JdM t i """" ' ' ' v"' V ! H. A. McPIKE, Editor and Publisher. VOLUME XII. ESTAULIIIED FOR THIUTV-TflREE IE.RS. n lJ TIT A 17 O inn i'. ft. Hill ft MM INItiii ufacturers, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL -OF- 4 Murr& AND-- Sheet Iron Wares AND DEALERS IN HEATING, PARLOR and COOKING AND- i:-FUiiNinG conns geneuillv. .lobbing- in ritOMI'TLV ATTENDED TO. :;i!-27S, 2S0ai.il 2S2 Vashinlon Si., johnstown. pa. i;ms at imuva ti: salkZI The iipiiiTiignc l offers at private salt" I' w:ir piopcrMcs. to wit : A tra-f of land v ! t t iwii-!i,i. Hla ir bounty. l', in i los Irom r.vr"T.- .iiitiiininar IS :icr-?. wefl i :n pmvi d . .r 1 1 r""t) t lie ni'i'cs.!ri- fain Mrm vii I t o divided into lin or t lire.- parts. !! bv purchasers nnd it ti.t f.. before t ho ' , S M 1 -v.: I - ' ; I: : " ol Ma roll next, il will thru he route. I. the t:i rni ti winch I now ro.-i !o. in Imuran i, :'; inih Ir .m Altoona. I ll s pn,per:y it ;r: s: i re e f on nvn i ion and has .. pi-r-li! I'.irii :;ti 1 her I uihlir.s t hero. in ereo? o I . .' tri-t'I pp proved land fOuiied partly ir .'i'. ! ( ;iti'in-:a counties, runt 'lining 'JTS I Ins tr;i' t is und"r!a d with onul ot eeel-:..-v. ooverod wiih timber, an l has n I I-. i i : in if. rt'.-i 'ty fur shipping :! I . I'd!. Is Will be Sold .IS .1 CT liloO or oitidpd. I'TiK I" mil purchase s. or will ox'-ha ic :ia : i proporty. I or lunln-r inlirma :i "ii 'r.-i'l ireii W.M. lii:i'Kl:ii. -.;. 1-77. -iv. Il.ix So'J, Alloona. A i nrmirs xotiui-:. The un- i!' r-i in-.l, having been appointed An- r i v th" t r;h.i n" "mi rt ol "am hria con n ty to -' : -: r : Mi : i n of t ho tun-In in the hands of F. I r:- v. I -u tor ol F. X. Christy, tince-iso.l, i. inn ,v l is Inst :in.l partial account, hereby !: nil r .-' in interested that ho will r'fend "'lu'iosol sa i i' a ppoint inon t . n t his office in i;"loir2. on S rvmiAV, the day of )- .ii. l7s. ;it l i.'cl.iok. r. w., w!nn anil whore p ir; .(. . int I ro.-i o I may at'oml it thoy f-o pro- AI. IN tVAAS, AU-iUor. n-Uiri:, lot. 4, 173. -3t. j. A riri ()ItS NOTICK The un- ! rsiiifd Amlitnr, appoints! by tli r-' ( '.mrt of t'atnhria county to report "''liii.n ol t!:o Imi'l. in 'ho liatnls of ('has. IJux a. A !:n::iMr:ii'r f Ira Dunlinnur, late of ' i:- pii township, doo'd. horotiy notitio nil por intorosinl that lie will attotnl tothcilutios 'l - ii! a opointment. at his offio in EIonliurtr. a Mi'Mnt. t he lot (lay ol Octoiiku. 1 n t '2 m . who n anl whore all purties inleresieit may il thev think propor AIA1X EVANS, Auditor. E!'onlmrir, Oot. 4. !7'?.-3t. A DM I N I S TI t V T I O X X OTIC K . EHtatp of William Kittell, d !. F.' t tor of administration on the estate ol Wll 1 m Ivittoll. late ol Ebons bar if borou h. Cainhna inty, dooeased. have been granted to the under ' sno.'l, who hereby Kives noiioe to all persons in 't'tod to aii estate that paymeut must be made M Mi..ut delay, and thoe IiaVinir clai.ns nirainst e s.uno will prtt'cnt them properly authenticated 1 r settlement. MAKOARET KITTELIj, Ailm'x. El'ensburif. Sept. 26, l!78.-6t. p x i:c l'to irs xotice. ' Est;,tH of TlHM. ilF.KT7.OC, dcoM. W'liiT'':i lottcr testamontary on the estate of Tip. m is H-Ttio.'. late of t,'nrrol"l township, dee'd, i"it- hron ifrnn'ed to the undersiif nod. all per " "I's i ri t i it o I to said estate are requost ed to tnnke 1 "one Ii.ne payment, and those havinir Tlaiins or '' 'no i i"l.s a a i is st the estate of ga id decedent will iiiskc known the same without delav to EEW1S .1. HKAKKK, Executor. Su .pohanna Twp., Sept. 10, lsTS.-IJt. ADM I X ISTK ATOR'S XOTICC. Estate of Johnston Moore, t.M-"l. I" tf ors of administration on the estate of Johns. ' i Moore, late ol Ebenshur boruiiich. deceased. htv; boon granted y the lieister of Cumbria ""utitv to the un iersixned, all persons indebted to sji'i esla'e will maKe immediate payment, anil fiose harin clalmn aitainst the same will present thciu properly aiittienlicatcd lor iettlenicnt. K. A. SHOEMAKER, AdtnT. Sept. 13, l57S.-t. tSu, m. j. r.ucK, rilYSICIAN AND SUKCFON, A l.T'iiiN A, Pa. "TW Rt 1318 Eleventh nvenne, between 13th Rri 1 Utli streets, where nifcht calls can be made. O.tioo hours from H to 10. a. m., and from 'I to 4 aula to 8. p. m. Special attention paid to Pis eisoS,,f the Eye and Ear, as well as to Stiririeal "l"rationn of everv dosoription. 4-19.-II.1 AM. KKIM, M. I., Physician ANnScKi'.F.ov, Kbennbure, I'a. Of fice reooni lv oocupied by lr. .1. J. Oilman, two doors wost of Ulair lloue. Huh pt.. wh-Te nlitht :llscan be made. Consultations in Oermaan ell an Enifllsd. 9-ft,'"".. tf.i 'I1 W. DICK. Attorney t Lw. Kb J Etienshurar. Pa. Office In front room of T. I. Llovl'g new b'lildlnr. Centre street. All man ner of lirii bulneM attended lo rat(factorily, collections fpecla.it.jr. 10-Ji.-tf, cam ALTOO.NA, IW., BEFORE BUYING ELSEWHERE! GBUfiO DRY GOODS SUE FOU THE NEXT - O BAITS- Stair Carpets, 7. Jj, 2.. .l.'c. Good J letup Carpet, yanl trhfe, ir, is, 20. Good Tnarain Carpet, '.',, .7,7. 