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TU.LNTINE HAY,
AXiuUfc-AT-LAW,
Somerset, Fa.
ivliler in lUnl Estate. Will attend to
it u.ik tmru!.led lo lilt care iUl proinplr
e kU Utleill
J jHN h. uhl,
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ttNOtueraet, Pa.
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tm rc M Uiiii. Wouey advancrU on coiJeO
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f cuuuura. t-urvrMiif aud couveyaucUiC
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-i. pnwjre in Kuuerael and adjoining
' a.lu. An bu!uaeulruleu to turn wui
. Jr.vt prompt atleuuou.
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iSoiuemet, Pa.
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i. jujj puurtuaily atu-uded to. offlce
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I. PHfKIAN axu?liioEON,
1 (Somerset. Pa.
.on Patriot street, near H. K. btatioa.
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TlR. P. F. SHAFFER,
J 1'HYMCIAN AM SURGEON.
I (Somerset, Pa.
taln ha prof. clonal services to the ciU
' IM of rjmrret anil vicuiily. Office next
x ' to toQimrrriai Hotel.
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J. M. LOUTH ER,
PHYSICIAN iu r-L'RGEON.
1 on lUin treet, rmr of bru store.
IL & KIMMELL,
tad La prufnaioaal senrices to the elll-
!vujrrt aud VK-iuilv. Unless pro-
-Ma. v eot-rj tie can tie iound at bis of-
ol iilauioud.
)3. J. S.McMILLEX,
iliradu.u- iu Druiistry.)
w T spwia! atmioD to tlie preaerration
i lSi'ur' ula" ArtiUcUl 'U inat rted.
ier'j,H!u-viii;l aUk&u-lory. oititv
MsamrrL 11. lavis A Cos store,
- r aua Painot streeta.
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.H-(.X)FFUOTII,
I Funeral Director.
M Ma:u Cns St. IUidnoe,
j Patriot St
t
Real Estate and Collecting
Atjency.
''.'i""t W bu' ell tarmsortown
. " '"i-re; ount ore. here, are
.::."" 1,1 ""'"M.-eiu knepper blo.a.
""" be jiven to all Uiail in-
pmw aud lucaUon of prop-
Si . ' ' mil .(amp i.i pre
knepuer Klock.
bomerset, ra.
PHs! Oils!
"t h,nro, Pitubarc rVpart-
.?ur be liomesuc
e tiie lu,t brand, of
pinating L Lubricating Oils
apbtUa k Gasoline,
'ieLW fro'n p"ieom. We ehal-
- - ".nn ry anown
uct of Petroleum
--U"iruort uniformly
satisfactory Oils
-IX THE
-erican tarket,
" Trade forSomerset anu TlcloJ
J toppllrd bj
OUOK BEEBIT8 and
JULAfcEKOOEH,
Bumemv Pa.
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VOL. XL1V. XO.
-THE-
First National Bank
Somerset, Penn'a.
Capital, S50.000.
Surplus. S20.000.
BKPOSITS RCCKIVKD IH LAROC ANOSHALl
ACCOUNTS Or MERCHANTS, FARMERS.
STOCK OCALERS, ANO OTHERS SOLICITED
DISCOUNTS DAILY.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
LaRCE M. HICKS, GEO. R. SCULL,
JAMKS L. PUUH, W. H. MILLER,
JOUS R. SCOTT. ROBT. S. SCULL,
FRED W. BIESsECKER.
EDWARD SCTLL, : : PRESIDENT.
VALEXTIXE HAY, : VICE PRE1SIDEXT.
HARVEY M. BERKLEY', . CASHIER.
Th. hnii and securities of this bank are se
curely protected lu a celebrated Corliss Bcb-
GLAR PBOor Bart i ne omy saie maue aoao
lutely buixlari'roof.
Tt8 Soinenet CenntY NatiGDal
BANK
OF SOMERSET PA.
- :(
DtaslUM. 1177. OrftnlrW m Kttlssll, 1890
-O.
CAPITAL,
$50,000
SURPLUS AND UN-
DIVIDED PROFITS $16,000.
k
Chas. I. Harrison. Pres't.
VVm. H. Koontz, Vice Pres't.
Milton J. Pritts, Cashier.
Directors :
SAMUEL SXYDER, WM. EXDSLEY,
JOeilAH fPECHT, JONAS M. CUOK,
JOHN H. SNYDER, JOHN STUFFT,
JOSEPH B. DAVIS, NOAH S. MILLER,
HARRISON HNYDER, J EROM E STUKFT,
8AM. B. HARRISON.
Lunomrn w urn .
lilx ral treatment eonsistent with safe banking.
Parties wishing to eud moner eat or west
can be accommodated by draft for any
amount.
Money and valuables secured by one or Die
bold's celebrated safes, with moat improved
uine Kjra.
r.jUAiiAn. vri.il In all narta of the L nlted
States. Chare es moderate.
. . - . 1 1 ! . .
Aooounia aua uepiiia Miiieiieu.
Wild & Anderson,
Iron & Brass Founders,
Eaginters sod Machinists and Engis
Builders.
-Manufacturers of-
COAL CAR WHEELS and AXLES.
?ew and seoond-hand Machinery,
Shafting, Hanger and Pulleys
Injectors, Lubricators, Oil
t'uoa, tic
EJECTING OF MACHINERY k SPECIALTY
Strictly Firt-ClaM Work Guaranteed.
Shop on Broad SL, near 15.4 0. Depot
Johnstown. - - Pa.
