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HK IS A FREEMAN WHOM THE TRUTH MAKES FREE, AND ALL ARE SLAVES BESIDE.
Terms, $2 per jear In advance.
VOLUME G.
EBENSBURG, PA., SATURDA Y, JULY 13, 1872.
NUMBER 24.
fi iisiiti :
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ISEll'FIIUI IMS OLD STAND
I GOOD GOODS & GREAT BARGAINS
s 101: Till': keauy asii!
'I U VIN; become proprietors of Hie STOKE
? M !( ;ml .STOCK OK HOODS recently be-
l 1 -.i ir i 1 1 r to II. -A. Shoemaker & 0., aud having
.'4 un hM-il ui additional
STOCK OF NEW GOODS
I l UltKAT YAlll I.J'l',
I v c iin -now prepared to supply ull the old cu-
i -ii i.f the l.il: f i i-iai. and as many new ones
1 ... i.i iintroiiie us. w ith Goods of all kinds at
RICES FULLY AS LOW
,;.: i.iIht iien l.iiut iii or out of Cambria
It i
mtv : ami n ft int( iifl tn
i:i i. i:rn mvi:i.V lor c.tii
4
n.l riuki' in hud debts, we reel sure that our
, I. j.r;(! ii- prices will not only secure but
t.i.i; Iir ii-. ii liberal share of pati onugc.
f AHLY VISITS FROM ONE AND ALL
' f i. : e r ; etfnlly solieited, and if we fail to rcn
! ,. j i i.i ii i- sati.-lact ion, both as regards the qual
f i i't our goods it nd the prices asked for tliem,
r ':!! 1 1'i tniiily I.i' no fault of the new firm at
i ic .11 -land !' Shoemaker A Co., 1 1 ijfli street.
J ; i.n't lorp-et to call and we'll not forget to give
-5 i mi full value for juur monev.
i ' MYfiUS & LLOYD.
Kbeti.-luirg, Jan. lS'.I.-tf.
Ullli MOiiL!) fllALLEGED
1 hi ! mi m i; iis uitAi.1
'JWVI.Oli fc CO., of Altoona, are fasl
- paininx-nn en viable reputation as philan
thropists by introducing anions the ladies the
fMERICAN CHAMPION WASHER I
u only Washing Machine in the market that
in uo us worn perieci ly on an kiikis oi tioiu
1iif without the aid of a rubliiu- toanl.
It washes without rubbing, rolling or press
ing the clothes in any way, and hence without,
imv w curing of the fabric.
Jt will wash anything, from the finest lace to
the heaviest Vicil-fJuiH.
It will do the same work in a shorter time and
v iih less hit in- than any other Machine made.
Any I'lsoii desiring a Washing Machine can
1: im'h Champion W usher lak.ii to their resi
lience and tested, when, if not satisfactory, it
will be taken avay without cost to tliem.
O ) N V I X C IX (I 1 EST I MO X V.
I Messrs. Tayi.oh & d).Orntn: Your Ameri
;:n Champion Washer has been in use at my
1. ! 1 hmg enough to convince us that it is all,
Ji i luin.s to be. It save two-thirds of the labor
ai,'l time and does the work us well as it ct;i be
U'mii- t hand. We would not be w it loot it for
ti..i.i.i.-ns i-o-t. uiknuy Foster,
r.t.cisst'iii. March SU, "ii. Cumbria House,
-.' J i:"M:iiiiifiictured and sold by Ta YI.OK & Co.
'I Helftli Street. Altooiin, and for sale
fc v. euthuxoek,
. .Win-, h L-rj, 1872.-3111. Main St., Ebensburg.
(.'KO. C.K.ZAI1M,
1 lEAI.El!S IN
DRY GOODS,
INOTIONS, GROCERIES,
1 HARDWARE, QUEENSWARE,
SUITS, CAPS, BOOTS, SHOES,
.NI ALL OTHER ARTICLES GEXER
j ALLY KEPT IN A COUNTRY STORE.
1
j WOOL AND COUNTRY IMfODUCE
' TAKKN IX IXCI1AXOK TOB O'JODS.
. Store on South Side of Main Street,
i:beiisbui pr, ln.
" JKMOVAL and EN LA KG EM LN T.
1 COOKING STOVES,
HEATING STOVES.
