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VOL. XXXVIII.
-THE-FIRST
NATIONAL BANK
OF
Somerset, Penn'a.
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BtPoiT acctivco in LAnet andsmall
AMOUNT. PAYABLC ON DEMAND.
ACCOUNTS MCHCMANTS. rAMMEHS.
TOCR DEALERS, AND OTHERS SOLICITED.
DISCOUNTS DAILY.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
URm M. Hk-ka. W. H. Millsk,
Jakw 1 ptH, Cba. H. Fishes,
Jobs K. Sx,tt, (Jio. IL Sill,
Kkid W. Biqe'- kea.
Kdwai; Sti.l, :
VALtvmE IIav,
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Vice Pbemdext
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The funi n.i wnrities of this Vnk
re securely prt twl in iiebrsteJ Cor
liuritlar pnv.f Safe. The only !afe
niaile AWtluleiy FurclAr-prof f.
Josr.ersel Wj Rational Eari
Of Snu Rrr, Pa.'
EiUblished, 1877.
OrguiwJ b a KA'ianxl, 1390
CAPITAL. $50 000.
Cb.as. J. Harrison, IVes't
Wm. B. Trease, icc Pres't.
Milton J. Pritts, Cashier.
Directors:
Wm. II. Kinr:i.
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fh B. !' i.
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Jtitiu rnutii.
itrr.ii o 'cr,
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runner ofUm Knnk m: rv-. ive tli moat
liti rt trtrMlliivUl iu'kmi ut mlliMiK bauikiux-
Pani ihir t to m.-oJ ni.tity tu or t-t can
l. Liu b u.i a i I j ci ail lei hi. 1.U.OL.LU
MuDt-y valiiiil. Meuivi l-y t f
M..l itlit.iuWti aiiti ia.t ai'pr.j il lime
ullectiotw mult in al! purls of llie l'uilI
uie t lianct iiMU-ruiv.
Airtiiiu aijvl L-LKs:tis jIi."tcl. mar".-6ci.
STOP! ICOi! - LISTEM
EYEEYOKE WANTS TO KNOW
vERE TO CET THE MOST OF
OF THIS WORLD-S GOODS FOR
THE LEAST MONEY ?
WE HAVE THEM.
z:::::":: D ish es.j::r::
wiiitf; yellow, glass,
and rockingham ware,
IN CREAT VARIETT.
BASKETS, LOOKING-GLASSES,
HANGING L.MPS, STAND LAMPS
Lamps of til Pow.Tijtions.
Novelties and Oddities in China
THE PLACE FOR
FANCY k STAPLE GROCERIES
IS AT THE STOKE OF
ED. B. COFFROTH,
SOMERSET. PA
DOWN,
DOWN
THEY GO!
! THE IP .RICES
- ox -
BLACK ASTRACHAN,
AND
Pcrsiana Capes!
On all t to i r,T' nJt raanT
o if S i warn
A BARGAIN,
Come moon. When a !adv btiya a Peruana or an
Aara hau ta. ill i making a
WISE PURCHASE.
i, the preMTit mi' i bound to lat for two or
lh."-- t--a--"o. at -t- T are a aanj,
r-.uif'nat'ie r-rnit-nt. eai.y put on nd
l-c (!" a"'1 a i!tal.'. article ft a:l
ihr vrr a-o-a3 aear. j.i.l a fat-.uilem-pr.K
i" fli.aud
nice lor coo evenina-s ui
Um aummcr.
TEX. JAP. SCREENS,
To eotre d.n In prt. weM an J.mn from
the loc hett. irhtrr they are now rtaiid
u, v of ?4 " .i" ""-. to 4 wi,
n. to 4 Two Fire .win,
$4 to i- otIvt lirrainjoo
can w oca you
41 FIFTH ATI, PITlSBCBGH. PA.
SWEDISH
44 AlMIealihg Salve,"
FOR
XEfRALGIAlX THE HEAP.
WEAK BAi K. OR PAINS IX
SlIiE OR CKE5T, AKXESi
IX THE JOISTS. SWELIJXiiS,
And ail Uheumasw Pains, tares in from two
to tiiii days.
roa sals bt
S. MARCUS,
j-i-a. Or at YoBiw's Vr Sotnernet. Pa
HOME
XO. 41.
BRUSLS. S11ILLIWS, f ITS, &f.
A brui.e u a runtu,toa: .wellinw anr ln
flaninialiuiu; nil. aul wnilid. are alike im
turlMtMY u BjiumJ artion. thrtmcli wblch
the ein are rlir)re.I, eirvuiail'in impeu.1.
en&vfctiu aet m and p w eitu. Xatiirt. la
impatient it trie, lo r.iilii tueli and paiu tn
Wn..ine. brui, and .wellinc need a ooih
ii influenrr, Uu in run and r..i:u.i liamif
any uiw would p.ur a liquid reiueity into
aai-inn aound. x mu an nalnre bruit
tin; paiv Ujfether. aunorf al onee.
JacoDsOili
octhfi
b t T II C-
the injur1 imih u1 n-turet.
rEOMPTLV AMU'EESWEJTIY.
Mr. I'rtii hash. 49 Prr.n street. Iieiroit.
Mkll.. y: "Pitrbinc I praiiKNl and
tni ied di y arm; two aptiiwt. .ia l i. Jaixoa
Oil cure! riM. '
Mr. .u.ui Sauwaid. Jr. (TiTydalei. Fred-en-bitrn.
fr.vas. write, Angtii ju. " I
u iutiy ri Wllh .-ylte: h.lf iwllle St.
JaiMumuil ruretl me." llf VIRES.
. AT 1'r.iiM.i.TK is. LoiAttK.
TUE CHHLE1 A. T0GELE1 CO.. tjlbawm. .
It is to Your Interest
TO BUT TOCE
Drugs and Medicines
or
JOHH IL SHYDEB.
BTet'EreOR TO
Biesecker & Snyder.
None but th purest And beet k"pt in irtiKk,
Aiid w iwn In: benme inert by atand
ir.jj. a certain of thetu ii, we
airoy tliera. rather than ira
x e on our castumera.
