bllllp will 6 mMWMmw - - " " ' - b '' - II. A. .HTIEC, Editor and Publisher. IlE is A FUKEMAS YVIIOSX THE TRUTH MAKES FREE, ASD ALL A HE SLAVES BESIDE, Terms, 2 per year In advance. VOLUME 3. EBENSBTJRG, PA., THURSDAY, MARCH 4, I860. NUMBER 6. 4 4 BEN riSTRV. The midcrfcigncd, a graduate f tne F.ilti- ii ire ColVco x - - ' " "v?5 ( X Dental Stir '?" - -. -i-'- tory, respect- .f - ... I'u.ly oil - hi - -:... - . j r: r; ami vicinity, which place he will v:it j :; KcriiTii Monday of each month, to re- , i.. i'-A '.no cck. . A.I.-13. SAM'L TELFOED: D. P. S. j DR7TrETr.il.LER. j Op:ni!ve and 8:ha.iica! DENTIST, j i (!ii-e oa Ciirolh-c treet. between Virginia 1 f.i,.j Fnima st:o;:.- Persons from Cambria ; r,.,;r.:y or r-l-fwlcro who get work done by me 1 i,i , :i:ro'.!.f '( Ten Dollar til;. ! npwai d, v'.ll t !. n o r ii'r-fare tieih.-e'.-d Ironi t!;-'r bills, i All w..i:k wARR.isr: r. jui. SI, I.-tJ.-tf. ?""; i) V'. ZiK(JLEI', Sureoii D.mi- ' uiF v'-it K 'Hi-JM- i --"oiial'y 'in the ECOND Mox-.V'Tr;. j ,v ol .!. h n-:i.rh, am! rf-maii.r V- . ,-. !; . ih-.r.ng h-'. time u ;,; ; J,-' :)!:. ' at J.e ITi e !.ei-:;-for? rc'u;.red i v .,: .,i?r.2' Hantlov:! Hardware St. -re. Tce'ii ex meted without p .in by the u.-c o! Ni- j l:n 0 t::;i''. or i'ii:l.!i l.as. ' u-:.der- hio jToft i:;l sc-rvie.-s n:-- PI y- . i: r.: ! S:r.r.'- !) t.i t! c'tiz-v.s T (.virr.i!! t ..:! v;..i:.:'y. ChV.-- in ltvr i f l.uiM i , : ! '.. .i l.y J. !!:ct-: C. a sturc. ,!.( ...lis c.n V-. 5i.il' at liis rtvihni'.v, fiu ,'..t -iih of A. l!:vii8 (in Ivir.lwarc r dkvkimlvux, 3i. ix, vhy- 3- :ic:.-.i ami b:ui;ur.os. Sinun.il, Pa or;.- ex. t (:.! of I;!'h 5. !. ll-u-v. yn Ji.vJ hro'-i. ?Aa c-xU tn.iy hf rnatlc t.t :'u: (..'.. "0 tf- J'tziuls, ic. S:..r- Ma' i i: t , otst.osHe ti'f "Mvi;.vi u , o.-f." k; t.,,i. vi. 0,t.hv.- 17. K-GT.-Cm." I ll iNK W. IT AY, T7i!0I.r.?ATX lirlWIL Ma.fartu-or, 'J of TIV. C':ri?F.5t and Sl!Bi.T-Ii:oN W A KK. C :i ' i Whw Ci:iT..n, J..is (own, A liu..e tl -ck co;t.:A!y I). M j.AUi iIII.IN, !TTO?,N'j;V AT LAW. .,..',,?, ji. ra. i (buco i: : - nr.': hnii-dir.g, on the CorniT of CMi.t i n-.l I.ocu.-t k( reels up htair. Will r-.'A :) t- L'U:::'jss connect l-d with hi:-. 1 -.'. si..U. .!;:. . 'l--;7.-tf. 1.1. ; i.r. -i o-c. j E. CAM.AN. .1'IIST0X .1- SCAN LAN. At: i.L-ys at Lav, F.'v n tt. C.m.i r; a co , Fa. (i'tjf ci; 1 j t t'.o t,' ";rt i!.-:uae. Ki. .sb'irg, Jau. r. 1. ISOT.-tf. ,)(.)i;n r. i.inton, TT0i;NrA' AT LAW, ,,:.;:.A:rjj. Ai: i O.h in l.uihiii g 11 c-i ri cr -f M ..in ntid i'rsnkiin str'H. -j.t.o.;te M-.r.M.in II'-u.-e. fecon-i t-. r. lintrar.i e rn Fi'AuUlia EtJtet. 'I,;;: tov. n. Jan. 3 1 . i:i': 7. tf. A R!'.-EMS, - - - t. w. Drr, ,h.imt 'wV). EUnrhars. Ti 7"()i'EEIN d ruCIv, .Arror.Nr.Y.s-AT-J a. '. !'i'iis! u-g. F.i. (;';'( f with Wn:. Kittell. FJ . Ci.huia'.'.e Fu.-.v. j oct 22 .-tf. ' a!"-si 10 1 :.m a j; i: i t ttorney at law, n'teiiAurj, r-i- ()f;K-e on Hub rfct.o-e do.r L.vftcf the l:.!;ki:ig II( u-o of L':ti i Co. January Si, lSGT.-tf. r. r. ti;:i:ni:y, ITTOi'.NDY AT l,W , L Unsoioj, Ta. fj Olil.-e i:i Co'otiade ilt-w. Ji'i. 0. If 07-tt. .IOSE1MI M'DONALI). TTOriN'l'V AT LW, i:;.eixsh,r:1. ra. a Ofih.-e on CV.iti" sirc'i-t, e-pposite Li?itf;n's lh.l.l. .Ta.w 31, DviT-tf. joiin Fi:Nr.oN, UTTOitXFr AT LAW, Khenx-jvrj Fa. ji Office on il't'i sticct, ndjohdrig t.is resi dence. Jan CI, 18G7.-tf. c;i:oii(;i-: Yv'. oatman, ITTOIiNEY AT LAW, Elnnxhurg, ra. i O:tico in Oilonade Raw, Centre street. January Cl, lSG7.-tf. wilt a : amIcitixll, ATTORNEY AT LAAV, Elcnshurg, ra. 1 Onice in Co'onade Hjw, Centre street. Jan. SI, l?(iT.-tf, P. . IisiIIXG, Attouney-at- Lav,-, Jv:nts!o!rn, l'a. Olliceon Frank lin street, upstairs, over John Denton's .Hardware .S'.ore. ' Jan. 31. 18G7. f:M. II. SECIILEIi, Attorsey-at- V if Law, Kbensburg. Ta. OHicc iu rooms 'rcvarJv rceup'cdhv (leo. M. Reade, Et-) . ia C .a r.a'Je Low, Centre street. aug.27. Gi;0 M. IIEADE. Atiornjnf-Lfrt EhensburL', Pa. OCice in new Luilding rec?ntlv erected cn Cci.tre B'.reet. two doors from liih itreet. g 7- . THAMES "cTkASLY, Attorney- at-Law, Can(,Ukncn, Cambria Co., ra. Collections and, all legal btuiuess promptly attended to. Jan 31, 1807. JT KINKEAD, Justice of the Pence awl Claim Agent. Office removed to the oflice formerly occupied by M. Ilasson, Eaci.fcdec'd.oaUigh St.. Ebensburg. -. jl3. I" S. STUAYER, Justice Peace. Johnstown. Pa. Offic OF THE Office on the corner of Market gtreet and Locust alley, feecond ard di c.12.