1 rhc Somerset Herald . . Tnblication, 1 C , vt-J We-tnasdar moralsi itpW; , -V i b advaa- ; otterwia. 2 U j .-.st.1' ' . ! jc- Poattnafiars neglecting 3 tlUMh.Hresp ,nt' r-izg ortcfficetaaa utt, dud tb. former u The Somerset Herald, j - 4 T. i ... vSl.K r,1; 'rvs-ATI.AW, ru: CI FKCK KR. A ,.-,BoS-Beeriu, Wack- Bl - . ' . . : sl.TLI.. (j "l sSoxersetPa. LAW. T - KCAm;rEY-AT LAW, J , A" s.-merset, Pa. X, Somerset, Pa Met, Pent 1 uraerfct, l a. 1L 4" u . Somerset, Pa., rwi-i adtoralnareoout'.e. -" " " V. H. Kl TI Kt- V ,r-rf t their win h , ,--;. e-4 ;; y --"1 ' " ""lie. CJLBOltS. '''"" 7.".. .-. T.O.P.X. . i-.-M t fwrure i i .... 'Tr;7,HiiH KOONTZ. V-NKV-A,,.. krW-W ii"u!e K7. . .-tTO-'r-J I" blscarcUlbe -(.Jtl."'lr"rs,lrc"' .... o.'fs: -re. . .-.r; 1 ITCH. ,h fork or K"T0,ce: v.ii!.tr-..tli I--J) ffil,.e. M J 1 I;1.UrmNVV-ATXW. a " ' s.,n;erci, r- t .;' O. K1MM t' A' stcerset,P, niT y F hClIF.I.L . ATT.il.NMATI.AW. .Tit'Ssc-n;. H.-li. ' att Fxrr at i.aw .V.! t H ' es!ru' w bU emre ns I iiNH.niT.. 4 ATTOKNLY-AT.l.AWrt p C. OGLE. ATTI'ENEY-Al .:lr.a -t!r.w trort-i t tnj care at- DZ1. M. LOUTH EI!. (Funrciirol si.yp-tcn.) rin vji'U.v si bckos, .' .n.1 wnmnfrlty In Srtwt f' ,.P,.W , , M, ,,1M...n. iltir !. W "" t i citr! H.cl. In rear I DrncSu re. mat'Jl. D E. V. BLOVGH, r if'0PiTHC IHVSK'iX jl.VD Sl'KCtOA ' -.rtiif mlM to th eo).le of S"D-..rfPt i-. ririT.itv. ra'.U la t..wa .r c .an try pri-..'!y c tp n I"- fi iB'l ft'Ifict rtav ..ru.nht r.p.ri.r.a'.iy ere..i:f.!. i-Otftee vrM ntnn 1.1 DiniE. urt. crer Knt ir esi.T. a;.rs-:tt. DP. H. S. KIM'.fEL trtirtef hr (.r tml"na! frv1 to t eltl r.! s.wmi awl Yklm-.v. Vvbrr jrlri.i. i. he r.-.n ! ti and at Ut on Main S: esi "1 the llanaoiid. D ?,. TL UKURAKER lonilers U? R. WM. il.UTH tcn.l.rs t'T'if ti'Tr.! -ervice to the rt'.Ssrni1 of Sua- DR.S 2. MM 1M.KN. I'KKKKT. PA.. fy'Tt-f s jarful Jit tent I- tft tlic :s'tmi T- h. Arti(i'"1l InwrrM. All t-.T-i. n p. nrri:ed i-Ielory. iHtie in iir-T KL-rk. TT--tJit'f". l-j:traiic c I"T west Vvo-i Jwtiry S'E'TC. otiS! Cm. D1JOIIN LIT.LS. I :F NT 1ST. "tee ftnirs itl'.k fe r.MritfL!c-k,Scuier-.Pa. Du. '.VILLI AM COLLINS. 1N riST. S( O.i KKStT. PA. l!Sf !n M:.miB(.Tb li.fc. a'V K'?V Itrutf " 't wfi.-rr t, car at l! titn-s t foiir..! vr''tar :. all kii... re wh LUin. rvirn nttwtin. k; A n lnrlal tew b of all ktmi. f-:':tti:e U-t Uiitcrial inrrte.L (tpcratioaF '.rtt.'. DR. J. K. MILLER b:w .-mia-wstly l.-ate " la Hrrllti f. r th iTflrttr f.f !-imi ir" 01 iwctt harl K rttr.r apr. Si T-tt I in nrr.rnjf frlrn avoy. STrn OF & 1-t.miet. ainl ly niiill llt -'f J: rt K M.-KU ot rt-1 l larice yr'w 1. 1 1 1 nt art you in wrk r.rl.riiiir t.io In mtmr tj.trr than .-.rani. nAD.r.. All al at tKe uaw .0 I1"""!'!. n- !!. Aamitf wantnl vry ...r.. L. ..tl;., wi. ot all .ue. t.T all the tiro. "! "-ret;n i!v. to rk fnfi.t thetr own F..r:cnr' for all w.irkera atifolo'rly a. CHARLES HOFFMAN. ABT TAILOR (Anov. i. ,i.,.v ft)rej '-iluT STILES ill LOWEST P21CES. TStTlSFACTlON GUARANTEED. Sata ELY'S CREAMBALH C I eanses the Head. Allays infiarrtmon. HealstheSores ft st ores the Senses sf Taste Smell. Hearing A quick Relief. 1 -i i. . nAY-PPVFE3 Aposltivecure l'fti.-. aprlied Into each nostril and is l,m.f :st. c'lTi 50 f"!t, ,,T OT t y J eircalan ELY BiiOS. f eents jot post- nd receive tree . IM help yon to more V-- All of .ok " anythint; els. In thj Its, kJI "-at either sex. snc-ce.l Inn, Oe.t k..n. n- i!0 onone.pen, heior. the wort aaan-T-M Al addreas. Tarn a ano. tan.M 1 I mm ts iiie VOL. XXXIV. NO. 29. (ESTABLISI1F.D 1877.) CHAELE. I. EAEE1SCN. I J. PEITTS. rreeitlent. Cashier C'. IIecUonj Dia.I In U parU of the rnlted Slates. CHAEGES SIODEHATE. Partle wlshtnjt to s.-nil money Wert can be ae l.r limit nn New York Id anT Bam. Collections ma."lo with rromtitneM. I'. S. Ifam.la K-.oaht an.t M. Money and T.ilual.lea aeeured bToueot lHetWeelel.ratelDlea,wlth a Sar (t'rat u Y"ale tsO 00 time lock. ACCOUNTS SOLICITED. Car-All letral holidays obscrr ed.- ISAAC SIMPSON, HfllY IS1 SUE SMB. PATRIOT ST., SOMERSET. PA. If Yoa Went to Buy a Good and Cheap BUGGY, New or Scc-.cl hand. fill on cie, 1 also keep oonetantl.r on lian.l a i-artte Assortment of Fine Hand-niiul. Harness, Saddles, Bridles, Whips, Kni'lies. Ijii lllanketn. and everythina; to fw tound In a Firrt-clnri'Sd.llcrT CJoml feamt tn.1 KI.I11: H..rt.e always rca.ly for hire, W ticn in ncc.1 ol aujiLir.n in my Uno, ulvemc a call. ISAAC SIMPSON. taay.ll. S.MKrT, Pa. CALVIN HAY BERLIN, V., (MILI.KU's MILL.) 5IASI FACTI REK OF FLOUR &. FEED! 1 alwsvf kecpon hind a lire Mock of FLOf'R CliKN-.-UKAI.. HICK1VHKAT FHiT'lv. and all kl;i.is ot CHOP. Alio, all kindaol GRAIN, wlik! 1 sell at n O TT02T r RICES. Wl.olcsaie and Kctail. Y" 00 will ace money by bu;-iiiK Irv.ui me. My sto.:k is always F'reth. ORDERS FILLED PROMPTLY. HAPPY CHILDREN. luw t SakaTbrm ka-Ksep lkn la Ht e.lt!, and TUrw III laate Tare of tan Itekl, The jiy ol every well-reirnlateit housah old cot pi chieily from the iliildrtn. Tkaasta.ls of afl tionate patents do not take care of their chil dren. Throng kn .ranca more than eulpald. reelect they suiicr them to tall sick and die, when ksiowletlK tulaM have saved them to love and home. Dr. DaUJ KENNEDY oilers hlo Favorite U-m-? ly " a a nipbatiniHy a medicine for the children (teiitlc in Its action, containing no harmful initrettirat trhateifr. i;oing straight to the Hloo.1, which, w'uen impure. Is the seat and .we of disease. Favorite Ttmedy" Is the Ir.rnd ot cliil li.K'l. and should I Uund In every nurserv in the land. Kip it in your house for -. our children's ko. as wc.l as ..r your own. Try it ami jou will I ulad y..u saw this article. Make no mi.'takcs. The mcllcine i -'Favorite ken'tv ' ar I the ).r...rlet..r s name and address. Dr. David KENNEDY, Kondout, N. Y. tmo dol lar a bottle. i.ooil ard for a jmd llilnar. Dr. Pa vt Ke"c iv's Favoriie Kcmedy ' is exactly what it claims n and deserves the praxes that PrK f !,r.er-l v..n It hv a'l who have used It, Mr. lral H S::v.:or.ol Sa'uartlcs.N. Y .. sayt: "My litilc dauahier af