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F S-HF.LL, ATTORN EY-AT-LAtr. oonjeniet. Pa Vi:t od Pecrtf Agent. Offi in MammoUa B-kA. ' ' talentine hay, ATTU&NEY AT-LAtr. tmenet. Pa. A. DT tn Rai Etate. Will auend to all e&;ruMe4 K tare wiiti pniEftnea -d Mtty. tohs ii. rim J ArivUXET-AT LAW. tmerwt. Fa. w:".: .rrept'.y anend to aZl bn:ie entruwed v t.iB ini. y ,l.id oo coiietuona. Ac. Of- J. V. CAKUTIIKIIS M. I. 1 iiYK IAN ANI M K'jItOV. 'i j.t M-i-n tT-f't. next dowr to LutiM.-ran Ci..:tj. Nnl cali al cHi'-e. D S. Ih S. KIMMELL, Zr-Tti hit rTT-fioral wrrire ixi the rit!r7U urf--t and vtrttutT. I'Dlew pitle6ja:! r,tu-4 be r fuuod at hi c(!a oo Main m. R. J. M. LOLTKER, (vw- o N.-'yotra.) PEYSK1AS AND hl RoEOS. Ea Imatrd permanenCy i woeret foe the p- i.rt . bv vrtjlCTMoo. O&ce on Jiain larert, II rear o lrug ?ore- DO.J.S. M MII.LEN. G -m of.al attectioti totbe preiraion of is r.i-rai vrrtb. Art:hJ ru iorted. All nm'xn r'ar"" tifartT7. Oiice in the rmamrrH W Trrdaell A Co-'t More, cwruer Mill 1 naaabd t tlniM atrerta. DS. JtfllS EILI5. ItNTlfT. I' cjrtn to Couk A Beerita Block. DR. V- yL COLLINS i.ENTIT. InKnrirt B'io.k np-rtairs. where be at f.iuii.1 al ali i n pn-pareo to dxi ail k!ixi or i-n aA filling- r"tiu- ex-.ra"t:ng, ar sni3",ii t.--ooi all k:iid and of tbe be aurV. awrnn-d. A:i rk guarauveed. QHARLK H'iFFMAS. MERCHANT TAILOR. Latrat 1yl-, and Lowest Irioe. SATIS "ACTION CUARANTEED. Somerset, Pa CURTIS K. GROVE. SOMERSET, FA. B-..iES. bLEHjH8, CARRIAGES, ePEISO waoNS. W'-K WAGONS AVI EA-TERN AND WE&TERX WORS Furahed on snort Notice. Pkxti'g Done on Short Time. v cade ml of TW'i tmimd Wood, aiirijf .-mM sr.. Suhatant;ally C-:itnn.iM. Nr;'.T F;nbed. and arrauted to g"." SaU-ifacuon. kai-it of Al! Kind in My Line Tmne oo aw. N'A'.rc. Ptm- ktA-J ABLE, and All Work Warranted. TaU an! Eiaraine my Rock, and Leant PrV Ha wott, and furtiisli Soive for Wind J. ReaiB.bcr the place, and call in. CURTIS K. GROVE, CZatt of coon bout ) eOMEBeET. PA YAXTEn :- WHITE odi: LUMBER, Cl'T TO ORDER. A'M-ns. W- C. WHITE LUMBER CO. f "t S'o. a iUhirnore St.,Curoli-rind. Mi y-MIXlsTRAToK-.- NOTICE. tof J -.h Ww. dee d, late of Paint Twy., . . Kini.rt i Pa. jV r,? d;nii: uraitoo on the h rTintJ t.be n!xVfiFn4 K lh jf aiiiviv, tHXi'-r ti h-Trl.T g -m ii ail iWi "' 't-Wet to -a rt ewatetomate imiue.li t"r!r;i. tbwe harit g ria: of de t'te a.-ue wiii rwent lhero du y A', J'.' m'A tor BPiWir ' t ; '!'" at toe aie retdeiwe ( lrl : li.wn.h't, fur b-ttire liiiirMiav. the 1 CATltASINF wrtvtrt. Ai'.liiili;Ua-HX. i lie VOL. XXXVIII. -THE-FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF Somerset, Penn'a. OCPOSITSRCCCIVCDIN LARCC ANOIMA Li. AMOUNTS. PAYABLE ON DEMAND. ACCOUNT MERCHANTS. 'aMMCRS. STOCK OCALf RS, AND OTHERS SOLICITED. - DISCOUNTS DAILY. - BOARD OF DIRECTORS: LRr M. Hi.es. W. H. Mi llc a, Jr L. Pk.h, Chi. H. Funics, Job R pxxnr, (ito. K. Stll, FbeI) W. U:d-xieb. Edward ti.l, : Vai.entivic flAV, : Andrew Parkle, : : : President Vice Pkesiuent : : : C ami ilk. T1i fiinin an-I (ne urit of this bank n- ri-tir-ly pn.te-tel in a rek bratrd Cor H Burelar proof Sf. The only Safe niii'le aiMMilutf Ir Barit'ar-jiroof. STOP! ltd! LISTEN EVERYOKE WANTS TO KNOW WHERE TO GET THE HOST OF OF THIS WORLD S GCOES FOB THE LEAST HONEY? -WE HAVE THEM Dishes. ::::z-:z: WHITE, YELLOW, GLASS, AM ROCKINGHAM AY A RE, IN GREAT VARIETT. BASKET?, IXHJK ING- J LA SSE?, HANGING LAMPS, STAND LAMPS Lam s of a!! Descriptions. Novelties and Oddities in China THE PLACE FOR FANCY & STAPLE GROCERIES IS AT THE STORE OF ED. B. COFFROTH, SOMERSET. PA DOWN" DOWN THEY GO! THE PRICES BLACK ASTRACHAN, AND Persiana Capes! On aE a1it-, W to A ! We haee n l many to ?IL au If Tuu a ant A BARGAIN, Come anon. n a ladv buy. a ryriana or as An: a ban taie, tiie ir making a WISE PURCHASE. A the prrent atele i basi1! to Ut for two or tlir-e i-Mvn. at k-aM. Tl- are a a ana, rtitu'ura'.t. ormeot. r-Ur t.ut on and U'rn .iff a-d a Hn-iMt nnidr far all -. aroiiiid wear. j:it a (m! KiiiuM" in - .ring a in fkll.aud nice lrc.u ev-;::na-iii thr ft2miner. TKX JAP. SCREENS, To Tn. dl in prirr. well adown from t:i-tm-ht-11 w litre tT ar. bow itind ti r !-" r4H- t f-l V r- u f4 i, -, on.- to T Fir. S-rTi, tl lo H. "-hT trvaityoti can are a beu you c nvr. HORSE & III, 41 FIFTH AVE.. PITlPBt RGH. PA. OilsllDils! The Piaodard Oil Comrane. of PitLoorrh. Pa nakr. a freialrr of mauufwruncg for the liomeatic traiie tbe aneat brand of Illuminating & Lubricating Oils Naphtha and Gasoline, That can be made from FVtmlenm. We challenge ccmpaxuca U erery knows PRODUCT OF PETROLEUM. If yon wish the most uniformly Satisfactory Oils IN THE Ajjierican larket, Aak for aan. Trada for Somenet and Tlcinlty applied by COOK A BEKRIT? f FREAaE A KiSER, OKIMt, Pa. aept2S-'-IJT. SWEDISH " All-Healing Salve," FOR NEURALGIA IX THE HEAD. W EAK BACK. OS FAINS IS gll.F. OR CflFJT. WEAKNES-t IX THE JOINTS. SWEIXINGS, Ar-la'I r.beomatie Fains. Carta In bora two to nt ia. roa l T S. MARCUS, 2 Vim. Or at Vuug l-rug Store, gomtnet. Pa. So NO. 37. . TRADE tC MARK IT IS THE BEST. Ia.taat Betiaf Fknt Arpiieatlow. Moon ri He. Mo., bee. I Ul T raff red dnadfulW witk neuralgic awing In brad. which adected fare and erea. Ictnid tm artrnd to work. I obtained ioatantaaeoui Tciief from first at-plicauoa f St. Jaentw HL H. M. CLAEK. CwBltel7 Cwrww by Owe Bsttla. Rt LIVi T. I1U Mae 1. 