lib lilli'li ' ...... VS8'- . .-. - J - S1 i ""V - - ii'PlKE, Editor and 1'ublis.lier. EE IS A FREEMAN. WHOM TOB TRUTU MAKES FREE, ASD ALL ARE SLAVES BESIDE. Terms, $2 per year la advance. OLUME 4. EBENSBTJRG, PA., THURSDA Y, DECEMBER 8, 1870. NUMBER 43 CHEAT MEDICAL DISCOVERY iE&AE BITTERS Tluiidreds of Thousands Bear FJFU"'. v;l. " E. cr 2 5 S- -I O . P S IS o s WHAT ARE THEY? ! FANCY DRINK. PI"? of Por Rom, B"eyi xroui cpirm itrfive Llquere doctorod, eplced and weet- to please tbe iaeie, causa - iuum, -acui. .RMtorcrs." c, that lead Uio tippler on to Ltimcss wd ruln.tmt are a true Medicine, modo Ute Ktive Koouaoa iieruui i,iuuiiiu,ireo . .11 Alcoholic Stimulants. TLoyaio tbe riT BLOOD PURIFIER and A LIFE friNU MtlXCIPLE a perfect Renovator and r ' ... . I. nff .11 rmd restoring the Dlood to a neaimy ccnaiuon. iKS cos tako these Blttera according to tlirec- .r.d remilnloni uatrell. iilO HSUb given foran incnrabla case, provided aa we not destroyed by mineral poison or bci8, and tho vital organs wasted beyond Uie l:tM!r. trlnflaniinutory and Chronic Rhenmn- ViiidGoBt, Dyspepsia, er Indlgeetfoo, VntiBemlttcnt and Intermittent l evers tuct of tae Ulood, uver, iusucjs, ana der, tliew Bitters Lave been most succese- (ach Siscaiics re cautod by Vitiated d. h!cL Is (fcnerally prodnooU by derangement Dizcttlvc Orgous. hfePEPSU Olt 1XD1GESTIOX, Head t FimUUitStoclJorB, Coughs, Tightness of tha V DUtnr.s, fcu Eructations of Uio Etomach, IjuielzUie Uoath, Bilious Attacks, FalpltaUoa fcBart, wrrsiEatton or uio Lnngs, 1'oin in iuo -j r Lie Aiancys, ana a nnnarca oucr pamiui omi.ire the oflsprlngg of Dyspepsia. riaTonta the Etomacu and stimulate, the tor- ertnd bowels, which render them of unequalled Tluclunslnz the blood of all impurities, and k new life and vigor to the vhola system. liiKKIN UI6EA8E8, Eruptions, TctUr, Salt -.Blotches, Spots, Hmplei. PnEtales, Bolls, Ccr- i.Blng-'Worms, Ecald-Bead, Sore Eyes, Ery sip- 'A, Scurfs, decolorations of tbe Skin, Humors K-Mt of the bkln, of whatever name or nature. :nllT dug up and carried out of the system In a aebytber.se of these Bitters. One bottle la jes win convince the most Incredulous of their e elect. :ie tbe Vitiated Blood whenever you find its is baroticg through the skin In Pimples, rrnp- t Sores ; clraasc it whtn you find it obstructed In the veins ; cleanse It when It ie foul, a feelings will till yon when. KcoptUc blood 3l the health of the system will follow. . TAPE aad other WOIIJIS, lurking In tho of socanythousiuds, are effectually destray- rrnouj. For full directions, read caivfullv 'ttiir arounJ each bottle, prlatcdlufourjaa--EngUih,Cera:aa, Frinoh and Spaiiliih. rrctrictor. fi. n. McDOXALD & CO., kzi Gen. Agents, Ean Francisco. Cal fc-lRiudi Couinierco Struct , Ke w Tork. ALL DUCGG1ST3 ASD DE.VLEK9. OS A I) A .1, I S .THE OKI: AT AMERI ICAN - UUITH RESTORER puiifiestbe cures Scrofula. Syphilis. Skin 1,l!a9,HUumatiim, Diseapea of Wo meh.aid a! fl.miiu; A flections of the l 7'l"J Kidnevs. Recommend me Jietltcal raculiv and manv if-uol 0ur best citizens. : L-J the testimony of phvsictans and P-.tnt. who lave used Rosa'dalis : seod l' our Rossflalis Guide to Health Book, a.manac for tlii3 year, whiehwe pu!. 'Hi for gratuitous distribution ; it will . 'e jnu much valuable information. 1 R. W. Carr, of Raltimorc, says: 'j e P'caiure in recommending youi ; 'I'alisss a verv rxiwei fiil alterative.. L '-ttescen it used in two cases with re .iit.s one in a case of secondary V'"iw, m which the patient pronoanced u cured after having taken five bot 01 juur medicine. The other is a case ,h of lcn standing, which is .' .v improving under its use, and the -'t uns nre that the patient will soon 1 ,iiive careful It examined the J f y wLi'-h'yor I6?adali9 is made .,- N it an excellent compound of -'..Une ln-rtdients. el ''kf, of NicholaBville, Kv., says ii a- 1 St J Usadal;s in cases of Scrofu , Ddar-V Svohilis with satisfac--. reultsa9 a cleaner of the blood I u7 co Utter remedy. re;muelG. JITadden, Murfreesboro. 