THE CAMBRIA FREEitlAN
' I ruillHbl Wellx at
Th t.ir- and reliable clrtulsM' n of the -BRtA
Kri r"iinni( ml It tn t he favoraole eon -ndcratinn
of advert fers. w rente favors will b ln
erte at the loUowlnif low rates :
jiCysBVRG, Cambria Co., ra
1JY II. A. McPIKE.
Guaranteed Circulation - l,OGS.
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Administrator's and Kivutr' Xnti'M..
A O'h'iir'i N t ices
Stray and F;noiar Notices ."..
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V ''.J-in' no event will the above tcrrri. be do
l "7,! fr,,, ami those who don't consult tueir
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t.wn iru -vnC,, ,i ,,n the sumo footinr as those
i, li let thii fact he Jiaunctly understood
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tion to anv matter of iin:itd or irulirttlual infrrrf,
mutt tf j'Cid Jor at ci!rt t 'itt'ii'nls.
Jon rii!Tin of all kin'l neatly anu rxvl:tl
oujiy.oierutoil at lowest i rlccj. ljju't yuolorgrt
H. A. McPIKE, Editor and Publisher.
"he is a freeman whom the truth makes free, and all abk slaves beside.
SI.50 and postage per year. In advance.
VOLUME XV.
EBEXSBURG, PA.. FRIDAY, MARCH 25, ISS1.
1
' M- v.. v- V . i c...l.l..i...i .lr nth.
NUMUER 10.
i ft y iu tn o -i . one rui i. -
Don't t.o e ea!awa-life'a too short.
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ELUBLE
'TORES I
STORES !
lELliBLE
Clothing House
Central I'ennsylvania,
KKXT TO POST-OFFICE,
ALTO ON A, PA.
lrf HVT SLITS..
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I'nt Vie'., tncl (LI A tViV si ITS
Sii,rr1., Viu.jo.icl fhXK in AT SLITS
Good Kvrj-t:ij n-OKKIXI PASTS
Beit PASTS in tr c ifj f.ir t!.c moi.'u
u-waoi RF.Ksyy r.i.v is
k AS TA LOOS S of all tt.jiti end quahtin up to
c j
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th finest 'rr-i it"'
Special Bargains
1
I Jl'ST III Cl.IVI.L)
t"ROM OUR LARGE WORKROOMS,
( 'J3l-- l.l I f A
mtlete i.i.ne c ir
BLUE, BLACK and BROWN
Al l. WltOI, I I R BEAtr.lt i
OVFPnOATP
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Ur, good
S-rjf Li ritnir. f r
Ti:isr DOLLARS!
r i J 4116
L anal a d : .at
il:EDECT)vin!iJO!y(Lfi(K,r.M.
I ;
Reversible Overcoats ! ,
f i.-.e h,'v--;:! I (iTer.'.at first m.ir.ili-te.l itself
-yc-ar 'v 1 u'- ll'l not K,-t a fair Imbl fiutllo
i"T a:.!:t iJc.1 i rf-'Hit :acoa. It i in:oIe wlthiut
r.',-1 f ,t.r, l tin- nniv.s r.ro arrar.fej In
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n.
ti
a thai t!.-! t? r. wri-nx to It. One
!V.ccI',th i tiutli.t in var-.fty ef styled,
a- -racti.i!-. n:iic 1. etc.. etc., and the other
i.r.r, a 'ii!;ic I pia'.t or cl.eek. The pockets.
" j it.anii ,'. :'y cntrlvc ! that no matter
-f tii--c ii U cut TV.cy aro altray in the
. r-a-ly f r 1,-.:-: t.s . We wlil h..w this
I.' lie1, 'jr.- .hie 'uai ? wo havo: a!.ao. every -ir
lir.e that y..u a'k ! r. It will imzz'.o
rf.! t ;
"H aii v
ttrn; in
li lit !-.r Ri:
, . thm we ha-.
cn't o-.
i
5 y. ham: ji st roi .iit
at assk;xi;i:-s sale
t X LA E AM) SKLEXT &TO. K OV
Overalls and Shirts,
i: heavy .l.i-k, and as we have no room to
Itf-i' ll.t-m vi-ry h-ir-r wo w.ll jjive our patrons the
111 'i.-iit f the t araia tre got in tho p.irt:t.ae ty
k ... K thr. in a KIFTV 'KN rs VlAl SETT, or at
i '. ;..N I y -I I VK :t;.s rs for each article epa
t t:y. I'hvy are at l-at UtifliL-E THE
i.NKY.
ITS AVlbTi
J XT
rt- -iiowii:i,. a? fully ri cur croWil"
condition
n ,il j ;rii:'t. evurytb'
n hnw in
U1TS AND OVERCOATS
Sit cp.-'. i'.ty i VEK"UATS. We are prepare!
.hinited af-ttrtment t f avery
an.t t'mlerriotMnir. tutt tlie
i i. in r;
15 . :a. .:!;. -f tho wt-'.-k
i. in Overcoat; of ev-
h r
fit'
; !-.i-atit t itti'.k aoat tlie newent and
r it ' to wear thctu. luit not all of
1 v f. r tl'.c-in. We have eoual need
; r;nnnt that fitnpty keep? out the
t a ,
it ... 1
on though tlicy may be a little
1 who will read thi to tbiy will
T!
14
! t ..rv. !iat
lit f.Otl S.iTJX OVERCOAT,
1 ' iDjae unro :-i irarmth : snhtan-i'-r
thn r"Ulie;t wear, anil pood look
' r t t;er ue, can be bud here
i
1
l l ' 1 ! i s--l..Jf llw "ll.OO.
.'-.MT
01 :V.
n '... will look with the same lik(r
t :.T Heaver at 10 to il3.:0, und the
entreat, at !' to
no tunc to write nor hatri" Toil natlini-e
.' e hav
read r.y :l.w ic hue Bn a.-t.nnt ot what we hor
w-ek. Here Is the place to u-e ynnr eyes and
tlsnn-nt.
3t-re we will not tire you with
'. o: 1 t'lorehanj.
KFMF.MHFlt 'Fills'.
'."i: j'.a buy that dees nut u:t you, l.-i.'t
alt. feme Lack with It the tir't minute
V"ii ir: free If you had your money
; ' kit. You shall hav your money hack
I your . net if y.ni want it; but tuko Rood euro
Ol the a -ir.- Tit f..r 11?, eo long a our Interest iu
Qini Cel.! i .-.e .
GODFREY WOLF.
'I';R:SI:,;- ' of Ihe Salesmen.
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n'. Sample. wnrh S
Bnyacy h. fo , port-
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OLD II
'ULD i
Battle Creek, Michlcan.
VATtrjrACTCTtKQR OF 1KB OSLT
THRESHERS.
Traction and Plain Engines
and HorsePowors.
MotemploteTlirwh.rFotT7 Established
In the World. i 1848
t YFAUQ er,n'irHyaan a tocsu' tuti.
dm niai'nsr.iiu.-iit. r liH-ation, to " bick tj" thm
Irtuti uurranty gx. t n on all cur faoUt.
Cnipl'tf Srpnm ilmtttnof mnt'-htir juaHn.
rnrt Trartion Knain ftTifl Plaiu Knginos
ever oen in th Aiu' Ti:ui market.
A tntil'itwt" rf ap"-irjl feature and improvement
f'"r 1K-1. titc.hcr with ert'or qunhtir.- xn ec.n!rne
ti m a.-? n.at'.t-iat cnt im'nnifd of bv ctht r ms'r".
