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SO A I'SI'ONK CAKE GRIDDLES. liORSE COLLARS, LiORsE SHOES and HORSE siluE NAILS, Cook ; Heating Stoves, and a general assortmcrt of nil articles in my lihe of business. El M U M LOW Fi SASi!. GEO. HUNTLEY. Ebensburg, Dec. 2. MM. 3m JpiRE! FIRE!! FIRE!!! DC YOU HEAR THAT, FIREMEN ? AND ADR IOC PBEPAKED TO OBEY THE SUMMONS! This you are not, unless von hive been to WolfTs Clothing Store, a:id have bought tine of thoss superb FIRE'. 31 IK'S COATS, to keep you wnmi and !ry. Wolff makes them at from 15 to $-0, and nnv .l!i?r gar i;ei.l you want you can have made to order at short notice. HOT NO FIT. XO CHARGE! Mr. WOLFF ha put returned from the East, and his READY MADfc. CLOTlIiXG BEP1RTJI1EKT now contains the largest assoi tmesis tsie most varied assortment, and altogether tho most pleasirg assortment of WliTiR 6ULME IT. IBS Mil & KYS EVER DISPLAYED IN ALTOONA. G7OVKUCOATS, from tlie lowest pi iced Ca.-inete to the fan est Beaver all dr.e. CSFuM Siiuof Cloiluna at Irom t9 to $30. 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Ebensburg, Dec. 9, HrbO. (im. TOEVERE THE MEMORY FRIENDS DEPARTED! O MONUMENTS, TOMBSTONES, &c. The subscriber still continues to manufacture of the best materia auJ in the most workmanlike manuer. at the Loretto Marble Works, all kind of MONUMENTS AND TOMB STONES, as well as TABLE and BUREAU TOPS, and all other work in his line. None but the best American and Italian Marble used, and perfect satisfaction guaranteed to all cases at prices as low as like work can be obtained in the cities or elsewhere. Call and see specimens and jnde fur yourselves as to the merits cheapness of my work. JAMES WILKINSON. Loretto, March 12, 1868. ly. Ejjt Jctfs gfpjirfmtnt. SKOVTS ARE FALLLVG. The Spring time came the Spring time went, With .-himmer of cloud and shiny weather, The golden glory of June whs spent ; On hills and iields we roamed together ; We walked through Autumn's purple haze. The future's dream of bliss foresail ling. And, jfhuddering, thought of Winter days, With enow a falling. For carh was all so wondrous fair, And heaven smiled down so blue above it, Each wandering breath of b.iJmy air But. made us learn anew t." love it. Whan wonder if with all so bright. And wild b;.rd(i through the woodland calling. We sighed to think of Winter's night, With snows a. falling. But when at last the world was dressed lit shining robes of ice mail gleaming. Ami calm white silei.ee lulled to rest The pale dead (lowers beneath it dreaming Behold ! we woke to hud tn .d true The hope our hearts had been forestalling. And life rew fairer than we knew ' hile snow a were falling. Ah well J the t'i'ys of youth fly fast Their cutis fio iiai, thc'r blossoms wither. And nil the dreams that made our past. Fly fust a-id far we knot, not whither ; Cut when we tread life's wintry slpc, Wc Lear again iheir voices calling. And Memory clasps the hand of Hope While snows are falling. (kales, f?ukcs, lucbotcs, c. CAPITAL FUA . It was a little past twelve o'clock, and a merry group oi boys were seated on the j'oung grass, under the trees that shaded the Acadtmy day grounds A little la ter and they would be scattered in every direction at their play ; but first I hoy must i'ttend to tho contents of weJi-lilled pails and baskets, where their dinners arc stowed away. 'I should like Co know," said Howard Colby, "why Joe Green never comes out here Io eat his dinner with the rest of us, always sneaks otf bunjevvhere till we all get llirou"h ?" Guess he brings so many goodies he afraid we shall rob him,' said another. "l'lto!" said Will Urown, throwing himself back on the ground, "more likely he don't bring an) thing at all. I heatd my father fay that Ihe family must be badly pinched since Mr. Green was killed; and mother said she didn't pity them, for folks had nu business to be poor at-.d proud." "Well," said Sam Merrill, "I know .M iry Green asked my mother to have plain sewing to do ; but then folks do tha.t sometimes that aren't very poor." 'And Joe is wearing hi3 winter clothes this warm weather, nnd his p ints aio puti bed bvhiiid I saw lluin," ;iM How ard Colby, with a very complacent look at his new Fpi ing suit of light gray. "I leil you what, boys," Mtid Will !!i('.vii, "let's look to-i:ionow 'and see what the old fellow does bring anyway. You know lie is always in his seat by the time the lirst bell lings, and we cau peep into his basket and bti'l be in scasoa for roll call." 