? i i l Somerset Herald Ks oi publication aavaaca a w I i . . ba chan- - j ; he AaeooUsoad until ai , a. nsrr: bers do not take oit theto 1 reawauaiala talk subsorip- aswrrag Itom m poscfios W aa- 3 " ....aatvs , ua null thafcnear aa Xs Soaxszxr nnim, Sokzbbxt. Fa. . 3 -21 'sW-AT-L4W. . - . ) k-.iwl. Pittsburgh. Fa. j. ,' EY-AT-LA W, j yc;;c- Bullding- f "--rv v BERKLEY. w muut. Pa. ERT. E-Srr-AT-LAW, eoinereaC. Pa. rTRSCTLL. 1- " ArrCi."V-AT-LAW. f riotaereet. Pa. I ; rOST.EY. fT ArTua-SIT-AT-LAW. r-, w. fueseckel, ArrvE-StT-AT-LAW. Bomeraet, Pa. z p-u.:-i House Row, oppoaiia Court J. G. OeLL . Ktimrr. Pa. KCF.R, '' aMuiiNEY-AT-LAW. bomeraet. Pa. -.r tl l': TZ. i - AlTuiOi.Y-AT-LAW. somerset. Pa, r t attention to business entrussed Z 'ii -Lfrt and adjoining cwdu. 3 ;V- House fcuw, uppuaiic tie Court ryT. F. SCHELL, A i . 1 -A I i- n , Somerset, rv v--r tai Peton Apait. Ofice in Mammoth T-illSTINE HAY, ' somerset. Pa. . i EiaJ. Win attend to ail eJa-jwed u boa car with prompineaa 5 E. FHL, ATToSjrEY-AT-LAW. Bomeraet. Fa. rz yrTt:y "?nd tt aU baslneia entrcsted T S5 0. KIMMEL, j AlIOiiEY-AT-LAW, ' Somerset, P-, r itirtu! u aU bnsinea mtni3 to hi cart ad fci'o'.i'.iiig cuoonai. w-.th pnjmpv td :-;-.;,v. L'tti-e on iiaa Cruti oirect, ,rc y jjt.- Boca wore. 'iZSLPrGH. ATTORiiET-AT-LAW. Somerset, Pa. if a SiTBEsnth Block, op Raira. Eairanc ii; Tst Mtru CtiUtuoiis matie. mIaa :rt u) -Ui .rumpuuaa and fiJeity. L :. ro-jnts. L. C Couoaa. pOLEuRX A COLEORS, j ArroR-NV3-Ai-LAW, somraet. Pa. v . tt,v1 ia finr ca will be nic?.-J u! Itu.fu.:r attended to. CoUeeuoiia tkl J aJBerset. Brc:ora ana iujuuujj rv ru-Ttr j;g aiid cooyaucin dota on rwar HL BAXR. Arrcasrr-AT-LAW, :Z p-Kt! In Somenet and aJjoicinf coua i a.. i.'.i-.i-ai eatrumd Jim receive I 3 CurranTS. W. H. RrrrlU fvFFEUTH RrTPEL, V AlTulil3-Al-LAW. bomerset, ra. C bacaa ectrnnfrd to their care will be rc puactu-.T attended to. Uftee on i: 'jim uvel, oi JtMTnmotn Bu?cA, Tri. EILLS & COOPER. L DENTISTS. ;fer SsT'ler'i Drug score. Maerset, Pa.) i' pertaiin to Dentitry kil!ftil- - -rr..-31-i. ial ai'.eui.nn g-'-n lo nn:ng T-t:;) tte n;unii ttf;n. Annnal ivn infi. Aio. letrih icser.! w.:iout piami. iwn-euua crow on a:icflrd u m natiir i va, apnis- sl-lyr. J. Hf . CARUTHEF- M. P. tiiYslClA AM) tLRijEOy. oc'K Kio-rr. ri. !ta t'clnii street, next door lo Priaiia jvi. .at c-j at oiite. D?w F. F. SHAFFER, HiYlLiAS AMI srRCJEOX, aaurr, Pa.. '-.tTV-; Vic'lUiiJ OflHw XUULt dour to pjS. H. S. KliniELL, "T'-5t j orrf.-1ocal at-nirea to the rttiaena frw-: (-&q b fouiid' at lus ollce on Ham est. D'i J. M. LOUTKER, FEYilCIAX AND SUEGEOS, 5m icraini p:mnei;Ly !n SomenaH for the J1 :. c Sj- ; nitmuuo. Glee on Main aareel, D 2. J.S.M MILLED, '-:T r-' ;al avii'Jon to the preservation of s rA;-. trr:a. Ar!ii-ai kj inserted. Ail 'iw.ju? ina.-iur.efd at:-ic;!rT. oihee in tha ''.ciT-ra Jd.rr-dwril Co. a atore, corner Ju-i '-run, 4oJ Hitr.ot aueeia. AMERICAN HOTEL. Oakland OprraWbj S P. 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A GOOD HEARSE ItKi tr7i pertainina: to rjntrals fornisned on aion oouce. . Tritto.t StraatSooierjet, Peea'a. 1 VOL. XL. NO. 31. -THE-HRST NATIONAL BANK OF Somerset, Penn'a. CAPITAL, SURPLUS S50.OOO. 7.000. DEPOSITS MCCCIVCO IN LAftGC AND SMALL AMOUNTS. PATABLC ON DEMAND. ACCOUNTS or MERCHANTS, FARMERS, STOCK DEALERS. AND OTHERS SOLICITED. DISCOUNTS DAILY. EOAED OF DIRECTORS : LaRcs it. Hints. W. H. MiLLia, Jaukb L. Push, Ch.is. H. Fibhis, Johs E. Sam, Geo. K. Scctx, Fbxd W. Bntsrrm. Edwazb Sctll, Pmsidest Cashikb. Valixtixs Hay, : : Harvey M. Berkley, The funds and securities of this bank are Becprelv protected in celebrated Cor hse Burglar-proof Safe. The only r&fe made abeolately BurjjLar-proof. Scmerset County Rational Bank Of Somerset, Pa. . OrcmM at Niiloaal, 1890. tstabHshed, 1877. CAPITAL, $50,000. : Chas. J. Harrison, Pres't Wm. B. Frease, Vice Pres't. Milton J. Pritts, Cashier. Directors: fa. H. Kooctx, JoMah pet'tt. Joon H. s-r.Tder, Joseph B. Imria, tsara'l nyder. 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BOOT AND SHOE HOUSE THE "EW R'XINf IN THE DIBERT BUILDING, Corner Main and Franklin Sts., Mens,VVomens'. nd Chil Footwear, OfBt Quality, and at LOWEST PRICES can be found, in stylea of all makes. I am prepared to compete with one and ail dealers in the State. All I ask is a trial SCOTT DIBERT. 110. 88 FR AS KLIN STREET. JOHNSTOWN SUPPLY HOUSE. JOHN H. WATERS & BR0. PLUMBERS, S721il 172 0JLS.T-TTS2S. -. ui.MUhliM in oor ew build inr, fcirh we can snfeiv ar. it the bew-arrauedlor aar bunea m ura Prnr.-ylvauia. Te-v-.fcinit pertainmt to the PlumL'in;, Steam WeiiL afformeriT r-e earvful atteTiSon to Our Mnoer ei.'rL iu 111 w uf tne iargeat buiulinp in " o""". wl" ' .t oir vr.niPTvrTv rarrvafuil 51a. of Rulberand Leatber Bcluna;. !Mem and water H..Vaivo.. In.ecvrr. Lur.ricaKxxr.u-am ZLTL Iron Pit ru.ie. tic Prunes 4'iotod oo apAACAUori. 