s THE rirtBRIA FREEMAN s rlHlEHEO EVETT FRIDAY MORNING At Ebwsburg, Pa., by H. A. MePike. Guaranteed CrtnUatiott - 1,128 AM KIU. A BnOklKO. MATCH IT? .A.dv'erti.sing- Tit r larwa aod rapidly In aresufuff alraaUawvw o' Tmu Fnaaataa oyniuiends it to the rvarbsa ooooideratioo of advertiaera. AdrarUaoasMls will b inaerted at tbe following rats : 1 look, t time. 1 aw I asnntba 1 W DBOOtB..... 1 year month 1 year 6 month I J oa U o oo 1000 J OB 4U grBICRIFIION RATE. rn oofT. one year, cash In advance 1 50 l" if not pd within 8 ram. 1 75 " If not p-d within moa. 2 "0 " if not pd wnbtu year.. 1 26 rfTo person ratddlng outside the county H ,y aidltlnaal per year will be charged to tfl i no event will the tboe term be ae oirte I from. "'1 thae who don't consult their ,o imprest Ijt piy or In advance must not Zinm-i tn t'e placed on the am fooling us tho n , ri. Let thia fact be diatinctly understood r,.f. t. lit urae forward. s-!'v for your paper before youctnplt. u p 't you most. None hut scalawags do otta (rae li'in't he a nU-ltrf'i umi short. 1 year it ool'n month ' month. H " 1 year 1 " tnonlDi mm 1 " 1 year 7 Administrator' and Executor' Notloes... t to Auditor Notice f.09 Stray and similar Notice l.tO BoaiaeM Itema. Brat -Insertion 10c. per lraat each Daequent Insertion 6c. per line. Fi$' hiiior.t or jyrtitetdinvt ttf amy eorpos-aw twin or society, and r'nimunirafi'otu oec"d rnillat'rntirm fy ma'ferof ItmtOd nr md icidttal 4rif?rif, must be paid for as advrrtitrmtnf. Job Priittiwo of all kind neatly and erpadi tiouaiy executed at lowest price. DontlTor ret it. H. A. MePIKE, Editor and Publisher. 'HI IB A FtSlMAH WHOM THI TBUTH MAKE FREE, AND ALL ARB 6LATBS BKSIDK. SI.50 and postage per year. In advance. i VOLUME XIII. EBENSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, APRIL 18. 1S79. NUMBER 13. I 41 'o Br:e tie ; .u hour ESTABLISHED FUR T1II11TV-F0LK .EARS. F.W.IAT&StW Iniinf.etiir'ei,N, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL OF rn, coma, AND Sheet Iron Wares AND DEALERS IX HEATING, PARLOR and COOKING STOVES, Shoot petals, AND M-FLRMSOING GOODS GENERU1X .JolliriEf " TI.'tfOPPEBiSnEEMBO, PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. N".iv27$. 2S0and 282 Washington Si JOHNSTOWN. PA. ATTENTION EVERYBODY! IWe leire to inform the public in general that tre hare Established a Store AT- fTUNNEL HILL, rtuptrctfultT Invite ttention o tb fact tUt it ewbrat-t-v M More ia Quantity and Variety I'nu usually kept In store of the kind. i ererytrhere ctmretlerf bit those J trfio have tiveii n a call that QXJiH, STOCK I NOT F.QI ALLF.D FOK 11AL1TY, VARIETY and EXTENT fTT.'hrtocic In the neighborhood, and as '. I !rnm i line to time ad J new f ett turr and few lini- of aoodjj QhII a'wnt htir in large gimniitifi ml al low no re d'jcti'in In Mock wc h 'if I t rii t adher- rr-M o I,IHI (,IIOlS. t I.OS T'ltH i V 1 1 Sl 1 1 - ! fc- hill IVII Tf V.UH' l K SloUE THKOKtAT PI ) PI LA R HEADQUARTERS FOR LL KIND OF GOODS! -? t.im that, wp shall endeavor to make It ih- niitrm o; h.I clansea to KAL WITH I S I'KKM ANEXTLY rr-t-.ii ' v rarprinr to their wnrn nJ wUhe w;-n t !, trfnt-r-i) in all nirttcri p-Tiam ing to businesi. I If 31 12 It S ! : we h .ve an unlimited demand k ' " 'I. n T u r. i n m tyil iimiliifi anH f r iu ' "T.-r th'-m prices In advanco r others in the business. H Po f3 G-t-!N WHEN S3 EA.RGA1NED FOR ir v am -'. aoliclt the pa'ronave of the Uf our bet etl rl in all trans- 1 l .e B. M. JOHNSTON &. CO. Stores : 2,'ji:v,b"r' FL 'K!V; MILL- WlLLlAMSBCBC, PA. f -t. I- 'J. 8m. PIT ALL THE LIGHT YOU CAN I 'J.THESl'BJKCIOF pheap Groceries! r adertlementi. circulars, rrlc. ' '' ' 1 o! otter dealr. and then j to F. P. CONFER'S MWl PDnrcDV pmnri ''uull unubini oiunL! 1:l4 Eleventh Avenue, i-een 10th d 11th Sts , Altoona.Pa., yuur r atronae cn a man who en in;,.;, .', "ie lara-st. mitt Tarlej and ..(:, - -oiiriior ' ic in 4 'ft ..' Y' '. " '"ry'rotJH fresh and pnre s.;.".,''1 d 1'anneo h H V ITS. NOT lo,NS, f..; r;1 d " " fai r a. rheaa l :i. .... ""t "&per than any other man or Arm t eer offere I tor sale in A. C,,J r'-- T -r HO maltar has. U . ..t 1 ..'t ''T the liberal p-vtrr-naae hereto-ti:.,-i p"n blm hT ' riends inCambr a 4 i- , '"'ll't, nd hopmir biraeorMnu '4 . r""e of the ,-me. the subscriber re V I 'T'rt,dy to call and exum'D 4 . 1.. ul puces hafore boyinr at any other .1 o.is 1 itroecry, Altoona, Pa. P'Mj'HOUSK DIRECTOR. Tl ie - otters himaelf as a ramM "n rr 'J'."'- iu'jeet to the decision I . . V'-.'-ounty tloiiTention. If notnl ' e r.tn i,i-,i.. 1. , n. 1 . , ne OiH :e wna honesty n 1 tl,lelitr. rT. u v 1 ANI'KKS.j f n. ...' .- -. l-r.orm I MEAN TO KAIXTAIS MY REPUTATION AS Till: CHEAPEST CLOTIIIM MERCIIAM! IN It LAIR COUNTY. MY OLD CLOTHING HOUSE, NEXT DOOR TO V. 0., TWELFTH STREET, ALTOONA, -IN A- BLAZE or GLOli Y ! NEW STOCK ! NEW OUTFIT! NEW STYLES ! GRAND SIHUPtHIHG CLOTHING For Spring and Summer Wear. CALL EARLY AND SECLRE A BARGAIN. I GODFREY WOLF,; F.XT DOOR TO 1. O., irarie mss, - unsu, pa. 1 April 4. 18T9.