Miscellaneous Mixture. STBUJKtD S7. r,ns of Publication. 1 a every rfn.y a'"- K 00 p ibr be cbargwl- '. w discontinued on 01 ail .-id -p- r lectin, ben subncriber. do not tak. ot their .m ous.bl. fcrth. a to an- .v. ere - The Sous Hnu". So-sn, Pa. s ,t. i nut i. T:KlEsF.rKEIs. Hun. a Homersei, ra. J.; ';:NEv-at-law. . rmincrset, ra. t-TaNEV-Vl-tAW ot. . c,i ind adjoining eonn- " V. 11. Rl'PPKL. a;. emnKlM .or , ;.,.. entniIed to li if- cure ill 7n.m a.,d ndem-. .m ... , n to nn r diKit w j . r- .Maiu S.AT-,.AVV. f " ssuerset. r , ... ..,,.-,1 1 all l.uim- entrusted, to Bis car " '" ; ' .o,.-.iii.e nsinties, with anpl ""'.Ti, Jt .hi.tr un Main Cross Street, J J.MK- L I'UGIl. Somerset, I . :...' 777- . u c- C"'""K,' -nil IloKN' .v ('Ol.BoRV r.t' i " " ' and adjoining '"- ii;ry!1i?...d con5a..i..g " - ikilmI.U' leniih. HrNUY. F. SCHELL. ATTOKNEV.AT.LA. h1uiit and !'.".iMon Agent. Office in Mammoth E.o k. ' . TUENTINE HAY, V AnoHNEV.ATXAWmctwt toO ri-lvlity. t his ii. nn- ,,. J ATTOKNEY AT LAW. will ri"v '"-n5 ,n " ''trus'l t.. bin M'' 'lvifl on tt.HeOioli, c. Of- f.t m Mamreotli HLk k. D1L F A KIIOAUK riiYSIt lAN AM) TRiBfN. OSw iwi.lf life, tie" to l.iilli.'""' ''Imreh. D J. E. P.IlECKEIi ruvir-nv AND WKGEON, Tnte W tn.f.-'i..i.l rvf.- u. tbj.etti of i,r,rr-! and vi.-imty. oHiee in Bi k. r 4 MiVi t-'liw SUirc. D "it H. S. KIMMKLL, of wr-rt .V.d vt.-ii.itv- l lile .roft4.M"r f :-tl h cttn k fouuJ l Uu oSiit? ou Main FA., fjutl'mnixlid. D !U!.Ili:l"BAKF.K, TMidm tii vroWntml fenipec ti th rltien r Mannwt md vl'iniiy. oili.-eln rideucon Jlt.u rl it of liiAiimd. Dr. j. m. ixrTi:Kn. rflYSK'lAN AM) SI KliKOX, Ti.. .nuitli In iiprw for the )!. lie (,l hiM.n.f"i..u. 'Ottieeon Main ttiwt, It KT of Droit M4- DU.J.S. M M1LI.EN. (Urmiiwlt m jirn.'i'try.) (,ivi ial atteniinn to the preservation of tl,f imnial teeth. Aniii-nl el iii rutl. AH ownMHinj riaranteed saiifctiry. (iftK in the rniumwer H. M.Treflwell ti.'i "t. corner Vain ptM. awl I'atriot atrevla. DU.J01IXBII.IJ'. 1 . EXT! ST. Office upUin in Cook & Beerit Bloc k. DR. VTU. COLUXS. I)ESTltT. ffie in Kneprr' Bl k urMdnir!". where he fau W found at ail tim1 rpum'd to do all kinds of work wh at. tillinir. r. ifubuiiie. extnwtiiiK. c Art in,-i.l teeth of ail kinds and rf the Uwt material iDN-rted. AH work guaranteed. D U.J. K. MILLER Hut permanently lneated in Berlin Sir the prar ti'v of tile .:ik-MH'0. tjfliee opposite t'harlea Knwiiwr'i t,ire. fc?omeret County Rank. (ESTABLISHED 1ST7.) C.J.HARRISON. M.J.PRITTS, fKCIInCXT. Cakhiu. Collertfcnw made tn all parts of the Tnited Rtatea. CHARGES MODERATE. Parties w(hins to wnd moner West can be ac e.mitii..i(i t.v draft on New Vmk in anv nm. l-eti.oi. tiimlc nh nnptnem. I'. H. Honda ibtaiid miM. M.m. v and lualil.t wxured t im.v, relehrated aaft, ilh a 8ar rt! Yale Mm time loek. i"tv,wej fwT TrTwp &wwwaa,k) wW4Mwa.XMj. A1! Lcrai Holidava OWrt ed. CURTIS K. GROVE. SOMERSET, PA. Bl'GtilES, RLEIGna, CAKRIAOES, WRlseWAiWNS. Bl't'K WAGONS. and eastern and wemtern work Furuiilied on Soon Sotiee. Painting Done on Short Time. J work in made out of PmmoUv Snvnnrd Wood. and the If lr,m onrf ttnj, si.twiantiaily UniKtnkied. Neatly Kirri-hl. and w arranied u. give Bat Wac-ti.iu. A" Klnd" r i-1" i""" o wort.Vn. lMii-ea REASON ABLE, and AH Work Warranted. I a".1"1 Fjtm1' mr Ktoe. and Learn IVce J?, ',,0 ork, and furaUb Scive. fur Wind kfwmlet the plat, and call in. CURTIS K. GROVE. (Eaat of Court Houae) SOMERSET. PA QlLtRLES HOFFMAX, MERCHANT1AILPR. (Above Ueffiey-f 8tor,) -Ll"t Style, and Lowt Prices. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. Somerset. Pa. 1 1 1? at. w 7 tie VOL. XXXVI. NO. 49. CONSTnATION. I rallwi th " Father of Pi)n." Iieeaav Uwre I no nullum thnMtgh which (liea. wionuat U( k the ttyKtrm by thfttrrptlii of poLmtXHii taM in the rvientKm f d-vyrl and effete inatit i the iuiiMirh mud howelm. Jt i canned by a Tor pid lAvt ivii ptMHiirh lik beiujE excn-Ul from th hUm toftrtHltire Nattin on rat hart it, aiul U gviie rally av-uni4iuel with auch rtwulta at LcEEcf Appetite, Sick Headache. Bad Breath, Etc. The tivatiwnt of ConMipatiim doe not consirt irw-feiy in n.'l!itft lh lMwvb. The mr-liciiH-nmt IH4 only as a rmrtrutive, hiit W a brtitr an wt ll. an1 m pro-liMi after tts in' en-ater contivt dvnk Touiv a Tvpular tm I -it of hHly without cbaiiifing ih1irt or Uiwirsaniziiig the system My ath'titlon. after Miflvrinj? with roimti Tuition fiir tw'ctor thrw year. I k-i to iimnom Liv er Kt'gulHtor. hii1, luivittv tvi aluioot evervthiiiir h I.k1-1 t trv it. 1 lim k a wiiWla.sf-ful and aftcrwanls nnliHtHi the d 104 teitMiiful, iu jut dirvrtbms atiffcarh nial. I fMtuid that it liiid dttiK' nte murh that I conttuued it un til I loc.k two Kutiiti. inx then I have n rxpe rit'lifed anv dirtieiUty. 1 keev il in my Itouw and wniM not U without it. hut have no ine ftir it. it having rurvd ne." Ovtx. W. Muis, A't Clerk Su jrir Oiurt, lUhbtio., lia, tJ. Jf. Zetin d- Co. B. & B. SHOPPING BY MAIL -MA HE A COMPLETE SUCCESS. Pperial attentloa pivon to thi part of onr btud- new. A nonjilrte Mail Order Department Employing an ctln-ieat corjwe of experienced peo ple in tui line to kiuk after the want of our put ron lfviiijc at a distance. !ty advising our Mail Onler Dt irtnnmt m hat lino of palf yon prefcr or fancy, your wautp will be tupi-lit-i in a perfectly mbfHetory maimer and at very lowest (iricva. IntelliKt-iit attentiou to order is one requisite. Then. too. the amuranre of the very litwest pricen and het vahi("on everything is very ratifying. The astKnimnt of ICS -ANT- DRESS SILKS which we are h.miii(r m are m-t eompleteand decant, and values are uneiuilk "L FaJ.'of th.' latent novelties will be sent to any addriw upon reqmvt. Cur IDcstraieJ'Eprici Catate 9x12 iiH-beH, ?2 pp.. eofitaininj; a Review of the Ijttet FahionH, and much valuabie information to every household, li itow ready, and will be SENT FREE and poa-pHid to any addrew. 