'Y ,',; I have used seven bottles of sutl and am entirely cured of Rheu i (o'rm : Se"l me four bottles, as I wish beeves' br0tI'er w,l Las scrofulous ' wnwrd for liO years with an iuvet , ' nj,ticn over my whole bodT. A oe since I bought a bottle of Ro-L'- til it eflected a perfect cure. t1 Pi V 80ld b' Lemmon & MiR ' T 't JUr" ar'd InigKists general 5''ii. tor'' 61 E"'l"nKe Place, -lllJlyj Proprietors IP m mm. e , rcccr,ll7 enlarged our stock cMromnfW PrcParcd to sell at a great ' i re-!, vm,e.r Pr5ces- 0ur stock con- tj iiT criumery, fancy , ".Hall a and Allen's llair Restor es' (, ,tments, Plasters, Liniments, Pe pi Mag,ie!ii. sb. Jamaica 'Jn " '"racts, Essences bvrun. KnitAl S2vtiira. J&lo A ,Vn 'vi n . nn ' SA ll nd .Bon CP. r8' I'eu, f. " ,lun OI Ot reaper; fel1? ' A"'?,d, Writing Vlielhri Isew,8PRPers, Novels, Ilia- v - rayer and Ty Uooks, our Block ft lnt nf OBnf .i ''to which we would invite wffered;7.u. UJJS "lower prices nj n this r,l r :?iar?!.ld eitl'er wholesale or re- Mfty & MURRAY, Mam Street, Ebensburg. : e SAVE . MONEY ! BY PATRONIZING M. L. IMAM CHEAl' CASH DEALEBS IN ALL KINDS DRY GOODS, LADIES' DRESS GOODS, RadyMad CLOTHING, Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes, CLOTHS, C ASSIMERES, SATIS ETTS, JEAXS, AuI a Fresh nnl Complete Stock of CHOICE FJMILY GROCERIES CoNSISTIXO CP : . j w j-. ? . -. Mm- FiTii Family'Fior GU 41.V, FEED, BACON, SALT, FISH, FUESII VEGETABLES, DRIED 8l CAN'D FRUITS, SUGARS, TEAS, COFFEES, SYRUPS, MOLASSES, CHEESE, &c. AI30, a large 6tock of the Best Brands of Cigars and Tobacco, STOKE ON HIGH STUEET, Four Doors East of Graiv'oid's Hotel, v Ebcnsburg, Pa. IIHE! FIItElI FIHE!!! DO YOU HEAR THAT, FIREMEN? AND ARB TOV PUHrAUED TO OBEY THE SUMMONS! This you are not, unless jou have been to Wolff's Clothing Store; and have bought one of those superb FI R E .11 A N ' S COATS, to' keep you warm and dry. "Wolff makes them at from Sltf to $'20, and any other s;ar- ii'ent vou want von can have made to order at short notice. XT-NO FIT, NO CHARGE! Mr. WOLFF has just returned from the East, and hir READY-MADE ... n now contains the'largest assortment, the most varied assortment, and altogether the most pleasing assortment of ilBUMUUEllMl FOR MEN AND ROYS, . EVER DISPLAYED IN ALTOONA. ITSS-OVERCOATS. from the lowest piiced Cassimere to the finest Beaver all pizes. C'Full Suits of Clothing at from ?9 to ?30. Panu from 41.50 to $9. Vests from 73 cents to $5. Also, a geneial variety of NOTIONS & FURNISHING GOODS, lints, Caps, Boots, Shoes, UMBRELLAS, SATCHELS, TRUNKS, 4c. fjgTu the LADIES' DEPARTMENT will be found a full stock of FURS, from the low est priced Coney to the finest Mink and Sable. Next door to the Post Office, Altoona, Pa. T HOMAS OAKLAND, WHOLESALE DEALER IN GROCERIES I QUEENSWARE. WOOD AND WILLOW WARE, STATIONERY AND NOTIONS, FISH SALT. SUGAR CURED MEATS. BACO.V, FLODR, FEED AND PROVISIONS, 7 1323 Eleventh Avenue, ; Between 13th and 14th Sts, Altoona. All Huch poods as Spices, Brushes. Wood aad Willow Ware, Shoe Blacking and Station ery will be sold from manufacturer's printed price lists, and all other goods in my line at Philadelphia, Baltimore, Cincinnati and Pitts burgh current prices. To dealers 1 present the peculiar advantage of saving them all freight and drayage, as they are not required to pay freights "from the principal cities and no dray age charges are made. . Dealers may rest as sured that dot eoods are of the best quality and my prices as moderate as city rates. By doing a iair, upngnt ousiuess, ana oy promptly mm satisfactorily filling all orders, I hope to merit the patronage of retail dealers and others in Cambria county and elsewhere. Orders re spectfully solicited and satisfaction guaranteed SEASONABLE GARMENTS in an cases. THOMAS CARLAIf D. Altoona, July 29, lBC9.