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VOLUME XII.
EHENSBlfRG, PA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 25. 1878.
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'AHGAINS:
OUR SALES-BOOK
WE HAVE SOLD MORE GOODS
DURINC THE PAST SIX. MONTHS
THAN ANY FIRM IN NORTHERN CAMBRIA,
-ASD THU REASOX'JS
SQLI3 at EOWEB,
THAN ANY ONE ELSE COULD DO,
And now wtsh to inform the people of Car roll town and vicinity that
we hare in our Store the
Largest micl IVIosst Complete
STO.CH: o QOOBS
Ever brought to Northern Cambria, and which we are offering
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The reason we can nffor'1 to do tliis is, that hy buyinsr Goofl ;n large quanti
ties, aii't buying for csli only, ne re etirtbled to get t he very best
terms, ano the reason why you slionid buy from ua is, tluit
IS HAVE NOT ONLY THE- BEST GOODS AND LARGEST STOCK,
-K1BUT SELL AT. THE LOWEST PRICES.ff
'We were among the first to .open out in Carrolltown owl wc do not
inte:,ti to be driven away by new stores, big advertisements, great promises,
or anything of that kind ; so if you want to deal
Where there is Square Dealing, and no mistake,
Coino ITilit Alonij to Our JStoie,
wiiere you will noc only find the bars down, the latch string out, and a hearty
welcome awaiting you, but will get
MORE HEAL VALUE FOR YOUR MONEY
TlfA y A T A A" I" OT1 1 Eli STOKE IS THIS 11EGIOX.
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CARROI.I.TOWKr
GEiS, FOSTER &, QUIIMIM,
113 and 115 Clinton Street, Johnstown,
ALWAYS HAVE TII.H
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Stock nrory Goo l, N'otletia. MilMncry. Cirrf, OM nnth. Sec. tn he found In Cntntirif county.
-1 iflton'i forg-i-e the nunitier nnrt strec-t.
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Closing Out Sale I
HARDWARE, TINWARE, STOVES,
Ac. Ar AT-
COST! COSTM COST!!!
TltF. urvlorilnned. harini? conclmlcd to elota up
n is t.alnp3 at enrlv In th" Springs piiilhlp,
ttv . ry ,:,-","S IOVKS, II Alt Ii A' AUK.
TIN n.J SHKtT-IKON WAKE, fcc. fcc.
AT COST FOR CASH !
And CiitsH Onl'.
'1.mrr'tu';''l wh,cJ' ' 1mit entirety new, wit
L,. , '"""lnHien (iKlwerelon to the low-
t'"!nt. anl . t lie njiirufncturf rx of many uooils
. my .,. n.Lji y a.ivanuiu thcir price, this
!vt tlie puh,c the
liBI OiTOIlTlMTV TO SECURE BARGAINS
fV:R PF.ESfNHD IBI THIS SFCTION.
'a or to give the nMic an Uca of whnt I am
-.lin kuo.is at 1 submit a few of my
Creat Reductions In Prices:
"-u-ie-hltted Aics, worth ti.iito t .75,
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K-1uced to H.I5 to tl 33.
ts anJ Korki, worth Duo. to ft .00
1 ,,, Kednce-l to 6ic. to t'i 50.
1 ia. TMe Spoons, worth t3 &o to
t , , heilu'-ct to 2.0J to 13.00.
1 t la. Teaspoons, wor h H.75 to 2.7S.
c,, , Uetluced to I.!5 to tl.g.V
0 i. fin. Table Castori. worth I.7u to 1 ( 0.
,-v k , Me .nr-d to 1.15 to 5.00.
S'.oves, wortX $23.0U to ?.'-0.00.
,,, . Neduced to 00 to I2V00.
Stores, worth 5.00 to t3r. 00.
... Uednced to 4 00 to 26 00.
m torr!pontlnir reduction In all other koh)s
will h tlork- ln hort. no more than cost price
th i "1.c'1 fur an rt!cleoii hand, while many
"i nns win be SOLO AT Ll SS TH AN t'OST.
-I-?., ,his offtr bow-er. I wish it to he
to'tt.i t'llD',e"t0O, that no Co.ls will he ler
t i rV. . Te lne ,,0r8 unti' ltl for. Hnnnises
1 i,l . rao(", or Mit week will not answer, as
e.hV. . rnll,ed 10 olose out "T bnslnesi on a
Msio only.
rotl .',",on ow,nK olc account! or notes
r rjuested to pay up and e ccis.
!.. . (JKOKOt HUNTLEY,
eushurg, Jan. Illi;8.-tl.
A D M I X I ST U A TO US' NOTICE.
.,, of James Doyle. IcM.
Wu i of A,1n!nlgtratlnn on the estate of Jan.
1 i i"0' Altoona. K'.Alr e nn'y. Pa..deea.
EiVn.h n K"nle,t o J . O. t,ke. renbllmr at
P'r4on.Igr '!,mn'la emnt j. pa., to whom All
grsoai i in lehtsj to aa!i e,Ut are reonetel to
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AKKOLLTOWiN.