Tout sirv; r.f K?;)arrttor, fmrn G to 12 hor
CilLIVity..'"'' ' u.'i w hr-rr rioirt-r.
7K( OOft Fret of Selected Lnmhfr
UUt'tVUV ifmm thre tastr yrarnir-?rird
eonntartly on Imnif, frrm which in Imilt tho in
coiupiirablti wtnl-work of our machinery.
TRACTION ENQiHES?
uKic. H. lO, 13 llorse Power. 1 f'f
Farmers nud Tlirnlifrmcn a-8 Imitod to
jn- ri.-at.. rr-.itrhie 1 nre-lunrf Machinery.
Circi.-ar-i F-iit lre. Irepa
NICHOLS, SHEPARO & CO.
Battle Creek, MIcMcatM
Jan. 1 1. l'sl.-iu.
Q T AT E Mi:N T ( )1
SETTLEMENT
with tli Snp,.r vi ,r tt
l!l:tck!iok T.iwnjliip :
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-"r n i:n ?t;ir-h 14. :
John H. Uite. fS'iiHTi!"T. Ir..
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Ji ''H.V CtiKMH'K. V
Att.'.t trKOV. -r A. Ihi iiu-i.. Ork.
i:.ai-k!;,k Tp Mar. li 1-. lsi.-ct.
ORPHANS' COURT SALE.
I V vi
1 'iei
rtnc cf a !i r ! r
t the f rphan' t'uurt of
nit lcr-iiM"l iill oiler at
:iilria c"'in'y. th
p id
III t !
-.tie. on the .x
ft. t,:i
m:0'. 9 in the horoiiii oi Suin-
Thursday, the Sist day ;! March. Im,
At 'Z o. r.tK K. r. t.. :ho t i ! ! t i-1 n -r tl-v.-'-rilit-tl r?a 1
utl.it''. t f it':,:.-:! .Iavi:s Mehaikv
.!; i .. t.- i' i: :
Tiro and Om -Ihi'f J.nfs of Ground
, Sittiatti in t';-.; i. .r t:i'. .
j CO'llltV. I ' . , t -.,;, t i !l u on 1 1
-e.HOiet v;i,e.
II ant i ii't'in. f
t'lliria
ill am
a ii-l J ' . '. n i f
1 I.li.'".: ni.d i
! en ! r. f.M)
Mae, p.
S'l.pl i-O'
r- "t .1
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i !"i !! nr 1: lei -j of '
i IvM'iu y. h ivire.r ther-'on
nk lltxetp !itl IMaitl
'1 ci-ii - ok S.m. f t 'r" i h : l . f Mil' j.tiri'h i ;' n!"n
ex to ti.' . .id 'i't ."iiinii.it; -.:, nl -:i!r. u l thel.al
( n m-e in vo Mai a ti teti I pa in n : with i ti t t-n-t.
to I'e s Hcuri"l by the ..u,J -i r i tti"! tyairt- of tut- pur
' eha-cr. lit h !, K I .N.N A,
i JOHN KOI'.K.
K'f nt'T-' ' f .T itf.- Mkij.wfy, tli't'M.
I Suaimit . li..-, Mareli 11. lbS:.-Jt.
ORPHANS' COURT SALE.
1Y virtu.: of a ?' :.s orderol th- f rphari' 'onrt
of aililiria c.".ui!y. t 1 1 1 1 1 pj ut'il will ntler
at puoht- aie tin
prciahci. iu t!,
1 1 J u
of
l'orlai;e, on
Thursday, the :$1-t day or March. Issl,
At 2 o't : u. e.'v.. th" h'llo" in-' d"-t i iht-d real
e-ta t-', of w lii'-h .1 '. M t:-' .L Alt '
I tiied .-ei..-d. tti w tt :
A ru:a: or lot or vnorxi
S.tuatf in tho viUaarenf l'tirtatfe.tV.lii;tattn town
hi p. ':: :r, l-r;.t f o'.Hil v. l'a.. ad " ni i;ir la li'!'' ot m.
Al.'K.'i:zi''. I. C t hii-h'-ll. and other;', c -nlti inlnz
-! I'prt more it I---. Iiavii-ir thfnii cret-
t-i a ..ne at. d a hail .'tor.v I". anU ILilise.
1 i;i:ms or Sai.i:. t i i r- h :i 1 1 ol the iinr'-hast- mon
ey to 1 c pa i'.l ci t-ootirniat ion of i-aio. a tid the hal
uhfrt in tw'if p.ial aiiniial paynn-nt. w ith intert-Ht.
.) he M-careil l.v niort.eiu" atid iadinri.t bonds of
! :
ttip tiuplu-.r. AI.KN I INK T AalKli
n 1 v : vi (i
I.
t-atoi
1 Wl
I .lAM !:-..!. Aid r;H Oil,
Man it 11, ls-l.-iit.
ilec'd.
Wa-hin
ORPHANS' COURT SALE.
I Y virtue of an order of the tirphan." t'onrt ot ;
1 f t Hmi-na ronniy. ttc-
undcr-dnt-d w ilt ofTt-r at
pul lic salo on tho pretin."';. in th" borough of Lo
retto, on
Thursday, the day of March, 1SS1,
At 2 ll't LO. K. V
CStilte. of w h !'V.l
. v., the f'.iiowiiisr dc-cn
Ann Mvbm tih-d -eicl,
tl real
1 wit :
A LOT" OF (illOl'Nl)
Situate ill tit- t'oronjti of T,oreto. f amOria I'onn
tv. triuit!i!a ;'d lei t on St. Mary's street nntl ex
t 'ndinir ha. k :ti i""i-l to an allcv. n.limnoiK lot of
W. V. MeAroer n:i the te.rtli ami lot ..1 i leu. Chil
ian rMi thf'.im! h. havin r t h'Teon ei trd a two story
I ramf House an I I'laak Staile.
1 KitM s of S a l E. tne t h . rd et t he pn ri 1 ai- mon
ey to h,- paid on eon 'iraiatton ol ?..le, and the nal-
' anee in tw-
pial annual payment, wiui lnti-re-t.
; tt) he tteeured Py mortif iste and iiid-ui'-nt, houda of
the purchaser. W. A. H. 1.1 1 "IT.,!-:.
A.lmtni'trnt.ir of An M ticks, dee'd.
Lorctto. March 11. 18l.-3t.
ss iciTi zcrv sciiooL.
'I'HK limit rouncd will open a Select School In
I I the Kl'cnf luirar T'lii.m School Knihllnit. lor ft
t' rm il 'n tmA. cniiiir.f-iirinK Monday. Aril
2'". 1HHI. 'I he common branches', hiicner inaihe
' matie. and th natural eience will he tHiiht.
1 njtruetiuu in teaching will he iciroti to all who do-
.ire o.
TitHMS. Four ilolh.r per frm for all .tudyinjj
, only theor loiary hranche" ; rive tloilari. per term
for instruction In teaching. Those intending to
couie w 11 ph atie irn e not tee as soon as citnvenient.
1. A, I.Y1K.
Ehen.'bunt. March 11. IsM.-4t.
XKC'l' TORS' NOTICI".
I'.'ate of William Mi lri mitt, drt 'd.
, I.ettef" tittanii iitary on the rtate t-t W n. Mc
; Iternntt, late of Washington ivwn.iii. decease.!.