-tf. 1870. Fall Trade; 1870. . I am now prepared to offer, , ; SUPERIOR INDUCEMENTS TO CASH PUKCHASEH8 OT 'i ' EITHEtt AT WHOLESALE OK RETAIL. My stock consists, in part of every variety of Tin, Sheet-Iron, COPPER AND BRASS WARES, KNAMEM.KD AND PLAIN SAUCE-PANS, BOILERS. &o , COAL SHOVELS. "MINE LAMPS, OIL CAXS. IIOUSEFURNISIUNG HARD WARE OF EVERY KIND. Spui'i Anti-Dust HEATING and COOKING STOVES, EXCELSIOR COOKING STOVES. NOBLE, TRIUMPH and PARLOR COOK ING STOVES, And any Cooking Stove desired I will get when ordered at manufacturer's prices.: Odd Stove Plates ami Grates. &c, for re pairs, on hand for the Stoves I sell ; others will be ordered when wanted. Particular attention given to . Spouting, Valleys and Conductors, all of which will be made out of best mate rials and put up by competent workmen. Lamp Burners, Wick and Chimneys wholesale ok ijktail. I would call particular attention to the Light House Earner, with Glass Gne, for giving more light than any other in use. Also, the Paragon Burner, for Crude Oil. SUGAR KETTLESAND CAULDRONS of all sizes constantly on hand. Special attention given to Jobbing in Tin, Copper and SheeHron. at lowest possible rates. Wholesale Merchants' Lists now ready, and will be sent on application Dy man 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 tronage I have already received, and will endeavor to please all who may call, wheth er they buy or not. FRANCIS W. IIAY. Johnstown. March 7. 18G7. REaT Reduction in Prices ! TO CASH 11 LY EES! AT THE E I15:.S5il X?G IIOUSE-FliRNIS!iIiG STORE. The undersigned respectfully informs the citizens of Ebensburg aud the public gener ally that he has made a great reduction in prices to CASH BUYERS. My stock will consist, in part, of Cooking, Parlor and Jleat ivg oloces, of the most popular kinds; lin ware of every description, of my own man ufacture ; Hardware of all kind, such as Locks, Sciews, Butt Hinges, Table Hinges, Shutter Hinges, Bolts, Iron and Nails, Win dow Glass,-Putty, Table Knives and Forks, Carving Knives -and 1'orks, Meat Cutters, Apple Parers, Pen and Pocket Knives in great variety, Scissors. Shears, Razors and Strops, Axes, Hatchets. Hammers, Coring. Machines, Augers, (Jlnssels, i'lanes, (im passes, Squares, Files, Rasps, Anvils, Vises, Wrenches, Rip, Panel and Cross-Cut Saws, Chains cf all kinds. Shovels, Spades, Scythes and Snaths, Rakes, Forks, Sleigh Bells, Shoe Lasts, Pegs. Wax Bristles, Clothes Wringers, Grind Stones. Patent Molasses Gates and Measures, Lumber Sticks, Horse Nails, Horse Shoes, Cast Steel. Rifles, 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 Saddlery Ware of all kind ; WoofJen and Willow Ware in great variety ; Carbon Oil and Oil Lamps, Fish Oil, Lard Oil, Linseed Oil, Lubricating Oil, Rosin, Tar, Glassware, Paints, Varnish es. Turpentine, Alcohol. &c. FAMILY GROCERIES, such as Tea, Coffee, Sugars, Molasses, 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. tyj-Hevce Sjxntting made, pain, Ned and put up at low rates for cash. A liberal discount made to country dealers buying Tinware wholesale. - : GEO. HUJSTLEY Q.EORGE W. YJ2AGER, Wholesale aud Retail Dealer In HEATING AND COOK STOVES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, , . III. COPPER ABD SMT-II MM ' OF HIS OWN MANUFACTURE, And GENERAL JOBBER in SPOUTING ... ' and ah other work in his line. t Virginia Street, near Caroline Street .. aXtoona, Tpa, i - The only dealer in tho city having the right to sell the renowned "BARLEY SHEAF" . COOK S rOVE, the most perfect complete and satisfactory . ' Stove ever 'ntroduced to the public. , , Stock Immense. - Prices Lotv. satisfaction guaranteed. rV K. SCANLAN, Atlorney-at-Lav J- Carrolltown, Cambria Co., I'a. All man ner of legal business attended to promptly and carefully. Colloctiooa a speciality. loci's, gtgctrtmtn.' THE HOl'SEUEEPER'S LFLLABY. Sleep, my own darling Rye, baby, bye ; Mother is with tbee ': Bye, baby, bye. There baby. (Ob, how the wild winds wail.) '; Mush buliy- Turning: to sleet and hail ; Ah, how the pine tree moans and mutters' . I wonder if Ellen will think of tho shutters.) , Sleep, my own darling Hye. baby, byo; Mother is with thee JJyo, biiby, bye. Rest thee. (She couldn't have loft on the blower Down in the parlor? There's so touch to show her I) Hyp-bye, tny sweetest. (Xovr the rain's pouring-! Ia It the wind or dining-room tire that's roaring?; Sleep, my own darling Bye, baby, bye ; Mother is with thee Bye, baby,'byc. How lovely his