I ... t H. A.1cPIKE Editor and Publisher. "HE IS A FREEMAN WHOM THE TRUTH MAKES FREE, AND ALL ARE SLAVES BKSIDE." SI. GO and postago per yecr, In advance EBENSUIIG, PA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER G. 187S. liMitlfitil' Atlltl1t. to vg5r" - VOL ME XII. rk. t S. E-. I ni J i- I now n LP I I la 1 IV men s ana ooys NlpyUy5- CLGTIfflTG r'AM i3Vva. Hi 11 9 Laies' Coats, NO ON EXHIBITION! THE BUGEST STOCK A-ft Cheapest In the TY of ALTOONAI AT- : ? e. a. i 3 & C0.'S 111 &S0.'Sfij & cos llj & co.'sf ; &. co.?spj & co.'sV ACO.'Sjflll &co.'S illl &cos 5ffil &. co.'s ' isss A - v - - V A V EVE1; 50DY SHOULD GO TO 132CElevenlh Avenue, Opposite). R. PASSENGER DEPOT, . .4 j v. Tr.TTjrrn i nnTniTTxr iiiriiiiaru n v v I n; ) V rirtiit an tiUna or.ler of th Ourt of t'om- non I'imi Cambria coMr.'y. tome dtrecteil. 1 n -uttlic sale, at H.uui 3 i.all, in I ar- 0a SAT DAY, December 28, 1878, p. v.. the follf.wing described real estate, to wit : ?iscs 0?. rues, or im KM Vn wr n Irpph (lantner Farm. situated in i irr'i:l ti i:r-. ?i td count v of Cainbri-3 ad- nir l:ui.if Jame? iK.Uelfts. Sebastian Sv. ir . Vinrfistcrj and ot hers, rnntainimt oni1 lii.idrj mI lillylwn Acm, mere ..r !. tw.-i-rils of which are cleared, the balance l'-:nz w.:iv-red with rail and othr hard tiin-t-r. rh:bne of the hc?t iocatcil Farms in Car r t rni. and has thereon erected a two stnrv l"'K,.tJ,ANK 1V KLL1SO IIOL'SK, c-.n". " r. rrz nni, a Uak Hark. anl 1! necess ary ('in J iif. There Is also ft thriving On- a ip..' n-i '.enty of pure water on the premises. n.:h ar'-lt n:y in a uood state of cultivation n t ua iJ with coal, iron ore and fire clay. 1 at ft r rin a stone's throw r.J a steam mw mill a:, i .i j -i t ch il lio-ie. and not more than two m. mv fi"arr"'.:on tnji!rh. 2 liis i indeed a rr.:-.M S.vt.v. o'ne. third of the purchase tn r,f t t j i; id uii rontirmaton of sale. one t hird in A y ik.i'l the fal .nce in two years from the ' ti?.rniar:iot ale de crrcl payments to hear I" ' re-t e e;ured!hv thelMinl anl ninrt trace er. iiiumab to.-.ii, s. Assiiitiee of Joseph tiaiitncr. ii:i)' i 'J'H K t: tr ifti.'.l o:T 1 K v:m ":irro!I to I :-:.-r y l wn as th T,.r. f.r sale bis VaTiat-le iwnsliip, t'ambrr conr.ty. e i)ropert.y of Christian i : K. .i-,.i s- . a:,..,i confainiiur III Jrres an! allow- Actios of which are ciesred. nn- !-r 1 in a rea J'in.iMe 5t.' te of cult lvat ion, w h . -nt I ! jiare water In relHy every h"!d. Ti :tr..rja.-nt8 con'ist of a Frame House "-'". Y 'rfne Hank Ham .".CxT.'. a Wood Shed. ; ..l.r,'.iful t.uil imsts. Tlie property will xy f iitethcr or in parts, as purchasers may V. JlOT'SE AVD LOT in Carrolltown 1 r-ial- ii .site the St. Lutrence Hotel, now n :h- ..--(.aney of Ferdinand Sier and others. si: I Hmi-j .i "two-story placlt huildinr. feet '" Tit m I Sleet hack, and is in jrood condition. ' h : a good St .Ida and other btiildinirs ' k the fti.es, as well as apple and various '! T fruit fees. .Aii.v r-n-tkhle offer made for either or both ot R 'T! t perties will be accepted. Now is t: uf truy a farm or a home in town at a Kit tatvu. FRANCIS A. Kt'CK. irr ill Tt -Voir ? iutu -1,n J "TTJATIST. Causes set down f r trirtat the ensuing term of Court, ' cvf t;inr otlonday, December 2d : SKCOM WEKK. V.'j r 1.. e't Fire is ..vs. Amazon ins. to. Co. .vs. Iuth-r. vs. I.'nversa.'ght. .vs. .lacohy. .vs. Hyrne. .vs. Ieolen. .vs. Farke et a I. .vs. Pritoh. . . vs. Lahey. Mti- i .!nierin:,n oil rv.nauiihy.. hy-... . -i 11 e v u-raer et al. .t... V 1. r.;..itu....'i Or-rti-h v inv.7 .t.. Klinemyer. Fmney, v ijillf' Co.v ?Iellon ct al. "arti.Wanl.auifh.va. Myer. f '-J-aiiifle, ir e . ...vs. iiysart ei ai. vs. M'Ooiurh. uerf...v vs. M'Mullen I'u'iMiy vn.t. I -rot honotarv. rrorkonotjry'-timee, Kliehshurt?, Nov. 4. 1!73. GTR, JIJLL.. Uroke into the en clo4 1 t-femises of the ttndersigtied , r"Mir In lllc.eny township, about the first 1. w hit face and a h:te -tr i o'n (lick and bellv. supposed to be rtwien ttt.ind ttiree vears old. The owner is tU'-'te l t t'.me forward, prcve property, pay 'larifn an. lake htm nwav : otherwise ho wbl ' deposed iacoordinn to law. JilllN' R.IIOFFMAS. Al'.epheny'wp., Xov. 22, 18T8.-3t. fi nUYSTKIUl. Cr me to tlie vo3- i'lerc.) r tio subscriber, in Washintr ' '"i ti.wti'h pin about the first day of (oto'.e a 'muH steer one year old last Sprinsr. htt!, white ahout. tho rM)t ot the tail. No 'Krus Ti.,.. fie owner is request-.! to come ' "r,"r1. prVe prouertv. nay cliariees and take it wr. "tlieis itwill be dlpoe. of accrdmi? JtWKI'UOKlSIt. A M.KEIM, M, D., rnvsiciAN Fllwtiahnr?. Pa. Of- r - re-entui,, eui.icd bv Pr. J..T. tt.tman. two '."rs mr.t ,.o...- unn H,ih t. wh. re niitht lljein he lade. Consultaliona in Uermaan 8 elKnnib. 9-.7. tf.l CjA I a,Y to A rents canvassinir for the lire. 0't Uitor. Tirm!