THE CAMBRIA FREEMAN
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VOLUME XV.
EB ENS BURG, PA.. FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 18S1.
NUMBER 7.
'nY
a n y
v i if fx' i ir it i it I M m
best b&kcauw m town.:
FOR THE READY CASH DOWN!
New Stock of Winter GOODS
IN CI It RAT PROFUSION AT
FREIDHOFFS CHEAP STORE.
While so ) i'!i i are looking orvnrd to the conii'j PcLxl1calid ilfrtinn in hopes oj
brinj the luck it r.ian, (he m'.hfii'icr has (ncludcl to remain in the vy.rmntile
I'litinfss and rji'-c, it his vnive'Jfd attention l't yi'ioA'tiny his friendi
and the 'y.V.ic qt.KralU v llh ALL KIND OF OOObS
PRICES SO LOW
that xoyn CA. on dare
.)-? nfi'H ami ele'j -.nit
?"iv. coiiiiirisiiia a
DEI GOODS, DRESS GOODS, HOTIOHS, HUTS, CiPS,
Boots, Shoes, Groceries Hardware, Tinware,
Qneensware, Glassware, coJenware, Cigars, Tetecco, CanneJ Gcofts, &c, k.
Also, Fl.OUn, COllS MT:.L. FISH, SALT bytlie bushel nnd barrel, DRUGS, NAILS
GLASS, PL'TTV, IJKUSHE-S, ULiOOMS, &c. I have likewise added to my stock
JillilVJS PATKTVT CORN 1 1111. lIi,
whieh viill be told at tht rimarkable tote price of 60 centt each. Alto for talc, the
BEST AND QUICKEST BUTTER-PRODUCING CHURN EVER INVENTED.
tT" A lira incrcno ar bnslntss htis necessitated the enlarpmcnt of my store room and the erec
tion of an additional warerooiu, anil still my establishment Is literally crowded with choice goods and
eager seekers attcr baft aln. t-tlll helnu iletermmed to accommodate all who come, and especially
tr. frierds fruui the cour.trT, to whom the hiahestp rices in trade will be paid lor all kind of produce.
1 bavfl thrown open my lare ind commodious stable
tlatir ito-K. l aaoatui lor past larors ana noieiui
ttlsh Street, Ebrniburf, Ircember,
MENDELSSOHN PIANO CO.
Will make, for the next GO days
PIAJNTOS and
S0 SQUARE GRAND
CTV I r O Macnifieent r-.sewoo.l case elegantly
Jl I I U. J
Vaietit cantantc aarafles. our new
vre. !ie..ry -rpentine anil lare f.iney muuldini;, round ca. a. tail lr.m t ratue. r reucli uraml Action,
irand Hammers : in fact every liupruvement whiclt can ill any way tend to the perfection of the instru
ment it neen noiiej.
i-nr prl- Tor title instrument, boifil nnl ilellTered on board
mm Ei ew Ynrk. n llli fine FlannCoirr. Slool anil Book, onl r
I'lus Piatij will te s-ut oa test trial. I'lease send relerenee if you do not send money with order.
Ca-h sent with order will he reiundcl and freight cliarea paid by id botn ways if 1'iuno u not just as
re; relented in this advortiseLiicut. 1 huusands in use. Send for t;ataloiue. Every instrumen? laily
arrint9i lor Die vcar.
Hi! tin ft to tOO f-with Stool, Cover and Kimk). All strictly First. rlaae and s
Pi tt PS II ehclrsnlt fsietory prices. These I'iam.s nmdo one of the finest displays I
llOtlil ''t'tefln'alfc.xhioui'in.andwereuuaniTuoinly red tinmen; led lor t ho Hihkst Ht
I IHllUU 11. n ?j juirei contain uur .New 1 atom Seal .!! uremest improve nient in t!i hlsl
1(15 to tOO (with Stool. Cover and
Fleno mik ns. 1 he Cpriahts are the finest in America. Positively we iiiuke ti e finest I'ianns. of the
richest tore and e rcat.-t d ura'jiii; V. 1 eev a r rwt.m mended bv the h!if!est musical authorities in the
cotintrv. (inr 14 iu ut, and not on dissst iklled pnrrhsser. All I'lanns and irirans sent on 15
U.iya" test trial - re; j if f'et if unxatintactnrij. lhjn't rU to write us before bnyinsr. Positively we uffer
tLe l.e-t brai:. " .'aialojcui mailed tree. Haudsome lllutmted and Descriptive Catalogue ot 4S
pyes mail'-d ir 3-. stamp." Every 1'iano luliy warranted lur i years.
a n a I' O l,"r ''failor Juliile? Oivan," style K5, is the finst nnd sweetest toned Feed oiTran ever
II II I 1 F H iiercd t!:s musical pul'ile. It contains Fire Octaves. Five set of Reeds, feur of 1
f Sill nil "etit t each, aad ( in; of Three O.rtaves. Thirteen fop with (.rand Organ Diapa
UllUMlltj son, y. !.jjia. Vu, Flute, t'e.e.Ue, Dulcet, E'-ho. Jle'.odlar'iirte. Celestins. Vloli.ia,
Fl.te-i ..i Tr-molo, ( frand-i iran an.i (Jrand-Swell. Knee-Stops, lleisht. 74 in.; Ueui;th. 43 in.;
Wi !tl.. -!4 in.: Wejglit, boxed, S'ju it.s. The case is of solid walnut, veneered witl! ehni.e win.ds, and is
of an entireiv new a;ij tmuutiful design, elaborately carved, witii raised p:u;fls. music closet, lamp
tirn!. fretwork, etc.. a.i eleiant'y ttnished. Posse-sea all tha best and latest impmrementa. with
H'-ent power, fie, orifciancy and svun atlietic qu.ili'y of tone. He intiiiil solo e:r,-.-rs an t perfei't stop
action. Ken'.ar ttLn,! prlee $'i'5. lur whottiGlt net ca nrire to have it intro'l'tcd. with stool and
bojk. only ; as one orna s-ild e!;s several oTIiers. I'oitiTCly no deviation In price. No payment
required until you have tully tested the orian in your own linmu. We send all Krurans on IS dayt' fesf
t'-icl e.r.-l r;iy freight 1 o'h wiirs 1! iTi'trinnerit i not a represented, t ullv warranted lor & years. Over
8'i,'K)0 oM.' and .rerv 0-rin hm aiven the tallest satisfaction. Illustrated circular mailed free. Fac
tory and n arernnrci, 6ith at. and loth Ave.
