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C3LLECTICNS WADE, A tiK.N'F.UATj 'GcUSINESSTRANSCTED. .; ' att.-at).,n paid to Imsirif .if cor , A. V. 15l' K. '' Cashier. fSi- SAVINGS BANK! i St., Johnstown, Pa. t i SI.PX. 12. i;o. Ir.!'SITS . ;""" n..f than rine l).llr - n ii. ni.irtt," ot dune and I).jeern '"wn iiad li- l i; tlie dep-.a- 1 -I'liri twice a Vf,r villmtil Ir.iu. ""' "r '''r'U or uien to pi esent the -.-'.'j-,; "n R'',, Estate.. 1'referrnep. with ;.' '"'n ';n. iriven to borrowers of- ib .. "'"""" 'anna wr.rth four or more 1,1 '' "red. Uood referenc . . - -lUir.-d. : " eit'!ively a .Savings Bank. i.i. 'l"k- receive.!. nrJiscount . r '"n permal s"onrltv. ' .(.'V'T l"rl'"rr wer. copies of the '".in .'I'""'1 hlvf reUlJnir to this ii "'iree de.ir.. ' iU'."l' r ,:"l'or ""vi.l Kihert. C . ' , ;. .' Mn.v' Jotin.Iowman, H. .;:Vn'?l M-Iuniin. I. .1. Morrell, -'ii m"" M I-e-wm Plltt. II. . 1 J'M'-, tieorge T . Hwauk, and h'!;1'! 'K'r.LL, President. '?.:.:,Vrs1lr'"1''ur,'r- - 'hritur. "-S.'TT.-ly.I ,Vf U I)" I J OVSE, , KHF.ssnrRO. Pa. -..v-, iC ta'r! I'lssesei.m or the well ln.' '.u-"t r herisiiur. which ho r iurn'..he.i In icoid 'st vie. and rt.. Il tUl't on .lrl,.( l.,nn,inM "7ll"'r fJimeptly solf.-lts the " !.' " ,' "l;,-v v',','t the cunty seat "n!, ""'' al whom he pleilrp ' 'lie hest possible manner price. Kxnellent accom- ,,rn "l'? t to summer hoarders. ! r"'"r,'"a pleasant and econ "ch tojpen.l tlie heateo tnn. iAliT. :,. , 1 IX VEKHII.KI 1 V r ,', """V' f 'f nB is the best in ""N to ti "" flt' Shinicles, or ny "J"'V,' r,"a,her- TRV IT. Price. .'n.,.., ,1,rec two gallon cans. JLo- H,Nh .Vr-RMIMOX WOUIvfV J Iroat Mreet, I'hilad'a. 3m.J Attornev- at-Law. r. l.l)K,Bnli f,' . A. Kbixbi-iio, n4 erlf tn " e i,r,,h"'on prompt! - --. I II n.a made a specialty. ArrnuvL . T .... " tfilii V-rKce-i M font room of T. C, -'-tre stret. All c'''K-t,,' "ttorded to aatisfao -l'"8fialty. ID-ll.t.. I t'i'iih.1'01- p- Office In tho old .,u,t streJ. "P'Mirs.l corner of Clln hu. Wl" tend to sLbus. ;Tl'th h, Protessitm. '' rTirtTr77i .tl ri.... " io 'tirr rrer.. iilVED ON DEPOSIT MAKE HOME HAPPY. 3 El 0 9 8 o n H H H H V Plentiful Supply of 1 Good Eea3!ng and Beautiful Pictures WILL DO IT. THE CINCINNATI 4 H H R 8 WEEKLY STAR, A fine eieM-m? t!tfpr, wi h . fr.M mi nimis, riiau otly 8I.0O per ear te pT -id, and i the fnrgatt, ntyiejit. aul rjf po.wr r-uk-lmiel lot the U1..1H T. n ia iu-lependeiii m polu'cs, i;ives nil the newn, and, beaiile modi ither gtwid re;i.lin:r, eve! number ha, th?e ut f.Mir aaci-llent x-tyintf or" te tecttd stories. Every aiil briber aL. receive, a ffT of the heantinil rnriiv. mff, "Tl- lMir th I'oor un' Frtlil." mzv i':A mchu, ihJuv li of 1H. STAH II.l.'.ST.lAlt;l ALMA. Sac. 3 . film lanst b ut to TT p?ns o( ptckins and m.iiltri' pre mium. -(Jr Inilurrnirula to A(jttut. li-ns the tnmi lilwr.il m tne hud, u riou' pi'wifr,' .'nn rtef. We want er-iy cluh aHiit in the nniir to roinmuiiicctr with us tu-fir C'itnmenr:tne C'uh, wo will scut a aaniple vtny oi the picture and canvasier' ouinr for rtn. Specimyi ,-.v fHtjtrr free. Mnt for nite 5-rort au bar rl fe lt Tor nri.r ttir. f'lfrsona to wh'uii we hare atreaT Hent the pi' ture, "Tlie I'nor the loor Man's Frlpud." lr aaTiuir can ha in II id another excellent en graving, of aime Kite, nu.eu w have secured fur tiiln ptirptie. IXtprr v ithmit picture. One TkUar. 230 TTatnut St., Cincinnati, O. M M ft & 0 H MAKE HOME PLEASANT. vs o j ? i ) i rs , v rs o i: for Trta Esrcql of CarroDta, Camiria Co,, Pa, JE it enncter1 by the Hurtr- ntd Town friutr uil f ihe Horoini-h of Larrtilltown. nnd it is hert-hy ttiacti'd liy HUthority of the sitij: Skc. 1. That the alley known as Seanlan alley be enlarged, widened, laid out. opened arid ttr,idrd PS n street, havinir a rcttular wi.lth of 5 leet. In clusive or sidewalks, to extend .roin Aloin ftreet to Church street, and to be named and known in the future as Seanlan Sireet. Skc. 1. That the alley extending- from Main street, in Cainpbellstown. to the Mill property, and now open through one tierol lots, be enlarged, widened, laid out. opened and graded as a street so far as it is now open, to have a regular wif:h td 32 teet. inclusive ol sidewalks, and to be named and known in the luture as Mill street. Sk 3. That an alley be opened, laid out, ex tended and it rai led from Seanlan street to connect with and Intersect Uluin alley (formerly Nhar hauith alley), running ast and west from Main to Church streets, to have the same width as the alley now partly opened in tlie rearol John Hluin and others, and to be named and known in the fu ture as alley. Approved this 2th rhiy of September, A. D. 1S7T. JOHN V.. MATCH Kit. President rtl ounril and Acting Jiurgess. It. V. M AfciiKit. ft.ciftury. COMBINATION SALE. fpHK nndrrlsrncl. as Assignee of 11. V. Hi-i.t., L will oer tnr Fale at.pnblic outcry, at Kelt's Mills, lilair count j-. Pa., On THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1877, by order of the Court, nil the real est to of said IV p. I'.ki.l remaining over from sale ef S"itenilCT, to wit: i I r i- - t :irm. 15 Tit.ifTS of Mms. tain I,An, situated in I'.lair and 'atnhria conn-tb-s, and several Kots and rieces-rlf l.sml, all of wliich are more or less d ser'ied in Catalogue of September sale, which will te sent to any party by addressing W . P. Wauix, Ksij., at Hell's ilis ( Antistown P. ) ) Also, at the same time and pls-e. a lura-e lot rf rerseml pr-nierty. some of fliich hclouats to said estate and the balance to other parties, to wit : 1 Steam Saw Mill, a lot of Lumber and Saw Lh.ics, Hay hv the ton. Corn on f1re ears. Potatoes by the bus'hei; Horses, tows. Pmnll v Carriage. Waitons, Sleds. Harness. P. ows. Harrows and tarmina: im pieinentii ot every description : all k inds ot Tools, lonether with a lare quantity of House Furni ture an' IimiM. r I he saleof personal property will commence at 1( o'clock. A. M . a id of the Teal estate at 2 r. m. Terms oxide Known provlons to eaeli sale. A. K. ISKLL., Assignee, &.C. Sept. 28. 187; -3t. A" TIDITOK S XOTICK. rf nxs .t SjircKKK V. A. I. t'lIhlSTY III li C'rt or common Pie rr Cambria county ; No. 154, June T. rm. IS77. Fi. Fa. And n w, ept. 10. 18.7. on motion of Johnston & Seanlan, cs-pt . the Court appoint John i. Iike an Audiior to report distribution of the money in the hands ol the Sheriff nrisinir from the saleof the pe sonnl prnjiert v of A. J. 'hristy on Fi. as. Noa. 64. 1R8, 173 and 177, June Term. 1S77. Ity the Court. I will attend to the duties of Slid appointment, at tnr office in I'bensburr. on Thursday, the IMh day or O. tober nexl, at 2 o'clock, v. M.. wiien and where all person in'eres'ed may attend, or be de barred from e-onin-r In on said tund. Sept. 28, 1877.-3i. J. J. L.AKK, Auditor. UmFoil S XOTICE ! Havinjr lio.-n apooiiitrl Ainlitor by the Orphan' Curt of Caiii'bria county to report distribution of the fund li the hands of A. V. Parker. Adminis trator of Srnrris St' LTX sach. late of Kbensbnrsr bi.ruuti h, deceased, as shown by his first and final account, notice is hereby Kiven to all parties in terested that I wiU attend to the duties ol said appointment, at niv oltieo In F.benslinrjr, on Frl tlHV.Ortnber l-illi, I H77, at i oV-i.or K. P.M., wh"n nnd where thev must present their claims, or be debarred from coming In on said fund. OKI l. W. OATMAX, Auditor. Kbensbur, Sept. 21, 1877.-31- "lvnnPIT 1 IH V Laidkb A-tnllUVTLEMFS rKUrllAifJiJb WANTKIt In every town Ttlll rV1I fVTnnd city, to procure subscri EMPLOYiMhlMbers fi rthc KM 4 II nMVtf. Tho Premium Steel F.nurravinif , 2 ft by 2 fi. In., "The Ffnrilnt- ol tho savior in the'Temple." is presented to each subscriber; for only 1.25 per year. Tni picture is universally admired and should be in every household ti tra lare cash c mmiss:ons paid to Agents. Write for teruti and Afrent's oui tit. Work! UK Imrrh Pub. '.. f 9-28.-3m. . 0 Warren fct., cw Vert. dmInistr ATOiTxof ice. Ktate of I'F.TKK IlKBTItAM. Sr. letters of Administration cum testameiito an nexo on the estate of Peter ..ertram, sr., late of tlarroll township. Cambria county, deed, having been granted to the undersigned, notice js hereby given to all persons indebted to said estate that payment must be made without delay, an.l those Kavin claims against the same will present them In nroocr form for sett lement. ,np 1 JOHX HTCK, Administrator. Carrolltown, Sept. 21. 1877,-qt. . A I) M I N I ST K A T 1 0 N NOTICE. Entatfl of Martis Kellt, L Letters or Administration on the e-tate of Mar tln Kellr late ol (lallitzin borounh. Cambria 'p'.lliUO.. lTT-et. Administratrix. SHOOTINO MATCII.A flinra ,, i.oe the property of th un.ler- Uon.arerespectfulnvUed j.j'rZPA TK1CK. Oall'ltzln, Oct. 6, 18.7.-3t SETTIiE UP The liooUs of Dr. J. J. Aim.- are in ...v '$XZ ,nent Parties Rowing the." sel reml M IJ him will Please ' ' 'V OATJIAK. either by cash or note. ' ' " fcbensburK, Sept. 27, 18.7. t. flee r-cently V'fr&li wh-re Ujl.t doors wesi. oi ,Joni tn isrmsn calls ran ba mule. Consulttloni in f wll ai taglish. 1 EBENSBU11G, MRS. 1IAWU, A liawfc once courted a little fvhite dove With the aoftesta of wings anil ii voice full of love. An,t the hawk oh, tea, as otHer nAwksi en Waha well-enough h4vk, fof aright that I know. wll, she married the hawk; the groom was delighted, A feast was prepared, and the friends all invited. Then he fW to his nest With the dove at Lis side, And soon all the real took a srtnint at the bride. A hawk for his father, a hawk for his rn other A hawk for his sister, and one for his brother) And uncles and aunts there were by the dozens. And, oh, such a number of hawks for his cOusius ! i f a thoiight of the reacefnl, far-away nest, Evet haunted her dreams, or throbbed ill her breast, No bird ever knew; each hotlr of her life Kind, gentle and true, was the hawk s dove wife. Hilt