b A. IV.cP.KE, Editor and Publisher. HE IS A FKEEMAX WHOM THE TRUTH MAKES FREE, AitD ALL ARE SLAVES BESIDE." Terms, S2 per year, in advance. oLKMK IX. EBENSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1S75. EBENSBURG -AND- GUSE-FURNISB'G STORE i- tiik n.-ui: to nrY 0YE3, HARDWARE, TINWARE, IL CI.Avn OILS, "PAINTS, &c. -b, GEO. HUNTLEY, Prop'r. 1 iru':!;-i. ;o TO III NTi.KY'S and .. t Mi.- -t. MdWIMi ani IMCAI' y, v. iUNK wade. I KICKS (UiEATEV ; t :.n. r .!::ri;s. ; t !u:xtli:y's and -I ;'..- 1 .. -t lDM'SE llAi KAlvL ,,,..,., n l :. i kou cash MliMCU -. To IMWTLEY'S and !,:vt?u- i;ir cni: rmuu-.K and j, '1 n 'K!( ever si. I I in this ,-nutitv. ,.,,.1 11 '' Hi hi saved ia ime year ly cut v. r ! Ml it- i A KM Hi:-. T MUN'TLKY'S ami ;iim:!'.- !; n.-atot little CMOI'l'lNC v.-r i;.li.lilco.l. It chops from 10 to It !. ,,t y: f. .-.in i.r mi's per hour. HLY I 1 1 1 .- i 'N I. V ).i:MI.K. ".( TO IIl'NTLKY'S ami I... xoiir I i A ll l-.S'l T JLS, wlii. li iii! ,r! ',; ! (!( CASH th.m they can m'-j i U-.vln re in Ehensditi r . i v.YM AM) OTIIKIIS, if yoii in- r. 1 .! 1.. i'l.i!. 1 a li.ni-i' oc I'arti, "r otlier f .i a.- M iir i.r.Mwt t v. . i f II I'N'I'Li: V Ui. i-I.A". I'.tlM.S M AIIIHVAKi:, 1 I l.y t-u in for :i-r I ; To iivxtlky's I ! ..-r T).I.S ami triI.l!XU 1 . i; I'.i i-.i-ii Il.'ld ;IH' 'i't per CCIlt. !.. K-MI i ilS. Ill'T'.TLKY will sell . J I 1 - - I!.,rv Nails, Car- I : t- I . .'il Ui..l, Cat Stic!, A.C., I .1.. 1 1 h: 1 ASM. "i -i ;;:! I'Ki.'s. co to iiux r- l.!.Y S;ir, i n v"Mr S'o vps ami Tin- i ' 1 1 amp save :hm-:v. 'r-i:-i:!:i'!:::s. no to iixt- I l.V ' :r.'l MVi' per nt. ly J'y 1! r i l ... . -j. I'm k, ;;pfiims .: -!. :!. !".;m.i:s. ;o to nrxr- I i V s ,..,! I nv tlio I5LA NCM A It: ! --t ia tv.rlil. Sold for Cash T- !il -XTLKY FOR CLOTHES WTI N; Kl.'S. He sells them at grcat . h i'i - f. r tin ready cash. ri mi.::v win sen you wall l'i il 1 :.-:'p, it lint clioaper, than r 1 i Illiciislnirjr. and trim it into , u v. "1. ,i! t t xt ra elwrtce. I. Ail : LOT OF POCK KT AND f i ! k N I V KS very cheap for cash at if. i'.i.-1 Si LYKI'-PLATKI) WA UVl it ;uk. t :i! 2" per cent, less thin ' . 1 r,. i s. Sold tor cash -it Ill'XTLEVS. t Etesl Plow Points. 'I'll '. 0:10 in I a'.t. are hereby informed ' n .. t :ne tind labor call be saved by .'i s . ! plow f hares, of which only one .".;. ' - proved MinVient f"! a whole !' : 11 some soils, by beinif twice '.. !'.r.' h i" lasted two "season. ir -St .in. I tn:.ke the plow scour and . as... me .-cm roii j 11 ud toitali that t hey It-'o,. V. 1,1 11 v.rii dull, tliey can be -J .. I r. ;.. ri- I by any jfood It lac k smlt b ' .1 '!. litf'ii pai-f. -J r- 7 - kept en han I an I fit any Titts- . " rt'i - . -a- .'..' made to order. AIL PRICES of POINTS. ,o:r With Jlr un rulier, tlllirr. wit nr. '''''' it.:'.'. I1..V) 4 S.) ' ' ' 1.45 I M !. " " ' -' 1 S5 1.25 -' lv. t V., -t Vn. '" 1.75 l.W ,'i.r- i- ., tr.ole mark and tho words ' ! ;it once and try It now, ' ' ' ii . t.i'.r.' .vif points hereafrer. ' " - "I 111;. k. ;ii this S!ecl is patented, ' '.''''" 's e..i-!e a' n. ..t lc r Steel Works s l p.... s dm. I W .. n Skeins also ".' ''-rt. hiving lr ita lour to si x times ' t oij'v l.;.f tho weight of those , : ' I.e. IMDW KETj. I'i', it ' '.Vay and t l.irri'011 Alley rittsburnh."l.l. - 1 ' Works, .Tune 4, li57'.-3m. ':H ! 1?" is tlio I.I IT. II 1 1 I s:: I ' i' is itnpitrc the whole sr tl !! I ".I! bo dis-ased. You ran- ..''"' l'"r"'y a stream while tho , ,'' ,:': iMkt can you impart iriMtit ; 1 V wlule'the blood is coll- ' -' "-" to all partsof it. Th.-rc-.'"-' ' " '!. and nature will heal , r-i iv ); ever been l iicovcred t. . -.. 1 i;r. at a number of pcrfti- LIHDSEY'S pm mm searcher ! ! ' -"iii.r iii a national reputation for t'.rt cure of ll'i'ili li,:...4: - 11 " 1 ioii.s, 1 ti nrrroir l."'"i.iis. i:t i,sii,las. UoilM, rrrrs.sor Hues. '!. litter. Salt in. Keren rial and "' Sf. in IHxea.ne. '.' ''lr::iUp(.mIM.1,n( in.l mii. , ',; 1 '" r infant. Ia.lics who suf- ' 1 . vi; i, diseases known as Vr.. .... ,," ' w:'l find peed.' relief by it-inx :,'... "f eoimteiteltfi. The eni- .,' ","'' v- EELEKS fc CO.; 1'itU- ..'