The Somerset Herald. ITABI.IHKD li7. Terms of Publication. l-uMi-lK" overy WedneaHy morning at f ,i r r annum If paid In advance, otherwi v will invariably tecliarR.-J. v , MitwcripUon will be diseoiiUuued until ue- .. to n.xifv us wiicn suWribcni do not t,k.-ii tK'ir I"--,'r "1 ,e "K"- responsible .,!..TiU'r ivmi lng from one poKtofBcc to .,,,'1ht should give us the name of the form r, well as the present office. Addrcua Thc S.tLKtrr Hr.it a ld, SXOI KKSKT, Pa. . , H v C. W. WALKER. 'iT AY & WALKF.K, TToUS s-AT-LA W, and NuTAHY ITBLIC; Somerset, Pa. (.wif'.'imrl House In 15. SCULL, ' vnVUNfc-AT-LA o. 17l Fourth SU, l'itbilHirg, Pa. J. Uiti.v V 1JEKKEY, NtliniTKl't PlL. otii.v alwve Fixher'n Book Store. IP" r VKVEY M. BKBKLEY, Somerset. I'a. o:!Ut- in First National Bank. C. HOLBKKT, . . . . . - . .... A. Somerset. Pa. tlS;,v a -.111 John II. I'hU r,.!i:V li. SCULL. I If ATTtltNKY-AT-LAW, Koincrnct, I'a. i;Kl. W. BIKSKCKKU, Sotucrsct. Pa. oflkv i Printing House Row, opposite Court ll.-u-c. 7 IL SCOTT, J . A'l'l'oKN EY-AT-LA W, Somerset, Pa. n J. KOOSKK, . A TTultN EY-AT-LA W, tSoiuentct, I'a. V 11. K''NTZ. J. O. tXiLK. T-OOXTZ & OOLE, V ATToKN E VS-AT-LAW, Somerset, Pa. wi" -vi- prompt att-ntion to busineiui cli-iru-t.-.i ..tli.-ircan in ourts.h and adjoining c-.uui '1'i-e in Print House Kow, opposite v.,v(.,jrtli..U'-. VALENTINE HAY, ATTUKN EY-AT-LA W, Somerset, I'a. '. K-al.-r in Ili-al Estate. Will attend to ai'i i.ii-iii. entrusted to in care with prompt- IH,-uut uJ. lny. TOlIN H. CHL, J ATT 'UN EY-AT-LA W, Somerset, Pa. Will nnmiptlv attend to all business en-t-u.;.-ii to linn." M"ii-y advanced on colleo t,,.i., Olliee in Maininotli Blx-k. TUliN" O. KIM M EL, J ATlXHtN EY-AT-LA W, Somerset, Pa. Will attend to all business entrusted to bis cm- in Niiwiwt and adjoining counties, with promptness and fidelity. Ulti.vou Main Cross f.m-l. aiwve C'" roth's (jrK-er tore. JAMES L- I'Ulill, ATluUN E V-AT-I-VW, Somerset, Pa. ortiivin Mainmoth Ul.s k, up stairs. En ti;,iT n Main Cr.ws strei-U C4.11,-cti.nis mad.', i-sUit.-s settled, titU exaiiiined.aiid all L-g-.il l.uMiiess attended to with prouiptuewi ai.J tidciity. A. J. 0LB KN L. C. CuLBuRN. ClOLBOllN & COLUOUX, ATTt RN E YS-AT-LA W, Somerset. Pa. All business entrusU'd to our care will be prompt lv and tiithfully atteiid-d t. Collec tions made in ss.iuerx-l, Uedlord and adjoin tug oiuiilies. Surveying and conveyancing done ou reasonable terms. HL. BAEK. . AlTuRNEY-AT-LAW, Somenul, Pa. Wi;I practice In Somerset and adjoining rouniM-s. All lusin-s eutrusU'd to hliu will ftvenc prompt atu-titiou. A. H. XFFIKTIL W. H. Rfi'PEL. f vjFEICOTH & RUITEI AlToUNEYS-AT-LAW, Somerset, Pa. A':! business intrust.-d to their cure will be tprvdi.yand punctually attended to. liltii-e ou Main Cross street, opposite Mammoth 1.'K. JV. t'AKOTHEItS M. IX, PHYSICIAN ASUSI RUEON", Somerset, I'a. (ifuvon l'atriit Street, near K. R. Station. N til culls t .irtntr. D1L P. F. SHAFFEIl, PHYSICIAN ASUSl'IUiKON, SouH-niet, I'a. T. nJrs liis professional !ervic to ttie citl ns t -Hii. rs.-t and vicinity. Uttic next d'sirtoCuitiiua-rcial UirteL. DK. J. M. LOI THEK, PHYSICIAN ANoSl'R(irXX, tiRi.-r on Main street, rear of Drug store. m 11 KIMMELL, T. ii 1. r his pmf.-Miional wrvicen to the cili f.is .f s.ii,i.-rs.-l and vicinity. l'ults pns-f.-ssiuiiahy ei..ig.-d lie can be km nd at laia of & e ai Main su, lu.t ot iHamoud. Dl J. S.Mi MILLEX, itiraduate in leulitry.) ivrcierialatt4itiHi to the preservation of n-itural tii-th. ArtiQ.'ial k. Is liis-rtcl. Atl ..p. rations riiararit.r-l satiot-x-torj. IB in tiu-nanus ,,v(-r L. H. Iihvis A. lu'i store, curu-.-r Maiu Crou. and Patriot street. Oils! Oilsl o Tli Aiiantic II -fining Co- Pittsburg Icpart i" i.t. Puisi.ui-... mak.-sa sn-ialty of lt.irti!.i-turmi: f.H tile IktmieKlM: trad.- tlie tiijest brands of !!-min:ting & Lubricating Oils Naphtha and Gasoline. Tat -..n U- nuide from Petroleum. We chal leng i-'-uu.pari.oii with every known Product of Petroleum If you ih the most uuifoniily Satisfactory Oils ix ti in American INTarket, A tr oar. Trade for Somerset and vicini ty supplied by C K A BEERITS and FUVSE A KtajSER, Somerset, Pa. miSTIG JOB PRINTING A SPECIALTY. H1BRY X BEXSUOFF, MWFACTURIhQ STATIONER A Nil LiX BOOK MAKER. HAN-XAM ULOCIi, Johnstown, Pa. A. H. HUSTON. dertaker and Embalmer. GOOD HEARSE "irythin, (H-rtHlnlruj to funcrala fura ished. Somerset, Pa. I no VOL. XLHI. XO. 18. -THE- First National Banic OF- Somerset, Penn'a. o Capita!, 850,000. Surplus, SI 6,000. DEPOSITS NCCCIVC0 IN LAftOE AN0.MALL AMOUNT. PAYABLE ON DEMAND. ACCOUNTS OF MERCHANTS, FARMERS. STOCK DEALERS. AND OTHERS SOLICITED DISCOUNTS DAILY. BOARD OF DIKKCTORS. LaKCE m. hicks, ;eo. v- scci.u JAMES U PftiH, W. H. MILI.EIt, JUIIN R. SXHiTT, IUI1IT. S. SCULL, FUEL) W. BH-JIXKEIt. EPWAItn SCUI.U : : rilr!IIEXT. ALENT1NE HAY, : VICE PKESIIENT. HABVEY M. BERKLEY, : CASHIE1L Tlie fund and ecuritics of this bunk are w- eun-ly protected in a celebrated CoKLISri IH u GLAB I'kimiF Sake. Tlie only safe made abso lutely burxlar-prouC Tke taet County national BASS! K OF SOMERSET, PA. .-a fuUblUW, 1877. Ornnliwl M t National, 1890 O. CAPITAL, $50,000 SURPLUS AND UN- DIVIDED PROFITS $lb,UUU. .-a . Chas. J. Harrison, Pres't. Wm. H. Koontz, Vice Pres't. Milton J. Pritts, Cashier. Directors : SAMUEL SNYKER, WM. ENIsI.EY, JlKr-I AH SPECHT. JONAS M. O M iK, JOHN II. SN Yl'ER, JOHN STUKIT, JlEPH . KAVIS. NOAH S. MILLEIL HAHHISON SN YL'ER, J EKOM E STl r FT, SAM. B. HAUKISON. r t .i,i.l,,tlr will meet ve the inOKt . U-HIIIH 1 F. ,r, - " - " ... liU-ral trntmenteMi.itent aithKifelwiikiiiif. ran tie accommodated by dralt for any amiHint. .... Money and valuable w-eureil l.y ine 01 ine bold'e eelebrated Ktfe, witU uit improv.