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ESTABLISHED 1827.
VOL. XXXIV. NO. 43.
SOMERSET, PA.. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 7, 18S6.
WHOLE NO. 1S12.
BIESECKER.
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XrroBt -AT LAW.
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Tr. SCOTT,
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Somerset, Pa,
H.
ENDS LEY.
attuknet-at law,
Somerset, Pa "
Fearfully Common.
Kidney Complaints Among Both
. Sexes and all Aces. A Brilliant
Recovery.
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. iTU RUITEU
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Ilun i somethSnz startling; in the rapid la-
create of Skiner ui-r anions; lit. America
ueuuie wiinin . ww Jean pest. AUOT ettst pe
culiar to certain cieaee (cod to produce &o4 bit
Fravate tttete troubles at. lor examuie. eareleat
u, ids;, overwors ana cip.sare. UT. lie rid IV
iMly, of liuodaut. . 1H U vltB eooirrmCaiiiUMl
on lit. ex.-et!vtiai lucceta uf hie odchIicui. called
Kavwrite KetaJy.'' In arresting anil radically
cnrlns ibeae must pLun .ml an.1 daoarwoj Ulauroera.
Prooia oi ttua, Dko the ruliuwisg, ar. eunttantijr
broni.bt to hit aLtention, axnl ar. pabiiaoeU ly
bim lur tbe .!. o( taoasan.lt of oiner taifcrer.
.numb, desire to reara ana benetiL Tb. tet
ter, tneraforc may be ot Tltai importance to yo,
or to ita.. t tte bom yoa know. It i trum one
ot lb. best knova ana popular dnuta-ifU la tbe
ne ana rrow.n dty frjcn vnicb b .ntes, and
tiivM intemneu may Bod Mr. Orawiord at bit
.lae ol tH.neat on tb. corner ot Main and I'siuB
t street. :
( SrRixr.piaxn, Man.. March TL 1184.
ir. Hand KenHtdt. kondaul. S. ) .
l'Kitii 'ur f&ore tnan too y-an I ha.1 been
afllicttKl with kiunev diMait. In lit most act.
Lirm. M'bav 1 .nllcred must tM: lft to tbe tntaa;-
inauoo, lor no one can apirociate it ex -rpt tnoe.
bo t-aee nun. tbroajb it 1 retortr. to many
pbvslciana anl to mauj oiffennt klnue of treau
mnt, .L-d ieGt a vreat deal of money, only to
nod m t-ii oiaer and wh. tbanerver. i mmv taT
mat 1 uihed bot lee oi a pretraUon wi.iety a.t
TcrtiM.l ae a spe. itK fr tbu precis, tort of trooh-
lea. an 1 lvna li entirely aele at uatt la my
ca. Yoor FA v a.ir t, KttDV-1 a
it with iwrlect reculleruus ol all lnt at done tur
me.ret.de u tni en tbint: that did me tbe
(UKbicet iod. and 1 am napp) toadmii tbat It
mInnin-nt rvi.er. 1 bare rrauoimefHied
t KtVltPV" to man? people lor
ai.ny uiHan. ani tnev a,i aaree witn men
njini tbat I K. 1V1D Kt.NKIlV s Pa
VuklTt Kr.Vt.liV bat i. IU e-inaJ In the
He w .Hi l.v ibit 1i.tivict: and olien fatal
wen laint. I te tbia letter t o deem beat bar
Ibe tenebt o:rtliert.
Vent kf
Jut MAX CEAWFUKD.
will be
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a l:..".,:mH..tk and all 1ck1 butlne.
It w, promi : and Bdemy.
7,-;n oTkimmel.
5 S, tocrset- Pa.
t. .:! t.. all Lnlneta entrotted to hit care
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BILIOUSNESS
Mav j ri.rwrlr rrtunl an aftcction .f the
liver, ai.ii can te lli.ir iajtilT curc-1 bv the
(.rai.J rrvu..a.r of the .ivw au.i biliary
orjnt.
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TTEXRY F. SC1I ELI
H ATT! K N L V -AT-1.AT,
Vr at'l Perlon Aicent, Somertet,
sjrt a Sttemoin Black.
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T'ALKNTINE HAY,
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all l e'lBeM entrusted to hit car.
wi toew and Bdety .
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), ATTOHNEY-AT LAW,
Somerset Pa
?-":'. tl tntw entrnfted to mj ear. at
tt; ib v ifa p-omptaeaf and ndeiity.
D
J. V. LOUTH ER,
( Formerly of Stores-town.)
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WILLIAM COLLINS.
I L 1 1T. SC'M LKSIT. PA.
" Mii.li B-k. ah. Bwll Irf
ep., r. a ai ail lime be f.and prepar-
iiTui .i t.n. 'b at billrt: retra-exira-iiija
atr A.U&-11 tetbol a.l 1n,ia
be-. ma;.rlal laend. ureratMmt
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aftllT Vtfiared In herhc frr Ibe practice ot
u p .(boe otiuoaiie I'barlc kriiwlne
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ett p.rtire end pi man J'w "...
".free a pacKntT oi a? w.
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"'"ilrnwhrif to In m.i ta.er than
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r eirli ca b 1" X. Acen't waote.1 erery-
t.i., earr i . oi U tret, be-all the time.
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CHARLES
HOFFMAN,
ERCHANT TAILOR
Turely Ve etable.
TESTIMOMALS.
To all oTi'rlng from SLk Headache and BUlotu-
ncts :
Have bcn a Ticrim to the abore for Tear.
an l. auer ir msr various reme-: let, my onir to.--n-rt
at In ibe u.e ol M VI MONS I.1VE km
T'L.A lOH. a-hk'h never tailed to re leve me In 12
hours, idi'- I can assure those aiiaerinii frwro the
alive th.t they would be irreatly relieved br lit
use. x speaa nut tor myseii. but my whom la mi
ly. Y'ottit tveeictlnlly.
-J M. FILLMAN,
Selma, AUbama."