-ly o a t it a n , X,-H EBEXSBULG. PA., Is the sole owner of the iiignt to Manufactuie nnd sell THE UN EQUALLED METROPOLITAN OIL!! ,liriIANS COURT SAI.EHy vir ,iJr tue of an crJer of the Orphans' Court of Cambria comity, to rue directed, there will be ex'Ot-'e.l Vj l'uiilic S tlo, lit the hotel of Law rence Schroth, in the horor.h of Currolltown, on S.TrnnAY the f'Tii pat ok March next,-at 2 o'clork v. M. , the j'ol!owin dcribed real estate of wiiieh Mary Ann Buser, late of . the borough of Cnrrolitown. died FeizO'l : Acer taiu LOT OF GROUND situate in said bor ough of Carroll tow:i, comity of Cambria, bounded and dociibcd as follons, to wit : Fron-thi five rods on Church street at.d exte:id in back faui teen r jJs :tnd eiht tect to ilid d!c alley arc! known iind nuin'.jt red on the gene- !"iii pl.in of sai I bop;ugh as lot No. 15. having ! ti.orcon erected a one and a half storv I..OU 1IOUS R, weii'.berboanlod, and a pnj:iil FHA1IE STAliLi:; Al.iO, by virtue of an Cider of said Court, to tue directed, there will be exposed to Tublic Sale, at the prime time and pl.tce.lhe following described real etnte rf which Euib ira Tuer, l..:eef tlie borough of Carro hown. died seized: A cmin LOT OF GIIOUND situate in said birou.h of Cnrrolltown, county of Cambria, bounded and described aq follows, to wit : Fronting five perch and five feet on Church street, and extending b;sck fourteen perches fti.d eif;ht fee', to Middle alley, and known and numbered on the general plan of said borough as Lot No. I C. TLF.MS OF SALE-One thhd of the pur-cha-e niouey to ho paid on ccnGi inatin of sale, a:.d this residue in to r'ii! :iinial payments, with in'crest, to be f-ccuml by the fnortgage and judmeist Londs of the purchaseiv. JOHN IlENDFR, Adin'r of II irv An'i I? iser an jIi.itbara Fuscr. r .!; 1.1 rv 11,1 ;'i 8 4t. U ICEXSE NOTICE. Notice is hcrc by Ji'vr-n r.'iat the folio'-vi-ig petitions for Tavern and Fating l'oi:.-e License havo bee filed in my i'.ije, and will be presented to the Judges of the Couit ot" Q'rsrier Serious on Miuiday, the l.-t dy of March next : Tavern Augu-t Snyder, 2d ward, John S. Og.h'U. 'id w.ird. George Kngelbach, .11 ward, .'nob IM.eatu.'M waid, Joi-.n tireini . .'Id ward, Tli s. lCinr.ty, 21 w :od, Fttcr Saley, 4th ward, Anpu-t V"ci-i!id. ;uh war 1, Johnstjwj1; Fe'ei W. litlfii'. h, Sni-'jU'.h 'mi i Twp ; Cereakas ?chi,e;.f, Chet Twp.; F. DoeK. Lorctto ; Dan ie! C. infer, F. tt Coi.einaiih ; Henry Fritz, V.'diiiam A. IlicUs, Yoder Tonship, Tho .1:13 Zehnder, Cambria CoroUiih : Miulvie! Griffln, Miiiviilc; J. S. Kei', Otto lle'.ty. Wushington Twp.; Jb'iohae! Lattt-rn. Csiwbria Twp ; Hen ry Foter, wet waid, Lbo::.s:nrg ; Dontinu'k iiger, Andiew Hang, C.irroiltown ; Lawrence Campbell. G,ii'i:ziii township. Kating H'.i.-k C ath-irine Vc-Kenna, 2 1 w'd, Pati-ick O'Cojine'.!. "J .1 ward, G ilKib Lr?ier,' ii ward, .H.iui iiaab, il l w ard, J.inif-s D Ham ilton.ttd M, ().-:-r Crafl". 4th w'J, Max. Hern- U, 1:1 wV. .! !!: .'iro ti ic.ro:i 'h John Coad. Th .Ti 'rii Lor n-h; Mich'l Gradv, il.ivi'.ie bi.i-i.ti-.di; 1'iLhail McCabe, East Con cm :!!. borongh. tie MiT Cynj.i Kurt, 3d w-rd, Johnstown; Kidi .id Tu .'or, we?t ward. F.b-::.-burg. J. K. I15TF., lhothoiiotary. EUnshure, Fth. 11, 15;"i!) 3t. ,'5 1IUAL LIST. List of Causes set -i- down for tiial et a Court of Common Fii'a.i, to be l.eid for Cambris conntv, coui- rr.e:;cir. 0:1 Moi.d iy, March lt, lt(."i). HICOXl' WKI K. Cil'i;!g'innt L Gani.-'oi'. vs Woakhtn l .c Thoi M.rg.ict Snyder v 'eaklan 1 5: Tliomr.s; John Snyder vs Weakland i Thomas; Freder ick Sri; d".?r vs V." Oakland ; Tl;nnii. ; Lcighty v-i St'nier; Wiiiiann vs Siinior; Williams, guar di m, vh tiimor; Devlin & McNeill vs Stimer; McCoy's lix'r vj l.it7.'n:rer; Fenhin vs Duncan' Moore v McCou.r.h.'; Mootc Roberis vs Mo Cuiiihic; Kowh;y vs McLIugh: McCormick vs S. inker et, al ; Pon-.roy vs Nacle ; Pomroy vs Sc.-.v.lan ; Cooper vs Dar.mirc; Sn viler vs F.y rne, Traiiifir vs.MuJabe; Snvdcr vs Parke; Cooper vs Wike ; t-c ;t vs McGbide and Fa It It Co; Aliison vs Myers et al; Faruiworth, for use, vs Warner; Ciiac vs n.irker. J. K HITF.. rioi'.ioHoky. Pr.j-Jnnotarv's Of-k-e, Lbcnburg, Feb 4, '03 jtTiikai' 7:eal estate i win sell for orsji.or cn time, the following de scribed Real Est :te : FOUR HOUSES anJ LOTS in the Borough of Kborirbory . SIXTEEN ACRF.S OF LAND lying imnte di -ittlv souMi of E?iei;sburcr. A FARM OF KJO ACTvES In D'acklick Township, about G'J ac res cleared. An excel-i'-nt Co il It-ink on the tri't. FOUR TRACTS UNIMPROVED LAND i'i Siiirmerl.ill Township. A TR ACT OF UNIMPROVED LAND in W.i -;!.ina on Township. A II C USE sn l LOT t Hemlock, now in wfit'on of Mr. Morfl-:r:d. ' A TRACT OF LAND in Watl:ing!.cn Tp , i :r..'ti:e of Rusher. ; "Al-o, various o'.1i27 LANDS or LOTS OF 1 GROUND in dir.'