V r Advertising: Ttatos. Tb large and rapidly Inoreastag eimalaMoo of T Fimms commends it to the fs vocable consideration, of advertisers. AdvM-ttsoiaaota will ba Inaerted at the following rates: THECAMBRIA FREEMAN IS FlibLISiiED EVERY PS'? AY MORNING At Ebensburg, Pa... by H. A. McPike. r4Y to 1 Inch, times.. 1.P0 I ISO . so . t oo ,. sor .. ltOO .. 00 S months 1 M M m H " H " 1 " months.... 1 year months... 1 year months 1 year Owirtit tee ;l Circulation - 1,128 at BTir.r. booking, match it? It no SI D'S RICI ION IlATtN. D 6 months 11.00 months. so.no 1 year no months 40 00 1 rear U 00 ,-... one Tfkr. cash In advance. .$1.50 " if not pM within R mos. 1-75 ,. if not n'd wlibln Srooi. !IW " " If not p'd within year., t.26 rS-To persons restding outside the county 0 fmt !'tl'loal per year will be charged to i m event will the above terms be de-.r-,- I from, an. I those who don't consult their on int trie's by pmine in advance mult not ,Ir)t,-t to be pti.ee, 1 on the mm-! footing as those wt-o J-'. I-"' tnlg fAvt ho distinctly understood fr 11 tVB time forward. W't'sv for Tour rsper before ron stop It. if ... . i 3 "ii mis'. No-.ie but sonlswags do otb I i',rt be a :niawa,r life's too short. 1 Kminlitritnr'itnd Executor's Notices. . . t V Auditor's Notices 00 Stray and similar Notice 1.S0 Rusinesa Itemi. first Insertion 10c. par Una; each suosequent iDaertioD 5c. per line. o.' tit iotu or vrittHn& if any oorjva fton or soetcfy. and. fimmiitn'rati'fii dretemd tm call attention V anp mat ternf limited or Individual interrtt, twust be pafcl or as advtriitemtntt. Job FiTtifi or all kind neatly and axpedl tlousiy executed at lowaat prices. Don't for get It. H. A. McPlKE, Editor and Publisher. "FT IS A TBBEMAN WHOM TBI TBCTH MAKES TREE, AND ALL ARK SLATES BHBIDE.' 8I.50 and postage per year, In advance. VOLUME XIII. EBENSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, "FEBRUARY 28. 1879. NUMBER G. --- i 1 1 1 111 . C 1 I l.IIJIISIin aTVlll II I II ANOTHER GREAT EPlllTIOX IX PRICES!; l i Tin: Knrxsnuiio ! EiiiWire St HGTisa-FuriilsIiiaa: Store 0V-" ! ." i to the large Increase In mr sales slace i r.c is'- r'tuouou in prices an-! the adoption : . ... i pvs'in. I find mvelf ahle to beoeflt , X y -J?' .L.iers hy a et II ! fiir:her redtietlon Id the ' pr. -ts ' ail g.jids e.nprlcit In lay iare stock. j ,11: st Tifir-fv of it: i 4 jf. 1 No. 9 Cj-ik Pt jve. trimmed complete ! for only li.O. I Qo-ji K"td '-'o.Tt.- at -U cts. per lb.; best do. "J"J rr lb. Xo inftTior or daui i iie-i .'rT"e sold at thisstnre. , (i 1 llHtina; Stovea as low as 4.M. ij'iul 1 1 from .Tij to .w) ctrt. per ib. Tbt ! a r if est sfx-t of I'loor Oil f'lotli in tr.e coun from 1 to i yd., wlile and from i iSt t 70 cis. per yard. Best isi ty Knglish Anvils at 15 cts. per lb eifi fit o el per pper. Gucd c.t siel Tat'l Knivrs and Fork n cit. er set. Tins at 5 cts. prr paper. ' Bft qiia'.:tv lilitoks'iiiih V ise at 15r-. per lb. i Goo-l .. n;i) ?(tlasis a. from 4J to 70 cts. per j iralion. I lijoii I'o-ir Locks and Knos completa, as low ' 'J" t ts. .TO. ; (, . d '"i tinn Thread Bt 4 clc a fnoril. . Bst i Jui.'y 12 inch Mill Sw r'ileaat 4'icts.each. i 'i i'o.i Fioe ht 8 cts. pT lb. Ilt-t .j!::i!ify .! Leather at 2- to : cts. per lb. Do iioo-bittrd Axes t il.ir-, at.d i.pwaid. I-aritfsl stock of Smir il Liotbo io the county nt U." cts. per yd. IL.z.bar.1 wood turned bead; Clothes Pins for 10 cts. i:rk' 'i V. T. .Machine Cotton Ht 5 cts. per pool. ' G i J I 't ? han ilecus: steel ?uovel for 60 cts. j each. j "J.icd 7.irc U"ii6h Ilonrils for 23 da. Lare -1 si oek of I.eok riir lHa3S"8 in town, Tery 0 loiv. T.Viiiuiir Soda Hi 4 els. per lb. Bestq i!!ty lour-tined Manure Forks at 85 cts. each. GooJConl Shovels. 7. H 13 and 20 cts. each. Pearl Starch cts. per Ib. Us e t n e lurge-t stock of Queers ware la to wn, nf very low prices. it-t Bakinif Sod.i ut cts. per lb. DiSton ' best ualitv foot Cross Cut Paws, ; at J.lo. i I have the lurgest stoelt o! Spices In town, very I low. j O 'O 1 Door Latches i low us 7 cts. euch. Larue fctock of Table and Hed Castors al low- . ( St rate?. j ilr.i l Flour nt 1 1. "i" per suck. Lrrfet ftock ol.'ll.isw nre und Lauipa.iu town, . very lov.-. ANs.l Forn'ture Vurnish nt II 40 per iral. ! i'id ( i rtet Steels at H cts. a pair. f iver 1" Irei-Mlis iel s;7. s Tire mid Carriage II'I'3 kept in stock . very low. I R t To! acco m the market, at C5 cts. per lb. .". k-jrs X .uls i: w i-i stock, ti.Gtf rati s, selected and msde of best uiijck iron. No infer ior er.ip iron i.niis kept in tock. I bir' ; ii" bi-sf t"ur:irs iu toivu fr the money. I'v.r -) mi-8 or Window tilass kept Io stock, vry loiv pre-i.-s. ' Ljrt-ftofk of liar lion utol toi?e Shots al- . v. r v on l.atid. at low rarts. j ..; . . tiiv1 i.iMii t i'inl'S at 6 its. rach. I L-rse stock of Table Oil Cloilia ou band, rery low. I.ln. oed Oil, direct I r.iin Factory, at 70 cts. i j tfll. I i 't V. F. V. iul!- I'owder. 40 cts- p. lb. I i ! i.fi ho! Ht liM-TS. per lt. - II re n 'otT'.-o at cts. per lb, i ( al li.n i.ei1. its ;ow n. "o e!9. each. "' : n : i 't li ee ii: :o c' s. t"i- i n. I inle l.eii t tit ;'.lu to t-i-'i per keg . . ! - -. e. made of the !.. iron, icduccJ to t c." per lb. I Cals: ' !: i tmi'iit t Tinwure on hand, very chc up. 12 pttpers F.-sence i t Coffee for 25 ets. La-, iini ii, I runks and uusea iu town, very ch'H:. a-.-ortroeiit of Wall Paper always on MKiti at lowrst prices, per W (.,,w Shades at ;i! cts. per roll. J iet a:i i WuMiinir Soups in endless vnriety. ' "k Srov n 1 rorn ifi (.id no to 15.1). !. a-vtltiitni of Hair, Clothes and Tooth HruSMPJ. L-irg I!- it Sti.-ves from ft. to up to l.'Jj.W) ; very eoe i p. FxtrR No. 1. Salt, tl '." per barrel. I v t-r . il vf ;i rid vin ? iiot. I ho largest stock Ir..iri ! si up to lld.ijo. : ; t Ci .ii i : i ut tj cts. pt r gal. : :r only a (os if the thousands ot : :i ' fi- tia r-? it; re a cd liou.-ie-Iurni.s h . mr line . i -:m ; ir-ii.-eirp at equally lo'.v prices. 1 . - 'o- 'hat -0 j tT cu' . cl.eai-pr. or i ii. y ciicapr, tiinn nMu-r men do, as I think i' .- Vt tl.e pMhln' ju lktp il. at f'r them 1 .. 1 :i-Iv:t;..' to j-ell ni'edsas low as I e d ! sn-1 iy one h.in lred cents on N'-ir 'i'T vt i i I 1 t li rr nut a ireod 5ta r : . : u 'i N uvi-r t he C'-uriter at nrst cost, .:. .