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H. A. McPIKE, Editor and Publisher.
"he is a fbeeman whom the truth makes free, and all are SLAVES BESIBX.
Terms, S2 per year, In advance.
VOLUME XII.
EBENSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1878.
NUMIUlll 30.
SHERIFF'S SALES.
IV virtue of sundry writs of Fi. Fn., Veml.
) t'rin. nnd Frvnri Fncins. l-ijod out of the
i.iart cf Common Ph-as of Cumbria county
el l to mo directed, ttu're will tie exposed to
j.uMic sale, at the Court House in Ebensburp-,
On MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2d, 1878,
jit I o.--Pe!, I. 51., the follow-in- real estate,
to wit :
At. the riirlit, title ntvl interest of liernnrii
K i-I. "f. nll'I to 11 '"t "f if rnii nl situated in t'ar
'. ! , urn liorouah. f:iintrfa euuntv. Pa., frontinir
!1
i!!M''"!I st rect c.n the south and adjoining
t hi-ir of Jnl.n i ;:i!iij!iell. 'IfeM, on t lie nort h
: !
ivr-f: Iiimnir t hereon erected a one story
" Ih'U--. now In the oeeup.in ?-of ii. Karl,
n in execution ami to bo !,!! at the suit of
; i S' m' l'i.-or. f.Tiisc of IJ. M. Kerr,
-n, .ill the riirlit. title and interest of A. J.
1 i
I ,-.
A I
-,.:r. "1.111 a ti' I to a lot ol v round situated in
i i r--l It n borough. t Jain bria county. Pound-
i fieivi-o oy . nurcn street, on wienirtn oy
hi M ii h.ii l Z"In r, on t he west by Mam street,
i i.n the Hour li by lot of Mrs. Kaylor, havina:
r. . ii ereetC'l a two story house, now in the oc-.nn-v
: f A. .1. Stoltz. Taken in execution ami
i: 'jM at the suit of A. Walters, for use of
fillx Ja.-'b.i.
A i so. nil the rtirht. title and interest of Sylves
ter 'A. Ityrne. f urutnr of .fame Hyrne, ilec'd.of,
in mil t bt f ground situated in the villatreof
.N ii ti 'l ii". l!nrr township, Cambria county,
l'i . tri ntint on Main street on the north, having
33 ail'-y n tfo; west, ailjoininir lot of Henry IIoji
(.l' . titlie ea?t ami land of Nicholas Ijiitnbourn
cn i!:e SfUth. havinsr thereon erectft a 'wo story
r!;ii.k h' 'i'. n"w in the occupancy of Alolsstine
I r. fa ken in execution uud to be sold at tho
iti '. "t Nicholas Iamlourn.
A s". a ! I the riaht, title and interest of James
!. Jlr i'il' y and Mary K. Uradley. of. in and to a
i t irn-uii'.l si'u.ited in Suminitvillc borough,
( :iiti!.ria cunty. I'a . front inir on the TurnpiVe,
a ". iiiiinr l"t of .loiin Sharbauuih on the west, :.n
s ! y . n the north, and lot of John Kttcr on the
cot', having thereon erected a one-and-a-half
jt rv frame t'oue and plank HLatde. now fn tho
at.v "I Marv Ann llunf'i"ii. Taken in exe
, aii.i to be sold at the u:t of JatUCS M. Uil
1 in. t r use t Johnston it Seanlan.
A i -". all the riubt, title and interest of Thomas
it r;i'an. el. in and to a piece of land situated in
A ; ' nv township, t 'a mhri.i county. Ia.. bound-f-;
: : , t '.? ri! d as follows: lietrinnins? at a
i!,-rnu! tree-; thence west perches alonsr
y..i-- IJri'.vn's and Venus Licwis' land; thence
r -;!.'., .!' urtes. west 44tJ perches, to post at
i . I' ir I U hitehead's : thence nort h fy Hortner's
I. r i. ti .rth 4J deifrees. west 6 perches, to a suttar,
r rh 'b urets m perches alonif Hilworth ynd
H itttV to a spruce; thence south alon-r John
Ktri-k'e's bind p" decrees, east perclies, to a
t" v'i : th' nee south 75 degrees, east li perches,
t . a .-iijT.tr : thence by and Dilworth's
i ir !. utb K V'-; decree., east a67 iierehes. to the
i -e Dt 'ii tl imnir ontalninir in'i acres and '.'S
r ";-. and the usual allowance and appurten-
tiaviiiit thereon erected a steam raw mill,
a !n execution and to be sold at the suit of
y G iritcrinan.
A i -o. all the risht. title and Interest of Josetih
I r, aid. of. in jnd to a lot of irround situated
ii the Kast. ward of Kbennburi? borouirh, Cambria
e unty. I'a., Iiour.ded on the west by Centre street,
i n die r.orth by an alley, on the east by an alley,
ati'J ' n the south by lot of . having
tt.. T'- n erected a two story frame house and sta
t . n in t tie occupancy of Joseph McIonabl.
.4'"). i 1 ioce cr parcel of land situated in t arn
I. '.i t-'wn.-l.'p. Caiiibrfa county, I'a.. adjoining
t .Mm I5!:lr, Joseph JJrown, nnd othem.
t -fi'Tiintr 1 acres, more or less. AIso.sl bit of
cr ii:"! .-ituated in the Kast ward of Ebcnsbtirif
i r 'itli. Cambria county. Pa., bounded on the
:r - ! v 'enter street, on the north and east by
i.r-'!.- ( John-ton Moore, and on the south by an
a '. Tnkn in execution and to be sold at the
.it", f K. Kot.erts it Son.
A; .. nil the ritfbt, title and interest of H. W.
1 r ! ' r. feorsre W. Kirby, Thomas J. Seaman,
II. V. .uuan. and V. P. Michaels, Trusteecs of
trtf .M. K. Church, Wilmorc, Pa., of. in and to
a i ;' : ce rtain piece or parcel of irround conslst
;;'! i'i ("WD I"'? situated in the borouifh of
. i:, n. Cambria county. I'a., bounded and dc-
r.- ! as toiiows : IJcjjionoi at t.'ie .corner of
and Walnut st rents; thence by Walnut
. t I-.- t. ct to Mill alb-v: then'-e by said Mill
.i .-v !- !i--t to Moore's niii'y; thence "by .-aid al
: . ;. . t f.,'.ir.a tre t ; 'tbetve by said street
: '. '. pijee i;f l.eiiiiir. rif known on the
t ':. ! ) .f o r a i t boroua h a s No. 4"i i nd No. .Jrt . be
- i:i lots ol uround conveyed to the Trus
t i- i :!, Mctl ..l:-t l'.pi.-eop.ii cl.nr h at Wilmore
'; ' r i KlliJ and wife, by deed ilated Au
i. ' -'.-'. 1-71 . and leeorded in Ke .-order's oftlce.