! fiavinx iieeo ttr.inted to the u ndt ri tied hy the
, K.il--te! ot 'aniPi i t canity. noli-e i herehy given
i to all per..ns itidei.te. lo'saul t -tate that prompt
payment hniiM I'e mad-, and th.-e havinif claims
I Biiuimt the auie are re. nested to pre-cut them,
I properly But h en 1 l.'.lt ed . ..r set t Voiel, t.
S SAN MiltflHMIlT,).'.
JA.1U.S A. I! IN !. ' $ txecutor..
1 Washington T., Feb. 25, ll.-t.
'XE T'T( )R'S NOTICE.
I Est ate of I 'hwstovhkk i tiir.nr.. deed.
l.e tt erf testamentary to the est a f 9 of t 'hrtstepher
l ' , . I . . - . . . n .. ....... . . .. n . . . ,u'. 1 .. .-
In-x le'n is.iie.1 to the nmlerfiit ne.l hy'the lii.-ter
el Cami.ri:. county, notice is herehy irivcn 10 all
persons ln.lebtr.1 to sa id estate that payment inuttt
he made .tht.ut .It-lay. an.l Iho-o bavin claims
: (otam-t u,e same w,u present them properly au-
t .ei.licated lor set! h-meitt.
MA1T1K liEOb'ifi:. Executrii.
Washington Tp.. Mar.-h 4, isi.-t.
; IXIX'L'TOH'S NUTTCE.
j Estate ol Charitv H.U.I, ilc-'tl. .
. II ivmsr iil.!iin..l letter, te-tamentarv on the es
I Lite ..f l hanty HII. lat- of AlieuP.-nv town-hip.
( amhrla coiintT. d". e.-..,. tlie nndersiztieii here-
by (tire, notice to all persons indented to said e5-
tate that p:...m. nt mu-i l.e ma. It; witiiout delay,
' and those ,:t u j. el. urn. u-jaii.st the t-amc are also
j notitied to present them in ie-, f"rm t"i-s,.lt0.
tnent. tv.vr. .1. lU iVsux Executor
I Jallitrin Titp., Kvb. 21. lfcsl.-cu
AGr.STS.lTl.VTUD lr the
He
l and F..si-t Soll-
H n. I'ii.lori il IJot.k-ai d ll.bles.
I'riC'-s reduced
33 per cor.t. National pubii'bJi.if t'a.. PiuU. Pa
."i.Tii 4, J at 1. -3a,.
A STRANGE STORY.
I lu-e a strange, almost incredible story
t tell of an experience of my ow n one fear
ful riiht in tbe wood?. Imagination had
nothing to do with it, for I am a backwoods
man's daughter accustomed to the wild
sounds of the forest, the loneliness, and all
that is terrifying to a novice.
My father was a good man, serving God
after his ow n simple fashion, seeing Him and
loving Him in all h is works. I have heard
him hold forth on the provident ways of the
beaver : "Why, the little critter'd starve in
the cold season if it hadn't used its Tittle flat
tail for buildin' its house, and then filled it ;
with food in time !" I have heard him tell or
the caribou. "Look at that, too," he would j
say, "and at the moose. Now, the caribou I
has t'f travel often a matter of twenty miles J
for he's a dainty un, and only eats the long j
gray moss that hangs from the trees ; so God
gave him snow shoes, good as an Indian could
make 'em, to skim over the ice crust, while
the big, heavy moose there sinks right in.
His dinner is close to hand. lie could live
for months on an acre lot." He would speak
of the loon, and its adaption in every way to I
its waterv home, always ending such talk
with : "All God's works are 'pon honor : i
there's no half way with nfm."
I was the only one left out of ten children, j
My father when mourning over and missing
the others, would never complain, but only ;
say, "They're belter off. Why, if we can 1
tru.-t the children, that don't know what !
wrong doing K and don't know th? mean- j
ing of sin, then there ain't any chance for us
men !"' And so he lived his quiet life his t
heart beating close to nature's heart, and his
i soul unconsciously seeking and finding na
i hire's God.
j My mother must have !ecn beautiful in her
youth. She was a or'fe Canatfienne and
her bryht French spirits carried her gaily I w ith a strange wciglit at niy heart ami wear
over many a hard trial in her life of frequent ! iness of body, suddenly I felt the gleam of
deprivation. One great over shadowing sor- ' eyes wa'ching me. Such strange eyes ! No
row of her life was the unaccountable disnp- ! human expression about them ; a stealthy
pearnncc of her little year old danghter, her ; look in them now. Gently as 1 could I ap
ow n image, whom from the first she loved proached her side. She trembled and tried
with a peculiar tenderness.
The child had been h it alone in her little
birch bark erih for a short half hour, while
mtther wrts buy at the spring, a mile from
; home, in the midt of the. woods. I, a little
i six-v ear-old, was off in the canoe with my
i father, as a treat for being especially good
' the lay before. Father and I had a splendid
' time we always did when rut together
and, our canoe full of trout, we wers com
ing gaily home toward evening, when a cold
' ehi'l fell on our happiness, nrd my child's
; lier.rt felt a strange thrill as I read a sudden
anxiety in my father's face, whose every
' chance I knew. His quick ear had caught
the sound of mother's voice, and after a
while I. too. could hear a hopeless moan, a
) dreadful heart-broken sound. We found
: mother kneeling on the floor, her head lean
i iiijr on ile empty crib, and moaning as one
who could riot lie comforted. The baby was
1 gone. How, or where, we could not tell
we never knew. Weeks were spent in search-
ing for her and, at length, to save mother's
reason, father forced her to leave the pretty
ing cabin in the woods by the lake, where
this last sorrow hail come upon her, ami we
went to Montreal.
There we lived quietly for years during the
winter-time. 1 he nuns of the great convent
of the Gray Sisters took charge of my educa
tion. Mother and I had neat little rooms in
the French quarter, while father went moose
hunting for weary months : but the summer
times we always spent with him. He would
choose lovely spots for our summer encamp
ments, but never on the site of the log ca'dn
deserted after tlie baby's loss, until Ihe sum
mer of my nineteenth year. Then a great
desire took possession of my mother to go
onee more to the old home. She had been
very delicate that winter, and my great, rough
father denied her nothing. I sliudder when
I think of that beautiful, direful place now
it seems as though our evil fate hovered
about it. All the anguish lever knewcen-
1 ties there 1
We parsed one peaceful month together
. disturbed only by distant rumors of the diph-
theriti. a scourge which seemed to be strid
ing along from village to village, first on the
river, then nearer us on the gieat lake ; but .
! we never thought of its touching us, until
, one miserable night, when father came home, :
. languid and feveri-h, from one of his nun.er- '
i ous expeditious, anil we read in his face that
!tbe "hns,,y ""C-mf the scourge had set its
lu'" "".u " n . . uic i.iki .ji
anxiety about ff.th.er all strength seemed to '
desert my delicate little mother. From the j
fiist she had despaired about him, ami now I j
saw that, if father's life were taken, I should
have to part with both. !
Her life would a'e w ith his, for sorrow !
forges stronger bonds even than joy, and j
they have suffered so much together, his love
always supporting her, that he had become
life of her life. She could not exist alone.
I struggled hand to hand, and sick at heart
against what I felt to be an inexorable fate,
and, on the afternoon of the eighth day I
founil myself alone and almost despairing,
save for the thought of the happiness of the
two I had loved best in the world.
