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Tur. Somekkct Hkrauj,
Somerset, Pa.
, oCnS-SoK. 1- B. O'CONKOR.
-.coNN'oK I'.IJOS.,
If aTT'iKNKYAT-I.Aw.
ni somci -i. Pa., and on Franklin street,
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ATIOKNKY AT LAW.
(somerset. Pa.
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S AlioKNKY AT-LAW,
Somerset, Pa.
M.
.1. I'KITTS.
A 1 T' iKN EY-A LAW,
Smiena't, l'a.
i stMitenx't Couniy Bai-k.
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innerM't, Ia.,
1 -ti'-e in SuiM-wt aiid adjoiniuR eoun
l.ni'ie eniiuM-d lo 'liin will receive
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I WIS MKYF.1W.
AlTiiKNEY-AT-LAW,
NiuierH't, l'a.
',, nl l.uiiie elltniMed to hix care w ill le
in unli proiupine and tidflity. ofliee
i iir tnvi, m-x; door loJ. ii. Snyder V
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ATTi K K Y-AT1.A W,
Suuienet, Pa.
V l' attend to all business entrusted to hit. care
in i,hit r-.-i and ailjoiniuK eoumitti. ith pronil
, r hihI leiciitv. iiliue on ilain t'ro Mreel,
,u- Kiher ' liook More.
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ATTt.iKNEY-AT-I.AW,
tHitneraet, l'a.
d'inT in Mammoth Blix k. np Mairs. Entranee
v ti (To Mreet. Collwtion inad eUatex
fc.i.'i' tit le examined, aud ail lenal tiuwnewal-i,-.i,ii
t i'h I'rouiptue- and lidvluy.
7T '..U.!tN. L. C- COLBORK.
lilLliOKN A 0I.1K.
ATlliKNtiS-A 1-l.AV.
souierset. Pa.
A'l huviiw- entrusted vi our eare will Imi
i i.i.v und iKiUitii'.l' Httcndei to. I'ollartiotn
u'.ul -m !N.iiierix-l. Ik-Mionl and adjoining eouu
' Mirvej inn and eouveyaueing doue on rea-
s.iin'.k tcniih.
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ATTIU.Nt-All-A.
, ItoiuerM't, Pa.
K,Miitv and reliMott A:ent. Kfli.-e in Mammoth
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'.U.1.NT1NK HAY,
ATTt'KNE-Al-LAM.
Krtuemel, Pa.
Aw lual.-rin Keal EMate. Will attend to all
t;.i,i,. entrusted lo lii eare with pnuuptuew
ii". tidvliiy.
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tHIX II. I'HL,
A TXCKNEY-AT-LA W,
Souierwet, t a.
Will pr.,mt!v tt4-nd to all business enirued
l,.hmi .Money' advaiMtd on exlletious ke, lf-
Biell
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tie ll, Maiumuili lilin'k
r. a. i:hais.
rilYSKJAN AND SI K;K."N,
"inieiet. Pa.
ns,. lu Co..k A li.vrlls' Uha k, IS-cmd Klr.
lyl Tk. i:iix ki:u,
PHYSICIAN" ANI rt'KiiBlX.
Sokkuskt. Pa..
1. t,.!. t- l,i profi i-iial -r lee. to the eitiaen of
s...r-. and vicinity, ottice in PoM l-e
luiii'lnic East of l'ialliond.
D
U. II. s,tKlMMF.LL,
T. n.l. rs his i.rofessiomil er ice t tlie -ili n
of sctmrsci and viciniiv. l iilesa pronwionaiiy
n.iwd Ite can In- iouud at Insoflice on Main
of llialuotnt.
I)
u. H.r.m.T.AKKi:
T ii.lo his pisifi-ssional r lei Ui the eitizena
r.1 nucnet and vicinity. Wice In resiociiee ou
H!L siirct tt ol liixuioud.
yi. VM. KAUt H
Ti-i'lers lus professional t ii-ea to the citizen"
rt s..ii,. r--i and viciuitv. Hflice in l'ost ntliee
1:11:111
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l:"Mhd'ATHlC PHYSICIAN AND Sl liEON.
T' t,.lcr- his .erviee to the l-eople of Somersiet
tail i initv alls in town and country prompt-i-
ni;, ti.iui t... an la- found at othce day or
l iii ci ie. proh-ssiona;iy euiraKed. Oftn-c- on
s . ii. t corner ot liiauioiid. over Kncjiia-t
s:.. Mi.rc.
Dl J. M. LorTIIER,
IhmrrlH of StinMotiH.)
l liYsl' IAN" ANIJ Sl iii.El'N",
I'm- liit ntl -nnunciitly in Somerset Sir the
t hi-profession. OIlHwon Main sln-ct,
ii. rtTtrof Jir:ij5 Stein-.
Di.J.f. M M1I.I.F.N,
((.rtiiltnih in Imt'i't ty, I
mm- . i inl attetilHtn to the pretcrvat Ion of
! i,-.-;j. Art. lical Hets iiimtusi. tn
ri.-a..'i- riinrantced stiMHctiry. otiiwiu Kaer '
i
Di:..iiii. r.n.i.s.
l'ESTIT.
of.i-enjt stair in ii Br1t Work.
Dr:. ym. coi.i.iNs.
JiE.NTlsT.
"v niKiii pis r s lll.s k up-stairs. where he
lie. U f .mm t nil times prcpnri-d to do all kindu
"I -irli. sn h ,1- hllim.'. reitiiiatiiut. cxtniciinir.
A' Aniin-.al jc iiiol all kinds and of th Ia-s4
fcmteriai inserl'si. Ail work frnarantecd.
..I. K. M1LLKK
tin- -nnancntlv lm-MUsi in lv-rlin for the rae-'"i-
"l his prof.-Ksiun. tHhee op(isile Charlea
kr.MLKi-r s sti.re.
iin-i'st-t County H;uk.
C J. HARRISON, M. J. PR1TTS,
pltKsiPr:T. r"Hiin.
' !ii-i '.n.us made in all parts of the I'niU-d Slatea.
CHARGES MODERATE.
I'rtirs l-ilt,,. t truA nnaicv Weat can ae
""i: iii..it,4 In draft on Nea York In any um.
'"itsti .t,. ti,H.ic anil pnanptnew. I . Jiotids
f"lil ami ,id. Moiicv and valuubk-a secured
' ,.: in. i.iidiii celebrated Haft, Itla Har--i.l
4 Yale M. time ka-k.
ACCOUNTS SCLICITEE.
All It-al Hi.lidais Oliaened.
CURTIS K. GROVEr-
SOMERSET, PA.
billys. sdkkjHs, ap.ktai;k-"s.
sl ltlNi, WAiNS, HI CK W'ACiOS.
aMi EASTEKX ANDWhTEKN WnltK
EiirnWied oti Short Siali-e.
