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EBENSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1875.
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IY virtue of sundry writs of Vend. Ejnyn.
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I'tii. Vend. Kxtn.. Fieri Fneiii and LtjrYiri fV
rrtj". Issued out of tho Court of Common Plfas
r Cumbria county Hni to me directed, there
will lie exposed to Public Sale, at the Court
HiniM? in Ktiensburir. on Monday, the 6th day
of SEPtEM bkr next, r 1 o"clock, p. M-, the fol
luwinir real estate, to wit:
I All the right, title and Intercut of J. E. Holmes,
of, in and to a piece or parcel of land situate In
llarr tnwn.thip. Cambria county, al joininir lands
of Fred. Snyder, Joseph Kare, Anthony Kipple,
and others, containing 25 acres, more or loss, alniut
1 acre of which is cleared, having thereon erected
a one story frame house and water mill, now In the
occupancy ot J. K. Holmes. Taken in execution
and to bo sold at the suit of McNish & Hutler.
Also, all the right, title and interest of N. liehe,
of. in and to a piece or parcel of land situate in
AVahington township, Cambria county, adjoining
lands of Powell Oeorge, Patk McManamy, Jos.
Itehe, and others, containing 07 acres, more or loss,
alout 35 acres of which are cleared, having there
on erected a one-tnd-a-halt story plank house and
frame stable, now in the occupancy of N. Itehe.
Taken in execution and to be gold at the suit of
Tobias Ashe.
Also, all the right, title and Interest of Catha
rine Farrell. or, in and to a piece or lot of ground
situate in CarroMtown borough, Cambria county,
fronting on Campbell street, and adjoining lands
of the heirs of John Campliell, dee'd. on the west,
north and east, having thereon erected a two story
plank house and a plank stable, now in the occu
pancy of Kol.ert Campbell. Taken in execution
and to le sold at the suii of H. Scantan and Chas.
WeakUnd. executors of peter Wcakland. dee'd.
Also, all the right, title and interest of Catha
rine Maker, or. in and to a piece or parcel of land
situate in Carroll township. Cambr. a count v, ad
joining lands of Win. Wcakland, Samuel Weak
Ian. I, Joseph Y a liner, and others, containing two
acres, more or less, having thereon erected a two
story plank house and frame stable, now in the
occupancy of Joseph Vahner. Taken in execution
and to be sold at the suit of Schmidt & Friday.
Also, all the right, title and interest or William
Miller, of. In and to a piece or parcel of land situ
ate in Suiichaniia township, Cambria county,
adjoining lands of John Manion, Thomas Hyrne,
Jacob Hyrne, and other, containing 50 acres, more
or less, about 2i acres of which Are cleared, having
thereon erected a log house and a log barn, now in
the occupancy of Win. Miller. Taken In execu
tion and to be sold at the suit of liavis, Evans it
Co.
Also, all the right, title and interest of John P.
ncijul and Charles Hetrner, trading as the firm
of John P. ISeiscl Sl Co , of, in and to a piece or
lot ol gr und situate in Lore! to Ixirough. Cambria
county, fronting on SI. Mary's street and extend
ing back 2oo feet to an alley on the east, and ad
joining lot of Mrs .Margaret Leavy on Hie south
and an alley on the north, having thereon erected
a two story frame house, now in the occupancy or
John P. Ueisel, and a frame stable and a frame
biiildini.- used as a brcwerv. now in the ocenpancy
of Hertzog & Hellner. Taken in execution aud to
be sold at the suit ol Iturnhcim Co.
A i.8i. all the right, title and interest of William
Tiley and S. M. v nodcoek, of, in and to a piece or
parcel of land situate in Washington township.
ainbria county adjoining other lands of William
Tiley, tl. M. Kea.le. Jacob iiurgoon. F. M. Oeorge.
and others, containing 253 acres, more or less. 30
acres of which are cleared, having thereon erected
a two story frame house and a frame barn, now in
the occupancy of John Hagan, and a coal hank,
now in the occupancy of J. V. Curry, excepting
from the above land it acres and 68 perches of sur
face sold to Hasil Mender, 71 acres and 21 perches
sold to Mich'I Donahoe. and 3 acres and 64' pcrcn
es sold to Win. Kyan. Taken in execution and to
be sold at the suit of A. J. Fogle, executor r the
last will and testament of Alex. H. M"Cormick,
deceased.
