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It a M'I'IliE, Edlter and PuUhber
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OLUME 3.
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I -Mil 11
fOR SMAlL, BOYS!
Ebensburg", Cambria Comity, Pa.
nHIS INSTITUTION, under the directio
I ftha SiittM of 8t. Joseph, c0
.;,utd in one of the most de-
Siltl .ud Lealtby location, in f I $
Suite. The place w famed
wuehout tho country for ita
ir. cure water and inaguifieieut Bceuo-
in which it stands without riral. , . . ..
'pots received between the age of four and
','evearB. The discipline aud mode of in
;?u.'b is adapted to the age of the pupil.
uir.M PfXIiHMItMT. I
? TEKMS PER SESSION :
L , n W.Jiins Mfiiifitiir In OtL
tit 1 uiviw" " r e .
NO KXTLAH.
chTM will be required to b provided
M, f.mr uit8 of clothiu, (the uniform w ill
a 0rv tiimmeJ with black, zouire panu.)
Mtsble to tbe different seasons. He must also
,ilbsu v !..!
,ii sixjcaaiiges 01 ucuerciuiuing, Bii puirs ui
rttkicfS. It,ur pa,rs OI otoiA or tjiioes, cioa
nretcoit. six towila, six table napkins, a
,l!c kuife aud fi-rV, iiiVur p6on aud goblet.
BJIetiuc iufoiaiing pareuU or ruatdioa of
Li With, prufieieucy, tc , of their children
imivwt tliroe ruonina.
Tte bcoolaaiic i ear cuiar sees oa tae bcc
J Xuuuay Of SrpttUlbei' b.ud clo6d nbout the
k.diie of July.
H(feicnce can oe maue to in. kt. 'iinop
ijzttei: or aay of the clergy of tha diocei-e.
fjrfuriLer partiruUri upplv to or address
HOTHEIl SUPERIOR, '
Aug. 5, lSti9. tf. Ebeudburg, Pa.
JI. L. OAT MAN,
Pi; A I Kit IX
I0IC B FiHILT-GAOCEBIES
Mt rirx J'amilrj Jf lour,
GHAE., FEED,
JAC01I, SALT, FISH,
FRESH VEGETABLES,
ILL KINDS OF FRUITS,
SUGARS, TEAS, COFFEES,
YRUPS, MOLASSES, CHEESE, &c.
A'ij, a large stock of the
Jest Brands of Cigars and Tobacco,
WORE ON HIGH STUEET,-
lr i)cvi Tasf of CraiclrJ's Hotel,
Ebeniiburg, Ta .'O X
jBENSBURG FOUNDRY
ix riXL BL.A3STI '
W FIRM, NEWBUILDINGS, &c.
JAVING niMmpfd the well known EB
fA EKdiiUkG KOI N DRY from Mrs Edw.
t iubrnbers now rreparetl to furnish
iiw inim aa mot approve patterns
HRESHING MACHINES; MILL GER-
-u, jtusJi and WATER WHEELS of every
fescription, IROX FENCIXG, i'LOLTGIIS
M TLOLTGH CASTINGS, and in fact all
v srutics luunuiaciured in a first class
uuadrr. Job Work of all L mrl r.f(0,,j
KJ
omDtly and done cheaply.
inflPDeolftl AltPiifinn nf Parm.... :. : r.-J
' i l o in lllVlbtU
two uewly ptentcd PLOUGHS which we
.uw ouio iHu o manuiaciure and ecil
1 tU county, and which are admitted to be
lievmg ourselves capable of performing
'7 work, in our line in tl.o mAU ,,;!,..
Nr, aud knowing that we can do work at
hRicts than have been charged in this
famumiy heretofore weconGJently hope that
II Will h f I . 1 - - r . ' . r
... iuuuu wormy 01 nnerai patronage.
-. .raucuons maae to wholesale dealera.
CP The highett prices paid in cash for old
!. or castings given in exchange. V.
uis ttowd ,o i- c r .i
tteninrE. Sept. 2. 1668.-, . ; ; ' '. .
JJEVKRE THE MEMORY OF
'uiiuJSDS DEPARTED !. . ; ,
ONUMENTS, TOMBSTONES, &.c.
J-bscribcr still continues to manufacture
v uiaicnai anu m me uioht
workmanlike manner, at the " 1 ' "
joretto Marble Works,
rpo ' "nt"i" iaum ana uuivii.au
r-t n other work in bis line. None
1 -tiiucncan ana Italian Maruie
t; A&ad rrfect satisfaction puarauteed to
UoJ , Priccs aa low as like work can
,.jj,uea lQ the cities or elsewhere. ' Call
ito t? SIeciCiei-8 and iucjge for yourselves
wue merits cheapness of my work:"
Lw.' . JAMES WILKINSON.
