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The Somerset Herald
(l pnUUbeJ every Wednesday "' at
P. , M is advance otBerwlt M
iU lavarUhlyb eargL
No aubKripUu wlU b dtcunlinud BBtU all
arrearage n u "P- P-ut" neglecting
,o notify u whea tabsorlber do not take oat
their v(K-1llb.fcMiUWt fcrth.ttV.
other ahould gir a th Ban of th "" "
U aa the preweat ofaon. Atddre
Somemt Printing Cecpaay,
"'' jtmsLsocix,
Boshves Hum.
.4 TTORXEYS A T-LA H.
' . IrTOKJfXT at i.a w.
. . omrt, ronta.
HES MY F.SCHTXU ATTOKJfEI
ana Bounty actE.a "''"T
fa. umn ia u
a.r -al mTtETHWAITK, ATTOKKEI
V -. 1 tumMTML Pa- rrouashinai "-
Gaoled the practice v. lew In Somerset and
.jotnt?g ZZSZl i. Mammoth bulWmg.
. Mb- Mi J
trALENTlNE AT. ATTOKNKT ATLAW
V dealer in real euu, twmeraet, f "J
pVlmpl","V aug.l-lj.
.11 iMlfllDeM NUWIN io uar. w..
W
- . pn iMviDVPVS AT
' LAW, Somerset, Pa-U1 irsotle l 8u-
arsea aaa HiwuH
UMted to them will be promptly attended to.
J "ohm hTUhu atturr ay at la W , SUM.
tM, fa., wiU promptly end all V?-.??.
HinHtt lo kn. MoeyJBeeuUooU
4. totneeaa MamawtB atalhiiag.
tiriLLlAM H. AOUXTzTa rTOJiNKV AT
W Law, sjomeraei. -, will prouit eUeo
Ouo lo busiaea entrusted to ha cere In soon
tod th. eljouUng muOh. Otto rruiuuf
House How. . , '
UHH O. UMMEU ATTXRHEY AT LAW,
J mrt, -, will euena to all bualnea n
t ruled to hie care In Somenwl and adjoining ouuo-tiawUaproapeaBa-B.ty.
jme la Ata-
nott aslock. , . . , ,
r . uaLE
' ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Somerset, P- ' ProtMl.t bulnM ntrunod
to m gu, Btunood urwlik promptncMoad Moilty.
a. . ivrracn. w- -
CTOFFKUTH RCPPEL, ATTORNEYS AT
low. All touMnCTilrmel toUxcrewiU
iw Mwedily and paDcuuLli) iujnde4 u-
orric M uu U?wi , lh
HamiBoU Mlock.
IUUN tt. SsCOTT, fc
, ' ' ATTUKSEY AT LAW.
Sumenet Pa. 0c p lo Br' W';
A U buaiuoa OBtrtntod to ki eoro ludJ tu wil
LiruiupUkoa BBd auciu.-
FAMES L. PUUU,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Sor,FB. Om MaBimo HloelL,ui atair.
fcnirauco nun ctum tu-
uw Mtilod, UtWt oaamiiwd, ad aU lal
jaljtf
gURVEVIXO,
. Wriiing Deeds, Ac,
dooawi'tHW.Birf lrr. miuiiile icrnu.
-oqalr at CaKlr A Co.'l Store.
C. F. WALKER.
An.
PHYSIC FANS.
VR. J. K. MILLER has permanently locatod
' ta Worltn lortiM BraeUea ot uia prvuxaiuB.
Lm u)ip(it Ctaartoi KruainKer i atur.
Bpr. SL, TVr.
DR. M. BKl'BAKKR Mnden hi prufeMtoeal
wrvloM to tk clUaena of Sonerast and vlcuv
liy. UIBce ta rBodeBoe, una door waM ol tne uar
M Uoaao. , .
DR. E. U K.IMMEL will eunUnaa to praetleo
MedMne, and tender! hit pruieeakioal aerrl-
eea W uia eltlaena at &w-rt aaa maiui
conn try. Ottlca at the old plaoa, a law door aart
ol uaa Ulaae ki
DU. WESLEY CUNNINGHAM,
lormerlyot Laranrtlle, will euntluue the
pnietieeal medicine, asd tsadara hH pruicapkaial
aenice U the cillcena ofOeairtvilleand rrmnd
inc ronniry.
FebJ n
g S. GOpD,
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON,
. SOMERSET. PA.
trOrmi ta Maauaota Blorfc W4TI
DESTIHTS.
DR. VSI. COLLINS, DENTIST, Somerset,
Pa. Umoa la Oaeebeer's Kiuck, ap atalra.
where be eaa at ail Umea lie found prepared to do
&HkliMlaAt aurt. Bach aa flUlna. retiulalinff. ex-
traettnaT. Ac. ArUAclal teeth ol an kimda, and of
the heat material. Inserted. UprraUona warranted.
JOHN BILLS,
DENTIST.
Office la Coffrota A NtfTi new baUdlac.
Mala Croat KtreeC . -Burner
let. Pa.
both
DTLA Q. MILLER, avfwr twelve
yev-l' rtle practkw la Shacktrllle. ha
1 bow pera. Matly located at Somerset f the prac
tice af bm Jctaa. and tender hi eaatoaaI aer
alee ta 1X ettiseM of Somerset and alcroity.
Omee ia hi Draft Store, otixtl the Karaet
Uoaaa, nara Aa-eaa," ha onalte at all time
anlen' pnfwIvtiaUy eaaced.
aT-Nlf at call promptly anrwared.
dee. li. n-ly.
. . DENTIST.
OBse abort Caeebeer A eaee'i Btore, StuneneU
Pa. In the laet eiteen year I hare greatly re
diced the price ot artlartal teeth In ttaif place.
The eunataat tBerraat&e; demand hrtaetb ha in
dajed me lo eu enlarge my larllitlea that raa
make reed Beta of teeth at lower price than yua
caa get them la any other place In Ibis eoooiry
I am now making a good set of teeth for A nod If
tuere sboaM ue any peraua amooe my inonaanus
at caatomer In this or tbe adjoining eunntlra that
I hare made teeih sor that la not giving good aat
iafaction, they ean Ball ea me at any ume and get
a new set tree ot caarge,
marl
RTIHC'AL TEETH II
I. C. ITTZY.
DEI'TI sr
VAtS C1TT, 'jomtr'ut C.. iV,
Yk aar t.lttl ta tw of Ik, nn ImM
aa'iluy LHe-like and .4aadm, inserted in tbe
. u.i. fti.Miltt, niMtlua ikftLil Ia the mm
crTBtloa of lb aataral teeth. Those wishing to
eaaaaut m by letiec, eaa an o oy hwoi i"r
AdlrM a abora. .. .. Jel-
.HOTELS
H
ILL HOUSE.
