-A.clv?itisinjty Xt Fit ten. The r.-ee and rellaMa errerilatlom or tha Cam Mli KuKFlii eommeods It to the tavoranle rr federation of adrertfser. abun favors will b im eerted it the following low rate; : 1 loch, 1 time, .4 I " i month t M 1 month a to t " 1 year in S 6 months S " 1 yer to no ; Ii published YfecUly at S3EySltl'JiOt Cambria Co., IV.. 13 Y H. A. MoPIKK. r turanHcd Circulation - l.OGS. 1 month S " 1 year W eol'n months . U " ennalbi "' I, U " 1 year " . .. . 1 " IB-Xlth! 1 " 1 yaar "... Administrator' and Executcr' Nolle.... Audl'or' Notice. Stray and limiitr Notices t-OD 11 Wl 10 na () no . T.'.M SlBSfRIPTIOS RATES. esse my, one voir, cash In advance ' ' if not p'd within 3 nj.03 11.50 , -e n (I wimin o uma. . If m t u a within e raoa. i.ou .. if not p'd wr.biu your.. 8 5 --T0 r-'rin9 residing outside the county , ; rtr al.mioaal per year will be cuary ed l . . -rrfr. ... . . h. ft s o l.ao Hneiness tta-. rrsi inwr-mn ioe. per lie. ; eeh uhseqaent Iniertlon So. per line. 1T" Rrifffvliflii or jrttceJine nt eny rorpormHot or twiety.ond rttniurtcatiot rognrd to call rtr-n-tion to y -sorffrr of lir.1'i or irifiridlKi intere,t mvwt ot paid Jor mt rfrerfise-rTi'. Jo rmwriya of all kind neatly and aipMltl eusly eieeuted at lowett price, lion't Ton forget i t. l no event win ine mr fr.vn. and those who dn't ronult tl.eir ,.(,re;;t hv purine in advunee must not to he p ure : o'-i the jam? footin n thoso .et this laot be distinctly understood : u lirne forward. v for y-ir piper hefoie yoastop It, If H. A. McPIKE, Editor and Publisher. 'HI IS A TSSEMIN WHOM THE TRUTH MAKES FKII, AND ALL AB.X SLAVES BESIDE.' 81. BO and postage per year, In advance. Oirn i wh i ii" .: i VOLUME 'XV. E BENS BURG, PA.. FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 1SS1. NUMBER 28. . i- vmi inot. .or.p nm H'msui- ... ' ) ,n't I if a "Hliiwii lif- s I m -short. TEE CAMBRIA FREEMAN ,;iV ''. V: .1 ir: u ii-'.. hir. r? r rnk .f.-v i : i 11. C- Cli, ?r ; 41; . ' I.'".' he;- W. i- it 1 1 trc" "of a!f - - jti:' tec vr '- i i i" I.i' U: ur. - ,v.ir- l.f '!' l.e " es-' .1 11 Jill - : ce." j i e r ' j If .rV't':" tie ' . no . ,.cir. of f ' . te K l rf e gv. -rfti- by a i.iK JULY II, 1831. IVt AKC SI r.LlN J Erofa Lisa Cress Goods HIS!SR I lO ccr i.r y.ir-1 fo close. i ar.l Iiitie I.-iwns. ," ;-eiU3 per yard i:p. owme to v at IO crun. H wool, in all colurf. SOVELTirS IN 4-4 Co-lie! l.c H mt 1 IMPORTED DRESS GOODS, At 15 ccnr, worth 3l-en!.. ifl A -' orte I H.ind-.ime I'lrmo'- at half prlTP. xf-jar Jin-.irv H:ir:nt in I'll. It-Its anil Units. LAD IKS' TRAVELING ULSTERS. T3j., Sl.OO. 1.3.1, 81. SO an l up t.. S.OO each. Ladles', Mir nml h!llren" la nw A Mt i I SC. HA If S II TS, All to t.- csed out at a ;i-riri"C. SKVETAL Cim CHOK'S Ol'I '.N : New B'a-k Spnni-'li I.' PJ. w I.iocsof all kind. N'fwHamburi-. Nw Si? Ko;hroi.crt. New JUInok KM ' :'. N " L-nen I'-lnJe. New Flirorc.l Sm"f.'. 25.. ;. Now V hite Ooods. Larva Itif lS' ick :,.! i -olore.l U-c Silks re eeir' en- li ttm : al.-o Sut.i.s. Hr.wn.t'W. A'--.: thin keoplnr onr t. k rno-e : r!:h ali tho chuieest CjlurtriK'. inelt:-l:x Hnm-e in various hade, now asttyiit fur. and very scarce. srn mi. VAi.i rs isr FAIJCY SUMMER SILKS! NW Bla Is nr. J I. r. Cauinor : . .BOGGS & BUHL, 113 & 120 Federal SireDt Alleeny. p. S. New h'. t -n Honn Skirts and Hustle'; Hosiery. .l!ve.-. Itntt.-u. New K -aded i'asjamen t..no4 ati-1 t'rii:.?. I.:'-do' ilnsiin Underwear, Oents lj i-an.er and Mr;no Underwear, Jean Eraser. CulKirs Cuil aul Neokwt-ar. uimLD&coj a OF L0RETT0. SELL CUGAR" it . .' kJ Or -n and B!:n-k 10 and 11 rts. pr ll.; Ir.n. W. So and Tic. I er lu. ; Orsen t ull'-e at lo and 'JO t-t-. pc- id. : Kcat- I -ill-e at 1-1. -i nod Jc. per Ih. ; 1 wo I'mfs 'nfl- e Kcnce lur i cents ; Two txc- It.'u i lor ft cei: t s : Two pL'' iT3 il lic.ni; Soda for 5 cents : Two 71.-11 ! s JVpiior h.r 10 cnts : 4 '.H. B irlev or 4 !!. l .deal f..r'l'.r. ctK. : 4 It'-. Hi.ir.'ny r 4 11... Split I'cus lor 25 cts. : lib. K oc ir lb I 'mr.e- fur -'fi cts. : J 1 .IN I..t or 6 it". W.-.-i..;. S. -p for 23 ct?. ; il-;sue. ?.. rcr ir il. : ifDoJ Syrup. 60:. Jier!-; ':irl.Mn (HI. li : s. p-r iral. : PI .nr. 1 'J.'i it ;i.' : Salt, fl.ti per Ml. C.Jlcoe-. T :f.d - cs. pfr yar-t : , ."; ti-'.ti.-". '. 5 a:nl 1-1 .:. j.-.t y-.rd : ii.: 1 :.. 'ii 1 i :i n .1 rjc. por vard ; Pla'tisnd Fhh: lr.-" ii Is. 4 p. U-.. H. -ii. aSc. k -tt -Uv .l;.!!. 1J' . - Mini -it. per yard ; lit k-iia-. i-' 11 "-') and 25 cts. per yard ; T.brul, 1 '. and per -poot : - ;( .i;iri-tt s. 1 . ft in'. i't. eaih : I '"r.-w;s. 2.'-, :-) and T.'i cts. each : lidtea' "!..r. . VJ, 1. 2- :r-' :: yfr kit : Lc di H..'i-. e 1 '. 12'-:. Id and 2.'i. per pair : f.s..!lt ' ?i.s nilkereU'ef-1. I'1. IS and 2".:. e..h. A'10, l.a.'Ci. I-.li r.n-. UuiLr. 1 It-r . --. reuol, . , 1'iOO'l'S Infanta' shoes. 2.5. ::. 1 Cbildri n's s '-i.es. I SUOI'.S. find fii cts. p-r pair. . '. 75 .-.iid .'l.io per pilr. -". T"i. il.1"' :ird 1.2.'. per 1 air. , !.. t ! 23. 1 75. . SI .'in. l 7S. V2.UO, 2.2.i. 2.dU. ;i.2.i. ?l 1 .75 and 2.U0. I4S'' ;et' .Ti-..l siio-s. 1 ,-, ,-:h-. '. Min'aSI.'-e.-. 1..'.0. l ;.'.. Si.uG!nd f2.25. Sleu'S ISout-. r-.'".'. 52 and t-i.it per pair. ' 1 .( )'I 1 1 INC.. BOYS' rt' I.I. si I I S r:.-vo to pi Oj. 5ii-N S " ft '"J to 2 1. We cvrr.r'.ft r cv-- prii'x . . all i..iu 0 r;oods to b en lov. i ! :' r. f :j !f'f ;i'r. ( ' 1 nfj ;.i u e in Al fryia, Jl hp. c. fl'tut. ". 1.7 trt 1... '.- in afirT triti!. .r.-i r:?nds so'.-.' t 'j ut .v';i.7i 10 not ijll-' At(. jf.'inlrVr 1T (f u it 1 1 1 " C." 'l..i'l t' lilk'l bark s-4 'ir r.coi- 1-.' ir .'... . v,cnlrt t-utj a. c rrturtud tr. good c sndtlfm u i;'.tn u- 1 1 ) ii-.yj. MrlHtyAF.l a CO. ire.To. M:iv l--'..-T. TO CAP.i) f(i!J !:CT()HS! lfKl'.uijrvrn bars HOMSIXS' ELEC1 111C SOAI' of your Gro cer. 2d. Tiijn fo give yoir u bill of it.' 3d. Mull in his bill and your iftill address. mail IIOll I'll Ell Ath. He trill c-V;':. fn via- colors and gold, vt-presenting ij.jIt :-.Shotcjea re's 'Sere 11 Ages of Jlan.9 Pi-- t ' 1 "T-aiPT o r r . L. LaAu Y a LU., HO Hotitli Fourth Ht., rniLAnEi.rjiiA. va. rt H!1NS' FT.FX'TKH HHP Is sold'by V S. iiiWini Bno., Fl e -.shuijf. 4-l.-e.o.w.0m. STKKL 1 5 RFENCE "Willis. -CUE AH Kit THAN -AOOI. A TT Fl I.I. M7.K.) O ' il'lre I'oiuted Costs but TEN I VEX TS per HO I). -lplea nnil ( alalocnea Rent Frg. 'j-;; CLiYER BPiCTHERS & PHILLIPS, l,tJtrS.rms7RHT, . 114, 116 h IIS MM Affaoe, '.-3tn I I I SIH IIC. II, I A. Tin: pi.on.rvs :i EiQ-I2.Sia: SA155S. 1 . i th" i m ': ..-icr ha the pleasure of annaun-lnz lecp.ef' t h-t-Mx nni vicinity that n- 1 a t. r-t "cm t'.r. s.irtal establish merit i'o.- rt -en-iy o.-.-iipicl by J ude I.loyd 'ore. oa Hivrt sr t o poMte the Aloun- e. wne-e e wi 1 1 i. I i.l f n tfliinni e a 1 1 : I" tha cm.: a? a d-u 1ti H Hi- who wrtt i, h.. ,i,..v,..t hlre thc,r najr rilt or i'.'Dy! ,rri'f.,,ri ln h.. i:n. -I.adies' ir an 1 pir ..n made -itoeur and e" iieb- whenoVs:r-.l - s.'."iv-;o.n reu.lered or no Ci; made. lejn Rive t..e call , . 'I P. e-OriAKFEK. i -Tiil.nrir. March Si. v. Mill SAVED! 