TIN, COPPER & SHEET-IUON WARE
Having recently taken possession tif the new
' ly titled up ami commodious building on High
, Mrcct. two doors east of the Kank and nearly
opposite the Mountarn House, the subscriber is
l etter prepared than ever to manufacture all
( rtieles in the TIN, COPPER and SHEET- HON
iV.'.VIIK line, all of which will be furnished to
I bu ers at the very lowest living prices,
i The subscriber also proposes to keep a full
t oi'l varied assortment of
fCcekiug, Parlor and Heating Stoves
f of the most approved designs,
i ;?r sroi TIN(; and KOOFINii madetoordcr
nil WHi'i-:intd perfect in manufacture and ma
t rml. I.ICI'A 1IUN( promptly attended to.
" All work done l.v me will be done right and
t" f or t. tiiis. and all STOVF.S and WAKE sold
by iin-1 an be b--niled upon as to quality and
fciiiin.t be undersold in price. A continuance
ami ini-iTiiM-. ,t patronage is respectfully solici
ted, and no effort will be wanting to render cn
tue satisfaction u all
Jv, , , V Al.I.TE LUTIIIXGER.
-'l-beiisbiirg. Oct. l;l, h7n.-tf.
mmi HBffME EMPORIIM.
. WM. P. PATTON,
Munufaeturer mirt Dealer lix
i ALL KINDS OF
CABINET FURNITURE
A os. 150 and I"J2 Clinton Street,
joj.vsroir.v, pa.
I'lii-'aus,
ll.-cKteads,
a-listands,
'-i'iiboarils.
Cane Chairs.
Wood Seat Chsirs,
Kitchen Furniture,
lUd Iounges,
Mattressem
Tete-a-'l'etes,
Extension Tables,
Dining Tables,
Cupboards.
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' haul her Sets,
I'm lor Sets,
Wardrobes,
!!oik Cases,
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arc, ice, tec, Ac., ic.
EVKRV lESCRIPTlo OF
SCHOOL AND HALL FURNITURE
'iinle to order in excellent st.e and at low
I rices, t abinet and hairmukers' materials of
"I! kinns for sale. Furniture delivered at any
l'"int in Johnstown or at Railroad Station free
extra charge. WJ. p. PATTON.
Johnstown, Oct. 13, 18T0.-tf.
CHEAP orrn GOODS
GOODS! CHEAP!
H K undersijrned would announce to his Ta-
tr'tllS Ami t ti V.iit. lis. .v.... 1 I that lw liiifi
li 'ii ,!'r"'-'-",vwI a lrgo ami elegant stock of
"'Mr, SHOES, GAITKKS,
IKAs .lv.r.$ltr.! : "ATS, CAPS, SC.,
I , ' irt r.jv. I OAKS,
Top u ... SVRUPS. SPICES, SOAPS, Sec. ;
M'AC(T), CIO A KS. SN V Fh-S,
ML f P'-HI" EMERIES. NOTION'S, 4c;
L- A MPS, I. A M P FIX T CUES.
t ( :'if . M i'o i ii i t-iiinMi uihirpmir ciori'
, .-'-tiititU .-V '' with a fiillund well selected
! ,ii ,.m . ! hifV i;oolS, DHKS.s (iOODS,
i . V i.'iuHS. NOTIONS, HOOTS, SIIOKS,
1 iiT- i l. I o'HIIN;, CAl.TKTS. Kl ItM
i ' ,; i Mi. ( l.n'lllS. Ol KK.NSW.UtK, SKO-
.1 , i V.-. VI .I'l l:. IIACON, FISH, SALT. TO
'i !;.. i t..l mid nil other articles, la rye
a ! i -.1 i " i ti If. found in imv Klnrr. tf lil.
"'. , 2, ? Ktnt? al. varietr of other goods. Cull
und bee the bargains 1 am offering.
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Contains Biographies of Drew. Vnderbilt,
fJouid. Tweed, Ac, with a financial history of
the count rv for the last three years, and what
(ram knew about " I5I.A li I'klUAV."
Over 500 pages. Price $2. Address
New York liOUK CO., 115 Nassau St.,;Xew York.
KANSAS REGISTERED BONDS
Sale and Profitable Investment lionds. Some
of the wealtbiest counties in KANSAS Allen,
Anderson, Kranklin.Johnsou and UnuglasCoun
ties. Registered bj" t he State of Kansas. Inter
est ami principal paid by the State Treasurer.
The IJotids pav 7 per cent, interest, and are ov er
three years old, tile coupons having been always
reuul.nly and promptly paid. For statistics
und information, address SAM'L A. G A i'LOKD
& CO., 3c Wall St., X. Y. City.