enverwl with Salt Khcurn from head to but Dr. Kennedy's ' Fa.orit. Kimedy 'ared her. This was two years ao." n are n it in li t Habit of PvJIina any sort of imu-nmieoirincs la our columns, hut we happen to know Dr. David Kennedy, of Kondout, N Y-, and can irs..r:allv testily to the ei.ilen-e of the medicine hi h the Doctor calls " Favorite Kern lv " And It a word ol ours will pen-mado any to u-e It and thus find relief trom soflenna; B i,in tti.iuett. shall hinder us In.m say in that w .rd. E"r diseases ol the blond, kidneya a,. , It has no e-.nal. We would Dot I wilhort it lor five linn s the dollar mat it costs. Iiaily Timei, Troy, -V. V. NO. 3. Wi GREAT REGULATOR, Purely Vegetable. ARE YOTJ BILIOUS ? The K-nulator never fa Hi to cart. I most cernuliy' recommeud It to a'l who sufter from PiMi.us Attacks or any Dlseate caused by a disar ranged stateot the Llv.r. , Ka:.8sOty..M.. V. K. BERNARD. Do You Want Good Digestion P I sun", red intenselv with Fnll Stomarh. Hcai P?P A ne!hlMr. who had taken Slromoiis Eu or Resrolator. told me it was asurecure for my trouble The first dfs 1 took relieved me vcry mo. b. and In one week s time I was as strong and henry as I ever was. Jl t fn ec awiinae 1 Ki'kmod. Vaf H. G CRENSHAW. Do You Suffer from Constipation P Testimonvof HinM VTAKKitn. Chief Justlof Oh - " I have u-ed SimtiTiiin Elver Itcajnlator for C rstii.Htlon of si Bowel, caused by i Tempora rv DcniiizeuK-m of the l iver, for the last three ot ft-ur jears. altd always uilh dtcidtd oeaf.fl.'." Have You Malaria P I have bad enxrlem-e with Simmons Liver Kccnlatr since t-. and reaaed It as the great est mrdiant iii the ftiars for diseases peculiar to malarial real. us. S nood a medicine deserves universal comn.enrttion. KEY. M. . WHAFTHN. Cor. Sec. Southern baptist 'theological Seminary. Safer and Better than Calomel 1 I have bf-en tuhjet to severe spells of Corsres tion ot the Elver, and have been in the habit of tal. it.a fr-ra la to so strains of Caloscel. which tren erallv laid me up lor t tree orfr dav. lately I hs've been takinv SKrnvT.s IJver Ilennlator. which srave we rcliet. without any Interrui-tl.m to fcuslnes. J. Hl'Utl. MiMituroBT. Ohio. J. H. ZEILIN cV. CO.. PHILADELPHIA, PA. riioE si oo. tull-'Bf-lvT- LOOK OUT ! FDBKTDBE AT HENRY HOFFMAN'S, JENNER X ROADS. PA. II'..-tinne tn ronTicfiurr, lit totoH raod. all uah )p( in,LSt:HOLl FlKSITL'ltE, which I wll jui a rheiip ny other detUrr In Soroer-1 Uri l lalirilT. I Will aalW U im -j QL&tle Fni-Dlt'irr my customer my wish to pur c.ae. 1 k (. dmplelMMks at tuy ple of buf ncM, flow wlurb ttleciivRf can b xnada. nTr3STASi:;3 a spzhalty. All kitalf of T'ndertaklna: business attended to with care, J have two hearses lor barlal pnrpne et . l.l.i k hearse and a White Hearse, the lat ter eitieviallv lor attendinar Children's Funerals t l hkti.l at all tlmea Coffins. Caskets and Shnds. ana W hite Cnlbn for Children. 1 will j also keep in stock a nice iu e 01 i.uy t asKets. cov ered, at a small advance on city pricea. Don't tail to call on me when in need of anythintr in my line. I an doss well byjoa as Job laadoelae where. j octT'Cm. HENRY HOFFMAN, i JXFXl :i OB'S NOTICE. j Folate of Peter BTKey. dee'd. late of Somersat , Twp., 8 'tneiset tin.. Pa, t Iet'eTS testamentary on the above estate bav. ; tea len (crantcd to the nirfterslaroed, by the pr-.per ao'hority. Dotb Is hereby acivea to th.a ; imtrkte,! to It to ma k. Immediate payment ao4 ihoe. hruit; claims or demands will plea, pea- ' sent them duly authenticated for ettleaaet oa Saturday. January It, 144. at the reajdeae of I Exaeuto'r in Somerset HMuph. OEokGE M. KT.Tt. decs, Exevntor. THE OL.U HOME. " Return, return," the voice cried, " To yonr old valley, far away ; For softly on the river title The fender lights an.) shadows play ; And all the banks are gay with flowers. And all the hi!W are sweet with thyme ; You cannot find such bloom as ours In yon bright loreipn clime !" Fur me, I thought, the oitves grow. The sun lies warm upon the vines ; And yet, I will arise and go To that dear valley dim with pines! Old loves are dwelling there, I said, Vntouohed by years ol change and pain, Old faiths, that I bad counted dead. Shall rise, and live again. And still " Iieturn, return," they sung, " With us abides eternal calm ; In these old fields, where you were young. We culled the heart's-easc and the balm ; For us the flocks and herds increase. And the children play around our feet ; At eve the sun goes down in peace Return; for rest is sweet" Then I arose, and crossed the sea. And sought that home of younger days ; No love ot old was left to me (For love has wings and seldom stays) ; But there were graves upou the hill. And sunbeams shining on the sod, And low winds breathing, " Peace, be still ; Lost things are found iu God." CAPTAIN MAKVIX'. WOOING. A. Story of the Year 1700 of aa BolU a Puritan aat Capt. Miles Stantllsh. The curious minded used some years ago to search for the quaint inscription that could be traced upon a rnouldj etone in the ancient bury ing ground in old Lyme Regis, known in these later years as Lyme. The memorial, when found, could be decinhered thus : This Deacon, aged &, is freed on earth from serving ; May for a crown no longer wait; Lyme's Captain Renold Marvin. Yet,according to the tale that moth ers told daughters for many years more than a hundred, Capt. Marvin found a crown whose gentle blue eyed wearer ruled him and his im perious will with the peaceful scep tre of love ; and this is the tradi tion: There were the sounds of break ing branches and the tread of feet that eeemed heavily weigh'ed, one afternoon of early September in the year 1700. These noises seemed to be caused by some one laboring se verely just" within the wilderness that 6tretched far back into Con necticut colony from the shore of the Sound. The man who heard these oininoug sounds peeped cau tiously around for an instant and then ttared with wonder upon what was revealed to hins. HeEavr com- 1E2 lroua tne wotias anomer tnttn. half carrying on hi tnouiaer, bait dragging and straining at every muscle with the weignt, a great black thing that eeemed the full size of a well grown ox. " 'Tis U'enold," said the man,"and he hath a bear." Then he went up to the hunter. "A bear. The bear, Kenold, The brute that has given U3 so much concern. 