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Pa. 4 : nitni"1 to tlnir ptc will b J . r;rivt, .Mi;4e M-mmoth Bia-. t f M 1!. K' " 'N"TZ. AT-LAW, fcimrwt, Pm., I vcir.i'l !!prtion tohiiin rninitl i MF.YEIl5, ) AlTuF.N tYAT-LAW, I s.mcrl P. 1 v ,-.-;T ritrii'-v.'d V, t:is rnre :5 i b a ?;rrrt. ,.; ;i.:ur Ute Court House. I N O. K1MMFU I AlToKNEY-AT-I.AW, i bomtrwt. Pa., I -tf Tiil to hiinew entruntii li hi rare g . ; : m 4;':';incuijU. with jnmpt . Z : r. "i'''- 00 M&iu Craw sslrvirt, -j - .,!.'r . lia store. I ATToRrr-ATLAW. j Simemet, Pa. it VT,7iih B! k. np Rir. F-ntranre -4 " '.rri. ii;e-tmn- ma.1f. estt 4 . intl auii ail iera! bu:oai- o ..Li, ir!tii.ittit ail bdt-uty. . L. C. t'OLBOKJt. r imun a roi.r.fiRN. ArroKNEYs-AT LAW. i bomcnu-t. Pa. .r.j -T!-ictcl to our care 1 ! :"a. '.? aiu-mit u. Villwtioua :::t--i. ii4:wl anl a'1j'ii!iiiK (Xmid-e- .T-viau! ouTef aciu dHie on rea- INKY. F. SCHKU, ATTvhNEY-AT-LAW. tfomeret. Pa. t v aui i'rarioti Ajwnt. Ciflioe In MammoUi LENTIN'K HAY, ATli'KtY-AT LAW, htancnet. Pa. .:' in Krai Eate. Wi'l attend to ail - :.'.rirttrC to li care miux jiroeup m :.tj. s h. nil.. 1 Tl 1 lr v TY.iT.I A W X :,t ittKrii-oD eulicctions. Ate Of- f; J. K. KIF-SECKF.R, j pliY-'i IAS AND H"Ki;F.0S. j 8nMtR!TT. Pa.. L 'ra. H'oirt u III" nurw m t t : A !f,iiy. 4.ML in Ktoavacr 1 II. S. KIMMFLU f t h pmf. .; wt wrvim to the HtirTi ; t cai: Torino At Li utTux on iuaiu cm. I'jiiii.'ti'i. ILLKUEAKER i 'r L t-.fpiniial KTvii to the ci1in -ix'i :..: mi naiy. otticem rt-iduce on 1 of InaniOIld. . J. M. LuUTKF.R, PUYsiClAN A.VD Bl'Kl.EON. ; k1 t-m:neutly In ?inerrt for the r ' 1 if nrtii on Main aireel. 1. J. s;. M-MII.LEX, i (trnfciiwitf m inUf.) tc-ia; anii-n to the prwerratlon of t .'i.rnl wta. Ar:ti.'al fcflu illrut. All fc -! riarii'-l tfi-vy. iitt-i-e Id tne "fix M . 1 ti1 weii 4l to.'i nore, corner e : ana Fatnot nrreii. i JOHN EILTA ujn :4 rook & Kwtiut Bkick. i.WM. COLLIN itKnevprt feWw k op-tair, her he i i t:nj prvpareel it dn !! k;nl c ... r rtlu,(E, ivruivtiuif. eKirm-liiic. T u-rr'.t of al; fciifi and of Uc T luirru A! ork niruieti. t. J. K. MILLER aeivet County .Bank. TliUfIlD 1T7 ) : hakrison, m. j. pritts, PSH5T. CAKHIEB. oaf Bmc ia ,:j p,tai of lht r.-oitj,! etatc CHARGES MODERATE. . ... j WklM bt- H..".:,Ut Curved. MERCHANT TAILOR. (Abore Heflley a 8ior,) 't 'yl-, and LoweatPricea. 'SFACTION CUARANTEED. Somerset Pa. SS0LUTI0N NOTICE. w i,t i: "HVIII...I Jemier .m- " -'V ? bx u,l ron ' kieiii'' ' J' '"' are in the hani ( fn, ; . ""all f-TWrt utteiite-J Ui i .. ;. B,t'' lofmeui, uu olto BjU KukoE 8. liANiFT. -A nosTim.i:it i . WLRCHANT TAILOR. I MMZROET. PA. f Iai.- V iu. ' Ii. Winter folttnrt a 1-. wuwcuun .tita,.tfl - .. Somerset J. -0.0 VOL. XXXYIII. HSRSE AILMENTS. Kepraset. Vly 4). 1M. Iy niar raorht eoIi; rcsu-t: awtiied limbs: luxpbetveca fcirelerji and ilifim ciailott. Cured her with St. Jan. OX L.O.UALDNL&. Wlutboro, Tex, Juu .0, l.v& If r hor van hurt P on hind l"s: .uffcred 10 month: waa cured by M. Jnht Oil: rare ha rcrr.axJ permanent. V. J. CLIXL. 1W. CATKX FniPOX. Zl, Sec. PariSe Couat BloM-Horw Awociatlun, aa;: "Beinf nuniliar with the iTrkah! efficacy of St. Jaeotx OIL I cbeerfu!lr and heartily lndora tiili raluab'.e cpecUc for puinful aiizzicuta. Hon. CD EX BOWIE. Ex-GoTemor of Mary land. Jockvy Oub. Prest City Pasa. Railway Co., a,iys: Ia my J',y and my ttableat Cave Bwd ft. Jacob. Oil with MUuCactory re.Uita.and bellera It the best rested Jot l X nful seca of man and beast." it At rrwi.T ANb IEAi.r THE CHARLES A. V0GELES CO, BaWaorm. Kl Best Cougli Cure. For all 3Uoases of the Throat and I,Qipi, no remedy ii ao aafe, apeetlr, Btxl certain Ayer' Cherry Pectoral. An inJiaiensablo family medicine. " I find Ayer'i Clierry TecWral an invaluable reined j f'ir colds, coushs, and other a: l menu of t'.ie throat and lunga." M. 8. Itandall, 1X4 liroadway, Albany, X. Y. " I have used Aycr't Cherry Pectoral lor bronchitis and Lung Diseases, for which I believe it to be the pri-atest medicine in the world." Jamci Miilur, Caraway. N. C. "It v.ife had a rlinfrssin? conch, with pain in the ftide ainl breast. Yo triel various medicine, but Iinno did lii-r any pood nut: I I ft a botilo f Ayer'a Cherry Pectoral which has cnreil lu-r. A IicihUw, M. dlclill, had tho inexHics, and the cough as relieved by the Hsu of Ayer'a Cherry lV-ctoral. I have no hesitation in recommending thin medicine." IUiln-rt Ilortou, Fore man HeO'Vliykt, Iorril!to:i, Ark. "Ayer'a Cherry Tet.ru.l cnr"i! mo of a aevere cold which had acttled on my lttnjs. My wife aaytt the 'e, tor:i! helf her more than any other im-dirinc alio ever used." Enoa Clark, M- Liberty, Kansas. Ayer's Cherry PeolorEl, rsErAKKu r.r Dr. J. C. Ayer Co Lcwc, V.3.ZZ. bokS by ail Prvsptata. Iic $I; .ii bottk, Ji. Ourselves to keep abreast, but to keep the lead overall others in selling you Turf, Abx!nle!y Purr, and well Matur ed, lUpe V hisktra and W incs At prices that make all other dealers hus tle. J-ist think of it : Oterholt & (o's Fere Rye, five years old. Full quarts $l, or JiO per dozen. Stiil ln-tter: Tint li's lioldrn iVf dtlinp, te n years old. Full quarts l,or f per dozen. Iletterstill: Kentucky Itoarbon, ten years old. Full ur;s i or Jli t dozen. And one of the imt saleable Whiskeys on our lit-t is The IV he Ei.ht-Yeak- i.n Export iii KEMiKiMi:it. Full jt. fl. fclOadox. There is no Whiskey tiiat has ever 1een 8fld that has piwii in favor w ith the public so rapidly as our old Export, anl the simple reason is that it is utterly imposiibleto duplicate it. There wiU never le any let up in the purity and fine flavor in any particular of the I'u re California Wines we are now selling at 50 cents per bottle, Full quarts, or f- per dozen. In making up your orders please enclose J'oHollii'e Money Order or 1 'raft, or Register your order. JOS. FLEMING & SON, WBOLEhALI AND RETAIL DKUGGISTS, PITTSBURGH, TA. 412 Markel ft.. Cr. of Diamond. CURTIS K. GROVE. SOMERSET, PA. BUOOIKS, 8LEKJH8, CARRIAGES, Pl'RISG WAGONS, BfCK WAGONS. AND E-4STEEN AND WESTERN WORK Furnished on Short Notice. Pain ting Done on Short Time. y work i made ont of TVrw wWy Snurmnl Wood, and the " ami .m". HiiNttautially Constnicied. Neatly Fmlsned. and, w axranled to give faiiitfactioa Ipl37 C7 rstCls Torke Repairlne of All Kindf My Line Ixine on boon Nouoe. Pnoe. REA,-UN ABLE, and . All Work Warranted. i Call and Eamine my Stock, and Iarn Prcea t do Wagon-work, and funiifh Seire. for W Ind at ilia. Kememher Die place, and call in. CURTIS K GROVE, (Eaat of Conrt Hooae) 80MERSST.. PA asiHTS wraario roa tkc iooi fJolmstown H ORROR, OR- VALLEY OF DEATH. The tx9t and mo romplcte history of the iJreat KltK1. i'ii''l."l'el in Kne'i'h atul Oermait. OmtHifi. orer 500 jiaireN illustration, and reiao 't -l .ct jriruL ruLt (itr aiMDmiG. Akv'I'U aiulUK hjl any oUjer t luua tUtOk .ooO id end t4 crri araaiew re eua ournr wnd arah.f Miiinir it i.