. . , "''"'n '.I eaeh iH.ttle. , ' "ni-''-s and Country Dealers, , 1 U-M'.km in Sos, Agents. Ebens- l-4.-;itu. VuL" GulXi; 10 PAINT? aili Chemical Paint. '1 (!,"' "f R" eolors, ready to 'T r,, ' '" 1 ""' Anvono can be' his ,. rtn,i V"-'1"'-' oy usini it. It Is .-, , j nu.pic can. ?v)i.i at; "nM,r,ifJ(IMf .6ml ii IS l-lUNa WAdUSS. fI-t.S Si'ltlXtl vA'HX. e,( FA KM WA ION'S, rr. ''". H kinds of Crt mid rrr, "'lnu:ct Jre. n i fortalacbemp at KM mm mm ''I ' '.'.m!.,n;1 A,1Kl""iy river. 2 squares piO'iiyat home. Trnn free. A.Mresa -,""- -o., i-ortlnn l, .Ale. Sll'l U,.HI',. 1 (IF o V 1 IIjE.AIE.A 1 ' XllOUaittSt Oil fj fjAiiiiuntKlmonff I 1 KJ Township lor the year ending June 12, 1875: Thomas J. Hvrsk, Supervisor, Dr. To amount of Duplicate (849.10 " Order on Treasurer (J9J 417.10 Cn. Hy work .lone on roads by taxables.$3rw.50 Exoneration.. . 41) ,k Services a? Supervisor. M davs. 7."..W Cash paid for lumber for bridge 2.M 9117.40 E W. Ijt.orn, Supervisor, In. To amount of Duplicate 4023.28 t&'iirr uu 1 rvaurcr ................. eO.71 J3S3.97 Cn. Hy work done on roads, by taxable 4.VJ.1.34 " Exonerations 3.) ork of (. W. Lloyd 011 Hoads wit h team and hands. M.l " Services as Supervisor, eo'.days 90.75 t583.M I CTATRMEXT OF SKTTUMKXT wltli tlio ! il Collector and Treasurer of the Susouehanna I Township School Fund, June 5, 1S7. ! E. I'. Makf.it, Collector and Treasurer, Dr. I To snionnt of Duplicate 1.4.'!1.78 " State appropriation 134 -J3 , " amount reed from Ensealed Eands .. i.smio nrn 1 roc u irnm 1 useatcd Lauds ret .1. .'." 00 ' ainuiint received from State Treasurer C7i no i.H3.tH) ?it. Hy 2 per cent. n. Treasurer. ....J 21.43 Cnmtiiiyiioii n.s Collector, ft JM-rccnt 7i.o) " Exonerations RVhtf tlrders paid l,t7:t.47 " 11 11. 1.1 It. V. Douglass ref.I. u.Vl M.206.31 Balance due T)i?tri,t U3069 Wk. the undersigned Auditors, havtnir cxiun ined the :iImv accounts, do certify that tho same are correct. J N . St M E R V 1 EE E, I'ETEK I1KEKK1C1I, S Auditors. J. tt. STAMI. Attest U. A. 1'i.att, Clerk. 8-2". 3t. - I QTATKMKXT OK AUDITORS SKTTI.KMKN IT with the StijicrvisoM of Suinnierliill Township forls;iWi: Jami:s (J Ai.i. (;iiKit. Supervisor, Dit. To amount of Duplicate ".2!4.4t cash Irion 'o. Ctn'r. fnseated Janda 7;lS7 c.irh on work Koa.t tax.. 4.H Cl. Hy A"..rk on Koads hy taxaMp... am't iriinslerred to Duplicate of present Supervisor " El.ieksiititirs till p lid " U'atronmakcr's liill paid days" service as Supervisor. " sisli pa ill for Stationery l'al.ince duo Township ."9.31 3...14 7.0 .:- 4..7- 67- -.4.37 17.61 1'ktkii Kr.ATiNa. Supervisor, 1)11. To .i mount of Duplieare .Vd.71 ' Cush Iroiu Co. Coin's. I'nseat'.l E'.ls tax 73.37 received on work Jtoa.l tax. . 10.21 435.29 Cn. Ity Work on Roads hy taxahtes A3.T0.01 .'!.' .lays' service ns Supervisor. . ' ('2.50 amount r. turii.'d to Co. Cum'rs. 31.01 E.XolOTMtiollS 0 ' t:a.h for oath 05- -t4 17.39 It ihince i!uo Tovnhip 17.90 Hal. due Twp. by P. Koatin. Sup'r IS73 4. l:;l.:i Wf, the undersigned Auditrrs. hereby certify that the aliuve statement is correct. I'EI ER lil liTNKTT, ) J A M ES K. SK El l.V. Auditors. .HMX Jl, rilliMII'K, S Sumuierhi!! Twp., June 12, 1,75. 25-3t.J fl'IIE mi.lersined offer at private sale the pro 1 jvrty recently occupied by the "Ebensburi? Mioma and SIanufaeturiint.'n.'," situate in KIkus lur. Cambria ea.unty. Pa., consisting of ONE ACRE OF GROUND, fronting on the Eiensbnrx and Crcsson Kailr.Kid. h.ivlnic thereon erected a LARGE PLANING MILL, 4-.'.t6: feet, three stories lifvli, with Hoil.-r Shed at tache l, 12x6.1 feet. The machinery consists of one SO-IIOPiSE PflVR E.fiI.E WW BOILER. 1 4 oiiilliie,l Pinner, 24 Inches wide, for snr facintr and iroovin: I Snrlncr I timer. 21) in. wide; a 4 i renin r It 1 1 Pnusi. with lltt fables; - Irciilar 4'r-rii t Saws, with slide ta bles; I Swhi" Circnlitr l rnM ill Stnwt 1 Dnnl.Ie Ibmled Shaping flsrhixe, with frui frame; I Centrir I. a the: I Hand l.atlie. with com i.lete s.