'lite boys all agreed to this except Ned Collins who sat q iietly eating his dinner and taking no pail in the conversation. Now he simply remarked, as he brushed the crumbs from his lap, "I can't see what Inn there will be in !!nt, and it looks real mean a:: 1 snuaking lo me. I'm sure it id none of o-r business what Joe brings for dinner, or where he goes iu cat it." "You're always ' Pitch a grann', Ned Colilna," Hnid Will l-o.vn, contemptuous ly. iYou've got every ens of your o!J aunt Ua'.Iy's notions." Ned could not bear to be laughed at, and it made him a little angry to hear his kind old aunt sneered at, but his eyes only flashed for a minute, and then he sprang up, shouting : "Hurrah, boys, for foot ball !' and in five minutes the whole play ground was in an uproar of fun and frolic. The next morning, at the first stroke of the bell, a half dozen roguish faces poeed into the school room, and, pure enough, there was Joe Gieen, busy plying his en cil over the problems of the algebra lesson. It was but the work of an instant to hur ry into the little clothes-room, and soon the whole group was pressing around Will Brown, as he held the mysterious basket in his hand. Among (hem, in spite of the remonstrance of yesterday, was Ned Collins, with his fine face fairly crimson with shame, or something else; we shall see. 'It is big enough to hold a day's rations for a regiment," said Howard Colby, as Will pulled out a nice white napkin. Next came a whole newspaper a large one, too and then, in the bottom of Ihe basket, was one little cold potato; that was all! Will held it up with a comical grimace, and the boys laughed and cheered as loudly as they dared in the school house. "See here," said Howard, "let's throw it away and fill the basket with coal and things ; it will be such fun to see him open it." The boys agreed, and the basket was soon filled and the napkin placed carefully on the top, and before the bell commenced tolling they were on I heir way down stairs. Ned Collins wa ihe last to leave the room, and no sooner had ihe others dis appeared than, quick as a flash, he emp tied the coal into the box again, replaced the paper, and half-filled the basket, largo as it was, with the contents of the bright tin pail that aunt Sally delighted to utore wi'.u dainties for her darling's dincer. Ned was in his seat almost as soon as the rest, and all through the forenoon he look ed and felt as guilty as ihe others, as he saw the sly looks and winks that were ex changed among them. Noon came, and there was the usual rush to the clothes room for dinner baskets ; but, instead of going out to the yard, the boys lingered about the door mid ball. btrai"ht by Ihem marched Ned Collins, with his pail . . - i on Ins arm. "Hello, Ned," said Sam Merrill,"where are you going now ?" "Home," said Ned, laughing, "I saw aunt Sally making a chicken pie this j morning and I'm going home to get some." 44 Ask me to go, too," shouted Howard j Colby ; but just at that moment they saw Joe Green currying his basket into the school-room. "I should think he'd puspect some thing," whispered Will Ilrown; "that coal must be awful heavy." Joe disappeared in the school-room, and the cut ious eyes that peered through the crack of the door wete soon rewarded by seeing him open his basket. ''Hope his dinner won't be heavy on his stomach," whispered Howard Colby. 15ut apparently Joe t.nly wished to get his paper to rend, for he took it by the corner nnd pulled, but it was fast. He looked in surprised, and then, in a sort of bewildered way, took out a couple of aunt Sally's gieat crispy doughnuts, then one of the delicious round pies he had often seen in Ned's hands, bread and but ter, and such honey as nobody's bees but her's ever made, and the plump white breast of a chicken. It was a dinner fit for a king ; so poor Joe thought, and so ".he bovs thounhf. as thev nccned wonder- in:ly trom their hiding place. Hut Joe did not offer to taste it ; he only sat thero and looked at it with a pale face, over which the tears began presently to flow very fast. Then he leaned his head on his desk, and Freddy Wilson, whispeied, "I guess he's praying !" So they all stole away to the playing ground without speak ing another word "That's some of Ned Collins' work," said Will H.owu after a while; "it's just like him." 'I'm glad of it, any way," said Sam Merrill, "for I've felt as mean all forenoon as if 1 had been robbing a hen roost. The, Greens are not to blame for having only cold potatoes to eat, and I don't won der that Joe didn't (rant us fellows to know it." 