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The Somerset Herald,
Somerset, Pa.
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LIAM II. KOONTZ
ATIOBSEY-AT-I-AW.
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,i3 is'.ne en-.mste-l f bi? rewu.
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duo'r to Sr.J-
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ysiE-b Bl--k. ap "'.IS
. rr.t. I' -liei-uons made.
cxTm-ne-l. and ail lei tau
. jntti e and aetj.
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0 KIMMET
ATIfKNtY-AT-LAVr.
Stmersel, Pa.
: te all tom eatraoed W btoeoj
- - .-! a.!--.r.ln ci,tie wis h 11-
I'ruM meet.
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EXFA" F. SCHKLT
ATTX.KXEY-ATLAW.
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sr.d PenV Airent, eer-.v,
I'a
'Ai.ENTINE HAY.
ATTOkXEY-ATLAW
, I-,; r in Keal Estate fTT.-J
iiasiMweatraftedto bis ear. w
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sv merwt. Pa,
!; attend to aU tasinesi eatnusted
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Somers Pa-,
'-n-rIl3s1rsearmste1 to mj car. at,
uim , a.ifc p mpineas ami a-lellty.
DVT. m7i7c TiiER.
, F.Tmer'.y ol Swyestown. )
jiiisjcii.v i.vs srscro-v,
,w ..i w-manently ia Vjoerset rtb.
K-tel in rear ct ITu S"-ra. tnaya.
D
E V. B LOUGH,
l.U.rjSTBlC PBVSK-A AM
r.-.-'tlls strrictsto thepe.leof St--fr'
r'rviVT. ".! la tnwn orewiBiTT pr-nip.iy
-t-ec f sr. ! fv and at ifhce !y
or niiiht.
r 's l.r.res. a'.y cnaicea.
S 4-1 (rSc on
v e-:.; eorn-r
liiaiuocd. orer Kne,-perf
apns-Mtt
:-Te.
DTI. H. S. KIMMEL
' -yt-t fc protes.sifa:Srnee to the ciu
. rt and V tciany. fnles pn1esi..n
: rtr?-.- t - cm t 1 tied al Us oaice. oa ilain
ew; :-l lL lnaaod.
D? II. KKU BAKER tender? hi?
i,..,,,! snrt-si to th. rlttiens of S-n
t -e- o.t vKir.'.ty. ff c. in realdene. oa Main
r-tt: . lie 1'Ua.oCO.
R. WM. HAITI! tenders his
i r sf 1- al sen ices u the cKiteas of Soas-
. 1 ttiix at cf Wayne k Berkeblle's
l-r.:-i:rf ,-re.
It t. Si.
S.J
y. V1LLEN.
i (jsm.( ia Vafir-s )
Kits-rr. Pa-
;-.: t:crTi.-n to tbe Preterration of
'-. urailch. Ar.1r.c1al seis inserteo. au
' : s t rn:eed sa' factory . Oftc in
ir b ui :! Entrance one d west
JOHN EILI.
HENTIST.
. in rain it C'x.k It Beerftsi Block
a. Pa.
D
H. WILLIAM (.X)LL1N?,
L- r- 1 1ST. SOSl EES IT. P A.
'-tt rr.o-.rb P.Ua. abor. B-yd s Itb
Mr.t L. -n at all ume be (and preper
K kilns ol work, such as tains: resra-
'itracui-s c AnlEcial teeth of adklnda
- tts t-. material baaened. Opera Uoo
J. K. MILLER ha perma-
w! leats. in her'.ia fT the crartiee of
:r Wn-ttM , puslte t baries Krisslnit-
ei sTa
5"
is rr mftpka ttatav l?etHl
I -eiii tMJetrare and hr mail J- 1U
J.-et frr a pKae ol c" w lanre
that ni art Tt tn wrll
t tar trinc yoa In BKey tatr than
r' r b AB.r-r.ca. All ahftti tne f"J.o
r"rr:'j rvii Imr. Acenif wanted eTy-t"1?-
' e ;ir x. trf alt te, V r aU the tle,
r-rTt:Ha ohIt. to work ic t their wn
'.. runee'fortll woraecf sMolntftlv M.
b ttieiay. H, Uaixet ltH poruand.
.at.
CHARLES
HOFFMAN.
8ERCHAI
id m
TAILOR
J liTILT FITLES 112 UWEZT F21CES.
1 VSXTISFACTIOK GUARANTEED.
LtGtM SOLICITCRS Wanted ta
itrd.ce
IiHAll'5
MAGNIFICENT
LINE-EMiEAVED
fcMH 0? GEN. GEAST
Jr.
pee t.'f&4 A r . . . . n
Wsrd Heeeher,
I
- ' -.in. Oexnre
H. Stuart. I. TW.nv.
tv
Wfcii:)r uwl boats of Mb.
enarved tktnii . ,,t.iiv.i
t ifif. ,ln oi plat., ti.wj. Fur
aiu-i V a- S-fl S"
''.ANSHI? AND EOCK-KEEPING
-A-T HOME.
' Sew. Sample Cplo Free.
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Wmtioml BL'SIESS college
"" A LTOOXA, PA,
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VOL. XXXIV. NO. 47.
ESlQXErS NOTICE.
Jkb Baker and wile No. 3M May Term, Is.
Jo
Orus R Moore. Voluntary Iwlrimrat
Notice is berebv rivea tan Jco ii.ker.oJ
w;f. of .Hitfuieereea Township. b deed f volua-
tary astlezuneDt dated l4fivl Aprit. ls, nave
ais:ned U O rw B- M-iora. of teM Towasbip. in
trust for ibe beuent of toe creditors o tie saw Jt
cub Baker, all lb estate real aad personal, m the
said JaoK Baker. A U pence indented Vt Ibe
said Jacstb Pxaerwtll make immediate payavect
ibe sail assignee, and uws. bavin eunuie asu
mauds will present tb hm willwai deUy to
lie Assists.
CY3VS B. iKKiEE,
AprttS-St. AMtrnee.
c
OUKT PROCLAM ATION.
Wm!:Es th HnaoraMe Wnu J. Ban,
Presi leist Ju ireot the several c-aru o! Comui-n
Plea o: tne several canities fin iit the 14in
Judicial district, and Justice of the Own of fryer
atM Terainer and treneru J. 11 ueiivery, lor tu
trial o? au eai't al and other cSender In the laid
Irtnri.and M l'.'UL!od Sirax S-trnaa.
