r-7 'i V4?i PrtcPIKE, Editor and Publisher. IIB IS A PUMKM AS WHOM DKtTTH lAKi:S FHEB, ATTD ALL ARE ELATES BESIDJC Terms. S3 per yecu-, If advance.- VOLUME VIII. EBENSBURGi PA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1874, NUMBER -14, I T JH mm HIU IT SALES IJy virtue si Hltiir " ',! " ''(. rxfnjil.f r fil. U'I (Mil in hum turn t u i oin - ..r t miihria enmity mid to me direct- I ill '" exposed to public sule. at the i "' ,"(!.( '. in KKKMrn. on .MW .', i ' "it'll !: v leeiibf r next, at 1 o'clock, . .I'.'i.winj- P-eal Kstatc, to wit: , titlwiind inrcrc.it of William ...i .... ........ i .,r l i w '" ij I'm- rialit. lith and interest of P. I,' and Mc-fioiiRii, his wire. rr. In 't' ,i,- i '-m purt ol ff litnd cituaro in Wash- ' , n t.wiri.ip, 'ainbriii eoiinty, Pu., ndjoin- j lib-.llv Inlin Itrtulv. an.l .lh. I . i-i.Tilaiini ' . i i i ... if i.iatlrS niurt' "1 n!", irmui u f u-hicli are cleared. Taken in execu- I H III' i .... ... .. .... ... . sey t r ojf ar- , ' 'u-h'hI! the ripht. title and Interest or Jacob ! ? .C.tmul wife, of, in and to a certain lot of . ' ,.,-innt 1 , ra.. I roiiiiiur on i.ciiion street jj. I ! . ,r V.l nti -il f hnr nrirl Silui - k, i-i t'o.. l!Mv!n? thereon erected a one-ond-:;.'f ii.nT house, nw in the occupnncj- of 'li n -irrfts. Tiiken in execution anil to bo t'.i'tli'-i -nit of Ttuimiis Si Weaver, I, UN I" I'J-'I.. , ii... ...... ...... ... ; Ai'iit'-. '''. ,n and to a piece or parcel i iiij-ife iii nite towii.-tuip, ainurui '.. 1.. ...lo ,.r n .... i ..i... i ...... rii'v ,l..alJ'llIlll',,,, w i"-"....."i'.ij, I'ow.-il. i'ro.'ell (jlusynnr. .Hid others, ,, 'Miiis"';"" acres, tnoroor lesrt, unimproved, vwi in execution and to be sold at the suit ' v.hn Pail.v, ,lfie Charles (irass. t uo all 'lie riirht, title and interest or Peter ,'iiil'til,of. iii and ton piece or parcel of land .. j;C i, Carroll township, t'ambria coiinly, t ii ''ii nif laii'lstif Kinan. Wetita, 'le'rsof John i i-T'lll. uee'd, John I.Rilty, and others, oon- ."mi K acres, more or less, nfioot 73 acri.-s .t,.,i, liaviiiir t Hereon erect en a iwo story j - i:n' h'ui-: and a frame bnrn. now in the no i ; a hi v nl I'i icr t'ainpbijll. Taken in execu- i ' 'nam! lc-ild at tliesuit ot John Wertner, T,ii. i,.l:iid Karabauifti. i ! i.ni.ali the riirht, title iiiil Interest of John I p i.. i. ami ton piece or ii". hi rroumi ; v ..'' '' I'tae Siatii.il, Washington town- j mi-is eountj-, I'll-, adji lininir lunds of I iM. r 1', Henry Alleiibaiitrr., and otli r i. li i'.i; tin i eon 'ii'ctei it two story frame v .-. i. v. ia tiie nccup.uicy ' John P. 1'ar , .- T ki n in evei-u I i'.n mid to be sold at the ' Esm! I'l.-restcl. I .t .:. ..I il.e riitlit, title and Interest of Silas i .i (. m and to a piece or parcel of land ; ii n-ld township, t ambrla cmin- j '-,.' . . , i tilt Inndn of James Adams. Har- ' i. V i i. Kedinon Mellon, and others, -on- t l1' more or Icsm. atiotit lit acres :.u-!; ;;i i -ici: ve:, ha n.r hereon erected a ti.rv ; !.iul-. Iihiiw and Inline barn, now in in. I ni.-v ef rutins Adams. Taken in eze r.ii lobe fold al il.e suit ot K. !. Situ pp. iso. all the rik I.l, t it le and i.i teres t of A m- l.a:it.y. of, in and to : u;ee or parcel of .- situate in Hurr township, taiinbria coun ' a., ailjoinimr lindsof I rank Peters. John :'t. Fred, and ieorie Snyder, and olhers, uiinir aei-es, more or 1 ess, about -II acres . cni li are cleared. Iiatiuir thereon erected i,r and a-hall slory plank house and frame .u ,w in the occupancy of Ambrose Ivint Xn'icn in execution and to be sold at tha j-, Ju-epu (JuntiK-r, lor use of A. Walters. i -mi. ill the nV't, titl and intiTi sr of Mich'l V i'li-, of. in mid to a lot of v round situate i vii'iaie' "I St. A unnt ine, t'leai lield towu , '," iini:ni:i eoiintv, I'.i , ndj.iiiiinjr lots of i . i ..i.' .... .... .. .i ... i. ; M IT' .IIIIIH ... i-v i 1 r. ii.i'i , 'iii.-i, i iTecteil II two Mory ilo.He, 1TV t ' IV V. - in- iisiiiiiuion iioiei, nun a iraine i.i tiie occupancy of llniiy Mar- u. 1. hi execution and to bo soid al the t g; f -r . t ; A- Krotlier. Jt . i!'.-iiif. tithratid interest of I'eter ''.vi:. . in :t ' i I toa lot of jfrniuJ situate 1 1 -i.r ii . nship, fuinoria county, I'a.. ad- -i;'y iiC'U nt' T. I.. Hunt, f.iiiton Ac Itose, and ir.M.i .!.' on the Somerset ! W e. iiiviiiu- c't. oiic-niid-u-hall il"i)' liiiusi', i ' in.,ti ciiiiel. la It en in execution and to ' if nt tlo- 1 1 ot John i 'Connor. !:. nil tlio riht. title and interest of F.lias nil i.ii iL'e W-. Settlemver, of, in and to ' ' "( L-i'nin-1 -Mmito In W!more borona-h, ' - i:i i!i:mt . I'.i., fronting on Main stre-t, : ; .. ..'I iii,. "hack, and adjoining lot of the i i . !i.i,',tn mi tin- nort ii Hinl an ulii-y on the ; i omif tliei on cri'CUil a on tnry pbtu'k j S" .Hi-, i i. t now occipfed. Inkon in rxe- . . . l . ii .i- , I it .... "ii a;n; ii . Lit.' soi'j n i inu nun in , . j a i l- 1 1 tin i iv lit, tlrfe nnd Interest or Rd - 51 ( i n!.- mid t'athar:ne Mcj lade his wife, .i i " a i t act of land situai" in Suiiminr- - : 1 ,'. run. Lriii county, P)i., adjoinimr : '! 1'. M' lVossiii, f !e..r-j W.-Kcrhy, Mrs. ' lvt"K. :i .) Frank Ilamiri'T. texitloiiur at !-;.ii 'j.iiii.r ii,ljniiiiii laud tract surveyed ..r 1 1 1 i.i nt fiovt-t, stone corner; i nil it intersects the line of a sur- I "!