forehead ! my own blessed pet ! He's nearly asleep. (Now 1 mustn't forjret That pork in the briue, and the stair-rods to morrow.) row ! God shield hitn forever from trouble and sor- Sleop, my own darling Bye, baby, bye ; Mother is with thee ' Bye, baby, bye. - Those dear little ringlets, so silky and bright ! ' (I do hope the muffins will rise nice aud light.) -How lovely h is ! (Yes, she said she could fry.) Oh, what would I do if my baby should die? ' Bleep, my own darling : Bye, baby, bye ; Mot hr is with thee Bye, baby, b3e. ' ' Pear Father in Heaven I oh, spare him, T pray My own precious baby 1 Its clearing away": : The moon's coining out; and there's no wind nt all Wo limy have a'good drying, for once, after all.) Sleep, my own darling Bye, baby, bye ; Mother is with thetj Bye, baby. bye. v That sweet little hand, and tho soft dimpled cheek ! Sleep, darling ! (I'll have his clothes shortened this week. -How tightly he's holding mv dress! I'm afraid lie II wake when 1 move. J. here I his bed isn t made.) ' ' t . Sleep, my own darling Bye, baby, bye Mother is with thee Bye, babj-, bye. NV mntter ! the sofa will do for a minute ! The arm-chair 'd be bettor, if puss wasn't in it. He'sotr now the blessed ! How funny it scorns That an innocent baby should scowl in its dreams!) Sleep, my own darlings There, baby, there; Mother is with t hee ' Sniiff in the chair. (He's settled at last. But I can't leave blm so. Though I ought to be going this instant, 1 know. There's everything standing and waiting down stairs; Ah, me, how a mother is cumbered with cares !) " . 111 "' -' " 1 . . . ii ales, Ulutejjcs, ncelotts, $c. WHY A NAME WAS CHARGED. Startlina: Story f Deceit anil Hypocri syA aiouiaiice front (lie Law Akooktt. A few days ago, says the Sari Francis co Citroniclr, a young man named Lucius Hulkley, Mxteen 'years of age, appeared before Judge Stanley, of the county court, on application to have his name changed to Francis Ward liedfield. The applica tion and its success were duly noticed in the Chronicle the next morning. The young man, as stated, gave i 8 his reason for wishing to chiiDge hi3 name that liis father had not contributed to his support for many years, and that, therefore, he desired to assume the family name of his mother. Hut why the applicant hud so bitter an antipathy towards his father's name did not appear and it seemed some what singular that he should make appli cation lor so (seemingly) trivial a cause. Hut ''thereon hangs a tale." ... ., That which we are ' about to relate , is an 'o'er true tale,'' as the doubting reader can satisfy himself by referring to the nxth volume of "Abbott's New Yoik Practice Heports," from which we condense our narrative. May 17, 18o2, witnessed the marriage of L. E. Uulkley with Miss Frances V. Red fie Id, a beautiful and accomplished young lady. Bulkley was a young law yer, of fine personal appearance, who prided himself, as he has ever since done, on the irresistable powers of fascination which he possessed over the fair sex. He opened an office for the practice of the law in the city of New York, aud lired happily with his wife for over four years; durina which time a son was born, whom ihey named after hi3 father. The fond wife loved her husband with devotion amounting almost to worship, and never dreamed that he was tiring of her whom he had sworn to love and protect. But such was the case; and. the unfaithful spouse bethought himself of how he could become legally . free from his irksome mat rimonial chains. No stain could be dis covered on the character of his loving wife. No reason why a divorce should be grant ed could he conjure up which he could for a moment sustain in a court of law, if opposed by her whom he had sworn to love. "At last he batched up a "scheme unparalleled for its diabolical shrewdness. "According to the practice of ihe Nevy York courts of law, the plaintiff's attor ney in a legal proceeding makes service of summons, - upon return of which, duly verified by oath, subsequent proceedings are had. 