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i -I Ff. Fa.. Issued out of the District Court of
Common Pleas of Cambria Ctuintr and to me
dirwted. tlifrt will beexps'd to Public fale,
at theOPF.n IIofE in .Johnstown, on lon
lay. Ilia 24th ln.v ef !lnj , A. I. nt
1 o'clock, p. M., tho I'ollowinir real estate, to wit:
All the riirht, title and interest of Jos. Thomas,
of. in and to three lots of ground situate in the
Filth Ward. Johnstown, Cambria county. Fenn'a,
front Imr on Morris street and Somerset street and
adjoining hits of M. W. Kelm, havinir thereon
erected a two story frame house (now used for a
store room and dwelling), now in the occupancy of
Frank Singer, and a two story frame tenant house,
now in the occupancy of Michael Sherer, Frank
Sherer anil John Sherer. A ', one lot of ground
situate In the Sixth Ward of Johnstown, Cumbria
county. Fa., fronting on Somerset street and ad
joining lots of lienaldo Walker on the east, an al
ley on the west and an alley on the south, havinir
thereon erected a double two story frame tenant i
house and a two story frame carpenter shop, now j
in the occupancy of Frank Stern. Taken in execu
tion and to be sold at tlie suit of Ant iioiiy Thuma--. I
Also, all the right, title and interest of John .
Oetty, of, in and to a piece or parcel of land situ-
ate hi Adams township. Cambria county. I'enn a,
adjoining lands of Sidmnn heirs on the cast, John i
Ivett on the north. A. Mumaugh on the west,
and (eo. Kurt on the south, containing TO acres, I
more or less, nlKMit 30 acres cleared, having there- i
on'ereeted a t wo Btorv plank house and stab!e. now '
in the occupancy of i'hiltp IJender. and a one-and- 1
a half story lo house and a loir p-ahie. now in the
occupancy or Henry Knulliuaii. Taken in execu
tion and to be sold at the suit of William Cole, ad
ministrator of John Madison.
Also, all the riirhr, tide and interest of William
Iariuier. of. in and to two lots o! ground situate in
tlie Fifth Ward. Jo: nstovn borough, Cambria
county. Fa., irontin on Shermnn street and ad
joiniiiif ailcyson three sides, luivin:; tin reon erect
ed a two story irame house and board stable, now
in the occupancy of Andrew Mulatt and Joseph
Alien, and a two story frame house, now in the oc
cupancy of Sam'l Jlfney nnd Wm. Miuev. ,-lxo,
all theVight. title and interest of Wm. Larimer,
of. in and to two lots of ground situate in Cone-mau-ih
township. Cambria county. Fa., frontinsr
on the Jtedlord pike and adjoining lots of Jacob
Minely, Jaeoii I ronhciser and '". Wissinger, a 11
fenced. Taktn in execution and to be sold at the
suit of Thos. E. Knox, now for use of John Thomas.
Also, all the right, title ami interest ol Henry
Headrick. of. in and to t hrec lots of ground situate
in the First Ward of Johnstown borough, Cambria
county. Fa., fronting on Lincoln street, having
Sycamore alley (a private alley) on tlie other side,
and ad joining lots of I. Str.iup and J . Carpenter,
having thereon erected a two story plank house,
plank stable and plank slaughter house, now in the
occupancy of Henry Headrick. and a cne-and-a-hali
slory plank house, now in the occupancy of
William .-eivers Taken in execution and to bo
sold nt die suit of George Kurtz.
Also, all the right, title and interest of William
T'tsler. ol. in and to a lot of ground situate in
Coopersdale. Cambria county. I a., (routing on a
sireet and adjoining lots of Ocorge tlagehy and
the Johnstown Manufacturing Company, havinsr
thereon erected a two story p.ank house, now in
the occupancy of Wm. t'lsier. Taken in execu
tion and to bo sold at the suit of Wm. Sumner &.
Co.
Also, a'.I the right, title nnd interest of Martin
Tt"itr.. of. in and to a lot of ground situate in the
Fourth Ward of Johnstown horouirh. Cambria
cuunty. Fa., fronting on a street, having an alley
on the south, a street on the cast, and adjoining
lot of Jacob Horner, dee'd. on the back, having
th-reon erected a two story plank house, now in
the occupancy of Martin li'eit. Taken in execu
tion and to hp sold at the suit of Henrv clonach.