Painting Done on Short Time.
" fk Is lna.lt ink of Tlirmtihl)i Unmmnl H'l,
l'il tin h4 fiva nmd Sbrl, Sulistalltiaiiy
oiisirutd. Neatly Kiiiisbed. and
oTuntcd to (rive Stlsctiin.
Only First Class Worbnen.
Piri!,K f An Kinds in My Line lame on
"lain Si.tiec, Price REASON aHLE, anil
All Work Warranted.
'n am Eiamine my ftia-k, and lm 'cea
" r.iii.,rt. and furnish tMvei. for Wind
ken-iul-r the plai-e, and call liL
CTJRTISK. GROVE,
(Ea of C.airt Iloliae)
SOUKKSET. PA
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VOL. XXXV. NO.
B. & B.
77 ...'. .. F.VEST Of Tills SKASOX
WILL UK THE
Grand Lace Curtain Sale!
Which we have just inaugurated. This Mile will
snq-jwiillour funncrtJlortsin misdirection. The
Kiamx arc all new pattern, no ul stun" ami most
of ihemuurotvii tin i it-unions, ami stvlesexeluaive
! Willi us. Theyjw ill raiiKe In price, vii :
j For choice new iiimi.ln NiK?tmrham Curtains
3 yards loin;. conu. mut Sl.un per t.air. Kor
yard (roods, with taed elites. 81 '. 1 M, ?1 75. tu
For Choice Patterns. 3', ami 4 yard Nollintrhain
Cnrtutns, f- W mi, W i. S.i IK), T im to 12 mi per
lir. French Guipure Curium tW 00 and !;!
per pair.
curtain Neb, 1-" .c, 1" to&V n t yard.
Curtain stiiiiustc.c, sCc. lee and l-1.
At this spccinl Rak we fi'l jupiihVd in ayinv
a ill btMilii!n-dlhe very best value iu('unainytH
vu orolkrcd anyu here.
(mi.lfte rnliiiimiTy iH-partnu'iil where aillbe
found all the acevHirit4.
A V4tni4'i J;ra Trimmed lkolc at 'Si ct-nift,
KiniTi. llra-kot, KK".
In Miit deiHtrttaent we offer )KH'ially Hpriiiif
JnrkeiK in ('liti kN I'lalds and SirijH-s. A1hiiUiii
1'lotiiti and KtTM.y with Inpftrtt artim, 1tiiir imU
Newc&rksts with Hoods and Capes
In-rlni'k'i. tri and plaids, at popularvrii'i'ft. for
IfiMHi quality and best wirkuianliip. $6.50 and up.
SPUING WRAPS,
lUnili d all o er and I -a-e Triinnied, tlO.OO eaeh
and ii j. Si;k W ra. with IVaii Triiuiinu.' ; am-i-l's
liiiir ri. Morning Wrap, Miw.' aud
I'liiMren
Wraps, Jackets & Newmarkets
and lrvm- from 2 year to lii year !..
Ladies Suit Department: Black Silk Suits $25.,
$35. $45. and $65. kli Ii heavy Mlk ami triuiiuel
ij ,! eln
loth and tricia suita. itlain and mix
ed colore, full skiiinand drajary. 'HI and uplo
ejnuu.
1 jirge nd sjK-eial ntrcriiofs diirini! the present
monih t,t silk- anil spriui; ircv piMwi.
New Style Plain Colors and Check Suitings, :tsto
ti niches, at 4 ' i.V. 7 m; KV, M ml and SI '.
lUnck and white strijted Miiuuter silk" at ttoe. :ile,
V. 4-k'. " anil M do. -
Ijirye lines of eolort-d fummcr silks, colored
(rrs grains, faille fraticiV rlnwlxiiner-liarres satin
rimilaiuet.. en-., etc., at price, which ftM'qiiulitieM
have not yet Iwcn eiiiiulcd.
mr Mail order letannieiit will, upon request,
w-iid saiupU to any addnsM, or for a raw, eur
Uiins. eti'., pnils from which samplea eannot le
em, we will scud a liu of pk to aeleet from.
uimn receipt ot pnijH'r retcn-nce, or by express t .
1. 1)., with pri ilce of examiuaiioti and s.lee
tion The customer to ncleel what pleases. If any,
and pay expresn ni:ent, balunce to I retunied.
BOGGS & BUHL,
115, 117.119 & 121 FEDERAL STBEET.
tloloEGJHENY, PV.
dec.S,-.-l-y.
EXCELSIOR
COOK STOVE
MM SlIISFinil.
EIGHTEEN SIZES AND K1NE
111 Fufcters cai lie Suits!!
MJXltACTl KIl' BY
Li
A.KP Hil: V4.K r
H. IS. Schell ct Co.,
auplH-'H't-lyr. soMfJkstT. PA.
Al.BEKT A. Hoknk.
J. SswTT WiKI).
BORNE & WARD
M rHH TO
Eaton & Bros.
NO. 27 FIFTH AVENUE,
PITTSJtVJiGlI, J'A.
SPRING AND SUMMER, 1886.
NEW GOODS
EVEEY EAY SPECIALTIES
Emltrniilrritt, lv, ilillhifry, Hhilr titmit, Jlnnd
t'rrfiiif. Ifhtr THmmixpn. Ihini, Itbirrt. fr-.
rfci. M'lJin i'"J M'rwo Vwlrmnir. hnntr'
ami (liil'tnu't Untlihni, iimey O'otWu. v
l'arn. Z'-pli'rr, M'tl'riuU all
KM far FASrY W ORK.
Mi FpisMai Goods, k, k.
Tour Patronage Is Respectfully Solicited.
SjaOrdcrsby Wail attended to with ProniptneM
and IHsjiatch.
zsrrw goods
FOR
Spring Wear.
Sjan iul nii-e lilieiif all-wiail Sprinj? Press
KalnicK at tvnts, lnijMirtcJ. l'luin. ami
t Otiiliinatioti Siiilinir" nt l ami a yanl.
New Kn'Iisli Stjltxl Stiiiitii?, in cliecka
ami stria-. .VI iiir-hc wi'le, 1 l.tT".
Kxtra values in Illaek (Inw tirain Silks
otir tiVwut J'.Uuk furah hilk. ta-st in tlii
ivmntry ' l,ri alw't ""r ' Prtt,'-
Xi w fitttej- lliuek Velvet.
ItaOmitis in our woiidertully luive assort
ment of new French SatiiM-a. Sititeh, AnJ.T
xiii Cititrliains ami Anniican tiinglianis.
Sjirins itn(rtntioii of Ivk-c Curtains, just
reT-ivel, $1 a jwiir up to fiiiest jtluliti-.
