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EBENSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1870.
NUMBER 42.
OLTOUEK, 1S70.
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ods -gfjurlmtnt.
borough of Ebensburg, dee'd.
1 he nrst and partial Account of F. I. Storm.
ion SSiSKST uf T- sto. late
The second and final Account of James King,
deeeaiel t0r f t Andrew Mill"?;
The first Hnd final Account of Chas. B. Ellis.
The nrxt and final Account ofTPnt'k Rodgers
ili Une routfh, deceased.
J. . Vr1? fina' Account of David Jlilde,
Ivv r !ardfa,n.?? w"ian.Uenrietta and Jane
'lnS1,,u aor VU,lclreu of Most Wysel, dee'd.
kins. Administrator of John B. Davis, late of
Johnstown, deceased. -
To. e B1f and tin,! A-'0"Mt of Eliza Noble and
iwSliifSl eeuto of the last Will and
From Bailout Monthly Magazine, December.
tUlLDIlE.X OF THE POOU.
Testament of Thoi nSw late of Vvhite town
binp, deceased.
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nnfJ'. A15??""4 of C. B. Ellis
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Ya.riian J e?rre "oech, jr., and Anna Fred-decf-uwSf0
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AC PUIILIC SALE.
TTiEs,e,Avn(KJ wlll1T.er1at Sale, on
t "'"AlOT.21l, lust., at lo'e loi lr
P. m THEIR VALUABLE FAIi atd&
i?3?1Iy,V-P towuiP Cambria countV , S lS
of-fTeS!ion bP'Dp and about 2 v miles
delphia Turnpike, and within one-fourth of a
5?4v a St,aVn the E. A, C. Railroad. Said
J-AKM contains 135 Atr, about 9Q A'
of which arc cleared, the balance bei ng covered
with sugar, beech aud;hcmlock. The land ilea
oTri'ryvpr,0l,ctiveC: and can for the most
mf.-HlJredi by lnc?inery. There are two
?rf f vh01'0 ff aud an abundauceof
excellent water on the premises. The Imnrove-
DLSJiSt f .a """"S 1 Tamc Hom contain-
ltlg O rOOtUS anil a irrr,A -...llo- W.....D 11
i with 3 rooms-anS a kitciien. aflr-t te
1 IhlE'L; 'i,.byJ UoU (wther-boanled.) with
hedsaud Stabling attached, together with nil
! other necessary Outbuildings. t-Tcrms will
j be inude known U sale. W., I. & J. LILLY.
! T Crt n( tl,n..n. z
I ijun? hxiu Tiace. will re or-
BY B. P. SUILLABKtt.
There is no light, the aun shinea not for those
bom poverty and orphanage o'ergloom;
Young become old by pii.cbing shadows froze.
With not one beam their darkness to illume!
Bleared erea look out through clouda of
gathering rheum,
And what ehouid glow, in youth's g'ad open
ing vuara,
Ages in atmospheres of misery's doom, .
And drowns in overflow of bitter tears.
O, deep the misery when the chill airs press.
And pierce, with i'rostj ehafts, the flimsy
shield I 3
The childish smile succumbs to cold distiess,
A nd the soul diea,by wretchedness congealed;
Wbeie in God's universe is God concealed,
That these, his children, thus his loss should
know?
Where is the love his fatherhood should yield.
That buch disparity the world doth show.
j This is the dumb propounding of the look
I Set sternly on the lines of sot row's face;
juuiuhuuo urear anu meiauciiOIV book.
Whose lessons we do not hall heeding trace
Turning to things of beauty or of grace
Forgetticg. if we can, the pleading toar
That met our gaze out in the public place
A gaze so full ol wretchedness and fear !
That look a tale discloses to the heart;
If. needs no questioning, for hunger's plea
Demands no aid from rhetoric's subtle art.
The sunken cheek, the hollow agony,
Tbe weary eves, that Deer bese?liincrT
Wore than tl.o uttered word the truth proclaim, j
And in our eight we plaiuly see j
What prompts 'the generous act, howe'er the '
Lint wo shame, j
A background dark upon the scene of life '
The darker shown by the pervading glari; I
A dismal foil amid the tinsel strife i
Of fashion's Totaries flitting here and there- !
iicuuw.uim contrast glooming every w Lei;,
And forcing notice.by its sombre shade.
Till, from the frequent presence of depair.
We shrink in pain, or give ourselves to aid.
1 jre:!! .Milch I tvr 9 Vat II.., .
llay by the ton. Corn-F'odder by t he load. Com
ami Oats Ly the bushel. Farminsr Iu.r.ieuient
i Coai Cook Stove, Tables, Chairs, fcta'nds. Bed
steads and Bedding. ('anta nn,i ,..o.,v ...k-
O, men of mean3, cast not the chance away
Of doing good, at pity's mute appeal !
Give of your plentv us thus, day by day,
Such opportunities for you reveal;
Allow the generous fountains to unseal,
And out upou the arid lielda of time
Their treasures flow, the woes of man to
heal, -
And thus your name illume with rays sublime. 1 flhw ff-elo bad."
