The Somerset Herald: ETBl.kSHEO tIZI. 'lVrni t' Pul lieatim. , ... ,-rx VVe.llie-.Uy nr:ulftf at let ,. : ia .1-jiv; ulHrrwe -' x.-- te CtH.nTr" b s ;H'- 'Jixmiinuwl until U .n. ) u. I'tfiiiMT fcevleetinir uwi;'i:i,'1 lake out their - lr,J n.j.AMt'le fc lite nt.rriji- . r.-M"v :ti- fnm w t. an-u-ll Uaiueof Hit- lor-uer -x-elll VHl Xhe 'kki:et IIkiulu. S'M.KsKT, Pa. v .1: r.i: .. VI l"kM YsaT l.A. t IV. d rai-kiin 0 w. r.n!- KK't. VTT- KStV Al :tw. .s. iHHTwi ..i i. it - r.t' Hi'" t. up rtaris. tVl.L. ;.LV-aT G J .""mi- rx-l t. M Y AT -LAW. NK-AT-LA. r.jrr-l. Pa. II. -AW". ai.Vl. KN1V M LAW. M II. .1 lTT' 'KNKY AT LAW t; hY-AT-I.AW . aiaV" 11 W . 11. Lll l-H- !' i:l rri i- Nt-- Ai LAW iK. AT. -AlHW. 1) T....M V Al HW t.if.1 .i-lt .!! 1 -il.-e u,.r 1.. J. II uy'ii-r J K! MM i:i-i-,...MY AT 1 AW, .-.lllTM-l. 1"-.. -ir.r.itNl xu hi- enre I.M- V-ATHW !.. -k ! -a.r-. Kt.tcauw ,-1 uljJ U i' i n.ne at- ,.;;..!,. aU tiil.-.ii L l . 1-t.LJKf.N 1 1 .i.r.i 'UN. 'i.J stY-AT ! AW. .!lKT-t. 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'( j Ar-i'al ti---n.-U All I tt.-Int1'iry !.i-e lu tiaer I) I) !VT1-T. -! :r, A lVeri h k. 1 KM lT ' v (.- an-i S ail k-n ' r- it ) Hii fcili'l-- 'f 111 tr I) J k Mii.m; Jiie-i-s-.-t T'omity I Sunk. l-TAaL:i!l.I 1T i F.ISON. M.J. FR1TTS, Cu t, ;r : jMrt !rflhe I'llllt! tt. CHARGES MODERATE. C J i. s t'.l irv.mr W.- ran I ae- lr o'j Vl Y'ck ITS !' MJUL -tn .s.t;4n.-. t' s. h.il N:. i:i iiut s-s .ernrvd - -s I. j -r.;ei sni., ith a Smr- I ne y IL. CURTIS K. GROVE. SOMERSET, PA. -I ! I V.. At.KlA.J fitittrg Dene on Short Tune. ' - nf T'-nt-&''ti nt.tr' K '-td. I i - iur Ki'S iu My jtur Iv-tif on V V a tS W.E. and AH Work Warranied. lie K. r?.r-k. jujd lm . . -,. -k. .iJ i,rTiiti ivir- W'umI. Hn,.Sr tl f.uus. a,.d n tn. CURTIS K. GROVE. tS-'MLksLT PA. VOL. XXXV. NO. WST II TV rhetimatu.iu and neuralgia art t prc -.cn;? liu. question ha. not IVen I Wi. i-nrily anvrered, but it cw,ain t.'i ; .tune diseases are not only the nxwt ( .. . 1 but autong ttic mutt fomiDOD, and . ..... .i -ni'KT .rf' norly everr fcimUy in th Im i l ri-.tim oi" one vf tiitse dreail : txrois-uttira. Ladim at-em ta h nMnli.fl. ii ie lo neuraii,: atta. k, Lkh. in the I'-rui .it neuralpc Ijea.lache, jin in th UuK. or nerruu. pain are ol constant 00 curr , u -e Nm aniil the Uuiewery of Athlo i tu. haj any nuurir been for t e;u.er nicrnatirin, neuralgia or nervooa et-.k-a lo le incurable, but AtUkbora ' bits Un prove-l to be nnt onl rtnim ci re f.rtliee ik-aes, in ail their Taried k-rm. but arte retne.!y. If, in the ua of Aihl-pborw, the bowels are kenry opm, it $u.i-a n frrfnin, and b aid thia, Aiiilvphunw are mr.tnnDded, which, whi!e provilinj the ne--arr cathartic; aill i fcKtnd to 1 a Valuable aid to the a.iiti of the nierfi-iiei Athlo phorrM is no ex).-riii:eiit, it hau been tested an I has prove 1 ii wonivrfiil eflita.T. liie Atlil.'iili-x fills ere originally prepared as. a r':nejy tor u- in connection wi:n Athloiiiori?. lor rlietiniatism and neurilina an i coirplainta. L'bed in enneotion with that remedy, ther are a cerlain cure lor enlier of these Terv'com mon and di-trvin IiieaM. Ther have al' ix-.-n fo ml to bean inraliiablereinedT for a ny and all -ibteaes arhtin front vitiated bio 1 or pencral debility. Thev are a pe-nally val uable f r nervotw debil'itv. blond p.ivnin2, dyspepsia, diiitrem after" ratine, nevlache. constipation, Iohs of appetite, aivi all stomach or liver troubles. For die.is- of women thev are invaluable. Tti-- are perfectly litmilfss and may b. . ne-l by adult or children. ii.il of those who have been c .1 ul ne ent free on application. r'very drurryi't should keep Atblophoros an 1 Athlophotve ruia, but here they ran. n--t be bought of the dniprirt, the A'Jilo pb.wo. 112 Wall S New York. wiU end either carruure paidi on receipt of reeular pri which is fl.00 per bctU for A'.hlophoroa and .Vie for Pilia. E X G ELS I OR COOIv STOVES mm apmai. m SIZES AND KINDS. All Piiita C3i Is iffi! 11. 13. Schell & Co., aiiir!-'!-lr. i.-Vtt:tT. f-A. luu-';i Tit mt;ii-r. ir-vr tlit-ir .-Ijiliin-n VH Nxnuar1 r-aim I'tr iitr and ttW-i. -.d Mini Fiiirsjrt-il ( V. N. H"V'i. Af Itt A. ll(.t!vt. J r on Ward. HOME & WD si 'i tjw 'to To ICii ton fc J3ios. NO. 27 FIFTH AVENUE, rinsin 1:011. VA. SPRING AND SUMMER, 1886. NEW GOODS ami tftildl.-H'm tjn'.h'r.ij. Vtwrjr iiU. lirfcu. Z--htfr, M-ilrrttils ail kimi Iff FASCy U0Hk , GesTs FimMei Gecfls, c, &c. Yur Patronage Is Respectfully Solicited. l . mi. r hy u :..lel fc. with Jwiui.Ui- ml list h. AN OPEN LETTER. Miv.'l isx;. j :.;ui: '. tbe nierils .it i-r i'i!l. "ni- t.i:l lis in o-(-r. ei.il let! ot t.'M-ir ir-i MK '. V lleT. y..i:r MukI-. s.. I eX.Tl!i II. j.l ciin.i.ve i ii. rt .s, a- we!, as tit- un- lt'U-'n I:T. ine rer-.iv,! from rfteir -!v a-i r m.r in:-!. Aji thi- r.lsr ti.ey -cn tuav tnitbftiln '! 'n' r ,:1'iU r-';-' i - ai.iiu thtirs.ii.iii.ie t'-f.i.H-.fV. I IttUTtliT Hnnl-Tli y.i.r M.iiMlruk- L it 1 :.L- t aiiy it- riv.-j fH.m ):ir-'"Mti'i;niit. . L. Pt L.U TLi:. T!ieaUtX-e-tiTIIn all i !n.- m.-rv aij-nioit-: liit- iM iu.;-li tUtvi. Y:- il n: jl eutiK-i:'Si '.-ite.l und m T p:! are Ti.t y an-1!' tw'eiit l.i . !, -very tt!le Try i w i.iit yi w i:it. ei! ni'.l-.-.- lb :i'e-'t t-k t lr-;ii H( I!rt -4:i!i?V ..is tbe leM " C. N. BOYD. Mainnioili !?',. W. S.su:K-n. 1 iit entert-si tue dm bus- Tsii:r dmririt. car.. I ave been in tave ha':'t.e-l l.n.r!v a, ii-i ell f.-ni:T sjiv 1 li.v e-ly like Wei In- N-sM-i; I eflTIRlIkt:'0 .KUitiV . t;e iri-K Hnii h!:t-. at. Ii ha' Urn il- ih oiiitrv nt:!i.rtiv-iy "h'-rt ..nt. and t rnw wkiiitf :.e m meh Kvrne- -M-rnVrn ti:i rr H-t.jj it .--tmtt- ibe iTist,d rrl r-im-ly .f Ani-r;-m I !! it ti a r'lI5r r;fiif aurt ;ii riuui lit- uunier in aay rms e WITHIN C. SHORTLIDCETS ;.h: Kne.1 irf-.re ...wrs ever, em-io.- even "' '.tr.erire. .' -reneed ,ei 7 all .7. '..si .i. irwio. ."-."'TIlV'itreT V: du-Jbii':'." patr. -1. ni iiimvevi i,r mi- 1, cle.- the reri:i.r Li.if'.ish s.-.nti H'.: fne ' ifc vl KiiL-eriiiie .-.sirse. sio-'e-i;i- rm.-.j -u M-::m Ai-w i-tny are m.w in !Ur- f..,y!e. iinw s. t...... t.i-iM.Knu. -i.t i..i in !L l in 1"N. l"m lwj nd H'ln Ism a irr.di:::- .'Us. evr- year in the .m'nerrial o.-(nnie:il A Pf.y.i. t:. rs . o imi:: r.'t italt Or ..1.1.-1 to l.:'rv in H".lim La jeYT-n churrhes. aio a tenij.