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A. MoPlKE, Editor and Publisher.
nS M A FRGEUAK WHOM THE TRUTH MAKES FUCK, 1XD ALL A UK SLAV 13 BEKIIHl."
Terms, 5?2 per year, In advenco.
VOLUME VI.
EBENSBUKG, PA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1S73.
NUMBER 50.
T
j V VEKT1SEMEXTS.
. Ueatscombinationj
4 T .p.v U-.t business opportunity ever
s- r.l" is to be found in au Ageucy
T IVr -nkinx subscriptions to
L,ty (TAHD Ij;K E C HE K 8
Family Newsnpir, with
",, ,;,( the largcstjan.1 bot Prejui
L ,11 , vi r offered, the new and exquisite
, m yi: i:CJl OLEOGltAEU
'" L4i-h 'i.raiia o"V ujirc me
. .-i-cs of French Art-printing- In oils
:i .' il-Wirmno.) We also iri ve the
J0',,., n.irnf Genuine French Oil I'hro-
nT. reriai laics Djr worlil-
,tliiiM.I- M
Alcott, Edward Egglcslon,
u -wlirr "w , niiu iiriiuuui
iwT t:..,tr.tted Hitl iduu A'timhr and
jnitnrs
tt'sstory raea. The most
: ' itfcnt made SOO in 3 months; an
" ' win 36.v: soother fM.iO In one week;
,' ,",,. .inv.a""' many olheis from 5
.i.i moihT'I"-'- ThiAyear our offers are
J,,w7!rth'Mronilunia. Th B SOBSCRI-
"ZfTHtM WHKN HK PATS his Subscription.
, nAVEXT8 WASTED!
t Oitrrnt im-n ttn.l women wanted every
' -'J T' tf1 fc'""'1 territory, jriuirJ a
i'fi f'T circulnrnnd tcrma. J. K.
4 n) . N Vork : lolon, Mass.; Chioa-
! 5nu FrsiH'iwo, '!.
- fount, winti'd! JiiJt nut! A p-plendld now
Objrt: hrist l!lcin(r Little ('hildrea."
iwiMi'"' S"nif-iilb k-unted Tor our lanff
fi the ' l nitf.l Slott-s,-'' with immense
.t.-iil" Map n ri-vri w: side. Our Maps and
-trlttn lll-?lr'.
V tIS A l.rilltWHT. Empire Mspnnd Chart
IIM.mini. IrtT Liberty tr-ft. New Vork.
$tu nin.i' i-o. 3d;by oniAfont st-llina; .
oraco Creoloy and Family!
'fnjfrMviiiif 22xx in. Sent by mail for 1.
. ah nnml iiwiton-Moloar.'l S-vriif Machine
nH.I Ciiitt-n. Hiid KiM-dlf-Threailinif Thim
;j i it f Ci cents each, t'ircularsof various
.erjiovclt ifH iimiled f re toiild and new ajj't.
i.injss ioirrlrao .otHj Co., :iC Hr'd waj . Is . Y.
tCK.M'K, boh Is jronr chance!
;iNTn T OST W'D Ffll'ND !
:;oii lMMik on the subject that tells tho en
mierv. lion't bo himilniffifi'il with any othr.
bas'nf-nrlv NiO lisifos. T'"70 full pa ice Ea
unr nJ Hup. Vricc .! .r:ii. TIip I'rospMitus
. it nt siflit. For I!rst choice of territory
-up rt tincf
M(MK.An, 711 Sansom St., HhtlHda, Pa.
Sil.Wnlel for the root-Printi or
MI AN ,,E DEVIL
!!:A r.T: i. new hrnk ; by liev Mollis Head.
.kuflhir of ' Cud i. IIistokt." lliustra
1 f?:u il.-iips by I (ore. Ns.t f Harper's
-:s!f.ancl I'tlirrs. Nothing like it ever be-
it li.-nrd of. ami sells at siicnt.
S. A3HEAT, 1'ublisher. NI5 Itroadwuy, If. 1.
OITKITS FREE!
A(nts f itvltd l'.vrr;nbrr for
AfOTHERS1 GUIDE!
Jirhetest opportunity now otTorod to
At' ntir. mss fir a li v b.Kik. Evrry Mother
Mm 1 WHiits it. It sells rapidly. C'nnviins
flftiiiou.ice it the lsi s-lliiir took in tho
t- v'i iid for oirvulars and we our extra
i t'-i ids. Address CONTI N KSTALl'Ull.
3Ni; ., 4 lloud St.. N. Y. City.
X Pain, Pain, CAMPII011IXE !
treat distorery fir the relirf of pain ninl
-,niid immediate cure for Ithoiiiiiatism
air and Acute - Sprains. Sore Throat. Chil
li KrtiiscH. l'alu in Chest. Ikiek or Limbs,
i f.. i iff Joints, Strains, Inflammation, Neu-
iiurns ami mm in. 4. Uunions, Frosted
i.f atarrli, 4c. It hasu pleasant and ref reh--ler
mid 1 1 not Kreas4t or stain tho most
rl.ri-, whicdi makes it a Luxury in ev-
t .lily. I'rice il els. Ktr Hottle. For aale
'iflnnnfiats. KKU11KN I IO YT, Proprietor
irfnwich St., New York.
ttttt vvMne4t. Act at ofir. There Is a
Itut monnj In It. The people crrrjftrhere ai t
hfii to ouy the m(irftc hialnry 11
MNGSTONE'S J&WtSXL
Tirilling Aiinentarra durint; 28 years iu AF-
Dl-
to-
rcUaitlr
ud
KK-enis are Imvinjr. Address
lll IIHAH1) HKOS., I'ubllshers, I'liila
to $250 per month,
in mtrodiici tne (JtM'iNK Ivpnovpii
NK.XiE KAHILI hl.MI.NU SACllIM
'sr.V.i. liiiH' will stiteh,.hem, fell. tuck, juiH.
in4 i.uiil. I raid and eiuhndder in a most su
ti iii;uiiier. Price only $15. Fully licensed
'"' aiTHMieil for five years. We will pay
H-iQlfiii an) iiischiiie that will sew a strong-,
f. a)"r'- beaut if ul, or more elastic seam than
li n.ski-s the "Elastic Ljek Stiteli."'
