yillllPlil tesi JfLKiftliJlI
A
U. A. BT1BE, tv!ar and I-ublLher.
HE IS A tRKBMAN WHOM THE TRUTH MAKES FREE, AND ALL ARE SLAVES BESIDE.
1rhi, $1 per year In advance.
VOLUME 5.
EBENSBURG, PA., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1871.
NUMJ3KR 39.
Nir- . r ( o
1871. Fall Trade. 1871.
I arh now prepared to (Her
S UWAl I Oil I N DUCEMEXTS
TO C ASH rCT.CHASKRS OF
lil SIIiHSi & COFFER WARE.
' y. IT 1 1 K. K AT
WHOLESALE Oil KETAIL.
Iv rtock consists in part of every variety of
TiEi, S!icof-Jroii,
coitKu a:;d brass wares,
rNAMF.II.KI AND PLAIN
SAUCE-PANS, BOILERS Etc ,
fiL SIIOVKI.S. SUNK LA OIL
cs. liorsEFCRKisiiiNo HARD
WARE OF EVERY KIND.
serai's Anh-Dmt
IIF.VTINV. and COOKING STOVES,
KWELSWIl COOKIXG S1X)VES.
NUI .LK.TKIl'.Uni and PARLOR COOK-
1NG STOVES,
,vl .i! y C-j: king Stove desired I will get
( i ii rod at manufacturer's prices.
O.'.i St--ve Plates anl Grates. &c, for re-pir-'.
"'i har:d for the Stoves I sell ; other?
will beeidered when wanted. Particular
attention given to
Spouting, Valleys and Conductors,
s.l df which will lie made out of best mate
rials ami put up by competent workmen.
Lan:p Burners, Wick and Chimneys
WHOLESALE OR RF.TAIL.
I n ii' l call particular attention to the Light
L'nii-c I'.urj.ir. with Glass Cne, for piv'ng
n,"ie li'.d.t than any other in use. Also, the
Iiiagon I5urner, for Crude Oil.
SUGAR KETTLES AND CAULDRONS
of ail izes constautlv on hand.
Special attention given tn
Jcbblrg n Tin, Copper and Sheet-Iron.
at lowest j'sibie rates.
Whoi.ksaie Meiichants Lists
r..-w r?;i :y. and w ill be sent on application
1 y mail or in persoD
N t Ten all my nltl cnstomrs and
r. iny i.-w r.'-s this Spring, I return my
r.'t M!.-ir thanks fcr the very liberal pa
tr i il'' I l ave already received, and will
cvi' .iv i t i plia.se ail who may call, wheth
er tii- v 1 uy or not.
FRANCIS W. HAY.
T h:.-t in. ilarch 7. 18C7.
TO C'.i.S CUSTOMERS!
at ti:i: i:iia8iiinG
niMSIIIXO STORE.
i
1 . u(.,h'rsiji;el respectfully informs the
f .' ls ci Eiicn.sburg and the pblic gener
-. 'i u !:? Las made a great reduction in
in to CASH IiUYEKS. My stock will
c : -i-t.in part.f.f Cbof.ing, Parlor and Heal
in; t,f (i,e most popular kinds ; Tin-
rir? t evry description, of my own man
UiaLtr.r" ; Hardware of all kind, such as
L''-!;s. Scows, Butt Hinges, Table Hinges,
it'.- r Hinges, Bolts, Iron and Nails, Win
ilas. l'mty, Table Knives and Forks,
v.irv.iw Knives aiJ( Forks, Meat Cutters,
'II 'c P.irers, Pen and Pocket Knives in
L''';U variety, Scissors. Shears, Uazors and
r 'f'S. Axes, Hatchets, Hammers, Boring
Jischuie. Augers, Chissels, Plar.es, Com
L!' "' Spares, Files, Uaspt, Anvils'", Vises,
w'f:;'."i.'S Kip. Panel and Cross-Cut Saws,
ti.d i s i f !.U kinds. Shovels, Spades, Scvthes
anl Snaths, Rakes, Forks, Sleigh Bella,
I.t.s Peps. Wax Bristles. Clothes
rinsrer.x. Grind Stones. Tatent Molasses
and Measures, Lumber Stids, Horse
-Vii!.-, II,.re Shoes. Cast Steel. Rifles, Shoe
G-ir.s, R- vdvcrs, Pistols, Cartridges, Pow
r. Caps, Lead, &c. Odd Stove Plates,
Grates and Fire Bricks. Well and Cistern
''"nips ami Tubing ; Harness ami Saddlery
"are of all kind ; Wwlen and Willow Ware
" ?riMt variety ; Carbon Oil and Oil Lamps.
Oil, Lard Oil, Linseed Oil, Lubricating
,J-'.Jt"sin, Tar, Glassware, Taicts, Varnish
's i'iirj.f-ntine. Alcohol. &c.
