HcuMBRIA FREEMAN
I . jHi LTKBI FKlDi. Y -MhMSCi
1 L
j 3.,Jjr?I Pa., by H, A. McFike.
The large mod reliable etrevhUlna oT thu Oa.
at a rsmxis eoremenil, n to l Km fevoraole eon
slderatton of advertisers, whnee kton will be tfe
sei la at the foltowtsig low ss :
1 Inofc. S times. 1 e
1 months i se
1 6 months 3 so
1 ' lrnr t
t - t months s os
I 1 year in
S ' Smooths toe
S " 1 year Is SO
sol'B months 10
i2 months.
lu " I year
1 " months "
1 1 year T4 00
Admlalstretor'i and Executor's Notrees . i so
Aadi'or t Notices "O
Strav and similar Notlees 1 )
Business Items, first Insertion toe. per line : nek
subsequent insertion tm. per line.
1 9 fteiolution or proretiUna rf any -w wfu9H
mr toriety. and communication atnomd to emli nttrm
tton to any matter of iimifttf or indindmal seri ass,
sniil bt paid for at 4rfimrart.
Job FaiSTiito of all kind reatlv and ri"itt.
ontiy executed at lowest prices. Ijoa't yo Itftt
It.
Circulation - l.OtlS
'' ,,,L a flOOMlNO. MATCH IT?
cs.?h In advance 11.50
. "' - .." 'jf pot b'd within a moa. 1.75
, .. ,f Cot u". within 6 rana. 2. CM
.. jf nt.t i'J within year.. 2.L'
I ,,a -.-si !i:-ir outsi-lo !h county
I ri.ntl 'por yfir will be ciiiirgcd to
I-'1' , .... ;! tiw shnvc terms he dp.
" ' t!'' ''"' don't coiiku It- their
m - r .','v r'jit in advance must not
I :" " i i'.n fit si'n" footing u those.
:.-t he distinctly understood
I .' ' ' -nr I.
J ...V :..r l-"for! you stop It. if
f ' ' ... Noiie but senlnwmrs do otb
t : T'' is -aiii iv i-lifu'8 too Short.
H. A. McPIKE, Editor and Publisher.
'HE Ifl A FBEKMAK WHOM THE TRUTH MAKES TKKK, AND ALL ARE SLAVES BESIDE.
SI.50 and postage per year, In advance.
VOLUME XIY.
EBENSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, MARCH '2(J, 1880.
NUMBER 10.
ii in i hi -fin
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jrs'r out.
KqcI's Great Book
j o-' 'rnJl W-1-h
ANCE and RETREAT:
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t'ti'n Armies.
(;,,n, .1. 15. IIOOI,
. ' 'o it-iic-af States Army.
okul fund !
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C. T. Beauregard,
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GK MUTUAL PLAN.
"niClivH MUTUAL
HCECOHP'RY
CF rBENSBURC, pa.
-monts in 22 Years.
MILLS TAKEN.
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:o 1 FARIa Properties;
I' 1AU.Y I ESI RED.
GEii. M. KEADE, PresWenU
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Secretary. 1
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wcoiicr anl jeweler,
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Jer.. Insurance Agent,
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JOHN WANAMAKER,
GffiElND DEP0
PHILADELPHIA.
All ladies know tht it lias not been easy to gt Flrst-Class
Underwear in Philaaelphia we menn Muslin and Linen Under
wear such as the Frnch people indulge in. ExoepMivp one of
the old Chestnut-Street Houses, who have made it a specialty,
others have kept Stocks made up principally of job lots that have
usually, for some reason or other, leen advertised as "bargains."
Desiring to answer the question so often asked by ladies :
"Why must we go to A.'s and elsewhere in Xew York for Un
derwear ?" Ave have to say : You need not go, unless you choose
to go on some other errand. The time is past for seeking otber
cities than Philadelphia for shopping.
Referring to Underwear, we set out several months ago to
get ready a first-class Stock of Undergarments of every descrip
tion. We have not said much about it, and propose to let our i
work and not our words speak for us. This is simply to draw at
tention to the fact that we have allotted a large space in the e
tion of the firand Depot, to the left of the Chestnut-Street En- j
trance, where we locate what will be, in point of fact, j
A iSTEW DEPARTMENT!!
The old style of dealing in these Goods we have abandoned sad j
taken up the business j
as manufacturers
FinT Tn our own Workrooms.
Sk oni) By special order in L'ndf-rwear Establishments.
Instead of takini; johs or receivintj dozens ami dozens of Chem
isc, Drawers and Night Shirts, and putting them on our shelves
and counters, we shall put forward or.lv
F i r. t - C A I J V. FULT.Y MA N T' F A ( .'T UIl E D.
Ski nl NEAT AND HANDSOME SEWING.
Trmtn i:Ntri:STIONABEE and WARRANTABLE MA
TE It I A LS.
This charm of cheapness will not be the first idea, bat cheap
ness and charming work.
After ail. people cannot well jud.e by an advertisement of
priori. If one person advertises a horse for fl5. and another
advertises one for $1. the buyer will decide, not by the adver
tised price, but by seeing and judjing of the horses. The 150
hors'j may be worth two of the other. We submit all our goods
to this test : What is the actual merit and value ? We .-hall do
well this new work we have undertaken, and be content with
whatever patronage we deserve.
So greatly have muslins and labor advanced since we first
began the preparations for our present stock that we confidently
befieve that Ladies cannot have the sewing done at home for
ar. thing like the prices marked on our fast new stock of
Ladies' MUSLIN UNDERWEAR.