-r.uce efirt.-r I-Icb j-rs . lnt.it- the e . f ... itit-.ii.:iB 1r.:.k. ir i- in.i-rted ci :r i-t"e ihr Pnn. :jl and ! A7i i-.. .4. Jf 7Et I TtiB'S NoTH H tale uf Sauul V &wr. hkir rf f r f hTT jJ Ivy T p.. ?:. o . l a.. 1t-c i. mh..iMr tmih r h-r-t irn u a l trm. i - nt aiM lix Jw Hjje U:iti jurn'.rt4 thewini- . lale r-iiKe at ueor-". LXt.'UU!. Salesmen Wanted! Fwrieetir. trH.ble men tu -t! tbe ehtnreat j , . ... , Knot and i ni!uetl Nuierr stuck, ou iury ' him v tr a year. He one of those people r rxfrmr oroo c-nui-si.s.. prelerred j .. . - n. ..eervtliin to en manmit X. suwtv empiis-nt tbnKh,t tire year. Bur j l"at warn everyuiing to go soxtom. -ev-jansaakiv witmwL wiA in-u-m. , er would k Mah&la whitewash a ceiling ,L.V.V if'... r-e. j .. -,- -.v j j UeU-UL li.rrsnr. ii. T. or anub off a ceiling with sand and soap- 22. CALLING THE ANGELS IN. I - W'r mmn tri do it. Vime day. dww day. I We mnaii tu Ui ken tiu frvrrtd ruti j thai lp veariuonr Ttry mmiIw away : I A n' rant to our kwled heart a buh j That if ouly en'.tuph u iet tlMrm far j The fir,4tcrf ausrrl- .traa iu near. ' D''a 50 it- wlL ,K VW "' We'll -it aih. luuf hilt the flmr eusur oul. A iht i!ir:ir ii Ntal ml the opeti i1iT i f tdfir -nti. with a hvcnirri rustic ere, Ti irh fir t:e auuvN iw-Miig T-y. W l.n fi. Tc ly tin- w nrM'j. h.- flthiu(r bt ; v v...... . Awl ijiitt a hilt- in wvtN' swevt. 1 Nr irm tl-t.i tLIio" tb" rhetT w frfvmi. ! T 'Iriiik of uiir Winr i$ bn-mk wir limul. j W jtrtrnj;-: vtr hrurtili-u "hfn tlifrv' j if th- lift-work ly-jwh th kiiir5 fr -Ur ' WlfU tL vfiifht tht KerMHQ with hm1t-r let. W1! i-r ir !iiiiairht u giw'n TV"p Aim"! thru wi'!! cll the iur'is in. Tho ly that we 'In-amcd f t-nes at lvuplh. When, tin-d of evert Dj-ki:iK quet. AJ..1 Vn'k-n in j.irit. an. hm f rx'nirth. W lMf. titneed. at tin iloitr ff r-V Anl wall kihI maleh a the le ane .hi K'.u the Aitgvb we meant tomll are aone ! j HOW SHE CLEANED HOUSE, j -vkv !.!ack v asv. ry ensw. ind.-d, as i -lie Kit in the wide w in'dow -sill, swinging ! I.erpr-tty i jtle fc't iind i.iuiiig a p;iir i of et'inisitely-urvt"!. scyriet li, as she ; plaiti-d an 1 unptait.vi the strings 4 her I w hite, lawn sun U.rin.-t. i I don't .-are said Mis Gyty. " I don't love Mr. Meredith! And I don't! ' want to mnrrv him ! So there, now '" ; s j And she nilM.nl at the bonnet t rings, ! I and ft-MOtied under her level brown brows ; like a pretty reU-l. as she was. i " Gypsy, bold y.ir tongue I" said M.tl- vina. her elder siter. j "You don't know what you're talking a!ilt," ecrcly nttere.1 Mrs. Black, w !io j wa mixing up a batch of bread at the i kit. hen table. " Mr. Men-lith has a le iiseand farm worth twenty thousand dollars, and it's a great compliment for bim to speak to your ja altit marrying you." "Then I wish he'd keep his compli ments to himself." said tbe inoorrieibie ivjny. - Look here, Malvina. why won't ! That's right. Mr. Mertsiith,sit right down. viki niarrv hiuiT i We shan't tesir this room to pieces until Malvina. oven-ome with indignation, j after dinner, deal! her r-ueish little sister a box on the j very glad of that," dejectedly ut- ear. which Gyj-y narrowly esvapeM by a j tr',i uiid.iie-aged swain. -I think sudden depnssion of ber head. j i"y'lf that house cleaning" "No. but it would suit so exactly,"j "And I'll get dinner at once," inter s..id ivpy. "Malvina is just that sort of ; rupted Nancy. "t.yt.y is a queer girl. jK rson '" " I she don't like to cook ; she say when tivtv don t le a fool: said -Mr-s I Black. "You should thank rrridence that Mr. Mere-lith is 'leal to marry you. and put all nonsensiml ideas a!ut Ilarrv Waite out of vor head immedi- I ately !" Bt Gvjy frowned and pouted more and more, and tried resolutely to keep the big. bright tears from falling on her hands. "What shall I do?" aidGrp-y to her- V41 ..If Pi.i- I never never tun ninrrv tliat i " 1 bald-headed old man who talks through his noe and.-arrie-s a vellow silk pocket I'm sure that liar- I handkerchief. And rv w-.mld sh.art himself when he beard of it T But Gyiy Black's tears and lamenta tions availed nothing. Her father was a practical man of the world. Her mother underst.wd the full meaning of money, and so the match was to lie hurried up, r.-"-.irdiess of the feelings of the bride . le. But I'rovidence interfere.1 that kind Iv rnivtdence whk-h always has the in terests of true lovers ever nndei its Mr. and Mrs. Black had gone to attend a ramp-meeting, twenty miles away, w ith Malvina in their train. i iypsy, being " unregenerate," was left at home to meditate over a volume of sermons. " Now lie sure. iypy,you look well af ter the house," sid Mrs. Black ; "and see that Nancy feeds the young calves regu larly, and cares for the giolinss and the chickens Ami lock up the house at ten o'clock every night, and l-esure you don't let in any traiiii. or traveling agents, or lightninn-rod men." " 111 I very, very careful," said iypsy. "We shall 1 back on Fri'lay," said Mrs. Black, "with. Hit fail ; and if you ; have any leisure time, yon ran turn tbe ; sheets in the wash-l-asket, and darn the j thin places in the bai-k parlor can"t, and j rip np all your father's old clothes and j cut them into carpet rags." ; So Mrs. Klack chmoert mtotlie carryall : I Kbler an'l nelp sncy wnr tne ceiling, where her hu-band and Malvina were al- I Mr. Meredith worked like a day lalior readv -abM, hp-1 drove away, calling out ' er. until t'ie friendly d irkne came to directions to Gypsy as long as tbe house ! bi aid. Even then be wa et to prying was in sight. nails on' of a carpet, with a s rew-driver. The heads of the family had not leen ; ectne for n.re than two hours, when : Gvjwv -ame flying ont to the kitchen, I w here Nancy was making soft soap. ) "Oh. Nancy, what shall I do?" cried she. " Hers Mr. Meredith at the door." " Why, go np and see him. of course." said Nancy, w ho was one of the smart. lrtisiness-l:ke New England "helps who j t a r-e. xtine I "Can't I tell bim that father 'and mother have gone away?" pleaded Gipsy. "Nonsense!" said Nancy, stirring des perately awav at her monster kettle. t ..." ' , , . I """" uc - . "'ir : n'1 1 01 ,Tn in the ho,h- 1 ,hftaph,t U"M nd ' inokcu inn .uuiii "ui u..'u , bite.' ' So it w ill," said Gypsy. " If we make things too