-' name ot tieori: tir.ill'; t hence aiotK n.e said tieorire tir.i'!, north r5 east r ial In fob corner of fii.: said George i '-'-!!- y; thente :ti decrees until It Strikes I '' l Mi" Aaroii'Soiiiuan ; I beiict east to , uii-tr.ii f siiitei) in tiio name , " if: .Me. et : ttii iice wt st nlotiir the line i - ":i I Wiilimn fiovi-t ""l p"rehcs to ii stone ." ai i I'nee t Iti aituunK - enolaitiiiir 111 - .1. r-. r U-sh. tut vi it thereon erected a.t wo y : -ai.s liweliin house, with outbuildings, ' -- acres cleared, ieketl in fXecU- ' . i a'. ria cminly. Pa- froiitiiijf on a i XTi ivluer iiaok to H Street , adjoiu ;! ;''. I. Itni'lVv on the north and a '"'.n Vie smith, li:i inn- lhcrein di eted a - !''aiik house, now in the occupancy ..' t'.inii-j . I nken in execution and to Le - mi t of Mrs. Mary E. Ib.vlu. n!i Hie riyht, title tin-.l interest of It. 'it. of. in and to a piece or lotof (rronnd '-'""inthi. Iioi'.uirh ot C'ariMlltown, (.'ain . rj'Utitj p.,.. anjoiniiiK lot of Peter C. Wci i "'h hi lieitrieti. and others, haviux there j.'"'1 s two story frame house, now in v'viimiicv or It. Campbell, Taken in exe- "mi l I., he sold at the suit of I.Jovd & Co. -j. ail ii;,. fiht, title mid intl-rest of . ' ""ee. of, in and to a piece or parcel of 'Wiimeln llla Kliek townshiT. fimbria "t-. inU'iiiiimr laiuls of Isaac Makins, 1-TTJ'l"s. John Jones and others, contain i' re. mora or less, about ;K)acrea, clcar rwr tliereoa erected a two story lr ujf "nk barn, and saw mill, now in the of John UHsf. Taken In exeeu i io beaold at the tsuitof V. f. Ifarker -..fjV1 "' riTht. title and interest of w.Hj "V '" ""' f" Piece or parcel of . Vs in Chest township. Ciimhrht conn. f'Jlor '"""" minis oi eorro ncitrtch. ' oiin.1-. contamiiifr 3i acres, I kit Bl"t 7 aers of which are clear- i fVlVV- ' ,,nrn now in the nccupan .iii'' Kl',u"- Taken into execution nni ..,,,"''!',' s"'' "f William Kittcll, Ad 't a"' Mi,-;':el Kline. ,7 r'-'bt, title anl Interest o ..f i . I or in and toa pieco oi ... mn. Mfiii,(, j AiiMtrh in V hnvnuhin i.fc.iv w i 'mi-it ii ii- jot.--nil i ' 4'.. . adj. iin imr lands of Andrew 'witir"!1,", '' Jn li. JIolTinan. ..,., , '."' r,'y' more or l , about in I l. 4 '"'K ll.M r." '!'-i:ir , ', i m; t hereon efecto.l a two! I ' li nl'-s A M. l,.:i,. nil itotir.i ttfiiiie untv in '"I A I...1 r '.,V '''cise iii tiie occupancy i'atn In itpi.iiiliiii .ml in ; l'arri-h ( f Ke!lr lnr,Ku "I Sin .L. " j .. ti I... , , i "t;-niro ot 'tie purchase i the property Is knnck- , . . ' I ern; 11...1 . i aitiinir, t wo-thirilson con- i " r the i'e, f-riff'.om,. "KrtMAM BA I'M Kit. Sheriff. . '..unsburir, Nov. lri, 1ST. J. ii: UK. M. T) I'liynici,,,, Rni slnrtceon. Ktf John Kuek's store. Niirht ,vlU' the n-Kideoee of JoRTt j Pl.ynlri;... M. ?n ltiuli street, ni lla'px - h.,ieeo ir.Town HaM"" lMI eal IsKhoubl be nia.lc' '" SjiSlKI, McLAU(l!HJN, AlKr LJ-Iw. Johnstown. Va. OiSco la 1 m. ir Mit'i .hi niiMii Mi-i . - . ''Snmeil wnU blsprolesiiion. ' iih i.l ill illl' ' I't.'. ... inn i ..i.e. r- - - .iui 'mi n ui ' ",. v .-'uii 'li.n (ownslii. Cimiiri:ir(.tiii. j minor chil Iron iif Wm. Keigtiart, lute of Kichland "'j '.'f.'iiiii lniid:.f MnWiri A t.'o., Philip i towns hip, deceased. ' , iiit. I I . Ilamintrs, nntl others, con- 8- The ttritini final account of Mosc B. Miller, ' ,'vi-t.Tf"'. tr or less, about Macros or , Rdmrni-Xrator of Samuel Keiiu, lute of Kichland L",'.. j !. iri-rl, huvinsr tln'r;On r tcl n township, deceased. ' , ' ,.,u Ivhi-w. Rtrr room, frumostu- , Thofirtnnd final acconnt of James McMnl " i r ' i'v iisi'I, and Hhook simp, now io I ho ''"" and i'atrlck ItonHan, execntorg of f lorne ""..''.' ;ril:ith. 'lukin in exc- j Inaho. late ot flcnrfteld township, dee'd. ' ' t i.i tin. eii.i .r i..:., m..,A ! b. '1 Iif firKt and nnrtinl itiwmni .r i.Kv. wo 'H he ...I.l hi toe H.iit r.l John K.nuey, ? "'TV- ' .r.lmii ol C. and P. J- Kinney. ' mko known the same wi ho .it U lay 'Mil t!,. rijlit, title and tnrere-t or P. j , t i' tTi't Iris wold !"'Mi st, cof lian.cl O.rney, of. in and Ass fence eC. U 'nswold &. A. J. Onswold. : vii.iii.il situate in the boroturh of r.bcnsbnrjr, Nov. 1-S li71,-0t. R .. ..!iTIK L?V.,;;?tc?' counts have bctn passed and filed in Die Kesrister's t ' . i." I . I . . 1 ; i i . . . Orphans' Court of Cambria count v Tnr -r,. n r, - 1 i ."i iinim nim win pn'fenteq in Tne Hih and allowance on Wednesday, December 91 h A. 1. 1874: 1. The flrt and final account of Mowi R Miller executor of laae Keiirhart, late of Richland townl uip, deceased. inc account oi ii riRos h imii b-.mwiin. Ar Ueorare Frilz, la.ro of Jolinstown horonsrh. dee'd. , 8- he r""yt and parfial account or John Fritz. J:'"'!' McMillentnd Win. K. Tucker, trnstces of f-IIrn F- Frittand othfr leiritccs under the will of U tiOr ie t rit X. lat C Of Johns tovn hnn.n.rh .Ikk'.I Tltft i r T.' T 'I' : .. it "w.v. mum . . i i,-i ut-v, vmj., iiiiir'iian v' l"u minurriuiiiren 01 jmcici ltzmjrcr, late or I 'liAot S:r.i-in.- i..-.,...-U I ' iiuii4ii, uL-unwvu, o. inc ihm una nnai acconnt ot John Hoirnian, adnifnistrater or the estate or Daniel Kcam, lato of Kichland township, deceased. 0i The Hast and final account of Theresa A. AVei bel and Thomas Hoover, administrators of Andrew Welte!, late of Camhria township, deceased. 10. The first and final account of Silas H. and Alfred P. Ionouifhe, administrators, of Patrick Donoughci late cl Allegheny township deceased'. 