lr7 ill III III lib Ji ml xr-rf- lm W r If Wfi rl! TO
1. JITIKE, Editor and I'ubllfelier.
OLUME 4.
U'ISTI.Y. The undersigned,
f.r T,!m.
j'-tfinitv. which plce he will visit
IfoiKTH Monday of each month, to re
..rirAM'L BELFORD, D. D. S.
p. B. MILLER, p
ative and Mechanical DENTIST.
removed to inruna street. opro:tc
L'j'ler.m church. Persons from Carabri.-i
,t ore!;e liere wno get rcork. dcr.o fcy me
eiiir.oiUit of Ten Dolbrsand upwards, will
;lie r.iilioad fiiredediic'eil from thoir bills.
fUn viASRANTKn. Jan. 21, lbG9.-tf.
TV 1 tl
tit,ll. vi.-:i r"eiiM'ur; o
,R vv on the SECOND ilo.v
ot each month, and rem:ui.tfkiU,;
reck danii'' winch time he
befouiiJ :it the Mountain House. '
rTceih ex;r;tcted without pain by the use
.rate Oxiiie. or Laughing Gaa.
vnTjToATIAN, 51. J).,
cuJcr his professional services as Phy-
.,: anJ Surgeon to the citizens of Carrol 1-
anJ vicinity. Oince in rear of build
ninieil l'V J. Buck fc Co. as a store.
ici'is can
be made at his residence, one
si.uiii oi t. uUb a mi anu iiaruware
May 9, 1867.
i r IT 1. - .1 1 -1-
J. LLOYD, successor to R. S.
Din.v. Dealer in Dings, Medicines,
-t.kc. Store on Main btrtet, opposite
Mansion H- LLcusuurg, l a.
-..bt-r 17. 1867--Gm.
Vr. JA5IISON, 5L D.,
Lorctto, Cr.nibriH Co., Pn.,
AtTiUirrofe-sion.il services to such of the
,of;'e above place and viciiiiiv t,s niay
e MiiaiJ. Arril 21. ly.
11 'LXK, M. I)., tenders his
prf .--!. nal jstTvi-. ; to the citizens of
inn'.,!!'! vicinity. ihce on ltlh s-trer-t,
itc the ! (.'outrretMtiouul tliuri:)i, Eat
.Vicht tiiil can he tiia'ic at the late resi-
ifln. K. S. liaim. West Ward. Imyl2.'
LOVD to., Hankers,
fcBENSBURG, Ta.
, Silver, Gc.verr.ment Loai:f, and
Sfcnritivs, b. uht and s Id. Interest
son Tin:e i-epotits. Collections made
accessihle points in the United States
Jeneral Hanking business transacted
31. LLOVU & CO.,
Banreks. Ai.toona. Pa.
i;sun the principal cities and Silvr-r
for sale. Cjllections made.
s received on deposit, navable on de-
'ur.ut iiitertst, or upon time, with
. u uir rates. an 31 .
D. M'LAUGIILIN,
r.XEY AT LAW. JJtusfs,i.,n Tn
:ce in the Exchange building, on the
t'i CiiLton and Locust streets nr
Will auenil to all business connect
'51s rroff.s.-iou.
F-31.1867.-tf.
t -HmN V. LINTON,
.'tY AT LAV,, Johnstown. Pa.
; V.iiiV.!!i- on corner of Main and
i t? iUtir' ljlKJi'ito Mansion House.
: ,n""r- Entrance on Franklin street.
-Mown. Jan. si. l8G7.-tf.
L miSHLXG, Attokney-at-
o--"r, Pa. Office on Frank
1 upstairs, over John Benton's
Jan. 31, 1SC7.
w. East v .. . , ....
p, i ransiin street, johns-
, two uors North of Fraz' Dru
p-.fc3 Uut b..,v be eutructcJ to him.
st .
, " - - T. W. DICX,
'istowr.. i-.
, .-ucusuurp, i-a. Uffice vvitb Wm
1-, tolonado Row. oct.22.-tf.
JUUXST0V A- QftAvrVv
J B. PCANI.A1I.
rEt at Law,
Q Ebenshurg. Cambria oo., Ta.
-W'i c "ie CljUrt "ouse.
"S. Jan. 81, 1867.-tf.
n a i-f -v'
Stet ""unrg, ra. uuices on
'HtoJ'an:ediately east of IlMntley'a
raD.S.'Gyl
Ll t,ECIILEU Attoksey-at..
