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,' in il mil.. !i'li)i hi f ill
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till c!l. Si'hool-i,
;irf aliiiiii.v cstalilishcfl.
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r-i:nif Iri'in ; 1 1 1 m n: ry Htlc'-
, h i !i. ,-k'in- :i ml ili-limty, iMMiiy
' T... i h u i-1 iii h i I rinivrri'il.
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;... r tlie utviiiiuinHlation of vis-
Fn::vi.M. k5.oi rnu ACHE.
, .1, III 'I. lvitlMIl till JI'Tidll f
ti,w i-hmatf. :o lUTl'S of Inn1
, . wi.i count as much as 100
-'..r rh.
t i r r . -1 w itli Fi nit (Irowlnar
.. r v.i.i -uiiii.l liialiuit time on
:p- I'ltir
. ;;-.oM' A i !I I, ami TOWN LOT."-,
iutf.- nil'! im 1,'inil, also
. ,!.., c, , -ni.ijii Fxpositinn,
. . . !. 1 f 1 OV I'l-llJC.
f " j t it : i. . ii !!!:: ;i I i - n will !i
; :, . ,1 it . ii -II to UIAIM.ES
;-. Vr.n -!'. N . J .
i -t , !.n t t from H rlopci rp-
l.f v
I.. 4
v tin- well-known
in. ami jmlilisliod
!l II"
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i.f tl.o "wi-ll to ilo" ?ort,
iv.-1 urnoil tln ir attrntion
''Til v. have ifmwn rich.
i- ;r in san'ty t" clayi'y.
'i irinir. i ! Km rctel wiih
i-' .'iial iri't tiii'iiMiiws, in
r ii.-U nr.- ."tore. I. fiiffi-
. n; ' : i s i 1 surlace. alter
r.i 'iir.il fertility,
i . trnU'f trert, in
' . ' s'i 7fT7r ronriition
'ntoir tj" i i'.t tide of
' t.,n,nl tout" Of tllf Olil-
' ' , , ". .'.V -;.' irOilurtire
: i i c hundred years
..... ver the muc of
i i " nli"!i' country Is a
I r ii xli I i;e roil we f..un.
-ii'.-t.im-c.. ifi'iiera I !y In
.; .p.ii: t'l.irl. flioviinif
i;.. :. i.t .-io nf the tor-
.7-7 .si bxlfi ncc it sent
. i.'i i t ri comminule4
.' 'i.-i unit rc i!y a irr-
f-if:mr diiii-rs torulti-
-as.-iy.
It'tVi
Ct II
tit
thai
!
Iii!
k. !
t.'ir,!
Ml
Ayer's
swsaparilla
Is wiilcly known
as one of the most
i-tTcftiial remedies
ovt r Iiscovcred for
53
If. I l-IIL-l-ltli
('hit ovi r di
tin, m
sins the ?ys-
aml nurifvinjj
Mood. It lias
h''Vy fwl tlie test of
vi-ars with a con-
V5-5'f5'5 .tant! v rro wins ren-
. . ' "tation, based on it
,r;,;,":. and fftained hy its re
' s ".'11 as to lie safe and
ami vet so spari-lunr
'iV Iittr' n Ollt. tli rrr! rr.r.
f;l tf' Li.,,!, such as the 'scrofulous
.::u:.u!f contan.ination.
Impurities,
'lat linvo !,!(
ed in the svstem
; ,. ' 'o tins powetftil anti
tJ ''i-nj jn-nr. .IfiK-e its wonderful
xirv f, !.;,., ....t.i-.1.. i
and all scrofulous disease,
,;nipi,0s and tniptive dis
id ;ki"- '"mors, Jllotelies,
i,,,11'' Sores, St.
k ' r' Salt lliciini, So'iM
ntin '"1!:."rJi. an.l internal Ul-
ESr01 Stomach,
rr. ir a0 curc. oth(.r rom.
- WRliuli it would not win esiieei-
Fitle,i-',H h f .lrnsy, Iy.pep-
le w ,,r,a,-ii. llnrt Iiseaso.
' im- are inanucsut
'! tl i c,.-. r .t .
. - .'ninr.is poisons.
- an .r,.,. . . '. ....
. r, MoreroJ health and
- in t,;. s.
'' prmi. V.y renewing tlie
a" 1 vi 'or of tl... .!:"...: Z
I:
pression and listless lan-
.... ... .
f'tl. r.Ven u-lioro rr fltoniiloi
v0!
!"!!' i, , 1 .,..f..r nml i;.
-i'r'"1" i fl'iitcin noves
la'.-wtd M-or an.l a new lease of
i.C. AYER & CO., Lowell, Mass.,
"'"I Analytical L7emit:
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AI L ''fiVU'JI.sTS F.VEBYWIIEIi
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1 1 Insurance Agent,
w r : 'i ,. .
k " -iniri nutlet? in inn
l?rLlADLE4lx:TIA,l
'rnf f 'oiiiiniiiv.
.n. T. O'FRIICL,
ON O'FRIEL,
v ' P M TI RKItS or
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I a. oiln'c'in front room of T.
" huihlii.ir. Centre street. All
11 ou,,1(.HH mier lel to atisfac
" "oiisa Booclalty. (1 J-li.t.. I
s ' I II, K It, Athtrnn at
'"iist.nrir. I'A.tt fli. h in
'inly oc;ii,i,.a ,y Wni. Klttell.
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I'.i'oiislmr. Otlicpori Hiph
5 it-si Juuc j. l--M,'Tt5 -tf.J
xmr ad run tjsements.
Highest I'reminm at Centennial .
