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THE CiflBRI A FREEMAN
i.rUafcKEO EVERY FRIDAY MORNING
At Ebenoburg, Pa., by H. A. McPfte.
Guaranteed Circulation - 1,128
4W mu. A BOOM ISO. MATCH IT?
nrBfiirTiox ratf.n.
Orve copy, one year, cash in advance I! SO
if not p'fi within 3 mog. 1 75
" " if not p'rt within 8 raog. 2.ij
If not p'd within year.. ;.-!5
j-FTo riron residing- outside the county j
jo cat Iriitloaal per year will be chanred to J
-In in event will thf above tprms lie de- j
panel from, and those who don't consult their I
on interests by prlt;ne in ndvani-r mut not .
ipffl to be placed on the mm footing a thop i
wr" d'- Let this fact be distinctly understood
f.. ri trni time forward.
-rv for ynurWpiT before rouatonit.
p it you m ii at. None but sinluwair do otb I
rrf". Ion t be a 8;hIh w-lif'a (1) ohi rt. I
ATTENTION
EVERYBODY!
rr tteslre to inform the public in j
general that ire have
Established a Big Store
T
TUNNEL HILL,
ri respectfully invite attention 'o the fact
. .. that it embraceg
5M More. in Quantity ani Variety
ti-.sn is usutttly kept in ilorcs of the kind.
It i everywhere rotiretlerl. by those
ictio have given us a call that
OC 4 J "1
"IJ t T" S 1"
1 NOT EQUALLED FOR
t y sr.y itb r tock in the neiKhliorhood. and as
we fhall fri.m time to tini.- add n"w fea
tures and new lm' ol iroodri
itiml always buy In larp
quantities sod al
low no re-dii'-tlon
in stock
. wo hope lv strict adher--n.-
to , mill (iiMis. ( !. E
PRIi. F.- AMSvl"AKE I E A f . I N i TO
MAKE'H'KSroHK THE i HEAT I'Opt LAK
HEADQUARTERS FOR
ALL KIND OF GOOD S I
v..r tbun that, we shall endfavor to make it
the luterct of ill to
DEAL WITH US PERMANENTLY
!-t rarefuliy cuterinir t.i their w,mt an J wisher
a:; J tr-Ht1nK- th( in s-t we ourselves would
wish to bp treated in all matters
pertainlnir to business.
TO I " 11 31 i: R s
A".- w v)!t say hivp tin nnlimitfil drrnnni
f.THl k inI fif Krnin firri proilu t-. a nl
can ffer lhm rrio in Uan.e
of cithers in the husins.
:3H :0 FDR GRAIN WHEN SO BARGAINED FOR
I TTo earnest !y solicit the pn ' ron s ire of the
u' ic and pledge our b St eff ria in all trans-
B. M. JOHNSTON it CO.
PTflDCC 1 Hnllldaysbarr,
V illiDi.hura.
i I UIILU i
"rKee't, Tanarl Hill.
KLffKlNii MILL- Willi a msbc rg. Pa.
Lsr; .!.- ry 24, l-TJ.-iJm.
I MEAN
TO MllTAI
MY REPUTATION
j .- tiii: c iii:im.st
LOTIIIXG MEIIfllAXT!
.V HLA1R COUXTY.
IY OLD
LOTIIIXG HOUSE,
Ni:.T 111 Kill to p. o..
TWELFTH STREET, ALTOONA,
-IN A
jL AZE f GLORY !
UAY STOCK!
XKW OLTFIT!
NKW STYLES!
RiHD SPR1HG QP-EHIH&
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LOT IT I N G
tor irinir ainl SnniiiHr Hi-ar.
i ei;l ami skit he a bargain.
Godfrey wolf,
i
m: i hook to i. o..
T"!'""!? ifaaiui ai
h ALL THE LIGHT YOU CAN
I 1,- IH, snuicTor
Cheap Groceries!
- - !rt .'ment. ciremars. I r;c.
.' .:h.-r dealers, au-l then go to
f. P. CONFER'S
ODEL GROCERY STORE 1
t-i'i4 lltrrnth Avenue,
"lCi,41lth Sts-.AItoora.Pa.,
T
I m
y i." I atronae on a man who can
J tt.e iarrest. in nt varied and
I x . i ! ever otter I (or sle in
. -,
" 'v.
i vrytn-i;i fr-ih and pure
I.. . 'tH'i'KlllKS, PKUNISKlNS
i -j. . . t" ' 1 nne I IKI1IS N( 1 1 H iN'S.
4 ,': ,"", '1 '! ' el! at prlres lul a. cheap
f . ' -'- ir than anv other man .r nrm
.". ' "tatter where thev reside or
AT'.n' ,K-"-v f'r.
',jr tlm litieral t-itronaire hereto.
.' : JI' n h his .r:end in Camhr a
",r"- ,n' hoping tor a cc i inu
v '"" e u( e amr, the suh-enhtrr re-
- j ". '- ' eT.rybody to eall and examine
g . - - t r-t temre hiivins- at any other
t) F. V. l il.N F E K .
I Model (Jroeery. Altooua. Pa.
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NoTKi:.- Nnliie is
'r. t1 mt J-.hii i - 'oiniell. ,,! ( 'aiiiliria
". eoimt. Pa . and Hridart. hN
mm i' a irfi.:...-i,t. have a.-iitn-an
I p. r.. i . .-( l he .aid John
J r. i-lhofl. ol El.-i..'.urf. Pa. n
f i I he . re.p!..r o the -i. J..,
; r-..n .. t hrr.-fore. in. I. l t,.. t., the
iniiiwi:! make pavuient to the
i- I th.-se h-n !.rrciaiiii- .-r .lenmr,.!s
t ..- - ime .-1 ooi .I.-ln v
N. J. F 1. 1! 1-ili iFF.
As.- jn.-e ,,; J-.ni, (rt'onio -i.
"J HO L'S K I) I VC'l'i) R The
ffhe,l i.ff.-r. himself a a rani'i
v. rfts. .. ioh:t( to the decision
uiityt ..iivention. If n.enl.
p'edir.-s hiinselt to perform
"wijn honest and Hdelt.
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r'.- 1 "p.. Mar.-h r., lS7a.-t.e.
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H. A. McPIKE, Editor and Publisher.
VOLUME XIII.
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HAS NOW' ON HAND THE
LARGEST, BEST s MOST VARIED
stock or
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it
ouoo onoo iiiii)n
i ; tin nil ii
tiWIi'i ( lt)l It) llflllll I'hM'Il
f"t can he f.uin.J in anv one e.-tn.ih
tnctit In Pennsylvania. Hisst.;.-
I lull mil m EJAIB5 STC7E3
of various styles anil attTns:
: I3tiill?iM4 IInrHvarc
ot every description and of tvesf quality;
CARPENTERS' TOOLS!
