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EBENSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1868.
NUMBER 17
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2IIEI:JT'S SALES By virtue
of rundry urita of Fieit?. Lxj.mn., Alias
Ver.l. Lsp67i., Ma. Expon. and .Fieri Facias
issued out of the Court cf Common Pleas of
Cumbria county, and to w.o directed, there
will be exposed to Public S;!e, at the Court ;
ilouscj in I'Ziamsburg, ou Monday, the 1st j
eiay .f June et, at 1 o'clock r. it., the fol
lowing iUal Estate, to wit : j
AH tho rilit, tiile and interest of John j
Tbiiiij son. Jr., of, fci nud to a lot of ground
tiluite iu the Borough of Lbensbur-r, Cum- j
Lru f'iir.ty, frvntii.if on the Plank Kjad aud
adjnnbt? lot of lirs. Hutchinson on the
iwrtb, Edward Davis on the east, and fc'am-
'. Ltrcct ou the south, having thereon esoct
d a two story dwelling Louse, now in the
occupancy of John Thompson, Jr. Taken
in Acriition and to be Gold at the euit cf
f'aiTM Clifford,. f.r uso cf John IVnlon, Lsi.
Ai.eo, all the ripht, title and interest of
Chcrlcs P!itt of, in uvi to thj following de
..": bed building and lot of ground of Chas.
'Mt, to wit . "A drilling hi use of two sto
lies, (frame,) having a front of twenty-four
Vet and depth of thirty-two ftet, situate on
i' t- nv Creek btreet at the font o"f Lei-prr'Of.d
- ' - o
the lot ot said Charles P itt, from the
property of Jaob Be vergood." Taken in
txocution and to be sold at the suit of Chas.
l-B-Imch.
Alho. all the riht, title and interest cf
Jacob yyock of, and to a lot of ground situ
ate in iYanklUitov.-n. Conemaugh township,
Cambria county, frontiLg fifty feet on Main
t-UvU, and extending back cte huudred and
thirty feet to the old township road, ad j. in
h g an rd'ey on the north und lot of John
Ilvrr on the south, having thereon erected a
t :.e and a Lalf stor3' plank house, p!aL.k sta
ble and carpei. Ui shop, now ia theoccupan
l, i Jucib Fy.:;-k und George Berkeybi'.e.
Vrtken in C3.cc)iti-n and to be sold at the suit
c ! Jacob Swwr-k A Co.
Aleo. all tie riLt. title and iutcrct cf
,hcc b 1'ricgle of, in and to a piece or parcel
of laud, situate in Cio!e township, Cambria J
e. i.!ty, e.ujo:ni::g lands ot n lihaai Murray,
IV'.r.iel Piin'e, and others, containing one
i i!i.dred and twcnty-jr.e acres, mere or less,
having thereon ertcted a one and a half story
j.u.k huse and Io. l..rn. now ia the ocea
I racy of Samuel Paul. Taken iu tx.vnliou
a.. d to lr twld i.t the suit of David J. Puui.
all the riht, title r.ud inttit.st of
A. J. Ihiws cf. in und to a .X cf ground sit-
lit-to in Johnstown buroi:;;h, Cambria, coun
ty, fronting thirty-eight t'.tt on Main street,
rnd fxtcndir.g bark one hundred aud frrty
Ji.-et to an allty, adj. 'fning h t of Ilunry V.'ivl
iJit on thj east and au ai.'o- on tin vCv-t,
h..viog thereon ertcte.l a two stir bikk
l.ou?e aad Jfiawe etablo and tuibuiidings,
) o.v in the occupancy of A. J. 11 aw. Ta
ktr. in execution a:: to be sold at (Le euit
ci David Dlber' et. id.
Ai.so. nil th'j iuht, tit!e and interest of
Iai.ud J. Evai-- uf, iu and to a piece or par
ed of bud kii'j.ite in Ciruhiia townshin.
Cirubria count f,
aj..,nacg liuds of David
IVweli, JJin Evar;s('
iiid otherB, containing
t no ijimdred eces, in
re or Sesi-. unim t-roved.
.i.tmu iu cittiarjii ouu iu UO iioiu 8S IUO EU' t
of D -.vid Fwv.V.l at. a!.
Also, all tic- rijl.t, title and interest of
Joua J. Trefiz of. in and to a lot of "round
;tuat? iu third ward, Johnstown borough,
l.-onting on Bedford street and extending
I s.k to an alley, adjoining lc,t of Mr. GriMith
a tho north and aa alley on the south, hav
ing theieon trtctcd a twokdciy jdack house,
r.aiuu stable and slaughter hoiie. now iu
the occupancy of the said John J. Trcftz.
"x niiui in c --xt cut ion and to be told at the suit
ot U-.bt-rt Smith.