T5E ART AMATEUR.
Beet and Lsrgett Practical Art
Magaiins.
(Tbe ly Art Fsriodical awarded a Medal at the
World's Fair.)
Imraluab Ui aM wmmt -t lo mntr tKrtr irt art
aKUCT utttr mnmrm ot mm y m
tend to any one " C
cauou a .peri 'III
ro cuiur piate III
ri aad supple X. mf
rUil lUC. w will tend to any one
ueauooiBf Uiw faotieaui
men eop. " ltB eupero
iftffnmviDff or fratatuSTi I
Bentarf paces of Vsliu ireuiar price
mo OC wsill send alo "Pain ting
rUil ZjCs fBaginnerlpr)-
MONTAGUE MAAKS, 23 Union Square,
Nsw Tsrk.
ARTISTIC JOB PRINTING
A SPECIALTY.
HARRY 31. BEXSH0FF,
MAMUFACTUMHQ STATIONER
BLA5 BOOK HAKER
hanvam: block.
Pa.
1G.
The Past
Guarantees
The Future
The fact that Hoods Sarsapa.
rilla has cured thousands ol
others is certainly sufficient
reason for belief that it will
cure you. It makes pure,
rich, healthy blood, tones and
strengthens the nerves, and
builds up the whole system.
Remember
Hood's
fVaV
Sarsa
parilla
Cures
Be Sure to get HOOD'S and
Only HOOD'S.
Hood's Pills are especially prepared to b
Sken with Hood's Sarsaparilia. Tx, per box.
Campbell &
Smith.
The
Peoples'
Store.
Are yon ready to buy
your onttlt?
Do you want to get the
latest style in a new Fur
Wrap, a stylish Hat, or a
handsome Dress Pattern ?
Never in our twenty-four years'
history have we had sucb a magnifi
cent display, and the prices are so
low it will pay you to buy here even
if you live one hundred miles away.
Here you can get everything you
need for your personal requirement,
and we can furnish vour home com
plete.
This is the place for brides to get
their outfits, and if jou are going to
housekeeping to come and get every
thing complete iu house furnishings.
Several thousand handsome jackets
and wraps of all kind, latest styles.
Frcm$5 00to875
Iluudreils and hundreds of new fur
eajies.
From $175 to $250
Nearly a thousand t-hildrvn'a jacket,
ize! 4 to Is years.
From 79c to $15.00
The most magnificent display of stylish
trimmed haUand lioauets we have
ever chowu.
Prices $1 50 to $25 00
Grand dL-jilay of new silks fuitaMe for
wedding dresses, evening coetunies
or afternoon wear.
50c to $2-50 per yard
Grand values in new handsome black
talks.
50c to $2 00 yer yard
Large collection of fine imputed dress
goods in French, German, British
aud American novelties, including
new styles of plaids.
Our display of black dress goods excels
all we have ever before phown.
We have dress goods from 10c to $2.75,
but you want to see the values we are
showing at
39c, 50c, 75c, $100
When you come to town don't fail to
come to this store; you are welcome
whether you want to buy or not.
MAIL ORDERS RECEIVE CAREFUL AT
TENTION. Campbell
& " Smith,
Fifth Avenue,
PITTSBURGH, PA.
Utt tree n
WtKxl & SinUhJuid St.
Jacob D. Swank,
Watchmaker and Jeweler,
Next Door West of Lutheran Church,
Somerset, - Pa.
I Am Now
prepared to supply the public
with Clocks, Watches, and Jew
elry of all descriptions, as Cheap
as the CheaiwsL
REPAIRING A
SPECIALTY.
All work guaranteed. Look at lay
stock tiefore making your
purchases.
J. D. SWANK.
A. H. HUGTOrJ,
Undertaker and Embalmer.
A GOOD HEARSE,
nd everything pertaining to funerals fu ru
ts bed.
SOMERSET - - Pa
omer
SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1895.
THE C0MINQ MAN.
A pair of chubby Itx,
Kncased In scarlet bone;
A pair of little chubby boota.
With rather doubtful ton;
A little kilt, a little coat.
Cut as a mother can
And lo! before us stands In state
The future's coming man.
His eye, perchance, will read the stars.
And search their unknown ways,
IVrrhance the hunnn heart and soul
Will open to their gaie;
Perchance their keen and flashing glauee
Will be a nation's light
Those eyes that now are wlttful bent
On sonte big fellow's kite.
Those hands those little busy hands
So sticky, small and brown.
Those bands whose only mission seems
To pall an order down
Who knows what hidden strength may be
Iteaerred within their clasp,
Though now 'tis but a taffy stick.
In sturdy hold they grasp?
Ah, blessings on those little bands,
W hose work Is yet undone!
And blessings on those little feet
Whoxe race Is yet unrun!
And blessings on the little brain
Which has not learned to plan!
Wliate'er the future holds in store,
tiod bless the coming man!
MARTO.
A Pathetic Story of the Stock-Farm
and the Arena-
BY OLLA C. TOHEY.
The head-keeper, called the 'bos8,"
of the stock farm of Senor Smithers,
the American, came into the little ofllce
where iSenor Smithers sat writing busi
ness letters, aud taking down the book
of records, added the fact that Marto,
of the pure Andalusian stock, had ar
rived in Cuba.
Senor Siuithers'a little daughter,
Daisy, whose years were 6, came run
ning in just then, and nothing would
satisfy her but to visit the new calf.