the delicate nature too sorely was tried; With no visible sickuess the dove drooped and died; Then loud was the grief, arid the wish all expressed To call the learned birds and hold an lncjuest. Bo all the birds came, but each shook his head; Ko disease could he name why the dove should lie dead, Till a wie old owl, with a knowing look, Stated this: "The case is as clear as a book. ,iyo ditiense do I find, or accident's shock; The cause of her death was too much hawk ! Hawk for her father and hawk for her uiolh- Hawk lor her sister and hawk fot her brother! She was natuted a dove, too hard the hawk's lite; Void of kindness and love, full of harshness and strife." And when he had told them the other birds knew That this was the cause, and the verdict was 1 rue I C1I OK Eirs Gil OS T. A STRANGE ACCIDENT A K KPT. SKCltET "WELL The only ttue ghost story I know is the story of Choker's ghost. That is a positive fact well attested. All the ncigh!ots know what happened. All the ncihboi s saw how it began, and as it is the story of Cho ker's gin st, it could not have beguu uulil Choker died. Old Choker had been so called for a good many yea is before be was actually oid, I should suppose ; bur. he was a veiy queer fellow, a man without relatives or friends, and ho seemed to want none. He was a mysterious man, too. He had a wooden ley, and no one knew how he came by it. lie h;td a bl.ick patch over one eye, and im one could tell why he wore it. He had a rusty brown wig, and there was no man intimate enough to know whether he Adopted it because he was bald or be cause he was gray. lie bad a deposit, in the bank, and no one knew how he eatned I ho mininy. He canre t stranger to 0rabtown and bought a house and a lit lie farm there, giv ing bis name as Guy Choker. That was all thai any one knew about him, except that he li-ad ihe best crops to be seen lor miles around. lie never went to church, and never chatted t. a neighbor. No one knew any thing against, him a.- they knew nothing, they suspected a great deal, and when at last he was found dead oi.e mottling, all the bolt led up cuiiosity popped out as champagne does when it is uncoiked. Everybody went to see bini where he lay. Everybody attended the inquest, and ev erybody went to the funeral. It. was decided that he died of apoplexy. There was no relative to see him, but there would probably be plenty left to pay for his funeral, so there was no difficulty about that. The clergyman said a doubtful sort of good word lor him, aud as be was dead, no one contradicted it. And I'eggy Kinder, wli3said she wasn't afraid of any thing, was put iuto the house to take care of it. She knew old Choker very well, having done washing for him for five years. That night, the w eal her being chilly spring weather, she made up a good tire in the kitchen and slept on an old lounge thete. Once in the night she woke up aud thought she heaid the clump, clump, clump of a wooden leg overhead, but, though she felt a chill run up bet backbone at the thought, she made up her mind that it was all uouseuse, aud went to sleep again. At six she was up and had put more coal on the lire, and was tilling the kettle, when positively no fancy about it this time she did hear that clump, clump again across tho room up stairs, half adozeu limes, then down the stairs. Tho Bound of Choker's wooden leg and nothing else, and as she turned about, shaking and trembling, she saw Choker himself at the door in his big flowered dressing gown, with the black patch over his eye, and the brown wig on. Then as Choker nodded cheei fully, and said, "Breakfast ready yet?" she grew be wildered. "I've been having a horrid dream, sir, she said, getting away from the figure, though, as she spoke, "and i 'snatuialas life. I dreamed you were dead, sir, but it was so natural that you skeer me." "Do I ?" said old Choker. "Why, bless me, we must all die," "Yes sir," said Peggy. "And alt be buried, too," "a'o Choker. "I know that," said Peggy. "Only all of us won't stay buried,' said Choker, pulling his finger on his nose. And at that, Peggy, never waiting even for her bonnet, bolted out of the house, and came tu nbling into her daughters, half an hour after, shaking with fright, and vowing she had seen Choker' ghost. The daughter was nearly as much fi ighU ened as the mothe-, and the news spread, but nobody believed it. .... At least every one said it was ridiculous and that I'eggy must have been drinking. she did drink more than was good for her now and thru ; and at last the under taker himself, accompanied by the cononer the two men nervous on the subject of shoals, and besides who had a thorough knowledge of Choker's death and burial went to the house together, accompanied bv a train of admireis, who kept at re PA.; FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1877; spectful distance as they knocked at the door. t There was no answer to the first