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TS' C-itUry far J.inuary.
SICNORI EELLONL
":.h , olil S)!tit! tiently, Clover
pcnliy, until I letthe b:ir down.
Tin- .tu ck' HUtniiin winMwin plowinji;
in Ihe it ; the nuise t the little brook
(uiiiii.'td llirutisSi the woihU which were
fat Uiing their l;i-t leaves, and the little
i oo .iion of eowa came uieditatively
down the rocky juislure s,oeR, stopping
Lere and there to deeupitate an esjeeia:iy
tiHitlixuiiie wild-flower, or to munch a
moiithf'd of grass thai was fresherthau
she ordinary. And behind them stalked
a ta'.l, ulender girl, wenrins a dark-sluiT
dress, and a siinl nnet of brown calico.
"I've brought home the cows, Mrs.
Uodd," scid Kue, merrily, a wrinkled
faiv fM-i-red out of the window. " liall I
milk now ?J ust haml me the pails, please.
I know where to !ind the three-lepjfed
stool."
" I'm, child," (slid the perph xed Mrs.
lodd, " Yon can't milk !"
"An- yon Fiire of that?" said the tall
g'.r!, who.e face, now that the dunbonnet
had fallen olf revealed a rich, olive, com
plexion, laife'. laugliina -", 811,1 ilillr
blacker than the proverbial raven's wing.
"!u? you 1 never told you how I n-ed
to miik my little lunch-pail full out into
the jasturec when I went nutting in e
tolnr." 'Ah"' sid Mrs. Ivll
' I have many more accomplishiuents
than you are aware ot," added the
-'irl.
gH
way, I'm glad you're Rife
laiy," said Mrs. Dodd. " It'
a rt ol wil.J place up on me mo jmuio
and Stty is ac;!r with her horngsorac-
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l tim.V
B
y and I are the best friends in
Id." Raid Mary liel!." lightly
g tLf sni.ii.th Miles of the horned
animid i is i'Ti st imi, as she walked along
toward the barnyard, with the milk pails
in l.t-r hand. " .M-ike yourself ea--y, Mrs,
I'odd ; I will fodder the cattle, ar.d see
that the butu is s::feJy locked up for the
n'aht."
' I'm i're;idiul obieeed to ye, Miss
Mary," said Mrs. Iiod l. "I dunnowhat
I' 1 l a' doi.eel'twiirn'tforyoii, inthis'ere
Soth::t's vour l.nwriler. is it: sam
Mrs. Maltison. w ho had dropped in tj
borrow :i y (:', . tcake for t.i-inorrow's bak
ing. " ;;!:n' to Flay long?''
" A'lHiut a month," fcaid Mrs. Podd :
"she's powerful fond of the country;
You'd ought to-e her ride old llobbin to
wal-Tl mid she lives out doors, oke a
gyji-y, from looriiiu' till night."
" Nice k-jk:n' enough," s;iid Mrs. Mat-
tirilll.
-S i so," said the widow "for thorn as
likt d:.rk-coi!i!ected folk. My Tho-be
was as fair as a lily, with blue eyes and a
skin that freckled if she so much as put
her nose out in the sunshine. lint Miss
I'.i ll has lt n very good to me since Mo
ses run off after the travelin' circus and
my km got bad with the rheumatiz.
She takes hold as handy as possible about
the bouse. I offered to pay her wages,
but she laughed right or.tat the idea. Til
take your six dollars K month, Mrs. Do Id
t said she. "when I in able to pay you lor
i all the kind care you've took of me since
I came to .Scramble Farm.' Not but what
she's paid her board us punctual as a
clock.' adiled Mr. ldd. ' But there was
a K'l! a'u ng when she was rather droop
in' and had if t much appetite, and I boil
ed up soiiie herb tea, and sort of cosseted
her with nice little home-made messca.
until she chirked up ; and she ain't for
got it, you see.
"Shop g.il, I 'iose7" said Mrs. Matti
son. Tlu-s 'ere city folks get a sort of
Kfvli-h way with 'em. She walks like a
cjueen. though she misn't got nothin but
shilhi.g delaine and a caliker sunbunnet.
"No, she ain't a saleslady," said Mrs.
Dodd, whose Fhiibe was in that business
and who never allowed the term shop
girl, to pass uncorrected in her presence.
She is a singist."
"Musical, eh?" said Mrs. Matlisoni
pricking up her ears. " In a church
choir
" I gu.fs likely," said Mrs. Dodd." lift
ing the lid otr the stew-pan to see if the
dried peaches were in a proper stage for
dishing up. " T.at I dunno ; Mary Bell
ain't one that talks much. I eorto' reck
on, though, that aliening at concerts and
I plays the pianny at parties for so much a
! eight. My riiube says there's folks as
makes it a regular business in the city.
" Yoo don't say I" cried Mrs. Matti
aon. " Yes, reg'lar business. My Phoebe,
she used to lie a great hand on the accor
d.n, but"
" Y'es, I know," said Mrs. Maltison who
bad mauy a time listened to the recital
of "my PioiU-'a" varied accomplish-
ments, anU knew me:u an oy uean. dui
if she sings, Mrs, P.Hl.1, 1 guess the church
folks would lie glad to get her to sing at
. .1 l t ..
our concert on Monday week
' Is it fur the new nieetin' o'us carpet T
, t ,1 r...l.l ..l.lInn.lillUninman.
jmru jii. iu, ...u.U8 .
g,r to the dried peaches.