'Tis a monster." The hunter loosened his hold.and panting with his exertion, seated himself upon a stone. He was a young man, and, though the blood of the beast had stained his face so that the color almost masked his countenance, yet the dark and leso lute eyes, the firm-set jaw, and the deliant manner of the man, exhaus ted as he wan, caused the other to look with admiration upon him rather than upon his prize. " 'Tis a monster, Renold. You did not fight it all alone ?" "Why not? Shall a strong man with blunderbuss and knife fear a brute?" " Many an armed man has been killed by such as this one." " Bah ! None but babes and suck lings. There, I am rested now. Twas more difficult to fetch him here than to kill him. You stay here with him. Here, here, my gun and ki.ife. I to go for help to bring him to the settlement." " Ah, but, Renold, perhaps his mate " " Art fearful of a dead brute? Yet I slew him alone. Truly I did. I lie not." " I know you do not lie. Your communication is always yea, yea, and nay, r.ay." " Fear nothing, for I will soon be back." The young man, without another word, went quickly down the high way, a mile perhnrs, until he stop ped before a clumsy rough-barred gate set in the stone wall. Then he strode across a meadow, heavy with ftftermath, until he reached a well sweep, nhose bucket swung igh in the air. With the strength of one sinewy wrist, he poured the water, cool as a winter spring, upon his head, ai.d with the other most ener getically bathed his neck and face till the skin was almost as ruddy as the stains his late slaughter left upon him. There," said he at length wa ter for strong n:f n, milk for babes, find rum for the weak and foolish. Then, as he was about to start again, be stopped in a listening attitude. "What's that I hear? Thump, thump. Ab, 'tis iSetty, at her loom. I'll speak to her." He went over the slope whereon the well was and just beyond came upon a farm house whose lean-to roof was pitched against the little mill, so that in coming down he might have walked right up to the roof to the ridge piece. He turned aside, however, and stood upon the kitchen door sill, and then he Eaw the maid at her loom, though she saw him not It Eeemed to please this strong man to look upon her. or upon her quick and graceful mo tion at the loom, though her face was bidden from iim. Then, too, he saw and wondered why he nev er took heed of them before that two Ion? and truly braided braids of hair hung far below her waist, so that, as she eat there at the loom, the ends of them seemed to rest upon the floor. That sight pleased him so. Scon he epoke, but the shnttle and the loom made a louder corse ttian he, so he advanced and touch ed her. She was not startled.think ing some inmate of the house had omer summoned her. But when she saw this strong man looking down upon her she was confused an instant, with a pleasing confusion, and then she rose and greeted him. "Renold, you epoke not Twas not seeming thus to startle me.'' " I spoke. You heard not Truly I did." " Why, what's happened you ? bee, your garments are reni, ana here, why here there's blood.Renold. and there are half-washed stains upon your cheeks. Has there been trouble with the Indians? Are you hurt?" "'Til nothing. I, this morning, met the bear that's made havoc here, and I killed him." "You, alone?" "Why not alone?" " Went you alone out to seek him?" " Y'es, at dawn." 'Twas foolish bravery. And you had a struggle?" " Bears are not slaughtered like sheep, unyieldingly. I gave him my musket first, and be came at me and I gave him my knife at the heart, liut, mistress, you ve Deen busy. Wove you this homespun this morning?" " Yes. Truly I did." " 'Tis a fine piece. There are no swifter nor truer fingers in all this colony than yours. What are you doing now?" She had bustled about and now brought him bread and cheese and great brown nut cakes and she said: " Y'ou have eaten nothing. That I know. Eat this, and I will bring you milk." " You are a thoughtful maid, but bring no milk, water for such as I." As he began to ' eat she saw that the sleeve on his right arm wrs bad ly rent She saw more, and with a little exclamation, grasped hi9 arm. " You're hurt, Renold. The bear has bitten you. See, the wound bleeds." " Oh, 'tis only a scratch by bis claws. Let be. Let be, I say." " But I will not let be. Sit here." " Will not 1 None say so to me." 'Nevertheless I say it. Sit there and let me staunch the flow." He looked curiously upon her.Bhe glanced back, half pleading, half commending and to his great amaze ment he found that he obeyed her. She soon had the sleeve rolled up, and then she found two long deep scratches from the elbow to the wrist. She bathed them gently, and as she did so he wondered how those small gentle hands of hers could have so much firmness in their touch. He smiled as he so thouirht and she knew it ! "You smile. Yet I know vou suffer. Do I bungle so that you find mirth in my motions?" " No, Betty. Twas for something else I smiled, if I did smile. I did think 'Here this little maid hath me in her power ; yet with my thumb and finger, thus, I might crush you, so slight and tender are you.'" "In your power?" said the maid, inquiringly, as she bound a linen bandage on the wound. "Aye. You compelled me to obev you." "Why not? Brave men like you are worth the effort of compelling." " Hey, there, Betty, I understand your philosophy not? but somehow I am content. Tis not a displeasing bondage for the moment and then somehow I did feel healing in the touch of your fingers, so soft are they." The girl laughed gently. "Betty, do you compel young Matthew to do your bidding?" " Him I neither compel nor per mit." " Y'et I have heard he is inclined to you." "Is