UAL
THE CAMBRIA FREEMAN
I Mtll itaMl Wfrklj nt
The larire and relia'le nrctitaM, w of Mr "
Bui Kekkvas r'.mnifinl it lorlnrin'rtt'Vfoi.
aoleranon of airrrt t.er. .hp fn Torf will be la,
aertert at the follow line low rales :
1 Inch. 3 time ( l
1 3 month SM
1 " e months.. " a o
1 " 1 T'nr
2 ' fl months im
2 ' 1 yir ".""..! 1""0
3 months .!!!!!J.""!!! ft 0
R " 1 year H 00
fil'n 6 m"nth in "0
e month in
S " 1 yr :.. oo
1 month 4 04
1 1 year ? 0
Adminis'rator's nd txecutor Notices .... M
Att'li'iT't Notipff 20
Stray and Fimilar Notice. l.fco
Itusiness item, first Inser'ion b-c. per line : etch
iubseo,urt insertion be. per line.
Xf RrxoUlt ton or ftnrrrr'mq at ffiy ctrr-f orctf
or tori rt y. f rrf ( pmiirirefirtuj drnnned fo ra a.'fm
ion f tftv mater of limited or i-ridividuel tntrrett9
mrtxt be paid Jor at advrrtixrmrnl.
Job ri!cnsiif ullkin l n-t1 inrt xpp i t
cuf ly.execated at lowest prices, lion't yculo.-gt
it.
j:p,K.SJ:T KG, Cambria Co., ra
' IJY II. A. Mcl'IKi:.
C.Kftrantreil Circulation - l,OOS.
!
slBHfRIITIOS KATES.
k ,m one year, cash in advance 1.W
i" i. " if not ii'd within 6 mns. 21")
? if not p'd within year..
l'.f-To nrr-'W residing outside the county
j,,M additional per year will be charged to
Lrto. from, and those who don't consult their
J Vn n crests bv paving i:-. advance must not
!e ct i be p'aecl Minium" footine a? thoe
inn .1... t '-t t"i distinctly understood
y m this I taic f orward.
'avtnr your P.pcr before- vou Mop it . ir
-'pi you mu-t. None but scalawag do oth.
D.,n i be it s.-alawlit-a "JO s"rt-
H. A. McPIKE, Editor and Publisher.
'HE 18 A FREEMAN WHOM THE TRUTH MARKS Ffftl?, AND ALL ARE SLAVES BESIDE."
SI.50 and postage per year, In advance.
VOLUME XV.
EBENSBURG, PA.. FRIDAY, MAY , 1SS1.
NUMBER 10.
4
ipt fit I'fl
G . WOLFS
BLB RELIABLE PTOSES I
LD it ELI ABLE hWW.
Clothing House
In Central 1'cmisiflvait ia ,
KFAT TO POST-OFFICE,
ALTOOXA, PA.
i
' fTROSQ K A S Y SI US
STROSG f .tvt' M u
Ali.-woor. sins
Qnat va rifly M K avtl CI TA II . I V SL ITS. .
Fancy Rsvcrnl!' WOUsrV.V M' A.' SVITS...
Large assortnu rtnf STY1 i l T SI ITS...
All- tf ool Line anil 'u-, . MF.I.TOS SI ITS....
Soiille-Bre.-Kloi la;u;i SM K STIT
n e Iia:;o-.al I I TA H A Y SI ITS.
$v Iiwjr-wl r n-- -K COAT sins
Oo f y.very-I'.--j WORKlSd TAMS
gtit PA TS in t'.e n.'i for the mom u
Alt-iv.i Af:;;vf.r i.r -
PA fj i nn.v? of c'! st a'ld q'talititl li to
13 te.'irtt In rs; F'tf't U t rt
7 SO
8. CO
10.00
12.C0
1 ?. ro
17. SO
v..oo
l'f'O
17.00
1.0O
S.L'j
Special Bargains
.Ti -s-r i:i:ct:jv!'.d
FROM Ol'R LARGE WORKROOMS,
(OV-I-ilS'l OF A .MI-LETS LINE OF
BLUE, BLACK and BROWN
. i.i. wool, rut nr.Avr.R
OVERCOATS,
l-;. tl. i; .ur.d, Si'.k VeJvcr (' l'..ir, gwj
S T4: Lining, f r
TEIST DOLLARS!
!
OPEN EVERY HAY UNTIL 10 O'CLOCK, P. M '
ReversibTe Overcoats ! i
J-i,e Heversible overcoat first manifeste l itself j
HI year ago. but did n ' get a lair hold on puhlie
ff r until tl: pre.-ent feas.jn. It Is made without j
lining. ! ' '.it,-, and the featn arc avr.inaed in
tuuh a way that ti.-re 1 n. it'll.' side t it. One
flja ! the .t:i is r.:i -hd in a variety of style?, j
laefc a .ban mi '. mix".!. to., etc., an.l the other
Is S'ja"y a - ! j.-'aid or click. The pockets. '
T
t-., are so ingc-.ic iis'.y col. Wived that no matter
Wljich !dof the ( a i- o ;t tV'-y .ireal'vfty in the
r!g).t place, rca iy f t bu-incs. We will fh .w this
tffsek nil the lb ' r-i'-c t Vats we have : also, evcry
ttrr in :- lire t!i.it yo.t a k i-.r. It will yv.zz,
-fOU : a-k Tt at.yt'iitig w- l.nver.'t get. i
! i. a oi.r. i
' wr. it i". .n r r.m an r
AT ASSIGNl-KSSALE
A LAR'JK
Overalls and Shirts,
MAe of he.ivv d',i"k, nr.-l a- we l ave r.o room to
keep them very lot.g we wilt aire our patrons tho
; bnrnt of the b.utf.ir.i vie got in the purchase by
; nUlrt? them nt HH Y C1..NTS PEli SHTT, tr nt
ntKNTY-KlVK CLNrsw each article epa-
i ntt'.y. They .h i worth at bait- KOI nt.K THE
J- MONK.V.
9' TIT IS
Vtara .l.-jwir-g. n fully a our crowded condition
, w.i! pTci;'. everything; wo have in
suits and overcoats;
an-f e-
0 KlU'OATS
We are prepared
to 4k w ;i?im! aa 'iR'.iir.HoJ asrrtm
tit tog !n Cbvt'-.ing and I ' r.dercbt ii
men of .-try
ing, but the
KEr ,l
ir or t::
week 1" In Overcoats of ev-
ry t'.rt.
v 11 '.'.i-i. to talk .it ya tho newest and
Esft tiiii m It is to wear them, but not ali of
yewV i-.t t i ; i. : r them. We have equal need
t-i I a 'i'i;, sir;io r.t that f.m; ly keeps out the
ia-nf sr. 1 ! !. even thorgh they may be a little
rv. i.. Thousands who will read this to-day will
fc glu. I to !e :,-n tl.it
A fr ()()!) SATIX OV HHCO AT,
t!iJ enough t-. aue a scn e ol warmth : Fub.tan-'-
J- cgh i r the r!"i j:i"-t werr, an 1 good look
: i -. ugh f.-r bet-er use. r .n t,e had here
4 I'OK j-r,.o )t; si(;.oo.
Other rr.ercr.ar.f vvi'.l '.M.k w.th the same likir?
fT Itiimaiix Ikioir at $n to 13.M, and the
Chf--rl:ia overcoat., at -.s to : .
Wf have r.o time to writ.t to r hare you patience
'' ' 1 ai.vthing like an account ot what w show
i
T 'ek. H-re 'be i lace to use your eves and
V ilgturrt. Here we wjl
b; tlor.s t eforcl...!: !.
ill not tire you with
f KMMI'.MBllK THIS !
aatevir y n i,ny that ch r not suit jou, lfn t
s- 'i t at all. c...,ie I ack with it the first minute
J5n!i. Via are i ?-, j if you had your money
3 your pwk'-t. Y- u c T0r money back
7?'T P1 if ?'' -nt it : l.-v.t take gr,o I care
" I -rroent for u.. , l e a , our interest in
GODFREY WOLF.