A small, black animal the boss brought
out into the yard before the barns, and
exhibited to Daisy's delighted gaze, a
thin, weak body atop of four long,
weak legs, two great velvety ears, two
great fawn-like eyes.
You darling calfy!" said Daisy,
and she took the stranger by his long
m a. a - 1
ears ana Klsseu tiitu squarciy ou ins
broad, wet nose.
"We've named him Marto," she told
the assistant "boss," "after you please."
Low, very low then, theassistant bow
ed iu acknowledgment of the delicate
compliment. The new arrival certain
ly somewhat resembled the aisistant,
both being thin, big-eyed and long of
limb, so as Marto, Bimba's son was
written upon the list of pure-blooded
Audalusians.
When Marto had beep, not quite a
week in the land of the living, the fire
came that deprived Senor Snuthers of
his barns and several animals, and
Marto of his parents. The boss was
for sending Marto to join his mother in
the place w here all good bnvinesgo.
He was so weak that it would not pay
to raise him by hand, liui inter
pleaded, heparins about Marto's velvety
ueck, her golden curls like a veil or
spun sunlight over Marto's great ia-
theticeyes. So Senor Snuthers gave
orders that Marto be given to Daisy.
Iu triumph Daisy, leading him by
his long ear and pausing every few
steps to encourage the orphau's falter
ing progress with a pat and a hug pass
ed over to Senor Smitherss private
barn, where she prevailed upon old
Miguel, after much coaxing, to stable
Marto next the gray pony and see that
he did not miss his mother.
From the day that Marto lost his pa
rents Daisy was Marto inena. c?ue
fed him suit and bran. Instructed by
Miguel, she taught him how to drink,
and after a little it was Daisy that led
him outo that forbidden ground, the
lawn, for exercise.
Uutil his little horns grew were Dai
sy and Marto companions, Marto fol
lowing Daisy like a dog, his head be
neath the yoke of the little arm, the
happiest calf in Cuba, a look in his
great eyes that seemed to say:
"Oh, you may laugh at me and say
I'm spiritless, but it isn t every calf
that can be loved as I am loved by
Daisy. Notice the wreaths she deco
rates me with, the kisses she imprints
on my nose, the kind words she stands
ou tiptoe to whisper in my ear. Her
words aud her caresses are quite as de
licious as the salt I eat out of the two
little hands of Daisy."
But there came a day when Marto
was taken from Daisy. It was the day
after that ugly old uncle of Marto's,
having jumped the fence of the en
closure, made his way to the lawn
where Daiy aud Marto were playing.
Marto was sure that El Cid was after
Daisy; Daisy was just as positive that
it. was Marto that was in danger; so by
one sharp little horn she caught him
and the two ran housewards, EI Cid
bellowing behind. Into the entrance
hall Daisv and Marto rushed, and Dai
sy shimmed the door in the face of their
pursuer.
The men in pursuit or u cm were
horrified to see the old brute back off
for a butt at the door, when from with
in the door was butted outwards, Marto
behind it- Against the horns of El
Cid the door came ; through the panels
his horns went, while Marto, being
still a calf, butted his adversary, not
knowing his own horn's use.
Across tbe lawn, the door on the
bead of El Cid blinding him, was he
driven by Marto, until Marto and the
men once again had him penned, and
the pride Marto felt in himself over his
defense of Iaisy was laughable.
Of course Marto had merely defended
D-tisy from El Cid, but it was the be
ginning of the end. For a little while
he contented himself with merely toss
ing his head and stamping his little
black hoofs, just to show Daisy that be
was brave indeed, for her dear sake ;
then, mistaking Miguel for Daisy's foe,
be drove him Into the barn, besieging
him until Daisy enticed her crest pet
away With salt.
Marto was getting dangerous, Dai
sy's father said, so Into a high-walled
paddock was Marto dragged, and Dai
sy was cautioned to pet him through
the bars of the iron gate.
It was a year, fully, after the defeat of
El Cid by the Andalusian calf that
Marto again went to Daisy's rescue,
and the end was ill for Marto. lie
wss quietly grazing, listening to her
sweet voice as she talked to him about
set
ESTABLISHED 1827.
the dog that her uncle in New York
had sent down.
"To take your place," Daisy said,
"as if anything could, dear Marto."
The new dog, naturally an excitable
animal, having endured much in the
way of insects and heat since, his arri
val, at last lost his head completely.
Over the lawn he tore, snapping and
foaming. Up the gate Daisy climbed
in terror, springing down to Marto.
"Don't let Rover hurt me, dear," she
cried, and Marto; stamping his four
little black feet, roared a challenge to
Rover, then licked with his rough
tongue the white face of the frightened
child beside him.
Rover heard the defiance, and over
the wall he came with a howl.
Five minutes later, when those that
heard the racket in Marto's paddock
came up, Rover was merely a mass of
crushed flesh, while Marto, standing
guard over Daisy's little senseless fig
ure, alternately licked her white face
aud begged for more dogs to kill in
Daisy's defense.
It was quite a full fortnight before
Daisy recovered from the effects of
Rover's behavior, but when once again
she went down to the paddock Marto
was goue.
With one excuse and another did
Senor Sinithers quiet his daughter and
account for Marto's disappearance.
Though the truth is, Marto's fame as a
fighter had reached Havana, and the
manager of the bull-fights had purchas
ed Marto for exhibition when old
enough to be really dangerous if en
raged. One day, after another year, Senor
Smithers's brother from New York,
Daisy's Uncle John, came down to
CuUu Then Daisy, for the first time,
was allowed to accompany her parents
to Havana.