4c. Oil Cloths for Tables atul J'loors, 2d. :iO, 40, 4c. If iiulotr Shades. .70 rts. jter lloll. II inflow Shade Fixtures. f'eru Cheap. Oil Minds, with Gift llorders, il.(K per pair. LinenjSaifs and I tsters, at lO to SO per cent, reduction. DRESS! I ZnXXVy GOODS Ladies and Children's Hats. S cts. a int u 1 neat d. Also, Corsets, Jlihhous. Jlurhinfs, tic., tehieh will he slaughtered for the next .70 flays. Our lifaec 'ash,nere ea it iiot he ex celled in fuailti or jtrice. f" Don't miss this opportunity, bnt come now ind brin' your cash, js we duii'l'sell on credit. Ilth Ave. Ct ISth St., Altoona. S. It. OK.. Salosinnn. THE GREAT ALTOONA Clothing Depot WILL Si PPLV M.V fllTII AX AIl-VYool COAT for $1.75, Well worth four J irnes the amount ; & Mils Silt, li:d tiro.:b.t, fcr$J,53 4 lienp n( Sim Illnri. A PAIR HEN'S HEAVY PAMS rORf.5TTS. A Pair Men's Ovenalls for 25c. A Sait of Heavy Underclothing for 50c. A Good Calico Sltirt for 4Sc. (VIEWS KATS AND CAPS FROM FOKTV CENTS I P. Trunks nnl f-ntoliil from Serenty FiTe t'ents I'p. Cents' FURNISHING GOODS TIIK I.AltfiBST STOl'K IN TUB CITY. EA DIES' FA NCV COfU). MIl.I.I.NEKV cnon, EINEN Sl IT?. rAUASOES, Sec, CA KI'ETS. OIL Cr.OTTI-:. Oil. AND PA PER HLINDS, Down to the Lowest Notch in Price. Tt i" nh low priev ns fthoro qilorc! tri.lt iittr.ft 'i-'h i.'irifrt orivi!r to tliis (Iht'ap Cash Sroiii:. iiTi'i ou-j ht to convince evory person tliat moiuy can Le savo.l iiy flethni? with CBASl SfflON, 1301 Ebmft Ayb., Opi'o(7c E'l'viiV Marchnnt Tiibir iiop, AKoonn, O-ISriDIEIK PURE GUM BOOTS 3-in frc from au'iterativ' rriixriircs. win give longer service t'nan common Riibivr Rots. Tl eir frreat populnnty has led to mnny chenp imitAt'Oiis, having a DfLi. Finish, but this season the C ANDES" CO. WILL VARNISH Thr!r rURE GUM POOTS, and to rlistinfftiisn thorn from the common kind, will atta 1. a Kl'HHER EAEEEon the front of the leg. bear Ir.g the inscription CUSTOM MADE. PURE GUM. These Roots have the Patent MHnl fieri PI I -. whih prevent tin het-1 wearinp: a way so quickly, and they will have also the patent Outside Stationary Strap Instead of the very inconvenient web inside .rup. used on other makes of Boots. ASK FOR THE "CANDEE" BOOT. CAUTION". Having on the lltli of July, 1878, purchased the following described property from A. R. Litzing-er. of Chest Springs borouiih, and left the fame in his pos session during mj pleasure, I hereby caution all persons against interfering in any way wi: h said property, to wit : 1 rey horse. 1 sorrel horse, 1 cow, 1 w a iron. plow, harro-v. and harness, a lot of xrain, hay, corn and potatoes. ELIZABETH LIBBY. tict. 2. 1873 -3t. DANIKL IMcLAUGHI.IN. Attornnj. nf-Ertr, Johnstown. Pa. OfTicP in the old Exohanjre h.,.idinir. (up stairsJcoriK-r of Clin run and Locust streets. W ill attend to U bus ness cnr.nrMi -1 with his protesion. W"m. H. sTeCHLEU, Attorney at Ehs-nsbnrg. P;. Office in C1 onade How. (recently occupied by Wm. KtMnl. EWq ,) Centre itreei. fl-JL'7.-ti.J ROBBER f HE 16 A FREEMAN EBENSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER IS, 187S. IH r MIP MY PAPtK. Pon't stop my paper, printer, Ion't strike my nunie oft yet ; You know i lie t imes ae strinireut. And dollars hard to (ret ; But tua a little harder Is what 1 iiionn lo do. And scrape the dimes together. Enough for me and you. I can't Hfford to drop It ; I llnd il doesn't, pay To do without n pmier. However others may : 1 hate to ask my neighbors To ffive me theirs on loan : They don'i just say. but mean it. Why don't you have your own ? You can't tell how we miss it, II it. by any fHte, Should happen not to reach us, Or come a lit t le late : Then all is in a hubbub. And things R-o all awry. And. printer, if you're married. You know the reason why : The children wont their stories, And wile is nnxious. loo. At first to i; In nee It over. And then to read it through. And I to read the loaders. And eon the book reviews. And semi the correspondence. And every scrap of news. I ennnot do without it. It is no use to try. For other people take it. And pi in'er, so must I ; I, loo. must keep me posted. And know what's iroiuy on. Or feel and be accounted A l"ry simpleton. Then tnki it kindly, printer, II pay be Somewhat slow. For cash is not so plentj. Ami wants not tew, you know, Itut i nnisi have my paper. Cost what it tiui tome, I'd rather dock my siitfar. And do without my ten. S". pi it.ter, don't you fop it, Ciiless you want ii i y Irown, For heie's t he year s sn henpt ion. And credit il rurht down. And send the paper promptly A ml reji u la i iy i ii. And let tl I. l inn us weekly Its wclcom. d liei.ison. O. C. Miirri-tiiu ii. X. V. A WIFE'S Cf.FFSSIOX. I did not marry fur love. Very few per pie. do, so in this respect I am neither but ter nor woisrt limn my neighbor . Xo, I eeitainly did ind many for love; 1 believe I mat i led Mr. Ciii twi ij;bt simply because he asked me. 1 his ivas. how it happened. Ho was the lector at Doveton. and we lived at the Ma nor Mouse, which was about ten minutes" Aalk fiom the chmeh and lectory. We had daily seiviee ft Doveton, and i nearly always attended it, and it came to pass