We have tpsted its virtues peiaonally and
ti.,.w tlint f..r lvpepsia, BiiiousDeM and
rbrobbinp Headache, it is the best medicine
the wond ever aw. We Jiave tried forty
..tlier remnlifs before SIMMONS LIVEK
KKLrLATt-'li, but none of them gave us
more than temporary relief; but the Reirij
iHtor not only relieved, bat cured trs." Ed.
Telegraph and Mesinger, Macon, (.a.
BILIOUN COLIC.
-SIMMONS LIVER REGULATOR tnra
me of a case ot locit; staadinx; Biuoca Colic after
oieer medicines iail. 1 tbina It one ol tne
family medicines I everated.
T. J. LAMER.
Pitertburs;. Va.
J. H
Sole Pn.prletors.
lull- ao-Irr-
r re pa red by
ZEILIN at CO..
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Price 11.00,
Aur A. Hoaaa.
J. Sam Waan.
HORSE & WARD
acct aMrtia to
EATON & BROS.
XO. 27 FIFTH AVENUE,
PITTSBURGH, PA
FALL AND WINTER, 1885-1386.
NEW GOODS
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HI! THE EAKTB TBIIKA (
. I am threatened with a comet,
Witb the all-abtorbing gun ;
Told that I shall slowly burn oat,
As my own fair moon has done ;
Warned of coming conflagrations
That will seize me unaware ;
Can I fear annihilation.
After what I daily bear?
Pelted constantly with hailstones.
Fiercely shook by hurricanes.
Thrown by whirlwinds topsy-turry.
Nearly drowned by constant rains.
Growled at day and night by thander.
Pierced by lightning everywhere.
Nipped with frosts until I scarcely
Know if I am round or square.
Out ail night in freezing weather,
Under tropic suns all day.
Due and struck with plows and shovels
Scratched with harrows every way.
Beaten down for streets and highways.
Galloped over day and night.
With steam engines, burned and scalded
Kept in a continual fright.
Deeper wounds than these I suffer
I am mined and bored and bit.
Torn by dynamite and powder.
Blown to pieces; bit by bit,
I've seen comets without number.
And they always keep their sphere ;
It is man tbat makes me tremble
Restless, curious man, I fear.
For I know tome day or other
He will find a stronger " force,"
Woudious chemicals discover.
And tbe end will be, of course,
I shall have my shattered remnants
Blown away like any feather,
Yet I have one consolation
Probably we'll all go together.
Ihtrper't HVnfcfy.
MISS BASHBY.
" Oh, children, don't you think j " Just let as take him on the ice , again ; bat do yoa suppose we mia
we ought to ask her to spend the! a while. We wont ketp him long, ded them ?
winter with us? I can't bear the ' It in such a splendid day ; the ice is " If she waa forty timet as irritat
thoueht of her going to the poor- j as firm as can be, no danger at alL'ing, " said Will, M I wouldn't say a
houee." Get the little chap ready, there's a! word. Only think what would have
"Why, Mother Allen!" was the ! good sister, and hurry up about it ;
universal exclamation : how can we can t wait.
we?" I With a questioning look at Ketu-
" Oh, I don t hke her, said Ned, Iran, which she answered with an
grufHv : "she is eo horribly proud." emphatic nod, I hastened to get the
" Oh. mother. 1 said, do you re-! Uttle cap and mittens and gray ul
ally think we ought? Isn't there ; ster, while the proud owner of these
' some ether way ? ' j boyish garments danced and pranc-
e?er mind, said motner pieos-, eu ana wnggiea wiui ueugui, uu
antlr "we will say no more about! could scarcely get thorn on, and
A $500 PRIZE STORY.
SOMEBSH COUNTY Mil!
(FJTABI.ISHI J) 1877.)
CEAELE. J. EAEEIEL5. 11 I. FEHT5.
Prtrident
Cashier
tVillecttoos; made la all parts of tb United
states.
CHAEGES MODERATE.
Uawttmrn vlahla, fA MUl INIW.f Vol CBB h. MA
sriniuo.late.1 by draft on New York la any turn.
illectiont ma.1. with prunptnest. i . . Bonos
n .. .1.. ii -ah iMlnlnihlM aamrad
be noe of Iitehuld't celebrated tales, with a Sar-
eent a Yale t3uS M Ume tuck.
ACCOUNTS SOLICITED.
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LOOK OUT ! ' f IMTDE
AT
Uootc H'lTie-y friorej
U!LT TILES JliUWEST PRICES.
TUTlSFtCTWM GUARANTEED.
opeiity"fou"sale.
iiSi? ,w" Stoveatowa. alna
J,"',"nf Mei'tur.1 tarnp,eemthiint:.
jj M X water. A new dwell ia and
-c a.ue. ,i.I h i n... ,w. . K.,
l.?!rl?X'Mir"lh?m'na1; ! All klndf ofradrtaklna- hoslnest atteneed to
':u n" 1 PPl rees sad .,fhu4a t n.r. two heanw tor banal tmrpna.
HENRY HOFFMAN'S,
JENNER X ROADS. PA.
T Otrtlnae to mannfarnrre. at my old s' and. all
A rrades ol not
The old Dee-hive is a-goin' to be
tore down," said Keturah, as she
placed a plate of buck wheat cases on
tbe breakfast table.
The Bee-hiye torn down !" eaid
mother. "Why, Keturah, who told
you Y
' Jones s boy, when he kern to
borrer tne wheel batrer. He eays;
ays he, 'There a-goin to tear down
the old Bee-hive and time enough.
too, says I ; It ham t been fit for bu
mac creetors to live in this long
time." s
Edward," said mother. " have
you heard anything of this?"
rather 6lowly emerged from the
depth of his morning paper. "What!
Oh, the old Weatherbee place! Yes,
I believe the town has decided that
it is unsafe to live in, and so better
be torn down."
Poor Miss Bashby!" said moth
er. hat will become ot her
Poorhouse, most likely," answer
ed father, dreamily, again abeorbed
in the stock list.
The old Weatherbee bouse, or the
bee hive, as it was called, stood on
hill jupt at the outskirts of tbe vil
lage. A winding lane led op to it
from the main street, a lane that in
ummer was a tangle of blackberry
nd sweet-brier bushes, with here
and there a gnarled oak tree leaning
against tbe old stone wall. People
f-aul that it was once a pretty avenue
that led up in gradual windings to
the line house on tbe hill.