Also, all the rftrht. title am! interest uf Hannah
Isabella Mnith. Miles N. smith and XathT Hor
ner. !. in and to a piece or parcel of land situate
in Coiivmaugh towm-hip. Cambria county. Fenn'a.
containing ttacrct, more or le.s. all cN'ar"!. ad
joining lands ol l i.F.icrt itch. Henry (Joldshine,
and other, having thereon erected "a two story
plank house, now in t he occupancy of Hannah Isa
bella Seiith and Miles X. -miih." Taken in exe
cution and lo be sold at the suit cd Henry Zimmer
man. Also, till the riirht. title nnd interest of George
Fid:., ol. in and to a lot of ground situate in the
borou-rh of I 'oneinangh. Cambria county. Fenn'a,
truiiting on Hughes street and bounded on the
west by an alley, on the east by lot of John Hen
ton. .n th" south by Fins Werner having thereon
erected a two slory plank house nnd a pUink sta
ble, now in t he occupancy of George Foil r.. Taken
in ex"euiion and to tie Sold at the suit of tfebati.iu
Kraft.
Also, all the ria-ht. title and interest of. Andrew
Fei-k. of, in and to a lot of ir round situate in the
borough of Wood vale, Cambria, county. Fa. front
ing in Maple avenue, adjoining lots of Martin
Muneay and John llelsner and extending back
to an alley, having thereoa erected a two story
plank house, now in tlie occupancy of Andrew
Jtec k. Taken In execution and to b'c sold at the
suit of J. C. Scott At Co.
At so. all the right, tide and Interest of Angns
tine KeitHein. of, in and to a lot of ground situate
In the borough of Wood vale, Cambria count v. Fa.,
lronting on Manle avenue and adjoining'lot of
George Cope and an alley on the north, and a va
cant lot on the east, having thereon erected a two
story plank house nnd other outbuildings, now in
the occupancy of August Keitilcin. Taken In ex
ecution and to be sold at the suit of the St. Joseph
Society. 1
Also, all the right, title and Interest of Teter
Khoads. of. In ami to a lot of ground situate in the :
borough ol Concniangh, Cambria county Fenn'a, :
fronting on Kidge alley and adjoining lot? of Frank
Devlin on one side and lot of John Iievlin on the
other side, and extending back to a lot of Frank
Carroll, having thereon erected a two story frame
house, not now occupied. Taken in execution and
to he sold at the suit of Amos Mclvlnney. now
for use oft:. It. Kllis.
Also, all tho right, title anil interest of Anton
Flailer. of, in and to a lot ot irround situate in the
Nirouah of Conemaugh. Cambria county, Fenn'a,
fronting on Kailroad street on the om nn i
rtinxer toreei on me
the other, adjoining lot f Henry
nding hack to uu alley, having
Smilh an I ext
incrcon erncien a large rwo story house, used lor
a l.otal. and a plank srMde. now in the fM-eil on ill. tr
of Anion Frailer. Taken into execution and to be
eold at l he suit of August ine Ala j er.
Also, all the right, title ami interest of John
Stork, of. In and to a lot of ground situate in tho
First Ward of Johnstown borough, Cambria coiin
tv. Fa , fronting on Chestnut street and hounded
on one s de by lot of Henry Kirchner an I lot of
Jonathan cndwin on the other side, and extend
ing back to an alley, having thereon erected a two
story plank tenement hous and a plank stable,
now in the occupancy of John Stork and Frank
Helner. Taken in execution and to bo eold at the
suit of Feter ( iek.
t Tkkms ok S.uk. One-third the purchase mon
ey to bo paid when the property is knocked down,
aiid the remaining two-thirds "on continuation of
the deed. HERMAN UAL'MEU, Sherilf.
Sheriffs Offlee. Johnstown, April 23, 1j75.
J.C. HII.L. KORTH WEST. EDWAHD WEST.
HILL, WEST & CO.,
MANUFACTURERS OF i
Brooms and Brushes,!