IMien latie cannot corns in person to make selection t.lei
teis trill be atletntetl to with fidelity and promptness.
Mail orders for these Goods are not filled by
boys, btf have the beat care ofladiea of
good judgment and taste.
JOHN WAHAMAKtm,
Gkand Depot, - - - 13th
pi-iiladhlpiiia.
SAVE tOlNlilY
INSURING YOUR LIFE
-IX Till
OHIO A'AIT
nnnTrrTinv
ASSOCIATION!
HOME OFFICE, GREENVILLE, 0.
Provide for those dependent upon yon a shield
somv
that will protect them from the storms ol lire wiien
r.e.
OI -TIC1 HiS:
llnj. I). I.. Mbbkkr. (Judge
c.nnmcn Pleas Court.)
Jambs K BirrLa,
yi yirrx .
Pr'sMcnt.
Vice President
Secret ry.
Treasurer.
; " vine Bank.) . . . Oen'l Snp't.
S1M-X7IAI, F i: ti' in :s.
i This Association oiler tiie following spe-ial fea-
; fires :
' l?r. Endowment Protection on
the Mutual As
1 segment plan.
! 21. T. n!:orm Merar.ersh!p Fee ol $10.00
ter all
; ag"S and amounts. !
i 3d No Annual IHies. nor extra Charges what- ;
UENEFITS. j
' reruns between the anp 1 M years, who J
i have a hrf cla? heslth record, may hold either a j
i Life Certificate or an F.udowinent Certificate, as ;
j they may desire.
1 ,.moymi:nt plan.
is to .TS fooo. ratable at death or at expiration
1 of -1 vcars. ... ,
j 34 to Aft JSOco. payable at dc.th or at expiration
of 1? ye:: r J. " !
41? to o. r-V" psyrblc at death or at expiration '
of 1 S enrs. i
s t0 -4 payable at dcf.n cr at expiration
I r.f 19tMM
' i.iur: 1'i.AN.
14 to 3.V-4-"""-0. payahle at death only.
34 to 4.' ". ",
I to SS --S"0.
! For further particulars call on or a.M-e,s
r ii. u. i n.sciniF.R.
' Agent lor Cambria County,
i Ebcnphurg,
' Or M. F. M vers, Ser.etsry, GrccnTil!e, Hiio.
:a. 1
VTOTICE.-
The pnrtnership liereto-
.er t.ctTTccn trie mcnipcrs oi inc
firm oi VUin. fiston x o.. nas wus un ntwu
di " I red by oiut'inl eooiit
PHIEIP CULT-INS,
Ii. I.. JOHNSTON.
Ebensburg, Mar. S, 1S'
The nnderslfjncd have thi dsy formed a eopart- !
nerh.p lor the purpose ol a tJeiicriil Hanking
Ilnxf neisi, nn-b-r the nam- and tyle ot Johns- j
ton. Shoemaker Ji Huck. The liabilities of the :
late firm of Collins. Johnston A Co. haie been as- i
s-imed by the iindere.gncd. and all debts due to ;
eaid firm should be paid to thero. j
K I. JOTINSTUX.
V. A. SHUEMAKEK, i
M. J. nr.'cK. .
A. W. Bl'CK. !
F.benshurar, March 8, 18?o.-8t. i
T"I7"E have still on lind a small a- '
V sortment of I.A DIES' COAT, which we
are offering at rreatlv reduced prices, la order t .
close out our stock before Sprlnij. Call early and
get a bararin. as they will not last lor at the pn-
eea we are ahklng for thm.
V.S.BAKKKllaHRO.
iave a large rtncic or i,.pif',
and (WniKHnl MfOI'J, whlr.a
we will srfl at vj- law rsrvrsj brweeti w and
telrtnf Afrt1 neirt. BARKER It URO.
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PERSONAL PROPERTY!
THE undersigned will offer at public sale on the
premises of Morris W. Jonas, late of Cambria
township, deceased, about four miles north of Eb
ehsburg. on
SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 1S80,
At 1 o'clock, t. m., the followlnir desoribed per
sonal property, to wit :
1 BAY MARE, 1 YEARLING COLT,
6 Milch Cows, ! Head Young Cattle,
I STTogs : 1 Mowinsr Machine. 1 Threshing Machine,
; 1 Plow. 1 iKmble Harrow. 5 sets Harness 1 Sleigh.
1 Two-Horse Wagon. I Spring ngon. 1 Hay tork:
Hay by the ton. Oats by the bushel, and many other
articles tfo numerous "to mention.
Terms will be made known on day of sale,
when a reasonable credit w'll be given,
WI I.I.I AM M. .inES.
IAV1I M. JUNES.
Frecutora ol Morris XV. Jones, dee'd.
March 19, lsso.-2t.
AUDITOR'S NOTTCE. -In the mat
tcrnf the first snd partial accountof Herman
Hanmcr. Ansiirnee. for tlio benefit of creditors ol
P. SI. J. Kr.'ws.
And now, March 3. 15S0. on motion of W.Horace
Kosc, Esq.. the Court appoint John H. Brown Au
ditor to report distribution ol the funds in the
har.d of said accountant as appear by his account.
Extract from the Kecord. Hy the Court.
1 will attend to the duties of my appointment at
my offt-e. In the Koronirh of Johnstown, on Fri
day. March 2, 1HSO. at 2 o'cr.oc. r.
when and where all persons Interested may appear,
or be debarred from comlns- In on said fund.
