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EBENSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1873.
NUMBER 1.
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i tin; ( 'oiiimonwe.l.h of Penn-
tii'i-d An Acr. u permit, me
i niini.mwealth to vote every
fbu question of granting li
:i -ating liquors," approved
V.f March A. 1).. 1ST2, I, W. '.
ilib Sheritf of the County of
('ouiinotiwealth of l'ennsyl
, ','V ihk'i; known ami give no
tiiis of the county aforesaid,
; , li Ttioii will he held in the
, f t'iu:.bria, on Fkidav, the
i a kv. A. I). lf-'TJ, at
i ,. rv i! ri ' t electors of tli sev-
, ( ..;n.iyot Cumbria wjll vot
'.v:'-i"t license" in the ninii
Tin' ltt Suction )f the aforc
. iiier recited as follows :
it enacted, ttc, That on
, in March, one thouand eilit
, veiity-three, in every city
i Commonweallh. and at
..M'-ipai elections every iniri
r in every such city and conn
duty of the Inspectors and
. ins in the cities and coun-
tickets, either written or
: "Z-x voters of said cities
..il clled on the outside "li
i tin? inside, "for license," or
,c," and to deposit said tick
r.i'vided for that purpose by
.iui jiul'es. as is required by
.- other tickets received at
ujrl the tickets so received
.1. Aikl arc-turn made to tin
i irt if liu'rter Sessions of the
.-t. -r ii-iinty, duly certified as
i ' . , .t- 'i - j-.tl-t uf tho wiid court at
t -7 m uiiif III avi-iTL't aftei said
i,- .,, M.;d! ?-Vl,vl TU e tiled with
l, : . - r.- ...slsof iLvmrt; and it shall
T . .! i:v .f-ttie iiayorsoi"ti'H ' sher
it' i . i.n:iea,,r any otlier ..f!:..v-r whose
,it i .iv if 1 trai Hiuh-rvuo, to
aft. .!:. iKiLlw- -of eli r-yoi i) elt.-
i: .r:,v"idel f- hree sve-ks previous to
Jli . J" bohUiit; tli -sain. ami aU tbrt-e
- :fvm such tlt lion .-rery tS;ird year
tie after- rwi'tnl. Tfiat this act nt
'Mstml toreal erafcWI -my special
U prohibit -m tho sal.-.ii nj!vxi-aliii U
or probH.iUiitftliraiHiii):'f.'ics
I, That m Leu the umiiiiijial anvl town
I. , !... tioiis iiijnv euni.ty or city do not
,7-J r u.i Ibe third Kriday in March, the elec
rovkbvl for in this section shall b
ilmlay fixed forthe liitiiiieipal fflec-W-in
r;iid eminty. Ami jrr,ritlfd further,
1' a'.l a- ensfis (ranted aftT the rst day
'f3r..ua:'v, oi:e tiimis-and eijiht hundred aud
-r-il.i'ce, shall tense, determine and
V4 .y v. i.l on the rirst day of April, one
- V4v.iv.l .'i'-'bt hundred and neventy-thre,
i'v-.y.ri. t for which they rdiall be jrrant
I .. i-s against the Rrantiiif; of li-.f--;
:be treasurer of the proper eoiin
f ..... refund to the holder of mich li-,frr-!:.-
i::.nieys so paid therefor, for whieli
! T HKurer shall lie entitled to credit
it I -a. iints with the commonwealth.
Tliat in receiving and countinir,
C . ::. i. l iking returns of the votes cast, the
i-t-.rs ami judges, and i lerksof the said
shall lie governed by the laws of this
. iiweulih l ecju'.aliiiy general elections :
.1 penalties of said election laws are
extended to, and shall apply to the
inspectors, judges and clerks, voting
n attendance upon the elections hehl
4 the provisions of this act.
I .i ' ,. hereby make known and pi ve notic
-h -'i.-- p'ai e of holding the atorsaid elecv
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M-veral wards, borotilis, districts
-lips within the county of Cambria
. ivk, to wit :
i. .is of the district com posed of the
f Allelieny, to meetat lrallej-'s
i:se oil laiiai tI it. x. .linuuey 111
l-'t:.!iip.
J,,., t. r of the district romposol 01 trie
'ill.: Adams, to meet at tho School
- :.t Krin's, in raid tiwnship.
t . . . '. t. r- .f t he d it-trict uomjiosed of the
' 4 . ) : f l'.arr to meet at School House
' i; :. townfhip.
. !..rsif thtlistrictromposedof the
of ltlacklick, to meet at the house
't M.ikin, dee'd, in the village of Hel-
'. i'tasof the district composed of the
fl of Cambria, to nu-ct at the Court
,11 the 1-roiiph of Kbensburi:.
J electors of the district composed of the
-hip of Carroll, to meet at the School
'i in Carroll town Ixirouli.
B electors of thedistrict composed of the
tt ,4.h of Carrolltown, ti lueet at the
. llniisc, in said borough,
t! . lectors of the district composed of the
" i .y of Chest, to meet at the School
No. .1, in said township.
T.-' r.toisof the ilistrict omiK'ised of the
; . J. of Chest Springs, to meet at the
!-.' ! .lucob Wagner, iti said lxrtugli.
c torsof thedistrict cominisetl of the
' -i .i. . f Clearfield, to meet at Sclnxd
B - :;. adjoining the village of St. A u
'.; . in i-nid township.
. :. !.,is of the district composed of the
. ..f Coiiem.nigh, to meet at the
' H i;-.- at Singer's, in said township,
.if. t. is of thedistrict composed of the
' t' oiik-maiigh, to meet as follows :
fe M'ar.l. :it the house of l'eter Malzi, in
V'::-; V. ' r-; Second Ward, at the house
"tlW.u r. liishong, in saiil Second Ward.
