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Terms, $2 per year In advance.
Volume 3.
ebensburg, pa., Thursday, October ia, 1869.
NUMBER 37.
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T-X I I 1 Ul . - A HO UUU-I o.i-v,, M
,f the '.,;U"
! of Dental 'r-
wrv, rc"
fully offer hi
to the
citizens oi , , h n,..e i wia T;s;t
"JIol-iith Monday of each month, to re-
Eiaiu one wct nKLFOHD. D. D. S.
auj: -
DR.H. B. MILLER,
.Operative and Mechanical DENTIST.
1 QfiL.e removed to Virginia street, opposite
hie Lutheran church. Persons from Cambria
! otmtv or elsewhere who get work done by me
tjj the amount of Ten Dollars and upward, will
We the railroad fare deducted from their bills,
flu. vouk lymmw- Jan. 21, 186S).-tf.
trll. I). W. ZIEGLEIl, Surgeon Ucn-
11 tit, wi.1! vjit Kbenshurg pro-
..( a i,.h mnnMi. and rem.WIiV.-i r.tJr
4. ..L- i!iiriu:r which time he
V ' "v :
biavbe lounii ac tue Mountain rioa?e.
rTeetli extracted wmioui pain uy tue u&e
.! Nitrate OsiJe, or Laughing Gas.
IT AMES J. OATMAN, M. IX,
M tenders his professional services as Phy
$: sud tSurgeon to the citizens of Carroll-jL-xn
ui vicinity. OlEce in rear of build
:.g ocoupk'd by J. Duct & Co. as a store.
NivLt calls can be made at his residence, one
iloortcuth cf A. Iiiug's tin and hardware
r a f O 1 OCT
tore.
IT) DEYEREAUX, M. D., Pur-
s:cias and Sau'iEON, Summit, Pa.
juHice eitid of ManeioL. House, on Rail
I' ttil street. JJrgiit calls may bo made at
JtLvf;ioe. rmy23.tf.
J. LLOYD, successor to Ji. S.
j Dt'NN. Dealer in Drugs, Medicines,
ipaiui, be. Store on Main street, opposite
!tL Mansion House," Kbenbarg. Pa.
Octkr 17. 18G7.-Gin.
0LOl'i & CO., Baelirrs,
J Ebensecf.g, Pa.
G"!J, Silver, Government LtHint, and
rther Srcuritie?, bought and suld. Interest
p'.lnwel on Time Leposits. Collections mads
)in a!! accessible )oint6 in the United States.
'Hod a general Banking business transacted.
IT M. LLOYD & CO.,
T? Bankers, Altoosa, Pa.
Drafts on the principal cities and Silver
nd Gold for Eale. Collections made.
loceya received on deposit, payable on de
tiAni, without interest, or upoa time, with
Interest at fair rates. an31.
I FliANK W. HAY,
WHOLESALE and RETAIL Manufacturer.
ri o( TIN'. COPPEK and SIIEET-IKOX
fA'ARK, Canal street, below Clinton, Johns
f-sirn, to.. A large Ktock constantly
"t A. tHDKMAIM,
.GEO. W. OATMAK.
?QHOEMAKEH & O ATM AN, Attok-
kits at Law, Ebensourg, Pa. 02ioe on
li'h ptreet, in mediately east of Uuntlor's
,hrJware store. ap.8,'Gi).
j D. M LAUGIIL1N,
Attorney at law, johnstovn. Pa.
031ce in the Exchange building, on the
Uorner of Clinton and Locust streets up
Btaire. Will attend to all business connect
tsl with hts profession.
Jan. 31, 1867.-tf.
L. JOHNSTON, J B. 8CAKLAV.
JOIINSTONT & gCANLAN.
Attorneys at Law,
Ebensburg, Cambria co., Ta.
Office opposite the Gurt LIoas.
tWusburg, Jan. 31, 1867.-tf.
f JOHN 1 LINTON,
TTORNKY AT LAW, Johnsloirn, Pa.
.A Unlca ia building on corner of Main and
.j?:;3 tjoor. Entrance on Franklin street.
J')Lnhtown. Jan. Cl. lSC7.-tf.