-4t. HOW IS THISFOR CHEIP? S.TEITELBAUM, or t .4BROLI.TVW., HlFKBt 8 lbs. Green Coffee for - - $1.00 15 lbs. Brown Sugar for - - 1.00 10 boxes Essence Coffee for - 25c. 1 lb. Pure Japan Tea for - - 50c. No. 2 Mackerel, per kit, at - 1.50 Lake Herring, per i bbl., at - 1.20 1 lb. Goshen Cheese for - - 10c. 1 gal. Non-Explosive C. Oil, - 16c. 1 " N. Orleans Molasses, - 50c. Al At. I. OTllt.R UOODI AT PRICES EQUALLY LOW! iyi.:i"t pan" this annonnc oraent unnoticed, i bnt read and vri'ht bv it lor our ow n ben- nt. Meantime rrmit u to Mate clo.rly and distinct ly that it behoure all parties in ttieie times ot de preislon to infen' their tnom-y where It will lirinir ( th best returns. Hence it Is that all are arired ' to boy their IrT OooJs. Orocerlrs. Llothinir, and ' ail other kind uf mcrchamitpp frun. S. TE1TKLHAT M. Feb. 7. 18T9. tf. Carrolltown. Pa. ORPIIAXS' COl IiT SALE. HV virtiif of nti orir if tb ( tri'hnn- 'urt of i 'arubna -ounty. tttvrtj vei T o -Xkp.! t j-uti-at the AurT IIou- ia F.hcnslmrn. on SA i rilDAY, APKII- Hli. ls;). At I o"ruf k. r. v.. till t!i risrht. title At.it lntort-t of J a n A. Stuith. lat ! ialliti:n boronyh. do r:iel. of, in an.I to a Pit- f it I'arcel ,-r Lad ttturtf t-t in t he -i.-ti't btimirh "1 Jail it in. fl1joinin.r 1 :t it t ot IVnn'a Hil !ia-i. Jam- M " M'kry. anI (thrr. rontaininz 3 Afrf Aiil 51 lrclie, with a two ft wry t"B hk Hlk anl St a hi. k tht-n-vvt nrtnr. Tfriun of HhIo. -ne-tMr-t th iMinhHie mon ey to te j'iiul on cuuiiriiiati"ii of .iti-I the re-i-due in twterjuitl hu:di:i1 pay turn tf. with intvret. to I'f -c ure I bv ami iortif:e. J(HN A. SMITH, 4-11. -St. Kxiit'r of J .am a-i A. Smith, 1.c-'J. VTDITOirsXOTK'K. Haviinrlfeii a';M-i!itrd Au.l-.trby the t'otirtf t'oramon l'p;ii of t'rtuibria O'timtv to report di'tnbution of tlie Di-int'T iti thf SlKrifls lian.M ariinx fr.ni the .:! or tb real estate of I. nke lurbm. one of tbe defendants In the c:.e of C hHrlp" Kli W vs. .Tolin Ixirbtn and In k- I Mirbi n. No. S Man h Term, lT'J. Altai H. ha , on whirh the real .tte of I. tike Inir bin .t-i sold fT tbe mud of f l.JT5.oi. iidiee i; here by iriven to all parties iiitereied that I will attend to the duties ot that appoi nt men t. at my Miee in Eben.-biinr. on Miucth, M.'S. at 2 o'clock. v. M.. when and where they must present their claim" or be forever debarred from couilng In on that fund. K. W. ( . T.M A X, Auditor. Ebt-n-bunr. April liT'.'.-it. t'DITOK S XOTK i:. John Hiu.I- t "oiu ;!i'-n I'm ;." fl i 'aiultna ou nt y ; l-J-J. ."Iareh Aal now. '21 Ar1.l7.. .To.-.ph Melhui-iM. ai'I'iinteii A utiitt.r to l i -t rit'ii tr funds in the liiuls of the Shi-ntt annin-4 Irom theealeof dr fend.-nt"8 re:! estate on atni e t;t ! writ. In makinv dJ.-trl- ; bntioii. to hear evld''t.c and allow delcndant purh credit- a-i niay lie tiu'.y proven. By the'ourt. i In piirnanre of the ahoe ajiptin t nu nt, the Au ditor will tfit at the 'ourt IIoupe. in Kbenrthurif, n Tve"Iav. t!e fttti da of M4T,b?J, at 1 n'cloek, ; r. m . . when and where partiee interested tupy t- ' lent! IT Inev think proper. " ! .losi-.t il M(HNAU, Auditor. KhtudburK, April 11, ISTy.-it. i niToirs NOTICK. J. S. Stray-: U. er, As'-ia-iiee of I. V. Shaffer, rs. Jeremiah , row-,, v a.:d Catharine 'ne.viey. In the Court of C.itiiiu.m !'lea of Cambria C. iinty ; N". 57, Kecem- i ber l erni. IS71. riii. l.zpn i. n now. April ad. 17;. -n motion of Johnston ; A Seanlan. the Court appoiate.l .loveph MrIo!iald. I I -. an Auditor to repoit lltributiuii of the toon- ; ey in the handot tt - slierifl arinimr from the sale . of defendant's real -riate. Hy the Court. 1 In pur-uan f tii hIh'vp appointment, the An- ' ditor will sit at the Court House In Kbensbnrir. on I Thi imiw. the wth .l.iv r May, lH7a. nt 1 o'clock, ; r. m.. when aim rore parties Interested may at- 1 tend if they think proper. .ni:rii m. iMi.N.f I.I, Auditor. Ktienbnr. April 11. lsT'.'.-Jit. AKiNUK'S NOTK T.. Nt.ti.o is! hereby Riren th it Jacob Kttntinan. of V.'Jiit t-.wnhip. Cambria county, reiinylvanta, and l.ii.ii.eih Kunsmau. hiswilc. by deed of volunt iry ; .isif ntuer.i. hae aiaried ail the esraie. real and i per.-onal. of the said Jacob Kunsmau to J. C. i Oates nf V hite tow ;ihlp. in trust, for the benefit ! of the creditors of the said Jacob Kunsuinn. All . persons, therefore. Indebted to the said Jacob j KuDman will tnnke payment t the said Assisriiee, and th.-se having; eiaiios or demands wlil make known thu tame without delav. J. C. (IATKS. - j April 4. lS7'J.-3t. Assignee of Jacob Kunsman. LAST AND ONLY XOTICK. I'ar-ti-s iodjbte.l to W. H. Suns, M. of Chest Si rinti. are hereby notified b r the second and last ! time tint if they do not t ail on the un.le'rslK tied and t settle their respective aceotiut. either by eaeh or on or oeiore me hay or hav. jm'Ximo, thy may r- st assured that measures will be adopt ed tur bringing- the answer, with eo-t and entlon or sMrit thereto appended. Jt)H' WAUX'KH. t'het Sprins, April lM7.-3t. 'VTOTICF! Notice is Iwrcbv riv-n A. thst fhe first and partial awonnt of Jacob t-A-t, Assignee ol Taul I.lwanifer, has been bled In the ort.ea .,1 the l'n.ilionotarv ol 'ambria cunty and wi.l be presented to tbe Court of Common I'leaj of 1 atnbrla eounty, fir allowance, on the hrst -Mon-dav of JttiiC nf. '. V. O'lOXXKIJ, Irot honorary. Pro'htrtofsjry'j icfle . Kt-fiishnrrr Apr" 7 !