ISmiitifitl new Kiiiliritiileriea in White ami
Colors.
New Linen TriimniiiK law, luitvains.
latest novel lie in Dnw Trimniinp" unl
lSuttons.
S-miJr anil itnniijitly ' Hqiliniliim.
JOS. H0RN'& CO.'S
Penn Avenue Stores, Pittsburgh, Pa.
QHARLEK HOFFMAN,
MERCHANT TAILOR.
(Als-ve HelMeya Store,)
Latest Style. nd Lowest Price.
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED.
Somerset, Pa.
40.
MY VESPER SONG.
Fillet! willi wearitie ami iin,
Scanvly strong; emmli lo pray.
In tli is twilight" hour ! sit.
Sit ami si 1 1 my tloitU away.
t'er my broken iurHsc,
K ex the eominj; shuilows roll,
let tne httiltl a bridge o( solic,
"Jesus, lover tf my soul,
l-t me to thy bosom fly."
How the wonls my thoughts rea-at ;
To Thy bosom Iml, I wme ;
Though unfit to kiss thy feet,
Once I gathered sheaves for Thee,
Dreaming I coultl holt) them fast.
Now ! can hut Mly sing
" , rtuvive my soul at last."
1 am weary of my fears.
Like a child when ni'lit comes on ;
In the shadows. Lord, I sing
" Leave, O luare me not alone."
Tlinmejli the ttitrs I still must shed,
Through the evil yet to be.
Though 1 falter while 1 sing -
" Still sitjHirt and tvtmfort me."
" All my trust on Thee is staytsl " ;
Does therythm of the Song
Softly falling on my heart.
Make its (iitlscs firm and strong?
Or is this Thy jierttft a'Ui!c,
Now dtrsceiiding while 1 sing?
That my soul may sleep to-night
""Neath the shadow of Thy wing."
" Thou of life the fountain art,"
If I slumber on Thy breast ;
If I sing myself to sleep ;
Sleep and death alike are rest,
Though the shadows overiasl,
Through the shailows yet to lie,
I .ct the ladder of my tfong
" Kise to ail eternity."
Note by note it silver lairs
-May my soul in love a-stviul,
Till I reach the highest round
In Thy kingdom without end.
Not inimticnlly I sing.
Though I lift my hands and cry
"Jesus, lover of my sold,
Ix-t me to Thy boaom fly."
Jfiiry if. Jlullrr.
IRRESISTIBLE.
"1 will not be untrue," she said, and
her dark eye Hashed. " I love you, but
I shall not marry you."
"And your reasons?" he usked, in a
voice that trembled, depjiite his strong
efforts to control it.
.She liaiked at him fuietly, pityingly,
and her answer runi; through his verj
sou). " liecau.se you would make my life one
long regret. iSetatiw, far in the years to
eome I foresee such utter degradation for
you as would makethe lifeofany woman
mad enough to give her happiness her
fate to your keeping a lifeofsuch misery
that the grave would lw a Welcome
refuge."
" You love me, and vet you can say
that to tiieT"
"I cottltl not hare lovexl you hail I
dreamed of this l'fore. As I say, I will
not la? untrue. I lelieved in you wholly.
I thought you the only one I had ever
known who had touched my heart, who
could awaken in nie the love a woman
gives but once in her life. I yielded my
self gladly to the knowledge of this find
ing, for I could not mistake your manner,
vour feelings to Lie, I saw my influence
over you with none of the triumph of a
coquette, you well know, but with the
ijtiiet happiness of a woman who loves
truly, entirely, herself. Hut for the late
kno4edge that the fatal cup which has
ruined thousands and tens of thousands,
is not strange to your lipa, my heart
would be wholly yours."
"But, Margaret, your influence has
such power over me ; under it what can
I not conquer? H!essed wit it your love,
what might 1 not become?"
The beautiful Vi lust their firmness of
expression, and quivered with trtrongly
expressed feeling.
" I have no faith in tny power," she
said, 8iid!y. "tlodonly knows how in
tensely I pity you, but I should go mad
if I were forced to pity my husband. I
must esteem, 'respect, as well as love the
man to whom 1 give control of all my
future."
"Is there no hope for me?" he passion
ately exclaimed. "Are you so cold, so
hard, that you deny nie all trial that
you refuse to believe for you I could con
quer, would conquer, all that stood be
tween nie and my dearest hopes of earth
ly happiness? Marg.iret! Margaret! No
human creature but yourself can save me.
If you refuse to' listen to believe I
care iot what guilt lears me to ob
livion." "ldarenol listen to your and great
tears rolled down her cheeks ;" 1 dare
not take iion myself such vow s as bind
our earthly fates, and feel in my heart
how entirely we shall yet Iks separated
in all true union. I must say to you, I
have no faith in thedeadly infatuation of
one who indulges in the apj)etite for
strong drink."
" You condemn nie then, to my min?"
" I condemn- you lo ruin ! God furbid !
Harry Norton, it remains with yourself.
I cannot contal fnim you that X think
you have a hard battle before yon in life.
To conquer that appetite 'to determine
that you will not yield, and to. abstiin
from all that teil'ls t tempt, to awaken
desires fur stimulants, no matter how
weary, how worn you are with the stnig
gledenianils the strongest will.thegreat--st
self-sacrifice, the prayerful spirit, the
Christian life. Are you cabbie of all
this? If you doubt yourself at all, in mer
cy never tempt a woman to hare a
drunkard's life to behold herself the
mother of children who will never know
the beauty, the holiness, the protection
of home.
"You think I exaggerate your faults.
You do not know all that is burned as
w ith the stamp of lire upou my memory.
The years roll back, and I see a young,
trusting, credulous girl, who knew nei
ther herself nor her needs in life, wedded
to a man whose earthly prospects seemed
fairer than those of most men. But this
girl, so innocent, so lovely and trusting,
learned soon ah, too eoon! that her
whole life was sacrificed to one whose
taste for the accursed stimulant of liquor
far exceeded his love for the woman he
professed to adore. Year after year pass
ed on, adding to this fatal taste addition
al strength. No caresses ot sweet-voiced,
lovely little children, nodelights of h une
were half so dear to this man as the one
fatuation of his life.
" This girl, always so mature in mind,
and far his superior in nature, left no
means untried to save him. She was
very attractive in manner, conversation
and person, and all her attractions were
oilier
SOMERSET,
put in force to save him. She concealed
his habit of int'ineran:e for years. She
kept his faults to herself. She never
breathed aught against him. She upheld
him, strengthened him, counseled him.
If woman's influence could have saved
him, he would have been saved.
" I have seen her home taken from her.
Her children and herself wandering from
one place to another, as she could best
earn tBeir support ; and this man, seem
ingly devoid of human feeling, leaving
her to her own resources, while wealthy
relations cared for him.