Also, all the right, title and Interest of John ,T.
Krii-e. M. I.. of. in and to a piece or parcel of land
situat-; in Clearheld township, Cambria county,
adjoining lands of John Mcliertnitt, Win. Littl.i,'
Louis Carl, and o. hers, containing 1S8 acres, more
or less alxiut 50 acres of which are cleared, having
thereon erected a two slory log house and n log
stable, now in the occupancy ot Jacob Ur in.l. and
a two story plank hou.-e and a log stable, now in
the occupancy of . Taken in execution
and to be sold at the suit of . K. Uurna,
Also, all the right, title and interest of Daniel
Kline, of, in and to a piece or parcel of land situ
ate in Chest township. Cambria county, adjoining
lands of i ico. Heitrich. John Thomas, and others,
containing 35 acres, more or less, aboat 7 acres of
which are cleared, having thereon erected a one-and-a-half
stoty house and a log barn, now in the
occupancy of Daniel Kline. Taken in execution
and to te sold at the suit of Wm. Kittell, adminis
trator or Mi hael Kline.
Also, all the right, title and Interest, or Michael
Marnacle, ot. in ami to a lot ot ground situate in
the village or St. Augustine, Clearfield township,
t 'ainbria county. Pa., adjoining lots of Joseph Al v
ers. James Mckenzie, and others, having thereon
erected a two story frame house (known as tho
Washington Ifou'c) and a frame stable, now in
the occupancy of Harry Marlett. Taken In exe
cution and to be sold at the suit of Klnstcin & Hro.
Also, all the right, title and interest of Oeorge
W. Hurkey A Hro.. of. In and to a piece or parcel
of land situate near llculah, Cambria township,
Cambria county. Pa., ad joining lands or Oeorge
.Mills. John J. Kvans. and others, containing 278
acres, more or less, about 50 acres cleared, having
thereon erected a two story plank house, a part
log and part plank barn, blacksmith shop and car-
Iienter shop, now in the occupancy of Johua Hur
ley. Al: all the right, title ami interest or Oeo.
XV . Hurkey A Hro., or. in and to a piece or parcel
of land situate near iictilah. Cambria township,
t .'am bria county. Pa., adjoining lands of Wm. Kit
tell i:olx'rt Havls.antl ot hers, containing 2nnercs,
more or less, a bout 8 acres cleared, having there
on erected a circular saw mill, a two story house,
frato e stable and blacksmith shop, now in the oc
cupancy or Oco. W. Hurkev A Hro. Also, all the
right, title and interest or Oco. W. Hurkev A Hro..
ot, in and t'j a piece or parcel of land situate near
Heulah. Cambria township. Cambria county, ad
joining lands or Flward Owens on the south, Jos.
iMikimm the cast W. K. Williamson the north
east, and Orllttto Lloyd on the wst. containing
ot acres, more or tess. unimproved. Taken in ex
ecution and to be sold at the suit of John Dibert
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Al so, all the right, title and Interest of Joseph
Yiliner, of. in am! to a piece or parcel of land sit
uate In Carroll township. Cambria county, adjoin
ing lands of John Wertner on the south. Christian
Pleisleron the east, public road leading from Car- J
rolltown to Lantzy's Mill on the west, and the old I
State road on the north, containing 10 acres, more ,
or less, having thereon erected a two story frame
house, now in the occn nancy of Joseph Yahner.
Taken in execution ami to he sold at the suit of I
J. Iehinan A Hro.. endorsees of !. Meyer & Co. I
Ai.ho, all the right, title and interest or Koman 1
Nickel, to wit: All that certain one-and-a-half 1
story plank house or building situate in tho vil
lage of St. Honlfaee, Chest township. Cambria '
county, having a front or '1 feet on public road .
leading from CarroMtown, and extending 18 feet '
back, adjoining lands of John Simmelsberger on
the north and lands of Oeorge Olasscr on the east ,
and south, and the lot or piece of ground and enr-
tilege appurtenant to said building. Taken in !
execution and to be sold at the suit of Jacob A.