(nii1llu'tllFrff. Ad ir" lrep. o. VIOKtiCy, Augusta, Maiite. THE CHEAPEST AXD BEST, at ciias. mum 1'on can buy a Heart Coat for $1 At 1307 ; A Man's Wool Hat for 3,"c. At Chas. Simon's A Man's Wool Home-iUde Shirt ferine. At 1307 : Heavy O redcoats, very cheap, At Chas. Simon's; JTeti's lirttty of the latest styles, At IS07 ; Heavy Warm Caps for Jhn, very cheap, At Chas. Simon's; Heavy Shirts and lirairers for 23c. At I3Q7; ladies' Coats, the cheapest in the city, At Chas. Simon's; Ulanhcts and Haps, all colors, At 1307 ; If you icant to keep ax warm a?id snug ax a bug in a rug. buy an Orcrroat At Chas. Simon's; Ladies' Trimmed Hats, from 90c. vp, At I307. Tiling JTrn, if yon contemplate, matrimony, 'cvcrrbrr it vrill bi a matter of money to you to buy your Holding ga-iunt.i At Chas. Simon's. Gent's White Jiress Shirts for 40c. At 1307; Lt.lie.i and Geuta J-iirr ixhing and Vancy Good,, the laT.jrr xt-r.'; ,t),d the clieapext in the city, At Chas. Simon's. Ucerad ana Worlcma J itnt von can for a mere noug, if you are a $v?d sing' r, or t bra c At 1307. If you want yood, reliable Cloth iny and other Goods cheap, cail o)i CHAS. SIMON, 1301 Etaili Ava, Jietireen J.'ifh OPI'OMTK KISSII R-s and Hth Sis., Allcona, Pa. f s. fl n vr? Ra s? HULIPnEETG' IIO:IEOPATHIC SPECIFICS Keen tn (reatral use faptifRiy jenr. Everyw!ier proTefl 1J:p. not h.Vt'!', 81.1PI.K, F,t'r-n Ai,o5 l-.ri 'l tV? itetlie:ne- known. TJtey arc jiifi v. -.r.t the peopie -want, nav!n. litie, m-ney, ulrhnrfif) an-i nifn-rtis. Krety sins e pc-rlfte- tiif wSl tried pcrscriptloa of an cmiueaS physician. Ko- Or.roa. Cfctits. 1. F"'TP", fT'ih-Crit'on, lnCamrrwt!nn, . . 2. Worn)1, Woiir. Fever, Worm Co 1c. . . 8. "ryin-Col!c, or Teething of Infants,. 4. IarrlirrH, ofCbiidren cr Ac n!ts, . . 5. I! ysnicry. ripin. Biiions Colic, . . 6. I hoiera-Horbus, Vouiitibg, . . . . 7. I O'liCl!-', Colds, Hronchiti". . . . . . 8. Nfltralr!?., Toothache. Fecesrh. . . 9. HeatlarfceH, Pick It.f.i:..S- Verfgn, . 10. If jpnrK, Bi'.ions Stiim.w h, . . . . 11. sausre-'se-l, or Painful Periods, . . . sr 25 s:. sr. 2', 25 So S"i C5 2.'. So ' 2" to fr? eo 5.1 so so r? so so 60 50 53 I oo w 60 12. V ill t e. too Prorr!s Pertoris, . . . . 13. I'roup. Cr-'th, I:fTicTiit Br.-".:nir.?, . . 14. l.!:fi,;s. Ervsipelas. FlrTrptiona. . ',.. KItutEjalasM, fihcnnm :e I'-iiis, . . It. Fever s.n-i Afr'O, Chip I-ever, Agoe, . 17. P?e. blind or bie!:-n$j 13. OFhttialmy. and Pore oe Weak Kyea, . pj. CtarT?i, tunte or rtrocir-, Ir.ib.ienri, . So! f Iso.M'.B-l'otWlii Tloiei.t congha, . It. A.t",- TKre'sed Frrathic?, . . . 2-1.' F.fr iKtJArXt. Impaired hea-'n?, . S3. fcrofKH, cnlarped f sr.de. Swcl:!nss, . 24. fnr-r-ai Debihty, PtiyMrei Wmaes.1, . Si! IrtyT and ecantv 5."ecrei:ou ar. 2X Kl-3rfPy.e;,ertc:S--. irive! ?rrre!a Strud 111 y. V itai Weakness. Mnrfauih, Canker . 80. Ol. a3. JM. 65. l'rinary cakr.es, wftttrc mo ca. Faint til ror'nil", cr-sth Spasms, m ' o of flfrt. rsirat-op", et. 60 t F'JiIepwey, Spasms. St. Vires' iJance, 1 00 nhrfittieria. ulcerated eore throat. . . M tnronic tontfenisons audirupuoiis, 60 FAKIIT CAS7.S. Caf Vomcco.-with a'vive TiZ. larr?? tSals nt Meuualof dirccilor.s, 810.00 Case Morocco, of SOlanre vials and Book, 6. CO The rsirtilM rrc sent hy t"ir rae ulnzie not. or -r5l,t: nny iart of the country, frer of rhBrjf, on receiptor Klmphreylloir-cnthlfncrtlclncro. OrI.cc and Depot. 109 Fnltrn St. New "iork r.r al? l?y nU nrnsprlst.-. 'STaxnFl:lPI7s, Sperific5 Manual on th car a id treatment of disease and ita enrs, sent I -liKr. on application. NERVOUS DEBILITY. Vital weakness er depression : weak exhausted feeling, no energy or courage- tip result of mental over-work, Indescrefiona or esceeses, or aome drain tipon the ystcm, is always cured by ECV.PnaElS' HOMEOPATHIC SPECIFIC Xo. 2S It tones up and invigorates the system. dipels the gloom and despondency.i mparts Ftn-iiirth anl energy. flops the dram ana rejuvenates the entire man. Ix-en risen twenty vears with perfect fueecfs bv ' thou IZX Kld bv dealer.. Price. 51.00 per Mngle vial, or S5.00 per packasre of live viabj and f 3.00 vial of powder. Sent hvma.l on receii.toflDrice. Address ni'niHI5ElS MW WPATHir. MK!r:K ItWIPAM 10i FULTON fclKKtf, ,. Thomnw I3y w:th Wholesale and Ketail Dealer n Pure Rye and Bourbon WI1S.K;IES If'incs, Hrandies, Gins, Ac, 153 Wylie Avenue, Cor. Elm Street, 11-28. rlTTlll'K 1A. 3m. J. C. IVScCIMLEY'Q DINING ROOMS! -r Inlle and Wenllemfn. 1G1 Woo?, street, PITTSBURGH, PA. FI.M-ST 1AI F.OOflS I. TIIK f I TV. MF. A IS AT Atj, HOT US. OYSTERS and Sl'PPr KS sc cd at ghort notice. iov. 22. l878.-tf. $10 to $1000 H ir.vestee ,n "Wall Street Stocks makes fot. ev.-rv mini b . K.(t Ut I' o.,Li,n, ii? Tf. rrthinir A.l-lrcss usa i - fj., ;nnkers, J7 Wall Street, York. TO I AX AGE IIIW. "H.-w (shall T rrmnnec my hn'nd ?' I will tell y'Mi, m v rli ir. if I c-n ; I!.- f really k wonderful cre;ttnrC, Th.-.t trfinhlosnmf? nnimal nvrt Yes I rnally n won-lerftil crorttilrp stninsre, inconfislont. r! qiifpr Bii you'll soon krnw the ?eerei by foarnlnsr Tbe roodus operandi, my dear. IT he stay? out too '.ate in the evening-, Prtrtnkinar of supper and wine. Don't prove him n fulse fahrieHtnr When he come": home, by kin he f ime ; For he rurly will tell you the town clock The moment hefor- rars; out one AThen it at rue lie h1 counted it over Just three times before it bad done i And then .f his hat, in the morning-. Is smHlier by far than his head, Ion't hint hv the merest allusion That his lordship went tipsy to bed : Xinl simply rijard the oecurrenee A phenomenon puzzlm and queer With a strarcre look of mystification f In your eyes if he's watching-, :cy dear . And don't fi! t. sew on his buttons. And likewise his clothes mend with rare; Don't tease him for money for slu-ppms : Don't trown when he acts like a bear; Don't tell him too often, try rienry-. Thi,t your poor he td is&chirur with pain, I.est lie whisp r, way down in his bosom, "Oh ! I wish I were sititfle ag-ain !" Don't tell him that Mary, the house miJ, And Ann. the obstreperous conk, I'cfusf" to receive your suiryf st ion s w nh) even as much a- a look. Don't tell him how very nf.noyitiir You often have lnurnl it to he To be told to iret out of th- kileh n. And d jii't come a bothering tne." Hut alw:vs seem cheerful nnd bnppj'. And always h k pleasant and ira ; Th in a frown there is nothing more potent In drivinir one's htishand away. And thus yon tiiiitever Uet p si i ivinjf You'll IiikI it an excellent plan ; Put whHf.