Sh Il, 1889. Bellefonte, Pa., October An Old Soldier Fails te Pass Into the’ Penitentiary. In the case of the State vs. John Stuart, indictment for larceny, the pris- oner appeared in the court room, shuf- fling along, scarcely able to walk. He wore a soiled check shirt, a very much worn suit and a battered hat. Appearing as State witnesses were two well-dressed, sleek-looking men who were determined to send the old man to the penitentiary. “Has the prisoner any counsel ?”7 agk- ed Judge Phillips. . “I have none, your honor,” answered Stuart. “Iam a poor man and unable to pay an attorney.’ The Judge saw by the man’s looks that this was an unusual case, and said : “Well, go on and tell your story.” “Well, sir, I was in the Confederate army, and at the battle of Winchester 1 was shot through both legs. Since then it has been exceedingly hard for- me to support myself. I went to work for this man last year upon his word to board and cloth me and to pay me what my services were worth. During that time he paid me 10c with which T bought tobacco. At the end of eight months he refused to give me clothes, saying my services were worthless. Then I went into his wardrode, took a suit of clothes to hide my nakedncss and left. He had me indicted for larceny, and Ihave been in jail ever since.” As the old man finished a hushed murmur of indignation was heard throughout the court room. “You say you were shot at ‘Winches- ter?” asked Judge Phillips, who was himself an officer jin the splendid and memorable charge. “Yes, sir.” “Were you ir the second charge to the left on the other side of the town?” The prisoner’s face brightened. *Yes,” he said, “I was there— Rodes’ division —and was shot while crossing the ravine just below the hill.” Th: Judge was certain then that the ola veteran was telling the truth, but to be more certain he called the State's witness. ‘While this witness was giving in his testimony, which was to the effect that the old man’s story was about right, but that he refused to pay him anything be- cause his services were worthless. Stuart leaned over to Solicitor Settle, “Mr. Settle,” he said, “your father and I were friends. I lived in Rockingham county and your father persuaded me to enlist in his company. I received my wound while following him. Since then it has been hard for me to keep out { of the poor house 7” By this time Judge Phillips and So- licitor Settle and everybody else in the court room were satisfied that the old soldier had been pitilessly persecuted, and the faces of the onlookers showed the deepest pity and sympathy for. the unfortunate man and the blackest in- dignation {or his heartless employer. “Mr. Solicitor,” said the Judge, ‘‘change your bill of indictment from larceny to trespass.” 'I'his was willing- ly done by Mr. Settle. “Now,” he continued, “judgment is suspended and the prisoner discharged.” Scarcely had the last words been spok- en before every man in the room ap- plauded, and great tears were rolling down the cheeks of strong men. As the old man who, half an hour before had been friendless, hobbled out of the court room, hundreds of men drew around him to shake his hand. Our townsman, W. B. Glenn, volunteered to secure him a posi- tion as miller, and in less than five min- utes a purse was made up to buy the old soldier a comfortable suit of clothes.— Leesburg (Va.) Mirror. She Meant Business. A Woman Tries to Sue a Railroad President Who Probably Dodged Her. “Look at that, will you?" exclaimed a woman as she pointed to her trunk in the baggage room of the Third street de- pot the other day. “Yes'um,” was the humble remark of the agent. “When I saw that trunk aboard at Rochester yesterday it was « brand new trunk and all right. Look at it now!” “I'm a-looking, mum.” “The strap broken, one hinge busted, two of the rollers gone and the lid split 1” “T see, mum.” “Do you suppose I'll stand that ?”’ she exclaimed, elevating her voice until the echoes peeled slivers off the rafters. “Do you think you can pass that trunk over to me without paying damages 2" “No, mum.” “You've got hold of the wrong wo- man if you think you can! I want damages—damages, sir! Do you hear?” #1 do, mum.” “I put my damages at $15. That is for the trunk alone. The damage to my feelings T put at $10Q. T ought to say $250, but I'll let it go at $100, Who shall 1 see?” “The president. mum. Come in at 4 | o'clock.” [ “Very well, I'll be here. If you see! him tell him I'm coming. Tell him I don’t went no ifs nor ands about it, but | cash down.” “Yes, mum.” “And if he tries to dodge me I'll sue for a thousand dollars, and have.my hus- band come on here and lick the whole | caravan! Some folks can be walked on and buried in the mud, but I'm not one | of the sort. Just leave that trunk where it is until I eail, and you mention to the | president that a woman who is no spring pullet will be here at 4 o'clock to get! damages or pull hairv.”"