knock, but having knocked again, clump, clump came a wooden leg across the passage, and there in the door stood old Choker. Every one knew him. He wore his old dressing gown, he had the black patch over his eye, his wig set a little buck on one side as usual, "Walk in, walk in, gentlemen," he said: "I believe, Mr. Undertaker, I owe you a small bill. You are prompt in calling for it but never mind, never mind. Let me see the amount, and I'll settle it ; if not to-day, some other day." . The two men drew back. , "I have no bill, sir," said tlie underta ker ; "brit hearing a report that that" "That Peggy had seeli hiy ghost, I sup pose,'' said Choker. "Very well, sir, draw your own conclusions ; but you deserve to be paid. You buiied na very respectably, very respectably indeed ; and your jury gave a correct verdict, Mr. Coroner. It was apoplexy. Ah, well, don't go 'don't be in a huriy." "It is Choker,' said the undertaker to the coroner ; "yet I buiied him, and he was a dead man then." "It's Choker, but he was dead when I held an inquest over him," said the coron er. They hurried away and the crowd hur ried away too. That day the grave was examined. It wasemyty; even Clicker's coffin was gone. After thai every one believe-! the story but the clergyman and a scientific gentle man. The former declared that it was wicked to believe in ghosts; that there were no such things as ghttsts. "Choker is not at the house at all," he said, "and his body is in the grave, but your imaginations have been so worked upon that yon fancied you saw him in the house, and yon believed you did not see him in the grave. When a man is dead and buried, Hint's an end of him." "But go to tho house- and see for your self," said one. "Alive or dead, Choker is there." "Sir," said the sfeifuitific gentleman, "neither alive nor dead can he be there. A body cannot burst ils tofi'ti lid, arise through the 'uif, and vjlk aboiitthvJ trtAt? as before. Nor can n spirit exist, without a body. If I should see Mr. Choker I should not believe him. My common sensxj tells ine that I cannot see him, and I never allow my senses to contradict my common sense. The house is empty. There is no one there. It is all imagination." However that may have been, every one else in CJiabtown saw him sooner or later. The larilp burned bright in the window at night. The garden prospered under his ghosily tillagw. He diew money at the bank as nsual. As a ghost, his K?!etiTj reserved conduct seemed very suitable to his condition. Asa ghost, it seemed very proper that he should have no friend aud no kindred. People avoided his house of nights, and boys ran scampering away when they saw him plodding along lonely lanes by fcioon light. The old folks shook their heads aud said it as curious ; but there was Choker, a fact to every one but the scien tific gentleman, who, when lie passed him, muttered to himself, "Optical illusion," and whether he-was a ghost, or a man en dowed wilh the power of defying death and the undertaker, uooue felt prepared to answer. He was known sometimes as "Choker's ghost, and sometimes as "Choker that came too," but no one doubted for a mo ment that somehow he was Choker and the very Cpoker that had been dead, subjected to an inquest and buried ; and all this went on for ten years, anil eople had grown used to it, when one cold winter morning a small note was bi oily lit to the doctor bear ing there words "Cotno to me. I'm ill. Choker." "Don't go, dear," said the doctor's wife. "I must," said the doctov, aud went ac coidingly. He found ttie door of Choker's house open and Ihe popular ghost himself wrap ped in a blanket by Ihe fireside. "Come in," he said, gasping for breathy "I wasn't sure you'd come. I've been feeling the inconvevieiioe of being super natural since I've been too ill to make my self a cup of tea. Just see what is the matter with me, will you? I thiuk it's se rious, whatever it is." Tlie doctor did his best. His private opinion was that Choker, whoever he might be, had not long to live. Whether he had ever been dead before or not, he was certainly going to die now. "It is as I thought," sid Choker, look ing into his face. "I knew the malady wns incurable years ago. But the end is at hand now, eh ?" "In the case of any other man I should say yes," said the doctor; "but I examined you once when you were certainly a dead man, and I can't judge for you. I don't ask your confidence, Mr. Choker, but that affair is a puzzle to me, though of course I have never taken you for a ghost." "I think I'll confide in you, doctor," said Choker; "only, you must promise to keep my seciet while I live. The night before you held the inquest on old Choker I came to Grabtowr.. I'd been an actor once, then a soldier ; lost a leg, and came home to starve or beg. "The door of the house stood open, "and in it- stood a man. I went up to him : " 'Sir,' said I, 'they say that a fellow feel