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Volume xii.
EBENSBURG, TA., FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1S78.
NUMBER 15.;,
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STRAWBRIOGE 8t CLOTHIER, desire to make known to con
sumers who find ft inconvenient to viit tlie city every lime DRY
GOODS are needed, that our Mail Order Department is so perfected
that shopping may be done while sitting comfortably at home as satis
factorily as at our counters.
A'.I that is necessary is to address to ns a letter mentioning the kind
of goods desired, and SAMPLES to select from will be immediately
forwarded. Orders are filled at the identical prices for which the goods
are that day sold over the counters. The expense, trouble and fatigue
of going to the city are avoided and the goods aTe selected from as
choice an avortmect as would be inspected were our establishment
visited in person.
Tor years xrc have made this peculiar riranch of the Dry Goods bus
iness a faToriie study, soil the success of onr MAIL ORDER DE
PARTMENT is attested by the fact that an order is rarely filled with
out maVinj a permanent customer of the person ordering. Every order,
I: it fur 3i j.r l of m-ralln or a wedding trousseau, meets with the most
careful and jrompt attention.
SAMPLES of all kinds of DRY GOODS, SILKS, DRESS
GOODS, PRINTS, LINENS, FLANNELS, CLOTHS, etc., with
tcidihs and prices correctly marked, promptly forwarded on application.
STRAYBRIDGE & CLOTHIER,
N. COil. EIGHTH AND MARKET STREETS,
PHILADELPHIA.
QTATEMEXT or SETTLEMENT
, i'h ttieSnperrisorsof Black !Wk Town
P'i tor die jcur en.inur April th. 1S7:
I Pete Waoser. Supervlfxir, I)k.
" t ut Iuiliite
't-ilan. tr.nn lat vear
n-ati lailicat and' ajxrc&ted lai.dtax... 1-J7.9
ft.
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I'T j.ai.l Collector, cash tax. etc 80.79
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t J'h .air fr i.otilirhir.K
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to J. k. Hite on l.ri-lKe
t piil Auditor for laat year
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Auditor.
Js t r'f or lcrs !.-?ued
S A MVFJj fKORfE,
Jl IH.V t.'AM KHUN,
. JOHN H. KOSS,
A"ctvn.L1A SKLi.tRS.ClerK.
Good Farm forSale.
....
I " ""dcrsicned offers at private sale on mod
fn.r.a,e ,, rmi' and easv payment hts FAKM in
""ltr tl.wn.lii.. K..:. ' ., , ...II..- r.... L K.
),( " 1 1' i"ui. ill! ti. a Hum
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i,.' ""11! AcitK are cleared, well fenced and
n,""1 '""eot rultivation. with a eomlortattle
.., '"f-v entlier toar.lel I'uni Kot k, 28x18
ri r"n,a'nin '"ur rooms, a new Hank Harjj.
-i t a" neeessary iuttiutl''ins t'nereon
rn i r,,eT' i also on the premises a thrlvlnif
,s ,,f "I'Ple. pear ami cherry tree?. In-sideg
.. 'onilance of pure well and spring water.
i'ilr!t"r '"'""nation apply to H. J. Haor,
e 1 J'rinirs. call on the farm, or address
Arrt tbenshunr. Pa.
ftPri3t- LAXVKENCE MURPHY.
A.. M KEIM, M. D., Physician
' lKu SrROFos, Klienabnr, F. Of
.r?DliJ 'eeuiled by Br. J.J. O.tman, two
'.ll7eT''r?,Bl"'r Hfin. whore night
i'tiir.'! '!. OonialtaUsBi in Oerman
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C5TATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS of
O Tri'Wiirr imI Tax Collectorof allilzin
Borourn. April ih,
'5ROROF. OrrwAi.T, Collector. Pa.
t . n t r li,nli--j ti for 1877 212.S7
V ,! ected 1879 67.6-20.13
t'B.
By amt collected nd paid Trcas-
rrr Ti
' aimnnt of exoneration...
rrturnctl to eominisi'ijn
ers o 58 2.M .28
Balance due from Collcetor
&S3
F. J. t'HRtSTV. Treircr.Irt.
To amount received from Tax Col-
lector in cMi and orders ,a
an't due at lajitsettlerneot 12. n r-.S-s"
Cre.
By cash paid on orders lifted and cancelled. 253 39
Balance m hands of Treasurer L
Financiai. Statement of Poroit.h.
T srnonnt due trom Treasurer.
a8.8&34 44
By amount of outstanding orders 111
Balance due Borough
at MEAOIIF.R. 1
H3.34
v M M. KKROt'SON, Auditors.