LAMS Kh'ITTiKQ MACHINE !
........ ninr.ii In 1.1 Miimlo.
Jmp Vie? kni!-,,1;6;,1 n"'1 ". off the toe
n n pieie- Knits nil sizes; narrows nnd widen t
?-,I,.'.-aiY kn i? wybel.her Tubular or Xi'
Sinarlc. 1oiiiIr. nr mi.i....i
Drnilltrinir all ...l.i.J
"i nnu Apiiarcl.
Semi for circulars ami gamble
L.AMII KX1TTIXO MAHUNEro
C1"c"l'ce tn". '"8., or IMiiUUclpl.ia, Pa.
dP- COATS
lnv been nivartlil i fetl nml niplo
... , -nieiinini reposition,
roinnifuiicil by tl.e .IimIci, tor
u l
"Superior STRENGTH
AND
EXCELLENT QUALITY
O I'
Spool COTTON."
T.tOMIOUN, Dlrertor-f.neti.1.
3. K. 1ITH.KT. !'r.
SEAL.
: At.r.x. K. HoTF-LKn. Sec'y jiro l?m
)? Ftra l ine flioil fartls. with nnt.i, li rtT
-"J post-paw. U .lo.VlS tc CO., NnsMiu. N.y!
"st'tiiT? Wctk to A actii'. S.nni.'.es FKKK
?,JU?ii IM. VICK1.RY, Auxunra Maine.
rl U H0.M t'lP'nmns j"::k.
J. Mi svny & t;o., Phila., Pa.
ceriaiiity to mir person
0 I'T K ! limik. Vopiess.
bt)JI f-Ilinirour J.I-
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cr wmer tis-vl Sain. ile II.mi1;
wortn a.i.(H) sent tree. Si-ml smnp fur ci.Tiilsr
l.Xt I I SIuU CO., 17 Trilmno liuil.iin, Chicago.
SIS"2 5(11 PKP S l ltOH t !; t5
75 00 UVFSVMEfTSdr J 1 L"5
The jU'lieious selection ami ma.t.iprcineiit o!
OJLvyvAV X 111 1 1 1 j I j i jij III
is a pure roa.l to raplil fori line. Seivl for new I
-,'vfiti r tviircil I. .til"c."" free, wi.h
full inlonnntlon ton"', oiii-r I he Sioe't Mar te...
tlol.l an.l I T. roTTCU. ttlOIIT A O..
Slock J!rokci . a. Wall Mrce.. Aen ork.
)( f ite'l tTar.ls. wii h nam. 10 cs. Sim tiles for
rjV) 3 ct. Ptanip. J. ii.KHisiC'o.,Na?saii,N J.
fiieLittle Rock
and Fort Smith
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It s
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Farm in it Tamils, (irar.lnir Ijan-li", Fruit Iamls.
Vine I.amlK. 'oal Jimls. Wood Ianili ?tne Prai
rie famls. H. ;r.in Iinds. and t'plamls, on terms
to soil pnrrhnscr. six per rent, interest on de
ferred payments. Ten percent, discount for cash.
For fuil jiarlieiilnrs, maps and pamphlets, apply
to V . . M,t l, Iimi Commissioner, Little
Kuck, Arkansas.
Vlwltli-ir t'nn'v wilh vnur name finely
printed, sent (or 2oc. We "have loo styles.
Agents Wanted. ! samples sent tor stamp.
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S 45 PER TERM,
137 PER YEAR,
Pays ! 1 i eiiscn a e
CHAMBERLAIN INSTITUTE!
liAXIioLl'II, N. Y.
Sc hool estnhlf-hed 1-.-.0. Property H12 000. En
dowment MO.Ooo. Our youth (hotli sexes) shall
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I.O.MSIAXA STATE l.UTT.:R roW'AAl.
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the Leirilalurc of the Sf.it? for Kdneational pn -poses
in 1S-3S. wilh a apitnl o." M.Oon.iHHi, a wiiith
lias been H.Idcd a reserve fund of iVJ.O'iU. lit
(irnml I i le ii iiiber trt will takrt
place monthly. The season ol 1SS76 closj. wilh tlie
lollunitiK scheme :
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approximation prizes,
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T
IIIATj IilST for Dcccmltcr Term,
lHTti commencing on Mosdat, the
4th day of salt? month :
fii:kt wnr.it.
lVIentzer vs. Hopper &. Conrad : Kltnft vs. M. II.
Nathanson tc Co. Myers vs. M. 11. Nathanson.
lvmi rt WKKK.
."1 ' . i luuno Seliten vs. (kin-
.... Vrlmn 11 II.
feiirnra iuo; iuiuo
:"j .i'..-.'.i'i-.. it v Wen trot It.
KriSO. .11. I., mil'":" . ,- ,,. r,.l.rrie.l 1
mn, iciii-'. - -- ---- . ..: t,
. '
u.nr" J latlerv vs. riiiin-rj, vn.. ... - ,
vs. F "her: White vs. Kmmlton : H incus vs. Mor
Son OM.per vs. MeMullln: ""'"'.V"-:
lor " Watson vs. I-.ip.dev: Kussell vs. Hochsteln; I
Watson VJ Kennedy etal.; Hrcslle vs llannon ;
O Nelll vs. Carney ; Frmhclscr vs. Johnstown
HoVouah; McOarvey vs. Pterson .; Kerr v..
lirldlev Ct Sl.t WattetS vs. f-niK:iiiiiii.-i . w........
vs Keim- irv n A. Kel.n vs. NaKle: Mellon vs.