Esuuirea. J a ot tee louns ol I yE.a'n rieaa ;
aad Justices i ii.Vurta ! .yer and Terminer
ttDd Oraera. Jail Ielirerr ijrih tnai oi all cpw
til an-I ottoT orJetwer In the county af Somerset.
ha-e brncxl iV ir j,reptJ an1 tu me dire:i.
h'4'Itn a 1 cn ul tVaimo Plu a-i-1 trentral
UcmerbMUDf o( iti Fa, anl fiOTal Jail
IeLirery. ana Curu ol Over and Terminer, at
Maa4myf HJ 17,
Xorirs U heret y plr?a to mil the Janice of tb
Peare. the CTer and vftlt.?a wuhlo the
fcil i Owir.tT ol SyeTf-t. tltw they t then aad
tbere id ileir jr-ir rs.i;i wiifa their roii, rec
onl. iO'4taiti..'C.exan::iiatl'Hi? and other remea
bratic. ij 4 tittee ihiDcn whjrh lo tKelr ottnuf
J aiKi in that bhall artertaln to i-e done : aod alu
the irhf- wtil irevu: a).icst ine pnroocra inai
are or ehall be latBe lali ul 5.-meret
then ana tiiere w prowcu'.e nJil tnem a tiiall
j r v: it
t-e -uu
en:rs . I JUH.V WINIHRS.
Apr. .1, l-o. i fenerifl.
aOTICE IX 1'IVOKrE.
Georjje K. Tavmaa ) In i tie (VHirt of C'aiui
rs " J Pica ol Somerset Ou Pa.
Etaora TiTtr.an.
Alia sut j-iraa Kr iMr.Ycenn irrutind of Adolterr
and lesertiUi.
7a E.'eore 7ivmti.
V. are hereby notified to I and appear at
the net Curt ot l"mro. i'leas of Somerset t ,
Pa . li'fe belO In S-omrrset on i lie id Jaim'iajr i.f
May. 1. to aiiswer tle cvaMi-Uiat ol y-ur ha
ban.1. Octree H. Tavtuan. the I'lailtiQ aov
aamed, ana show cause, if any yoa have, why
jour said hutnd fNld not 1 divorced
troi the ol matrimony entered Into with j
ycu. sa-Trea'.iy Ui the pry.T ol ni cini.'n ana
lll-l ei lni iiei'l airalost you '-Te saia '--urt.
Sbcrifl s urhe, JOHX WINTERS.
Apr. a. 1-xo. lurifl.
SOMERSET COUKTY UU
(ESTABL1SHFJ) 1877.)
CE12LE. 1 EAEESC5. 'ilFLTTS.
Pret-ident. Cafhier
t'.Jlec:
t'-a'.ea.
!oos mad s ia all parts of the Vailed
CHAEGES MODERATE.
Parties wistiria: tc -Bi r. r.ey Wet eaa be ae
et'iBmiated by drail oa New York ia any sum.
OoIleftroTi ma-'le with proaptDes. V. S. B'.-a-is
bought and enld. Monee and raJuaMes secured
t-y.ineof Iiet..iJ's celebrated sales, wita a Sar
srent a Yale (Mot 06 time lock.
ACCOUNTS SOLICITED.
w-Al! lel bliiaysob5rTt.
EXCELSIOR
COOK STOVES
ALWAYS SATISFACTORY.
EIGHTEEN SEES Al KIM
AH Foitte can
lASt-fiCTT-KlD BT
isuc a. izmm k lo.,
AND FOR SALE BY
11.
B. Schell & Co ,
SOMERSET,
r--6-lyr
PA.
mar-
IS
And everyone needs to put
their system in pood condition,
to guard against disease that
may 21 ve vou serious trouble
during the Spiing and Summer
months. Simple remedies are
penerallv what is needed. We
carry a very superior stock of
Dnifjs and Medicines.
and guarantee the strictest pu
rity. We make a specialty of
filling physicians prescriptions
and lamily receipts. Xone but
the Purest Drugs dispensed.
We endeavor to keep in stock
everything that is usually wan
ted by our many customers,
but anything we may not have
will be ordered in at once, on
short notice.
But to change the subject.
You may be ruptured, and if
so, we can supply you with
m.... ,....1 &...........f
j.ruxtK9 Ultu 3ifiwt-Sik
CfS at prices much below those
in the city. or. as we do all of
our own tittine, can safely say
that a perfect tit will be guar
anteed, lar? e-lourthol th
Trusses sold do not give satis
faction, because they are im
properly fitted to the body.
W e have a private apartment
m connection witn our store,
for the proper fitting of these
roods.
Trusses for men, children and
ladies always in stock. If you
have had trouble heretofore in
getting fitted give us a trial
and we will guarantee a fit, or
money reiunded. JJo not lor-
get that we have a most com
plete stock of Spectacles
and Eye-glasses, tyestnat
others have tailed to fit, are the
ones we want to try. Always
call at my store when in town.
You will be welcome, whether
you buy or not. If we do not
keep what you want, it will be
a pleasure to tell you where
you can get it.
0. N. BOYD
The Druggist,
THE LIFE LESSON
LEARNED BY A PROMINENT
HUDSON ODD FELLOW.
IFrtn the Helen, l. T.J trfitlfr.
Mr. John Etln. a nithful Odd Fellow. fPaat
Grand. Lindeswud, Ko. U) aad muster irflli.
Iia(tui cearek. aaji; "I bar beea, ajawet of
a; aaaiiitaaee In Hadaus know, a auflerer
Ir-tn UTTpepaia for tea ean- BeftDaioff witk
lorliresuon. aour ateoiacn and fiaialeoee. 1 be
cuk o WMk that my body became a tardea too
heavy to carry, aad my mind waa weighted dowa
by a rlooffij desiAodeocy. Alter eat in I telt a
If I iiad a bail ut clowiog inn ia aty MAmach ;
my aUiutuea would Moat, and I wax aftJcted ai
mjM eofkstaaUy with a ura beadacaa. A lady,
Ieaminc ot bit enaittioa. adviaed m. to use IK.
