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Terms, S2 per year, In advance
0LOIK IX.
EBENSBURG, PA. FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1875,
NUMBER 19c
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i'i:. r, , '" ":,ration have been irrantedti
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"n. ,..' ,:U " Catiiarijie Toon, late
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f-'r,.Nuri,J:iM r iS MYFRS, Administrator.
urif. April a;j.i8Tu-Bt.
MlMSTIiATOirS NOTICE, j
N ''! uVr" ' ,U'tlr ZlMMEKMAS, ile. Vl.
,1, , uy Ki ven that Letters of Adminis
Z n ," "'""""'' ihiit.i, on the estate of
:,l.l.,vVrr'nin' liu" 01 Hlaeklick Township. ;
n l.i'. :'. tnuiteil to the Uuderslirned. All
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-': - i"l"'"',''V,a"' I'aynent, and those having
'"''"".ciiii i ',n'" Wl11 present thetu duly
M ' '"r "etilement
iu-iril K"- ' K. ZAHM, Adm'r.
Uir April JD. H7.-t.
Register's Notice.
"OTICE is hereby trivrn that the follrvwlnir
nnnHHl Accounts have been parsed and
tiled in the Pr-irister'a OiHce at Ebensburir, in
un-1 for the County of Cumbria, anil will be
presented to tlio Orphans' Court of calil coun
ty, for ronflrmnMoii anil allowaiut. on Wr.D-
t:-5nY, the lh ilay of Jusr., A. I). 1S75, to wit:
I. The final account of Sam'l Blongh, fruardinn
of Mat tie and 1 '.at liarine Ann liiough, minor chil
dren of Samuel S. lilough, late of Cambria coun
ty, ilceajej.
i. The first an1 final account of Joseph Croyle,
aitminirrator of the estate of Amlrew Knciipcr,
late or fummrhill township, deceascil.
3. The first ami partial account of Samuel Var
nr anI Abraham Varner, executor. of George
Varnpr. late of Jackson townFhip, deceased.
4. The account of Kdniund J. Waters, trustee
B.joinfeit to sell the real estate of Ann -Tans,
lute of Kbensburjf boronah. deceased.
5. The second account of John Fritz. James Me
Millin and m. K. Tucker, executors of Oeorge
Fritz, late of Johnstown boronirh. deceased.
6. l'ho accotttit of Charles H.'Kliis, iruardian of
Daniel M. I'arks. a minor child of Kaiuuel Parks,
late of Cambria conntv, docoased.
7. The account of Jsefih S. Straver, iruardian
of Alary K., Clarissa and iAlari?iiret K. Uoutrhiiour.
minor children of Chrislian Uoughnour, "late of
Taylor township, deceased.
R. The first and final account of Josephine M.
K lie, admiuistratrlx of iiev. J. V, Ktlwj, late of
i.lentur!? borough, deceased.
9 The a. -count of Margaret Karlor and Sarah
K. Sianlan, Hdmlnlstrators of William Kaylor,
late of Allegheny township, deceased.
10. The first and partial account of Jacob Yost,
administrator of Leonard Ott. late or Blackllck
township, deceased.
II. The first and final account or John Back and.
Benjamin Wertncr, administrators uf Augustine
Farabauirh, late of Carrolltown borough, dee'd.
VI. The second and final account of Solomon
BensliiKir. executor or Peter AUbaugh, late of
Ja-kson township.
13. The flr."t tnd final account of John Arthurs,
executor of John Kooken, late of Johnstown bor
ouih deceased.
14. The third account oT Harriet Orr and W. C.
Towis. administrators of Win. Orr, late or Johns
town loroiih, deceased.
15 The second and final account of W. Horace
Hose, executor of Jieuben Haynes, late of Johns
town boroueh, deceased.
18. The first and final account of P. F.Custer,
ad minis; rator of John Kose, late of Jackson town
ship deceased.
17. The first and final account of P. F. Custer
and Wm. II. Sechler, executors of Samuel Stiles,
late of Jackson township, deceased.
15. The first and final account of J. I. and T). P.
Brown, executors of John S. Brown, late of Jack
son township, deceased.
l'. The first and final account of John Buck, ex
ecutor of Joseph Buck, late or Allegheny town
ship, deceased.
2n. The partial account of Christopher A. Tur
ner, administrator of John J. Warner, (ate of
Chest township, deceased.