that Mr. ('aitwriht invariably walked home with me. It was a mat'.ei of custom now, and I thought nut l.ing of it ; it pleased liim and on the whole ii was rather pleasant to me also. I must confess, ho-.vever, I was rather sin prised, when, one hum unit; as wc trot to the avenue which led up to the Manor House, Mr. Carlw light asked me to Le bis wife. I have never been able to find out why I said yes, but I did ; perhaps I thought it a pity lo throw away so much love ; pcihaps it was because he w as so tei i ibly in earnest that 1 daied not refuse him; peihaps I feaied his pale face, and his low. pleading voice would ever haunt me if 1 rejected his love; or. peihaps, it was because he only asked me lo marry him he did noliii.k me if I loved him, for I tbivk he guessed I did uv ; perhaps it was all these leasons put together, but anyhow I said yes, and in due time we weie niariied. I ought to have been very happy, for he was a most devoted husband, but I was not, and though I did not notice it then, I know now that for the thst six months after our n.aiiiatre he was not hippy tit her. It was all my fault I either wouid not or could not love him. I accepted all his Uevniiiiii to mo as a matter of com so, but I made no ellot t to return it ; and I am sure he found out that lie had made a mistake in marrying a woman who did not love him. One morning about six months after our mauiase, he told nus at lueakfast that he intended leaving me alone for a few weeks, t i stay Ai;h hismoltier, v. how as m t very well. He watched I lie e.'icct of this an nouncement ou me, but though I was realty displeased, I concealed my annoy ance, aud asked caielessly when he Aould start. lie replied, the next day ir I bad no ob jection, and so it was settled. lie was more affectionate than usual that day, and I was colder than ever ; I onlv once alluded to his journey, and that waj to ask if I might have my siatei Maude lo stay while he was gone. Hie next morning I w as anxious to avoid a formal parting, so I drove to the station with him. As the train moved tiff, I re membered this was our first, parting since our marriage, and 1 wished 1 bad uot been so cold. When I got home the bouse looked so dieaiy and empty aud there was no one to meet me; presently one of the servants came for the shawls, and with her X'ero, Mi. Cart wright's retriever, which, when he saw 1 was alone, set up a howl for his mas ter. I patted him and tried to comfort him, feeling rebuked by his grief, as he followed me, whining, into the bouse. Every room seemed empty, and each soke of the absent master. At. last I wandered into his study, where he spent his mornings and liked me to sit and w ork ; and now I remembered bow often I had excused my self, saying I preferred the drawing-room, and this rtrlecliou did not add to my hap piness. There was a photograph of me standing on his writing-table, and another ihi the chimney piece ; on the walls hung two or thieeof mydrawings, which he had begged of me when we were, engaged ; indeed, the room was full of little remembrances of rr-e ; I opened a book I had given him, and in it was his name in my handwriting, aud underneath in his own, "From my darling wife." I laid it down with a sigh, as 1 thought how carefully he treasured every thing I had ever given him, and how little care I had taken i f all his gifts to rue. Everything I attempted, everything- I lookod at reminded me of his goodness to me and of my coldness and ingratitude to him. At last I went to bed, where, after woiking myself into a fever or anxiety lest he should not have reached the end of his journey in safety, I at leueth cried myself to sleep. The next morning I went down to break Tast with a heavy heart , for I knew I couid not hear from him till the next day; it seemed so strange to breakfast alone, and Xero appeared to think no, tf, for he was imwt unhappy, sniffing round his master's chair iu tbe roost melauoboly manner. WHOM THE TRUTH MAKES FREE, AND ALL My plate for the first time since my mnr- liage, was empty, as I sat down to mr bieakfast, for my husband, who was an early riser, always had a little bouquet to greet me with every morning ; frequently I forgot all about it, and left it to be put in water by theseivatu ; this morning I would have treasured it most carefully if he had gathered it. After breakfast I determined to rouse myself and go and visit some of the poor people of the village, so I lilted my basket with some liKle delicacies for the sick aud set out. Wherever I went it was the same story, all held forth on my husband's kindness, for all had been helped by him in some way or other, and all loved and respected him. As I listened with burning cheeks I felt as if I was the only person on earth who had treated him with ingratitude, and I was the very person whom he most loved and cherished. At last I went home, tired and sick at heait ; but there was no oae to notice that I was pale and worn jut, no one to get me wine or s.iup to revive me, no tine to make me lie down and rest, as he would have done had he