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"HE IS A FREEMAS WHOM THE TRUTH MAKES FKKE, AND ALL. AKE SLAVES EESIDE.
Terms, C2 per cr, r eclvrnce.
i H. A. r.lcPIKE, Editor and Publisher.
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J'te.7 '" money and the long con
tiiKiftl noglect of mniiy of my customers to
yw up tlieir iiukbtetlness f,r the past year
in- more, I am compelled to adopt
ANOTIIKPv SYSTEM
of doing IniMiiesF. Very ninny of my cus
toiiicrs have allowed their accounts to run
for such an unreasonable length of time
that a great loss to me, without any benefit
to themselves, has been the result. Hence
it is that I find it
J tepriVij t3 Ccstinue th Credit lilm
"I nod at the r-amo time keep np my st(K"k
I and.meet my oblations promjitly.
I am shiceiely thankful for the liberal
1 jatroiiage that has been extended tome,
; and now earnestly ask one and all who are
I indebted to me, no matter how huge or
I how small the amount, to call and settle,
J ilher by cash oj note,
jBEi niiETHE 1ST DAY OF JAMAilY, ISTii,
"fns I need sir.d must have money. I'cliev
v as I do from past experience (which I
I have paid well for) that it will be better
I ffr me as well as for my customers to adopt
?the ready. pay system,
1 I WI11, TS"OrS
.Ufier the FIRST of JANUARY, 1875,
SKI L Y (;i)OUS OX i KF.ImT.
' S I am fully convinced that in three cases
i vni of four pei ho'nsbuj ing goods never find
',n more convenient lime to pay than vfcen
thoy make their purchases, and as an in
tiucemcnt to 1113- ciistomtio to buy for cash
rin excb.ange for country pi od ace, I will,
sifter the abovj datf,
?KN0':K OFF OMC-HA! F the PROFIT
' Jx ivtdf'ii e rrali::od in this place 011 go.u.-i
ii.f the same chvs. " ,
J llopiiiji that my old customer v ill take
"jio offense at the new mode f doing busi
ness I am about to.n'opt, but will contin
to f ivor me w it h their patronage 011 a
'ftiiedy casl ba.-is, which they will be sine
t" i'md the very bet.t 0r a!lc mrcrnrd, I
...."I !-d.;e iry elf to mark my govds down to
Uc I'lwtfi ca:-h rates.
? ty?: ri:rci: to aji.i
COMPETITION DEFIED!
I IN A3 WEIL A3 PRICES.
Gcorsre Eu:
itloy,
i
.i.r.ii ix
i l iidi U 11 ui u, I ill .t til u, u i U ioi,
Paints, C;!.?, :c, c,
1: 1; i:y s ; n a ,
1 P. roi 0 nr irl nrhcr nhn smrt-
f'op llnd i: !! ! ry In send orders for i;i'(.is
o eii.fti thi ir '",l'ij .. can n!;'.ke npeeial ur
Hiitri iceiils. wiili tt'e. tiiid.-rsliin lois thi.t tlieir
-. - n t . t s will oc 1 in I uil at the end .f each
i'Jt.th. Hco. II, l-'.i.j
i
ABOUT THE
JiDger Seeing Hacliine
I frnrl Vhoro to Euy !t.
rrsTKTM A"i See hTC, nelzlibor, run yon te!l
)h wh-re 1 eiii Imv tlie Si 11114; machine people
i niui'ti iitmul
t Ci riztN CK K:o:!nrriO Yes, iritl p!eniire. 1
irum! U is t!ie Siniter Sewing Machine that you
I '. Yes, feat's t lie nn;ne of it.
f r K. Wei!, ins: dewn tlirrp.two looron.st
re. is tti piaee. and rev werd for it
ell pleased with your purehan if yon
if those iiineh'n s. .Mpsrrs. IjAli.KY
airents. have now on hnd nil stvles
I' ll W,!l I..- H
Vivj; 1 no
h 1 Air. Mie
kit. I sires ol t hi indispensahle machines, from t he
kheat to the MiosL valuable, and are a"c iiim -latinz
ti utieuii n w no will he pli :i d to show you
II. e in a rid out s ot t heir variout machines, whet tier
leu de'sire t.. t uv .-r not. Tla'v n!.-o keet thread.
lei-dies and nil the other parathren:ilin of a sew-
11a' maeh inc. and are at ail times prepared to at
tu I to t he n t.airinn of inuchines in a substantial
Bid to isiactory nianrrer. and at very moderate
;. I;mi"t toriret the place Hiah street, two
ker east of Zjhtu'j store, Eiienshurir 4-24.-tf J
nr.T tiit
uni.
4 S intei etei part it s liaveheen reporting in
f. tt. northern part ot thi ceinty that our
) es tor tiiBPiifiicturinir V.'otdcn (ioiels. &p .
e niii. 'i hifrner than they. really ai-; we deem
rev es-iry for or own proti-cth.n end for
lnloiiiiatioil of the public to publish tho
I. lowing
LIST CF I RICEi.
11ketH ner nnir.
hatineU 30 ami :." cts. ter vanl.
Ii-sini. res .() t ts. per yanl.
'mem 50 i ts. ner v.irr!.
p r,l'"; a:nl Spiniiing 00 cts. jil-r lb.
roiiij; 7
T. M. JOXKS .Sr SONS,
J J lTV-tf. F.betisl.urir Woolen Factory.