-. an i t -n eh..rire two or I hree profits i eNe to mako uii fer the lo?s. Yet .. . , ,.n . .;lvur n fell uoods at the lowest t I r. Ii:. v. n I I promise this I'-iau-c 1 know I in turiiish o.id - af prices that will he ben i ' I t h s. ! l'-r an 1 t uyer. and not at prices ' ! t'er.efit one and rw.n the other -r-,at.k:iiz y oi all for t lie liberal patrons ire I re ti t e r re. up-m me. an t hoping i"r a jiiici! and iii Ta-") i f t'no ann, I remala i;e,"pe-t lully v VrfcO. HUNTLEY. stcazif y or. 19, l7s. Lr CENSE NOTICE Petitions for T.ivi-rn, E:ing House ami Quart Li- a h.ivii.r been tiled in the ofTV eot the Clerk ' ! v 1'irti-r Sessions of Carohria county by the ' ' . oi:.ir iol.ned persons, notice is hereby giv- ' 'ii'.ii: th. same wiil be presented tosaid Court ! March Term. 17'J: ' TAVERN I.ICrNSg. j A ".k'i ' j Twp. Kdwar.1 O'Urlen. I birr T p.- K ichoias Lsmnour. I i n. -t l'wp.- iLi t Ii It'loiiy. a-' H ir. Lawrence Schrotli, A. H. 1 oi Such. Fd.vnr i L. Hinder. . ...Ju i v r r I ! . i.-F. tw in M. lt-od. Kr:l . I l wp. l hom.ii Iti tn pliy. j s,-r.i.a- l:or. jnbn Crousc, Adam Lei- , ' . o n 1:. i.ititfer. ( . :i r .: oh'l If-iller i. Rernard Fitz- ' 'it:" H'Tie, Fiward MoTe. Peter 11 'TV ii rc, l-t ward ; tieoiee Alg- 1 I T. .- li"t!'. Miciwl :-teii.ich 1 ward. i : in,.'! lior. John Knrr, .1 '"ph Ment- l-r. i-e ilnd, Isi Whrd; Philip Mertzinirer. I T o:ey, I.u vrencP Keich, Joseph l)a- "Hi ii rner. M ugh ! rer. wood, Peter A. 1 ".. I.,;r no' Furlong. 2d ward. , I'n.--Peter Brown. John Mctzar. I ''or.euiaugii Bor. Leonard Rest, Mitry .rrf Mir. Christina Foster. Mlch'l Lat .ti -i illrtir, N. J. Freidhoa" and ifnrry V.'est.Tiard ; Thos. 11. Heist. East i- I. Twp.--ThniilM Ott. cun It. .r. - i'eter Kubrilz. n ... M.enail'l . 1 nu, viiOSIilin liciu.i Richland .Twp. Christina U Al n . ' Hor. Albert Bender, James Maulls. . Ft:. n I! t. - John Kaab, Conrad Knab, ; let ' -. F. H. Wiliouer, John Murton, r, John Mcliertiiott, Patrick O'- j I lin ( n 1. John Shifthnuer. Joseph ' i 011,1- S. liavis, Michael Finnegan,21 I rie iiHitb, Adiini ItiersliHiik, Joseph ! irf i-t I liitiiriis. C harles K ropp. David ' re Shu tfer. John M . K inir. Stephen 0. Kroz, ( harles Ka6t, Joseph Shoo- ! t . - Zioimorinan. Sr.. M.ir (rossen, ': o i ''uharme Werner. 1 ward; o:p-"n. Kekhart Pfl'e. 0car GraetTe, 1. 4';i ward; Johanna Weigaod, 5th ' ry Mi i-T. r, rtth ward. i . - KlTi-n llongele, A.J. Christy. !t' r -Hi-nry Vim Alt. Hugh McGro- I l.liinifs. Richard Dowl.riif. Joseph ! 1-t wirl; Kob't S;igerson, 2d warJ. j !':. We'-ry li.uiei Iy. I li-T. - Christian Reich. i i il r - Patrick O Io,vd .MlehT Me- 1 'ho :,v Mefii". Manh-w Dignatn. t a K,,.f iHJ j Unger. Mark B. , !' ;i 11 ' I. ' irk, Christopher Robe- " Miraaret He.'ly. sr1- (,.. 'v;:rk. J w Ji li. lie i. - M' , V. i y- - 11, r v r. r Y.. i' I . - 1 1 ciiivc W em pr.'-lh. I r Twp. Jacob Koehm. sli Her., -j 1 Ward John Genrhnrdt. i i M ir W illiam L. Si hroih. Il. nrv I n i V I I I . I'.-.-r. I - i,e. i e Crook. i r -An 'rew i.'wl'r. l;or. i;o.'.nii ;h p'ohler, C I ward ; : '"' I lii-l V'elm. 4 li T.-rtrd. I -F. X. I ..! 1 . P( 1. r Km i n 1 I I ; v. .1 . ' i ' John ruth. P. F. Klrhy. i-:i-i. .-i Twp.-Geore J. Schwa icrer. t OL" A RT MCESISE. ' '" 3 i Ward-HeDry Fritz, John . I isher & Co. - ' ",ONNEr I- C1''rk U.Q.S. s irT;ce, Ebensburg, Feb, 10, l.(79.-3t. s HFPTVE" a , t t. r; : '"Ifr i) SAI.T-? v v r lis nt t"rr'; r f V,nd- Krr , id out of th. j ' i t ' m. :'"mon Pl of Clearfield county ' "" oirnt'd. thr wi.l l . v r.ec.i ai the t ourt House in Khensburg, 'b JliMhJil, m;, nH cioti, " "ing real tstate, to wit : j . tl-leand Inter.stof John A. By. 1 'i '-a pieesor parcelcf land situate! ti: : i r tr7-Le- . 7 , . -1 : ' - s-amiisia eountj, fa., a-loin ' Will. aim & Fiiit-mau Wm. rsura r- r!e. Asuu'y Le. and John .....i.- erej, mors or less . unioi. s-.ia in ,xcution and to bs sold ny-, io us,. f r -, ! p.. i w ,.rr J hi,dcf ,,ie Purchase I tue rJi r.Z ', j . Propert y is knocked a u i . . ""V to -Iuil,i9 befoiethe S,n,, p. 3HS EYAN. PLeriff. -1 ' --e, Ebsnsburg. Fso. 3, 1S79. i. liATTENTION EVERYBODY! We iteslre to inform the puWic in general that we have Established a Store TUNNEL HILL, And rt.peatfully Invite attention to h fact that it embraces Mm Ire in Quantity an! Variety s x. than is usually kept la stores cf the kind. It is ereryivli ere conceded by those who have given u a call that T3 NOT EQUALLED FOR QUALITY, VABIETY an3 EXTENT by any othtr stock In the neighborhood, and as we shall from time to time add new fea tures and new lines of goods shall always buy In large quantities and al low no re duction In stock we hope by strict adher ence to oood ooorw. CLOSS PRiCF.S AND SQUARE DKALINti TO MAKE OUK Bl'OKK THE GREAT POPULAR HEADQUARTERS FOR ALL KIND OF GOODS ! More than that, we shall endearor to make it the interest of all classes to DEAL WITH US PERMANENTLY by carefully catering to their wants and wlBhes and treating them as we ourselves would wish to tie treated in all matters pertaining to business. TO FAR3IE11S We would say we have an unlimited demand for all kinds of grain and produce, and can orrer them prices In advance ! of others iu the business. I CASH PAI0 FOR GRAIN WHEN SO BARGAINED FOR j t"Te earnestly solicit the patronage of the putdic and pledge our best efforts in all trans ! actions. B. M. JOHNSTON k CO. ! OTflDCC 1 nollldaysbnrg, O I UnCO I Jlckee i, WllUamsbarg, Tonul II ill. FLOCKING MILL- Wn.LiAMSnt no, Pa. January 21, lS79.-Cm. HOWISTHIS FOB CHEAP? S.TEITELBAUIVl, OF CARROIIJOW5, OFFEBS , 8i lbs. Green Coffee for $1.00 j 15 lbs. Brown Sugar for - - 1.00 ; 10 boxes Essence Coffee for - 25c. ! 1 Ib. Pure Japan Tea for - - 50c. No. 2 Mackerel, per kit, at - 1.50 Lake Herring, per I bbl., at - 1.20 1 Ib. Goshen Cheese for - - 10c. , 1 gal. Non-Explosive C. Oil, - 16c. N. Orleans Molasses, 50c. AM) ALL OTHER CJOODS AT PRICES EQUALLY LOW! Pon't pass this announcement unnoticed, ; rut read ant pront Dy it lor your own fenent. ; Meantime permit us to lists clearly and distinct- , ly that it behooves all parties in these times of de- ', presslon to loves', their money where it will brinjr i tbs beft returns. Hence it is that all are urgsd to uuy tneir AT J uowii, vrocerirs, loixiizig, kdu ail other rind of merchandise fro re S. TE1TKLBAUM, Feb. 7. ls7.