JOHN H. BROWN, Auditor.
March 5, lSS0.-3t.
A rntTOR'S NOTICE. The under-
sinned, having been appointed Auditor to
report nistrinution of the lun.l in the hands ot t
K Davis. Administrator of John O. Jones, late of
Ebcn?ourg borough.ricc.cd as shown by his first
and partial account, confirmed March 0. iSS-i, hen-
bv irives n-itice thi' he will sot at his ofhro in r.b
enshur. on Th'irtitny, .April 1st, at 2 o'clock in
the afternoon, for the purpose ot attending to the
duties of hi appointment : when and where all
kersons having cia'ms airainst sain estate are re
! quired to preent them, or be debarred from com
! ing in on said fund. A. V. BARKER.
LI enshurg, March 10. lSo.-3t. Auditor.
A1;
DITOIFS NOTICE. The under-
-d. having been amiointed Auditor to f
distribute the fund in the hands of .1 ncob V e.-iidey, ;
As'iynce of Paul Ellwaner, as shown by Ins sec. !
ond partial account, herei'y gives notice that he '
will sit at H office in Et.r n-l urir. Cambria conn- j
ty. Pa . on T'ic.trfrty. March S -th. ;v.'i. at '1 o'clock. :
T. M.. lor the purpose of attending to the duties ol ;
his n -point men t : when n n.I where all persons in
terested are required o present their claims, or be ,
debarred from coming in upon said fund !
A. V. IIAKKEi!, Auditor. i
Ebensburg. March 8, lsw.i.-at.
A nilTOrt'S XOTICH The nrtrler-
si-rned, having been appointed Auditor to
report distribution of the fund in the hands of Al
vin Evans. Eq.. Executor of David James, late of
Ebensburg borouirh. deceased, as shown by his first
and final account, hereby gives notice that he will
meet the parties interested in said distribution, at
his office in Ebeti-bnrg. on Thurtdny, April 1st. lSW.
at 9 o clock in the forenoon, when and where all
persons interested may attend if they sec proper.
A. V. HAKMK, Auditor.
Ebensburg, March 10, isso.-st.
NOTICE. The annus.! election of a
Hoard ff Trusteei of the Ebensburg Academy
will be held at the oltlcc of the Secretary. In Ebens
bnrar. Pa , on the .Ifa day of April next, between the
hours of 7 and S r. m.
JOHN E. SCANL.AN, Secretary.
March 12, ISSO.-Ct.
FOR SALE. A tip-top hemvy one
hTrseor light twe-korso rEDDL,IN WAO-
K. Acrlv to
EO.
HUNTLEY.
Ebensburg, Feb. IS, 1SSO.
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EAR rF.R HYMN.
Came they In the early rooming.
While the earth wag wrapp'd In gloom.
To tho grave of Him they worshipped,
Brlng-ing gplce and sweet perfume ;
Bat their pale and troubled faces
Told the anguish of denpalr.
When they looked within and trembled.
For the SaTlor was not there.
Choucs. He Is risen. He is risen.
Thus the angel voices say ;
Haste to bear the joyful tidings,
Christ theI.ord Is risen to-day.
He Is risen, their Redocmer;
Can their hearts the truth believe ?
Hark I the voice of hope returning
Bids them now the truth receive;
And the angel's words repeated
Float like music on the air.
While again they look and wonder.
For the Savior is not there.
C10.-H1 is risen, He Is risen, o.
Yes, Our blessed Tjord In Triumph
leaves the dark and silent grave :
Now He lives In endless glory.
Lives trom death our souls to save.
Gladly let us do Him honor,
clladly now our voices raise.
For tho joy He sets before us.
His the glory. His the praise.
( ho. Ho Is risen. He Is risen, AO.
SATED FROM SUICIDE.
A THRII.I.INO SKETCH OF CALIFORNIA LIFE
TWEKTY-FTVE TEAItS AGO.
From the advanced sheets of "California
Sketches," by Uev. Dr. O. P. Fitzgerald,
editor of the Nashville Christian Advorate, we
take the following descriptive of
"AN 1N-TE11VIKW."
As I was coming out of the San Francisco
Post Office one morning in the year a
tall, dark-skinned man placed himself in
front of me, and fixing his intensely glitter
ing eyes upon me, said in an excited tone :
"Sir, can you give me a half hour of your
time this morning?"
"Yes," I replied, "if I can be of any ser
vice to you by so doing."
"Not here, but In your office, privately,"
he continued. "I nuut speak to somebody,
and having heard you preach in the church
on Pine street, I felt that I could approach
you. I am in great trouble and danger, and
must speak to some one !"
Ilis manner was excited, hi hand trem
bled, and his eye had an insane gleam as he
spoke. We walked in silence until we
reached my office on Montgomery street.
Alter entering I laid down my letters and
papers, and was about to offer him a chair,
when he hurriedly locked the door on the
inside, saying as he did so :
"This conversation is to be private, and I
do not intend to be interrupted."
As he turned toward me I saw that he had
a pistol in his hand, which lie laid on the desk
and then sat down. I waited for hira to
speak, eyeing him and the pistol closely, and
feeling a little uncomfortable, locked in thus
with a mad man of almost giant-like size and
strength. The pistol had a sinister look that
' I had never before recognized in that pnpu-
lar weapon. It seemed to grow bigger and
; bigger.