M, F. KELLEY,
ASSIGNEE'S SALE of REAL ES
TATE ny order of the Court nf Coni-
mon Pleas of Cambria county. I will offer t . Pob
licMale.dischnrned ot all liens. on.A 1 I "J
M W 25, S7, at 1 o'clock. P. M.. a I iEOhllK
PAI(('H(IF I,NI situate In Clearfield town
ship, adjoining lansot James Adams. K.Mellon,
Kdw'l Halloran, Harry Sheppard, and others,
eontaininar t Arrr4, more or less. bou. . .
Acres of which are cleared, havinar thereon frect-
ed FRAMBHOV8K. FRAME BARN, a nd other butld-
inVs There is also an excellent Orehard of ap
pie cherry and peach trees on the premises, as
WeM as two veins of limestone and one of coal, part-
'"eumsof Sxre On-third on eon firm at ion of
gale and the balanen in equal payments rr. nine
and eiithtcen months from date ot purchase, with
interest to be secured hy the judgment bonds and
morte of the pureha-er.
As?:i?nec f Silas Adams and W ife
OTIIE SCHOOL DIRECTOUS
O F C A AI B R I A C O IT S T V. - Gc n tlemc :
In pursuance ol the forty-third section of the act
or St h May, 1851, you are hereby notihed to meet
, eonventHn at the Court 1 House in 1
on the first TrKsnAV is Mav. A D 18-8 beinR
tlio7llt the month, at 1 o clock In the attcr
noon. and select rim rorr, by a majority of the
whole number of Iiireetors present, one person or
literary nd scientific acquirements, and of skill
and experience in the art of teaching, as County
u..n..inim ten: forthree succeeding years: deter
mine the mount of compensation for the same.
and certify theresulttntb,- S'aieSuperintendent,
at Harrisburif . as required by the tnlrty-nlntu
and fortieth section, ol .aM.ct. RERf
Co. Sap'l or Cambria County.
tbensUrrg, April 16, 1S.8, 3t.
MA
JIM it VELLOUS MECHANISM.
THE 8PEAKIKO PHONOGRAPH AND TIIE
TELEPHONE.
With the invention of the telephone
scientific research became directed iuto a
new and hitherto untrodden field. The j
astonishing results of experiment and dis- j
coveries it; the transmission of articulate
sounds stimulated further investipat'on, J
and Edison, whose name will ever be linked I
with the telephone, has succeeded in per- i
fecting another invention, which Is tin- J
doubtedly one of the most marvelous of ,
this astonishing age. To day its wonder- ;
ful capabilities are known only to the few, .
but in the near future the speaking phono- j
graph will be as familiar to the millions
as the steam engine, the printing press and
electric telegraph, and, it is nardly saying
too much to add, equally indispensable. ,
When a number, of prominent gentlemen j
assembled by invitation in the private
office of Mr. Henry Uently, at Third and
Chestnut streets, a few days ago, and were
shown the Edison Speaking riionograph
which, by the way, seems to be a rather
tautological title for the invention they ;
found a piece of mechanism free, from any- j
thing like complicated machinery. It may j
be briefly described as an iron wheel about i
six inches in diameter and an inch and a
half face. The axle of this wheel is an
endless screw, with a handle on oim end,
and as the handle is turned the wheel
moves from iijj;lit to leit ana Tire rest
while revolving, a distance of three inches.
Placed against the face of the wheel,
which is coveted with tinjfoil, is something
like the mouth of a speaking tube, and on
lie side next to the wheel is a point rest
ing from this tube on the tin-foil. That
was all. No wiies, no electricitj no intri
cate machinery. Everything plain and
simple. When the invited guests had as
sembled, Mr. Bently, Mr. Adams, and
other gentlemen spoke in. or rather against
this mouth-piece ot tube, turninc the wheel
meanwhile. Such classical selections as
"Jack and Jill" and 'Mary had a "little
lamb" were the favorit pieces, and these
were uttered with faultless pronunciation
while the wheel was being turned. Then
the wheel wu placed where it started, but,
instead of the voice of a speaker, a conical
speaker.something like a speak ing trumpet,
was placed at the spot at which the sounds
had been uttered. The wheel was then
turned, and every sound, evety syllable,
every word, clear and distinct, was emitted
just as it had been spoken a moment before.
The lightest emphasis, the peculiar inflec
tions of the speakei's voice, every pause
was as faithfully leproduced as it could
have been by the original speakers them
selves. Laughter and whistling and sing
ing and sighing and groans in fact, every
utterance, of which the human voice is
capable Teas stored in that wondrous
Alieel and emptied when it was turned.
The gentltMiiati in charge of the experi
ments explained that it was "simply the
vibrations of the voice acting on a disk
which communicated the impressions to
the tin foil, and thus they were recorded."