LATERXnR, One vt the Salesmen.
Veidhoff's Block,
1HICJIF SXitliaKX.
CARL. mviKMirci
I , ill I UtIUO,
i'tel Wa!ctmaicr anJ Jeweler,
lA. TJ tn hiJ'1 '"- Tine I and rle-
"'V!riL'L';i;r'''r I ' repawn Clock,
ESTABLISlltn FOR THIRTY-MR YEARS.
AY BSflT
I 3Iniini acturerw,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,
-OF-
tm, coma,
-AND-
Sheet Iron Wares
AND DF.ALEItS IN
HEATING, PARLOR anfl COOKING
STOVES,
SHEET METALS, !
j a n n
i liOUSE-rniMSHiNG GOODS GEaTIULLY.
.rllin in
TIN,fOPPERiSIIEET-inOS
THiTMPTLV ATTENDED TO.
Nos-273 280 anJ 282 Wasbin-,on Sl-
JOHNSTOVH. PA.
J.W.SeiRBEOGlS&BRQ.,
-DKAI.F.US IN-
Dry G oods,
Fancy Goods,
CLOTHIjSTG-,
GHOCEMES, &c,
CAiniOLLTOVVN, TA.
HEW GOODS BECEIVD WEEKLY
A1 ALWAYS SOIJt AT TI?T.
VERY LOWEST PRICES.
AMI IAII TOR ( OIMRT I'RO
II K nlien (innils arc not ilolrcil.
J. W. SII.VIJHAICII A. FiKO.
t'arrd'itown. Marcli 11 lSn.-ti.
B. J. LYjSTCH,
nnnnrartnrrr anfl Denier In
HOME AND CITY MADE
FURNITURE !
LOUKGKS, BEDSTEADS,
TABLES, CHAIRS,
Mattresses, &c.
1G0.) ELEVENTH AVENUE,
Between ICh ami 1 7li Ss.,
Altoona. Peian'a.
M-i- tlitizeni- Qf C-ambrin county and all others
wish in ;r to iiurehase. honest r I KM 1 I ht.. tsc. at
honest price are rej ect fully invited to give me a
call betore buyin": elsewhere, a. I am confident
that I cin meet evirv want aiiu pleascrverv tai-tc.
IT: ' the very lowest li. J. LYNCH.
Altoona, April Pi. l51.-tf.
IX OKPOIt ATrn IN- I7!5.
STBICTLY ON MUTUAL PLAN.
PROTEGTIGH MUTUAL
FIRE IHSURAHCECOMP'HY
OF EDENSDURC, PA.
a
lliia t'o.i W.l U 1,J - i'l't'4
Only Siz Asse sments in 24 Tears.
Good FARM PROPERTIES
ESPECIALLY DESIRED.
NO STEAM RISKS TAKEN!
GEO. M. READE, President.
T. W. J1FCK, Sccretaru.
F.bensbura-, Jrn. 31, 11 -ly.
McNEVIiVJ Sl YEACER,
masut-aci rr.ERS or
Tie, Ccpr d MM f ARE,
AI BP.ALEPS ly
COOKING & HEATING STOVES,
n.iscts, n n.A is, c.,
1 10S Eleventh Avenue, . Altoona, Ta.
One Poor West of Opera Houie.
ItOOI INC. AND SPOl.-TINO
mojlPTLT ATTE5DED TO.
KEI'AIRS FOK STOTKS (.OASTAMLI OJi HAM).
Altooa. tct. 10, lSTj.-tf.
S U day at lioraeansily made. Costly
i-uumi iree. .Vi l.-crs I rue 4- r.o.. Auguita, 31 e. "
APRIL II, IB8I.
IB- &d IB.
Sl'KCIAI, ) I ' I ' HUIXCtS
ItELLOX 15LACK SILKS
il InrlieiMblr. nt SI. in, SI.50 nn! 91.73.
SITjK HKVA n 'J'MKXT.
Several rae New JSl.T-k Ilror.iib'?. nt $1. tl..'nd
np to $J 7f per vnrd.
One fpeoial lot 1 :i-tr:i 11 1 -i in.-li (ool nt -J.Oi p"r
vnril that h:tve s -11 nt p r ynM.
Newr2-in"h I "inbro Sirip Silk rur'I'fimminir".
20t pieces Hinek Silk nt ifLOi. 1 .-.!.'. 1 1.T; nml
t.m per yard, ot llonnet l?(;lUin ml Tiiinet
i'Htd less rire thfin ever Pohl nt.
500 jilLoe? Knnoy Siik. at :'.T' '.. to fl.Do per y.Tril,
St r!, i 'tierks nn.l r.imiines.
T.arce lot I'A.ick Satin il'I.yons. 1.)0. $1.25, $1.M,
nnil up to rinet ir:iae.
Satin Mnrvpil'cnx niel Surnhi, Klnek and Colors.
Fine Hlnelc Silks. -J.-.'i to $4.(n ner yard.
Very larire lot ami Fieeial value in Hl.tek Satin?,
from tOr. up to finest trratle-.
Extraordinary values in 75e . fl.O i, $1J5 and fl.M)
the two latter "J-inch jruod.
DRESS GOODS.
One case Silk Strijunl Imported Ooods at
;. nint h ln-s thnn vsluo.
All the new things in Soft Wool (loud?, from 2V. ,
to l.oo per ynrd.
Nun? Yeilina;?. Alhatros? "!othf.
Homespun Checks, lllitminnted Fieitre.a,
Chevron?. FtnlcF. Crrpes,
Inrfre nortmrnt of Kronen Plaidc and Stripes
newest roinliinatins ,tn;I elemint desit;n.s
f r cstuni''. oombinations, etc.,
to per yard.
New Ileycrdere eftcftP in Trf-'3 (i"ood.a.
100 pieces enrh of 40 and 4(5 -inch lilnck Cashmere,
at Tfc. nnd 1.00 per ynrd respectively, sur-pa-?ii
jiny ouapTyJnow retailed, or
liithertt 1. tiered Ht thec prices.
LAhlES' JACKETS AX I) WRAPS
Now open : choice Imported iannent.-, from finest
to lowest irrades. Special value? in
choice mcdiutn tr;id.e.
Krcrv department complete with newest stvles
Sprinir a.Md.-. I..Mcry, (rlovud. Trim
mings, I-acep, Ktn'iroidcricsi, ine.
150GGS cc liUIIL,
US & 120 Federal Si., Allegheny, Pa.
Tnco Curtain, in fine qunlitie?. nt Pieei,'il low
prices: lare lt of Nottlnirhnm Jtce Curtain? nt
1.04J per pair a!nut ha If v;i iue clean, fresh ir !;
3 land 4-4 Checle and Senm Clot hs, made to or
der of ele:in selected cotton, nt r and 6 .,e. ; TJnrn
Scrim 'li:tis. j;c. up, and A nt iijue I -ace.- and S wis
I-appets for Curtains. (4-l.r,"!.-ly.in.c.)
F
IXAXCIAL STAT KM EST fr
li.M 1 'Kl' A 1'T V K T OK liKAN TOWNSHIP for
the year entlini; April 1 1, 131 :
I.v:r Jirou-x, S:u er i--, r.
To anuinr.t ol' Implicate '47..r0
balntu-c due Township tT r;.74
;' oash ree'd trora unseated lauds.. P,i:'..6-I 4o.VoO
fit.
y work done on road5 $117. oi
personal services. -i.; days r:o.7n
" ord.-rs red-'enie.l :i:t."2l
lands ret'd to I'utnniissioner? . . . :t.:;o
41 exoti- rations ;..:;7
" atn't l aid H. A. rUcl'ike lor puli-
l!-him Stati-ii.ent. ls.i r, oo
- a-n t paid l'at. I'onaln-'1, Ian
To T'1 ip's share fin iridre... oi.tV
"SI . 'A 'on. Ion. in full ol pi. lament :i7.50
' Lire to and irom Klien.-Snrii :i. 13
om- day attending s tt lem't, and
oath 1.75
' percentage on l IA t 7 per eent. l .ol
si.iS.L'7 at i.'.. J.:;4-
.'!4."..47
! Ilal.ince due Town-hip $14y.S:i
J Jluma Na'ile. SupiTvisor, Ii:.