-t ol Tools. I I'olixhinir Itrmii, 12 feet lonsr, I Miuil.llnir Jl.irhine, wit h slide heads. Theabove lnachinery, with iu-eessary shallinv, b,dlit.!r and pulleys, is in irood working order, with an abun dant supply of running water on the premises. Said loot. Uu was erected specially for and has lccn used in the ninnnf;u'ture of rborfi!tf, sidimr, oil kinds ol handles, brush blocks, hallusters. etc. lirery, nsh. Mphir. linn. sus?ar, hceeh. maple and white pine lumber to he had at moderate prices. There is also erected oa the premises a Ttro Start Frame liu-rllimj Jfoinc CONTAIXINO SIX ROOMS A 3 1) A CELLAR. -For terms apply to .TM1IV A. PEA IK, Ebenshurjr, .If H1N EE W IS. W. H. IMi.VAi'KKIt, Johnstown. Ebcnburtr, Slay 14, 1K75. 2m. SHKUIFF'S SALKS.I3y rirlueof sundry writs of t'i. t'n. atnl Vvnrf. Ks. jxm.. issued nut of the District Court or Com mon I'lcusor CnmTirla county nn. I to me,lirc--t-cd, there will be oxposed to I'uldii: Sule, at the "peril House in Johnstown, on MoxiMf, the St t day of J t't.r next, at one o'clock, p. M., Iho following r'iil estate, to wit : Af.r. the rfjrht. title nnd Interest of David Stp.use, r. In and to a piece or lot of arround situ ate (11 th Itorouirh tift'.in.'tnauh, Cambria coun ty. I'a . fronting .n an alley and hounded by lot of D. W. floicihnour's heirs on una silo, lot of Henry Smith 011 l he other side, and an alley on tho back, having t hereon erecte.l a two story plank hotfe nnd plank stable, now In the occupancy of David St muse. Taken In execution and to he Sold at the suit of Hen tun S. James, lor use of Eben Jaiues. Also, all the rlnht. title and Interest of Sylves ter Wisslner and John Thomas, of. in and to a piece or lot f "round situate In the Fourth Ward of Johnstown borough, Cambria county, fronting on Hodford street and adjoining lot of Eemuel Cor tborn on the one side, Michael llclsel on the other side, an.l running back to tho 'Mtld Feeder,'' har tnir thereon erected a two story dwelling house, now In the occupancy of Sylvester Wissinger. Ta ken in execution nnd to be sold nt the snit of .Ins. E. Hrown. I1EKMA.V HA CM EK. Sheriff Sliertll's Oinee, Johnstown, June II, Jb7.". TfD Vfolr S " NOT I C TT I favins been .ipviinted Auditor by tho Orphans' Court of Cambria county to hear and rt,ort tion tnc exceptions (lied to the first and part ial aecouut of CHRisToriiER A. Wan s mi. Administrator of Jons' J. WARimt, late of Chest township, dee'd, and to report distribution of the run. Is In his hands, notice Is hereby given to all parties interested, list I will attend to the duties of said appoint- ..... at m- ..H.A with IllO I o... I .. - I . . ... . 1 count r- in flhenshnrir . on I'ridnv. the Imhriir of July next, at IO o'clock, a. sr., when aud where they niav attend II they see proper. June'iS.-3t. J. (i. LAKE, Anditor. i Til xisthatoh's xo'tTcmT Estate- of Samuel, Btov. dee'd. Notice Is hereby given that letters of Adminis tration on the estate of Samuel Stoy, late of Alle gheny township, dee d, haVe been granted to tlio undersigned. All persons indebted to said estate are hereby notified to make immediate payment, and those having claims against the same will pre sent them duly authenticated for settlement. JOSEPH ECKENRODK, A.lm'r. Allegheny Twp , June 11, 137S.-4H. Fn.VNCIS MULVKHILIi, Ver TISAKY StTROKOTT AND FARRIER. All diseases of Horses and Mules treated prompt ly, intelligently, and upon very moderate terms. Residence on fliifh street, noar the western e reiuity of Ebenjiurj. (-14.-tf. BY OEOKOE A. BAKER, JR. "Lova your neighbor n yourself " So the parson preaches; , That's one-half the decalogne Ho the prayer look teaches. Half my duty I can do With but. little labor; For with all my heart and soul I do lore ray neighbor. Jlighty littlo credit, that, To my self-denial; Xot to lore her, though, might b Something of a trial. Why, the rosy light that peeps Through tho glaaa above her Lingers round her lips; you see " K'en the sunbeam love her. So, to make my merit mote, 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. And I've preached the word, I know, For it was my duty To convert the stubborn heart Of the little beauty. Once again success lias crowned Missionary lalior, For her sweet eyes own that fehe- Al.so lo-ves hor neighbor. mi: wa ys or