ing makes us wondrous kind. You've got a wooden leg, and, peihaps, know it isn't just the thing to stump over the coun try all night with.' "It was the old Choker I spoke to, and what he said was : " I don't understand about yonr poetry or whatever it fs, Vu; 1 do know about wooden legs. Come in.' "I went I:i and he gave me supper nnd a bed in the garret. We both saw that we looked considerably alike, and laughed over it. That night I slept in the garret, and when I awoke in the morning I found my host was dead, aud the houso full of neighbors. "J felt that tho death was sudden. It might be best for rue to keep out of sight. I was as sorry for it. as a st ranger could b . :nt my being there might lie considered suspicious. I krpt hidden up In the garret in a great lumber closet and heard poor Choker's affairs talked over and learnt his habit. "Some of his clothes were up in the gar ret, and an old wig ; and one of the pitch es he had worn over his light eye was there, too ; and theie was an old dressing glass ia the coi ner. I tried on the wig and the patch, and saw how like old Choker they made me look, only I was not so brown. Then I took some walnut? that lay on the floor and rubbed the juice into my Skin. It increased the resemblance, so did whitening my eyebrows with a bit of chalft. And I Sat down and looked at. my self, and the plan that I afterward carried out came info my head. I would play old Choker, ns I knew I could. "I studied his voice and movements, well, abd, as I told yon, had once been an actor, and so I should step into a decent home and comfortable ir.eana without hurting anyone. The night after he Was buried I came out of the garret and went into the graveyard, and, not to enter into details, you'll find Choker's coffin iu the vault beyond his grave. Then I went back and tried the effect of my disguise oil IMior old Peggy Kinder. It satisfied me. I haven't load a married life, though I knew it would not be a long one. "I'nt I've been very comfortable and r.han't die a dog's death out of doors as I once expected. I've never been afraid that Choker really would haunt me. though I'm a trifle superstitious, for I think he couldn't find much fault with me, as he had no relatives, never made a will, and cou'dn't take either his bank-book or his house and farm into the other world with him.- "And now you have hid the story, and you've promised to keep the secret until the last. You can see now, perhaps, that Choker and I were a good deal alike. I'm lour inches taller than he was. for one thing, and my nose is higher. Eut there's a good deal in make up." These were almost the last words Cho ker's ghost ever sjmke, for his end was very near, and it was not until "Icath had tnmrht him more Than this melancholy worl 1 doth know," that the doctor acquainted Grabtown with the sequel of its ghost story. Lancaster F.xatftintr. A Xovf.t. Ef.medy Against P.otif.s. One of the ex-oflicers of South Carolina, among the sundry charges of his office, had "one chignon." The Charleston jW? and Courier makes this explanation for him : We have it, however, on good authority that tlierewasiiothingcriir.in.il even in this apparent s'retch of the privilege of furnish tug nn fd'i-e. Mr. Eeslie was notoriously itxlnst rioti -i, impatient, observant audinveh tive. In the first days of his occupancy of his Injurious office he was excessively an noyed by the int. r-nptlon of ca''ers, to grati fy whose idle curiosity he was obliged to leave h s work. Walking down the street, one day, a well dressed female in a store door caught his eye-, and wondering why the lady tarried so long, he approached awl dis covered that the. figure was a i'iiffimr. He passed on, meditating first about ihe f'.gnre, then, by a natural association of ideas to women in general, and nextalmut the polite ness of Southerners to women, and lust here an original idea struck him. He was sure that no one, at least no Southerner, would attempt to interrupt him while he seemed to be talking to a woman. If a quick-sighted New-Yorker could mis-" take a dummy for a lady, why shoit'd not other people ? No sooner thought than done. The figure was made and placed in theofiice. Tjeslie worked with his bark to the lo r and his face to the figure, people came nnd looked and Waited and walked away. The tiling acted like a charm, and the few cents for calico, buttons, books and eyes and a chignon were ninply repaid by the- saving in the valuable time of the laud commissioner. A Ffav Coxt'XDKU MS. hat is the difFereiiccebetween a Spider nnd a sea-gull '? One has his feet 0i a web and the other has a web on his feet. Why is a handsome Cab a dangerous carriage to drive in ? Because the coach man alwaj's drives over your head. Why are lawyers and doctois safe people by whom to take example ? Because they practice their professions. What is the difference between a sailor and a soldier? One tars