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Ai McPlKE, Editor and Publisher.
oloie Tin.
U-VKNTCKNTIl Annual State-
ti:t
i.
Vkotei tiov Mutual
I A.W OF I AMUIIIA t'OC.N-
january lath, 1S74 :
. j i . v insured
..." "fl'13,289.45
-..in r. v insured
.....'. 2S9. 791.65
1,203.0S1.10
i' expired dur-
r . . 118,207.31
nt surrendered
1 24,:Z65.00
172,472.31
i'r' 1'
my insi'red Jan. 12, '74.."sl,03O,608.79
iniiinj Note s in
I-.;;'
94,054.21
iniium Notes
ve:ir
27,504.43
-$ 121,558.64
.; .'int expired dur-
13,762.48
m: .nut surrendered
B-iied
1,351.83
- 16.114.3 i
J
Tremium
T4
Notes in force
105,44'.30
-.if i'olieies issued during year.
in force Jan. 12, 174
'ASH ACdirXT RECEIPTS.
-.: r ' l iv ed from former
'" tt.9il.Cl
r ':'. Insurances 1.0S5.6S
!;t A--cs.-mi'nt No. 4... 2,522.75
i- .i nrer 'itmhria Coun-
. 2T,3
.900
- riileemed )
! ; "ri-.-t received
. : i "lis, Assessm't Xo.3
KirKNDlTCIia
' .l"-o)ih Iiardine, Alle-
"ivusiiip
" AmriinMuuilv, Jaek-
600.00
102.29
10.90'
3,500.00
' liSH ip .
1.100.00
' .I'lim J. Glass' Estato.
miiv township
" Win. A. Jones, Kbens-
l"iroi:irli
"s Fees
er's Salary
600.00
16.S6
116.50
SO. 00
40.00
174.75
Commission
'..- returned Tor Policies
...1
1 iviar ..". '.
, . v, -.-esriiii'is eolleeteil
; .! . l.'"vd on Ex. Asoess-
. N ..
... . . .1 '. ''.-iiinir Los-.s. . .
, 1 ' ' Com'tee, 172.
1S73.
11.90
100.29
12J.14
6.21
35.O0
15.110
25.00 ',947.70
:.Uof Treasurer.. . ;i,2S5.83
i-.' KS OP THJ-COJIPASV.
!!) force Jan. 12, 1K74 flH5.444.31
J
4 in hands' of assured.
l.C26.fc')
1.2S5.8J
le ol Treasurer.
l.S,358.9d
125.00
found correct,
I.I A1MIITIE3.
.1 not yet duo
account audited.
FOMENTS.
;rs. )
i n. HUN TI.F.Y, Ex.
Committee.
l V1I LEWIS. )
.Tail. 20. 1S74.-3U
' i: 0 V A 1'1'KA LS We, the
.igied. Commissioners of Ca n
. luivo lixed tho following l:ivs lor
r W4, at their onicc in Ebeu--
r-t
2". nnv
I .1 'Iill-I "V. 1
iTn.'lii). Kbcna
iiiuii (ti wards).
. li.rr. .'arruil.
1 ion ii-liins. and
2-i-h MlcO. -ny,
;o. Su'ulli l:.o,l.;
S.v.ir ilti'l 1.'
1 10 luruulis.
; : 'in, Mao.
U lii:c town
nd Wilmore
W .!-!,, n.
. ! 1 . 11 1 1 ;
i ;i
'is . Jil o kliek. Cone
."id townships, end
;i l E;;si Concilia ugh
.1. Franklin. Prospect,
ii'rhs. and Taylor and
I l;
!n-a --.( , 1 valuation of Cam-
:ir Jn74: Adams twp., S4.
.. fiTl.-jvs ; ;,rr twp.. s4.4'?2;
4: Cambria twp.. .215.4--9;
: ' uroll twi).. il4o.7o: Car
: ' '. in;., ' 7rt.2.2i : "best
: I Icailieid twp.. l!G.S:
Coneniaivjrli bor.. li
'. v".'.-d; Vop -rsdaie ln.r.,
.. s-'.enii; E'n i.soiirg, Kan
: w.Td. il:'.l.(j2.i ; East Cone
: Kr.nklin lior.. is44.50: Oal
i .1 : iit .m bor., 7.144; Jack-
ii'.i- own bor.. 1st ward. 2:il.
: "! ward. 167.9;;5: 4;h warn.
- '.4 i: 6th ward. i30.P'5: Io- !
I: ii:e bor.. -i'.Xj.717 : Munsf-r
I "r.. 24.C.6 : Kielihtn.l t v i.,
i iwp.. M).2.' : So mini' vilie
I'haniiJ. twp., .9'..lvS: Tuvlor
. l u-t in twp.. 149,24 ; W hite
v Mr., i.00,025; Woodvale
1 w i., tl ii6.170.
i' L ELL AX I), )
?ommiesionefs.
A- Kr-;;iT, Clerk.
":;:. 'e, Ebensburg, Jan. 23, 1874.
E ".) ill.- Heirs and Icgal Re-
""''' v.s of KllWARI) IloKALD-
' ;..!. '.'ion township, deceased, to
:. i i n ty. ss:
' " ;i Mit.uTH of Pennsylvania
h - i v ALO.SON and H KXRV liny.
v If r and Ltal Itepresentatives
:' !" u I'-ns, ats oi Washington town
1 eeased (Irfthm:
'r. "! "ii are hereby cited to be and
."" .ludire? of iidr Orphans' Court,
c I ; .' ii rr. in and for said county, on
. : Ha-.-h next, then and there to
"' !..k" l ,e real estate of said Ed-
'. ' '' ' as.-il. at the appraised valu-
' an Inijiie.-t duly awarded by
r-tomc.j by the Sherill of said
m; i f November. A. I. 1173. or
'.' '' "ne slimill not be sold, to wit:
. , ..r. r,,,.t ( Iuq,i siuiatc in Wash
,'''"' ' 'in led t.v lands of Oeorga M.