. To amount ol Duplieato flp.i ::4
" lr.cr.ey rert"i-e( frotn taxables... 7.-7
; " balance due Supervisor r.e.rn l-.'..r.rt
! il
i By Work done on roads $l"fi.v
j " persfinal services, :4:,, ilars 4H .".7
t lands ret'd to Commissioner . . . 1 :'.K
j " exoneration l.lo
1 " one da attending settlem't. and
! dap'ueate 1.C0 Jl.-t.r,5
! -
; ASSKTS.
. Halanc? !ue from I. A. Iiescler, Su
i prrvjser. ls7a ji n o.-,
1 fash on hand 14H..V1 1.'U 7
LIABILITIES..
O itstandinir order" 4.'i.?.-
Assets in excess of lialdities..
..Sb'7.13
We. the i:mlerinncd Auditors, do hereby ecrlify
the forcio!nir t( itemeut t oe correct.
-i S. A. Me! i f I ti K. 1
HV'.NMS I'.VWI.KV. Auditors.
JOHN 1. IK H'tiH i:UTY,
Attest W. (1. K risk. Twp. t'b rk. 4-2-J.-".t.j
DTATKMKXTOr lU'.CKIPTS AND
lO KM'hy 1 I It" KTtS npih I.I.I rl v lSor.oron for
t ie ye:,r endinst April 11, 181 :
tkotmie !: rv.i.T, Colleitor. I!t.
To amount of tax on 1'npboate fjl.50
Cll.
Hy amount of tax collected 2-Vi..';7
" " " exonerations .s.'ja
" " ret'd to t'ominissioners. ;.i jcd.-,o
I f . J. CnrtsTV, Treasurer, l!n.
I Tobal.in treasury nt last settlem't .f 17
j " amount received from t'o! lector. -ea.f.T
J II t C - .-.
A. Criste (tines) "'i.oo
" nm't ree'd buil'.line; alle' fence. . 6.u0 S57.1.54
'n.
Hy orders )aid o-.'i.-,
Ualancc In trensurv.
. .$ SO.',!)
We. the undersigned Auditors of t1llit7in Hor
oui; h . ha ve exam ined the accounts ol the t 'oi lee tor
and TrcAsnr.-.r. an,( fm. that they are eortect as
above stated.
J A cll IS KA'rAN. )
JOHN A. .M-S Ki:s. ' Auditors.
Al-KKKIi ri.'OXIH.I, )
tiallitzln, April lSl.-'lt.
AVi
rniToirs oTin;.-,i thr o,-
Court of Co'ibria Cmntir. In the mat
ter of the first and final account ol J. 1. rarrish.
Trustee to sell tiie rcatesfate of John Myers, bite
of Mnnster town-hip. I'ambria county, deceased.
And now. April 6, 18-1. on motion of'johnston 6t
Scunlin, the t'ourt appoint Joseph Mcl'onald an
An liior to report distribution of the fund in the
hands of the Trus'ee to and amongst the parties
entitled to the same. I?y the ttourt.
The Auditor above named will attend to theblu
tic of his appoinim-nt ly the above stated case, at
the Court House In Kbensburg, on Tumdau, May
l?th. Is's;, at one o'clook. r. M.. when and where
parties interested inav attend if thev hink proper.
J i;i'll M PONAL1I, Auditor.
F.hensburg, April 'Jg. lSH.-ot.
FARMFRsi are HI It I"J II 1 YVp''V
if25 to f . per we.-h seilinir M , . . LU i
lELl'STltATED STOCK BOOK!
eriu-'POTrry Fnrmcrncfnnll.r north if.
Ir i tho l.att ni'.l iri"-t rompitf wnrk cvt-r f
in AmtTioa treaiiiiir t Hor"", t'attle. Shcp,
their hrp"!-, hrcptl i:x, t ru i n i : . ir. fan. r of it
ea hp. fymi'tnin?. an-l renif.lic?. 100 pr.itr, 400
illM!r;Hioi!3. Hichly rTnlornf 1 hr pnnh einni'i.t
ant lioritie? a the l'n'i.!ont, Vic -Prrs't anil Sec'v
of IVnn'a illoe uf Vrtormnry Surirery, Iltm. .f.
W. OuNrln. aiitl tKrrs. Tf yuu tlosire iiroriTntile
work. rnl at once f.r H IJ partHMiUin. IH'H
HAiiP KKMS., 7.".r'':io-tTH'T St.. I t ! :t 1 i T i i n . I'a.
A1
UDITOirs XOTICK. The undor-
npil. having hon rr.M'intr I Auditor hv
t:,e Co:t cf t'omin- n I'loaaa (.1 Cambria county to
riHirt l:.-tributi"ii o! tho I'lnd in the hand? of
H.-nry Waltor. K?) . Aiune of Iii l Smay. as
shown by hi.1 first it'Vr.iint. liTcly jiive;1 notire that,
he will pit at hi.- cI!u:e in Ki'eiihnrir, on TwtMy,
-Vy K'th. J!. at one Vioric, r. M., to atrentl to
tlie duties of aitl apjHiininnmt ; at whteh tunc and
place all person.- iutTestPii mnv atTrr. l il thv seo
pr- per. ALVIN LVANS, Au.Iitor.
Kren!"bunr, April '-lt 1S81.
XECUTOll S notici:
K'tate of John Kibi.ah ax. dee'd.
letters testamentary to the estate or John Kib
lahan. (ate of In-an town-hip. dee'd. having b"en
granteii to the undersigned, a il persons indented
o ai. Testate are hereby notified to make Imme
diate payment, and those havlna claim, against
the same will present t i:e:n .proper: v ant bent ie ted,
lor settlement. IKNN1S ttACI.KY, Executor.
Dean Twp., March go. S-i.t.
TTou
JC F'm
'Oil COUNTY COMMISSIONER
a sets Till i-vnmi.L. Kbensbttrg. We are
authorized to announce that Francis Miilrehill, of
Kh?nsburg borough, will be a candidate f"r the of
fice above named, subject to Uem'jenitic rules, and
if nominated nnd elected, he pledges himself to
guard the interests of the taxpayer of the county
to the best of his ability. f 3-.'..-tn.
FOlt COUNTY TREASURER P.
311 or tv, L'Tefto. V.'e are authorized to an
nonrco that Patrick Moran, of Lorctto borough,
will be a candidate for County Treasurer, subei t
to Jiemocratic rubs. 1 1 dominated and elected,
he plcdg-s himself to perform the dut:s of the of
fice with honesty and fidelity. f3-i.-tn.J
r.M.
II. SKCIILER,
District Attornrii nnti Contrllor at Ijiw.
Cbiice in Johnstown ami Kbensburg. itt the lat
ter of which I may be found every Monday and
during the sessions ot Court, and for the balance
ol the time the business of the office will be attend
ed to by 31. l. Kittetl. ll-8.'81.-tf.J
CU'Bsr'RIHE ron tm CAMBRIA IK ELM AN.
? e
Ouiy Sl .40 per veer, in a lraacc.
VI.XXOIt-AKII.ITV.
BY MRS. T. T. HVXDEB.
All the lonit winter we'd
done nothlnii bnt shovel.
And from the best lions
hovel
in own to the venen
The pnow lifap? lay piled to the tops of the posts ;
And (jlenmed .In the moonliifht, liko armies of .
irhosts. i
Anil II I asked Smith to match my new eown.
Orbrinza fw ttiinir8 from the yroeery d' wn town, 1
lie would look in my face with the sii!iest srin. j
And sav. Not to day, dear, you know we're snow- '
ed in.' . '
(Smith can be dreadfully tinrea.-oiiali'.e.)
It provoked me to think that a son of John Hull ,
Should dictate our weather and hi! our cup full I
( if north blowinc horrors. Now if 1 1 were tea.
As 1 said to John Smith when he "reasoned" with i
me.