Kline.
Ain. all the right, title and Interest of Reuben
S. Koring, ol. In and to a piece or parcel of land
situate In Hlacklick township, Cambria county.
Pa., adjoining lands of James Hennett and F. A.
Shoemaker, containing 50 acres, more or leas,
about It) acres cleared, having thereon erected a
one-and-a-halt story frame house, log barn and
blacksmith shop, now In the occupancy or Oeorge
S. Koring. Taken In execution and to be sold at
the suit of Lloyd tt Co.
Tkkms or Sale. One-third of the purchase
money to be paid when the property Is knock
ed down, and the remaining two-thirds upon
continuation of the Heed.
II Klt.M AN HA17MEU, PherltT.
Sheriff's Office, Ebcusburg, Aujr. 13, 1875. M-3U
EXECUTOR'S NOTICE.
Estate of Joseph Moye, der.M.
The undersigned Executors of the last will and
testament of Joseph Mover, late of Clearfield
township, Cambria county, deceased, hereby noti
fy all persons indebted to the estate of said dece
dent that payment must be made without delay,
and those having claims against the same will
present them properly authenticated for settle
ment. ACQ. MOYEKS, iVxerntnr.
3. H. DOi'OLASS. ( Executors.
Clearfield Twp., Aug. 20, 187&.-t.
NOTICE is hereby given that ap
plication will be marie to the next
Court of Vunrter Sessions or Cambria County
to extend the limits of Siimmltvllle borough
so as to ineludea part of Washiogton township
In said borough.
8HOEMAKER &SECIILER,
Aug. 5. ot. Atty'e ror Petitioners.
1ST OTICE. Notice is hereby criven
that a petition will be presented to Trie J
i ;ouri ot Quarters Sessions or Cambria county to
Incorporate the village ot Hemlock, in said county,
into a borough.
SHOEMAKER A SECHLER,
Anjr. 4, 1875. t. Atty's for Petitioners.
K.I8NIXO FOR THE CHILDREN.
Kisses in the morning:
Make the day seem bright,
Filling every corner
With a gleam of light;
And what happiness be misaes
Who affection's impulse scorniug,
Departs, and gives no kisses
To the children iu the morning.
Many think it folly;
Many say it's bliss;
Very much depending
On whose lips you kiss!
But the truth I am confessing,
And I'd have you all take warning,
If you covet any blessing,
Kiss the children in the morning!
Kisses in the evening,
When the lights are low,
Set two hearts a-dancing
With affection's glow;
And the angels swarm in numbers
Hound the pillow they are pressing
Who are wooed to peaceful slumbers
By a dear one's fond caressing.
Kisses in the morning
Are not out of place;
Kisses in the evening
Have a special grace;
And it seems to me that this is
For indulgence lawful reason;
Sweetest tulips I mean kisses!
Ye are never out of seasou!
THE l't'ZZLEID DUTCH JIAN.
BY CHARLES F. ADAMS.
I'm a proken-hearted Deutcher,
Vot's villed mit crief tind shame;
I dells you vot der drouble is
I doosn't kiwto my name!
You dinks dis fery vunny, eh ?
Ven you der sthory bear,
You rill not vonder den so mooch,
It vas so st h range and queer.
Mine moder had dwo liddle dwins,
Dey was me und mein broder;
Ve lookt so fery mooch alike,
No oue knew vich vrom toder.
Von ov der poys vas "YaTrcup,"
Und 'Hatis" der oiler's name;
But den it made no tifferent
Ve poth got called der same.
Veil, von of us got tead
Yaw, Mynherr, dat ish so!
But vedder Hans or Yawcnp,
Mein moder he ton't know!
Und so I am in droubles;
I gan't git droo mein bed
Vedder 1 am JIin.i rot's lifiny,
Or Yaicaip rot ish tead!
A Li A It'Y HIPS STORY.
