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A. WlcPIKE, Editor and Publisher.
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Terms, S2 per year, in advance,
VOLUME XII.
EBEXSBUEG, PA., FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1S7S.
NUMBER J5.
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TTF.MKNT of SETTLEMENT
C.M.FR A. Orf.v, Treasurer and
,,r.r of ' tifsr Tnwnshin School fund, for
vVirenJiotf June lr, UTS:
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Clf Altl.KS C.TT.r,, 1
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AN-. WKAKI.KV. J Auditors.
MIILIPMJLLEK,
C. A. CKKV. j
fjr-JorrH I'miiDV. Clerk.
':it I ivp., .) w i.e LN. 178. -3t.
1
iKouoNo puultco.
1 1 WIN'! an ambition to pay my debts. I will
J I :i- niiieh of the following describe. I real
a wiM bi- neepcsnrv for the purpose, viz:
i , 1. A i'lKl'KIIK I'AKCKLIIl IMI'liOV
t: l. ! 1 situate in the West Ward of the Hor-
.''.( Ki .-n-biir-. containing 7'4 aeres. havinif
5 r. n erected a two story double Dwelling
1 ....
T... 2. A SUT'ATJE OF OHOrXD situate In
V v.. t Ward of the Iteirotixh of Ebonsburir.
f r. ' ! by I. '. yd street. West street .( )irle street
f. s. r-.i : alley, havinir thereon erected n dou-
I rut:.- I-wefunu Hoiie and a Frame Stable.
A OT F (KOT;X! sitnate in the
- v ir ! oi t lie liorouich of Hbensburr. front
1.1 v
itreet. and adjoininur the Foundry.
v
4 A l' Kl'K OF (1IIIIIM1 situate in the
V. i' I .ft h" K..r.iii.'h of Ebensburir. boun.l
! . larnp.ke. L'ovd street and West street,
. ri1-. ur one aere.
r. A ril-.CEOK I'ARCKMIF IMPROV
.AM' i'iite in Cambria township (near
I oitnde.l J.y the ('lay Pike, land of
anl John Kirschncr, conta;nin
r. ar. '. '.. i.-rehe.
a riKCK ok parit;, of fxir-
VKI) I. situite iti Ctinioria town'lsp
sn'il:. h ..un.led by t l-.e l!;ul b ro 'd. la" I i f
: 'A 1 m.in. Heir" of James and. (Sen. Milis,
tier-, .'.tit a in in 62 ao"" nd perohes.
T A I UAt'T (if I.iXO fi'uatp in IJIaek
u T.-h ). known a t he '"John ( ril la n" farm,
t. ti.r about 123 ere.. havinir th"reon ereet-
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",. lurellins House and a Frame Ham.
is a '..:)! bank opened on the premises,
r t ! e above proper'y will admit o;'di vision,
lit sold in lots to suit J.urehasers.
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r.ofc't-urs. May 31. lS73.-tf.
COME TO THE PEOPLE'S
HEAP VAI1IETV STORE.
" Pkopi.k's a r: kty RrnnR is the best yet ;
- . t- i t y u all wel I and a bn rirain y jii'11 uret.
- the plaee whore cheap oods are found,
n..- ail u ...1 people nnd gather around !
); all ye if .o.! people from far and (mm near,
: v.l y.n of s. inet liinir you'll like to hear '
1' ..( 1 he country, come out of the town
s'.l kiiids of goods since the price has come
I'.nn.
" Vai:iktt Store Is the cheapest you'll find
" 1 Is y.u will iret there ol every kind .
I r . e ol our merchandise suits the hard times,
' i t a with uj you will save many dimes.
tip the prices would be a great crime,
i. 1! the laborer eets half pay for h s time.
tn a.l the lit rue eit ies our s-oih! s we do net ;
pa y ! r them t here on t he instant, cash net,
: h .'tj-il.'.e u- lower to sell, do you see ?
1 !. our 1. rices and hard times airree.
i .'c we take irom the country in trade,
- 1 in t (. tiitffiit coWi liiinn tmi'l.
a.l pretty if iris, sober matrons, and see .'
-O. iiti.' men and old men-boys hiih as your
' ; : i '- we hold forth is at Iacey's old stand,
re the best kind of bargains the cash can
' .tiimand :
In. .ri.K si Che a r Variety Store is our full
name.
' all Kinds of jroods you'll get cheap at the
fame.
M. .T. T EITFIjH AT'AI.
. Cambria Co.. Pa., June 4, l7$.-3m.