-tf. Carrolltown, Pa. INCORPORATED 131 137. omTtTnmT tj nvr if rrrrn i t tit i it ' oHllLlLl Ull lflUl'liAL iLAIl. i PROTECTION MUTUAL FIRE IhSURiriCE COMP'HY OF EBENSBURG, PA. Frsii:n !';t:s i: fsns - $!23,C... Only Five Assessments in 22 Years. NO STEAM MILLS TAKEN. mfT rADM DDflDrnTirC tba week, but the youngest died first. UUUU hAnmrttUrtlilltb:day afterBhe was buried, the poort ZSPZC1ALLY DESIRED. GEO. M. READE, President, T. W. DICK, Secretary. Ebsnsburg, Jra. 81, 1879 -ly. GEO. W. OATMAN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Ebensbttra. t'mnfjrin Count 11. Fa. 1ENSIONS. Back Pay, and Bounty, Increased j A Pensions. F.oualixed Bounty, and all M ilitary Claims speedily collected. Keal tstate bought ! and sold, and payment of tales attended to. j iviiir jictvuais, iutes, iue-Diiis. juuginenis, 1 Kents, Ac. collected. Deeds, Mortgages, Agree-1 merits Letters of Attorney, Bonds fcc, neatly rltten, and all legal business carefully attend- i ed to on reasonable terms, f TSpecial atten- j tion given to all kinds of business In the Orphans' I Court, and the settlement of Accounts ol kxeeu tors, .4rlmi7ils(rftfori, G'uirdiirns, 2Vtfr, and Atfijiieca. f a-14,'7'-Jin.) i Blairsvillc Lalies' Seminary. Second term began FssnrART 1st, 1S79 For 1 terms and information apply to Rev. T. R. EWING, Principal, j Fsb. 14, 187S.-1IB. BLA1KS V1LLK, PA. L AtLHUU S JNUTJCh;. JUJ . . Letters testamentary on Vhe este oV wnl.;.. 1 Raker, Sr , late of Carroll township. Cambria countr. deceased, havlnir hn rrm..i i i h, nn. , dersigned by the Register ol said eonnty. notice ' 1 hereby given to all paities indebted to said es- ' tate that payment must be made forthwith, and , J o hT'n f'ms against the same will iir'esent ! the duly authenticated for settlement. PKTEK A. HKItTR AM . Fieentnr Carroll Twp., Jan. 4, 187.-6t. TOTICE. Notice is hereby given tua the account of James King. Aa-, signe, of flsorgs Parks and wif,. has been fllsd in the office ol the Prothonotary of Cambria e.ino- ' ty. ,na will ba presented to the Court of Common Pleas f ssld county, for confirmation on tha ' Brit Monday of March neit. r. r.tl'DOSNELL, ProthenMarv. FrvihvcsiArr's re-mrrarg, rb. it, !". M- Olt-XOF-TII-R'S CL-TK, . My grandfather's clock was too high for the ; shelf, And It reached forty feet below the floor, ) And he used to take a lightning rod to wind it himself, While he stood oa the top of the door. It ran '.ike aquarter-horse Jonglyears 'ere he was horn ; When he died It ran faster than before. And ev, ery; time-tbat-he-beard-the tune. The old man swore. Chorus, by the entire congregation : About 4SH.O0O years without slumbering. Tick, tock; tick, tock, turn turn-turn ; trim tvm-tum, oompah, oom-pah, bra-a-a 7 Whistling and roaring and shrieking and tLtrn- derlng! Tick, tock ; tick tock, toot, doot, toot, deroot, tra. la, la ba ha! Ah! Scree-ec-ee! Whoop! Whoop! Wa-ha- faa-ba-lia ha-a-a-a! went! Faster! ihan-ever-lt-went-before. When the old man died ! The man who lived down at the corner of the block. With a rolce like a broad gauge basso. He mado a bass solo of "My Grandfather's Clock :" And he never sang any other tune. He sang it every morning and he sang It In the night, And he sang ft while the congregation cried ; But his neck; tie; flUed-hls-neck-too-tight, On the day he died. C7iorti. by ptsople who whistle, and can't sing, with a lintrcring. suspicious Inflection on the "neck-tie." as though circumstances Indicated that several men had helped the mustciao to put it on: t.. ; Fortv-nlne hours a day without slumbering, Toodle de doo, too de doo, tooodle de4oo too i ty toot ! i The multitudinous notes of the crickets out numbering; I Toot! Doot! Toot! Doot I Toot! i But bis neck; tie; wasn't adjus'.cd right, On the day he died ! And the handsome young man wboaog tenor In the choir. Was also addicted to the tune; Housed to pitch the air about twenty octaves higher Than the key-note of the man in the moon. But great, Jove ; gave-one-oT-bls-bolts a shove. And the young mat died I Chnrut, for first tenor voices, with a shivering kind of intonation on the thunder, indicative of the feelings of a young man when he is struck by lightning. Now, then, all together: Up to high C without stumbling, Squack, squack ! squack, squnckl Squack without ar.y quavering or straining or mumbling ; Squack, squack 1 squack, squack ! Squack but the thun; der! got-mlghty-close-to-the ground. On the da-ay he died ! There were forty million people In the land of J our birth, With voices from a squeak to a roar. And they warbled that tune through the ends ! of the earth. In the church, in the car, and the store, I Till the old man's ghost resought the glimpses of the moon. And he tore at his silver-flowing hair; And the old; man! wbenever-be-heard that tune.l Would cavort and swear! j moniB, soiuy, uy any person tu ine company : who knows the words with olc man obligate: j Ninety years without slumbering j His lips seconds numb'rlng ' But it stopped short ! j !- 11 1 1 I j Bur?if7ton JJau fttu- j GHOST STOltlES. j An Interesting Collection of Visita tions from the Other World. A TOUCHING GHOST STORY. Mrs. G , with her two little giila, of the respective ages of 8 and 9 year, bad been staying in tbe country on a risit to ber luster in-law ; but baying taken a borne near London, she seDt tbe two children with their nurse oil by an early train, fol lowing herself by one a few hours later. ! Toward the evening of the same day, one j of the little gitls walked into a room of the bouse which they bad quitted iu tbemorn- vrer cousin, to whom she was much Rttached, was sitting at his studies, and said to biro, "I am conao to say good- by, Walter ; I shall never see you again." j Then kissing him she vanished from the : room. The young man was greatly star tled and astonished, as he had himself seen j both the little girls and the nurse off by the j morning train. At this Tery time of the i evening both the children in London were taken suddenly ill, while playing in their : Dew home, a few hours after tbeybad ar I rived. Tbe doctor called in pronounced I their complaint to be small pox of the most malignant kind. They both died within Tbe bereav ed mother was anxiously watching the last hours of the one still left, for whom she well koeiv no chance of life remained. i Suddenly the sick child woke up from a kind of stupor, and exclaimed, "Oh, look, j mamma! look at tbe beautiful angels!" j point iDg to tbe.footof the bed. Mrs. O- ! saw nothing, but beard soft, sweet music, which seemed to float in the air. Again the chiid exclaimed. "Oh, dear mamma, there is Minnie !" She smiled and appear- J nroallv nliiil At Ihia mi-ment Mrs J r , ' G distinctly heard a V01C0 EBy, ''Come, . . . T ... - , dear Ada ; I am waiting for you I The Bjck child smiled Once Bgain, and died without a struggle. Long did tbe poor . . .... . II . 