820.00 " 'TVi3 20-O SATF.n bv r-nrehas- -1 !fu A 1 il i 31 Al'tl - tr rrr. t ed. r r e i.n.ce Is at th Av;nue, between ' Sts.. Ai.Tooxa. l'A., rs the Fdi tor of th Af as reference. I. MotillATII. j. usi.-tf. BUCK, 1 I'HVSICI a--t re. dope. a v and; rnar.oir, A 1 -orisiA, TA. en F.-.nrteenth street, near ia. where night calls can be made, ir tu to 10. a. sr.. anl -rein 2 to . Sf. S eei.l A-tenr.i.n r.iti tr. Ilfa. Y nr. t n. p. ' the Kye aud r r. as well a to Surgical ii everv description. 14 -lg.-tf.l -ft- -jr. - - l . a i w ni rVJd CAxnttlA Ir Rl ' . A j.i II 1 - - . I M. J of ca; : f I. BT-fJKT.FY. AllOR.MY.AT.I.iW. Al.Ttji).A. PA. 7' '- V'STwelf-h tr.. in same btilM- lia T.e.llAle, , r, renr r.f Fir.r C.. I U . -1. 1' ;1 uoi i i na. Auril i. isl..tf. """' i XSl?" sJAMBKIA FKEEMAJ. j"1" fjr je ir. i.f advance. Co-"- NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. fatiexmi The Great SKIN CURE. Itching and Scaly Diseases, Humors of the Scalp and Skin Permanent ly Cured. RINCWORM. Oeo. W. Brown. 43 Marshall St., Providence, R. I., cured hy Cntlcura Remedies nf a Ringworm Humor lot at the barber's, which spread all over h! ears, neck and face, and forsli year resisted oil klndl of trentmnt. SKIN HUMOR. F. II. P-ske. Esq.. asrent for Harper A Brothera. Petrr.lt. Mich., elves an astonishing; aeconnt of his cose (eczema rodent), which had been treated by a consultation of physicians without benefit, and which speedily yielded to the Citttcura Kbsolv tt Internally and CcTiccr.A and Cticcr. Soap externally. SCALD HEAD. It. A. Hiymond. Auditor F. W.. .1. S. K. R., Jackson. Mich., was etired of Scald Head of nine years' duration by the C'aticura Remedies. ECZEMA. Hon. Wm. Taylor. Hoofon. M'l., permanently enred of a hnmor of the face and scalp (eciema) that had been treated nnsnccessfully for twelve years by many of Roston's best physicians find I mot noted sneclnllsf s. as well as European author ! Ities. j MILK CRUST. Mrs. Bowers. 143 fllnton St., Cincinnati, speaks of her sister's child, who was enred of milk crust which resisted all remedies for two years, tiowi y, with a be.intiful head of hair. FALLING HAIR. Frank A. Bean. Steam Fire Enclne 9. Boston, wns erred of alopecia, or falllnz of the hair, y the f'rTtcniA Knsot.VRXT Internally and Cctictr and fnu rn SoAr externally, which completely restored hl3 hnirwhen all said he would lose It. Thomas T.ee. 2278 Frankford Are.. Philadelphia, nffiicfed with dandrurT. which for twenty years had covered his scalp with scale one-quarter of an Inch I in thlckncs". ws curd bv Cntlcura Remedies. 1 ! TREATMENT. j The Cmrrr.A TrtATSiraT consists In tho Inter-n-itrt-cof the fern t-RA IfesoLvrsr, the new Blood Puriner. and the external ns of CrTUX'RA and Cc 1 tkvua Soap. tl" (Ircat Skin Cure. j For Sunlmrn. Tan and fireasy Skin use "cticu- ', ra Soap, an ex.tilsite toilet, bath ami nursery san ative, fragrant with delicious flower odors and heal- ine hal-ims. i CUTICURA RrMPMES are for fie by all dtnearlst.. I'rico of 1 t't'Tirfn a . n Medicinul .Icily, snnnll boxes. J.0 cts. ; , larire boxes, fl. CnirrRA Frspt.vkxt. the new ! Blood I'ufifier. -?1 ji r hntti. Ci-rrTHA Soap (the 1 queen of medl Ira! rnd toilet soaps). 2.5 eta. CrTI- rcnA Mkkk inal Shavino Soap. 15 cts. Principal '-. depot. Works A- Potter. Ronton, M nam. I rt-All mailed free on receipt of price. COLLINS VOLTAIC . LLLWftiJ j. )firArir !llstrrtj th!in nnv $J Siittfry nui-lv. Thov nrp ! jm n e 1 v nn r fix n nire f-r P;tin :iti. Ua'aiiP r.f rt Tvine. T-!-r. KM-rt'-ys rtni Vrinnry rifin. Kliomnai-ni. N-url-it'f. T' tfrii. Vcm-tle AVo.iisrips-i. Nnrvon V;iini stn-1 V'-'iknr-'M, trilnrii. nn.i Kovor r,, 'm. , Vrip' 25 r-r-n fm SM everywlicro. W-i-hM 1'otlor, flit-wtott, Mail. T-l.-l'ii. j S1 IIIKKII I S NOTH.Ii. IX THE ()R- rs.i;;s' (Vitt wi'iMiwurervTT, I' -To f M irv . 11 wnev. f(.rtierlv lnrv A. Sio-r Ion. Al- : t-rt Binder aii. I Ann Bender (I" irmcrlv Ann , Slier.nn). f'hr-ri.tn Shet loo ;:nd Anilrew Sher- don . who reside in I'.wa eo'inl v. Stptc of I nwa . ' V. lierens. at nn tirol.nr.o' ("onrt held at F.ben.- ! borir on .Inlv lotti, 1 -iSl . the petition of .Tas. Sher- ( ilrn. a si.o o( .l..hn slifMnn. lnte .f the tovn"M i.f i 'le-Tfl'-ld. i 11 "a ! d r"':n'y. de"eaed . w a presen- ; ted. prayttitj the ',-nrt to award n.i In quest to make j partition o' the re:.l cstafo ot said decedent, and, i 'Uicron, th" prayer ol the said petitioner was r-i red that notice be jrtven to tho-e Interested ' irrante.l aid writ r.f inqoest awar.ld. nn1 It was 1 i in said petition re-iin out of the countv tiv put- i ll.-a'ir.n and mai.lnir C' pv of notice to nearest post- j ! office: notice is herefi. ulven to tlie above named ' , i.ar-ii s tl: it. I t vinn t.f fhc anore mentioned : Kr:t. an Inquest be held and taken upon the , prem'es tin-rein d-sribed. on Thnrnatf. the jsth j ' rtr.v pf Aviiunt. A f a' one o'clock p. m.. for , the tutrpo.e ot tuaViii imrfitlon at valuation and i nppraisefncrit of the sild real ectafe. sa In the said . writ reoulr-d : at which time and place said iar- ; t'es can attend If they fee proper. THOMAS OR1FF1TH. j Sheriffs Olllce, Ebciislnrir. July 2, IRsi. t. i X one who l Iharonghly rejnlar In the bowels i halt a 11 ihle to uisease as he who is lrreular. He may he attacked by rontnalou dis eases. a;id co may t he irreunlar. but he Is not near ly a suhji-et to outside influences. The use of Tarrant's Seltzer Aperient secures reanlarity.and consequent Immunity Irom stckuess. sni.l) BY AT.I I)KU(JIsrs. Smit i's Tat Blind and Shatter Hower. Snu'ters ciin he place,) 2. 3. 4. 6 or 6 inehesapart and held secure'. v in either jiosittoi. Asrenls want ed In everv coun'v. Can make bia wnires In Sum mer and Fail. The be-t and handsomest thing out. Sells at everv house. Write for particulars. Samples hy 1m1.il for 8 cent' tvtssr. Add-ess SMITH CO., 30 siar St., Philadelphia. WM II. SF"H I. FT. M. I. KITTFUT... Joinsoir", Pa. KtrwOvrg. Ta SKCHLEll & K ITT ELL, ATTORN I : Y S - A T - I . A V , johnstow ai- r...0.v n .. OFFlCr.S mouther t'reen ! lanre one nonu- Inir rc-tirr Main and Clinton ft., Johntnwn. and In Colonade How. Fbenshurg. (7-1. Si. J LAND TOR sALE. The undersign ed has Arm of land lylnor between Le retto and t:het Sprinifs which he will .ell very cheap and on eav terms. There are about pouty acres clearexi. t he ha ianc5 be: nar well covered with saw timber, prii.eipal ly hemloi k. F:.r further in formation call on or address F. A. SToKM, July IS. lsl -tf. Iretto. Pa. VENNOR'S PREDICTIONST For this .Mon'h's Weather, prep-iee.1 expressly frit aiTHlBI.S IIFVIF.W. Savri.E Copt Mitt sn for . Stawp. J. M. STODhART. Pub., N.York, Phil., or Chicago Julv isl.-3t. Blairsrille (la.) LndlrV Seminary. Beaul fo! (croon IS, cnmraoHtoni build. nil. HeilthP.il location. T.:ionofr.n i-sthpctio. Thirtv-fi-.t er beina Seetotn -er M -I Set, A r.'.v torCatsi.Vi,,,.. to Kev. T. B. KWIMCv. J"!y is. lssi.-'im. - Principal And JIORPHHIE fftafclt d in 14 toisadaya. lnyears- thed: lOOO cured. Writ stat- nitiu.D.lUcis, uutney. mti kptll 4, ll.