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QHKKIFF'S SALE Uy virtjo of
a writ of I'( ikI, Espon., issue. 1 out of tlio
i rt f Cnmninn Ploasi of Comtiiia county
I to me ihricted. there will be exposed to
I be. ( t tiic c.mrt Utilise in Kbctisburg,
M-'-iii. iv. Jn.v -T, 1 ;. nt 2 o'clock, P. m.,
I i' ll ni ioi reiil estate, to wit :
1 A;t. the nht. title anil Interest of Pavid D.
J " ," .Wm Krtxter U'm I Mfl.n.rl,lin I(,lm
" 1 and Francis Melnuu;li1in. of. in and to a
' f if r un d situate n the Wc-t ward, Kbens-
t".r.,ti.ri. Cambria county, front intr on Hih
" 't 11 the north, ad j:tiinv lot of .Mrs. Hutch
- n n the east, extending back to an alley on
" ' oh. and adjoining lot of John louherty
w.o.', having thereon erected a two story
it l or. jc and frame stable, now in the occu
r' ' "! Win. .1. Mclaughlin, and a larie two
"' :rur.e building, ue.t as a store, in the vcu
r '' "I Mclaughlin Hros., agents, and Collins,
-r.'bin M'.i., bankers. Taken in execution and
!.! at the suit of F. II. liarkcr, assignc of
K. Z.ilun.
Tf:kis up s A i.e. One-third of the pnrchnso
t '1 1 10 in' oMi.i wncn tne prnpcrty is Knocked
'. and the remaining two-liiirda licfure the
I n.iri-.iation of the deed.
, JOHX !IVA, Pheriff.
".T.tl s Off.ee, Ehenstiurg, June 17H.
VniTOR'S NOTICE.
Kstalf ,f Sam'l Hf.NRT. dec.M.
e nndersignetl having been duly Appointed
it '.r t.. rep.,rt !ist riluu ion of the lunds in the
' of rhonias S. Iliiviq aitm'niatrnlr.rf.r lha
i.l S .,, ,,,, I II. .i'... 1 , ..
' at he Hi 1 attend to lb ili,ti..a ol (tla 00.
r'"'i:er.t. at the Court House in the borough -f
-r.st.urir. on Ii ksday, .Iilv S:tl. l;s, at 9
s. a. m.. when and where all parties inter
1 may attend and presen their claims, or be
..-Mil c-.iiniM' 111 on sum iuni.
,'1":,.lS78.-3t.
J NO. P. LINTON, Auditor.
LA 1 1 ' 1 T0 IVS N OT 1 c The
. ilersiTne,l Auditor, anpointeil liv
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1 in; I'.nrt r.f I -.!.'..
t..,. "' ,llC lund in the hands of Mary Jane
g . ' i ui rn 01 ii imam bnnine', oeceaseii
hi.
k ics nonce lint lo iii a t n hi. .,..
bllrir .on Mrnr.iv H.a.i.m I..n
l o e tick a xi 1 1 , a ...... ...... .r . . 1
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" the duties of said n i.tioint tnent Ti.na.
I',' c ajms unon sa id fund are renr ste f to
- "hi, r ue uenarreu irom rmn:
mig n on
t'.e,,
K. . KEKlt, Auditor.
" urg, June 23. 1878 -3t.
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MEL McLAIIfillLIN. Attorn,.
tf-Z-itr, Johnstown. Pa. OfTlceln the old
'''""'iin st airs.) corner of Clln
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1A" IXXOCEXT 31 A A' UUXG.
A BLACK TAGE TX THE HISTORY OF CIRCUM
STANTIAL EVIDENCE.
The records of crime, familiar as they are
Tvith guilt and blood, contain few more
fefuful histories than that which is about
to be narrated. Among the aristociacy of
Old Virginia no family was mote distin
guished than the L'hmers, and of that
family Colonel James Clymer, whose terri
ble fate is herein told, was one of the most
esteemed members. lie was a gentleman
of noble presence, high education and great
wealth, and was justly beloved for his many
amiable qualities and his unbounded gen
erosity. Until the age of thirty-eight Col.
Clymer remained a bachelor. At that
time he married a Miss Julia Merwin,
whose family was yery extensive and of
equal consideration "with the Clymers.
Mrs. Clymer was of a quick and irritable
temper, and differed in religion and poli
tics from her husband. Constant misun
derstandings and bickerings soon arose be
tween the newly wedded pair, and, what
marie matters worse, the lady brought into
the family an iil-natured, suspicious confi
dante in the person of an elder sister. Th's
woman's method of preceduro w-as the
source of perpetual discoid. She set her
self to pry into the history of the Colonel,
and soou discovered that a mulatto girl re
siding on the property had, previous to the
Colone.'d marriage, been the object of his
illicit love. .Miss Merwin excited the jeal
ousy and aroused the naturally un amiable
spirit of Mrs. Clymer, by every means in
her power, but chielly by her insinuations
respecting this girl. From morning to
cijht the Colonel was badgered and misrep
resented. The birth of a son a year after
their marriage did not heal the breach, as
one would have supposed it would have
done.
