Hjc Somerset Herald Terms of Publication. P, -urtod werj mwrdr At Z SO . eol,, II paid U advaac ; euierwue z M ' , l0rarUbly be cca)-i. ft inbrartption 'u dlo"" axe paid aft. PoeUaaatera giacunf 1y wbea robtcriher. do not take ent r will b held reaneaHbU,. far U rat t jslber rrinoTlCK from om oetoBe. u -j,. SIii! vi U. um ol the forme a -tr ,itl the flMt efnee. Addntai The Somerset Herald, Somerset. Pa. J. JJ. OH30NHOJL I ()tx atiuknets-atlaw. i V.-u. Sumbobt, Pa. I W. BIESECKER, ATTOKN EV-AT-LAW, 0 op-atah-i hVOook Beertu' Bluet. pEORGE R. SCULL, T ATTORNEY -AT-LAW, mve tPA. attokney-at law. Somers KOOSER. ATTUKNEY-ATLAW, Somerwt, Pi. ENDS LEY. ATTOKN EY-AT LAW, Somerset, PeV- X TRENT, 1 .vt.iUVVY.AT.LA'W. i bomeraet, Peon'a. nrjli. SCI-LI- ATTUKNEYAT-LAW. Socneraet, Pa. M. A 1 , v. . . - - t B. uir In MaminothBlwlu DAE R, ATTOKN EY-AT LAW, Someraet, Pa., ., --irtloe In Snmeraetand ad ydnma counties. T:L 'J!Lnutelt. bun will beuronipUy ..arwnTH. . n. an. a a - (J ATTOKNEYS-AT-LAW. V.!taftaM eoironed to their cat. wlU ti. Z:;ZTZTC W-t. th. L. C. OULIJOHN ,-,t Rnnv A- COLBORN, I "-' .tt.ihNKYS-AT-1.AW. irtU be prompt- A1! .we 'V " cilecu... in l,m.oiui.7 ..,,inrnCouniie. Sur- kt)Wwa- AiriLLIAM H. KOONTZ, ATTl.KNEY-ATLAW. II s..,iiiraet. Pa., win five nn-mpt attention to buflneea entrurt- i,, in h...merBetana adjoining ctw a t-ncung HoUaeKow. ,vNIS MEYERS, ' ATTOKN EY-AT-LAW "mi: ,r!mn entrusted to bUr.re wlU be ..!r-,.H0 to Hil lMLfl !" litre..,.. r mu.'nu re. J AMES L. ITCH. ATTORN EY-AT-L,AV Somerjrt, Pa. .ff.,MBniotn Blwk. up wlr. KntrAMe. v.. i itreet. l'Uecuoi.i mde, cstAtei i',f.l Ti? i ind. and .11 11 baitw-i iiietjeJ to vitl. .rountM Aoa a..ieniJN J 01! N O. KIM MEL. ATK'KNEY-ATEAW, S icersct. Pa. Will Hired t" " hu'lTiew entrurte.4. to hip eir. .c n-r.i Ti.l,v lr,ir.itf"nnti'wun yrw- M md'tdeuty. Ottoe u MaUi Cw tun- TTFNKY F. SCHKLL. M ATT'Ki,EY-ATLAW. Somerwt, Pa t'tee m JiaaiiBoin Black. VALENTINE HAY. i., tmi.ih KaJ t:tMtM. SfmerMt. V. will to ail ha?ine entnwKd to bU er ' TOHNH.UHL. A ATTOKN EY-AT LAW 17 Souicnet, Pa, Tdil pr iKptlT Attend to all burtneM entnuted 'r ;:m. jii'TitrT iiiv" vu v,... , x Xammoib Buildinie. J. G OGLE. ATTORN EY-AT LAW, Somerfet Pa-. Prtfwi"ial burtnewenirnrted to anj ear. at- icidBl u vith promptiie ana Daemj. DR. J. M. I.OUTHER. (Fornieily of Stfiyettown.) TBYSICIAS JiVD SVtGEOS, Y.u l(td tiermanfntty In S,mwt for the ticIit "! t-it iirntwlon. tBee doorf e ol i trl Hotel, in rear oiPtuk Store. wya. D R. E. ELOUGH, UOMEoriTHIC PHrSICi ijhiumw Tfr-I.n hl fervlw to the people of Somerwt jTirralty. falln In town ort.-untry promptly .r..iel ii.. an 1 Ivund at .! 1t or night. tr, w irt.iefl"rllr ecited. T01ne on M'knt corn r ." Itianiund. over Kneppert c.fSiure. . prati. D P 11 S VIMMkT, ec.irti hi pritedrtocal errli to th. eitl- JtMOI S'HieTWtaml KinilJ. I Dl-"iruir.-r..,i- l etm ! he can t l und at Ml oltice, on Main ea.1 o( tbe MmmooJ. DR. H. P.RURAKER tenders his IiMtSflnmlafrTlreHothe rltlteni of Sum tnet and Tirinite. oftce In reiduene. o Main ureet wen ot tbe IiUn-onU. Till VM. RAUCH tenders hie I ' pr-dwrt. nil ierTlref to the eltlieBi" of Sons, ertknd vlrmlTT, iHvo- One Juor ta of Wayn. k BerkebUe'l rertiitoTe rtur Itt . HO. DH.S. J. M.rilXKN. (tir.iiMilt ia Dralitfre ) M WKUKT. PA Giw tjredal attention t the Preeervatloa of in i,iiirai i win. Antlirl.i let inaeneii. ai irera'loni r'ran'ed ratiflartory. the. in hr bk. u ftatr. Entmic on. dmewnt i uua t Jevrlrj Store. oct'J-em. DR. JOHN BILIiS. HtNTIST. t'ftrt y nalrirtV,4 A BeerltfBlork, DR. WILLIAM COLLiNS. IpENI 1ST. SOMERSET, PA. In Manmii'.ta Klnrk. ahnra Kovd t Tn Store wr,er he ran at all timet be fona prepar "ti.ioal! kirdu d w.i-k. o-h a BlIinK. reirv lauta. eitrwui k c Anlbcial teetbot all klnJa, i-l ..f the Un uaterlai lnerted. Ojieratkml DTLJ. K. MILLER has perma nff.W ImiM In Berlin for th. prartle. of tli pMesaion. ofbet oipmile C'harlei KrtMln " re. apr. XI, TO-tt ELl!GENT EOLi TORS Witited" to Introdace MARSHALL'S HiGMCEKT LIXE-EN(iKAVEB FDRTBAIT OF GIN. GBAST J vwplrted. A prrfrct triumph at art. Pro. eienned I., ir. N,wman. Henry W ard Beeeher, srim. lieonce H. Muart. lr. TlHany. "ai M. Tir. J. . Whltti.T. ami 1kio( oth- i iKAaitl- ikr b,rt. It it tba Anert And ii, ri.ii.v . '.lneH i.l.ie. iV'o. Pot etc . adaren n.U Ut.J hi rnttun rkwn . Pab'a., Pblla.' P. CHARLES HOFFMAN. LI lAn, rifli-y Htore. LATEST STYLES a! LSWEST PRICES. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. SGUEKEI liFlfl ESTABUSHKT) 1877.) GiHlLEAU&I. II HEMS. President Cashier 'VlleeUoAf S'-atea. ta all parts of tbs Tatted CHASGE3 MODEBATE. ircn-Nr - t-iienioo, aui.'i. -oj Zirm York b any turn. at, J 'i," f""lneM. v. S. Hoed by e of lileboM'. n? ?? Tmlo,,de. aecarod W1 ValelSoi1 . -t- a fw- .ffiHT5.soLicrrED. Aniem EBGHA8T TAILOR r VOL. XXXIV. NO. 50. THE LIFE LESSON LEARNED BY A PROMINENT HUDSON ODD FELLOW. rroaifae rJeiu, .V. p. KejUter. Mr. John Eltinc s faithful Odd Fellow. (Past Grand, LdnJeowaid, No, AU) and a memtier ol Ibe Baptit I bureh. aay : " I bar. bees, a moet of my AdiuaintADcee In Uudxon know, a eullerer rum dyapepaiA for ten yeara. BewrtnnlnK witb InaiKeetloB. auur etoinv h and ItAtuleoee. I be. came to ml that my body beeam. A burJen too neary woarTy, ano my miou waa weiviitea oown by a Kluomr desuoodencT. After emUuii 1 lelt aa it I bad A ball ot slowing Iron In my bmach ; ujj .miomcu wtwiu inoab, aoa 1 1 irarwi . tuort onortAntly wltb tuck headabA. A lady, BAVlli KENNEIlY'S I AVOK1TE REMEDY. learnina ot mv nm'iiiHin. adnpefi me to nse iik. teiUiia: nie wbat aa In tin lie deal ol good It bid dime ber. anil others whom flbe knew. I beun taklDK It la th. latter part of AniraK, and urd ail. veii. er only three out lies, when it Aibieved in dj ih. met wonderful lutorovetnenL 1 bare n-jw aained neh and feel at r .nicer. tetter end bappirr than 1 bare In ten reart. FAVOKUE KEAIEDY cured my friend. H. F. Herman, of trhont, ol the limrrfni; remain of tbe malarial (ever and ol biiiuuuiese. .Mr. Harrcy Tbfiniae. Ibe frruorr on Warren atreet, ton below th. Worth Houe. ur that It baa bad'wonderlully icoml ef lecta uun hi in, tSeurea ol my atuaintatKief y tliat, having un- tried it, they