' : r.a' rt.t cunty, in Iee.1 iJook. vol. 3 s. pa ire
.' .- h-ivfni: thereon erected a frame butl'lintf
k: his .is -ho Methodist r piseopal church. Taken
': S' u: . ii and to tic sold at the suit of Johns
'.'ri l;iiii'!ii'js arid Ion Association.
A I.. '. all the nl.t. t'tie and interest of Wiii
I !-" -."(. In are! ti a j i'-ce or pa reel of land
n Sun lue harm a township. Ca mhriacoun
i'';'iitnr.if lands of A oolerham. A.
ps" .v Ijloy 1. an 1 "tliers. containinK 15
fa
!
. tH'-rc or less, liu'iriif tr, ercon erected a two
'r .line I oiise. board otafile arid bl.ielcsmith
. 1 w in the OLi.'ii;i.vncy of iliiam Kii'ales.
:i in execution and to le sold at the suit of
' ll'ir.tlcv.
A' -
ail the riiiht, title and interest of Michael
"'. in and to a piece or j.a reel of lan 1 iitu
' i it: Carroll t" vnsi.lp, i amliria county. Pa.,
:. ' -t lands of . Wc-oriek. John lieck,
a ib vr. and o!ier.-'. c rda inlnir Hi acres,
t'-' r I. ,s. bavinsf thereon erected a two story
"Si I' 'i-e and loif I am. now in the occupancy
' '! l. ol ll'i-ds sin 1 I.oke Hush. Taken in h
1 . ii and to be sold at the suit of A. A. iiar-
Ai ,-o. lt;i the rtL'ht.iitle and interest fd Frederick
1 1,1. tn uud to a piece 1 r a reel of land sit
; ' : in llarr township. 'ambria county. I'a , ad
' 1 1 tr Ian !s 1 t K-ore Krcsh. (feorire Ifouck. P.
! .0.1. and Casper S;niiii, cont a in inir i'l acre-'.
1 r I;---, unimproved. A I . a pi ecu or parcel
' lav! .-.'liati d in Ji.irr town-hip. t .irnbri.t cun
U'',..i.iina landsol llenry Shuitr.. Michael
"i. r ';n:.- M (in:, and Jiernar l Uonalioe,
. ' ' i't.:n !'t a. res, more r b -s. unituproved.
' ' :i i'i p.t-. u! i' n a n I to be- Sold at the suit of
' '( V. lather, lor use of V. S. Hurker.
' '''! of S.vl.F. One-thii'l id' the pur-bHo
' ' ' j t hi- paid when tin property is k nut k oil
' i'fid tic- reinai'i in if t wo-1 hi rdti (nrt the
-'--1 iriation ut ti:'.- (Joed.
JOHN K VAN, ShorifT.
r:!f 5 "Mit o, Kbensbfrjf. Ati.5, !.-.;.
Sheriffs Sales.
)V virtue- of sundry writ of Fi. Fn. nnd At.
I'-ff. F.j im., isrojod out of the Court of
'roiioii Picas of Cumbria county and to me
then- will bo xpot-cd to public sale,
' t!a- Hotel ol Conrad Utotb, in Johnstown. on
Saturday, August 31st, 1878,
ox
ou.l.'.k, p. m ., the foilowino; real estate,
to wit :
At:. t.r; r;,t, tj.jp j,n,i interest of A. J. Knlp
!. n aiet a bit of Kround situate In ( loop
'i iHirouh. Cambria, county. I a., fronting
' l'r -a'l Ftreet. adjoiiiirof lot of James Smith on'
a-ii.,rt(,. ar.d an alley on the south and east,
''.'.:. rt.preon erected a two-story plank house
in tin; oci upaney of A. J. Knipple. Taker?
-ti i-u'ion n,i to be sold at the suit of James
' l ' r, for use of lacuna rd Hook.
A !.!-. r;i tj, riifhi. titbi and interest of Fred
. k IbdtiiMn. of. in and to a lot of irround situ
1 ''' !'' the i,urth ward of Johnstown boronifh.
, '' r:a county. Pa, trontinir on the J ted ford
' Jrt ; k..- on tliecaJi.ad,oii)iri I'd id Hutch Kyan
' t :.: I,, rth. lands of heirs ol J. Horner.de
i) the s-iiith. and rttuiin back tt an al-
'- ''' !ti th-.-rcon in-'-ti'it a two-story plank
; '-:, i,.,w in the oeeupatic of Prederh-k Ho)
':- 'I a ken In execution and tu be gold at the
M ariraret Stein me f.
';m- ok ? i i r. One-third of tho purchase
" lo be paid w hen th" fin pi-rty is knocked
i. nnd the F-emaininx two-lhirds bvfvre tho
''Uiniion of the deed.
.IlilIV PVAW PhrriiT.
Ti
iii-rc.r's fV'I'ce, FJjf ricbunr, August ,Kh.
A I'M INISTHATJON NOTICE.
K.-t;it of JIli HAHL M'fiCIHK, ilecM.
j- f''''T of a. lminiiti ration on the estate of Mich'l
('..,',Uir'- lar'' of AiUsfl.eny townsh'p. Cambria
t 'V' J- '''ceto-ed, dan- been ic ranted to theunder
' " ho tit-r:iiy if ire nojR-e to all persons In-
. to sa.i'1 eui;a; that ouyuient must be made
p.,,' 'lniay. and those havifl claims airalnst
uir present thei-j properly authectiea-
Htt!crr..-.it
C. l HA Riff V. MTH.JKF-, Adm'x.
. J'diN K. SHILLHS, Aim'r.
AI-MI X I ST 1 1 ATO K'S NO TIC K.
iaen ifjLLern 'M nuuimipi rninii lim
;fp;.f Irfritjiu OWe'll, late ol Miib-i-r town
It.
'T nut jff.1 all tinrannj lnilili!."1 tiimla .
M ti1' l'M';,"'nt must bo niaile wit hunt, .lel.-iy,
-no n:,veiC elaims against Pie same will
' -t their own interests ?y pr senl:j,i them
' l'r"perly at hent i.-ated lor s-t 1 1. -in -nt.
j i it.VS l ANTIN t. 'N Kll.l,,
u i5T.-oi.. Aluiiuistrator.
REGISTER'S NOTICE.
X OTICE Is hereby Riven that the following
X namc'', Accounts have been passed and filed
in thelioKister sollioeat Ebenstmrjr, in and for
.A .i V. V -.. ut. Him w in tie presented
to the Orphans' Court of dirt ...,...
flrmation nnd allowance, on Wfpne-sd w the
111. .1.,.. rt Cc. I . . . U-Vl lL"-
" " ' J " cirilJllMi, v. u. Iti.M, to wit:
1. The first and final account of Iucy McCnn
nell administratrix of Francis McConncll, late
V. ,l. Mllll l-l lUllllfJIIJI, ltX li.
2. The first and partial account of N R Orif-
fif,h, eUl1ot Iar' (oehnuur, a muW child
of I). W. (lochnfuir i i'i'.
