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OLUME Till.
EBENSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1874.
NUMBER l.
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I, ,.iinr-d and enacted by the Burgess
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OKDIXANCE. . J
AI.'TiCLE I. AUDITOR.
i T' lmrough Auditor shall annually.
' ,1 fl.li.ict , 1... K. .. l-o iom o ...1
,,i4 df the Borough Ti casurer and all
o'ti.t i -of the Breus-h into whose pos
tin' moneys of the Borough mar eorae
.-ding" ftt-cul year, which shall close
i.U-i il.i.v f February.
lie ni.ii II cancel uil orders and vouch
r'tifii '"'v allowed in the Treasurer's ac-
shall immediately present to the
", t written report of the receipts and
r. of the m-e,iedinir vwir. tofirether
!'."it;in..uiits, if any, in the hands of any
,,(:!.( Borough, due and unpaid, and ho
i.i-timi to the Secretary ull orders or
irs cancelled by bim.
AKT1CI-E II. ASSESSOR. r
I. Th',' HorouB-h Assessor phxil mnkethe
" i.i jwtni.b wuum i iit it(iii5 m
fon lietweeii the ttrst and tenth
-t):-j ot eaeb year, and shall deliver the
nn r licfore the 15th of sid month, to
n '.uh Secntary: whereniitn tlie Seere-
(s!l ;ive notice, as provided by law, ihut
niiii I ouneii will mei t lor ttii'vur
t hi'.ilins appeals on the third Saturduy
r.
AKTIC1.E 1IJ. CUKGES8.
1. Cm the Saturdav succeeding the third
a in l-ebruary. me uurjess eiiau present
i -.:: t- the returns ot election held lu
-id lor lloroUKh ollieers.
discharging any f?un or other firearm, or care
lessly and unnecessarily bundling the same or
other dangerous weapon, exirept. in deTeuee of
seir or property, within the limits or this Bor
ough, hall pay a fine of not less than oue dol
lar nor more than ten dollars. .
Sec. 5. Any person or persons ensnared in
flnhtintr, quai-reMusr, or otherwise ereatiujf dis
turbances within the limits of the Borough,
uliall pay a fine of not less than three dollars
nor more than tweDty-tive dollars.
A.FTEB. THE HOLIDAYS.
The gny Christmas-time it is ended
The holiday course has b?en ruu
Aud while no offence is intended
To any particular one,
I wish to make one observation.
And then, like the season, I'm done.
To the ancient anil hon'rable custom
i Ol" giving gifts once in the year
Provided, of course, it don't bust 'era
All ieople should strive to adhere ;
And if they can give but a trifle,
Give that with a slice of good cheer !
ARTICLE VIII. KETCltNS.
Sec. 1. It shall bo the duty of anv officer of
the Boroujrh who may receive any of the funds
of the Uorouirh, derived from tines, taxes, or
any other souree.to pav to the Borough 'i'rea
urer, on or before Ihe firth day of each month,
the full amount collected or received by them
respectively during the previous month, with a
stateinrnt of how derived; they shall report
to Council at every regular monthly meeting
the amount of money received by them.
' AIITICL.'. IX. SIDEWALKS.
See. 1. It shall be the duty of the owner of
any lot or lots fronting on any street laid out
within the limits of this corpoiulioa, (at such
time as may be herearter directed by Council.)
to cause sidewalks or foot walk, to be made of
plank not less than one-and-u-half inches in
thickness, laid crosswise on sills, or of other
pood material, so as to form a dry, Ki ni aud
smooth walk
Sec. 2. Any person or persons owninjr lots
who shuli refuse or neclect to make their re
soeetive footwalks, as herriu specified, within
sixty days after beinir notified by tbe Street
Commissioner, thea the Street Comuiii-sioner
shall cause the fume to be made speedily at the
expense of the Borough, and tbe Burjress shall
proceed, as provided by law, to recover the
amount so expended, with twentv iit rent.
added; which sum shall be paid into the Bor-": Aud the very next day Araliella
onjrh treasury for the use or the Boroujrh. j Propounded the query likewise
Sec. 'it. It shall be the duty of the Uuritcss and 1 ...t ui.., .,.t n.ro .....i vn
IM IIBiV VIH OHM!.' UUU IIIICJ ?S(II ,(.7! j
and laid out, having a widib as near the specifi- ;
cation of the town plot ns iiossible. and owners
of property shall remove fences and all other i
obtiuctious outiHde the limits of streets and :
Yet, while we would show our expression
Of love or esteem for a friend,
A propr auiouut of discretion
In choosing the tokeu toight tend
To add to the pleasure of getting . .
The little or much we expeud.
It chauced this particular season
, I needed some slippers right bad,
And. hiutcd the same for that reason
On every occasion I had ;
And now I am of the conviction
I must at the time have beeu mad !
First Nellie, my cousin, inquired
What number my lioot was; aud when
I told her I thought 1 aspired
To altitudes close upon ten,
She look svmpathizingl v at me
And said, "Is it possi'ble, Den ?"
;e Llu'iiiess elect shall at the same j footwalks ns soon thereafter as practicable.
Il i iiriind take the oath or afiiiiuation,
ilied by law.
! I he liii i-jress shall see t hilt the public
- preserved. and shall enforce ohi-Uicnco
im ordiiuiiices mid rejrulations of the
He shall sifrii all oniers drawn on
V,4-iirer. but oi.lv for the payment of
i.. a.. Iiuve teen approved and ordered
,., ; ! t :,( Council. Ilesliall hnvecharg-e
,ui!-.'!i ami shall at3x the same,
ui 1 ..(" icward, to ul papers requiring
, i 'i ..- - ,v herein the Council Is equally
,i ttn,.v.itlf.-st,oaii nave i no casrinff vof e.
