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IIKI IRING from m -mxess, BY BRET HAUTE. What the colonel's business was nobody knew, nor did anybody care particularly. He purchased for cash onlv.and never grumbled at the price" of anything he wanted; who could do more than that ? Curious people occasionally won dered how, when it had been fully two vears since the colonel, with every one dsc, abandoned Dutch h Chinese, he managed to spend money freely and to lose con- j sideraoie av carus aim " j Tn faof. i.h Vomer of that one of the Challenge hill saloons which the colonel did not patronize was once heard to wonder absent-mindedly whether the colonel hadn't a money mill somewhere, where he turned out eagles and "slugs" the coast name lor $'j0 gold pieces. When so important a person as a bartender indulged publicly in the idea, the inhabitants of Challenge hill, like all good Californians eve rywhere, considered themselves in dutv bound to give it grave consid eration ; so, for a few days, certain industrious professional gentlemen who won money of the colonel care full v weighed some of the brightest pieces and tested them with acids, and sawed them in two, and retired them, and melted them up, and had the lumps assayed. m The result was a complete vindi cation of the colonel and a loss of considerable custom by the indis creet barkeeper. The colonel was as good-natured a man as had ever been known on Challenge hill, but being mortal the colonel had his occasional times of despondency, and one of them oc curred after'a series of races in which he had staked bis all on his bay mare Tipsie and had lost. Iooking reproachfully at his loved animal, he failed to heed aching void of his pockets,- le the lrinkincr deenlw' swearing ekxiuoi.t h- and flariiiir drfiantlv haidtliat nil inankimi were equaiiyunpninjrii.- of coin. The boys at the saloon sympa thized most feelingly with the col onel. Tliev were unceasing in their invitations'to drink, and they ex hibited considerable christian for bearance when the colonel savagely dissented with everyone who ad vanced any proposition, no matter how incontrovertible. But unappre ciated sympathy grows decidedly tiresome to the giver, and it was with a feeling ot relief lhat the boys saw the colonel stride out of the sa loon, mount Tipsie and gallop furi ously away. Hiding on horseback has always been considered an excellent sort of exercise, and riding is universally admitted to be one of the most healthful means of exhileration in the world. When a man is so ab sorbed in his exercise that he will not stop to speak to a friend, and when his exhileration is socomnlete that he turns his eyes from well meaning thumbs pointing signifi cantly into doorways through which a man has often passed while seek ing bracing influences, it is but nat ural that people should express some wonder. The colonel was well known at Toddy Flat, Come Hand, Blazar's, Murderer's Bar and several other villages through which he passed. As no one had been seen to precede him, betting men were soon offering odds that the colonel was running away from somebody. Strictly speaking they were wrong, but they won all the money that had been staked against them, for within half an hour there passed over the same road an anxious-looking individual who reined up in front of the principal saloon f each place and asked if the colonel had parsed. Had the gallant colonel known that he was followed, and by whom, there would have been an extra election held at the latter place very shortly after, for the pursuer was the constable, and for all officers of the law the colonel possessed ha tred. On galloped the colonel, following the stage road, which threaded the old mining camps on Dutch creek, but suddenly he turned out of the road and urged his horse through the young pines and bushes, which grew thickly by the road, while the constable galloped on to the next camp. J There seemed to be no path into j the thicket into which the colonel i liad turned, but Tipsie walked be tween the trees and shrubs as if they were familiar objects of her stable yard. Suddenly a voice from the bush es shouted : "What's up ?" "Business that's what" "It's time," replied the voice, and its owner a bearded six-footer emerged from the bushes and strok ed Tipsie'a nose with the freedom of an old acquaintance. "We ain't had a nip since last night, and there ain't a cracker or a handful of flour in the shanty. The old gal go back on yer?" "Yes," replied the colonel, rueful ly ; "lost every blasted race. Twasn't her fault bless her she done her level best Everybody to home ?" "You bet" said the man. "All been a prayin' for yer to turn up with the rocks an' somethin' with more color than spring water. Come on." The man led the way and Tipsie and the colonel followed, and the trio suddenly found themselves be fore a log hut, in front of which sat three solemn, disconsolate locking individuals, who looked appealingly at the colonel. "Mack U tell yer how 'twas, fel lers," said the colonel, meekly, "while I pocket the mare." The colonel was absent but a very few moments, but when he returned each of the four was attired in pis tol and knife, while Mack was dis tributing some dominoes made from a rather dirty flour sack. " Taint so late as all that, is it ?" inquired the colonel, "lietter Ik? an hour ahead than miss in this 'ere night" said one of the four. "I ain't been so thirsty since we came around the horn in ''jO, an' we run 6hort of water. Somebody '11 get hurt if there aint any bitters in the old coneern thev will, or ray name ain't Per kins !" "Don't count vour chickens 'fore thev re hatched, rerkv. raid one of the crowd, as lie adjusted the domi- iif uuuit mc noi vi jus ulu e jhjs-; in' there should be too many tori us ?" "Stiddy, gtiddy Cranks J" remon- sirauHi me coionei. oooar ever gets along if them 'low themselves j lobe skeered." . Fact," chimed in the smallest I 1 A, " .1 . sind thinnest man in the party. "The Bible says something 'might liot 'bout that I disremcmber r.actlv how