SlelKCKS. SClfZRSZT, PA,
Tbe tiroprtetoT I
I pttuaied toa-wommodate gaeau
In the most eeoalurtal
tunable ara aatlaiacaury ataimer.
The trarellag pabUe and aermaaeat bearder far
aiahed with the beet of hotel aeeummudaihei.
1 he table wtll eontkna to be famished with the
beat the market afleroa. Large aad avrnmotikau
taUtef attached. jaal
JJIAMONP 1I0TEL.
S.VMLKL.CVSTPR. Projri-f or-.
TUIt pcaejar and wn knawa
1. at all
pot. lie labia aad siunu first-claaa. Ooudauv
iiing. Hark aaa daily tor Johastowa aad
Souerta. avuU.
NAUGLE HOUSE!
1 ae Hamietea bat lately saircaasr I and greatly
mjja- ved lli a) aewrable uupeny. fBratshiag k
with enOre aew raraliar tha asaAmg It ene ef
'a must desirable (topping pie en tor Uanaanl
' ireskMatcaatomlalheSut.
Table are always rmUtt with th choiceat
ykaad th martet aoWa. ,
Large aad eossmodloa auUlaa to attaehesl
aad faiiafftl aad at tenure aoaUrr always la at.
tee.laaca. .
ArmtaisjrjU,j,e;wl. !
syawaytaappUog with tha Bhaasamllajanra.
, .... . . ... .' ' ' ' . : i " ,
VOL: XXV. NO. 51 .
BANKS, ETC.
Cambria Co. Bank.
M. W. KEUM & Co.
Xo. SG6 Main St., Jottwstotrti'.
A General Banking Business
transacted. ' "' ; ; .
Interest Paid at 0 per cent,, on
Time Deposits. 7 . :
Loans Negotiated. ' . . ; '
Drafts Bought and Sold.
J any. 3. ; t
J.0.KI31MEL&S0XS,
Saorersors U
Schell & Kimmel,
SOMERSET, PA. ' ;
Anconnts of Merchants and oth
er Business People Solicited. Drafts
negotiable in all parts of the Conn-
try for sale. Money loaned ana
Collections made.
jam . .
JOHNSTOWN SAYINGS BANK,
120 CLINTON. STREET, :
JOUXSTOWN,, P A.
Chartered September li. 1M. Dtpuf iu reeele
e! ol all sums not lent than one dollar. 1 til rust ia
dae lathe monlbeot Jaueanu lleremuer.and ilnot
withdrawn Is ailtled to the deposit, tliiu ooinpona
dlng twice a year without troubling Ibedrpual.
tor u call or esca to present the deposit b-x.
Mony hwned on ret eeutte. I'reierence. with
Hlieral rates and hag Ume. giren to borrowers ol
feruuc htst worigaguf on l-.ru s worth tour or more
tlmea the aun.uul ol loan desired. Good reter
care. perfect tillra.te., rnired.
This curpuratlwu t ex.'lurivrly a Savings Bank.
No cotatnert'ial depclts recelre.1. nor asoount
made. Ko tuaasoB peraoaal aecariiy-
bUnk applK-aiion for liorrowers. copies of t he
rules, by-law and special law relating to the
bank sent to any addreM rctttcsted.
'f ai'STKLS. James lwper, liavM IMbert.' O.
B. Ellis, A.J. Hawea. f. W. Hay. Joha liuun,
I. H. Lapsly, Itamcl WtLaugliiln, l. J. .Morrel
LewUPhutH. A. Bogus, Conra-1 Sttppe.Ueo.
T. Swank, James AlcaiUlen, JsweaMurley and
W. W. Wallers.
Iianiel J. Worrell, PresUenti Frank lUbcrt,
Treasurer; Cyro Elder, bvilcUor. aorta.
Tctecco anil Cte
Tsi' WHOLBSAt-t AKDBrrtll,
Xsi'tnfAi n' Ziuinieriimw
k" rrjr .
- hS AAwi alalia. f V " VI VI SL-
. ... . -
tes
The bast of Ftvar of difiercnt hracils. manufac
tured by bilac!l, o( Ilia rh ireft ol u-t(T.
These ciirais cnunot becxretlcd by any in the mar-
keL One of tbe beat stock ol obeaiug tobacco
erer brought to bourniet. J'rice to sun ine
time. jeu
no. Hicas.
Lanra a. ami
tots fcr Fire ani LLfe iEsnrance,
JOHN HICKS & SON,
i
SOMEKSET. PA.,
And Real Estate Brokers.
' ESTABLISHED 1850.
Persons who desire to elL buy or eichaoge prop
erty, or tor rent will find it to their advantage to
reg'irter the description these'', a ao chance la
m vie unless ai.ld or rented. Ke:j estate bustuert
generally wtllbepromptlyattetviedto.
ugl. ....
J. R. IVIEGAHAN,
BUTCHER,
AND DEALER,
. i -
"Wholesale and Retail,
IX
FRESH MKA.TS !
AV. kiud'bucb'as BEEF, TORK,
MUTTON", VEAL, -LAMB,
SAUSAGE, Pudc'iof, Bolog
na. M it.ee . Meat, and
LARPof onrtiwrr
Ilendtriag. .
; MARKET DAYS
Way, 'May M SaWay.
Somenet, Tm ' '
T"MsHt can Iks lnirjil any clsiy
Inl ine tlie tveelc. April tl.
Cook & Beerits'
FAMILY GROCER!
Flouwnd Feed r
STORE.
W
would most respectfally announce to oer
dsaod the palIk general!, la the town aad
Iriaa,!
vtcjnlty of Somerset, that we hare opened oar
HewSture ea
MAIN CROSS STREE1
Aad ta addition to o fall line of the ben
Tislsacrosi, Cla:arv.
We will eadeaTor. at all Ume, V njii)y jar ens-
wiui ue
BEST QUA Li T Y OF
FAMILY FLOUR,
COSN-XEAL,
OA TS, 8 UEL L El CORN,
OA TS CORN CHOP.
Bit AN, MIDDLINGS
And everything pertaining to the Food Uenatt
sent at lb
LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES.
FOB
CASH ONL F.
: Alao. a well selested itock at
O hiatal re; Steaeware, Weoeeawara, Brashaa ot
al kits!, and . .,
STVTIOlVERTc
arhich w will aril aa cheep a bt cjieapett. '
Psaaa call, eiamlaa our gasdsat aU hinds, and
be aauated iroaa ywar ewa jadgmcat.
