1 i G 5S I - r f- - " h U3 He Sumerset Herald ESTABLISHED UI7. Terras ot JPublication. pbaed t""''T ",D'dJ' - isacm, P15 10 ! vanes ; otherwiaa 12 M rana harped. 5j tataexipuon wi"i MoSztowd' ticta all Lt paid op. Puaunaattstii ne-Iecttnt "jj autau-irjer don takeout their held raqpootfb; jr Um subacrlp- ramorl&f Da on paetoSoc to aa- ttn P"" office, addiew Tex Sommskt Btai,n, Boxcaasr, Pa. . PF-TtWY. 'aIIuHMV-AT-LAW. - feuaajuCT, T a. rf OJi Fcliow'i lV.iilLns-. TVEV M BERK.LE) II F. J. . n, t uri-'T BuAenvi, Pa. o, with ,tn H. TU. 1- & Alloa Ai-laW, A- bomewet. Fa. t-e, la PT.cUJi Koue luw. n(-Ur Cuart i.iKi.K R. KTVLL, (r AVIOti-SKV-ATLAW. f.-rr. J.ti.OoL. SitiTT t OGLE, Si-aEMeET, Fa. Buraexeel, Fa. . ENDLEY, Ail U-i Lt 11 i-A v , ouuerel. Pa. r- U. 1KKNT, S AliOi-XEVAT-LAW, saanertel. Fa. II L. EALK. AiIOE'EV-AT-LAW. txnnerxet. Fa., a ..ti-l.t ill Stlierart alid aUjullllliS CUUD- frii auum- c Cornet a. W. H. Kirru. w.-HxluTil i KUFl'EL, I ,' Aiioii.stis-Ai-LAW, -xui:net. Fa. 1' v-ii totrurted to their tare iii be .'i a- pulalua..- auruuvd Ui. ulit ou iti i'w srw:l. uj t.l jAionuulii !... 'M. H. KOONTZ, II Al'ioit.tV-AT-l-A. ' ouuienel. Fa., ( jj,, iiromiaiMTiDon uloiii entrusu-d utr u. rriiui now, ujtpuii: u court DVNS1S MEYERS AliJB-ti-AT-LAW. twurr. Fa. . -fi'. tuMnno furj-il tn cit. care an. be T iliN O. K1MMEL, eKiini-Twl, Fa., i:it-r.e. to a'.i bume eiitrusif5 U hit (re J AjU'-Mii- ATLlW, oouitrvrt. ra. Mam'Ui k. up Wuiri. Ijitraa r ifc. ir Tt-i. v .'i.e. t.:i ii'tf. t'.u r. !;.. ii-;-f-J- auj a.. ic busiuvw ai-kjj-A. ;U ,'"-. aud ju"-'" - i. j Cj.Bl tS. 1- C Cm'!. v U,i KX i O .'I.?.ORN. j iriaMi-LAw, ean.-rTl. la. i' .;r'f en'-rrt'l to ocr car be r t:- an.-n.ifr.-l to. jl..t!oi. . j." ..i-r;. rK-Jii.'C aiia a.lo.iiu.rf r.v ud uu.irvw lii.e on rua fciAf .t te His. UE.VKY. F. Sf'HF.U AriXKtk-A-LAW. twoicrtrt, Fa. Hr an'. Ptdot Act-nl. Ciet ill MammiKli tt ' VALENTINE HAY. 1 AVTOtlNr.Y-AT-i-AW. otnenel. Pa. i r-.'T in Krai Eaie. ill auiid to all V. t:,'.rMM 10 care wiO prompJj T.-HN li. rill. V AlH KNtV AT LAW, jinrrt. Pa. j prtir.p:iT af.end to all bnsine rulrusli-4 k.;'iV iv as-fed uo euliesuona, axe- uf- D E. H. S. KIMMELL, D'd. J. M. LCrTi:EK. FEMAS ANI sIK'jEOS, ?. kK:i Trmcei.l!y in iynrryel. fw the f:r-.:. o! j'H.iii&. liijce oo Uaifl Breet, :m.'d( Ir j(i ffuire. D? J. S. M"MIl.LEN. l'j-Otia ta lienMLry.) t:Tt r'r-.al atw-ntion to the prwrrarion tA te t:i uvit;. Artinral in-na. AU w.o3' riIPl utantry. ;re in lfe ri..r u M.Tixlweil ..' Here, curner Sli kw 3ii paint wjl T1S. JuIlN BILI. :t ta:r in Coc-k & Bt-eria Block. DS.-M. COLLINS. I'l.NTifT. "5 It Ktk-j.t' B'.ork ojwair. hre be o-t .h fi, rv-: .t:i;r, esitartinc. nr.-.tjifci im of ail k iii-i aiid h uie ow tfrja, ajwol Aii ura ciarat-leed. QHAELES HOFFMAN", MERCHANT TAILOR. (Abort Hrffley Store,) Lit Style-a, and Lowwt Prioee). SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. Somerset, Pa. ''OHNiTOWN SUFFERER'S GRAT ITUDE. 0 a! I Fll 1-iiT-m K'-h, Fa. : ,t.t i i r.ni:;; ;.. rrs.i ! m Jw wMi " at .d I retxi in ue n"T ' " 'it. and i-' ii uh tlin tn r-ion tng t Hmi.!t ra'fT I- I lie n. -im. M y-ir.;l;fi i trt-alTtnt. h he re- tr. m u.ai I n rw- we t ?-l the -.i.t mii a, -i!.d t-low iwii.c it ; -'i.jr hfl ai;-iii. and .tnirir niy ::. t- twrnif4 i(IT iaiaiiyaf"1 !nt-Di v- c.TUkiv tii D:)T iKiiU aud t--- tr;t-t t uj:iy p (.r--r j mit he;ttJ - ic ifrv j-.ur u ! .1 aiid vuittat-ir l.ii' " iJi JW. o- ynjr rt;ir mtuk.f atid llic fi-a v-ir nt tr ti e rw-ij". of a;l , I f art ffn a ill r-r b tbr prayer v ULifu iTit tiifttid i.mt'ie eTTat.C -!!". kaiiri sirwt, Camt:i ruy. iuoutoa ii. Fa. , - ! ii. !, t ffi.e darlnj tbe boll '' jic : it,.ili, a! u-i. CURTIS K. OROVE. SCtfERSET, PA. IV. fiLEl'.na. CAKP.IAGES. STRING Af-oNS. EPCK V AGOSS. aif- rsTFJlN AND WE.TERS WOBX 'arreted ao hbon Sauce, t-'-r.g Done on Ebort Time. sttrte 'rt of VwAy Vut-vrf Hood, '! Ays -iMt Mt'-lantlaUy t-trJf-Prt s-kj-y Fnih-1. aud '-7 Ciy Trst Class Vcrkses. fc?"rT of A3 Kindt i Xt Line Ptiie on ' -so-ea. rY-.oM KXAisoS AfcLi-, aud A3 Work Warranted .. . .. -uatce me n-k and i-eai. FrVea " ork. and fonunh fMre, fu. Wind her the plare, and call In. CURTIS E. GROVE. (Sa T Uion bona) -SI0N AGENCY. SOL. UHL, mi hi p -JL JUL VOL. XXXYIH. -THE-. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF Somers et, ZPenn'a. o DCPOCITS RCCCIVCD IN LAMGC ANDSMAU. -MOUNTS. PAYABLE ON DEMAND. ACCOUNT MERCHANTS, FARMERS. STOCK DEALERS, AND OTHERS SOLICITED. -DISCOUNTS DAILY. boars of directors: I-tRrc M. Htt-K. W. H. Milikb, JaB U Pf.iK, Chi. H. FtfHEB, Johs rt STrrr, Cto. U. S ru, Ja.EH E. BlEfE) SEE. I'.nwAKD SrLt, : ; Valextim Hav, -. Amkew Takk-b, : : : Prempext Yhk Premiext : : : Camuijl Tlie fnndp and iwurities of this bank are nwur.-ly r.role tJ in alebiel Cor !.sr I'.urKlar-pror.f Safe. The on!y Safe riade aliexilaifly Burglar-jinvif. STOP! KU! L1STLR 1 EYEBYONE WANTS TO KSOW WHERE TO GET THE MOST OF OF THIS WORLD'S CCOIS FOR THE LEAST MONEY ? WE HAVE THEM :z::z;D i sh es.Irr"z WHITE, YELLOW, GLASS, AND ROCKINGHAM WARE, IN CRf.AT VARIETY. DASKF.TS, IX)(KING-C;LASSr- HANGING LAM PS, STAND LAMPS Lamps of all I u-wriptins. Noveltiesand 0Jd:ti3:;i3v.i a HE PL.ACE FOR FANCY k STAPLE GROCERIES H AT TilH: "TOllH OF ED. B. COFFROTH, Somerset, pa B. & B. prices: made: to: talki "We max laryplv reduce theee stock g 1-fnreoor Annual Invt-utory, February 1 and will make the prices effectual in doing it, Now for bargain, aud real live At 1.00 VI piec- "1 inch Gainet Black Press flks, which we fe-l confident in recom mending as having- more service -giving qnauties than any f 1 r?i!k ever sold. W are willing to Mand comparison of it with any quality. Dres Grtrs nar,AiN. Irge lot (probably W ecr ) of elerant quality Itnportfd PUid, tripe and Mixtures $1 0.) and $1-" qualities, now marked 50 oeoU for this Clearanc-e sale. At 15 cenls. 