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H. A. McPIKE, Editor and Publisher.
H 18 A PREEMA.IT WHOM THS TWTTH H1IE8 FREE, A5D AH ARE SLATES BESIDE."
Terms, S2 per year. In advance.
VOLUME XIT.
EBENSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1S78.
NUMBER
oJ.
IMPORTANT
Fari Cowteepers anl Bairymen !
Eg M
MANY a znvl row f.j spoiled by a had milker.
The New Patent Sell-Acting Cow Alilker
I j. tn-t ri tested by a larire numlie: of practical
.T!'-i;'t-'.r -t . I .' iryiiien an. I l-ariner. who with
. .r cx.i'ic " have highly recommended it for It
w.n'.rl-il rapidity in t lie mil kin of cow.'. It Is
i-.r.-.l'-red one il t li? most Invaluable and useful
, i !i:m - ever in vented.
I- lr is selt-iii.'ti'Uf. e;iy of application, and
-..r. 1 !"! by any person, however ignorant they
m i v I .i- iii t lie 'milking process.
ji'i i. It wiil milk uny cow in from Font to pive
: .i;e etb-c; uaily. an t its ue is niur-: agreeable
t ;).. imh fli.ui luti'l Milking.
.i. It' uchi!jies. Hiiup i if ty. saving of time,
.i ii ! : 1 1 . ! ! r i I ! ! i t y an l clien jmess prove it to
i n."-t iir-rtaiit and ncee?ary adjunct a
a. r '. md it has only to become belter known to
ti - Vr.iverraily n.-ed.
Fail ii.fi rii'-t tons accompanying each Machine.
Price . n.
N. H It Mm- cow h is sore or corded teats our
M ; ,ktr if iioli-jotisnlilo.
ci.f I" any (-art uf the United States on receipt
' HAKUV WAYNE. Johnstown. Pa ,
M itiufactui t i ' .lot nt.
SfTit. A. 17. -4t.
Shcxiff?s Sales.
1V virtue f sundry writs of IVn. Kryrnti.
1) it ; i . t .ti'i i- l" ml . l. i i")., issued nut of the
t ur ol Common Plea of Cambria count v and
tu n-.- directed, there will lie exposed to public
siic. nt the Hotel of Conrad Kauli, in the bor
"i:h of Johnstown, on
Saturday, October 5th, 1878,
hi a n'l lock, v. m.. the following real estate,
to wit :
Ait the T'stht, titlj and Interest of Henry Y.
Si j'ti-r. "t. in iiti'l ti lot ol irrc.ond situated in
v;t.ni ot Scalp I-vcl, ( 'oiin. c-mnty. P..
;r i ' :::ir on t he .T - on -t . vn a ti l Sea lj h-n I Turn
; :. a.lji ioiP lot ! J. din Crist m one fide and
' ' : i f it. Hani ley on t he other side, havinii t here
" iT",td a two story plank houe. now in the
. ui .Hii-y id' John Scesc. Taken in execution
n : ! he's-d I at t he su it f John Fen Ion.
A '. .ui. ail Mie riirht . t it ie and intercut ot Herman
I'j'il ot. in and to a lot d ground ituate in Wil-i.-.ra
l i ri.uli. Caititria county. Pa.. Hdjoininjf
I t .,- n,..i iiuunn on the Fnutli. Arthur Cullen
ti - e.i--t. street on the west, and an alley
n : !.o r. irt h. htivirir there in erected a two-s'tory
!n:i c I,' ti-e. n it i..w occopied. Taken in exeeu
ti ;, t. t.e sold at the suit of Sylvester Paul, lor
L'- ,f ,!-din (! i.
Also, all l!ie naht. title anil interfst of P. V.
Charter, o.. in and to a piece or parcel ol land fit
ui'iiin Tavlor t"nship. t tii'.ri county. Pa..
'mittj 1 .-inds of J.t '. H'des. H cn i y troujf henour.
mi i -he Camhria Iron Co.. contaifiinir s'4 acre?,
tr .r-nr !-? livinir thereon erected a lo house.
L' it in t!. .ji-niprincy of Wavid Headrick. Taken
in tu-"I'lcn and to t ; .dd at tha suit ol Joseph
Hr k and M iry, hi? wile.
Tfkv or S t.E.-( Ine-third of th purrhnr
ii..ii-y to tie p iid when tlo propeitv i knocked
l.ovni and the rf-rniti n t nsr two-thirds In jure, tht
C'ltifirin.'.tion of the deed.
.1 f ) I C N IIVAN. PheritT.
SheriiT' nir.ee, F.benbuix, Sept. Id, 179.
SIIKUIt F S SAT,K I5y virt.ie of
a writ of V' t'il. Espon., i-istied out of tlir
' irt of Common Pleas of Cambria fniintj
.1' 1 to mo dincted. there will he exposed to
l .. .'u -i le. n t the Court Hoihi' in Klienslmrjr,
in It iiiav. ctobkh Stli. 1S7H. at I o'clock,
p. M.. the f i'.lowioir real estate, to wit :
All t':.e r:-ht. titlt and interest of John Kelly.
f. in and to i piece or parcel of land situated in
Jv-k'.-n t"nh:p. Cambria, county. Pa., adjoin
ii:!Ti.!sr,f John Alter, liarid .t;er,. nl other",
r nts naiit acres, more or less, abont ZS acre?
J "lilch are cleared, ha vinir thereon erected a lo
fc-ue anl loir lain, no in the occupancy of
T-.-hn Keliv. I ikt-n In e.T'-cution anl to be sold
the "nit of John J. Kelly, for use of Oeorge
H'ehn. r.
Tf.hm or ?At.f.. One-third of the purchase
'tu .t!y to oe pai-1 when the property ! knoi.-ked
ifiwn, and th' retnuinitiif.two-lhirds h'ot the
conttrtnatimi of the deed.
JOHN IIVAN', Sheriff.
ShcritT's fBce, E bentiu iV Sept. 10, l78.
Af m inis-i-1 1 . v : r i c ) x x o t i c i : .
Kstate of John Rradlkv, defM.