he?" " Yes. So I have perceived. He is a well-favored lad, Betty, and a fine wooer I trow." "What know you of wooing? They do say you have swora it, neither to woo nor wed, for you will acknowledge mnster nor mistress." "They say rightly, Betty. That is my firm resolve, and I am never shaken in my resolution. But Mat thew hath resolved to win you." "Hath he? That is your firm opinion ?" "Would vou not favor him a trine?" " Is it your concern ? Tell me. Is he strong and brave.and verv firm ?" " Why should I tell you?'' "That I may know whether to favor him or not None but the strong and brave and firm, I think, would find favor in my eyes." "That is well, Betty. Be steadfast to that" "So I shall. Of that be well assur ed." She said this with lowered tones and gently bended head, her cheeks suffusing.but the strong man thoughtshe was just tnen greatly absorbed with her occupation over his wound. " I must hasten now," said be at length. "I must go to the settle ment for belD to bring the brute, for he is verv heavy. Come. Let ! me finish my bread and cheese." "You should not walk so far. You should give the wound some chance to heal." "But I am going." " No. I will not suffer it" "You will not? You?" He lunched almost contemptuously. She said no more, but when his. eyes were not upon ber she silently withdrew. A brief time later he heard a horse approaching, and from the window he saw Betty Lee, seated firmly on a sheep's pelt that served for a saddle, and, with her red liDS nartlv parted and a saucy smile in her blue eyes, she said : Rest you there, Kenom, till J re turn. I am going to the settlement for you ;" and with a word to the mare she flew away. " That maid bath spirit," mused the discomfited Captain, "slight though she be, and she rides her mare as no woman ever rode. But what! What am I? Here I am again overpowered by her. I Blew a ferocious beast this morning, and yet this little child restrains me. Tis strange, but tis rather pleasing to be commanded by ber. I do not seem to rebeL But no more ot that to-day, do more." When the lair Betty came slowly set ESTABTiTSBCED 1827. SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 30, 1885. riding back a half hour later, she looked demurely upon him with her blue eyes as he put out bis hand for a stepping stone, and thus on one hand bore her like a trine from the saddle to the ground. "The men will come at once," she said. He made no reply but led her mare to the shed, and then strode away, with mighty steps, and when she saw him Liter he was with imperious tones commanding the men to carry a bear's haunch to the old fort at Saybrook Point and the men obeyed him, too. For many days Betty saw Renold no more, except in his solitary seat at the meeting house upon the Lord's day. But one day she perceived him, from her chamber window, making bis way toward the well that he might drink. Very demure ly Betty threw a hood over her fair head, and with a bucket and down cast eyes went to the well herself. He bad the bucket to his lips and heard her not, so that she stood within hand's reach of him, he not knowing it. When he lowered the bucket she spoke. "You will till it again lor me, ana I will thank you, Renold." He turned surprised, and for a moment looked down in 6ilence UDon her, his body towering great and mighty above her slender grace ful figure. " You came so stilly," he said, at length. " As you came when last I saw you." " Would you try to frighten me, child?" " Nay, no one ever made you know what fear was. Renold. Then how could I? Y'et perhaps you fear me." " Why say you tnatr You used to come once in a while to see my father. - Now you come not at all. Y'ou may come, Renold. I will leave the room to you if I alarm you." " Twas in my heart to come, but in my resolution to come not ; so I came not." " Why. Renold ?" "Truly, I know not "Tis pride to keep away, yet I will not come." " How are you wounds, Renold ?" "Well, thanks to you. Some times I seem to feel your touch upon my arm. 'Tis pleasant But I must go now, Betty." "Whither, Renold?" " To capture a rascally Indian, a dangerous fellow, who doth terrify our people, and they fear him. But I will take him, or he will take my scalp." She put her bucket down and came forward, laying ber hand upon his arm.and looked upon him plead ingly. "Go you alone Rjenold?" . .. "Aye, why not?" "Tis very brave. I know, but 'tis very dangerous. Do not go alone." But I will. The Lord hath com manded me to capture him." . " But not alone. You shall not go alone." ' I shall not ? Humph 1 who will prevail against me?" " I will. Come, Renold, promise me to call your company and select from them some sturdy men ; then I will let you go." " That is nonsense. Come, delay me not" He moved a bit, but the little maid stood quickly in his path, lifting her blue eyes to his. " You shall not go alone. I we cannot sutler you to be foolhardy. All know your bravery. You need not this exploit to prove it." " Let me pass, Betty." " I will not." He looked upon her curiously. A single motion of his powerful arm would have overcome her, but he faltered. Then he said : " I would I had not met you." " Why. Renold ?" " Because of your constraint of me. I hate it yet I like it. lruly I do. I lie not, Betty. And there's the mystery of it I hate it, yet I like it Come, it shall be as you say. I will take companions." "Then I will leave you. You never fail to keep your promise." When next she saw him he was returning with a captive, a strong and treacherous savage, whom the companions said the Captain had mastered single-handed. Then many weeks passed till it was the dead of winter, and she knew that he avoided her. One Son day, after service, he found her, by chance as it seemed, right in his path. " The Lord be with you, Betty," he said, and passed on." "Renold! Renold!" she called gently. " Y ou spoke, Betty 7 " My father is ill, and desires very much to see you. Will vou not come to-night? Y'ou will find him alone " " If 'tis to see him, so be it Betty.' When on