- u liie one ou am H.itBT, ilo-t lnl Icniw alloared. Forsh& McMakln, Cincinnati, Ohia e Pennsylvania The Celebrated Force Feed Pbtplia1t Attar bueat Graia DrilL t Mills, Eagiaet, mt S'jrtri lataiemeatt a aeteiatrr. acao row earaLsaui. A.Ii.Ftirquhar Vo. Untieed. aug7-4L Yobc, Ta. WANTED More MEN To sell our IruU d vruiirfcu.i Mlvk. ttcn tl dre-w 'tor u-mr, . B. KlCUAlUMi A ti. Mi X yaieu, Ot-ua-ra, K- T. mar7-I alv T'Hl a srooo neriiir sr.uauun iw uota -o- 00 IT PLEDGE XO. 9. KERRECTED. WLca Mary Ann Dolliinw gat theakcle daowa lhar on Injun llay I u (Ud. ft-r I like to tee a gal makuV ber hon est way. I heerd Mine talk in the village about her fljin' high. Tew hhjh fir l.u'y tinner. folk wita chore, ter dew ter fly : But I paid Do border attention ter all the talk ontel She come in her reg lar boanjis' round ter Tisit Willi iui rpelL My Jake an' her bed been cronies, ever aence they could walk, u'il took ine aliai'k ler hear her kerreclln' him in bis talk. Jake ain't uo hand at grammar, though he ain't hi. beat fer work : But I aaid ter myself, "look coot, my gal, yer a.W n' with a Turk !' Jake bore it woiide'fuliy patient, aa' nai l in a mournful way He sumed be wan behind hand with the doin'a at Injun bay. I remember once he was aakin' fer some o' my In jus buns. An' she aaid abe aboold ailiu my, " them air," atid o' " them " .he one., Wal, Mary Ann kep' at him atiddy, moraln' aa evecin' long, LI he dwn'i oi-cn hu mouth fer fear o' talkie' wrong. One day 1 a as pickia' earranu down by the old ui jee tree. W heu 1 heard Jake's voice a-aayiu', M He ye ail- lin' ter -carry me ?" Aa' Ma-y Aon kerrectin' " Air ye willln' yeou k'd say" Our 1 ke be put hi, foot down in a plum, decided way. "No witamin' folks ia a go' a' ter rearrangin mt ; Hereafter I aay crapt,' ' them ',' ' I calk'late,' an' 1 Ef folk, don't like my talk they need'nt hark ter whatlnar, 1 ut 1 ain't a goiu' ter take no aaas from folks from Injun bay. I a-k ye free an' final, - Be ye goiu ter marry ueT ,' An' Mary Ann says, teiubHa', yet anxloca-Iite, I be I" F. . tValL A TALE OF A TOLL-BRIDGE. BY PATIf.Xl K CTAI'LETON. "Abigail, tliy father's joy," my mother saith one morninj-, smoothing my hair that vexes me so sorely, for it w ill never lie smooth as a decorous maiden's uhould. I felt a bitter pang in my heart when she repeated the meaning ol my name, for I knew full well that between my father and me a coldness was growing. Sad thA it should be so in such troublous times, and aRer all my fifteen years of love and reverence. Yet,even my moth er, though she always saith woman should only think as the men folk di rect, is in sympathy with our adopted couutry. Not my adopted country, for I was born in this dear land, and every breath I draw now is a prayer for her safety and triumph. F'reedom is in the air here, in this refuse for oppressed people. Have I not heard of Polish exiles in Dresden and of French Protestants seeking refuge in the same quaint town, and I am not so young but that I can bee far ahead in the coming years and know that people from every country will turn their weary feet to this safe asylum. So this year of our Lord 1775, in the fair month of June, even onr quiet town ia bewildered and terrified by strange news from Rjston, brought by the ships that sail up the wide Sheepecot to beau tiful Westport, ton miles away. Our river, known as the Xequasset, is divided from the Sheepscot by a long island, run ning away to the sea, but in places the land is low, and from our bridge can I see the the masts of the ships and their white topsails as they glide onward to the town. It seems a link to we with that mysterious world outside. When the tide runs up the Rheepsoot it runs dow n our river, that is navit-able only for small boats, scows or moving hi tuber rafts, and is beset with eddies and whirl pools. Over our cottage a woodbine grows that almost covcreth our porch, and, though my father is never tired of telling of that beautiful England. I know my home is dearer to nie, Once in unseem ly anger I said to tny father : "If England be so much fairer and more glorious than our land, why came you here at all?" f To turn his hot, quick anger, my moth er saith : "My child, that waa not cour teous," and, with a sigh, "One must live, and it ia overcrowded there." "Then," persisted I, "surely to the country that gives so dear a borne as ours, and room to live and be happy, should not'my fat net give his strength and arm? Should he not become one of her defenders, keeping her freedom. helping to relieve her from grievous tax and the iron rule of a bad kine who only wants our gold ?"' And for that speech was I forbid to go to Westport again, or to the village, and my father said sternly : "Thou hast traitor blood in thy veins; well for thee thou art not a lad." "If I were," I cried, "I would be a sol dier, and fight for our land. I would be in Roston now, eager to show I waa an American, not a Britisher." Verily but for rjy mother's interfer ence my father would have boxed my earn, but from that time his love for tiie is change.!. He looks at me darkly, sel dom ventures a caress, and I harden my heart and my mother weeps oRen. Oa the 20th of June my fa.her and rtwither were summoned some fiReen miles down the island, to my Covin Richard's home. He came from Eng land with my father, and is now on his deathbed. He, too, is a Tory, and is greatly attached to my father. I have been oRen left alone and I fear not My mother kissed me tenderly when she stepped in the shay ; how fair and sweet she is; nothing will change her love, but my father looked at me coldly. "You will remain in the .