' I MINI Ue CAMBRIA FREEMAN IU L,Sfcl ITKKI fKID.1V JIOKMAU ' i P- Vu H A MrPIL. The targe ajid reliable cireulati.n of the 7a BRIa Fiha! egmnifndi it to the f rrd cm. Uderation of iiltenlwn. mbow tutors will be in serted it the following low ralea : 1 Inch, S times 1 W 1 8 months $60 1 " t months.... 8 to 1 " 1 year t u 1 " 6 aionttlt e I.' t " 1 yenr p. 3 " 6 month 8 " 1 year 12 "0 corn months 10 "O t " 6 months . K " 1 vcar -A ' I " e months " W 1 ' 1 v. ar 7MO Adm!n!strt..r' and Executor Notices Auditor's Notices 2 00 Stray and similar Notices Vlo Business lieius. first insertion 1 'C. TT line : each subsequent Insertion be. j-er line. I'-f Retotuttont or procrrrfma of any eoprrratton or tocitly. mid r-innKnt'CMi drncnr4 to ruU eitrn flm to any iKltrrr of l-nifrrf or individual li'rf, nuf( ;aid Jor at advertirrmcnt. Job I'Ri5Ti!f of all kind neatly and exi-c1:H-ouIy executed at lowest prices. 1'un'l you forget II. u J - ' s- f,uteed Circulation - l,OGS .-ILL A UOi'MlNO. MATCH IT? tfi t pl nipriox II A TUN. . e year, cash in advance 11.50 c" .. If not p'ii within 3 mos. 1.75 ir not P'' within 6 ran. 2.00 if not p'll withiu year.. 2.25 residing outside the county tonl jut year will be charged to rJ'-T-' P"' i v. il! the above terms be de- ... ri:i I loo' wlm don't consult thir .,;.','iiy pulnif in advance inusl not ',, nJ-.-.i on the smie; fooling as those j", if, f:l.:t fie d:4t:nully Understood .... .. f .1 wr.r J. H. A. McPIKE, Editor and Publisher. "HB IS A FREEMAN WHOM THE TRUTH MAKES FREE, AND ALL ARE SLAVES BESIDE. SI.50 and postage per year, In advance. r r v air paper t.iforo you stop it "(VOLUME XIV. None but scalawag's) do oth EBENSBUItG, PA., FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1SS0. NUMBER 1(J, e nsfK!nwii-!'.le s too ihort V1 U IH . . Ill 0" HSURING YOUR LIFE . -i r u : Tfill. PRUTECTIOX 1 ASSOCIATION! VE I'l'FIt'E. GIIEENVILLE, 0. - ,. ... ti: it I il you a shield 1 ' . ;; :r- in t'.c at.-ruis ol lite when ! I K I iKS: i . . urt.) Pr--ldent. Vice I rf-IJuni. St-L-rt!:try'. Tr-aurJr. t ::i.r r.-v'ja- icn'l Sup't. -i i l i -A'i i;iu;s. - , , o:r the fullowinic ;.eclal fea- ,.: : ;.: rr-tevti-ja oa tho Mutual Af- ' M -iiil'C: j'.iip Kte ol iV 0a, for all , v. , r t!m Clurfci what- r,i ni:i l i s. .. i r J... ; lri n-i C4 year . who (. - . i-- :e .Itfi :t '--.i.i. u..iy ht-id vilh'T . - . .: i.' a:s l.iiii wii-t'i'.t Cortlneate, a; I.SIHIWMKNT lM.AN. ; . ! -It at iV ntli r at exi Iratlon ,' ' . j syut :tt !th or nt eij'tration , ' : '. ..;!'.!. tit Jvath or at tpiratioa ', t- i. io!e at b. ith or nt expiration I II'!'. I'l.AN. . , t, . . i; able Ht urit!i Oiily. - t. . -;'. ' ; ' 'iirs ta'.l 0:1 or ad lrf H. ( ). UlM.'Ill IKK. Ag-at for -a:!-rla N.uuty. Kt".T.-hirif . Fa. -; r rYi.-:.-, Si-crct-iry. Jrccnviiif, )hlo. . . I.. J..:l.toi-., M. .1. JSlK-lc, i L . A. S::o,-inak-i-. A. . J?uilc. 1 JOHNSTON, 30EXAKER & BUCK, BANKERS, EBENS3URG, Pa. DEI P.ECEI7ED ON DEPOSIT, rlVlh I.r. ) N I K M A I. IHALUiWIl! on time deposits. COLLECTIONS MADE 7.AFTS on the PRINCIPAL CITIES ! Foufcht auil Mold, mid u -MVM HANKING BTSlNKSS I !t.NSA( l i:i ). Account ;s tSolioitecl. A. W. BUCK. Cashier !.- ' '.ur '. 1 J. l-.-tf. j I.SB1BBIDGH&RR0 I DilAI.l'lUS IN ! Drv Groocls-i Fancy Goods, j ri L0THIXG,; NOTIONS, i iROCEHIES, &c.,i CAKUOI.LTOWN, PA. j IMl AI.HA1S SOLD AT Till". 'ERV LOWEST PRICES. i - asu iaii run rnrsTKT I'uo- ll Klirn .ot are not desired. ' I. VV. SII.YKKALGH & UKO. j '" i. Mar-di U l-?'.-t:. j B. .1 LYNCH,! Ham. rac lire r nml Healer In I HOME MiD CITY MADE j FURNITURE!! t-0lm-:s. bedsteads, TABLES. CHAIRS, M A r- r-, r- t-r o . n kylnth aventk, lM-t -a IMl, Hll,i nth St., ATtooiia. Pcnii'a. - ' ' .m.er.i --':n'V mid other ' ; b . -t ! r !' ! 1 ' KV-. V-.. M . r . -I : i' i . a v : f -d t o K i v i. '.. i. r-. a I am confident : . r r iu'.t an! I !"Ue '''' fite. " - ; t 1) .. LYNCH. V ' : "i". l .'.-tf. .Ill.4'r.l IS IH37. H-DirTl r oit TTTrriTT it tvt l AT WAhl m MUTUAL iLAfl. rnGreCTiOri MUTUAL Hli IRSDSARCE COHP'HT F EQEN3SURC, PA. i -y Liw .W-ssments in 22 Years. r STfAM MILLS TAKEN. cod FARM PROPERTIES r iK0. M. IlEADE, PresWent. j '' WK, Secretary. "'If. .1; 31. iv. ly. 'f" 1 ''"rtl.ln Rartaa, 10 s-prartt., "DOIT YOU DO IT!" Don't part with your money until you know the truth. Interested parties are spreading the reports that MR. JOHN WANAMAKER is not interested in the old and famous OAK HALL Clothing business and does not personally direct its affairs. Nothing could be more Untrue! Mr. JOHN WANAMAKER has pre cisely the same relations to Oak Hall as in the past. WANAMAKER & BROWN is what it has been ever since Mr. Brown died, 12 years ago. Mr. JOHN WANAMAKER per sonally watches over the faithful prepa- ration of the BOYS' CLOTHING, and the conducting of the store. Nothing is allowed to pass his eye that is not straightforward and true to the interest of those who have natronized the house for iq vears and depend on its reliability. From all appearances the year 1880 is to be the largest in sales ever known. The READYMADE Department is Better Stocked! The BOYS' Department is Better Stocked ! ! The CUSTOM Department is Better Stocked!!! The SHIRT Department is