agreeable for him, Nancy, hell stay t long." Nancy locked apmnd in amazement. "And don't virti want him to stav? - , " No !" cried iviisy. w ith a startled look 1 as s,.fi unseen ombrella handle rapped ; . . . i uuurr iiiiu, .'u . a ut umu . .n then iJe burst into m storm of Nanoy roniprw-heivW in an instant- -" l - " M way the wind blows, is it? It is a shame ! Never min-1, Gyjisy ; well settle ! him." Settle him 7" vaguely reflated the " Hush !" wid brisk Nancy. "Go and let bim in. I know tlie tiian. fy cot- in Mbulfl P.ts lived r.otl.VrM.r -. omei SOMERSET, PA., 1 smis. And of all tbin-ttt in the worM, he j hoa-f keeper if she don't uit, but nut j bouiinat hiwse-i-leanirig. We'll clean ; wife." j horti while he's here, yjy, ehT 1 Meredith adhered to the stand- i Tlie (tirl's brilliant eyes srkled j ard of old baohelordom, Jind pretty Gyp i thniiurh her quickly dried tears ; a love- j nay itarried Harry Waite, after all, jly cannine ;.lir niouute-J into her' Bit strange to Hay Mr. Waite never I cheeko. I " Nancy nhe criel. "you are a necond I Hirtnarck r j "; lonir aith y.t!" id Nancy, with a chuckle. i Mr. Meredith wins stan linron the door i4ep,all wniles, when Gypsy aune to the door, with her brown frizzes tieil up in a pocket handkerchief, and a hue bib apron eclipnine her pretty figure. " My d.nr (rypy. how are yoti? Mr. Meredith. " Y'our kind pa was l"h1 a to invite me to come here when- ever it was convenient : w, as my house- I keefxT is gone for a we-k, I have c-on-j eluded" " h, yes. very glad to see you, I'm i sure !" Kiid Gypsy, hurrielly. " Walk in. i Father and mother and Malvina have i gone to a camp meeting. But Nancy is ! here. And Nancy and I are cleaning house." Mr. M.-reilith's fa.-e elotiu.sted itwlf.' M l).aIlill, uur he l. dol..r- ",l-,y- " Rl" ''" al; not-nse. No pr-Tfrly k,i' bou- ever netnls cleaning.'' He -lowly on. A step ladder stil at the end of the ball hurriedly tirr-I up ails of whitewash foamed on either sid. while Nancy, in a faded rali- f .In-., advanced, "Walk right in, Mr. Meredith." sa'id walk right in. We'll try and make V"u comfortable as we -m. I told Gijsy. says I. 'just as ccrtitin as y.si pull !' thinirs and g.i to ln.iire cliuniir. mm- pJir.y'll come. They always do,' says I. 'u' ''j-psy she does set s.i tnuch store by hnnv cleaning. She says she's going to f'ean hoits.. a motilh w hen she hx Wneof her own." Mr- -M.-re.lith simply gasi-d, and said nothing. "h, Y'esr'said tlypsy, artl.sly, clasjv in: ber hands. -Cleanliness is next to godlinew, you know. And I do so de light in soajuds and whitewashing, and ti.r si-rubbi::g,and all that sort of thing. sues uiarnci sues going to is.u a jsh once a week, and live off cold victuals the rest of the time." " But it seems to me that that is a mis- taken idea." argued Mr. Meredith. My mother was a famous coook. She al ways baked pies fresh every day. and made hot biscuit for breakfast ; and I've a reeijie v.f her's for chicken pot-pie that I wouldn't exchange for ito weight in despi-e cooking!" said Gypsy, in- .liffereiitlv. "And I don't mean to slave f,vr tit kitchen stove, to suit the preju- dices of any man living." i Mr. Meredith stared at ber once more, and in default of any fitting reply, open ed and cb.se. I his fat moutb in a fishy way ; even Gvpsy's eighteen-year-old lxauty could hardly reconcile him to such heretical opinions as these. linner was served. " An 1 the kind of a meal I like." said Gypsy "easily cooked and easily got out of the way." Boiled eiKS, smoked beef cut in thin, pink shavings, bread and butter, and tea. w eak aluK4 to inanition, formed the bill of fare. Mr, Meredith ate with a knife of one pattern and a fork of another, and sw eet ened his tea with brow n siigi.r,on account of tbe white variety having been mis- j laid. ! " Nothing matters much when t m : are cleaning house," said (iypsy, radi antly. j But Mr. Meredith, w ho fully apprecia- i ttrd all the creature comforts of this world I j entertained a very different opinion. After this rather unsatisfactory meat,! tiyjisy set her elderly lover to beating a rda carpet which was stretched oxer a clothesline. " I'm sure vou'd nther r-e doine some- thing than ttincstill," said Gij.sy, asshe put along lilac sapling into the hands f j ber aged ad.irer. and adjured him ktt beat t the fiin -laces carefully. An after j you've finished that," she added with a gran'ons smile. " you shall get np on the j on hi knees.bythelightofa sputtering j kenwne lamp. "We are getting along so splendidly with the house-cleaning !" chirped tiypsr with an exultant laugh. Mr. Meredith "tipped off a fried salt mackerd and mii-h and milk, an! Iett on a bedstead which occupied a deso'ate waste of new!v-s -rub'ed floor. He woke up. the next morning, with darting rheumatic pains ia all his bones, and me do rn stairs with a loering brow. GyTy was there, in the highest spirits. with her head lready tie.1 nP in an old . . v . .... "j- .. .... aIlcv wnw M O heaTV fwn5.t,,t wt on th I vnnaiarmi itoo i' cieuu i"e iwr'or ; at once. "Then.' said Mr. Meredith irately. she will have to get one else to do j it tor ner. natenouse ciewmng-aa i u , . r . . . , . ; a !, . j have nothing more to an witn it : ! low nie to dean hnu often a. I want" i id Gvpr, " I shall no ask you to make the sacri- j - ' - ( uiiii, i mhi piauii iriai uur ul-uti mne not congenial. And having both oar interests at heart. I must beg to be releas ed from the engagement I was foolish enough to contract." " With all my heart," assented Gypsy, and, making Hm a low courtesy, she drew tbe engagement ring off her finger, and landed it to bim. That was an end, matrimonially speak ing, of Mr. Meredith. He went away thanking but stars fo t he e ap he had made. "She would ha ire scrubbed and cleaned tbe w hole establishment into tbe poor boose in a year," said he. Tm well oat of the business. One can discharge a aset ESTABLISHED 1827. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1880. 1 CKiuplaineil of his wife addiction to hou.