-d time lock. . .... i-..u-iJ.m ma.le in all nurtu of the I luted State. Ctiarvex mderate. Account and dcp.iti iienea. FIBELITT nil! 111 HIST tL 121 & 123 Fourth Ave, PITTSBURGH, PA. Capital - - - Undivided Profit 1250,000. Acts as Executor, fSuanlian, A.-ignec ami rUtvivcr. Wills received fr ami heKl free of charjre. Husincss of resilient- anl non-resi'leiits can-fully atteiiletl tK JOHN B. JACKSON, - Presi'leiit JAM US J. DONNELL, V. rrcsi.Unt. FRANKLIN BROWN, - Set Mary. JAS. C. CHAPLIN, - Treasurer. JORDAN & HINCHMAN. u. on nnw node m-iih oar new and In ore in voice f Fine Conf.-lioiiery tnKl, popuuir l.randnof BIx uitKaud CaUtTs raney rtio.i!i of ail Ktykn, and ever tliinu ele iH-rUiiiiinc ... . hki l...iis.. lo fill orderx promptly. and to Mipply rerid.-nt famiHcx to any ex tent, tioodsalway fre.h, and alw:iy oii.-r-ed at lowest figures. Call and see one of tlie finest assortments ever carried. JOBDAH & HINCHMAN. 270272 Main Street, Johnstown, Pa LARRABEE'S RHEUMATIC LINIMEHI PAIN EXTRACTOR CURES RHEUMATISM. LUMBAGO. NEURALGIA. TOOTHACHE. BACKACHE. CATARRH. AMD ALL KINDS OF PAINS AND ACHES. . Dfc..tie I Iniinrat If aa eld as4 patroa.e . nn. srovwc lt woooer- sd effid-acy ia all ailBMB hf lui won. Mia HI tt iant. .... . . . i; IJt LarrabM a Rhcaatatic uoimcn -h" prrpar.ti to w.i ..i ia k. inrff ntUaC it ia u or leaf tnc- fjca. t m cuan. runt. KPPlCAClOUS. AOMCCASLV SMKLUM6. QUICK AOTIMO. . ,i.rfii Lialmaot l a tpleadW U"drCX. HU . T . C- b ordered br ,7.11 IV a-d addre aa- n to adow addrcaa, out mo-aia-". Winkslmann & Brcwn Drug Co. BALTIMORE. VC O. S. A. That Tired Feeling So common at tills season, U a serious condition, liable to lead to disastrous results. It U a sure sin of decli niug health tone, ta l that the blood is im poverished and impure. The best and niot successful remedy is fuund in HOOD'S Sarsaparilla Which males ricli, healthy blood, and thus gives strength to the nerves, elas ticity to the muscles, vipor to the brain and health to the whole body. In truth, Hood's Sarsaparilla, Makes the Weak Strong . Be sure to get Hood's and only Ilood'i Hood's Pills purely vegetable. !---betlv harmless, always reliable and bencfl. LADIES' SHIRT WAISTS. Tlie warm sik-U will mtirijcst this coMif.irtal.le nl more tli:m ever jHjular frarinciit. We have all kind iu tlie Star Make, Tlie liest ma.le, with Tuff riuitetl ami SIIIKLI) FRONT.-, turn down ami rttamling tnillurx, in ma terial such ns PERCALES, MADRAS, ZEPHYR AND OXFORD CLOTH. AH sizes, 32 up to 42. Prompt attention will be given to Mail Orders. H0RNE & WARD, 41 FIFTH AVENUE. Jacob D- Swank, Watchmaker and Jeweler, Next Door West of Lutheran Church, Somerset, - Pa. I Am Now jin-jianil to supply the puhlic with Clocks, Watches, ami Jew elry of all descriptions, as Cheap as the Cheapest. REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. All work jrtutKiiitccd. Look at my ttM-k U-fore making your Iin-hafes. J. D. SWANK. m ART AMATEUR. Bt and Largest Practical Art Magazine. (The only Art Periodical awarded a Medal at the woriu i rair.i linilwHr lo atl irfcffl with in wit their liriny hf art lUn I UC. we ill tend to any one J fC rat m r y a an one J f C. a .peel All or pia.w I I I cupple x nieuiioiuiii; liiw puUieauoa a B-n eopy. aitli nuperb cohir rrreoiviUK o Iraniine. aad i meutar; (e ol aeugus (regular price "). Or rnn nc. we wifl tend aim "Painting lUn ZOCi far Begin nera" (. Kfes). MONTAGUE MARKS, 23 Union Square, New Yerk. Pennsylvania College, GETTYSBURG. PA. Founded ia 1132. Ijit-p Fuetiltr. Two full rmirwn of ln.Iy 1.i.iil mid "Si-l.-iilirie. Mi-eial nwrwn in all defwrtiiw-nli. Hwervalory. Ijilnmttorlea and new livniiuiKiuia. Six larxe buildiuiS ni.viii Im-miI IJbrarim iUMl lutue. K- Jm-um- low. Ih-iartniefit of Hygiene ana 'hVKieal fullure in eliarxef an exptnii-neMt lihvsteian. A.-e-Kll.le l.y freU-)it raiinmd traiiiH. lieatiiMi on the Rittleiield of Uetty burx. iitot li9DtDil heailuy. PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT In M-narate buildinr. for bov anu younr men in-parine for huim m UI're. under put eareof Itie 1'riiH-ipn; and three aixtanla. ireoiding; with MuilniM in the lKiil.lil.it. Kail Irnii oient Si pt. Mil. Kor eatalovuea, aiidnw II. W. MrKniKht, It. I IX. 1, 1'reni deaL or lle. . U. Kliog-er, A. rrtneipal. Oetiysbarg, I'a. 3 Po's ReaMdy for Catarrk b tba Best. Latitat to Cm. and CaeaseM. Sotd hr DrasWa or wat by naiL Kg. E. T. EmcIUwi, Warrea, Pa. SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER. O suns and skies and cloud of June, And flower or June together, Ye cannot rival for one hour Moher" bright blue w.-ulhir. Wh-.il loud the Iumble4ee ma km haste, Ik-hited, thriftleiM vuuraiil. And irolih'iim.l In dyin? tist. And lane with ar.ipoi are frasrant; When ge ttl-.ut roll th.-lr friueii thtbt. To wive theiu for the niornlnf. And rhi'-itntim Cill from a.it!n bur Wlthoiil a m ud of warning When on the ground red apple lie In ptlev like Jewel sliililn. And raider still on old nlon walla Are leaven of wooilbine tm iniiiic; When all the lovely wayti.le thiiig Tli.-ir whiUwiiiKMl M-eds are Miwlng, A:id in th- fields t.III tnen and fair, Ijile afterinatlM art- grow iu; When prinK4 run low, and on tlie brooks, Iu idby golden fn-ighliiig, Uri-lit l.-sives sift uoIm-I.-u In the hush Of woikIk, for winter waiting. " hen (-oiiirudvi, seek k'Oi4 country hauiltn J!y Iv'K and Iwim loether. And eout.t like miners, hour by hour, tk'tolier'K bright blue weather. O suiik and l-ki.n and flowers of June, Count all your bousls together, Iive loveth best of all tlie year letolh-r'n bright blue w.