Also all Height, titl-r.nl xttojert of
:h:jr: McGaugtiey of. w ai.d to a j-iece or
p.Tcd of iin I situate iu M mister towi..-l.ir
Catnbiia county, ndj-.;t,ir.g la:!rt of Au-'im-ttne
DurLin, Llathew Mo Gang hey, and oth-
r, rontnining about cl.t y-hvn acres, more
or !e-s. alout thirty-five acies of which t.re
geared, a.og ti.tre-n tree tod a one and a
halt stry 1 g hoi;?o and fr ame barn, row in
the occupancy cf Wni. McGauhev. Taken
i i t-r.e."o': u and to hi told at the suit cf
Matocw McG.v.ihcv.
&L all t..v jj-i.t, tit'e and interest of
J.'iia i.hui cf, in and to a lot of L-round
iLlin In Af..ri.... . t.. 1 I.) . . .1
k.tuato at Lillj's Station, in Washing
township, Cambria county, fronting on
Mid Portage lh.iiroad, adj'.ining lot of Re
the
mil
a. ueor:e ou the north. Lit i,f Wm T;iar,
tuc west and lot of Ilichard Trotter on the
s. uth, having thereon erected a two story
frame house, now iu the occupancy cf Rich'd
Trottej. Taken in executiou and to be sold
at the suit of Wm. Carr & Co.
Aiao, all tha rieht, title and interest of
of
v; y or, ana to a piece or parcel
Cambria coutity. adjoining lands of Theodore
Laker, 1. iJlair Moore, and others, contain
ing fifty acres, more or lef, about three
acrei of which are cleared, having thereon
erected a log house and log stable, not now
occupied. Taken in execution and to be sold
u the tuit t Simon Schroth.
Au, all the right, title and ink-rest of
S. S. Christy of, ia and to a lot of ground
situate in Ebensburg borough, Cambria
county, fronting two Imndroil nr.,1 onntn
'1' 'i ua. voTli5Uip.
riiirirw n .o : . : i .... F
- .3 - " - UUU bll tui y
by Miltim street, having thereon erected a
iwo siory luc; bailing, not now occupied.
n aud to be sold at the suit
of Geo. V.. Carpenter atd llenezey Sl Co.
Alio, all tho right, title and interest of
Henry McDade of, in and to a lot cf ground
fituato iu Gallilzin township, Cambria couu
ty, fronting on the New Portage Railroad,
adj .lining land of George Yeckley on the
north and lands of James M'Closkey on the
fcoutu, and east, containing oue fifth of an
acre, mere or less, having thereon erected a
one s'ory plank hous and plank stable, now
in the occupancy .f the said Henry McDade.
lakpu in execution and to be 6old at the suit
fcf Henry Scanlan, Adm'r of Andrew Stup-J-y,
deceased. l
Also, all the ngkt, title and interest of
b. t. George c.j, iu-uad tJie f0nowing
eribed tuiluin? and lot of ground, to wit :
"SauI luJding i- located on a lot or viece of
Kroc.nd, situate la Cht Springs Borough
in Cambria coutity, known cn the plan cf
t'd borough as Lot 2u't54 ja th crder of
I; -"-n" - ;;Uu , 1S-G conveye(1 t0 Lewis Dormycr. and the
s;a upon a certain lot ot ground belonging s;ime ,and wbich the said Lew.fa Do.mver,
to the said Charles Patt which saul lot is by deeJ dated Fotruary 3 , A.D. ISOS.con
tnmgu.nr vn h:.pe and luaded by Stony veycd tQ Ui, 6dJ e SlA5thworth ax,d
t rk street (at the foot of Levergood street ; , j Wrren Bandy, now deceased. Taken in
Mony Creek river and an aBey winch di- 1 f.xc,ulion aiid tt he w,ld &t 6uit f t
v. w-uue oireti ana eiienaing back two
hundred feet to Public Square, bounded on
the north by Walton street. nnH on V.. .fU
said lots, adjoining lot of heirs of Andrew
McGrain, Arc. It is a frame stable or barn,
having a front of 4 5 feet and a depth, of 32
feet, and is 16 feet high." Taken in execu
tion and to Le sold at suit of John Wagner.
.Also, nil the right, title and interest of
James E. iv.uth worth and Elijah Morrison,
Adm'rs of J. Warren Boody, dee'd. to wit :
All that certain piece or parcel of land situ
ate in Jackson towiu-hip, in the county of
Ca:lria and State of Pennsylvania, bounded
aLd described as follows : Beginning at a
post on original corner of Lewis Dormyer
tract, aj doing lands of Joseph Burkhart ;
thence by raid Burkhart's laud south sixty
tight degrees, east one hundred and eighty
perches, to a spruce stump ; thence by land
now it late the propetty of Goo. iSlonaker,
north twenty-two degrees, eat eighty perch
es, to a post ; thence by land of Sam'l Dor
myer, north sixty-eight degrees, west ono
hundrod and eighty perches. to a post; thenca
by land of F. Kring, south twenty-two de
grees, west eighty perches, to the place of
beginning containing ninety acies, more or
less, it being part of an original tract of land
which the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
by patent dated the 17th day of June, A.D.
Donrnyer. JOHN A. BLAIR, Sheriff.
Sheriff's Office. Ebcnsburg. May 14. 1SC8.
2i. B. The Sheriff has made the follow
ing terms of sale : One third of th purchase
money to be paid when the property ia
knocked down, and the balance when tho
deed i confirmed.