1MB. Vy wife vii troubled with nenra.ga, and alirr ln, oue buUie of fee Jacobs Oil WM umpitrh-iy cured. HEXKY MCKEMETER. AT Darficnrm A" Pers. IKE CHAILES L T06ELEI Ct. Oh! My Head! Sufferinji of New Jeraey Senator. Dyaiepaia, Sick Headache. Twrribl Thinga. "There arr a few thing that I bahere tn with all my heart." The speaker wa, ex-Senator Al bert Verritt, head of the large frnit firm, u Park Flare. X. Y and the scene his office. "I wa ick and feared I bad become fatd to endure the TORTURE OF DYSPEPSIA and aJectiun of the kidneys. A relative said to me, "Try Ir. Kennoly's Favorite Remedy, made at Kondout. X. Y.' I did so. I grew better, craild et. sleep and work wtih a clearer head, and the yellow color of my nktri gave pla-e to the healthy color anoo mring pure blood. Dr. Ktn n1y', FaTiirii Keraedy is entitled to the credit of saving my life. I can give you the aannw and addresMri of Sfly persons who affirm, as I do. that "Favorite Kemedy " has been to tbem a blessing in time of need." Mr. A. DeRerere, Tarrytorn. X. Y., say,. -For a long time I was troubled wiih severe attacks of diuinea and Blind Sick Headache due to impure blood. I wa advised to try Dr. kf-nnedy', Kavonte Rmr-ly. I did si and I havr tten enwpucly cured. It's the bv-A tbing 1 ever heard of f.r anv riiiwrdrr of that nature, and I have recommenced it to many with like m-v- " Mr. itauirl Fitt, Taunton. ti, war : "I recimmend Dr kenuedy s Favorite Krme-tv f.ir dr-t.a and n-k hradarhe. It cured mr " i'ytp.a. i.instipattiin. Nervons nr, liability. RbeumatUin aud the lils pecuiiar to wumen, invariably yield to DR. KEXXEDrS FA VORITE REXEDT. raxriatD it Dr. David Kennedy, Rondout, X. T. tl per bottle. Six for VS. By all druggists. Onrselves to kcp abreast, hnt to keep tbe lead overall others in selling yoa Tarf, AWlatclr Pore, and well Jl tar ed, Kipe itbUklea and W1bc At priceathat make all other dealers baa tie. Jurtthink of it: Orerholt t Co' Pore Bye, fire rears eld. Fail quarts f 1, or f 10 per dozen. Still better : Finch's tiela Wedding-, ten rears old. Full quarts f l,or $12 per dozen. Better still: Keotock j Boor bo a, ten rears old. Fall qaxrtis f lJ2o, or $12 per dozen. And one of the roort aaleable Whiskeys on oar list ia Tfe Ptr F.iorrr-Y'EAa-OLD Eipobt GvcEENHEiMER. Full qts. 1. $10 a doz. Tliere ia no Whiskey that has ever been sold that has prnan in favor with tbo public so rapidly as our old Export, and the simple reamn is that it ia utterly iinpotwibleito duplicate it. There will never be any let op in the purity and tine flavor in any particular of the Pure California Wines we are now wiling at 50 cents per bottle, Full quart, or $o per dozen. In makinjrup your orders please enclose IWothoe Money Order or Draft, or Rfgiter your order. JOS. FLEMING & SON, WHOLES A LX AD BETAIL rIitrG-GISTS, PITTSBURGH. PA. 412 Market Pt.. Cor. of Diamond. It is to Your Interest TO BCT TOr Drugs and Medicines OF JOHH N. SHYDEB. SrCCIMOK TO Biesecker k Snyder. None but the purest and best kept in stock, and when Drupi become inert by stand ing, as certain of them do, we de stroy them, rather than im pose on our customers. You can depend on having your FPcESCRIPTlONS & FAMILY RECEIPTS filled with care. Oar price are as low as any other first-class bouse and on many articles zauch lover. Tbe people of thia county seem to know this, and have given us a large share of their patronage, and we shall still continue toprs them the very beat goods for their money. Do not forget that we make a specialty of FITTINX TRUSSES. We guarantee satisfaction, and, if yo have had trouble ia this direction, givs os a calL SPECTACLES AND EYE-GLASSES in great variety; X full set of Test Lessee. Dime in and have your eyes examined. Ko charge for examination, and r are confident we ran suit you. fme and see as. BespectfuiJy, JOHN N. SNYDER. Ml OT PLEDGE SOMERSET, PA., WE DX ED AY, MARCH 12, 1890. AFTER THE CURFEW. The plav is over. While the light Yet lingers in tlie darkening hall, I come to say a last good night Before tbe final exeunt all We rattiered once, a joyous throng : The jovial toasts went gayly round ; With jest and laugh and shout and song. We made the floors and walla rewound. We come with feeble steps and slow, A little band of four or fire. Left from the wrecks of long ago, Still pleased to find ourselves alive. Alive ! How living, too. are they Whose memories it is ours to share! Spread the long table's full array ; There si is a ghost in every chair. One breathing form no more, alas ! Amid our slender group we see ; With him we still remained "the class"; Without his presence what are we? The hand we ever loved to clasp. That tireless hand which knew no rest Loosed from affection's clinging grasp. lies nerveless on the peaceful breast. The beaming eye. the cheering voice. That lent to life a generous glow, Whose every meaning said rejoice. Waste, we bear, no more below. The earth seems darkened by his loss. Earth's shadow'd features look less dir. And heavier weighs the daily cross His wilting shoulders helped us bear. Why mourn that we. the favored few Whom grasping time so long has spared Life's sweet illusions to pursue, The common lot of sge bare shared '. . In every pu'seof friendship's heart There breeds unfelt a throb of pain ; One hour must rend its links apart. Though years on years have fnr0-ed the chum. So erds " the buy," a lilt-long play ; We, toi, must hear the prompter's call To fairer scenes and brighter day ; Farewell ! I let '.he curtain tall ! O'.irer Wendtll lluimn. LITTLE JIM'S FUNERAL. Little Jim's death baa caused a food deal of talk. Of that there can be no doubt. Eery motherly person in that portion of South Brooklyn known as "The Patch " baa been talking about it for the past week, for Jim was one of tbe celeb rities of that locality. It is not alone of his death they are talking, however, for that bad been an ticipated for tome time, and leside, deaths