- - HAVE HOPE. The shadow of the mountain falls athwart the lowly plain, And the shadow of the cloudlet hangs above the mountain's head And the highest hearts and lowest wear the shadow of some pain, And the smile is scarcely fitted ere the an guished tear is shed. For no eyes have there been ever without a weary tear, And those lips cannot he human which never heaved a sih ; For without the dreary winter there has never been a year, And the teiniest3 hide their terrors in the calmest summer sky. So this dreary life is passing and we move amid its maze, And we gne alono together, half in dark ness, half In light ; And our hearts are often hardened by the mysteries of our ways, Which are never all in shadow and never wholly bright. And our dim eyes ask a beacon and our wea ry feet a guide, And our hearts of all life's mysteries seek the meaning and the key ; And a cross gleams o'er our pathway, on it hangs the crucified. And he answers all our yearnings by the whisper: ''Follow Me." Father Ryan. TKOF. CROFTLEY'S CRIME. AN INVENTION" WHICH PROVED THE DEATH OF THE INVENTOR. A few weeks ai,'o some work inert en gaged in removing an old mansion at tlie comer of California and Mason .streets were considerably inizzlcd at finding a j number of eoii-r ires connecting the bath room with the room alxve. Tlie j owners of the iroierty were equally puz- j zli'd, having never Ik fore known of their existence. i The wires were removed and nothing ; more thought of the matter. This re- calls to my mind.iii incidi nt which many will now remember. On the 14th of .Inly, lsi',2, a Professor Croft ley was found dead in the bath room ; I have just mentioned. Croft ley was well ; known among scientific men as a Profes- : sor of Chemistry, and, licsides, had a large circle of aequainances in this city. ; He was siqiiiosed at the time to have committed suicide, and his death fur nished a three davs' sensation for the press. Thf' accounts in four leading '. iiewspaiiers materially conflicted, which made the matter all the more interesting to the public. All agreed, however, ! with a singular unanimity of opinion, , that lie was dead. Even the Call, while : not positively admitting his demise in I the article, virtually conceded it in the head lines. i Croftley, when found, was lying in the bath, covered with wounds of so curious a nature that no one could explain how ! they came to lie inflicted. They were deep, ragged and gaping, there was no instrument found in the room with which j they might have lx-cn made. Even the detectives who visited the scene of Croft- : ley's death shook their heads and were at ' sea. Those who discovered the laxly 1 found the door secure ly fastened from the : inside, and they were obliged to burst it ! open. Tht; room had no other means of egress or ingress. Suicide '." remarked one of the re- ; ixirtcrs. ! "How came these wounds on the back ?" asked a detective. "Who else was here V" responded a journalist. And neither man ha 1 any thing more to say. 1 A jKist mortem revealed nothing new. except that the physicians found a state ! of the blood which they could not satis- j factorily account for. "He was frozen," said a young physi- ; cian, whose opinion seemed to have its ' foundation only in surmise. j "You seem to have forgotten that this is .Inly," remarked an elderly gentleman i connected with a University. ! The newspapers vied with each other j in building up ingenious theories ac- i counting for the affair. The Coroner's j jury found a verdict of suicide for want J of anything lietter, and the remains were j buried. j The reader who desires to get a more j detailed account of the affair as related j at the time can do so by referring to the j files of any of the city pajn-rs of that ; date. In fact I would produce them j livre did sjace jsermit. The main thing, j however, is to clear up the mystery of ' Croftly's remarkable death. i He came to the Coast in 1SH0, and was , reputed to le a man of sufficient means j to live handsomely on the interest of his i inoiie. He stopped a while at the Oli- i ental Hotel and there met Edward j Dean, a young man. who. like himself, was a gentleman of leisure. They lp- j came intimate, and. finally, tired of ho- j tel life, they determined to seek quarters ' which would 1 more congenial and j home like. They found these quarters at the residence of Richard Armstrong, a mutual acquaintance, who lived in verv desirable quarters) on the corner of Mason and California streets. Before the costly habitat ions of .Stanford, Crock er and t.t her millionaires sprang into ex istence, Armstrong's house came very near being called a mansion. Armstrong rented Croftley and Dean three elegant rooms, partly liecause he was running on a pretty close margin financially. The two found their new quarters as attract ive as men could wish. Mr. Armstrong w.'v a widower, and the three men had some rare old times together evenings. His cellar was stocked with excellent wines, and his library with books of the very rarest vintage of literature. One evening a hack drove up to the door, and a woman clad in wraps, Krnnd fl up the "tersa with astonishing vigor and agility, like the most Western girls who are blest with good health and ani mal spirits. She dashed into the hall in a style that sent a perceptible tremor throughout the house, and fell into old Armstrong's arms. A fusilade of kisses followed. It was his daughter Alice. Next morning the usual formalities of introduction were gone through, and Miss Armstrong became one of the fix tures of the place. A few days Ufore her arrival Professor Croftley had sug gest etl the idea of living somewhere near the centre