Not exactlv." said Mrs. Mattiaon. "It s
tMr Horatio as has cot it un. It's to raise
j ef cUitit ,Q g(J u, j;ew yotk
j lieuiber to hear the Signori Belloni
I 0f Horatio, he's drvadful mo-
j 41ld U(. any one U hasn't heard
I
one
SOMERSET, PA.,
Signori Ilelloni sing, isn't up to the times
So the choir they all mean to go, if it's a
possible thing to rake and scrape money
enough together. The opera tickets is $5
apiece."
"Y'ou don't tell me so!" exclaimed
Mrs. Dodd, spilling half a teaspoonful of
befct Oolong tea In her surprise. " I de
clare, that's up and down sinful 1"
Five dollars sapieee !" impressively
repeated Mrs. Mattison." She's ali th?
fashion now, and folks would pav tw ice
that, Horatio says, if she chose to ask it. 1
Then the car fare will be another five for
the part?; and they're to stay with Dea
con F.liphait MidgeU's widder, as keeps a
board in' house on Third avenue, ar.d
she'll charge 'em a dollar and a quarter a
piece for supper and lodgiif and break
fast. I think, it's an au fnl price, but
folks tell me that things come dreadful
dear in the city. So if they can raise i'2
clear profit out of the (concert, they can
go ; but the tickets hain't sold tirstrate
yet. Y'ou see folks has got tired of hear
ing Miss F.urney sing them little, squea
ky songs o' hern, and Vncle IJiily Brooks
play his fiddle, and lieorge Tiler do that
laugh in solo over and over again. So if
your boarder would giv us a song, we'd
take it very kind ; and I'm sure Horatio
would pay her a dollar without begrnJg
ing it. It would lie something new, you
see, to hear a stranger."
"Wall, I dunuo," said Mrs. Dodd.
"Here shecumcs now with tin; miik-
pails. She can answer you better than I
can."
And to Mary Del! herm-lf Mrs, Matti
son, fired with the desire for origiLality,
unfolded i.er scheme.
" Y'ou needn't 1 bashful, you know,"
said Mrs. Mattison. " We'd make bvery
allowance for your being shy and back
ward, and our folks ain't particular. If
you could sing " Nancy Lee," now, or
" Peek-a-Boo," or some such good high
pitched thing, we'd take it kind. My son
Horatio would pay you a dollar, end it
wonld sort o' be practice for you. Next
Monday week."
Mi?s Bell hesitated a moment.
" Do you mean," said she, " that they
would pay me a dollar T"
" Yes," said Mrs. Mattison, beaming all
over with conseioa.- generosity. "It's a
good price, 1 know, but the Slackvil'e
folks never was mean."
' Y'es, I will come," said Miss Bell, qui
etly.' " Our choir is dreadful nice folks," said
Mrs. Mattison. " Y'ou musn't mind Mrs.
Captain Close she's the soprano if she's
j a little airish. Her voice is thought a
j dreadful sight of. Hannah Hall is the
j contralto iiii't there's Ferdinand Jones
j and my Horatio. Y'ou'Il like 'em all.
Now, w hen can you come and practice .
It turned out, however, that Miss Bell
did not come and practice at all. Mrs.
Dodd's rheumatism grew worse, and the
new hired man didn't arrive umil the
very Monday morning. Mrs. Captain
Close tossed her Blonde, closely-crimped
head- . . .. - ..
" If that girl spoils the concert, it w ill
be Mrs. Mattison's fault," raid she. "I
never in my life h?nrd of anything so out
rageous as a stranger forcing her way into
our entertainment. Who knows whether
she can sing a note? Anyhow, I wash
my hands of the wh-jle thing."
"Miss Bell, from New York! Looks
kind o' good in the paper we nailed on
the church d.ior," said li.iratio. " But I
! dare say she'll be better than nobody
! at all."
I Not a soul in the audience, however,
was prejiared for the wild bursts of melo
dy.with w.iich Mary Bell greeted them on
the night of the concert.
"I declare," said Deacon Brodhead.
" Was that Twickenham Ferry? It don't
sound no more like the Twickenham Her-
ry that My I'.liza sings, than if il warn t
no bl.vod relation."
"She sings like a lark," said old Miss
Smell, wiping h.r eye. "It does lae
g xjd to listen to her."
" It may be fine singing," said Mis.
Captain Close, "but I don't be'.ie.'e in
these loud screeching voices. Give me
cultivation, say I."
" It ain't the way we w is brought up
to sing," said Miss Hannah Hall. "Any
how, it would have In-en only politeness
for her to come on and make the audi
ence a courtesy, with them rapping their
umbrella handles o!l agin the floor."
"P'raps, she was bashful," suggested
Ieaeon Brodhead.
" Nonsense," said Mrs. Captain Close.
Upon the whole, Slackvillecouldu't de
cide whether they liked Mary B-ll or 1
not She had certainly startled them out j
of their apathy ; but they were a little
ashamed of having been thrown otf their
guaid, and they universally agreed that
it wasn't at all w hat they had been used
to.
But the Sackviile choir Furcceded in
raising its twenty-five dollars from the
proceeds of the concert, and they went to
New Y'ork and put up at the modest es
tablishment of Deacon Eiiphaz MidgeU's
widow.
And after their supper of baked beans
and cold corn beef, with apple-sauce and
a powdery variety of baker's sweet-cake,
that somehow suggested the idea of one
of Pharaoh's mummies, they set forth
to the academy of music, Horatio Mat
tison and Hannah Hall leading the way,
and Mrs. Capt. Close following with Mr.
Ferdinand Jones.
Dear me, what a crowd!" said Miss
Hall.
" And how elegant the ladies are dress
ed, to be sure !" said Mrs. Capt. Close,
with an uneasy glance at her dyed green
silk gown.