11. The final account of Peter Oick, jPttarJian of minor children of John F.ichenschr, late of Cono mautrh borough, deceased. 12. "Tlio first and partial account of Thomas Ion ahoe, administrator of Wary Donahoe, late of Washington township, deceasixl. 13. The account of James Chardon. administra tor of John Chardon, late of Clearfield township, ucceasen. 14. The Prst and fVnal account of Pavid . OriT- 1 flths. executor of Orirtith J . ilrilHths, lateofCam l bria township, deceased. IS. The first and final acconnt or t lorlnda Herr, administrator of CJeorie Hcrr, late or Summerhill township, deceased. 18. The first and partial acconnt or W. B. Bon aekrr. trtistce appointed to sell the real estate of Daniel Iroughnour, late cf Tavlortownship, dee'd JAM 9 jVt.SiN'iHi. Keiciaicr. Register's OfBcc, bensbura;, NoV. t, 1874. WI I) 0 WS' AT P RAISE ME N TS. -Xotiee is hereby fjireu that tha fol lowlnir Appraisements of real esfatc and personal property ot decedents, selected and set apart for the widows of intestates, under the Act of Assem bly ol jofh of April, A. 1. IBM. have been filed in the lieirlster's Office at Khensburir. and will ho presented 'o the Orphani' f !ourt of Cambria ovn tr for confirmation and allowance on Wednesday, Iieccraber th, A. I. 174: 1. Inventory and appraisement of personal pro perly appraised and sot apart for Mary Younar, wido'w of Andrew Youdk, lateof Wathington towh- , Ship, dee'd ,25.50. I 2. Inventm-y and appraisement of personal pro I perty appraisal and set apart for Mary Farren, j widow of .lames Farren, late of Washington town I ship, dnn'ii fj4a.a.v j 3. Inventory ami appraisement of personal pro ; p'Tty apliraiscd and set apart fur S.illte Sehnabel, , widow of Hcnrv Sehnabsl, lateof Johnstown bor" ' onj;h. ilcc'd t)0.oo. j 4. Inventory and appraiement of personal pro- tiertv annraised and set apart for Josephine M. j tdie. widow of Kev. James W. Kdio, late ef Kb I ensbur liorouih, lec'd JC-.OO. j It. Inventory and appraisement of personal pro ' prtv nppraiscd and Svt apart for Kliza Parrlsh, ' wid.iw of Hilas Parrish. late Of Cambria township. dec d 'J09.15. JAMES M. SINGER, Retristcr. Rotfisters furiee, Elensburi, Nov. 9, 1S74. TUIAL LIST. Cruises set (iotvn for trial at the ensuiujx term of Court, commencing on Monday. Kcceiitbcr Tth, 1ST : Finsr WKKK. Hnvcn Sl ' tl't'onnor ... Wi-ui . Sm::h Sh r'aii''h.. vs. MoLnnhlin. vs. Kahles. vs. U alters. .. .. vs. Bonaeker. vs. Pcnna. Kail Road Oo. . .. ..Vs. Kairer. Vs. Marlet ct al. vs. Lloyd. SKTOKD WKKK. vs. Irvins. vs. Kerr et al. . . . vs. Pattersons. vs. Hist. vs. Christy ct a!. vs. H ipps ct al. vs. lfciu.-r,-Adin"r. Hrcl,n F. 11 iot I Xuck. . Apple Little et al ... . Mctlimali Cooper JtOo .... -ainbrla Iron t'o Patt.jH tvlwame TI A-l.... Heslnp vs. Ilesli.p. Caldwell h Kimmell .vs. Fields. Guardians of Al. A. Mc- Ooniirlc VS. Woleslajrles. Iiimheiir IMineKiin.. . . .. lliiI.an Hmiroon's Pv'r. lfurttion"s Kx"r. AIcMulleil ....vs. Michel. ... vs. Mellon. ....vs. Penna. Rail Koit ' VS JltirK's r.XT. I.!ts. Hark. . .vs. ISradlev. .T. K. HIT 1-1 Prorlionotary. rrothonofary". Offiee, Kbcnst.urs, Nov. 9, 174. A SSKJNEE'S NOTICE. Notice is L- hereby sriven that C. Ij. (JRfRWfJl.tt and A. J. t litiawoi.o. of Sasnnehnnna town'liip. i am- brin county. Pa., by deed of voluntary assignment have assigned all their estate, real and personal. to the undersigned, residing in f.nensonr, lorinn benefit or their creditors. All persons therefore indebted to the said C. !. Oriswold and A. J.tlrls- wull are remested to mnKc pay mem. to me miner- QPLENDII) TOWN PROPERTY fc3 FOR SAIyK. A very elegant and com mrxl Ions residence in F-hensi'mrK bomttth will be fold on reasonable terms. The House is bric k and contains 12 rooms. S feet halls in I basement wash honse besides ntrmid eellardivided intotwo apart ments'. The Lot U 12-c-4 feet and is well set W illi all kin !.' of fruits and shrubbery. Larire Sta ble Ice Hour-c, and three HulMInsrs used as law otnees This propcrtv is desirable for a larae fami ly, or with very little Improvement would make a first class hotel or fmta;r lwar.lintr house JN. E. SCANLAN, Agent. Ehcnsburar, Aug. 21, lS74.-tf. UDITOR'S NOTICE. 1 lie nn- Auditor, nnpointed Kt the Court of Common Picas of Cambria I ? bear, decide and report upon the exceptions filed to the final account of H. kinkead, Ks,,., Assignee " John J. (Has, rice'd, and also to 'f l-'t f 'r hutionoftherun i In the hands of nl. I A ss ijr ne e hereby notifies all persons interested that he will attend to the duties or said appcfnftPcnt at hl of. Eik't, JK rhTwUaBJ "..1 Pirtic; ma v aMcnd ifev think proper. Ebcn burjr, 13, ls74.-Jt. . AUDITOR'S NOTICE. The nn dersigned Auditor, appointed by the Orphans' Court or Cambria coo nty to ascer laiD the ba K and nistribnte the same, of the fund in the hitn lsnrF X.Hm, Kxecutor f Jos. Lbhtz, hue of Alb-hVny township, dee'd, hereby Rives Botlre to a persons Interested that he will attend To the dotles or rnU ap,K.intment, at hia Et.nshurK.nn Satcrpav, the Sstu pav N ,,. is74, at 2 o'clock, p. ni., when n1J"er" thev "St prewnt their claims, of 'm eomlnir In on said Tond. JAMEdNLLL.. Ebensburgr, Nov. 13, 184.-3t. . STRAY HEIFER. Came into th enclosure of the sttbr-criber iu Clere Id township, ambria county, on J ahout t. he 1 th of Jnlv last a red and white spotted Heirer, one year wMaat A?rtai. Th.emor Is roe'ted forward, prove property, pay "Sf her away; otherwise she .will bo disposed ot ac cording to WASHmoTON POUQLASS. Clearfield Twi., Nov. la, lh74.