Oitj;
lit
"iioe, Patrick Cassidy, and
: . in i iisr one hundred aud six
:. with Ihe appurtenances
at Hie sum of two thousand
'-.ety-two dollars and eighty l
Vie
I ' rein lail not.
Ii:.n. President Jude
'en-burg. 'the 1st da v of De
J .v:i ES M . S 1 X ( i E u.
Clerk O. C.
:. Sheriff. L.8. 1-23.41.
' v r i
I A EE By virtue of a
AV,.yi., issued out of the
:!' '' '"' ' f Cambria countv and to
r- i ii . exposed to Public Sals,
::i Johnstown, on Satcuday,
1 I'' I i-ui Auv next, at 1 o'clock, p.
; i !ut.-. to wit : All the ritrht,
' ;: 1' liu j. fiearhardt, of. In and
-i-uate in tho Fourth Ward of
nown as Hornerstown.)
.'.;'' ' r! "'- and adjoining lot of Win.
! ", '.'.? ''.' "" I lie south, and an alley
II : ioreon ercclcil a two story
i ii .i ,!,,. and other outbuilding's
: .i . t oi s.mri Walters. Taken
r 4 i ' '"' at u'e suit of E. F.
- "if .i.'f,KM AN HAMMER. Sheriff.
1 ' - uri. Jan. 23, 1574.-CI.
'" the Court of Com-
; -i Cambria County, No. 47,
'" '-.Matii.iia Jones, by her
-m wi. r- Evan S. Joses.
' ' li-turneil X. E. I.
'". ' ' 1 "vk named : You are
' r at a Court of Common
'' 1 ' ti-iurir, in aud for tho'
:. 1,,,- t.r.-t Mondav or March
' ' i'laint of the fibeilaut iu
u ' -V IiAfMF:n, ZhrriJF.
..- .ur- Jan. 1,-,, pj74.4t.
-'.!,'
'.'ATORS' NOTICE!
'i in.
"IAS Alams. dee'd.
-iti.it, on the estate of said
'a i held township, Cambria
-runted to the undersigned
county, all persona indebt
' ;uetoI to make lmmetliate
'Mii claims against the
" l'K'perly authenticated for
ivtyfl
dis'J
A'v
Ah
' Mil.
x.v.1
A dmiiii-i rators.
13 EGISTER'S NOTICE ! Notice
is hereby Riven that the followinc Ac
counts have been passed and tiled in the Keiristcr's
Otneo at Ebensburir, and will be presented to the
)rplians' Court of Cambria Countv, for confirma
tion and allowance, on Wednesday, the 4th day
of March, A. D. 1S74, to-wit:
1. The first and final account of Isabella Mc.
Oouh, 'ministratrixof Thomas MeUou"-h ir
late ot Croyle township, deceased. ' '
2. The first and linal account of Rose Carney
administratrix or lJuuiel Carnev, late of Munsler
township, deceased.
3. The tirst and final account of Oeorire Settle
meyer. executor of Daniel Elenner, late of Sum
merhill township, deceased.
4. The tirst account of Ferdinand Neidroner,
guardian of Marcaret, Annie, Joseph and Mary
Sophia Sirlouis. minor children ol John Sirlouis,
late of Yinler township, deceased.
ft. The linal account of Peter Strittmatter, guar
dian of Harbara Weible, a minor child of Peter
"Weiblc, late of Carroll township, deceased.
6. The tinal account of Peter Strittmatter. aruar
dian of Mairdab n Weible, a minor child ol Peter
Weible. late of Carroll township, deceased,
7. The second and tinal account of Mary Nagle,
adminiHtratrix of Kieliard H. 'ale, late of Sus
quehanna township, deceased.
8. The account of James Thomas, executor of
Kichard J. Thomas, late of Jackson twp., dee d.
9. The account of E. A. Bush and John II. Doug
lass, administ rators of Kcv. E. A. Uurns, late of
Cleartield township, ilecei-.sed.
10. Tiie account ol Isaac llarshberger. adminis
trator of Abraham Gouglinour, lato of Kichland
township, deceased.
11. The second and final account of freorge Ilen
per, jr., executor of the last will and testament of
Justus IJostard, late of Johnstown, deceased.
12. The final account of Oeorire Huntley, truar
dian of Frances Emma McCaajue, a minor child of
M. C. McCasruc, late of Ebenshurjr. deceased.
13. The tirst and hnal account ol H. C. Kirkpat
rick. administrator of Aspics Farrell, lato of Car
roll township, deceased.
JAMHS .If. HrXdEIt, Tieriitter.
Kesristcr's Ollicc, Ebctsburg, Feb. 2, lS74.-4t.
WIDOWS' APPRAISEMENTS.
Notico is hereby given that the fol
lowing Appraisements of real estate and personal
properly ol decedents, selected and set apart for
ihe widows of intestates under the Act of Assem
bly of the 10th of April, A. 1). 1S51. have been hied
in the UeirisUT"8 oinee at Ebensbiirir.'and will be
presented to the Orphans Court, lor approval and
allowance, on WtustsBAV, 4ru day of Mauch,
1874, to-wit:
1. Inventory and appraisement of certain person
al property appraised and sr t apart for Susannah
Eckenrode, widow of M. J. Eckenrodo, late of Al
legheny township, deceased. 29s.oJ.
2. Inventory and appraisement of certain person
al property upuraised and set apart for Mary Pow
ell, widow of Itavid Powell, late of Cambria town
ship, deceased. fcJOO.oo.
8. Inventory and appraisement of certain real
estate appraised and set apart for Elizabeth Ham
mer, winow of Christian Kummer, late of Johns
town, deceased VWO.oO.
4. Inventory and appraisement of certain person
al property appraised and set apart for Mary Ann
iJishouur, widow of Abraham liishong, late of Jack
son township, deeeascMl. &XM.O0.