W o dabbed oq
We left the depot and went rattling over
the iron. Passengers looked at each other
in surprise and wondered what under the
aun was the matter with the Valley if it
bau suddenly awakened from its loug sleep
and now proposed to Le a railroad in earnest.
When the conductor came through the
train, and came along by mo, I asked :
"What is the matter with Gardiner this
rnorniDg ?"
"Oh," was the reply, 'he and the old man
have had a blow out this morning. You see
our train never makes cunuecttons passen
gers always have to lay over, aud ol course
they growl. This morning the old man
called us into the office aud the whole thing
was out. Gardiner talked like a father to
them, and as he grew exciied, ho baid It was
criminal running the road in the condition it
was. He told them the time table, as made
up, was fast eveu for a first class road, and
if we undertook to run it a frightful accident
could not be avoided. When Gardiner said
it was criminal to run the road as it was,
Supt. Brown was very hot. lie fairly boiled
over, lie declared that there was no better
road iu the country, and that Gardiner was
a coward and ought to go on to a gravel train,
aud if ho didn't make time he'd have him
there, too. Brown also said that iu Valley
Creek, where he lived, he had noticed that
the train always slowed aud lost time euough
there to miss the connections. Gardiner re
plied to this, that at the Creek there was a
down grade, the bridge was unsafe, aud he
was obliged to slack up for safety, iljre
than this, the track parsed through the play
ground of the Creek school, was not leuced
in, i.Ld they ci uld not go through at a rapid
speed without d-nger to the children.
"liica Mron burat t,ul wuh an oath, that
-i sc.-.:. io uiu i.ot wai.t il.eir children run
ovc; , t;.ty v.:t l-:c-v u-. ::n clT li.e truck.
i' v.si. .i -. a. .'X S;..;-2, i.u tuid, to tun
'tci :r tvvo of ; ti vvuuid teach
i.'-tia a .osijii. O; course he didn't mean
lu.s, Lt v.is 'L"t,' you see, and .did not
kuuw :).At he was saying. lie adued, that
Gardiner's family lived uear the track, and
that Gardiner's sole reason for slowing was
to have a chance to chat with them as he
went through. This set Gardiner's anger
ou fire, and he theo and there declared that
he would make time, let the consequences
be what they might, and if disaster happen
ed, Brown must assume the responsibilitv.
You tee he is keeping Lis word, but the old
have so singular an ending, tut so it was.
The wife of the Superintendent with their
only child had been out for a walk. The
little one rnncingon ahead had strayed upon
the track. Heartn? Ihe whistle, the mother
called the little child to her, but the child,
happy in its freedom, ran on laughin and
shouting, child-like, into the jawa of danger.
It was too much for the mother ; she made
an effort to save her darling, but before she
could overtake the little one, her strength
failed her and she fell.
, Our engine was injured so that it wa3
impossible to go on. and another was teie-
graphed for. We tried all we could to bring
Gardner back, "but the physician said that
the excitement under which tbe noble fellow
had labored had prostrated him. and It
would require the greatest care and a long
time to bring him back to life, lie had
that care, you may rest assured.
I was in Gardner's house when Superin
tendent Brown came in that night. The
"old man," as we called him. had lost all
sign of his anger, and he wept like a child as
he looked upon the strong man thus pros
trate teforo him. He visited the patient
daily, and his very life seemed to hang upon
Gardner's recovery, and when the danger
was passed, the long fever which ensued
was broken, and the engineer began to re
cover, the Superintendent was as happy as
a child.
I may say, in concldlion, that the incident
was not without its result, for at once the
valley Iload was thoroughly re-built in the
best possible manner, newly stocked, and is
to-day one of the best soads in th3 country,
running its trains on time and giving great
delight to the traveling public, thanks to the
energy and enterprise of SuperinrcDcetit
Gardner, a kind-hearted, gray-headed gen
tleman, who is ranked amongst the best rail
road men in the country. I go down to see
him twice a year, and we always talk about
the day when he undertook to run Lis time
table and the results thereof.
LOVE .ISO SUTItlMO.M.
trs. Sn. VJ
I 1'itKbu
o, which issues this interesting and valuable
1, ." ,h.? 'rget and ber Advertising Agen-
m me i mttu htates. and we can cheerfully
rvommoiHl it to tbe attention of those who de-
10 a,Kf I-tl-u. thflr lii.Jn, .1.1
M iy.leniatiealiy in such a wav: that is.
f", 10 cu-e the largest amount of publicity
MtUe least exueiiilltiir.. r r J
articles of liousehnhl uml K'ir..l.... I.'.
together w ah about au volumes of interesting
nooks. rr- Due attendance an a iennible
credit wiil be given by j( LILLY.
Munster Twp., Nov. 10, l$.0.-2t
(kales, Sluices, gnccbQfes.tfa.
Rtf.VMXCl A TIME TABLl".
A ERAKEMAN 6 STOUT.
JOHISTBVI F9BIITD&I IMFiliM. !