.-: ent portions of Cumbria Co. fj2! A g'Jd title will im given in all cases ROPEKT L". JOHNSTON. Ebcr.sburg, Jan. 1 1, P-GL.-tf. V7"ALUAiLr.i: TOWN PROPERTY T FOR SALE. Will be sold at private sale, th-it valuable property situate at the cor ner of Horner anl Mary Ann ptrcets, in the borough of Ebensimrg, t'mtainir.g nearly an acre at ground, i:h a largo nn commodious Frame Dwelling House, outbuildings and sta blr id in excellent order. The property era braces a wood-house, wash-h.iuse. and an cx ce'.iert cellar, and there are on the premises a large number of selected fiait trees. A. far ther d?eript:on is deemed nnnecennnry, as thoce wi?hir.g to purchat-e will call and cxam ino for themselves. The title is indisputable. For particulars inquire of 1 R.'L. JOHNSTON. Eoensbtrg, January 7th, 18G9. TiJ0Iv SALE lhi unaersigneu oners JL far sale the FARM ou which they now reside, situate in Allegheny township, Cambria county, -within two miles of Loretto, (forrnprly owned bv James McAtecr.) containing ONE HUNDRED and EIGHTY-SEVEN ACRES, more or lest, 100 Acres of which are cleared the balrnce well timbered. There is erected on the premises a Rood DWELLING HOUSE and splendid BARN, together with other ne cessarv outbuildings, such as Blacksmith Shop, Corn Crib, Sheep House, &c. ; also, an excel lent ORCHARD of choice fruit. Title per fect. For terms apply on the prem jse-. to Loretto T. O., Aug. 0, 166.-tr. --nrr tT. I.I.OVD & CO.. j o ' Bankers, Altooka, Pa. Drafts on the principal cities and Silver ni.i f,.r sale. Collections rnado. Moneys received on dexiob.t, payable on de- mand, without interest,, or interest at fair rates. a&31' ULES AM OXEN FOR SALE. The nndersoffneu offers at rrtvate snle 14 MULES and 2 Yokes Oxen. The Mules Are all young, large -blemishd. feb.4.-5t. Crcsoa, Cambria Co k P- Ijc Jocfs gcgarimtnt. PLSiSAXTKR THAN ALL. Robins in Ih.e tra tops, Blossoms in the grassy Green things a gnnving Everywhere you pa.s j Sudden little breezes ; Showers of silvery dew ; Black bough and bent twig Building out anew : Pino tree and willow trefi. Fringed elm and larch Don't you think that May-lime's rieasanter than March ? Apples in the orchard,1 Mellowing one by ono; Strawberries upturning Soft cbc-ks to the hun ; Ji acs faint with sweetness j Liliics, fair of face ; Drowsy sense of murmurs Hauuting every place ; Lengths of golden sunshine ; Moonlight bright ss day Don't you think that summer rieasanter thau May 1 Boger in the corn patch. Whistling negro songs : P ti sty by the hearth sid?, 11 -raping with tlie tongs; Chestnuts in the ashes, Burning through the rind; lied leaf and gold leaf R'.istiing d"iwn the wind. Mother duiu' peaches," All the afternoon D-m't you think that Autumn's rieasanter than June? Little fairy snow-flakes Dar.cing in the floe ; ()!d Mr. Santa Claus, What is kef-ping yon ? Twilight and firelight ; Shadows corre and go; ' Mf rry chime of tieigh-beHs Tinkling through tlie snow ; Mother's knitting stocking, (Pussy's got the ball :) D .n't you think .that Winter's l'!ca-,ai.ter than al! ? Salts, jSluf ejjes, nccbotts, f t. A ICi'A'G vi:jii:sis. A DETECTIVK'S liXt'EKIKKCE. In IS 8 ft circumstance occurred in the city of New Orlean?, which at tha time, created an excitement which affect ed the entire population. An old mer chant, highly connected, wealthy and ot distinguished social position, una night mysteriously disappeared. His family were in infinite distress, and bis business in consequent disorder. He left his store at a late hour, ostensibly to go borne ; but before going, contrary to his usual practice, lie put in h'i! pocket a large sum of m noy. . His way led along Peters street, on the ban' of the river, far down in tlie Tiiirel District of the city. His life may have been sacrificed, snd his body thrown into the flood that rolled at his feet. Police regulations at this time were bad, and crimes of this description were not unfrcq int'j' perpetrated. A lit tie way back from the street was a ruinous building, half tumbling to decay, and in habited by a number of people, men