wud TOHX H.VHL. J ATTt'RN EY-AT-LAW 0 Somerset, Pa. Wlirproaiptly sttend U all b?ln entruirted t n:m. t"ncj sw It Matnmrtli Bulidlnc. j: OGLF. ATTOKKEY-ATLA'W, Somerset !'-, Prtitf tri.itl t'Ortnesf entrusted tn my eare at tttdrttti wt th promptness and fidelity. DR. J. M. IX)UTHER. (Formerly of su.yentown.) PHV.irr.4y ASD SVRGEOS, Hu Wswd nermuiently In Somerset f"r Ihe tw.lte ot his tTolMst.. Olflre 1 doors W est ol t ratrsl HoteL In rer of Drua Store. mayil. D R. E. W. BLOUGH, boxeofathic rnrsicAS asd svrgeos TpihI.ts his serrlpes to the people of Somerset smI rlrttilty. 'llslniown it country promptly tiMjetl to. (ant found atoflice day ornlKht, Klfi pnr.sptally encatred. jrtnce on S-;J.it orn ol Dlamd. over Kneptr's fb;ure. apr-3-S-ltf. DR. H. S. KIMMEL tenders his protes.li.na! servlre to the HU nMof Sunept and Vicinity. Vnlesa profession al nuiKf! he ran be found at his othce, on Main St tan ol the Diamond. DR. II. BRUBAKER tenders his lirfilewlnnal senices to the elttxens of Som rwt nod rtrlnlty. othce In residence cn Main i'.rtt .est ot tlie Ulamond. PiR WM. RAUCH tendf-rs hi? I ' prclesrtonal services to the rltltensof Som rwtandTWnitT. (re-()tieduortast of Wayne k BerkeMle's ltrtnuT nure. liec I KL DR. S.J. M'MIIXEN. (GrMaote la Dealisfre.) M.HKK8KT. P.., (llvr tpei-ial attention to fhe Preserration of tttNitaral Teeth. Artificial sets inserted. All twiti.ms r:aranteed satisfactory. Office in K'r Bik. oiirulrs. Entrance one door west W oui i Jt.tlry Store. octatem. DR. JOHN BILI,5, DENTIST. Uffloe ip lUln tn Cook A BeerlURlock , Somer set. Pa. DR. WILLIAM CXHJJNS, HEXTIST, SOMERSET, PA. tlSosta BammMh Block, abore 7d's Drue; .liere be can at all times be found prepar ei'.'iiloall kinds ot work, such as oiling, mis. sxtracttad. kc ArUnrla) teeth of all kinds. Mot ihe best material Inserted. Operations srruiteo. J. K. MILLER has rxTnii!- l.'iiet 'tW&llT ltMtsVri t. Itaaliaa C. that ttraMiM sW fistora k ta prescurt .sera ewev. Send a. 5 I -cat. postage, and br mall v.hs will Jet frtt a iiM'Kaire ot ors ot lanre ... ... siu. mat witt start you la wore "' at imre trlns: yn tn money uster than "TttmistUe m America. All about the iSXt .ai ..i!IrM" "" '"- Aejents wanted every " ""at either sei.oi .11 a km. tur all the time, r"UTI."1" ""'J- to "ork ioru.lt their own .fortunes (it all workers aheolatelT aa Sr!l u"'llJ. H-Haiiirrfc Co., Portland, filiul( BANK ! (ESTABLISHKD 1877.) CE12LE. L EAHE1ECK. if J.FEITIS. ' President Cashier slot ajade la all paru ef tlx t'nlted CHAEQES MODERATE. 'Sr.Il'' 1ld aioney West e ean be ae t'-ilke.!,-! n on ew Tork iaai . J ff1t5'M- M"B!' and valuables liaTl v.'i 'M', 'ebraied aaiea, with 'alaisaioou,1Mlort any sum. lb .cult secured a Sax- ACCOUNTS SOLICITED. Au al holldayi otemd.-U -mv -.LJENS. VGREW & JENKINS. una d tiiiE fEiiEi PETROLEUM EXCHANGE, U5 Fourth Irene, . 1lTTSBTJSOH 0 Bought and Sold on Margin. caw " " rre.pt sepSS-Cm. 1 tie VOL. XXXIV. NO. 20. FRANK NO. 2. Novelty and Eureka C'LOTITES- WKIXGERf. We an telling at ONLY S3.00. Ranges, Stoves HIDGliWAY REFRIGERATORS. THIRD SEASON. A rETLFKCT SVCCESS. Satisfaction Guaranteed. :These Relrijrerators are the t:hespett ami: ; Meat to the Market. : 280 Washington Street, OCTOBER. COMPLETE STOCK or Fall ani Wilier gools in eren tsptmL Pilces guaranteed the lowest for quality. A grand display of wool dress fabrics, in fancy novelty combina tion guitings in the newest weaves and colorings, Boucles, Bourettes, Surires, Twwls. Diagonals, Home- nuns, Plaids, Stripes Homespuns from 40 cents to 61.25 a vard. All Wool Tricots suitings, at 50 cents, in jilain colors and mixtures all 'Tool ladies, cloth, at 50 cents pt ( ial values alao G5 cent,7o cents, and JXt cents. Silks bargains as usual in black and colored Gross Grain Snks of standard make6 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 coPtumea and short wraps j 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 fjr Ladies, Missts and Children Newmarkets, Raglans, Snort mantles, all the newest in shape. Material and Trimmings Seal Skin, genuine Alaeka, Coats and Dolmans, now open at lower prices than those of last Season. Seal PluhhCoits at Special good values for the money now is the time to shop in 'hese big retail stores of ours. State your wants to our mail or der department. Jos. Home & Co.'s RETAIL STORES, 613-621 Penn Ave., rivrsiJUKGii. pa- atiKl- lyr. CURTIS K. GROVE. (East from Court House,) Somerset, Penn'a. Manutacturer of BIGGIES SLEIGHS, CA RRIAGES, SPRISG WAGOSS, BVVK WAGOSS, AND EASTERN AND WESTERN WORK Furnl-hed on Short Notiea. Painting Done on Short Time. My work Is made out of noroufny seasewee H ood, and the csf iron tnt vm. runsi.o tially 1 onstructeil. Neatly Finished, and H'erranfrd ( Circ iKinortloa. I Isplcy Only Firrt-Cass Vcrknen. Repairing of AU Eindsin My line Done on Short Notice. PICES KEASOXABLE, and All Work Warranted. r.ll and F.zamlne mi Stock, and Learn Prices. I do Wairon-work. and furnish Selves for Wlnd- Mllls. Kc"her the place, ana can in. CURTIS K. GROVE, (East of Court House,) apr-!rT. SOMEI1SET. PA. ALSBJIT A. KoKWB. J. SOOTT Wilt. HOBNE '& WARD SlCIWU TO EATON & BROS, X0. 27 FIFTII AYESUE, PITTSBURGH, PA. SPRING. 1885. NEW GOODS E7ES7 SAY SPSCIALTISS imbreiosrlst, Laces, Millinery, White Gaoot, Hisd kerchiefi, Dress Trinatlags, Hcilery, Gletssa, Carsets Maalla and Wsrlns Usdsrwear, la finfi' 14 Chhdree's Clethiag. Faac j Gcodt, Yiras, Zsehyrs, Hitt risls ef All Kisds for FANCY W0IK, GbhIs hndttti Gds, k, k rctJB raraoaaaB la srsjcTrutLT Bolicttd 9OtAen by Mail attended to with Prompt liesa and Dispatch CHARLES HOFFMAN, MERCHANT TAILOS. (Atwv. HoOk-ir BtaiwJ LATEST STYLES IM LOWEST PRICES. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. SOMERSET PA. W- HAY. Water Coolers, ICE CREAM FREEEZEBS, ICE TONCS, ICE PICKS, LEMON SQUEEZERS, WIRE DISH : COVERS. FLY BRUSHES. CARPET WHIPS, ETO. I'H the Improved SELT-IELTDsG WAI SKIES For Scaling Fruit Cant and Jars. and Tinware. EiNGES, STOVES AND IIBWAEE, And a Qeneral Assortment of Eouse-TxirrisliiEg Goods. TI5-R00FISW, SPOCTIXG, And General Jolbing, AT LOWEST RATES. All Work Guaranteed. - JohnstoAvn, Pa ISAAC SIMPSON, LIVERY 111 SUE STABLES, PATRIOT ST.. SOMERSET. PA If IVs '( fa ffty Cood and Cheap BUGGY, New er Second-hand, call on me. 1 also keep constantly on hand a Large Assortment .1 Fine Hand-made Harness, Saddles, Whips, Bridles, Rrnshes. tD Blankets, and everything to be lound In a First-class Saddlery flood Teams tnd Kidtna Horses alwsva ready for hire. When In need ot anything in my line, Kireme acall. 1SAAO SIMPSON. may.13. SoMKasrr, Pa. CALVIN HAY BERLIN, fJV., (MILLER S MILU) MANVFACTTTRER OF FLOUR & FEED! I alwaTS keep on hand a !are stock of FLOUR CORN MEAL. HICKWHEAT FLOI'R. snd all kinds of CHOP. Also, all kinds of UKA1JV which I sell at BOTTOM PJtlCES. Wholesale and Retail. You will save money by bujioK frvm me. My stock is always t ma. OHDEES FILLED PROMPTLY. (Freas fA ndioooi Timtt. AN INTERESTING LETTER. From Mr. Harry W. Olmseadf Proofreader of "The Time." The following letter is encouraging; and worthy of careful perusal, eomlna, as it does. Irons so re liable a source, unsolicited. It contains facta ol great ra.ue : Ittmawaroi-ia. Iftn., Oct. 12, 1884. Da. David Kixkedv. Hondoul. K. . HDa8ibs Fur ten years I have leen a sutTerer from disease ol tne gtuneys. at umes so mucn so as to make lite a burden. During this time several of the oet physicians In Indiana hare treated me with little or no success, until i nao aimosx de spaired or reller. 1 then tried several anvertisea re medic, but notlilnr o rod need the desired result until a friend who had been relieved Induced me to give IH. DAVID KENNEDY'S FAVOR- ITh REMEDY atrial. I did so. After taking one buttle i began to ener!euce relief. 1 took another, and was charmed with the result. In all I have taken lour lottlea. andean trulv say feel like a new man. I am confident 1 am en tirely cured, as It has been several months slme I took'ihe last medt' Ine. and there Is no Indication ol a return ot the disease. I have recommended your remedy to aevt-ral suffering friends who have also neen reiteveo. i win. mis us mum mv aio eere thanks to you for the cure which liss been effected tn my case, and also desire to say I think raftering hamanltv owes you a debt of gratitude lor your wonderful srientiticdlseovery. I shsll do all that in me lies tn let all suflerers know where they may hod relief, and thereby In some meas ure remunerate you for the good yoa have done me. Wishing you long life and prosperity, an lhanklok you lor prolonging my life. I am. H.KHV W. OL3ISTEAD. ftr. KeaiaietalT. er Boaselasit, N. T. as snres the imbllc, bv a repnialt which he cannot afford tolorleftor Imperil, that the '-Favorite lietnedv " decs invigorate the blood, cures Liver, Klilnev and Kladder comnlalnts. as well as those diseases and weaknesses peculiar to females. Your dtnrglst has it: if not, send One I x. liar to Dr, Datli Kennedy, Rondont, N. Y. oeU-it. no. a. THE GREAT REGULATOR. Purely Vegetable. ARE YOU BILIOUS f The Regulator nerrr failt to curt. I most cheerfullv recommend It to all who suffer from Bilious Alt, ks or any Disease caused by a disar ranged state ol tne Liver. KAK8AS CITY. Mo. W.R.BERNARD. Do You Want Good Digestion P I suffered Intenselr with Full Stomach, Head ache, etc. A neighbor, who bad taken Slmmtms Liver Regulator, loiu me it was asureenre lor my trouble. The first dose I took relieved me very much, and In one week s time I was as strong and beartv as I ever was. II it Ikt brrt medicine 1 ever fool; .tor vcsi. nlCHMt.XD, V A. x&. u. vncanA w . Do You Suffer from Constipation P Testimony of Hirav Wakvkr. Chief Justice of Oa : 1 nave ued Miunoni Liver Regulator for Constipation of my Bowels, caused by a Tempora ry Derangement of the Liver, for the last three or four years, and always aril a dtcidtd bentJU." Have You Malaria ? I have had asnrlence with Simmon Liver Regulator since IMS, and regard it aa the vreaf eu ssedii it of Ike timet for diseases peculiar to malarial regions. So good a medicine deserve naiversal cumuteBoat Ion. REV. M. B. WHARTOIf, Cor. Sae.SoutlierB Baptist l heologioal SeBUaary. Safer and Better than Calomel ! I have been subject to severe spells of Conges tion of the Liver, and have been In the habit of taking from 19 to SO grains of Calomel, which gen erally laid m up for three er four days. Lately I have been tak which gave me relief, without any interrupt loo to .sing aimmons .aver K.gutasor, IU J. Business. nuutr. JaiDDLBToerr. Ohio. J. H. ZEILIN A CO., PHILADELPHIA, PA. MtlCXB $1 OO. iull.