The sunset came, as I sat by the lake side,
flooding my desolate world with a heavenly
glory, like a sign from them to me of their
new found joy
, , , , . , T . .
The -tars had come out, before I ventured
10 iciin 11 10 me worse man iteseiien nouse.
I coulti not hope for help from any neighbor
until I sought it myself the next day, and I
had to look forward to a night, how horrible
I did not forsee, or I could not have endured
it. What follows I could scarcely credit my
self, if I did not hear on my hand a tangible
proof of it in a well defined scar ; and, even
now, I could not bear to write of that night's
experience, had not my children's laughter
ami my loving husband's care long since han
islied all unnatural gloom from my life.
While had been sitting alone on the lake
shore, toward the evening, I had heard a dis
tant shot : it scarcely roused me. A sports
man, I thought, hail wandered from his en-
. campnieiit, o:i the opposite siore, liad seen
son,e rrame in our w ild wood, killed it, and
1 , . ... . . , , .
j ms canoe na-i long since carrieo mm away. 1
j,, tnc gathering darkness I groped my way '
1 ' J J
i back through the familiar little path, and 1
r,.!M.i1,i mv own door. I alone sbonid i.ass
the threshold in the future ; their feet were
still : the busy feet that had toiled for me,
followed tne, and had been ever near me !
I was to go on my rugged path alone ! Heart
sick and overcome, 1 stopped at the door,
and, leaning my head against it, sobbed in
uncontrollab'e despair. Tired out at length,
I had grown quiet, and was just about to lift
the latch, when a faint moan, as of an ani
mal in pain, an 1 close to me, had startled we ;
then a dMth like si!ne relfrae J.
I knew I had not been mistaken. I felt i
that I must forcet mvself and help the uoor I
creature in distress. '"It is very good fori
strength to know that some one needs you to j
lie strong." No longer hesitating, I hunied j
into the little cabin, struck a lifcht, and went '
in the direction whence the moan had reach- of mutual edification and improvement. Dr.
ed tny ears. I thought of the shot I had j Galen Cupps was in the chair. He was our
heard. It was quite possible a poor wound- j Nestor, our old man eloquent, a living profes
ed deer was lying in the bushes. Yes ! I j sional legendary budget. On his face you
could now see its skin unmistakably a fawn j could read "Entertainment" as plainly as
spotted dun color. It lay quite stiil per- j you saw it printed on an old-fashioned tavern
haps that moan had been its dying gasp : ' sign ; and to it, after a day of weary ramlv
and so I came quite close to it, leaned over, j ling, over the dusty paths ot therapeutic lore,
and, paralyzed with horror, saw my moth
er's face, only young and very beautiful, as
she must have looked when a girl. Deathly
pale, dead, possibly, she lay matted hair all
about her face, and clothed in doeskin.
Just then she stirred : it was not death. All
wonder ceased within me. every feeling
fled before the thought that this being,
whatever, whoever she was, might be saved
to live.
I dragged her the few steps into the house,
laid her on my hemlock boughs, untouched
by me since the sickness visited us. Then I
found a wound in the poor creature's side j
and bound it up, bathed her head, and, in
the quiet, now again I fell startled at seeing
my mother's image, young and fair, before
me, and. when at last her great eyes opened,
it must be that sister lost to me till now, and
sent back in this sad hour to take my moth
er's place. I leaned forward, in an excess of
tenderness, to welcome her, when a look of
fright, an animal-like, wild tt rrr took p(s-
session of her face, and a low sort of snarl j
broke from her human lips.
The start she gave caused a fresh flow of
blood; dimness passed over her eyes. Again)
I staunched the wound ami prepared nonr-
ishment in case she wakened. Too busied !
in these ways for furtlier speculation, only
to hide her head when I offered her my care
fully prep.irwd food. I moved away and
studiously avoided an appeal a nee of watch
ing her. Yet I was intensely conscious of
her every movement I could see her eyeing
w ith a wretched, famished look, a raw veni
son steak that had been forgotten and lay on
the table close beside iter. Stes.Hbily, like a
Least of prey, her feeble hand stole toward
it, and in a moment she had torn it in pieces
and devoured it.
Horror tilled my heart. Could this crea
ture lie human? I sat still in the corner,
w here, myself unseen, I could watt h and re- j
strain h'-r if necessary, and soon weakness j
having overcome her, alter this last effort
she lay tossing iu an uneasy sleep.
Oh ! I was so weary and so very lonely !
The dreadful night was almost at an end.
1 went to her side, threw myself on the bed
beside her, and put my arms about her neck.
Again her wonderful eyes opened full in my
face. I fix"d thetn with my own I caress-
ed her, called her by the endearing names of
old.
me.
I besought her to be gentle anil to love
I tobl her she was my ow n, the only 1
creatine left to me to love and care for '.
One short second it seemed as if a soul look- ;
ed out of her glorious, deer-like eyes; then, j
with a groan, as if she gave the struggle
oer, and w ith that low, fcai f u! grow l again, '
she fastened her white teeth in my hand.
Shrieking with the pain, I fainted. When
I came to myself dawn was struggling In at
the window; fear shadows flickered on the j
floor. A fearful pain in my hand roused me ;
at length, and a consuming thirst drove me i
into the woods toward the spring to allay it.
I struggled through the underbrush, anil
there, close to the water, discerned a con
fused uia-s. There lay my poor sister, dead,
her head pillowed on a wildcat of the woods.
1 shot by the same hand, piobably, that had
wounded her fatally. Jipkton's Journal.
How Dm the Don Know thk Way? In
the current number of the ropulur Si-Uncc
Monthly there is a very interesting article,
which details the experiments made by a cer
tain Ohio physician to ascertain whether the
faculty which some animals possess of re-
turning to their homes by a nearly direct
course after lieing carried a great distance liy
a circuit otis rout ia to be attributed to cent,
memory, or any other idtelligi'ole cause,
Everybody, of course is aware of the fact a
catmay be put in a bag and taken ever so
i.wom.. iiimm 11.3 .uxantiiiirii nuai iu, anu uy
ever so round-about a journey, and yot turn
up again in due time at tine old place its
ability to get back being apparently limited
only by insuperable, physical ebstacles. The
subject of the Ohio experimenters was a dog.
The way they went to work aud the result
is thus described :
j A dog wis made insensible with ether at
Cincinnati, put into a wicker basket, started
1 on a train of the Cincinnati Southern ltail
I road, first southwest to Danville Junction,
I thence east to Crab Orchard, and finally
; northward to a hunting rendezvous near
1 I'.erea, in Madison county. This circuitous
! route was taken because on a former occa-
sion. when the dog had returned from a point
1H0 miles distance from its home, it was shs-
pecteo mat ne mignt, nave 10111111 nis way
buck by simply reversing his course on the
railway by which he had come. At lierea
the dog was shut up securely over night and
well ted. The next morning lie was taken
out to a clearing 011 the top of a grassy knob
! at some distance from the railwav, and let
: . Without anv nreliminarv survey lie
slunk oft into a ravine, sentmhled up the oj
; posite bank, and struck first on a trot and
tiien a swift gallop, notjtow ard Crab Orchard,
; i. e., southeast, but due north, in a bee line
i for Cincinnati. He run not like an animal
i that had lost its way hut "like a horse on a
tramway," straighta head w ith bis nose well
1 tip, as if he were following an air line toward
i a visible goal. He made a short detour to
j the left to avoid a lateral ravin, but further
; up he resumed his original course, leaped a
; rail fence and went headlong into a coppice
of cedar brushes, where they finally lost sigh,
j of him. The report ot the experimenters
I was forwarded to the owner by rail and on
j the afternoon of the next day aftpr receiving
this rVport the owner met the dog on the
j street in Cincinnati, "wet, full of burrs and
! remorse, ami apparently ashamed of his
tardiness.