4?r5r67 JOB PRINTING A SPECIALTY. HARRY M. BENSHOFF, MANUFACTURING STATIONER AM)- ulaxjl book maker. HAN NAM BLOCK. JOHNSTOWN. PA. NOTICE ia hereby given that a petti;n ofcili n,, Somerset h t--u r..ed in niyof- r,,,r.n amenduw-m ol their t barter oioe.ir- e UAArl' 54 Cther medicine nOOQ S C!wd before the 1 ere before the publfcj SarsaparillapTpieTeoS: m denee so Uwroaghly as Hood's Sarsa 1 5 paxtlla. From a small beginning this Pfrlllinr medicine has steadily S tVU I IUI and raDidlv increased in To popority until now it has the largest sale of any preparation of its kind. ItCplf Its uecs u haa won aunply t 1 1 because it is constantly proving I my tiiat It possesses positive mer.t, and I does accomplish what is claimed for U. Strpntyfh This Be,it h iTen wl,c,,Cl,,f Hood SarsaparOU Economy, 'S?: Jt j I Peculiar Combination, Proporv An U tioa aad Frsoeaa kxowa oniy to CIIPntlvA Hood's ParsarwrCla, U Id llVC; md by which the full Power medicinal power of all the Ingredients used is retained. IOO Thousand of voluntary witnesses all ever the country testify to se wonderful benefit derived UOS6S frora it- If you sufer from One Dollar SLtSTaS Q Of iara bT lPre blood, take U O WMIl Hood-s Sarsaparilla. Hood's I U VJIa, brail dn:f.-at. C. L HOOD A CO.. Lowell, Mass. 3: r w awv 1 si 7s m 3 73 m 50 Jacob D. Swank, WakhmaLrr and Jeweler, Next door wet of Lutheran Church. Somerset, Pa. Having opened np a shop in this place, I am now prepared to sup ply the public with clocks, watches and je weir r of all descriptions, as cheap as the cheapest. KEPAIRIXO A SPECIALTY. All work guaranteed. Look at my- stock before making your holi day purchases. FOTJTZ'S HORSE AND CATTLE POWDERS o H' wl "f rm w. tinr. w Lrx Fa vrn. !' ---itJ I'-jw-I"?, sre iumM sUi'. f f,w i. - nl tm ri the rnnwflrr wf milt sod 4 i.urn twenty per rent, ami iwafcr u batter fin. ati'1 Fnrrr' P.t(cm a iti. wit fiATlsr.criuS. Soia eTcrvwaere. DAVID S. TOXTTZ. Proprl.tor. SALITXOms. SID. Somerset SOMERSET, PA., QUIET WAYS ARE BEST. VUat't the nae of worntir(. Of harry inf. And seurrrint;. Ertrybody Curryimf. And brvmking np their rT When everyrwe is teachinf as, Prea hinranl bewer-hing w. To seule lown and end the fuaa. For qu-ei ways are best. The rain that trU kie down in showers, A bieaiug bin?? t thirsty Sowers ; Sweet fraxrance frora eac h brimming cup The gentle zephyrs gather np. There's ruin ia the tempest's path : Taere'i ruin in the voice of wrath ; And they alone are biet W ho early leam to dominate Ther.vse:ves, their viok-nce abate. And prove by their surene eataie. That tnuet ways are best. J'otiiing'i gained hy worrying. By hurrying. And scurrying. Wilh frettiag and with Surr.loj Tne temper's often lost ; Andia pursuit of some small prize We niib ahead and are not we And lini! the anwonted exercise A fearful price haa cost. Ti better far to join the Uirong That d their duty right along ; Reluctant they to raie a turn. Or make tbemselvts ridiculous. ( aim and serene in heart and nerve. Their rtrength hi always in reserve. And nobly stands each te-3 : And e ery day and ail aiiotit. By Mvuea within and vet-lies without, Vt ecan discern, with ne'er a loubt. That jjuiet wy are bert. Pw EniB'XrLjL. UNDER A CLOUD. I am Ajpea irey ; or at least that was my name when, one bright summer day, the sky as blue as tkough there never could be another clou 1 in it, I came home aL-rosa the fields from Nellie Hob-art's wedding. Very sweet she looked in her bridal dress, and very fond the gentle man to whom she had given her hand seemed to be of her. The church was decked with flowers and not one ot those who sat there but wished the young crea ture well ; and as she stepped oat from the shadow of th painted window into the dear, golden, out-of-door light, I thought of the old rhyme Happy U the bride W Uom tar huh umis on and thought that the looked like one of thc'Se fair saints the old masters were so fond of paintinz, bine-eyed and Llonde, and with eyes like those of smiling ba bies. I thocght of something else, !., as I euppot every girl who had bt-en to that wedding did, coald one but know the truth. I wondered whether it wonld ever be my turn to stand w here N'eliie stood that day, and what manner of man my bridegroom would be ; for I had never yet seen any one I could fancy giving myself to, almost body and soul, as a wife mm. I was making a picture of him for myself, like a goooe, when my foot caught in the grass, where some boys had tied it, and down .1 fell, twisting my an kle and hurting my head, so that for a time I knew nothing. At liiAt I felt some one lift me off the ground, and opened my eyes to see that it was a great, swarthy, black-eyed girl of seventeen or so a girl with a careless look about her dress which was not lady like. Bat she had the voice and manner of a lady, and she aked me very kindly if I were much hurt ; nd seeing that I was, picked me up in her strong arms and carried me through a garden gate and into a little parlor, where she laid me on a sofa and bathed my head with rose water, and told me to keep up my courage, for " Gideon had gone for a doc tor." That name told me where I was. I was under a roof that I never thought woold shelter me, no matter what would come to pa.s. I would have risen and gone away if I could have stirred from the odd old sofa ; for this was Gideon Lee's old homestead ; and here dwelt the children cf the man who, sixteen years before, had been hung for the murder of my Un cle Matthew. I was but a baby hen it all happened but I could remem!)er how the whole village was astir in search of the missing man, and how a body was found, at last. in the