rnormvxcx. About tlio middle of the seventeenth cen tury, Nicholas Zfimbelli, a citizen of Lucca, visited England on business, and, pleased with the country, settled there. His'aflaii s prospered, and by the time he was fifty years of age he had.aocumulated a hand some fortune, and felt a desire to end bis days at Ltteca, where a brother of his still resided. lie wrote to his family announcing his intention, and soon after sent them anot her letter, dated at Ilouen, stating that ho had advanced thus far on his journey; that ho had some business to attend to at ran, and might bo expected to reach Lucca in about two months. Nearly half a year elapsed, however, and nothing was hem! of him. His brother, extremely anxious as to his fate, set out for Paris ia search of him. Ho visited every place where tho missing man was likely to have presented himself in the course mo( his bus iness aid in his search seemed, at first, to meet with success. Many of those he en coun',cied stated that they had seen and conversed with the missing man ; ho had claimed and collected the amount due on various securities to a considerable amount. When, however, the receipts signed "Zam belli" were exhibited, the 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 gui'ty parties ; none of those w ho had paid their money to the false Zam belli would undertake to desciilc an individual they had seen six months before, and but for a few miiuitcs. Investigations at Iloncii revealed the fact that Zanibelli had anived there and had left for Paris, accompanied by a valet. The latter, however, had been but little noticed, and as so long a time had elapsed since his departure, no one could undertake to identify this single domestic of tho many who in that time had passed through this hotel, tho most frequented in Koucn. Cornelim Zanibelli thereupon brought the matter before tho lieutenant of police, but even Lis acumen, sharpened by long experience, was at fault. Undoubtedly a crime had been committed somewhere be tween Itoueu and Paris, but where, when, and by whom ? Iteasou was at fault, but tho lieutenant was a brilliant example of the Darwinian theory of the acquisition of instincts. Long vcars of contact with crime, innumerable. searches for criminals j had engendered in him a sixth sense, which ! enabled him to detect the presence' of an offender against tho law where there was no palpable evidence of his existence. Six i or seven months before, a goldsmith named Mat tel had opened a shop at Ilouen, w here ; ho wai entirely unknown. There was something strange, awkward, and embar rassed iu his appearance and manner; ho was very reticent as to his antecedents; in quisitive neighbors, who ventured to ask him any questions about himself .were put off with evasive answers, while his manner wheu thus interrogated became painfully embarrassed. These circumstances, joined to the fact that his business was the same as Zambelli's, and his appeal anco at Ilouen synchronous with tho hitter's disappear ance, awakened a suspicion in the lieuten ant's mind that he was the man of whom they were in search, aud that official at onco set to work to obtain corroboration of his hypothesis. With those artful preparations to entrap tho unwary which are the characteristics of French criminal law and polico, ho sent an individual to Martcl'fl store, who, under pretence of purchasing some trinkets, en tered into conversation with the goldsmith and incidentally mentioned tho name of Zambolli. At this Mattel grew palo and showed signs of disquietude, looked earn estly at his questiouer, who, however, gir ing no sign of any ulterior motive in his remark, finished his purchase and left tho shop. The lieutenant now felt sure ho was on the right track. His next step was an ingenious one. Ife counterfeited Mattel's signature to a bond, and sent a sergeant of polico to the snspectcd man to demand payment of it. Mattel, of course, replied that it was a forgery, and refused to pay, but tho officer insisted that be must take him into custody until he had sworn to its falsity before the proper officer. Martel, at first, accompanied