AXD WHOLESALE DRALGRS IN
PRIM, STRAW, RAG & MANILLA PAPERS,
C'OTTOJI AND 1IKMP TWIXF.S,
Flour Sacks, Grocers' Bags,
Wooden "Wm?9
TEAS, TOHACCO, CIGAHS, c.
121 SM OJin ATKXIE,
r--rwtEs FMiTnriri.n and Wood Streets,
I'lTTSnURGH, PA. 3tn.
A D-MlNlSTUATnit'K VOTini-
AT Kstnlnnf O. . . i
I-stale of C t-u .,
, ,r . , i r. IIHIU lire 1,
Letters of Administration havo been granted to
tho undersigned, by the Fegisf cr ! f Cambri
county, on tho estate of C ath a n, Ton f
of Kbensburg Horough. .'ambrUcoun v, dee'd
11 persons in. ebte.1 to said estate are reon I red
maKe immeiiinre o.i rmt.ni - . -
cinims nro reouesteu to
bated for settlement.
present them duly pro-
"oi ino8e Imrin
itk , JAMKS MYERS, Administrator
Ebensburg, April 25, 1875 t. "
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INSTATE XOTICKLoUorTt: I
mrninrn.n ii.n.,1. r i t t
mentarv nn tlieestam of I' T. 1 ivt,
lato of Fbensbnrg. Cambria county, have been
granted to the undersigned, who h'erebv notitiei
r .IT"" 1",ltl'e' to sai 1 estate that payment
oV rI,,'t've accounts must bemads forth
with, and those having claims against the mme
Present theuilu aatislactory hape for set- )
euihorj, Aprito, iS7.-t.U L1N1(,N - j
tlenie
Kbeujh
TVTOTICROn h,n,l l 1.. r
m l.nund ami Sulit r"i.
- . mmiv eneap ior caen.
OE(.. HUNTLEY.
TIIE FOOTSTEP ON TIIE STAIR.
I have very many treasures
That my heart has bid away:
There's a little cnrl that's brighter
Than the sunshine of the day;
And a little shoe that's tailed,
Is among my treasures there
And I listen, when I see it.
For a footstep on the stair,
For a patter, patter, patter,
Of a footstep on the stair.
Jsow those little feet are silent,
And the face is Lidden low
Underneath the meadow grasses,
And the daisies' fragrant snow;
And I miss them in the morninjr,
Pattering feet, and face so fair
Bat, I listen most at lied-time,
For the footstep on the stair.
Then she'd come and kneel beside me
In her little gown of white,
And she'd say her short prayer over,
And would kiss me sweet good night.
And I listen in the twilight;
Though I know she is not there,
But I cannot still my yearning,
For the footsteps on the stair,
For I he patter, patter, palter,
Of the footsteps on the stair.
THE MtSSING FiNGER-JOiNT.
It was my first visit to London sinco I
had taken up my abode and entered on the
practice of my profession as a solicitor at
Southampton.
In London I had a very dear friend, my
old college chum, George Dickson ; and as
he was the only person I knew in the great
metropolis, of course I lost no time in look
ing him up. Thiee j'ears had passed since
our last meeting ; but ten could scarcely I
have produced a change more marked in
the appearance and manner of my friend.
Our first greetings and friendly inquiries
over, I longed, yet feared, to ask the cause !
of my friend's melancholy. I felt sure, in
due time, of being made the confidant of
the secret, provided no motive of delicacy '
prompted its concealment. j
That evening, at my room at the hotel, ,
George told me his story. He had formed
an attach ment for a j'oung lady, whose
graces of mind and person he portrayed
with all the fervor of a lover's eloquence. :
She had returned his affection ; but her !