The wife's sister fanned the flime of
discoid with her ever-restless tongue, and
the wife herself seized every opportunity to
mortify her husband in public. Fanny,
the mulatto girl before spoken of, was em
ployed to nurse the baby so as ti) be con
tinually under the eye of Mrs. Clymer, who
vented on the helpless and uuresenting
slave nil her spiteful animosity.
Colonel Clymer became restless and dis
satisfied, lie lost his former gny and
buoyant spirits, and sought distraction in
business, applying for ami easily obtaining
a position in the Excise Department. His
new occupation brought him into collision
with people, and he became unpopular.
This fact must be borne in mind, as with
out doubt it affected his subsequent fate.
Here, too, as an instance of the violent
temper of his wife, and as materially con
tributing to his doom, an incident must be
mentioned. When engaged, toward the
close of the financial year, in making up
his official accounts, his wife asked him to
do something for her. F.eing in the midst
of a calculation, the Colonel did not attend
lo his wife's request. She giew rnragrd,
and i a violent paroxysm of passion caught
up a number of valuable papers, and at
tempted to thrust them into the fiie. Her
husband was obliged to use violence to
wienc'u them from her, and save them from
destruction.
Colonel Clymer soon became careless as
to the management of his domestic affairs,
and his wife and her sister were left to
control everything. Henceforth the unfor
tunate gill Fanny led a miserable life, for
it was upon her chiefly that Mrs. Clymer
vented her wrath.
It was the thiid year of Mrs. Clymer's
marriage. One day the child now two
years old happened to fall and bruise its
face. Mrs. Clymer denlaied that the nurse,
Fanny, had designedly knocked the child
down. Fanny, with tears in her eyes,
protested her innocence. Mrs. Clymer ;
would not listen to her, but declared that
she should be whipped. The same morn
ing, as the Colonel was starting on horse
back to a town at some distance, and while
Fanny was holding the child for him to
kiss, Mrs.. Clymer said :
"Colonel, I wish you would bring me a
good rawhide ; I want to usa it on some
body you know."
Fanny turned deadly pale and almost
dropped the child. From her confession,
from which, in conjunction with other
testimony, the facts of ihis history are ta
ken, it appears that the continual persecu
tion which the girl had undergone had had
its effect upon her. This last outrage was
unbearable. The girl had been tendetly
brought up, her master bad petted and
fondled her, and until he brought home a
wife she had never known Tvhat a haish
word or an unkind look was. In three
years, however, she had borne the brunt of
her mistress' ill-nature and jealousy, and
had been the patient victim of incessaut
pei.'ecution. Now the last indignity was
to bo laid upon her, and the next morning,
perhaps, her flesh would be lacerated by the
vindictive hand of her former lover's wife.
About dusk the Colonel returned, and
delivered to his wife the rawhide.
Uy to-morrow at this time." she said,
examining the rawhide and glancing at
Fanny, "it will be anot her color.''
The Colonel, who had been blind to the
fact that Fanny had long undergone perse
cution, and who conjectured correctly upon
whom the rawhide was to be used, roused
himself from his usual unconcern and leth
argy, and, ordering Fanny to withdraw,
expostulated with his wife.
A terrible, scenejfollowed. Mrs. Clymer
accused her husband of still indulging in
unlawful intimacy wiih Fanny, and went
so far as to charge him with hav ing seduced
Fannie's younger sister since his marriage.
The Colonel grew greatly excited and loud
and angry words followed. As usual, the
wife got the better of ir, and the Colonel
relapsed into his ordiuary condition of
heedless apathy.
In order that all the fa3 s of this hnnble
and remarkable crime may bo fully under
stood, it will be necessary to state that Mrs.
Clymer's child had !een sick ; he had been
in an ailing condition for some time, and
the parents had usually taken charge of
the child during the night by turns. This
night it was the Colonel's time to sleep on
the couch by the child's side. As he had
been out all day, however, and was very
tired. Mis. Clymer undertook the duty,
and a negro girl wns appointed to sleep on
a mat in a corner of the capacious room,
to be leady at hand in ease the child should
awake and express a desire to be t.tken up.