WILL SHOW THAT
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HANDS OFF! All persons are
lif-rfhy rantloneil ngairHt itiTerfiTinfj
In anv wny with the foil.) in deserlhd property
tvuinhtof Wm. IMcflouarh, which 1 have removed
and taken Into mv imMCMion : 1 black mare. 2
soma's. 1 cooking iove and flitnrrs. 1 eirn store,
hoti'ehoid and kitchen furniiure. 40 hushels oats.
30 bushels corn In eum, 1 fanning mill, a lot of hay
and straw, two thirds of 13 acrea of iiraln in the
ground. 2 sets harness. 3 plows. 1 harrow, chains,
eto all which I hare left with the said Wnj. Me
OoUh daring uiy pleasure.
s JAMES r. DAVIS.
BorrTwp.. Jan li:i8:8.-3t.
AS S I (J N K E 'S N OT I C E W herea s
Paul Ellwaiigfr hi1 Rf gina Ell waticT.
his wire, of the horouh ot Carrolltown, lambrla
county, hare made an assignment to me of their
real and pfrn!t estate for the benefit of their
creditors, those indebted to said I'auland RefCtna
Kl I wander arc requested to make p.iynient, and
tiioso havinir c aims apainst thom will present
them to me for settlement.
.lAtMHI YEOI,EY, Assignee, ic.
Carrolltown, Jan. 4, 18TS.-t.
AI) MINI ST R A TO ITS NOTI C B
K-atf .loirs H amman. i1"cM.
Letters oT administration on the estate of said
decedent. lateor.lnnUtac.unty. hare been srr.mt
ed to the undersigned, who hereby Rives notice
to all persons indebted to said cjtaie that pay
ment ni'nt be made without tielay. and thoso har
ln claim aalnf the same will prcsout them
properly autlien'i lcatol br settlemettt.
AliAM HAM MAN. Administrator.
Allegheny Tnp., Iec. 21, IS" Jit.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
Estit'f MAKT Ml'RKAV, ilw'il.
Letters of administration on the esttite or Mrs.
Mary Mutrsv, IitJ of Carroll twn?hip. Cam
bria county, deceased, hare been KMite.i to the
undersiirncd, to whom all persons indented to said
estate are requested to make payment, ami those
having claims K Inst the same will please pre
sent them properly anthentlcated for settlement.
.IAS C MUKKAY. Administrator.
Cambria Twp., Jan. 18, 1S78. 6t.
STRAY C LI Came to the resi
lein,n of t tt HillmTi1-r, in Wlitte town
ship, no orabout the loth dayof December last, a
bull calf, tt roan color and one year old next
spring. The owner is requested to come forward,
prove propcrtr. pay charges and take It away;
otherwise it will be disiw.sed of accord in to lw.
M 1:H A i:L Silt KHAN.
White Twp., Jan. 10. t73.-3t.-$
FOR RENT.. The farm, saw-mill,
Iioiihh, liwrn, fir., lai the uri'iwriy of
Anthony Swires, dee'd, situated In Clearfield
Uwnhtp, are offered foi rent for theooralniryear.
Apr y o (JHr i. K EAUt, Cxecutor.
- i.oosburg, Jan. I, 1878 -3t.
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8T OEOUQH W". BUNOAT.
P U r n t ni.d white.
Thru tliHtlim tiiKht,
Fell the) Hoff. snow,
Now fant, now flow,
Making poM's
Like Hhceteil ghojifw;
Koliing the vvmxls
In liner pools
Than ever were apun liy mortal akill.
Ami tlH-lifl pti the Hiinny aide of the hill.
Where fringea are woven by wavert, where
The? warp ia itiit, ami th wMf ia air ;
Thd worhl la dreH.xeil like a lirhle In white,
AltbotujU the poor oU year diet) last utlit.
Irp ntt a tear
On the rolil liier
Of J he lirave year,
Whose corse in here.
Ilia work is done.
Anil bat l la won.
Anil lie will he
Natneil with tin-free
Thro future time,
K"r dfcila anlilime.
We wetvoiue here
Th new lHri! year.
Tliewnow that
From tl-e cray waIIs
Of thelhivk i loiiils,
I. not for !iro.ils
For the day a ,id.
Or 'flie days lead.
'Tis the white fleece,
Einhlem of I'eace,
SMit down to cheer
The soft young year.
May not red vein
Make a red stain
On the rolie white.
Woven laat tiij;hr.
Bo, ring the mft,
Sweet liella alirt.
liiDH the true chime
Of the good time;
Itin loud and clear
For thia New Year.
SA VEl BY A SOXG.
It was Clnis mas eve, A cold, .old faeh
ioned Christmas, with wiow lying thick on
the uround and still fulling licavily, with a
ti.cli of f in the ail. It was pus ten
o'clock, and tlie streets and lanes of the
Kieat city were all but deserted. Merchant
and jroker, clerk and warehouseman, and
I lie le.st of the huxy crowd who had throng
ed those stieels by day had otie by one
diifted away to their homes, and the lofty
warehouses loomed black and forbidding
over the silent thorouuhfares. Here and
there the j;leatu fro:n a solitary window
stiitg;lt'diiit:ftectiially with the outer daik
uess, and sci ved but to bring i'lto Rt router
relief the ueneial gliMini and solitude.