I.fpr tf admlnist ra t ion on the estate of tohn
Rr-'.ir. Ia:e o Iiretto boroiiich. t.'ami'ri.i coun
t'. J-'i ad, l-.ave hc n h rained to (he un-.ler-
ino, I,,, her- stive notice to nil persons in
:itf t.i i eta"e that payment must he made
t:tt.., flelar, and thowe h a vinjf la mi? airalnst
"iefim wi i )cicnt them properly authenticated
f-r 't.emit.
M ARY ANN B1UDLEV, Ailm'i.
lre'to. Sed. 8. 1?78 -flt.
pOUCII NOT! All persons nre
hereby ratitioneil nzainat inoleafing or
'iy wy Interfer'.riK with the following le
ti' ! j ropcrt r. which hsu tieen tioujrht by me
ni !-t'with r. Mary McOonixle during my
rii-"re: l cook utare. 1 heating atore. 8 msh-1-
rM ch:rf. 1 sihioned roekiuir chair. 2 common
'''kH elialrn. 0 common chair". .8 pane-seated
;" ri t hureius. a stands, 1 tete-a-tete, and 2
I? and bedding.
AKNA B. HKIOXIOLE.
M:i;'. spt. , 8t.
AUDITOR'S NOTICE. The un
.' 1 1 l.n Itia llrnliina'
! -rsi jned. annointeil x tlie Orphans'
"'irt ..I Cumliria count v Auditor to ascertain the
V"' f the heir ot .AfarK Mc L.auurh Iln. late of
alntutnn township. Cambria county, decease';.
- ...r.i ioarcriain me lien? nieninoi 0.113 01
"I"1". w 11 attend to the d ut ies of his ajipointment.
( ' ' juri nousc in r.nensourg, on i 1. .
"'Tobhs 5. 1H7S. at 11 'colock, a. M., when and
w.ra Mtities lllirici'ioi ' ' ' j
J'nw proper JOSEPH MtlO.VAM,
A.
SSION'EE'S NOTICE. Notice
IS linruhn rrinan that. Atilni .7. StoltZ.
' ''rrn! ttwn" Kn.nh kn mutii to me a deed
r iluntAF-w Hi.n,nf in mr for the benefit
fc,frM;tort and that I hare accepted of the trmjt.
PTt-im mehted to the aid assignor are
Z'' y n itifled 11 make Iratue iiate payment to
, a" ' thofe harlnif claims attains', him will pre-
the ilme ,juiy authenticated Tor payment
"'h..ut dolav .H'iJUSSTK'H,
AUS. 21. l7S.-t. Af!neeol Adain J.rstolta.
EXECUTOR'S NOTICE.
Hvfnrhn irrant'1 letter! letamntAry on
, ' ' III .ll'llll tUHIIUIII, I " !- 1 VI.
""wo-i, i,, c:ambr! eotinty. deceased, the
her)hv call, uMn all peraons inde
'"ate of John McHmh, late of Munater
under-
lehted to
Hi i
thr 1,1 'inio pnvmrin wuiniwv ,icit,
"' having claim aitainit. the same should pre-
n t fi..,. , . . . . . . , i ,
I " i-- I. 1 . .1.. .nH
-.iii mi T auosiAnii'iLeo lor riuiT-iiini.,
., THOMAS I. PDrt'ER, Kxocutor.
fanner Twp., Sept. 8, l78.-6t.
JJXECUTOR'S NOTICE.
"rT Kit) of Thomas Hf.htioc, lec'd.
whsreas letters teitnmentary on the estate of
-itns Hlrtioo, late of Carroll township, deed,
trn" ranl to the undersigned, all per-
1 ebt'' 'oafti'l ettate are request ed to make
" ne llate p-,mout, and those havlnu jlaitni or
.""'H agaihst tha eatate of said discedent will
known the ninii without d-ln- to
. LEWIS J. HRIB'H, trxecutor.
D"TJhnn Twp., Sept. 1, l-7. 9t.
xe wad run tisements.
COLLEGIATE and COMMERCIAL
tteneral RnsselPs school, New Haven. Ct. 44th
year. Preparatory to College, Scientiae Schools
or Business. Thorough physical tralninir by mil
itary traimnar. gymnastics, etc. Full Information
sent on npplioanen. Send for circular, with asre
of applicant.
PI ANO rieaatirul Sq. (Iranrt Pianos, price
"".iH O. only -.T5 Mnifl,ent Upright PI
anos, price tl-OoO, only 275. Kleeant Upriaht
Pianos price f3O0. only $175 Pianos. 7 octare,
li. 71 135. New Styles. Orrans fS5. Organs,
stops. 57.50. tMiurch nRflAW 18 stops, price
390.only 115. Eleuant u n u w 375 iMiiror
Top ttritana only (ilo.S. Beautiful Parlor Oriran,
price t340. only .. Fraud Exposed. 5O0 reward.
Head "Traps for the Unwary and Newspaper
About cost ol Pianos and rcnn. aent KKIr.K.
Please address lan'i F. Beatly, Washington, S.J.
20
Chromo t arda (perfect beauties) with name,
II to f liilh lltfl I...- i I'. . .11 .
.Mass
WEET
NAYY
Tolacco
AvantciAfif prize tit rentrnninl Kxposition for
e ehrtri-p ftfilitiea nn! -'W7,re nd tttting char
oter of icceie.ting and Jbxvnrig. TU brst tobacco
rrrr ri'l. A our blue strip trade-mnrk i rlowly
iraitatfi on inferior tortB. pee lhat J trfcjenn'n Rt is
on cveiy pluj. 8t)ld ty nil dmW. tirwt or nHtnlc,
Ve, to C. A. Jackson A Co., Mfrt.. Bburg, V
I.. F. V A KII,t:, 1'hila., P., (.rnfinl Ant.
mj A DAY to A grants canvpimr forthe Fire-
wiilc isilor. I crm arni t lutnt Free. Ad
m .1 p f ' . I l T l( ' Lr t P X A f.;.
i . o a . f . v i viv Liik a, auuji a, iHftiuc, ij
20
CARDS, all Snow flake, 10c, or 10 Chromes,
loc., with uiunc. J. B. Husted, Nassau, N.Y.
Price, TKX t'KSTS.
iEWSIAPER
ADVKSITISIXG
lKUli Eilltioit.
Containing a comp'ete list of all the towns In tlie
t'nited States, t lie Territories and the Dominion
f Canada, havir.ir n population itreater t ban f.