that evening he bad spent an hour with Father Lee, the old man said, " Kenold, the maid hath a sweet voice, and on the Lord's day night she reads the Scrip tures to me. Stay you and hear to her." Then Capt. Marvin, much as he wished to go, wished more to stay, and while thus struggling with him self in unaccustomed hesitancy, the father called the girl. She came, just courtesy ing with an indifference that pained Renold. Then when her father asked her to read she took the great Bible, in ber lap, bent her fair head over its pages, and began in soft, but clearest tones to read the tale of Ruth. As she read on, Capt Marvin forgct himself and all save this sacred tale o sweetly and effectively repeated by the gentle maid. She paused not till she had finished. The she rose, bade them good night and was about to go. " Stay, Betty," be said. " Let me thank you. Never was sweeter ro mance written, but never before knew I that till now." M Tis indeed a beautiful tale," she said, "but I almost wonder that you like it. There are others more to your liking. "What others?" "Joshua, for instance, the mighty warrior." w Ave, but I want a strong man to read that" Who but yourself should read it then r " Would you like me to do so?" " Greatly." So be took up the Bible and lead with ftrong, resonoant voice, of Joshua's mighty deeds. " I thank you, Renold. Never be fore realizied I the half of Joshua's valor. I think he must have been somewhat like you, Renold; and now, good night." "Slav, Betty, the hour is early yet" " Nay, I think 'tis well I bid you good night." She had opened the door, behind which were abrupt oaken stairs that led almost perpendicularly to her little chamber under the rafters, and with one foot on the lower step, she turned her head, looking over her shoulder to say good night " No, but you must not go," said he, and he arose and went to detain her, seizing her by the hand. Then for an instant the maid struggled, and somehow, in the duration of the struggle, the maid became embraced by his strong arm, so that he per ceived the exceeding suppleness of her slight figure; and as her fair head rested for the time of one breath ou his broad chest, and he caught the glance, half modest, half amused, from ber uplifted eyes, then the strength he gloried in eeemed to to depart from him, and the maid, slipping gracefully, quickly from his detaining grasp, tied up the stair way. The strong man stood there a mo ment like one bewildered, then he heard the father laughing heartily " Captain," said the old man 'with all your strength the maid seems stronger than you." "Truly, she did give me the slip. My head is in a whirl, and my heart doth beat. What strange power hath the maid? 1 know it not except with her. Bid her corns back, neigh bor Lee." ' Not to-night. Captain. The girl, I surmise, is better alone. She hath said nay, I think, to-night to young Matthew's avowal, and it pained her to see his grief.'' ' Yet Matthew is well favored." " Not for her, I trow." "I wonder if Matthew ever felt her soft touch, and her head resting for an instant on his breast, though by accident If so, did it unman him, and take bis strength away? I will not wait here here longer, neighbor Lee. I am strangely at1 unrest I wonder if the lever is creeping in my veins, I burn so hot ly. I will go into the cold air with out" With mighty strides the strong limbed Captain went down the high way, for he was beset with stranger and more peculiar excitement than he had over known. " Hath the maid the power of sor cery that she bewitches me?" he mused. "She doth unman me, and I have no strength of mind or body under her glance and voice. Yet strange it is, 'tis pleasurable. Truly it is. I know not the mystery of it And when she struggled to free her self, and I did perceive her soft touch, with so much strength withal, I tingled, truly I did, to my finger tips ; nor was it painful ; and when in the struggle her head did rest for an instant hereon my chest, I knew not myself at all, but I was unknown and pliant as a vine. Yet I did like it Though so slight a thing is she I could have grasped her in my big fist, thus, and crushed her, I trow, had she wished it, my fingers would have been powerless." Then the strong man mused and was perplexed with fascinating per plexity. Then when the bedtime came be read his Bible, read the story cf Ruth again, and then re peated his evening prayer. Suddenly he arose from his knees, his face aglow with excitement "The Lord hath instructed me! The Lord hath instructed me !" be said. "It shall be done to-morrow." And with that determination he slept peacefully. Next morning, an hour after sun rise, while Betty Lee eat at ber loom weaving busily, she heard some one calling, " Betty ! Betty Lee !" There at the gate, in full uniform, with cockaded hat and sword at his belt, and astride his horse, high-spirited as himself, she saw the valiant Capt Marvin. " Come here, Betty, I have a com munication," said he. She obeyed him now, going close beside the horse and looking np to the mighty Captain with inquiring gaze. He took his tat from his head and, bending to her, said : " Betty Lee, the Lord hath commanded me to marry you." She searched his eyes sn instant, and read the truth in them ; then, the rich color tingling her cheeks, her eyes now downcast, she hesitat ed a brief moment, and then in low but clear tones said gently : "The Lord's will be done, Renold." He quickly leaped to the ground, and, putting both bands beneath her shoulders, lifted her lightly till her lips met his, and then, holding her thus suspended still, said: uWe shall be railed in church the next Lord's Day, Betty." " Your will ia mine hereafter," she said gently, and then with a smile added, "but put me on the earth again, Renold." "Your word is la to me. Betty, I obey." He set her gently down again. and then, smiling, said: 'Now understand I why I have been like a reed in the wind before your wish es. But 'tis very sweet submission, Betty, truly it is and will be while I