The girl testified that the Colonel lay down
in the large bed in the north corner of the
room, and soon fell into so profound a
slumber that when hia wife wished m as
certain where he had deposited the key o.
the bureau she found it impossible to arouse
tek t
JlirtVs-eye Viciv,
SilJcs
Dress Goods
Mourning Goods
CIoaTiings
Flannels
Linens
JTuslins
White Goods
Faces
Hibbons
Trimmings
Fmlroidcries
m
Fringes
Zephyrs and Worsteds
yeclnvear
Gloves
Toilet Articles
Stationery
Floicers C Feathers
On a low bed in the middle of the loom
Mrs. Clymer lay with the child by her side.
A little way off, on the same side as the
child, the negro girl lay on a mat. On a
small table near the centre window a lamp
burned dimly. This was the state of
things at ten o'clock on the night of July
21, when the household retired.
At midnight, as a gentleman well known
to the family, passed the house on horse
back on his way home, about a mile distant,
eveiything was quiet. lie observed the
light in the Colonel's chamber, and as he
walked his horse slowly pist the dwelling
the front door opened, and a negio girl
en rrying a child in her arms descended the
steps and walked out of the shadow into
the moonlight, singing to t he child and
patting it upon the back. The -gentleman
passed close to the gill and said : "Is the
Colonel in bed ?"
"Yes, sir," the girl answered , "all the
house is abed but me. JJaby's sick and
restless, and I came to walk him up and
down in the cool air and get him to sleep.''
The gentleman bade the girl good night
and rode on.
2ext morning, just after daylight, when
all the household was astir, a Jorrible
shriek and a cry of "Mulder, Murder,"
rang through the house and startled even
the men at work iii the stables and out
buildings. Miss Merwin, followed by sev
eral female slaves, rushed to the Colonel's
bed chamber. The door was ajar. They
pushed it open and entered. A feaiful
spectacle mot their gaze.
The Colonel in his night-dress was kneel
ing by the side of the bed in the middle of
the room, gazing with horror-stricken
countenance on his wife and child. As
Miss Merwin approached be exclaimed in
heartrending tones :
"Dead ! both dead I Both murdered
here beside me, and I shall be accused of
the deed.
Miss Mervin drew near, and in an an
thoiitative tone ordered the Colonel to rise.
Then she examined the two lifeles bodies
on the bed. They were still warm. The
tongue of Mrs. Clymer pniruded, and a
cloth was tied tightly around her throat.
On the neck of the child were marks as of
pimples. The most remarkable thing was
that the body of Mrs. Clymer was sealed
in bed with the back against the bead
board. Miss Merlin would al'ow nothing to be
touched until the an ival of the authorities.
A Coroner's inquest was duly summoned,
and the bodies were duly examined. The
infant had been strangled, and Mrs. Cly
nier's back was broken, and tied tightly
around her neck was a handkerchief mark
ed with her husband's name.
Colonel Clymer was accused of the crime
and arrested. When his trial came the
principal witness against him was his wife's
sister. The quarrels between the Colonel
and his wife were referred to, and every
instance in which the former had been
roused to use angry expressions was de
tailed at length. '1 he violence used by the
Colonel in rescuing the valuabie papers
from his wife's hands, as before alluded to,
was misrepresented and exaggerated ; but
especially was the quarrel with his wife
ihe night of the murder, respecting the
girl Fanny made to tell against the unfor
tunate husband. It was in vain that he
protested his innocence, and that his conn
sel explained away, by rebutting testimony,
much that was brought against the prison
er. His wife's fiiends weio rt.vjlvcd that
A K A TTV
John Wanamaker's Grand Depot,
THE second year of the General Dry Goods Business
at the Grand Depot is just opening. It is proper to
Ray that what was deemed an experiment, the first
year, experience proves to ije success, and we now
propose to greatly improve on the first plans.
The principles of
X A uniform low price for everything throughout
tlie House.
2 One Price and no partiality.
3 Politeness and Patience to rich and poor.
Cash Returned if buyers return gr ods 'even
though Dress Patterns) in reasonable time
and uninjured.
A very large stock of all kinds of newest Dry Goods
always on hand, arranged on one floor with plenty of
light to see them. A thousand people can easily be waited
on at one time. Where so many goods are selling every
day the people are sure of getting only fresh goods.
Earnestly desiring to serve the people -well, and inviting
them to visit the Grand Depot whether they wish to buy.
or "only to see the fashions."
If not coming to the city to see the magnificent
new stock for Spring, send for sa m pies, descri b-
ing class of goods wanted. We do a large business through
the mail.
Very respectfully,
JOHN WANAMAKER,
Grand Depot. Thirteenth and Market Sts.
PHILADELPHIA.
ho should be convicted, and they had used
all their influence and wealth to secuie that
end.
