fhc Somerset Herald. STBUSMEO IKJ. TVrni of Publicution. , .iuur rnoniJu u s oa ,sud dn : otorwe ft: t ' ,.iu t iliaoonunued unul all Writer, do takeout their held reap"' fur the teitp- Tn- .so-"1' Heeald, Sokeksxt, Pa. 4 '''V-AT-LAW. riierei. I1- . -;tU H-Jii . in . ArttfBfcgP F. 1. K "-.rvCT-AT LA-. ' stauersn. rm. II. s. l-T'"m"KEYATLAW. A 1 1 notneraet . - J er.-i i , .w iirAtAKf,)us p;",.'.--'-;"1 . ' ... - . u. KCffU. c Aii"" Vmier.. Pa. tit tl'fir (W til I Si. AY .HI...'" s,lmerwtl p.., , .... u,i attention u. rmmne. entrusted "r-iVi U..u K..W. -n.Ml llir Court 1) NN AT , ;';;;C u, j. b. snyder , ... -ur". J" ".I r,-i---'v "it' u -itlli ru n J1' somerset. Ia. i .wi. coietnou wli'.a' :;,Mr . ..u.4. ...1 .jlica-lbuauH. at m " and r"77 L. C. CuLBoaa. I AlTi.KMiVS.AT LA. V- iSnnenvt. Pa. i'r STnuMO.y att.-n.l.i W. .41:U.m. -,,-.-. !mc aiiJ unvyaiKan dtne on ra nHt' "u-mifc. . nV'NUY. F. M'HKLL. ATToKNtVATLAW. Mimer.t. Pa. U,.tr .! 1lW. -Ui-t. IXB" in Mammoth r.:.--. ' X'VLENTINK HAY, " ArruKNEV-ATLAW. ' Kimtwi. Fa. . islrt-1n K.l Kjnaie. Will a-nd u. aU n-jt-iiiy T HIN H. VHL. J ATTORNEY AT LA. J smerwt, Pa. w il trnmi'tly ati-ml t all huiu ntntl arr in Hmnujtrtti KU-k. D!L K. A. UHOAItS. l-HY-K IA.N AND srRiKON. Simierw-t. Pa. Kt,r m iv-k BMrrlls' Bliirk. Swma Fluor. I) :. J. F.. BlFEC'KEB, fHYH'lAS AND Sl'EliEON". 8i.MER.-ET. Pi., T- .MMv m nn.fcii.tial rri.w fa. ttlf ici uf ..,,r-t vi.mity. i in Post te hii.i'iitm. I t of l'nun.nd. D R. H. 8. KIMMELL, ill si,-HH nli.i vm il.ity l mr -o.ni r r-mr-A he rm l(r llld at hu. .. OB Main St., Pl. li. EKl'BAKER !,..,(. hi. r,r,,f.u,.nl vrvimkillw ellisens ' aiiii vH-imty. .fliin nsodnwean k&l! n atrt .tf ItiauiiHid. Dr. J. M. LolTKER, i'.lH( ..'.) PHYICUN AND SI'KoEON. "J ik-1 t-niiain-ntly in imiH for the pi. 11.. .,t ;.taoa. .)fc ua Main tlsH, ;l r.tf iTtut More. D1J.S. M MILLEX. ':rt pn-im ttjn.K'ti to the tm-r-Btin of i':ri!i.iii. rriMnuiuW Mtirtiu'kjn'. Otbt m Buer I) !L J UN BILL. IiESTlST. &rr tipuin. m : MSTtt kli k DK. WM. COLLINS. PENTlsT. "T t in K:i. i.jr'ii BloHt npatm wtiere he 'ii. Ui;ui u ,i rjmrt im-tmptM to do ail ktnds "' i-h fiililie. n'ir.natini:. rxtrartinie. Ar:!Mi .iQ.,f n tin.Wandof lha a.n ;uni. AU work puarantvtst. J. K. MILLER H i-mam.nt'y IotvkhI in Bt-rlin ft- ths prae n;i. .?. :t,i,m. irAce o.pit 'harlrt Somerset Conntv liank- ETAAL1UEI 1K7T.) c J. Harrison, m. j. pritts, PKKMl.rST. Cashirs. ''iniiiTO rmi: m all partM.r'Jbc rmuad suuml CHARGES MODERATE. Stt. th!n to -nd monpT wt na hr ae- " i.ia,.iii tn ,trri oa N- York iu any -urn. '.iwiMti. manuh pnuuuv. I'. S. Boii.i M..tt an.t Talaat.iw s;rMt '"' is...' tvlronwd aalea, wlUl a Sar- 1 i ii I. ill af ' SV..,J ilMMM.JUh W-AH HuUar ObwrveC CURTIS K. GROVE. SOMERSET, PA. r.!F. HI.EU.Hfi, CARRlAtiES. shUiN, WiirtiNS. BVi K WAGONS. NI EASTERN AND WESTERN" WClRK F'Jnnhpl on Squirt Nonce. Hmnng Done on Short Time. r t '"rt " J"IW frtu.rn.it U;ad, w Un- ttim in. ,mj sii, Sniniittallv ' ""r.i.1.vt. Nti Mntohrd. aul a TMuwd ut cive '-ilutrtiiii '"f "f all K!!idf -n Vt Mns Tme on .v,. Pn, reason jjle. d All Work Warranicd M aim:n my su k. and Learn . Vn ,, ",'.k. awl furns-h Sei re fur Wind ai a. artlT iht-pus, and U in. CTRTISK. GROVE, 'Ksat of Court Hutu-) (JHarles Hoffman-, MERCHANT TAILOR. (Ahore HftIliT. Store.) L"t ttyW. And l,WM,t prtc,. TlSFACTION GUARANTEED. Somerset. Pa. I he VOL. XXX VI. XO. 12. Is Life Worth Living? That ili'i-nis npon the Liver, tor it the Liver is in active the whole system is out of order the breath in bJ,ilipftinn pxiT,heailduH or thlng, energy and hope-fuln-Hi pne, the spirit are (lepreawd, a heavy weight exirte after eating, with (gen eral de?pundenry and the blues. The Liver ittthe house keeper of the health ; and a barmleHa simple remedy that atta like Nature, doe not ronrtipate afterwardH or re quire eoriMtant taking, doe not interfere w ith businet or pleasure durin ita use, makiti Simmons Liver Regu lator a uiedical perfection. I hav t-il iti irtu piTMmally. and know thai fir l)rjt, Kiii.H!n. aud Thnhtini? ht-a.lii.)it!. u !f ilie mHhtMiif liie rid evr ... . lvr lrAi it-ny 4itl)T r.-tii- Is-li. sunMon. I avt kv.iiiU4tr nnd ot.nfiif thtui ewve luon: tiiait tt;ntoranr niit'f. tint the km?uUtr not otil' JxiKve-i, bui curtt. ii. U. JtiNiM, Maroti, tia. Scmetking New and Cheap ! j UM)MaMMaiMNXMKHHiHMMM)iHlUIMMMMiOlHM a pK.syr j vei .x a pf.wy ear.ved." Is a motto y.ai -an venfy by ealiitu; at lh new Boot and Shoe tore OF JOHN c. sanner; NO. 8 MAMMOTH BLOCK. 1 have tn um-k Full Complete Uneof aMDiUi 1N1 at Aiuwtivtr iTiis, oua iinintc in part of BOOTS, SHOES, GAITERS, LEATHER, FINDINGS, AC, AC. I have the 'elrbratl WACKENPHA5T SHOE, the Bmt and Cheauest Uents' Shoe made. In Ladies' Shoes I hare the Finest Line vr broiutht Ui Siimersst. at Avt.nishmirly Low prii'r. A spw-iai invi tatiirii iKextfn.iwl Utcail and tlitM smm1h. My nt.a k itt ttsts. and the pmw at whs h Uicy art- w.l.i. ruiiu.it bf. sitrrwsjHt. ( 'ustom-mai1 work and n.jiiriit a jsN-ialry Cnll and sj my sus'k. and you will iwnainly find just what you waut. RfSpra-itUliy, JOHN li. MANNER, So. S Mammish Blis-k, Honwraet ALSKETA. HoKSS. 1. SlXITT W AJIB. risitors to Pittsburgh ARE INVITED TO CALL AT OUR NfvV and Enlarged Stgre NO. 41 FIFTH AVENUE, Pittsburgh, Penn'a, 6 Dm Abtnr fmr (Hd SUimL) W have a.wxit four timt the nwna we bad at our former pla if buiar. bctttv titht, ihe beHt Tend latum, and a mm-h niun coniftinable place In every way ui rnuinart our larve and irrxiwiine biwufw. Siiwialtie id the foiiuwinx lauea of GENTLEMEN AND LADIES' FURNISHING GOODS, LACES, WHITE COODS. EMBROIDERIES. DRESS & CLOAK TRIMMICS, YARNS. ZEPHYRS. ART EMBROIDDRY MATERIALS or all Eisnn. rrc rrr. a-Ordrs by Hail Pramptly Attantfed to."V IIORsE & AVAED, 41 FIFTH AVE.. PITTSBrUiiH. PA. It is to Your Interest to bcy Yora Drugs and Medicines! or Biesecker & Snyder. niHX'iiWOBK T C. N. .yb. None Liit the iurest and best kept in st.s'k, ami t hi L)nits two .m.' inert be statul ine, as certain if them do. we le stmy tiiem. ratlT than im wse 1 .n mu r .nisU -rutrs. You can .Uf -nl on having ymr PEESCRIFTIONS & FAMILY RECEIPTS riiWsi with otre. Our ri are aa fcw as any other firsts -Ins Iwmse and on many arti-i