are so common there that but lit tle is thought of it Mrs. Moriarity, one of the leading la dies of the Pitch, expressed the general opinion tersely but fairly, when she aaid recently : " Sure, the worst thing about dyin' is that bechune thedocthors, the wake, the undertakers an the buryin', ita chaper to live" a rather mixed statement, the meaning of which is very clear, bow ever. Ko, it was not the death of little Jim that caused all the talk before referred to. Not at a!l. It was his funeral that rave rise to all the talk. It was one of the most remar kable funerals ever seen in South Brook lyn. No one who knew little Jim in life would have supposed that he could com mand such honor in death. Jim's life was not one that even the ordinary street arab would naturally envy. The locality in which Jim lived and died does not include among its inhabit ants any whose names figure in any Me directory. There are a sprinkling of longshoremen, some junkmen and truck men, some ordinary laborers, and some persona who neither toil or spin. There are the usual dingy rum shops that are more prosperous than any other kind of shops. There are pig, and goaU, and dogs innumerable, that always seem to be engaged in breaking city ordinances and petti Dg their owners into trouble. Taking it all in all, it is a unique locality in more respects than one. Tradition in the Patch has it that at one period Jim had a father, and also a mother. Now, society at the Patch does notaik for much, but it would seeru that the parents of Jim did not come op to tbe social requirements of even this easy going locality, so that there was no regret when Jim's mother died after a prolong ed spsee, and his fathet left the Patch, never io return. This did not occur, how ever, until after, in a family brawl, one or the other, or both of tbem, had, in some manner, injured Jim, so t'jat he bad remained a cripple until tbe day of his death. It was about this time that Timothy Marphy, longshoreman, coming home from his work one night, and being very thirsty, directed his steps to a resort for the bibulously inclined, known as the 41 Hole in the Wall." He was just quench ing bis thirst when be saw a dwarfish form enter, partly with the assistance of an impoverished c-utch. Tbe gentleman who presided in the establishment, leaned over the counter. " Well, what is itT he demandeJ. ".I'm lookin' for me ladder," was the reply. " Well, your Cither ain't here, so you'd better get out " Hould on," said Mr. Murphy, long shoreman, at this juncture, " Come here, toe lad. It's tneself that knows yer blag gard ar a father, an' it's me opinion ye'll see him no more, an' so its the much lows." The boy set np a whimper, and then tbe big longshoreman put his broad band over bis mouth, " Whist," he said ; " come wi J me," and the burly longshoreman and tbe little cripple left the store together. A few momenta later, Mr. Murphy, longshoreman, appeared in bis own dom icil with little Jim, " It's that bye if Flaherty's, Mary," be aaid, to his motherly-looking wife. "Give him a sup an' a place to slape. We've enough av oar own to feed, but wan more '11 make little difference. If we've a faste, well not miss what be a tea. If we've famine sorra bit of me but thinks that he's used to that same." And that iathe way Jim became dom iciled with the Murphys. Hard enough times the Murphys had of it, too, for there were days and weeks when Mnr phy, longshoreman, bad enough to do to keep his family in bread. Yet the ngly duckling that be bad taken in got as good as the Murphys did. The warm heart of Mr. Murphy went oat to tbe .icrset ESTABLISHED 18527. forlorn cripple, and abe treated him as tbongh he bad been ber own child. Nor was Jim ungrateful. He develop ed a variety! of talents that brought many a penny into the treasury of the Mar phya. He fas errand boy for moat of the Patch, apd despite bis crutctt, cocld perform hiei mission more quickly than most other boys, and with more intelli gence. H lao picked up, somehow, the art of writing, in queer, spidar-like fashion, and wrote letters for those deni zens of the Patch who eoald not write theroselveaJ There is a formula followed in writing such letter as these, for tbe writer al ways starts eat with the rather superflu ous announcement that he "takes his pen in hand," aoalway ends by wishing this willl find you in good health as it leaves me at present," regardless of bis actual condition of health. This formula is as immovable as were the laws of the Medes and Persians, and by his fidelity to it little Jim added to bis popularity and bis income. Tben Jim had a little cracked voice with just a little sweetness in it, and he sang two or three songs in a manner that the people of the Patch considered as be ing extremely artistic. Jim's repertoire Was not extensive. He sang "Only a Picture," and warbled about the Scotch lad Geordie, who left Lis Jean to fight with the Scotch Brigade and never carne back, and he sang about a letter that some one bad rec ived from Ireland. In addi tion be somehow learned fr play several airs oo an old accordeon that belonged to the Murphy family. All last summer Jim used his accom plishment in various directions and pick ed up a good many dollars. Most of these went into the Murphy treasury, but one day in rummaging about his bed Mrs. Murphy found an old handkerchief, and tied up in it were several dollars in small silver. " Lord love the boy, it's savin' up for sonithin' he is," said good-natured Mrs. Murpby. And she tied np the money and placed it where she bad found it. She said nothing to Jiiu about it, but af terwards came to the conclusion