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:!fes shall havo control of the
i id of the police (if any be ap-mm-s
of emergencies shall bare
i -peeiul policemen : Provided,
:it shall not continue longer
unlc the same shall be ap-
Council.
i-ifiin1 or inability of the Bur-
See. 4. All si reetsor alley- not laid out or sie-
I cilh-d in the town plot shall reimtin in such eon
' ditiou, unU'SS owners of property niljoiuinir
siu h unspecified streets or alleys shall donate
i for iiseef ihe Borotifch the lequ'lMte amount of
j jrround necessary for said streets or alleys; or
until such timers the Buruessand Council mav
dirf;t. the same to be opened at tb expense of
the Borough.
See. 5. Any person trespassing on any side
walk with any animal or vehicle, bitchintr ani
mals to trees, fi-nees or buildings, or anything
not provided for that purpose, shall pay a tine
of not less than one dollar nor more than ten
dollars.
ARTICLE X. SAt.AHIEd.
fieo. 1. The officers of the Borough shall each
receive the salary hereinafter specified.
See. 2, The Borough Secretary shall receive
two dollars tor eacn meeting of the C-onnell
iiiber of thecVuincil ivxeseiit, -j "d five dollars for makiug the Borough dupli-
i nud perform the duties tem-
:t:CI.i: IV.-SECRKTA1SV.
I ii (mull Secretary shall draw all
th.-
il.
I i l iisurer lor the am.'Uiits or alt
tl-.e Korough which have passed
.nil' il. keeping a register oi iiu in. nou
, :i ; n tiii u papers, vouchers, ana otner
ci:s lnh. lining to tbe Borough; shall
j: the !Iorougn duplicate, for the use
Vccti.r. not later than the first day of
each e.:r. and keep accurate account
n-liul iiuies of the iJorough.
u He shall receivall ordinances which
n i.i . i! I.v the Council and approved
liiiryi -s. und ii ness the same, and shall
i -. 'i t i. n artcpted by the Council anj
.1 l. the Uurgess.
;. Ilewill keep the proceeding-and min
i ininei'.. give due notice to members of
a lot all Sx-ct.il ineeiinu.. and perlorm
j,, , i,,.r vi vic- a may be reieiiri d.
4 1. He shell annually with I lie Treasurer.
Sedately after the Auditor's M-ttlemejif,
uli i M I l.e I i.iiii.i I a reporter the finances
Borouu'li; al-.i ,. u lenient of the I eceipt-j
f jn'iiditiircs for the preci ding year, and
j .'iiuall v git e notice, not later than the
I'.niiday in .May, of the time ami place of
I appeals from the Borough iax assess-
Al.TICI.E v. COI'NCIL.
Saturday iiccee,ling the election
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tee. 3. The Street Commissioner shall receive
such compensation as Council mav order for
each day actually employed iu tbe service of
the Borough.
Sec. 4. The Ht'irh Constable, besides such fees
and costs ns he may be entitled to. shall receive
five per cent, or ttve amount which he actually
! collects on the Borough tax duplicate and pays
I over to tl e Borough Treasurer,
j Sec. 5. The Treasurer shall receive a .salary
I per annum, or a per cent, on amount received
into the treasury, as the Council may hereafter
I direct.
! Sec. 6. The Surveyor shal' receive for each
I day actually employed in the serviee of the
, Borough such compensation as the Durgess ana
. Council shall direct.
I il Vlfl.E .V,. FINES AND FEES.
j Sec. 1. The fees and costs of the Burgess nnd
' Hiirb Constable snail be the same its prescribed
; by law tor Justices of the P-ace and Constables:
l'rovlded, that t he Uorouif h sha II not be liable
for the fees and costs of such officers.
Sec. 2. All fines shall be recovered by convic
tion before the Burgess.and inall cases of cou-
viclion the party convicted shall bo liable to
I pay, in addition to the fine, the legal fees or
( costs which may have accrued in the cae.
j See. 3. If auy person or persons sentenced by
I the Burgess shall neglect or refuse to pay the
1 fines, together with the fees and -josts, such
I person or persons may be committed to the
. h'Ck-up house for a period not exceeding the
I time prescribed by law; und the fines, with the
' costs and fees, may be collected by proceedings
ociore a justice or toe rcttce.
AKTICLK XII. LICENSES.
See 1. No persim or persons within tbe limits
of this Borough shall exhibit auy play, show,
juggling, theatrical, or other exhibition, for
which money 1s demanded or received, with
out a license for that purpose had and obtained
from the Burgess and Treasurer, which license
shall expressfor whut it isgrantcd aud time of
continuance.
Sec. 2. The amount of license to b paid for
the exhibition of any show or play above men
tioned shall be not less than three dollars nor
more than t wenty-flve dollars, the amount of
each license to be determined by the Burgess.
Sec. 3. That for lectures on scientific or liter
ary subjects, or exhibitions or fairs for benev
olent or charitable purposes, no license or per
mit shall be required.
See. 4. Any person violating any provision
of this article shall, on convict iou, be fined not
less than five nor more than twenty-five dol
lars for each offense.
ARTICLE XIII TREASURER.
Sec. 1. The Treasurer, witbin ten days after
his election, shall give bonds, with sufficient
sureties, in the sum of five hundred dollars,
(until otherwise ordered.) sun-ties to be ap
proved by the Council and bond filed with the
Ilorough Secretary. Said Treasurer shall as
sume bid duties on tbe second Tuesday of
March.