'Uulkley persuaded his wife that she needed an ocean. voyage for. the benefit of her health. Her mother was residing in Sacramento, California, and she joyfully accepted permission to visit her. On the 6th of October, ' 1856, he accompanied her on board the Bteamship Illinois, about to sail for California, and remained with her,, conversing affection ately until the bell rang for all but pass-, engcrs to leave. He then, with unparaU leled hypocrisy, bis eyes glistening with crocodile tears, embraced her and kissed her a farewell. Tbe loviDg wife was quite overcome by the pain of parting Spasmodically be tore himself from her embrace, nud handed her a tin box, which he said contained a present for her moth er. He "charged her to be careful, and deliver it ' safely. She received it with pleasure, as an additional proof of his af fection. As he left the boat she sought the deck, and remained there, waving her handkerchief until the form of her beloved husband faded in the distance. She then sought her state room, and soon her wo man's curiosity urged her to see what welcome present the tin bos contained for her dear mother. She tore off the sealed covering, but instead of the token of love which she had been led to look for, the box contained a summons notifying her to defend a suit for divorce within twenty days. Here 6he was, on board a ship, a hundred miles from home, friendless, com fortless, with no possible way to return. For the first time in her life did she sus pect that her husband did not love her. She could not realize thu terrible situation. She showed the paper to an acquaintance, whose reply only added to the poignancy of her grief. It was,, alas, too true. Her husband, whom she loved, loved another, wished to be legally free from her, and had taken this underhanded and cowardly manner of obtaining his freedom. Before she could return to New Yotk, he would have attained his object: She sank under this overpowering blow, and was obliged to take her bed. Her misfortunes raised op for her quick friends and ready sym pathisers. When the vessel arrived at Aspinwall, she strongly desired to return to New York, but so weak was she that her friends would not allow it. She could not return within the necessary time ; her ticket was paid through to San Francisco, and she had no money to defray her re turn expenses. Her baggage was checked through, and could not be obtained ex cept at San Francisco. So there was no other alternative but for her to proceed. She arrived at Sacramento, and poured a tale of woe into her mother's ear, by whose advice she returned to New York, in January, 1857. She sought out her husband, who kindly furnished her with a copy of the decree of divorce.' She pleaded with him for permission to see little Lucius, their only child, but he re fused it. She remained three months, endeavoring to see her ch:!d, but in vain. The unfeeling wretch was unmoved by her importunities, but he must quiet them, for they were likely to lead to unpleasant disclosures. So, quite in keeping with his true character, he made to her two infamous propositions, one of which was that if she would keep secret his rascali ty, and would raiso him 85,000, he would givo her the custody of the child. This she indignantly refused. He then said that if she would raise him $1,500 ! he would get from the Clerk of the Court the oiiginal record of the divorce, aud thus obliterate all record of itsexistence. This likewise met with an indignant rejection. She then returned to California for aid, and again returning to New York, moved the Court to set aside the decree on tho ground of fraudulent servlco of summons In his defense he made no denial of the facts here set forth, except in two unim portant points, one of which was that he kissed her on parting, and the other was tho first of the propositions above men tioned. The Court readily granted the prayer of the afUicted lady. liulkley, finding the locality of his resU dence rather warm for comfort, migrated to the coast and practiced law in Virginia City during its palmy days. He succeeded in winning one heavy mining suit, which he took for a large