And nowhere was the daiknuss deeper
or the senise of desolation more profound
ihan in St. Winified's Colli t. St. Wini
fred's i one of those queer liUle alleys
which in ei sect tie heit of eastern Lon
dn, and consists, with one exception, of
houses let out as offices, and it telly desert
ed K night. The court is bounded on one
ide by St. Winified's church, while in one
coi tier stands a quaint old hoii e, occupying
a nearly triangular piece of ground and
forming Ihe exception we have referred to,
having been for many years the residence
of 6t. Winifred's organist, M cliael Fray.
Many of these ancient churches t 1 1 1 1 iCt
main in odd nooks and coiners of the city;
relics of a tjme when London meichants
ma.ie their homes in the same spot where
on they earned their daily bread, worship
ping on Sunday in these narrow aisles, and
when their time came asking no better
resting-place than beneath those veneiable
flagstones on which they had knell in life.
The libeiality of ancient fouudeis and ben
efactors has left many of these old chui dies
richly endowed, and still, Sunday after
Sunday, lector and curate m iuot their re
speCtive desks, ami snuggle thtongli theii
weekly task : bu iMirlly aldermen and dig
nified buigesses no longer till the high
backed pews. A wheezy verger and pew
opener, with a dozen or so of ancient men
and women, care takeis of adjoining ware
houses or ollices, too often form the only
congregation.
St. Winifred's, like many of its sistct
edifices though small in extent, is a noble
monument of ecclesiast ical architect nee,
having been designed by an -architect of
world wide fame, and boast ing stained glass
windows of richest color and exquisite de
sign, and oaken carvings of flower and leaf
to which the touch of a ouster has impait
ed all bul living beau y. The western ex
tremity of the church abuts upon a narrow
lane, on a week-day one of the busiest in
the city; but on Sundays the broad portal
is flung open in vain, for its invitation is
addressed to empty streets and duseited
houses.
The only sign of life, on this Christmas
eve, in St. Winifred's court was a faint
gleam of flickciing firelight proceeding
from one of the windows of the quaint
three cornered house in which. Michael
Fray passed I is (solitary existence. Many
years before tlio peiiod of our story, the
same month had taken from him wife and
child, and sinco that time Michael Fray had
lived desolate, his only solace being the
rare old organ, the friend and companion
of his lonely hours. The loss of bis wife
and daughter had left him without kith or
kin. His father and mother had died in
his early youth,' an only bi other, a gilted
but wnyaid youth, had in his eaily life tun
away to sea, and had there found a watery
giavo. heing thus left alone in tho world
Michael Fray's love for music, which had
always been tho m st milked feature of
his character, had become intensified into
an absolute passion. Evening after even
ing, when darkness had fettled on the city,
and none could complain that his music
interfered with business or distracted the
attention from the nobler clink of gold, he
was accustomed to creep quietly into the
church and there "talk tohimself," as he
called i , at the old organ, which ausnertd
him back again with a lender sympathy
and power of consolation which no mere
human listener could ever have afforded.
The organ of St. Winifred's was of "com
paratively small size and made but scanty
how of pi K'S or pedals ; but t he blackened
case and yellow, much-worn keys had been
fashioned by the cunning brain and skillful
fingers of "Father Smith" himself, and
never had the renowned old organ-bu ilder
turned out a moie skillful piece of . work
manship. And M'chael Fray, by use of
ears and Living, tender study, had got b
heart every p je and snip in the lare old
inslr.iment, and had acquired an almost
magical power in bringing out its tenderest
tones and noblest harmonies.
Hear him this Chiistmas eve, as he sits
before the ancie- t keylxiaid, one feeble
candle dimly gtimmeiing over the well
worn page before him ; flickering weiidly
a-.-Cis.-ii; cair'. g, -ud uaI'Icj;
momentary life the effigies of mitred abbot
and mailed crusader. A feeble old man
w hose sands of life have all but run out a
sadlv weak and tremulous old man, with
shaking hands and dim, uticeitain eyes, hut
when they are placed Uoii those yellow
keys, shaking hands shake no longer the
feeble sight finds no bilior in those well le
membered pages. Under the touch of
Michael Fray's deft fingers the ancient or
gan becomes instinct wit h life and harmony.
.The grand old masters lend their noblest
strains, and could they revisit earth, need
ask no better interpreter. .From saddest
wail of sorrow t; sweetest strain of conao.
lation from the dirge for the hiveej and
lost, to :he j sea n of the jubilant victor
each shade of human passion, each tender
message of divine encouragement, take
form and color in succession, under the
magie of that, old man's touch. Thus
sometimes borrowing the song of other
singers, sometimes waudeiing into quaint
E'liaii harmonies, the sitoiitatieous over
flow of his own rare genius. Michael Fray
sat and made inn.-ic charming hissoiYow
in temporary leep.