live." And the tradition runs that though be became a man of great authority, yet he said truly that her majesty would compel sweet submission from him while he lived. Sweet on the Apostles. Little Johnny Fizzletop was in a candy store with his mother. She bought some figures made of choco late. " Here, Johnny, are the three gra ces for you-" Oh, ma, I'd rather have the twelve apostles ; there are more of 'em." Texas Sif tings. Rr1 limts in the Scotch cities in dicate at night that droD-letter boxes are attached to the posts. Heralc Stones Boiled Down. CAUGHT A TARTAR. Two men, while out hunting in Sumter county a few days since, saw a hawk fly from the ground with a black Bnake in its claws. The bird went up very high and circled round awhile, and suddenly fell to the ground. Upon examination it was found that the snake had wrapped itself around the hawk's neck and choked it Both were killed by the men. MIGHT HAVE TO KXOCK HIM DOWN. It is related of Lord Charles Bere ford that during the hot fighting in bouth Africa, as he was riding bacc after an engagement, be overtook one of his troopers wounded and slowly making his way on foot He stopped and told the trooper to get up behind him ; the trooper refused on the ground that if he got up they would both be taken by the enemy, but if Lord Charles Bereford rode on alone he was certain to escape. Lord Charles Bereford looked at him a moment and said : If you doa't get up 1 shall have to get oil and knock you down.' Whereupon the troop er mounted and both escaped. A FATAL WATCH. The late Dr. McLean sometimes, in feeling the pulse of his patients, held his watch to his hand and counted the pulsations. On one oc casion while doing this his watch stopped suddenly in his hand and his patient, contrary to his expecta tion, died. He related this to a par ty of gentlemen, among whom was Davy Harris, a well-known citizen. Not long after Harris was taken sick and sent for the doctor ; when the doctor arrived he was a great deal better, and was sitting on the piazza at Major Burts, where he lived ; the doctor felt his pulse, and uncon sciously pulled uut his watch. Har ris, remembering the incident, said : 4 Don't pull that d d watch on me.' The watch stopped ; in forty-eight hours he was a corpse. HE DROVE OFF. A story is going the rounds of an estimable ouog gentleman who is something ot a practical joker. Not long ago be discovered, while prom enading on North Pearl btreet. Al bany, the driver of a closed brough am dozing away upon the box. Our friend, leaving his companion, si lently opened the door of the car riage and, closing it with a loud snap, addressed an imaginary person within, and politely dotling his hat, promised to call soon. The driver had meanwhile straightened up, and glancing hastily over his shoulder perceived the wag smiling upon his mistress, as he thought, and when that gentleman looked up at him and uttered the word 'home' he took up the reins and speedily drove off. No one but the lady and the coach man will ever know what transpired after she crossed the threshold of the family mansion. AFTER A WATCH. One day recently Jake Tobriner purchased a gold watch and chain as a birthday present to his wife. He laid it down a moment on a chair and went into the next roouj, and when he came back it was gone. Great was his astonishment on see ing the jewelry so suddenly disap pear, and he fully concluded that bis wife had played a trick on him, and said nothing. Finally, at din ner, he said the joke had gone far enough, and she had better produce the watch. She knew nothing of it and Jake was beginning to feel rath er queer, when he he heard i noise on the stoop and, going out, tound the cat with the chain tangled about her neck and trying to get rid of it He made a crab at it but pussy was too quick and slid under the house, with the elegant watch clattering along behind. Mr. Tobriner got a long pole and poked it about under the house, and after a epel). hearing a noise, saw the cat upon the wood shed with the watch still dangling to her neck. He climbed up with a bowl r,f milk to get the cat, but she ran under the chicken-house (with the watch of course) and then he poked her with the pole again ; bu it was no good ; the cat was up in a tree too quick, and the air v. as filled with clubs anl bricks for half an hour, trying to bring ber bown. Mr. Tobriner finally went to borrow a gun to shoot the cat, when she came down herself, and getting the watch caught in between some boards was unable to get away. Mr. Tobriner got his watch and. strange to say, it was uninjured. Carton Appeal. TIED TO THE COWS TAIL. George Hauck, the brewer, spent a week last summer at a hotel in Hunter, Greene county. One day, on his way to the hotel, after a long ramble through bush and briar, he stopped at a neat-looking farmhouse fcr the purpose of getting a glass of fresh milk. The kitchen door stood wide open. Mr. Hauck. after knock ing, walked in. He saw no sign of life in the room except a sleeping baby in a cradle, which was rocked ed to and fro bysome unseen power. A closer examination revealed the fact that a stout cord was fastened to one of the rockers and run through a hole in one side of the room. Mr. Hauck resolved to follow up the cord nd see what the other end of it was fastened to. The search led him to a small barn connected with the house. In it stood three cows, to the tails of which was tied the cord. It being fly time, the animals kept up a constant switching w ith their tails, thus accounting for the rocking of the cradle in the kitchen. The rest of the family were at work in afield about a quarter of a rnie from the house, and Mr. Hauck had considerable difficulty in attracting their attention, lie hnaiiy succeea ed, and obtained a glass of milk. Kingston Freeman. ON THE BATTLE FIELD. The will of the Right Hon. John Edward Leveeon, Viscount St Vin cent late of Norton Disney, Lin colnshire, a Captain in the Sixteenth Lancers, who died on January , last, at Abou Klea, in the Soudan, ! was