C 1 f L' T" Ifl'SJfP ,l er.e-third price. Catalogue of 3,0 K) pieces sent for 3c. stamp. This Cata
Ol I I j . I JI L i '1 L 1' if ue includes ino't of the popular music uf the day ar.d every variety of musi
eai co-j:ptslt!on, bv the best autnor. Addreas,
Mendelssohn Piano Co., P. 0. Box 2058, New York City.
John Wanamaker.
DRY GOODS
If yo cannr.t
Tiitthe city, send
tj us by postal
card for MOUSC-
keeper's Price
List,a.nd Under
weirrriceList for
JANUARY
We 11 orders by letter from
every State and Territory at
tame prices charged customers
who visit the store, and allow
same privilege of return.
The stock includes Dress
Goods, Silks, Laces, Fancy
Goods, and general outfits.
Grand Depot,
GEIS.FOSTER&QUINN
ir & CLINTON STREKT, JOHNSTOWN, PA.,
1I.WATI
Ijitrgj'st and Cheapest Stoclt of
Dry a,ncl Dress Groocis, i
NOTIONS, MILLINERY, CARPETS, ETC.,
to be found in Cambria or ail joining counties. if Forgot not the street and numbers
nnd fail not to call, buy and be hnpry.
T H.
lit s i:n s r v v r . x- sr i v
w u.l rT
THE HIGHEST CASH PRICE
OHlRDHEflLOCRBLBI,
I'-ilov Mifp Tilli, (.air Skins, At.
i'- t. iv. j..r,m JOHNSTOWN, pa.
-JOSF.I'H .M, I)()XALT.
A i K)l(. E- T f. V.
r- fir. .f
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EKei.CBO, P.
r. ('oioiina.It Kow, mi Centre ttrert.
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AT HH i f: . A T-1. A XV,
AL.H.H iNA, PA.
" -r.. it.-vei. tct-e-jt :.th aed nh
rvr.-tr.
compete with m 31.
stork of rrtrylhing to be found in a ienerul
C'imiiletc lint oj
for the free use of all who mny wish to put up
ior uianr lutuie ones l remain as ever,
X. 3. FRBIDHOFF.
1SSO.
only, a GRAND OFFER of
OUGKAJNTS.
PIANO FOR $215.
finished. It atrlnjf. 7 1-3 octave.
fllll
patent over-tnnii scie, beautiful carved lezs and
S243.00
Kimk). All strictly Flret-claae and sold at
at the
logons.
Istorv ol
This lathe particular season in
which to pet and prepare House
keeping Dry Goods Sheetings,
Pillow Materials, Linens, Nap
kins, Towels, etc. It is also the
season for Ladies' L'nderwear.
The Grand Depot contains the
greatest variety of goods in one
establishment in
the United States,
and exchanges
or refundsmoney
for things that
do not suit, upon
examination at
home.
and
FEBRUARY
Philadelphia.
HAVE T1IE-
E
XKCL'TOR-sNoTICK.
Estate of Tjives tlol.tiss. dee'd.
I,ettrs testamentary to the extnta of James ('ol-
lins, lateol" 'rtiiineiiiill borough, deceased, havina
been i.-sucil tj the umiersined by the Kearister of
(ranihria county, notice is lierebv iven to ail per
sons indebted to said estate that payment must be
made without delay, and lhoe havina; claims or
demands airain't the same will present them pro
perly protatod lor settlement.
EIAVAKU KOONEY, Executor.
Tnnnelhill. .Inn. leSl.-St.
I? X Lt : U T !f.S N ( )T I C K.
-J Eetate of .ToH Wins, deceased.
Letter- testam.titary to the estate o( John WifS,
late t f ( roylo townllll. ( 'u inltria oountv, dee'd.
j bavin been isueii the uiideranrned by the Kea;
! i-ter of :i:,l coiinfv. ail iiersnna iuiiebied to the e-
t it-- in aii.,n xrt. hcreliv notified to make spjedy
paiiient. .md tooe havina- claims ayalnst lha
same will present i --n in Icpil shape for settie
uient. .H (SL.I'II A. W1SS, Elooutor.
'roylo Twp., Feb. 11 lHHl.-t
T.
AVr. DICK. A TTORXKT- T-IA w,
Ehensburir, Pa. Office In bnHrfrnjr of T.
J. 1-loy.'. !.;V. (first fto".l I'entre street. All
manner of lnal husleesi attended te aatlafaeto
ri.'y s.;d ctl.'Bctlfciii' a spechiity. tJO-Vi.-tf. f
nOST III RRTTOO FAST TO BE RICH.
Your road throuh life may be stormy.
Your bed not of rr.scf or down
Remember what Shakespeare has written
Of thnsa on whose head lies a crown ;
It Is bard to toll late and early
To delve or to wearily stitch
Po your best to improre your condition
But don't hurry too fast to be rich !
We find in the ool book this sentence
As long as the world 'twill endure
"He who to be rich" it says "hastenetb.
Beeoraeth the suddenly poor."
Jest turn to the passage and read it.
T hen lor lucre your lingers shall ltcb.
And of the camel and eye of the needle
And don't hurry too fast to be rich !
There are those in palace residing.
Yes, many, I venture to say,
Who'd rejoice and be glad to change places
With you my dear fellow, to-day ;
Ah ! little we know of the troubles.
The caros and anxieties which
Attend like a shadow, these people
So don't hurry too fast to be rich !