Time crept on. but the player heeded it
not, till Ihe heavy bell in the tower above
his head boomed foith the hour of midnight
and recalled him to reality again. Willi
two or three wailing minor chords he
brought his weiiti improvisation loan end.
"Dear me," he said, with a heavy sit-h,
"Christmas again ! Christmas again !
How many times, 1 woi.dei ! Well, this
will be the last ; and yet. Chi isttnas comes
again, and finds me here still, all alone.
Dear, dear!. First, poor Dick; and then u.y
darling Alice ami Utile Nell all gone!
Young and bright and merry all taken !
And here am I old, sad and friendless
and yet 1 live on, live on! Well, I suppose
'JikI knows best !" While thus thinking
aloud, the old man was apparently seaich
ing for something among his music books,
and now pioduces in ancient page of manu
script, worn almost to fragienls, but pusted
for piesei vat ion on a piece of paper of later
date. "Yes, here it is! poor Dick's Chi ist
mas song. Wha a sweet voice he had,
dear boy! If he had only lived but there!
I'm murmui ing again. God's will be
done !"
He placed the music on the desk before
him, and, after a momeiit's pause, began,'
in tender lltite-liko tones, lo play ihe
melody, at the same time crooning the
wolds in a feeble voice. He played one
verse of the song, then stopired and drew
his sleeve across his eyes. The scene of
his desolation appealed to come anew upon
him; he seemed to shiink down, doubly
old, ditubly feeble, doubly forsaken when
1 ! a marvel! Suddenly from Ihe lonely
stnet without, in that chill midnight, came
the sound of a violin, and a sweet young
voice singing the self-same winds to the
self-same teuder'air the song written by
his dead and gone bi other forty yeais be
fore. The effect on Michael Fray was elect i ical.
For a moment he staggered, but caught at
the keyboard befoi e h nn and held it with
a convulsive giasp.
"Am I dreaming? or are my senses leav
ing mo ? I'oor Dick's Christmas carol;
and I could almost smear the voice is my
own lost. Nellie's. Can this be death at
last? And are the angels welcoming me
home with the song I love so deal ly ? No,
suiely ; either 1 am goiiiit mad, in- that is
a real living voice! - I'm whose whose?
Heaven help me to find out !" Antl with
Ins whole fiame quiieiing wilh excitement
without pausing even to close Ihe organ,
or to ex iuguish his llickeiing caudle Uie
old man groped his way down the narrow
winding stair which le-J to the street, and
hurriedly closing the door bo 1 mid him,
stepped forth baieheaded into the snowy
night.
For some hours before Michael Fray was
startled, as we have related, by the mys
terions echo of his brothers song, an old
man ami a young girl had been making
their way city winds Irom the southeastern
side of London. Both walked weanly as
though they had tramx'd from a long dis
tance, and once or twice the youi.g girl
wiped away a tear, though she strove haul
to hide it fiotn her companion and forced
herself to speak with a chcerluluess in
ktrauge contrast, with he sunken cheeks
and foot.so. o gait. Every now and then,
in passing thr ugh the more ficqueuted
streets, they would pause, and the man,
who carried the vioiin, won id Mi ike up
some old ballad tune with a vigor and
power of execuliou which even his fiost
nippod fingers and weary limbs could not
wholly destroy ; while the gill with a sweet
though veiy sad voice accompanied trim
wilh the appropiiale winds. But their at
tempts wi re niiseialily unproductive. -In
such bitter weather lew- who could help it
would slay away from their warm firesides ;
and those whom stern necessity kept out of
doors seemed only bent on despatching
theii several tasks, and to have no time or
thought to exieiid on a couple of wander
ing tramps singing by the toadside. Still
they toiled on, every now and then making
a fresh ''pitch" at some likely cot ner, only
too often ordered to "move on" by a stern
policeman. As they drew nearer to the
city and the hour grew later, the passeis
by became fewer and fail her lietween, and
the poor wanderers fi It that, it was idle
even to seek for ehari y in those desetted.
silent streets. At last the old man stopped
and groaned aloud.
"What is it, grandfather dear? Don't
give iu now ; when we have come so far.
Lean on me do ; I'm hai. ly tiled at all ;
and I daresay we shall do belter lo-tuor-row."
''To-mono !" said the old man, bitter
ly ; "lo-moriow it will be to late. I don't
mind hunger, and I don't mind cold; but
the shame of it, the disgrace afler hav
ing struggled against it all hese years to
Come to ihe wo: k house at last! It isn't
for myself I mind begjais muetirt.be
ehooseis; and, I daresay, better men than
I have slept i'.i a casual ward ; but jou, my
tender little Lily. The thought breaks my
heart 1 it kills rue!" And the old man
sobbed aloud.
"Deargrandfather, jou are always think
ing of me ; and never of yourself. What
d-es it matter, after all ? it's only the name
of ihe thing. I'm sure I don't mind it one
bit.". The shudder of horror which passed
over the gill's fiame gave Ihe lie to her
pious falsehood. 'I daiesay it is not so
very bad ; and, a'fter all, something may
happen to prevent it even now !"