"H 1CENSK NOTICE The following
-b- persons have filed petitions for Tav
ern and Eatir g House Licences in the Court
of Quarter Sessions of Cambria county, to
be prtrt-ented to the Judges of said Court on
tho firot Monday of June next. To wit :
Tavtrn.
Igthi3 Koehle, Cambria boro ; George
Smith, Cambria boro ; Adam Kurtz, Cam
bria boro ; Daniel McDonald. Cambiia bor ;
Edwarvl Howe. Canibrix b jro ; John Reh
berg, Cambria boro; Francis J. Giossbtrger,
Carrolltown ; Lawrence ScfarcHh, Carrull
towa ; Liwienci; Stich, Carrollt -wn ; Simon
Schroth, Carrolltown : Andrew P. B.iker.
Carroll tp ; Peter Maltzie. Coiiemaugh boro, i
1st v ; biifrles IJdfrich, Conemaugh boro.
1st V; Mary Seitz. Conemaugh boro, 2d
W ; George Kurtz, Cor.emaogh i ro. 2d W ;
John Ficher, G.inemagh boro, 21 V : Rich
ard Knouf, (Anemaugh boro, 21 V ; Victor
Voeghtly, Croyle tp ; P.. P. Linton b Son,
Ebecsbu'g boro, E. V.T. ; Jerome Plan, Eb
ensburr, W. W. ; Isaac Crawford, ELens
burg. W. W. ; George Gurley, Jlbensburg.
W. W. j James Henry, Gallitzin tp; John
.Bending, Johns-town boro. 8d V ; John
Fritz. Jchnstown boro, 3d W; R. Durach,
Johnstown. 3d W : William Li-iton, Johns
town, 3d TV ; Charles Ilochsf ice, Johnstown, I
l W ; John Gerhardt, Johnstown, Sri W;
Henry Fritz, Johnstown, 8vl W ; Patrick
Kelly, Johnstown, 3d, V ; Adam Birshank,
Johnstown, 3il W ; Peter Soley, Johnstown,
Sd W: Geo. K. Hohrnar.n, Johnstown, 4th
W; ilenry Schnable, Johnstown, 4th V ;
Philip Horizon, Loretto boro; John B. My
crii, Loretto boro ; Emanuel James, Mill
vil'e boro; John Riley, Mi'lvihe boro; Jos..
Geis, 1'ichland tp ; Henry Hughes, Sumciit
villcboro: Michael J. Piatt, Susquehanna
tp ; "William Calhin, Washington tp ; Goo.
V. Muilin, Washington tp ; Francis Coop
er. Cbcst Spr.ins!"? boro; Flavian Haid. Gal
litzin tp ; David Pah on. Taylor to : Lenbart
Kest, Tayhor tj ;
r
Biiigei'. Loretto
boro.
Ealing House.
Utr.ry Bln:a, Carrolltown bor ; Peter
Browu, Croyle tp ; John J.-rdan, Johnstown
or.ro. '2 J W ; John Stream, Johnstown bor,
8d W ; Adam Pharr, Johnstown boro. Sd
V ; Henry Housman, Johnstown bom, 4th
V. ; John a. Stcmmer, Johnstown boro, 4th
W ; Chri.-tiau P.ich, Summit ville bor; Mark
McLaughlin, Washington tp ; John Schroth,
Wdmore boro.
GEO. C. X. ZAUM, Clerk.
Ebcnsburg, May 14, iSOS-St.
rgRLL LT ST. list ofCausea
set down f. r trial at a Court of Com
mon Pleas of Cambria County, to be held at
Ebcnsburg on the first Monday of June next:
FIRST WEEt.
Garrettson
McGlade
White's Ex'ra
Same
Smith ct al
Watt
Saupp
Leidv
vs.
V3.
vs.
vs.
V3.
VS.
vs.
V8.
QjIo
Tenna P. R
Woodcock
Same
Adams
Storm
Blanchard
Simmons
Co
PKOOSD WEEK.
Spenccr,M'Kay ft Co vs. fiehomaker ft Lang
parson, uariingtoa
& Co.
vs.
V8.
vs.
vs.
vs.
vs.
fame.
Same.
Krebs
Brothcrline
Fenloa
Bavid
Cambria Iron Co.
Shriver's use
Leiden's Adm'rg
Bamberger
Krise-
Calvin
Altimus
Christy
Rowley
Campbell
Bobson
Storm
McKenzie
Allison
Fronheiser et. al.
Bloodgood's Ex'ra
Smith
Cambria Iron Co.,
Smith et.
al.
I)u ncaa .
Black.
Wolf et. al.
vs.
Mclluj-h et. al.
vs.
vs.
vs.
Wehn.
Zimmerman.
Noel et, al.
va.
Noel et. al.
vs. Cooper,
vs. Christy.
vs.
vs.
vs.
vs.
vs.
vs.
vs.
vs.
vs.
vs.
Jlcllugh et. ah,
McKenzic et. oL.
Cowan.
Penn a Tt. R. Co.
Mellon et. ah
Myers et. al.
