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Stray and similar Notice 1-50 Rnsiness items, first insertion 10c. per line; each su osequent insertion 5c. per line. MfTtiflutinnt ,r pt-o-vfitf.' i,1 ntiv rorpr ttn r n.eiftv- oiitt fMnrntiii'fn'i"ti riipn-rt to rafifJf'f ntn.n tunny mntirrni h'nilfi or ,rirlinunl intrrmt. must he pitid for n adrrririnf Tit". Job Phivtino cl all kird neatly and ctp'l tiouoiy executed at lowest puces. Ion'tfor-ft-et it. H. A. WlePIKC, Editor and Publisher. 'HK is a freeman whom the truth makes free, and all are slaves beside. SI.50 and postage per year, In advance. par - ft!" i t ro m . aiui I nose wno a on i consu 1 1 mnr in;.. rests by pay.nir in advance must not ! i. . be placd on t h sam-; fooling as those 1 .. let ttii fact lie distinctly understood j, .. ; i n t.me forward. ' m-'t h f r your paper before yon atop it. if t "i t j in mii't. None but scalawatra do nth- VOLUME XIII. EBENSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 1S79. NUMBER 10. nttien caiawa.f me s too soon. IT.-'- " ; t $ H POEM BOB & S Dp) J J Li ARCH, OS'S lit j E , 1 a -r. r 10 lbs. Uranulateil Sugar for One Dollar. '. 11 lbs. White Coffee Sugar for One Dollar. 12 lbs. nice Light Brown Sugar for One Dollar. 7 lbs. gool Grcon Cotfe-e for One Dollar. 9 lbs. f:iir (ire-en Colfee for One Dollar. 5 lbs best Itoateil Coffee in the State for One Dollar 7 lbs. ool Uoasteil Coffee for One Dollar. 13 lbs. Carolina II ice for One Dollar. 17 lbs. new Dried reaches for One Dollar. 21 lbs. choice Dried .Apples for One Dollar. 17 lbs. new Currants for One Dollar. 11 lbs. piiiue I'runos for One Dollar. 10 lbs. (Joshen Cheese, prime article for One Dollar. 3 lb-.. I'.iack Tea for One Dollar. 3 lbs. Green Tea for One Dollar. 12 good No. 1 Mackerel for One Dollar. 50 Portland Herring for One Dollar. 2." cakes good Washing Soap for One Dollar. 14 1 lb. cakes Family Soap for One Dollar, y 2-1 b. cans Sweet Corn for One Dollar. 'J C-lb. cans Tomatoes fur One Dollar. 9 2-'b cans Green Peas for One Dollar. 0 2-lb. cans Oyster for One Dollar. 7 3-lb. t ans Peaches for One Dollar. 12 balls Totash for One Dollar. 12 boxes Concentrated Lye for One Dollar. In good Proems for One Dollar. 7 Wooden Duckets for One Dollar. 1: yds. heavy Unbleached Muslin for One Dollar. 13 yds. good Bleached Muslin for One Dollar. 25 yds. Calico for One Dollar. 2S spools Machine Taread for One Dollar 'BAIIVS DEAD," Just a whisper from the skies. In the hush of midnight dreary. Clasped with peace the aching eyes, Hore their little sufferer weary Home, to rest in Heaven's sweet morrow ; While far round our footsteps spread Depths of wild, unwavering sorrow, Baby's dead I Still around the brow bo fair More toan earthly beauty lingers; Gently smooth the falling hair. Fold the tidy frozen Supers; Twiue the curls so proudly tended, Ir. a halo round the head ; Pride and hope alike are ended. Baby's dead 1 Lonely to the hopeless tomb Iiarling child ! how ehall we yield thee? From its drear corroding Bloom Love would freely d:; to shield thee. Can we bear that dust should gather Hound our darling's golden bead! Spare the bitter cup, O Father, Baby's dead I Doad ! and light is quenched In tears, Hopes that bloRsomed but to wither. Sunny dreams of after years Lost in death's cold stream forever. Sun ami moon and stars are smitten With despair's dark nittht o'erspread ; Hound the universe is written. Baby's dead 1 Darling, from your slumbers deep, -Mother calls will you not waken ? In that lone mysterious sleep, Io you drenm of hearts forsaken? Safe whero joys ne'er droop and languish. Are you watching overhead ? Oh, tke pussion f tue anguish. Baby's dead ! Teacc at last, may hush the strife. Where no mists of parting sever. We may greet thee crowned with life, Clasp thee in our love forever. But to-nigLt, bereft and lonely, Yesirn we for our treasure fled. While weird echoes answer only. Baby's dead ! roisoxKit is itKsrAin. A. VERY SHORT COURTSI11I'. "I have 1 Lave !" groaned tbe stran- crpr "Havp reallv ? Was that rjoison in ' Dr- Graham having passed a very credit- the paper?" said John, coolly. ab,e examination before the Array Medical "Yes- I Lave jnst swallowed a fatal Board was commissioned an assistant sur dose of arsenic -one of the most dangerous ' Keon in the United States army in 13-, of our poisons." and oldei ed to reP' t 'or duty to the com- "Ah, I know what arsenic is," said John, ; "landing officer at Fort M Kavtt, Texas. coolly. "And I have taken enough to kill six men," groaned the stranger in a hollow voice. "Well, that was wasteful," said John, grimly. "You might have bought enough for oue, and spent the balance on beer," "Enough for six enough for six !" said the stranger, rolling his eyeis, and speaking in tragic tones, "Hood !" said John, opening a flap i the counter. "Come in hero.