3. The first and partial account of N. U. Orif-
,.r , ' ,CTlrltl: "oenuour, a minor child
of I. '.V. (loehnour, dee'd.!
mi account ' 'John Msk, executor of the last
YTincu.i uriuiinini an iiiincrt t ;isk. ilce d.
5- The third anil final cf.inni of u.m'i i 1 v
. - - .... .v ..U..I .T. Ill IIIIIIIUII.
administrator of Joseph Shaw, late of Richland
townhip. dce'd.
6. The first nnd final account of John Pnrrish,
one of tho administrators of Peter ii. Parrish. late
Cf Mnnlpr tnwniililn riio,'.!
7. The first and partial account of Ym. Marti,
apministrator enm testamento annexo of Aloysius
i-i.iv, l.KL'J VI vil-IIIUriil lOWIl!lIJr, HOC. U,
i?trator o( John D. Adam?, late of Coopersdale
h.imil'rli iIauM
.... w, ..I v,.
9. Tho first account of John Arthurs, jr., and
Thomas Arthurs, executors of John Arthurs, sr.,
10. The first and final account of CJoo. W. Waic-
tici , nu.iiui.ni oi Ann wipria tiiwarus, minor child
of Aaron 11. Fd wards, late of HIacklick township.
OH, .
11. Thft trnri.l artil final nnimf r.e T7.iv
ton. administrator of Israel Uoughnour, late of
.IflfliflMIl tft.Viialii. iIahaohh.I
i. The second and partial account of Henry
i.iiri. c.-i., uo 111 1 in. -i rmor oi o. a. ivepnart, late
of Wilmore horoun.h , dee'd.
13. The second and final aceountof Henry Wal
ter. flTPflltiir nl lnhn l.'l.inr ..I c r...,.n.h:il
township, dee'd.
14. The account of Jfees J. Tdoyd, g-u-trdian of
oirinua tvans, minor child ol David M. Evans,
15. The account of ft. C. K. Zahm, one of the
executors ot David Powell, late of Cambria town
ship, dee'd.
10. The second and partial account of Orpha J.
Evans and Win. II. Sechl jr, administrators of E.
l. Evans, dee'd.
17. The first and final account of Joseph Criste,
executor of the last will an 1 testament of Rachel
Kline, late of Washington township, dee'd.
IS. Tiie first and final account ot Casper Smith,
administrator of .Margaret Flanuican, late ot Car
roll township, dee'd.
JAMES M. SINfJEU. Register.
Register's Office, Euenstiui jc, Aui.;j, W.S.
ASSIGNEE'S SALE
Valuable Town Property.
I Y virtue of an alias order of sale of the Court
ot Common Pleas of Cambria count v. to me
directed, I will olfcr at public sale, on the premi
ses in Carrolitown borough. Cambria county, Pa.,
On SA TUliltA 1 Sept. 7th, JS7S,
at 3 o'clock, p. m., all the following described real
estate, to wit :
Xo. 1. Hetnar fl certain messua-je and lot of
ground situate in the borouah of Carrolitown. in
tho county of Cambria, bounded and described as
follows: EeifinninK at a post at. corner of Ljot No.
103. on Pat(an alley; thence north P-i leet to a j.ost
on line of lot of Michael Hoover ; thence west by
said lot 155 feet to Main street; thence south by
said street 93 feet to a ist on Faean alley; t hence
east alonsr said allev 155 feet to post and place of
bex-inninjf said lot Fiavin thereon erected a larire
two ?tory Frame llnini.M, formerly used and
kept as a Hotel, and a lance one suiry Uahinbt
makku'b Shop, Sta plf, and other necessarj out
buildings, irood well. etc.
Sit. 3. Heinr a certain half lot of irround sit
uate on the south side of said Fairan alley, con
tiirnous to the main property, and bounded is fol
lows; Hcxinninjc at post on line of lot of John
(Jroseop. deo'd. and corner of F. Hearer's half lot:
thence west by lino of lot of said (Sruscop 77:4 ect
to a po.-t on lot of Martin Schwa m"s estate: thence
by line ol said estate north 7- leet to a post 0:1 Fa
il an alley: tl.eti.e hytaid alley east 77' feet to
lot fd F. Hearer: thence south 7'i feet to post and
place of bcicirmin havinz thereon ire; act a
lare Fit au 1: Sta hlb. and having also a well of
yiHid wa.er. with put:i,i.
This jiroperty is admirably located and in
every way fitted for" a hotel, and the huildinifs are
well finished and in good repair. A rare chance
to purchase a iood property in Carrolitown.
TKfiM.s op Salk One-third the purchase mon
ey to lie paid on con fir. 11 at ion of sale, one-ftrrd in
one year thereafter, nnd the remaining third in
two years from the confirmation ol sale -deferred
payments to be secured by the. bonds and mort
gage of the purchaser.
JACOH VEAtlEE.
Atsiunee of Paul Ellwanger.
Carrolitown. Auar. 12, 1873. 3t.
?s i n e h
or a
Sale
mm FARM IN CAEE3LL IWP.
JV irtiie of an order of the Court of Com-
rnon Pleas of Cambria county, to rne direct
ed, I willotrerat putil-e Male, at lilum's Hall, in
the borough of Curroiltown, oil
SATURDAY, the 31st day of August.
inst.. at 3 o'clock. P. M.,the following described
real estate, to wit:
MI that PIECE Oil FARM OF LAND
known as the Joseph (iKiituer farm, situated in
Carroll 'township. In the s-iiJ county of Cam
bria, ailjoininir lands of Janit a Doutriass. Sebas
tian ! bert-, S ilus PJister, and others, and con
titi nintr l-l- Arrc", more or less, t wo-1 h irds of
which are cleared, the b:iian-e heing well cov
ered with rMil timber nnd other haid woods.
Ilbis is ono of the to-st locateil farms in
Curroll town-hip, and has thereon erected h
double plank two story Hn ti.usii; lfoi'SK con
t.iininr six rooms and it kitchen, a Hank ll utx
and nil necessary Outbuildinif3. It has aUo a
thrivinc Orchard, irood water in abundance,
mi l is within a stone's throw of a steam grist
mill and u public school house, and is not more
than two mib s from Carrolitown. The place is
utid rlaid with coal, iron ore and firo clay, and
is in a srood state of cultivation. A splendid
CHANCE FOR r N VKST.M F.NT.
'I prmw ol S;le. Om-lhircl of the purchase
money to lie paid on confirmation of sale, one
third "in one rear, Rndjthe rcinainfnic one third
in two yea ra "from pop Urination of sale deter
red pavinc-nts to bear interest and be secured
by the boudsaud uiortgstre of the purchaser.