FAMILY GROCERIES,
udl 15 Tea, Coffee. Sugars, Molasses, Syr
Spices, Iried Peaches. LVed Applesl
fn, II,,miny, Crackers, Rice and Pear-
; ooaps, uaniltes; IU15AUUO ap'i
UGAIiS; Paint, Whitewash, Scrub, Horse,
1 justing. Varnish, Stove, Clones and
Prr.shes, all kinds 2.1m sizes : Bed
, ' rif anl -Mr.nilla i;opeiJ, and many other
"tides at the lowest rates for CASH.
frrllouoe Sjiouting made, pain.ed and put
bI' at low rates for cash. A liberal discount
Rle to country dealers buying Tinware
h"Ieealfi. GEO. HUMTLET
t-beii-sburg, Feb, 28. 1867.-tf.
(JEOIIGE AV. YEAGEPw,
Wholesale ana Retail Dealer In
HEATING AND COOK STOVES
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION,
IB. tBTFIl MB HMI-IMIM
OF HIS OWN MANUFACTURE,
And GENERAL JOBBER in SPOUTING
and all other work in bis line.
Yifginia Street, near Caroline StreeU
ALTOOX.I, PA,
Tbe only dealer 5n tbe city baving tbe right to
tell (be renowned "BARLEY SHEAF"
COOK S rOVE. tbo most perfect
complete and satisfactory
atove ever inroJuceil
to tbe public.
Stock Immense. - Tkices Low.
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED.
W1 LLIAiI KITTELL, Attorney -
a- T-"AWi Ebenabury, Pa. Office In Co!o
Row, tVatre street. jan.Sa-tf.J
rjl HOMAS CAIiLA N 1),
WHOLESALE DEALER IK
GROCERIES s QUEENSWARE.
VOOD AND WILLOW WARE,
STATIONERY AND NOTIONS,
FISH. SALT. SUGAR CIHED MEATS.
BACOX, FLOI R,
FEED AND PROVISIONS,
1343 Eleventh Avenue,
Between 13th and 14th Sts, Altoona.
All such pooils a Spices, Brushes, Wood
a) Willow Ware, Shoe Blacking 8ud Station
ery will bo sold from manufacturer's printed
price lists, and all other pood 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 tbe principal cities and no dray
ng charges are made. Dealers may rest as
sured that my goods are of tbe best qualitT and
my trices as moderate as city rates. By doing
a fair, upright business, and by promptly and
satisfactorily filling all orders, I hope to merit
the patronnge of retail dealers anil others in
Cambria county and elsewhere. Orders re
spectfully solicited and satisfaction guaranteed
in all cases. THOMAS OAKLAND.
Altcona, July 29, lSCD.-tf.
iEUFIRMIiUOLD;STiiD
0 and ST
GOOD GOODS Si GREAT BARGAINS
lOIt THE READY CASH t
HAVING become proprietors of the STOKE
ltOOM and STOCK OF GOODS recently lie
lonirinur to II. . Stiocrnuker& Co., pud having
purchased an additional
STOCK OF IMEV GOODS
IX U li EAT VAJtlLTY,
srenrr noTprcrflifd to supply all the old cus
tomers of the late firm, atui as tnnnv new ones
as w ill patronize, us, with Goods of all kinds at
PRICES FULLY AS LOW
rrs any other merchant iti or out of Cambria
of-r'iit.v. It is our intention to keep our Store
constantly storked with a full and well selected
novtJiient of IHIV COOKS, DIIKSS COOKS,
l'ANOV GooS, NOTIONS, HOOTS, SHOES,
1 1 A TS. C A l'S. C I.( T MING. CAHI' KTS. V V KM-
Ti'i;n.uii, ( Lotus, on.KNsvA!t! Gito
cntir.s, Fi.oi it, jiacon, kisii, salt, T'.
HAC' O, CI G A US. and ul! other artic les, Inr-e
or small, that can te found in any store of like
oharactcr in the county ; and a.s we intend to
,Si:a,!L KXC'Ll'MliCLYfor CASB3
K Ctll'XTllY PHOSjCCK,
nd make no had debts, we feel sure that our
toek and our prices will not onlv secure but
retain for us liberal share of patronage.
EARLY VISITS FROM ONE AND ALL
are respectfully solicited, and if we fail to ren
der entire satisfaction, both as regards the qual
ity of our (roods and the prices asked for them,
it will certainly be no fault Of the new firm at
the old stand of Shoemaker Co., HiRh street.
Don't forjret to call and we'll not forg-et to irive
you full value for your monev.
MVEHS & LLOYD.
Ebenebur(r, Jan. 23, ISTl.-tf.
lOOD, MOKRELL & CO.,
WASHINGTON STREET,
Near Pa. R. R. Depot, Johnstown, Pa.,
Wholesale and Rdail Dealers in
mm m bomestic my mil
IrllMjIXCKIT GCfOO.?,
IIAUDWARE.