of all kin.Js anj th Im- in the ni;trk:t. Alo. n
1: rut t
TAIiLK ANT) POCKET Cl'TLKRY,
f.lastnare, (urrni are. Mlirr-IMalrd
n". ! and M 1 1 low Ware. Hall !;
; rer. Trunks ir.d 1 allses. ltevolvero. t n
s Us. s lei. Horse Mines, liar Iron, Kull
Itotl. Home allM. I'arrlase IJollt. IJtv
els. Mill siitws. l.riiitlMlnnes. Steel Sliuv
el I'luw Mould. Itimil Ns-oopx;
Mowing Machines, Horse Hay Rakes,
Horse Hay lurk, Kopo and Hiilleys,
urn 4 n II i valor, and u mil line,.l llurv-
eslinir lowla. Ai-i.. a laiye a..prl nifi.l i.l
Table, rioor ami .Stair Oil Cloths,
-':i-i iair' )il ( "loth,
PAPEH am. (ill. ( .(il'li W1NIH-W SH U'li(
am M1AHK EIMI KI.S: I.ivkim-.m,l ASHTOX
SALT. ttiP 1..-. t in the w.irld t;r Ihilrv and Tald
u--: iMn.n tin IdK'K SALT, the id'ieapet nd
N'-t f..r l.xdina Live Si.-,.: I.AM) PLASTER
Wei i amiI i-rniv PI 7.1 1'S. i f the hf-l qualitv :
I'EKKIN- I'.UKM SAKETY I.A.MI. niu.'t,
ii.ii- t t.e end.l.-.l ; t'Htl Kltex's AOi'NS i
t AKTS: tiie l:irif.--t TiIILK t'LlK 1"S t
n'l Mi-iprs and sii.s and .1 !..r w.tr- e- .-r
f.-r.-d t.-r sale in Kh..nt)nr : a toll line f V IVT
IlKt'SIII.S ol the ni'J-t di-'irahle .(Mihtv: WIN.
ihiw ii..ss. oils, paints. rnin'.N ri.E
VAH.MsllI-.s. e.. tKicether wuli a lar4-.-a.1d ,-..u,-ph-te
rt.K ii i ehoi'-u
uiuH i:iur:s, Toit.tcco ami se; ii..
a- w.-i! a tlii.n-.inil- of oth.-r 11-einl anl iiee.l ml
articlf-. In la. r. anvil. in- I hav.-n'f irnt .r ran't
j t : .!i..ri n..;iee i n..t w-.rth hny in-j. and what I
do i.lit-r i.-r file may always l.e ndied on a "ii:sr-
I i.v i4r h i rv. while th.y will iiivari.il.lv lip
soi,i at hotto.m ii:ii:s:
Having had nearly TittiiTV vrus" rsrr.r.t
km K in the ale of ir.xi.t-. in my lin". I am ei.ahled
to supply ley eiKtoiuerj with the very ln-st in the
m. irk. -t. (live in-' a hhrra! -hare o? "your p.itron
aire. t In-11. itiiil In- eonviiH-0.1 that 1 he t o -t i- a 1 wa v s
the rheapi -t. and tliat it never pay- to huy an i'n-f.-rior
arlii'le iuip!y Peeaii-ie tli! pnee is low. It
i-. an iii.li.piital.le la.-f that .-ueh itoo.ls are aiays
the dearest in 'he end.
(.TO. IIUNTLKV.
Ebenshuri;. April 11. is?..
ORPHANS' COURT SALE.
HY virtue o! an order of the rptian- Court of
antt ria i-ouatv. tlo-re wi!l he exposed to put. -'.ie
-ah, at the Court House in Ehen-i.urij. on
sau kday, Ai'iar. w,tu. i:i.
At 1 o i 1 iK k. r. M., all the ri-.'ht. title and iiiterejt
of .lame- A. Sinilh. late.! Oallitzin horouirli. de
ceased, of. in and to a I'ikci: on P.ia kl ok Lam
-ituateil m the said h. Toui: Ii of ( I a Hi ti 11. a d ( iii nir
land of IV nn .1 Kail Koad. .Iame-i M' 'lok.-y. and
otliers. eotitaiuin 3 Acres and Til l'erelies.
with a two story I-11 me li.. sk and St vule there
on ere. -ted.
Terms of Kale. f ne-thir.l the pun hase mon
ey to ie paid on eoiilirnialion of sale-, and the rei
iltieln twoe.pial amiiial payments, with intere-t.
to t-e seeured l-v Ootid and ntort-ja-j:.-.
.11 1 UN A. SMITH.
4-1 1 . "t . Exeeutorol Jaki A. Smith, dee'd.
VrinTows xirrn i:. i. . Mm
er. A.-iifiiee of P. E. Shatler. r. .Teretuiah
r..w ley and Caihariae t 'r-.wiey. In the Court of
'..niiTi-.n Plear ol i 'aml.ria i "ounly : No. oT. lieceni-h-.T
I'l-rui. l-7:i. Vrml. t.jfjtm.
And now. April -.M. 17. 011 i.i.-tion o! Johnston
. Saiilan. The ( 'i.url appoint'-. I .l..eph ."Me I ona Id.
aa And. tor to r.-port d i-.lril-ntioii of the mon
ey in the handsot the Sherirt arising from tin- sale
ol defendant"!" real etate. Ky the Court.
In puriua nee oi the a!ove a ppoi nt nieltf . the A u-
Lt'.r tiil sit at the Court House In Ehen-duirn. on
Tm 1'iiav. the wth day d May. 17'.'. at 1 o e..i k.
r. when and where partu-" interested may at
tend if they think proper.
.HiSEPH M. ImXAI.H. Auditor.
Ehenshur-4. April 11. 1 s7-.'.-".t .
rimir notk k.-. f,im vr.u-
lt'v r. M irrin WfHllt-y. In tt: -J'OTirt f.f
i n-cmon 1 !": - ? hmOtki 'uinty ; '. V .Mar h
Tt:ii. lT". (ntf. .
A riT n.w. r .T-.-.-t.l, M'-l'tnM. Eq..
:i'f-!M.i nr.-T nlit,,r I. i -r rT-nrc ijt;i.N In Hi.- lum.!-
! tho ShtTit! itri-in-j- rr -Tn t li .: J. t cjr-tfii..;i r,t
r: 1 e-r:it n a r.i t I v rit. In in :i k n-f 1 ; tn
buT :'n. t- h':tr r i r ! -f ; ti1 :i h-t-nl ;mt nJi
1T1 ilit a. Tiuiy hv .it!y j.rc-, .-n. Hy t h- .ntrt.
In j U! -ii.t imo 'f t.. ;,: :iT-;riT!iM-iit. thr An
i.tcr will -it .it thr tnrt H .!. in .lit!ifimra:. n
TvkmmY. tht- fh -i.iy .f Mv. 17:. at 1 iV.ick.
p. m . . whn n r i i wturf :i rt; t iiitrre-t-it :i.iv it
1 1 n -i if tht-v think vr-.-r.
.T(sl l'il M InATT. Auditor.
Ayvvv
riUTi HfS.VOTICK.- llavinirW-t-ii
.mia'-n
l':e:i-.t Canil.ria ooimfv 10 rei .rt d : Tri hut ion ot
ih.- le.-.ney in rhr sherin'-i han-!-. arising Ir.-m ihe
- ile .! the r. al e-tate "I I. like Inirle.n. one i.. tlie
:.-ii -1 a ill in The ea-e ol t'h:'r'e Fli.'k vs. John
I i r in an-! 1. eke liiiri.;n, TVo.'stS "lar--h Term, i -.7a.
'i.i, hi. fa . on w h'.eli the real a-! ate o! I. like Inir
I in v. a - o!d 1. r the -inn ot l.-J-.'O. r..-li.-e K her---t-v
triven to ali parnev inr."i-'i .1 that 1 will attend
to the dntie- o Unit app..i:iti.i..it. nt my oMi.-e in
l,i.f--l-;mrir. I'D I'm VaKth. ;-; at 'i. o'ehu-k.
r. m.. wls.-n and wio-r.- ihey ion.; pr. .-iit their
ela-ir.- or he lorever debarred from e,.m:iu in on
til!' Itiud.