ruurh luwer. The enpie at tliia county m to knuw this, ami havr pven ns a iare share of tlieir atuimatK. ami we siiuil still continue tugive them the very !rst pxsls fur tlieir nioni'V. I n 'irsrt that we make a sjiwrialty tf FITTIXGr TRUSSES. We guarantee satislatiin, aini. if you have had trouble in this directum, give us a rail. SPECTACLES AND EYE-GLASSES in yrmX variiy; A ftill set of Test Lenses. Come iu and have jisir eyo vxamiiMsL No chsrw for examination, and we aretsmHilent we n suit yon. Come anil see Die. I Resiwlfttlly, BIESECKER L SNYDER. -w jr Y T n ,,T hom. and make I fill jmwB mom-y at work Airualtuui I 1 III aac anythmit vise iu tho wortd. J. J CjtDiiai ma nevdrd. Yow are KartHI (rw. tUAh iriis: ail aura. Any oo emu doihework. Larae amin sure Oiho the Wait. Onattr onurt and term ft. Betr ni daly: ru rm isaliina to aend as your adiims and tlnd out if roo are wlsa. you w:ll da w at oooa. H. HAixan uql, rorUaud, JU, dacSi.17. Pretty is That Pretty Does. The spidrr wean a plain brown dress And she is a steady spinner ; To ee her, quiet as a mouse. Ooiive about her silver house. Yon would neer, never, never (tumw Tlie way she gets her dinner ? She looks as if no thought of ill In all her life had stirred her ; But while she moves with careful tread, And while she spins her silken thread, blie is planning, plannine, planning still The way to do some murder. My chilil, who reads this simple lay With eye down dropped and tender, Remember the old proverb says That pretty is w hieh pretty does. And that worth dies not (to nor stay For verty nor spiendor. Tis nut tlit house not the dress That make the saint or sinner ; T.) see the "pi.ler sit and spin, Shut with her webs of silver in, You would never, never, never gtwas The way she grta hex dinner. OLD SMITH'S ROMANCE. "hen it was whispereil at the mess of the Uotnpshire that "Old Smith," as he was ttiijiliitrly called, had been actually detected in a rUindesiine aijuaintanee w ith a certain pretty girl in the town of Filstone, w here the regiment was quar tered, the announcement wait received !artly wkli auuueiuent and partly with incredulity. !mith wan a quiet, retiring man, per fectly bnnulesH. very good natured, the piide, philiwopher and friend of yonnr rterx, althouirh he was made a butt of by those same younipU'rs, on accoont of his aw kwardness and his mysterious habits, and was universally respected, as he bad shown conspicuous gullautary among the zebras of the Simian. As he was a pour uian, and remained in the reiti ment part ly out of sheer alfection for the servtre and partly because he was at an age n hen it is difficult to embark upon a new course of life, he mixed but little in the ptyetiesand hospitality for which the Hompshire. was famous, spent his time principally among his books, and, it w:ts P'nerally believed, in adding to hU pro fssionaI income by contributing to pedriislical literature. The object of Smith's intentions, it was reported, was (iracie Clough a pretty, modest, well-behaved girl, who orcupied a position in the millinery establishment of Ruche & Bustle, and after whom half the subs in the battaion were raving, although not a word had ever been breathed that she had in the smallest de gree outstepped the lsmnda of properity, or hail on any occasion behaved herself otherwise then modestly and becoming ly. Of these smitten vounmrters none could congratulate himself upon having made a nearer approach to conquest, than the harum sea rum, devil-may-care Hon. Hob Topshain, eldest son of Lord Cray, npon whose authority the news of old Smith's attachment had been spread abroad. At first the notion that old Smith could have succeeded iu cutting out the handsome, titled young sub was scouted as ridiculous, for Smith was not exactly of the age and appearance to w in tl: love of a girl at w hose feet a score of eligible bachelors of good position and qualifications were ready to throw them selves. It was very well known, too, that he was not in a position to support a wife and his character stood too high for any one to dare to breath a hint that his in tentions toward such a girl would be any thing but strictly honorable. But Bob T.jpsham invited bis brother subs to ee for themselves, and arranged that one evening they should accompany him into the town, conceal themselves and keep watch on the premises of Ruche fc Bustle at the honr when the young Ladies of that famous emporium were liberated from their day's servitude. This they did. and they were rewarded by seeing old Smith walking up and down the street in in the true cav.ilier servante style, to be presently joineil hy Graeie, who greeted him with cordiality, and putting her ann in his, went off with him in the direction of the pleasant fields by w hich Filstone is surrounded. The young gentlemen, with the excep tion of Bob Tuopsham, regarded the af fair as an excellent joke, and resolved that old Smith should hear of its discov ery in divers pleasant ways ; but Bob Topsham took it very seriously, for he was bead over heels in love with the girl, and up to recent date had good reason to believe that bis affection was rec.iprocar ted, and that be nekl undivided posses sion of her heart. tf course, every one knew that between Hob Topshatn and (jracie Clongh a very intimate understanding existed, but the young gentleman bad already fallen in love half a dozen times, and the idea was never entertained for a moment that the pripective Lord Cray, the heir of one of the proudest noblemen in the country, seriously meditated matrimonial union with a provincial shop giri ; so that he was made the subject of innumerable witticisms anent the new rival who had suddenly appeared on the field. The re sult was that a coolness sprang between him anI old Smith, though they had hitherto been on the best of terms with each other, and it became very evident to the on-Iookers, who hailed with de light anything w hich promised to vary monotony of barrack life in a quiet old country town, that the atCiir would soon assume a serious aspect. The climax came iu due course. Bob Topshain has seen Oracle, and the fol lowing conversation has ensued between them : " I say, Oracle," said