300 pifces double width (27 inch) Mix ed Tricots 25 cent quality. Also 35 inch Trico'aat 25 cent?, full of Kwrice and bandnorne in appearance. 100 pieces extra heavy Red-Tsill Flan nel, 23 inches wide, at 30 cents regular " cent quality, specially euitables for un derwear, and is the Flannel bargain of the season. Careful buyers ill do 11 to write to mr Mail Orueb Iepabte.t forsaraples of above sj ials or other Dry Goods val ues. Catalogue free. Mail Order Easiness a Sjieciality. Boggs & Buhl, 115, to 121, FEDERAL STREET ALLEGHENY, Pa. PUBLIC SALE OF WlBBeal Estate. Br VIRTT'E of an enter and drrref the Cmrt nf (juarie-f f enmmt tounty. Fa, tiie Ihrww- of trie Kr and Ii.. of Unr-loy-Klti'.ty. at ir.bar. niton tl,e prenn-ea tn TteUmounf Huroua. euaeracl Cuuty, Fa, u WEDSESDA Y, FEB RCA R Y 12, lSW, si 1 eVktrk p. tbe nndirtded tufMhrrdu In rml in of and u. a eerlain piece or I. a of prwind iiuated in Wei.en.tnr bortioith. Fa., aJjotninf ' of LU tihafit-r. F-Trijaitna Kuet tr. wau.crl I . Fwhi.c atvdohn Winu-ra. e.itiiiir on and wte-haii am, ntnm or trm, baring a Iwu-MorT fratae DWELLING HOUSE, aMe tM rther otrrtmildtrn tnereoo erected, aitd known aa t!e b-el iix-iT. being tbe prnp rtT rd .orre Ley . an Uune per ebarge of aaid iiirecirr of lae Four ui WKi tooMf. TERMS- rm ha'f rn-.lt. balan" tn t einal annnaj rwimetiU. to le- un-4 by judnei.i on Iba -rmi. Ten per cent of l!e purel.M roooej L be paid nea tar i pertT knoraed don. AlVxAM'KR nt-VTOt, fkUf.kl a W.I-F.R. larecion of lac Fuot. 2W. 31. rTrreS WdIsnds, QJT3, Swellings EURM3 AMP SCALDS. CURES PERMANENTLY FROST-BITES. Allays Itching, Sabdoet Swellings Soothes and CuresTenderness. IUiepolU, 10. May 79, Usa. Trr ye-l St. Jaeon, Oil kaa beea osed jbj fam:iy. I belter II t tbe best lemedf fir knrct. eUuifi, cot. rnie aad epraina rer prepared. JoiLPH bHAFEK. T-rra Alta, W. Va.. rehr. 4 1W. TTinter 1VI taken with paia in Jmat ef tttitabie Bnf tnouxht It waa a Ifcion oed reniedm Uf and nt(ht ao reat -1d Kt. Jaoob, Oil iroa eay. went ta ale-n next wom!nr no paia ao paia aiaea. Alra. A. A. Foe-e. At Trarocnrs ax CiALna. THE CHA1LEJ A. T0CFXEI CO.. tJawra. mi. M BO NOT PLEDGE Ourselves to Veep abreast, but to keep the lead overall others in selling yon Tare, Absolutely Pore, and well Ma tar ed, ipe W hiakies asd W iacs -At prices that make all other dealers hus tle. Just think of it : Orerholt & Coa Pom Ryf, five years old. t Full qaarta f 1, or fit) per doren. Still better : Finch'i Hal lea J tiling, ten years old. Full quarts $l,or $12 per dozen. Better stili; Keatocky ISoorbog, W years old. 'Fall quarts Jl-25, or (12 per dozen. And one of the mont saleable Whiskeys on our list is The Pibe Eight-Yeab-Oli Export GiVk-fcNHEjvKK, Full qts. (1. f 10 a dot There is no Whiskey that has ever been sold thitt has grown in favor with the public so rapidly as our old Export, and the simple reason is that it is utterly imp.jssible.to duplicate it. I There will never be any let np in the j4inty and fine flavor in any particular of tl.e Pure California Wines we are aow selling at 50 cents per bottle, Fell quarts, or $5 per doren. In making np yonr orders please enclose IWotiice Money Order or L'raft, or Register your order. JOS. FLEMING & SON, WHOLnAJ-B ASD BET All. DRUGGISTS, PITTSBURGH. PA. 412 Market St., Cor. of Diamond. Oils! Oils! Tbe ftandard Oft f"omtanr. of P!ttrmrrH, Pa., make a rpe.ialT of tnauufartunna for Uta Xtoraeauc trade tire fineat brand of Illuminating & Lubricating Oils Naphtha and Gasoline, That can be made from Petrolenra. We challecfe ooai(naun with ererf knows PRODUCT OF PETROLEUM. If you trtih the most nnlformljr Satisfactory Oils IN THE jVmerican Market, Aak for win. Trade fat Bomenet and Tidnlty applied by COOK A BEFRTT" as FkAAaX A KOOeF.R. er2S-"a lyr. aoaaaacT, Fa. It is to Your Interest TO BUT TOrB Drugs and Medicines or JOHH II. SHYDEB. SCCCESSOl TO Biesegker & Snyder. None but tin purest and best kept in rUy k, and w hen I rapi become inert by A a ing, as certain of them do, we de stroy them, rather than in. pose on our customers. Too can depend on baring your FRESCRIPTIQXS k FAMILY RECEIPTS filled with care. Onr price are a low as any other fit-clas( house and on many articles mnch lower. Tbe people of this county seem to know this, and have given as a large share of their patronage, and we shall still continue tegirs them the Very best goods fur their money. Do not forge that we make a rpecialty of FITTING TRUSSES. We guarantee satisfaction, and. If you have had trouble in this direction, girt ns a ealL SPECTACLES AND EYE-GLASSES in great variety ; A fall set of Test Lenses. Coins in-and have your eyes examined. No charge i.T examination, and we are confident we ran suit yon.- Tome and see ns. Rearctfuly, JOHN N. SNYDER. oomerset SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY, OUTWITTED. "Are yon a lawyer, sir 7" I started vi olently at the words, for I had been ait ting for some time at my desk, plunged in a fit of the deepest thought, and had not heard any one enter the office. It was a warm summer evening, and I had left the windows and doors open for the sake of a refreshing draft, Riling from my seat and turning np the gas jet on the table, I turned, and surveyed my interlocutor, ho proved to be none oth er than a well-dressed, rather good-looking man of forty or thereabouts, of mid dle stature, and possessed of a small, piercing pair of eyes, which returned my gaze unflinchingly. I am Mr. ATery, the junior partner of the firm, as you might have seen bad you taken the trouble to read the sign opon ths door," I replied, shortly ; for I was io no wise pleased .with his intru sion opon my reveries. " True," he answered, courteously ; " but tbe door was open and the ball on tiehted. I require your services a short time," he resumed, seating himself, " provided