-at. POCKET-ROOK LOST. Was kst on Thursday, Nov 5th amewhe be tween Charles Stit.el and t'arralltoa a. a pocRet book coatainina- J0 In money and two pro ral ry notes drawn in favor of W. f. c.ke f.' finder will be liberally rewarded by ret w the owner. JLLILS STln. Carrolllown, If av. 12, l74.-3t. BUY BOROUOH RONDS! The norottKh of Ehensbnrg offer WATER. fo, hearlna; six percent. Interft. An . M . t..- r.-t i.ov nun irn in rn p. a. SHE.WAKEB, TreasaW- A FEARFUL Mf.HT IX A SIGNAL-BOX. I am tiie wife of an ex-signalman on the Uniform railway. His sifiiial-lrx stands high up, white and solitary, abov a charm- ing country. It is very hot in summer, when the sun shines mn the glass, and very cold in winter; when the northeast wind howl around it, and whistles aerial music through the tele graph. It was an important lookout, for vt ithin a mile of it, numerous lines intersected each .other, over which, day and night, trains were ever crossing and recrosstug, with hairbreadth csenpes of collisions. "When John was courting me, ho often made me tremble about it, by saying, "Jane, that place is a trouble to me ; one day I know there will be a crash ; I feel it. A man can't be always in health. liven a signalman's brain will sometimes become dazed and muddled ; and then if he makes a mistake, a smash must come." "We were married, and John grew bright er and more chcetfol, and I trusted he had forgotten that wretched presentiment of his about the collision. After six months, however, it returned, worse than ever. He used to read all the j accidents ; and when any of the oflicials were convicted for manslaughter or dis- j charged for negligence, be would say : i "That may be my case to-morrow, Jane ; then what's to become of you ?" I am aware that most men would not ; have thought like him, but he had the kindest, most sensitive heart. "John," I said nt last, "why don't you quit the situation, and get eomething else?" j "Because a married man should never j give up one eniplojmeut before he is sure ' of another." 'Well then, don't say any more, or you'll make me as nervous as yourself." I had begun to think about the cross-lines ! and the mail express as much as Johu him- i pelf, though I wouldn't let him know it. ! The signal-box began to haunt me, and I ; used frequently to go up to the turn of the i road RiuUookntitfor nothine at all That idea of a collision was monomania with John it was becoming o with me. A year went by safely, and, except for that miserable thought, no two persons could be liap,rer than John and I, especial ly as we now had a little daughter, who for awhile, banished John's dread, and talked hopefully of the future. Our pros pects were better, for my husband unex pectedly heard from an uncle in Australia, who had made a comfortable fortune, and intended to return and live with his rela tions. "Who knows, Jane? lie was ever kind, and lie may start me in something," said John, one evening, when I had taken his tea to the signal-box, and was amusing Maudie with the colored lamps. "I cer tainly will try, if if," he added, looking thoughtfully up and down the linen, "noth ing happens boefre." 'Forae1-00 aaRe, John dou't talk like that ! All has gone pafely for four years : surcTy it will continue to do so, with care." "I don't ktiow that," he responded, gloomily. "It's the CoDfoundcd Wyoming express I fear. Within a space of a few minutes it crosses the line of the Ilenshar mail, aud often it's five minutes beforo its time." "What do y u d j thin, Jo it. ?" I asked, boshing Ma note. Why, then I turn that colored lamp ; then the express, knowing the mail train hasn't passed, slackens speed until it has." "And if you were not to show that light?" "It would come on, get into the same line with the mail, and the carriages would go to lucifer matches "Oh, John, please do:i't I You make my j , ,i i,i . .' blood rui cold !" After that, there was another fascination for me besides the signal-box the colored lamps, by & mistake or omission in the use of which I know not how many Uvea might be hur eJ iuto eternity. I regarded them with awe, and ever aud over agaiu asked John their use. Weeks slipped by, and we got another letter from Uncle Thompson. The ship which brought him from Australia had been delayed by a severe gale in the Atlan tic, but now he was safe in England, aud intended shortly to come aud see us. "Safe I" remarked Johu ; "no one now-a-days can reckon opoH that with a long railway journey before him.' John slightly exaggerated, of course, but that autumn the collisions and accidents of all kinds bad been something fearful. Not a day passed but fresh collisions were recorded, aud, with a mobid interest, John used to read them and make my soul quiver by be remarks "Such miglit just have been my case, Jane. No doubt the fellow was a dcatl-beat. Only the mercy of Providence saves me from manslaughter, or discbarge through negligence." Oue oppressively warm evening, he had, whilo at tea, been reading about a more than usual terrible accident, owing, it was stated, to the signal-man, who had been n tbe lookout for sixteen Lours, making an error in the signals. Putting the paper down, he exclaimed, "Jane, how often