"I ! f -" A. McPIKE, Editor and Publisher. HE IS A FREKMAX 'WHOM THE TRUTH MAKES FKEE, AXD A LI. ARE SLAVES BE8tbE." Terms, $2 per year, in advance. oU'Mt: ix. EBENSBURG, I A., FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1S75. I EBEfiSBURC V -ANO- OBSE-FOBRISH'G STORE I Tin: I'I. AM. TO IlL'Y !CYE3, HARDWARE, TINWARE, ls. CLASS, OILS, PAINTS, &c. GEO. HUNTLEY, PropV. ; i lll'NTLKY'S and l.,..r MOW I N't; ami 1 1 K A I VI. i.ifi.ie. MUCKS UiiEATLV y, ill CO T' HUNTLEY'S and iiousi: HAY i:ake I lll'.Al' Hilt CASH. !1M I. . ; To IirNTLF.Y'S nnd ;v t'l f.i T tnUN FOKDKU and 1 I' 1 I'I ' ever s.l I in this countv. ,i i! ..re ;ii in saved in one year hy cut- t. i.,t W illi it. ;. in m:TLKVS and r 11. -iit. .-,f little rnoi'i'iNt; I. It chop fr.in 10 to p . .11. i t- oil's per hour. DL'Y 1 i. I.V t l'i. -vanillic fl Ai:Ml.K. 1 l,.n ...ir I : . iii: .!!': ;o TO HUNTLEY'S and a v kst t ols, which ; li'lt CASH th.ui they can i'o it) Ebeiistmrjf. ; AND OTMKIIS, if yoii in a Ionise or l.arn, or other- t. 1 iir .r. ti..tv. i d to 111 ..1 I . - - pain is, mm:iih aui: . I 1. t ii inn for cash. . n.i: i;o to urNTi.F.vs ., 'I ' nr.S ami Dt'H.IUNO l'.i i -.i.-ii 11:1 I iivt' "11 j.cr cent. m; nis. nr :n.i:Y win soil I 1- :;!', l!'t. NaiN, t'ar-t..- I . '. '.' i l i;..l. Cast .tcc!, 1 . ii; 1 n. ;o To in::; r- :n .1 I. iv vur S'ovps and Ttn ' AMi' SA V K .H . KV. s no to 11 'NT- I. !.V L." per -ciit. by 1 i L--S. V.l-U, pootl- Cc. - 1 - i V 11- !'l.!:s, CO To m"NT-i-iv the ni.ANCMA 1 1' w.rld. Suld for Cash .- I I ii e i' !ii'M i,r,v mi: ct.otiif.s '.VI' C, KUS. He sells them at great- 1 f! 1 s ..r Tin ready cusii. 11 n 1 '.: ' will sell yon YVAU, PA 'I '- 'P, if i;ot clioaper, than ! K!.ct:sliiirjr. Htid trim it into ii ? ex t ra vlinrire. i ai:.;: lot or pockkt and i'l' N Iv I V KS very ch.-np for cah at .''.'.1 . f. i ; - i sTr A'Tfi TpT. at e i w a 1 1 1 : :-. ''. lear'Ket ai 2-1 per flit, less than ' 1 1 1 r , s. Sold for cash -t 1 ! lll'.VTt.KVS. rt Etesl Plow Points. 'VI:-'. . tip in I !l. are hereby liiforiocl n .. . v. t -..e und I. ib.tr can In- saved by S'i i I I. nv sh ires, of whieti only one 11- .rovel .-nfttiient bra whole !.. ;. :.d 11 some soils, hy beiniftwice -!'.! I 1 I.Tstdl t WO sc-lsor.-. - ir I' j it :ii. l m ilti; I he plow scour and .-. s " sr.'iii ami toim li t hat t hey 1 .. .... V. ii. n ivi.rn dull, t liey ean b 4 1 ' re I by tiny tcnod blacksmith ' ;i: ; ' i.- .it mix part. - i t . - k. ! i n li.in I an t fit any JMtts- ." ' . r -r U.i.-l m ole to order. AIL PRICES of POINTS. If. 01 Clltlr f. !.:. 1 " 1 85 1.75 llrnn r'l'or. ? s 'l.im 1.25 1.S0 11 f ' r. 1.45 4 1-il V( V n. 't'y tr.nle mark and tlio word 1 - at nno and try It now, point s iicre.i Iter. in :. K it . t til. 1' n. Srccl is patented. i.t If r Steel Works I. . - nad W.i'4'.n Skeins also ;. 1. Ir nil lour to six times i.'v l.:.!f tho weight of those .1. c. i:inw i:i.t. s '.'.'Tymi I Oarri'011 Alley I'it'sbnrnh.F.-l. . ii 'Voiks, .lunc 4, 1d75.-3iii. T ltlooi in the I.IFi:. 1 't it s in j.ore the. whole sys--1 t, ,r- .ljs.-a.-ed. Yoii e:in '' i'o. ty a stream while tie? t . her e-iri yon impart ifood ""' 1 y while" t lie bb,iHl Is con- - -.-" a 11 parts of it. Therc- I I.' 11 '1. aiel nature will heal ' -I h.i fw r been discovered I trt.it a number of ptrmn- t-r ,it'' m rtiJ LIHDSEY'S lb' 1 rifi: - -rina a national reputation for t'.e l-ure of -tlj'r'tiftiiH. Cnnrrron.H ''''''' i:risi,Has. Iloil.-. 'J"1', : "' Sore j:,es, V; 7 'I""'. THter, Salt 'i,. Merrm inl and "" St. in 1H erases. t'.lilo Compound, and ran--1 v , ',r,: T mfant. Iadlcs who nf- - : 1,., .ii.,..... known ft. Vv. tk J," ' 1 w 11 rind speed ,- relief by nsin 1 .pw .r.. ,,f o,.ir.r trlts. The itenii- II. K. St.l.l.V.lIS kl 'II-. I'll L- -j'"in .,t each iM.ttle. I'i"j,'ts's and Country Dealer.", v.'.h.k. St Si.- 1i..I I. Lefts. VP r it V ii i-4.-;i!u.j E GuiXii TO paintT" iBf' ill Chemical Paint. , ' ' 'lf nd colors, ready to ' an I n.e. Av ,,Be can ,' lU ,,... ''!''' l"iiness by usiii jt. It is ' " ii-?i. lry a sample can. Sold at BALDWIN & CO., ''"Mtl llfju, M. l6ln rforf 11 "m .viTi '''U.N SPKI.N'l V. AOO.N'S. ,r-'tl.i, FARM W'AUOX.S, r-. , ,V?"I1. M kinds of Carts and "-tiiu.'act ured and for sal cheap at :M'E WAGON WORKS, - (-'.OI.KMANkfO.X. be5" I no"-f of ;2f)"rr.isya. hlllnp T.rms Tree. AiMresa t-'o., l-ortland. Me. QTATEMENT of SETTLEMENT 1 with the Supervisors f Susquehanna lownsmp lor the year en.lini June 12, 1875: Thomas J. Htrxk, Supervisor, Dr. To amount of Duplicate (848.10 " Order on Treasurer . 