J ry..,, , . J.!! . I J( to f rjcPIKE, Editor and Publisher. Hi- "HE IS A FREEMAN WHOM TnE TRUTH MAKES FllKE, AXD ALI, ABE SfcAVES BESIDE M Terms, S2 per year, In advance EHEXSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, AP1UL 11, 1S73, NUMUEll 12. f I i will nr.;,! ofl i k:o: uret jfBP 'a'i itf'1 Ml'' ii iw tirl y 0. re"- J' 1 0 " .i.M loli-' rat V. .ihf S 11 t . i. -jK J ; I L It TMEMKXT8. cooi"' yd v" .5 II " r, can fin! no more fresh and nt- u!l. f,,r Slu ing' sa les man in ' ,'. s if f'."'''." I'.v .V iss f K.Hcfr! ll j; mmim:: ii Cycloptdia of Do ;. nil ' unplete 'miki-ry It' o'c s,.r,i for circular to . I. 11. For. , V, -phi ( hicatfoorSan Francisco KATIE CHANCE ! ! Wr.llts -H per WCCK IN CASH ilti 1 1 r at n.M'B. Everything ,.,i.ii-ci paid. Address l.'i'l'lt C . Charlotte, Mich. lifarren mm 11 el k-' y ri:::rrEEiua ",,.," ll. w, aim.lEst.lS71 iirmiiii; Closet, Hr.ul- r.l. Humping and Shaking Drill. I I LLKIl, ttAKltK-N X. V. S'lTSTS HAVE PROVED TViutt- I V'1 . f. fsrcli.infs New Turbine 1ST EVER IMEMEll. adhkesk, yukk, pa. rrt I" wr-".- : ' '?m: : s ' J. hi. i 3io k ix j:i !'Vi ! 1'lie I'rrat lisriry for . .:,.! ;i suroaii.1 immediate for , rand n ine. Sprain!, Ac re I n-s!iii' x odor, and will i.n the lllosl delicate .fabric. i 1 1 h ry i m every family. Pricc : c For sale liy nil d riisrirists. . HoYT, Prop'r, Xew York. ill , i:i;avf. HOOK, V1i:J! Woiiisin Oil !.. HURT nOMK, l Hoiuun, I.. Ii, art t m . I .( ,.f tiiokiii.l eer written nj ;it v in .-vcrv Ihhik-IkiIiI, it -i li- !V:il.i si - ;i ..n l iiiiit-ii,.' itt niani att - " irily Ireaicil. it s wrir- imi ! iriMi-. ir'' M I'" as will not ofTeinl l.;iu ilKirin.l IHTH i in r; i.ih lit tint Kr inoitey iiuu ty in every Iioiik-Ik ill, itn n- linenl irBr) inil nesH will ere- i naml. .NotwitliAluiliiiiifr the Is unetialeil hj- any known fiurilier. It will erailit.-ate, extirpate anil thonxiKhlyJilestroy all poisonoiiK siibstaneos in the lilootl Mini will f-f-feetiiHlly di-ipel all prciispopition to titliousfie ranjfeinciit. 1 there umil nctinn in wur Llrrrmul Salient Unless reliev Kt t'nee. the hlootl lieeomcs im pure tiy drWerioiisseorrti'Mis. protlueinjr scrof ulous or kln tiiseases, Hlotelies, l'elons, 1'ns tulc!. (ranker. I'imples. Arc, Are Hare iim a I)ii"lfltiv Stnmm-lt ! I'nlrs.x diges tion is promptly aided the system ts dehilitateil with Io.hs or vlia! force, poverty of the Jllood, Jiropsioal Tendency.- (leneral Wiiiiknrss or la sitnle. It will impart ymiihrtit vor to n-enry snlTerers. llnrriiiiii imtkiirt itf the Intent iitex ! Von are in da nu-er of Clironie hiarrluca or the dreadful Jiitl MMi'iaiion of the llnwels. II, ire. iiuu uvitlciirn nf H:c ('teri)ie or T'riitetrft ()ri.(i--7 Yon must procure )ntant relief or you art? liable to su fl'erlll- worse than death. il'iit itejectnl, tlro. dull, slu-jisli or tie pressed in spirits, with head ache, back ache, coaled toiifrue and bad tastiivr mouth 'i F'or a certain remedy I'm-all of these oi-eaf, vreaknessos and troubles: for ctciiriln ami puril'viiur the iliatctl blood and impartimr vitr or to all t he fnrct s : for buildiiiK- iii and restor ing the weakened constitution, I "Mi .T17JMJ15E13A, vrhit-h is pronounced by the lendintr inetbeal authorities of J .omlon and l'aris "the most pow erful tonic and alterative known to the medi cal world." This is no new and untried discov ery, but. has been innsr used by the Icadiu phy si.'ian.H of other countries with icuti'tcil ill reme dial rcstilts. Ihm't irrnt;r nntl impiur the direti ve ortrans ly eathar icsami phvsicp. They jriveonly tem porary relief. Indisresiion, Ihilulency and dys pepsia, with piles ami kindred diseuisc, are sure to Ttillow their use. Keep the blond pure and health is nssured. JOHN . KF.J. !.;;. IS IMatt St.. X. V., Sole Asrent fur the Fiitied States, rrieedtie Hollar per iloitle. Send tor Circular. f mac I Hli' ' ;miO. 1 1 i" ,1 - iluli'if "-lit t ts mailed free I IJKCKIi'TS . TIIK I5tll(tn-;il J. M. J'i i.iiiAi.1 I a ( .. Philadelphia. EAUTV AT T'ri riilESiDE. ,:. i lij m i t i ss or . 4 l r S" K T . i , i , i; i . i:o i s : hk I m.i a xt ! . - iii-. - . '- ' - gmk'l i . t he real est success of 4 1-0 11:001 I ii!iiltrl. th priite or . l.r. Tliii.isands of ladicsnt- iti, 1 iiunesiiatinulv pronounce ll The 1'ress universally , i l:iiiii it 1 omit reriilini Ire i I - iiiii. t ifit'jiriuiihnl'le. I'uit K. - will (mil rrnm'.in lift omfort tor .-..iass ts rocci s, hardware tlealei s. -eper. etc.. 1 1 1 roil ii In nit the I" ni i jiiada. II. A. Ii AitTi.KTT & l'i - i:.M !b It's ISIaekiii-. I'earl I'.lio-. ,. 