and women inured to vice, and living by rob bery. Among the notes of Mr. lonlay was known to posFCFS wag one 500, with the word ''Canal" written on the back. The rest were of various denominations, and without peculiar identity. Mr. 1 and myself visited the resi dence of the missing man, at tho rcepae&t of bis wife ; nnd by her wero charged with the duty of tracing out ami bringing to justice his supposed murderers. She vvud a tall, elegant looking ladv, ot com-; The wealth cf her rich beauty and fine mind were inherited by her daughter, a young girl scarcely twenty. The terrible bereavement had jaralyzact the senses ot the mother, but had aroused the energy and fire of the young girl's nature. More like a beautiful Nemesis than an ordinary woman the appeared to us. As we en tered the room she was in the act ot con soling her mother. The long black hair had escaped from its confinement nnd al most enveloped her person in its ebon tresses. The great luminous eyes were tearful, but flashing and full of fire. The face was dark with the blood of her Span ish rac?, but the figure was queenly, slen der and faultless to a model. The glori ous beauty of the young girl fascinated while it bewildered you. Rare in its ex quisite loveliness, the eye delighted to rest on the willowy outline and graceful sym raetry. Starting op as we entered the room, she inquired hastily, almost fierce ly, I thought: "Are you the detectives ?" 'e are," and I gave our names. ' "I must speak to you in private,", she said, and led the way to an adjoining apartment. "What do you think of the matter V she asked when out of bearing of her mother.. "As yet an opinion would be mere guess work," 1 replied. "Nevertheless, I have come to one. I have no doubt he has been murdered, and that the deed was committed some where near the old ruinous building near the river." "Some such idea has crossad my mind, but there is no trace as yet which can lead to the proof of it." "AYe will find it, rest assured," she said, "and to this end you must co-operate with me ; and now listen to what I have lo say: To-night, at 12 o'clock precisely, do you two visit tho old build ing. I will be thero. Ask for the young woman who applied at nightfall for shel ter. Let your object be, apparently, to aircrt her." ! "Hut I do not understand!" "Hut. you will. 1 a coing there at dusk, disguised" as a beggar E,irh ljy the time you come my information will have been collected." ' ' She rose to her feet as she rpoke, and now indeed she wore the appearance of the Nemesis I had likened her to at first. Heautiful, but rigid as fate, looked now that self, determined face. The beauti ful eyes had lost their soft lustre, and shone now with passionate light almost cruel. The lips were pale, but rigid as iron, and the beautiful nostrils dilated with an expression of heart consuming vengeance. "I will read tho guilty secret," she said, "if tlie criminal is there, however leep in his heart he may bury it." Strange as it maj' appear, I made no attempt to dissuade her from her purpose. I could not. ! felt as if the beautiful creature exercised OTCr me a magnetic control. And with this understanding we took our leave, lo prepare for the night visit to the old bouse and its dan gerous inhabitants. Those acquainted with the city at 'that period can form some idea of the danger of the plot we had formed. To us it was a matter of daily occurrence. Uut for the young girl, inexperienced and tenderly nursed, to thrust herself into the very house of the unscrupulous and des perate wretches who were suspected of this crime, was himply appalling. It would not do," however, to go to the placo before the hour n ppointed for our corning, for thai would defeat the object in view. It was, therefore, with many a mis giving, and uneasiness but poorly con cealed, we bided our time. Hut we deter mined to be there at the very moment, nnd the clock was on the stroke of midnight when we knocked at tha door. The out side cf the house gave no signs of life within. The shutters were securely fas tened, and no ray of light penetrated the darkness ; but the muELnl sound of voices reached our ears, until our knock hushed them to a whi.per. There was a moment ary hesitation as if of counseling together, and then the door was opened wide. It was a long, low room, dusty and brown from age. About a dozen persons were seated around ; but every eye was turned to the door. Two