- cleaning rite. And he could nev er understand why it was. that Mr. Mere dith always exst such pitying glances upon him when they met. Judge Brown's Watermelon Story. My father was the finest watermelon grower in the country. Melon culture was his delight. I particularly remem ber one crop. Just before the uielons be- Kan to get ripe my father called lilack Bill and me and said : " I tint you boy s to understand one thing. If one of my melon w stolen I am going to measure the track that I find in the jtaU-h and then measure feet, and the owner of the feet th it correspond w ith the tracks shall get a w hipping that he can never forget. See this hickory?" pointing to a long and cruel-looking switch -which he had pubvd above the dining room door. " Well, if either of you wants to iratch this switch pitch in." Kill shock bis head and muttered that he didn't want it ; that he would rather lie killed by a steer i'll Buck a few minutes before had thrown Bill against a tree and knocked offthebarkl than to be cut to piei-es w ith such a s itch ; and I assured my stern jurent that so far as I was coiicern- ed he might n-st in peace. Bill was the only ne--ru we had, and although he Was compelled to i to church every Sunday, riding on the seat behind the buggy, and although he sat in the buggy during ser vices, and ithuntetf t could hear every w ord of the sermon, yet that loy with all bis careful trainint; was inclined to be a thief. The next day after th" pr.-lamafion was issued I went out and looked at the melon patch. There, lying in the sun. trip-d and tempting, lay a beautiful melon. Ah, if there were anything that could make a Southern boy forget honor it was a water melon. I trembled, for I knew I could not prevent uiyx-'.f from stealing it: and then that awful switch came tip before me ; An blea struck me. I went to the house, stole into the cabin and got Bill's shoes. What an enormous foot tbe rasi-a! had ! The shoe, were so large that they would not stay on my feet, but I overcame this drawback by stulfing thetn with grass. I slipped around and entered the patch from a lo cust thicket. A rain had fallen the day before and I made decided tracks in the level grounL I got the melon, stole back to the thicket and, although it was not ripe, I ate more than half of it Then I returned Bill's shoes. That afternoon while Bill and I were in th ; yard I saw my fathcr,carefully carrying a nnall stick enterthe gate. Ilia u-e wore an unusu ally stern expression, and I saw that there was something wrong. " I don't think that much measuring is needed on this occasion." said he, glanc 'ng at the stick. "Bill, where are youi vour shoes ? " In de cabin, sab." " Bring them here." He brought the shoes. The old gentle man applied the measure and said : " Fresh dirt on them, I see." Bill's Sice became a study. "Ioan know bow it come on dar. marster. Ain't wore 'em sence List Sumlay." " Yes, that's all right. John." turninz to me, " fetch me that switch." My heart smote me, but I brought the'' sw itch. Then Bill began to .lance. I never did -e a fellow get himself into so many dif ferent shapes, and it seemed that every shaje was better suited to the switch. I had to snort I couldn't help it I kept out of Bill's way as much as rile, for he seemed to look reproachful at me, but he did not accuse me for delivering him up to the enemy, and I had begun to j-r- ! suade myself that Bill had stolen the j melon, when two days later I came to grief. Bill and I were again in the yard I w hen my father entered tae gate, carry- inir a Alliull stiek-. Jobri - Mui.l be Iim approached, " where are your shoes? " " In the house, sir." " Bring them here." I got my sh.ie. ;reat (Vsar! there was fresh soil on them. " C'otue on. come -. th .,,.,,... i h-nded t-lui one sn(H. anj dr,. theother one. l;jl," ij f,e, after measuring the shoe, "bring me that switch." Bill boumb-d w jln delight and brought the switch, " fap " I cried, " pletise don't w hit. me- I ain't done nuthiu' ( h " I dancivi, I capered and I met the switch at every turn. In my agony I caught sight of Bill standing at the cor ner of the house and snorting like a glan- ,pre,i horse. Bill kept out of mv wav. but that evening I met him ami asked : " Bill, how did you wear my sh.ies?" " How did you w'ar mine?" " I'M, grass in "em." " Well, I tiuk er par short stilts an' put yer shoes on de ends o' 'em. Ilecken we'se erbout even now. th, I tell yer whut's er facie, John, it won't do ter fool w id me, case I'se one o' de 'n'tnte.1 by ie saints." The Way to Read Profitably. No w,v can ie mn tha, he ha(, ,,, ,;w n , nn. . . tne1 to Pul thm O on a piece of pa per in independent wonls of hl own. It is an ex.llent pUn. too, when vou have iwd a pad KMk. to sit down and write - i f t , w i ber of it. It is a still better plan, if you ' can make upjrour minds to a slight ex . tra latsir. to do what Iinl SfafTorrf n.t iib,,n ,,, j, Webster .li-L After glancing over the title, wiLjwt or Jign : of jl bk. thes-ft? eminent mt-n wiu!! t L nr, n tn MT1Ji trt u. jtu it wh,t diuje, m,Ut! what kin1 lnluniiation iiuparted. mk b pmctu keep us from reading with the eye only. gliding vaguely over the page, and they help us to place our new acquisitions in relation with what we know before. I lea, relations, statements of fact are not to be taken by storm. We have to steep them in tbe mind in the hope of thus extracting their inmo4 essence and sig nificance. If one lets an interval pans and then returns, it is surprising how clear and ripe that baa become which, when we left it, seemed crude, obscure, full of perplexity. " Tbe pistol was invented in PLstola, in Tuscany, by Castillo ViU-Ui, in tbe I6th century. Washington on the Outside. The people of the United States know but little at .out Washington, and of the sixty millions which we have now in the country, perhaps fifty millions have never visited the capital. It is the finest national capital in the world, and trav elers who have gone the nunls of the I globe say they have never seen anything j to eottal it. It now contains 210.iX in habitants, and its citizens spend more money, proportionately, than thiwe of any other city in the United States. It lies in a sort of basin on the Potomac river, which is a mile wide where it flows by it. ' treat hills surround this basin, sloping abri't abruptly up from Boundary street, w hich bounds the city on the North,and rising upward from the hank on the oth er side of the river. Sune of these hills are w .ssled, and on many of them resi-den.