THOMAS IXJEK,
Assignee of Joseph CJantner.
Carroll Twp., Aujf. , lrfTo.-at.
Td o vs' a p p PwvTsT! m i : x ts.
Notice is hereby given that the fol
lowing named appraisement of properly of
decedents, selected nnd set apart for the widows
of intestates under 'he Act of Assembly of
Itth of April, A. I. ll. have been filed in the
Ke Lifer's office nt Ebf nsnurir, and will be pre
sented to tho Orphans' Court of Catnhria coun
ty, for approval and allowance, on "V f.in espa y,
the I tti day of Skitkmufii, A. D. Is7.-t, to wit :
1. Inventory and appraisement of certain per
sonal property appraised and set apart tor Eliza
beth Hclscl, widow of tleoro Helsei, late of Sto
nycreek township, dce'd.
2. Inventory and appraisement of certain per
sonal iroperty appraised and set apart for
Horner, widow of Christian Horner, late of Stony
creek township, dee'd.
3. Inventory nnd appraisement of certain per
sonal property appraised ami set apart for Catha
rine Hartsr.K. widow of Philip Hartsog, jr., late ol
Carroll township, nee'd.
JAMES M. Sl.VOEIt. Cl'rk O. C.
Clerk's Office. Ebens'jurg, Aug. :1, 1673.
SsTfJNKE'S NOTICK. Notice
is hereby given that Joseph fiantner
and wife, of Carroll townshfp. have oida an as
siicnmcnt of their real and personal estate to
Thomas F.ger, In trust for thebeuet.tof creditors.
All persons, therefore, indebted to said pstate
will make immediate payment, and those having
claims against the same will present them proper
!, authenticated for "tUemcnt
Assignee of Joseph (iaptner ar.d Wife.
C'arrcll Twp., Aog. 2, lH.S.-t
IVMYyiSTUATION' NOTI C K.
ptate of AVm. J. Pakuish, le:M.
Itters of administration on the estate or Win
T T'arrish. !te of Washinictim township, tamiirla
county, dee'd. have been gianted to the under
signed, to wbotn all persons Indebted to said es
ta are requested to maKe immediate payment,
and t!ioi-e having- claims against the same will
present them properly authenl icmed lor sctlle
Incnt. MAKY PAKIIISd. Adtn'x.
treason, W&shingtoo lp-, Aug. , 1&7S.-0-.
Sl'.nF,AJI AND I.
We own no bouses, no lots, no lands.
No dainty viands for use are spread :
By sweat of our brows and toil of our b.tnda
We earn the pittance that buys us bread.
Ar.d yet we live In a nobler state
Sunbeam and I than the millionaires
Who dine oil silver and golden p'afe.
With liveried laijueys behind their chairs.
We have no riches in bonds or stocks.
No bank book shows our balance to draw ;
Yet we carry a safe key that unlocks
More treasures than Criestns ever saw.
We wear no velvets or saiin fine.
We dross in a very homely way ;
Rut O, what luminous lustre shine
About Sunbeam's gown and my sodden gray.
When cloudy weather obscures our skies.
And some days darken with drops of rain.
We have but to look at each other's eyes,
And all is balmy and bright again.
Ah ! ours is the alchemy that transmutes
The dregs to eli.xer, the dross to gold ;
And so we live on hespcrian fruits
Sunbeam and X and uever grow old.
Richard Real?.
ovit vjscli: DArin.
BY JUDGE CLARK.
1 LaJ never seen Uncle David. It was
not till I was neat ly ten years old that I
knew I had such a relative ; and my sister
Florence, though some years older, had
been kept in eijual ignorance.
Tho fust time we knew xe had an Uncle
David waa when an old family servant one
day dropped his name by accident. Dut
when we asked her to tell us about him,
she looked frightened, and said we must
never speak of him, and, above all, must
never let our father know that she had
mentioned Uncle David.
We were curious to know why, but old
Hannah said she would surely he turned
away, if the Colonel our father was an
army officer ever found out that she had
spoken to us of an uncle.
"And his own brother, loo," Hannah
couldn't help adding, "but my dears, X've
already said too much, and if your father
was to know "
Old Hannah had been so kind to us
since our mother's death, aud we loved
her so, and she looked so vexed at her for
getfnlncss, aud we were, withal, so fright
ened at the thought of losing her, that we
asked no further questions, much as we
desired to know all about Uncle David,
Wo seldom saw our father. The duties
of his station kept him from us most of the
time. Though, in the brief intervals we
bad him with us, he was always kind and
tender, theie was something so stern and
haughty in his manner that we uever felt
quito at ease iu his presence; and after
old Hannah's caution tho list thing we
would have thought of would have been to
question htm about what we wanted so
much to know.
Our father was assigned, at length to a
distant service, requiring a prolonged ab
sence, and Florence and I were sent to
live with auut a Kister of our mother's.
We found a pleasant home with Aunt
Mildred, who treated us both kindly,
though it was easy to see Florence was the
favorite how, indeed, could she help be
ing everybody's favorite, tho was so beau
tiful and good and gentle?
One- day I saw Aunt Mildred looking
very closeiy at Florence. Her face wore a
troubled look, and following the direction
ot ner eyes, i disctivcrct! vwiat l naci ne-er
observed before. On the lc(t side of Flor
ence's neck thcro was something which
resembled a little round ball under tho
skin.
"How long has that been there?" asked
Aunt Mildred, placing her finger on it.
"It has been growing for some time,"
Florence answered ; "but of late has in
creased rapidly,"
Aunt Mildred said no more, but her
troubled htok still remained, aud grow
more troubled from day to day.
Florence soon began to wear bor band
kerchief high, so as to conceal the appear
ance we had noticed. Xot that she was
vaiuof her looks, poor dear : but she so lov
ed, for their own sake, things beautiful
and god, that she wished to be like them.
I happened, one day, to be behind the
cuitain of the parlor window, looking at
some boys playing, when the family doc
tor called to see my aunt. I had no in
tention of being a listener, but somo words
I could net help hearing roused my atten
tion. "A you think it will continue to in
crease, doctor? inquired Aunt Mildred.
"Undoubtedly."
"And tho result is permanent deformi
ty ?"
"Worse it will endanger her hfo.
I knew it was my sister Florence of
whom they spoke.
"And is there, no remedy ?" my aunt
continued.
"Yes, a dangerous operation, and I know
but one man capable of performing it."
"IJruig hira here at tho end of ten days,"
said Aunt Mildred, in her calm, determin
ed voico. "Meanwhile I will communicate
with my brother-in-law. His oldest child.
an infant son, died under a surgical opera
tion. I was traveling abroad at the time.
but have been told that ho suffered keenly
at his Iocs, and hetiGe he may hesitate be
fore taking a similar risk. But unless,
within tho time named, I have his answer,
I shall myself take the responsibility."