the ser geant with all the calmness of an innocent man, but suddenly a suspicion that all was not right flashed upon him. Trembling with fear, ho seized the officer by tho arm and asked with tremblinglips if the bond 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 ono cares wUat has be come of him ; a few sacriliccs on your parti and tho wltolo affair can be hushed up : only you must make a full and sincere cou fession j our life depends on it." Martel at first fell into tho snare. Glad to purchase his life with the sacrifice of part of his plunder, he exclaimed that the discovery of. his guilt must have becti by the direct interposition of Heaven, for no eye had seen his crime. He was ready, he said, to confess all, but when the notary came to take down his deposition, he re covered his self-posession and refused to say anything, protesting his entire innocence of the crime laid to his charge. All efforts to extort a confession were in vain, and he was remanded to prison. Ho loudly pro tested against his incarceration, declared the falseness of the bond on which ho was arrested, publicly accused the lieutenant aud sergeant of forgery, and Commenced a suit against them for damages. The courts, however, were on tho side of the police, and Mattel's proceedings were stay ed for three months ; the suit relative to the muider of Zambelli was brought before the Norman Parliament, and Mattel him self transferred to tho Concieigerie, while diligent search was made for the body of the missing man. Eleven miles nottheast of Versailles, in what is now tho Department of Seine-et-Oise, stands the little town of Argenteuil. One day in tho summer of lGst) it was the sccno 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 Bigot, king's ad vocate, on the body of the long-missing Zambelli. This zealous officer, in his search for traces of the crime, had visited every village and hamlet on the road from Rouen to Paris, and had questioned every officer of police he encountered, but all in vain. In despair of accomplishing his ob ject, he was about to return to Ilouen, wheu he was informed that some months before a corpse had been discovered hid in a vineyard near Argenteuil. Bigot has tened thither, and the state of preservation of tho rcmaius enabled him, on viewing the body, to perceive that it tallied exactly with the description giveu by his brother of the missing Zambelli. Tho magistrate, having taken down the evidence, proceeded, in accordance with custom, to read it aloud, when he was in terrupted by a piercing cry, and a blind man, whose presence iu the room no one had before perceived, presented himself. His name was Ucrvais, and hiin&elf a pro fessional beggar, born iu the neighborhood, well knowu and much liked. It was his custom, to wander from place to place, begging his way, but ho always returned three or four times a year to Argenteuil. There he met a kind reception, and was invariably allowed lodging at the hotel. Having arrived that day from a tramp of several mouths, he had entered tho 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 Fprang up with a loud exclamation, and was quickly interrogated. Several mouths before, he said, he staited from Argenteuil on one of his tramps, and had just gained the high ground beyond the village when he heard the violent baying of a dog. He stopped and listened, and soon distinguished a mau's voice, fceblo and suppliant, exclaim ing, "Monster! thy master, thy benefactor; mercy I Must I die so far from my coun try, my brother; mercy, mercy f Then the bliud man heard a fearful cry, like that of a dying mau in his last agony, and all was silence. After a time he distinguished the steps of one who seemed to stagger under a heavy burden. Gcrvais advanced, asking what was the matterwho had been moan ing so? "Nothing! 