I fe- Ua ff h -111 Miff vacate:- s r t:. n. McPIKE, Editor and Publisher. "HE IS A FREEMA5 'WHOM THE TKUTH MAKES FREE, AND ALL ARE SLAVES BESIDE. Terms, S2 por year, in cdvrnce. 1 VOLUME IX. I ' V. EBENSISURG, PA., FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1875. NUMBER 12. tl- ron : A V t IX nr.J an-; r DHDTAWT .J run ! Mm a jg ii 11 COM! ,! 0v?ng to'the great scarcity 't vt money and the long- con- , tiSKSd uejriect of many of my customers to j aT r3 their indebtedness fur the past year j or t re, I am compelled to adopt I WYllVAl SYSTEM of C g business. Very many of my ens- ' toe 1 have allowed their accounts to tun for eh an unreasonable length of time, ci tin gre.it loss to me, without any benefit ot aiselves has beeu the result. Ileuce 1tL . iat I find it j tB ib!e tc Continue tb Credit System Vt and tt the same time keep up my stock 1 and ceet my obligations promptly. I 113 smeeiely thankful for tlie liberal ;i' patronage that has been extended to rue, i aud now eai nestly ask one and all who are indebted to ine, no matter how largo or i how sia:1 !1 the amount, to call and fcettle, ! either v cash or hole, "vREO THE 1ST I)AV0FJM'RV,I87;;, i -as I "need :t!!(l most have mom y. Reliev n i -injj i J I do from p;ist experience ('which I have ptihl well for) that it will Ins better "t format's well as for my customer & to adopt : tha ready-pay system, I WILL ISOrI :; 'Aft; tl:e TiliST f JANUARY', 1S75, ' SfefcLL AST :uos )' t ;:ki!T. t ia uiliy cot vi.ind il.at. in tin to cu:ses lit, Ttitcf four p iii,s l.u.vitiji t;oids never tiud a more fiient time to pnj- than when they nu' a- li.tir pul.;irs, and as an in ;' dueeme.'L iu ny ciistoiisers to lny for c.t.'Ii r ofjn !' f-.-r coimtiy produce, I v ill, after tfl iiboe ?,1ia;:rK oft o;,e-hv f the frofit ; heretof r".ii;i-l in this place on goods ot the i ! v -i. Hojr : :;! ir v o'd cisli.niois v. ill take f ty or.ei. r-t t! e i-K'd of dtotf Intii- ieiS I U:: at lilt but ill rout in ,.3 je to la vo; t;.i- vuli tl.'ii pat: o:,:io on a ficrtrt' (;(!) bas:. v, hi .li tlo-y will be .-me :tO tlit- very bv.-.t for all cancel m d, I pieti nyst!i io :naiK my g.iwis uowu in lb low t sr car li 1 ox u riiivi: i n all: 1 rrnL'TiTi. p.i rcrirn ,r ' ''-if! GODS A3 VtLL AS PfilCtS. P jGoorgo Huntley, 'U'- IK.f. Fit IX St:;i Earifere, Tinware, Groceries, . Lc.Jntsf C'b, tc, fee, ' i f f n i 'i- an-I m hem whn wtne ... in - - v to f-i'ii't oi 'ttrs Tor eno!l. : ! r ; i s. run make e'ciitl hi . . i i !! ii .i.1ri.tni1ii!(f i tmt I lif t r :i .n i i ii ..i h.Ii ut llii: tnit li -.u li llKv. 11. It-.. J alt tiratf ftn.i i d tbr:H-- t: ritnfrrt.tf r S: -HV'.S.-flN-GTON STREET, mil Ncf PH-ril'A R. R. DEPOT, iri,iit. ;iie inn! liettiil lirtilerx in .f"i:r.i;N and domestic be: r.V.LL!f4ERY GOODS, LOU!' AM) SlIOEf, HATS AND (.'APS, IltOX AND NAILS. 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I 'nr.-.s Niarlifi.i. t'nce AiIt, ltl'i:ins' ;sin. liont. t i.s'c! t i-.-f. i iiil d ains, orv.- T(.r!.t IJrj lai Hrci.-rS ir Vir.m ''; t ever naiure ill man ur aiii ri'inarW a! de cures tiiis p medy has et" ! :tr '.-hisses ii as one o; tiie m'ist iir.portant and wi'nil.V riU"';'S i-vi r dis.vivered ti.r ihe turo .md r dI p. -in. 4 Tin- ";nf s of my It ft hand -.v r. i' rn'-:. -! (:ctu .in oi.l at-sc". t"s. .-lawiim ihe !in i.s ii;o l!i ' palm id' lliu hand. 1 HpHed 1 airs' i.i - "i-hx'i-it !! .4 mux.nhi. It relaxed Hu m tliar 1 o:in s: r.-i iicli L. n my liii -i s nnd ure my linn-'s." i. M t'r".M"iT,"U . 13 Nr., Y. I'.i.' sale by J. 1'. THO.'.li'MJX, Klnslurs, Pa. 1875. WHERE NOW? 1876. T" MI' Illii N. ono uf the foremost, fi ui!t- ji'jsnd hualil.y .Si.arcs! AV1lAfr FOII?' To tmy a FA KM cot of the ONE MILLION ACRES of flue laim'air lao's lor sslo hv the OR AND R APlliS fc INI.l VNA H. Stro'ia soi !?. ly ma rkcts. Sure ernps. Ormd (chiio:. K. It. nns lhruuii cent re uf irrnnt. 