-Jiouse, Abi gail," he saith, "nor spend your time in idle converse with other silly maids. Thy mother has set thee tasks ; see that thou are not idle." "Hast thou ever heard at night passers on the bridge, the clatter of many hoofs?" "I aiu not deaf and surely so good a company of cavaliers passing oar quiet place often would awaken any one." "Hast thou told of their coming?" "You forbid me to go to the Tillage, father ; whom should I tell V " See that thou art silent for thy life," he said sternly, '"and tell them I waa summoned out to my cousin 'a deathbed, or I would have kept at my poet Be prudent, for a prattling maid ia a scourge to any household." They drove on, leaving me with flush ed cheeks and rebellious eyes. As I Somerset SOIERSET, PA., AVEDXESDAY, went back I lifted thereat and held her to my face, and there were tears on ber gray fur. " Maltese Mattie," I cri;d, "because your ancestors came from England, do you love the bad King George? Are you not an American eat?" I laid her on the cushion and went within, where the cool, dark room sooth ed me. Over our home is the spell of my mother's exquisite neatness. Our floors fairly shine, mahogany furniture brought from England, has a bright polish, and our windows are full of flowers, while folks aay my mother's china is among the rarest in America. I tiptoed to the high mantel, to the long mirror, and, pushing aside the brass candlesticks, saw a round, rosy face, bright brown eyes, a pouting mouth, and curly, rebellious hair. " For a traitor maid you are rather well favors!, Abigail," I said, aloud, and then I'blushed guiltily at my vanity and put the candles back. Never until a month eone had I thought of my locks at all, anl why I did so now was that our nearest neighbor's son, John Gardiner Todd, the big, ungainly boy of Captain Todd, went on a voyage to Boston with his father, and told when he return ed that I waa almost as fair as Boston girls. I put on my pink and blue flowered gownand my mother fashions my clothing so neatly I am the best gowned of all the maids in the village ; nor does it vex me to know it. Though my father says I gawk at the other maids all the time in church, how can he see when my bonnet hides my face ? The world is so beautiful, why should not we who are made to love color and brightness, have it about us ? I took my wheel and went out on the porch under the vines where Maltese Matty lay at my feet. As I sat there I heard a step and a shadow darkened the door, and then there came John Gardiner Todd, and ungainly son of our neighbor. " Well, Miss Tory, you seem to be all alone," said he, picking up the cat and sitting down on the step. " I did not ask you in," I cried angri ly. "So; but this is a free country," he answers. I saw that his voyage had bronzed him greatly, making a strange contrast with his fair hair and blue eyes. He is so big he seems to drawf our very house. He hath outgrown his strength, his mother saith, for he is only 14. "I mnst work," I said ongraciously. " The proper thing for all maids." So my wheel goes with the whir, and the birds and the river sound not an un pleasant rhyme as be sings. Suddenly he stops and looks at me. If you were not a Tory maid," he saith, then checks himself. " Why ? " I asked quickly. "You might helptbecountry that gave you a home, for whatever your father sait h he ill ared in England, where some great lord cheated him out of all his property. Surely he should have no love for the hirelings of kings." " You know I told my mother how my heart is," I said, anxiously. " Ob, foreet my father, my idle ta'k, John ; let me, a weak maid, if I may, help my dear land. I never had ambition to be great and beautiful, as noble ladies are, but when I read of Joan of Arc my cheeks burn, my heart beats fast and I cry, if, only like her, I could do something to help a mighty cause." " Women and girls cannot !e trusted," he sighed ; " it is not their nature." Again I grew angry and would not speak. ' But," he said, slowly, aa he rose to his full height and laid his great hand on my wheel to stop its noise, " there is a 6tory that the Britishers have been land ing arms on the island, and the cavaliers that gallop across the bridge of nights go to meetings there, and now this very night they are to move the ammunition and anna inland to secure hiding places. At 12, under a strong guard, the wagons will cross this bridge, and we cannot pre vent, for they outnumber us three to one and have all roads well patrolled." " Well, what can I do? " "Nothing, if thy father is at home, for he is a Tory. If he were one of us he would cut the draw before they pass. CoulJst thou persuade him ? " " As well aiove that old bouer in the river," I cried. " There is naught, then, but patience," he said sadly, and went away, not know ing my father was from home. Kt dusk I heard the sound of horses' hoofs on the bridge and a number of gentlemen rode by. As I stepped out for the toll one doffed his hat. "Thy father, is he at hand ? " I told them of my father's departure, and he and his companions confened awhile; then one quite elderly man rode np to me. "See that thou si ee pest well to-night, Mistress Abigail," he said sternly, " and that thou go not near the village." I heard them talk as they rode on of a meeting at Brookings woods, some miles away, and that they would return for the wagons at midnight I walked out on the bridge in the darkness, where the few stars overhead glimmered on the dark water, until I feit in some enchant ed land, sky above and below, walking on a bridge of air. What could I do for the nobie cause, I, a poor weak maid ? I had no gift like Joan of Arc, heaven-sent and marvel ous. Soon I felt the lighter resonance of the draw beneath my feet I laid my hand on the ponderous machinery that moves the bridge, the great bolts and bars that, though my father is a great giant of a man, be finds it di fficult to move. Could I go and summon John Gardiner Todd and tell him my father was from home? No, that was impossible. The watcher beyond the bridge would stop my path. I sat down hopelessly, my heart beating fast How still the night was, and so dark. If some one rode on the bridge and the draw