Just so ; but none the less marvelous were
the results in spite of that "simple ex
planation." And now, as it is proved that !
the words thus spoken to the machine can
be reproduced in a hundred years if ne- j
eessaiT, ann anv numuerol times required, ;
aitd by stereotyped impressions of the tin j
foil in an unlimited number of places, it is i
worth while to consider for a moment the
capabilities and possibilities of ibis wond
rous invention. Ill: had been in existence :
a few bundled years ago. what delights it !
might have conferred upon humanity ! For
instance, Washington s reply concerning I
that little hatchet business might have '
been recorded and uttered once a day in i
eveiy school house for the benefit of Ameri
can v.Mith : Robert Etn melt's famous .
speech might have been recited by uiiiiself
in Independence Hall last Monday night;
Webster's rply to llayne might have been ;
given in every household in the land but '
other examples will readily suggest them- j
selves. Today, if in universal use, to '
what serviced might it not bo applied?
One, for instance, could be kept in evciy
hospital and every police office, and rvhere
an ante-mortem statement aas requited it .
could be recoit'ei, and i-epn duccd in couit
years after; or a departing millionaiin
could yell out the terms of his will to the
faithful phonograph, and when irreverent ;
relatives sought to distnte on the ground :
oT int-anity tin J 'trip' asis in that farewell
testament thus recoided would go far to
prove the condition of ihe testator's mind.
The uses to which it culd bo applied are
iiinumeruble, but a contemplaii u of its
general adoption causes some painful :
thought. The mother-in-law, before j
departing fo: home, miulit talk into the
.machine for a week, and doses of her lec- :
tnre could be ground out for years after, j
Or, suppose an insurance company were to
purchase a thousand or so, nnd store them ;
up with facts and figures regarding an- i
unities and lisks and policies and premi
ums, and surreptitiously in trod nee them
into houses under the guise of music
boxes. Then, when the innocent victim
wanted the "Sweet bye ami bye" he would
be regaled by a table of dry statistics 'd
an injunction that, as life is uncertain, he
should insuie in the Blow up Mutual.
Then, again, Private Dalzell and tieorge
Fiancis Train and Susan It. Anthony but
the thought is too dieadful. Mr. Bently
also entertained his guests with
THE TELEPHONE.
George M. Shaw has contributed to the
March number of the Popuhtr Science
ifoidlili, a very interesliti paper descrip
tive of the telephone and how it works.
He says the longest distance at which con
versation has been carried on by means of
the telephone so far is about 2.i0 miles.
With a submarine cable, conversation has
been carried on between England and
France across the English Channel. Con
versation has also been held through the
bodies of sixteen persons standing hand in
hand. The editor of the Popular Sri-cn.ee
Monthly, in discoursing on the teachings
of the telephone, says it has ilways been
regarded as one of the mysterious miracles
of vital structure how the little membran
ous drum of the human ear can take up so
perfectly this rapid stream of intricate mo
tions in the air, which are all so exactly re
produced by the layer of adjacent particles
striking upon the membrane, that thous
ands of tympanums will all be affected pre
cisely alike, while the nerves transmit the
thrill to the brain, awakening the same
musical sensations and sentiments in the
consciousness of as many people as can be
brought within hearinc. This chain of
effects is wonderful, indeed ; but we are
, cow cou flouted with the fact, mote im
pressively than ever, that it is no preroga
tive of the living organism to respond to
these subtle and exquisite changes of air ;
the inert, dead matter of which we hear so
much mere cold iron will do exactly the
same thing. When we begin to use a tele
phone for the first time there is a sense of
oddity, almost of foolishness, in the exper
iment. The dignity of talking consists in
having a listener, and thete seems a kind of
absurdity in addressing a piece of iron,bnt
we must raise our lespect for the metal,
for it is anything but deaf. The dia
phragm of the telephone, the thin iron
plate, is as sensitive as the living tympanum
to all the delicate refinements i.f sound.
Nor docs it depend upon the thinness of
the metalic sheet, for a piece of thick boil
er plate will take up and transmit the mo
tions of the air particles in ail the grades
of their subtlety. And not only will it do
the same thing as the tympanum, but it
wi'ldo vas ly more ; the gross, dead metal
proves, in fact, to be a hundred times more
alive than the living mechanism of speech
and autition.
This is no exaggeration. In quickness,
in accuiacy and even in grasp, there is a
perfection of sensitive capacity in the metal
with which the organic instiument cannot
compare. We speak of the proveibinl
"quickness of thought," but the telephone
thinks quicker than the nervous mechan
ism. Let a word be pronounced for a per
son to repeat, and the telephone will hear
and speak it a hundred miles away in a
tenth part of the lime that the listener
would need to utter it. Give aiuan a
series of half a dozen notes to repeat, and
he cannot do it accurately to s:ive his life ;
but the iron plate takes them up, transmiis
them to anotlieifplate hundreds of miles olf,
which rings them forth instantaneously
with absolute precision. The human ma
chine can hear and reproduce in its poor
wav onlv a single series of notes, while the
iron ear of the telephone will take up whole
' cords and strains of music, and sending by
lightning through the wire, its iron tongue
will emit them in jiei fect relations of har
mony. The corelalious and transforma
tions of impulse are, besides, much laoie
extended in the telephoue than iu the living
, structure.