And then came the mad rush conse
quent upon the opening of the doors,
the pqueze, the shrieks, the gesticulations
of ushers and the deliberate determina
tion of everybody to get into everybody
else's sent, which characterizes the mu
sical public on field nights, be they of
high or low degree.
"Only a concert to-night," said Mrs.
Captain Close. " I did s'pose it was to be
the opera."
" It don't matter what it is so long as
Signori Bclloni sines, said H . ratio Mat
tison. The waiting was not so tedious as it
would have been if the Slackville choir
were not stranger. But they bad hardly
finished taking an inventory of the audi
torium, the lights, the orchestra, the peo-
i pie and the drop-curtain, before the con
j cert began; and the great, glittering
horse-shoe" rang with plaudits.
Bon pwtg rained down on the stage as
I a tall, slight figure in white glided
J ward, and Signori Bellon'fs wonderful
sw r i t j
ESTABLISHED 1827.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1G, 1889.
voice soared upward like silver dove,
rising steadily above the blare of the or
chestra. Mrs. Captain Close looked at Mr. Mat
tison with a !ewlldered air ; Mr. Jones
stan d at Hannah Hall.
' It can't be possible," said Mrs. Capt.
Cloee."
" No, it can't," cried Hannah.
"But it U certainly she!" said Hora
tio. With the rnmrt, Signori Belloni came
smilingly forward and sang "Twicken
ham Ferry" and us she sang, she fixed
her dark.sparkringeyes full on the Slack
ville choir.
Once more the flowers fell in drifts of
snow and carmine around her ; once
more peals of applause rose up ; and Sig
nori Belloni retired Bmilingly from the
utage, leaving the rural quartette more
amazed than ever.
Slackville would hardly believe the
news when the choir came back. That
the famous can tat rice, Signori Belloni,
should have sojourned in, their midst as
" Miss Bell " seemed an impossibility ;
that she should have washed Mrs. Dodd's
dishes and driven " Clover " and " Spot
tie " home in the autumfl tw ilights, was
xiuiply incredible.
" Of course my name isn't Belloni," the
brilliaut vocalist afterward told Mrs.
Dodd " nothing on earth but good, hon
tt Bell. And the doctor; said I needed
three months' entire rest before I apear
ed in concerts again ; and where could I
get such rest as your farm has alforded ?
It was such fun to lie iucxj in this wil
derness. But I earned a dollar," she add
ed, with mischievous exultation. And I
think I rather astonished those gol peo
ple when I s;ing "Twickenham Ferry "
at the clmir concert."
" I guess you did," said Mrs, Dodd.
I have lieen a great sufferer from ca-
' tiinh for over ten years ; had it very bad
could hardly breathe. Some nights 1
could not sleep ; had to walk the floor;
I purchased Fly's Cream Balm and am
using it freely ; it is working a cure pure
ly. I have advised several friends to use
it, and with happy results iu every case.
! It is the one medicine above all others
made to cure catairh, and it is worth
its weight in gold. I thank Cod I
have found a remedy I can use with
safety and that djes ail that is claimed
for it, It is curing my deafness B. W.
Sperry, Hartford, Conn.
Look Up.
The elements of true manhood and
true womauliood will be found in those
people who always look up. Whether
you arc old or young, rich or poor, let it
I .... . i i i ...
i ne your unnto io iook uj, an., um .
i No mitter if the sea has swallowed your
property, or the tires nave consumed
your dwelling, look np take fresh cour
age. Is your name a by-word or a re
proach? Lik up to the 5ritiy of the
skies, and let its image be reflected in
your heart. Detraction then will rebound
from your bosom. Are you ttod n;xn. by
the strong ? Look uj push np and
you will stand as strong as he. Are you
crowded out of the society of the rich ?
Look np and soon your society will be
coveted. Whatever may be your circum
stances or condition in life, always make
it a point to look no to rise higher aud
higher and yotf will atUtin your fondest
expectations. Success may by slow, but
sure. It will come. Heaven is on the
side of those who look up.
He Thought he Was Smart I
"Its a singular thing," remarked a
prominent. dry goods maa to a reporter
of the Toledo ;0.) Ulil; "how country:
merchants coming here t ) buy, refine to ;
believe that we lire selling g.M.U at a
fair price, and insist on trying to cut us
down on everything. I had an exper.-
ence the other day which is in p iint. A j
merchant from down in Indianna came
in and begaa to look over thing with '
one of my clerks. We try to will on the ,
one-price principle. He asked th price I
of some prints. Tiie clerk told him tha
price. He ol-ivd three cent.s a yard leu.
"'This is a one-price hoin v sai l the ;
clerk. 'We caa nuke no rtp'i'tion.' j
"'Nonsense,'sii l this sm irt man fro-n
the country. 'You needn't try to fool me j
with any such stuff a that. I'll give you j
three cents less.' !
"And the clerk could not peri.ii'
de
him that he was telling him the truth,
finally came t me in despiir. I weat
out and took the man in haud. I ofT.-r-ed
him goods at from 3 to 6 cents above
the marked price, and then would take
whatever iie olf.Ted in). IIj fiiiislu I
his purchase, slapp-d me ou the back,
remarking: "That's something lik.'."
None of your one-price bmines-i for me,
and went out. In the afternoon became
back, and I had two bills made out for
him. Tiie first I han l;d hiru was made
up from his own pries. It was for about
$700. II j lookel at it and said : ' Tho-i
are good prices. Oh, you can't gut ahead
of me with youi o.ie-prkre bmiiieW
Tiicn I handed him the second, which
was made up of the actntl prices at
which we had'been selling. It was over
100 less.