wuuid never acaio be about it. J hare aien It to my children and b'Und It tbe ben medicine I have erer known lor rcKulailriK their boweli and puril,lur tlieir bluud. Tne kaowledite oflliif medicine I deem the ifreat,'!r ler-Kin of jihvflcal lilt." A HOTTL.K AN1 ITS VIOTORT- "I car ried the bamcn of ilyriepia alniul villi me all my inc." aaid ilra. Pierce, a lady i lglity year old. reiilLirat Bocbefter. N. Y .. "V utll alxnit three yean airo I Iwaun takinc Dr. Bavid Kenne.ly'1 k aruriie Remefiy1 ot Konilout, you know and it haa t;ivea nieniore ambiUon and etrenvth than i Lave had ainoe I as youIlK.,, BIUIOTJS3STESS May b proerly termed an affection of the liver, and can be thoroughly cured by th prand regulator of tlie iiver and biliary organs. Pnrely V etable. TKST1M0XIAIS. To all puifcrinif from SI. k Hcadiche and Billout. neea : 'Have been a Tlctitn bathe above for year. and, alter trviiiir vari- reme-iies. inr unlv pu.--cif .an in ibe use of SIMMONS 1.1VEK kt- I LtATOl... which never tailed to relieve me in 1: hour. ho I can atvure tb,iae m. 11,-rlTie trom the aliove that they v-ouid be arcally relieved br It use. 1 tpeak noc lormyneii. rui my wnoie lana ly. Y'uutfl Recttully, j. xu. riif-aan. . Sclma, Alabama." We have tilled its virtni1? peionally and know that for lbrsiiepsia. lJi!ioiif.ii- and Tbroliliinr Headache;, it is the best medicine the world ever saw. We have tried forty other rcm1ie before SIMMONS LIVKK KKtil'LAToK. but none of them cave tu trftireMian teiufiorary relief; but the IJeiru- lator not onlv relieved, bnt c:tireil on. hd. Telfyraph and Mesenger, Macon, lia. niLIOlN COLIC. "SIMMONS LIVER REOrLATOR crRltD me ol a eae ot lona Ktandlnir Biuor. Colic alter other medtctnea Uiled. 1 think It one of In. Burr femily medicine. 1 ever used. i. J. aax lis. Pctenburg. a. Prepared by J. H. ZEILIN A. CO.. PHILADELPHIA, PA. Sole Proprietors. Price 1.0. tun- s.i it- IS And everyone needs to put their system in pood condition, to guard against disease that may give you serious trouble during the Spring and Summer months. Simple remedies are generally what is needed. We carry a very superior siock 01 Druys and Medicines, and guarantee the strictest pu rity. We make a specialty of filling physicians prescriptions and lamily receipts. None but the Turest 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 Trusses and Support' Ct'S at prices much below those in the city, or, as we do all of our own fitting, can safely say that a perfect fit will be guar anteed. Three-fourths of the russes sold do not give satis- action, because they are im- properly fitted to the body. We have a private apartment connection witli our store, for the proper fitting of these coods. Trusses for men, children and adies always in 6tock. If you have had trouble heretofore in ting fitted give us a trial and we will guarantee a fit, or money refunded. Do not for-i get that we have a most com plete stock of Spectacles end Eye-glasses. Eyes that others have tailed to ht,nre 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. C. N. BOYD The Druggist, JEAKEDTH BLDCX, SCKEESET, PI ssigxefs xoticl: J o ha RruUler Nev M, April Term, l.TS. Geo. Johne and f Peter Soder. J A wlcrnmeat. Tbe aademtiroed. Axdrneea of John'Brollier. hartna tie. their Bnal aenmnt of their trUKt, which waa drl y awdlbMl. hereby give notie. that I ber will make application t. to. Vit of Oomaioa Pnaa of Somervat Uovntr, oa Thursday, the ZTth day of May, ISM. fur their dis ebArr. from the saM (mat. eEOROF JOHlfSOX, PETEK SUDEK, BayV4L Ajeipnea of Jo.ia BrolUer. I SPRING CM REST. My fet arc wearied and my hands are tired My soul oppressed And I desire wbat I hare long desired Kest only rest. 'Ti bard to toil, when toil is almost vain, In barren ways ; 'Tis bard to sow and never garner train. In harvest daya. The burden of my days is hard to bear. Bat God knows hot ; And I hare prayed, but train tny prayer. For rest sweet rest. 'Tis hard to plant in spring and never reap The autumn yield ; Tis bard to till, and when 'tis tilled to weep O'er fruitless field. And so I cry a weak and human cry. Ho heart oppressed ; Aud so I sigh a weak and human sigh. For rest. for rest. My way has wound acro the desert years. And cares infest My path, and thro' the flowing of hot tears, I pine for reft. And I am restless still ; 'twill soon be o'er ; For down the west Life's sun is setting, and I see the shore Where I shall rest, Father Ryan. THE MAID OF THE MILLv " Do I look nice, Betty ? Would you ever know me for your little mill-girl?" The old wnmin turned from set ting the te kettle on the hearth to look at the figure the gay flames from that hearth were lighting up. It was utill Christmas-tide, and the little figure looked most like a Lunch of Christmas holly. Her shining green silk skirts were cut and pointed like overlappin hflly leaves ; holly berries ond bud. peeped out here and there amid them ; sprays of berries fastened the eider-down snow mantle trailing from the shoulder, and the snowy powdered hair that fell down over it in one long half curled coil. But there was nothing wintry about the little April face, hall smiles, half tear, that looked up at old Betty. The old woman took off her glasses and wiped them, and put tem on again to look at her darling. "Eh, Mies Margery " " No, no, Betly ! You'll never miss me, as I've often told you. I can never forget the fourteen years I thought I was your gracd-cuild the fourteen years you cherished me' as seldom grand-child was cherished. And this evening, granny, I am thinking of them more than ever." "One of them, dearie ?" " The year before we lft the old mill, granny. The year Philip Brand was there." The old white-capped head shook drearily. " You might be thinking 'o some thing better, child. Surely 'tisn't because he was an artist that you've got yourself in this dress like you were to be what he ued to call 'a model' for him to paint. Worse luck to him and his models ! I was an old fool ever to let you 'sit' to him, as he called it though it was mostly standing, by what I could make out And why I ever let him come and board that summer at the mill for it was before my poor John died, and