-' lie caught the stranger by the collar, drew hitn in behind the counter, through the bar parlor, and into a kind of store be hind where there was a large cupboard. "No one saw you come in," said John, quietly, "and no one saw you take the poi son." "Only you only you," said the man, faiutly. "A doctor a doctor !" And he was about to fling Uimself into a chair ; but John held him up, and thrust him into the big closet. "Doctor, eh ? Ob, ye6, my boy, you shall have a d-ctor half a dozen of 'em. They'll hold a fine revel roundyour corpus." "Wh wh what do you mean?" gasp ed the stranger, as John thrust him back, and held the door ready to clap to. "I mean I'm glad you took arsenic," said John. "Vh wh wby,you unfeeling wretch ? ' j "Because it leaves the body so nice and limp and soft. Tht doctors like it so.'' "What do you menu?'' faltered the poi soned man. "Meau?" said John. "Why, that the : doctors will give me ten pounds for a good, j healthy, strong subject like you. I say, j what a splendid lecture on anatomy that : will be lound you about the day after to i morrow ?"' "Sell me to the doctors '.'' groaned the HIXME'S WEMOnC. Well, Shamus, what brought ye? It's dead, sure, I thought ye What's kept ye this fortnight from calling on me ? Stop there ! Don't be lyin ; It's no nse denyiu", I know you've been waitin' on Kitty Magee. She's ould and she's homely ; There's girls young and comely. Who've loved you ronch longer and better than she ; But 'deed I'm not carin', I'm glad I've no share in sir, are going at the rate of twenty miles an hour towards Providence." " Wh wh what d'yer mean ?" The conductor explained the situation so , country at that time aud tbe usual way of getting to Texas was by the Mississippi river to New Orleans, aud then crossing the Gulf to stage it up through the State. Dr. Graham was very desirous of exam ining the western country miueralogically, Tt iove of a boy who'd love Kitty Magee. so applied and received permission from j Go 'way ! I'm not cryin' ! the War Department to go by way of Ar- Yonr charge I'm denyin' ; kansas and tbe Indian Territory to bis You're wrong to attribute such weakness to post. I me ; Ou his arrival at St. Louis be shipped the j If ltar8 1 sbowiu', greater part of his baggage by way of the ! rd bave he knowin', river, and taking only what be could carry j They're shed out of pity for Kitty Magee. on horseback, started on his journey. For mane an' cousated, While in St. Louis, at the Planter's Ho- j Whl Pride overweighted, tel. ho formed the acquaintance of a een- ' Cold' tless, and brutal she'll find ye to tletnan who, learning where he was going, gave him a letter of introduction to bis brother, who was a farmer living on his route to Arkansas. jl cuxxixfi nod. Dogs sometimes exhibit tiai'.s that are almost humau ; and we sometimes wonder thai Jonathan understood it. For a brief j wbetber l'j tbagoras was.very lar wiong in space the unfortunate victim gazed blankly 1 his theory that the souls of men at tbeir into Lincoln's face ; and then thinking, probably, that he saw great humanity there, he brought two ponderous hands down upon bis shoulders. "Oh ! dear conductor I For marcy's sake ! O, dew dew ! git me back ter whar I got aout." Frank shook his head dubiously, but tie fore be could speak the eager swain, catch ing his meaning, agonizingly cried : "O ! don't shake your bead ! O, don't, don't 1 Ef ye only knew ! Ef ye conld only know ! Sliiortan'n I was oulv married this death, aud also before their creation, in habit the bodies of animals. Certainly, if so, tbe soul of a certain little black spaniel named "Nig"' must otigt inally bave belonged to Home gieedy boy whose indulgent parents fed him upon knickuacks until be died, for never was there an animal more particular in his tastsj in regard to food. Many times Nig would go suppeilcss to bed because bis iitt'e mas ter insisted upon his eatine plain bread and butter initead of 3ake ; and be w as kuowu ere very mcrnin' I Conductor, I arsk ye ter j to fast an entire day ou one occasion, be look et it for yerself ! Oh ! ef ye've got a cause bis breakfast consisted of fiied pota- be : When ye she'll be gettin', She'll soon be regrettin She e'er changed her name from plain Kitty M agee. What's that? Am I dhramin' ? You've onlv ben schAtnin". made in the interest of science ; sufficient ( Just fryn. to t"esttbe afft,ctjon jn rae ? It is not necessary for us to follow bim i 1 on his road, or tell what discoveries he : A largo lot of Ciiilhres's SHOES, reduced from $1.25 and $ 1.50 to $1.00. A large lot of Men's VESTS, of all prices and textures, reduced to $1.00. Mln s HEAVY BOOTS For Twenty-Five Cents.: reduced to f 2.00. For Twenty-Five Cents. : I . rrt. J Peaches t r 2) : i- J. I'rie 1 Currant fo : i ,!-. IWxinc Sod.i for... w ; 5 pearl .rch tor.. : s !!-.. It '-on s hp for If) i i. i I'o'iKh for W : '. I O'lic'te I I. ye fo :." I 'i .- n i ri t -. tits. ot-. tits. nt. nt. o ft- en O if) CI II bores E-ence Coffee for 2", Cts. 3 1 Hi. papers files Starch .-'5 Cts. 3 l-ll. pa pet 4 Corn Starch. .