liAVll) KESXLliV S FAVORITE EEMEXlY,
telim me what an tnimtte deal .f food il had
done oer, aad gibers wa.ai afe. knew. 1 beiraa
taking it la the latter in W Aaavet. aad used
altou er only tnrev trattiea. wiien It a hleve.1
in u.c tL mod woatierful ImproraiaeDt. 1 aaee
a jw rained neh aad Iee4 Slrvojter, better and
hiuvtr than 1 hare in tea vear. FAVORllE
K tA fcDY cured my trieod. K. F. Herman, of
Ghent, ut the luutvring reoaaiix of the malarial
I the zruoTon Warrea treet. jui below the Worth
K'Ttr and of NiuKUBWi. Mr. Uarrey Tbomaa,
iioase. a. ys that it baa bad woadertally rood et
teeta Bp-n'biia. Soorea of my acquaintances aay
tlia'-. haTiDz one tried It. tney woeud aeeer acaia
be withtmt ii. I bare a'.ren it to my ehlldrea aad
foand it the best medicine I bare erer known for
reculaunc tbeir buweia and paritvlnc their
blood. Toe knnwledr. of this ajediciite 1 deem
the areatwt leuoo ol phriical lile "
A '" BuTTLK AND ITS VICTORY. "I car
ried tne bareeo of dyspepsia abuat with me all my
uie. ftaij jura, fierce, a lady -tfnty years oiu,
re.:4ln at Rochester. X. Y T'nttl atoat three
yean ao I tievan tacluar Ir. liaetd kennedj'l
; v,orit Ren,
Ir' ul KoDdoat. yoa Enow
has trtTea me ui-re amMuoa aad tiremrth taaa
i bate had atace 1 .as young."
BILIOTISNESS
May b properly terroeJ an affection of the
iirer. ana can be thoroufthlv cured or me
grand rwuiaior of the liver aad biliary
onrans.
Purely Teretablr.
TESTIMONIALS.
To all saiterlos: from Skk Ueadaeb aad Bllioas-
'Hare been a victim to the abore for Tears,
and, alter m ine: varii-u remedies, my only so,-
rjeae :
rrss.asiaibe aseof s'JsMuXS LI EM Kt--
t'LATulL, which never failed to reilee. m. In Ut
hurs, it-l 1 can asaar. those su lieri nt irvm the
shore tht they would 1 srreat;y relieved by lu
use. 1 speak not tor myself, but my whole fami
ly, lours ttespectiuny.
- J. M. FILLMAX.
" Srima, Alabama.
We hare tested its virtues peiaonaily and
kuuw t'.ial for I'vnu-pMa. iiiiioiisn-a ami
Tlirobbins; Heaiiache, it is thetet rueiicine
tue world ever saw. e have tneil forte
other n-meJifS ll"ore fclMMoNS UVKK
KKol'LATOll, but none of then gave us
more tLan temporary relief : but tbe Keirn-
iauir not onle relieved, bat cured ns." Ed.
Telepruph and Meenger, Macon, Ua.
BILIOVN COLIC.
-SIMMONS LIVER RE.-5tT.ATOB craxt
me 4 a case of lonx staadina Htrjor. Oouc alter
other medK-ines uili. 1 mink It oa. of th. asar
fami medtcjies 1 ever ased.
T. J. LAXIER.
P.terf t"ur. Va.
I'repared by
ZEILIN a CO.,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
J. H
Sole Prprleiora.
lull-ai-lrr-
Price ILOO.
LIST OF CAUSES.
Tbe foUnwics; is the list of anses set f'r trial
at the comic terauf tvsart, besttnninf Monday,
the nth day of SUy, lx :
nisi WKKS.
John P. Bak-rvs Jacob H. Wilier.
Charles 1-. Weistle n J'cpu StulL
(leo. Lainat's Assaiirnea, Jul, vs. Ueorf. Aamaa,
Cor stable. Ac.
Geo. Later's Assignea, Ac , vt. John Winters,
Sheriflfae.
Cornelia Tissue, widow, Ac, vs. B. k. O. R. R.
Co Lesses. su.
Ida E. heyaolds. widow, Ac , va. B. A U. IL !L
t o. Iesaes. hx.
Lietnch Tnrapcy vs. WUliam SweiUer.
aacoav wxxsu
FJttabetli Lo)r vs. Hurac Lenhart.
Julia Aaa Heftier, et ai. vs. Joe. Poorbangh et aL
Harrisiv nyler vs. Jacob Hrinbaairh.
Lli'ha Mooa vs. Somerset Co. Knlr a.1 Co.
A. J. 3lui-n vs. smeret Co. Railroad Oo.
JersTSin Weils va Thomas Maxwell.
Iaoiei Wevand's heirs rs H. B. Ooustnenour.
Chrlstss Newcomer's rght vs. the Howard Ins.
Co. of New York.
Adam Arismaa va Joseph and Francis Friedllne
Johnsoa Br'tters vs. i m Haly.
(ieurire H. Hockinst va Th. Buuasaa's F. A St.
ins. Co. of Pittsbarstb.
Georste H. H-s.ina; vs. Too Germaa American
IasnrmnceOi ol Pa.
Georste H. HockinK vs. The Commercial Union
Assurance 1 "o of Loadtss,
G.-Te H. Hocaiaa; va Tb. Howard las. (Vx. of
N. Y.
John Lane vs. C. F. Rboads k Bra.
Pro's ifhce I N. B. CRIT'HFIELD.
Apr.'il, lrr. ProtboBotary.
-O-
ALL READY
-FOR-
TRADE
Most Complete Stock
ITe Have Ever
Shown.
Colored Silks at SSc. and 95c; un-
equaled value. Our 75c. Colored
l- l. ,t v . Ti : - J T J : -
icursus are tue ursi. iiiuuruiuui
S200to 7oc. Checked and
UiS, S'-'.UUto iOC.
Striped Summer 6ilks, 50c to 75c.;
not liimsv, worth buvinz Checked
LnuiMne" Silks, at ' S1.C0. Black
Silks, absolutely heft values, at to
to 75c. Black Sarah Silks, special
barsairts. Rhadame?, Armures,
Si'k Grenadine'. L- w prices for
Brocade and plain Velvets.
ELEGANTNOVELTIES
Vs .1 MJ ULU LU U.UJ ! .. i 1 L ' 8 ! ' 111
in Imported Wool Dress Fabries,
from tl.UO op. Kachmyr Sublime,
the beet i-lain wool material at 50c.
a yard. Cheviots, Homespuns,
Boucles. Uotbs, all in Srnue color-
incs. Hosiery Underwear, Muslin,
Silk, Lysle and Cotton.
Indies and Misses Wraps and Suits, Jer
seys, coat backs, at tl-Ui.
Lace Ctirtains from S1.00 a pair to finest.
Curtain Materials of all kinds. Embroider
ies, Laces. White Goods, Seersuckers, Crazy
C.oths. Satioea, Percaies, 1-aTTDS.