0"0 according to the last census, toet her with the
names of t he newspapers having the largest local J
circulation in each of the places named. Also, a I
catalogue of newspaper.-) which are recommended
to advertisers as iciving greatest value In propor- 1
tion to prices charged. Also, the Uellgtous and
Agricultural Journals, very complete liiMs. and
many tatdcf o' rates, showing the cost of adver- j
tisin'if in various newspapers, and much other in
formation which a beginner In advertising would
do well to possess. Address OKI). P. RoWKLL
At CO., Newspaper Advertising Bureau, 10 Spruce
street. New York.
i
THOMAS & SONS, Auctioneers.
SALE OFSTOCKS
OF
Tin-iipiUo CoinpnnieK
Owned by the Commonwealth r Pennsylvania.
TN pursuance of the provisions of the Act ap
proved June V2. 17. entitled -An Act to au
thorize the, Auditor (general to sell the stocks held
fy the Commonwealth in Turrpike and Plank
road Companies at Public Sale," there will be ex
posed to sale, at the M rrrlianls -.cliinjc e,
in the city of Philadelphia, on
Tuesday, October 8th,' 1878,
at 12 J!., the following Turnpike stocks, owned by
the Commonwealt h, to wit :
loo shares Anderson's Ferry. Waterford and
New Haven, : shares Armstrong and Indiana,
IIH shares liallclonte and philipsburir. 20
shares Butler and Mercer. I. 0 shares Centre.
M shares 'entrean 1 Kishacoquillas. IA4 shares
t.litlord and Wilkesbarre, 4IM shares trap and
Newport. lOO shares Hanover an I Carlisle. ."7
shares Harrisbnrg. Carlisle and Chanibershurg,
3.l:l shares Huntingdon. Cambria and Indiana,
10 shares Indiana and FJicnsburg. 2tM shares
f.ittlc Conestoita. shares I-wlstown and
Hnn'ingdon. s:t shares Mercer and Meadvllle,
129 shares .Milford nd Owego. 1H shares Mor
tcantown and 'hurchtown. 24 shares New Alex
andria and Concmauarh. l.tMSO shares Perkiomen
and Keadinir. it shares Philadelphia and Orcat
Bend. :- s'lares Philipsburg and Susquehanna,
HUi shares Kobbstown and Mount Pleasant. HO
hare Susiiuchanri.i and York, 4l shares Sugar
Vallevand White Ieer. 2S shares Waynesburg.
(Ireencastle and Mcrcersburir, 400 shares Yorlc
and tl-eft vsburir.
tr Purchasers will be required to pay ten per
cent of the purchase nionev at the time of sale,
and he balance to the State Treasurer within
thirtv days, anrt upon the production of the State
Treasurer's receipt the Aml t w Oi ncral will
transfer the shares of stock to the respective pur
chasers, in ac-.tirdance with the secoud section ef
the act aforesaid.
WILLIAM P. PCH FIX.
Auditor (General.
H AltRtsnrno. September 4. 17.
M THOM AS ,V- SONS. Allot longer.
!!$ and 141 Sonth FOtRTH Street. Philadelphia.
Sept. 13. 1&76. at.
TRUSTEL'S SALE
OK TAtXABl.r.
TJEAT, i:'
1rKSrANT to an orderorthe Orphans t?ourt
of Camt.rip eountv, there will be exposed to
pubJIc sale, at the Court House In Kbennburg. on
TUESDAY, OCT. 8th, 1878,
At 2 o'clock, p. m.. the following described real
estate, late ef John Myers, dee'd, to wit :
V A IjTJA 131 : jI FA JiX
situated in ManHter township, abont one-half mile
from the village of Munsterand three-fourths of
a mile from Noel's station, on the tbensburgand
Creston H. K.. boanded by lands of Win. Glass,
Augustine Kurbin. Brldiret Saraent. Bob r. Hra
ilT. James Cain, and others, containin.' about
rre, some 50 Ai res of which are cleared, divi
ded Into convenient fields, under good fence, and
in a hiirh state of cultivation. The improvements
consist of a lartre and commodious frame mas-io-
Horpit. large frame Bak Barn, and all
the outbuildings necessary to an improved farm.
Within n few feet of the house Is a never-failing
sr.rin of pure water, while on tho premises and
but lUtle further away is an Arpt.K Orchard in
thriving condition, as well as a choice variety or
cherry, peach, pear nnd other fruit trees.
-.Vll.oi of fle.-Cne.third of the pur
chase monev to be paid on confirmation ol sale,
one third in one year thereafter, and the rein a in
in third in two years from time of sale-deferred
pavments to bear interest and be secufed by the
bond and mortgage of the purchaser,
bond ami morig. PARRISH, Truntee.
J. (. Lake, Ccunsel. 9 20,-3t.
ASSIGNEE'S SALE
OF TOWN PROPERTY!
I Y virtue of an order of the Court of Common
Pleas of Cambria county, ti me directed, I
will niter for sale, at public outcry, on the prem
ises In Ctirrolltown borough, on
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1878,
At 2 o'clock, r. m., the following described real
estate, to wit :
All that certain LOT OF GROUND
now in the occupancy of Adam J. Stolta. situated
in the borough It Carrol ltown. and t"Je? '"V
described as follows: Fronting on Main street
and adjoining lot ot Mrs. Kaylor on the south
Ioeph Zolineron the north, and extending back
to Church street on the east, having thereon ere et
ed a two story Framb Hoi;sk. wl :h a frame Cab
inet Shop attached, and a Frame Stable on the
premises! Said lot and Improvements to be sold,
ilivested orall liens, as the property of A. J-"10''1'-
TKRwa or SALB.-One-third of the purchase
money to be paid on confirmation of sa!e. one-third
in one y.ar therealler. and the remain ng third
n two years from the confirmation of -''e-1,,:F-red
pavments to bear interest and be secured by
the bonds an.', mortgage of JjJsxich,
Asshrnee of A. J. Stolt.
;arroUtown, Sept. 7, 1878 - 3U
c t tIIXH CARPS with name, by mail, 1(1 Htn
50 B.B.ARtUER,Tr.y,3f.T. 1U 0US
MT BIGHTS.