5. Inventory and apiiraisuncnt of certain person
al property a ppraisml and sot apart for Ann Ad
ams, widtixr ol Thomas Adams, late ol Clearfield
tow nship, deceased, -'KK).oo.
I IG. Inventory aud appraisement of certain person
al properly appraised and set apart lor Emma
I'olib, widow 01 Augustus Kobb, laic of Johnstown,
deceased, jr215.25.
J.xM FA Jf. SIXOKTi, ItrnMcr.
Iii gister's Oliiee. Ebensburg, Feb. 2, lb74.-4t.
HEAL ESTATE !
Late the property ot KMVAKK KI.Mi, deceased, cf
t learlkld onnt), 1'u.
IY virtue of an order of the Orphans' t'ourt of
t Cambria county, to mc directed, there will be
exposed to Public. Sale on the premises, on
Monday, 23d day of February, 1874,
AT I4 O'CLOCK. A. .11. .
A CERTAIN P1FXE OR TRACT OF LAND
situate in Susijuehanna township, Cambria coun
ty. Fa., near the Susquehanna river: bounded on
tlie north by lands of Abraham Ha rllebaujf h, on
the east by lands ol Abraham Dale, on the south
hy lands of James Somvrville ami others, and on
the west y lands of Porler Kinports containing
llsi Al Itl-.S. more or lc;s. unimproved. This land
is well timliered and underlaid with coal.
T::p.Vs op Sale Ton percent, ol" the purchase
money to be paid on day of sale ; one-third of the
balance on confirmation of sale, and the balance
in two equal annual payments, to be secured by
the niortiraire and bon is ol' be purchaser, with ap
proved security. .IKSSF. M. HAl'TEK.
Jan. 3o.-4t. Ailiu'r of Kdwaru Kino, tlec'il.
VALUABLE TOWN PROPERTY
FOR S-T.
THE subscriber offers at private sale the Ilonse
and Lot now occupied by him. said lot Ironting
on Julian street and extending back to lot of P.
O. Williams. The House is a large and conveni
ent two story frame structure, with well and cis
tern in clone "proximity and a stable and other out
buildings on the premises. The Lot contains six
apple, three iear, six cherry, two quince, four
peach and eight plum trees in irood bearing condi
tion, and i otherwise well improved.
Also, will be sold, the offices on Hiirh street now
occupied by the '-Cambria Freeman" and M. L.
Oatinan. '
Also. 7 acres of pasture one-half mile west of Eb
ensburg, and 10 acres ol woodland on the clay pike,
one mile west of said borough.
J AS. G. HASSON.
Ebcnsbur:r, Jan. 30, lS74.-tf.
VALUABLE Mi FOB SALE.
The undersiirned offer for sale an excellent
FARM of HO Acres,
Includinir road allowance, gltnated in Summerhill
township, Cambria county, on the old road leading
from Ebcnshurjr to Wllmore. and t wo miles distant
from the Pa. K. K. Staiiou at the latter place.
There are alout t Aro cleared, well fenced
and watered, and in a hiirh state of cultivation,
with a thriving young orchard of choice lruit t here
on. The improvements are a new KKA11L BASK.
BAHN, 40x0;l feet, a l.oar House, and several Out
buildings. Forlurther particulars call on or ad
dress JOHN K. F. P. McCOIiMlCk,
Jan. 18, 1S74. Wflmore, Canibria Co., I a.
Summerhill Property
FOR HAEE I
OXK LOT OF OROT'XD, containing one-half
acre, in the village of Summerhill, Croyle tp.,
best known as the George Murray property, front
ing on the Pa. K. K.. and having thereon erected a
substantial TAVERN STAN I 64 fre ; front with
an L54IH feet, and a good s i OH E R "
Wareroom attached, and a StMe the
premises; together with two Dwelling Houses slt
nated on th enme lot. The Tavern Stand con
ain 11 large ruomanml g.Kd cellars. Any person
desiring a property should VPi'T'ek"
owner at once. JAs D. 1 LC MMLK.
Summerhill, Jan. 21, l74.-4t.
A
UDITOIl'S NOTICE. 1 ue un-
dersicrned Auditor, appointed by tne
Orphans' Court of Cambria county to distribute
the fund In the hands of John A. Kennedy Est,
Administrator of the estate ot Domimck 1 1 1 .
dee d, herebv notifies all persons interested tl hat
he will attend to the duties of said PV'tm-PTn
at his office in Ebensburg, on Iripay, Ir lb. ijth,
proximo, when and where they must pre-eni t t be. r
claims, or be debarred from coming iu for a share
of said fund. J A ES Nt LL, Auditor.
Ebensburg, Jan. 9. 1S74.-31.
ESTATE of Dr. W. W. JAMISON,
Dfckaski.. Letters of Administration
on the estate of said decedent, late of Loretto thor
ough, lambria countv. l'a.. having been granted to
the undersigned, all persons Indebted to said estate
nre requste.l to make payment either to the untler
signed or to Francis O'Freil. Esq., Loretto, ana
those having claims against the same will present
them properlv authenticated for settlement.
EMMA JAM1SOX, Administratrix.
Jan. 23, 1874.-t.
NOTICE. The "Account of Adam
Mvers. Committee of Peter Myers, a lunatic.
has beeu hied in the I'rothonotary s Office of Cam-
brla county, and will be confirmed on the first More
day of March. A. 1). 1874. if mi sufficient reason ne
he CnurT
ihuwti to t he contrary. Hy order of the
J. K. II ITF. Prothon
Fro!houolai y"6 Office, Ebensburg, J an
OF VALUABLE
1 HE IS A FREEMA5
EBENSBURG,
Wea ry-Lon ely- Jieslless-irom elcss
BY FATHER RYAN.
"Weary hearts! weary hearts! by cares of life
oppressed.
Ye are wandering in shadows ye are sigh
ing for rest;
There is darkness in the heavens, and the
earth is bleak below,
And the joys we taste to-day may to-morrow
tuin to woe.