The jury, after an hour's absence, re
turned a verdict of guilty, and Colonel
Clvmer was sentenced to be hanged. The
case was appealed, but fruitlessly, and the
unfortunate man was executed.
fix years after the hanging of Colonel
Clymer the mulatto gill confessed (bat she
was the perpetrator of the double crime.
Her confession is given in her own woids.
Af.er referring to the ill-treatment she re
ceived from her mistress, she says : "At
length I began to feel as though it was
time for me to revenge myself on her for
all her cruellies. I did my best to keep
down the feeling, and prayed Cod to help
me. When, however, she got that rawhide
and I knew that the next day I should be
cruelly beaten, I seemed to lose my senses.
An evil spirit got possession of me, and I
made up my mind that, sooner than be
struck by my mistress, I would commit
murder. At first I intended to kill my
mistress only. IUit the thought stturk me
that, by murdering the child, too, I should
be revenged on the Colonel, who had
bought the rawhide, knowing for what
pm pose it was designed. I was to be flog
ged next day, and, therefore, there was no
time to lose. Foimeily I used tosloep in
the house, but afier my mistress' arrival I
was sent to sleep in the negio quarters.
On the night of the murder I left my room
about eleven o'clock. I crossed the open
ground between the quartets and the house,
and hid myself under the stairs leading to
the front door, intending to listen, and, if
all was quiet, to enter by a window and
trust to chance for an oppoif unity to do
what I had resolved on. I remained in
my hiding place for some time thinking
over the matter and anticipating a sweet
revenge.
"Presently I heaid the front door open
and the negro muse came out with ihe
chilti in her aims.
''Just then a gentleman rode up on
horseback. While the gentleman and the
girl were talking together I slipped up the
steps and enteied the house. I ascended
the stairs and hid myself under a table
ciose by the Colonel's rootfl door, which
was ajar. Presently the girl came np the
stairs with the baby, and laid it down
asleep by its mother's side.
"I could see all that happened :n the
room, or the door was left open, the night
being very warm. Theu t he girl laid down.
I waited ten minutes. Then- I crept into
the room. All was still. The girl was
asleep. I glided up to my mistresses' bed.
I knew that she was enceinte, and I resolv
ed to kill her by jumping on her. I did
not fear the Colonel. I knew that ho was
a heavy sleeper, and that he was not likely
to be armed. I sprang up and came down
with my knees on my mistress. She gave
a cry, but I put my hand over her mouth.
Then I sprang up and descended again.
Slie struggled terribly and clutched my
hand. I seized her by the throat, and
lifting her by main force, bent her back
over the bead-board. I could hear the
bones snap. Then I plaoed lier in a sitting
posture, picked a handkerchief from the
ground and tied it tightly around her neck.
I then grasped the child by the neck and
strangled it. I qui ted the liotie without
having been observed, aud waited for the
res nl i."
Two striking circumstances in eonnec
tiou with this case is that uo suspiciou ever
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Thirteenth Street
Im dies' C Misses' Suits
41 Sacques & Cloaks
" Underwear
Hosiery
Upholstery Goods
Dlankets and Quilts
Trunks and Valises
Rubber Goods
Horse Covers
Men's C Boy.-' Clothing
Hats
STioes
rested on the girl Fanny, and that the de
fense seems to have used no eftoits to dis
cover who the perpetrator of the crime was,
although Colonel Clymer's counsel and his
immediate friends never for one moment
doubted his entire innocence.
MUUDBn WILL OUT.
The popular saying, "Murder will out,"
has many exceptions as a rule in Greek
grammar. Yet, now and then, murder
does out, and that too, in a way which
seems as though the voice of God said,
'Come forth !"' Mr. Fronde, the histoi ian,
tells a singular wild tale of two murders
committed by one man, the discovery of
which illustrates the working of those de
tective forces that are not under ha man
Control.
Some fifty years ago an English fleet an
chored in a bayou the coast of Ireland. A
sailor, who by some means hail obtained a
bag (if sovereigns, seemed them in a belt
aiound bis waist, and deserted from his
ship. He made his way to a farm house,
where he was offered shelter for the night.
The farmer's name was O' i i ien, and to
him the sailor showed the gold which he
had brought with him. The sight of the
sovereign templed the host to murder.
The sailor fell fast asleep by the fire.
In the night Kathleen, a servant giil, who
slept in the loft above, saw a light glim
mering through the chinks in the floor.
Lookiirg down, she saw her master stand
ing over the sleeping sailor and killing
him.
The body was carried out and buried.
As the man's presence at the farm-house
was unknown to the neighbors, no iuquiry
was made for him.
The girl, frightened at the possession of
the dreadful secret, did not venture to
speak of it. lint one day, in a quarrel she
let fall a word which told him that she
knew of the murder.