The volitional mandate from the brain
' incites nervous discharges, expended in
J producing muscular contractions, that im
pel the air across the vibrating chords,
i where it is thrown into waves. But in the
! case of the telephone, the air waves aie
, spent iu producing mechanical vibrations
! of the metal. These create magnetic d:s
; turbances which excite electrical action in
the wire, and this again gives iit;e to mag
netic changes that are still further convei t
; ed into the tremors of the distant dia
! phragm, and these finally reappear as new
tiaios of air waves that afFecv the listener,
while the n hola inlei mediate series of
changes is executed in a fraction of the
time that is required by the nervous om
i binat ions of speech. And not only does the
telephone beat the living machine out of
sight in sp-ed, accuracy, compass ofresul's
and multiplicity of dynamical changes,
but it distances in the simplification of its
t resources. The same bit of dead metal
serves equally for both ear and tongue.
! The olticesof the diaphram ate interchange
able, and the machine works back waul
with exactly the same facility.
A CVmosiTY. We have at this office a
small shingle bolt, taken from the fiist cut
of a whi.e oak tree, cut on the Jennings
farm of Jaspei M. Thompson, of Menalh-n
township, this county. The tree being 3$
feet in diameter, made what is called
"double stuff," and this bolt was taken j
from next the heart of the tree. Mr. Jesse
Ilockwell, who felled the tree and who is
making it up into shingles, found some de
fect in the piece of timber desciibed, and
on splitting it iu the centre found a leaden
bullet weighing one ounce and foi ty grains,
imbedded in the wood, about thtee inches
from the heart of the tiee. This bullet,
though made of soft load, penetrated the
tree to the depth of three inches, and is
flattened very little;. The tree at that time
was one foot, in diameter, and the bullet
entered it four and a half feet from the
ground. Mr. J. V. Thompson, cashier of
the First national bank of Unioiitown,
counted the giow:hs of the tree, under a
magnifying glass, and found it to be IW
year old, there being 124 growths from
the outside of the tree to where the bullet
tt u. k, and 42 growths from that point to
the centre of the tree, indicating that the
tree was 42 years old at the time of the
shot, and that 124 yeai s have elapsed since.
This oak tree was 4 ) feet to the first limb,
and at the height of about GO feet a limb
of a sugar tree that stood near by had
grown lotind the oak, and when it was cut
entirely off at the stump, it remained
standing almost staiionaiy, swaying but
slightly toward the sugar which was 2$ fee",
in diameter. The sugar tree was cut with
in three inches of the heait on opposite
sides before the two tiees fell. Within an
inch of the heait, of the sugar tree were
found two J inch auger holes, 3.1-5 inches
in length, iu one of which was found the
end of a sugar spile 2 inches long, perfectly
pieserved. There are 73 growths from the
bark of the sugar tree to the auger bole,
and 30 more from that poin' to the centre
of the tree, making it 10,1 years old. The
distance between the centre of the two
trees is four feet, and between the outer
surface of each, oue foot. L'nwntown Gc
niui of Liberty.
A CoxnF.X3F.i) Sermox. We find this
oddiy in the "Ediitburg Fugitive Pieces,"
by W. Green, F. 11. S.: 'Abridgment of a
Sermon, which took up an hour in deliver
ing, from these woids : 'Mau is boru of
trouble.'
"My Fkiends : The subject falls natu
rally to be divided into four head :
1. Man's entrance itno the woild ;
2. His pro-cress through the world ;
3. His exit from the world, and
4. Practical reflec ions from what may
be said.
Fiist, then :
1. Mau came into the woild naked and
bare,
2. His progress through it is trouble and
care ;
3. His exit from it none can tell where.
4. But if he does well here, he'll be well
there.
Now I can say no more, my brethren
dear.
Should I preach on this subject from this
time to next year.
A men."
Sai.ictlic
rrjAthxa.
acid is a new cure for rlieu-
Till: TUNNEL.
James Wainwright was fireman of engine
Xo. 22, and Bill Blackford engineer. The
la'ter had one good quality continued
faithfulness as a servant oT the company.
His enemies said the most poweiful micro
scope could have discovered no other.
While he hail not a friend among the
hands, their dislike" was not an open o:?e.
His strength was shown to bo almost phe
nomena. He had once knocked down a
horse w ith a blow of his fist.