1 (U U, . u. X. ... b . V . - i .... mm buii.iuu conversation between the two little ones, in which the youngest said to the other that she felt suie she should die first and would be certain to come and fetch her. A HIDEOUS RECITAL. , If it appear strange to us mortals, and I even awful, that tbe disembodied spirit can i under certain conditions, uuknown to us, j revisit tbe scenes of its previous existence, i how much more awful and difficult of be- ! lief ia it that spirits which have quitted I their earthly life in tbe nnrestrained in- dulgence of angry and malevolent passions can vet exercise Such 0 influence over the Corrupting clay which they apparently left tn ;,1,.. ,.,j beblu tnem S to Violate tbe sacred re- pose of the tomb, and terrify and appall . . . o u . . . , the living ! Such a circumstance certainly occurred at K k ball, In Lincolnshire, and was long the theme of conversation in that 50tintv. II- -k ball bad been in the possession of the II family for hun j - , . .. v-v T . dreds of years ; at the time of which I an m writiog tho ancient line bad dwindled down to two individuals the old squire in present possession, and bis only brother and destined successor, who was unmarried, j and very little younger than himself. The , hall, which had once been so full of iife and j gayety, bad become the abode of sorrow j and gloom, in consequence of the early , death of the squire's young daughter, his . ! only child, and the heiress of all bis pos-. i sessions. This death followed, iu less than j j a ysar by that of his wife, to whom be was j j deeply attached, had quite broken down ; the old squire's health and happiness. i The lady and ber daughter were deposited ! in tbe family vaalt amid the tears and re grets of the villagers, by whom they were 1 much and deservedly beloved. For years the squire had no intercourse whatever i with his brother, between whom and the j lady of the ball there bad been a life-long j : feud ; the hatred on Ler part having been j quite of a passive nature, as she was aever ; beard to mention bis name ; but on bis, of ; the most abusive and virulent kind, which j made Lm exclusion from tbe ball an abao- j lute necessity. Tbe cause of this hatred , oould only be guessed at even by tbe most curious, as none was ever assigned by eith- ; er party. "When tbo old squire, after his double bereavement, became almost heart- ; broken, the good pastor of the village, whose friendship with the family had ex- , isted for fifty years, effected a meeting aud a thorough reconciliation between the long estranged brothers, and the younger one took up his abode once more in the home of his ancestors. Cue only condition was made that tbe name of his deceased sis- l ter-in-law should never pass his lips. A j year passed away. The old squire, soothed ; and comforted by the companionship of his early playfellow, begin to recover both bis health and spirits ; but at this time a ma- i lignant fever broke out in tbe village. Among its victims was the squire's broth- . er, who during his whole life had known ' ' neither sickness nor disease. lie was pros- , j trated at once ; and never rallied. The ' j good minister before mentioned, who well t i knew the family history, unmoved by that j fear of infection which made Dim a sol it a- ry watcher, took his stand by the bed of the dying man and vainly endeavored to draw bis thoughts to tbe eternity which ' was faBt opening before him. His pious . I words fell upon a dull, unlistening ear, but ! ! as he touched upon the duty of forgive ! ! ness, and cautiously alluded to his well- ! known hatred of the deceased Mrs. II, ! the effect was appalling ; all apathy van- J islied, and though a few minutes before ap- ! parently past the power of 6peech, yet now j the sick man broke out into fierce impre- J cations, and by a last supreme effort rais j ing himself upright In tbe beds exclaimed, -"I know that I am dying; but mark my ! last words ; if when I am dead, you dare j to bury me in tbe same vault with that ac cursed woman, the living as well as the ! dead shall hear of me !" He fell back with a frightful oath on his lips, and expired. j The horror-struck minister kept close in bis own breast this dreadful death of one 1 he had known so long, and thought it more ! kind, as welt as moro prudent, to keep the ! poor squire in ignorance of bis brother's ' last hours. As was the invariable custom ! in the II family, the body, after lying ' iu slate for a time, was consigned with j much poinp and ceremony to the family ; vault, and was placed next to the coffins of 1 the squire's wife and daughter. That very J night the villagers living near tbe church- i yard were disturbed by doleful shrieks and ; ; cries proceeding from the vault a noise of : strife and struggling and blows, ns if of enemies engaged in a close fight. The i next morning at daylight tbe strange tale J j was carried to the rectory, and the good ' J clergyman thought it best, under tlio cir- ' cumstances, to disclose to the squiio his j j brother's last fearful words and threat.-, ' j and to suggest the opening of the van!?;. j To this the squire, greatly shocked, con- ; j sented, and the vault was unlocked and entered by a party sent to examine into llio ' cause of the strange noises heard the night I before. A scene perfectly unexplicaolo ' j met their eyes. The coffins of the squire's j lady and daughter were lying in a f&r cor- I j ner of the vault, the young girl's cofliu : across her mother's, as if to protect it. 1 Close to them, standing erect and mcnac- : ing, was the coffin of tbe squire's brother, so recently and decorously placed upon ; black trestles. Amazement seized the by- standers, but under the snperintendence of proper people the coffins were restored i to their original places, and the vault was I again closed up. At night the noises be- ' gan again ; tbe sound of blows, shrieks of pain, and frightful contention of strug gling enemies appalled the party of v'lla gers set to watch the place, in order to pre vent the possibility of deception. The tale was whispered far beyond tbe precincts of I tbe village, and $aean$ from tbe noighbor- j ing city, who laughed at the idea of any- -thing supernatural, suggested that an ex- plosion of gas from the foul air of the vault