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And petals glowing in the sun Would chronicle to every oue The new life at my heart. A nd tally sweet of all the lea -roes You passed of sea or shore The clasping calyx st 11 slmuld hold; For every one, there would unfold One velvet petal more. fo, when at last, no space between. Your otwi from stem you broke, And in your hand my perfect grace Perchance yon lified to your face. Although ne word you spoke A ml, then, indeed, the petals all Down on the dewy sward might fall Before yon as you went; And if perchance your eager (ei-t Mixht find forthcin the way mere sweet, Then I were all content. For so methinks the one lost word. That mocks my various rpicst Might uttered be, though uevcr heard. And that were Rest I Harptr'w Majaxint. CHARLES TUENES'S SECRET. Orat wai the bustle of prep.u vti-in in Farmer OVuno'a househoiil one evening last Septe.ubor. It w.ia in honor of the marri-.ge of hia daughter Caroline the merriest n i swee-tost-teiuporccl of younj girliS v.-iJ Charles Turner, a bmkei'a clerk, and a h.igh-principle.1, irite;lige:it man, likely to ri.-uiitr tliu huir. 3 of a sensible and virtuous wonun truly happy. The ev ening paa- 1 over without the occurren.a c-f anything to d:i;.in;.-;h t"v-- l'yht-uer'rte.l-tiess of the young people ; t.e oll..-r oa 3, however.ldo'I grave, aud sighed c-cclcc- 1 ally, when thoy the -ugh. hu c:angj-J Dicg- j lyF.iiin would 8c-eaiwhu OaioLue no luug- er dwelt under its roof. Till? marriage ceremony was p"rf.rai od the foll.iwiujj iiior:il:;g, :in l Charloa :-n 1 hij bri'Io I'i'o.ij bj their uoiv htnno ; inol-r-ito sized lioute, with a plo-isar.t garden attach ed, in t' 10 suburbs ot Drl-sto'. J li'y, yet ten ie'i-iy. did Cai-obiif ainile, an I fi i;:k h..T bujiun l for the aiiootionate caru for her coi;ifort, and ro!iii".li-au.e of her little tastes, vlilc'.i the light, prettily furnished apartments displayed. 11 1; pily, indeed, did thiit ist c cuing in tin-ir new house pass a .vy, an i so did many successive d-ijs, in the c-rij-yment of 'lauin il affection and tho many conveuiouces and little luxuries which Charloa salary enabled him to af ford. For a few weeks no rpeck !yp,-arM above the horizon, and Csroiine thought at times that her maidenly dreams of the K;ifect happiness of married life were destined to be realizd l. Bat it was not lorig before alie beg in to pnvive a change gradually creep ing over her husband. He seemed out of spirits, and when she prtsaed him to tell her what it woa dLsturbeJ him, his evasive answers -.vuro euccceded by such forced at tempts at gaiety, aa convinced her some thing must be wrong, and a heavy weight fell on hut own heart, iu the feeling that he no longer confided in her. This sorrow was the harder to bo r that she dared not acquaint her mother with her distress, for a wife's duty in these respects is at once sacred and peculiar. Mr3. Osborn soon beet 111 e aware that a shadow had falb.-n over her daughter's happineas, but she did not venture to ask any questions. The young bride would gladly have for feited all the luxuries f her new home, could 6he have afforded either herself or her mother any explanation of her hus band's conduct. Slio only became daily more perplexed, as he grew sterner ani more reserved, becoming increasingly occu pied with his business, and capricious in hia proceedings. The Winter appeared to pass slowly, and drearily; and though tha claims of ap proaching maternity gave her occupation and pleasure, even this sweet anticipation was alloyed by her husband's unchange l demeanor. But through all Caroline strug gled to maintain her cheei fulness, and to render their fireside comfortable by the nicety of her arrangementa, and the exer cise of her own accomplishments. Yet her former liveliness insensibly disappear ed ; her cheeks grew pale, her step slow, and sometimes she speculated on how it would all end, and whether she could live all her life in constant endurance of such a trial. The month of March had arrived, when, one day, her husband asked her to go with him to a cabinet maker's to look at an easy chair, which he had ordered for her use. Pleased with this, now unusual attention, she was qnickly equipped.' She expressed in warm terms her admiration of the nice chair that had bet-n selected for her. The master of the establishment said it was chiefly the workmanship of a skilful young man of the name of Eilice,whom he wished lie could make his junior partner. "And why cannot ycu do so ?3' Caroline inquired. The cabinet-maker told her the young man could not procure the neceasary cap ital although he had offered to take him with fifty instead of a hundred