Foreign shipping
i
IHANge OFFICE. -
;n2U , AT KKW TORK BATES, OK
. Germany, Prussia, '
Bavaria, . Wurtemberg,
Hessn, " Saxony,
Belgium, - Switzerland,
AndVi. Norway and 1 ranee.
'tl8 10 and from any Port- in
Ferman irciana, ocotuna,
t; Soml, , France, California,
. Wales or ' - AnstraHa' i
A!toona p T 1 KERR & CO.
C!Jan. 81. 1867.
Draft- nn v BANKER8 Altoosa, Ta.
4 (inU i r theP"ncipal cities and Silver
Jtoaers . 8ale- Collections made.
witk . on UeP08t payable on de
li!t, """out interest, or nnrm t.im.. with
! -"IH foir r.i. 1
r nuTimniAT m
I8C9.-.FJLL TRADE, 1809
I arri now jirepartd to offer
SUPERIOR INDUCEMENTS
to dun pukciiaskrs or -
TII.SMMI1 SC9rKflM:
KITHEU AT
WHOLESALE OK RETAIL.
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My stock consists in part of wvery variety of
Tin, Sheet-Iron,
COPPER A2sD BR.VSS AVARES,
" EMAMKLI.ED AND PLAIN
BAUCE-PAKS. BOILERS &c,
COAL SHOVELS. MINK LAMPS, OIL
CANS. IIOUSEFURXISriIXa HA11D
WAUE OF KVEilY KIND.
Speai' AnlfOuit "
HEATING and COOKING STOVES,
EXCELSIOR COOKING STOVES.
NOLLE, TKIUMPII and PARLOR COOK
ING STOVES,
Aiid any Cooking Ktove dofciratl I will get
when" ordered at manufacturer's prices.
Old Stove Plates ai;d Grated, &c , for re
pair's, ou hand for the Sioves I tell; others
will be ordered when wanted. Particular
. ; attention given to
Spouting, Valleys and Conductors,
all of which will be made out of Lest matu
riiils and put up by competent workmen.
Lamp Burners, Wick and Cliimnevs
WUOLESAIX OR U ETA IX...
I would call particular attention to the Lijjht
House Burner, with Glaus Cone, for giving
moie linht than any other in ue. Also, tbe
Pjiiagon Eurntr, fr Ciudo Oil. . .
SI'lIXCEMt'S SIFTER!
It rcccujaiends iUelf. , . .
SUGAR KETTLES AND CAULDRONS
of a.11 sizes constantly on hand.
Special attention given to
Jobbing in Tin, Ccppsrand Sheet-Iron.
at lowest possible rates.
Wuolmale Merchants' Lists
now ready,-and will be sent on" application
by mail or in persjh. ' '''.
Hoping to see all my old customers and
many new ones this Spring, I return my
most kincere thanks far the very liberal pa
trouage I have already receive, and will
endeavor to pleasa all who may call, wheth
er thev buy or kot
FRANCIS V.'. HAY.
Johnstown, March 7, 1667.
IIEaT Reduction ik Pkices I
TO CASH BLYERS !
AT XISE EBEXSBURG
DODSB-FiiBNISniA'O STORE.
The undersigned respectfully informs tiie
citizens of Ebenuburg and the public gener
ally that he has made a great reduction in
prices to CASH BUYERS. My stock will
consist, in part, of Cooking, Parlor and Heat
ing Stoves, of the most popular kinds.; I'in
ware of every description, of my own man
ufacture ; Jlardxcare of all kind, such as
Locks, Sciews, Butt-Hinges, Table Ilinges.,
Shutter Hinges, Bolts, Iun and Nails, Win
dow Glass, Putty, Table Knives and Forks,
Carving Knives and Forks, Meat Cutters,
Apple Parersj Pen and Pocket Knives in
great vuriefy Scissors, Shears, Razors aud
Strops, Axes, lLitchets, Uammcrs,' Boring
Machines, Augers, Cbissels, Planes, Com
passes, Squares, Files, Rasps, Anvils, Vises,
Wreuches, Hip, Panel and Cross-Cut Saws,
Chains of all kinds. Shovels, Spades, Scythes
and Snaths, Rakes, Forks, Sleigh Bells,
Shoo Lasts, Pegs. Wax. Bristles, Clothes
Wiingerfe, Grind Stones. Patent Molasses
Gates and Measures, Lumber Sticks, Horse
Nails, Horte Shoes, Cast Steel, Rifles, Shot
Guns, Revolvers, Pistols, Carlridges, Pow
der, Caps, Lead, &c, Odd Stove Plates,
Grates and Fire. Bricks, Well and Cistern
Pumps and Tubing ; Harness and Saddlery
Ware of all kind; Mden and Willow Ware
In great variety ; Carlxn Oil and Oil Lamps,
FUh Oil, Lard Oil, Linseed Oil, Lubricating
Oil, Roin, Tar, Glassware, Paints, Varnish
eB, Turpentiue, Alcohol, &c.