it goes, but I've bera l'arson Huzzy, down in Maine, preach a rippin' old eermon many a time. The old man never thort what a comfort them sermons wuz ajioin' to be to a road agent, though. The time we stopped Slim Mike's stage and he didn t have no more manners than to draw on me, them sermons was a perfect blessin' to me the thorts of 'em cleaned my head as quick as a cocktail An'" "I don't want to dispute Igrol ler'spius strain," interrupted the colonel ; "but cz it's Old lUack that's any Cz it's Old Black allers makes arnvin io-uay wurau ui i--uiu m? umc, uu w , The door of the shanty was hasti ly closed and the men filed through the thicket until near the road, when thev marched rapidly cn in parellel lines with it. After about half an hour Perkins, who was lead ing, halted and wiped his perspiring brow with his shirt sleeve. "Fur enough from home, now," said he. " Taint no use lein' a gentleman if ver have to work too hard." " , , "Safe enough, I reckon," replied the colonel. "We'll do the usual ; I'll halt 'em. Logroller tend to the driver, Cranks tike the boot, and Mark and Perk takes right and left. An' I know it's tough but consid erin' how cverlastin eternal hard np we are, I reckon we'll have to ask contributions from the ladies, too. if there's cny aboard eh, boys ?" "Reckon so," replied Ixgroller, with a chuckle that seemed to in spire his black domino with a wrin kle or two. "What's the use of wo men's rights ef they don't ever have have a chance to exercise 'em ! Ilevin' their purses borrowed '11 shown 'em the full doctrine in a bran new light" "Come, come boys," interrupted the colonel, "that's the crack of old J .luck's whip; pick yer bush quick! All iumn when I whistle." Each man secreted himself near ;lllJ!the roadside. The tise c.iine swinging along hand. ...dy ; those I inside were laughine heartily at ' something, and Old Black was just i in vint? a delicate touch to the flank ui i lie oft leader when the colonel gave a shrillquick whistle and five men sprang into the road. The horses stopped as suddenly as if it were a matter of common oc currence. Old Black dropped the reins, crossed his legs and 6tared into the sky, and the passengers all put out their heads with a rapidity equaled only by that with which they withdrew "them as they saw the dominoes and revolvers of the road agents. "Seems to be something the mat ter, gentlemen," said the colonel, blandly, as he opened the door. "Won't you please get out ? Don't trouble yourself to draw, 'cos my friend here's got his weapon cocked an' his finger's rather nervous. Ain't got a handkerchief, hey yer ?" asked he of the first passenger whodescend edfrom the 6tage. "Hev ? Well, now, that's lucky. Just put yer hands lehind yer, please 60 that's it" And "the unfortunate man's arms were securely tied be hind him in an instrnt. The remaining passengers were treated with similar courtesy, and the colonel and his friends examin ed the pockets of the captives. Old Black remained unmolested, for whoever heard of a stage driver hav ing money ? "Boys," said the colonel, calling his brother agents aside and com paring receipts, " 'taint much of a haul ; but there's only one woman, and she's old enough to be a fellow's grandmother." 'Like enough shell pan out more than all the rest of the stage put to gether," growled Cranks, carefully testing the thickness of the case of the gold watch. "Just like the low lived deceitfulness of some folks to hire an old women to carrv their money, so it'd go safer. Mebbe what she's got ain't nothin' to some folks that got hosses that can win money at races, but " The colonel abrubtly ended the conversation, and approached the stage. He was very chivalrous, but Cranks' sarcastic reference to Tipsie needed avenging, and as he could not consistently with business ar rangements put an end to Cranks, the only lady would have to suffer. "I beg your pardon, ma'am," said the colonel, raising his hat politely with one hand while he drew open the coach door with the other, "but we are taking up a collection for some deservin' object We was coin to make the gentleman lone over the hull amount, but ez they ain't got enough, we will have to bother vou." The old lady trembled, felt f;r her pocketbook and raised her veil. The colonel looked into her face, slammed the stage door, and sitting on the hub ot one of the wheels, stared vacantly into space. "Nothin' ?" queried Perkins in a whisper, and with a face full of gen uine sympathy. "Xo yes," said the colonel, dreamily. "That is, untie :em and let the stage go ahead," he continu ed, sprinking to his feet "I'll hur ry back to the cabin." And the colonel dashed into the bushes and left his followers so paralyzed with astonishment that Old Black after ward remarked that if there'd been anybody to attend to the horses he could nave cleaned out the hull crowd with his whip. The passengers, relieved of their weapons, were unbound, allowed to enter the 6tage, and the door w.n ! slammed, upon which Old Black picked up his reins as if he had laid them down at the station while the horses were being changed, then cracked his whip and the stage roll ed off, when the colonel's party has tened back to their hut, fondly in specting as they went certain flasks they had obtained while transacting their business with the occupants of the stage. Great was the surprise of the road agents as they entered their hut, for there stood the colonel in a clean white shirt and a suit of clothes made from the limited snare ward- ; robes of the other members of the baud. But the suspicious Cranks sjeedi ly subordinated his wonder to his prudence, as l&vijyj a he ivy purse on the table, he exclaimed : "Come, colonel, busiasts before pleasure, let's divide and scatter. Ef anyoouy snouiu near about it, an ketch the traps our Possesion they nyght imuw oarseives, answereu tnc r i i . .i v.i ihrnnlnxca onH a ereat oath. "1 i!onl mant none 0f j 'ivlnl s;a prV;n ' It 1 - . 