I' I s ! r i. r i The Somerset Herald. trrttutHti hit. Terms of Publication. pDbliv!.l every Wednesday maram ,. fw ,n i mbersrts B 50 ,,Tnt"? rr,r-.l. SoKu.-np"' w1U outlawed anvil ell Vg, peXl UP- PUMrI a(hKSiIif M .b5B lierii ao not u&kw out their wm be Mia rwpoMioie " put-tribei. remtrrlmx fro. ooe iwetoJBoe to aa hr ebooia rv utbe Hereof Uwfannaa- ,,.U..upr.nioSos. Mr" Ta SoMKiorr TIuuud, SuHsahBT, Pa. V C. HOLBFRT. Xe feMMfawt, rm. jU, with John H. ITiL ri w. bit.sf.ckek. S.r in rruu" How oWi'U) ,i R. so 'TT, K- ATTOK-NET-ATLAW, feomerwrt, P. "s.t.MiSI.KY, ATivk.VET AT LAW boiswT ii . Pm. s. M II 'liA---AX. !. I.livU. . K. H. KiTPeu AY D KNNIS MEYERS eiri. .'w-'- lj"u. 'l"uc' J ilIN U. KIMMKI, sjniem-t, ra.. .---I .1 m a:: twln-i -mni.ir.1u his ', '. :.r-.in!i. hbpn.im- J4Ml r am ks urn ,11. v Al !.. J,,.., p.. '...Lii t iti ..iui't"MJ il.my. 7j ;-'.Vv UC.Cc...w. ".nl.Ii'-KN A (I.r.KN. ,11 fc-.t..P- .!r.tM to .r !' !" r"!,, p1 I tn.Vl.au. un rc- In, ,:rr--IU!.M1 nJrj""- " i Ui KY Y. -t'l!KI.I., Arr.KSKV-AT-LA,,, .nn.v .d J-:' fi'"e IU iUmmlb i, i D.lflll). J Ant'KSEY AT LAW. lii :u MiiUiUi'i:i ti k. I) Ii. J. E. WhSKCKER, i'in:cus and ww.eos. p..r.BrT . Pa., Vfr h f.r...-H.t,.linrio to the riliB-o. o! D U. II. S. KIMMKI.L, P! s.bimt-. :.! v amy in.'-- Ui o: i'.ju.inl. 1) o: 'j,-et v.- ii'i y t.B.MMa n-dtueeon r t( iMAnioDd. Dr. j. M. Ijdvti:kk, i FHY! IAS AMj ei! K'.ki'S. I H iwaivd ini.neiii:y in s-nnMt for the ' fTm ;,. , .., i ;.r..lrw. I'tt.re ull klUU , j ih rarot I'ruf ?iorf. J I i I) . J. M MII.l.KX. ..: ;ai: .ttrut.-ei xitUne pr.irrnon of uuciai ttftft. An lii-al wrto ItiwneJ. Ail -.. i ,.! v M.i iiii'iU iu. '. vajcuer 3a:.ii t rua .mi K.tr.vl Hwl Dli. JolIX EIU.S I.KNliST. office up-.ir :n iv-b. A Ktt-riu Block. DR. WM. (.'tjl.I.lN'S, f.a--. in Kn.-;-.'r' tU-k up-atair. where he ia . fcur.'l at Iln: tr-j.an.) W 'io ail kimia '..ra :.. .b a- I n-Miailun. .-Itraitmii. A!-- -i I( '. '.' iiiO a: J 1 tte beat B..:,. iint-u. A:i un'li j; iarau'.ifl. I) :. J. K. m:ixk.i: . Tir.tiet;t!T luriuril In Berlin f the jinuv i - l:m t-- i-iitU. ni'iii vu.i Somerset County Riink. c. j. Harrison. m. j. pr.irrs, rlH)ET. CaUHlUl. (-o,lf.-i;oa maJe in aU part of tbe I'ml.- Blavee. CHARGES MODERATE. wih;Ti to iw-nrt motifr wt ran he a rim,iui hv drmft on N: m tli mtjy mm. ' -'..fi -i. in oiavit- w;ih i.rrtii'ii:-. t". h. Bmi1 t-y ..I,. u i;.-uM vu-bra.-i a!e, wilh a ftar f -1 4 ) ait nine k-vfc. ' rf-AH La Holiday Obrrcd. CURTIS K. GROVE. SOMERSET, PA. BIW.;CS. M.EHiHS. CAKE1ACES, rFt.IS; WAMiNS, Bl'CK ACONi. AND EARTEKN ASD'ETLRS WORK F urnitbe.i on Stwrt Kotlre. Piunticg Done on Short Tune. My a-nf k i mafr oit .if TWmMfW Vna a! Rood, aao ih ia ftarf vi. Mif.Ktat:tlailT tmlrui let. Neatly Finished, and W arrautd U.ipva aauislacuua. 1:'. C.y First Class Workmen. Er.!nn of All Kinda i Vt IJne Done oa r-MH N'Aioe, iTitia ktAwj.V ABLIk. and All Work Warranted. Cai. ao1 Examine my Stork, and Learn PrVea I -la Hffl-wmk, and furnUh (VWec for Wind U ke.emt.er tbe plare. and cai! irL CURTIS K. GROVE, (Eaat of (.win Hooae) SOMERSET. PA QHARLES DOmtiX, MERCHANT TAILOR. i -Abort IIcfHey'i fUir ) Lte.t Styl and LowMt TVio. ATISFACTION GUARANTEED. Somerset, Pa. Hie YOL. XXXVII. NO. 41. FTJACOBSOH Acute Torture Cured. 7 DOCTORS. I 1 BOTTLE. " last tart kfan taf aWneei" sajra: "Mr 7 e xu. m im efe avrwt. lr tjr eii 4mU wm ImU lM4tec ylkftriu W VM, MtU hat tarn wm ftra m hapcliM. At IftA. tfutftef U w4Hi mtw crwlitat MUMlfU( ! hrmU4 It. JeM Oil. otl alia. MKIltr wm ft4 elirf4. maul ltcr 4ctri ktm tm4 to cr r kdp tMr fctf vtfc t BtmlU Lift. tn kr r wto4 nilm vktek cm14 fet mM. Hit Sb Imaji to iBprtt 1VM1 t!M tk IM ppttratt WM S9l. 7 M WHlW WM f XklM Srwi iT Mf Iilkff ku cwayltal7 m ecus UI WITHOUT UXAm; rrait ACTUM or Pi IM. THE CHLES VOGEUI CO.. Bttain. M. Every Household ShnnM have A.w'j Cherry Pertom!. It lavM thoHPHniis of lives annually, an-I U pe uliarly trirariojis in Croup, Whooping Cough, uul Sor Throat. Afier an exn-nsive prartiro of fitRrlr nn-thini of a century. Aver' . berry I'wttiwl is my cure for reont tUU ami toughs.. 1 irwrjbt it, and Wlieva it t f the xtry U'ft exp-torant now fferej to the penple." Ir. John O. L:h. Irupj;it, W est Ilritlf water. Pa. 'Siine yars ago Arer's Cherry Pec toral rtiretl m of anthtua aftr Uw bent iueical skill had failed to (rive vm ro ' , lief. A f-w weki mo, eint? apain little tnublcU milii Uio uiciit 1 was pruuiptly Relieved By th same remedy. I c!Hy offer tlii tetinu'nT lor the hrm-tit of all similarly artiicUfi."- y II. 11 I r, Editor Argus, Table Hork, Nehr. "For children afliiptM w:rh eold, r'.titfim, wre thnat, or eroiip, I do not know of any renwdy n hieh wiil pun rnore Kp-elv rh f tliaii Avar's 1 hrry Pet'tOTal. I have fttnd it. alw. invaiu ahte J li ( :w tf viicip:ii t'ou-h.' Aim Ii hov, V"afhiuvH atret Aver Ci"irrr PiN't:raI ha provel reroarkal'ty rtfe-t!e in rronr aud is linniuMhlc 4 a taiuilv ml-ine 1. M. linaui, Chitxiec FalU, Mat. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, Dr. J. C Ayer & Co Lowell, Mat. SoWbyeiirTntTrWfc ITicefl ; elz !wtU,t. Bright's Disease A Tn-Year-OW Ch Id Saved after the Failure oT Fwr Phy.tciani, My little pirl, tfti yean- of aire, w tasen irk In Marrh, with war let ffier. Wlieu recover litK he toftk a severe rttld, whle dt-velojied Bright lnae of the Kidmr . Htr anklea, fet and t-y-s wore terribly kwoIIcd ; fhe had a buniiutc fi ver and nil the symptom of an anrra ated rae of BriKht's lnfae. The beat phyal eiittt attended her. Her Life Via Despaired Of, But a mother's love and prayni nurmotimall iif fi"ltieev, and I determined to try Ir. IavidKvu ne1y'i Fsvrite Kemedy. made at Kondaut. N. Y. Thi a a- a la4 retnrt, and I hoj-ed, altho;uh the case a a a verysevere one, that the Favorite Keni edy would do for her what it hal doite for other. Hu happy I am that 1 d. Tennimd upm tht-Oi-urse. The fever left her her apf-etite Improv-e1-and one by one the well-kndn Fyini-tanis or the dia-e left her. Wrd fail to expren. my pratftnde. and I cannot Un earnestly rccunnieiid the Fav.rite Remedy It was A MARVELOUS RECOVERY, and i due entirely to the Favorite Ite-nedy. w hich was the ly medicine tal.en aflt-r her ca- wa atmiidined by the rhyjceianit. Mrv Lanra A. Ketnym, est Ibitland, Vermont. The .li that ftIlow Se!h-t F-ver. M. hI-, Iiirhthena. atwt vanonn tnr rimrtint t(t-n h'vt- tn-hm-1 litem "i H.