QUE ENS WARE.
BOOTS AND SHOES.
HATS AND CAPS.
IRON AND NAILS,
CAKTETS AND OIL CLOTHS,
READY-MADE CLOTHING,
GLASS WARE. YELLOW WARE.
WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE,
PROVISIONS and FEED, ALL KINDS,
Together with all manner of Western Produce,
ftich as FLOUR. BACON, FISH, SALT,
CARBON OIL, &c, Ac.
Wholesale a;id retail orders solicited
and promptly filled on the shortest notice and
mofit reasonable terms.
WOOD. MORRELL & CO.
GEO. C.K. ZA1IM , ...JAS. B. ZAHAI.
ZAHM 8L SON,
DEALERS IN
DRY GOODS. GROCERIES,
HARDWARE. QUEENSWARE,
Hats, Caps, Eoots, Shoes,
AND ALL OTHER ARTICLES
tTdually Kept In a Country Store.
WOOL AND COUNTRY L'ltODUCK
TAKKM IK EXCHANGE FOR GOODS !
STORE ON 3IAIN STREET,
Next Door to the Post Office,
Jane 10. 18C9.
EBENSBURG, PA.
Q AWBRIA COUNT Y1B0KDS. The
Commissioners of Caml.riu County are noir
prepared to sell to those desiring the sarne. tbo
UONlS of Raid eountv. in nma r.f lia im or,.i
;, 1,,PS,1 Konds are issue! bv authority of
the Court of Quarter Pcssions of Cambria coun
ty, for the purpose of raisin money to burld
the New County Jail, and pay interest at the
rate of 6tx per cent, per annum said interest
beintf payable semi-annually unit are redeem
able at the pleasure of t lie Commissioners after
tho 13tli l.y or December, IN74, nd pay
able the 13lli day of Kept ember. IShl.
Coupons are attai-tied to eni-h itotid for tbe semi
annual instalments of interest.
Parties desirihjr to invest in this I.onn will
please call on tho Commissioners at their OQic
m F.bensbursf.
Witness our hands this 10th day of April, A.
D. 1: 1.
MAT'KICE MfNAMAHA, )
J A M ES R. N K A S )N, VCoin'rs.
VUANCIS O FKIRL, I
Attest J. A. Keskedt, Clerk, (apr.16.-tf .)
FromJCatbolic Record (Phila.) for November.
THE MAJESTY OF THE LAW.
It matters little, perhaps nothing, how
Viovr Walsh came to be so sadly re.
duced. in her worldly circumstances as to
resolve ona fine autumn morning upon
placing her eldest daughter Ivuily in ser
vice. Such, however, wat the fact ; and
though it had cost the poor widow many
n pang, the more she thought of it4 the
more she felt convinced that, if she would
ward off starvation or the "union" from
her household, ''Emily must "go out."
This sacrifice to stern necessity waa
riot the less feltj from the fact of the fam
ily having formerly been in easy circum
stances. The wrecks of better days
might have been, and still may be traced
f-Cattered about their stricken home. The
shadow of departed geo;ility hovered
about them, and though some of their less
charitable neighbors declared they were
vain and proud, it could not truly be said
that they did more than attend to the
niceiies of dress and propriety of manner.
They were always respectable amidt
their most pinching poverty; and all hough
frequently clad in what would have been
dowdy upon many, they contrived at alt
limes to appear neat and clean.
Emily was not old barely fourteen
yet she remembered their better days;
she had not forgotten the noble house and
beautiful garden ; she bad a distinct rec
ollection of her many charming dresses
and pretty ribbons ; and a composition
doll of the ancient regime was still in the
possession of one of the junior members
of the family, to be looked at but not
played with She had been early taught
to work, and for years past had toiled
hard and cheerfully for hor young slsteis
and brothers. Yet ftpially with her
mother, she retained nil the old feelings
of the past; and though living amongst
the pcor, felt she was not of them.
Emily found time, somehow, to tend a
prttty little garden a gem of a place
and beside?, in spare moments, to ply her
needle. The envious and the untidy de
clared that tho Walshes starved them
selves to dress like fine folk ; but the truth
was, that 'little Emily's fairv fingers did it
all. A penny ribbon at her magic touch
took the guise of ths most costly article,
whilst humble edging was made to appear
the produce of Valenciennes. Then Em
ily was pretty, and had a light, graceful
figure, and a swectj gay, happy way that
made her look like the roses in her own
garden.