of the city. After Miss Armstrong entered the house, however, no fnrthtr allusion was made to the pro losed removal. The Professor legan to pay Miss Armstrong the most devout at tentions, and, as a matter of course, she fell madly in love with young Dean, who paid her none. It is generally conceded that the most effective way of wooing a woman is to let some other man do it. The woman tires of the indefatigable lover and the man who treats her with indifference is soon preferred. Some men leant this by ex'ierience ; Dean dis covered it by accident. He presently lx-gan to turn his knowl edge to excellent account, and a bitter rivalry sprang up lietween the two men. Croftly soon realized that he was not the favorite, and never for the life of him could realize how a woman could form an attachment for a man who, hadn't the remotest idea of chemistry. He for got that he was somewhat old, and that women dislike to cast their bridal wreaths ujMin the snow. He finally determined to put his rival out of the way, and set about laying his plans. After a couple of weeks' delileration he concluded to murder Dean, anil to do it so scientifically that discovery would be next to impossible. One day I was in his room being an occasional visitor and observed him busily engaged in chemical exjieriments. Said he : "Did you ever realize that the conditions which result in congelation might lie produced chemically V" I confessed that I had never given the subject much thought. "Of course you know that sudden evajmrat ion causes cold r"1 I knew nothing of the kind at the time, but nodded assent rather than con fess my ignorance. "I can produce ice instantaneously."' lie cont inued. '"This is my assistant," pointing to an electric battery. "With a current of say Phi omes of electricity, I can accelerate enough evaporation to freeze instantly 1(hj gallons of water." Here the professor took a basin of water and jioured in a small quantity of colorless liquid. "This is ammonia," said he. "But this" here he added alxMit as much of some other liquid "is something else. " "What is it "No one knows but myself." I deemed it impertinent to question him further. He then attached the wires of his battery to the water. "When I make the connect ing current the water will liceome ice.' I watched, much interested, and he laid his hand on a piece of metal which was part of the apparatus, and the turn ing of which caused the currents to con nect. He turned the brass piece, and instantly a cloud of vapor rose from the surface of the water. Crvstals shot j from the sides of the basin with aston- J ishing rapidity, and there was a sharp. ' crackling sound as the water, expanding ' in it. caused a strain upon the basin which pressed upon the sides. I "With ."(W omes," continued the Pro- fessor, "I can freeze cubic feet of ; water." ' I left the house very much impressed i with the discovery made by the Profes- ! sor. and a few days afterwards learned ! of his death. The public considered it ' a case of suicide. I made a careful ex- ; animation of the premises, and came to ' different conclusions. It was the hand of -Mice Armstrong that killed Profes-i sor Croftley. j Eet us go back a little. After the I Professor realized what could e done i with his new appliance of electricity he j determined to utilize it in the murder of j Dean. He hit upon the grand idea of j freezing him in the bath. j "She will not love him cold," he said, j and legan to arrange hrs plans. Dean ! was fond of the bath. He retired at midnight, and always took a bath just ltefore. The bath-room of Armstrong's house was an exceptionally gootl one. It was situated but a short distance from the suit occupied by the Professor and Dean. The tank was of marble, eight feet w ide. ten feet long and six feet deep, capable of holding 4s(l cubic feet of wa ter. Croftley connected the bath with his own room by means of wires. One entered the bath by the was-te pqe. He reached this by digging in the garden under the pretext of planting llowers. The wire ran down the side of the house and into the ground. It was concealed from observation by a lilac bush. The other was connect etl with the pie which furnished the water. Helx.reda hole in the wall and found the pipe, as he ex pected, running in the rear of the room close to the floor. lie then increased the jars of his battery, and raise I its strength to 5K omes. No suspicion was excited by this, as he had been for months lefore making electrical experiments. His apparatus removed, its wires could le pulled away from the others aud no trace would be left of previous connection. On the night of the 3d of July all was in readiness. Croftley laid his plans with nicety ami deliberation. Dean always took a hath before retiring, which was alKvut midnight. In the morning Croft ley had purchased two seats at the Met rojolitan Theater, and given them to Armstrong, who took his daughter to the play. By eight o'clock every thing was safe from interruption until eleven o'clock, and perhaps later. He now Itegan to work in earnest. He filled the tank with water, and then tested his wires over and over again. Everything was in splendid working or der. He calculated that he could em bed his rival in ice about midnight, and then turn on the hot water. In the morning there would be no trace left of the freezing, lie