Aritoros of George Washington's birth
day, the Cambridge (Mass.) Tribune relates
the following : Mrs. Washington, the mother
of Gooi go, was going to make soap. George
and his father arranged a large cask with
! some straw in tne Dottoni or it, ami on top
j of the straw they put some ashes and leeched
; them. Mrs. Washington got her soap grease
I all ready and in a short, time, the house was
! filled with that beantifttl odor that betokens
the process of soap lioiling is f,oing on. With
all her skill she could not make the soap
come. On investigation it was disc ovtre
that some of the ashes used were from the
wood of the cherry tree George cut down,
and no lye could be produced fiom theiu.
This sL'o-s-s the power o? truthfulness.
THE DOCTOR'S STORY.
We vtre a lot of doctors, enjoying our- i
selves after the meeting of the Ilippocratic J
Medical Society, whose members were accus- ;
toir.ed to assemble onee a year for iurposes '
we tiirned as naturally for refreshment as
the tired wayfarer halts before the inviting
signboard waving hospitable welcome to the
cheer v ithin.
Gen'al Dr. Cupps ! Like Father Grimes,
that r.ood old man, "we'll never see him any
morf ." No monument marks his last rest
ing place. The guild of undertakers, pos
sessed they a spark of gratitude, would not
siuTer this to be. As for his surviving pro
fessional br?thren, tew of us, I fear, have
nionev to spend in that way.
"How do young doctors, as a rule, get their
start? ' .queried a cynical-looking M. D. at
the foot of the table, w ith a nose as sharp as
the tip of his own lancet "leaving out, of
course, exceptional eases, like that of a man
Swallowing a fish bone, or dropping sudden
ly into a fit, where there is no choice but to
seek the nearest aid. What I ask is, how do
people come to trust their lives deliberately
in inexperienced hands?"
"Popular ignorance, probably," suggested
one
"Or cheek in the youngster," another hint
ed.
"It's mostly luck, I think," remarked the
chair, whereupon had converged a number
of inquiring lojks.
"Come, doctor, give us your experience on
the point ;" was seconded and carried.
"Mine was a case of pure luck," said he.
"Won't you tell us about it ?" we entreat-
i ed.
! Dr. Cupps was not the man to refuse,
j "Young men now-a days." he began ; "en-
ter the profession with other advantages than
; we old fellows had. The public hospitals,
; now accessible to students, afford them op
, portunitics to learn much by observation,
j which we were left to find out through ex
, peritnents on our patients.
"Though I took my degree after a credit
1 able examination, I doubt if I could then
"nave distinguished, by inspection, between
, the incipient stages of chicken-fox and mea
1 sles. Had 1 been called to treat a simple
; case of rheumatism, ten to one I should have
i found a verdict of white-swelling, ami pass
ed a sentence of amputation w ithout stop
ping to ask the victim what he had to say
against it. My patient was Tercy Tophani,
j a young man who had inherited a splendid
constitution as well as fortune, but was fast
making way with both. The case, no doubt,
would have fallen into Dingo's hands, for he
monopolized the practice thereabout, but for
his absence on a distant call.
' " 'Come quick, sir !" urged the messenger:
l "Mr. Percy's taking on at an awful rate."
"Without staving to inquire further. I
snatched my hat and sallied forth, quite for
getting, in the excitement, the new pill bags
wherein was stored my stock of samples.
"I arrived to find my patient 'taking on" at
an awful rate, sure enough.
"Poker in hand, he was lying about him in
a manner highly detrimental to furniture.
He was killing snakes, he said. Had it been
dogs, hydrophobia might have been my diag
nosis ; but snakes, I knew, meant delirium
tremens. And such was the decision Mr.
Topham's own more practiced judgment,
for, turning toward me, in a lucid moment :
" 'I've got 'em, Doe," he said.
"I did my best to calm him, assured him I
should bring him around, placed my fincer
on his pulse and began to count the beats,
but, darting from me, he exclaimed :
'"There goes the biggest snake yet the
old'serpent of all !" ' making a slash w ith the
poker, which made me dodge into a corner.
"Leaving two to watch him, and accom
panied by the man who had summoned me,
I hurried home to prepare such remedies as
I should conclude the case required a point,
I must confess, I was very far from clear
upon. I had been raised i:i a temperate
community, had seen little intoxication or its
effects, and my reading had not borne espec
ially in that direction.
"Before reaching my office, however, I de
cided what course to take. There was no
time to consult books. Besides, I was
ashamed to do that in the presence of the
1 man who waited to carry back the physic.
He would have taken it as a confesiyn of
ignorance, and would have lost no time in
proclaiming me a dunce.
"Overhauling my stock of drugs, and tak
ing a little from every one, I produced a mix
ture, some element of which I hoped might
prove a service. !
"Give him a tablespoon of it every half j
hour," I said to the man, handing him the ;
bottle, on which I was careful to put no label. ;
"Not caring to be present to witness the j
effect of mv maiden prescription, 'Tell Mr. 1
! Tonhani I'll c all in the morning. ' I said.
'Whatever my patient did, I passed a bad
night. Of all cases in which to make a de-
but, wliv should the malignant fates send the
very one most likely to expose me '
" With many misgivings I presented myself
next morning at the patient's door. I was
glad to see there was no crape on the it. I
hurried, trembling to the sick room.
" 'Good-niwning, Doe,' cried the invalid,
ri ;ing from a sumptuous breakfast, wiping
his mouth with one hand and extending me
the other. ry George, you did bring nie
through famously! That stuff was mighty
nasty, but it did the business. I'm as sound
as a dollar this morning !"
"Defore I could reply, a serving-man en
tered, the, same by w hom I sent the medicine.
" 'What's the matter, Dick?' said Top
ham. " 'Boxer's dead, sir.'
" 'Dead ! The deuce 1 There's a go ! 1
suppose you forgot to call at Bott'. the far
rier's, for that dreiict yesterday; just like
you when my back is turned.'
" 'No, sir,' the man replied : T stopped
and got it ou my way from the doctor's and
gave it according to directions.'
'Just my luck !' cried Topham, smiting:
the table. 'You see. Doc, Boxer was my fast
trotter. I counted on winning a mint of
money on him on the coming races, and now
he's gone and kicked the bucket. Well,
'peace to Lis manes ;' as the poet says. Here,
Dick, hand the doctor that medi ;ine bottle
from the mantle. He may as well fill it up
again. This morning's luck may set me on
ft fresh spree, and there's no telling how soon
I may need another dose.'
"A ft lasce at the bottle as J ok it made
nie start. It bore a label, on which I read
'Simon P.otts, Farrier.'
"'Can it be,' I mentally exclaimed, 'that
it was Bott' potent that cured the man and
mine that killed the horse?' It was a strong
Ciise of eircumtantiil evidence at any rate,
"Quietly pocketing the bottle, I went my j
way. If the truth was as I surmised, it nev- I
er came out. Tophara sounded my praise !
even where, and soon the local death-list was '
pretty equally filled with the names of old '
Dingo's patients and my own."
m !
A TOUCHING SCENE.