Better Stocked!!!! All this will be apparent on FIRST SIGHT l Please call whenever you can and look through this BEEHIVE of a Building, so busy with its Hundreds of Workpeople and Customers. Do not forsjet that Clothinrr vill stand better service be got and that it does much) as other makes. HfflS OAK HALL, SIXTH AND MARKET STREETS, THE LARGEST CLOTHINC HOUSE IN AMERICA, PHILADELPHIA. DON'T, GENTLEMEN, DON'T 13TJY" .A. STITCH OF WEARING APPAREL! OR SINGLE ARTIC3.E OF UNTIL VUU HAVE SKKX TIIK LMMEXsL STOCK OF WARM-WEATHER CLOTHING, Tiuniks9"V"xlises, &c, feo. JUST RECEIVED AT THE Young America Clothing House, Corner Eleventh Avenue and Eleventh Street, ALTOONA Tin: l'KorniFi ons of wiik SI'ANl Al KEEP A STOCKandSELL AT P11ICE8 W II It'll I liW CAX J.ll'.' AM NOr. fAS KXCEL. Thereforo we repest it: Ix.n't ln-.-t ..no rent in SI'KI NO or ST'M M KK I,( TH1 N(. O K VI "S 1TK rVi.S 111N t KioIS, &c., &.C.. until yon have peen what they can do for you at tho ""Vv, Ulfr A TnfTMOn S s , v l J-i'S.j Cor. lltli Avenue :wil 8 TATKMKNT OF TIIK IJKCKII'T: Wiluoub from l:h April. 18T'J. to 10th April, Is : Josbcu Miller, Treisiinr, Im. To balance In h imtj ol the Treasurer at laH settlement $'"3 " ain't recM since last eettlemout.... 4:1.68 flOl.&J t'n. liy am't paid out perTouchera $4'.' 91 2 per cent, on $-12.. - M.i'8 llalanca in mind of Treaiurcr... . $ 47 81 Rttourctl of U '.l nrr I'oro', April 1''. ii.i.ai lie. l.-.l on Kilnlioate for 1S78....$ tl 8 on lu licnte fir l8:u.. Hal. jiliuentii on I krt J..f. Miller, ljii. Balance in hands ol Tr-jasurer :.l.t s vail 47.81 lt S.78 l.iakilitiet of Wi'.more Por.. tame date. Orders unpaid iued prior to hirt set tlement ?8'i.00 Onlem unpaid Issued Mnce last set tlement . 17.M-flrt2.i Kicess of resource over liabilities 6 V) ATe do hereby eertifv that we have etsmlncl the acc.iunis of tlie Horoiiah ol Wilmore and tintl the above statement to be correct. HKKNAItl) M'COLHAN, ) WHi.AS ASM K, '.Auditor. N. '. KVANS, Wllmore, April Ti'l, 168 .-3t. 17 X KU I TT( )HS' N ( )TI C K. J Kftntn nriMleRAKL BnAvi r.Y. rlcc'rt. I-ttern tctniiieiit:iry on the extnte ol M it h.iel Hranioy. late of l'ort:iii' townfhip. havinif bivii it lur.l to the un.lerlif ned. notice in herehy ifiven to all parties indbtt-d to nanl entrtte :hnt nn-nt mu?t Ut inatle without tlclay. while those h ivlnn rlai n.a aval n."t t he miiio an) 1 e.tit:rted to pre-e.it them, (lulr proltiile l lor settleiueiit. TIIKJIAS .1 HKAWl.ET, $ reenter!. r.rt;e I'wji., April S, lti.-flt. of MEN'S AND if the W. & B. make i than any other that can not cost any more (if as MA K TO 11' Tlllllli CON- O 1 rfln"n Cr TTnilsifi. r lltli Street, Alteona, l'n. U-tl. STATKMKXT OF TIIK HKCKIPTS AI Kl'K."ll i t'KF.S OF Ht.ACKI l. K Tcwst- BHU- lor the year ending lath ol April, ISSo: Simon '. Arws. S ij.ervls ir. IMv. To am't of K..J.I Tmi.lieate in 4 ( ir.lcr n 'ountv Treasurer. li.T.l'i lU.il 1448.11 " C ir.ler on incom'ic .Suporv'r. R. By am't work tlone on roads. - I ir.lors I .lid ..-rviccs rt-11'lt.Tt.-il . .. li return t-ixcs o exont ration? ..$.1. 0.21 . . S8.88 . . K7.75 ."..r.-T .. i:..; 44.ii I ! noi ii KEiy. Supei-vifor, I'll. To itm't of Ko.ni Duplicate j71.71 " Order in incum'g Superv'r. a.r.:w J3n7.Cl Cb. By am't of work done on roni-. . . 7.1 l! am't of service rendered aj.M By am't el exonerations 7S ? 7.01 Amount of outstanding orders $ f7.17 We. the undrrsiif ned Audltorsof lilacklick town ship, do certify that we have eiainiried the accounts of the above named Supervisors anil lind them .TiHN M.s iiHlllCK. THUS. V.. KAVIS. Blackllt-k Twp., April lso.-nt. Auditorf. DMINISTHATOKS' NOT1CK. U. . K'tat" ol KmiNTEi. IHsiiiKT. tlec'd. J-ttersof Administration on tho estaieol Kman uel liishHrt, late of 'arroll township, deceased, havlnn: b.rcn crruntcd to the underpinned, ail per sons indci-ted to the said estate nre hercliy uotiiiud that payment must be made without delay, and lhos havinur claims airinst the same will present them, properly authenticated for settlement. AI'iiUJlMA lUSIIAltT, , . , AMdiKW H. IdSHAKT, A,Jra r"' Cnrroll Twp.. April 2, lSSo.-6t. F 7C)I! tiif. LEGISLATURE. I here by announce mvelf as a candtdnte for the Legislature, snbiect to the rules of th" Iximncratie ro'intv ti.,nv-ent ion. r. S. pl.K.MINCr Oalhtzla. .Mare.i 10, l0.-t.c. stock IAKER S BROWN, THE IIOJIf l.Y BABi:. Oood nature reigned throughout the car the day was cool and bright; The time was passed In merry song, and conversa tion light. Though here and thcro a veteran of railroad travel dozed, Or read some lately published work, with book and eyes half-closed. My journey had been long, and yet my destination lay Beyond the distant mountains, near thousand miles away : And boing wearied with my ride, I neither talked nor sung. But kept my teeth woll closed and made a captive of my tongue. A weil-dressed mother looked with pride upon her laughing child, A handsome babe with riltuplod cheeks and .