(!!: W. (I VTM N. Auditor,
l-.h. n-i'-ur. April . Is7'.'.-;f.
VrD.I TMK S NO'I K I'..- Tli- tnnl. r-si-j-md
Auditor. appoiMt.-d t y the Orphan.-'
( .-iirlol Camhna e--u:it to rej-..-r ii -:r-ln,t oii of
the land inth-' hands. it .1.1,., i . Til.hoit. Admin-.-ritor
of John Evan-.. ( IS- u'.ah., dei eased. t and
:ile...Tiz-t I h.".e lezall elit i'leil I i reei-i c the il ine,
1 .-re' y notin.-s all parties interested that he will
a!'-n-i To the duTo-s ,,. .:ii a t q .. . ; it 1 111 en I , aT his ,.f-I:.-e
in Kt.'-n-'-nr-T. "ii tir r.hiy. ihr th imj of Aril.
.1. . ;-.". at iwo '.".-;. .ek. r. v.. when anj where
ai! part .1 - ititi -re-ted tu.iv ait.-iid if thev -see proper.
AIA IN I. ANS. An liter.
Eoenshurir. April 11. ls7.-:-t.
VI DITOK-s NOTICK.-In tlif ui it
ter of the a-om-ii of .t. .me' .M. Ch.-Key. As
sist nee ol Charles Johnston.
H-vi"if Peen appoint. -.i An iT.-rt..re;M.;t distrihu-ti-.n
of f he lilone;. s in till" l.-ui 1 nl :n.i As-crnee.
a-' -i-.-w n l.y his .-aid ai-.-..a nt . n..t let is herel. en
that 1 e ill i.Tten.l to the dut.e- ot my a pp-.1 lit men t .
ai :ny ..'n.-e in I ihen-hnrir. on f ,t,.nj. ltiij yih, ;s.:.
:r - .-:!-.. k. i'. m.. w lien and wli.'i'ii'.! parties in-t-n
-i".l tnav attend if t'n-v i.r. -. r.
A. SlIoEMAKIili. Auditor.
EN i.-l.i:r'. April 11. is?.'.-: t.
Vl'IHTOirs NOTICK.-Hiivinir ln
appointed Auditor hy the irplinn-" Court of
C.'.luhr: i eount v to hear aiid deeide oil the eeei.
t -.us hi -d to no- aeeoiiht tiled in the estate of A.
A. Hr.w-ks. di ilse-1. I herei-y irie not', e that 1
will attend to the duties ol that apj.oi n t men', at
mi ott.ee in i:i enstiiir'. on f i'iv. Vi:v id. Is.".', at
- o'el' k i'. v.. when an-1 where all parties intere-T-e
I mu st pn . sent t In r claim-or he lorev er deliarred
troiu eoininir in n thi liiud
"ili't. N . i ATM AN. Auditor.
r.N-nl'Ur. April i. l-.7t.-at.
VUTICK I Ni.tirc is liertl.y -iven
A. that the hrst and partial a unit of Jacob
Venule. A.-iirin1? (.1 Paul El w a n.-r. ha s t.en riled
in the office ol the Prot hoiiotarv ol aml.ria county
and will he pri--r!,ted to the onrt ol Coiinnon Flea'
ol "a in I ri a eounty. tor a ! low a me, on the tir-t Mon
day ol June next.
C. F. MTiONNELL. l'r(,thoiiotsr .
Pr Ihon.itnry'j ti.'t'i. e, Ehen-lmrx. April 7. l"7.i.'-it.
"V"()TICF. ! X.iti. c is lit rdiY :iYen
that the tir-t aei-onnt ,.f i. A. Clark! As-j.rnee
ol Si! 1. . 1.111,5. h;,s l,e, 11 filed in the ofhec ol the
Pr .'thoii'.tarv of Cahil.ria cunil v. and will he pre-s.-nT.-d
to 'he oiil t ot oniieoii'l'le is f :iid eoiin
I.v. lor allowance. ..11 Tfilsiuv, the l:llli d iv ol
-M V l:et.
C. F. H lioNNEI.L. IT .thon .tarv.
P.. .th. .notary's It;,,--. I.l st.nrvf. April 7. l7i.i."-r.l.
sssss s j
Ssssss
x uniyixy dete(tive's story.
I was standin"; in our oifice, Itfliind
my desk, vticn our chief mtprod tlie
nxjm with a letter in his hand, and ad
dressed me with an invitation to under
take the unravel iiitf of a niysterv which
had hallled the local i.li e 'at T- . I
consented and dearted for the scene of
the crime which had lieen committed,
much limited, however, as to the time 1
was allowed for spendintr on the case.
Two hundred and titty-live thousand
marks had lw-en stolen from the widow
of a "Well-connected man named Friedow.
Her villa stood outside the izaXrs of a
small town, and the lost jirojit-rty con
sisted chielly in coitions andsm h vlue.
together with a little coin. Her habit
was to keep l'aiers of importance, as
well as money, in a chest of drawers he
side her bed. Her sleeiiinr room was
situated on the lirst lloor and had but
one window, which looked out himui the
yard. Hercoiilideiitiall'i ieiuls had often
advised Fran Friedow to keep her poM
At least in some safer place, but she had
ahvas resisted such counsel, and put no
faith in banks or bankers. As to the
safe, she had a erred that if robler.s did
ever molest her. unless her trusty dop
and her faithful Frederick, who was her
factotum and the only male jierson upon
her little projierty. could ipt protect
her. an iron li- would avail little be
yond, perhaps. delai:.p the thieves in
lawn? hold of what tl.ev wanted.
On the nijiht of the "7th of May the
lxor lady was suddenly awakened aiMiut
t w t-lve o'clock. Her room was illumi
nated, lie fore her lied stood a small,
thin man. with a lantern in his left hand
and a hatrhet in his right.
In a roiiph. disguised voice lie threat
ened to knock out her brains if she so
much as ventured to utter a sound.
The unfortunate frau was already voice- :
less from alarm. This sjiecch could
scarcely make her more ipu'et. but she
could use her eyes, ami did so for the '
next few seconds while her visitors re-'
maiiied with her. she saw that the
sj-eakt r wore black hose, a blue blouse
and a mask ; and that two more men
were busy in the background breaking I
ojM-n her chest of drawers. In the far- .
the-st Lack division, covered over bv :
stork mils, yarn and tlax. lay a round tin
rase, in which she kept hrr movable
treasures. She w as just recovering hi-r-seif
sutlii iently to begin thinking about ,
risking hei life by railing tor help, w hen
t he smothered clliug of a dog w as heard
"without. Tin' thieves had found what
they wanted, however, and sprang with
it to the window, one sash of which was
"i n. They threw themsehes ujion a
ladder without, and descended to the
ground, while the third man still kepi
pliai'd lxsiile the lied. Frail Friedow
cried for "Help, help!" with all la r
mieht.
"Von may scream as long as you like,
now." he rnul tered. t liming away and
following the others from tlie room.