One morning she went out early to milk
the cows. The path ran by the top of a
wate-fall thirty or forty feet hiffh. He
followed her, watched his opportunity, and
flung her over. The coroner's inquest re
turned the verdict of death from an acci
dental fall.
O'lirien thought he was safe from detec
tion. Quietly and gradually be laid out
Ihe sailor's money In the purchase of sheep
and cows.
Seventeen years passed away, and
O'lirien was a rich man, the envy of the
neighborhood, when suddenly the detec
tive forces of Providence were set to work.
There had been n witness to the murder
of Kathleen. A thief, intent on shear
ing OTirien's sheen that he might steal
the wool, and looking from a crag over
hanging the fall, had seen Ihe farmer fling'
the servant upon the forks below. A oon
sciousness of his own guilt foiccd him to
remain silent.
lint one day, while working in a copper
mine, be fell "down a shaft. Ho was badly
hurt, and believing himself to be dying,
sent for a priest. In the confession he told
it all. The piiest insisted that the man
should make a public declaration of what
he bad seen.
A magistrate took his deposition upon
oath. A warrant was issued for O'lirien,
anil after months of seaichmj h w:Js ar
rested. He was tried, for.-.,1 omity, aud
After a full confession was lbuint ti.
Pattern Women D i e ss i n a ! e i s .
A CCIDFX TA L Y J A A O C'JA" T.
Xo lawyer likes going into court with a
thoroughly bad case yet bow can be help
it sometimes?
I should have more patience with the
question, "Do you ever think it light to
defend a man whom yon believe to be guil
ty ? weie it less frequently put by jeople
who spend six davs of the week seeking to
get the upper hand of their ieighbot s, and
the seventh in trying to circumvent their
Maker. To the honest inqniier, I com
mend the answer Dr. Johnson once gave to
liosweil, "Sir, the lawyer is not Ihe judge."
V as it my place, when teorge ltilberl'8
little soi row-worn wife ca'iie. with tears
glistening in her eyes, to be. eech me to do
what 1 could Tor her imprisoned husband,
virtuously to turn my back, and leave her
tried, stiuggline heart to break' or not. as
it might ?
I was neither a priest nor a Levite to find
a leady excuse for passing by on the other
6ide. Yefwhat could I do? George Gil
bert bad been sent on a collecting tour,
and had gambled away money received for
his emp'.oyeis. It was a plain case of em
bezzlement, and the penally was a term of
yeais in the State's piison.
"I am sure he never meant to l dis
honest," pleaded the loyal little woman ;
"he w as tempted by a ciafty and designing
man, but, instead of running awiiy, asoth
eis would have done, he came back and
confessed bis fault, ofleiing to let bis
whoie salary go towaids making up the
lost money till every cent should be paid. :
Mr. Meek, the junior, parmer, was willing i
to be merciful, but Mr. Mangle, Ihe bead
of the house, w ho returned just then, after j
a yeai's absence, insisted that the law ,
should take its course." !
I gave her what poor con solat ion I could, !
for lawyers, like doctors, rrust keep their ,
patient s courage up at times. i
"In the first place, I'll see Messrs. Man-
gle & Meek," I said. "Mr. Mangle may '
be brought to hear reason, after ail if he
can only be made to see his inteiest in if" '
The pale, despondent face cheered up a
little. My words seemed to have inspiied .
a sort of undefined hope aLicIi 1 was far
from feeling myself.
Mr. Mangle received me with stony po
liteness. "Young man," his manner said, "don't
waste time in appeals to sentiment ; you ;
won't if you'll only just look at me." j
I took the hint and came at once to
business, repeated Gilbert's offer, and put
it as strongly as possible that more was to
be gained by leniency than harshness all
of which Mr. Mangle listened to with a
conscientious scowl.
"I cannot be a party to compounding a
felony," be answeied with a sulemu into- ;
nation.
"Nor have I asked yon," I readied, not
a little nettled. "I have merely nient ion
ed a plan of paying back your own, leav
ing it to your generosity to piess or not to
piesthis prosecnt ion."
"Oh ! it's all the same," was the con
temptuous rejoinder "any body but a liw,
5'er with his head full of quips and quillets
could see that. Iicsidcs, there's something
rather cool in the proposal to retain your
friend in our employment, under pretence
of woiking out the money he has stolen,
with the opportunity of filching twice as
much in the meantime. ''
I felt my temper rising, 3nd not caring
to imperil my client's interests by any out
right quarrel. I took a hasty leave.
Had I been in the pi tsoner's place on
the morning fixed for the tiial, I could
hardly have ascended the court house steps
with more reluctance than I did.