lay open would be not drown in the deep black water between w here the tide swirled and roared? Would I not be a murderer? I am so weak, I said, and if the draw lay open Would not the Whigs know enough to seize the arms on the island. But again, ruy heart said, they are eager ly watching for some ray of hope, and they would value the arms in their im poverished condition. Can they not cross the river first, having the boats and knowing its dangers best, and be safe estu3lish:ed 1827. w ith their prizs before the Tories can prevent? While I thought I struggled with the machinery, and there waa a strange fascination in it The sense of danger discovered, the joy if I succeeded; the feeling that grown oien would praise me, and that John Gardiner Todd would be sorry he bad called me a Tory maid. Oh, tboee heavy bolt, the crank that turned so hard and the creaking sound that might tell the watcher beyond the bridge and make him send a bullet at any moment .suddenly, with a quick snap the chain broke and slipped out of my bleeding hands, and whereas the draw was a! waysopened slowly with cau tion, it now fell wide apart with a sound ing crash, and at my . feet yawned the great black gulf of the seething water. I heard a about and some running on the bridge. Mad with terror, I stood one moment on the brisk, and then, with a prayer to the Father who let me open the bridge and take it from my feeble hands, I feel forward into the tide. For a moment I knew nothing only the roaring of water and darkness; then there awoke in me the strong instinct of a w im mer for self-preservation. I bless ed my father who had taught me to breast the waves, and I took up hope and struggled bravely. The current dragged me hither and thither, great giant arms seemed reaching from the depths to pull me dow n, strong eddies and whirl pools turued me about and twisted my hands and feet as I strove to rise, mon strous weights seemed pressing me be low. Once I saw the bridge far behind me as I was swept along, and heard a voice calling, Who has done this," and felt a bullet whizz along the water. Then I gave up hope and let myself lie quiet, a calmness coming like a child's going to sleep. " It means death and unconscious ness," I murmured. Then a strong arm seized me and a kind voice said : " Lie quiet and I will take yon safe to shore." I knew it was John, but how I never jet could tell. I sank again into that dream, and only came to reason when I heard a confused murmur of voices and a light flashed into my eyes. I was on the shore and Captain Todd, his long white beard sweeping my . face, was kneeling by me forcing something bit ter and burning into my mouth. " The arms are unguarded," I cried. " I have opened the bridge ; the Tories are on this side." And as fainted aain I heard the sound of other voices and the preparations for departure. When next I knew life again I was lying in Mrs. Todd's big bed, where the tall four posts took on stringe Shape of demons and goMina, and the curtains swinging in the breeze seemed vaporous w ins. I screamed ; then into the dark ness came a Droaa neam oi gracious morning light and Mrs. Todd stepped softly to the bed and Visaed me. " Brave little AbiirAil," she whispered, " heaven bw praised you are well and safe."" "And what of the arms?" I asked. " Was my deed done in vain ? Oh, my father's bitter anger." "He shall not be told ; only a few of the neighbors know of thy heroism. The Tories suspect some roan. The arms and ammunition are in our possession, for the wagons were poorly guarded, the men overpowered and the prize secured before the Tories could prevent The draw bridge being broken they could cot cross. Surely the Lord is on onr side ; but let us prav. Abigail, the time may never come when our men will be forced to take the blood of the British, and that all our troubles will be settled peaceful ly." "And we give in to the King ?" I cned. "Indeed not," she said, sitting up very straight and defiant; "he gives in to us." That afternoon, a hen 1 went forth to return to my home, Captain Todd made me a courtly 1hw and said many kind th intra of my courage, and said that his son John was proud and happy that he had saved my life. John accompanied me home, very fearful lest I, Wing still weak, should fall, and so gentleand kind was he in his speech that I could not re sist saying: "You are very careful of a Tory maid, John." "A Whig heroine," he answered, "and some day that deed of thine will be known, and people will praise you far and near." I being so delighted with his prai-e said nothing at all. Ah, me, what dreary days followed, for though my father proved his inno cence that night and his absence, Tory influence took the place of toll keeper away and we lost our happy home. He suspected me, though he said naught but often looked at mo with frowning brow. When war was upon as he went and joined the British army to tight against the land that had treated him so well ; yet as I grow older I can understand his loyalty to the king. It was early taught him, and there was something brave and honorable in his faith to his home country in the face of the bitter hatred .of his neighbors and friends. t When he was gone Mrs.Tood was very good to my mother and me, but for her our neighbors disliking my lather so intensely we should have gne hnngry many a day. There was one Sabbath about that time that I shall never forget and it was a great pleasure to me to have done a brave deed, for we were almost persecuted by onr neighbors then, for the Americans were victorious. It was after the service, as the folks were about to go, w hen Mrs. Todd rose in her pew, a mont uncommon thing for a lady to do, and spoke aloud in meeting. She asked if they would listen a few moment to the story of a noble maid, and then went on and told how I opened the drawbridge that night, and all the events of my es cape from death. " "See, on her hands are the scars yet," cried Mrs. Todd, drawing me to her, and of a truth they were and will be all my life, but the one who loves me best says they are noble wounds, like a soldier's in battle, and I am glad time has not erased them. Down the pulpit stairs came the old minister and blessed me, kindly patting my shoulder, while