FAMILY GROCERIES,
such as Tea, Coffee, Sugars, Molasses, Sjr
u6, Spices, Dried Peaches, Dried Apples,
Fish, llominy. Crackers, Rice and Pearl
Barley; Soaps, Candles; TOBACCO and
CIGARS; Paint. Whitewash, Scrub, Horse,
Shoe, Dusting, Varuish, Stove, Clothes and
Tooth Brushes, all kinds and sizes ; Bed
Cords and Manilla Hopes, and many other
articles at the lowest rates for CASH.
03-House Spouting made, painted and put
up a,t low rates for cash. A liberal discount
made to country dealers buying Tinware
wholesale. GEO. HUM TLEY
Ebeusburg, Feb, 28. 1867.-tf.
JJEOKGE W. YEAGER,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer la
HEATING AND COOK STOVES
; OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, : "";;
TIW, COPPER A5D SHEET-IRON WARE
. : 0? HIS OWN MANUFACTURE, '
And GENERAL JOBBER in SPOUTING
'and all other work la his line. ;' '
Virginia Street, near Caroline Street,
The only dealer in the citv having the right to
sell he renowned "BARLEY SHEAF"
COOK S rOVE. the most perfect
ooanpleta and satisfactory -.
- IStove ever introduced '
to the public. . . . .
Stock Immense. Prices Low.
satisfaction guaranteed.
BE 1, A raSEJlAS Waoi
EBENSBURG, PA,
. Hod's fprfnunt
Xttl'E UEBOISH.
BY QUANT P. BOBISSOii.
Let others write of battle fought
On bloody, ghastly fields.
Where honor greets the man who wins
And death tbe man who yields ;
But I will write of him who fights.
And vanquishes his sins,. .
Who struggles on through wearv Years
Against himself, and wins.
He is a hero staunch and brave
Who fights an unseen foe. .
And puts at last beneath his feet
His passions base and low ;
Who stands erect in manhoods miht
Und aunted, undismayed
The bravest man who drew a sword
In foray or in raid.
It calls for something more than brawn
Or muscle to o'ercome
Aneuemy who.march6th not
With banner, plume, aud drum
A foe forever lurking nigh,
With silent, stealthy tread,
Forever near jour board by day.
At night beside your bed.
All honor, then, to that brave heart.
Though poor or rich he be,
Who struggles with his baser part
Who conquers aod is free,
lie may not wear a hero's crown.
Or fili a hero's grave ;
But truth will place his name among
The bravest of tho brave. -"
THE GUILTY SECRET.
A STORY TOLD BY A PHYSICIAN.
I bad been some years engaged in tho
practice of medicine in one of our largest
cities before I met with any serious ad
ventures. One night, as I was returning
homo through a lonely, unfrequented part
of the city,. tt a late hour, from a patient
whom 1 had been with since noon that
day, and whom I was now permitted to
leave my reason of a favorable change, I
was suddenly stopped in a dark, gloomy,
outvof-the-way spot, by a gruff, coarsely
dressed man.
"You're a doctor ?" he half announced
and inquired in tbe same words.
"I am."
"I -want you to come with me, then !"
he said, in a tone that indicated the mat
ter wus already Ee'tled iti I113 own mind,
however it might be in mine. "
"I cannot to-night. I am wearied out
and anxious te get home."
.iYes, you doctors are always wearied
out when a poor man wants you !" said
1 lie ieuow wun a
"but only let some-
threatening growl ;
-snob's wife's poo-
die dog need looking to, and you find your
way there at any hour of the day or night
well, I'm no snob, thank Heaven ! and
I've got money enough to pay your fee ;
and I've tried half a dozen doctors already,
and none of them will coma and so, you
see, I can't let you off."