You cati depend on having your
PRESCRIPTIONS k FAMILY RECEIPTS
filled with care. Our prices are as low u
Any other first-ciass house and on
many article much lower.
The people of thia county aeem to know
thi, and have given us a larpe share of their
patronage, and we shall still continue togive
them the very brt (roods for their money.
Do not fijrget thai we make a specialty of
FITTING- .TRUSSES...
We gnaranti aatlsfaction, anL, if you hare
bad trouble jn tVis direction,
give u a call.
SPECTACLES AND EYE-CLASSES
in great variety ; A full set of Test Lensea.
Come in and hare your eyes examined. No
charge for e lamination, and we are confident
we can suit you. Come and see us.
Respect fully,
JOHN N. SNYDER.
OilsrOils!
Tb FtAn..aM Oil Cmr.panr. of WttJhurvb, Pa
mm.kr a srciahr uf niuuf-tunnc fr ihm
Imjsl&ilic lra4e ttte Uunxl braudx of
Illuminating & Lubricating Oils
Naphtha and Gasoline,
Thai emu be made frow: pptntnm. We cballangc
cotsptniwa iU evrry kuowB
PRODUCT OF PETROLEUM.
1 roo wh the most uniformly
Satisfactory Oils
1" THE
Axaerican ZMarket,
Ask for ourc. Trade fiw Somerset and vicinity
supplied by
FREAS2 A Ki.KK-F.R.
N)M KkKT. Pa.
sepm-'W-lTT.
Pianos - Organs
The improved method of fiirten'ii? str nes of Pi
no. lov-iiteil by U. one of ihe mo-t important
lu ;.rtjem. ei er made, tnakirt tiie instrument
more r.eiilr mu-i.ii in t.ne. more durable, aud
iet hktlv tii get out o! tune.
IVith the Mti i. Hanlin Onrart" ond Pitio ex-it-1
rhie-.y i iti.at cich itlieehi feireilenre in
ai-v niiju! instrument, quality i f tone, trther
thirr. ihiXith imrtnt are nin.'h ieKlhau
tl.lN. An in-lrmneiit wtib uurau.K-ai Uies eao
b4 be rood. Ii!u!traled raiaioue of new atyies
introduced this seawn, sent Irce.,
Mason & Hamlin
Organ and Piano Co.,
BOTOX. XEW YORK. CHICAGO,
400 Acres. 37th Year.
SALESMEN WANTED.
PKtJ.JU.ll-J A-IU. -
To repreut one of the larret NrKSFRlFJ ia
the cmntry. Vt e cu.raniee satfefai'tion to ail m.
tofnr. No previous eaperienee neeewary. iaia.
rj and espeni- from start. Address, Matins; ai?e.
Us pes Cr. k Thomas
Maple Avenue Xorsertes, S'K Chester Pa.
rr.IT OF PARTITION.
To ii!t sTnnkel ml John Karkel. reid-
ins; ia sioavrreek Townnhip. tambriaCo."
J'a. : rourad Kunkel. reidiof la Ki-bland
Townhip. ambria fouoty, I'a. : fhrisiian
Knnkel. rei-irna at FervMNny. Reaver To.,
p . a.lam kuiikeL rewdins: in Jo6ntowr.
K.we Ann Knnkel. intermarried with John
i-i. hart, reidme In Johnstown, Pa : Mary j
Kunkel intermamen wm Jomi reea. r.i
dmin ambna'rownhip. t.amhnal y. I'a.
You ar hereby notiried lhat in r-orwan- of a
vt'rit ia Partuiirti uwoet out of the irphans" I'ourt
.4 Vwrwi Count. Ha aud t- meireeied, I
will bowl an Hi'ineX oo the pr.mie, on the. real
ete of Andrew sinnk-1. !eaid. siluate in
Paint TowT,.ttn, Hummt c.Minty, Pa., on Fri
day. thelMbdnyof lia. ltk a aeu an.1 where
Tiai'nn anen.1 if you think proper.
Snaairr orri- jl, K. is. JfcMILLEX.
ai. enerit
THREShllB
Machines LVy
Simpiet. moat dnraNe. ecu
nranal and serfe, ia ue.
no ;raio, rvan. it ready for thmark-t.
Threshing Engines i"er saw
Mill". ShtTwle iialiines H PreMKrs, ami SHao
oani iiup'.enienu ge"al'y-
A. B. r tRwCHAR fOMPAXT f-LInilled.)
Feorl for Iliiw- I
trmteii Cataxajoes
Pennsvlvania Ar-irnlnral
" urks, York, Pa.
omer
SOMERSET, PA., WEDXEDAT,
NANNIE.
" Tbe word of the m inJ to ths sea."
Ton Would know her if yon saw ker
One, forever afwr.
Know h r by Aer eyes so true
And her merry laughter ;
Know her y ho- raaf mouth,
Wh.ra the win U hav kua.;d her,
B!ow .nc f.nm the jeented o uth,
Naati that' my titter.
Ia her hi ir of chestnut brown
8un!i .-tit rtiei ane.;i i :
In hr eye dem jre, ca doa-n,
t'apidllN a-restnir.
Hare too neen hr' do j ya ' pose
Y.M r uid aor. have mbved ber ;
'ar Jier l:pe a dimple hows
M here Ixive. the raiea!, kneed her.
White lnwrisil le, perfect fiav'r,
Praajraat foam fr ra out the ei,
tkar w hite sweet that live an hour.
That the MI'.cw hrlnp to me,
Sb' like thee, oh. fair and sweet :
pan and wind have kUned bt r ;
Hut 'laintier far. from brow to feet,
AaemiMiu- aty suaer.
A MOTHER'S REMINISCENCE.
A LIFE-SKETCH.
BT MIVASIS 1nll, JR.
" Mother, what it) the matter with you
thia morning?"
"Oh, Iliipij! If you could have seen
yoarst-l.'. Yon have n idea bow badly
off you were, llut the w orst of all w as, I
overheard several apeak inf of it. It was
too Lad, they Haul. I dou't want to avoid
you, my dear boy ; but I will ask you to
be more Careful ia future."