BT SUSAN COOLIDQB.
Yea, God has made me a woman.
And I am content to be
Just what He meant, not reaching out
For other things., since He
Who knows me beet and loves me best bas or
dered this for me.
A woman, to live my life out
In quit, womanly ways.
Hearing the far-off battle.
Seeing as through a haze
The crowding, struggling world of men Iflgtat
through 'heir busy days.
I am not stronir or valiant.
I would not join in the fight.
Or Jostle with men In the highways.
Or stain my garments white :
But I have rights as a woman, and here I claim
mv rights.
The right of a rose to bloom
In its own swe t separate way,
With none to question the perfumed pink.
And none to utter a nay
Tbat it reaches a root or points a thorn, as even
a rose tree may.
The right of the lady birch to graw
To grow as the Lord shall please,
By never a sturdy oak rebuked,
Denied nor sun nor breeze.
For all Its pliant slenderness kin to the stronger
tree.
The right of a life of my own :
Not merelv a casual bit
Of somebody else's life flung out.
That, taking hold ot it.
I may stand as a cypher does after a numeral
writ.
The riirht to gather and glean
What food I need and can.
From the irarnored stones of knowledge
Which man ha heaped for man.
Taking with free hands Ireely and aTtcr an or
dered plan.
The right ah '. best nnd sweetest
To stand nil undismayed
Wherever pain or sorrow or Sin
Call for a woman's aid.
With none to cavil or misconstrue, by never a
look gainsaid.
I do not beg for a ballot.
Though very life were at stake ;
I would beg for the nobler, juster way
That men. for manhood's sake.
Should give iintrrudginir. and not wt;hbold till
I must tight Hiid take.
The fleet loot and the feeble foot
Both seek the self same goal ;
The weakest soldier's name Is writ
On the mighty nrinv roll ;
And God. who made man's body strong, made
also woman's soul. Indeiteitilcnt.
A TU JUL LING STOllY.
The following incident actually occurred
on board of a British frigate, and was com
municated to the writer, several years ago,
by an old mau-of wars man :
A timid boy, about fourteen years of age,
hesitated to kg aloft, but by the captain's
orders, was forcibly put iu the main rig
ging, and then a boatswain's mate was
commanded to lash him like a dog until be
learned to run aloft. The poor fellow's
legs and aims trembled, he grasped the
sbiouds, he cried, he prayed the inhuman
captain ioi irou a Banc ia uvo lutriuy uu ,
bim ; but all in vain. The boatswain s
mate was ordered to lay on harder, and
balder, regardless of the boy's piercing
screams, w hich made even veteian seamen
torn from the brutal scene with disgust.
His clothes weie rent from his back, the
blood followed the lash, and still the tyrant
roared out, "Lay on, boatswain's male !"
With one wild scream he sprang from
under the lash, and bounded up the rigging
with amazing rapidity. He doubled '.he
fultock rigging like a cat, passed up the
topmast and topgallant rigging with undi
minished speed, shinned the unrattled
royal rigging, and perched himself like a
bird alongside of the pennant which
streamed from the masthead. Here he
paused, looking fearlessly upon the desk
below. All hands came up to see him his
ciios and cruel treatment bad already en
listed their sympathy, and, if possible, bad
increased their hatred of the captain.
The monster was smiling complacently
at the success of his experiment : he was
one of those tyrants who boasted that the
v!, properly applied, could make men do
anything. Still he was apprehensive that
the boy might destroy himself, and the
circumstances be used against him at the
Admiralty, where he knew lepresentations
of bis cruelty bad already been made. The
men gazed in silence, looking first at the
boy and then at the captain who was seat
ed near the taffrail. They dared not lo be
seeu speaking to one another it was a
rlgging offence ; even at night spies pass
ed under their hammocks to ascertain if
they whispered. The officers walked the
lee side of the quarter deck, occasionally
casting their eyes aloft, but were as silent
as the men. Still the boy clung to the
masthead, playing with the pennant, ap
parently uuconsctous of the interest he ex
cited below. Tired with gazing aloft, the
captain sung out through the speaking
trumpet, "Down from aloft ! Down !"
The boy sprang upon the truck at a
bound, and raising himself erect, waved
his cap around his head ; then, stretching
bis arms out, gave a wild laughing scream,
and threw himself forward. The captain
jumped to his feet, expecting to see the
boy dashed in pieces on deck ; but when
clear of the shade of the sails he saw him
sliding along the tuaiu royal stay towatds
the fore-top gallant masthead, and heard
bim laugh and chattel like a monkey, as if
enjoying the sport. He reached the mast
head in safety, and then descended along
the top-gallant backstay, baud over hau l.
The captain looked at bim, and was about
to speak, but could not find words. The
boy frothed at the mouth and nose ; his
eyes seemed starting out of his head ; be
rolled upon the deck in convulsions, stain
ing it with the blood 'which still trickled
from his back. He was a maniac. The
surgeon's skill in the course of a few weeks
restored bis bodily health, but not bis rea
son. From tbat time forward he was feailess.
In the darkest night, the fiercest gale, he
would scamper along the deck like a dog,
and bound aloft with a speed which no one
on boaid could equal, lie would run over
the yards without holding, pass from mast
to mast on the stays, ascend and descend
by the leeches of the sails, and run upon
the studding sail booms, lie was as nim
ble as a cat, and bad forgotten fear. Some
of the light duties aloft be learned to dis
charge iu company with them be did as
tbey did, but could not be trusted to do
anything himself. One order he always
obeyed without hesitation. At the com
mand, "Away aloft," lie was off, and never
paused until be reached the masthead. As
he was harmless and rarely spoke, the cap
tain kept bim on board, and, in the course
of a year, sent him aloft for amusement.
His strength increased with bis years, but
his bulk and height remained nearly the
same at eighteen as wheu be became a
maniac.
His ribs, breast and back seemed one
case of bone, and his sinews and muscles
made his legs and arms appear like pillared
columns. Ho was fair, with light blue
eyes and delicate skin ; his face oval and
full, but void of ezpreMtou -ueither love,
fear, revenge nor pleasure could be traced
to its stolid outline. His eyes stared at
everything without appearing to see, and,
when be spoke, there was rarely any mean
ing in his words. He followed the men iu
their various duties like a dog following
bis master. Whenever be was struck or
startled by a boatswain's mate, he ran up
the main rigging screaming at the top of
his lungs and never paused until he had
performed the first evolution which bad
made him a maniac.