htart of Alcott's woods ; and how toe facts that there had been a quarrel between Gideon Lee and Uncle Matthew, wad that Gideon Lee owed the latter mon ey ; and how they were last seen togeth er quarreling in Gideon's garden, where a bloody handkerchief marked " 31. G.' was found soon after, and brought Gid eon to the gi'.lows. Perhaps hearing the story afterward from my grandfather made me fancy remembered it; but, at all events, the name that 1 had learned to hate was that of Gideon Lee. And now it was the child born on the day of her mother's death the very day on which the father met his awful fate who lifted me from the ground dut-ky Madge Lee, who had nev er found a playmate nor a friend in the town, because of the ban upon her lath er's name, and Gideon, the cm, who had been old enough to understand it all the time, who came in witk old Ir. Humph ries soon after. They were not poor people. The house was a substantial one ; and there were more books and pictures aud tokens of refinement within than country homes generally boast of. But even the farm hands spoke contemptuously of the "son of the man who was hung," and the ser vant1?, who were hired by Sladge Lee, were not natives of the place. And here was I, Matthew Gray's own niece, lying under the roof, and likely to lx there for some time, for the doctor forbade my removal. "I must go home I must go away from thia house V I said angrily and feverish ly. And Madge Lee, looking down on me as an Indian princess might, with her dark eyes aglow, said !n a bitter voice ; "Never fear, Miss Grey, we'll not murder y oa r and somehow abashed me, haughty as I was. Grandpa was away from home, or think even the risk of my life would not have kept him from taking me home and I grew ill and delirious, and Madge Lee nursed me as a sister might, and Gid eon was kinder than a brother. He read tome; he broaght me cooliing drink. made of fruits after some Oriental recipe which he possessed ; he found a weet flowers dripping with dew in the wood, and he sang, as I never heard anyone sing before, those Scottish ballads that are lovelier than any other music ever written, to my mind ; and it ended in my loving them. So when I waa well enough to go away ESTA-RTJSFTED 1827. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1892. I took Madge's hand in mine and said : "How shall I ever thank yoa for your tender care of me 7 And she answered, "Agnes Grey, the only gratitude I ak is belief in us. The people down there (and she pointed with her brown hand toward the town) "call us the children of a murderer. We are children of a martyr in.tead. I nev er saw my father, but we both know be was innocent. Aud Gideon remembers his kindness, his tenderness, his gentle ness and his honor.'. "Your Uncle Matthew forgive me, bat it is the truth was wild, bad fellow, lie quarreled with bit father, not father w ith him, and the debt was paid. Moth er saw it done and heard him boat that the money should take him beyond the reach of irksome laws and chattering tongues. And as foi the bloody hand kerchief he had cut a is hand, and un bound and washed it, and tied it np afresh in mother's very sight that day. Don't dare to doubt it ; don't be so cruel as to doubt it, Agnes.' Then she bronght me to the picture thaMhey kept as a sacred relic, and ver ses written by his band, and tender love letters yellow with age ; and, as I looked at the fare so sweet, so good, so like that of the Gideon Lee I knew I felt sure that those who stood before me, though they were the children of the man who was hong, were not the offspring of a murderer. And afterward Gideon also poke. "It is hard to bear," he said "hard to know that we must bear it ail our lives ; but if yoa could only see the truth if only, without proof, yoa will understand that we know no murder has ever been done by our dear father's hand we, who have his pictnred face upon the wall, the letters written to our mother, the words our mother wrote, begging us to read them often when she was dead ; and nev er doubt the man who, on his knees in the condemned cell, calling on God to witness his last words, bad sworn to his wife, who would have loved him even had he, in some hasty moment, dealt a fatal blow, tnat he knew nothing of Mat thew Grey's death, and even doubted that be was dead at all if yoa can be lieve with us, and not Jrith those who were his murderers, L least shall have a lighter heart.' And I put my hand into his and gave the other to Madge, and said honestly, "I do believe as yoa do, and always will." And so I. went away ; but I took their faces with me, their pleasant ways, their voices. As for Gideon's face, it haunted me. There was about him a charm that no one else ever bed. They were all quaint, all charming in their way, bathe mot-t of alL A pretty scandal there was through the town when I began to go down to the fkrm-hoose to see my friends. I knew it, and fought it bravely. Gideon Lee never killed anyone, I vowed aload to those who chided me. I will not pain his children for the fault of others." But there in the town were those who had been at the trial, and eleven of the . . . j jury and tee witnesses; ana anuer a stone ia the graveyard were the bones that had been sworn to u I ncle Mat