21. The first and partial acronnt of F.mrna Kabb,
administratrix .if Auiustus Kabb, late of Johns
town borough, deceased.
22. The first account of Iarid J. Horner, admin
istrator 1e ton iix in, n. cirm tfxt'imriit- fiinirr'; of
Isaac Horner, late .f Kichland township, dee'd.
23 The first and final account of Jacob Trefts
iuhI ' Jenrjre Selirader. mini intst rators of John J.
Trefiz. late of Johnstown borough, deceased.
SI. The first and partial account of Jeo. C K.
Zahm and H. Kinkead. executors of David Pow
ell, late of Cambria township, deceased.
.r.MFS -M. SI.VOER, Register
Register's Omee, Ebeustiurg, Pa., May Id, 1875.
TJTT IDOW.-i' A VPR A ISEM EXTS.
Notice is hereby given that he fol
Inwini named apprai-"' incuts of personal pro
pfi f.v f,f rteffilents. selected and t npart for
the will wt of intestates, linili r the Art if As
sembly ot the Utr. day of April, A. I. 1S5I, have
been tiled in the Register's tlfice at Etienshurir
and will h pres- fifod to the Orphans' Court 4f
Cambria county, for confirmation and allow
ance, on WrnxbuAV, tlio tMli day of Juki:, A.
1. Is75, to wit :
1. Inventory and appraisement of certain per
sonal property appraised and set apart for Martsa
ret Shiry, widow of Charles Shiry, late of Adams
township, deceased, $57.50.
2. Inventory and appraisement of certain per
sonal property appraised and set apart for t'atha
r ne Homer, widow of Jacob Horner, late of Johns
town borouifh. deceased, t loo. 00.
3. Inventory an 1 uppraiscment of certain per
sonal property appra!e. ami set npart for Catharine-
Fresh, widow ot Clement Fresh, late of Cam
bria township, deceased. $298.65.
4. Inventory and appraisement of certain per
sonal property appra is';d and set apart for Rebecca
Krintr. widow ot (Jideon Kring, late of Adams
township, deceased, 13U0.00.
6. Inventory ami appraisement of certain per
sonal propert v appraised and set apart for Mary
Pha en. widow ot James Phalen, late ot Carroll
township, deceased, 222.e5.
8. Inventory and appraisement of certain per
sonal projwrty appraised nd set npart for Kiiia
berh iclonalf. widow oT Daniel McDonald, late
of Cambria horotih, deceased, $298.00.
7. Inventory and appraisement of certain per
sonal property appraised and set apart for Bridget
Jlc' oy, widow ot William McCoy, late of Clear
field township, deceased. 3U0.f 0.
8. Inventory and appraisement of certain per
sonal property appraised and set apart for Su -anna
h i Oman, widow of Jacob Oilman, late of Rich
land township, deoeasd. -T'0.00.
J A MRS M. SIXOF.R. K(?Ister.
Register's Odlce, Kbensburg, Pa., May 10. W5.
THE WALTER A. WOOD
HO WINS & REAPING MACHINE.
Strong Local Endorsement.
f pil F. following letter fully explains itself, and
A
ueciis no coininent
F.BtfNSP.rno, Tjl, April IS, 1875.
Tn Wafer A. I Food, lrtiilrnt, etc.
Iiear Sir This Is to certify
that I pnrehased from L. & S. W. Davis, your
nir'-nts in this plnee. dnrimr the vear ls72, one of
your XEW IRON MOWERS, which I have oper
ated during the past three seasons with entire suc
cess. I have used it In cutting fully 200 acres of
grass, and have not expended one cent on It for
repairs. Like all other machines, it is not perfect,
of course, but the only fault I find with it. is that
It is not arranged with shafts for one horse instead
of two. n one horse can very easily operate It in
anything like (air ground.
Jons T. Hcohm,
Residing 4 miles south of Kbensburg.
IT" Parties interested who wish to see the
above named Mower or examine the merits of
HoHetn's Mower and Reaper, Pratt's, Sabine,
'lipperand Myers' Hay Rake. Stoner's Fanning
Mi.l. the renowned Imperial Plow, and other
first cIhss farming machinery, are Invited to
call at the Livery and t?al Stable of
L. Si S. W. DAVIS,
Atrents for Cambria County.
Ebensburir, April Zl, 1875.-3m.
