I V: 3t r i. Si-', 5V. - lU : i Si - Ctrl irt i i w. i-i 1IT i a: ;he- ori- 's re.- vM re. t i I lU' tir ; r0'- ri'-s- I THE CAMBRIA FREEMAN la Pnbllibed Vcl(.lv at J7B EX SB UIIG, Cambria Co.f Ta., BY hi. A. McPIKE. C outranked Circulation - J,OGS. CBSCRIPTIOX RATES. recopy. om rear, cash In advance fl.SO "i. if not p'd wltbln 3 mnt. l.Ti u ir not p'd within 8 rnoa. 2.1S1 " if not p'd within year.. 2.25 fWTo persons reaidinir outside the county 10 mil additional per year will be cuarped to (j potai. -Iq no event will the above terms ne de-r-te I from, and those wbr) don't consult their ca interests by paylnir ic advance must not t jert to be pUced on the sarao footing as those s o (j do. Let this fac t he distinctly understood f-m thia tirae forward. tsTPay for your paper before yon stop it. If r -o It you must. None hut sealawnjra do of h erwiae. Don't be a soaiawaj life's loo short. cccc a c c c c HEAP! c a c c o c H H EEE A PI P HUE A A I' I 11 H H EE AAA I'PP H H E A A I' II H EEE A A P EEE RKR !!! E K K !:! EE KKR !! E R R !! EEE K K ::i C o cct heajoest! GEO. HUNTLEY HAS NOW ON HAND THE LARGEST, BEST I MOST VARIED STOCK OF Stoss. TinMnre, CaCo HOI SF.FURNISHING sssssss O OOOO oooo irirD ss.sssss a m o oo im n s OOOU UOOIJ OOOO UDDItD SSSSSS fce., te., Hint cm he found In any one establish msntl n I'ennsvlvanla. His stock comprises tRl Ullli AND ESAIIN5 STOVZS, of various styles and patterns; X3uilclei!s'-' IlartUvnre of ever description and of best"quallty ; CARtNTERS' TOOLS! of all and the best in the market. Also, a large stock of TABLE AND FOCKET CUTLERY, ilorNc .'talis. rr laitc Itnltn. KM. et. Mill Saas, 4rlnlf one. Steel Sbor. 1 flaw Sfonlaln. Hoatl Srnnnt - Mowin? Machines, Horse Hay Rakes, ffsrse lly Forks, Rope ami Fnlleya, Corn ( uliltaloris, and a lull lineol Hart ailaa" Tool. Alo, a larc assortment of Table, Floor and Stair Oil Cloths, Carriaje Oil Cloth, PAPER Asn OIL y LOTH WIMU'W SH AIIN1 iio SHADE FIX PKKS; I.ivehpik.l ASHTON SALT, the t., t It H e world !..r Dairy and Table ; IMfOTEi) R CK SALT, the cheapest and b-t tor feedmif St.w-k : LAND PLASTER; sJLiMi I'ihtbkV PI" MI'S, of the best quality; Ft SINS' PATENT SAFETY LAMPS, which epr it te explode, ; hilii:e's WAOONS ad r.lrS: the lare-t stock ol MILK t'Hot'K.S ol aii shaj es and S!.-'.-: and of superior ware ever of-f-r i fi r a!o lu Ebcn.-l.urif : a tall line of PAINT FHISHES ! the nioi-t desirable quality: WI. I.1',V in. ASS. OII.s. FAINTS, Tt KPrlNTlNE, VAKSISIII-S. Xi'.. together with a large and com p;ei!t st ick oi chuu'e UKOCERIES, TOBACCO AXD SEUARS, as 'H a? thouj.-iud? ol other useful and needful arti-:es In f.if. anything I haven't got or can't jt at ihi.rt notice is nut worth buying, and what I do offer I'jr sabs may slwavs be relied on as fihst cLam l.f qcalitv, while thev will invariably be SOLI AT BOTTOM I'ltlCKS! "Mivm had nearly thirtv ye ins' ?tvmi. rscE In the sale r,l ifm.ds'in mv line. 1 am enabled to supply my customers with "the verv best in the market, (rive me a liberal share of your patron e. then, and be convinced that the best is alwavs t'.a cheapest, and that it never pavs to buv an in ferior art"-!, simply became the price is low, as It is an indisputable tact that such goods are always lUe 4eare;t in the end. fU:). TIUXTLEY. bat.uri, April 11, 157'J. ESTABLISHED FOR THIRTY-FOUR TEARS li HAY BROTHERS, Manufncturers, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL OK- -AND - tj Sheet Iron Wares a:.- i I v AND DEALERS IN i c:r ' - i E: iTING, PARLOR ail COOKING s STOVES, SHEET METALS, -AND- r i-lt-rmMSHIXG GOODS GENERALLY. Jollingj- in TiaUOPPEtt&SIIEEMROJi S 5- PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. i ir' I i'os.278, 2S0 and 2S2 Washington St. It I JOHNSTOWN. PA. .A I McNEYIN & YEAGER, S;i a Copper ana Sleet-Iron WARE, i 1 )KIXG & HEATING STOVES, tin i I Rxir.i, riKMAtrs i " Elerenlh Avenue, . Altoona, Pa. 1 D3 . i One Door West of Opera House. v ' ? 1 1 N AN r I'OUTI N G (j;" f rsoSPTlT ATTESDBD TO. e f IB FOB KTOTE8 fOSSTAMLI VJI H150. " na. Oct. 10, lTi -tf -A- , ' ' M nm Fire Insnraiice Apncy cntl , ! I - V. DICK, J' :ujti neral insurance Agent, t 2llcl" wr,tten "hort notice In the V:?-L;,ABLE "ETNA" ve n i-lV tb" ! la, Comp.nle.. )n I'. ; ; -'-rg .iept. 22, v., w i.imUU. 41. H. A. McPIKE, Editor and VOLUME XY. TEACHERS5 EXAMINATIONS IX CAMBRIA COUNTY, FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1881 and 1882. "tRAXKLIN BOKOI (lit .Tuhn Roberts. Soc- t r.tar"' Ka5t ''""emnnish : CONKMAT'HH I I . H. R. Shaffer. Secretnrv. East Conemautfh. Examination to he held at Franklin, Tuesday, An. oust .1th. T.VV L IK TO WNSH IP-Sol. Stnvfr. Secretary Johnstown: EAST OO.N EM AT'O H HOKt I Sam 1 Til.bott. Secretary. East Conematurh Ex amination to he held at East Couemaurh. Wednes day, August SI't. M ivv, roWNSHIP-t'ornellns Hnnt. Sec IV retar. inco. Examination to ho held nt Voir. view, Ihursday. September 1st. Cj "t. ,TO W ?,S,H 1 -ThM. Plnmmer. Secre n w s,,mn,"rnl': SOT'TH FORK. (Ind ) t 'k S1 ,lke' s"-rc'"'T. South Fork. Exafnlnatlon to be held at SummcrhlH, Frfrfgy. Seifemfccr -V C Vv' 1 A J' w:sHIP. J. .Tones. Secreta- MI'NSTER TOWNSH Secretary . Mimat.. eonre M'Ctilloueh. at the "Mill School House. .xaminatlon to be held l uttaay, Sept. nth. ARROLLTOWN KOK )T t If Dr. .T. K. fau vill,!',1!; ?T y' ftri"ollt..wn : V A R R( ILL TVP. ti,'?n ,1.1 ""in. Sec'y. t'arrolltown. Examina tion to be held at Oarrolltown, Ifrdnrtday, Srpt 7th T KETTO BOKO' Dr. M A. Wesner. Secreta- Llh IJ,'rc,to; ALLE(HIF.NY TV P.