-ver you do, dear, remember. That vuur huahartd is only a ll'.an. Gil os t s to i: u:s ux mi i. i:i. SHOWING fOW TALKS OF A MARVELOUS NATL liE OiilGlNATI.n. In former times ghost stories const :tuted much of I he liscside tai! ; '.ho v. eird idle w;s li.M of how a sprctie, clth-il in ap2 propria,to white, was seen to ai i e.tr, ami in due cor.ro .') vanisli ; and the. Iieaieis. duly nnpitsred with the aj.p-iieiit tuilh of ;t3le, for which no appaient reason was vouclisated. bec:i:ne themselves in a mea sure forced t' believe. Science and cuti nion setise are, how.-ver, now robbing these absurd stoi ies of much of I hei.' larm r by e xplaitiiui in a simple, straij;ht.forward way what by many Iia.s hitherto been hekl to bT M'.peinatnral, and Iheielore utiac counlablc. With these leriiaiks we proceed to olfer a few instances of explained ghost lied us b ..ll.n j.o,i. ,.t j a coiiti i butor. lie says : What I an) going to do i imp1y to givn some instances in which what might have made a caita! ghos nmy proved to be nothing of the kind, ami to diaw from the'ice the infeienee that, all such stoiies could, if only we nere acin. tinted wiih a!l the facts, he accoiiiilcil for I.y natural c tnsps. I have myself been sorely puzzled fi ac count for what I have seen, t n one oo casi.-'P I vv:t! t;.c-sit'g hy a cctne;. rv on my way to a distant pa.it of toy puis!-. Tho night was datk and fo'.gy ; nt.i as I walk ed along the road ciose to the ii.ui b'tice, I perceived Ailhiti the ir.rlosi'.re, upp.ti ent ly : Lot fc.v yards o:Y, a body of dim liglt tliat Ff-eti'ed to come tip f.om the gioiu.d. Now, my impressions were all in favor of ghosts, and if my judgment also had been , equally in favor, i rhonid have had a chost j stoiy to tell about that place. Hilt. I was detcimioed to seek an explanation of ihe phenomenon ; so I went up to the railings and looked hard at the bght, but could to-'.ke nothing of it. At the same lime I ; became conscit its of n dull sotind proceed ing from the picund "Aheie it Mood. I ! cmild not utidi-rtai.d it ; rind there 1 stood i ! peering in until n.y ems s idd i 1 y gave .ne a clue to tie nr, steiy. f-r I fancied I ' j detected the thud i t a niatU t k. And 5.uch 1 it was. The nxlo:i vmis winking against time to dig for a !argo vattlt, and the mys- : tenons light was nothing more or h ss than I thtt of his lantern, some feet below the j surface, which threw op into Ihe foggy air i i a volume of strange misty biightness. But , really it rarie a very crcditabio ghost, j A not Iter adventure I h id was more l.tughable, but not less perplexing at the time. The night was veiy d.nk, indeed ; and as I took a sodden turn tn the toad I ; saw a feebly illuminate A I'tgnre moving ; slowly some distance in ad vance, and in the same direction with myself. My first, im pression was that some one was going to tiy to frighten me ; so I urasped my stick, in ending as the boys s;iy. to "whack it" to the culprit. lint as I drew nearer tho fieure stopped ; and in a moment or t o the illumination became somewhat bright er. I got close up to it, prepared to strike, but for the life of me could not tell what it was. I passed it close, and looked round into it, and found it w;is an old woman ,'. ing home fioni a day's washing. She h d on, poor soul, a very attenuated cloak, through winch tbe hg.it of tin? lantern sho was Carrying feebly penetrated, and when she had stopped to snuff the caudle with her fingers, the light, of course, bmne brighter- She was veiydcaf, and had ir"t ; heard my footsteps ; so that when I spote : I frightened her, I fear, more than she lad frightened me. i Talking of not hearing F.Wt.-deps ii the 1 dark, I remember once alarming a reigh- bor most unintentionally ; and had 'e not j discovered the true cause, he mightto this ' day have bad a tale of tnystory to Unfold ; upon the subject. 1 was walking briskly borne one night with a map, motmed with rings for banging It to a wall, .nder Iny ; arm and goloshes on my feet. I he rings kept, up a soit of clicking noisoas I went, while the goloshes caused me tog lid e along the damp lane with the noisel-ssiess of a , cat. But I never thought of citlur ciicuru- stances till afterwards. Hearing footsteps in fiont, I fancied it might ba my neighbor, , it being about bis ti.ne for coiling home, so I pushed on. But the qniker I went the farther off he seemed. I wont faster still, but still I came not tip with him. un til, determined to overtake him, I set off running at a brisk pace, aid only reached bim as he w as passing; intt his pate, having beyond the possibility ti doubt, mad a run for it himself. Wlvther be t-ok the clicking of the lit'gs, inaccoiiipau i.