been there. Oh, how I miss ed him. What a fool I had been ! Was there ever a woman loved and cared for as I have been ? Oh ! why had I ever let him leave me? I was sure he never would come back. "Vhy had he gone away? And conscience answered, "You drove him ; he gave you all ho had to give, and in return you gave him nothing but cold looks and unkind words ; and so he left you to peek love aud sympathy fioui his mother." This thought almost maddened me. In fancy I saw her silting in my place by his side, loving and caressing him. as I had t lie best right to love and caress. I pic ttuted her receiving tenderly the little lov ing acts I had received so coldly, and now I was seized with a jealous anger against her. I mentally accused her of estranging my husband from me, as though his heart was not large enough for both of ns. When Maude ni rived in the afternoon, I treated her to a long tiiade of abuse against molh.'isMti law in general, and my own in putiouUr, and I vented all ihe anger I really lelt against myself ou the innocei.t Mrs. Cart w eg lit. "Why, Xelly." said Maude, "I thought yon liked Mis. Cartwright so much, and thought her so nice, thai you even wanted her to live with jou, onlv your husband, very properlj, ns mamma says, objected. "So I did," I ausweied , 'bi.t 1 did not know then that she would entice my hus band away from me in this way, or, of co.nso. I should never have liked her." "IJeally, Nell, you aie very hard on the poor won, ati ; for, as I unneismu j, Mr. Cartwright went to her of his own free will, because .she was not well, and he thought Lis company vrouki do Lei good," said Maude. "Nonsense ; I am sure he would never have lefl nio alone, unless ft,e had put him up to it," I replied rather crossly. "The truth is, Nelly, you .ate so much in love with your husband that jou ate jeal oi's even of his mother ; anil you are mak ing yourself miserable about nothmg. Why, Mr. Cartwiight will be back iu a fortnight, and I dare say jou will get a letter from him eveiy day : so cheer up, and let us go for a drive,"" said Maude. I agreed to this plan, and giving Maude the reins I leaned back and thought of our conversation. Was she r i jr 1 1 after all ? Was I jealous? Was I really, as Maude said, in love with my husband? Had I only found it out now I was deprived of his company? Was this the reason I could do nothing but inwardly reproach myself for my conduct to him ? And the longer I 'bought, the more convinced 1 became that Maude was right, that I was jealous and that I was in love, as she called it. This knowledge did not make me hap pier, for I no sooner knew I loved him thin I longed to tell him so, and make up, as far as I could for all my foi mer ci m Ity, for could call my conduct by no milder woid. I pissed a sleepless n'ght, and as I lay awake, I composed various letteis of con fession, which I resolved to send the fol liowing day ; but, when morning came, my pride stepped in, and I began to feel it would Le impossible to wtite, and I settled I must wait till my husband came home and then tell lum how his absenco had al tered me. I got up early and walked out to meet the postman, so anxious was I to get a let ter from him ; it was the fust I had ever received from him siice our marriage, and no girl was ever so anxious for or so pleas ed with her fust love letter as I was over this. It was a long letter, full of loving mes sages and terms of endeai ment, all of which cut me to the heart, for they sounded like so many leproaches; in lejlity, I think there was a tone of gentle reproach throughout the letter. He gave me an ac count of his journey and of his mother's health, begged me to write to him a few lines every day, but he said not a word about returning. I spent the morning in answering it, much to Maude's amusement, who, of course, was under the impression that I was pouring out volumes of love and com plaints of my temporary widowhood ; after tearing up about a dozen sheets ot paper, I at last sent a short cold note, and with no allusion to my misery. The more I tried, the more impossible I found it to write any expression of love or penitence, though l was hungering to do so. For a whole week I went on in this way, suffering more acutely every day, and every day receiving long, loving letters fiom my hnsband, and wi it in;; short, cold auswci s. I lost my appetite, I could not sleep at night, anil the torture I was enduring made me look so iil that Maude became fright ened and declared she would wiiie and summon my husband homo and tell him I was pining away for him. I forbade her doing this so sternly that she dared not disobey me, for I was determined that he should never hear from any lips but mine, that, at last his heart's desire was attained, for I loved him. At last, when he had been away ten days I could bear it no longer, for I felt I should have brain fever if I went on in this way; ao I determined to go on to Melton, where Mrs. Cartw right lived, and see myhnsbaud. I came to tl is decision one night, and went to Maude's room early the nex morn ing to tell her my intention. 