69.'Jt $417.40 Crt. Dy work done on roads by taxablc3.ji330.50 F.xonerations.... 41) " Service as Supervisor. 50 davs. 7."..w " Cash paid for lumber for brld'go 2.50 11: .40 O. W". Ll.ovn, Supervisor, Dn To amount of Duplicate " tler on Treasurer , V.!3.28 60.71 3S3.97 Clt. Hy work done on roads ty taxable. $53.V3S " F.xonerations . 3 20 ' Work of O. W. Lloyd 011 load. wit li team ami hands .S4.t " Services as .Supervisor, eojdayg 90.75- 3S3.!'7 CTATFAIEXT OF SET TLEM F.VT wltli tlio I ' Collector and Treasurer of the Sus.iuehannu Township School Fund, June 5, 1S75. K. I. II.iker, Collector and Treasurer, Dr. To amount of Duplicate $1.4.11. 7S ' State appropriation 134.22 " amount ree'd from ensealed Land... I.'hi.oo " nm't ree'd from disrated Lands ret'd. .vj.oo " aniuiint received Irom State Treasurer 375 in) -Ml 3. OO 21.43 71 -M 33. Ml '7:147 u.'Jl 1.2TKJ.31 tilt. Hy 2 per rent. ns Treasurer.. Commission as Collector, ft per cent " F.xivncratiniis " t Irders paid 11 " I.iiids 1!. F. Douglass ret'd. I Ft.ila nee dno District . . 93069 W'K. the nndersincl Auditor", hartna- num. ined the . Im.vc accounts, do certify that the same are correct. .T.-(. MlMKRVlMiE, I'KTKK HKLFllICU, .T. It. S'l'A Kit. -I. A. I'i.att, IMcrk. Andltors. Attest- 9-25. 3t. ST A T I : M : N T O V AUDI TO II S' SKTTI.KMKNT with the Supi rvisori or Suininerhill Townfhip for 174-ft : ' Jami:s i i.i.;iiKK, Supervisor, Du. To ninouiit of Implicate. .. " ensti Irorti "o. ('.m'rs, 1 '-t.4S ated fands. 7;.37 c.irli on work lload tax.. . 4.14 j.;ri.ys C. Work on I.'oads he laxalde.. . nm't transferred" ti tmplicale of present Sui'fvvisor DI.ic'ksiii it h's !il I p-tid WaiT'inma ker's lifll paid :;ti.; t:i ys service as Supervisor. "ash paid fur Stationery Dv roil 35.14 .o 4..7"' 67 .Ti4.37 1'alanee i!uo Town.-'liip. . t 17.61 I'ktkii Kritixii. Supervisor, Dll. Ton mount of Dnplieare .1.'d.71 " Cash Iroin Co. Coin's. I'tiyoat'd I'ds tax 73.37 " - received on work Itoad tax lu.21 4.15.2S Crt. Work on Koads hy taxables 3.1o i3 .15 Oars' service ns SiiHrvijHr. . ' 52.50 amount reiuriieil to t o. Com'rs. 3 4.01 Kxoiierat ions no Ca.sli for oath 25 417.39 llv I'.i!nnee i!o T.wnhip k 17.W) Dal. due Twp. by P. Keating, Sup'r l7-'l-4. ' l::l..Ui Wk. the iindersi-jncil Auditcrs. Tiercliy certify that the almvit statement is correct. 1'KTF.I! IM ' HTN F.TT, ) J A M I.S F. SK KI.I.Y. V Auditors. .Hill V M -CO '.MICK, S Suiiimerliill Twp., June 12, 1S75. 25-31. J Fort WxVTii:. fl'HK iiiidersined offer nt private sale the pro 1 Jx-rty recently occupied by the "Klx-nsbiirir Milling and M anu fact eriim Co.," sit u.ite in Kbeus bur. Cambria county, consist ina; of ONE ACRE OF CROUND, fronting on the Kbensbnr-jf and Crcsson Kail road, having thereon erected a LARGE PLANING MILL, ! 4-:xft) feet, three utorieji high, with 'toiler shed at- , tachcl, 12x61 feel. The machinery consists of one MOUSE PftWEIl EMINE AMI IIOILEII.! 1 4 oiiibine.t Pinner. 24 inch- wide, f..r snr- I faeintr and irroovin-r: I Siirltii-p ltiter. 2) In. wide; J Irrnlitr p 5iui. with lift tables; ti I Irrnlar 4'rnsix-riit Sum. with slide ta bles; I Snliii 4'ireiilr I roo-l ul S;w: I llonble ll"iir! Shaping HnrhiMe, with iron frame; I letitrie l,ath : I Hand I. at lie. with com plete sef ol Tools. 1 I'olishinir llrnin, 1 feel lontf, I Mo nblln Machine, wit h slide heads. I he a hove machinery, wit li lyeessary shaflinv. IM-Iiinif and pulleys. U in if. mm I working order, with an abun dant supply of rniinlii:; water on tho pn-miseg. Said buildiiiif was erected specially for Hint has leen used In the manufacture of fl'Mirhiv, sidinix, nil kln-ls ol h.indles, brush bhx-ks. ballusters. etc. Chrery, nsh Mpr, linn, susar, lieeeh. maple ami white pine lumber to he had at moderate prices. There is also erected on the premises a Tiro Story frame iHrrtlhiff Mfoiwc COXTAIStNO six ROOMS ASDA CELLAtt. d"For terms apply to .TfUIV A. DTj A I It, F.hensbnrir, JtlllV l.F.W IS. W. H. DO.VACKF.K, Johnstown. Kbcni'burtr, May 11, 1k;5. 