-d by the sound of footsteps, for the clicking of a pistol or the myserious rsttlo of a fancied ghost I cnniot say ; but this is rertain, that if be bid only stopped, or even not mn away, !:o would have found out the cause of what s undoubtedly a curious accompaninvat on di k night. A gentleman livbg in a country bouse which I bad one inhabited wrote to ask me whether du ug my residence there I Lad fever Leai' reports of its being "haunted." lie did not believe in such things himself, lift said, but be always liked, when be beatd of anything of the I inn, to investigate the matter as f;-.r ns pos sible. It was a very sensible thing lo do ; and I was about to give bim a satisfactory explanation. It was news to me that the bouso had the evil reputation ; but when I beard of it, it immediately occurred to my mind how it was to be accounted for. It so happened that a certain mischievous Teniale member of my family bad, towaids the latter part of my stay in that bouse, been guil'y of the cruelty of terrifying the seivar.ts almost out of their wits. She ap peared one night in their room covered over wl;b a sheet, which sheet was raised high over head by means of a slick, to Ihe end of which was fastened a bull's eye lantern a ghost of commanding stature and tcu ific gaze. It is very w rong to play such tricks, as the consequences might lie serious to some weak minds. In this case, however, no harm was done, except that the seivants were unalterably settled in tbe persuasion that they bad seen a gbrt, ar.d that they had, as a inattnr of course, in oculated the village with their own firm belief that the bouse was haunted. Little things ai"3 apt to be magnified, and the simplest things frequently become mys- I teiions in the stillness and darkness of the 1 night. While living in London I was one j night aroused by my sister coming into my I room to tell me that some one was trying j to break into tbe bouse bv the front door. I looked out of the window, but could see I no one, iboup.h a low, jailing noise could be heard. The statutory procession was i formed. First came I holding a poker j warily, and looking anxiously for a luimin j head; thsu came a servant who had first ! given the alarm, lifting aloft a Candle to aid me in the search; and last (-fall came my sister, bold as a lion though pale as death. J As we sloivly desended thus i:i battle array . I could distinctly bear the lit fill, jarring ' sound from tho region of tho stivet door ; but I declare I con 1.1 not in the le;it make ! out the cause of it until I bad got ipiile up ' to tho door, and then the mjsUMy was solved. One of the family bad come home ! Lite, fastened lie door, as he thought, put ! tip the chain, and gone to bed. But the ' door bad not been fastened, the bolts, t.....,..1. l...J ..... 1. ...... mwl i so tin; door keiif. s w iiiuin linckwaids and i r,..-.r ..).. ;., ...,!. ;.,i. h K,.n,o ,.c r,ei j iis the chain would let it. Had the bouse! been reputed "haunted," it would hav. j suggested a ghost, just as anything s'rant's I wili suggest one where the mind issui'aby j i imjncfesed wiih the ideaof the thinf. Tins, a relative of mine used to relate Jow fiightened he had been when a boy in (m- ing down tho s airs of an old towr of ghos'Iy fame at the top of which h and other boys had been amusing them-elves until the shades of e veiling surpriser 1 1. em. It was h!.s fate to bring up the rear, and he no doubt felt in consequence his exposme to the enemy in black, and siue ciough he beara a in.iio.v sii Hep r-x.ic. ly after that hm i j, .! i ; beoit'.'l bi t' Keeping ii'.r.i ; when 13 hut i ied it ,: i ,iij.'-i .some dtf li ,' i:i the .Ki-Ci-iit liu.t iv.n.-eJ also t but wh.-n at hjisgtli he emerged frT the dark ne's wi h a final I ush no gh'St came out afier him. But he rtcolUclet that he hurt got a big of gin get bread 1 1 i F in the h iiuier pocket of his long gieat-oat; and the Hipping of that in the stas was the mys tciious sound that bad so claimed bim. I remember a h iend teling me with the most evident sincti ity tint he felt sure he should succeed in someeiilei orise he had begun because he had j ltd seen seven ducks j waddling fme after .hoolher. lie was an excitable man. just lhn in highly neivous condition, and if be ad said he had sern seven ghosts insteai of seven ducks I should have believd him, but set the 1 ghosts dow n to i"tual abeiia ion. What con.liti.in the witnesses were in who saw the lollnving "well accredited" feat of a ghost I i'd not venluie to deter mine. Tho story is lelated by an enthusi astic believer irand even admirer of ghosts of every sort aid kind, and the chost and witnesses aie all phlegmatic Hermans. "One night, is Kezer lay in his br-dt and the seivatn as s'auding near tho gliss door in conversation with him, t his utter amazemeut lie saw a jag of beer, w hich stood on a able in a room at some distance fiom him, dowdy lifted to a height oT about tht-ce feet and the contents poured into a glass tlot was standing there also, until the latte w as half full. The jug was then gently tephtted and the glas lifted and enptet as by some one drinking, whi'st the servant exclaimed in terrified surpiise: Look it swallows!' The glass was qui etly eplaced, and not a riiop of beer was to I- found on the floor." T doubt there whs not ; and let us hope thpghost was all Ihe better for having ta kei only tbs half glass. But what scroti n'zing of the witnesses we should req-rrc lefoie believing such nonsense as this! Vhat, we repeat, must have bteri their I have a friend who Cahiird sleep rtnless his bead is t tu ned tow ai ds t he mi 1 h . The first time he slept in my house his bed was . against a south wall, but he was not aware of it. Iu the morning he told me he could not sleep until he bad placed tho bolster tint' pillow where bis feet had been ; and so ihe clothes were found arranged, to the great amusement of the household. The inference I diaw then is . that the true explanation of all ghost stories, how ever maivelous, is to be found iti natural causes, in a knowledge of all the facts and circumstances of each particular case. These explanations will sometimes, as in the instances 1 have given, be on the sur face ; sometimes they will lie more deeply within the mysteries of our complex na ture a'd the surroundings and have to be studied and searched out; and s.