-" Cs. li spool Thread (hand) for..2" Cts. 6 spools Thread (machine). .25 Cl!. S lbs. Choice Dried A pples i" Cts. 3 No. 1 Mackerel lor '-''' Cts. Ol o r (A 'S1U30 .OAj J-AjUaMJ. JOJ Tl.e above are only a few of the many bargains we have to offer to custom ers, and we think that if John Uiimjohn was a bit of a wag in his way, and with fifty yeArs' experience gained 1 behind the counter of a large refreshment saloon, be could pretty well tell what a man meant by his looks. t lie was sitting very quietly, one day, ; , reading bis daily paper, and trying to un- j del stand bow it was that the Turks and i ! the Russians were both getting the best of horrified man. it, when a seedy-looking individual enter- J "Of course ; but not yon yonr body. ; ed tbe place. j You won't know anything about it, my "Glass of bitters," said the stranger, lad ; and nobody else, for no or.o saw you j heaving a deep sigh, and staring hard at . come in.' John, a? be took down a clear glass, and j "Wretch !"' roared the stranger. : drew a foaming draught of the amber ' But the word was cut iu half by John liquid, which he placed clear and spaikling ' banging to asd locking the closet door. ; before tho visitor. j "Here a:e iuy last two coppers," said j tbe s'.ranger, with a heavy sigh, as he laid ' them on the counter for John to rake them j into the till, j "The last two pence," said the man j I again, as he Uid his baud upon the stem , ; of tho glass, staring hard the while at j it is that oue day, toward dusk, he reached the house of the gentleman to whom he bad ' tbe letter, and dismounting, knocked at i the door and presented his letter to tbe I judge (even in those days every one was a judge iu Arkansas), who would not bave needed it to have accorded him au open bauded welcome ; for travelers were a God send aud news was as much sought after then as now. After a short visit, be proposed to go on to the next, town, about four miles off, where be intended to put up for the night. The judge would not listen to his leaving, and was so cordial in his desire for him to stay that he would have been rude not to bave done so. The judire, after directiug oue of the ser vants to attend to his borso, invited bim into the diniug-room, where be was intro duced to the wife aud daughter of his host, aud also to a substantial western supper, to which be did ample justice. After supper they adjourned to 'be par lor and he entertained his new-made friends with tbe latest news from the outside woild. The judge brewed some stiff whisky punch "I say," he said, knocking at tbe paneL "Let me out let me out," cried the man, faintly. "Justjdie as quick'.y as you can, there's a good fellow ; aud don't mind making a noise, if it eases your mind no one can hear you. " The man began to kick and hammer G-ood Goods a.xxci John as if he expected the two pence to be . at the door, and John walked up and j refunded. j down, smiling and rubbing bis hands. ! "If I bad come down to two pence," j Theu he turned to the bar, served a few But you're the sly divil ! There, now- ! Plase be civil ! Don't hug me to death, I'm not Kitty Magee. Your kisses confuse me Well, I'll not refuse ye, , I know you'll be tinder aud lovin wid me. ! To show my conthrition j For doubts and suspicion, i I'll ax for first bridesmaid Miss Kitty Magee- j i m : I FOR C III I. Y SETA RA TK1. A COMICAL SCRAP. I Not long since, ou the Boston and Pro- 1 vidence Railroad, occurred an incident I ' which afforded an immense amount of ! amusement to those who saw aud beard, ' and which may afford a slight amount of ; laughing fancy to the reader. At all events, I will give i', as the conductor gave it to roe : On a certain day a day dingy and lowery a couple left New Bedford for Boston by railroad. They were man and wife, and married ou that self-same morning. The swaiu had come iu from au outlying dis ' trict, where the dwellers were haif farmers j single speck on tender marcy inside on you, j ye'll get me back! Cau't ye stop? Oh! wbat'll poor Sehctba dew? Mister Con I ductor, I tell ye, jes s trew's ye'r a liviu' critter't thisminnit, ye don'tknow notiody keu know wbat'll be the consekenses ef this ere dreadful mistake ain't fixed some way !" As soon as Lincoln could gain the frantic man's attention he explained to bim, and finally made bim understand that if be would sit down and keep quiet he should be taken to Providence, anu sent back to Bos ton, all in good time and in good condition. j "Why, my dear friend, look at it," said j Frank, when he had got the man soothed into a seat, anl considerably composed, i "you'll tie in Providence within half an hour j from this timo. Five minutes before two j o'clock, this afternoon, you shall be starttd ; or. yonr way back, anil yon will be safe and sonml in Boston not far from four o'clock. and half fishermen, and he, it would appear. hich tiraham, so inciiued, imbibed quito ha,i followed both callings. He was a tyni- rr. civ inducements to buyers, they will be convinced, after an examination r f our stoek and prices, that on: poods are not onlv unexcelled, but that we cannot be undersold by any one. All we ask is a trial. ;rIMMCTLY CVtSIJ. oni ti.':hih aim: A. A. BARKER & SON, V. tt r, XS T 5 IT R O , February S. l-CS.-tf. CHECKERED FRONT i said John to himself, "I dou't think I ; should spend it iu beer. I might iu tobac- ' Co, but I think it would go iu. bread." j He did not speak, however, but eat j down, and took up his paper, aud began reading again. There was no one in the place, so the strauger went on again. "My last two pence," he said, more loudly. "When I bave swallowed this i r . . -1 , . 1 .. . . 