'I like Joe Green the best of any boy in school," said little Freddie Wilson, "and 1 think it was too bad to try and make fun of hi in." "Nobody asked what yoti thought," said Will Hi own, fiercely; "wait till your opinion is called for." The little boy looked very meek, and ate Lis dinner in silence, but the fact was Wiil Ilrown began to feel uncomfortable. "Father says Mr. Green was the bravest man in the company," said Sam Merrill, "and that he wouldn't have been killed, only be thought of every one else before himself." I tell you what," said good naturcd Tom Granger, "I move and second that we are ashamed of oRrsclves; all in favor of that motion will signily it by giving three cheers for Ned Coll;ri3 there he con.es this minute bi iuiflill of chicken pie." The boys sprang to their feet, and swingiii;; iheir caps in the air, gave three hearty dicers for N.ed Collins ; and even Will Hi own joined the chorus with as hud a hurrah as any of them. Sam Merrill explained the thing to Ned, and he only said in reply, "I've often heard aur.t Sally say that it was poor kind of fun that must be earned by hurling some body's feelings, and what aunt Sally says is almost always so," "A L.-E-E-THE Too Smart." Old Uumfeldt was a well-to-do farmer of Stew art county, Tennessee. He was regular in Lis attendance at Court in Dover, but seldom turned his face homeward until he had swallowed more whisky than his skin could well hold or his legs conveni cAly carry. On one occasion he got on mV level caily, and, about the middle of a hot July afternoon, started for home. He had not gone far, however, when he ii ckt r 1 1 Ii o r iinftitnl vstl 1 1 tin rtnoi iA ! Hil9 PCI&W'A IT llil (III v I liwO 1 I a u KJ Iv? uvni v to take a nap. He dismounted from his horse, turned him loose to graze, and rolled himself into a fence corner. He was sleeping very sweetly when he was espied by a buzzard, which was sailing about in the vicinity, seeking for something to oat. Smaller and smaller grew the circles of Ihe buzzard as he approached his victim, cautiously taking observations. At last, but still in some doubt, the bird lit on the ground near the expected feast. About this time Humfeldt became aware that something was going on, and he partially opened one eye and saw the buzzard, but was still too uYunk to take any active steps to drive it away. He, however, kept a close watch. The buzzard strut ted around and around him, all the time inspecting Uumfeldt closely and cautious ly, to ascertain positively that he vs dead. " He finally became satisfied that the corjms before hitn was indeed a car cass,Jand consequently "his meat," where upon he advanced deliberately to Kura feldt'H head and gave him a severe peck in ihe face. This aroused Kumfeldt. and striking out lazily with his hand to pre- I vent a repetition of the attack, he ex claimed : "Look-cr here, you're a lectle too damn siiiarl I 'ain't dead trtf A ROlAKItAKlC STORY. The New York Sunday Mercury pub lishes the following reminiscence- of the famous Duchess of 1'ivslin murder, in France, and asserts fhat one of the actots in that domestic tragedy of twenty-two years ago has since become the wife of one of the clergymen who married Rich ardson and Mrs. AIcFarland. One of the priests who were oresent at the mock marriage that has so shocked the moral sense of the community, is in his own person an example of the most free and easy principles of marriage, as he has allied himself matrimonially to a woman who was deeply implicated in a scandal and murder case in lar;.s, years ao from" Ihe criminal punishment for which she escaped only by the suicide of the princi pal criminal with whom she was implica ted. The story of this woman's career runs in this wise : In the year 1847 the Duke and Duchess of Fraslin, one of the oldest and noblest families in France, occupied iheir almost princely chateau cf Yaux The Duke and Duchess were latterly not happy in their union. Their dissensions had become a mutter of public notoriety. One cause of quarrel was said to be the influence which the governess of his dauh tcrs, a Mile. Henrietta de Luzy Desportes, had gained over the Duke. Hut differ ences had crept in as far back as 1837 long prior lo the entiance of the governess into the family. Tho Duchess objected lo the continuance of this lady in the fam ily, and particularly complained of her estranging from her the affections of her daughters. This subject of discord in creased with years, and eventually rcw to such a height that at last Mile, de Luzy had to quit. She did not, however, leave France, as the Duchess expected, but she went to reside in a boarding-school near