How exalted anil noble the wages
That always reward honest toil,;
Be they earned 'neath the fierce sun of noonday,
Or by those who consume midnight oil,
There lies beneath wealth and contentment
Oftiincs an Impassable ditch ;
Don't fall in it, brother, be careful :
Don't hurry too fast to be rich !
"BAR" DEXT.
Sereral years before the war there occur
red a tragedy in the eastern part of Tennes
see, near the present site of Rugby, that
aroused the indignation of the entire com
munity. Several days ago the concluding
chapter was enacted. In the neighborhood
mentioned there lived a young man named
Abraham Dent, a man of fine education, usu
ally kind in disposition, but of so violent a
nature when aroused that he was known as
"Bad" Dent. lie was tall and handsome,
possessing remarkable physical strength and
an activity that had made him a favorite on
the school-house playground. lie was weal
thy, to which influence he owed his escape
from i.oprisoninent, for he had killed a man,
and was only cleared after the best legal tal
ent had been employed in his defense. He
was not addicted to the use of liquor, but
would, as his companions termed it, get on
a spree f Ill-humor. On such occasions he
was morose, quarrelsome and dangerous.
His freaks were strange and unaccountable,
lie would help a friend out of an altercation
and immediately turn and knock him down.
Among his companions was a Young man
named Louis Guill a noble fellow. He was
as brave as a lion intelligent, kind-hearted
and faithful to every obligation. His father
and mother were dead, having willed hint a
farm, and several -'black folks." The friend
ship between Guill and Dent was a subject
of remark, for where Dent was violent Guill
was genial ; where Dent was "in for a fight"
Guill favored an adjustment and a hearty
! laugh. Yet the twoyonng men were friends.
' It seemed they had been born friends their
fathers were friends. Their mothers insist
' ed npon having the same kind of coffee ; the
J same .kind of cooking ; had the same ideas
regarding children, and, of course, were
! friends.
j One day at a picnic the two friends engag
ed in a quarrel.
"You told me you were not going to dance
with that eirl," exclaimed Dent.
"I know I did, Abe, but I couldn't well get
out of it. The boys arranged the set and as
signed the partners."
"It wouldn't make any difference to me
what the boys did, I wouldn't acknowledge
that I had told a d lie."
"If a man tell a lie it is better to ac
knowledge it. I hope I have not offended
i you."
I "Jiut you have. When a man tells me a
j d lie 1 hold him accountable for it."
"Abe, you are on one of your sprees to-day.
Let the matter drop."
"I am not in nn ill-humor and you utter a
d lie when you say so."
"Abe this has gone far enough."
"It shall go just as far as I want it. I
meant what I said."
"Are you in earnest?"
"I am."
'Go away then. Don't call niea liar again.
If you do, I'll knock you down."
Several friends rushed up, among them a
colored man owned by Guiil. He was his
master's friend as well as servant, and would
have risked his life for the man who couid
make his life miserable or pleasant, and no
bly chose the latter.
"Mars Louis," said the daikey "doan liab
no truck wid that man. He doan kere no
nioali fur blood den he do fur water." and
he put his hand gently on his master's arm.
"Get away, Buck," said Guill, "he has in
sulted me and must pay the penalty."
"Let him alone," coolly remarked Dent,
and the next instant he lay full length on
the ground. Blood flowed from his mouth
and for a time he seemed to be insensible,
j Recovering suddenly, he drew a barlow
knife, and as Guill stooped over to raise him
; he uttered an oath and plunged his knife
j blade intoGuill's breast. Such a stampede
followed that Dent escaped. Guill lay on the
bosom of his faithful slave,
"Buck, I'm dying," he said. "It was a
murder. Buck, are you here ?'
"Yes, Mars Louis, l's heah."
J "If Dent is not hung by law I want you
to kill him."
! "Yes, Mars Louis."
j "But don't take advantage of him. Fight
him with a knife. Do you promise ?"
"Yes, Mars Louis. I'll follow him ter de
end of de earth ! I'll oh, my master is
dead I"
The tragedy sent a thrill of horror through
everyone. Old men shed tears, when they
saw poor Guill lying on the ground, with his
hands full of grass, pulled up with the grasp
of death.
Guill was buried in a little orchard near
the old farm house. Buck delivered the
funeral oration. Several ministers offered
their services, but tbe colored man claimed
the right, ana as noone could doubt thefriend
ship which existed between master and ser
vant, no owe disputed the right of the faith
ful man to conduct the ceremonies. On Sun
day afternoon, when the sun-shone bright on
the apple blossoms ; when the blue-jay flit
ted and the "sap-sucker" pounded the old
black trees. Buck stood at the head of his
master's grave. Friends and neighbors gath
ered around, and children peeped over the
red mound Into the deep cavity, shuddered,
and drew back. For full five minutes Buck
stood without uttering a word.
"I doan know how ter preach a funeral,
Lord," he said, "but I knows what hit ez ter
feel de f ullin' ob de heartstrings. Ez a smile
can change ter a tremblin' ob de lip, so does
sorrow set heaviest on de heart what was
r.Kce filled with JfJj. Vy naarr?rii a Ireart
ez big ez de imaginat ion ob a chile, and ez de
heart is de birthplace ob de soul roy marster
is on de right hand ob God, close up to de
throne. May we all meet death wid as little
fear, and may de angel be ez glad to see us
all ez I knows dey hez been ter make de
heabenly qnaintance ob Mars Louis Guill.
Amen. "
Dent fled to Texas, tmt was brought back,
and by some technicality acquitted. He left
Tennessee immediately after the trial and
went, no one knew or cared where.
Several weeks ago a tall man stood on Sup
erior street in Cleveland, His hair was al
most as white as the snow at his feet. His
face wore a sad expression and his eyes
wandered as though tired of every object.
An old colored man came walking along.
Seeing the white-haired man he stopped,
gazed intently for a moment, approached
the stranger and said :
"Is your name Mr. Dent ?"
"Yes, that's my name."
"Did da uter call ycr Bad Dent ?"
"Yes; do you know me ?"