ray mother wept and the people cheered me. There were many soldiers present that day, I remem ber, and Captain Todd, looking very grand in his uniform, gave me his arm. I was glad John waa not there, for he was away fighting for his country. I should have died of shame under his eyes. As I left the church an aged man, too old for AUGUST 28, 1889. war, and he was very old, for men need ed no uiging to obey the battle call in those days, came to me and took my hand. "Let me kiss the hand of a brave wo man," he said. "I am glad I have lived this long ninety years for I have seen a true daughter of America." Then I, too, wept, and leaning on the Captain's arm went to our home, where never again poverty threatened us or un kind thoughts shadowed our days. Soon, however, grief came, for my fath er returned sorely wounded and died in my mother's arms, his hands in mine, forgiving me ail, even though I told him of thg bridge. "Thou art a brave maid," he said, "of the new generation. I am of the old. I only knew but to tight for my king in blind faith. I could not learn the lesson of freedom, but I am glad others can, and that thou and thy children will live in a happier world than min-j has been." Such dear lovers had they been, my father and mother, that she followed him in a week, dying so painlessly, so happi ly, that I thought her only asleep. "People do die of broke? hearts," said 31 rs. Todd at my mother's coffin. Abi gail, do not wish her back. They are together." How dreary my home was now, and the time so long. I tried to keep things as she would have had them and taught a little school in our dining room where onr old furniture was. Tlonnd childish faces saw themselves mirrored in the shining mahogany dresser, bright young eyes gazed in awe at the pretty china, or watched with eagernefw the solemn-faced old clock that pointed to the hour to escape from tasks, and dimpled chil.l'sh lipg rippled into decorous laugh ter when Maltese Matty, 6uch an old, old cat, crept slyly into the forbidden pre cincts of the schoolroom. As the time went on the Todds moved to Boston and I heard seldom from them, once in a while of John, that he was winning his way to a high position, well liked by our great .Washington and the other generals. As I grew older, and folks set me down as one who could not mar ry, for I had refused some offers that meant good homes, they gave me the tollbridge. Once again I returned to the dear old honse, where all grew to look as it did in my childborhood. I only miss ed my mother's soft step and her gentle presence. And my father's chair stood empty. How often I knelt by it and prayed him to forgive me, and rejoic ed that at last he had smiled on me aa he had when I was a little child. So years passed, and I was 23, ten years from the time I had opened the bridge and saved the arms to the Whigs. I of ten thought of it when I walked out to the draw at night and listened to the rip pling water or watched the ol J man hired to tend it s'owly let the slugaishly-mov-ing rafts go through. I seldom heard from the Todds now, for they were grown old and their children married and gone and even the little ones I had taught were growing men and maidens. One day, thinking of the pat, I stroll ed to the old mirror over the mantel, re membering my girlish vanity that day so longago. I was taller now, and could see myself better as I poshed the candlesticks aside. My face was no longer round and rosy, but pale and grave. There were shadows in my eyes, but my hair was re bellious, yet my lips had smiles. Though there had not been much sunshine in my life, I would not let myself grow sad. I sighed at the change and took my wheel out on the vine-shaded porch. I half recalled old times as I looked at a demure descendant of Maltese Matty playing with my yarn. Mingling wita the rippling of the river, the song of birds, the whir of the wheel, I heard the sound of coming horses' hoofs. I waited until the traveler should reach the bridge, but no, he stopped his horse on the turf. The a there was a firm atep on the gravel walk, a shadow across the sunshine at the door. I saw the glitter of a uniform, a strange bearded face with familiar eyes and then I heart a voice that somehow had been ringing in my heart all the long, long time, say : "These weary years I have worked to be worthy of you, Abigail. Ami too late?" I stammered and blushed, but soon he knew he was not too late, and I was proud and glad he had tried to give me high position, not for liking for that, but that he so loved and respected me. Per haps I wished I had donned a prettier gown or was a fairer woman, but now I know I was the only one he everthought beautiful, and as his memory had always been in my heart, so had my imae been in his. It seemed to me as we walk ed on the old bridge at twilight that the river rippled a benediction on the future that lay before us. For Hay Fever. "Give E!ys Cream Balm a trial. Thi justly celebrated remedy for the cure of catarrh, hay fever, cold in the head, &c, can be obtained of any reputable drug gist and may be relieved upon as a safe and pleasant remedy for the above com plaints and will give immediate relief. It is not a liquid, snuff or powder, has no offensive ordor and can be used at any time with good results, as thousands can testify, among them some of the attaches of this otfice." ."vitrif o7i? Timet. Mrs. Jason What a poor spirited creature you are, Jehel. I wish you would be either a man or mouse. Mr. Jason I wish I was a mouse. I'd make you climb the bedpost in a holy minute. It Won't Bake Bread. In other words, Hood's Sarsaparilla will not do impossibilities. Its proprietors tell plainly what it has done, submit proofs from sources of unquestioned re liability, and ask you frankly if you are suffering from any disease or affection caused or promoted by impure blood or low state of the system, to try Hood's Sarsaparilla. The experience of others is suflicient assurance that yoa will not be disappointed in the result It usually happens that thore people who are always looking out for a soft snap meet with hard luck. Ilurper'i Ba tor. Very often the dog does the best be can and still the rabbit geU aw ay. A myrtle, even in a desert, remains