Ribblctt ct. al.
Morrisou s Ex'rs.
Christy.
Baker's Heirs.
GEO. C. K. ZAUM. Proth'r.
Prothy's Office, Ebensburg. May 4, 18C3.
KJEW TAILOR SHOP. Having
.f'l'ened a TAILORING ESTAfJLlSlf
MEN 1' in the shop formerly occupied bv li.
D. Thomas, a few doors east of A. A. Barl
ker's store, the subscriber respectfully in
forms his old customers and th rest of man
kind that he is now prepared to manufac
ture all kind of Gent's and Youths' weaiiog
apparel iu the latest 6ty!e of the art, with
neatness aad dinpateh, and upon the most
reasonable terms. Pcrni needing work in
my Hue are respectfully invite.! to give mo
a oall. DAVID J. IVAKS.
EbcDaVnrg, Anril 0, l?8Sh-tf.
original. J
TWO MARTYRS.
You have heard of my grief, and to comfort me
"Willi pi'ving love you bring
The dear lace of a friend tkiit I loved to poe
In happier days : but sing
No moie of the mst, I would have you mark
Ii irf gone with its "tender grace,"
ily life as the Pea in a storm grown dark,
Aud a pale as its foam my face.
I can ppeak to you no and your eyes may fill
"Willi tears, when ruv ownVerc dry.
For i he etonn of my sorrow is past, and still
Its bitterest waters lie.
Its I. interest waters, too still and deep
To be stirred by a living breath,
Or wakened to-day from their deathly sleep.
By the tenible tale of death.
You remember the "Martyr" w brought from
Spain
Resembled the boy, we said,
And we gazed, with a feeling almost of pain
Through tears, at the curl-wreathed head ;
But little we thought of how like to this
His farewell to the earth would be :
How nearly allied was the soul to his
That accomplished that victory.
He had hung it where early and golden fell
The light of the sua at morn,
Anil the voice of thr sister he lovel so well
From thence on the night was borne.
Through a window, that opened from floor to
eaves,
He had er. her, my frightened dove,
And the desolate heart he has left believes
That his bravery matched his love.
For the flames had enshrouded the walls, the
roof,
And reddened tho clouds afar,
When he lowered the child, as my eyes had
proof,
Untouched by a brand or scar.
And then without hope for his tailing strength,
V hen I shouted .iloud his name.
Ho moved to the window and s;ood at length
In its empty and blackened frame.
With a look to the Heavens e full of prayer
Th.it it strengthened my he;irt to pra
(Could I see him look hopeful, and v et despair
Look etei'dy, yet turn nway t)
To the Heaven? r.bOTe. to the flames beneath.
And i hen to my deathly face,
Widi his be.iutifu! head and its golden wreath.
Drawn clear in the open space-
You may think it strance, and it peesneth so
At times to toy own noor thought.
But. it bnnpetii n peace to my heart to know
Th.it he died iu ths self s.noo spot :
"Wheie c!m and untroubled, mat h-ok replied
Like a voice to my anuuiihed cry,
IB face and expression identified
V. ith the face tin the wall nearby.
May 17, ltsoti. ' Lixxkt.
From the X. Y. Campaign Record
Let Working Elea Read and Reflect.
The Way the People are Swindled.
A CASE IS rOINT THE BOND AL-TOCKAT
Vic ask any fair-iuimiej, candid, un
prejudiced man, D .naocr.tt or li.'ptiblican,
if the following does not present the true
state of ths case.
Fellow citizen?, read, pondar and art:
The bond autocrat icturns again ami
again semi-annually to the Safe Deposit,,
where his securities are stored. h.iJ cuts
off his coupons, and forthwith he wends
hia way to Wall street and receives his
pold interest for them from the Assistant
1 rsaaurer, or else he sells them to a broker j
mm gelt si enijHn.iod amount in green
backs. These half-yearly financial'traua
hctiotis are viewed by him with great
satisfaction. Hi tbmirri,a r,
-.v i ' v fc ici,ui I
to the source from wheneo this rr0i,j inter-
est cymes. Little does he care whether
it is derived from the income of the wealthy
and well-to-do portion of the community,
or wruti from the hard earnings of the
laboring people. His interest ha must
have, and that in gold it ia nothing to
Lira who is nsade the pooier by it. The
principal he has 'salted down," as the
old saying is, and woe to the man or the
party who would say aught against having
it redeemed in gold when it matured. He
had not bought it with gold, but what of
that, gold he must have when it is re
deemed. Like the professional Lombard
behind the three gUt balls, thero must be
a usurious "handover" ere the pledge is
given up.
First of May, the great calender day for
landlords, is again on its annual return to
New Yorkers. Clad in its habiliments of
epring, and bright as it may appear to the
young and the unthinking, it is far from
euch to many of the denizens of the me
tropolis. As the Bun rose on thia beautiful
morning, and the early spring of mankind
thought of tho pleasures that it brought,
they were much given to joyous gratifica
tions. Cut how ead with thoughtful
care, foreboding the duties and require
ments of the day, did many of their elders
appear. There was the expectation of a
visit from some one, and it was dreaded.