1ST OF CAUSES set down for
trial at the ensuing" term of Court, com
mencing On the t-IHMT Mo DAT of J cms ueit:
FIRST WEEK,
Christy
Wehn
McOnrity .
Burns ....
UfK
Davis
Ti. AlleghenT Mountain
Coal and Lumber Co.
rs. Walters.
vs. Shumate.
vs. Van Ormer.
vs. Lloyd.
. . .. vs. Dunn.
SECOND W. K.
ts. nist.
ts. Heslop.
vs. Arhlo.
vs. McLaughlin.
vs. Penna. Rail Road Co.
vs. Collins.
Cooper Co ,
Heslop ,
( i'Donnelj et al
Haven St Co
Huirhan
( talligan
Fiake it Co
Vaughn k Lynch..
Mccioskey ,
Berkey ,
Myers Co
Ciimir a Iron Co..
Bradley. .
..ts. The Tup, of White.
..vs. O'Neil.
. .ts. Adams' Ex'r.
.vs. Orifflth fc Davis.
.vs. Conrad.
..vs. Christy.
.ts. Hriskell.
. ts. Miller.
Curisl y
B.
:icCOIXAN, Prothonotary.
Prothonotary's Ottlce, Kbensburg, May 10, 1875.
NOTICE HANDS OFF ! We,
the linileralgnert, lisire bought at Sher
iffs sale the following described personal proper
ty, to wit: 1 clock, bar fixtures and tumblers, 2
tables, I cupboard and dishes, 1 stove and fixtures,
1 clothes-press, 1 sewlna machine, lot of carpet, 1
bureau, carpet and stand, 2 bedsteads and carpet,
carpet and clock, 8 sets chairs, 13 bedsteads ami
bedding, and 3 stands, which we have left In care
of 3. A. McUough daring our pleasure.
H. J. HA US.
HENRY ELLON,
JOSEPH CRAM ER,
JOSEPH WEJRTNEK.
Chst Springs, May 12, l70.-t.
T
-he Clil Farm House.
At the ft of the 1 111, near the old red mill.
In a quiet, shady spot,
Just peeping throMgh half hid from view.
Stands a little, moss-grown eot.
And straying through at the open door,
The sunbeams play on the sanded door.
The easy hair all patched with care.
Is placed by the old hearth-stone;
With witching grace, in the old fireplace,
The evergreens are strewn.
And the pictures hang on the whitened wall.
And the old clock ticks in the cottage halL
More lovely still, on the window sill.
The dew-eyed flowers rest;
While 'midst the leaves on the grass-grown
eaves
The martin builds her nest.
And al. day long the summer breeze
Is whispering love to the bended trees
Over the floor all covered e'er
W th sack of dark green baize,
Lies musket old, whose worth is told
In the events of other days;
And the powder flask, and the hunter's horn.
Have hung beside it for many a morn.
For years have fled, with noiseless tread.
Like fairy dreams away.
And left iu their flight, all shorn of his might,
A father old and gray;
And the soft wind plays with his snow-white
hair.
And the old man sleeps In his easy chair.
Inside the door on the saaded floor,
Light, airy footsteps glide,
And a maiden fair, with flaxen hair.
Kneels by the old man's side
A n old oak wrecked by the an;p-y storm.
W bile the ivy rlings to its trembling form.
MES. JONES' ELOPEMENT.
Mr. Jones came home that afternoon
feeling cross aod tired. Business had
been dull, and. the clerks hid been provok
ing. When he felt out of sorts, as he did
that day, a nice supper and his wife's com
pany were the best antidotes he knew of,
and he hoped to have them effect & cure
in this instance, as they often had in other
instances.
But Mrs. Jones was ortt, the girl Baid.
She had been busy in her roohi all the
afternoon; she dida't know what she was
doing. About an hour ago she had put
on her bonnet and gone out, ' and had
charged her to tell her husband, when he
came home, that she should not be back
until late in the evening. "Gone out
on particular business, she said," added
Bridget.
"On particular business," growled Jones.
"I'd like to know what particular business
she has. I should'say it was a wife's busi
ness to stay at home. She knew, of
course, that I was coming home complete
ly tired out, but that doesn't interfere
with her pleasure in the least. She can
enjoy herself just the same probably all
the more, because I am out of the way. I
widh I knew where she'd gone."
lie went up to her room to see if she
had worn some of her best clothes.
"Because, if she has," reasoned Mr.
Jones, "she's gone oil to h ive a good time,
with some one she cares more for than she
does for me."