Said Uncle John the day after their
arrival iu the city Daisy had been
telling him of Marto, the beloved but
ungrateful Marto, while she was ill he
had run away into the swamps said
Uncle John :
"As there is to be a bull-fight this af
ternoon, I'd like to attend. It will be
novelty to ma."
So Daisy's parents, being ignorant
of w hat a brutal sport a bull-fight real
ly is, after being assured by the land
lord that it was "very amusing," that
afternoou repaired to the Place del
Toro, Daisy with them.
They were early, so there was little
delay In-fore they found themselves in
a position where they might overlook
the arena wherein the poor brutes were
slaughtered, though they did not know,
oh, no, indeed ! Had Daisy's parents
known what a bull-fight really is they
would have teiuained at the hotel, aud
their daughter with them.
They were early, very early, the par
ty of Americans, so when Senor Ortega
Senor Smithers's friend, offered to show
to Uncle John the bulls to lie killed,
Uncle John took the hand of his niece.
"Come, Daisy," he said, "we'll look
for Marto among Senor Ortega's jets."
Aud they found Marto, much to the
amazement of Uncle John, in the cell
of the first bull to do battle, Daisy
Marto, gaily bedecked for the sacrifice,
but Daisy did not know.
Dear Marto," Daisy called, and
stretched her hands throuirh the bars.
Up to the bars Marto ran, to lick the
little hands aud paw and roar his de
light at the meeting, to shake his great
head until the streamers flashed as
though to show her how well he had
been treated since she had left him to
the hands of those that took him so far,
far from where he had saved her from
Rover.
"O, Marto T Daisy reproached,
"why did you run away from me, my
Marto."
But Marto, with denial in his eyes,
tried to explain iu bellows that con
vinced the matadoers of his ferocity,
that he could not help himself, he real
ly could not. She failed to come to his
assistance, iu his need, whom twice he
had saved, and would save again, if
need required.
You said you loved me," Marto
looked with his great, bright eyes, "yet
you allowed theni to drive me away."
So through the bars Iaisy patted
Marto's nose and kissed him. Promis
ing to return after a little while, she
left him, whereat Marto clashed his
horns against the iron gate and moan
ed for the little one that had been his
playmate.
There was the sound of music some
where, then a door opened and out
Marto rushed, seeking Daisy, into a
ring where gaily-garbed bandillero?,
capeadors aud toreadors awaited him.
Daisy's face he saw, Daisy beyond the
iuclosure, his Daisy. Across the ring
he ran, lifting up his great head to
bellow ami roar with delight
Then they were on him, the men in
bright garments, flaunting their red
cloaks in his face, pricking him w ith
their lauces.
'Marto ! O, papa !" he heard Daisy
cry, and he thought of his victories in
Daisy's d-fense, did Marto. Daisy-
must again t? in danger, or why her
cry of agony. Right and left Marto
charged; he was a gallant fighter, the
black bull, Marto !
This horse be gored, that tantalizing
capeweaver he tossed and trampled, in
Daisy's defense. Two lances in hi"
shoulders, which he did not feel, so
mad with rage was lie, against those
that, he believed, were imperilling
Daisy, his Daisy !
Now the matadore w hh his little
sharp sword fronted Marto. A thrust
from the butcher, a blow that brought
Marto quite to his knees, as the hot
blood followed the stroke and he knew
that he was wounded to the death, in
the defense of Daisy, did Marto.
Let them gJ now, let them all go, his
murderers ! Marto had slain what he
could. Across the arena he staggered,
reddening the sands with his blood as
he went, across to where tbe little face
smiled down, when he had greeted her.
To the! place where the child had
been, he lifted his dulling eyes for a
last fond look at the golden-haired
playmate of his happy days, but she
was gone. She had left him iu this,
his last battle in her defense, to die de
feated and alone.
O, Daisy, Daisy !
Down on his knees he went, Marto,
tbe black bull, and his velvety nose in
the sand he buried, moaning for Dai
sy .
What was this?
Daisy had come to his callings. They
were back on the green lawn once
again ; Daisy, his Daisy, his playmate,
was coming to meet him, her hands
full of salt
He was her great, clumsy pet, once
again, was Marto. Once more he felt
her kisses, her lips were close to his
ear, her arms about his neck, her gold
en curls over his eyes, as she breathed :
"Marto, dear Marto."
With a bubbling roar, over on his
side rolled the black bu!), Marto. Tiie
light in the great eyes, which so stead
fastly looked, eveu in dying, where
Daisy had been, went out Then gaud
ily decorated mules came prancing in,
to drag the conquered hero out
He had made a gallant fight, that
first bull, the scctators commented
not knowing that Marto had died lie
lieving himself the defender of Daisy.
Demand! on the Pastor's Wife.
The impression widely prevails
more perhaps in rural than urban
churches, though by no means confin
ed to them that the church has some
sort of claim on the pastor's wife for
larger service than is expected of any
other woman in the church. Thbt, we
believe, to be a wholly wrong idea
No doubt, a true woman who hapens
to be a pastor's wife will gladly do all
she can, just as a merchant's or a law
yer's wife will to advance her hus
band's interests, aud if she can hot
do this by taking the lead in church
work, she will do it But that is quite
a different thing from having this ser
vice exacted from her as a right If
she is expected to do pastoral work, she
should be called to it, as her husliand
is, and paid accordingly. Often the
bjst service she can render the church
is to devote most of her time aud
thought to her home, relieving her
husband from care and making him
happy leaving to others of larger leis
ure and means the direct work of the
church. We happen to know of o-il y
one instance of a pastor's wife biting
directly remumerated fur sjKt-ial service
for the church; but we are glad to
know of even one. llxnnuncr.