llie lion. Bob, " I wish you'd put me oat of my misery and tell me plaiuly and honestly how matters stand between us. You've said scores of times that yon care more for me than for any other fellow. I've sworn to you that I could never love another girl, and yet I've found out that not only are you in the habit of meeting Smith of oars, but that you treat him just like a favored lov er in fact, yoa do with him what you have never done with me, yoa go oat for walks with bim, and I can't help think ing that yoa are playing doable game." The girl seemed very much dejected at these accusations, and at length hes itatingly replied : " Well, Bob, Fm sorry you have such a poor opinion of me. I've told you that I love you, and it is not likely that I should say such a thing and at the same time be carrying on as yon term it with another man. Bat I think that oar attachment is altogether aa unfortunate omerse SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY, affair. I known I've done wrong in en couraging yoa bat I have not . been able to help it, because I have not been able to help love yoa. Don't yoa think that we had better not meet any more, and try to forget all that paaied between as?" The young officer started in amaze ment and exclaimed r " Why, Gracie, you dont mean say that you're going to throw me over like this ? " ' N'o, Bob, I don't want to do anything of the sort," replied the girl ; " but I am anxious to act for your good for the good of both of us really, truly and hon estly I do. Please don't accuse me of any other motive. Just think over our pixition. On the one side there is you heir to a great name, your father a proud, rich man. On the othee side, here I am a milliner's shop girL What would your tither say what would the world say, if yoa were to make me your wife?" " What do I care about what the gov ernor or the world would say ? "exclaim ed her lover. "I am of age. My father has no influence over me, except to cut me out of his wilL You're a lady, Gracie I kndw that, although you are in a shop, and there's no shame in that, By jove! you've only to turn to the directory to see how the swells are going in for com merce, and even for trade. For God's sake then, Gracie, don't send me away. Until I "knew you I w asn't up to much good although I don't mean that I was a blackguard. But since I've known you I've changed, and I would make just as good a husband as many of t hone fellows who come with written characters in their pockets." " Yes, Bob, I believe all that," answer ed the girL " But I shouldn't be happy, even as your wife, if I was scorned by your peopie and pointed out as a cun ning srheiner, who had put you in a po sition out of which you could not get yourself, and sa you left alone by all your relations and friends because you had married a girl out of a bonnet shop." We'd keep out of their way, Gracie," said the young man. " (k and live queit ly somewhere." " But you can't get out of the way of your brother officers," said the giri. " Never mind alout them," said Bob. " But to return to Smith. What about him? When I know that you meet him and go for walks with him, what am I to infer?" (iracie hesitated for a moment, and then, looking him full in the face, said : " Bob, if I tell you that you are the only man I love in the world, yon should be satisfied. I'.ut I implore you to think over what I have said. Tom I mean Mr. Smith is an old dear friend of mine and" "There," interposed the young man, "you've called him by his Christian name. Good heavens, (iracie ! what does it all mean ? " The girl did not answer, and the Hon orable Bob, after a few more entreaties and expostulations, took himself off in a rage, vowing that he would have it out with his brother officer before he was many hours older. . On his way to the barracks he met Smith, and, to his surprise, the latter opened fire at once by saying: "I say, Topshain, I wish you'd give me ten min utes' talk in my quarters." I've come on purpose to ask the same thing of you," replied Rob earnestly. " But yoa had better etme into mine, as there's less chance of being overheard." So they turned into Bob's quartern, and each being supplied with a cigar, Smith began : " One thing, Topshain before I say a word, I must ask you to keep your tem per," " Well. Smith," replied Bob, "it will,1 am afraid, under the circumstances, be bard, but I'll do my level best. Xow then to the point." " No. You must promise." " All right, then ; I promise." " I am an older wan than you are, and I am entitled to give you advice." " Depends upon the subject." "Well, you're in love with iracie Clough, aren't you ?" " Yea, am. But what of that? What has it to with you ? Who told you ? " " I found it out by accident only a day or two ago. Now, do you think you are doing your duty both to her and to yourself by presisting in an attachment of which nothing can come ? " " I must answer with another question," replied Bob. " Is it your business or any other fellow's, to teach me my duty in a case like this ? " " Yes, it is my duty to prevent unhap piness and misery if I can, and that is why I have asked you to give me ten minutes' talk. Gracie Clough is a mil liner girL You're a nobleman's eldest son." " The very words Gracie used to me, by Jove ' " said Bob to himself, feeling an impulse to lose bis temper and say something nasty, but remembering his promise in time, he merely remarked : " Well, what of that?" ' " I know your father, Lord Cray well," continued Smith. " The devil you do '. That is more than I can say," replied the young man. " AniL" Smith went on, " he's not the man to regard such a union anil, of course, you are aiming at nothing but a union with favor." " No ; he would cut up infernally rough alsmt it, and that's why I want it kept dark," said Bob Topshani. " And be would be quite right," re marked Smith. " I don't think so," said the young of ficer. " But look here Smith. The fact is you're gone on the girl yourself, and you think you 11 get rid of me as a rival by lecturing me upon what I ought and oughn't to do. Why don't yoa say so. at once, without so much beating about the bush?" " What makes you think I am gone upon her? "asked Smith. " Why, I have seen you meet her at night and go out for a walk with her and so have the other follows," replied started. This was evidently news to him. Bob Topshani observed the effect of his speech, and chuckled in wardly. Then he said : "Gracie has told me that she loves me," " I am sorry to hear it," replied Smith. " Of course you are," said Bob. " Just as sorry as I am to know that she meets yoa and walks out with yon. It would ESTABLISHED 1827. 