Why! - Because many were unprepared
to receive him, and none more so than
Widow Allen, for with all the husbanding
cf her means 6he was not prepared for the
visit of her landlord. .She heartily wit u d
for tho delay of his coming. "Could ho
uot put it off? No, it was May morning,
he will surely come," said she to herbal?.
Ye?, ere the clock struck twelve 'ap
peared the dreaded visitor, Mr. Slocum,
for hia rent.
"How do you do, Mrs. Allen?" queried
Mr. S., while, unsolicited, he took a chair.
"Not very well ; cares and troubles are
weighing me down. I feel as if 1 could
not stand them much longer," responded
the widow.
With this reply the unwelcome visitor
thought it Kroner to enter -at once imon
the business that brought him ard cut off'
- I 1 . 1 1 I
uie listening to all turtucr complaints.
"Have you the rent ready 1" he askej
in measured accent, and with a distinct
etnrhatis upon the word "ready."
"No, bless your soul, I am not ready,
for I have not been able to lay by much to
make up the amount."
Thia was rather undesirable news to S.,
for he was then searching in bis pocket
book for the receipt which he had prepared
beforehand.
"Have you not received the half-yearly
interest on the bond and moitTae you
hold on the house on Greenwich street V
demanded he.
"Ye?, but it is nearly gone."
"This is not right ; you should have
thought of nn, or more properly, of your
rent. I must have it."
"I have. Dot you must know I have
children who need food and clothing.
They have no father and I no husband
now to provide. What little he has left
me, much as it appears in the opinion of
some, does uot go lar."
"How much does that money invested
on the bond and mortgage amount to,
which he willed to you !"
".Six thousand dollars."
"Let us see, six thousand dollars. ly-the-by,
how far back does the bond and
mortgage date, aud what interest does it
pay?"
"It is dated July 1st, 18C0, and pays
six per cent."
"Well, thon, you received one hundred
and eighty dollars on the first of last
January ; or, rather, on the second, as
half yearly interest. The quarter's lent
amounts to eighty-seven dollars and n
half. You should have kept enough out
of that interest to pay it."
"I paid you one quarter's rent on the.
first of February out of it, and it left me
only ninety-two and a half dollars, and
out of this I have been able to save oniy
thirty-live dollars for this quarter. The
winter has been so hard. The sewing I
used to have from the store was stopped
a good part of the time ; so you see I have
had very little work, and scanty meals my
children and myself have had. As to
clothing, that was not to be thought of.
Take these thirly-five dollars and I will
try and let you have the balance a3 soon as
possible."
The widow's pitiful recital had very
evidently made no impression upon him,
for in his responsive remarks he did not
hesitate to inform her, in not an over
bland manner :
"I cannot help it ; I must have the
rent. If you cannot pay it, I must let
the apart uients to somebody that will.
There is another party ready to take it."
Taken aback by this unfeeling remark,
the widow, although sorely aflec'e-J,
looked him sternly in 'he face, and said:
"Mr. Slocum, you aud I are not strang
ers. You worked for my husband before
his death. Yon drove a cart for him.
He ivns kind to 3'otj, and assisted 3rou and
your family. Like many others, be
considered it patriotic to go to the war
which your party stirred up, and he wa9
killed. Left a widow with three little
children md not much of this world's
goods, for my husband's lucrative busi
ness dwindled down to nothing after lie
had joined the aruiy, w i:h nobody behind
to take care of it. I was consequently
obliged to move from the house we had
occupied when he was alive. I took
these room?. Mr. Andorson (jood man!)
the former landlord, he, too, is gone, and
you have cotno into possession of the
house. You were poor at the commence
ment of the war. It is a mystery to rue how
you got along so well so rich suddenly."
These brief comments on his former
days, by the widow, stirred up the ire of
Slocum, for he here stopped her short with
a sharp rejoinder, that "it was none of
her business how he had made his money."
"You make it my business to look into
your's when you pry into mine. 1 have
been told that you had contracts during
the war, and laid in a good Bupply of Gov
ernment bonds."
"What is that to you how I made my
money and what amount of bonds I hold ?
I bought them when gold wis at a high
promium. It is my gain, and not yours."
"WreII said that it is not my gain I
am fully aware of that. Moreover,
neither the people nor the Goverment have
gained by it. I am not such an ignorant
woman as j-ou take me to be, and not
more so than you are, with all your mo
ney. You said that I got one hundred
and eighty dollars last January, as Bix
months interest on my bond and mortgage.