2tn. SlIEIlirF'S SALES. Uy virtue of sundry writs of t'i. t't. and Vriiff. V.. jxiii., issued out of tho District Court of Com mon I'lcas ol" t 'nmfirln county and to me direct ed, there will be exposed to Public S.lt nt tho Oprru House in Johnstown, on .Mosiiir, the Tilt day of Jri.r next, at one o'clock, p. m., tho following real estate, to wit : At.i. tho riht. title and interest of David stn.iise or in and ton pieceor lot of irroiind siiii- ate In the Itorouah of Conemaua;li. Cambria eoun- ty. I'll . front Inn -m an alley and bounded by lot of D. W. Oouahnour's heirs on una sid.c, lot of Henry Smith on 1 he other side, and an alley on the back, having 1 Hereon ereeie.i a iwo siory piann house and plank stable, now in the occupancy of David Sirause. Taken in execution and to be sob! at the suit of Jivnton X James, for use of Kben James. Also, all the rlnht. title and Interest of Sylves ter VIsimer and John Thomas, of. in and ton. piece or lot of ground situato in the Fourth Ward of Johnstown toronifh, Cambria county, front Ihk on ll'idTord street and adjotninir lot of IVtuucI Cor thorn on tho one side, Michael Helsel on the other side, and running buck to tho '-Old Feeder,"' har itiut thereon erected a two story ilwellfnK house, now In the occupancy of Sy Irestcr Wissinner. Ti ken in execution nnd to be d'l at the snit of -las. V- Drown. II K KM AN IIACMKK, Sherilf. Slier I it's Ofliee, Johnstown, Juno 14, 1S75. Ai:T)ITOIl'S NOTICE Having licen appointed Auditor by tlioOrphans' Court of Cumbria county to hear and re.iort iin tnc exceptions filed to the first and pari ial account of Chris roritBti A. Warxku, AUministratr of Joiisr J. Warikii. lato of Chest township, dee'd, and to reort dist ribution of I he funds In his hands, notien is hereby given to all parties interested, hat. I will attend to the dulicsof said apuoint- ! rneiit. at niy ofBee with the Recorder of t;.mbrla. county, in Lbensbnrtr, on Vritiny. t he Ittfhday or July next, tiuio ciock, a. sr., wnen aiel wiiere they may attend if they sec proper. June 25.-3t. J. tl. L.AKH, Auditor. AlLMLMSTUATOirS NOTICE. KsUtA of Sasjl'EL. Btov. dee'd. Notice is hereby (riven that letters of Adminis tration on the estate of Samuel Stoy, late of Alle gheny township, dee d, hafo been granted to the undersigned. All persons indebted to said estate are hereby not Ined to make Immediate payment, and those havinif claims against the same will pre sent them duly authenticated for settlement. .KSKI'H KCKF.NRODK, Adoi'r. Allejfheny Twp., June 11. !s7S.-K. FRANCIS MULVETIILL, Vkr tisary Sitiu:ko? ani Faiikier. All ilieaes of Horses and Mules treated prompt ly, intelllo-entlv. and upon verv moderate terms. licsMcnee on Diuli street, near the western e remify of Kbcnjourtf. (-14 -tf. J Thought on the Commandment: 1 BY OEOKOE A. BAKER, JR. "Love your neighbor as yourself" So the parson preaches; That's one-half the decalogue Ho tho pisyer Itook teachts. Half my dutr I can do With but. little lahor; For with all my heart and soul 1 do love my iieisubor. Mighty littlo credit, that, To my self-denial; Xot to lore her, though, might b Something of a trial. Why, tho rosy light that peeps Through the gla.su ahove her Lingers round her lips; yott see " K'en the Hiiuboams love her. So, to make my merit more, I'll go beyond the letter; Love my neighbor as myself? Yes, and ten times better. For she's sweeter than the breath Of the spring that passes Through the fragrant, budding woods, O'er the meadow grasses. Ami I've preached the word, I know, For it was my duty To convert the stuhliorn heart Of the little beauty. Once again success has crowned Missionary laltor, For her sweet eyes own that bha Also lo-ves lior neighbor. Tin: wa rs or moriDisxcis. Alxitit tho middleof the seventeenth cen tury, sicliolas Zambelli, a citizen of Lucca, visited England on business, and, pleased : with the country, settled there. HisiTaii s j prosjMiiTd, and hy the time he was fifty years of age tie had.accumulated a hand- j some fort tine, and felt a desire to end his j days at Lucca, where a brother of his still J resided. He wrote to his family announcing j his intention, and soon after sent them I anot her letter, dated at Rouen, stating that j no naci advanced thus rar on his journey ; that ho li.id some business to attend to at Paris, and might bo exacted to reach Lucca in about two months. Neatly half a year elapsed, however, and nothing was he.-.rd of In'm. His brother, extremely anxious as to his fate, set out for Paris in search f him. Ho visited every place where the missing man was likely to have presented himself in the course jot his bus iness and in his search seemed, at first, to meet with success. Many of those he en conn'.ered stated that they had seen and conversed with the missing man ; ho had claimed and collected tho amount due on various securities to a considerable amount. AY hen, however, tho receipts signed "Zam bclli" were exhibited, tho brother exclaim ed at once that they were forgeries, and it was plain that there had been foul piay of some sort robbery at least, if not murder. No clue could be obtained, however, to the ftuiUy parties ; none of thoso