"I does. My name is Buck Guill. I lister
'long ter Mars Louis Guill. Don't yer recol
lect me?''
"Why yes, Buck; how is your health?"
extending his hand.
"Xo, sar, yer doesn't touch my ban In de
erasp of friendship. I was at de picnic, yer
recolleck, when yer stabbed Mars Louis. He
died in my arms. 'Fore he died he made me
promise dat I'd kill yer in a far fight, cassen
de law didn't hane yer. Now I 'sposes to
fight yer wid barlow knives."
"Did Louis make you promise this ?"
"Yes, sah."
"Then you must keep your promise.
Whatever ljouis Guill said must be done
shall be done. I have never refused to fight
any living man. Where shall the encounter
take place?"
"In de little orchard near de old farm
house,"
"When ?"
"Jes ez soon ez we ken go dar."
The two men boarded the next train and
went to Xashville. Engaging a private con
veyance, they went up into East Tennessee
and stopped at a roadside inn near the old
Guill farm house. It was agreed that there
should he one witness to the encounter, and
after engaging a man, Dent wrote an explan
atory letter and gave it to the innkeeper. It
was Sunday afternoon. The three went
through the old orchard orchard only in
memory, for nothing but the decaying trunks
of the trees remained. Buck led the way.
He stopped at the sunken grave. "Dis is
Mais Lnuis' grabe," he said. "Stan' on the
udder side. Doan step obber hit."
Dent, without uttering a word, took po
sition as directed. The witness stood a few
yards away, and was to count three when all
was ready. The two men, old men, drew
their knives. "One. two, three."
They grappled in a deadly embrace. A
desperate struggle for old men. Dent wres
ted his right arm from the grasp of Buck,
and with a sweeping stroke almost severed
the black man's head from his body. Buck
still held Dent around the waist, and as he
fell backward plugged his knife into the
murderer's heart.
When the coroner came, the two men lay
across the grave locked in a tight embrace,
A strange sight ; the pale face of death and
the ashened hue of earthly dissolution.
A Maiden's Raid LTpon the Treastry.
The following story of a determined little j
woman is told by a correspondent In Wash
ington of the Atlanta (Ga.) Jirpvhlican :
"One bright mornins: last sprine the Hon.
John Sherman was sitting in his office, when
suddenly a bricht-haired, pretty girl dashed
into his presence. She was appntently 16, j
and had about her an air of business whieb
l even the cold gaze of the Ohio stetesnian j
j could i:ot transform into maiden fright or j
j flurry. Deliberately taking a seat, the girl '
j said, -'Mr. Sherman, I have come here to get !
j a place. 'There are non. vacant,' was the !
i reply. 'I know you can give me a place if !
you want to, and I am as much entitled to it i
as anybody. My father spent his life in the I
! United States army, and when he died he
J left nothing. The responsibility of the fam- !
: ily is on me, and I think, I've cot as good a j
claim as any one else on the government. j
' hat kind of place do you want ?' T don't I
care what it is, but I must have work at
once. Mr. Sherman assured her that there i
were ten applicants for every one place, and
there was very little chance. She very de
liberately told him that such an answer
wouldn't do, and declared that if he would
allow her she would come up every day and
black his shoes if he couldn't do better for
her. The Secretary was struck with her de
termination and charmed by her bright face
and her sprightly manner. He told her to
come back. In less than a week she had a
good place in the treasury, which she still
holds. Every morning she walks to the de
partment w;th the step of a business little
woman who is proud that her delicate little
hands can be the support of others. She re
ceives $100 a month, and supports in com
fort her mother and sister. This brave
bright young woman is May Macauley, for
merly of Atlanta. Her father was a lieu
tenant In the Eighteenth Infantry."
Tt ts IIard to Understand. Why an
endless procession of drinkers from a public
dipper wid, without exception, drink close to
the handle.
Why people will go into society to get bored
when they can get bcred just as well at home.
Why a woman will make excuses for her
bread when she knows it is the best she ever
made, and knows her company knows it.
Why a "young gentleman" swears so much
louder and njore copiously when stranger la
dies are within ear-shot ; or, in other words,
Why the desire to make a fool of ons's self
springs eternal in the human breast.
Why we are so much angrier against him
who tells us of our error than him who leads
us therein.
Why people will get married when court
ing is so sweet.
Why a man who claims to have found mar
riage a delusion will again embrace that de
lusion npon the first convenient opportunity.
Why cold weather comes during the season
when it is least agreeable.
Why it is so much easier to be polite to
people whom we shall probably never see
again than to those whose cood opinion we
have every rcRon to cultivate.
Why boys should rnn after the girls when
there is a whole houseful at home.
Why Jane finds Sarah's hateful brother so
attractive, and why the hateful brother of
Jana finds favor with Saseh. con JYons
erift x
A NOCTURNAL ADVEXTL'RE.
WHAT OCClllTiED TO A TOXNO MAS WHO
STATED OUT I.ATK AT HI6HT.
"Lucy," said merry Kate Myrtle, address
ing her cousin, Lucy Lawrence, "where do
you think Fred has spent his evenings for1
some time?"
The lady addressed looked up, somewhat
surprised at Kate's question, but she an
swered :
"In his room, poring over those old vol
umes of ancient history."
"You are much mistaken, Miss Lucy," re
plied Kate, her eyes sparkling with mischiev
ous humor. "He would not be studying
those musty, dusty old books while there is
so pretty a young lady as the widow Mars
ton's daughter in the villagf."
"What has Fred to do with Annie Mars
ton ?" inquired Lucy, as she endeavored to
read the puzzling expression that rested upon
her coasin's good humored face.
It was some moments before she received
an answer to her question, when Kate, with
a sliuht laugh, replied :
"Why, cousin, he Is in love with her."
"In love with Annie Marston? I don't be
lieve it." exclaimed Lucv, in a tone of sur
prise and curiosity.