1 . . . ' lien, k :ati ie A UL-itl aim iu uulvam, ; "With a glass of beer inside him," said John, sententioiisly. "Eh?" "Willi a glass of beer inside him," said i John, quietly. ; "Yes, to be sure," said the stranger ; Extra MINTS -TO IMSTtSOTVSS WHO Sugars. ;V e I'ow I' red Sugar for p-'tftit i-ut Loaf ugir for --. ' . ra'iu ifct.-.l Siuur for Wt.uc S-iii ir tor ' -. I -t llr-'M-p Sugar for --- g 1 lirown Sugar for l.on Mil 1 J.ou Teas. I.e lnncH. not anil -rtfpoil collec tion i ii 111 e city. A i ! K ii-h Itreakfast Tea for V) A . ! i i nrtl l eu ti r ri, W 11 mo a i t.dioig for. '' K ' h .it; -a I o!rng t ,r ' ', Iti '-a ir ..) U '" -! ., i 1 f n ill VI to 'JO ! i.: r i. 1. , VI. 75 and '.' ! 1.: 'lea. In pin Lilies -H Green Coffees. - .' s . -T . t -r 1 oh rvr ; , . ,-. ;...r lb ' ' !- ' ' per lt !S 1 et . ;,er l"J ... '-"I -r. . tiee. p, r lb iov rnment lava Coffee HI lar T-e. eer ID ; Roasted Coffees. 1 i t it , i .,!-.. p. r ll 1 tl! . c ff.-e. p. r IO i"" ' i; i . ff.-,.. v r lb '-'" x' . c rr e. p -r ii. ''!' " r;i cio iit Java, per lb lib tight a nc -t ii. y own t' rt -ti. i- Patent Coffee KoHter, itfetsiind have iht-m all Canned Goods. pl;!-lb. cans Tomatoes for 4 : lb. cans Taole I'eaehes for s Iti. cans (i reen Corn for 1 im i s J-lh. cans ireen 1'eas for 1 '' 5 can Pine Apples for Dried Fruits, &c. fl lbs. Hominy for 4 It s. Iiried Currants lor 4 lbs. pried Apph s for 4 Itis. Krie I (hrtif Peaches lor I to. t 'iierries, rn te J :' lbs. Turkey Prunes for Kreni ti Prune for l'-S, 1". IS, 2J a.id Siuii is' Dried Sweet Corn. 1 c. or3 lts. for Steum conked desieated White Wheat. 2-lb. pa kage for White Clover Honey, per lb Sundries. V! boxes Rluoinir for 10 boxes CotTee K-sence for jo plug Sinokiinr Tt .bacon for 4 lb. Pearl Starch for 1 Ih. Silver lilo Starch for 1 lb. t iveiro ft loss Starch for Sugar Lured Mam. per lb Rreakfust Ilacon. per lb i") pieces Diamond Soap for Z't pieces Palm Soap for 1" pieces Telephone Soap for 7 pi-f-es Ftosm Soap for 2 pieces iOobiiir.-.' klectric Soap for 7 piri-i s (oid Soai lor 7 pn ei s Hatoiitt's Soap for. ... Kitchen Crystal Soap, hk.-.. or 3 pieces for.. lat-Ker l. pT iloji n, l.c. ; per barrel fl.OTl l.oo l.on . l.eo . l.mi '5 , "but the last glass the last. The world ! has never given me a chance ; the world rejects scorus does not care for me. I ' will poison myself mix a deadly drug , with this last glass, and be fiee of the I world." John re-tuined It is paper, gave it a punch in the middle, got it folded conve- j niently, and wentou reading. j "I say," continued the stranger, loudly, i "I will poison myself where I stand, aud ! fall licie dead, as a warning to a brutal and unfeeling woild." ! John went on spelling through his paper j wi'hout moving a muscle. "Here, then, is an end of my worthless self, customers, left the place in charge of a bar tnan, and went to where the stranger was stiil hammering away at the door. "Not dead yet?" John said, with his mouth to the keyhole. "No no no ! Let me out," groaned the man, "or 1 shall die !" "Well, I want you to die," said John, coolly. "But it wasn't, poisou only powdered chalk," groaned the prisoner. "Let me out ! let me out I" "You scoundrel !" cried John, opening the door, collating the stranger, and shak ing bim. "Do you mean to say that was only powdered chalk?'' "That was all, sir that was all !" "Then you've robbed me of ten pounds I should have got for your wretched car cass.'' "I'll never do so no more, sir I won't, 'pon my soul I won't." "Soul !" cried John, shaking and kick ing him, "you haven't got a soul iu your wretched, despicable body, or I'd shake it out. Now," be continue!; opening the side door, "be off, and try and get some honest woik tj do, aud leave off swindling. You're one of the sort of scoundrels who pat soap into your mouth to make frofj, aud then fall down, and humbug people aud the slianger, very deliberately i with believing that you've got fits, took tt small packet from an envelope a : A i 1 15) i To j 10 io ! i in ! i tin ; 1 no ! j i 2.1 ' VI V) 2"i S VI A !1 ol her kind of Pish at prices equally cheap. Molasses and Syrups. packet that looked like the white powder that goes with the blue under the name of seidKtz; and this he opened very deliber ately, and emptied into tbe beer, where, i for the most part, it l3y on the froth. John looked up, satv what he was doing, and the state -of affaiis how tbe white power emptied out of the paper refused to mix with the beer. "Like a spoon ?" ho said, getting up and handing oue. "A spoou? Yes," said the stranger, with a mocking laugh that would bave been worth ten shillings a night at the Surrey Theatie. As he spoke, he took the spoon, stirred the liquor, aud threw the little piece of metal down, while John resumed his place i quantity of original matter. "Yes, sir no, sir ; pray let me go, sir," gasped the poor wsetch. And at last, John set him at liberty, sending him flying a little more readily by giving him a sharp kick with bis anything bui light boot. "I saw him again a week after,'" said John, "and he was carrying a pair of sandwich boards. I knew that be was only trying it on, and that tbe poisoning was a dodge. But I dont think he'll ever try to poison himself anymore. At least," be added, after