WILLIAM KITTELL,
JITTCRNEY AT LAW, Ebensburg. Pa.
ii Oiiice iu Colonade Row, Centre street,
i Jaa. 31, l8C7.-tf. -
ft L. PEIISI1LNG, Attorney-at-
La w, Johnstown, Fa. Office on Frank-
fl n street, up-stairs, over John Benton's
uaraware Store. Jan. 81, 1867
Wm. II. SECHLER, Aitorset-at.
recently occupied by Geo. if. Reade, Esq , in
Ulonide Row, Centre street. aug.27.
Q.E0. M. UEADE, Attorixg-alLaw,
Ebcnsbure. Pa. Office in new building
rwently erectpd on f!n1r trMt. twn doora
'rom High street. aug.27.
Tj-VMES C. EASLY, Attornet-at-Law,
Carrolltown, Cambria Co., Pa.
Wlections and all Wal hmsintxa nrnmntlff
lcndcd to. . Jan 81. 1867.
A- SOPBLlsr, . . . . T w DICK,
Johnstown. Ebensburg.
JTOPELIX & DICK, Attorxeys-at-'
v W' Ebn8burg, Pa. Office with Wm.
E-, Colonade Row. oct.22.-tf.
P. P. TIEKNEY,
.KV 1 T 1 TTT T". I Ti -
J0SEPII M'DONALD,
V A m r a -v-r - m
1 O:iceon :..V:.. 'i.
vvwo cwrl,, oppUSlU3 iulIilOU s
Jan. 31, 1867-tf.
JOHN FENLON,
a rm
AT T.AW Vhir,oh..- r
dence! gh street adJ'oiQinS hia resi-
a
jan 31. 1867.-tf.
t KlNKEAD, Justice of the Peace
the L,r- ' rLain Ajent. Office removed to
Em e,,mcr,y occupied by M. Uapson,
dec J. IPSh St.. Ebeiburg. jl3.
ce f(
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MT. GALL1TZIX SEMINARY
FOR SMALL ROYS!
E'bensbarg', Cambria County, Pa.
THIS INSTITUTION, under the direction
of the Sisura of St. Joseph, JF . m
is situated in one of the most de- JpYiijV,
ligbtful and healthy locations in I Lv
the State. The place is famed
throughout the country for Ua t--- t
bracing air, pure water and mngnificient BCeue
ry, in which it stands without a rival.
Eoys received between the ages of four and
twelve years. The discipline and mode of in
struction is adapted to the age of the pupil.
No corpora rrxisHMEit.
TERMS PER SESSION :
Board, Tuition, Washing, Mending, Ac.,. $225.
no extras.
Each child will be required to be provided
with four suits of clothing, (the uniform will
be gray trimmed with black, zouave pants,)
suitable to the different seasons. Ue mut also
have sixjehanges of underclothing, six pairs of
stockings, four pairs of boots or shoes, a cloak
or overcoat, six towels, six table napkins, a
table knife and fork, silver spoon and goblet,
drCScg box furnished with combs, etc., valise
and postage stamps.
Biilletinc informing parents or guaidians of
the health, proficiency, etc., of their children
6ent every tnree months.
The Schola&.'ic Year commences on the sec
ond Monday of September and closes about the
middle of July.
Reference can be mado to Rt. Rev. Bishop
Domenec or any of the clerv of the diocere.
For further particulars apptv" to or address
MOTIIER SUPERIOR,
Aug. 5, ISG'J. tf. Ebeusbrrg, Pa.
M. L. OATMAN7
CEAI.SB IN
CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES
CONSISTING CF
gonblc (Extra Jfamt!j Jflour,
GR.1IS, FEED,
EACOIT, SALT, FISH,
FRESH VEG ET aBLES,
ALL KlftDS OF FRUITS,
SUGARS, TEAS, COFFEES,
SYRUPS, MOLASSES, CHEESE, &c.
ATeo, a large stock of the
Best Brands of Cigars and Tobacco,
STOKE ON HIGH STREET,
Four Doors Euii of Crawford 'e Hotel,
Kbensbui gr, Fa,
EBEWSBURG FOUNDRY
AGAIX J FULL 11LASX!
NEW FIRM, NEW BUILDINGS, &c.
HA VI NO urchnsed the well known EB
ENSBUKG FOl NDRY from Mr. Edw.
Glaog, and rebuilt and iilargei it almost en
tirely, btsides refitting it with new machinery,
the PurMJoriber :e now prepared to furnish
COOK, PARLOR HEA TING STO YES,
of the latest and most approved patterns
THRESHING MACHINES. MILL GEAR
ING, ROSE and WATER WHEELS of every
description, IRON FENCING. PLOUGHS
and PLOUGH CASTINGS, and in fact all
manner of articles manufactured in a first class
Foundry. Job Work of all kiud attended to
promptly and done cheaply.