a myrtle. J f o w JL Nipped In the Bud. Very forward, waa the criticism said to have been made by her Majesty, the Queen of England, on the occasion of th presentation of one of our most beatiful American girls. Said a distinguished English gentle man, a few years ago, Her Majesty seems to attend very strictly to the matter iu hand, but there is not a trick of manner or a detail of dress that escapes her no tice. Her intuitions are so keen, and the value that she sets on modesty is so great, her interest inthe young so sincere, that she has become a famous reader of char acter. The queen detests a flirt, and she can detect one of these specimens almost at a glance. Neither velvet, nor satin, ncr precious stones, can cast sufficient glamor over a tendency of this kind to hide it from these truly motherly eyes. It is said that one day w hen her Maj esty was present in her carriage at a Mil itary review, the Princess Uoyal, then about fourteen, seemed disposed to be a little tamiliar and possibly coquettish, in thoughtless, girlish fashion, with the young officers of the guard. The tjueen tried to catch her daughter's eye, but the gay uniforms were too attractive, and the little Princess paid no attention to the si lent endeavors of her mother. At last, in a spirit of fan, she capped the climax of her misdemeanors by drop ping her handkerchief over the side of the carriage, and tlte Queen saw that it was not an accident Immediately two r three gentlemen sprang from their horses to return it to her, but the hand of royalty waved them off. "Thank you, but it is not necessary," said her majesty. "Leave it just where it lies," and then turning to her daughter she said : "Now, I must ask you to get down and pick u;i your handkerchief." "But, mamma " The littie princess's face was scarlet, and her lip quivered with shame. "Yes, immediately," said the lieen. The royal footman had opened the door and stood waiting by the side of the carriage, and the poor niortiued litte girl was obliged -to step down and rescue her own handkerchief.- This waa hard, but it was salutary, and probably nipped in the bud the girl's first im pulse toward ro ;uetry. American mothers would do well to follow so meri torious and notable an example. Her Majesty has spoken very plain and sensible words to the British nobility in regard to the education and management of their girls, and on tha subject of flir tation and immodest dressing she is elo quent "I had no idea that your mother ob served my harmless coq'istry," said a young lady whose mother had been spo ken to by the (Jueen. "I have no doubt it was harmless," re plied the Princess Alice, who viu the em bodiment of kindness and sympathy, and yet who never hesitated to pe ik the truth, "but it was certainly thonhtless and unbecoming. It wouldn't be safe for any of ua to be coquettish," she added w ith a smile. "But I was not aware that her majesty ever looked at me aRer the first formality was over," the young English girl re sponded dubiously. The Princess's smile deepened into a Iau'h, as she snid : "Let roe tell you just on thine, try dear, the Queen of Fng'and has not one pair of eyes, but fifty, and those in the back of her bead are marvels." An Early Morning Walk. I have had a morning walk. It has been raining in the night There are large cloada all around; the sea veined with green and drab, has put on the ser ious air of labor. She is alrouc her busi ness in no threatening, but at the same time no lingering mood. She is making her clouds heaping up her sands, visiting her shore and bathing them in foam, gathering up her floods for the tide, car rying the ships to their destinations, and feeding the universal life. I found in a hidden nook a sheet of fine sand which the water had furrowed and folded like the pink palate of a kitten's mouth or like the dappled Sky. Everything repeaU itself by aualogy and each little fraction of the earth reproduces in a smaller and individual form all thephenotnen tof the planet Further on I came across a bank of crumbling shells, am! it was borne in upon me that the sea sand itself mi-ht well be only the detritus of the organic life of preceding eras.a vast monument or pyramid of immortal age, built up by countless generations of molusks who hav.l labored at the architecture cf the shores like g'xxl workmen of G1. If the dunes and the mountains are the dust of living creatures who have r receded us. hnwMw.,li.l.thntii,tnl.r,UtSwill be as serviceable as our life, and that nothing which has been lent is lost? Amelia Journal, translated by Mrs. Hum- phrey Ward. a Forced to Leave Home. Over GO people were Agreed to leave their homes yestenlay to call at their druggist's for a frre trial package of Lane's Family Medicine. If your blood is bad, your liver and kidneys out of or der; if you are constipated and have headache and an unsightly complexion, don't fail to call on any druggist to-day for a ffft sample of this grand remedy. The ladies praise it Everyone likes it. Large-size paekage.50 cents. A Change of Base. Fond Father Julia, tuy dear, yoa know I refused young Snigsleby's re quest to marry you last evening. Yes, and it was real cruel. Well, don't cry, dear; I have recon sidered the matter, and will be glad to have yoa marry him. Oh, how good you are ! How did you change your mid? I was at the base ball grounds to see the exhibition game, and the young man who can stop a hot grounder as Suiggle by does has a great future before him. Few children can be induced to take physic without a sirnggle, and no won der most drugs are extremely nauseat ing. Ayer's Piila, on the contrary, being sugar-coated, are eagerly swallowed by the little ones, and are, therefore, the fa vorite family medicine. An nnkind criticism is like a pin the better the point, tha more it hurts. 3 f 1 N n a G WHOLE XO. 1988. A Logman's Romance. John Prowler, a young fisherman whose good-natured habits have made him pop ular for many miles alonj; the Susque hanna river, walked into the Perrr coun ty court hou.se the other day and a.