A great many years ago, when 1 was
comparatively a young man, and still un
married, I resided in a certain city in
Pennsylvania, and enjoyed the reputation
of being the cleverest lawyer ever known
there. It is not for me to say the praise
was merited, but I certainly found myself
able to discover loopholesof escape for those
men whom I defended, which surprised
even my fellow lawyers. I possessed by
nature those qualities which would have
made an excellent detective, and I was a
thorough student of the law. There was
no mystery about it, but among the more
ignorant classes I gained a reputation for
more than human knowledge. Perhaps it
was not. polite for them to say that the
devil helped, but they did.
However I began to tell you about Mad
ame Matteau.
She was an old lady, who owned a little
house in the suburbs of the city. She
herself was of American birth, but her bus
band had been a Frenchman, and so the
title madame had been bestowed upon ber.
She was now a widow and ber daughter
Gabiielle and son Henri were her only living
relatives. Her income was slender, and
she eked it out by taking in a few boarders,
generally steady old people wbo bad known
her for many years. These respected and
liked ber ; but the city generally bad a
prejudice against Her. There had been
two sudden deaths in her bouse. Each
time the victim was a stranger who came
at night, and was found dead in bis bed in
the morning. Each time the jury was di
vided some believing that strangulation
was the cause of death, some that the man
had died in a fit.
It was a terrible thing that two such
deaths should have occurred beneath her
roof. Madame's friends pitied ber. The
rest of the little world hinted that these
were strangers, and their trunks, with no
one knew what amount of money and other
valuable property remained in Madame's
possession. No one said she was a mur
deress, but every one said it was "very
strange," in an odd tone, and no one since
that sccoud death bad visited Madame
Matteau.
I myself perhaps because I admired her
a great deal, and her daughter much more
had always insisted that it was merely a
coincidence, and that in a world in which
apoplexy and heart disease were so com
mon, it was no great marvel that two men
should have met sudden deaths iu the same
house. But my faith in this theory was
shaken when one morning it was published
over the city that another transient boarder
bad beeu found dead in Madame Matteau's
house, and then she was arrested on sus
picion of having murdered him, his watch
and chain having been found in her posses
sion. 'Before I had recovered from the shock
of this terrible piece of news, a message
came to me from Madame Matteau. She
desired to see me. Of course I went to her
at once.
She bad been taken to prison, and I found
her in a little room with a barred window,
and an insufficient fire upon the hearth.
The logs had burnt in two on the andirons,
and the white ashes were scattered over
the hearth. Almost in them sat Madame
Matteau, in her widow's dress of sombre
black.
She was chilly with grief and excitement,
and had drawn her chair .close to the fire.
She shook violently from head to foot and
ber face was deadly pale as she turned it
toward me and held out ber hand.
"O, thank Heaven, you have come 1" she
said ; "I know you can save me. Is it not
horrible? How could I kill a man? Why
should I ? Why do psople come to my
house to die ? To die horribly, with black
faces and starting eyes, as if some one bad
choked them? Ugh ! and he was a pretty
young man the night before. Oh, good
heaven, how horrible I"
I sat down beside her. I took her hand.
"Madame Matteau," I said, "be calm ;
collect yourself. As your lawyer, I must
know all. Tell me, from first to last, what
happened what was said, what was done.
If you "
I paused ; her black eyes had flashed
upon me. I could not ask her if she had
any confession to make; I saw that she
had not. Unless she was the best actress
that ever lived, Madame Matteau was in
nocent of any crime.
"If you have any suspicions," I added,
"tell them to me."
"There is no one to suspect," sobbed the
poor woman.
"In the house were Gabrie'lc, my daugh
ter, whom you have seen ; old Hannah, the
cook ; Mr. and Mrs. Beauchamp, friends
of my poor husband in his boyhood the
best, kindest people ; Mr. Gray, a very old
man, too feeble to leave the house ; poor,
deformed Mrs. Norman, and the librarian,
Mr. Bassford. None of these would mur
der a mouse. See how kind they are ; they
remain iu my house ; they send me word
that they have no doubt of me. O, bow
could anybdy ?"
'And this man who " I began.