"TwouM be easv to throw it all into the bay.
l!ut what enn you do with a storm-clouded day ?
(Yes, v. hat can you do about it ? said Smith.)
llut there came a Rl.nl mornini? when dawn broke
at nix.
And though Smith lay a snoring (it's one or his
tricks)
1 hurried down stairs, the fire to liirht,
A nd hasten our breakfast by pure main and mitrht
And 1 had just -rotten ready the savory meal.
Had tilled up the colter and was turnim; the veal,
(And c;illin Smiih tor the sixth time.)
vV'hcn a nnd reached my ear that made me to
start :
It thrilled through my fuses nnd pladdened my
heart
"Like the promise ot stood, lor which we've lon
ptriven :
"Like the smile of a friend, or a soiil-!?limpse of
Heaven !
'Twas thclrobin with tidimrs of loner-tarried Sprinir
And right j o ful he seemed the z x.l news to bring.
(Siiilth had just come down .-tairs.)
So I said, as I passed him the butter nnd bread,
'Your prophet of evil's vile croak intrs are Tead.
.1 ust lay up your duster, look up your chip hat.
Your low buttoned shoes, your linen nnd all that.
For a irreat'T than Ycnnor is telling ol Spring.
Just go to the window and hear how he can sing."
(And Smith had grace to say, "You're right,
June.")
"Twas nest morning at five, before peep of dawn,
1 had swept up the Kitchen, put wah water on;
And was picking up scraps Iroui the iittiiijf-ruo-n
tloor.
When 1 chanced, for no purpose, to opn the door :
I slammed it tight shut.and ran pulling and blow
ing To the loot of the stairs to shout 'John Smith, it's
snowinir."'.
(And John Smith remarked, very emphatically,
" Well. I'll be hanged.")
Altoona. I'a. Chicago Srn'infl
SOMF.IIOIY Oil OT II I It.
Life has a burden for every man's shoulder.
None may escape from iis trouble and care :
7Iiss it in youth, and t w:l I conic when we're older,
And lit us as clo.-e as the garments we wear.
Sorrowcotr.es int., our lives uninvited.
liobhioi: our hearts ol tiieir treasure- nf sonjf ;
I. overs irrow cold and li lend -hips are s ighted,
Y et somehow or other we worry along.
Kvery day toil Is ever; day llesing.
Though poverty's cottage and crust we may
share :
Weak is the back upon whic h Imrdeiis a re press
ing. lint stout is the heart that Is strcict in -tied by
prayer.
Somehow or other the path-Tcy arrows 1 rihtfr.
Jest when we mourn there are none to t-efnend:
Hoi,e in the heart makes the burden se:-ui liiriiter.
Jim son:i l.ow or other, we g'-t to the end.
THi: KLF-S.V( KIH( E.
It was a western home plain ami small
tbe prairit'S sti't't:-liiii! away frons jt on all
sides in preon billows. Neurit was a litlle
pror.p of maples, the tendi-r foliaue stin ino;
softly in the t'voiiiiijr air. There v:.;ie a lew
stars ont, ar.il low in the west 'JJ crescent
moon hunir, look ins for the nonce Ake a bio
ken tine;, ,,,1C. ,,,!,.,, half cone.
This thought ean.e to Sarah Vane as she
snt in the low porch, with h r face restino
again'st her hand.
Something i:i her
heart imi.-t httve liroiujitftl if,
liiitkly, while a soft blush
for she sighed
ji do ovt-r her
flieeks.
'Everythii-.ar is ilivi.leil ji;t so in
world," she ltiuinitiieil to heiself, risiup
book vliieh had been King: npidi her lap
the
the
f .ill-
ihr to tne noor.
Siie stivipett toi'iek it tip. and as she did so
eauuht the sound of a st-ji in the di.sta:ii-e.
Nearer it eapte, strona, even a ml finn, Ui-ep--inr
time to a t'.uio. nn '..iiiiously thit led.
For a moment the wife stood, hook in hand,
listening; attenti v'.x : tUvn a look of tli. -appointment
,-li.iilo'A iiiir her (li s and itmiitfi,
she went into the hoii-o. c I . i t ; u th( dcor al
ter her. lint the step came I'm ward just the
same, ami the tunc, aselear and beautiful as
the notes of the lliiu-b, tilled the air with
inu-ie.
It was a frank, almost bo i-h faeo, (houidi
fironzeil and heardi d, liiat came homeward
that night ; just Mich a oij1 as a mother
would have delighted in looking upon be
en use the world had left no traces of evil
upon it. The eyes were blue and fearless',
and the forehead, protected from sun and
wind, was as white as a woman's. Only
about the mouth there was a look that would
have touehed a mother's heart to see, not an
expression of satniess wholly, but a grieved
look w hich sometimes comes, to the laces of
little children.
As he stepped into the porch, still whist
ling; softly, a slip of folded paper l ing upon
the floor attracted his attention. lie picked
it up and read his wife's name wiitb'n in a
well-known hand upon the luiek. The im
pulse was stn pg upon him to crush it ;n his
hand, but, something restrained him : what
ever the feeling was that Hashed up in his
eyes for the moment, he had, or seemed to
have, perfect control of it. He stood for
awhile with his straw hat in his hands and
then went into the house as quietly as tho'
no fierce pas-ion had been gtappir.g" hard at
h:s heart. His wile was sitting by the table,
and with a simple, "This must be vours,
fsarah," he laid the folded paper beside her.
"Thank you," she answered without rais
ing her eyes: and Harry Vane passed on,
something very like a sob'i isina in his throat.
"If she had only looked up in my eyes find
said that it was trom tieorge !'' he thought ;
"if there were not something from which she
has shut me out 1 could bear it better."
Wiping his hands and face and blushing
back his hair, he looked his w ife over with a
great yearning, eager look in his eves, and a
greater hunger in hi-, heart. He thought of
the time when she hud welcomed him with
kisses when her arms had clung fondly
about his neck when she had wlii-pered
loving words in his ear when she seemed lo
love him ! bnt now -he had micaress.es for
him, no wifely words with which to greet
him. Their lives were narrowed down to a
cold, dull routine alltliat was beautiful and
sweet gone from them.
The husband sat down to the evening meal
without a word. Somehow evervthingseom
ed terribly real to him that night. Looking
about the pretty, tasteful room he saw it ns
he had never s-cn it befote. It stood before
him like a living picture, wiih its home
made ornaments, snowv curtains, and neat
ly laid tab'e. And the wife too how fair
she was in housewifely habits and her lady
like w ays ! No matter "if she no longer loved
if some one else had taken his place in her
heart of all women, she stood to him the
fairest and best. He was but a common fel-
1.-,,, of,.,. ..11 io, ... ,.. .
i"", co on "mi 111 ne taste ior poetry or
books, while (Jeorgo
His thoughts startled him tvith their inten
sity, and he sprang forward so suddenly in
his chair that Sarah looked np wonderingly.
"What is it?" she asked.
The poor fellow looked info her face with
wistful eyes.
' I'm afraid I cannot make jou happv," he
said, in ft choked voice. "11 what shall I
do, Sarah ?"
"Vou can do nothing," she answered in a
low tone. "I am happy as I deserve to be."
He arose from the table and held out his
hand to her. She did not place heis in it.
She was too honest to play a double game,
and she could not show a love she did not
feel. He read it all in her white face and
startled eyes, and turned away without an
other word. The nxt moment lie was out
of doors walking rapidly toward a small en
closure which lay "a lew yards from the
house. It seemed all the place in the world
for him then, and with a great sob he threw
himself down upon the grass and laid his
head upon his baby's grave. Never child
longed for the kisses and naresses of its
mother as Harry Vane longed for the touch
of the baby hands and lips at that moment-IJroken-beartert.
alone, a wanderer, as it
were, and oh, so terribly homeless ! he press
ed the very gates of heaven to bring back his
child. Above him the stars looked down
coldly; the wind soughed through the ma
ples and rushed alo.i the prairie jfrass as if
to toll him liow barren life Iaj- before him. passionately to his breast. A flash t.f licht
Vlien he had lain there a lont; time he tried i tiina revealed tlipm for a second as tln v
to think and plan for the future. If, he
could only think of some plan that Sarah
might be tree ! She could marry the man i
who was better suited to her then. He had j
never thought much about divorces, nor ttied ,
to solve the social problem which the world j
has been so busy working out foi years, but
lying under the star-, with his head fin his j
baby's grave and the free western wind )
fanning his forehead and hair, he got straight i
at the heart ot hi- own troubles.