Sec. 2. He shall receive all moneys belonging
to tbe Borough, and shall pay out tbe same
only upon order drawn Dy the Burgess and
countersigned by the Secretary : and shall de-
' ' "inieil sh'ill meet at least once a i liver to bis successor in office all books, mon-
h tine aiid place as may be Uesig- cysand property belonging to the Borounh
j w IIH'U may oe in nih possession.
il. On
S i:,'li o.'lirt !. the Couneiltiieii elect and
g over shall meet for organization.
ef the pieceuing year, or, in his
Burgess elect, or, in the absence
i. tin n anv member elected as tern pora-
i : .u ii ..;iau preside, i oe returns oi eiec
r 11. m id h officers being presented and
i 1 Via -mail, he shall ask the question,
iiii ns approved ' lr no objection
I'.tla- in urns shall be considered adopt
1 :i,c an -iiitiei severally sworn or af-
Hi -1 uini il shidl t ben proceed to elect
irv. Treasurer. St ret t Commissioner,
i-ial-U:. and .such other officers as may
li-il fur bv law, all of whom, when
an oiith or affirmation todts
ral duties with fidelity said
ins to be filed by tbe Borough
All wauted to nud out my size ;
Aud the cvwuiog I called on Alida
She measured my foot with her eyes !
' Wull, Christmas day dawned, and the dawn
ipg Was tilled with bright visions, you know,
And I ojiened my eyes, after yawning,
And glauccd at the carpwt below
And six xiirs of slippers were lying
Solemnly there in a row !
Six pairs of slippers ! Great heavens !
Wrought.with a skill superfine
Hanging from eights to elevens
Kit h and unique in design ;
And a dozen they tnade altogether,
And all of the dozen were mine !
I tried to look pleased and conteuted
Por that was the best I could do ;
I took 'em all up aud com men ted
On the beauties presented to view !
And I said they were ''just what I wauted,"
Aud "twelve are better than two V
But I locked three pairs in tny closet,
And oue I have sent to Steve Clair,
I And oue I wonder whose was it?
' I gave to the Charity Pair ! -;
And the last well, those are elevens,
: - Aud those are the ones I shall wear!
And while I'm extending my "flippers"
I .In gratitude deep and iiic re,
I wish to remark that twelve slippers'
Are rather too many to steer ; '
And I take this occasion for stating
That I shan t expect any next year : '
A SBJIMON OX A - SKIAlAlEie.
"If you've got to drink from-a skimmer,"
said David Sharp, shuffling into the old
kitchen as he spoke, and leaving the tracks
of his hob-nailed shoes on the painted yel
low Hoor ; "if you've got to drink from a
skimmer " and there he stopped slioit
in his walk and conversation, and sat down.
Throwing his ragged straw hat on the floor
between his feet, be gazed into it for a mo
ment in profound meditation.
"Young man," he said, impressively,
when he looked up again, "if you're got to
diiuk from a skimmer, you ve got to
drink quick."
David Sharp was a homespun, liome-
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i. Nxi lul committers may be appointed
Uuri-v. a? the Council may direct, for
'.ami tat ...ii of all matters that may be
Ikxim Ii committee, and any commit
) re; .ft to ouneii on any subject per
! t.n-ir duties without the same hav
n ri-ffin .1 to them.
"ii Hi- third Sattirdav in May of each
I!i.ia,.s Htid Council shall meet for
rl-( i f he iring appeals from the Bor-'"Ti-rt
an 1 of revising and equalizing
-in-iii. ,,f which meeting notice shall
nsipr n bv law.
i .nui.-il sIimII anncnlly levy and
f"r I; in. oiirposesa tax uotexceed
''nu pi. -i rioed bv law.
'- Ihe f..u o.-if shall annually levy and
" T x t r. in ii wners of dogs and bitches
the limit nrescribud by the laws
niiiamvf-aiTh
ti-Tie of the regular meeting in , Si-c. 3. He shall keep his accounts In a plain
i. il.u (Min..ll clmll Kr hp n.Tii. ' maiuw.r wlirreoi t hn iwipints am n npnitil n rta
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VI.-HIGH CONSTABLE.
l.e the duty of the High Con
"ii.l suspected and disorderly
11 ':ia lie found upon tha streets,
m Ir.-nt of i. ul.lie olai-es. in drink-
"s. nr ether places, and bring such
fWr-ons hi f r.. the Burgess to beex-
ainl ik-!i ariove des-rileai nersons as
" in ict.-.i (,t clisoi deri v conduct calcu-
''"tiii 1. tl,(- iicace. or of tieimr gathered
li-i il'at I'l V n-Sf.m old trtH. shall lie
than three dollars nor more than
tin a
';i'i t.l ijclhe (lntv- of li
full, in- all the Borough ordinances
ti. ii.u ue complaint to t Uo liur
' i itH.ns (,r laws und regulations
Clin.- t, i, js knowledge, and pro
f'.,,r inculs thereof, and shall, in
'it i tie- Itiii-ir.-us onr.ll ll tumults.
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'il-l ii rl.auees.
Hii.li CotiKtuhlA sh.tll Dostall no
. t lie llmr.onit rilie ttt ho tit i nr
"a i.nriiiii!i -irimAiitK. nnrl all nr.