But the one fine house was now
a dilapidated old building, and only
cart track wound up tbe hill
among the Unple of neglected trees
and -hrubs. It was a two-storied.
squarely-built house, with huge
chimneys and small diamond paned
indows. A flight of stone step.
led up to the fmnt door, and a long
L connected the main bouse with
huge barns and outbouee.
But the windows w-re broken, a
part of the main roof had fallen in.
tid only two rooms in the L. had
Ix-rn habitable fr many year.
There Miss Bathfheha and her in
valid eixter. Mim Patience, had lived,
tridett for their dailr bread ou
the pittance ti e two earned by plain
M-wing and the kindly charity o: the
neighbors.
Mir-s Patience, who. Miss Bashby
often scornfully declared, "hadn't a
bit of Weatherbee pride in her," re
ceived gratefully the assistance of
irietidn, but Miss Bashby could not
forjet that she wan a Weatherbee,
and accepted what was given her
more as her rihtthn as a gift.
Often mother sent us children up
the long lane to the old house, with
some little delicacy to tempt the ap
petite of the invalid. I dreaded, yet
was half glad to go. The old hout-e,
and the two tall women with their
queer, old-time ways, bad a strong
fascination for me.
As I ntood on the worn steps,
knocking at the door, and heard the
6low tread of Mis Batiby echoing
down tbe long passage, I felt like
placing my basket on the door-sill
and running away.
" What do you want, child ?"
"Please Miss Miss Weatherbee
mother sent you this."
" Oh !" said Miss Bashby, calmly,
as she lifted the snowy napkin,
'jelly! It looks nice; I hope it will
ta.-te as good as it looks. Tell your
mother that the la-t she sent was a
little too strong of lemon ; I hope
this is better."
Then the soft voice of Mbs Patience
floated out through the doorway;
"Is that you, Sadie Allen? Tell your
mother, dear, that we are very
thankful for her kindness." Then
Miss Bashby shut the door with an
emphatic bang, and I knew, as well
as if I had beard it, tbat Miss Pa
tience as receiving a lecture, repeat
ed for the five hucdreth time, on her
want of pride.
At last one day, poor Miss Pa
tience, weary of life, slipped out
quietly, and was laid to sleep with
the rest ef her grand family in the
I
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" a, 1 a I 1 . - 1A .
it, ferhaps it wouldn l oe oesu 1 1 oniy naa ume lor a wora oi caution
shall not ask her unless you are all i before a grand rush was made for
willing." the door, and Joey was off in high
But the next day there were sign 'glee,
of nanitulatiou amonir us. Strange I "OH doctor Wilbur is a hitchin'
to say, our big boy, Ned, was the op his team," said Keturah, as she
first one to surrender.
"See here, mother." he said.
some ot them poor trash over to
Hingbam's corner is took sick again.
stHoLD'n-uiiTVBE. which , Weatherbee tomb.
I tell mat as cheap at any other deal, r la Sotaer. i . , ,,.
let Cooniv. I will alto take order for any City
made F.rnlt.ire my eBMoBters may with to par.
chase. I keep tam ple-hok at my plao. af bus
atss, bom which selections can b tutu.
A. SPECIALTY.
Consideration. 625
ta.-jA." s-' uu .u-u ued i. u iitered,
tnce m abr-aal ittvmeats of iou each,
ajjrt . LLMUX B. MILLLK.
Swyeatirwa, Pa.
I have no doubt Miss Bashby sor
rowed long and bitterly for ber sis
ter, but the tears she shed, if any.
in secret; no one ever saw ber weep. ! shawl about her, marched majestic
An extra bow of black on tbe old-' ally to her room and thut the door,
fashioned bonnet ; a sterner set to was worse than all we had to bear.
don't want to be mean. Let her
come.. I can stand it if the rest can."
Will said quietly, "Poor old thing.
I don't care, if Ned doesn't."
Wheu Keturah heard of it 6he ex
claimed, " The Lord love us ! Comin'
here? Not if I know it! Now, Mis
Allen, do be reasonable! I ve lived
witb ye more"n fifteen year nursed
most all the ch'ldren helped fetch
'em through the whoopin' cough,
measles and etcetery, but as for
havin' that mean old creetor, "
Keturah !" said mother, warning-Is-
then the kitchen door was shut,
and onlv the occasional sound of
mother's pleading voice and Ketu
rah 's angry sniffs came to us from
the scene of battle.
When mother came out of tbe
kitchen some half an hour later, we
knew by the quiet smile on her face,
and the subdued rattle of dishes
from Keturah's domain, that the lat
ter was vanquished j
So the very next day Miss Bashby
came. e gave her the south bed
room, and bad an open fire, and a
cosy arm chair beside it, ready to
welcome ber. But if an idea that
she would show any gratitude had
crept into our minds, we were doom
ed to disappointment. Hoping that
she would say that she was pleased
with her room, I walked softly by
the door and glanced in. She was
standing by the dainty bed, closely
examining the sheets and pillow
cases.
H'm, h'm," I beard ber mutter
"cotton, all of 'era. Gentlefolks used
linen in my day, and then she sigh
ed heavily.
Tbe autumn days went swiftly
by, and the cold, 6nowy days of win
ter came. Miss bashby had been
witb us two months, and we got on
very welL Keturah was most pa
tient of us all, and won golden opin
ions from mother.
The bovs were C3urteous and re
spectful, but said very little to Mis
Bashby. I think they were half
afraid of ber. Little Joey we tried
to keep out of ber way altogother,
as thenly time she ever visited ber
room she said she din't like little
boys. But the gaze of her large,
round spectacles, and the sharp click
of her knitting needles, had a curi
ous fascination for the little man.
often when he was unusualy quiet,
on bunting him up he was found
just outside Mi9 Bashby' open
door. Once, on coming to take bim
away, I heard bim k solemnly,
ith his brown eyes cxed on ber
wrinkled face-
vVbat makes you look so. Miss
Bashby? You is ail wizzled up. Is
your skin too big for you ?"