James Wainwi ight and Bill Blackford as
fireman and engineer of the same locomo
tive, had kept up the necessary or conve
nient appearance of friendship, until it was
whispered about that Jane Conrad had
chosen Waiuwrighf for her husband "that
was to be.' Then Bill Blackford knit his
brow and crunched his teeth together w ith
an oath. It was no secret that he had
"waited on" Jane himself.
After that, the men hardly spoke a word
to each other. For miles on miles, day af
ter day, I hey sped along the iron road, and
scarcely looked into each other's eyes.
When Blackford did glance at Wainwi ight
it was a malignant scowl.
One day, engine No. 32 ran into a freight
train. No serious damage was done. It
was found, however, that at the time of the
accident, Blackford, t he engineer, was un
der the influence of liquor.
lie was reduced from his position to that
of fireman. 1 Ie would have been discharged
altogether but for his long and faithful
services to the company.
James Waiuwright was promoted to his
position as engineer. Hearing of it, Bill
Blackford's scowl deepened, aud his black
eyes snapped tire.
It was a winter's night, cold and clear.
Several ot the railroad hands were seated
around the station lire; among them Wain
wright and Blackford.
"The east track needs repairing in the
long tunnel," said the supervisor, "and the
woikmen have all gone home. What two
among you will volunteer to attend to the
matter ?"
On the instant James Wainwright an
swered !
"I, sir !"
Immediately Bill Blackford added :
"And me, too, sir !"
More than one turned quickly and won
dcringly towaid the latter. It was not this
man's custom to be obliging. One man
drew Wainwi ight aside, and said :
"Blackford doesn't love you Jim. I
wouldn't go into that tunnel alone with
him, if I was you. Let me go in your stead.
"Nonsense !'' said the other.
'There is
no danger ; and even if there were, do you
suppose I'd let him know I was afraid of
him by backing out?"'
One or two men, as the volunteers start
ed ofF together, proposed to go with them,
but. Black foul said, in a dogged way :
"Don't need no help."
In a more civilized manner, Wainwright
echoed him, and Ihe men feil back.
It was a full ten minutes walk to the
mouth of the tunnel, but when they had
reached it, neither had spokeu a word.
Now Blackford asked :
"Which side is ii on ?"'
"East."
"W here ?"
"About the middle of the tunnol."
"All right. Come on."
Into the daikncss they plunged. They
each canted a light, but the impression of
such a place is always one of iulensc black
ness. It was their object, if possible, to do the
job before the train, due there in half an
hour, 'should reach the spot.
.Nil woid was spoken alter those few at
the mouth of the tunnel. They woiked
silently and swiftly. An observer might
have noticed that Blackford struck the rail
vindictive!-, and smiled as the spai ks (lew.
It was finished, aud just t hen I he rumble
of the coining train was heard.
Between the tracks which bad just been
repaired the one on which the cars would
pass and the wall i he d istance was only t wo
or three leet. Uncomfortable, indeed, to
stand theie as the train passed.
Wainwright was about to step on to the
other track, when Blackford caught him
by the wi ist.
"Stay on this side !"' he hissed.
"What lor?" asked Wainwright a little
start led.
"Because I want you to. I want to know
what it feels l:ke to stand here ; but I aiu't
going to do it alone."
"You can make the experiment if yon
please. As lot me, I shall stand in fhesa
bsi place, answeied the odier; and with a
suddeujeik be released his wiist.
But on the instant the gigantic Black
foid caught him round the waist, and niul
leied iu his ear :
"Steal the giil I love, will you? Worm
yourself in my position as engineer, you
hound ! I'll fix you !"
There was no mistaking the hate glit
tering in the villain s daik eyes, nor the
meaning of the woids he bad iust uttered.
His purpose was to hold Wainwright
there until the train was ffpon them, then
to throw Ins victim in its way. Ihe o her
understood now whv this man had been so
ready to accompany him. Perhaps he had
been waiting lor such an opportunity for
months. Wain w right could see, by the dim
light of their lamps, that there was a sul
len murderous resold ion in the man's face,
"Bill Blackford, would yon kill me?"
"No 1 the train will do that !"
"Do you not fear to do sucli a thing ?"
"No!" thut.deied Bl.ickfotd. Von
sl'pped and fill as you weie crossiag the
Hack and the train stiuck you."
Yes, that was ihe story the murderer
would tell, aud though some might shake
their bead, and even name 'heir suspic
ions, they could prove nothing.
It. was useless to cry for help. The only
answer would le the mocking echo fiom
the tunnel's walls.
Struggle? Aye, struggle and resist he
might nil the last moment, but what avail
would his strength be against that of this
giant ?
Hie rumble ol the train was growing
louder
them.
lu a few minutes it would bj rrpoti
i.i ....-.