-Simon J; u, x. -Secretary, Wetto. Examination to be held at Loretto, Friday. September Hh. "REI,TOWNS"Ip-- Js- Hascow, Secreta-i,vry- .''asKow. Examination to be teld at Lloydsville. Tuetday. Srpt l.'.th. TnMTF. Tt)WNSHlKS. J. Luther. Secretary. H.L.Vv'"'"".I.lnJe' Kvamlnatlon to be held at Heaver alley, II ednetdaij. September lUh. CHEST TOWNSHIP-.Tohn Hips. Secretary. St. Lawrence. Examination to be held at St. Law rence, Thursday, September lMh. T'LDER TOWNSHIP-Paul Yahner. Secretary. J 5 arrolltown. Examination to be held at St. Honiface, Vriday. September VJth. lJLAt'KLK'K T1VP, Ellas Rowland. Secreta I ry Pindleton. Examination to be held at Bcl sano, H ednetdny. September f7f. 1KJi " T' ' w NSH I P-Jos. A. immm. Secretary. C-i . V ;s,','a' Examination to beheld at S't. iNlcnolas, Thursday. September tid. SfSQTEH ANNA TOWNSHIP Sec . fxary- Examinatloe to be held at J. ii I . Hearer's, Friday, September tid. J OWF.K YODEK TOrt NSHIP-Wm. MITlane, 1 J Secretarv CninliH,! I ft f-.. ; . i T , . ... - I..IHIUIIIIILIUU in ue held at Khcam s, Tuetday, September STth, TJPPEK YODER TOWNSHIP .Icr. Helple. See- f in"n to oe neia at osoorn ?, H ednetday. September Jsfft. i OTONYOKEEK TOWNSHIP-.lolin A. AYerU, ' seeretary. .lohnstown. Examination to be hald 1 in uaiiiui itruvc, nurtaay, September r.tth. I RICHLAND TOWNSHIP John H. Veil Sec V retary. Scalp Level : A DAMS TOWNSHIP E. Oramlimr. Secretary South Fork. Examina tion to be held at Fruit town, Friday, Sejd. 3'th. rynr. EXAMINATIONS to commence promptly J. at 9 o'clock. Applicants must present themselves for exam ination in the district In which they first apply. "'"'i -aih im., ion win oe granted except torcause: applicants desirinir special examination must present a written re.iiest. signed by at least uui' .r.zmbern of the hoard wishing to employ such Bd licatit. . he Trectors and public irenerally are respect fully invited to be present nt the examination. Appllenots "ill come prepared with suitable pa per, pencil,., etc. j,. STRAYER. August 1-. 1881. t'onnty Superintendent. t ORPI I ATOURT SALE i VALUABLE REAL ESTATE ! BY virtue of an order issuinir outot the Orphans' t'onrt ofOsmbria county, to medirccted, I will expose to public sale on the premises, on Saturday, tie 3d day of September, 1881, "v ' -.-.. me loimwinir uescriDed real estate, the property of Jerome Itawson. late of Allenheny township, dee'd, to wit: All that certain Piece or Parcel or Land situate in (rallltxin township. Cambria county Pa ad)oinlnn lands ol Joseph Hlller. Valentine An- man. John rrove. and the estate ol F. X. 'hritv I dee d, containing ISO Acrea. more or less, about SO Arres of which are cleared, liavtnit theron erect ed a Okist Mill, a larice'two story IIrick Dwkll iv Hhi'mk. tnree one-storv Fkamb Tfwamt Hnt s eh. a larite Fkave Bank Barn, and the necessary outhuiblinifs. all in irood repair. There is a good Orchard on the premises, and the water from a mountain sprlns jiasses through the land. TKliMS OF SALE. One-third of the purchase monev to be paid at the confirmation of the sale, and the remainder in two eijual annual payments, with interest to be secured by the judgment bond and mortiraireof the purchaser. JAMES J. KAYLOR, Trustee to sell the real estate of J Kit. i a IUwsov deceascd. 8-12.-at,J ' ASSIGNEE'S SALE OF VALCABLE TIT5AI, ESTATE! BY virtue or an aliat order of the t'ourt of t'om mon Pleas of Cambria countv. Issued to the undersiirneil As.Micnee of Iewls Hartman, there will be exposed to public sale, on SATURDAY. August 27th, tSSl, At 2 o'cr.K K, r. m., at the Hotel of A. H. Han in Caimlltown borough, all that herein described real estate in Elder township (formerly In Chest township), adfolninit lands of John Fe'nlon. Oeo Hahn. William Noel, Jacob Klrkpatrick. Lewis Schimpf, and J. Kirkpntrick and L. Schlmp, and others, containinic TO Arres, more or legs, 40 Arres ot which are cleared, havina- thereon erect ed a two story Fiiamk Iweli.hu Hoi'ss. now oc cupied by Lewis Hartman. and also small Inrell i"f lloute and Frame Stable, now occuplej by John Hefl. Term of Kale. One-third of the purchase money to be paid on confirmation of sale, and the remaining two-thirds In two enual annual hit. meats, to be secured by the bonds or mortgage of j the purchaser, with interest. Said premises to be said divested of all liens. ANDREW H. H AT'O, Asiifne of Lewis Hartman. Carrolttown, Aujr. li, 18Sl'-. ORPH AXS' COURT SALE. BY virtue of an flt order of the flrphans' Coart of Cambria county, the andersifrned will ox Imiso to sale by jiublic auction or outcry, on the premises, on SATURDAY, SEITEMBEIi 3, 1881, at 2 o'clck k. p. x., the following- described Real Estate, of which James MehatTy died seized, to wit: TWO AND ONE-HALF LOTS OF GROUND situate in the boroujrh oT Summltvtlle. Cambria eonnty, l a.. frontin on Huntincdon, Cambria and ludisna Turnpike, adjoininR lands of William Linton and heirs of John Kinney, deceased. Dar in thereon erected a two story Flask Hoise and Flank Stable. TERMS OF SALE. 9 One-third of the purchase money to be paid at the confirmation of the sale, and the remainder In twoeonal annual payments, with Interest, to be secured by the mortKajre and judgment bonds of the purchaser. PA 11. Mi KKXNA. JOHN EOER. Execntors of James Meuaffy, dee'd. Summit, AU. 12, 181.