contingent fee, and which enables him to perambulate Montgomery street in faultless attiro at tbe present day. His "shingle" as attorney is a prominent feature of one of our principal streets. And this is the person who has been disowned by his own son. It is needless to state that his wife applied for and re ceived a decree of divorce, and custody of the child soon after the first decree., She has since married again and is living hap pily in Santa Clara county, in this State. A WoNDEiaxL MtiiKOU. Among the curiosities exhibited at the Paris Exhi bition was a huge concave mirror, tbe instrument of a startling species of optical magic. On standing close to it, it pre sented nothing but a magnificently mon. strous dissection of your physiognomy,- On retiring a couple of feet, it gives you your own face and figure in true propor tion, but reversed, tbe head downwards. But retire still further, standing at a dis tance of five or six feet from the mirror, and you see yourself, not a reflection it does not strike you , as a ' reflection but your . veritable selt, standing in the mid dle , part between : you and. the mirror, Tbe effect is almost appalling, from tbe idea that it suggests of something supernatural;- so startling, in fact, that men of the strongest nerves will shrink involun tarily at the first view. If you raise your cane to thrust at your other self, you will see it pass clean through the body and appear on tbe other side, the figure thrust ing at you tbe same instant. The artist who first succeeded in fashioning a mir ror of this description, brought it to one of the French kings -if we recollect aright it was Louis XV- placed his majesty on the right spot and bade bim draw bis sword, and thrust atthe figure he saw. The king did so ; but seeing the point of a sword directed to his own breast, threw down the weapon and ran away. The practical joke cost the inventor the king's patronage aud favor; his majesty being afterwards so ashamed of bis own cow ardice that he never again would look at the mirror or its owner, .- : . SIXGlL.4RDRE.tMS. As evidence against the view that the action of the brain is continuous "during1 sleep, we may adduce cases of apparently very long dreams that have been comple ted, from beginning to end, in a very few seconds, and which have been excited by external influences.. Tho following ex-! amples ot such dreams prove how great is the activity of the brain during sleep com pared with the actual lapse of time. A" person, who was suddenly t aroused from sleep by a few drops of water sprin kled on' his face, dreamed of the events of an entire life, in which happiness and sorrow were ' mingled ; and which finally terminated with nn altercation upon the borders of an extensive lake, into which his exasperated companion, after a con siderable struggle, succeeded in plunging him. Dr. Carpenter mentions the case of a clergyman falling asleep in his pulpit during the singing of a psalm before the sermon, and awakened with the convic tion that he roust have slept for at least an hour, and that the congregatian rnu.it have been waiting for him ; but on refer ring to his psalm-book, he was consoled by finding that his slumber had not lasted longer than the singing of a single line. ' Sir Benjamin Brodie, in his 4 Phsyco logical Inquiries,'. 185-4, mentions tbe fol lowing fact of the,. late. Lord Holland; "On an occasion when ho was fatigued, while listening to a friend who was read ing aloud, he fell asleep and had a dream, the particulars of which it would take him a quarter ot an hour or longer to ex press .in writing. After he awoke ho found that he remembered the beginning of one sentence while he actually heard the latter part of tbe sentence immediately following it ; so that, probably, the whole time during which he had slept did not occupy more than a few seconds." ... A lawyer found it necessary to ascer tain the exact age of a client of his, who was also his cousin. Their grandfather, who was rather an eccentric person, had died when they were boys.