Mr. Jones' brow was black as any thunder-cloud,
at the thought. He was in pre
cisely the right frame of miad to make
mountains out of mole-hills.
But she hadn't worn any of her new
dresses.
"It can't be she's going to a party,
then," concluded Mr. Jones, "or she'd have
rigged up more. It must be she's goinj
somewhere else, and wants to keep dark.
It begins to look mysterious. A woman
don't generally go ofT in this way, without
saying something to her husband, and wear
her old clothes, without its meaning some
thing, I've observed," said Mr. Jones,
Solemnly, to the Mr. Jones in the glass.
"I'd like to know what it all doe mean,
anyhow."
It was just at this juncture that Mr.
Jones discovered a letter on Mrs. Jones'
writing-desk. It was a freshly-written
page, beginning:
"Dear Edward
Mr. Jones, hair raised on end when his
eagle eye caught ti e sight of that name.
What awful thing had he discovered t
Could it be that his wife was in the habit
of writing letters to gentlemen P Perhaps
6ho has gone out to meet one now.
lie read the letter through without
stopping to take breath, from beginning to
end.
It read as follows :
"Deab Edward i
"I have read your touching appeal oyer
a-.d over, u-itil eTery word of it is stamped
upon my heart. It has caused me to fight
a terrible battle with myself. I lovo you,
and there is no use for me to deny it. I
cannot deceive myself, nor you, by so do
irg. But my duty is to stay with my hua
b ind. I loathe him I despise him ; he is
a tyrant but, he is my husband, and as
such, I suppose he has a claim upon me,
in the eyes of the world, that you have
ne t. But, my darling, J love you, and I
hive come to the conclusion to cast my lot
with yours. I will do as you wish me to.
I will meet you at the oak tree to-night at
ten o'clock. I hope I shall "
And here, at the bottom of the page, the
letter broke off very abruptly. The other
side of the page was blank.
"Great Jehosophat 1" That was the aw
ful word that broke from Mr. Jones' lips,
when he had finished reading. It was the
nearest to swearing of auy word he indulg
ed in. If ever he felt justified in using it,
he did now. His face was a sight to behold.
It was full of anger and surprise, and com
plete bewilderment.
"She loTes him. does she," he ejaculated,
faintly. "And I'm a tyrant, am I r The
wretched creature ! She loathes me, and
despises me, does she f I'll show her a
thing or two. Let me see ten o'clock, at
the oak tree ; I'll be there, my dear, and
I'll learn your "dear Edward" something
I UC WUU U IVlgCI,. A U gU UU b LUIS DieSSeU
minute and get a couple of officers, and
we'll wait for you. I fancy we'll surprise
you a little. Great Jehosophat ! and she's
actually been deceiving me all the time,
and letting soma other man talk love to her,
and coax her to elope with him ! I can't
belieTe it, and yet I can't doubt it, for
here it is in her own writing. I wouldn't
have believed it, if I hadn't seen it in black
and white. Dear me ! I wonder if I can
bear up under the cuful blow? What
will folks say ? I shall be ashamed to meet
anybody. It's awful awful !" and Mr.
Jones wiped his face with his handker
chief, and looked the complete picture of
grief.
Mr. Jones was so "struck all of a heap,"
to use his own expression, by the terrible
intellir nee that he didn't stop to reason
over tne matter. He never once thought
that "Dear Edward" couldn't by any possi
bility have received this letter, since it
hadn't been sent. He only realized that
his wife was going to run away, and that
she was going to meet her lover at ten
o'clock.
"ITI be there, my lady,' said Mr. Jones,
significantly, putting on his overcoat, pre
paratory to setting out in search of the
proper officers. "I'll be there, and I'll
give your 'Dear Edward something he
4didn't bargain for. I'll 'Dear Edward'
him."
About nine o'clock Mr. Jones and a
couple of officers came up the road stealth
ily, and secreted themselves behind a clump
of bushes near the place where the two
mainroads crossed each other.
"Now you mind what I say," said Mr.
Jones. 'Til go for him, and you keep
out of the way, till I am done with
him. I'll make him wish he'd never
thought'of such a thing as making love to
other men'g wives, see if I don't, I'll
pommel him ! I'll trounce hiin within an
inch of his life, the contemptible puppy !"
a.nd Mr. Jones struck out right and loft at
his visionary rival in a way that made the
officers titter.