(due eyes largo and mild So handsomo that at lant it drew all strangers' j eyes that way, j And many roe and gathered 'round where tho j charming lnlant lay. j No honest pride can equal hers who heard her 1 baby's praipo I From the Hps of those whose thoughts were shown j in their admiring gare : t And I doubt il great Napoleon e'er felt onjhalf as j proud j As d:d that happy mother 'mid that kind admlr- lug crowd. ! Thero was still another infant, and, a mother just ! a dear j Sho sat alone, unheeded, in a seat far In the rear ; 1 And her scanty garb and thin, pale face on which j care's shadow lay 1 Said plainly that the light of hope shone dimly ! fin her way. j Her child was far from beautiful, and poorly, spars ' ly dressed ; j And she seemed to say, as to her heart its form she closely pressed : I "l'oor, slighted child '. no kind carets but mine I brings solace here ; : My kiss alone Kills on your cheek my praise Is all 1 you hear.'' Then, for the first time, I perceived two brotvneyes y,iiite intent. In watching this poor, lowly pair; the gate was kindly meant, I For tho eyes wero full of tympathy, and 1 could read therein i That their owner could enact the role of "Oood Samaritan."' i I Trodueii.g lour fine oranges, the young n.an cross j ed the aisle, j And spoaking'to the Woman, with a kind, assur , lug smile, ; He placed the fruit upon her lap, and said, in ac i cents mild, ! "Your child is very quiet I so love a quiet child." j Her lace shone with pure gratitude; her sad eyes j grew moro bright ; j She felt so proud ol what ho said and truly well ; she might ; 1 For had not her babo received the pralso ol the i 1 noblest heart by lar i The truest, tend'rest, bravest heart that beat n lth i in that car? Detroit Free Pre. THE SISTER OF. MERIT. A rilETTT I.ITTI.E STOKV, SOT WHOLLY FIC TION, KIIOM THK FKKNCH Of" AL KE I.IEN" SCHOI.L. In the chamber on the first floor In the Av enue Montaigne, a woman was dying. From ! the apartment itself, which was almost emp- ty, it would have been difficult to discover to what class of society the dying woman be longed. The salon was empty. Not a sin gle piece of furniture remained in it. Some old blue velvet curtains were still hanging at ; the windows, doubtless because tiie brokers i had disdained to take them. It was old vei- vet, yellow at each crease, and eaten away I by dust. In what had been the dining-room j there remained only a dilapidated cane-seat- I ed chair and a little table of white wood, i i covered with bottles of all kinds. On the j floor were two or three dirty towels, still I wet, a sponge and a chipped salad bowl, that j served as a washing basin. I The bed room was evidently the only room . that the bailiffs had spared. There, a , threadbare carpet still covered the floor. At . the foot of the bed was a large arm-chair I placed as if it were a sentry-box. The (stuff J curtains had been left, but a practiced eye would have seen by the rents in the muslin J curtains that a rapacious hand had torn away i the lace. ! Two billets of wood were smoking sadly in , the fireplace, having for sole companion a ; kettle, from which emerged two or three j leaves covered with a white foam. The room was lighted from a sanded courtyard in the j midst of which a close-cropped grass plot ! humiliated itself at the foot of an acacia. j The leaves had fallen ; the black, gnarled j branches, twisted into knots, were waiting i for the rays of spring in order to put on a little verdure. j "Madeline," tn uttered. Hie sick woman, ' am thirsty." ! A woman of some fifty years, who was I standing near the window, came up to the j bedside and poured a few drops of potion i into a glass. Then shf raised the head of ; her mistress, approached the glass to her I lips, and said : ! "Does M idaine la Corntesse suiter much?" "Yes, there is fire there," replied the sick woman, placing; an emaciated hand on her breast. The woman, who was dying thus in a de serted and desolate room, was no other than tqe Comtesso de San-Castelli, about whom thre was so much talk a few years ago. lXow' of llir Iast luxury, there remained ' on I e -j ontv lin Tii.timi slitivvl tf a r...l.lisli limu-n j embroidered with gold, in which she wrap- j ped herself up for want of a bed -cover. j The success of the Countess iu the world i of fashion hail not been forgotten, and more j than one European prince, still keeps a me- i daition iu whicii the features of the fallen ido! bavf reniniiiMd vnimi ami smilintr Tn. ' day her black hair seems to fatigue her en feebled head with its weight ; life ha al ready retreated from her hollow cheeks, and pale brow, A dry and jerky cough tears her bosom ; at the age of thirty-five death has marked her as its own. A sovereign, who had enriched her, had left before her for the regions where go the souls of those who have souls. The prince X., her third loved, has ruined himself and disappeared. The banker L., who had given the Countess her hotel in the Avenue Jena, can no longer even pay his margins at the Bourse. It is only by a miracle that he has been able to escape tlie hand of the law. He was not declared a bankrupt personally, but the company that he directed has gone to meet the swarms of companies that are. no account. Raoul is in Africa with his regi ment ; Gon trail is married; Adrien has dis appeared. A hurricane of ruin has biown upon all her old adorers. The two or three who