. ,r -it..vof ihedistrict roui)ose(l ot tlie
'.'ambria. to meet at School House
n.; l orough.
. . - f t he district composed of the
C r n '. .. i.. rsdale. to meet at the School
horoiigh.
i- i i - . ,f the district composed of the
!.)! , f I V..,. 1 , ,.,..t 1 1 tl.u S;. l.ool
ll'inge of Suinmerhill, in said
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I .i-t Conemaugh, to meet at the
n.i 1 Confer, in said liorough.
"" of Ihedistrict Composed of the
1-l.eiisburg, to meet as follows:
. :i' the Court House in said Ward;
.. n.eet in theCrand.lurv room
: - . f the district composed of the
1 i inklm, to mectatthe School
:! Uiroiigh.
: s . ,f the district composed of the
' 1 .i'.l;.t7in, to meet at the Schil
town of Callitin, in said town-
r . .t the district composed of the
' i. kson, to meet at the House
' r, in Miid 'owliship.
' - of ;. dist ri t oiiix.sed iif the
I l.TiMown, to meet as follows:
' ' l'ublie Si hixil I!Mm No. .",
" ! Secoini Ward, at the oftice of
"::.. r, r.Mi., on Market st reet, in
llmd Ward, at house uf .John
I oii.klin street, in said Ward;
'' the house of .lohtl Trefts ill
1" oh Ward at the Kernville
-in vi,, I Ward; Sixth Ward, at
Pottery in said Ward.
U... dist rict composed of the
: l r.u., t. meet nt tho S Iuh.I
n ! Imiiiimh.
' i'e district composed of the
: M':i,r. r, lo meet at the ware
1 Hiirbin, in the i;ia-eof Muu
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' '-ol t lie. 1,m rjet composed of the
'Cle. t,, .,.! ul Krnnk-
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The electors of the district composed of the
liorough of Prospect, to meet at the School
House in said borough.
Tlie electors of the district composed of the
township of Richland, to meet at the house
of Joseph (leis, in said township.
The electors of the district composed of the
township of Summerhill, to meet at the
School House in said borough.
The electors of the district composed of the
Iki rough of Summitville, to meet at the School
House in said borough.
The electors of the district composed of the
township of ..Susquehanna, to meet at the
house of Michael Piatt in said township.
The electors o"tho district composed of he
township of Taylor, to meet at the School
House near Win. Headrick's, in said twp.
The electors of the district com posed of the
borough of Woodvale, to meet at School
House in said borough.
The electors of the district composed of the
borough of Wilmore, to meet at the School
House in said borough.
The electors of the district composed of the
township of Washington, to meet at the
School House at the Foot of Plane No. 4, in
said township.
The electors of the district composed of the
township of White, to meet at School House
No. 1, in said township.
Tho electors of the district composed of the
township of Yoder, to meet as follows : First
division at the house of Wm. Hicks, in said
township; eecond division, at lieam'B School
House, in said township.
W. It. PONACKEK, Sheriff.
Sheriffs Otbce, F.liensburg, Jan. 27, 1X73.
N'OTim Is hereby (riven that th following
Account bate ben pasted and tl!d lu the
it!ter'i 1 ifllce nt ICtiensburif. nu.l will be pre
sented to the Indians' Court of Cmnbrtn coun
ty, for confirmation ntul allowance, on Wettrie
dl. th ih rtciy of -ai ch next, to wit :
Th sccount of Peter Gick. (iunrJisn or Mary
Elclienx'hr, only ui vlTtiitf clillil of John llich
eii!lir. lateof tlie boroufU.of Johnstown, doTd.
1 lie flrt anj final Recount of il. L. Rumsry,
Administrator of bllzabel ii 'l'bonins, late of the
Lxirouu-h of EbensOiirir. leceased.
The first account of UenJamlnJlienBhoof .Guar
dian of Jane. Klard, IiHTid, Joseph, lirnnab
nil Knehwl I.eldy, minor children of Dari4
j. Mdr, lnie of Jaeksen townshiii, doo'd.
'"x'e Oist aoeouut of Jacob ifolsopnle, 8ur
dlsrt of Marr Jane Itose, a minor chllij of Ueo.
ilosf, Lite o Kicliland twp., dee'd.
Th tir-''t and jmrtlal account of Geo. J. Pelan-x.-T
and I,,tfli Gallagher, Adm'rs of iark Uo
Guire, lute, -'t Galliizin townhip, dee'd.
Tb Hccoun of Franeia O'Friel, AdminlBlra
torof Jiary Jacfiuire, late of L.ortto borough,
ThV" sccimnt of John A. Ttsrer, Adniinisti ator
of Philip Hairer. l e of Jackson twu.. dee d.
The first netount .f Geo. Conrad, Administra
tor of Ur. Ferdiuan; Jteiiirell, late of the bor
oiiffb of Johmmwn, rtWd.
Final account of Wilb m Caldwell, Guardian
of Francis Leverjrood, a iniuor child of Peter
IeriKod, decd. .
First aud nnal aeoount ot John JI. DouIaaa,
Administrator of Michael Durbio. late or Clear
Held township, dec" d.
Th aooouut or Joseph T- Jfarri;-. Administra
tor of Joaeph Afack,ateof Cambrl. twp.. deo'd.
Tht account uf Jibn JJiiiuiion, G "ardian of
Aapdaleii Mellon, Einilv Natfle and 'weu Ii.
Nutfle, uiluor children of Richard H Xay'e, de-oersacd-
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J he aeeount of C. T. Kotierts. AdnilBististor
of, Havid II. Robert, late uf Ebeuoburtf Lr
ouli, dtx-etised.