rubbed his hands with delight, and then poured in the chemical proportions, wherein lay the secret of discovery. Having done this he went back to his room and laid the two con necting wires of his apparatus side by side upon the instrument. It was now nine o'clock. He turned the gas up to a full blaze to disperse the shadows, took an easy chair, and determined to read until Dean's return. The silence of the house liecame unbearable, ami the sul triness of the apartment more and more oppressive. His excitement Itegan to tell upon him, and he was no longer ) cool. The man who is alout to kill suf fers more pangs than he who knows he is atxnit to die. Croftly paced up and down the apartment, and then a strange fascination drew him toward the bath. He entered the room again and stood gazing into the motionless water in the tank, and then murmured to himself : "Four hundred and eighty cubic feet, 5oO omes. ' There was a gas jet above the tank, and its faint glow was reflected in the water. The water looked cool and re freshing. There was yet more than an hour. Croftly turned the catch of the door from force of habit, and throwing off his clothes plunged in. It was so agreeable that he began to reflect in his mind whether he would not continue to enjoy the bath ami postj.one the murder. Suddenly the hall door was slammed, and he heard the voice of Miss Arm strong talking to her father. Tlie pair had indeed returned, having left the the- j ater because they did not care to be liored ! with Mrs. Bowers' hackneyed rendering : of (Jueen Elizabeth. Passing along the hall, they saw the Professor's door open, and the gas in full blast. Armstrong j hated to se anything go to waste, and ' told his daughter to go in and lower the ; ; gas, as the room was unoccupied. Miss i Armstrong went in as directed, and her I father passed up stairs. While alone! ; the girl could not resist the temptation ! to pull a little note from her bosom and ! read it again. She had received it that ; , morning and had already perused it alnjut ', ', twenty times. It read : ! DkarAlick: Will you be my wife-.' j Yours, Euwakd Dka k. ! Dean w as a young man, who, when he I i had any thing to say, said it at once, and : j stopped on reaching the jxiint. i I She pored over the letter about five I minutes, and then, returning it to its , place looked alwrnt her. Her eye pres ; ently fell on the instrument connected ! with Croftley 's battery. She took up one 1 of t he wires, and wasaliout to lay it on the i other and see if there would be a shock, i when her courage failed her, and she . dropped it across its mate. A spark i flashed out which startled her. She drew back, lowered the gas, and went to j led. j At the instant the wires were eonnect j ed, Croftley w as in the centre of the bath. ! A shock ami terrible chill passed through his frame, and he felt a cloud of vaior j rising from the surface of the water and ' sweeping into his face. Myriads of i sjear-like crystals shot out from the edge ! of the tank and converged toward him i like so many shafts of death. He real -j ized his situation and dashed to reach j the steps ; as he did so, he threw himself against the jagged edges of a sheet of ice half an inch thick. There was a frightful gash in his side, from which blood was streaming. He struggled madly amid the ice, and every throe brought fresh wounds. His limbs moved no longer in the water; they were enveloiied in slush. The ice closed aliout him like a vice. He was dead. After the evaporation of the chemi cals the electricity no longer had any ef fect, and the heat of the room began to tell upon the ice. The mass melted, and I by four o clock in the morning the; . , ... .. ; corpse ot Lroitiey was Hunting upon tlie ! surface of the bath, He was not missed until nine o'clock in the morning, when Dean burst open the door and found him ; as described. ' The rest is known. The jury gave a verdict of suicide, and Miss Armstrong i and Edward Dean were married on the ! "22d of the same month. San Frnnrisri, I Arijonnut. The Toad Market, Among the curious sights to lie seen in Paris must j be reckoned the toad market. Toads j are there sold by the barrel. Think of j it ! Toads selling like potatoes. Who j buys them ? Vegetable gardeners. Why V For the reason that toads de vour the insects that would otherwise j devour the vegetables. Who devours j the toads? Contrary to some ideas j not the French ieopk But toads are j being sola now, not uevoureti, ana it is with the selling weare interested. I low do they vend them V The man in blouse bares his arm and thrusts his open hand into the slimy swarm and brings up two, three or four gymnastic toads, wriggling and writhing. He points out their merits ami delivers thein in a box by the dozen, to the eager mar ket gardener, who takes his choice and pays his price. The buying antl selling are done expeditiously and quietly the profit to th venders is great. and "HIS BROTHER MAS." A STOBY OF AVARICE THAT WAS "EFFEC TUALLY CURED. "I cannot wait any longer. I must have my money, and if you cannot pay it I must foreclose the mortgage and sell the place," said Mr. Merton. "In that case," said Mr. Bishop, "I will, of course, be sold at a great sacri fice, and after all the struggles I have made, my family will be homeless. It is hard. I only wish you had to earn