We have said it was autumn. It was;
and it was the prospect of a hard and
long winter that determined the widow
upon placing her daughter out in the
world. Hut where was she to go ? Their
village was but a score of miles from the
city, yet they were as much strangers to
it as though a thousand leagues distant ;
in their own neighborhood there appeared
to be no offcning for her. At length, a
friend among the neighbors undertook to
write to a friend in the great metropolis;
and before a week had expired, the said
friend found a place for Emily in a family
as nursery-maid. The salary, it was true,
was small enough just a shilling a week,
to be paid every seventh day but it was
a beginning, and who could say what it
might lead to. What indeed ' j
The Sbarpes, to whom Emily was now 1
engaged, is what is ordinarily tormed "re- !
spectablc people ;" that is to say, they
kept a gig ; and Mr. Sliarpo had an office
not a shop somewhere near the Mon
ument, up a very natrow, business like
lane, lie was in the hardware line of
business ; and not only so in profession,
but in nature. Had he been cast and
bronzed instead of having been born lie
could scarcely have assumed a harder,
harsher texture and disposition. lie ap
peared metallic in all bia movements ;
perhaps it happened that, having lost his
heart when courting Mrs. Sharpe, he had
ordered a bran new one from the foundry.
However, Emily made very good pro
gress notwithstanding her cast-irou mas
ter. Mrs. Sharpe was a' great invalid,
and quite satisfied to leave the nursery
entirely in her charge. She could scarce
ly have done better. It was quite delight,
ful, or ralher it would have been, to any
but the Sharpes, to see what a marvellous
change the widow's daughter wrought
amongst that young family. How she
loved them, played with I hem, watched
over them, worked for them a8 though
they had been her own brothers and sis
ters, I caii Scarcely hope to relate as it
deserves to be told. II ow they found a
new life with her; and how much neater
and prettier they all appeared, with less
actual cost to "their parent, who in return
doled out the weekly shilling as reluctant
ly as though it had been coin of rurest
gold. .
Weeks, months , passed away, and
Christmas came. There had never been
euch a holiday time in tho Sharpes' house
ever pince it had been a house. Why,
little Emily, pretty, fairy-fingered Emily,
made as many beautiful things for the'
Christmas-tree as would have furnished
many a small fancy bazaar. People won
dered how she managed to find time for
so much work. Emily was not the least
happy of all that merry throng ; it would
have done you good to have een . how
light-hearted she was, and bow much
prettier she looked when freed from the
poverty and care of her village homo.
Winter passed away, spring came, and
with it the bright sunshine and brighter
flowers.- But no blossom in the broad
sunlight wore a brighter, sweeter look
than did Emily amidst tho little children
on the lawn. Her happy laugh rang
amongst the shrubs and llowers ; her
pretty figure might be eeen darting along
the gravel walks in pursuit of pome recrc
at.t little Sharre ; and altogether the wid
ow's daughter scattered so much mirth
and happiness around, and appeared so
essential to the domestic welfare, and the
difficulty was to imngine how they had
ever contrived to live without fcer.
At length spring waned, and the birds
and sunny cloudless skies gave promise of
a joyous summer. Just then Emily was
flung into an exstacy of delight by the ar
rival of a cousin and former schoolmate
and companion of younger and better
days, who, having learned her new abode,
came to renew the old friendship. Hugh
was new an artist, and had passed some
years in Paris, where, besides his profes
sional education, he had acquired many
elegant art and accomplishments, which
were well calculated to find favor with
one so young and impressible as Emily.
It was not diUkuU to see that they were
mutually pleased at the renewal of their
acquaintance; he, with her simple, happy,
winning ways; she, with bin gay and
polished manners. They parted, resolved
to meet again, and often.
From that day a new life dawned -upon
the widow's daughter. Hugh was in all
her thoughts and aspirations. She dream
ed of him ; she thought of him ; she
talked about him to the children. He
was so finished in dre?s and manner, and
had seen so much of which she had not
even heard ; and when Emily contrasted
her own simple scant dress with his am
ple and fashionable garments, a blush of
vexation stole across her face, and tears
dimmed her blue eyes.
Hugh had asked her to accompany him
to see come flower gardens in the neigh
borhood, and enjoy a stroll through the
parks ; and as her mistress bad given per
mission, Emily prepared for that delight
ful evening. She looked through her
scanty wardrobe, to sec what she should
wear. Hud fehe been less regardful of
appearance, had she loved and admired
Hugh less, or had her own person been
less attractive, fhs might have felt con
tented with the humble dress and few
simnle adornments the possessed. Un
happily it occurred to her as the looked
over her little store of wearing apparel,
that a new ribbon on her bonnet would
greatly improve her appearance ; that, in
fact, she could scarcely walk out with her
cousin, fo gaily dressed and herself wear
ing such a poor faded weather-beaten
ribbon as was then on her bonnet.