The special attention of Farmers is invited
to two newly patented PLOUGHS which we
possess the sole right to manufacture and sell
iu this county, and which are admitted to be
the best ever introduced to the public.
Believing unreel ves capable of performing
any work hi our lir-e in the mwt satislactory
manner, and knowing that we can do work at
wwfR pricks than have been charged in thi3
community heretofore we confidently hope that
we will h found worthy of liberal patronage.
F.iir reductions made to wholesale dealers.
2F"TLe highest prices paid in cash for old
metal, or castings given in exchange.
OlR TERMS ARK STRICTT CASfl OR COUNTRY
produce. CONVERT, V1NROE & CO.
Ebensburg, Sej,t. ii, lcC8.
ESE.SBIRG
us m so mm
AVING recently enlarged our stock
we are now prepared to sell at a treat
reduction from former prices. Our stock con
sists of Drugs, Medicines, Perfumery, Fancy
Soaps, Lon's, Hall's and Allen's Hair Restor
atives. Pills, Ointments, Plasters, Liuiments,
Pain Killers, Citrate Magnesia, Ess. Jamaica
Ginger, Pure Flavoring Extracts, Essences,
Lemon Syrup, Soothing Syrup, Spiced Syrup,
Rhubarb, Pure Spices, kc';
CIGARS AND TOBACCOS,
Blank Books, Deeds, Notes and Bonds; Cap,
Post, Commercial and all kinds of Note Paper;
Envelopes, Pens, Pencils, Arnold's Writing
Fluid, Black and Red Ink, Pocket and Pass
Books, Magazines, Newspapers, Novels, Ilis
toriee. Bibles, Religious.Prayerand Toy Books,
Penknives, Pipes, &c.
f? We have added to our stock a lot of
FINE JEWELRY, to which we would invite
the attention of the Ladies.
PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS at lower prices
than ever offered in this place.
Paper and Cigars sold either wholesale or re
tail. LEMMON & MURRAY,
July 30, 1868. Main Street, Ebensburg.
TOIIEIGN SHIPPING
-- AND
EXCHANGE OFFICE.
WE ARE NOW SELLING EXCHANGE,
AT NEW TOBK. BATES, OH
England, Ireland, Scotland,
Wales, Germany, Prussia,
Austria, Bavaria, Wurtemberg,
Baden, Hesson, Saxony,
Hanover, Belgium, Switzerland,
Holland, Norway and France.
And Tickets to and from any Port In
England, Ireland, " Scotland,
Germany, France, California,
New South Wales or Australia.
KERR & CO.
Altoona, Pa., Jan. 31, 1867.
Original IJottrg.
ALL GO.E ! ILL GO'iZ!
BY ANTONIO.
Oh! 'tis sweet, tis full of grandness,
Here along this rippling stream.
Where the green boughs stoop to ki?s
The silvery water's gleam.
Thy bowery shores, Oh 1 Conemaugh,
Enchanting splendor lend
The casedes murmuring down the rocks,
Their heavenly music blend.
Oh t fairer thou to my sad heart,
Where cloud-veiled sorrow lies,
Than crowns and honor wretched fame
Low, born beneath the skies.
But yet there is one thing that strikes
My heart with inward pain :
We lingered here we parted here
We ne'er frhall meet again 1
Oh I I have loved I sweet Heaven tell
If my love wa not pure ?
It was ; the trembling stars at evening said
Love could not be truer.
Why, then, these pangst why all this grief?
Ah! heart, thou kuowest well
That she to uliom I pledged my love,
(Can words my anguish tell?)
Unheeding what her heart had said.
And choosing to forget,
Has doomed my heart to live in death
Borne down by vain regret.
Oh 1 Stella, listen to my words.
And as thou guzest forth at night,
While far o'er grot and plain
The moon sends fonh her feeble light,
And midnight's melancholy pomp
U ernangs the dreamy ue.'I,
Think, oh! think of the hours we spent
Ere wt spoke that word Farewell I
And when again the Spring shall come,
A-id the buds shall reappear.
And tii? gentle flowers grow bright again,
And the crystal brooks run clear ;
When the jejful notes of the robiu float
On the zepbys once again, words
Think, think of the heart that speaks theee
Thick, Stella, ot me then.
