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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.