"Yes," wiid Madame Matteau, "I will
tell you ; be was fair, young, handsomely
dressed ; he asked Mr. Bassford at the
depot if he knew anyone who could accom
modate him. Mr. Bassford brought him
home. My ouly empty room was the one
in which those other two strangers died.
I could not bear to put him there, but Mr.
Bassford laughed at me. We had supper
afterward. He talked a long time to Ga
biielle. It was late when he tetiicd late
for a quiet household. Hannah had made
his fiie. She came and told us she had
done so. He said good night.
"After he had gone we found that he
had left his watch 011 the table. He wore
it only with a bunch of seals, and he had
been setting it by the clock and showing
it to us as something very handsome. I
knocked at his door to restore it to him.
He had not left us fifteen minutes before ;
but he must have been asleep already, for
he made no answer. So I kept it for the
night, and wore it down to breakfast next
morning. As I came down I met a gentle
man in the hall. He inquired for Mr. Glen.
That was the newcomer's name. I sent
Hannah to wake him. She could not do
so, and grew alarmed. She had a key that
would open the door, and used it. The
next thing I knew we were all in the room
and the windows were wide open, and the
doctor had been sent for ; and the young
man who had called was screaming that
his brother had been choked to death ; and
then there was an inquest, and they ar
rested me. The brother said the first
thhig he noticed was that I wore Mr.
Glen's watch and seals. I had forgotten it
in my terror."
"So Hannah had a key to the room?"
I said.
Yes ; at least it was a key that would
open it. It was the key to Mr. Bassford's
door. She knocked the other out with a
stick and put that in."
"The people who were there on that
night were your boarders when the other
men were found dead ?" I asked.
"Oh, yes."
"And Hannah was there also?"
"All my married life Hauuah has lived
with me."
"Your daughter oversees your house
hold in your absence ?"
"Yes, poor child, with Hannah's help."
I thought a little while.
"Madame." I said, "there is some
strange mystery in this affair. I do not
despair of proving to all the world your
entire innocence. Meanwhile, be as calm
as possible, and endeavor to remember
everything connected with the sudden
deaths that have occurred in your bouse.
The incident that seems to be the least im
portant may really be of immense value."
So I left and went home. Strange
enough, on the way I met the doctor wbo
had been called in. He was a dull, heavy
sort of person, considerably given to beer
drinking, and my opinion of his ability
was not very great. However, I questioned
him on the subject, and he replied :
"Well, you see, I dou't say the old wo
man murdered him. If she 'did, 1 should
say it was by sitting on him, or smothering
him with the bolsters. I suppose the cause
of his death was asphyxia. Well, then,
what is asphyxia ? Why, too little breath
to keep one living. He died because he
was short of breath. I wash my bands of
that matter. Only there's the watch ; that
looks dark."
I had learned nothing from the doctor.
The Coroner lived near me. His jury had
been twelve of the most ignorant men in
town.
This is all be told me :
"He was smothered, that man was, so
were the other two. Men don't smother
themselves. We made it inscrutable Prov
idence t'other time. We make it murder
this time. That there watch, you know."
Thus, without any new light, I went
home and formed my plans. There was
but one way in which to penetrate the
mystery. I must enter the house ; I must
see the people there ; I must penetrate to
the room in which these men had died sud
denly, and I must not be known in my
real character.' That Madame Matteau
was innocent I fully believed, but that
some one beneath her roof was guilty I
made no doubt. It might be tbe librarian,
Mr. Bassford, whose key fitted the dead
mau's door. It was possible ; but no, I
could not harbor a mad superstition. There
could be no supernatural power beneath
which human beings drooped and died.
Death as it came to us was mystery enough.
What bad been said to me by a woman,
who would have been a Spirtualist had she
lived to-day, was a mere absurdity.
"I believe there is some horrible unseen
thing in the room," she bad said, "some
awful shapeless spirit, that when it is
locked in with its victim murders him.
Let others believe what they will, I believe
that."
The words haunted me, but I laughed at
them, of course. Whatever it was, I
wou Id try to know. I had a plan.
At dusk that day I went into my bed
room myself. I came out a strange man.