Fl'nney &'.lohnston : mper fc Mellon vs; Fin n ey
fc Iohii'on- Shad -r vs. Honncker; Iritz fc Co.
f1.-', n It MCOI,l AN. Prothonotary.
th..noisry "t.lire. mnst.anr. Nov.
TY7 I HOWS'
A IM'UA 1SEMKNTS.
W v,.. llii.n.liv eivi-n that the fol
lowing mitred npprals. ni'enfs of personal pro-
peT ? oDlecedcirs. V'";Lrthe AcVoPIs-
semniy "J ..... ... ..oki,.. at Khenstuirir. !
h7n riled lnhel
.',!. .10,1 to the Orphans Court, of i
nnu wiii io, i ,.,.ifirmation and allow
ance.onWrniVsnAV, the r.th day of Okc-km
1IBH, A . - If.". " w.
r snd appraisement of certain personal I
Hl'-'l !Sl A'oAnur.1 atrer'o, '
Inventory
ri"?r.,..nV,wriTlw of . W. O'nuchnour, late of
Conemauicli boromch. dee'd. --
h horouich, lec fum.ua.
v and appraisement of certain personal
.pprafsed' and set opart for Elizabeth
i low of Francis X. 'hristy, late of Ual-
Inventory
i.roncrty l
J l.rldtt' WIll.lW
V'"' . ... ... 1..ITU-.
l.t.in ""n'7Ai:siM,KR,Cl,rk O. tl
O. V. Clork' oillee, Khenshtirg;. Nov. 8. 1M.B-
TVTO TICK. Tho first and prtrti.il ac-
' .i tiMi v I
Xy count of John A.
L.KWIS. aetlnx Assncneer ... --" ."' ,' ..V . I
..r I.l...ialv..rar At in- I
has been tiled !
I ii i n nd Maniiiaeliirinj- company, "i" - '
i ihonntarv Olltee of Cambria county
and
rill he nr.-scntcd for eonnrmation and altow
,'..ri 01 Common Pleas or said wan-
mice, to
... ..n tlie Ami Monday of I'eeeniber next,
ty, on the nm j, AN. Prothonotary.
rrotUouotaryiomoe, Eocnsburjc, Nov. 6, 1S78.
EBENSBURG,
THE HIGHWAY COW.
nY EUGENE J. HAYS.
Thfi lm of her lii.le was a dusky tirown.
Her Inly was lean and her tieek was slim.
One horn turned tip and the oilier down,
vv- if W,a.8 kee" of vMmt ,ul ,OI,R of 1'mb ;
a , , 11!,,an "os 'd short stump tail.
And nijs like the hoops of a home-made pail.
Many a mark did her old body liear
b.ie, had been a target for all things known:
On many a sear the dusky hair
Would grow no more where it once had
grown ;
Many a passionate, parting shot
Had lelt upon her a lasting spot.
Mnny and many a well aimed stone,
Many a brickbat of goodly size,
And many a cudgel, swiftly thrown,
Had brought the tears to her bovine eyes ;
,r.bad Ixiiuided o.Tfrom her lnmy iiack,
With a noise lik the sound of a i ifle crack.
Many a day had she passed in ihe pound,
For helping heifelt to her neighbor's corn ;
Many a cowaidly cur and hon.-d
Had been transfixed on her n uin-ded horn;
Many a teapot and old tin pail
Had the farmer bo s lied to her time-worn
tail.
Old Deacon Gray was a pious man,!
'though sometimes templed to be profaue,
W hen many a weary mile he ran
To drive her out of his growing grain.
Sharp were the pranks she used to play
To get her fill and to get away.
She knew when the Deacon went to town;
She wisely watched hint when he went by;
He never passed her without a frown
And an evil gleam in earh angry eye ;
He would crack his whip in a surly wav,
And drive along in his "one-boss shay."
Then at his homestead she wished to call,
Lifting his bars with crumpled horn ;
Nimbly scaling his garden wall.
Helping herself to his vatnlincr corn ;
j Kaling his cabbage, one l; one,
Jiurrying noma when her work was done.
Often the Deacon homeward cane.
Humming a hymn from the house of
prayer,
His hopeful heat t iii a tranquil frame,
His soul as calm :s th:j evening air ;
His forehead smooth as a well-worn plow,
rr. fiii.l i. l.id ......1.... it.n i. ; I. ..... .......
is huma.i passio.i wr.s ijuick to rise,
And striding forth with a savage cry.
With fmy blazing from Ixilh bis eyes,
As lightning Hash in a summer sky ;
Iledder ami ledder his face would grow,
And after the creature he would go.
Over the garden, round and round,
Breaking his pear and apple trees ;
Tramping his melons into I he ground,
O vcrturiiiiig his hives of bees ;
Leaving him angry and badly stung.
Wishing the old cow's neck was wrung.
The moss grew on the garden wall.
The years went by with their work and
play..
The lioys of the village grew strong and tall,
And the giay-haired farmers passed away;
One by one, as tin; red leaves fall.
Hut the highway cow outlived IhcMii all.
All earthly creatures must have their day,
And some must have their mouths and
years.
Some in dying will long d:day ;
There is a climax to all careers ;
And the highway cow at. last was slain
In running a race with a railway train.
All into pieces at once she went,
Just. like he savings banks when they fail;
Out of the world she was swiftly sent ;
liittle was left but her old stump tail,
The fanner's cornfields and gardens now
Are haunted no more by ihe highway cow.
A Sl'Oltl' OF A JDCMPLIAG.
In the year slxiceti ninety-two, it would
not have been a safe as i'o is now in .he
! !Stato of Massnehtisei is for toe's .aOle io
j nance upon two of i.s leg., or for tn .tl-'ir
I Io declaie ihat if. was n t himself to whom
one listened, but -be spiritof Deimmihen.-s.