S b-' M. Reade, Esq . ia
Centre street. faur.27.
Q f
RF'ADK, AlLoriuy-tt"LcMU,
.7i--0ar2. p. nrc . . J . ., ,. '
5?ktitCa Centre street, two doors
laup.27.
pSv1 Donald,
. -tit-ei, opposite L.inton h
-J&r3l, 1867-tf.
7; "E'e-F-. .
;l i A law. F.in.f..,L t
21. 1&07 tf e Centre street.
r l AT I '-vy ,
'H'oi 7AW Ehurg Pa.
v ""ji'iumj nis rest-
iV.SBY, Attokney-
and a'i l . tani6'-a Pa.
to. 11 Jegal business promptly
liilUirT--'-
7 forrJ:, en Offic- remnP,T
fM .fyocenh! v
"a t.. Ebcnsburg. jl3.
.offer's
('TIN
1870. Fall Trade. 1870.
I arts now prepared to offer
SUPERIOR INDUCEMENTS
TO CASH PURCHASERS OF
TIN, SIIEMI i CQIPER WARE
EITHER AT
WHOLESALE OR RETAIL.
My stock consists in part of every variety of
Tin, S1ieet-?ron,
COPPER AND BRASS WARES,
KNAM F.U.ED AND PLAIN
SAUCE-PANS, BOILERS &c ,
COAL SHOVELS. MINE LAMPS, OIL
CANS, IIOU8KFURNISHING IIARD
WAUE OF EVERY KIND.
Fpeai's And. Dust
HEATING and COOKING STOVES,
Ji au (A ( ; VUKIXG S TO VES.
NOBLE, TRIUMPH and PABLOIl COOK-
ING STOVES,
And any Cooking Ptove desired I will get
when ordered at manufacturer's prices.
Odd Stove Plates and Grates, &c, for re
pairs, on band for the Stoves I sell ; others
will be ordered when wanted. Particular
attention given to
Spouting, Valleys and Conductors,
all of wliich will be made out of best mate
rials and put up by competent workmen.
Lamp Burners, Wick and ChimneTs
WIIOLKSALE Oil IJKTAIT..
I would call particular attention to the Light
House Burner, with Glass Cne, for giving
more light than any other in use. Also, the
Paragon Burner, for Crude Oil.
SUGAR KETTLES AND CAULDRONS
of all sizes constantly on hand.
Special attention given to
Jobbing in Tin, Copper and Sheet-Iron.
at lowest possible rates.
Wiiou:?ai.e Merchants' Lis?3
now ready, at.d will be sent on application
by mail or in person
Hoping to see all my old customers and
many new ones this Spring, I return my
most sincere thanks for the very liberal pa
troi.age I hare already received, nud will
eudeavor to pleas ? all who may call, wheth
er they bnv or not.
FRANCIS W. II AY.
Johnstown. March 7. 18G7.
.REaT Reduction ix Prices!
TO CASH liLYKPS!
AT
lIOBSB-Fl'KNISHISfl STORE.
Ibe undersigned respectfully informs the
citizens of Ebensburg and the public gener
ally that he has made a great reduction in
prices to CASH BUYEUS. My stock will
consist, in part, of Cooliiiy, Parlor and Heat
ivg Stoves, of the most popular kinds ; ZYn
ware of every description, of my own man
ufacture ; Hardware of all kind, such as
Locks, Sciews, Butt Hinges, Table Hinges,
Shutter Hinges, Bolts, Tron and Nails, Win
dow Glass, Putty, Table Knives and Forks,
Carving Knives and Forks, Meat Cutters,
Apple Parers, Pen and Pocket Knives in
great variety, Sei.-sors. Shears, Razors and
Strops Axt-f, liitchets, Hamraf-rs, Boring
Machines, Augers. Chissels, Planes, Com
passes, Square, Files, Rasps, Anvils, Vises,
Wrenches, Pip, Panel and Cross-Cut Saws,
Chains cf all kinds. Shovels, Spades, Scj'thes
and Snaths, Rakes, Forks, Sleigh Bells,
Shoe Lasts, Pegs. Wax Bristles, Clothes
Wringer. Grind Stones. Patent Molasses
Gates and Measures, Lumber Sticks, Horse
Nails, Horse Shoes, Cast Steel. Rides, Shot
Guns, Revolvers, Pistols, Cartridges, Pow
der, Caps. Lead, &c, Odd Stove Plates,
Grates and Fire Bricks, Well and Cistern
Pumps and Tubing ; Harness and Saddler;
Ware of all kind ; Wooden and Willow Ware
in great variety ; Carbon Oil and Oil Lamps,
Fish Oil, Lard Oil, Linseed Oil, Lubricating
Oil, Rosin, Tar, Glassware, Taints, Varnish
es. Turpentine, Alcohol. Ac.