One day in January, a cold, clear,
frosty morning, there came a letter
saying Aunt Mary was very ill.
After a hurried consultation, it
was decided that mother should
ctart at once for Brunswick, where
Aunt Mary lived, and that father
t-hould accompany ber
After many r.!sty directions to
Keturah and me, they started to
catch the early train. Mother's last
words were, "Be kind to Mies Bash
by." For a few days things went very
well. The boys were less unruly
thau u.-ual; Miss Bashby was quite
amiable for her, and Keturah was as
as sunny as a May morning. But
alas ! the peace was of short dura
tion. One morning, in going down the
cellar stairs. Keturah slipped and
sprained her ankle. It was very
painful, and poor Keturah, with
many gaops and groans, could do
nothing but lie helpless on the kitch
en lounge and give directions about
the work.
" Keturah," I would question, as,
witb sleeves soiled up and a iong
apron on, I went resolutely to work,
"bow much molasses do you put in
the gingerbread ?''
"Oh, Miss Sadie," Keturah would
groan, "only to think of me a lyin'
here like a log, and you, such a little
spindiin' ereeter, a doin' my work.
Oh, dear!"
"But Keturah, do tell me how
much molasses, or I shall never get
this gingerbread done !" j
"Oh land. Bring me the jug, and
111 measure it for you. Goodness, I
child, not that two quart bowl. What
are you thinking of ? It only takes
a cupful. Oh, Lord! To think of
Keturah Skinner ever comin' to this
pass ! and so on during the entire
day.
Miss Bashby was particularly dis
agreeable just at this crisis. No won
der she complained of tbe cooking
Poor Keturah, lying helpless on the
lounge, couldn't see to everything,
and so the bread was heavy, the pie
crust like dougb, and the coffee a
very unsettled beverage.
The boys, good fellows, laughed
and joked about it ; said they never
enjoyed anything so much in their
lives. But Miss Bashby she said
nothing, bnt the gesture of disgust
witb which she pushed ber plate
away at table, and gathering her
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Kiauircu. uue ut lut tiuuut iui at too.
1 1 look at the retreating boys. "I guess
egaITnotice."
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H t22" ,v,rt 10 "' h'4 prl sib,
a"" " showa u U euntrarV.
2?f'?. CHAS.C.SHAFER.
1.. !, ( Clerk.
iKa thin lna i tow added crow 8 Piwr Kptnrah. with her nrnmian to
Black Hearse and a hue Hesrte, the lat. - . 7 r ' v. ,i : l ' ,j
ter especially for attending-Children t Panerals ; I eel under ice COIU ryes) m moiuer mru ill urr ujcuiwry, vuuiu
I b.ini hand at all time. Coffins, (askatt and n !..!. .I,ni V.. n,nt. lr,.l ,J
.'shrouda. and Whii.Comss for children. 1 will j was ail. ""'v "
And now this house was to be groan. ,
torn down not fit to live in but One bright, cold W ednesday after-
! .h.t onniri r Hnn with noor Miss noon, Keturah. whose loot now ai-
a ito keep la stork a nice lir of City aktt. eoe
ered, at a small advance o. clt. arteee. Dual
lall u call on me when la need at snvthlnc In my
line. 1 can do ss well by yoa as yoa raa do Use
w hers.
ib..i.u v enanw nf thtt noicri. lowed ber to hobMe around a little.
octTGoi. HENKY HOFFMAN. on . ad a y Byrrjpathy for her, bat wss helping me finish the kitchen
mother tender nean was toucnea. ; mits umuoj c.cij
rna SALE "TEAM TCTJOINES. CLAY
r itd OKE PANS). BUlLEkS aad SHUT-
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spacialte.
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1HOMASCABAAN.
"If she has to go to the poorhouse, shut np in her den, when v Ul and now.
' marked eo? wlt" a l00" demand for Joey.
SeeMta aaad Latrines aaa Moll- .. ... ... .l. f 1 n V, Kori rnaritwl noil moll into fh kltrh-l AJ JOCV sTTeW better. HIM BainOT
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They always send for doctor Wilbur,
'causa be always comes when they
send, and he never charges nothing.
Them kind is mighty cute."
Smiling at Keturah's philosophy,
I hastened my work of getting the
kitchen tidy.
But bark! What was tbat? Loud
shouts, followed by an ominous si
lance, and then a wild, confused
murmur of steps and voices. Ke
turah and I gazed at each other in
dismay. Suddenly tbe kitchen door
opened, and Will, with cap and coat
oif, with disheveled hair and face as
white as death, staggered into the
room and flung himself into a chair
with a groan.
Will 1" said I, breathlessly.
"Will Allen," gasped Keturah,
rushing to his side and tearing his
hands away from bis face. " What
is iL Tell us, quick."
" Oh !" groaned the poor bov. "Oh
mother! mother. And yoa left him
in mv care. Oh, poor Joey !
"What about Joev? Oh, Will
what has happened to Joey ?"
"Drowned," said Will, desperate
ly. "Yi entdown through a breath
ir.g hole. They fished him out, but
oh. dear, be s dead. They re bring
mg him home:
There was a tramping of feet out
side the door, and a crowd of men
and bovs entered, one among them
bearing a dripping, half-frozen bur
den in his arms.
Was that our Joey? the little
white face set and rigid, the email
hands banging helplessly down, the
brown eyes closed, and the Iong hair,
wet and shiny, flung back over the
dripping clothes.
" Poor little chap ! said the bur
den-bearer, in a choking voice,
guess he's done for. Ye see, h
went under so far, and we couldn't"
bis voice grew husky, and he
turned away bis face.
"Oh. Lord! Oh. Lord!" wailed
Keturab. "What shall we do?
Somebody run for the doctor some
body get something to give him
somebody" and she wrung her
hands helplessly.
No one moved. The man still
held his dripping burden ; the crowd
waited, awed to silence. I stood
like a stone, my bead whirling, my
senses fast leaving me, when a new
actor appeared on the scene.
"What's all this?" said a sharp
voice, and Miss Bashby ' head was
thrust in at the door.