-atlicr. Ilrllm Hunt JnrkmjH. SECRET OF THE WELL Tlie htmly iliKir oa-uel softly. Chri hiphcr Schuyler finished the tvntenee he was writing, ami then liaikeil uji. Tlie dimpll, rosy ami altogether welcome face of his bride of a week confronted him. "You said you would he ready in half aa hour," said wh-, reproachfully, "and its more than an hour." iJimplcs and roses then In took them selves outside the door once more, and Mr. Schuyler, suddenly rcmcmlicrinK that he hail promiMiI to drive with his wife that afternoon, wiped his jx-n on the wiju-r which nature provides all hut lmlddieadod men, turned his man uscript face down, slammed a pajier weigiit upon it, and rushed, hastily after the departed one, shouting : "All right, darling ; soon as I find mv hat r "1 prop e not to have n hat-tree in every room in this house," ottscrved the young lady, while Mr. Schuyler wm frantically instituting an unavail ing search for some kind, any kind, of head-gear. She then contemptuously In-lit one tingcr at a hust of Schopen hauer, and Schuyler, with an exclama tion of relief, captured from the phil osopher a soft felt hat and adorned his own head with it without much loss of time. Uut does any one suppose that the preiirations were over ? "Uutton my glove," ordered the head of the family, and her husband olx-y- ed. "Oh, my veil ! Chris, dear, its on the dressing case," and Chris, dear, went upstairs two step at a time after it. "Hilt that isn't the right one Chris ! Would you have me wear a terra cotta veil with a Nile green hat ? Heavens !" Tlie cata-trophc averted, there was still a parasol to suMuc, a wandering rib- Iioii to reduce to order, and curls ahout, alaive and around her ears to arrange in a m'tre orderly, hut not less cotptct tish maimer. V.hi h Mr tin- whip Tod wor.N sh." hear. You little ringlets round her ears." chanted her Ixiud slave, and lifted his mistress to her seat iu the carriage, la' stowing a hug and reviving a pinch on the way. "Where shall we go, sweetest ?" said he. "I't us go where you have often promised to drive me, hut never did, faithless man," she answered. "To the ancestral halls of the Schuylers." "As you like, hut I warn you, Wini fred, they are now the ancestral halls of Cie Murphy, Sullivans, O'Tiades and O'ltriens. Tlie Schuylers haven't lived there for fifty years, for when the mills were huilt in Schiivlertowu the hands took possession of all the waste land any where ahout, and ended hy swarming nt; t!t3 mansion itself." "Xo matter, I want to go there, just the same. And on the way you can tell me all the legends connected with the old house. lidu't you say it was 2im years old?" " )r thereabouts," said he, declining to commit himself. "Wasn't there ever a murder or sui cide or something equally shocking in it? Come, freeze my young Mood at once with the most unpleasant tradi tion you can think of! Wasn't there a Moody crime, and soiucIxnIv hanged?" "No S'huyler was t-ver hanged that I know of," said Christopher, "hut doubtless, there are many, even now, who richly deserve it. Concerning leg ends, I can tell you about 'Dancing Da mar is T how delicious !" "And about old Syronia Schuyler who was a witch in the days when witches were fashionable." "Ah, my blood is already commenc ing to congeal," said Winifred, c.mi fortably settling back. "Old Syrena lived and died in the house where we are going. She must have lieen an uncomfortable ihtsoii by all accounts. Her neighbors each side of her had to give up tying their cattle in the stalls, because by her magic jw er they Ix-eanie uuloos-.-d a- fast as the farmers tied them. Once site was far away from home and found it needful to return to get a piece of cloth she had left l.-hind her. She retraced her steps and was gone only a few minutes bring ing the cloth. AtMther time some boys near the Schuyler house treed a squir rel, the lurgv?st they had ever seen. They Bitot at it anumlier of times, but failed to hit it Finally they left it and were going away, when it ran down out of the tree ami turned into a large striped cat. The cat ran before them and they liegan to ielt it with stones, liut the stones made no more impres sion on the cat than the shot did on the aquirrcl. The cat rail through a closed window into the Schuyler house, and immediately after old Syrena looked out of the window at the boys, who took to their heeU with great unauimi ty. The theory is, of course, that Syre- j lia took the form of Unit squirrel and cat" Dear old Syrena !" murmured Win. ifred. "But tliat isn't all about Syrena. She might have li veil in ease and ejinfort, but she wouldn't. She owned farm- and let them, but never would collect ESTABLISHED 1827. her renU or any other bills, and when people called to pay her, she would not let them into the house, or she would throw the money out of the door. Of course she lived alone ; witches always do, you know, exept for cats' "And wmirreLs," amended Winifred, "And a person going to see her one cold day found her starved, frozen and dying. Tlie neighbors came to care for her, and she died that night, lut in the midst of a terrible racket. Loud voices and footsteps were heard, sliouU iu the woods near by and echoes of horses gal loping, ami in the houses dishes rattled U'lls rang, the tongs and piker con versed, and whispers, mysterious rat- thngs, and rustlings continued till nan- old Syrena was laid in her grave, where she has peacefully rested ever since, I hojie." "And doesn't her ghost appear, I leg leave to inquire?" "Never did, I believe. Tiiat was re served for Dancing DamarLs." "Oh ! delightful. Now tell me all aUiut Dancing Damaris." "I think Dancing Damaris first ap peared on the ttcene more than M) years ago. She was