I wore a white wig, a pair of green gog
gles, and an overcoat, tbe tails of which
reached to my heels. I had a muffler
about my throat, and a little hunch on one
of my shoulders. I carried a thick cane,
and stooped a great deal as I walked. In
my baud I carried a carpet-bag and in my
bosom a pair of pistols well loaded.
As I passed out into the streets the early
moon was just rising ; she lit me on my
way to the door of Madame Matteau's
house.
It was opened for me, when I knocked,
by old Hannah. Her eyes were red and
swollen. Then I told her that I was a
stranger, and had received Madame Mat
teau's address from a gentleman in New
York, and desired to stay under her roof
all night. She shook ber bead.
"I don't think you can," she said. "The
lady is away from home. Besides we are
in trouble here. I don't think Miss Ga
biielle would "
But here Miss Gabrille herself appeared.
"I am an old man, Miss," I said "and,
as you see, quite infirm. I dread another
step. I should take it as a kindness if you
would accommodate me, and I will pay
any price you ask."
Miss Gabi ielle looked at Hannah.
"We have only oue room," she said,
"and that"
I ended the question of my stay by beg
ging to be taken to it.
"You will have supper, sir?" asked the
girl.
But I declared that I bad eaten, and
only wanted rest.
Her reply was :
"Haunah, show the gentleman to the
blue room, and make a tire."
I was in the blue room, the scene of the
three sudden deaths or murders. It was a
small apartment, painted blue. It bad
also blue window curtains aud a blue silk
coverlet on the bed ; a neat striped carpet,
a set of old mahogany furniture, and a
very handsome ewer and a basin of costly
China. It was at the time almost univer
sal custom to burn wood. In this room,
however, was a small coal-fire. I alluded
to this as Hannah came in with the scuttle.
"Yes, sir," she said. "Missis does burn
coals. Her son is a clerk, or the like, at
the new mines at Mauch Chunk, and he
sends it cheap to her ; but it's a nasty, dirty
smelling thing, and I hate it. Now it's
built and lit; 'twill warm up in fifteeu
minutes. It takes longer than wood."
She went out of the door and came back
in a minute with a little tray, on which
stood a pot and cup and saucer, also a
tiny pitcher, and something in a napkin.
"Miss sent up a bit and a sup," said she.
"Tea rests us old folks mighty. Good
night." "Good-night," I said, "I expect I shall
sleep soon ; I must be up very early, though,
for I have bills to pay. I have some hun
dreds of dollars with me to pay out to-morrow,
and it's in this bag."
She looked at me in a queer sort of way,
and lingered beside me. At last she spoke:
"Look ye, sir ; I think that old folks of
your age do wrong to lock doors on them
selves. .You might be ill at night, and
who'd get into yeu ? Leave your door un
locked." Was it this woman's practice to beg trav
elers who stopped with her mistress not to
lock the door? Was there some baneful
potion in the cup she had given me ?
It was au innocent-looking cup enough
an old fashioned affair, covered with lit
tle gilt sprigs. The tea was fragrann Hy
son ; but the suspicion that had crept into
my miud had tainted it. I fancied a strange
color, a strange smell. I put it from me,
and would not have tasted it for a king
dom. I bad not intended to sleep, and I did not
undress myself. I merely removed my dis
guise, and sat down beside the table with
my pistol before me. That some attempt
might be shortly made to murder me I felt
to be possible. I Uiought of all the old j
tales that I bad heard of trap-doors and j
sliding panels, and secret entrances to trav- I
elers' rooms. I was not a coward, but I
felt strangely nervous, and singularly
enough for a man in my perfect health, my
bands were growing cold, and my feet
were lumps of ice, while my head was burn
ing hot. j
Fifteen minutes had passed, and the fire
was kindled ; but- the room was not warm.
The blue names struggled among the black
coals, and flung forked tongues, tipped with
yellow tints, into the room. There was
nothing cheerful about the stove though
it was of that open stylo now called the
Franklin. Yet I drew a chair toward :t
from habit, and sat with my feet uppu the
hearth. I do not know bow long I sat
there. Suddenly I became aware that I '
was not myself. I was losing my senses.