1 , . . nis ox a aomino ana looting anx- iously into tiie leader's face, "be vnn 9 Unr' hnii k dy which I found i the passengers' pockets." "Ithain t nothin'," replied tfne '1 1 ..1 - l' 1 ... . . coionei wun averted eye. "I'm goin' and I'm retirin' from business forever." "Ain't a goin' to turn evidence ?" cried Cranks, grasping a pistol on the table. "I'm going to make a lead mine of you ef you don't take that back!" roared the colonel, with a bound that caused Cranks to drop the pis tol and retire precipitately, apologiz ing as he went. "I'm agoin' to at tend to my own business, and that's enough to keep anybody bizzy. Somebody lend me $") tifl I see him agin" j Perkins pressed the money into the colonel's hand, and within two minutes the colonel was on Tipsie's back and galloped off in the direc tion the stage had taken. He overtook it, passed it, and still he galloped on. The people of Mud Gulch knew the colonel well and made it a rule never to be astonished at anything he did ; but they made excep tion to the rule when the colonel canvassed the principle barrooms for men who wished to buy a horse, and when a gambler who was flush obtained Tipsie for twenty slugs only $1,000, when the colonel had al ways said there wasnt gold enough on top of ground to buy her Mud Gulch experienced a decided sensa tion. But when the colonel, after re maining in the barbor shop for half an hour, emerged with his face clean shaved and his hair nicely trimmed and parted, betting was so wild that a cool-headed sporting man speedi ly made a fortune by letting against every theory that had been ad vanced. Then the colonel made a tour of the stores and fitted himself with a new suit of clothes, carefully es chewing all of the gorgeous patterns and pronounced colors so dear to the heart of the average miner. He bought a new hat and put on a pair of boots, and pruned his finger nails, and, stranger than all, he mildly declined all invitations to drink. As the colonel stood in the door of the principal saloon, where the st ige always stopped ttie Challenge hill constable was seen to approach the colonel and tap him on the shoulder, upon which all men who bet that the colonel was dodging somebody claimed the stakes. But those who stood near the colonel heard the constable say : "Colonel, I take it ail back. When I seed you go out of Challenge hill it come to me that you might be in the road agent business, so I follow ed you duty, you know. But when I seed you sell Tipsie I knew I was on the wrong trail. I wouldn't sus pect you now if all the stages in the country was robbed, and I'll give vou satisfaction anyway you want it." "It's all right" said the colonel, with a smile. The constable after ward said that nobody had any idea of how curiously the colonel smiled when his beard was oil". Suddenly the stage pulled up to the door with a crash, and the male passengers hurried into tho saloon in a state ot utter indignation and impetuosity. The story of the rob bery attracted everybody, and dur ing the excitement the colonel slip ped out quietly and opened the door of the stage. The old lady start ed and exclaimed : "George!" And the colonel jumped into the dtage and putting his arm tenderly around the trembling form of the old lady, cried : "Mother !" Ijoafing. Does the young man who persists in being a loafer, ever rellect how much less it would cost to be a de cent respectable man? Does he imagine that loaferism is more eco nomical than gentility ? Anybody can be a gentleman, if he choses to be. without much cost, but it is mighty expensive being a loafer. It costs time, in the first place, days, weeks and months of it : in fact about all the time lie has, for no man can be a first class loafer with out devoting his whole time to it The occupation, well followed, hard ly affords time for eating, sleeping, dri wealmo3tsaid drinking, but on reflection, we will except that The foafer finds time to drink. Whenever invited, at the cost of friends. Once fully embarked on the sea of loaferdom, and you bid farewell to every friendly sail of sails under an honest and legitimate flag. Your consorts will only be th bucca neers of society. It costs money, for though the loafer may not earn a cent or hate one for months, the time lost might have procured him much money, if devoted to industry instead of sloth. It costs health, vigor, comfort, all the true pleasures of living, honor, dignity, self-respect, and the respect of the world when living, and finally, all right consid eration when dead. Be a gentleman, then ; it is far cheaper, Valley Far mer. Tarnier Ben's SajiuKS. Little roosters crows loud. Every cloud does'nt bring rain. Gnarly apples don't pay for their fodder. Light head of wheat stands straight Oats in the meadef goes in with the hay. Cornstalks in the weeds li'ble to git eat up. A lying tongue puts a patch on its neighbors. Iiobm in the tree top's better'n a fifty cent barorneter, Weeds in the corners le as bad as holes in the pockets. You can't guess by the size of the calf what butter's worth a pound. You can't tell by the blossoms which of the apples will be wormy. Chicken hawks never say nothin', when its going for the chicken coop. A Can for a Kh.-k.ing Cow. A correspondent gives the follow ing sirnple directions : Take a piece of wire long enough to pass around the under jaw, aod fasten together at the ends, so that jt pan fee easily slipped off and on die jaw. To pre vent her throwing it out, pass a strap with a buckle through the wire and over the neck and buckle it Tie into the were a rope long enough to reach to reach to the milker's knee, and when the cow gives signs of an infection to kick, give thecow a sud den jerk, which will at once turn I her attention from her udder to her ! actQaIy forget to I Kic. i nave fous n to work like n . - 7 i Zx,"Z"". "" i fvnitu Linden iui f Aa a m h I aPP"ance USPd at the rear of w " I4jr ncautiflers. Ladie$, yp 3x100. make fair skin, roey cheeks, sparking pye? with all the cosmetics of .France, .orbaaytifi. crs of the world, while in poor health and nothing will give you such rich Llood, good health, strength and beaatyai