How much did you get on six thousand
dollars of your Goverment bonds, the sum
total of my bond and mortgage ? Gold
on the first of last January wan 133, so
you got two hundred and thirty-nine dol
lars and forty cents in greenbacks for
your gold paying six per cent, couponnns
six months interest, and I but one hun
dred and eighty dollars as a half year in
teiet on my six thousand dollar bond a d
mortciigo. On this bond and mortgage,
as personal property, I had to pay one
hundred and sixty dollars and twenty
cents last November as City, County and
State taxes ; and you nothing. Your
bonds are exempt ; they are clear of such
taxes. Is this right is it just ? Answer,
if you can. My husband loaned one
hundred cents on the dollar when he pro
cured the bond and mortgage on the
house, and you only forty cents ou the
dollar when you lought you gold paying
six per cent, bonds, redeemable in 1881 ;
or, in other word?, my husband loaned
the man six thousand dollars when lie
took the bond and mortgage, and you
loaned the government but twenty-four
hundmJ dollars when it gave yoa the
six thousand dollar bonds. I recoive my
interest in greenbacks and you in ro!d. Is
this just, I ask you again? Here is
another item of difference I want you to
look into. When I moved into this house,
before you became its owner, 1 hired the
rooms from Mr. Anderson for one hundred
and twenty dollars per year. Now 1 have
to pay you for the game apartments three
hundred and tif:y dollars My income
from the six thousand dollars has remain
ed stationary at one hundred and eighty
halt-yearly, ever since my husband hft
for the army, poor soul, never to return.
If gold were to go up lo two hundred,
three hundred, or even four hundred, I
would receive the same. And y. u, the
higher the premium or. goid the m re you
will receive for your coop in?, and the
more rent 3'ou'll put on the house."
"Mrs. Allen, you seem to be quite' at
home on financial matters : you mu9t
r-have rubbed your back a-iair.Pt the desk
of some Wall street broker," interrupted
the landlord.
"Mr. Slocum, it docs not take much
financial knowledge to understand the
difference between interest at six per cent,
in gold at premium, ami interest at six
per cent, in greenbacks. The dullest per
son will understand when her rent ia
raised from one hundred end twenty to
three hundred and fifty. Hera is my
oldest child, my daughter ; see how she
is clothed. The cheapest calico, and
much worn at that. How was your
daughter dressed when she attended the
opening of the Loyal League Club rooms
on Madison avenue, the other c-venina
the club to which you beloi'g ? You
know of the fineries .she had on her sa
tins, laces and d aav nds. I saw her as
she got in the carriage to go. Do 3'ou
imagine that a mother cannot perceive tho
difference between the circumstances of
the two? An artificial standard created
by the bonds 3'uu hold. When my child
was born we were in good circumstances,
and that same daughter of yours, so proud
and aristocratic now, was then glad to
come and eat at our table, and we ware
kind to her. Has nature brought about
this change created one to live in poverty,
or at least in poor circumstances, and tho
other in idleness and luxury ?"
"Woman, I have heard enouuh of this.
If the rent is not forthcoming 03- noun, out
3'our duds and furniture will go on the
sidewalk."
lie was as good as his word, for as the
chick struck twelve he was there with an
officer and men, and the rooms were soon
made vacant of-the widow's furniture.
The Lo3'al League Bond Autocrat went
his way rejoicing in his power. He
thanked his stars that he got rid so easily
of such a "Copperhead woman, one who
used such treasonable language and de
claimed fiercely against one of the sup
porters of the national honor and the credit
of the nation's bonds." i
Ii. K. I.
Mr. ."Meshack Horner" thus describes
the K. K. K's. as be saw them in the
middle of the night in Abingdon, Wash
ington Co., Va., a few weeks since :
"On look in down from the winder, the
fust thing 1 saw was a great big black ring,
with a white skull and two cross bones
painted on it. Lookin a leetle lower, I
seed a gretit company of black ho?se6
inarchin alwg silently, two and two, and
on each boss was a pale looking rider,
dressed in a long white robe, and each
held in his bony fingers a bright two-edged
svvoid, with drops of blood sprinkled about
on 'cm. As I was lookin strate down on
'era a great big skeleton lookin fellow as
big as the giant that David killed, raised
his blood-hot e3-es rite in my face, and
puttin his finger on his lips, he sez, in a j
whisperin tone, 'these silent riders are the
Ku Klux-Klan, and I am the head giant.'
'What if you are,' scz I, 'you hav'nt got
nothin to do with me. 'That depends on
whether we have or not, scz he 'If you're
a true man, honest in your dealins. just in
your politick?, in favor of j-our own race,
above hunnyfnggling with nigcers, divide
3'our bred and meat with the widders and
orfants of soldiers, and aint for makin
niggers better tbau white people, and
givin 'em land that don't belong to you,
you are not the sort of a man we're after;
but if you're a Radical or a nigger and
one is about as good ap tother, and better
too you'd better keep your eye skinned,
or we'll have you. and then you may call
upon the Lord to have mercy upon yout
soul.'
tt VelI, 8"Z I, 'I've heard a heap over
in Hear Cove about them Kii Klux-Klans,
but I never te d enny before will you
tell me who you are, and where you come
from'
" Ycs, scz In, 'we have no secrets on
that pint. We are the spcrrets of the
Confederate ded, who hev come back to
see our livin comrnds right who have
jined the nkgers agin their own kin nnd
color, to protect all who are sufferin from
the meanness and maliciousnes of bad men,
both black and white. We started in
Tennessee, where we intend to return as
soon as we have fi i-hed the work wc have
to do, and punished the bad white men in
Virgin iy.