A Iin-pltr.r r.n li p Vn'.fir. I'nilrfi-..! n-l.tlf. '
" ."'., "nmi,
en route recently for San Francisco, witness-
ed the follow ing verv touching incident :
-
When the train reached Allen's Junction, :
Conductor Richardson proclaimed: " 'ars i
stop here twenty minutes for refreshments." 1
Then as the train came to a dead halt, he :
jumped down on the station platform, ran -
'tlTAlZ whethe0eng?n s stamlii i
swiniiin" himself un itito the cnb saiiitotho '
engineer :
"Frank, I want you to come back with me
to the first passent-er coach and see a little
girl that I hardly know what to make of."
The engineer nodded without speaking,
deliberately wiped his oily, smoky hands on
a bunch, of waste, took a "look at"his crimv.
dusty face in the nanow little mirror that I
liuni beside the steam guage, pulled off his i
frock, put on a coat, changed his little black, j
f'r'' ,, . , V" n;u taking niese ty men will bear witness to the truth of this 1 on its wings. The plant. t"s house w as bril
! "dress up' articles from the tender Pox, i ,- , , , . ,
i where an engineer always has them stowed i s,atf,,liellt- i hinted : the g"..-ts were amvn.g in
1 away for an emergency and went back to i A sentinel i-keimcts C Ai'Ti rtE ok ( onffd- i numbers : the strains of music were wafted
away for an emergency and went back to
the coach as requested. "
, we- cmr.e.i i.w nKiu. ami maue ms way ro i
I r hT t H'Vt, I1.""'1 r,',Vi,lr ,"1r I
I sat talking to a bright-looking little girl. I
about nine yeais old, oddly dressed in a wo- !
man s siiawl ana nonnet. Several of the i
jas-eii;-i neie iiitujeu nrtmiiti ine seat
evidently much interested in the eh. Id, which i
wore a sad. prematurely old countenance, I
but seemed to be neither timid nor confused. I
llere is the engineer," said the conductor. 1
I kindly, as Frank approached. M,e held tin ; occupied. After a little investigation he as
! her hand to him, with a winsome smile break- ! '. , A. ... , , . . , ,
, ing over her pinched little face, ami said : I certained that three Confederate scouts had
i "My father was an engineer before he be- j taken up their quarters for the night in the
: came sick ami went to live on a farm iu place, and he therefore moved away.
! Montana He is dead and my mother is The SPntinri awoUe witli such a vivid re-
, dead. She died first, before Susie and 1 1 - , .
I lie. My papa used to tell me that after he i mcmbrance of the details that he asked per-
should be dead there would be no one to j mission to goover and confer w ith the scouts,
i take care of me, and then 1 must get on the When the log barn was described to this
: cars and go to mv old home in ermont. i ,,.,-. . , - , -.
! Ami he said if the conductor- wouldn't let ' man Iie 'ated it at once, having parsed it a
me title without any ticket, I mii-t ask for j dozen times. The dreamer tlesei i'ued the
i the eoL'ine.-r aixl tell him 1 whs James Me- ; highway exactly as it was. giving every hill
I Kt-mlMck'sJUtle girl that used to run on the j alld tllrni amI the sout ,,lt su,.h faHh in tLe
: ' Th p leading blue eyes were now full of remainder of his dream that ho took four
tears ; hut she tint not cry after the manner 1
of children iu general.
Engieeer Frank now quickly stooj.ed dow n
ami ki-ed her very leiuleriy, anil as he
brushed the tears away from his own eyes,
saitl .
' Well, my dear, so you aie little l!es?ie
McKenilrick ? It's my ojini"ii a inereilul i
Providence guided you on board of this!
train.'"
Then turning around to the group of pas
sengers, be went on :
"I knew Jim McKendrick, the father of j
this little girl, well. He whs a man out of !
ten thousand. hen I first eanteto Indiana :
before i got acclimated 1 was sick a great
part of tne time, so that I could not work,
ami I got homesick and discouraged. Could
not keep my boaid hid paid up not to men
tion my do.'tor's bill and 1 didn't care much
whether I lived or died.
' One day, when the pay car came along,
and the men were getting toeir monthly wa
ges, ineie wa-n't a cent coming tn me. for I
hadn't been free fi.m the ague nor worked '.
an hour for the lat month,
i "I teit so blue that I sat do.vn on a pile of
! railroad ties, and leaned my elbows on my
I knees, with my head in my hands, and cried
like a great boy out of shear homesickness
and discouragement.
; "Pretty soon one of the railroad men came
1 along and said in a voice that sounded like
sweet music in mv ears, for I hadn't found
much sympathy out there although the bo s
were ail good to me in their way: 'You've
been hav ing a rouii tune of II, and 3 on must
let me help you out.'
i "I looked up and there stood Jim McKen
; driek with his month's pay in his hand. He
i took out from his roll of bills a twenty dol
; lar note and handed it to me.
"1 knew he Lad a sickly wife and two or ;
i three children, and that lie had a hard time
of it himself to pull through from moi.th to
j month, so 1 said, half ashamed of the tears
that were stiil streaming down my face, Tn- ;
, deed I can't take the money ; you need every
' cent yourself."
"'Indeed you will take it, said Jim.
'You will be ail right in a few weeks, and
, then you can pay it back. Now come home
: with "me losupper and see tiie babies ; it wiil
do you good."
"I took tiie bank note ami accepted the
: invitation, and after that went to Ins house
i frequently, until he moved away, and 1
i gradually lost sight of him. I had returned
the loan, but it was impossible to lepay the
. goott mat iittie act of kindness did nie, and
i 1 rather guess Jim McKemirick's Iittie girl
1 here will not want tor anything if I can help
i 'C"
1 Then turning again to the child whose blue
: eyes were wide open enough now, the engin
eer said to her :
1 "I'll take you home with nie, li-ssie dear,
; when we get up to Wayne. My w ife will fix
j you up, and we'll write and find out w hether
1 these Vermont relations really want you or
not. If they do, Mary or I "shall go with
i you. Hut if they don't care much about you.
I you shall stay with us and be our little girl,
: for we have none of our own. You look
i very much like your father, God bless hii
j memory."
I Just "then the Eastern train whistled.
I '" c '
"All aboaidl" was shouted. Engineer
Frank vanished out of the car door and went
forward to his engine wining his eves with
his coatsieeve. while the conductor and svm-
Toithetic nasseiiL'ers could not suppress the
tears . thin touching little episode evoked dur-
ing 111c twenty jiuiiiilcs slui .iu .-kocu -3
J unction.
Value of the Fai?m. A and Bare two
1 men with a capital of $5,000 each. A goes fo
the village, rents a house, and lends his mo-
' ney at 10 per cent, li buys a farm, stocks it,
ami moves upon it with his family. A man-
ages by working at one thing and another to
oarn unni.M, to nav his rent and clothe his
family. Ills insurance, grocery bill and tax-
p fnnm out of bt interest on bis nionev. li
uses all the milk, butter, eggs, vegetables,
fruit, etc., that his family require, all being
raiseil on the farm. The surplus sales pay
his gt-erybill and clothe the family. He
sells fl.ooo worth of grain and stock. After j General Kilpatrick's life; when a dream
paying his hired help, taxes, insurance, re- ; prevented General Tolhert's camp from stir
pairs and other bills, he has ?4n0 left as the j render and capture, and when a dream gave
result of his year's labor. Which of the two General Sheridan a more accurate knowl
men made the most money ? We believe the . edge of Early's forces than all tlie scouts.
farmer has ; and yet, with the same showing, j
many of them are dissatisfied, and envy A, ! The Strongest Man Living. Joseph
who lives in town, and who has hard work j Pospischill, who is row a prisoner in the
to keep up his style of livingon the proceeds j Austrian fortress at Ofen, on conviction of
of his labor and the interest that he an
nually receive s. We can point to plenty of
farms whose value does not exceed ?2,500,
from which there is annually sold over $1, 000
worth i'f produce, not coutiting that consuin
ed by the family. The trouble is they do not
know how much of it is profit.