a pause, aud his face puck eied up with a jovial smile "not with chalk." freely. Tbe old coudIb retired aud left their daughter to entertain him ; aud whether it was the punch, or what, at all events he made hot love to her, aud fioally asked her to be bis wife and go to Texas with him, to which she consented. She, being very unsophisticated and innocent, took everything he said iu downright earn est, and with her it was a case of "love at first sight." But I am anticipating. During the night our friend, the doctor, woke up, and remembered what he had said, and it wor ried him ; but he said to himself, after emptying his water pitcher : "Never mind, I'll make it all right in the morning. I must have made a fool of myself. She's lovely, but what must she not think of me !" aud rolled over aud went to sleep again. Morniug came, and upon his going down to the parlor, be found the young lady alone, for which be blessed his lucky stars, and was just about to make au apology, when she said : "I told mamma, and she said it was all right," at the same time giving bim a kiss which uearly took bis breath away. "Papa is going to town this morning, dear, and you ride in with him aud talk it over ; but he won't object, I know." "But, my dear miss, I was very foolish, and" "No indeed ; you were all right." "Well, I will go to my post, and return for you, for I must go on at once." 'No ; I can go with you." j "You won't have time." "Oh, yes, I will. Tapa will fix that. It would be such an expense for you to come back all the way here." "But I have no way of taking yon." "I have thought of that ; that does not make any difleience. Father will give us , a team.'' With nearly tears iu his eyes bo went iu J to breakfas, to which at that moment both were summoned ; but, alas ! appetite he had none. It was not that she was not pietty and nice , but he thought what a , confounded fool she must be not to see that ; he wanted to get cut of it. Out it was no use. When the judge started for town, i Dr. Graham was sitting beside bini. The judge saved him the trouble of broaching : the subject by starting it himself How to Mark a Pater, Some people estimate the ability of a newspaper by the It is corn eal Vaukee, pure aud unadulterated long, lean, lauk, and yellow-haired, with the ver dure of green grass and hay-seed clustering and clinging about bim. The wife was ver dant enough, but a few years spent in one of the better families of New Bedford, as a domestic, bad rubbed off a little of 'Aio awk warduess. Yes, .loiiaib.au had ceme in early ou that morning from his home ; had taken Seiinlha, directly to the residence of a clergy man, and there had the knot matrimonially tied ; and bad then taken Hie cars for Bos ton, where a brief honeymoon was to be spent with his Aunt Abagail who lived, ac cording to his firm belief and unblushing as sertion, "clos" t'r tb' uieet'n-house." Well, everything was lovely, we may sup pose, on the way from New Bedford to Mans field, where we find ' Mansfield Junction," so called tbe point where the New Bedford . Branch K. 11. conuects with the Boston and Providence. The acute augle of the junction points toward Boston, and directly betweeu the two roads stunts the station bouse, tbe doors of which, upon either side, open, re spectively, npou the platforms of the two roads. When the train from New Bedford . arrived and stopped, Couducter Lincoln's train, from Boston to Providence, had al ready arrived, and pulled up on the opposite side. Jonathan could look from tbe window of . the car iuto the station bouse, aud the , display of fruit and cake on the counter tempted him. lie asked Selintha if she j would like "suntb'n kind o'goodisb t'r eat,' and upon receiving from her a fervant and bewitching affirmative, he hurried out aad , pushed his way through tbe throng. That j side of the double counter towards the door i by which he had entered was crowded by customers, while on the opposite side they . wore thinning out ; so around to the op posite side he elbowed his way, eager and ; determined. He had selected four big pears, ; and two mince turnovers, and was counting ' out the pay from his greasy wallet, when his ears were greeted by "All aboard." I "If you are going ou that train, sir, you had better make haste," said the young lady in attendance. And Jonathan threw tbe last big copper cent on the counter, grabbed up the pro visions and started Marled as be saw others starting in equal baste. That be had come in by another Uoor, and crossed arouud to au opposite side of th.) room, did not occur to bim. When be reached the platform the traiu stood just as be bad left it. Aye, there was bis car he knew it by its color and he made for it, reaching tbe platform In tbe name of common sense aud common bonor, won't your wife be able to look out for herself uulil then? Hasn't your Selin tha got sense and grit nougb " "Sense ! 