"Weary hearts! God is rest.
Lonely hearts! lonely hearts! this is but a
land of grief;
Ye are pining for repose ye are longing for
relief;
"What the world hath never given kneel
and ask of God above,
And your grief shall turn to gladness if
you lean upon his love.
Lonely hearts! God is love.
Restless hearts! restless hearts! ye are toil
ing night and day.
And the flowers of life, all withered, leave
but the thorns along your way;
Ye are waiting, yo are waiting, till your
toilings here shall cease,
And your every restless throbbing is a sad,
sad prayer for peace.
liestless hearts! God is peace.
Breaking hearts! broken hearts! ye are des
olate and lone,
And low voices from the past o'er your pres
ent ruins moan;
In the sweetest of your pleasure there was
bitterest alloy,
And a starless night hath followed on the
sunset of your joy.
Broken hearts! God is joy.
Homeless hearts! homeless hearts! through
the dreary, dreary years,
Ye are lonely, lonely wanderers, and your
way is wet with tears;
In bright or blighted places, wheresoever
you may roam,
Ye look away from earthland, and ye mur
mur, "where is home?"
Homeless hearts! God is home.
UTJSliAXli OIL CHILD.
No other axe resounded through the for
est with such a clear and decided ring
as that wielded by Thomas : none other so
! sure of its aim, while raised between the
sky and its destined rest.
His voice was the most chceiful and his
carol the merriest that reverberated in the
beautiful woodland that extended through
the Kuiueland to the borders of Holland.
Wherever his hands were employed, the
work was accomplished in half the time.
"The merry Thomas," the "maguilicent
Thomas," the "industrious Thomas," were
the names given him by the people far and
wide, and when he married and became
the lather of a sou, he was jollier than
ever.
His wife seemed to partake of liis ppirit,
and his boy gave promise of becoming just !
such a happy soul. 1 lie whole neighbor
hood were happy in the harmonious life of
this joyous trio, while each derived a par
ticular pleasure in witnessing the felicity
of the other. Jiut soon the lightning Hash
of circumstances penetrated this happy
home.
One bright morning, axe in hand, he
stood beside a fallen tice, while wife and
son stood near, ready to gather the frag
ments and they were no mean chips that
fell beneath Thomas' stroke.
High over his head the glittering steel
was raised, aud, as his glance noted the
rellected ray of sunshine following it, he
shouted merrily, "Wife, see'st thou my
meteor? Hui ! is it not verily like tho
Hash of one?" But the shining metal aud
its active meteoric light did not disappear
within the wood. Glancing lightly over
the bark, it entered Thomas' foot, and
there was no time for useless tears. The
wife's giieving heart did not vent itself in
idle ! -.mentations, but quest iontd, how
was she to get her husband home ?
The other laborers had not arrived.
Thomas was always the lirst at work, as
now he was also the lirst to regain his
cheerfulness to encourage his wife and
child on this trial. A spring near by sup
plied water to wash the wound, that proved
to be severe, and the manly Anton divested
bim.aelf of his little shiit to bind it up
with.
This carefully done, Thomas set his big
white teeth firmly together, rose, grasping
with one hand the shouldc - of his boy, and
supported ou the other side by his wife, he
ordered, ".March quick ! the house is not
such a long way oil", then all will be well."
Taking the shortest route homo obliged
them to cross over a railroad track. Al
though this was a forbidden road for pe
destrians, they considered it tho best in
this emergency. Hut hero misfoituue
overwhelmed them in terrible earnest.
At the tirst step the sutlerer caught his
wounded foot in the rail, stumbled, fell,
throwing his little boy into the middle of
the road, breaking the little fellow's leg.
A helpless, living mass, they lay there,
and before both culd be rescued from
their perilous position, the steaming, roar
ing monster of the road came tearing dowu
upon them, leaving their boy a mangled,
bleeding corpse the next instaut before
them.
Such was the story told by Thomas and
his wife to the horrified aud sympathizing
people.
But there must bave been something
singular and mysterious connected with
this mournful event that remained untold
a secret wilhiu their own hearts for,
spite of repeated endeavors to have the
story told again, they would always an
swer, "You have heard it once," while a
shudder of horror followed at the remem
brance. I left no pains untried to ingratiate my
self in their favor and obtain their couli
deuce. Not only curiosity was excited,
but I bad a real psychological interest in
the matter, aud I acknowledge just the
least suspicion of something foul ; a crimi
nal secret, possibly an accident, that re
quired but little light to lead these people
back to happiness.
It is not necessary to explain hovr 1
brought it about ; utlic it to say that or.e
day in preseuco of her husband, Frau
Thomas unburdened her sadly oppressed
heart to me in this wise : ... 1T
" Vftcrthe birth of our child I was a
creat deal happier, and loved Thomas more
than ever when he was at my side, but I
could also enjoy his absence, and not watch
window and door constantly if he chanced
to remain away longer that, usual. I used
o tease him frequently and say ; Some
: i.. : Min( to steal you, now I ve got
Douy " . , 11Th ,.t then.
l.l.,r ITa won
y.: . 'U-Vll if vou have no further use
lie wuuiu "fc '
o riht,' and playfully leave tho
I if iu dreadful anger, and Dang t no
WHOM THE TRUTH MAKES FBEK, AND ALL
PA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1874.
laughed as if I did not care. Nevertheless, j
my heart grew sad and was disturbed un- !
til his face again appeared at the door, and
he would laugh at me with those great
white teeth and say : 'Husband or child, i
which?' Then I quickly replied : "litis- i
band, oh ! the husband !" j
"But it was so queer, for just as soon as :
he was with me again, my spirit "or teas- !
ing returned, and I would say : j
' 'I think it is the child. afte all.'
"Then be would take the boy from my
breast and dance him joyfully up and
down, and say 'You are right.'
"Then he would give me a good kiss,
and thus our little innocent 'jars' were
never quarrels, and ended iu peifect con
tentment." She gazed for a moment silently before
her, while Thomas sat nodding hi3 head
silently.