NO MORE RUBBING!
lll'Y ONE OF
STOlVE'a FOIIWTAriM WASHERS.
iicinii rirp, ri..w. r"j w. ct rtj., uj Arm
t., rUiladclphla, Pa. Snnd for Circular.
REWARD
Foranycmseof Blind,
Uleeding, Itching of
IToerated Pilesthatle
IHny'it I'ilrliemedit fails
to cure. It is prepared
cxnresslv to cure the
Piles, and nothing else. Sold by all Druggists.
Price, 1.(10.
Wlien the Uluuii 1,ii1ph with rocket
like violence to the head, causing hot flushes,
vertigo and diiniv.ss of sight, it is a certain
sign that, a mild, salubrious, cooling and equal
iv.iiiyr luxaiivt. is rc4iiired, and Taiiiunt's Kk
VKKVKwcr.NT Ski.tzlu AptiUEKT should be at
ouce resorted to.
SOLD HY A1I. DltUOGISTS.
A1KTS WrnilMl, Agents make more inon
cy at work for us than anything else. Ilusi
ness" light and permanent. Particulars free.
G. Sn.so.v A: Co., lnc 4.i t I'ulilishtrs, Port
ia nil, at n e.
TT n riAXOtO., X.Y. Vrlee,
: $290
U . O. .o AsriiN, Circulars free.
OltGAXIC f.WV UV Till: fHEXKS-Conditions
which impair vitality positive and
negative elcclricity- proof that life is evolved
without union effect of tobacco influence of
fish und phosphoric diet modern treatment of
pelvic diseases, stricture and varicocele, and
urrest of development ; ten lectures to his pri
vate surgical diss, by EDWARD H. DIXON,
M. D., 4i Fifth Avenue, N. Y.; M pages. 25 cents.
'Every line from the pen or Dr.Dixon isof great
value to t hew hole buuiau ruceS'-HitraceUreeleu.
Giir..r mrDiciii book or useful
knowledge toall. Sent free for two stamps.
AddreM Dr. IIoxapabte & Co., Cincinnati, W.
STATEMENT of the Auditors' Settle
ment with the School Board of Susquehan
na township, Cambria county :
S. J. Luther. C;Uccltr, Dn; .
To amount of Duplicate
t'R.
By am't p'd John Bearer. Treas'r,.503.53
" Tax returned to Co. Coin'rs W.jt
Exonerations 31.42
Commission tf.tii C4j.91
Bdlance due District from Collector. ... H7-52
Jons nEiREit, Treasurer, .,,IVR-
To State Appropriation fllO,8
John M. Weaklen, late Collector,. 544.49
John Bearer, late Collector L.io-o n
S.J. Luther, late Collator 50UiiJ-l73.C3
By Orders paid
" Commission 4.51-1328.38
Balance due Treasurer from District. . .
We, the undersigned, do certify that we have
examined the abov e accounts, and find theui as
above stated.
S.J. LUTHER. 1
JOHN SOMEKVILLE, Auditor.
P. W. HELFKICK, )
Attest : John Buabi-K, Clerk. lB-22.t.
PETITION for INCOKPOKATION
In the Court of Common Pleas of Cam
bria County, No. 4. September Term, 1872. Pe
tition for the Incorporation of the Gehmania
Ui'ii.niNUANb Savings Association of Johns
town. And now, June 3, 1872, Petition read and Ar
ticles of Association perused and examiued,
which appearing to bo lawful and not Injurious
to the community, are directed to be tiled and
notice or application for a Charter of Incorpo
ration be given by publication for three suc
cessive weeks in one of the newspapers of the
county. By the Court.
J. K. HITE. Prothonotsry.
rrothy'a Office, Ebensburg, JuueUi, 187:-.-3t.
WILLIAM KIT! ELL, Attorney-at-L
aw. Ebensburg. Pa. Office in Colo
nadc ISow, Ceatra street. LJ-m-CO.-tf.
3
Little birds sit on the telejrraph wires,
And chitter and flitter, and fold their wing's ;
Maybe they think that for them and their aires
Stretched always, on purpose, those wonder
ful string-s ;
And perhaps the thought that the Word inspired
Did plan for birds, among other thing's.
I Little birds sit on the slender lines,
And the news of the world run under their
feet;
IIow value rises, and how declines.
How Kloff8 with their armies in battle meet ;
And all the while, 'mid the soundless signs.
They chirp their small gossippings, foolish
sweet. Little things light on the lines of our lives
The hopes and joys and acts of to-day
And we think that for these the Lord contrives,
Nor catch what the lightnings say.