-es are now being built. It Is sup pose 1 that in the near future they w ill I- the most fashionable Jatrts ot the cap ital city. The capitol is in the exact centre of Washington, and all the streets are laid otit at right angles to it- The lettered streets run oue way and the numliered streets another, and the nuiuliering of thecity is so arranged that you Kin tell the exact location of a house by its nura-1-er and street. All the streets of Wash ington are wide and the avenues, which cpirei them diagonally, are wider still. They are aved w ith dark asphalt, and are as smooth as a floor from one end to the other. The bicycler will le interest ed to know that there are miles of these Washington streets, and that they could ride almost the entire distance betweed Cleveland and Chicago on pave ments as smooth as many board w ith out going over the same ground twi-e. Their ride would take them past el.-ytnt houses, with as much variety of archi tecture as there are varieties of human brains. It would lead them alseut the statues of the roost noted men of the na tion, through jrks filled with all kinds of tropical plants, and along into the drives of great reservations, by public buildings that are muddled after the structures of half a dozen different ages and j.s-; le of past history. They would go along streets from 100 to It?) feet wide, lined for many miles by green 'lawn.- iu front of the hou?-. For the government owns the !ans as well a the streets, ami it has a strip of grass on each side of its streets froui 10 to 70 feet wide, extending through the city, to the edge of which the builder may come but no further. Washington has the great est area of streets, in proportion to its size, of any city in the world. I think. Forty-one per cent, of the area of our capital city is laid out in streets, whereas only twenty-five per cent, of Paris, twenty-six per cent, of Berlin, and thirty-five ol Vienna is devoted tu streets and av enues. There are in Washington city limits i.lll acres, and more than half of this is public property. The government res ervations, which are attered through out tbe city, contain 40 acres, and the most of these are tilled w ith flowers and trees. The streets and avenues are lined with trees, and during the last ten years ther have lieen more than SO.iti.O shade trees set out by the cuumission appoint ed and paid by Congress for this purpose. Standing on the hills above Washington and looking over it, this city now ap pean like a great garden, with houses poking their heals out of the foliage. Ten years from now it will be 6,0 ) acres of forest, and the greatest shade tree city of the world. Trees grow very rapidly in the Washington soil. They are well taken care of, and they are planted about thirty feet apart all over the city as soon as the streets are graded. The government puts tree boxes around thein. and if ne happens to die it is at once repli-ed by another. These trees are of all kinds of shade trees found in the north and south. They have al ready materially a fleeted the climate of Washington city, and it is cooler n.w by far than it was a decade ag. The parks of Washington are watteretl ( throughout the city, and you cannot walk more than three or four squares without coming upon a green spot filb-d with rare old trees and a statue or a f untain. There are seats in these parks, and in the flower U-ds which you will find in ui'ist of them plants are kept blooming most of the time. First there are the earliest blossoiiis of the Spring. Then a.- the ye;tr grows older they are taken up as soon as they cease to bloom. ! and others are planted in their -laces. An army of laborers is required to keep ; the parks in order, and continuous iui- provem.-nt gies on. Many of these . . e. . ii- r - . p.irks, such as rranklin, for mstaniti, are ... . . -, . sum .urnled bv elegant residences, and as - i " .... , c . . i .. 1 a rule vacant gpjund facing upon a - , ensment reservation will bring double the price of other land in the vacinity. The capitol park alone contains fifty one acres of plateau and sloping hill. It is full of trees of many kimls, some of which are mere bushes and others old elms which appear to date back to Jeffer son's .lay. Tbe capital faces the east, and just in fnmt of it is a wide plateau of green of several squares which will lie lietween it and the new library. Through this capitol park there are well kejt n .ad ways and fine walks. Seats you will find on your way up to the cap it il. and if you go at night your way will be lighted by electric lamps. Every one knows how the big White House looks, an", not a few will remem- ! ""-'h watering of pot plant is about as ber that this building covers a third of i fatal as a lack of supply w rites as follows: an acre of groun.L But the lawns aiiout j It will be evident that they require wet it are seldom described, and it will be a i ting if on taking the earth from the pot surprise to know that it baa eighty acres j of lawn and trees, and that the lawn is bill and hollow at the back, and that old tr-e-s shade the walks that lead up to it at the front. A great fountain da.sb.es a spray into the air in the lawn fat ing the j luo'isture enough to sustain the pUnt portico, and behind it another fountain, j I"kinw iast not be wet more than once Larger still, continually sends a shower j or twice a day. On dry, clear 'Jays they of diamonds into the sunlight. Just j re-juire more water than on .lamp.tloudy aen8 the street from the White House j Any- " tl)e trfh'r tJ. the 'rtn is Lafayette square, a park of seven j "-" n' allowed to dry out entirely, acres, in which there are many tropical j for ltult al-' very injurious. If the trees, as well as old oaks and eltns. In rth gets too dry, it is best to place the the centre tbe bronze statue of Andrew i 1 n water, so that the water will satur Jackson stands upon his horse's heels, j the soil very gradually. ana me noaaes lacing trie parx are most- t lv old and full of history. Don Camer on now lives in the old Taylor mansion, and millionare . Corcoran occupies the big hoose which some Boston capitalists presented to Daniel Webster when he was Secretary of State. On another side of the park is the bouse where Decatur lleraid died, now owned by John McLean's father-in-law, (leneral Beale, and a little ' further down is the house in whioh ; Blaine was living when he beptn to ', write his political book which has jwid ; I so welL the sickles mansion a little ! further down is now owned by Washing ton McLran. and on another side of the park is Charles Sumner's old house and the new mansion in which Colonel John Hay lives. Sj ,i , I i n . . . . n f li n, .m . r . . f t j Iu i-i.l u ! . iii .i. . . park one could almost throw a stone into . . , . rarragut square, and bv turning his Nslv it would 1- easier -till to strike the reservation in which the statue of .