that bit by bit Jim was adding to his hoard. One day Jim, who seemed th have something on his mind, srjrpried the good woman by abruptly asking : " Where do the people in the Patch be buried when the? die V A rrah, jini, what's the matter? What questions are ye askin'T" said the aston ished woman. "I aked yon where people that dies around here are buried 7" repeated Jim, sturdily. "Where, sure, but in the cirnitery?" i responded Mrs. Murphy. "And if I died, where .would I be bur ied 7" stid the persistent Jim. " Tbe Lord forbid ye should die, Jim, but if y e u'id,the ould man an meeilf ha one lot in the ciraf t-.'ry w here our weeny wans is buried, and ye should lay there, Jim." Jim looked both relieved and thought ful, and left the house without asking any more questions. Mrs. Murphy, in her perplexity, told her husband of her conversation. " I dunno, Mary," said the big long shoreman, thoughtfully ; they say chil deen can look ahead, an' the bye is is too koowin' to live. That cough av his, too, ia bad. But don't borry trouble." It wa3 very certain when the winter opened that Jim was getting thinner, and that he had a painful cough, which waa growing worse. Tbe people of the Patch have enough to do to live, and yet there was not a house in it where Jim was not welcome to whatever there was. His eon vernation about burial had been quietly circulated, and among these sim ple, superstitious people, it invested hi in Jim that caused much comment was the manner in which he hung constantly with a new interest Another thing atx.Lt about the shop of tbe good-natured Irish man, Who buried uioet of the people who died in the Patch. One day the Litter was astonished on entering Lis shop to find Jim following at hi bee!.-, and waking mysterious signs to him. Drawing him to one end of the counter, Jim produced small bun dle from his cot Untying it, be dump ed out a pile of silver. " How touch is a funeral ?' he demand ed, sententiously. Why, Jim, w hat do you mane ?" ask ed the astonished undertaker. " How much is a funeral T Jim again demanded. " Well, that depends on w ho it is for," said the nndertaker, hoping to draw tbe boy out " Well," responded Jim, " it may be for me, and it may be for some one elue. There ia sixteen dollars, U'fjen 1 have more money I'll give it to you. When I want this funeral, I'll want it bad. I want it to be the real thin; black bon es, an' tbem things on top of tbe hearse, and all that You'll tend to all that, will ye?" " Yes, Jim. of course," said the still be wildered undet taker. "All right, then," said Jim, marching out, leaving the money on the counter. " Weil, if that don't bate all," mutter ed the nndertaker to himself, when the boy had gone out " That gosoon is bar gain in' for his own funeral. It bate tbe fairies." Tbe queer bargain that Jim bad made was soon talked about, and he became a greater object of interest It was plain now to all who knew Jim that hi days went numbered. It seemed strange that the forlorn, neglected child sbonld have his heart set upon having a splen did funeral, but he bad, and the nnder taker with whom be had made hi agreement bad let it be known that the boy should have a funeral equal to any that ever left tbe Patch. A couple of weeks ago it wa plain that the end was near. Jim was forced to lie in bed very quiet ; and thin and pale he was, too. Up to thia time he had said nothing about burial to Mrs. Murphy. Finally be called ber to him. " It' all right wot yon said about the grave, ain't it r he asked. " Yes, Jim," was the tearful answer ; " but ye may get well yet" " I won't," said Jim," with a touch of hi old obstinacy, "an when I'm dead I want everybody to come and see me." Here Jim delved under bis pillow very painfully and brought out three piece of silver. "Here, ma'am. Y'on kin git some pipes and tobakker an snuff. They always ha tbem, don't they, at real fu- ner&Iar' he asked, somewhat anxiously, and teemed relieved when he waa assur ed that the articles named would be pro cured. " Y'on needn't worry about the funer al, ma'am," coctinoed Jim. "I saved p money an' bought that myself. I've been thinkin' for a good while that I'd need it I'd lice to see that chap wot I bought it from, though." Half an hour later the nndertaker was at Jim's bedside. Jim looked np with a wan smile of recognition. Tben he reached under bis pillow again, and found a few more silver pieces. "They're the last I have," he said, as he put them into the undertaker's hand, despite the latter's protest Is that funeral most ready 7" he atk ed. " Yes, Jim." " Well,"' said Jim, with a weak smile, "I'm most ready for the funeral. The hearse, and them things on top, is they all right?" " Yes, Jim, all right." "An tbe carriage, an' the black horses, an all that?' . " "Yes, Jim, all right" " All right, then," said Jim, a little wea rily. " I'm a little tired, now, and I gueat I'll go to sleep. A nd he did. When they came to look at him some time later he was sleeping his last sleep, with a smile on bis face. And the Patch honored Jim in death as it honors few in life. The undertaker more than kept his word. The Murphy Lcottage was sma'.l, and he bad the body moved to bis best room, where it lay in state for two days, during which ti'ne all the Patch v wiled the rooms. Nor did Mrs. Murphy forget her com mission. The tobacco and tbe pipes and the snuff were there. And the funvral ! That was a revela tion to the Patch. The hearse had wav ing p! lines, t? the surprise of some of the natives who had thought that no one lower in the t-ocial circle than an alder man or a prosperous liqnor dealer could be so honored. Tbe black horses