an active little mulatto girl and where the Madame Schuyler of that day got her I'm sure I don't know, but she must have frequently regretted tlie'acipuisition. She danced, danced everywhere, on her way to church and no such solemn dances as David danced before tlie ark, cither bringing iu the dinner, on the lawn in front of the drawing room windows when illustrious guests were assembled on her way to the well for Dancing Damaris' s princial duty was fetching iu the water. "As a faithful biographer I am com- (aUed to admit that she fulfilled this duty wretchedly ; of course, you might know so many jigs and hornpiiics fre quently interfered with an overflowing water bucket, and in a trying moment my respected ancestor, Madam Schuyl er, olserved that it would give her great satisfaction if Damaris should hapjicn to get drowned in the well. This acci dent really oecured, the active little mulatto being discovered dead ill the water within twenty-four hours after Madam Schuyler had thus relieved her mind. It wasn't good-by to Damaris, however. .Soon the servants began to make complaints among themselves, and it coming to the ears of the mis tress, she summoned them to her iu a iaaly, and by strict questioning heard some strange stories. Damans still danced alaiut the well o' nights and the living feared to go for water. Some had seen her dancing along the ridge jh ile of the house ; others had not seen her, hut had heard her familiar double shutlie rapping over the oaken lloor, and her loud, rapid giggle night after nihL "Those who saw her said she was a most unpleasant (tersou to meet sud denly on a tlark night, esjiecially it tine's conscience wasn't quite cay. Her garments dripped, her eyes goggled and rolled, her complexion was any ashy purple, and her incessant dancing was accompanied, by threatening and beckoning gestures. Mine. Schuyler saiil she didn't oelieve a word of it, but nevertheless she took to burning night lights and had a servant sleep iu her room. One day she took a water pitch er and went to the well herself and was not seen to return, and when search was made the old lady was found at the bottom of the welL When the dead woman was drawn from the water, it 1 icing then after dark, Damaris's male volent chuckle and giggle were heard by the workers, and, of course, it was said that she had pushed her mistress into the well. Formally years it was rumored that the mulatto's light fan tastic toe haunted tlie well, and a little later Schuyler dug a new well and till ed up the old one to destroy thesujicr stition of Dancing Damaris." "That was most unkind, I'm sure, when we meet with so few really relia ble haunted places," breathed Wini fred regretfully. "And here is the house," said Chris topher, drawing rein suddenly. It had indeed been a fair mansion of yore. It was large, it was lofty, many windowed, and with ample wings ex tending to the sides and rear. Tlie front entrance was still imposing, for the great door swinging open to admit its many occu pants, sliowed a deep hall with oaken beams and a wide and winding staircase with hollow stciis, which, om-e trod by ln-Ilcs and la-aux iu the olden time now rent-hoed to the heavy tread of the weary mill hand or his hard-working wife. At this time of day the place swarmed with chil dren, some of whom bloomed with a lieauty not exceeded by any Schuyler of them all. "Will you get out and go through the house?" asked Christopher. "No no, I think not ;" faintly an swered Winifred. "It would destroy my ideal. I can now imagine anything I like about it. Drive on, do. Oh, what a cm V and she buried her face in her handkerchief. From within the handkerchief came a remoustrative voice. "Aren't you going to tell me any more stories about it?" "There are no more, my dear." "Why, I know ln-tter," said Wini fred indignantly. "Wasn't there ever a hidden treasure, concealed diamonds, boxes of gold, gems rich and rare, se creted for some lucky heir to discov er?" "By (ieorge !" said Christopher sud denly, "I wish I could find Uncle John's money !" "There ; didn't I say there were other legends that you'd remember if you tried?" "But this," explained her husband, "is distinctly modern. It only dates lack forty or fifty years." "Well?" was Winifred's only reply, in her most eager, coaxing manner, and so winsome was site that Christo pher first looked around to ee if there was any danger of detection, and then took a hasty kiss. 'You see," he commenced, much refreshed by tlie interlude, "my grand father had a half-liother. Kverylody called him Uncle John. Most of his life was spent at sea, but when he was nearly 60 years old he came, poor and sick, to grandfather for a home. Uncle John was a physical wreck. Nobody supposed he could live more than a mouth or two, but as a matter of fact OCTOBER 17, 1894. care and attention prolonged hi life f r fifty year. When he lay dying he called my father, then a lioy of 12 or so, and confided to him the fact that he had $.',000 somewhere, and it was to bjconie my father's proiierty at Uncle John's death. But this was ahsolutcly all he toI.L The whereabouts of the money he failed to cummunieate, for s me reason or other ; icrhnps he hail kept it secret so long he could not bear to part with it. He died a few hours later, and no one but my father ever believed that Uncle John had a cent. There was some search made not much but nothing was ever found." "Chris," said Winifred, after a jKiuse, "if that money where found to whom would it belong?" "To you, darling, responded the in fatuated man. "I you mean, truly, that it would be legally yours?" "I'm the very fellow." "Then, Christopher Schuyler, you must