men had risen to their feet and stood in an attitude which might mean defense, befjrc the fireplace ; but the object thai attracted our attention most was a young girl sitting in the center of the apartment. Her face was dark as a gypsy's, and the long hair hung loose on her shoulders ; her dress was of poor ma terial, ragged and unclean. Patches nnd rents hud utmost changed its hue ard dis guised its texture. IShc seemed too thinly clad for that. cold night, and her. slender frame shivered, as if from cold, as tho chill flir from the open door swept in. "What dj you want ?" was the stem question addressed to us by one of the men at the fire. Hefore I had time to reply, the gill sprung to her feet and spoke instead: "Arrest these men!" Her voice was low, but the face, flash ing in the light of the fire, was that of the Nemesis I IsaJ scn that day. There was a short, fierce struggle, and the men were in our power. The girl then walked to a place in the floor, and, touching a concealed spring, lifted a trap door. She bade Mr. I. lift the bos that lay in the hiding place. The lid was wrenched off, and in it were the old mer cl a it's money, papers and pocket book. With the money was found the bill, and the word "Canal" written across it. It was not long before the men confessed their crime. The old man had been mur dered and bis body was thrown in the river. The daughter accomplished her mis sion. She had carried out her design, and traced to their hiding places the proofs of the murderers' crime. It is useless to relate what followed. Long years have fled since then, and the young Nemesis is yet among the living. Beautiful still, there are many hearts to grow glad at her smile, and share with her the joys of the honio she charms. But this strange incident in her life will never be effaced from her mind, or fade from the memory of those who saw her then. A citizen of Burlington, Vt., baa in vented a clock that runs by electricity, and never requires winding. It has only three wheels, no weights or springs and it is claimed that it has little friction, ts not effected by heat, cold, dampneus or jarring. A single clock and battery can be connected with any number of dials and indicators, in the same building, or even along the wbole line ot rmma;. The American Agriculturist says the "blind staggers" may be arrested and cured by opening with a quill the small holes abore the temple in the horse's fore head. It is the filling of these holes that causes the staggers. They can be found, two on each Bide, by cutting the skin open at the place indicated. vriLKirts ox vt:-LociiEocs. "Hut Wilkins, I " "I tell you, Mrs Wilkins, I'm not go ing to have it ; you may as well make up yoar mirud to lhat at once. No woman shall ever go prancing around this com munity on a velocipede while she'd a wife of mine ifT can help it; so you caa just take that old pair of wheels you brought home and gladden the heart of some kind ling wood man with them, for ride cn thorn you don't; if you do I'm a Dutchman; thctti" 'Mr. WifkW you know i "No I don't know anyiutnrr 0f (he kind. Do you think I'm going to let sucu look ing woman as you dress up in Bloomers and mount a high hat and go around try ing to show olY luii figure " "Mr. Wilkins !" "Go straggling around the thorough fares of this town, looking like an old beer cask propped up on two legs, and showing those ar.kle3 which are so thick that you couldn't get one of them through the equa tor." "Wilkins, I'll scratch. " "Well, I should think not. And be sides, I don't know whereabouts on this terrestrial globe yen expect to . get any wheels strong enoogh to bear you. You'd Ftnash a pair of cast iron car-wheels into smithereens the minute you sat down on thorn, you would. Tha best thing j-ou can do i-i to waik, and on tlie ground, too, where the crust of the ea:th isn't thin ; or else sit in front of a lit e and melt down your avoirdupois." "Mr. Wilkins, j'ou'ie peifectly scanda lous." "But I'm not going to put up with it. I don't intend to have you flopping around town on a velocipede, and very likely frtll ing ofT and breaking your bjnes, and then have a lot of doctors coming to my house and making jost mortem examinations, and sawing you up, and discovering things with hard Latin names in your lungs and your liver, and your physique generally. Well, I should think not ! It's bad enough to have to submit to you now, without having your gore spilt