1 make many a fellow think, that she is no better than the ought to be, bat I can't." " Xo, no," said Smith with energy. " Don't think that ; she " the beet of girls." There was a pause. Smith broke it. "Are you going to follow my avice, Topshain? . " No ; certainly not If I cant marry her, I shall do no good. It's the know ing and loving her that has kept me straight." So, old Smith took his departure. Of course, it was very soon all over the barracks that the rivals hl been clos eted together, and general interest in the affair was intensified. This reached a climax when, upon the evening after the interview above recorded, Bob Topshain rushed into the mess-room, his face flush ed, his eyes sparkling with anger and roared out: Where is Smith ? Where is he ? By , IU call him out ! Any of you fel lows seen him? , "Old Smith?" drawled a languid jun ior. " He applied for a week's leave this afternoon and went off by the five train to town." " Has he, though ? The double-faced cad! " Every one looked up at this unusual ebullition of wrath, and there was a chorus of " Why ? " " Because he's gone off with (iracie Clough ! But Til be even with him, or my name Is not Bob Topshain ? " Up the steps of Lord Cray's resiilem, in Bryanstoa Square, Smith went a day or two after the events above recorded. The words " Hopshire Regiment " on his card procured hiiu instant admission to the presence of a nobleman who was not visible to one person out of half a dozen who called, and he found himself with a tall, dark man, who was suitably enshrined in a lofty dark study. "Ha, Mr. Smith," mid Lord Cray, rising. " Delighted to see yoa, sir ; and yet and yet I'm always in rather a tremble when any one from the regiment calls, on account of tuat scapegrace of a son of mine." " It is with reference to him that I have come," said Smith. " Then, before you begin, please tell me if I am to prepare' myself for bad news?" said Lord Cray. " Well, my lord, it needn't be bad," re plied Smith. " That is to say, it depends upon the way yon look at It." "ITm! depends upon me, does it ? What is it?" asked his lordship. " He is in love with a girl," said old Smith. " That's a regular epidemic with him, Mr. Smith," said Lord Cray. " But if she is a lady and all right, L dont care. Nothing will steady him until he marries, and if, as I said, she's ahem, of a suita ble position of course, Mr. Smith, we must be a little exclusive why, it's the very best thing he can do." " Well, my lord, there's the difficulty," suid old Smith. "She's a lady by birth and education, but from pressure of fam ily circumstances she has been obliged to get her living in a milliner's shop." " Milliner's shop ! " exclaimed Lord Cray. "That is, indewl a difficulty. The best of birth and education hardly bal ances the shop, does it, eh? Confound him ! And the the matter's gone so far that you've come to see me about it ? Of course, you're a great friend of his. I be lieve they call you Old Smith in the regi ment, dont they ? " "Yes, I take a great interest in him and in the girL" replied Smith ; " ami I have taken the liberty not only to speak plainly to your son but to have the giri removed." " Then you've consituted yourself the yonng the young lady's protector, Mr. Smith ? " said his lordship. " But if the cause of the evil is removed, why bother any more about it? Why, sir; Robert has been in love hopelessly in love a score of times to my knowledge yet he has survived in each case. Why shouldn't he survive in this ?" "Well my lord, you see, the girl loves him honestly and truly and I conscien tiously believe that in this instances, his love is really genuine," replied Smith. "True, that she is out of his way, now, but I could not answer for the effect which such a separation might have upon him." "H'm! Well, of course. Lord Cray's son mtisn't marry a girl in trade, although Lord Cray himself does sell his game and his frn.it, and a caol wharf on the Reuents canal," said the noble man. "Yet, yoa say she is a lady. Where is she, Captain Smith ? " " With her father in the coontry," re plied the officer. "Who is he? What is he?" asked Lord Cray. " H.j is a clergyman the rector of a poor parish, with a large family to bring up npon a very insufficient income, so that be has been obliged to send his daughter out to get her own living in the world," replied Smith. The great man rose from his chair and paced up and down the room for some time in deep thought. At last he stopped short and said : " Captain Smith, get the girl out of the millinery business as soon as you can. Of course I am saying this npon the sup position that you are so far acquainted with her as to be able to do it. If money is needed, write me a line here, and let the young rascal pursue his suit I dont know how to thank yoa sufficiently for the trouble yoa have taken in the matter, as in the absence of the information you have given me I should assuredly have treated the clandestine union of my son with a milliner girl with great severity." " Then I way tell your son, my lord, that" " The sooner he gets married the bet ter," said Lord Cray. Old Smith took his leave with a beam ing face, and arrived at Flintstone in time for mess. The Hon. Bob Topsham was there and glared unutterable things! at his brother officer throughout the repast. Indeed, oh! Smith could not help being conscious that he was an object of general interest and, from the fact that conversation at the table was more subdued than usual, although it was a guest night, he opined that during his brief absence a storm had been gathering which would presently burst upon his head. Immediately after dinner Smith, aa was his custom, rose and lett the room, without taking any