set aliout finding it at once." "Most happy, I'm sure, but if the united intellects of the past generation couldn't study up what had la-come of it, I don't see much chance for me." "What shameful indilfereiice to a plain duty," sighed Winifred. "Were Uncle John's clothes all ripped to pieces? His itockctlaiok picked apart? His I Moks carefully looked over leaf by leaf? The walls of his room sounded ? His " "And his house torn down, the gar den dug up and the nearest pond drag ged," interrupted Christopher with a great laugh, as they stopied in front of their own diair, and he lifted his wife out of the carriage with the same for malities which were observed iu put ting her iu. So reprehensible was Christopher's indifference that several days elaxil before it iccurred to him to say to Win ifred, who was hanging aliout him, pressing his hair, disarranging his desk putting a Mower in his button hole, and otherwise distracting hisattention from the manuscript he was attempting to copy. "By the way, this was Uncle John's desk." "Ami you never told me before !" cried Winifred, (lying out of the chair tin which she had temporarily t-rchcd. "How do you know that Uncle John's money i-u't in it, in some secret draw er, jierhajis, opening with a concealed sprinjr?" "I went through all that nonsense when I was a lsy'" replied Mr. Schuy ler loftily. "I, too, fancied I should lie the hero to solve the mystery, and begged my father to let me search for secret springs and hidden drawers and the rest of the trash, but of course, I never found any. Father was very sure, however, that Uncle John infant what he said," he added, musingly. "Yet there may lie a secret iu the old desk which you haven't discovered," murmured Winifred, walking around the desk with a gaze as fixed as if she j exjiected a secret drawer to tty out at j her. She sat down on the floor and ln-gaii to pull out the drawers one by one. Kach was pulpaMy honest and contain ed no hidden rctvpta cle, though she searched aliove, U-low, la-hind all. She restored tliem to their plai-es with a sigh, and sat down in front of it. Chris topher looked at her and laughed. "How mercenary !" said he. "What cupidity !" "Mercenary! Indeed Iain! I would walk a mile for fl.OX) !" "Now my feelings are quite differ ent. I would indeed like to know tlie fat.' of the shekels, but only in the spir it of the Yaukee who lost a cent and spent three days hunting for it, and when twitt.sl about it, said he didn't care nothiu 'Uut the cent, but he'd like to know where the darned thing went to." "Chris," said Winifred pin-ring over a large picture which was glued to the inside of the desk lid, "isn't that fun ny? See this long waited lady talk ing to the sworde.1 gallant., her hair isn't much longer than theirs ; and see this horse walking with his hind legs and trotting, no, galloping with his forelegs. And the tiie ship iu the back ground, apparently stra nihil in a syl van grove, but I supjmse we areexik.ct- ed to understand that this brook in the foreground winds round through these woods and iu the course of a few min utes' s walk liecomes many miles wide and deep enough to tloat a large ship. "And what an odd old inscription: 'A view of Kxton park, belonging to the lit. li mbic, thc carl of (iainolsir- ough, to whom this plate is inscribed by his lordship's moot dutiful and most obedt servt, T. Smitlu' I suppise this is T. Smith sitting on the bank with a sketching IxKik in his hand, alorhiug at his leisure the lovely effects of the deer, the waterfall, the row-boat on the river and the castle in the background. I see that the fashion of diking horses tails is not at all in.slern, for these prior things have their tails docked, and the picture is dated October, 17o4. Do you supie it is really as old as t hat ?" "Very likely." "Chris," continued she, "this picture is a curiosity. Let's have it framed." "Certainly, if you wish." "I will ui , due it carefully and you hall take it in town for a suitable frame and glass and I will hang it- let Mie see in the uppi-r hall between the windows." "As my lady pleases." His lady forwith pleased herself by ordering hot water and various cloths and towels and sponges, and with these appliances went through a process of soaking and loosening the picture, which left its old quarters with some reluctance. She finally lifted it dainti ly by its moistened edges and laid it, time-stained, yellow, but unharmed, on the table. At the moment she did tliis she saw another llcr, also yellow and time-stained, which the removal of the picture had brought to light. "What Is that?" inquired Chris. Winifred carefully smoothed out her picture U-fore glancing at her husband. IL'was standing cutirely motionless, looking at the paper. "Winifred," he said, "I believe you're witch !" "Certainly," said Winifred; "can you doubt it?" 'This paper unless I am attacked i softening of the brain, which seems to Uie very probable, was secreted by Un eral(L cle John and tells the wherealiouU of the deliatable money." "Ileully, Chris? "lJeally? I don't believe it." "Listen to what the old gentleman says: 'As I have a comfortable home and am in no present need of money, 1 shall put three thousand dollars ill gold at the Uittoui of tlie well of Ihiiu ing Damaris, which my half-brother . is now filling uji. At my death, when this paper will In- found, the money shall go to Christopher Schuyler. Sign ed John Yaudewater Schuyler.' The spelling Is phonetic. Can this 1 au thentic? Winifred, Is this a hoax you have arranged for my In-iietlt?" "I?" said Winifred, indignantly. "How can you say such a thing?" "How absurd it would lie for me to go hunting up a well that disapia-arcd from sight fifty years ago." "No nuwter, you must do it," cried Winifred. "But suppose there has lat-n a house built over it ! All sorts of things may have iccurrcd since then V "I hapa-ii to know that the site of the old well Is nearly if not quite in the middle of old Mr. Murphy's potato patch." "Dreadfully unromantic !' sighed Winifred. "But, oh ! to relieve my mind do, dear Chris, go and dig !" "To dig I am a-liuuicd, I must con fess, for such a purpise in the nine teenth century, but I shall never know p-ace if I don't, for I shall always think there laid a fortune to my hand ainl I would not grasp it !" "Oh, yes, of course you mu.