"1r.1i stitch can be cut, and still the
!i i'miiuci Ikj pulled apart without tenrintr
t. f e ) v iit ' iiis f roin 75 to ir0 per month
li tis. or a couiuiission from whif;h
Jr timt i-inouiit cam be made. Addiess
Ml! .V en.. ItiMOm. AMas.. PitUliM oh.
tn.it I.i'. L. ur St. I a it 1 11. Mn.
p farms! Free Homes!
I ni ,,f tho I'NION PAClHO IfAII.-
12 i.:su;h acres of trns U-st Farminif
I r r I i I t rv A mnrtiw
'ikw Acres in Nobratika, in tho Platte
H" l'-r Mile.
iUhl 1 huate, Fertile Soil,
n irmnnif and Stock liaising- uusur
, 1 '' " tle ITniteo Stales.
vrtM in Puick, more favomble terms
convenient to market than can
11 -'T1 l''v"w here.
; Jlm.ti-jl for AelnM.1 Ntllcra.
I'M !i:'nii(,n for Polonies Soldiora onti-
Hoi!!, -stead or lflt) Acres.
x 'rtli.- new Hcseriptivc Piimphlet, with
, Piil'iisheil in Enirlih. tiermnn, Swo
4 ''""I'h, mailed free eierywhere.
rz:? o.f.davis.
' ' m r. P. R. it. Co.. Omaha. Nm.
't. 1 1 f , FFEJIS TO A G EX TS
"aJ!f t ) TiiK Satitrdat KvEMtNO TosTand
muy s 1- rikm). A beautiful Chrotno of tho
.-J'."" '' '"K'H'IIKT "SAMUEL,"
! "ven with the lap-r (Ruhsorlp
ii f'i " Tr,,n ,n-' Mairar.iiie (price tZ.SO).
f iii In ex, inline into this offer; it is
f ' -I'-KAT COMIUNATION!!
fur particulars. samples, etc.. Drawn
J" M Wnut t., I'hilnd'a. 13-lin.
G' ''V l '.S H'AXTElt rOll
UN AND ITS DESTRUCTION.
'i' t:;e. imil graphic account of theori
I """-. suiTerlnu;, losses and Incidents of
.W"ii ''I'ldlatrration. A rare ehancc for
,?' '' 1 N '' parson wants to know tho full
ji.inrs,.! u,js tT.pt disaster. Scut hy nmil
-,-yn. WILLIAM FLIN T,
1 I litidclphia, l'a., and Cincinnati, O
f STciK. Fall Trade, 1872-'73i
1
CLUSIVELY WHOLESALE.
1 5- lisvi'i-ett &c Co.,
i HKTH Ateaae, rittibarffc. lm.
A MONTH. S250.
y- "j.vr 10,000; a a ex ts,
I mi a on pkmai.p.,
fe.rC it!';.r;.'"v 'if.t Renin,, p.KIDB'9
I'U "",N"r lI ECASr. AND 11 HIT B
4 v!i.w. u,,s ,'-" loticleof absolute no-
ii . 'r"!V' 1 evms nitdress
J -..in. .'itt.i.or, -,,,piy rittshnrf, Ta.
Vu.iam KiT:n:iI7
4 -i-hterttreet. Ll-3j.-tf.
c
" Vi l"lA ttI,1 "Fa,T ASl.EKP," SUb-
""iJk 'hrniiinrc iriiflr of orlgl-
' i i.l.Miiiit. This aper ha tbo larifgt
. Ul'. f, u.-iM. It will next year bo
Mtli a:Touiiior the Stanley Espri
.lt)ver .mo paires, only $J..r0. Is wiling-1
1 fcio-uilel. 'aittkiw. Itvware of infrri
i& This is the 011(1 commute and rriiYi
t. end fir eireulars, and see riHr a
rpHB uniWraivoed bar received at tuairStora
X Room In Lorutto a splendid assortment of
GOODS,
uekas Cloths. Caaslinerea, Satinetts, Twreda,
J eaaa. Domestic and White Goods, Prints. Da
la Id an, Chiotxes, Alpaeas, Oil Cloths, Window
Shades and Fixtures, Hosiery, Shirts, Drawers,
Fura, Gloves. Kibboos, Skawls, Flauuela, Dlan
keta, Taney Good, Motions, 4c, Jtc, together
with a rull and fresh stock of
GROCERIES. HARDWARE, OUEENSWARE,
Hoots, Shoe, llats, Caps,
READY-MADE CLOTHING;
Drur. Oils. Paints, Medicines. Dy -Stuffs. c
c, as well as a areat variety of other articles
needless to mention all which will be
Sold at the VERY LOWEST FIGURES.
Lumber, intniies, (rain and produce of all
marketable kinds taken in exchange for foods.
Thankful for past favors, we hope to merit
and receive a continuance and Increase of tfce
sane. P. H. SHIELDS SON.
Loretto, Mot. IS, lS71.-rf.
"riLL be sold at tho late residence of Geo.
tf W Oakland, deceased. In Carrolltown bor-oiiK-h,
on Nsliinlay, Jan, I$tli, inst at two
o'clock, p.m., the following iersonal propertv,
to wit: 2 Chester White Ilogs, 1 ilorse Hay
Make, 1 Side Saddle, 1 Coal Cook Stove and
Cookinfr Utensils, Chairs, lledstinifls and Dcd
d I tiff, Uureau, Cupbiutrd. Stand, Clock, vueona
ware, a lot of Cabbage and Potatoi-s. uinl a Ken
era I variety of Kooui ami Kitchen Furniture.
rirTTerm8 will be made known at the sale.
Also, at the same time and plneo, will be of
fered for sule the following real estate, to wit :
ONE LOT OF G HOUND, having thereon erect
ed a two story Plank HkITsk containing six
rooms and a basement, and a Flaxk Staui.k;
ONE HALF LOT OF GROUND, having thereon
erected u one story Hoi'SK, liiii feet ; and one
other HALF LOT OF GUOUND. having there
on erected a two story Plank iiuii8E contain
ing five rooms.
iThrf aliove mentioned rea! estate is situ
ated on Main street, near the centre of Carroll
town borough. Title indisputable.