pounds. "Poor Ellicc, the father," he continued, "was once well to do in the world ; now he has hardly bread to eat, let alone anything better. I A suppressed groan from Charles startled his wife, and he staggered, rather than walked out of the shop, Caroline clinging to him. Her alarm was not lessened, when on reaching the house, he fiuxig himself on a chair, and resting his hand on a table, wept as men seldom do. "Charles," she erc'afraed, "dear, dear, Charles, by the love yc-Q once bore me, I entreat yon to tell me what is the matter. Have I not promised to he yours in weal or woe ? And even even, Ch i.rle3, should you have been tempted in doing wrong, even then your wife will never desert yon, never cease to love you. Only tell me all ; I am sure I could help yow. Do not, my hus band, let us go on any longer as we have leen doing this last Winter. Speak to me, dear, speak to your Caroline, and do not fear -her weakness, for your love would give her strength to do whatever is Tight." So pleaded Caroline, as she knelt by her husband and threw her arms around him, and at last he raised his head, and said, in -a horrrse whisper, "Are you indeed so Btrong t8 you fancy t Tell me, could you really lear poverty and privation ?" Yes, Charles ; so that I possessed yonr love and confidence, I could work gladly for my daily bread." I have never ceased to love you, my Caroline; but I have feared to confide my unworthy secret to you, lest your affection might bi lessened; neither could 1 bear to deprive you of what you had every reason to expect to enjoy as my wife, and wh it I thought your tastes required to make you happy." "Oh, Charles ! tliis last doubt is most un just ; but do not let me interrupt you let me know everything." "Ye3, I will tell you all, even should you despise me hereaf tor ; an 1 I will also tell y u wh it I have even now resolved to do to redeem the sin which I hava committed. You are aware, I believe, that shortly be fore my poor father died, he had become a bankrupt, but not through any fault of his, and that hia creditors were paid, aa far as possible, by the proceeds of the sale of all hia personal property, which settled about half of their claims. Stephen Kllico was his working partner, with an incomo of three hundred a year, and ho is one of the the creditors to whom a hundred poun-ls is still owing, though he has no legal cl.im for the amount since he signed my father's certificate of bankruptcy. He has n 'W a poor salary of sixty jounds per aunu'n, up on which ha is expected to dress and ap pear like a gentleman ; and J, Caroline, have a salary of five hundred, and can live in the greatest comfort." "rsee it all ; I un lcrsttnd what you are thinking of !" she exclaimed, throwing her arms around hia neck. "On his death -bed," continued Chaxlos, "my father besought nie to rcscuo his memory fro:n degradation, but I have not done it ! And now what do you think of your honorable, respectable, gentlemanly husband, who wooed you fiom-Dingley Farm, as one who had a right to the goodly income of five hundred pounds ?" "I think," said Caroline, whose tears were falling fast, "I think he made a mis take in entering upon life as he did, but that he has entirely rep.-inte-i his error, and will go hand in h ind with his young wife in redeeming the p:ist, and paying all the creditors in full." A silent embrace spoke all that Charles would have said in reply, while he felt strangly relieved, and ashamed of having doubted his wife's good sense of firmness. He could not exactly emulate her restored gaiety, for he had sinned too deeply against his conscience ! but he felt in all its purity and strength the redeeming might of re newed rectitude of purpose, and that sweet peace which follows hearty repentcnoe was already his. He was astonished the next day, when Caroline proposed the plans which she thought should be. immediately executed, and did not know whether to ad mire most the energy of her resolution or the ability and good-humor which she after wards displayed in carrying out the ar rangements which they then naturally agreed upon. Moving was so expensive, she advised their remaining in their present quarters, and said that thoy would live in two rooms themselves and let the rest, which would pay the