I For in those days, any one who would
I now only be sttoken of ''as so dd, pool
dear," was i.i gieai. d inner of being tied t.i
a t:l.e ii.u.i?diaiely, j'f.d if a malevolent,
person i.ook a disJiko to a neighbor, the
mere statement that that neighbor had
been seen riding on a broomstick the niglu
hefo'-e was sufficient.
Other neighbors drowned him at once.
And in those days there lived in the tow.i
of Salem whsra grave judges doomed
lieople to death for no greater crimes than
being old and ugly, and a little cracked in
the upjer story, or for making faces at
little boys who threw stout s at them, and
beinz fond of black cals there lived in one
j house a daughter-in-law and molher-in-law
: who hated each oilier.
j Grateful all-yon r-d iys Popki.is was a re
I spectable fanner, who having a mother
I who had not only given hitu the name re-
corded bovc, but had vnade his shirts
aye, and woven ihe li.ien for ihcm, aH also
the homespun lor ins tmurers aim coats,
who had knit bis stock'. !;s, cut his hair,
sod washed the bock of his ucck every
Sunday morning went in the wildest and
most absurd way and married a young wife;
as "hily-iiiy" a thing as could come of
Puritan slock.
She absolutely could not got the cm-lout
of her hair, and when her husband hnd
been absent f.om home all nay, she would
. . . . . i ;.. o
lUll tO tlie l" lllcl1 "V. --. nil.. r.
inobt limilglllliul jivi.i;luiiij5 ... J v.
her molher-in-law.
Mrs. Popkins, t he elder, was n very pious
woman, niid she was tno of those who
believed that ,'rovidence smiled upon the
burning of a w'ich, and was well pleased
with whosoever drowned him.
Whenever there was a little festival of
the sort in vogue, and some poor creature
. .1 : : i'. . T ............1 i ,i if ... IIia fivue nt
! died a terrible deaih, because of some
absurd accusation, good oM Mis. Popkins
was on the grounds in her lilack silk cloak
I . . i i :.-. 1 ....... f .
aoo noon ana mug, siik hulls, uiuugui
yeara before
On such OC
i - ,i
from England.
occasions Mrs. Gratefnl-all-your-
pkins, her son s wife, stayed at
and wept, and said she could not
. ..i. .1. n. .f t l.os wpi. tint
uear to nt'o oiif.u lum.i) vuw j
light.
This in iise.f Mrs. Popkins the elder
tlimlTllt suspicions, and iu her own mind
she felt sure that her daughter-in-law had
sympathy with witches.
Indeed, she was not entirely clear ihat
the poor girl was not herself in league with
Satan; for how, without some special be
witchment, could that otherwise sensible
young man, Grateful-all-your-days Pop
kins, have been brought to do such a silly
thins as marry, wheu ho bad such a motli-
er?
"Verilv." cried Mrs. Popkins the elder,
"should I discover that one ot my own
household was an evil witch, I would de
nounce that person. It would grieve me
to do it, but I would perform my duty."
PA., FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 24, 1S7G.
And then good lira. Popkins fell to j Mistress Anne had ever felt that her hu
thiiiking of her daughter-in-law, who wept band's name of Grateful all your days IVn
c 1 1 r li U' i t r 1 1 f o ......... I ....... . 1 . I I : . i i . . . . . A
....v... .. ..v...v.r. iiiini, niiu, pvni.ipn, .
nati oewiicueu uiateiui-ail-your-days into
marrying her.
One day they drowned old Gaffer Gill, of
whom Master Piou, who owed him money,
had said that he stood at his bedside of
nights adorned with horns, hoofs, and a
tail, and pinched him black and blue.
It was rather a doubtful case, so they
gave him a chance. He was cast into the
water, and if he floated, they would know
that the evil one was his friend. If he
sauk, he was all right, lie sauk. No one
had expected this, so theie were no means
at hand for saving him.
From this inspiring scene Mrs. Popkins
went home to dinner. She found her
daughter-in-law very busy over.lhe lire. A
pot hung upon the trammel, which de
lended from the ciaue, ind it was bubbling
beautifully.
Giaieful-all-your days was watching his
wife villi much calm, Putiian admiration
iu his light blue eyes.
"We are to have a new dish lo our din
uer, mother," ho said, "and Auue saycth
it will be a good one."
'One none ever tasted before," said
Anne.
"It would have been more godly to goto
the execution of ihe witch," said Mrs.
Popkins the elder, "and to have refreshed
your cii.sliiiig bodies ou cold meals. I
fear the lusts of flesh are bt.ong within you
both."
With which Mrs. Popkins who read her
Iible rather as a means of reproaching
other people than as a comfort to herself
got it down and read denunciations from it
to the unhappy youujj couple uutil dinner
time.
Then, having said grpce, sho seated her
self and was helped to boiled nik and
cabbage, and watched liitle Mistress Anne
as she set upou the table a great dish full
of lotiitd, w hite balls of dough, and cried
"There ! none other ever made them be
fore I did. 1 thought them out for myself.
Cut it in two, Graiy" that was what she
called her husband "cut it in two, and
within thou wilt lind au apple. Here is
sauce for it."
Gra'eful-all-your days did as he was or
dered, and burst into a lAiigh.
"Thou ait i he best of cooks." he said.
"Mother, thou never didst so neat a thing
as this confess it."
That speech settled matters. It was
more than Mr. Popkins the elder could
stand. She glared at her dang litcr-in law.