15ut the difficulty lay in obtaining this
ribbon. Her last month's salary, save a
few pence kept back for the children, had
been sent to Iter mother, and she should
have no further means untii the following
week. Pondering this in her mind, it
occurred to ber how easy it would be to
obtain what she required at the shop whete
her master dealt, in the next street, if
s;ed for in his name ; she could pay for
the ribbon next week, and no cne would
be the wiser. Without allowing herself
lime to weigh the dishonesty of tho act
the put Iter plan in execution. She was
known at the haberdasher';:, and had no
difficulty in obtaining the ribbon ; So easy
did the process seem, that she was tempt
ed into taking a new pair of gloves and a
handkerchief for the neck to match the
ribbon, all of which were charged to the
account of Mr. Sharpe j whilst Emily left
the shop, thinking only of the happy mor
row evening, and the walk with her
cousin.
That evening -came, with a gorgeous
sunset and a mellow summer air. They
strolled through the parks, and passed the
most magnificent gardens ; but Emily had
heard and seen nothing but her cousin,
who had entertained her with such de
lightful stories of so many charming
places and people, that she was perfectly
amazed and disappointed when she found
herself back at the Sharpes' door, shaking
bands and bidding adieu her last to
Hugh. lie was to Eet out on the follow
ing day ft3r Germany ; and with many
protestations of regard and remembrance,
they parted be on his travels, and Bhe
on a journey she bad but little antici
pated. What could Mr. Sharpe want with her
in his library next morning early ! Alon,
seated at bia desk, with a more than
usual severe countenance he bade her
Close the doos, with a hard metallic echo
in his voice that made it sound like a
human gorfg. Flinging on the table the
fatal purchases of the day previous rib
bon, gloves and handkerchief the metal
voice inquired when he had given her au
thority to use his name at the haberdash
er's, and how many more swindling trans
actions of a like character she had been
concerned in. The wrong ehe hail com
mitted, tho offence against the law, work
ed out by her in that evil hour, came full,
and vividly, and painfully before her,
raagnified even beyond its proper propor
tion by her ignorance. Confusion gave
place to terror, vague and oppressive ;
and sinking into a chair, Bhe buried ' her
face in hef hands, and gave full vent to
her passion in a flood of tears. j
Mr. Sharpe being a very virtuous and
remarkably upright and good man in his
wavIelivered himself -of a long oration
upon tho depravity of human nature as
existing in the lower orders, and upon
the great necessity which existed for nip
pingio the bud every germ' of vice and
crime atuongst the said orders. He laid
some emphasis upon the duty which men
at the head 'of families, and of elevated
station like himself, for instance owed
to society in general, arid to themselves
and children in particular ; and although
Emily, amidst her tears and sorrows,
could undei stand but little of all this ha
rangue, ishe caught the sound of tho words
'felon" and "jail," and "msjesty of the
law."
Some people would have been weak
enough and fcilly enough to have sent tha
weeping girl to her room, with an injunc
tion as to her future conduct, tinder the
impression that justice would gladly have
connived at such an arrangement. lut,
then, how could the "majesty of the law"
have been upheld ! How was outragod
society to have been Vindicated ! True,
we had forgotten that. The hardware
blaster did not, however. His memory,
like his ware, was of an enduring kind ;
and be did not in this instance forget to
stand up fur the outraged grades of soci
ety against the criminal enormity before
him.
The childron cried a good deal ; Mrp,
Sharpe did not know what she should do;
and the rervants declared it was mon
strous when they learned that poor, pretty
little Emily had gone off in a cab to a
terrible prison. It so happened at that
very identical time the sessions were on,
and Mr. Serjeant Katn was in the very
thick of his very flourishing busines,
busily engaged in upholding the majesty
of the law. The widow waa not lonsi in
making her way to her poor child's side ;
and a S id scene was that of their meeting,
even for jailors and such stony people to
witness.
The terrible, dreaded day of trial came.
Emily was led into conn in a state of
hysterical terror.which Mr. Serjeant Ivain,
in the fullness of his judicial wisdom,
pronounced the very essence of hypocrisy.
Her mother remained as near to her as
she dared, whispering in her ear comfort
that she herself scarcely dared to feci.
Tbe process of hearing the case was not
by any means a tedious one, nnd might
have been quickly dispatched, had tha
bare facts been only gone into. IJut tho
learned Serjeant having been just previ
ously defrauded of two noted pick pock
ets, whom he had inwardly reckoned on
as his particular property, determined to
wreak his disappointed "majesty" upon
the next comer, which, unfortunately,
happened to be Emily.