thew's, and, in a bleak, lonely spot near the prison, the colli n of the man who was hung ; and how dared I, a baby a.moet at the time, to judge for myself? I knew they were right enough ; but I never faltered. I was as sure as Madge as that her father never killed Uncle Matthew. They would not come to my home. In deed, grandfather would have had the door closed ia their faces ; but nothing could keep me from them. And it was dangerous work, for me, too, as I began to know before long, to sit so much by Gideon Lee's side, to hear his dear voice so often, to feel my heart thriliicg with a loving pity for him for which I had no words. He was my wounded and dts pined knight, this dear Gideon Lee, be fore I had known him three short months and I would have given my life for him Cut he said no words cf love to me, nor I to aim. Juit friends we were, and ncia- ing more, outwardly. That was enough for the town enough for grandfather. 1 found my dearest friends grow cold. Even the clerevmaa aked me if it would not harm me to hold companion ship with such people." Anu I said, " They are the best people I have ever known. And even bad their father done the deed for which he ditd, they would be no worse for it. As it is. he was murdered, and yoa are all cruel to these poor children of his cruel and unchristian." So he left me angrny ; and so many a friend left me ; and all my comfort was to sit betweed Madge and Gideon in the quiet evenings and talk to them. Just so we were sitting one evening, when grandfather walked into our midst and clutched me fiercely by the arm. No need to repeat the words he uttered. The insults stung me as sharply as they conld Gideon Lee's children. But he forbade me ever to speak to them again, and took me home with him. The last glimpse I caught of the broth er and sister showed them to be standing hand in hand, their fingers clutched tight, their teeth set, their faces white with wrath, under the-moonlight It was my last giimpse for many year, for the day after this we sailed for Canada. Grand father was a Canadian, and it was partly to revisit his native land and partly to Dut the ocean between the Lees and me that he took the voysge. But Ue eould not tear my heart from them. I loved them better than any people I ever met most of all I loved Gideon. Bat I never heard of him or from him nor could I goes whether he lived or died. remembered or forgot ma, for three long years. At the end of that time my grandfath er died, and I, his heiress, returned to my native land a rich woman and my own mistress, though thia waa the codicil to the will that left me alt : "I, Henry Grey having cause to fear that my beloved grandchild is easily misled by artful per sons, and is not gui.eful enough to under stand their guile.'tc, for her own wel fare, add this proviso that should she ever give her hand in marriage to the son cf the murderer of my sen Mat thew Grey all claim upon the money and estates aroi e bequeathed her shall be forfeited, and said property go, with out reserve, to the Hospital of st Mar tha, to be oaed by the Trustees of said in stitution as they see fit." But, despite this codicil, I west down into the valley in which Gideon Lee's homestead stood before I had been home a day. It was growing late when I reach ed it, bat the bright sunlight as of yore, gildid the paces of the tipper window to sheets of barrished gold. Every shatter was closed, and the house seemed to frotrn upon me ; the garden had ran wild and the fields lay desolate ; the broken branches of the orchaad trees told of boyish depredation. Strange cattle graz ed ia the meado t, and Rover's kennel was empty. The sight brought tears to my eyes. I went up to the old porch and found there, wet with raia and tangled in the relics of List year's vine, a scarlet ribbon, one Madge must have worn. I pat it in my bosom, and came away. No one coald teii me anything of Gideon Lee's children, except what the empty house told me that they were gone. I had lost them ; and what did I care that all the country places beside wel comed me home T Gideon'sstnile would have been more to me than all their greetings, and Madge would have given me a kiss that had true love in it, I was not happy ; I could not be gay. I lived a quiet life for two long years, and let those call ruecld and proud ; I was not cold ; but those who courted me were Gideon Lee's enemies, and had persecu ted pretty Madge since her very birth, and bad done taeir inno.-ent father to death, and I hated them for it, though I said nothing. But at last, one bright morning, walk ing ap tli e road to look at the desolate dwelling where I had learned to love Gideon Lee's children, I saw a change in it- The windows were open ; a man was at work in the garden. Three fig ures in traveling costume had j-ist entered the porch, and a carriage stood at the gate. I knew Gideon's till figure at a glance ; bat who wa3 this superb, glowing, beau tiful, with a look of triumph on her face w ho caoie toward me? And who was that old man with the strange, sarcastic smile, that I fancied I had seen before ? s I advanced I knew that it was Madge who ran to meet me Madge, grown o oe a magnnicent woman Madge, who k:sd me as of yore, but more gladly, and who left me in a moment