-1 la- f thr mtKt ottinte and dniiirn'm chrwrur. T'-rxf-fl all t a-e " MKh diMjrder. ajii ill the reins with pure kma-d, tiH- VR. KESSEbVS FA VORITE REMEDY. rad'ABto bt Dr. David Kennedy, Raundant, . Y. $i per btmle. fur ST.. By all dnifrfirta. Came Near Being Totally Blind. Mr. orvet'ouenonr. theespreidricer at Cnioptown. Pa., bad been blind in one eye for years. Ii4 month a severe inflam mation aita ked ti.e other ere. on putting him in a condition to lie led. All the medi cal men he cotiulied j-ave no more than hope for one fourth siht i-wided he would have the wort one taken ont. Mr. James A. Morris, who.te fitlier Ic t(r Saddler, M Pet in avenue. Pittsbtir,rh, bad resitov! to siirht affef it.' year blind ties. retmiineti'letl fr. SudVr le cijnj'nlted. He did w, anj in thirty days bin fritfM was a gotttl as evi-r, and wirliout tJikinr out an eye. Mr. us. II. Taylor of Indiana. Indi ana vi.. Pa , blind ir one eye for years, has leeii rtoreil to siirht thntngh an oper ation by Tr. 8. Her. The eye wai erfectly well in 10 duys. and a ithout serious pain. It is to Your Interest TO BCT YOUR Drugs and Medicines OF Biesegker & Snyder. BCOT BWiB TO C. K. BOYD. None but the purrt ainl Nst kept in rtock, andilim Driip hw. .me inert by stAnd ing. a? certain cif tlneii (in, we de stroy thrtii. rather than im pwse on our customtTS. You can deieud on baring your PRESCRIPTIONS 4 FAMILY RECEIPTS filled wilh care. Our price, are as low aa any nther firt-cla house and on many articles much lower. The people of this county seem to know this, and have (riven us a lare share of their patronage, and we shall still continue tngive them tli Terr best troo.l fir their money. Do not foryrt that we make a rpecialty of FITTIXCJ TRUSSES. We guarantee satisfaction, and, if too hare had trouble in this direction, pre us a call. SPECTACLES AND EYE-CLASSES in (rrvat variety ; full set of Test Lenses. Come in and have your ey examined. No cliarjre for examination, and we are confident we can suit you. Come and see r.s. Beape&fuT.y, BIESECKER & SNYDER. TROUBLESOME NEIGHBORS. Oh, could there in this or!d be found, " Hume little rpt of happy KTound Wl er village pleasure might go round Without ihevillage tatthng ; How doubly blwt that spot would be. Where all might dwell in liberty. Free fmni the biiter misery fgisip' ejidlex prattling. If such a spot were really known. Fair I'eacv might claim it as her own, And in it she might fix her throne Fon ver and forever There, like a queen to reign and live. While every one would soon forgive The little slights they might receive, And be offended never. 'Tis mischief makers that remove Far friwn our hearts the warmth of love. And lead us ail to disapfiove What giv another pleasure. They swn te take one's part, but when They've beard our cares, unkindly thee They stain retail them all again. Mixed with a poisonous measure. And then they've such a cur.ning way (If telling ill-meant tajes; tliey say : ' Ion't mention what I've said. I pray ; 1 would not tell another!" tmiirlit to your neighbor's house they go Narrating everything- tliey know, And break the pea-e of high and low, Wife, husband, friend, aud brother. Oh, that the mischief-making t-rew, Were all reduced to one or two. And iliey were painted red or blue. That every one iniht know them ! Then mould our villagers forget To ri(.t am quarrel, fume and fret. Or tall into an angry iet With things so much below them. For 'tis a sad, degrading part. To make another's bosom smart. And plant a lj-'i-r in some hart We ought to love and cherish. Tlteu let u ever more be fuund 1 1 harmony with all arouud. While friendship, joy and peace abound, .And angry frel'tigs perih. THE COLONEL'S SON. I! was a Iiot afternoon some of you m ty know how hot it can be onthe prai rie when there is no wind. I waa sitting in the little Ucket-otlice of the railroad station at which I was agent. From the window I conkl see the hot air rising from the sun-burned bullulo grass, g'ring to the lonely ranche buildings scattered here and there in the distance an unstAhie, wavering appearance, as though they might at any moment blow away." Presently out of the silenc there came the footfalls of a horse's hoob stopping at the platform, and followed by a queer ''pcfrging" found over the plants aud into the waiting-room. I looked op and saw a -boy of about fourteen sunilfng in the doorway. His right leg was amputa ted above tbe knee, and he supported himself on a pair of gilt crutches, which had siing-straps to tbein like an army carbine, Ke handed me an express order for a package to Colonel Reed, a prominent cattk'iuaD, whose ranch buildings were about a mile south of the track. "Are you the Colonel's son 7" I ask ed, as I handed out the package. " Yes, sir," was the reply. " Charles Reed is my name." Then he turned and looked curiously in at the telegraph instruments, lie had such a bright, healthy and wide-awake air, that I invited him to walk in and ex amine them, if be wished. His eyes brightened immediately. " I'd like to, if you don't mind. The other agent was cross, and I was afraid to ak him." -Seeing that he was interested in them, I exp! lined briefly the working of the key and sounder, and tried to give him some idea how a uiessage was sent and received. He listened attentively, and appeased to comprehend it reasonably well. " Ves,"' he said, aod concluded, " I know something ibout it, though only through what 1 have read of it. Would you mind writing out the alphabet-for me?" ' - I wrote out the characters on a slip of paper, which he tucked carefully away in his pocket book ; and then, finding I was a stranger to that part of the West, he volunteered some information about the country, including remarkably ac curate description of tbe game birds and their peculiar habits, which, as I was considerable of a sportsman, I found very interesting. liefore he left he told me that he had lost his leg during an Indian raid about four years ago, before the railroad was built. His father's ranch had been at tacked without warning. He was only ten years old at the time, and being out of doors, he had slipped away unobserv ed and hidden in the corral, land while there he was hit by a stray rille ball in the knee. I accompanied him to the door when he was ready to g, and was surprised to see how thoroughly at home