Term 0 Sitte 0 Uml Knhite One-third iu
hiiinl. and the balance in two tjual annual pay
ments, with interest, to be secured by boud
and mortgage of purchaser.
JOHN HCCK. !,..
AUG. WALTERS, Kxscutois.
Carrolltown, Jan. 10, lH73.-2t.
ORPHANS1 COURT SALE
HY virtue of an order of the Orphans' Court
of Cambria county, there will be exposed
toPunlic Sale, at the hotel of Florian Itengele,
in the Borough of Loretto. on MlunUy. Jan.
iath, lST:t, at 2 o'clock, P. M-, the following real
estate of which .las. MeGough died sei.wd : A
PIECE Oil PAUCELOF LAND situated in the
township of Allegheny, county of Cambria, ad
joining lands or Itcrnard and Charles Shields,
Henry Little, and others, containing 9rt ACIUM
and lis) I'tucilKrt, about -W Acres of which are
cleared, having thereon erected a IaiO It-IKN.
Teums or S. i.e. tne-half of tho purchase
money on confirmation of sale, and the balance
in one year thereafter, to be secur-d by judg
ment bond and mortgage of purchaser.
F It A NCI S O'FUIEL, Ttustee.
Iretto. Dec. 27, l"2.-3t.
Aiulitois TVoiico.
James McDerinit . ( In the Court of Common
vs. J Pleas of Cuuihria Coun-
Michael McDerinit,'! ty No. 2, Sept. Term,
ot nl. I V. I).
1 'h December, 172, on motion of W. H. Seed
ier, risii., (l. W. Oat man, E-jij., appointed Au
ditor to report dUi rilnit ion of the money in the
hnnils of VV. It. itonaeker. Trustee, to sell real
estate included in proceedings in partition.
i!y the l'ourt.
I will attend to the duties of the above ap
pointment a' mv ollice in Ebensburg, on Fi Uhiy.
January 17. !7J. at 2 o'clock, p. m.. when and
where all parties interested mut attend, or be
debarred from coming In on said fund.
GEO. W. OATMAN, Auditor.
Ebensburg, Dec. 27, lS73.-3t.
TRUE TIME for $1.
Magnetic Time-Keeper, Com pass a nd I nd lea tor.
A perfect GEM for the pocket of every t-evnl-er,
trader, boy. farmer, and for EVERYBODY
desiring a rh'iMe time-keeper, and also a supe
rior compass. Usual watch siie, glass crystal,
all In a neat OROIDE case. WARRANTED to
denote correct timt and to keep iu order if fair
ly used for two years, frothing lihe it! This
perfect triumph of mechanism will be sent In
a neat case, prepaid to any address, for only tl;
3for2. Circulars sent rroe. Try one. Order
from the manuraettirer-s, VERMONT NOVEL
TY WORK Iiraltleboro. Vt. tl2-13.-lm.
13: FrunUllii Nlrcrl, Johnstown.
MONUMENTS. HEAD and TOMB ,
STON KS, CO I' NT EK and CADI- fV
NET SLA US, MANTELS. Ac. manii-t
faetnred of tho very best Italian and J
American Marbles. Eutire satisfac-t. 1
tion guaranteed in price, design and .H
exm'iiuiin iu wum. 7t,v-
i .-I -. -..unnnr..ll. .fj Inl. ml k' i
and proinpiiy nnei in .w
aat ca.h rates, irj us.
Sfo-CSM
IVMlKft k DKVXiViOOD.
A UDITOIt'S NOTICE.
J- Having b;en appointed Auditor by
tbo Court of Common Plcasof Cambria county
to report distribution of the money in the hands
of the Sheriff arising from sale of the defend
ants' reul estate, in the case r Michael Wenk
latid vs. F.S.and Lihbic George, No. Ill, Decem
ber Term. 1172, Ex. Doc, notice is hereby given
to all parties interested that I will attend to ine
duties of said appointment at the office of Oat
man A Ijike. in Elwnshurg, on Tuentlau, the iUt
tt'iunf Jamutry, 1873, at Hn'oKK-k, p. m., hiihi
and where they may presenr j neir ciuim.
debarred from coming in upon said fill 'd.
J. GALLITZIN LAKE.
ElMJtisburg, Dec. 27, 1872.-8t
C oniTioNEirs notice.
In the Court of Common Pleas
of Cambria County, in the matter of the Peti
tion of Zachariah Orner to Perpetuate Testi
mony. No. A:l December Term, 12. And now,
4th Dec, 1M72, Geo. W.Oatnmn, Vf.. apM)inUt
Cf.mmissi.iner. Ac. Uy the t.ourt.
I will attend U thedutiesof my appointment
in the above stated case at Capt. W in. Linton a
hotel. In Summitville borough, on lnemlav,
2Sh itau of Januaru, 1H73. at 10 o clock in the
forciKMia. when and where all parties lntcrcbl
cd may attend. G EO. W. OATMAN,
Ebensburg, Deb. 27, 1872.-3t. Commissioner.
AUDITOR'S NOTICE.
Having been appointed Auditor
by tho Court or Common Picas of Cambria
county to report distribution or the money In
the hands of John A. Rb.ir, Eso., Assignee of
Jacob Luther, notice is hereby given that I
attend to the duties if said apintnicnt, at tnc
oHice of Oatmau i Iake. in
MuiuXny. the 2l)fh rfttf of Janunm. 187K at two
o'chK k, p. M when and whore all pwraons in
terested may attend. j O ALLITZ,N LAKE.
Ebensluirg, Dec. 27, 1872,-SL .
Instate TVotioe-
U A VINO taken out Letters of A'bnlnistra
tion ou the Estate of Patrick Cakui.
late or Gallitjsin Uiwnsliip, Cambria county, ile
cr ased, the subs;riber hereby notilies ail p r
sons indebted tosaid estate I hat payment must
beinado without dels v. and those ha ving claims
against the same will present them propeiiy
probated for settlement. . ,
Tilt (MAS CaR LA ND.Adml uist rator.