117 .S. Front St., Ft ilad'a : 14! New York; :; ilroad St.. Itosttm. AND Kxi'ENlHTl'KES OF iK F.UKNstii itii from "Jlhof February. 17:!, toth of February, 1S..J: Wii.i.iam Uavis. Treasurer Dli. To h mou nt in ha mis of Treasin or at last settlement M To ain't ree'd from Collector, 1ST"? o. I'.i." 70 (J.C. Owens, W'h M'r 14'.i:r " " .lohn I-lovd, Ser.uts- tratorof Turnpike Company To ain't ret-'d Irimi F. II. Itarker, I'ep uty nniircss. To ain't ree'd 1'ioiu 11. It. Davis 4SOU7 14 on 1 4S :.!'7U HO ASSI-TS OF TIIK nnllOVCIl. Ain't in hands . .t Win. t J i is.. Trci.su'r.t 275J 21 due from It. 11. 'I iiouias, late Wvijjh Master li 7" Ain'tdue from (j. A. llerrj , late liuifrcs-s. !." 00 '!SS .) ffj ( cnls --Eijrhl sample- mailed free 'fc- ..' I Hal sell at si lit for (', .u -dolhu '.i i i .i-son in F.I M - psiju i : w ht will net at f :a. It asii.i.i i. A. i ' . '.''7 Itr'dway. X.V. f -i vr ri o' iAi.i:n:i ff.m a i.e. i;u I'liMn h.A inmltlM.lllitrf'l. lu- in ilc muni at Imiiie, ilay or e fiiiii-r: u i-.-(tii'retl; lull inl ru-l an is and valn i, n.ijre of itniHis M'Kl fit-e by mail. Al 4,1, ,?'i six cents return tanii, M. VlK'NU Jul... i icon wic!i-st ., N. Y. ''' I 1-'I antetl lor our iiiiiiieiistdy l'- -, i -s Xr Cn A lTs. Our lare .Map I Slates." w ll Ii beau t it ii I ' Worlil i-veise -iiic; sells s plcmiidly. Each .!lfs. s wanteil fur mr new Cli;irlH, N'n u'in ami I'hi'nl," ;lnl 'Clnist. . t iiildreii." 'I t.ey will find a place l i .ii :-;iaii home, i 1 asis.v i ,t bum o i , ,r M mi I t hril l Kstablirflniieiit. lit'.' Eib tl' ' . N e w Y irk. Cit. Hv amount paid Work on Illirh street " ol h r si reels a nil Fire F.i in hie lli iin's. . I n tin t mi 1-1 re i .i , triiic Fin- F.ry;i:e Fire F.iijj ice ami Fn.vfine I.iiii.l't i- . . M i-i eh;. inline.. . . !'i nl ii.r Coiinell tiiH'ln. i1 Stationery and Print inj;. . Clerk to I ouneil Aiiditintr I :. n-i iMu Ii Aec't- 'ol ii-e ii ml Constablt s 1 1. ;i i il mir and Jail Fees Miscellaneous Coiiiiinssion tin i-iMI'tM ' 2 per cent Commission on ?2.V.l:t. allowed by Council since l-t set t le nient Ity amount m l.an.l.M.t li.iri.uh Treasurer ..Ill . s. Honiis House 17 1. if.l '.'.I .",- t it '.Hlit 41' I 1.4 lei i t :",S r, ,i P.l 10 4n l II In 00 J'.l .VI t; t IS Ni 5 10 27S 24 :t.fi70 m nUVAT' ADVICE TO Tv 7x ct e I - t - - - - -- ill I'liriiinn I'h'sieian. - by t in- I "I i f . ii'in.'i; ! : .'! en's I hrist ia n Associi 'i una. Sent free 'iv; cf I ;; tititl, liirt - I.IA III I.ITI ES. Ontstaiidinir OnK-rs for ls70 and vears $ J:J0 IS Outtar.d:nir Orders lor IS7I KMKI Outsiaiiilin Orders sor 172 112 7: J-iS Ve. the Audrtnrs of the Ilorouu h of EbiTis-bura-, respect fully rtpori that ve have ex amined the accounts of sa'ld lloroneh lor the jcar ending Feb, 's. 17', am' lied them to be correct acc-ird-n-r to a i-ove -t iteieenr. V. '.I. II. ;i I.FK. i r.ben: s. ii. ;ia bin-vr, April 4,1- Auditors. , ilC - 1 ftt -. 11 -, !51. i - v J :.-ai -' -Nl "'I '! '' irni In tho WORLD! Sen.! fur . FWINC circular. Atldress: M A ... 1 1 1 N E t ., .Y. -,t;! No' hiep is m-ire cert a i:i to ! ii. i. fi n ! ii t ui i-evii cu'iseip-nces. !.i-!i!l diseases .f t he 1,'espira- ' -. i I hri'i'l. I'.il'K, I n Hip- ' .i t :t r ill. i ioai seiii-ss. l'rjmss i.uipipe, or Urotichial Tubes, ; - , : I. in r-i. - I ii coi. Iimvcvcr Ihkcii, . - - ,o! I I be promp'ij" ai.d in-i ly , e t he eircii 'a i i,m i l l l i-i.l. - t ; : y ,.; t in' a 1 1 a. k. a lid w ill. in . re-lore In al'.hy .lei Inn to the ! i i ' Taiiixts r.re put up only i,i!.c no siibstiTutes. ll t hey , our ilrufi-ts. s.nil.il .n.f ,it- Fi.i.. who will forward i iM. ilon't he Ib-rrivrd li lmi - i . ,;...ri!t;s. Price 2." i ts. per box. ! ! . :.' nit'-. 1H l'l;tt'-st.. X. York. de Atrent for I .Mates. 'Crrs v;akted for WASHINGTON. -- -i m v , t 1 J $5G0 III PREMIUMS! two A ;ir roTA Tn:s: - rX'I'ItA F.AICI.Y YF.UMOX r. Ten Hays i Earlier innii EitrU itn-e. Km iii.Mt usi.V -J 1'itiilM't -i ivk and i.t l-.xi 'El. LENT Vy- Yllit. il per pound; 1 pounds by tuuii. , r 1 postihud, for o."0. i m 1 COMFTOX'S SFI'.PKISE. KSC, llrnins ' .Tto tii k ..i't!i:. A little later than Early ! f . Kos i. Kil At. l. (,'fAl.liy. W per pound l by mail, postpaid. 1 r (, 8-t0 will be nwariied ns I'KE.VirJIS w to t hose who produce I he Largest l,iian- X " 1 ity from one pound. Descript ive ( 'irc-.i-' I lar's of the above, with list of ;!ntl varieties of Potatoes, free to all. j " I i.i.istiiatiii) Si-en ( ' it M.or:fK, 2(X) pa i .m " res wit ii Ct. lured ( liroino. 