- The lawyer often told his cousin that if the grand father had been alive the desired informa tion could have been readily obtained, and that be had a dim rocollection of having seen a record kept by tho nld. gentleman, and of there having been some peculiarity about it which he could not recall. Some months after the search had been given up as hopeless he dreamed that their grandfather came to him and said : ''You have been trying to find out when J : was born. Don't you recollect that one afternoon, when we were fishirfg, I read you some lines from an Elzevir Horace, and showed you how I had made a fam ily record out of the book by inserting a number of blank leaves at the end ? Now, as you know, I devised my library to the liev. Mr. . I was a great fool for giving him books which he never will read. Get the Horace and you will dis cover the exact hour at which J was born." The lawyer, deeply impressed by the dream, started by the first morn ing train to visit the clergj'man, who lived in a neighboring city, found the Horace, and at the end were the pages constituting the family record, exactly as had been described in the dream." By no effort of his memory. could he recall to his recol lection the incident of the fishing excur sion. The following case, in which a dream in other respects highly remarkable occurred twice on the same night, came under the notice of the writer of this ar. tide i i the year 1848. Our rea'ders may recollect that in the year just recorded there was a terrible case of murder. Dr. Webster, Professor of Chemistry in Harvard College, being convicted of the murder of his acquaintance we can hard ly say his friend Dr. Parkman. A lady we will call her X. Y. well known in the literary world, and then residing in London, had, some years previously, paid a long visit to the United States, during . which she became intimately ac quainted with Dr. Webster and his fam ily, who phoned her much kindness and attention. After her return to England she continued to correspond with the fam ily ; and, one day, in the early autumn of 1848, a gentleman related to Dr. 1'ark-' man called upon her with nn introduction from Prof. Webster. Chi that night she went to. bed at her usual hour, but soon experienced a horriMe dream. She fan cied that she was being urged by Dr. Webster to assist him in concealing a set of. human bones in a wooden box, and she distinctly remembered that there va3 a thigh bone, which, after failing to break it to pieces, they vainly attempted to in sert, but it was too long. While they were trying to hide the box as slie fan cied, under her bed she awoke in a stats of-horror and cold presptration. She in stently struck a light, and tried to dipped the recollection of ber horrible vision by reading. After a lapse of two hours, during which she had determinedly fixed her eyes on the book,' she put out the lights and soon feU'aslcep, The same dream again occurred, after which sbe did not dare although a woman of sin gular moral and physical coarageto at tempt to sleep any more that night. -Early upon the following day she called upon the writer, and told bim of her fear ful experience ot the past night. Nothing more at' the time was thought of these I dreams ; but shortly afterward the news readied England that Ltr. larktnan was missing-: that the last time Ihj was seen ii.livT3 he - was entering the -college gatea ; and that the janitor was suspected of hav ing murdered him! ' 1 ' On the writer mentioning tfiia to X. Y she at once exclaimed : "'Oh, my dreams! Dr. Webster must have been the murderer I" Tb next mail bot one brought tbe news that tha troa murderer had been detected ; and that,- at the very time when X. Y.'s ; dreams oceured he must have been actually struggling to get the bones tha flesh having been previ ously burned into a wooden box .such as has been seen ; a-nd that, after attempt ing in vain to break the thigh bones, I19 bad hidden them elsewhere.