were there, and the undertaker in person su perintended the funeral, instead of dele gating this duty to an assistant It was a proud day for Mrs. Murphy, who wore her black beaded cashmere dreti, bought many years ago ready made, and only worn on state occasion. With Mr. Murphy and the young Mur phys she bad tbe carriage next to the hearse, and there were some twenty oth er carriages. Even the proprietor of the "Hole in the Wall" was Ciin to bow to the exigencies of the occasion, and rode to the funeral in solemn state, w hile several local politicians, with an eye to the main chance, also attended. We Caution All Against Them. The unprecedented success and merit of Ely's Cream Balm a real rare for ca tarrh, hay fever and cold in the bead has induced many adventurers to place catarrh medicines bearing sirne resem blance in appearance, style or name upon the market, in wrder to trade opon the reputation of Ely's Cream Btlm. Don't be deceived. Buy only Ely' Cream Balai. Many in your immediate locality will testify in highest commendation for it A particle is applied into each nos tril ; no pain ; agreeable to use. Price oO cents. DrivingaYoke of Oxen, We were sitting on the veranda of a village hotel in AYisconsin when a man drove up with a yoke of oxen and enter ed the hardware store opposite. "The ox is a curious animal when yott come to study him," observed the agent of a New York hardware bouse. "Yes, and it is quite a knack to drive a yoke of them," repjied the drummer from a Philadelphia bouse. "Pooh!" "Don't you believe it ?'' "Naw ! Anybody ran drive oxen." "They can. eh ? I'll go you five that you can't drive that yoke around the square w ithout an accident of some sort." "Done!" And he went over and told the farmer what was np, am' promised him the stakes no matter who won. He looked rather anxious, but finally consented, and the drummer took the gad, stepped to the shoulder of the high ox, and call ed out: "Gee up, boy come along, now !" They looked at him in astonishment, s'look their heads, and the farmer called out : "Look out little for that off ox. He' been sort o' sneezy all day." "Oh, I'm onto him. Ge np, I say ! He touched the off one -with the gad, and they moved off at a fast pace. We followed, of course, and they proceeded iair'.y well to the first corner. Here was where they were to turn to the left, and the diu nmer called out : "Gee, there, boy whoa! gee!" But they didn't Tbey put their heads down, elevated their tails, and started for the country on a wild run, and in three minutes were out of siiht The farmer received the f 10, and then he started after them. We did not see him again until dark. Then he came in on foot to hunt us np, and say : "Boys, it was kind in yon to give me that f 10, but when I come to fijutv up accidents I find myself just $37 short That 'ere partner of yours had better let oxen alone after this, and try hog, or geese." S. Y. Sun. Not One In Ten Of the people yon meet from day to dsy ha perfectly pure, healthy blood. Tbe hereditary scrofulous taint afflict the large majority of people, while many others acquire disease from impure air, improper food and wrong indulgence. Hence the imperative necessity for a re liable blood purifier like Hood' Sarsa parill, which eradicate every imparity, and gives to tbe blood vitality and health. It rare scrofula, salt rheum, humors, boils, pi mples, and all other affections caused by impurities or poisonous germs in tbe blood. All that ia afked for Hood' SarsaparilU is that it be given a fair triaL The training of an animal should be gin in the first week of it life. It should early be taught to have confidence in it owner, and to follow h im at hi call. Tbe influence gained over the animil in it arly life will gretly lrMi tl d ffi -ulty of later management erak . The Little Pine Tree. The Rttle pine tree stood alone in a great forest. Alone, because, as far as the eye could reach not another of its kind could be seen. The maples, birches and oaks, besides many other trees and shrubs, were covered with beautiful green leaves, while the little pine tree bad nothing but needles. Ia the spring they put on their robes ofdelkate green, w hich fided ami fell away in the autumn, and in tite winter they stood naked and gray, knee-deep in the snow, but the little pine tree never charged. "Alas! all my neighbors and friends have pretty green leave. I alone am covered with Ojily nee lies. No one cao love me. Notm can touch me with out !eing hurl," said the little tree with a mournful sigh. Then, by way. of past i mo, it set to j thinkin about what it would like, in ! ca.-e its wishes could lie granted, as sometime happened to people in the fairy tales. "I'd have leaves of solid gold," said the little tree, aloud "that's w hat I'd have." j When the little tree awoke next morn- ! ing, ita needle had all disappeared, and ; from top to bottom it was covered with fine golden leaves. When the sun peep ed down among the trees, he scarcely knew it. It was so changed, not only in outward appearance w hich U not al wayj reliable, but it. very hart wa cbr.gd, too, and instead of modeety and sadnes, was filled with pride ami vanity. "How beautifully I am," said the little tree, drawing itself to its Ta'A height and likia down upon itself admiring ly. "In th. whole forest there is not another tree with (rolden leaves." And it fairly srmroed the green nioM at its foot, as a setting alt'Wther oo common for so rich and fine a tree. So it stood all day, growing prouder every hour, till darkness again settled down upon the forest In the dead of night, w hen all w ero snnk in sleep, there came