father had opposed his suit, having set his
heart on the marriage of his daughter to a ;
nephew of his. This nephew was a young
surgeon of profligate character, my friend
assured me but that may have been pre- ,'
j ulice who had long, bnt unsuccessfully, j
wooed his cousin, to w honi bin proffers were
as repugnant as they were to her father
acceptable. j
Some months since, 5fr. Parsons, the
young lady's father, had gone into ilamp- '
shire on business, accompanied by his
nephew. At Southampton he had been ;
seized by a sudden illness, which tei mina- J
ted fatally in three days. j
On the day preceding his death he had
executed a will (which had since been j
proved by tho depositions of attesting wit- j
nesses), containing a solemn request, that j
his daughter, to whom he left the whole of j
his estate, .should accept the hand of his
nephew in marriage, coupled with the pro-
vision that in case the latter offered and ,
she refused, within a specified period, to
enter into the proposed union, the entire
estate devised to the daughter should be S
forfeited to the nephew. i
To sacrifice her fortune to her heart's j
choice would not have cost Julia Parsons a
moment's hesitation ; and nothing could j
have more delighted George Dickson than
so fair an oppoitunity of showing how su
iierior his devotion was to all considerations ,
of personal advantage. Dut her father's i
1 v I rrr ran tiotf in Tullo'r. i
J " J CHCiCU.
It had surprised and stunned her. it is true-
for in their many conferences on the sub
ject, ho had never gone beyond the most
kindly remonstrance, and had never hinted
at anything like coercion.
Young Parsons, tho nephew, had not tho
magnanimity to forego his ungenerous ad
vantage. He mignthave been content with
his cousin's fortune alone, but his right to
that depended on his offer and her rejection
of an alliance which she felt in consequence
bound to accept. The brief season of grace
which she had been compelled to beg, even
with teats, had already almost passed, and
a few more days would witness the con
demnation of two lives to hopeless misery.
At the conclusion of my friend's narra
tive, in which, for reasons that may here
after be devclopod, I fe'.t a peculiar interest,
I prevailed unm him to accompany me to
a place of amusement, to which I had pre
viously procured tickets.
Vhea we reached the theater, the per
formance had already begun ; but we suc
ceeded in finding seats which commanded
a fair view both of the stage and the audi
ence. In a few moments George touched my
.elbow.
ODkurvd Do lnll... 1 '
' - tu fcii'ui 111111 iirtliv Oj'JWTSl IC i
in tho front row, seated next to the column,
leaning his arm on his cane," ho whisjei cd.
I looked in the direction indicated, and
6aw a face whose striking resemblance to
one I haJ seen before caused me to start
with surprise.
'. I 1
LlbiKlce I arsons." was th renlv.
. . ' -
"Tl.o one of whom yon spoke?"
'The same," my friend answered.
"Docs he resemble his uncle?" I was on
t,,e liut of inquiring; but just then the
stranger drew the glove from his right
" ' I": 'Ur 1 sw II,at fi' joint of tho
..,MJI l!
i.uuuic imjitr was wanting a circumstance
i which, for sufficient raasons, absoibed my
"Do you know the exact date of Mr.
Parson's death?" I as!ted when we had
gained the street at the close of the per
formance. "Yes," said George ; "it as the 23d of
December. His daughter received a tele
gram from her cousin, announcing the fact
the same day. But why do you ask ?''
"I have a reason w hich may or may not
prove a good one," I returned ; and stating
that I had business engagements for the
whole of the next day, I parted with my
friend, promising to meet him on the fol
lowing evening.
Next afternoon found me at the abode of
Mr. Parsons, the surgeon.
"Mr. Parsons, I picsume?" were the
words with which I accosted the man I had
6cen at the theater.
"Yes, sir."
"You may not remember me, Mr. Par
sons, but I believe we met before."
"I beg your pardon, sir, for not recollect
ing the occasion."
"You were in Southampton last winter
were you not ?"
"I was," he answered, with some embar
rassment. "I am the solicitor on whom you called
to take a diaft of a will."
He turned pale, but made no reply.
"I saw a copy of that will at Doctois
Commons this morning," I resumed, "and
"You speak of my uncle's will," he has
tily interrupted.
"And yet," I continued, "you said it was
yours when you applied to have it written.
You represented yourself as desirous of
executing such a document preparatory to
embarking on a perilous voyage. The pa
per was drawn in accoidance with your in
structions, leaving the date to be tilled at
the time of signing. Your locks were gray
then, and you certainly looked old enough
to have a marriageblc daughter; but your
disguise was not, perfect." And I pointed
to the mutilated finger.
"'-Vhatdoyou mean?" he shouted, in a
defiant tone.