Uop Bitters. A trial is certain proof - A Woman Marries a Woman. SKO.CKL TO WHAT WAS 8UITOSKD TO BE A bhNSATJOSAL 8TOBY TI1E FACTS. Some four years ago quiet a sen sational article appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, copied, from a Tuscarora paper, to the effect that a certain nice young man, Mr. i. M. potter, who had been a happy man for about a year, was not a gentle man, in fai t, but a lady in disguise, and that his, or her young wile was immediately to be "married by a young clergyman of the town to a bona fide, man of her choice, and with the full consentof her husband, the lady man. Here the Btory was abruptly left, incomplete, and though we read ers of the Clironick anxious ly awaited the sequel we waited in vain ; it never came, and the story was regarded as a Chronicle cr.nard, with no truth to its foundation. This Bame little story appeared in many eastern papers, copied from the enterprising Chronicle. Some weeks since I chanced to meet a real genial couple, Mr. and Mrs. William Potter, at the Franklin House, one of Harrisburg's most home-like hotels. I, one day, related this story, when Mr. Potter told me S. M. was his sister, Sarah Melissa Potter, and gave me her history, which I now give to the public, that, what was considered a reckless thing, may be properly un derstood. She is a lady of about thirty-five years, and has always been eccen tric, having from her childhood something of the boy nature, prefer ring tops, kites and horses and out-of-door pursuits to doll babies and dish washing; was always lover-like in her manner to girls, treating men and bovs more as if she was one of them. Some years ago 6he had gone to the far West In some way her trunk was lost a big Saratoga with :;!1 her womanly attire. She was too independent to send home for money, as her friends disap proved oi her leaving the home nest. She trietl for many (lavs to find em ployment, but Jailed and beeame dispirited and discouraged, her money all gone and no hope for cm ploymcnt Early one morning, seeing a kind ly-faced woman in a store, she went in. told her story, and then and there made a trade, gave her wo manly garments in exchange for a suitot boy s clothes and a little money. With the money she had her hair cut man fashion. got a good breakfast, and paid her fare to a neighboring town, where she im mediately lound employment, such as driving a baggage wagon. After this she had no difficulty in getting work, for which 6he was well paid. She met with various young la dies, to whom she paid more or less attention, and finally made the acquaintance of Miss Emma Blank. The two were mutually pleased with each other, and were much to gether. The father of the young girl was not favorable to the intima cy, and forbade the young lady to receive his attentions. Whereupon she the daughter, told S. M. of hei unhappiness at home, having no mother, nor sisters, she was quite alone with her father, who was dis sipated and often i.nkihd to her. S. M. told the secret of her wo manhood and offered to take her under her protection, until she should find the right one, the man of her choice and worthy of her af fections. This could not be done without a marriage, so the two were married and kept house as Mr. and Mrs. Potter. S. M. succeeded well in business, well supported his wife and frequently bringing gentlemen home with him to dine or pass the evening, the young lady had ample opportunity to make the acquaint ance of a number of gentlemen, of whom S. M. seeing them daily in their ordinary business pursuits, could judge as to character and their worthiness of the love ot a good girl. Among the number one seem ed particularly pleased with Emma, and as a gentleman and an honora ble man, he told o. M. he must dis continue its visits. Then came dis closures and explanations and avow als among the three,' which ended in the marriage and gave away the bride. So the story became known, and quickly found its way into the pa pers. Mr. Potter says S. M., has used the chest tones, until now she talks quite as mannish as any man ; but in form she is perfect woman. She is at present with her mother near Binghamton, and has again donned woman's attire, but she does not seem satisfied or at ease in it, and there is no telling how soon she will again burst out upon us, as a man of business, a "Richard III." a "King Lear," or "Othello," for I firedict her boy's nature will not ong submit to the restraint of pet ticoats and trained dresses. Nellie Died at the Age of 123 Vears. Mrs. Nancy Tims, of whom men tion was made in these colums three weeks ago, and who is perhaps the oldest living being, is daily growing more feeble, and it now seems quite evident that she cannot survive much longer. Many of our citizens have called to see this venerable woman since her arrival here a month ago, and have listened with eagerness to her recitals of the long ago. For one and a quarter centu ries Mn Tims has been a living wit ness to passing events. She was present at the battle of Brandywine, tough 1 14 years ago the 11th of last month, and assisted her mother to mold bujlets for the use of the Americans in that contest . Her sixth and only living child, a son, is now ninety years old, and is a resident of Texas. Her youngest chik' also a son, wasaccidcntlv kill ed in Weakly county, in 1843,atthe age of twenty-five years. This won derful lady, of such' unusual longev ity, is of Bmall stature, perhaps nev er weighing over 100 pound, and until the past fifteen years, since which time she has been helpless, she exercised freely, doing what her hands found to do. A .prominent gentleman of this country, himself well advanced in years, states that fifty ye'ars ago Mrs. Tims was a very old woman. Since the above was written Mrs. Tims died. Wed Tennessee Whig. Kahoka, Mo., Feb. 9, LSSO. I purchased five bottles of your Hop i -.t;" S -"-"i-kid vi uisuuu iv, VU. last lail, lor m XT HnttnhlA nnrl M wn 1 .1 mv daughter, and am well ideased wUj nit Bitters. They did her , more good thj $H the medicine she ' had taken for years. The ultry keepelTwho succeed ! the best is the one who takes the j best care of bis flock. There is no t moiriajwk about it than there is : about boiling fcr, When is a fowl's neck like a bell ' When it is wrung for dinner. ; Thought There was an Accident. The Milwaukee Sen relates the fol i towing. it The convention of doctors from all over the State, which had been in session here this week, was com posed of the best practitioners and ablest men of their profession to be found anywhere. Pmr- were no charlatans, no frau.i.