- Doit to Sare a Thousand Dollars My getting the belter of my wife's father is one of the richest things on re cord. I'll tell you how it was. Yet must know that ho is monstrous stingy. The complaint seems to run rn the family, and i everybody round .oar parts -treed to notice that he never by charrea asked anybody to dine with him. . Su one day, jist for a chunck of fun, 1 said to a friend of mine, -Jeddy 'I'll bet you a penny 'orth of shoestrings ginst a row of pins that I get old Ben Merkins,- that's my wife's father, to ask me to dinner.' 'Yeou git out,-said Jeddy; "whyyeou might as well try to coax a cat into a shower-bath, or gel moonbeams eotrt of cowcurabers." , r "Well," said t, "I'm eoing to try.'' And try I did, and I'll tell you how I went to work. - Jist as old Ben - was sitting down to dinner, at 1' .o'clock, I rushed up to the house, at a high-pressure pace, red-hot in the face, with my coat-la'fls in theafr, my eyes rollin' about Jike billiard balls in con vulsions. Kat-tat-tat ding-a-ling-alin. I kicked up an awful rumpusr,- and in"n flash out conre ofd Ifcn himself. I had struck the right minnit. He had a nap kin under his chin and a' carving knife in his hands. I smelt the dhiner as ha oocned the door. "O, Mr. Perkins," saFd T, "f rrf tarrt tion glad to see you. I feared yoir would not be at home I'm almost out of breath. I'm come to tell you I cart- save you a thousand dollars." . , "A thousnnd do'darsT" reared the old. man ; and I defy a weasel to go "pop', quicker than his face burst into smiles; "A thousand dollars 1 Yeou don't-say so ! l)u tell !" . "Oh!" said J, "I see you are just hav. in' dinner neow, so I'll go.rnjif d'rnc my- . self, and then I'll come buck and6 tell you all about it " "Nonsense," snid he, "don't gVraway come in and sit down, and enjoy yourself, ' like a good fellow, and have a snack with ' me. I am anxious to hesrr what you have to say." I pretended to decline, PayhV "I'd coroeJ back ;" but I'd thoroughly stirred up the! old chap's curiosity, and it ended by his . fairly pulHn' me into the house, and 1 made a rattlin' dinner of pork ami beans. I managed for some lime to dodge th main point of his inquiry. At last f fin ished eating, and there wa fro farther excuse for delay ; besides old, Bor wa getting fidgety. "Come, neow,"" said he', "ho mora , preface. About that thousand dollars come, let it out.' " ir , , ' "Well, I'll tell you whuf," said I, "you have a darter, Misery Ann, to dispose of in marriage, have you not I" "What's that to do with it ?" inter rupted he. "Hold your proud steeds don't run off the track a great deal to , do with it," said I. "Neow answer my question." "Well," said he. "I have." 'And you intend, when cho marries, to give her 810,000 for ber portion V "I do," he said. "Well, neow, there's the pint I'm coming tow. ; Jet me hate her, and I'll take her with 9,000 and 0,000 froru $10,000, accordin' to simple subtraction, jist leaves 81,000, and that will bo clean , profit saved as slick as a whittle I' Tho next thing I knew there was st rapid interview going on bet ween okl lien's fovt an! the vicinity of my coat tails and I am inclined lo thiuk the latter co tbe wor3t of it. 1 W"k observe advertised u new law book, "Ham on Facts." The author, Mr. Jarae3 Ham, is 'undoubtedly a very clear and positive writor, leaving no horns on which to hang a dilemma, nor a "b " for doubters to liitt with against the truth. The volume is bound a s'ipt Ihw book, style. A Milwaukee wiDow, on being cau tioned by her minister about iiiriing, said that bhe knew it waj wrong for unmar ried ladies to ftirt, bat Ihe Bibfo "was ker authority. It said "widows mite." She was flirting awfully atjast accounts, her. pastor acknowledging that "widows ruite'. The wife of a carpet-bag Revenue -officer of South Carolina, .who has left her, advertises himtns Va good sturcpt-spca&er. who can edit a nusepafer Joliver Jeetwrea and teach school and is quite a friend to the colored peplo" and "a sasaer cntercal revnaw." A keCro t.oT of eight has a picture primer to teach him his letters. " One of the pictures is that of. a boll chasing' a boy, which the little darkey watches from day to. day, gleefully exclaiming U hasn't cotch'd biro yet I"
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