around over the carpet, and a parcel of sawbones blas pheming at your anatomy. I " "Wilkins, ain't you ashamed to talk so?" "I want you to understand lhat if you ride that velocipede I'll sue for a divorce. I don't believe in a woman exercising her muscles on any such contrivance. You'd a good deal belter get a scrubbing brush, and go down ard tackle the front door steps with some sand and a chunk of soap. That's the kind of exercise you want, in my opinion." "Mr. Wilkins, if you'll only listen " "Or else practice carrying a coal-scuttle up and down stairs every five minutes all day. But for tlie mother of a family and a flabby old girl of your years under taking to ride a velocipeoe, why its sim ply ridiculous." "Mr. Wilkins, I" "The next thing I know, I suppose you will be parading yourself in tha pa pers as 'Madame Wilkins, the Champion Female Yeloeipedist,' and running mile heats on the Nicholson pavement for hun dred dollar purses, best two out of three. A beautiful spectacle wont it be 1 And then I suppose you'll want me to bet on -ou nnd back you up ; but not one cent of my cash do you get. JNot one single soli tary red. Do you suppose I'm going to throw away my hard earned money on such a fanatic as you ? , Well, I should think not. I wouldn't put up a dollar on you if I was worth untold billions. I'm proud of you ; I want you to distinctly un derstand that." "Mr. Wilkins ; that's all nonsense." "And a pretty example you are setting to your children. Here only yesterday ITolofernes Montgomery made a veloci pede out of two flower barrel lids, and when he and Bucephalus Alexander tried to mount it it broke down and bit Mary Jane on the leg and lamed her for life, while Ilolofernes Montgomery fell over on the cat, which yowled and spitted around and scrntched Ilolofernes Montgomery over the frontispiece, so that his beauty is entirely destroyed, and he looks more like vou than ever. I say it's perfectly outrageous, and I'm not going to stand it." "Mr. Wilkins ! O, "if you listen I'll tell vou something." "Oh ! I don't want to hear it. We'll discontinue the conversation. I'm tired of hearing you cackle.' "Well, that velocipede) that catne home " - ' 'Never mind, now. I want to go to sleep. Just give your tongue a chance to rest, will you." 'Wa3nt fcr you. I heard you say you wanted one, and so I bought it of the market money I saved. But you treat me like such a brute, that I I I '" . "For me did you say, Sarah? Well then never mind now. Don't cry, Sa rah, I say ! Ne?er mind : I won't do it aain, Sarah I Sarah! Don't cry, Sa--Irah 1 Oh well, cry then, cry ; who cares ? You're the most aggravating wo man that ever lived. I'll get on a veloci pedii to-morrow morning and abandon you as eure as my came is Wilkins. If I doa't, bang me. Pure lard, thoroughly rubbed in on the parts affected, it is said, will surely give relief in the very worst cases of neu ralgia. It is a simple prescription and worthy of being tcsUd. ' Work, fur I lie O.npidiM History fa Remarkable Stone. It is not often that facts and circum stances like the following come within ' reach of the journalist, and we now bare ly refer to this as showing a history of the curious as wdl as the mysterious in min erals which certainly border on the mar velous. Nearly a century ago, an old gentleman was passing along a road in lower Virginia, where a party of worthy emigrants had been encamped some time befoic. As be walked leisurely forward a rabbit crossed his path. He paused, J a nu m a moment the httla animal return ed. Coming back the third lime, the old r"'n stooped to pick up a stone to throw at it. VB i,c i;rtetj j.;, arm -,n tj)e S1)n light his attention attracted bv the oeautiful manner in which in .tone re fracted the light, and instead of throwing it he put it into his pocket. Ileturnin" home he gave it to his children to play with, only regarding it as a singularly beautiful stone without attaching any special value to it. Sorao days after ward an intelligent physician called at the house and ohseiving the stone on the floor, examined it and offered six dollars for it. Tho old gentleman argued that if it was worth six dollars it wns worth more, and declined parting with it. Soon an opportunity offered to send the stone to England by a trusty friend of the family. On 1 caching London lie went at once to consult an old lapidary by the name of Fox. -After careful examina tion this man s:.id : "All