j might have occasioned the displacement of .' the coffins. The squire was Induced to : bavo large ventilators placed in tbe vault, j but this did not in the least abate the nui- j sance, which to the terror of the village rather increased than diminished. At ; length the squire himself resolved that a ' I stroug brick wall should be built np in the j ! vault, so as to separate effectually the cof- ; fins of those who even in tbe solitude of the j tomb seemed to keep up their antagonism. ' This bad tbe desired effect ; from that mo j ment all was quiet in the vault, and the . noises were never beard again, but for long , afterward the strange story was current in ' Lincolnshire. j A MOB Or 0HO8T8. j More than forty years ago some circum- j stances occurred in Port Royal, Jamaica, ' which at the time made a great noise in the civil as well as tbe military circles of , that place, and which ended tragically for ' some of the parties concerned. It was on-! ly recently that I became acquainted with ' the full details of tbe affair from tbe recital ' i of one who was at tbe time an inhabitant . of tbe island, although not mixed up in I what took place, and who bad the story '. from written documents carefully preserv ; ed in tbe family. Many years before the date of the prent etory an iniurrection ' and massacre in the island afforded, as is too often the case, full scope for the indnl- j gence of personal hatred and revenge, cloaked under the specious pretense of pa- j triotism and public zeal. One of the most i opulent merchants of Port Royal, retired ; from business, but occupying a situation of great public importance, bad made himself ; obnoxious to the popular party by bis ( strict adherence to his duties as a citizen and a magistrate. lie had one deadly en- ; emy, a neighbor as wealthy as himself, but . whose infamous and licentious character ! bad caused him to be entirely rejected by the family, not only as a suitor for the hand of one of Mr. M 's lovely daugh- j ters, bnt even as a common acquaintance. ; Mr. M 's houso was in the outskirts of ' tbo town, in the midst of lovely gardens, and wns furnished with a taste and splen- j dor wLicb. only tropical luxury could sug- gest. Tlio house, securely shut up and , well defended, was considered so impreg- j nabla that Mr. M , his large family, l and his numerous dependents, considered j themselves iu perfect safety when tLe in- ; surrc-ctiou broke out, and never thought of i seekiorr safety by flight to a more distant , spot. Their cruel enemy, however, found means to corrupt one of the inferior ser- ' vants, and by the aid of this traitor ob- j tained entrance at midnight for himself j aud a well-organized band of miscreants, : to whom the certainty of rich plunder ' would have been a sufficient inducement I even without tbe specious plea that Mr. j M had been the adviser of some harsh j measures deemed necessary by tbe govern- ment to restoie public order. Tbe work of ; murder speedily began, and in spite of the resist ence offered by tbe whole household, ' who nobly seconded their master, the fam- ily were driven from story to story till they j could go no fnrther, having reached a laige room at the top of the house, which having no out'et, left them no chance of , escape. Xn mercy was shown either to in- ' fancy, beauty or helpless old age ; every ; individual of the doomed family was mas- ; sacred, and, after securing a rich booty of , jewels and plate, tbe murderers would j have set fire to the princely mausiou lidt l that a body of troop3 came down upon them, too lato to save their victims, but in , time to save the house and much of its J valuable contents from spoliation. The j prime mover in this fiendish deed was kill - ' i ed in the conflict with the military while , trying to escape ; the bouse and grounds ' became utterly desolate, and were shunned by all. Passers by after night-fall averred j that shrieks of murder and cries for help , were invariably heard proceeding upward from the bottom to the very top of tbe I houso. j Such was its condition at the opening of j the year 18 , when, the barracks at Port : Royal being full to overflowing, and at this ! inoportuue moment fresh troops arriving, it was found expedient to quarter some of them in the towu. The ihauntedhouse, ! from ifs great size and close vicinity to tlio ! town, was mentioned to the general com- ! msnding as a suitable place, and it was settled that a largo party of the usvvly ar- j rived regiment, with their officers, shonld 1 be quartered in the long deserted mansion. All seemed to go well ; the soldiers, glad : to be again safe cn land, roamed bout at 1 pleasure and viewed with astonishment the ; spacious rooms, the rich carvings, the j marble staircases, and the half-decayed but j still magnificent furniture profusely scat- j tered about. Tbe officers of tbe garrison, ' always hospitably inclined, had got ready j a pleasant entertainment for the newoomera in one of tbe splendid saloons, and toward ; midnight all was glee and conviviality, ' About this time a loud tiotso was beard at ! the outer gate, which seemed as it ware to fly ojen for the entrance of numbers, then : p. battciiog sound and confused demand for . admittaiico at the great door of tho hall, ; which opancd in like manner of its own accord ; I hen piercii:g shrieks as of people j ascending the great staircase, and the cries , of women and childien flying madly from . a pursuing enemy. The amazed officers, haslily snatching up their swords, rushed j in a body into the entrance ball, where ' numbers cf their men, attracted by the fearful noise, were also looking wildly i about thfttn. They saw nothing and only j feli a chill current of outer air which at , once extinguished all the lights. The j shrieks and noise of people pursuing others j up the stairs still continued, but high up in J the house ; and we must now leavo the tenants of the lower apartments in a state of alarmed bewilderment, and follow the i 6hadowy "rabble rout" to a large room at tbe top of the mansion, which bad been as- signed as a sleeping place for twelve of the young soldiers who could not find accom modations below. Tbey were all preparing for rest when the tumultuous cries of peo ple ascending the stairs aud of others in bet pursnit, made them fear that an insur rection bad broken out in the town, and though a few of tbe bravest proposed their making a rush down