Dout forgat where w stay
Oa M.XTX CfcXhsa Street, 1
ucx. AlfTX
r
MISCELLANEOUS,
IJRIIKG, F0LLANS6EE & CO,
Merchant Tailors,
1 ;":'-' ar r . 1
, , And MMia foot rf r nl
Gent's Youth's and Boys,
Fasiisionalilfi Ctoyiiiig aa3 .
1S1 iVood SUttt, corner FIftk Areaae,
PITTSBUR0II.
CLATE' ROOFS.
Those who are bow balMtng h'ses shonM know
that Is It cheeper In the tang run to imt oa Slate
Roots than tin or thingle. bMe will last forever,
ami nerejMiirs are required. Slale gives the par
est water it cisterns. Slate la tire proof. Every
good bouse should have a SUte roof. The under
signed la located In Cumberland, where he has a
good supply bf -
Peachbottom & Buckingham
S Ti A. T E
lor ruulilng Uie very bent artu'le. Ue will under
take to iat Slate Kmifs on Housi-fl. public and pri
vate, spires, he eiilter in town or country at ti:e
lowest prices, and lo warrant tilt Jl. Call and see
him or addre hiia at bla Ulf.ee. No. 110 Klilin'r
Street,Cuuierlaud,31d. Urderi may be left with
NOAH CASEBEEK,
Agent, Somerset, Pa.
W. II. SHirurr.
Apr! In, 1ST.
E. H.
with
E0U3E, HEHPSTflSE & CO.
285 Bait. St., Baltimore, M. D.,
Tjull reffectfully ask th mercliants of -Somerset
wauiy.se send" him their ortlera lr
FANCY GOODS.
fcftirtaK thPin m l :rrf too l-oth as reimnlf l-rtr
aii1 ((UAlitj of K'X5- The nierchiH T(?itintt
HaHhuor-) r uwutlf rejuesicd utcail Avml
me beiur tuakUaje pxin-iai-v
HIGHEST. AWAMB! SS2
J. REYNOLDS & SON,
NUBTH W IJST CUKX Ell
THIRTEENTH AND FILBERT STS.
PHILADELPHIA,
MANT'FACTrRES UF PATEXTKD
Wrought-Iron Air Tight Heaters
WITH SHAKIXO A'D CLIXKKHIKI.VD
INatlRATFS FUR BUHXI.Xil AXTHRA
CITi; UB B1TIMIXUI S CUAL.
CENTENNIAL
WRCUGHT-IRON HEATERS,
FUK3B1TI MIXOCS COAL.
KEYSTONE
WROUGHT-IRON HEATERS,
Cooking Ranges, Low -Down
Crates, Etc.
Descriptive Circular sent free to any adorers.
EXAM1XE BEFUiiESELECTIXll.
Aill '2
11 FIFTH AYE.
. NEW
CARPETS !
PBIEESibts VERY LOWEST,
Tbe Assartnteat HmpssL
HI 'CALL
77 FIFTH ATENDE.
Btt. Yieo and SailthCrld SU
Mutth 2S ' PITTSBI'Itti.
. THE. KANSAS PACIFIC
HOMESTEAD
Is tabllshed It the Ian-.l Tictrt msnt of the Kin.
a Faune Bailway Company, t supply the large
and fatcreasing deuuad for information respecting
KANSAS, and especially them gcificent b-jdy of
lands granted by Congress ia ail of the construe
tha ef IU rortd. This grant comprise
OYER 5,000,11 ACRES
UF LAND, consisting of every add section in each
township, for a distance ol twenty mile oa Botl
He of the road, or one-hall of the land In a 11 1
forty an lie wi,le, extetding to Denver City, In Col
undo, thus funning a eontlcaatkn of th belt o
country which, fr. m the Atlaniie coast westward
is (mad to be. la eiiratte, anil, ami every prod or
Uoo of aaiare, tha auat favored.
To aid in the settlement of this superb donah
with an intelligent and iatiatriuu people, I th.
et'j'Kt of tbe UojIESTE.tD. It fa wtended !
contain a fair aad can-114 representation of fact
aor will it mr give, tntentlfoally, any statemea
that will sot, apna tavesiigatioa, he rally sat
tained.
The Company obtain Iu title to the htadt
from the Government of the United Stales.
They are being offered at prices lower than aaj
WASDWELL
HI
ether brad in tbe West, that will com para will
them la son, climate aad general advaatagar
Th term of payment, a will be loan J oa a ears
fnl examination, are more liaeru) fa all essentia
ftetfares tbaa have heretofore beta offered by aa
railway company.
THE HOMESTEAD
IS FOB
r :' rsss assuzjjsxss,
Aoi will b seat gratis to anyone upon appMea
Atl cneBrotrnlcjciotis la reference to the land
the CompaaysDonM be Wreed ta
, S.X GILHORE,
Laad Commlsstoaer, K. F. Sy
'." ,! 8AXJXA, KAXSAS.
SUrehT.lSTr-
omei
SOlklEESET,
thb wAiauweuriMis.
In a very humble cot,
Ia a rather qaiet spot,
la tbe tad aad ia the suap
Worked a woman fall ef nope.
Working, singing, aU akn.
Inasortof andertone,
"With a Savior sura friend
W ho would keep her to the end."
Sometimes happening along
1 had heard the semi -song,
Aad I often used to smile.
More la sympathy that, guile.
But I never said a word,
In regard to what t heard ;"
A shs sang about her friend
Who would keep ber to the end.
Not la aorrow dot la glee .
Working all day long was the,
A her children, three or four,
' Played around heron the njor;
Bat la monotones the Boot;
She wat humming aU day long,
"With a Saviour for a friend.
He will keep me to the end."
If a soag I do not slog.
For I aearo believe a thing
(X the storie that are told
Uf the miracle or old ;
But I know that ber belief
It tbe anodyne of grief.
And will always be a friend
That will keep her to th and.
Just a trifle lonesome she.
Just a poor a poor could be.
Bat her splrlu always rose,
I.Ike the bubble la the clothe,
And though widowed and alone.
Cheered her with thae monabme.
Of a Savior and a friend
Who would keep her to the end.
I have area her rub and rub.
On the wash-board In the rub,
While the baby, sopped in rad
Rolled and rambled la the duds.
Or was paddling In the pools.
With old scissors Mack In spools.
She still humming to her friend
Who would keep her to tbe end.
Hainan hopes ami human creed
Have their root In human need,
Aad I would not wish to strip
From that washerwoman's Up
Any song that the can sing.
Any hop that aong ean bring.
For tbe woman ha a friend
That will keep her to the and.
JIftT WHAT YOU HAKB IT.
A SERMON FOR 01RLS
"I am ick of ibis caot and twad
dle, fur 1 caa call it by no better
name. It ia all nonsense no girl
need lb row beroelf awaj. Couldn't
support bereelf ! And ho be married
ibat man with no moral stamina, no
more fit fur ber to mate witb, tbtn
an eagle is to mate witb a crow !"