"Well, I'll tell you something, and then
you may believe it or not, just as you please,
Lucy," returned Kate, with a serio-comical
air. "Xight before last, it was rather late
when we retired, you recollect, and I was
suffering with a severe headache. You were
soon asleep, but I was unable to rest from
pain, and with the hope that the night air
would cool my ournlng brow, I left the house
by the back way, and walked slowly down
the garden path.'
"By some means I chanced to turn my
eyes in the direction of the widow Marston's
dwelling. I could plainly see two figures
standing upon the steps. One, I was sure,
was Annie, and the other, a young gentle
man, 1 was sure 1 uiun'i Know, iney siooa i
there a few moments, when Annie entered I
the house, and her companion, whom I im- j
agined looked like Fred, walked down the j
stieet. As he came nearer, I was sure it was
Fred.
"He entered the garden, and as I conceal
ed myself behind the rose bushe.s he did not
see me. -He cautiously approached the win
dow from which I had made my egress, step
ped in, and then closed it. In a few minutes
more I returned to the house. I knew that
the person I bad seen on the steps with An
nie was your brother, and no one else, and I
was sure, also, that the old volumes of his
tory had not been disturbed that evening."
"And do you really believe that Fred
spends his evenings with Annie Marston?"
! asked Lucy, as Kate ceased speaking.
"Certainly I do. Last night I watched
i him as I left the room after tea, anil I saw
that he slipped out and in a few moments
was at the widow Marston's. It was nearly
! midnight when he returned, for T heard the
Window opened and shut just before the cloc k
struck that hour."
"What motive can he have in being so se
cret about his visits?"
"He knows we would be continually teas-
ing him about Annie, and, doubtless, prefers
to keep his secret safe from us.
"There can be no other reason," returned
Lucy, laughing in spite of herself.
"We must punish Fred for doing so, Lncy,"
as her cousin seemed to comprehend the af
fair, "and I think we can prevent him from
staying so late with Annie, "wasting fires
j and lights for nothing," as Uncle Joe would
say."
"How do yovfthink we can punish him se
verely enough to keep him at home?"
j "I do not think we can prevent him from
I visiting Annie, but we can, I think, prevent
I him from stavinc later than ten in the even-
i
ing ; indeed, 1 am quite, sure we can,"
j "How?"
Kate bent her head and whispered for a
few moments in the ear of her cousin, and
after a few more merry words, .tbey both
sprang up ar.d left the room.
That night, just as the clock struck twelve,
Fred Lawrence parted with his "lady-love"
on the steps of her mother's dwelling, and
with a light heart turned his step in the di
rection of his own home. To tell the truth
dear reader, Fred was in love with Annie
Marston, and it is no less true that Annie was
in love with him. He dreaded the mischiev
ous teasing of his cousin Kate Myrtle, and
feared if, too, mote than the displeasure of a
king; and the cutting sarcasm of his sister
was by no means pleasant. He had deter
mined to keep his engaccment to Annie un
known to them, if possible, until he felt bet
ter prepared to endure their persecution.
It was but a short distance from the wid
ow Marston's to his own home, and he was
soon standing at the identical window at
which Kate had seen him enter some even
ings before. lie slowly raised the sash, but
ere he had succeeded in getting if to the re
quired height, a difficulty occurred the sash
would not move np another inch, and sup
posing it had struck something accidentally
placed there, he renewed his efforts to raise
it. To his surprise and consternation, Z3 he
pressed bard upon the sash, down fell a brass
kettle, several tin pans, and the shovel and
tongs, 'upon the floor, with a ringiug crash,
loud enough to wake everyone In the house.
Fred started back and turned pale.
"now could those things have gotten
there?" muttered he, as he listened atten
tively to ascertain if the noise had aroused
any one. The sash was now easily raised,
and he sprang into the room, but not with
out kicking against one of the pans in his
haste, and sending it across the floor, mak
ing considerable noise. Intent upon reach
ing his chamber before any one shoul drise to
discover the cause of the uproar, he hastened
through the room and quickly opened the
door leading to the next one. Unfortunate
ly there chanced to be a couple of large chairs
placed near it, and as it was hastily thrown
open, they were upset, and being full of tin
dishes, spoons, knives, and everything that
would make a noise, you may know that
there was a crashing.
"The deuce take it !" muttered Fred, as be
rushed through the room, upsetting chairs,
work-stands, and he knew not what in his
flight. At length he reached the stairs lead
ing to the chamber, and was in hopes that his
trials were now at an end. He sprang np
two or .three of the steps, when his head
struck against something which had been
hung from the ceiling above. Ring-a-ting
went the big diimer-bell, and the sound
echoed throuch the boose, making more
noise than anything yet had done. Fred
was desperate. lie rushed up the flight of
steps, again striking his head harder than be
fore. lie had nearly reached his chamber door,
-ben he fcad;?n,7 5"pp i srd fied SjVj
upon an object thatstood before him. There,
between himself and the door, stood a mo
tionless, silent figure, perfectly realizing that
object of rather doubtful existence in our en
lightened days, namely, a ghost. The moon
light streamed in upon the floor and plainly
revealed the outlines of a white-robed figure
to the distracted gaze of Fred Lawrence.
ITe gaz?d at it for just two minntes, then
dashed down the stairs. Again the dinner
bell sounded, and in another moment the
almost distracted Fred was leaping over the
tables and chairs with the intention of mak
ing his exit through the window.
"What is the matter?" exclaimed Mrs.
Lawrence, appearing with a light just as
Fred vanished from the room.
"What is the matter?" cried Lu-v Law
rence ftom the top of the stairs.
"What is the matter?" spoke the suppos
ed ghost, throwing off the white robe, and
discla&ing the face and form of Katie Myrtle.
It is needlesss to say that the girls were at
the bottom of the affair. They had deter
mined that Fred should be entirely cured of
staying so late at Mrs. Mirston's and of com
ing in at the window. Kate and Lucy laugh
ed iramoderatly at their success in frightening
Fred ; Mrs. Lawrence looked grave, and the
servants, who had been roused by the uproar,
surprised and astonished. The girls explain
ed all, and their reasons for doing so.