Fiedcrick apeared at this instant,
having been awakened by the noise. ,
lie found the ladder st ill in its place, and
going lielow. wasjust in tinieto save the
life of the house-tiop. which had been
almost choked by a cord twisted round
his neck fastening him to his kennel. -Th;-
man-servant roused up the neigh
Kirs, but all pursuit, then or later, by
friends privately or by the police pub
licly, had la-en in vain. Not the least
clue had hitherto been obtained as to
the identity of the house-breakers.
This was how the matter stood when
I arrived at T . When I had pri
vately communicated with the magis
trates, my second visit was naturally
paid to Frau Friedow. I sought every
where for any special indications which
might put me on the right track, but
what I found was desja-ratelv little.
Like those who had gone before me. I
concluded that the roluVry had. at anv
rate, been accomplished by persons well
acquainted w it h t he locality, as entrance
to the pit-mists had lx-en made bv a
small door in the yard, of the verv ex
istence of which many of the neiglilmrs
were unaware. The ladder made use of
had N-en dragged out of a nook in which
it had long hu i concealed. A pane of
glass had U'cn smashed in the window
of the l'd-room to enable one of the as
sailants to slip back the l'lt. A few
footprints had been traced, but there
was nothing remarkable about their ap
l arance. ami they had lieen lo-t at once
ui!i the high road or street upon which
the little court-ard opened.
One thing seemed alone certain amid
the maze ol perplexity : the housebreak
ers must lie sought from among neigh
Ihus. servants, friends or relations.
Now the neighlmr theory, upon investi
gation, seemed utterly luti'e. and one
i;!aiice at old Frederick was enough to
make one dismiss all thoughts connected
with the second term in the list.
There remained the friends and rela
tions in the habit of visiting at the villa.
The w idow had not the faintest suspi
cion of foul p'.ay in any of these ; never
theless. ! made her des.-r;lie and closely
pari icu'arie them all to me. I took up
half a doen imaginary scents ; I ran
hilht-r ami thither. I telegraphed in
various directions. I worked, in fact,
in tlie sweat of my brow : but. alas ! the
result was simply nothing, nothing,
nothing. I never Ik-fore had lieen so ut
terly puzled and hopelessly at fault.
( n the fourth day of my residence at
T . I went again to the villa, where
the w iiloW greeted me with eyes full of
expectation. "Frau Friedow," I said,
"it set ms to me hardly ssib!e that you
are utterly without suspicion in every
iitiiiter. There must surely lie some
one or other on wh m your mini! has
fixed, if it were but for a second. Con
fess it is so. and confide in me."
"I assure you I have not even a shad
owy thought such as you descrilie,"" she
replied in a much disappointed tone.
"And has nothing more struck n
about those men you saw in your room
than you have already mentioned ? One
remembers things on due consideration
which have lieen often overlooked lie
fore. 1)1.1 you notice no iieruMariiv
alxitit any of the scoundrels; in the
voi. e. for instance, the way of standing,
the hands of him who held the axe?
Had he mi a ring ? Did he look rough,
like t he others
"There was one little thing I may not
have told lx-fore." she replied slowly.
"It was scarce worth telling. When
the two fellows ran ulT down the ladder
with my little case, the window slapped
down as they dNapjieared. The third
man pushed it npagain to go after them,
but in so doing 1 think he must have
put his hand through the broken pane,
and have hurt it w ith the glass, in his
haste. I certainly heard h.m mutter to
himself, as if he were in distress."
"Was there no trace of blood left '?"
I ashed, anxiously.
.'None whatever."
1 began my invest igations anew, and
this time with the doctor of the district.
We got into a lively dissertat ion upon
"HE IS A FREEMAN WHOM THE TRUTH
EBENSBUIIG, PA., FRIDAY, APRIL 25. 1879.
! wounded hands, and in particular upon
' hurts inflicted by glass. Hy degrees 1 j
! acquired the. to me. very interesting
! fact that some three weeks since, when j
the medico was riding home to break- ;
fast after an early call, a strange man j
had suddenly appeared in the middle of
j the highway and had implored his help, j
I He claimed of having fallen un a heap :
I of broken glass, and held tint his right ,
! hand to exhibit its condition. The doc- j
; tor took out his pocket case of instru-i
; meiits. and extracted five splinters from j
1 the inflamed palm. While he did so the i
j patient whimjieretl like a woman. j
"How was the fellow dressed?" 1 j
cried, breathlessly. ;
" A blue blouse and black underclothes.
: as far as I can recall." j
l "Could you identify him again ?" j
"I'erhaps. II is face made an i in ires- '
' sion on me. rather; because it did not j
i seem to match the clothing, and yet, i
; now I think of it. I seem to see only an
! ordinary brow, nose and mouth. I fan- j
cv it was the set of the head on the ;
1 shoulders which looked remarkable. '
Artizans and such folk usually look ;
' otherwise. That is all I can say . J5ul j
what makes this matter interesting to
!yon?"
I lielieve your complaining patient
I to lie the principal in the late robbery, i
! concerning which I have come down !
here." I replied, in a low voice. "Can !
you give me any idea as to what tx-came j
of the man after you were tlmie with .
him ?"
The doctor looked at me in amaze- 1
ment. "I think he went toward Ems."
he replied, !
I lost no time in going the si me direc-
tion. An old tree, which forked at the
top. and carried a lell in that division,
stood on a height near the shore. Here
those who wanted to lie ferried over the
river must stop and ring for the lat
man. whose house stood in a sheltered
nook at hand. I shirked preliminaries,
and made at once for the dwelling.
Here I found a gigantic jierson. who de
clared herself the daughter of the ferry
man, and the customary rower, when, j
as now, her father wasabsent. I sought
to gain the confidence of this damsel.
"A friend of mine went over here. I
think, not long since."! said, "lie :
was in great haste, lw-ing on his way to
Iloiian 1, in order to escape serving here
in the army."
The pn uilar ant ipat hy to the enforced
military training loosed her tongue at
once.
"Ves. yes." she replied: "a young
man in great haste did surely go over a
little i ime back."
"He wore a blue blouse and black
hose ?""
"Maylie; but it s'-ems tome he had ,
others with him. or of his party."
"Very probably. Two others. I sup
pose ?"
"This was how it was. One. man
came to me in the early dawning. I
put him across. An hour or so later
there came ,-r second, and asked anxious
ly about the fust. When I told him he
was beyond he seemed content enough,
and followed. The third, your friend
with the blouse, asked if he were the
hrst who had wanted me that day. lie
asked me part icidarly alKiut the two I
had already rowed over, and then seem- .
ed right gay. and jumped into the lwat ;
himself."
"Ah ! One of the three carried a tin
box ?" I said, slipping a coin into my
new acquaintances" hand.
"I never noticed," answered the girl.
"Hut I saw that the third man carried a .
round bundle or parcel wrapped in a red
handkerchief under his arm."
"Did he give you a good reward for
taking him over ?"
"Nothingniorethan all the world ten ;
pfennings."
"With his right hand ?"
"Why not ?"
"Wasn't his right hand tied up?"
"Not that I saw. I only know he ;
kept one hand in hisocket. whetherthe ,
right or h-ft I couldn't say now."
