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THE CAMBRIA FREEMAN I
Advertising UnteH.
Tb larir and rapidly iDRnilnr etrchtlo
ot Tt FiiA!t corameuds It to toe favorable
consideration of advertiser. Advertisement
will be loaerted at tbe following ratea:.
1 loch, t time. j 30
1 3 months j.jn
1 " monlbs. g so
1 - 1 rear to
I months uo
t " 1 ytmr io no
8 6 months. -" too
3 1 rer MOO
h col'n 6 months 10.00
X " 6 months. 90O
M " 1 year.. 3VCD
1 " 6 months ' 00
1 " 1 year 7V00
Administrator's and Executor' Notices... 2 V
Auditor's Notice 2.00
Stray and similar Notice 1.S0
Business Items, first Insertion liJc. per line;
each suosequctit insertion 5c. per line.
B-Rcsoliit iotis irr ynreeiUng iff any rcrftrra
Mon or society, and r"mmnif(ifi'im tlrmynul to
rail attention to ni y matt emf limited or nf irtdtiai
jnfrrf. munt ot poul or a airer!isrmcnfs.
Job Pujiijo or all kind neatlT and eipedi
tiously executed at lowest prices. Don't I or
ret it.
,H rtBLISHE ETKBI FRIDM SOBI
At Ebensburg, Pa., by H. A. McPike.
guaranteed Circulation - 1,1X8
AND BTILL A DOO.VIVQ. HIIIB IT f
ICBMRIPNO.1 RATE.
one year, cash In advance 11.50
" if not p'd witbln 8 mos. 1.7S
" " iT not p'd wiibiQ e mos. 2.00
' " if not pd within year.. 2.25
in
.jTn persons residing- outside the county
,. (MIUtJilliiail per year will bo charged to
ifti no eveot win me loove lercns uc uo-
. r . av1f1 tKnm wlin riin't consult their
r'.l irw"' - . .
n interests by paylnsr in advance must not
H. A. McPIKE, Editor and Publisher.
HK JJ3 A FREEMAN WHOM THE TRUTH MAKES FRKE, AND ALL IBS SLATES BESIDE."
SI.50 and postage per year, in advance.
'TdD.' I." t ti i fact be distinctly understood
livs time forward,
a-iiy Tor your paper before you stopit. If
it you must. None but scalawags do oth.
'. - . Pont be a scalawag life's too short.
VOLUME XIII.
EBENSBURG. PA., FRIDAY, JUNE 13. 1879.
NUMBER 21.
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AND DEALERS IN
BEATING, PARLOR ani COOKING
Sheet 3Qetals
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USE-FURNISHING GOODS GENERALLY.
fobbi n? ir
IX. fOPPER & SnEET-1 RON
PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO.
27S. 2S0 and 2S2 Washington Si.
JOHNSTOWN. PA.
I S ('OR l4 It ATE t I.V 14.17.
jEICTLY ON MUTUAL PLAN.
PROTECTION MUTUAL
OF EBENSBURG, PA.
irz hn i:n is fins - $123,023,
ilv Five Assessments in 22 Years.
NO STEAM MILLS TAKEN.
ODD FARM PROPERTIES
KsPKf.'lAJ.l.Y DE'sIfiKD.
GEO. M. READE, President.
If. DICK, Secretary.
fti'l'iirar, Jt n. 31, 187 -ly. -
QIL1HS, JQHHSTOH&Co
BANKERS,
.bensbiirg, Penn'a.
PAYARI.R05 DEMAAD.
Wl ALLOWED ON TI.VE DEPOSITS. 1
V3EY LOANED. COLLECTIONS MADE.
AND A (5 EN Fit AL
NKINGBUSINESSTRANSACTED.
i'i ''ittr-otion paid tobuainosnof cor
! - A. W. BI'l'K
1 !-;".-tr. Cashier.
moved to Bank Building j
-VtI Hour to Frfi.lholT X.w Store.
CARL RIVINIUS,
M Watctaier ani Jeweler,
EBENSBURG, PA..
S alwiy. on hanj a lnre. Tanert and He
.:; r-nfmiil V. All HIS. I yw;K,
I l.i. N . S ' K.i T f t. vv v.i II . csslS
' " "!1t l..r a I at l.trr prie than
r .i.ri!..r in r-.untv. Feron. nredlna;
-t :n ). hn will ilo wVll to v'e him a cai
" V- "'"ntrn j.n' ! to rcpairina; Clocks
1 wfiry. Ac. J satinUction ituaran
" h wrk ami (.rue.
INSURANCE AGENCY.
rI AV. DICK,
neral Insurance Agent,
V.S if VJ G , FA .
P..I
'': wrt'ten at short notice In the
fD RELIABLE "ETNA"
P"l mlifr First 4 ls oinpanlr..
,ar.'lt.2a,HTS.-ly.
L. D. HOFFMAN,
"rrrr,n Itentist, m--V
i. ti?l i ri.fr-fional Ti.lt to F.l.ensharn
1 nr m l'r M"JtV Of BACH MOXTH. to
. , V ' Al"- wi" b ln W'Umere en
"I' -Mi.Nr.AT r urn MoaTH.to remain
. a . wrk warranted.