"Well, niuthor, I will ; I will commence
Uxlay honor bright I will. Will that
do V
" Yes, Ralph, I tan ak no more than
that. And, dear boy, you will try I
know."
The foregoing had transpired between
Mrs. Rachel Porlett and her only cltilJ,
Ralph. She) waa a widow, but little be
yond the middle ae, residing in an aris
tocratic neighborhood, and moving in an
aristocratic circle.
The sxn. Ralph, waa two and twenty ;
had lately (fraduated from one of the best
of the New York collejres. and was one of
the choicest spirits of the cial set a it'a
which he aissixiate-i. He wssa handsome
young fellow, brave and ?euerou. Roth
he and hi mother had been left, by the
late husband and father wealthy. 'Ve j
can judge from the character of tbeircon-
yersAtion something of the home inMu
en. under which RLkiph Purlett had
been reareil.
" Ralph,' said the mother, alter a long
pane, lowering her voice and sieaking
with a slight tremor in her tone, ''is there
anything serious betaeen you and that
HapgooJ girl?"
" Io you speak of Miss Kate Uap
good r '
" Yes, of Kats Hsptfood. I hope, my
son, joa will Cut sutTer yourt!f to be
CMiie entangled ia that quarter.'
"What have you-aginst the girl,
mother y
" Nothing at all against the girl, Ralph.
She is very pretty, and I haven't any
doubt she ia virtuous and gocxl ; but
think of the society in which they
move T
Ralph Porlett's lip curled, and hi9dark
gray eyes burned portentously ; but he
made no further reply, ana shortly left
the houie.
Mrs. Mary Hapgood was anotLer wid
ow, very differently situated from Mrs.
Torlett. She owned the house in which
she lived the gift of friends w ho bad
honored and loved her husband in las
prime ; and she earned a very comforta
ble livelihood in the capacity of music
teacher. She taught vocal music, and
she taught the harp, piano, and organ.
In truth, she earned more than she spent.
Kate was her only daughter. She was in
her nineteenth year, a queenly maiden,
though not tall, nor so very etately ; but
her beauty was regal, and her education
was in keeping. She was now, and had
been for almost a year, helping her
mother with her pupils.
We cannot say how many lovers Kate
Hapgood might have had. "We only
know that she hail loved in return only
one, and him, alas! she fearid she should
never marry. She sometimes w ihed that
Ralph Porlett had never crossed her
path. She could not help loving him, as
her heart had gone out to him in spite of
ber. He was so brave, sojhand.ome, so
generous, and his heart was so tender
and tiue. How could she help it? Oh!
if only he had not that one fault ! If he
could rise above that weakness, she
felt that she could give up her life for
him."
Hei feelings were deep and powerful,
and they were pure and nnseltih ; and
Ralph Porlett knew it, and hence he lov
ed her. She would have sacrificed much
for the loved one. She might have sacri
ficed her own life. It was her mother
who put forth the'uteadier, calrm-r hand
to save her.
One evening, about a week after the
conversation which we overheard be
tween Mrs. Porlett and her son, Ralph
met Mrn. Hapgood alone in her pleasant
little sitting room, and then and there
asked her if she would give him the
hand of ber daughter. He was going on
to tell how much, and how fondly, and
how enduringly.he loved the dear girl,
when the w idow stopped him. She was
paler than was her wont, there wer hot
tears in her eyes, and her nether lip quiv
ered as she spoke,
" Ralph', say no more at present I've
loved yoa as I might have loved an own
son, bad God so blessed me ; and I shall
love yoa to the end. A nd should evil be
fall you should any dread calamity rest
open you none would sorrow more
deeply than should I. Stiil, Ralph, I
dare not O, I dare not give what yon
ask."
" Mrs. Hapgood "
" Hash 1 I cannot argue with yoa. I
will not reflect upon your life. I will do
what I had once thought no power on
earth could ever persuade me to do. I
will tell yoa my own life-story, Ralph,
and yoa will not need to ask iue another
question."
The widow brushed her hand utoss
ber eyes as she paused in ber speech, and
having assured herself they two were
alone, she went on :
"Ralph, I was, as yoa perhaps"anow,
born and reared in this city. My father
was a musician, and a maker of musical
instrument, and naturally he called
around him much of the musical talent
of the metropolis. One of his closest and
most valued friends was Ernest Hapgood i
who was accounted the best organist of I
set
ESTLBLISHjED 1827.
his time. Ernest Hapgood had son,
Tbomaa, four year older 'than myself,
who waa almost as good; a moaiciAn as
his father. Almost every ruttsical instru
ment nude he could pLay upon, and
play well. At the age of two and twenty
Thomas Hapgood, unde an ast-umed
name, became leader of tie orchestra of
one of our largest and beat theatres. It
W is out of respect to his father' wishes
that he took the now '' f win. However,
it did not much matter. Everybody very
soon knew the most popular musical con
ductor in the city, and knew all about
him.
" Torn Hapgood was twenty-four when
he asked me to be his wife. My father
objected. I asked him bis reason: Said
he:
! Molly, Tom Hobgood should never
marry until he can say, with firm reso
lution : I will drink no more! I know
him well. He thinks he ia safe, hut I
can see that his appetite is growing upon
him.'
And so my father went on. He said
that when a young man, with such an
appetite gaining the mastery, would not
give it op, hia life was in danger of wreck
and ruin.
" I told Tom what my father had said,
and I asked him if he would not stop
drinking altogether. He laughed at me.
He tried to convince me that he was safe
ond finally he took a solemn oath that
he would never drink afaia enough to
show it, anil for several month 1 am
sure hia promise was kept. And during
those months my father died, stricken
down with malignant typhoid fever.
."Six months alter my lreav:ment I
became Tom Hapgood"' wife. I could
not persuade him Ut quit drink entirely ;
h said he couldn't look bin friends in
the face, and refiue to sip a gUnA of wine
with theiu.
- " For six years after onr marriaze we
were happy, comparatively. There could
be no solid, substantial happiness for me
after the knowledge had come to me that
Tom's appetite was master. I know that
he tried to curb it ; but be would not
crush it under his feet ; sor did he make
the attempt until it until it was too late.