Yet from end to end His meaning arrives.
And His Word runs underneath all the way.
Is life only wires and lightnings then,
Apart from that which about it clings?
Are the thoughts and the works and the prayers
of men
Only sparrows that light on God's telegraph
strings.
Holding a moment and gone again?
Nay 1 he planhed for the birds, with the larger
things.
THE LIVIXM DEAD.
We are surrounded by the living dead
Men whose whole lives seem purposeless and
vain.
They're bubbles In thf air.htisks 'mid thegrain.
Mere walking flesh-piles without heart or head.
They're dead as those on whose old graves we
tread.
Long years companioned with the fiesh-fut
worm.
To show they're men, they've nothing but the
form.
They are not worth their daily meat and bread.
The marvels of creation move them not;
As well preach God unto a flesh less skull.
Surrouuded by the grand and beautiful.
They're cold as icy stone of mossy grot.
Their life's a dream, a festering in the sun.
Snatched from this working earth, who'd miss
them? None I
ON A CONSTRUCTION TRAIN.
in the old country I Ley wouIJ cull me
a navvy ; here, they cull me a railroad
hand, and a good one at that, though I
say it. I left a fine job on the Erie roid,
last spring, t go down to Decatur, Illi
nois, where there was a chance for me to
boss a construction train on the Toledo,
Wabash and Western line.
Now, as everybody knows, the Toledo,
Wabash and Western runs through liar
ristown, which is a few miles frjm De
catur. Belle Carroll lived at Harristown,
and it was because she lived there that 1
left the job on the Erie rod.
A man called Saii h was master of the
line between Decatur and Danville. I
broke (or him as soon as I stepped off
the cars, and showed him my recommen
dations. He was well enough satisfied
with my papers and my appearance
you can see for yourselt that I look as
if I knew what work was and he put
me on right away. lie even took the
trouble to introduce me to the engineer,
who was a young fellow called Joe Hand
ley
Now, I can't say that I didn't like Joe
from the start, because I really thought
him as good as they make them down
here I mean railroad men, of couise
but I can say that 1 did not like his eyes.
They hadn't a cast in them, mind ; and
there wasn't by any means a bad express
ion in them.
The whiles of his eyes were like wet
china, and the pupils were hazel. You'd
kave called them handsome ejes. What
wa the matter with tbem, then ! I'll
tell you. They ware brighter titan tny
eyes I ever saw before iu man or woman ;
they were never still ; and ever' now and
then they seemed to swell and start in
their sockets, as if they were going to
drop out altogether.
Otherwise, you couldn't find a flaw in
him, lor he was curly-headed, fretsh
complexioned, good-looking, and clean
limbed.
As I was a stranger in the place, Joe
volunteered to help me get a gang to
gether. We went to all the cheap boarding
houses and beer saUons, where railroad
men most do congregate, and in two or
three hours I had engaged twenty-four
Dutch and Irish hands, all good msn, in
respect of work, to all appearance ; and
I had resolved, in my own mind, to keep
out of Joe Ilandley'a company as much
as possible from that eight. Not on ac
couut of his dancing, shining eyes, mind;
but because he drank like a fish, seemed
desperately fond of cards, and squandered
his money as if there were piles of it in
every gutter.
Jiefore I knew Belle Carroll, I shouldn't
have found tault with him on account of
his prodigality, for I had been as foolish
with my time and money as ever he was,
perhaps ; but, you see, since Belle Car
roll's eyes had cast a beam of light across
my soul, so that I could see what 1 was,
I bad tried to become what I ought to be.
1 left off drinking, only taking a nip
when wet through, or when aching with
cold ; 1 set a guard on my lips, for fear
bad language might slip through ; and I
was like a miser with my month's wages,
for I bad sober thoughts of a home of my
own, and little ones to make it heaven.
1 had to pay in my turn that night,
though, nd drink in my turn, too, when
I couldn't throw the whisky down on
the floor without being seen ; for it was
necessary to keep well with my engineer;
and if he had discovered any backdown
in my good-fellowship, he wne just tU
sort of man to pick a quarrel there and
then
There was a good deal of ditching to
be done about Ed wardville, and grad
ing about Ilillsbro', and track raising all
ver, west, and as far down as St. Louis.
This gave me no chance to see Belle
Carroll, and I was getting low spirited
to such an extent that 1 would hare
jumped the job for a cent, when, run
ning into Decatur one December night,
I got orders from Smith to finish oil a
deep cutting, a mile and a half below
Han istown.