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TV H. SKCIILER, Attorney al
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A SHOEMAKER, Attorney-
p r.'.'T' Kt'""'irg. Office on Hieb
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of various ?tyleJ iind pattern!" ;
IJnilcloi's' Iltii'd Avn.ro
of enrj" description and of le. tjU:ilitv ;
CARPENTERS' TOOLS!
of all kinds nn.l the Tost in the market. Also, a
lan?i: stin k of
TABLE AND POCKET CUTLERY,
(ilanm nrc Qnprnnwarr. SI I er-Plael
Wnrf. Hood an. I Willow Warr. Wnll .
per. Trunk j n.l al lc. It e vol vera. An.
IIh. Iwh. Ilnme SIiok. liar Iron. Itnil
Kol. llorif nll. tnrrlaxr Kolt. Kit .
rtn. Mill Saw. (.rimlslonei. Steel Shot',
el Plow w on I !!. Ronil Scoop;
Jlowin? Machines, Horse Hay Rakes,
llorao Hay Fork. Itope nnil IMillcv,
t orn I nlll laliirn, ami a lull Imp ot Hart-
evtinir Tools. Also, a larue assorlmrnt ol
Table, Floor anil Stair Oil Cloths,
Cm-i-incr Oil "lotli,
PAPER am. OIT.fl.oTH WINIU'W SH DIXr
AM. SHAKE KIXTfKES: Ei kiiiool ASHTON
SALT, the best in the world for Ihiiry and Tal.lo
se: iMi-nltlKIl R(M K SALT, the cheapest and
het lor feeilin Live St.sk: I,AXI) PLASTER:
Well am. ( hi khn PI'MI'S. of the Lest (iiialitv :
PERKINS' PATENT SAFETY LAMPS. whU-h
cannot he exploded; 'im.niiKN's A Ki.NS am.
t' ARTS : the larirest ttirk of MILK fROt'KS of
ail shapes and sies and of superior ware ever of
fi-red f..r alc in El.ensl.unr: a full line of PAINT
HlU'Sllf'.S of the nio.f ilesirsihlc oualitv: WIN
IHiWOLASS. HIs. PAINTS. Tl" I! Pl'N'Tl N E,
VARNISHES, in;., together with a lareund com
plete .t.s-k c! choice
;R0( EKIFS, TOH.M'CO AMI SW1ARS,
a well as thousands of other useful and needful
articles. In fai t, anything I haven't irot or can't
tjrt pi short notif'O is not worth l.uyinir. and what I
do oft.'r lor sale may always he relied on as kihs.t
ci. ass ix ji'ai.itv. while they will invai-iuldr he
SOLI) AT BO TTOM I'liK'l'.s:
llavini; had nearly tuiutv vkaiih" kvi-kiii-eme
in the sale of iroods in my lin.. 1 am enal.lcd
to supply niv customers with the very hest in the
market, (rive me a lihcral share id your patron
age, then. a. he ii.n iiieeil that the hest is alwavs
the ' h LM f"St , ftllfl tlt.lt it IltVtr JtllVH tO I'llV HIl til"
tt-rior artflc .itiijtly liecnu-r the price low, it
an iinl imputable fart that Midi oodfi arc alwavs
t!ie drarcst in the end.
GEO. HUNTLEY.
Ehenshurir. April 11, l7;i.
ATTENTION
EVERYBODY!
M'e desire to inform, the public in
general that ire have
Established a Big Store
AT-
TUNNEL HILL,
And respectfully invito attention !o the fact
that it embraces
Hock More in Quantity ani Variety
tban ia usually kept in stores of the kind.
It is everywhere conceded by those
who have given us a call that
iOnr - Stock
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by any ottu r ftook in the neighborhood, and as '
we shall from time to time add now fea
tures aod new lini-p of (roods I
Bhall always luy in large i
quantities and al- .
low n re- 1
duction in stock
wo biipc !y utrict adh(r-
ptirc to ;o!! (ioiiDS. I LOSE !
PRICKS AND stl'AltE IlKAI.INfJ TO
MA KEOl'K STOKE Til KG HEAT FOPCLAR
HEADQUARTERS FOR j
ALL KIND OF GOODS!
More than that, we shall endeavor to make it
the interest of a l classes to
DLAL n ITJI I S rhll.uAM'.MLl
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j inn itmj i noi mil iw i u ill nniiis mil i?uca
and tra fin it th-m n w iirolvps wouM
wish to lp trctitt)! in nil matters
piTtam tnif to business.
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We would sny we have an unlimited demand
for all kinds of grain and pnnluee, and
can (itfcr theiu price In advance
of others in the business.
CASH PAID FOR GRAIN WHEN SO BARGAINED FOR
tr" We earnestly solicit the jatrona-e of the
puhheand pleuVe our bos efforts in all trans
actions. B. M. JOHNSTON & CO.
stores ;rBr"
K llllamfhora,
Tanael Hill.
FLOl'KING MILL
.fanuary 21, lsT9. 6m.
AVlf.l.IAMSBCKO, Pa.
GET ALL THE LIGHT YOU CAN;
ON THE SUBJECT OF
Cheap Groceries I j
By reading the Advertisements, eirealars. t rice- ;
lists, etc., ol other dealers, and then go to ,
F. P. CONFER'S j
ML GROCERY STORE !