have I felt as he des cribes, full of terror, knewing how many lives might be depending on me i now x pray Uncle Thompson may help us, aud I may give the whole thing up I" Rising, he pat on his hat ; he Trent otl j duty at six. I watbhed him anxiously. ! Never had I felt more nervous, for I had observed him nodding nnconscionsly to I irsc"" cr hs tea. Indeed, he looked so depressed, I was half inclined to ask to let rue go with him. But I know he wouldn't consent, it was against the rules ; while, independent of which, the man who tem porarily filled his place was the greatest enemy Johu had, and would be sure to tell of him if he did so. I knew Richard Alalia bore a bitter enmity to my husband, and would gladly do an ill turn to one whose rival he had been. I was aware he Lever forgave my accepting John and rejecting him, so I held my tongue, spoke as cheer- fully as I could, as I walked with him to the coi ner of the road, and waited until I saw him appear in the signal-box, when I retraced my steps. I had never felt so nervously restless as I did that night. I could settle to nothing, so sat down before the fire. I kept a light for John's return, and tried to divert my self with my baby, but the child soon slum bered, and I sat thinking until I, too, slept. The wholo time I dreampt of nothing but railways. They were everywhere rush ing and tearing about me ; there shrill whistles deafening my ears. I beheld the express and the mail with a noiseless hor- j ror, rushing toward each other, with lights seeming to laugh with fiendish mirth ; there j was au awful cry a crash, and a scene of : destruction. I was awakened by my own cries I I Irritated at being so startled, I bustled I about to forget the sceuc, and I put llau- die to bed, and again sat by the fire and dozed. Scarcely had I done so, however, than j there arose before me a shadowy figure of : indefinite form, pointing out of the window j in the direction of the signal-box. I moved restlessly, and put my hands be fore my face to shut it out. Finally, I started, rose to my feet, and I could have declared the figure stood on the ITearth-rug, in the lire-light, only it gradually melted into air. Just then the clock struck half-past ten. In half an hour the Wyoming express uul Henshar mail would be due. At that I began to tremble violently, and throwing on my shawl, I determined to go and look at the iv;na1-bix, and see if it was right. AVliito mists had raised since I was last out ; arid above them, rising from a billowy sea, as it was about a mile distmt, rose the "look-out," distinct in the moonlight. But whete was John? Generally I could see him moving about ; now, the place ap parently was empty. , What did it mean? There was one an swer John was asleep 1 Never shall I forget the sensation that ran through my veins at that thought. The crown of my head seemed to literally lift up. Then, why, I could neverevr1""1! I ran back, seize1 -Manure, and afterwards ittirried te the signal-box. Rapidly I ascended the steps to the "look out." I tried the door, it was fastened on the outside ; and what a sight met me with in, through the glass 1 John sound aslcer, his head on his arms. Calling him loudly, I shook the handle. i lie did not stir. All was silent, save for 1 the momentous tick of the clock, beating j out the fatal minutes, above his head. I dared not dejay. I dashed in the glass, put in my hand, turned the key and en ! eted- Even this did hot arouse him. "John I" I called, shaking his shoulder. "What was the matter with him ? His ap peared no natural sleep. In my alarm at the Hying moments, fond mother as I was, I forced Maudie to cry, hoping that might awaken him. It did. Slowly he looked up heavily ; but only to sink to sleep. At the ' same moment I heard in the distance the f..:.. i. ; . . i .r 1 1 . w-..so 4 .... '. T - n,nn faint whistle of the express train. It was coming, and Henshar mail had not passed. The terror of a whole life was condeused in those few minutes. The collision John had foretold bad come at last. All my ef forts to arouse Lira were futile. I stood alone, the trains were rushing to their fate. I saw the awful sight of my dream realized; I saw men, women and children in one fearful heap, amid broken carriages. My brain reeled ; I turned sick ; apparently cleared my brain. Why should I not save them ! As the question occurred, the whistle of the advancing mail sounded.. Looking right and left, I perceived the growing lights of each engine coming nearer, for the line was clear. I waited no more. I recalled what John had told me, and turned the signal lantern for the express to slacken speed.. Eagerly, breathlessly I watched. Had I, after all made a mistake ? Yes the lights still approach. No they stopped. The next moment, the signal-box was shaken to its base by the rush of the mail beneath it. I watched it fly ofif in the lis tancc, turned the light, heard the "Wyom ing expiess in its turn whirl under roe, and knew as I fell insensible on the floor, that nearly two hnnderd people had been on the brink of tbe grave, and that I had saved them. My baby's cries, however, soon recalled my senses, when, fetching water, I dashed it over John, and at last brought bim to. I ehall ever remember his look when I told bim what had occurred; He could not be lieve the mail had passed ; but I soon prov ed it