"Why, wbat coald she do? She
couldn't teach sbe bad no gift in tbe
way of bufeineaa. Sbe had to mar
ry." "Do," said I, "why Bbe could do
booaework!" ---
"Do housework !' My companion
lifted ber bands in horror and amaze
ment. "Do housework! Who would
recognize her, ana tben sbe is not
able to do housework."
"Is tbe re caste in tbirt land ? 1
would tecognize ber none tbe less be
cause she made my bread and wash
ed my dishes. Not able to do house
work 1 Wbat bas sbe taken npon
ber but housework? Will not tbe
vows of wifehood and the care sbe
hai assumed be housework? Work
ing out, as yon term it, would be
nothing .o tbe responsibility she has
taken."
"Ob, well, the world does not look
at it in ibis light."
''Does that make tbe work any
easier ? I fail to see tbe point"
"Yon always do put things so
queerly. I for one would do just as
Emma Haze did, ii I were situated
in tbe same manner."
Would you, reader ?
stances are these:
Emma Htze was
Tbe circam-
BQ
orpbso.
Sbe bad a home at an nncle's, if sucb
a plane can be called home. Sbe
was tolerated there be:ane sbe was
a brother's child. Sbe worked for
ber board and was grudgingly allow
ed the cluibes sbe needed. Although
ber education was good, sbe had no
tact for teaching. . Sbe bad no taste
for business, as has been alreadT
said. Her forte was doing bjuee
work, but rather than support herselt
in that way for fear ot what Mrs.
Grundy and ber train of followers
would ear sbe married a man who
had no mind, no principle, no educa
tion, but a little money.
Would you hare dune ur 1 put
the question to each one who reads
ibis would you have done it? Il
jell would, tben you are must I say
it? a coward.
And now 1 want to preach a ser
mon tu every girl iu ibis land. Per
haps there will be nothing beauiiful
in it, nor say poetry in it, but it will
bare this merit, there will be truth in
it.- - This istte text: "Girls, your
life will be just a bat vou make it."
' .Nothing is lowering to your digni
ty, if yon do not let it loweryonr dig
nity. Keep in tbe path of virtue and
you are in the right. It is no worse
tor you to go into tbe kiu-beo of
another and di. tbe work and be paid
twenty shillings a week fur it, than it
is for you to. marry and do tbe same
work, and get nothing font but what
you eat and the clothes you wear.
I went in search of a servant girl
iast summer. For seven long weeks
1 be arc bed sorrowing. Ooe pretty
ooking girl told me that it I enly
ived in tbe town instead of the coun-
jv abe would help me, but she was
afraid she would spoil her complex
ion. Vet ber father was a drunkard,
ud ht-r mother earned their daily
jread by going out at day's work,
ecrubbiug, waabiog and tbe like
A.ud there the daughter was content
to sit with folded bands, wailing,
n -jyiog that some one wonld come and
m ury ber.
"liui," says one, "I djn'l want lo
t unk Viai 1 must work out all my
ifs for a living.'
You need not, but yoo will need
outage, perseverance and a will to
lo. Let me tell you a story. Mary
Barn am and ber brother were left or
bana. Sbe was Bixteen, be fourteen
i ke f aioer bad been a shiftless, inef
rcieot eon of a man, and bad laid np
rotbing for tbe future, so tbey were
ibliged to support themselves. For
nnately for ber, sbe knew bow to do
loosework, and anyone wbo secured
I try secured a treasure. So sbe
tent to work. Sbe sent her brother
.j ecboul. At the age ot sixteen he
ueani to learn a trade. Soon after
be came to me.
"I am tired of doing housework,
Jred of scouring knives and cooking
set
ESTABLISHED, 1837.
PA., WEDNESDAY.
dinners, and now I sm going to
school," she said.
' Going to Echool ! "What are yon
going to live npon ?n
"I'll earn my living."
And she did. . Sbe worked at one
place for a year, t Sbe earned twenty
shillings per week. Sbe spent fifty
cents a week, so that at the end of
a year sbe bad $104. Now she was
ready to start for school. She select
ed tbe best school in the State tbe
State Normal. She rented a room
for fifty cents a week. The school
term for tbe Year is forty weeks.
Twenty dollars of her money was
gone. Some few friends, seeing that
she was determined to go to school,
furnished ber room very plainly and
cheaply. .
She then resolved to live on one
dollar a week ; this necessitated the
strictest economy. Thus sixty dol
lars of her money wa spent.. That
left her but forty-four dollars with
which to pay her tuition, buy her
books and get tbe needfuls.
To be sure, sac was not noted for
tbe number of ) ber dresses, nor was
her hair frizzle! and puffed in just
tbe latest style, nor did sbe appear at
every social ; bat one tbing she was
noted for, perfect lessons. Sbe gave
attention to her studies so tbat at the
end of the year Ler scholarship was
euch that she received a training cer
tificate, entitling her to teach without
a public examination. Whatever
she undertook tebe did weiL Her
motto war: "tV'batever is worth do
ing at all is worth doing well."
Tbe next two years sbe taught,
receiving $100 per year. At tbe end
of two years she managed to save
$400, to send ber to school tbe re
maining two years. Wiih tbe al
most economy, it served ber purpose.
Sbe bad so little left tbat sbe bad not
enough money to buy a new dress in
which to graduate.
But when tbe bouquet was thrown
ber at tbe close of reading ber essay,
I bardly tbiuk sbe tbuugbt as to
whether ber dress was new or not.
Afterward I beard tbe Governor and
tbe Slate Superintendent congratulat
ing ber. '
The next year sbe was offered an
excellent situation in one of our nnion
cbools. But, ber health having suf
fered during tbe last term she was in
school, bbe went out doing house
work, instead of accepting tbe posi
tion. Did it degrade her any? No;
sbe did her work just as faithfully as
if it were the chosen business of ber
life.
At the end of six months, her
beakb being established, she com
menced teaching. She was a suc
cessful teacher.
Where is she to-day ? The wife of
an eminent professor in one of our
Westera colleges.
-I know another lady wbo borrowed
the money to take her through school,
and paid it after she commenced
teaching. To-day she is one of our
most successful writers.
Another wbo had no means of ber
own, bad a brother wbo was a farm
er. He had not much ready cash,
but If gave her enough provisions
for beiai'f sad a little girl boarder.
For tbe board of tbe little girl sbe re-j
ceived five dollars per week. The
five dollars per week carried her
through school. After graduating
she taught. Her health failed, and
tbe pbysican adviBed ber to give op
teaching and go to doing housework
Fortunately for ber, sbe knew how.