rent. Their two servants were at once dismissed : all useless furniture was sold ;' their friends were frankly told that their circumstances now admitted ot no visiting ; and with her own hands Caroline prepared her husband's meaLj, and gaily performed tha most arduous household services. A fortnight after the disclosure, Charles received his salary for the half year; and after setting aside a portion equal to a laborer's wages for six months for the sup port of himself and Caroline, he divided the rest between the different creditors. Only, by his wife's suggestion, when she found that three otit of the four were compara tively well off, he resolved to pay the whole of Stephen Ellice's debt, as he stood in such sore need of money. Xotliing could exceed the delight and astonishment of this poor family on receipt of this debt so long due, and tho recovery of which had been so hopeless. Some time afterwards, when passing the cabinet-maker's, Charles thankfully perceived young Ellice hard at work within, while the gilt letters above the entrance told that the partnership had at last been effected. Fearing the offer of pecuniary aid, which they were determined not to accept, Charles and Caroline had never told their parents of their altered circumstances, though the latter had taken care to satisfy her mother's anxious heart, by assurances of her present happiness. The silence, combined with other accidental circumstances, prevented any meeting between the two families un til the birth of Caroline's baby, when, at "her particular request, the party from Dingley Farm werejinvitsd to the christen ing. Accordingly, the Osborne and Turners met at the church, and after the toy had received its name, Chirles and Caroline conducted their guests to their own house, and introduced them to their clean, bright kitchen, where plain refreshments and gooseberry wine from the farm were neatly laid out. The alteration was everywhere visible ; the change of tha daughter's dress, the absence of any servant, and the dinner prepared in the kitchen, surprised the Os bornes extremely; though the beaming looks of Caroline, and the quiet happiness of Charles, partly satisfied them that noth ing could be seriously wrong. After the meal was concluded, Charles, in a faltering voice, which, however, grew steadier as he proceeded related the his tory of the last twelve months ; of the er ror he had committed, and the reparation which he had afterwards resolved upon. It was hard thus to speak, when he saw the expression of gathering surprise and dis pleasure which darkened the brow of Far mer Ojborne, when he heard Cliarles relate his marriage under such circumstances ; but this look cleared array as he listened to the son-in-law's many assurances of heartfelt sorrow for the past, ani his hon orable determination to act justly by all the remaining creditors. Delighted with her daughter's restora tion to happiness, Mrs. Osborne glidly con gratulated her and Charles; while neither she nor her husband ventured to diminish their virtuous satisfaction by any ill-aimed oilers of assistance. Cliarles fully appre ciated this forbearance, but he prized still more highly the briof comment upon the whole transaction, made after every one else had conclude ! the expression of their various sentiments, by his fatlu-r-ia-la'.v. "I may regret the past, Charles," said the venerabld farmer ; "I cannot do otherwise; but I an quite s-.tisfiel that ycu have since endeavored to redeem your fault by strict justice towards those whom you h ive icjured, at whatever ccst to ycursalf. Noi do I fear that you will ever again be tempt ed into committing a similar act of injus tice. Integrity of thought, word and deed is what we should ail strive to attain, and whenever good principle guides the head of a house, home is sure to be happy. May God's blessing henceforth rest on you and my beloved daughter, and enable you to bring up your children in the path of honor and -duty." Time passed on, and in a couple more years there was another little stranger in the shape of a girl, on whom the name of Caroline was bestowed. There was another christening party in a humble w.iy ; but all were happy on the occasion. A few more years and all the debts are paid off. The name of Charles's