that yon are disengaged for to-night." " Prvfrmifmntty, I am at your disposal for the evening," I answered. " Ah, your remark reminds me of tbe ordinary perquisite,"' he said, laughingly, taking out his pockelbook and laying a bill of large denomination down oa the table. But I waved my hand impatiently, in forming hin that no payment was nec essary ontil after consultation, and re quested him to proceed at once to busi ness. " The business to which I referred," he continued, replacing the money and fix ing bis keen black eyes upon my face, wilt require yoar services until late in the night, if not ontil to-morrow morn ing. My niece, who resides some miles from the city, is dangerously ill, and her recovery being extremely doubtful, ahe desires to make her will. For this pur pose I have applied to youj promising yoa, in case yon accede to my request, you will receive any fee you may de mand." I communed with myself for a few mo ments, eyed the man suspiciously, then ctked the distance to the' voang lady's ret-idt-nce, and the mode of conveyance thither. " About five or ten miles," be respond ed, banding me bis card, Martin Jack son, Harlem, Illinois.' " " It is a short distance from Harlem, and as a train does not leave Chicago for some hoars yet, I have provided a car riage and driver, which await on the street May I consider your services as engaged V 1 responded that he might, and a few moments sufficed to find ns en sconsed in a close carriage, which took a westerly direction at a moderate speed. The more populous portion of the city was soon pas.ed, my companion, mean time enlightening me with an account of his niece's sickness and previous his tory ; and, an hour after leaving the place of starting, we found ourselves a mile from Chicago, nearing tbe wooded ridges which skirt its extreme limits. I was a yoong man, and my nervousness and suspicions of the man beside me may be excused, when his evident anxiety in employing myself, an inexperienced law yer, are considered. His story, too, did not sound consistent in all respects, for he spoke of his niece, MLss Blanche Pick ering, as being, at t imes, subject to short fits of insanity. I, therefore, was prepar ed to find something mysterious on my arrival at our destination which occur red shortly in a thick grove of sturdy oak trees, some four a-ilea from the city limits. When tbe carriage stopped it was in front of a large, dark-looking building of stone, standing s short distance back from the road, and surrounded by tall poplars. A feeble light flickered in a single window at the side of the house, and a few dim ravs shone through the lower story window. One thing struck me as rather curious. as l passer! np the eravel aalk to the mansion, and tended to arouse my suspi cions once more. The man, Jackson, dismissed ihe carriage after paying the driver, with a few whispered words, the import of which I was unable to ascer tain, and the hack turned sharply, as if to retrace the road to Chicago. I aaid nothing however, but shifting my revol ver into a more convenient position in my inner vest pocket, entered the boose with my companion, no unlocked the door with a latchkey, and was ushered into the parlor, which was poorly lighted by a hanging lamp. Having seen me seated by a table on which sere spread refreshments, Jackson left me for a short time, and, returning shortly with a large, well-built roan, whom he introduced as Mr. Cooper, his consin, took a seat iesdde me ; his com panion followed his example, and pour ing oat some wine requested me to join them, which I courteously refused, oa the plea of being a teetotaller. Afters few moments of conversation I was again left alone, and lighting a cigar, awaited patiently my summons to actual busi ness. The door was opened a short time af ter, and by request of Cooper I followed him np tbe staircase into the gloomy ball above tbem and into a room, where was seated my first applicant by the side of a bed, apparently in conversation with some one reclining there. The room was a luiarioos one, and appeared more so for the great contrast it presented to what other portions of the house I had seen. The rich carving, the heavy tapestry, and general appear ance of the surroundings, bespoke the wealth of the possessor, whoever that person might be. Seating myself at a small table drawn up nar the bed, with Jackson seated in bis former position, snd Cooper withdrawn to the other end of tbe apartment, reclining on s lounge and apparently indifferent to all that was to transpire, I awaited further de velopments, taking one look at thef face of the occupant of tbe bed. It was no wonder I gazed long and earnestly at tbe countenance of tbe wo man who reclined there. A more perfect face I bad never teen pale, and with an expression of pain, it might have been, jet there was no trace of sickness or disease, and my eye wandered from those beautiful features, tbe sad, yet sweetly smiling eyes, down to the white, ESTABLISTTKID 1827. plump hand which rested in the large, brown one of Jackson, I felt that there was some mystery in the case, snd that he had been untruthful in his revela tions. Suddenly the man arose, drop, ping the lady's hand, drew np a chair opposite to my own, and with an impa tient, uneasy exclamation, brought my investigation to a termination. " You will draw up the ordinary form ula of a testament," be said, giving tbe young girl a close, scrutinizing look, in which I could detect a warning express ion, " writing as I dictate, Miss Pick ering Ibaving acquainted me with the destined disposal of her property), aud allowing her to acquiesce when it is fin ished. 