We make a specialty of best and finest
Good. NO TKASH.
UI R MAIL OKDER DEPARTMENT
sends samples and information.
JOS. HORNE 5c COS
Retail Stores,
Praa AeBV, Piatoburgh. Pa.
UJIISISTBATOB'S WOTICE
Esut. of Samuel W. Pletober, dee d, lata of
Middleereek Twp., Somerset County. Pa.
Itwra of admnustraUoa oa tb. abo. Mtata
ha ties; beea srraat! t. lbs aaderalsraejd by tb.
proper aatbonty. aoUea l hereby frveea to aU
parsoas ladebtad to said estate ta sua. Issnwdl
aw payascau and Uws. has out claims acaJsst taw
same lo sranl taetas duly aatawntieausi farswW
Umesit oa Saasrdav. May x. Iff, at thw resv
Uaae sf ta. decadent, ia aaM lownshlp-
E. P. KIirG.
aprli. Admisisuatuc.
omer
- MOVERS.'
"Can we find a lodging, sir.
rith yoa this
bitter night?
For ita colder, and a snowia
there's no
other house in sight.
We're a-movin" east'ard slowly but it'i
liUie we can do ;
We won't be much of bother, for of ua there's
only two.
"Just my wife and L. sir, and she ain't been
very stout
Since we started an this journey and we're
took the shortest route
Back to old Indiana from our cabin in the
Ve&i.
Thankee, we'll be fiaJ to stay, and then 1 11
tell the rest.
- You see we went to Kansas, and settled on
some land,
Startin out right pertly, a-workin' band in
hand ;
The kies looked rosy then, air, and we
couldn't see a cloud.
And Mary seemed so happy, while I was
glad and proud.
Especially when, one morniug, just at tbe
break of day.
Our littie Lola came to us. like a flower pure
in May.
Then toil and care seemed nothing, and we
loved each other more.
We planned and plotted lovingly, 'till a
shadow crossed our door.
Our baby girl took sickly, and in spite of
human skill
She left tu, and her vacant chair, that no
other child could till.
Then misfortune poured upon us, and our
crops were pretty bid.
And then a sleepiu' note awoke and swal
lowed ail we ha i.
"Soon Mary lost the roses from her cheeks
once plump and round.
And began to look so ghostly; then a
a cough with its hollow sound
Came on to scare me dreadful, and I 'lowed
to bring her back
To the home for which she's a-dyin' and
now I'm on that track.
"She says she's awful hmesick ; she's a
faiiin' day by day),
And wants to keep a movin' and a burryin'
on the way.
I hope she'll brighteu up a bit, and get a
good night s rest ;
She's a coughin' badly no a, sir; it's that
trouble in ber breast
She'll be better in the morning, and I
think I heard her say
She'd be a: home and happy ere the close of
another day.
We won't get home in aday.s'r norawet-k,
at the rate we go.
But I don't let on to worry her ; it wouldn't
do, you know." j
They called the " mover "' early from his '
feathery " spare-room " bed.
And led him to her chamber, and not a!
word was said. !
Only they stood there weeping, and those
lips so sun ail a wuite
coma give tnem nacc no answer tuey usu
closed iu death last night.
" She'd be better in the morning,' and eager
to be away
On her journey homeward pushing, hoping
to reacli next day.
She's better, sir. this morning, for her long
ing soul has flown
To " the home for which she was dying,'" to
meet her Lola at the tit rone.
(jr'av V'XtidtOH.'
A SACItlFICE.
Many years ago I had a friend,
Kenneth Lambert. He was younger
than myself, at ttiat time five or six
and twenty, full of aspiration for a
better, purer existence than the life
we led.
His day dream, cherished for a
long time, was to leave society, and.
choosing ome retired epot. live
there alone with nature.in study and
contemplation.
Talk his menus called it when
they heard of it. But Kenneth,
through all his work and he was
no idler retained the aotion of this
plan. At ldttaii unexpected legacy
enabled him to leave the bar and
purchase the cho?eu site for his
new come.
It was a ruined chape! cn the side
of a moor, a place he had known all
his life. Of the wayside chapel
nothiDg was left hut an arch wry.
Behind this he had new wails buiit.
divided the house into two rooms,
one over the other. When all was
completed he went there. Some
people 1 know thought rum mad;
his sister laughed, saying he would
soon be tired of his scheme. I be
lieved in him. I would have gladly
joined him, but a man with a wife
and child is not a tree agent, tie
can not retire into a life of contem
plation, however much he ruay wish
it.
I went to see Kenneth in his new
home. The place was almnet inac
cessible ; had not Kenneth met me
on the hilltop and shwu me the
way over moor and mors 1 sbouldnot
have found it. The u'iapcl was in a
copse; a wild 6tream brawled by it.
The oak. alder and holly were res
trained by a fence from encroaching
on the chapel, and marsh plants
thrust their stems through the bar?.
The neartst house wast a farm half a
mile away. Ken;jtli's bed-room
was simple, his sitting-room furnish
ed in perfect taste. Ou the wall?
some fine etchings a plaster relief
whence smiled the homely face of
Socrates, on a brachet an image of
Buddha. Between these was an en
graving of Dores "Vale of Tears."
Books, too, there were in plenty .and
the fox terrior such were Kenneth's
companions.
"And nature" he said when I
made this remark.
"And here it is that you will stay,
in peace and quic t," I said, "until
your mission send- you forth."
"Peace and quiet ?" he answered,
smiling; "no, ths are not for me.
I have a presentiment that this ideal
life will not last long . I shall mar
ry." I looked incredulously at him.
He showed me his band. It is
written here," ha said: "I see it
only too plainly. Far as it is from
my desires, it is fated.
For more than six months I heard
nothine of Kenneth. We went for
the whiter U Torremouth, I and my
wife, and t cur surprise and pleas-
nreound that Lambert had thebouse
next oar own. We had a flitand cn
the flat below us lived Mrs. Vernay
who was the belle of Torremouth,
and justly ; I never saw any woman
so beautiful, never shall again see
each a face. She was tall and alight.
with a fair skin, blue eyes, shaded
with dark lashes, and her shapely
set
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Ihead crowned with really golden
hair. No art was there ; it was all
nature, nature in her utmost perfec
tion. She waa a jourg widow, said
to be enormously rich, bat had the
been a beggar maid wa all should
have worshipped her. Young, old,
single, married, there were none but
paid homage at her shrine.
Frank Lambert was badly bitten
bv her charms. He waa two-and-
t wenty, home for hia first long leare.