"This woman was very near and dear
to me, and nothing upon earth could in
duce me to put myself in subjection to the
possibility of such a fate. You have my
true friendship, my liest wishes for your
welfare, my sincere prayers that you may
conquer in this fiery trial, but I dare not
give you more. God only knows how
hard this is for uteto say to you; how wil
lingly I would share your fate in poverty,
in any ordinary trial of life ; but I dare
not, for my own soul's sake, say I take
your life, whatever it may be, for mine.
And so, Harry, let us speak of this no
more."
She held out her hand. He caught
it. He dreiv her impulsively toward him.
He held her fur an instant, clisely.
Margaret," he said, ' let me kiss you
once.
And before she could reply his
burning lips touched her pure, cool
brow.
iod bless you, Margaret, whatever be
comes of me !"
Iu another instant he was gone.
She jiassed through the garden-walk
into the pleasant rvh, and stood a mo
ment before the open parlor-window,
where an old gentleman rested in an easy
hair.
" It is a lovely night, father," she said ;
" but I will go to my room, I In-lieve.
I am very weary to-night. Good night."
"tiood night, my daughter!"
And Margaret went as usual with her
stately step to her chain ber-door, but once
w ithin its solitude, and the proud, resolv.
ed spirit was bowed in bitter sorrow.
How she had loved this man ! And her
whole frame shook with the sobs she
dared not vent loudly, and the tears
rushed down the proud, licautiful face.
Must she thus condemn him, and was
there no hoie for him?
He was a student of medicine, and
studying of late with her faiher, and an
eager, apt student, lie had come into
the quiet life of this girl as a bright sun
beam. His quick, active intellect aroused
her from the ordinary routine of her usu
al life.
His tastes hunnonixed with her own.
and she hail given him her heart en
tirely. Then, one day, she learned that the fa
tal habit of stimulating his energies w hen
exhausted by studyor fatigue had become
a necessity to him, and the interview we
i a ve just related was the decision which
she had arrived at.
She was a girl of no ordinory character.
Her clear, good sense, with the intimate
knowledge of her friend's life, taught her
to doubt the influence she could w ield
against the Juggernaut, whose victims
can never lie numliered.
1 larry Norton left the village for the
distractions of a life in a great city. Now
and then news came of him as a clever,
successful practitioner, accompanied by
loubtful surmises as to certain changes
in his life vague sjieeches, meaning, jr
hais, nun h or little.
Margaret's life flowed quietly on ; her
father, yielding to the infirmities of old
age, demanded her whole care ami atten
tion. Perhaps close observers might detect a
shade of.sadness now and then in those
clear, grey eyes, but she was not one of
those who live solely for their own pleas
ure, and no one in all the village was
morj relied ujam in sorrow or trouble
as a kind symjiathizer than she.
A young clergyiiian who settled in the
jiarish was soon observant of this strong,
self-reliant nature this tender daughter
and kind friend. Margaret was not d join
ed to live a solitarv life. She found
much to esteem in Mr. Khlen,"and at last
much to love ; and one bright spring
morning she stood with him at the vil
lage altar as'his bride.
As she entered the carnage a packet
was given to her, and oiening it, she
found a wedding gift a brtioch formed
of a .large, pure pearl, finely set, and a
letter.
The letter was as follows :
Maikiakkt: You are a pearl among
all others in my memory, and I beg you
to accept this symbol of yourself as a gift
from an old "friend. V on were right,
Margaret no man, knowiug himself a
sla-e to ititeuiicrance, should ever tempt
a woman to share its curse. What can I
w rite yon of my life? Only that there are
times when am mad-w hen no reason
remains to me -and then 1 come out of
this valley of the shadow of death, and I
see yon strong, pure, so far away from
me. Your words come back to me, ami 1
know you were right when you chose to
walk apart from one so unworthy. Do
not believe that I do not struggle, but a
xivor stronger than I controls me. I
can rejoice in your happiness, and I
know that I was once blessed with your
love that my true self was once dear to
you. Hut purity, rectitude were dearer
to'you than all else, ami he who faile I of
these could not hold possession of your
heart. That one w orthy to 1 your guide,
your staff through life lias won you.
awakens no selfish feeling in my heart.
I have said that I can I do rejoice in
your happiness.
Happy bride though she was, tears fill
ed her eyes. She pitied him very ten
derly, and pitied him all the more be
cause of her nu n happiness.
The years rolled quietly on with her ;
children were given to her love and care.
In the pleasant village home where her
childish days were passed she lived the
contented life of a happy wife and
mother.
It was towards the close of a bright
summer day that Mr. Klden came slowly
up the garden walk, and Margaret, has
tening with tender welcome to greet him,
saw at once, from his face, that he lare
unwonted news.
" Margaret." he said, " I wish you
would come with me to see a dying man
who wishes to bid you farewell. You
have never forgotten Harry Norton. It
is he." ;
' It was not calmly she could think of
the interview. Her hands trembled as
she tied the strings of her bonnet ; tears
filled her eyes, and she leaned heavily on
the arm of her husband as he related to
her the story of his summons to the
house where Harry Norton, feeling that
se i
ESTABLISHED 1827.
PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1887.
his days were numttered.had come to hid
her farewell to die-
The setting sun was fglorifying all
things; the distant mountains ami rivers
were bathed in golden light, They en
tered the chamlxT of the dying man.
The ame golden atmosphere filled it ;
from the ojen window came the soft
summer air, the glad notes of singing
birds.
" Y'ou are good as ever, Margaret," I lar
ry said faintly, " to come ; but I felt that
if you wished me (iod speed I might
more safely cross the dark river. Y'ou
cannot know no one can hut its victims
the irresistible power of the disease
w hich bears me to my grave. It is a dis
ease a madness with some and I have
been one of those fatal ones. If I could
say with sujiernatural power: 'Touch it
not when first you feel the accursed
thirst, or you are lost!' But who would
believe me ? Uod only knows !"
Long and tenderly Margaret and her
husband talked with him, listening pity
iugly to his account of the struggles he
had made so uselessly against what he
tielieved to be a madness, and soothed
and comforted by them, he Kissed quiet
ly, resignedly nay, thankfully into the
other life, the " great beyond."
Circumstantial Evidense.
I have very little faith - in circumstan
tial evidence, having seen so man instan
ces where it was in error. In direct tes
timony a witness may destroy the truth,
but in circumstantial evidence he has a
double opjMirtunity to lie, and noway
of tripping him up. I remember a case in
Mississippi, happening w hen 1 was a boy,
that has made me chary about using cir
cumstantial evidence since I have been
engaged in the practice of law. The vic
tim was a poor man, who came tht're
from the north, got hold of a small farm
to cultivate, and constructed a log hut
down by the river, in which he lived all
alone. Near him resided a rich planter.