Altoona, Dec. 13, 1873oU
liZsttsvle Notice.
'PHK undersigned. Executor of the last will
X and ti-slnmcnt of M. M. A 1A MS, late of Cres
son, Camhria eo., de:'d.;herehy notiflos nlKper
soiis indebted to sniil estatcthat payment must
Ikmiiiii1 without delay, and those having claims
against llio.-minc arc requested to present I hem
duly authentinred for sett Irment.
liS. K. SCANl-AN, Executor.
Ebensburg, Dee. ai', IST'.-Ot.
WM. M. IvT.OYI) & CO ,
HAN'KKItS. ALTOONA, PA.
Drafts on the principal cities and Silver nnd
Gold tor sale. Collections made. Monies re
ceived OI1 lieplit . 111) 11 Lie I m (,, It )Alld it I'oll t
inn us toi.iipOn t-iiiie w rtli iiatci-oM at li:r raAvs.
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MAKE YOUK MOTH EK MArPV.
ChiUlren, make your inotber happy;
Make her King instead of sigh:
For tho mournful hour of parting
May bo very, very nigh.
Children, make your mother happy;
Many griefs she has to bear;
And she wearies 'neatU lier burdens
Cau you not those liurdens share?
Children, make your mother happy;
Prompt oliedience cheers the heart,
While a wilful disobedience
l'iercea like a poisoned dart.
Cliihlren, make your mother happy;
On her brow the lines of eare
DeeiM-n daily don't you see them ?
WJiile your own are smooth and fair.
Children, make yonr mother happy;
For beneath the roffin lid
All too aooii her face, so saint like,
Shall forever more be hid.
Bitter tears and eelf-npbraidings
Cannot bring her Imck again;
And remorseful memories.
Are a legacy of pain.
Oh, begin to-day, dear children,
Listen when your mother speaka;
Render quick and sweet oliedience,
For your highest good sIkj seeks.
Loves you better than all others
For your aak herself denies ;
She is patient, prayerful, tender,
CJentle, thoughtful, true, and wise.
Never, while you live, dear children,
Though you search the rounded earth
Will you lind a friend more faithful
Than the one who gave you birth.
THE II A VNTEU MAN.
In tho aprine: of 1842 I chanced to bo in
. Medina, a 8caj.iort.of Sicily, and while there
( I was invited to visit the extensive vintage
i of I) 1 & M zo. Their location was
in a pleasant valley some three miles back
from the city, and beneath a portion of
their grounds was extended a large wine
vault, embracing an area of two acres.
After accompanying M zo, the junior
partner, through the long vine arbors and
orange groves, we descended to the vault,
and after passing nearly half the length of
one of the pile tiers we came to a dctdc
where a man was writing.
"There is one of your countrymen," said
zo, "and he will accoinany you
through the vaults."
My conductor called to the man, who
quickly dropping his imi, Htepjed down
from the stool and came forwaid. lie was
employed as clerk in the cxtxirtiiig depart
ment, for tho puHM-ise of tilling up billH,
invoices, etc., for tho American and Eng
lish merchants.
"You will tind him a strange sort of a
man," whispered M zo, "but lie is, not-
withsanding, a good fellow."
II 1, for so my companion hnd called
him, was a tall, well-made man, apparent
ly on the better side of forty, and had a
pleasing, intelligent look. I (is hair, which
was quite luxurious, was almost white, and
about his coiiutenar.ee there were evident
marks of suffering. His eyes, when he
first gazed on me which was with a fur
tive, trembling glance had an exjiression
ible look of wildiic.su in them, and a cold,
fearful shudder seemed to run through his
frame. Gradually he grew more composed,
and as he showed mo around among the
pipe-rlanked avenues, casting his huge lan
tern here and there to show me the many
and various wines, he began to talk with
considerable freedom, though he yet be
trayed a strangeness of manner, a sort of
flaring of voice ami gesture, that could not
fail of exciting my curiosity. A casual ob
server, who might have judged only from
his appearance, would have thought him
slightly insane ; and even I felt a convic
tion that his mind was not exactly comme
ilfiut, or at any rate, not ommejefuA.1
"Do you reside in New York?" ho
asked, as wo stopped for a moment at tho
extremity of the vault.
I told him that I did not belong there,
though I had spent part of the winter and
the spring of 1W41 and '42 iu that city.
I have a wife in that State somewhere,
and jerhaps a child, but I have not heard
from them for a long time."
I noticed tbat ho wiped his eyes with tho
sleeve of bis linen joWt s i,Q aioke, and
he turned away, as though to hide an dilu
tion that might be thought unmanly.
"Docs she not write to you?" I asked.
She knows not where I am."
"Do you not writ ?"
"Me I" ho uttered with a sudden start,
a cold tremor shaking his frame tho while.
"Ah, sir, I dare not trust my superscrip
tion, nor my autograph in "
lie hesitated locked at nie wildly for
an instant, and then starting on ho began
to enlarge on the different ages, qualities
and vintages of the wine. Twice 1 tried to
bring him back to the subject he had so
abruptly left, but it was of uo avail. At
length w came around to the steps that
led up to tho surface of terra rirma. The
sun had already set, and the stars were be
ginning to sparkle in the blue arch above
us. 11 remarked that he had no idea
I it was so late, and added with the happiest
smile that I had seen htm yet express, that
lie had supjosed it was because he had
: had such pleasant company, at tho same
time assuring me that 1 was ttio oniy
American with whom he had held a social
converse for over a year. As he wasabout
to close the vault for the night, I proposed
he should accomjaiiy mo to ray cafe, take
supjier with me, and then walk with me
about the city. It was some time before
lie would consent to this arrangement, and
while ho was considering upon it I could
see that there was an internal struggle of
no small moment. He appeared to me not
unlike a man who is debating whether he
shall attack a den of rattlesnakes. After a
while, however, he consented to go, though
there was a marked reluctance in his man
ner. He extinguished the light iu his lan
tern, gazed up and down the long avenues
to sec that no spark of fire had accidentally
been dropjied, and then he followed nie to
the stone steps, and having secured tho
doors, he signified that he was at my ser
vice. The direct way to my cafe, which
was on the broad quay, lay through the
heart of the city ; but my companion in
sisted ujsjn taking a more circuitous route,
and as he led the way ho took me through
tlie narrowest ami darkest streets and pas
sages he could lind.