"Have you ever been haunted by the idea
; of suicide?" he asked abruptly, his eyes
I glaring upon me as he spoke.
"No, not particularly," I answered, "but
why do you ask ?"
"Because the idea is haunting me," he
said iu an agitated tone, rising from bis chair
as he. spoke. T have lain for two nights with
a rocked nistol in mv hand, calculatinrr the
value of my life. I bought this pistol to j
shoot myself with, and wonder that I have
not done It ; but something has held me
back."
"What has put the idea of suicide into
your mind?" I inquired.
"My life's a failure, sir ; and there is noth
ing left for such a fool as 1 have been," he
said bitterly. "When a man has no hope left
he should die."
I was making some reply when he broke
in:
"Hear my history, and then tell me If
death is not the only thing left for me," lay
ing his hand upon the pistol as he spoke.
When he told me his name I recognized it
as that of a man of genius, whose contribu
tions to a certain popular periodical had giv
en him a wide fame in the world of letters,
lie was the son of a venerable New England
bishop, and a graduate of Harvard Universi
ty. I will give his story in his own words, as
nearly as I can.
"In 1850 I started to California with hon
orable purpose and high ambition. My
father being a clergyman, and poor, and
greatly advanced in years, I felt that it was
my duty to make provision for him and for
the family circle to which I belonged and of
' which I was the idol. Animated by this pur-
pose, I was full of hope and energy. On the
i ship that took me to California T made the
acquaintance and fell into the snares of a
i beautiful but unprincipled woman, for whom
j I toiled and sacrificed everything for eight
j years of weakness and folly, never remitting
a dollar to those I had intended to provide
for at home, carrying all the while an uneasy
conscience and despising myself. I made
Immense sums of money, but it all went for
nothing but to feed the extravagance and
recklessness of my evil genius. Tortured bv
remorse I made many a struggle to free my
self from the evil connection which blighted
: my lire, out, in vain, i nau almost ceaseu to
i struggle against mv fate, when death lifted
; " .
L1IU snntlirw 1 O'lti ll'J I'm". X IHT ti ii lift
woman died, and I was free. I was aston
ished how rapid and how complete was the
j reaction from my despair. I felt like a new j we saw it. Then one thoughtful man oiv
' man. The. glowing hopes that had been j served, "It was impossible to give the an
1 smothered revived, and I felt something of I swer, because the dean had contrived to re-
the buoyancy and energy with which I had
left my New England hills. I worked hard
and prospered. I made money and saved it,
making occasional remittances to the family
at home, who were overjoyed to hear from
nie after so long and guilty a silence. I
hadn't the heart to write to them while pur
suing my evil life.
"I had learned to gamble, of course, but
now I resolved to quit it. For two years I
kept this resolution, and had in the mean
time saved over fo.OOO. Do 5-ou believe that
the devil tcmntsmen? I tell vou sir. it is i
true ! I began to feel a strange desire to
visit some of my old haunts. This feeling
became intense, overmastering. My judg-
ment and conscience protested, but I feltliko
one under a spell. I yielded and found my
way to a well known gambling hell, where I
lost every dollar of my money. It was like
a dream I seemed to he drawn on to my
doom by some invisible but resistless power.
When I had lost all, a strango calm came
over me, which I had never understood. It
may have been the reaction, after a night of
feverish excitement, or possibly it was the
unnatural calm that follows the death of
hope. My self-contempt was complete. No
language could have expressed the intensity
of my self-scorn. I sneaked to my lodgings,
feeling that I had parted with my manhood
as well as my money.
"The very next day I was surprised by
the offerof a lucrative subordinate position
in a Federal office in San Francisco. This
was not the first coincidence of this sort in
my life where an unexpected influence had
been brought to bear upon me, giying my
plans and prospects a new direction, nan
God anything to do with these things, or is it
accident ? I took the place which was offer
ed me, and went to work with renewed hope
and enercy. I made a vow against gambling,
and determined to recover all I had thrown
away. I saved every dollar possible, pinch
ing mvself in my living, and supplementing
my liberal salary by literary labors. My
savings had again run up high in the thous
ands, and my gains were steady. The Fra-zer-River
mining excitement broke out. An
old friend of mine came to me and asked the
loan of a hundred dollars to help him off to
the new mines. I told him he should have
the money, and that I would have it ready
for him that afternoon. After he left the
thought occurred to me tat $100 was a very
poor outfit for such an enterprise, and that
ho ought to have more. Then the thought
was suggested yes, sir, it was suggested
that I might take the hundred dollars to a
faro-bank and win another to place in the
hands of my friend. I was fully resolved to
risk not a cent beyond this. The idea took
possession of my mind, and when he came
for the money I told him my plan, and pro
posed that he accompany me to tho gambling
hell. lie was a free-and-easy sort of fellow,
and readily assented. We went together,
and after alternate success and losses at the
faro hank, it ended in the usual way : I lost
the hundred dollars. I went home in a fren
zy of anger and self-reproach. The old pas
sion was aroused again. A wild determina
tion to break the faro bank took hold upon
me. I went night after night, betting reck
lessly until not a dollar was left. This hap-
j pened last week. Can you wonder that I
j have concluded that there Is no hope for as
i weak a fool as I am ?"
I He paused for a moment in his rapid reci
; tal, pacing the floor, with his hand on the
hammer of the pistol, which he had taken
j P.
"Now, sir, candidly, don't you think that
i the best tiling I can do is to blow out my
brains?" said he cocking the pistol as he
I Fpoke.