-t investi gate !" Asa side issue the tale of Christin pher's dealings with Mr. Murphy be came a standing joke with the young couple. The astute son of Krin, who could neither read nor write, neverthe less succeeded in obtaining double the worth of his potato patch from the young man, who deemed it liest to pur chase the land la-fore digging in it. Then one day the daily paper relat ed a romantic tale of the discovery of certain hidden treasures in an old un used welL Tlie tyja-s set the amount at a very large sum, but Christopher and Winifred knew it was neither more nor less than tlu- sum mentioned by Uncle John ; yet a not inconsidera ble addition to thc income ofr'iejnior storywright. "Winifred," said to Christopher one day, "how ilm-s it happen that you do not inquire alxtut the landscape you wanted framed?" "I forgot it," confessed Winifred. "When one la-comes unexiN-ctcdly js sessed of a .fortune, one forgets lesser things." Chris took his wife by the hand, led ln-r to a sofa, sat down beside her with his arm around her and with her head on his shoulder (let it not la- forgotten, as some initiation of this conduct tiiat. they were lately married ) thus related : "When I took the landscape to lie framed the dealer a-ked various ques tions about it, and finally said he would like to keep it a few Weeks to show in his window. I forgot all aliout it till to-day, when I hapn-ued to think of it and went after it. He then told me this picture Is one of a set of twelve; the other eleven licloiig to a museum in the city, and they are anxious to complete the set, and will pay you as many hundreds as Uncle John U ft thousands. Nov-, darling, it rests with you. You shall have your picture back or the money choose !" "What lieautiful romantic things liapjM-n to one when one marries, e jiecially if one marries a Schuyler," said Winifred. "And will you sell this picture, dearie?" "My poverty, but not my will, con sents," said she. "And wiiat will you do with the money and with Uncle John's money, you grasping little thing?" "Since the old Schuyler house of your ancestors has tea-ncd away fr.m us forever, let us make the In-ginning of a new Schuyler house, only on a smaller scale." "And then perhaps we may le an cestors ourselves some time," said Chris reflect ivel y. Devil Quotations. iK-vil take the hindmost Hudibras. tiive the devil his due. Shakespeare. The devil has his elect Thomas Car lyle. He must nede go that the dyvell dry veth. "All's Well." (Jo, pair devil. !ct the gone! "Tristram Shandy," Volume i The Une of all that dread the devil. Wordsworth's "Idiot Boy." The devil did grill for his darling sin. Coleridge's "iV-vil's thoughts." Tell the truth and shame the devil. Shaki-sp-are, "King Henry IV." If thou hast no name to Ik-known by let Us call thee devil. Shakcsp-are. The devil hath piwer to assume a pleasing shap-. Shakesp-are "Ham let." Oh, shame to men, devil with devil damned ! Milton's "I'aradise Iist." Aba-lied the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is. "l'aradise List." Seem thc saint when most I play the devil. Used by both Shaktp-are and Milton. Tiie devil can cite Scripture for his purpise. Shakesp-are, "Merchant of Venice." !od sends meats, and the devil sends cooks. iarrick's F.pigram on "Ilctalia tion." He must have a long spsui that eat with tlie deviL Chaucer's "Smiere's Tale." No man means evil but the devil, and we shall take him by his horns. Shakes pare. Tiie devil hath not an arrow for the heart like a sweet voice. liyrou's "Don Juan." Tliat one hunting which the devil designed Drydcn' "Theodore and Le nora," Stole the livery of the eHirt of heav en to serve the devil in. Pollock' "Course of Time." There are few better raaorstrai than can la; made from a remnant of old leather belting that ha revolved long beneath a dripping of oil from machin ery.. A razor first strapp-d on such a strip of leather and thcii upn a piece of ealfckiu Ueasily kept in good order. WHOLE XO. 2255. A J); Torocga N. E. Sanaa. EY J. A. O. Toward the latter end of August my self and wife decided tin a trip east ward through the north tier of c-.until-, M,is state. I will mention name familiar to many of the Hkkw.h's readers. Names of parties who followed (irce ley's advice; came west years ago made for them selves hoiin-s, mi l grew up with the country. Our first day' drive was across Phillis county, (Missing through a gan, Marvin and Kirwin, then north to Kensington. On our approach we en countered a du.