WM. P. PATTON,
Mauufacturer ami Dealer Iu
ALL EIXD9 Or
CABINET FURNITURE
Aos. 15 O nntl 153 Clinton Street,
.JUIIXSTOWX, PA.
EM0VAL and ENLARGEMENT.
POKING STOVES,
I HEATING STOVES.
p, COPPER & SHEET-! R0 N WARE.
y BM-OTSrira VJLtakfc" o of th new-
tWfi rfv. UUllUlIlg Oil Illgll
I'PPwitc h vi "t" we xiank and nearly
K prlrii5SU,,t,u" "OU the 'Mcribep i
rtkWin thlrir , manufacture all
A, s?ilJJ.rry. living prices.
jc, Parlor and Heating Stoves
1 of the most approved designs.
F-smIP0 ?nd KOOFINO made to order
RKP iibTrx?r,c in nanufacture and ma
..4h; ':irJAllu-NG promptly attended to.
t?auKf'..R.nd al.1 STOVES and WARE Hold
Wlct he im.ipe '.leU u,ou 3 to quality and
M"",i,r8oll n Price. A continuance
w M-ff .r. u? i8 respectfully soliei
:imlu X Tall Le Wttnti"2 to rt:,ldt-r u-
H; VL"E LUTRIXG ER'
AD'HS' FANCY FURS!
JOHN FAREIRA
718 Arch Kt
Middle of the Block,
between 7th and titu
Sts., South Side,
PHILADELPHIA,
Importer, Manufac
turer and I)ealer iu
all kinds and quality
' V.L,'- TOH ladies' a chil-
j'jfl -r LUES'S WEAR.
5&. 70, Having enlarged, re
SP'Sjsi modcrdandimnrov-
335" ed my old and favor-
"v-and . aoiv Known tvn EM-
'i,r,'t h?n 0t- the different kinds of
up br th a ,n KuroF-' and have had
P5funthf most skillful workmen, I
?totL nV,te my 'rlendg of Cam
tarro u,ntics to aU and examine
i'ursfor beautiful assortment of
&m if dindrhd- I d-
liUA nous. ( ,V 'sannyomerre-
v. . , r--"uiiiun!! lorneci sales.
?n- Tin FAREIRA,
rKARM FOR SALE.
..laoA-zr.r. ,
rF mo; I.wh.,?h are cleared, will be
w Alii.J"aD1e terms. This Fa km
OF CHOICE LAND,
I most rea
wid within lrom, wrctto to Chest
Uei of.iwo, ml, the former
-ai.rs.Jor the latter nlc Th m
etciTii?r commodity,, Dwklliko
.ry AUTlirePMr-. a rood BlRlli arld
;??ofch-, "V".1- There is a fine
rw'rr on thfc V.ViT "ua "n abundance of
theuv The woodland is
to suTrvPrrty t-id
B. jo, iffiU.-U,
Bcreacs,
Hkdsteada.
WaSHSTAM)3,
Side; hoati us,
Cham her Sets,
Pahlok Skts,
Wardrobes,
Hook Cases,
AAJCNOKS,
Cane Chair,
Vooi Seat Chairs,
Kitchen Furniture,
ISF.i) Lounges,
Mattresses,
Tete-a-Teter,
Extension Taiiles,
Dini.nu Tables,
LLTIiOAKDS,
O.C., AC., c, ic, etc., Ac, Ac., Ac, Ac, Ac, ic.
EVERY DESCRIPTION OP
SCHOOL AND HALL FURNITURE
made to order in excellent style and at fair
prices. Cabinet and Chan-makers' materials of
ull kinds for sale. Furniture delivered at any
point iu Johnstown or at Railroad .Station free
of extra charge. WM. P. PATTON.
. Johnstown. Oct. 13, 1870.-tf.
"MOW for a GOOD INVESTMENT.
-VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE I The
well known and highly cultivated FARM own-
u utt upiwi uy me suiiscrioer, lo
cated in Allegheny townidilp, Cambria
ciuni. uuuiu one-rourtn ol a mile M
utii.i ivuj uir s .-taiion ana one-ana-a- r
uhii iuuct n-oin AA.retto, isonered for M
sale on ensv terms ami nt fuir ,.v-;
Haid FARM contains 150 ACKES.' more or
les,iu the very best conditioii.and the improve-
.nt hi- Biriiinn-inss, consisting or a two storv
RRICK I)WELLIN( HOUSE, containing seven
. :
ings. "lpe water on the premises is abundant
aiiu (ji ine very newt quality.
STakeu all together, this is one of the most
desirable properties in Cambria county, and
only needs to be seen to be appreciated. An 7
person, therefore, wishing to purchase a good
Farm on the mountain will do well to call on
the subscriber, who is dirous of selling and is
willing to give ajfood chance to anv oho wish
ing to purchase. JOSEPH "HOG UE.
Allegheny Twp., Nov. 3, 1870.-3m.