"Simply that your uncle's signature to
that will is a forgery !" I answered, rising
and confionting him. "lie died on tlie 2i)d
of December. Your own telegram to that
effect is in existence. It was on the 2 lib,
the day befoie Chi if mas, that you called
on ine to prepare that d;ei!t,ieiit now on
record as his will. The inference is plain:
you undertook to manufacture thisspuiions
testament after your uncle's death, and
wishing to clotlic your villiany in legal
form, you procured from mo the required
draft. Yon, cr some one at your instiga
tion, simulated the signature of deceased.
The witnesses, who have sinca per tired
themselves in their dcposilione, were pro
cured in some maimer best known to your
self "
"Enough, sit," he ejaculated, placing his
back against the door; "you have shown
yourself in possession of a secret the custo
dy of which may prove dangerous !"
"I am not unprepared for threat," I re
plied. "In the fii-st place, I did not come
here unarmed; in the next, I have prepared
a full written statement of the facts to
which I have alluded, with information,
besides, of my present visit to yourself.
The paper will be delivered to the friend to
whom it is directed, unless within an hour
I reclaim it from the messenger, who has
been instructed for that length of time to
retain it."
His face grew livid. His framo quivered
with mingled fear and rage, and his eye
gleamed like that of a wild beast at bay.
"What is your purpose ?" he exclaimed
in a voice hoarse with suppressed passion.
"To keep your secret w hile you live," I
answered, "or. one condition."
"Name it."
"That you write instantly to Jnlia Par
sons, renouncing all pretensions to her ,
hand, and absolutely withdrawing your
proposal of marriage."
After a moment's pause he hastily penned
a brief note, which he submitted to my
inspection ; it was quite satisfactory.
"Be so good as to seal and address it,"
I said.
Ho did so.
"I will see that it is delivered," I re
marked, taking it Mp and bowing myself
out.
When I met George Divon that evening,
his old college look had comt back. He
had great news to tell me. The next thing
was to take me to see Julia ; and it is need
less to tell what a happy evening we thiee
spent together, and what a happy marriage
followed not long after.
Elbridge Parsons, I have just learned,
emigrated for Australia, on board the Lon
don, and went dowti in that ill-fated ship.
The Mother. It has been truly said
that the first being that rushes to the re
collection of a soldier or a sailor, ia his
bean's difficulty, is his mother. She clings
to his memory and affection in the midst
of all the forgetfnluess and hardihood in
duced by a roving life. Tlie last message
he leaves is for her; Ins last whisper breathes
her name. The mother, as she instils the
lesson of piety and filial obligation into the
heart of her infant son, should always feel
that her labor is not in vain. She may
drop into tho grave; but she has loft be
hind her influence that will work for her.
The bow is broken, but tho arrow is sped,
and will do its office.
Mr. CoJin's Selling Match.
THE OLD LADY PCTS HIM hOWS WITH ONE
OF HER SrELLS STRIKIXO EFFECTS.
The other evening old Mr. and Mrs.
Coffin, who live on Brush street, sat in
: their cosy back parlor, be reading the pa
per and she knitting, and the family cat
stretched out under the stove, and sighed
and felt sorry for cats not so well fixed. It
was a happy, contented household, and
there was love in his heart as Mr. Coffin
put down his newspaper and remarked :
"I see that the whole country is becom
ing excited about spelling schools."
"Well, it's good to know how to spell,"
replied tho wife. "I didn't have the
: chance some girls had, but I pride myself
that I can 6pell almost any word that comes
along."
"I'll see about that," he laughed ;
"come, now, spell Tjuggy.' "
"Humph ! that's nothing b-u-g-g-y,
buggy," she replied.
"Missed the first time ha ! ha!" ho
roared, slapping his leg.
"Not much that was right."
"It was, eh ? Well, I'd like to see any
body get two g's in buggy, I would."
"But it is spelled with two g's, and any
schoolboy will tell you so," 6he persisted.
"Well, I know a durn sight better than
that !"' he exclaimed, striking the table
with his fist.
"I don't care what you know !" bhe
squeaked ; "I know that there are two g's
iu buggy !"
"Do you mean to tell me that I've for
gotten how to spell ?" he asked.
"It looks that way."