-ui. IWM-.t K aeut in everv town to sell a valua ble article. No monev reqnlred i n ti rood s are .old. Addrrca P. t. Box jrM, .Ntw York City. BE ATT Y'S 0 RS 4 IS, IS n.efnt .nr.., 5 pe's reerif -w cuiv S. Plane, ft S& np IUu Catalog. FrtEtt. Address Keaty,t -hln,ton.N. J. : COfl T',r day at himw. Sample worth 14 l free. Address Srr-sso-- A ''n, Port land, Maine. l-t.'S..-ly. pamphlet:;: vertf.e--. iro pap-e. J 5 'srits. nowRixdro., iv. t. THE PREMBFVr H HOTHKR CIS THK ATTESPT EU 4.AIA1I(. They told the news In a tender way. To the (tray-haired mother of him that day. Who seemed on the bound of tha unknown land. Felled by a madman'c deadly hand ; For every heart In the midst tnere knew The weary years which had bound the two ; She, only bowlnir her head, said low: ""S" bat hand could have wounded my baby so ?" To her, though he fell at the Nation'! head. He was still a bahe, thousrh the years had Cad ; But memory turned and her hert went o'er The past, till she stood at the cabin door. And heard the wind o'er lore's lone grara aleh A widow's and orp ians lullaby ; Be patient, soul, for yon still must take The burden np for the children" sake. If her hand erew hard, etill her heartbeat trna Tha weary hours or the winter through ; Her Hps refused of tho dally fare. So more ml!?ht fall to the children' haro: And the babe she soothed to Its childish rest That irave a hope to her achlnir breast Was te who. wounded and dyln-r, lay In the noon of life on that dreadlul day. Do yon wander, after her toilsome years. They told her the awful truth with fears. That he frficlle thread of her !lla would break. For sh e still but lived for her children's sake. Oh. for the sweet old days." she ald, ' When ha laid on my breast hi childish head. When a boy, unknown to a party strife. He lived In the cabin a hnrable life. The sell-same pence he shall never know A when In the forest, long ago. The wind sansc wild o'er the orphan child. That tolled by my side through the heat and snow." ' Better the crust that In crowned at night By holy sleep than a ruler's mitrht. That brines its wearisome round of care , I.eavine scarce thoueht for slumber or prayer. Praise cr blame Irom a servile throng. Cannot equal the sweet old sonar T:iat soothed the heart of the simple child In the lonely depths of tho forest wild." Better the early and lowly life. j Than manhood crowned from a party strife ; More free his heart when a little child. Crowned in his play by the forest wild." THE HISTORY OF A DEAD MA!?. FROM THE RUSSIAN. It was in the autumn, just before the open ing of the railroad between Taganrok and Chnrkoff, and I had to make the tedious journey with post horses. For the first two j j days the weather was pleasant, but on the ! third morning the heavens were covered with heavy, grey clouds, a northwest wind blew furiHiisly; thunder, lightning, snow flakes and rain followed such a storm ns can only he found in Southern Russia. In half an hour the roads weic impsssaDle with black rnud, and as we reached the post station of Don ski we found there wns no more progress for that day. As I entered the station I was met by a tall, Cne-looking, grey-haired man, whose black velvet coat with backward Grecian sleeves made rre judge him as hold ing some military or official position. Be hind him came a handsome Cossack woman about his age, and both greeted me kindly, j Tn reply to my Tiquet for a cup of t n, the ! woman said, "Husband, ask the gentleman if he would not like a roast chicken with his tea. It will be a long time bffore he can mount his troika and continue his journey and lie will find the chicken tender." As she said this she glanced lovingly at the man, and then left the room, not before he j had waved a kiss to her is she closed the j door. j "She is my beloved wife, and widow, sir," said he, turning to me as I took a seat by the ; porcelain stove, warming my hands on Us j smooth sides. "Ha ! ha! you laugh, sir, but wait until you are eating your chicken, and ! if you wish I will tell you the history of a man who has been dead fourteen years and j who married his widow." Of course I was eaer for the story, and soon nftr when my chicken was brought to me tempting anri warm, he drew a c'ia'r near my elbow and commenced his story. "I am nearly sixty years old now. sir ; my glad of an opdortunity to lend him a twenty ; wife also. But she wasonee'a beautiful, good, j of being where millinery and Japane-e dec young girl ; she is as good now as then, and j oration stores do not daily entrap one's perhaps I am a partial judge, but I find her j wife : of being " still beautiful To this last statement I absented, and he continued : "I was a wild young fellow, hieh tempered, 1 i an 1 of o mviniT rli;io;it ion T was nostmas- j ter of the station when I married Olga. At I first I was contented she was a loving, good j w-fe but I grew weary of life, and restless lor ireenom, tine oay, u was n- uic )cni m I she seemed sad, and coming to me put I her arms around my neck, and said, "Do you j really and truly love me, Wanska?" I an- I . - . . .1 J 1 . ...... 1- T I sweren lmpaiiPtitiy, v-u, ), )u miu" a j do. 'But you don't love me as I do you," she j continued. In that moment an evil SDirit ! j must have scipd me. I don't know what I thoushts passed through my brain, only it , rf if , rht t ,ovpd her in ynv way, but it nettled nie that I was bonnd to her for life, and I wanted my freedom. As fhe clung to me. I pushed her violently away, and she fell to the floor. Risingslow ly she looked at nie reproachfully and left the room without a word. "I was wild I ran to the stable. 'Har ness me a troika instantly,' I cried to the hostler. 'There is a despatch left here by i tho last courier that I must take to Charkoff ; make haste. In few minutes the wagon was ready. Faul took the reins, the bells wf.re ringing clearly in the fresh air. and without a backward glance for Olga, I was , station, and in twenty hours , a , J reached Charkotl. Dismlssintr the watron. T went to the post master, who was my most intimate friend. I called for ink and i.en and wrote a letter, wliioh I pave to hi.n, saying. 