beyond a doubt. ' "I can't make it out, Jane," heexclaim- j eel. "I have not the slightest recollection of going to sleep. It is a fact, I vras doing all 1 could to keep awake. It ninst be my cold." -What is that?" I asked, abruptly, point iug to a beer glass. "Part of a tumbler of beer Dick Malin left me," he answered. I saw it all. The beer had been drugged to- work our ruin. John would not hear of it. There being no more trains, wo went home, I taking the beer with me. "John," I said, when there, "I'm going to show I am right about Richard Malin. See !" And before he could prevent me, I J had drank the contents of the glass. A quarter of an hour after, I was in a dead sleep as he had been. But this act had destroyed any proof wo had against Richard Malin, who, however. confirmed our belief by discharging himself j from his situation. But the most singular patt of the affair was, in that very express train traveled Uncle Thompson, who had come down to nee us. When he had heard of his narrow escape, and how I had saved him, he vowed be never would forget it. He started John in business, lived with us, and made his , The lox contained a valuable diamond neck will in onr favor. Now express and mail j laCe and other jewels. It was subsequently tiains no longer give us sleepless nights, i scaled and placed in the vault of a New though we never ourselves travel by rail without thinking of that fearful night in the si;nal-box. The Grty and rcsllve Flea. The average woman bates a flee with an intensity almost diabolical in its nature. She will pursue one of these little innocents with the remorselessiiess of a fiend, and if you ever expect to see a beautiful exempli fication of womanly traits never look for it when she knows that a lice is about. And j in projiortion as the weman hates, the Ilea ; seems to love, and is never enjoying ecstatic . bliss uuless favored with her society. Wo likes to seek her couch in the stilly hours , of the night, woo her from her slumber, and j from a sheltered nook to witness her fever- I i lcli nvm tiiinii to r.cc a np liis (.niTCme lint I ' , . , ', rlii rtc lin Haao rtj-tr rr i - 1 t Iia tAiviA f an. pvtuapo uv ioi.i nvv ivuvu vitv living to. vu- ! 1 , , . joyment untu ne can siyiy accompany tier tochurchand not make bis presence known i until she has satisfactoiily settled her fur- j belows and flounces on the cushioned scat ' all ready to be admired and make note of : how others look. And then the flea begins ' Ills iIJHIlIpulnlic.ua, lmowing full Well that j ho has his victim at a disadvantage. Here ' there can be no hasty flinging of skirts, no j assuming of unbecoming postures while making frantic grabs at the mischievous and iuacessiblo monster. If you note the woman closely, you will see a compressing of the lips and a look of hate and pain creeping into the face which sb would fain conceal wr"1 reveal, for are not many eyes upon her? One moment she settles herself a little more firmly on one side, as though hoping to crush the aggressor, but the next moment feels him scampering up ward, when shosettles backward quickly to catch him between her back and the rail, bnt all in vain his flag is still there. One dainty gaiter may run up against its fellow as far as maybe done without disarranging drapcry and there may be a quiet, yet nevertheless vicious clutch of a jeweled hand under the pretence of arranging flow ing draperyj but all in vain. And the flea how he docs enjoy it. He roams bit her and thithef at his own sweet will, uncaring for the boiling wrath which fairly makes the white llesh upon which he plays shiver bo neath his light tread. And perhaps the flea has his mate, and then the anguish 'is doubled. At one momen t they are playing tag; at another hide and seek, aud while the one is cosily nestled away, the other rushes hither and thither to Mud it m a way which is maddening ; and then they act the part of explorers, and prospect every hill and dale of the form divine. But ene thing they do not do, they do not go to sleep. And during this hour of martyrdom how the wrath of the woatan gathers, and how only thoughts of dire vengeance make the brief agony endurable. But at last the ser vice which has seemed so long is ended and with as much majesty as her writhing form will permit, she sails home without loiter ing, you may be sure. The house reached, with one bound she is within the privacy of her own chamber, and there all restraint is cast aside. "With lightning haste off comes the barricades behind wbieb the flea found intrenchment, and at last she stands like a gladiator stript for the fight, and then the fate of the invader is sealed. He is pursued with remorseless fury, and the battle does not end until the victor shakes aloft the scalp of the foe, and vows that so !erish always tbe flea who dares to iuvade the saered territory of her person. A man called upon a lawyer the other day and began to state his case somewhat abruptly. "Sir, I have come to you for advice ; I'm a husband-in-law." "A what?" qaeried the learned counsel. "Husband-in-law, sir !" , "I Lave never seen that defined in do mestic relations." "Don't you know what a hnsband-io-lawis?" "I certainly do not, sir?'' "Then you're no lawyer you're an ig noramus ! Pm a husband in-tow, but not a husband in fact, sir my wife's run off." A VALCAltLE All) TO Ml'.MOi:T. There