the mill had as much as ever it could grind, and we didn't want for anything, let alone board ers '' Margery took the bard old hand in both her soft white young onep. " Dear granny, who can tell? The days of plenty may be comiEg back again. At any rate to-tjight we will be merry. For this is the last night of Christmas-tide Twelfth Night, you know and I am going to a feast. Betty's eyes crew round with won der. A feast; and tht little village dresemaker knew nobody likely to give ant in the place, where they had only been established for the last few days. " There's to be a grand masque 'iall up at The Hollies, granny." But, dearie, surely you know no body to ask you there." She smiled softly. "Yes, grannv.I have been asked j aked to stay. I refused then, but I dtn't know now. I m goitig to see. The old woman looked at her, puzzled. Granny, will you get my Door mother's letter ? the oue he gave you on her death -bed for me to read upon my eighteenth Dirthuay. it waited for me seventeen long years. you Know; wui.e ycu at tne mm took care of the little friendless, nameless orphan, and gave her your name and love, as if she had been of vour own flesh and blood. ' And why shouldn't we dearie? Your mother was so young, and fair, and Bweet, and she died in my arms before you were old enough to roibs her; and John and me, we'd no lit tle ones of our own " And so you took in one of whom . . - . i . you Knew notmng at an, noi even who she was." said the girl, with a , c I crave tenderness in lace anti voice. " 1 made sure as your mother ua tell you. dear, in this letter kept lor ou till this very Christmas Day hat's cone." Betty was taking it out of an old fashioned drawer a letter sealed up in a new blank envelope, as Margery had given it back to her. "And when I read it," said Mar gery, takine it away from her again and tuckirg it away deftly among the holly-sprigs of her corsage, did you ever ask me what was in it and why, on readine it, I begged you to come away with me from the dear old neighborhood ? We had to leave tbe mill anyhow, you know, or it would have been ft hard thing to beg of you. Or did you just come here to this unknown place with me, trusting me for all, like tbe dear old granny that our are?" Old Betty looked bewildered. "Why, who have I got to trust be sides you, dearie? and I've always trusted you." u Exactly. And eo now you are going to take the little dark-lan.ern, granny, and walk with me as far at the Hall gale, and leave me there." "Mies Margery! And how ever are you to get back " Margery turned round on her and laughed just a little tremulously. onier Her fingers, too, were a trifle an eteady, aa they tied tbe mask over her fair face, in whioh the color came and went fitfully. I'm going like Cinderella to the ball, granny. I shall either Hee back to you, ragged and friendless, or else the prince shall bring me back in splendor." Old Betty left her obediently at the gates of The Hollie i, which were just upon the outskirts of the village, and Margery stole up the carriage sweep. She avoided the ball-door, and slipped round to a lighted bow-window, which opened down upon the terrace. She peered cautiously in, and saw the room was empty. She tried the sath, and it yielded to her hand. When she stood in the room, the window closed behind her, she look ed around her. This was the library, and no doubt the special room for the young master of the Hall. She crossed to the writing table beside the great armchair on the hearth. There were magazines aud papers lying about, and a letter ad dressed to "Philip B. Wodringlon Esa . The Hollits." She hesitated an intant half drawinc her own letter from its hid ine place. Then with a hurried "no, not vet not vet. if ever," turned and "lifted the heavy itortiere and elided out into the hall. The mask was tied over her face, else, as she stood upon the hearth rue beside Philip's chair, she might have been startled by the double re flection in the mirror oyer the man tleniece. There was her own figure, and there was one of the old Wodrington portraits of a powdered and bracad ed damsel seated at a harp, whose face might haye been Margery's own for lis strong likeness to her. But Mareery never so much as flnnred at the pictures: she was watchine the dancers in the halt She was evidently looking for some one she niisni recognize. Shenherdess and cavalier of the old time were dancing the quadrille together; Persian slave ond Chinese mandarin ; flowery spring and Santa Clans in all his snowy furs, the latter was making his way up to Margery, aa was certainly wore ap propriate, when someone spoke be hind her. "Sureiy, as master of The Hollies, I mav be allowed some c!aiui--at least to a dance.'' It was all that Margery could do to renrtsa a start She knew that voice so well.- She dared r.ot trust her own senses as she turn! round and through her mask saw Philip, unmasked, close to her. He wore a court dress of the last century, but as some two or three of his cuests had. through mistake, ar rived without masks, he bad laid aside his with n quick sense of re lief. This playing at, merrymaking irk ed him. as his grave eves showed. A Twelfth Night ball was always expected at Tbe Hollies, so its new master gave it it in secret unwilling lv enouch. The evening had gone wearily to him until this little moving holly biifh arrived to pique his curiosity. The " Dryad of the Holly " people were soon callin? her in the ball room, and no one wondered that the master of The IIollieR almost took possession of her no one, that is, except the master himself. But he was presently asking hire self the meaning of it all. " I am not a fool to let myself be haunted eo by the thought of Mar eery," he was saying to himself. "Margery, who refused me quite cooilv and easily last year Margery, the little maid'of the mill, who can have nothing in common with this cuest of mine. And yet a trick of gesture, a tone of voice, disguised as it is. sets me to dreaming ot Margery Mareery." He murmured the name half aloud, finding himself alone for a moment in the library or thinking he was alone, for he missed the slizht waving of the curtain over one of the book -lined alcoves. A moment ago Margery, standing jest where he was now, bad drawn her undirected letter frmn her cor sage, had directed it in a trembling hand to "Philip Brand Wodrington," and hnd laid it, sealed as it was. up permost among his little pile of pa pers, and then hearing some ap proaching sound, she fled away to the nearest 'portiere, hoping to es cape, only to find herself curtained into a shallow alcove and Philip entering the room. For an instant she could not resist the temptation to glance through the gap in the curtain. Philip was leaning back in his chair, reading his letters one by one. He had left Margerv's to the last, probably bei ause the disguised back hand was unknown to him. But he had broken the seal now; a smothered exclaimation broke from him. Mareerv could follow him down the page a3 well as if she were look ing over his shoulder. " My child," the letter Eaid "my little daughter who will never know me when you read this you will h eighteen, and you will have grown up a true child of tbe kind people who have promised me to take care of you a girl who can work and not fail or die, as I have failed and am dying, when there is nothing but werk left for my helpless, unac customed hands. Now that you are old enouch not to be harmed by the knowledge, you ought to know that, as the phrase goes, you are well bore upon your mother's side a Wod rington, tbe rightful heiress of The Hollies, a country-seat close to' the village of , near Guilford. But my father cast me off because I mar ried the man I loved, who was not well born, in the Wodrington fash ion, but tbe truest gentleman and the bravest heart that ever woman leaned upon. If Ralph Lane had lived, he would have won.for him self such a name that my father must have repented his harshness. But he is dead, and my father in my stead has adopted my cousin, Gilbert Brand, whose son is to bear the name of Wodrington on coming of j sge." set EST A BT.TSFTKO 1827. SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY. MAY 26, 1886. There were a few words more of loving counsel from the dying wo- man ts the child ; but rnmp aid not BtoD to read them. He had laid down the letter with that mention of himselL He was walking up and down the room restlessly. Twice or thrice he muttered a broken sentence or two : "At once the" child must be found f Hideous usurpation !" He flunz himself into hie chair aeain. and began writing hastily letter to his lawyer, telling him of this stranee bit of information of Alice Wodrington 's child, of whom he heard to-night for the first time, who must be traced and given her richta. It was but a half page, and he signed his name to it "Philip Brand W odnngton." Suddenly be dashed his pen through that last name and put the paper from him and looked up straight into Margery's eyes. For she had flung her mask aside, and stood there smiling at him, stretch ing out her hands to him. He caught them, be caught ber in his arms, and seeing nothing in her eyes to forbid him, he kissed the red, sweet quivering lips. Then suddenly he put her a little from him. " Has the holly prieked you ?" she asked, laughing up at him tremu louslv. "No, but my conscience has. Mar gery, it all seems some strauge, be wildering dream, but I suppose ought to tell you about myself. How ever you got here "The maid of ibe mul 7 1 sup pose I ought to have come in char acter or not at all?" she said de murely. " Nonsense I But as you did get here you must have been told that The Hollies belonged to me." " That is why I wore them," she said, blushing and looking down to pluck at tbe berne? on ber dress He would have liked to assert his ownership as he did before; but this time he restrained himself, and said : "But The Hollies. I have just learned that The Hollies belong to " "Me?" He stared at her as if he had not understood her. "You? Margery, my darling, my only love " l es Margery odnngton l,ane or, Philip, sinca it is twelfth Night 'what you will.'" "What I will ! lie bad her in his arms again, tbe bellies and all. " What I will ! Then it shall be Margery Lane Wodrington my wife." Don't Undervalue the Hoy. The following sound reasoning we find in the American Agriculturist It would be a benefit to both fath ers and sons it its precepts were more often retarded. Too many men make their boys feel that they are of little or no ac count while they are boys. Lay a responsibility on a bey, and be will meet it in a manful spirit On no account ignore their disposi tion to investigate. Help them to understand things. Encourage tbem to know what they are about. We are too apt to treat a boys' seeking alter knowledge as mere idle curios. lty. "Don t ask questions is poor advice to boys It you do not ex plain puzzling things to tbem, you oblige them to make many experi ments before they find out; and though experimental knowledge is best in one sense, in another it is not, for that which can be explain ed clearly does not need experi menting 'with. If the principle in volved is understood, there is no further trouble, and the boy can go ahead intelligently. ' Do not wait for the boy to grow up before you begin to treat him as an equal. A proper amount of con fidence, and words of encourage ment and advice, and giving him to understand that you trust him in many ways, helps to make a man of him long before he is a man in sta ture ot years. The Boston Journal of Commerce also makes a good suggestion to parents apropos te the above. Give hitu tools, save the writer. and let him find out for himself whether he has got any mechanical taste or not. Do not discourage him. as parents are apt to do, by saying : 'O, it is no use tor vou to try to do anything with tools. I never have any taste that way, and of course you have not" If a boy finds he can make a few articles with his band, it tends to make him rely on himself. And the planning that is necessary for the execution of tbe work is a discipline and an educa tion of great value to him. The fu ture welfare and happiness of the boy depends on the surroundings of his youth. When he arrives at that period in his life when he is obliged to choose what profession or what line of busines