1 crossed the Sangamon Hirer the
next morning in h?g"b spiirts, I tell you.
The flat cars were on the switch at Har
ristown, so I left Joe ta hook on the ca
boose and engine, while I walked down
with the men to the cutting, looking this
way and that behind me for Belle j but
no Belle did I see.
There was plenty of work there for
weeks, I saw at a glance, and I was
mighty glad of it. The face of the em
baukment had to come off for half a
mile, and a good deal of earth had to
come out of the base on each side for a
mile or more.
1 set the men to work, and walked up
and down the track, to keep myselt
warm, until Joe brought the flat cars
down.
Joe was very fond of practical jokes,
and some of the men bore bicu a grudge
on that score. 1 believe there wasn't a
man out of the twenty-four, indeed, that
didn't dislike him.
They got along well eoough with me,
for it was company work, you know ;
and besides that, 1 was thinking of Belle
Carroll all the time, aud I couldn't have
been hard on the biggest loafer that ever
handled a pick.
But I'm forgetting Joe Hundley and
his practical jukes. Well, sir, he played
off one on his fuemati a mere slip of a
boy that mudd me begin to think he was
crazy.
They were both on the top of the em
bankment, which was very high and
very eteep. 1 was standing in the cat
boose, looking up at them, wondering
What on earth made Joe lauh so wildly
at nothing, whet, alt at once Joe gave the
fireman a powerful shove down the slope !
It was the maddest thing I ever saw
done as a joke, for thi chances were fifty
to one in favor of broken bones, or death
outright, as a man with half an eye could
see. Why, my heart was in my mouth.
Fortunately, the lad, afler pitching for
ward, got his legs straight under him
somehow or other, and came down, fright
ened and angry.
He got into the caboose and swore he
wouldn't fire another time for Joe Hand
ley.
Joe set up a loud, qieer laugh ; and,
upon my word, 1 thought his dancing,
glistening eyes would shoot clean out of
his Lead.
"Ljrd!" thought I to myself, "if 1
was the company, I wouldn't have such
a pair of eyes behind an engine of mine !"
but, you see, 1 wanted to ask a favor of
Joe, so I didu't tell him what 1 thought
The passenger train from the West
ran into Decatur at half-past eleven in
the morning, and we had to back to the
switch at llarri&town, in order to let it
pass.
"Joe," said I, as he let on the stream,
"I'll want you to stay a bit for me in
Harristown. 1 wish to make a visit.
The men Lave plenty of picking to do,
before they'll want the licit cats."
"All right," said he, readily. I ll
wait as long as you like. Is ibere a pet
ticoat in it, Bill !"
Now, 1 hadn't made a confidant of
Joe. 1 don't think 1 could have brought
myself to do it for money, unless he had
put a green shade over those dreadful
eyes ; and even then, if he had laughed
just one of bis queer laughs, I'd have
stopped dead short, and smashed his face
10 a pulp, so help me.
"Petticoats be hanged," said I. "I've
business of another sort to attend to.
I left bim at the switch, and set out for
Carrol.'e house.
Belle was making biscuit in the kitch
en, and 1 caught her in her oldest dress,
up to the elbows in dough. You can
gue&s how glad she was to see me, and
how she welcomed me, when I test 1 yon
that there was fljur all over the back, of
my coat, and you could pick lumps of
dougb out of my beard, two minutes after
I passed the kitchen window.
Time travelled like lightning, I tell
you, for I succeeded in making her name
the day, and the old man gave me his
blessing, and the old woman kissed me,
and begged me to be good to her child ;
and Belle cried, and 1 cried for company.
I was very happy, till 1 bethought me wf
the bright eycB that were dancing up and
down the track in que6t of me.
I took my leave of the old couple, and
Belle went to the garden gate with me, to
make the parting easier, 6be said.
I was looking down into her dear eyes,
seeing there all sorts of joys in store for
me, when a little start of hers made me
look up, and there, leaning over the gate,
was Joe Handley ! m
I nearly jumped out of. my boots, I
wasn't afraid of the man, mind you, so
far as a fair stand-up fight weut ; but I
never caught the gleam of his eyes on
! mine without feeling cold in my spine.
"What a liar jou are, Bill," said he,
with one of his queer laughs. " "There is
a petticoat in" it; after all."
I couldn't speak. If I had opened my
mouth, I should have struck him.
"So, that' the favored one, Miss
Belle ?" paid he, pointing at ma with his
thumb.
Belle was greatly pet out. She was
red and pale by turns, and pressed close
against me for protection.