"Hut, really"
"See here, doctor," interrupted tbe fel
low, producing a k,nife, and flashing the
blade by a quick flourish before my eye?,
"I'm a desperate man, and might be
pushed to do a wicked deed- Every man
sets a certain value on his own life, and
al.-:o on the lifo of his best and dearest
friend.
"You know how much your life is
worth to you, and I know how much an
other's life is worth to me ; and 'fore
heaven I swear, if you attempt to go and
leave ray Iriend to die, I'll put this knife
into you.'' 4
It was an opan space where we stood,
about half way between two blocks of
buildings that were not yet tenanted. I
looked up and down the street, but not a
soul was in sight.
"Where do you wish me to go V I in
quired.
"Oh, down here a piece," said he,
jerking his shoulder. "Come on, beforo
it is too late."
He parsed his arm through mine with
out bo much as "by yonr leave," and be
gan to moveaway, of course taking me
with him.
"Is your friend a male or female I"
"She's a woman" ..... :
I breathed more freely, for somehow I
always" experienced a degree of security
among the opposite sex, and amoDg the
most depraved and abandoned.
'What is the matter with her and bow
long has she been -sick ?", I questioned.
"About three or four hours ago she
gave birth to a child that didn't live bat
a minute, nd since then she's been hav
ing fits," was the reply. V. 7
'.'.Was-;' there no physician with, her
when the child was born ?" I asked. -.. -
. "No ; I, couldn't get one for love or
money. - An old woman, .a neighbor,
came in and did what -she could. Do
you think as how you can save her, doc
tor t" inquired the man, in a husky tone,
"I cannot say, of course, .bat will prom
ise to do tbe best I can."
"Ohl do, do, and Heaven will, bleas
you for it !" he rejoined, in a tone that
expressed a deep and earnest feeling that
I bad not supposed was in his nature. '
I; began to be interested ; thej man
might be better than I thought; some
poor fellow, perhaps, who had been the
football of fortune, and bad not received,
bis deserts.' , " - . -
THE TROTH MAKES FKEK, A3ID
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 18
"Is the woman your wife?" I kindly
inquired. . ,
I believe the man heard me ; but as he
did not answer, concluded not to repeat
the question. - -
We soon turned into some mean, dark,
narrow streets, where none but the poorer
clauses lived. We now walked forward
in silence the man who! had hold of my
arm as if he were afraid j might other
wise give him the slip, taking long aud
rapid 6trides, and causing me no little ex
ertion to keep step with him. ' !
At length he turned into a dark court,
where I could eeo nothing bnt a few dingy
bnildings on either ido ; and I thought
if his object was to rob me, I was com
pletely in his power. At the far end of
the court he stopped, opened a door and
led me up a flight of creaking stairs. We
groped our way forward a few feet, and
then he opened the door into the room of
the patient. .The apartment was small
and plainly furnished, with a lamp stand
ing on a little table not fur from the bed.
An bid woman, who was leaning over
tho sufferer, looked quickly and eargerly
around at our entrance, and seeing me, ex
claimed :
"Ib Le a doctor?" . '
"Yes, yes, I've got a doctor at last,
God be praised I if it ain't too late," re
plied the man hurriedly, adding, almost
in the seme breath, "How is she, '-Mary ?
how is she ?" :
The old woman shook her hoad and
sighed out:
"She's had thrr;e on 'em since you left,
and is in tho .fourth now, puor dear."
"O, my God !"- groaned tbe man, sink
ing down on the nearest seat. Doctor,
you hear ? Oh, save her ! save her 2"
I hurried to the bed, and found the
patient in convulsions. The spasms ceas
ed almost immediately ; a considerable
quantity of vicid matter was ejected, and
a heavy scoring respiration followed. Tbe
face was flubbed, the head hot, and the
pulse rapid. I decided that she muet be
bled, and lost no time in opening a vein.
I then sent for ice und applied it in mod
eration to hr head. I remained with her
through the nignt, and left her at daylight
in a tranquil state, with directions to be
followed in case of th3 return of spasms.
The man, who gave bis name as Ralph
Warner, came down to the door with me,
and put a half eulo into my Laud.
"Ilow is 6he f" he asked in a trembling
voice. "Ia she better T Can you eave
her V - "
"She is better, I think, and I hope she
can bo saved," I replied.
"Oh, doctor, you will come again to
day ?"
"Yes. this afternoon, toward night,
after I shall have got some sleep and vis
ited some few patients ' that cannot be
neglected.
"Don't desert us, doctor I. for God's
sake don't 1" fairly pleaded the man, with
tears in his eyes. -
I assured him I would not, gave him
nay address, and bade him send for me at
any time if a change for the worse should
take place.