-SMrr Catah n H r fhYrf.i a. Un.tSBJ BttSBJ Cleanses the Head. Allays Inflammon. Heals theSores Restores the Senses afTaste Smell, Hearing A quick Relief. I lAY"FJskVi.R A Pe'tle cure- A partlcl la applied Into each nostril and is agreeable to use. Price so cent, bv mall sr at Dmegtsu.; Send:for.r,lreuUr. ELY BROTHERS, Druggists, Owrgo, N. V. mm omer THE SHADOW OP THE CLOUD. Kipe field and sonny skiee; A glamour on the distant hill that stand Like citadels of some enchanted land Which yet invites our eyes. A wealth of daisies spread ; A weight of redolence upon the air, From yonder crab, whose wanton blossoms there Oppressive fragrance shed. Here in its sedges deep A little pool that, full of sweet content To ripple, wind-swept, 'ueath the branches bent. Lies tranquil and asleep. High up among the bonghs The feather' d choristers of morn, that strove To fill the air with ecstacy and love. Chirp feebly as Ihey drowse. And all things yield in silence to the power Of warmth ani sunlight at the noontide hour. rnfathonied depths of blue. And rifted dusky clouds chased by the breeze Across a sea of azure, which one sees Ttie veiled sunlight through ; Which darken pond and hillock as tbey pass And cast their flying shadows on the grass. A moment, and 'tis done ; The meadow glows once more with heav'nly light. A glimpse of gloom whose momentary flight Shuts out the fadeless sun. . . a a How many a seeming ill which casts a shade Upon: life's sunny plain would be allayed, Could we but think when that U bides the sky, 'Tis but a swift cloud-shadow passing by. A LITTLE SURPRISE. It was a chilly November night when the train got into Hampden. Hampden was one of those new, unfinished places which reqmred the brightest of sunlipht, the green est trame of quivering leaves, to make them all presentable. And in the gray, uncompromising medium of the November dusk. Hampden looked dreary enough, with the dark chimneys of the new silk mill rising out of the hemlock woods, the star ing Queen Anne depot, the church which bore a strong family reeeiu blance to a child's wooden toy, and the stone quarry to the left, which reminded the thoughtful looker-on of a gigantic fortification iu an un finished 6tate. 'Humph !" Baid Mrs. Nedley, as she looked around her. "A queer place ! Her niece. Phebe. was there to meet her. with a box-waeon and a white-nosed old horse. ''Folks can't always choose where they re to live, said Phebe.who was always in a state of antagonism to Mrs. Nedley. "And Hampden is good enough for me ! "How is i'hilip r Baid Mrs. Ned ley. Philip is well," said Phebe, as she helped the ' depot-boy to hoist Aunt Nedley s trunk into the wagon. Philip Barrow waB Mrs. Nedley s favorite nephew. She had paid bis bills at' school, superintended his fortunes, snd finally purchased for him a share in the new silk mills. "He's all I've cot." said Mrs. Ned ley, "except Phebe, and Phebe and I never did hitch horses together. And I want him to succeed in the world." But within a few days a new claim ant had arisen to Aunt Nedley's pro tection and tender consideration. "To-be-sure she is no relation to i w a ta 11 T.-j. 1 me, said Mrs. ieaiey. cut ner mother was my dearest friend, and I think I will adopt her 'for my own.' " And it was scarcely an hour from the time in which she learned that Silvia Grey was au orphan, that she wrote a kind letter to the girl, invit ing her to come to the Last for a visit. "If you like it, my dear, there need be do occasion for your ever going nacx, sne wrote. we are both alone. Let us be companions to one another." She had waited and waited, and no reply nad arrived ; and while she waited a plan had developed itself in her mind. "If she is ber mother's daughter. she can't help being pretty," said Mrs Nedlev. "Phil is a handsome lad. She shall marry Phil 1" And this explains Mrs. Nedley's presence at Hampden. 1 suppose vou are still keeping house for Philip ?" said she to Phebe as they drove along in the chill twi light "No," said Phebp, skillfully guid-Ju. -u t j t.. l lue me oiu muse uuvrn ooiccu umtc in the road. "He boards, th?" said Mrs. Ned- iey. "No, he don t board, answered Phebe. "His wife keeps house for him." "What ?" said Mrs. Nedley. "He is married," announced liebe. very much in the tone in which she miehi have said "It is a cold evening," or "The train is late." 'Philip married! repeated the old lady "married ! Stop, Phebe don't drive a step further ! Turn around at once. Take me to the station. 1 11 return to Concord. "Ain't you going to see Philip ? asked Phebe. "Not if he is married, answered Mrs. Nedley, in a choked voice. . "He s got a proper nice wile.' pleaded Phebe. "You'll like her." "No I shan't!" said Mrs. iNedley. "Philip married ! Phebe, if you don't turn around, 111 get out and walk 1" Mis. Nedley's will was like ada mant, and Phebe Barrow was forced to succumb to it And so it happened that Phebe and the white-nosed pony arrived. solitary and alone, at the little cot tage of the mill superintendent nail an hour afterward. Phil came out into the porch, car rying a lamp in his band. Mrs. Phil ran after him with a pink apron tied around ber trim waist and her brown fringe of hair blowing back from her forehead. "Where's my aunt?" said Phil, as Phebe jumped out "Didn't the come?" "She came," said Phebe curtly ; "but shea gone back again. "Gone back again ?" "Yes. She didn't like it because you've got married, bo she's gone back by tbe sight-six train." "Oh, Phil !" cried Mrs. Barrow, who was a round, cherry-cheeked set ESTABLISHED 1827. SOMERSET, PA.. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 28, 1885. little woman, win soil, nazel eves and a mouth like a red rosebud. "what shall we do? Why didn't you consult her before you married me?" Phil Barrow broke into a great laugh. "My dear,,' said he, "it wasn't her consent I wanted ; it was yours. "Oh ! But, Phil, sht has done so much for you." "She's a good soul, but she's ec centric," said the mill superinten dent "Go in,Phebe,andgetyourtea." "I'm sure I can't eat a mouthful," said Mrs. Phil, despairingly. "And the biscuits I mixed myself ; and the fried chicken ; and the White Mountain cake Oh, Phil ! oh, Phil I" "Don't fret, dear 1" said Phil. "My Aunt Nedley has missed a very good supper ; that I can tell her." "But I've blighted your future !" said Mrs. Barrow, tragically seizing the sugar tongs. "We'll go io Concord to-morrow, and see the old lady," soothed Phil. "She must surrender if she sees you. wifey ! Pnebe chuckled grimly. "That. all. very well." said she; "but you forget that an old lad v and a young man don't look at a girl with the same eyes. "Hold your tongue, Phebe !' said the mill superintendent. "Where's the use of always croaking?" And then Mrs. Phil began to laugh and Phebe. who. alter her crabbed fashion, was fond of her pretty young sister-in law, laughed also, And, after all, the dainty little sup per was eaten and enjoyed, even though Aunt Nedley's face was steadlastly turned toward Concord, Her own fireside had never seemed so solitary and dreary as it did upon that November night The maids, gossiping in the kitch en, were called up to re-Kindle tne dead fire. The tea, smoky and half cold, was served, and Mrs. Nedley was just resolving to go to bed, wben Betsey brought a letter. "Postman, mum, he left it a week aeo," said she. "It had fell down back of the letter-box.' "Ah," said Mrs. Nedley, fitting on her spectacles and scrutinizing the seal and directions, - "from Silvia Grey. Now I shall have some one to love in Philip's place 1" Bnt she had not read three lines before she flung the letter indignant ly on the sulking hre. "Married I she exclaimed. "I hat child I" Is everybody crazy to get married, I wonder? And she hopes I'll excuse her, but her husband thinks Foil and nonsense ! What is her husband to me? Betsey, tnv chamber candle!" "Bless me, ma'am !" said Betsey. What has happened?" "Everything !" exclaimed Mrs. Nedley. "Don't let me be called be fore eight o'clock in the morning. I almost wish that I could go to sleep and sleep forever !" And Mrs. Nedley, in the silence and solitude of her own room, fell to thinking to what institution she could leave her money. She was sitting at ber luncheon the next day, with the cockatoo on one side of her and the poodle on the other, when Betsy opened the door. Please, ma'am," said Betsy, "com pany Beteey, said Mrs. iNedley, severe ly, "I told you I was not at home to anybody to-day !" 1 lease, ma am, giggled Betsey, "he would come in 1" "Who would come in ?" said Mrs. Nedley. "Its me, Aunt Nedley, said Philip Barrow, "and my wife. Don't be vexed I" The tall young mill superintend ent came in, with his pretty wife leaning on his arm. Won t you kiss me, Aunt Ned- ey," said Mrs. Phil, putting up the rosebud lips "for my mother's cake." "Eh 7" said Mrs. Nedley. "Didn't you get my letter?" said Philip's wife. "Letter r Mrs. Nedlev was more convinced than ever that she was asleep and dreaming. "I wrote you all about it," said Mrs. Phil. "Don't you know? I am Silvia Grey. I met Philip when he came out to Denver to look at the new mill-machinery, and he would be married immediately. He said .aa ' lrft mnnA nic Kim Aunt Nedley ?" . Jr t" - i "Yes, my dear, I will," said Mrs. Nedley, ber face brightening up lie the full moon peeping through mistwreaths. "But why didn't they tell me you were Silvia Grey ?" -Philip wanted to surprise you," said Silvia, banging ber head. "Well, be has surprised me," said Mrs. Nedley. She went back to Hampden with the mill superintendent and his wife, and slept in the pretty pink arid white bed-room which Silvia had prepared for her with so much pains; and she praised Silvia's chicken sal ad and prune-pies, and she even condescended to approye of Phebe's half-completed bilk counterpane; for life was all cvuleur de rote for her now. It is a great tbing for a woman of Mrs. Nedley's age to have her own way ! Helen Furreet Graves. A Break lo the Canal. Reading, October 15. On the six mile level near Birdsboro the bank of the Schuylkill Canal was broken away by the pressure of water last night and tbe neighboring country was flooded to the depth of several feet People in houses on the low lands hurried to their upper floors, and all their furniture and provis ions were ruined. Several narrow escapes from drowning are . reported, and one child's life was saved through the heroic exertions of its brother, who plunged into a flooded apartment and came to the surface with the babe io bis arms. Families were kept prisoners without food, fire and ! drinking water for ten and twelve 1 hours. Navigation is entirely sus pended, as the water is out of tbe canal for many miles. Oyer forty loaded boats, bound for tidewater, are laid up at this point The level will hardly be repaired this week. The Relative Talae of Wood. The time has already arrived when a more thorough and intelli gent investigation into the nature of the various woods of our native for ests and their adaptability to the different uses wherein timber is ad vantageous would prove extremely valuable. It is indeed strange that the research in this direction should be so meagre, so narrow, and discon nected. There has never been any wide and systematic investigation of the relative qualities of the different species of timber and a comparative summing up of the same. The met als and stones have been exhaustive ly studied, but we are without any camprehen8ive or authorative infor mation concerning our timbers. Pri