She had a piano, and was very
fond of music. So her next thought
was, coold sbe not find some place
wbere she coold earn ber board and
a little more, and take music lessons?
Sbe went here and there to findsncb
a place. She succeeded at last, and
was offered one dollar a week. Sbe
accepted tbe situation, and did ber
work so faithfully and well, that tbe
lady paid ber two dollars instead of
one. bbe told ber she earned it.
W as not that better tbaa to have cat
down and folded her bands and be
moaned ber fate ?
At the end of the year her heakb
was established, and to ber other at
tainments she had added that of
music. Do you tbink sbe lost one
womanly grace during tbe vear she
did housc-ork? Far from it. Sbe
bad gained in many things tbat
tvbiuh makes the true woman, and to
day few aie her equals.
Girls, you need not say, "mother
was to blame ; she never taught me
to work." Put your mind to it, and
your heart in it, and in a year's lime
you will be mistress of housework.
Mary Mead was left penniless;
fbe was then seventeen. A few days
after the death of her parents sbe
came to me.
"What febMl I do?," sbe said, "I
absolutely kii w nothing which will
enable me to lake care of myself."
And it was so. She could sing a
little, play a little, and paint a little.
Her mother bad done all tbe work
just as a good many other mothers
are now doing, and left Marv to
romp and plav, and have a good time
generally.
"Wbat shall 1 do?" sbe said,
bursting into sob a "If I knew any.
one wbo wonld teach me housework,
I would work one year for my
board."
I told Ler I would find such a
place, and did so, and so thoroughly
and well did bbe learn, tbat at the
close of tbe year, tbe lady ot tbe
bouse was glad to keep ber and pay
ber wages. Sbe stayed six years.
At tbe end of tbat time the son. a
noble young man, who had just en
tered into business with his father,
astonished bis mother one morning
by saying:.
I am going to ask Mary Mead to
be my wife. Mother ," said be, "not
a word. Do not say anything vou
will wish unsaid.
Marv will be just
It I mistake not.
as astonished as
yoa are.
And Mary was.
Bu. wby should
She had a rood
she have been?
deal of leisure, and sbe had improved
that leisure. Sometimes sba leid,
sometimes sbe played, sometimes she
palate... Tbe lady of the house bad
seen tbat she wss lady-like and re
served, and had given ber access to
the libra ry and piano at proper times
privileges which are not usually
given to servants ; nor do tbey usu
ally deserve tb-rn, Sbe never in
truded, but made the moat of ber
privileges. Sbe bad aaved ber mon
ey, and wbea they were married for
married they were she had enough
MAY 30, IS77.
to plainly furnish their home, and
over it she presided with grace and
dignity.
Now, I would not have you girls
go out doing housework for tbe sake
of getting a bouse, for you might fail
if that were your intention, b-it I
would have you all remember your
life will be just what yon makr it,
Signs of the Times.
mavrkawl ale-SliXlac. '
He was a long, loose jointed, red
faced man, dressed in a greasy yel
low shooting suit of corduroy, and be
entered tbe smoking cabin of a Court
land street ferry-boat witb au easy,
careless step. His face waa covered
witb a stobby growth of beard, and
bis bair was ginger-colored and mat
ted. Ue bore upon bis shoulder a
double-barreled bird gun and be led
by a strong cord a yellow Jersey cor.
He took bis seat by tbe door, and af
ter kicking his dog nnder the bench
folded bis coat-collar above his chin
and looked grimly around the cabin.
Everybody looked at him, but no
body could guess what his ultimate
intentions were. Just as tbe boat
splashed out into tbe stream a jolly
German in asnutT-colored garb, rolled
gracefully through tbe cabin and
dropped into a scat near tbe man
witb tbe dog and gun. He espied
tbe hunter.
"Snipe ?"
"Yes," was tbe surly answer.
"Well, I'll tell you wot; snipe is
awful thick aronnd Jersey new.
They say Jersey is abend covered
over wid snipe."
"Is that so ?" the hunter broke in,
as be shifted bis position. "Well, I
guess I'm the man that can get as
many snipe in a day as anyone. I'll
tell vou wbat I've done many a time, I
it i do say it; an yer can anus nnu
me if I don't tell w bat's true. I shot
319 of 'em in a day, and I'd bad a
dozen more, but my dog got arter a
herron an' chased her into ao old
mud puddle an' got drownded; other,
wise, wbar would I ha' ended ? I
I tbink I'd a cleaned Jersey, from
USandy Hook, of all ber snipe. On
tbat very day, afore tner dorg got
stuck iu the mod, he cangbt a
snipe himself; treed ber and killed
ber. An' if I don't then " .
Erery one stared at tbe story tel
ler, until the German slowly arose
and said : "Mine friend, dot is a
ferry goot story, but I'll tell you one
dot ib so mooch petter as dot is goot.
Listen I I baf a leetle yeller cat dot is
not mooch smaller dan dot ar dorg
But she's a hooper. De order morn
ing I heard a terrible racket in de
back yard, an' I vent oud for to see
vot it vas all aboud, and vol der yer
dinks I saw all in de gleemer?"
"Well, I don't know; I suppose
nothing."
"Nothings, nothings, yer say ?
Well, I tole yer. Thre was dot lee
tle yeller cat of mine sitting in dot
yard, nnd ia her jaws vos dot yeller
dorg of yours and der same snipe."
Tbe man in corduroy slowly arose
and walked out on tbe deck. N. Y.
Sun.
F
Gilmore's Garden, New York, was
in an uproar the other morning. A
big elephant named Borsen, which
arrived from Liverpool for tbe men
agerie, was assigned to a place where
three other elephants were chained;
and, being unaccustomed to stand
otherwise than alone, he became
very belligerent. He walked inront
of the other elephants as far as the
chain would permit, struck them on
tbe bead with bis tronk, aud seem
ed determined tbat tbey should ac
knowledge bis superiority. Always
w ben several elephants are chained
together one masters tbe rest, before
peace is established. Mr Hale, tbe
keeper of Borsen, gave bim blows
with a stout stick, and aided by sev
eral other men, watched tbe beasts
through tbe night. Borsen enter
tained a consequent grudge against
tbe keeper, and as tbe latter about
seven o'clock in tbe morning was
giving bim water, bit bim a blow on
bis 6ide tbat knocked him twenty
feet away. Hale ran at Borsen witb
bis slick, but was seized and tbrown
over tbe railing. Oa returning to
tbe charge, he was again seized, and
this time tbe beast was on tbe point
of plunging his tusks into biro, when
Mr. Charles McLaio, the boss can
vassman, went to bis rescue and
dragged bim out of reach. Borsen
tben became furious. He broke his
chain, and started through tbe prem
ises with bis trunk elevated and his
tail standing stiffly in a horizontal
position, lie tore down a wooden
railing as if tt were a thread, and
went to tbe lion's cage, which he
knocked over. There was then a
pandemonium of roars from all the
beasts, including tbe s!ais and sea
lions. Over twenty tied, but soon
ralied. and under tbe leadership of
Messrs. McLain and McDonald,
prodded tbe elephant with pitchforks
and tore bis ears with books until be
was secured. This was done by first
lassoing one of bis legs as he step
ped, and tben twining the rope
around his other legs, which caused
bim to fall heavily. Tben, being
helpless, his fore and bind legs and
tubkt we'e chained. In this condi
tion, after tremendous beatings, he
rose, and was led to one cf tbe posts
in the garden, to which be was at
tached. His ears were badly lacer
ated, and blood streamed ' from
woonds on his sides.