-metunes they may ts so deep down as to be quite beyond the leach of either our poweis or opportunities of investigation, though doubtless still peifectly natural. But when we consider bow credulous human nature is in legard to mysteries that have no high er anthoiity than that of men, and that are only morbid and unw holesome in their ten dencies : and when, moreover, we take into account how almost unlimited arc Mir i res;uices in nature for the explanation of ; wh.it at fust seemed supernatuiHl, it av ! pears to me to be decitledly bettei, safer, : manlier, riioi'B rational, and at the same lime more respectful towards what is tiuly supernatural, to relegate all ghost stories without exception and without hesitation ) to the domain of wondeis that have a purely earthly origin. Chambers' Journal. Mexdino bine stockings with white yarn makes them a dained tdght too cou i-piciiouR, .i rizcK a t Tin: cni:i:si:. Geo. W. Teck, of the La Crosse Sun, re cently delivered an address before tbe ViPConsin State Daiiyman's Association. The foll-jwiug is au extiaot from tha witty document : Fere Creu"n-a-tioni.ts: In calliig upon on this occasion, to enlighten you nimn me. a subiect that is dear to the hearts of all Americans, you have got th ris.M man in the right place. It makes me pr. ml to come to my old home and i nfold trnfis that have been folded since I can rememoer. It may be said by scoffers, and it lias been to day, in my presence, lhat I didn't know enough to even milk a cow. I deny the al legation ; show me the al.lgator. If any gentleman present has got a cow her with him, and a clothes-wringer, I will show you whether I can milk a cow or not. Or, if there is a cheese mine tere handy, I will demonstrate that I can rennet. The manufacture of cleese and butter has been among the earliest industries. Away back in the history of the world, we Pud Adam and Eve eonre.ving their milk from the garden of E.len, in A one-horsfl wagon, to the cool sprint; cheese factory, to be weigh ed in the balance. Whatever may lie said of Adam and Ive their dirredit In the marketing of the products of their orchard, it has never been -barged that they stopped at the pump and put.watter in their milk cans. Doubtless- you all remember how Cain killed bis; brother Abel because Abel would not let him do the churning. We can picture Cain aid Abel driving mtiley cows up to the ho'.e from the pasture in the North east vomer of the garden, and Abel statnling at, ti-.i bars with a tin pail and a three-legged stool, smoking a meerschaum pipe ami sinking, "Hold the fort, for I am coming throigh the rye," while Eve sat on the vcran.Uh altering over her last year's polonaise, and winking at the devil who stood behind the milk house singing, "I want to an angel." After he got thro' milkinghe came up and saw Eve blushing, and he said, "Madame,, checr-c it," and she chose it. Tin I to come down to the present day, we find 'J:at cheese has Iweome one of the most inip.itant branches of manufacture. It is ncji in importance to the silver interest. A 'id, tcll.iw cheese-mongers, you are doing oirsel vets great injustice that you do not je'ii'Cti ''-.ingress to pass a bill to remonetize Mieese. There is more cheese raised in this country than there is silver, itml it is more valuable. Suppose you had Hot eaten a in 'M da vs. and von should have mouthful placed on the table before you ten dollars stamped mil of silver bullion on one p'.ate and nine tl.il lars stamped out of cheese bul lion on another plate. Which would you take first? Though the face value of the nine cheese dollars would be ten percent, below tht; face value of tbe ten silver dollars, you would take the cheese. You cot'.'..! ttst, it to better advantage in your business. Hence, I sav, cheese is more valuable than siivcr, and it shou'.d be made leal tender for all debts, public and private, except pew rent. I may be mi ad vauce of oi her e;n i nen t financiers, who have studied the enrrency (juestio-i, but I want to see th time come, and L trust, thed iy is p.ol f.-.r di.-tan?, wh.oi H-.1 a grams of cheese will be eq-i-il io a dol lar in c.d!!.s!i, an. I when the merry ,itngl of slices of i ln-i'f-t sbrtll tn; hear.' in evi ly pock et. Then i-vi-i v ciieese lact r-can make its own coin, miii:i.y w ill b- plentj, everybody will be happy, ami UK-re never will be any inure war. It may be a-ked how this cur rency can be redeemed? I would hare an i rieontroVe: t iblu boii-5, mtv.le of limbiirger cheese, which is stronger and more datable. When this is done you can tell the rich from the poor man by the smell'of his mon ey. Now -a-days lotny of us il net. even get a sini.-ll of money, but in the good days whi.