he' was on bis pony. With his crutches slung be hind him, he swung nimbly into the sad dle, and started oil" toward home on a brisk gallop. One afternoon, about a week later, he dropped in again, having meanwhile learned tbe telegraphic alphabet so that be could repeat all tbe characters easily, and the next day the Colonel himself stopped in on his way to town, lie was a brisk, genial man, w ho had a habit of shaking bands with every one. He was a typical frontier ranchman. "i-ee here, Mr. Agent," he said, Vthat boy of mine has a hankering to learn your business. He's kini of lonesome, you see he cant play with the other boys on account pf his teg and now if you don't mind having him around, and will teach, hiui what yon can he's pretty bright and can learn most anything w hy, I'll make it worth your while ; what is your charge T" " Why, Colonel," I replied, laughing at his business-like manner, " I shall be glad i to have bun around I a in very lone some here so we won't draw up any contract" Charley was an apt pupil. In about a month he could send and receive a mes sage, though of course not very rapidly. His father was so delighted with his pro gress that he made me a present of a rid ing pony ; and shortly after, when Char ley got it into Uia head that it would be s tine thing to have a private line from the racnh to the station, the colonel had me order two instruments aud a coil of wire. Under my directions the cowboys pat Somerset SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY, it cp, and though it wasn't stretched very tight, and the poles were only fence posts spliced together, it worked at well as the main line. The instrument on my end of the line I did not care to have in the office, for fear that officious gentle man, the lineman, would object, so I set it np on one side of the big, empty freight room. The autumn was now well advanced and I found that my Unties, instead cf, incnas;:ig, grew lighter. There were a few freight trains every other day, and the daily mail and express east and west went through between the hours of one and four in tbe morning, so that I had a great deal of time on my hands. I spent much of it shooting chickens with Cbas ley h was an excellent shot from the saddle, though he told me he had had a time of it training his pony to stand fire -nd the rest of the time I either read or road ont over the trails in the delicious Indian summer weather. One night, about the middle of fk-tober we had a terrific thunder ami wind storm w ith a blinding fall of rain and hail. It came up after the west-bound train had left, and about an hourltefore the eastern train was due. I was awakened by the noise, and got np to look out. The rain was falling in torrents and tbe wind shook the building, while tbe lightning flashed incessantly. I whs still looking out, watching the furious storm, w hen an unusually bright flash revealed fur an instant the figures of a group of horsemen loping across the prairie toward the station. I stood still to catch another glimpse of them, if pos sible, but without success, aa they had probably turned offto tbe left. Shortly afterward i beam uiem at the other end of tbe building, where they stopped, I snpprwed, to seek shelter from the storm : or possibly they were going to tike the traiu. It was not unusual for paswengers to come around an hour be fore train time, so I thought little of it at j the time. However, before 1 left the window I heard them tramping around the plat form to the door, and drawing back to I one side, I waited to see them pass. Be tween trains I always kept a lamp burn ing, but turned down low, and it shone out now through the window ; and as the men stepped Into the faint bar of light, I got quite a distinct view of them. ' They were all heavily built. Each one wore a yellow "slicker" coat, and had his slonch hat pulled down dose to keep oti the rain, and around each one's face, just below the eyes, was tied a red " har vester's" handkerchief. This struck me as unusual, and I was puzzled for a mo ment, until it occurred to me that per haps they were worn as a protection against the hail. A moment later they were pounding at the door for admittance. Now, as a rule, I did not like to admit any one so long before train time. I sometinitM had express money packages on hand, with no safe to put them in. I once ca . ried package of three thousand dollars in my pocket three days before the owner call ed for it. I was somewhat apprehensive at times for my safety. That night, however, I had only a few dollars of my own and an almost empty mail pouch, but before opening the door, I sang out : "Who's there, and what do you want?" " Passengers for the train," came the answer. We re all wet, an wanter get in out o' the rain." I unlocked the door, and thay crowded into the room. In the brighter light in doors, the handkerchiefs that concealed their faces looked s much like an at tempt at disguise and a pretty good one at that that for a moment I was startled and made a hasty step toward the ticket oliice. Before I could take another, how ever, one of the men struck me with his fist, and though the blow was not a hard one, it was so unexpected that it knock, -I ed me completely offmy feet. Then two of them seized me while I wa down turned me on my face and held me while the others bound my bands firmly be hind me. They next bound my feet, and then rolled me over again on my bark. Now, my chicken," said one, who appeared to be the leader, " we ain't got nothin' agin you, an' won't hurt you so long as you keep quiet ; but sure as yon yell or make a noise, there'll be some shootin'. They seemed t- Isj familiar with the oliice and its surroundings, and proba bly had been there before. Two of them picked me up and earned me toward the freight room, while another went ahead with the lamp and opened the door. Here they loo ted around for a moment, then laid me down against the side of the building, with an old coat under my head for a piilovr.and bidding me keep "mum" returned to the waiting-room. Thus left alone in the dark I began to think, and pretty fast, too, for I was thor oughly excited. Their scheme was evident enough to waylay the train there and rob the ex press and mail cars. The ex press mes senger always had money in bis safe on the east run, and not infrequently gold bullion