8knd ymr name and addnw n fNwtal EAK1.V, - this .ue, al though inrye, will not lat kmc BOGGS & BUHL, US. UM19 4 121 FEDERAL STREET. cloloEGJHENY, Pc. ;dec8,-,1.1-T. It is to Your Interest TO BI T YOUR Drugs and Medicines or Biesegker & Snyder. SUtTEWORS TO C S. BOVD. None but the purest and bort kept in utock, ami when Drugs become inert by stand ing, a certain of them do, we de stroy them, rather tiian im poe on our ciwtomerH. You cank'petid on having your PRESCRIPTIONS & FAMILY RECEIPTS filled with care. Our priced arc as low an any other first-claw house and on many article much lower. The people of this county seem to know this, and have given us a large share of their patronage, and we shall still continue togive them the very bt goods for their money. Do not fiirget that we make a specialty of FITTING TRUSSES. We guarantee satisfaction, and, if you have had trouble in this direction, give us a call. SPECTACLES AND EYE-GLASSES in great variety ; A full set of Test Lenses. Come in and have your eyes examined. No charge for examination, and we are confident we can suit you. Come and see us. Respectfully, ' BIESECKER & SNYDER. GEORGE J. JH0ff1rJJ, HiKVrACTVHKB OF BUGGY TOPS, CUSHIONS, APRONS RUGS, ETC, FOR THE TRADE. TUE OS LY SPECIALIST. 5S akd CO ANDERSON STREET, ALLEGIIESY C7T, PA. Write for descriptive cataluarue. TV T"-l T-"l TVSEA WONDERS ex I I I Li U fc 18 thousand of forms, I I ft ft w but are Mirpcd by the I J I i I 1 X. ananrelaof iiivention. Those no are in need of profitable work that eaa i riniie while livinc ut home should at onee send ttieir aildrera to Hallett ti Co.. Portland Maine, and twive-free, full Information how either ex. of all at. can earn fr-ira $3 U tiA per dar and upward, wherever they live. Yon ara start ed free. Capital not required. Pome have made over t.V) ia a single day at this work. All suc ceed. Janll-TB-lyr. E XECTTOE'S NOTICE. Eioaxe of nan StsurTer. dee'd.. late of Salisbury Honwtti. Komersei i ouiny, ra., letters tesumentary on the above estate having been irmnted to the nndersimied by the pror authority, notice Is hereby given to ail permna indebted to said etai to make imnHsii at. pavment. and thoe having claim, against the same to present them duly authenticated for settlement on Kattiwlar, the 16lh day of June, at the ressdeuce of Lyman tttoner, la said itorotigh. J. C. lwv, MARTIN N. PTAtTrER, t-i Attorney. Exex-otec. PENSION AGENCY. sol: uhl, Imlv anthorized by the Government. OfiVe Baer'a Block, up atatra, Sonwmrt, Pa. mmtM SpnnsDressFalir A LITTLE WHEEDLER, " There never was a grandma half ao good I" He whispered, Idle beside her chair he stood. And laid hi rwy cheek, With manner very meek, AKainst her dear old face, in loving mood. " There never was a nicer grandma bora t 1 know some little boys must be forlorn Ileraiue they've none like you , I wonder what I'd do Without a grandma's kisses night and morn V " There never was a dearer grandma there !" Ue kissed her, and be smoothed her gray hair ; Then fixed Iter rallied cap And nestled In her lap, While grandma, smiling, rooked her old armchair. " When I'm a man, hat lots to you I'll bring ! A horie and carriage a nd a watch and ring. All grandma are so nice ! (Just here he kiased hex twice.) And grandmas give a boy most anything !" Kcfore his dear old grandma could reply. This hoy looked up with a roguish eye, Th en w hispered ia her ear. That uobody might hear, Psy, rramlwa, have you any more mince pie V AN OLD FRIEND OF PAPA'S. It was a colli niiit. I drew my chair clnwr to the blazing fire, and rested my feet on the fender, and gazed w ith satis faction ut the miniature reflection of my cotrifortahle room in the X)lished knobs of the andirons. Comfortable ! Yes, that expressed it well. It might have been called elegant had there been a woman's hand to add the graceful finish w hich a bachelor's apartment always lacks, no matter how handsome or costly its furni ture may be. However, I felt well con tented w ith my quarters, and in spite of forty years, a few gray hairs, and a rapid ly increasing tendency to baldness, I knew that a handsome face and good in conic were thingsthnt no rational woman would despise ; so I had put off the evil day of slavery from one year to another, and enjoyed my liberty, my club, and it may be also my solitude, too much to be in haste to take utxin my shoulders the responsibilities of married life. But on this memorable evening there had come a letter from my father. The dear old man said he was failing (a mere notion of his), and his one wish was to see his only son married and settled be fore lie departed this life. It was only fair that I should humor this fancy of one who had gratified my every wish since I was able to ask foranything, so I sat there musing and making up my mind that the time to sacrifice my freedom had come. Perhaps a year hence I would have to give up my evening smoke ; cer tainly I would not lie allowed to lounge about in a smoking-jacket and slippers, and put my feet up on the fender. The thought gave a finer flavor to my cigar, and a greater air of coxineMi to the room. I had always intended to marry, but I thought of it only as a duty to be jier formed sometime in the dim future, a long way off. However, the time had come, so it w-te best to have it over quick ly. I passed in review the women of my acquaintance, from blushing debutantes to those who had seen nearly as many seasons as myself, but my heart lieat no faster as one after another, I recalled their faces. The clock on the mantel si ruck nine, and with a sigh I took my feet off the fender, stretched myself, gave a last look at the roaring logs, and passed into my dressing-mom. This will be a good opportunity, I thought, of singling out what sort of a woman will be likely to make me most comfortable, and least likely to uet my bachelor habits. I gave a well-satisfied look at my face in the glass as I brushed my hair. Few wo men would say nay to such a reflection, joined to a solid bank account. A debutante, or a woman of sense? There I wavered. Would it be liest to take a girl whom I could form, or a woman of the world who would not expect too much ? Such, for instance, as Mrs. A for whose ball I wag dressing a charm little widow of three-nnd-thirty or there abouts. By the time I was dressed and ready to start it was alter ten, and debu tants were in the ascendant. The first thing was to pick out the one I fancied, and then to pay her marked attention. I smiled, thinking how pleased the dear old man would be to know how soon all would be settled. Strains of a waltz greeted me as I reached my destination, and I hurried down stairs from the dress ing room eager to begin a tour of inspec tion, to which my late resolve lent a nov el zest. My hostess greeted me most cor dially ; it seemed to me that, mine-was a warmer welcome than that liestowcd upon her guests in general. She was charming, and it would be a pleasure