"As he finished talkin, they all march
ed on their hosss along the street, makin
no more noises than if they had bin walk
in on feather beds, ami in a few minutes
I went to sleep nnd saw no more of the
awful lookin company.
"Ycurs til detb, Meshacx IIoktcr."
oRietnAL.
Whatever you aid to one of thesf, Sly
least, brethren, you dltt It to 31e."
Compassionate the orphan child,
"Whose tender, helpless years.
Bereft of a fond mother's smite.
Are marked with bitter tears ;
Whose only hone of earth has fled
hTncarcd for she may roam
Whose joys, her parents, both are dead ;
0 ! find for her a home.
O ! pity thit poor little one
Whose sorrows know no change
"Whose min'ry at life's dawn began, -
Perh ps through life to range :
"Who has no friend to guard her way?.
Or shield her here from ill ;
.Neglected and forlorn, she strays,
In danger's footprints still.
Behold vonr own dear little ones,
"Whose forms you gladly view :
She was as dear to one that's gone
As t'mse sre now to you.
Tier silken hair nnd pentle brow
"Wire orce a mother's pride ;
How sadly changed her etate is row.
Since her dear parents died.
That orphan boy who strolls about .
In d'rty, rapped clothes,
Exposed to burger and to viie,
and every wind that b'ourg ;
Hi, too, is surely a linrd fate,
If mercy steps not in.
And snatch him, ere itbftoo late.
From wretchedness nnd sin.
O! wA-jld tht those whom Ood has blessed
With health and means to livi.
Did kindly feel for the distressed,
And aid in season give.
"What end'es blessings might they train
Bv little well applied, '
And not like Dives all retain,
But with God's poor divide.
O ! if they thought ou that poos child
"Who in the manger wept,
And that lov'd mother poor and mild.
That o'er Him vigil kept ;
And mind that what we give tho poor.
He'll view as gave to Him,
They surel v would not shut the door,
A.nd let not Jesus in. Vebitas.
TEE EASE BALL CLUBS.
A STARTLJXG DlSCtOSUSlC
BT JOIIX QUILL.
I have a terrible revelation to make.
Who would hve thought that in this corns
munity there is a band of men who are
leagued together for the purpose of doing
deeds at wbich angela might well weep,
and at tho recital of which the hardiest
man would shudder, and tear his hair out
by tho handful I Why, nobody.
Hut it is so !
Listen !
Upon my return from the South, where
I had my interview with the Ku Klux
Klan, I was waited upon by my friend,
Felix O'Dowd, who made the following
etatement, which I hasten to give to the
public, 60 that people may prepare to de
fend their altars and their fires, strike till
the last arme-1 foe expires, and keep out
of the green graves of their sires, thus
saving funeral expenses, and sustaining
the healthy reputation of the city.
"Do yoa know," said Mr. Felix O'
Dowd, "what all these Base Ball clubs
are for ?"
"Why, to amuse young men who have
a fondness for working very hard gratui
tously, of course," said I.
"Ha, ha!" laughed Felix, wildly, "not
so ; let me whisper it to you."
'They mean Hood ! "
"I board with tho Secretary of the Tom
Tit Club, and in the silent watches cf
night before last, I saw him rise up off of
his couch, go to the bureau, read a lot of
papers, run his fingers thiough Lis hair
with a wild and desperate air, draw his
razor across Li9 throat three times, sigh
deeply and return to bed.
4il examined these papers next day. I
tell you these Base Ball clubs aro parts of
an organization which is sworn to'riso Dp
and slaughter every Kepublican in these
United States before next fall. as to I
increase the Democratic majority. The3'
are Ku Klux Klanners in another shape.
They are going to deluge this land with
blood. They intend to begin with the
able-bodied men who are liable to the
draft, and then take the wsrd politicians.
When they are molderirg in the grave,
they will take all tho boys under twenty
one, and slaughter such as Lave radical
proclivities. .
"Oh, I tell you the undertaking business
will -prove profitable next fall. Holders
of coffins will become opulent. Don't
sell short in cemetery lota if 3-ou wouldn't
become a beggar. Buy in all the tomb
stones you can get your hands on."
"Can this be true?' I asked.
"Worse," said O'Dowd, "even worse
than this. They will next assault all the
orphan asylums, and after leveling them
with the ground, and putting the mana
gers to the iword, tLey will take the fatb
erlcss children and educate them as Dem
ocrats Democrats, I say and teach
their childish voices to shout the battle
cry of the untci rified."
"Felix, you have, been imposed upon.
It cannot be that "
'This Base Ball business is a swindla,"
said Felix, "a blind, a base-ball deception.
They merely go out tad profess to p!y,
so as to develop their muscles for the ter
ribla deeds which they are to do. It is
all fixed. The organization move like
machinery. Kar;h one h;t3 Lis appointed
woik. Tho 'catchers' will go around with
a lasso and rope in stray Republicans,
then the 'pitchers' will pitch into them.
The 'short 6top is to murder L'13 victims
quickly, and put a short stop to their
misery. The 'long stop ia to torture them
on the rack devilish engines in the siore
of hat-racks, which they all have ready in
their houses."