Pullin? Powsr of the Electric Giants
A recent test by the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad showed the capacity of
the electric locomotive f.r starting a
train on an up-grade. A freight train
composed of 27 load! cars and two
steam locomotives, the latter not work
ing, was stopped when going north in
the Belt line tunnel, where the grad.;
is i2 feet to the mile. The weig'.it of
the train was 1,125 tons or, including
the electrie engine, 1,222 tons. Every
draw bar was tight; there was no
slack in the train at a'.L Tiu ele-irk-
locomotive then started to work, and
in one minute by the watch had the
whole train moving onward at the rate
of 101 miles an hour, from which j int
the speed was increased to the usual
figure. In the first ten seconds the
train moved only four feet, at the end
of twenty seconds it had moved a total
of 20 feet. When forty seconds had
elapsed the total movement wat lit
feet, and at the expiration of a minute
she had moved 4 ) feet, and its sp.vd
gradually increased thereafter to the
normal rate. Tiie train's resistance
was 25 piun.ls p.-r ton, of which l'J
pounds were due to "grade pull."
Railroad men deemed ihetrial excellent.
especially considering the fact that tiie
rails were damp and greasy. It is
stated that the total palling capacity
of the electric locomotive has not yet
been develojied.
Lincoln as a Lover.
A writer in the Chicago Tiuv-Hrr
says: C. ('. Brown, of Springfield,
tells the following story, which he has
every reason to l-lieve is absolutely
true. "Smie time in the autumn of
lUrt, after Lincoln and Mary Todd
had been 'keeping company, and after
it was understood they were engaged,
some trouble arose between them, and
they became estranged. Each was anx
ious for a reconciliation, yet neither
would make the initial, advance. In
deed, Miss Todd felt herself so much
aggrieved that she had once or twice
repulsed Mr. Lincoln's overtures.
"John J. Hardin, of Jacksonville,
made a party, and a number of Spring
field people were invited. Among
them was Mary Todd. Lincoln did
not accompany them. After dinner
all the young men brought around sad
dle horses and took the young women
for a gallop to the places of interest iu
the vicinity. So skillfully did Mr.
Hardin and his. wife manipulate tiie
start that the whole party had arrang
ed itself into couples mounted nnd
prepared to ride, before it was discover
ed that Miss Todd had no escort
"Deeply chagrined, but in perfect
control, she disclaimed having any in
tention of going with them, and, ral
lying her woman tact, sjieeded them
r-yiy.
"Then she sat down on the porch, in
no very pleasant mood, and Hardin
and his wife left her alone. While she
sat there Lineolu arrived, entirely
without a suspicion of his coming, so
far as she was concerned. And it was
there their differences were arranged;
and when the party returned, they
thought they understood why Mary
Todd had refused to go riding with
them.
"In the following November Abra
ham Lincoln aud Mary Todd were
married."
When Help Was Heeded.
"Oh, do come and help!" gasped a
boy who ran up to a policeman; "there
is an awful fight going on iu our
street r
"Who's fighting?"
"My father and anotlier man."
"How long have they been at it?"
"Ob, half an hour."
"But, why didn't you come and tell
me about it before?"
"Why, because dad was getting the
best of it all along up to ten minutes
ago." Td lid.
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A few applications of Dr. Thomas'
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REMINISCENCES.
The "Black Boys."
Possibly in literature no story, fable
or anecdote is mentioned or quoted
more frequently than that of the old
fanner and the lawyer, in which the
"gored ox" plays a conspicuous iart,
and in all these years it has made all
the difference iu the world whose ox
was gored.
During our struggle for indcjHMid
ence, one great object of our colonial
fat hers was to obtain recognition from
some European power, particularly
France, as that nation and England
were not on very good terms. And
while the late war between the States
was in progress, the sole aim, in a di
plomatic sense, of the Confederate t iov-
criiuu-nt, was to have belligerent rights
granted them by some of the great
fMiwers, preferably, also, France ; and,
it has subsequently transpired, that
some fine diplomacy was required to
prevent such recognition. Cuba Is in
au almost chronic state of revolt, kecj
ing the government of Spain in hot
water ail the time; almost bankrupt
ing that effete monarchy to prevent
the insurgents from obtaining their in
dependence. The insurgents have
made, in all their previous revolts, and
also, in the present one, strenuous ex
ertions to obtain recognition from tiie
United States government ; and I pre
sume the vast majority of the citizens
of this country would like to see belli
gerent rights granted them, if there is
any excuse possible for it ; but their
government, such as they have, lacks
the requisite stability.