1.3 ' Eleventh Avenue, j
Between 10th & 11th Sts.f Altoona, Pa.,
And "eonler" yonr patronage on a man who can
nut only show you the laraest, must rarleil and
complete stock ot ooil ever otlcred lor sale in
that city, comprising everything fresh and pore
in the w:iy of ' i k(.H .' Kit I KS. PKOVISKINS,
Oreen. Pried and Canned FRUITS, NOTIONS,
tie , hut can and does sell at prices folly as cheap
it not a little cheaper than anv other man or firm
in the husine?", no matter where they reside or
l"t Inducements they otter.
-Thanktul for t he lilieral n-ttronare hereto,
fure conferred upon him hy his .riends In Camhna
ooontyand elsewhere, and bopinc Inr a cor.ilnii.
ance and increase of the same, the subscriher re
spectfully invites everylxKty to call and examine
his (foods and prices hefore onylnir at any other
house. r. P. I JON FEH,
Feb. 2S. 1B79. Model Orocery, Altoona, Pa.
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In still a booming, bringing Iielentlesa Slaughter to High l'rices and
Glad Tidings to all the Teople Meantime Hundreds of Men,
IF omen and Children continue to carry away armsful of
Goods as the result of Fearfxil Financial Failures.
W13 SXATCHED THESE
GOODS AT PRICES SO LOW ! :
that w can aell yon anything; yon want In the line of Clothing at figure no
one hat ever ilreained of.
Til IS PEOPLE 1 J lu WILD!
THE EXCITEMENT INCHEASING!
A TERRIBLE PANIC FROM THE VERY START!
Customer will pleane rail early In the morning to make their purchase, a
we find It nereary In the afternoon to employ a police force to
keep the surging man of humanity in circulation.
FOLLOW I NO WF C.IVE A IT AV TF TIIF MANY liAROAINS
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A Man's Suit for 51. 'mi that others sell at $".tKi.
A Man's Suit for -.! that others sell at S.H).
A Man's Suit f-r ST.m that .others sell at 10.00.
A Man's Suit for ..00 that others sell at ?1"2.00.
A Man's Suit for SKi.m that others sell at Sl-'.Oo.
A Man's Blue Suit for that others sell at 513.00.
A Man's pair of Working Pant's for 5k-.
A Man's pair of extra good Working I'ants for 75c.
A Man's White Vest for 5ic.
A Man's pair of Overalls for -!.
A Man's good Calico Shirt for 4in
A Man's good White- Dress shirt for 50c.
A Man's Hat for :Sc.
A pair of Men's Susjienders for 7c.
Men's Socks, fi pairs for 23c.
A Boy 's Hat for 2.V.
A Boy's Coat, Bants and Vest for $2.23.
And a thousand and one other things we have neither time nor space
to enumerate ; but just come and see the rush at the
RENOWNED AND POPULAR
Yottijli: .Axi'ierica,
CLOTHING EMPORIUM !
Comer ELEVENTH AVENUE and ELEVENTH Street,
April 35, lS7.-6m.
HERE I
NOT AS AN AS PI l: ANT FOIl
PUBLIC OFFICE
lll'T AS A CANDIDATE FOIl
PUBLIC PATRONAGEUSi
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Having pulled down his jwilitical vest and embarked in the mercantile business oi
an extensive scale at his
LARGE STOKE HOOM OX HIGH STREET,
Recently occupied by McLaughlin Brothers,
Where he has jusf opened and is now offering for sale an immense, varied and ele
gant STOCK OF (iOODS of every description,
13 f,l"lIv I,1(,Iaml to I'"11 down in fact
merchandise, and
DRY GOODS, DRESS GOODS, HOIIOHS, H&TS, MPS,
Boots, Shoes, Groceries, Hardware, Tinware,
QUEENSWAUK, ivc. &c, which cannot fail to attract the attention and secure
the patronage of cash buyers who want to get the most goods and the liest goods
for their money. So don't forget to call, and this fact ln-fore you keep : A broom
that's new is best of all, lK-cause it makes the cleanest sweep.
Eukssbiko, March 21, 179. -tf.
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FACTS SPEAK FOIl THEMSELVES"
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INTe w Olotliixig Depot !
AT THE 5TEW I.T1IIX DEPOT, AI.TOONA, Till' '.5f Bl'T
Mm' Suit, fined throughout, at..
Men't Stiitt. brtltr good, mt
Men's .Viii, Hill better, mt
.Vcn's Svitt. all wool, at
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Hats, I'aps, tlcnts' Fnrnishlnir 0.km1. Trunks. Valises. .c. as the space does not allow a more extend
ed enumeration of the many excellent bnrttaina we are ofterinir to our customers. Call and see for
yourselves, however, and rest assured that money can be saved by buylnir at
CIIAS. SIMON'S NEW CLOTHING DEPOT!
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Hear of 1 H. II. l'assenger Depot ALTOONA, l'A.
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CASH LUJYFltS:
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MI JL.GrJTNl
has pulled down the prices of all kind of
is giving bargains in
X. xT. IiElDHOFF.
Men' Pants, from yic. per pair up to the rerg finest.
Roys' Clothing, all sizes, from the cheapest to the bett.
Men't Hats, m splendid assortment, from 2ic. up.
Men's White Dress Shirts, from 1,0c. up.
Men's Calico Shirts in great variety, from Kc. up.
Trunks, from 35c. up to thejintst and best makes.
i-Ply Linen Collars. S for t5c.
Men's Half Hose, all shades and qualities, from 4c tip.