'Do this favor j presses the spring perfectly flat, wrapping for me and be silent. I want to leave my j the pork around it tight, and holds it so uu wife. In eight days send her this letter and j til it freezes solid. Then the frozen pork, ask me no questions. In tho letter I wrote: ! stuffed with the bed spring, is thrown out to '"Oi.ga : Whi von receive this letter I sihall be d-ad. Forest me and marry some other man who will trat von hotter than I hgve done. Foreive m for striking vnn : it was a shamfil act. Kep thu station, you can writ. and can hold it as well as I. Heaven biests yon. Wanska. "Mv friend shook my hand and promised to fulfil my errand, and a few hours later I was on my way to the military bnrean of , where I told them I wanted to enlist for four teen years in the nore Guards and cve them a different name from my own. I was till and healthy, and they were very glad to accept me, asking me a few questions. My hair was cnit short, my beard shorn, and in my new uniform, with a glittering helmt on my head, I lode through the streets of St. Fetrsbnrg, and no one to know me among the thousands who looked at ns as we paused hy. I wa ambilious, and learned he pon tine of soldiers life qniekly. The discipline was severe ; it was hard to be obedient, and as for the freedom 1 had longed for, I fonnd I had lost it. I was soon a sergeant, and ftn- ally became a captain of horse in the regi ment. "1 won distinction in the service. In the war with Turkey and later the Crimea my time was np, and I -was seized with a most terrible homesickness, for of late years I had learned to love my wife passionately, and to see her anin, even though she were the wife of another, was my only thought. I wondered if she had changed in al! these years ; if she had grown stout as a beer cask or as thin as a corkscrew. I was offered many advantages if I would remain in the army, but I refused them all, was honorably discharged, with a good pension, and the same day started for the south, my heart beating wildly between hope and fear. I reached Charkoff, an1 found that my old friend, the postmaster, was dead. My heart fainted with the thought that Olga too might be dead. " 'Who has the post at Donski ? I inquir: ed, crossing myself under my long military cloak. " "A widow, was the reply. " 'The same who held it fourteen year ago?' " The same came the answer. "In eiphteen hours I was there. I knew the two old men who unharnessed my hors ses. They were former servants of mine. But they did not know me In my uniform. I hastened to the entrance of this house, then Into the office. Olga sat at the desk writing .and seemed unchanged to me. True, her face was more sad, and in her beautiful black hair I saw a few silver threads, yet she was still beauti ful. "I stole in. 'Olga dearest !' I whispered and sank on my knees before her. She didn't look at me, but threw her arms In the air; her head fell upon t'w desk heavily. She had fainted. I sprang to her, took her in my arms, while I told my story and begged her forgiveness, and the angel forgave me. That was sixteen years ago, sir, and the years pass ed like spring days. We have been always so happy." After a pause the delightful old man con tinued : "But what do jou think the stupid gov ernment at St. Petersburg insists upon? That I am dead, sir, and the Donska post station must remain in the hands of tny wid- ow ; or else the guardsman of the Cuiras siers must be dead, and lose his pension. My widow laughs over the dilemma. She keeps the books, signs the receipts, and pays the taxes, I draw my very liberal pension under the name hy which I enlisted, but as the former postmaster of Donski I am adead man. This is my history, sir. There may be some who do not believe It. but we and our neighbors know better." I thanked the good man for his interesting story. And his wife, soon enteriDg, took his hand, saying : "All, my husoand, I fear you have wear ied th gentleman with your oft repeated story. Come with me that I may scold you," and they went off laughinfe together, he with a look of love in liis eyes that showed plainly r.owmuch he valued wife and widow. HOW TO CATCH A F0LAR BEAR. "I do so pity those men on the Tiodgers," remarked Mrs, Max, passing the Major the honey, which he always insisted on having with his rice cakes. "Yes, indeed," replied the Major, who was a trifle cynical that morning, having burned his mouth with coffee. "Yes, in deed, my dear, the life of an Arctic explorer must be hard. They are so isolated from the world. Just imagine, if you can, the hor ror of living for three years out of the dust and wind and fog and rain of our glorious climate; ot not meeting all that time the man at your club who thinks the oftener a story is told the beUer it is ; of being with out the consoltation afforded you bv the busted stock operator who knows you are " W hy. Major, how you do talk ! I was only thinking of the horrid things that Rod- gers crew will have to do to get their bear steaks." "How's that ?" asked the Major, instantly interested over the object of steaks, which he holds of much greater importance than the Irish land troubles. "What I know about It," resumed Mrs. Max, "I read in a fashion paper, and it ought to be true." "It certainly ought to be, Mrs. Max, if only on account of its old age." "Well, the article said," continued Mrs. Max, pretending to ignore the Major's slur on her favorite reading, "that Arctic explor ers, when they want to kill a polar bear, plant a big knife in the ice with the blade sticking tip. They daub th blade with blood, and the bear comes along and licks it and cuts his tongue. It is so cold that he don't feel the cut, but, tasting his own blood, continues to lick the knife until his tongue is all frayed, and he bleeds to death. Isn't it dreadful ?" "Quiet your fears, my dear," said the Ma jor when his wife had finished. "That is the way they killed the bear when that story was first published, but in the last twenty years an Improvement has been made, which I will tell you about, if you will kindly give me just a drop of coffee, with cold milk, this time. The way the thine is done now is as follows: When Captain Berry, of the Rod gers, wants a polar bear for dinner, lie gives a midshipman a copper bed spring and a chunk of salt pork. The midshipman eom- the nearest iceberg, where it is promptly swallowed by a polar bear. When the heat of the bear's stomach thaws out the pork it releases the spring, which flies out, and the bear soon dies of a pain in his side." "Major," said Mrs. Max, witli very ranch warmth, "I don't believe that such a story is true." "So, my dear, and yon won't, until, in a few years, you see it in some fashion paper, and then yon will swear by it." The Detroit (Mich ) Aetcs says that as a fl')ck of sheep, 100 In number, were beinrj; driven down Michigan avenne one day last week, one of them took a notion to shade and rest In a shop on that thoroughfare. It is a well known trait of these animals that where one goes the others will follow and 'in two shakes of a lamb's tail" the whole trove were in the store. Several clerks were knocked over and some damage done beta e they could be started ont again. Then they knocked over a horse standing in front, and every leg of mutton In the Jot jumped over bim before be could et np. A FEARFUL II ALF.HOL'R. In the early days of the Cincinnati South ern, before it had attained its present sys tem, and immediately after the road had been opened for traffic to Somerset, occurred an event the recollection of which even to this day serves to bring out goose flesh on those who at the time were cognizant of the im pending disaster. Within a few days after passenger gravel began the officers of the Southern sent Invi tations for a trip over the road to all of Cin cinnati's wealthiest men and heaviest tax payers, and on the morning of the excursion dozens of