FAMILY GROCERIES,
euch as Tea, Coffee, Sugars, Molacsrs, Syr
ups, Spices, Dried Peaches, Dried Apples,
Fish, Hominy," Crackers, Rice and Pearl
Barley; Soaps, Candles; TOBACCO and
CIGARS ; Paint. Whitewash, Scrub, Horse,
Shoe, Dusting, Varnish, Stove, Clothes and
Tooth Brushes, all kinds and sizes ; Bed
Cords and Manilla Ropes, and many other
articles at the lowest rates for CASH.
fjO-Ihuce Spouting made, pamVd and put
up at low rates for cash. A liberal discount
made to country dealers buying Tinware
wholesale. GEO. HUNTLEY
Ebensburg, Feb, 28. 18G7.-tf.
Q.EORGE W. Y.EAGER,
Wholesale una RtIl Dealer in
HEATING AND COOK STOVES
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION,
TIB, COPPER AHD SHEET-IRON WARE
OF HIS OWN MANUFACTURE,
And GENERAL JOBBER in SPOUTING
and all other work in his line.
Virginia Street, rear Caroline Street,
ALTOOXl, IA,
The only dealer ia the citv having the ri?ht to
eell the renowned "BARLEY SHEAF"
COOK S rOVE, the most perfect
complete and satisfactory
Store ever 'ntroduced . . . .
to the public.
Stock Ixiaiense. - Prices Low.
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED.
A a A O 4 Y VO ft A 1.1. Ktonsil Trail fir? mrtlofX
OlU mailed free. AJ.FnRam,Hblitx&'div;ii7yS.Y.
HE IS A FREEMAN WHOM THE TRUTH MAKES FREE, AND ALL
EBENSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1870.
A MAN WITH TWENTY WIVES.
A MORMON I103IAACK.
CI1APTI.K I THE MOKMON'S DFPARTUnE.
The morning . on which Reginald
Gloverson was to leave Great Salt Lake
City with a mule train, dawned beauti
fully. Keginald Gloverson was a young and
thrifty Mormon, with an interesting fam
ily of twenty young and handsome wive?.
His unions had never been blessed with
children. Aa often a.s once a year he
used to go to Omaha, in Nebraska, with
a mule train for goods ; but although he
had performed the rather perilous journey
many times with enrire safety, his heutt
was strangely ead on this parlicnlar morn
ing, and filled with gloomy forebodings.
The time for his departure had arrived
the high-i-pirited mules were at the
door, impatiently champing their bits.
The Mormon stood sadly among his
weeping wives.
'Dearest ones,' he said, 'I am singu
larly sad at heart this morniri" ; but do
not let this depress you. The journey
is a perilous one, but pshaw ! I have
always come back safely heretofore, and
why should I fear? Besides, I know
that every night, as I lay down on the
broad starlit prairie your faces will come
to me in my dreams and make my slum
bers sweet and gentle. You, Emily,
wiilfyour mild blue eyes ; and you, Hen
rietta, with your splendid black hair ;
and 30U,Nilly, with jour hair so.brightly,
beauifully golden ; and you, Mollie, with
your cheeks so downy ; and you, Letsy,
with your with your that' is to say,
Susan, with your and the other thirteen
of you, each so good and beautiful, will
come to me in sweet dreams, will you cot
dearesta V
'Our own,' they lovingly chimed, 'we
wilt !'
'And so farewell!' cried Keginald.
'Come to my arms, my own !' he said,
'that is, as many of you as can do it con
veniently at once, for I must away.
He tolded several of them to to his
throbbing breast, and drove sadly away.
Dut be had not gone far when the trace
of the orT hind mule became unhitched.
Dismounting, he essayed to adjust the
trace ; but ere he had fairly commenced
the task, the mule, a singularly refractory
animal, snorted wildly and kicked liegi
nald frighfully in the stomach. He arose
with d;ff culty and tottered feebly toward
his mother's house, which was near by,
falling dead in her yard, with the retnaik,
'Dear mother. I've come home to die !'