The first ttnd final aeceunt of Francis Fliclf.
Giihi-iIiuu of Mary F. Carroll, mow intn-iuariil
wiili Charles Render.) a minor child of Jauiws
Carroll, liei-ense l.
The aeeooiit of yicy Shoemaker and Ellen J.
.Wiirray, liiecutor of E. hUoeiiiaKfr, late of
Rlieiisl'iir. deceased.
Tlie first account of Geo. Fleneer, Jr., Execu
tor of the Inst will and tostameat of Justua Hos
ts r.1, lateof the borough ot Johnstown, doo'd.
The fl i at and llual account of Franeia Flick.
GuHidian of Michael J. Carroll, a minor chiid
of James Carroll, decease I.
second and partial account of Wm. U.
Keebler, Ei.. Admiuistrators of Jamoa M. Klf
fel, late of t?umiitrille. dee'd )
JAMES M. SIXC.RR, Register.
Krister's Office, Ebensbur, Feb. 1, 173.
Eest Thing in the West.
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe R. R.
""lii'eo&IVIillioii JAopch
Situated in tnd near the Arkanna Valley,
in the Finest Portion of Kansas .'
Eleven Years' Credit. Seven per Cent.
Interest. 22 per cent, reduction
to settlers who improve.
A FREE PASS TO LAND BUYERS.
T7E FUCTS about twin Grant are Low Pri
ces, l.onif Credit, and a ltelmiu lu notiiom of
ueai ly one-rourtb ; a Rich Soil and Splendid
Climate; short and mild Winters; early plunt
Irnr, and no wintering of Stock; plenty of Rain
fall, and Just at the rip-lit season; Coal, Stone
and itrick on the line ; cheap Hates on Lumber,
Coal, Arc; no lands owned by Speculators;
Homestead and Pre-emptions now nbuudaut;
a lirst-class Railroad on the line of a great
Throufrh ltoute; Products will pay for Land
and Improvements.
IT IS THE liEST OPPORTUNITY EVER OrrERKD
to the pi:ijljc through, the foccnt cvmpfafwin
of the Jtoad.
For Circulars ami g-eneral information ad
dress A. E. TOCZA LIN.
Manager Land Dep't,
l-17.-3m.l TOPEKA, RAZ.
Widows' Appraisements.
XJotice i herebv given that tlie following-Ap-lN
.praiseinents ot Real Estate and Personal
l'ropertv of decedents, selected ami sot apart
for the Widows of intestates under the Act of
AssemblT of 14th April. A. !-, 1K5I, hare been
filed iu tiio ltejrister's office at EboiisburR-, and
will bo presented to the Orphans" Court for ap
proval, on Wcdncedau, the bthdayof March next,
to wit :
Inventory and appraisement of persons! pro
perty elected to be retained by Rarbara Hiftlnfr
er, widow of Christian Ui ft'. user, late of Coue
maugh beruug-h. dec"d. .!"0.u0.
Inrentory of personal property appraised and
et apart for AJary E. Adnma, widow of M. M.
Adams, late of Washington twp., dee'd. .JU.W.
AiirHisenenta if certain real estate elected
to be retained by Elizabeth Miller, wtdow of
In"l Miller, late of Luretto borough, deceased.
Appraisement of certain personal property
net apart for the use of Afary Ann Kerriuan,
widow of Peter Kerrurnu. late of Allegheny
township, deceased.
Inventory and appraisement of personal pro
perty elected to l retained by the wnlow or
Isaac ReiBhar'. late of Richland townibip. de
ccased. 131C0. JAMEfl MMSER,nrk.
Register' OlUce, Ebeusburtr. reb. 1,
fAmTivESOT mmi mm
I3i IrnuUliu Street, Johnstown.
MoNTMENTS. II EA l ami i.ii
STONKS.COCNTKU and CA Ill
s' ET SLA RS. M ANTEI. Jtc tnanu
fa -Hired of the very best Italian and
American Marbles. Ent ire satisfac
tion mmmntinl iii orice. dciirn and
eeeuiion of work. t
iirdt-rs respectfully Solicited L
snd promptly filled at the very low- g
fkt rtali f.l t T -1' 11 "
Oei.'c-m PARKE & LEVERGOOD.
I'xcpiilors' TVolicc.
X'OTICK is hereby jriven that Letters Tcsta
j. meiitsry on the Estatn ot Peter Kerrigan,
lute of Alleiflieny township. Cnmbila county,
de'ens'l. tiave ln-en (rnuittd bv tne Register of
said county to the undersnriied. All persons
tmlelittf.il ill Klli.l i.klt.Ti. ..rn mill f 'B 1 1 d tO ItlllkC
' Immediate payment, and those having claims
ii tf m list the same will present thciu properly
autheiitii'iited Tor set I lenient.
FRANCIS A. STORM, . ,
CHAS. M'MANAMV, Exctutois.
Ailesheny Tvi , Jan. J',, lferJ.-ft.
IX MKMOKIAM.
"3fr. JLinet ouyht to b vmembered in a monu
ment." John R. Au.bt.
Oake Ame, Oakes Amei, remember thee?
Aye that we will for years !
For broken fames and saddened name,
And wretchedness and tears.
These, gathering around tho monument
That sycophancy claims,
Shall make the coming Statesman shim
The memory of Oakes Ames.
Oakes Ames, Oakea Ames, remember thee ?
Forget thyself as ioon,
Who traded in the souls of men
And named the deed a boon !
Who called the censure of the world
To echo its acclaims,
And to a generous nation's gift
Alii zed thy name, Oakes Ame.
Oakes Ames, Oakes Ames, remember thee?
We must, though we repine
To eee our broad and green domaiu
Purloined by thee and thine,
To see endowed, with public gold.