It was not because I wished to conceal
my presence that I remained quiet till the
doctor and my aunt left the room ; but the
news that I had onco a little brother, set
mo to imaging in much the same way old
Hannah's mentiou of Uuclo David had
done.
I didn't tell Florence what I had over
heard, for the poor girl's face looked sor
rowful enough now. and I had no wish to
add to her pain. But she camo ouo day
and put her band in mine.
" 1 he dvctor is coming to morrow, Char
ley," she said. "He is going to perfprm
an operation on me. It is necessary, but I
may die under it, and I want you to be
w itu rue.
My eyes filled, but I forced back the
tears. I was old enough to remember that
I had a soldier blood in my veins.
"I will be with you, i loy, I said, and
it was all my swelling throat would permit
me to utter.
Next day, Florence and I, band in band,
entered the room where the surgeon and
bis assistants were waiting. Florence's
face was very rale, but she tried to reas
sure me with a smile as the felt ruy band
tremble in hers.
'This is my niece," said Aunt Mildred,
addressing a grave faced gentlemau, with
a not unkindly face.
"Have courage, my dear young Jad3V
said thegentleman. taking Florence's hand
and leading her to an easy chair, iu which
be placed her half reclining.
Then a napkin, saturated with some
fluid, was put on her face. Soon she be
gan to breathe heavily, and when the nap
kin was removed she seemed iu deep
slumber.
Next the grave-looking man no other
than the distinguished surgeon of whom
the doctor had spoken to ray aunt re
moved Floy's kerchief and opened bis case
of instruments. Tak'ug out one with a
bright, keen blade, be cut through tho
skin directly over the tumor. Turning
back the edges of the wound be cut deeper
and deeper, till at last oue of the assistants
whispered nervously:
"For heaven's sake be careful ; that is
the carotid artery."
'I know it," replied the grive faced
gentletnaD, continuing to cut with an un
flinching hand; "and I must go within a
hair-breadth of it, with life on one side of
the line and death on the other."
I uttered a cry and would have sprang
forward to catch the surgeon's arm, bnt
Aunt Mildred held me back.
I shut my eyes. I could not bear to look
longer. But when I opened them agaiu,
the grave gentleman was fastening togeth
er the edges of the incision with strips of
plaster. He did it so carefully and neatly
that you could hardly see where he had
cut. AH signs of the tumor were gone and
Florence was still sleeping quietly.
I turned about at. the sound ol some one
entering hastily. It was my father, pale
and travel-worn.
He and tho surgeon stood looking one
another in the face,
"So, you have been committing another
butchery !" exclaimed the father.
"I have been saving a life," calmly an
swered the surgeon.
"You slew my son," cried my father,
"and now my daughter "
"As for your son, ' interrupted tho old
suigeon, "your wife feared to tell you the
truth, and you refused to near it from me.
The child was suffering from an abcess
near the heart. Au operation aloue would
afford relief. You were absent and his
mother applied to me. At tho critical
point of the operation, poor Maud, giving
way to her maternal feelings, caught my
hand. The movement drove the point of
tho instrument into the aorta and death
was instantaneous. You accused me of
the murder of your child. I bore your
violence rather than turn your unreasoning
wrath against your wife. Y'ou were my
brother and I could not resent the insults
offered to myself. This is our first meet
ing since and I did not know till now
that it was your daughter's life I have just
saved."
Then I knew that the grave faced gen
tleman was Uncle David.
Father and he shook hands and wept to
gether, and now Floy and I live with Uu
cle David, and Floy is prettier than ever.
You would never see the little scar ou her
neck if nobody told you of it. Old Han
nah is with us, too, as happy as the rest ;
and bow we all love Uucle David !
A lilllT) COM It AT.
That trim, gentle-looking, drab-colored
bird, eironeously called turtle-dove by
dweller in the United states and generallj'
deemed so utterly innocent and pure, that
to kill it f r the tablo or any other uso is
branded as criminal in the extreme, is not
so innocent after all. Its moaning, sad
sounding voice is a mockery and a cheat ;
its soft, dark eyes are a sham ; its sober
Quaker garb is calculated to deceivo ; its
timid movements are not to be trusted.
When once it has been insulted or injured
by one of its kind, tho dove becomes as
cruel and outrageous ly heartless as any
murderer can be. Some years ago T wit
nessed a fight between two moaning doves,
which for utter barbarousness could not be
exceeded. ,1 was angling in a brook for
sun perch, half prone on a grassy bank,
lost in a brown study, with a cigar between
my lips, when I happened to see a dove
alight on a gnarled bongh of a piano tree a
few yards distant. Immediately it began
to coo in that dolefully plaintive strain so
well known to every lover of nature, and
was soon joined by a male, who perched
himself within afoot or so of her. I espied
their nest, not 3ret finished, in the fork of
an iron-wood Uce near by. The birds
mado very expressive signs to eadi other
with theii heads by a scries of bows, nods
and sidewise motions, of which I under
stood enough to know that somo intruder
was near perhaps they meant me. The
fish were not biting any too we.'l, but tho
shade was pleasant and the grasps fragrant,
the sound of the water very soothing, and
the flow of the wind steady and cooling, so
I did not care t:o move just to humor the
whims of a pair of billing doves. It proved
however, after all, that I was not the cause
of alarm. Another female dove presently
dropped like a hawk from a dark, dense
mass of leaves above the pair, and struck
the first on the back with beak a:id wings.
A Ogbt ensued witnessed wjth calm in
terest by myself and the male dove.
Ai first the combatants struggled des
perately together on the bough, fiercely
beating eaph other with their wings, aud
plucking out the feathers from breast and
neck, all the time uttering low, querulous
notes, different from anything I had ever
before heard. Pretty soon they fell off
the bough and came whiiling down upon
the ground, where they continued the bat
tle with constantly increasing fury, their
eyes flashing fire, and cutting and thrust
ing with their beaks like swordsmen.
Blood began to show itself about their
head?, and in places their necks were quite
bare of feathers. Whon at last one of them
became 6o exhausted that further struggle
was impossible, the other proceeded to
take its stand upon Sta helpless opponent,
and would have quickly have made au end
of it had 1 not interfered. The vanquished
bird was minus an ejc, and was unable to
t!y for some minutes. The secrot of the
battle was jealousy. The male sat by and
watched in a nonchalant way until it was
all over, ahen he very lovingly strutted up
to the victorious bird, and began cooing in
a low, soothing tone. From that day to
this I havo repudiated the Agure "innocent
as a dove," and whenever opportunity of
fered, have fped a two-ounce arrow full at
the breast of ihe bird, widow or no widow.