to follow, it is highly important that he should take no false step. And if in his youth he has cultivated a taste for any par ticular branch, the choice of a pro fession or business will be made more easy. Doablias; Trouble. As an evidence that troubles nev er come singly the following is offer ed : Donald McKenzie, on employe in a quarry at Limestene, Out, was injured by a large stone which loos ened by a thaw, fell from an eleva tion and struck him on tbe back of the head, cutting it badly. He fell forward with great force upon some sharp stones, by which an ugly gash va cut in his forehead. When thus prostrated the large stone rolled on his left leg, breaking it below the knee. Tbe poor fellow also hid one of tbe fingers of his left hand badly crushed, besides being badly injur ed about the chest Graaahfrppera In Indiana. Chicago, Msy 14. A special from Decatur, Ind., says: Grasshoppers have appeared in this ( Adams) county in vast numbers. Never in the history of this section have these pests been seen in such great num- Ibers. , Oar Xary In tba Late War. ibe types ot vessels that were built during the war were selected for special purposes. Tbe effort was made to multiply ships as rapidly as possible to blockade the coast and to enter shoal harbors: the "ninety day gun boats" and the "double-enders" were added to the navy list, and merchant steamers were purchased, and were armed with such batteries as their scant ling would bear. All of these ves sels have disappeared, with the ex ception of tbe Tallapooso. The Juniata and Ossipee, of tbe Kear sarge type, but of greater displace ment, were launched in 1862, and they are still in commission ; and several vessels of large displacement and great speed were launched at about the close of the war, which were never taken into service, have been disposed of since, and form no part of our present navy. The New Ironside and the Moni tor represented the two features of construction which, produced in this period of emergency, have con tinued to impress naval architec ture. As a sea-going iron-clad the New Ironsides was for the time and service required, a success. She was built at the yard of Mr. Cramp, in Philadelphia, in 1S62. Her length was 230 feet ; beam, 56 feet ; draught of water, 15 feet. She had a dis placement of 4015 tons, and attain ed a speed of 6 knots per hour with an indicated horee power of 700. The capacity of tbe coal bunkers was 350 tons. Her battery consisted of 20 xi-inch smooth-bore guns. She was built of wood, and was covered with armor four inches in thickness, which, with the inclination given to her sides, made her impervious to the artillery that was used against ber during the war. In one engage ment with the batteries on bulhvan s Island, Charleston Harbor, lasting three hours, she was struck seven times, but at the end of the action. except some damage to a port shut ter or two, she witbdr3w in as per fect fieiiti'ig condition as when the action commenced. This ship does not apiiear on the navy list ; she was destroyed by fire off the navy-yard at League Island, Pennsylvania. The Monitor was, without doubt, tbe most remarkable production of the constructive art that appeared during the war. The original Moni tor was lost at sea, but the Passaic class of Monitors quickly followed the original of this type. Ihe Passaic was built of iron, and was launched in 18C0. Her length is2UUtiet: beam, 46 feet: draught of water, 11.6 feet. She has a dis placement of 18 o tons, and attain ed a speed of 7 knots per hour with an indicated horse-power ef 377. The capacity of her coal bunkers is 140 tons. Her battery consists of 1 xv-inch smooth-bore and 1 xi-inch smoth-bore. Her sides are protected by five inches of lamina'.ed iron, and her turret by eleven inches of the same. 1 his vessel and eleven others of her class constitute the entire armored fleet ef the United States. Too much credit cannot be awarded to Captain Ericsson for bis blilliant conception of this floating battery, and the navy must be ever grateful to him for preserving it from dire disaster, which wss averted by the appearnnce of the original Monitor at the moment of a great crian. These vessels bore themselves well through tbe storms of element and battle during the war, proving capa ble of masing sea-vovages, and ot resisting the effects of the artillery that was in use during the period of their usefulness ; but an interval of more than twenty years has produc ed such a change in artillery as to make tbe protection afforded by a fewlaminaled plates of one-inch iron but a poor defence against it, which results in robbing this fleet of its once formidable character. Although many of the ieatures of tbe original design may be retained in new con structions, most of the details will be changed, notably in the turret, in consequence of the greater weight resulting from the increased thick ness of armor. The central spindle around which the Ericsson turret re volves must disappear, and the tur ret must turn on rollers under the base. . . . The effect produced abroad by the success ef Ericsson's Monitor is so tamuliar to all that it hardly needs more than a passing allusion here. There is no doubt that the Monitor was progenitor of all the turreted vessels in the fleets of the world ; the essential principal of tbe vessel, however, was never viewed with favor. This principal consists in the low freeboard, which besides re ducing the size of the target, was in tended to contribute to the steadi ness of tbe hull as a gun platform by offering no resistance to the waves, which were expected to wash freely over the vessel's deck : the to horizontal overhang of the Passaic class was intended to contribute re sisting a rolling motion. The vessel was designed to be as a raft on the water, constantly submerged by the passing waves, hermetically sealed to prevent the admission of water, and artificially ventilated by means of blowers drawing air down through the turret This was the most start ling feature about tbe construction. Tbe protection afforded to the bat tery by a circular turret, having the form best suited to deflect projectil es, the employment of