If unseen hands had been clasped about
my neck, and an uuseen knee bad been
pressed against my chest, my seusations
could cot have been different. J
A thought of the evil spirit which my
friend had suggested faintly struggled into
my mind. As I staggered to my feet a '
noise like the roaring of the sea was in my
ears. The flames of the candle turned to a
great yellow blue. I barely retained
strength enough to stagger to the window '
and liing it open. The fresh, cool winter
air rushed in at once. It gave me intense ,
pain, but it relieved me. In a moment more
I was able to clamber out of it upon tbe
shed below. I
There I remained until the day dawn. '
With my returning senses tbe truth came
to roe. That which had murdered the '
three men who had slept before me in the :
blue chamber was uothing more or less than
the coal stove.
It was provided with what is called a '
damper, and this being caught in a man- '
ner which closed it sent the poisonous gas
into the room. It had been kindled as a
wood fire would have, been at the hour of
retiring, by one ignorant of tbe danger pos
sible from coal gas, and they bad slept never
to awaken. Had I thrown myself upon
the bed, I also should have been found dead
at daylight, in all human probability. j
As for the fact that neither doctor nor
coroner discovered the truth, I have but
to say that they were not deeply scientific
men that coal stoves were scarcely used
in the place and that it had not been men
tioned that the blue chamber was thus
heated.
Of course I rejoiced the household by my
discovery next morning and equally, of
course, Madame Matteau, who was not only
freed from suspicion, but became the oh-;
ject of universal sympathy. She was al
ways grateful to me, and she proved her
gratitude by giving what I asked for, the
hand of her daughter Gabiielle iu marriage.
JL lt'icrtl Story from Albany.
The Albany Argu tellstlnsstory: "One
evening a week or two since, a lady resMing
in one of the southern waids was rcturniuo
to her home from a social gatheiing at a
private house near the hour of midnight.
She was accompanied by a malo relative
who lived iu the same house. As they
were abont to ascend the steps, both
glanced up toward the windows of the sec
ond story, and at one of them both saw
with perfect distinctness a human face
Tressed against the pane. The features
were not known to either ; but presuming
it to be a friend of their neighbor, (as there
was more than one family in the house,)
nothing strange was thought of it at the
time. Before retiring, but after both had
bared their feet, the lady and her compan
ion bethought themselves of some article
to be procured from the lower part of the
house, and as its exact location was known,
they descended without a light. On re
turning, just as the young gentleman placed
his foot upou the lauding at the head of
the stairs, he felt beneath it a yielding
substance the shape of which he socltarly
defined that he exclaimed : Why, aunty,
I stepped on someln-dy's thumb !' At the
same instant the lady, putting down her
foot, responded, I have stcp-xd on tho
hand !' No sound of retreating steps was
beard, and such examination as the dark
ness permitted failed to discover any hu
man being near them. On procuring a
light, a moment later, both soon satisfied
themselves that no creature of flesh and
blood was in the immediate vicinity.
Wondering and trembling at the contact
with these mysteries, the witnesses retired
to thoir beds. In the moring a simple in
quiry, which attracted noattention, elicited
the fact that there had been no living per
son in the house the previous night Oilier
than the usual members of the family, and
a critical comparison of the features of each
one with the face she had seen, a sharp
impression of which was fixed in her mind,
convinced the lady that it was not that of
any one of them. The most startling and
mysterious cf the phenomena remains to
be told. As if to convince them that their
imagination had not been worked upon by
any means to create the impression we
have detailed there appeared upon the
bottom of the gentleman's foot the next
morning, plainly printed in a color quite
like bloodred, the fac-simile of the thumb
be had felt beneath it, and upon the foot
of the lady was as clearly discernable the
likeness of the inside of a human hand.
The parties are of an age and character to
make their statements woi thy of full credit,
and the marks left upon their ihm-sous by
the singular occurrence were seeu by sev
eral witnesses."