From that time the patient gradually
mended, and in tho course- of a week was
out of danger and had her reason. I had
seen her every day during this time, and
had become not a- little interested' in her,
as she was not an ordinary woman. Her
age I had judged to be about twenty-live
or twenty-six, and her features, though
marred by sulTcnug, were intellectual and
still beautiful. Her hair was a light
brown, soft almost to silkiness, and she
had the sweetest blue eyes and prettiest
mouth I ever saw. Her voice, too, had
the rich mellowness which so captivates
the ear,' and her language denoted educa
tion and her manner refinement.
Great was the contrast between this
pretty, delicate flower and the big, coarse
featured, awkward, uneducated, and, I
must -add, totally unprepossessing Ralph
Wagner ; and though I comprehend how
such a man might love her to the whole
extent of his rough, cour.se nature, I con
fess I was at a loss to account for true
reciprocity, if indeed there was any such
thing. That this ardent attachment to
her might excite some curiosity some
emotion akin to pity and perbap3 grati
tudeI thought possible ; but that there
should exist anything like a true mutual
love Beenied as contrary to the laws of.
nature as for the due to love the tiger.
And yet how many such incongruities do
we see paired, if not mated married by
law, if not in spirit I : " ' '
The day that I made what I intended
should be my last visit, I found my fair
patient eitting in a chair, crying as if her
heart would break. Sho was alone. . -
"This is very bad for you to be "exci
ting your nervous system in this manner,"
I said, in a kindly reproving tone, "lias
anything happened too serious for a little
calm philosophy to master !"
"O I Doctor," she exclaimed, "I am a
poor, miserable, heart-broken woman,
alone and friendless.''
"Ob, not quite so bad as that, I think,"
I answered lightly ; . "where is your hus
baud?" ; - , . . .,
This was the first time I had ever spo
ken the word husband to her, and I looked
to see if ebe received it as a familiar, "un
questioned fact.' She shuddered and cov
ered her face with her hands; ' ""
"Did you see in the papers this morn
ing," she sobbed, "tbe arrest i f a notori
ous burglar called Peter Hammer Smith?"
'I think I did eeo fcomcthing of that
kind.". . . , . .
ALL ABE SLAVES BESIDE.
69.
.. nog uuuu oiuer mail xiuipn
Wagner !" ' '
"Good heaven? !' you amaze me," I
cried ; "your husband a burglar?"
"Sit down, doctor, aud let me tell you
a painful story in a few word, and then
if you can give me advice and sympathy
I shall receive it with gratitude ; and if
you scorn and cast mejfrom youI 6hall only
lind I was mistaken iu supposing you had
a heart."
I seated myself and became all attention.
' ' "I was reared in affluance," she began,
''and for seventeen years was the pride and
joy of fond parents. At seventeen T fell
iu with a man some years older than my
self, whom I believed to be perfection it
self. My father knew better and warned
me agaiust him.. lie finally forbade him
the house. We corresponded afterwards,
met clandestinely, and 1 eloped with him.
"We went, a3 I supposed, to the house
of a clergyman, and then, and there were
murried, and then set off on a weddin"
tour. The man I had so wildly lowed
proved to be a black-healed villain, and
finally deserted me in a strange city.
"lie afterward wrote ma that the mar
riage was a sham, and that he had de
ceived me in that manner in older to be
revenged on my father for his insults.
"A blank followed this awakening from
a bright and glorious dream to a reality
too horrible fur au ordinary mind to con
template. I had a brain fever. I wrote
home to my father the whole terrible truth,
and implored him to receive back his poor,
heart-broken daughter. I was a ragged
mendicant in a strange city, and God only
knows with what intense and fearful anx
iety I awaited the answer to that letter.
I waited days, days I waited for'months.
None ever came ; I was cast off, then
abandoned ruined for this world and for
the next.
. "At last Ralph offered me bis protec
tion and his hand. I accepted. We were
married. I Irf declared, he loved me, and
certainly treated me with respect.' I did
not know that he wa3 a house-breaker,
and when I found out I asked myself
what better I was than he,' that I should
leave him. So I have lived, with him
ever since, nearly two years, and now he
is arrested and I am again aioito in the
world. Such is my sad, history, doctor.
Now tell me what to do."
"Write again to your parents," paid I ;
"they may not have received your letter."
, "I have sometimes hoped so, and I
want to die in that delusion, if it be one,"
eho eagerly replied. "If I were to get an
answer now, that they knew my condition
and had cast me off forever, it might craze
my poor brain again."