TN
L
TIIE ORTMIANS'
COURT OF
CAMBRIA COUNTY. Notice 1 herehv iriv.
en that the following Appraisements of certain
Personal Property of Decedents selected and
set apart for the widows of intestates, under
the Act of Assembly of 14th of April, ISGI, have
been filed in the Register's Office at Ebensburg
and will be presented to the Orphans' Court of
Cambria county for approval, on Wednesday,
the 7th day of November next, to wit :
The inventory and appraisement of the goods
and chattels, etc., which were of Geo. W. Mc
Dowell, deceased, set apart for widow of said
decedent 299.40.
The inventory and appraisement of the goods
and chattels which were of Joseph Richter. late
of Carroll township, deceased, set apart for his
w mow, xieiena mcnter
The appraisement of personal property set
l lur lun mjow oi api. juarK lCJUiughlm,
The aiDniisement of tlierenl rhitu rr rvr vaA
Hof, late of Johnstown borough, dee'd, elected
to be retained by his widow &4.V).oo.
GEO. W. O ATM AN, 01rk O. C.
Clerk's Office, Ebensburg, Nov. lo, l70.-4t.
UXITJE JSECL'BITY
& TBUST COMPAHY
sr.
2r.i1f4JOriNKlNGSTON,
v u aHte Of .Irm w w .--, c., n .
btarnt ihSite re Uo5ohy notl-
:i7.tid !i"?f auiy
u rt,,iHvr vsut-ixi to make
Oct. 4 5 KlNQSTOir. Adm'r.
OF PEXXSYLVAXIA.
CAMT5RIA COUNTY AGENCY.
E. II. PLANK, M. D I GEO. A. BERRY,
Medical Examiner. Agent.
Ebensburg, Pa.
reTToLicTBB N oy-FoBrerrABLE. S-Lt'-tf-l
X ESTATE of JOSEPH REICHTEIL
. ADMIXISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
Letters of Administration on tha KatntA nf
JoseDh Reiehter. late of Carroll townshin. ram.
brla county, deceased, have been granted to the
subscriber, residing in said township. -Those
having claims against said estate will please
present them properly proven for settlement,
and those indebted to. the same wiil please make
Immediate payment.
WILLIAM REICHTER,
Oct. 13, mo.-gt. 7 Administrator.
fr SCANLAN, Attorney-at-Law,
wC,,rr?IJtown' Cambria Co., Pa. Al! uian
IiTL lttl buainess attende.1 to promptly and
carefully. Collections a eptoiitv. - V '
. I have been a "railroad man" for a great
many years have, as the expressiou aces,
gray in the service. I am certain.
that in all my experience I never
saw a road that was the equal of the V alley
Air Line, upou which I was, at the time of
the Incident about to be related, a brakemau.
The Valley Air Line was one of those roads
that spring up suddenly out of the imagina
tions of a few men. One cannot say that it
sptung from their purses, Lr if they had tho
seed iu them to grow anything, it was never
put in the Valley. There was, as nearly as
1 can now remember, a capital stock, which
was never paid up, a little town aud village
credit, and a large amount of preferred stock,
first aqd second mortgages, etc. As a re
sult the road was built, iu a mauner, grades
were bad, road-bed was poor, bridges and
culverts were thrown together iu the worst
pjssible manner, because the worst was the
cheapest. The iron was a light and frail
mass, manufactured in Eucland eineciailv
for the American market, while the rolliug
stock had been worn out in service on other
roads aud sold to the Valley Air Line ou
credit and long time.
The reader wiil see from this truthful
statement that the Valley was not the safest
road in the country for travelers. It was
not. Innumerable were the accidents we
had, and it is, a wonder to me that nouo of
them were serious. While we had many
narrow escapes, we still managed, through
sheer good luck, slow time, and great care,
to get ou without breaking bones; but I
positively assure you that time did not ac
custom U8 to the road, and we never ran into
the depot at night without feeling thankful
that we were alive. When I say we I mean
the conductor, engineer, baggageman, firo
man and myself. How tho passengers felt
I do not know, but I do kuow that they
ought to have felt as thankful as tbe road
men that their bones were in good condition
to allow them to walk frota the depot to
their homes. Ignorance tuaj- have been per
fect blits to them, however.
The engineer of our train the Lightning
Express was one of the most sober, careful,
thoughtful and industrous men that ever
handled a throttle. He possessed more than
the ordinary share of thoughtful prudence
of his class, aDd it was owing to this fact
that so great a degree of good fortune came
to us.
A few moments before the train was to
start one morning, Gardiner, the engineer,
called me to bis cab. He appeared unusu-i
ally downcast that morning, though at the
beEt he was by no means a "gay" fellow.
"Bob," said Gardiner, after a few minutes
talk about general matters, "Bob, I want
you to be very careful to-day. I know you
are a good fellow and always do your duty
well, but to-day I want you to do more. I
want you to. stand by your brake every sec
ond of the trip not to leave it for a moment.
and wnen I signal I want vou to set them
up as yoa never did before, and promptly
too. I know you will do it for me won't
you, Bob?"