James Wainwright, by a quick movement
released bisiieht. arm, and stiuck wildly
at the other ; but the villain caught tbe de
scending blow-, and with a laugh, pinioned
the arm again ro the victim's side.
And now the train had entered the tun
nel. The engioeV flaming eye sent a tiry
utream of light along the track. They
were right in the path, but Blackford
quickly stepped towaid the wall, still hold
ing Wninwriyht where the train would
Btiike Uim. .
N ow ihat the struggle commenced it was
the only hope, and Wainwiight fought with
the desperation of a mau with his life at
stake.
Nearer sppd ti e train and still Blackford
held him on" the track. He had, by some
good fortune, freed his left arm.
The train was almost upon them !
Touching by chance, his vest, something
pricked Wain w light's hand. He remem
bered his mother had been sew ing a lent in
his vest that day, and had, absent-mindedly
left the needle, a long one, in the gar
ment. In a moment he had it out.
The train was within a few yards of them.
Blackfoid's right arm was around Wain
wright's wrtist. I:i a moment the other
buiied the needle in the vilUau's hand.
With a howl of piin the would be-mur-derer
leleased his hold.
Wainwright wrenched himself from the
Other aim and sp-ang across the track.
With an oath Black fo;d f .lloacd. but to
meet his death. In his Jinny, his foot
caught the rail and he fell.
James Wainwi ight saw the glare of Ihe
headlight full in his eyes; and the next
moment Black foid was throw u at his feet,
mangled and dead
ASLEi:r WITH A DEAD MAN.
Lieutenant Goddard tolls the following
story in connection w iib the Rappahannock
campaign :
A delay occurred in extraeting the horses
from the mud. and in wailing for :. artillery
and infantry to come up, prevented the com
mand from reaching Falmouth till la 1 ight,
when they found all the hrtdj.es arrows the
Itappahannork iu flames and was only aide
to pour a few volleys of musketry and htirl
a few shot and shell into the rear guard of
the enemy as it disappeared in the streets of
Fred riekshmgh. While thee events were
occurring, the writer remained with his
guard in charge of the captured camp and
prisoners. Some half hour after the depart
ure of the regiment, a sergeant approached
the camp fire by which I sat, and, saluting,
said, "Lieutenant, where shall we put the
lody of Lieutenant Decker? It lies rolled
in a blanket at Ihe head of the street, just
vacated by his company." 1 rose and went
with the sergeant to ihe spot, and calling
another soldier, had them raise the body,
which I decided to place in the evergreen
booth lately occupied by the colonel, as the
largest and most commanding spot iu the
camp ground. As we. entered the litt'e cir
cle of pi nes in which it stood I not iced a pile
of blankets in one corner, and thought that
iu his haste in the night's advance, Kilpit
rick had. purposely or not, left t hem belli ml,
and that 1 must hear them in ni'nd when we
moved. "Lay thw body in there, hoys."
'''1''.v placed it reverent ly on the ground and
we ail reiireii, ir i cuuni nor spare any i
my small guard even to watch over the body.
Next iiioriiii-g, when we received orders to
rejoin l he regiment., we found the body w here
we had left ii, and bore it with ns to Fal
mouth, where, on 'he succeeding div it re
ceived honorable burial in the little Virginia
churchyard.
A iiihl or two after I heard the adjutant
narrate an experience in onnecl ion with the
death of Decker that had startled him con
siderably. "When ordered to advance fn.m
camp that night I wa.t sleeping with Kilpal
rick, ami was so used up by the lonf. march
ol" the dav In-fore that it was impossible for
me to mount toy horse. 1 told the colonel
so, and he said that 1 might remain behind
and come on next day u i ; Ii the guard hej
he rose and left me. I turned over and was
soon miuiiiI asleep again. Towards morning
the cold awoke me, when, forgetting the in
cidents of ihe night, 1 turned towards Kil
patrick (as I sui'iiosed) and seeing him a'!
rolled up in blankets, clumsily, exclaimed : j
'Colonel let me hve some of your blanket." J
Getting no response I reached toward him
and gave the blanket a hard pal!, when, as
they roiled oft t h body by my side, imagine j
:ny astoniMuneiit ami horror to hint n y im-u-
mate not the li vi ng K 1 1 pat t ick, but the dead
D.-cker."
"What did you do?" said Lieutenant
Charley Hasty.'
"D ? 1 jumped tn my feet, seized my ac
cotitremenls, ran from the tent, mounted in y
horse and rode aft e r t he regiment w hich I
found and rej.mied just as It was entering
Falmouth, lint I would give something to
know how Decker's bodv got into tha
pla.e."
That I never told him.
What She Asked Tommy. lie was
named Thomas and she w as named Jane.