I The thought occurred to me that it was no
i uncommon thing for the suicidal to give way
; to the homicidal mania. The man was evi-
dently half mad and ready for a tragedy,
i The pistol seemed almost instinct with con
scious evil intention. If a suicide or homi
: clde was to end the scene, I preferred the
former.
I "How old are you?" I asked, aiming to
! create a diversion.
i "I am 45," he answered, apparently
brought to a little more recollection of him
self by the question.
'1 should think," I continued, having ar
rested his attention, "that whatever may be
i your follies, and however dark the future
I you have to face, you have too much roan
1 hood to sneak out of life by the backdoor of
! suicide."
The shot struck. An instantaneonschange
i passed over his countenance. Suicide ai
J peared to him in a new light as a cowardly,
! not a heroic net. lie had been fascinated
mi the notinn of ,1RTinK tl,e curtain .fftI1
upon his career amid the blaze of blue light
and the glamour of romance and the dignity
of tragedy, amid the wonder of the crowd
i and the tears of the sentimental. That was
! all gone ; the suicide was but a poor creature,
; weak as well as wicked. He was saved.
lie sank into a chair as he handed me the
pistol, which I was very glad indeed to get
into my hands.
"You should be ashamed of yourself, sir,"
1 continued. "You are only forty-five years
old ; you arc in perfect health, with almost a
i giant's strength, a classical education, ex
j tensive business experience, and with a
I knowledge of the world gained by your tuis
j takes that should be a guarantee against the
j possibility of their repetition. A brave man
) should never give up the battle the bravest
! never cive up."
i "(iive me the pistol," ho said quietly ;
-you tinea not be arrant to trust me with it.
The devil has left me. I wlil not act the
part of a coward. You will hear from me
again. Permit me to thank you. Good
morning."
I did hear from him again. The devil
seemed indeed to have left him. He went
to British Columbia, where he prospered in
business and got rich, became a pillar in the
church of which his father was one of the
great lights, and committed not suicide, but
matrimony, marrying a sweet and cultured
English girl, who thinks her tall 1 ankee hus-
band the sweetest and noblest of men.
A Few New Pcns. Punning would not
be so bad were It not so Infectious. Tuns
leave germs which lie in idle minds till they
fructify and bear a baleful crop of more
puns. The other day some ot us got to rais
ing about that witty old cynic, Dean Swift,
when one of the company took advantage of
the opening and gave us this Jen de mot of
hi: "Why," aked the dean, "Is it right,
by the lex talionis. to pick an artist's pocket?"
It was given up, of course, anil the answer
was: "Because he lias pictures." A silence
fell about the table round until, one by one,
serve the answer to himself. I could not, for
instance, say that it is right for me to pick
an artist's pocket, because he had picked
yours." Here is another conundrum, found
ed upon a pun, which only the propounder
can solve : An old man and a young one
were standing by a meadow. "Why,"asked
the young man, "is this clover older than
you?" "It is not," replied the other. "It
is, though," returned the young man ; "be
cause ;it is pasturage." Thereupon an ab
stracted looking person, who had not follow
ed the line of remark, and who had not nn-
! derstood the illustration, startled us all with
I this irrelevant inquiry : "Why cannot a
pantomimist tickle nine Esquimaux? Give
I it "P? "Why, because he can gesticulate."
.V. O. Ticayune.
The people ot Detroit, Mich., delight In
intellectual recreation, and we hail the fol
lowing from the Frte Pre as an entourag
ing sign of this spread of culture in the
West : "A pleasant evening game in Detroit
Is for each player to oil his hands and then
try to turn the door-knob. The one who
succeeds first gets a hunk of taffy on a
string."
Why the Pnazie of Fifteen I Sow Pro
hibited In the White House.
'Twas In the White House parlor.
At the godly hoar or nine,
That Mr. Hayes was trying
The puzzle to divine.
The olive branches clustered
About his bended knee.
And oft he sipped in sllenoe
A cocktail made ol tea.
With eager eyes they watched bias
As he slipped the blocks about.
But vain were all his efforts
To work the problem out.
From 1 to 8 the numbers
Were In their places straight.
And so were all the others
Except the 7 and S.
'TIs very odd," he murmured,
Key trips up on eleven.
And Sohurx on 3, but somehow
I stick on 8 or T I
"No matter how I move them.
They're sure to come the same ;
How shall I get the working
Of this pesky Fifteen Oame!"
Then ouUpoko little Scatty
With gentle voice and low :
"Why, pa, just write a letter
To Aliunde Joe!" X. T. Sun.
Written for tho rnnfix.
A Private View or Taking a Uattery.
On the morning of the 13th of July, 162,
the "White Diamonds" were aroused very
early among the small hours, and ordered to
"get on their things" for a nocturnal expe
dition of some sort.
It was bland summer weather in the "Old
Dominion," and as we. moved out through
the misty woods in the star-lit darkness It
seemed rather pleasant than otherwise.
Our camp was on the outposts at Harri
son's Landing, and as we presently took the
road back to Malvern Hill, we rightly con
cluded that the boys in grey in that locality
were to receive a visit.