A CARD. The undersigned hereby
announces himself an Independent Conserva
tive lieinocTiitle candidate lor the office of Poor
llonse Hirector pledifinar himself If eleeted to (lis- i
chance the duties of the office with fidelity. !
HENRY HOPPLE. i
Cnmilltimii, March 3, IV'.i.
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UEXF.RAL. JAXEN HUIELDN.
James Shields was ptior.
As wealth now counts, he had not much,
Nor did he put his trust in banks,
And bonds, and syndicates, and such ;
Eor it was still his simple plan
To serve his country, and be a man.
His life was clean.
Called on and on, from place to place,
Distinguished both In war and peace.
With strong, swift limhs he ran the race,
Nor turned aside from anv toil
To gather gain or search for spoil.
A bold, bright man.
lie freely spent his life and gold.
And lived within the present time.
As if he never might grow old ;
But we may rest assured his GoI
. Lies not with hitn beneath the sod.
Yet he was rich.
In spite of all the blows of fate,
In spite of poverty and years,
The hero owned a grand estate,
Detter than any broad domain
A life and conscience free from stain.
Neglected much.
A mere scene shifter on the stage
" Where he had played heroic parts,
And still a toiler in his age ;
The heart that breaks but never yields
Beats bravely in the breast of Shields.
James Shields was poor.
'Tis true, in these, our sordid days,
That honest poverty is not
A common cause of general praise ;
But Shields will be a memory yet,
While pocket patriots we forget.
-V. I'. Sun. w.
A WELSH STORY.
An old man named Hu Ilirwan was I
found murdered in his cabin. lie was a :
strange creature half-savagc.Tialf-idiot, 1
who lived alone, his only companion an ;
enormous, ill-favored black cat. He had
the apiiearance of the abiectest laivertv, i
yet it was generally Ijelieved that he pos-
sessed considerable monev concealed '
somewhere aliout his premises. The
more ignorant of his neighliors insisted
he had dealings with the evil one, and
some went even so far as to affirm that
he came to his death by no mortal hand.
A lielated iieasant, going home from the
village tavern after a moTe than usually
heavy orgie, declared that as he passed
the hut he saw the old man struggling
with his satanic ma jest", in the shape of
a gigantic black cat ; and as the cat. his
j only companion, was seen no more after
: the murder, the story gained considerable
j credence. The authorities, however,
I took a somew hat different view of the
j case. An examination of the body re-
vealcd an ugly wound on the side of the
i head, as if inflicted with a bludgeon,
j Suspicion rested on a worthless fellow
j named Dick Wirion (Dick the foolish,)
who was seen prowling about the place
i on the evening of the tragedy. He was
! arrested, brought, according to the cus
j torn of the country, to the presence of
' the murdered man and made to stand
j over it. According to this time-honored
S test, if the prisoner is innocent the de
; funct '"makes no sign:" if guiltv, the
wound oiiens and a spurt of blood flies
on his iserson. l'oor Dick washit square
in the face with a thin stream of gore,
fell to the floor in a fit and was carried
back to prison. A 1 loody club was found
! back of his cabin, several sovereigns
I were taken from hisiioeket, which, ad
I ded to the accusation of the corpse,
i seemed to make the case against him
! clear as day. In those times it did not
j take long to prove a man fit for the gal
I lows. Dick was tried, convicted and
j sentenced at a single sitting of the court,
and a week later was comfortably and
i quietly hanged.
j Hardly was the jxwir fellow under
ground, when strange stories licgan to
be whispered around the iieasant lire-
I sides. Jt was said the cabin of the mur
I dered hermit was haunted. Unearthly
noises were heard in the dead of night,
sounds as of men struggling in mortal
conflict : shrieks and groans such as nev-
pr fame front human lips; cries for help
and peals of demoniac laughter w ere tes-
tified to I iv reputable witnesses. A fish
erman swore that, passing by one night,
he saw the spirit of the old man standing
bv the garden wall, the ghastly wound
j on the side of the head bleeding freely,
ine nonow eyes glaring vtiiui at nun.
A cattle-drover deposed that going home
from the market-town, shortly after
midnight, he saw near the scene of the
lnurderstrangelightsdancing, and heard
distinctly the noise as of a heavy chain
over a pile of stones. A voting
ho had lieen visiting his sweet-
i heart, testified that passing the place lie
i heard his name called three times, and
looking toward the hut saw it lighted up
j the murdered I In beckoning him to
come in.
i The ghost became the absorbing theme j tiies wajking abreast. We were getting
i of the town. .Nothing else was thought T(,; as usual, to ierfonn the orthodox
! or talked of. It was made the subject ; exploit which is in accordance with socie
. of a special meeting of the local authori- j tv-s "statute for such cases made and
I ties. j pVovided,"1 that is. to step down into the
It was at this time the incident hap-I patter, so as to allow room for the la
; pened that exercised such a controlling ,jjps jrt Walk on abreast f when a strange
influence over my future life. A lot of j an,t unaccountable phenomenenon pre
: us young fellows had been carousing at i nted itself and rivited our attention,
i the village tavern. We hail madea good j qw 0f the ladies actually stepicd lie
i haul at our herring fishing, and were , i,jn,t tjH, other, evidently with the design
t spending our money freelv. i he con-
i versation naturally turned to the subject j
! of old IIu's ghost. All were firm le-;
, lievers in the apparition, except myself,
! who stoutly insisted that the whole tiling ;
J was gotten up by some interested jierson,
' in order to get ossession of the cabin. ;
j "Now. I will tell you what I'll do."' ;
I says Shon Cadwaller, captain of our fish-
1 ing smack ; "I'll lay a wager of five j
j guineas that yon dare not go to the
: haunted hut, and stay there all alone, ;
! frommidnight till three in the morning."