3rit !" broke in Jonathan, with vehement unction. "Hez she got 'em ? Hez lightnin' got ginger? Hez thuuder got rack et ? Got grit ! Jes" yeoa let her alone for that." He paused for a few moments, and wbil tbe light of relief aud content broke over bis embrowued corrugated visage, he went on: "Wall, railly, on tbe whole, I doco but it's better as yon say. Seliutba '11 bev' ter take the heft nv tbe badgerin" afore I git thur'jan'I tell yeou. Aunt Nab'a folks, daown to Bosting, is the. alrlredest critturs fnr badjierin' 't yeou ever did see. They're right daown cantakerous on it, naow you bet !" And with a sigh anil a pent-up grunt be leaned back, resigned to bis fate. The con ductor passed on, and the other passengers in tbe car lai:gbed uproarious'.y. They couldn't help it. Self Illuminating Watch Faces and Clock Dials. M. Olivier Mathey, a Neuf chatel chemist, and t the manufactuier of the well known "diamantine," communi cates the following information in regard to the composition of these dials, to one cf ou;- foreign exchanges : M. Iteoordon, of Paris, states that two years ago lie took out a patent for, and has since been manufacturing, illuminated dials on an entirely different principle from those produced by the use of chemicals. His de vice is this: A Geissler tube, containing a gas, which gives a brilliant light, is placed on the dial ; a battery about the size of a thimble isj attached as an ornament to the watch chain, and a raiuiature induction coil is also bidden tbe latter. When it be comes desirable to consult :be w atch in tbe dark, a spring is pressed, tbe current passes into the coll, then into the Geissler tube, and illuminates the dial. The portable battery used for this purpose is that of Trouve, which. In a small compass, bas considerable stretiK'h. Reduced to the size of a thimble. toes and beef bones rather than hot rolls, of which he was extravagantly fond. But little boys learn to get their own way, and little dogs are quite as apt. After a time, Nig concluded that the only sure method of obtaining what be wanted was to cat, or hide away, what was given bim aud then beg for more ; and. therefore, he would carry off tho crusts which be found upon his'phite, Vuiy them at tbe foot of tbe garden and theu return, and with wagging tail ask for a doughnut or cookie, which be seldom failed to re ceive. By this and other tricks the spaniel gen erally managed to secure Fiich food as he best liked, and, for a long time, the shrewd ness which he exhibited and tbe heaity laughs which be excited made his master forget how bad were the habits which be was forming. But opo day Nig made too great a fuss about the supper which was i placed before him, and, as a punishment, & severe order was issued : , The dog was to eat just what w as; !i ft ; from the table auj nothing nunc. Whr.t j was good enough for the family must do for bim. That night Nit; slept in happy uncut -sciousuessof the new rule ; but when mo; n ing came, and breakfast nas ovo:-, :!s full impoit became known to bim. For i: is master had eaten codfish an.l potato, and codfish and potato was all that was left for Master Nig. A plate wilh tbe fishy food was prepared and placed in Nig's coiner, and he was iu : vited to paitake. At lirst he approached with evident hunger and delight, snuffing ; eayetly at the offered plate ; but when his nose told him what it contained bis coun : tenance and his tail both fell, lie looked i at his nias'er in a reproachful manner aud turned sadly away. lie was called back and ordered to eat. Slowly be leturned, but, instead of eatinc, be carefully pushed ' evety particle of the food from the plate to ' the floor, crowded it clo.-e titidcr the rim of the dish, and again retired to a chair where be sealed himself, looking sobeily at the ' plVe and then at his master as though cn tei ing a remonstiauce against such a break fast. But his master was obdurate aud spoke sternly : i "Nig, you must caifihat lUb and potato before you bave anything else." No sooner were the words spOK-cti than the dog leaped from tbe chair, tan to tho : door, and disappeared. " For two entiie days nothing was srr-n r.f Lirn, and his master began to fear that ti.e little fellow was lost, when ea:ly upon tpc morning of the thiid day Nig picsented himself.'at the door and began, to beg f. i his breakfast as usual. Hoping that the dog's bunker Lad over- it is still sufficiently strong in its action to come bis sci uplcs, tbe fib aud potato wrrc last vear, Mons. Record on also applies the same principle to the illumination of , clock faces. The Wutt-hmuter. Phosphorescent dials are usually made of paper, or thin card-board, enameled like visiting cards. They are covered w ith au adhesive varnish, or with white wax, mixd ' with a little tnrpentipe, upon which is dust ed, wilh a fine sieve, powdered sulphide of ; barium a salt which retains its phosphor escence for some little time. The sulphides of strontium and calcium possess the same again picsented to bim. lie rejj,tid;d it for a moment with a sot row ful air. ears and tail drooping low, and then quietly v.a'.kfd out of the door without tasting it. This time be was pone neaily a week, and when, at las, lie returned, his macter succumbed. The obnoxious fish and pota to w ere thtow u a a ay, and Nig fared sump, ttiously upon fresh beef and hot lolls. Since that time the spaniel has eaten only such food as he prrfets. Like many chil- property, but lose it more quickly than the ' dreu he bad fought the battle out