We had to keep otar tin-cups from jingling
and the cavalry boys had to restrain the J
clangor of their sabre-scabbards, as the j
movement was Intended for a surprise. As ,
i we marched silently along in the crowded j
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! lUilU, Ulll UU1UI1U13 KllllICTU UJ IIICUAUI lllp;ill-
j wind, we had ample time to think of what j
j might be in store for us on ahead ; yet step ;
by step we kept nearing our fate, whntever ;
i it might be. The subdued noise of the tramp ;
I of thousands, the mingling tread of the '
many-hoofed squadrons, and the rumbling I
! noise of the cannon wheels, all sounded like !
alow din on the hush of nijrht. During a
; halt our Lieuteuaut Colonel fell ill, which ;
J created quite a stir in our ranks for awhile,
I as we had to wait while the surgeon ran- j
j sacked his budget for drugs to soothe the i
patient's rebellious stomach. Such trouble ,
I seemed just then, however, to be in a mens- ,
ure superfluous, as a hissing shell from the 1
! hostile line might at any moment knock off '
j the head of his patient and render his drugs
: of no avail. '
On, on we trudged through the dim night i
' shadows, till at last morning began to dawn; .
'. and a lovely morning it was. The peaceful ,
j farm houses slept in rural quiet, and the '
i shrill call of chanticleer greeted the morning ,
I twilight. The river flowed not far away in ,
! Us embowered channel. It seemed a fearful :
' thing to be advancing on to such fearful !
work amid such scenes of peace, for some
' were living, thinking and acting and walking
, along that road who would never again see 1
the sun two hours' high. '
We reached the fool of Malvern Ili'l about
sunrise, the Infantry marching in the middle t
of the road and the ca valrv on each side. As
soon as the "JohnrJes" caught a glimpse of
our approach they bid us good morning in : animation only served to bring out his evl
the shane of shells, craoe-and-canister. and i dence with more distinctness of detail. I
the dear knows what all, for tin-cans came
rolling down the hill, and little round pieces
, of wood, such as you would roll tape on
"red tape" I presume. Just then a man
came limping back from the front and beg
! ged my help on his way to the rear. He
seemed unable to walk, so I gave him my
! arm to support his tottering steps out of the
i range of shells. I took a few steps to the
1 rear with him, as that was part of my duty,
; being a musician. Seeing that he soon
ceased his limping, I allowed him to proceed
i on his downward course to safety, and turn
j ed my face once more to the front. The
troops had just halted, and I soon caught up
1 again to mv own company, who were stand-
, , the n,iddl of tiie roaj wlth fixed bay
i . Tk .i,..ii -,r..nr..i.e.-initer and
onets.
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other kinds of missiles, were coming down
the hill diagonally across the road. Many
had been wounded among the men who were
standing there which fact was plainly visible
by the blood trickling down some of their
faces, by limp arms, torn jackets, tottering
steps and limping gaits. The surgeon had
started a temporary hospital on the left
of the. road, behind the fence, and there he
j 90on JRd llis haiuls fu
We rtartcd on up the hill again toward the
; l(eicnig Viattcry above us. Just then a shell
came rushing across the road, I dodging it
bv falling flat on the ground. The screech-
! ing compliment rushed over us at the height
of a couple of feet, knocking into flinders in
, its fierce course a panel of rail fence along
side. Just then an aide rode up the road
with the utmost indifference to all sorts of
missiles, and rebuking some of the men on
i his way for their dodging proclivities, he
j asked, "What are you afraid of ? the shells
j won't hurt you." The next shell that came
along struck down in the road two of the
Eleventh Massachusetts, which was In the
road ahead of us. The two men were struck
dead on the spot, but no one seemed to no
tice the occurrence. The troops now went
up the hill on the double quick with trailed
arms, and the battery was soon silenced and
captured. The cheers of the victors resound
ed in the ears of the departing "Johnnies,"
and all the danger and trouble was past.
Officers and men were jubilant over the suc
cess of the rcconnoissance. but a little disap
pointment was felt that they had not cap
tured the supporters of the battery.
We were soon hack in camp again, falling
in for our "crackers and coffee," and camp
life was the same as ever.
The above is a true personal experience
of Hooker's reconnoissance on the l.rth of
July. '02. A. D. H.
Woodworker, an Indian chief, says he
has never seen a gray-haired Indian in his
life, and he has seen some over DO years old.
It is because an Indian has no trouble, no
worriinent, or anything that way. His wife
chops all the wood, builds the fires, goes to
market at daylight, stones tramps out of the
froi.t yard, and black his boots. And he is
not tormented by tax-collctor, gas bills and
lightning-rod peddlers. Let an Indian start
a twenty-four column daily paper in a six
column town, to supply a long felt want, and
his hair will turn gray in one nigh.
THE VALUE OF AN OATH.
BY JCDOE CLARK.
It was an unpopular case to defend. The
crime charged against my client was one of j
shocking atrocity, the murder of his own !
child. The popular verdict had already con- j
demned him, and there was little doubt that j
the jury would go the same way. j
Arthur Berkley, the prisoner, had married !
Edith Granger, a wealthy heiress, whose
father had died, leaving her his whole for
tune, to the exclusion of his profligate son,
whom he had disinherited and driven from
home.
Mrs. Berkley died within a year after mar
riage, leaving an Infant, feeble little creature,
requiring constant and assiduous care. In
deed, Dr. Baldwin almost took up his quar
ters in the house, often passing the night
there, that he might he on hand in case of
need.
One of these nights, the doctor, as he af
terwards stated In his evidence, after retir-
j ing to bed, feeling solicitous about his charge,
! got up and stole softly to the nursery to see
j that everything was right.