hisroj.es, and the other pitches his tents. Why is chlotofcrm like Mendellsohn? Because it is one of the great composers of modern tinus. Wlmt is the difference between a hungry man and a glutton? One longs to eat, and the other eats too long. Why is the strap of an omnibus like con science? It is an inward check on the outer man. When is butter like Irish children? When it is made into little Pats. Why is a pretty lady like nn oat cake? Because she s ofien toasted. What is the greates; hardship iu the world? An iron steamer. Which is the ugliest hood ever worn? Falsehood. A Goo Oxe. During the first year of the -R-ar, when change was scaice, and some large fiims were issuing currency of their own, a farmer went to the store iu a neighboring town and bought, some goods, and gave to the merchant a five dollar bill, of which be wanted seventy-live cents back. The merchant counted it out and handed it over to the farmer, who looked at it a moment and inquired ! "What's this?" "It's my currency," said the mer chant, "Wall, 'taint good for nothiu' where T live," said the farmer. "Very well," replied the merchan, "keep it un til you get a dollar's worth, and bring it to my store ; I'll give yon a dollar bill for it." The farmer pockered the change aud de parted. A few weeks after he went into the same store, and bought goods to the amount of one dollar, and after paying over the identical seventy five cents ho took a handful of pumpkin seeds and counted out twenty-Jive of I hem and passed them to the meichaut. "Why," said the merchant, "AhJt is this?"' "Wall," sad the farmer, "this is my currency, ami when you gel a dollar's worth, bring it o my place aud I will give you a dollar for ; it It. The Wf.atheii We Ark to Have. The corn husks are thin, indicating a mild winlei ; the woods are full of mast, tin un failing sign of a long, haid winter; there are myriads of spiders, mild winter; acres of caterpillais, huid winter; the squirrels are idle and listless, mild winter; ihe squir rels are noisy and busy, haid wiuter ; the y;tjose bone is white and gray, mild and hard winter ; the woodchuck has gone in, mild winter; the woodchuek stays out, hard winter. It is, indued, only a question of time when the system of went her prog nostications will become one tT the exact sc ie ucc. Bu rlinrjlo n Ha it he ye. LEG A E JiliOLLEUIES. Droll things are reported of the bench find bar in (he United Slates. Perhaps ail , that is said of them in the newspapers may have a tinge of exaggeration, but we r'o ; not doubt that there is a considerable sub- '; Mructure of truth. i Wearied beyond endurance by the tedi- I onsne.ss of a long winded pleader, a Ken- tucky j'J'lge put himself out rf misery and his tormentor oilt of countenance by . suddenly exclaiming: "If the couit is right, and sho thinks she air, why then you are wrong, and she knows ou is. bhut up I" Almost as rude in speech was Judge Dowling. "What are you reading from, sir?'' asked he of a counsel. "From the statute of lSGO, Your Honor," was tho reply. "Well," said Dowling, "you needn't read anymore; I'm judge in this court, and my S'atute are good enough law for any body !" This worshipful gentleman plumed him self upon deciding "accoiding to the equi ties of the case," l.iw and precedent to the contrary notwithstanding ; they went for nothing with him. Judge Alec. mith, a Wes'.ern adminis trator of the law, when a riivoice case was called on, addressed the plaintiff's repie senfative, and said : "I don't think peo ple ought to be compelled to live together, when they don't want tfl do so. I will de cree a divorce iu this case ;" and the par lies concerned were thereupon declaied to be no longer man and wife. Presently the defendant's lawyer appeared and was not a little surprised to find all was settled, that the judge had decided without hearing one side much less both. Hepiotested against such over-hasty proceed itisjs, and appealed to the Con it to redress the wrong he had committed. TheC-our, not being inclined to own itself in fault, he was infoimed it was too late to raise objections ; tho decree had been pronounced ; but if he wanted to argne the case, "right bad," the couit would marry the parties agaiu aud let him have a crack at it. When Miss Amelia Donnerschley claim ed two hundred dollars fiotu faithless Au gustus Berner for breach of promise, the gentleman justified his conduct on the plea that, after living under the same nnf with the young fitly and her mamma for eight mom lis, he found it so impossible to live comfortably w ith the one, that he was com-jH-lied to cry off wil Ii the other. The judge inquired if the mother proposed living with her daughter after marriage, aud receiv ing an altirmative answer, asked the de fendant whether he would rather live with his mother-in-law or pay $CW. "Pay ?2(J0," was the prompt reply. Said the judge : "Young mau, let mo shake hands wiih you. There