wine. Bob Topshain i lb AUGUST 31, 1887. also rose and followed him, and when he got outside the door said, in a voice which was almost inarticulate with anger : "Smith, are you going to apologize for your behavior V " Hullo r exclaime J Smith, laughing, "that's rather good a sub ot three years' standing making a cool request like that to a man fifteen years his senior f " I doa't care if you were fifty years my senior," retorted the young officer. " You've behaved in a " " Stop, stop cried old Smith, "don't go too far. Let nus have a word ! Come to my rooms !" Directly the door was closed behind them old Smith, without any preface, said : "Are you still in love with Gracie Clough r "Of course I am," replied Bob, in amazement. " But what's the use of it, now you've bolted with her? You've ta ken a mean advantage of a fellow. You have behaved like a " " Steady, lad, steady ."' interposed old Smith, laying his hand gently on the shoulder of the excited youngster. " It is true I have taken her away, but I only did so to enable me to do you a good turn. You are quite sure you love Gra cie sufficiently to make her a good hus band?" " Why, of course I do," replied Bob, hwking inquiringly in the face of the elder officer. " But I say. Smith, what does this all mean? What have you been doing?" " Well, I have got your fathers consent to your marriage with her, that's all T re plied old Smith. " You have V gasped Bob Topsham. " Do you mean to say that you have giv en her up to me ? You, who loved her as much as I did ? You, whom I've been slanging right and left for doing what I thought was a mean action? Where is Gracie T "At her father's, at my father's house," replied Smith. " Her father's and your father's," re peated the young man. " Why, is she your sister V " Yes ; she is my sister," replied old Smith, " My father is a poor country parson. He couldn't afford to keep Gra cie at home. She shuddered at the no tion of going out as a governess, so she assumed another mime and went into the millinery business. I didn't want it known all over,. the regiment that I had a sister in a milliner's shop. That's all." LihuUih Truth. How They Uo It. I have a young friend, a really talented fellow, who if he hail been cast upon the town would have made a place for him self in literature. He happens to enjoy a competency, however, and takes life far too easily to disturb himself with more serious employment titan the lulling of time. He is fond of making literary ex periments in his more industrious, mo ments, and has qnite a collection of man uscript stowed away in his desk, which he is continually promising himself to revise and polish up for publication. Some of these affairs, stories, sketches, little fan es, fragments ot verse, he has read to me, and they have invariably been sufficiently ingenious in construc tion and good in quality to impress them selves upon my memory. Judge my amazement, therefore, when I found one of the stories I had listened to over the cigars and grog in his apart ments printed in a prominent magazinea week or so ago. Judge of my further as tonishment when I noted that it was credited not to the real author but to a certain woman who enjoys quite a liter ary reputation in society, one of the swell amateurs who have made writing for the press a fashion. There had been a sort of sentimental weakness on my friend's part for this person I knew. It was evi dent now that it had gone the length of his lending her his talent to masquerade in. I got quite a collection of her other stories together, or rather of those she has been credited with writing, and read thetu attentively. There was no mistaking their authorship. Every one Isire the earmarks of my idle amateur, who would not take the trouble to seek an outlet for his talent, but was ready to bestow it on a woman who had caught his platonic fancy. When I next met him I taxed him with this injustice t.liimseLf, but he laughed the reproof lightly off. "Bless your innocent soul!" he said. "They all do it. Do yon snppose the stories Miss X. and Mrs. Y. sign are any more original with the n than Mrs. Z.'s are with her? The only difference is that they buy theirs from some professional scribbles. Mrs. Z. happens to get hers for a less substantial price." Curiously enough, only a couple of nights later, I encountered at the theatre an able literary hack whom I have known for many years. He looked un usually prosperous, considering his old estate. He was be said, earning a good salary aa sub-editor on a morning paper, and putting in his own time writing sto ries and poetry. As I had never seen any of these in print I remarked upon it. He answered a. little embarrassed : " Weil, you see I don't print them over my own name." I supposed he meant that he used a nom de plume, and as he exhibited no desire to be contiilential I pressed my in quiries no further. I havd since learned that he has for months been supplying one ef our society geniuses with manu script which that person adopts as her own. She pays him handsomely for the work, and probably gives the manuscript away for the sake of getting it into type. There must be plenty of kindred cases to these, for the literary craze ia fiiirly rampant in society, and where two exam ples of this form of fraud are to be found you may be bound tluit others exist. However it is so rarely that literature gets the benefit of a fashionable fad that we can condone an evil that has a cer tain alloy of gootL In the excesses to which vanity will run, this is perhaps the most curious. The Jtnirnalid. WHY will you cough when Shiloh's Cure will give immediate relief. Price, 10 cents, 50 cents, and $L Sold by Geo. W. Benford A. Son. A pension ia claimed by a Little Rock woman on the ground of nervous debili ty produced by seeing wounded Feder al soldier's leg amputated. SHILOE'3 Catarrh Remedy positive core for catarrh, diphtheria and canker mouth. Sold by Geo. W. Benford & Son. eralc Wood Carving for Ladies. The wood preferred for first work is lime or linden wood, which cuts easily, has a fine, smooth grain and readily takes any colored stain. Walnut is rather out of style, oak, cherry and mahogany being in great