-3t. Desirable Property for Sale. THK undersigned wishes to sell his MILL FKO J. PEKTY. located at Millwood, Westmoreland countv. on the line of the P, R. R. ; suitable lor a merchaut mill. Is in an excellent (train country, near to good loarkt-Ls, has three run of stones (one not in r.?pulrj, a copious stream of water, and an exceiicnt engine. WM. DONNELLY. Millwood, July i!, lSI.-Im.s "M!EKAL I-AXI, FOR SALE! 1 " oi'derslnned offers at private sale and accommodating terms a tract of land lylnir three fourths of a mile from tl, Pennsylvania Railroad and contalulinr 77 Acres. :The;fand is underlaid well timbered, has a arnod saw mill seat thereon and could be readily reached by a railroad track from the main Jme. For further particulars call on or address JAMES HI'KKE An. i. 'l.-3t. Wilmore, Cambria Co", Pa. T AND FOK SALK. The undersign- -I-i ed has t Acres of land lylnp betwoen Lo retto and Chest Spnntts which he will hII very cheap and on easy terms. There are about foktt acr9 cleared, the balaaee belcir well covered wrh saw timber, principally henjlock. For further in formation ck on or vjiire's I". a. stokm JuiylMJsi.-tf. Lorefw.'ra. CHESTSPKINOS HOUiiT-OH-W. W. Sawn I)r I V- n';eV,S,,riBir': 'LKAKF1ELD TUP.' 1iY mm o Publisher. IT IS MORE BLESSED." Give ! as the morning that flows out of heaven ; Give! as the waves when their channel is riven ; Give ! as the free air and sunshine are given ; Lavishly, utterly, ioyf ully crjve : Not the waste drops of the cup overflowing, Not the faint sparks of thy heart ever glow- ot a pale bud from the June roses blowing ; Give, a He gave thee, who gave thee to live Pour out thy love, like the rush of a river, asting its watersj forever and ever, Through the burnt sands that reward not the giver ; Silent or songful, thou nearest the sea. Scatter thy life, as the summer showers pouring ! What if no bird through the pearl-rain Is What if no blossom looks upward adoring ? Look to the life that was lavished for thee ! So the wild wind strews its perfume caresses, . Evil and thankless the desert blesses. Bitter the wave that its soft pinion presses, Never it ceasetli to whisper and sing. What if the hard heart give thorns for thy roses ? What if on rocks thy tired bosom reposes? Sweetest is the music with minor-keyed closes. Fairest the vines that on ruin will cling. Almost the day of thy giving is over ; Ere from the grass dies the bee-haunted clover. Thou wilt have vanished from friend and from lover ; What shall thy longing avail in the. grave? Give, as the heart gives, whose fetters are breaking, Live, love, and hope, all thy dreams and thy waking. Soon heaven's river thy soul-fever slaking. Thou shalt know God, and the gift that He gave. A GHOST AND A LOVER. A TRUE STORT. The history of houses, If it could be truly written, would be of quite as absorbing in terest as the histories of men and women. One of the buildings demolished to make room for the elevated railway on Filbert street was the scene of a ghostly visitation some thirty years ago which few now remem ber. This house was then at the date of its ghostliness, I mean the residence of the Potter family ; very nice people, of great re spectability and small means, who, besides themselves (a brother and two sisters), had the prettiest young niece that ever was seen. Now Mr. Aaron, the brother, was the idol of his sisters and Millie, their niece, and when his regular antumn cold developed one winter into a settled cough, with alarming pulmonary symptoms, his distressed rela tives lost no time in deciding on a visit to Florida ; for in that mild, restorative clime dwelt a hospitable cousin, in whose home the invalid would be sure of a welcome and kindly care. I Sister Jessie, it was resolved, should ac company her precious brother, being the more experienced nurse of the two, while Sister Kitty remained behind in charge of Millie, and as a means of meeting theextra expenditure of the sickness and journey, they were obliged to economize, as I have said they determined to rent the house for the season and board with some friends. An agent found them what he teimed "a most deisrable tenant," who made good his claim to the title by paying the first quar ter's rent in advance, but stopped there ; for though he occupied the premises for full six months he never repeated the performance. He was no doubt a veiy worthy individual in his own way, but when Sister Kitty came to know his habits and calling she was not only deeply chagrined that her cherished homestead had been desecrated by such a character, but she readily forgave him the nnpaid quarter if he would only speedily va cate the house and allow it to be purified of his polluting presence. To this Mr. Smith ers, the tenant, asrreed. ITe was a showman and an animal trainer, and as he and his nu merous family, together with his bears, dogs and monkeys, had enjoyed a comfortable winter in the well-furnished, roomy house, he was obliging enough to depart In a good humor, and at dusk one spring evening, leaving the key at the corner and diit and disorder enough behind him to keep poor Miss Totter and Millie, with two stout scrub bers and scourers, at work for a full fort night U remove. Hut at last it was all done, and once more seated in the homelike par'or, with every trace of the untidy Smithers ban ished. Miss Potter and her niece were felici tating