"What can happen, short of a miracle 5
in these deserted streets?'
"Well, let its hope for the miracle then,
dear. Ood has never quite deserted us in
our deepest troubles, and I don't believe
He will forsake u ttin."
Xm tho 9k: aha Jiaw her '.bin )hal
more closely round he-, shiveting in spite
of herself under the cold blast, which
. seemed to receive no check from her scanty
I coveijngs. Again the bair crent r.n. ami
! passing beneath the wallsof St. Winifred's-
church, stood beneath it for a temporary
shelter from the driving wind and snow.
While so standing, they caught the faiul
sounds of the oigai. pealing within.
"Noble music,' said the old man as the
final chords died away ; "noble music, and
a soul iu the playing. That man, whoever
he tmjy be, shot Id have a generous hearl. "
"llu.-h, grandfather," said the girl, "he
is beginning to play again. "
Seaicely had the music commenced, how
ever, than the pair gazed at each other iu
bi eat Ii less surpnse.
"Lily, dailmg, do you hear what he is
! playing?" said the old man i:i an excited
whisper.
"A stiange coincidence," the girl re
plied. St 1 angel it is more than s-range I
Liiy. dailmg. who could play that song?"
The melody came to an end. and all was
silence. There was a moment's pause, and
then, as if by a common impulse, the old
man drew his bow across the stiings, and
the gill's sweet voice ca tolled forth the
second verse of the song. Seaicely had
they ended, when a door opened at the
foot of the chinch tower just beside I hem,
and Michel Fray, bareheaded, with his
scanty locks blown about by the winter
wind, stood before them. He hurried for
waid. and then stood stilL shamefaced, be
wildered. The song had called up- the
vision of a gallant young sailor, full of life
and heali h, as Michael had seen his bi other
for the last time on the fatal voyage. He
had l,iu 11 jd forth, forgetting the yeais that
had passed1, full of tender nmmoi ies of hat
py b .yish d ys, to find, alas ! only a couple
of waudeiing beggars, singing for bread.
I beg your pardon," he said, stiiving
vainly to master his emotion; 'you sang
a song just now which which a song
which was a favoiite of a dear friend of
mine many yeaia ago. Will you w ill you
tell me where you got it ?'
"Hy the best of all titles sir." tho old
tiddler answered, drawing himself up vt,u
a touch of artistic piide; "I wrote it my
self, words and music boih."
"Nay, cir," said Michael strrnly, ''you
rob the dead. A dearly loved brother of
mine wrote that, song forty years ago."
"Well, upon my wind I" said the old fid
dler; waxing wroth "then your brother
must have stolen it from me ! " What might
this precious brother's name be. pray?"
"An honest name : a name, lam nroud
. to speak," said Michael firing up in bis
nit" ; "ins name was Kichaid Fray?"
The old street musician staggered as if
he had received a blow.
" hat !"' he exclaimed, peering eagerly
into the other's f.ice ; then you are my
broihei Michael, for 1 am Richard Fiay !''
Half an hour later and the brothers so
long paited, so strangely brought together,
w-eie seated round a roaring the iu Michael
Fiay's quaint, Ihiee-comeied pa 1 lor.
Micifael's slo:es had been ransacked Tor
warm, dry clothes for the wandereis.
Diaweis long closed, which yielded when
opened a sweet scent or lavender and con
tained homely skills and bodices, kept still
in loving leuiniy of little Nell, g"ave up
their treasures for Lily's benefit, and Rich
ard Fr.iy's snnw'-shiMldeii clothes were re
placed by Michael's choices: coat and soft
est slippers. The wanderers had done full
justice to a plentiful meal and a jitg of
fragrant punch now steamed upon .he hob
and was laid under frequent contributions,
w hile Richaid Fray told the stoiy of thirty
yeais' wandering, and the brothers found
how t had come to pass that, each think
ing the other dead, they had lived their
lives, and married and btuied their dear
ones, being sometimes- but a few miles
apart, and yet as distant as though severed
bytliegrini Divider himself. And Lilysat
on a cushion ai. her grandfather's feet, a
ptctuie of quiet, happiness, ami sang sweet
songs to please the two old men, while
.Michael loving ly 1 1 aced in hei soft features
fanciful likenesses o his lost Nellv, Ihe
strange similaiity of the sweet voice a ding
the tender illusion. Atjd surely no happier
family parly was galheied together in all
Englrudron that Cliiistmasticte, thay that
I it lie group round Michael Fray's . quiet
fireside.
"Well, grandfather, dar," said Lily,
after a pause, won't you believe in mira
cles now ?"'
"My dai ling." said the old man, with
his voice broken with emotion, "(iod for
give, me for having over doubted Him.V
London Society.
Turn tee?; Kinds of METHorrsts. The
Methodist Al'iianac for 1873 gives a com,
plete list of Methodist i gau iz.nl ions iu the
United States, wilh the iiumltcr of mem
bers belonging to each. They aie as fol
lows: MhiImmIjs. Episcopal Chinch. 1.G73.