have held out have been wearied by re peated requests for'money; another is placed in such an elevated legion that lie is unap proachable. The Countess has sold her jewels, one by one, ami after her jewels her toilets, and af ter her toilets her furniture. I upon by unlucky speculations, has scarcely anything to live upon but the income obtain ed from his practice. Still he conies to see the Countess every morning, and after each visit he leaves a louis on the corner of the chimney-piece. It is this daily louisthat has hitherto kept the Countess and her chamber maid. Madeline, who lias seen the horses and car riages and diamonds, who remembers the days when the Countess had fifteen servants and fifty admirers, cannot believe that these times will not return. As for the husband of the Countess he never knew his wife. The marriage was ar ranged by the Trince de M , and a post of three thousand francs a year was given to the ruined descendant of a great family in exchange for his title, lie saw his wife dur ing the marriage ceremony, then he took j possession of his post, and sometimes ho read with mediocre interest in the newspa I pers that the Corntesse de San-Castelli was ! obtaining great success at St. Petersburg i and at Paris. It did not seem to liim that she was his j wife, and when he was questioned on the i subject the Count replied coldly : "I believe that she is a relation has turned out badly." Madeline had passed more than thirty nights in the large arm-chair at the foot of her mistress' bed. The doctor said : "That woman needs rest. There are Sisters of Charity who have imposed upon themselves the mission of watching over the sick. 1 will send you one to-night." At C o'clock a little sharp and rattling noise was heard, produced by a bell-rope pulling a broken spring. Madeleine went and opened the door. The Sister of Charity followed her. "Here are the potions,' said Madeleine; "this one every ten minutes, that one every hour. There is still a little wood in the cor ner." Madeleine went to share the bed of a chambermaid, a friend of hers, who lodged in a neighboring hotel, and the Sister of Chaiity took her seat at the foot of the bed. Mme. de San-Caste!ii asked to drink. The Sister raised her head gently ; then the sick woman, instead of drinking, fixed her large black eyes on the face of the Sister. "How old are you?" she asked. "Eighteen years, Madame." The Countess murmured to herself: "Eighteen years"' drank greedily, and re sumed, as she let her head fall back on the pillow: "Do you know that 1 nu t'oing to die ?" "They did not tell me so, Madame ; per haps there isstill a possibility of saving you?" "Saving me:" cried the Countess, with irony, "and why? Jife means youtii ana beauty. I am already dead, my child." The Sister opened the book of her order which she had brought with her and began to read. This young girl had the most charming face that artist ever dreamed of. Hers was au improbable beauty, shining forth with sweetness and holiness. The white band that confined her pure ivory brow hid hei hair, leaving visible only her eyebrows, which might have been traced with Indian ink, so delicate and correct were their lines. The Corntesse de San-Castelli contempla ted her with admiration and envy Sudden ly she exclaimed : "Are your vows eternal ?" "Ves, Madame." "What is your name ?" "Sister Hose de Lima." "Iut your family name?" "It is forbidden us to reveal It, Madame." "Why ?" "It is a rule of the order." "Still, you may tell me if you have any parents." "None, Madame." "Your mother?" "1 never knew her." "Your father ?" "He is dead." Wearied with so persistent an ivestigation Sistei Hose de Lima asked gently if the Countess would have a little tisane. "No, thank you," replied the Countess, and then suddenly the added, "you are more dead than I am, young girl '. To-morrow, perhaps, a spadeful of earth will bury even my memory, but I have had of life ail that life can give. You will only have known j walls, bars and silence dry bread, prayer I ; and austerity. When I entered a salon I 1 used to raise a murmer of admiration as I I passed along. I have made queens and ! princesses weep with rage. The horses pranced at my door ami adorers crowded my : staircase. I have worn on my brow a dia- mond that Semiramis would have envied, i and I have melted more pearls than Cleopa- ; tra. Noise, movement, luxury, flattery ; all ' that I have exhausted, without departing! i from an inflexible motto: 'Shine, seduce, and loyo not.' Poor young girl, you might have all that if you wished " The Sister of Charity rose : "What are j-ou saying, Madame? Do you see what these vanities are? You have hail all that, and I am happier than you are. If I had need of consolation, the history of Mary, the sister of Martha, wouid suffice. For me a contemplative life has replaced an active life. In the depths of my solitude I ' love to lose myself in mute adoration, and I i forget the world that passes in view of the J world which does not pass." The voice of tlie young nuu had assumed a sonority full of enthusiasm. ' Just now," she added, "you spoke to nie of mj- father. I received his last sigh and his