Spared from the nation's Humes,
The fertile empires brilied away
15y henchmen of Oakes Ames.
Oakes Ames, Oakes Ames, remomlier thee ?
Thank God we will, for more!
For public conscience born again
And purposes as of yore.
No party lines our ranks divide,
The common fear inllames,
Not one more rood of public land
On pleas like thine, Oakes Ames !
Oakes Ames, (lakes Ames, remember thee?
Aye, as some nightmare dream
That thundered through the Statesman'
sleep,
In guise of gold and steam,
And drowned the homestead-farmer's cry,
And crnshwl the poor man's claim,
And in its wake left ruined dopes
To live and wail, "Oakus Ames!"
(itOlillE ALrjiEI ToVNKil.
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A H006IKK REALITY.
It was a pretty country cottage as in to
le found ereo now in all the Wabash Val
ley, situated on a prominent bluff oyerlook
iny the broad stretches of bottomland, and
giving a tine view of the wide, winding;
river. The windows and doore of this cot
tage were draped iu Tines, among wfeich
the morning glory and tho honeysuckle
were tlie most luxuriant ; while on each
side of the grayelled walk that led from tho
front portico to the door-yard gate grew
cluster of pinks, sweet-williams and lark
spurs. The house was painted white and
had very green window shutters old fash
ioned, to be sure, but cozy, home-like, and
tasty, -withal.
About the hour of six on Monday morn
ing, in the month of May, a tine looking
lad of twelve walked slowly up the path
which led from the old orchard to the
house. He was dressed iu looso trousers of
bottle-green jeans, a jacket of tho same,
heavy boots, and well-worn hat. Ilia face
was strikingly handsome, beingfair, health
ful intelligent and bright, although now it
wort an indescribable, faintly visible shade,
as of jnuoccnt perplexity or possible grief.
The unstress of the cottage was at this
time iu the kitchen preparing for the week's
washing, fc'be was a middle-aged, stoutly
built, healthy matron, sandy haired and
slightly freckled, blue eyed and quick in
her movements. Usually smiling, aud
happy, it was painful to see how strongly
she now struggled to master the emotions
of sadueaa that constantly arose in her
bosom like epectres that would not be driy
en away.
A bright eyed, golden haired maiden of
sixteen was in tlie breakfast room washing
the morning dishes, and singing occasion
ally snatches from a mournful ditty. It
was sad indeed to see a cloud of regret and
half-suppressed anguish on that fair, young
face, and dimming the earnest sparkle of
those usually merry eyes.
Mr. Coulter, the head of tho family,
owner of the cottage and its lands, stood
near the centre of tlie sitting room, gazing
fixedly and sadly at the picture of a sweet
child holding a white kitten in its lap,
which picture hung ou the wall over against
the broad fire-place. A look of sorrow be
trayed itself even iu the dark, stem visage
of the man. Occasionally he drew his
glinted moustache into his mouth and bit
it fiercely. Evidently no . autinr un
der grief.
Tlie cottage windows were wide open, as
is the Western custom in fino weather, and
the fragrance of the spice wood and sassa
fras lloatcd in the llood-tide of pleasant air,
while from the great locust by the yard
fence fell the twittering prelude to a finch's
song. A whito Hue of fog above the river
was plainly visible from the western win
dow, and through the fleecy veil flocks of
teal and wood ducks cut swiftly in their
downward sweep to the water. A golden
flicker sung and hammered on tho gate
post while he eyed a sparrow hawk that
wheeled and screamed high over head.
The lad entered the kitchen and said to
his mother, in a voice full of tenderness,
though hardly audiblw :
'Ma, where's pa?'
'In the front room, Billy,' replied the ma
tron. Passing into tho breakfast room, Billy
hxikcd at his sister, and a flash of sympa
thetic sorrow played back and forth from
the eyes of one to those of the other ; then
he went straight into the sitting room and
handed something to Mr. Coulter.
The man looked down at his boy proudly,
sternly, sorrowfully. The lad looked into
his father's face sadly, exultingly, heroic
ally. It was a living tableau no artist could
reproduce.
'Billy, said the father gravely, 'I took
mother and sister to church yesterday.'
'Yes 'r.'
'And left you to see to things.'
Yes, sir,' replied the boy, gazing out
of the window at the flicker as it hitched
down on the gate jiost, and finally dropped
into the grass with a shrill chirp.
'And you didn't wabcr the pigs.'
'O-o-o'l Oh, sir! Geeroody. Oh me 1
Lawsc, lawsc, me !'
The slender scion of an apple tree rose
ami fell in the hands of Mr. Coulter; and
up from the jacket of the lad, like incense
from an altar, rose aclottd of dust mingled
with the nap of jeans. Down in tho young
clover of the meadow the larks and spar
rows sang cheerily, the gnats and llies
danced up ami down in the sunshine, the
soft leaves of the vines rustled, and all was
meiTV indeed.
Billy's eyes were turned up to the face
of his father in appealing agony ; but still
with a sharp hiss the switch cut the air,
falling steadily and mercilessly on his
shoulders. And along the green bank of
the river the willows liook thfcir tinny
fingers at the lifting fog, and the voices of
children going by to school smote the sweet
May wind.
'Oh, pap, I'll not forget the pigs any
more.'
"Spect yon won't neither.'
The wind, by a sudden puff, lifted in
to the room a shower of white bloom petals
from a sweet apple tree, letting them fall
gracefully upon the patch-work carpet, the
meanwhile a plowman whistled plaintively
in a distant field.
'Outch ! Crackee 1 Oh, pap, pap 1'
Shet your mouth, or I'll split you to the
backbone.'
llow many delightful places in the woods,
how many cool spots besides the murmur
ing river, would have been more pleasant
to Billy than the place he then occupied.