-h are con ing tin- cent'ie z'-phyr will waft ti us 'lie; able-bodied limbiirger, ami we shall know lbtit money is plenty. The manufacture of cheese is a business that a poor man can engage in as well as the rich man. I say it n ithoct fear of s'tv'jes! ful contradiction, and say it bold'y, that a poor ican with, sav 2;M) cows, if he thor oughly understand hts business, car. market ttior; clu-ese than a rich man w ho owns ?)') oxen. This is susceptible of demonstration. If my boy fdiuwed a desire to become a statesinan, I would say to bim, "young man, get married, buy a mnley cow. go to She boygan county, and start a cheese factory." Speaking of cows, did it eVefoecuT tovou, gentlemen-, win! a saving it would lie to you if j on shntild adopt mnley cows instead of horned cattle ? It takes at least three tons of hay and a large quantity of ground feed annually too keep a pair of horns fat, and what earthly use are they ? Statistics show that there are annually kiile.l 4.".,ouo Sra.i gers bvcatile with horns. Yon pass laws to muzzle dogs, because one in ten thousand goes mad, ami yet more people are killed by Cows. What the country needs is mere tnti ley rows. Now that I air. on the subject, it may be asked, what is the best breed for the dairv ? Mv opinion is divided between be Southdown and Cochin China. Some like one the best and some the other, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death. There are many reforms that should be inaugurated in the manufacture of cheese. Why should cheese be made round? lain inclined to the belief that tlie making of checite round is a superstition. Who had not rather buy a good square piei e rf cheese than a wedge.-shaVed chunk, all r:t.d at one end, and as thin as a Congressman's excuse tor votli;; back pay at the oilier. Make yonf cheese square ai-d the consumer w ill rise up and call yoti another. Another reform that might oe inaugurated would be to veneer the cheese w ith building j paper or clapboard, instead of the tittte- ln'iiored pie-e of towel. I never saw cheese cut that 1 didn't think ha: the doth around it. bttd seen service as a andags on some other patient. Hut I mav bare Iteeii wrong. I Another thing lhat docs not feeni to le ' r;ghr. is to see so many holes in cbeeso. It i seems to tne that Jioliit cheese, one made by j one of the old masters, with holes in it I do not accuse you of cheating, but don't you reel rl lij'le ashamed when you see a cheese, ! cut., ami the holes are the biggest part of it ? i The. liltle celis mav lie hni.lv for the skip pers, but the consumer feels the fraud in his innermost soul. Amo.ig the improvements made in the manufacture of cheese 1 most not forget that of lae years the cbeeso does tint resemble the grindstone as much as it did years ago. The time has been when, if the farmer could not find bis grindstone, all t he had to do was to mortise a bole in the middie of a cheese, and turn it ami grind hts scythe, lieforn the ir.venlion of nit ro-glyeer riue, it was a good day's work to hew off cheese enough for a meal. Time baa work ed wonders in cheese. I'fcfitfl'L and artificial people are generally caught in their own traps. They deceive themselves more than they deceive others. They may feel great, complacency in view of the success of their doing; but they are in reality casting a mist Iwfore their own eyes. Such persons not only make a false estimate of their own charac ter, but they estimate falsely the opinions and conduct of others. No person is ob liged to tell all be thinks hut Uth duly and self Interest forbid hitn ever to make faiw pretences. tjii: nosi:s or jio.xstijiis. While exploring some rocks in the white sandstone hog back of the cretaceous pe riod, near Morrison, Bear Creek, Colorado, tbe same stratum as Colorad-i ?piings, a few yards west of old Colorado (.'ity we came suddenly tlpon a hu'ffo velrbrx, ly ing as it were carved out in bas relief on a slab of sandstone. It was so heavy ;hat it required two men to lift it. Its eiicum ference was thiity-three inches. We stood for some moments looking In astonishment at this prodicry, and then bunted n round for more n lies. Presently one of the party a Mule in advance cried out, "Well, this fcC?t? all !" At his feet lay a lame bone, resemV.ing a Hercules war club, ten inches in diameter by two feet long. On digging beneath it a nrbcr of smaller vertebia were discoveied. ar.d ?.t the base of the cliff two enormous fragrr.ebts, reminding one of the broken columns of some ancient temple, or a couple of saw logs, lay on the ground, possibly thigh bones, f.rteeli Incit es iti diameter at the butt end ; and in the cliff above them was another fragment sticking out of the rock like the stump of a tree. With the help of a sledge hammer and a crow-bar the rock was removed around it, and underneath lay some ribs three inches in diameter, with Other bones. The rocks in the vicinity were full of j fragments. Felecting one of these, we j lifted up a lai te cap of sandstone above it j and disclosed a perfect shoulder, vlna and i radium, of another somewhat smaller ani- ! ma!, the thickness of tbe bones aveiagine j about ttve or Six inthes. This, lying as it was lik3 a beautiful sculpture on tbe sand- j stone, we succeeded in removing exactly as we found it, Seveial smaller bones of animals of various sizes were discovered, but as the sun was setting behind the mountain we deferred removing our troph ies till the following day. Ihning the night it snowed heavily but rent morning t we succeeded in diagging otir prices oti a I temporary s'ed, down the cliff to the road, and bringing homo to the neighboring vil lage a wagon load of bones and depositing them in a shanty, preparatory to packing them off East to "Piof. Marsh, of Yale CoN lege for identification. The rivnittcr to whom the bones belonged cold not have been less than sixty or even eighty f et long. In the cliff above these bones, im pressions of leaves were found of dicotyle donous