father is rescued from degradation, and the noble conduct of the son is universally known. Once more is the house at the disposal of our hero and heroine ; once more are ser vants engaged, and a life of ease and com fort is entered upon. "What children in all the neighborhood are more nicely dressed than Charley and Carrie ? Who is more happy than Grand mamma Osborne, when they go to pass a day with her at Dingley Faria ? CHINiMEN'S BONES. The unloading of an oblong pine box, curiously adorned with Chinese hierogly pliics, from the Western bound train at the depot, on Saturday, excited no little curi osity, the gratification of which brought out the fact that the contents were nothing more nor less than the remains of deceased Chinamen, promiscuously thrown together and boxed up for reshipinent to the Flow ery Kingdom. This lot was from Corinne, Utah, and consigned to Ah Ching, Sacra mento. When a sufficient number of these boxes, well filled, are gathered here to make a respectable invoice, they are for warded to tho proper agent ia San Fran cisco, and thence to their destination. It is said to be the most st.cred obligations of companies who import coolies to return them, dead or alive, to their native land ; and it is curious to note with what zeal the remains are brought oui, even in the most remote localities w here they are known to have died. The supply of black walnut lumber ie reported to be greatly diminished. A Cleveland, Ohio, paper says: "Kentucky has quite a stock of good walnut, and much that is very inferior on account of its gray color and tough, hard texture. Missouri also has some of rather an inferior quality. Western Ohio chums good walnut, but that of Eastern Ohio and West Virginia is poor in quality. The whole stock of the States is not equal to rf ull demand for ten years to come. FurniCtfre manufacturers do not use It so lavishly as they did five years ago. Other woods are substituted when possible, and one thousand feet of walnut is made to go as far again as it did a few yi.as ago." LOST I Olt A LIFETIME. THE 8TORT OF A SKAKCU TOR A STOLEN CHILD IN THE OLDEN TIME. Some thirty years aero John Quincy Ad- . under a preimui:itn of a'.h. nil injuii y Hms attracted considerable attention in 1 was addressed to f'.d. r.in by Jhn J. Congress by a strong speech in favor'of a Hocnrn, thciiei how f Ia:ices. A prom t bill introduced by B. A. llidlack, of Peun- j reply, ?ated at I...tii-j 't, c i'uc t. hand ttylvania. which provided that oie tnihs ( that the old lady w a -Mil! alive, and square of the land then occupied by the would bo glad to see them. The lutter Miami Indians, embracing the lionse and ' contained minute dii. ot ions a to the course improvements of Frances Slocum, tdrould they eie to tahe to ieac!i lu r. Ananjje be granted in fee to her and her heirs for- ; ments were at once n. ul t d. so. Mr. ever. The bill became a law, and site oc- ' Isaac Slocum and !.s. Maw Town, brother cupied this special reserve until her death and sister t f Frances, resided in Ohio, but in the ppiing of 1847. j not in the fame lieighboilKK.d. Joseph The histoiy of this woman was rematk- Slocum, of Wilkcsbane, another brother, able. She was the daughter of a Quaker j started in his cairiage, taki-.ig bis sifter, who lived in the Wyoming Valley duiir.5 - while Isaac weut in advanre. it btir-r the Revolution. Several months after tho ' agreed that they should meet at Deat massacre of 1778 she was caught up by a Man's Village. Isaac reached the plate paity of marauding Delaware Indians, wbr ahead of the others, and, accompanied Vy got off before any attempt could be mado an interpreter, niaJe a call upon the lady, to rescue her. Sho was five years old at who received ILcm pleasantly, .X cvident this time. About month later her father ly vi'. h suj icion. Ti e Liuthei found her was shot 'lead by the Indians while at wot k to all aiipf it nice. a pcif ,-ct Indian, but be in a field near his house. Knowing that ho bad iied ia hs mind an unerring ict ul tras gone to his eternal rest the widow in her identity, l'lcvi.