"I told you that I was engaged, Mr.
Handley," she said. "And I'm su:e I
never gave you any encouragement,"
"Well, there's more fi9h in the sea," he
returned, and went back to the engine,
roaring with laughter.
Belle told me that she had met hftn at
a ball in Decatur, and be had beset her
ever since. She prayed me not to quatrel
with him, and i pacified her the best way
I could with promises.
"Joe," Baid I, as we ran down to the
cutting, "I Dever thought of your being
my rival."
Faith," said he, "I never put you and
Belle Carroll together in my thoughts be
fore to Jay."
"You bear no malice ?" I asked, offer
ing him my hand, for Belle's sake.
'What would I bear malice for ?" he
returned. " 'If she be not fair for me,
what care I for whom she beT' "
But ho pretended not to see my hand,
so 1 drew it back, and was an;ry with
myself for offering it.
I was nervous all that afternoon for the
first time in my life, 1 believe. 1 don't
know that 1 had any positive-2 what do
you call it? presentiment of evil ; but I
was uncomfortable, and altogether unlike
myself
Joe staid in the tender all day, and
whistled. He was the best whistler I
ever beard, and the men used to stop
picking, to listen to him.
The day wore away painfully. We got
a good load on the flat cars, and dumped
the dirt two miles futther down, on a
road that crossed the track. By that
time, it was nearly dark, and I gate the
word for Decatur.
At Harristown we stopped, to get the
engine before the caboose, and take on
a dozen twenty-four foot rails. The men
threw up the last rail just as the first
flakes of a terrific snow sturm fell around
us. Then they jumped into the caboose,
where there was a good fire.
I waved my lantern above my head to
Joe, and otf we started.
I was talking with the fireman, who
was sti'l 6ulky, and determined to de
mand his discbarge, when a remark of
on 3 of the Irishmen called my attention to
the fact that we were travelling at a much
faster rate than ordinary. In a few
seconds, the caboose, which was a con
demned freight car, as old as the line
itself, commenced to jump off the rails,
and bump down oo them again, in an
alarming manner. There was no weight
on it to keep it steady, you see, and we
were going at a rate far beyond regulation
speed.
Faster and faster we went, and the
caboose swayed from side to side, and
bumped and j imped more and more!
The men got frightened, and struggled
from tkeir seats, with their eyes on me,
questioning v, and then fell back again,
because they couldn't keep their feet.
"TLai barn divil means to murder yez
all !' cried an Irishman, wiping the sweat
of fear from his forehead.
All this time I thojght Joe was playing
off one of his mad practical jokes on us,
and I was shaking with rage.
'He'll never drive that engine again !"
I said, as I gained my teet.
I pushed back the s!iJing-door, and
Swung myself out ao that 1 could nee the
light in the tender. The wind was blow
ing a gale, and the snow.blinded me. I got
a better idea of the pace at which we were
going, looking out, and fear crept into my
heart as I estimated the danger.
I swung the lantern, low down, back
ward and forward, and shouted out at the
top of my voice.
Joe answered with a shrill laugh that
rose above the howling wind, and I felt
the caboose leap under me and come down
with a sickening crash. 1 knew that be
bad let on more steam, and that the trick
he whs playing us was one of those prac
tical jokes that Satan delights in ! It
meant murder !
We were about seven miles from the
Sangamon, which is crossed by trestle
work, forty rods or more in length, over
which no train is allowed to pass faster
than a man can walk.
I knew perfectly well that the caboose
would never go over that elastic bridge at
the rate of twenty miles an hour, let alone
sixty, the pace at which Joe was driving
us then ; and I felt as sure that he meant
to keep the throttle-valve open till he
smashed us, as I was that I'd cut a poor
figure before my Maker, if called away
that night.
I thought of my gray haired old mother,
knitting stockings for me by the fire-side
in Toledo; I thought of Belle, so beautiful
and good, and happy-; and I thought how
nice it would be to have Joe down under
me on the floor of the caboose to have
my knee on the pit of Lis stomach, and
my hands on his throat.
There was a panic among the men,
Some of them were swearidg, and some
were praying. Two or three hung on my
coat as 1 swung the lantern mechanically
to and fro outside, and implored me to
save them. .
"Men," eaid I, turning round, and set
ting down the lantern, "there's a raving
madman on- that engine, and he means
to have our lives There't one chance
for us, and I'm going to try it- If I can
reach the locomotive, and choke the life
out of him, we may be saved yet !''