'So I see, she said, 'where's the
mules V
Alas ! Keginald Gloverson could
give no answer. In vain the heart strick
en mother threw herself upon his inan
imate form, crying :
'Oh, my son my son ! only tell me
where the mules are, and then you may
die if you want to.'
In vain in vain ! Keginald had pass
ed on.
CHATTER H. FUNERAL TUAIT1XGS.
The mules were never found.
Kegina'd's heart-broken mother took
the body home to her unfortunate sun's
widows. But before her arrival, she
indiscreetly sent a boy to burst the news,
gently, to the afflicted wives, which he did
by informing them, in a hoarse whisper,
that their 'old man had gone in.'
The wives felt very badly indeed.
'He wa3 devoted to me,' sobbed Emily.
'And to me,' said Maria.
'Yes,' said Emily, 'he thought con
siderable of you, but not so much as he
did of me.'
'1 say he did I'
'I sav he didn't I'
He did!
He didn't!'
'Don't look at me with jour Equiat
eyes !'
'Don't shako your red head at me !'
'Sisters,' said the black haired Heuri
etta, 'cease this uoseemingly wrangling.
I, as his first wife, shall strew flowers on
his grave.'
'No you won't,' saifd Susan. 'I, as
his last wife, shall 6trew flowers on his
giave. It's my business to strew.'
'You shan't so there I said Henrietta.
'You bet I will,' said Susan with a tear
suffused cheek.
Well, as for me,' said the practical
Betsy, 'I ain't on the strew, much, but I
shall ride at the head of the funeral pro
cession.' 'Not if I've been introduced to myself,
you won't," said the golden haired Nelly,
'that's my position. Y"ou bet your bon
net strings it is.'
'Children,' said Reginald's mother,
you must do some crying, you know on
the day of the fuqeral ; and how many
poeket-hankerchera will it take to go
round? Betsy, you and Nelly ought to
make one do between you.'
I'll tear her eyes out if she perpetrates
a sob on my handkercher I said Nelly.
Dear daughters-in-law said Kegin
ald'a mother, 'how unseemingiy is this
anger. Mules is five hundred dollars a
span and every identical mule my poor
boy had has been gobbled up by the red
laan. I knew when my Reginald stag
gered into the door yard that he was on the
die, but had I only thunk to ask him
about them mules ere his gentle spirit took
its flight, it would have been four thous
and dollars in your pockets. You have
never felt a parent's feelings.'
It's an oversight sobbed Maria.
Dj not Llame us.'
Cn AFTK.lt III. DCST TO DUST.
The funeral passed off in a very pleas
ant manner, nothing occurring to mar the
harmony of the occasion. By a happy
thought of Reginald's mother, the wives
walked to the grave twenty abreast, which
rendered that part of the ceremony thor
oughly impartial.
That night the twenty wives with heavy
hearts sought their twenty respective
couches.
In another house not many leagues from
the house of mourning, a gray-haired wo
man was weeping passionately.
He died, she cried, 'ho died without
signerfying, in any respect, where them
mules went to !'
CHAPTER IV. MARRIED AGAIN.
Two years elapse between the third
and fourth chapters. A manly Mormon
one evening, as the sun was preparing to
set among a select assortment of gold and
crimson clouds in the western horizon
although for that matter the sun has a
right to 'set' where it wants to, and so, I
may add, has a hen a manly Mormon, I
say, tapped gently at the door of the man
sion of the late Reginald Gloverson.
The door was opened by Mrs. Susan
Gloverson,
Is this the house of widow Gloverson?'
the Mormon asked.
'It is,' said Susan.
'And how many is thereof she?' in
quired the Mormon.
'There is about twenty of her, includ
ing me, returned Susan.
'Can I see her ?'
'You can.'
'Madame,' he sof:ly said, addressing
the twenty disconsolate widows, 'I've seen
part of you before. And although I've
had twenty-five wives, whom I respect
and care for, I can truly say that I never
felt love's holy thrill till I saw thee ! Be
mine ! be mine !' he enthusiastically cried,
'and we will show the wo; Id a striking
illustration of the baauty and truth of the
noble lines, only a good deal more so
"Twenty one souls with a single thought,
Twenty one hearts that beats as one."
They were united they were. Trini
dad (Colorado) Enterprise.
A FRJGilTFSJL. STKfGGLC.