who had paid ; their money to the false Zambelli would . undertake to descritc an individual they I had seen six months before, and but (or a ! few ntiiuitcs. Investigations at lloucn j revealed the fact that Zambelli had anived tlieieand had left for Paris, accompanied lJ' valet. The latter, however, had been b,t ot jcrd, and as SO long a time had -cc lT"-uref no one could undertake to identify this single domestic of the many who in that time had passed through this hotel, tho most frequented in I'ouen. Cornclim Zambelli thereupon brought the matter before tho lieutenant of police, but even his acumen, sharpened by long experience, was at fault. Undoubtedly a crime had been committed somewhere be tween llouen and Paris, but where, when, and by whom ? Reason was at fault, but tho lieutenant was a brilliant example of the Darwinian theory of the acquisition of instincts. Long years of contact with crime, innumerable. searches for criminals had engendered in him a sixth sense, which enabled him to detect the preseno'of an offender against the law where there was no palpable evidence of his existence. Six or seven months before, a goldsmith named Mat tel had opened a shop at Rouen, w here ho wai entirely unknown. There was something strange, awkward, and embar- rasscti j his appearance and manner; ho 11 ' was very reticent as to his antecedents; in- quisitivo neighbors, who ventured to ask him any questions about himself .were put off with evasive answers, while his manner when thus interrogated became painfully embarrassed. These circumstances, joined to the fact that his business was the same as Zambelli's, and his appearance at Rouen synchronous with tho hitter's disappear ance, awakened a suspicion in the lieuten ant's mind that ho was the man of whom they were in search, and that official at ouco set to work to obtain corroboration of his hypothesis. Willi those artful preparations to entrap the unwary which are the characteristics of French criminal law and police, ho sent an individual to Mattel' store, who, under pretence of purchasing some trinkets, en tered into conversation with the goldsmith and incidentally mentioned the name of Zambelli. At this Mattel grew palo and showed signs of disquietude, looked earn estly at his questioner, who, however, giv ing no sign of any ulterior motive in his remark, finished his purchase and left tho shop. Tho lieutenant now felt sure ho was on the right tracki His next step was an ingenious one. He counterfeited Mattel's signature to a bond, and sont a sergeant of polico to the snspectcd roan to demand payment of it. Martel, of course, replied that it was a forgery, and refused to pay, but tho officer insisted that he must take him into eiistodv until he had nrnm to its I falsity before the proper officer. Martel, at first, accompanied the ser geant with all tho calmness of an innocent man, but suddenly a suspicion that all was j not right flashed upon him. Trembling with fear, ho seized the officer by the arm and asked with trembling lips if thebond was all the police had against him ; if there was not some other accusation back of it. The sergeant, well trained in his part, feigned astonishment and reassured his prisoner, so that he had quite recovered his calmness when brought before the lieuten ant. Tho latter, however, soon put an end to his doubts by thus addressing him : "This bond is indeed false, but as you have betrayed fear, I must tell you that there are other things against you. A citizen of Lucca, named Zambelli, is dead, and you are his murderer. Do not deny it, for I have certain proofs. You need not feel any alarm, however, on this account ; he was a stranger here ; no one cares what has be come of him ; a few sacrifices on your parts' and the wholo affair can be hushed up : only you must make a full and sincere con fession your life depends on it." Martel at fust fell into the snare. Glad to purchase his life with tho sacrifice of part of his plunder, he exclaimed that the discovery of. his guilt must have been by the direct interposition of Heaven, for no eye had seen his crime. JTe was ready, he said, to confess all, but when the notary came to take down his deposition, he re covered hisself-posession and refused to say anything, protesting bis entire innocence of the crime laid to his charge. All efforts to extort a confession were in vain, and he w;is remanded to prison. He loudly pro tested against his incarceration, declared the falseness of the bond on which ho was arrested, publicly accused the lieutenant aud fccrgeant of