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ar sni3",ii t.--ooi all k:iid and of tbe be
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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
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