Felix, this is too horriblo f r "
'The
are to go arou.iJ and
pick out tho victims, scoring ihcm on the
back, so that the slayers will know them.
The arrangement of 'nines is alone sus
picious. Nine has &lwa3'S been a n ote
rious number. It is determined, al.-o,
that e?.ch nine is to elope with i. feminine.
This is modeled on the celebrated action
of Romulus in the case of the Sabine wo
men. If you recollect, Rome cot up and
howled on that occasion, l'ohgytny is
to be allowed when the slaughter is over."
"There must be Eome nmtuku here,
Felix "
" 'Out on a foul' means lo Lit men on
the head without warning, ami launch
them into eternity. I know all their se
crets. To 'catch on the first bound means
that some men are to be completely tied
with the lasso before the crowd rushes out
on them. 'Out on a fly' refers to tLe
manner in which those who endeavor to
escape by running will b3 treated. They
will be fehot dead in their tracks."
"Felix, 3'ou must see the Mayor about
this instantly."
"A 'home run is when seme frantic
Republican rushes to his Lome and seeks
refuge in the bosom of his family. These
will be boile-l in red-hot oil, and their
skeletons sold to Democratic medical
schools. 'Mutch gaiaes' arc those v-l.eie
bodies of men have barricaded hesIv1??
in Iioussb. The buildings will be under
mined, the cellars filled with gunpowder,
and the whole concern touched off with a
slow match,"
"You are ecrta:nby the victim of soma
wild delusion, Felix," I said.
"No, I'm not, I tell 3-ou. I kuov.- them.
Thoss sticks they call 'hats will bo id
to brain thick-headed Iu-pullicaris wiih.
They are poisoned at one end, and when
they sink into your skull you are a goner
without doubt."
"O, pshaw 1 this cannot possibly bv,
you know." .
"And you know those ball which theso
fellows have, sometimes incases? Weil,
they are filied with lv.tro-clyeerine n'l.l
Greek fire, and they will be thrown ir.' i
Republican mass meetings. They nic
warranted to kill six hundred men aLct.
I know the man that makes 'cm."
"Ob, yon are excited ; lie down avl
try to get a nap," said I. "It will suoii
wear off."
"The spikes in tLeir shoes are intend!
to stamp on a fellow when a Bas? littler
gets him down and has to wait f t LJp.
Tho spikes run through him nd pia Lira
to the pavement, you understand. Ti.-t's
what lhc3' mean by 'innings.' It's 'in
ning' when they get one of these tLings
jabbrb into your vi'aK Haven't you '
"Felix, my boy, you Lave been grossly
deceived. It can't "
"Haven't you noticed those fellows often
when they were playing, go to tine side
and drink something out of a tin cup or
a flask ? Well, that was Ei.oon ! hot
blood I I they do if to make them fie.ca
and cruel. They are at work now, all
through this town, I tell you. Th.?y
daren't do anything oper.ly yet, but tl cir
infernal work lias bgun They opera :o
at liijiht. Thc3' don't walk they flit.
Each man has wings. That's what 'b.'U
means; they fly around and steep their
Lands in gote. -You can often hoar their
peculiar cry. Every man has a doeo
voice. When they yell it is a bass bawl.
That's what they take their title from."
"Felix, you don't Eeem well. This
can "
"You recollect all those railroad acci
dents that have occurred late'y ? All tl.cso
coal oil explosions, and earthquakes, and
dog bites, and fires. ai:dcssesof biliou
fever? Well, that's their woik. That'a
what they're at. I tell you that there
wou't Le a solitary Republican alive Li
this town on tha first of nr-xt September.
That's so, now. I know, I know that "
"Felix, this is terrible."
"That they've got grips end pass words,
and all that tort of thh g, and every lime
a club goes out of town under the pre
tense of playing match pam?, the' Hop
and examine all the railroad preparatory
to ripping them up, and cuttirg the tcV
gxaph wires. If you I-jave home next
summer you'll never coma Lack, mark try
word,"
And Fe!ix OToxd r. i;LJiev and lift
me to meditate upon this fie?h horror.
I have asked myself, ocr and over
again, can this thing be ? an ! lha answer
has always been, ,yo. I: i tima this
community ws alarmed and made to un
derstand its perilous position. By plaeir
these fiicts before them 1 Lave doiw my
duty, end will r rcbibly tc S icrincnl for
it by tLe first base bsILst I tntci. Rut I
am courageous ar.d s eif s.c: ifuvrg. This
thing must be pt dukvn, and I am rady
to take tho consequences if my devotion,
and to save my fellow-ruen ut the il;k cf.
my life.
N. B If any cf my f llow-npn find
their hearts overflowing with gratitude,
and wish to pet rid of their properly be
fore tho final cat ft s tropin corces, a linci
Font to this ofJice will teach me.
Bractt at a Discount. A srn!lerun
in Keokuk. Iowa, telegraphed tta conduc
tor of a train to know if his wife was on;
the train. The answer came promptly.
'Tom 1W3 is c il " The hubard ?
scratched his head, pW.-: "nJ tzir
veled at t JuJe of American cxprsa-I0H5.