My soul, fair Star, shall zander back
To those far distant days,
And linger by those wonted haunts,
And listen to thy lays.
Thus to thy heart," though lost to me,
My yearning spirit clings ;
Thus should love be fond, longing, deep.
Upborne on angel's wings.
Stella, oh I couldst thou realize
The thoughts of shattered bliss.
And wouldst thou think once more of me,.
Oh 1 Stella, even this
Would wake again long-slumbering peace
Within my weary breast ;
But this is vaiu aud well I know
My mind's by erring thoughts impressed.
To night my reverie begins, nor ends ;
Deep night unveils her face ;
Those words, the last, fore'er shall leave
A last, long, saddening trace.
And hence forever o'er my lilo
Dim, sad'uing shMdes are cast ;
Joy, Peace and Hope all gone I all gone !
And darkness comes at last.
Sales, glutcfjcs, lutbofcstfc.
X3B DOCTOR'S CHIVE.
rALE OP mOVIDENCE.
Some thirty years ngo, there lived on
the seaboard of one of the eastern coun
ties of England a surgeon in extensive
practice, to whom, bo rowing some letters
from my own, I 6hall give the name of
Mr. Gray. Of the old bchool, and living
before the introduction of the present
plan, by which one sum is set down for
medicines and attendance, it was Lib wont
to render bis accounts with the particulars
fill set down tJ their proper dates, so that
the patient might see, if he cared to make
the reckoning, how much was due to the
phytic taken by himself, annd how much
to the journeys taken by the doctor. Nor
would many of the patients be disposed
to carp at the word so frequently appear
ing in their documents. They knew that
Mr. Gray's daily average of miles travel
ed was not much under forty ; and that a
drive of some six miles to the waterside,
followed by a row across a ferry, and that
succeded in its turn by a walk of a mile
or more on the other Eide, could scarcely
be termed a pleasure trip in all weathers
and at all hours. This was no unusual
affair, and it was on one of thesa occa
sions that the event occurred on which I
rest my light of coupling together the two
titles that stand at the head of this nar
rative. Late one evening came a summons to
the sick bed, and immediately the sur
geon ordered his horse to be saddled for
the journey. However, in a few moments
the groom appeared with the news, "You
cin't ride to-night, sir : the horse is lame."
So it turned out to be. No injury could
be detected in any part, neither could
anything be heard of as having happened
to the animal in the course of the day (he
was well and sound in the morning) : but
the fact was clear ; riding was out of the
question, and the horse "dead lame.
This ascertained, an order was given
for another horse to bo harnessed in the
gig, and for the groom to bear his master
company. Now the gig was at the wheel
wright's patiently waiting for repairs at
the hands of a man whose performances
did not always keep pace with his pro
mises. The Fprings had failed and allow
ed the body to settle down some five or
six inches below its proper level, render
ing the whole thing far from sightly in
appearance, and by no means increasing
the comfort and Bafety of the riders. It
was night, however, and nothing would
be noticed. So, while Mr. Gray was
making ready such things as he consider
ed would be useful, the groom was dis
patched to the wheelwright's yard for the
chaise. Nothing unusual occurred on the
"voyage out,"
The illness was not found to be very
serious : there was no occasion for the po
tent drug or the keenly cutting knife, and
after a short delay, the travelers resumed
their seats, homeward bound. Again
nothing occurred for the first three miles.
AH nature was hushed in the darkness of
the night, when all at once, in the middle
of a narrow lane, with trees on each side,
master and man might have been heard,
had there been any one within earshot, to
exclaim together, "I've lost my hat I"
A sudden pull-up was the result, and a
few moments were enough to show Mr.
Gray how the matter was. Tightly
stretched across the road was a stout cart
rope at once revealing the whola scheme,
and conveying the feeling that there bad
been but a narrow escape from murder in
the gig. Mr. Gray's plaus were immedi
ately determined. Opening Lis penknife,
for he was accustomed to say that he
"knew where to put it," and considered it
a match for any weapon but a gun ; in
deed, ho carried no other weapon through
out the thirty-five years that he was in
practice, and traveled those roads, be
proceeded to search the ditches both ways
for the villain, whom he judged to be not
far away. The search was without effect,
and, after climbing both trees and untying
the rope, which he carried home, Mr.