1 could have embraced the tall ff,rry- :
woman, in spite of her forty summers ;
and her uncertainty upon minor points. ,
It was plain that the three ruffians for
better security had separated, and that
the last comer was the leader in and the
chief beneliter by the crime which had
been committed. During his confab
w it 1 1 the doctor, no doubt lie had hidden
the soils in s'Une hedge. I was upon
his t rack now .
lint I had soon to cry "lost !" It was
a grievous disapjMiimment tome. l!e
Voiid Kins the clue was nowhere to lie
followed. I labored in vain in this
neighborhood for days. I made friends
with all sorts of jieople letter-carriers,
Hrtcrs. waiters and walked many a
weary mile in the hot sun. but all to no
purpose. I was baffled and wholly at :
, fault as much as though I never had a
hint at all to follow.
Nine days had gone by since T had .
come to T . I turned into a beer
garden in the m ighliorhood of the town
one evening, and sat down near a well
lighted bow li iir -alley . in which about
ten gentleman were busy at a game.
My seat w as rather in the shade, I paid
little attent ion to the players, but leaned
my head ujxm my hand and reviewed the
defeat I had sustained and the small es
timation in which I should "lie held, for
sake of it, by my colleagues and chief at
home, feeling altogether extremely out
of humor, suddenly an ill-thrown ball
rolled almost to my b et.
"A miss, a miss!" shouted several
voices together, while one cried. "Why.
r.ottchcr. is your hand not even yet re
covered ? You are not complaining of
it still y"
I felt like a huntsman in a forest who
: sees the game at his gun's end. I was
on the alert that second. I lost no time
in finding out all Ilerr IJoticher's ante
cedents. He was a merchant, one of
Frau Friedow "s connections, and an oc
casional visitor at her house. He was a
continual guest atiliis place of enter
tainment. I brought the doctor here
next evening, and set him to work steal
1 hilv considering my game. My discom
fit ure was great when he llatly refused
, to identify 1 1 err Hot tcherand his patient
as one and the same )erson. They might
I be one. he confessed ; but then they
might not.
If the medico turned rusty, like this,
i it seemed to me utterly useless to bring
hither the ferrywoman on a like errand.
- I must trust to myself alone. We oili-
rials have two met hols of doing business
'of this sort. We use the long or short
! line, according as either seems most
, likely to suit. I determined to try one
j after the other.
' In order to put llo-tcher quite off the
j scent. I went now to the host of this
. house of entertainment, and introduced
i myself to him as a Hamburg agent for
the forbidden lotteries. I liegged him
i to keep this close, but 1 saw very plainly
j by his face that he intended doing noth
ing of the sort. Next morning, to my
'great content iiiriit. I found nivself out
Sr.
J
MAKES FREE, AND ALL ARB SLAVES BESIDE."
wardly underthe supervision of the town
jMilice and generally regarded by the
public as a shabby individual.
I meantime was as busy as ever, but
it was little I discovered. Ilerr llottcher
w as certainly not in good repute amongst
his fellows. Nevertheless. I could hear
of no particular difficulty in which he
had fallen of late, although I did learn
that he had, three weeks since, made a
hasty journey. One little fact, however,
seemed to lie of great worth. Ilerr
Hottcher these times slept badly, ami
was wont to rise often by night and pace
up and down the garden.
I lay lurking for two entire nights
under bushes in this same plat ; but dur
ing all those weary hours whoever ?
come to this place, Herr Hottcher un
fortunately did and in the garden I
could find no trace of any hidden treas
ure or likelihood of such.
I fell into greater despair than lx-fore.
What could 1 do ? I'lxni one side my
absolute certainty of having tracked my
man : on the other, no earthly means of
bringing home his guilt. If I only had
sutlicient ground to demand a search
through the rascal's house, but I had
not. One afternoon I was walking up
and down my room considering, when
the jxist brought me a brief but concise
and decisive dispatch from my chief ;
"Keturn immediately unless all mat
ters are in train. Give up. Your pres
ence here is necessary."
This order was like a thunderclap in
my ears. My commanding officer was
plainly displeased at my long delay.
should I simply throw the cards down
and venture all on one trick this same
evening, so as to be ready to depart to
morrow, at furthest ? I decided for the
hist alternative.
Twelve gentlemen sat in the town
cl ab-rooiu. My fri.-nd made one of
them. To his great surprise. I sat down
close to him and legan to talk a little.
I 'resen tly our nearest neighlor stood up
and lb-parted, to my great joy. 1 ln-nt
over Hottcher now and whispered that
I had a weighty matter to talk, over with
him.
"What mav it lie?" he inquired calmly-
"You believe I am here as a lottery
agent ?"
He nodded.
'"I all) not. however. I ha ve been sent
hereon detective business by t he Prus
sian ttolice office." Herr Hottcher took
this revelation significantly. On the in
stant he knew not how to compose his
features. He lirst drew in his face as if
wishing to look astonished, and then he
tried to smooth away all but supreme in
difference. After a second or two. dur
ing which I had studied him as a ser
jient docs its prey, he said in a constrain
ed tone:
"How does that concern me, pray,
good sir ?"
"You haveheard of a Widow Friedow
from whom a large sum of money has
been stolen. T have come here to hunt
up the thief. I have got on the right ,
track. You. I know, arc related to her,
and concerned in the property she pos
sesses as a probable heir."
While I spoke thus I looked him
straight in the eyes. They sparkled like
those of an angry cat making ready to
spring.
"And you will arrest me, I suppose?" :
he gasjied angrily.
I should have loved to seize him by
the throat then and there, shouting. "In
the name of the law." To this day I
wonder how 1 restrained mvself. but I
did.
"How can you talk so ?" T exclaimed
calmly. "I only mean that you must
help me bring the criminal to justice,
being, as you are, interested in the in
heritance." "With all the pleasure in life." he re
plied heartily. "I will do what I can.
Hut what is it you want of me ?"
"Karly to-morrow I will come up to
you to consult over the matter, and wo
can then decide on our proceedings."
Hottcher drew a long breath. "This
is most unfortunate." he exclaimed. "I
have an urgent summons, and must
start from T lie fore daybreak. Per
haps I may be even obliged to leave this
evening. I owe a heavy sum of money,
and must apear iersonally to my cred
itor and demand further delay. I can
not wait."
I could scarce restrain my joy. The
game had run his bead right into my
lasso: only one pull nvw, and the knot
was fast.
"Don't trouble." I said quietly. "Hy
and by will do for me. I shall lie in
T for another week. When you
Come back w ill answer as well."
"All right. I exjH'ct to return in a
couple of days," he exclaimed. "Hut
stay, one question! Is Dr. Milling
mixed up in this affair ?"
")o you know him ?"
"Hy sight only."
"He will help nio to identify the crim
inal." I said, coolly looking full again
into my eompaiiiori's face, which took a
horrible tint and expression now.
"Can he do so ?"
"Certainly. lie saw the man. dressed
like a laliorer, the morning jitter the
roblierv was effected."
"Who was this ruffian ?"
: asked, breathlessly."
"His name is Kbbing I
' answered, at haphazard.
Hot tcher
think," I
"I don't know him.
this.
"I daresav," said I
was the reply to
"he onlv comes
. here at times."
I I arose now. broke off our conversa
tion with every aiearance of confidence
' and departed, having shaken Hottcher
I by the hand. I went stealthily to his
house and waited. I had been there but
: about a quarter of an hour w hen a trap
; dashed up to the door, llottcher sprang
' rtut of it. went inside for a few minutes.
and then reappeared, carrying something
under his left arm. As he got iix.n one
side of the vehicle. T jnnix'd nxm the
other, and seized hoid of my game. He
made not the least resistance, but sat ''
like one enchanted.