'Oh, nie 1 Oh, me !' yelled the lad.
At one time during the falling of the rod,
the girl quit washing the dishes, and, thrust
ing bor head into the kitchen, said in a
subdued tone :
'My laud, ain't Bill a gittin' an awful
one ?'
'You're mighty right,' replied the moth
er. Along toward the last Mr. Coulter tip
toed at every stroke. The switch actually
screamed through the air as it fell. Billy
danced.
'Now go, sir,' cried the man, tossing tho
frizzled stump out through the window.
"tiomw, and the next time you water them
pigs.'
Aud while the finch poured a cataract
of melody from the locust, he went.
1'iHir boy, that was a terrific thrashing,
and, to make it worse it had been promised
to him on the evening before, so that he
had been dreading it, and shivering over it
all night. Now, as he walked through the
breakfast room, his sister looked at hiiu in
a commiserating way, but, ou passing thro'
the kitchen, he could not catch the eye of
his mother.
Finally he stood in the free open air, in
front of the saddle closet. It was just then
a speckled rooster en the barn yard fence,
flapped his wings and crowed vociferously.
A turkey cock was strutting on the gras
by the old cherry tree.
Billy opened the door of the closet.
'A boy's will is the wind's will, and tho
thoughts of youth are long, long thouhgts.
Billy peeped into the closet, aud then
cast a glance about him, as if to see if any
body was near.
At length during a pleaaaut lull in the
morning wind, and while the low, tenderly
mellow flowing of the river was distinctly
audible, and the song of the finch increased
in volume, and the bleating of the new
lambs in the meadow died in fluttering
echoes under the barn, and while the fra
grance of apple blooms grew fainter, and
while tho sun now flaming above the east
ern tree tops, launched a shower over him
from head to foot, took from under his
jacket a double sheep-skin which, with an
ineffable smile, he tossed into the closet.
Then, as the yellew flicker rose rapidly
from the grass, Billy walked off whistling
tke air of that once popular ballad :
O give mo back my fifteen cent.'
TUE rilAXTOM BIIICK-BJLT.
Jl tale op hokkob.
CIIAPTEU I.
Fwrnee est brackbatibus,'
Siiuavhuiii rlass et Katlsus. Horacs.
Midnight veiled the heavens with infi
nite blackness, as Hans von Rose&baum
stepped from the orgied halls of the Ilinkle
Lager Beer Hans, zum 8a us aud Braus.
CHAPTER II.
THE CRT.
The foam of the beer still dashed his
wild beard ; and the murmur of the even
ing breeze mingled in his soul with memo
ries of the cry for "another pretzel," and
"pring in do lager," and the thrilling of
harps and pianos for it had been concert
night.
CHAPTER TIT.
Trie heart's aitkai,.
"Kat-a-ri-na !'' he cried from ihe lot
tom of his heart and voice. 'Kat-a-ri-na-komn
herous."
CHAPTER IV.
TIIB CALM BKFORE THE STORM.
The breeze sighed in the vine leave
the waves rippled all was still.
CHAPTER V.
DESPERATION.
Once more in agony arose that cry
Kat-a-ri-ua P
Deep from the recesses of the second
story window murmured an answer
"Nix kon.n herous."
"Vot 1 you vont komn out?'' roared
Flans, in all tho grief of rejected love.
"Den tou goes mit der tuyfel und don
dered f"
CHAPTER VI.
THE OATn.
"Gottshimmolkreuzchokschwerenkoppe
noth !"
CHAPTER VII.
VENGEANCE.
A brick flew from his hand, skimmed
through the misty air there was a jingle
of broken glasa a cry iu female Dutch
and all was silent.
CHAPTER VIII-
RETRIBUTION.
Still wanders in dark midnight tb spec
tral form of Hans von Rosenbaum around
that dwelling still rings from the window
the ghostly cry of "Nix komn herous
still wings its way on the wind a Phantom
Brick-Bat, and still the benighted traveler
hears at last a dismal wail in Dutch.
Moral. All things in heaven and on
earth are re-echoed or reflected in their
ghosts or in their shadows. .
TUB ESP.
Travelers report that in Indiana there
are occasional way-stations on the railroads
at which when the train comes to a halt
the cheery voice of the conductor announ
ces to the passengers a pause of "fifteen
minutes for divorces." Although that
State is renowned for the celerity with
which its tribunals untie the matrimonial
knot, it is likely that tLeae tracivi' talcs
.aie a little tlrtUked.
The Agri0iiltural Guerilla.
My neighbor, Sam. Simpson, has sold out
and is going West. There has been a plain,
honest, industrious German Hans Leiben
stein hanging around Simpson for some
time trying to purchase his farm. At last
Hans got it. Simpson thinks he sold it at
a bargain. Doubtless Hans thinks he got
it at a bargain. I had an errand down to
Simpson's the other night. I had not heard
that he had sold bis farm ; but upon my
entrance into the house, I saw by the look
on the faces of the family that some unuku
al excitement was animating them.
"Well, Crumple, you're going to lose me
for a neighbor," was Simpson's first words
after I had got settled in the splint-bottomed
chair his daughter Sally handed me ;
and the whole Simpson family looked at
mo as if they expected I would jump out
of that chair on account of the news, with
a suddenness and force only equaled by an
explosion of nitro-glycerino undor me.