; I hail leen drinking heavilv. and prompt-:
1 ana,,,,,
i money was put down audi started for (
j tjie j,,, accompanied by three of my j
I eompanions, who were to see me enter.
I if
The night was dark and duty so dark
you coudn't see the length ol your arm.
must say I felt a little nncoinioitable,
as I approached t lie haunted tenement ;
but I walked boldly up to the door
pushed it open, entered and exteinpori- j
zing a light (matches were not invented j
then) lighted a candle with which I had j
provided nnself, and took a survey of i
the place. It was a miserable thatched- j
roof, mud-walled hut, with hard earthen
floor, nearly bare of furniture, and in
expressibly dreary. The air was dank,
as if the taint of the bloody deed, enac
ted a few weeks before, still lingered.
Everything remained as it was when
the murder was eommited. I thought
I could even see traces of the struggle
on llio i.iniil.le.l rv:i!ls Tbe floor in sev-
eral places bore the dark stains of the
dead man's blood. Altogether, the
sight was one to make even as hair
brained a fellow as I timid. But I sought
to drive unpleasant 'fancies away.
I
lay quietly some time soquietly, I could
hear my heart lieat. The stillness was
oppressive. I grew nervous under the
awful hush of the midnight, and fancied
a thousand horrible sights and sounds.
I thought I saw the old man . i he lay
iu his shroud thought I heard the old j
familiar voice pleading for mercy at the !
nanus or ms assassin. Little by little,
however, my perceptions became less
and less distinct. My eyelids drooped,
and I fell into a slumber. How long I
slept, I have no idea ; but I woke up
suddenly, and liecame conscious that I
was no longer Alone. I ftlt for mv
eyes were still closed that there was ;
something or somebody something or j
somebody that had entered while t slept
near me. Its presence was palpable
to all my finer senses. I seemed to lie, j
as it were, enfolded by invisible arms j
wrapiK'd in a spell so alisolute and terri-
ble, that I was powerless to resist. But
I knew that to yield would be fatal ; I
and so, with a mighty effort of will, !
opened my eyes and looked in the direc- j
lion whence the strange influence came, j
On the other side of the table, directly
opKsite, and not more than four feet
distant, sat a human figure, or what
seemed one. The face was in shallow, j
the side or flip Von. I tuTi.oil trT-..-l
That it was that of an old man, I could
see from the stoop of the shoulders and
the thin lin ks of grey that drooped from
the temples. lie was dressed in the
quaint long socks and knee breeches of
the Welsh iieasant. His hands rested
on his knees, his head was lient toward
the floor. For a moment I was paraly- j
zed with terror ; but, by one of those re
vulsions of feeling we cannot explain,
the next instant I had half-persuaded
myself that my companions had leen
playing a trick upon me. '"One of these
fellows," I said tomvself, "has dressed
mmsen to lOfiK HKe OKI lltl Jlirwail, lias
come in w hile I slept and means to frigh- !
ten me into losing mv wager."' Deter
mined to be even with the rascals, I
caught up a stout walking-stick that lay
lieside me and aimed a blow at the
shoulders of the mysterious intruder.
it sirucK impalpable air. l could see
it ;7.s.s thrtnujh what seemed a sol id body
without meeting the least resistance,
striking the floor with a crash. The
next instant the figure rose slowly from
the chair, turned around and faced nie.
Shall I ever forget the paralyzing agony
of that dreadful moment ? There stoid
within a few hands' breadth of me what
seemed once the mortal part of old Hu
Ilirwan; but how awfully changed!
The face had the livid hue of death ; the
eyes were sunken and burned with a
ghastly glare ; the dampness of the grave
was upon the shriveled brow. The
wound on the side of the head gaped
hideously. I was too terrified to speak
too terrified to move but stood helpless
ly staring at the softer ; I had not even
will enough to shut my eyes on the
awful vision : yet I had sufficient self
possession to know that the spell by
which I was held must be sjeedily broken
or I should die ; and remembering what
I had leen so often told me of the effica
cy of speech. I summoned all my energies
for a last effort, and gasjied out : "In
the name of the Most High, I command
you tell me what your errand is."' The
clammy lips quivered, the shrunken face
liecame eloquent with a horrible intelli
gence, and the siecter sjnike as follows:
"I fell by the hand of Owen Holierts, my
kinsman, who came to rob me. and, lo
calise I resisted, slew nie. Denounce
him as my murderer, see that he is
brought to justice, and I shall disturb
you no more."' The light went out
from the hollow eyes, the form of the
dead man seemed to shrivel and fade
away, and I was left alone.
You smile, sir ; you think I dreamed
all this. Wait until you have heard me
through. I rushed out of the hut.
liounded over the garden-wall and ran
home as it
all the fiends were after me.
Next day I called niton the magistrate
of the town and told him ni story.