They sat on a hotel balcony yesteiday for
three long hours, giving themselves dead
aw ay as bmgout. of tow ners. As they sat
down Thomas tok one of Jane's bands.
She allowed that Sort of thing to go ou
without a woid of protest, and the 11 ixen
haiied youth finally seized the other one.
They talked and talked, and looked down
upon th? street and sighed, ami the hours
slipped away. At the end of the thiid (
hour she said :
Tommy, dearest, I want to ask you
something."
"Ask mc a hur.dicd a thousand a mil
lion things !"' he exciaimed in reply.
"Well, Tommy, I've got anawlul Cold
in my head," she continued, "and if 1
drew one of my hands away and wiped my
nose would you think I was mail ? I've
cither got lo do that. Tommy, or let my
nose wipe itself, .lost one wipe, Tommy,
ami then you may have it back."
Tommy released her hand, though be
hated to, and Lcr noso was softly and duly
wiped.
A Giant. In his rambles about Ihe city,
yestciday, a W'hij rej-oner met a rather
reinaikable character, no less than a mod
em giant a man who, duiii.g his btief
stay in the city, ciea'cd quite a sensation
oti the stieets as he walked about, and
caused almost eveiy passer by to tniii and
look back at him as be pased. Cbailes
Tumhy, the cha acter lefeired to, is eigl t
feet in height and weighs s -melding over
4,",) pounds. 'I umley ai rived in this city
yesterday from Noith Carolina, on his way
to New York in search of woi k at his tiade
nf plasterer. He is a quiet an unobtrusive
man in I, is manncis and converses picas
antly and modestly. Tuinley saj s be has
three brothels who are neatly as tall as
himseif. and weigh oquallv as much, al
ill,, i. ii, nit f.f i hem aie vo'.itiL'Cr.
1 his
( , ;. v:lill . iiiei ih:,t he
i .
never made ue of ascatbdu to iasttr an
oidinaiy room. Ttiiiih-y , in eouvei sat mh,
remaikt-d that he bad received tl-llciing
oilers from prominent cuctis men, but be
had invariably declined to make bis living
in that way. Our gigantic fi iend left last
night for tlie Noith iu search of employ
meut. Ii-efi in (ml 't ) 'tj.
One of our newspaper fi 'lends sayB that
"if tbe gab were squeezed out of some
fc..MAi;nr- orroikta t It t o ,v , 01 ! 1 1 hs notliinc
, unfcuun ........ -
I left of them but. their feet, sun t ann collar.
THE IOWA MA1USTONE.
HOW IT IS rsED.
Inquiry having recently been made as to
the wheieab.Ttus of a genuine mad stone,
the follow ing will give the desired inform
tion logaiding one which has a wondeiful
lecord. It is now iu the possession of
Turner Evans, of Palis, Jackson township.
Linn County, the neatest point to which by
taihoad is Anamosa, on the Dubuque and
South-westein railroad. Its propeities
weie fiist know n 1.10 years ago in Vii ginia.
It lias been in ths Evans family since fii st
known. The piesent possessor received it
fi om his father, Ad
im
Evan. It did
many wondei ful cures, and was known far
and wide, lie received it from his lather
in 1H2, while I viug near Boone Srltion,
Kentucky. On the death of Adam Evans,
it passed to Turner Evans, more than
twenty yeais ago. During that peiiod it
has been tested many times, ami never
failed to cure the labies, even in the most
severe and almost hoyclcss cases. At first
the ncighbois of Mr. Evans weie incredu
lous, and inclined to lidicnle the thing,
but, after numerous successful trials on
horses and cattle, doubt was changed to
certainty. Dining his possession of the
stone, nearly TOO cases have been treated,
and in not one case has the stone failed to
give relief and effect a cure.
It is not longer than the end of a man's
thumb, weighs one-foui t h of an ounce, and
resembles a daik sponge, with fine poies
extending from side to side. Seen through
a magnifying glass it resembles lltnt ; and
at the outer end of the pores appear daik
rings, like sandstone. It is triangular in
foi m. having one flat surface, which is
call d the wot king side.
When used it is placed in a bath of one
pait milk to three parts water, and warm
ed to blood heat. The la'ient is required
to exercise biisHy until the blood l comes
active in circulation, when the skill near
the parts bitten ai e sci atched with a shai -pointed
inst i ument net il the blood staits,
when tlie stone is apt bed. It immediately
begins to sbsoib the virtus, and, when fill
ed, is removed aud soaked in the milk -and
water bath. It is thus repeatedly applied,
until it ceases to adheie to the fiesh, w hicli
it will do as soon as the virus is extracted,
and not until then. While the virus re
mams, it requires considerable power to
remove it. It has been applied neatly one
hundred times in a single case. The rule
istonpply i; as long ns it will take hold.