..jr (j said he, as we were emcrg-
ino- from one of these dark passages, "there
was an American meiehantinau arrived
yesterday from New Y'ork, and 1 know not
who mav have come iu her. It is for this
reason that I avoid the public places."
In an iiistant the idea fi:vshed utoii n:e
tl.t '.y companion, was a convict, or at
leapt, a criminal who had beeu guilty of
some heinous crime in his native couutiy,
and was consequently afraid of detection.
The more I thought of it the more I be
came convinced thai such was the fact, and
I could now account for his strange conduct
in this fear, and in the guawings of a guilt
burdened conscience. Y'et he was a wel
come companion for all t hat, and I felt sure
that repentance had been full and ample.
II gazed furtively about as we en
tered the cafe ; and, at his request, I order
ed supper in a private room. He laughed
and chatted freely,aud the more I saw of him
the more I liked him. After wo had finish
ed our meal, we started on our proposed
walk. It was neatly 11 o'clock when we
thought of returning, and as w e w ere pass
ing the small chuich of St. Joseph, 1 no
ticed that the doors were open, and that
in the centre of the church there was a sa
ble bier, around which was burning a num
ber of small wax tapers. I proosed that ;
we should enter and look for a moment at
the corpse. II made uo objection. In
one of tho confessionals near tho door sat
an old monk, aud very naturally I asked of
him who it was that rested upou the bier,
not knowing that most of the interments
from this church were in behalf of charity, j
The monk informed me that it was the !
body of a roan whocaine on shore from the (
American ship that came in the day be- .
fore. He had been very sick and weak
when he left the shi, but he was deter
mined to laud, and no jrsuasion of the
crew could alter him in his determination.
He had reached the quay, but he lived not (
to cross it. The kind monks of St. Joseph j
had taken charge of the body. I
We slowly, reverently approached the
sombre scene. Upon the breast of the de- I
ceased were the various ai tides that had
been found in his possession, consisting of
an apparently well-filled purse, a pocket- j
comb, a watch, and a heavy double-barrelled
pistol, the latter of which the monk in
formed us had leen loaded with extraordi
nary charges of powder, balls aud buck
shot. I gazed upon the face of the dead;
even iu its sunken, tuai ble-like rigidity, .
there was a startling expression of intense .
resolution, as though some fell purpose, '
which death had not subdued, still dwelt
in the hushed bosom. As I still gazed I
heard a quick, stilled cry at my side, and
on turning I was half-frightened by tho ex
pression of my companion's countenance.
His eye-balls seemed actually starting from
their sockets, his mouth was half-open and
fixed his hands, whieh were extended to
wards the corise, trembled like vibmting
harpstrings, and his very hair seemed
fretful. He moved nearer towards the
1 1 ead of the deceased, looked another mo
ment into that pallid face and sinkiugdown
upon his kuees, he clasped his hands to
ward heaven :
"Great God, I thank thec ! I thank
thee thanks! thanks!" he ejaculated iu
frantic tones then he arose and looked
once more upon the features of the corpse.
Then his eyes wandered to the heavy pistol
that lay uioii the sable pall, and while, a
cold shudder passed betook nie by the arm.
"Come, come," said he, "come with me
to your cafe, ai:d I will tell you a strange
story."
Without heeding the mute astonishment
of the monk, 1 followed H. My compan
ion's nerves had become somewhat com
posed, and I could see there was intense
satisfaction depicted in every lineament of
his countenance.
"Mr.' C '" he commenced, "I can
tell you my story in a very few words.
Nearly twenty years ago 1 fell in love with
a young girl in the city of New Y'ork. On
my part the acquaintance soon rijaMied into
love of the warmest and most ardent kind
and it was as pure as it was ardent, aud
ehe professed the same feeling toward me.
1 was then well-to-do in the world, being
a clerk in a heavy mercantile house, and
ere long it was arranged we should be mar
ried. About a week previous to the time
set for this ceremony, I accidentally heard
my atlianccd bride use sonic most obsccuce
and profane language in comjiaiiy with ono
of her female acquaintances. Y'ou can
judge of my feelings under these circum
stances much better than I cau describe
them. I turned away sick at heart, and
on the very next day received indubitable
proofs of the utter infidelity tit the object
my engagement. Upon being questioned
by some of my companions as to the cause ,
of my course, I unguardedly and ierhaps j
foolishly revealed to them the whole se- j
cret. The story, as having come from me,
got wings, and sKn spread among the lady's
friends and acquaintances. j
A few days afterwards a young man about
my own age called into the store and came
up to the desk where I was writing. His
hands were nervously clasped together and ,
his face was livid with rage, lie told me I
that I had forever blasted the reputation
of his sister that I had faithlessly desert
ed her and left her broken hearted. I at
tempted to reason with him, but I might
as well have reasoned with a lightning bolt.
He demanded instant satisfaction, and pro
posed that I should accompany him over
on the Long Island side and light him. My
natural timidity would havo prevented me
from complying with such a request, and
I had also higher scruples and of course I
refused. Then he called me abase coward,
and swore that he would have my life. I
complained of him before a justice, he a
apprehended, publicly tried, lined and
placed under bonds to keep the peace.
After that I met him in Broadway. He
stopped me and whistiercd in my ear. He
swoie by tho most fearful oath a man could
take that ho would have my life, and that
ho would hunt me through the world till
ho had accomplished his puriose. I knew
that he meant just what he said, and fear
beo-an to take ossession of my bosom.