"'What's that T said he.
" 'That is the bill we want yon to py.
That is what the gxsls cost you at our
prices. I wanted to show you tiow easi
ly you could bu fooled by thinking you
know more about our business than we
do ourselves.'
"He paid tho bill meekly and thanked
me for hi les-ion."
'Had Been Worried Eighteen
Years."
It should hare read ' marria l," but the
proof-reader oltserved that it amounted
lc about the same thing, and so did not
draw his bine pencil through the error.
Unfortunately there was considerable
truth in his observation. Thousands of
husbands are constantly worried almost
to despair by the ill health that afllicts
their wives, and often robs life of com
fort and happiness. There is but one safe
and sure way to change all this for the
better. Tiie ladies should use Dr. Pier
ce's Favorite Prescription.
Moldy or dusty hay will cause heaves
in horses. Such hay is only fit for bed-
, ding. If a horse shows signs of the
j heaves it is best to cut and moisten all
! hay fed to him.
Old farmers generally consider that
there is not a better place for swine in
winter than the orchard, The animals
profit by good feeding, while they de
stroy the larvae of countless insects and
enrich the ground by their manure. j
The Storm's Deadly Work at
Reading and Pittsburgh,
riTTSMt Koif, January 9. There was an
awful catastrophe at 12:-'!0 this afternoon.
The high wind that struck the city at
that hour completely demolished the
large brick building in process of con
struction in Diamond alley, immediately
in the rear of Weldin it Co.'s sUire. The
building was as far up as the seventh sto
ry. The building is a complete wreck,
and as it went down it crushed in its
fall the barlier shop immediately next to
it. The force of the crushing building
was thrown against Weldin A Co.'s store
and pushed ont the front into Wood
street The w hole street in front of J. K.
Weldin Jc Co.'s is full of debris. At least
five men are killed, and ten to fifteen in
jured. There were at least twenty men work
ing on the new building. The rear of all
the stores on Wood street as far up as the
bat etore of Paulson Bros, were wrecked.
Six or seven were iu the barlcr shop.
There were at least fifteen printers in the
rear of Weldin & Co.'s, on the second
floor, and many of them were badly in
jured. As fast as the injured could be
dug out they were carried on stretchers
and taken to the various hospitals ; one
man on the fop of the new building fell
into the basement ; his skull was fractur
ed, and both l.gs broken. Among the
injured were A If Lambert, of No. 37.', Wy
lie avenue, who Was working in Watt's
printing office at the time ; his leg isbro-
ken and badly crushed by falling brick.
He was removed to the Ilouneopathic
hospita1. Charles I. McHeiiry, 17 years
of age, living on Clifton avenue, Alle
gheny, was cut and bruised all over. His
right leg was broken, and he is in a very
bad condition ; be was taken home.
Weldin Brothers were the owners of
the building and it was uluiost complet
ed, only one more story remaining t be
added ; there is nothing left standing c f
the building but the rear wall and part
of the side toward Market street : toward
Wood street there is noth'ng left but a ;
mass of broken brick and shattered tiui- '
bers; the entire front is lying iu Dia-j
mond street, and the whole scene pre- j
K-nts one of the most complete wrecks i
ever seen. j
The barber shop of Fred Scbmuakcr, )
at No. 41 Diamond street, was completely ;
wrecked. It was here that the work of j
rescue commenced, and every moment or i
two fresh localities where persons had j
been cnugbt were found. All over the j
wrecked section crowds of eager, willing j
hands were at work, all classes and con-
ditions the gentleman in broadcloth
and silk hat working side by side witlr'
the laborer and mechanic. AH distinc- j
tions of class were lost sight of and hands j
that had done no manual work for years !
eagerly seized the broken tintiers and ;
bricks and carried them away, and when
a victim was found he was carefully car-
ried to a place where his injuries could j
be attended ' ,
Physicians were soon on the ground
and such temporary relief as could bo
given was aliimistered to the suilcring.
As fast as possible they were put into
ambulances and patrol wagons and taken
to the hospitals, while several weretakea
to the hospital ward at the Central police j
station. Within five minutss after the ;
alarm struck from box 14 the streets in :
the vicinity of the wreck were filled w ith
an excited, struggling mass of eopIe.
As soon as the firemen arrived at thj :
scene they commenced active oerations
in getting the people out of Weldin's !
building. In the back part of the store '
buried in the rains, wa Weldin Mason, a
son of Lee Mason, the proprietor of the ,
store. At first it was thought he was kill- j
ed but after some of the debris had btcn j
removed he was heard to cry : "For Coil's ,
sake, get me some air." A hulo was
opened up and enough air was let throjgh 1
to relieve him. Later on he said he j
would be able to get out if the rest of the j
building did not fall on him. F.bner !
MCowun, and bis employe, were under!
the other portion of the store. His ;
means could be beard for seme j
time and a! last the firemen got near i
enough to give him some air. He said ,
he was gradually being crushed to death J
but later on he was relieved and said he !
could stand il for a little while. !
A brick layer whose name could not;
be ascertained, was pulled out of the j
wreck iu the hack part of Weldin's store, j
He was so badly injured that he will die. !
He could not understand anything that (
was said to him. Charles IVuicur 1, the i
assistant book-keojier at the store, was
just going into the back office to talk to j
Weldin Mason when the catastrophe oc- j
curred. Ho escaped w ith several bruiies.
However, the fright was so great that he
fainted, and was taken to Pratt's book- 1
store, on the opp.isite side of the street, I
where a physician attended him.