last benediction. I cultivate that cher ished souvenir like a precious plant, and I should fear to see it crushed ami withered outside of the retreat that I have chosen." Mme. de San-Castelli interrupted her. "Vanities, ditl you say? And what is life without its cortege of pleasures? In human passions there is sometimes a mixture of the gigantic. To be beautiful, is to reign. A cavalier who loved me killed himself at my feet ; he gave me there what lie would have given to no other. I have been adored like a goddess of antiquity. To make one's self tho rival of Cod is something high and terri- ble. Little as our life is, it is enlarged by pleasures, ami takes a peculiar importance by the profusion of our disdains ami the numbei of our victims !" Sister Rose Lima placed her hands on the Countess' lips as it to arrest her words. "You are feverish," she said. "You blaspheme and you pain me." Mine, de San-Castt Hi seemed to reflect. "Nevertheless, I have loved, I have loved once in mv life. I was sixteen. Wh.it has become of him? 1 was carried away in the She lias still but one only friend, Dr. I) , whose fortune she had made, but Dr. D j himself, whose fortune had been encroached j whirlpool of life. I5ut if lie -ere there my life would be sweeter. Open that casket, I pray you. .Sister. Here are my papers My certificate of birth Florence, 10 October- Maria Theodora Dasti." The sister advanced slowly toward the bed, holding out her hands. ''The man whom you loved," shemurmur ed, "was named Gabriel?" "Yes," cried the ding woman, "Gabriel de Beryls. How do you know that ?" "It was he who brought me up-" "Your father?" ''Gabriel de Beryle." The Countess continued wildly : "You were born in Italy, lie brought you to France after my treason and he is dead !" The poor woman stubbed. Sister iCose de Lima had fallen on he knees and hidden her face in her hands. The Countess seized her and covered her with feverish, passionate kisses. "You did not, then, know who 1 was when vou came here?" "My father never pronounced the naiiie of Castel'.i." "True ; for him I was never anything but Theodora Dasti. lint tell me, how did he die ? What did ho say?" "!Ie died with one hand in mine and the other in that of his best friend an old man a priest." The countess raised up her daughter. "You are my redemption'" she cried. "I shall die in peace. Go, fetch me that old nun." thi: em; in r.r.u's story. On a sunny October day, according to in structions I had received from the officers of I ti,e railroad company, 1 handed the engineer , of Engine N'o. r.2 a letter from his chief, le- questing that I accompany him upon the en- gine, as a better post for the observations ! along the rails I had been commanded to make. j Alter reading it, he touched his lint, and respectfully bade me welcome, arranging as ; comfortable a seat for me as he could pro i vide for the long ride which lay before us. j It was a novel experience for nie, and a ' highly exciting one, as we seemed to cleave ' the air, the train thundering along behind j us ; and I could but look admiringiyTU the I man who stood so unflinchingly nt his post j and in whose hand lay in reality all our lives, i He was a tall, handsome fellow, whose ! keen gray eyes never stirred from his po-t, either to i ight or left, but whose cheery laimh often rang out on the clear morning air as j we chatted together. ! By noon we had become friends, at whii h i hour we stopped at a small station, where I there was a delay of twenty minutes, to take i on e,-,ai or water. As we slowed up, I noticed standing on the platform a young woman, holding a neatly covered basket, and clinging to her skirts a little child, some three years , of age. "Papa! papa !" the little one screamed in delight : and, glani ing at my companion's face, I needed not to question if he were the one thus called. Another moment, we had stopped, and wife and child were pressed to his breast, while a look of wondeitui tenderness crept into his eyes. "My wife and child, sir," he said, turning to me. "1 have only one day a week off with them : but Mary always meets me here with my dinner, and now and then I get an hour or two with her." "It is a hard life," I said. "You must miss them sorely." "No matter where I am, sir," he replied, ' they are with me. I hear the little one's voice above the loudest wind, and I see my Mary's smile in the darkest night, although I stand alone on my engine, with my life in my hand. It's a haul lite, maybe, sii, but I ! ought not to complain. It gave me my hap- piness, since it won me my wifn." i When we were on our way again, and I i had seen the tears fill the wife's bright blue ! eyes as she fondly kissed her husband goo.l- by, while I had slipped into the little one's j chubby hands a golden gift from the strange gentleman riding with papa, I asked my I companion what he meant. "I don't know as you'd care to hear, sir, j and there's not many as I'd care to tell. , You read so many book stories of the people ! who make up your world, that vmi have not much time to look dourn to mine. Theie are j people who think such as we have no time to : love, but you have seen Mary and my boy, ' and