When properly cooked by parboiling, stuf
fing and baking, a dove is a choice bit for
the tablo. While on this subject, I may
add that in the Southern B' ates doves of leu
congregate in innumerable swarms, like
pigeons, aud do great damags to the pea '.ml
f.elda, yet there the prejudio against kitl
inar them is so gieat that you rarely se a
trap or kpi iujj set for theai, or a guu levelled
ill the.iu.
WAXnEIilXG TITO,
A miXTER's ROMANTIC CAREER TIAIR
EKEADTU. 'SCAPES BY LAND AND SEA
STARTS A PAPER IX JERFSALAM,
AND WEDS A PERSIAN LADY.
Little over a year aco a short notice was
published in the St. Louis papers of the
arrival and strange career of a wandering
"typo" named Isaac Smith, or, as he was
frequently called by bis brother composi
tors, Ike Smith. At that time be was
staying at tho Friendly Inn, 1221 Broad
way. His restless, erratic nature, however,
did uot permit bin to remain long in this
city, and he as suddenly disappeared from
St. Louis as he appeared in it. Sinco then
Ike has wandered to the golden slope of
the Pacific, taking in on his route Denver,
Salt Lake City, Omaha, Deadwood, Carson
City and San Francisco, gaining bis pre
carious livelihood at this office or that in
the various towns be passed through dur
ing his meandetings. Last week Ike un
expectedly turned up in his old bannU in
this city on the look out for a job. He
looked very dilapidated aud battered and
his gray beard was unkempt and unshaven.
He is now about sixty-five years of age,
but is still tolerably hale and beaity. One
day last week he did some typo setting for
the "Evening Post," and manage I to set up
between 5,000 and G,C00 ems.
A "Post" reporter yesterday met the old
fellow, who was smoking a short clay p'pe,
and knowing his affection for "Bourbon,"
invited him to take a drink, when he gave
him a short account of his wanderings.
Ho was born in 1812. in Muskingum coun
ty, in the neighborhood of Zanesville, Ohio.
When a boy be went to Indianapolis, where
he became
A printer's devil
and learned to set type, and has followed
the occupation of a pt iuter ever since. He
must have bad an extraordinary passion
for travelling, for when ho had once learn
ed his trade he seldom remained twelve
months in one place. In 1830, when eigh
teen years of age, he left Indianapolis, and
spent the next ten years of his life wander
ing through the various States of the Union,
and visiting nearly every city of any size.
In 1840 he worked his way as a deck band
on a sailing vessel to Liverpool and began
touring iu the United Kingdom. He al
ways managed to earn a tolerable existence
by bis type-setting. After passing nearly
eight years in England, Scotland and Ire
land, he crossed the Straits of Dover and
stayed a couple of years at Paris, where he
witnessed the conn d'etat of Napoleon.
Thence ho traveled through Switzerland,
Spaiu and Italy, crossed the Alps into Aus
tria, and went to Berlin. At the bieak-out
of the last Polish insurrection he was still
in that city, and becoming affiliated to a
secret order ot Republicans, be, with some
fifty men, crossed tho Prussian boundary
of Posen into Russian Poland. Hero he
followed the fortunes of Gen. Rogulski in
many a scrimmage with tho Russians, but
was unfortunately taken prisoner and sent
to Siberia. .His sufferings eu route to that
desolate country he described as intense.
Arrived theie bo was kept at wotk in tho
Tobolsk distiic:; but was so far favored as
to escape being sent to the mines. A.fter
two years' severe hardship he managed to
escape from the Russian territory with a
friendly party of Kurds, whose wande'ings
across the desert he shared until they reach
ed Persia, where be remained for three
years, and received an official appointment
from the Shah as a kind of State's Priuter.
He
MARRIED A PERSIAN LADY
of distinction during second year's res
idenco amongst the polite Persians, butsho
died in childbirth. He then oouceived a
dislike for Persia, although his position
there was the best be bad ever enjoyed,
and he quietly made preparations to leave
it. He ioined a caiavan of Persian mer
chants who weie eu route to Bombay, and
in their company traveled tbe turbulent
country of Afghanistan, reaching British
India iu safety. From Bombay he crossed
India to Calcutta, where be followed his
occupation as a type setter for some months.
after which his love of adventure induced
him to ship to Port Louis, in the Mauritius.
This island soon grew distasteful to him,
and so bo worked his way before the mast
to the Cape of Oood Rope atid passed some
time amongst the Dutch Boors. He cross
ed the Keppi region toXatal. From Natal
he took passage in an Arab felucca to Zan
zibar, and then to Abyssinia. In tbe latter
country bo at first did very well, until King
Theodore imprisoned all the Europeans,
and he remained in duranee vile until the
English expedition under Napier stormed
Magdala, killed Theodora and released the
prisoners. 2)gypt. was tba next country
visited by this rvstlegs individual, and here
he engaged in the occupation of horse
breeding ou tho banks of the Nile. Tlii,
however, did not pan out very well, but bo
made some money. A remarkable idea
now took possession of him ; he determined
to publish a
SEMI-WEEKLY PAPER IS JERESALEM.
He thought tho numerous European vis
itors to the Holy City would be sufficient to
make the enterprise a lucrative one. He
accordingly depaitcd for Jerusalem and
issued his paper, which was published half
in English and half in French. For one
month he published this journal, which lie
called "The Holy City Times," but then
his funds gave out. jko claims to be the
only compositor who set type in Jerusalem.
His next adveuture was to join a company
of Turks on a pilgrimage to Mecca, where
ho saw El Kaaba, or the Holy Cave. Oue
of these devout Turks took a great fancy
to Ike and induced him to return with him
to Constantinople. In Stamboul he re
maiued for eighteen mouths working as a
printer.
He afterwards made a tour of Greece,
returning to Constantinople, whore he re
mained a few months longer, after which
he crossed tho Balkans, wattdeied through
Roumania, and going into Southern Russia
as far as Odessa. From .Odessa he again
shipped before the mast to London, where
he settled down forth tee or four years,
finally
BETURXTJjiG TO AMERICA
iu 1872. He got employment in New York
on the "Herald," but. his wacdeijg pro
pensities would pot. permit bini to Fettle
down permanently. Without relatives or
friends, he resumed bis journeys through i
the States, and Ike iti well known to Ihi i
composing rooms of most iievyF.papcr in j
the country. Discourse is up and down to
and fro on the face i f the earth, and Ike I
will probably spend the rema inder of his
days in the same erratic, never resting '
uauuer. Every now aud tucp be turns u;i .
unexpectedly in his old haunts, and just as
unexpectedly diiappears. How long be
will remain in the "Futute Oreat is prob
lematical, and, in fact, by tbe time this is
piiuted he ruay be gone.--7, loais IL
What tin Jlfimlii Hoy Cautjht in
His Titiu
Tbe New York Timet has an editoral on
the wonderful resources of ths- Illinois boy.