She took in tbe situation instant
ly.
" Keturah Skinner," she said, in a
commandir.fc voice, "take the child
and carry him into my room. Sarah
Allen, take the scissors and cut ail
his clothe- off as quick as yoa ran,
and wrap him op in blankets. Will,
stop crying, and ran up stairs and
get the brandy. Jim fcpoooer, run
for Dr. Ubur as last as you can
he's just started for Bingham's
Corner rnn serosa lota and head
him off. Dead? He shall not die.
Hot water. Keturah ; hot bricks, ev-
erythiag hot I Now clear out, every
pesky one of yoa (turning to tbe
crowd ) : yoa can't do any good here.
Oh, how we worked 1 we rolled the
poor little body in blankets ; we ap
plied hot bricks and hot water ; we
rubbed the icy limbs.
Ten minutes went by twenty
"Oh, Mis Bashby, I sobbed, " he
never will wake ! never!"
" Hush, child !" she said, an3 her
voice was softer than I bad ever
heard it, " I think we shall bring
him to. There, I do believe he
breathes a little don't stop a min
t:te, keep right on working. Yes,
I'm sure of it "
Oh, what a moment of suspense
that was ! Surely be breathed. Oh,
God. onlv let bim live."
" Yes, " said Ketura, hysterically,
just ss sure as you're born a sin
ner, he's comin' out of it ! "
When the dector came, Joey,
though still apDarently unconscious,
had shown unmistakable signs of
life.
Well done. Miss Bashby," said
tbe doctor; "you saved the young
ster's lite this time. But it must
have been a pretty bard fight. They
tell me he was under tha water sev
eral minutes. "
All day and far into tbe night we
watched by Joey's bedside. Poor
little fellow, how like a ghost he
looked. Strange to eay when he be
come conscious and could speak, he
would have no one bat Miss Bashby
about him. He motioned as all
away, and nestled his curly bead
down on her spare shoulder as if it
bad been tbe softest resting place in
the world.
How tbankfal we were, and hew
easy tbe daily tasks seemed. Ke
tura forgot her lame ankle entirely,
and went abont tinging Methodist
hymns in a low, bushed voice, in
terrupted now and then by a spas
modic choke and a hasty application
of her cotten handkerchief.
When Joey was able to sit up
what a jubilee we bad, though the
laughter would melt into tears oc
casionally at light of his little pinch
ed face.
Should we write to mother about
tbo accident?
We beld a consultation and decid
ed not to do so.
- Shell hear of it. perhaps, " said
Miss Bashby, " so yoa better say he
fell into tbe pond, but is all right
So tbat is what we wrote.
happened if she hadn't been here.
And tbe recollection being too much
for him be began to whistle to choke
back the tears.
"Law I" said Keturah, smiling,
"do you think I care for ber grum
bling? she might scold enough to
take the roof off and I wouldn't
mind 1 She's a smart one, though,
ain't she? How she did take bold
ot things ! Why you and me was
no more use, Sadie Allen than them
shovel and tongs. 'Twas Miss Bash
by. "
When we tried to thank Miss
Bashby, she only said, shortly, " Oh
nonsense, child I knew just what to
do ; had done it once before when
brother Joshua was fished but of the
river forty years ago that was
forty years ago, " and she turned
away with a sigh. I said no more,
but I thought mother will know
how to thank ber.
Joey though a little pale and lan.
guid, was singing about the house
in his usual sunshiny way by the
time mother came home.
Poor Aunt Mary was dead and
buried, and tbe tired look on moth
er's face, and tbe added lines of care
on ber brow, told of the trouble she
had been through. That evening as
we sat in mother's room, clustering
about tbe open fire Miss Bashby,
with the eyerlasting knitting in her
hands, sitting bolt upright in tho big
arm-chair Joey cuddled up in
mjih r's arms w.tli bis drow
sy head laid lovingly against ber
arm, ana tne oovs and l sitting on
the rug at her feet we told the
story of Joey's drowning and how
Miss Bashby brought him back to
life.
All through the recital (told ex
citedly by each of us in turn.) moth
er sat without speaking a word, the
light ot the hre shining on her face,
showing how it paled and flushed as
the story went on.
The tale was ended, and still she
spose no word, but her head was
bowed over Joey's sleeping form,
and tier cneek was pressed lovingly
against his.
Then suddenly she arose, lying
him gently on tbe bed, came and
knelt by Mi.a Bashby's chair, and
drawing the poor old wrinkled face
down to ber own, kissed it lovingly.
Then we children crept softly out of
the room, leaving them together.
1 outM Companion.
A BIO WHEAT FARM.
A Farm ot
75,000 A
Capitated
How tt It
Mountain L4ona.
Lander, Wyo., April 1. Moun
tain lions have been very numerous
in the Big Horn Mountains all win
ter, and their depredations have cost
tbe stockmen Big, Horn heavily.
Mieep have been killed on the open
prairie at all hours of theday.acd
the verr correls have been invaded
and colts and calves carried off.
.MirtiDers oi tne bold and savage
raiaers save oeen Killed, dui tneir
forays still continue. The great
strength and daring nature of the
mountain lion is well exemplified
Ly a late bunting adventure of Mr.
John Luman, a leading stockman of
the bain, and Mr. A. A. Conant, of
oil fame. They had wounded a very
large Big Horn, or Rocky Mountain
sheep.and were on the trail through
the blood flicked snow. The chase
was headed for the almost impene
trable "roughs" of the Medical
Creek, and the trailers pressed eager
ly forward, afraid of losing their
quarry in the Medicine labyrinths.
At last the stneken big Horn was
sighted, straining bravely through
the scow in his enorts to reach a
place of refuge. The hunters gained
rapidly, and Conant was already
speculating un the chance of a shot
ben the air resounded with tbe
wild yell of a mountain lion. The
wounded sheep at once halted and
gave vent to its terror in pathetic
bleats. It had not long to wait its
fate. From an overhanging of rocks
there shot down a long, lithe and
powerful bodv, and tbe .moun
tain sheep died in tbe clutch of the
mountain lion.