The Treason given by a colored man for
not going too nar the hind legs of a famous
roar. mule, was so satisfactory that we can af
ford to adopt it as an excuse for not doing a
great many other things. "Dc reason," he
said, "why I nebher 'proach that roan mule
from le rear is dat I'm too fond of my fam
ily an' don't belong to ro church, D'.i'Mr."
FIVE SOLDIERS' DREAMS.
j A w'cek previous to the battle of Fair Oiks
ja fcW York volunteer, win parsed the j
j n'.cht with a member of the 3d Michigan in- j
i fautry, got up in the moinirg looking veiy
phim and down-hearted, and when rallied
about Ins fancied home-sickr.es?, he said :
'T have only a week to live ! I had a dieam
5a't Eight whic h settled the business fur me
'"! lots of others. A week from to-day a
battle w ill be fought and thousands wiil be
slain. Mv regiment will lose over a hundred
men and I shall be killed while charging
across a field." The men laughed at his
. .1 -t . . 1 . . .1
inoiKij spiru.nui ne lun.eti npon mem ami
said : "Your regiment will also be in the 1
fu.nt mi ti, ..ti ;;. ,.t-...i n, I
"... -. " mil lull 1-5 V.llieVJ llllVt 111C
battle you will have nothing to be merrv
T. , . , . ,
tUer' 1 lie two 'Cf'",s were here last
,11-'ht will he killed among the trees. I saw
them lying dead as plainly as I now see von. I
wU1 W in the 1 " ' i
in tne groin, ana men wnl be thick around ;
j them."
j The battle took place just a week after.
The dreamer was killed in full sight of every
man in the 3d before the fight was an hour i
old, and within twenty minutes after the two I
sergeants and six of their comrades were '
,,aa in tl;e "woods, hit exactly where the
dreaniei said they would be. More than fif- ;
F.HATEs.
usi ocrore me name oi ce.lar CreeK a ,
camp sentinel, who was off duty temporarily !
..... .... .
a,la lr'"K lf-- Pul " a ""'c siecp, tireamea !
mar ne went out on a scout, a mile to I fie 1
I right of our camp he came upon a log barn.
d it ,,,,, tr
1 a 11 lean 10
shelter, or was a bo
rain jut then he sought
ut to, when he heard voi-
ces ami discovered that the nlaee w as alrea.lv
soldiers, one ot w hom was me oieamer, ana
set out for the place. Three confederate
scouts were asleep in thf straw, and were
taken without a shot being filed. The
dream audits results were knev, n by l.un-
. dreds of Sh. W Inn's ca vail v, and has i,een
lutled to at lt uiii'iiis.
A A Al I1YMAN SAV LS Ills l.POT lil r." l.UE.
Three days before the affair at Keilcy's ,
Ford a corporal in the bth Michigan cavalry
dreamed that a brother f his, who was a
sergeant in another company, would have his ;
horse killed in action ami would almost im- :
mediately mount a dark bay horse with a
w hite nose. ithin five minutes both horse
and rider would be killed by a shell. This
dream was lelat. d to more than a ecoic of
coiiiiades fully two days b'-f.-re the fight.
Early in the action the sergeant's In ie
was struck fair in the forehead by a built t,
and dropped dead in his tiaeks. It was
har.'t'y three minutes before a white nosed
horse tarrying a blood-stained saddle, gal
loped up to the se 1 geauai.d halted. He re
membered the ilrea'ii and rt-ftw d to rm.unt
the animal, and soon after picked up a black
horse. The v.hite-m sed animal was picked
up by a second corporal in another repliner.t, .
and horse and rider wire toin into frag
ments by a shell in full sight of four compa
nies of the t'dh.
THliEE (iliK f.l! WAllNLD A N Tt ESCAI'E
l'EATH.
While MeClellau w as hi sieging Yorktown ,
the fun was not all on one side. The Con
federates had pit -lit y of sl: t ami she!!, and
they sent them out w 5th intt nt to kill.
One morning a Michigander who was in
the trenches walked back to a spot on
which three oflieer were eating their break
fast, ami warned them that they v.ere in
peiil. On the night previous he had dream
ed that lie had looked at his watch and re
inarked that it w as a quarter of seven o'clock,
when a shell hit the ground behind him and
tore up the eaith in a terrible manner. It
was now twenty minutes of seven o'clock,
and he besought the officer to leave the spot
at once. His earnest manner induced them
to comply, and they had only reached cover
i when a Confederate -dieM stunk the earth
! wlieie they hail been sitting and made an ex
; cavation into which a horse could have been
; rolled, and have room to spare.
TOl l) A ATTAIN HOW HE W OIT.U I'-E
j WOVNPEU.
: Tlie right before the cavalry light at Ilra
dy's St ition, a trooper, who slept as his
horse jogged along in column dreamed that
a certain captain in his regiment would be
. unhorsed in a fight the next day, and while
. rising from his fall would be wounded in the
. left knee.
Everything was so clear to the dreamer
that he took opportunity to find the captain
j Rml nlate ie t,roan)
"Go to Texas with your croaking 1" was
all the thanks he received, but lie bail his
revenge. In the first charge, the next day.
the captain was unhorsed by the breaking of
j the girth, and was pitc hedj.ead over heels
j into a patch of briers. As he struggled out
1 a shell Killed ins horse anil two men, ami one
of the flying pieces of iron mashed tho eap-
! tain's lec to a bloody null.. He is now
1 resident of Ohio, and" his wooden leg is in-
i disputable evidence that dreams sometimes
j come to pass,
1 - some other dreams.
i These things may seem very foolish now.
I but there was a time
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V.I CI. II llltillll ,-Hl.ll
- , highway robberv, is said to be the strongest
man living. One of the feats for which he
was renowned was to support in the air,
with his Lands an.l teeth, a table upon which
- two gypsies danced while a third fiddled.
He and his brother, only less powerful than
himself, were wont to bear upon their should
ers a wooden platform, shaped like a bridge,
while a cart full of stones, drawn by two
horses was driven over it. The other day,
when the jail in which he was confined was
uiHlergoing" a isit from the municipal prison
insticctors, this Hercules volunteered to
give the authorities a specimen of his powers,
and upon receiving permission f" ,1o so, pick
ed up with his feet a heavy mahogany table,
and balanced it a'o.'t tor nearly a half niin-U?e.
THREE YEARS CF .MYSTERY.
In lvTs a f:.,ii:y named i;.ltri-s,,-, v -
living in Wie nii.ty, Te;is. 'it. rui.:y
ooii - :ud of mother and two tin- fitl.T
liavlt.g t'.ieil .:: ar beb-re. .No f ;ii;.i:y
i in the m-ih!oriMd via- mole big
j ted. The widow owned a lare
' ati'' w a euiisi(!. ri-d w-i!t!.. w!
l.Iy i spec
!:!. tatioii
':'e ail pie-
dic-Ud that thu bvs l,:d a bi'-l.t fir
be-
fore them, lb niy, the younger, didn't g
much into sixiety, Jprfciing h. me nnd se
clusion. Frank, thet-Mt-r, wtiitcrywh,,
and wih known f;ir and wide. He wa a
geiifrons ihiv, whom evei vb'"iv bked,
. ..'
ana it was
all the wi.