a wicked rob ber, who no doubt had seen tbe treasure by dayiight, stealthily through the wood. He wore a long white beard and carried a great sack upon his l ark, into which he thrurt all the golden leaves, when he had stripped them from the tree. Then he hurried from the wool as stealthily as became. When the little tree awoke in the morning it found itself poor and naked, for the robber had not spared a single leaf. Shrinking from the sight of its neighbor, it bemoaned its fate in pite ous accent. Gladly would it have fled from the spot or snnk in'o the ground for very shame, if it hid been possible. Often, during the day, when the maples and chestnuts whispered to each other, as they had been accustomed to, the little tree imagined they could he whispering of nothing else than it own folly and misfortune, and bung its head and was very miserable. At length it bethought it-lf of anoth er wish, and concluded that nothing could be nicer than letvesof g'as. Sure enonzh, ;n the morning its branches were covered with leaves of g"a&, clear as crystal. Nothing could have been prettier. Often in the winter the trees had been covered with ice ; but they had never presented so brilliant an appearance, and the little tree could not restrain its delight "How bright lam, and how my leaves sparkle in the sun ! there isn't in the whole forest a tree as brilliant a I am," said the little tree. Pretty soon there came a cloud over the face of the sun a great storm of wind and rain waa gathering its forces and came toward the forest The wind i caught the trees by their strong arms j and tried to wrest them from the earth. ! They bent and swayed, and t-d their j arms to and fro, but kept a firm footing in the ground. j The little birds in their nests among the branches felt quite safe. While they j were rocked in the tree-top, and held the dainty epgs close pressed on ier their pretty w ing. Strong oaks that had withstood the I stonn9 of centuries and stiibbornlv re- i fused to bend, creaked. in their giant branches, and when the storm ha piss ed stood as stately as before. But, alas! fur the littie tree, with it leaves of glass ; they lay scattered and bmken upon the ground, every one. Tben, though it lifted up its voice and lamented its sad fate, the little tree said : "i see now I did wron in wishing for leave of g-ld and glan. because I wanted to be finer and richer than my neighbors, and I have been severely panished. If I only ha 1 gren leavts like the rest, I should be perfectly con tent.' Next morning, sure enough, its branch es were covered with tender green leaves and the little tree, which expected to 1 very happy because it wore a irMof the prevailing fash on, laughed for j y. Its delight, however, was ofshortdu-j ration, for before niht there came an j old goat through the woo. is with her two hungry kids at ber side. She was looking for something for her supper, and, spying the little tree, with its ten der green leaves, she hurried to the spot, and without aa much as saying "By your leave," she ate it off to the stump. That night, when the little tiee went to sleep, it wished for nothing so much as to have its own needles bick again. Everything else brought only trouble and sorrow. Once more i's wish was gratified, and it looked in the morning, arrayed in all its pine needles, exactly as though noth ing had happened. Some of the tree laughed an 1 tossed their heads, and the little pine tree laughed too, and the birds sang, and the sqiirre! chased up and down the tree trunk in their mad frolic, libt tree if stole oo tiptoe through the woods, bright patches of sunshine flecked the mo. and in all it life the little tree had not known such perfect content He who gives life the best possible employment afford it the most possible enjoyment The pleasantewt tnings in the world are pleasant thought, and the great art in! life is to have a many of them a posai-1 b. i o WHOLE XO. 201G. Hooked an Octopus. Probably it is not general! r known that the octopus, or devil fih, frequently of a "are eize, i found on theroaat of Mississippi and Louisiana. Piib!y the first insun.-ern rird of one of thetw fish, and one of large siz at that, having Uken a honk, ct.m within the ex--ri-enre of three residents of New Orleans a few years since. Gen'philip Ru-hanan, Lieut. CoT.E. C. Fenner and M,j-r Hairy lb-ward, now uiayorof Beloxi, M:s, started from that place in the yacot of Major Howard for Ship Island on a fiVhing expedition. East northeast of that inland in about eight fathoms of water, lies the wrwk of the Josephine, now marked bv a buoy. AUh'ooih the vessel proper has been j almost entirely covered with sand, by j caref-il sj-umlirip the location of the j "alkinz beam may be foomt. Oa an thoring near the spot a day of good fish in i aseured the angler. The wreeked j steamer has firmed a harrier or shelter,! about which the tish seem to gather, and J at certain tide, no matter what other con.in.ons may prr..,,,.,,. ':roonl where later on a "iiecjtd -piang offish tuake it almost drudgery toattend ; ffom thf M(, . mwin the lines. No sooner ha the hook reach- ' , , ,i ,i I garment. The slteper dreame! that tli ed the required depth than it is seized bv ' , . , .!,,,.; i 1 - i hAtM. wu. tiiirnin j diiv n anil Inst soe a large and voracious fish, generally a red i snapper, which if a g.illant fighter. I It was in An;nt that the fishermen j a-ove mentioned, accompanied by two ; sailor, in a yawl, anchored over tbe wre-'-k of the J.epliine. Col. Fenner, who hi a p reduc tion fr taking sharks cf large size, had with him, as usual, an j inch line, ten or fifteen fathoms in length