carriages left the Burnett honse, tha place of meeting, and corveyed them across the river to Ludlow, where the "sp-s-cial," headed by No. 1, the crack engine, with Mat. Coombs at the lever, was in wait ing. Miles N. Beatfy, now superintendent; of the southern division, was conductor. When all the excursionists wer on board the engineer and conductor went Into Train Dispatcher Cooledge's office, where they read and signed the following order, and placed copies in their pockets : "Meet and pass No. 2. north bound passcn ger train at Williamstown." To Wiliiamstown for delivery to the north bound passenger train, on arrival, was sent the following order : " , Conductor : "Meet and pass south-bound special at Wiliiamstown." So t'lat the situation stood thus either train reaching the place indicated first was to go on the siding and wait thereuntil the one coming from the opposite direction had ai rived and gone ahead on the cleared track. Of the wealthy passenger load Some were seated chatting, others were standing on the platforms, and still others on the summer car, when, glancing np and down his train, the conductor, finding everything In good order and readiness, waved his hand to the watching engineer, and the special pulled out, slowly at first, but as it moved on the speed increased until it went out of sight around the curve a flving, and a little later a rumbling sound told of its crossing the tres tle, and that it was well ar.df airly started on the way south. It was understood that ex tra fast time was to be made, and to offer no obstacle the track hail been cleared of every thing save the passenger train referred to. One half hour after the. start from Ludlow, No. 2, Cl'tven minutes behind time, reached Williamsiown, at which place the standing rule was imperative that conductors should at all times stop and inquire for orders. Stopping or.Iy long enough to unload a pas senger in the mud, the conductor, thinking only of making up ot time, signaled the en gineer, and the train went on. The horrified operator from his window saw No. 2, flashing northward to what seem ed inevitable destruction, as the telegraph line between his room and Ludlow was un broken by a single instrument, and at that moment two trains -at high rates of speed were rnpidly lessening the distance between each other on the single track. He tele graphed at once to Ludlow that "No. 2 had passed without stopping for orders." All color left the face of train dispatcher Cooledge as he received the message and as he communicated the dire intelligence to Jack Kedmond, master of transpo-tation, that individual's countenance assumed a similar hue. Willi him to think was to act. Stepping to the station door he quietly beck oned several men to him and coniposedly gave instructions to each. One-half dozen of them went on the double quick in differ ent directions for physicians. The store keepers went into the warehouse and gath eied together sponges, baskets, materials for splints and soft muslin for bandages. Meanwhile other employes had run up to the engine-house, and starting afire under an idle locomotive had hitched on a otboose and backed down in front of the station where the car was transformed at once iuto a hospital coach. To all save Redmond and Cooledge these preparations were mysterious. The relief train was soon in readiness, but did not start. Redmond, seated at the desk and estimating the rate of speed at which the trains were moving, calculated about where the collision would take place. Some of the passengers would escape unhurt, and one of them would hasten at once on horse back to Wiliiamstown, the nearest point for medical ai4. Here the operator would learn the exact locality of the accident and send a dispatch to Ludlow. Fosses6ed of this in formation Kedmond could send his waiting engine and car, with the corps of physicians and nurses, to the spot at the rate of nearly a mile a minute. The other and slowet plan would be to let the "relief" start out and cautiously find its way around the many curves. He chose the wiser course. The scene in the train dispatcher's office was painful. Cooledge, leaning over the silent instrument, watched it with feverish eyes as if to read its secret before transmission. On another chair was Kedmond, with big gtobes of perspiration coming from the pores of his face and rolling down unheeded. Neither man spoke. Five, ten, twenty, thirty min nts that seemed like ages passed, when came a sharp click. It was Wiliiamstown calling Ludlow. Cooledge's hair rose up on end as he gave the response. Redmond stood up and placed a hand on the door knob. The next moment Cooledge fairly yelled, "No collision. No. 2 has just backed into Wiliiamstown." The two men shook hands with the sair.e vigor as if the were twin brothers and hadn't met for a thousand years It was then ascertained that, by the most fortunate circumstances, the trains had sim ultaneously entered from opposite ends upon the longest piece of strnigtit track be tween the two telegraph stations, and an in stantaneous application of the brakes had brought the in to a stop within twenty feet of each other. No, 2. recognizing the "spe cial's" right of way, backed to Wiliiams town, where it went in on the siding, aud Cincinnati's millionaires and capitalists pro ceeded unhurt on their Journey. Mrs. SPAiTGLEsbreathless!ysaid : "Dear, I wili tell you an awfut, awful thing. Do you know that Mr. Slowbox cannot take his breakfast iu the morning without a cocktail? Now, my dear Mr. Spangles never does such a thing as that. He would not think of a cocktail, lie simply rolls in his bed, looks around the room for his clothes, and says : "Alary, for the love of the great stars above us, I feel as if I had a cinder in my mouth I Give me a pitcher f water none of your confounded little goblets, but a bucketful. Hurry.' But you never bear him ask for a cocktail. He hastens down to the stoie without his breakfast" Tee nearest infallible remedy la Tracy A- L1VINU BY THEIR W ITS. A NOVEL METHOD ADOPTED BT AN ENTER riUSINQ QUARTETTE. A few days ago a weather-beaten quartette of middle-aged men arrived at Reading. They had been on a novel and extended tour through the country. A sun-browned Irish lad, describing himself as Michael Dalton, of Newark, was apparently the leader of the party. "You see," said he, "we have no work in summer. We all have one trade, and fso make a living we travel to see the country." On belngclosely pressed he acknowledged that when employed at their regular business they shovelled snow. "I tell you this in confidence," said he, "and it must not go any further. The four of us made up our minds to get out of Newark. We lost our jobs through a strike, and after thinking a long time over our bad luck, my friend here, Dick, struck upon a racket which to me was new. We want to Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, got out into the Ohio towns, worked Pitts burgh, the oil country and narrisburg, and here we are in Reading. We lived like fighting