"It does, eh ? Well, I want you and all
your relations to understand that I know
more about spelling than the whole ca
boodle of you strung on a wire I"
"And I want you to understand, Jona
than Coffin, that you are au ignorant old
blockhead, when you don't put two g's iu
the word buggy yes you aie !'
"Don't talk that way to me!" he warned.
"And don't shake your fist at me !" bhe
replied.
"Who's a-shaking his fist?"
"You were !"
"That's a lie an infernal lie !''
"Don't call me a liar, you old bazaar!
l"e put up with your meanness for forty
yearn past, but don't call me a liar, and
don't lay a hard on nie !"
"Do you want a divorce?" he shouted,
springing up; "you can go now, this min
ute !"'
"Dou't spit in my face don't you dare
do it or I'll make a dead man of you !" she
warned.
"I haven't spit in your freckled old vis
age yet, but I may if you provoke tne
l further !'
"Who's got a freckled face, you old
turkey-buzzard ?''
That was a little too much. He made a
motion as if he would stiike, and she
seized him by the neck tie. Then he
reached out and grabbed her right ear and
tried to lift her off her feet but she twisted
upon the neck tie until his tonguo ran out.
"Let go of me, you old fiend !" she
screamed.
"Git down on yer knees -and beg my
paidon, you old wild cat !' he replied.
They surged and swayed and struggled,
and the peaceful cat was struck by the
overturning table and had her back broken,
while the clock fell down, and the pictures
danced around. Tho woman finally shut
her husband's supply of air off and flopped
him, and as she bumped his head up and
down on the floor and scattered his gray
hairs she shouted :
"You want to get up another spelling
school with me, don't you?"
He was seen limping around the yard
yesterday, a stocking pinned around his
throat, and she had court plaster on her
uose, and one finger tied up. He wore the
look of a martyr, while. she had the bearing
of a victor, and from this time out "buggy"
will be spelled with two g's iu that house.
Detroit Free Preat.
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So.te of our exchanges are poisoning the
community with Fpurious pictures of Miss
Bessie Turner, of scandal fame, in nearly
every case utilizing patent medicine cuts.
We come to the rescue with the above
lieautiful likeness, a most stiking one, of
the young lady. Its elaborate design is
beyond criticism, and as a work of art
challenges the naked eye. Our anist has
since died. His remains and the sketch
reached us simultaneously. We make no
extra charge for this issue because it pie
sen s the above portrait, but extra copies
will be sent to any address on the receiptof
$40 proceeds to be given to the wido of
the dead genius. X. B. The cut copy,
righted. P. P. S. We must apologize for
tho crooked position of tho picture within
the column the subject moved. Dan
bur tan.
At the Brighton (England) aquarium
a remarkable circumstance connected with
the breeding of the octopus has taken
place in tank 23. A female had deposited
a quantity of eggs, but died, as these ani
mals often do, in spawning. The male
has taken charge of the whole, and may
be secu constantly guarding them.
A POOR OIKL'S CHOICE.
When Josephine Wagner was called to
plead to Mrs. Mary Drake's charge of petit
larceny in the Special Sessions recently
a comely girl answered. She wore a faded
print dress, partly hidden by a faded wool
len shawl, and a jockey hat and feather,
long since out of style. Despite her nn.
styliah apparel there was such dignity and
self-respect in her mien that Sargeant
Quinn had to take her reply, "Guilty,"
three times before he could credit it. The
Court seemingly had equal difficulty in be
lieving that a woman of such attractive
features and bearing could voluntarily con
fess herself a thief. They evidently
thought they saw a case of noble self-sacrifice
in which the victim was offering her
self up a vicarious atonement for the sin of
another.
Justice Bixby remembered that the pris
oner had supported her mother only a few
weeks ago while the latter was being tried
for theft from the same complainant. To
every question which he propounded tend
ing to elicit this fact she stoically re
sponded only with the word "Guilty."
"Did not your mother steal this sack, for
the theft of which you are arraigned?"
Justice Bixby persisted. The girl broke
down at last. Tears welled up to her eyes,
and she admitted that site nnd pawned an
article she knew her mother had stolen.