favor. And here, perhaps, it will be we!! to sound a note of warning as regards mahogany. The market is flooded with the inferior Honduras wood, which is porous and brittle, rendering it difficult to carve, and not durable when used in any form. Unless the wood can be procured from a reliable dealer it ia far better to stick to that which is known to be what it pretends to be. The tools arv not expensive and need not be many in number. But it is beat to buy those of best English steel, which, requiring to be sharpened less frequently, are cheaper in the end than those of many manufactures which may be had at less price. The chests of tools offered for wood-carvers' use are a delusion, especially those " for lollies' use." Choose those adapted to the work of low relief, and add to them as necessity su&festi The handles should be short, not more thail three inches in len;h, and made of ash, well rounded at the end, and smoothed so as not to injure the hands. Half a dozen are enough to begin with, and a full set quite sufficient for any kind of work need not cost more than $.". Chisels, straight-eiged and skew ; a couple of gouges, flat and hollow; a parting tool, which is V-ehaped. and a tracing wheel, will do very well to besin with. Heating Cars by Electricity. A heater for warming cars by eleericity has been patented. There is a plate of are clay through which run wis ; the connecting wire acting heats this plate, and there you have it. For surface cars of the size of New York street ears the plates are 12 teet long, 9 inches wide and 1 inch thick. In the experiments al ready marie two of these heaters have been used in each car. and it is found that in a half hour after the current be gan passing the plates were giving out sufficient heat, and had attained a tem perature of ISO. It is also found that the amount of current required for this pur pi we is almost insignificant and would cost nothing compared to the expense of stoves. The electric car, when complete, will therefore be run, heated and lighted from " the same current. As the use of electric ity, taken from storage batteries tor light ing purposes, is now becoming general on palace cars, and is soon to be introduc ed on the Pennsylvania Railroad on most of the trains, it will be impossible that the same supply will be used for heating purposes. According to the experiments made, the heater will remain at an effective temper ature for nearly :X) minutes after the cur rent has been drawn. Colors from Coal Tar. Prof. Watsnn Smith, of Owens College, Manchester, England, in speaking of col ors obtained from coal tar, recently said : " Formerly they used to rely principal ly upon vegetable dyes of animal origin. The vegetable or wood dyes, however, had to a lare extent disappeared, and here were not manv of these with which they needed to trouble tlieir minds, be- cause they hail been replace. L and would le still further replaced, by other mater ials. There were really only two of these vegetable dyes remaining indigo and logwood all other wood dyes having been already more or less replaced by coal and tar dyes Lac dye had been entirely displaced, and the consumption of cochineal had been reduced to probably less than JtlO tons per year. A great deal has been suid j against coal tar dyes. They were told i that these dyes were fugitive and poison- ous, and that there could not lie produc- j ed from them as fine a shade as was ob- tained from the vegetable dyes. Xow, j all this was fallacious. If ail that hail I been said against coal tar colors was true, j one would naturally snppose that the ! consumption of them would decrease. ' But what was the fact ? Why, in the last year the consumption of these coal tar ' colors had increased more than thirty- 1 three per cent. Trade last yir was bad ; all over the world they hoped that this : year it might be better yet this increase , of consumption had taken place, quite ex- , clusively, he should say, in compound col- i ore. Xo fabrics were now dyed in any of i the pure colors, and the increase of con- j sumption had taken place in ju.lii it.usiy 1 blending these colors with themselves or with vegetable dyes. A card of 'spring shades, in 1SK7,' being lot) different col ors obtained from ct al tar, without in digo or any vegetable dyes, was shown. These colors comprise many bright and most delicate sliades." Pat's Joke. A strange report comes to us from the west. While we do not vouch for the truth of it, we will tell the story aonr reporter gave it to us. A rich man died and was buried, and for fear of the bodv being stolen an I Irishman was hired to watch the grave. Pat, after watching faithfully' for awhile, one dark night crawled to the fence, made himself comfortable, and soon en tered dreamland. In the meantime a couple of ghouls were wi.le awake. It so happened in hitching their horses it was to the fence near where Patrick wu sleeping. The robbers hastened to the grave, exhumed the corpse, thrust it in j the bag and put it in the wagon, then went back to fill up the grave. Pat's nap was ended by this time, and thinking to have some fun took the corpse ont of the bag, hid it, and carefully put himself in the bag. The grave robbers after filling np the grave got in their wagon and drove off. After driving a short distant one of them happened to put his hand on the bag and was greatly shucked, re marking to bis pal, " Why, the corpse is warm." Fat's time had now come, and in a sepulchral voice he said. " Begorrah, yoa would be warrum too, if yon had been in bell as longt I have !" You may judge of the consternation. Both men jumped from the wagon and fled to parts unknown, and have not been heard fr m since, Pat ia now richer by a fine span of horses and a wagon, and enjoys telling the story to ail who will Listen. A tight fit will give corns on the feet and the essence of corn will give a tight fit to the head. With the drunkard life ia reeL LLo WHOLE XO. 1885. Value of Fruits. A word on the subject of fruit, the sea- son for whH-h t hand. Good r.pe fruit formsa pleasant and refreshing kind of food, and, eaten m,slerateiy. it , a in- flwntuU in promoting boduy health by contribuung someofthe