-t storm which olistruct ed our view. We urged our team for ward to gain shelter. We had liarely clcared thc railroad eroding when the western hound train came whizzing by, missing the rear end of our carriage by a few feet. We hail reached shelter none tHi si am, as the fury of the gale increased it brought showers of hail and rain. A frequent saying is "it never rains in Kansas," but pirties who witnessed this rain as it fell in torrents, flooding the street in ten minutes time, liecame rather keptical as regards this assertion. The towns we passed through were of minor impirtance, excepting Ker win. This town Is known by all the first settler of this county; as here was located the land office. Here many laud contests were decided, titles per fected and ptteiits granted to home steaders. Our second day's drive took us across Smith into Jewell county to Burr Oak, this la-ing one of our objective piints. Here we found located H. 1 Horner and S. Forney. The latter U-ing for tunate in the capture of a Somerset county girl in the p-rson of Ada Hor ner, now Forney. While here we had a pleasant visit with these young fami lies. Mr. Horner Is engaged in the hardware and implement business. Tills firm also has the agency for the Air Motor wind mills, for which there is a great deliialliL He is assisted l-v Mr. Forney, who erects the towers and puts the mills in running order. Our Kansas fanners realize the economy iu utilizing the winds for motive piwer instead of exhausting muscle in op-rating a hand pump. leaving BarrOuk we crossed Jewell, ItcpuMic, Washington and Warshall into Nemaha county, passing through their respective county seats. The public buildings compare favorably with those of older states ill architect ure, ln-ing constructed on the modern improved plans. Among the most prominent are the school buildings, they being commodious and attractive. On Hearing Brown county we made inquiry for 1'cimsylvanians, and found to our delight we were iu their midst. We were directed to IVunsvlvaiiia Avenue to find the Smier-s-t inunty lhs.pl. This was easily found, a this is to Brown county what Pennsylva nia Avenue is to Washimrt-in, D. C. a thor.aighfare through one of the U-st communities of th? c-iuniy, hemmed in by grove, evergreens, fruit tr-eanl statelv mansions. The surroundimr denote thrift, energy ami comfort, maiiv of the farmer U-ing on the re tired list enjoying tlie fruit of their La Itors, while the farm work move along through the energy of the son or siili- stitute. Mi this avenue we first passed the farm and residence of Wm. M. Lichty who wa away on a visit to Black Hawk county, Iowa Next, to my surprise, I found Comrade U. S. Krv- gar. He is enjoying single blessedness, having his farm cropp-d by a tenant. One-half mile further on wo f.und found Mahloii Fike snugly located. As it wa near the hour they would have us partake of their hospitality We sp-nt several hours very pleasant ly chatting aUut bygone days. A lit tle farther on lives C. Keiui, who was engaged in making cider. Here we wen- cordially invited to test the virtue of this U-ver.ige. The next farm lie yond is also occupied by a Pelinsylva niali named Pollin. Just east of this is located A. M. Schaulis on the north, and John Hoover on the opp-iite side. Mr. Hoover, a brother of K. I ward, the sheriff, is a true tyje of the Pennsylva nia!!, social and unassuming. He ha made for himself and family a home they may well le proud of. The low ing of cattle denote his vocation. He deals extensively in st-s-k, feeding. buying and selling. We found A. M Schauli tiie same Alex he was twenty- five year ago, though favored by fort une and surrounded by conveniences. which he justly deserves, he still su- p-rintciiiLs his affair with diligence. His well filled t-arus and spaciou cril-s of corn show that he I no idle dr.-aiu-er; while he appreciate the dollar he Is not neglectful of the comfort of lift-, a his surroundings show. While here we made his home our headquarters. In this immediate vicinity live our friend Mahloii Miller, nicely located on one of Brown couutic' U-st farms, having thereon a U-autiful grove of na tive timU-r, a live stream of sparkling water and a beautiful fish puid well stocked with the linny triU-. His i a Kansas farm with eastern tnvlron- lllellt. Farther on we found Kphra'm M. Schauli, the Bcachey', Saviors', Liv elihood' and many other who hailed from Snucrset county. Kvery where we calli-d we were treated with du- rc- spft. My next visit wa, Morrill. Unex pectedly the first to gect me wa Nor man Mussclman, who had come from Falls City n official Imsinc relative to the Falls City Jtrmi'y he 1-cing publisher and proprietor of that pap-r. His first inquiry was; have you seen Ihtn Lichty? My reply was no, I have not seen him for thirty-three years. I wa soon ushered into his presence, and recognized in him an old teacher and frieii.L Mr. Lichty escorted me to hi pretty home and exacted a promise of a future visit which was complied with a few day later. We sp-nt the day very pleasantly. But my advu-c L, don't visit him if your time I lim ited, or you may miss the train, a we came near doing. He will talk eat or west, Kngllsh or Dutch, pioneer or re tired, a "he ha U-eu there." He i listed with the latter, yet a man of hi teiiiprameut cannot abandon hi for mer avis-atiou very readily. If you desire he will locate or sell you a farm, but does not soli'-it pitronagt. From Morrill we went to Cameron, Missouri, via Hiawatha, near which place are located Frank Sijie and Kra-Tr.-nt. Mr. Trent's farm i one among the U-st: by industry and p-r-K.-ver-aln-e be has achieve. I success. To Mr. Sip-i accredited the honor of U-iig the owner of a number of the finer-t horses iu the State On ixir arrival at Cameron we visit ed C, P. Lint and family, consisting i t wife, son, and Joseph Bhodes, Sr., who I p-rmaiiently located here. Mr. Rhodes thinks the climate of Missouri I well adapted to a man well up in year. He found the winter of Illi nois too severe and the western Cos too moist. He closed out in part hi land interest in Lee county, and rv in vested iu Cameron mid vicinity. Missouri Is making rapid strides in en terprise. The iii.