An elephant after being conquered,
rarely attempts the second rebellion,
and Borsen was qaiet in a few bourn,
obyiog the ejramands of the attend
ants. It took six boors to sabdue
bim, and men were afterwards occu
pied tor hours washing away tbe
constant flow of blood. Mr Hale
was badly, but not dangerously hurt.
Charles Rivers bad a narrow escape,
for tbe elephant at one lime held bim
with hia trunk, and was on tbe point
of driving his tucks into him when a
violent blow of a club caused the
trunk to loosen.
Precocious boy mooching tbe fruit
of tbe date tree : "Mamma, if I eat
eaoogh dates will I grow up
to be aa almanac."
The bishop of LoosdaPs directions
for tbe way to heaven : "Yoa have
only to turn to tbe right and go
straight lbrwrd.n .
iHerialc
Twrkay avael Btafaa.
Frederick the Great, so it is report-;
i , . . i t
eu. useu to sav mat a war oeiweeaitn
the nnssuns and tbe Turks might be
compared to a dutd lietween a China
man and a man wi;h one eye. nri'I
that is ta-aa n.tt Hat t.k LnA, n li ! h '
was which. Anil yet, from the days
of Peter tbe Great, tbe Huiau
and Turks have been almost habitu
ally at war, and the record of tbeir
struggles presents some of tbe most
exciting episodes in Modern history.
As to tbe war o( tbe eighteeaih cen
toary, tbe conditions of a conflict be
tween tbe two Powers have not whol
ly cbaoged; and some strategic ques
tions are the same now as tbey
were during the eighteenth century.
Then, as now, says a writer in tbe
London Timn, the command of tbe
Black Sea was of tbe highest moment
to either belligerent ; tben, hi now,
the ill-opened tracts and pestilential
regions around the Balkans were a
dangerous barrier to invaicr, and
tben, as now, tbe immense distance
between tbe Danube and Constanti
nople was in iulf a most serious ob
slide. Tbe iunate qualiiies, too, of
tne Dosuitj armies were prooaniy men j ar,.,T
wbat they still remain; ib. solid and; AnJ Jct witl) Ler ,lllkpa grmnd
disciplined Russian infantry had an i jllke9( c,jnguiJ nrxont, gonfaloniers,
easy superiority in tbe open field ; aa(1 lbe rfst(a if homaa experience
tbe Turks were admirable in tbe de-j did not flirnish a 8uBieienily wide
fense of fortresses, and for patient en- j ra fjr her poliiical experiment,
durance cf want and hardship. 6he eect9 lLe Marzocco, a brazes li
But lbe enormous extension of the j QQ M gonfalonier; and then by a
powers of Russia, and tbe corres-1 ,,trarjge ffeak 0f religious fanaticism,
ponding decline ot tbat of Turkey L43U ber ballots fjr Jesus Christ as
make these old examples no longer kin wbo having been declared duly
opposite, sua luccsscuiwi ul"c";""-c
is largely increased by tbe improve
ments effected in modern war, and by
lbe altered condition, in recent limes,
of the subject races of tbe Ottoman
Empire. In 1736-40, tbe Porte con
tended on eq'ul terms siinst Rus
sia backed by the whole strength of
Austria; in 1787-00 tie troops of
Suwarrow were scarcely able to ad
vance at lbe rate of five miles a day;
when Cs'.hariue and Joseph agreed
to divide tbe spoils of Turkey in Eu
rape between them, lbe Cbriciian
population made no signs of life, tbe
wars, therefore, of these remote peri
ods cannot teach us mach for tbe pres
ent juncture.
It is more important to take ac
ccuat of the general results of these
bygone contests aud of the political
combinations which marked tbeir
course, or which may be connected
witb ibeni. Tbe first broad fitet tbat
appears is that tbe poffer of tbe
Czars bas prodigiou-Iy grown, aad
tbat of the Sultaos has much dimin
ished; and tbis memorable change, as
is well kaown, has almost ever since
been in rapid progress.
The frontier of Russia in the war
of 1730 was on the Don and Dnieper
only ; in that of 1737-91, it bad ad
vanced to the verge of the Prcitb":
Suwarrow bad already approached
the Balkans, traversed afterwards by
bis successor, Oiebitcb. Again, it is
a mistake to suppose that the alli
ances which in modern limes have
upheld tbe fabric of 0;toman rules
are founded on long established tra
ditions, or indicate a settled Europe
an policy. Twice .Austria, in tbe
tenth century, combined with Rus
sia to crush tbe power of the Torks
iu Europe, and ever since tbe day of
tbe Emperor Joseph a party of weight
in tLe councils of Austria have advo
cated a return to tbis very system.
Nor bas tbe attiiuda of England
been altogether different ; daring tbe
long struggle between England and
France, England often dealt witb tbe
Turks as enemies, and in fact, it was
not until lbe time of Pitt tbat it con
sidered tbe Porte as a "neutral ally."
It deserves notice, too, ibateversince
tbe wars which revealed her decay
in the last century, Turkey has been
treated practically by the great Pow
ers ot Europe as in no real sense an
independent State, as justly subject
to tbe will of tbe stronger, It is not
necesssry to lay stress on the parti
tion planned at Tilsit ; but that of
Duckworth's passage of the Dardan
elles ; of Navarion, aod of the liber
ation of Greece, if on these occasions
lbe Porte bad the same kind of inter
national and sovereign rights possess
ed by every European kiugdom. The
eighteenth century, in fact showed
what the Ottoman Empire really is ;
and nothing but a series ef strange
accidents have since kept together its
dissolving frame.
PretleetlaBtlaa.
"Do you believe in predestina
tion ?" said the captain of a Misis
sippi steamer to a clergyman who
happened to be traveling with bim.
"Of course I do."
"And you also believe tbat what is
to be, will be ?"
"Certainly."
"Weill am glad to bear it."
"Why ?'