It was a desperate risk. If I hadn't
had an old mothe, and there batf been no
Belle to think of, 1 don't believe I ouould
have had the courage to take it. To get
o the engine, 1 had to climb to the top of
the caboose, cross a Corner of the loof, go
down the ladder in front, and jump over
the couplings. It was eay enougli tc gel
to the top of the cfcr, in spite of its violent
motion, of the fierce wind snd blinding
snoW, because there wefe rungs for the
purpose; but crossing the roof was another
matter.
I threw myself on my stomach, and
crawled forward, sliding this way and
that with the fearful swaying. If ever I
prayed in my life, I did then, you bet, for
I had nothing to take hold of but the
Lord's m3rcy,till I made a desperate clutch
at the brake, and caught it, ji3t as the
caboose gave a jump that threw me boldily
off the roof. Then I swung myself over,
and went down the ladder.
Leaping on the tetidef was another
sickening risk : but it was a matter of life
and death, and I dared not hesitate, so I
jumped blindly forward, and caught the
knob of the cab-door by tbe merest chance.
Joe had hi.a back turned toward raQ.
IIj was watching the indicator, and whist
ling like mad. I hoped to spring on him
I uuawaies t but he heard me open the
i . i . i -i i i .
aoor, anu turneu who a wuu uowi, mat
rhiga in my cars yet. I got one blow at
him ttiat covered his face with blood, and
then we closed.
You say that I am a strong man, I am
Btrong Stronger than any man I ever
compared arms with but I needed all my
strength in that tunsel He was no chicken
himself, and he had madaeps to help him.
My only chance was to tun or kill
him, and I had only a. few seconds to do
it in. The worst of it was, I had uo
weapon. He carried an unopened clafp
knife in his hand. I wrenched this from
him, aud struck him on the temple with
the butt end of it The blow partially
stunned bim, and I followed it with a
d.z3n more, that laid him senseless in the
corner.
You can make up your mind that it
wasn't long before I choked off ihe ihrol-tle-vulve,
and reversed the steam. As
sovn as that was done, I got a good kick
at Joe's head, to make sure of him ; ami
then I shouted to the men, to let them
know that we were saved.
It Feeined an age before the fpeed di
minished, but sensibly slower it became,
at last ; and the men recovering their
courage, swarmed out, and put Ihe brakes
on, j'ist as we came to the trestle-work
They wanted to kill Joe ; but I was
cool blooded as Boon as the danger was
over, and I wouldn't let them. We bound
him, and carried him over to Smith's ollice,
as soon as we got to Decatur He was
ravins mad, foamed at the mouth, and
talked the wildest stuff.
There was a trial, and he was eenl to
the asylum at Jackson.
The company tinJ the Decatur papers
complimented me highly. I sent the pa
pers to my old mother, and if you'll be
lieve me, she spells out the compliments
every night of her life afler supper, and
cries over them with ptide.
But the compliment I was most proud
of myself, were these I got from Belle's
lips. She's my wife now Thai's my
story, sir. Chimney Corner.
"Dat Ish Goot." As a gentleman
from Now York was taking a lusa of
wine at the St. Louis, corner of Freeman
and Hopkins streets, Cincinnati, a short
time since, he observed at another table,
seated with several other?, a German who
seemed uneasy and anxious, as if there
might have been a Franco-l'russian dis
turbance between his beer and himself.
Presently in ran a little girl her fate radi
ant with smiles, exclaiming
"Oh, father ! we've got a little baby at
home."
"Dat ish goot," said the Dutchman, as
tbe anxiety disappeared from bis counte
nance, "fill up the glasses.
Not many minutes elapsed before in
rushed tbe little girl again with the an
nouncement Oh, father, we've got tico littl&boys at
home !"
The Dutchman looked a good deal as
tonished and not at all gratified at this little
family redundancy, but rising at length to
the magnitude of the occasion, he said
"Veil, den, dat ish also goot, Fill Up
der glasses.
In a few minutes again appeared the
radiant messonger, with the astounding
proclamation
. "Ob, father, we've got three little ley
at home !"
This was too much even for Teutonic
impossibilities.
Veil, den," says he, " J go's vp der
and stors deh wholk tam fisineA."
I oncb knew an industrious boy whose
parents were poor but honest. lie had a
wart on his nose and a sore foot : but,
nothing daunted, he worked with a dcier
tarnation and a will, backed by persever
ance and energy, aud nobly fought bi way
along, surmounting every obstacle. Mark
the result. Last week 1 met him for the
first time in ten years, and that little boy
who bean life only ten t-hott years ago
, without a ccctf hasn't earned a cent yet.