There were no witnesses beyond the
tradesman and the master, and their story
Was soon told. The prisoner did not deny
the act of obtaining the goods under false
pretenses which was the charge and
would have said more, but was too terrN
fied. The foreman of the jury a mild
looking man, no doubt the father of a
family began to observe that the case
was scarcely euch a one as should have
been brought on, but was cut short rtnd
frowned down by tho setjeant, who ttem
bling for the safety of justice and the
legal majesty aforesaid, proceeded to sum
up the evidence not a very abstruse af
fair, one would suppose, lut Mr. Ser
jeant Kain worked it up so artistically,
judicially, and threw in such a heap of
horrors and monstrosities that the gentle
men of the jury scarcely recognized the
case. When people listened to the learn
ed ecrjeant's denunciation of serpents, and
vipers, and pests of society, aud at the
same time cast their eyes on the youthful
form and sorrowful face of the prisoner at
the bar, they must have thought it one of
the least venomous and dangerous speci
mens of the serpent tribe they had ever
read or heard of ; or Seen in picture-booka.
Hut Serjeant Kain was not the man to
be humbugged by crime, simply because
it cried when detected. He knew what
the world was made of ; and he main
tained that it was perfectly shocking to
see young women of her age, seventeen
years or more the widow shrieked out,
"scarcely fifteen ;" but Serjeant Kain
frowned her down very indignantly, as
though he did not know the prisoner's" age
better than her mother, and repeated with
emphasis, "seventeen" to see euch young
women so hardened in the practices of
vice j but the jury would of coursa do their
duty in fact, they had no choice in the
matter, for the creature had confessed her
guilt.
- Amidst the most profound and painful
silence in the court, the fatal word "guil
ty i" was pronounced ; but people breath
ed more freely as the foreman of the jury,
with trembling lips and moistened eyes,
added, "with a strong recommendation to
mercy!" Again the court was hushed,
and only the hysterical sobbing of the
prisoner was heard, whilst the Serjeant
proceeded to pass sentence : "Six months'
imprisonment, with hard labor!" The
foreman of the jury groaned and wept like
a child ; and there was scarcely a dry eye
beyond those of the prosecutor ard the
judge, as the prisoner the convict was
carried fainting from the court
The same evening, tho foreman sought
the prison in which poor Emily was con
fined. The keeper of the place had for
tunately a better heart than the judge,
and had seen the nature of the case at a
glanco. Risking all consequences, be had
conveyed the young prisoner to his own
room ; and when the juryman arrived, he
found her surroundedby kind friends and
i watchful nurses.
Early on the following day, the kind
juryman obtained nn instant interview
with the Secretary of State, who had no
sooner betrd an outline of the c.!8. than bs
determined wLat course to ad j t. There
wne no doubt in his mind ; and a '"free p.ir
dou" was nieLti.inpd as a matter of certainty,
greatly to the j .y of the kind heart! tote
man. He posted back, radiant w!th genuine de
l;ht,and reaching the governor's house, had
t;e pleasure of kissing pour weeping Emily.
He tried t rouse her frorh her lethargic stu
por by whispering tbe word Pardon!" but.
alas! it came too late. The majesty cf tbe
law had been too iuick nud p.tr.t for the
majesty of mercy; and though tbe broken
hearted girl rallied for a few miLf.tts, open
td btr eyes, and prouotioced the wrds :
?dother Hugh!" the strug-Ie between
life and death wa soon over.
S:ie was buried in the quitt village church
yard : every villager far and near followed
the sad procession to tbe grave, beaded by
the foreman aDd othfT of the jury. -
Reader, this is no idle fiction! no t-de of
fancy. Emily's green resticg-place may be
seen any day in that country burial-ground.
Rosec blossom on her early gravt , while the
serjrant still upbulda ths stern majesty of
the law.
TIic Child Voyagers who Escap
ed I lie Fire,
A Port Huron correspondent of the
Detroit Post says :
Ycu have already been told the story tf
tbe liit'e boat load of children, carried from
Rock Falls to Canada, and saved ia spite of
stoim, and hunger, and exposure. I saw
Mrs. Mann, ti e mother of these children,
who arrived here yesterday morning on board
the Huron. She had given up ail of them
for lost. But. mother like, though four were
awed, she mourned deeply for the lost cne.
who, half clad and shivering iu the cold
water in tbe bottom of tho boat, sailed away
upon an unknown and measureless sea, al
most in sigbt cf land and deliverence. There
were five children in that boat belonging to
Mrs. Manr; and four to the ownerof the b i
who took them away, making nine infant
voyagers who, f.r three d.ivs. without food
and drenched to the skin, floated across Lake
Huron in a boat which was kept from going
to the bottom by means of an old boot and
shoe, which were the only vessels f . r bailing
that these unfortunate travelers had on board.
The mothei's heart seemed deeply touched
and troubled because no last offices and lov
ing ministries ct u'd, in tbe nature of the
case, be paid to the litt'e one whose voyage ;
of lift was at once to brief and eventful.
Vhen these four children were put on a
tug at Kincardine, Ontario, to ba returned
to their parents, it struck a rock just as it
was getting uuder way, and went down.