—Defroit Free Press. ——So0 you want a place cn the staff?” inquired the editor of a comic paper. “Have you had any experience 2" “Not on a regular paper,” replied the applicant; “but I have been cracking jokes all my life,” T “Umph I returned the editor refercnees 7° “Nobody except Miss Giggle,” he answered, with a blush ; “she once said I was too funny for anything.” “In that case. guess you're toogfunny for us.” Certainly. . makes “Any A Haunted House. A St. Louis Ghost Story That Reads Like Some of the Old Novels. Stories have been afloat for some time which have excited a great deal of com- ment among residents of the West End, and which have given employment to the tongues of the gossips. Itisa veri- table ghost story, and while the incredu- lous have smiled and affected a con- tempt for what they term nonsense of that kind, the fact remains that the tale continues to go the rounds and to in- crease in interest as the days go by. The house which is the scene of opera- tions for his alleged ghostship stands on the south side of Chestnut street, west of Twenty-ninth, and is just such alook- ing place as might be selected forsucha strange inhabitant. It is a dark, gloomy looking structure, rearing its solemn front above the street in strange contrast to the cheerful aspect of its neighbors. i From week to week the somber shutters which hide its windows from the eyes of the curious are never opened to admit the cheerful sunshine, and no noise of laughter or prattle of children at play ever greet the passer by. An air of mys- tery pervades the place, and a strange, uncanny feeling comes over those who pass it. The weird visitor is said to be the ghost ofa young man who, in days gone by, blew out his brains upon the very thresh- old of the house. A young lady, with whom he feil in love and plighted him her troth, grew tired of his attentions, and broke her engagement with him. By every means within his power he sought to regain her affections, but in vain. She turned a deaf ear to his most earnest entreaties, and finally forbade his visits entirely. Still clinging to the hope that he might in time regain her love, he sought an interview, which was denied him, and, filled with despair, he resolved to end his life. He called to see her, but finding that she had gone to visit a neighbor he repared to the house where it was supposed she had gone, and reaching the door, he placed a pistol to his head and coolly blew himself into eternity. It chanced, however, that he had mis- taken the house, and the story is that his spirit, which had gone in search of the lady he had loved and failing to find her, has from that time, as each recur- ring day brings back the hour at which he died, returned to renew the fruitless search. Inhabitants of the house were startled by strange, unearthly noises, and on more than oneoceasion the weird visitor was seen to ascend the steps lead- ing up from the cellar and go wandering about the house asif vainly searching for some one. It groped its way from room to room, and after accomplishing its rounds would disappear. So thor- oughly frightened did the inmates of the ! house become, that, overcome at last by fear, they removed to another locality and for a time his ghostship was left in sole pessession of the premises. Then the property was sold and the new own- er, who had heard the weird stories that were told, resolved to remodel the house with a view to driving out the unwel- come visitor. The cellar from which the phantom had arisen on the occasion of his visits was filled completely up, in the hope that when its hiding place was gone it (the ghost) would take its depar- ture, and the interior of the house was carefully rearranged, but without avail. The ghostly visitant still remained. Tt is said that it still wanders through the house, and rumors go abroad of strange sights and sounds to be seen and heard | at night. However it may be, no one has been able to solve the mystery, and the inmates of the house are seldom seen. They hold themselves carefully aloof from the outer world, and main- tain an air of mystery that lends cred- ence to the tale. Noone is s2en to come or go across the mysterious threshold, darkened by the blood of the self mur- dered man, and the neighbors glance at the house significantly and relate the story with an air of general belief. A reporter, in order to learn the exact facts, called at the house, but was de- nied admission. Inquiry among the neighbors, however, verified the state- ments here made.—S%. Lowis Republic. | Preaching vs. Practice. Senator Farwell, of Illinois, 1s a mem- ber of the syndicate of millionaires that undertook to build a new Stite-house for Texas fora large grant of land. That there are millions in this contract for the syndicate nobody doubts. But in spite of the fact that Farwell is a Re- publican Senator, loudly pledged to the enactment and enforcement of laws for the protection of American labor, his syndicate has been fined $64,000 in the United States Courts for importing sixty- four foreign pauper laborers, contrary to law, to work on his Texas State-house job. As heis a millionaire and a Re- publican Senator, a stay of judgment has been obtained, pending an appeal to the administration at ‘Washington. A remission of the penalty in this case will show preity clearly that protection for plutocrats is what the men in power at Washington mean when they talk about protecting American labor.