-ked for a marriage license. His face was not so brown that it did not bet-ay his blushes when he announced the natueof his prostiective bride, but it was aot be- , . , , , . cause she ha I ever been giiiity of wron- . - . , u , , doing that he flushed. The girl wia Mary , , . , , lerger, and he was very proud of her. , ' ,. . ... . , , Thev had lived withm ten miles of each other for vears, but it was not until the ' , . ... recent great uowd in I enasvlvaiii;i that . 6 .- thev were brought to an intimite ac- qUiiintance. H T , . . . , i - John is a carpenters son, and he in- , . . , duatnously ai led his fattier to provide fiir fl tnr'.re fitiiiiltf 1t iihiniy ant! riiiotitv. ! e j -j n ; r. j fishing parties from the big towns around j the river. Moft of his time was spent j along the Susquehanna, near wt ich his! parents lived. When the June flood came, people from all parts of the coun try hurried to the river to see its sights, i MarY Verier and a hnv a, in nf t a fr,o- er with whom she Uveal, loitered on the water's edge until dusk of the day when the water had reached its highest mark, j Few persons had tarried so long, but she j and the boy forgot the time while look- j in;r on the swift waters at a hxun-log I catcher, lie was standing in a Rail skiff j hooking the big booms with a Ion;; pole, ! and tow ing them to tiie land on the op posite sideof tiie river. Boom after boom was thus secured, and lie operated with such vigorous regularity that it seemed his strength would Boon be exhausted. He had just landed one of unusual size, which took all his strength, and Mary thought he would rest awhile Ix fore go- in? out into the troublesome waterd : ajatn. Bat he didn't, and wiping the j perspiration from his brow with part of; his torn shirt sleeve, he quickly rowed out an l was headed toward a largo waL, r.tit log. Before he reached the coveted prize his boat had been caught between a iuao of the booms, which Ure it to t;!.,..i: .r.i... ii-.. . . i ' , ' . , most miraculously from instant tleath by .... , , , ,. , J climbing over the logs arid rwruig the s e water. He tried to swim fer the shore, . .. ... . . tut it was plainly seen that he was ton much overcome to get even half the dis tance. The current was swift, and he was beginning to 0 dow n with it Mary Verier knew that he would drown unless she saved him, for nobody else was in siht It was a per'Ious at tempt, but she did not hesitate. She was cot the kind of woman to ee a ha- lne nu;sulc2 wucnesou a.-aturaay-even-man life sacrificed without at least an i Shir-l- "A follow carr.e in to he elTjrt at rescue, and with almort super-! 8'lavevl who was somewhat un.ier the human si.re.ngth she draped into the wa ter a row boat that had been pulled up on elevated ground, safe from the rising wa ter. When she reached the man he was so nearly exhausted that ho eon'd not climb into tne boat without htr assist- i ance. That night from the same table at which John Prowley ale hi3 Supper, Mary Yerger's meal was also taken. It was at John's home, and the two sat around the table for a long time, telling their experience of the early evening to John's parents and their other children Mary was always thereafter a welcome guest at thcgl'rowley hoaie, and John spent much of his time in her com pany. It was with a proud satisfaction that John related this circumstance w hile the clerk was tilling ont his marriage license. John and Mary are married now, and they expect to get a pretty good start to ward houst keeping when the Lumber man's Exchange of Williamsport pays for the logs w hich John caught. She Disliked His Invitation. Bob Burdette insist, in one of our ex changes, that he overheard a wo uan lec turing her bmbaiid as follows on board a train: " No I'll tell yoa why I wouldn't go into the restaurant an 1 have a cup of coffee with you while e were waiting for the train. 1 didn't like the way you asked me. Keep quiet I have the floor. Not half an hour before you said to Mr. Puffer, 'Come, let's g.-t a cigar,' and away you went holding his arm, and not giv ing him a chance to decline. When we met John O'llowdy on our way to lunch eon yon said. 'Just in time, John ; come take lunch with us.' And then, to-night, when we found the train an hour late, you looke I at your watch, turned to me and said, in a questioning way, 'Would j you like a cup of coffee?' And I did j want it, I was tired, and a littie hungry, but I would have faiuted In-fore I would j have accepted such an invitation. And j you went away a little bit vexed with ; me. and had your coffee and bread and j butter by yourself, and didn't enjoy it i very much. 1 In effect VOU said to me. ' If roil want a ciin of coffee, if voti reallrwant it. I will buy it for yofi.' Yvi are the best j hos'atnd inthe world, but do as nearly all the best husbands do. Why do you men seem to io!e thine out tj your ( wives, when you fairly thro them to the men you know? Why don't yon in vite me heartily, a you invite men? Why don't yuii say, 'Come, let's got a little coffee arid something,' and take me right along with you? You wouldn't say to a man, Would you like me to go and buy you a cigar? Then why do you al ways Lsue your little invitations to treats in that way to me? Indeed, indeed, my dear husband, if men would only act to ward their wives as heartily, cordially, frankly, as they do to men whom they meet they would find cheerier i-ompan-ions at home than they vjuld at the club." - The Little Housekeeper. I "Why, my dear child, what is three ! thousand dollar a year? It wouldn't j more thau pay for your breakf.ista and j lunches. The engagement is out of the question." "Well, I'm sure, mother, that iir-enongh. I never care for more than two meals a day, and if we are particularly hungry we can dine with onr friends." A perfect complexion, free from pim ples or blemish, is very rarely seen, be cause few people have perfectly pnre blood. And yet all disfiguring eruptions are easily removed by the use f Ayer's Sarsaparilla. Try it, and surprise your frieEtbj with the result There is no creature so conU naptible, but by resolution may gain his point The Stat records show that Nebraska if, f3,COO,000 wealthier this year than last Ar.eciote of Napoleon. ARer having gu t-1 the ha'!'- of V.t ; gram the Emperor Napo'ena Wi'itM'ml I his head-quorters fir a tiai at Sh".:a j turn, mi l thereon, lpied hii'lf. j-n i ! in l? the neg.Xiati.in for hi A c-: nan :'.,. I am-e. with reviewing his tr.