On the other hand, the fellow who
ox is likely to lie gored, does all in his
power to prevent the recognition of
belligerent rights, or governmental rec
ognition. In these cases the "otner
fellow" was the English government
during the revolutionary iH-riod, the
Federal government during our late
war, iiitd the Spanish government dur
ing the Cuban revolts. All through life,
in war or peace, in business or diplo
macy, in love or intrigue, the same
view is, and always has been, taken in
this matter. The fellow- wlvw ox has
been gored is much more anxious to
have restitution made than the fellow
whose ox did the goring. A bitter, re
lentless warfare, which had been car
ried on for more than ten years, with
the various Indian trilies of the north-
wot, ended about 175, by a treaty of
peace. The inhabitants of the border
settlements of Pennsylvania, having
had abundant experience, placed no
confidence iu Indian promises, not
withstanding the certificates of good
character given them by cranks and
fanatics, ju.t as they do to-lay, who
had never seen, or had anything to
do with them. The settlers Ulieved
peace would lie much more secure if
tiie Iii.Ii.ins were destitute of the m ini-
liitions of war. JK'iiee, when mej
found unscrupulous traders from the
eat were supplying the Indians with
guns, powder, lead, tomahawks, etc.,
iu exchange for their fttr.4 and pelts,
their consternation and indignation
knew no Itomids. These traders su-
plicd themselves witli the munitions
of war, as mentioned, as wi ll as other
goods that found favor with the In
dians such as gaudy jew elry, blankets,
and spirits iu casks. Of course t!ie-e
traders, having no ox to I.' gored, cared
not whether rapine and murder, sav
agery and scalping, dcva-talioiiand pil
lage followed ; so they recklessly enter
ed into the nefarious barter. The men
on the border, ever on the watch, in
stinctively saw in this what they be
lieved would eventually result in anoth
er Indian uprising, and their fornu-r
exje-rietice was sufficient for them to
understand what that meant They
determined, at all hazards t break up
these illicit, as they believed, trans
actions and organize.! themselves into
a resolute UkIv of regulators and call
ed them-elves the "Black Boys." Their
homes were in the vicinity of Fort
Iioudon and Littleton, in what was
then Cumberland county, an-l accord
ing to a local historian, their "singular
and summary administration of justi.-e
bore a marked affinity to the codes
sometimes adopted by that worthy
disseminator of criminal jurisprudence
in the west, Judge Lynch." The prin
cipal leader of the "B'.ack Boys'' was
James Smith. Smith, in May I,
while engaged, with others, iu open
ing a r.Kid from Fort Iudn to
Ravstown, afterwards Bedford, was
captured by the Indians and taken to
Fort Duquesne, where he still was
when the victorious French an-l In
dians returned after the disa-tmusand
bloody defeat of General Bniddock.
Under the excitement of their victory
and the taste of blood, figuratively, and
perhaps, literally speaking. Smith was,
with others who were captured at
Braddock's defeat and Ufore, subject
ed to many indignities. He was made
to run the gauntlet, which, everyone
knows, consisted of running between
two rows of half-grown boys, vicious
and blood-thirsty squaws and old men,
as many as the tribe could niuter, all
armtd with clubs nnd other weajsuis
whips, tomahawks knives, etc. If
the captive proved to le a strong and
vigorous man, he of course, escaped w ith
less Injuries than a weaker one, as he
could run, under the incentive given,
at a very rapid pace, unless an un
lucky blow, for him, laid him low,
when the whole mob pounced on him,
and, many times, lieat him to death.
A weak man could hardly pa- the
ordeal safely. Often, after a strong
man had made the run in comparative
safety, he was made to run again, when
he usually did not fare so well. Then,
frequently, after a man had run the
gauntlet, he was tomahawked and
scalped. The prisoner was as a gen
eral thiug stripped naked; and in
stances are known when a fleet-footed
man ran away from the wltole crowd
unharmed. Smith had a hard time,
suffering untold agonies in one way or
another, and, as no other alternative
offered, he, as a matter of self-defence,
conformed to the manners and customs
of the tribe, Conowagas, which had
adopted him, as was their custom. He
wandered over the west with them,
and was constantly watching for an
opportunity to escape, which never
came. In 17U0, after five year of cap
tivity, he was exchanged at Montreal,
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and immediately returned to his home.
He afterwards served as a lieutenant
with the CumU-rtand county provin
cials under (ienerals Armstrong and
Bouquet, until the savatres were whip
ped into S'llitiiisxioii and si let i for peace.
The settlers, ill view of Smith's exp.-ri-niv
and the hatred b must have
had toward the Indians, chose hitn for
their leader when the "Black Boys"
were first organized. These traders
had sent their gds by pack-horse
train, and were frequently valuable,
one train having been sent out of Phil
adelphia by a trader named Wharton,
in March, 17-V5, valued at three thou
sands pounds, orahout fifteen thousand
dollars. He expected to lie first in the
market at Fort Pitt, as Fort Djqiiesne
was then called, after the English occu
pied it, and he was well aware tint bis
enterprise would Is viewed with sus
picion by Ihe "liaek inhabitants," as
he called tbelii; so he iTenTed U-ing the
owner of the g.od.s declaring they were
consigned to George Croghaii, iH-puty
Indian Agent under Sir Win. John
son. Tne "Black Bys", however,
did not U'lieve the story told by Whar
ton's employes, nnd discovering that
tiie train wa- largely comp-cie-l of war
like material, tiie whole was destroyed
on Sideling Hill. Smith said, ia
speaking of this afterwards that, not
withstanding the King's proclamation
prohibiting any jn-rson trading with
the Indians, ttiis train was sent "load
ed with Indian goods and warlike
stores to Hnry Pollens, Concco-che.-tgue,
in wajroils then loaded on
jiack-horscs for Fort Pitt"
Mr. William Djffield, with fifty
armed men, met pack-horses where
Mereersburg now stands. He desired
the employes to store up the goods,
which they refused to do, and they
procecdeil towards Great Cove. Dui
tield followed and again urged them to
store the g'ls telling them of the im
propriety of selling such g ds to the
Indians, and of t'.ie great d inger to the
frontier inliuiiitants, ahouM the In
dians be supplied with inanitions of
war. Notwithstanding bis reasoning,
they only made fan of him. After
thi-se reiieated efforts Smith says that
next day he took forty f his Ix.ys,
annul, with their faces blacked, and
waylaid them at Sideling Hill. They
directed their tire towards the horses,
( they themselves ln-ing coini-alcd in
thebushesi and wht-u the pa-k-meii
saw their horses falling all around
tli-ni, they soon wanted to come to
terms, and inquired of the cotiocaled
eiietnv what thev wanted them to do.