The hunters now pushed forward
more eagerly than ever, hoping to
secure both the lion and the sheep.
The lion raised himself from his
prey and boldly watched his coming
foes. In a moment, however,
he seized the carcass of tbe
sheep, and swinging it lightly across
his shoulders, moved off easily un
der the enormous burdeu. A short
retreat brought him to the edge of a
frightful chasm, fifteen feet in width.
W ith the sheep still astride his
shoulders the lion cleared the chasm
at a bound, and his tawny length
disappeared in a dense juniper thick
et on the other side.
Thus audaciously robbed of the
game for which they had so eagerly
toiled, the baffled sportsmen retrod
their steps. Just before reaching
their camp they beard from a tan
gled juniper thicket the sound of
loud and eager baying. Luman at
once said that " Towser, " his camp
dog, had brought some "varmint"
to bay, and the hunters sought the
spot. In the center of the thicket
they found "Towser" at the foot ot a
twisted juniper tree, in the crooked
forks of which crouched a huge
mountain lynx. Luman at once
said that " Towser n himself should
kill tne "varmint." Accordingly the
savage cat was punched from his
perch by means of a stout pole, and
landed in front of Towser in decid
edly fighting temper. For some
time the savage conflict was evenly
balanced, and tbe cat and dog gave
and took witb equal good will and
fortune. Stimulated by bis master's
voice tbe brave dog finally fastened
a grip upon the cat's throat that no
effort ceuld break, and in a short
time the lynx died, fighting to the
last gasp.
Messrs. Luman and Conant were
out for a week, and during this time
shot three elk. five big horns and
eleven deer, the . latter being both
black and white tail.
Women are not inventive aa a
rale. Tbey have no eagerness for
new wrinkles.
Mr. W. F. Dalrymple, ef DakoU,
with bis brother Oliver, is owner of
the largest wheat farm in tbe world.
In response tu inquiries made by a
reporter for the New York Mail and
Expreti while in tbat city recently,
he gave some interesting particulars
of bow bis farm is managed. Tbe farm
CDtuisU of 75,000 acres, on 32,000
of which wheat was grown tbe past
season. It is in tbe valley of tho
Red River of the Forth, on the west
side of the river, in the northern
part of the Territory ; and if estima
ted in oblong form, it would make
a strip of land 16 miles long by five
broad.
" In addition to its being cultiva
ted by the most improved machin
ery," said Mr. Dalrymple, " the farm
requires, at certain seasons, between
six and eight hundred men to aid
in plowing, harvesting, threshing
and moving the wheat We own J
500 horses, which are also used on
the farm, and in the busy part of
the season we employ about 300
more. The yield averages twenty
bushels to the acre. It is sown in
the spring and taken off in the fall.
The kind is that known as No. 1,
hard spring. It takes 175 self-binders
to cut and bind it, and 25 steam
threshers, running during the bar
vesting season, to thresh it ihese
machines will average 1,200 to 1,500
a day. The seeding begins April
10, and the harvesting three months
later. It is sewn with the aid of
horses and machines. The farm is
divided into subdivisions of 2.000
acres each, and each is managed by
a superintendent. AH the supeno
tendents are responsible to a general
manager, and all report to bim dai
ly. ' This is done not only by means
of horses and buggies, but also by
telephone, for a telephone wire con
nects every part of a division with
its headquarters, and each division
headquarters is connected by tele
phone and telegraph with the gen
eral manager's office. The latter is
connected by telegraph with the
main telegraph lines of the country.
Water is carried through galvanized
pipes to all tbe headquarters by
means of elevated tanks fed from the
river by windmills. There are six
railroad stations on the farm, on the
Northern Pacific and the Manitoba
railroad. The headquarters ot each
division includes a large boarding-
house, a dwelling-house for the su
perintendent, a barn to accommo
date seventy-five bones, and a
large granary, and numerous out
buildings.
Tbe valley of tbe Red River is
something enormous. It is 300
miles long, by 40 or 50 miles wide.
Ten veais ago the whole country
along the west side, where we are,
was unoccupied, there not being
1,01 0 acres under plow for a distance
of 200 miles, either up or down the
river. Now it is substantially one
vast wheat field, settled, occupied
and improved. A number of towns
of from 1.0LO to 2,000 -ach, have
sprang up, and are rapidly growing.
rareo, on the river, has reached a
population of from 10,0u0 to 12,CJ
in a tew years. I he nver is navi
gable from Fargo to Lake Winne-
peg. At Fargo it is like tbe Chica
go nver, about jm leet wide. e
have a steamboat and seven barges
that run to Duluth, on Lake Supe
rior, in connection witb tbe farm.
The land on each side of the river is
rich, fertile toil, and rise less than
a foot to the mile as it recedes from
the nver. A little timber it to be
found along the river, the trees be
ing of oak, maple and ash, but it
only extends inland a few rods.
There are two railroads running np
and down the valley its whole
length. The nearest Indians we
have are tbe Chippewas, who have
a reservation fifty miles east of ns.
But they are quite friendly, and in
fact the country it at safe from au
Indian trouble as are any of the
more settled States. The spring we
went out there, nine years ago, I re
member that Gen. Custer and his
men passed through the valley on
their way to the Black Hills, and a
company of scouts was raised in the
vailev to accompany him. Tbe In
dians bad been moved from the val
ley a short time previous to the west
side of the Missouri, to a reservation
about 200 miles from us.
" It is no colder in winter than at
Minneapolis and St Paul. The win
ters are cold, vet the etlect is no
more severe than where tbe mercury
it 15 or 20 degrees higher, because
the atmosphere is so clear and dry.
pring opens to that farming begins
by April lo and closes aoout No
vember 15. This compares well
with New York and Pennsylvania.
Tbe winters are more severe and
continuous than here, but are much
longer. We do not have as much
snow as falls 500 milea south of ns
because of the dry atmosphere. Tbe
summers are warm and pleasant, the
air pure and bracing. The territory
wi'l compare well with Minnesota
and Iowa aa to all the elements ef
productiveness. Our staples are
wheat, barley, oats, flax and roota.