vate investigations have been made in a small way and under differing circumstances which leaves the re sult obtained at variance. It is as tonishing how few, even among those who should know every phase ol the subject really possess any knowledge on the subject beyond the mere fact that for certain pur iose8 certain woods ru used with good results. The information of commerce, and, indeed, ol manu facture also, on such subjects, is al together traditional. Certain growths are used thus because they were found to suit tbe pupose long ago, and there has beeii, and is, a remarkable antipathy to trying ex periments to see if something ele which might be had for much less money would not serve as welL Blessed with magnificent forests, the people of this country have nev er been obliged to economize in this direction. That which was known to be good was so cheap that there was little present incentive to seek anything else, and it has not occur red that provision should be made for the future. The good timber, so considered, was used lavishly, and that which was tried by some anti quated farmer of a remote genera tion in the worm lence or some equally decisive tet and found wanting was destroyed wholesale. A timber thus found wanting in oue thing was condemned for all, and a prejudice difficult to combat grew up on the subject. From time to time it has occurred to men that as certain characteristics unfitted a giv en timber for one set of uses they might not unfit for, or might even make it especially suited to, other purposes. Such things are known to be true of the metals of almost every material, in fact known to the world. The results of personal in vestigation have been uniformly convincing that the so-called inferior woods were only inferior for certain purposes, and that every species was capable ot profitable use in some one or more of the fields of construc tion or manufacture. The rotting qualities of certain woods for which they have been condemned were found to exist only under certain conditions which could be guarded against by removal from damp, by immersion in water, by sawing thin, and a variety of other means. Cer tain woods, as tbe bard maple, which possesses little market value has been found to resist wear much bet ter than the woods hitherto most fa vored for that purpose. The tenden cies of other trees to twist and wasp has been found easy of remedv in woods supposed to possess no great beauty of grain. Condemned trees, as the sweet gum, have proved them selves susceptible of a high polish, and weather boarding and fencing (off the ground) once securely on have worn with pine or poplar. This country is scoured over for stave timber, and yet the red oak has never been tried for the purpose, 6imply because it was not the habit to make staves out of red oak. No other reason wby it should not be so used has thus far been adduced. Millions of feet of swamp oak are yearly destroyed. Straight grained, clear of knots, large in diameter, dense, and tough, it splits easy, makes superior clap-boards, and in a floor gives up grease and stains like marble, yet it is unknown t3 commerce. Thus the catalogue of native trees might be run through, and the read er would wonder at how few of them ba7e been decreed valuable. But we are bearing a time when this must change; when timber will be scarce, and the people will awaken to the enormity of the sin of de stroying the woods now considered useless. There is in accurate and scientific investigation of this sub ject a rich field for some man's am bition. When to vater Horse. The best time to water a horse is an hour before or an hour and a half after eating. If watered imme diately before eating, tbe tempera ture of the stomach is lowered be yond the digestive point, and the food is not acted upon till the tem perature gets back to where it ought to be. Suppose his master takes him to the watering trough imme diately alter eating and his stomach is full of food and he drinks a pail or two pails of water. The conse quence is thnt a portion of the food is forced out of tbe stomach and is swept along into the larger intestines without assimilation. In France some years ago we saw some horses that were going to be killed. They were fed coarse beans, and immedi ately after they were allowed to drink all the water they would, and were then killed and dissected, and some of these beans were found twenty-six feet distant from the stomach itself, in the intes tines. It Jose Fit tbe Doc. In a Sixth avenue street car filled with ladies, a ninety-pound dude sat wedged in one corner. At Twenty-third street a fat woman, hand somely dressed, and carrying a lit tle dog in her arms, got on. The little dude struggled to his feet and touched bis hat politely, remarking facetiously, this seat?" Madam, will you take i Tbe fat lady looked at i the crevice be had left and thanked j him pleasantly. "You are verv kind, sir," she said ; "I think it will just fit the dog." eraldL A Wiae Man. The following anecdote illustrates! the fact that the man who is asked ! to do an unusual thing will expect mucn more pay than tor doing a usual thing that costs him several times tbe trouble. Some years ago. before the sale of game was legalized and a present of it was thought worth the expense of carriage, an Englishman rented a moor within twenty miles of Inverness. Wish ing to send a ten-brace box of grouse to his friends in the South, he directed a servant to call upon Donald Fraser (who owned a horse and cart and made a