I'aris. Here the Duke visited her, and here she was about to get an appointment as instructress; but the principal of the establishment required a prior letter of recommendation from the Duchess of Fras lin. Such a letter, therefore, became vi tal to Mile de Luzy, and the Duke un dertook lo procure it He was to have obtained it the very morning the Duchess was found murdered. The departure of Mile, de Luzy from the Fraslin family took place at I'aris, July 18, 1847, just about a month befjrc the occurrence of the - fatal catastrophe. The Duke and Duchess were then apparently reconciled, and they went from I'aris to their country chateau together. The people, assembled at Meluu for the celebration of the pat ion festival of St Ambrose, saw them there together arm in-arm, and were glad in consequence, for the family of l'raslin was popular with them ; it was believed that ihey had become friends (or Ihe future. The Duchess herself was much beloved. This concord between the Duke and Duch ess was, however, a mere shadow. She still had her sorrow, and would often feel and express a kind of presentment of her approaching end. One day the Duke re quested her to descend into the funeral vault at Vaux, which had recently been repaired ; she refused, saying, ' Shall I not soon go into it forever ?" It was un der this state of circumstances that on the 17th of August, 1847, all the Fraslin family left Iheir chateau and came to their superb residence in I'aris, in the Hua du Faubourg St. Uonore, No. Co, at eight o'clock in Ihe evening, by theCorbell rail way. After their arrival the Duke, with three of his daughters and the youngest of his sons, went Io Mm. Lumaire's, the mis tress of a boarding house mentioned, to visit M'lla de Lazy Desportes. He biiw her about Ibe letter and left her about ten o'clock, arriving at his house a little be fore eleven, when he conducted the young ladies to their apartment, and immediately retired to his own. While the Duke was out, the Duchess, with Lervvo eldest 6ons, look a hackney coach, drove to a bookseller's, and after staying a short time there, returned home at half-past nine. The Duchess then re tired to her sleeping apartment, where she put on her night apparel, ordered and look some orgeat, laid herself down tranquilly, aud beginning to read in bed, dismissed her maid with ihe desire that she would call her at three o'clock next morning. Tho maid never saw her alive again ; at five that morning the Duchess had ceased lo exit. Her body, thrown down near the. chimney, with the head and back against a sofa, lay deluged in her blood and pierced with more than forty wounds. The news spread like wildfire, and all Paris was excited. An investigation in stantly began. According to the opinion of the experts called in, three kinds of weapons must have been used in ihe per petration of the crime one a cutting, one n pointed and one a bruising weapon or at least they said the assassin made use of an arm which had at the same time a point, a blade and a stout handle, like a yatigan. The blood had spurted on all Fides. It formed itself into pools, gutters, drops and various stains. It was seen upon the bed, upon the curtains, on Ihe bell-rope, and indeed upon almost all the furniture in the room. Everything proved that Ihe Duchess had attempted to escape trom her assassin, either by rushing towards the doors to get out of her bed room, or by endeavoring lo pu'l the belf-ropea that ber domestics might come to her aid. It was thought the first blows were given her while in bed, and that she made her most desperate t Hurts at the chimney. The murderer necessarily covered with blood, must have left traces of it on his way; and that stained way was found lo be toward the apartment of her husband, j the Duke of Fraslin. Drops and marks j of blood were visible from ihe door of the i Dutchess's cabinet to the door of the j Duke's bedroom. J The Duke was arrested on a charge of ! murder. The governess was likewi.se ar- I z-j - eiln iK.,.i.r,,.riw,;...,n . the murder, and was generally considered cr n J as having been the Duke's mistress. Durinn tho trial, the governess, this Mile, de I -uzy gave her evidence with much bitterness against the deceased Duchess, with so much bitterness that the court reproved her for her evident mali ciousness of spirit. When the examination touched upon ihe Duke's guilt, Mademoiselle de Luzy evinced the greatest emotion, falling upon her knees with clasped hands, declaring that it was impossible, and exclaiming: "Tell me not that there are piesumptions against him say