jour money as I do mine you might then knoav something of the life of a poor man. If you could only in imagin ation put yourself in my place, I think you would have a little mercy on me." "It is useless talking ; I extended this one year, and I can do so no longer," re plied Mr. Merton, as he turned to his desk and continued writing. The ioor man rose from his seat and walked sadly out of Mr. Merton's office. His last hope was gone. He had just recovered from along illness, which had swallowed up the meaus with which he had intended to make the last payment on his home. True, Mr. Merton had waited one year, when he ltad failed to meet the demand, owing to sickness in his family, and he felt very much obliged to him for doing so. This year he had leen laid up for .seven months, during which time he could earn nothing, and all his savings were needed for the sui port of his family. Again he failed, and now he would again lie homeless and have to begin the world anew. Had heaven forsaken him and given him to the tender mercies of tlie wicked ? After he had left the office, Mr. Mer ton could not drive away from him the thoughts to which the poor man in his grief had given utterance, "I wish you had to earn your money as I do mine." In the midst of a row of figures, "Tut yourself in my place," intruded. Once, after it had crossed his mind, he laid down his pen, and said, "Well, I think I should find it rather hard. I have a mind to drop in this afternoon and see how it fares with his family ; that man has aroused my curiosity. About five o'clock he put on a gray wig. and some old, east -off clothing, and walkedtothe door. Mrs. Bishop, apale, weary-1-Hiking woman opened it. The PHr old man requested permission to en ter and icst awhile, saying lie was vtry tired with his long journey, for he had walked many miles that day. The old gentleman watched her at tentively. He saw there was no elastic- ! it- inherstep, nohoein her movements, ' and pity for her began to steal into his heart. When her husband entered the ; features relaxed into a smile, and she , forced a cheerfulness into her manner. I The traveler noted it all, and was forced j i to admire this woman who could assume j ' a cheerfulness she could not feel, for her , i husband's sake. After the table was prepared, there was nothing on it but ; bread and butter and tea. They invited j I the stranger to eat with them, saying, j "We have not much to offer you, but a j cup of tea w ill refresh you after your I long journey." i He accepted their hospitality, ami as they discussed the frugal meal, led them, ; j without seeming to do so, to talk of their i ; affairs. j "1 bought this piece of land," said Mr. : i Bishop, "at a very low figure, and in- j ' stead of waiting till I had money enough ; j to build, as I ought to have done, T . j thought I would lxirrow a few hundred; i dollars. The interest on the money would not be near as much as the rent I j : was paying, and I would 1"? saving some ; thing by it, I did not think there would ' Is? any difficulty in paying back the ; money, but the first year my w ife and ' I one of my children were ill. and the ex- ; j pense left me without any means to pay the debt. Mr. Merton agreed to wait another year if I would pay the interest, i ; which I did. This year I was for seven j ! months unable to work at my trade and : j earn anything, and, of course, when pay- I day comes around and that will lie very ! soon I shall lie unable to meet the de ! mand." "But," said the stranger, "will not Mr. Merton wait another year, if you i make all the circumstances known to j him ? "No, sir," replied Mr. Bishop, "I saw hilIl'tl,isill,ornjIlgf and must have the money. 1 money "lie must Ik very hard-hearted, re- sponded the traveler. j "Not necessarily so," replied Mr. j Bishop. "The fact is, these rich men i know nothing of the struggles of the jKHr. A hey are men just HKe the rest of mankind, and I am sure if they had j but the faintest idea of what the ior had to pass through' their hearts ami : purses would open. You know it has j passed into a proverb, when a joor man i needs assistance he should apply to the Ioor. The reason is obvious. Only the poor know the curse of poverty. If Mr. Merton had the least idea of what I and j my family had to go through, I think he ! would Ik; willinc to xvait several years i for his money rather than distress us." ) With what emotion the strangtr j listened may le imagined. A new world was leing oin-ned to him. He xvas pass ing through an exjerienee that had never i been his lief ore. Shortly after the con i elusion of the meal he arose to take his j leave, thanking Mr. and Mrs. Bishop for their kind hospitality. ! Mr. Merton did not sleep much that ; night ; he lay awake thinking. He had received a new revelation. The xxr had always lieen associated in his mind with stupidity and ignorance, and the first i"r family he had found far in ad vance, in inteljienep, sjmpatt.y. ;'nd politeness, of the exquisites and fashion able butterflies of the day. The next day a boy called at the cot tage and left a package in a large, blue envelope, addressed to Mrs. Bishop. Mrs. Bishop was very much alarmed when she took it, for large blue envel opes were associated in her mind with law and lawyers, and she thought that it boded no good. She put it away un til her