They waited, and waited and kept wait
ing. The ten o'clock train came in, whist
ling shrilly. And still no sign of either
woman or man for whom they were wait
ing. Presently Mr. Jones bade them listen ;
he heard steps down the road.
The night was dark, and they could not
see a rod off. But he was right in think
ing he heard steps. Some one was
coining.
"It's him, curse him," muttered Mr.
Jones.- "Now you lay low, and mind what
I say, Don't come till I tell you to. I dare
say I 6hall half-kill him, but you keep off,
and let me be, I'll take the consequences,
if I do kill hitn completely. Great Jehoso
phat ! I just yearn to get lay hands on
the wretch."
"He's close by now," v'.'spered one of
the men.
"I see him," answered TSTr. Jones, in an
awful whisper: "Here, h i I my hat I'm
going for him, and may tlie Lord have mer
cy upon his soul !"
Accordingly, Mr. Jones "went for him."
He made a rush at the tall, black figure
coming leisurely up the road. He gave it
a punch in the stomach with one fist, and
another in the ribs with his other fist,
snorting like a wild bull. He was too ex
cited to tilk intelligibly, at first. The
unsuspecting recipient of such an extraor
dinary greeting seemed half -inclined to
run at first, but, on second thought, seemed
to think better of it, and turned upon his
assailant.
"Take that, and thai, and" that," cried
Mr. Jones, who had got so he could utter
words a trifle more coherently by this time,
dealing blows right -nd left. "Kun away
with my wife, will you f You old villain,
I'll learn you to swoop round the Jones
family trying to break it up. Take that
and that ! and oh, great Jehosophat !"
Mr. Jones tune suddenly changed;
the victim of a husband's righteous
wrath had brought his cane to bear up
on his foe and was doing good work
with it.
"Smith Dobson ! help, help !" shrieked
Jones, as the cane fell upon his head and
shoulders in unmerciful blows. "Murder !
help !"
The officers came to his assistance and
succeeded in securing the stranger.
"I'd like to know what this means I" he
demanded. "I supposed this neighborhood
was respectable, but I should think you've
all gone crazy, or else turned highway
robbers."
"We'll let you know what it means,"
cried Jones. "I don't believe you will
want to run away with Samuel Jones' wife
again."
"Is that you, Samuel Jones ?" asked
the prisoner. "I thought your voice sound
ed kind of familiar, before, but you bellow
ed so I couldn't make it out. Are you in
sane, r idiotic or what P"
"Lord bless me, if you ain't uncle
Joshua !" said Mr. Jones faintly. He felt
small enough, just then, to crawl through
a knot-hole. "I'm awful sorry that this
has happened, but I couldn't help it, I didn't
know it was you. You see, Amelia's fell in
love with some fellow, and I came across a
letter this afternoon that she had written
to him, saying she'd meet him here at ten
o'clock, and I got these men to help me,
and we waited for him, and I thought yon
were the man 1"
"Fell in love with another man and
promised to meet him here at ten o'clock P
Stuff and nonsense !" exclaim ed uncle
Joshua, indignantly. "You were always
the biggest fool ! You're crazy I"
"But I tell you I sa her orvn letter," ex
claimed Mr. Jones. "I ain't crazy now,
but I shouldn't wonder if I was before
long."
" Ifou've lost all the sense you used to
have, and that wasn't enough to brag of,"
said uncle Joshua, rather uncomplimen
tary. "Come along to the house, and
we'll ask Amelia what it meats."
Uncle Joshua led the way, with a pain
in his stomach, caused by Mr. Jones' ener
getic attempt to teach his supposed rival
not to meddle with the Jones family, and
Mr. Jones followed in his wake, with, a
sore head and a very black eye.
There was a light in the sitting-room.
Mrs. Jones was there.
"See here, Amelia," exclaimed uncle
Joshua,, bursting in like a thunderstorm.
"Your fool of a husband says you've fell
in love with some one, and that you wrote
hitn a letter s.tying you'd meet him at ten
o'clock to-night and run away with him,
find he says he's seen this letter. Now, I
don't believe a word of it, but I'd like to
have you explain, if you can.
"I never wrote any such thing," declar
ed Mrs. Jones, indignantly.
"You did!" exclaimed Mr. Jones, "It's
no use for you to lie abotit it, Amelia.