- or quacks among them that we know of. and their meeting must have been one of profit to themselves and of ultimate value to the people under their care. There was one laughable thing oc curred at one of their meetings. The yard masters of the United States were having a convention here at the same time, and a rail roader got in a little too much bug juice by some unaccountable mis take, and on inquiring where toe convention was held, he was direct ed to the hall occupied by the doc tors. He went in pretty full, and took a seat between two doctors and fell asleep. As he awoke he saw a lot of counterfeit pieces of hu man frame on the table, a sort of mananin taken apart There were liver and lungs and arms and legs, bones and everything, and a doctor was illustrating some operation be had performed. The railroader epencd his eyes as big as headlights. Turning to the doctor on the lett he punched his ribs and said : "Been a nac (hie) cident?" The doctor saw the man was full, and supposing he was some coun try doctor chloroformed by design ing persons, and filed up against his will, he said : "Yes been a terrible accident" The intoxicated railroader asked as he sat straight and tried to look wise: , " Wuzzit a clish'n, or encine Mow ed up?" The doctor said it was a train wrecked, and he took another scat, while the railroader turned to another doctor and said : "I saw a switch (hie) 'gine run over a tramp once and cutemallup. Less go and take a drink." A Tout-Ding Blnry, One rarely meets a bit of more touching romance than is lound in the following story, that comes from Wales : l ears ago some Welsh miners in exploring an old pit that had long been closed, found the body of a vounz man dressed in a fashion long out of date. The peculiar ac tion of the air of the mine had been such as to preserve the body as per fectly that it appeared asleep rather than dead. 1 he miners were puz zled at the circumstance ; no one in the district had been missed within their remembrance, and at last it was resolved to bring the oldest in habitant an old lady long past her eightieth year, who had lived single in the village the whole of her life. On being brought into the presence of the body a 6trange scene occur red ; the otd lady fell on the corpse, kissed and addressed it by every term of loving endearment, couched in the language of a bygone genera tion. He was her only love ; she waited for him during her long life ; she knew that he had not forsaken her. The old woman and the young man had been betrothed sixty years before. The lover had disappeared mysteriously, and she had kept faith ful during that long interval Time had stood still with the dead man but had left its mark with the liv ing woman. The miners who were present were a rough set, but very gentle and with tearful eyes they removed the old lady to her house,and the same night her faithful spirit re joined that of her long-lost lover." Church bnwn. About Shoe Heels. It is said that a man can alwavs tell a sensible woman by the heel of her shoe. There is the high heel hooked in under the instep, which indicates giddiness, bad taste and a want of culture ; then there is the medium heel, which indicates a de sire for fashion, and yet an objec tion to excess ; then there is the lady-like, small heel, slightly curv ed, not quite so low as the heel of a man's boot, but yet low enough, and placed in the proper position for comfort; that indicates good breed ing, good sense and delicacy. Young men shhould know this and judge accordingly. ' A Counterfeiter Captured. Reading, Pa., September 21. While out hunting near Indian town Gap, to-day, Constables Ran ger and Gotes discovered a counter feiting shop and arrested the man who was busily engaged moulding trade dollars . He gave his name as George Hummel, brother of Josi ah Hummel, one of the Raber mur derers. Several moulds and a num ber of spurious trade dollars were found. - Two Murderers Lynched. Little Rock, Ark., September 13. On Saturday about midnight armed men surprised the jail at Dardanelle, took out John Taylor and J. T. Bruce, charged with mur der, dragged them through the street and hanged them to the limb of a troe. The prisoners made a desperate struggle, and died cursing the leaders of the mob. The event has created intense excitement Yell and adjacent counties. Sale ot a Valuable Stallion. in IrisviLi.E, Ky., September 28. The California stallion Nutwood, half brother of Maud S., was sold to-day at J. C. McFerran fc Co., of Louisville, for 115,000. Women that have been pronounc ed incurable by the best physicians in the country, have been complete ly cured of female weakness by the use of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta ble Compound. Send to Lydia E. Piukham, 233 Western Avenue, Lynn, Mass., for pamphlets. Nothing in this world yields larg er and quicker returns on the amount invested than poking a wasp with your finger to see if he feels well. A corn on the toe is said to have eauned the death of a Louisville lady. Another sad oase of shoe ieide caused by getting tight When you give, take to yourself no credit for generosity unless you deny yourself someting in order that yon may give. I Tumors, erysipelas, mercurial diseases, scrofula, and general de WW cured by Dr. Lindsey's Blood ?earehat - , t. .ZItZZZtTTT i, remedy is' that simple compound I Peruna. I Even if a man has two lawns I generally pranks a lawn mower. he mm JfcHJIl mini, Keuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, Backache, Soreness