stairs to the assistance of their officers and comrades, tbey were overruled, and the door of the room was hastily barricaded with heavy articles of furniture dragged from their places for the purpose. The noiso advanced, the door was assaulted, every obstacle gave way, j and the astonished occupants of tbe room j felt themselves seized with a strange, cold j horror as a rush of air extinguished the j light, and all who stood in the way receiv- j ed heavy blows from invisible bands, which j left some of them senseless and the rest in ! a state of idiotic bewilderment. Only one of the number retained full and clear pos- j session of bis senses, and seems to have j bad a perception of the ghostly naturo of j what was passing. Wheu the door was j burst open be was standing in tho middle ' of tbo room and so escaped the blows showered on bis comrades. "With great j presence of mind be relit the lamp, but it ' went out again directly ; still be described ! being able to see by a kind of shadowy j twilight which pervaded the room. lie ) distinctly remarked a throng of spectral ! figures, which appeared like bluish vapors, ! with dim and indistinct outlines, passing swiftly to the top of the room. When j they reached it the noise was deafening ; be beard tbe wailing cries of little children, tbe shrieks and prayers for mercy of wo men, the bitter oatbs and imprecations of j men. the clashing of weapons, the deadly j stabs and the dull thud of falling bodies as each victim was in turn dispatched ; in short the bloody drama of long years be- ' fore was re enacted on that fearful night. At length an appalling silence settled upon tbe horrors of tbe scene, and tbe hitherto spell-bound spectator knew and felt no more till he awoke to life in a ward of the regimental hospital, having been brought with difficulty through tbe dangers of a brain fever. Three of his companions were dead of the same complaint, and two more were in a state of hopoless idiocy. Tbe strictest inquiries were made, aud a search ing examination took place in the endeavor to detect any fraud or deception, but noth ing was elicited in the way of reasonable explanation and the matter was hushed up by the authorities. Soon afterward the Government purchased the estate and razed every building on it to the ground. A SOLDIER COMES BACK, People who can look back to Calais as it was twenty years ago may remember a small shop kept by a tobacconist which stood at the corner of the Rue de Guise, nearest to the Place. Tbe house belonged to a maiden lady, who, like most French shopkeepers, lived on the'ground floor,'and j was glad to let the first and second floors, I comprising some elegant apartments, to ! English families who swarm over to Calais j in the summer season for sea bathing. French people carefully abstained from j renting these apartments, as the mysterious j disappearance of the last occupant three j years before bad caused rumors of all kinds j to circulate in the town. The tenant in 1 , i question was a military man, a captaiu in the regiment then on garrison dnty. was ; unmarried and lived by himself, passing I most of his time in one of the numerous cafes which are the invariable resort of French officers. lie seldom bad any vis itors, but a servant of tbe sasne regiment came morning and evening to receive bis orders and to attend to bis personal re quiieir.eiiU. One morning this man walk ed into the shop below, where the mistress of tbe house was serving her customers, and asked her if she had seen bis master, for he had found the private door open, and on going as usual up stairs had seen that the bed had not been slept in, and that all in the room was as be had left it the night before. The lady replied that she had heard no sound whatever in tbe apart ment above since tbe sounding of the re traite the night'before at half past eight, when she certainly beard tbo ball door shut and supposed it was the captain coming in, as wsb bis wont, at that hour. The whole town was searched ; tbe police were applied to; the sergeant, on whom suspicion at first fell was subject to a searching exami nation ; but no result followed, except that upon looking over the things iu his room one large Fbcet was missing from the newly-made bed. In short his fate remaiued shrouded in the deepest mystery. Three years after this event the apart mocts, newly and elegantly furnished, were let for tho summer to the family of Judge D r, coneisiing of his wife and some 1 young people, mostly grown up. Having settled themselves comfortably, they were at tea one evening in the sitting room which opened immediately on the stairs going j down to tbe private entrance, and which J reached to within a few feet of the ball , door, which spase formed a very narrow, ; dark passage, a common mode of saving ' room in old French houses. As the family ' sat at tea the drum cf tbe place began to ' beat the retraite, and just as tbey fiui&hed three loud knocks were given at the door j of the sitting room. Having in vain given the osual response, "Entrez !" one of the family opened the door and looked down the staircase. No one was there, and, as ' was natural, they thought their unknown t visitor had left the Loose. As this knock- I ing occurred two or three eveniugs in sue- ' cession with the same result, the family ; determined to lock the houst at the foot of ; the stairs and to watch for tbe mysterious ' knocker. The knocks came as usual when I the retraite sounded, but before the third j knock was given tbe watchers inside sud denly threw open the door, confronted a tall figure closely wrapped in a large white j sheet, which suddenly vanished down the i stairs and sank out of their sight at tbe bottom. Tbe next night the same thing happened, and Judge D r found it neces sary to remove his family, who were much alarmed and agitated by what bad occur red. Soon after this the owner of the house, finding it impossible to let her rooms, bad j tbe whole building taken down, and au en- tirely new house and shop built on tbe old j site. When the workmen removed the staircase aud took up the flooring of the j narrow passage at its foot, they found the j decaying body of a military man, wrapped round and round in a large white sheet. There could be no doubt that this was the ! unfortunate captain, who bad been foully murdered and buried in the silence of the night, but by whom could never be found out, as the sergeant, who was