you'il tell me if I tiro you? "I was a careless fellow enough six years ago, not neglecting my work when at my post, but fond of a good time with my com panions when off duty, always reaoy to ac- j cept a friendly glass, and sometimes with mj' head not quite steady when I mounted my ; engine, though the air always set me right j before we had goue far on our way. "One evening, at a dance, I met Mary Morton. She was the prettiest girl in the j room, sir, and little bit of a coquet in those j days, though r.o more than was natural, w ilk ! all the young fellows trying their best to turn her head, ' .."I was not long behind the vest. I couldn't . get her out of mj- thoughts, but it ditl not ; take me a great whiie to find out the truth i of the matter. I hail lost my heart. The ' only question was, would she turn me adrift, ; or give me hers for that she had stolen ? It was many a week before I got up couraee i enough to determine to ask her to Vie my j wife. Every moment off duty I would spend with her, until I grew to fancy she used to watch and wait for my coming, "But I was not without my jealous hours, for all that. How did I know how she spent ' the time, I was so constantly aw aj' from her? ! "At !ast I heard of another dance, to be given on the night I would he off duty. I j could not see Mary until then, but, I felt sure j she would know I would come lor her, and. i would go with no one else, j "lint when the evening arrived, I found I when I called for her that she hail already j gone. Perhaps sir, in your rank of life, you j know, too, what it is to be jealous, and how j many a man destroys his future happiness I ly it- j "My first words to M.ry were those of re- j proach, while her smile at my entrance died i away and her face grew white. j , j j j j ! j " 'I did not know j ou wero coming, John. How could I ?" " 'You might have waited, then !' I ex claimed. ' 'Anil stayed at home, perhaps, to havo had you laugh at me, with tlie rest. Resides, I am quite satisfied with my escort, and I lielieve I am the only person to be consulted in the matter.' " 'As you will, I said, turning on my heel. i lmilterine; the word "coquet !" between my teeth, and unheeding the little, pleading i glance she sent from time to time across the ! room to where I stood. j "She was not without pride, and if she j suffered from mv coldness, he only smiled j the brighter on others, until I grew mail : with jealous anger. That night began a j series of dissipations with which I employed j every leisure moment. I drank more deeply than I had ever done in mv life not a t f,., .1 .... 111 o ..A n,.,lf,,lln,v. l.'ie, i.n wifluru mnm-iiii n:u in'n , ship, but to drow n memory. "1 did not go near Mary for a month. To me it seemed a year. Once, after a night's caiousal, I passed her on the street ; but not ! until long after did I learn 'if the bitter tears my haguard face and dissipated air had cost . her. Finally, my better nature triumphed, and I went to her, repentant, to ask her for giveness, and perhaps her love. "On a long, lonely night ride I made up ! my mind to do this, though like a thousand mocking devils, memories (if the moments I hid spent in the last few weeks crowded around me, as though taunting me, in con trast to her purity : but with Cod's help 1 , would make myself worthy, I said aloud, and thought the hours would never drag ! along, until I could find myself once more in , her presence. She came in to see me, hold ing out her hand with a sweet smile of wel, come, as though we had parted only yester ; day, and yet and vet there was a change. Ah, I learn ed it ail too soon ! In those lust few moments I told her the story of life for the past few months, of what it had been before I knew her of what it should be if . she would give me the assurance and promise of her love. Then I paused. For a moment i silence lell between us ; then she spoke. A ' bright flush was in her cheeks, her lips trembled, her lashes veiled her eyes, but her lips faltered not. " 'John,' she said, 'I am only a girl, it is , true, but the man I marry mn-t be a man. Perhaps I might have loved you' here a little tremble crept into her tone 'but I have ' almost ceased to respect you. Were you my husband. I would fear for y.ni, and fear ; and love cannot go hur.d-in-li.ind." " 'Stop !' I said. 'Do you want to drive ine back to tlie life 1 had hoped to have left ; behind me? Oh, Mary, do not be so cruel. lie my wife, and let me prove the stuff that is in me.' "'No, John,' she answered, softly: but ; the blue eyes she now raised to mire were swimming in tears. 