alone with Gideon and drew the stranger awav with her. And Gideon held my hand. and I could only say, It Uas been very long, uid eon, to weep and try to hide my tear?." "It has been long for me, Agnes l"he said. And then there was a pause. lie broke it by kneeling down beside me, with my hands in his, as I sat on the lower step of the porch. "Yoa are Miss Agnes Grey," he said. and the world honors yoa. I am the son of the man who was handed. Even now, loving you as I do as I have all this weary while there stands between as a barrier yoa could not crop's. Is it not so? Were I all else, and so worthy of you, I should still be Gideon Lee, an oat cast, branded with Cain's brand upon the forehead, and yoa couid never love nr wed me ?" Could I say "I love yoa?" It was not in maidenhood to do that. It was imp-i- ble. I trembled ; I faltered ; I only said these words : "It is an unjust brand un just and cruel. My eyes never see it, Gideon Lee 1" He showered fond kisses on my hands, b it he spoke again. Do you dare do it, Agnes to love an- oalcast man, to bring upon yourscif ontetnpt and hate ; to rehnqulsh wealth for the humble life of a farmer? Is your love strong enough for this ? Will yoa never repent?" "Never," said I. "When your gold is gne, your land another's, your friends turned to enemies and yoar name your very nase, Agnes that of the man who was hanged?" he asked slowly. "Think! can yoa bear that igaiminy? I know how terrible it is." And I took my hands from his and said but no matter what I said. I have forgotten the words that told hita that I laved hi:n too well to doubt my courage to bear anything for his dear sake. Bat suddenly, as he knelt there looking np into my eyes, I saw a look in his face that I could net understand a look that made me cry out and begin to tremble ; and I saw others draw near ; and I saw Madge clasp her brother's hand, and the o'd man held out his hand to tne. We have been parted live years," said Gideon. "In that time I have been searching for something that I believed must be hidden in the wide world. I have found it" "Gideon, tell meT' I cried. "Could any earthly thing but one embolden me to speak as I have spoken to yoa V said Giueon. "Do you think that I would ever have offered any woman a name that would have made her an outcast? That which I sought, that which I found, was a living proof of my dear father's innocence. Lxik ! Do yoa know this man? Have yoa no rec ollection of him ? And I turned my eyes upon the old man, who had taken my hand in his, and knew that I looked upon my Uncle Matthew. The whole towa knows the story now. He has told lhem how, yielding to his wandering impulses, he left, as he had done once before, the home and friends of his early manhood, and, far from all news of Christian lands, dwelt in the Arab's tent cpon the desert and wander ed with him over the burning sands, lov ing the life t--j well to leave it. and never hearing of Gideon Lie's unjast condem nation or of his terrible fate until his son stood before him and bade him, if one drop of Christian pity lingered ia his soul for the man oa whom be had brought this awful doom, to return and prove by his living presence the fact of his innocence and of his enjust death. They speak of Gideon Lee's children now as those of a martyr; and the ban is lifted from the name I have taken for my own. Teacher "What was the title that the Indians bestowed upon William Penn?" Bright Pupil "Dunno. Hia Nibs, I gtsese." Puck. Late Stayer"Why, the lamp is going oaL"Gracie (tired and sleepy) "I sop poee it thinks it's time something went ouVXrw IV UirrUL Editor "Well, sir, did you interview that women as I directed." Reporter-"I saw her, but she refused to talk." Editor (startledi "Was she deal T Detroit F. t prttt TT 1 J Ml HI Custer's Last Battle. The January Century contains t profase ly illustrated description of "Custer's Last Battle," by CapL Godfrey, the com mander of a troop under Custer. From it we quote the following : The accepted theory for many years after the battle, and still persisted in by some writers, was that Custer's coin tun had turned the high bluff near the river, moved down the dry ( Reno's creek, and attempted to ford the river near the low est point of these bloffs ; that he was met there by an overpowering force and driv en back ;that he then divided his bat'al lion, moved down the river with a view of attacking the vil'aae, but met with such resistance from the enemy posted along the river back and ravines that he was compelled to fall back, fighting, to the position on the ridge. The numerous bodies found scattered between the river and ridge were supposed to be the first victims of the fight. I am now satisied that these were men who either survived those on the ridge cr attempted to escape the massacre. "Custer's route was as indicated on the map, and his column wa never nearer the river or village than bis final position on the ridge. The wife of Spotted Horn Bull, when giving me her account of the battle, persisted in saying that Cu-ter's col am n did not attempt to cross at the ford, and appealed to her husband, who supported her statement. Oa the battle field, in ISS'1, Chief Gaul indicated Cus ter's rotite to me, and it then SaVtiel upon me that I