was a time in my lile when I was in the same situa lion ns you are in now. Jlnd I possessed your firmness, I should have been spared twenty-live years of trouble. I had the al ternative of inanyiiig r paying $15. Be ing poor, I niartifd, and for twenty-five years have I regretted it. I am Loppy to meet wi.h a man of jour si amp. 1 tie plaintiff must pay 10 and costs for having thought of putting a gentleman under the dominion of a nio her-in-law." The much married dignitary was not so susceptible to the charms of Mie sex as his bi other, of Iowa, who refused to tinea man for kissing a girl against her will, because Ihe complainant was so temptingly pretty that nothing but an overwhelming seoe of its dignity prevented the court 1'iuiu kiss ing her itsr If. It is lucky for an offender when his judge puts himself in his place; jnsiice is sine then to be tempered with n.eicy, as in the case of the snatcher of simmjos brought be fore a Georgia court many years ago. Bela Brown, who then went'lhe cii cuit as judge, was an able man, iu equal repute as a law yer and as a boon companion. The night tiefore the court was to open at Dayton. His Honoi went to a tavern kept by Sicr rit, and had such a good time td it. with his legal friends that by midnight be was not quite so sober as a judge thould be. Some body cleared the table of all ils spoons, and pur. them into the unconscious gentleman' pocket. He was greatly pel tut bed at find ing them there next morning. They were fctcri it's spoons wi.hout doubt, for they bore the landlord's initials. "Polly," said the judge to his wife, "was I tipsy when I came home?" Yes," she replied. "Yon know your habits when you get among those law yers." Much relieved in his mind, the judge declared he could understand how the spoons came into his possession. "Thai fellow keeps the meanest liquor iu the State j but I never supposed ii, would make a mau steal." A day or two afteiward a man was ar raigned for laiceny ; he plead guiliy, but uiged he was iuioxica ed when he com mitted the offense. "What's the nature of the charge?" in quired Judge Brown. "Slealling money from the till at Ster rit's. tavern," replied the cleik. "Young man," said the judge, solemnly, "are you snre yon weie tipsy when you took this money?" "Y'es, your honor ; when I wer.t out doors the ground kept coming up aud hit ting me on the head." "That will do. Did you get all your liquor at Sleiitt's?" "Every diop, sir." Turning to the prosecuting attorney, the judge said : "You will do tne the favor by entering a nolk jroxcqii : that liquor of Sterrit's, I have reasou to know, is enough to make a man do anything diily. I got tipsy on it myself the oilier night, ami stole all "his SKdi"s. If Sterrit will sell such abominable stuff lie mght not have the protection of the Court. Mr. Sheull". yoti may release the prisoner." Tne Hon. Kiali Hodgers, commoly called Old Kye, piestding iu a Iouisiana couit, thus spoke bis mind, w hen summing up an net ion brought by an overseer for wrongful dismissal from his situation: "The jury," said his honor, "will take notice that this court is well acquainted with the natuie of the case. When Ibis Couit fii-st Mailed in the woild it followed the business of overseeing, airl if there is any business which this com! undent and.., it's bosses, mules nt.d niggers ; though thi court never overneed iu it lile less than $SvH). And ibis court isi boss lacing was always naturally gified ; and this couit, iu running a race whar the bosses w:s turned, could allers turn a boss so s to gain fifteen feet in a tace ; ami on aceitain HT.ision it was one of tho coadilious of tno taco NUMBER 37 that Eye Eodgcrs shouldn't turn nary of the Iiosses." Surely it must have been Old Kye who, upon taking bis official seat fof the first time, said : "IT this court know her duty, and she thinks she Justice will walk over tins liack with her her bead and tail up." Prone as be might ho to discutsiveness, we fancy the Louisiana Judge would have laid flown the law a little nune luci.lly than the California Fheriff did after being in terviewed by a self-confessed tuutrierer, w ho desired to be sent to New Yoik to an swer for the ciime be had Committed ia that city. "So your conscience ain't easy, and you want to be hanged ?" said the Sheriff. "Well, my fiicml, the cmnty tieasuiy ni'i't well fixed at piesent. and I don't want to take any lisks, in rase you're not the man, and are just 1:hing for a fie rid:. Besides, those New link c.iits can't be trusted to hang a man. As yti say, you desnve to be killed, and your Conscience won't be easy until you are kill ed, and as it can't- mr.ke any difference t you or to society how you are killed, I guess I'll do Ihe job myself!'' and his hand moved to his pocket, but before ho Could pull out the revolver and level it at the murderer, that conscience-stricken in dividual was down the load and out of kil'ifg