to see her sitting opposite at dinner, or en tertaining one's friends. Yes, the widow was certainly a beautiful woman ; per haps a little too much of the world, worldly ;. but one cannot have every thing. I pussed on and dropped into a chair beside a bright, clever young girl ; she looked pleased as I took the vacant seat and opened a lively conversation ; but to-night I noticed more than ever a ten dency to defer to me, as if one must not assert one's self too strongly in the face of age. It irritated me ; surely I was not so old as all that ! Presently a younger man came up and took a seat on the other side of her a stupid young ass, I thought him and it struck me that I would be doing her a kindness to remain and deliver her from boredom. It was very annoying that w henever Bhe turned her head to hint, her voice dropped so that I could not hear what was being said. Soon I found myself left wholly to my own en tertainment, so I took the hint and walk ed away ; but not before I had heard the youth ask, in a stage w hisper, " Who is the old party T So it had come to that ! I strolled into the conservatory to console myself with a cigarette after the chill that sentence gave me, and while wandering np and down there I heard the voice of an old college chum whom I had not seen for months. What he was saying I could not hear, and without stopping to think, I hastily sought the dim end cf the con servatory, from which his voice seemed to come. " Well, old roan, I am glad to find you once more," I cried, pushing aside the branches of some plants which hid him from view. Oh, my unlucky star! I had put my foot in it again. Instead of the warm re ception I had counted upon there came an awkward pause, in which it seemed to me that my friend, was doing his best to get as far from a very pretty young lady as the small bench upon which they were seated, would allow, while she dili Somerset SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY, gently studied the painting on her Ian. ...'..'. I bolted. " De trop, oV drop," I said to myself. There seemed no place for me in this gay assemblage. I left the con servatory and made my way back to my hostess. There was an old Jim Ran dolph, a widower and a man of fifty or more, talking to her as if his life depend ed upon it, and I flattered myself that here at least I would be welcome ; but it gave me the uncomforttble feeling of having intruded when I heard him say in an undertane, as he ros : " May I come to-morrow and see you alone?" Never had I found the widow go hard to talk to as now ; she was preoccupied and absent. "Did Jim Randolph wears pretty well," I said, after having started half a dozen general topics, only to have them drop ped summarily. "Almost as well as you do," she re plied ; and rising from her seat, she added : "Come, will present you to his daugh ter ; she has just returned from traveling abroad, and has been out very little, so you must try to bu nice to her." And before I had time to object, she had marched me off and presented me to her. . " An old friend of your father's, Alice," she added, after the formal introduction had been gone through. Now that was really spiteful, and I was so occupied in trying to discover how I had deserved such treatment at her hands that I stood there like a dummy until I heard a voice saying : " Were you really a friend of papa's at college?" " No, my dear young lady, I van not," I answered, with much irritation. "Your father graduated years before I was old enough to enter a college ; but it pleases our fried Mrs. A to make me out a regular old fossil to-night." " P.ut papa is not so very old," said my companion, iu surprise. Ami now for the first time I noticed how very lovely she was, and wished myself in Guinea for having given such an answer. She would be sure to put me down as a crusty old bachelor after that, and it was all the w idow's fault. I would get even with her for it. . Never before did I remember to have met so interesting a girl, and yet one w ho seemed so totally uneonscous of her charms. I went to work in good earnest to try and obliterate the unpleasant im pression my first speech must have made. Finding she bore no ill-will for it, we were soon deeply engaged in comparing notes on our travels, and for the first time that evening I felt that I was appre ciated. All too soon it came to an end, for a miserable young whipper-snapper ap peared and bore her away for a waltz. She was too sensible a girl to care for such a senseless amusement, I thought ; but as I watched her gliding gracefully about with her partner, there was no mistaking her expression for anything but thorough enjoyment. Why had I never waltzed ? Was it too late to begin now? But what was I coming to I.John tiniham, who had always railed at danc ing in general as a pastime fit for idiots, to think of taking it up at this late day ! And all because a pretty girl, whom I had known but half an hour, looked happy as she whirled away, and made me jeal ous of the young idiot w ho had carried her off. I must be drifting into my sec ond childhood. Jealousy, too, was a new sensation, and it seemed so utterly non sensical that I should be jealous that I laughed aloud, and started at the sound of my ow n voice. I had started out that evening perfect ly self-satisfied, and feeling that my pres ence was something most desirable ; yet as I walked home two words kept ringing in my ears V trop, de Imp. For the first time I felt out of place. When I reach ed my apartments I walked straight to the mirror. Ageing? yes ; there were lines in my face I hail never seen before ; and the longer I looked, the lower fell 1 the mercury of my spiriu. I dropped into my arm-chair in front of the dying em bers. Long I sat there thinking. My 1 cozy apartment struck me as cold and cheerless ; it needed something the wo man's hand, probably; and yet I hadn't missed it before. When at last I rose and went into my bedroom, it was as another man ; my self-conceit was falling away. I was learning to know John Graham as he really was, not the man my fancy had j pictured to me for so many years. The fulfillment of my father's wish did not seem so easy ; and instead of writing to him immediately, as I had intended, I put it off from day to day, not because I had given up the intention of gratifying him far from it. Marriage never had seemed so desirable to me ; but as the desirability