In less than an hour the furniture was re
placed, the bell taken down, and silence
reigned. But it was two hours more before
Fred ventured to enter the house, and then
didn't attempt to enter by that window.
The lesson had the desired effect, and
Fred afterward returned from Mrs. Marston's
before the girls and their mother retired, and
entered properly by the door. And aliout
two weeks after there was a wedding at the
widow Marston's and Miss Annie Marston
became Mrs. Fred Lawrence. Though many
years have passed since then, still Fred Law
rence has not yet forgotten this incident of
his courting days.
A rExxsvxvANiA Boy. Xearly forty
years ago, in South Huntingdon township,
Westmoreland county, says the Tiltsburg
Telegraph, lived John Uinton. He was an
orphan boy, rude and uneducated, and had
wandered there from the neighborhood of
Masontown, Fayette county.
With no kaown relatives, he was kicked
from one family to another till manhood, en
listing then in the war. At its close he
helped to escort the Cberokees beyond the
Mississippi. From Indian Territory he went
to New Orleans and shipped as a commor
sailor on a vessel bound for the East Indies.
At the bay of Madras, on the western shores
of the bay of Bengal, he deserted, and en-
listed in a Bristish regiment. He served
many years, and during the memorable Se-
poy rebellion was noted for his daring brave -
rv. At his discharge he was presented with
a gold medal by the Governor General him
self. ne is next heard of traveling in a caravan
from Delhi, westward across the Indus river,
through Afghanistan and Fersia, to Turkey
and back.
In time, from trading, ho became iua-
t mensely wealthy, and was the owner of five
caravans containing over 13,000 horses and
camels and fifty elephants.
In ISM he visited Cabul, the capital of
Afghanistan, for copper, great quantities of
which are there mined and smelted, nis
magnificent retinue attracted the attention
of the Ameer, and he was invited to an au
dience an honor never before received by a
Christian. A present of a hundred of his
best horses and a three tusked elephant
made the Ameer his eternal friend. When,
yearly, it was followed by similar presents, ,
beside camels and merchandise, John Hinton !
gained the monopoly of t rade from the sum- j
mit of the Hindoo Kosh Mountains to the
confines of Belochistan. and in real power
i is second only to the Ameer himself. About
170 he was made Military Commander of
the District of Herat, and in IstV, suppressed
a local rebellion to the great satisfaction of
his sovereicm. Trained in the arts of war
among the savaees of "orth America, and
among the superstitious natives of India,
where he became thoroughly fami liar with
British soldiers and resources, together with
his years of service as the Idolized command
er of the Mohammedan tribes to tens of
thousands half-civilized men, he is to-day
the ablest soldier in Asia.
Another Kind of Good Boy. A De
troit grocer was the other day hungrily
waiting for his clerk to return from dinner,
and give him a chance at his own noonday
meal, when a boy came into the store with a
basket in his hand, and said :
"I seed a boy grab up this 'ere basket from
the door and run, and I run after him, and
made him give it np."
"My lad, you are an honest boy."
"Yes, sir."
"And you look like a good boy."
"Yes, sir."
"And good boys should always be encour
aged. In a box in the back room there are
eight dozen eggs. You may take them home
to your mother, and keep the basket."
The grocer had been saving those eggs for
days and weeks to reward some one. In re
warding a good boy he also got eight dozen
bad eggs carried out of the neighborhood
free of cost, and he chuckled a little as he
walked homeward.
The afternoon waned, night came and
went, nnd once more the grocer went to his
dinner. When he returned he was picking
his teeth and wearing a complacent smile.
nis eye caught a basket of eight dozen eggs
as he entered the store, and be queried :
"Been buying some eggs?"
"Yes ; got hold of those from a farmer's
boy," replied the clerk.
"A lame boy with a blue cap on?"
Yes."
"Two front teeth out?"
"Yes."
The grocer sat down and examined tbe
eggs. The shells had been washed clean,
but they were the same eggs that good boy
had lugged home the day before.
They were talking ot literature when she
remarked : "How I admire Hogg, nis ten
der l'ns fairly bristle with gowd points." T
am partial to Bacon," said he, "and I con
sider Ilogg a boar." "Did you ever study
the metrical rhythm of nogg's feet?" she
asked. "Yes, but I do not find so much wis
dom interlarded as in Bacon's prose." And
then they sat down in one chair, and he held
her Akenside.
It isn'i neeesary to search the rocks for
the antediluvian man ; he 1 here, and can be
fonnd in the store that don't advertise.
2rfCrt Unit,
AN 1KISH KOMAML.
I
When I arrived at Kilmurray, one of those '
storms which frequently come frmn the At .
lantlc, and in an instant euvclup l!:te is
lands in a cloud of wind-driven inist, made i
me seek refuse in a cabin. It was a crowd- ,
ed, busy peasant's home, and as I sat by the !
fire the warmest seat bc-ina given me with j the largest on record, and tohvelen gotten
the invariable hospitality of these people I . up by one of that MS le. Ian family which in
found abundant material for observation J later days held the cunctutor?hip. Ti e wish
and reflection. While drying my drirping I lias been expressed that I should recall the
garments, I saw for the first time seated in a ! great lead at Teinpleton, which outdid Con
corner, as if to screen himself from obseTva- netticui.
tion, the figure of a young man clad in white ! The Rev. Dr. Wrllir.gt'iu v.-as the oM Tcm
flannel, the costume of the island. His face pMi'ii mini-tt r fn in early in the t '.iz! H-cn-was
thin and sad, and of the same color of i hundn'.ls, and Ol l.e-nard Stone vat one
the Garments he wore, and he gazed at the : of his parishioners. It The f-ustxn bi
fire with such a dejected and hopeless ex- j supplement the minister's moderate sa.ry
pression as led me to infer that he was the i with presents from t'-.e piotiurts of the f urns
fated victim of some terrible disease con- and especially with wool. Now, Col. Leo
sumption, perhaps and was feebly waiting nard, one day jin January, lsjj. was draw
through the long hours of the day and night h,g to thu par'usge s"inc of his r.i.'e hard
the death he knew to be so suie and near.