from the mines further west, so in case tliey were successful they would secure a large sum. There had been sev eral like attempts throughout the coun try lately, and I felt sure this was their object. Uy taking the trainmen by saiprise they might ovcrjxjwer them, then sepa rating tbe mail and express cars from the rest of the train, run them a mile or two further east w ith the engine and plunder them at their leisure. This plan had been successfully carried out on another road a short time before, and there was no rea son why it should not be again success ful unless, in some manner I prevented it I tried to loosen my hands, bnt they were tied too securely so tightly that the cords almost cut the flesh. Then I reflected thkt even if I were loose I should be unable to get out and flag the train, for both freight doors were padlocked and the key was in tho ticket office drawer. About this time the door leading to the waiting-room was opened, and one of the roughs looked in. " Say, young feller, are yon alive yet?" he asked. " Yes," I responded. " Well, we wanter know if there's any thing you've got to do to this here tele graph machine so they won't suspect nothin' any report to make V This was pretty cool, and for a moment ESTABLISHED 1827. I thought I might st'tl htva an opportu nity to warn the dispatcher, and was on tbe point of saying 1 res,' whin another voice cut me short. u You let him get his claws on that ma chine an' he'll hav 'em stop the train. Don't be a fool ; come out an' shut the door." The door was sUmine and once more I was left in the dork. I was now beginning t suffer from my constrained position and the cutting of the cords, so I began to jast about me for relief; and then tuddekl I remember ed a reaper blade that bad been left at the station a few day before by the ex press. It was loose from the board, and I had placed it in the corner so that no one could possibly ' be hurt acciden tally. Accordingly I rolled over and over un til my feet touched th opposite wall, and then sitting np with my back toward the corner, I felt for the blade with my hands. To my great satisfactton I found it, got the cord across one of the teeth, and care fully sawed it back and forth. In a moment my hands were free, and then I loosened my feeU I then took off my shoes. This done, I was able to move about without making any noi-e. Hull I was unable to accomplish any thing for it was impossible to get out and I was on the point of composing myself in my old position to avoid another knock down, should the roughs look in, when a slight "spiz-z-x," followed by a blight sparkle, attracted my attention to the south side of tbe rooni. It was the in strument on the private line, affected by the lightning a common occurrence in all telegraph .otficew daring thunder storms. I stepped up to it quickly and tried the circuit It was all right though the rain made such a noise on tlie roof that I could hardly bear the sounder. It was im probable that I could gut an answer from Charley at that time of sight, but as my only resource it was tfurth the trial. So I started in, making his call, "Ch." C h--h c-h r I rattled, and pres ently, to my surprise, tbe circuit opened, and the resjtonse came. " I i ch." Then I "talked" to him in my ex citement a great deal faster than be could take, and he interrupted me with " slow er." " I-i," I said, "call your father." " Not home," same the answer ; " all hands gone out to round up a herd of cattle stampeded by the storm." " I-i i-i i-i." I answered, stopping to reflect. Then I went ahead again. " Can you ride over to the west cut and signal the train to stop ?" "Yes; what for?" " (Jet a lantern and pat a piece of thin red flannel around it if you can. Swing it across the track when you seethe head light, and keep it up till they stop. Tell the conductor there are eight men here waiting to rob his train. Be quick ubout it" "0. K. By George !rf This fast by way of expressing his surprise, I suppose, and then the ticking stopped. I now began to ftel that the roughs would be foiled, though of course, it all depended on Charley. But it was some thing that j'Ht suited his nature. I could imagine him on his pony, 1 intern in hand ' and tearing across tbe prairie as though a band of Comanche Indians were after him. Meanwhile, I thought it best to take j my oid position against the wall, to avoid any suspicion, should the robbers grow inquisitive. So I lay there ami waited and waited the time seemed fairly to j drag along until I felt certain that the train was due. But it did not come, though the movements of the roughs con vinced me that I had guessed aright it was probably a little overdue by this time and they were getting restless. Presently one of them opened the door and looked in. " Say, operator, is that train on time?" he asked. " Yes," I replieL " they were on time the last I heard them reported about 2 o'clock. He retired again, and for about ten minutes all was still. Then above the noise of the storm a far-away whistle ' sounded faintly. Next there was a hur ried movement in the outer room tbe roughs were crowding out upon the plat form. , I sprang to my feet and stood against the side of the building next the track,! and by putting my ear against the boards I could hear the distant rumble of the train, now nearing thestttion. I tried to imagine where the roughs had placed themselves. Probably around the cor ner of tbe building, ready to rush out, re volvers in hand. The train was now quite near, and presently it drew up to the station with a ramble ami roar and hissing of air brakes. Almost instintly I heard the shouted command, " Hands up!" follow ed by the reports of four or five revolvers and the sound of scullling on the planks, which, however, was soon ended, and then a veritable babel of voices and the noise of many feet on the platform. I dashed out through the waiting room to see how things had gone, and soon found the conductor. " Hallo, Leith is that you? We have prevented that robbery, this time, thanks to your warning. I borrowed half a doz en revolvers from the passengers and call ed for volunteers, so when we pulled in there were twelve men on the platform ready for business. We have got the rob bers in the baggage car come along and see them. They were a hard 1 joking set of men. Two of them lay on the floor wounded, though not seriously. About this time Charley made his ap pearance on his crutches, clad only in a pair of trousers and a red flannel shirt, one sleeve of which he Bad lorn offto draw over the lanterw. He was wet through, bis hat was gone, and altogether he looked so forlorn, that the passengers, who were profuse in their sympathy and praise, began to make- up a purse for him. After the train had left I found him in the waiting room, and here we discuss ed the affair, and tried to think bow much we should charge the express com pany for the use of our private line. - A few days later, more as a joke than anything'else, we sent in a bill for fifty dollars, which was paid promptly, with many thanks for what the called our prompt action." APRIL 3. 