The children were rescued and sent home
ward by the cars. They hive at last re.icbed
Tort Huron after adventures by field and
flood almost equal to O; hello's, and it is hoped
that they will arrive huire without farther
accident.
The experiences of children during these
disas'rous days, are worthy id a special e?sr.y,
if one had time to write it. Oae fs curious
to know how much they havo felt, seen and
realized, cf the danger and the hardship ;
whether it friadesuch an Impression on thofe
between two and five years, for example, that
tbey will always remember it. On the whole
they have been best cared for, for maternal
lore of the appra's of thir weakness to tbe
general pity have secured them comfcrt, shel
ter, care, and food when others have been
denied. The babe of Mrs. Shubert, t f Paris,
e-no of the PolUh settlers, was carried from
its burning home by its grandmother while
its mother stayed behind to fight the fire.
The graudmother was compelled to lie down
in a roadside ditch with 20 others, where
they passed the night, it being the only re
fuge from tbe flames. Tbe infant w as only
three months old and required nourish fncM.
Luckily the fire had driven a cow to seek
company and shelter with these human be
ings. A big tin pan was found in a wagon
and the animal was milked. Tbe baby's
aunt took tbe mushy compound which the
flying sand, cinders, and ashes mae of the
milk, into her mouth, and fed the child in
that original manner.
"Josn Billings on Fkf.e L-ve I btleaf
in fee fight, especially amur.g cats and dogs.
I beleaf in free rides on a gate. I hcleaf in
freedom cf every elive on arth. But fiee
dem that it don't do to liml er w ith. If thi
world wan a garden ov Edin and full ov
Adam and Evo, as they was when they us
fust launched, then I kan imagen it might
do for some other Adam to hold my Eve on
his lap, and talk about his afiinities and spir
itooal essence and play lamb. In tbem daze
there watrt no bnman nattrr, it was all God
natur. Human natur has bin soaked so
much sinse, it is too weak to bo trusfed in a
lot whar the seed is poor, next to a medd o,
without ranch fence between, or any poke
on. Free love wants more poke than any
other animal. I don't beleaf in total deprav
ity unless a man has a xh1 chance. Free
love is a good deal like drinking a six shil
ling gin for a bevridge. Bevridge is a Chi
nese word and means cussed ness. All the
free love I have ever witnessed tLos far, has
existed between a villainous letchor on one
fide and lunatic virtue on tho other side, that
has been deodorized out of i's truth, and ha3
lost aul ov its modesty and shame in buntin
after a condishun where sin ceased to be a
crime. Tho first free lover we have any ac
count cf was tha devil.
TlF.nE's yer oico roast chlck'n." cried an
aged colored man. as tho cars stopped at a
Virginia railroad station. ' Here's yer roait
chick'u 'n taters, all nice and hot," holding
his plate aloft and walking the platform.
"Where did yon get that chicken, uncle?"
asks a passenger. Uncle looks at the intru
der sharply, acd then turns away, cryiDg,
"Here's yer nice roast chick'n, gent'm'n,
all hot ; needn't go into de house for dat.
'Where did yo-i get that chicken ?" repeats
the inquisitive pastengcr. Lok-a yer."
savs uncle, speaking pri vately Ts you from
de N rf ?"- "'Yes." "Is you a friond of de
cullnd man?" "I hope I m." "Den
don't you ntbbcr ask m whar I got dak
chick'u. Here's yer nice roast chick'ri, all
hot !" -
Why are your nose and chin always at
variance? Became words are continually
passing between them.
A S 1I, S19 STORY.
Anotber Ineidcnt or the t'lilcfigo Flro.
The papers a" over the country ccntinua
to teem with accounts of and iijciilcnts con
nected with tbe gteat fire in Chicago. Nona
sadder, however, ha been told than that re
lated at the major's fiice in this city this
morning by a liitle boy. who says that both
bis fatber and mother prrisbd in the fi-imfFj
and that be himself barely cscspe-1 with bis
life. The little fellow, who is eleven ynts
of ge, says that bis name is CJer.rge Howard.
His father and mother lifed in New Yoik
until aboii t two months ago, when they re
moved to Chicago. Tl.re the father started
iu tbo merchant tailorirg butinos and was
getting along quite well when tbe great fire
started. Tbey lived on Randolph street, and
when they retired to bud on the Sf cond ir'ght
of tbe eoi.flanration. tbe fire virus cot within
a great distance of their house and there was
of cm se no fears entertained in that locality
cT the flames. George say he was aroused
from his sleep by the heat, and when he
opened his eyes found their building to ba
on fire and tbe windows already in flames:
lie jumped up. awakened bis father ar.d
mother and fold them tbe wiiolfl bouse wa3
on fire. The heat at this time w as intense,
and the little fellow managed to save himself
by jumping through one of tbe burning win
dows, which wa3 on the stcond utory, down
on to tbe pavement below. There he wait
ed, expecting his father and mother could
also escape by jumping fr m the windows.