cocks, but had to rough it some times. Well, you want to know how we work it. I'll tell you. Dick has a school education, and was in the army. He is a good band at writing poetry, so one day, about nine months ago, he wrote a string of rhymes on a shingle. It was about a poor man out of work, hungry, tired, weary and worn out, with a wife and kids at home also hungry, and with no clothes to go to Sunday school; that the world owed men a living who really desired to work ; and then wind ing up with asking a blessing on th home of the family you are going to call on. The blessing is very touching aud affecting, and the words common and plain, so that every man, woman and child can understand them. Well, we got them printed for $2 a thou sand. On the bottom of each was a line: 'Trice two cents. I will call for your an swer in about an hour." Each of us took 250 copies and started out. "First we worked fcaston, dividing the town oft into four sections. The verses said that the bearer had been in the army, and each of us had to be booked up on the war We were well trained by Dick. I worked one block carefully on each side of the street, handed a song personally to the lady of each house, and walked off. When ev ery house in tho block had been served, I started again where I hegan and collected the pennies. Well, sir, at nearly every house I sold a song. We all worked in that way, and many a day we sold out complete ly. Then we'd get in a new stock. You can reckon up the profits: First cost (2 a thousand; receipts $20 ; profits $13, or $4.50 a day for each man. Of course, we couldn't average that. Some days it rained and we couldn't work, and other days the pales would be slow. Towns of 3o,000 to 50.000 inhabitants we found to pay the best. In Philadelphia things were very slow. Our trade was brisk In Baltimore. Pittsburgh panned out well, and so did Cincinnati. Out there we traveled from place to place on railroads and lived well- Printing is cheaper out that way, and people are more liberal. In our business it don't do to lose your temper. If you're insulted, bear it. You don't go far before tliey call you back and buy ten cents worth of songs. The "blessing on the home" is what wins. Nobody is going to throw away a blessing for two cents. Toor people are our best customers. I've often got five cents for a song, never less than two cents. The high- est I ever eot fot one was fiftj cents and a -j : :n -!. .1... 1. Tl. -.!... v. t .1 dinner in Pittsburgh. The other bovs had a streak of luck that day, and the next week we had a bully time at the Cleveland races. We spent a good deal of money on our tour, saw all the sichts, and never went hunery or thirsty, you bet. Women are the best patrons. The men ask so many questions, and they know too mnch. They think you're a thif, prowling around for points to enter thoir houses at night ; and if they ever were in the army they want to know all about the regiment you were in, and in what battles yon fought. "I was caught in a trap many a time. I told a man once that I was in Company C, Eighty-Eighth New Jersey Kegiment, and blast my Inck the man said he had been a corporal in that same company for two years, and did not recognize me. I thought he might be spinning me a yarn, so I braced up and stuck to my story, ne then got up off the step and took down from the wall of his little parlor a framed discharge paper which proved nie to be the biggest liar in that town. I gave in, laughed, and the man bought a song all the same. As 1 turned to go, he told me to stick to that company and regiment, and gave me a brief history of it, so that I need never to get wrong again. Now I know all about that company. Thus .far we've had a pood time on the road, but we've got tired of it and are -on the home run, and we're willing that some one else should get behind and follow it up." Choosing a Husband. That woman is wiso who chooses for lur partner in life a man who desires to find his home a place of rest. It is the man with many interests, with engrossing occupations,' with plenty of people to fight, with a struggle to maintain against the world, who is really the domestic man, in the wife's sense, who enjoys home, who is tempted to make a friend of his wife, who relishes prattle, who feels in the same circle, where nobody is above him and ro body unsympathetic with him, as If he were in a heaven of ease and reparation. The diawbacks of home-life, its contained possi bilities of insipidity, sameness and conse quent weariness, are never present with such a man. He is no more bored with home than with sleep. He is no more plagued with his children than with his own lighter thoughts. All the monotony and weariness of life he encounters outside. It is the pleasure-loving man. the merry companion, who icquires coHstant excitement, who finds home-life un endurable. He soon grows weary of it, and considers everything so very tame, and so Jike flat beer, that it Is impossible for him not only to be happy, but to feel that he is less nnhappy there than anywhere else. We do not mean that the domestic man, io the wife's sense, will be always at home. The man al ways at home has not half the chance of the man whose doty is oufeideof it, for hf must sometimes be in th way. The point for the wife is that be should like home wheu he is thete ; and that liking, wo contend, belongs, first of all, to the active and strong, and deeply engaged, and not to the lounger, or even the easy minded man. In marriage, as in every other relation of life, the compe tent man is the pleasantest to live with and the safest to cho-se, and the one most likely to piove an unwearied friend, and who en joys artd buffer others to enjoy, when at norae, th endless ca arms of mental repot. THE ROMANCE OF AS EKtf. A CHAPTER WHICH C.OF.S TO SHOW THAT OLD LOVES ARK NOT ALWAYS BEST. The young woman employed by the exp and butter dealer of Grand street, Williams bureh. who. In handling some rees in the store, discovered one which contained a message, written in pencil, asking the girl who received it to open correspondence with a young farmer in Tennessee, was yoterday unhappy. The story of the love match made by means of the egg had been copied from 7Tie Sun into the newspapers all over the country. Wherever she went in the vi cinity of her home she was pointed out as the woman who got a lover through an egg. The story was often told how the hud re sponded to the farmer's egg-shell missive ; how a letter came back which kindled a flame in her heart ; how she continued the correspondence, and sent her photograph; how one came back to her representing a sturdy young farmer; and how the lover came on, met his correspondent, popped the question, and went home with the wedding day fixed. A young policeman in this city read the story and remembered that he was once a beau of the young woman. He went to Brooklyn when he had a day ofT, and called on her. Be said that he had always had hopes of getting her, but had put ofT speak ing to her about it because he