As the sailor's story runs, the ship ar
rived at Plymouth to be docked and refit
ted. The captaiu, availing himself of the
leisure, was going to be married, and the
news was commuuicated by his servant to
the cook, who soon circulated it on the
berth deck among the men who cursed him
and all his kiu. His servant came on board
of the bulk where the men were lodged,
the evening when, the captain was to be
married. Crazy Joe (the name the boy
was known by) met him at the gangway,
and aked iute'.ligcutly if the captain would
be married that evening and where? The
servant gave him the information he de
sired, and went about his business.
That night, while the captain was un
dressing, he was seized by the throat and
dragged to the bridal bed. "Look, fair
lady, on me," said Crazy Joe, "but do not
scream, or I will kill you. Look on me.
I hold within my grasp a devil, who de
lights in cruelty a meiciless fiend who
has scourged the backs of hundreds of
brave men a ruffian who has robbed me
of my reason ; I hold him within the grasp
of death, at the very moment his black
soul though itself within the reach of bliss.
Monster! look upon your lady think a
moment of the heaven of earthly joy almost
within your reach then think of me, poor
Crazy Joe ! and of the hell to which I send
you I Die, wretch, die !"
When the alarm was g'ven, the strangled
body of the captain was fouud laying
alongside of the bridal bed ; but the ma
niac who killed him was never recognized
afterwards. He belonged to Cornwall, and
probably found shelter from pursuit in the
mines until the excitement passed away.
The lady stated at the time, and many
years afterwards, that the attack of the
maniac was so sudden and silent that she
knew nothing of it until the curtains were
pushed aside and she felt the pressure of
the captain's body bent over the edge of
the bed. Joe held his victim around the
neck with the right hand, and turned him
from side lo side as easily as if he had been
a child, while the forefinger and thumb of
the left hand grasped her own throat, ready
lo extinguish her l'.fe if she attempted to
raise an alarm. His face was pale and
deathlike, bis eyea started, but weie nn
tionie.ss, and every word he uttered seemed
to issue fiom the very depths of his soul.
The captain's looks were toriible beyond
description death left the impress of fe
rocity upon his daikened features. How
the maniac entered or left the room she
never knew ; his departure was as noiseless
as his cntiance. So paralyzed was she
with fear that an hour elapsed before she
could muster courage to call for help ; but
she thanked God, when the captain's cruel
character became generally known ashore,
that she had been rescued from bis alliance.
London JTautical Magazine.
ne irs rA rEii rA in ox a g e.
One who knows all about our cares,
trials, hopes, disappointments and griev
ances, bas put them so pertinently into
shape, that we lay the paper befoie our
leaders for their edification and improve
ment. It may prove as a mirror where
certain persons may p jssibly see themselves
as others see them:
Many long and weary years, says he,
have forced the conclusion upon us that
the newspaper patronage is a word of
many definitions, and that a great majority
of mankind are either ignorant of the de
finition or are dishonest in a strict biblical
sense of the word. Newspaper patronage
is composed of as many colors as a rainbow,
and is as changeable as the chameleon.
One man comes and subscribes for a
papsr and pays for it in advance, and goes
home and reads it with the profonud satis
faction that it. is bis. He bauds in his ad
vert ismeti'-, asks the price, pays for it and
goes to his place of business and reaps the
advantage thereof. Auother man says you
may put my name on your books, and goes
off without saying a word about the pays
Time passes on and you want your money,
and want him to pay you what is honestly
due. He Hies Into a passion, perhaps, pays,
perhaps not, and ordeis his paper Mopped.
Another man brings in a fifty cent ad
vertisement, and wants a two dollar notice
given it, and if you refuse he goes off mad.
And this is called newspaper patronage.
Another man lives near you he does
not take the paper he didn't like the
editor the paper don't exactly suit him
yet he goes regularly to his neighbors and
borrows it, and quarrels with the opinions
of the editor. Occasionally he sees an ar
ticle he likes ; he begs or gives a half dime
for the number. This is called newspaper
patronage.
Another man likes the paper and takes
a copy for his family, and pays for it, and
does all he can to get subscribers ; he rare
ly grumbles and generally has a cheeiful
word forthe editor. If any little item of
interest occurs in the neighborhood, he in
forms the editor. This is newspaper pat
ronage. Another man has a patent and wants
you to giva it a two dollar notice every
week ; it will ue of interest to your read
ers, he says, but although knowing that it
will benefit him most of all. he does not
offer to pay for it. This i9 called news
paper patronage.
Another man bas taken the paper for
several years, but lias not paid for it, and
comes in with a four or five dollar adver
tisement and asks you to insert it for
nothing, because he is an old patron of
yours. This is called newspaper patronage.
Another man "a young man about
town" no use of taking a paper, knows
all there is going on. By and by he gets
married, and hands in a notice with "just
give a dozen copies." He gets them, and
when you mention pay, looks uipiised
"You surely don't charge for such a thing!"
And this is called newspaper patronage-
Now isn't-newspaper patronage a curious
thing? And in that great day when the
gentleman in black gets bis dues, as he
surely will, bow many i f the patrons enu
merated above will fall to his share? Now
it will be seen that while certain kinds tf
patronage are the very life and existense
of a newspaper, "there are other kinds of
patronage that are more destructive than
the deadly uight 6bade.
Scarcely a Laughing Matter.
Memphis Appeal. 1
Memphis people visiting Boston laugh Rt the
reports which the Aoeiated Press has sent
North, They say things are not nearly so bad.
The above, from a Boston paper, was
sent to one of the telegraph operators em
ployed here by the Western Union Tele
graph Company, and by Mr. Catron, the
local agent of the Westein Associated
Pres?, to whom be gava it, was handed to
us. We would give worlds, had we them
to give, to know the names of the Mem
phians, who, absenting themselves from
their homes from fear of the fever, mock
at the pangs and sufferings of three thous
and sick, laugh over the twelve hundred
dead men, women, and children who sleep
in Elmwood and Cat very cemeteries, and
the Potter's field, and deride the needy
widows and orphans, and hungry, uuem
ployed laboters, who clamor foi the food
doled out to them day by day. tho charity,
not of Memphis people who enjoy Boston
and laugh over the press rejorls, but, thank
God, of millions who never met any Mem
phians, but who are moved by the plain,
simple, unvarnished statements of Mr.