1 expected she would laugh at me, but I think she guessed some hing was wrong, for she seemed glad to hear it and helped me to pack a few things and set oil" in time to catch the morning train. It waa three hours' journey. They seem ARE SLAVES BESIDE." ed three j-ears to me, for the nearer T nnt to my husband the more impatient. I was to see him. At last we got to Melton, a largish town. Of course, as I was not ex pected, there was no one to meet me, so I took ally to Mis. Cart wright's house, where I arrived about three o'clock. I learned afterwards that Andrew was with his mother in the drawing-room when I drove up, but thinking I was only a visit or, he escaped into another room, and so I found my mother in law alone. 15y her side war, some of my husband's socks, which she was darning socks which I had handed over to the servants to mend, and winch I now longed ?o snatch away from his mother, f lis desk stood open, a letter tome which he was writing lyino upon it. The servant announced me as Mrs. An drews, my voice failing as I pave mv name so that Mrs. Cartwright held up her hands in astonishment when she saw who it was. "My dear ! X'elly ! Has anything hap pened? How ill you look ! What is it?" she exclaimed. I want, my husband," I gapped, sink ing on a chair, for I thought I should have fallen. Without another word Mrs. Cart wright left the room ; I feel sure now she guessed ail about, it, and I can never t hank her enough for forbeaiing to ask me ques tions as to the cause of my coming. She came back iu a few minutes with a glass of wine, which she made me drink oil", saying she would send him to me ac once if 1 took it. I complied, and she sent for him ; in another minute I heard his step outside the door, aud theu he came in. 'Nelly, my love my darling ! What is it?" he ciied, as I rushed into his out stretched aims, and hid nujface on his breast and sobbed bitterly. For some moments I could not speak"; at last I re covered myself enough o sob out : "Oh, Andiew, my love! my dear love! can you ever fmgive me ! I came to ask you and lo tell you I can't Uswilhout you." I would have said inW. ut his kisses Mopped my mouth, aiftfcjtojjl at hoigth he let me go theie were othW teais upon my chec'k besides my own. That was the happiest h i! td" my life, in spile of my tears ; and before irft- mother-in-law Again joined us, which she riis cteetly avoided doing until dinner time, I had pouted out all I had to tell into my husband s cars ; and I had learned from him that he had lelt me to tiy m hat effect his absence would have on me ; for he had felt for some time that my pride was the great bauier he had to overcome to v. iu my love. He. had judged light. Ila was too gener ous to tell me how much he had sntlered fiom my indifferent e, but 1 knew it must h-ive grieved him lem'bly. lie i a differ ent man now, he looks so happy, and I know he would not change places with any one on earth. We went back to the rec tory the next day, but we could not per suade Mrs. Caitwright to come with "us; she said we were best alone, and I thiLk she was light. CasscH's Magazine. - - - p Natural JTistort for Small reoplc. The whale is generally spoken of by po. ets as "the monster of the deep." Do you .see how lively he is? The whale is the most sportive fish under water. The shark can take a joke and crack one, but for broad riflling humor the whale knocks ; all the funny almanacs into slivers. j How long is the whale? j Some w hales are eighty feet long, but if you ever see one, and rush into a printing office to have an item built on the fact, it ! would be better for your children if you said that the whala was forty feet long. The world can forgive a man for exaggera- ; ting the facts of a tornado, freshet or steam boat disaster, but the man wh j lies about ' lish is gone up fur that moment. That's i the leason why no true, good mau ever goes a fishing. i "Can a whale crack a hickory-nut w ith ! histeelh?" ; "He can, but he doesn't fool around with such trilles. When he opens his mouth to ' bite he prefcis to crack a whale boat or a bald headed sea captain from Naulucket one of those tough old feiloA.s who come back from the Arctic seas and tell about seeing four moons in the sky at once." ! 'Is a whale's mouth as large as the '. Capitol building at Washington ?"' I "I hat's accoidmg to whose book on ' whaling you have confidence in. Some ; writeis can open a whale's mouth wide enough to chuck in most any building, while others who want to go to heaven slate that no whale could gulp down a street car, without loosing some of his teeth. The trouble is that no newspaper ir.au ever finds time to go off ou a ciuise . after whales, and therefore cau secure no ; reliable figures and statistics." "How eld do whales live to be '.'" "Vim have got us now. We never saw the same whale over three or four times, but whethtr they died of giief over that fact, or swam away to make new acquain tances, we could never find out. When a man tells you that a whale lives to be sev