husband came home from work, when she handed it to him. He opened it in silence, read its con tents, aud said fervently : "Thank hea ven !" "What is it, John ?" inquired his anx ious wife. "Good news, wife," replied John. "Such news as I never hoped for or even dreamed of." "What is it ? Tell me quick I want to hear, if it is anything good." "Mr. Merton has cancelled the mort gage released me from debt, both in terest and principal and says any time I need further assistance, if I will let him know I shall have it." "I am so glad ! It puts new life into me," said the now happy wife. "But what can have come over Mr. Merton ?" "I do not know It seems strange af- j ter the way he talked to me yesterday morning, I w ill go right over to Mr. Merton and tell him how happy he has made us." He found Mr. Merton in, and express ed his gratitude in glowing terms, "What could have induced you" he asked, "to show us so much kindness ?" "I followed your suggestion," replied Mr. Merton. "and put myself in your place. I expect that it w ill surprise you very much to learn that the strange traveler to whom you showed so much j I kindness was mvself." i "Indeed !" exclaimed Mr. Bishop. ! "Well, it is a good joke," said the latter; j "good in more senses than one. It has j terminated very pleasantly for me." I "I was surprised." said Mr. Merton, j "at the broad and liberal views .m ex ' pressed of men and their action general. ; I thought I had greatly the advantage j over you in means and education; yet : how cranied and narrow have been my I views beside yours ! That wife of yours ; is an estimable woman, and that boy of ; yours will lie an honor to any man. I ' tell you. Bishop," said the lawyer, 1h? : coming animated, "you are rich be ! yond what money could make you ; you j have treasures that gold w ill not buy. i Somehow I seem to have lived vears ! since yesterday morning. "What I have ' learned at your house is worth more than you owe me, and I am your debtor j yet. Hereafter I shall take as my mot , to. 'Put yourself in his place,' and try to ' regulate my action by it.' " A Thief Shrewdly Caught. Dis- , honest people often show a great deal of cunning and they have use for a great ; deal. But very few of them master all the secrets of detection, so as to perfect- ly shield themselves long in their bad I trade. 'Where did you get them tomatoes V" j asked an old Bong Island farmer of a 1 neighbor, whose real estate viclds not a : i - : ; tomato vine. His basket w full of ; I very fine, ripe specimens, which he ! J thought he recognized. It was not the ! : first time suspicion of his neighbor's honest v had arisen in his mind. ! i "Where did you get nn?" he asked i . again. ! . "Bought 'em." "Ah ' Let's look at your hands. "" ; ! With his basket on his arm, ho held out both hands for examination. "What ' do you want to look at my hands for ? ; : There aint nothing on to "em." The old farmer was washing his own ; hands at the same time in a tin basin of rain water, wiih a wooden bowl (if soft ; ', brown soap before him. i i "No, there aint nothing on 'em that j you can see ; but look a-here ! Set down t I your basket aud wash 'em. It's werry ; coolin', and your face ami hands look ! j hot." j j So saying, he emptied the basin and ! filled it with cold water, iointed to the 1 1 soap dish, avl relieved the 1 arer of his i basket. The first immersion and friction j of the hands in the water caused the fluid ! I to turn green. It grew greener every I second, and at length turned an intense j dark green. i . IT" T. "Here, Ji mi, sai'l tlie tanner to nis towheaded son, "take in this basket and empty it, and bring it out again." Then turning to his honest neighltor. he said : "You hooked them tomatoes from my patch half an hour ago. Three or four of the top ones I knew in a minute. Here's your basket !" If any country reader of the foregoing would test this discovery of a theft, let him pick one or two tomatoes neTt sea- gi.ti tiiti'ir-iiiiif tlii itu-j iv it It ii-'L..i I 3" T I sj ix. 'liilllliis vuv fin- Hit iinrvt i ; hands, and theu wash them. There IS a mysterious something aliout the lerfcctly colorless, that remains plant, on the j hands until water removes it. Moral: One never comes out of a guilty deed with clean hands, however fair an apjK-arance he in;y put on. One day Billy, that's my broth?r, he and Sammy Doppy was play in" by a mud hole, and Bill he said: "Now, Sammy, les play we was a barnyard; you be the pig and lie down and woller. and I'll lie a bull and leller like everything." So they got down on their hands and knees, and Sammy he went in the mud and w ollered. wile Billy bellcred like distant thunder. Bimeby Sammy he curn out muddy you never see such a muddy little feller and he said : "Now voulie i the pig an' let me beller." But billy he I said : "I ain't a very good pig 'fore din ' Tier, and iltl lw time 'nuiT for yon to hs-lier wen ver mother -see- eliv. " Dissolution of a Remarkable Copartners ship In isronfiin. In the town of Westjort, six mile north of Madison, Wis., have lired for many years two brothers named Domi nick and Martin O'Malley. These brothers, when young men, in 1852, in the mountains of California, while min ing there, verbally agreed to join their efforts and their fortunes and to be part ners in all their business enterprises. That