forgery, and commenced a 6uit against them for damages. The courts however, were on tho side of the police, and Martel's proceedings were stay ed for three months ; the suit relative to the inutder of Zambelli was brought before the Norman Parliament, and Mattel him self transferred to tho C'oncicrgerie, while diligent search was made for tho body ol tho missing mau. Eleven miles northeast of Versailles, in what is now tho Department of Seine-et-Oise, stands the littlo town of Argenteuil. One day in tho summer of 10S() it was the scene of unwonted excitement. Tho in habitants had, with one accord, suspended their labors, quitted their houses, and gathered together about the door of the Hotel du Hcaume. Hy their earnest con versation among themselves, and the eager questioning to which they subjected all who came out of the hotel, it was evident that something unusual was there going on. In fact, it was the scene of an inquest held by M. Laurence Ricot, kind's ad vocate, on the body of the Zambelli. This zeal search for traces of t every village and ha Rouen to Paris, ancli officer of polico he vain, in despair jeet, he was abo wheu he was inf before a corpse L a vineyard neat toned thither, a of tho remains tho body, to p with the desci of the missiti.'i 1 no magi i trfrue evidence, pi --kt:. '-.". n, with custom, to re3"n?aloud, when he was in terrupted by a piercing cry, and a blind man, whose presence in tho room no one had before perceived, presented himself. His name was Ucrvais, and biiu&elf a pro fessional beggar, born iu the neighborhood, well known aud much liked. It was his custom, to wauder from placo to place, begging his way, but ho always returned three or four times a year to Argenleuil. There he met a kind reception, and was invariably allowed lodging at the hotel. Having arrived that day from a tramp of several months, he had enteicd the house and seated himself unnoticed in a coiner. When, however, in listening to tho magis trate he heard that a corpse had been dis covered among the vines, be sprang up with a loud exclamation, and was quickly interrogated. Several mouths before, he said, he staited from Argenleuil on one of his tramps, and had just gained the high ground beyond the village when he heard tho violent baying of a dog. He stopped and listened, and soon distinguished a man's voice, feeble and suppliant, exclaim ing, "Monster! thy master, thy benefactor; mercy 1 Must I die so far from my coun try, my brother; mercy, mercy T' Then the blind man heard a fearful cry, like that of a dying man in his last agony, and all was silence. After a tinio he distinguished the steps of one who seemed to stagger under a heavy burden. Gcrvai.i advanced, asking what was the matter who had been moan ing so? "Nothingi nothing," replied an agitated voice, "only a sick man, who is being carried home, and has fainted on the way." Then the voice added, in a lower and more menacing tone, "You may thank God that you are. blind or I would have dono tue same to you." He now perceived that a terrible crimo had been committed ; trembling as he realized the fact that be i i m m J I 1 f 1 'I 1 M I m K f V3 1 stood face to face with a murderer, and fearing for his own life, he hurried on his way, resolved never to breathe a word of his adventure to any one, lest, haply, it might come to the ears of tho unknown, and awaken his vengeance. When, how ever, he heard of a body being found in tbo very place where he had heard the voice, he could not avoid an expression of surprise, and, when interrogated, frankly told all he knew. "God grant," he ex claimed, in conclusion, "that no evil comes to me for it." The king's advocate listened attentively to this story. He had now got hold of a clue, but what reliance could he place upon its power to guide him? He interro gated Gervais strictly as to whether he thought he could recognize the voice if ho heard it again. The latter insisted that he could. i?cveral months hail passed, it was true, but his terrible adventure seemed only to have happened a few hours ago. So great bad bcei; his terror that, night and day, he seemed to hear the murderer's words always ringing in his ears ; he could recognize the voice as certainly as his mo ther's. The bystanders also testified that, deprived of ono sense, the others had in creased in power; his knowledge of the human voice was wonderful. They often tried to play tricks on him by addressing him in disguised voices, but the blind man never failed to detect the identity of his interrogator. After many long debates, it