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CHARGES MODERATE.
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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.
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Lte.t Styl and LowMt TVio.
ATISFACTION GUARANTEED.
Somerset, Pa.
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YOL. XXXVII. NO. 41.
FTJACOBSOH
Acute Torture Cured.
7 DOCTORS. I 1 BOTTLE.
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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
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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!'
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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.
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