is a scrap of ol.l advice about re'.ict and other flp;'nrentiy useless things, which is. that if the t'lintr d ci not dime in use in seven years you may throw away or destroy it. This somciimcs duis not apply toa piece of paper with writing or figures on it. It did not apply to a scrap of the margin of a newspaper containing figure in pencil kept for eighteen years by Miss Susan E. Steven son of New York city. Eighteen years nt;o, Mi--s Stevenson was Interested in some procrty in San Francis co, and went from New York to California to attend to it. She haJ a business man, named Brown, hired at $100 a month to look after her interests. She paid 42,050 for certain property and settlement of the purchase had to lie made in court. She had to testify aud feared she would become em barrassed in public. Brown made some figures on the margin of a newspaper and tearing It off handed it to her to uid. her memory in regard to the exact figures. S.'ie ! tiKik it and testified from it, ."Cttled the busi ness and went honie to New York. After her arrival home she found the lolded paper in her pocket, and the fancy took her to put this to aid her memory in her jewelry box, but never expecting to have ue for it Hirain. York b.tnk, where it remained untouched for eighteen years. Lately Miss Stevennn. now Mrs. ICirhy, was summoned to San Francisco, to attend td her property interests again. It was an action liefure a court involving her title to the International Hotel property. That wine man Brown claimed that the property was his, and that a!l Miss Stevenson's in terest in it was as security for money loaned. Before leaving New Yuik the lady had oc casion to take her jewelry Jxx out of the bank vault, and opening it found a scrap of paper with Cgures on it clinging to the lid. S!ie had entirely forgotten it, hut took the scrap along with her. Her business man Brown was about to win the suit against Lor. She remembered the former cac, but none of the particulars save the n;uueof one man who was mixed up with- it. ! The re m . cords of the old el t:ic old ca-e were finally found through this man's name, which, bein c ciiliar, had stuck in hrr lucmory. B.it it liecatnc necessary for her to rcuietnbcr inure. There were figures involved, and then she applied to tiie wrap of paper w lit ten upon by Brown himself and prerved to te-tify against him at last. The paper and figuring proved the key to the whole cit . --1 .U to Brown's astonishment, it was pr)duced I jn COiirt anj jts i,s.ury t(J.j Miss Sjsaa E. Stevenson's preservation of a Utile serni of p;iper in her jewel box for eighteen years won an important lawsuit for Mrs. Sjsan Et Ivirhy. It proved of more value than all the re-t of the jewels in the box, and Brown's own figures beat htm. TOOK II CM AN NATinC An ntTiictcd girl called upon the pastor of a fa-liionahle chiirch, to thank him for tbe great din fort his teachings had given to a I'i iend then lying dead ia her house, and to liear her dying request that he should attend her funeral. The street, house, and time was named. The girl wept ,nnd the pastor was deeply affected. Tiie little money of both had been exhausted in the sickness and the preparations for the funeral. Every thing was ready but the grave. Was tHere any society that hclcd bury the dead? Tlicre was none- But the pastor opened hi pockci-bjok and promptly tendered five dol law to complete the arrangement for the funeral. The girl would not touch it would not think of such a thing. After an earnest plea on the pastor's part, the visitor would take it only as a loan, to be returned in a short time, and w ith many thanks de parted. The pastor entered the remarkable case in his note-hi.ok. with which to refresh the saints when they came together. He rook n carriage and started for the funeral. Ite found the street aud the liouse very easi ly but, alas! no corpse. N ib-sly was sick nobody had died ; the girl was not to be found, and the whole was a deliberate plan to cheat the pastor out of the petty sum of five dollars. A JIATTLK WITH A MONSTER. A j'onng man named Franklin Rubright was on his way from his father's home to Windsor Castle, Windsor township, Pa. When about half a mile from the village, lc met a monster black snake lying along the ! road-fide. When within a few yards of the j reptile it mndc for hitn,and Mr. Rnbrtght, ! having nothing w ith which to defend hiin ' self, was obliged to run. He soon found a I club, however, and showed fight. After ! knocking down the snake several times as it rose up in front of hitn, the reptile srcutcd to lc dead, and he endeavored to drag it along with him, but the serpent recovered strength and fiercely attacked him a second time. The fight this time lasted several min utes, when the snake wasagain defeated, and llod to a neighboring corn-field, where it was soon lost sight or, as it was about getting dark. According to Mr. Kubright'a estima tion, the snako mast be at least fiftocn fect long and from four to five inches thick. Search was made for it the following morn ing, but without succc--. The snake, Lad been s?cn nt differeiiPtinics in tiie neighbor hood, within the last twenty or twenty-five vcitp. lb hiding-place, it is thoaght, has now been discovered, and a party of men arc ' about to make a thorough search for it, i row:u ur thi: i:vk ON amm au. Cooley ha gt a new d tr, and I am sorry to say that he is exceedingly vicious; BO vicious, indeed, that very few of the neigh liors hate courage enough to enter Cooley's yard. Judge Pitman, however, had to go in there the other day for the purpose of collecting a bill, and he told me that he wasn't a particle afi aid, because heposscsscJ the power of hoMing a wild" animal with his eye. When he looked straight into the eyes of a d i the brute quailed before his fiance, and slunk away. He .