When at last the boat settled down,
the Syrian plunged into the stream, and
keeping his head well above ir, struck
out for the shore at u point where he saw
it shelved down to the water's ; edye,
fringed with long rushes. Strong as the
current was he breasted it successfully,
and was reaching shoal walher with a
heart full of good resolves and thankful
ness for his preservation and rebounding
from bis late despair when suddenly he
saw to hia surprise a dark object resem
bling an old log, floating from the muddy
bank toward him. As there was uo cur
rent from the shore this struck bim as
strange ; but his surprise was" changed
into horror when the object approached
nearer, disclosing to his gaze, under the
bright moonlight, the scaly back and
unshapely bulk of the crocodile! most
dreadful of all the tenants of that slimy
flood, though but rarely seen so low down
the river. As the monster moved through
the water, with a movement indicating
the vast propulsive power of its short fore
arms and muscular tail lashing the river
into foam as it forged upward Daoud
could distinguish his sharp snout elevated
above the flood, and the small, glittering,
serpent-like eyes it fixed on its destined
prey. Each second brought the fell mon
ster nearer the man : while the huae
jaws would occasionly open, displaying
the sharp, double row of glistening teeth
which armed them j then shut again with
a snap like the music of caslinets resound
ing through the stillness. Imminent and
deadly was the peril, as Daoud well
knew; but he lost no heart nor hope.
His nerves, Eteeled to danger in its most
fearful shape during his recent trials, did
not fail him now. lie felt a deadly sick
ness at heart, for an instant, at the new
and hideous form of peril, thus suddenly
confronting him at the very moment of
his fancied tscape from all his danger;
just as he -was making his good resolves
for a tranquil future. Never before had
he encountered the dread monster; but
be knew its nature and its habits well,
for he had often heard Arabs of the Upper
Nile tell of their encounters with and vic
tories over it, and he therefore understood
which way the path of safety lay. lie
allowed the greedy monster to approach
within two lengths of him simply float
ng himself on the surface of the water,
with a wary eye fixed on the movements
of his adversary. Flight he knew would
be speedy and certain death. He waited
till he could see the very twinkle of its
hungry eye then dived down into the
flood, bis dagger bare in his right hand.
That moment the huge bulk of the croco
dile seemed convulsed with a sudden pang
a3 it abruptly twisted itself round, lashing
the water into foam with its terrible tail,
and snapping it3 jaws together, while its
snaky eye emitted sparks of fire. Then
it sullenly sunk under the water, too, and
the moonlight shone on the rippiiug river,
showing no form of man or reptile on its
agitated surface. But the water where
the reptile had sunk was discolored with
a dark red stain, which showed that the
Syrian's dagger had found a vulnerable
spot. He bad dived beneath the sealy
armor which protected it from above and
bad struck an upward blow. Next mo
ment the man rose again to the 6urface,
ARE SLAVES I5ESIDE.
twenty yards further down stream, and
sirucs out vigorously lor the shore; but
the current seized him and bore him etil!
further down. And on it floated in pur
suit his wounded, but not disabled enemy
fiercer and more savage from its injury,
and displaying now those vast euergies
hidden under its cumbrous, mail-clad car
cass. Thrice, when on the very eve of
beinir seized and r-rnslipfl hpt-ofn ii.naa
mighty jaws which snapped vainly to- j
gether like the huge proticullous of some
feudal castle, did the Syrian narrowly
escape destruction - by suddenly diving
down. And thrice did he stab with bis
r.i,..-.v iuc uuproiecieu iiesu oi
bis foe, under his forearm ; while deeper
grew the tinge of tho waters, as the great
vital energies of the atnphium EtiU0sus
tained it under the deep wounds of its
desperate antagonist whose human in
tellect, when backed by courage, was
destined to conquer bruie force even in
a conflict apparently as unequal as this
for, after the third plange, the huge, scaly
- o e- J
bulk seemed to float almost helplessly
upon the water, with the life-tide ranidlv
ebbing trom the ghastly wounds, and the
uini eye siione no more with hate, but I
had an almost human expressin of agony i
and despair iurking iu its filmy and glar- J
ing orbs. The crocodile was well nigh j
struggling in its daath throes and the j
mighty frame seemed contracted and con- i
vulsed wth the near approach of the final j
spasm. The man was no where to be 1
seen. Just then, panting, worn, exhaus
ted, but still unwounded, Daoud, the dag
ger in his right hand, rose to the surface,
but unhappily within a yard of the almost
vanquished monster. The scaly thing
saw him, and with a mighty effort of
expiring energy, etiuck out wildly with
lis powerful tail. It fell like a flail on
the head of the Syrian, stretching him
senseless and powerless beside his enemy.