"You see," Ehe continued, "it is neces
sary to tell you all this. If it does seem
foreign to the real subject, it belongs to it,
for it became a matter of most heart-rending
thoughts to us afterward. This ques
tion asked in joke became a frightful fact."
The woman was so overcome she could
scarcely continue, and her eyes turned a
mute appeal for help toward her husband,
but lie only shook his head mournfully,
making a motion with his hand as if to
bid her speak on, looking into her eyes lov
ingly, as if to cheer her.
"Well, the story we told at the time of
the accident was true in every particular
tip to the time of our arrival at the railroad
track. There it was a little different, and
we hesitated in giving Uio axact manner
of the horrid occurrence. We have never
fully understood ourselves why. It would
have beeu better, I think, if we had not
made a secret of it; much of this weary
shadow that has clouded our lives would
have worn away, had we talked it over
with another person. That is why we give
you our confidence now, hoping an intelli
gent, right-minded man like jourself, will
advise and judge as I have erred.
"It happened thus : As my Anton and I
led father toward the track, I imagined
I heard the locomotive but I could see
nothing, as a heavy fog lay on the ground,
and I supposed the monster was far away
from us, and the moments were precious.
My poor Thomas was suffering terribly,
saying his foot was burning like caustic,
and it was only a step and we would be
over, aud had Thomas not had the misfor
tune to stumble, we would have crossed
safely.
"They both lay in the middle of the
road, Anton to the right of me and Thom
as to tho left, and in that instant their
startled cry and the shrieking roar of the
iron monster fell on my ear, and through
the dense fog, I saw his burnin". ereodv
eye fastened on my dear ones, while the
tiery sparks were thickly scattered
ibout.
as if hell itself had opened to devour them.
"Oh ! if I live a thousand years, the
horror of that moment will remain, as I
realized I could save one of them, only
one !
"Ah ! sir! human nature may be subject
to a milliondiiTerent distressing heartaches
and mental struggles, but heap them all
into a lifetime, it is as nothing compared
to what I endured in a few seconds.
"I have often wondered since how it was
possible the mind could comprehend so
much while subject to such intolerable
suffering and fright, as now thought after
thought Hashed across my brain in so short
a time.
"My mother heart yearned for my child,
and I seemed to grasp it, whilo tha hand
of God Himself seemed to hold me toward
Thomas. I thought, was he not thine be
fore the child ? Did yon not swear at the
altar never to forsake him ? It seemed,
then, as I loved him best ; he was riore
useful un earth. 1 hen I thought, oh ! hor
rible raving mother ! to desert your child !
But the thing was upon us. I hoard men's
voices warning through the mist. It was
as if they tried to stop it, but failed. It
cut the darkness and rushed toward us ;
with one bound I turned from my child,
grasped for my husband, with the strength
of a giantess, raised him off the track,
turned, but the awful monster had passed,
leaving me the crushed lemains of my
child."
kl:e stopped short, as if suddenly frozen
in body and soul. Her husband trembled
in every limb, clutching at his beard as if
it could steady him. I sat a speechless
witness of this fearful grief. My sympa
thy had no words ; my eyes must have told
them how deeply I entered with them into
this touching history.
Thomas recovered himself first. Going
to his wife he tenderly placed his arm
around her. t?he started with the mag
netic touch, looked up at him and then at
me, as if waiting for me to pass judgment.
I could only t.ilie her hand hot ween my
own and say:
"Boor, poor mother ! Noble woman !
Righteous wife 1"
At this, her eyes beamed as if suddenly
relieved of a dark veil, a Hash of genuine
happiness covered her face: the whole
countenance of the woman changed from
a sluggish horror to an incomparable relief.
Thomas stretched his hand toward me ;
his eyes Hashing with joy, his heatl erect
ed with manly pride, and for the lirst time
in years his broad shining teeth appeared
through a smile ouce more.
"God reward your kind heart and good
wonis, sir," she cried. "It seems since
hearing you as it we dared be happy again."
She embraced her husband, looked lov
ingly up to him, and softly asked :
"Do you think so, Thomas?"
"Just so, just so, wife." He could
scarcely articulate the woids for the emo
tion that conquered him now. Hot tears
fell on his wife's hands and face ; she too
sobbed and wept with him. They were
the first tears. None weie shed during
that horrible time.
"You see what it was that changed mo
so, all these years, sir. The question con
stantly appeared before me : Have you
not committed an unpardonable sin against
vou r own flesh and blood ? I could find no
rest. My ieace was gone forever, aud I
told Thomas never again would I dare be
come a mother "
A deep blush mantled her face and she
paused. I thought here was the time to
adviso and restore harmony to the dis
tressed family. I said reproachfully to
her : "Y'ou appear only to think of your
self Frau Thomas. Do yu not suppose
your husband has also suffered all those
years the same as jourself?" She looked
at me astonished, and rather abashed, re
plied :
"Of course he was miserable to see me
so, but. as ho could not help me, he let me
alone."
ARE SLAVES BESIDE."
"Now, Frau Thomas, we have the se
cret, and that is where you have been un
just, and wronged your husband. You
daily exhibited regret that his lire had
been saved at so great a sacrifice to your
self. It left him in more uncertainty re
garding your love for him, and can you
blame him if he did not think his life too
dearly bought? It was noble in him not
to reproach you for saving his life at the
cost of the one dearer to you. Is it not so,
Thomas ?"
"Truly, you have read my feelings bet
ter than I could have explained them.
Frequently my heart seemed to break
when I realized what you have said, but I
could not blame her, when she had dono
so much for me."
The woman's face was a study. Em
barrassment, regret, perplexity all ap
peared, until for very shame she cast her
self upon her husband's breast, begging
his pai don.