1889. THE MINER'S DAUGHTER. Every morning when tbe miners em ployed in tbe mines at Bernard assem bled around tbe shaft to answer to the roll call there could be seen arriving last of all, a tall, sturdy looking fellow, who led by the hand a little girl 7 or 8 years old. They were Michael Pierronand his daughter. Before setting foot upon the platform of the car to descend, the man took the child in his arms and kissed her, and then replaced her on the ground. Tbe little one cried : " Good-bye, papa ! " When the signal for the descent was given she clasped her hands and kept re peating the signal word " papa "until she was sure that papa could no longer hear her. Then she went on to the school house f lose by, where she sjient the day. When evening came she was always the first at the opening of the shaft, and Michael Pierron was always the first man who came op. As at bis departure, be lifted the child in his arms, and she threw her arms around his neck, crying : " Pa pa!" The miners had heard her repeat these two syllables so often, and had been so struck by the strange passion which she put into them, that they gave her the name of Miss Paya. And certainly no name was ever more applicable. Her father was everything to her. Her mother had been dead so long a time she had scarcely known her; she had only him. All the memories of her childhood were filled with hiia. To her bis great rough hands had been as getit'e as a woman's. For her his hard, grim face always wjre a tender smile. ' For her this man had become a woman and child at the same time. A h ! how she loved her father, and how terrified she was every morning when she saw him descend into tbe great black hole, of w hich no one could see the bot tom. t me day a miner held her over the mouth of the shaft, and she had gazed down into the dark depths. I'ttennj a cry of terror she drew back. " Papa goes dow n there," she thought. "Oh, if he should never come up! " And that day, when Michael t.xk her in his arms as usual and kissed her, she clung more tightly than ever to his neck, and said to him : " You w ill come np, won't you ? " " Of course, my little one." " Is there any daager, tell me papa?' " Why no, you little coward." " Does any one can any one die down there?" " Have no fear," replied Michael, laugh ing. " I will not die without letting you know." " An ! Good-bye, papa." All that her father said was gospel truth to her, and she went to school com pletely reassured. But the memory of that black gulf in to which her eyes had plunged could not be effaced, and from that time Bhe was afraid every morning and trembled every evening ; she feared that her father would never return from those mysterious' depths into which she had seen him de scend. Was it a presentment? AVho knows? One day the report suddenly spread that an explosion ha I occurred in the mine. In a moment's time a crowd hail gathered at the shaft. From all di rections the people, wild with terror, came flocking to the spot. Of all those buried far below how many would ever see the light again ? Michael's daughter was at school. She knew nothing of it, and besides, if any one had spoken of it Ispfore her, would she have comprehended ? Could she know, poor little one, whnt an explo-tion was? No. B it at her age one knows already what death i;oni understands, at her iwra, when one sees inanimate, mutilated Isxlies extended up on the ground ; and the approaches to the shaft were strewn with them when she arrived that evening to meet her father. She was stupefied for a moment, and then, the truth suddenly flashed upon her; she hid seen those men go flown living those men whom she knew well who had kissei 1 her many a time ; and now they were brotigbt up dead. Would they bring up her fath er like them ? This thought distracted her. She began to run wildly among tbe debris which they had brought np from the mine, crying, "Papa! papa! papa!" There were, it is true, many others who cried and called " Papa ! " but not one in such de-perate accents. The others they drove back, b it no one could be foun 1 to push her away. They let her run, poor child, from one body, to another, some times stopping before a disfigured face hesitating for a momen, as if she feared that she might recognize her father. No, he was not among the dead. Sh grew calmer and sought among th liv ing. " He was not there. She questioned every one, bat no onj had seen him. Of the sixty miners who went down in the morning, forty-five had corns up alive; fourteen were de-id. There re mained bnt one to be accounted for, that one was Michael. She had made them explain all that to her, and she understood. She clapped her hands joyously, as if they had said to her: " He's all right Yon will see him again." Ah ! how she hoped to see him. Then she suddenly recollected the morn ing on which her fathor bad said to her: "I will not die without lettinj you know." A child's faith is strong. It is not easy lo drive out an idea which has one taken root in their minds. So, when the next morning She had remained there ali night they tried to make her under stand that there was no hope, that she would never see her father, that they had explored all the galleri, searched every corner and could not find htm , she shook her curly head and began to weep, saying : " Seek for papa ' " . They paid little attention to her. For forty hours had they not exhausted every means? There was doubtless, something strange in the disappearance. Living or dead, Michael ought to have been found and they had not found him. The chief engineer had himself