"Are those Frau Friedow's pa'rs
you. have under your arm ?" 1 inquired. :
"Yes. they are," he replied.
I made the coachman take us where I
could put the robber in safe keeping.
When a maii is suddenly discovered in
a crime' he is sure to commit some piece
of folly. I had reckoned upon this, and
was not out in so doing. My game had
literally walked into my hand, and I felt '.
rewarded tit last for all my trouble and
dis,ipxinting delays.
Hottcher was sentenced to six years in :
the house of correction. His coadjutors
wen- not caught.
A MEMKKRof the rhetorical class in a ;
certain college had just linished his de-;
clamatiou when the professor said : "Mr.
. do you snpjxisea general would ad
dress his soldiers in the manner you
spoke that piece ?" "Yes, sir. I do."
was tlie reph". "if he was half seared to
death."
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$1.60 and
GIRLS WHO GROW UP TO BE MEN.
!
When a young girl takes the affairs of ;
this world into her own hands, as most !
young girls will do. and sets out on an :
eventful career on her own hoik, there i
is hardly ever any nonsense about it. She j
generally gets her ideas from a novel, or i
I w hole lot of novels, which are forever j
I around in the way of young girls, and !
! organizes herself by the adoption of a ;
resolution that she is no ordinary kindof
human U ing. An accompanying resolu- .
- tion is that she ought to have leen a
j man, and she liegms to make up her !
! mind that if she were a man she'd show
! them how things ought to n; done ; that
; men as they run are outrageously jxmr
t sticks, and that if there were one thor- '
j oughly determined man in this world ;
j and no young girl ever Iwlieved there
was such the earth would not Wallow- :
' ed to revolve another day in the same i
old humdrum way ii has revolved for
thousands of years, but it would lie '
turned the other end up without any .
special preliminaries. You have seen -:
that girl a great many times ; she has ;
; lx-cn more or less in about every com- ;
munity on the face of the globe. She
' was in a little town in Kentucky the i
other day, and at the time had "more :
i than ordinary resolution, which, when
coupled with the ambition to le a man.
; invariably leads to something desjeratei
' It is too bad that we cannot ofier the
public anything very romantic in the
' way of a name tor this Kentucky young j
' girl, but romance must le sacrilieed for
truth in all cases of fairdealing.and the
truth is this young girl's name is Susan
Johnson. The story about her is also
true. She had read novels for want of
; something else to occupy her attention,
as most young girls' do. and the kind of
literature she encountered was ably cal
culated to lire the feminine heart with
the idea that everything is going wrong
all over the world, and simply for want
of one resolute character to grasp the
; universe by the coat coliar and shake it
into projier shape and behavior. It oc
' curred to the Kentucky young girl that
it was her duty to perform this simple
act of heroism for the benefit of human i
kind. It was right in the Line of her
ambition when she came to think about
it. The only obstacle in the way, that
she was not a man. was overcome by a
timely display of true genius and a suit
of masculine apparel, which, however
. contrary to the law. doth oft become a
girl.
Having got the clothes. Susan Johnson
added to the accessories of heroism two
pistols and a dagger. She laid aside her
hair-pins and icarl-iowder and store
frizzes and an assorted stock of pink
bows, and then went out to search for
some part of the universe that she could
get a good grip on. singularly ignorant
f common schoil geography, as most
novel readers of her kind are apt to lie.
she started for an Indiana town which
has never had the reputation f ln ing
; the centre of anything in particular. She
went on an Ohio river boat, with two
pistols and her dagger, fully intending
to lie a terror and make every young girl
feel more thanever sorry that she hadn't
been Ikuii a man. This piratical and
heroic kind of career met with no obsta
cle for a day or two. and the young girl
: was liegimiing to feel that it was a ridi
culously simple thing to be a man af ter
all. She was tin a particular afternoon,
revolving some plans for disposing of the
world after she had conquered it, and
watching the deck hands tumble some
freight alout. It didn't for a moment
occur to her that there was a rat any
where in the neighborhood, but there
was. and. when Ihe roiistaliout distuilx-d
it. with all the recklessness of its kind
it ran by direct line toward the young
girl in lioyVs clothes and two pistols and
a dagger. It was not a moment for hes
itation or heroism. A woman never
iIihs but one thing when she sees a rat :
she jumps up on something and creams.
That istc.xaetly what Susan Johnston did,
and when they took her off the bale of
tobacco and carried her tt) the ladies'
cabin she gave up her two pistols and
dagger and lmy's clothes and concluded
to release the world from any further
menace at her hands. She has gone back
home now and got out her riblauis and
triz.esand has settle down to tatting
work again. She can read novels with
perfect safety now; she knows more
about life than half the people who w rite
novels, liecause she has seen ii rat. Her
advice to little girls is not to grow upto
be men. 1'liihnh , lhit 77xt.s.
THAT AWfTL- ( 01V.
There probably isn't a woman in
North America w ho isn't afraid of cows
and there is not a cow in North Ameri
ca which would harm one hair of any
woman's head if it had the liest chance
in the world and no other job on hand.
Wednesday forenoon a stray cow. x-r-haps
from the count ry for a taste of baled
hay. found a pate open ainl entered a
yard on Second street. The woman
came to the front door dressed to go out.
but seeing the cow she uttered a scream
and hurried back. There wasn't a thing
in the yard for the cow to damage or
eat. and ldng tired she raised her cud.
lay down and began to chew away as if
she had got home from a long visit to
Kuroe. The woman next appeared at
a side window and called upon the cow
to "git out." A dogjn light have "go,"
but the cow didn't. Then the woman
threw a rag at the cow ami called for
the dog. The d"g didn't come and the
! rag didn't scare. Then the woman
! slnxik a pillow at the cow ami peremp
torily ordered her off the p remises, but
the bovine half (dosed her eyes and left
; her thoughts run ahead to tly time. As
the cow wouldn't go, and as the woman
couldn't go till the cow did, sterner
measures were resorted to. A tin pan
was held out of the window and beaten
with a sxon, but that cow couldn't lo
' fooled into Ixdieving that Fourth of Ju
ly had come. Then the woman went
into the back yard to throw clubs over
the fence and knock a cou ple"of horns
off. The first one hit the window and
the next banged the blinds on the next
. house, and the cow's horns si nek much
tighter than ever. Cries of "git out!"
were again resorted to without effect,
and then the woman watched at the
front door till she saw a boy come along
1 and she ox-ieil it and cried out. "O
xiy ! there's a horrible cow in our yard !
l'rop the pate open and get all the loys
and xlice you can and drive her out
and I'll g'.ve you a quarter of a dollar !
Hurry up. for she looks as if she was
: getting readv to come right inhere!"
The boy "humped" the dangerous ani
mal out in thirty seconds, received his
pay and the woman gave up going down
town for fear she would have a "nervous
Sll." Ihtffit't Vi-f 'V.s.t.
Alw ays on
and shoulder -.
a bust the head, neck
postage per y0ar, In advance.
NUMBER 14.
j FrLHLLINH HER MARRIAGE VOW.
A touching story is narrated in con
nection with the recent execution of
Walter Watson at Highland. Indiana,
for the murder of Kzra Compton. The
parties had quarreled alxuit the charge
of a quarter dollar for some soap made
by Compton. who was a storekeejier.