It was his turn to be embarrassed now,
and it was really touching to see the man
act as if he had done something very fool
ish. I left them confident in their future hap
piness, and so it proved. In time another
child came to bless tho sorely-tried moth
er's heait, but never again the question,
"Husband or child ?"'
He is Fit-Lie ITe Squeezed
JIa ml in the Cars.
Her
We have but little sympathy for a man
who will baiter away the affection ho
should feel for a wifu for the fickle smiles
and favors of other women, whose char
acters are not the puiest, and whose mor
al stamina is not strong enough to keep
thorn afloat on the dark waters of sin.
Therefore, we o;uld only smile when we,
the other day. learned the details of the
following little episode :
W. Ij., of this city, is a young married
man of more than ordinary attractions,
and, of course, knows it. He is a regular
lady-killer in his own estimation. A few
years ago, he won tho heart and hand of
an inteligent girl from a neighboring town;
but he cannot resist the fascinations of
his old ways among the opposite sex, and
ho never lets an opportunity slip of making
himself agreeable to them, and ingratiat
ing himself iuto their confidence as far as
possible.
Last week his wife was visited by an ac
quaintance of her girlhood, from the coun
try a smart, fresh-looking damsel, but I
not over scrupulous about her conduct
rather loose iu her ways, showing poor
bringing up. During her visit here, Mr.
Ij., his wife, and their visitor, took occa
sion to run up to Nicholson for a day of
pleasure, which passed off to the apparent
enjoyment of all concerned.
But it was ou the return trip that tho
fun commenced for the wife. The thiee
passengers occupied two seats in the car,
opened opjosite to each other, the hus
band and a few articles f baggage on one
seat, and the ladies facing him.
Laughter, merriment, and jokes, inter
spersed with comments on the events of
the day, were freely indulged in, ami
everything was going on smilingly, until
at length Mrs. L. thought she caught, a
g'impse, in the dark coiner of the car, of
her husband's hand reaching that of her
companion, which lay partly concealed un
der her shawl.
It was the careful movement of a mo
ment to place her own hand where his was
likely to fall. The next instant she felt
the real old timed piessure of her youthful
lover's palm, which she returned with the
ardor that she had done iu the days long
jjone.
Then followed a half hour of more than
usually lively conversation on the part- of
her husband, and it was interspersed at
j every significant point, as (hick as commas,
with hearty grasps of his wife slittlt, hand,
which wore oftentimes letigt honed into a
downright squeeze ; and every one was re
turned with equal fervor by his wife, who
was delighted beyond measure at the suc
cess of her little game.
Nothiug interfered with the programme,
until at length the conductor suddenly
burst open the door within a few fVet of
them, when the full glaro of his lantern
fell on the discomfitted wight and the lov
ing w ife. She held stoutly to her husband's
hand, and lifted it as high as her head,
until there could no longer be a doubt in
the mind of one of the three as to tho sit
uation of affairs.
That man didn't talk worth a cent the
rest of the trip, and as everything has ap
peared serene around their hearth ever
since, it is presumed that he has begged
forgiveness and is looking after another
c h a ii ci. i-cra n to n Ve m-vcra t.
Something You Can't Gtve Awat.
A blushing maiden in Vermont sues a man
for breach of contract under the following
curious circumstances. She had a farm
that he wished to purchase, and offered
herself and the property for twenty thou
sand dollars, re fusing to sell one without
the other, lie accepted, paid the money,
got. the title deeds of the land, and was so
well satisfied that he restored one-half of
it to her.
As that was herself she declined the gen
erous gift with profuse thanks and insisted
that he should marry her. He refused,
and she sues him for breach of contract,
and there is indications that she will win
the case. Now if a man can't do what he
likes with his own it is haid indeed.
If we are to be sued and made to suffer
the penalties of the law every time we in
dulge in a piece of thoughtless gei.erosity,
some of the kindliest feelings of our com
mon nature will receive a shock that will
prove fatal to them. If we buy a piece of
wooded laud aud determine to make the
former owner a present of tho wood, shall
he sue us for a breach of contract ?
If we buy a wll stocked farm, aud con
clude to give a pig, a cow, or a horse away,
shall we be made to go to law for it? If
we were that man we would marry our
persecutor, join a half-a-dozen clubs, a
Masonic lodge, and a military company,
and try to make her as comfortable as pos
sible under the circumstances.
At a recent funeral in D.tnbury, where
several organizations were in attendance,
no crape badges were provided for a fe
male society. The President, after fidget
ing about in a manner peculiar to her un
fortunate and unhappy sex, suddenly blurt
ed out, "I declare ! 1 don't enjoy this fu
neral one Litl" The announcement cast
a gloom over the ent ire gathering---'"
bury AY'C.
SMOKE.
AN INVENTION THAT WILL DO AWAY WITH
PIPES ANO CIOAKS WILL IT WOHK?
i
Professor Maulesel, a Gorman gentle- !
man who has recently arrived in this city, i
has secured a suitable lot o:i South G.
street, and is about to erect extensivo I
works which will prove of almost incalcu- '
lable advantage to all lovers of the "weed." !
and which will obviate (he necessity for :
both pipes and cigars. The works "he is j
about to erect will bear in all respects a :
striking resemblance to the works of tht i
Virginia City Gas Company. There will
be large retorts, in which tobacco w ill bo
burned, and the smoke thu produced will ;
pass through proper pipes to a large bell- j
shaped receptacle of boiler iron, somewhat '
resembling a gasometer, where it will be !
cooled and purified and so scented that it '
shall have the flavor of the finest Havana j
cigar. To this product of his retorts anil I
purifying apparatus the profef sor has given
the name of "Tabaksine," but for conve- j
niei.ee we will call it by a less scientific !
name, that of smoke, w hich, after all, it is. J
From the smokeometer a main ppe will .
lead up into the city, and from this wi'l he ,
small branch pipes leading to all the prin- j
cipal houses and saloons in the t w n. In I
every house where the smoke is taken there
will be placed a meter, similar to a gas j
meter, but much more delicately construct- i
ed. Running from these meters will be i
pipes leading to nil the rooms in the house, '
aud connected with thor-e pipes, at e uive-
nient pointt, will be long flexible tubes, j
each tipped with a handsome amber mouth
piece for the comfort and convenience of
smokers. !