''"I liv the Council, and shall Mis
"rnnts anil processes Issued by the
E . be H 1, Ci m--rr.t,i cli.ill tuwii r-f.lv Vac n
K- I-..U1-. mar nmv lie coniiiuiti in
in pursuance of the ordl
ii.'h. ami shall be entitled to
ie ihe-auie fe-s as are allowed
the e iaiinoti jail of Cumbria
'n i-.r services said fees to be
1 . '. - 1 1 r; - fi : nr o a nner
h '"iistal.le slmll give bonds
' Ii 1 1 ll . I red (liillars. with Htllfi-
"I'l I li-.l lie f, (V, iinr.il The
:t" ( sha II tie Hlr.il wi I hill ten
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'he Council shall fix by rcgu- 1 manner wherein tbe receiptsand expenditures
percent. of Borough tax for the t shall ne exnihited. ana eacn item of charge
anil uiaiitif(D sunn Bi"-ai lutrii-iu. mm ao
counts shall at all tiaies during office hours be
open to the inspection of the Burgess or any
member of the Council.
Sec. 4. The Treasurer shall have power to
grant licenses, in accordance with the ordi
nance of tbe Borough, to all persons who may
apply and pay for the same. He shall keep ac
count of all licenses granted and the revenue
derived therefrom in a book for that purpose.
Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of the Treasurer
to report to the Council, at each and every
monthly meeting, the amount of money on
bands at tbe time of the last statement, the
4 amount received up to the fifth of the current
High Con- I inonth. from where received, and tbe amount
paid bv him during said month.
See. il. On the second Tuesday In March .each
year, the Trejsurer shall submit to theCouncll
h detailed statement of all moneys received by
him during tbe preceding year, from whom,
what source re elved, and the amount paid by
him. He is required to notify the Conucil of
the time the duplicate is placed in tbe bands of
the Collector at the first meeting thereafter.
He shall assist the Secretary In making ut the
Borough duplicate.
Sec. 7. The Treasurer Is directed to keep a
register of all dogsand bitches returnod to him
In accordance with tbe ordinance of the Bor
ough, and furnish a certificate to the party
registering; tbe same.
ARTICLE XIV. STREET COMMISSIONER.
If
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ni or persons who shall be
writii a- on walls, or doing
h. I'aii lloiiil I'omrmnv or
i'V Within tin. Ili.iil. ,t this
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" n taree dollars nor m)i-e
' 1, ii-: Piovldt.Hl. that when
: ti3i.it. 1 urtner tine snail ne
l"ir'i. -Jiiiuiim (,f com sand exnenscs
- n,
''tu, i l"J1''lng,dt-rneifi(?or des-'i-i'i,','
K'riM""1- ""tier-, handbill, or
Tfa.'v "!"''" ''.v the Burgess. Bor
''t I. ,,',, r ''' 'e authority of Coun-
fl' . ' " after thn Kiimr. Ima tilHn
;' mi of nnf ifi;ia tan three
"':m t,. (loll.irs.
stiiS&irt ' "r '"'fsons not etniibiyed
'.'1,lu. ""luny found jumping on
"i'"1 ni- i "''""'ssarilj while running,
. , itk' v "mn fifty cents nor more
trv...
al Ui:t.r of wilfully
Sec. 1. The Street Commissioner shall le sub
ject to the direction of the Burgis and Coun
cil, ami shall have full power in currying out
bis instructions, to make contracts and to hire
all needful aid, subject to the approval of the
lltirgess and Council. , ,
See. 2. It shall be Ihe duty ot the Street Com
missioner to enforce all regulations or ordi
nances of the-Borough relating to streets, al
leys, sidewalks, gutters, bridges un 1 sewers,
arid attend tn tbe opening of all new streets
,.,i uiir. tjm cK.,11 rva tifv nil bi I ls-for mate
rial furnished in his department, and liuve
charge of all tools belonging to tbe norougu
and lie accountable Tor the same.
See. . TheStmet Commissioner shall prepare
and present to Council at each monthly meet
ing, upon a check-roll, bis own name and the
namo of every person employed under mm.
' . i . . . . l . .1 . . . . . . . . k da i.m II IllVI'll.
MKIHI114 ubi.ii rmj' milk iri wii . " e-
where and how employed, amount of daily pay
and total amount due each person, and shall
certify the same. -
11KPR.W.INO ARTICLE.
Any section in this Ordinance may be re
pented, amended, or added to by a two-third
vote of Council : Provided, notice tie given one
month previous to tbe passage of such addi
tions, amendments, or repeals. .
Tassed finally by tlwi Council, and approved
by tbe Burgess. Iec. afti. a. I), iktti.
MICHAIX FITZHAKRIS, Burgess
John I. Huauley, Scuictaiy.
made pb ilosopher. There was small chance
for sentiment, idleness, or discontent to be
found on a single acre of the bleak, stony
Vermont . farm which formed the family
heritage. From the time when the old
man, now bowed and broken, had begun
his life, each day had proved to him that
only in the sweat of his face should he eat
bread; so what David Sharp knew of men
and things he had learned by shrewd ob
servation, and that inner experience of life
which, in some form or other, comes to
every one, no matter how limited may be
his outward surroundings oi circwmslances.
The young man carelessly leaning agaiust
the open kitchen door, where the smoke
from his cigar clouded the clear blue of the
heavens, smiled at the words, and the
glance which he bestowed upon the speak
er might have been called contemptuous.
Small sympathy between them, evidently,
and though the young man's estimate of
the farmer was superficial and consequent
ly shallow, the latter regarded him very
much as a newly arrived missionary might
contemplate the savages of Patagonia. .
''Perhaps you don't know what skimmer
I'm sneaking of." he resumed. "While
you are eatiu' the ten o'clock breakfast
Jane has left off ironin' to git you, my sis
teis son should have somethin' more sub
stantial to carry away from the table than
poached eggs, biscuit and coffee. I've
weeded out more'n half that potato patch
down by the south barn since daylight on
brown bread and cold water, too. Perhaps
if I'd have waited till this genteel hour I'd
have found coffee necessary to my consti
tution and biscuits !"