themselves on the fact when a famil iar tap on the door panel was heard. "I'm saying, ma'am," said Mary Ann Murphy, their tried servant, who had taken a whole season's vacation so as to return to their service, and who put her hand on the door at this juncture with her usual method of bespeaking attention, "I'm saying sure that dirty thaving vilyan that stole the rint had the imperance to come in at the back way as bold as ye plaze, and ax me if we had found a piece of his property when we were cleaning and digging up the place." "A piece of his property?" repeated Miss Potter, "Whit could the man mean by that?" "Is It mane, ma'am? Sure he has no maning in the world, but jist imperance, and so I told him, too, and when he begun to hunt and poke around in spite of my dis course sure I jist tuck up a ladle of hot suds and shewed him the door wid it." "But, Mary Ann, that was not polite," in interposed her mistress, mildly. "You should have discovered what he was after ; what he alluded to as his property." "Sure and I did, ma'am, for what else could be mane but the dirt and mbbish you and me has been scraping up, and having hauled off to the lots. I jist tould him so, and sint him off to look after the dirt hapes." Miss Totter looked doubtful ; she was a conscientious soul, and could not bear to feel that even the unscrupulous and decep tive Smithers who Wad represented himself as a naturalist when seeking to become her tenant should feel himself wrouged or rob bed of any of his possessions by them. If he should come again please show him into the sitting room, and I will see him," she enjoined Mary Ann ; but he did not come again. Ills visit was just previous to his starting out on a summer campaign with his show, and he and his interesting family were soon heralded by flaming posters in the neighboring towns. Hous-e-cleaning being overj there was nothing for the expectant Potters to do but to bit down to their usual neeedlework or limited reading, and Miss Kitty had more than once suspected it was a trifle dull for her pretty uncomplaining, niece. The tra?eler5 stayed unartcoun tably, and the advent of a young and comely gentleman at the door across tho way was quite a sen H IB A 7RBKMAN WHOM THK TRUTH EBENSBURG, PA.. FRIDAY, AUGUST 2(5, 1881. sation. It was Mr. Gordon's (a crustj and rheumatic bachelor) establishment. Miss Kitty had known him years ago, but of late he had been too cross and ill to know any body. One evening she found Miliie viewing the handsome nephew through the blinds. "lie is a very presentable young gentle man," her aunt remarked, as Millie blushed immensely at being detected in the act. "He is Mr. Edward Gordon's namesake, also his heir, as I have heard, and has just returned from the German University, where he was educated. " Millie made no reply, and a long silence ensued. "What's that?" This exclamation came simultaneously from both ladies, as audibly through the open hall door came the sound of a slow, solemn tread upon the flairs pat, pat, pat till it reached the floor, and then passed on down the passage and finally ceased as it reached the back door. Both SDrang to their feet, ran forward a few steps, and then suddenly remembering that they were the sole inmates of the house for it happened to be Mary Ann's evening out ran back again in unfeigned alarm. "May I make a light?" whispered Millie, her eyes straining into the dusk ot the hall whence the footsteps had so plainly sounded, though no passing figure could be discerned. "O, do !" cried Aunt Kitty, too startled to have nerve for the operation. Millie lighted one of the pink candles in the old-fashioned candelabra which stood nearest her, and taking courage from the friendly ray ventured by degrees toward the door, and finally took a comprehensive view of the hall. Keassured by its undisturbed appearance, 6he came back bravely. "We must have been mistaken," she said ; "the nois we heard came from next door, no doubt." "No doubt," echoed Aunt Kitty, adding immediately : "I really wish Mary Ann would come home." It was not the habit of the ladies to keep their front blinds up after lighting the par lor, but on this occasion both remained near the windows without lowering them, feeling in some wise protected by the presence of the observant young gentleman on the other side of the way, who stayed at his post until Humphrey appeared in person and sum moned him to his uncle's couch. "I think we had better not mention our slight alarm to Mary Ann." Miss Kitty had whispered hastily as that faithful servant's thumping tread was heard ascending the front steps. "She is apt tobe superstitious, you know, my dear, and it would not do to have her frightened." Millie assented, and flew to open the door for the welcome girl. Mary Ann, however did not need to be told that something had occurred. She was a trreat admirer of her young mistress' beauty, and no sooner did she come into the lighted parlor to receive her orders for the break fast next morning than she missed the usual bright glow from her lovely face and stood d ismayed. "What's wrong?" she inquired earnestly. "Has any ill news coma from the master and Miss Jessie ?" "No, no," cried both ladies, quite alarmed at the bare thought of such a thing. "Then what makes you both look pale and scared like? Sure, I know something has flurried yez, and Miss Millie's beautiful cheeks is like a ghost's