America is not able to buy that stone." The young man then went to. an old Jew who dealt in precious stones. lie was one of your tervous, suspecting- kind of individuals, and said at once "Put thai in your pock et, nn l do not come out without a guard. Y'on would be robbed were it known you had this." The agent, r.larmed at finding himself the custodian of so great a treas ure, avoided any further effort to bring it to notice and availed himself of the first opportunity to return home. Some time after a party of six men came over from Maryland, and offered in lands and negroes what was considered equivalent to an hundred thousand dol lars. Tho owner argued as he did when the first offer was made and declined. In the meantime the old man died, and as the circumstances of the family were comfortable, no special effort was made to dispose of the stone. It passed down through several generations, being care fully concealed until after the war, when it came into the hands of Dr. Daugherty, of Mechaniceburg, whose children are le gal heirs. The Doctor applied the vari ous tests, and found it to po"sess the char acteristics of Ihe diamond. His opinion was confirmed by several scientific friends It is, of course, in its rough state.. It possesses a superior d 'gree cf hardness, and readily cuts glass. It has the pecu liar adamatino lustre, and acquires vitrc ous electricity by friction, has double refractrous power, and is colc.rless and transparent. Thero is only one suspi cious circumstance connected with i and that is its size. It is somewhat larger than any diamond hitherto described. Tho largest diamond known seems to be that of the llajah of Mattan, in the East Indies, which weighed 3G7 carats, whilst this stone weighs 450 carats. The dia mond possessed by the Emperor of Mo gul weighed 279 carats, and was reckon ed worth 100,000 sterling. For prudential reasons Dr. D. has been quiet in regard to this stone, wait ing, us Macawber would say. for "some thing to turn up." Kecently a combina tion of circumstances bordering on the marvelous, has led to further investiga tion. The stone has been sent away to pass Ihe scrutiny of the ablest scientific men ot this country, and there is every reason to believe that America can boast the largest diamond in the world. State Guard. TaE IsvKsnoif of Lithography Tho impatience of a German washer woman led to the invention of lithogra phy. The history of that elegant art begins with a homely domestic scene, which occurred at Munich about the year 1793, and in which three characters figured, Madame Senefelder, the poor widow of an excellent actor, then recently deceased ; her son, Alois Senefelder, aged twenty-two, a young man of an inveotive turn ; and the impatient washerwoman just mentioned. The washerwoman had called at the home of this widow for the weekly "wash" ; but the "list" was not ready, and the widow asked her son to take it. He looked about the room for a piece of paper upon which to write it, without being able to find the least frag ment, and be noticed also that his ink was dry. Washerwomen are not apt to be overawed by etich customers, and this twie certainly did not conceal her impatience while the fruitier pearcn was proceeding. The young man had in the apartment a smooth, soft, cream-colored frtone, such as lithographers now use. He had also a mass of paste made of lampblack, wax, soap, and water. In the hurry of the moment, he dashed upon the oft, smooth stone the short list of garment, usiys for the purpose this awkward lump of oily ' paste. The washerwoman went uu thu ' bPr umall bundle of clothes, peace was re- stored to tho family, and tie writing on the stone remained. Atlantic Monthhjfor Tho Soda Lakes of Mexico. The Lake of Tescoco, a short distance from the capital of Mexico, and commu- nicating with the city by means of a canal, is one of the greatest natural curiosities of that country. In the centre is a barren island, with a hill composed of volcanic rock and known as El Penon do los Banos, or rocks of the baihs, risins from he sur face. This dcolate spot is famous for tha manufacture of crude soda or tequesquite, a manufacture not more remarkable for -its primitive method than its vast re sources. The earth of the valley adjoin ing the lake is impregnated with a species of soda, and Lake Tescoco itself is a con centrated solution of soda. It contains an immense deposit of the salts of sodium anel the