en, seventy or seven hundred years old, ask him to submit the proofs." "Where are whales mostly found ?" "In the water. They never come to land until tired of life and ready for a change." "Ilow fast can they swim ?" "That is another, disputed point. A Nantucket captain says he saw one speed ing at the lateof thiity miles an hour, while a Nw Bedford captain saw one go ing at the rate of a milea minute. Horace (ireely could have settled the dispute in his'Kecolleciions of a liusy I,ife,' bu he seems to have avoided doing so. Howev er, if you are ever chased by a whale, it will be prudent for you to make lOJ miles an hour, if you can." "Do whales piefer shelled corn to corr. ou the cob?" ! "No. No well regulated whnlo would be in the least put out after swallowing a wagon load nf cubs." j "Do wbal. s tiht with each othei ?" j "Not often. If a whale comes fooling ! around, blu-'.cii:ig what he caa do and , potting on aiis. he is generally rolled in fie mud to take the conceit! out of him; ; but, as a nili", ihe whale piefers to rest his nose on a coral reef and ive himself up to planning the social elevation of the walrus , aud the squid." j "In it cruel to harpoon a whale?" "Ir is. There sho-i'.d be a law obliging ; the whalers to catch iheir victims with a noosed lope and stupefy them withchloro- j fomi. Continue to lie a good boy, and be glad that you are imv 4 ntiale. " 4 Heroism of a Sister of Charity. In 1820 an eminent and benevolent Frenchman, M. Monthvon. f, Minded his celebrated prizes for cha'iity, devotion aud J jv"ul"sri uu iiiitusica to tiie Academy I the selection of those who in the obscuie ! ranks of poverty were distinguished for : their active virtue and benevolent charity, j Once a year there is held a grand meeting of the French Academy to read the repoi ts j and bestow the pii.es. Last month Ihe '' chief prize was bestowed on Aimee Mileent, ; a Sister of Charity in Ea Vcii-lee. The j following history of her energy-, devotion 1 and charity will be read with inteiest bv ; all who honor coinage and self- saci ifice : In the yvest of La Vendee, t anions fur its I ancient loyalty and for the the ide.iv of its ; inhabitants, lies on the sea coast the"village ! 1 of S.iiiiN.Jean-de-Monta, yvhere agriculture ; is now- pursued, but which a few vears ago I was without roads and without industrial works, covered with water during a part of the year, a prey every Autumn to the pesti j lential fevers of the marshes, and but lately I counting one pauper to every three ichab t ; ants. In this wilderness of poverty and I w ant. Sister Mileent has for forty long years j devoted her life to the care of iho poor, to the tending of the sick and to tbe moral and j religious education of children. This Sister j of Charity was the adopted child of two old 1 people almost as poor as herself, whom she I tenderly nursed, and who living iefl her an 1 income of twenty-two sons a" day. We.shall I see what great works a brave heart and an 1 energetic wid contrived to do with au in 1 come of eleven pence per day. I Left alone in the world at'the age of thir ; ty, Aimee Mileent, became a Sister of Char I ity, and looked after the sick people of the ; commune. Hers was no sinecure ofiice. : French communes 011 the coast are scantily ! cultivated and extend over great distances; the houses or hovels are very widely separa ; ted from one another. The sick people came i to her when they could ; but to the greater i part of them she herself had to go. walking great distances over the waste lands and ; through the, marshes. To d ress pores, or to nurse patients suffering fiotn contagious diseases, too often fear-deserted even liy . their relatives, this heroic Killer of Charily used to start before daybreak, walking thro"' ' swamps and across marshes in order to reach her expectant patients by time in the morning, and ena'ile her to return home at the aci ns'omed hour when t 'e sick, or 1 he poor, or the children w ere w ailing her kindly care. ' Aimee Mileent. in addition to these out door works of charity, had established in : the commune a poor-house of her own, and a little dispensary for the poor. Here the sick were aiiended to, the poor relieved, the hungry fed, and old men and women were supplied in winter with warm clothes and 1 wood and fuel. Voting mothers, too. receiv ed iu their poverty outfits for their newly-' born babies ; and here, too, otphans found shelter. This house of hers went among a grateful peofde by the name of the ,'). oi ih thiiritt, tmt this li 11 111 1 ! ,1 little home, which seemed to dispose of the energies ami resource of a public establishment, contain ed only one ardent soul, fer'ile iu works of charity. In a life sn occupied it might have been expected that Aimee Mileent. would have I considered herself entitled to rest on Sunday, i at. least, alter she had gathered and guide.i ! her scattered flock to the ever-open doors of the Itltle church, and. after Mass, seen tbe , children handed over to the instructiou of the zealous village cure. Hut, no, this ver itable Sister of