His nephew 6miled again. No instruc
tion in the art of oratory could have made
that word more expressive. When the old
man had anything to say, he generally said
it in a way to be understood.
"More'n half that potato patch," he re
peated ; "what are you going to do after
breakfast?"
A yawn from the young fellow in the
doorway.
"Well, I don't know. Can I have one
of the horses, uncle?"
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"Busy, was the laconic answer j -su is
their owner, alius.",
"Then I'll lay low aud catch a ride to the
village, if I see any one going dowu. I
want to see about some trout flies, aud look
over the papers." :
"Couldn't walk dowD, I a'pose ; aud af
ter the tmut is ketched, you'll be glad to
1 ct rid of 'em. Well, beioie you tcu -
ride to the village, and look over the pa
pers, I'll just say a word or two about tha
'ere skimmer, for if you've got" to drink
out of a skimmer, you've got to drink
quick. '
. "'Taint as though I hadn't no paternal
affection for my own sister's son. It's just
beeause I have. A better woman than
your mother never lived. She kep'. me ,
pretty straight wheu I was a lad, and al- ',
ways tender like, too, aud I say to myself
wheu 1 think of her: 'David Sharp, by the .
grace of God and your sister, you are what;
you are!' not that I am any great shakes j
myself, anyhow, but that dou't make no
difference about the skimmer.- So when I j
think of your mother, my boy, I feel a ban. '
kerin' to pay off that debt by givitv you a
lift, for now that you've lost her well,
there aiu't no one to say things to you 1
mean disagreeable things, that we a:e pret-
ty apt to take like pills, if we have to take ;
'em at all, in curraut jelly, so we shan't
taste 'em. . J
"When your father left you all his money, I
he thought he was doin' a good thing, and
I guess he meant well enough, but you see
it makes a difference whether you sow seed
in the furrows after the earth has been j
turned up or just scatter it along on the '
top of the ground, and to my think in',
young man, you wasn't ploughed deep '
enough to hold it. Money buys lots of ,
things, hue broadcloth, and patent leather I
boots, and blue neckties and yaller kid
gloves. It buys handkerchiefs, withabig ,
letter down iu the corner, and hair-oiL and
a gold toothpick. It buys lots of other
things besides. It can git books aud learn
ing, aud travel, and chances for a man to
make somethin' of himself. " I've heard,
too, about lending it to the Lord ; and to
my thinkiu', that is an investment that
pays pretty fair interest. There are riches
that take to themselves wings and fly away
all of a sudden, and there's riches that '
melts like a snow-drift in April ; but what ,
don't run out of tbe rules on one side will
on the other, and so you've got to drink
quick. - !
'Then, if there was more'n twelve hours
in a day, you might let a few run through
and never miss 'em, but them robins that
was a siugiu' this morhiu' got all through
by sunrise. The red aud gold faded out of
the sky before you hud a peep at it, aud
Jane had the dishes washed and put away j
before you was out of bed. That's all a
question of profit and loss, that ain't fig
ured out in any arithmetic, but I guess one
side of the account will be heavier than
the other every time you try to work out ,
the sum. And you can't go over it the ,
second time aud make it square. It won't j
balance nohow ; that's the wust of it. :
There never is any extra time lying around :
loose between sunrise and sunset. There
is only just so many hours iu a day, and
bime-by there won't be any more days;
aud when they go the chances go to. The
acorn that wanted to be an oak tree didn't
like to be covered up in the ground, be
cause it was bright and pleasant outside,
aud so waited till the next day, aud the
next mouth, til! bime-by the .sun and the
wind and the rain soaked it and split it and
rotted it, and the acorn was uothiu' but fin
acorn, and a poor specimen at that, when
some one kicked it out of the way ; for
what is an acorn good for if 'taint never
going to be a tree ? It's very easy to lie
around iu the sun doin' uothiu but seein'
how the trees are gittin' on, but there aiu't
no sun or wiud to waste. What they dou't
"WiiEnirs hobby?"
THE TROUBLES OK A ClOCGKESSMAN's FAM
ILY WUAT ZACH. CHANDI.EK FOCSD
IN A HACK X ARROW KSCAPE
Of X PKECIOCS CHILD.
sprout they'll spoil ; so if you're goin' to
drink out of that ere skimmer, you kuow
how you'll have to do it.
'Too niueh of a'good thing may be good
for uothin', but health aiu't one of them
things. A man don't generally have
more'n he wants, but it isn't haul to get
rid of it, provided he is ovei-stcked. If
a man wants his bank robbed all he's got
to do is to leave the vaults unlocked, with
the doors and windows wide open ; only he
musu't growl if, some day, when he wants
ready money there ain't none there.
"Souud lungs and a good liver, and a
stomach that knows the right sort of food .
and how to take care of it ; strong mus- !
cles that will carry one over tbe ground ou i
his two legs ; strong aims that can lift a!
wagon out of a ditch, if it's got stuck in
one ; hands that know a pitchfork or a plow ,
from a pipe or a pistol, aud can manage
somethin' besides clothes and cards and a t
cane, are very convenient to have, but i
they're a'kind of property that wants con- I
siderable looking after. No man's lungs ,
are going to be cheated out of fresh air, ;
and pay a hundred ier cent, on what they I
don't git. If you hang ropes aud chaius !
up iu the wood-house, where they ain't uo !
sort of use to nobody, and let them hang ;
and hang, they'll rot and rust, aud break 1
when you pull on them ; but to my think- j
iu', there's more profit iu them than a
man's muscles that haven't beeu stretched
and used, for old iron is alius worth something."