'If yi u h ive seen the wrong, sui rely you will not return to it. Rather, if you indeed love me, jirorc yourxttf a i.ian. It does not take ab.ut!e.i"ld to make a i.ev.i. ' " 'Prove yourself a man.' These were the words that haunted me in the weeks that ; foil. i-ved, saving me from the rui:i I would else have drifted into, but toituiing in - with their hopelessness. What hope had I in my daily routine of duty of changing Maiy's mind? Yet, spite of her words, something in her eve had told me that she loved me, i and that something gave me strength to live, and It withstand the daily temptations of my life. "So six months passed, when one morning I mounted my engine to take the expiess train to C . We were going along at the rate of thirty miles an hour, when suddenly. right ahead of us, it seemed, a tmj spec:-; of red tluttfreil on the track. "I strained my eye I blew my whistle. What could it be? Merciful heaven! An other instant it was made ar t. me. It was a little golden-haired child, play ing in the very face of the huge monster of death my hand was guided to ii', destruction. "I whistled 'down brakes,' but, as 1 did so, knew that it was of no avail. Drfore the order could be obeyed, it would be rendered useless. Then son:? thing within me said : "Your life is worthies. Civeit for that innocent life if it must be, but save it at the peril of your own. Had vo l been a better man, you might have had a little child like that and praying for you at home." ' It takes a long time, sir, to tell Jail tir.s, but in reality not one second had passed. At such times men tliink quickly. One bit ter sigh roe in my breast. I would r.evt r have a chance of proving to Maty my man hood by ionic great deed in the future, or long yer.rs of penance. IJul it did not nuke my duty any tbe less clear. Kill, the f re man, was behind me. " 'Take the engine !' I screamed to 1 i:n. '(iood-by, M try,' 1 w hispere 1 1 jw to myself. "The next minute, hardly ci ns -iors of what 1 was doing, I was down upon th-cow-catcher of the train, clinging by one ham!, the other outstretched to grasn the child, now paralyze 1 w i:h terror. Tut n we were upon it. It was killed, crushed, man gled. No! I look down. It was safely held within on strong arm, it- led di.-ss flutter ing in the wind, its golden head close pressed against mv shoulder. Hew was it done? 1 cannot toll you; sir. d, t! y sav, dot s not let the span ow fall. "Then the train checked its speed, stop ped, the passengeis came crowding about us, men grasped me by tho hand, women cried over me, and I stood dizd und IncibUr ed in their midst, the child tight-held within . my arms. It was such a simple thing : yet, sir, they gave me this,' 'throwing back his : coat, and showing a gold i:i"dah "I wear it in thanksgiving ft-r the little life I saved. They raised for in." a purse ,.f gold to a large amount, but the gift which seemed to cleanse mj' heart was the poor 1 mother's grentful tears. "The papers rang, next day, with the story. You see, sir. it seemed more tothem, looking at it, than to nie, who had no time ' to stop and think : but something more whs ' in store for me. I was off duty, the next night, alone in my lonely, desolate room, thinking it all over, when someone whisper ed my name. In another moment, sonif one was sobbing m my arms some one who had ' come to mo of her ow n sw eet will some one wlio, fr.e.n that moment, has been the sun ; shine of my home and heart. 1 "That is all, sir. It is a simple story. I ' trust I have not tired you. Put I, as I grasped th" nob'e fellow shanJ ; whose speech had so unconsciously bid rayed i tho grand t: tic heart w ithin, could only oehy . his Mary s words : "It docs not take a battle field to make a hero." A nkw steam street car, which with success in New Y.-ik, has be on grades of .".to feet to the milt has il te ami curves of thirtv-t'-ree feet radius. It readily drawn up all grades and around ail curves one, two ami evi n three cars, itse'f heing full of passengers, and under ordinary conditions it cm b. made lo do the w oik or two, three or even four teams .f iicr-cs. It makes twenty miles an hour. Ti; l of tears draw s mpathy. a comt-hkrau; heko. The following story has been tcld in the Southern press and Is ouched for by Gener al Kershaw : Kichard Kii 'Viand was the son of Jon Kirk land, an estimable citizen of Kershrvv coun ty, a plain, substantial f. inner of olden time. In lti'U he entered, as a private, dpt. J. I). Keni!edy'scoii!p:iiiy F.) of t!i Second vut!i v , ... ... I aronna oiuniecrs, in wia -ii company l,e ..... in t lii..!i nini'i il c was a sergeant in December, is",.'. The d ty ' after the sanguinary battle of Fredrick shun, i Kershaw's brigade occupied the road at the I foot of M.irye's HiU and the ground around Marye's house, th." scene of their desperate defeLceof the day Iff' 're. One huiHred and ; fifty yards in froi t of the toad the stone fac . ing of which constitute ! the famous stone : wall, lay Syke's division of regulars, I'nited : States army, between whem and our tr' 'ps a murderous skirmish occupied the whole day, fatal to many who heedlessly t-ji-J themselves, even for a moment. The lines was biiilged with wounded, deal and dying Federal vi tiuis of many dc-perate, gallant ! assault of that column of iS'V'O i brave men, I hurled vainly against that impi'ejr-iabie posi- tioii. All that day those wounde I men rent the'air v,i:h their gio.ms und their agonizing : cries of "Water ! water!" In the afternoon the good (tencral sat in the noith room, up I stairs, of Mrs. Stephens' house, in front of the road, surveying the lie; 1, when Kiikl.tml came up With an expression of indignant . remonstrance pervading his person, his nian ner. and the tone of his voice, 1..