"If she doesn't love me I hav" no right to
her. My suffering is nothing; her purity
and truth is everything," he thought. "She
shail never look upon my face again '."
lit! pies.-ed his hecks and lips passionate
ly to the due-wet sod, smoothed it tenderly
w ith his hand
and then went from i; for-
ever. The light was shining brightly from
the cottage windows, but he turned trom it
resolutely and walked with long rapid strides
forward into the darkness.
It was ten miles to the nearest lake town,
but he was accustomed to walking and the
distance was no.thTng to him. He only pray
ed that he might lind a boat ready foi sailing
at the landing ; for now that he lind resolved
to go, he could not brook delay. He knew
every inch of the way; he had travelled it
many a time when his hard-worked horses
seemed to need rest more than he needed it
himself. It was his way to shield and care
lor every dumb animal tenderly. When he
worked in the fields, the birds flew about his
head, hopped at his very feet, instinctively
knowing there was nothing to fear from his
gentle hand.
The road ran straight along by his own
farm : broud green acres well feiwed and
carefully tilied. How hard he had worked
but oh, how hopefully looking forward to
the lime when the laud should bring him
solid wealth for his labor when everything
beautiful that his wife craved or longed for
he could vield her with generous hands.
Hut that was past now ; his back was turned
to his home and straight before him the great
world lay, its arms ever readyto take in for
good or evil those who were alloat and astray.
As he walked on he tiok his hat from his
head and let the cool wind play over his fore
head. It was hot and feverish with pain.
Once in a while a night-bird screa.e.ed above
him, Hying on through space. Oecasionally
a dog liowied in the distance, and the crow
ing of barnyard fowls smote on his ear with
a lonesome sound.
As he neared the town he noticed a black
low lying cloud in the south, and thought
how frightened his wife would he if a storm
should come while she was alone. While he
was limking at it a carriage passed him,
coming in fiom one of the prairie roads and
rolling rapidly forward. For a moment he
stood iu;te still, his heart thiobhing painful
ly. He did not know w hat it meant; but,
sensitive and keenly alive to every impics
siou that bight, nothing escaped him. He
ran forward without knowing whyhedid so,
the rumbling of the carriage leading him.
jt went his own w ay, too, straight for the
binding, and t in i ling a corner he sa w a steam
boat lying ;it the w. iter's edge. He was in
luck, "after all, he thought: this was the
j boat Hero, and almost ready 'o start. The
he'd was- ringing kistry, but the plank was
still out and a tew pas-engers were making
their way across it. He hurried on board
l and got back into the shadows where, he
could see without being seen. The perspir
ation was standing in cold drops upon his
forehead and face, and he trembled so that
he could hardly stand.
He had always lfen a plain, straightfor
ward fellow, littie given to noting the partic
ular bases of his own mind : and ntw,with
no ev idence of his senses to assure him that
it was so, lie could not understand why he
believed so firmly that his wile and (ieoi'ge
Way wereou boaid the Hero with him. lie
had not seen them, he had not heard them,
and yet that subtle, indesfiil able something
call it a new sense or what you will had
felt and recognized their presence.
The' steamer glided out into the stream
and went sailing smoothly, forward, its great
. lights making a shining path on the waters.
'1 he cloud which had been lying in the south
was i ising find now coven-d ha:i the sky, an
occa- ional gleam of lightning Uniting from
if. The wind was i ising, too, swtfj ing
across the deck in strong, -feao'y" gt:-ls.
Leaning upon tee deck tailing Harry Vane
watched the rising tempest. He saw the
cloud had n reddi.-h tinge and that it still
hung low. Something like fear thrilled thro'
hi- heait. not for hiin-elf he was past that
but for the woman h-' loved, ay, still loved.
If he were wrong if she were still at home
and not in the steamer at home, alone, how
dreadful it would t e for her ; again, if she
were in the Hero, if a great danger came to
them, how might it fare with her '.'
These thoughts were flashing "through his
mind when the tempest came in its full fury.
The boat was caught up from its course as"a
plaything is lak?n in the hand of a child,
then dashed forward. No sound was heard,
no shriek nor cry, nothing but the nrl roar
of the winds and the teriiule crashing of the
thunder. Like some goaded, maddened
beast the Hero rocked, plunged ami leaped,
its timbers crashing and breaking, the f jam
rising in great sheets above and about it.
Then, it seemed hardly a moment's time, tli
wind lulled to a calm, instead of the hurri- j
cane's roar was heard the screaming of chil
dren the groatiing of strong men. :
"The steamer is sinking to the life
boats, quick 1" some one cried in a loud i
Voice. .
And then shrieks followed, and half-clad
women and children clinging to their moth-
cis,' breasts, their sweet lips frozen with fear, i
men, helpless with terror, rushed out of the
cabin and state rooms to the side of the sink- :
ing steamer. I
A few, nerved with. stipeihuman energy, i
put out the boats and helped tint passengeis ;
into them. One man stood, tall and sliong ,
above the lest, a very Sampson in strength, i
the bravest among the btavt. IJruised and ,
stunned by tailing timbers, ret he had been
the first to rally the men to their duiy ; and, j
now he stood drenched to the skin, lifting I
women anil children into the boats. j
They were ail in at last and he stood alone. !
"Come ?" some one cried, reaching up a !
hand to him ; "there is no time to lose !
There is room enougli here." i
"Aie you sure that boat will not be over- j
burdened."' i
lie spoke rapidly and in a low tone, but
from the boat below some one gave out a j
smothered cry. He had no time to say more ;
a strong hand pulled him forward and the j
next moment he was in the heavily-laden life- '
boat. j
' Let us make for the shore," one man j
said. j
"Move easy if you value our lives," an- j
swered another. "The boat is filled to sink- j
ing."
Ileyond this was silence. Now and then i
the lightning flashed over them, showing
white faces, shivering forms and figures i
crouched and trembling with fear. In tht; j
end of the boat, quite near the brave man i
who had fought so gallantly to save them, a
1 woman sad, her hands clasped about the arm
- 1
of a man whose face seemed shrunken and
aged wit h terror. Whatever there had been
of beauty in the regular effeminate features,
it was pone now, leaving only a weak cow
ardice. The woman was Sarah Vane, and 1
the poor fear-faded creature beside her, for
whom she had deserted her husband, was
tieorge Way.
'We shall sink if we go on this way. The
boat cannot carry this load," some one said.
"How many men can swim?"
"Swim? It would be death to try it,"
was the answer.
"Then we shall all go down together."
Sarah Vane turned to the man beside her.
"You can swim, George," she whispered
in his ear.
"Hush ! do yon think I want to die ?"
She shrank away from him, a look of su
premo contempt sweeping over her face
This was her hero, her god, then but the
poorest of clay in the time of need. She
sprang to ber "feet. She a woman, would
show him how to die. Before she could
speak her husband's voice sounded, striking
down upon her heart full of its old music :
"I will try swimming, gentlemen," he said.
The wife caught his hand in hers,
"I will go with you, Harry."
He tried to put her away, but she clung to
him with desperation.
"I am not a coward, whatever else I am,"
she whispered. "For heaven's sake, let me
redeem myself?"
He wound his anus about her anJ held her
stood there clasped in each other's embrace";
men without a word they went over the
boat's side together.
All in the life-boat were saved and thev
perished.
! STOKIKS OF N I.NTEK.
j "We're linvincr some pretty wintry weath
! or," saiil old Daddy Wolherspoon to I'ncle
i Samiviy Ilonni well, as the two centlenien met
near the City Mall, New Vork, on a recent
; occasion. "i:i2,ht forward weather fur the
season."