-us x. boirg cittied time became reconciled to her lass, but sho rw:y, tifly-iiine years before, her brother could never forget her child, the last sight ' I-bcnezei bad crushed the f. irc-finqet tf her of which was when she was in the at ins of left hand wi'h a h:in?mer. Taking h il l cf a brawny Indian, stiuggling and calling her hand and 1 a i i tr it, I-nac sav the dis piteously upon her patent to como to her figurcmetit. '"Wht c.i-i f -1 that ?" hn help. The sons of Mrs. Slocum became pros perous business men, and after the cl.ise of the Revolution they used every effort to recover their lost sister. In 17S4 two ef them visited Niagara, where a largo number of Indians were gathered, niaele diligent inquiries and offered liberal reward for any information of her. They'prosernted the search forteveral weeks and returned home with the impression th.it she was dead. The mother, however, could not be per- sanded that such was the case, and four years latsr the Slocums spe:it several months in the We-t atnrKV' tho Indian I agents and tinders, publicly oflei i-icf j03 to anyone who would give any authentic infoiniatiou of the fate of their st-'.er, but their success was no better th in bef ie. A similar expedition was nudortnkesi in 1 7. ' 7 by four of the bi others, with the same iesr.lt. As in the Hoks ease, the search brought numbers of lo!ca children 1 1 light, but none was the one paiticularly wanted . . i,.,t WAS -.--de --a. tho Genesee River. Ia Mr. Slocum never lost faith in her ! lh3 f.jrto-.ving spring '.he was taUn to Jrau claoghtei's existence. She believed sho dusky, where t-bo stiyed until autumn, was somewhere waiting to be cla-ped iaher wi,en her Indian friends reus ved to Niag arms, and tbe continued the search with ara) wLercs!ie lived a year. In accot rlanca seaicely any iutermission until 1S07, when w;tj tis nomadic habits of her p--"ple, her she died, her children promising her to use l,0me wascontiuraUy changed. llrgtxat every effort to learn w hat had become of cst dread wa of being discovered by ber ibe little one abducted nearly thirty years rcativcs and taken away, and tbeiu is no before. They faithfully carried out this j,,,, that when the weary mother was pledge, and in 182G made a long and ex- hunting up and down the earth, the more pensive journey to Upper Sandusky to see a tiXxl Cucr came within bail of her lost child woman who, there was no reason to hope, j w,0 carefully avoided her. It was forlu was the one for whom they were seat ching. ! nate tin v never net. Disappointed again, they finally came to j Frances had been married to a Miami, ihe conclusion that Frauces was dead, and hy whom she bad four children. She was the search ended. - ! wealthy and held in the highest veneration In the month of January, t.T, Colonel Dy nor trilie and descendants, many of the George W. Ewing, a gentleman connected atter being around her. After a time sho with the public service amongthe Indians, peemed to form quite an attachment for bec nd able to speak several of their lan- brothers, who, of course, were old men, and guages, wasbeuighted near an Indian town fcie offered them half her land if they would known as The Deaf Man's Village, on a Jive near her. They in tarn pressed hcrt- branch of the Wabash. He applied for join them further est, but she thauked lodgi-tg, and was hospitably received at a them and declined. She was an Indian iu respectable dwelling. He was fatigued and everything except birth, and snch she lived unwell, and after eating lay down upon and died. some skins in the corner. The household consisted of a venerable woman and a ' Mo-nrrtv Couktsiiip. The system of number of children, all of whom treated her love, court slop and mm ri?ge has undergone with the greatest deference, and who des very radical changes t-i:-e the days when parted to their own rooms. ( J,to.,b devoted a considerable p-M-tion of his As Colonel Ewing lay upon his pallet tie life to wl-.mir.g T.eah the tender eyed, and watched the old lady moving about, and R.jchel t!n beiutiful. Who, in this ag'i noticed particnlaily the color of hei skin and hair- The result of-the scrutiny con vinced him that she was a white woman, and lie opened a conversation wii.h her. She admitted that his suspicions were cor rect. She said that t,he was stolen by the Indians when a very small child, and she had carefully concealed that fact fiom thoe of her own race whom she ir.et for fear that her relatives would come