-ss !ack are giving way to the energy of northern influx ami capital. The log cabins are surer-i-cd.sl ly dwelling of modem archi tecture, while the old rail fence serve as fuel for the h-atej. This transfor mation i going on steadily wit hoot a Umiiii or rclape. The past business ex perience of Mr. Bhodc lead him to U-lieve that investments here made will prove profitable and safe. Missouri has the facilities for future development. The rich soil so Well adapted to agriculture and fniu cult ure, of which there is al-umlam-e; her navagable river and railroad centre sustain her commercial relations, while the climate Is all that could be desired; U-ing modified U-twecu extreme cold and s4-orching heat. C. P. Liut is engaged in the milling liusines. Hi mills are a model of perfection. With the improved roll and mill machinery he is enabled to produce a grade of flour second to none. His engines also furnish piwer for the electric plant, located in the mill basement, for the city lights. As we have reached the east termin us of our trip, we leave our return for another numU-r. Draining-. DraHiage is U-ing studied now by fanner a never liefore, and iu all sec tions of thc country it is Us-oming a matter of first imp.rtam-c. There are very few farms upm which more or less tile could not lie used with great protit, and a a rule the fanner who Un guis to drain his farm will U- so fully convinced of the U-ncfits derived there from that he will continue putting in drains until he has riiii-hcd the work on the whole farm. A heavy clay soil nil never be farmed to the liest pur pise unless it is drainisl and except for -ecial crqs, most of mm ky and low lying lands are l-eiicfited by a thorough system of drainage. A very few sec tion of the country have asuli-soil that is in such condition that drainage is not necessary. These are the section where the soil rest on a stratum of gravel that allows the snrfai-e water to pis away thr nigh underground chan nels. In some places a stratum of clay Ii-s aUve the gravel, and this must In cut through U-fore the water can reach its outlet. These place are so few and limited in t-reathat in comparison w ith the whole country or that part of it where drainage is iitssl.il, that they are of little impirtance in considering the subject. Drainage acts in two ways. It al lows the surplus water to run away quickly, leaving the soil in a shape to be tilled in a short time after heavy rains, and pirad ixii-al as it may seem , it keeps the soil in a coii-'itioit to retain more moisture than it would if un drained. A hard, compact clay soil that in dry time will Us-om.- baked and lumpy if not drained, will, when a proper system of d raiting.? is in opera tion. U'isiiii-. loise and friable and r tain moisture enough to withstand a drough that will wither crops on low black land. Till I Us-.iusc the drain running through the hind are not only pip- for carrying off water, but they also allow air to penetrate every part of the soil, and this air carries the in list u re with it, and results in benefit to the growing crop. It took a long time to convince farmers that draining was cheaper than op-n ditches and much more eff.-ctive, but in these days there are few wh will dispute the fact, and the-.- few are am nig tlu- un pro gressive who do n it read the pap-r. TJsinj It All Up. Few p-ople know how a hecf carcasi at the great packing houses is cut up and disptscd of iu the way of complete utilization. The long end of the tails of cattle are sold to luattrcs maker. The undig-sted foal in the cattle's stom-u-h is pressed and used for fuel. Many of the large white ho if go to China where they are made into jewel ry. The intestine are used for sausage casings. The bladders aroused to pick putty in. Tiie horn a i 1 h .f ar? carefully fpreserved and sold to the manufacturi-r-i of combs, etc All of thc scrap from rend-ring op -ration I carefully pr-erved and dried and sold to the fcrtiliz.-r. Tiie st:iiu-h of hogs, instead of U-ing sent t- the ren dering ta-iks, aro n iw u-cd for the manufacture of p-p-in. H-ig's fia t, cattle feet, hid--clippings and the pith of horn a well us souk of the Ikiih are u. si for tic.- manufacture of glue All of the blood is carefully prcscrve-1 and oagulatsl by c tikiiit; with steam, then pron-' 1 a. i I drL-1 a i I s iid to fer tilizer maniifuctur.e-i. B .i.-. arodriel aii'l e'.thor irr i:i 1 i:it Umemeal or us.-d forth-- manufacture of Ume charc:xl, which i afterward utilized for refining suar or in mi other refining process. More Elegant- At the flower market in Washington are many iiitero-.iug occurrence which have nothing t d with buying flow ers, for there, a at a:iy place where all sorts of p.NipIo gat her together, human nature expresses itself in odd and vary ing way. A Luly from th North, who wa in the habit of frequ -utiug the market to see what new floral treasure would ap p-ar fro.u day t- day, oik- m miiug spied a flower she had never U-fon- seen. "What Is that ?" she asked of the old colored woman wholiad brought it in. "That, mis?" was tlie reply. "That's Dutchman's rr-cV-.' Now the lady had he'rd thc name U-fore, and was quite aware that there wa nothing funny in it. Nevertheless there wa si:iii-thing aliout the present moment that amused her, and site laugheiL Just then a gentleman came up, and th-.-flower attracted hisatten tion. "What' that?" he asked of the wo rn m. S!e hesitated, and Uxikcd distressed. F.videlltly there had been something w rong alxHit the name U-fore, and now she was asked to say it again. "It' it " she stammered: "it Dutchnim's pants." Youth' CwjMHf
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