2" eent. ' r A New lomato, the "A KM XC.TOX." Early, solid and productive. Price, 2jc. per paclict. Five packets tor tl. B. 11. BLISS & SGft, S3 Park Place. Piew York. STORE GOOES at PRIVATE SALE j And StoreJHcusecn Lease. riti E subscribers otfer at private sale their j 1 enl trtr sti ck of merchandise and will lease ' Iht ir Store House, c.. for a term of years. j S-iitl property ij at St. I.awrence Church. Cam bria co., and has tlone a trot.il business, 'i he ill lieal th of theseniot partner is the only reason ' lor wishi:i2 to sell. Xo better location in the ! county for a country store. 1 1 not disposed of ! la- the lirst day of April next, wc wili want a l .o'lo.l man to sell jjoods for us-one who can 1 speak Oermaii ami come well recommended. ; None other need apply- Oood wajres will be i yen to a irootl mini, a ppiy io .n. c.. i'o ii e, leariiein couni , i a. WM. S. 1UCKEY & SOX, St, Lawrence, F'cb. 14, lS7:5,-:im. I xotick. We have no authorized nsrnt doimr I business for us m Cambria coiuily or elsewhere. . t sellinir book ever imb- ii'.uit ttieifieat l ii-.Ii M.il'i- I : he otnU-rl ul Shts of l he , a; Son, nt (J leu "l,V:.l.U'irtV;V-1-u .Vv I' I. 1 1 si Us .(Uick. Sen-.loretr-teriiis and a I ill! descript ion Publishing Co.,!Phila., Tn. 'j '.'!' w t ,rth ?'J", pvc n gratis to i 1. 1 I. -very li e man who will act - .i-s fiirht & honorable. .!im.in) i.e.ii.U- as llmir. Everybody w ithout it. Must have it. Xu I i u iiibutf. h niv A. Co., Pittsburgh. Ta. Write fr Lame Illustrated l't ice List. Athhrs., - ill . I0.OO0 in One Month, our j6 I" ONE 3h ix AFRICA!! " . i . an h 'r.:. t e.'i.irr all nln-rt he boi ik AN 1'. 1 1 like VVIMlFlKE. 'n! T2..'m. 1 1 is I lit? ON I. Y I'li.M I N I'. mtiiiimI of the ArtluotiH l. i .U. fi arfiil llnxanls ami .Hiktir ' I ne I'ltlNr E OF EXl'MMtKHS. - il ..,(. Ii - i it deceivetl by misrrprosentn ! palm i,;l h:h-prieed interior : i ! n- circulars and see PKOilF I .ii. 't 1 1; kit Mci i:s of our ajr'ts. - i ii free. MFIMIAUD IIKOS., 'i'U'li-iphia or llosion. SKiTK FIELD SI PITTS 3USSH PA. nreech-loadimr Phot duns, t0 to f .00. dou ble Shot (i mis. .s to I.Ht. Fimrle Guns, to .Sh Kities. to '..".. Kevolvers. Mi to 2T.. Pistols, 41 to t-s. (Jim Material. Fishinjr TacKle. Fa lire discount to Healers or Clubs. Army huns, Ke volvers. &c, boujrh or traded for. Goods sent byexpress C. ).i.tt be examined beforw paid lor i as m:ak niciiix as yv cax. The worlil strctclies Tfidely liefore yon,- A fteltl for your Muscle anil brftin ; Ami though elotnls may often float o'vr you, Ami often come tempest, anil rain, He fearless of storms which o'ertake you 1'tish forwanl through all like a man Gotxl fortune will never forsake you If you tio as near fight 2ff you can. Itememlier, the will to tio rightly, If used, will the evil confound ; Live daily by conscience, that nightly Your sleep may le ieaceful and riouinl. In contests of right nver waver Let honesty shape every plan, Ami life will of Paradise savor,- If you tio a near right as you pan; Though foes darkest scandals may utter Ami si rive with their falsest of tact To injure yolir f.Tney neyer mutter, lint. justly ami honest I act; Ami ask of the Kuler of Heaven To save your fair name as a man', Anil all that you ask will be given. If you do as near right as you can Tin: sToJii' or a svikl:. i:y .mfuat. i li For the great, sensation of hygienic literature, or. V. FKIE.WS SECRET. ' " work is an immense mccess. 'v ,rry ami preenms liealih, and "": mill ir,,ic i,( ,,), $ ti iciil.. ''-'I'( liM.li, it Mini li.nn.r i w. .,-11 rfif i. ' . ,"e 'y '"" "'hires nt oner I ' ft-LU., Puhushor, Ptilludeiphta. i , Especial Atteialion The i. tunc is published Qitahtk.ki.V. 2S ets. pays for the year, which is not half the cost. Those wh afterwards send money to amount of Om boll ii r or more for seeds may also order 5 cents worth extra the price paid forGuion. The First Viimnr is beautiful, irivim.' plans for iiinkimr Uiiral llonir.. Itinin? Table Peroril tions. Himliin (anlt-ns. e., and a mass or iutor- llh'ST NATIONAL SADDLE AND -I 1 1 A K X ESS S 1 1 0 P O F C AM 1 1 K I A CO TXT V, Hi-rh street, o.ppusite Fnion School House, West Hard, Eb. nshurjr, Pa. M. M. o'XKJEL. l'roprietor. S.i.l.liaii(l llitnitsx made and re paired and all other wtirk in my line executed in the best manner, on the shortest notice, and at the musl reasonable rates. U-12.