-! i-st so, jist so." conceded I'ncle Sammy:
j "reminds ni of the fall of IK.'U. It coin-
. nieHCIll 'lo.?l( tbo fitro n:irt iif X' oi-r.n t.-.-
i froze stiff ti7 sr-.-h. c;fHd. sniart weather.
too. J rrmemher it was so cold in ?rook!yn
that November that b'lin' water froze over a
hot fire."
Daddy Wothorspoon looked at lilm and
braced himself.
" Vos, yes,"aid he, "I mind it well. That's
the fall the milk froze in the cows. Rut the
cold season was in lf'JT. It commenced in
the middle of October and ran through to
April. All the oil froze in the lamps,' and
we didn't have a litiht till sprins set in."
"Ay, ay!" responded I'ncle Sammy, 'crow
inn ricid. "It's just like yesterday to me.
I walked a hundred nnd forty mi les due east
from Sandy Hook, on the ice, and siid back,
owin? to the convexity of the earth, you
know. It was down hill com inn this wav
Hut that wasn't as cold as the winter of I'sji.
That season commenced in SVptember, and
the mercury didn't rise a decree till May.
Don't you remember bow we used to breathe
hard, let i freeze, cut a bole in it and ftawl
in for shelter'. You haven't forpottcn that?"
"Not I," said Daddy Wotlieipoon, after
a short pause. "That's the winter we used
to cjivV the horses lead to drink, and keep a
hot tire under 'em so it wouldn't harden till
they got it down. Hut that was nothintr to
the'spell of 117. I cot through that whole
spell by livinc in an ice house You remem
Iht the season of 1S17. We wore undershirts
of sand paper to keep up a friction."
"Well, I should say I did," retorted Uncle
Sammy. "What, remember 117 ? 'Deed I
do. That, was the spell when it took a steam
Crindstone four days to licht a match. Av,
ay ! Hut do you know I was uncomfortably
warm that winter?"
"How so?" demanded Daddy Wother
spoon, breathinc hard.
"Runninc around your ice house to find
out where yon cot in. It was an awful
speli, thonch. How lout; did it la-t ? From
Aiicust to the rtoth of June ! I puess you're
right. Hut you mind the snapot lsi.i' don't
you ? It commenced on the first of July and
went round and lapped over a week. That
year the smoke froze in the chimneys, and
we had to blast it out with dynamite. 1
think that was the wort we over l ad. Ail
the c'ocks froze up so we didn't know tin;
time for a year, and men used to set fire to
their b'.iild'mcs to raise the rent. Yes, in
deed. I ej,,t t,it a month for four burnin'
bu'ildin's. There was a heap of Mifferin'
thtit winter, because we !i,ved on'aleohol and
phosphorous, till the alcohol froze, and then
we ate the brimstone heads of matches, and
jumper! round till they caught lire. Say,
jou-
Hut Daddy Wotherspoon had fled. T
statistics were too much for him.
Too MrcH for Hi T'if.ty. Horace G rep
ly used to afhnn that newspaper men were
the most patient people, as a class, on the
earth, and he was not far from right, though
there are times when patience ceases to be a
virtue with the most enduring.
Nearly everybody in the western part of
Michigan knows i;"n r. who used to start a
newspaper about once a month the year
around, generally bringing thetn out in
(riand Ilapids, but sometimes making a fly
ing trip to other points.
Uurr could st md to be told that he lied
a-lio-at circulation, wis on the fence as a poli
tician, and thai he didn't know anything
about publishing a paper, and when men
threatened to sue or thrash him he onlv
smiled a sad smile and wished that mankind
wouldn't got excited. During a religious re
vival at titan. I I.'apid.-, liuir was converted,
and it freoj.ioUiv happened that religious
people called nt his ofliee to talk w ith him.
One day a mini-ter came in and, after talk
ing a while, he proposed prayer.
He was in t'.e net of kneeling, when l is
foot struck one of the outside forms, which
was leaning against a leg of the stone, ready
to be lifted up. and over it went, making
about half a bushel of "pi." r,urr;looked at
the ruin wrought, thought of the two weeks
of over work, and commenced taking off his
coat, saying, "I'm trying to be a C hrist: m
and set a good example, but rat my buttons
if I can't lick you in just two minutes !"
i ne clergyman uacned down stairs in no
time, dodgitig the lye brti.-h on the way, and
Tlitt-i 1 i'i n L-) i i 1 fi f nnoA ei ii,t -.-.;..-.
r.urr backslid at once and sent down'stair
for a pint of stimulant.
SHF.i:r that Divk fhom Cliffs. John!
Muir, the naturalist of the Sierra, writing of
tiie wild sheep of the Sierra and of their
well-authenticated habit of diving from
precipices and alighting nn their horns, re
lates the following anecdote :
"At the base of Sheep l.'oek, one of the
winfr strongholds of the Shasta flocks, '
there lives a -.tock-rniscr who has the advan-
tage of observing the movements of wild
sheep every winter; and. in the course of a
conversation with him on the subject of their j
diving hsbit. he pointed to the front of a 1
lava headland about a hundred and fifty feet 1
high, which is only eight or ten degrees out 1
of ihem perpendicular. 'There,' said lie, T
followed a band of them fellows to the back i
of that rock yonder, and expected to capture 1
them all, for i thought I had a dead thing on i
them. 1 got behind them on a narrow bench
that runs along the face of the wall near the I
top, and comes to an end where they could I
not get away without falbng and tieing kill- !
ed ; but they jumped off, and landed all;
right,. as if that were the regular thing with i
them." 1
" 'What' ! said I, 'jumped a hnndredjand '
fifty feet ! Did you see them do it '." !
" 'No,' he replied, "I didn't see them go
ing down, for I was behind them ; but I saw :
them go off over the brink, anil then I went
below and found their tracks where they J
struck on the loose dchri.t at the bottom. i
The' soiled r'ujht fff, and landed on their feet
right side up. That's the kind of animal i
they is beats anything else that goes on 1
four legs.' " h'cribnrr for May.
Used to Suck 'Em. A young college stu
dent was visiting his grandmother, ami at
the breakfast table he took an egg, and hold
ing it up asked her if she knew the scientific
way of obtaining the contents without break
ing the shell ?
She replied that she did not
"Well," said he, "you take the spheroidal
body in your sinister hand, and with a con
venient diminutive pointed instrument, held
in the dexter hand, puncture-the apex ; then
in the same manner make an orifice in the
base; place either extremity to your labials,
and endeavor to draw in your breath ; a vac
uum is created, and the contents of the egg
are discharged into your mouth."
"La !" said the old lady, "when I was a
girl we used to make a pin hole in each end,
and suck 'em."
C'ritiors 1 LLrxriN ations. The Faris Fi
garo gives the following method of obtain
ing light instantaneous!-, without the ue of
matches and without danger of setting tilings
on fire : Take an oblong vial of the whitest
and clearest glass, put in it a piece of phos
phorus about the sie of a pea, upon which
pour some olive oil, heated to flip boiling
point, filling the vial about one-third full,
and then seal the vial hermetieallv To use
it remove, the cork and allow the a"ir to enter
the vial, nnd then recork it. The whole
empty space will then become luminous, and
the liglrt obtained will be equal to that of a
lamp. As soon as the light grows weak Its
power can he increased by opening the vial
and allowing a fresh supply of air to enter.
In winter it is sometimes necessary to heat
the vial between the hands to increase the
fluidity of the oil. Thus prepared the vial
may be used for six months. This contriv
ance is now used by the watchmen of Paris
in all magazines where explosive or inflam
mable materials aie stored.
TIIK LOST LIM'H-riN.
"It's r.o use, Suv, we can't
find it.
I'll
have to take the whipping."
j There was a dejected thrill in the sad
chiid-voiop, telling alike of the physical diead
and of utter hopelessness of spirit. i
"Wait a minute, Kobbie," answered a
cheerier torn'. "Wait until 1 look tinder the
hay-bed. A liuch-pin's little, j mi know, and
it might roll. I can't bear to give up yet."