Cation, who, to our knowledge, has always
been under, rather than over the mark.
Memphis people visiting Boston may laugh,
but we, who are here, are daily, hourly, in
tears for the manly men and saintly women,
many of whom might have lied, but who
preferred to share the fate of their humbler
fellow citizens, and have fallen in the cause
of humanity. But there must be some
mistake about it. Ruiely there is not one
of all tho thousands of Memphians who
are safe from the pestilence that takes its
hundreds per day or more, who would
laugh over the reports, even though tbey
were exaggerated, which they are not.
Surely there is not one so lost to shame, to
the commonest decency, as to laugh while
all the woild is serious over our sorrow,
and the open hand of charity ministers to
our wants from all parts of the earth. To
lose over 1,200 men, women and children
iu twenty-seven days, out of a population
of 13,000, white and black, and to be ex
pending over $10,000 for 1,2(K) nurses and
forty doctors, and for medicines and food
for moie than 3,000 sick and 10,000 indi
gent, is to us a sad reality, enough to move
even a stone to tears. But besides this
there come the tales of individual sorrow ;
of whole families swept away in a week,
leaving not even one of the name ; of
nurses dying at their posts; of priests and
ministers, and good sisters following those
they succored so fast as to appall the stout
est heart, and "give us pause" amid the
general wreck and ruin. No pen can do
these scenes and sights justice ; no tongue
exaggerate them. Lisping childhood, hoary
and venerable old age, the vagrant and the
mei chant, the man of God and the unbe
liever, all are taken, all claimed alike by
the awful pestilence. It thins all ranks,
and brings sorrow to the mansion, the cot
tage and the cabin. The cry of the fath
erless is heaid every hour, claiming the
pity, the sympathy, and the tears of the
most hardened veteian. In this office, as
we write, there are but two left of all who
a month ago were employed in Die editorial
counting and composing rooms, and our
pressman is down with the fever. Stran
gers to the office, as to the business, are
attending to our affairs, while the only
editor left on duty alternates, through six
teen hours a day, between his desk and a
case. This is our personal measure of the
dreadful epidemic, and surely it is a sad
one. It has moved us to tears many a
time the past ten days, although we are not
used to the melting mood. Our experience
is one we wil) never forget, and it is a com
mon one. '1 he fifth epidemic we have
passed through, this surpasses them all In
the horrois it has uncovered. Tarents
have deserted children, and children par
ents, husbands their wives, but not one
wife a husband. Men have dropped dead
on the streets, while others bavn died ne
glected, only to be discovered by the death
spreading gases from their bodies. Little
children, clamoiing for the food she could
no longer give, have appealed to the dead
mother, who gave up her spirit as she gave
birth to her last, in an agony of the fever.
Ministers of the ospel, carrying messages
of peace, hurrying from house to house,
have had their weary feet arrested and
their work stayed by the pestilet ice, that
walks iii the noonday as at night. The
priest adtvMiiistei ing the extreme unction
and the biide of Christ wiping the death
damp I mm the forehead of those whose
friends and kinfolk are far away, are al
most paralyzed in the sacred act, and die
even before we know they are sick. The
business of the hour is the succor of the
sick, the btnial of the r!ead, and the care
of the needy living. The last words of
those who are weli are it night farewells to
the dead, and the first in the morning,
"Who lives and who has died ?" All day.
and eveiy hour of the day, this question is
repeated, and the heart sickens at the re
port, and the soul grows weary over the
repetition. And yet there is no relief nor
any release. Worse and worse the epi
demic has grown, until to day it has cap
ped the climax, and the hearts of the brave
men who have stood in tl-e breach are
blanched with fear, with a dread that an
nihlation awaits us, and that we are des
tined to be blotted from the earth. Feat
sit on every face and dread on every heart.
We work, not in the shadow, but in the
very face of death. We meet him on every
hand and at every moment in the names of
his victims and iu the desolation he has
spread about us. Hope e have none.
Vo despair of any relief, but we are neived
for the end. We pray blessings upon the
generous who have helped us in all the
states ; we pray for the safety of those who
have come among us to nurse the sick and
minister to the dying, and we ask that the
names of the women and the men who have
laid down their lives for r.s shall be handed
down forever as among the brightest and
best of earth.
A Cat Commits Suicide. A curious
case of suicide is mentioned in a London
paper. A cat belonging to the Vicar of
Wool ton had given birth to four k ittens.
As she did not seem strong enough to
suckle so many, it was judged best to
drown them. After this she moped, and
went about iu quite a desponding manner.
On a sudden isiie dashed across the lawn,
and plunged into an ornamental pond in
front ol the bouse. Hie was quickly res
cued and a little brandy given her. As
she then seemed a little better, she was let
I loose. Later in the afternoon, however,
! she spied an opportunity to get out of l he
house, ran again lo the pond, and plungiug
I in, was drowned.
AX ASTOXISiriXG EETVliX.
SAMUEL WEN It ICH COMES BACK TO niS PLP
HOME AETEIl SEVENTEEN YLAUS 15
CENTRAL AFRICA.
Twenty years ago one George Weniich
owned and navigated a canil lnat pli"
between Philadelphia and the Schuylkill
county coal regions. He had tan sums.
Samuel and John. The latter was kilied
by a fall, nnd the father died soon after.
It was in the month of April, isr,l. that
Samuel left what friends he had n this
city, went to New Yoik and shipped on a
schooner bound for Biazil, w ith no definite
object in view.
Seventeen years have passed since he,
then a mere stiipplmg and a beardless
youth, left his native rountry seventeen
of the most memorable years in the histo
ry of the world. The gieat rebellion,
which Tor four yeais bad convulsed the
country in the throes of civil war, came
and passed aaay, and no tidings were re
ceived of Samuel Weniich. At the close
of the war his relatives had strong hopes
of his return, but years passed on, no tid
ings were received of him, and he was
given rip for dead. A few days ago a
heavy bearded, swaithy and foreign-looking
man appeared upon our public streets,
lie looked more like a mulatto than a Cau
casian, and his ha'ir fell in heavy ringlets
down his broad shouldeis. He looked to be
a man in the very ptime of life, and his
dark features and strange dress were the
wonderment of every one who saw him.