Master Sloane, of Clinton, Illinois, invent
ed a trap on the principle of those used in
Africa for trapping game that is to say,
be constructed a slip noose of thongs, and
attached it to the top of a stout sapling,
which he bent down by tbe aid of a hoisting-tackle,
and fastened it to the giound.
And this was the result :
Master Sloane had a sister, a yonng lady
cf great worth and of very decided character.
Other girls, envious of her good looks, said
she was an ill-tempered, red-haired thing,
but this waa probably mere calumny. At
all events so thought the young minister
who was settled over the Seventeenth Con
gregational Church, and who was generally
lielieved ta be Miss Sloaue's accepted lover.
That he went to see Miss Sloane on the very
evening when the reckless boy ect bis Cen
tral Africa trap was cot strange, for he us
ually spent three or four evenings every
week at the Sloane mansion, but it was a
coincidence that on that precise evening he
proposed a walk, and led Miss Sloane ttv
ward tbe identical laue vvhere tho trap was
waiting for victims.
How it happened that neither tbe young
minister nor Miss Sloane noticed the Ix-nt
saplipg or the rope, no one can understand,
unless they were so deeply engaged in the
discussion of theological questions that they
were oblivious to all earthly things. Still
more difficult is it to comprehend how they
could both have stepped within the noo.,
which was spread out in the form of a cirj-le
not more than a foot in diameter. It is
plain, however, that the iady was readivg a
hymn-book and that her companion had ap
proached extremely close to her to see if the
hymn was corteclly printed. However tins
may be, the fact remains that Miss Sloane's
left toot and the minister's riht foot were
just inside the noosts when the trap sprunir,
and the elastic sapling suddenly lifted them
twenty feet in the; air, where they remained
hanging like two '.-herrics on a single stem,
and expressing in lively tone their susp c on
that something unusual had happened.
Half an hour Inter the Clinton and Homes
vi'le stage passed that way, and tho driver
and his passengers were astonished beyond
measure. For some time it was supposed
that some new and cm iously-coiii plicated
animal, consisting chiefly of zebra ami black
panther, was swinging from Ihe top of the
bapling ; but just as one of the pawng.TS
was about tot:re at it, the driver reeoni-zfd i
the minister, though ho was not able to rec
eognize his fellow-prisoner. Tiie latter's
voice was somewhat mnilied, lnjt sl.e was
distinctly heard to revile the minister, and
to assert that she never would forgive, him,
no matter how ho might try to excuse him
self. Six strong men finally bent down the
sapling, released the victims, ami with rare
delicacy assigned the duty of recognizing
Miss Sloane to Ihe two ladies who were in
tiie stage. Fortunately, neither of Master
Sloane's victims was seriously injured, ami
were !oth abla to walk home ou opposite
sides of the street.
The results of this aiTair were numerous.
Miss Sioane left town the next day c.i.
visit to the East, and has not situ -j returned.
The minister was tried for indiscreetly hang
ing from the tops of trees with young ladies,
and thereby bringing reproach upon bis pro
fession, 1 nt was acquitted by a close vote.
As for Master Sloane, it is believed r.n.J
hoped that his father has killed hitu. At
any Tate, he has not beeu seen, and the
rumor that he has leen sent to the House of
Uefuge in Chicago is not generally believed.
.S1IK WAITED NOT' IX VA IX.
TllOUC.n ELEVEN LONO YEARS INTERV ENED
RETWEEN HOPE AND REALIZATION,
Yesteiday occurred the happy ending of
a long and weary waitingon the part of a
lady who was once tbe faiicstof the fair
daughters of Toledo. Eleven jcars r.go
she was betrothed, witli htr parents ooti
sent, to a young man of fine character, but
without what is considered the most desir
able possessions next to that, namely,
money. Hesitating to take bis beloved one
fxom her home to the trials that poyeriy
entails, be bade her farewell to go west to
seek his fortune. She had lelteis from him
until he arrived in Omaha, when they sud
denly ceased. The d.iys wore into weeks,
the weeks into years, but still no word from,
tllO allAFlt f11t to llll dYmiptaiil ri1 r.- I . r.
waited and watched all in vain.' His
friends gave him up for dead, but
t she with
& woman's persistency, refused to think so
and declared her belief thai be would some
timo return to claim his biide. Suitors
came and went, ber eyes became dim iviili
weeping, the loses faded from her cheeks,
and gradually withdrawing from the scents
she had graced with her presence, berveiy
existence was almost forgotten by society.
Two weeks since, while, sitting alone in
her quiet parlor, tho bell rang, and in a
moment more the door opened and a gen
tleman entered the room. Tbp bnrnsed
and beatde.d man hr.d liltle reser.ib'j.inco Jo
the sjender youth to whom she plighfud
her troth so many long years bt f.oe, but
the eye of love could not be deceived, and
in a moment more she was clasped in the
arms of him for whom she had so long
watched end waited. His story was soon
told. Leaving Ortaha with an cinigiant
tiain for the Pacific coast, :t was attacked
by Indians, and he was taken prisoner and
carried away far i.ttn thp interior. Every
effort to escape "was futile, and ho was
passed from one tribe to ainlher, gelling
farther away from civilisation ns the
months roiled on. At btst, b? fuitr.naia
chance, he managed to deceivo h;s jailers,
and, after incredible hardships, reached
San Francisco three yeats from tbe timo
he left Omaha, litre bo o.counteicd nn
old acquaintance from ToWl , who, iu r;n
swer to his inquiries nhout the dear ones
there, told him that his betrothed wr.s the
wife of another. Stunned and heartbroken,
he made no attempt to communicate with
anybody here, and was pot undecei-.-ed un
til a few days ?., when, on a visit to Snn
Francisco from his inland home, he bad
again received tidings through an old
neighbor that sent him homeward as fa:-t
as the eat could bria him bit bor. The
denouement was ndiat iv.iuut l.o expected,
nni this morning tho happy pair r,ta;;d
for their lefurn home, whither the g md
wishes of t heir friends, inc'ndii.g t!i.se if
the
il'aae," will fullo.v them. :
"Take back the bea; 1 1 liAi. thou ga vest,"
Said the nnliuslie.l poket bt when his p il
passed biui the wrong caul under tun tulle.
A FI, Y MA X I TA CTOi: 1 .
THE nflSDERFI'l. THINGS TrTAT
I NEW .lEiiiKY.
Feck's Milwaukee Sun says : Flies r.ia
artificially propagated in New Jeisej , :na:
Paterson, where au association of i n i h;iv
invested capital, and are tunning the v-oiks
to their fall capacity.