not that they are strong. My conscious assures nie that he has not done it. But if he has Great God ! it is I, it is I who am the guilty party, I who so loved the children, I who adored theaa," etc., etc. In the excitement tho court remarked : 'It seems impossible that this excite ment should meiely belong Jo such feelings as might exist between you and tho Duch ess' children. Was it lo tho children only that you addressed the despairing letters of which you spoke ?" To which the woman replied, "You are wrong, excitement can belong to every feeling. But I will not say that as I constantly saw the Duke so kind, so generous to me, they may not have min gled with my aflection for Ihe children a londerness a vivid tenderness for the father." The conclusion of this case was never reached. The Duke de l'raslin commit ud suicide by poison and by reason of his death all proceeding stopped. Mile, de Luzy escaped lo America, became a governess, then a teacher in the Cooper Institute, aid subsequently the wife of one of the highly moral priests who indorsed the sensational marriage of that peiiod. Makriagk Octiugiit. From an old Carolina periodical we clip an anecdote, that happily illustrates the customs of the period, when physical force was the trib unal before which all questions were for arbitrament : "In one of the upper coun ties of North Carolina, a young fellow, by the name of Ben Sykes, had courted a fair one for some yeais, but either was not ready or willing, ajj he never came to llie point. At last she gut mad, mid de clared she would marry Hill Patterson if he ever courted her again. Hill, bearing of this, went, and once more put iu his claim ; but he was a scurvy fellow in some things, and neither dad nor mam was wil ling. So he secretly goes to IJ , gets a license, and that night Ihey made off for a Gretna tquire. On iheir road lo happiness, however, who should they meet but Ben Sykes. He got an inkling I of what was going on, and when he met I ll.nm Iia lltiilurCt.uiil Ihiiu tl.A 1..., Ill III, U11IIVI CIVVV. HUH I1 "Silly," says he, "I have fooled with you, that's a fact, and I am sorry for it. j Hut if you still prefer me to Bill Patter son, just say so, and I will give him a thrashing, take his license, and make Moody marry us to-Light." The old love was too strong for the new. Ben gave Bill a thrashing, took his gal, and (what he hated most,) his license which cost him seventy-live cent?, and was off with his plunder to Moo ly'a The old squire did not so well understand how one man could be married in virtue of a license granted lo another. ' Ben said he did not himself understand law quibbles, but this he knew, that unless he did if, he (the squire.) would ketch it loo. The hint was enough for Moody, who, with out more ado, pronounced them man and wife. So says our mountain correspond ent." Tbutii IN Beief. Anybody can soil tjie reputation of any individual, however pure and chaste, by utterius a suspicion which his enemies will believe and his friends never hear of. A puff of idln wind j can take a million of tho seec's of the I his -j tie, and do a work of mischief which the husbandman must labor lon; and hard to j undo, the floating particles being too trU j fling to be se n and loo light to be stopped, j Such are the seeds of slander, so easily sown, so dillicuU to be siallierea up, and yet so pernicious are its fruits. They know that many a wind will c.-teh up fie plague and become poisoned by their in sinuations without ever seeking or finding the antidote. No tefutation can refute a sneer, nor any human skill prevent mis chief. To Pit event Plows from Pcstisc. A correspondent of Ihe Rural World "ives the following, which he says he has tried successfully. It is simple and worth nrioniin" : "None but the plowman knows the advantage of having a bright plow. The wriler has tiied a great many ur Hides lo prevent plows and other agricultural implements from rusting. There is noth ing so good and handy as patent axle grease. I have used tallow, paint, and Japan varnish, but the axle grease i al ways convenient and easily applied." Ihe Under got Lost Suow Stoi in. iu a We think the following story "too good to keep," aj:d, as we promise not lo be tray the hero's name and place of resi1 dence, we hope he will forgive us for tell ing how he got lost in a enow storm. It was a pleasant place the home of. Ihe Doctor just in the edge of the woods. The house was one of those neat little . . , - . "S we one always exacts to nnu. comiort, peace ana Happiness it was almost hidden among the trees, with which