The wife of Watson, to whom he had
lieen but a year married, endeavored to I
restrain him from the quarrel, but her i
entreaties failed. A week In-fore the
execution Mrs. Watson visited the gover
nor, with her bain; in her arms, and j
made a strong crsonal apeal for mercy,
but that official declined to interfere lie
cause the sentence had lieen confirmed i
by the supreme court. The laTthful i
wife was a daily visitor to her husband's
cell, and joined him in fervent prayers :
for forgiveness. During the last night '
most of the time she sat on his knee,
breathing words of love and encourage
ment, or at his feet, caressing his hands.
He was truly a enitent. and expressed 1
himself ys having made peace w ith id.
As thetime approached for the execution
she was for a moment overcome, and
fell on her husband's neck in uncontrol
lable anguish, but suddenly she raised
her flaxen head and assisted in array ing
him for his doom, she had contributed
a necktie and a pair of slippers, and put
them on him with a tierce determination
that overmastered her agony. Shecomb
ed his hair, and seeing till was ready,
said she would go with him. All present
remonstrated with her. in which the
minister joined, ller reply was a rebuke
that few Women would have ventured.
"I should not have expected this from a
minister. When 1 was married I prom
ised to cleave to my husband for letter
or for worse. I promised this to a min
ister, and I am going to keep my word
as far as liod w ill h i me." ( n reach
ing t he gal iows t he pair soon o he sunder
ed mounted the steps hand in hand.
They were seated side hy side over the
fatal trap. She again took his hand and
soblied with her little head resting upon
his shoulder, while the minister made
the closing prayer.
Meanwhile thecnlprit sat inhis chair,
unmoved. A heart-broken wife was
sobbing on his lxisnin. strong men soli
lw'd. but the man about to lie hanged
seemed an uninterested Sjiectator of the
absorbing scene of which he was the
central figure. For fully live minutes
he sat there without the least percepti
ble twitch of a muscle. There was no
bravado in this comiosure: it was rath
er the calmness of resignation. At the
close of the religious exercises the two
stood up. and for the last time she em
braced her husband, kissed him passion
ately, and with "Hood-bye. Walter."
stcped back and fell back into the arms
of the good Christian lad it s v. ho were
there to receive her. The last words of
the unhappy man were a prayer for
mercy and for heavenly aid to his s.or
wife. At the sin riff's house she saw
the remains of In r husband in his collin.
and kissjipo; jj,s and arranging the
hair, turned away with a look of woe.
and said : "I can cry no more : I have
no more tears, (iod have mercy on me
and my little baby. "
An hour later the rnihn was in an
eat -bound train, accompanied by the
wife. t llichland. a bleak stat ion seven
miles from Highland, it was deposited
on the barren ground, and as the train
moved on only one other jerson lieside
the widow was in charge. The face
that broken-hearted woman turned upto
the occupants of the passing train, most
of whom had seen the hanging, will
haunt manv in their dreams.
"( i: E e n i n o s. " A youth living on
Hagg street, which must lie in Detroit,
rolled an apple barrel to the curbsione,
filled it with cobblestones, headed it up.
and marked the barrel: "Ciecnimrs
handle carefully." The youth retired
to await further developments, and soon
they came. A sawdust wagon eainc
along. and the driver jumped down and
took a long look at the barrel. He pro
bably reasoned that it had Ix-en deliver
ed by a grocer, and he doubtless wonder
ed why it had not been rolled into the
c liar. Dusk was coming on. and the
man drove off. Iu a quarter of an hour
he returned, "di ceilings" were there
yet. and he drove around the square,
took the tail board out of his wagon and
at length drove up close to the barrt 1.
No one was in sight and he made a dash
for the prize. He probably expected a
rather heavy lift, but when In- felt the
weight of those cobblestones his surprise
must have lieen great. He gave one
awf ul lurch, lifted the barrel about an
inch, and as his fingers raked ovt r the
hoops he groaned in agony and h ax-d
into his wagon as if it dog had lx-en
reaching for his coat tail. At various
times (luring the night vehicles were
heard halting and driving away, but
when day broke the "greenings" were
stili there, though only two hoops were
left on t he barrel.
A City of Caves. A way out on the
Texas frontier, and in the eastern mar
gin of that vast desert expanse, the
Llano Kstaeado. sixty miles north of the
little town of (iraham. says a letter to a.
St. Louis pax-r. there settled alxuit a
vear ago a colony from Oregon consist
ing of nine families. The locality was
distant from market, and luinN r scarce
ly to lie had. The settlers, then-fore, as
the cold northers of winter were a
proaehing. determined to build habita
tions underground. They selected a
hill, in w hose sides they excavated rooms,
: halls, kitchens and sleeping apartments,
: not unlike the ancient dwellers in the
: rocks of Judea. A chimney was formed
' by running a stovepipe up through the
; hill to the surface. The dwellings are
i jterfectly dry and warm in the coldest
and most freezing norther. This little
' city of caves has lieen named Oregon
City, and w ill lx the capital of Hay lor
count v.
t m
' A PllETTY KXPEUIMENT. That coll -
imm air which we breathe is a sulistame
having weight, can I- shown by tilling a
j glass goblet full, or partly full of water,
; and then placing over it a piece of firm
i paer or cardlxiard. If the hand is held
i tirndy iixn the paper, the glass may !
; turned bottom upward and the hand re
! moved without any water lteing lost,
i That is. the pax-r rests uxin the airand
! prevents the water from falling out of
i the glass. A Ixivvl or cup of china will.
' of course, serve for the purpose, but the
i
xperiment appears to better advantage
; with a tumbler or glas
vessel t hat jx-r-
oe'l SUJixilted bv
! mits the water to U
I the air.
TiiEltE was a tide in the affairs of
Noah taken at the flood, which did led
lead in to glorious fortune, though the
patri-ark m imaged to keep his head
above water, and save "Ihe only com
plete collection of wild aid f rained au-i-.::-'
in !!:e v.othl."
The larire and rapidly lncreainr rirculatloa
Of Ti FkBiha commend it to the tnvunhl
consideration of advertiser. Advertisement
will be Inserted at the following rates:
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Aomirmtmior s ana Kxecutor s Notice. . . t SO
Auditor'sntice ;.00
Stray and similar Notice l.ftO
Rtiine items, first insertion 10c. per line;
each suosequent insertion 5c. per line.
fR so'uf 'Tt or pr.rfv'.fim; "f nni rorjioro.
ffun r frirly. nirt rmmunicatnu d-ifir1 to
rnirnfVnr tunny mattrrnf limit nl rmdii t-'tmf
tuttrrtt. mut hr jxnd J,,T at adiYt'ivniFn'i.
Jon Pritvtou of all kind neatly and expedi
tiously executed at lowest prices. Don ! for
ret it.
"THE KANSAS PACIFIC.
THE HOCK Y MOUNTAINS ANL SA N F V. A V
11 SCO.
'The coaches" on this road are vastly
more comfortable than "the street ears
of Damascus." as Maik Twain found
them. In fact, we may ?i'. over the
seas of prairie with scarce a jolt : we
may set tie down in a velvet cushion. hang
our head out of the window and gaze at
the most beautiful landscae imaginable,
and. without hyK-il.le. exclaim," all the
world's a farm ! all the world's a flower
garden! Traveling and sight seeing are
pleasant on a road like this.