was decided by tho Parliament that Gervais' evidence should be admitted. His frank and cir cumstantial deposition made a deep im pression, but some doubt still remained. It see mod straining a point to place a man's life at tho mercy of the fugitive rem iniscences of a blind man, who could only trust to his hearing. It seemed almost impossible that Gervais should rccognizo faithfully a voice he had heard but once. The Parliament, therefore, determined to prove him by bringing into his presence successively all the prisoners in the Con ciergerie, Martel among the rest. If, after hearing them sjieak, the blind man spon taneously and without once hesitating should recognize tho voice, which had struck him so powerfully, this rvidence, united to what they already had, s'lould be held conclusive. Christmas eve was pitch ed upon for this experiment, ami fr go! reasons. To have brought up the pi Rulers togeiher on au ordinary day woulc have awakened their suspicions, perhaps sug gested to them various stratagems, aud thus left the success of the novel experi ment to chance. On Christmas eve, how ever, the order excited no surprise, as it was then customary to bring all the prison ers of the Conciergerie before the Parlia ment, which sometimes, out of respect for the day, liberated those who had been ini- Trim'000 rifling offences. me to the understanding of ie importance of the state- toi makc,an iron-clad oath cd to him, which ho took in lest manner, that left no lecrity, and the trial coui- een prisoners were brought d tho questions put to lind man never moved. s, on perceiving him in signs of alarm. At last ts introduced. It was ight of Gervais he ith horror; he icelcd way, so that the turn- vbltged to lead him to a seat I'he President and judges anxiously await ed the result. At the first words that Mattel uttered in reply to a question, the blind man, who, ignorant of his presence, had hitherto remained quiet and immov able, suddenly leaned forward, listening in tently ; then, shrinking back with horror and fear, he cried out : "It is he ; it is the voice I heard on the heights of Argenteuil." The President then, in a loud voice, or dered the removal of the prisoner and the introduction of another. The first pait of this order was complied with, but in ac cordance with a prearranges1 plan, Martel was again brought in and interrogated under another name. Fresh questions elicited fresh replies, but the blind man, after listening a few minutes, exclaimed : "You are deceiving me ; that is the voice of the man I conversed with on the heights of Argentcuil." The mystery was soon solved Despair ing, as well he might-, the prisoner slam me red out a lull oonlession, nnd was promptly convicted of the crime. The scaffold followed the sentence quickly in those days, and in twenty-four hours Mattel expiated his crime under the hands of the executioner. A Rochester, wife being caught by her husband with her arms about the neck of the landlord explained the situation in this way : "You see, my dear, I aui deter mined to force that man to reduce our rent, and we weak women, you know, must fight with such weapons as we have;" Tiifc largest church in Europe is in St. Petersburg; It was begun iu 1771 and in twenty yeftrs two thousand men had not finished the walls. It is of polished mar ble, both outside and iri; i A book Ao ext took refit go under a hay I stack during a thunder storm, and thelight I ning struck him ou the cheek, glanced off and killed a male two haudrcd raids away. m THE IS LACK JUGGLER. I saw Anderson, the great English wiz ard, perform his marvelous feats in ne cromancy in London many years ago. In deed, the cuuning of his hand excited" my admiration, and was really asto'tlisiiing. Anderson at that time vas in tho zenith of his fame and glory as a conjurer and a master of tho Rlack Art. But later when I saw Robert Iloudin in Paris "do the devil in diabolism" With an audience of full two thousand excited Frenchmen watching his every move, and yet by his dexterity and skill battling de tection, I was still more amazed and aston ished. Houdin's feats of legerdemain and incantations were truly wonderful. Still later, at the Imperial Theatre, in St. Petersburg, I witnessed the perform ance of Saraoff (the term Professor is in disuse in Russia,) the famous Russian wizard.