advanced, my qualifications for it diminished in my own eyes. There is no fool like an old fool." How often I had quoted the old saying! but I had never thought of applying it to myself. It came home to me now, and rang in my ears as if I could never get rid of it. I suppose I was an old fool to all outward appearance, for I never had found Jim Randolph attractive before, yet now hardly a day passed but I man aged in one way or another to meet him. In due course of time I was invited to the house; I called ; I dined there; I drop tied in of an evening, generally choosing those which Jim spent at the club or in visiting the widow, to whom he was now very devoted. Sometimes I saw Alice alone, but more frequently there were other visitors, and never could I flatter myself that she treated me more kindly than the others. She was cordial and pleasant to all. She often referred to our first meeting, and insisted upon regarding me as a friend of her father's. At least it was as such that she invariably introduc ed me to her friends j but once or twice I thought I detected a spice of mischief in her eyes on such occasions. One day I had dropped in early in the afternoon, and after a delightful chat with her, in hich I felt that I had made greater pro gress than ever before, I asked her if she would go skating with me. Oh, yes, with pleasure," she answer ed ; then dropping hcreyes deniurtly,she added : " I know papa will not object, though he rarely allows me to go out alone ; but he said he always felt as if I were well, chaperoned when you were with me, you were because such an old friend of his, you know." ' The long lashes hid her eye, but I EST A "RTjTSUED 1827. felt that she was laughing at me, as I re plied " Oh, of course an old housedog who has lost all his teeth is perfectly safe for the children to play with." " Yes, exactly," was the reply. And this time she raised her laughing eyes to mine, and with an"r'tw" and a low courtesy, she ran up stairs, while I de parted, in ia most uncomfortable state of mind, to fetch my skates. A few minutes before I would have been willing to stake my fortune that sno careu a lit tle for me, but her last speech undid it all. In half an hour I was back again. Some one left the house as I ran up the stejis, and as the door stood open I walk ed in without ringing. My hand was on the portiere of the draw ing-room to push it aside, when I heard, a voice within say : " I love you, Alice. Will you be my wile?" My heart stood still, and turning from the door recognized the voice as that of one of the young fellows w ho had been devoted in his attention to Alice. He was wealthy ; indeed that hardly express ed it, for ho was worth at least a million in his own right, with the prosjiect of in heriting several more from his father. Compared with that, my little fortune w as a mere pittance. The front door shut and I looked from the window- to make pure that my ears had not deceived me. No; there he was, tall and handsome, just such a young fellow as any woman would be prou 1 to call her husband. I turned to the mirror over , the mantel. What chance would an old house-dag have when compared with such a splen did young mastiff? Of course she would accept him. According to my old theo ries none but a fool would refuse such an offer ; but now it struck me as mercena ry that a woman should stop to consider all the pros and and cons, and give her self for a good settlement in life without consulting the dictates of her heart. But there again was a change in my ideas, for I had never before acknowledged that wouien had heart enough to be trouble some. However, if we were to go skating, I must put on a brave face, and save my misery until afterward. When I entered the drawing-room I found Alice, wrap ped in her furs, sitting in front of the fire gazing at it intently. She looked up as I approached her, and there was a suspi cious glisten about her eyes as she very hastily drew her hand across them, say ing: " You startled me. Mr. Graham. I did not hear yon come in." " I have been here some time," I re plied, " and have to beg pardon for unin tentionally overhearing part of your con versation." Did you ? Oh, I am sorry." " Surely you need not grudge an old friend the knowledge of your happiness," I said. . She looked astonished, but said noth ing. "May I congratulate you?" I then asked. " Not yet, please," was the answer. " But come, Mr. Graham, we must be off, or we will have no time for skating." We started off, and every minute her spirits rose, while mine sank lower. It seemed bard harted to me, that she should parade her happiness before my very eyes. Alice nevernoticed how forc ed my attempts at liveliness were, but laughed and talked as I never heard her laugh and talk before. It was the lost time that I should ever have her all to myself, and I never took my eyes off of her face, drinking in her beauty, her ever-changing expression, and her glori ous eyes, now soft and sympathetic, yet in an instant brimming over with fun and laughter often enough at my ex pense. Jim Randolph was at home when we returned, and would take no refusal to his invitation to stop and dine with them. " For the last time," I said to myself, and staid. He had an engagement for the evening, and excused himself as soon as dinner was oyer, leaving us alone. We sat in front of the draw ing-room fire after he had gone, and along and awkward pause ensued. "A penny for your thoughts," said Al ice ut last. " Y'ou would like them," was the surly reply. "Perhaps not, but I have a fancy to hear them." "They will only tire you." "That is for me todecide," she ansvrer ed ; and raiding from her low seat, she leaned against the mantel, w ith her face in the shallow, so that I could not see it distinctly but her voioe sounded strange ly excited. " Please grant my request," she added. "Very well," I said ; " as you wish it, then, I was thinking of you. Alice, I have loved you since the first time I met you loved you as I never thought I could love, ond until my love for you has become so bound up in my life that now, when I must give yon up, life seems but a blank to tne. I know I was a fool to think of you. I am too old. What have I to offer yon in comparison with the wealth, youth, and social standing that have been thrown at your feet to-day? Nothing but my love." A sound like a suppressed sob came from the fireplnce. " You asked me, Alice, and