The reply w as : '"Collect all your loads
to the front, unload them in one place,
t ike your private proerty, and imme
diately retire." When they were gone,
Smith says his men burned the goods,
shirts, blankets, vermilion, lead, heads,
wampum, tomahawks, sea i ping-knives j
etc. The traders then went to the com-
manding offii-t-r at Fort Loudon, and
got a thirty of Highland MiMitrs logo
back to i-aptiire the robbers, as they
cull.-.l Ihe.ii. A lii-MiU-r of kin.-.: t
jxTsons were (-iptured and c oiitiiu-d in
the fort Smith then r.-.is-sl three hun
dred ritl.-men, marched to the fort anil
went into eimp. They made reprisals
by capturing a iij:n!er of British
troops, and soon had m re of them
than they ha I of the alleged "Black
Bjys." The commander scut a flag of
trui to Smith, a cartil was arranged,
and by giving alut two for one, he
was soon able to redeem all his men
from the guard-house; and, as they
were hii.occnt of any overt act, they
soon returned to their homes.
A profound - sensation was created
throughout the provinces of New York
and Pennsylvania by this act of the
'Il'.aek b ys." An a-iini tt : I c rre
p Mi-leiic took p!ac. between G'.i.-rd
l, ig e, c :n nvider of the British forces
in America, and Governor John Peim,
of Pennsylvania. Proclamations were
issued and depositions taken, al! of
which are preserved ia the minutes of
Provincial Council. Voluminous let
ters were written and coi by inter
ested parties ou both sides. While tiie
proceedings of the "Black B ys" were
unlawful to a degree, yet there did not
seem to be any ueees.s:ty for the won
derful exaggerations displayed in all
the rejiorts and correspondence relating
to the affair. Great effrU were made
to capture an-l punish Capt.iin Smith
and his I wad of regulators but they
were futile ; and in the vicinity of forts
I,oudon and Bedford, they continued
to make life burdensome to the arro
gant British soldiers, and more es-
l-eial!y the unscrupulous Indian tra
ders for several years. They made it
almost impossible for the traders to
succeed in getting over the Allegheny
mountains with a train of pack-horses
and it was only when securely guarded
that they could succeed in dcing so.
In 17ii Smith captured Fort Bedford,
the most lawless and fearless achieve
ment of his life. Smith, in explaining
the occurrence, says: "In the year 17-j!,
the Indians, after a season of com
parative quiet, made excursions on the
frontiers, and still the traders carried
goods to thein on every possible
ca-ion. The people on the frontiers
became alarmed, aud a number of
persons collected and destroyed a
quantity of powder and lead in Bed
ford." Stne of these persons and
others were captured and put in irons
in the guard-house in Fort lledionL
t Smith says he did not altogether ap
j prove of the conduct of the "Black
! Boys'' in this matter; still, he did not
propikse that they should lie in irons in
the fort. He resolved to release theni
and let them lie tried by civil law
afterwards. So he collected a numlier
of his "Black Boys" who had seen
service in Indian wars and who had
also hten faithful to him in his nu
merous raids on the traders. He did
not want a large party, for various
reasons and they marched along the
road in daylight, and even told parties
they met that they were going to cap
ture the fort, the story U-ing so im
probable that no one believed them.
He had made a confidant of a man
named Thompson, who acted as a spy
for him. Thev had tents and encamp
ed some miles from Bedford, where
j Thompson was to meet them one hour
i U fore day. He did not tell any of his
j men his destination. Thompson met
j them according to' ngreetueut, and
told him that the British officers ouly
laughed at the idea of his handful of
men taking the fort. The garrison w is
composed of thirty men, and they
exjusted that if Smith came at all, he
would come in daylight Smith mov
ed sil-. iiMy towards the fort, and tak
ing ad vantage of the fact that the gate,
wxs usually ojH'iusI at a certain hour
every m wniiiir, at a time wli -a lb ;
iu .11 were taking a morning dram,
with their arm s-tackt-d, they mad'- a
sii 1 le:i rush an 1 ciptiir- -I the iviil
outfit without opp is-ilion, scarcely.
Smith compelled a blacksmith to take
the irons off the prisoners w hen they
hastily d--iiiqs. imilli always
cluiiii.il that this was the first lriti- h
fort captured in America by what they
called reU-ls. Smith and soin com
panions, some time after this exploit,
were traveling West from RMford t
sumy some lands in the Youghioghi-uy
valley, when they were held up by
some parties in the vicinity of Bedford,
aud iu the skirmish that followed, one
of the assailants was killed. Smith
was arrested and taken to IVdford.
The authorities, fearing a ri-scue, sent
him to arlisl.-. Six hundred of his
old companions went there, armed,
to rescue him; but be refused, and ad
vised tbiui to return home, which
they did. He was acquitted of the
charge of murder, and afterwards held
the office of a-si -ss, ir in Bedford county.