machinery to point the guns by the rptation of the turret tbe protection to motive pow er, to anchoring apparatus, etc., all presented admirable points of advan tage but the most perfect immersion of the pull, and the absence of mo tion due to the great stability, was the essential feature in the construc tion. Uarper't Magazine for June. It Waa a Boomerang;. Chicago, May 11. Of the Polish and Bohemian Rioters who regaled themselves with liquid refreshments when they sacked Rosenfeld's drug store last Wednesday, eight have died and at least four more are be yond recovery. Supposing they were taking ardent spirits, some of tbem drank wine of colchicum, a virulent poison, and others got copi ous libations of tincture of paregoric The total number of victims will propably sever be known. Preaeot Sttuatioa of Our Navy. With such a force as we possess it ; must be evident that it is impossi ble to discharge in an efficient man ner all the duties of a navy. Our work in foreign surveys is limited to that of one small vessel on the west coast sf North Ameriea ; our deep sea soundings are few and far be tween, dotted along the tracks pur sued by our ships while going to and returning from distant stations ; our eommerce is protected ; but we are unable to support any positive poli cy that the government might de cide to declare in reference to, for example, the Monroe doctrine. To say nothing of European nayal ar maments, it is only necessary to point to some of the smaller powers in our own hemisphere that possess ships of war with which we have nothing fit to cope. Our people cannot desire to as sume a position in the society of na val powers without supporting tbe position with dignity ; they cannot wish their navy to be cited as a standard of inefficiency ; they can not wish to force their representa tives (the officers of the navy) into a position of humility acid mortifi cation such as is imposed by being called on to deprecate criticism by labored explanations. Better abol ish the navy and lower our preten sion. But tbe fact seems to be that the rapidity of naval development has not been appreciated, and it is after a long interval of indifference that, attention being at last centered on tbe subject, it is seen how rapid its strides have been, and how utterly we are distanced in the race. There is evidently now in tbe country a growing desire to repair the effects of the past, oversight and we see Congress moving in the matter. A3 all political parties now unite in the necessity of effort in this direction. the hope is inspired that the subject is to be separated from those f a partisan character, and that the re habilitation of the navy will be put on ita proper level, and accepted as a national question in which all are alike interested. Possessed as we are now of a na vy such as has been indicated, tbe change that is about to be instituted involves a most violent transition. In reviewing our work of construc tion for the past thirty years" we see no new type of cruiser. 1 he only types of ships that we ' have are those that date before the war ; since which we have but reproduced the same in classes of differing dimen sions. From the sailing ship with auxiliary steam power we have pass ed to the steamer with auxiliary sail power ; but we have no full-povi ered steamers, with or without sails. As long as it is considered necessary to spread as much canvass as is now used, the space assigned to boilers and engines is limited, and we fail to achieve full power ; a reduction to the minimum of sail power must be accepted before we can present a type of a full-powered steamer. With the exception of two vessels ef tbe ?r class bcilt of iron, we have nothing but wooden hnlla. We have continued to build in per ishable material, requiring large sums to be spent in repairs, and ig noring the manufactures of the coun try which could have been aided in their development by the contrary course. We have permitted the age of steel to reach its zenith without indicating that we were aware of its presence. With the exception of a few Pal- liser converted rifles ot vm-inch cal ibre, our armaments consist of smooth-bore cast-iron guns which have composed our batteries for thirty years. These are now to be discarded, and heir places to be fill ed with modern steel cannon. Torpedoes, movable torpedoes, of which we know nothing practically, are to be brought to the front and are to form part of our equipment Torpedo boats are to be brought in to use, and details innumerable are now to be studied and worked out Conceive, then, a high-powered steamer with a minimum of canvas, built of steel, armed with modern steel artillery and secondary battery of Hotchkiss guns, fitted for launch ing movable torpedoes, with protec tive deck over boilers and engines, divided into many water tight com partments, giving protection to buoy ancy, and compare such a ship with the type of the United States cruiser which we now possess, and an idtal may be formed of the violence of the transition through which we are J to pass. And there is nothing inter mediate to break the suddenness of this change; there is no connecting link. The structure of today is placed in direct contrast with that1 of twenty five years ago. This is tbe position in which we stand, and I we can but accept the situation,) from which there is no escape. j From all appearances the navy is to be given an opportunity of assert-' ing itself, and the steps already tak- j en to remedy the existing state of! things can be stated in a it words The origin of the effort dates from June, 1881, when the first Advisory Board was appointed to consider and to report on the need of appro prate vessels for the navy. This board in its report of November 7, 1SS1, decided that the United States navy should consist of 70 unarmor ed cruisers of steel ; it reported that there were 32 vessels in the navy fit for service as cruisers, and it indicat ed the character of the new vessel to be built This board confined it self to the consideration of nn armor ed vessels, as it did not consider that the orders under which it acted re quired that it should discuss tbe subject of armored