I was too astonished to speak for a second,
and then I asked "Why, what under the
sun is the matter with you, Gardiner 1 You
know the brakes are o nearly worn out that
it is impossible to net them up, and you
know too " -
"I know it al!, Bob, and that U the reason
why I want you to be careful. I am going
to try and make the time table to-day ; if it
ia possible, I will do so. I feel just as tho
Bomething ; was going to happen, and am
more than half sorry that J promised ; but
I'll do it though. Now, promise me, Bob,
asd off toyonr brakes.'' - --
I promised and took my place, not a little
mystified at Gardiucr'a words, looks acd actions.
over the frail iron at a
frightful speed. You could almost hoar the
bars' crackle as ha went. The oars sureed
from east t west, forcing passenger to fairly
cling to their seats. Not for a second did 1
leave mv brake.
We were newly down to Valley Creek on
time. As wc approached the long stretch
cf down grade, I felt by the thakiug that
Gardiner had slackened up, as if the danger
were really too great j and then, us if his
promise had came full upon his mind, had
once more carefully opened the throttle.
Down the ValU-y we went, our rapid speed
startiing tbe birds, the cattle, and even tho
staid old forest trees into new and strange
idoa3. I grasped the brake liruiiy ; the en
gine whistled and screamed, warning all to
keen clear of it. 1 hold my breath, well
kuowing that if we left the track it would Le
to go to destruction. iSuddanly the whistle
ceased, and then there came three unearthly
yells from it ; they pierced ray ears and made
them ache. IIuw I set up the brake, for I
felt there was danger ahead. I knew this
when Gardiner suddenly reversed his engine.
The shutting off, the reversing, and the
brakes sot up so tight that I feared tha
chains would break, did uot seem to have
the slightest. effect upou the train. Ou. on
it went, at its dangerously rnpid speed. 1
stretched mv neck out as far as possible.
clinging nervously to the railing. I could
see that Brown was at his post, looking out
as I did, and moviDg his hand energetically,
while whistle und bell were uniting their
protest. ' '
What was the matter I could not conjec
ture, but was anxious to know. Springing
upou the tail, I made my way to the top of
the car, and the mystery was revealed.
There, on the track, was a sight that sent a
thrill of honor through me. Only a few
feet ahead of us, ou the track, stood a mere
child unconscious of its danger paralyzed
so that it could not move. Just clear of the
track lay a wouuau, evidently helpless. I
looked for Gardiner, to see what be was doiug
ere I closed my eyes to shut out the horrible
sight. Tho poor fellow had not been idle.
Plainly seeing that he could not drive the
child from the track, and that its comp.itiou
was helpless, he left his cab and climbed
forward on tho eugine, on to the extreme
end of the cow-catcher, leaned . over, and
while clinging with one hand, reached out
with the other. There did not seem oue
chance in a million to Bave the child not
one but anxiety overcamo horror, and I
looked, and shuddered as I looked.
How my heart leaped into my very throat
as I saw the train dash on, but saw that as
it did so, Gardiner, with almost superhuman
effort; raised the child by its arm from tbe
track and clasped it to his bosom. Then he
sank down upon the cow-catcher, faint and
powerless. His fireman clambered out to
his side, and you may rest assured I was not
long in getting to their assistance. Tbe un
usual noise of the steam had brought every
person in the vi'.Iage out to witness the
s;gbt, and as they realized it they shouted
their joy nrti! their threats must have been
hoaroe. Tte i":rea:3j aad I clung to Gardi
ner ; thera was v.o i ced to hold the child,
ft, th-'tch riakl p.nd helpless, Gardiuer held
the lill'.j cue Lis breast with an iron graap.
Very eoou we crossed the bridge and struck
the up grade, where the train slowed and
finally came to a full halt, nearly in front of
Gardiner's house. With the help of some
of the villagers we took by force the child
from Gardiner's arms and carried tbe engi
neer into the house and laid him on the bed.
As he sank down the little life in him seem
ed to come back, and bo whispered: "Whose
child ia it?"
'Superintendent Brown's," said a neigh
bor, to my astorj'.shment.
"Is it alive?" gasped Gardner.
"It is alive and well thanks to yonr
bravery," I answered, and Gardner sank
back upon bis pillow.
The child which Gardner had eo ratracn
lously saved was a son and only child of
our Superintendent. It seemed eingular
that tho mornlxs talk of tho two Cioa eliould
A rsoTAELK fpitixG is Nkvada. Neva
da boasts of many rem arkable curiosities.
Not the least of them is located about a mile
from Kik on what is called the White Pine
.Road. And by the way, we suggest that this
would be a most advantageous spot on
which to establish a grand hotel. Why?
liecause anion? the numerous hot springs
which cluster about the place is one whose
water, properly salted and peppered, can
not be distinguished from the taste of chick
en eoup. M latitudes have partaken of this
novel oe!ieacy, and agree that it is precisely
like chicken soup. Experiments prove it to
be both wholesome and nutritious. Now,
what better bite lor a first-class hotel than
close by a chicken soup spring? Moreover,
it is stated that three pounds of beef boiled
in the water of the spring in the chicken
soup, would be the perfect way of putting
the case yield as much beef soap as tvtl7e
pounds cf the same meat cooked in common
water. The quality of this beef soup is not
mentioned ; but no aspersions should be cast
upou it until it is tried. This notable spring
hes tot dilfrfr from others in the viciuity.