-n- era! Mcpherson stan.ts on horsed k among the trees. A mile I- vond the capitol lie Lincoln square, w ith its statue of emancipation. It cn- tains six a. res, an.l not far from it is Stanton pla-e of three acres, and Green square of a like size. The circled of the capital are reserva- tions made bv the intersection of the im- l.rtant avenues. They generally i-onsist j of a round mound of green of the size of ! ao a. re. more or lews, and in the centre ted generals in bronze. Scott circle has a statue of it-neral S.-ott cast from cannon w hich tbe general took in Mexico, and ! Thomas circle has an equestrian statue of j (rt-neral Thomas which cost, all told, i 7."i.iJi . In Iowa circle is a fine place fi r the st..tue of I ien. ttrmf inst or.tMriite ,l, .- . . i- i i- , .. f.re the report, but if it was a muzzle load trie bouse m which he lived and m In- , ' pint cin le, w ith his to. K fai-iug the i-.is-tie of the Chinese l.-gatiou. and up.n a granite pcdestral, -tan is a bronze figure of Admiral I'tijnt. And soil is all over tlie city. Statues and trees and beautiful house, w ide lawns and good breathing siwces. The parks of a city have lecn (tailed its lungs, and if so Washington L less in .Janger .f consumption than any other city in the world. We .-an accoujm.Nlatea great population here in the smallest space, and the city is so arranged that it can never t-e crowd ed. There is a tendency now, however, among the citizens to dc-ire more room to build upon, and they are li.s moving out into the suburlrs. There are half a I dozen bills l.-f'.re Congress fir extending the limits of the city .and I doubt n4 ten years from now much of what is farm lands and garden sjs.ts will be covered with beautiful house, and will le a part f the Washington city of the near fu ture. The main business street of the capital is Pennsylvania avenue, which Is-gins at Georgetow n and extends out beyond the capitol to the east branch of the Potomac Is-yond the navy yard. It pa.-r-s the White Hoa-e after leaving Washington circle, and then switches down around the Treasury and for a mile until it reaches the capitol grounds, when it winds around them and on by the capi tol out to the river. It is about four and one-half miles long, and its width in its business portion is one hundred and six- I tv f-et or as wirlp is faro atrj'. eitv streel of eighty feet each. It is filled with vehicles of all descriptions at nearly all hours of the day. but if is w ide that it is little crowde.1. and the coach man in livery and the herdic driver in homesphun have little trouble. eorgvtown is now a part of Washing ton, and the old tow n which was !orn years before the capital, is growing now, since it hast.cn adopted by Washington. Tlie height. ,,f i reorgetow n are becoming fashionable for residents, and I that Bell, the telephone millionaire, has laid out a large estate and is selling it off in lots. Washington at night and by moon light is wonderfully l-eautiful. Tlie moon tints to mellowness the rare old marble of the public buildings. It takes away tbe rustine-w of the tomb like treasury and puts life int.. the statues The White Hott-e looks like a fairy pa hue under the rays of the moon, hock in among those old forest trees. And the State IVpart ment grows bigger and more wonderful w ith its hundreds of columns when the el.H-tric light or the moon hikes off its newness. tne .f the prettiest buildings at night is the old Smithsonian and it d.ies n-t take a bright imagination, while looking at it to transport one's self to the mediaeval days of chivalry, and to won der whether after all he is looking at a str n-ture made by new Ameri.-a. or at one of the well-preserved ruins of mid dle France or on the hills along the Khine or Ianube. No matter what yonr niil or your thoughts you can find buildings here to suit it in your mn ligiit walks. If you an; fond of the cla-Mc and .b light in old Athens, let me take you to the front of the patent of-fii-e and I can show an exa-t reproduc tion of tlie noted Parthenon there. If I .. 1 .. 1 1 it oo dui i.jeoi.i ci.ioinai iuo mhjii oer "... tot he van Ness mansion, where Mania Burns nse.1 tri entertain Aaron Burr and l nomas jeiierson; ana u you preier a rural ruin I can show you the cottage w here Tom Moore slept when he came to visit Washington city and made poetry about Americans. If you love Ihime Na ture more than ruins, a moonlight drive will take vihi into the ru'st romantic of nature's scenery, and there are views all als-ut the District of Columbia which would lie considered great sights if they were located in Eumpe and w hich p-o-ple in Switzerland would think lieautiful. Washington Correspondent of Cleve land htwUr uvi Hrmlji. Watering Plants. A German gardener who thinks too t crumbles like dust ; a sure sign is to knock on the side of the pot near the middle, with the finger knuckle. If it gives S.rth a hollow ring, tlie plant nee-Is w ater ; if there is a dull sound, there is A Burlington man complains.! at a restaurant because he found a button in his soup. The waiter mobSt-d him by saying that they put buttons in their sottp so that they could button it up and keep it warm. Through by daylight Night. WHOLE NO. 1843. ! Sharpshooters at Petersburg. Tlie narrowest escape I ever had," id a weli-known lieutenant of poli : Baltimore, " was in front of Petersburg." i " My regiment wus iu Pickett' division of L-ngstreet's crj-s and another feli.-w i and I were'ina trench t.-gethcr. We were ' at the front of the line. Tlie other f.-l- low's name was Pick. The trench was about six feet d.i p. and there was I groove. 