I spoke to him, striving in my pity to appear
uuconsc'uius of perceiving his misery. With-
out answering, he rose abruptly and lelt the 1
cabin. The looks of concern and inquietude i
in the faces about me told of some unusual '
sorrow, which the mother, leaving her spinning-wheel,
explained to me in a low voice.
She told roe that the young man, her eldest
son, poor Owney, as she called him, had un
til a month before been the most healthy and
cheerful member of the family; ready and
prompt at work, and the life of the house
hold, when a letter came from America to a
neighboring family inclosing money to pay
the passage thither of their eldest daughter.
It appeared that the young man had long en
tertained a secret passion for this girl, and
when he heard that he probably would never
see her aeain he declared his love tor her,
and besought her to remain. So far from
being unmindful of his affections, she avow
ed her willingness to marry him at once, if
he would accompany her to America imme
diately afterward. This was impossible;
his own family were unable to assist him,
and the few people who possess money on
the island would not lend it without security.
The practical damsel saw on the other side
of the Atlantic every prospect if improving ,
her material condition, and doubted not that j
husbands were as plentiful there as else-j
where ; while, if she remained, she knew the
drudgery and hopeless slavery that were the
lot of all around her would be hers also.
Therefore she told her suitor if he could not
accompany her she would not listen to his
suit. When the young man found his up
braidings useless, he gave way to despair,
and had not worked or spoken since his
: cruel sentence had been pronounced. Every
day he grew thinner and more wan, and he
j did not partake of sufficient food to tuppoit
! life. All the solicitude and tenderness of
his mother had not succeeded iu arousing
within him his former self, and with tears
running down her cheeks she told me she
thought he had lost his reason forever.
Some weeks previously the school ma-ter
i had written for them to a Tries, a di-tant
i relative of the family, who lived in Conne
j mara ; but they had received no reply, and
' she supposed he had neither help nor coun-
sel to give. I pondered for a long while, as
I I sat by the fire, upon what often proves to
j be the unfortunate sincerity of men, and I
, could not refrain from deploring the no less
' frequent levity of my oin sex. In passing
through the village a week afterward I 'top
ped to say good-day to these kind people,
when. I found the house a scene of bustle
and confusion. My ercwhile love-sick swain
was, when I entered, making himself a pair
! of pantaloons ; and as be bade me good -day
over a dangerously starched collar, his face
glowed with health and energy. The now
cheerful and happy mother informed me
that since my last visit they had received a
letter from the priest at Con Honiara, inclos- i
ing his blessing for her son and the money to
pay his passage to America. She had been
very busy knitting him stocking, and mak
ing him a fine, white flannel suit to be mar
ried in, and which thereafter he would not
again wear till his arrival at New York, so
i that he would make a decent appearance in
Cue Xew World, ns became the relative of a
; priest. He was to be married to the object
, of his choice Ihe next day, and they were to
start immediately afterward upon their long
' vovage. As I left. the damsel, whose month's
i delay to prepare her outfit had given such a
' fortunate respite to her lover, thrust her
head in the door and called upon Owney to
be sure and wear the blue stockings she had
knitted him to the chapel on the morrow ;
and then with her little retroutre nose turned
up to the sky, ran blushing away. llarjitr't
Mtujazine.
Backwards asd Forwards with Eual
j Se-sk. The clever "Puzzle Editor" of Lon- ,
j don Trvth exercises immense ingenuity in j
i providing entertainment for his readers, ne j
! offered a prize for "sentences making sense j
i whether read backward or forward." Here j
! are a few sent in : j
Dies slowly, fadine day : winds mournful 1 go;
Hriiiht stars arc wakine : 1
Fbes owlet, hootmr. holding revel high, i
Night'y silence breaking. j
Solomon had vast treasures silver and ;
gold things precious. Happy and rich and i
wise was he. Faithfully served he God. j
She sits lamenting sadly, olten too much j
alone.
Dear Harry Devotedly youis remain I. i
TTavp veil f,rtrntten 0.lnnliH ehprnl 1 T!a-
plv immediately, please, and hand to'vours
lariintr
Grace Darling
Man is noble and generous often, but some
times vain and cowardly.
Carefully boiled eggs are good and palata
ble. Love is heaven and heaven is love, youth
says. All beware ! says age. Trying is pov
erty and fleeting is love.
Badly governed aud fearfully troubled
now is Ireland.
Adieu, darling 1 Time flies fast ; sails are
set, boats are ready. Farewell !
Exercise take, excess bawsre :
Kise early and breathe fresh air ; i
Katslnwly; trouble drive away ; t
Feet watmish keep: blend work with play. J
Matter and mind are mysteries. Never !
mind. What is matter? Matter is never i
mind. What is mind? Mind is never
matter.
nonestv ana trutn are pooo ana lamira
me qualities, n.5 pympamy ma love are en- i
(tearing traits.
Politics and religion avoid arguing in.
nere is good and sound advice.
Scandalous society and life make gossips
frautic.
A promising yocth recently suprised his
father by asking :
"Father, do you like mother?"
"Win, yes, of course."
"And she likes you?"
'Of course she Hoes."
"Did she ever say so?"
'Many a time, my son."
"Did she marry vou 'cause she loved you?'.
"Certainly she did."
The boy can-fully scrutinized his parent,
and, after a Ions pause, asked, "Well, was
the r.s nc?r-s'i-htf4 tfrta es tbe Is new ?"
A GRI.AT LOAD OF WOOD.
Charles W. Kume, ot Cambridge, Ms ,
writes to the Bf-.ton Daily A h ti tisrr as fol
lows: I have lK?en told that a story has ai ;t'ared
lately in some of th newspapers about a load
of wood long ago in Connecticut, sai l to be
wood, lt was a uiid o-l ; two cords or
so. As he was going acro-s th' common with
it. his brother Ephraim caught slight of him
from the store, and was surprised at such a
grent load.