She glared at her son. She ro.se and donned
her hod and cloak, and took two of the !
urn nd balls the tiist apple dumplings she
had ever seen upon a plate and walked
out of ihe house with it.
"Hath she taken leave of her senses at
last?"' the dauhter-iu-law asked.
"She is pi'wnl of thy cnliuaiy skill, my
child, replied Grateful-all-your-days, who,
like mliei men, had no iui uitive percept ion,
and thought his mother and his wile the
bes'j of friends, "and would fain boast of
it to the neighbors."
"Alack !" cried Anne, "my hearts mis
gives me."
And well it might, for Mrs. Popkins the
elder bad gone straight to the house of one
in auihoiiiy, who delighted in the destruc
tion of witches, and had et before him the
plate.
"Verily," she said, "I have often de
cl;;red I would denounce even one of my
own kin who should prove to be a witcli ;
and heie is the prool that Anne, the wife
of ny well-beloved Gnilefnl-alLyour-days,
ha proved he-self a wileh by making this.
iViihiu a dumpling of th.ugh, with no hole
iu il, lies a whole apple. None but a w itch
could do such a deed. I denounce her.
Cue one of iltese op-n to prove the truth of
whatl say to thyself; keep the other for
the judges."
The great witch-finder did as he was bid,
a. id pronounced (he apple dumpling the
chiefest woik of Satan lie had ever seen;
not only wilchciaft, but an evil miracle so
t,o speak.
That night poor little Mistress Anne was
arrested and casi into prison, llerm-nher-iu
law, as good a cook as there was in
Salem, had declared that she had done
w hat was impossible to any cook. Grave
elders had opened the remaining dumpling,
and oiu of it had rolled a boiled apple.
Anne had not thought of halving andcor
i;ig it. As the Evil One had helj-cd her by
fi.e, fire tens lo be her death. The stake
was set, faggois were ready, but before she
was burned some form of trial must be
gone through.
The ti)oi!ier-in-!a w was witness. The
husband was on the spot, tears iu his eves.
and i. great basket on his arm ; and Anne
w?s brought from her prison lo confront the
fieice men who were only too anxious to
doom her to death. According to their
laws she might speak iu her own defence,
if she had anything to say. The charge
was made, evidence given, the dumpling
exhibited. Then up lose Mistress Anne,
white and trembling.
"I have nothing to deny," she said. "I
made the dumpling ; but I beg leave to
show all those now assembled how the work
was done ; then if there is anything evil
in it, do me lo death, for I am worthy."
"It is but just," said the judge. "Per
forin your incantation."
Then stepped forward her husband,
Master Grateful-all-your-days Popkins.
lie set before her the basket, and took
thence a box of Hour, some butter, a rolling-pin
and pasteboard, four apples, a pan
of sugar, a spoon and a nutmeg.
In the court loom, as in all rooms that
needed warming at that day, was an open
fire ; over this he put the ot ; and kneel
ing on the lioor, Mistiess Anne mixed ind
relied out a paste. Then paring the apples,
she enfolded each in a white sheet and
dented the edges of the lap in the paste
until it was invisible ; then the pot of water
boiling and bubling, she dropped them in.
Is there witchcraft in this?" asked she.
"It is all deceit. They would boil out 1"
cr'ed tho mother-in-law.
"We will wait and see," cried the judges.
They waited. An hour after, all four sat
about a table eating the delicious dump
lings, over which Anne pouied a savory
sauce, and each declared that none but
good arts had been used in the concoction
of Mistress Anne's excellent apple dump
lings. So she was not burnt for a witch, after
.all, and shortly after Mrs. Popkins the
elder went back to England. Whatever
other folks said, she declared she knew her
daughter in-law was a witch. Ilow else
had her son been brought to marry her?
And the day that she sailed away was
the first day of ber wedded life that little
musically oeiongeu to litem
roLLOU'JXG A 1MALE.
A ship arrived at JJristol, not long ago,
after a successful whaling vovatre. Once
thousands of vessels tracked the great sea
monslers in search of oil, but the discover- '
tes of the mineral article have made the
trade no longer remunerative, or at least
much less a object of pursuit. The sh ip
referred to was the West Wind, command
ed by Captain Parker, who had a most
perilous adventure during the cruise which
came very near costing hi m his life. Un
der the most favorable circumstances the
occupation of Ihe whaler is one of great
danger and physical trial, and very few
bhips ever return to ixnt without losing
one or more hands by the ordinary exigen
cies of the service.
It seems thai Captain Pa.ker was out
from his ship with a boat's crew, chasing a
whale, and havhig fastened his harpoon to
the creatine, it dived, as usual, and the
line, coiled iu the bows of ihe boat, began
lo run out wilh lightning speed, as the
monster sunk to ihe extreme depih of the
ocean. At Ihis critical juncture Captain
Paiker went to the forward part of the
boat, to be sure that there was no I wist in
Ihe rope lo prevent hs working clear. Tho
line was tunning out with such lapidity as
io cause the smoke to arise from the wood
.voikof tho boat, and the Caplain thiew
water, as i.s I he custom ; but by an unlucky
lurch of the boat he was canted from his
push ion, and he natnially threw out his
left hand to prevent himself from falling,
but in so doing he placed it so that the
rope coiled around his wrist, and he was
overboaid and out of sight in an instant.
lie was perfectly conscious w hile he was
rushing down hcadfoiemost, and wilh an
incredible swiftness, and it seemed to him
Ihat his arm would be toru from tho sock
et, so great was the resistance of the waver.