-tf . Thirty miles north of Salem stood, many years ago, the house ami barn of Asa (.'little, farmer and cattle joblier. Jle was a roujrh specimen of his type, hut as true as steel. The worhl in his boyhood had used him pretty badly; but the death of an unc le somewhat en riched him in this world's goods. Cuttle, being naturally industrious and a hard working man, contrived in sit years' time to greatly improve the property, and with the aid of his two boys had cleared a good portion of the land. Jle therefore stood pretty high in the pe cuniary and moral credit of his section. His eldest boy, Aed, was a strong, healthy lad of sixteen, and Charley, his brother, was but a lew years younger. The remainder of Cuttle's "olive branches" went down on a descending sca'e from eleven to zero. One day Aed and his father were in the barn piling up wood for winter's use. Suddenly Asa Cuttle put his broad hand on Ned's shoulder and said: kl"Do you see that spike, Ned V "Yes", sir." "Your father can tell you a fctory abont that spike." "What story V "Sit down, ioy, and I will tell you," continued the tanner, lilting his pipe. Ned quietly obeyed, and wondered what his respectable dad had to say to liiiii. "Your grandfather, Ned, was a hard di inker. He sold his land, his house, his furniture, and lastly himself, for rum. It. wtis your Cncle .Mollis that bought the place up again after his death. I was born here, as you were, and always clungtothe old spot. When the Uritishers had their tea pitched over in Boston harborto feed the fishes with, vour grandfather went soldiering. The regiment he was in came this way, anil the house he lived in, lieing then de serted, lie entered it. Jteinorse seized him, and he picked up that rusty spike you see up there in that cross-beam. He was going to hang himselt. Some comrades entered at that moment, and your grandfather did not hang, lle lleclion made him a better man. lie turning to the house at night, he tied a piece of wood to the spike, on which lie wrote these words : " 'This spike is not to be removed from its ph.ee until one hundred years have elapsed.' 'Well, when Uncle Morris took the jilace, the barn wanted a nv-v tout.' What was to be done ? Why, Morris took that cross-beam out, rebuilt the barn, and nailed the timlcr, spike and all, as you see it now, over the new beam. It is lifty-six years ago to-day since your grandfather placed that spike up there ami was going to hang himself. Now, Ned, it is not likely that I will eYer be at the taking of it out. You may le, or Charley may 1-e. Now, remember, don't you ever touch it until the one hundred vears are passed. Do von hear '''' "Yes, sir.""' "And tell Charley and Agnes all about it; do you hear'." "Yes, sir." "(io ahead ; split and pile ;" and Asa Cuttle filled the barn with smoke from his black clay piie. Jn an evil hour Ned Cuttle stole a sheep. It was once a hanging matter. Uut civilization has somewhat pro gressed since those days, so that young Cuttle escaped with as nice a beating as New England's 1 toy hood ever got. Shame drove him from his father's roof; and off went Ned to Uoston with all he had in the world, a bundle and seventeen cents in good, lawful copper. Ned Cuttle had been about thirty hours w ithout food, and felt preciously ; sheepish. Jle was standing near the theatre door, wondering where all the gay-dressed, laughing crowd were go ing to, when a voice said : "Young man, take this note for me to Beacon street ; run as hard as you can and bring the answer here." The man w as gone before Ned could speak. Jle performed his errand, and was back, panting, in half an hour. He looked around for his sender, but could not see him. He next looked at the superscription on the letter Mr. Fran cis Curdoy, St. Charles Theatre, it read. ' Boldlv went Ned to the box olliceand inquired for Mr. Curdoy. "What do you want'" said the ticket- t..ll..r j OI.UV.li "I have a letter for him," replied Ned. "Who from ?" "I don't know ;" and then otrnrr Cuttle told his story. j At this moment Mr. Curdoy entered, i ftrM the letter was duly handed to him I by Ned. He read it eagerly, smiled, ! and, putting his hand into his velvet waistcoat pocket, threw Ned a silver , dollar. Ned felt no longer sheepish, for he regaled himself on mutton chops . ami ale. I Next night Ned was at the theatre ! door again, hoping to earn anotherdol- j 'nr. Well, reader, such tilings do hall pen. Mr. Curdoy did come out of the , ooa omce v. mi a letter in ins nana, ana again sent Ned on his errand to Beacon street. The result was another silver dollar and more mutton chops and ale. Two weeks alter Ned Cuttle was a Iloman alive Itoinan in armor