The proprietors are now making use of the
water to hatch chickens. Egas are neces
sary, however, to obtain the ch'ckens. Boxes
holding a dozen or so are sunk in tbe water,
aud without trouble chicks make their ap
pearance ia due time. Query. Cannot
somebody in that vicinity inform the public
how long chickeu hatching has been going
on there.an l whether the soup has a peculiar
power in the process ; or do the hatched
chitkeus ilavor tbe liquid. Harper1! Bazar
Tub Shetland Post. "Dan Iiice, the
showman," who has probably surpassed all
"professionals," in his day in training rep
resentatives of the genus equine, including
horses, asses, males and zebras, has a very
Host everybody falls in love in the roure
of a lifetime. Somo make a pretty bad lal!
of it, and are lamed for life, and others have
a liuiooiu. lovely lull, which feels so good
that they keep falling In farther and farther
tiil they get married ; then they brRin to fall
out.
Love is catching, like the measles or chick
en pox. aud usuaIIv tackles you under the
nan no. it urst makes itself known Ly a
sort of .hankering, and your heart Hut ters
like a June bug for its mate, after which
you keep on hankering more and more, and
von finally top off with a little morehai.Rer.
When a fellow gets in love he commences to
look sick, aad feels kind of loese generally ;
he has weakness for lavender kid; and his
beans don't agree with him. He writes bar
rels of verses, all about "heavenly eyes and
gentle sighs," and his beer hath no longer
nourishment for him. He mopes sadly
around the house a changed beiug. and if
relief does not come speedily he aooa be
comes, alas ! an emaciated skeleton.
I have heard it said that a man can love
but ouce, but this is a mu-take. Some men
are failing in love continually, and their
life seems filled with swarms of Cuped's pit
fills, which lure them on with sweet hffec
tiou's honeyed tnares. Of this class the
Elder Mormon. Brigham Youc". is a khininc
example. Ah ! how touching it must be to
Mr. Yrung. to feel the sweet buds of new
born affection springing modestly into life,
which buds Brigham never allows to go to
Beed, but lets 'em sprout in rapid succession.
L'jve but once indeed ! It is true I have
outlived but one wife, bat I hope to be called
upon to outlive the present Mrs. Skinner,
though I must say that at present she dis
plavs.au anatomy so fearfully robust, that,
as 1 gaze upon her walloping the children,
or abusing the teighbots from the back
doorstep, my hopes are crushed. Still, in
ease she should die, who shall say that my
love for a third wife would not be as pure
and guileless as when I courted my first love,
Tabitha Kipley, and the sweet consciousness
of her money in the bank thrilled through
my sensitive frame ? Let such a one speak
now, or forever after put a jaw Uckle ou his
peace.
Tho second step on the road to matrimony
is courting. Provided the old folks are will
ing (and they generally are), the lovers get
together and Cuurt with a zeal that is must
commendable. They go on the principle,
if it is worth doiug at ail, it is worth doing
well, to they rally around each other seven
nights in a week, and feel bad because there
aiu't eight. If the fellow tries to tear him
self away about one A. 51., the girl clings
convulsively to Jiiiu, and next day writes
him a teat stained note, baying; "Dear
Claude, I shall die' if you don't come and see
me during your dinner hour, for I know vou
are mad, or you wouldu't have cone Lurno
to early last night."
But courting is a pretty sick thins, after
all, and there seems to le a constant demand
f"T it in the market. Like everything Isp
j
i hough, it is influenced a great deal Lv cold.
only in com ting you generally ask pa, and
m gold you ask more than par.
Courting was luvented many vears B"o.
by one A. Dam, who immediately got it
patented, and his children have done a
paying business at it ever since. It is car-
riod cn most successfully in the other rocm.
and the old folks arc expected to retire early,
which they do by poking their heads iuto
the room and saying: "Hovv'd do. John ?
Quite a spell of weather, ain't it? Huldy.
when you go to bed don't forget to out the
milk pail out, and be sure and lock the cat
in the woodshed, for lafct night she was tram
poosiug over the whole house."
But courting in the country aud courting
iu the city are two different things. In the
couutry the girl passes fur just what she is.
courtship you ride in a hack, and alter mar
riage you ride in u horse cur.