—S?¢. Louis Post-Dispatch. AN Inxsvrren Porr.— Caller (hesitat- ingly)—I have here a little production of my own which I should like to have you use for your poet’scorner if—— Editor (facetiously)--Poct’s corner? We're all poet scorners in this office. The janitor, perhaps, may find some use Caller (stiffening up)--The poem, sir, is descriptive of my patent hedge trim- mer, and 1 was going to ask you if a dollar a line would be sufficient com- | pensation for publishing it as an adver- tisement. 1 don't mind your allusion ‘to the janitor, but that diddledy-dad banged chestnut about the poet scorner me tired. Don’t get between me and the door, sir, if you please. I , don’t want any explanations and apolo- gies. You shouldn't have this poem now if you got down on your knees for it. Good morning, sir, and be hanged to you !—Chicago Tribune. EE CE C——— Wibble—Do you believe that fullness under the eye denotes language, as the phrenologists claim ? ‘Wabble—Yes, T think it does. Gen- erally the fuller a man gets the more he talks. who had | Wit And Wisdom. Carpets are. bought by the yard and soled by the foot. The profession of rat-catehing has not vet been invaded by women. It is comparatively quiet when so still you can hear the dew drop. Most people have their lives insured as a mere matter of policy. The grub makes the butter-fly ; the blacksmith makes the fire fly. When the editor calls for a revise the foreman administers a re-proof. The members of a stocking-maker’s union should always act as you knit. The man who ‘catches it from all sides” ought to make a good base ball player. Occasionally you see a very rich man so economical that he would enjoy being poor. A river is one of the queerest things out ; its head isn’t near as big as its mouth. ‘When does the rain become too fam- iliar to a lady? ‘When it begins to pat her on the back. ‘Will the capture of sealers in the Beh- ring Seainvolve the United States in a furrin’ war ? As Adam remarked to Eve as they sat outside the garden gate: “We've had an unusually early fall, have we not ?”’ If you save but one cent a day, Eben- ezer, you will not have to lose a friend at the end of the year by trying to bor- row a dollar from him. Asone takes a general survey of our adult population he is forced to the con- clusion that if the good didn’t die young most of them outgrew it. ——Physicians recommend Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup, when all other medicines fail, as a certain cure for bronchitis, sore | throat, and coughs or colds of long stand- ling. 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The above facts are worth consid- ering, for they are evidence of merit and fair dealing. “There is nothing so success- ful 0—AS SUCCESS—o and this is what hurts some. See my large stock of Single and Double Harness, Whips, Tweed Dusters, Horse Sheets, Col- lars ‘and Sweat Pads, Riding Saddles, Ladies’ Side Saddles, very low: Fly-Nets from $3 a pair and upwards. Axle, Coach and Harness Oils, Saddlery Hardware and Harness Leather SOLD AT THE LOW- EST PRICES to the trade. Harnessmals- ers in the country will find it to their ad- vantage to get my prices before purchas- ing hardware elsewhere. I am better pre- pared this year than ever to fill aan promptly. JAS. SCHOFIELD, Spring street, Bellefonte, Pa. 33 37 EW BOOK FOR BOYS, EXCITING AS MUNCHAUSEN. HAIRBREADTH ESCAPES OF MAJOR MENDAX. “fwas caught in a python’s folds and saw fierce eyes. glaring down into mine. If that termendous coil were tightened around me, I knew that I might at once check my In gage for the undiscovered bourne. In this erisis of my fate I saw the great python’s tail in close proximity to his mouth. I grasped the snake’s tail and pushed a yard or two down his yawn- ing jaws. Serpents seldom bite their prey ; they lubricate it and suck it down. With such a long and cold-blooded creature, I calenlated that it would take over a half a minute before the sensations of his tail could be conveyed to his head, and render him aware that he was committing suicide.” By F. Beaxe Crorron. 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We have on hand and for sale the best assortment of Carriages, Bagglos and Spring Wagons we have ever had We have Dexter, Brewster, Eliptic, and Thomas Coil Springs, with Piano and nnn bodies,” and ean give you a choice of the different patterns of wheels. Our work is the best made in this section, made by good workmen and of good material. "We claim to be the only party manufacturing in town who ever served an apprenticeship to the business. Along with that we have had forty years’ experience in the busi- ness, which certainly should give us the advantage over inexperienced par- ies. In price we defy competition, as we have no Pedlers, Clerks or Rents to pay. We pay cash for all our oods, thereby securing them at the lowest figures and discounts. We are ceter- mined not to be undersold, either in our own make or manufactured work from other places; so give us a call for Surries, Phaetons, Buggies, Spring Wagons, Buckboards, or anything else in our line, and we will accommodate you. 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