J. AW YEAGER & CO.,
nnoicme aad Ketail ?1anrart arrr or
mm AMI SIIEEMRO.N WARE,
AND IlKAT.KHS IN
fcatmi, Parlor ani CqgMiit stoves,
iif'V l.Uventh Avenue,
Altoon.'i, 5 n -
I IFI.; and PI'OPTIVI ,ido t ,....1,
l llllltl-ll 111 iflU l ill lhlni'faM...n 1
terial.
iders regoeetfullr poHelfe.l ami promptly
nd-i til, rln.l Ilnlitnmtnll.,,. o. , .1 ...
whether. 1,-v ,,rch. ,V nn " -
t.Kjiia, ript.f, l;.j.-ti.
(HOEMAKr.it. .. wm. n.irrmr.
flCEMAKER t SECHLER.
'.ALLITZIX LAKE, Attorney
nerV.'t1 iV' l:i7"),"rff- ' Otliuc with
Her and UvutJct, in Court House.
iDriiiacuiui t
7 1 ( i T T Ti: K N T H A N N U A 1 , ST T K-
retortion Mutual Fire In-
anibria county, for the year
i?urcl
$1030,608,79
Amount of property tnpurcd
iurics year, 2J3.4j6,0O-l,324,0C4,7g
Peiluct ntnount expired du
ring year.
220,44.,C0
PoHict Amount surrendered
nnl canceled,
18,101.00 238,540,00
Aiut. of property insured Jan. 11, 1875, l.OTT-MS.TW
Amt. of prominm notes in
foreo Jiin. VI. I7l. 105 444,30
A tot. of j.reimuu) nute taken
during yt-ar. 30,907.S8 136,352,18
Iioi!ui-t amount expired dur
ing y cur. 22,717,02
Pi ilii -t ntiiornt surrenJered
nnd canceled, 2.6.-.9.00 - 25,378,92
Amount, of premium notes in force Jan,
11, is;
110.975.24
TCo. of Pclicif ? i.apued diirinr yenr. 231?
No. of I'o'.icie. in iorccs Jan 11, 1S75, V-"9
CASil rrf)I NT RKCKIPTS.
Am . on lmnd it last wttl'mt, 1.2").S3
t'.tti'.i i..r iifw r'lirano.', l,l;.0.2
Ti.'erfi" r i cive t. 21.20
( n account .1 assessment No.4, 1.?1"..13 - 4,012,38
FSrr.JDITtRES.
Ty? sps to (
itspar ll.iijar, 612.r.00
t'. 1'. 1,'nl'erts, x.lS
S'-cre!arv".s li-e. lis. 00
T easur.'r"? salary, S0.00
lient, 40O0
Aar.'nt's ceiiimlssian. 17B,00
1 rfiniuiiis nturncd lor Policies
canceled, 3.1S
I'riminn. po?!asre. Siatior.crv, S'0
Fee? to- jTovinir 'et. of F. leclc, 1.25
'ommission n assessment eol'd, 80,2".
It. exoiier.itions, e3. 8
ii.il. am:. No. 4 in V.anjs asses"d, 1 63
Amount p:ii 1 for s.ifc, lyj.00
A int. ivive ted in Uorouili Water
Hcn.ts. r 500.00
CoinjK nsation cf F.x. Committe , 4d.00 -
1.5l9,53
f2.4S2.S3
Culanee In In ,ils of Trenfnri r-r,
ui:oi'i; i:s or tub Comcast.
Pr'hra notes in f r'-t J in. 11, 1T6, 110.trr.24
l.:M"n e !n h nds o' Trcisur;T.
2.4!. 3
Ainouoi Horough Water iion ls,
600.00
113,953,07
I.TAP.it.ITtES.
n:ipai 1 not yet due,
I-.OS!
The forrtio na; aeeonnt. au 'ited. found correct,
and approved. !:(. HI'XTLEY,
F. UOHEIiTS. Ex. Com.
Jan. 2!.75.-3t. Ut(). 31. KEADE, )
DIXANCE
of the Boroiio-I1 o1
arrolltown,
Cambria County, Pa.
Il it enacted and ordained lv the Council and
Unr. ss of the .oro;tr'n of ( 'arroi Itown. and it !s
h-r. by er.acte.1 .m l ordniwd l.y the nnthority of
ihcs.i'me. rteii a Wetih Scales shonl. I Rni must
he erected for the use ot ('arrolltown Uorouiih. tho
same to he pi ocure I hv the (Council and Harris
and 10 he paid for on of the Boronarh funds. The
Scales are to Kt'j five tons or more and as low
as one pound, an-' r.rc to he erected in llie middle
of the town. 011 Main street.
Stt.ox 1. It ste-M hi! the ''n'y of the Weiirh
1101 S; er to ?ei;iii all hay. i 1 1 or live ftoek. or such
o. t:. r ai rvits n.'.:e;i mr.y lie pn-s: nte.l A.r
thu j n ,o-- - at t' e Wti-'ii S"al'-e of the I'erongli.
pv 1 to liiiv.h a proi.?rly Ti'im'-i r'-d f'-rfffieste of
th q!init i ' r in witriit or eshs of the srt'.elu or
thinic w;Mir!ie. in t.';e iiariy having the Siinn
we:.'h"d, a lei when : 11 ' n.-o.ie of the purchaser can
l ascrnroiod, hisnameslir.il he inserted in tho
i-ert i. vat e.