"Because I iuteod to pass that
boat ahead in Sfteen coasecutive
minutes, if there be any virtue in
pine knois aud loa led aafety-valves.
So don't be alarmed, fur if the boiier
ain't lo burst, tben it won't"
Here the divine began putting on
bis bat, and looked very much like
backing out, wbicb the captain ob
serving, be said :
"I thought you said vou believed
in predestinaiion.and what is to be
will to be."
"So I do, but I prefer being a little
nearer to tbe stern when it takes
place."
"MoSEt! give me money, or 1
shall be driven to a deed my soul
abhors." Tbe citizen produced a
handful of silver witb tremulous alac
rity, ana ia tben occurred to nim to
inquire wbat particular form of felony
bis benevolence bad defeated
"Work." muttered the wanderer, as
be fobbed the coin aod silently pa.-sed
away..
At a prayer meeting in a Provi
dence church recently. Deacon I
arose and expressed bimaelf as fol
lows : "My friends, with great sor
row and regret I have just 'earned of
the d-ceaee of oar beloved Brother
B . Let us now injr 'Praise
God from whom all blessings flow."
Mary," said a Four.b street
I
on'
auai vis a u c, au, j " i
hang out tbe clothes, be careful to
not the nicest Dieces nearest the !
man to a new aerrant. w&eu
pot the
fence."
T
the catiinatrj im-reteo of piilstn
, in or that in H;,,, upv,ar, (,r
37,000,000. Of course it rnuat not
bo imagined thai xhi enormons in
. .-. - -;r .r : : ewi nlire!j owio? to tie tx-
cees of births ovei de.tb. but iu a
WHOLE NO. 1351. !e0M5d,fr,w th. resuiu, t.f
; recent ceDsnf., mainly in Ejr..e
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Tbe early history of Florence is in- i ST'rn in the recent yearly issue of
rolred ia doubt and obscurity. ac.jinn "od Warner's reliable statis-
cording to some authorities, the rity
Wm fouuded by th Uoinaus
i ; ai - fiir -
j ,lm- t,, olhery, l-y the Ktru-wauit.
Tbe most probable conjecture U that, fo"oded on the roo-it recent ilata
it owes its origin to a colony from ! w"'cb it was possible to obtain from
Fiesolej whose ancient ruins are still j "er-T eounlrT- These data result in
visible on the neighboring heights. !th following figre,. for the chief
Wbat vicissitudes has tbe not ex- j divisions of tbe globe: Europe, :J0'.,
perienced? Wbat experiments in 300 inhabitants; Asia,Sd4, 54S,-
government bas soe not ineu : r or
eign invasion followed by internal
strife and dissension Frank, Lom
bard and Ostrogoth, Guelph aud G Li
beline, Biam-hi and AVrt, white
Lily and Red. Now a fief of lbe
German Emperor, now an'appanage
rf tbe Pope; then a dependency of tbe
King of Naples, or a province of the
Austrian kaiser ; ducby, grand ducby,
republic; at one time aristocratic,
then democratic, afterwards theoretic,
while runuing throngh all the politic
al phases uf civil liberty, republican
license, anarchy, and ebaos; then
ending in military despotism, nntil at
leng'b sbe bits found repose beneath
the standard of a constitutional mon-
elected, was eTaoely enouzb depos
ed by bis vicegerent, a Pope. .
It is scarcely possible to pbot
graph with pen and ink the physiog-
noniy of a great city, or if yon could,
it would only Ue a pbotograpb alter
all. lacking warmth of color and
depth of tone. We must content our
selves witb a silhouette. Let us take
a brief survey of Florence from tbe
hei&bts of San Miniato or the Boboli
Gardens. It is like looking at a per
son in profile. You get a clearer out
line of tbe more prominent features,
though it may be at the expense of
the minuter details of form aod ex
pression. Tbe city lies' mapped out before us
in the form of an irregular polygon
unequally divided by tbe Arno,
wbicb with its broad aud handsome
quays and its numerous biidges with
tbeir graceful arcbes, constitutes ooe
of tbe most striking features in tbe
landscape. To tbe extreme right,
coospicious with its lofty tower and
ornate facade of variegated marble,
is tbe dark, gloomy mas of Santa
Croce, the "Pantheon" of Florence.
Beyond are tbe funeral cypresses of
lbe Protestant cemetery, where sleep
tbe remains of Mrs. Browning and
Theodore Parker. Farther on are
tbe heights of Fiesole, tbe ancient ri
val of Florence, with its Franciscan
convent and hoary crown of Cyclo
pane walls. Between Fiesole and
Carreggi, once tbe seat of Lorenzo
tbe Magnificent's Platonic Academy,
is the famous Villa Palmieri, where
Boccaccio, the father of Italian prose,
laid tbe scene of bis "Decameron,"
which inspired the "Canterbury
Tales'' of our own Chaucer.the Fath
er of English poetry.
Directly in front of ns is the enor
mous rectangular mass of the Palazzo
Vecchio, with its madia-val tower
and frowning battlements. To lbe
right the tapering spire of the Badia
shoots heavenward. Beyond, loom
ing np in imposing grandeur, is the
wondrous dome ot Brunellesbr, Sank
ed by the marvelous Campanile of
Giotto, solid as a fortress, and yet
light and ethereal as an air. castle
Immediately to the left of the Cathe
dral you can just see tbe octagonal
dome of the Baptistery, the "l-lfian
ovannieol Dante, whose magnificent
bronze doors transported Michael
Angelo to the seventh heaven of ar
tistic enthusiasm. Beyond tbe Bap
tistery, San Lorenzo, tbe Westmin
ster Abbey of Florence, proudly lifts
its crest, as if in ambitious rivalry of
the Duomo, while farther to the left
Santa Maria Novella, with its grace
ful campanile, beautiful facade, and
spacious clcisurs, rejoices as the mys- j
tic bride of the greet Buouarotti. ;
Crossing tbe Arno aod sweeping
westward, the eye is arrested lor a
moment by the dome of Santa Spiri
ts, and tben Ends repose upon the J
tbe beautiful heights of Beilosguardo.
Nearer by is the Pitti Palace, with j
to famous o-ftllrv.
irom tnis you
n. . I..... h. ,.ffrprl corridor that!
counects it with the Uffizi, uniting ed of personal bravery. We should
lbe two like Sicese Twins of art, as! like to e t"t man wbo would de
thev are, and constrncted, it is said, j Iiberately allow a woman to catch
upon the model of tbat wbicb, accord-1 him making mouths at ber first baby,
ing to Homer, occe connectei the!
nia of H-ctor and Priam. Asi B!u- ela bas achieved another
for the rest, Florence resembles moat;
Italian cities viewed from an eaii-1
nence a heterogeneous jumble of red
tiled roofs, chimney-tops, dormer
windows, iky-lights, terraces, belfries,
crosses aod flag-staffs, without tbe
faintest hint of the crowded squares
.'and thoroughfares below. Ilarjr'n
A Me Wltaaal Wrd.