trees of veiy sit'gtilar shape, some resembling a lyre, and tdhers the leaves of the tnliptree, willow, conifeis, etc. These trees giew probably on the shores of small isU'.ds in tbe cretacious otettn which the maiino motisteis roamed, and not far off: oysters, clams, baculities and amnion, ites, and other marine bbclls weie found !n abundance. Along the shores or tnis ancient sea squatted and leapt the dinosauius or tht! terilble lizards, one of whom, the loj'.aps, was twenty -four feet long. Emm the length of its hind legs, it is supposed that be was able to walk upi ight like a biped. ctT' ipg h bead twelve feet in the air. Theic was amdber Mil! larger-, thiity live feet lor.g, and of the same habits. In the air overhead, huge bat like creatures, com bining a lizard, a ciocodile and a bat. Hap ped their leathery wings :2Z feet fmm tip ; to tip; over tho sea, plunging eveiy now ; and then into the water for a fish. Theie were birds, too ; a diver, five ami one half i feet high, and smie, stiange to say, with , spinal veittbia- like a I'.sh. and aimed with ; pointed teeth in both jtws. Enormous j tortoises and turtles wi re boatmen of the age. One discovered by Cope, in Kansas, j was fifteen feet across '.he end of one t'ap- j per to the end of the other. Httgt; clams ; lavseatfcred over those ancient shores tw-cn- j ty six inches in diameter. Our sailrian did not fall short of ihe biggest of bt'c mon- ; S'ers ; no cnuu "ot nave uceu n.-.- in.in sixty to seventy feet long, and probably j either a mosasaurus or lizaid allico. to the Chismos"r0. ; The osean in which these creatures lived , was gradually enclosed by the upheaval j of Hie sea bottom on the west, and soon became an inland sea. As the elevation ; fci:tiinied and its aiea was contracted, ridges would lise, isolating ki lions of the 1 sea into salt lakes and impnsoning the life i:i them. The stronger soon destroyed the weaker, the water by evaporation lie- i coming shallower, all life finally died, be- j came skeletons, and, in course of aj;is, fus- ; s:!ed to sandstone, I A Steam Jlhtm The ether day, 1 says the Scintiric America:'., a summon, commanding Thatcher Magoin to piesenl himelf For service in the juiy box was re- j turned to the Commissioner of Jurors with , the information that it had been setved ' upon th"? wrong party. The Commissioner , said to Ihe beater : i "That sett'es it as Tar as yon are con i oerncd. but Magoiii nulst Come beie and j show e'a'.ire why be should not be ajumr." j "He can't," was the leply, "he's loo I biry If bo did coma be would make : things hot for ym. Besides, yoj would , have to r-end a derrick and a tnick to bung j i.in. lie t.trns inescales at S.tKJO i.onitds." The Commissioner wns incredulous ; woise, be made remarks not com bmentai y to tbe fecaker's condition with respect to sobriety, Tbeu tbe summoned man ex plained. . . "I am telling yon facts, Mr. Commission er " he said. "Thatcher Magoin is a steam enVnic. and is located at the foot of E'vich .r Kti PPt. I am Nicholas Mori is.t-t. vcdoie. Years ago I was employe.! ny a man nameu rhfttcl.er Magoin. I named my engine on pier 19. East liver, alter turn. nen me diteclo'iy nan came to the. dock to get the names he s.iw the nanw Thatcher Magoin on the engine, and thinking that be was the boss, put it ou the book. You'll see it inn -i Oil !'. ' i This', we believe, is the first I'me that a clinm ofrine lias i been ra'.h .i todo political duty. Theie appears to be ;io teason. How ever, why a well conduced or a well con structed piere of machinei?. with a phono graphic metric attachment should, not be able to bear and weigh evidence quite as efficiently as the avei age juror. i ... ... . - n , -'A F rt m rt n no' far away, says an ex change, owns a large hog and has had a greaT many callers o see it, be placed it in the bain and charged twenty five cents a sight al bim few days ngo man drove up to the faimhonse and asked see ihe bog. Tbe laimer led the way the barn, but before t!e opened tueo.-M tinned about and demanded the fee. 1 he stiangerpaid tbe qnuter ami nioed to leave, when tbe firmer called out, "D-m t rim want to sen the bog?" "I've seen - . . , 1 htm. answered the ntai'ger, and be kep' I nj How IxriN MXittiT. An intercMi account of bow Indians mairy and r.re g en iti mairiage is fuinisheo It (.'unite sioncr Hayt. He Faysthat at j ir'oil !V aie no valid mat i iages'among the Indittt j except, where, in a few instances a in. j tiage ceremony is jifotmed by the ni;!-i j The r us torn among the Osages is about t' ' same as among all otttcr tiil.es not fnj civilized, and is somewhat "". lo us : j man who desires t mr.i ly goes to the lod( i f the woman he proposes to take and s. down outside the door awaiting pn iuvii ! t'uui I'D go Iti. At first be sends a present ' one pony, and if in response to the g there is no invitation to come within t' i lodge, be sends another pony as a presc. j if the second d.x-s not answer the puii-o a tbiid, foJtth, ?ftb, Or een a tenth sent. i When the numbrr of jvs.iu-s i.5-atif.u ! ly to the fat her T the w oman, the dot... invited lntotiie longe ana tbe bnrgaiti Completed. If it so Lr.ppenr, that he tai the oldest g5.:l in the family, be i etdr. ; to ttlke all her younger sisicisto himn or tf he dot s not like them for himself, bargains w ith any alter applicants for lb. los.es:-ion. TI, ? nho!o p!ocedM.g is mere matter of bargain and sale, in wh! women are disposed of w ithout, their c sent, anu very much like cattle in tl.c m. kct. There is nowhere any limit t" t number of aives as they r.ie ci'led, whi an Indian may have, anil by their pot;, sion bo can change the occupants of I ladg as often as l.e chooses. "As our c dilation is opposed to po'ygi y," s the Commissioner, "s.