Sometimes in the mornings lie would ap
pear on the streets with a coat on heavy
enough to do setvice in the winter. His
beard was at least twelve inches iu lencth
and his long mustache was the envy of al
young men who had only an incipieut
growth of hair on their upper lip.
An Eaqle lepresentative met him and
received the following history of his life.
It is so strangely blended together with
the stern reality of lacts and the plowing
light of mmanre that it is hard to believe
it. Mr. Weniich, not having heard F.ng
lish spoken for so many vents, feels quite
embarrassed and then it is quite difficult
to nndeistand him. lie said :
"When I left New Yoik. in lf,l,I had
about $100 in my pocket. I have imne of
that same money with me now. I arrived
in Itio Janeiro in the latter part of April
ami was thrown out of a job. I then j-liip-ped
from that place in a vessel consietied to
Cape Town, South Africa; but 1 never
reached that point. It was all plain sailing
until we arrived off the. west coast ot Africa.
Since my arrival 1 have looked in the geo
graphy, and I find tbat it must have been
near ihe ninuihof Congo river. When we
came 1here a violent storm arose and swept
two of our men overboard. Another sailor
and myself were sent on shore in search of
water. I never knew his name, hut 1 think
he eaine from Portugal. It wasea'ly inlhe
morning w hen we eanie on shore, and, hid
ing our boat, we went inland. We were
quite successful in our search, and we re
turned to signal to the ship ; but what w a
our consternation and dismay w hen we dis
eove:ed that there was no ship iu sight.
We climbed on t he t rees and yelled ourselves
hoarse ; but it w as of no use. The ship w as
gone, luit where we knew not. her I
awoke next morning, my companion was
gone, I knew not where, 1 again went inland
for about a mile, and, ty blood tracks, dis
covered his remains, horribly mangled, no
doubt by a lion. I at. f.rsl thought of jump
ing into the water, and thus ending my own
misery. I clitulied on a high mountain, and
seeing a nutnlier of natives a few miles away
I went to them, and by signs and caresses
made them understand that 1 wished to !
their friend. It was rather humiliating, I
tell yon, but 1 did it. I have lived with
them over sixteen years. It was by a s'roke
of good luck that I got away. I hail given
rip, years ago, all hopes of returning home,
but there was one thing that imbued me
with a desire to return to my native country,
lr. was this" (and he spread out liefore the
reporter a large cambric handkerchief hav
ing in one of the corners the name of Henry
M. Stanley). "I had given up all hope of
ever seeing my friends again on the earth,
but when I came across this it put new life
into me. I was taken inland about five
hundred tniies and there lived all these
vears. When I first came there I was
closely guarde 1, but as the jeais rolled on
and I made no attempt to escape, I was al
lowed to stay away froni the village as long
as 1 pleased. One day, after I had lieen
away three days, while I was crossing a
large river, 1 found this handkerchief be
tween two rocks. When 1 saw lhat it was
an article only used in civilized countries I
knew that white men had been there, and
from its appearan.-e 1 knew that it cmiiiln'l
have been very long. 1 went down ii the
vil'-age, and was told that w hite men had
been there, but had gone away two days be
fore. My feelings can le tetler imagined
than desrrilied. After staying all these
years with the savages I had a secret wish
to return home again. One day I started
out to lie absent about a week. 1 traveled
by night and day and must have been hi
least eight days on the road. At iength 1
arrived at Cape Town and my appearance
created quite an exci'enient. I sailed from
that point to New Yolk libout two months
ago and here I am."
He left to visit friends in Lebanon conn
ty, who have long since given biui up as
dead. Beading Eagle.
An Extu orpixart Invention. The
last scientific story is told thus : The
Saturday Ueritw once declaied tbat the
greatest benefactor of the human race
would be he who could enable men to drink
an unlimited quantity of w ine without get
ting drunk. Such a man has been found.
Dr. Bell invented the telephone, but its
wonders pale befoie the telegastegraph.
This is an electrical machine by which the
palate can be tickled and pleased by any
flavor, and for any length of time, without
fear of indigestion or inebtiety. By put
ting soup Or fish or w ine into a receptacle
connected with a powerful battery, Ihe
taste of the daintiest viand can oe conveyed
along a telegraph wire for miles, and to an
unlimited number of hot. rirant. '1 bey
have only to put the wiie into their mouths,
and they seem to be eating and diii.king.
Thy may get drunk or over fed. but the
moment the contract is broken the evil
eflects pass off, and nothing remains but
the deltghifnlexhilaratioii, I be inventor,
however, keeps the mod at operandi a per
feet secret, and wishes Jo pel feet his lis
eoveiy befoie he discloses it to the woi Id.
Gahgnanrt Jfcssenwr.
Real gfd poetry is so scarce that we
ate delighted when we come across a gem
like this, front the Uaxtktye :
The poet. John O. S.ixe.
I-peiiriini,- the niniiw very pleasn nt ly with
his family In the Adirondack.
Accent heavy ou tu "dka,"
MEMoni axi ih:eamixg.
THE WOSDinS OF MESTAL ACT1T1TT.
The property of mental life calied mem
oty is that by which we may be said to
live over past ccui irnres, anJ it H this
continued p!es".io:i of foi mer conscions
ricss which constit ntes in us the know ledge
of roiitiimed existence. He who shoobl
be conscious only of the piesent, foi gel t
entirely the past, would have no idem i-f
continued dotation; although he might
live fioevei, lie would not possess the sen?o
of prolong! ri existence. Memoty, then,
would seem to make men conscious of im
mortality ; and w i' bout memoiy ?nf woo'rl
be the all or Lfe, even though It were im
inoital.
One cntious phase of tlieaming is that it
raiely In ings back and iep?ats tue pleasant
facts of life, but almost always those w hicb
weie troublesome -r undesiiable.