distance. -When lawyers behave In such a free an.l rnsy way, it is not surprising :hat a prison er presumes to enter into A familiar conver sation with the bench. An old tippler, when asked by Judge McGiw, of Colora do, whether he was rightly fir wrongly charged with being intoxicated, pleaded, "Not guilty, Y'-ur Honor. Sunstroke!" "Suns'roke ?'' quel led the Judtje. "Yes, sit ; the regular New Yoik varU ity." "You've had sunstroke a good deal ia y.mr time. I believe?" "Yes, Your Honor; but this last attack was most severe." "Does sunstroke m:ke you l nsh through the streets offering t-j fight the lowii?" "That's tlie effect precisely." "And makes you throw brickbats at peo ple?" "That's it Judge. I see j nu understand the symp tuns ; and agree wilh the best recognised authorities, who hold it in flames the organs of combat it tveness. When a mau of iny temperament gets a g-Mid square sunstioke Le's liable to do niot anything." Ycs ; yot are quite right liable to go to jail for fifte.i days. You'll go down with the policeman at once." With that observation the conveisation naturally closed, and the vic'im of so called sun stroke went down. Tlie livtich does not always rnrne off so victoriously. A prisoner before the Court of Kcariugville, .Montana, neglect ing to re move his hat, the Sheriff was direcied to do it for him, a'id o'oev.d the insii uctions by knocking the offender's hend pear oft" with his lil'e. The owner picked it tip, and as tie clapped it on his head again) shouted, "lam bald. Judge.". A repetition of the pei fin maiice followed; at which, waxing indignant. His Honor rose and said : T line you . for contempt of court to be committed until the fine is paid." The offender wnlki -I vj, to the jude, and laying down a half a dollar, lem.ukcd! "Your sentence, judge, is most : nngciole manly, but the law is impciaiive, aud I will have to stand it ; so here fs half a dol lar, and the feur and a half you o.-ed ma when we slopped plaj it:g pok"t.i ihis morn ing makes us square ' The card- laving administ i n'or cf jus tice must have felt as small as his brotner judge when be pt iced the cow. BeiiiAt at Iiittle liock, Aikatisas, on business, that judge stiolk-d into the maiket. and emg a f it titer w ilh a Cow, slr ppd up to bini and asked v. bat he want.-d foi Ler, "Thir ty d-dtai-s," said the farmer. "She'll ive you five quails of iniik if you feed Ler well." "Why," quoth ti e judge, T have cows on tr.y larin. not much timic tli3ti half as bigasyouis, which give twenty qu:ttt a flay. The cow-owucr ryed Ids new acquaint ance veiy haul. sr. if tiy ing to remember if he had sce:i before, ;iud thru inquired whe a he lived. "My home is in Iowa," t.,Ts the ieply. "Yes. stranger," sri i the fatm. r, "I ?on"t di'pnte it. There were heaps of sohlivis from Iowa dow n here ri urine the war, and they were the woit liars in the whole Yankee army. May lie y.-u may have been au officer iu some of them regi ments?" Without satisfying his interlor-titoi's cu riosity on il, at p lint, the judge "t,bd for the cuuu-hou.se." Tin: Lost Fo n Fifty or sixty yeais ago, it was the custom for gentlemen wish ing servants lo visit imu.igi nut ships as soon as they ai rived in p,.i. Seltcling the mm or -woman who pleased them, they would pay Lis or her passage money to the c.'ptait.. agreeing to give the seivant clothing and board, and at the end of three years' seivice, twenty u thiily dollars. One day, a gent'emau. a man of feu tune, residing iu Philadelphia, went tm boa id an immigiant ship to bite a giil. ,r "j.ut chase hei lime," as it was then called. He se lected one, aud hhk slvwu her father. The old man was anxious to go wirh Lis daughter, and after some fi-suatuui the gentleman puicbased his time. "Well now," said the old man. "heie's my nil wife; take her also." There was m,hM. Iliing so attiactive iu the old woman that ihe geutleman bought her tiuif. Going together to the regislei'tf ofiice to complete the bargain, the yen! ieiiiHu w..s surprised to f'n.d tha' the name wliich ll e immigrants gave w as spelt ami pronounct d bke his own. Inqiiii ies eud.-d in d:scoer ing that he had b ughl the time of Lid own fa her and mother. When six jeais old, a son of the nhl folks bad been taken to Atumict by a gen tleman, ami they had hst all knowledge of bim; indeed, they had almos forgotten they had a son in Auieiic. The rec 1-h-cled, however, that tbeii boy Lad a f)gr e ol a ciicumfier on one if his shouVer. The newly found sou was a tipped iu i office, and, to the delight of U.c. aged cou ple, there was the birth maik. "Any quiet looms to let?" askr a rr-. "Yes." wss the reply; we Uave eveu nice large rooms vera store." "Ovei a store? I thouldl think that would Im a quiet place.' "Oh, It'sqnii t ii..o... The folks doi. t ' adverts.-." "A Ii ! I see," ul Li ( iu a lime of relief. J KtK v, Augusta, Mto.
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