Many times I discovered that he was dog-gine-
mc about,-but I always managed to
keep among a crowd as I walked along the
streets. I dared not bring him to trial, for
I might fail to make out a ease, and it
could only tend to incense my enemy the
more. At length I feared to walk the
stteets for one night, as I was patsmg a
dark alley near the head of Cherry street,
I heard the report of a pistol close to me,
and a bullet passed through my hat. I
knew who fired that pistol, but I had no
:.i.... t I felt ihiit inv life was not safe
CTIUOILV .
n,f nltv. and secretly I moved to n I
small town in tho western part of the htate
of Massachusetts, where I engaged with p.
dry gvls dealer. Here I took to myself a
wife - but I had not been married over a
mouth, when I saw my enemy pass the
door of the stoie and look iu. L.e saw mc,
and pointed his linger at me. The cold
sweat stood in huge drops ou my brow, and
my feats cine btck more lajweifuily than
ever. At night I contrived to get my em
ployer to go home with me, and on the way
1 heard low, stealthy steps Whind me. I
knew that I was dogged ! "You are
mine !" I heard a voice pronounce, as I
turned into my yard ; and as I turned, I
saw a dusky figure moving off beneath the
shade of the roadside trees. The next
day I sent word to my employer that I was
sick, and I kept the house all day. I ex
plained all to my wif, and she agreed to
go with me wherever I wished. Several
times during that day I saw my sworn
murderer pass the house and gaze intently
upon the windows, but he did not see me.
I got a boy to go to tho stable and pro
cure a horse and wagon, and, after dark,
to take it round to a back road, nearly a
mile from the house. My wife and myself
tied up such articles as we could carry, and
taking all my money with me, we stole out
through the back garden, and gained the
cross road in safety. Tho wagon was
there, and having entered it, the boy drove
us off at good speed. Just at daylight wo
reached a tavern where a stage coach was
almost ready to start, and the boy returned,
having first promised to keep inviolate the
secret of my flight. The stage was bound
to Lenox, which place we reached before
dark. From thence I went to Hudson,
crossed the North Hiver aud made my way
to the western part of New York, where I
bought me a small cottage.
In less than a year my enemy found me
again, and I saw him standing in front of
my house. He looked wild and haggard,
but I could see that there was an iron de
termination uKn his features. One night
I heard a grating against on of my win
dows and at the next moment my dog, a
powerful Newfoundland, had sprung from
his kennel. I dared not go down, for I
knew too well the cause of the disturbance.
The noise soon ceased, however, and on
the next morning I found my dog lying be
neath the window dead ! The villian had
beeu afraid, probably, that the noise might
have disturbed the neighbors and he had
for tho present desisted from his murder
ous intent. I made arrangements with
my wife to keep the house and taking a
small sum of money with mc, I lied from
my home !
I went to New Orleans and there my
enemy at length followed mc ! Forthreo
years I skulked from place to place, the
very embodiment of terror and weakening
fear; but go where I would, the man. was
sure to haunt me. Six different times ho
tired at me with his pistol, and twice he
wounded me. Our two lives seemed to
have but one end and aim. His was to
take mine, and mine to escape his fell re
venge I I became almost a walking skele
ton the falling of a leaf would startle mc.
At length I got a chance to go to England.
I was in London, standing one day at the
door of an ale-house, w hen O God ! I
saw my life-hunter pass. He was as palo
and sunken as myself restless and neiv
ous ; but his black eyes gleamed like balls
of fire, lie did not see me. I hurried
down to the Thames took a lighter as far
as Gravesend, and there I was fortunate
enough to find a bark bound directly for
the Mediterranean. I got a passage in
her, aud was at length landed in this city,
where I have been ever since. I have re
gained somewhat of my former health and
spirits though that same dread fear has
not failed to haunt me.
My enemy must have found mo out even
here, but thank God, he has passed from
the power to harm me more. A hand
mightier than his has stricken htm down.
That was his cold, powerless corpse that
we saw to-night in the church. If my
wife still lives I shall see her again.
II did meet his wife again, for I saw
them both at the White Mountains when
I was last there. It was some time liefore
I could recognize in the portly gentleman
who accosted me the poor haunted man I
had met in Messina, but when I realized
the truth, I grasped him warmly by the
hand, received an introduction to his wife,
and soon we three were straying along
the banks of the beautiful Ammoonoosuc.
Wif at He Kkbw About Tiikesijino.
A young man from an Eastern city, who
has been visiting rural friends in this vi
cinity, nfter seeing a fanner thresh out a
1104r ' OA usvu nie uuicr inorxjiu, 4ini-u
and received permission to swing the Hail
a few minutes upou assuring the agricul
turist that he was "perfectly familiar with
the art of tnreshing." Expectorating upon
his hands the young man wcntattheoaLs
but at the first pass knocked the horn off
a new milch cow that was leisurely chew
ing her cud in a neighboring stall. The
secot d swing caved in the head of the
farmer, who thought he was safe enough
as long as he rootled on top of the fanning
mill in the end of the barn, but without
discovering the havoc he was making, the
city artist kept at his labors; the third
blow fell upon the oats the fourth killed
a setting hen in a manger near by, and the
fifth pass of the deadly weapon was the
best of all, for it came around the young
man boomerang fashion, and taking him
under the lower jaw, knocked him down,
and thus put a stop to the work of slaugh
ter. The mere fact that the city "thresh
er" returned to consciousness an hour be
fore the farmer did, allowed the former to
get several miles out of town, before his
efforts at threshing oats were discovered
by the neighbors. Titustillc Press.
A Roman Candle in Church. Quite
a sensation was created in the Paris Cath
olic church, says the Kentuekian, of that
place, while getting ready for High Mass
Christmas morning. On Christmas eve a
Catholic lady entered Joe ltiou's confec
tionery and called for a Uotnan candle,
having heard of such things but having no
idea that they were in any way connected
with pyrotechnics. One of the largest was
selected, and the lady left with her pur
chase, and nothing was thought of it until
the lady again entered tho confectionary in
a high state of excitement, demanding tho
return of her money, which Joe had to
"fork over." It appears the lady wanted
a large candle, such as are used about the
altar during service, and when it was lit,
pop ! bang ! whizz ! weut the Iloman can
dle, filling the church with , smoke and
sparks until the twelve loads were expend
ed, and causing a great fluttering among
those present. It in strongly ; suspected
that some of the little boy assistant knew
what it was but rather thannoil a little
sjKU t kept silent. The lady will know what
sort of a candle not to call for next time.