Around his hut the country was very soft
and swampy. It was off the main road
and was not seen frequently by travelers,
but a bridle-path leading near the hut
was used considerably by people around
there to cut off the distance to town.
This rich planter, one day, in closing up
his season's eroj8, went to town to settle
up with his agents, and it was expected
would have considerable money with him
on his return. The time passed for him
to return, and he did not come. Later
his horse arrived home, riderless. A
search was instituted, and early next
morning the lasly of the planter was
found in the swampy land off the bridlc
jiath. His isx'keLs hail been rilled and
it was clear that the murder had Isfen
committed forrobbery. Beside the body
was found a derringer, with the name of
the omipant of the hui, engraved on it.
Leading from the hut to the laxly and
back to the hut, were well-defined tracks.
At the hut the man was found sleeping,
the mate to the derringer by, his shoes
muddy, and his hat fillet! with papers
taken from the dead man's pockets. The
shoes fitted the tracks nicely, ant! a very
strong case of circumstantial evidence
was matle oul. He was tried, convicted
and hanged. He protested his innocence
so strongly on the scaffold that the sher
iff delayed in the performance of his duty.
Within twelve months after that a hard
case in that country was mortally w ound
ed, and on his death-bed he eonfcssd to
having committed the murder, giving tip
money and papers he had secured. He
said he had crossed from the road to the
hut in his stocking feet, had put on the
pi sir man's shoes, armed himself with
his derringer, and laid in wait for the
planter, and after committing the mur
der had fixed the evidence of guilt around
the still sleeping occupant of the hut.
St. Iaw 'i fUitfm-Itcmocffii.
Going to Bed.
Seaking of how a man goes to bed, an
exchange says: "There's where, a man
has the advantage. He can undress in a
cold room and have his bed warm before
a woman has her hair pins out and her
shoes united." That is how it looks in
print, and this is how it looks in reality :
" I am going to bed, my dear, it is 10:30."
Jfo reply. " Now, John, you are always
late in the morning. Io go to bed."
" Yes, in a minute," he replies as he turns
the paja-r wrong side out and begins a
lengthy article headed : " The Lou siana
Muddle." Fifteen minutes later she calls
from the la-d-naun : "John, come to bed
and don't keep the gas burning here nil
night," and, murmuring something ultont
the "bill being big enough now," she
creeps beneath the cold sheets, while
John sits placidly on, his feet across the
piano stool and a cigar in his mouth. By
and by he rises, yawns, stretches himself,
throws the pasT on the floor and pro
ceeds to that vigorous exercise, shaking
down the coal stove. Just at this stage a
not altogether pleasant voiiv inquires:
"For pity's sake, ain't you ready for bed
yet ?" "Yes, yes, I'm coming ; why don't
you let a fellow alone ?" Then he dis
covers there is coal needed. ; When that
is supplied and rattled into the stove he
sits down to warm his feet. Next he
slowly begins to undress, anil as he stands
scratching himself and absently gazing
on the last garment dangling over the
back of the chair, he remembers that the
clock is not wound yet. When this is at
tended to he wants a dr.nk of water, and
away he promenades to the kitchen. Of
course, when he returns his skin resem
bles that of a picked chicken, and once
more he seats himself before the fire for
the last wann-np. As the clock strikes
twelve he turns out the gas and with a
flop of the bed clothes and a few spas
modic shivers be subsides no, not yet;
he forgot to see if the front door was
lin ked, and another flop from the bed
clothes brings forth the remark: "flood
gracious, if that man ain't enough to try
the patience of Job ! " Setting her teeth
hard, she. awaits the final flop, with the
accoinanying blast of cold air, and then
quietly inquires if he is settled ' for the
night, to which he replies by muttering:
" Well, if you ain't the provokingest wo
man." Eartrrn Aryn.
" Can't eat a thing." Hood's Sarsajttr
ilia is sv wonderful medicine for creating
an apetite, regulating digestion, and giv
ing strength.
Shiloh's Yitalijser is what you need for
Constipation, Loss of Appetite, IHzziness,
aud all symptoms of Dyspepsia. Price 10
and 75 cents per bottle. . Sold by Geo. W.
Benford & Son.
NED FORESTS PREACHING
The Reformed Cambler's Ser
mon in San Francisco.
hvangelist Net! Forest's broadcloth
coat had not a speck of dust ujan it, his
w hite four-in hand scarf was adjusted to
a nicety around his "cut-my-chin " col
lar, and his hair was banged and plaster
ed as accurately as vaseline would stick
it when he began o(ierations on the soul
of his very resiiectable audience at the
( Vntral Methodist Church last evpning.
The reformed short-card player w as the
central brilliant in a sitting of smart
young women w ho sang more or less, and
five gentlemen of various degrees of
thickness who formed the male portion
of the choir. The exorter hud the pulpit
moved to one side, so as to leave the
platform free for his exonerated motions,
The audience was composed mainly of
the male sex, the fairer half of creation
peing too much mystified by the reform
ed gambler's technical slang to appreciate
his sallies, while the men present affec
ted the bald head by a large majority.
Forest's vernacular frequently brought
down the house, his allusions to "full
hands" ami "straight Hushes," " bluff
ing," "straddles," "antes," and "stocked
deals" being thoroughly enjoyed and
apjiarently appreciated. A particularly
unique feature of the series of services is
the absence of the collection plate. As a
consequence the audience remained until
the benediction.
Out of regard for the conventionalities,
but evidently for no other reason. Forest
selected a text, "Saved by Hope," which'
he announced was to lie found in Rom
ans, 24th verse, and paid no further atten
tion to.
The services were ojst-mil by singing,
which he started with the injunction to
th young lady in frizzes who played the
organ, to "Let her go!" And she did
" let her go," and the choir " let her go,"
and there was some noise there or there
abouts.
" ' ilad to see so many of the boys here
to-night," began the sjoaker; " I feel
that (rjd called me unto the work for
the boys. When a man of my age has
siK-nt fifteen years going down to hell
and has l-en stopja'd, he owes a debt of
gratitude. That's what I owe, and I
wanto cash in.
"To-night I am not going to talk to
cemeteries. God only knows the secrets
of the graveyards. Scores that lay out
in Lone Mountain refused the Lord:
When the casket is screwed down there
is no chance for a fellow. When the
crape is hanged Isefore the d(ar you can't
cash yonr checks. Twice in my life I
have lain at death's door, once with a
knife wound, and once with a '44 that
left a hole in my neck I can put my fin
er into."
The revivalist dest:ribed how parson
in a sermon over a drunkard promised
the wife and mother and daughter they
should uieet him in heaven.
" No, he went lo hell! " cried the evan
gelist " A gambler don't want to go to
heaven. He'd have no one to play a game
with him."