The young woman's brother, a youth of
eighteen, testified that for two years he
had supported his sister upon a salary of
$6 a week. The mother lived with them
occasionally when out of work, and was ar
rested, tried, and sentenced, at the time of
her last visit for robbing her previous
employer, Mrs. Mary Drake.
The prisoner steadily refused to accept
any such explanation of her guilt. Still
the Court could not make up its mind to
send her to the penitentiary
"Will you accept a sentence of six
months to the House of Mercy ? Justice
Bixby asked.
"Send me where you please," the girl
answered her tears welling up in contradic
tion of her words.
They sent her cnt to talk with her
brother, and in a few minutes she returned
reconciled to the sentence, which was then
enunciated.
In conversation with the reporter after
ward, she s;iM : "I pawned Mrs. Drake's
sack, and I knew that mother stole it ; but
I was not going to make her name more
odious by saying so. We had to live some
way."
pkkpaiu.no for it.
A cashier of a bank in Cincinnati has
read so many accounts in the papers of
late, of robbers entering a cashier's house
at night, gagging and binding the in
mates, and obliging the cashier to go and
open the banks safe, that he is very ner
vous on the subject. Ho is satisfied that
he will yet have a visit of that kind, do
what he may to avoid it, and he thinks
the next best thing his family can do is to
learn to go through the ordeal with bjp
much composure as possible. According
ly, he has been putting thera through a
rehearsal every night for a week or so past,
greatly to their terror aud inconvenience.
He acts the part of bank robber himself.
In the dead of night he awakes his wife,
and, pressing a vinegar cruet against her
head, demands her in low, gruff tones to
get up and make no noise, on pain of hav
ing her brains instantly blown out with the
viuegar cruet. Then he binds he to the
bed-poit, and gags her with the baby's gutta-percha
rattle. Tlie children and servants
he gas and locks up in convenient clo3ets
and then, stuffing a flat-iron holder into his
own mouth, and pressing a bologna sau
sage against each temple, he marches him
self off to unlock tho bank. Aa the weath
er is cold now, it ia not altogether comfort
able, and the family tlduk they prefer th
risk of the robbei s.
PEitixjs of nii.cuciTr.
Baillet mentions one hundred and sixty
three children enlov.-ed with extraordinary
talents, among whom few arrived at an ad
vanced age. The two sons of Quint ilian so
vaunted by their father did cot reach their
tenth year. Hermogones, who at the age
of fifteen taught rhetoric to Marcus Aurel
ius, who triumphed over the most celebrated
rhetoricians of Greece, did not die at an
early age, but at twenty-fonr lost his facul
ties and forgot all he had previously acquir
ed. Pico di Mirandola died at thirty-two;
Jobannus Secundus at twenty-five, having
t the age of fifteen composed admirable
Greek and Latin verses and become pro
foundly versed in jurisprudence and letters.
Pascal, whese genius developed itself when
ten years old, did not attain the third of a
century.
In 17S1, a child was born at Lubeck,
named Henri Hcinneked, who3f precocity
was miraculous. At ton motths of age he
spoke distinctly, at twelve learned the Pen
tateuch by rote, and at fourteen months
was perfectly acquainted with the Old and
New Testament. At two years he was as
familiar with geography and ancient his
tory as the most erudite authors of antiqui
ty. In the ancient and modern language
he was a proficient. This wonderful child
was unfortunately can-led off in his fourth .
year.
Tlie greatest friend of truth is time;!
her greatest enemy is prejudice i and her !
coustaut companion is humility.
THE SPARE BCD.
When I go to the country to visit my
relatives, writes M. Quad, the spare bed
rises up before uiy imagination days befoie
I start, and I shiver as remember how cold
and grave-!;ke the sheets are. I put cT tho
visit as long as possible, solely on account
of that spare bed. I don't like to tell them
tbi-t I had rather sleep on a picket fence
than to enter that spare room and creep in
to that spare bed, and so they know nothing
of my sufferings.
The spare bed is always as near a ruile
and a half from the rest of the beds as it
can be located. It's either up-stairs at the
head of the hall, or 2 in the parlor. The
parlor curtains have not been raised for
weeks; everything is as prim as an old
maid's bonnet, and the bed is as square and
true as if it had been made up to a carpen
ter's rule.