287 members; Methodist Episcopal Church,
Souh. 722,342 members; Colored Metho
dist Episoop.il Church, 80.000; African M.
E. Chinch, 214.8(M; African M. E. Zion
Church, 200,000; Evangelical Assicifttion
(Albright's) 10.1.013; United Rietherti in ;
Christ, 143.841 ; Union M. E. Church (col
ored), 2,550 ; Methodist Protestant Chinch,
113,405; Fiee Meihiwlists, 19.232; Priu.i
live Me horiiits, 3.320; Indeiiendent Meth
odists, 12.500. The total number of mem- !
bers in Ihe United Stales is over 3,315.000;
itr Canada the Methodists number 161,172;
in (ileal Biitain and her colonies, '.R)7.404.
The aggregate of Methodist church metn
hem in all the woihl is stated to be 4.333,
8f8. The total net increase of lay mem- j
bers for 1877. throughout the world, is ,
given as 211.300. The "Colored M. E.
Chui eli." one of the newest f these, has
now four bishops, GOO traveling preachers.
(82 loeal preachers, and between C0.000
and 10,000 members. One of the bishops
(Lane) isdi sciibed as a native of Tennes
see, 43 years old, tall, eiect and showing in
his general appeal ance a preponderance of
Anglo Saxoi, blood. He was a slave be
fore the war, and never bad the opportuni
ty of attending school a day in his life. ;
The Rural Xetc Yorker notes that, in
drying, corn ioses one-fifth and wheat one
fourteenth. From this the estimate is
made that it is more profit a bin for the far
mcr to sell unshelled corn in the fall at 75
cents than at 1 er bushel in the follow ing
summer, and tba wheat at $1.25 in Decem
ber is equal to $1.59 in the succeeding
June. Iu the case of po'sloea taking
those that rot aid ate otherwise lost, to
gether with the shrinkage there is li lie
doubt: tlife? lt rpftn Orlnhar iit -Tun Hi a
I li"s to the owner who Tolda thetu is t.ot
icss tLau 83 tsz tent.
SHOT ALL' TO TIECES.
A letter received a few days sir.ee from
a person iu New Hampshire, occurs this
sentence : "Old Simon Love stopper! here
yes erday on his way home. He is almost
92, and is bale and hearty."
And that brought to mind an incident
which happened twenty five years ago
yes twenty-nine years ago it was in an-1
tnmn of 1843 The same Simon I-oro
then 63 yeais of age, andjliving wit'i a sou
in-law on the Grand Intel vale, and, under
Mote Mountain, had been laid up for more
than a year with what Ihe doctors called
lumbago. He could not arise from his
chair without assistance, nor could he
move from chair to bed without the help
of a at rone man, for he was himself very
havy. There seemed to be a sort of par
alysis of all the muscles of the lumbar re
gions, and when ehe pain came it came
furiously I don't know how many bottles
of lintmi lit arrd-pateiit undents had been
rubbed upon the outside, or bow many
battels of swash he poured down his
throat. He seemed to giow worse instead
of better, and with the prospect of anoi her
bard, long wiifter before him, be didn't
think l e should survive it.
Well, one day early in October, while
the pigeons were very plenty .Mr. Hammond,
Love's son in-law, was fixing his double
barrel gun I'or a shot sit them. He b'ad
just cut a piece of India wheat, not far
away, and there the pigeons would be sure
to gather, and he meant to be ready for
them. He had loaded both barrels heavily
and put on Ihe remission caps; but hs ihe
caps were slightly small for the tube he
had 10 press them on, which he was wont
to do by easing the hammer dowu upon
them.
Old Simon sat by the fireplace, bolstered
up in the great easy chair with padding of
pillows and blankets for his back and
cushions for his feet.
"Look out, Nathan !" he cried, as he
saw the double muzzle pointed uncomfort
ably near to him.
'Pooh, ther' ain't no danger, dad," re
turned Nathan, pressing the hammei down
upon the cap.
But the cap was a very sensitive one,
and he piessed ajittle too hard, and
Mercy I what a cissh ! and what a howl.
The right bat rel of the gun was discharged
with a report that shook the house from
ridge pole to foundation, and a few of the
shot glazed Simon Love's leg. He, p.tor
man, lelieved he was shot dead. He sent
forth a howl, loud and loiijj, and leaped to
his feet.
"Murder ! murdei ! minder ! I'm dead
killed shot to pieces. O ! O ! O ! Mur
dei !
And aw:ay he leaped ofit of doors out
into the yaid where he danced up ami
down, yeliing like mad all the while, until
Nathan and his wife and a hired man came
to his assistance. They got him into the
house and got him down into his chair and
after critical examination they fotj'd -Orfi
or three livid lines upon the caif of his
right leg, where a stray (-Lot had just
grazed the skin.
"Ain't I shoi 2"'
"No. Get up and see."
He was up iu a moment, standing first
Usn one Teg and then upon the oilier, and
presently the thought occurred to hitn that
lie had really risen and unaided. He
started off upon a brisk walk, without pain
and without hindiau.ee. He could haidiy
credit. t he evidence of his own senses, lie
!eapod and be danced ; he ran to the well
and b.ick again.