Love asd a Mul.e. The Newark Even
ing Courier, a newspaper remarkable for
its veracity, says of one of its citizens : He
rose early and gulped down his morning
cup of coffee as if his life depended upon
his haste. Then he rushed to the grand
delivery window of the postoffice, aud in
quired for a letter. The clerk handed him
a perfumed missive, directed in a fair round
hand. He ripped open one end of the en
velope with his lead pencil sharpener, and
commenced to read as he crossed Broad
street toward Centre Market. What to
him were the country wagons, with their
loads of beets and cabbages? He read :
"As I sit by the open window and hear the
waves thunder upon the shore " There
he stopped suddenly and tumbled into a
basket of squashes, as if a thunderbolt had
been launched at the seat of his 30-inch
pantaloons. That was where it struck.
"Hello, mister. Say, can't you keep away
from that mewl ?" sang out a bronzed ag
riculturist from Caldwell. "Help yourself
to squash," yelled one of Lew Francis'
students from the tonsorial chambers of the
market building. He gathered up his
girl's letter, dripping with black mud, sur
veyed the photograph of the mule's foot
upon t lid base of his pantaloons, and limned
disconsolately away. The course of true
love never did run smooth.
A Check that Can't be Forged. A
gentleman deposited a package in the safe
this morning, says a Long Brauch hotel
correspondent and asked for a check for
it. Our affable aud obliging cleik gave
him a check which be himself invented and
put in vogue at Saratoga fifteen yeais ago.
Hastily writing the geutlemau's name on a
square of paper, the clerk as hastily tore it
in two. He gave the gentleman one part
and pinned tbe other part on the package.
This was the check, aud an unforgeable
one at that. For observe: often as you
may do this thing to duplicate it is impos
sible. You might succeed, perhaps,
though with extreme difficulty, iu making
an exact re-prod uctiou of your own writing;
but to tear apart two pieces of paper iu the
same way so that a fragment of one will fit
a fragment of another is something you
can't do, but you have my permission to
amuse yourself by trying.
A Little Mistake. He took the even
ing train tip from Cleveland, and iu looking
through the cars discovered a female sitting
alone in a seat, and it instantly occurred to
him that she might be lonely. A veil
dropied over ber face, but there was no
reason to suppose that she was not good,
looking, and he gallantly raised his hat and
sat down beside her, remarking, with a
lovely smile :
"It's lonely traveling alone."
She just murmured a reply, but tho no
cent was captivating, and he was won at
the start.
He was practised in all the aits of pilife
tactics, and spoke to her softly of the groat
desolate world, with appropriate allusions
to human hearts. He told her how he had
hungered and thirsted after the affection of
a tru heart, and had yearned to feel the
breath of tho heavenly flame of love.
"No," Le sighed, he had no w ife, no one
to love and caress him and mend his sus
penders, and when he inquired if she was
treading the path of life sin R,H1 alone,
she murmured so pensively and sad that ho
felt compelled to put his arm on the back
of the seat lest she should fall out of the
window which was clsed.
They reached Nortvaik, und just as the
train stopped he heard a gratinr, hissing
sound close to his ear, and I hen the word:
"Y-o-n villian ! y-o-u old hypocritical
s-i-n-n-e-r! I'll make you think you're
been struck by a breath of heavenly flame,
you old owl !"
He looked around jnt far enough to get
a glimpse of a pair of flashing eyes and the
face of List wife, who had murmerrd so
fondly to him along the journey. A sudden
spasm seized him, but he managed to ac
company her from the train, and. h they
moved in the darkness toward home, her
flashing eyes lit up his pale face with
spectral effect.
' A meek-looking stranger was sitting
ou the station platform reading a newspa
per, last evening, when he suddenly let it
fall from his hands and burst into tears.
'What is your grief, my doar sir?" hastily
asked an astonished and sympathetic by
stander. The afilicted man looked up,
with eyes streaming. Stranger," he
gasped, "do you know that there hain't a
I single cx -President alive'.'" and again ho
bowed his head andwept. Danhury .Ves.
A lassie wrote to young man she had
taken a fancy to, "Come and meet me in
the gloaming, John," and when the time
came John wasn't there. He subsequent
ly explained that be could n't find such a
place.
A lady having been ordered by her phy
sician to a warmer climate, her luiahand re
marked that if there was a warmer climate
thau he had been living iu since his mar
liaje, he wu uo aware of it.