Charity had not incessantly traversed the country, entered into the homes of so many families, laid her hand on so many social as well as bodily sores, wiih , out discovering that permanent source of so j much misery and sniveling the public I house, the centre (if so much cotruptk-:, and ' degredation, to which even young girls al lowed themselves '0 be enticed. To snatch them from t his deplorable place ' of resort, Aimee Mileent instituted the. Pc- vni'in (hi liimniH-lie, a kiml ot social Sunday . gathering. Here the young country girls ' were entertai neit with innocent amusements, enlivened by the Iiih spirits of n wniin.11 1 who possessed the secrets of doing well tve , ry thing that she did. Courageous and cool when she h"d todress a dangerous wound, patient iu the jin-s.-m e I of great si; lie rings, indefatigable in the dis ; ch.irg of ail her great works of charity, ; this resolute nurse of Ihe sii k was trans formed on the Sunday into the tenden st of mothers, opening her warm heart to the 0011 ; fidences of her adopted daughters ; alike rer.ily to share the gaiety of those whose hearts are free and i potle.-s, or to compen sate the sorrows of those whose fouls flor.i I troubled, or to lead back those who had I gone astray to the right path, j Aimee Mileent was a large hearted wo j man, and toward the close of her laborious and noble life Ihe occasion came for her to show her ardent love for her country. At the time of the Fren"o-t;erman w ar the val -iant sous cf La Vende. showed that Cieir ancient loyalty, patriotism and faith had undergone 110 decay. 1 11 the midst of the disasters which befell the country this her" io Sister of Charity improvised an ambu lance, and devoted herself to the care of ihe. ' wounded. She multiplied herself to bring i succ.nir and the consolations of religion to j the wounded ' and in the discharge of this I new duty she showed an ardor that made her forget her advanced age, niiiil with a heart desolated at the mistorl unes of her , country, as well as at the sufferings she I witnessed, this herotc Sister of Charily, ex hausted with l.er laliora in her turn fell ill. I la order to do honor to her vcaeiated old ! age, and to gire a mark of the esteem in J which she is held by her grateful country- I men, the t rem h Academy Las awarded the "Prize, (d Merit," consisting of one thou sand francs, to Aimee Mileent, the noble and valiant Sister of Charity in noble and "valiant La Vendee. Wtstiiiinister Jnz.'!e. How to Pi t (Jin. Stock Up. The number of young men w ho g' alone to balls, sociablesand oilier evening en'.ei tainmeuts has been lapid'.y incieasiog foryeais past and is now a general subject forremaik. Doubtless it is paitly due in '.be glowing isolation of meti and women consequent ou club life Rtid other causes, but is laigely due to tbe absurd necessity imposed upon young men of providing a cartage, at an expense of three doliais. whenever they invite young ladies to accompany thein to the theatre or a party, and this, added to other expenses, swells tbe amount i a prohibiloiy size. Let puis tin 11 to nod make their own dresses in a pety, simple fashion ; let them discourage the hiring of cariiages, the pnichnse of expensive bou quets, and refuse lestautant supj-ers, at least beyond the moderate dish of oysters, the cop of choeolate or plate of ice cream, and they wiil see a mai velons change in the social thetmonieter ; gill tnok will go up. Jennie Juhk At if lrk Ltlter. "Rkino out the best men !" shouts a po litical cotemporaiy excitedly. N object ion in the woil l. but wait until we can read a couple of galleys of proof, and then wo aie at vmir seiAice. (.' o't. A'tt. Terms, S2 per year, In advance. NUMBER 3S. A It 0li:ilFUL CLOCK. The Reading K,i;;!e says that John C. Fiestti Jives at ,TJ0 South Eleventh street, in thr.t city. He was born iu Sal'rsbuiV towushin, Lancaster county, and is".- yeai'n old. He is a ci aihmaker by trade, and has lived ir. leading some nine yeais. His family consists or himse'f, Aife and one child. Eleven years ago he began to wotk on a piece of mechanism, which is one day destined to place his name in the fiont rank of American inventors. For some time past Mr. Fiest-r has been in d licitta health from nervous deb lit y. and during; his spare time has been devoting eveiy mo ment to the accomplishment of the dirani of his lire, until to-day il is tealized. This s a piece of machantstn in the shajK of ail Apostolic clock, which it is claimed is vys' lyfsupeiior to the Engeldoik, f!nbit-l beic last winter, and is fully equal to th clock in the Suasbuig Cathe'dial.tiei many. Au A-o;i representative lecently p.ud'a visit to Mr. Fiester and found him wiapt up in his woik. The parts of the clock being altogether new, do not woik as har moniously as they will after they have been iu position for some time. The clock is twelve feet high, three feet w-'de at the base and two feet five inches deep. It is divided into thice sections, and Ihe first contains a semi circle where a picture of a different cleigyman of some