watenai. ofth blood, of importance to the general v-.,r of the constitution. Herodotus attnbute the activity and healthiness of the Per- sian race to the variety of fruits and veg- etableseonsumeil by them. say, that he feels sure that the punine infertility, pallor, fetid breath and teeth which disr.n-rntsh some of our town populations are to a great extent due to their inahihtv to tret th- artiees of the - s c - table fresh. For the nnliealthv state in- - dtieed by a n"tricted diet of dried and v . . m salted provisions, fesh fruits or their pre served juices are Sc:a!ly eflicacious. Fiults, eaten beyond the limits of moder ation, are liable to prove injurious and excite intestinal derantie:uent. They are more of a disturbing element than if eat en either in the unnpe or over-ripe state: in the former case, from the excessive quantity of the acid present ; in the Lit ter, from the tendency to decompose while being acted upon by the digestive oryins. Authors have eentially differ ed in the pni;.r time of the day for tak ing fruits. Sinie have stated that they may be treated as mere luxuries, and eaten at any or a!! times. Others say that the safest time is in the morning or afternoon, with stale bread and a draught of water. Thus -may In made a very wholesome and digestible lunch. Fruit may properly Cum a part of the morning meal, and should be eaten fird. At that time an orange, a pear or a few grapes will not only be well borne, but will pro mote a healthier action of the digestive organs, and often correct intestinal irreg ularities. The worst time to eat fruit is after a hearty dinner; melons and other cold, watery products are not only a tax upon the stomach, but also retard the di gestion of other food with which tliev uiav I niins.''eil. A Discovery. J hn V"il.n and Juan's Cauipliell, of Pur.ianiL Maine, are inseparable friends. Both have prospered in business and lsith determined to 2 abroad for a vaca tion last summer, and so they went to gether. Wilson is more a man of the world than Campbell, enjoy, the good thing of this lfe and is willing to pay for them ; but it is one of the cardinal principles of Campbell's life to hagirle over prices ami screw the Imst cent ont of every one he deals with. His friend knowing his habit and having experi enced the discomforts it raiLsed, made an agreement with him before they started that they should share the expenses but that Campbell should nut in any case grumble at a price that he, Wilson did not complain of, the penalty being that if he did he should pay the whole bill himself. This arrani-ment worked admira bly. Campbell sometimes winced at the prices they had to pay. but simply re minded from W'ilson, cl..se.l his mouth. Their journey extended as far east as tlie Holy Land and they had to pnt up with impositions that -ill travelers theresntfer. j At lenirth thev reached the Sea of Gali- j 1,. an-L of course, wished to hike a sail ) upim the waters. Half a dozen boatmen were clamorous for their patronage, hut the priis charged by all were exorbit ant, the most reasonable demanding a s'ini equal to live dollars for an hour. Campbell held in as lonsr as he could, and then burst out in indignant protest airainst the extortion. Wilson reminded him of their b.irjiin. After a brief si lence Cauipliell delivered this parting shot : " Well, I understand now whv the Sa vior walked over this sea." A Thief Caught. A (Quaker was returnin home one evening on a particularly fire horse, when he was stopped by a man with his face blackened, mounted on a nag whose ribs, bones and joints one could count through its skin ; but not its teeth, for those hail disappeared, not through eat ing hay, but chaff. . "Holy man." said the new comer, "my horse, which inn yet dimly ren;emlier the landing of Julius C;esnr, stands sore ly in need of such attention as yours ap pear to enjoy. If you like, we'll ex change. You have no pistol, and I have." The (Quaker considered : What's to be done? At any rate I have a second horse at home, not a second life. So they ex changed, and the robber quietly nsle off Kf . U X .1 . Willi .1.1 '.(lUlll a 1 1 . ' 1 . . Lit ,,,. ... 1 1 ,1 .11 , i Juaker, hovever, led the robbers starved beast by the bridle, and upon arriving at town, threw the reius upon its back, saying : "Lead the way, thou bag of bones; thou canst better find thy master's stable ! than I." He followed the horse up street and dow n till it stopped at a stable door and would go no further. The Quaker enter ed the house ami found the thief just rubbing the soot from his face with an ohl stocking. "Lo! thou hast got home, friend," said the Quaker, "and if thou hast no objec tion we will amend our exchange, for it was not lawfully made. Give me back my own horse ; thine is now at the door." Tlie rascal, seeing he was outwitted, had no choice but to deliver np the sfc len horse. G'xxt Cheer. Not According to Hoyle. They have been telling a good story about a very able ami devout theological student in Lewi-town who is skillful in debate and livgical in argument. He was making a plea in prayer meeting in one of the Lewistown churches a few weeks ago in support i f his view of a theologic al point, and was enforcing it vigorously and by copious argument. He had pre sented the opisite si.1e of the argument and was demolishing it. " It is not prob able or possible," said he. " It is not likely, or in the bounds. f common sense. The national laws forbid it It is not true and according to Iliyie." The story stops here, but tlie speaker didn't Fur thermore, he didn't seem to appreciate the quiet smile of satisfiiction that went the round of the elder of the disputant, who possibly used to be acquainted in their youthful days with the gentleman named. The Snow Plant of the Sierra Nevadas. One of the ait interesting pn shifts of the Sierra Nevaila Mountains is the beuti tiful snow plant. The scienlirio name for thta llo-r is Sfmrf.- r-!jJ.