Flies are incubated from eggs, Try n:i ar
tificial ha'c-hing arrangement. a:ot tLt
yonng flics aie taugbl all tbe devi'dry tin-;,
know right in the factoiy. Sonic ill lo-d;
upc.'.i Ibis statement as false, and wonder
why aiy association of Bien thould ev,
page in the nvtUicial vunagat ion of tLe 1.-
We will explain, ft Li well kncwii thiu
flies die at the cmi"'f Ihe season, aud if it
were not for artificial propagation tbetu
would bo none the second "season.
The pai ties that are engaged in this bi
dustiy are also soie manufactnieis of fy
paper and fly traps. Wettustthat the ob
ject is now plain. In older to sell tbrir
paper and traps, it is neees&ary to h3'.o
game to catch. The gentlemen had en
gaged largely in the manufacture ( f flv
paper and fly traps bhre tbry knew tl:at
ilics only lasted one season, and lifter
year of suceess they found banVt j "ty
staring them in the face, as it was probablo
they W'-uld not sell a sheet i f paper tho
next year. Si tiny organized the "Ci-tat
American Artificial Fly ln;ib:ithg Asso
ciation of New Jersey, ' and issued a n..l
lion dollars wiuth of stock.
We have not room to describe tbe hatch
ing of flics, in the Su t,, but it is like haul
ing chickens by steam. Si.rae of tho ber-.
old flies arc kept t- lay Peg, ami eggs r. t
placed m cards and put into an ovei .
They hatch out in twenty minutes, ar;..
are ready in half an hour to h am ihe h;s -ness.
First they are taught to wade i:
butter, to swim in cieam, and to cet bit
things around the kitchen. Then tin.
youtig flics are taken to the dimit":y.
where men and women, engaged lot the
purpose are p.ietci-diiig to sleep.
An old fly and a hundred yom.g ones &ro
placed in each room, ;u:d the old :ly, ;;f;et
lighting on shiit bosoms oi -female v. L .
goods, in order to tench t he yourg U- t In
noble art of punctuation, lc'i'is ti get it.
its woik on the sleeper. The old !lj , s-.fte:
seitu.g the young liics on cuffs and collat. ,
calls ' Atlention '."' and ;ifter bii.zi:::
around a liltle, lights on the sleej i 's nose.
The sleeper pictends to be mad, and sh.p
at the lly this is a mere matter of foipi.
however, for if a sleeper engaged by tl:.i
association kids an old stool 11, it is de
ducted fi'oin his or her salaiy.
As the old t'y gets away the young ftir s
laugh and want to try it themselves. Then
the old lly lights upon the ho y slecpci's
big toe and proceeds delibet aii ly to v;i;
up her f'ot, ankle and calf, occasional!
stopping to bile. This is very trying to
tho alleged sleepers, causing net vtuisncss
and a twileliing i;f the muscles, but they
must not injure tbe lly. The liltle tin's
notice cvciy thing, and aftei the old lly has
caroused around and tickled and buzzed,
then Ihe young flies arc allowed to juarfico
on them. The pei sons pi s ct iced on get d.,
a d;iy and board, r.s it is a veiy paiticubj
and tiyii'g situa ion.
Then conie- the expensive business of
d i.sl i ibut nig fl ii s thioughont the couu'.tv.
Foime:ly it was done through lnnk agents
and lightning rod pedileis, but that was
found too expensive, so the association
originated the idea of sending out regular
agents, called tramps, to introduce Hie
flies. The first year only about I'M"1'!
tramps were sent out, but t .e business has
grown to snob huge proportions fhr.t it is
estimated that this year the association
Uas out half a million tramps leaving Mrs
mound. 1 hey go from house to h-mso
begging, and Wfoie they leave they inan
age to drop a fev tlies.
Each tramp has a caid with a million
yonng flics on. After he has partakt:-, ;.f
h's meal and the woman of the hoi-.e i
out after a slmteiin or a dog to diive him
away, he slips his bund up hi., sleeve and
tears off a piece of paid containing i i haps
10,000 young Hies and diopsit in the wood
box, or in some cnvfiiiei:t place. That is
enough to stall on and tbe !l:cs breed rap
idly. The next day the woman will won
der "whoio on aiith all Hum flies com
from."
The company has dkai ibi-ting ;o:nts all
over the country. ( hictgo, St. Louts, tt.
Paul being among them, where the Iran. t a
go once a nmulL after a new supply.
! -aul ? VA -,:,Kl " ,,5,i-v 'ai's' 11
' " " " paper ana tin- ny
traps is easier, as the aitichsaie sent di
rectly to drugsfists, who sell them toi.-n-sunieis.
Slock in the jis ic in ion i.s woiih
an
immense
amount, paying a (iu.it lei lv
dividend of twenty per ctnt. The only
way lhat the by nuisance can be abated is
to kill Ihe liamps as s on as tj-.py pt::pi r.
community, or destroy tiie ijiapj-.facloiy
Nev Jersey. The .S;; has exposed tp
nefarious business; now Ipt I l.c people i ise
rp and crush it out of existence.
I His Melons. A policeman yesterday
I discovered a iiegm ;ii,d a hig watcinudou
j in close company limn alii y off Fort s'.ippt
! and, refusing tho tempting s'.ica bunded
out to him, he said :
"ion stole that menu ai ne maiket !'
"D.u's war' yer oil" do tow path, liss
way off ono side. ' w as tl-p calm reply.
'"Did you li.i y it? t'.utP al.mir nnd
pcint ou' the tr.iiu y;i bought 5: fnon."
"No, I didn't buy de nuloii, bos
traded f.ir it."
'What did you trade?"
"Now. b.s. what's de use?
i. - . ,
Ileal: 7 Is,
ncati iioi wa melon, an we ;tm
each odder up like a lot
"'What did you t.a.b
ii.'Ik or.
VWall. Iwisn. if I m:-,s
1 trndeda mr.leati'a wt.;
'"' pi-rsisled tho
tell, don I mus.'
u' for di.s HiCo ii."
"I dun t fe..ove it.
1 spoeici vou v.iu.l.lil T. to.;
fc,l-p
r.p pi
1 do-in' realize like I
yrr
iej
1 Vo
p.;
ti
W 1
b.
an' wagins bez become,
uf melons bez scooted tip
w lie p
i "lot
H have to cr. e j;hng,
.id tl e
(I'ticr-r.
i "Now. boss !"'
j The oHicer stepped forw.it d r.u.l di-c .V
i eird two m op mti.i:i ln-hind a Pox He
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; li. i in ,, ioi ai. eivpCU.ntlO:!, ai .l ii.e
;-.i;id ".
Jiegio
j "'Do ii. an fieiv iii dose ml. lor
k;".-r I fivw ";t: a baiter 'l o .' w
it-
o i
15;; priv-c of bal(e:s
I way tinv, '-.Lai i-if.i (.i
I;..-. .
o i
j ilier .ijp f,co
ili.OS
It's Ibo shorn osl. kind ,-.f r.onspue in-
n mi lo atuii.pt to cut bis twp