But I did not. I simply asked, "How's
that?" "I've sold." "Sold what?"' "The
farm." "To whom?" "Hans." That was
the whole 6tory. I didn't need further ex
planation ; but Simpson proceeded to say
"You see the old farm is completely run
out. I can't make the two ends meet the
best of years. I've got tired of tumbling
around the stones, and I'm going where
there's some virgin soil that will produce
something. S I struck up a trade with
Hans. He has been afterit, off amlou, fur
a year or more. I wanted $40 per acre for
the old place. He offered me $23. Final
ly he offered me $30; and after considering
the subject I told him I would take it, if
he would pay me cash down. Hadn't any
idea he would do it, but he said if I would
throw in the stock aud farm implements
he thought he could raise the money. I
finally told him I would ; and what do you
think, sir ! He hauled out of his greasy
old pants pocket a $1,000 bill and handed
it to me to bind the bargain, aud said as
soon as the papers were receipted he'd pay
me the balance, which he has done to-day.
I feel kind o' sorry to part with the old
place, but the thing is done, and there's
an end on it 1 What d'ye think?"
All this time my Crnmple nature had
been rising within me like an inspiration.
Here was this man Simpsoa who inherited
this farm, one of the finest in the neighbor
hood, who had skinned it without scruple
until it would seareely raise white beans
under his system of treatment. And he had
got to leave, or mortgage the farm of his
ancestors, to live on !
Then here was Hans, who came into the
neighborhood with his lot of little ones and
his frau five years before, with only his and
his frau's strong and willing hands, econo
my and industry. They had rented a worn
out farm which they had finally pttrchapcd
and paid for. and had saved $3,0tK) with
which to pay for Simpson's 100 acres. So,
in answer to "What d'ye think ?" I was
readv to respond; and 1 did it in this wise.
"What do I think? I'm glad you're
going, neighbor Simpson ! I'm glad Hans
has got the farm, lie deserves the farm ;
you don't. He has got brains and indus
try ; you haven't got either. Under your
management the farm is a disgrace to the
neighborhood. Hans will make it a credit.
Your farm lying next to mine, depreciates
the value of my land 10 per cent. I shall
be the richer for your going. I am glad
you are going."
You should have seen Simpson's and his
family's faces. They grew cloudy and'long.
Simpson said :
"You're pretty rouh on an old neigh
bor, Crumple, now that ho'e going. Itho't
you and I had always been friends. I've
tried to be a good aud accomodating neigh
bor. You've been a good one to me, and
I'm sorry to leave you ; but if you are glad
I'm going, I'm not sorry either."
"Simpson," I said "let us understand
esch other. As a neighbor, so far as neigh
borly intercourse is concerned, I've no
fault to find, and am sorry you are going.
In talking about you as a farmer you are
and have always been a poor one. No man
with such a farm as yours ought to want
to sell at least there ought to be no neces
sity for selling. But you are not a farmer.
You haven't got a single quality essential
to make a good farmer. In the first place,
you detest the business ; you don't take
any pride or interest in it ; you don't care
wliltiMf vmi T lonH i ro ti r-o :-fn nn.lor -,. t f . i.
tion or not; you want to get all you can off it
without taking the trouble to pay anythiug
back ; yon skin it year after year, and cry
out against the seasons ; you denounce
every man you deal with as a sharper or
swindler because you do not get the price
for your products other people do; aud yet
you do not seem to know that the reason is
that vour products ate poor in quality and
put on the market in miserable shape; your
stock has been running down ever siuce
your father died ; you haven't built a new
fence and scarcely repaired an old one ;
your manure ha not been hauled out and
judiciously used on the farm ; your pigs
have bothered your neighbors more than
they have benefited you ; j-our cattle have
become breachy, and I have had to shut
them up in my stables in order to keep them
out of my grain; you have distributed from
your fence corners more weeds than any
farmer I know of, and thus given your tidy
neighbors more trouble than your favors
to them would compensate. In short, it is
time for you to move.
"You ought to have a virgin farm ! It
will take you but a few years to strip it of
its fertility; then you'll have to move again,
and keep moving. You belong to a very
large class of farmers who are a curse to
any country. The fact is you are not, nev
er was, and never will be a farmer, in the
right sense of that word. Y ou are only a
guerilla. You live by robbory robbery of
the soil. And it is not right, neighbor
Simpson! Y'ou had better seek some other
vocation now that you've got the cash to
start with. You like horses ; yeu know
horses ; you can talk horse from daylight
till dark ; you can't be fooled with horses ;
you like to trade horses '"- bad better go
into some smart town and start a livery sta
ble. You'll make at it ; you'll never make
any money farming ; you'll grow poorer
and poorer the longer you attempt it."
Seek the Sun. Sleepless people and
there are many in America should court
the sun. The very worst soporific is lauda
num, and the very lest sunshine. There
fore it is very plain that poor sleejiers should
pass as many hours as jtossible iu the sun.
Many women are martyrs, and yet they do
not know it. They shut the sunshine out
of their homes and hearts, the carry para
sols they do all that is possible to keep ort'
the subtlest and yet most j oient influence
f ji 'ii'iviny strength, bcuuty and cliccifuiutbs.
JJISCO VKRIKS 21 a ccimhzxt.
Not a few discoveries In the art and
sciences have been made or suggested by
accident. The use of the. f.-enduhim. sug
gested by the vibrating of a chandelier in
a cathedral ; the power of steam, intima
ted by the oscillating of the lid of a tea
kettle, the utility ef coal-gas fer light, ex
perimented upon by an ordinary tobacco
pipe of white clay, the magnifying proper
ty of the len. stumbled tixm by an opti
cian's apprentice while holding spectaile
glasses between his thumb and finger, are
well-known insUmces in proof of the fact.
Galvanism ii discoveted by accident.
Professor Galvani. .f P.nlogua, in Italy,
gaTe his name to the operation, but his
wife is ctiKidid aa acually entitled to
the ci edit of the discovery. She beintr in
bad health, some frogs were ordered for
her. As they lay upon the table skinned.
The Story o Singular I'hartictcr.