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 blindj or I would have done tle same to you." He now perceived that a terrible Ci inio had been committed ; trembling as he realized the fact that be 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 the very place where ho 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 uo evil comes to me for it." Tho 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 ? Ho interro gated Gervais strictly as to whether he thought he could recognize tho voice if ho heard it again. The latter insisted that he could. Several months had passed, it was true, but his terrible adventure seemed only to have happened a few hours ago. So great had been 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 frauk and cir cumstantial deposition made a deep im pression, but some doubt still remained. It seemed straining a point to place a man's lifo at the 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 speak, the blind man spon taneously and without once hesitating should recognize tho voice, which had struck him so powerfully, this evidence, united to what they already had, should be held conclusive. Christmas eve was pitch ed upon for this experiment, aud for good reasons. To have brought up the prisoners together ou au ordinary day would have awakened their suspicions, perhaps sug gested to them various stratagems, and thus left the success of the novel experi ment to chanco. 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 im prisoned for trifling offences. To bring home to the understanding of the witness the importance of the state ments he was toi makc,an iron-clad oath was administered to him, which ho took in a truthful, honest manner, that left no doubt of his sincerity, and tho trial com menced. Eighteen prisoners were brought up and answered the questions put to them, but the blind man never moved, while the prisoners, on perceiving him in the room, gave no signs of alarm. At last tho nineteenth was introduced. It was Mattel, and at the sight of Gervais he seemed stupefied with horror ; ho icelcd and nearly fainted away, so that the turn keys were obliged to lead him to a seat. The President and judges anxiously await ed the result. At the first words that Martel uttered in reply to a question, the blind man, who, ignorant of his presence, had hitherto remained quiet and i in mov 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 tho introduction of another. The first part of this order was complied with, but in ac cordance with a prearranges plan, Martel was again brought in and interrogated under another name. Fresh questions elicited fresh replies, but the blind man, after listening ft few minutes, exclaimed : "You are deceiving me ; that is the voice of the man I conversed with on the heights of Argenteuil." The mystery was soon solved. Despair ing, as well he might, the prisoner stam mered out a full confession, and was promptly convicted of the crime. Tho scaffold followed the sentence quickly iu 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 am deter mined to force that man to reduce our rent, and we weak women, you know, must fight with such weapons as we have;" Tiite largest church iu feurope is in St. Petersburg; It was begun iu 1771 and in twenty years two thousand men had not finished the walls. It is of polished mar ble, both outside and irt-. i A book Aqext took refuge under a hay I stack during a thunder storm, and the ligbt- ning struck him on the cheek, glanced off and killed a male two hundred raids away. THE IS LACK jUGGLEIi. I saw Anderson, tho great English wiz ard, perform his marvelous feats in ne cromancy in London many years agD. In deed, the cunning of his baud excited" my admiration, and was really astonishing. Anderson at that time was in tho zenith of his fame and glory as a conjurer and a master of tho Black Art. But later when I saw Robert Houdin 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 baffling de tection, I was still more amazed and aston ished. 1 loud in'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 ih disuse in Russia,) the famous Russian wizard.- The entertainment was given in hon or of the royal family, and in robes of sable and ermine, and with jeweled fingers spark ling with diamonds and other precious stones, I saw the nobility of St. Petersburg. Saraoff seemed to feel the honor bestow ed upon him by the Empeior of all the Russia, and lr.s feats were truly marvelous. His dress was of black velvet, covered with spangles, which reflected the light from a thousand gas jots. 