the grounds had been so lavishly adorned. Some were so' large that you would think they must be centuries old. The doctor and his wife lived hero alone, with the exception of a boy whom the doctor had taken lo do chores for him and to be company for his wife when he was attending his patients; for, although he was getting old, the people-of tlie vil lage could not have been persuaded to give up their faithful physician. , , . One day it had been snowing -such a snow storm as you Western people seldom see. The beautiful white flakes seemed to vie with each other to see which should their destination first, and the sky above seemed one endless sheet of snow. f "Well," said the doctor to his wife, as he returned from his round of calls, "X am gled there are nut many sick just now, for 1 think home is the best place for art old man like me ;" and he shook the snow from his great coat and handed it to Bruce lo bar g up, saying that be should not need it any more that night. . Just us ho had seated himself at tha tea-table and his wife was pouring out his tea, a loud rap was heard at the door. - "It "n sjme belated traveller," thought the doctor as he arose lo open tho door. "I want you to go and see my, wife, doctor," said the visitor, as he seated him self by the fire. "What ! go ten miles such a night as this? It is impossible!" retorted the doctor. . "I fear she will die," said the roan, "unless you do. I have a mart here with me, and we have shovels ; we will see you safe through, if you will go." The aincunt of it was, the doctor went. It is not my purpose to dwell on his ride there, for it was made comparatively easy by the aid of strong arms and shov els ; nor of tbe sick woman, but of his journey home. The snow was still whirling thick and fast us the doctor lucked himself snugly in his light cutter for the homeward ITip, and started off bti.-kly ; lor Nellie was anxious to get home to her warm stable. The doctor was not very well acquaint ed with the roundabout way he had come, and wi h the darkness and blinding snow he soon became bewildered. So after a while, thinking he had diiven farther than ihe distance of his home, he thought he would trust his horse to get him out of his difficulty, and gave Nellie full liberty to choose her own road ; so, after he had gone on for some lime longer, Nellie stopped and whinnied. The doctor uu mutiljd a little and peered around in the darkness and snow. "Why, Nell, where are we ?""he said. "This looks very much like Chestnut Ridge; yes, ihere is the opening in tho trees at ihe turn of the hill, on the brow of Ihe hiil. This must be Chestnut liidgo eight miles from home. Well, Nellie, we may as well camp for the nighr, for we can't get home," 'How lucky that Bruce supplied us well with blankets," soliloquized Ihe doc tor, as he unhitched Nellie from tlie cut er nml fastened one of the blankets on , , d turned ,jer joose to look out for herself. Then, spreading a buffalo robe on the snow and turning the cutter up, he wrapped himself in his blankets aud crawled into his novel bed, and was soon sound asleep. His faithful dog was very uneasy all night at his master's absence, and bounded out at the first opportunity to look for him. Finding the cutter in such a novel condi tion, he began to bark furiously around it. You can judge of the doctor's astontsh ment, when he came out of his bedroom, to find himself in his own door-yard, and Nel ie standing at the stable door, wou dering, no doubt, why sha was treated so coolly. Western Rural. A Smjuno Face and a Kino Hkart. Which will j'ou do smile and make your household happy, or be crabbed, and make all those young ones gloomy, ami the e'der ones miserable I The amount of happiness you can produce is incalcu lable, if jou show a smiling face and a kind heart, and speak pleasant words. Wear a pleasant countenance ; let joy beam in your eyes, and love glow on your forehead. There ia no joy like that which springs from a kind act or a pleasant deed ; and you will feel it at night when you rest, at morning when 3'ou rise, and through the day, when about your busi ness. An old lady in Connecticut, during Ihe recent freshet, being told that the house woui.i go down ine cree in nve mmuies. i , . i. . prudently proceeded to change her stock ! ,,,?8 ucclaring mat sue naa iiequenin tlv seen women struiijiling in the wild waters generally feet upward. Upon what supposition would you build a house with 3-our pocket handkerchiel t Supposing it be cambric (became brick.) CIoiv ii
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