Mrs. Vernar encouraged him more
than any of the others ; perhaps be-
ing such a bov she looked on him
. - . . .
as a sale came, l Knew tnat sneijoa-es pusseu umswu mew, uu oo
stole his heart with the first glance
of her violet eves, and that he has
never recovered from her influence.
We were sitting together one after
noon in tne Lamberts drawing-room
when Kenneth walked in. Torre
mouth was not mere than ten miles
from his retreat, and he had walked
over, not to pay his mother a pass
ing visit, but to stay if she would
have him.
Did any mother ever refuse to re
ceive her eldest son ? How the girls
laughed at him, declaring their
prophecies true, aad saying he; was
weary of solitude. I felt a little sur
prised at him. Only one preserved
ber faith in him ; this was Grace
Cheslyn. the girls' friend, almost
like another sister. She was stay
with them, and upheld Keaneth
whatever we might say.
Mrs. Vernay dined that night
with the Lamberts, coming in like
some beautiful being from another
world, jewels glittering in her dress,
and in ber bair a snake that glitter
ed with diamonds and rabies.
We all came in and paid court to
her, Kenneth included. She looked
with interest at him, saying :
Ahl The Hermit brother. I have
so wanted to see yoa. Have you
left your seclusion ? "
"Yes we all knew he would,"
quoth Marie Lambert. "The cold
weather on that moor could not be
endured."
"My sister is mistaken," said Ken
neth ;" "I left for other reasons, and
did not particularly like coming
away from my solitude.''
Ve will teach you the pleasure
of society," Mrs. Vernay cried. "Sol
itude is horrible. Man was not
made to live alone."
Did I see Kenn.th wince? I could
not tell.
Then Grace came, asking Mrs.
Vernay to write in her birthday
Uck. And tbe beauty inscribed
"Lily Verney" in clear, beautiful
writing matchless as herself.
Kenneth read it over Graces
shoulder.
"Your name is Lililh," he said to
1 i a
Vernay.
"Who told you that?" she asked,
and he replied : .
"I knew it, without oflering any
explanation. "Lilith! horrid!" murmured
Grace, as, with Frank, Mrs. Vernay
moved toward the piano.
"I think it pretty ; why horrid ?"
Marie asked.
"Do you know about Lilith?"
her friend replied. "She was Adam's
first wife, and for transgression was
turned out of paradise. She is the
enemy if all little children andwhen
Jewish babies are born the nurses
write 'Lilith, a vaunt!" against the
wall lest she should come and kilH
the child. And tradition says that
she still haunts the world as a beau
tiful woman, who entices men to
marry her, and then strangles them
iu her golden hair."
"A tradition," said I, "something
like the legends of the Greek
Lauiai."
"How do you know that there is
not truth in traditions and folly in
rejecting them ?"' Kenneth asked.
Meanwhile Mrs. Vernay was sing
ing aong after song, and with every
note stealing away a bit of Franks
heart. And her music won Ken
neth to her side, for he took his
brothers place at the piano, and
stood there turning over her pages
I believe in all the wrong places, for
he lowked more in her face than at
the music
I confess that in those days I was
vexed with Kenneth, for he seemed
to Lave taken a sudden and inex
plicable plunge into tbe society
which a few months previously he
had adjured forever. There seem
ed only one explanation his ideal
life had proven dull and inksome.
Everywhere I met him, chiefly with
Mrs. Vernay; often Frank was with
them, a wee-begone, undesired third
party. And the girls declared that
it was a shame Kenneth, who railed
against marriage, should come and
steal ber away from his brother.
A few women there were who dis
liked Mrs. Vernay. My wife was
one of them, and well eaough we all
knew the reason, ror when, with
maternal pridehe one day showed
off the children to the pretty widow,
Mrs. vernar turned from them
with a cold look of disgust, saying,
"I detest children." An insult no
mother could forgive. "That un
natural woman," my wife from
henceforth called her.
How lovely she locked at the
Christmas ball when radient with
delight, she crosed the room to say
to me, "Look at tbe progress of my
conversation. Here is Hermit in
this frivolous scene."
"I wish I was at the chapel,"
Kenneth himself remarked, and cer
tainly no man looked more ansuited
to a ball room. He had grown pale
and thin during his Bolitary life,and
wore a thoughtful air I never before
had noticed in him.
"Why on earth didn't yoa go
back ?" said I. "Nothing has sur
prised me more than your appear
ance here."
I knew it would be so," he an
swered. "I had to come."
Then in that incongruous place
he began telling me his experiences
in that wild solitude.
"1 began to think any life there
useless, a mere indulgence of my
own tastes. I read and thought, bat
the mysteries of life seemed as un
fathomable as ever. One evening I
felt myself no longer alone. X
saw
nothing. I heard nothing, yet I ab-
sorbed this command into my being:
"Go into the world, for there ia a life j
yoa mast save, a demon yoa must the moonlight Ihensiocs haunt
vanquish, and the life you have led ed me. though ia every way poesi
has given you power to fight and ble I tried reasonably to account for
conquer.
The world will mock, aad it
your friends misunderstand yoa bat
heed them not By this token know
both destroyer and destroyed.' Then
across the floor of my room glided a
glittering snake, unlike anything
we see upon English moors. And
I, obeyin? the command, came
here to find the destroyer."
At that moment he trembled,
touched my arm and bid me look
across the room. There stood Frank
and Mrs. Vernay she with the
'jeweled snake twisted in her nair,ne
with another, a bracelet of hers,
clasped around his wrist ; some
1 I ,U ska
bad slipped it on
"My dear Kenneth, these are fan
cies, nothing but fancies," I said, for
his manner alarmed me. "You can't
think that anything more dangerous
than a bovish love affair can result
from Frank's friendship with Mrs.
Vernay."
"Lilith !" was all he said,
"Tell me how did vou euess her
name!"
"It came to me as that command
came, when I saw her write," he re
plied. Then crossing the room, he
asked the beauty to dance, taking
her away from Frank.
I believe bets passed between the
men at tbe Torremouth Club as to
which of the brothers would marry
beautiful Mrs. Vernay. I confess I
wondered myself whether Kenneth
would relinquish his noble schemes
and marry li ice any other ordin
ary mortal. 1 rarely saw him with
out Mrs. Vernay. He rode with her,
drove with her, spent long hours
in her pretty drawing-room, and
walked with her on the esplanade. I
aaked him what was coming from
all this, and had for a reply, "if I
don't marry her, Frank will" an
aswer which at the time struck me
as strange.