direct-. ed the search, but all in vain. In the opinion of all nothing more could le done, and it was possible that, by the force of the explosion the unfortunate man had been buried by the falling de bris, and it was impossible to tell w here or how. Whence comes to the weak and feeble Ji.JLvyJL such strength in the great crises of life ? Ask God: it is His secret Tbe third day the child was still at the shaft. " I must put an end to this," said the chief engineer approaching her, " Come my little one, be reasonable." " Papa ! Seek fur pr-1 ' " Aias ! he is dead." "No!" She uttered this ''no" with s-ich ener gy that the engineer was struck by it. " Why do you say 'no ? " ' he aked. " He would have told me." " Pi;r little one !" murmured the en gineer. And he made a sign to the men to take her away. But she ciUDg despemtely to him, crying : " Papa is mt dead. I want to go down. I will find him!" They bore her away and left her with tlie school-teacher. An hour later she was buck at the shaft, an. 1, clinging to the engineer's knees, she kept repeating: " I want to go down ! I wiil find him ! ' lie was a tender hearted man, that en gineer, and took pity on her. "After all," he sail to himself, "that will, rliais, be the best thing. When she has seen with her own eyes, she will believe. This excitement, if it lasts much longer, will kill her." Ami, taking her in his arms, he bore 'her to the car and gave the signal to dew-end. She shuddered when she felt beneath her that yawning pit from which arose a fuul air which ulmostsuffocated her. The engineer felt her little anus inclose his Deck, and her eur!y head was pressed agRinst his own. When they reached the bottom sh dis engaged herseif, sprang to the ground, and rushed straight forward, calling: " Papa! Papa ! " . The engineer, who could hardly keep up with her. was tired of explaining t. her twenty times what he had already explained how the exp!-ion had taken place, where it had occtiTe-1, and w hat they had done to fin 1 the victims, and the child kept questioning him. an 1 re peated: " He is living! Seek for him !" She woul 1 have remained d wn tin r in the mine three days, as she ha i al rea ly done at the surface, if tliey had not taken her by force and carried her up. The engineer g:ve orders that she should be taken ba.k to the school teach-e-. and also ordered that if she reappear el at the shaft she should be prevented from going ino the mine. All his measures had been carefully taken, an 1 the next day, no longer think ing of her, he was inspecting one of tkie galleries when-he felt himself seized by the arm of his coat. It was Miss Papa. She had escaed from tfle s.-lnxjl a sec ond time. Repulsed at the shaft, she kid slepped into an empty coal car and thus descended into the mine. She told ail this to the engineer and obtained his jwrdon. Five minutes later she again legan her search, stiil full cf undiminished faith. Them'.ner followed her with pitying eyes, shrugging their shoulders. saying : " Poor little Papa! " Little Papa ket onset-kins with una bated cour.ee. Suddenly they saw her running toward them, pa!e and excited. "Down there!" she gasped. "Down there! Papa." " What ? Iown there?" said a miner. "His blouse!" "Bah! Where?" " Down there." i .In a moment every one had he ir 1 the j news, and the mine was in a tumult. Tin child declared that she had se-n a piece r-f blue cloth in a hole, which fhe could j not raise liecaUse it was held down by an ! enormous block of coal. ' " Where?'' they asked her strain. i She turned, followed by the crowd of j miners. Then she stopped and hesita- j ted. j She could not find the spot. Ail the lihs-ks ot coal resembled each other ; all the cavities Were alike; all the galleries j were the same. And yet she was sure i she had seen that piece of blue cloth. j Where the blouse was the man nuist lie, : fixing, no doubt, end t'.it man was her j father, and she couid not find him. One bv on'.', tired bv the useless seurcii. i persuaded that the ;oor li'lle girl was i crazed by grief, the uieu withdrew and Ifcturned to their wor. Cut they bad i hardly taken op their pickaxes when a ; loud cry recalled them to the child. j " I have found it ! I have found it !"' j They pushed her aside and lis ked. Yes, it. was a piece of blouse Uaiinel ! It was a blouse! There was a man there ! They set to work with a will, and, in the twinkling of an eye the wail was beaten down, and in a deeo excavation they saw a man extended ; it was Mi chael Pierron. He had been there three days an 1 four night". Loud cries arose on all sides, and ring ing loud alxive all the others a cry escap ed from the lips of tl.e child. She threw . herself n'n the body and rla"t"d it in her arms, half mad, weeping and crying. ; " Papa ! papa !" i He was nearly dead, poor Michael ! ' Exhausted by lack of air and nourish- j ment, he recovered consciousness only to ! sink buck fainting; but he was alive. I Miss Papa had told the truth. The j man would Dot die without telling his child, and the thought of her had sus- ; t.iined him and given hiiu the strength ; to conquer th alh. ! A week later he w as out and ready to : recommence his work. ! ii the evening of the day before that j on which he was to return to the mine a grand banquet was given by all the min- , ers to Miss Paja. Tbe place of honor was j checking i-onsiunpt ion, in i's early stages j reserved for her. A loud hurrah and ' ti,arl A ver's Cherry pe.-t.inl. it slop; A good and bright old lady in IVnn loud applause greeted her when she en- ; coughing, soothes the throit and lung, i sylvania, very charitable minded, was tered, holding on to Michael's hand, j n,l induces niu.