Strange to say, he lietrayed little sur
prise, and remarked that facts had re
cently come to his knowledge which in
duced hiin to lielieve that Owen Holierts
was the real murderer, and that the
order for his arrest was already issued.
A few hours later. Holierts was in the
clutches of the law. and when told that
he was accused hy witnesses lioth from
this world and the world of ghosts,
hroke down completely and confessed
all. He was tried, convicted and hung
on the very gallows where oor Dick
Wirion innocently swung. The ghost of
old IIu came no more, and the good jieo
ple enjoyed a long immunity from super
natural visitations.
; K Extraordinary Fkminink
i Freak. We were walkikg along the
i street some days ago. where the side-
j was ,K,t very wide and the gutter
w;ls verv f'.eep. when we met several la-
of allowing room for tis to jmss them
without stepping into the gutter at all !
We do not hapjien to know the name
of the lady who conducted herself so
strangly. We have lieen thinking a
good deal about the matter since, and
we are still at a loss to account for this
extraordinary freak of our fair friend.
Should this meet her eye, we take the
lilierty of informing her that such con
duct on the street is likely to make her
conspicuous. We cannot say that we
can condemn her act, but we do say
that if it should lie frequently repeater,
she is likely to get a reputation for de
cided eccentricity.
F i.iks. The Society for Promoting
' the Condition of Flies has issued anoth
i er address to t tie country through the
Boston Ailrerli.-i r. It reminds us that
I iu the warm days at this season heavy
I and unhappv flies crawl out from their
hiding places and walk sluggishly about
on the window panes. According to
the calculations of Professor I'lillxiin.
each of these is now aliout to lay :!,' M
eggs. If each of these eggs produces a
fly which lays 2,XK) eggs lx;f ore the first of
June, and from each of these 2. (MM young
ones are hatched which are ready to lay
before the first of .Itilv, to furnish each
a brood lietore the first ot August, the
nuniler of descendants from this single
ancestor by the first of September is six-
i teen trillion, it is, tiiereiore. we may
i Conclude, the dllt v of every Olie W ho
sees a tl y in these ih'ys to incontinently
demolish it, with all the energy and
sweet satisfaction whichcan lie inspired
by the knowledge that he is annihilating,
ai one fell !woop, lf.,(iH),oo(i,(Ho of these
concentrated (iehennas on w ings.
When you observe a family sitting
j alxiut the dinner table, each memlier
! bathed in tears, rememlx-r that the horse
1 radish Feivi-ii is at hand.
A CALIFORNIA HEROINE.
James Batenian was one of the first
Americans who fairly settled down in
California after the preat rush of ls4'..
He was unusually fortunate in his min
ing, and unlike the majority, knew when
he had gotten enough. Sending to 'the
States"' for his wife and children, he
chose a pretty situation a few miles
from where stood the one establishment
that then constituted Fiddletown a
meeting hall, a bar room, a restaurant,
and a concert hall, all in one. There,
at a heavy outlay, he erected a tw o story
log house, which, neatly hewn loth in
side and out. was for years considered a
marvel of lteauty and refinement. A
wide veranda surrounded the building.
To ensure coolness with dryness, this
veranda was raised some three feet alove
the ground, and left open for the free
circulation of air. There wis a large
cellar. Uion each of the four sides
there was a win. low some two feet square,
, i i - -
protected bv strong bars of wood, look
ing out upon the oien space beneath the
veranda.
Bateman's family consisted of his wife,
three children two girls and one !',
the oldest thirteen years of age and his
sister. For several rears they enjoved
a peaceful, quiet life, which would have
t.en happv, onlv for one fact. Bateman
was fast becoming a confirmed drunkard
It was very seldom that nightfall found
him soler ; and from a strong, clear
witted man, he was rapidly Incoming a
trembling, unnerved iniliecile.
It was at this time that Joaquin NIu-
rietn l.o-o writ in his mime in elmr.
acters of blood and fire throughout C'ali-
form. Twice Bateman had lost valuable
horses, stolen by men of the gang ; once
he had exchanged shut s with the maraud
ers. Exasperated, Bateman cast aside
his whiskey bottle, and raised a company
of men for the purpose of ridding the
country of this scourge ; but he soon
relapsed into his old habits, for drink
had prematurely aged him and he could
not stand the fatigue. Still, he always
gladly furnished mounts for those who
did take the field, and his hatred for the
bandit increased with every day.
So it was that James Bateman liecame
a marked man, and finally Joaquin Mu
rieta gave his lient enant, Manuel Jarr-ia.
or '"Three fingered Jack,"" free liermis
sion to work his will uiin the settler
and his family. As a matter of course,
the 'Mnan of blood" lost no time in deal
ing his blow.
One evening Bateman was returning
on horseback from Fiddletown, where
he had been "on a spree"' for three days
past. Having lost all the money he had
with him. he was only aloiit half drunk
when he drew near his dwr-lling. A sight
met his eyes that wholly soliered him.
The buildings that were set apart for
his laliorers were now occupied by a
numlier of armed men, whose apjn-ar-ance.
dress. weaions, and all. but too
plainly proclaimed their identity, even
liad he not seen two bleeding, mangled
lxidies lying near. They were a jnirtion
of Murieta's band, who had surprised
and murdered the laliorers. The dwell
ing apjieared just as usual : the doors
and heavy shutters were closed. Unless
Bateman was at home, no one was per
mitted to enter or emerge after sunset.