livelihood by driving peats into tbe town), and ask him what be would charge for taking the box to Inverness. Don ald would not take it under eight shillings. Tbe demand was thought so unreasonable that tbe gentleman complained to a Scotchman who was shooting with him. The Scotchman replied that he (the Englishman) did not under stand how to bargain with the na tives, and that one of them ap proached in the right way would do the job for much less. Calling Don ald, he held the follo-ving conver sation : "Guid mornin', Donald I What's tbe price o' peats the noo ?" "Just uucbteenpence tbe load, sir." " Very weel, ye can tak' a load into my hocse in Inverness the first thing the morn's mo:nin'." "I'll dae that, and thank ye, sir. The Scotchman then walked on about twenty yards, when he sud denly turned round, and said: " By-the-by, I bae a box taesend ; j ye can juist pit it on tap o the peats." " I'll dae that, sir ; It'll no mak' muckle difference." In this way the Scotchman got a good load of peats, and tbe Eng lishman got his box of game sent for nothing. That r'amoua Bull. An old writer says that navigators pay no more atteution to a monu ment erected as evidence ot posses sion than they do " the regulation of the Popes who divide'd a great part of ihe world between the crowns ot Castile and Portugal " an observa tion which is curiously in point at present when we learn that the Spanish claim rests, in part, at least, upon the famous bull issued by rope Alexander v 1. in tbe year li'Ji. I bis celebrated document has often before been used to check the enterprise ot roving mariners; in deed, it was once cited as an objec tion against the acquisitive vovages of our own Drake ; but on that oc casion Queen Elizabeth plainly told the Spanish Ambassador that "she did not acknowledge the Spaniards to have any title by donation of the Bishop of Korue, so she knew no right they bad to any places other than those they were in actual pos session of." Her Majesty's shrewd ness had anticipated the reasoning of international jurists. In point of fact no weight now attaches to royal letters patent, or charters professing to make a grant of new territory, un less they are followed within a rea sonable time by actual occupation, and this gives occasion to the inqui ry, "What is proper occupation?" Strictly speaking, occupation can only be complete when the country is placed at the disposal of tbe oc cupying State, and this yf course is best achieved wben her colonists have settled themselves over the whole area. But how seldom this is accomplished let the history of our own colonies attest Chambers' Journal. KiKmmrra. ana ilia f hysiclan. A good anecdote is told of how Prince Bismarck became the staunch friend of bis medical adviser. Dur ing a stay at Carlsbad the German Chancellor one day feeling indispos ed, sent tor the now celebrated Dr. Schweininger, who, of course, lost no time in responding to the call. Ac cording to his wont, be began to cat echize bis patient minutely, so much so that tbe irascible Prince got angry and said, sharply : " I shall be glad if you won't ask me such a lot of questions." Schweininger, nothing daunted, replied quietly: " I am at your service. Prince, but if you wieh to be prescribed for with out being questioned I will advise you to send for a veterinary sur geon ; be will be your man." The mighty Chancellor was very wroth, and for a minute or two things looked bad for tbe daring doctor. But Prince Bismarck did not stran gle him. He thought better of it and composing himself, said : " Well, question me, then, if you must; I only hope you will prove as skillful in medicine as yon are in rude manners.', The Printer's Devil Printing used to be called the black art, and the boys who assisted the pressman were called imps." As the story runs, Aldus Manutius, a printer of Venice, took a little ne gro boy, left behind by a merchant vessel, to assist him in bis business. It soon got wind that the "imp " of Aldus was black, aDd a crowd gath ered. TBerefore showing the "imp," he said : " Be it known in Venice that I, Aldius Manutius, printer, printer to the Holy Church and Doge, have this day made a public exposure of the ' printer's devil.' All who thiak he is not flesh and blood may come and pinch him.' Thus, originated the term "printers deviL" Two Queer Cities. The State line between Tennessee and Virginia also separates the cit ies of Bristol, in the former State, and Goodson, in tbe latter. This line runs for more than a mile through Main street which is the principal business thoroughfare of both cities. Bristol and Goodson have a pop- nlation of twenty-five hundred each and the municipal, county and J state governments are entirely dis itinct WHOLE NO. 17S9. Teaching with Picture) Tested. A wan school teacher entered bookstore near Greenville, Miss., few days since, dragging after her a small fat boy, who held in one little paw a mutilated " first reader, and with tbe other wiped his weeping eyes and pug nose. " Have you any nrst readers ex ceDt these?" asked the school teacher. "Any except these ? repeated the bookman. " Wby, ma'am, these are the nice lut'e books I sold you tbe other day; surely you haven't any obiection to them? " Tbey have pictures in them, and tbe boys can t learn anything from them," said the tearful teacher. "Not learn because of the pic tures; impossible! Why, ma'am, the pictures are put there for the purpose of helping tbe scholars to learn. Allow me to give you a lea son in the art" Then turning to the