On a drive with some friend over Pom
fiet Hills, Ct., the other day. we calted on
a singular character a man who is thirty
years old, who is deaf, dumb and blind.
Whether he would have bcn dumb or not
had he lcen blebsed iih the seue of bvnr
it'.g. it is impossible) t tell, but hit glim
mering, of intellect ai e evidently rather fee
Lie. The man is well developed physically;
is of ordinary height ; has a stout, thick
neck, and looks strong and robust ; has
j never eaten anything but mi;k : has never
tasted water nor a particle of food but milk.
1 Thirty years on clear milk, and muscular
system to correspond. Can we say now
that milk is fur babies and calves, and not
for strong men. This man had a full set
of strong double teeth clear round, and
every one of them had to be pulled out, at
he toio his clothes to pieces with them.
she noticed that their limb became stroug- i A-s he didn't ue them to chew milk with.
ly convulsed wlieu near an electrical con
ductor. She called her husband's atten
tion to the fact : he instituted a series of
experiments, and in 17y the galvanic bat
tery was invented.
Eleven years later, with that discovery
for his basis, Professor Alessandro Volt a.
also an Italian, announced his discovery of
the "voltaic pile."
Thediscoveryjof glassVas effected by see
ing the sand vitrified upon which a tire had
been kindled.
Blancourt says that the making of plate
glass was suggested by tho fact of a work
man happening to bieak a crucible filled
with melted glaa. The fluid ran under
one of the large flagstones with which the
floor was paved. On raising the stone to
recover the glass, it was found in the form
of a plate, such as could not be procured
by the ordinary process or blowing.
Glass uearls. though among the
he prot.atily tboucht he must make sonio
use of them, as they were evideiuly m.tdrt
for something, und bis clothes furnished
excellent material onwhieh toexerctsetbem.
Anotl ler peculiarity of this strange tem
iai that through all his life long he ha
chewed a rag or rather, 1 should say. has
gummed it since his strong teeth were Li
ken from him. From infancy his mother
has had to) place a rag- hi his mouth ais. :t
as he had taken his food. She said he gavo
her no peace till she put it back. He dis
tinguished strangers from the neighlHirs
and those who had visited him befoie. 1
took hold of his hand and he took it in b. dh
of liis and eembd t be considering ; then
he passed his hand up the length of mv
aim. and patted his bead ami chest and
made a singular guttural iioio. Hi-tmoth-ei
said that was his way of expressing joy
of showing that he was i. leased. Hisprin-
most I 'Pal enjoyment seems to consist in havin g
beautiful, inexpensive, aod common orna- ".,8 mother get uiiougu with tier work and
rd t'V 1 ourn UJ ilia lur. lie .& bw uig it
the room, iu which he spends a good part
of the time swinging. Sometimes when
his mother steps out, he will hek the ;!ocr
so that she can't get back again, which
shows that he has some wit aliout hiiu, or
roguery at least. He i always very wake
ful at night and rouses his mother out of
lied many times in the night. She ay he
lias lived thus without a good night's rest
for thirty years, with the exceptiou of Sat
urday and Sunday nights.
Every Saturday night ho calms down
like a lamb, and keeps that night and all
day Sunday after iu tho strict letter of tha
"blue laws" of Connecticut. His mother
attributes this liclMloniad.il to the fact that
sb changes hU clothes on S.-; turd ay night.
But it is probably owing to the mere fact
of t har.ge from the oidiuary routine. Thi
slight ripple of change is a cliango t- him.
and the rest a s-ut of weekly landmark itt
the dreary, monotonous blank of his life.
Peibaps through the cloud and mist of hi-
vacant mind he welcomes this slight ripple,
and thus in hi poor way computes tho
flight of time. What meaneth it to sr.ch
a mind as this? To wake and sleep, t
draw the breath, to take a pint of milk.
The sun goes round, the seasons change,
but naught of this knows he. Nat ion .-i
ai ise and nations fall 'tis the same to him.
One dreary round, forever blank will
death improve his stato ? The bird that
flies tbe lih that swims, has better litV
than this.
men's worn bv the ladies, are produced uv
a very singular process. In lr5( a Vene
tian, named Jaquin, discovered that the
scales of a fish, ca lt d bleak-fish, possessed
the property f communicating a pearly
hue to the water. He found, by exjieri
menting, that beads when dipped in this
water assumed, when dried, the appear
ance of pearls. It proved, however, that
the pearl's eoat. when placed outside, was
easily rubbed off; aud tlie next improve
ment was to make the beads hollow. The
waking of these beads is earned on to
this day in Venice. The bead are all
blown separately. By means of a small
tube, the inside are delicately coated with
the pearly liquid, ami a waxed coat'iny is
placed over that. It requires the scales of
four thousand fish to pioduce half a pint
of the liquid, to which a small quantity of
sal-ammoniac and isinglass are aflerwaid
added.
Lutidy Foot, the'celebrated nufT manu
facturer, originally kept a small tobacco
nist shop at Limerick. One night his
house, which was uninsured, was burned
to the ground. As he contemplated the
smoking ruins, ou the following morning,
in a state liordering on despair, some of
the poor neighbors, groping among the
dying embers to see what they could find,
stumbled upon several canisters of uncon
sumed, but half baked snuff, which they
tried, and found it so pleasant to the
nose that they loaded their waistcoats pack
ets with it. Bundy Foot, aroused from his
stupor, imitated their example, and took a
pinch of his own property, when he was
struck with the superior pungency and fla
vor it had acquired from the great heat to
which it had been exposed. Acting upon
the hint, he took another house in a place
call Black-Y'ard. erected ovens and set
about the manufacture of that high-dried
commodity which soon became known as
Black-Yard snuff. Eventually he took a
large house in Dublin, and making his
customers pay literally through the nose,
amassed a great fortune by having been
ruined.