ships, though it expressed the opinion that such ves sels were indispensable in time of war. - Some time elapsed before any practical results followed from tbe action of this board, but in an act ol Congress approved March 3, 1883, the construction of three steam cruisers and a despatch boat was authorized. These vessels are the Chicago Barton, Atlanta, and Dol- plrin, andthey are approaching com pletion, tbe Voipntn being already in commission. In an act of Congress approved March 8, 1SS5, four additional ves 1 I k WHOLE NO. 1819. sels weie authorized by Congress, which preliminary plans and for calculations have been made, which are now in the bureaus of the Na vy Department, where designs are being prepared, ci which bids can be made if proposals are issued for thfir construction by contract This is the first step toward our new navy. We can count on an ad dition of seven steel cruisers and one despatch-boat as a nucleus. The present year will see four of these vessels completed, an-J it is possible that during the jrear following the four additional vessels can be launched. Ilaref Magazine. Ligntning and Trees. It is very commonly expressed idea that there is less danger to in dividuals who happen to be over taken in a thunder storm if it is ac companied by a downpour of rain than would be the case if the rain was absent From the observation of the effects of the electric fluid upon trees, there seems to be ground for such a belief, as it weuld appetr that where a considerable amount of moisture i absorbed and away without causirg any rupture in tbe medium through which it passes. The state of knowledge, with regard to the way iu which the fluid acts upon trees is in rather an elementary cocdition.although there are a few things more worthy of the notice of foresters who are at ail scientifically inclined. So far as ob servations have gon as already in timated, it seems pretty clear that not only does the amount of mois ture in a tree prod urre an. effect, but also the character of the tree itself and the season when it is struck. As an example of the way in which moisture conducts electricity, the case of an electrified tropical forest has been cited, where heavy rains had fallen and soaked the trees, which then became charged with electricity. Subsequently, a thun der storm pahssd over the electrified trees, which were thus iuduced to pr rt with their store of the fluid into the cloud above in such a manner that the phenomenon was visible to the eye. As each flash from the cloud passed, the points of the trees gradually became aglow, until another flash relieved tbem of their superabundant charge. To bring ui to what more commonly occurs, the investigations which were made some yeirs ago by Prof. Colladon, and reported in the scientific papers, may be of interest This gentleman made a minute examination of a tall poplar which had been struck by lightning iu a street in Geneva, and the conclusions at which ha ar rived with regard to it support the theory which has been referred to. These shortly we re,, that the fluid first strikes the highest branches, especially those most exposed to the rain, runs through almost all the smaller branches until it reaches the trunk, which, being a cauch 'worse conductor, presumably from its greater dryness, is generally ruptur ed. From this it is argued that the topmost brar,che of trees during storms would be the safest position, and it is pointed out that birds in the branches are seldom killed. A Lombardy poplar, with a spring or pool of water near its base, would, therefore, form a giod lightning con ductor if placed in proximity to a building. But care must be taken that the pool is not on the opposite side of the building, as there is a case on record where a flash of light ning left a tre thus situated, passed through the building, and entered the water on the other side. Such case tend to prove that he condi tion, character, and position of trees has much to da with the action of lightning upon them, but, as has been said, the state of knowledge in tH direction is not very far advan- r.i. At the present season it is usual v to have opportunities of noting effects, as thunder storms are not common ; but as they occur it would be very interesting if the ac tion of the lightning flash upon trees was more carefully observed and the result made public. Kudurmg Reproof. There is perhaps no better test of a man s character than tbe way he bears himself under just reproof. Eytry man makes mistakes ; every man commits faults ; but not every man has the.'uouestty and meekness to acknowledge his errors, and to welcome the criticism which points them out to him. It is merely dif ficult for us to find an excuse we are looking for. It is, in fact, always easier to spring to ac angry defense of-ouraelves than to calmly acknow ledge the justice of another's right eous condemnation of some wrong action of cure ; but to refuse to adopt this latter course, when we know we are wrong is to reveal to our bet ter consciousness of others, an essen tial defect in our character. That man is strong who dares to confess that he u weak ; he is al- ir, Fa t . it t oi-i n ir tn fall wKr. r aaA j tn jbrjjjjtpr Up the weakness of his per sonality by all sorts or transparent shams. I t is not in vain that Scrip ture says: "Reprove one that has understanding, and he will under stand knowledge;'' for one of the best evidences cf tbe possession of that discreet self government which stands at the basis of moral strength ! and one of the best means of gaining j it when it is lacking.' is just this' willingness to accept merited reproof! day blew down all the build and to profit by it when accepted. iriR9 in town except three. Petition Against Ctiineaelniauigratioa Washington, May 11. The Knights of Labor of California have sent to Representative Morrow, of that state, a petition over two thous and feet long containing the names of over fifty thousand persons. Ev ery State, county and municipal of ficer and every Knight of Labor of California has signed the petition. Every male adult in many of the counties of the State has put his name to it It prays for action on the