1 suppose ber affirmative will be all that is necessary 7" I was somewhat surprised at the strangeness of tbe request, but I an swered : " Certainly, if I am confident that she is eoutpot mfxtit, snd she is too sick to dictate herself." CJ Here a slight exclamation broke from tbe lips of the occupant of the bed, as if about to frame a word or sentence, but Blie was checked by Jackson, who, with a threatening scowl, evidently not meant for my observation, said : " Do not exert yourself, my dear niece ; I w ill do all that is necessary ; and then, as I drew the writing material before me be quickly le&ned over toward her, and hisxed in ber ear: " Remember be careful!" wifh such emphasis as to cause her to sink, pale and trembling, back among the pillows of i he bed. A half boar elapsed, and the will had been completed. All Blanche Picker ing's property, personal and real, was to be divided between the man Jackson and his son Henry, with the exceptions of a few small legacies. Then I read it, and after propounding the few necessary in terrogatories to tbe legs or, which were answered in a low, trembling affirma tive, I requested her to sign it. Drawing my chair up to her side, with tbe paper and pen in my band, I await ed for ber to obey my request intimat ing to Jackson that it would be as well to have Cooper as a witness. The latter individual had, evidently, fallen asleep, for, a call to hiin not bring ing him to the bedside, Jackson arose and walked over to where his confrere lay. At this moment, and with tbe rapidity of light, the trirl'e. band canj-ht my own, and leaning my head downward, so that I couid listen to what she might desire to say, I beard her whisper, in passion ate beseeching words : I am forced to this ! They intend to kill rue! For heaven's sake, try and help me r Then she sank back; ami before Jack son bad been able to observe us, we bad both resumed one former relative posi tions. At last the will had been signed, wit nessed and sealed, and, hat in hand, I stood at the table, awaiting my client's further pleasure, as if I had not tbe Ues in my mind of returning before morn ing, and that, too, with anotlicer of jus tice. Mr. Jackson handed me a bill, of a Urge denomination, shook bands with me wsrmly, and then requested Cooper to show me to the door. As I ieft the room, I cast an encouraging glance at Miss Pickering, which did not escape the notice of ber lynx -guardian, for be looked me Bharply in Jlhe face, as if to detect some sign of recognition there. Then I followed my servitor down the stairs, listened to his untruthful regrets that the carriage must have returned to the house, as agreed upon, and then gone to the city, declined his offer to remain for the night, and having been directed tbe route to ILirlern, stood once more in the open air. My brst thought was to make all baste to the city, an j, on the slight evidence of foul play I had, to obtain justice for the young girl. Tbe idea was immediately discirded, for, as I was about to start out, a wild scream of terror assAiled my listening ears. In a moment I was again up the steps, and turning the knob of the door in an ineffectual attempt to agin gain admit tance. I was about to attempt to force an en trance through be window, when the door was flung suddenly open, snd the man Cooper stood before me. He discovered me at once, and with an oath struck at me with his clenched fist. Evading tbe blow, I whipped out my re volver, and striking him with the butt, end, knocked him senseless upon tbe stoop. I was again about to turn and enter, when the form of Jackson dashed down tbe staircase, tbiough the open door, and I felt myself in his grasp. I raw at once that he was unarmed, and elevating my pistol, fired ; but the shot was turned aside, and the weapon knocked from my hand to tbe ground. Then ensued a fearful straggle between us, in which we both were precipitated down the steps upon the gravel wal k be low I uppermost. It was, perhaps, for two minutes, that I held him by the throat, dealing him blows witb my diseugage-i band he having the other in his strong grasp when, with a dexterous twist of his pow erful srai, he turned me aside, and I lay prostrate opon the ground, with the vice like grip of his strong fingers grasping me bv the throat, nntd my eyes were starting from their sockets and every muscle became inactive. Seizing s large stone which lay near him, he raised it in his left hand, and was about to strike me on the bead, when e sharp, loud report rang on the air. Tbe form of tbe ruffian fell back bis fingers released their grasp. A form in white passed before my un certain vision ; and then, for the space of five minutes, I was ntierly uncon scious. When, at length, my mind awoke from its stupor, a form, in nigbtclothes that of Miss Pickering wss bending over me, chafing my temples and attempting to perform what nature had done restore me to sensibility? From ber I learned that she bad aris en from her bed, at the exit of tbe two rudiana from her room, and, observing my dangerous situation, ha-1 fired at Jackson, just as bo was abwt to strike me with tbe stone, with my revolver, which she had picked op on the stoop. I also learned that ber ' scream was t r JANUARY 29. 