boy : " Couie, sit in this chair, my man, and let me see if you are not a wise fellow ; take your book and begin here on this page; now, look good at the picture, then spell the word." The boy having cleared away suf ficient tears and dirt to enable hiai see, sat upon a chair with his stump toed boots two feet from the floor, and taking the book, began : "JJ-u-g, dog.'' " Ah," said the bookseller, " you see, ma'am?" " iow, my man," he added, sitting down and closing his eyes complacently, " now, my man, proceed." R-a-t, mouse. " P-i-g, hog," pro ceeded the boy. " No, no, not so fast," cried the bookseller, startled. "Why, you see this fellow eating cheese is too large to be a mouse, so we will call bim a rat ; and this animal eating potato parings is to small to be a hog, so we will call him a pig ; understand ? Well, go on, then, and look atten tively at the Dictures." "P-a-i-1, bucltet I-n-k, inkstand." spelled the boy, gazing at the pic tures. " No, no," cried the bookseller, and began to explain. The explan ation lasted some twenty minutes, alter which the bookseller said again : " Understand now ? Well, then, go on again, and be sure to look close at the pictures so you will know what they are." The boy be gan agtin with his nose almost touching tbe page. "V-a-t, tub. Q u-i-l-I, feather. 0-x, cow." " Step !" roared the bookseller. The boy stopped, put down the book, and took np a howl. " Madame," said tbe bookseller to the school teacher, " I will order a lot of unillustrated first readers to morrow." A Dog's Devotion. On the morning of which I speak the whole cavalcade, hunters, hors es, baggage wagons, servants, and many packs of hounds, were gather ed in our etable-yard, awaiting the signal for starting. Horns were sounding, dogs were baying, guns were clattering, eager hunters were laughing and talking, and a general excitement was over all the estab lishment Fritz's spirits were ex tremely high. He sprang up a doz en times and kissed hi- master's riding-horse, brought his master his whip and boots, and seemed fairly beside himself with joy, But Fritz was not to be of the hunting-party. On the mountains he was out of bis element an i only marred the sport ; so be was to be left at home. But his master could not bear to tell bim this, and determined not to start with the party but make a de tour and slip away unperceived. Consequently he had his horse led around to the front gate of the house intending to mount there, but Fritz was so alert and vigilant that it was impossible to elude his watchfulness. So his master took him ankle, and said in a low, but impressive tone of voice : ' Fritz, you are not to go with me. If the dog had been shot I think be could scarcely have fallen to the ground more suddenly, as if depriv ed of life. It was at the end of a long hall, that communicated the front door and front gate, where the dog had dropped. His master pat ted him affectionately, passed on and mounted his horse, but Fritz no more moved than if be were dead. His master called to him : " Good bye, Fritz!" but he lav motionless. Tbe household gathered about bim, and tried to comfort him. "Look np, Fritz, I said. "See! Your master is speaking to you," but be buried his face between his paws and seemed not to hear. When some one uaid, " Papa is gone, a low moan Durst irorn tne (leg, and this finally became a sob bing cry, which did not cease until after midday. It was one of the most piteous sounds I ever heard. We soothed and caressed bim, and brought him delicacies we knew he! liked, but be was dead to our com fortings and refused all food until, as night drew on, we began to grow a little superstitious, lest the dog's grief should presage some harm to the master. The next day. howev er, he grew more reconciled, but only recovered bis spirits upon tbe return of his master, whom he was ready to devour with joy. A Price on Indian Scalps. The settlers in several of the bor der counties of Arizona have made the secent Apacbe outrages the pre text for reviving an old local law which offers a reward of $250 for an Indian scalp. This legislation is akin to the fox and bear scalp legis lation of many of tbe States and is based upon the theory that an In dian is a dangerous and destructive wild animal, and not a human be ing at alL The idea iieerus to have caught however, and armed bodies of cow-boys are organizing in several counties for an Indian hunt In one county the reward has been increas- ed by the Commissioners to $-100, and if any Indian killing is done it is probable that proof will be fur nished that the scalps were all taken in this county. The) Most Valuable Umbers. The time is approaching when the culture of timber in America will become an exceedingly profitable industry, as it has been found in the Old World. There art circumstan ces in which natural wtalth of any kind is neglected because there is no present necessity for it. and iu the course of time, for want of ue, and through this neglect, it is supposed to be of no value, simply because it has been neglected, it is precwely the case with regard to the common timber of America. We have sup posed that pine is only fit for build ing and finishing purptes, and all other timbers, both evergreen and deciduous, have been neglected for this reason. Carpenters have scorn ed hemlock because its splinters got into their hands ; they have rejected spruce because when used green it warps and "twists off tbe roof,-' to use a commou saying, and all kinds of hard wood are considered to be o