of the Chest, Gout, Quinsy, Sore Throat, Swell ings and Sprains, Burns and Scalds, General Bodily Pains, Tooth, Ear and Headache, Frosted Feet and Ears, and all other Pains and Aches. No Proration n wirtU qoaU Sr. Jm On. m a '-, nn, mimplff Hud rhrap Extrml KrmnJy A IrM Mitaal but U eonipirettTely trilling mll f aO t rain, and wry on !invriiig with iu can hT. cties.ii nU jiliv pr-'f "l ill claim. Direction in Kterra langtuw. BOLD BT ALL DRU03I8T8 AND DEALEES IN MEDICINE. A. VOGELZR ic CO., MaUimore, ltd., V.S.JU TOW BALK BY C. N. BOYD, DRUGGIST Nomffraet. Pa. THE GREAT CURE RHEUMATISM Am It is for ill cir of t-lic KIDNEYS, LIVER AND ROWELS. It ele-iiujj t!:o ay )ten,of tho nrr.i poison that mimzM fi tr-:Ul ulT-rini wniao only tnaiioluna ef Hk mollis can rcaUza. THOUSANDS Or CASES cf thi wont fci-n? of t!tf terrible Ji9a hare beea quietly rcli-red. In ahcr: tun PERFECTLY CURED. j r I .mmmnmi i'iii II ill baa kwl ntirrftii urcf, and mn immense m ulelnsverTpriof the Country. In hun-1 drcdsof o&: it Uaacurar. w'jare dl Hs bad f. failed. It is mH-l, bt efficient. 4 r.UTAI IX ITS Al 'I'MN, but barm.w in &U esses, t7"It el"os-w, 1 aud New TJfe to ill t!w important orrsna of tho body. The natural action of the Kidney 3 is restored. Tb Liver Is cleansed of ail disease, and the Bowels more freely and healthfully-. In this way the worst diseases are eradicated from the system Am it has been proTed by thousands that la the most effectual xvnocly for c!xmsln$ the wyem of ell morbid 3ctums. it sliouk! be used in eTsry household as a SPRINC r!EDIC:NE. Alwr.y eurc liiIJOUS;iSs.t. - TIOH. PLLE3 and all 1 ijtALS L-iscuns. la pet n? In Dry VrtftaMr l'm. In t ,'n rani, ne pA-ka?3 of iri.lciiHuikr-sti'i J '-rt. M;cdi-i-w. Ai-wln Llqnld form, ver? 4 nrrntrau-dfur toecavenirn-fMif tm we wlsocautitr.'ad.iy pre pare it. Jt aet ttitk tjnal r$rtenen i t'l fhrrorui. CCT lTOFYOTO PRVtifilST. rUK'E.1.00 WELLS, KICHAUnsON l .. Prni.X tvem .l th- rfrr n.t mi.t. ri m .ih.to. T. TOR K. IE BY C. N. IiOYD, DIU'GGI.ST, ttemersef, Pa. HOP BITTERS. (.1 MmHctee. HOPS Bl'CIir, MANnRAKE, DANDELION, tim ur au. vruaa bu rami. TIIKV CUIitK AH Wsmsesof th8tomrh. Bowel. Wood, Liver, hHinrys. anu i nnry organ. -r-YUUSnes. Kli'epU-rwnrnnftiid pso.. reuuLle Cumplaluu. SI COO IN COLD. TTni he paid for rase they win nn rntv or nop, or i or aiiyumie imi-urt or injurious found la ilitrnu ,At yonr rirnffffst for Ilrm Hitters stM try IIkiu before uu eleep. Take so (her. D I.C lsanahwilutosnillrrri.Wlh-tirefor lruns;ennrtfes, uae of mtium, tobacco and narcotics. f END FOR CrUCrLAB, sVKSsJES Att iuVn 'd W cirrr-vi. FOB SAL 3 BY C. N. BOYD, DRUGGIST Somerset, Pa. THE CREAT JiUIiLIXGTOX JIOUTJJ. SrXo other line runs Three Throuirh Pas senper Trains Daily between ChiH(ro, lies Moines, council uintr. umana. Lincoln. M. Joseoh. Atchison. Tooekn and Kansas Citr. Direct connection for nil nointa in Kansas. Nebraska, Colorado. Wyoming. Montana, Ne vada, new Mexico, Arizona, mono, uregou ana mil torn i a. " The Shortest. Soceuiost ami Most Comforta.. ble Route via Hunnibul fo port hrott. Uenmoit. Dallas. Hou.ton, Au'tin. hna Antonio, Uaive ton and all point in Texas. The unequaled Inducements offered by this Line to Travelers and Tourist!", are as follows: The celebrated Pullman (KS-wheel) Palace 6leepina- Cars, run only on this Line. C. U. 4 Q. Palace Drawinfj-Uooin Cars, with Morton's Reclining- Chairs. No extra chanre for feats in Kecllnlntr Chairs. The famous c. K. O, Palace DinimrCars. Gorsreous Smoking- Cars fitted with Ekirant H uth-Barked Kuttan Re volving; Chairs for the exclusive use of first class pa-sscnircrs. Steel Track and Superior Equipment, com Dined with their Oreat lnrougn car Arranpe ment. makes this, above all others, the fuvonte Route to the South, South-West, and the Far West. 'Try it, and you will find traveling a luxury Instead of a discomfort. : Through Tickets via this Celebrated Line for sale at all offices in the Cnited States and Can ads. All information about Hatns of tare, Sleep tog Car Accommodations, Time Tables, ftu Will do cneenuliy prtven, and will send free to any address an t iejrant touwy juup of I niteu States, in color, by upplying to J. W. A. 11EAN. Ci en's Eastern Agent. 5J r r L win tw paid If sor Imparities or mineral iiarMicea ar lonnq in fEaiTKA, or D sv caao It wlU But enra or help. .. , WSJTF is ptn-etr vegetable compound. It If IK Mnilfcd tT an or allartuir martl. f5n5 Is sjn2toor xtensivear pea? SBribedtnr aon! TnltYsirtan.thmi-. .n.fJiu. aatt-aastoa iwnedlea known toth. nmifubia. PsaOA positively earns eeusamntta) aiwt I sM otawr king inrl laartdlaeaes. L. ' damb asas, the iafalttbi senwdr Ui'mta-' ?"" what yonr dlisaa ts, wtwra t at sues fur xeu yoor neurn nors am ramr frienn that lb only ratnedy, and will cure jot and toes. Bead for a paui unlet. a B. HABTMAX a CO.. Osborn.Ohlo. aJCiLr0Ur Ume,a PetT,c organs lego- C. X. BOYD, Pruffgisfr . Mil- sCw. 3 111 .-rj-, c a, a Prlk.) 4 i NOW SHOWING c ARPETS! FOR FALL SALE! THE LATEST AND BEST STYLES. THE BEST QUALITIES ! DRUGGETS, LIGNUM, LINOLEUMS, &c. H. IOTILUM, v FIFTH AVENUE, ABOVE WOOD ST. aeptll 3m. s HERIFF'S SALES. J . . . 1 i..ri'.t I', t'l r HJ ririw ui ti up vi . .. - anil Iev. ' , lsul oot of ihe Court of Oimmoa Pleas of Sonwraet Co.. r"a.. and to me directwi. there will Da axooaea w uumic Cuort llottte, in Somerset, fa., oa Saturday, October 15, 18S1, at 1 o'clnck. r. at., allthe riirht, title, interest an.l claim of toe defendant, W'ealey FiDecy, of. In and to the lollowina; described real eatale, f ituate in Shatiksrillc, Somerajt county. Fa., containing; i acre, mora or less, with a larae two-torr train dwellinif honie and stable thereon erected, irnnt inif on Main street on the south, and bounded on the west by lot of reorire Klncey, and on the north and east by an alley, with the appurteBan, "Tskcn In eieeutlon at ths suit of Charles Shank &nd Herman Shank. ALSO All the rin-ht. title, lntere?t anl eUhn of the ilelrn.lHnt. Mairdelena Berkley now man-l'lena f;plioa., of. In and to the following real estate, situate In Mlllord township. S-iueoH county. Pa., contalninic 3 acres, mora or le. with a two-a'ory dwellloK house, stable and other outbuildinxi thereon erecte.1, adjolnlnic land ol Joeph Walk er, Irecman Knheld and Channcey F. iloyd, with the spiiurtenaw-ea. Tnkiu in execution at the nlt of Anlrcw Hoov er, Admlnixlrator of Mathias Judy, deceueed. ALSO- AU Ihe rlifl't. "le. Interest and claim or the ' frnilent. A. iteler, of. In and to the lollowlr.a- 1-.. 