Tuis is a specimen of the p;rssaut ier
sonal paragraphs which the western news.
papers are printing about the salary grab
bers : "Comingo, our Comingo, of salary
grab notoriety, has gone to Colorado with
By the "by, speaking of retuining Con
gressmen, rather a good story has been
telegraphed of a new member who arrived
with his -family, consisting of wife, five
children, and nurse. The economical
member of Congress packed his family in
one hack at 9 P. and drove to Willard's.
They had been car riding for many nights
and days, and were iu consequence exceed
ingly fatigued.
Arriving" at Willard's they paid the
hackman, ordered their trunks off, and
trudged wearily, half asleep, into that fa
mous caravansary. The husband, wife
and four children were escorted into the
supper room, after which, elevated by the
coffee and the elevator, they were carried
beyond the jurisdiction of the Board of
Public Works to rooms under the roof.
When the good lady cnteivd her bedroom
she encountered the nurse, and both ex
claimed :
"Where's Bobby?"
"Why, miss," said the nurse, "I thought
you had him."
"Xaucy," screamed .the Mrs. M. C,
"didn't you fetch him in ?"
"No, mum; I had the three carpet sacks,
the cloaks, baby's clothes, and I thought
you had him."
Now Bobby was the baby, and the
frightful discovery was made that the
baby had been left in the hack. There
was a frantic rush for tha elevator and the
stairs. The insane M. C. tried to burst
open the door so as to precipitate himself
down the well, lie then pulled away at
the bell until he broke it; then shouting
"Fire !" rushed down after his wife and
four children, who by this time were in the
clerk's office trying to make the corpulent
and amiable Mr. Ban ley understand the
horrible situation.
Some one suggested the telegraph, and
all the police stations were advised of this
loss of Congressional iufancy. But the
worst part of it was that the crazy repre
sentative could not remember the number
of Ihe hack, and the hacks are not remark
able for their ready return of lost parcels.
I " In the meantime the unhappy husband
' made a short excursion into the -neighborhood.
He hurried through "the hacks on
the hack stands and had all the retired
convicts who drive those vehicles volunteer
to go and search for the Jost child for two
' and a half hours. Each one was ready to
make allid-tvit that he knew the hack, and
one driver, who ought to hav6 beeu hung
long ago, swore that he heard the child
i cry as the hack drove by. From the hack
' stand the husband hurried to Newspaper
Row and stirred up the Bohemians to the
i highest pitch of excitement by his tale of
j woe. The corpulent llamsdell sat down
j aud wept ; Adams blew his nose, while
' Boynton philosophically remarked that the
! los"s of a baby was somebody's gain, and
Preston added that it was a loss easily re
paired ; aud so the night wore on.
I - What became of that hack, with the
precious little burden, is the most interest
ing part of the narrative. It seems that
i our old friend Zach Chandler, the Michi
gander, who goes moonirg about at all
sorts of late hours, found himself on Four-
i
and-a-half street in such a state of atseut
1 mindedness that he couldn't tell where he
was or where he ought to be. Iu these
emergencies he instinctively calls a hack.
I All the hackmeu in town know the great
Michigander, and entirely regardless of
, what he orders or says, they invariably
j drive him home, stopping at all the sam
i pie rooms and barB on the way. On this
! occasion he halted a hack, and getting in
said as he did so.
"Takeme'omcdamnyou !"
Sitting down upon the back seat, he was
startled by a wild cry that almost sobered
him. This will souud like exaggeration,
but it's a fact. It came very near being a
case of spoiled child, for old Zach had
hinged two hundred pounds of Senatorial
beef and whiskey on the lost child of the
lower House. He started up with such
violence that his head struck the top of the
hack, nearly bouncing the driver off" his
seat, more, however, with astonishment
than jolt.
Old Zach resolved himself into an invest
igating committee, and, sitting down on
the front seat, felt around. He gathered
up the child, and for a minute sat turning
the situation over iu his gigantio intellect,
then, sticking his head out of the window,
he shouted with that voice which has made
the British lion tremble :
"Driver, go'omequick I've-got-a-laby."
As the iufant continued its screaming
the driver had no doubt as to the truth of
this startling revelation, and so tore along
the street at a frightful rate, considering
that his team consisted of one vicious
kicker and one runaway. . Pulling up at
the palatial mansion, the great Michigan-
GI.lJirSES OT GHOSTLAS1K
SOME OF THE VXEX1M.AINED MYSTERIES OV
THE UNKNOWN WOULD.
It is no longer the fashion to f-coiT at
tales ofthe supernatural. Ou the contrary,
there is a growing tendency to investigate
subjects which were formerly pooh-pKhed
by most persons claiming to be well in
formed aud capable of reasoning. It is,
however, without propounding nuy theory
or advancing anv opinion that I record a
j few instances of apparently supernatural
or, at least, inexplicable occurrences. I
can vouch for the truth of neaily ah the
stories I am about to relate, one of them
only not beiug cither my jcrM:ial exjeri
euce or related to me by some of the actors
in the scene. My tirtt story shall be one
that was told to me by an aged lady who
was one of the friends of my youth, and
who ofteu mentioned this strange incident
j of her placid, yet busy life. She was a
i sensible, practical woman, the last person
in the world likely to be led astray by au
overheated imagination or deceved by hal
I lucinalious. lier early youth had been
j passed in the country, her father being a
j wealthy fanner. She had formed a close
I intimacy with thedaughterof a gentleman
living at some distauce from Lei father's
' farm, and the two were seldom apart. Au
'invitation to my friend (whom I fhall call
Mrs. Linton) to visit some relatives in a
neighboring city caused a brief separation
j between the two girls, aud they parted
with many protestationsof enduring triend
I ship. On the day appointed for Mrs. Lin-
ton's return, she set out at the prescribed
j hour. The latter part of hsr journey was
to be performed on horseback. Ou a bl ight
' sunny afternoon in June she found herself,
about rive o cIock, drawing near her fath
er's house. Suddenly in the broad road
before her she perceived a female form
walking rapidly toward her, and, to her
delight, recoguized her friend coining, as
she thought, to meet her.