Tllfc Frozen Heart, or Juries aud
Injuries.
A TALE OF THE TIMES.
CI1 AfTEE I. UNRrQCITKO T.OYE.
'Twas leap year. Olivia D Eningef
sat. on an elegant faubnl adorned with
ihe family chtvaux de ftise, a poinard, or
a field gules, with the chaste motto "pan.
i-:s a moi." Oat heroine was sad. Her
life wat blighted by a union to one who
could not understand and smpathiie with
her finer nature. She sighed for an aflia-"lt7-
The door bell rang. She looked up
listlessly at the entrance of a manly form.
It was that of her family physician, Dr.
l'illsbury. A strange magnetic chord itf
her susceptible heart thrilled at his ap
oonch. Here was & being whom frho
could loe.
Or hate 1
Madame, 1 call to inquire after my
patient my friend, D Erringer "
Olivia drew herbelf up to her full height
and Mushed an elegant glance.
'Sir, can'st minister to a mind dis
eased r
"I beg your pardon, but "'
She interrupted Lira with a meaning
gesture ; then melting in all womanly ten-
derness, she fell upon his neck and said :
Doctor Pillsbury, oh, dear Doctor
Pillhbury, I know what you would say.
"Tienoughi You love me. I am thine."
"But, madame, I assure you think
for a moment my frienJ D'Erringer "
Olivia touched a bell. An obsequious
servant appeared, Olivia opened her ft
ttairet took out a vial and handed it to
the servant with a significant gesture in
the direction of the invalid's chamber.
CHAPTKU II. SCORSKI).
Olivia waited in silence the menial's
return He came and said with a bow :
"Madame, 'tis done."
Enough, itifoim the undertaker."
Turning to her guast with a winning
smile she said:
Dear Doctor l'illsbury, the ffpas treo
of our enjoyment has fallen- Be mine.'
Dr. l'illsbory was cotrfoundod for a
moment, then replied ;
'There is my wife."
Olivia frowned darkly.
' Man, are there not divorce cotfrts f
she hissed rather than epoke.-
"But my childreu," he feebly remofM
strated.
Olivia smiled scornfully.
"AnJ you call yourself a doctor," she
said contemptaously.
"But," urged the unfeeling wrAtch,
"here issume misconception. I donot "
"Ha! then you love another?"
"I must confess that "
"Enough I" 4he shrieked. "Vile di
pembler, you would crush a loving bosom I
You would trifle with- a eentle heart 1"
She drew a condensed navy of elegant work
manship. "1 go to an early grave, bat
not unavenged Die, vilhan!"
He died.
CHAT. lit.
A coroner's j Jiy sat on the (wo sets of
rem iin?. They brought in a verdict of
murder againtit Olivia.
She smiled calmly, and with womanly
tact invited the jiry to lunch.
She waited on them with outward com
posure, but with an aching heart. The
obsequious servant waited on them also.
Then the myrter went to her dungeon.
Tbe jury died that day simultaneously
of a peculiar diseas-i Unfeeling calumny
pointed the finger of suspicion at our he
roine, She smiled calmly.
cHaP v.
A miscreant who had read the news
papers was expelled from the jury box A
diuble dyed wretch who could not tell
black from white, was also put out.
Three dark and bloody desperadoes who
pleaded guilty of common sense, wers
also excluded.
Twelve sympathetic idiots, duly proven
to know nothing of the case, and to be
incapable of forming an opinion about
anything, were selected.
A bully fur the defence.
A "chivalrous gentleman" for the proa
ecu t ion.
A martyr in the dock.
An owl on the bench.
Two rival doctors testifying as lo causa1
of demise.
A lunacy commissioner to prove tbat
the crime was insanity.
An audience lo correspond.
Some money.
Keault a vordict of j-jstiflcd ecconlric
ity. The crowd cheered;
Olivia fainted.
She had fourteen offers of marriage and
sixty engagements to lecture, before leav
ing the dock.
iler counsel called next day with h4
bill;
'
The bar passed resolutions of respect
to his memory.
ciiAr. V. . ,
But Olivia is unhappy. She feels a
void in her life, as unfilled mission. The
widow of tHe false Doctor .Pillsbury is
gon-. She fled with Lor offspring to
distant land.
Olivia would fajn avenge ber wrong
but cannot. Her heart is frozen.
MORAL.
Never put off a mora!.'
GRASSiiorpt-KS five inches in tongtbaro
taking the stuuif in WUCousio.
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