"Gloiy, halielujah ! Nathan, I":na well
mau !"
And he spoke truly. The terrific shock,
convulsing eteiy nerve ;tiul straining cveiy
muscle, healed him, and from I ha'
lime he had not another touch of the old
trouble.
A Railroad Vtt.ocirF.DE. Mr. John
son, a travelling musician, being in Gar
land. Col., and anxious to depait, niiiu
factuicd a railroad velocipede with which
be proMses to travel into Texas. Having
become possessed of two wheeled vefoci
pedes, such as were in cnnuiou use A few
years ago, he proceeded 10 fasten them to
gether to run on a railroad. Wooden axles
were cons:ructed so that, the machine could
be adapted to any gauge of tt.ick, a broad
er tread was placed on thowheels. to which
weie added llinges made of whisky bmrei
lu.oS levels weie fi:ted to give means for
using the hands as well as ihe feet to gain
11 olive power, the whole ariHiigement was
given a ooat of red paint, and it was placed
on the track at Gailaud reaciy for seivice.
Tho machine weighs about forty pounds.
and is easily handled. The ope. ato, sits on
. ... . .
a seat resting acioss wnat were lite Iwo
sestts of the old velocipedes.
Johnson mounted his novel travelling ap
paratus at Gail.ind, and arrived here with
out accident, having made the tiip at the
rate of about fifteen miles per hour. He
remained iu this city a day or two and, al
teiiug the gauge of his car to suit that or
the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe road,
he started out on Friday afternoon for the
East. Our informant tells us that lie saw
Johnson near Goldsmith's ranch, and tried
to ktep tip with bis c;ir on a good horse,
but the animal was soon distanced. The
engineer of the eastern-bound pissenger
train met Johnson at Apishspa yesterday.
Johnson is an old tailroad man. ami al
ways i.Yoviiles himself wilh a time raid so
that he can keep out of the way of the i-eg- China. He w as : he piopt-t ly of Sin Chun
tilar Uain. His apparatus is so light 'haX i and dog and master were instiaial lee-.in-ii
can be moved from the tails in a moment. I'anions and greai ly attached 10 eacti other
Golden Globe. ' j Sin Chun fell ash p o-,e day in .1 thicket
- - --j 'd the dog !ny walibiii? at hisside. lbs
E XT K AO It DIN ART LONGEVITY OF A FAM- Ooveino;. of Ihe pioriuce was out on
ILT. The following record of the ages, a, hunting expedition and f.tdeied the Knsf
the time of their deaths, of the eight sons of the thicket to be fired to il it ti e ivaibe)
rf the late Ephtaim Fenton, or Cheltenhsrtn i out or it. The dog s.tw ,j,t. tre. su-w
toMiiship, Montgomery county, IV, shows j sweeping on and lugged at Sin Chun a
a length and evenness of life not initially c'otlnng lo ken him. I It man sjf-pt
found in a single family : Ephiaim Fen too, heavily piob.tMy opium or Itaslucsh was
the father, died in the Tothyear of his age; : living away sotnenheie wj;l. his five senws.
Mrs. Kenton, the mother, "died in the 70th j fh dog knew his duly :u:d did not besi
year of her age; Samuel, the first son, died 1 file to do it. He plmtgi d into a stream
in his 79th year; Eleazer, tho second s..h, near by and came out diirping. Thus be
(lieil llllllS (".HI yrni; .Mmr, inc uum -n,
died in his 7Sih year; William the fourth
son, died in his 74t h year;"K ind ill the tjflh
sou. died in his 74th yeai; Cbailcs P., the
sixth son, died in Itis74tb jear; Epbralm,
the seventh- son, died in bis 73;b Jar;
Thomas. he eighth son. died in bis 74th
year. Ephraim, the sevent h sn, the last
suiviving, member died last June. The
above e'gbt'sons comprised the entire fam
ily. no females being born to the house hi
that getieraiiou, nuu an wcu uvm no;
lame dwelling
MlNry at tiFer1 for fu-ni v i i M
Kc?y w;.y i'-ia U:-;o.
AXXlors TO JTElh
The afternoon yetvijes bad ended, and
the congregation were arranging them
selves for the benediction, jwheit i)iesr
Kon descended frmi tlie pulpit to tho rlesic
below, and said, in a calm, clear voir :
'ThosA wtshioir lik tiA miii.-l in i lim
bonds of matrimony will now please cVmuh
forward.'
A deep stillness limtantly fell over t'.i
rnugregation.- only broken by the rtuitting
of the silk, as some preity girl or excited"
matron changed her position to rated lh
Dist view of ibe Couple to be married. No
one, however, a row. or seemed in the lenst
inclined to rise. WheieuHin the clergy-
man, deeming the fiist notice unheard or
misunderstood, repealed .