Si:' ton 2. Xo peren 'h-V, ho permitted to ,-U
or deliver n.py hay. straw or coal wirh!n thn limits
ol the M'Too'tch. on cirt, icij'iii. sled, or other ve
hiele. un'il Die same shall have been first weighed
up, hi the itorouvh Seaicsan 1 ihe numher of ptiunils
or I'tisli. l.s. us the case nny Ue lu!y ascertained
t y the V?iflhri.?tcr : fin I if any person shall s dl
or receive piym- m lor any load of col. hay or
raw not so weighed, and Ihe WBiht ornuttiher
of hus'eds ih'Troi so asi-iTtcind, or heforo receir
liiir a cr iliiate ilierei'f from Ihe We'-rhmflster,
or, havi'nr received su- h cer'tflrtnte. th ill seil or
r'.ccivc payTii.-ni f. j' u -li load or part throof with
c;t !'. iveririr the e-rlirimte to the pur. 1. user,
such person shall besnljject to a fine of not lesi
than one nor taoro than ten dollars for each ot
f.'iise. SK'-tic-v 3. It shall he the duty of the 'Wcih.
Ii-as'r to keep the Horouah Scnle? in irood or ler.
It ii' ltd, dirl. or o' her extraneous substances shall
ndhera to any vehicle weiiched. It shall l. his dut y
M make a suita'de dc-'.i:t;ion cn account theroof
n s a !.-' for a tiy unl ue moisrure on hay or ot h"r ar
t'des weiarhe I. If ar.y person shall present or
make iis-i of a false certificate, or of one issued oh
some o' ner lo.'d than thai on which it Is frnndn
ieni iy used, he shall pay a fine ol not t Imn live
nor more than twenty dollars.
Ski t.o 4. Tiie following shall he tho rates of
charge hy the W cl;rhnaster :
For a loa". of t'oal lira w n hv one horse 10c'.
" " " ' "two horses. 15 "
" " " more than " 20 "
Live Stock, l.C'0 lhs. or less 20 "
" " l.ooti to 4.000 lts 21 "
" " more than 4.00 1 ihs... ....... 60
Hay and Straw, 1. o n ils. or more .. .. 25 "
" 'e ss than I.O'.hj lbs . .. 20 "
Sicf-TION 5. All finis lint may he imposed anil
collected far a violation of this OrJinance shall he
paid over to 1 l.e Ki rnr-gdi Treasurer, and arc to he
used and applied as itorouh taxes.
O: vi n under my hand and seal of office. n.t Car
rolitown, this lt day of Au ust. A. 1. 1S74.
JtiilX JiL'CK, Hursress.
Attest E. Lj. Bixoer, Clerk. 11-20. -3t."l
SHERIFF'S PALES r,v virtue of
Ktindry writs of ? e;iff. JZtpon., issneil out
of the Iiistrict Court of t 'nmmnii Tieiis r Cam
li."ht enutity uni to tve ilirectt d, there w ill t,e
exoosed to Pul lie f-i.lcnt thu Opern Hons",
John'town. on Ti'F.sn tv, ICtii hay or FKn tr
Ai'Y next, at 1 o'clocU, P. M., the following Ileal
Estate, to n it :
Aix theriirht. title and interest of Thomas A.
Carroll, of. in and to a lot of irronnd situate in the
Fourth Ward of Johnstown, Cambria county. Pa.,
front inir on He J ford street on the north, and ad
hiininir lot of John Carroll on the e.tst and lot of
(icortre Carroll on the west and the Feeder on the
south, havin-j; thereon erected two story plank
house, now in the occupancy of Daniel Shoop. Ta
ken in execution aud to bo sold at the suit of Wil
liam Yotnii.
Also, nil tsie rlsht, title an1 Interest of Daniel
Fulton, of. fn and to a lot of ground sitnato In the
Koronvh of Conemau rh. Cambria county. Pa...
fronting on Locust street, and adjolninic lot of
t 'harlcs Eitzimrer on the one side an 1 lot of i red
eriek Hit weiirer on the other si le, and extending
back to the Frankstown rond. hav-intr tlureon
erected a two story plank honsa and a plank sta
ble, now in the occupancy of Havid Fulton. Ta
ken In execution and ti lie gold M the suit of Oeo.
31 a hen.
TKints of Su.R. fine-third of the purchase
money to be paid when the projwrtv is knocked"
down, and t he remaining two-thirds at the confir
mation ot tho Deed.
HERMAN BAVJIER, Sheriff.
ShrrHCs Offlce. Johnstown, Jan. 19, 1873.
Annual statement of the
"T n,'rc"Sii a"d Town Council of the Hur-
oiifrnoi r.oenstinrir. as required by Act Of Asscra
bly passed April 2-uh, 1ST4 :
ASSKT8 AUD ti ABILITIES.
Actual Indebtedness 411710
iiiouiii. . 1 rnir.ra ( Huro h IJcnils) 4.065 UO
" " Fioatinif ' .V2 10
1 aiuiiuon 01 1 asaoic -ropcrty . . 2 sst nn
ropcrty . .
CtlARArTltROF ASK1R.