You've broke my heart, and you did
write that letter. I found it on your deek,
and here it is. It begins 'Dear Ed
ward.' "
"Oh, I know all about it now," cried
Mrs. Jones, beginning to laugh. "Oh,
dear me ! You see, Laura Wade and I
agreed to write a story, and I had got
mine half-done, and went over to read it to
her this afternoon, and when I got there
I found that I'd lost a page of it. I must
have left it on my desk. It was about a
woman who was going to elope my story
was and she wrote that she would go
with her lover, and then, when she thought
it all over, concluded to stay at home and
do her duty. The pafe that was missing
was the one that had the letter on it that
she wrote to her lover. You found it, and
thought I was going to run away ! Oh,
dear, I never heard of anything so fanny !
Oh, dear me !" and Mrs. Jones laughed un
til the tears ran down her cheeks.
"I can't sec anything very funny about
it," said Mr. Jones, feeling rather sheep
ish. "How wad I to know that you were
writing stories ? You've no business to
spend your time in that way."
"That's ho," growled uncle Joshua, whose
stomach began to feel sore and bruised.
"You're a fool for writing stories, and
Jones is a fool any way."
Which was poor consolation for Jones.
The story of the whole affair leaked out
and he will never hear the last of Mrs.
Jones elopement.
GETTIXG1 IUAKKIKD.
Every young girl, now-a-d&ys, expects
to get a rich husband ; and therefore rich
men ought to be abundant. In the coun
try, we admit that girls are sometimes
brought up with an idei of work, and with
a suspicion that each may chance to wed a
sober, steady, good-looking, industrious
young man, who will be Oinpjlled to earn
by severe labor the subsistence of Limsalf
and family, There are not so many
brought up with such ideas, now, even in
the country, as there used to be ; but
there are some, and they, eonseiu-jntly,
learn how to becoma worthy helpm vtes to
such worthy partners. But in town it is
different. Prom the htghest.to the lowest
class in life, the prevailing idea with all
is, that marriage is to lift them, at onc3,
alove all necessity for exertioa ; and even
the servant-girl dress ?s and reisons as if
she entertained a romantic confidence in
her Cinderella-like destiny of marrying a
prince, or, at least, of being fallen in love
with and married b;r some wealthy gen
tleman if not by somj nobleman in dis
guise. This is why so many young men fear
to marry. The young women they meet
with are all so imbued with notions of
mtrriage so utterly incompatible with the
ordinary relations of life in their station;
they are so wholly inexperienced in the
economy of the household ; they have been
taught, or have taught themselves, such a
"noble disdain" for all kinds of family in
dustry ; they have acquired such expecta
tions of lady-like ease and elegance in the
matrimonial connection, that to wed any
one of the.n is to secure a life-long lease
domestic nnhappiness, and purcha
wretchedness, poverty, and despair.
All this is wrong, and should be amen
ed. Such fallacies do not become a sensi
ble age nor a sensible people. Our grand
father and mothers had more wisdom than
this. The present age is much too fast a
one in this respuct Let us sober down a
little. Let every young woman be taught
ideas of life aud expectations of marriage
suitable to her condition, and she will not
be so frequently disappointed. Should
she be fortunate and wed above that con
dition, she may revdily learn the new du
ties becoming to it, and will not have been
injured by having possessed herself of
those fitting a station below. Let her an
ticipate always a marriage with one in the
humbler walks of life and then, should
she happen to do better, her good fortune
will be only the more delightful.
j A jacket of fifty bonnets, the latest
broadbrim fashion, has just been forwarded
to the Shah of Persia for the use of his la
dies. The bill was fi.OOOf- Western civil
isition is finding its way to Teheran.
KEYS Klt'S bllEjLM.
HOW HE ANTICIPATED DEATH. J
Last December my friend Keyser dream- I
ed one night that be would die oh the i3th !
of January. So strongly was lie assured of
the fact that the vision would prove true '
that he began at once to make preparations j
for his departure. He got measured foi a '
burial suit, be drew up bis will, be picked '
out a nice lot in the cemetery and had it
fenced in ; he joined the church, and se
lected six of the deacons as bis pall bear
ers. He also'requested the choir to sing at
the funeral, and he got them to run over a
favoiite hymn of his to see how it would
sound. Then be i;ot Toombs, the under
taker, to knock together a burial casket,
with silver-plated handles, and cushions
inside, and be instructed the undertaker to
rush out his best beavse, and to buy sixty
pairs of black gloves to be distributed
among the mourners. He had some trouble
deciding upon a tombstone. The man at
the marble-yard wanted to shove off on him
a second-baud one, with an ailgei weeping
over a kind of a flower-pot ; but Keyser
finally ordered a new one, with a design
rcpicsentifg a rosebud with a broken stem,
and the legeud, "Not lost, but gone
before."