"It is never too late to repent," I re
plied. . .. -
After healing much more of a similar
purport, I asked again why ehe did not
write to her parents, and urged her to give
me their address and let me ascertain, in
my own way, if they still loved and cared
for her. ' She finally wrote the address on
a slip of paper. . I read it, sprang from
ray seat, and looked at her in : perfect
amazement.
' I understood it all, but could scarcoly
credit my senses.
I pass ovwr the scene that followed this
strange discovery.
It was a mistake on her part her let
ter had not reached her almost distracted
parents, who long mourned Ler dead, or
lost to them forever. She went home
with me and remained at my house until
her fond and loving parents came to re
claim' her.
Three years after, Ralph Wagner died
in prison, and with him perished one great
portion of tho guilty secret. I have pur
posely concealed the other names, but my
sad ftory is uono the less true, notwith
standing. tlliot t.r.ia v...n-. AU . t 'II I t
Ice Mountain in West Virginia.
On the east bank of tho North River, in
New Hampshire county, West Virginia,
is perhaps one of the greatest curiosities
in the State. It is literally an ice moun
tain, from 400 to 500 feet high. The
western side of this mountain is covered
with loose stone of a light color from base
to summit. - By removing (be stone, pure,
solid, crystal ice can be found in tbe warm
est daj-s of summer, and it has been found
there as late as the middle of September.
It may exist throughout tlm year, if the
rocks were removed to a sufficient depth.
What seems strange is that the side of the
mountain where the ice is found, is ex
posed to the sun throughout the day', and
it is said the sun does not have as much
effect ".in melting the ice as continuous
rains. ' At the base, of the mountain 13 a
spring of water, very clear and cold.
Some years ago the owner of the property
removed the stone and erected a small log
dairy or spring-house, in which meats
can bo kept at any season as safe as they
can be preserved in an ice-house. Piios
and snakes sometimes find their way into
the spring-house, where they become chill
ed and torpid. - On being removed they
soon recover life and motion. This cele
brated mountain is situated twenty-six
miles northseast of Winchester, and six
teen miles from Romney, in Hampshire
county , West Virginia.- FiinliandleKeus.
At a certain church fair, held during
the winter, a set of Cooper's works was
promised to the individual who ehoeld
answer a certain set of conundrums. A
dashing young fellow was pronounced the
winuer, and received a-ct of wcolin pails.
riM Poverty to, Opulence.
A STUAKGK ELT TltUK TALE.
It is the fashion of writers of fiction to
drag their heroes down through every
phase of misery until they have reached
the uttermost verge of poverty, and then,
by a rapid succession of imaginary event?,
surround them with all the comforts aud
enjoyments of weahh and good society.
Seldom, however, do such events occur
outside the realms of. fiction, and when
they do they become occurrences of more
than ordinary note. We have recently
been made acquainted with the facts in a
case of this kind, which, in its simplicity
of development and astounding sequel, far
surpasses the .wildest fancy of the wildest
novelist, and which are somewhat as fol
lows ; . .
A young man giving his name ns Harry
Stewart, arrived in Altoona not long since
in a state of complete debtitution, and
called upon Rev. Mr. Guycr, to whom he
stated that his parents had died in Idaho,
leaving him alone and penniless; that
they had come from England and moved
to Idaho when none but Indians iufested
that territory, and that he had never en
joyed any advantages of education save
what his mother had given him. Ha had
heard in Idaho that Pennsylvania orphans
were giveu educations for nothing, and he
desired to reach Hairisburg to obtain an
entrance to 0110 of the Slate institutions of
learning. Tho boy appeared ingenuous,
and greatly interested Mr. Guyer in Lis
behalf, who took him to Mr. John Sloe
maler's office". Mr. Shoemaker speedily
obtained him a situation in Plack's planing
mill, but after working three or four hours
he came back and stated that he wished
to go on to Ilarrisburg. A pass to that
place was procured for him and he was
sent on his way, those who had been wil
ling to befriend him soon forgetting all
about him in the busy cares of life.
While in conversation with Mr. Guyer
the boy had stated that his mother had
left him some papers which she declared
were very valuable, but which he could
not read. When in Hariisburg a sudden
thought "struck him, and he entered the
law office of Mr. R. Minnich, to whom
ho showed his papers. A brief examina
tion of the documents revealed to the lat
ter their true nature, and Le at once tele
graphed to tho British Minister at Wash
ington, and ha in turn telegraphed to the
American Minister at London, and in a
short time answer was returned that
young'Stewart was heir to an entta'.e j for
tune amounting to 850,000,000 in gold,
deposited in the Bank of London equal
to about 77,000,000 in American cur
rency. This - fortune 'lias been lying in
the liank for some six generations, and
has thus increased to its present vast pro
portions. ...