Balance due on Duplicate ,
" In hund.sof Euriress ,
r,.v).M)
2.J.18
Daf ol maturity of Horoniarh Bonds 13th Au
gust, lsfc4.
I H. KIXKEAI), Hiir"ss.
T. v. Dick, Secretary. 1-2J. 3t.
... . ' 1 m 1 oun.y, tile purpose ot said et be-
to renuiro the 7nmntlssionrs aforesaid and "
tlieir Clerk lonitend en el. Ki.iwi..n ht g.i.i . . I
' ntid perform the duties, touching all the expenses
. of the same, that are new linii...,! on , h n ..i t
1 .1 V ".noift ,-i, tviiiun auiu cuu- :
I'luiu. in nn ui prjveii April 4th. 173.
AXTHO.N ANNA, )
WM. I. ?I cEI'.EEAXr. I Co Coiu'rs
MAKTIN F. CAMPltEljr
Ete. in-hur,;, Jn. 1S75. 4t.
TvfOTICE. Notice is liereliy piven ,
that the tiiidersitrt.,., Commissioner
r (a in brut County, Inten I nnklntr applied ion .
to the present E -Brishiture for the passnne of an
Aet entit led " A fun her Supplement to end Act"'
entitled '.n Act CStablisliinir -in n.l.lillnn.l ....... '
EBENSBURG,
A CONDUCTOR'S STOUT.
BY OMX CIIIET.
I suppose that there are not many I
folks that would exiect to hear of an y-
I thing romantic about the life of us
I street car conductors, and there isn't
much. We get used to our business
very soon, and don't often pay any at
t tention to 0111 passengers; r.ardly look
! at them when thev get on or olT. Iut
I once in a w hile it is dilferent, and I
; expect that I could tell you a story
that would sound about as well as the
stories "OU see in the papers. And I
know it is true, too, because it hai
pened to me.
You say 3-011 want to hear it? Very
well, if you ain't in a hurry, for it's
quite a long yarn.
I was about tvcnty-three years old
when I went to New York to get a
place on the street cars. I suppose
some folks thought that it was sort of
a come down for me to do, for my
father was a well-to-do doctor in a
county village, but I didn't care about
books or lieing shut up in a store or
olllee. I always liked to be out-doors
and see people, and I think tlir.t any
honest business is respectable enough,
if you make it so by being respectable
yourself. I got a place right away on
one of the Second avenue cars, and
sta3'ed right along fur more than three
years. I soon got used to the business,
and left people come and go without
giving anybody a second thought. In
the meantime my father died, and
mother came to live with inc. Shetrad
enough, so that with niv salary we
lived very comfortably indeed. My
two sisters were well married, and we
had aslit-le to bother us as most folks.
Jly car started from the city hull at
fix o'clock in the morning. I came to
know pretty well the laces that went
with me at that time in the morn
imj. They were seamstresses and
clerks, and workmen of all sorts ; many
of them came over from Brooklyn.
One dreary, drizzly mornirg in No
vember, I was ju.-it about starting for
up town, when a 3 0iinr gi.l ciiio hur-
lying up. the car was crowded and
she had to stand. I asked her for her
fare, and she gave me a three-cent
piece. If "it had not been for that I
don't suppose I should have looked at
her a second time. We have such
trick rihed on us very often, and I
suppose I spoke very cross, and I told
her she gave me a three-cent piece.
She looked up in a frightened way as
she gave 1113 the right change. I could
not help seeing that she was unnsu.tlly
pretty, and very pale. She couldn't
be more than sixteen vears old, and
ha l a childish kind of a look in her
big, brown e3 es, that I could not for
get. I looked at her two or three
time?, hoping that she would look up
again, but she wouldn't. I saw she
was comfortnb- enough dressed. She
got out at the corner of Sixteenth
street and went up rapidly toward
Union Square.
I didn't know what was the matter,
but all day I coiild not forget her face,
with its scared look, as she gave vne the
right money, and I puzzled my head a
good deal about what she was. I had
come to make pretty good guesses,
and I was quite sure she wasn't a clerk
or seamstress, and she seemed too
3'oung for a teacher. Besides it was
too earl- for r teacher to be goii.g up
town.
I laughed at myself well, and called
myself a fool a dozen times that day.
I "What's a little pale chit of a girl, that
' you will likely never see again, to
you," I said to myself, but I couldn't
I tell any more than I could help breath
ing. 1 At six o'clock I went down, and I
could not help watching Sixteenth
street, as I went by, and, sure enough,
there she was. She gave "me the right
I change-this time, and did not look at
me again. At
City Hall she got out
and went on down Park Row
It more than a week before I
saw her again. If she went up and
down she went on some other car; but
at the end of that time she went up in
I my car. 1 was worse on" than ever
after that, she looked so pretty that
morning, and again at night she rode
I down with me.
I After that I lost sight of her for a
, long while, and it lothered me, I can
tell you. I grew so cross and moody
that mother did not know what to do
with me, for when a man has got to be
twenty-five 3-ears old withoutbeing hit,
it goes pretty hard with him when it
does come, and I was about ready to
confess that I was in love, that is, to
m3-self. But what could I do about it?