This may, je;ha)s, be accounted fr hy
the fact that -pei leuces which conMit uu d
I he avei age r ui i cut of daily life make no
spcrial inipiessiou npon the mind, whetea
tbitse occui i euo-s which weie lemai kab'e
and impiessive by Iheir ofl'ensiveness, anx
iety, eaie or co,t, made no vivid impiessiit;s
which left, as it weie, an ineffaceable scar.
We are veiy apt to remember the euo.s
and mistakes of (mi: selves and others much
more vividly than our excellencies or tha
avei sge cnient of expetience. llow ll;e
recollections of an awkwaid blonder in
company, or a careless, iii advised reniai't
will send a chill of shame and regret thro'
the system ! A faithful horse may cany
Lis rider a bundled miles without a mis
step, but a loiind stone concealed in the
sand may lie tray the step of the horse and
bi ing bim to hts knees, causing the rider to
give him a bad name as a saddle-hor&e, for
getting the millionst.f steps securely taken,
and Ittnenibeitng only Ihe one failure, and
even iu that case ovei looking entirely the
adequate cause of the misstep. Ana this
isa good analogue of human character or
conduct. One may live foi half a century a
model of correct Oepoitment and a single
net of impinpiiety be reemded as moie than
an offset to all lhat was commendable.
Moie than fifty years ago 1 was employ
ed in weaving ou a fly shut le hand loom,
and even now in my dieams I am often
weaving and get the shuttle caught in tho
web and bleak down ihieads, or the shut
tle fails to get clear through, and 1 must
push it to its des'inalioii by hand. I
never dtcam of dashing on fieely and
pleasantly with the wink ; only the trou
blesome pait of the incomplete motions aie
revived iu my dieam memoty.
Over forty jeaisago I was connectel
with pajer manufacturing, and my woi k
consisted in lutiiiing the machine which
foimed the paper. As we bad no dryer,
the paper inn fnun pi ess-i nils, and was
wound upon a reel or May-boy" in the wet
state. Some' inits the paper would break
and wind around 1 he iipjier roller, and, if
allowed j"Hg lo wind on, it made a kind
of wet pasteboard, which must be biokeu
at one side and jeeled off by the hand as
the loli levolvcd. 1 his required a very
tiexteious and energetic cSoit, and it wsr
one of the tiouhlcsutne things about the
w-uik; and just this process I ofieu per
form tn my dreams. It is not the smooth
tunning of the machii e, bout after hour
without a break, except when one fall
"lay-boy" was to be removed and an emp
ty one put on, that haunts my dreams, but
it is the incidental bieaking of the paper.
Moi eover, I dream of diiviug, not ou
the smooth load, at an exhilarating speed,
but with a toppling load on a sideling road.
I am driving over a defective causeway
biidge, or tbiough a deep and lushing
stream; phenomena, which, in my eatly
experience, constituted mi exceptional and
unpleasant fact.
1 once foi got, on a rainy Sunday to feed
my hoise uutii neatly night, and fifty timea
since lhat time I have dit amid of neglect
ing to feed a muse for two or three days
aud nights, waking, with thankful joy, to
find that it was but a nieam.
Will the nu tnoiy of pa-t misdeeds bo
the undying scourge of loose whose life is
luisdiiected aud wicked?
A Ij I " CK Y TJJl'Oir.
The following good story was late'y re
cited to us by a gentleman who ntnes u
that if it has ever tx-jti published he has
never seen it. It is s..id to be thoroughly
characteristic of the lino, who w ill at once)
1m; recognized by old leaidet.tb of Ihegitat
city of St. Louis :
Old Bob Melt, was a famous horse bi eder
nnd lover ol the horse. Once upon atinic
about twenty years ago it h;ip;-i n,-,l tl.at
he needed a certain large lump of nioio
and Ihe most expedient way lo pi t it wit
by disposing of some one of Ins inanv fi i n
horses. Hul Ihe spirit of spi-eii !a: i i,g vim. J
not, even in his emergency , permit bim to
part with the h-Te in the niial huiiui mn
style" as be raited it, and be dcttl limu d iu
rHfile the animal.
The horse was valued at j-Jooiij aill
TV ib p'aced the chances at ? apiece, it thiis
requiring 1O0 chalices belote il)t- rafli w ou'd
Ihi coin. lete. Tin- M-eur of the afbtir w . a
famous saloon, and the resort (d man army
(fticers going in itoil from Ihe Plains. The
first night alter Old IVdi had perfei ted this
details of Lis lit: lo speculation, he w as chal
lenged in tLe bar-room by nu afli rof Terr
blnfV manners, who impure, J bat he Lad
there'.' Hol replied iu no way ;!-. ,1 t the
manner of salutation, to the elect that it w as
a raffie for a horse, but managed to keep
down his "bile" ami aske 1 tii officer if l
would take a chance. The officer "allowed"
he would, and banded over S'.O. Pieseiitly
the officer dema-nted when the "d d rl
rle w as to come oft any how- V"
"Why," replied Oil Bob, Ix-gitmltig tu
lose ali restraint, "you're Ihe first Hud onlv
man, su far, that's taken a chance, "rtnt.5
eoutiniied Bob, "if you want lo ratll- d d
bad, come ahead. I'll take the olLcr nitielj .
nine chancen."
They went lo work at the dioe-lsix, and
O'.d ltob impetuously demanded tirsi thrr.
This was williugiy acceeded to. ami the rw
Huit of his three casts was a seventeen, at
eighteen, and sixteen total, fit i.v-oue. 'IL'1
was an astonishing high throw, and lie ofTl
cer determined to try his luck and eud th
uncertainty. To thn astonishment of ad
present he threw fi fly -I hree, w tin h nearly
caused his cpjvonont tu break a lijo. d rest-l.
( ll.l I'.i b now h'ieVsly ai.d (ion balneal 1 r
went to woik. Throw after thro- whs
made, but il was of no r.s, an l O'd fvt
could liever touch fi I ! V -C.i ri -e. The ofj, , r
next morning nite oft' r.i the 1hth, tn.4
thanked his lu;ky viar" t r lb grand r-i
wloch had ina.'.e I, :: , e-.. r vil .
spietidid charger f.ir 1 .1. ... . 'j , .
w riler does not speak Hi . , 1., ,Jr
with the officer, .11 id ahi ,i .( , . , .;. i.;.
own precipitancy mil the !...;.. u 4, id sum
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