- Young Stewart's identity as the legal
heir to this vast possession has been fixed
beyond doubt, and he will receive the first
instalment cf about $3,000,000 during
the present mouth. What effect the sud
den possession of such immense wealth
will have upon the mind and character of
a young, uneducated and inexperiorced
boy,' remains to bo seen.' Stewart ap
pears to have a large share of sturdy com
mon sense, a well-balanced though uned
ucated mind, and considerable natural
shrewdness, and if he is fortunate c nough
to escape the wiles of the human Bharks
who will be attracted by the glirterof his
gold, he may soon learn to use it for the
benefit of bis fellow men and the still fur
ther enrichment of himself.
Mr. Minnich has furnished young Stew
art with a traveling companion, a shrewd
and talented young railroad engineer by
tho namo of Johnston, whose knowledge
of the ways of the world will be a safe
guard agaiust the machinations of design
ing persons. Altoona Tribune.
To Clean Paint. There U a very
simple method to clean paint that has be
come dirty, and if our housewives should
adopt it, it would save thfm a great deal
of trouble. Provide a plate with some of
the be3t whiiing to ba had, and . have
ready some . clean, warm water and a
piece of flannel, which dip into the water,
and squeeze nearly dry ; then take as
much whiting as will adhere to'if, apply
it to the painted surface, when a little
rubbing will instantly remove any dirt or
grease. After which, wash the part well
vv iih clean water, robbing it dry with a
soft chamois. Paint thus cleaned looks
as well aa when first laid on, without any
iujury to the most delicate colors. It is
far better than using soap, and does nut
require more than half the time . and la
bor. , . .
TnE Meanest Case Yet. A farmer
in New Jersey, who held on to his crop
of corn all last winter, although the price
was unusually Ligb, waiting for a still
furlhor rise, was disappointed when in the
spring it tumbled nearly one half. This
so worked upon his grasping and avari
cious nature that he became brooding and
melancholy. And at lat one day ho
went to the barn, took a halter from one
of the horses, and proceeded to bang him
self from a mow rail. His hired man
came into the barn, and cut the halter
just !n time'to save tho life of the intend
ed suicide. When they settled, a few
months thereafter, the farmer had the hired
man chnrged with tho prica of tbe halter!
A Trenton paper vouches &r this as au
actual fact..
Terms, $2 per year In adrance.
KUMBER.41..
Til 12 JOSH UlLLIMiV PaPKUS,
? QUESTIONS, AND AKSWUIS,,, r , rf
Q. Who iz the bravest man 1 ' : '
A. He who fight with adversity, and tho
often whipped, never kLows it. .. .A .
Q. Who iz the wisest man ?
A. He who korrekts in himself the faults
he dibkovers in others, and who nieazufea
biz wisdurn to biz humility. . '
" Q. Who iz the Landsuaieat man ? . .
A. TLe man whoze hoaesty iz hiz looking
glass. Q. Who iz the politest man? ' '
A. He who kaa lay asid hizdignitj amung
inferiors without, loseing it. who kan maks
elegauce n:TaUken for reverence ainubg hiz
superiors, aDd who kan git from Liz iquali
more complaisance than be gives'. -
Q. Who iz the vain-st man ? i "...
A. Hewho kantjsce a peekok in a barn3
yard in full bloom without lotting hiz apre
tight for dinner. . "
Q. Who iz the meanest man ? -
A. He who gtUs hiz luxurys bi peeking
thru key-holes. . . :
Q. Who iz the happiest man ? ,
; A. He who knows ov hianoy that he Lpz
made happy, and not one that he hez madu''
inizerable. ""' '
Q. Who iz the rarest Tfian ? 3" z
A. lie who would sooner pray for a bumble-bee
who had stung him, than brake ip
his nest. , . ;
Q Who iz the too generous roan ? . , . j
A. He who throws Li pus into a crowd,
the rnun who gits it, calls it good luck, aud
they who doQt git it. call him a pLool.
Q. Who iz the truest man 1 ' . j o z
A.. He who kan distinguish . between oar
virtews slid our vices, and vr bite he coin-,
niendi tho one, aiu't afraid tew ci-udem ' the
other. ' ' -:
Q. Who iz the greediest man 7 - - -.
A. He wLo kawt see one woman kis an
other without crjing fur sum ov it. .