"Yiiek a man becomes a priater he "sets
1IARXEY Mtl AI I.-S llllJ.LT.hOrX.
BY P1IF.L1M o'lKWU.
Dear Itiddy, I'm writin' to ask ye the reason
Ye keep me hero piuin' an waitin' so long;
If ye think I'll howld on for another long
season
Yo'U foind to yer grif that for wanst ye
were wrong.
For full twenty years ye have besn on tho
batther ;
No wondher yer charms are beginnin' to
fade ;
An nnless ye will now put an' ind to the
matther,
By Gorra. I'll lave ye to die an old maid !
It's thankful an
otter,
It" ain't Ivery
chance ;
proud ye shud be for nie
day ye cn" have sich a
Of greenbacks an goold there's enough in
my cotter
To furnish a tiuimcnt fit for a prince.
j The money I earn wid me broom an' me
j shovel
Will always supply us wid plenty of grub;
An' as bauds diseiuployed moigbtbo tcmpl-
111 too 111, 11.
I'll keep yours at work o'er the wash
boord au' tub.
Ttelievs me, dear Itiddy, ye're quite too con
sated For one that belongs to so humble a rank;
I know ye have charms, but there much
overrated
The best charm to have is a pile in the
bank.
Had ye money at inthrust or owned ai nate
shanty,
Wid goats on the common or pigs in the
stye,
Ye moight cock up yer nose an' besauoy an'
jaunty.
An ' no ono would bliime ye for dhressin'
so high.
Tint, Iiiddy , agra, sure ye haven't a ha-jorth,
Except the extravagant clothes that ye
wear ;
An' it's time yo'd give up all yer airs an yer
cnte rs.
An lave thim t those that have money to
spare.
I'm dhreadfully tased wid yer vain affecta
tion. An', I5id, if yo're wise ye will lay it aside,
Or there isn't a sensible; man iu creation
Wiil iver be williu' to make yc his bride.
I know ye can simper, an' polka, an' gallop, i
I know ye can flirt an' I know yo can chat; j
But by this time I think ye shud know that
a fellow, j
Unless he's a fool, will not wed ye for that, j
In our day the thing meu are alter is money,
An'. Biddy, your share's so confounded- ,
lyVmall,
That I'm sure ye shud think yerself awful
ly lucky
To get such a husband as Barney McFall.
I don't mane, dear Biddy, to coax or to tlaV
ther,
For I think I'm as good an' as daeent as
you ;
An If you reject me it won't make much
matther.
The losin" of ono is th gviniu of two.
As long as my purss has the shinplastcrs in
it
I won't be disheartened hy any rcrmlse. ;
An unless ye consint to aecipt me this min
ute. By gorra, I'll go and take somebody else !
y te York hoihj Xws.
Grandfather's Ghost Story.
BY CLYDE.
It was a cold, wintry evening, and grand
father, mother, Milly, Gracie, and I, had
gathered round the grate firo, when Gracie
said, in a frightened whistK-r :
"Mamma, don't you hear somebody
whistling at the window ?'
"It is nothing, my child, but tho wind
whistling in the chimney," said mother.
"I thought I heard something, too," said
Milly, with a shudder, as she turned to lis
ten. "There, grandpa ! don't you hear
that tapping on the window-pane?"
"It is only Jack shutting the blinds"
said grandfather, drawing his chair closer
to the fire.
"There it is, again !" said I, growing
frightened, as a loud rapping made the
casement rattle.
"Foolish children !" said mother, "why
don't you go to the widow aud see wliat it
is?"
Very slowlv, we crtrls edfetl townrr"
wniuow. i could feci .Milly s hand trem
bling in mine like a frightened bird as very
cautiously, we lifted a little corner of the
curtain, and oh ! horror ! there was a
most hideous face staring in at us with
blazing eyes a"d wide, gaping mouth, large
enough to swallow us down whole.
Our screams brought grandfather and
mother to the rescue. mother telling us
not be frightened, that she knew it was
some of Jack's tricks; while grandfather
threw up the window with a clatter that
sent the grinning goblin Hying around tho
house.
The next moment, loud screams from the
kitchen-maids called mother down stairs
whence she soon returned, bringing Jack
and the ogre-head with her.
We giils were not a little abashed to find
it only a pumpkin-shell, with eyes nose,
and mouth cut out and illuminated by a
bit of candle, which the rogue had held
inside of it.
"Wasn't it funny?" laughed Jack, who
enjoyed the joke immensely.
"I don't see anything to laugh about,"
said Milly, with Hushing eheeks.
"I don't either," said I, remembering
the dreadful fright.
'Tt is very wrong of you, Jack," said
mother, gravel
rely, "and I ought to punish
you severely,
for playing such wicked
tricks."
"He ought to be punished
as I was
once," said grandfather.
"How was that?" asked Jack, with great
interest.
"Is it a ghost story?" put iu Gracie,
perching herself on grand father's knee.
"Y'es it is a ghost story," said grand
father, stroking her bright hair caressingly,
and gazing far away into the lite, as he
always did whenever he hud his "thiuking
cap" on.
"Yes daughter, it is a ghost story," he
repeated, "and the wind moaning so to
night puts me in mind of it, though it hap
pened forty years ago. I was a great rogi-
in those days, full of mischief, and tri:ks'
like our Jack here, and loved to f f
tho other brothers and sisters, 1 .
the ghost, on dark summer J'.0.1'1!' t
Many haul scolding and llltll.,-'f
i l .. it is.r l neither minded
caught tor it too flta onc November
the one nor the other- ',Ml . .
.VLi. vlIw.h t wa. cured very ehect.ua 1.
night, when I
! o i.,.iv dismal day, and my father
It was a cloudy.
had sent mo il"
errand to Wo-alward. a
I ....Vi
town ab -iic ten
iiu.c- distant. en. in
easily have returned Wforc night-fall, but,
I as it chanced, one thing after another hin
h red me, and before 1 noticed how lale it
was the gloomy clouds bad qui Vencd into
a gloomier twilight, and night had fully
set iu when, at last, I started for home.