proved on the 22d ult, the val- j ue of the personal estate amounting ; to 11,000. The codicil was made! by the deceased after he was wound- ( ed ; it is written on one of the pages LL. O TtTTTAT ry -arrv 1-700 I f HUajJCi J. i I Jo. of his pocket army book, following some notes as to camels, sketches, and other military memos, and the book is filed in the Probate Court The codicil is in pencil, in the form of a letter, but not witnessed. Be ing, however, written by the deceas ed himself, he being at the time en gaged in actual military service in the face of the enemy, and intended by him to operate should he die, it has full and binding effect in law. It is as follows : "I'iuM ikjia: In the event of my dy ing tinder tb operation about to be per formed, I should ..io P'ts. Teatl'ey, Hosmer and Knight toi.avean annuity of 13earh. I should like a tablet put in Ni.n .Q t burili, with a smalt description from Army List' or elsewhere, of my military life. Your aif te. son, t?r. Vincut. "To Lady St. Vincent.'' That Sausage. A clergyman in a Southern State was on his way to preach a funeral sermon. As he was passinir the house of a widow lady, a member of his congregation, she ran out and stopped him, baying, as thev had just slaughtered their hogs, she had pu.up a tew pounds of sausage as a present adding that as she had put it in double paper packets, she thought it would not soil his clothes. He thanked her for her kindness and rode on, having put the parcel in his pocket. All the time he was officiating at .he grave a large, half-sfarved hound kept snuffing around him, some times approaching alarmingly near, attracted by the scent of the fresh meat. As the deceased was a man of some prominence, there was a considerable crowd collected, and great mourning and lamentation canie from the family group : so no one paid any attention to the move ments ot the animal, but all noticed with concern tor he was beloved by his congregation the great pallor of the clergyman, and the beads of per spiration standing upon his brow, and they began to whisDer to each other that Mr. II must be ill. After the interment they all pro ceeded to the church, where the fu neral sermon was to be reached. Just before entering. Mr. il turned round to ascertain the where - abouts of his tormentor, when lo ! there he was, not far from him, but the crowd prevented him froiu ap proaching too closely. Just at tnis moment some one gave the poor creature a cruel kick, which sent him off howling. When the irinis- ter reached his pulpit one of those okl-iaeuionea anairs ascended by a short, steep flight of steps he be gan to breathe more freely. He was just about to commence his duties when the sexton, a good old man. came noiselessly up the steps with a slip ot paper in his hand, which he wanted to give to the minister, but who was unnoticed by that gen tien.an, though seen by ail the con gregation. He gently twitched his coat to attract his attention. A thrill of horror passed over the unhappy preacher at the dreadful thought that the dog had entered unseen in tne crowd, and was now about to take forcible possession of the sau sage before the whole assembly ; so, hoping to drive him away, he kick ed back cautiously but vigorously, and struck the old man in the breast, who rolled down the steps. Seeing the look of surprise and alarm on the faces of his audience, he stammered out : " I must explain to you, brethren, what must seem to you my intemperate conduct. A friend came out to roe as I was pass ing her house, with a small pack age of sausage for me to carry home in my pocket; but ever since I dis mounted from my horse, this old dog here" pointing behind to the prostrate sexton, but withont look ing around "has been following me, and at length came into the pul pit, determined to get the sausage from my pocket" At this moment the sexton a little stunned and a little hurt, arose from the floor, and the minister with a glance took it all in, stared wildly at him, took a drink of water, turn ed very pale, sat down, overwhelm ed with consternation. Harper's Magazine. "Help Yourself" The latest amusing story ot a wedding, told by a minister, comes from one who officiated on the oc casion. It illustrates the manner in which a man's heart can swell and prompt him to almost reckless lib erality under extraordinary condi tions. A big, rawboned farmer entered Mr. Freeman's parlor one day, ac companied by ashy but comely girl and desired that the marriage cere mony be performed. The minister complied with the request, and when the fateful words were spoken, and the youg couple had been made man and wife, the husband drew from his pocket four bright silver quarter dollar pieces. He extended them towards the minister on hU open palm, and ex claimed : " There, brother F., just help yourself until you are satisfied."' The minister took one. Whether or tot the good minister expressed his satisfaction, or went away in sullen and ungrateful si lence, we are not informed. r'aat Type-Setting. New York, Dec lf. A type-setting contest between Joseph McCann. of the Ilerald, and W. C. Barnes, of 1 the World, for the championship of the city and State, took place yes terday, in the presence of a large number of printers. The purse con tended for was $1,000. The trial lasted four hours, beginning at 11 o'clock. The type was minion, set without paragraphs. Barnes finish ed his first 1,000 ems in 21) minutes and 30 seconds, and McCann com pleted his first 1,000 two minutes later. At 3 o'clock time was called. Mc Cann had set 8.0C2 ems and Barnes 7,951. Then each man was obliged to correct his own proofs. When the correction had been made and the number of lines deducted, which had been lost through mistakes, it. wss found that McCann had 7.663 ems to his credit and Barns 6.37G. McCann was declared the winner. A Cnrioas Swedish Legend. The 2J of February in Sweden is considered the midwinter day. In the era of paganism it was a great festival in honor of the heroine Goa or Goia, tlriiiej under the