1890. caused by the resolution of the murder ous twain to start after and murder me fearing that she had communicated something to me which might upset their well-laid plans. Having securely bound the still uncon scious Cooper, and removed the corpse of Jackson int the house, we awaited the coming of morning Miss Pickering meanwhile informing me of her impris uieof. by Jackson, for over a year, and bis resolve to force her ?o make her will, and then make away with her. Uer pa rents having died, and left her sole heir ess to a large in-operty, her appointed guardian, Jackson, a half brother of her mother's, was playing for a diminutive stake. Tbrt next morning a farn.er's wagon conveyed Cooper to the city : snd tbe PaflUir having been rejorted to the prop er authorities, he was immured in the county jail, whence bo soon sfter left for the state penitentiary. Miss Pickering was entirely exonerated from all blame in the killing of Jackson, and ber estate properly adtninistared a few months later she having been of age for over a year. And cot long after. Miss Blanche Pickering became Mrs. Averv. The will and revolver are still in our pore98ion the sole memeutoes of that exciting nijjht, when I almost lost my life, and gained a bride. An Immense Estate. In Dakota and Manitoba the itiiploy rnent on single wheat estates of a hun dred reapers and an gregate of three hundred laborers for a season has been regarded as something unprecedented in agricultural history ; but on one sugar estate in Cuba El Balboa from fifteen hundred to two thousand hands, nvsri ably negroes, are employed, who work under severe discipline, in watches or relays, during the grinding season, by day and night, the same as in the large iron mills and furnaces of the United States and Europe. At the same time there are few village conuonnities where a like number of people experience the same care and surveillance. The male workers occupy quarters walled and bar ricaded from the women, and the women from the men. There are in every vil lage an intirmanr, s .lying in-hospital, a phyEician, an r potbecary, a chapel and a priest. At night and. "morning mass is said in the chapel and the crowds are always lare. There is of a Sunday less restraint, though ceaseless esnionage is never remitted. On these days and on parts of holidays there i rude mirth, ruder music, and much dancing. This picture is given somewhat in detail, be- 1 cause it illustrates bowali-pervading and tremendous are the forces that are modi fying society everywhere in civilised, partially civilized and even barbarous countries, conjointly with the new con- S ditions of production and cousuuiDtion. fi How She Did It. Chicago school teacher ,: Does any little boy or girl know tae poeut about 'Oid Mother HubbardT' Little girl (from Boston.) " I do." Teacher Very well." yoa may recite it for tne others." Little girl Aged Mother Hubbard performed that particular style of loco motion known as Iwa'king in the direc tion of the receptacle in which provis ions were wont to be kept, for the par pose of providing for her faithful canine a portion of the frame of a body. But, upon arriving at the aforesaid receptacle, w hat was her dismay upon discovering that it was in a state af absolute nudity T' A Freni-h:jhysician recommends as a sure cure for dyspepsia that patients hold their breath as long as possible several times per day. This may help, but a sure cure would be to hold your breath all day long. We Caution A!I Against Them. The unprecedented success and merit of Ely's Cream Balm a real cureifor ca tarrh, hey fever and cold in the head has induced many adventurers to place catarrh medicines bearing some resem blance in appearance, style or name opon tbe market, in order to trade upon the reputation of Ely's Cream Balm. Don't be deceived. Boy only Ely's Cream Balm. Many in your immediate locality will testify in highest commendation of X. A particle is applied into each nos tril ; no pain ; agreeable to use. Price 50 Dr. Talmage on Crowing Old. Do not be fretted because you have come to spectacles. While glasses look premature on a young man's nose, tbey are sn ornament to an octogenarian's face. Besides that, when your eyesight is poor, you mis seeing a great many un pleasant things that tbe younger are ob liged to look at. lo not be worried be cause your ear is becoming dull. In that way yon escape being bored with inany of the foolih things that are said, if the gates of sound keep out much of the dis cord. If the balr be getting thin, it takes less time to couib it, and it is not all the time falling down over your eyes; or if it be getting white, we think that color is quite ss respectable as any other that is the color of the snow and of the blos soms and of tbe angelic habiliments. Do not worry because tbe time comes on when you must go into the next world. It i only a better room, with finer pict ures, brighter society and sweeter music. Robert McChene and John Knox and . Harriet Newell and Mrs. Hemans and John Milton and Martin Luther will be good enongh company for the most of ns. Thecorustacks standing in the field to day will npt sigh dismally when the husker leap over tbe fence, and throwing their arms around the stack, swing it to the ground ; it is only to take the golden ear from the busk. Death to the aged Christian is only basking time, and then the load goes in from the frosts to the gamer. Our congratulations to thoee who are nearly done with the nuisance of this world. Give your staff to yoar little grandson to ride horse on.' Yoa are going to be youngagain, and yoa will have no more need of crutches. May the cloads around the setting sun be golden, and such as lead the "weather wise" to prophesy a clear morning. AW York Olrtrrrer. Ex-Policeman Michael Callaghan, of Resiling, while crossing tbe Walnut street bridge, on Friday night, wss shot in tbe hand by an unknown person, bnt be does t not know whether it was done by scti- dent or design. All Because of a Cipher. "There roes a man whose life was ra ined by forgetting the simple character 0," said a prominent railroad man yes terdar, pointing to a ragxed, besotted fnatyshstubling along the street, unmind ful of the rain. " He was a train dispatcher on the Ohio and Missiseippi once, having work ed ap to that position from messenger boy in the telegraph office. One Sunday he had only two trains on bis division, an express train westaxd bound and a fast stock train running eaj-t. The day was warm and sultry, and Bill, for that was his name, had hard work to keep awake. Hi knew that as soon as he