Native grasses flourish weH and can
be matured in the smaller varieties.
"Game and fishing f Plenty of
both. Among tbe game are wild
ducks, prairie chickens, deer, ante
lopes and elk, all of which are to be
found in abundance up and down
tho valley. It used to bo a great
hunting ground for buffalo, and in
placet the ground was found fairly
white with their bones, to much so
tbat we had to cart them away. An
interesting instance of what we get1
hold of once in a while is tbat of
two large elks which a resident of
Fargo captured. He yoked them
together and drove the team about
the town for tome time. They bad
immense horns, twice the size ef
any deer's, and called forth no end
of attention. They were finally sold
at St Paul for a largo price at the
State fair."
Tbo Girl that Every body Like.
Girls, yoa needn't be beautiful to
become general favorites. Tbo plain
est girl I ever taw was tho favorite
in my native town. Everybody lik
ed ber. Beautiful? O no, the it
not beautiful that it outside, but
inside tho it an angel. Nobody
thinks of calling her beautiful. Net
one of a dozen can tell whether ber
eyea are black or blue. If you
should ask them to describe her
they would only say : "She is just
right," and there it would end. She
it a merry, fun loving bewitch
ing maiden, without a spark of en
vy or malice in ber whole composi
tion. She enjoys herself, and wants
everybody else to do tho same. She
has always a kind word and a pleas
ant smile for the oldest man or wo
man ; m fact, 1 can think of nothing
she resembles more than a sunbeam
which brightens everything it comes
in contact with. Ail pay her mark
ed attention, from rich Mr. Watts,
who lives in a mansion on tbe bill
to negro Sam, the sweep. All look
alter ber with an admiring eye and
say to themselves: "She is just the
right sort of a girl!" The young men
of the town vie with each ether as
to who shall Bhow ber the most at
teniion; out she never encourages
them beyond being simply kind and
jolly, so no one can call her a nirt
no indeed, the young men all deny
such an assertien as quickly as she.
uo girle love her, too T
Yes, wonderful to relate, girls like
ber. too; for she never delights in
hurting their feelings or saying spite
ful things behind their back. She
is always willing to join in their lit
tle plans or assist them in any way
They go to her with their love af
fairs, and she manages adroitly to
see VY ulie or Charlie and drop
good word for Ida or Jennie until
their little difficulties are all patch
ed up and everything goes -long
smoothly, thanks to her. Old ladies
say she is "delightful." The sly
itch, she knows bow to manage
them. She listens patiently to com
plaints of rheumatism or neuralgia.
and then sympathizes with them so
heartily tbat they are more than
half cured. But the cannot always
bo witb us.
" Then she finally gets married ?"
Yes. A voung man comes from a
neighboring town after a while and
marries her. The villagers crowd
around to tell him what a prize he
has won, but beseems to know pret
ty well without any telling, to judge
trora bit lace. So she leaves us, and
it is not long before wo bear from
tbat place. She is there tbe woman
everybody likes. Eli Per tint.
How " It
Sue wis to Rttvd
ted.
a" Orlg
" An old tavern-keeper ia one of
our pi no-wood towns.'" said Senator
Ransom, uf Nor.h Carolina, "was
a rough, half-pious, wholly bon
man, who utterly declined to bet
But one of bis guests, a pnfet)ional
gambler, could not live without
some excitement of tbe sort One
day he insisted on laying a bet that
the name oo a sign across tho street
was spelled without the " r " it need
ed to make it a name. Every one
could see tbat tbo " r " was there.
but he would bet, and finally the
landlord took him up, and of course
the man lost He stayed on. how
ever, a week or two, but finally
packed his bag and called for bis
bill. Tbo place was too slow for
bim. The landlord gave lira the
bill, tl&U Tho man looked at it
and then laid :
" Do yoa ever read the Bit!,
landlord? Were yoa piously brought
up?"
" Oh, yes ! I know my catechism
now. and I read the Bible more or
less."
" Do yoa know the etory of Sam
son?" " Well, I guess I was brought up
on that My mother told it to ms
when I wasn't knee-high."
Ah! What kind of a jaw bone was
it that Samson killed the Philistines
with ? Ill bet yoa don't know."
" Why, it was a jaw bone just a
jaw bone, and nothing more."
" I thought so. Ill bet yoa 1165
that it was a new jaw bone."
" It was too much tor tbe land
lord. He succumbed again, although
he felt as before that be was betting
upon a certainty; but, 'if tho man
would do it '
The man took a little worn Bible
out of his bag. turned to the chapter
in Judges, and read that with ' tbe
new jaw bone of an ass, did Samson
slay tbe Philistine.
The landlord turned round, say
ing, "Look for it in my mother's
good old Bible." taking it down as
he spoke.
The gambler found it, and held
the text under his eyes.
" It seems to read so," raid the
landlord in an bumble tone, feeling
the whole board bill float away from
bim as be spoke.
" And it has been adopted in
North Carolina slang ever since."
X. T. Independent.
Hell Do.
Second thoughts are always best
Woman was an afterthought of creation.
Seriously, is the dog star a Stye;
took up some of box irritating ways terrier.
Advertising is a good
making tovo to a widow.
i be overdone.
deal like
It cant
In the autumn of 1330 a traveling
book peddler, who afterward became
a successful publisher and the head
of a firm whose name is well known
in the United States to-day, came to
tbe door of a log cabin on a farm in
eastern Illinois, and asked for tbe
coortes y of a night's lodging. There
was no inn near. 1 be good wife
was hospitable but perplexed, "for."
said she, "we can feed your beast.
bat we cannot lodge von, unless yoa
are willing to sleep with tbe hired
man."
"Let bavo a look at bim first,"
said the peddler.
The woman pointed to the side of
the house, where a lank.six foot man
m ragged but clean clothes, was
stretched on tbe grass reading a
book.
"Hell do," said the stranger. "A
man who reads a book as hard as
that fellow seems to, has got too
much else to think of beside my
watch or small change."
The hired man was Abraham Lin
coln ; and when ho was President
tbe two men met in Washington and
laughed together over the story of
their early rencontre.