I began to get restless and think of
leaving the line, when one dark, rainy
evening in February my heart gave a
great jump as I looked out at Sixtee nth
street. I alwav's looked out when wo
passed there. She was coming, sure
enough, but with a heavy veil over her
face. As she stepped on the platform
of the car her fHt slipped, and if I had
nuu caniit uei sue wouiti nave nau a
hard fall; aa it was 6he sprained her
foot enough to m ke her cr3' out a lit
tle,' but I. heard her. As she couldn't
etep down fnm, I helped her to a scai.
Fortunately there was onby one other
passenger, an old woman with a bas
ket huddled up ia one cud of the '-ar,
PA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1S75.
and I made her partly lie down on the
seat. As she raised her veil to find
the' change, and to thank me, I found
that she had been crying. If I hadn't
known before what was the matter with
me, I should have found out then by
my "sudden anger at whoever had
made her cry." I wanted to kill some
body, but I couldn't do a thing. I
didn't even dare to speak to her, for I
can tell you she wasn't any of your
bold girls, and if I am 011I3- a street cai
conductor, I know better than to lie
rude to ladies, and she was a lad3' if
she wasn't dressed to kill. When we
stopped I was desperate, and, though
it was against the rule, I got oil the ca
and helped her to the sidewalk, and
the sweet smile she gave me when she
thanked me was all I had to live on foi
a long time, for I lost her again, and
this time I almost gave her up.
By Ma I was so miserable that
mother said I must have a holiday.
I went to the Super and told him I
wasn't well and wanted to get off for
a month. lie was very kind, said that
I looked. pale, and I could go, and he
would save me a place when I got back.
You see I hadn't lieen in the habit ot
running about, and I hadn't asked for
a holiday before while I had been on
the line.
So one bright morning I found my
self free to go and do what I liked for
four long weeks. Of course you can
guess a thing I meant to do if it could
be done. Perhaps if I had seen the
girl as often as I wantel to I might
have stopped caring anything about
her ; but I am one of those men that
don't like to have to give up aii3rthing.
For a week I went every morning to
the starting place of the cars, and ev
ery night to the corner of Sixteenth
street. Then I was sure there was no
use looking for her there. She was oil
that beat, at any rate, and I elid begin
to despair. But New York is a queer
place. You ma3- live there for 3"ears,
and know that a cert: in perron live-?
there too, and 3-et you may never
meet : and then again 3 011 may meet
el." 3 affei da' the same person, with no
reason for it, or 3-ou m.y stumble
upon semcbodj- in the rjueerest way;
and th it was what happened to me.
I was getting tired of roamiDg
around, looking into stages and cars,
when one d.i3", after two weeks of my
vacation were gone, an oi l friend
asked me to go with him to Brooklyn.
We wanted to go to the navy yard
and half a dozen other places we had
never seen, so we agreed to take an
early start and spend the day-. It was
hardly seven when we reached the
Fulton Ferry. A boat had just come
in, aud crowds of men :-!;d women were
coming through the gates. Joe had
got seperated 1'iom me a little and was
ahead, and as I was pushing lo catch
him I ran against somebody-. I turned
in a liuny to apologize, an 1 there was
the very- girl I iiad been looking for so
long. As she looked up I imagincei
that she knew m3 face, but she gave
no sign, but hurried on to a Fifth av
enue str.ge. Of course Joe made his
trip across the ferry alone, and I al-waj-s
have to laugh when I think Low
astonished he told me he yvas v, hen he
looked all over the boat and couldn't
find me, and then came back and I had
disappeared, from this side, too. It
cost me several plates of oysters and
glasses of ale to got straight with him
again. Bat I forgot all about him.
I did not want to attract her atten
tion by- getting on the same tage, so
I jumped into a carriage r.nel told the
driver to follow that stage, and he did
so well' that yvlivii at list it stopped at
the corner of Thirty-fifth strevt, we
were only a few steps behind. I let
her get out and go down the street
be fore I got out ; then I paid the driver
and watched her till she went up the
ste-ps of a nice-looking house. Then
I liegan to yvoneler what I should do
next.
You are getting tired of m3r story?
No? Well, I'll makefile rest of it as
short as I can. I found a bakery over
on Sixth avenue, bought some crackers
and cheese and put them in my pocket;
then I Ijonght a newspaper end a book
and prep.-.red to keep yvatch of that
house till night, for all I knew. I
stay-eel mostly- 011 the avenue, near the
corner, leaning up against lamp-posts
and reading. The police looked at me
a little, but as I tl id if t trouble anybody
nobody- troubled me. I was just fin
ishing my lunch, a little after 1'2, when
to my great joy- 1 looked down the
street and perceived that part of my
watch was over, for the little grey fig
ure was coming quickly to the corner.
I lookeel up the avenue and sayy a stae
more than a block away. She had
not noticed mc, a3 I was "on th? oppo
site corner, and as quickly as I could,
without attracting her attention, L
crossed the street and began as nearly
a run for the stage as I fared.
1 caught it just a?4t readied Thirty
Sixth street and jumped in. I gta
seat at the further cud and pulled up
the collar of my overcoat, for it was
rather chilly, snd I had worn one
thinking we should go o the water,
pulled my hat brim down and took out
my book. Fortunately, before we
reached her corner, a party of five got
in, so that when we stopped for her she
had to trdie a sent bv tlw r.-
side, and could not see me even had
she tried. So elown we went to the
ferry-. We crossed the ferry and
walked up Fulton avenue for a short
distance, until she went into a small,
neat looking fancy store, and did not
come out. Then I put on my thinking
cap again. I first looked at the name
em the store. It was Smith Mrs. '..