But they were uever seen after wrd.. In less
lime almost than it (akes to toH it the build
ing was a crumbling mass. The next moru
ing, the little Allow slates, he found the
bones cf Lis father aiid mother lying under
the ruins.
Hs was now an orphan, and bavirglern
in Chicago but a month, knew no one. Tho
only relative he bad was au uncle, a trapper,
who e home was in St. Loni?, but when last
heard from was in Philadelphia, UtA he de
termined to make an effort to" get to him.
He came across a gentleman going to Phila
delphia, whose name he said was John Nel
son, and he agreed to pay bis fare on. They
took a train on tbe Erie railroad, and the
conductor, to whom he related bis story, took
pity on him and purchased him (I neat suit
of clothes. The little fellow, when he es
caped from the burning building, was in his
night-clothes, aud he had cbtaiued only suf
ficient thl clothing to cover himself.
When they arrived in Philadelphia George
found that bis uncle bad left but a short timo
previous for St. Louis. Mr. Ne'sn I; ft him
on Maiket street and told him to go np to
the Fenn?ylvani:i r lroad depot, relate hia
story to the officials and they would pass
him on to St. Louis. The little fellow went
to the depot, but they disbelieved bis story
and wouldn't give him a pass. He then
started to walk tow ard Harrisburg, expect
ing that he would come across Somebody
tliat conld sfr:d him to his destination. He
walked all the way from Philadelphia to
II irrisburg without getticg any assistance,
being ten days 6u the journey. He said that
he begged victuals at the farm hotises, and
slept in the woods at night. The latter, be
saiil, did not come very hard on him, as ho
once went with his uncle on a trapping ex
pedificn in Western Missouri, when he had
to camp out at night. Ho reached Harris
bnrg day before yesterday, when he got en
a freight train and stole a lide to Altoor.a.
There he related bis story to tbe railroad of
ficials", and Mr. A.J. Cassitl, general sujer
intsudent i f the road, provided him with st
pass to Pittsburgh, with instructions that
when he arrived here he should be turner",
over to ths relief committee cT the Chicago
fire fund, who, if they brlieTed his story to
be a true cne, could hava him sent on to his
destination. The boy arrived here this morn
ir g. and called at the mayor's fiice, where
he related Lis story as given above to Mayor
Brush and the relief committee.
Little George is a bright, intelligent lad.
and told his btory very smoothly. When
the names of his father nnd mother were
montioned. the tears carne into his eyrs.
The boy was closely questioned, wi'h a view
f seeing whether be was really telling the
truth or not, and he answered everything so
quickly and yet with sueh childlike simpli
city that todonbts were left tpon the minds
of his hearers that he was telling the truth.
Mr. M orhead, of the relief committee, h3
procured him a pass to St. Louis, and -a ill
provide him with means enough to see him
on there comfortably. The little fillow will
tart there this afternoon. He says Ids un
cle resides ore mile cut of St. Louis, ar.d
that he w ill have no difficulty in finding him.
as he was at his hoise at the time he starts!
with him ou the trapping expedition to
Western Missouri. Pittsburgh Leader, Oct.
28th.
. A Remarkable Si.f.f?eb Mary R. bin
son, aged 23. hearty looking, and wefghir.g
about one huudred and fifty pounds, lives in
Ricktown, a suberb of Reading. Last May
she had an attack cf varioloid ; ofier her re
covery she became dull and drowsy, and iri
tbe course cf several days this grew tqon
her until she sank into a sleep, w hich, con
tinued twenty eight days. After awakir:c,
she was attacked with severe pains, which1
wore off somewhat, but recently they return
ed with their former seveirty. She became
almost help'esji, unable to d any work, ami
Continually depressed Ij one form or another.
She has acute pain in her head at 3ll tinic.
yet she is patient, and bears her si:" ring
without complaint. Oa Monday she Bg:.in
became unconscious, and her sleep has every,
indication of being prolonged, as before. .
Generally her appetite ia good. She i com
paratively strong in her limbs, and other
wise perfectly healthy; yet this one singular
and unaccountable feeling'takes possess n f
her, and binds her down to sleep and keeps
her there for weeks.
A nkgro member of the Texas legisl i'nrc
was met upon the street with a large r ill of
greenbacks in his.hand, : lot kir g at ii.s pila
aud cackling so loud t! a 1 ? ttracfd tl.e
attention 'of a by-star.der, who said to him :
What are you laughing at, J" ?' Jim
replied : "You see dat- money V ' Yes."
Well. boss. I just got that for rry v 13.
le been bought f-ur or five times in my
life, but dis.is de fest timo I every1! do
cash myself." . . ' .
. ' Com is a f o'i's curtain which hides nil hh
defects from the world.