always under deep suspicion, bad died in hospital of dis sipation and absinthe more than a year be fore tbe discovery. .4Junfie Monthly for -Varct. Mineral Wax. The most wonderful mineral discovery yet mado ia that of im mense beds of mineral wax, in Southern Utah and Arizona, specimens of which we bavo before us. This remarkable fiud, in the opinion of some competent experts, is of greater importance than was that of petroleum in Pennsylvania. Prof. Henry Wurtz was, we believe, tbe first to idsntify this peculiar substance as zietriskisite, or Romanian mineral wax. It differs from parafHue, which name lias sometimes been given to it, by being insoluble in ether, aud in other respects. In European countries this curious mineral is found in small quantities ; but, as is usual in America, we have here found it in beds said to be as much as twenty fact in thickness and ex tending over many square miles in area. Engineering Jnurnil. HE HELD HIS TOXG UE. Agael P. Inman, whose funeral took i place two miles east of Utica, N. Y., Jan- ', uary 24, was a highly eccentric character. ' Seventy years ago he built a log cabic on : one of the hills that elope to the Mohawk river. lie was then 24 years of age, bad a wife and (30. Some time during the Grit year of bis wedded life Inman informed bis wife that be intended to preserve silence for the remainder of bis days. This con clusion was tbe result of an exciting dia logue which Inman overheard between bis father and a near relative. Expressing a belief that more barm than good is wrought by speech, he announced bis determination to place a permanent padlock upon bis lips. This tmmm in 1 S1 O TS a tnUnlwyir w-- fcta . . . . first cmld was born. Wben that interest-, ,. , ing event was reaching a near ehmax In-1 . ., , . , . . . man rode seven miles in the night to Fort tj , . . . ... tt w.nauuv. .u 1. V. U . Vt IUJOI.I.Ui . 4 U carried slate and pencil, wrote a statement of the situation, and returning with tbe medicine man received tbe announcement j of bis paternal responsibilities in silence, j The following year in 1812 when tbe j yeomen of Central and Northern New York j were summoned to the defense of Sackett's j Harbor, Inman reported on duty at a post ' near Adams, Jefferfon county, riding along ' nearly oue hundred. miles through tbe forest to tbe recruiting station. Producing his j slate be wrote :"I come to fight, not to talk." The commanding officer declined j to give him a place in tbe ranks, and In- j man remained at the post working without ; pay for several months, ne was noted for uim -4 .1. ti: : . . T- : n : Ul. Blat)IJlU. f 1LU aafcll U11UUCI1, HUU JB now living at the age of 87,) Inman carried ' a cannon from the St. Lawrence river to j Adams, Jefferson county, a distance of: forty miles. The men were four days mak- I ing the trip. Two days of this time were passed In search of a lost trail. Both were ; without food during this journey, but In- ! man uttered uo word of comment or com- ; plaint. After five or six years of this re- , niarkable silence other eccentricities were i developed. He would never read after j sunset ; be refused to drink well-water, and ; for 66 years slaked bis thirst with rain wa- j ter that, bad not touched the ground. His j diet was extremely simple. For fifty years j be bad not been out of doors after fio'clock j at night. When asked why be remained j in doors on evenings, be wrote : "Man . should rest with nature." His wife, who ; survives him, says that no woman ever bad , . , , , , ,, , . , . a kinder husband. The relations between tbe couple were always pleasant, and Mrs. Inman has remarked to ber neighbors : "If Aseal talked as much as I do tbe Lord knows what might happen.'' Mrs. Inman is eighty-eight years old and vigorous. She states that during the last few years of her husband's silence he would mutter in his sleep. The last time he said anything audible while asleep was iu the campaign when Millard Filmore was a candidate for j the Presidency on the Know Nothing ; platform, with Donelson at the tail of the ' ticket. Inman was a strong believer in the J doctrine of which Filmore was then the j principal exponent, and had attended some j barbacues got up in the interest of Know- j Nothingism. One of the songs popular j with the friends of Filmore ran in this vein: ' I heard a noise like a cannon roar. I It sounded along from shore to shore ; j I heard a shout like thunder tone For Filmore and for Donaldson. Oct out of tbe way, old Jim Ducky, i You can't run for you're unlucky ; I Get ont or the way, Jackey Fremont, j Your new bullgine can't get steam on't. Mrs. Inman says her husband, while j asleep, repeated the above quoted lines ' with distinctness. Ou two occasions be j was betrayed into speech during the day time. In the summer of 1S17, while as-! sisting some neighbors at a "log-raising," , a prop under oue of the logs gave way aud ' Inman's left baud was badly crushed. A ' single exclamation, "Ch !" was tbe only j verbal indication of the intense pain tbe , man suffered. When bis band was being dressed he did not groan. In 1942, while' traveling with bis wife in a stage between Syracuse and Rochester, the vehicle was halted iu front of a small country tavern. A child was sleeping on the porch. Inman looked out, saw a large blacksnake crawl to the side of the infant. Grasping bis wife's arm he shouted, "See !" and, point ing to the snake, sprang from the stage, pursued tbe reptile some distance and finally killed it. Inman never used tobacco iu any form, never tasted liquor, avoided tea and coffee, and never had personal occasion to seek medical advico. He confidently expected to live to be one hundred years old, and but for th? accident which was tbe im mediate cause of his death it is highly pro bable be would have tallied the century. Last spring he sowed 35 acres with oats, assisting in the fall harvest and performing from choice the full quota of a farm labor er's work. The oats were stored away in a granary connected with tbe d welling by a covered passage-way. Mrs. Inman re turning from the granary one day informed her husband that tbe mice were making some havoc with the oats. The old gentle man mounted a high stool to look into tbe oat-bio, lost bis footing, and falling, sus tained injuries that speedily resulted in his death. He leaves a carefully written record of his life during some sixty years of his silence. Portions of these