Like a man in frail boat, approaching
Niagara, he did not make a determined
effort until the tital current ind encoiu-pas-ied
him, and hia ability to reach the
shore waa gone from him. His apjielite
had so grown upon him that he could not
break it off.
In hia prime Torn gloried in his
strength, never realixiag never dream
ing lhat his strength was gradually, but
surely, going from him When his eyes
were finally opened ; iad, in hia lucid
intervals, he saw hid dinger, the dread
current hail taken him fin its grap, and
would nut let him go. f
"Our child, Kate, was growing. I
thought, beautiful, day hy .Jay ; ami he
was as good and true as she was lovely.
At length she became old enough to feel
the cruel blight ; and in her prattling,
childish way, with many a kis and many
a tender caresd, she begged that papa
would not drink. Oh, how I have seen
the strong man weep and sob, as though
his heart were breaking, with the little
one held fast in bis arms!
But why prolong the painful recital ?
One day Tom came home and told me he
had been discharged from his place of
conductor, but they would stiil hire him
if he was willing to play under the lead
ership of another. A few short months
he tried to do his part as second violinist,
but, alas ! lie wan co longer the Tom
IlajTjood of old. A few short months
and he had no place anywhere, save at
home and in the bar-room ; and you ran
judge which of the two saw the most of
him.
" Even after that he tried to reform ;
and Heaven knowns how 1 tried to help
him ! I'.ut the man was gone ; the manly
strength that might once have enabled
him to conquer was his no more. A poor,
broken, shattered wreck, aged and de
crepit before his time, he went on the
downward course. Can I tell you the
misery, the anguish, the utter desolation
of his home, of his w ife and child, dur
ing thone dark and dismal month! aye,
years years of such agony as only the
drunkard's family can know. Tongue
cannot tell it.
" The end came at length. One dark,
dismal night in midwinter,'when I had
sat up till almost midnight waiting to
care for him when he came my little
Kite, then ten years old, I had coaxed
away to her bed on that drear night,
close upon the midnight hour, they
brought my poor Tom home to me
dead! dead! knocked down by a pass
ing team in the street, and his life crush
ed out benenth the iron-shod hoofs and
ponderous wheels !
" Ralph, let a say no more to-night
If you were not so much like what Tom
was in his bright and buoyant youth,
with the same great heart, the sAiue
strong passions, the same generous na
ture ah ! if yoa were different, I might
not have told you this story. Oo home,
Ralph, and may God, and all the good
angels bless and keep you, now and ever
more ! If in the end, I sliil refuse to yoa
the hand of my precious Kate my joy,
my life, ray only stay of earth you will
know why I do it ; and I am sure yoa
wiil not b'ame me."
Ralph Porlett spoke not a word in re
ply. He took the widow's band, and
raised it reverently to bis lips ; then he
tnrned and went away.
Ralph did not act precipitately. On
the fourth day after bis visit to Mrs.
Hapgood, he called his mother into the
drawing-room, and closed the door be
hind her.
" Mother," he said, I have a proposi
tion to make to you. Yoa spoke to me
on the subject of my drinking. I have
been trying an experiment not that of
letting wine alone for that was done in
stanter bat, trying how it would seem
to refuse the social glass how it would
seem to tell my friends point blanr, that
I had done with it forever. And how do
suppose I found it V
His mother was too utterly confound
ed too deeply niystirled to speak, and
be went on :
"I will tell yoa ; I have found it not
only the easiest thing in the world to do,
but the grandest, and the proudest, and
the best And whit U more, I bave al
ready got three of my friends to join me.
They have solemnly pledged themselves
that I shall drink the first drop. They
will never drink again if I don't And,
now, my dear mother, what I propose is
APRIL 16, 1800.
this: That yon forthwith banish wine
liquors of a!1 kinds, as a beverage from
the house, Yoa shall never again pot
the cup to yoar neighbors lips. N'ever
again shall it be in the power of any
young drunkard to say, I drank my
first glass from the hand of Mrs. Rachel
Poi let' Mother! have you the courage
todoitr
It was a pull, a terrible pull ; but the
noble, generous, impulsive, right-minded
boy conquered. And the next time
he asked Mrs. Hapgood if she would give
him her drughtei to be his wife, she an
swered him by taking the hand of the
gentle Kate and laying it within his firm
and faithful grasp ; and blessing, deep,
ardent, and soul-sent, accompanied the
gift.
We have only to add : Amid the many
blessings that rested upon the happy
pair, not the least was the love and good
will of Ralph's mother, given to Kate in
full and generous measure. And the
time came in the w hich she was eager to 1
point out to their aristocratic friends the
beautiful and accomplished woman she j
was proud, almost vainly proud, to claim
as her daughter-in-law.
Do It Yourself.
One of the commonest traits of human
ity, taking it in general, is a disposition
to wait for some one else to take a step
that every one sees is needed, but which
no one makes it his own business to take
because it is "everybody's bo inew."
Then there are so many people who,
while not making a movement to take
this step themselves, severely blame
other people for not taking it
Once, in a crowded street of a great
city, a joor, overworked cab horse fell
dow n on the pavement. I'uableto move,
he lay there on his side, motionless un
der the weight of the shafts and harneot.
A crowd gathered quickly and encireW
the poor beast. The cabman stood help
lessly by ; be would bAve been powerless,
even if he had not been so stupid, to re
lease the horse alone.
A man sauntered up. Lis hands deep
in his pocket. He glanced scornfully
up an down the crowd, and then said, as
scomiui. v, 11a. -vo a pmutrj one ot
r ' utr. 1 x . . ?:. ..r
you that'll lend a hand to help the ,r
est-
So sayir.g, with a contemptuons shrug
of his shoulders, and his hands still in
nis pucaw, ne i.kw away.
A woman faints in a public t.lace. A
struL-irlin auffati? crowd rress.s
sirut.gi.n0, sunocat.ng crow.i presws.
,,.).lr,l- v,. ; tv
. .... ' i w
crowd begin to exclaim, "Stand back !
tdve her air!"