made the meeting point fort the two trains he could doze and he impatiently swatted the time. When the trains were close enough together for hi en to figure a meeting point he sent an ordtr to the passenger train to meet and pass the stock train at a little station called Wil low Valley, fixing the time at 12:50. "To the stock train be sent an order that it would have until 1:25 to make Willow Valley for the passenger. See the mistake? He forgot the 00, and hence gave the stock train thirty-five minutes more time than he should. Bill saw his mistake ten minutes after he had made it. but there being no telegraph station between the points where the trains were' given the orders or at the meeting point, he coiild do nothing to reclify it. He sent for the superintend enj and ordered out the wrecking crew, then sat at tbe key as pale as death, the cold peroration running dosn his face in streams, awaiting news of the collis ion. "It came. The passenger train reach ed Willow Valley on time, waited tbe required thirty minutes under the time esrd rules for the freight train, snd then palled out. Three minutes later the trains met on a carve, both running at a high rate of speed. Fourteen lives were lost in the collision, besides $100,000 worth of property destroyed. Bill re signed at once and the next day disap peared. For a long time it was thought be had committed suicide, but I met him on tbe street here one day just as you see hiui a total wreck," San Francisco Examiner. Rough on the Squire. An amusing seen; was recently enacted in s country court room in Maine. The trial Justice, a big, pompous official, with a voice like a tombstone, took it upon Liraself to examine a witness a little, withered old man, whose face was as red and wrinkled as a smoked hernng. "What iayonr name?" asked the Jus tice. "Why, 'Squire," said the astonished witness, "you know my name ss well as I know ycurn." "Never you mind what I know or what I don't know," was the caution given with rnatfisteri&l severity. "I ask the question in my official capacity, and you are bound to answer under oath." With a contemptuous snort the witness gave bis name, and the questioning pro ceeded. "Where do yon live?" "Wal. I shum 1" ejaculated the old tn.- n. "Why," he continued, appealing to the laughing listeners, "I've lived in this town all my life, and so's he," point ing to the Justice, "an' b' gosh, to hear him go on you'd think " "Silence," thundered tbe irrate magis trate. "Answer my question, or I'll fine you for contempt of court. Alaimed by the threat, the witness named his place of residence and the examination went on. "What is your occupation f "Huh?" "What do yon do for a living?" "Ob, git out, 'Squire! Jest at if you don't know that I tend gardens in the summer season an' saw wood winters." "As a private citizen I do know it, but as the Court I know nothing about you," j exclaimed the perspiring J ustice. J "Wal, 'Squire," remarked the puzzled witnestt, "if you know somethin' cntside tbe court room an' don't know nothin' in it, you'd better get oat an let somebody try this case that's got boss sense." Tbe advice may have been well meant, bnt it cost tbe witness $10. A Good Looking Face. We like to see. Yet Erysipelas dis figures the features snd the disease is as dangerous as it is repulsive. It is some times cailtd "St. Anthony's Fire," snd often ends in sadden death. S. B. Car penter, Grandville, N. Y, had it in both legs and was cured by Dr. David Ken nedy's Favorite Remedy, of Rondont N. Y. This medicine excels all others for the blood. The " Swamp Fox " of Georgia. Turning over a page? of bis private memorandum book, "Bill" Jones, the de tective said : "Here is the case that gave me my title of Swamp Fox of Georgia." "What is it?" "In B8 a safe was blown open in Macon and about 511,000 was taken sut. The ease was put into my bands, and I fol lowed the roan into the swamps near where Lumber City now is. I found him there working at the mill, and got work, too. In a short time be and I were quite friend, and were eleepirg together. He had a habit of leaving the bed be fore daybreak every morning, and I be gan to follow him. It was slow work and required several weeks. One morn ing I'd go a certain distance, and then back, and the next morning a little fur ther. Finally I went to the end of his rope. I followed him into the heart of the swamp and saw him take a package from a stump. He handled it awhile and then put it back. I guessed what it was, and I guessed well. That night I went to tbe stamp and pulled out the package, and found over $10,000 in it. That night we went to bed together, bat about midnight I got up, anil seenring an officer for whom I sent, went to that stump. The next morning he came st tbe usual hour, and as he stooped to reach for the paekage we sprang unon biru and be was ours." "What became of him?" "He got twenty years and I got f 2,500.' Sick headache is resdily cured by Hood's Sarsapsrills, which tones and regulates the digestion, and creates an appetite 0 WHOLE NO. 2010. The Woman's Exchange. The New York Exchange for Woman's Work has been in exigence eleven years snd its growth and progress have been steady and continued. It is the pioneer of such enterprises, and not only has it become succewf il itself, but can now count np sixty-focr exchanges in differ ent parts f this country and Canada which have len modeled after it srd have started out with the same by-laws. The object of the exchange has been from the first to a id impoverished gentle women, who through misfortune bave Iteen ob!il to bewne bread winners. There are now 2,3 n tnies of consignors enrolled on its books, and it has paid out to these consignors, whose numbers steadily increase, almost a million dollars besides the salaries ptid to its employes at its rooms, No. HJt Fifth