myseif had seen Custera' trail. On June 2ih, while we were bury ing the dead, I asked Major loco's per mission to go on the high ri le east or back of the field to look fjr tracks of shod horses to ascertain if sotne cf the command might not have escaped, and when I reached the ride I saw thia trail and wandered who could have mad-s it, but dismissed the thought that it had been made by Custer's column, became it did not accord with the theory with which we were then filled, that Caster had attempted to croea at the ford, and this traU was ta far back and showed ao indication of leading toward the ford. Trumpeter Penwell was my orderly, and accotr pan'.ed me. It was a singular coincidence that in 1 v0 Ten weil was stationed at Tort Cutter, and was toy orderly when visiting the f att efie'.d. Ten well corroborated my ret..l.-ttion of the trail. " The ford theory arose front the fait that we found there numerous trucks of shod horses, bet they evidently had been made after the Indians possessed them selves f the cavalry horses, forthey rode them after capturing them. No b-jdiesof men or borse3 were found anywhere near the ford, and these facts are conclu sive to my mind that Cu.-ter did not g-i to the ford with any considerable body cf men. " As soon as Gall had personally con firmed Iron Cellar's report, he sent word to the warriors battlinz against Reno and to the people in the village. The greatest consternation prevailed among the fami lies, and orders were given for them to leave at once. Before they ecu! I do so the great body of warriors ha J l-.-u Reno and hastened to attack C'ister. Tnis ex plains why Reno was not pushed when so much com" Jsion at the river crossing gave the Indians every opportunity of annihilating his command. Not lor af- ter the Indians beg-.ia to show a srrcog for-e in Caster's front; Caster turned his column to the left and advance! in the direction of the village to near a place cow marked as a spring, halted at the junction of the raviae3 just below it, and dismounted two troops Keogh's and Calhoun's to fight on foot. These two troops advanced at double tim? to a knoll, now marked by C'rittemlen's mon ument. The other three troops, mounted, followed the-n a short disnce in their tear. The led horses remained where the troo; dismounted. When Weogh and Calhoun got to the knoll the ether troops marched rapidly to the ri'ht. anl Smith's troops deployed as skirmishers, mounted, and took pwitioa oa a ri ls which, on Smith's left, en led in Keogh's position 'now marked by Critter.. '.en's monument , and, on Smith's right, ended at the hill oa which Caster to)s: pjsltijn j with Yates and Tom Cesser's troopx, now I known as Custer'slliil. and '.marked by the monument erected to the command. Smith's skirmishers, holding their gray horses, remained in groups of fours. "The line occupied by Caster's littal ion was tte first c:nsi ierablc ridg back from the river: the nearest point being about half a niiie front it. His t'ont was extended abottt three fourths of a mile. The whole village was ia fill view. A few hundred yards from his line was an other, hut lower ri.lge, the farther slope of which w as not commanded by his line and it was here that thi In liacs, under Crazy Horse, from the lower p-irt of the village, among whom were the Chey- ennes, firmed for the charge on Custer's Ili'.I. All Indian) hal no left R?no. Gall collected his warriors, and moved np a ravine south of K-ogh and Calb uri and as th?y were turning this tiank they discovered the led horses without any other guard than the horse-hoKlers. They opened fire upon the horse-holders aa J j used the usual devices to stampede the horses that is, yelling, waving blankets, j etc , n 1 in this way succve led Very soon, l and the horses were caught np by the squaws. Inthis disaster Ktogh aal Cai- l hoaa probably lost tbeir reserve ammuni- I tioa, which was carried in tbe sa l He- j bags. Gall's warriors aiw moved to the j foot of the knoll held by Calhoun. A j large force diotnouated and alvanced up ' the slope far enough to be able to see the j soldiers when standing erect, but were protected whea squatting or Ijing down. By jumping up and firing quickly, they exposed themselves only for an instant but drew the tire of the soldiers, causing a waste of ammunition. In the mean time Gal! was massing his mounted war riors aader the protection of the slope. Whea everything w:vs ia readiness, at a sign tl from Gail the dismounted warri ors rose, fired, aal every iadiaa gave vuice to the wirwhoop ithe mouat ed Indiana put whip to their ponies, and the whole mass rushed npoa and crush ed Calhoua. The maddened mass of la- dians waa carried forward by its own momentum over Caihocn and Critten uea uo" u ,ulu l" V" " 1 V. a-.a stii. ,ri span on.l U den down into the deprersion where Ke- "v" ""'- was over on that part ot the fie:d. In the meantime the same tactics were Uiag pursued and exemted aroua 1 Cos- WHOLE NO. 2113. ter's Hill The warriors, under the lead ership of Crow King, Craiy Horse, White Bull, " Hamp" and others, moved np the ravine west of Caster's Hill, and con centrated under the shelter of tne ridges on his right Sank and back of his posi tion. Gaul's bloody work was finished before the annihilation