-h-Tvded n-pose, H'tn- fcsked by one of our sj. akers ho her There were kisses given. shouts of bravo! j ,reds kate test; at-1 t' the remarkable j P" conservative 'relyt.rivn stood and wild huzzas in honor of the little ! virtues of this preparation. i on the teuirani-e question. With a queen. j a- j world of meaning in her voice and an in- And do you know what she replied to V;ht "" hnslmnd exclaim when j juljU,je tw inkle in her eye. she an-er- all this, smiling and clapping her Utile hands? Phe replied " I"apa T It woold be difficult to describe how and in what tones she uttered that one j word. But all those brave fellows, whose j eyes had hardly ever known a tear, will j tell you that they wept that night For purifying the blood, stimulating j the appetite, and invigorating the sya- j tern in the Springand early Summer, Ay- j er s SarsaptiriUa is unsurpassed. Be sure inn m-t Acer's Sarsaoarilla. and no oth- ! er ; else the result may be anything but satiafketorr. Id Oj AVnOLE XO. 19G8. How He Cured Cyrus. "This 'ere sthleii. and gymnasiums is all wrong," said the old man, as he laid down Irs paper and Iwgan to shuck a thrcv-pjv peanut. "I've had a sample of it in my ou fauiily. and I know how it works." "Don't you UOieve iu such exercises for a young man T' "Wall, the exercise may 1 a'l right, but the fellers git false i.ieasinto their heads. Take my son Cyrils f'r instance. Cy was a little inci.ned to consumption, and 1 ray t her encouraged gymnastics. It wa-n't three week, aiore he begun to git sassy. I gave him a lickin' one day. and I could see that he didn't take it kindlv. lie began to put on airs over his mother, and w hen I cum to inquire around a lee tle I foun i that Cy was on the Isix. He was a ho! din' up hi., dukes and k nix kin' the boys r.i-!naiid left. I overheard hiui talkiu' to our Iiiil alsmt 'iHisition,' 'guard,' 'breakaway.' 'knockout,' and sich, and every day he got sassier and sassier. He was IS years old, but I alius lick my boys tiil they are past 20. I saw that Cy was goin' to buck. Thar' was Bill and Tom and .Terry to be affected by his example, and I felt that miithin' ortar tie done. One day vie was hoein' corn, and Cy was oiH I didn't mind it fur awhile, but by-nud-by I gut riled and said : " 'Seems to likinV me, you ar' achin' fur a "'Mebl I am, father,' he"repi:ed, as cool as ice, 'but I shan't git it. I've been licked fur the last time.' "' 'Cause why?' I asked. "' 'Cause I won't allow it' "Then I knew that the time had come when he'd got to have sunthin stronger than boss medicine. He'd got the big head on him treuienjus. and it was ttien or never. " 'Suppose we walk over to the twin Cy '. I kcirlessly r -mariied as I finished a r"- " He sai l he was my hui k!e!erry, and we droiqied our lus-s and went. When we -.-ot insi !. we both Iwgm to peel by mutual consent, and Cy carried a grin ail over his fai-e. H-'1 bin put on to a new upp-r -cut two or three days Is-fore, and he was caiKe:atin' on spilin' my chawin machine at the fust blow. He bsiked the jiimlandv as lie squared off, and I ray ther anticipated the wust. I never fit in my life, but when we squared off I was bound to down Cyrus. Says I : "'Cy, will ye quit yersxssand knuckle if I don't lick ye?'" "'And he said: 'Father,' raise yer dukes a little higher, and look out fur me I .t .1 . . , . 1 Hlmur I. J 11 uir PIH i- rill no- i-ia in in... U ith that he tapiied me on the store- ' ., i i i ,,- i ' The words of the amendment are the room with mw hand and culled mv ear i . , , r ., - i i i ii - " I " manufacture. Sitle or keeping for sale of with the other, in I sailed. He give me ; - , , i-i . - intoxicating liquor to be used as a U'ver oneou the tooth-liox as I closed in, but ( ',.,., . . ,i , : age is hereby prohibited, arter that the tr.ite monev was mme. I , ". . . . , i i . .i .i To make cider is not to manufacture throwed hini into the manger, over the ; . - , ,, ii i- i.i . i an intoxicating liquor. I ider i the mere fannin mill, ind b hind the granary, and " . , " 1 . f an m.ir.' to nm bin. thro,. the cm. shelltr, when he hollered 'Enough!' and j begged me to let up on him. It worked a mightv sudden cure on hint. Swellin" 1 ,, . . , , i ,i . v. it at! went out of his head that n ght, and ' , , I , i i - , ,. .1 hen I In ked htm with a cornstalk next dav he w as as humble as a calf, i inn- I n -,;t ri-rl.t nr. to a mptain nint , ' , , , ... . ' process is the acetous fermentation which but when vou git bevond it it s danger- ! ..',,i'.. . .1 makes it vinegar, ous. posen 1 hadn t come out on top ,.. , ,-. - i -ii i li .,- . i Then look at the arisurditv of compt li nf ( v ! v hv. sir he d have lieen bluthn , ' ..' , , i ing the constih e to vij.it a I the farmers me outer the bo ise bv this time, and' " . . ii t i . i . -,- , , : in bis township to find out whether tne pronably had a match on with HUllivan ! I ' .. . ow ners have made rider. Put if press- The man with the glass eye has the j ing out the j lice of apples is manufactur great consolation that be is putting on ' ing an intoxicant liquor, the cider mill more style than his neighbor: he has a is as necessary to lie returned as a di stained glass w in low to his soul. tiilery or a brewery. Such is the absurd- " The churn mutgo," says an agric.il- j 'y the opponent of valuable ref-.rm are. tnral exchange. I f course it must, in ; reduced to in order to defame it and carry order that the butler nmy come. votes. i i r. i-n It is to ! hoped no farmer who has all " I sminr. girls. Tie sunnv, savs r.lla , ' . ... , . " , i apiile orchad will sutler himself to be V In-e.er i cox. v e don t see how thev ; ' ' can. but they'd aug'iti-r lie. Tiie stallion Wixjdnut has been sold for j lil.ii.Ki. We Woodout have thought it worth so much. A horse is unlike a maninone respect, at lea-t hedixsn't l.ke to 1 backed up. A niissfirtuni much sought by young men A young heiress. The elements are amrrv when tl.e wa- terspout. Will n-t necessarily fall the girl in fclippersj Minerva was A little girl's view of it the umIiIcsh of Wisdom ; ried." she never mar- llolliug stork Cattle on ln.ard of a steamship in :i storm. The Rev. John Brown w as in the habit of proposing, on fc.'ive oirasions, a cer- tain young lady at his toa-t. Having abandoned tiie pr.ii e, he was asked for a reason. "Because." he said, "I have toa-ted her for sixteen years without I making her Brown, and so I've resolved I to toast her no more." Found the Feelings, A colored man. who had a load of ashes beh-nd his mule, ram" to a stand still on Adams avenue the other dry. He clucked mi l yelled and lashed at the i u. nle. Tuit the animal hung his head and refused to budge. A noiig the apec'ators , foaming water. In hot pursuit came the was a woinan, and asthe lashing went on i dusky sons of tiie f.rest, and, r-sebmg she steprs-d f .rwor I and asked : j the Iranks of tlie swift, flowing waters, "Colored '-.n. do vou know that a j they saw the white sunup n-iriiu the mule his reelings?" j shore. They set np cries