and tnhe her away. Sho was now so old that she felt she could not live much longer, oml if any of her friends were living she would be glad to see them. In slvn t, fiie was Fran- ces Slocum, nrd she rcmcmlwred distinctly the name of her father, though her own given name was forgotten. Colonel Ewing was so impressed w;'h ber narrative that he addTossod a l-ng Icrier, giving the full pai l iculars, to the pest ,n;s- ter at Lancaster, Fa. lie had never heard of the Slocums but lie judged from rei'n in answers made by the old lady that her home was somewhere in that Siate. The letter reached its destination, but when the postmaster crime to read it ha concluded it a hoax and flung it asid, among some waste papers, where it lay for two years. At the end of that time the postmaster died, and his wtd.nw n over- b!oiruiv bis effects came u;n Colooel Il v- ing's letter. She bad never beard the name of Slocum, but thinking thete was some- thing in it, she sent the missive to Ihe Lancaster Inl'V.i'ienct,', a copy of which. containing the letfer, fell into the hands, f Rev. Samuel Rowan, who w.'.s intimately acquainted with tho Slocum family,, and be mailed ft paper to her brother, who lived in Wilkesbarre. .. . The reception of the letter thre-r the whole community into excitement, there leing not a pnrtiH(. if do ibt as t tha identity of France. A twi joris bad passed since the letter w. written, and a , it stated that the lady at th.it time was asked. "My brother shuck it v i'.h a ham mer a 1'Vig tinit; a" v.;;:- l!;e answer. He retrained fiu-.c t i rr-e ii conveisation, but the woman d'.l v -t scc:ii at case, an I be returned t o the viii.io i f I'es n to await the art ivr.l of!. is brother a-d sis!cr. V," lieu they came the three m-idj th-iti another visit. She tnv,', 1 them viuh the smci kind-ie- as before, but wis st octal and ; unmoved, ai d v,hci she saw tears ia their eyes and tv.-ry i-n'i-io.i of a coniir.-r J 'tcc-::e" b'e l:v':e.l an;-?!:!:- b:it plea.-cd. The c.-ly tiv.c si c sh v.cd any signs ot ' emotion was f.hen she wa asked her name, She veplied ib:.l it was f-rg-i'ten. ' Is it Fiaticer-?" Ilcr ihtsky f, if r.t -ud!en'y j;t Un and she nod led hr head. "Ve.-, ; yr-t Franca, Franc-i." TLe viit was pro- .,:igtd for several days and some niont! s jatcr was repeated, some of (he nieces at.d nephew j fr"w the pany. On the day when lii', Fiances was cap tured, fif.y-iii:e ears befoie, sho wascarT lied jaiiidly thvo'igh the woods, and a final of steam, electricity a:;d .V1an:ic cables could devote seven ye v; l.i'u.Vii'visaitra'i 1 is "..: to be c.'.r.ed 'Vn i ..iv." -tli.it hi ni.t'i'.- in-1 :i .oc ; li - to paying tlioso h have j.istly como -1 se; h ills, indeed, :c f.i' huoiibie 1 air at e op;-r.sst"J by a s ot u-eir.ig oi" sooei ii ss. durir.g ihe remainder of their iives ? Even Jacob himself, 1 d be lite in our time, would ie..ii;i at lire i-!ea :-s preposterous. Fancy 'the giri t-f riu j t-ii"d"" bumbaided wiih tl iwrr.'i, at the 1.1'e of ten doil.us per iuc: diii ii'g se vi :i ii1.il w inteis I (.'i-leul lie h v r.i.iny l:n;i.l!u! i of miles of -'vei tnaW the as; -iiants vuld 2nce during the sane ;i.'.cb .f time ! Imaiuo toe i:i'ur.i;ei '.' Ie cpss of a he woald im- bibe in the d r ie ciic'o wnuu ca such. leu. j Icitns of in: ia: i-y -.villi his beloved' faanly. Nophy v.tl system could stand it. The in .-t a b-.t-t mau would break d -w i nadcr tii o h al. Even Pa rick I ims if. w ho, fi- ;n o nly youth has been btvght up to const :U:t aud severe labor, would li id it impossible, while knpein.:; company" wUh i.,idje. to -ice-ct ame and dUc:or e hct" f r a peiT-J of fcvcii con-e-, cut ive ycais. The world wai nude ia seven days ; but many of the cnlei pi is.;ng yot-th of the present l ave shown that all Ihf eo.uli:ig nect siry Kfue marriage can be accomplish, d in much lesr time, : Janib to the contiaiy i:otwi:hstandicg. j -Vr Yoik I'oxt. , Tamn are critical points in law. An act recently p.issed iu Illinois provides j that the person who steals any euin uuder fifteen dollars shall go to the county jail, If lie "conveys" more, than that amouut Le sc,j to the State prison. Rut i he appropriates the exact sum of fifteen dollars the. c L uu pouafiy named.
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