But not oue of them makes a move to
stand back himself, and the crowd gath-
r,B vuwrijr.
To-. v
"auons, noweyer, presently
the right person is found to come for-
ward, axsume the direction, and see that
the proper thing is done. People who
step forward in such an emergency are
T I 4 I. - M . A. . a I I LM.a
win to nave . gut 01 teauersnip ; m
but
a gift of leadership is only a disposition :
to do the things that must be done.
Each one who says to another, in a
hearty and bonett way, "Lend me a
hand, and we will gt-t the things done,"
trusting to mutual ue.p anu snggestion to
carry it out, may be a leader, and his
success when the thing is done, argues
rry.-.MK .uu,,Miav .uuu.v
silently helped him
In the street of a city a private car
riage, containing two ladies and a child,
had, in turning a corner, locked wheels
with a heavy truck.
The horses attached to the carriaze
were spirited animals, and finding that
the carriage did not come when the
pulled, they began to rear and plunge
from side to side. The driver was help
less, and tie ladies screamed with fright
and terror.
In another moment the carriage might
have been overturned on the pavement,
and the persons within dragged to injury
and perhaps death.
But a quiet man who stood by a,
rather small man he was, too called ont
to another who happened to be next to
him, "Take hold of here with me."
Together they seized the rear axle of
the carriage and quickiy swung it to one
side. It was no more than an inch, but
it cleared the wheel from the tnuk. The (
carriage moved forward ; the driver,
helalessne longer, reined the horses up,
and the conveyance disappeared down
the street
It was in the thought that the leader-
.v,; . ..!: ; i. 1
'"r ' " " " """ """"""-
saIvsx. and not ia waiting Air others lo
do the perfectly obvious thing to be '
1 1 , , '
done, that we miy become leaders
men. l"ja.'A'ji CuitifMinio'i.
Falling in Love.
"Falling in love," as modern biology
teaches us to believe, L nothing more
than the latest, highest, and most in
volved exemplification in the human
raw of that almost universal selective
process which Mr. Parwin has enabled
tiA to recoenixe throughout tha whole
long series of the animal kingdom. The I " "frt, the lower on? Deiag pUc
batterfly that circles and eddies in his ! renoa-h from the ground to allow
a-rial dance around his observant mate ! orseand cultivator to pass freely on.
is endeavoring to charm her br the deli- ! Jet!- By the use of h'i step 11
cacy of hia coloring and to overcome her deM the fn,,t han-este.l,
v., tha H;.r.l. of hi. .till Th. i n(1 the lines trimmed or nan died at will.
peacock that strata about in imperial
pride, under the eve of his attentive I
bens, is re illy contributing to the future
beauty and strength of bis race by col
lecting to himself a harem, through
whom be hands down to posterity the
valuable qualities which bave gained
the admiration of his mates in his own
person.
Mr. Wallace baa shown that to be
beautiful is to be efficient ; and sexual
selection ia thus, as it were, a mere lat
eral form of natural selection a survival
ot me nHCStintne guiw ot muiua, sc-
- ., . . ... . . , .
tractiverese and mutual adaptability, j
producing on the average a maximum of
the best properties of the rice in the re
sulting offspring. I moat not dwell here
upon this aspect of the eae, because it is
one with which, since the publication
of the "Iecent of Man," all the world
has been sufficiently familiar. Grant
Allex.
The largest owner of real estate in the
State of New York, except the Astor and
Rhinelander families. Is said to be Miss
Slary G. Pinckney. She is seventy-three
years old.
" A stitch in time saves nine," and if
yoa take Hood's Simaparilla now, it may
save months of future possible sickness.
1 "i
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An Abiding Mystery.
Anr man who should attempt to amuse
his hearers nowadavs hr tellini a story of
a jury who brought in a verdict, " Not
guilty, but ifhedoes itairain he will get
the fall penalty," would be greet! with
cries of "Chestnut, chestnut," and woa!d
beasHUred that thing was credited yejrs
ao to the far west: was kiiuiorta;ized by
Mark Twain in one of hi book., and that
nobody believed it ever did happen, any.
way. Yet the newspapers reported, and
what the newspapers say must be true,
thatonly a week asro at .Newark, .VJ. try-
ing a case at quarter session-, a jury re-
turned a verdict of " not cuilty, but we
don't want him to do it az tin," and the
verdict mas accepted.
In tlieourt of general sessions in this;
city last month a jTrr, after spending an
unusually long time in con-i h'rir.ir tii'r
verdict, came into court, and the cleric
asked :
" Have you agreed upin your ver
dict?" " We have agreed," replied the intelli
gent foreman.
"What is your verdict, then?" eaid
the clerk.
" We find," sai l the foreman, safely,
and with delitienttion, "that we stand
seven for acquittal and five for convic
tion." "Then yoa h3ve nt agreed at a'.!."
said llie clerE, tvetily.
" I guess you have agref.l to disagree," j
said the judge, "but yoa had better try !
it again.
A boor fellnvr who wm on trial f.r hi'
! iir.. jn ,t .., r.mrt not ion
j terrible ahoek by the sudden chaaze from ; that it was so earne.-t. so furcil!s so cir
j keenly an xiom hope to ir!ad certainty ,f ! ciuistanlial that even trie bell-boy was
release, and then back again to black de
spair, in the course of "one minute, occa
sioned by the prex.se and exact pompos
ity of thejury who was trying him.
They, too, had takenalor.g time to con
sider their verdict, and the pris-icer, a
desperate villain, had a poor ease and
looked for iio'hir.g but the worst, begun
to thick that they might. sfter, a!!, disa
gree. The anxiety apparent on hi? face
told how the suspense had racked hitu
when he again l'j el thej iry a. they !il-
; inlo court.
In aiUriier cases, as a rule, m re form-
j ality is used than for ordinarv crimes, so !
I tjje gjjj.j .