On the Ice. Maria Ann went to the
front door last evening to see if the after
noon paper had come. She had been de
livering a short address to me concerning
what she is pleased to term my "cold mo
lasses'' style of moving around. As she
opened the door she remarked, "I like to
see a body move quickly, prompt, emphat
ic" that was all. but'l -uumpiiig
oown the stairs iu a most prompt
and emphatic manner, and I reached the
door in time to see my bettor half sliding
across the sidewalk in a sitting jiosture. 1
suggested as she limped back to the door,
that there might bo such a thing as too
much celerity ; but she did not seem in
clined to carry on the conversation, and I
started for my office.
Right in front of me, on the slippery side
walk, strode two independent Knights of
St. Crispin. They weie talkiug over th r
plans for the future, and as I overtook them,
one of them said : "I have only my two
hands to depen 1 upon ; but that is fortune
enough for any man who is not afraid to
work. I intend to paddle my own canoe.
I believe I can make my way through the
world " his feet slid from under hiui. and
he came down in the shape of a big V. I
told him he could never mako his way
through the world in that direction, unless
he came down harder, and that if he did
he would go through among the "heathen
Chinee," aud he was really grateful for the
interest I manifested. He iuvited me to a
-.1 iA tivr fiirnia rill the. side-
piHlO ""-' , -
walk. in royal robes, who hold-
Then I slid aloug behind a loving con pie a goblet and in his right
on their way to hear Madam Anna Bishop.
Their hands were frozen together. Their
hearts beat as one. Said he, "My own, I
shall think nothing of hard work, if I can
make you happy. It shall be my only aim
to surround yon with comfort. My sympa
thy shall lighten every sorrow, and through
the path of life I will be your stay and sup
port; your" he stopped. His speech was
too flowery fortius climate, and as I passed
them she was trying to lift him up.
Two lawyers coming from the cojrt
bouse, next attracted my attention. "Ah,"
said one, "Judge Foster would rule that
out. Wo most concede the first two iniints.
We can afford to do it if the evidence sus
tains tho third ; but on this position we
must take a firm stand" his time was up
I left him moving for a new trial.
T mused. What a lesson the ice
IT ... n'lcllcr Ii 11 Til 21 11 it V O
f g US. IIVT V J ao iiuii.'V
bv circumstances and the "
gravitation. AYhat a n"'. h
Wed-I got up and took be muh be of the
btictt to prevent further accident. .
Too Many Have a Piece of the Hon.
The Credit Mobiber business "didn't
kiver enough gr mud"' during the late can
vass. But it is now somewhat in the con
dition of Bill Arp's last application for a
furlough in which he stated the whole
history of his life "it kivers entirely 1o
wiucA.'" One of the late Mr. Liuccln's lit
tle anecdotes will explain why.
Mr. Lincoln had been retained as coun
sel for a fellow accused of stealing six fino
hogs. The trial came on and the witness
es for the State proved the theft lieyond
all question and identified Mr. Lincoln's
client as the thief. When the testimony
had elosed Mr. L. turned b the thief and
said, '"I sea un ground for any defence iu
this case, sir. If the wittnesses are to be
believefl you are guilty and I cannot mako
anything else out of it !"'
"Never mind my guilt,"' said the confid
ing client. ".Tea ifet tij and abuse them
-i.ucfii like the devil and spread yourself
on general principles!''
Mr. Lincoln did as he was told. The
jury retired and in less that half an hour,
much to the surprise of court and c unsel,
returned a verdict of '-not guilty !"
"I don't understand this" said Mr.
Lincoln, turning to bis client as he sjoke ;
"these fellows must have misunderstiod.'
"Not a d d bit of it." answered tho
sagacious client, with a knowing wink.
You see. 'Squire. rru oiu of tfiem era
fellers had a yier tht m hop.
We think the ( recht Mobiber butties
will fail to result in much, because to.j
many "o them ere fellows" iu Congress
kad a slice of the Stock !
A Bacchanalian Tiuk-Kcrplr. A
peculiar clock occupies a p!.ic in the shop
window of Adolph Sack, comer of Whita
ker and Byrou Mitel, and attracts con
siderable attention from pedestrians. Th
clock has recently been leccived from a
manufacturing establishment in Germany,
is constructed of ash wcod, with hands and
figures on the dial-plate of ivorv. It is sur
mounted by the figure of a crowned Princtt
in his left band
goblet and in his right a decanter, from
which every live minutes he ours three
auccesMve drinks t f wine into the goble:.
each time elevating the latter to his liis
and drinking down the draught which ver
itably "che-i-s but not inebr iat.'." Every
five minutes by the docket his little toper
takes his three potations and, tshij ,n
day be has won the reputation of lieing th
heaviest drinker in town, he ifTr
his periendieular. For l.t' the whol
vear is a jollification. i,e tst in ard
'toasts out the pasSi h-u f eveiy
night were New real s Eve and every d;.y
New Year it-""- NrA -W.
f.och-
.ntrolleu
A notick on
M r-et. cars savs
dies to kiss r,.od-b:.
the
On
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t'oi la-
OVKIIW'IIELMINO GltATITUPE. Max Ad
der writes : One of the in"t touching
instances of gratitude with which we aie
familiar occurred at Fairmount Park the
other day. A little boy. the child of a
wealthy mother, tumbled into the ri'er.
He was rescued by A workingman and re
stored to his parent. The woman gave the
resetter a car ticket, and said she would I.
glad to have him cmie up to her hon-e and
sit out in the entry aud hear bcr lay the
piano. He went away vith tears in his
eyes. He said he wa.ii't u.--d to such over
v hcl.iii;) kniiiai:-.