- said, ' .en ' eral, 1 can't stand this." "What isthe mat ' ter, Sergeant ?" asked the (ieiieral. lb- re plied : "All nijht and all day I have heard thoje poor people crying for water, and 1 can stand it no longer. I came to ask per mission to go an 1 give them water." The Oencral leg irdcd I.i :n lur a rirnute with feeling of profound aduur.iti-if, :mi said: ' KiiKiand, iloii t o.t know that you would get a l.'.i'.;. t through jour 1,- a. I th Moment J-ou stt pped (VI the w.'.il.'" "Ves, sir," he said, -I kt:o- that : but if veil will let me, I will try it." After a pause, the Oeneral snid : "K'ukland, I ought nut to allow you to run sj.-h a lisk, but the senti ment v hich actuates you is s.i noble th;t I will l.-it refuse- your rep- st, trusting tli.it 'io.i may ptotivt you. You may g c" The Sergeants eve lighted upwi'.h p!eaure. He said: "Thank yon. sir," an I ran rapidly dow n ti e stair-.. The i.-m-ral h.-ard hiui pa us a in.-.r.i.o.r. and men return, noun i:-. tw o stops ;;t gent's heart taken. The and said: ' a time. He tho bad failed, him. serg- ant stopp Uht ti ll e w: 1 at th s in;s- :.i'i) Kiik- '(iev.eial, call I show a h.mdkerc' 1 is l ead, land, yo;i he said. low r. w it couiitenn: ief ?" The c eral slowly ailv : "No a ins cuipna; can't do thai I'll take th a blight smi iv. Witii pr "All light, hanc-s," an : an ..n his ban !-.:!:. oue-1 arixii ty he 1 over the w ail cn uis'.like mercy. was watched as hf his errand of nn Unharmed he rea-; knelt beside him. stepi" rev -f hid tl. tender' e hrst sn:Terer. He ly raise. i the ill. i..o s own i v' ': breast t ing fluid down the Tl::-. done. ! ' l.iil e 1 l.i, ki:aps:ick nu lled out his hi .ken oat over l.i hi. then r. P.v tills time his ing head, re and poured fever sr-oiv! 1 it on hi the t l.i him tenderly .low tier his had. iimi", spread Lis turned to unolhei purpose was v.eii all danger was o; 1- OVerei s;:ffere know: n. Fi on both si mi all pa:t .".r.J the for the ebly field arose the cries o: "Wat water lis stii ::'y f. 'e and CohI s sake, water'.'" o mute appeal of s m.e h pite lid lift a hand b siy, lit :e too is feiing. For an hour and a mini-tering angel p;n -ue hi- 1 nor casc to g i and ret ;irn uu i half til l ! -r of in. ii he i. e Vt d r.ll the wont. do.! in tbnt lie returned tokis post wh... ,lU Of tile 1'; y u ::!.::'. t. V shad s".v h.e.v sweet I. is lc st tl w : cr s l - Idght ! mains t tii.guish the t .1.1. ! "" ii led I. Tl th' lie ,-.',d st..T-! Li: carg'-i.t Kirk!. i bait is- at o f i-!te:i:tnt. At t'el 1 of bit:!-, w as a .e.:l ' be V i him - '''IT g, 'ill' k.l- in the w i i" : i -e ties ii'.y j b-.ithe l-Vf.l , ami was ; manga he led hour of v: -i-calletl awav. .lci Had iit uv l'.:iii"ti lie d h. which l.-.ight h.ivc rc-uilcl in p -te enj 'V his fi;i:c and Me hi-country : has !.cr.;e...:h -d to th" Am -i icati out 1 the worid an ex-.mp'.e which tligniTi common hnmar.itv. ''vo.'r.--.'n ?' is. a iM iiitNT of Tin: Ki:ni:i. s.io .1. lilth lew Par lUS V.T.s a lhiitiii lie i:e b. y ;..od-h.ait II- thus !.;-i and a d f. 1 la.'.iy iii.aiiy rou r.io h. but v. a 1 rave w ou'.uh desctib. to some Win d Ht d tl:- pe . t is t At:''k tani. nccurreTi ' ; wh i vis: t i".r nanie ' am c a: 1 what fo 'Ml. d the h. .-vital. "Joe I'.li'sei.-." ' What is the mit'.ei- ?' "Iliind as a bat. sir : b "At vli:t i :t''i'.e ?" "Ar.tiet'i;;." "Il.e.v t'.i 1 it ?.-i-.:Ti; ' "I was hit and kn.wke he .'.! night on ihe buttle: und'T fire. I con' ! st in. not see. 1 wanted to s fire. 1 walte I an 1 ii-t-heard a man g:oa;i near "Mellow '." snys I. "Mellow voui'self," !-.". tout. 1 d ran. and had to old. The fight w as tl: pain, but eo'ihl or g--t out of the 1 n me. vs 1 "Who be you ?" s:n s I. "Who be y.-et "' n- he. "A Yiii.V:.'"."".ys'l. "Wt ii. Fill a Fee." s ivi he. "What's tin- m. ."' "" s.ivs 1 "My legs'- -in ashed." says :e "Can V'.e, wall;?" sav I. "No."" says 1 f. "t Y.n yt. a m- ."' s:r, I. " t-s," -..vs lit-. "We!l."sis I, a lebel, o! ; vou a little favor." "What's that '"' says he. "My eyes aie mit." says I, 1 you'll show pie the way I il e:i:i'T v. ; " "All light," s.;s he." "Cra! over h-ro," savs 1 : and h . "Now. ohl F. .'.v. i"it." .;; s I. i back : and he o id. I'l! ib 'bat .f ; "i io ahead." s.;ys i.e. I "Point tin- wav," -ays I. ! a blessed thine,." i "suaig it ahead." s.-.vs hi 1 "The italis v.e:e a ll i:i' ! trotted off and was -non na 1 cr.'i t see item i f i.ng' j 'l'.ully for you." says !;, ; -hook ii v lea almost oif.' ! "Take" drink." -:.y I.e. In , ca: ! eii, and I took a nip. j "Now let n d !'.C4in," s o' slowly," :::.d I t -o hhu tip. ! the navigation spm 1 did ('" w.i I I. at! i itrried him neaiiv a mi e ; most dead, lc sci.l : ' 1 it :- v. 'down." .lust tic:i a l .ice s j P.il'y: wh"-e t'.i 1 you get th ,t Where are we?" -ay - I. ! "In the r-b 1 e:.:n-t, ;"f cog:-. ; Am! d tl icy butt" v.s if thai x blcn me a mile ..ig! t in'o t! i Next day ' "-.! :n's :uv.y i 1 t.Hik u- I'otli in. iiiei td. n v. ! iin i mad." no : o-d ii v . r- i, 1 liim. 'i ri'i ci ; ! i s i y id e t"! his . "kind he did ft. r v.a- al no M. i: met - .i d on r.n.l has ail h.. :n C-l'1f I ;Te haii'h
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