j e flipped with a h's-k of suitable size j for shark. This was baited with apiece j of salt pork and thrown overboard, where it remiined nnd:sturbed for a long time. The line was secured to one of the thwarts of the htat. Tbe fishing was as good as usual and afl were having god luck, when attention was called to the i shark line, whiclt was running out with great speed. The rapidity of its move ment indicated some fish of exceptional sue. The five men hail hardly time to throw thetnsehe to tl.e side of the craft oppo site the line, wLen the fish, which was! firmly hooked, bore tlie boat down so that the gunwale was partly submerged. For several nioT.ents it occupants ex pected that it would be dragged broad side nnder by the strain. Their first im pulse was to ret the line, but this waa opposed by one or two of the party, who wished to see the end of the adventure. At this juncture the boat suddenly righted to an evil keel ; the line slacken ed, and it was evident that the fish was moving toward them. The slack of the line was rapidly taken, w hich w as barely accomplished when the water became violently agitated, and there leaped from he surfa-e a v:n-at octopus, in whose mouth the hook a as firmly fixed. As he threw himself above the water, he darted his tentacles, which were not less than ten or ft--en feet long, toward the boat ; then he slowly sank and remained for a few Moments, spparectly motion less, as if medita ting on a mode of attack. The condition of fie fishermen wa? now somewhat critical, for they were en tirely unprovided with any weapons ex- ! Wlth Sf,a'' creature it had capture.! ac cept a couple of oars with w hich to repel j ,n"" lroks ay ""roe of the wall of the attack of the mon.-ter, and yet they j m-v h'lt ciU'ht Beastly bats sailed were unwilling to detach the line from I in occasionally, and were found by day the thwart. There was nothing to do but i 5'"nt pendant and pugnacious overhead. to await development. Indeed, there was little tini f r consultation or action, for, after a brief delay, the octopus aain slowly rose to the surface, where, with his head slightly elevated, ba began beat ing the water with his tentacles. He wa apparently studying the extraordinary adversary which he had encountered. A third time be disappeared and thia time with a tierce ri.s'n. Tbe line flew over the side cf the boat with great velocity. The fishermen rairi threw themselves to the oppiisite si 1 and awaited the shock. When it came the line, unable to bear the strain, parted at the thwarts and dis appeared. .V. '. (!. Putting it to the Test. Faith in the friendship of other is a very g.csl thirg to have, but it is cot al ways str ngthened by tbe nnexjected guise that friendship occasionally as sumes. A young versifier, nj on submit ting one of his production to hi older and les dreamy room mate, wa a-ke l, the verses hiving been reiid with great tare. . -- Honesty and Error. Honesty is not necessarily ice ..m atib'e with tbe existel ce of error. The one "resiles in the intention," and the othr is the conseq'ier.c? of abnormal action of the judgment Genuine old fashione I "confluent" honesty, taken in the natural way and "coming oat nii-ely," is an infalbble pro tection acraln.-t the s-obseqnent invasion of iuea":ir.esi or hypocrisy. It i prophylactic per se. Some men appear to have been vnccinated with a kind of b3tar 1 honestr, a false theology, a -.!ii-h morality, a far-off cousin of the original stock which is the prolific parent of a host of errptive trick and narrow minded cavil. Furt h-rmore, the scars of this vaccina ti m they prr-'i-lly exhibit, and confident ly rely on them as trustworthy certifi cates of a state of grace w hich exempt them from the influence of that conta gion, w hose presence breeds in the carnal roan unmodified such horrible crops of corruption from the spiritual leprosie and concupiscences of our lower nature or will, at least, secure them against anything more than a mild attack of moral varioloid, leaving behind no marks of its ravage. Possibly that is better than nothing at all, and even the? best thatc2n be in those not uncommon systems where a whole souled inoculation won't work ; but we submit that the danger L imminent of the intrvxirK-ticn of a scrofula of sou's, which will resist all the patent sarsapa riliasacd healing waters in the universe. V. Loiis Vi'(rji. Card of Thanks. If the proprietor of Kemp' Balsam should publish a can! of thanks, contain ing expression of gratitude which come to bim daily, f om those who have been cured cf severe throat and lung trouble by the use of Kemp' Balsam, it would fill a fair-sized lxwk. How much better I to invite all to call on any druggist and g'-t a free saw pie bottle, tbat yon may tet for yourfe'.f Its power. Large bottle SOc and ?L Over a Black master. POSt- X Y. P-esa. The objection of Senator Colquitt acd Representative Crisp, of Georgia, to the appointment of a colored man aa post mstr at a university town ic their State are somewhat novel. It wi',1 taint the educational atoioophere, they say. J ist exactly bow a black hand pajwing a letter or newspa per out of a ten by fi f!een delivery window rau aet-t tbe acquir luent of know Wire ia that vicinity is not explained aud cannot be understood by any but knaginative Southern politi cal leaders. The white students in these institution have all of theni leen tataht that the b'aik man ia a servant They have bad black a'teodant to perform for them every service that one human being can perform for another. Yet the must not be compelled tork their nail from a black band. That is the rub. Th crtnipalsnon is what tiitart thein, and their prj'idi e will not perti.it ti-em to ren trmt tt is i tie govern rnt-nt wntcn j lnkesfrtain pra! reuiati-ns, in hiih the liai'k potiuster or the lose (0t inaster is no more a consideration than the locked mail lair an airrnt to sn end. Pi-truleuiu V. Nasly's famous dt-srription of the Southern "funnel" a ho shot the carpet bag pst(nater t-evau.