And when 1 entered the court room, and
found Gilbert and his wife already there,
and noted the hopeful look with which
the latter greeted toy coining, my heait
sickened at the thought of the bitter dis
appointment coming.
'The People r.. Gilbert!" called out
the judge, after disposing of some foimul
mat ters.
A jury was immediately empanneled and
the case opened by the District Attorney.
Mr. Meek wns the fust witness. The
nervous, hesitating maimer in which ho
gave his evidence would have gieatly
damaged its effect, had it nor. evidently
arisen from a disposition to do the prison
er as liitle hurl as possible, lint no sof en
ing could break the terrible foice of the
facts he was compelled to relate.
In his partner's absence he Had employ
ed George Gilbert as a cleik ; had found
him competent anil trustworthy; bad sent
him on a trip lo make collections ; or. his
return he had acknowledged that, after
receiving a considerable sum, he was in
duced by a respectable looking gentleman
with whom he had casually fallen in, to
join a social game of cards ; at (list they
played for amusement, then for money,
ami, after losing all his own, in the hope
of retrieving his loss, with the fatal infat
uation which attends the fust infection of
that dreadful vice w hose end is sw irt des
truction, he had hazaided and lost ihe
last dollar of the money he had held in
trust for his employers.
Mr. Meek's voice faltered as he closed
his narrative. He w as going on to volunteer
something about the j iisoners previous
good character, when a disapproving glance
from Mr. Mangle brought him to a ha!;.
Just then the prisoner chanced to nun
his head, and catching a glimpse of the
senior partnei, who had just entered and
was standing among the crowd, he stalled
quickly, then wbispeiod Lasiilv in my ear.
"Turn aside your jfiee," 1 whisiteied
back. And the case for the ptosweution
being closed
"Have you any witnesses for defence ?"
inquired the judge.
T will call Hezekiah Mangle," I re
plied. A buzz of surprise greeted the announce
ment, in the midst of which Mr. Mangle
stepped forward and w as sworn.
"You have been absent for the last yea:,
Mr. Mangle?" I began.
"I have."
"Traveling in different paits?"
"Yes, sir."
"The prisoner was employed by your
partner in your absence, anil was ai tested
about the time of your return ?"
"Such was the case."
'Have yon ever seen him ?"
"Not to my know ledge."
"Nor met l.bn in your travels?"
"If he will turn his face this way, I can
tell belter."
At my bidding Gilbert turned and faced
the witness.
The eflt-ct was electrical. Mr. Mangle
turned pale nd red by turns.
"One other question, Mr. Mangle," I
resumed. "Do you recognize iu the de
fendant a young man from whom yon won
h thousand dollars at 'pokei' while on
your travels?" and I named the time Mid
place at which the prisoner had met with
his great misfortune.
The man of iron viitne hrsitaied worse
than his more amiabV paitner had dorr.
He was halting between a jx.iitt biank lie,
which might entail the eialt it s of pei ju y,
and the truth, which would cost him money.
Cowardice ei fonned the office of con
science and the tinth came nl. Ihe
fum's money, whirh Geoige Gilbeit bad
lost, had leen won by the senior ; and tho
conit instincted the j iiy. that, as Ihe sum
in question had actually lren delivered lo
one of the joint nwneis, who was hound
account to his associate, the piisonrr could
not he convicted.
"God bless yon, Mr. Parker !"' fal'ere.1
the happy little wife. "1 infM- yon would
brrng us nut all right."
It was evident he truthful woman rift
tHie gave me all the ciedi of a lesnlt iu
j whose achievement my share Lad been
next to nothing.
The lesson was not lost on George Gil
bert. His first fale step was the last ;
and the richest fee I ever received was Ihe
heartfelt giaUude oT his noble, faithful
wife.
a fi: izu s i: ; i axt gi t: r,.
A Cincinnati gill of American birth and
German extraction furnishes the lanst
example of foitnne's favoiitism tint has
come to the snifaceof event of the day.