"George, bring home your arith
metic to-nigbt; 1 want to see bow
nice you have kept it," said Mrs.
Wilson to ber little son.
"Yes, ma'ani,"uswerel Georire.as
be ran off.
No
r George bad not kept bis book ;
tail but bad been verv care-j
out' it It was marked with J
nn-e at
less about
hia nencil. and in one place
stained
with ink, '"'"VYI
rndT.sV?i.e afraid also, because
be knew his mother would be die-
a- at
j pleased to see the book sbe bad so j
recently bongbt
for him so
VBlllJ
used.
Wbat do you think George did ?
He borrowed Freddie Howe's arith
metic, which was just like bis, uuly
well taken care of, and carrying it
bone, banded h to his mother with
out ssying a word. Mrs. Wilson ex
amined tbe book, and praised George
tn tahinrs ancK SfWl Care Of it, f
j Da too tbink, litile reader tbat i
Georkre waa happr after acting och .
a mean lie ?
An excellent btackinir for flae bar-
- ,-
ness ean be made by disolviQg Byeor
ix sticks ot black seal: og wax io
pint of alcohol.
i rapalauH M the Won j.
i I'tnitMr n:scv t flur r, (A
i-q!.I S k ihom Ivm r.,i. ;r ,,.
icU:ruiva t i ,!.J ai,,!,'. ,
miol uf ib. ui i . i,f .tit C i.
trur i, ;JU vt , j r
c.u!u lie hi lll,f...J vi.b t.
ipw ioji teat ciulj ut t.ii
-within it few miJIioa
t o. t or
iuu 1QU1I
ia, and to a iu.
r accira-.e
xn'j ledge or regiots hitherto un
known. AcordiDir to th m,m.-
, ;,cal work, the population of the globe
"" ".uniay ite considered
Sj beiug
i 1, 423,91 ,immj. XLi'j estimate
'i Airica, t-jj, 'jzi.buu; America.,
So.513,800; Australia .t.rt Polynesia,
4,74S,fit0 Bebm and Wjgner give
a list of about 215 towns which con
tain 100,000 or more inhabitants, and
20 whose population reaches or sur
pass 500.00D. Those at or above a
million, are London, Paris, New
York with Brooklyn (dated in H73).
Vienna, Berlin, Caotoo, and S-aug-ton,
Scbaachowfu, and Siozanfu. in
China.
ntsH ( uia.
Tbeie are in existence two periods
when we shrink from any great vi
cissitudes early youth and old aire.
In tbe middle of life we are indiffer
ent to change; for we have discover
ed that nothing i, in the end so good
or so bad as it first appeared. We
know moreover, how to accommo
date ourselves to circumstances ; and
enough of exertion ia still left in us
to cope with the event. But age is
heart-wearied and tempesttorn ; it is
the crumbling cenotaph of fear and
hope! Wherefore should there be
turmoil for the new and evening
bonrs when all tbey covet is repose ?
Tbey see their shadow fall upon lbe
TaTe. nd need to be at rst beneath!
j Youth is no less averse from change ;
j ,a eiaggerauon oi us
consequences, for all seems to the
young so important, and so fatal.
They are timid, because tbey know
not wbat they fear; hopeful, because
tbey know wbat they expect. De
spite their gayety of confidence, they
yet dread the first plunge into life's
onfdthomed deep.
PkMDE A prond man is a fool in
fermentation, swelling and boiling
like a porrige pot. He sets his feath
ers lik an owl, to swell aod seem
bigger than be is. He is troubled
witb an inflammation of self-conceit,
tbat renders bim tbe man of paste
board, and a trne bock knight He
has given himself sympathizing love-po-vder,
that works upon him till
dotage, and transforms himself into
bis own mistress, making most pas
sionate court to his own dear perfec
tions, and worshiping hisown image.
All his upper stories are crammed
with ma-wips of spooiry substances,
ocenpying much space a.s feathers
and cotton will stuff cushions better
than tilings of more compact and sol
id proportions.
Me-aaetal.
What "they say" is beneath your
notice. What's tbe u?e of lying awake
of nights witb the unkind remarks cf
some false friend running tbrougn
your brain like forked Iightniog?
Wbat's tbe n.e of getting into a
worry aod fret over gossip that ha
been set afloat to your disadvantage
by some meddlesome busybody who
has more time than character? These
things can't posxibly injure yoa, on
less, indeed yon take notice of tbern,
and in combating tbem give them
character and standing. If what is
said about you is true, set yourself
right at ooce; if it is false, let it go for
what it will, until it dies of inherent
weakness.
"Johnny Lave you learned any
thing during the week?' asked a
teacher of a fie-year-old pupil.
"Yeth'm," "Well, wbat is it?"
"Never to lead a small trump when
you bold both bowers."
A little boy of our acquaintance,
who bad jast learned that the nanjes
Joha and Jack were used interchange
ably, took occasion not unnaturally,
to call bis sister's attention to a pic
ture of "Jack tbe Baptist."
Wendell Pbiiltps tbe otner day lost
a favorite setting ben. In the good
ness of bis heart he took lbe eggs
home, talked to them warmly for
fifteen minutes about Susan B. An
thonv, and tbev hatched out.
Ex.'
A great many anecdotes are relat-
triumph.
It bas cured a book agent
of lockjaw, but it was as pale as a
ghot wbeo it got through Ilar'jord
Clarwn.
Mrs. Partington isn't at ail sur
prised to hear that the Ottoman is
the seat ot dissatisfaction. Give her
a good oid-fasbiooed sofa, if yon
want to sit like a Christian.
"Why do yoo ose paint?" asked a
violinist of bis daughter. "For tbe
same reason that yoi 0!e rosin, pa-
ipa." "How is that 7" "Why to
help me draw my beau."
Mrs. Stonewall
Jackson, wbo is
going to write tbe life of
band, says tbat if be bad
war might have had a diS
ber ho.
lived, tbe
Serent enl-
,ng
A Wind mendicant in Paris wears
as ame d to ... only
It0tle-
, u CWo, mii m
brmh cf a certeio kind of pener. It
muat gift tbem soop-reaa pleasure.
Ten Millions of dollars are said lo
be iu reeled ia tbe Culture of Sower
in and around New York.
An ember front which the spark
bas fled ao old maid.
" "
A Barber's epitaph He dyed and
made no sign.
Brwham Tor. gts $40,000 m
month.
Mrs. Linecln, the widow of the ex
President Is tow is Europe.