Bateman had just time to note this,
when he saw a man steal cautiously to
wards the building, and vanish lieneath
the veranda, closely followed by another
and another, lie knew then that the
outlaws had not yet effected an entrance
and a ray of hope entered his heart. It '
was just possible that he could procure '
assistance at Fiddletown in time to
avert the tragedy, and knowing that ;
this was the only chance, he turned and ;
dashed away at full sjH-eil.
Meanwhile Mrs. Bateman had liecome
aware that there was mischief in the '
wind. As the farm hands, on quitting ;
work for the day, passed by the house ,
for a drink, she bade one of them saddle 1
a horse and come to her for a message
she wished to send to Fiddletown to her '
husband. The man, she knew, was
faithful, and could lie trusted ; so, when j
an hour elaiised. without his ret tinting,
she became alarmed, and jieered out of
one of the loopholes that overlooked the
stables. From 1 his she saw tin: shadowy
figures approach, and disappear lieneath
the veranda: and. knowing what cause
the outlaws had for hat ing Bateman. she
had little difficulty in divining the in-ril
that threatened. But she came of true
soldierly stock : and instead of yielding
to terrors as would seem natural, she
resolved to make a good fight.
Communicating her fears to her sister-in-law,
Mrs. Bateman first locked the
1 door of the chaiul-er in which her three
', children wen- sleeping, and then care
fully hxiked to their means of defence,
i There were two revolvers and a rille, all
loaded. Though not exin-rl in their use.
; the woman understood firing and loading
these. It was a iortionof their Califor
1 nia education necessarily so.
As they listened intently, they could
: hear a faint, scratching, grating sound
from Ik-Iow. It was the enemy at work
: ujioii the bars of the windows. Of sea
i soned oak, their progress was but slow
; for they worked cautiously, evidently
hoping to surprise the settler and his
: family : and thus the women waited and
watched for fully two hours,
1 Then they heard a slight splintering
noise; aiuouient later cat-like fixit-falls
' upon the ground floor of the cellar, to
' get her with cautious whisjHrings ; and
I then the stairs creaked faintly beneath
i the weight of a man.
' "I w ill shoot first youtakethenext,"
! muttered Mrs. liatemen to her sister-in-;
law.
They were not kept much longer in
stisiensi The latch was raised, and a
; shadowy figure stood liefore them. Willi
: rapidly Iieating heart, but hand as steady
as though she was merely practicing
- uixin an inanimate target, Mrs. Bateman
; raised her revolver, and with the inn.zle
. almost touching the phantom-like figure,
i fired.
A half stilled curse, a groan, and the
j outlaw fell heavily to the floor, shot
i through the heart.
; His companions gave a simultaneous
; cry of surprise, but then rushed forward,
! scarce understanding what had occurred.
: The foremost one stepiied iiim the
i ...... r i r ti , ... : - . i
I ptostiate to... , smu , out u v,as itu
a revolver uunei in ins oooy. .i me
same moment Mrs
j fond shot into t In
Bateman tired a se-
paiitrv, which, from
i the bitter curse that followed, was not
without effect.
This deadly reception, so tiuexj'cted
too. bewildered and cowed the surviving
outlaws, andthev hastily f
ilv fell bn.-k. more
-,'1 u,,-.;.-
,n ine ceii.tr siairs.
than oiieluiub'.ing dow
According to their preconcert,! plan.
the two women quickly retreated from
the kitchen, closing and barring the
door, forming the In-st lmrrieade that
lay in their jMiwei".
At that moment shrill screams came
from up stairs; and recognizing the
voice of her children. Mrs. Bateman
momentarily lost her coolness, for she
believed the outlaws had effected an
entrance from the front, and were then
murdering her loved cues : and. forget
ting everything else, she Hew up stairs
to defend or die with her children.
Finding the defenders did not follow
up their advantage, the outlaws quieklv
reoovered from their affright, and hear
ing the noise made by the women, in
barricading the door, they guess,l pret
ty near the truth, and rushed forward
in a body, all the more dangerous for
their momentary repulse. One of their
number having lighted a candle from the
stock kept in the cellar, with yells of
devilish rage, they dashed against the
dHir ; but it resisted. Smashing a table,
they seized the pieces and fairly batterer!
down the door, bursting it from its
hinges; then one short rush, and the mass
of furniture was hurled on the floor.
Fortunately for her (as it hapjieni-d)
, Airs, iiatemau was st nick by some of the
j furniture and k-iocked senseless to the
, floor, where she lay completely hidden
j lieneath the leaves of a table and the
outlaws clambered over the confused
pile without noticing h'-r.
I But they went no further. A loud
j shout from without mingled with the
J thunder of horses, hoofs : and knowing
. that their only hojie of safety lay in im
I mediate flight, the outlaw s rushed to the
j kitchen and tore ojien the liack door, es
i caping out into the open air.
I But they were not to r-scajie so easily,
j The rescuing party, led by James Bate
man, had already surrounded the house;
j and as the outlaws emerged into the
bright moonlight a volley of revolver bul
let s greeted them, slaying five, leaving
three alive. These three, headed by
Three-fingered Jack, made a d sjnrate
I rush for their horses, which were te-
thered at the lack end of the garden.