behind the footlights, with a lance ami armed cap-a-pie. Ned had turned "super." Two years after, our fanner boy was billed as Marcellus. I'ive years more, and he was at the St. Charles under the baton of Mr. Manager Curdoy, en actinir the role of Laertes. (Jood for N-d Cuttle. Jt was the 14th of April, 1SC2. Ned Cuttle was playing that night his fare well engagement. He had never set foot in his father's house since tire day of that awful beating. Jletiad written to his friends and told them he was do ing well, and that was all. Asa Cuttle and Martha his wife were now dead. Charley had gone to China, and Agnes was married and Vtved in the old house. The barn still stood, and the spike held good in the rotten beam. Ned had selected the part of Hoy lloy as his "bowing exit" before the public. He had just dressed himself when a let ter was handed to hiin. It simply con tained these words: "The hundred' years expire to-morrow at midnight." (J ray-headed Ned Cuttle entered the home of his boyhood after an absence of forty-four years. Jt was but little changed. The actor proposed to obey the wishes of his dead ancestors. Watch in hand, and axe uplifted, he stood there ready to strike the blow, his sister Agnes and her husband standing by. Jt was twelve o'clock, one hundred years ago since grandialhci Cuttle had .1 .11.. ;i i i -.i.i piacca inat spiue in mat neain wills me intention of committing suicide. The lirst blow was given. The iron did not move. A second ami a third were re peated, and the rusty spike snapped in two, leaving a part emliedded in the old wood. The U-ani wasthen removed from its position, chopped in two, and the remaining portion removed. Jn giving the final blow, a piece of leather not bigger than a cent-piece fell out from a crevice in the wood. Ned picked it up. He examined it carefully. He saw that it had Urn sewn together, and Mas, in fact, two pieces of leather cut in circular shape. Opening them, he found a piece of tin, and on it these words: feet beneath the spike." Somewhat puzzle I to sol vet he mean ing of these words, the three at last un derstood that they signified that they were to dig three feet beneath the ground, a perpendicular line from where the spike had originally" been placed by (J rand fat her Cuttle. A .V,l .l.l .I.b lllATHty IiVIIiUII'ImI. tl spot was hit upon, and the two men set to work. The ground was pretty hard, but at length their exertions were rewarded. The actor found a tin box, with a padlock and key attached; I but the hinges were worn away by I time. It was full of English gold. ! On a piece of parchment was written these lines: "I. Abraham Cuttle, bequeath this sum of gold to my eldest grandchild to be living when it is found. If not, to the next in age in succession male or female. It was placed here two weeks after I ittlempted to take my life. I found this money, 1 never could discover .in owner for it. 1 request that it be expended in building a mall school-bouse on the site where this barn now stands, and that it shall be known as the Cuttle School-house. May God bless you all. AllUAUAM C'lTTbE." The actor rigidly carried out his grandfather's wishes, and thus, reader, ends the curious story of a spike. 'Dig three Don't Call t Man i Liar, Never tell a man he is a liar miresJ yofi are certain that you can lick him, for, as a general rule, when you say that, it means fight. I have arrived at this conclusion through sail experience. I know that it is not safe to give the lie to a mus cular Christian. 1 did it once. I am sorry for it now, as 1 never grieved for anything else in the whole course of my life. We were standing on the side-walk, irV front of the club, when I made the statement. We were talkiny- politics, and. men who talk jMjlities, and get hot over it, are, to put it mildly, luna atics, or else want an oHiee, or have some friend who wants an ollice. This man made an assertion ton' ing the fair fame of 1113" candidate. It is probable that if it had been as true as it was false, 1 should have taken the same course, liecause, you under stand, a man who talks politics has no sense, anyhow. I think, I said this be fore, but it is all the same. 1 want to make it strong, and get you to under stand how I got my ornamental eye. J mildly suggested that a man who would make such a statement as tlxx was lost to all sense of shame, and would be guilty of any bad crime. Jle disagreed with me on the point. As for himself, he never made a state ment except upon the most ample proof. My candidate was