On this journey you pass over lands
once known only to the red man. the
buffalo and the prairie dog. Now or
"I.o." like his companions buffalo and
prairie dog have vif,,trl Ik-fore the
march of "the pale late" and civiliza
tion. And that figment i f the imagina
tion, "the (in at American Desert. "
where is it ? We've been looking for it ;
have had our geography on our kne
and carefully noted and compared it
with our latest maps by au'.hoiitv ,.f U.
S. Survey, but that deseri. "bike the
baseless fabric of a dream." bth not
apiear! The parallels of latitude and
longitude run through and bound luxur
iant crops of torn. rye. barley, oats and
wheat, and totally put to lligLt even the
idea of a desert.
The opinion too comnioidy ntei iaijied.
that the cultivation of the orouml meets
with scanty remuneration, compared
w it h other occupai i ms. is alt , her er
roneous. It is trip' that agricuitui i-ts.
forlalior. do not recti ve a high wages
as are sometimes paid t o first-! -ate art i
zans. and part h ulai'ly coniah-i,! i.t! clerks
and accountants in 1,-u j" im-p ant ih
houses:, batiks and insurance oiiie.-s... .
Hut then, it should be Jen, i ;,; .. i, .1. t ; i . , t
while here and there a person rec. ies
large salary for -rsonal ser ic -. -several
hundred receive barely suili. i n: to
meet their jx-rsonal exjx-nses. w- vj;j
not institute any comparison , s p, ,;,ai
each cla-s fe Is n.-ct ssitai. d to .i nd
for living and comfort. ving !o the
usages ol society the orinaiy ! (boring
farmer, however, has been k:iown loiav
up more money though r- - '::..: but
two hundred dollars a year-1 a
clerk in a city who is receiving -i hr.;:
dred. We m.iy not change these
however we may oppose t.m. 1" k h
class has its hardship-. Ch-rks
merchants are often barkruid. and oh.
how suh changes test tip- moral c ir.ige
of these ! how they destr. y the phwcal
energies and mar the social affe. tioj, !
We are too well acquainted v-i;!i sii h
scenes. J.ct young men in lnr.llMe.
inclined to be dissati-fpd wi;h thtir
condition, think of all this U fore they
res. dve to change t ht-ir .( u pa ; jon.
The Kansas Pacific H iiiway is the
rand Trunk Kaiiioad from Kansas
City, on the Mis-oiiri l ivi r. ; .. th - ity
of Deliver, at the base ..; the great
Ilocky Mountains. It is IH miles the
shortest route iH-tween the two cities
mentioned the lxst line to fbi- s;,u .luaii
country ; the favorite route of ti e tour
ist, and is also the rnijiiii-iiii- Jink of
the must pleasant of all rail routes to s-,,,
Francisco. I i has opened up one of the
most liea ut if ul and l'ert ile district son this
continent, the development ot which, by
the sturdy agriculturists, is unprece
dented. The 0 ..- '."); ll,,f1,.J
is a very interesting paper, givingstat i
tics and other valuable information
alxuit this country, and ran be obtained
free by addressing s. J. t i i'.moie. Land
Commissioner. Saiina. Kau-as.
A Mo;h:i. CiiMlis-inx. Sevciitv
yearsago. iu a Vermont town, a young
lawyer got drunk. The breth rii said
he must confess. He demurred. lb
knew the members to be good people,
but that they had their little faults, such
as driving sharp bargains, screwing the
lalxirer down to low wages, loaning
money at illegal rates, ni isrepri sen! ing
articles they had for sale. etc. Hut they
were;! good km ileal id pressed the lawyer
to come before the chiu-ih meeting to
own to his sin of taking a glass too mm h.
for they were a tei.qtei anre people be
fore temperance societies existed. The
sinner finally went to the confession ;
found a large gathering of brethren and
sisters, whose l:w.-d heads rose pud
whose eves glistened '-vith heave' lv de
light as the lawyer began t I'iilesi.m. - i
confess."" began he. "ih.i; I m v r '..mi.
ten x-r cent , for money." tsj was tie
legal rate.) On this roef.-s-jon down
went a brother's head w ith a groan. "I
never turned a poor man from my door
who needed loo J i y shelter." Down
went another hi ad. "I confess I n -ver
sold a skimmed milk heese j.-: a m-w
o:n." Wla reiijuii :i sister shrie'-.ed fr
mercy. Hut. concluded t h- sum. r. "I
have got drunk, and am very soiiyfor
it." Whereupon the meeting ix acc.ihp.
dismissed.
Somk of the disai! va'u.iges ,.i !:' are
thus catalogued by exchange :
'alt hating ;t beard.
Sitting at the liH't of a i-ni .io- ',, o.-c ta
ble. Wearing tiidit Ihxms with n higw.id oi e..-ton-ihirv.iiig
in the he -1.
Walking through a crowded f.-rry !';! w ith
a year-old baby in yoiirn vi-
l'assino ( he elu1! i.r bilii.'-'-l r...iu v. :;'i..'-t
' I nipping in t who's i j., i . '
Having a bad rn'.d in th.- hen. I and po
handkerchief within l;a il. .:u .i.'-t.nii-e.
lieing iiskeil what time it is vli. ti vein
uncle is keeping y m r v.;:i. -i to i it his t n,,,-.
Kndeavt.riug i ix-r-u n'e a i d!..r that
longer your bill goes over the shhht w ill the
sun of res'.inij.T.iiiu j j-e h'si- a lmty rent -kv-rix-ket.
'arrying a sent lie ol cal up stjurs vv h i 1. -tlie
partner of y.iur joys sinml. in the ha.!,
and yells ' li, Henry, v. hat a dii: y.u nr.
making on lay mw carpet 1"
For the tir-t t hue hi em 's ;'ti :'-l.::ig a "j; 1
if she "weulil'nt like to an out sumc ev eun.g
next week." and h.n e In r c.'iiiy 'No.
you liuistu't keen iale h"ius ; '
Taking ntT in c's sl.o. s in the lover h.Ji n
walk tip stairs noisi e-s! , : 1 j:!t as t!.e
top is re 'cheU. to drop one shoe, :;i,d li ai it
ratt ing to the lH.ttoiu like the :
ternit v.
A Drspu: ai r. Hi sv.vn
sjxindent of th" New !b .
-v i-oi l e
M 77e,
relates the following :
John lives in the r,p..-r end and had some
t run hie in his family . 1 1 is w i: li ; t ! iiu. ; in!
he w as deteriTii lied to hav e In r 1 ai k. so he
soie.;ht her hiding place an t 7, tied by "ton!
means 1 1 1 fair' to coiio e' ! . r i " . ; t with
l-i.'i In une ; s)ie lad e:ie ;v i. ; i.. ii.-wan--
Voiver, and told her 111 n "he i, ul j ie,ity !
tnjiible ill tliis v oi 1.1. am! v. as g..h:g i" p
. himself ,,i,t ef it. ns soon as the Lord. r I it
i other fellow, would 1. t hiiii." He st.
! em ot the louse, cinl vent behhi-1 : u oil
shop, and s'leii the family hear.! a .-'a.;.
They di ! not g ,.ui. hi.v ever. 1 i :o..k 1 -r s '
' ceri'-e. a'o! ; i thinking, p. ;h.q , tt; ;. ei-l
not he..r the .-hot. into the ev ' mi ;'- '
, another sh.it v. as heard. N -t finding any
,; one coming on!. John e.uee in and said, "the
darti tiling were. '.n't g" ot ."' lie at last g.t
; his wit" coaxed up. ape she v. cut home villi
him.
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