- of a re fa sti I to trust biro f r a two cent Marnp wis considered highly artistic and humorous. but ovrdrawn. The o jection to biack poatruarters is quite as true to life. ridiculous, and What Dreams May Come. creams are queer things and are odo!y produced. An American physician, with a badly dressed wound on hi head, dreamed of falling into the hands of In dians and being scalped by them. Wak ing in terror, be found that the b.sndage was blippit.g off and needed immediate could not e.ape because her clothing was all burnt up. A. gentleman who had ln-en reading a volarre of pictures-;e travel liefcre retir ing, dreamed that be w.u journeying acre the Rxky mountains when he wa attacked by a ban-l of ruaraU'lin,; Mexican, and, after a desperate co'iibat. taken prisoner. The (.'. tain of the band believed Liui to be the possessor of a lare hidden treasure, and to n.ake him reveal the cache ordered the prisoner's shoe anl stocking to be stripped off and j hi feet to be roasted at the camp fire. With a cry of agony the dreamer awoke, ! and found the hot Lriik foot warnier had slipped front the flannel wrapping and was in contact with the les of his feet. Chirr, jo 7"im'- In the Costa Rican Swamp. Go ami live there, inhabit that pictur esque adobe dwelling for twenfy-fciir hours, either with or without j-mgle fever, and your enthusiasm will possibly i be considerably modified. The bieeze, j tepid and languorous, bring little re freshment to the heaty, stean.irg atmf s phere, charjel by blazing sunshine in brief alternation with torrent. of rain, deadly miasma from the rot laden lax.n steal like ghost through the moonlit night, and every type of winjed and creeping abomination that earth produ ce thereteems and swelter in luxuriant virulence. Great hairy tarantula spiders, centipedes, and scorpion like miniature lolister had their being in the banana leaf thatch above me ; land cr!s bur rowed np through the fungus grown floor to visit my couch ; huge toads and ven omous reptiles came frankly in at tie d Kir. Alligators and enormous sernent in fested the lagoon bard by and mi-ht be expected at any moment. I did not see an alligator w hile I was there, but a blow from the tail of an alligator struggling winie more than once a yell, a sen;:; and a rush procljitned the disturbed in trusion of some identified deleg-ite of the cat tribe. Respiratory air seemed to have acquired a third constituent, in ad dition to its normal oxygen and nitrogen, in the stifling cloud of mosquitoes which l'ed the darknes and a Central Amer ican ntosqiito i as merciless an organi.-m a any of h. accursed kind found outside the artic circle, which is saying a good deal. Strange things whizzed and bnzI and boomed through the obscurity, dripping with a sharp thud a though shot, or alighting with sticky feef, reluctant of lisludgment on one's fa : all nijrht long there was a rustling and a crackling and ' a creeping ; stigg-stive of unseen inver i tebrate horror ail around : wall-. l!.r j and roof crawled and were h.irrer.t with hidous animation. I am a na' tral.st ly instinct and can love and cherish the meanest reptile, but I would not volun tarily of forethought and design chooee a hut in a Costa Rican swamp as a shel- ! ter for my si.-k bed during the del-rimn ! of an intermittent fever. y.noneii's 1 ir Don t Feel Well, And yf t yon are net sick enough so con sult a d.xtor, or you refrain from so doing for fear you will alarm yonrself and friends we will tell you just what yon ced. It is Hood s Sarsapariila, whiih will lift you out of that uncertain, un comfortable, dangerous condition, into a state of good health, confidence and cheer fulness. You've no idea how p.'ter,t this peculiar medicine i incases like you:. Lamb's Devotion to His Sister. Hi gentle, loving, resolute soul proved it fine and firm fibre under tbe s'rain of more than forty years of nndeviatirg de votion to which I know no parallel. He never forone hour relaxed his wat h ; he qnietly gave np ail other tie and are and pleasures for this supreme duty ; be never repined nor posed, nor even said to himself that he wa doing something fine. And such is the potency of thi tonic, unselfish self. sacrifice, that h,4 tremulous cervr grew firmer under if, and no recurreiu-e of hi malady fscurred ever any more. The poor ui!t'es mur dres was sent away to the asylum at Ho x ton by the authority. There John Lamb and his friend thong!. t it best to isolate her safely and qmetiy for life, in spile of her interval. cf sanity ; but Charles fought against this, c ffered hi personal guardianship for life this boy of twenty-two, with only -CI1") a year ! and at length succeeded in .-jijezir consent from the crown officials, II counts np, in a letter to Coleridge, the coin " Daddy and I " can spare f.r Msry ; and compute ail the care she w ill brirg, "I know John will make sp-hes aVnit it, Axf nlir Mbait no ijn iw,t'i tm hrmjiitnl." So be meets ber as she rwnea out and they walk away throngh life, hard in hand, even as they used to walk through the field many a time in later years on the approach of one of her frequent re lapses ; he leading her to temporary retirement io th asylum, hand in LaaJ, both, nie.it j A Row
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