diaries arc quite interest ing but as a rnlo be enlarges upon the ab furdity of giving uttcranco to frivulous thoughts. He seemed to have regarded speech as a sacred gift, to be indulged in only wheu it promised benefit to tbe bu- ' man race. Here are some of his -'axioms :" "Most lives are productive of empty noise." ' "As one million is to one, so is sense to , sound." "He who talks most feels ieast." j "The fool talks while the wise man thinks." Inman leaves a snug fortuue which bis son ' inherits. His last written message was : "Silence is golden." nis oft-peuciled ad monition to bis son, "Keep your mouth shut." Iu the neighborhood bo was known to many as the dumb man. He was quick to read character, loved a joke, and insisted that there was so much in the rorld to learn and thiuk about, that time I spent in talking was time squandered. ! Inman's funeral was largely attended. neighbors coming through the snow-drifts for many miles to pay the last sad tribute to tbe remains of the silent man. Cincin nati Inquirer. An Umbrella Romance. An umbrella f gurei in a Boston romance which might be named "Odo Winter." On .Tanua.-y 16 two people, with umbrellas tilted for ward, met in a driving storm. One was a bale and hearty gentleman of about 50- ! years, and the other was a little, slight wo- i man, peihaps a year or two younger. He j was coming around the corner from tbe I Washington street side ; she was going. ! aroncd the same corner from Winter street. ! Both were in a hurry. Natutal conse- ,,. . , , i qnence, a sudden collision of umbrellas, . . , ... ... ..... tbe thock of which caused tbe little wo ...... ... . ' man's feet to slip upon the treacheou walk. The gentleman picked ber up, thereby ' getting a good look at ber face, wben ex changing a few astonished exclamations, the pair recognized in each other long-lost friends, and walked off together. Thirty years ago she was a factory girl in Lowell, and be was a medical student at Harvard. Both were poor in pocket, but rich in love and hope ; be worked bard to raise the money to help bim on through bis course. When the California fever broke out in 1849 he resolved to try a quicker route to fortune, and started for the golden shore, sending back a letter of farewell to this young girl. Tho upshot of the separatioa ! was that letters became less and less re gular, and at last there was silence. Tbe years passed on ; he grew rich and influen tial, completed bis studies, and became a noted physician of one of the largest Cali fornia cities; he married, and bad two children. Two years ago wifo and children were carried off by fever. A year to a day before the meeting ia the snow storm he dreamed that his youth ful love was living, and in distress, and tbe dream made euch an impression upon him that be sent East and made inquiries, which resulted in his coming on himself to i search for ber. But six months bad been spent unsuccessfully, and he had just de spaired of ever finding her, when the tw bumped umbrellas at the corner of Was' ington and Winter streets. And she poor soul ! had married lste in life, and -was now a widow with two children, who j were too youne to work much, and whom J K .. . . ' she was trying, with ber old devotion, to keep at school. I Wht Snoci.D a Man Drink? TLere ' seems to be no valid reason why a roan ' should take into his rystem intoxicating l drink. It is neither food, shelter nor ' raiment. It does make hi in wiser nor i healthier, nor does it give him a long .'ife. it does not make nim respected in the community nor loved by his friends. Ou the contrary, It is the worst enemy, that has ever beset poor, frail humanity. It is pleasant in its outward appearance, . cheering in its e fleets, but the finale is the same, an end of repnlsiveness and destruc tion. j It makes 6trong nerves shaky. It makes tbe clear eye bleared and ! watery. I It makes the clean, firm mouth, sensualt I and drivelling. i It makes tbe strong man weak. It makes the bold man timid, i It makes the kind man a brute, i It makes tbe pure man a beast, j It makes tbe wise man a fool. ) It makes a kind father a fiend. It makes a loving husband a demon. It hurls au angel of wisdom and good--: ness from the highest pinnacle of love, re j sped, honor and prosperity, down into tbe i depths of depravity, woe, aud utter de I eolation. i It robs its victim of love, borne, kind-ed ; and worldly prosperity, and drives him I forth a howling maniac, to dwell amid the. I dark shadows that haunt the tombs where j lie buried the hopes of his boyhood and the aspirations of his maDbood. It is an unmitigated evil, with no re ' deeming qualities. ! It is an overwhelming curse that is tbe bane of our social existence. What the Promised Land Flowed With. Little children sometimes give strange answers to questions propounded on the subject of tbe Promised Land. A Sunday school teacher asked : "Who led out the Itraelites ?" "Moses," was tbe prompt reply. "And from where did be lead tbem ?" "From Bondage," answered several. "And to where did be take them?" "To the Promised Land, sir." "That's right, my little dean. Now what did that land flow with ?"' "With honey,'' said three or four. "And what else?" Here was a sticker no reply. "Come, children, some of you surely re member. Wbcu you were babies, what did your mammas give to you ? What else did the Promised Land flow with besides hones- ?" Acain a blsnk pause. "I know, thir," said a little five year- ! o)der' PrinS'e to his feet, and elevating bis little band. "I know what it watb, thir ; I know, thir." "What was it, my dear ?" "Why, it wath 'titty,' thir !" The teacher, amid the laughter of tbe adult spectators, proceeded to thai ge the subject by singing a byroa. A clergyman called on one of the mem beisof bis parish, who had just lost her husband, in order to offer consolation, and' upon ber earnest inquiries as to the leunion of families in heaven, be strongly asserted ' bis belief ia the fact, and when sbo asked with anxiety whether any time must elapse before friends would be able to fiud each other iu tho t ext world, be emphatically replied: "No! they will be united at once.' He was think ine; of the happiness cr being able to offer th? relief of such a faith, when she broke in upon his meditations by ex claiming sadh, "Weil, li.a List wife Las ' got hitu the a ly this tiuie." t t A i s t i t T r I , 1 w
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