The next moment the dvin crocodile
twisted his body around, opened his
nr.giuy jaw with a tinal and convulsive
efiort and, when they closed again,
within was the writhing body of the Sy
rian, caught as in some huge trap, which
crushed bone, rauscle, sinew and flesh
into one indistinguishable mass. And
locked tight m the death spasm, those
jaws never unclosed again. Dut the
scaly bulk of the vrocodi'e, bearing in its
dead jaws the corpse of its destroyer,
floated down the current of the Nile, under
the still moonlight, lo the open sea, which
was to retain the relicts of both until the
hour shall come when that sea shall give
up its dead. Egyptian Sketches.
Funeral Rites in Greenland.
There are some very curiou3 funeral rites
in Greenland, where, on its becoming
evident to the friends and relations of an
Esquimaux that, either fioai sickuess or
old age, he is in a very bad way, a solemn
conclave is assembled and a l.jug consul
tation held, in which it hi debated pro and
con, whether the sick man can recover.
Should it be decided against him the fiat
is announced by a deputation as a fact in
which the sick man is bound to acqaiesce.
No extravagant demonstration of grief
accompanies this avowal, for it seems to
be regarded by all parties as an inevitable
law of nature that the man must die, and
they therefore accept it philosophically.
Soon after the decision is made known to
the patient he is borne to the door cf his
snow hut by his friends, a bow and arrow
placed in his hand?, and with such
strength as is left to bim he shoots ; and
as the arrow leaves the bow-strings to
fever his connection with the things of
this life for on the spot on which the
arrow falls the grave of the living man
(officially regarded as dead) i3 at once
made ; and, sewed up in his 'katak,' with
his weapons beside him, he is deposited
therein without further loss cf time. The
last scene in the life of an Esquimaux
would make a fine picture ; the cluster
of snow-huts standing like pigmies amidst
the huge masses of blue black ice; around,
the clear piercing air, illuminated only
by the wavering flashes of the aurora bo
realis, in the fore-ground the group of fur
clad figures clustering round, supporting
the fainting form of one whom they are
instructing in this last voluntary act,
which sever hia ties to this earth forever.
A Thrilling- Talk. The Warren
County Ii2'uhlican publishes verbatim the
following local item, which shows the
courage of the male sex in that region:
Sept. 21, 1870. , of this
village, recently went to a picnic aad was
married for fun, but when he returned to
his boarding plaee the pastor, who mar
ried tberrt, gave him a surtificut and then
he tried to coax his wife to let it go as a
joke but raucb to his surprise hia wife
tried to make him stick to the bargain.
But he whined, beged and teased till at
last she let it go as a joke ! oh what joy
the man had when she said she would
turn it off as a joke he cried so long that
it made his eyes red and liera to ! the lady
he married was a city lady.
A Girl of the Period A girl of
the period gave a supper to a few gentle
men the other evening. Her mamma
was present. One of the gentlemen was
telling a story ; he stopped on a sudden,
and said ; "I beg your pardon, the con
clusion is scarcely fit for ladies' ears "
4You bear, mamma," said the pirl of the
period; "leave the room a minute ; yon
can come in acain bv-and-bv." Mother
complied with the request of course.
THE DOUBLE EL0PEMEKT.
a Tan; stosy.
The little village of E was one of
the many mining towns in the interior of
aniorma, and in this little village dwelt
Dr. Hammond and his family." They
were noted for their kind hospitality and
for the interest they took in the eneral
anairs 01 me vulfijre.
! only daughter, Artie, was the belle of the
j social parties. At these it was that she
repeatedly met a young man by the name
! of Charles Bavy, and his fancy for Miss
Ariys lace, blue eyes, and dark brown
curls, kept him constantly by ber side.
But what I was going to tell you was
this that the doctor had made op his
mind to spend the summer at Lake Tahoe,
so he could have a line time hunting and
fish'mg during the heated una, and, as a
matter of course, ho wanted to 181,40 his
family with him, for he could not think
of leaving them down there in the terrible
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j heat of the summer.
Now, Artie did not like this idea at
all ; so, after bavirrg a good cry about it,
she came into the parlor where Mrs. Ham
mond was seated, and said :
''Sow, mamma, this is too bad ; just
to think of us going away off into the
mountains, where we can't see anything
but Indians and sage brush. I shall die
mamma, I know 1 shall, if you take me
away off up there "
"Die 1 No danger, my dear," said
Mrs. Hammond.Vently ; "and to teil the
truth, Artie, I shall be glad to get you off
up there, where you can't do so much
running around. I am about sick of this
going all the time.