' Q. Who iz tho biggest hypi krit ?
A. He who calls vice plezzure. and hen'
trys to make a phool ov himself bi beleavt
iug it. . ... ; . .
Q Who iz the test philosopher?. . . .
A. The man who practices hiz own pra-'
cepts, and whoze example proves the truth
ov the precepts. . . -
Q. Who iz the best husband ? . , . j
A. He whoze love for hiz wife iz the con
stant esteem which he shows her.
Q. Who iz the most butiful woman t
A. She whozo buty every one feela, and
noboddy seen. ;. ,. ,
Q. Who iz tho bent housewife?
A. The wutnan who can make tho best
hash out of the least meat, and whozo kat'
knows that it iz certain death tew tucb the
kream on tbe tnilk pans. '
Q. Who iz the must chaste woman?
A. She whom tho angc-ls havo whimpered
to. - - '
Q. Who iz the most intelligent woman ?
A. She who knows that her power lie
behind the throne, cot on it.
Q. Who iz the "btrongest-miuded" wo
man ?
Q. She who minds her own bizzness, and
seen to it that her husaband minds hiz.
Q. Wha iz the lovdyest girl iu the village?
A. Tho one who, like the violet, tew ho
found, must be sougLt after, aud when found
j iz more surprized than pleaze.1 ; who iz z
unconscious ov uer nuty az a nower, and az
certain ov her innocence and excellence az a'
diamond in its hiding-place. . :
Q. Who iz the most iudustriouc woman?
A. She who hain't got any spare time to
slander her nabors. . ; i
Q. Who iz th most accomplisht woman?
A. bhe who kan paint ju'ktuis ov singular
buty on the broad and spotless-canvass ov
her children's soul, and who iz alwua reddy.
to play, without atking, a lively tuneontht
heart ov her husbanl. , -',. : m
Q. ,Who is the vaine&t woman ? ; .
A. She hasn't bin born yet. -.
Q. Who iz the uotlest brother ?
A. He who wears the honor of his sister,
not in bis breastpin, but ia bis heart.
Q. Who iz the sweetest eibter 1
A. She who stands proudly iu the shaddo.
ov her brother.
Q. Who iz the denrest old maid ? - '
A. The girl who. like the last rose cv 6um-
mer, ripe with buty, stands waiting tfcw wel-,
kum the' winter. . , ,
Q. Who iz the happyest old bachelor 7
A. The phellow who picks the rosef Jut:
mentioned abuv), and puts ifiu his buzzu.
Q. WLo iz the kvclyt old aunt ? .
A. TLe one whozo bank account iz ripe
and luxurious and who La2 rnadd up Ler'
mind not to live alwus. ' ' '' :
Q. Who are the cleverest cousins? . .. '.,
A. lie who iz a Icetle more bashful than,
a brother, and not quite s1 much, so as
lover; and she who frolicks less kareful
than a sister and rather more sassy-thau a
sweetheart. . ? , ; ; ? y, ' I
Q. Who iz tbe best fckoolmaster7
A. He who, hke a good cook, can make
insipid things taste sweets ' , ,
Q. Who iz the best judge qv human paturl
A. The man who iz the best judge ov him-'
self. . .
Q. Who iz the best lawyer ?- 7 .
A. He who does tho least bizzness. '
Q. Who iz the richest man? -
A.' The man who has the best account In
the Kingdom ov Heaven. . - '
Q.- Who iz t ha best father ?
A. He who kan inspire hiz children with,
venerashun and Jove.
' Q. Who iz the best mother 7
"A. She who gave us birth and nursed our
infancy. . ,
. Q. Who iz the best doktor 7 , . ; , . ,
A. The cue who deals with Jiiz.patientV
d?sseaze. not hiz credulity, and wuose'bni.
like the kfs ov a child, iz shrrt and sweet. '
Q. Who iz the shrewdest man ? .' . .-
A. He who kteps hi own stkrets, aacL
other people's too. .
Q. Wh ) iz the man bv the most lezzure?
A. lie who haz repented ov all his own
sins and iz now at work repenting or LLj
nahors. -
Q. Who iz the biggest phool -
A. The man who marrys furmunny, end
fTns it a game that two kan flay at 'and
both locze. ' - - . "' - -
Q. Who iz the beat minister?
A. Ho who, while he peta the Urns ov the
flock, ain't afraid tew be crcs tew the ewe
and the wethers.' " ' .
Di.v G;0as salt ctd aid crackeie."
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