And as the girl spoke she swung hT lanlein
I under the iuiuie vehicle, and stooping, began
to search carefully among the loose ehatT and
! wisps of hay scattered over the tl.ior.
The scene was the threshing-lbmr of a
' Ian." barn, with great mows frowning dark
j ly above on either hand, and vast grainaries
stretching away in the reat, and the speak
' crs were a little orphan boy who had lost a
, linch pin, and the sympathetic kitchen girl
; of the farm. As the latter rose from her
: fruitless search the bright clow of the lan
tern loll full upon her, revealing a face, not
j prettjr, cettainly, if virwedfrom a cultivated,
I arlistic standpoint, but fre-h and girlish, and
: just now giorified bv a halo of womanly
: pity.
i "Oh, Kobbie ! I'm so sorry," shi slid,
1 rising. "Can't vou think where vou had it
I last'."'
"No, Sue, I can't. I've tried and tried. 1
! reckon old Heeson will nearly kill me he
did the last time." Then with a shudder,
throwing hischihit-h arms around her waist,
"t)h. Sue, he's awful."
"l'oor baby 1" cried tho girl, clasping hint
closer, while her soft, giey eyes filled with
tears. "I wish 1 could save you. How did
you ever come to be left with him, anyhow ?"
"Why, when mother died, there was only
me and ('litis., and Chris, ain't like me.
He's strong and sniart, and afraid of noliody.
So he thought he would go away and make
a fortune for us both. His name is Cbri-to-!
pher like Christopher Columbus, you know
', and lie meant to d some great thing, t'y.
Not in a ship, though, but in a big city. He
i had read of poor boys making money there,
; and as the homestead was gone he was boulid
to try it. And then old iJocson offered to
! keep' me while he was away. Hut Chris.
never meant forme t be abused. 1 heard
; him say that I was to go to school, and be
well treated, and that he would pay foi my
board and expenses when he came. back.
' I',ut 1 reckon he'll never com now." And
the poor child's tears fell last at the thought.
' "Oh, maybe he will." answered the girl,
soothingly." "We'll hope so, anyway."
"Well." mavbe," he assented, drearily.
! "lint, Sue: "if 1 were only of age, like you,
wouldn't 1 go to seek him '." Then, as if
struck bv a sudden thought, "Sue, what
luaies you stay '.' Vou w ere ot age six
months ago."
"1 know," she said, and patt-ed as if the
question was an unsettled one with herself,
then. with. the light still upon her nrow,
"1'ai tly for your sake, maybe, Kobbie, and
part ly "because I do not k-iow where to go.
1 don't mind working, and I must do that in
anyplace. lit sides, it is better forme ; I'm
in tlie house with Missis, and llobbb", she
isn't like him. Many a piece of bread and
meat she gives to the hungry beggars, ami
manv a poor tramp she allows to sleep in
the barn when he ain't aionnd."
Tin last clause was unfortunate, for the
bov. clinging vet clo-er, cast a shuddering
ie glance upward" toward the great mows where
the shadows were scarcely disturbed by
their feelde glow of light.
"Oh, Sue!" he cried wihllv. "What if
he should make me stay ail night in the
barn. He has threatened to many a time.
Oil, Sue, what can we do ."'
The poor excited boy sank dow n in des
pair
We might prnv," said Sue, timidlv.
"I'shaw 1 He prays."
Th'-re wa- ; whole volume ef recipient
skepticism in these three bitter words.
"I know," answered Faith, dely puzzled
vet clinging to h'T ai-hor. "I know, but
it don't sound lik" the prayers I used to hear
at the Vylum. There they spoke to some
one close at hand, so gentle, so loving, and
yet o m; .!.! y.
"oh, Ibdibie, now I just reiivaib'-r the
words, s -strong ! deliver.' Who know
but lb- might save yo.i. There was the
man in the d-ii of lions, and the three chil
dren in tiie fiery furnace."
"It's no use, Su,-," he answered sadly.
'Tin re's no deli vert l for me but Chris., and
he'll ;icer come now. (. on to the house
and tell the old man that I can't find it. It's
as well to get it over."
"l'oor lamb !" -aid the tender-heart'd girl
kissing the quivering lip- that were trying
so hard to be brave! "1 il leave t lit light,
. and I'ii beg hard for you." And repressing
a sigh over the hopelessness of Icr ta-k, she
glided into the starlight, leaving the poor lit
tle victim to await a cruelty which, consul
j ei ing the centuries of Christian progress that
have elapsed since the slaughter of the in-
noeenis, notoniy out Jteroos iieroo, out is
one of the darkest blots upon our six-ia!
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Just here mu-t I pause to offer a plea for
the children, the most defenceless objects in
all God's creation. We sigh over the miser-,
ies of poor Smike, over little D.t' i.l Coppor
fiehl's sorrowful journey ; alas, tiiat magic
hand which so moved us has vanished for
ever, but I can match those thrilling narra
ties with true stories of a child rendered idi
otic by continued cruelty, and of .a lit; Ie fugi
tive boumi boy who, litter weary days of
hunger and ti.wel, sank blistered and faint
ing at his mother's feet. I can tell of a wo
man think of it a woman ! who, for some
childish fault committed during the day,
followed nn orphan b'.j to his bed wiih a
horsewhip, and then, w hen there was no pro
tection save the one little thin night garment,
broke upon his innocent slumber with .-tinging
blows. And, upon the evidence ot the
laundry-girl, when the same little garment
came to the. wash, it was striped with blood.
This is not pleasant reading. It is far from
being plea.-ant writing.
"A father to the fatherless is God in his
holy habitation !" Think of this, O mother,
wluse household contains one of these chil
dren of the Highest Think of it as you
gather your littie ones around the glowing
iire.-i.le lor song or story, and make room for
the stranger within your dotrs. When vou
divide the hoarded store of cakes and apples, I
remcmltor that his own milk teeth ate as eag-
er for sweets as your own darling's, and bo 1
there much or littie, give lion a snare. lien
vnur hand is laid caressingly upon vour own
ehi'dren's heads, let its light pressure also
touch his young brow. ho knows but it
may be there like a consecrating chrism, an
noiiiting him for noble deeds for God and
humanity? Do these things, and do them
now. Check not vour kindly impulses until
it is too late, until the thin hands are crossed
within the cotr.n, and the sad eves hungry
for a mother's kiss have pone to tell their
pitiful story to Him who has said, "Suffer
the children :" or worse, until a young soul
shall have grown hardened ; and little one,
offended by yon. shall have become a curse
and clogging millstone upon the neck of
society.
liut-to return to my story. Left alone in
the great bam, the sensitive child endured
the two fold agony of nervous terror and an
ticipated suffering. Rut he had not long to
wait. Soon the heavy boots of old Heeson
were heard tramping across the cow-yard in
to tho barn. Robbie stole one fugitive glance
as he entered, sa w the hard set face ; saw the
long black whip trailing from his hand, and
the last vestige of hope was gone.
"Now, you young rascal, I'll pay you for
your carelessness," cried the cowering form;
and seizing the trembling boy by the arm,
he raised the whip like a great stiffening ser
pent, high in the air.
But why did it not descend ? The boy,
who had closed his eye, and set his teeth
Hard, wondered at the d?lay. From some
wlice above came a rushing sound, and the
cruel, uplifted hand was grasped and held
within a grip of iron. What could it mean?
Had God sent one of his mighty angels down
to rescue the little waif, too hopeless to im
plore his protection? It .e'H. might be so,
for our Father is not indifferent to the trou
bles of His suffering children ruit tli eyes
of his glorious deliverer weie gteannng with
too much indignation and human passion
for a heaveii'v visitant.
"Chris !" The one glad cry burst from
Robbie's lips, and then, unnoticed by either,
he sank sobbing among the hay and straw
littering the floor,
"Coward ! hvpocriti ! traitor !" These
were the words that broke impetuously from
thw young man's lip-Si anJ with each epithet.
a stunning blow wa- p!ant"d in the hrea-t of
Jho farmer. "Is it thus you treat the little
brother I entru-ted to your t are ' Were it
not that site-e I have I n away from your
vicinity I hae leained to be something of
which you do pot even know tho Meaning
a gentleman I would take the horse w p
ami day you within nn.itich of your life.