A great many get married "for worse or
better, till a divorce do us psrt ;" but hap
pily thwe are those who realize it is fi r life
and not a limited co-partnership. There is
some tiue hve left yet. and the man or wo
man who don't get a little of it is s poor
stick. It is natural for us all to love some
thing, and somebody has said that a woman
must love something. I soberly anil siu
cerely belie re this lo br 6o, and I know of no
sight more harrowing than a true and loving
woman, who has outgrown the giddiness- of
youth, lavishing her wealth of untold affec
tion upon one fcoiitary and unfortunate torn
cat. simply because there isn't any man
arormd who will take it. Old maids may die
of unrequited love, but their cau never do.
exalted rmininn of the merit rd tl, Khpfland Bna ,10e8n 1 Pul ou ay 1'rOUCb airs, and the
pony. At one time he possessed a remark- felI.ow. though he may have rough hand
pony. ji one time be poss
- I 1 L l .1 . ,
auiy uue oue, wmcn was so Email mat ne
tried to bring it into the ring in his arms
This was a most taking incident with the
juveniles, and they expressed their feeling
by clapping their tiny hands, and givm
utterance to shouts of laughter. Some boys
of our acquaintance had a Shetland pony
which afforded an infinite sight of hearty,
hcalthv amusement by dragging a little
wagon along a country road. The fun-loving
pet evidently enjoyed the excitemeut
quite as much as his more intelligent friends.
So long as he was treated fairly he would,
after his fashion, do honest work, but if
overloaded he expiesscd his indignation by
vigorously hammering his heels against the
dashboard of the wagon. Having once
caught his foot in a bridge Moor which be
was often obliged to cross, he would never
after that voluntarily tread upon what he
presumed to be treacherous ground. His
biped companions effected a talisfactory
compromiaa ou these occisiousby "unhitch
ing" and placing the pony in the wagon.
Thus disposed of he was dragged over the
treacherous bridge and tarkeled up on the
appetite side. Appleton's Journal.
Time Immeasurable. Time ia immea
surable. The light tliAt gleams upon us,
with feeble lustre, from the immovable stars
of heaven, has been thousands of years ou
its way. Some of the formations which
constitute the crust of tho earth, to a depth
oi many fathoms, are composed merely of
the remains of ammaleulae. which must have
been millions of years accumulating. To
mention an example : Tripoli stone is formed
of exquisite little shells, so minute and so
numberless that a cube of one tenth of au
inch is said to contain &00.000.000 of indi
viduals. The chalk beds have accumulated
from the excrement offish j and the Numil
itic limestone, which has furnished the im
perishable block of the pyramids of Egypt,
is a concretion of small shells, chambered
with . most perfect symmetry, and deposited
in the course of innumerable ages. What is
it, then, to say, in the devout words of the
Psalmibt, that a thousand years are estima
ted by the Deity as but one day ? Iu com
parison with the vast period of geological
time, a thousand years are as nothing !
A Michigan farmer has had over three
hundred dollars' worth of fun this season by
plugging water-melons and putting tartar
emetic in them, and watching tha boys (steal
them aud then lie across the fance and heave
up Jonah. The boys in that viciuity say
that inclona are uuksallby thia year.
and a red face, is honest, and bis clothes, if
they don't hi him like a fashion plate, are
generally paid for. Iu tho city they court
mostly through a magnifying gl.iss of double
distilled powder. The young man is got up
for the occasiou, perfectly regardless cf his
creditors, and the young woman looks, O, so
charming, in her older bister's jewelry, aud
her mother's embroidered haudkerchief. Ho
thinks he is courting the nicest thing out.
and she believes that her young man is just
about right. She don't know that he gets
seven dollars a week, and rooms iu au attic
with four others, aud he would laugh in your
face if you told him that her mother did fine
sewing to pay her music teacher.
Well. well, lei 'em court. It's their bebt
hold, and the longer they keep it up the
more happiness they cau look back to.
who would thiuk, l.ioking at my wife as she
brandishes tha slop pail around my head,
that there was a time when she coolly sat
upon my knee, smoothed my hair aud called
me "her own precious Mosey, so Le was'?''
Excuse me if I betray emotion. 1 often
give way to my feelings, but I Lever give
away anything els3.
The next step is gettiLg engaged. When
a couple becomes eugaged they spurn all the
vanities of this world, and .associate with
the heads of familes. They don't indulge
in anything heavier thau a sewing circle, or
possibly select reading from a cooker book.
The young lady puts ou a very austere look.
.1 L . . ' e - ,1 ,
anu una gieai cumpasbion lor an tier ac
quaintances who ain't got anv beau ; but
still she feels that life is real, life is earnest,
and it won't do for her to show any weakness.
lie thinks how surely ho must bavo pined
away and died if she didu't turn up just as
she did, and she indulges in horrible reflec
tions as to what must , have been her fate
if lie had never been born.
You can generally tell, when 6eeing a
couple together about how they stand. If
they walk arm in arm, looking unutterable
things iuto each other's eyes, and with a
sort of partnership air, they are engaged.
If the man looks indifferent, and the wo
man clings eagerly to him and watches him
jealously, they have been married about six
weeks..
If the man , walks along scowling furi
ously, and dragging his wife about three
feet .behind him, they have been married
from four to eight years.
After that yon don't see much of them, for
they are at home, busily engaged in' solving
the conqpdrum : 'How in thunder did you
and I ever come together V .
After all, tbe principal difference between
couiUbip and tuaiciiaooy is, that during
A Tale of Tno I'isJierg.