Maggie Mi-t'owan, a printer employed !
on the Fast End Built. tin, was so over- I
come by fright that she fainted, and had !
to lie taken jut of the sec.md story win- j
dow by Editor Mueller. Owen Donnelly, '.
abrickhyer, was helped from under a j
pile of bricks back of Weldin's store, i,y j
some spectators, lie was so badly fright-
ened that he entirely lost his presence of j
mind. He was finally quieted and taken j
to the Baltimore fc Ohio ticket office, and 1
later removed to the Mercy Hospital. He
will probably die.
"I was looking out of a window when
it fell," said a pale-faced, intelligent look
ing carpenter, who was working in the
opper story 'of the Oermania bank build
ing, on the southwest corner of Wood and
Diamond streets. "I was at work near j
the window, and when the terrible burst j
of storm came I went to the window and
looked out. I had scarcely reached the j
window when it seemed to me that the !
big new building across the street was!
moving. I started to rub my eyes with
my hand, when the great pile of brick I
toppled over, and I saw 1 was not dream
ing, and that there was nothing wrong
with my eyes. The whole of the build- I
ing went over at the same time, as well j
as I could judge. One wall did not go j
before the other, bnt the front, sides and
end all moved together.
"At first it went siowly and looked as
if it was a qtiicksand of bricks because
they wiggled around in all directions.
Then there was an awful crashing and
rending of wood, and the whole thing
collapsed on the row of buildings which
front on Wood street. I could see the
roofs and backs of these buildings break
in as if they were made of tin, and then
I could see nothing for a minuto or two
on account of the dust- I beard an aw-
ful screech from some woman, about the
first sound after the fall. When I looked
down into Diamond street, at the foot of
this building. I saw a queer thing.
"While I have been working here I
have often noticed an old negro who car- j Phiiirl;.bia Time laa s. !:.
ried a hod and did other work to help ( The Jiidg-s of the Supreme Court ap
the men. Just before the fall I saw this ; pe-arod at the owning session yesterday
colored man at work with a carpenter on j tiie;r m.w ori. black siik gowns,
a scaffold w hich was level with the six- j l,iea were described in deti.il and ilius
story buildiii'. While I was looking, at i trate l in 7V T'.iw of Sundir, IVc. 30.
the pile of robbish, the first thing I saw Their entrance from their retiring rxmia
moving was something black, and in a
few minutes that old colored man work- i
eU his way out from among the bricks !
and stuff, ar.d was able, with sor.ie help,
to git away from the place." !
Up to 4 o'clock p. m., twenty-nine per-j
sons had been taken from the ruins. Of j
these four were dead and several so had-
ly injured that recovery U almost impos- j
sible. A large number are still bur;
under the debris. Marlui M.ller, ju-t i
taken out of the barber shop, said there j
are four more in there and then became j
unconscious. ' ,
The Factory Their Tomb.
Rs.M.iNii, Pa., Jan. P. -A cyclone struck :
this city shortly after five o'clock this af-:
ternoon, demolishing a number if build- ;
ings, including Orim-h-iw ,v. Brothers' ,
large silk mill. Iu the latter were up- ;
wards of 20) operatives, w ho were buried
in the ruins, and many have liet n kiiled. ;
At 0- o'clock t.night about lil persons
had been taken out. many of w hom were i
dead. It is imsissihie to obtain a list of
the injured and killed at this hour, but
it is known that they will exi-eed 1V.
The storm swept down the Lebanon
Valley Railroad and many burns and
other property are reported wrecked. The
telegraph wires in the track of the storm
were badly mixed up and it is imnossi-
ble to get details, but it is known that
great damage has been done.
iS EXPLOllES AND KILLS KOI R MLN.
When the cyclone first struck Ilea ling
the Philadelphia and Beading Railroad
Company's paint shop was unroofed and
in less than ten minute the entire struct
ure was enveloped iu Hamcs. Several g :j
chamliers underneath the passenger ears
exploded and four jiersons were killed,
and several others badly injured. The
killed are: Oeorge Schatfer, Sheridan j er low shoes, tied with silken tapes that ' No one should lie called dull nntil, hav
JeAies, Albert Loudeubvrger and John ; covered black silk stockings. .Mr. Yaux j ing had the opportunity of coming to the
Kohler. 1 sike 1 as though be had dressed for tho ; front, he has remained in the rear. Ilavo-
The storm then continued eastward, ' m-ca-tion. and said to his colleague, Mr. j lock waited;!.) years for his opportunity
dealing out destruction in its path. Nine i Bi Idle: i then the march to the relief of Luck-
dwellings on North, Eighth and Mariou ; " You reuiemW two yea is ago a few f now showed him to b a great soldier,
streets were unroofed and otherwise bad- : lawyers, including myself, l ei I a rueet- Sir Henry I-awrenee did not make rap
ly damaged. The cyclone cut a swath , ing and discussed the propriety of the I id progress at st boo! or college. He was
about l!"i) feet wide, and everything in it t Supreme Court Justices wearing gow ns. a'.wavs asking the reason of thing", and
way was either leveled to the ground or , At last the gowns have come, and I've would halt until he could see the causeof
very badly wrecked. come to .t them. I'm glad they've effects. This habit of delilieration pre-
tiie s:i k fvitory a v AT Tovn. i lieen adopted. It ad Is dignity and sol- ' vented him from runng through hi"
The next building in its track was the enmity to the Slate's highest tribunal." I text books as rapidly as did his fellows,
immense silk mill of Crimshaw Bros., i tin: kstiuxce . tub . rixiRt. but it tended to make him the great
located at Twelfth a:id Marion .streets.