-i'-.e dtrt'-iie fle'i should be taken regvJatittg and estabhs ing man '.ace in all Indian communilii An act f. Congress should piovide w In ' some and proper mariiage l.iws f r Indii. tribes. The r.geitt rdiottl.l be K.piind : many all the Indians col al.it ing logetl.i it pon tbe vaiious m servat j. .us. giving tbf' acerliticate T such rnaiiiage- and afu the beginning of tbe ticxtjear liolndijn should be peiuiittcd to many nuuc ILul oue w ife." Siscri-An St tri!i.. In ibp year r t ISO'i William Donington thiew himself from the paiaprt f the (.'lunch of St. Se jiulchre, in London, leaving behind bim n note slating as bis ie.i"- ui, ' that he n aided i to go to the oj-M'ia that niglit, but bad nct money enough to puichase a ticket of ad- I mission." j A farmer in Allendale. ng?.rid, gr-t ! j gun batiel, loaded it, and placed the stock ! end in a hot Hie, rti.rl loaned bis stomach J against the other. The barrel soon became i hot and exploded, klliins the ttiifoattuiato I wietcb irr-t.ntly. I A blacksmith in Xew Oilcans, in 1?41, killed binisi If in tbe same manner, blowing bis bellows until the file was hoteui-ttgh to explode the gun barrel. A young lady at a boa-ding school in England drowned herself in : lain cask because t-l.e was nu.de tos'udy f l . m au old book. She was "sweet sixteen !' A i reenw ieh. I'.ng., pensioner, who wre put upon short allowance for misconduct, iu sharpened the ends of bis Secift- cles, and with them stabbed bimsclT to l):o ha!;. . In a Freneli newspaper ol iii2 we find an account of a man who, his wife having proved unfaithful to him, culled his valet and informed b;m th-tt 1.? was about to kill himself, and rc'VteMcd th.v be would boil him dowii and make a candle of his fat and cany it to bis mistress banding Ler at the same time the follo.viiig note : IiEMif-T 7":iKitvsv:-I Imp h.nir burned for I you.aed I no piuve to y ju lti.it n: fames I Hrerem. Yo.irs. I'lr.uiit.. A young lady ten yrr.is .f age, having ; gambled away a huge Luiu'ie, fnii.g ber i self at Bath, Eng., with a gold and silver gildle. Tbe following pole was found in her h uid : "lhus I ti" up mysilf fiotu ! t-lay. Ibis was aoitby if a 1 uucb wo man. Tun Stohy of a Hkiio. Almost every stoiy of shipwieck is chai actei ied by tiuj display of tine heroism on the part of some one of its'vetime. Aid tl is las- t c-1 1 1 l.le disaster in tbe Bi it i-h (. harm I is no excep tion to th; in1". Yo'tn I'Umrr, the iu:i of Mis. W. B. Cl.Mii. r, T EhilMdi Ij bia. soon afler the Clash made by the bow of the baik against ihe m:!v f ti e Pi n.eiai a, found bis sisieis, .'.iss Maty ( Ijmrrsi.d i,o.a. on the di tk d (be -t ;m ship, wbitl er they had bin i ied fiotn tbtli Hh'cim ip. J placed bis oh'est sister in a bfel i at i d lb-re w ss tbiown in by a sailor. 1 1 e I oat was fiill, and the revoml h sailors weie en devoruig to iret into it. Clyn er tbepbt his mother and tbe 1 1 ma ii; ing sit-in weie in the boat. He d id I i.l 1 sii ; le. To.ave the lives f bis sisteis be rut the ic-jt-r which beid the lil bi at to the st airship and tin m d it tidiift. Said:ng lumsdf on the deck of the doinml it-sel, he said good lye to bis sisteis, ital v.it g that l e would never se thctn aai'i. J'be fart that be fiist placid the onng g ii Is cf h;s family iti safety befoir thinking of bimseif is not so n n.n i U b't :i -. the nei e and cour age, Ihe quick j:i seine i f mini nnd lead j gtavpi.f the si' nation shown by this young man of twenty y-nis. Mary men would have dallied with f::te nnd l ,ie hesitated to cut the : e- in tbv.- i.rpe of sav ing t!:t. it selves also, l'ut one momcM of besiiatioti then wou'd have j.st the lives of all in tbe lifeboat i for it v.ouM have 1 et n swamped by Ihe maddened i-aiiois. It as the Dob's choice !?.: ic by ('It, toei to . ie np bit owu young me, I u.l id lo pe i.ni1 promie, lather than to ibk the l.i.s of his si.ie.B i by an ,.. , s.4Ve liil(t .. u..tt m&kg Llfl conduct a ?. civic. . A Td A T it I'M A 1 I (A I. ClUlolTY. A good employment for ihe mathematically in clined duiilig ti e long winter evenings will tie to test their at'cniacy. The multi n'icatioii ot '.isr (,.-. J.J Jl 1 v 4"i rint 1 ASi . r441.4-). Ib-ieisieg ti e ...dcr of the dieiii and multiplying llM. -i'."!. 7s'.' bv 4o. we get a it-suit equally cm huts, . "'', 'i,iO. Jf we take l-i.-t.l Tslt as the muit iplieand, and, imei rl.a-ig ing the figu.i s of 45. n-ke o4 as the m:. it p'.'er, we i l tain another 1 e tn ukable pi oo net. '.,'t'.( TiG.OOd. Heturn I .g totlte milt iplica.i 1 fiisi used. &it,ti.4, yl. and iskiog ."4 hi lie n.uli iplier aga n we get riil.:;.;:', i. ! -t. ti . '. 4. ; i 1 1 hi t-t-s except the fiist ami last l..iies, whuli lead together of. -be inultii bei. Taking tbe same n:u 1 t ij.Pcatid and . u-ii-g 27. t be bnif of r4 as 1 he to multiplier, we gel a product of 21. ;'.& to 1 r.:)7 all sixes exc pi tho bis and -ast fig nies, wlurh lead t.tgether give 2., the mul tiplier. Nxt intcicbance tbe l!guie 1,1 the 1, umber ".'7. and using 7'- as tht mii'li pliei. w it h l'S7,f"i4.'21 as the mulijilica' !, weob'a ti product f 71.111.111,11. .'t ' ones t xcepT the i;i-t 1-t nU'.s w1. -. lj je.id hei .1e 7V, V tnul ipl.er. . t c 1 1- f if t j ' I f r i f 1 i ; i 1 i :i II 00 00 GO .1