name of i Disa, to whom the whole month was j consecrated beside. The Wcend of Goa is very curious. It states that at one time, when the country wad visited by a frightful famine, the Thing, or national assembly, decided that in order to alleviate the gener al distress, it would be necessary to put to death a part of the population, especially the old and infirm. Goa i j i . . . . , ,i i Bioce aareu 10 protest louuiy, ana claimed to be able to propose a means to remedy the dearth which would prove more eflicacious aa well as more humane. The king order ed the execution of the decree to be postponed, but in the interim, desir ing to test the sagacity of the youcg girl, and to confound her audacity, he sent her word thut he would only receive her on condition that she would come to his dwelling neither on foot nor on horseback, nor in a vehicle, neither dressed nor undreejs ed, neither in the course of a year nor during any particular month, neither by day or by night Goa solved the enigma, bhe came to the king's house on a sledge drawn by a goat, holding on to the side of the sledge, with one foot resting on the pole of the sledge, the other on the goat .She wore a tishin"; net only in lieu of garments, and she came exactly at the epoch of the sol stice, when the month is still unde termined, at the time of a full moon but while it was yet twilight Being permitted to spe-tk, she ail vised that the old and infirm, in lieu of btin.; exterminated, Ehould be merely sent to the still unpeopled parts of the country, where they would be able to obtaia the means of existence without being any burden t. the community. The king liked the ad vice; and as the adviser ha.l charm ed him by her beauty ai.d her wit, he took her for his wife. Not a Grain In It. "Give me a quarter of a pound of black pepper,1' said a customer to an uptown grccer recently. " I want pure." The grocer took down a little package done up in tin foil and adorned with a yellow paper bear ing the legend : " Pure Black Pep- . per.-' " This is what sells for black pep per in this part of the worlJ, but tee ing I know you pretty well, I don't minJ tailing you there's not a grain of black pepper in it. I worked for five years in the milling room of a spice mill, and I'm on to the busi ness from end to end. Now tliU particular spice is made this way : Take einhty-fiye pound of finely ground bran, mixed with pulverized charcoal the last to represent the 1 black hall of the pepper grain. Then add fifteeu pounds of ground cayenne ptpper, ana there you are with 1X) pounds of the purest black pepper." " Well I'll be darned," ejaculated the reporter. It's the same way with mus MrJ," the grocer continued. Fit teen to twenty Dounds of cayenne penper. the balance of cheap wheat flour colored yellow makes one hun dred pounds of genuine mustard. The highest gradts, which aren't often retailed, contain as much as one half of real mustard. But cream of tartar is the biggest swin dle. A fifteen-pound can of the low grade contains one pound of tartaric acid itrid fourteen of terra alba. The terra alba is a mild alkali, and neu tralizes the effect of the acid. High er grades of the mixtures contain a trihV more tartaric acid. 'You probably think you've eat en some cinnamon in your time," the grocer went on. " Well, you haven't. I don't suppose there's ten pounds of cinnamon bark in the United States. What passes for cin namon is the bark of the cassia tree. This i adulterated with a still coarser bark known a3 enssia vera. The article is also mixed with peas and roast bran. I need not tell you about roast coffpe ; everybody knows about that. It's just the same way through the whole list of spices. If you could smuggle yourself into the basement of some spice mill you would find bins cf bran, peas, term alba, etc. When I went into the mill where I worked, we had one barrel of tartaric acid, and there was considerable used outcfit. When I went away after rive yeara. there was sfliiie of the acid still in the bar rel, and I suppose we had sold sev eral tons of cream of tartar." " Well, IU be darned, again mut tered the reporter, as he moved on. A htmaikahle Instranent. Among the flints of the chalk for mations is occasionally found one which emits a clear musical sonnd when struck with another flint. Tis sandier tel!s of a distinguished French musician, H. Baud re, who is a zealous collector cf these musical stones, and wbo has just succeeded in making a unique ' piano"' tmm them. In this instrument the flints are suspended by wires above a sounding board, and are played upon by two other tiints. The stones of the piano number twenty six, forming the two chromatic oc taves, end were collected with much patient labor during a period of more than thirty years. There seems to be r.r relation between the size of the stones and their tones. Try It Yoorrlf. The proof of the pudding is not in chewing the string, but in having an opportunity o try the article your self. C. N. Boyd, the Druggist, hn a free trial bottie of Dr. Bosar.ko's Corgh and Lung Syrup for each one who is afflicted with Coughs, Colds, Consumption or any Long Affection. Vaing the Earth's Heat. There is abundant reason for be lieving that the earth's crust is very thin, asserts Mr. J. fctarkie Gardner, and it seems most impossible that some means may be devised forntil- izir g the intense heat of the molten mass below. This is already being done, in fact to some extent, an arte sian well having been bored at Pesth to obtain warm water for pub lic baths, etc. From a depth of about 3.000 feet a large quantity of water heated to 161 degrees Fahren heit pours forth, and the boring Js to be continued until water at IT'S degrees is yielded. It is wise to provide against emer gencies that are liable to arise in ev ery family. A cold may be a danger ous thing, or not depending upon the means at hand to combat it In sudden attack") of cold, croup, asth ma, etc, Ayer's Cherry Pectoral will prove the quickest and most effective cure, and your best friend.