Ileudm congregation is show n every eight minutes! The second section contains a dial pcih-ap-t two feet and a haif in diameter. Insidtj this are placed smaller dills showing th diffeienl changes of time. One shows th eiicle of the Zodiac with tbe signs of tl.n 12 months of the year. The.others repre sent the moon's changes, the" seasons, tl o day of the week, month and year, second', minutes and hours ot tbe day and different phases of the moon. At the base of this section are two small tubes, which respec tively lepresent the tide at Philadelphia and in mid ocean. To the light and li ft of these are two doors wheie small li-uM emerge repiesenting buglers and play in a very life like manner. Ditcctly abovts the laige dial is a niche where Childhood, Youth, Manhood aud Old Age appear dur ing the hour. To the light and left or these are figures placed in alcoves representing Father Time and Death. I he fonner holds in his bands a scythe, hour glass and bell, 011 which to sti ike the quaiter hour with hia scjtbe. Death, w Inch is represented by a skeleton, holds a thigh bone in bis light hand and stnkes the hour ou a skullat his side. The upper section at the base has h- open chip, and on either side and a liltl-y beyond in the centie aie double doots which open when ihe Apostolic match be gins. To the It Tt is a'fi'i;cof Justice, who raises her scales when Ihe A.stles am ear. To the iiih and Hiiooiic on a gili column stands a gulden cock that crows. Above the middle door is a pair of folding doors which open at the pioper time, and a'low the time Maiys to pass out through. To the 1 ight and left of Shis are shut tern where Satan appears at different times. The w hole is sui mounted by one laige steeple and two small ones with dm mer windows. On top of the largei is a beauti ful gilt cross, with a paddle wheel, which is designed to snow the changes of the wind. When tbe hour hand approaches the first quaiter Father Time reveisrs bin hour glass, and alter miking on a bell ith his scythe and another bell lespo'n j ing, Childhood appears. When the lrnr band appioaches the second quaiter, Father Time strikes two and Youth ap pears. I hen the middle of the loner fold ing doors open and tbe Savior comes walk ing out. The Apostles then commence to much and ihe three Maiy pass out of the doors at the n.--er bah y, and stai d fr.c.rg the r.u-iience. As the Apostles come in front of II mi they all 1, -w to Hi,., and he bows in letnin, execj t Filer, who turns his back to Him. Then Sitan an- i.o-m av on- leu winnow and the cih k crows and fl.ips h's wings. Justice then alsotaises her scales. V, l.en Judas app-'am he docs not look at the Savior, but passes tight on, the devil foil. wing htm. and after seeing that Judas is all light, disap pears and appears at the left hand w indow Just before Ihe third quaiter Fal her Time .-rikes three and Manhood disappear. As the bom hand approaches the lax oucer Father Times si 1 ikes four and ,d .Vo appears. Death sti ikes the hour with a thigh bone and the match begins igain. Out. -ode of these two voluntary move ments every hour the ajx.stbs can" be pro duced as often as desired. The chik is made of heavy walnut, profusely g.ldcd. The figures are all nine inches high no i t the three Maiys and Chil, 11,0.7 Viio, gan inside the clock lays four sacied h) inns and anthems, one every q imer i f an hour. I he apost!e aie all caivcd and colored after scriptural sceueiv, I he pi in cip.il woiks of the clock run" two weeks, w hile the tithes s have lo be wound up at f hotter mteivals. Ihe combined weight of the weights ned iu winding up The click i 114 pounds. It is a woi.det fnl piece r mechanism, and will be p'aced 011 exhibit ion 011 Perm stru t iu ,he near lutuie. Charles A. P.iuhvn, of Chicago. .,s married the mother of twenty children eight of them twins. To peifoim such t act, says the Nniistown H?r:t'l. icipiii- more courage than to face the cannon's deadly mouth or to ttend on ihe tiain of a won. an. A year hence this is the soog that will be Mm.; into the eais of Urowti : 'Chailes, little Henry must have a le w pair of shoes." AwetkUter; "Charles, Maiy want a new pair of shoes." Anothtr week : CI. a l I want money Tor a nor pair of shoes f .1 it.mmy." Fourth week ; "Charles, Sal be wants a new pait of shoes.' An. I thus the song yy j; lm) f,,r f,,,- months, and limwn wi! even wi.-h he weie dead, or had matried a widow of 1 imbuctoo, wheie sIk-bs arc unknown. ' A Ian am a paper tells the fVmwii,e Mory of canine sagacity : When the d.w wishes to cross Hie liver where alligato.', abound, he goes up ihe stream a pieat way nnd baiks with all his might ; H5!.gj.Ms go tbe.e and wait .r bis getii-g in to sw i.r, ac.oss. 1 ,e d..g kn. ws what he is aboivt y hen be sees from the number of cn.mil anove water thr ,,s memies hato x j gathered to the feas , he inns d.n lb I b.nk as fast ,e cm and swims acro , befme Ihe alligator are await- of i e trick that ba be-n phi; ed ujjii iLcm," 1 r f r t i 1 . -.oVu. ..mpt-i II
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