avenue. There are no fifteen gentlewomen employed at the roorus and these receive better sslariesand better tratrujnt than women in si uilar positions in the city 8'iops. j The hours of work are the same, but the conditions are infinitely better, andeacn one is given a month's leave of absence on salary during the s iuttner. The consignors, as t!ie woman who of fer mork for sale are called, have a most kindly "middle-man," ft this is precise ly the position the exchange occupies. Its affairs are managed by a board of forty women, divided into various sub committees. Although ' the exchange conducts its business t n a business, not a charitable, bacis, it ir- not wholly self supporting. The reaon is that it has steadily refused to charge more than 10 per cent, commission for the sale of goods, a rate at which a merchant would expect to face insolvency in six months. Although desirable, self-support is not held to be the most important work of tbe exchange. That ii the opening of a market for the work of needy women, without grinding down tbe worker, as is done by the slop clothing shops ; to give each consignor a chanoe to sell her work at a living price for httr labor. Uarper't A Remarkable Clock. The most remarkable clock in America, if we consider the plat in which-it was built, is one which wai made by a miner in the Hollenback colliery, at Wiikes barre, Pa. This clock was made out of bits of wood and iron, and with the roaghest tools that can be imagined. It was made nearly half a mile under the ground, and it occapie 1 the maker near ly nine years before be could say it was done. Tbe clock is cine feet high and tbere are sixty-three figures which move by machinery. There are only twenty two moving figures in the Strasburg clock. On the front t f the Wilkesbarre clock the one we are peaking of there are three shelves or balconies. Along the lower balcony it mounted general leads a file of Continental soldiers. The liberty bell rings, and the sentinel salutes the procession. A dor in the upper balcony opens and she ws Muly Pitcher, who fiies her historic cmnon, tbe smoke of which is blown away from the interior of the clock by a fan. Then the por traits of the first twenty presidents of the I'nited States joss aloag in a kind of a panorama, the Declaration of Indepen dence being held aloft by Thomas Jeffer son. On another cf the balconies the twelve apnsiles go by, Satan comes out, and the cock crows for the benefit of Peter. When Christ appeirs, a figure .A Justice raises a pair of scales, while a figure of Death tolls the minutes upon a bell. Saved by Kindness. We will call hiin Jitu. for I do not re member hb name. He had lost all re spectability, and was a common gutter drunkard. His family had disowned him, and would not recoj.'nize him when they met. Occasional! he would get a job at the stables where Dr. Davis kept his hoise. One morning the doctor laid his hand on Jim's shotilder and said: "Jim, I wish you w-.mld give up the drink." There was something like a quiver of the man's lips as he answered : "If I thought you cared, I would : but there is a great gulf lietween you and me." "Have I made any gulf, Jim? Think a moment before you answer." "No, yon haven't." "If yoa had been a millionaire, conld I have treated yoa more like a gentle man ?" "No, you couldn't." "I do care, Jim." "Say it again, won't yon ?" "I do care, Jim." with a tender empha sis on the "J:m." "Dr. Davis, I will never touch anolher drop of liquor as long as I live. Here's my band on it." This was fifteen years ago : and "Jim" is to-day the respectable and respected Mr. save-1 by a kind word. Will you make an effort this week to win someone by kindness? Vnr'utiin AJcv C-7.V. A Woman with an Eventful Life. Few women have had a more eventful life than Mrs. Mary Ann Allan, a pen sioner of the city of Ldinburg, who has just passed away at the age of 70. She was a child of the regiment. Her father was Quartermaster Serg-ant Maxwell of the Seventy-fourth Regiment, whose wife followed through the Peninsular war. Mrs. Mian was lorn in a convent st Lis bon, and while yet a mere infant scaled tbe w alls of Badsjoz, strapped upon her mother's back. Wi'h her mother she was also on the field of Waterloo. Her girlhood was spent n barracks or in the baggage wagon, moving from place to place, and at the wt 'tf 17 she became the wife of Color Sergeant Allan of the same regiment. Her wan ierin-j ajain commenced, and her family, consisting of nine children, were bara in different parts of the world Canada, India, the West Indies and Ireland. JJJ Darling, will you l mine?" as be gazed rapturously into the liquid depths of bis steel gray eyes. " I want you to be a member of my cabinet." "That depends upon tbe rest of yonr rabinet May I select my associates in tr "Yes, darlicg." "Then 111 be secretary of the treasu ry, Bridget will be tbe secretary of tbe interior, mamma will be secretary of wsr, and" But be Lad ranbhed. The Language of the Future. Pre-eminently the language of the future will be Englieb. It is a stalwsit language becsase it is the mother tonga of two stalwart and one long-lived ca tion. Its rudimentary idiocus were in use at the fbendin j of London, 40 yean subw-qnent to the rrstifixicn rf (.liit. Its vitlity2in direct ratio witb the vi tality o" its parent nation. The rnt'e- enterprise of Erg'ish exploration ba carried the language, wilb lis flair, around the world : Nelly E'y, sptakinj her native tongnewn be understood in every port and every station embraced in her flying circumnavigation of tha globe. The English language has broken do a n the barriers of old-tiros customs in diplomacy. To American influences is due tbe discarding of French at ths Samoan conference at Berlin, and ths adoption, for the first time, of English, in international discussion. During tbe period of Rome's full ficit a?e of supremacy, before political tit cay attacked the empire, Latin wa the uni versal language of a limited World. Tha early Eu'ish dramatists wrote in a lan guage known bat to B,CJ0.0. and Thom as Jefferson's inaugural address could have been read but by IS.CK.'