01 around, situate tn Confluence borouirh, Smer set county. Pa., know on town plot as lot Xo. is, In block H, with a two-story ir.ime dwelling bouse thereon erected, fronrlnir on Kailnavl street, and ailjuinlna- lots of 11. Valentine on the math and Thus. Hill on the north, with the appurtenance. Taken in execution at the suit oi Thomas .Mc Enroe. NoTira. AH persons purchasirjr at th a bore sale will please take notira that a part of the purchase wmey to be mads Known at the time of sale will be required as soon as the i.roperty Is knocked down, otherwise It will be arainex- fwed to sale at the risk of the llrst purchaser, he residue of the purchase money must he twid on or before Thursday of the first week of November Court, the time axed by the Court for the acknowU edicmrnt of deeds, and nodeed will be acknowledg ed until the purchase money is paid In full. EUOAK KYLE. SiiKRirr's Orrica. I Sheriff. Somerset, Sept. -U '81. t 0 UPIIAXS' COl'UT SALE OF fear-ali Lolir'a Ral Xjta(e. Hy rlrtue of the authority vested ia me by the Orphans' Court of Somerset Co., Pa., I will sell on the premises, on Saturday, October 29, 1881, a tract of land situated In Jen ncr Tw p, Somerset Co., Pa., adjoining lands of Cornelius Buecbly, Anihony Ash and others, containing -VI acres and H perches and allowance, with a small house, and barn and other outbuilding; tberoun erected, about 4) acre cleared ; a good orchard vu the same, and good water. -TER3IS OF SALE One-tbird In hand, balance fn twoeiaal annual parments with lntcret, the band money to be Said 1st of April, 1M2, and the payments to fail ue lstof AprIL lss3asd last, tu be seemed by judgmeet bond. lUo to be paid or secured when the property I1 bid off as sei urlty for compliance with the condi tions of sale. A DAM H. MVSF.K. Oct. S . Trustee, Q UriIAX S COURT SALE. if the real estate ol Michael Spanglcr. dee'J. fly virtue of authority vested in me by the authority of the ( irphacs' Court of Somerset Co Pa.. I will export to sale at public outcry, on the premises, on Saturday, October 2'.), 1881, a tract of land "ituate In QuemnhonlDg Twp . Somerset Cu Pa., adjoining lands of Jacob S. Miller, lands formerly ownea by Valentine Miller, land of Michael lik-key and others, eootalnlpg 44 acres and allowance, more or less, with a two story frame house, thereon ercrted, frame barn and other outbuildings, about 41) acres cleared, ol which about 8 acres are in meadow, the reit well timbered, a good apple orchard is also thereon, and the whole premises well watered by 'pniigs. -TERMS OF SALE SIx hundred dollars ($00) in band lxt of April, lci, the balance In three Cjoal annual payments, with Interest falling due 1m of April ,i3, ls84 and 188 ; p.jes(un given and uetd delivered April 1st, lV!i lu0 must be paid er secured when prjjverty is bill otf as SKCuriiy to Trustee. JOXATHAX M ILLER. Oct. 5. Trustee. APMIXISTUATOR'S SALE OF VALUABLE HELIL ESTATE. K virtue of an order of sale Issued out of the Orpnans' Court of Somerset county, Pa., 1 will ex pure to public sale, on the premises, on Saturday, October?!, 1881, at 1 o'clock p. m.. the real estate of the late George S tough, deceased, consisting of a valuable farm, situate in Vper Turkey toot township, Somerset county. Pa., adjoining lands of Henry Whlpkey, William King, Herman Kregar and (rreen B. King, containing 100 acres, more or less, of which there are about 70 acre clear an-1 balance well timbered, having thereoa erected a fine two story frame bouse and good log barn ,- having also an excellent young orchard ol choice fruit-bearing trees, and a number of never failing springs. This farm Is desirably situated and convenient to school, church and mill. TERMS: One-third to remain a lien on land being the widow's dower, ten per cent, cash on day ef sale, one-third of balance on confirmation ol sale ani the remainder In two ejual annual payments, with Interest, secured bv judgment bond. Possession given on deliver- of deed. aEO.AY.STOT'OH. septZ Administrator. BOARDING & LODGING. I have opened a;tlrt-c!as HOARDING HOUSK at Hooversvllle, Somerset county. Pa., where I can accomodate an wno may call. Mad IS and edging furnished at low rates. March a. CHARLES A. LEWIS ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. Estate of W. S. Ferner, late of Milford townnblp, ueceapeu. Letters of admlnlstatlon on the above estate having been granted to the undersigned by the proper authority, notice Is hereby given to those indebted to the said estate to make immediate payment, and those having claims or demands against It to present them dulv authenticated lor settlement, on Prldav, October 14lh, lust, at the nuoo ui mc ueceaaeu. JOHN CVMMINS. ng3l Administrator. A DMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. Estats of Ephriam D. Snyder, late of Somerset Letters of administration oa the above estate having been granted to the undernlgned, by the proper authority, not toe la hereby given 'o those indebted to It to make Immediate payment, and those having elalms or demands will oresent them duly autheutioated tor settlement, oa Thursday, the 3Uth day of (Vtsber. IsHI, at his lute residence. UK. J. hi. UH TH1.K, septU Administrator. T KGAL NOTICE. To Christ na Kelm, (widow) Peter Kcira, who is dead, leaves heirs, vis : John H. t'lay. Nelson and Amelia Kline, all of Westmoreland county, Pa.. () Joseph Kelm. of the State ot Nebraska (3) Edmund Helm, of Nebraska, it) Jacob Kelm' et Adair eeunty. Mo.. (5) Alary, Intermarried with Jonas bl-mgh, of Cambria county. Pa., (a) David Kelm. (71 Junta