The exhorter here fell into a lachry
mose condition, during which he dealt
in considerable sentiment, related the
story of his own conversion while deal
ing faro. He claimed to have been too
wicked for description, U low for the
imagination to grasp, aud ttaik huge satis
faction in the picture of depravity w hich
he presented.
" But ! " he shouted, smiting the pulpit
a mighty thwack, " I've found a game
that pays. I've found a hand that wins
every hour of my life ; it's a hand no
man can hold over, no man can bluff me
on. It is the hand of thai dealt tome,
and I won't lay it down until I lay it
down at the throne of tiod."
The converted gambler then depicted
a girl initiated into a game of cards in a
home, and a year latter staggering up the
street.
Then somewhat irrelevantly he as
serted : " A gambler has a heart as big as
a church. ( iod bless and have mercy on
the gamblers of San Francisco. The
only time I ever held a sure hand that
couldn't be doue up I hold now.
" A friend of mine I heljietl plant in
Leadville. There was a man who held
as big a roll as any man in 'Frisco. I
found him lyingdyingfrom consumption.
' I don't want to s ueal at the tail end
of my life,' he said. 'That isn't squeal
ing,' I said. So I found a parson and set
him to work on him. We all got down on
our knees, and while we prayed he gasp
ed, ' (iod, if there's such a thing as mercy
for such a one as me, give it ter me.'
"Men say they don't like such a thing
as.a hell. Well, I lelieve in a straight,
regular A No. 1 hell. I know a fellow
w ho was an infidel w ho dropped off a
boat into the river. They got him up
and done the barrel act on him and he
was fixed, when the first thing he says
was, 'Thank ( iod;! 'Thought you didn't
believe in God,' said a duck who stood
by. 'That's all right,' said the feller they
fished up. 'Infidelity is a gissl enough
thing on top of the boat, but a pretty
poor thing to go down on to the keel
with.'
"Now, you fellers Usik out, or the devil
will he playing euchre with you over a
store gtasls box in hell. That's a giaxl
enough place for some fellows, anyhow.
A few years ago, in Mexico, I was play
ing a game of cards. This Mexican fluck
I was playing with thought I had took a
card. I was accused of the act. It may
have been an accident. It might have
been a theft. I wa in financial straits.
The Mexican thought it was a theft. I
will leave it to you. This fellow didn't
say a word. He just pulled a gun and let
her go, and I went down all in a heap.
They took me to a hotel. A Sister of
Charity came and ttxik care of me. I
was a sharper to her. I was a Protestant,
and I never see one of tluwe good women
without uncovering to them. She asked
me to accept Christ, I was bitter, and
wanted to let it in for this fellow. So,
when I was well I followed this duck
down into old Mexico. We eame togeth
er, but, thank God; it was only a wound."
Speaking of his finances, Forest said :
" To-night if I was called home to Phila
delphia I couldn't go. Why? I haven't
the money to pay my own and my wife's
fare buck. But I would rather live as
now, with a sure winner for eternal life,
to having all the money I once had. God
help you to-night to get a winning hand.
It's a square deal. I like to hear a man
come down and say, '"God, I've been a
bad, wicked man, and I want help.' That
man means business. When I was a
eralcl
gambler I wore gotxi clothes and a clus
ter. I didn't walk much. I generally
rode in a carriage and did the gentleman
act.
" Now, I want to tell you alsiut the
drinking business. I think the meanest
thing a l'lO-pound man ever done is to
stand behind a bar and hand out two lit
tle glasses that weigh half an ounce. But
they weigh a ton on your soul. If I had
a brother that sold liquor I would grab
him by the back of the neck and do the
throw-out act on him.
" I see some grand old Methodists here,
and some that ain't so grand. But you
just try to size yourself up against some
of these hard old Methodists and you will
look like a chippy beside them.
" I don't take up collections, you bet.
Yet I lielieve in practiiail Christianity.
Christianity that don't touch a fellow's
pocket ain't no good, A cluck who's got
it ain't no good. That fellow 's name is
Dennis from the word go. Some people
don't like a basket poked under their
neck. There'll never be a basket poked
around while I'm here."
At the conclusion of Forest's excitable,
noisy talk atamt half the audience arose
upon invitation to show w ho w ished to
get light."
Damon and Pythias Revamped,
A very hard-up lixking man entered a
grindery on Fort street the other day, and
said to the proprietor :
I have come to give myself up. My
name's Darnon."
"No one wants vou that I'm aware of,"
replied the gna-er.
But my partner, Pythias, stole a cake
of maple sugar here the other day, and
I ve come as a hostage until you citch
him. Kxcuse me if I slice off a bit of this
cheese anil take a few crackers."
" But I haven't missed any sugar."
" Perhaps not; but Pythias 'tuok it all
the same. I saw him an hour ago, and I
told him I should wait here until he sur-
ren dered himself. Beg pardon ; but I'll
take a herring to go with my crackers and
cheese,"
" What did you say your name was?"
" Damon, sir ; and there's nothing mean
aliout me! When I pass my word, noth
ing on earth w ill make nie break it. Is
this sweet milk iu this jar? Ah! there;
but you'll excuse me if I take a glass."
Look here, you old lx-at, I want you
to get out of this ! " exclaimed the grocer,
who began to see a colored man in the
fentre corner.
" But I agreed to wait for Pythias."
" I don't care a copper for Pythias or
you, either ! There's the thair."
" I promissed lyth. I'd wait here. What
will he say when he finds that Iamon ha
lied to him?"
"So you won't go? Well you will!
N:jw, you come along, ami take that and
that and that!"
The grocer pulled him to the door and
bestowed three In-arty kicks on his coat
tail. The man received them meekly
and kindly, and when the performance
was over he walked across the rtwd, and
turned and said:
" All right. If Pyth. comes along just
explain how it wits. Tell him old Ihimon
is waiting for him down in the saloon at
the corner."
Ingersol! and His Arguments.
In answer to an inqnry by some of his
students as to w hether the arguments of
Ingersoll are unanswerable, a college
president answers them in the Andover
reviews as follows: An intnlel is an
abnormal growth, and nature feels funny
once in a while and creates a freak, e. g. ;
the living'skeleton ; thejfat woman : the
two-headed girls. So there is alaiut one
infidel to a million sane men. The most
of these noisy fellows are amateur infidels.
Shey talk Ingersoll in fair weather and
pray themselves hoarse every time it
thunders. A well developed case of
holera morbus will knock the infidelity
out of them and leave them in a cold
sweat like a china dog in an ice house. I
know them. The most of them are like
the boy who runs away from home, and
omes buck to stay with his father at
nights. Then, again, boys, .tike a look
around you w hen you invest another SO
cents to hear Ingerstill talk on " liberty,"
and compare the crowd with the kind of
people you find in almost any church.