the meanest villain living. I tokl him he Hcd. I have been kicked by" a mule; have fallen out of a second story window on a hard pavement ; eaten green persim mons ; heard Miss Blow read poetry for two hours and a half ; skated, rode a sharp-backed horse of mu.stanir pa rentage, an adept in the art of "bin-king ;" suffered grief of various kinds, and still clung to life ; but all of these are leathers in the balance as compared with the result of that little word liar! Immediately after saying it, I sat down not in the way people usually sit down. 1 sat b)wn on the rim of my ear ten feet from the spot where 1 had been standing when I made use of the expression quoted above. I am not used to sitting in that position, and do not think it agrees with me. 1 have heard of people who' "got up 011 their ear," and walked oil'. I wi-.li I knew how to do it, and would have propelled myself away from the spot immediately if J had possessed this happy faculty. 1 proceeded to get m y mysclf perpendicularly, intending to use the locomotion which Nature had given me, but when I came right side up, something heavy ran against my nose and I felt very tired. I sat down on my other ear. I like a change; it is too monotonous doing the same thing over and over again. Somebody took my large friend away, and I was quite pleased when he was gone. I have concluded to look twice at a man before 1 give him the lie again. My eye is in mourning, my nose swelled into the size of a cit ron, with the color of a blush rose, ami my clothes look as if they had been run through a patent sausage machine. I would not have that man's temper for anything in the world. A (JoosE (Ji F.stiox. A corresporHl dent of Applcton's .Journal is in a rather unsettled state of mind to whether the contraction "don't" is re all v unnraininHtical when user in the A Daxelky woman sent her boy down street for the following articles: A bar of soap, a piece of music, enti tled "Waiting at the (late, Love," three need-es, a feather, a bottle of hair oil, the New York Weekly, a pound of starch, a mended earring, a half-pound of candy, ten cents' worth of lime, a basketfuil of peaches and a paper of cinnamon. What the boy brought home was a half-pound of candy. Massaciifsetts wonders at the rise of a Delaware millionaire who liegan his mercantile career as a poor boy "by borrowing $7 and investing it in a--ples." The thing that Massachusetts can't understand is how any one could 1... c. ininrtideiit as to lend j-m to a 1 ioor . . . 1 bov without good security tor princi pal and interest. The Courier Journal thinks that a photograph album and a poodle are the only ties which bind most ladies to earth. A Veky SiM'iors Hisi-and. A San Francisco paper gets oiT the fol lowing good one: Bet 11 ruing home late one night, a man living on Mason street disrolnif third person. The contraction "won't" without lijfhtingthe gas, ami lav peaoi - Uir.MXGS ox the Poodle. The poo- hid amungst a good deal ovpromiskuss hair. They are sumtimcs "white for color, and their hair iz tangled all over them, like the head uv a yiuig turkey. They are kept az pet.;, and like all other pets, are az stubborn az a setting hen. A poodle iz a woman's pet, and that makes them kind ov sakred, whatever a woman luvs she worships. I have seen poodles that I almost wanted tew swop places with, but the owners ov them didn't akt to me az tho the' wanted tew trade for enny thing. j Thare iz but few things on the face ov this earth more utterly worthless than a poodle, and 3'ct i am glad thare iz poodles, for if thare wasn't thare is some people who wouldn't have enny objekt in living and have nothing tew luv. Thare iz nothing in this world made in vain, and poodles are good for fleas. Fleas are good for poodles, for they keep their minds employed in scratch ing, and almost every body else's too about the house. I never knu a man tew keep a poodle. Man's nature iz too koarse for poodles. A poodle would soon lade and die if a man waz tew miss him. I don't expekt enny poodle, but if onny-boddy duz giv me one he must make up hiz mind tew lie tied onto a long stick every Saturday, and lie used for washing the windows on the out side. This kind of nus:d:i would probably make the poodle mad, and probably he would quit, but i kant help it. If i hav got tew keep a poodle, he haz got tew help wash the windows everv Saturdav. I am solid on this pint. It is reported that a son of Brigbam ! Young is going to marry a ncwlv es tablished female sciniuarv. he thinks more