He found the door ajar and a dim light
j burning within. As he advanced he dis
I tinctly saw Arthur Berkley standing by the
table, holding to the child's mouth a bottle
' from which it was accustomed to receive its
j food. At the sound of the doctor's footsteps
; he stealthily left the apartment by a side
entrance.
Not a little surprised at these movements,
the doctor approached and laid his hand on
the child's face, which he found In violent
convulsions, which were followed tn a few
seconds by the sudden stillness of death.
A post-mortem examination and analysis
of the contents of the stomach placed it be
yond doubt that prussic acid had been ad
ministered. And an examination of the bot
tle, found where Berkley had left it, proved
that the milk in it contained a large quantity
of the same deadly joison.
On this evidence Berkley was arrested and
indicted for murder; and there was not a
dissenting voice as to his guilt. An Incen- i
tive to the crime was found in the fact that, !
as heir to his child, he would inherit the i
fortune which had descended to the latter
through the death of its mother. No wonder :
the deed so monstrous, actuated by motives
so mercenary, should excite the deepest in- j
dignation. 1
Berkley's previous character had been ;
good. He had always appeared gentle and
kind ; had been a devoted husband, anddur
ing the ;rief period of its life had showed t
the tenderest attachment for his child.
In . my conference with him he seemed j
overwhelmed with grief, hut strenuously
denied all imputations of cuilt, asserting ;
that he had not gone to the nursery after re
tiring that night till called by the alarm of
his child's death.
Of course his statement, In the tace of
proof so damning, weighed but little. I had
no confidence in them mvself. Still, it was
my professional duty to see that a man on
trial for his life, who had entrusted me with
his cause, had every right the law accorded
him. This duty performed, my conscience
would be clear, whatever the result.
It would be tedious to owell on the steps
preceding the trial. I interposed no ob
jection to it coming on speedily. My aim
was not to thwart the ends of justice, but to
see it fairly meted out.
Dr. Baldwin was the first and chief wit
' ness. He told his story clearly and methodi
: cally, and It was very easy to see it carried
, conviction to the jury. My rigid cross-ex-
euciieu tin: ici, ioi iuMaue, nmw inr luuu a
, , I .. t . x I . .. . . 1 . . . .. V. : 1 t
nurse lay in tho same room ; that she was
asleep when the doctor entered, and it was
to her he first announced the child's death.
I also examined fully as to the prisoner's aits
at the time the alarm was given, endeavor
ing to show that he came from the direction
of his own chamber, appearing to have been
just aroused from sleep. But I made noth
ing of this, the witness stating that his agita
tion had distracted his attention from these
points.
The Doctor had only lecently settled
among us, but his conduct had been so ex
emplary that he had made many friends.
He had especially won the confidence of the
pnsoner. 1 interrogated him as to his past
; career, but brought out nothing to his dis-
I credit.
I The evidence of the chemist who made the
analysis was next put in, and the State's at-
j torney "rested."
" have brought the nurse here," he said,
j "Vut as she was asleep when the prisoner
j entered, her evidence is unimportant. 1
j thought it my duty to have her here, how-
ever, to afford the other side the opportunity
to call her if they desire."
Nothing could render the prisoner's case
more hopeless than it was already, while
something might come out to his advantage.
"I will call the witness." 1 said.
She was a middle-aged woman, of not un-
i prepossessing appearanee. Her acitation
- i W!s visible ; and I noticed that in taking the
oath she laid her hand leside the book and
not upon it.
"I asked that the witness be sworn with
her hand on the book," I said, calling atten-
tion to the omission.
The Judge so ordered, and the witness's
hand shook violently as she leluelantlv
obeyed the direction, and the ?ath was re-
administered.
After a few preliminary questions as to
the hour of her retiring, her falling asleep,
etc. :
"What is the next thing you remember?"
I asked.
The witness hesitated.
"Answer the question," replied his Honor.
"I heard a noise as if some one was coming
into the room."
"Did you see any one enter?"
Another pause.
I repeated the inquiry.
"I did," was the answer.
'What did the person do?"
The woman's lace grew paler, and It was
with difficulty she found utterance.
"He came to the side of the cradle," she
said, "with the bottle of milk in his hand,
and put it to the baby's mouth.
The judge and State's attorney both bent
forward in eager attention. The latter, it
was evident, had not expected this testi
mony. I felt that my question thus far had only
served to draw the halter closer about my
client's neck. But I had gone too far to re-
i treat.
My voice trembled almost as much as that
j of the witness as I proceeded.
i "Did you recognize that person V
i "I did," was the an aer scarcely audible.
My client's life hung on the answer of the
next question! The silence of the court room
was deathlike. I dreaded to break it. The
sound of my voice startled me when I spoke.
"Who was it?"
Her lips moved, but no sound came.
Her agitation was fearful to witness.
She shook from head to foot. A deadly
pallor overspread her face. Slowly raising
her trembling hand and pointing to Dr.
Baldwin :
"That is the man !" she almost shrieked.
Then In quick, wild accents, she went on
to tell that on finding himself discovered by
reason or her waking, the culprit, who was
no other than George Granger, Mrs. Berk-
j ley's profligate brother, had disclosed to her
: that his purpose was to regain his lost inher
j itance by putting out of the way those who
; stood between him and it, promising the
j witness to provide for her handsomely if she
i kept his secret, but when, rut to the test,
j she had found herself unable to violate her
! so'emn oath.
) George Granger, alias Dr. Baldwin, would
j have left the courtroom, but an officer nas
ordered to detain him : nnd -hen his d's
gulse was removed, though he had been ab
sent for years, there were many present who
could testify to his identity.