thought there was plenty of time ahead, as both were Young. The engagement she had mane, he assured her, was as fragile as the shell of the i egg which had brought it about, and he ex- j an existence. Hie efficacy of praver appears pressed the opinion that it was perhaps, af- i in quite a different light. Therefore that ter ail, only a newfangled Western notion of ! nisl noble manifestation of the Christian , ,- - ,, , , , . ... character of the American people, taising advertis.ng. He formally offered himself to tlt.ir lPtUts , ,.pavt. ,r tl. recovery of the her, told her that he was as good if not bet- Chief Magistrate, honors the American ni ter than the man from Tennessee, and that I tion in the eyes of hll really civilized people while the other match might never be con- i t,,e ... t ., . ... . . . . . , As an Amct ican citizen I vtuted with m- summated, she could now get a lover who j tnse sympathy my prayers to those of ell would be her husband just as soon as she I honest Ameticaiis, but as n priest of the named the day. 1 H'ly Catholic Chur?h I could do and did far She was persuaded by this argument, and j consented vo become hi bride. Ihe wed- ) i,ent. Holy Mass being the d.vinely-order-ding day was fired for Sunday afternoon ' ed sacrifice of the New Lavs, according to last, and the next day Father Gallagher, who is acting as pastor of St. Peter and St. Faul's church in the absence in Europe of Father Malone, was engaged to perform the cere mony in tke church. After the dedication of the new altr in St. Yincent de Paul's church, in Brooklyn, on Sunday, while the bishons and priests were at dinner, the story of the match made by an 1 egg came up. After it had been circumstan- ' tially told. Father Gallagher said it was a mistake to suppose that trie beaus of the ; girl were going to be robbed of her by such a ; device as a letter in an egg shell, for he was that instant going to his church to marry the young woman to an old li.ver. While the priests were laughing at the unexpected turn the romance had taken. Father Gallagher de parted. The egg and butter dealer, the bride.and a young female companion were in the church when Father Gallacber arrived there. The policeman had not reached tho church, but the bride smilingly suggested that he had been delayed. The party wait ed, and the brideerooin failed to come. An I hour went by, and y-t no bridegroom came. Two liours passed, and by that time evry possible excuse had been canvassed, yet the bridegroom did not appear. A third hour passed, and the bride bioke into tears. The party went out with the solemnity of funer al mourners, and looked up and down the street in vain for the mis-ing policeman. 1 The girl's eyes were red with weeping i when the postman on Monday handed in a j postal card addressed to her. It contained ii.. r i . me lujiiming : My Dear Annie : I hope you will forgive me I was only in fun when'i a-ked you to marry me. You had better take the other tellar. Yours truly. Jof. Slie flamed with indignation at once, and having bathed her eyes in cold water, she started for a New York lawyer's office to be gin a suit for $10,000 damages for breach of promise of marriage. The girl ban no fee, and the lawyer's brain machinery could not be set in motion without some incentive, amounting to at least $23. She returned to the egg and butter dealer's family mentally distressed, but still bent upon revenge. -V r. un,2th. Abotta Lady's Aoe. A correspondent of the Louisville Coupter-JoMrnaZ, on the au thority of tliH Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, relates the following anecdote illustrating how late in life a woman's sensitiveness about her age may last : "At a time when it was known that the widow of President Madison was In such poveryas really to be suffering for the ne- I ure;v thltn e cared to. we concluded to pessaries of lite, a bill giving her a pension pas lhrru. The snow was quite deep on was introduced into the House Mr Steph- ,jtl,,r sil, but a pur ,Hiow tranipers man ens earnestly advocated the bill, and made a ife:,u.d vo disposition to allow us to pass point in urging its immediate passage by tIie(11 jn Uie lntcki we perforce, turned out snying : -Gentlemen, to-uay the lady reach- jlt tlie sll(w lo RO bv. As we ,,,1 abreast of es no- iriirm-jit: ne 'i rimi-itui enis, and it would be a particularly graceful thing for this House to honor the day by pas-ing at once the bill for her relief. He laid such stress upon; the matter and advocated the passage of the bill so warmly that it was passed on that day. He felt so much elated w ith his triumph that he hastened at once to I her residence. Some one, however, had preceded him and reported his speech to the lady, who greeted him by saj ing : Uh, thank you, Mr. Stephens, for gf ttiug my bill through, but you made a mistake when you said 1 was eighty-two today. I am "not eighty-two, I am only eiffhty to-day. That was a grave mistake." When Mr. Stephens repeated this to Mrs. John J. Crittenden, one of Mrs. Madison's friends, who had told him her age, she said: 'All the same, Mr. Stephens, it is true, she is realty eighty-two years old. Mr. Stephens says he has never dared mention a lady's age since, however much he mi'jht hope to make an argument in ner ravor ny so noing. Cheek. No, tny eon, cheek is not better than wisdom j it is not better than modesty ; it is not better than an vthini. Don't listen the siren who tl!s jou to blow your horn ot T . - . I 1 . . 1 T 1 . , 1 . H win never oe looien upon, a ue worm . , , VliUllb I I'l IIIC HI. . rl' - - J 1 not to be deceived by cheek, and it does , much mystified as ever, and with sadly sha search for merit, and when it finds it, merit ! ken nerves, retired. The next morning ear is rewarded. Cheek never deceive the 1 y 1 came down with yrt ItliuU . ..... i barely possible that there nr.g!;. be some world, my son. It appears to do so to the rnj-dafce about it, tnst we h3d seen no one i cheeky man, but he is the one who is de- ceiven Pin von know nns cheek v man all your acquaintance who is not reviled for his cheek the moment his back is turned ? Is the world not continnally drawing dis tinctions between cheek and merit ? Al most everybody hates a cheeky man, my son. Society tires of the brassy glare of his face, the hollow tinkling of his cymbaline tongue, the noisy assumption of bis for wardness. The triumphs of cheek are only apparent. He lores his way along through the world, anrl frequently better -neople give way for him. But so they give way, my boy. for a man with a paint-pot In each hand. Not because they respect the man with the paint-pot particularly, but because they want to take care of their clothes. You sell goods without it, and your cn-to-mers won't rnn and cMa in the cellar when thev see von erming.