I have told you. I think it would have been wiser not to have spoken, for what good can it do?" " What good? Oh, John' Oh, you dear old goose I Could not you see that I loved you all the time ?" "Yon loved me, Alice?" I exclaimed. " Yes," she broke in ; " and yet I treat ed you shamefully." She was kneeling beside me now, with her head buried on the arm of my chair. "Oh, John, I am so sorry; can you forgive me? I hegan iu fun at first, be cause it provoked me to hear you talk of women as if any of them could be bought by the highest bidder ; and then I could not resist teasing you about being papa's friend ; and when I found that that I was caring more and more about you, I determined to try and make you change all those horrid theories of yours before I ever would let you know it But I did not know you loved me so r-ery, rrry much John, and I did not want you to suffer, really." My sense seemed to have left me. I aat there dazed by the audden happiness which filled my heart. MAY 30, 1888. "And what I heard this afternoon V I gasped. " You silly boy !" she cried, lifting her blushing face from the chair, "if you hail only waited a minute longer you would never have doubted me for an instant. Now, are you satisfied, dear?" There were no more awkward pauses that evening. It was late when I rose to take my leave. Alice helped me ou with my overcoat, and I caught her in my arms as she would have escaped with a hurried " good night." "Are you sure, my darling, that you do not regret taking on the old house dog V I asked, looking down at her. " Oh, no," she answered, demurely ; " not as long as he is an old friend of papa's," And with a mischievous glance she slipped from my arms, and ran laughing away. The Wonders of an Egg. Mr. Matthew Williams, in one of his lectures, says: Every one who eats his matutinal egg eats a sermon and a mira cle. Inside of that smooth, symmetrical, beautiful shell lurks a question which has been the Troy town talk for all the phil osophers and scientists since Adam. Armed with the engines of war. they have probed and weighed and experi mented; and still the question is unsolv ed, the citadel unsucked. Professor Bokorny can tell you that albumen is composed of so many mole.'ules of car bon and nitrogen and hydrogen, andean jiersuade you of the difference between active and passive albumen, and show by wonderfully delicate experiments what the aldehydes have to do in the separation of gold, from his complicated solutions; but ho can't tell you why from one egg comes a 'little rid bin,' ami from another a bantam. Y'ou leave your lit tle silver spoon an hour in your egg-cup, and it is coated with a compound of sul phur. Why is thatsulphur there? Won derful, that evolution should provide for the future hen! There is phosphorus also in that raicrocistn ; and oxygen of the air, passing through the shell, unites with it, and the acid dissolve the shell, thus making good strong bones fur the chick and at the same ti ne thinning the prison walls. The Advance of Civilization, Hanging, as practiced along the bord ers of the West, has had little that was attractive about it for years sincerity, frankness, and etlicacy being that I would recommend. First came the custom of leading the recipient on horseback under a tree with hands tied behind him drop ping a line over a bough, tying in it a four-in-hand beneath his ear, and then hitting the horse a stinging cut with a quert on the (lank. The surprise mani fested by a horse on such occasions is more than Bhared by- the rider, whose startled appearance is noticeable for days afterward by people who pass that way. Then followed the method of driving a bull team and freight wagon underatree instead of the saddled horse. As civiliza tion advanced, wealthy and prosperous suffocation cluiw arose and introduced spring wagon, the Brewster side-bar, the phati'ton, and the Victoria. Later on, with the shriek of the iron horse, came other methods of execution, and the up per deck of a freight train was utilized, and when all was ready, the victim had smoked his cigarette clean down to his yeilow finger tips the executioner sig naled the engineer, and the other ex cursionists went on, while the condemned gentleman changed cars f r the dim and distant country whose reticent still con tinues to punctuate mans career with a mighty interrogation point. Bill Xye. Boston's Giant Gorilla. Boston has received from Africa the largest gorilla ever landed in this coun try. II in name is Jack, and he is five feet in height when standing erect, and measures sewn feet from the end of one outstretched hand to the other. He weighs about 123 pounds, and exhibits enormous strength, compared with which that of man seems like a child's. He ar rived in a large box made of planking two and a half inches thick, and when being removed from the ship he tore largo, splinters from the hard wooden planks with as much ease a child would break a twig. The hair, which is very coarse, and from two to four inches in length, is of a greenish-gray color, and on the back, legs and arms inclines to a black. His shoulders are immense. The expression of his face, which is black, is scowling. The eyes are Binall, sunken in the head, and the lips are Urge and thin. R'ltf'in Courier. A Neat Bit of Evasion. Not a bad example of an ambiguous answer is reiiorted by a northern tourist as coming from the pilot of a steamboat on the Georgia coast The tourist, who is a Yankee and was a Union soldier, was engaged in an easy conversation with the pilot a moment of the latter's relaxation, and the pilot told him a certain warrem iniscencrs of an intere?ting character, without, however, directly intimating that he had any personal part in them. So the Yankee asked : " Which side were you on during the war?" The pilot gave him a glance which seemed to eay, " You are too inquisitive" and then answered : " I was on the other side " Then he changed the subject of con versation. The northern visitor is still speculating as to which " the other side was ; the other side from the question er's, the other side from the side Georgia was on, the other side of the ocean, or the other side of the Canadian border. Sullivan to Travel With a Cir cus. John L. Sullivan has undertaken the role of circus manager, and about June 1st he will assume his new duties. He has bought a one-third interest in the Dorris circus, it is announced, and be