My client was acquitted on the spot, and
his cell in prison was, that night, occupied
by his false accuser.
THREE (.001) STORIES.
EVIPF.STLT WRITTEN' ET SOME FOLKS
CAN'T TELL A LIE.
WHO
That habitual retailer of tough yarns, the
New York Sunday Mercury, lias done its
worst. It claims to have found a man In
that city who eats glass, and has eaten it for
twenty years. He says "all you want is
strong teeth. It's the best thing out. It
settles your stomach jut like a seidlitz pow
der. I've chewed up a piece of g!as when
I've leen so drunk I couldn't see, and In
less than a half an hour I was nil right and
soIht. I wrote to a paper here about it, and
what do you think they did Why, printed
my letter in an editorial headed 'Look to
your windows," and said it inut have been
written by a lnnHtie, 1 knew that editorial
was wri ten by a fool. I told a ttien.l of
mine of it, and asked him what I had better
do? lie said, hold my tongue or I'd land
on the island in a strait jacket. I saw a
chap eat glas once when I was a young fel
low in Germany. It was at a country fair.
I thought I'd iike to do it too, so when I
went home I tried it. At lirt I used to cut
myself, hut I soon discovered the real secret
of glass-eating in the life of Benvenuto Cei
lini, the great sculntor, by Goethe. S.une
person tried to poison Cellini with diamond
dust, and gave some diamonds to a lapidary
to be ground to powder, which was to be dis
tributed in his food. The lapidary sold the
diamonds and ground up pome common
S glass. This was put in a d'oh of sal.nl, and
i Cellini discovered it after he had eaten so:n.
He found it was glass and didn't hurt him
' at all, while if It had been diamond it would
! have created ulcirs in his intestines, which
' would have killed him. So he expcritiiei ft'd
' on dogs and cat, and found out that there's
i no harm in eating glas, which digests and
i passes away."
; TWO THOUSAND KISSES IS AN Horn HOW
, A F.KT WAS WON.
At a part- of young people in Pari-, con
. versation happened to turn on the subject of
kissing, and the question was propounded
who of the young men present could boast
, of having given or being able to give "hi
; girl" the mot kisse. Various were the re-
plies this question called out. Finally a
' vnnni man nod tin cirl to whom Ive va I.e.
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trot lied bet ""0 francs that thev could kis
j .. , pf-ided thev
would !e allowed to take an occasional gias
of wine "between." Two persons were ap
; pointed a committee to count the number of
kisses, and the woik began. During the
! first hour they counted 2, 0'Hi ki"es. During
j the second hour the kisses were not nearly
j as numerous, for the committee only counted
1 l.ooo. After the third hour, during which
j they managed to score but 7."C. further opera
; tions were brought to a sudden standstill,
j The lips of the young man were seized with
I a cramp, and he was carried off in a fainting
condition. The girl, a few davs later, was
i strj(.ken with brain fever, which nearly car-
i ried ilor pfr to a anil wi,Pre ki5S!ff nder
any form Is unknown. When the people
who had won the bet demanded their money
the parents of the girl refused to pay her
share of it. The matter was then taken t
the courts, and there it was decided that the
bet must le paid.
A DEVICE TO rntVENT MAKKET MEN TAI.1S
INO OFF OLD FC.CS FOR FRKH ON F.S.
The .Viftraulr-ee Hun says Satn Medill lias In
vented a device to prevent market men palm
ing off old eggs for fresh ones. The inven
tion is thus described: He proposes to ar
range a rubber stamp in the nest of every
hen, with a movable date. The stamp is ar
ranged with a pad, which is saturated with
indelible ink. When the hen lays an egg.
as is well known, she kicks slightly with her
j hind leg. An electic disk is arranged so
mat ner loot touches it, when the statun
j
I
,
turns over on to the ink pad, and tiir-n re
volve, stamping the date on the eng. The
ben then goes off about her business;, the
farmer's hired girl removes theegg. replace
the stamp, which is ready for another. n
each evening, after th- hens have r. tire-1 to
their downy roost, with the roo-tors. the
date of the stamp is changed to the follow
ing day, and the good woik gm- on. In ibis
way there can be no cheating. Yon g.i to
the grocery and ask for fresh egg, and the
grocery man says he has some eggs of the
vintage of January 29, lss-i, for instance.
You look at them, and there are the fi;nre,
which cannot lie. With this method it i an
object for the man to get rid of his ege.
knowing that to-morrow may be too late.
One of I'rottoii Knott's Sromr.s.
There was some sort of celebration in honor
of St. Francois de Xavier, which he attended.
A host of negroes in his neighborhood were
Catholic. When he came home hi darkey
boy asked him how he liked the Catholic
service. "I," said he, "could not stand it."
He said, "There was one point about it that
I never liked." "What is that?" aid the
boy.
"The priest does all his prnying in Latin."
At this the colored boy fell down in the
road, and rolled over shouting w ith laughter.
"Why, what Is the matter with yon ?" aid
Knott.' The darkev answered : "Fo" God,
massa, don't think th.r.t de Lord can't under
stand de Latin as well as English. In the
Catholic churches 1e priet he prays to .)e
Lord, s.nd not to the congregation ;" nnd
Mr. Knott added that he had been brought
up in a chuich where the preacher prayed to
the cortpregation, and acknowledged that tb:
boy ha t got the advantage of him.
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