- The entertainment was given in hon or of the ro3-al family, and in robes of sable and ermine, and with jeweled fingers spark ling with diamonds and other precious stones, I saw the nobilit3'of St. Petersburg. Saraoff seemed to feel the honor bestow ed upon him by the Empeior of all the Russias, and his feats we re truly marvelous. His dress was of black velvet, covered with spangles, which reflected the light from a thousand gas Jets. His paraphernalia was simple, and the charm of his tricks lay in tho cunning of his hand, seemingly unaid ed by any accomplice. He was more wou derful than either Anderson or Iloudin. Saraoff seemed toenjoy the entertaiument with the audionce. His closing feat was more wonderful than ail tho rest. He smiled with self gratification at its effect ho bowed obsequiously, and the cuitain fell. A thousand jeweled hands smoto each other the cuitain rose Saraoff ap peared, smiling and bowing footsteps ap proached the stage the conjurer turned an officer of rank in tho imperial family placed a crown upon h head and said : "Hy oi-der of tho Emperor." Saraoff kissed his hand, and liowed more obsequiously than ever. And well he might, ,. .... diamond leners wuicu reau : oaraoi., Prince of Wizaids." Two years later I was in India, the guest of Captain Nolan of the Rritish Light Ar tillery. We were seated under a canopy of cloth to protect us from the burning rays of a tropical sun. The conversation turned upon legerdemain and necromancy. I related toNolairwith a marked degree of enthusiasm what I had seen performed in Paris by Iloudin, and in St. Petersburg by Saraoff. Ho smiled, but said nothing. "Do you doubt it?" I aked, somewhat sternly. "No !' he said, laughing ; "but, both Iloudin and Saraoff are but novices in the Black Art." "Well, I cannot conceive anything more wonderful than their performances," I answered. "Well, wait," replied Nolan. "I will send for the 'Black Juggler.' He will be here to-morrow non. For a fow coin ho will astonish you, I think." It was late when we dined the following afternoon, but the Black Juggler was prompt, and lay dozing in the sun, near our tent. He was a tall fellow almost black with longhair and with ejes that seemed made of glass. He wore a tartan upon his head, a faded, dirty sash about his shoulders, and a shoit muslin frock about his loins, lie wore sandals upon his feet to protect them from the hot sand, while his legs were both naked and black. What a contrast, I thought, between Sara off in velvet and spangles, and the Black Juggler ! Nolan, with a wave of the hand, bade the juggler proceed. lie opened a duty sack or bag contain ing his paraphernalia. They proved to be of the simplest character. A walking stick, seemingly made from ordinary san dal-wood, lay at his feet, and from the sack he produced a small glass globe with an opening at the top. He placed it upon the eailli and, squatting like a Turk near it, proceeded to place a powder of reddish hue in the globe. Soon his lips moved he muttered something in an unknown tongue. His eyeballs seemed to expand and almost ftart from their sockets. His whole frame shook. The incantation had commenced. The charm of the soiccier was kindled. A sweet incense came from the glass globe. A bitd no larger than an American humming bird, flew from the glole another followed it, and yet anoth er, uutil fully fifty passed from t lie opening and hummed near tho Indian's face. He seemed to talk to them, aud one by one they flew to the opening again and d.n f-d in. Soon the juggler's mummery ceased, the incense passed awav, the jrlobo was empty, and its glass clearer than a crystal. Nolan watched me fiom the corner of Lis eye. He, no doubt, saw my utter as-, tonishmcut. The juggler !tf?xt handed mo his walking-stick, audi with a gesture, bade me examine it. I felt it with both hands, itcommenced to Wriggle -it darted from my grasp a tnuke, and glided away. The Indian -bounded after if, caught it in his hand, and passed it to me again; It was a stick, and cold as Hone. "Great God 1" I mentally exclaimed, "can this be rtai ?' Nolan fmlled. Once more the black demon (for a demon he certainly seemed to me) commenced his mummery aud gih- j bering. He walked back from where wd were standing, to give greater effect to the illusion, no doubt, and throwing a powder in the air seemed to fan it into n, burning flame with his breath. It revolved in tho air, growing smaller, until it seemed but a ball of firo. He opened his mouth ; he watched its evolutions with distended nos trils and glaring eyeballs, and. finally it daited to his moulh and disappeared. Once again his whole frame trembled and shook ; once more his mouth opened ; a blue flame cam from It ; it changed to red. From a flame of firo it fceemed ta turn to blood. Tho man