During these awful moments he was well
aware of his perilous situation, and knew
that his only chance for life was to cut the
line. But how could he do this? lie
could not move his hand from his side, to
which it was closely picssed by the foice
of the element through which he was being
drawn. The pressure on his brain gew
more and more terrible, and a roaring as
of thunder sounded in his ears. For an in
stant he OfKMied his eyes, and it seemed as
though a stream of liie was passing bcfoie
them; and now came that inevitable ac
tivity of the biain which chaiactet izes all
such perilous situations wheie tine's life
seems lo pass in review in an instant of
lime. But the captain was a very practical
man, cool and comageous al.vays, and con
sequently still self-possessed.
lie beg sn t si niggle with all his trscu
lar jMiwer to leach ihe k-nfe wh'ch he ,vo.e
at his belt. Ile felt that he was growing
weaker every instant, and it was now or
never with him, though we should say,
paie'Khctically, that what icqttiicsso long
tcdescribe, occurred in time that wns icck
oned by seconds rather than minutes. Oh!
if he could command but his right hand for
one stroke upon that fatal line ! Now his
heart began to fail him. lie did not abso
lutely despair, but his brain reeled, his
nerves seemed to alternate befoie his eye
balls, and his head seemed to be conipiess
ed iu an . iron vice. Were these his last
moments? He thought, iu suite of the ag
onizing pain, he would make one mote
brave effort.
The line providentially slackened for a
second ; he reached his knife, and quick as
thopght itself, as the rope became taut
again, the keen edge of the knife was upon
it, and by a despcraie effort of his arm it
became severed, ile was freed, and then
commenced his upward passage, caused bv
the natural buoyancy of the human body.
After this he only remembered a feeling of
suffocating, a singling s(asni, and all was
over until he awoke to an agonizing pain
of reviving consciousness iu the arms of
his Sxat'8 crew. Tiuly one of the most re
ma. kablo escapes from death on record.
Cleveland l imes.
The Discovery of Pike. Fire, the
common source of heat, of light, and of
life, and tho active principle jf a multitude
of industries, and of metallurgical industry
in particular, is unquestionably one of the
gieatest conquests achieved by man over
nature.
The discovery of fire was more than a ben
efit; it was, in fact, a giant stride on the
road to civilization. With fire arose socia
bility, the family, the sacred joys ofthe do
mestic hearth, all industries all arts, to
gether with the wonders they have pro
duced, and Mill produce from day to day.
Hence we can readily understand how it
is tlut fire hascven been and still is, among
many nations, the object of a special woi
ship, (priests of Baal, Ghebcrs, Hindoo,
Brahmans, Homan vestals, priestesses of
ihe sun in Peru, etc.,) and that it hasofien
figured iu the religious or funeral rites of
nations most, i emote fiom one another,
both in time and space, r.s the Chaldees,
Hebrews, G reeks, Romans, Peruvians, Mex
icans, etc. Bat how and when was this
great discovery made, in the absence of
which we can hardly conceive ofthe possi
bility of human arts or even of human ex
istence? Did man, as we are told in tho
myths of India and Greece, steal fire from
heaven ; or did he, as other legends affirm,
take advantage of spontaneous forest-fires,
arising from the violent rubbing together
of dry branches under tho action of tho
wind, or finally, was man so ingenious
from the beginning as to devise one of
those simple and practical contrivances by
means of which certain savage at.d half
civilized tiibes in our own time obtain the
fire they need for their daily uses? Popu
lar Science Monthly.
You should see a woman try to pass a
millinery store where an advance courier
of fashion in the shape of a new stylo bon
net has just been placed in the window.
She knows her own weakness and looks
resolutely away, until sho is reallv past.
Then one eye lolls a little and it. catches
tic tip 01 an ostricn leatner. on such a
lovely new collar I and she steals just one
look and the mischief is done ! When her
husband goes home to supper he has his
favorite muffins and she hovers around
him like a humming-bird, and presently
she comes outwith that baton just tipped
on one side enough to set off the feather,
and says so coaxingly, "isn't it too sweet,
and so cheap. Won't George's wife be fit
to die wilh envy," and he smiles resignedly
and takes' out the twenty dollars. There's
diplomacy for you !
TIIKY MET A M I'A 11 TEH.
About twenty years ago a steamship
sailed from aEuroean port to this country.
Among those on board were a French llu
penot gentleman and a young English lady.
They had never met before ; but no sooncr
did they see each other t han an attachment
? xxp uetween them, whicu soon n-
"i acpiainiauce. into mutual es-
tcein and enduring love. The vessel, when
i seven uays our, struck upon Capo Race
i Rock, and became a total wreck. Most of
j t he passengers were saved, among them the i
two persons alluded lo, and landed, in small
j boats, at Chance Cove, a few miles north 1
j of the cape. Here they remained for sev
j eral days, living all Robinson Crusoe, un
lit mey were ooserved oy a coasting vessel
and taken off in small parties lo St. John,
New Found land. At this place tho sub
jects of my sloty weie united iu marriasre.
Tho only means of getting away from St.
John was cither to wait for the relief
sieameis, which the captain of the wrecked
vessel had (by way of St. John, New Bruns
wick,) ielegraphcd to his port of destination
iu the United Stales for, or lako the f.nt
nightly mail steamer to Halifax. As this
latter course involved the payment of pas
sage, and most of our shipwrecked people
had lost, their all on the sharp-pointed rcks
of Cape Race,but few could avail themselves
of it. On the other hand, to await the re
lief vessel involved a fin (her detention at
St. John of, it was believed, fully two
months not a very pleasant prospect in
such a place. In this dilemma our hero
resolved upon a ruc. lie and his wife hid
themselves in uill'cicnt places on board the
Halifax steamer when she was ready to sail.