No matter whetker it be summer or win
ter, the bed is like ice, and it sinks down
in a way to niakx one shiver. The sheets
are slippery clean, the pillow-slips rustle
like s'.irou Ja, and one dare not stretch his
leg down for feat of kicking against a tomb
stone. One sinks down until he is lost in the
hollow, and foot by foot the prime bedposts
vanish from sight. He is worn out and
sleepy, but he knows that the rest of the
family are so far away that co one could
hear hiiu if he should shout for an hour,
and this makes him nervous. He wonders
if -anyone ever died in that room, and
straightway he sees faces of dead persons,'
hears 6t range noises, and presently feels a
chill galloping up and down his Jack.
Did anyone evcrpass a comfortable night
in a spare bed? no matter how many quilts
and spreads covered him he could not get
warm, and if he accident ly fell asleep it
it was to awake with a start, under the im
pression that a dead man was pulling his
nose. It will be days and weeks before he
recovers from the impression, and yet he
must suffer in silence, because the spare
bed was assigned to hiui in token of esteem
and affection.
CAR XVIIttLS IN KNULAN-D.
An effort is bain? made, thus far without
success, to introduce into England tho
chilled-iron car wheel, cast in one piece,
such as have general acceptance and use ia
America.
The most popular car wheel there is one
similar to our locomotive driving wheel,
with a steel tire riveted on with four or
eight bolts, an inch in diameter. Of this
class. of wheel 400,000 are in use. Experi
ence has shown that these tires will travel
40,000 miles on steel rails and not wear
one inch, and that a continued running of
100 miles will not more than warm the tire.
Of the fiO.000 pair of these wheels running
on the Great Western, very few were found
defective or produced accidents. Tires
have been run for twtnry years, and start
ing at an inch and a half thickness, have
worn down to seven eighths of an inch and
are still serviceable.
The introduction of a system of fasteniag
tires by wedges, as invented several years
since by the master mechanic of the Boston
and Providc-nee Kailwny, is being adopted
by one or two rosds, while a new wheel,
consisting of sixty-nine pities, has been
adopted by the Southeastern Railway.
There are 25,000 passenger coaches on the
railways in Grat Britain, of which only
4,000 have six wheels. The rest have four
wheels. There are 1SS.S00 goods or mer
chandise cars, which all have six wheels.
Frost is the chief cause for railway acci
dents in that country, the tires boing tho
especial anxiety. The rivets, being of
wrought iioa. are more quickly affected
than the stool tire, and occasionally snap,
lotting the tire run loose. In the winter of
18G1-2, when the frosts in England were
very severe, wooden wheels erd adopted
on all fast through trains, aud yet. w.th all
the severe tests in out American variabl
climate with chilled iron wheels, tha Eng
lish mechanics fail to recognise their ser
vic-en'uleness.
THE Al-OI'LI.TIC STKORE.
A middle aged physician aaid one day to
the writer: "As I was walking down the
street after dinner 1 felt a shock in th
back of my head, as if some one bad struck
me; 1 have not felt well sinre. I fear I
shall die, jufet as all my ancestor have, of
paralysis. What shall 1 do ?" The answer
was, "Diminish the tension on the blood
vessels, and there need be no fear of tearing
thetu in a weak place." Now, this ex
presses in plMin terms the exact cause of
apoplexy in the great majority of instances ;
and it is one, too, which every one h ut it in
his power to prevent. A blood-vessel of
the brain, from causes which will present'
be mentioned, has lost some of its elast ic
strength ; food is abundant, digestion is
good; blood is made in abundance, but lit
tle is worked oil in exorcise ; the tension ot
every artery and vein is at a maximum ra,
the even, circuitous Gow is temporarily im
peded at some point, throwing a dangerol.j
pressure on another; the vessel which has
lost its elastic strength gives way, blood id
poured out, a clot is formed, which, by it
pressure on the brain, produces coiup!tJ
unconsciousness. This is the apoplectic
stroke. It will be perceived that there a; .
two leading conditions upon which the pro
duction of the stroke depends ; a 1-sb;i- 1
strength in tha -el, and aa iuvrvAsvu
tension on it. . .
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