"Hello!" says he, "Why don't you take
your minister a load of wixxi while you are
about it ?"
"Now, look here," snys Colonel Leonard.
"I've been awing out lumber down at the
mill, and there's any quantity of slabs. I'll
give the minister as hlg a leud as you can
taker'
Colonel Ephraim was a man of fun. He
instigated the townpeople to take hold with
him and accept his brother's challenge.
First, they made th.' f led. Long trees were
cut for the runners. The-e were made thir
ty odd feet l'ng and set eight feet apart.
The body of the sled projected two feet over
the runner on tach -ide. Thus the sled
would hold twelve regular cor.ls of wood at
one layer. There were two tongues, one in
front of ChCh runner.
On the appointed day the r.'er. and the ox
en from all over town c.me to the meeting
place. The s!:J was taken to the mvrmiil
and backed up against the gieat r'i e. n
went the slabs with a will. Colonel Leonard
stood by laughing, cheering, urchig them
along. When tht-y had qff on as much as
they thought wo-il l A : tney hitched up the
team. Ore hundred fid nrty cr?o, four
: abreast, found it easy c: jugii tj pull. They
J had to co around through F:1 ,iw . i.'.e, be
. cause there was r.ot room at tl; Oter rirer
! bridge for the sied to luiuin. W! en they
j had got on to the i.-vel ground a!"Vf Bald
; winvi'.le, they stopped and unhitched. Then
' with everv-dav sleds thev v.-Mit back to the
mill to bring turc slabs and pile them ?u tbe
. big load. This .tbey kept up till there were
no mote s!au. Forty cords !y piled tn that
j sled. And the evening and the. morning were
i the first day.
' The next morning came the rd of the
i journey "up town." Th school children
i were Jet out to see the trreat sight go by.
One of them, to whose home it wis going,
says it looked as big as a house. It lay un
I loaded for quite a while out bv the parson
t age, and people came from near and from
; far to see. It kept Mr. Wellington in slabs
, for years to cosie.
' Whet: the great sled was taken to pieces
; some of the timbers were used in building
Mr. Winch's brn. and may be seeu t!ire in
1 the framework until this day.
The Rev. Dr. Wellington was one of my
grandfathers, and Col. Leonard Stone was
I the other. All this did not becorcs so, how.
: ever, for a generation after the great hmd of
! wood.
A SCL5E IS COMiRLSS.
My son, it may le that a you grow older
you will be seized with an ambition to go to
! Congress. To this f ml vou sbould becin now
to acquire that polish and easy e'ecance of
language which will ei;al you to shine In
(let-ato. Read the daily pnpnv nt d thus
familiarize yotre'f with ti e language and
manners of the American 'egi'at"r. Cut
out the official report of the pref.t f.nancial
debate between the lion. Mr. Cleaver and
the Hon. Mr. Snark, that it mav be your text
book upon monetary Matters. Ileie it is :
Mr. Cleaver. In presenting tl i V.il for
the ir-cne of 411,000, ci ,1 copper dollars per
diem. Mr. Speaker, 1 nm moved to say
Hon. Mr. Snark. The h norable gentle
man is a dirty liar ar-J oa "! t take it t;p.
Hti. Mr. Cleaver. -sir, Mr. speaker, if
the honorable co: t'eman doesn't take that
I pack in two s'
,.1'e t l a
-en's tail I will
kick theeverlastins sut?.TZ r'bt out of him.
The Speaker. '1 'be penllem-n must be
careful in the heat of the debate not to ovr-
step the bounds r f couitcMr nnd parliamen
tary usage.
Hon. Mr. Snark. Ti e pc-r.tleman is a lop
eared on-of-a gun froraa wooden boe coun
try, and he can't whip on- side of nie.
lion. Mr. (.'leaver. Wi'l the fentlfrnan
step out from behind his dek w:i jiut up 1 it
mauleys ? Dance to me: you sucker I weigh
only a pound.
Hon. Mr. Snr.rk. I'll slap your Lasts'
month, vou venomous old beat.
Hon. Mr. Cleaver. Aw-w, shut up, Sklr
ny ; wliHt are you givin' n?
"Hon. Mr. Groans, of Texas. Black his eye
Hit him in the riuth !
Other honorable gentlemen frctn rariou
States. Smear him one! send him back
one on the paste-bom, for luck ! Smack
him in the snoot !
Hon. Mr. Can Handle, .'the Speaker.)
mildly The honorable gentlemen will please
keep within the bounds ef parliamentary
courtesy.
Hon. Mr. Cleaver, (iurr.ri;ig u 'n "'?':
' ""1 cracking h:s heels toother,
I kin chaw up and carrv tii at
.-on, !
p ana carry tii any sjn ot a
thief hetw-rn ('liicflt'o and f'airo!
if you
don't believe :t smell inv boots.
Hon. Mr. sn.;:k. liuld me cVwn. '.nf.
body! I'm the Wad man from the river c'is
trict, and I eat raw bu;Taiol Where uo 2 n
want me to hit first ?
And just here the police, on their wny tn
close a disorderly houe in the iicghborboo.',
stepped in and closed the debate.
From this pope of Cor.grr vsiorrd hitory, my
i son, yon can see how to direct yot" reading
j in order to acquire a sufficient knowledge ct
! financial matters to participate in a debate
I on the funding fill. It may be a grand thing
to go to Congress. I won't d.seonrnge you,
my dear boy, if jour ambition leans in that
direction. Still, so long as vtj can get a
- slra(lv situation as charuberir.aii in a livery
! stable, or a clerk on a raft.ll wouldn't advise
you to set your heart on Congree. The
American people teally do not have much
respect for Congress as a body. They are
always glad when it adjourns. Individually,
the members of Congress are, I believe, good
men. But. for a lot of raw material, my
boy, they can make the meanest segregate
when they pet together. Don't worry about
going to Congress, Telemachus. Go to the
wines or join the minstrels. Tour parents
will think more cf vou.
Whek one gets so much humility that he
is prond of It, he is ju'-t a litfe too good t
live.