Their plan was to ictnain concealed until
i she was out at sea, and then to discover
themselves. The gentleman had fiicndsat
Halifax, and knew he could obtain funds
when he arrived tlieie. They weie both
young, giddy creatures, and hardly under
stood the foolish uature of their enterprise.
Well, the vessel put to sea ; and, after a
few hours of seclusion, tho French gentle
man made his appearance. This was the
signal for a volley of curses from the cap
tain of the vessel, and a cruel order con
demning the stow-a-way to the mattyrd m
of a coal-bunker. But our hero cared
nothing fur either tho heat of the furnace
or the smut of the coal, llehnd gained his
passage, and his misery would be over in
two days. The only thing he cared about
was his wife. So he went to woik at tdok
iug coal with a will, determined lht to al
low the captain's rage to blow over, and
then to search out his hidden sweetheait.
Imagine his horror and despair when he
heard, shortly afterwatd, from a biolhcr
s.oker, that his wife had been discovered
before the vessel left pint and put ashore.
In vain had she called upon her husband.
who could not hear her; in vain had she'
asserted to the infuiiated captain that her
husband was stowed away on the vevcl,
and that she would not be patted from him. !
She was beard with derision, and treated !
as an unscrupulous anci vicious person ; so
ihat she was doubtless landed in St. John
not only wnV't a husband, but aKo nn'iivx
a character for ieseclability. At least
ihis was tho conclusion to which her un
happy hn -.band .11 rived at as he looked over
the trackless waters about the vessel, and
cursed the rejieated n.isfoi tunes they had
visited upon him. However, there was no
help for the situation until he could reach
Halifax.
Next day, or thedny after, he was kicked,
rather ban put ashore, and found himself,
in the slicets of Halifax in a guise so sus
picious that, but for his obvious air of gen
tility, he would not have lieen received at
the Aicadian Hotel, wheie he had the
conrago lo apply for board.
To make the story short, he succeeded
in finding his fiicnds, and having his drafts
honored, a thing 5u cm Id not accomplish
hi Newfoundland. Then ho offered to pay
for his stolen passage in the steamer, an
offer which was impudently refused by Ihe j
agents. He finally took passage back in
the same vessel for St. John, with the view
of rescuing his wife fi-omher uncomforta
ble and perilous ositioii there.
But new troubles were in store for him.
When he arrived at St. John he found that
Hie relief vessel from the States came be
fore she was expected, and that his wife
had taken passage in her. She had left a
letter behind for him, explaining that she
had deemed it best to pursue this course
rather than lose the only opportunity that
promised of getting away from a ph;co so
odious, and where she had no fiietidi; that
she could not lie certain of the success of
his enterprise to Halifax ; that she had
written to him at Halifax, and to their
common port of destination in tho Slates
to Ihe samo effect ; and that she would
await his arrival nt the last-named ph.ee at
the house of the friends with whom she was
traveling.
As it subsequently turned out, it seems
that this inexperienced young creatine had
made two veiy important mistakes.
In tho
first place the relief vessel did not go to the
port to which the wrecked vessel was bound;
in the second place, her friends did not live
at the last named place, but somewhere
else, supposed to be eut West. S. that
when, after many detentions, our heait
broken Frenchman found his way to tho
poitof destination, he could discover no
trace of his wife.
Among tho requirements of the Stale
laws upon immigration is one that demands
of each alien passenger his name, vocation,
place of destination, etc. After sumo
weeks of knocking about at the seaport our
Frenchman heard of this icquii-cinent tr
the laws and commenced to scaich the re
cords of the State bnteaii of immigration,
in the hope of finding his w ife's name and
destination. Although he expended a
good deal of time and money in this search,
the aichives were so fragmentary and dis
ordered that nothing camo of it ; neither
did he obiaiu any intelligence through the
post-office.
Ten yearshave passed away. About this
time a Federal Bureau of Immigration
(now abolished) was established in the State
Department. I have, in a previous paper,
explained how tlie functions ot tins came
I to be turned over to the Bureau of Statis
tics.
Well, one day, some two ytars later, a
card, beating a well known French Hu
guenot name, was brought into my office.
The bearer of the card was introduced. He
was a young man, of medium stature, of an
intellectual appeal ance, and bore the traces
of long suQ'eiing. His object in visiting
1 me was to solicit permission to exatrine
the lists of immigration passengers which
be understood were filed in my bureau. I
explained to him that, although the statis-
tical returns of imtuigiatiou weie compiled
ami collated in my office, the list of pas
sengers, if tlieie weie any Mich lists, weio
requhed by law to bo h posited in tho
State Department. Ujmi this he apolo
gized for his intrusion, and withdrew.
About two bonis afieiwaid he camo
e.gain this time with a look of thedccest
dejection, almost in tears. "Oh, sir," said
he, "for the love of Cd, help me to find
my wifa!" and he iclattd lo uie M,e storv
I have just. told. It seems that he hail
gone to the State Dcpaitmcnt. and, Ihmiii;
accorded iH-rmissioii 10 scaich the aic-hivcs,
had found them in such utter confusion
letters, newspajieis, iciums, copies, books,
maps, all higgledy-pile.h, without dates,
mder or arrangement as to render it a
physical imjxfssilnliiy to search them.
Presuming tin the interest which he thought
his previous biitf visit had awakeneria
tne, he had come to at-k my advice what to
do.