Kelm. (81 e.ltiahath !. term tried with Samuel M. Pike, (u) Catharine. I intermarried wun uenry n. rH-.ugri, and (lei CbrUteoa, Intermarried lth Wm.M. Kretea man, all u( Somerset county. Pa.: Vou are hereby Dollhed that In pursuance of a writ ef Dartitloe, Issued oar (.f the Urunana' t i.urt of Somerset oount. Pa., I will hold an inuest on m. gvmi nwmiwj tn jwiu Jkiii, ucw uu, !Q FIK. lick townshiit, at his late residence, on Mund the list day of October, lesl, wbre you ean attend U yoa think proper. SHaatrr'aUvricK I EfXlAR KYI.K. Somerset, rjepL '11, 'Si SherlH. JJXECUTOli'S NOTICE. ' Estate of John Dnekwortb, Lite of Addison town, ship, deceased. Letters testamentary oa the above estate having beea granted to the undersigned by the proper authority ; notice la hereby given to all persons Indebted to said estate to ma ke Immediate payment, and those having elaimsagainst the same will present them duly authenticated for settle- oa aaturuay, ue sib any of .tiovember. 11 . A. BOSS, lta Executor, The Somerset Herald (ESTABLISHED J827.) 0C3 cf tha lcaiirg Papers :f Urn IS STALfABT MfllJ. HAS DOUBLE THE CIRCULATION OF ANY OTHER NEWS PAPER IN THE COUNTY ! It Will Contain tho General of the Day. The Editorial and Local Speak Tor TheniselTc. 92.0O: ioo a VF.AC J.oa A TEAR $2.f A YKAR I liODA YEAR! $2.00 -4 YEAR .' $2.00 A YEAR ! $2.00 A YEAR! S2.00 A YEAR! $2.00 A YEAR ! S2.00 A YEAR ! i00 A YEAH liOO A YEAH : Ti-SO A YEAR- 3200! IN OUR J t DPfiKMNT! WE HAVE THE BEST FA CILITIES WEST OF THE MOUN TAIN. CWe are prepared to furnish on Bhort notice, and at a great re duction on former prices, all kind.-? of JOB WQItK, hucIi tu : I.KTTER HEADS, II IM, HEADS, ENVELOPES, nmxEss CARDS, VISITINU CARDS, WEDD1NP. CARDS. PROGRAMMES, HORSE Itll.I , ! SLIP mi.T'. KlSTr-ir-S, LAIiKU, TAfls, RECEIPTS NOTES OP AM, KINIW, DODfiERS, ClRCl'f.ARS, ttf., SiC. Onion from a .listanoc will mvive prompt hi rarvftilattonri.tr. ... I carvful attontion Ailtlreas, -,rhc Somerset IJerald, PRINTING HOUSE ROW, !j Railroad schedu ' Mall ... Arrive" at, ..UtWl. ra. i m. ' .m a-a . orawAr., ; Mill 1-1 ... iw.jw 111.. r.in.9 nay, aiw at :-M,7.."Ln ! at a. m., an i p m. V, j PENNSYLVANIA CENTRAL RA!Lf0n ) ftl :i..lUTdf a. en T--S. . fit. Una Ihty j i mm i n ! - i. i 1 MU til-.' o. at Hm""., M j;lDCUnU la...... j J'.bnKown Ate.... 4 63 u. n' -iij iriAw:,:: I THAI5S UOISO f9T i I .. i Cincinnati tx. . . . ii a. nil " ' Johnu.wn Atc j.. a. in. j.w Al:.oa acc.J J'J:l-a. in. a'rriii" " I rnun I. lli.-Jt t. m. it ,j , " I Way Pa-woer -.. t-Mf.ta.nJL Chi-fo fcfl p. m. ,u!Z i Mail4 i-j:m u. m. ',1.',','." ..I t lMul,. Uaily exceot Suai' : ei't Ji-mday, I fh Jt-hnslown Ejpre.a, Mall. Hkiw, i Juhnrtuwn Aeeomto'.lation am -al i'rT'1"' : and the Johnstown Anuinnil,T1 i." commodatin. Way ttuavcr ii'. ! The Past Une. eat and ..t days, and earn at last loneuuiw,. '".!'"' on.y. s.-w- : I tie fMnt'iriruatl Vri,rt,m .. ; TheChiraa-o Fxprau we-t w!, . t-tatBialrille Inir.iu.n i '- . I burz. and Pact Ll'.ien . ' ,J j The Pacific and ...rntown Ki-ir . j Aluo A-ruir.mi.la(i.in ao-l tVuL t ,. j the m.,rcira:. an-1 by th Cin iniu:i u, ! and mall i . in me evening. BATIMORE 1 OHIO P.AiLROO. PirTSBfROH DIVIS.O.T Im and afterMav-.9 11 ,w,i. . Will i.rt fnua r,.'l an . "A and W ater Streets, as toUr.wi . ' "W'rir I EA-T. Pito-turg I Brad io )lifcc.jrt I snin News. , Cwl.tWilNVl.is ' LllM'lltutrta tu h !- F..S. kflwall .iitii(?rt.i!d i aisUtJiUUC 1-K1 V IB. h-.W p. i Th. I . . ..... , K. arriving at Connellsriile tu u f si '1 ' Cuai!rmnd at ta, A. M.. arririL Ka w.io.1 4:33 A. M c-nnelliivlUe t ji? C !' hr; i;i m M A-ra- The mint direct and pleasant rou tottHf Through Mail leavtag at lu zi a. 4. , - rfveS at WRNhirvirr.m -fc . . t. . r Tr.nmu-h 1'n.mi ImW.. ..ax - . . rives at W ashington at fM a. a. : Ri.ao,: Through Mail train daily. txi se.- lra-L ilailyejoeut San-Jay A-.u.-m.-li.tt-o ira ru and ir;-. tr. i! ill r . T -.l.t Klln.law TUk ofaces, corner Fl.h Arena? j f , sr reeu, and depot corner Grant ana Stou. l.-'i.UI II, I A. C. K. IIRD, Prtn. Psrvr it L. M. t-OLK.'.iencrallxi-tiii ,THE i Chicago & XoKTii-WE:n j It AIL WAY, j L? the OLDEST! BESTCOXSTEt CTE" SH j F.1 VIPPED : and hence 1st 1 Leading Railway : OF THE WEST AND NORTHWEST.' It Is the shortest and best rute tttwea Ci ! anil all points in Northern Illinois. Iowa, IsjU. Nebraska. Calilnrnia. tire-on, irti. 1 ' . Cbiorado, Iiahuk M on Ulna, Nevada aal kr Council RIM.. ()ma!i1 i ; DES VEK, LE1DV1LLL I OEADWQOD, SIOUX CITY, Cedjr Raphis. lies Moines. tllartB ' Points in the Tenritjries, an-l 'he west. A j Milwaukee, Oreen Bay, MiAh. l-'r , Marquette. Fond du Ijc, Wai-rtows. H -: I Iteenah. Menajta. St. Faul. MiooeapuW in-' I Vtdgi. Fariu. Minmarrk. U in.a. U!' nwnK.nna. an.l ail points in Minnc-!. W I Wisconsin and the Northwen. I Atl7imni.il Uttr. Ik. Xi in. rtf th fhiw j urth-Wcstera and the U. P. K'ys P,!,.,T1 ; arrive tit and use the same n-int I nios i Att hirago, el-me eonnectl'ws are ai I th I . b . N UUhimii fmn'rsL Bu'-IST ! Ohio. Ft. Wayne and Pennsylvania sa-l CW . and rand Trunk K-ys, and the s,e- -I Pan Handle Routes. Clone eeaiweetlewaj mMle at 4"at"j alaa. lllaiheuViLT UYI rsasisl :PdlmaaH:tlDiiii2gfc ! CHICAGO COUNCIL ELDfli T ... j, -T!..'--. . . . -.tUn voa Ti-1' this road. Examine ?ur Tirae's: si If vou wti-'h the Best Traveling A1" Hons vou will bov v.mr Ti.-a-ts l-v aV-AND WILL TAKE '' OTH1.K- A 11 T.... - .U T 1 . lr-r , hi till- .-'- SlARVIS HlHITT,il V. P. O" 1 yU3M Chicago. PEN -STSYLVA FEMALE C0LLEG3 PITTSBUKGH, PA. Ifeiightfully hite.i on high. feti'J J away Imni ciiy nuli and m"e. l ' N, tv : well lurni-died latioraiory . illaf" k-cilon of mlnerais an.1 invertebrsw Ing stedy .r natural science. S'S "r September sth. For t.-atab guc. term, etc . T , t; HKLKN Hl.!-;. sugls ,itiLi:TOV.-V.o:v-v y.-u - t9.lra III"" h , T:i..f, Il- " h.-.! l ' ll-WI-,-. - ' M -a - ..;,,...,:,!. : . !--' " . I tlifjUt.-Wli . . Vl.f. Kruwl 1..H -Z . I: p. .Ml. -.r..i' 3.. - -w;. ,Z , :'..'U " M.-kHit . . . r iiiWf iL- - I j-s.-.-v t v.'T.-r-rnTm a KM g S wUiu Romerse. V