Is it the odor of sanctity you smell?
Hardly, boys, hardly. But you can eat
peanuts there, and choke on the shells,
while you applaud the funny jokes aliout
heaven where you know in your heart
your mother is; or hear the humble
Nazarene ridiculed, who, you think, and
alwavs will think, gave a home to your
weary old father when he left the earth.
Yes, boys, Ingersoll's arguments are un
answerable, and I think the seasons will
come along, and the churches will con
tinue to bloom, and all nature will most
exaseratingly and calmly perform her
functions, if Robert is not answered. Y'ou
know when the first steamer crossed the
Atlantic a great philosopher was deliver
ing a most conclusive argument to prove
that by no possibility could a steam ves-
el cross the ocean, and that provoking
steamer came snorting and sizzling and j
plurging right into the harlair. Boys,,
so will God's foolish children go right on
praying and preaching and dying and !
going to heaven, in spite of argument."
- -
Try to Save a Doctor's Bill-
Try a sun bath for rheumatism.
Try clam broth for a weak stomach. j
Try cranberry poultice for erysipelas.
Try eating fresh radishes and yellow
turnips for gravel.
Try swallowing saliva when troubled
with sour stomach.
Try eating onions and horse-radish to
relieve dropsical swellings.
Try the croup tipiet when a child is
likely to be troubled in that way.
Try a cloth wrung from cold water put
about the neck for sore throat.
Try hot flannel over the seat of neural
gic pain and renew frequently.
Try buttermilk for the removal of tan,
walnut stains and freckles.
Try snuffing powdered borax up the
nostrils for catarrhal cold in the head.
Try taking cod liver oil in tomato cat
sup if you want to make it palatable.
For lame back, side orchi-st, use Shiloh's
Porous Plaster. Price 25 cents. Sold by
Geo. W. Benford & Son.
"Say do you think it is true that red
headed girls are quick-tempered r' Tm
ah suppose you ask them about it "
' One acre enough Especially if it be a
tender corn.
WHOLE XO. 1870.
Husbands and Wives.
It has been remarked that there are six
" ifs," by any one of which a stranger may
know a man and woman to be husband
and wife. These rules, it is said, are in
fallible in just interpretation. They may
be resorted to with confitlenee, as they
are deducted from evreryday experience:
1. If you see a gentleman and lady
disagree upon trifling occasions, or cor
recting each other in company, you may
be assured they have tied the matrimo
nial noose.
2. If you see a silent pair in a hackney
or ony other coach lolling carelessly, one
at each window, without seeming to know
they have a companion, then the sign is
infallible.
i. If yoa see a lady drop her glove and
a gentleman by the side of her kindly
telling her to pick it up, you need not
hesitate in forrning'yotir opinion ; or,
4. If you see a lady presenting a gen
tleman with anything carelessly, her
head inclined another way, and speaking
to him with indifference; or,
5. If you meet a couple in the fields'
and gentleman twenty yanls in advance
of the lady, who iKrhaps is getting over a
stile with difficulty, or picking her way
through a muddy path : or.
6. If you see a gentleman particularly
courteous, obliging and good natured, re
laxing into smiles, saying smart things to
every pretty woman in the riain except
ing one, to whom he appears particularly
reserved, cold and formal, and is unrea
sonably cross who that one is nobody
can be at a hiss to discover. From " .Vitn-
v Mi t;ith .!(."
Farm Notes.
Colts that were foale I in the fall will
be no incumbrance at this season, as they
can be taken away from .their dams and
turned on the jiastureas soon as the grass
shall be read v. It is an advantage to
have the colts on the farm foaled in the
till w here the mares are intended to do
spring work.
IH not abandon the old reliable varie
ties for novelties. Try all the novelties
that are brought out, for some of them
are excellent, but do not venture in them
entirely until sati-fied of their worth. It
is not always that new varieties are adap
ted to all soils, climates.and conditions.
The Jersey cattle are said to be increas
ing in size. Ihose in this country are
much larger and hardier than those
brought over 20 years ago, and we have
better stock here than can be procured
elsew here, in 4 excepting even the Isle of
Jorsev.
liuring a recent drought in Michigan
the Sharplese and Crescent varieties of
strawberries stiaal the test better than
some other kinds, while? the Cuthbert,
foolittle and ( iregg proved the best of
the varieties of raspberries under the cir
cumstances. Do not plow heavy clay s ils when they
are wet, but wait until they can lie pul
verized. If the frost lie expected the
plowing of wet land will do injury, but as
the season is now well ad vanced chances
of the frost assisting should not be taken.
To grow asparagus from seed pour hot
water cm the seeds sufficiently to cov
er them, and allow them to stand two or
three days. Then sow the seeds in boxes
of earth and transplant as soon as the
young plants shall lie large enough.
Young chicks will eat wheat when they
are two weeks old. and thev should be
given plenty of it. When they droop
from rapid feathering they should be al
lowed a small proportion of meat daily.
The farmer of h-day w ith brains and
ambition to make his farm pay must clear
his mind of cobwebs and his back of
moss, and take his garden out into the
pen field.
If you be troubled with bark lice wash
the trees thoroughly with soft soap made
into suds. And by the way, it will al
ways pay to carry tlie water on wash day
and apply it around the fruit trees.
The men who sold or gave away their
sheep three or four years ago, because
there was more money in cattle or hogs
are now realizing the error of rushing out
of, or into, a business with every little
shade or turn of affairs. Stick to your
sheep through thick am! thin, and in the
end yon will always come out ahead.
If the land in which the orchard is
growing be thin, plow up thoroughly and
keep stira-d w ithout planting a crop.
iiaal rich soil for three or four years can
lie prtiotably planted totsimecrop while
the orchard is growing. But after that
the best plan is either to seed down to
lover and use as hog pasture, or to culti
vate without allowing any crop to grow.
If you have old trees that have failed
to yield prfiotable crops of fruit, dig the
soil up thoroughly and then apply a good
Iressiug of well-rotted stable manure and
work thoroughly into the soil. Then, if
you have them, apply a dressing of wood
ashes. If these fail to revive the trees,
after giving a good pruning, they are
past redemption, and should giveaway to
something liettcr.
l inions are always grown on old ground
and as a preparatory crop carrots are the
'. Four or five pounds of seed to the
ai is best, as much of the sets! f tils to
grow, the effect of the smut or some sim
ilar cause, which destroys the vitality of
the ssjsl ls-fore it breaks through the
soil. Plow as shallow as possible not
over four inches deep plow ing ls-ingthe
cause of scullions. The blight is caused
by lice, and will show daring a spell of
very hot, dry weather.
The Way of the Northwest.