cf Custer was ac complished, and his victorious warriors hurried forward to the hot encounter then going on, and the frightful massacre was completed. Smith s men had disappeared from the ridge, hut cot without leaving enough dead bodies to mark their line. About 2s bodies of men belonging to this rroop and other organizations were found in one rav-ine nearer the ri.er. Many corps es were found scattered over the field be tween Custer's line of defense, the river, and in the direction of Reno's Hill, and these, doubtless, were cf men who bad attempted to escspe ; some of them may have been sent as couriers by Caster. One of the fir-t bodies I recognized and one of the nearest to the fori waa that of Sergant Butier, of Tom Custer's troop. Serjeant E'tt'.er was a soldier of many years experience and of known courage. The indications were that he bad sold his life dearly, for near and under him were found many empty shells. All tbe Indian accounts that I know of ajrree tha tthere was no organized cloes quarters Cghtingexcept on the two flanks and the annihilation at Custer's Hill the tattle was virtually over. It does not appear that the Indians made ony ad-.va.-.ceto the attack from the direction of the river ; they did have a defensive force along the river and in the ravines which destroyed those who left Custer's line. There w as a great deal of firing going cn over the field after the buttle by the yo'ing men and boys riding about and shotting into the dead bodies. She Was From Boston. It was ia the Michigan Central rail r 'Ad station. The glasses sat oa her ncse as if they had been invited to ; her com plexion was weather-colored ; her accent was Lrglish, yoa know ; ter a s were broad, and there was a book in her hand along w ith a lot of other traps. Tapping on the ticket window sill with her um brella handle, she spoke to the clerk : "How Cir is it from here to Boston?" she in-paired. " :i. about 1,."h miles, more or less," he replied, at a venti-.re. " i'-aston. Ma.sschu-etts?" she asked, w ith a sigh. "Yes, Boston, MHsachasetta the Hub there is only one," he answered, as to the manner bora. Her face lighted up instantly. " Were yoa ever in Boston ? she ask ed, hopiefuily. " Never in ioy life," he said, evidently intent on making an impression. She sighed wearily, and tamed away. ' xji-a remedy is becoming! welt know a - Io you want to go thtre?" he asked aaj M popalir as to need no special men quickly and kindly. tioQ A;i'who have used Electric B;tters - Oa, yes, sir, su uiach, so m.teh," she D., the sa3ie cf praise. A purer al.nt wailed. medicine does not exist and it is gnaran- Tnen why don t you buy a ticket T " Dj you sil tickets through from De troit to Boston ; one ticket ail the way ?" and her face brightened again. " Yes, we caa sell you such a ticket." ' Thank you ; oh, thank you so much," she murmured. " That makes it seem so much nearer, don't you kan ? I had aa idea that frora this remote Doint one i ... ,- , . ... r.fri until one had gone many, many miles east, i i.ave come nere to teaca lor a year, and I thought I should die, but now that I kao-v vou have tickets riaht to de; Ju r Boston, I'll try to stay till next ie. Good morning, and thank yuu They won't Tell, The evasion was the funeral of a prom inent citizen who had been a Free 51 a son. A deletration of brother Masons hail attended and they had just come cut of the house aa 1 were waiting to enter the carriage assigned to them. T'aer wre part of their re-alia, which j attracted the attention of the ever pres ! ent Hir.all boys, to whom funerals are a!! i one w ith weddings considered as food for curiosity. "Say, Jimmy, w ho are they ? sske lone of another, in aa au !i ble whisper. Jimmy glanced at the embroidered sashes. "Why, doa't yoa know what those are Jocncy ? he said, with the con tempt of superior knowledge of igno rance. "No; what are they?" "Well, you are stupid. Why, them's the fellers that know something they won't tell !" "Oh.: said Johnny, meekly. Sriot a School Teacher. ?er.tx..KitLD. Ohio. Jan. 17. A moet '. frv'ttfu! story of backwwda barbarity, wi-,U hicii that toid of in the "Hoosier fcthool- I ouster " pales int ir.s;n:.icance. comes from ! the B.ack ii schooi district. Ia.-ke county. Henry I" rooks, a young school teacher, is the hero, lie bad a thrilnng'.y narrow escape fiom death last night. Croolcs ?ave t "aar!e, the 3 year-old son of Farmer Clatk. a whippiest, Friday ailer r.oon. When tbe son went home from cbou! le told his father, who started in pursuit of the te-her wlih asboUrun loaded with buckshot When he reached the place w'aere the yoar.it rr-an stopped, be learned that he was oat slclgh-riding with a lady and would not return for some time. Tbe irate farmer went home and kept his wrath bottled ap untii lat evening, when besal'led forth in quest of the unsuspecting tcaehtr. Ue suddenly came npoa the peda-sue, wbo was ia the sleigh. With out warning or a moment's hesitation the old maa fired both barrels of the gun at Crooks. Buckshot passed through bis thick overc-iat into his right arm, luckily missing hisla.'y fr-lexd, lf:s Earight. Part of the ciiarce hit ihe hore, frightening it and causing it to run away. After Cro ks gii -.ed control of the ani. mal he got out and lijtd a match and found numerous hucksliot hole in the hone Cli'k was promptly arrested and was bound over to court in the sum of jsiO for shooting with intent to kill. He secured hail and w a released. English free traders are sow trying to make the people of England believe that "American apples have been poisoned by spraying to kill the worms npoa the trees. 