of rag-, which " Ves, iiiar'm. I ii ." he replied, "an j continued through trie night. When Lie ji.,t about to tackle de same." j 'hese came to his ewrs he proudly lifted He ju.i.d down, gave the animal's j his head each time and in cussi. il En tail a twist, and as the beast moved slow- ! IW cried back. "How I an 1 Im darned!" ly ..n the man continued : I Tw!' : "nartin, nmr in sartin, but how on airth il.ii vou haoi-n todisaioer it . i No medicine has had greater 'T'l in ' tresmaers j "Af'''"' !" bill is presented A high handed prceejing settinj tow n clock. Tlie National game Politics. Men of all typf Compositors. An oid, chronic gmwU-r The lion. A school bov who stood at the head of his class for dullness said one day. in his geography : "The crocodile the largest j insect in America, A Boom in Bjys. A re th--re more iim ii than women in ; this country ; and which sex is te long ! est lived? Propound these q'lotn.ns to ; your neighbors, and see if nine out of I ten of them do not say thiit men are the ' hardiest, and that they are iiiiluuiiiheit- I ! by the women. Tiie tenth jewii vtoiii 1 ! be the only one to giv a correct ans ver for there are nearly a million more males in the I'liited States than females, whiio the latter are the loniest lived. It fol low, then, that more bo;s than d.r j are bora every year, but that on reacting : manhood the struggle for existence ex- puses the men to greater hardships than their sisters, and a greater number of the latter attain a ripe old age. . rort'LAR KKRKK. The popular error that the women out numlier the men is probably accounted for by the fact that in the haetern Mat. that condition of affairs does actually ex Uf. But in the bounding West tu con ditions are reverse.!. Tbe census of 1m showed a majority of STl,'"! in favor of tl.e male sex, and that in no one -jf the fi rtv-nine st iles and territor e was ti e ex, f f..Illa!es over maies more than j per itnL while the excess) of males i over felimlrt ran from 2 to V. per cert, in ; ulOHt f tllr .tales. if the centenarians, ; ,wr.i.oie to census returns, werw . m.n an,i o(jl,7 wollln. Whi'.e !x.sstart i out a,nt m million ahead and are in a j IarifP nilij,,r:ty p to ! yean of age, a . but steady gain is made by g:r! af- i ti r that age, until at 75 years the men j are left far behind. It U partly due to the greater mortality au-ng men, but j uiaiiily to extensive emigration of young j men to the West, that in the Kasti-ra ! tates the women predominate. ! MANY CH AM 13 I'uB B ' lltl.i ':.. Washington is the bachelor's rai!ise, 1 for there are 112 women to every lm) : men in the Capital City. Rhode Island ' arm Massachust tt are close behind, their excess ls-ing lo7 women to I'' men, ' " Little Hhisly,'' having slightly the best of it in carrying the proportion to tlie I hundred thousands. Males outniruN-r j females, however, in the pr-sirtinn of I two to one in Idaho. Montana Nevada. j Oregon, Wyoming ami Washington. It is a curious fad that in long settled agri cultural districts the sexes are nearly equal, while in cities and towns the female sex predominates, although n ore l-ovs are born than girls. According to the censusof Is-') there were liet ween the ages of an 1 17 years 4iis) more girls than boys in New York; 2, more in Chicago and l'J7 1 mure in Philadelphia. Sim 1hu, however, that city has had a h.in in boys. During 'he la-t e-.ght years l.i,".i children have lieen born iu Philadelphia, with hs.ii) majority in favor ! of the bovs. The girls seem to have a ; Wronger vitality fntn the cradle, u the death rate, even among infants, shousan excess in that period, of 1;',1. toys over girls. I-atter in life the slatistii-s show that tJtiti more mules than fenitles died during the eight years. In the entire State there were but li),(.) more female than males in IHn). The Case of Cider. On the subject of Prohibition and Cider, Judge Agnew writes as follows; Another device of the opsncn!s of prohibition is toaiarm tiie farmers on the ground that the amendment will forbid the making of cider. This is really i i i . .i.. .... i, .!....; ,? ! Ju" ",c "" ' " " " cant when first made. As well migh the eating ot apples lie forbidden. 1 1 re quires fermentation to prodmsj alcohol. me liuo&li aillig iirnii iLiie oi uai i i.uh-t. , Everr fanners knows be does not make ' - . . , , ' ,,.( I, r . i ir urnn.i ui-um ai.i'k. before it becomes hard, and the next imioseil uj.iii oy tin siny assertion mat ; cider is within the amendment u.iiii it ' has uudgergone fermentation ami he i comes hard. He can make a!l the cider he pleases ' and sell it lef reit has reach:! the point : when it Ik-comic intoxicating, or he mav i keep it until it tm-oiues vin-g.trand then i sell it. ; 1 f course, the man who sell or keep for sale bard cider a a Wvrmge will couie within the anieii-lment. I'.-it we , presume no farmer i-hes or in.eii is n, j do this. It i not neces-ary bei-aus. h : VP, ,.;,pr , ,t if f,,r ,,,,, ,e wm,, voluntarily incur the prohibii.m. Ail fanners h ive t do is to f .il i.v the ! Mi- i nwH- their farms as heretof ire. aud n it i p turn themselves into barkeeper or j sellers of intoxicating drink. The juice j of the apple, like the juice of the grape, ; is harmless when pressed. It is only . wh'-n fermentation has taken p ace one bei-omcs hard and j wine. the r.tner liecumes Dv:ki. A'.vtv It is said that the town of How land, Me., derived i s name frmn the exclama tion made by an adventurous white man who fell in love with and stole away from her father's wigwam a young and heau'-ful squaw. He was pursued do uth Pisca taquis, w here he took his sweet heartinto hiscanis and boldly paddled out into to Although brii k lav er are always rai-ins; stories when at work.it by no means fol lows thev are gossip or w and.il-'tiou- j gi-r. j .j 'Well, he's not rjr,;,l almut it!' . . a- Card of Thanks. j If the proprietor of Kemp's Balsam should publish a rani nf thii iks, contain j ing expressions of gratitude which come i to him daily from those? who have. lieen ' cored of severe throat and lung trouble by the ne uf Kemp's Balsam, it would fill a fair sized book. How hiih-Ii K-trer : to invite all to call on any druggist .! get a free sample bottle that yon may test for yourself its power. Large bottlt cema t i. lnr" It
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