He then removed to Westmoreland
county, where he served in the same
capacity, and likewise as captain of a
company oji-erating aiMin-t tiie In
dians. He served in the revolutionary
war, capturing two hundred Hessian
in New Jersey with only thirty -six
men. He was a mcmU-r of the con
vention from Westmoreland, and was
also a iiieiiil.-r of the assembly. In
177 he coiiitii.iinli il a regiment against
the western Indians. 1J. also served
agMiiist the French Cr.s k Indians for
none of whom did he have any liking.
He finally IiN-ated in Bourbon county,
Kentucky, where he died a'siut the
year ls((). He was a man of turbulent
spirit, brave, generous, charitable, lie
lovcd by all his intimates, and feared
by his enemies. The "Black Boys,"
while Iawl.-ss in their methods, can
not lie said to have been outlaws; for
the motive under which they acted,
was to prevent i-oiitraVand articles
from coming into the possession of the
India!;, for the purpose of butchering
the s-ltler-. of which these men had
so much knowledge.
Addison, Pa. M.
Goa Duel in the Crimea.
While the tlag of truce was tlyinir,
the "Crimean War"' says a Iiu-siail
offiivr of artili-ery went up to ask Sir
Richard Airey if Geiitral Ifctcres, com
manding the English artillery, was oa
the ground. Op. Sir Hi. hard answer
ing in the negative, the offii-er said:
"Your 'i-pouudcr gun that your pets
pie call Jenny is a U-autil'ul gun, but
we think we have one as good in that
embrasure," pointing up to the maiiiel
on, "and we would like to have a fair
duel with h r." Airey t'.k up the
challenge at om-e, and everything was
arranged fr 12 o'clock l:x;n next day.
When the time arrived all the batteries
on h"th si-'.es is-osed tiring. A lare
nuniUrof ortii-crs, French and Eng
lish, were assembled at our lookout
station, hehind the 1.1-giiu liattery, to
look on.
Our sailors' gun detachment mount
ed on their parai-ts and t'k off their
hats, saluting the Rjsians. The Rus
sian returned the compliment The
English gua was given the t'rst shot as
the senior gun; it struck the side of the
il l. i:in embrasure. Then they find
a wry g'd shot, too. The third
siiot from Jenny went clean throuj.li
the Russian embrasure and up went
two gabions. The l-lue-jackits jun.ttd
up oa their para t and c!:t red, thin k-
ingthiyhad U-:;tt-n their .poni-nts.
Not a bit! A i:ii:u:le afterward down
went the gabicus tad -t.t came the
Ru-.-ian gun again. Several n.ore shots
Were fired from U'th sides, all Very
g-vi.1 ones. Jenny got a nasty thump,
but it did her no harm. At h ngth, I
thiaktheseveiitlish.it from our .-ide,
we saw the Russian gun knocked clean
ever, i lur fellows cheered voci:Vpu.-!y
and the Russian mounted their part
ct and tixik off their hats in acknowl
edgement of their defeat All the bat
tiricsthcn ojietied again. Thus ended
the gnat gun duel.
The Wife Hast Olwy.
The case of Mr. Gardner brings to
mind, says the Chicago T. i!,un-, the
remarkable case of the English woman,
.Mrs. Jackson, of CI ;t heme. That
young lady was a bride when she re-fu-cd
aiisolutely to take up her a!de
under !ier husliaiid's rof. He, in or
der, to save himself r"r mi utter absurd
ity in his own eye, brought the law
into on ration and had its oiTj.-ers pur
sue her. He forced her to stay for a
time where he put her; but when ail
was said and d'ine she siiapjiol her
fingers serenely at him and went aUiut
her business.
In the old gold mining days in Cali
fornia, a white man fu;id his Indian
wife one day dancing wkh the meni
lier of her trilie, who re celebrating
the death cf some white i-iicmi.s. He
ordered he r to s:ojda:ici:ig, telling her
that his wife should not dance in holi
er of the scji1 of white men. She
must cease her dancing and go at once
and fetch him some water.
"If you have a slave, send her, I am
no slave, but a i hieftian's ilaughter,"
answered the sq-iaw, whereupon her
husband took bis hatchet and clove
her skuil ia twain. The while by
standers were fruz-. n with hormr, but
the white husband of 'lie Indian wom
an knew that he was sujqsirted by the
common law of her tribe. Her father,
the chieftain, came and asked why he
had done the tieeiL The trapper suid:
"Father, thy daughter refused Hie a
wife's oUslieliiv." "It I well," saj.
the r-hicflain, who U-lieved that disci
pline must be maintained; "take thou
hcrsl-Ur, my next virgin daughter, to
le thy wife." And it was even so.
"The glorious common law" stain Is re
vealed in this true story its primitive
inspiration, its fountain head I in bar
barism. Castles in the Air.
"Ami J the m siaJ trou !.:.- tint meet us
day by day.
Who would not from the ciKirliet a moment
turn away.
And In a fur-oif fairylnnd, where rmn c
burdens ln-ar,
forget a while our tears and Uil, In 1'dsilt-s
In the Air.'"
S) writes Jacob ( tough, and he got
on to suggest that this sort of ca-tie
Imilding L a proper relief for weary
folks. How many a man is sick and
miserable who tin-am of health and
happiness. In this matter he had
Utter lie doing than dreaming. "What
shall he do," yiu ak. W hy, take
Dr. Pierce's ( iolden Medical Discovery
to be sure. It cun-s affections of throat
and lungs, incipient consumption, dis
onlcred liver, sore thmut, bronchitis,
asthma, catarrh, ulcers, scrofulou
tumors and swellings, bad blood, fever
and ague and dropsy.
Johnstown,