for whiteness." They started at the word, but, rallying, tried to laueh at Mary Ann's fears, and suc ceeded partly in assuring her of their ground lessness. "I would not for the world get any foolish fright into her head," said Aunt Kitty, when Millie and she were in their own room. "Your Aunt Jessie esteems her as an excel lent servant, and if she found her spoiled iu any way would be much displeased." The next evening a slight headache con fined her aunt to the lounge in their chamber, and Millie had just carried her up a cup of tea when a sharp cry rang through the house, and the sound of n heavy body scuffling and scrambling upstairs followed. Millie set down the cup and tried to be calm with the returning memory of her last night's fright struggling against the effort. She went to open the door, but before she reached it Mary Ann burst into the room, the very im age of disordered terror. "Och, howly saints I but I've had me very sowl scaret out of me body!" cried Miss Murphy, as whiUi as a sheet ; "sure the divil himself must be loose down stairs, for sorra a less than him could do what happened there !" Conquering whatever their own alarm might be, both ladies strove to calm her, but entirely in vain ; nothing but words would relieve her, and those she poured forth in torrents. "Is it me fancy, ye say ?" Miss Kitty had hinted something to that effect. "Could me fancy open the dining room door wide back to the wail, and niver a crayture touching it ; and could me fancy walk down the back stairs pit pat, pit pat, jist as regu lar as a man's f ut, and not a living sowl to be seen up nor down ?" "O, Mary Ann, are you quite sure you heard it ?" cried Miss Kitty, shuddering de spite her struggle at self-control as she and Millie exchanged glances. "No doubt the sour.d came from next door and you imag ined " "Ooh ! Miss Kitty, the next door people are in the country, at their daughter's, these two days ; and if they were at home, sure they couldn't open our dining-room door without me seeing them do it," cried Mary Anu, anger at being doubted beginning to modify her fright. "I had me hands in the flour, mixing up me bread, whin I first heard it, and before I could get them clane the thing, whatever it was, was gone. But it wint swirling through the hall, and opened the doors as it wint, right forninst me very face, and sorra a thing could I see." Toor Mary Ann! her fear was genuine, and now began to tell on her, for while the ladies were doing their best to allay it she sank in a heap on the floor, and Miss Kitty had to bring out some choice old wine of her brother's and administer more than one glassful before Miss Murphy was herself again. Nor would she go below that night alone ; all three, each carrying a light, had to pro ceed in a body to shut up the house, and in pity to her shaken nerves their handmaid was accommodated with a pallet on the floor of their apartment, with the additional security of locked doors and au unextin guished light This was the beginning of the ghost haunt, which from that night grew more fearful and inexplicable. Its victims the three timid women two of whom had beea taught to cousider any public outbreak highly id Je- MAKES FREE, AND ALL ARK SLATES BESIDE." corous, if not reprehensible, bore their ter rors as best they could in forced silence. praying for the hourlj-expected return of me aoored brother and strong-minded sister, who they firmly believed would exercise the evil spirit that wrought the ill. 11,0 "'en, mey suffered tortures, but daylight brought a flicker of courage and a gleam of hope, which regularly died away """'lit, wnen, it it had not been lor uie sustaining presence of young Mr. vrruon, taking the evening air at ...s goury uncle'3 door, they would have ex pired from prolonged horror. "We can call him over, darling, if it should ever show itself, or threaten us liodily harm " murmured pooi Miss Kitty In her niece's ear. Millie knew Mm meant that handsome nephew, and if the frightful visitation. She only nodded in reply, but she clung to the idea even more closely than her aunt. It was an Invisible ghost, as most ghosts are, waking its presence known in sounds and movements.and almost invariably adher ing to the darkness. It rarelv ascended hi- yond the bath-room flight, but its solemn tread came almost nightly down the front or back stairs, making the wretched listeners' hearts quake with sickening terror at even viewless footfall as it went. Once poor Mil lie coming down in the twilight seemed to feel Komethinej she could not see moving be side her, and recognizing the dreaded step accompanying her own, flew down, she knew not how, and fell fainting in her aunt's arms when she reached the parlor. Another time Mary Ann, whose continued presence In the unhappy house was a heroic proof of her devotion to its owners, was about to adjust a laige velvet mat which seemed awry at the sitting room door, when someting appeared to lift it from beneath, an then, as she declared, to drag It out of her hand. She fled, howling, and the mat was found by Millie half-way down the hall. Mary Ann vowed the ghost had carried it there, and neither of the ladies any longer attempted to reason with her or call it a de lusion of her senses. They had seen t'ie i doors open of themselves, as it would seem, ! and had heard rustling sounds in the empty hall ; their blood had been chilled by the