This b'lilding was occupied by about 1'iV) ; r-tiring room ojned and Chief Justice
operatives, chiefly women, and not a sin- j Paxson, in his long black gown, walked
gle Soul escaped uninjured. The struct- j solemnly and slowly forward, followed
lire, which was four stories high and 2'H) ( by his associates, who entered according
by 70 feet, is a mass of ruins. Not a sin- . to their priority of office. Justice Ster
gle brick remains except the stock aud : relt was directly behind Chief Justice
engine roo:n. j Paxson. Then came Justice i ireen, fol-
The fire department was calie I out and 'owed by Justice, Clark, and after him
10,001 men, women and children quickly tJ!,li! J"-"" Wi'.iiam-s and then Ju,ti s
aemb!ed about the wrecked nil!!. The MeC jlliim, Janice Mitchell b-inging up
mill is locate I ;n a section of the citv toe rear.
w hich is spiirst 'y built np, an I the fire
men expf'ricinfd great trouble in getting
to work owing to the intense darkness,
there being no lights except those used
by the firemen. Later bonfires were
started on vacant l.t,s adjoining the
wreck. This proved of considerable as- i
sistance, and by !):4o about ninety per- j
sons had been recovered, twelve of whom
were dead and others fatally in ured. j
The news of the dat ad.'ul disaster
spread r.ipi dlv, and mothers, fathers, sis-
ters and brothersof tl e utifortunates hur
ried to the scene. It w as a terrible sight.
The moaning of the injured was heart
rending in the extreme, and the cries of
the frietnUonly made matters worse. The
city ambulances and omnibuses were
eailed into service, and those who were
able to tell where 'hcv resided were re
moved to their homes and the more se-
riouslv injured to the hospitals as rapid-
as they were taken out of the w reck.
Twenty-one (todies have btvn taken
out of the ruins and at least HH more
persons are stiii buried. It will t ike un
til morning to get them out.
A Political Romance.
Ati.vnTv, Civ, January Col
n. t u k,. ...... i i.-'i.
L. T.
fart a
.
w.sklv iiaiier ninetune ago, has given to
' , .
the State a sensational storv, in which he
itt-.Ji:ii ill titc ai'iii. item , Bieitf.i.
, " , ,, , ,. , '
1KU .... . .l l.T.lil. lu,.l..r utl.l ...li.
, ,.v v ....... ..v u,, .... ....
tor, tiie same Henry Heard who ha been
regarded as dead at the hands of political
antagonists since lS7ii. Heard acknowl
edges this fact hiaiself, and thus com-ph-tes
a strange story, "n the night of !
the Presidential election of ls7'i Hear.? I
wxs seized by a band of white men and
told to prepare for death. They Itound
him and started offseveral miles to Broad
river, which at Hillyer's Biuffisdeepand
swilt. So far as the public knew Heard
had been tlnowu into the rive.'. His
iieopie niourneo; nun as ucao, ami ins
1 ' , , ,.
pastor preaclietl a feeling sermon upon
, ,
iiistieatu. ine iruin now opiars io ne
. , , .,
that when the partv reachetl the bluff
liic negro wan ill put n moboiuic leii'.r
that some of the party toTik pity on him
anil worked for his rescue. It was final
ly agreed that if Unry would leave the
country at once and forever, concealing
his identity wherever he went, he would
be permitted to go. He was taken across
the river and set at liberty. He went to
Athens where he develojied into a State
leader of the negroes. He never told
whence he came, anil was emphatically
, . , , , ' ,
a man w ho looked to the future and not I
to the past. He was a memlier of the
last Republican National Convention in
r ,i
Chicago, and is in every respect a worthy i
1
! leader of bis race.
o
Dr. Agnew says that no man has lived I
to lie 190 years old since Biblical days,;
and that all such reports come from ig- !
norance or mistakes. Out of twenty cas- J
es he investigated not one proved to be;
authentic. ;
The amount of tobacco grown of late ! Justice Paxon, wi'h a m-rry twinkle
years in Germany has been sufficient to in ' "" turntsi to Justice MtOlIuia
have some effect on the American trade. I ,m' :
o J "McCoihim, any opinions."'
It is an old belief, that an animal that ' The New Justice shook hit head in the
goes into winter quarters fat, is half win- j negative without the sign of a smile
tered. Perhaps there are none of our do- j breaking over his serious face, hut a rip
mestic animals to which this saying ia pie of laughter that only hutted a moment
more applicable tiian to sheep. j ran through the court room.
til- O
"WHOLE NO. 1957.
SUPREME JUDGES IN COWNS
The Imposing Ceremonies at
the Openins? of the Supreme
Court.
to their seats on the bench w is ihe mot
wt,
vn
solemn ceremony that has ever
witne-sed in a judh-i.il trib'in.,1 in this
stale. The curiosity to see tv Justices
in their sombre roU was .rest that
n3 bef.ire the owning of court the
chauiliers were crow ded w ith niembt-n
,,f line b ir and w 1 ,-n 1 1 o c!,., k e-i.pe the
line.
hour f ,r
i - .t -. :
I j there was not a foot of vacant space in
. iiv.'ii i-.i .... ui.ll 11. t; I. 'ill! 1.1 swni' rn,
the big court room.
I-ong before ten oVlock Col. Charles
S. On . tie, the Proth. notarv of the Court
s hu-iiing a'., ui getti.iir everything in
rea.line.- and r.p-taves Joh I F. N lieil, tssly can oe an e.i.u.r no .--Samuel
f: Evans an ! leU V,'. Al,,re ! brains.no preparation, nothing but a lit-
were kept bu-y m ating the spectators
w ho were wise einnig i to come "arly.