wanting in durability as to be unfit for any purpose but firewood. But for inside framing and any place where it is kept dry, hemlock is more durable and stiller and stronger than pine; spruce, when dried in a proper manner, is equally durable and is exceedingly elastic; chestnut has been known to remain perfectly sound in tbe roofs of old churches in Europe for 7U0 years. bile oak is proverbially durable and strong. In localities where pine is scarce the poplar (the tulip tree and the magnolia acuminita) is con sidered to make finer siding and in side sheathing than pine, while chestnut, various oaka, the yellow and black birches, the maples, and some other bard woods make the most elegant finishing work, all the more desirable because it needs no paint Oak for frames and flooring is far stronger than any soft wood, and if used with the care required, and learned by experience, it is as amenable to management aa any other timber whatevei. We say nothing of the more ornamental woods, of which our black walnut. ash, white walnut, birches, cherry tnd curlv maple, are unsurpassed for color and beauty by any foreign timbers. Of timbers used in the arts, the soft poplars are in demand for pa per stock; bass wood is equally val uable for the same purpose, and is the best of all timber for making carriage bodies. Hickory supplies tbe toughest material for spokes of wheels, dogwood furnishes the ma terial for weavers' shuttles; black oak supplies staves through which molasses will not penetrate; the great swamp oak splits into staves for sugar hogsheads, and is valuable for building ; for it is not absorbent of grease, has good veining, and is as durable as oak, even tor fence boards and pickets. Birch supplies all the spools for thread ; willow is used for spinners' bobbins ; in 3nort, there it not a timber tree grown that is worthless or cannot be turned to some useful purpose. And as the natural forest growth is removed from the yet uncleared land and trees arc grown for profit unthought of ues will be found for even the small growth which is now despised as wholly worthless. There is no soil so poor or so cum bered with stones that it will not 8row some kind ot titnrer. ihe poorest Baud will grow birches, white pines, spruces and white poplar. Rocky soil produces the hardest and most beautifully veined woods-; swamps will bear oaks, maples, cher ry, white walnut,and other valuable timbers, 'while uplands, of which the surface has been denuded of fer tility, will bear the best varieties of timber?, which in a few years will bring op from the deep subsoil a new supply ot fertility to enrich the surface and cover it with a deep and rich layer of black mold. Farmers who have timber lands should learn bow to preserve them ; and those who have not should learn how to plant trees and culti vate and rear them. It is not a work to be declined because tbe profit oi it is only to be realized in the future. It is a means of accu mulating wealth by a slow but sure ami steady saving year by year, and is all the more certain because it cannot be spent or lost during the gathering of it Few have an ade quate conception of the profit of the culture. In England cases are rec orded of tracts of land, useless for cultivation, have been planted with trees at the birth of a child as a her itage to be enjoyed at his majority, and at tbe end of the 21 years the timber has been sold for several hundred dollars per acre. Timber is worth more in that country than here, but the prospect is fair, con sidering the rapid consumption of it that in score of years an acre of any kind of timber planted now will be worth many times the pres ent value of tbe land, while the land itself will be greatly improved. Bookless Homes. Adreaiy place is a bookless house. See that, in founding a borne for yourself, you do not neglect the family library. We rejoice in pret ty furniture and artistic pictures, but we want to see a new book sand wiched in between every two pur chases, and newspapers and maga zines drifting around so tbickly that the very order ot the sitting room is imperiled. We never knew any thing worse than intelligent sons and daughters to grow out of such untidiness. To go to housekeeping without a family bible and unabridg ed dictionary ought to be elected a criminal offense. Here lies the be ginning of wisdom. Then we should add modern history to ancient, po etry to science. Scott, Thackeray, Dickens, Hawthorne, and Holmes to theo'oey. e should know the opinions of the best minds of to-day upon all questions of social life, of philosophy, of agriculture. We have known famous business men, keen financiers, to grow out of the bookless homes, but never the greit-hearted and tender-souled. So, parents, remembering this, glance over your libraries to see if there be not some vacancy to till op with a volume which will add to the cheer of the windy winter nights. Get for the boy a book of historv or travels ; for the girl a copy of Ten nyson, or Longfellow, or Browning eome sweet poet, who sings along tbe quiet vales of life in lang uage we all can understand. - Win them to read around tbe evening lamp, and most unconsciously their young souls will be drawn out to follow af ter those who call to follow and sing and be glad for great is the power of iDtleunce. The red rose is the national flower of England snd tbe red nose ia tbe natural flower of English beer. Tbe private fortune of Queen Victoria is reckoned up at $30,000,- 000.
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