.t'i'iujht !.: had not an n n:y in
e 1. 1 o-scil:'' litre iij.it, !v
beauty,
irl a i 'i .t-'.ng addicss, he had little
diflii ulty in winning t'h
Jt r.iiif Hate', daughter of
arTef tioiis of Miss
a lieigiibo: itig plan-
ter, and a- theie was no impediment to the
union preparations were made for it.
11 w" ""'-
eclipse any similar event m Wise countv.
Invitations were i-s:n-.l la t-
!v ; all
t-
e ne-
cessary arrangements w -.re conducted on a
grand scale; the i.';'l;t which was to witness
the cei
:y was 1-eautiful : thej-cason was
early autumn : the l
i shed its light upon
the eaith; the flowers were still in bloom,
an J the night wind, r.s it crept thr
branches of the ti
r.rried their odor up
4 on the air; Miss Jeruie Ilane hal donned
hvr .,i(i.t! dre-. and waited, in her chamber,
, -rriv.u lf 011, ,,, ...v,,,., ... ,u ,, k
"e i riv at i one to .,ioin sue wou.n iii.k
iR.r ,(.,iiny. The hour set for the marriage
came and went, but no bi idgm oin appeared
in appe:
Another hour pa-sej. Then '.a me-senger
was despatched to Kobert son's mother, who
sent a reply to the effct that Frank had
started for the F. me plantation long hep-re
sundown. This fell 0:1 the assembled com
pany like a b-jmbshell.
M.-sseneis were despatched in every di
rection. T!:eoi;ti:e neighborhood wass.ooi-.r-etl
for ii'ilcs aioun I v. i'.ii'o t finding a truce.
Daylight dawned, and stiil tlmre was nosign
of Frank UoOeitson. Meantime the scene at
Dane's was distressing in the extreme. The
bethrotbed bride, so stiangly forsaken, gave
way to the angui -h which ox pies..,l i,er. A
hniril le foreboding took possess-. ,n of brr.
With the orange bins-oni-. atnld her hair, and
arrayed in her bridal robe, she mi from room
to rot.ni ei vine, hystci i'-ally : "Flank i dead
my darling has hit me fmever ."'
S ..!i uncfiiseiotiMiess came to her reli- f,
and in a oeath-bke swoon -n- forgot her
misery. The music eeaed : the guests de
parted rapid'y.ffull of mingled pity and won-d-
r : the lights were extinguished : the errand
banquet was Jhttist unnotii'. d and un-
tastcrt ; r.ml that wl.i. -h had prou.is-1 to be tt
brilliant so. ial event, H-r.lted in a scene of
gioom and m stery.
The search for the missing LriJegioi.m was
continued all next day. and foi many di'ya
tl.eienf ter, but without a..il. Tiie. e was liK
due. no trace of the young man. Fio'.n tiie
moment he bade bis sick mother go"d-l ye,
ami rode gaily oil in the direction of Dane's
plantation to meet hi bride, he had disap
peared, t 1 l, seen no n.oie in honinn fle-h.
A y.-ar went by, and the it. nt passed
into local tradition. F'ank I.'obi fs-n was
stiil missing. Hi.s Lt '.: ell e-1 w ,.s . . .:,:. c
She had never lecovered fiom the s!i .. .
singular tiisappeaianee occasioned. To '
ina tirivate mail-house she weai he! w retch-
ed existence out. Vie. is ;thvay expecting
some one ; always v .b-hing aud waiting f
day to d.'.wn anil bri; he' lover.
In all this time ?L -. V-d ts..-i h -s not
been idle. Since her son dl?.j ft are.i rhe
has not given up the hope cf '.n ling him.
she instituted a vigoi-.us search. She adver
tised : and all the Texas ami a 1. .idr.i'.' New
Ymk paper contained notice-, ami ellcis of
fie' reward for a clr.e or informr.tioii cf
Frank, dead or alive. There were icj lies,
but the clues fun. 'shed turn .1 out false, 'and
the broken-iieatted mother almo-t died be
nt ath the weight of anxiety, dis.ipp'' intment,
p.ml suspense.
Two more years went by. making tmee in
ail w hith intervened btewecnti e prcsiit and
the time t'f the young man's unexpected de
parture. The mvst' ry seemed us daik ts
ever. Mrs. Pobertson doubled the reward,
and offered a p'antation to any (-ne who
would find her missing boy. Two farmers
living near by accepted the oiler, and dug up
the lemains of Frank lbihortson from a ra
vine w here th.-y had buried him. They claim
he was a horse-thief, and was lynched by
vigilants on his wciMing right. That he
i was hanged ami then hm ied is unquestion
ed, but that he was a horse-thief is not so
clear. The men claim they were bound by
i solemn oaths to keep the actions of the vigi
; lants (of whom they were members) secret,
and hence their reluctance in icvealing the
t fate of their victim. Mrs. F.oberton had
the skeleton of her son encioscd in p.n de
: cant coffin and buried in the Denton ceme
! tcry. The funeral attiaetid hundreds and
' tlie comments were various. She recent iy
instituted suit ngain-t all panics implicated
I in the hanging, and show s a di pos;.'.. 1: to go
j to tiie bottom of the matter. The suit re
' vives all the interest iu the a.T.iir, reca'.'.ii.e
I almost forgot ton incidents, aid before it is
! ended there is a probability that sain new
! an'' stnrt!iii(s developments w hi add to its hl-
ready sensational features.
IIow it Tats to To. e a rrrr. s ms
a : papers are not ot nv.u 11 account as xoappear-
j f1110". bl,t 1 110vf'r to"'k "I:c" " at did r3J
i mc some way, more then I p.'-1 J for it.
One time an old fiiend started a little paper-
away down in Southwestern Georgia, and
sent it to nie. and 1 subscribed ju.-t toeneour-
,i ; ace him. ami so after a while it published a
notice that an administrator had an order to
sell several lots at pulli-- outcry, and one cf
the hts was in my county. So I inquired
about the lot, and wrote to my fr- r.d tn at
tend the sale aud run it t 1 fifty dollars. lie
did so, ami bid o:I the l"t to me at thiity dol-
I lars, and I sedd it in a month to a man It join
ed for a hundred, s-nd so I made sixty-eight
dollars ch ar by taking that paper. My fath
er told me when he was aoure man 1 cw
a notice in a paper hat a school tesicber was
wanted away oft in a distant eour.ty, and he
went there and got the situation, and a little
girl wr- ' --Tit to IjT."., "tid after awhile she
grew up mifchty sweet and , ty, and he
f..ii in i.iva m ith her and married . cr. Xw,
if i.e l.a.ln't taken that r arer, v . at do you
1 reckon would i.avc become oiu.c?
1.1
I be some ot'.a r fell-r or maybe not r.t .
Ex.
They were w.-.lking by the eai le, and ho
sighed and she si-,.,, d ; and she w as by i ,
side, an' be by her s" le side, and they w er
l.oili beside themse" b-"s. ;e t'i'2 s-t V-9
'P-a ide. wrre s'? ched 4)- -.v."..
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