I "I remember hesitating when 1 reached
the first cross-road. The nearest ro:id,
which would take me straight home, was a
J very lonely one, and led by an old charcli
I yard. A very dismal place it was loo ;
and many strange stories had gone tl.o
i rounds of the neighboring lire-sides, of
. winter evenings about mysterious lights
and ghostly shadows which had been seen
Hitting around amongst the tombs a;:d
mst of them, minor said, haunted tho
1 grave of a man who had come to his death
by some foul play, a hundred years before.
I In fact, so many of these stories bad been
told, that no fresh graves were made there
I any more ; from long neglect it had be
come overgrown with rank weeds and this-
ties and in many places the walls had
crumbled and fallen away. Now, of
course, I never lielieved any of these idlo
' tales, and had always laughed at them in
broad daylight ; nevertheless I had been
exceedingly careful about passing there
after dark. Tho night of my story, how
ever, I concluded to take the straight road
home, for the wind was bitter cold, and tho
other road took me four miles out of my
(way. So I spurred up my faithful horse,
, Ilrownie, and was soon galloping over tho
hills and down the valleys, through l.mc
some forests and past level fields with hero
' and there a silent farm-house, until at last
we neared the taunted churchyard.
"As I said Iks fore, it was a dark night, a
' daik as a pocket, and I could barely discov
er the outlines of the low. ruinous walls.
All the ghostly stories I had ever heard of
' the place darted into my mind, and, jn tLu
black darkness I had no power torresitt
j them.
I "Diawingthe cape of my great-Coat over
I my head, so that I could see neither to tho
right nor left, I was galloping madly p:vst,
i when, suddenly. Brownie reared back.
nearly throwing mc from tho saddle. I
never shall forget the chill of horror that
crept over me as I turned toward the
church-yard and saw, what appeared to
be"
"A ghost !" exclaimed Jack.'
"Yhatapeaivd to be," continued grand
father, "a great fire ; not a real, blazing,
crimson-hearted fire, but a pale yellow sheet
of flame, perhaps ten feet high- By the
light of the fire I could discern sonmthiij
wiits. slowly moving around it."
"Oh !" sighed Gracie, growing pale, and
even mother left her work drop, forgotten,
into her lamp.
"To add to my terror, the air suddenly
grew full of moanings and piteous wait
ings, which would tlie away into a soft,
s ibb'mg sound, aud then return louder thau
ever.
"I spurred Brownie on with all my
might, thinking to hurry away from thi
feat ful rcene, but it was of no use; the
poor animal plunged L'otn side to side,
and reared back, but would not ftir a step
forward. 1 saw plainly that I could not
go past the churchy aid that night; to go
back to the cross-roads with the north wind
in my faco w as not to be thoaght of.
"In this strait, it occurred to mo that I
was very fisilisli to be afraid of a jitAif
ghost, who was only trying to make him
self comfortable this raw November night.
Besides I delighted in adventures and
with chattering teeth, boldly resolved to
go in and speak to his gbostship. Jump
ing down, 1 fastened Brownie to the near
est tree and then, very slowly, climbed
over the church-yard wall.
Summoning up all my courage, I hurried
' bravely on, keeping my eyes fixed, all tho
I while, upon the phantom, lest it should dis-
apjK-ar. "sometimes l wouio lancy n. oecK
oned to me. and then such mournful voices
would sob and moan in all the willow trees
as I passed by. My knees trembled, and
fairly knocked together as I neared the tire,
while the voices grew louder, and loader,
until they seemed to scream and shriek
with terror. Imagine my feelings when
the ghost, raising his head, uttered a loud,
piercing neigh.'1''
"My !" cried Milly, nearly tumbling out
of her chair.
"Hal ha-' ! f roared grandLitliei,
j-meinig until his fat sides shook again.
"Ho me 1 It was only neighbor Williams'
old gray horse that had broken through a
gap in the wall."
"And the voices grandpa?" said Gracie.
"They were only the winds, my child,
whistling dismally through the tree tops."
"But, grandpa, how can you account for
that fire ?" asked .Tack, who felt disappoint
ed at this common-place ending.
"I believe I did shudder a little when I
touched the flames and found they were
cold," said grandfather. "It was so un
natural, you know ; but my fears soon van
ished when I found the spectral fire to bo
an old stump I had often seen in broad
daylight. It was covered w ith asiK-cicsof
phosphorescent fungi, which, in the nigh'.,
gave out a pale light. As the stump was
eight to ten feet high, it apiicarcd in tho
distance to Ihj a great fire. I have often
seen and read of this fungi since. In tl-.'J
coal mines near Dresden it covers the pil
lars walls, and roof, lighting up the whole)
place with great splendor, ami giing it
the air of an enchanted critic. In Brazil
it grows on the decaying leaves of tho
dwarf palm. At night the whole plant
gives out a bright phosphorescent light, of
a jiale greenish hue, similar to the light of
j ,.' i,Lr fiie.fl-.ea.
from tins ciicum-
I Btauce is called by tl
ic inhabitants "F! ir
do Coco." I could not help laughing to
myself w hen I thought of how many jk r
mortals had been frightened by this inn -cent
old slump. I put several moisels of
the fire into my pockets and found, by ex
periment afterwa-ds that the light given
out by a few of these fungi, in a oat k room,
is sufficient to read by.
"Now, dear children. J' j e 1 Pdcd
very good ghost sto. r by talking np to ll,.,
ghrlt ; ar.d yo,, ' ' assured that
The most fen'' hobgoblins you ever met
with will v"'Kh into just as cominou-p'ace.
jiff-til's. ,f ya wi' ouly tuin ,uid bravely
fACr them."
"Did you ever play ghost again ?" asked
Jck, who was picking for another story.
"No, Jack," returned grandfather," "I
never had any fancy for such tricks after-
waids. I had foU'.itl out how it felt to bo
frightened half out of one's wits and Jack,
my lad. always remember that il is but a
jsior jt-ko where the fur. is al: o.i one side.
r.'om "Y'fu4i Xrxl" Chi'--j"-
EVICKY '
is ! inleti
ord of wind
ati ive.
jiveii to the poor