Tiie veneral.le court crier. Thomas S. 1
White, went off in a corner by himself
anl rehearsed the new fori mia for an
noiicing the presence of tin- Chief Jus
tice and his associates.
ISINNINO Till. 1 11 hull Vs.
Judge Pax-on, the new Coi-f Justice,
arrive! before 10 o'clock ni his col-
leagues came s-ioii afterwards. Aliu
' haif pxst 10 a nun arrived carrying a big
bundle. It contained the new gow ns.
He was ushered into Ihe retiring looms
i of the J i Igt s an 1, liefore a high mirror,
' the Justices put on theirsilken robe and
j adjusted the folds, surveyed themselves
' from head tofo.it in their judicial rega
A in their judicial regalia
an 1 then waited f ir tint toiu to arrive
v iien thev were to enter the court room.
While the .hi Ig.-s were wait iig a nun-- ! Not nnfrequentiy the dull boy be
lter of prominent lue libers of the bar sat ! comes a great man. says the 1 " ('"
in the front seats chatting. Oeorge W. j pn,i,,n. Y'oung Walter Scott was low
Biddlc. toe ihance!iorof the Law Associ- down in his class his teachers did not,
atii.n, sat next to the venerable Richard : think much of him as a scholar: but his
Yaux. nho.se big bl ek silk scarf fell in , schoolmates clustered aliout him to listen
graceful folds on his waintiT-.it. and from i to his stranvre stories, and be became the
bem-alh bis troupers (ireped patent leath- j
At precisely 1 1 o'cl k the door of the
As. they entered, T rh r White, j jst a
little nervms. Pjioke his li't'e piece. Th?
Justices stiMid by their stately, high
backed chair-t, and as Crier White sai 1,
in a deep, solemn voice :
"The Honorable the Ciief Justices
of the Supreme Court of the State of
Pennsylvania and th Assoc ,.!e Justices."
Everylftdy arose. Chief Justitte Paxson
bowed his head and sat down. His as-
; sociates followed suit, and then every,
b'Iy sat down again.
A biiit ran throng i the court room
but it only lasted fir a moment, a Chief
Justice Paxson arre-ted the Utile outburst
by anno a ingthe court open for the term.
Mis. Chief" Justice Paxson Ick.-d very
proud as .-!.e surveyed the s'ai -ly form of
her hushan ! clothed in his j i.Iicial rolies.
Mrs. Justice Williams and I er daughter
look-1 equally prou.l as t uy watclieU
j Justice Williams.
i " "' rllE Jt'iB i.""Kki.
J ,)v'r chair, carved on the top,
w'r' Irchetl two owls. The birds of
w i sinm loo-de-l dow n in the silver heads
of th" "even .-ages of the Supr eme Court
who stared into v.iint pnv, while
every eye in the court r -o u was upm
them.
Chief Jiislice Pi.x-on's s'etn face was
. cieaui v Mia en, as vv as aiso a 'isi icev lar B.
, . " ,, . ,. . ., .
Justice .iitciiell s silverv un.utacr.e g. la
; . i .. r " . . l .
tenet! in t ray ff sunbeams tuat shot
f
r ... i -i
: in at the wind . r
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ie wiut
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I Jii-tit-e Williams and the iron
of Justice SU-rrett, '.n-en and MK.'ollnm
j hs.ked as thou -h they had tteen freshly
triuiriied.
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( fin f Justice l axon and Justice Mc-
Ci'iluni and Williams wore w hite neck
. tis whi. 'n p-s-;-I i. uf from the wid.
j collars of tii.-ir !1a -k g !.
.Inlet's
i lain, Merp-it. iifini a'M .'-lit I it-1 i wore
black tit-s. All offht i:i hx.k 'd trifle un- .
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coinforiitiiie in their 'tew ro tes, and Jus-
tice (ireen, who st .rte-I to write n
all., I,. .1 .1 i. ,i t. ..... I 1, . 1.,'.. ,.1,
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, wark to got his right nr :t on his desk,
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but the f.flmg i f aw kw.i' Iness wore off
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in a short t.aie, and th J lsiic.
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siieetators s i on g ,t acj ut i n j 1
s aud the
to woar-
j ing and looking st the g n.
I r.K;iI i THE t tVIVII-.iiN.S.
When Chief Jmtie Paxson unsounced
I that the first ba-in- in order was the
j reading of the coaimi-sions of Covernor
Beaver. Prothon--tar;.' Creene g it up and
1 in a clear, strong v tice rvid the bi
j parchment comuiis-ion which announced
j that " Edwin M. Ptxsoii is to remain
l"'hi..f .Tii-fi.-tt l,nl;t ttM veir ls'ltl if hn
I . ' .. ,, "
I behave hr-.iself well.
There was a slig little titter through
I the court room w h .-n l'rot!ionotary
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Oreene uttered the wo. Js if ho behaves
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himself well.'
The commissions of Justices McCol
lum and Mitchell were th-n read and
then Ch.ef Jnstic Paxson announced bis
decisions. He wa followed by Justices
Sterrutt, Creene, Clark and Williams.
When ell the antiouun-merts had Iteen
made the only departure from sjlemnity
during the session wss male. Chief
The Editor's Life.