"Well, I'm not," said Miss Artie, with
an independent tos3 of her pretty head, as
she went off to the window. She had
not stood there very long before she saw
some cue coming up the little lane which
j led to the house. T hen she turned to her
mother, and said :
"Oh, raamiDi, Charley Bavy is com
ing here."
"Y'es, just as I expected ; you can't
think of anything but Charley Buvy now,"
replied Mrs. Hammond, as shj kft ib
room.
She soon heard Artie and Charley talk
ing very low together ; so she begin to
wonder what tltey were saying, and" final
ly she went to the door to listen. She
heard Charley say :
'Yes, darling, I will eome with the
uu?2y iust dark to-morrow, so we can
go and get rsarried riht away. Your
folks won't think of such a thing until it
is too late."
"But, Charley, suppose papa won't for
give us?" queried Artie.
"Oh, there's no danger but what he
will. So you'll go, won't you, Artie?
Only think what a weary, lonesome life
mine wili be without you, darling."
As Artie looked up into a pair of very
loing hazel eyes, she smilingly &akl:
"Yes, Charley."
"Then, gocd night, darling, and by this
time to-morrow night you'll be ray own
darling little wrfe."
Saying ibis, Charley kissed her and de
parted. Now, as Mrs. Hammond had been lis
tening all the time, she of course had
heard all that Chailey j-aid. So she said
to herself, ironically, "Your dear little
wife by this time to-morrow night. Oh,
we'll see about l hat.'"
But .when- Artie came in ber mother
was sitting at the table sewing. Lookin"
up at her daughter, she asked :
"Well, Artie, has Charley gone so soon?"
"Yes, mamma," was her only reply, as
ohe glided from the room.
The next day passed off at last, and
jst at dark a buggy drove up to the front
gate.
"Now," thought Mrs. Hammond, "1 11
show them a trick that's worth two of
that."
So she put on Artie's cloak and hat,
and ran down to the gate. A gentleman
very gallantly helped her into tLe buggy,
but never spoke a word.
"Well," thought she, "he's afraid to
speak for fear Artie's father and mother
will hear him. Ahem!"
So away they went, and Mrs. Ham
mond sat there thinking what a nice triek
she had played on Artie by running off
with Charley. Then she began to won
der if this was the way he treated Arti
when they went out riding ; and next
what would the Doctor say ? Rut what
puzzled her most was that they were go
ing in an opposite direction frora what she
expected. So at last she said :
"Well, Charley, hadn't we better o
home ?"
Imagine her surprise to hear the Doc
tor s voice answer :
"What! M2gie, is this you ? What
in the name of all that's good, bad, and
indirferent are you doing here ?''
"Oh, Doctor, I thought it was Char
ley." 'Well, I'd like to know where you
were going-" with Charley at this time of
night ?"
"Indeed! and I'd like to know whom
you thought you had in here, if aot raeT"
answered Mrs Hammond.
"Oh, I thought it was Artier
"And. what in the world ever pot such
a notion into your head as to take Artiv
out nt this time of niht ?"
"Well, the fact of it is, Maggie, ns I
tat on the porch last evening, 1 overheard
j Charley and Artie tr.ihing about ruanitjj
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off to get married, so I thought I'd just
save Charley the trouble and take Artie
out for a ride. I bfgan to think that sho
i was keeping very still."
I ''Doctor," said Mrs. Hammond, "that
ji? just what I heard, and my object in
; going with Charley was the same as vours
m taking Artie off. "
"We are a couple of pretty fools to bo
eloping in this way ; but here we are at
home again."
Saying this, the Doctor Mpc1 his wife
out of the boggy, and then went into the
house. One glance into the cmntv rooma
j convinced them that Artie was gone, and
j they could easily gaess where. So they
made up their minds to make the best
of it, and wait for the i una ways to ccme
borne.
T he next morning, when Mr. and Mrs,
Charley Bavy came Lome to implore for
ghenessfor running off to get married,
they could not understand the mischievoua
twinkle in Dr. Hammond's eyes, as he
readily forgave them and said :
"Certainly, children ; I ran off with
your mother once, and didn't knuw it.""
Charley ;:nd Artie looked from one to
the other, aw! s?ked '.
"How f When ? Where ?"
The Doctor only laughed and shook
his "head, as though the rtory was too
good to teil, and that was all they could
ever get out cf hira.