II. Smith.
I suddenly remembered that my
mother or somebody else wanted some
ribbons, and after 1 had lookeel to be
sure she was not there, I went in.
I bought the ribbon from a nice lit
tle woman, then I got desperate and
made up my mind that I woulel find
out the girl's name at an3' rate.
"I beg your pardon," lsaid, "outniay
I trouble you to give a note to the
young lady yvho has ju-t came .in
here ?''
"To Miss Holland?" said she, with
a look of surprise.
1 could have kissed her for falling
into the trap so nicely.
"Yes," said I, "i am a friend of
herV and so I yvas, bless her "but
I have bet:i ejut of ttnvn, and could not
find 'her direction. 1 could not f peak
to her just row, she was so f:r aheael
of me. but if yon will take a note te her
! shall feel maeh obliged."
The pretty' little woman hesitated a
minute, i knew'the story was clumsy,
but it was the best 1 could think of,
and trembled in m3" shoes before she
spoke again.
"Miss Nora has:i't been here but a
little while," she said, after a minute.;
I knew all her name now Nora Hol
land "and I elon't knoyv much about
her friends. Her mother is so much
trouble that she eloesn't get a chance
to get out much after sLe conies from
her teaehing."
"Isn't her mother any letter?" I
said, as innceently as ! could.
"No; I don't tLink sheis. She can't
walk any."'
'I am sorry," T said.
'I know it
may look a little strsnge, but if 3-011
will let mc write a note to Miss IIcl
larnl, I. assure 3 011 that it will be all
right."
"Yciy well," she said, after giving
me a hard look once more; "3-ou ciui
come to the desk."'
So I wrote, and thio i what I said,
as ycll as 1 can remember:
"Miss Holland: ly name is Henry
Hunter. I am si street car conductor en
Second avenue, iu New York City. I am
an linne&l man, a:rd I have come to toll you
a true story, tonoh it may look stiangeto
you. I have boon yon ride on my car, and
I have watched yeu when yen elid not know
it. I do not know yon and have only jns-t
learned your name, 1iut 1 know I think of
you as I never did of anybody before, and
I Ix-g of you to let me make your acquaint
ance. If I had"kno-.vn any other way to
beeome acquainted with you I should have
done so, hut I did not. I have told this
lady that I am a friend of yours I am
there is nothing I would not do foryoa that
any friend would. I can refer you as to my
character to Mr. , the superintendent
of the Second avenue car line, and to Rev.
Mr. , the pastor of the church where
my mother and I attend. I have tried to
fui tret ytv, but I cannot.
"I hep of you to see me, if only once, and
I assure you that I am honest and tiucere
in what I have said.
"Yours, respect Hilly,
llENUY IICXTETU"
This note I folded and directed to
Miss Nora Holland, and waited while
little Mrs. Smith trotted up stairs with
it. She was govie perhaps ten minutes,
but it seemed like ten hours. I grew
cold and hot by turns, and trembled so
1 could harelly keep my-seat. At last
1 heard her quick little footstep.
"You can come up stairs, Mr. Hun
ter," she sakl, opening the door. She
pointed out the stairyvav-, and went
back to the shop. I fairly staggered
up the stairs. At the right of the
laneling was an open' door. The chairs
and tables da need before my eyes as
1 lookeel in, but b3 a great effort of
will I controlled myself as the same
figure th?.t I knew so well, though I
hacl seen it so little, with a fac, not
pale now, but with a -pretty blush on
each cheek, came forwarel. -
'i could not speak. She held out
hand. "1 remember you," she saiel,
simply. "Here is my mother," she
paid as she led the way to the grate
fire, b3- the side of which an old lail3'
with giay hair and a sweet face was
sitting. "Mother," saiel she, "this is
Mr. Hunter, the gentleman who was so
kind to me yvhen I hurt uiv foot get
ting into the car. You remember."
"Yes," said the old lady; "that was
when the (libson's were so kind to
you.''
"Never mind that," said the elaugh
ter. I remembered how the hot tears
were in her ey-es that day.
"Yon hover went back to Sixteenth
street?;' I said.
"No," she replied, "but I did much
lietter soon after, i only- teach from
half-past eight to twelve, now, and
have two dear little pupils on Thirty
fifth street."
We both felt a little awkward, anel
hardly knew what to say next;- but it
toon wore away, and if Mrs. Smith
was not convinced before that I was an
old friend, the length cf my. visit
should have maele her believe it.
I never troubleel her with any more
noles. If 1 hael any to write I either
i j ,i T n- 1 - 1-
elear mother, who went over there very
soon for 013- sake, ami after that very
often for her own sake. I usee: the rest
of 1113- vacation to make all sorts eif
little trips around the city- and Brook
l3n, and if I met Miss Holland by
chance it. the stage at the coiner of
Thirty-fifth street, I didn't think it v, as
worth while to ride in a corner or pull
down my hat.
"And what came of it all?"
"Well, if 3'on'll go home with me
to-night I'll show 3-011 the cosiest little
home yvithin twent3- mile's, and Nora
can give you a dinner as good as you
can get any where. She has three lit
tle pupils of her own noyv, and the two
grandmas sit over the fire and talk
about their y-ounger elay-s and 't the
children, and it is astonishing how
many- mutual acquaintances they have
hunteel un."
so.mk rr".
nrccitma wouxdx'i tub the ccf-ij.