-r riieamu blooded ti-il. " Jiilte Is its month of b!Mj!u!n. and it can he found gning in secluded spot in the mountains, where the tuw Uiis .lec',-l in the win ter, ami whr9 tlie gr.u grow thickly aud castj. aa unbroken shade. The .l-mt tt-clf is fnni four to ten im hesin fteiuht. and is uf a bright wartet coWr, including leaves and flowers. althMu;h the stem is pink and white. The flowers are an. ti ed elortP to tlie stem, ami the leaves ,url upward and partially bide the flowers from view, the whole being in the form of a cone. The leaves have a delicate front like edge, which makes them extretueiy rwanrifril Fran ..r " - - , fcv w j wo Wanijt brt seed nor , min , W p.,, f u 1,, j wnwthare abnnlunt om.,n niiiv , tutgu th beautiful Indian lend ia connected , ofthUl aiW(.r wh,( h M U( Uw erRrt that ontw up. ttnie low-W , of , hn,ken nwt rtB )Uct of j of her luVpr that ! brr ,pirit ,wlKnt iw in the darks j in . ... , ,. - , , sobbing and wailing are frequent! v heap! I . , j' ; among tne trees; that the tears she sheii 1 . .. , . . , are iin,t- of hlooii an,t wherever one of these touch the earth there springs up a crinisoa plant. Capturing a Catty. "(hie -lav I was eatin'ofmy dinner when I seed a big black water snake swimming al.mg right np to 'ards me. and I just throweii him a piece of bread, thinkiug it would skecr him away, but. he just grabbed it and went under, ami pretty in hei-oine up again. Idropl him a half a biscuit, ami he jest uiadc away with that torn Alter while he came hack agin with another snake as big as he was Well, I divided my din ner arain with the snakes, and tin they went w ith it, and by an I by the same two snakes come back, brining about 1 or ? more with them. I didn't have no more grub, and they jist pLiyed around the mck tame as chickens. I never thought much more about it till I went down to the rock airin and commenced fishing, and the first thing I k no we. I thar was them snakes come playing around agin. I'd pitch down bread to 'em, and they'd scramble for it like minnows arter crumbs. " My grub give out again, and they all left but the big old fellow and he rrai ed np on the rock and curled hisseif around, and laid dar right by me, jist like he had sorter took up wid me. By and by I felt a jerk and I know.nl I'd hung a cat, kase the water wits muddy and I was fishing wil worms. I give a riirtit smart pull, and my line broke jist above the cork, which was bobbin' under and out at sit-h a lively gate that I k no wed thar was a big one nn my hook. I reached out to the cork, and was trying to git the line Iwlow it wrapped around the tip of my pole so I could ave my fish, when ail at once de snake 'peered to git skeered andilarted off the rock ; but he went straight to the cork, and 'fore I knowed what was up, he wrupied his tail round de line below the cork and grabbed d; end of rny pole with his mouth. "Well, I pulled and pulled till I thought that snake would pull in two but he only stretched a little, and when I got that liVpound cat out and landed him on the bank, the snake jit let go with both enils mai went on back in the water jist like nothing hail ever hapen eiL You needn't tell me nothin' about it snakes is got sense." How a Partridge "Drums." When I first came to Canada, I found there were various opinions as to the method of making the sound. ( tie man, w ho read a great deal but rareiy went in to the woods, said that the sound w is produced by the bird's voii ; some of the hunters told me that the bird struck its wings on the leg, and others declared that it stru t tlietn together over its back. I did m.t giv much heed to the book man's explanation, for all the woodmen laughed at it, I n learned to discred it also the idea that the bird thumped the log with its wings, because, whether it stissl on a stump or a stone, or a rotten l..g or solid timber, the sound was always t"ie same. Lastly I did not believe that the wings were struck together, because when a pigeon or a rooster strikes its wings together, the sonnd is always a sharp crack. At length, after watching the bird carefully, I came to the mm -In sion that it drums by heating the air only. It is not an easy matter to get sight nf a partridge when he is dramming, but I managed to do it hy crawling on my hands and knees toward the bird, lying still while he was quiet, and only moving forward when he renewed his noisy imnrtship, for it is to wto and win his mate that Sir Riiffiii irons indulges in these musical exercises. In this way I contrived to coma within twenty fs-t withoutalarming him. Thrsigh the alder thicket I could jtLst see his shapely form strutting alsit like a turkey cock ; then, for a moment he st.nl upright, with hi.- feather lying close. Suddenly bis wings j ! flashed, and at the same moment I heard i the loud thmnp. Then, forafew seconds he stood looking about as though nothin g had happened ; but presently came sec ond flash and thump, and other rapidly followed at lessening interval, until at last the serenade rolled away like thegal loptng of horse or the rumbling of dis tant thunder. AVAwtia. Federal Constitutional Centen nial. The Centennial Anniversary of the adoption of the Federal Constitution will lie celebrated at Philadelphia September l."th-17th by an elaborate trade proces sion, military ami naval review, and oth er appropriate ceremonies and festivities, which will te participated in by the President of the Unite! States and his Caiiinet. All of the "f original Thirteen" a majority of the other State, ami Terri tories will be represented by detachments of tlieir national guird and by civic H eties. This will undoubtedly be the most notable demonstration that haa ta ken place si : the centennial celebration of our national independent. T ar eom'iiodato persons desiring to visit Philadelphia upon this occasion, the Bal timore and Ohio Railrwd Company will ell excursion tickets to Philadelphia from ail ;Hint on its system of lines, at the rate of one fare fi r the round trip. From points east of Ohio River exi-ursion tickets will be sold from September IJth to 17th inclusive, good for returning until September "JOth. One of our lawyers being as km I a few .lays since what a contingent fee was, said : " If I bring a suit for yoa and rose the case, I get nothing ; if I win tlie suit ! yoa get nothing. If you need help to drive away thirst get lemonade.
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