partnership existed until yesterday. Shortly after it was formed Martin werA to Australia, lured there by the gold ex citement, and Dominick remained in California. Each kept an account, and the firm, with all the vicissitudes and varying luck of the miner's life, k.pt solvent. Martin returned from Austra lia to Wisconsin, and legan farming ojerations, and a year or two after Dominick returned. Every dollar of earnings or profits received by either of them went to the partnership fund, and every loss encountered by either, no nat ter in what hemisphere or under what circumstances, came out of the firm capital. After their return to "Wisconsin Mar tin married. The firm kept right ou : the lands were all owned together ; the house, as a homestead fur family use, was built ; every shingle used and every nail driven at firm expense, and house hold supplies procured also on firm ac count. Dominick soon after lost an arm. He went to France at firm ex Iense to procure an artificial arm. H visited Ireland, and came hack bringing a wife, imported at the expense of tho firm. Then another house was built on the firm's lands and supplied out of the common fund with all housekeeping re- isites since then theirlan.lsbavet.eeu tilled ; they have dealt in lands, and at present own extensive tracts in Kansas, liesides some 7 or SOU acres in West port. Such securities as they owned the surplus earnings of many years of thrift were invested entirely in Domi nick's name. Every dollar of expense, and earnings of each family were a part nership account, and the accumulation was nevei divided until yesterday. In fact, everything they had, but their wives and babies, were firm property. They lived in jerfect concord, without a single difference or discord on the part of themselves or famiV-s. Dominick, by reason of his disablement, naturally attended to the general business, and Martin devoted himself most assidiously to the cultivation of the farms. They were both in feeling disinclined to disturb the existing order of things. But as the years legan to whiten their heads, nnd their children to approach mature age. they felt it a duty to dissolve this complex relation. Their method of doing this was as novel as their previous dealings had lieen. They went to tlis;r counsel and entered into a carefully pre pared writteu agreement, arranging for diyison aud dissolution, to carry out which, at whatever cost of i-ersonal dis appointment, they bound themselves by the most solemn covenants. Their re spective houses were unlike in valu and desirability. In dividing these and assigning to each his part they sold the right of choice to the highest bidder of the two. It was agreed that, should a change of houses I e can d by their d." i xision, the entire household effects used by each should v left in the house h moved from, and that only the clothing of the family, the family Bible and pic tures should tie taken to the new horn-. The right of choice was awarded to Dominick. and he chose the house of Martin, who generously yielded It, as Dominick 's famiiy was the larger, and needed the larger house. So they are to change households, cat h taking his wife, children and their clothing, Bible and pictures, leaving everything else, and proceed to the home if the other and own and occupy it henceforth. It cost their wives a sigh of regret, but Ihey cheer fully entered into this arrangement, and it was carried out with in-rfcct confl- deuce and good feeling. They have ef i fected a division of all their lands except j the Kansas lands, and for ihe first time ' since they were householders, tliev innv le said to own a spoon or knife, fork. i plate or tin dipier which is not partner ship properly. These brothers are highly resjocted. They have often held offics of trust in their towns. Dominick was a member of the Assemblv in the vcar lGI. Remarkahle Conduct f A Doo. A Brought- Ferry lady, writing to her friends from Dublin, gives an acoount of a strange occurrence by which her husband was saved froinlj-ing run down in a ferry-lKxtt. The gentleman wai just alxnit to step into the ferry -I mat to cross the river, whin a large retriever rushed ujKin him. caught hold of his trousers with his teeth, and at the same t .Till lotki 1114 O rOlt fl nn 1. t was onlvafter considerable dini.-uUv that he t oulil iet hiinaelf eln-! rrl I by that time the ferrv-lat lad te-n 1 s''oed -"to the riyer. The gentleman naturally felt much j ann..yel at teing prevented trom cross ing. but his feelings underwent a changed w hen, a minute later, he saw the feiry i boat run down by a steamer which h,il i approached without lu-ti. ing the borit. The passui ngers were thrown into the water, but, fortunately, the crew of th" 1 steamer wen successful in saving theru i all. some 1-cing very much exhausted ' however. While thinking of the siiiculitr means by which he bad ler-i: saved from the act id. -uf. the gentleman could not help noticing the conduct of the tio-, which followed closely at hi life's. He t ried e t means to get rid of it during the .;:-. . but in the afternoon the animal wasMiil following him, and he was obliged to t:t'Ke it home with him. The tloej b.:is:;ow le-ii installed as watch man of thf gve:il :;t i,e hi- I'rllOiU . b in. I aln ;td "eft V . ;c.w u i .-Mid
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