carbonate of soda. The lake has a great surfaca and small depth, and with a r"my season of four months and a dry season of eight, its range of expansion and contraction is from two hundred square miles at its maximum to eighty square miles at its minimum. A calculation of -the contents of the lake wa3 made in 185 i, when tha lake was considerably contract ed, and the proportion of solid matter was ascertained to be not less than eighteen per cent. The Penon soda stills are not numerous, but illustrate the rude principles at work all around the lake. Thcv are simnlv - mounds of accumulated dark, bluish mold. on which large round holes are madchcra and there. In these holes bags are placed, and through the bags is impregnated the frosty-looking earth found every morning along the lake. Over this earth water is poured, and tho liquor which sinks through the dirt, and is drained from tha bag, passes into a vessel below. The solution tha3 caught is evaporated over a fire, and tequesquite is the result. Thi is the whole process, which is the same that was used in the days of Montezuma. With this primitive system of manufac ture, the lake, according to the estimates of tho School of ' Mining in the city of Mexico, produces annually, 1,080,000 pounds of crystalized, or pure soda, and 3,096,000 pounds of tequesquite, or im pure soda. TnE Marriage Question from a. Yankee Clerk's Point of View. The. "Professor at the Breakfast Table" says: "Can't marry a woman now-a-day till you're so deaf you have to cock your bead like a parrot to hear what she says, and sa long sighted you can't see what she looks like nearer than arms length. I look at them girls, and feel as the fel lah did when he missed catching tha trout. 'Twood cot more butter to cook n than he's worth, says the fellah. Takes a whole piece o goods to cover a gal up these days. I'd as lief undertaker to keep a span of elephants, and take an ostrich to board, too, as to marry one of 'em. What's tho use T Clerks and counter-jumpers ain't anything. Sparra- grass and green peas ain't for them not while they're young anil tender. I loss back riding ain't for them except once a year, on Fast Day. And marryin ain'l for them. Sometimes, too, a fellah feels lonely, and would like to have a nice young woman to tell her how lonely he feels. And sometimes a fellah would like to have one of them small young ones to trot on his knee and push about in a little wagon. It's odd cnouph ; but if seems to me nobody can afford them lit tle things except the folks that are so rich they can buy everything, and the folks' that are so poor they don't want anything. It makes nice boys of us fellahs, no donbt. And it's pleasant to see fine young girls" sittin' like shopkeepers bahlnd their goods, waitin, waitin', waitin', and no custo-' mer?, and the men lingerin' round and Iookin' at the goods like folks that want' to ba customers and haven't got lliev money. I" The "Greknest" Yet The Mead ville correspondent of the Titusville Her ald is responsible for the troth of the fob lowing : A ludicrous case of verdancy occurred! at the McIIenry IIouso a few werks ago, as follows : A couple from Oakland came to town, got married in the evening, pro ceeded to the hotel and at a late hour, were found in the sitting room by one of the colared waiters. The cewly made Benedict asked the gentleman of color "how soon their bed would ba brought in." Sambo politely responded by in forming that if he withed a room he niust regifter his name, when tha clerk would assign him one. He accordingly repair ed to the office and inscribed bis name and the maiden name of his wife below it. Insisting npon baring a room together, the clerft inquired if ha and the lady were married, when he replied in the affirma tive, and pulled from his pocket the mar riage certificate I The question of legal ity being settled, the happy pair were conducted to an apartment. An Loot or two after a strong smell of gas sent the ni 'ht watchman hunting for the leak. It was traced to the room of the newly mar ried pair. Demanding admission and asking Ihe ctase of the escaping gas, the rural swain replied, pointing to hi9 gar burner, "that he blew it out and the darned thing smelt o bad hat be put his stocking over it." Sure enough, there was the stocking, drawn over the bur-nat; and tied down with a shoestring. DcronTrcT. Mr&ATntiR for cold. nr
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