1 in the top ol tlie front, t ipmgii . . . , i iii u we uio our siewiing vi nie i i- kees. hen we wante.1 to pop awar we d ' , . . ' r ,,,e V"" tll"t ",ve" 'uh ",-ht "n tht mM"-v" j slT' D,i then mnl' d ,WB" C" k ma a j P'S-he-ded s.,rt of a chap. I told .urn a j ,,,'n U:a" L J"'iI1't lukV' ea'h ! K' b,,1,i f" ,,n ht h ,,1"""t- ! Then- lA "f "V kee shanl..4- ul ,r""1'" u,"-au" 1 "'"""' '"" I w"t ho h" 1'"! hulf. I tell I ?'m " -"-geMus f..r even so much ,as ; "'" " in of ,h" '" i- . . r .. . i i .: i tu.. low. I Leanl tbe (uilets whistling live ly over our trench, and I snew by the s.und that thev were f.n-l balls. A 1 forced ball, you kn j bree, h-ltd-r. It . is a bu".-t fr-itn a a little larger than j the diameter of the gun-barrel, and con sequently it gees out w ith greater fon-e j than the ball from a iuuzle-1 a.Ur. The wav we could iist;ngu..-h rietween the two kind of guns w.ts, that if it was a breech-loader tlie ballet g- to vou Im er the r-por? g.,; to yon bet.-re trie ra!l. M ist nil of the Yanks used the brecch- loader, and you can just bet your Ismts we were mighty careful "low we g-t in their wav. "As I was saying, the bullets were! whi-tling pretty lively over our trench. ! I was loaded, and was als.tit to put my . gun iu the gpa.veiuid pick off a blue coat. Itick was standing in front of the gpive putting in a charge. He had his eye at the breech of the gun examining t it. an I the side of his head was turnisl t.e , ward the gT''Ve. " While st.,n.i:i;g there it was not more ' than half a minute al!otMl. r -one of the 1'op-ed lulls came singing through the gnive au-1 'oop-d a hob- clear through his head as big as a walnut. He fell dead. I stepped acpr to hitn, and in doing so ' passed in frnt of the gp.ve. Just as I got on the other side of the trench an-.th- , er bullet i-assed through the gnsive and burie.1 it-.-!f in thep-ar wall of the trench. Two other balls followed it, and buri.sl I themselves in tlie identical hole ma le by ; the first bullet. The shar hooter that did that neat j b was a half mile ' away. ' "Pretty good shooting," suggr-ste.! one of the listener. "I should say so." said the lieutenant, with an expressive shrngof his shoulders. "S.me of those Yankee sbarjishooters Were marvelous- They h.i-1 little t !e- : siopes on their rilli-s that would fetch a Uian up close, until he --eriied to be only alniiit one hundred yards away fp.in the muzzle. I've si-n them pick a man off who whs a mile awav. Thev could hit o . far you couldn't h-ar the rejs.rt of the gun. You wouldn't have an idea tiiat anvtslv was in sight of too. and all of sudden. . -'ll'-'n"- "' t ..iff-rent times with ever, thing assi'ent as the grave and I kiXM w ,-',t n""n' 'ut nn'i'r not the sound of a gun. here would -ome ' !,'h "'""'mv- that he always m-ap-skit.r.ing alomr one of those force.! l.IU P,D,!',",nt uf,n tU "f and cut a hole 1 1-ar thniugh you. " How we usj to lay for th.se sharp h..'t r-, ::. .iigh." he Maid, chuckling at the remnnbran.-e. "We'd keep a look out f..r every little puff of smoke. Th" sharj-h-.-tem. you kn-w. ni-rstly climl tree and hid themselves in the branch es. S every time they'd slinot there'd j l-s a tell-tale of smoke come out of the tree. Ju-t as s.s.n as wed see oneofthose little puffs of smoke the entire battery would rain shot and shell int.. that tree, j and we'd make it so hot for the simrje shooter that he'd either tumble or crawl out, dead or alive. The best shooter were in the Cni.m army. Most of them .-ame fr im the west, and many of them had been si-outs in the Indian .infry. They rarely rui--d a man at the distaiv-e of a mile. Indeed, they could hit any object as big a a pie-plate tli.it faraway." 1 l,t ot.o Iyhj- r. Wasn't Prepared. W. I Kerf...t the real estate "un. a f i r 111.:.. .. .-.gem ..i.-rev au-i ijier line au.-n-i- e-1 the Knights Templar con. lave in St. I.ll!S tb lililPr '1-.1V s.M1n ufVer tKlP ! arrival in thecity they hurried into tbe j il)t ti.e .bad !.-!y of hi- vi.lim. dining-p..m of a hotel and summoned ; The murder and trial by which he w.is one of the colored waiters. M .rey and -.j.tte.! create.1 a great sensation at the White gave their order after a rarsr.ry . time, and the a.-,-o.,nt "f it was-pn-a-l f..r investigation of the bill of fare, but Ker- ; an,j w:.le ivupM i(h t!l j.t;rise. "I-t P-.t. who seeme.1 nearly exhaa-te.1 fnun j ,rr ?. (lal!agher." which ha- since L-Lungt-r, went more into .b-tail and ke; , a bv-w..p the waiter by hi si.Ie until he bad si..w- ; " ly work.sl himself thp.ugh the animal j anil vegetable king loius. Then he turn- j e-1 ap.nnd in his ch tir with a sudden start and. after enumerating the kinds of meat and Vegetables he wanted, quietly informe.1 the darkey that they desire.! their f's! Ijefore the earthquake stnn k the town as they ha1 passed it while rid ing on the train. Yarfejiiake ! " exclaimed the D'-gp.. his eyes rollit.g out upon his cheeks. " Yarf.sjiiake cmin' dis way fo shuith 7" "It was heading this way when we passed it." replied Mr. Kerfoot with great solemnity. " But l not prepa'eJ togo,""chatt. red t ie ilarkey. - S. trrv for vou: Irf-tter briniy onr d:n- i'.i . . e -1 , .: ner and then vt to prav.ng, sukI Agent -. Morey " ' T. 1 . , 1 f . 1 -, 1 1 , The ilarkev start.si for the kitchen, but 1 i i, r.i-i . 1 : he had not gone far before he stopped j 1 , . 1 : ami Ix-gan to retra-e bis steps. - !. . u r . 1 j e " Brs.it how fast does dis year yarf- . quake travel'" be asked in a thick whis per. " Ninetv miles an hour, replied the lawyer. ! " Fo to Gd I'se not prepu'ed," mut- j . . u .1 .i .... i . . . . leieu uje iiitiirv .v. ue stai . "j uul on 1 J 1 another pi gn mage for tlie kit. hen. The three men were laughing heartily at the disi-omfiture of the waiter when he sudd -nly reappeared, and, with de spair, chagrin and fear stamjd all over his black face, exclaimed in a trembling voice : " Pon my wori, Isms, but F fo'got your order." ' hiniyn , mt'4. There is no patch of the moon's viiufde surfac-e half a mile sjuare that is not ac curately mapped, aTording U Profer Y.jong, while the eartii con ta. 