Over in 'Wilmington, thoctber day, a mil
named William D. SauckL-ra died.. It seems
tliat there wn anolhor man in the city
tearing- precisely the same nan, and wLon
the death was announ?e 1, b good many of
Lis frien la thought he was deal, and they
resolved to go to the funeral. On the day
of the funeral the living Shuck ars also
thought h would go, partly for the purpose
of ascertaining how it felt to participattj in
the ohssqnies of a man mined Wm. D.
Shnckors. He took up a position in the
vestibule, and just as the mourners mere
about to come out, a friend, of hi?, named
Jones, saw him. The first impulse of Jones
was to rush through the kitchen, an! climb
suddenly over the back fence, but he con
trolled himself, an ! after poking Shuekers
in the ribs wih his umbrella to de
termine positively that h was not a ghost,
ho remarked:
"Why, Shuekers, what on ea;ta aro
you doing here ? Why aint yon in your
coffin ?"
"Coffin !" eicliimed Shuci:r3.; s li :t d
you moan? Whit do I want with a
co.Ha ?"
Shuekers, y u Lucw you are dead.
Why, th ?y got up all this ;;or ,'poua funeral
for yo.i, all these carri.tg.,- and pull-Ljare:-3
anl t'lir.gs, an the clergyman's j-ast been
paying you Fphm lid compliments that
any dead man might be proud of."
"Bat I tell, you I'm not dead. I'm 83
much alive as you are."
"There is no use of arjuing the point,
Shuekers ; the occasion is too solemn for
controversy. But if yon h ire any consid
eration for tlie feelings of your bereaved
family, who are weeping like uiod np stairs,
and for the underU-.k ir, who is wait'mg in
side there with the sc rew-driver, yon will
go and get into your KiEn an-l In-have.
It's indecent to carry on so at your own
funeral."
"Jones," my boy," said Shuck ?rs, "you
have mistaken
"No, I'm not mistaken. You're dead
technically dead anyhow. It lias been
announced in all the papers, your relations
have gone into mourning, the B.rard of
Trade has ptissed roo!utlona of regret, th-a
sepulchre has been dug, up there in tho
cemetery, and the tradertal-er ha gone to
considerable expense to inter you com
fortably. Now, go and lie down, won't
you V
"JJng the nndertnker !' said Siia'Vers.
"No, I'll not go and lie down. I'll see you
in Kan 3.t s Crst."
"No--, see here, Shu jkers, I came here to
attend your fnneral, an I I'm not going to
be baffled by any nnseemly conduct on
the part of the corpse. Oh ' you needn't
look at inc. Either you get back into that
Collin, 80s the lid c in screwed on. and
the procession cm move off, or I'll put you
in there by force. If Inanimate remains
like you can go scouting houn I in this in
cendiary manner, we'll soon have- the ceme
teries unloading, an 1 the unnaa bere l deal
crowding out and wanting to vote."
Then Jones called the nndert iter, who
knocked Shuekers d wn w th a eane, an-l
held fliu) until he epl line I, an 1 until tho
e tared tin lert ikr reeovero I his a in vaimity,
which loft him at the b ;re pcgg-si "on that
the corpse was loosj. Tien the funeral
n x red oh to the cemetery, and Jones went
home, whde Sh ackers p:weedl to cn
ai lerman's o.tice to e-vexr oil-, a.wamnt
against the undertaker for U5i mlt an 1 b it-t-ry.
He intends to ehuige his name to
Duykinck.
IT WAS ONI.T A MTTLfi rrS.
I happened to be in the Argus office tha
other duy, talking with Colonel Bangs, tho
editor, when a re l-whlsker e.d man entered
and 8 il u ted the colonel by throwing i elioir
at him. Then he seized B ings by the hair,
bumped his head jgainst the tahle three or
four times, and then kicked him on the shins.
When this exhilerating cxereis3 was over,
the visitor shook his fist very close to tho
co'onel's noce, and said.
"Yon mat ton-headed oatcufc, if you don't
put that notice in to-morrow I'll coma
i ar.n l yer and smash you up !- Doyoa hear
Then he ciifTod B in gs' ears a couple of
times, kicked him some more, emptied th3
inkst-m l over his head, poured the sand
from the sand-box in the s-'.mepl-vce, knocked
over the table and went out. During all
this time the colonel s it still with a sickly
kind of a smile on bis facOj and never ut
tered a word. When the man left. Bangs
picked np the table, wipel the ink
and emd frrni hI3 t""e. and toininj to me '
XUMRER 1.
"Ous w.'d b.-.-c his little fun, yU
see ;
"He is r. .v--::ien.;vl eniiK-r.mt humorist,'
I replied. "Wait wa3 the object of tho
joke ?"
"Wo'.l, he.-? gein g t sell his furniture at
auction, and I piouiised to notice the fact
in U-day's Aryiis, but I forgot it, and he
called to remind me of it."
"Do all your friends refresh your inom
cry in that vivid manner P If I'd been
in your place, I'd have knocked him
down."
"JTo you wouldn't," siid Hangs ; "no yon
wouldn't. Gns is sherij, and he controls
tvo thou.sini do'ars voi-tii of adk-rtiaiYig.