A Hitndrkd Mh.es an Hocb. Exploits
rf a PrunJcen Engineer. The Tallahassee
Sentinel relatts the fallowing inci.leut :
"The engineer of the freight train on the
Jacksonville, Pensacola and JIobHe railroad
going west m Wednesday morning last a
man named Drew was so much uuder the
inSuerjce of liquor by the tin. be reached
Baldwin that the conductor, Mr. Tuten. did
notcou.-ider it safe to allow him to proceed
further, and therefore procured the services
of another engineer. Drew, however, remain
ing on ihv engine.
When t?. e train arrived at Sanderson the
acting engineer left thecngino h,r some pur
pose, when Drew, still drunk, eut loose frtm
the train and put out with the engine at
lightning speed, leaving the engineer, fire
man, conductor and all behind. As he
neartd Lake City, the section hands working
on the road scattered peil-ui! iuto the
"wi ods, frightened out of their wiu at the
trereodnis speed the engine was running.
The agent at Lake City, when a.-ked about
it, said the crg'me was running shout one
hundred milts au hour, and there was a man
aboard, but he was certainly crazy.
Further we.t a gentleman saw the engine
pass, but could discover no one on her, and
said he was very mceh alnrraed. birt presently
he saw a hand go up. and theu he knew
there was s-.me kind of a human on board.
Drew thuadeifit al.-ng at this maniac speed
until he reached E.'lavi!Ier where he eame
near colliding with an eastward bound traia.
The master machinist, Mr. Kennedy, hap
peaeef to bft hete, a-ud, ejecting the maniac
engineer from the engine, took charge of it
himself.
Fortunately fr Mr. Tutcn, he foncd
another engine at Sanderson, with which he
came through to Eiiaville. At or rear
Oiusteethe body of a aiaa was discovered
lying on the tra?k, bnt tco late to prevent
the train from pasitig over it and crushiug
it to pieces. The body proved tj be that of
Mr. Srauncn, who, when last seen, was
wending his way homeward with a sack cf
flour on his ah..ulder. The fiout of Drow
engine ia said ta have been covered with
Hour, and it is thought he must have rua
over Draunon ; but how the body gut back
on the track in the position it was wln-n ruu
over the second time, is a nijsiery aot yc-t
Bolved. Drew was promptly d:c'. T2fd by
the iu.jiah? here aud has left kr parts to us
unknown.
Why is Food RKQrmFn ? The question
seem almost absurd, so familiar is tne fact ;
and yet the answer to it involves one of the
grandei-t chapters in the history of science.
In its simplest form it may be given in three
words it is fut-1. We require f.xni frequent
ly for just the sa.ve rtaja that a fire re
quires coals frequently, and a lan;p oil
because we are burning away Strange as
it may appear, it is a most certain fact
The air that we breathe into cur lungs con
tains oxygen, and this oxygen combines with
or burns the muscles or other organs of rur
bodies just as it does the coals iu a Ere. TLe
heat pi evinced in a man's body in the course
of a day is coLsiderab !i in quaBtity. thrush
not very intense in quality. Taking the
average, ii is enough t raise five and a ha;f
gallons ef water from free zing point to boil
ing point, and this is about th hf-at that
would be given off during the burning of a
pound of coals. All this heat ci mes frcm
the slow wasting or burning of the substance
of the btjdy, so that it is evideut that if we
did not make up for this constant loss by
eating food, our organs would scon be wast
ed away and consumed. A moment's thought
will show how closely this Agrees with
well known facts. Why d an anims! be
come bo thin duiicg the slow acd painful
process of fctarvatian 1 C'early because the
slow fire in the body is ot fed with the fuel
of food.
Sxiitrs TH3 Lkavks. The wood3 are
now fud of leAves. Indeed they appear to
be more abundant than ever, but farmers do
nat value theia as highly as we think they
Mould. F.r barnyardi, especially, they
are profitable to haal in. They are obtain
able, too, when thtre is h.U little pressing
work vn h.y.:-. Gathered up in Leaps thf y
can be readily loaded in enrts and wagons
with close shelving, by using either a cloth
some two or three yards square, or with a
wooden rake and the arm. Hogs are vey
fondef theia for liiter, so are tows ; and
compost they are esccilc-Efc.
Let no one uupce that by acting a good
part throagh life he will escape scandal.
There wilt be these even who hate them for,
the very qualities that ouht to proem es-
teem. There are some folks in the wor'tjp
who are not willing that otitis should be
better thaa thtn?!ves.