objectionable than "don't." As the former is a contrac tion of "'will not," he makes the mVel suggestion that it be called "win't" in stead of "won't," that being more in accovdanec with principle and with the true spelling. For instance, "I win't go o-Mt this evening" that has the merit of novelty, if nothingcls This writer is in as great a qoan'dsrr as was the country hardware merchant who wanted to send to theity for two tail or's geese or gooses, whichever seemeth !est. He sat down and wrote the or der thus : "Please send me t-vro" tailor's gooses.'' But he didn't like the grammar, ami was afraid he should lie laughed at, so he destroyed that order and wrote : "Please send 111c two tailor's geese."' Alter h had deposited the letter in the oflic'e, he was much trouMet! Tf mind lest he should have a couple of live geese sent to hi, purchased of some tailor; so he returned to the post-ollico, got the letter out and de stroyed it, ami wandered two days in a maze of doubt ami perplexity as to how he should ever get an order olf so astobe understood, id grammatically worded. At last, in desperation he st down and wrote: 'Pleas? tnd mc one tailor's goose, and, d n it, send me another one just like it." That hit the goose on the head, the man got his geese, or his gooses, or bis one goose and another one. A cofsVs poiidont of th-' Washington Capital, awhile ago, much exercised 011 this point, sent the story of the mei Hind to that paper for decision on the ques tion. But it affected th? editor like all the others who had pondered on it pondering seemed to make matters worse. Jle said "the goose hung too high" for him. lie consulted thirteen unabridged dictionaries, encyclopedias afid learned treatises on ornithology, and found the question getting dooiie" and deeper the more lie studied it. His conclusion after much research, was this : "Sometimes we believe the plural should lK' gooses, and then we don't. We don't no more frequently than we do. We will keep our inquiring fi iemls advised of our progress." straightway raised himself and rc- fully down lvside the partner of his io"!. Sinking back noon the iillw. he 111a 1 kl "I say, wife, how's your pillow---warm ?" "Why, whaf a foolish question?"' returned she ; "my pillow is all right.' "Is it real warm'" he asked. "Yrtainly it is; I've had 1113' head oft it for three hours." Apparently saiUlied, he laid down' and was silent for a time, when a vig orous nudging in the side of his wife proved he had another idea. " sa v, wrfe ?" "For goodness sake, what do 3-011' want ." petulantly answered the sleepy dame. "I say, you don't use hair oil, do you I'" "Of course not; foil know that as Well as anybod v else. Do, for merc-'s sake, go to sleep." Another half hour passed in silence', broken by the solemn ticking of the chx-k in the darkness. Then there was another spasmodic nudging. "I say, wife, you didn't put that calf under the bed, did 3 011 ?" "(J rations me!" retrrrerl (he ma tron, "what is' the matter with you? Of course, the calf is not under the lied. Will vim never go to sleep?" "Well," continued the lord, sliding his legs sidova's out of lied, "I'm d d r' there ain't something live tinder here." There was the sound of scrambling around, a partial upheaval of the couch, the quick gleam of a white garment, making for the open window,- throngl'i wlrith it disappeared, a thrashing sound in the lose bushes outside, and all was still again. The custotl v of the children has been awarded to the husband. "Coming Thro' the Kyk" A Nkw Yeiisiox. If a cat doth meet a cat upon a garden wall, and if a cat doth greet a -at. oh ! need there be a sq.uaM? Every 'IVoiinv has his Tabby, waiting on the wall, and yet she welcomes his approach with an unearthly yawl. -And if a kitten wish to court a cat upon a wall, why don't he sit and sweetly smile, and not stand up and bawl, and lift his precious teeth, and moan and moan, as if 'twere colic more than love, that made the feller groan? Among the twain there is a swain his voice is known full well but what's his name and v, here's his shame, I do not care to tell. He's sweet upon the other sex, his valor ous passions rise ; he can't resist the tender glance of their seductive eves; and so with groans and horrid threats . ....j., eimig air, and makes those midnight rendezvous impossible to bear. If a liod v meet a body coming thro' the mud, and a bod- splash a body, need a liodv scud ? Every highway has its crossing, none are alwa3"sclean; so if a bod v's boots get dirty, do not 1 call