And one day Frank came to my
wife to pour into her sympathetic
ears wild fierce raving against his
brother. Why had Kenneth talked
all that nonesense about celibacy
and selusion when he came and took
away the only woman Frank ever
would, ever could love?
And thus wo heard of Kenneth s
engigeuient to the beautiful Mrs.
Vernay.
All the men in the place envied
him, but never in my life have I
seen so grave and gloomy a lover.
Yet, like all the other men who met
hi-r, he seemed to adore her. I nev
er heard any one question his de
votion. Perhaps their eyes were
blinded. I knew we all pitied
Frank. And the time passed merrily
by to the wedding day. Mrs. Ver
nay growing daily more beautiful.
Once she pasaed me as I walked
with a friend on tbe esplanade.
Good heavens!" he exclaimed,
"what a likeness !"
"To whom ? I asked.
"To a peasant 'girl in the Black
Forest who a few years aeo created
stir in her village. All tbe young,
fellows were in love with her ; the
married one of them, and in a few
days later be was found dead in bis
bed, the bride having vanished no
one knew whither."
"An unpleasant etorv," I said, lit
tle pleased to notice Kenneth near
me, who must have heard every
word.
,0f course, it is only a chance
likeness," said my friend.
"Lilith !" murmured Kenneth, as
be passed me.
A week or two later and th;re was a
fashionable wedding in Torremouth
dismal as are all such festivities,
Kenneth had beeed for a private
wedding. Mrs. Vernay laughed in
his face.
"You ridiculous boy !" she said ;
"people will think you are ashamed
of me." .
The only member of the family
not present was Frank. He had re
joined his regiment.
It was over breakfast, speeches
end all and I was refreshing my
self by a walk near the sea.
A total stranger cams up and ad
dressed me, inquiring about that
morning's wedding. He appeared
to have been a spectator in the
church. Among other things, he
asked me the bride's naoae.
"She was a Mrs. Vernay," I
replied.
"Ah," he said, "I thought I knew
her again."
"May I ask you where you met her?
"In Ceylon. She came oat as a
brides after three weeks " He
paused, but. I begged him to go on.
"It is an unpleasant story,'' he
said, "Her husband was found
strangled in his bed. They said one
f the Syces bad don it, but some
thought Mr?. Vernay could have ex
plained the matter."
I asked no further questions a
voice seemed to whisper in my ear,
"Lilith !" and the stranger went on
his way. j
But I forgot my forebodings as the
days passed, bringing nothing but
goud news of Kenneth and his wife,
as they traveled in the lake district
We talked of them the weather they
must be enjoying, and and specula
ted as to their future home, as yet
undetermined.
One night after my wife had gone
to bed I was lingering over the Are.
Carelessly I raised my eyes toward
a mirror hung above the mantle
piece, and then my attention was
riveted by the reflection that met
my eyes. It was no repetition of
the room I was in, bat a faithful
picture of Kenneth s retreat at the
chapel.
I saw the door open and a flood
of pale moonlight stream into the
room. I saw Kenneth and his wife
enter as from a long journey, and I
noticed ber passing around tbe room
looking at his treasures while he lit
a lamp. She had something in her
hand gleaming against her dress, and
I noticed how she stole behind him
as he bent over tbe light Then a
cloud of vapor arose from the lamp,
and be turned to face ber, stern and
unyielding. She threw herself kneel
ing, praying at hia feet, bat he nev
er flinched ; then she arose, chang- J
ing into a tall, thin, pale figure, with j
a Heath-like face and hollow, eleam-
inz eyes.
Still he never faltered,
. a a a
'and with
a cry tnis toeing rnsned
through the balf-opened door into
eralcl
The next morning I left Torre
month by the earliest train, stop
ping at the station nearest Ken
neth's retreat, and with some little
difficulty found my way to the
chapel. All was lonely and deser
ted, yet I seemed to note hanging
:ound the room faint traces of that
smoke-like vapor.
I returned to Torremouth telling
myself that it was but fancy, and
that Kenneth, with his wife, was in
Westmoreland.
At home to my surprise, I found
Frank waiting to see me.
"I have seen Kenneth," were his
first words.
"When?" I cried.
"He came to me last night; I
have seen her, too" (lowering his
voice), "in her true form. I know
now all that he did for me. See he
gave me this."
It was a noose made of a thick
coil of a woman's golden hair.
From that time to this I have
never again seen Kenneth Lambert,
nor has any one else.
Now perhaps you may call me a
silly old fool for thinking anything
supernatural lay behind these
circimstances. You may call
Kenneth mad, as many do, and
find excellent reasons to atcjuat
for everything else.
I have told neither more nor less
than I saw. Put what interpretation
you please upon it, I can oiler non.
Was she Lilith ?
I can not tell. But she cost thi
life (no matter how it ended) of one
of the noblest roea 1 ever knew. And
Frank still suffers from having en re
been beneath bar influence.
George Washington's Canrtsliip.
Near the end of May, 1753. Wash
ington was ordered by the Quartermaster-General
of the British forces
to leave Winchester and make all
baste to Williamsburg, there to ex
plain to the Governor and council in
what a desperate condition the Vir
ginia troops were as regarded cloth
ing and equipments. Accordingly
he set out on horseback, accompan
ied by his servant, Billy Bishop.
The two men had reached Wil
liams Ferry, on the Pamunkey river
and had crossed on the boat, when
they met Mr. Chamberlayne. a Vir
ginia gentleman, living in the neigh
borhood. The hospitable planter
insisted that Washington should at
once go to his horse. It was fore
noon, and dinner would be served
as usual, early, and after that Colo
nel Washington could go forward to
Williamsburg, if go he must, .be
sides all that, there wa-i a charming
younz widow at his house Colonel
Washington must have known her,
the daughter of John Dandridge,
and the wife of John Parke Custis.
Virginia hospitality was hard to re
sist. Washington would stay to
dinner if his host would let him
hurry off immediately afterward.
Bishop was bidden to bring his
master's horse around after dinner
in good season.and Washington sur
rended himself to his host. Dinner
followed, and the afternoon went by,
and Mr. Chamberlayn was in excel
lent humor, as he kept one eye on
tbe restless horses at the door, and
tbe other on his guests, the tall, Indian-like
officer and the graceful,
hazel-eyed, animated young widow.