.'XVl people. At the latter perk' French was the lan guage of front 35.t),0 to ..'k ,' people. Fifty years g tbe tterman language was in as great favor numeric ally as English. Not so to-day. To t ier man is accorded arptaking clientele of (i,0uu,t)0 ; to French, 45,000 ,0U0 : to Eng lish, IM.OOO.OoO. Shoald ever aiuiri the stars have occasion to sing toother, it can well be assumed it will be in the language of those earthly singer, Milton and Byron, Bryant and Whittier. Mesmerism and Firecrackers. Perhaps the most intelligent and Seat susceptible patient that James Frazier, the mesmerist, has had at Onset Bay, Massachusetts, is Daniel M. Ford, a land scape painter, who has iived here in tranquil seclusion for several seasons, and is now finishing a cottage he has built unaided with his own hand. Mr. Fori is a man of varied observation and keen discernment, although ths vein of mytii ism is no more lacking in his na ture than in that of anybody else who lives in Onset. He leaned back on bis easel when I called, and very kindly told nie his opin ion of Frazier. His remarks were cool and thoughtful, but he said that he had no doubt of Frazier's spurious character as a healer. He himself had gone to the cottage voluntarily and stayed there free ly in the hope that some good might be done for bis rheumatism. Frazier did not succeed in overpower ing his mind or in giving him disquieti"g visions. There were strange goinjs-on in the house all the while, but they nev er troubled him. His rhenmttism im proved somewhat while at the cottage, but only temporarily. It had probably done him a little good to live in air so well charged with magnetism. But Mr. Ford did not know of a single cure with w hich to credit Frazier, although he had heard of the Lang case, wherein, accord ing to the story, the paralyzed chil l was made well by one treatment. Frazier bad visited Mr. Ford's cottage since the artist left Lis care, and had "evoked the evil spirits' about the house by waving his band and exploding fire crackers beneath the floor. Following Up His Prayer. Elder John Stephens held a pastorate in the Free Baptist Church at Gardiner, forty odd years ago. Nature had dealt generously witb Elder John. His big heart was cast in an iron frame of mam moth proportions, snd when he lifted up bis voice in prayer cr praise listeners were sometimes at a loss to tell which was the stronger, his zeal or his Inngi. Remarkable alike for sincere piety an I genuine homor, the good man so tem pered his teachings as to make fieui equally acceptable to saint or sinner. Riding one day along the road to West Gardiner, be overtook an ox team that was stack in the muJ. Tbe discouraged cattle had refused to pu'I, and the driver, who had sworn till the air was blue and srael'ed of brimstone, was preparing to reel off another string of oaths when the parsons stopped his horse and said: "Try prayer, my friend. Try prayer." "Try it you'self," retorted the vexed teamster. "I'll do it," said Elder John, and with out further ceremony he dropped on his knees in the wagon. For awhile be prayed aroun-1 the s-ib-ject as if afraid to tooth it. Gradually however, bis faith strengthened, and in a voice which bade fair to arouse the neighborhood, he besought the owner of the cattle on a thousand hills to move the hearts and legs of those stubborn, oxen. The pray was unconsciously long, and no sooner had it ended than the im patient driver prepared to start his Uam. "Stop, said Elder John, descending from his wagon. "As I have done the praying, I feel that I ouht to do the driving. You hold my horse and give me the goad-stick." The man consented to the arrangement, and with a grin waited to see the parson worst e I. At that moment another ox barn was seen approaching from another direction. " Halloo, neighbor T the practical par son shouted to the newcomer. " Lead me your cattle for a moment." " Hold on " ciied the miree rart. " That's not fair. If yoa can handle this team better by praying than I can by swearing I want to see you do it ; but no doubling np, mind you ; no doubling up" Elder John's tobnst figure was drawn to its fullet-t height, 'and his voice was like the roar of the ocean, as be answer ed : " My friend, the Master I serve is abundantly able to move this load with a single vote of oxen or without any oxen at all, but when in direct answer to prayer be sends me an extra pair of rat tle, I'm going to book 'era on .'" No further objection was raised, and the aid of reinfowernegta the loade I cart was easily drawn out of the rend. Is iM'm Juurnnl. It Worked Both Ways. Colonel Mosby relates the following amusing incident, which occurred in a cavalry fiht in the Shenandoah Vailer in ISTrl: "In the middle of a sharp cavalry en gagement with Sheridan's men in a charge near Berry ville, there ca'n- riding into our lines like a whirlwind a Yankee soldier on a black horse. "A score of nten tried it stop horse and rider, but the old ;black' bll was up, and he went on clear through :rr lines before be was under control. The rider was sent to Libby Prison, and we mastered the black charger into the Con federate service. "A few days later we chanjel sume of Outer's men, and that old bore was ridden into the engagement by one of our soldiers. The oi l black evened up thiny too, for he carried his riW int the Federal lines and never came lark." "Hell bath no fury like a woman scorn ed." There's seme cocsolatioc fur 'he tin ner, any wsy. Fa. BWU1L
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