part of Congress to forever pro hibit tbe further immigration of Chi nese to tbe United States. The boys ia Shenandoah, this State, gather sulphur diamonds and sell them for (40 a pound. A Novel Conflict. . Supt. Browns white bull-terrier Bobby and Lizzie.the Australian ba boon at the Zoo. had a five-round j scrap in the cellar of the monkey i house a few tlavs szo. There were only two spectators, but the sight would have made the blood of a sanguinary prize-fighter freeze. Lizzie, the baboon, has been tied up in a cage in the gloomy basement all winter, owing to a complication of complaints which render her un fit to associate with the more cheer ful and better-behaved monkeys up stairs. Her moroseness of temper is attributed to dyspepsia, the result of indulging a fondness of appetite for tinware, brass spiggots, and old iron. Lizzie has also had the meas les and muscular weakness of the heart, produced by physical exer tions to make life pleasant for the ether monkeys in the exercise of an art called slugging. In her loneliness she had no other one in whom to awaken interest ex cept Bobby, and her plan of accom plishing this has made some very thrilling experiences for Bobby in that dark cellar. Every time he wisked past her cage she reached for him like a lightning stroke from the clouds. The discomforts of life attending this made Bobby misera ble, and the other day he paid the pries of peace by fighting it cut to the bitter end. The contest was fought according to the scientific rules of the ring, and the baboon got more points in sparring in ten minutes than she could have learned in the Sen uy kill Navy Athletic club in ten years. It was exciting and hair raising. Five rounds were fought Like a good ni3ny other people who get hammered, the baboon started the fight Bobby was dancing around playfully, off' his guard, when Lizxie suddenly let out with her left and caught Bobby back of the ear. She followed witn her right and fastened a collar-and-elbow grip on the ter rier's taiL It U annoying to a dog to take unhallowed possession of his tail. The next time Lizzie aimed a left hander at him he dodged and got a grip on the elbow. Then there was music, things looked dizzy, the hair Hew, howls of horror went up, and the cellar shook. Lizzie let go Bob by's tail, but the terrier just hun on and chewed. Lizzie wanted to chew something too, but the bars cf the cage were bars to her wishestnd if there had been no bars there would have been a whizzing cyclone in that cellar, with either a dead dog or a dead monkey to memorial ize tbe conflict The first round lasted two min utes, when Bobby let go t get hi3 wind. He stood up gamely for the second round. Lizzie sparred more cautiously for an opening made sev eral feints, and caught Bobby foul once or twice. But the last round was a beauty. The combatants closed again in tbe windup. Lizzie showed more conti (lencc, and when siie led out once with too long a reach to recover in good shape Bobby caught on again. He got a sawlike grip on lizzie's wrist and kept out of distance of her terrible right banders. There was more music Bobby dodged, grow led, chewed, pulled, and wagged his tail. After three minutes he was ordered to break away, and it was decided that he had won the medal. The fiht will go down as one of the most gamely fought amateur con tents without gloves on record. A Roman Story. Maximus Severus Tarquinius was a Roman Senator representing the Steenth District and resided with his wile at a boarding hou on the Appian way. It bad long been the wish of the noble Roman and of bis wife thai she should wear a sealskin cloak to keep out malaria, but so far the legislative stipend had been un equal te gratify the Spartan simplic ity of the Senator. One cloudy, cold morning just after the ides of December, he kissed his wife good bye at the front door of the caravan sary and yanking his togo up to shut out the insalubrious atmos phere, he strode down the steps. "Will you be back to lunch, Tark. dear,?" lisped Mrs. Severus. "No Pulcherrima Candida, not to day," he replied. "There is impor tant business before the Senate and the interests of the people demand every hour of a patriot's time, every consideration of his duty." "It is enough dear, be back to dinner, though, for we are to go to the Circus Maximus this eve, to hear a new joke by the great clown Ter ence Tatullus." "That is, indeed, worthy of heroic effort," he said firmly, almost fierce ly, and for the second time gave his t'"g.i a hitch and putoa his strode It was late when Tarquinius return ed, but bis dinner had been kept warm for him, and his wife met him in her boudoir in the L over the kitchen. He had a large package in his arms, bnt she climbed over it and kissed him. "At last," he murmured, throwing it on the bed. "What is it ?" she asked tender- iy. "A seal-skin cloak," be answered passionately. "O, love, oh rapture!" she ex claimed, hugging him with one arm and tearing ofl the wrapper with the oth r, "how did you get it? where did you get the money ? "I voted properly in the Senate, daning." "Voted? How 7 What?" she hesi tated, in bedazzled bewilderment "Candida! Wife! I have spoken. Ask rxie no questions. Tarquinius Maximus Severus is not on the wit ness stand.'' Then he went to dinner. Mer chant Traveler. A Town Blown Away. Greenfield, Ind., May 13. News hat reached this point from Wilkin son fifteen miles distant on the In- dianapolis, Bloomington & Western """ay. that the storm yester- ?amuei nite was Killed and his w.fe was fatally injured. A boy named Shaffer was also killed, and about twenty persons seriously hurt several of whom will die. The wires are down and direct communication is cut off. Oil on the Baak oftbe Red Sea. Washisgtok, May 12. A petro leum well has been discovered on the Western bank of the Red Sea. It was found at a depth of 150 feet Tbe well discharges 500 barrels dai ly. Tbe United States consul at Beirut Syria, writes that the discov ery has created great excitement among the Egyptians, and that a number of prospectors ire already at work sinking shafts in the immedi ate yicinity.
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