"I will make her go back with me and
take tea," was Mrs. Linton's thought as
she whipped on her horse in her haste to
greet the dear one, who was all the more
belovtid on account of their temporary sep
aration. But as she approached the figure,
and before she had time to speak, or, in
deed, to do more than notice that her
friend looked very pr.lj aud ill, her horse, an
unusually quiet, steady animal, seemed
struck with sudden terror, reared, shied,
and finally plunged into a hollow by the
roadside, from which she had some diffi
culty iu extracting him. When she did
succeed in bringing hiui back to the level
road, she found, to her astonishment, that
the young girl had disappeared. Com
pletely mystified, she hastened home, there
to learn that her friend had died suudouly
that very uioi uing.
A HUMANITARIAN GHOST.
The next instance I shall narrate was
told me by-a German gentleman, whose
mother w:us the heroine of the tale. His
father had been appointed to some public
office in a small German town ; and among
the emoluments of the place was the privi
lege of residing iu a large, old-fashioned,
but very handsome mansion. The hus
band aud wife (named Caroline) setoff in
high spirits to behold their new abode, to
which some jtortion of their furniture
had already been transferred. They went
from room to room, insjecting and plan
ning, till they came to an apartment, the
ceiling of which was elaborately decorated
with plaster cupids, baskets of flowers,
etc., modeled in high relief, and with a
centre-piece of unusual size and magnifi
cence. A small table, the only article of
furniture tho room contained, was placed
directly under this centre-piece. The
young w ife, rather weary of her researches,
was standing beside this table, and was
leaning on it, while she went ou talkiug
with her husband, when suddenly a loud,
imploring voice called from down stairs :
"Caroline ! Caroline ! come dowu to me
come
i"
ier tumbled out and rushed in with the
child in his arms. Presenting it to the
astonished Mrs. Chandler, ho said:
. "Moststrornary 'fair sot down baby
on hack. Going to dopt him."
The good old lady did not receive the
new earner wilh the same enthusiasm,, but
his family to spend a few weeks and a por- j sent for a policeman, not to arrest theSen-
tion of his back pay. . May every anticipa- ! ator, but tu remove the eitcnmbiaiice. i
ted pleasure-resolve itself into a ghost of j Through this means Ihe poor little waif j
1 to was retuined to its frantic parents. i
his henious crime and hauut him untU he j We are happy to say that both Chandler
disgorge his ill-gotten salary, and resigns j and baby are as well au could be expected,
bis 6eat foi an honorable man." " ' U'wWvn Chronicle - '
"Who can that be?" asked the husband,
in amazement. "I fastened all tho doois
and windows before we left the lower
rooms!"
Again came the loud call this time with
an accent of agonized oti treaty: '-Caroliue!
oh, Caroline! come dowu do come!"
The young couple hesitated no longer,
but hastened dowu stairs. There was no
one there. Doors and windows were se
curely fastened, and the old Iioumj looked
as solitary as wheu they had first entered
it.
"Very strauge !'' said the gentleman.
"But now that we are down here, Caroline,
suppose that we take a look at the garden."
So they sallied forth to examine that por
tion of their new domain, but scarcely had
they entered it when they were startled by
a lond crash within the house. Looking
up, they saw volumes of what appeared to
be smoke issuing from the window of the
room they had just quitted ; and fearing
that the room was on tire, they quickly re
turned to it. There was no fire; what had
appeared to be smoke was only a cloud of
dust; for the massive and elaborately orna
mented ceiling had fallen, a:d the heavy
centre-piece had crushed to fragments the
table against which the young wife had so
lately been leaning. But for the wanting
voice her destruction would havo been in
evitable. My informant went on to state
that the pieces of the shattered table were
preserved as sacred relics by his parents;
and that his mother always declared that
she had recognized in the mysterious voice
that of a dear relative long before deceased.
GHOSTLY SOUNDS.
It was once my fortune to pass a few
weeks in a "haunted house." I was quite
young then a mere school girl, in fact
aud the friend whom I c.ime'to visit was
also very young, and both of us were tio
gay and frolicsome to care much for what- !
ever was strange or startling iu our sur- j
rounding. Not thr.t we ever saw anything '
my friend herself, the daughter of the
house, had never done so but the sounds
we heard were sufliciently inexplicable to
fill us with astonishment, if not v.ilh tenor. !
Twice during my visit 1 was roued from a
sound slumber by a loud, heavy crash, re
benibiiug that which might be caused by
the overthrow of a marble-topped v.ash
ttand or bureau, or .some other equally pon
derous piece of furniture. The room actu
ally vibrated, and yet a close scrutiny of
that and the adjoining apartments failed
to reveal any caue for the peculiar noise.
It was a sound which could pos-siUy not
have been produced by cracking furnituie, i
falling bricks, soanipe.rlng rats, or any other
of the numerous causes of supposed ghott- I
ly sounds. The room overhead was used
as a linen room, and was always kept locked;
pnd, besides the noise (which I afterwards,
heard on another occ.isi ;u in broad day
light, when I was w ide awake) was uumis-
j takably i the room where wo found our
i selves. My friend told me that she had
heard it often.