Gray at last yielded to the entreaties of
the grocm, who had hardly ceased to call
out, "Never mind the hats, sir : pray,
drive home," Another mile brought them
to a village, and the parish constable was
at once aroused from his bed and informed
of what had happened. Mr. Marsh was
a most excellent baker ; but his experi
ence at a detective policeman was not ex
tensive, and, after hearing all the particu
lars, he confessed himself quite unable
to make any suggestion, liut the doc
tor's thoughts had not been idle, and he
requested the constable to arrest the first
roan who came by in the same direction.
To this Mr. Marsh demurred strongly ;
and is was only after repeated assurances
that he should be held harmless of all con
sequences, that he foil in with the plan,
and the three took up their watch. It
was true that there was another road be
sides the one leading to the water ; but
the doctor shrewdly guessed that the
would-be murderer,, baiHed in his entcr
terprise, would most likely take the direct
way to the market town (where he him
self resided). In a tew hours inquiries
would b-J made, and he could more easily
escape notice there than in any of the vil
lages, where every man knew all the rest.
So they waited on eoma hour or more,
when at length footsteps were heard, and
a man dressed as a laborer came by. Him
the constable arrested, and, disregarding
his threats of vengeance, drew him into
the house, where, on removing his hat,
there fell on the table a bundle of linen,
which set the doctor's mind at rest.
Mr. Gray was accustomed to speak of
the midnight watch in the constable's
bouse as attended with reflections of no
pleasant character. What if the wrong
man should be arrested ? Ho w if the in
jured party should take proceedings in con
sequence ? Loss of money there would
certainly be, in the shape of damages
awarded by a jury ; while probably to
this would be added loss of reputation,
carrying with it loss cf practice. Hut the
bundle from the bat set all thes3 thoughts
at rest, and called forth the exclamation,
"Ail right, Marsh : we have him for felo
ny, if not for murder." His quick eye
had uoliced a peculiar stain, and in a mo
ment bo recognized the linen as a night
dress belonging to a patient in the village
beyond, the stain being caused by a lotion
supplied by himself for an affection of the
throat. This gave the constable courage,
and he at once proceeded to complete the
searching of his prisoner. The property
found was of no great value, a few half
pence aud a little tobacco were not trea
sonable matters ; but a
;ed razor and
a newly cut heavy bludgeon could not be
misunderstood.
Mr. Marsh was now thoroughly alive
to the nature of the case, and on the de
parture of the doctor took an original and
effective method of securing his man. The
"cage" was out of repair, and could not
be trusted with the care of such a villain,
who might have in the neighborhood some
accomplice as desperate as himself ; so the
constable handcuffed the prisoner to bis
kitchen grate, and sat up the rest of the
night to keep guard ovr him.
Morning came, aud with it the investi
gation before the magistrates, when all
was speedily and clearly explained. The
culprit had crawled up a cross-ditch, over
looked by Mr. Gray in the darkness of
the preceding night, and the traces left
were of the plainest. The man's boots
had been recently mended in a very pecu
liar manner, and the impression tallied
exactly. The rope was identified by a
farmqr'a man who had lost it, and had
seen the prisoner about the premises the
same day.
In short, the chain of evidence was
complete, and at the next assizes a ver
dict of "Guilty of the attempt to murder"
wai returned by the jury. Hubert French,
as he gave his name, was accordingly sen
tenced to transportation for life, and at
once confessed the justice of the punish
ment and the nature of his crime. He
had tied the rope for the collector of taxes,
who was to pass that way with the money
of the district ; but, tired of waiting, he
had supposed that the oificial had altered
his plan, and he had begun to undo the
ropo. All at ooco wheels were heard,
when up went the rope again ; the doctor
came along, and it fell out as we have
seen.
And now for the tale of Providence.
Had Mr. Gray been riding, he must have
been thrown backwards from his horse ;
had the gig been in good repair, then the
five inches in height would have made all
the difference. Instead of a rap on the
forehead nnd the loss of the hat, it would
have been for others to tell how the tra
velers were caught under the chin and
flung senseless to the ground ; while, in
either case, the razjr and the bludgeon
would soon completed the business.
Uut the strangest part is still to be told.
On the following morning the veterinary
surgeon was called in to attend the horse.