Well, indeed, it oocuriod to n e to te-t Jour
f.ii'hf ilr.ess in treating him kindly before 1
cave of my hard framings for my b v's board.
Here in my o. ket is four hundred dollars
de.-igned lor you payment ot v vei y w -ek ho
has oeen hen but not one copper ot it will
von see now. On t :: nt 1 at v, I sll:l
it to prose-cute vou to the utter limit of th
law."
And liekept hi- word. Tl i-youth, whose
energy nml pluck bad won the vieto'viu a
hand to-hand -tnggle with tiie world", was
not hke'v to be luti'ded with morbid pity
for l i- a her-ary : ami with Sue's fair, hon
est fact on the witne -box, not only was
the full luea-iite of justice obtained, but the
hard, gi asping farmer was di-graced lorcver
in the eyes of hi-f 1 ietnls and neighbors.
Aside from the triumph concerning hi- lit
tle brother, the tt "ul resulted m-i-t happily
tor Chris, ami him-elf. While seeking to re
dress an in.iti-t ice and a wrong, like his illus
trious namesake, he oi-eoveied another fair
realm even the sweet old Kldorado of love.
And now, when the western sun sinks amid
the flowery prairies of Missouri, his last
beams gild a cottage porch, wheie often s.ts
a slender student youth nnd a broad-shouldered,
bronze-faced pioneer the rescuer ami
the rescued : while above them beams the)
soft, womaii'y face of happy Sue wife nnd
si-ter loved and honored beyond all the
world.
A Sermon to tilrN on Iro.
Mv lr..it Gini.s : Vou aie perfect idiots
to go on in the way you do. Now, stand
1 with me at my oftiee window, and see a lady
pass. There goes one ; Now isn't tha a
pretty looking object '.' A big hump, three
big lumps, a wilderness of crimps and frills,
a hauling up of the dress here and there, an
enormous, hid-ons ma-s of lalse hairorbaik
' piled on the top of her head, and on the very
' top of that, a little nomle-cript thing orna
mented with bits of lace, birds' Clils, etc. ;
: while the shop windows tell us all day long
of the padding, whalebones, and springs,
which occupy most of the space within that
. outside ring.
In the name of all the simple, wet t sptiti
meiits whicjcluster about a nom 1 would
a-k. how is a man to fall in love with such a
compound, double and twisted, starched,
comical, artificial, touch ine-not wriggling
curiosity?
This dress checks your movement. With
I that wisp wai-t, your lungs, stom tch. liver
and other organs squeeze,! down out of their
.place, nnd into half their natural size, and
i with that long trail dragging on the gi annd,
how can any man of sen-e, who knows that
lite is made up of use, rd service, of work ;
how can he take such a partner? He must
be de-perate to unite him-elf for lite w ith
such a deformed, fettered, haif-breathing or
nament. It I were in the matrimonial market, I
might many a woman that had but one arm
or one eye, or no eye- at all. if she suited me
' otherwise ; but as long as Gd permitted me
to retain my senses 1 could never join my
fortunes with those of a woman with a small
wai-t.
' ;A small wai-t ! I am a physiologist, ami
know what a small wai-t mea'ns. It means
the oigans of the abdomen jammed down
into the pelvis : it means the organs of the
che-t stufied up into the tlnoat ; it means a
weak back: it means a delicate nervous iti-
vadd : it bi"ans a suffering patient, ami not
a vigorous iic'i'ina'.e.
Thousands of nun dare p,.' venture, be
cause t hey wisely fear t li.it . instead of a help
mate, they will get an invalid to take ca-e of.
lle-i les, this bad health in yu, ja-t as in
men. makes ti e mind, a- well a- the lortv,
fad lie and efb b.biato.
Vou have r. power, no magnet ism. I
kiio-.v you giggle treelv. and u-e big wolds,
such as splendid, av.l'ui, etc. : but then this
does but deceive us : we see through all that
sort of thing. The f.u-t is yuu are -iipei fa
cial, a'l'ecfed, sillv. Vou have none of that
womanly s! rengh and warmth w hich are so
a-stuing and attractive to s : -ib'e men.
I know a woman, twenty five years old
and as big as both my grandmother pti tto
gether, who insists upon being called Kitty,
and her real name is Catherine : and although
her brain is big enough to conduct liie af
fairs of Slate, she hes nothing in oompany
but g'ggle, cover up her face with her hand
ami exclaim, "Don't now, yon are real
mean." How can a sensible man propose a
lite partnership with -uch a -illy goose ?
My dear girls, if you would get husbands,
and sensible ones, dress in plain, neat, be
com'mg garments, and talk like sensibl?,
earnest sisters. Dr. Dio Lev-it.
Eatint. His Own IlAtn. A singular rase
exists in Thompson avenue, above the I'enn
, sylvania railroad roundhouse, and near the
Seventh street Presbyterian church. Phi'a
; delpnia. It is that of a child about seven
; years old, which eats its osn hair. It has
1 pulled out one-fourth of its hair, plucking at
j one spot until it has it all out, w hen it cotu
; inonces at another, in which it has persisted
I until it lias pulled the hair on one side of the
head from the bacK of the ear all out, leav
' ing an entirely hire sp it 011 which new hair
: is growing. The child eats all the hair it
thus pulls out of its bead, and seems to re
j g.itd it as a luxury. We forbear to give the
j name of the child. It lives with its brother
, and sister ; its father and mother being o-otti
: dead. It lias become very intractable, re
i sisting ordinary control, wayward and pas
sionate, when " reprimanded for its habit.
: On the side of the head from which the long
i hair has been pulled, short hair is now grow
ing, the child having began to pull the hair
from the top and left side. It will take a
long tress and eat at it until it has devoured
I it entirely. This is unquestionably the
j most singular case of this kind of which we
j lrave ever had any account
The Lath.fst of Alt. Toy Factoi-ief.
The largest toy factory in the world stands
in Eleventh street, avenue A. New Vork.
! w here playthings in tin are manufactured
, literally by the million for the amusement of
the "voting and rising generation" ail over
t lie world. It stands five stones high, nnd,
turns ont lbo! distinct varieties of tin toys.
No. 1, of course, is a tin horse ; No. 1,07 is
a menagerie. The. output of circular tin
whistles is 12,000.000 per annum. Everr-
' iiung is made in me estaolisliment excepting
j wheels, which are ordered in lots of thirty
! tons at a tim from a foundry in the east.
1 wo nunure.l men, women and boys are con
stantly empiowert in tov-making. 10 make
a tin liorse twelve incfies long dies have to
be cast, co-t ing 0(io. Toys ar? exported
from New York to all parts of the world.
The children of different countries have dif
ferent tastes. The passion of the younir
Ira7.ilian is for a toy water-cart, while intne
I "states, the rage of the American boy is for
tin horns and putty blowers. Tin swords
are wanted all over the world, th military
instinct being as universal in the nurseries
as in the courts and cabinets of the woild.
ExEnri-Es in Artictiation. Let your
elocution class ivraetice the follotviug sell -
j fences :
Thebittei, hlusterina. blast blew o er tne
bounding hillow.
The cautious cat contiiven to catch the
i'iiniilA.1 er.iW-
I Deep in the depths of dark, dnk de'.ls, he
! drew his deftly down.
j Full-fledged, from fancy's fearful tttglit, he
j fluttering fell. .
! Grim, gaunt and gray, he grasped the enz-
7.1 v groom.
' 'He hustled hard Ui hurl the heavy hero
I headlong hence. -
-vJ'he Jews for justice join, ana juuge mm
Low. Jn the level lands the long lank leo
pards iay
1 he inadiy moaning main much misery
makes.
Yorvr. ladies pnd elephants attain their
growth at eighteen. But here analogy
ceases. One trunk is enou;h tor n e!t
pliant A'ii 'i .' CoM't'-r.
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