(i,.!U!t.meii of the jarr, do von find I
the ,,r;Rer .,..;... 0fmap!,r in the first
.1 ' . ' : .1. . .
uckict-, on vici 111 inc iiiu:,ui.eii. . 1. iin:. a serin t'reiereui e. nowever.
v .u r , t , . , '
Now, the foreman waa a vouni lawyer i and that reference ia in favor of the
, . .... ... '
niitt t n.l hii f t. th.t ...i.ht
otijht to
I show bis legal and tine judicial mind.
i o he paused a moment, evidently repeat
ing the question to himself, and tinnily
said complacently, "Not gui'.tv.
There was a stirof surprise ail over toe
'
j an, the prisoner almost fainted
with joy. Rut the jurvmea began to
j remourtrite with their foreman, and he
J ejndesmded t explain.
f of course," he said "that we
fi, .v. tttituIufr not millr of mnf)W :
the first !egref?, as charge I in the indict-
aient But we do find hiivj g'iiity of
murder in the second degree."
The prisoner burst into tears over the
disappointment, though he at one tune
, 0)IltelllpUte(i a worse with 8to;i(ji.
tr but the Ual ntieawn had properK-
, ' Md ,he r uUtion of hig .j.
. forexactitadean-l ve.-Witv.
The recognized locality at present for
siory tellers to lay the scenes of jury ara-
mas is in the new south, where the
"darkies'' furnish ample material to draw
from. In Florida, a jury in the Indian
Viver county not long ago found, that
"the diseased died by the will of tiod or
or some other disea.se nnknown to the
" 1..-.II.... .1.,!. .....I 1 .....
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show that they were not going to shiel 1
one 01 tneir own color, loun.l a negro
prisoner "guilty, with considerable doubt
as to whether he is the man."
A man ha. I shot his neighbor's hog !
and the owner had hrm prnnecu'.e.l f.,r :
malicious injury to property and wanted :
hiin fined heavily, but the jury found j
"the defendant guilty ia the sum ot i!.o! i
in favor of toe hog."
j "We find the man who stoie the mule
j not guilty," is another verdict vouched
j for on good authority, and a weary judge
in despair over the tardiness of hiscol-
ored jurymen, who delight tospend hours
and hours- arg-jefy:ng an.ong them- !
selves over the most trilling points an t
often ending them by tossing a penny, is !
said, to have blurte-1 cut in his wrath :!
II VOIl I'll n f fi n.l it eenf f v.rir 1-1 . n
' J
taktbonru th lnot i,.! IVUf,,
these clear instructions were fi..Row! ex-
v . . , ' ,
plicitly or not, tne records do 0"t .no
New York i,
Novel Training of Grapes.
A grape grower in Bristol connty, Mas
sachusetts, baa adopted a pi it which is
of interest enough to describe, aitboiigti
it is not new. He seWVout p i!- at suit-
n . ' -.u. i- .
able intervals. With s ua eron fet etn
wherever there is a vin, and uron these
stretches t vo strong wins at a proper
j The advantages claimed are: Eise
cultivation, and extra quality and quan
tity of fruit. The sun ia.i a more? direct
effect by this method, and this of course,
is an obvious advantage, la many home
gardens the old-fahioned trellis is being
largely superceded by slake culture, and
there is a decided gain in convenience.
The following is Congressman Billy '
Mason's latest : A good bishop do vn in I
Texa:, near the Rio Grande, on a conCr- .
mation tour, stopped over eight with an I
nonn.1. lL'iioranL greaser t-imi r i '.a r
- . ' " " , ' . . I
nisnop was ramer uencate an l trie hanJ i
fare of the frontier had been a sore trial I "'r' " ' ' u"u ' ol lia'1 011 w,ln ? '- one oi sue Ligtit ungtvie at na.aK
to him. On this evening he saw through ! one of filo:neI- an 1 5stain from f lava, wears a silver medal given him by
the gloaming what appeared to be the I fc4in tor t,ro t,,w ,L.V ' then Pv the i of Turkey and a g.dd one from
body of a fat hog being rttbbe.1 and scrap- ! Tery ,,t:le nntil the aaitnal is MSiy j t ueen Yictoria. On each are engraved
ed by the whole family and he retired ' ,rrt,!- the words "Sebastopol, lckerman. Balak
with visions of spare rib. and other pro- J.obanon, l a, there is a school UT Dd Xw-" m
cine delec-acies that he expetrte-l to feast teacher who ha an inordinate desire for I Youngest Daughter . f "father of seven i
upon ia the morning. But at breakfast sjj,, atlj frequently slumbers daring ' "Papa, I can't I poeitively can t stand
thensual Jisheartenicg gru'i appeared j ,;ir! hours. Th-. holar being unable ! the strain : Im-m-must t-t-tell too! I
on the pine table. The blsho? could not tlJ wtke hXm a jJ4 a? j had p!anne,, to fctor- t.n,ght " Pnp
resist asking mildly what had become cf their book. and sUrte 1 bom. -"Just yiv hick ! What did vn want
hog he saw them scraping the evening ; t ', v i j- , , ,
Peter Tv,n wh.vK.. i.-iK' . I to peaA b for . Now I suppose 1 ve got t
oeiore. i
"Hog?" sa'ul the greaser. " That
wasn't no hog, bishop. We was just f
scrubbing the boy for confirmation. " 1
Hay for horses ought to be of the best
quality, and aevercverripe. j
k :
d.
ai
WHOLE XO. 2021.
Wakened at Five.
One day last week a gueet at one of th
be.t hotels m w, perhaps, just as well
not to b more exact was awakened at
! an unearthly hour in the morning by a
1 laud poun.lips; on L,dir
"Who's there?" he asked. That is
nut jut the way he put the question, but
that was the gener.:! effect.
"Wake up," answered a voice. "If.
5 o'c'.'xk, and vour train ;r?s in fortv
u.i.mte."
I It doesn't I'm not ing on any
j train, uo way and leave me alone,
This isn't exactly the language he used.
j As a matter of f.-t. it d,n't come with-
in gunaoi 01 11. u k, rwwi -.0 ,-unuay
jchfad English, that is the meaning he
intended toconvev
" Come along, now : come alon." con
tinued the voice. "Hustle, or you'll get
left. They nil swear :it 90 when they're
s'eiT'.v."