There was another room i:i which nlso
in bread daylight) 1 heard a strange crack-i
ling sound like the rustling of a hu ge shecc
of stiff paper or parchment turned .slowly
in the reader's hands. . Amoug the thine
seen by other iv.enler.'f tho family w.us a
light that glided over walls and -ceiling in'
points inaccessible to outside liht or ic-:
flection. Then there was a lady in black;
silt who had more thau.nuce been seen,
gliding about the house, but who alwr.y;
: disappeared when accosted' or followed.
, Three slow, solemn steps Bounded at tho:
dead of night at the door of ono member
' of the family, a skeptical and irascible old
j geutlcinau.
j GHOSTLY GRtEf.
i But, strange to sav, all these" uncanny
sights and s-unds portended noUiiug, and"
seemed to be utterly without a pui posts or
a cause. The house wa a vheerfut modern
one, and the father of my friend was its fiat
occupant; so there was nothing in the pasi
to which these unearthly occurrences could
refer. Nor were they warnings nf coming
misfortune. Neither death nor disaster,
ever followed in their train, and iu duo
j course of time the family ceased to trouble;
j their heads about them were not at all
frightened, and scarcely even annoyed.
There were other sounds which I did not
myself hear, but of which I was told
stealthy footsteps that paced a certain cor
ridor at dead f night : a sharp, rattling
njiio like hail dashing agaiust the window
panes, and ono or two other trifling, yer.
equally unaccountable, occurrences. Once,
too, a young lady visiting the house, heard
in the next room to that in which site was
loud aud lamentable sounds, as of a woman
weeping bitterly and in sore distress. Sho
lihtencd in considerable- perplexity for souio
time, fearing to intrude on the sorrow of
some member of the family, but at last sho
resolved to go and proffer aid, if not conso
latiou. As she approached tho d-Mr be
tween the two rooms the s-.iun-.l suddenly
ceased, and, to her amazement, she found
the adjoining apartment not only empt,
but the door lucked aud bolted ou the iu
side. A SPECTRE HOUSEKEEPER.
I once knew a young lady who, on g'ini
to pay a visit- to a friend who had recently
moved into a new house, was asked to walk
up stairs, and on complying saw an old
woman preceding her up the staircase.
Supposing her to be one of the servants,
she took but little notice -f her, though
struck by the singularity of her gait, asoit
of jerkey limp, as though oue leg was short
er than tho other. Iu the course of con
versation with her friend she mentioned
tho old woman, and asked if she was tho
honsekeeier.
"Hous,ekeper ? no," said the lady; "we
have no such person about our house. You
must be mistaken."
The visitor then described the person'
she had seen, and when she mentioned tho
peeuliar limp her hostess seemed startled.'
After a pause she said, "No such jrerson
lives here not. but thw woman who took
care of this house before we rented it waj
exactly such a person as you describe, and
was lame in such a manner. But she died
here about six weeks ago I think in thin
very room so your eyes must certaiuly
have deceived you."
The lady still ersisted that she had seen
the old woman; so the seivant-s were called
aud the house thoroughly searched, but no
intruder was discovered.
THE "IXH'PELG ANGER."
I have known several instances of per
sons who have seen the "fetch" or appa
rition of. a living jterson called in Germany
the "Doppelganger ;" yet, though such
appearances are usually supposed to por
tend the death or illness of the person thus
strangely "doubled," I have never jet
heard of a case where any unpleasant chi
scquences followed. For instance, an old
friend of mine, a geutlemau of undoubted
veracity, once told me that on one occasion
he entered his house about five o'clock in
the afternoen, and ran up stairs to Lis
mother's bed-chamlerr where he saw he.
standing near the cen're of the room, clad
in a loose white gown, and eugaged i.t
combing out her lung black hair, lie re
mained looking at her for some moments,'
expecting that she would speak to him,
but she did not take notice in any way of
his presence, and neither spoke or looked
at him. He then addressed her, but, re
ceiving no reply, became iiid guatit, aud
went down stairs where, to his amaze
ment he found his mother seated by tho
parlor window, d e-scd and coiffure as
usual. It was som" yer.rs before he would
trust himself to teli her of what lie bail
seen, fearing that she might consider ic
an osi en of approaching death, and indeed,
though not a suersutious man, he was in
clined s to view it himself ; but his moth
er lived fr mariv rears after the appear
ance of her wr.ii:h.
A SINGULAR DELUSION.
I also knew a young gentleman t whom
the ir.i pleasant experience of beholding his
ovvu double was once vouchsafed. He had
been sending a quiet evening with some
young ladies, and returned home about
11 o'clock, let himself into his house w ith
the latch-key and prceeded to his own
room, where .he found the gas already
lighted, though turned dowa to a im-ie
blue spark. lie turned it up, asul the full
light of the jet fell on his bed, which stood
lust beside the burner, and theieextendol
at full lenpth, lay li:ms:;!f. His (list idea
was of a burglar or some Mich intruder.
But his second glance di'-wihd that im
piesMou. He stood for 6ome moments
gazing at the prostrate figure with feelings
which must have teen anything but agree
able ; lie noticed little peculiarities of his
own dress and features, and marked the
closed eyelids aud easy lespiratiou of slum
ber. At length, plucking up courage, ho
attempted to pass his hand under the pil
low t draw out a smnJl revolver which he
usually kept there; and as he did s he felt
the pressure of the pillow as tho' weighed
down by a reclining head. This complete-;
ly unnerved him. He went rt .f tbe
room, locking the door on the outside, and
spent the icniaiuder of the night on a sof' .
in the patio;'. Ho did not re r titer his
chamber till broad daylight, wl.e.s. to his
delight, he fo.ind his ghostly visitor Lad
vanUbed. Illtutraicil Uecord,
Y. M. C. A. are the inilial of a ytv.iufj.
lady iu New Hampshire. Several young,
men are anxious to Join her.