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VOLUME 3.
EBENSBTJRG, PA., THURSDAY, MARCH 4, I860.
NUMBER 6.
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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.
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