" ' iet away from that dmr, young fel-
l-.w, kt I'll brvak your net k," said-the I
KUest.
"I gness you're w tkin o: now," said
the voice cheerful'.. "Harry up, or
you'll miss your 'tus ; she goes iu half
an h'jur."
With that the voii-e departed. It's
vi-tim communed vividly and pictur
esquely with hiiiiself unl ii he drupped
ot! to sleep. lie had no nire than fairly
entered the land of Nod before the voice I
was I 11 k ari.n.
"Hi, there! Ain't you np yet ? Hump
yeixif, now, r.r yon .1 miss yer tram.
It w;u!-int do even to hint at the
aiwordin - ioftherei.lv. Suffice it to sav
conviiii-ed that he had made a mistake.
Again the voice departed, and a;r.iin the j
guest dropped off to sleep.
Rang! banc! banz ! It was the bell-
i boy jiouiniing 00 tiie door air-tin. The
! language of the guest was quite shocking
to hear.
I " You needn't ret mad," said the voice,
! p'.etisant.y. "I ain't calling you this
I tii- e. I jtt-t come back to tell yoa you
! don't want no tr iin, after a!:. It's the
i feller ivress th ? Lall." (""'. f 't . 1
' Y.
The Flea.
The flea is a rna!l animal, but mighty
industrious. I; ha no settled place of
abobe.
Like tmi Arab, it is a nomad,
r. u.. . i . v
1 VJ .1.-. t..j Id a. . ;
! ye'
i teria'.
I T!.e f'ea Is a great jumper. It can ride
j along on toe back of its favorite dog, and
; should you be five f.ct aav. with one
! boaod it can ! ur the disUn-e and light
1
i on your coat t oilir, and then with a
! dexterous handspring it drop- down be- i
j hind roar collar and is lo,: to sight It !
ir aa old saying that "a thin? nsst be
; to be aPIreciate,L" It i not so j
! r '
jth .fce fiea. If it wa. the Hew ia
j -rial! that i: would never be appreciated, j
j "A man ii koewn by his works so is a '
' 2ex You look at the delicate tracery in '
j the Feulpturl nurble: that is man's !
j work. AH at once you feel an excrneiat
ing bis- in the meddle of the buck ; that
j is the flea's work. It i easv to tell what's
biting yon.
! Of course the ilea is carniveroos. bat
! it never kills its. prey. It bites out wiiat
i it wants and leaves its victim to suffer,
I It never takes; to bites in the same
j place. It !ea; merri'y from one spot to
i another, browsing as it if.es. its ability
saving it from iustant death in many
j ca-e.
The humble little S?a teaches o to
i a-rar.-'j r..i;an.. .....I... . .
! - " ,.v.e.o e ; lie lll'l 1 ry 1 US
j circr.-iistan.vs and not to des;,i-e small
1 iionir. ji is not in? easiest thinu in the
"or!d to srui'e a.n! l.Kik pleasant and!
. cuat vivaciously while a H doing
ista. it please on your spine. Then I
: w hen you feei that you were not built
: right "To $; i,.j.
L9arn to Use Both Hands.
j Teach the children to ne both hand ;
j they wiil tin i the knowledge useful ia af-
terlife. Writers' cramf-j can becure-l in no
j way but by rest If a 111 in, b? he a copy-
isi, c.erw or a ti.egraprt operator, sits
i down and writes fir eig'it ten or twelve
hour a day. a fist a he can, he must
expect to suffer, nn'es. he is unusual! v
strong. We have mucnlar Imnds an 1
nervous i-na--tiorit which are lith! to
1 rircrvfru no.l,nlv.-nn, I .'
v-vi. u
wire
.,-1 1.
i telegraph operator g-.-ii out of
i . i , , - i
lie iii'l- rest, i ttiu.k of t-Tct.Dg a
cure bv t!i ue iu" lir.i
m-n-j is rioTiaen.se.
Nature, and cat i-e alone, aided, perhsp,
I'atniag witn coel water, which acU
. . .
as a tor.ic, can re-t .-e a eratnpe 1 or tireil
arm. Why shouldn't people w hojhavea
great d-al of wri ing to tlo learn to write
with both ha-i !? Then, when one need.
a rest, the other . an ba oa dutv. A". Y.
L-l:f-r.
Blind Staggers.
Th's dieie
th fi produce
r:th apparent I
caued by indigestion.
"s'ion of the brain, .
i. o.r sight and of gan- j
j eral nervo'is poa -r, to t'nat t':ie pigs stag- j
ger about ami run against obstacles
j which may be in their way, as if blind. !
Very soon they fall over and become con- j
vulsetl. o.erfeeding is the cais, and !
; this fault is quite cotu-n o, for, a pigs t
i are greedy and are usually given ail they j
; will eat, they eat too tmeh anl suffer!
i froni indigestion, with the result above i
mentionetl. Treatment is generally use
less when t!ie brain is aff.-ctel. A prob-
able rea.edv is to rve .,n iv. nnr
. - -., - - r - --
- - "' vu. j
one senior in years in this country, and
ho certainly the most remarkable
centenarian in Great Britain, was the
1 other day a.hnitte I in hU native town o
Elgin a member of the local lodge of 01 i
Ftliowa.
i urner ne sen is nu tnensag-s over anotn- I strut ted ia changed for the better. IV
, er wire : if the owner of a few horses j t-ore anjr Mone I3 u( tl U-d 0f th
; rides one t::i th animal can do no more J tJ aiaca.laiuize.1 is brought to a
; work, he gives h'm a ret f.r awhile, j de, the high piints being cut down
Jut so if a map. suffering f.-o-rt a cramp f an.l the low places G.le-i with the earth
in the h in 1 and arm wints tog-1 rnr-,1, taken fmra the high M.ints.
Country Roads.
Fmya trie Xw York Mail and pre.