Then he got the village newspaper to ptit
a good obituary notice of him in type, and
he told his wife that he would be gratified
if she would come out in the sprinc and
p'aut violets upon his grave. He said it !
was hard to leave her and the children, but
she must try to bear up under it. These
afflic'Jons are for our good, and when he
was an angel he would come and watch
over her, and keep his eye on her. He
said she m:ght marry again if she wanted
to, for, although the mere thought of it
neat ly broke his heart, he wished her above
all to be happy, and to have some one to
love her and protect her from the storms of
the rude world. Then he, and Mrs. Key
ser, and the children cried, and Keyser, as
a closiug word of counsel, advised her not
to plow for corn earlier than the middle of
March.
On the night of the 12th of January there
was a flood in lie creek, aid Keyser got tip
at 4 o'clock in the morning of the loth, and
worked until night trying to save hit
buildings and his woodpile. Ho was so
busy that he forgot all about its being the
day of his death, aftd, as he was very tired,
be went to bed early and ulept soundly all
night.
About 6 o'clock on tire morning of the
14th there was a ring at the door bell.
Keyser jumped out of bed, threw up the
front window and exclaimed I
"Who's there?"
"It's me Toombs," said the undertaker.
"What do you want at this time of the
morning?" demanded Keyser.
"Want," said Toombs, not recognizing
Keyser, "Why, I've brought around the
ice to pack Keyser in, so he'll keep until
the funeral. The oorpse'd spoil this kindei
weather if we didn't."
Then Keyser remembered, and it made
him feel mad when he thought bow the
day bad p issed and left him still alive, and
how he had made a fool of himself. So
the corpse said :
"Well you can just skeet around home
again with that ice ; the coipse is not yet
dead. You're a leetle too anxious, it
sttikes me. You're not goin' to chuck me
into a sepulchre yet, if you have got every
thing ready. So you can haul off and
unload."
Abrnt half-past 10 that morning the
Deacons come around, with ciapc on their
hats and gloom on their faces, to carry the
b dy to the grave, and while they were on
the front steps the n.arble-yaid man drove
up with the rosebud tombstone and shovel,
and stepped in to ask the widow how deep
she wanted the gtave dug. Just then the
choir anivtd with the minister, and the
company was assembled in tho parlor,
when Keyser came in from the stable,
where he had been dosing a horse with
patent medicine and mash for the glanders.
He was surprised, but he proceeded to ex
plain that there had been a little mistake
somehow. He was also pained to find that
everybody seemed to be a good deal dis
appointed, particulary the tombstone man,
who went away mad, declaring that such
an old ft aud ought to bo rammed into the
ground anyhow, dead or alive. Just as
the Deacons left in a huff, the tailor's boy
arrived with the buiial suit, and before
Keyser could kick him off the steps the pa
per carrier flung into the door the Morning
Argus, in which that obituary occupied a
prominent place.
Anybody who wants a good reliable
tombstone that has a broken rosebud on it,
and that has never been used, can buy one
of that kind at a sacrifice foi cash, from
Keyser. He thinks that bad dream must
have been caused by eating too much sau
sage at supper. AJler.
Here are soma of the devious ways and
war. darings of a love-'etter : A Boston lady,
while in Paris two years ago, sent a letter
to her sweetheart, a ship captain, aidress-
; ingittoSt. Helena. It missed the wanderer
1 and follwed him about the world, finally re-
I' turning to Paris, where the captain's hanker
forwarded it to Boston. It reached him
one evening as be was bouncing a six-weeks-old
baby on bis knee, he having
' married the writer of the letter a year ago.
i The letter could not have followed him
' more persistently if it bad been a dun.
Salter's nor.
Salter had a boy who was not worth the1
starch in Lis shirt collar to any one. H's
name was Noble. He was appropriately
named. He was a noble !ra. Salter
hired him for a dollar a week to tend office;
He stayed with Salter just half an Lour,
when he discharged htm. ilia discharge
was summary. The boy come to the office
at 10 o'edack. Baiter, after telling him
what to da, went across the street to see a
friend, leaving the boy dasting the fund
ture.