and con former. After the dial has remained in ' qnered. Wvtf. Aicukc. darkness some days it loses its pbosphores- j . cence, but this may be readily r, stored by J A REMATtKAW.nJC'ASE. A woman named exposure or an hour to sunlight ; or, better Mis. Sarah Groff, who lives at Bt-artown, still, by burning near tbe dial of a few inch- Lancaster county, f.bout thirteen months es of magnesium wire, which gives forth ' e, while taking a diink at a spring, Dimerous chemical ravg. i swallowed something which she took to be i a small piece of wivhi. I hire months ago " ' she Inst her appetite and began to glow The thin and psle. Doctor af'.er d-ctr was tiied until the number bad leached cloven, hut none ci them Micc-cncf in reviving her. At length her case w::s given up as hopeless and she -as told she must d e. I always, young man, give Nell her own j J"' tue eI,gine Pufltu. and jumped, and way : so It's all light ; you need i.otsayia : ---"- . ,, I support, and so stood until another person word." ' , . . i opened i ne uoor, w ueu no steppcu in. as 1 up. per it' oon . os. p. r gall' m . ru p. per gai Ion . . ;" and 40 7." V) Silver Drips, per gallon Pure Il?avy iMigar Syrup, per (rations. n e U only a partial list of in v I MM EN? F. STOCK OF C, HOCEU1ES. besldc-i which 1 t 1. r the lamoui SI 1 K A !t Kit's ST. LuCIS and CAM ON I'll Y TAKAOli.N 1- LOCK. Ira. J. CjS. 3L-ClJII-OfJCiII, II l i leviithi Avenue. Allomin, I' it. GE S. FOSTER & Mm 113 and 115 Clinton Street, Johnstown, ALWAYS HAVE THE LARGEST AND CHEAPEST STOCK OF iiuivriiv fl.inPi.Ts rn TO Hi: FOVXl) IX VAMIIRIA COVXTY. II! V CfllllK Y.)Tlfl! " a uin;i;ii Lit ' J' W DICK. Attoknf.t-at-I ..A w. Kb- .1 ii i."nthw. Pa. fm- In front room of T. ... . , , new '"l'ling. Centre urc.-t. All Iran, a- i . n'" '"" "'tended to atifacturi!y ''' !'"!M!lIH!hl'JI, ll'H.-tf &"77 M"n'n and expensei truarauteedto Aif'n. ? Outht free. Sojirtti)., Auxuna, Maitie. ( JII X KI f A KPS, witlm line. P- Aent'out HJ ftt, PW. U. JONES! CO., Naau, N. Y . and went on leading. "Fate well, cold woild, farewell !" said the stranger. "They may buiy we wheie they will. I might have been great ; but now ah, now, poor, neglected oue ! they may bury me iu suushiue or in shadow, I care me not." lie took up the glass, drained it to tbe last drop, and theu, standing the glass down, held ou by the counter, and heaved a tremendous sigh one which sounded like satisfaction at the goodness of the bit ter beer. As for John, be went on reading as coolly I as could be, bis lips moving as though he were spelling over the big words. The man uttered a roar, and moved towaids the entrance ; but, unable to con tain his auuoyance, be turned sharply round, aud came back. "Villainous type of a cold and heartless world," he said, addressing John Gritn johu, "you bave taken my last coin ; aud you sit there and let me poison myself, without stretching ouc a band to save without saying a word." "Have you taken poison ?' "But I've got to go on to-day." The old judge turned his eyes toward bim. lie bad au Arkansas bowie in each, and one of those double barrel shot-gun looks, as be said : paratively an easy matter for a fiothy writer to pour out daily a column of words words upon any aud all subjects. His ideas may tlow in oue weak, washy, ever lasting flood, and the command of his lauguage may enable bim to string them together like bunches of onions, aud yet his paper may be a poor and meagre con- narn Tir!A1 tlt4 mtf upittiiifr rii t o f . ..." . . ,. .. -things" (here the doctor shuddered) editing a paper is but a small portion of j " x . , L. . , , I a thousand as a staiter. 1 ou can be ilio woik. i no care, tue time ciupioyeu iu seitcliug, is far more important, aud the U-ct of a gKjd editor is better shown by bis selections than any t hi tig else ; and that, we know, is half the battle. Butjas we have said, an editor ought to be estimated and undei stood aud appreciated by the he entered his seat should be about midway of tbe car, and on the left hand. He went thither and looked at the bonnets ; but he did not fiud Selintha's. He must have got into the wrong car, aud he pushed on, stain- An Interesting Okec.on Familt Foitland (Oregon) life sa s : We bave an old pioneer in Jackson coun ty, Mi. James Savage, of Rogue river, who has raised a family or thirteen children. I phe was now I'-rlured to a nn'ie skeleton The boys, four in number, are between ibe ! weighing i nly forty pounds. Svei n days ages of 14 and 23, and these four bovs have a2 K,,e nt Lancaster and th -ie was manufactured, bv their own unaided lal.r, 1 icnreiei at the Lc., a:.! boose by Di. ... ' ' , . , ,, , . . I Campbell, tbe wonn dc.oi or tiis t.tr, three violins and a bass viol, all of exquisite . UolmU.,x,,k , tlCJt ,:t.r f,,r a tone and finish, and on which they execute W(m. llis method wr.s so far micccsmuI difficult music, having been without an in- ' tint last Friday evening .s'ie was t ':ieved strnctor. The instruments are made of ce- I of no less than seven ria!'c. two ', upe and dar and maple, .