I'd sooner he'd Li ie from here to Borneo
and b lek ag lin lhan to t ike th it advertis
ing away from the Ar?us. Whit's a few
bumps and a sore shin or two along sida of
ill that fatness ? Xo. sir, he can have; tHi
the fun he wai-ts out of uie."
The Arjut, I b.-il,ve, ispirtieuTarlypranS
of the fact tint it exists in a lar.4
where thj press is fnee and iul pend
ent. TUZ ConON-;;R ASI TH- FLOOD.
Ihav referred in my !-ok totlmt '-cixcm
"of ours who ecizijd un Egyptian mummy
that was brought into town, summoned a
jury, held uu inonest, on 1he uinxiaj,
trou ght in a ver Let of Dath from causes
unknown,'" and charge 1 the county w.tli
the usual fee3, with coa.potnd interest
from the time of Moses. Well, that cor
oner is Ftill in ofTice, ar.l he is still enthusi
astic about his profess Ion. Last Sunday
night he w.is at church. The mirdoter
preached a very solemn sermon npon Noah's
fiool, and after it was over, I met tha
coroner in the isle and said to him:
j "Very impressive discourse, Mr. Wheeler,
wasn't it ?"
! "Beautiful, eit! Beantifnl,'" replied
Wheeler. "And yet it seemed to be kinder
: mournful, too."
"In ieed ! Why it didn't rtr'ke me in that
way. It wis e:.lemn, of course, but it3
i tendency cert linly shonld be to fH theheirt
of every truly yood man with cheerfulness
and hope."
j "Oh'l I know all that,' sai 1 WJicelcr,
,' "but didn't he e iy there rere several mil
lion people drowned La t'a -t Hood
' I VO'evo he did."
' "Well, then. I say th it wV-n I tVrk of
all th.it ia--rtaV.-, and re-jmW that I
j wasn't cor nei tl.vn, and aiu't likely to ba
when tiler amCoer suea a freshet, it luaiei
: me sick. There ain't no''ing cheerful
about such reflections. I feel's :f I haun t
beer, treated ri dit; s f I'd w-n robin:!.
1 I would like to knew how W.-eeh-r f.-els
when hem Id the story of the de.tr action
cf S.-nnaeherib.
! WATrrxa fob lvro'i'T'T'O'".
j A young mr.n the other day sent r-.e a
so:y entitled "ily Ge imlfathrs wedding,-'
which begins in tliis way :
! "When my grandfather was first n.arrkd,
you may be sure that I, young as I t:h,
had look el forward to the oecasion with in
tense interest,"
I have not puldlshed thenirrtireyet be
cau.30 it strikes me that th-r-; is a hitch in .
it somewhere ; and I cannot fin 1 the author
to ask him to shc-1 light up.n it. For one
thing, I want to ascert ain jiust how young
he wan when fiat wedding" occurred. I
have a kind of an in listinet idea that ha
, must have been a good deal of a chil L
! Dot even then I can't exactly m.ike the
thing jibe with some of the natural infer
ences from the core. W '.e re, for instmce,
' was tho author's father all this time ? aud
where but perhaps we hvl better wr.it un-
til we heir from the author. I feel some
how a3 if be has a mission to rite fictlf'U
fiction of the awful and deadly kind.
A QUEST TO? FOB rr.omFSOU TTJCDELT-..
If Professor TyndeU drps in u-vm yon, I
wish you would ask him why it is that when
I yawn everybody near me feels an irre.si.st
ible det-.ixe to yawn, and w ill yawn in spita
of everything. The mystery in which thLi
phenomenon is enveloped ought to be cLs"
peliO'L I venture to siy t'.iat nine people
out of ten when they r ial this p-u-agraph
will want to yawn.
i An Ln'ier;;riSi:i:r t'o:u:trj IlJilor.
j lie wr.-i once out fin a jaunt in the" town
ship of White O ik. Ing'ram Co., s:i Ling to
every ferrf'T ei'til he g"t his name and
mency, and it co I nppencd that l.c c:ime t a
house where death find called n few hours
before. The farmer's wife was laid out, and
I hus'nuidiir.in nnd his children were ;r:ieiing
j out her Liss wheu the editor kn x-ked at the
1-ior.
"What's np?" inquired the editor a he
si the farmer's solemn countenance Itcivie
him.
"My wife is -dead, rcpli. 1 the farmer.
"Is that so?"' mused tiie t'.iitor a little
li-nppoitited. "Did she die ce-y ?"
-Dropped uriik?a lamh."
"Did she my anything?"
'Not a wrd just went ii,':t to .deep
li'x-."
"I didn't know," continued the editor, a
Mid look on his face, "bsit what -he migi.t
l;?ve reqiH-t -d yon to suVciiV far trie t
cade, which you know is tlie best peper iu
the Country. If you want il I'll take your
name rig'-.t in, nnd under t!.e rirciitnsninccs.
I won't v-!.arge a cent lor the o! i-.ua 3- t.o
liee!" The famier hung o.T for aw!. H--, Vit VTt.re
the editor went nwny l:e had twj wd.htional
dollar in his pocket, and had written nnten ,
.iliituMry notice !r p. r licit ion 1:1 t'-.''
issue w'.ieh the bereaved 1 -''