When a man desires to take a smoke, he 1
ha3 not to go to ihe trouble of hunting
up tobacco ami filling his pipe, then of '
finding and lighting a match, nd perhaps j
burning his lingers, aud afterward getting j
fire ai.d ashs upon his clothes lialf-a-ilo.xn i
times before his smoke is ended. There is 1
none of this trouble ami vexation. He
has only to place the amber mouth piece ;
between his lips, turn a small silver thumb- '
screw, and tho cfnil, delicious perfumed ,
smoke glides into his mouth. By this in- i
genious and delightful at rangeirent all ;
danger of tires fr. 'in pipes and cigars will1
be obviated, and millions in valuable proj- j
erty annually saved.
The rates of insurance of those who have
neither pipes nor cigars in use upon their 1
premises v. ill be greatly reduemt, and m
this one item the Professor calculates that j
the cost of introducing the smoke into an i
ordinary family resilience will be saved
each year. By the new plan a man m;iy j
lie in his bed and smoke with peifect im- j
punity and the greatest imaginable com-
fort. In (he saloons there will be a row of
toiiifortable .ofas along one side of the
room, with flexible stems banging conve
niently down from a pipe concealed iu tho
wall, where a man may seat himself and
by attaching his private mouth-piece, may
have a delicious smoke al t aecoidmg to the
calculations of Professor Maulesel) less
than half the cost of the commonest cigars,
such as are known as the "bull-tcamster
regalia"' and "Mongolian si inkers."
But soire may ask, "how is a smoker of
the inveterate class to have his smoke
when walking the stieets or traveling?''
this has also been thought of and provided
for by the Professor. Nothing is easier,
and at the same time the arrangement for
smoking while walking the streets is not
only most convenient, but is such as adds
greatly to the personal appearance i f the
; man using the littlo apparatus. It is well
j known that most men are rather ilat-chest-I
ed, and. taking a hint from this, the Pro
fessor has invented an India-rubber recep
' tacle fitting to the shape, which, when
! inflated with s-.noUe. gives the wearer a
breast like that of a member of the Nation
al Guard. To inflate this before starting
out. for a walk is but the work of a ino-
! ment. Connected with it is a handsomely
braided, flexible stem, ending in a neat
1 amber mouth-piece, which is tucked into
tho vest pocket. When not in u: s this
stem, in l.ine cases out of ten, would bo
mistaken lor a h:tndson-.o watchguard. as
it is generally ornamented with a locket,
or two or three elegant charms. In case
the lesei voir should at any time become
exhausted while the sitiokei is out walking,
it is very easy to step into the nearest sa
loon and have it refilled.
As the smoke comes from the works
freed from uicoiiue, and all other delete
rious elements, and is most delicately and
delightfully pet fumed, it is expected that
it will at onct become exceedingly popular
among the ladies. Instead of their use of
it being offensive, ii will prove quite the
contiary, as by means of it they will shed
abroad wherever they may go a fino aroma.
They will have for their use elegantly
carved anilier month-pieces, hooped about
with gold aud set with diamonds and other
gems. "When out walking their reservoir
of smoke will be contained in the pannier,
to which it will iinpait a much more sj-in-metrical
shape than can be at!ained by tho
use of newspapers ; besides, by giving the
rubber of the smoke tank a suitable thick
ness and strength it will bo found to bo
very convenient when the wearer desires
to sit, as it will serve as a c:hion, a some
thing which is eft en a great convenience
aud comfoit. Due notice in legard to
terms per month, quarter, and year will be
given in a lew days. Men aie now en
gaged in grading the lot on which tho
works will be erected, and the necessary
machinery is o.i the way from New York
and will soon be on the ground. Virgin' :t
(Jit'j Territorial Jji.L'r prize.
Jcst So. In one of our neighboring
! boroughs an accident happened a few days
since which i-i too good to be kept. We
will not mention names, as there aie many
persons now days who object to sting
themselves iu pi int, and simply call iho
party II. Ou last Saturday H- had been
married three mouths. On that day his
wife presented him with a line b-y, tho
ninetieth day after marriage. He was
am.i7.ed, and scratched bis head and sad.
"Whv. I thought 'twas nine months ."
Ilis; wife rcpli'l, ".lust so, to be v.uc it is,
darling! Don't oii see? I have '; e;i
married to yon three moutiis thioo and
three are six ; we have but-m loan ied to-
.. . i . it - r. : ,.- ..,,.4 tbw.a v.
i getuei iiiree iujuiuh " ;
i ir,e just what the dovtoy says.' 11.
"Whv to be sure, you aie rigni. t uoei
was very good at arithmetic. Don't yon
think the chikt looks like me?" Wife
and nurse "The very bom image of you V
r-hunr.y, ain't it ?
A, ii vp hoyk-t:it;k.er a dirty Uiu.n.Ix,
Terms, S2 por yesr, In advance.
NUMBER 1.
rcculiarJitry Trialsatid Timliny
The remaikable tiials which have held
the attention of all classes of people in Nev
York during the past six months, hav'
almost equally interested the journals and
people abroad. Our latest foieign files at j
spiced with remaikable cases, though theio
iloes not seem to have been any effort t
tiiul"pai allels to our latest and m st no'o
rious. but rather an effort to equal later
exhibitions of on. tint finding, where tin
moral perception.-, seem to have bec:t blunt
ed, or whcie siugular obtuseness as to tl.a
appropriate punishment for delinquent
seems to have dominated in the minds of
t!:'. honored twelve. I n this ooriiect ion .i
kite I nam 1 tors' Journal furnishes a variety
of items of jury action, which a-e h th in
structive and hinus'iig. Tho first case in
stanced is that i.f a Worcester jury who
rcquittcd a man in the face of ovi i w helm
ing testimony, merely lecausc he hapi-i-nod
to bo defeuded by a local magnate ; tho
foreman of the precious twelve actually be
lieved they had done fet n.iihirg n.eiitoii
ous, ext.l'tinply saluting the stpiiie a day or
two afterwards Another case is that of v
Western jury, who, sitting ujku the body
of an Indian, undeniably done to death by
the random shooting of the guardian of tho
potato plot, made t!ii;-gs ple;:s:i::t all round
by pronouncing that li e unlucky snvag.
had been worried to death by a dog ; an l
that not satisfying the unreasonable coro
ner, altered their veidict to "Killid by fall
ing over a cl;;i," and stuck to that vcisioa
in spite of all remo?w trance !