-.ml but recently one of the j tive small i-nes. the fmi: cr being fully ot;e inch and tbe latter at I: ast na;i an hut in length. The woniiti bas regained per an "You aiu't trying to get out of it, are ; bling and staggering, to the car forward of you ?" ! that, w hich he found to be the smoking car. The doctor, taking iu the situation, said, Of course bis wife could not lie there ; so, promptly, ail hope being goue : j heated and sputtering, be turned and made "No sir " i lue est way he could back into the car be "That's right, I will fix everything for' had left. vtbere ,ie wa8 overtaken by the you ; give you that black team of mine, ! H.duc!or. who bad followed bim from the . ,. , " , I smoker. The conductor of that train was and a light wagon to carry your wife , , . , , . , , ', him vieeil not lit. tultl of Ilia rArpfilliipim hia be mar i .vln.,aIi,T u0r 0r .; an nervadinc love of tied to-uigbt, and leave early in the morn- 1 fun. ing. That will suit, wou't it?" "Well my friend, what is the trouble ?" "Yes, sir," answered Giaham, faintly. ! be asked, kindly, touching the bewildered Rut on tbe indta turning toward him. he ! m nI'on the shoulder. beys was offered S40, w hich was refused, for a violin. The boys can make lifln or a wngon, sbrx) a horse, mend a clock or watch, : work out an algebraic problem, swing a pick in the mines, or follow a reaper w ith perfect ; success. The girls of tbe family, nine in j numlier, have the same musical talent, and l ' ' i are not ashamed to wresile with kitchen , work, afraid to mount a bucking horse, or row their skiff across the river even when it is dangerously swollen. petite and bida fair to ul'.imateiy it-cover her health. The case bastxeited a great amount of interest in Lancaster. Il-iri i burg I'ltii".)!. said, "yes, sir, certainly." '"After you get fixed at your post I'll nnma . 1 . i ii-1 1 atw! u Vim t wiLil I L-itti. f,twt 11 nt tt Ilia hnimr.ita tun. its 1 r . -. oeen thinking about selling out ana moving . . ,. auutniy on me peopus wnu are- coinpe.icu iu r rn .. i , j:,;5 j: 1 1 . uniform, consistent, course, its aims, man- " . . her iu this ere keer . ; T , , I reasoned timllr is nut lu.ie nacie to liues its nronrietv To v esst ve these as l TeXaS forstm,e i,ra0 ' lt 8 gett.ngcrowd L,ncoln took ia tbe situation at a glance. PM " l- 1 whose. ; j UI1(Jer ,,, influt.llce oT a dry atm-H,. hev si ed be,e' and thi"S9 ar9 as w He knew be bad not bad this man on his "f "rt a" f""r- . and will resist decomposition for ,n they should be pieserved is enougu to OC- R8 'iasses ; vf icter-tioie." 1 , f ,M fi , , can marry a man who boasts that any girl ; ludehnite petmd when kept totally sub- cupy fully the time of any man. If to this Tliiturs were arranged as tho old indue : " t,e,ore arrv"g a i ans e. , !anor and ! merged in Hie water. The piles T old is added the general supervision of the said. The maniage took place, and tbe Lpok my were on : M nert , e j cau n,arry such a man. j London bt u'e driven S00 yeais befote, ., Betahiishment wliid. most editor army received an addition to its ladies in i " "c , . T , ,.. 'u"uu "' H""" ' " news establ.sbment, which most ed.to.s Alka,lsa6 j',, daugU I -Bound? What? Why-ter Boscing, of , l,ul 1 w ut the new bri ,e was elected In 1830. an,l have to encounter, the wouder is how they . ter ,anii I)r Graham has regretted ' conr-e." ! he which served as the foundation f find time to write at all. Louisville Coil- the obduracy of bis father-in-law, or the "Well, sir, yonr wife i;by this time, prob- ' Hearino themnrmnrof the ni.ghty oceau Trajan's bii.;ue ever the Danube, A. 1. rier- Journal. I uasophisticatedness of liis wife. I ably, safely on her way ; but yon, my dear ' tho river run dr wn to sea. 10 arc said t j bo st.U visibleatlow watev. j "Eh! Ah be yeon the conductor?" j ' Yes, sir. What can I do for you?" "Dew? Jes tell me whar my wife Is, j will ye? I'll be squashed ef I didn't leave her iu this ere keer '." i Lincoln took in tbe situation at a glance. He knew be bad not had this man on his : train before arriving at Mansfield, j "Look ye, my frier. J where were yon "Bit I W o-n-t." This is the way in which a Lonisvi'le girl disposes t-f a young man, according to the Courier Journal : Shu says : '-You bave asked me. pointedly if I can marry jon, ai.d I bave answered you pointedly that I can. I can marry a man who makes love to a different girl every month. I cau marry a man whose imiiii oe TtiKitr; were t wo of ihem banc ing on tha ! front gate tbe other night. She wp.s stand ing wit bin tbe yard ami be ou the side walk ! outside, boih leaning ou the lop tail, an; ! npp.irciiMy as bap y as two pigs in a corn field. He was saying, "Now, my own lit j tie dailing, sweet idoi of my soul. lme i image is ever iu my hcnil" when he saw ; the old man cominc down the fiont walk,. : and continued in a diftvieut stiaiu ; "the i potato bugs haven't destroyed our crops so much since we purchased I'aits gieeti and you'll find that cabbages cau be la.std bet- ter on a lich sod." Tbe old gentleman j heard it and turned bark, saying as he tn . tered the house : "The-e young people i talcA fiioip intpiest in nn i i.iilt u ral affaire. enpation seems to be to join a gtnnllet iu , tLau r,e,)pie generally Fuppose." front of churches and thea'res, and comment i FIT
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