He could see no trace of injury, and on
leading the animal from the stable be pro
nounced the lameness to have disappeared
completely ; so the doctor at once resumed
bis riding, consigning once more the gig
to the bands of Mr. Freeman. No won
der, then, that be should speak of Provi
dence in the matter, and when relating
the story to eager ears, show how he
owed his life to the strange combination
of the neglect of a coach-builder and the
lameness, for a few hours only, of his
horse. Deep, too, was the impression
made in the whole neighborhood as the
tale flew from place to place. Little ex
cursions would be made to the trees, on
which .he constable had cut a conspicuous
mark ; and the country lads, as they
drove their horses along the lane, would
bo heard to remark "That's where the
rope was tied."
Hal now a generation has passed away,
and with it the whole of the actors in this
seen of real life. The very trees have
perished too. They could not be found
when the writer, five years ao, visited
the well-remembered spot. Thero was
the ditch wherein the man lay bid, afraid
to face the surgeon and his penknife : but
the two trees with others on each side of
the road had vanished from their places.
It was reported that the convict ship
was lost in the passage out, and the threat
of Robert French, as he passed the house,
committed for trial, that he would "be
even wi'.h the doctor yet' passed away
idly, except in the sense that Death has
also laid his hand on the two witnesses in
the case, fur the doctor and his groom
both 6leep in the old church-yard of the
little market town.
Humble is the doctor's headstone.
Reaching the highest honors of his pro
fession, and retiring from practice success
ful, beloved and regretted, he continued
throughout life a simple-minded man,
the same firm believer in the overwatch
ing, overruling Providence that brought
him safely through the dangers of that
eventful night.
Stimclant. George D. Prentice has
been a constant drinker for forty years.
For ten years he has been a drinker of
the bgnum-vita3 order. Here 13 a tem
perance lecture by him, worth a score, at
least, of the exhortations and misrepres. n
t itions by the class of reformers who pro
pose to accomplish their work by force :
There is a time when the pulse lies low
in the bosom and beats low in the veins ;
when the spiiit sleeps the sleep which,
apparently, knows no waking ; sleeps in
its house cf clay, aud the windows are
shut, the doors hung with the invisible
crnpe of melancholy ; when we wish the
golden sunshine pitchy darkness, and wish
clouds where no clouds be. This is a
state of sickness, when physic may be
thrown to the dogs, for we want none of
it. What shall raise the spirits ? What
shall make the heart beat music again,
and the pulses through all the myriad
thronged balls in the house of life ? What
shall make the sun kiss the eastern hills
again for us, with all his old awakening
gladness and the nights overflow with
moonlight, love and ftbwers ? Love it
self is the greatest stinaulent, the mostjn
toxicating of all, and performs these mira
cles, and is a miracle itself, and is not at
the drug 6tore, whatever they say. The
counterfeit is in the market, but the wing
ed god is not a money-changer we assure
you.
Men have tried many thing?, but still
they askfor stimulant.
Men try to bury the floating dead of
their own souls in the wine-cup, but the
corpse rises. We see their faces in the
bubbles. The intoxication of drink sets
the wold whirling again, and the pulses
to playing music, and the thoughts gallop
ing, but the first clock runs down sooner,
and an unnaiural stimulant only leaves the
house it filled with the wildest revelry,
more silent, more sad, more deserted.
There is only odc stimulant that never
intoxicates duty. Duty puts a clear
6ky over every man into which the sky
lark happiness always goes singing.
Pootulacks will be interested in the
following announcement, which must be
correct because it is in print : liy a de
cision of the Internal Revenue Depart
ment, bootblacks are required to use their
blacking just as it comes in the box, add
ing to it nothing whatever. The act of
spitting in the box, or mixing the contents
and smearing it on the boot with a brush,
constitutes a mixer or rectifier of black
ing, and renders a manufacturer's license
necessary ; in addition to which, a five
cent stamp must be affixed to each boot.
Any bootblack failing to comply with the
ab ive rules wi'J bo tried by a military
cuiuuiiiiiua and shot ia thj neck.
JOSH BILLIXGS PAPERS.
THE DISTKIKT SKOOl-MASTFR.
Tharc iz one man in this basement
world that i alwus look upon with Tnixt
pheelings ov pitty and rcspekt.
Fitty and respect, az a general mixtur,
don't mix well.
You will find them both travelling
around amungst folks, but not often grow
ing on the same bush.
When they do hug each other, they
mean suinthing.
Pitty, without respekt, hain't got more
oats in it than disgust haz.
I had rather a man would hit mo on
the side ov the bed than tew pitty me.
liut thare iz one man in this vroild to
whom i alwus take oph mi hat, and re
main uncovered untill he gits safely by,
and that iz the distrikt skoolmusler.