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 won derful than either Anderson or Houdin. Saraoff seemed toenjoy the entertaiument with the audience. His closing feat was more wonderful than ail the rest. He smiled with self gratification at its effect ho bowed obsequiously, and the cuitain fell. A thousand jeweled hands smoto each other the cm tain rose Saraoff ap peared, smiling and bowing footsteps ap proached the jitage the conjurer turned an officer of rank in the imperial family placed a crown upon his head and said I "By order of the Emperor." Saraoff kissed his hand, and Itowed more obsequiously than ever. And well he might, for tho crown was of gold, sparkling with diamond letters which read : "Saraoff, Prince of Wizards." Two years later I was in India, the guest of Captain Nolan of the British 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 to Nolan with a marked degree of enthusiasm what I had seen performed in Paris by 1 loud in, and in St. Petersburg by Saraoff. lie smiled, but said nothing. "Do you doubt it?" I a:sked, somewhat sternlv. "No !"' he said, laughing ; "but, both Houdin and Saraoff are but novices in the Black Art," "Well, I cannot conceive anything more woudeiful 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 he will astonish you, I think." It was late when we dined the following afternoon, but tho Black Juggler was prompt, and lay dozing in the sun, near our tent. He was a tall fellow almost black with longhair and with eyes that seemed made of glass. He wore a tartan upon his head, a faded, ditty sash about his shoulders, and a shoit muslin frock about his loins. Ho wore sandals upon his feet to protect them from the hotsand, 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. He opened a ditty sack or bag contain ing his paraphernalia. They proved to be ef the simplest character. A walking stick, seemingly made from ordinary sandal-wood, lay at his feet, and from t lie sack be produced a small glass globe with an opening at the top. lie placed it upon the earth and, squatting like a Turk near it, proceeded to place a powder of reddish j hue in the globe. Soon his lips moved he muttered something in an unknown tongue. His eyeballs seemed to expand and almost start from their sockets. His whole frame shook. The incantation bad commenced. The charm of thosoreeier was kindled. A sweet incense came from the glass globe. A bird no larger than an American bumming bird, flew from the globe another followed if, and yet anoth er, mi til fully fifty passed from the opening and hummed near the Indian's face, lie seemed to talk to them, and one by one they flew to the opening again and darted in. Soon the juggler's mummery ceased, the incense passed away, the globo was empty, aud its glas clearer than a crystal. Nolan watched me fiom the corner of his eye. He, no doubt, saw my utter as tonishment. The juggler tit?xt handed mo his walking-stick, and, with a gesture, bade me examine it. I felt it with both hands, itcommenced to Wriggle it darted from toy grasp a tnoke, and glided away. The Indian -bounded after it, caught it in bis hand, and passed it tome again. It was a Kick, and cold as stone. "Great God I" I mentally exclaimed, "can tbis bo real?" Nolan smiled. Once more the black demon (for a demon he certainly seemed to me) commenced his mummery aud gib bering. He walked back from where wd were Standing, to give greater effect to tho illusion, no doubt, and throwing a powder in the air seemed to fan it into n burning flame with his breath. It revolved in the air, growing smaller, until it seemed but a ball of firo. lie opened his mouth; be watched its evolutions with distended nos trils and glaring eyeballs and. finally it daited to his mouth and disappeared. Onco again his whole frame trembled and shook ; once more his mouth opened ; a blue flame came fi'-ora It ; it changed to red. From a flame of fire it feeemed ta turn to blood. Tho man fell, apparently fainting. 