1 Dere is atoout as mucn sense in i . .1. t aaL A. 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A native of all countries who speaks the language of none. A man and woman, making a start in life. The unconsci'Mis mediator between father and mother, and the focus of their hearts. A troublesome compendium of great possibilities. A quaint little cra-t called innocence, laden wilh simplicity and love. A wee little specimen of humanity whose winsom smiles makes a good maa thisk of the ange's. The sunbeam of the house that drives dull care away. A carious bud of uncertain blcssom. The one thing needful to make a home happy. There is only one perfect specimen of a baby in existence, and every mother is the happy possessor of it. The smar-.est little craft a.ioat in home's delightful Day. A baby ia tiny drop ia the vast ocean of human life, capable of immense pos sibilities and surrounded by great mys teries. A littla stranger with a free pass to the heart's best atTections. The pulp from which the leaves of life's book are made. A padlock on the chain of love. A soft bundle of love and trouble which we cannot do without. A rose w ith all iu sweetest leaves yet folded. The sweetest thing God ever made and forgot to give wings to. A key that opens the hearts of all classes, rich or poor, in ail countries. A king who, though his sinews are only velvet, rules with a rod of iron, making strong men quail before hioi and women to answer and attend every call. A diminutive specimen cf perverse humanity tliat could scarcely be endured if he belonged to some one else, be ing cur own ia a never failing treasury of delight. That which makes home happier, love stronger, patience greater, hands busier, nights longer, days shorter, purses light er, clothes shabbier, the past forgotten, the future brighter. The delightful tyrant who n'es the home, the mother's darling and father's pride, the cause of a thousand innocent joysaadthe best pledge of matrimoni al felicity. Electric Bitters. ua j au that is claimed. Electric Bitters will cure all diseases f the Liver and Kidneys, will remove Tim pies, Boilst Salt Rheum and other affections caused by impure blood. Will drive Malaria from the system and prevent as well as cure all Malarial fevers. For cure of headache. Constipation and Indigestion try Electric Bitters Entire sarisfaction guaranteed, i or money refunded. t rice mtf - ' jl (J0 p,,, bottle at J. N. Snyder' Drug- store. Manly Independence. There is an attorney in town who is tellicgof a little experience he lately had with aa odd character from the rural districts, siys the Minneapolis It seems that the Granger went to the lawyer's oi'.'i .-e for the purpose of getting a deed maleout for so-uj swamp land ha was selling. The listener of woes heard the old man's re-iuest, and then, picking up pen and paper, he proceeded to jot down trie particulars in the deal. "Your name '" from the attorney. "Paiiip Ward," from the farmer. "What is yonr wif.-'s name?" "Elizi A. Wan!." "E'izi A. ; what does A. stand for?" "I don't know, never aed her," re plied Mr. Ward, unconcernedly. "Don't know your wife's mid-He name and you aa old man and married to her for a g-sod many years, as you say. Why, this is rich. What's the reason yoa nev er asked her what her middle name was?" "We'd, see here, young fellow," returned the in I'tisitive Ward, "I'm a pretty inde pendent e-a, alius have been and alius intend to tie, and the fact is I'm too in dependent to a-k her." All Sorts. Be carefall where you keep your Hour. It is more readi'y spjilsd by odors than milk. A damp towel thrown over a stationa ry wash basin is said to prevent danger from sewer gas. Chloroform will remove paint from clothing when beaz'.ne or turpentine wi'l not effect it. Salt sprinkled over a grease spot on a hot stove will almost immediately -top it from smoking. Bread crusts should be dried in the oven and put away ia paper bags until wanted for use. After handling substance that leave a disagreeable odor npoa tbe handi, if mustard water is used it will be fati.1 a most edicieai deodorizer. Always keep the inside of your con'ee) pot pright to insure good coffee. Boil it out occasionally with soap, water aJ woo-1 ashes and scoar thoroughly. Perfect mutton will be firm and juicy, rather dark red eolor, and with a good deal of hard, clear, whit fat, much more in proportion to the lean than ia beef To. remove the rust from ri it-irons, rub them apon a sheet ofsaad paper, and finish by rubbing upoa beeswax and sait placed upon a pieces of tough brr paper. Keep your irons in a dry place between ironing days. "Phat a blessing it is," says Pat, slightly muddled, "that night niver conn's on till Ute in the day, when a man ia all toirmi out, and he couldn't work no more, any how, at all, at ail, not even if it was morn, tag." Rrchuii'j.
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