will travel with the show this season, of course, as its greatest attraction. The big fellow has made up with Annie Liv ingston, and she went with him Sunday to Philadelphia, John has hired a pri vate secretary, and starts out as a show manager with flying colors. Peculiar in medicinal merit and won derful cares Hood's SarsapariU. Now is the time to take it, for now it will do the most good. Prohibitionist St John now makes his home in tlutt land of wine California. eralc LADY TRICYCLERS. How Washington Women rida the Wheeled Steeds. Washington is the finest whueling city in the world. Its streets are of black asphalt, as smooth as a floor, and there are miles upon miles of them. They are the widest streets taking them nsa whole of any city of the United States, and one can ride here 279 miles through these streets and not go ontside of the city or over the same ground twice. This is further than from Washington to Newr York. The result is, Washington has more wheelmen, perhaps, than any oth er city of its size in the United States. There are about 4,11(10 riders of machines of one kind or another here, and :,t0 men ow n bicycles. Putting the average price of these bicycles at $IU0 apiece, there are $.'!00,000 invested in bicycles here, and the beauty of Washington is that the ri-.Iing goes on winter and sum mer, year in and year out. A snow lats in Washington never more than two or three days. The black asphalt draws the rjys of the sun, and it may rain this morning and the streets will lie as dry as a bone this evening. There is no mud, and a man may ride his wheel in his Sunday clothes. As to the street ar. of Washington, it is larger in proportion -to its size than that of any other city in the world. Forty-ono per cent of the whole of Washington is made np of streets, while New York has only :. tier cent, Berlin 2i per cent, and Paris and I .on. Ion hate each alsjnt 2" per cent of st reets. In ad dition to this the suburbs of Washington arelof macadamized roads, nnd'therejure a hundred historic points to visi t. A turn of three miles w ill take you to the presi dent's country home. Five miles of wheeling will allow you to wander over the bloody ground where the B'adens burg duels were fought Another short turn will take you to Edgewood, where Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague lives. It is only seven miles over a good road to Alexandria, and if you wish to carry your tour further you ran wheel on down to Mount Vernon over the same road that George Washington daily traveled on horseback. In the city every block has its historic houses and every circle its statue. The sturts are lined w ith borders of green yards, and the hundred thous and Bhade trees of the capital make your smooth ride a pull through a perpetual park. Belva Lock wood was the first tricycle rider in Washington. Now ;X) women here own tricycles, and tricycle parti"S go out every night These parties are j made up of both ladies and gentlemen, and one can rent a tricycle here just :is he would a horse at a livery stable. If he is a young lover he can take a tandem and put his lady on the front, or a socia ble, and they can wheel away side by side. A tadmanwill cost 75 cenU ior the hour and oO cents thereafter, and if the lover tikes his ride at night, wien the moon has softened w ith its rays the statues of Washington, he cannot but feel sentimental as he passes the old medkrval Smithsonian institution, tikes a turn by the ghostly White House shining out through the the great trees, or wheels aliout the green plateau of our magnifi cent Capitol on the hill. It is quite tiic thing now to take your lady friends out on w heels, and there are a number of little private clubs of ladies and gentle men here who ride several times a week, and on Sunday evening the streets have more bicycles and tricycles than car riages. Speaking of bicycle clubs, one of the finest club houses of the city belongs to the bicyclers, and the Capital Bicycle club has a fine library, a gymnasium and parlors, and this handsome club house is within a stone's throw of the White House, just below the Treasury. It is a three story brick structure, and the main entrance is a Roman arch. On the first floor is a stable with stalls for bicycles, and these stalls are slits in the wain scoting, into which the bicycler runs his w heel to hold it in an uptight position. There is a tool room here, and the club has all the surroundings of a social or ganization, it has a good cook and a good lar.ler, and its walls are hung with photogra phsand sketches of bicyclegrou p. In addition to this then; is a Washing ton Cycle club, which has thirty members, and there are number of small organiza tions throughout the city. Bicycle clubs are growing all over the country, and there are now more than fiO.OdO wheel men in the United States, and the League of America Wheelmen has 11,000 mem bers. It is interesting to see a club of riders go on a tour. Their le-ider takes the roughest roads and the club is expected to follow him. He will go up on a curb stone and ride through cut up vacant lots, and behind him in single file come a hundred men in knee breeches and fancy coats on wheels. The various safety machines are fast driving the other machines out of the market. Some of these are made in England and some here. In them the two wheels are of alout even size. They are much lower than the other; "'ne of the Vanderbilts is said to have wheels and there is less danger in riding j ""foried, with duo regard to the con them. As to tricycles, those used here ! ,'t Iil,M,r a -'!l f. Ui whom he is to are of all shapes and sizes, and boys, men l'iX7 -5'''.IH a year, more or less. His and women have each their style'. Most j irr.i'i 'father didn't pay SlAOiK) a year, ei of them are of such shane that thev can ther more or less, to his cook. be used by either male or female, and the business tricycle is becoming quite an institution in Washington. Nearly all the stores which have much deliver ingof small packages to do use them for their messengers, and drug stores, notion stores, laundries and boot and shoe stores send out their goods by tricycles. Many of them have the signs of the stores which own them on their sides, and some of the caterers carry out their meats on tricycles, a hot kitchen being below the box like basket, into which the viands are put. The governmet clerks u3 bicycles and I