I told him thai, with repaid to the arch
ives of the State Dcpaitmetit, it did not
concern him, in respect, of the matter in
hand, what condition fiu.v were iu ; that
his story placed the anival of his wife iu
thiscountiy twelve years back, and that
Ihe Fedoiai Bureau of itn-.ngration had not
neon established oer iwn years. It con id
not, therefore, possess any list jf passen
gers upon which his wife's name as an im
migrant was iccoided. 1 advised him to
advettisein the i-crsonal columns of the
leading seaMit and interior uewspapcis.
He listened with what I fancied was an air
of incredulity to my explanation about the
Stale Department archives, evidently be
lieving stiil that they must have his wife's
name and destination on iccoid there, and
thanked me for my advice, which I saw
very plainly was not to his liking. A few
weeks aftei wards I lead in the papers that
he had committed suicide by shoot ii.g
himself through Ihe hcait with a dueling
pistol. Sonic lines weie found iu his lioiket
r.ddiessed to "Julia."
It is tiue thai this story turns not upon
the bad condititm of the Fcdcial (but .r
the State) aichives, iiecitheless it inci
dentally even refers to the f. inner, and
shows ihe archives of the Perietal, Stato
and Foreign Departments are, or at least
were then, in as confused a btatc as those
of the
The Bckning of Mosoow.The burn
ing Moscow, in is one of the nnist
noted conllagiations on record, not onlvoti
account of its magnitude, but for its his
torical importance.
The Ficiich entered the city November
l llh. Napoleon projHts-ng to "make it Ids
winter quaiters. n that very day several
lii-es broke out, but litila attention was
paid to them by the invading ai my until
the next two days, when tl,ej had acquired,
gieat headway. On ihe ; seventeenth a high,
wind arose, and the llames spieari lapidly
in every diiection ; by the tighiecnlh the
whole city appeared as a sea of tlatne, and
by tho twentieth niiie-icnihs of it was le
duccd to ashes. The lots. I imnilier of
buildings destroyed is fclaled at between
13. 1 KM) ami lo. (()!.
The Russians at the lime, in oider fr
cast txlinm on ihe Ficnch, aniibuud this
conflagration lo Ihe oich r of NaiM.leon. It
is now, however, gcueially ackuowledg, d
that the liits weie ti e wink of the Rus
sians themselves, and that they were kin
dled by the oider of the govei nor, Rostopt
chi'i, feting, beyond all doubt, under iho
sanction of ihe Emperor Alexander, with
out which it is haully conceivable that the
governor would ventuie sin h a s'tp. j l,
object was to depi ive the Fit neh aimvof
shelter from the winter. Ample pre par.
ations had laen taken to insure the entiie
destruction of the city. IiiiLuumable ma
terials were j h.ccri in dese tud mansions
in every qnai'.cr, an.l the toich was applied
simultaneously all over the city.
In burning .ho Fitinh out of their pro
posed winter (pallets, no provision had
been made for the safety or the inhabitants
who woe driven to seek shelter in the sur
rounding woods; and it is afiirmrd that
more than 20.bt.lQ bick ai,d wuulJdcj 1(Cr
ished in Ihe lhurcs.
The diire-t loss tr H,c French is put
down at 40.0O0. jSid bevnnri this it in the
end involved the ictieat in the dead of
winter, and Ihe almost complete annihil
ation, ofthe great French aim v.
Mistaken KiM)M:ss.The father who
Tor a great portion of his liTe has stru -gled
vrith poverty is unwilling ihat his chifditn
thou hi have a similar experience. So Le
denies himself indulgence in even necessaiy
things that he may save and make for hi
family. The mother, remembering bow
irksome household tasks wei to her iu ber
giilhoori, iermits her daughters to lead
lives of domestic ease and indolence, think
ing that iu so doing she makes the lest
manifestation in her power of n.:.t.., .... 1
1 . . -
iove. .s a uatnial
.....m. ... ,1..-1 I ll.-.lf-f. rf.l I ..j
view ou me part or nnreutv. .
I ing up all around US VOl 1 II f liicii on. I .. .
, men iK-rfcclly useless for aU the piactical
put'iHiscs of life unable tocp with tnis-
.o.iu.ic. iineii. ciuai u moral fjhre is not
inheicnt ; it must be tuiili up from w ithiu
and is the result or independent thought
and action. The sooner a boy can be tnadu
to wait ttinni himself, to think for himself
the sooner will Ihe genus of true manhood
begin to develop within him. It is n.
kindness to surround him with such atten
tion ind cue that he will not be c. impelled
to learn the lessons of self reliance, of
patient inriustiy. of jisi.-tent hope. The
ct c-ruwus i mis woiid
labor.
are crowns ef
Iloxoit TO Paiiknts. Parents many of
them, have ceased toconiiiiaud their house
hold after them. Children at a veiy eatly
age cease to honor iheir parents. Boys are
young men, giils are young ladies, beforo
they are int.. I heir teens. And whenaUiy
sets up tojndc for hi.i.sf If a, to bis ho,s
and habits in spite of his father's wishes
and a girl assumes to Rnow more than her
mother ab iut her company and her dress,
the rebellion has broken out, and. unless it
is put do vn. Uie itiiii of domestic i-ca.o,
and very likely of happiness and hope, foil
lows naturally. Whet- I hear a h..v speak
ing of his fat her, as "ihe. .id man,'' or "tbo
governor," I know there is a screw loose,
and the boy has taken a long step toward
the bail. And the gii I w ho io,,t.N w hen re
proved by her mother, and jeiks off ber
bonnet in a jet when restrained from goiior
abroad, hasaheariy mutinied against the
law of Heaven, and euleied the road that
leads to a gulf from which theiti is no re
tui u.
DKcrcrTiox one caunot seo throufh A
glass eye.