him green. If a lady meet a lady j coining thro' the slush, need she frown to see some splatters on her silk and plush? All tho lasses go a shopping when the days are bright ; but oh. it is a tiresome job with gloves in such a plight. livery body has their trials, either dust or flood ; but they should keep their temper down when coming thro' the mud. The brown cnls fell with their won- 1 drous grace, and the blue eves met his own shading the light of her lieautiful face with a glory all her own. The moonlight stole, wit'i a loving gleam, ' on the delicate upturned brow, and swept, with its pure, m sterious beam, down the soft, arm's dazzling snow. One hand lay on his loving breast, and one 'neath the lovely head ; while the dimpled cheek to his heart was pressed, and parted the lips warm red. On hi shoulder lloated the waving hair, shading the lieautiful brow ; and over all rested the moonlight fair, with its quivering silver glow. And he clasped her warm in his loving hold, and he spoKe, 111 Ins 3"earning tone: ti.it is it my darling would have me told, little wife, my darling, my own!" The blue eves gleamed with a loving thrill, and a look so pure and sweet: "Our dinner to-morrow; O, dear me, Phil ! has the butcher-boy brought up the meat ?" When the sunN-am came with a loving thrill, and the air grew warm and sweet, and the moon had vanished behind the h;M, the butcher boy brought up the meat. tid the oil'. A xotii ku ( 1 host Story. There have .-en a series of ghostly stories afloat in the pa-H-rs of late that exceed in num ber and marvcloiisiK ss anything in tbe recent literature of the supernatural. These include the spectral urchin who aihets the school house at New bur v port ; the spiritual operator a1io has i Vr s-mltng spr-ei tcleg-r ans front j the other world to some office in Ohio; the engineer who haunts tho engine' that he managed in his former state, and several other such casual or chron ic visitors froirrthe other world. Anil now Yirginia conies forward with her installment of the unearthU. The stoiy is this: A woman named Sill.i Summers was lying at the point of death in the second stoiy of her house at Matthews Couithu-e. In a room' Ik'Iow were her husband, who was co-r fined to his bed with rheumatism, and a few neigh iKirs. Suddenly Mr. Sum mers arose in his ln'd, and directed the" attention of the other inmates of the room to the fireplace. They looked ami .sw the wod "Silla" spelled in let ters of fire 011 a charred log. The name was visible for perhaps a minute, when it gradually faded out and dis appeared; and nt that samt' instant a. :ni from the attendants in the room aliove told that Mrs. Summers w- dead. Dow we would pcout at a nov elist who would tell such a store ; yet this storv is told and repeated by dozens of pa;crs in the Soul h and East as if it was a well-authenticated occurrence. Petting a hoop on the family iTonr barrel is an operation. that will hardly bear an encore. The woman generally attempts it before the man comes homo to dinner. She sets the hoops up on the ends of the staves, takes a deliber ate aim with the rolling-pin, and then shutting both e es brings the pin down v. it Ii all the force of one arm, while the other instinctively shields her face. Then she makes a dive for the camphor and unbleached muslin, and when the man comes hme- she is sitting back of the stove, thinking of St. Stephen and the other martyrs, while a burnt din ner and the camphor are struggling heroically for the mastery. lie says if she had kept her temper she wouldn't have got hurt. And he visits the bar rel himself and puts the hoop on care fully, and adjusts it so nict.l v to the top of every stave that only a few smart (blocks apparently are needed to bring it down all right, then he laughs to him self to think what a fuss bis wife kicked up over a simple matter that only need ed a little patience to adjust itself, and then he gets the hammer, ami fetches; the hoop a sharp rap on one side, and the other side flies up and catches him 1 on the bridge of the nose, filling hi soul with wrath ami his eves with tears, anil the next instant that barrel is fly ing across the room, accompanied by the hammer, and another candidate for ; camphor and rag ist moiled in the great army mat is uncea ward the grave. inglv marching to- pig to Yoi: can't do that again, s: the bov who oil nis tan Must of the shadows that cross our patii through life are caused by stand ing iu our own light. J
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