Applied to the flesh of persons not afTected
with rabies, it has no mote effect than a
piece of glass, tit, less theie be present the
taint of scrol ijltuis disease, when :t adheres
as in cases of i.ibies. The cases cuied by
this stone arc too many and too well au
thenticated to permit a doubt of its efficacy.
A Mr. Bnnce, of Mec'ianiesviile, bitten by
a rabid dog, visited Mr. Evans, and, when
he arrived theie, was suffering from parox
ysm and nervous spasmsof the limb. The
stone wasapplitd. and be was cured.
A Mr, Field, of Chicigo. at l ived there
in a teriiblo condi ion. For twenty four
hours before the stone was r.pplh d he suf
fcied intense tori me from nervous parox
ysm and agony of mind, which, if contin
ued another day, would have, he believes
resulted in madness ; in fact he sajs death
would have been a teluf to him, rather
than have enduied the torment. He was
wholly cured by the use of the stone.
Mr. Evans seeks no notoiiety. What ho
has received has cnie fiom those who
have experienced the benefit of bis niad
stotte. If any poison afllicted with rabies
! visits him. be wi.l do all he can to give
! him relief. He piomises nothing, and
makes no pretei.tiona. He is not visionist,
j nor stipeistitions. The properties of the
mad-sione are to him an est ablishec tact,
as mi.ch so as that be
will i"p wheat
It is at the ser-
wheie he sows the seed.
v;ce of any who wibh to
T rib it ne.
use it. L'hietiyo
Oi.n Ki asi i.'s Epitaph. Many yp.irs
ago theie lived an old Indian, who had
become quite a poe", having written some
little pieces that atttacted attention. He
had iteen educated in one of the New Eng
land colleges but subsequently paitially
lelapsed into his former baibarous vices
In later years be tiaveled through the
country, paying for his provisions and his
whisky by the cxetcise of bis poetical
talent. DuriiHI one year of b rs tour bo
put up with a man bv the name of Kcapel.
I who had long wished for an opportunity to
I cct the old fellow to wiite his epitaph.
Aecotcliitgiy a inrcain wm struck. lie
Indian, with all the waiinessof his tribe,
stipulated that after be got his supper be
should give one na.j me epnapn, aim ilia
icst afu-r be c't bis breakfast iti the morn
ing. Accordingly, sf'.er si-.pj.er be lepeat
ed the I'ns instalment, which read:
'T'-er.' w.-i a tiwti who Oied f l.-ife.
Vor ul.i.ni Hi-re's did i-npn'ient wait
Vitli ou?tret'-h'-d Mrm and n ini? of love
To ii ! t him to l he rea I ins a'ove."
OM Keasel was in ecstaciea. He could
think of nothing but hi epitaph. He wa
almost - illing to die for ti e stke of Laving;
such beautiful verses insci ibed on Ins
tomb. All night bis visions were of ,'ie
angelic beirg who was destined to canv
him to the legions of e'cmal felic ity. Iu
the morning be c iliid in bis neighbors to
hear his beautiful epitaj h, but tbe poet
pioceedcd to get nadv for starting, ap
parently bav n foigotjen all about Lis
promise. He was abi.ut mounting big
pony when reminded f it. After a little
reflection be signified bis ability to finish
the tusk : I nt. Jts the fiictulsof liis host
bad not beatd the fnfct pait. be said be
would itpeat it at a prtdimipary to tbe
last :
The re wa a Trnn whr Ar r.f lte.
For w honi i,tit.) did tin put rnt watt
AV it li rot-' t- 1 1 ti 1 tin n:il intr oT love
To r ii 1 1 t toi t t lie n :, In c , t-.. e ;
Ii it while i!i-pi)'ii!if "1- iit the prirn.
S- ill cru-tf ri :t.d 1''- li-w-r (-kl--s,
In stipped d't Sonn. rk" winsi I.
An t ih i. hi lew be k'k d poor KpswI."
As be finished be h ft. and old Keasrl
after him ; but tbe inee was unequal, aud
t he poet escaped.
Tint Titusvi'.le 11,
year ago P. B. Cassid v.
1 sa a bat r.bont
of this c v biuiclit
a young wooiK-inicK Im.'u a lotm i and f d
and petun it so much that it became ve:y
tame, would answer to its name, eat from
its piaster's hand. nd j-eifovm anoiliy
entitling tricks. It was allowed eione
fiecdoiu and never manifested any dispitd.
lion to shift fn itself. Last fall it ms
miwunl, and Mr. Cassidy gave it up as
dead. Bat it 9 ssonly bibei n.ili-tg. at d ii
Monday it returned, looking nt. 'e-k as a
mole. It had not forgotten ii iualer, its
own name, or the tricks it had btcu taught
to do.
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