I sometimes wonder if the Bible society
really dia?s more good than harm by leav
ing copies of the Holy Book in railway
cars, depots and hotel rooms for free pe
rusal by the ungislly commercial travel
er. At a hotel where I recently stopped
I found that some profane but enterpris
ing tourist had utilized a number of the
leaves, as well as the cover of the Bible
by stickers announcing the merits o( a
certain make of corsets. The blank leaves
of the family record had also been utiliz
ed for figuring up an expense acccount,
in which cigars, beer and champagne fig
ured prominently. The devout person
who might open that book to read one of
the. Psalms would have his sense of pro
priety so shocked that sulsequent peru
sal would do him little or no good.
An exchange says that when one is
caught in a burning hotel lie should keep
very cool. It is a great troth.
A hostler may be a notorious rascal,
and yet Vie called a stable man.
Premature Wrinkles.
Wrinkles are as natnral to old age as
is a full, stm a ith face tocliildhiasl. They
are due, mainly, to a certain shrinkage ot
tlie muscles a shrinkage which charac
terizes, more or Iei, the entire system 4n
the later period of life.
It is in consequence of this general
shrinkage that in advanced life the height
is somewhat lowered ; that the substance
of the jaws contracts, thus often giving
rise, by pressure on the nerves that
pass through the bony canals, to severe
and difficult neuralgia: and that tlie
brain substance becomes reduced in bulk,
water filling the vacant space. Were it
not for the fixed habits ant) accumulated
resources of a lifetime, an old man's
brain would not be equal to the work
which he still pert rms easily.
There is, of course, much difference be
tween old people in this resjiect, which
is due largely to temperament, habits of
thought and of feeling and modes of life.
The papers lately told of a man over one
hundred years old, whose face was
wholly without wrinkles. This was a
very exceptional case. For the great
btaly of us, if we attain length of days,
must take them with the addition of
physical decay.
While wrinkles result from the natur
al workimg of the system, they may also
be caused by a preverted condition of
the system, as are pimples, blohihes
and boils. Now the human face unlike
that of brutes was meant to be the
" mirror of the mind," the visible expres
sion of every passion, emotion and in
most feeling. Herein is its chief beauty.
Hence its numerous muscles and nerves,
whereby it is so wonderfully adjusted to
this end. But muscles in constant or fre
quent exercise increase in volume, strength
and readiness of action- Hence habits of
thought and feeling become stamped on
the face, and we read so easily the char
acter of the proud, the vain, the deceitful
and the sensual man. or of the kind, the
calm, the energetic, the frank, the candid
and the honest man.
But there is nothing like care and wor
rirnent plow furrows in the forehead,
and these are badly marring the faces of
our American women. We p;iss in the
streets women of thirty-five wliose fore
heals are more wrinkled than the brow
should bs at seventy. Some of these may
not have more cares than others, but
tltey unnecessarily yield to the tendency
to express them in the fa-e. Yuvth't
(ompitiiiiH.
The first Steamer to cross The
Atlantic
In 1810 the Atlantic was first crossed
by a ship using steam. This was the
Savannah, of iSO tons, launched at Cor
lear's Hook, New York, August 22, HIS.
She was built to ply between New York
and Savannah as a sailing-packet She
was, however, purchased by Savannah
merchants and fitted with steam machin
ery, the pat Idle-wheels being constructed
to fold up and be laid upou the deck
when not in use, her shaft also having a
joint for that purpose. She left Savan
nah on the 2ith of May, and reached
Liverpool in 2.days, using steam IS days.
The log-book still preserved, notes several
times taking the wheels in on deck in 30
minutes.
In August she left Liverptad for Cmn
stadt. An effort was made to sll her to
Russia, which failed. She sailed for
Savannah, touching at Copenhagen in
5 days. Her machinery later was taken
out, and she resumed her original char
acter as a sailing-packet, and ended her
days by being wrecked on the south
coast of Long Island.
But steam power had by l-s grown
large enough to strike out more boldly.
The Savannah's effort was an attempt in
which steam was only an auxiliary, ami
one, too, of a -not very powerful kind.
(Hir coastwise steamers, as well as those
employed in Great Britain, as also the
voyage of the Enterprise to Calcutta in
1S25 (though she took 113 days in
doing it,) hail setteled the possibility of
the nse of steam at sea, and the question
had now become whether a ship could be
built to -crow the Atlantic deiiending
entirely on her steam power. It had be
come wholly a qnestion of fuel consump
tion. The Savannah, it may be said,
used pitch-pine on her outward Voyage,
and wotaJ was for a very long time the
chief fuel for steaming purposes in Amer
ica. From " The development of the
Steamship," by Commander F. E Chad
wick, I". S. Navy, in Scrihner' .Voyonnf
or May.
What True Merit Will Do.
The unprecedented sale of Bim-het Grr
iruin Syrup within a few years, has aston
ished the world. It is without doubt the
safest and best remedy ever discovered for
the speedy and effectual cure of Coughs,
Colds and the severest Lung troubles. It
acts on an entirely different principle from
the usual prescriptions given by Physi
cians, as it does not dry up a cough and
leave the disease still in the system, bnt
on the contrary removes the cause of the
trouble, heals the parts affected ant! leaves
them in a purely healthy condition. A
Is it tie kept in the house for use w hen the
diseases make their appearance, will save
doctor's bills ami a long spell of serious
illnesss. A trial will convince you of
these factsi. It is positively sold by all
druggists anil general dealers in the land.
I'rice 7") cents, Isrge bottles.
After the Mourning Season.
" Oh, Cicely, dear, have you lieen to the
dog show ? It is prefectly lovely."
" No, I haven't been at all. Since poor
dear Carlo p-issed to the other side of the
river I've no interest in the dear creat
ures." " How sail ! But you might get anoth
er Carlo."
" Another Carlo? Not until at least a
year has eiased since he left my heart
so lonely."
They were More Particular.
Calm conductor Can't take that six
pence, sir! Indignant passenger I'd like
to know why not? C. C It's to smooth.
I. P. Well, that's cool ! Y'ou gave me
that very sixpence on this car this morn
ing. I Uak it from you in change. ('. C.
Well, you see, we are more particular than
you re.
Does not every man who is at all con
versant with the public affairs know that
you are ebliged to choose men for office
with reference to those w ho are to vote
for them? If men were selected whose
election depended as much upon the
votes of women as upon the votes of men,
not one bail man would be put up, where
there are fifty selected now. The vising
of women would be the sifting of men
throughout the nation. Ilmry Ward
Beerlur.
"Another terrible washout," remark
et! Semaphore. "Where?" asked the
superintendent. " IVwn at the Chi
nese laundry." Ant! the superintend
ent saitl he ditl so bate a txil. firtr
drttr. Doctors who can only speak one lan
guage seem to understand a great many
different tongues.
A woman is never so anxious to ac
knowledge man's superiority as when her
lead pencil gets dulL