fell, apparently fainting, t thought he hail mptrtred a blood-vessel and was dying. I sprang to his side to aid him if I could. The blaJk devil opened his mouth ; a slimy head of a make protruded fitrni tho opening ; it hissed at mo with its forked tongue and glared at mo wth its eyes of fire. I turned away, sickened with the horrid sight. "Enough, Nolan," I said "I have seen enough." We paid the Rlack juggler a few coint and ho left us without uttering a word. I learned from Nolan (who spent twelve years in India) that feats such as I had witnessed were common with the jugglers of India. No offer can tempt one of them to divulge their mysteries; A few pennies a day give them subsistence, and they ap paiently have no higher ambition. Most of them are sullen and morose, and under no circumstances will leave their native land. I have no explanation to offer tho reader as to how the Rlnck Juggler deceived me. Deceive me he ccrtatuly did, for each feat was but a trick and a delusion. Robert Dale Owen, in a labored articld in ono of the magazines of the day, ti ies td astonish the world with tho feats of the Eddy El-others of Vermont, ir he will visit India, and witness the wonderful per formances of the Rlack Juggler, with ud paraphernalia or cabinet bet the clear smi. light of heaven to aid him, he will wouder why he became duped by the tricks of 1 of detection; Antiquity of I.vvf.xtion-. To Noah U attributed the invention of wine, 2347 U; C Alo was known at loat 404 B. C'., and beer is mentioned. by Xenophon -101 B. Ci Backgammon, the most ancient of on games, was invented by Palamedes, tt Greece, 1224 B. C. Chess is of later date and originated GsO years before the Chris tian era. Tlio first circus was built, by Tarquin, 60.1 B. C, nnd theatrical repre sentations took place as long ago ns fifJ2 B. C. The first tragedy represented was written by Thespis, 500 B. C. So it seems that the ancient were not as destitute of? amusements as one would suppose. Is it not possible that the great philosopher, Socrates, delighted in chess? that Sopho cles amused his little friends by taking them to see th3 gladiators and tragedians? and that even the immortal Homer could play a fair game of backgammon ? As for musical instruments, they possessed tho psallry, harp and fr.iic, and that most an cient instrument, the cymbal, which is spoken of as long ago as lfiSO B. C. The flute was f.ie invention of Tlaynsiiuis, 150V B. C. Organs were invented by Archi medes, 220 B. C, and Nero played upon the melodious bagpipe 51 A. I); A WoM.r.r.Fir. Cf,ot K. A marvellous! piece of mechanism, in tho way t.f clocks, is described in the French journals. It i'i an eight-day instrument, fcith deadliest escapement, maintaining power. It chimes tho quarters, plays sixteen tunes, plays three tunes every twelve hour; or will play at any time required. The hands go round as follows : one, once a minute ; one, oneo an hour; one, once a nti-k; r-ne, once a month ; one, once" a year. It shows thd moon's ngc ; the lising and setting of tho sun j the time of high and low water, half ebb, and half flood, and, by a beautiful contrivance, there is a part which repre sents the water, v i.i.'h rise's and falls, lift ing some shins nt high water tide as if they were in motion, and, as it if cedes, leaves these little .Automaton i-Tdps dry on tho sands. The clock hov. the hour of the day, day of the week, day ' f the month, month of the year, and in the day the mcuth there is provision made for the long andshoit mouths. It shows the feigns of the zodiac j it strikes rr hot, chimes oi rot, as may he desired ; and it has the equation table, fch-.-win the difference of clock and sun svrry day hi the year. Tmf. Gai5Tt-:n or CuiSa. The China menwho walk over bi idges buiit 2,(.( () years ago, who cultivated fi e co'lnn phu t centuries before this country was heard of, and who fed fcilk worms before Ivin Solomon built hi thi.wo have 50,000 square miles around Sh.ingbae which are callcdTThe Garden of China, and which ban been tilled by countless generations. TbM arra is larger than New Vo: k or Pennsyl vania, and is all mead.iw, and raided but a few feet above tho river lakes, rivers canals--a complete net work of water com munication ; the lahd under the highest tilth; thrco crops a year harvested; popu lation so dense that wlmrevcr yon look you soo men and women in blue pants and bhuis- I ??; so numerous that you fancy mint fair or nuisier is coiunio; on ana ail hands have turned out for a holiday.
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