Miss Henrietta Tupper, of Wilmington,
was a maiden lady at the age of lorty. be
cause np to that time no man among all the
multitude of men upon the face of the eerlh
had proposed to her. The reason why she
married Fisher, one 3 ear later, was that she
legarded him as her forlorn hope; and. al
though he weighed two hundred and fifty
pounds, was poor, and had a f.ice that wouM
risgrace an old-fashioned brass door knocker,
she accepted him as her last and only chance.
Fisher was a first-rate 8'rt of fellow, but he
had a bad habit of walking in his sleep.
Two or three times his wife woke up in the
night just in time to seize Lim as he wa
crawling out of the bed-room window in the
third story. Iu the inmost recesses of her
soul Henrietta suspected that, instead of be
ing a sleep-walker, he was disgusted witb
her, aud was trying to commit nuicide. So
bhe tried all sons of plans to induce him to
discontinue his eff jrti. She got him to make
a memorandum in his pecket-bock and to
tie a sttlcg around his finger, so as to re
member Eot to climb out of the window in
his sleep, and she ma . him sign pledge after
pledge to refoim L. :.is respect; and yet
night after night sL j --. ould wako up just in
time 10 perceive f - profligate Fisher jam
ming his two hundred aud fifty pounds thro'
the window frame! At last Mrs. Fisher ore
uight tied a clothes-line to Fisher's leg and
fastened the other end tight around Leraukle,
so he would arouse her if he got to prancing
aho'jt. She naj determined to keep this
ruau, if possible, af:tr all the trouble she had
to get him- The Fishers went to Ltd that
evening and Numbered peacefully on, as
usual. About 1 o'clock Mis. Fisher, while
dreaming a delicious uream, might have been
observed to fchoot out of bed. feet foremost,
with frightful velocity, and bring np all cf
a sudden against the window-sill. The next
morning passers-by were attracted by a very
sirjgular spectacle. Mr. Fisher was observed
hanging half way down the front of the
house by his right leg. while his trailing gar
ments of the night fluttered to and fiotn the
cool delicious breeze cf the morniog. Lad
ders were brought, and. upon following the
rope to the window, Mrs. Fisher was seen
liu2 upon the lloor f her room with oca
f.t firmly embedded iu the wall, and the
other pressed ngainst the window gill. She
was dead and her face wore au expression
of surprise. Fisher also was deaj. Her
i - - . .
ooiiuary 13 toe papers contained some
touching lines upon a woman's love, with
passing reference .to the fact that iu their
death they were not divided. The coroner's
physician, in his report, accused both the
victims cf containing within their bodies di
abolical apparatus, -ith hard Latin names,
which Mr. Fisher would have resented if his
fall from tl.o wiudo.w had been less serious
in its results. Theyv.-ere buried together
in a grave about the siz-s of a small cellar,
on account of Mr. Fisher's dimensions.
A Capital Joke. And all the mors pal
atable because it is true, and can be vouched
for, took place few Sunday since, at oue of
the prominent Fourth btteet churches. It
ssems that a worthy deacon Lad bceu very
industrious iu selling a new church book,
costing sevent3--five cents. At lha service
in question the minister just before dismiss
ing the congregation, rose aud said. "All
you who have children to baptize iil pleaoe
present them next Sabbath." The deacon,
who by the way was a little deaf, and Lav
ing an eye to selling the books, and sup
posing his pastor was referring to them, im
mediately jumped up and shouted: "Ami
all you who haven't any, can get as many
as you .want by calling on me, at seventy
five cents each."
.The preacher . looked cross-eyed at the
brothers, brothers looked at the clergyman ;
the audience puuehed the audience in the
side, the bubble grew larger until it burst
in a loud guffaw ; ladies colored up. crim
soned, blushed and thanked t!e .Lord for
the low price. of peopling ih earth. There
was bo benediction that moiniug 'worth
speaking of.
The deacon after he found out his mis
take, changed his pew froz tha front of the
church to the third lroai the rear; and
though he cannot hear the sermon he is con
soled wi-h the thought that the j'oUng ladies
cau't snicker at him. N- J. Patriot.
How to .Make a Strons Gvur. One
ouucu of gum sandarac, and one ounce of
mastic, arte to be dissolved together in a pint
of alcohol, to which an ounce of white tur
pentine is to be added. At the same time a
very thiek glue is to be kept ready, mixed
with- a little isinglass. The solution of re
sin;! in alcohol is to be heated to boiling in a
glae pot, and the glue added gradually with
constant stirring, so as to render the whole
mass homogerjFcus. After the mixture ia
strained through a cloth it is ready for use.,
and is to be a j piled hot. It dries quickly,
and becomes very hard, and burfacesof wood
united by it do not separate when Immersed
in water.
The remarkable
'.henorijena r.f t in
shower of five days duratioa. and confined
to a cemetery lot at Mobile, Ala., in which
thirteen rscmbers cf the tarns familv have
been i&tarred, was witnessed week" before
last by more than two hundred persons. It
continued night and Jay and at 00 tima
during its continuance did rain fall anywhere
else in the neighborhood. Those wbo first
wituessed the phenomena wera afraid to cali
general attention to it, for fear they might
tun the tUV of being coualdsred. insan 3