1 thought he had ruptured a blood-vessel and was dying. I sprang to his side to aid him if I could. The black devil opened his mouth ; a slimy head of a make protruded fiom tho opening ; ife hissed at mo with its forked tongue and glared at me w 'th its eyes of lire. I turned away, sickened with the horrid sight. "Enough, Nolan," I said "I have seen, enough." We paid the Black Juggler a few coin4 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 patently have no higher ambition. Most of them ate sullen and morose, and under no circumstances will leave their nativi land. I have no explanation to offer tho reader as to how the Black Juggler deceived me. Deceive me he certainly did, for eaeh feat was but a trick and a delusion. Robert Dale Owen, in a labored articld in ono of the magazines of the day, tries tJ astonish tlio wot Id with tho Teats of the Ildy Brothers of Vermont. If he will visit India, and witness the wonderful per formances of the Black Juggler, with ut paraphernalia or cabinet bet the clear smi. light of heaven to aid him, he will wonder why he became duped by the tricks ol charlatans who moik in the dark for feat1 of detection; Anttqcttyof Invention-. To Noah i.4 attributed the invention of wine, 2347 IJ; V. Ale was known at least 404 B. C and beer is mentioned. by Xenophon 401 B. Ct Backgammon, the most ancient of our games, was invented by Palamedes vt Greece, 1224 B. C. Chess is of later date-, and originated CS0 years before the Chris-, tian era. The first circus was built, by Tarquin, 601 B. C., nnd theatrical repre sentations took place as long ago as 5fJ2 B. C. The first tragedy represented was written by Tbespis, 53G B. C. So it scemsj 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 Sopbo cles amused hi3 little friends by taking them to see U13 gladiators and tragedians? and that even the immortal Homer could play a fair game of backgammon ? As for fnusical instruments they possessed the psaUry, harp aud t.xic, and that most an cient instrument, the cymbal, which is spoken of as long ago as 1T8) B. C. The flute was fae invention of Ilaynsiiius, 1300 B. C. Organs were invented by Archi medes 220 B. C, and Nero played "upon the melodious bagpipe 51 A. D; A WoMir.r.Ftr. Ceock. A hiarvellout piece of mechanism, in iho way t.f clock, is described in the Fit nth journals. It in au eight-day instrument with dead boat escapement maintaining power. It chimes the quartersj plays sixteen tunes plays three tunes every twelve boms or will play at any time required. The hands go round as follows : one, once a minute ; otic, onco an hour; one, once a wick; r.no, once a month ; one, oncri a year. It shows thd moon's sge ; the rising 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 Witter, - '.i.-h ri's and falls lift ing some shin- nt high water tide as if they were in motion, and, as it recedes, leaves these little .automaton idiips dry on the sands. The clock iliows the hour of the day, day of the week, day '-f the month, month of the year, and in the day t.f the mcnth there is provision made for the long and short months. It hhews the sins cf the zodiac ; it st rikes rr 'not, chimes oi rot, as may be desired ; and it has the equation table, fch-.-wing the diiTcreiirc t.f clock nt:d sun every day iu the year, TttE OArspr-x ok China. 1 he China men who walk over bridges btiiit 2,i9 years ago, who cultivated the cotton plat-t centuries before this country whs heard of, and who fed f.ilk wotms before lvin Solomon built hits thi.Jim have 50,000 square miles around Shatigbae which are calkMlthe Garden of China, and which hat beeu tilled by countless generation.-, Thi-i area is larger than New York or Pennsyl vania, and is all meadow, and raised but ; few feet above tho river lakes rivers canals--! complete net work of w ater com munication ; tho latid under the highest tilth ; three crops a your harvested; popu lation so uenso that v hdrever yon look you see men and women in blue prints and blouse e?; so numerous Hint you f:incy some, fair of '"'" ' toiuuij ji aru an nanus nave turned out for a holiday.
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