-slid it prone! the superiority of a human being with a soul and a resolute will to the mere hruto creation. S he open -d the gate aud went in. Coolcy's dog heard hitn corning, aa4 ' immediately Dew to meet him. The judge fixed his eye on the animal for the purpose, of" holding it, but the dog didn't seem to' notice the circumstance. But still the judge' looked, and still the dog came on. Then ia seemed to occur to the judge that perkapj his kind of an eye might not hold this kinl of a dog, and Le suddenly muted toward the apple-tree, with the dog close' behind him. He became panic-stricken, and tnadi a furious effort to elamlicr up the trunk. 11c had ju-t reached the first limb,- when tha dog arrived, and made a mar at him. The dog's teeth caught in the lower part of the judge's trouser-leg, and as it is a bulldog, he held on; While the judge lay across the limb on his stomach, out of breath, fright- ened and uncertain w hat to do, if he dropped, the dog would Certainly eat him ; if he climlied further tip, he would have to take the dog with him. He had just made cpv his mind to stay where he was while his strength laled, when he thought he heard the limb cratkiiig, and then he yelied for help. Tfien Cooley came out, arid after" hiaking the judge promise to take JJ0 per cent di-coant off of the lull, he pried cpea the dog's j;iws w ith the kitchen oker, and dragged him into the stahle. Tbe judge came down, hot, breathless and mad : and he has said to ine since, privately, that the next time he wants to hold a dog with his) eye he wi.l impale him on a buy fork first. That is a safe way, anyhow. 1IAT11INO MIII.lHtKN. Some mothers think, when their children pet beyond two or three ears of are, the frequent entire hath can le diiieTiwd with. If some of tiie main facts of phvti4.gy w ere will known and understood, every one would perceive thrtt cleaii!ine of the skin is one of the renditions of pood health. It hapens when Itatliinjr. is disregarded that the lungSj kidneys, or bowels have more than their own apportionment of work. If these are strong and healthy they may bear t!;e laa with Jiltle apparent injury, but, in must cases, a lowering of the rituiity and tone of the system ensues. Large bathtubs are plcse-ant and convenient, but not indis pensable to the projKrr cleaning of the skin. A siieedy sponging of the body in purs w ater, follow iii by friction in pure air, is all that is ncccssrtiy. When disinclined to use yatcr, I Cud a thorough application of tbe fic'i-brnh to the whole person nn admira ble sultstitute especially, on retiring, it re lieves neitousncss, equalises the circulation, and Iniltfees qeict sleep. Mothers, above all, should sec that their children are well liathed. If their skins are kept active and healthy there w ill not lie half the danger from fever, colds, and eruptive diseases. If your little one is cross or troublesome, and finds no occupation that pleases him, try the effect of a bath; sometimes it is magical; and, iT tired, he will go to sleep, and awaken bright, cheerful, and happy. Do not, though, as I have seen some parents do, plunge a child in cold water when he screams and skrinks from it, thinking you are doing a good deed. Nature must !e the guide; if your child ha a nervous con stitution a shock of this kind is only ex-hau-tiDg and injurious. MARKIAGR IX CALIFORNIA. The Sin Francisco Chronicle has pointed out some curious features of the civil code relative to marriage iu that State. The law provides three distinct ways in which a , couple tuny marry : First, a contract follow ed by a consummation; second, the old fashioned method by solemnisation ; and third, by declaration of intention, sign el, acknowledged and filed like any other legal instrument. The first marriage, under tho third or these me hods, was recently made ' in Stockton, and has created a very favor able impression ns a eonvedient and inex pensive plan, as It requires no fuss or worry, no minister, no ju-tice, no anything, but " two parties to make a contract, and no ' knowledge it befire a rto'nry. The law makes this marriage binding, if it is fol lowed by a mutual assumption of marital rishr, as the ffty-fieth section of the ode provides : "Marriage is a personal relation ; arising oat of a civil contract, to which the consent of parties capable ef making it is necessary. Consent clone will not constitute marriage; it mnt be followed by a solemnization, or by mutual assump tion of marital rights, duties, er obliga tions." A REticiors imdy having resolved to rsij' a new church, tiie pastor w ent iu"j gingvery xcaiously, accepting 'n,, widow's hat the child's tt&e ,Q one Sabbath, whi instructing the chiM-' ren, he cornered himsclt and then inqturv , ha "ctr. One bright-eyed little fellowi al once promptly replied, "lie shwrt" them,' rg, Oct. 3, 1874.-M.
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