'Let thoe wishing to be united iri tl a
holy bonds of rualrimony uow come for
ward. Still no one Ptirred. The silenSe beenn
almost intense, and a p-uiifu! sense .f aw k
waidncss among those present Mas fe.;,
whet; a young man, who occupied a vacai.f
seat in the bioa 1 aisle djiing the service,
slowly arose and delibeia ely walked tollie
fiMJt df the altar. He was good-looking
and well-diessed, but no female accompa
nied him. When be arrived within a is-iq-ectful
oistaiice of the clergyman bo
paused, and with a reverent bow stepped
to one side cf the aisle, l,ut neither said
anything, nor deemed at all disconcerted .t
the idea of being married alone.
The cleig; tnan lookefl around for tba
bride, who, be supp.tsed, was 3 et to arrive,
and at length leraaiked to the young mau,
iu an undertone : . -
The young lady, sir, is dilatory.'
'Yes, str.'
'Had you beHer not defer the ceremony
'I think not.'
" 'Do you supiose she will be hre soon
I. sir? said the young man; 'how
should I know of the ladj's movement:-?
A few moments were allowed to elapse
in this unpleasant state of expectaucv,
wten the clergyman leuexed bis interrog
atories. 'Did the lady promise to attend at tT.8
present hour ?
' Wluit lady?'
Why the lady, to be sure, that you are
waiting hcie for.'
4 did not hear her say anything about
it,' was the unsatisfactory response.
'Then, sir, may I ask you why you are
hare, and for what purpose you thus Hit!
in the sanctuary of the Most High?' sail
the &omew li.t enraged clerical.
'I ca.ne. sir, si ngly because yrt!iii7 vttf? 1
all those wishing to hi rftiiied In the holy
bonds of ma rimony to step forward, and I .
hapjiened to entei tain such a wish, t am
very sorry to have misibidei stood you, sir,
and I wish you a veiy good day.
The benediction was pronounced in a
solemnity of tone very little in accoidanco
w itlr the tw itching of the facial ner ves',
and when, after the church wasVl..l
44 -story got amnii-t the congregation,
I more than one gill regretied that the
young man who really wished to be united
in the holy bond of uiati niiony Lad beea
obliged to dep.ii t without a w ifo.
Wakm Weather Mauk to Or nr. r A
scheme for tempering the seventy of the
w inters of Canada is row attract ng con.
siderable attention. The cold of the w io
leis all along the shores or the Gulf of
Law ictice U considered to be largely due
to a constant currei t of water fioni the
Arctic regions which sweeps down tie
Straits of Beliisle, a j,-.., Sl,me twelve
miles in w id; h, bci w ecu New f"undlji d
and Labiador, canying wnb it masses ,if
ice and snow. It js pi ..posed to close tip
the strait by connicting Ne w f..u nrihn d
w ith the mainland. The ad wc if es or tha
scheme argue that the temperature of La
brador. Quebec and Newfoundland would
thus be materially taistd and vast regions
of now sterile and worthless land rendered
lit for cultivation. The shutting out of
the Arctic current would be followed, it is
thought, by a diveisiou of a greater po: lion
of the Gulf Sticpm, and probably the gulf
would reuwin open and i. a visible all win
ter. The feitdny of Piince Edwaid isl.uij
and the suth shoro of tire St. Lawrenr.i
are alleged to In- due to the nbsence oft'ieso
Arctic waves and tho genial influence of
the GnlT Stream, and were the IVUr riir
lent diverted h the closing r the strains
it is supposed that it would diverge inio
the Atlani icand speedily bi come absoihed.
The woilt -ii -posed is a gigantic engin
eering enlerpi jSe, ai-d would icquiie an
immense outlaj, but it is pronounced iKti
ble of accomplishmto t. and if it sh.. 1.1 1
1 " ;""H f " ; .. ' i K V. l tM,Us
claimed for it 111 advance, the xt
ancticietl Willi
1.; 1:1 ..
U'.k.l 1. 1 Iu, I i- .-n ,1. ... . : .
--1 - ---.v
,u. w- ifpain. it is pos
sible, however, that in the discussion ,.f
tho subject the influence of ocean ( reams
n,on ten.eiatuie hs been exaggerated.
The present except i inally m i!d winter is
credited to the unusual proximity "of the
Gulf Stream to the c..;it, but this theory
would seem to bo ncgativi d by the fact
that the same miscasouuble ni Hones- with
which we are la vol ed, pi evaits in the inte
rior, which would baldly lt the c se un
less the causa of ll.e change was of a Kss'
localized chaiactci. Lo.it-u l'rJTtltr.
A Doo S i'.tKY. The most saeicious fi,
of all the ca.iuie tulwof which tradition
teils an autbtntic histoi j Jh.d Artf rfied in
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around bts maMer. Tins he leoes'nl .unit
ite grass was saturated and ibe biilowa of
11 .me, were sir.yed at a aafe distance frota
b;u Chnn. But tl e d. g was fatally fcns ti
ed. Wiien St 11 ( linn awoke be found bin
fnend dead at Ids side. He saw bow it
was iu a niiiofe and n ld the Governor
-J V bo caused the animal to be put iu a baud
jsome. toitili. whiclt-4 c Called the "Tomb
, or me i tittmu Cog. It was worth acoc'a
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