Sunset came, aud still Washington
lingered. Then Mr. Chamberlayne
stoutly declared that no guest was
ever permitted to leave his house af
ter sunset. Mrs. Martha Custis was
not the one to drive the soldier away
and so Bishop was bidden to take
the horses back to the stable. Not
until the next morning did the
young Colonel take his leave. Then
he dispatched hia business promptly
at Williamsburg, and when ever he
could get an hour dashed over to
White House, where Mrs. Custis
lived. So prompt was he about this
business, also, that when he return
ed to Winchester he had the prom
ise of the young widow that she
would marry him as soon as the
campaign was over. From uGeirge
Washington," by llrocce E. ScudJer,
in St. Nicholas for April.
A Story by a Bricklayer.
" Do we ever stop to think about
the people wbe are compelled to
pass under as?" asked a bricklayer ;
" yes, we do, and often, too. People
don't seem to understand bow care
ful we are not to drop bricks cr
pieces when working over side
walks. I ve been working on the
Rial to, and the folks going to and
from the Rock Island station have
persisted in walking under the scaf
folding, though Mr. Griffith has
kept 'Danger Keep Out!' signs up
all the time. Guess I'll have to tell
vou the story of the man who came
along under me one day just as I let
a brick fall. It is a story of such
presence of mind as you don't often
find in this world, I tell yeu, and as
to the other world I don t know
nothing about it What I mean is
that it was the kind of presence of
mind yoa read about and rarely or
never see. ell, I let a brick tall,
and it went a "sailing down. I call
ed out as loud as I could, " Look out
below!" Then I got a look. On
the ground below was a man, and
the brick was going eo straight for
him that if he had stepped baek a
few feet it would have hit him, sore.
I knew the nan would jump one
way or the other people always do
when suddenly alarmed and on the
way he jumped bis safety depended.
As the thought flashed "through my
mind that people usually jump
backward oa such occasions, I felt
ss if that man's life could not haye
been insured then for ninety-cents
annual premium on the dollar. But
he didn't jump at alL He threw his
eyes up, sighted the brick, ank walk
ed along as calmly as if there was no
danger near. The brick struck
within eight feet of him, and made
a hole in a board big enough to give
one an idea of the effect it would
have had upon a man's head. This
may seem like a little thing to you,
bat it struck me as being one of the
neatest exhibitions of presence ot
mind I ever heard ot" Chicago
Herald.
Nearly a quarter cf a million peo
ple have been buried ia Greenwood
cemetery, Brooklyn.
WHOLE NO. 1816.
Little Poluta oa Introduction.
It was amusing to read lately, ca
bled all over the world, that Mr.
Gladstone kissed the Queen's hand.
The custom of withdrawing the
glove in handshaking is now a thing
of the past. It had its origin in the
knight of the olden time taking off
his iron gauntlet sa as not to hurt
his lady's hand, and has gradually
become an obsolete fashion, though
one yet sees a gentleman who con
siders it only due lady that he
should give her bis bare band. A
young lady told me that she incur
red the displeasure of a provincial
acquaintance because she merely
bowed instead of shaking bands
with a group of girls, with soma ef
whom she had but a slight acquaint
ance, when entering a parlor at a
country tea. Thy called it "put
ting on airs," when, in fact, it was
their own ignorance of the social
necessities of the occasion that was
at fault. But the provincial young
ladies evidently believed in hand
shaking as part of the code of Man
ners. Yet at this same gathering
my friend said the young people did
not seem to see any impoliteness in
whispering or giggling in the room,
or rudely staring at any dress that
differed from their own style. What
a very trying ordeal, too, is the loud
voiced greeting, where your hand is
held and inquiry made af'-er yeur
welfare and that of your family,
so as to be heard all over the
room.
A mis'-ake often made ia social
! greetings is that ot introaucing a
lady to a geiiUem.m. which is the re
verse ot correct. When the sex is
the same, introduce the one yoa
consider inferior in point of social
position or by reason of youth, to
the superior or older. When intro
duced it is etiquette to bow, but not
to shake hands, and it is optional
with the lady to recognize the gen
tleman at the next meeting. I think
I could easily tell a flirt if I saw her
shake hands, for the method of that
character is to linger over every
hand as if that particular h tnd came
nearest her affections. " In fict, there
is much to be learned of human na
ture in the methods of aocial gath
erings. Christian at Wurk.
Jim Root tast Story.
James P. Root tells a story which
ia somewhat ancient, but he makes
a present generation application.
The story, bristly told, and divested
of Root's inimitable drolleries, runs
thus :
Two Irishmen had been hired to
act as mourners at a funeral, their
duties being to walk behind the
hearse with bowed heads, and hands
crosst?d upon their breasts. It was
expressly stipulated in the contract
that if either raised his head he
should forfeit his pay. They trudg
ed along for some time easily enough
but at length the unnatural position
became painful to one of them and
he complained to the other.
" Kape shtill, Pat and howld your
head down, or vou'il lose the
shtuff."
" Bi'gorra I can't ; pe neck is
brakin, and besoid.s, the corpse
smells as if it had been a month
dead."
He straightened himself up, and
was astonished to find that he was
following a swill-cart, having missed
the procession at come turn in the
route, blocks away.
Now," said Root " that's the fix
the mugwumps are in. They pre
tended to ! mourners at the Re
publican pt.rty funeral, and started
with the procession. Just about
now their backs are aching, and they
look op and find themselves tailing
on to the Democratic swill-cart
Having lost the road, they can't ride
back; they've got to walk."
A Maine Doctor Adventure..
A Maine doctor, who weighs two
hundred pounds, and was stationed
as an inspector near the border, re
cently told me in an interesting way
some of the adventures which he
had during his official stay in the
wilderness during the late small-pox
scare.
" I was sent" said he, "to Lowell
township, through which the Cana -
dian Pacific railroad will pass. My
station was near lordon s camp,
where about eighty men employed
on that railroad were encamped.
The nearest railroad station was at
Lake Magnetic, twenty miles away.
I built a log cabin and constructed
a gate across the road. So man
went through that gate without be
ing vaccinated. I had to deal with
a rough class of men, and had some
scrapes that would read like a dime
novel. My two assistant., a rifle, a
revolver, a Newfoundland dog and
a suit of clothes, with brass buttons,
which I procured after I'd been out
a while, helped me out. Yoa see,
nobody lived near, and I had no
moral support I had to rely solely
on my display of physical force.
Soon after we were established we
went down to Gordon's camp, and
in one day vaceinated evf ry one of
the eighty employed there. They
rebelled against it but we made no
talk with them, going through them
like a flock of sheep. Several days j
afterward word came to me that a !
crew was coming from the camp to j
burn ray cabin and send me homo. !