Only Jack and one other ever touched
; the saddle: and. la-fore the wood was
gained. Jack rode by himself, the sole
I survivor who returned to tell the black
i tale But he did escae, though pur-
sued for miles, thanks to his splendid
I animal.
Mrs. Bateman was found onlv slight
: ly injured, though lw.th of the" women,
w ho had so bravely defended their home.
! gave way after the rescue, and were ill
1 for weeks.
From that day forth. James Bateman
was another jxtsou. lie never tu,-hed
: another drop of liquor though it was
. a hard struggle, and nearly brought him
i to death's door. He regained his
strength and mental iower in a great
; degree, and yet lives in the same house
. that his wife and sister so heroically de
fended against Joaquin Muriela and his
; villainous bandits.
Newspaper Patron a ok. There
seems to 1 a great many different ways
of defining and understanding the phrase
'MiewspajHT atronage," and as one in
terested in a correct definition of the
sam',,wp give the following disquisition
in the subject by one who knows w here
of he sq leaks. It may serve, lierhajis. as
a mirror, in which c rtain juirties may
lie able to "see themselves as others see
them" :
Many long and dreary years in the puHi-h-ing
Imsinos have furred the cimvietinn iq
oii us that newspaper patronage is a void of
many definitions, and that a great niajority
of mankind are either ignorant of the correct
definition or are diMionest iu a Mriet bildeal
sense of the word. Newpsijer patronage is
hs changeable as the chameleon.
One man conies in, subscribes fur a paper,
pays tor it in advance, ami goes home and
reads it with prend saqfactioii that it is his.
lie hands in his advertisement and reaps the
advantage therefrom. This is patronage.
Another man asks you to send him the pa-l-r,
and goes (.IT without saxing a word
aliout the pay. Time passes and you are
in need of money and ask him to pay the
stun he owes you. Be Mies into a pu-'moii,
perhaps pays'you. perhaps not. and orders
liis paK-r stopped. This iscallfd patronage.
One man nringsa fifty rent advertisement,
wants a two dollar pufl thrown in. and when
you decline, he goes off mad. Kven this is
called patronage.
1 Another man don't fake your paper it is
too high price : but he borrows and reads it
j regularly, and that could be called newspa
I r patronage.
One man likes your paper, takes a copy,
; pays for it, mid gets his friends to do the
saint;; he is not always grumbling to you or
others, but hns a friendly word. If an acci
dent occurs in his svetion he informs the ed
itor. This is new spapcr patronage.
One hands in a marriage or other notice
and asks for extras containing it : and when
you ask him to pay for the pajn-rs, he looks
surprised: "You s'urelv don't expect pavfor
sm h little matters?" This is called new'-pn-pcr
patronage.
One fit is good to see sn I;) comes in and
says : "The year for which I paid is about to
expire: I want to pay for another." lie
does and retires. This is iicwsjiajH-r patron
age. i It w ill lie seen by the above that whilecer
' tain kinds of patronage are the very life of
the newspaier, there are other kinds which
are more fatal toils health and circulation
i than the roils of a boa constrictor to the prey
. it patronizes.
An Fimtohiai. Brutus. An editor
(Hit West indulges in the following talk
to his suliscriliers and patrons. The fa
mous speech of Brutus, on the death of
Ca-sar, as contained iu Shakespeare, is
made to do service it this amusing par
ody :
'Bear us for our debts, and get ready that
you may pay ; trust us, we have m-ed, a
you have long hern trusted; acknowledge
- vour indebtedness, and dive into our jkm-k-i-ts,
that you may promptly tork over. If
; there lie any among you one singie patron
! that don't owe us anything, then to hiin.
i we say : "Step aside, consider yourself a
i gentleman." If the rest wish to know why
we dun then, this is our answer: Not that
' we rare alx.ut ourselves, but our creditors
also.- Would you lather we went t-i jaiL
: and you go free, than that you pay our
debts and keep us mm ing ." As we agreed,
; we have worked for you ; as we contracted,
', we have furnished the pajn-r : hut as you
' don't pay, we dun you. Mere ar ngrce-
nients for job work, contracts far subscrlp
.' tions, promise for long credits, and (iifits for
' preferred payment. Who is there so green
j that he don't take a pajer'.' If any, he need
I not seak, for we don't mean him" Who is
there so green that don't advertise 7 If any,
! let him slide ; he ain't the chap, either.
; Who is forgetful that he don't pay the prin
ter? If any. k-t him speak, for he's the man
we're after."
Diphtheria. The Williaiiispoi-t N m
claims to have found a sure cure for
t , 1
,tl,.t 1rt..ult.t,
disease diphtheria. The
t
Noi sn s :
'We aver, without the fear of successful
contindiction, ttuit the application of com
mon fur, spread on a muslin cloth, and ap
plied around tin-, throat and glands of the
patient, will effectually rre diphtheria or
m,ui- It should tn- atitdied earlv. and Tf-
;eti, PTiia -s once even- i.-n or
t hours, unless tin-ihs.-a.se yields sooner, vie
H.MMl; whereof we know-; ;tto!i ' rx-
; ou iifof'v.having incoiitroveniuie c Kicnce
of the cnicacv and power of tar application,
mid advise ail parents interested to give H a
fair trial."
The remedy is a cheap one, and w hilo
it tan do no harm, it may do a vast
amount of good, am! la? the means of.
' savin;- the !i .'cs t
! hMiiv ( hlMrcn.