When I meet him, I look upon bitn nz
a martyr just returning from tho stake, or i
on hiz way thare tew be cooked. j
He leads a more lonesum and single lifo
than an old bachelor, and a more anxious
one than an old maid.
He iz remembered jist about az long
and affektionately az a gide board iz by a
traveling pack pedlar.
If he undertakes to make hiz skollars
luv him, the chances are he will ntglekt
their laming ; and if he don't lick them
now and then'pretty often, they will soon
lick him.
The distrikt skoolraaster hain't g;t n
friend on the flat side ov earth. The boys
snow-ball him during reces ; the girls put
water in hiz hair die ; and the skool com
mittee make him work for haff the money
a bartender gits, and board him around
the naborhood, whare they giv him rhy
coffee sweetened with molassis, tew drink,
and kodfish bawls 3 times a day for t ittles.
And, with all this abuse, I never heard
ov a distrikt skoolmaster swareing enny
thing louder than Cotid'-m it.
Don't talk tew me about the pr.shunce
ov anshunt Job. Job had pretty plenty
ov biles all over him, no doubt, but they
were all ov one breed.
Every yung one iu a distrikt skool iz a
bile ov a ditfrent breed, and each one needs
a diffrent kind ov poultiss te'w git a good
head on them.
A distrikt fckoolmaster, who duz a
square job and takes hiz kodlish bawls
reverently, iz a better man to day tew hav
lieing around loose than Solomon would
be arrayed in all ov hiz glory.
Solomon waz better at writing proverbs
and managing a large family, than he
would be tew navigate a distrikt skool
hous.
Enny man who haz kept a distrikt skool
for ten years, and boarded around the na
borhood, ought tew be made a mager
gineral, and hav a penshun for the rcstcv
hiz natral days, and a hoss and waggin
tew do hiz going around in.
Put az a genral consequence, a di?trikt
skoolmaster hain't got any more warm
friends than an old blind fox boun haz.
He iz jist about az welkum az a tax
catherer iz.
He iz respekted a good deal nz a man
iz whom we owe a debt ov 50 dollars to
and don't mean tew pay.
lie goes through life on a back road,
az poor az a wood sled, and finally iz
missed--but what ever bakums ov hiz re
mains, i kant tell.
Fortunately he iz not often a sensitive
man ; if he waz, he couldn't enny more
keep a distrikt skool than ho could file u
cross kut saw.
Whi iz it that thoze men and wimmon,
who pashutitly and with crazed brain
teach our remorseless brats the tijus
meaning ov the alphabet, who take the
fust welding heat on their deetinys, who
lay the stepping ston?9 and enkurrage them
tew mount upwards, who hav dun more
hard and mean work than any klass on the
futstool, who hav prayed over the repro
bate, strengthened the timid, restrained
tho outrageous, and flattered the imbecile,
who hav lived on kodfish and vile coffee,
and hain't been beard to sware whi iz
it that they are treated like a vagrant fid
dler, danced to for a night, paid oph in the
morning and eagerly forgotten.
I had rather burn a coal pit, or keep the
flys out ov a butcher's Fhop in tho month
of August, than meddle with the distrikt
skool bizziness.
IIekoic Act. A few months ago, an
engineer of an express train on tho Penn
sylvania Central Railroad, going west,
discovered an engine approaching him at
such a rate of speed that he was at once
convinced that it was without an engineer.
He instantly whistled his brakes down, at
the same time sending his fireman back
to uncouple bis "tender" from the train,
while he at the same moment uncoupled
his hose-and engine, and opening his throt
tle wide, with his red flag jumped back
on his tender. He just looked back and
saw his train nearly stopped, and on dash
ed tho two engines toward each other like
very demons. He broke up gently on
his tender, and finally stopped it, and in
breathless silence watched for the collision.
The engines cama together, throwing each
other clear off tho track, nnd smashed all
to pieces. He left his tender, and with
his flag ran on to meet tha express "going
cast. It being two minutes behind time,
he had just time, to "flag it," and it was
brought to a stop within a few feet of the
wrecked engines, and one of those terrib!e
accidents was avoided. For this heroic
act the Company presented hi:n with a
check for 61,000.
A HOJIAXCE IX REAL LIFC.
The remark is often made that "truth
is stranger than fiction," but its applica
tion was never more forcibly illustrated,
we think, says the New York Evmnxj
Mail, of Thursday, than by the brief his
tory of two persons, which culminated
yesterday at the Astor House in this city.