fall of phantom feet; and all they could do was to keep the great Bible open in the parlor, and prayed ceaselessly for the arrival of the ab sentees, whom they were too unselfish to alarm by a hasty summons. Aunt Kitty was naturally timid and inclined to super stition ; her older sister's power over her never permitted the weakness to appear ; but now, left to herself and the ghost she yielded to its spell. "Our revered grandma believed in warn ings and even in appearances," she told Mil lie one day. "She was crossed in love in her early youth, her swain being drowned at sea, j and she was said to have encountered his appearance when she was quite up in years in this house, though they tried to make her believe It was a bathing suit hung np to dry she had mistaken for her lover. O Millie, it may be grandma's drowned but faithful lov er come back to earth once more." Millie smiled she had not smiled since the dreadful noise began and shook her bead. "That was so long ago ; and grandma Is a spirit herself now. I think he would be like ly to remain with her," she said. Evening, wi'.h its ghostly influences, was drawing on again. They had edged close to the windows, for on the opposite side of the way young Mr. Gordon had already taken his invariable stand for an airing, and they felt the indefinable protection of his pre sence extending over them. "What a devoted nephew," exclaimed the aunt softly. "Some young men would stroll off to refresh themselves after the tedium of a sick room, but he stays within call of his poor afflicted relative." What she said was true, but though he re mained within hearing of the call he did not always seem eager to respond to it. The op posite side of the way held a singular fasci nation for him, and Humphrey's presence and gestures of entreaty would be apparent to the ladies several times before the young gentlemen could tear himself away from his post of observation. "I wonder if he sees if, Millie?" cried her aunt in a frightened whisper as Mary Ann bolted in upon them with the announcement that the ghost (Mary Ann made no bones about calling it so) had struck agin' her like the side of a ship," as she was coming up the cellar stairs with a scuttle of coal. "And I j believe I've got my death, ma'am" cried the poor soul, "for I never heard of any one liv ing after a blow from a ghost." This was the first personal encounter, and the last shred of Miss Kitty's courage g a va way. "What shall we do : she cried, and wrung her hands. "Good heavens, it's coming in here I Only look ! Oh, help ! help !" The hour had come at last, the door that Mary Ann had left ajar flew back against the wall with a crash, and the rustling, clap ping noise they had often heard before less audibly seemed to come bearing violently and threatening down upon thbm. There was no time for indecision ; np went the window with Millie and her aunt clambering nimbly on the board sill, and a trio of femin ine voices shouted Mr. Gordon's name in the tones of suppliance. Mr. Edward Gordon, Jr., showed a quickness of response highly creditable to gallantry and courage. In a single instant he had bounded across the street and stood beside them. "What is it, ladies ?" he asked. A confused explanation followed, but Mary Ann's tones rose loud est. "Look at its eyes !" she screamed, as she gained a perch on the other window seat, "Och, howly Moses ! only look at its eyes- only at its eyes." She pointed to the floor, aud t'.iere shim mering through the darkness, really appear ed something like two burning orbs. The young gentlemen followed the direction of her finger, and uttered a cry of astonishment. Quickly recovering himself, he begged the la dies to keep their elevated place, and, prom ising to return in a moment, ran across the 6treet again. When he reappeared Hum phrey was with bim, and they carried a bag and a lighted lantern. "Now, ladies, if you'll allow us to enter I think Humphrey and I can promise to rid your bouse of this intruder,"their new friend said, witli the utmost politeness - but here rose a difficulty, for no one was willing to get down and open the front deor and Mil lie and ber aunt almost filled the window. B ut it was no time for hesitation. Mr Gor don made the best of it, and squeezed thro', Millie's long curls brushed bis handsome face, and their cheeks almost touched. To be sure, there was much more room at Mary Ana'e window, which she opened for Uaai phrey, hut he neyer thought of that. SI.SO and I The ghost had retired before them : thev touiu near his tread along the hall toward the cellar door, which, by-the-by, never re mained closed (Smithers had demolished the latch, and repairs awaited Uncle Aaron's re turn.) Down these stairs Mr. Gordon lowered the lantern and reconnoitered. "Come on with the sack, Humphrey," he cried, excitedly, "and we'll have him in a minute. It is Just as I thoueht, and Heaven's i mercy that these dear ladies have escaped as they have." So saying he raised the lantern and lower ed in its stead a large coarse sack with a hoop in its mouth. Humphrey had armed himself with a clothes pole, and by its means they contrived to push the ghost, (which had at last been taken, and lay in a huge coil on the cellar stairs) into the open bag. It was no sooner secured than Humphrey hauled it up by a stout rope, and finding the monster motionless at the bottom, made it tight with the cord