After Laving quite a chat with his friend,
during which he bad told him lie bad got
a boy to work for him, and that he hoped
he could leave the office ortcner now, be
returned. He had been gone just fourteen
minutes by the watch. It i8 astonishing
how much cussedness a good healthy boy
can accomplish in fourteen minuses.
As Salter approached the door, Le heard
a medley of indescribable sounds within Lis
office. He opened the door, and there was
that noble boy flying around the room,
with a broom after a strange cat.
As be entered, the boy shouted i
"Doggon it, boss, hurry up and shut the
door, or she'll get out. Oh, Lord, can't
she skin around, tho' ?'
And making a pass at "the cat with the
broom, he mashed all the glass out of the
book-ca-e. Did Salter get mad 1 Oh, no t
He kept Lis temper aud bUru-d for the
boy, who, thiuking he was arter the cat
too, got mere excited than ever, and yell
ed :
"There site goes, blast her old hide.
Head her off, boss ; head her off I Oh, glory
ain't we havin' a time!" and, making
another pass at the cat, lie hit Salter on the
head with the broom, and, running agaiu-t
him, upset hitn iu a coal-scuttle, and rushed
on.
The Cat making thg circuit of the room
before Salter could arise, dashed across his
outstretched body, and ripped great gasl.c-s
in his pants and shirt bosom with his
claws the boy following close after her
fell over him. Picking himself tjs be Sat
down to take a test, v.hile the cat, biding
on a book-case, mewed piteously. Then
Salter arose. He did not lot his temper
get the better of his judgment, but he was
very pale. He reached for the boy. Ifo
got a fitm grip on his collar, and started
for the door, When he got outside, bo
placed that noble boy in front of bim, and
kicked him clear Out of his coat. TLeri
he dragged him to the fctairs, end pitched
hitn down a Uight of ten steps and then
jumped down on him. Then he plucked
a handful of the boy's hail, and tossed bird
out on the walk. The boy picked himself
up, gazed wistfully up the stairs, andj
while great lears uf sorrow rolled down his
cheeks, he sighed
"What a bully time I could have had
with that cat !"
Sailer has concluded that be Can get
along until spring without a boy. He hfcft
adopted the cat, and has posted tip A
notice to the effect that any boy caught id
the buildiug will be shot on sight.
Pr Shimixy! Ish Dot So? There is
doubtless such a thing as excessive prompt
ness in emergencies. Presence of mind
and determination are admirable qualities
in themselves, but it sometimes happens
that a decision made upon the spur of the
moment is regretted upon a mora deliberate
survey of the field. This remorse seems td
have overtaken lately a worthy Dutchman
of Anaka county, Minnesota. The Dutch
man was seeking to reach a town at soaio
distance from Sauk Ceutre, aud to accom
plish this must drive over the prairie from
the latter town. He was unaccustomed to
the road and night overtook him with his
vehicle fast in a slough and no town id
sight. He sought the solitary farm house
visible and asked permission to 6tay till
morning, the farmer telling the haveler,
however, that it would be necessary for
biin to sleep with the children or with the
farmer himself, as their accommodations
were limited. Quick a lightning, the
Dutchman expressed his itsolution not td
sleep with the "bodderation shiltren,"
so he slept with the farmer. The rest of
the story may be given in his own lan
guage !
"Veil, in der mornin', ven we comes
ruit der sthairs down, t Fee two girls a pout
seventeen und nineteen years old, und I
ask der old man : 'Pees dem girls die
shiltren you told me a pout?' und be say
yaw ; dem ish mine only shiltren V und I
says to myself, Vy shiminy 1 ish dot so?'
y. Y. Commercial Advertiser
An old couple from Camden were wan
dering through an Eastern market, when
tlie man became so deeply engaged in
watching two handsome ladies that be
failed to reply to his wife's inquiries She
saw what ailed bim, and catching him by
the coat tails she slung him "kerwhop"
against a stall, then taking him by tho
collar, she said :
"Samuel Hauover, don't attempt to trifle
with me ! You know me, Samuel, and
you know that I'll break yonr old neck if t
calch you trying to play off on me !"
He turned his attention to the vegetables
after that.
" "Why do you use paint?" asked a vio
linist of his daughter. "For the same rea
that yon use rosin, papa." "How is that?"
"Why, to Loip me draw my beau."