tricycles, and there is a private policeman here who stmts about in a ping hat at some times and at others goes flying over the streets of Washington on a safety bicycle. He carries his billy in his pock et, and is ready to jump off and arrest a man at a moment's notice. Gen. Bur ney rides a bicycle. ( ieorge Kennan, the writer of the Russian articles in The Cm titry is a bicyclist, and Secretary Whit ney's children are good tricycle riders. The wife of one of the leading officers of the treasury department is an enthusias tic bicyclist A number of the newspa per correspondents use bicycles for the collecting of news, and Henry Went, of WHOLE NO. 1924. The P'jM, has lioth a bicycle and tricycle. One of the first correspondents to use a bicycle was O. P. Austin, of the Press Association, and J. A. Tmesileil, The St. Paul (iUif, is a steady rider. The members of tiie house and senate would probably think it beneath their dignity to ride on wheels which they work themselves, and as a rule they pre fer t- do their riding by rail and work the roads for passes. The telegraph boys of Washington deliver many of their meii!ges on bicycles. Collectors use thei.i to serve their duns, constables ervi! their subptenas upon them, and then., is a milk dealer here who serves his milk with a tricycle. .Ww loii HoroJ. The S. S. Our esteemed contemj oary. the Cincin nati Iinjidi-'r, both asked us by its repre sent:itive and also telegraphed us three questions, to w hich we replied orally and by w ire, to the effect : First-That it wi-.s hard to say who, T,,e ftrt,a of llrv .., in the world is won'd be the Repuhli.-an nominee for the j estjin.lW at ,v, A,ur, R1il, Hnd IWIency.althongh personally weho-ied. j f t5ieoowll i::;v..(m. square ho would U- I'liauncey M. lVpew ; j m,,M Th(? of the ,,rv ,alll, Second-That we thought the lot the ht whir. K levelan.l woui.I lie renominate)! dv trie lH.-u.iK.Tats, because he is the strongest member of their party except Jefferson Davis; and Third That w- think the Republican will be elected. In its report the En'nir.T unintention ally buried the stinin point of th? sec ond answer in such a way as to make it. desirable for us to polish it up as a sharp and glittering arrow, and we take the HlK-rty to w ing it a.ieiv. The question came just as we had been j one acre of land. Around the ncrj is a examining the Southern neVsiater.s and row of fruit trees from which he has re gathering the overwhelming testimony j alied $M0 for a season's fruit lie put a of the fiery and scornful Southern heart quarter of the acre in stawlierries and to the imperishable virtues of the " not sold $2i.) worth. Frmi the rest of the lost cause," and the heroism and moral j acre he took three different crops of veg and national grandeur of its chief, who is, j tables, and was so successful with them and always will remain, the idol and ; that he sold f 1,0X worth, U-sides keep ieuder of the "S.lid South." j ing a cow pig and fowls. At tiie same time we had just perused , It is a somewhat singular fact that A 1 a vast ma.-s of letters sent us from lie- ! mir.il Porter, the head of the navy, should publican homes and hearts in many lo cations llirc uh w hiloiu siave.'.om, truth fully picturing the snrveilanee, ostracism and iniquity established by law, to which they are everywhere subjected. The Southern leaders well knew what they were doing in the last days of the Hayes administration w hen" they falsely cried out against military despotism, in order to be rid of United States protec tion to honest voters in their midst who dared to be Republicans. And now that that protection has been withdrawn, the only contest between those who dare to vote is, which side was, always hits been, and fi.rever will be, most devoted to tiie "not lost ctutoe ;" and the victory invari ably belongs to that side which best satl-fies this test An occasional local option or temperance issue may spring up, but both sides theu, too, flaunt the banner of treason, and both proclaim themselves to lie, and are, only Demo crats, red-hot in devotion to the "not lost cause." Should the " Solid South " bolt the St IOiiis Convention and nominate Jeffer son fhivis, ( irover Cleveland would not carry a single Suite. The Republicans will carry every Northern, Eastern and Western State, and Jefferson Iavis the remnant And now is the time, if ever, for tiie S. S. to honestly express their convictions and aspirations. Cleveland has disappointed, neglected and betrayed them long enough. Let come boldly and fearlessly to the front and put tip their favorite, their chief, their idol. .Yew Y'rk Mill awl Esjim. Didn't Know Adam. As Artemus Ward was once traveiing in the cars, dreading to be liored, and feeling miserable, a man approached him, sat down and said : " Did you hear the last thing on Hor ace Greeley ?" " Greeley ?" sai 1 Artemus, " Horace Greeley? ' Who is he?" The man was quiet about five minutes. Pretty soon he said : " George Francis Train is kicking np a g. l deal of a row over in England ; do you think that they will put hi in in the hostile?" "Train? Train ? George Train ?" said A rt 'inus, solemnly. "I never heard of him." This ignorance kept the man quiet for fifteen minutes; then lie said : " What do you think of Gen. Grant's chance" for the Presidency? Vj you think thev will run him?" M Grant? Grant? Hang it man," said Artemus, "you appear to know more strangers than any man I ever saw." The man w is furious; he walked up the car, but at least came back and said : " You confounded ignoramus, didym ever hear of Adam ?" Artemus looked up and said : " What was his other name?" j Old j Commodore Vanderbilt's Cook. A well know n physician caiie l on the commodore one day some years before his death, and found him at breakfast. His family was out of town. The visit was soon ended and the physician rose to go. " How do you get along with your fam ily away ?" he asked the maker of the millions. "Oh, well emough," replied the com modore. " I've got an old woman w ho keei house for mc ; I give her ?1 every morning and that lats ns very well through the day." .V. 1'. .... What Urug VVill Scour These English Hence ? Wicked Maclieth, who murdered good King- Duncan, asked this qnestion in his despair. Thousands of victims of disease are daily asking " Wha will scour the impurities from my blood and bring me health?" Ir. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery will do it. When the purple life tide U sluggish, causing drowsiness, heudaohe and loss of appetite, use this wonderful vitalize, which never fails. It forces the liver into perfect action, drives out superfluous bile, brings the glow of health to the cheek and the nat ural sparkle t the eye. All druggists, t The nllViai rejairt n.nn'iers the s',op in the Unititl States at 45,0!.". The entire police force of Kansas Cily are chart h members. Two trident, and any nnuiber of deacons Ely's Cream Balm is worth its weight in gold us a cure for catarrh. One bottle cured me. S. A. Love!!, Franklin, Pa Under the laws of Maine you can lr row a man's horse, keep hi:n for a year and a day, and then settle for 2h cents jr day 6r every day the horso was used. Thongh there are from 2 to 0 per cent more males born than females, yet there in an excess of more than six per cent of female in the various populations. Statistics appear to show that in Ens land domestic servants sre growing few er. In ts.!l there wero 1 .W.OiXl, but ia 1SSS there only l,000.iXO. Th average yield of wheat in the Uni ted Slates in 1H"7 was about 20 bushels per acre, and the averau pri.-etis cents per bushel. This is at the rate of only ?H per acre. The consumption of Irtr in the United States has increased from .V-VO.1""! bar rels in lsi'.7 to about 2:;.f0 barrels in 1SS7 ; that is twice as fast as the popula tion. A hen that is twelve years af an 1 grey-headed, is a feature of the Detroit poultry show. She laid fifty-four e-.-s last year and raised seventeen chickens. Authorities on such matters state that hens rarely live more than four years. A French nat'.irali.-t !" has made a study of the throat of t!ie Ltiraff.', say s that taste does not linger any longer with, him than a human beinz- This will be a consolation to a good many fellows who have been envious of that gullet. i miles, and the volume of the waters of the oceau is 3'j::,.viO0.Oi.'O cubic miL-s. At a teacher's examination in Jones county, Iowa, in answer to the question " What is hygiene?" a young lady appli tant for a certificate to teach school an sweretl ; " It is the soft spot on the top of a baby's head which gradually became harder us the baby grows older." A citizen of Sin Bernardino, California h:"s snivelled in making a living off of receive a higher salary than tne com mander of the armies. He is paid !:!,t a year, while Lieutenant General Sheri dan receives, only fll.ixxl, although the latter is allowed a commutation of $10 a month for quarters and for ige for four bores. General Sherman, as General of the anny, and General Grant also, re ceived ?l;;.(X). Some of the thirsty mortals of Wichita Kan., have concocted a neat scheme for evading the prohibitory law. An organ ization, known as the Oklahoma band, with power to do business ip Wichita, has been chartered. Officers were duly elected, and stock issued at he rate of $1 per share. In one corner of the certifi cates are 2i stars. The holder has thu entree to the elttb rooms of the band, which are know n as reading moms. Hero he presents his certificate, aa I Is for what drinks he requires, and bus the charges punched out on the stars in his certifi cate. " This Congress will go dow n in history as the greatest sword buyer of the era. It paid $10,000 a week or two ago for a coupie of warlike implements which a Missouri member said belonged to Gen. Sbeilds during his life, and now comes Miss Virginia Lewis Taylor w ho wants $20,000 for one w hich she declares Iw longed to General Washington. She not only wants the money, bnf Senator Ev ans has just introduced a bid giving her that amount in exchange for the sword. Miss Tuy lor is a Virginian, w ho claims to descend, in some way, from one of the branches of the Washington family, a, id she has several hundred other relics of the Father of his Country, which she is willing to turn over to the country at tho same rate. She claims that the sword she now offers is the one Washington wore when he resigned his commission at Annapolis and at his public receptions, while President, Waking the Branches. Now is the time of year for tempting' the little sleeping branches t; akr up somewhat earlier than usual. Carefully cut a few from fruit trees, maples, wil lows, even from stiff ami lentless g-irlen shrubs, however drear and wintry they may appear. Put them in water iwhiclt should be changed every day;; givi? them sunshine and shelter, place tht-irt in-doors and watch for the waking '. Soon you will see swelling bu Is, then the blos soms, and, later, the green leaves, if yon have fear or cherry branches, or cuttings from flowering-almond bushes, or from Forsyth ia or In this way my young city folk may enjoy the sweet spring blooming even before it comes to their country cousins. He Was Incredulous. Prince Allx-rt nsvd to relate Low, w at OsUirne, he was in in the habit cf get ting up early and walkingalsut his farm. One morning when passing a farmer's house he .topped to make some inquiries knocked at the door, and asked th" rjian servant if his master was in. Tlx' ser vant: " He isin.sir, but not down stairs."' "Oh, very well," was the Prince's reply and he was almt to leave. " Wo;M yon be kind enough to leave your name, sir?" said the servant. "O'n, if does not mat ter," said the Prince. " IUMTtu.se," contin ued the servant, " my muster woe! I b? angry with me if I did not tell h:m who called." " Ver well," said His Royal Highness-, "you may say Prince AlU-rt." Upon which the man drew back, bxiked i:; significantly, put his thumb to the tir of his nose, extended his fingers, and ex claimed, " Walker" A King in the Cupboard. Old Mother Hubbard, r;r somebody else, recently went to a cupboard in the royal palace at Madrid and found the fu ture king of Spain. Little A!;'l.oii had lieen left in charge of his si-ten, who de serted him after a time. The royal baby thereupon crawled into a enphoird, the door of which was afterward dosed by some one who did not know that tiie' child was inside. Xuw. grooms, bnt!ep, pages, scullions, soldiers, relatives, liaik stair potentates, and front hall flunkies, graduates, dons and iloorkeejiers searched the palace for his majesty. At last he was found, and the throbbing nerves of a gi-eat peotile were si tiled by a sensation of joy. Empress Victoria, of Germany, is liter ally surrounded by detectives. II XT
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