We take a special interest in the sub
ject of country road-making. There in,
it seems to us, a general and lamentable
lack of sytmatic and well directed effort
in the direction of road-makisg among
the farmers of tbi cconfry. We srw
pleaaed tv crwsrvw tha' is m eral Sfa'aa
j the L!atiirew bve taken n tuwth-
ject and are proposing the enactment of
laws for the iiunrovementof public high
way. It will be remembered that ft.iv
ernor Hi!!, of New York, ea'.led the at
ention of the Legislature to this" subject
iu his last annual message.
" Our highways in the rural districts,"
the Governor said, "are, as a general role,
in an nnsatisiactory condition, many of
them being almost iin passible without
geat discomfort daring large partiocs i f
the year, while few aw keit in a proper
state of repair, f hy r far inferior to
those throughout Eun'and and. several
other countries io E'irope, while the
public roads in New England are con
spicuously better than otharst"
A correspondent of the Buffalo f 'wtrirr
prt-aeLls a vivid and truthful picture of
the uiasoer in which theaonual buoiriet
of road repairing is conducted under our
present law. We quote from bis letter :
About the first of June the man who
j ha9 a tas jj against him will
t warnei to work hia road Ux. At
; s oVioc on the morning in question
j he liiaj9 hjs iow nJ gpe, into the
j w-on reporUto the path master. He
; hitcUe4 bu team the pIo ,nJ p;0
a few furrows in the ditch, and then a'.l
hands eit down on a fence corner to give
the poor horses a rest Af;er d.seusning
the crops and telling what a wonder.nl
cow that air heifer's goiu' to be and h.iw
much the old woman and gals think of
tiiat old horie, which ov-cupies about an
hour, the team is hitched to the ra;r
and some of the louse earth is scraped in
heat's into the middle of the rd ; then
comes s.nother rest for the horses and
another series of yarns, and then diurier.
After dinner a sa is discovered that
needs a load of dirt, so it is throw n into
the wagon, and all go to see that it is
safely deposited.
"When 5 o'clock comes the owner of
the team, wagon, scra-r an. I plow is
credited with a day's work f.r himself, a
day'. work fur his team, a day's work
for hU plow, a day's work for hi scraper
and a day's work for his wagon, in all
five days' work, and probably five or six
other men are credited with one or more
day's work, when one energetic man and
a pair of horses could have done mure
work in half a day than the whole of
them, and the road is left in sji h con
dition as to make hiin who rides over it
sea.sitk. If it has been sm.W'thed down,
the top of the road lied is perfectly tlat.
i an l when the first heavy rain conies the
wheels cut down and throw the dirt no
until the edges are higher than the cen
ter, and the road is thereafter a regular
mudhole."
IMPROVEMENT IX XFW IER-!:V.
At last year's session of the New Jersey
Legislature an act was passed which is
! -rU-in" ?reat satisfaction in that State. It
;,,;;...! the t'.inntv Road law. the.. I vet
i . .
anti purpose 01 wnicn is ute acquirement,
1 - ,ii-,
I improving, and maintenance of pubnc
, r. . . -tj tJr.,.;, n-
1 roads. Concerning its oteraaons, a
- .
I proiuiiieuk resi.-iciifc ui t .!...
I said:
i "The County Road act provides that
any public road in any county of the
State may be declared a county road by
the 'onnty Iitrd of Chosen Freehol ierw
in that county, and be'omes such by the
tiling of a map with the clerk cl the
county defining the road ; and tiiat mi.n
ey may lie rainetl by atith board for tlw
contractioD and care of all such roa.U
in any county. I'nion CouDty is entit!el
to thecreiiit of this new system. The
act was prepared and presented by its
citizens, who have for several years
deemed seme such road law a necessity
for toe permanent improvement of the
public roads in central New Jersey.
"I'nion county ha, availed itself of
this new law to a greater extent than
any other county in the tate. The
ltoard of Freeholder, unanimous in fa
vor of the law, proceeded at once to de
clare as county roads the principal mads
leading from Elizabeth to Rahway, fr 0.1
1 tab way to Weettield. from Kozabeta
through Westtieid to I'iaiddeld, front
Plainrield through West field to Spring
field, from Springfield to Summit, tn in
j .-tjtth to pring'leld
j iM ,1 arij fifty t;
fty thousand dol
lars have a! road y been rai-! for mac-
) a' IJLiUW.iil l.IL I -'. -5 AO4 ,01 1 11'
! them in repair for oee year. They have
j all been surveyed, the ma; have lieen
I filed with the County Clerk, and hua
j drei's of lalairer. most'y Italian, are
now engaged in their mnst ruction. t me
i cr'wbers, of w hich there are haif a doen
or more in the county of I'nion. are run
! ninz to their full capacity, cracking stone
for top dressing, while srore of teams
ire hauling stone in blocks for the solid
! r.,nn.lai..n . t..n ia ikmI in
the
ex
j construction of these coantv r-is
cept track rot-k, which is all quarried
from the roonntains in Westiield. This
n k abounds in thes mountain, and
the iippiy is inexhaustible.
"Trie whole appearance rf the locali
ties where these road are heieg eon-
"The new coitty r-a.Ls are very p pc-
Mar. Those few w ho feared the expense
j at firt are now more than satistied with
i the imnrovemenf as thev DMmu a'd
f "ie wipnnenien.ii ss ti.ey pnigres. . ao
it is safe to say that there is not a tax
payer in the county that would have i he
new law repealed, or the old condition
of things restored, to save the finail ex
pense inecarred. County r'ads under
the new law will soon become gecera! in
most of the counties in the Slate, fstc-
i ia;iy if buiit w ith the ecouomy, care, and
thoroughness which characterize the
preseut Board of Chosen Freeholder
I'nion County. We want more coiitty
roads next year, and the present btard
to construct them, or a board equally a
good."
Rev. John Jasper, of Richmond. Ya..
the coIorel clergyman who won fame by
his sermon. "The Sua l)i Move," is
growing old, but his fifty years of preach
ing do not seem to have leawtied th'
vige.r with which he presents his favorite
i theme-.
j Barnard McKiernan. of 1'h ' lixvii.
stop yoa l"1
A New York heiress, wh.we income is
a thousand dollars a day, U having a
piano painted by a professional decora
tor, which wiil cost fifteen hundred tkil-kira,