at the top and called in a great heat of excitement . "The only safe place for this is atBarnum's, Mr. Edward, and if the ladies will open the front door and you see to your uncle for a half-hour that's where I'll take the venomous reptile." And he was as good as his woid. Barnum's Museum was on the corner of Seventh and Chestnut in those days, and thither Hum phrey bore Mr. Smithers "piece of property," which he had not dared to call by the name of snake when searching around the premis es to recover it. It is difficult to decide whether the ladies were more alarmed by their singular visitor In his ghostly or snaky character. Mr. Edward forgot his duty to gouty uncle, and staid by them, soothing their shaken nerves and discussing the strange occurrence in all its bearings. The snake was of the corbra species, and meas ured between ten and eleven feet nis pro gress through the house was owing to the open cellar door, and his erratic movements could be traced to the fact that he had been trained to certain performances, which per haps he practiced in his lonely hours. There is no more to be told that cannot be surmised. Millie found a lover in her gal lant defender, and it was not long till the lover became a happy husband. Philadel phi. Record. GRATEYARD INSURANCE GHOULS. Tlie persons engnged in the graveyard in- ! surance villany in Tennsylvania are even en larging the field of their horrible traffic. Hitherto they have been required to observe at least the form of having the persons in sured examined by a doctor. The examina tion might be a sham and fraud, as in many cases it has proved to be, but there was some show of decency about it. But even this j miserable rretence may now be dispensed with. A company has just received a char er from the State Department, with the priv ilege of insuring people without any examin ation whatever. About a year ago six men were placed on trial in one of the Tennsylvania criminal courts for causing the death of an old man whose life was insured. The evidence was conclusiveand they were convicted of mur der. The policy on the old man's life was held by the murderers, and they killed him in order to get the money, f hat was about the time that graveyard insurance began. It is now in full blast in the most populous parts of the State. Last week a grand jury in Reading found true bills against two doctors for aiding a graveyard insurance conspiracy. The per son insured was a man of 85 years, who was at the point of death when the insurance was effected, ne died two days after the policy was issued. The charge against the doctors Is that, knowing him be dying, they certified that he was a fit person to be insured. Mem bers of his household were bribed by the in surance ghouls, and a policy for $5,000 was obtained from one of the companies in Uar risburg. The most common wa3 of carrying out the fraud is for three, four, or half a dozen per sons to single out some man or woman who Is evidently near the grave, and club togeth er to pay the premium on a iolicy. An un principled scamp of a doctor, who is willing to aid in the scheme for a consideration, can always be found. When the insured person dies, the scoundrel puts in a claim for $5,ooo or $10,000, as the case may be. In some of the Tennsylvania towns there are scores of insurance speculators, each of whom is "in terested" in perhaps half a dozen policies on as many different persons. If this is not an incentive to murder, it is difficult to say what would be. Death -bed contracts are also very com mon. Only a few days since a funeral that attracted attention took place in the Blue Ridge Mountains. A bed-ridden woman of 88, named Margaret Bandy, passed out of the world at last. Six months before her death, an insurance ghoul obtained a f5,000 policy on her life. In order to do so he had to make a bargain with the old woman, for the consent of the persons insured is required in all cases. The compact between Marga ret Bandy and the insurance ghoul read as follows : hereby agrees, if Margaret Bandy consents to have her life insured for $5,000 in his favor, that upon the issue of the policy and the transfer of the same she shall receive $20 cash, and a monthly payment of $5 (on the first day of each month) for as long as she lives and the policy holds good ; that when she die the said will at once engage a city undertaker, who shall take charge of her body and keep it as long as possible before putting it on ice. Two repu table physicians in the neighborhood must examine hpr and determine that she has not been murdered : and when thev are satisfied she is dead her body is to be placed in an icebox and kept for four days ; it is then to be dressed in white linen underwear, a black silk shroud, black silk hose, black silk mitts, and black velvet slippers. A walnut cask is to be provided, silver mounted, with silver handles and silver plate, containing her full name, the date of her birth and the date of death. Fifteen carriages and a hearse are too be piovided, Kev. is to be engaged to preach the funeral sermon, the interment to take place at the cemetery, a head stone to cost $75 is tob purchased and suit ably inscribed, with name and dates of birth and death. This cold-blooded dickering with death i horrible. It has become as common in Penn sylvania as any ordinary business. One case is reported of an old man who was offered liberal terms