Some of the men's arms had swollen j
and become exceedingly sore. I i
went down to the camp at once, and J
found a mutiny impending. Many
of the men were sick and angry.
Several of thein were laid up and i
sucenng severely, i explained tne
nature of their trouble to them and j
told them if they kept calm I would
"V i l 1 . t
relieve them of their pain. With
the help of morphine I was able to
prevent the rumpus. I tell yoa it
was an excited crowd. They were
afraid that all of them would be tak
en down.
" A burly Scotchman swore he
would pass my station without be
ing vaccinated, one day. He was
one of a dozen desperate fellows. I ,
had a pitched battle with him at
last, and actually vaccinated him
with my foot on his windpipe. In
the meantime my assistant kept the
ethers off with hia gun. We stuck
tbe quill into every one of them.
" Often the Canadians tried to get
by me by itealing around through
the woods. One man in making the
attempt got lust in the night. We
beard hia cries and started in search
of him. With the help of oar New
foundland dog we were able to res
cue him, bat he did not arrive at
oar cabin till four o'clock ia the
morning, and the fellow was nearly
dead with cold and fatigue. He
would have perished but for the
doctors and the dog. A more scar
ed man than he was. when we came
upon him I never saw.
"They adopted a curious way to
sneak by the Moore river inspector
one day. Four men concealed them
selves in a load of hay and passed
unnoticed. They crawled oat too
soon though. At the forks they
were stopped and sent back to fee
vaccinated.
" I was surprised to see the preju
dice these fellows have against vac
cination. It exists among the Scotch
and English aa well as the French."
Levistoi (Jff.) Journal.
Battooa, New avad Old.
" One trade which has seen a deci
ded change during the last twenty
five years, is the manufacture of
buttons," said a manufacturer to a
reporter recently. " At that time the
buttons used on dresses and cloaks
were made chiefly of metal, some
times in imitation of silver, and
eometimes ot gold. They were made
very large ; in fact, larger than the
present silver dollar. Agate but
tons were made in all colors, the
purples and red predominating, and
they were used to adorn calicoes and
chintzes. After these had a good
run smaller buttons were made, and
a button made of lava became very
popular. At the same time huge
buttons of pearl had a very large
sale. Then there were nickel but
tons, decorated with designs of stars.
Then came the queer brass and glass
buttons. The brass buttons were
made of open work, at the back of
which waa placed a piece of red
lining."
" When did small buttons Become
fashionable ?"
- About ten years ago. The most
popular were sma.'l pearl buttons,
f hey were then call! shirt buttons,
and are now used for that article of
dress. They were set very thickly
together on a dress and for a time
were so small as to be scarcely visi
ble. The metal and glass buttons
also decreased very materially in
size, until the rage for small buttons
waa as great as the mania for largo
ones had been."
Were not buttons representing
frnit once popular ?"
"Yes, after the craze for small
buttons. The fruit buttons were
made in designs of gooseberries, cur
rants, raspberries, blackberries, and
grapes. Masses of little red cur
rants used to 11 in the front of a
lady's dress, and great blackberries
worn on silk attire ased to half tempt
the unwary into taking a bite of the
luscious fruit. Solid jet balls, too,
were used at this time, and formed
j a trimming for dresses not unlike the
jets used nowadays. Those now
worn are selected with great care.
The colors of them must harmonize
with those of the dress, down to the
finest shadings, and the style mast
be fashioned according to the style
of goods used and the design of the
toilet followed. Street suits made
of rough goods are now adaraed
with buttons of enormous size,
mostly in bronze, and decorated with
various designs. Some of them are
medallion heads, some in land
scapes. Some in wheat-sheaves.
Others are made of shell and many
colored and brilliant ; others are
imitations of cameos, and others are
a curious imitation of gilt and sil
ver. The old-fashioned button-molds
have been revived in crochet buttons
and will be ased soon on black cloth
and silk suits. The gaudiest but
tons used are the big gilt ones which
are usually afftcted by school-girls
and very young ladies." -V. 1".
Hail and Exprest.
A Masonic Fnneral in 1M02.
For the benefit of our Masonic
friends we republish the following
from the Oracle of Dauphin for Au
gust 16, 1502 :
" Masonic Burial. Died on the
Sth inst, at the town of Lisburn, in
Cumberland county, in the 31st year
of his ae, after a short illnes, Mr.
Samuel Bunting, whose amiable dis
position left a numerous circle ef
acquaintances and friends to lament
his unexpected end. This young
gentleman belonging to the ancient
and honorable order of free and ac
cepted masons ; all the brethren of
that and the neighboring towns met
according to notice, under the war
rant of lodge No. 21, to pay hia re
mains their sincere and last tribute
of affection and esteem. The con
course was numerous and respecta
ble ; and with great solemnity, or
der and harmony, peculiar to the
proceedings of that Mystic instita-
I tion, the burying took place on tbe
! following day at high noon, when a
j short, but pertinent oration was de-
livered by brother James Ph. Puglia.
The text was, "Blessed are those
who die in the Lord." After a la
conic review of the happy situation
of oar first parent in his primitive
state of innocence, and the miseries
into which he sunk after he had
committed sin, the attention of the
congregation was pathetically called
to the weakness of the human con
stitution, the shortness aad uncer
tainty oflife, and the inconstancy of
worldly affairs. He impressed on
the audience the pious and sound
idea, that all projects and expecta
tions of man in this transient 'alley
of tears, prove by experience to be,
in the end, nothing but vanity ; and
that the steady practice of virtue
and morality is the only solid ac
quisition, and consoling credentials
that a soul passing to immortality
can bring along, to approach with
confidence the presence of its Su
preme maker. After the usual cere-
monies of the Masonic order, the
brethren committed the cornse to ita
earthly abode and filled np the
grave. The whole coneluded with
a abort prayer and the lodge retired
in procession with equal solemnity
to their place of meeting."
The author of this panegyric was
no doubt Mr. Puglia. He was a
man of ability, but exceedingly
" .
vain. Who was Samuel Banting?
Child "Say, ma, when a husband
and wife are divorced what do they
do when they meet in the next
world ?" Father (sharply) "See if
their divorce papers will held good,
of coarse."
A man in Philadelphia while
quarreling with hia daughter hurled
a lamp at her, perhaps with the in
tention of throwing a little light oa
the discussion.
About five hundred incandescent
lights are being put in position at
the Union Depot, Pittsburgh, to lap
ply all the offices aad the platform.
Dakota has 29,115 more men than
women.
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