A good story is Uld how a Dcvorskhiro
jury came to acquit a doctor, who had ac
cidentally killed an old woman l y mixing
her medicine a little too carek'sly.
soon as they weie comfortably sett'ievl
tho retiring room the foremau told ihn
they mui-.t settle as quickly as possible
vhether or not they would hang the doc-" '
tor, so that they might go home to supper
in good t.me, and that the quickest way
of dispatching tin business was for ltrm t'
take the opinion of each in turn and let tho
most votes decide 11. e matter. I'pon this
point, at any late, the jury wore unani
mous, and the foreman proceeded to j no
the question. One said he d-d not earn
how it went hanomg the doctor would
neither harm nor do him tyn good : an
other, th it the doctor had lately saved thu
lives of his children, who were mortal bad
with the small-po-, while he had onbr
killed an old woman, who could not havo
lived much longer anvhow ; it was two
lives against one, and he wouldn't hang
tho man, not he. Others were f-r a con
viction on grounds equally ridiculous.
Fortunately for the pitor doctor, at length
ail agreed to a veidiet of not guilty.
Physical arguments have been used by
; a majority when nunc legitimate one
' failed. A juryman ouce aski d a judge)
J whether his dilf'.'i'u g i'l judgment from hi
' eleven brethren justified his In-ii g knocked
down with a chair. In the case of another
jury, one at dispersal was heaid to say t
s another : "Only I thieateued to kneli
him, he'd never agreed."'
! A counsel trying to make the best of a
i bad ca:;e insisted that there was some evi
' ih-iic" in favor of the view ho wished Iho
jury "". When ho ha-.' done, Mi.
Jusii ;d to the jury: "Tha
' learn " -tly right in hi
, view t evidence on
j that pon... 'u"itj
not law vers, am..
by 'some evidence,'
I pose there was an action ou
change, and sit people swore linv
him say he shou'd have to pay it, a:.d'St
' others knew him int iioatcly, and swore t'
i bis handwriting ; at:d. suppose on the other
! siia, they called in a poor old man who hail
1 been to school vvhh the defendant fort
years bel'oie a:ri had lrd seen him since,
and s;ii'I he rather thought toe accoptar.cn
was not in his writing: why there would
! bo-some evidence that it was not and
; that's v hat the learned counsel means in
this ease." Tho apt iiiurtratiou was to
j much for tho jurymen: they hail seen their
i way clear enough before, but f.itind i"i
; ueeessaty to u-tiie and solve tun ji;dgus
abtruse conundrum beloret hey couid agree
upon their verdict.
; Anot her bothered juiy, we suspect, was
that America! o:ie which was respoi.hihht
for "We find the prisoners not guilty, but
f believe they hooked the pork !" a veiditc
I matched by a ("arli.-le juiy when they foui d
a watch stealer gui ty, but reef mmended
hi. n to ineicy because it wns iiallyve.y
ha nl to say whether he had taken tho
, watch or not. An Irii-ii jury lecouipu mled
a man to msrey on the ground that he had
no recoiieciioii of the transaction ; but, of
all odd reasons for leniency, commend us
to that of tli3 Devonshire foreman, who,
upon being asked why a convicted pt rr-ou
was recommended to uiticy, replied, "Be
cause it is an aggravated case, my lord !"'
!
j Bj.aok Rain. A contributor to A'aturs
furnishes the annexed : "The following
notice" of a shower of black rain, which
has been sent to me by my f.ictid, Mr.
Wa'.i'.cr, of North Viihi, near Worcester,
though not exact in its description as I
could have wished, may call attention to
the subject, and elicit a more detailed ac
count, if in this ungenial season rain of a,
similar natuie has fallen elsewhere. Mr.
Walker's tesioence is about three mile
' southeast of Worcester, aud he says, that;
after three or four hours of common rain
on Tuesday, June t, it became suddenly
dark about so veil o'clock p. in. aud short
ly after a rain like ink poured down for a
. quarter of ati hour, after which hg'it re
turned upon tho scene. The following
morning the sheep at notillutil ;;n ad
joining farm) appealed as if tluir fleeces
nad been dyed black ; also the dog and a,
gray pony Mr. Walker had out in a field
cioo by, appeared as if they had beeu
roliir.g in siiot or in a coal hole. Tha
black matler biouglit down with theraiu
w as .f an adhesive nature, and Littlevvortc,
within a iniio of Nuiloii, where this rain
fell i.ito s iue tubs, it was Jb-erved to bn
as Liack as ink. This black rain was par
ticularly vcrnarked, as clear ordinary rain
had been falling for some hours on tin
day mentioned, but bad ccacd an ho-j,..
pieviviiis to the commencement of thti
black Uow-vdall. The actual ravr of tiiac
evening did not extend to Wort-osier, but.
I have a note takeu at vr.y lesidonco heio
at ihe time, 'that hi ;'vi) was singular
aud overpowering r.Il the evening.' I re
gret, that goiog iuto llerl foulshire next
day,' I was not avraro of this occurrence
until svue days after, and ntie of tin
', black rain, or the Ihesire mutter biougkc.
down had been pre.-ci ved foi miciocp
va.1 ev.uu illation."
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