--.T?'t7tT Brx. the rrorLF.s' prayers. REPLY TO BOB 1SGERPLL P.EM.!IKS NATIONAL PR A TF US. OK Bev. Fathtr F. X. Weninger, S. J., has sent the following comments to the Milwau kee Senfina', which has published them : Inrersoll's silly comments on the prayers which are and have reen offered np hy the people ot this country for President I iat field's recovery, have been published and repub lished by the press throughnnt the country, and expose, with cynical frivolity, his horrid infidelity in all its horrid, abominable naked ness, llis remarks literally verify the truth of St. Paul's saying, that t!i carnal man ear not comprehend spiritual things. Have you ever oos'-rved the behavior of a dog when, r.fler meals, devout people rise to i pray and n-tttrn ".hanks to the Almighty? I How the brute Jumps up, and with wistful eyes, gazes first at the tempting viands left j upon the tabic, and then, w ith almost itnpa ! tient contempt upon those who are praying Ins whole countenance expressing more Clearly than words, "Away with your pray ers ! I prefer the smallest morsel left upon the table t j all the j ravers ot th Pope and the whole world." Well, that dog is a fit emblem of Toje Ingersoll's behavior in re gard to the matter in qut tdion. No doubt, had iid created man for this life only, i. e., to enjoy the pleasures of this life as best be mil-lit, and tihally to breathe his last into the mist of an unknown eternity, the lan guage of Ingersoli declaring prayer "to be a useless waste of time," wouid possess some flight j-etnhlance of logic. But in regard to th(e who reason and cherish a beliel in tha divine destiny t man, w ho hope, when this life is finished, to be eternally united with God in the t -njoytnent of infinite bliss, pro vided that here on earth, by owdit-nrp and faith, by the practice f virtue and unbound ed conhileooe in GoU'sprovideoce, they prove t l.u c 1 u.irl bv- r,f , tiiiliiiniA uti.1 tihsicfnl i more, l onereu toe jio.v .acrim-o oi intj Mass to the Almighty lor the wounded Fres- , the teaching of the Church, is regarded with greater tavor in the eyes of God than all the 1 prayers of anueis and men united, since it is j thentferiisof Christ Himself to His Heaven j ly Father for the benefit of all mankind. Yes, lilting the consecrated host towards ! heaven, 1 reineuibeied our wounded Presi i dent and recommended him to the mercy of ! Go. I to spare his life, and to avert, by so do I inc, a great misfortune to the whole nation, j Ingers.id's i.idecent atta k upon religion is an outrage which shocks tlie intelligence, ' piety and moral sense f ail intelligent peo ple. It shows, moreover, th.it he is sid'y de- hcient in good judgment ; but this is not sur prising, because beig since lie n.is ;r icticall y proVed him-e:t to belong to the followers of : D.trwin and to have no more knowledge of his Creator than a Brazilian monkey. Never ! tl.cless, he should have at least enough com j moil sense to keep his stupid titteraiii.-es to himself, which, after all, any infi lei boy of ' ten could have made tor himseif. This he ! did uot do. because, like an ass:isiin, he wish j ed to destroy the pious impression of relig ion produced by that national movement of i prayer. And this he di sired to do in order to satisfy his overweening lonsiii", to render j himself notorious, a crav:;. which in his re- gard is scarcely less intense tnan that which : fills the heart of the notorious assassin Gui- teau. In tact, by this la-t movement he I al j succeeded better tlian ho may have desired. ! Americans have now a right to tell him: "Yes, Bob, we know thee now better than ever. lie ashamed 1" But, Americans, 1 am . afraid tnat this Tom Paine monkey cannot j blush, but only bite, scratch an I sneer. . A YOlTHED-fOR GHOST STORY. A correspondent of the Wayne County Herald, in a letter headed "The Ghost of Wayne." relates the following story : Ev ery one in lionedale remembers Cornell Brush, a big, broad-chested, courageous fel low, who for twenty years or more drove a cart about this town. He was not given to jokes, and in all that time I doubt if his woik was ever questioned, lie still Jives in Wilkes-Barre, where "doubting Thomasgs' may find confirmation of what follows if they wish. And this is Cornell's story : "It was one of the brightest winter n iehts Ieversaw. The moon was at its full ; there Wits not a cloud in the sky, and the deep snow was dazzling white. My wife and I bad been down to attend one of the revival meetings then being held in the old Method" ist church upon the hill. We were chatting rleasantly along liciieward we uvea near letiwold's at the time and ha 1 pass?d J Bu-od's some distance, when we noticed in the roisd a few rods ahead of us another cou ple, a man and woman, going in the Same di rection. We gradually gained Uj'on them, and when about half way between the old Prebterian parsonage (now Lorenzo 1 Giamb's residence.) and the 'mud house, j we overtook them. After following for a ! short distance, as there was nothing at all j remarkable or interesting in their appear - ' an,... ont Ihev eittifiniied to walk more leio. H,. ,v mimeu iat nett rl wife, havitir a. littlo curiosity to know who our uncivil fel low-travelers were, turned hr be id side, ways to see their faces. Her arm was with in mine, and I shall never forget to oiy dy ing day her convulsive grasp, a-., in a shud dering voice, she sni.i, 'Look !' I looked aroui.d but saw n-thing. We were imne. Our companions, against which my Wife s dress ha i brushed a moment before, were gone. The ground for a long distance around was as plainly in siht as at noon day, but not a trace of our late travelers could be seen. Wa were a long di-tanoe from a house, and there was not a t;ee, nor sheltering stump, nor any possible thing, that could suggest to our minds a hiding I!ac-. We were so uttei'v overwhelmed with amazement that we stood t-peechiess for some moments in onr tracks bv tlie side of tue road. At last feeling that 1 must do something, for a choking sensation ot terror waj creeping over us both, 1 left my wife and waded out through ttm snow, to the opeu board fence, some fifty feet away. Of course I saw noti.ing to explain tue matter there, and as soon as ray wile !ia1 recovered herself sufficiently we proceeded to our horn-".. to We discussed the matter until lte in the , night ami exhausted every theory that oc curred to us, tn unsucces-f ully trjing lo ac- is ,,, ,, .er.ir but tinailv a a ! and had only deceived ourselves in thmki.'.g in I We turned out in me snow, mil upon ioks ing the teen? of our last tneht s adventure, b..r am ir wtien I found, as 1 feared. orilj our confirmatory tootpriuu lu the deep snow." Good Words from Druggists. "Ma!t Bitters are the be-t bitters." " "They promote sleep and allay nervous- De-Befct Liver and Kidney medicine we ell." "Thev knock the 'Chilis' every time." "Consumptive people gain flesh on them. "Mait Bi Iters have no rivals iu this town." "Best thing for nursing mothers c have." "We like to recommend Malt Bitters." The Norristown Htnld hopes the time is near at hand when a patent-corn sheiicr, two threshing machines, a bed-quilt, a foot-race, a soap-poddier and a horse-trot will cet cake ese county agricultural exhibition. t t M l i