The gill had received a goivi t -duration and
was a lady in every sense of that title but
she was poor, and had no exjiectations but
labor for a livelihood. A pi evions i e vei so
of foitnne in her family had placed her in
this position anil she accepted it with a
brave heart and willing hands. She tiiei
the life of a sewing gill in a stoie to keep
away the wolf, but was ebbged to wmk for
a mete pittance and was subject to the
slights and insults incident ii'ii surli a
position. She was oifoieil the p-silioii
of a governess in a family who weir fiiends
and associates of hers in better day. Ibis
she at once refused upon grounds that will
be understood by won en of culture uid
pi n'e of character. She pirfei i( d a sit na
tion as seivant in a hoarding boue where
she w onld have the advantage of good fam
ily associations, ai d into such a boaul.r.g-
honse she went. There was a vmnf ge'i
tieman boaider who saw and fanned ihe
gill. Me knew ht-r character and accom
plishments and paid his couit to her. His
was a tine and manlv aiTeciion which was
o'len the subji-ct of joes and lidiculeby
liislight headed, foppish companions. lint
he was earnest and honest and tine, and
she accepted aud apptrria'ed such devi
tion. flotl. weie poor, nnd the wedding day
was not to be set until some ftvorable turn
of foi tune should come to him to cnablj
him to take the iespons;bility of a wife.
For her part she expected nothing, and
could bring him nothing but tine l"vp and
her woid was as a bund oT f-iith. Hut the
turn of foitnne very sut pi iitigly enie to
her. A slmit time ago she learned that
she had fallen heir to an esi ate in Gci many
worth r0.(H)0, and personal piopeity
woith as much more. It was almost in
credible, but the foitnne of J1 (.('( 10 piov
ed to be a solid fact. Soecitain was she
ol it that she said to her lover. -'Now is
our tune," and their marriage was, a few
days ago, eonsur.vnated at the 'iinnd ho
tel. She kept her w.nd with 1 lie same no
bility of character that had influenced her
in choosing a servant's wik. The boarding-house
servant giil and the pour c'.eik
ate going to Germanv to hok after Iheir
inteiests. and they will piobablv feel able
to visit the Paiis exposition. It is a veiy
pleasant bit of romance, and the best of it
is, the incidents are tine; t he characters
aie teal, and the good foitune is deserved.
h't. Lou in Iifpufilican.
A Rich Man on Richks Th follon--ing
stoty is told of Jacob Ridge ay. a
wealthy citizen of Philadelphia, who d'erl
manyyeais ago, leaving a fonuno of five
or six million riollais :
"Mr. Kidgeway."' said a young man
with w hoin t he milliona ii e w;is con vei sing,
'you are to be mme envied than any gen
tleman 1 know of."
"Why so?' responded Mr. Ridgewpv;
"I am aware of m cause for which I
should be pa'ticulaily envit-d."
"Why, sir?" cxclaitrcd the young rmn
in astonishment. "Think of the thous
and your income hi ings n e vei r n-oi.t h. "
"Well, what of that ?"' replied Mi. R ,
"all I get on. of it is my v'c'tnls ami
clothes, nnd I rati't cat more thun ii
man's allowance or wear more than nii.i
suit of clothes at the same time. Pi ay,
cau't you do a much ?"'
lint," said the Youth.
'think of ihe
bundled of fine houses ym
ow n, and of
the tentitl they bring yon."
"What better am 1 off for that?" re
plied the l ich man. "1 can only lire in
one house nt a time ; and as for niotjoy I
receive for ten's, whv. I can't rat it or
wear it : I can only ue it to buy other
houses for others to live iu. They are tho
beneficial ies. imt I."
"lint you can buy costly furniture jtnj
pictures, anrl fine cutiagos and b-nses: ii
fact anything you may d-sire."
"And after I hive bought them." re.
s ponded Mr. R , "what then ? I ei't onlv
look at the fiiini'uie ai. l pictures. c:n
tide no easier in a fine c.nii ige than v-'l
can in an omnibus for live cents, with h
trouble of attending to diivets, fooirne;i
and host lets ; and as to anjlhin 1 desite,
1 tell you, young mn. the h s we ih'ii
. in this woi Id the better nod happier w
shall be. AH my wealth cannot pni;-hasn
exemption fiom sicknesn and j din ; rmo f.
procure the power to keep ,fr H' ttn
hand of dea'h; aud what will it nvail
when in a few sholt yeais I leave it all
forever? Young man, you have no cause
to envy tue."
j . hate to have a la-yer die. X"t
, that we think any mote of lawyer than
we do of any other el is of peoj li-. tntt we
knoiv that tbcfe has got to lie a "ni; iting"
I of the bar," and reaolu: ions are going to bo
j drawn up they ought to be dutwn up,
' clear out of sight, and left Ihcie ami
speeches made eiiloiiiiif the d'c-i-H,
' n incipally by i ival atioinevi. who had
hated him like sin when be was al:ve, hikI
who weie never kiriwn to sa itty good of
him until lo was laid aav ui.dei the soil.
Then these resolutions anil s;.i i cbrs n u-t
b piiu'ed in all the p.peis, and the c. m
11)1110' V discoveis. wbt-n to late, what a,
jewel thrv have had utiiong ihttu. iV.jN
(! ' AVv-'.
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