It runs as follows : About twenty-two
years ago Mr M., a Northern gentleman,
married Miss N., of this State. To all
appearances it was what tho world de
nominated "a happy marriage." About
one year after this union, Mrs. M. pre
sented her husband with a fine boy, whoso
appearance seemed to be an additional
living and breathing bond of affection..
The "happy couple" lived together for
about ten years, when, by a reverse of
circumstances in Mr. M.'s business, over
which be had no control, he became quite
poor. Passing over details, suffice it to
say that a divorce criminating neither
party was easily obtained in a court of
one of the States, whose loose laws now
offer inducements to the discontented to
violate the solemn ordinance of marriage
with impuuity. Put th"n was not a trap
sprung by one party without the knowl
edge of the other. It was a mutual di
vorce. Mrs. M. was a healthy, fine looking
woman, and in a few years became tho
wife of a we'l-to-do gentleman. This was
a h:ippy marriage throughout. Tho sec
ond husband died little more than ono
year ago, leaving the widow a small for
lu'ie of about tweniy thousand dollars.
Daring these eiht or nine years of lifo
with a second husband, the lady did not
forget her first born ; nor did the son lose
sight of the mother. The affection in
both were strong. The boy was the di
vine magnet which attracted the divorced
and widowed mother and the wondering
father from his search for business and
happiness in distant Costa Rica. At tho
d. aih of the second husband the son had
reached the manly age of twenty. Imag
ine his feelings aa he came to realize the)
renl tituation of his lather nnd mother.
One a single niLn ! the other a widow !
Ono an unhappy wanderer, still without
sufficient wordly goods to make life worth
living for ; the other the occupant of u
husbundless house, with a plentiful larder.
Ever present was the thought that ono
yet lived whom she had sworn before God
to "love an 1 cherish," He icus the father
of her 60it. The son, who loved his moth
er loved his father not less. Tho mother
could not gaze into tli3 face of her only
born without beholding the image of his
f.nher. Time .passed. The son brought
his divorced father and widowed mother
together. They talked over the past.
They agreed upon the future. Tho son
was the centre of attraction. He was
flesh of their flesh, bono of their bon.
The tiss of nature were too strong for re
sistnnce. LiVo two drops of quicksilver
the two hearts united. Yesterday, in
this city, the son had the happiness to
celebrate the anniversary of his twenty
first birthday by witnessing the extraor
dinary scene of tho marriage of his own
father and mother ! This was joy enough
far one day. History does not afford the
parallel of this true picture.
Mr. r.nd Mrs. M , accompanied by
their son and several friends, dined at tho
Astor House yesterday afternoon, and
afterwards left for Poston, on their bridal
tour, to enjoy his second and her third
"honeymoon." The son, who is a prom
iiug, fine-lookhiii young man, ia a tele
graph operator of excellent abilities, find
employed in this city.
After their "honeymoon," Mr. and
Mrs. M., with their sen, will visit Costa
Piici, where tho past business cxporienco
of Mr. M. in that country, with the litllo
CHpital of Mrs. M., and the profession of
tho talented and enterprising son, will un
doubtedly prove the foundation for a
greater and more permanent fortune.
May happiness and prosperity go with
them. Reader, is not tho truth some
times stranger than fiction.
OniKits. There are folks who can
never look at any one else in their own
walk of lifo without some" latent reference
to themselves. They instantly Institute
a comparison. And this introduces a
disturbing element which makes their es
timate of the other person of no value.
They are looking on the other person
through spectacles strongly tinged with
green; perhaps with yellow. If you de
sire to form a sonnd and ribt estimate
of any one whose work is the same as
yours, or may be regarded as a competi
tor for the same kind of standing, you
must for tho time forget yourself altogeth
er. Put there aro people who have it not
in them to form an impersonal and un
selfish estimate of another. Thoy never
think that the other man is six foet high,
or seven, as the case may be ; bat that
he is so many inches taller or shorter than
they are. They never think the man is a
very clever tuan, or a very stupid man ;
but that he is not so clever as they are or
stupider than they are. Such are the
human beings who are disconcerted unless
they are recognized as cock of the walk.
In selecting their associates they do not
want equal companions but humble at
tendants. A sKNsini.K young lady says, "The bof :
of all ways to lengthen our days, is to go
t j bed t-aIy and q.it wearing stays."
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