A Flacky nbt For Ifo and a Gal
Ittwt Reacae.
New York, March 31. The ship
J. I. Smith has arriyed at this port
from Antwerp, bringing tbe captain
and crew of the Norwegian bark
Nordcap, abandoned at saa. The
Nordcap left this poit on February
23d for Buenos Ayres with a general
cargo. On February 26 she encoun
tered a hurricane from the south
by southeast, veering to northwest.
The bark, under shorteaed sails,
plunged through terrific seas and at
every plunge buried her bowsprit
deep in the huge waves. Her jib
boom and bowsprit were earned
away, and thus severing all her fore
stays, the foremast went by the
board. Tho four sailors and the of
ficers worked all that dark and
stormy night to save the vessel. The
wreckage was cut away, and when
morning broke the bark, with ber
main and mixzen masts still stand
ing, was struggling gallantly with
wiad and waves. Witb do head
sails it was impossible to keep tho
vessel on the wind, and she rolled
heavily in the trough of the sea. On
tho afternoon of tbe 27 lb the main
mast fell with a crash. Only the
mizzen mast was left standing, and
though tbe weather bad somewhat
mode-rated, tho sea was still running
high.
A jury fore and mainmast were
rigged and an eUort made ta get the
bark on the wind. The attempt was
useless and she rolled heavilv. Her
decks were swept by the waves, one
of tho two boats she earned was
stove and her teams started so that
tbe water poured into the bold. The
crew were put upon the pumps and
by great exertions mr caged to keep
ber afloat The wind aud sea mod
erated, but it was intensely cold, and
several of the crew, worn out by
hard work and exposure stopped
work and lay down in their bunks
in the forecastle to await death.
Captain Salveson, the master of
the bark, however, never for a mo
ment lost hope and when some of
tbe men witb tears in their eyes said
"It's no use we are doomed we
can work ao longer," be told them
they were sure to bo rescued and
driving the men from the forecastle
ho forced them to fight for their
lives. Day after day they saw the
bark gradually go to pieces, and day
alter day as the water gained in the
hold the crew hopelessly fought
against what seemed certain death.
Not a sail was seen and at the mer
cy of wind and waves the vessel with
her eleven souls dnfted on a deso- "
late ocean.
On March 1st a hurricane came
sweeping down on the wreck. Big
and angry waves threatened every
moment to engulf her and the wind
swept her about like a feather. De
struction seemed eertain, but Ca
tain Salveson breaking out some oil
that was in the cargo saturated balls
ot oakum witb it and putting tho
balls in hairs hung them over tbe
aide ta windward. Tbe oil was dif
fused over the water and as the
great billows erected with cape of
fam came curling np to seize the
bark and drag her down they were
turned into smooth and oily hills of
water, as high as ever, but without
their dangerous combing crests. The
night was one of horror, of exhaust
ing work at tho puYtpo and cold.
bat tho oil on troubled waters sav
ed the vessel. The next dar tho
ind moderated its fury, but tho
waves still ran high. On March 1 1
tbe bark II. T. Herxey waa sighted
and the exhau.'txl crew thought
that succor had coat at last l ao
taua SaUveaoa igaaUed the bark that
be was in d.strew and wi.he him-
slf and crew to he Ukea orT. Tho
Hsner rp!ixi that she bal no
boats able to !.v in such a havy
"IVn't lewvo us," signalled
Captain a'vevn and the Henry
running dowa near tho wreck, ber
captain shoutod :
"Keep your Iigit hurting. I
will stand by."
N:ght was now coroicg on with
storm and rain. On the wreck of
the Nordcap tbe luhts wero kept
burning, and now see-n. now lt m
tbe blinding storm, the lights ef the
Herxey as she lay to near the wreck
kept up the hope of the exhaunted
crew. Every hoar Captain Salvesnn
shouted through his speaking trum
pet to tbe Herzey, and uke the
voice oi cope across the storm
tossed waters and through tha driv
ing rain and the dark night came
the answering hail. But at mid
night, when the Capiaia hailed, no
answer came back, and those on
board the doomed bark knew that
the Herzey had been blown away
from them and they were one
more alone.
Two more days of despair follow
ed ard then, on March 16, a ahip
was sighted. She saw the signals of
ditress flying from the Nordcap,
and bore down to her. She proved
to bo the ship J. I. Smith. Captain
Tingley, of Dorchester, N. B., bound
for this port A tremendous sea
was running, but the Captain of the
Nordcap lowered away his only
boat and be and the ten men on tho
wreck reached in safety the rescu
ing vesseL The ship had passed
through heavy weather herself, and
had lost her rudder-head and tbo
iron work of her fore yard in a galo
on February 24. On March 3 she
bad passed a bark with all her yards
gone except two on the mainmast.
Two days after tbe crew of the Nord
cap reached the ship. Captain
Tingley wanted Captain Salveson to
go back and set bis vessel on fire, as
she was iu the track of commerce.
Captain Salveson was unwilling to
take that responsibility, however,
and tbe mate of the ship went him
self and fired the wreck. The Nord
cap was a bark of 409 tons, owned
by Christian Boe, of Arendal, Nor
way. Her owner'9 nephew is her
agent here. He and Captain Sal
veson have written letters thanking
tbe captain of the J. I. Smith for
the gallant manner in which h- res
cued them and the kind treatment
all received on board tbe ship.
lrldn't ttsutto WretKle.
Reuben Doolittle was well known
as the strongest man in Connecticut
and a remarkable wrestler. Men
came from distances to throw him,
bnt all failed. Once a stranger ar
rived at Reuben's on this errar.d.
Reuben asked bim to stay all night,
promising to wrestle in the morn
ing. Both were np betimes, and
tbe stranger was invited to go out
ty the barn and have a drink of ci
der. At the barn Reuben seized a
large barrel of cider, and. witb ap
parent ease, lifted it and drank from
tho bnng hole. "Now," said he, as bo
pat down the barrel and wiped bis
month, "well have some breakfast,
and then well wrestle." Tho stran
ger decided he had other business
tbat would prevent tho match.
A gentleman of color A painter.
Alice bear. Pa.