A young man writes from one of the
rural villaiesof Tennesee to the Louis
ville C-Mi isr-Jo'trnfll .- "I have been
teaching school alont a year ago, but I
do not like it It is time I liav chosen
a profi-ssion, and I think I would rather
be an editor than anything el for I
like ease and co:ufort and plenty of mon
ey, and da not like to work. Tj be an
editor, to ait in an elegant sanctum,
with nothing to lo but write when I
feel like it, to lit plenty of money and
togowhereanl when I please, free of
cost, and lead the editor's quiet lift of
case, without care or trouble of any sort,
is the height of my ambition. My
friends think I ought to study law or
medicine, or keep oa tex-'hing; but to be
a lawyer or doctor requires too much
study, aud too much brains to start with,
aad teaching istoo much w rk. Under
these circumstances, would you not ad
vise mo to become an editor 7
We certainly would; your ideas of the
life of an editor and of his surround
ings and freedom from care an 1 toil are
singulary accurate. An editor is tho
happiest being ou earth. He has little
or nothing to do and his pay i all that
heart could wish. His sanctum, with its
Persian rugs and Turkey carpets, itsowt
!y rixewood furniture, its magnificent
! mirrors, iu beautiful pictures, its com-
! plcle library of splendidly bound book
i its beautiful pictures, its buffet st x ked
with splendid wines, li.piors and cigars
j which cost but a puff or two, its silver
j bells U summon an attendant w henever
a tulip or cocktail is wanted, and, in
, li.,rt ith pvervthinir that tinman tn-
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. g-nuity can devise for its comfort an-l
! pleasure, a perfect little piraili.,
j where he sits or loiiuges and reigns a
; young lord with the world of fashion
j an I pleasure at his feet And then any-
j tie money to stirt witn an.i once suiru.i
j the money pours in upon you in a stes.ly
1 stream and the chief effort of your hie is
! to pend it
As for the labor of editing
a nenspaier, that is mere moonshine.
A mere g'anceat the columns of a news
paper is enough to convince you that it
requires no labor to edit it and less
brains. It is certainly a glorious life.
I that of an edit ir, a life oi i;ixunoi.s
! and elegant leisure a life for the j?'K
! filied like that of the young lover in h:s
I first sweet dream of requited love, with
! fruits and rose leaves an. I moon oeams.
Wl.iie not a wave of trouble rolls
Acpiss his peaceful bn-ast;
and that ail men aro not editors is one of
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! tne strangest iniugs orm-.no ...v
Slow Developments
author of " Waverly " and " Marmioii.
j statesman and the great soldier whose
t-Mirage and judgement helped to save
Indiana to the Brittisn crown.
One night, in Lord Harding's camp,
Henry Lawrence turned to his brother
John and said: "Iioyoii think we were
clever as lads? I don't think we were."
Both boys were bad in languages, an I
were not good in any thing which re
quired a technical memory. But they
were excellent in every thing that de
manded thought and judgment Such
lads could not shine at a school where
memory and linguistic ability brought
marks; they had to wait until their op
jrtunity came.
Even when Sir Henry had advanced
some distance in his Indian life, none of
hiscontemporaries thought that he would
live to outstrip them all. The mutiny
was the slow tlevt loping man's oppor
tunity, and Lucknow made him immor
tal. A shell burst into the room where
he directed the besieged and shattered
his thigh; great suhering preceded h.
deeth, but the spirit of the great man re
mained undisturbed.
" Let every man the at his post; but
never make terms," said he to the officer
who would succeed him. "Entrench
entrench, entrench. E.ect traverses.
Cut off the enemy's tire."
" Put on my tomb," said he, "only
this: "Here lies Ilenrv Lawrciif!, who,
tried to tlo li s duty. May l toil have
mercy on him.' "
The Railroad in China.
The young einieror of China amuses
himself now and then by whi.-king
around his iKilace g oumls in IVkin on a
miniature railniad, and eejovs a mono;
uly of the only raiiroad now running in
his dominions. The French govern
ment hi s just made a very handsome
present to i.i Hung Chang in the shape
of a complete railroad train, but if tl.
Chinese statesman makes the present
available he will have to grade a rond-
I lied and buy some rails, and thus, as
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!C lillicv -iti, it" r?.. mm, i lie i,c km wkt
! intrisliiction ol railroa.ls.
! The revered ancestors of ths crien-
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! railr.iails. 1 lie Cliinese nay raiirtMitls
cannot tlotigtr around all over the tnun.
j try to avoid the multitudinous grave
yards, and a for having this western in
vention plow til rough the la.it restiiy
places of ttieir honon-d sires, ttiat is eu
tirelyoutof the question. But in spite
of the de-ad past an era ol railroad mak
ing will dawn in China one of these
'lays. lS'tni.,n ISml-jrt.
A Lousiana Outrage
Amith City, Li , Jan. H. A few we, t
ago a missionary of the Northern Metho
dist Chnreh, whose naintj t-.innot Is?
learned, apjieared at PachaUoiia and
preached to the negr.n. The next week
fie went to Springfield, where be bad a
large ni-gn) congregation. A 111 was
given in the town the sanw ni-ghr, an I
during its progress a numlier of young
roughs seize.1 the preacher, bent him
brutally alx.nt the head, stripped him
and switched him terribly on his bare
back. It is stated that after the w hip
ping the minister was chased into the
river which he attempted to cros. It id
thought he l.stt his life. The rougiaa
who committed the crime charge that
the minister was inciting nrgrties to riot,
but this ia denied by the better elerr.ent
who denounce theoutrage as an at t"f dia
bolism on the part of the men naturally
vicious.
After having listent-l, at a Tirinis.-lv-ing
dinner, to Jomn' sliil joki. S nilli
Slid: " Issy,JitteTrttnkiririrgtiirkpy
is luckier than we sre," Jnes : " f n hut
way?" " He (sn't "tuffed with c.hestitat
until after be is dead."
Somerset, Pa.
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