-ip and .I's j t.-ibutiriv; among t!ioiii r. aardj jU 1 1, I tr. U;.e ola and trve V' j UiMt A tira !. .; U-fore h 1 . . . for ,1 .j- . ... vv. r I ii..:. i" , s fiLi-i'. :r ' i every corps indivm.ijiiiy, un.j,,r tf;e j j;ui iance of the tUivrs. A;W hav-.c ! formed the regiment ir.:o ci4-:n;.i.-.. N. ! p-'!-on entered ara.inj H rrk end be- 3--nrii j raic aij.i uevfiiai.'irn on ao who appeared worthy of thetu. Five hoars Le spent in this occupation, and at length, when he had natisacl hi:ti-",.' that no man's claims had be?n overlook ed, he Scif-Ted by sayingaiou.l to the Col onel : " Now present me to the brsvest soldier in your whole regiment." In some cass tim miht have been a a dilliciiit matter ; it did n-t appear so now. The Color el, indeed, hesitated for a moment, but the question was caught by the soldiers, and one universal an swer came from the ranks, " Morio ! ('r. i rioral Itorio I " w tim .-r T'.j -..! . J -, ,i. , ! nei approved of the decision, an i Mono ,, , , . was called forward. Ik was a man still . , , ., young, but embrow ned by serwee, ami . ,. , . j he aiready wore oa hm person three , , , . . , ., , i badge of merit, and the cross of the Le- I :,, v . , , , , ; ion vf Honor. apoieon looked at him i . , , , attentively. " Ah," said he, " you have ,...., seen service? "iiWn years, ui Eoi- i , .. peror. replied Mono; " sixteen caai- - . . . j paigns and ten wounds, not to s:ak of ... , "... V, -. " w,au. Kiw names - asked the Emperor. "Sire, I was at your heelaat theBri l of Areola; I was the first man who en- tered Alexandria; it cm I whog-.tve vou j my knapsack for your pillow at the biv- ouac of dm, w hen forty thousand Aus- trians capitulated ; I took rive hu.-wars i Prin,er9 "ith mT n -'! on the , y of Auateriita; ho served vu "Hold! it is well very well! Morio I name von Baron of the Empire, and to that title I add a hereditary gift of live thousand francs a year." Acclamations rose anew from the sotdieiy. " Ah ! my Emperor," aaid Morio, this is too great a reward for me. But I will tot play the usurer w ith your bounty. None of my companions, w hiie I have it, shall want f.xnl or clothing" . Morio quitted the service when his master fell, and in spite of that change he enjoyed the Emperor's gift. He kept bis word to his companions. No old sold-er in tiie department to which he retired wanted wherewithal to drink the health of Napoleon. 10O Ladies Wanted, And KXtuien to call on any driest for a retrial package of Line's Family Medicine, the great root and herb re:m j dy, discovered bv IV ilaa Lane wiolo m .i u .. , '. ,. , the Locky Mountains. For diseases of I ,. , . , .- . , . , ... . the li!nfL liver ami rilnpr4 it u . i . " , . itiveeure. lor constipation and clean nz up the complexion it does wonders. C'liil dren like it Everyone praises it I.ar; size ackage, oil itiiI At all druggists". The Fly Barber's Customer. " A funny thing occurred here the oth er day," said a barber, as he was putting ! iniiueiice oi intoxicants, tie loot 1: 14 place in the chair, and ail proceeded well till I had shaved one side of his face, when he stopped me. " Hold on," he said, " I want some thing 'splaine;!," I asked him what was the matter, anl he replied : " There's a fly on my cheek, and yoa have shaved the lather and whiskers qA, but the fly does not move. Now, w hat's the matter with him V I told him there were no flies on him, but he pointed to the mirror and said : " You think I can't see him? I ain't so drunk that I can't see a fly." I turned to the glass, and there stood the rly on the mirror, and in snch a i sition that Irorn my customer's range f vision it seemed to be on his cheek. lie afterward said that he hail feit that tly tickling him ali the time, and wondered how I could shave under it, and not cut its legs off." The Way to be Miserable. Never mind il the sun is shining, birds singing and flowers blooming; it will not always be so. Suppose, dear madam, your husband did bid you a cheerful "by-bye" as he was leaving home in the morning; a frown may adorn his brow when ho re turns in the evening. Your daughter SiiMe is a very sweet girl, she may take it into her head to fall in love with an ice peddler or a "baker's man" anil thus defeat your ambitious aims for her. Yonr bright Johnnie is aii right now : but there is no knowing the mischief he may get into, and cause your name to be known in a police court. You have in contemplation a journey. Now, it is quite possible that it may be your last, and terminate in a country or locality for which you bail not purcha.ed a ticket. t.h-, if the trip happens not to be the last, upon yonr return home you find things generally in such a state of chaos that you will heartily wish it had been. Ikn't let a soul have the benefit of the fancies that fill your mind, and by ex- ! eluding yourself from ail society, erjoy the reputation of being 'so very pet ul- iar." Family Loyalty. A Stephens avenue young lady was much pained and shocked as she walked down the street yesterday to pee I er young brother sitting astride the pros trate bodv of another boy and raining j down blows upon his strolling victim. Johnny .'" she almot screamed, "what are yon doing? Come here this ndnute. Aren't you ashamed of yourself, fighting this way on the street T Tke boy reluctantly aro from his vanquished antagonist and faced his in dignant sister. Then he explained : "Well, I don't car". He said yon wasn't good looking. I don't think yon are, either; but it ain't none u his funeral. So I licked him." ' In order to amuse attendants at the Butler County Fair, Prof. IVli Brayton has agreed to jump from balloon at a height of 4,1'W feet, and descend by means of a parachute. MisB Forty You don't get as tirad as I do from riding in the horse cars. MissTwenty No, my dear; yon see, I'm not permitted to stand so long. About one-half the discomfort of this life is the result of getting tired of our selves. Large numliers of counterfeit silver dollars have made their appearance in the west A rustic bridge just completed in Hiw ton county, Ga, contains 57 kinds of wood and Tines, and all were grown in th the county.
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