'a immense tracts, in Central Africa, which have nev er been surveyed. A yacht ia always for sale- i Wet a " Cunkoer." " I knowed it before 1 left hnto nnire." mournfully remarked a tall countryman as he sw ung hi hnatd-hritntned hat, "an' the last word Tirzah Ann said afore I l-rt was. l.n't tech nothin' id th? way of In ker. John. ir jeV a sure as fate you'll git into the calaboose.'" "John till, you were asdntnk asa loon vestcp'.iv." said the court. I was, f-iuire an' I was it dumed foo! in tie harg un !" " Where do you hail from T "Old Clermont county, "squire. I had done sold -oiue early cherries, au' I al lowed I'd co'ue to see- tbe cm us. T rial Ann. she had a pwerfil t-.thactie. and she coul In't cotue. -s I h.U lies up tira Dick in the light spring wagon an' drives into town." ! " Circus, eh T' asked the o.nrt. j ," Yep ! tiotdoa n inter the ten', an' I J saw the elephant an' the cage o' uio:ik.-vs m t .l .1 v... .. ..i . :.. . .....a ..." i.i ...it-ate. te.1r.-9 mu.-'I'.li ii j 'f und." " And j a got excited." sft!y si'.kyst ed the court. "Evited: Gosh, din:j 'l - Why, I g. dizrv watchiu' them ixtv guis a lUm" ; .J, , oQ t,ltf mU;t h,'irM I spent ,,.,, ,vrj !..., ,-1- t n)it. " Kxtr.ivagan.-e '." exclaitue I tue otrt. j " An' 1 Is.iigtt five vnts' worth o' vin- ! ter apples an' giv 'em to the elephant '. Funny how them animals can git away ! with .. ain't it. je.lger j - Ind the elephant get you drink "' I -Jrylv aske-I the co,Jrt. i " No. s.,uire. After I paid ten cent an" j ,he. .l.j f..lle-rs. play ti e Unr an' sing aiiout si.me girl w ith lovely blue eves an' golden hair. I went out an met a real circus feller." - Well T askcl the court. "He was a downright bu ly fellow, he wa.s, un' he spent as much as f.mr bits a j tretin'. Tlien we m. t an oiit-an ls.ut j city feller, who had a coiivle o' j shells an' a pea. While he had Ins ! hack turned my circus friend he I,ft.-d i up one o' thetn shells, au' beg gosh tlie i pea w.ls under it. ays he: ' Ef I hedf iO i I I l-t hi a. H ive voig.t it ? Well win j .1 ... , S. I ..ins uo the wallet all' gives him A ! bid tll.lt I I was savin since February." " He U U it, an 1 11 lie ding"! to Jade : if that air pea wasn't ipme. I never see a feller carry on so in my life as tliat air i circus teller." ! "John tiill, you area fool T" sternly 'uid the court.'' ; " Reckon I am, jedge." "You were bunkoed !" " Ws that air city Seller a bunk.er?" " Y.-s. and so was that oip tis fellow ! He ft half of that Jlo" "In-e whizz! Ain't I a darned fd. though? What'll Tirzah Ann say?" "John tiill, you stepapxinil to the clerk bete and deposit J." said the court. Y"U will th.-n go down to the stable and get out 'hat na'of youp.. and get right back to Clermont and Tirzah Ann." ""So that air ni.-e ip-us fell.-r was a bunker." niu-s-i John as he wa'k.sl out. "Tirzah Ann'lljust si-alp me T '"i;e..e fftfi J -ffi-.V.fr. " Let Her Go. Gallagher ! - I find my.-lf in tl e position to con tribute cornething to the current litera ture in reg-apl to slang phrases; In the .N.:yf'ej. i.f h re"ent date tliere is a paragraph to this elf.-ct: " I have won- dered where the slang phrase. Ix-t her go. (iallagher.'and 'Chippie get your hair cut." originated." They are not partii u larly bright or meaning on a casual hir ing, and 1 am at a lo to a.-1-ount f..r the universality of their uxige. The first phrase, "b t her go, Gallagher," I first hcurd in Kent! ky several years .ig. and have marked its gradual spread. rg. The cin uiNstan. es under w hi.h it origim.'ed were these: In Hamsisburg, Ky . there was a terrible bully and desperado, B..i fense. In his broils he was uu:ii!v ahct- ! te-I by his two s..n, and the trio were a terror in the community. luring tlie 1 period of law lessiv-ss which succee-its) the i war he applied for the p.r,ition of Town Marshal or poliireman. The authorities j thought it might prove a g.l thing, a j he and his sons would le held in rhe k. to some extent, and they needed just such a trs..n to deal w ith the unnilv el- ement which was i-ausing so much i tp uble. He was sw.rn inand with g"l j eff.s t for a time. He inangunted a per i feet reign of terror, and for several yers . it worked like a charm. Finally one 'lav , some turliuient spirit i-ame in fr'.m a 1 neightsiring county, and. under the in ' fluem-e of liquor, there was a row. which rail.igher and hi two sons tailed to sulr i due w ith the a.i ustoiue'I Ii!.erul use of their cluls. Fulling out a pistol, he j threatened to shoot, tuick as th. sight the other fellow Har k. I le!ieve, was his name pulled bis pi-tol and snap-l . ;t clisf to .ailagh - r that it burned the i tflttn ..ii 1, te,i, .luiiiiir . he ,);, , -(j.t , rJ,Jj:ljrr " t;u!.,gl,er did her g.." and killed Hank. instatitlv. H-and bis sons then !in-i a n-fu's-r of A Rival of Wiggins. Professor Foster, the mefeop,. .gist r.ul- li-he.1 in the Burlington ., i .V , re lentiy. his preli-tion of a great storm j--ri.-i. extending fp.m Is-ccinVr 4 t- 17. .. luring w hi. h will i.r ur s..'ue ..f tiie ; ni.t d'-f ni.-tive wlnr. r .to-Tt.s of recent years. These t'r:ii will I4- tii'U h of the ' ine nature as the gr-at b!;.irds of last 1 January. Heavy snow and high wireis ! will greatly imj-dc railway travel, and ' he advises the rai'ways to prepare fur , bl.s kades what will .j-i-ur in the Wesb-rn j States al'Mit Iieceniler oth, and reach tbe Eastern States lieiiilier!t. Tliese -tonus ; will break np the dpiugbt in the .South eastern States. There will be energetic elei-trial disturbances that will affect teiegraph and ti lephc-ne lines. He stig- trestr tliat nuinv lives and much pp.per - r t tv can be save.1 from loss bv making - ' pretia rations for the severe weather if this storm pen.sl. Items of Interest ! j There are H4 people in a Fmm-ivo who are a..rth l.ii'.m and over. The Lew postal tar.fLtob1 ireue.! in I'e trailer, will bear a vignette of Tliomas , . lenjter, will Lear Jefferson. Met hoi is the soul of business, and there is no method without onler and punctuality. An lnaha woman showe.1 her gl nature by having her picture taken in a group with her three divorced husban-is. The small boy who plays cireus with the " trick goat " in his back yard should see that the St. Jacobs Oil Bottle is not empty. A BXon Irishman's manner of o'.tain itig sound sleep is worth imiLit oB. He said that a short sleep did for him. he cause when he slept he "paid attintion tuV
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