to allow a policy to be taken on his life, provided he would take medicine furnished by the "syndica te" of ghouls, who professed a desire to cure bim of a rough. Will the Pennsylvania Legislature permit this shocking and infamous traffic to go on, to the stiame and horror of the whole coun try. Boston niot. Peru;"' A by giving health also gives beauty. For sale at tbo new drug store, Ebeos'jurg. postage per year, In advance. NUMBER 31. LITTLE BY LITTLE. One step and then another, And the longt-st walk is ended : One stitch and then another. And the largest rent is mended ; One brick upon another. And the highest wall is made ; One flake upon another. And the deeiKs.t snow is laid. So the little coral workers. By their slow but constant motion, Ilave built those prettv islands In the distant, dark-lilue ocean : And the noblest undertakings Man's wisdom hath conceived, By oft-repeated efforts Have been patiently achieved. Then do not look disheartened O'er the work you have to do, And say that such a mighty task You never can get through ; But iust endeavor, day by day. Another point to gain, " And soon the mountain which vou feared Will prove to be a plain. "Rome was not builded in a day," The ancient proverb teaches ; And Nature, by her trees and flowers, The same sweet sermon preaches. Think not of far off duties, But of duties which are near : And having once begun to work, Resolve to persevere. STUART RORSOVS YARN. HOW AN CJflNVITEU GUEST ASTONISHED A CONVIVIAL FAHTY. I chanced to be the guest of Iiobson and Crane the other evening, and a jollier even ing I never pavsed. Both of these fortunate fellows are rare talkers, and they are never so happy as when retailing some incident of their travels. The two comedians were en joying a quiet stroll on the beach with their friends, when the conversation turned upon pome of the evening dining and traveling ex periences in an actor's life. "You were going to tell ourriend," said Crane to Rob, "something about that hungry old soul you met in New Orleans." "Well," said Rob, "thnt was an experience worth telling, and I'll do it, although there was something about It that made me feel as if 1 had been pretty solidly sat down upon as a man, as a person, mind you," he said, with a violent glance at Crane "not by any manner of means as an actor, sir." Crane subsided, and Robson went on with his recital, which I will try and give you as near as I can, in his own words, merely pre mising that it is nut a mere "'yarn," but a genuine exj-erien'-e. "Last season we were playing an engage ment in New Orleans. John McCullough was playing in the other bouse, and we were both doing well so well, in fact, that we could r.ot help congratulating each other upon our surpassing genius. " 'John, said I, 'you're a rip-roaiing good actor. " 'Bob,' said he, I know I am, but I ain't a marker to you I mean in comedy.' " 'John,' said I, Tra not fit to be your shoe strings I mean in tragedy.' "And so the days passed agreeably until the last night of our engagement, when a grand supper was prepared for John, by his New Orleans friends. We had a jolly time. It was a great banquet an elegant collation as your Jenkins would call it. I remember distinctly that, in our speeches, we talked a good deal about William Shakspeare. I be. lieve people do on such occasions. I remem ber McCu'Iough getting upon his legs (for a moment), and endorsing Shakspeare very heartil3, and I magmaniinously gave him the weight of my evidence In the bard's favor- swearing, in addition, that D. Garrick, J. V. 1 Kemble, E. Kean and T. SalvinI, compared j with my friend John, were the veriest duf fahs. j "The banquet was a strictly personal and private affair, so that when I saw, sitting be tween Crane and myself, a very seedy look- ingold gentleman, my attention wasarrested, ; and I began to eye the old gentleman with j suspicion. By and by he began to attract the j attention of the company. He was a man of i say sixty, or thereabouts, unshaven and very ' shabbily dressed. The night outside was bittsrly cold, and yet the old fellow wore a 1 thin summer coat, buttoned up to the throat. I What first drew my attention to him was his j appearance, and after that his appetite. He j ate voraciousl3f and his diinking kept pace , w ith his eating. Again and again did Crane i and I replenish his plate and fill his glass, j and again and again were they emptied. I j confess that a barbarous sense of the humor j of the thing came over me, and I gave way to it. From my 'pride of place' I deliberately , plied the ancieiit mariner with wine, and ' made a point of inviting the attention of the ' whole taDle to him. They all went into the ! ioke, and insisted, one after another, upon drinking wine with the old fellow. The idea, ! of course, was to get him tipsy, but here we j all failed, for the old gentleman had a head as hard as Socrates, and, moreover, seemed ) to know when he had enough. The quiet i whisper aud nudge was going round the fes- tive board, 'Who's our friend ? Who brought lntnin? etc. But it was quickly suppressed. for at last, with quiet dignity, but firm cour tesy, he declined to drink any more, and no entreaty could move him from his resolution. None of ourpaity seemed to know him, so we finally concluded that he was a poor rela tion or acquaintance of some of the givers of the banquet, w ho had kindly rung him in for a good feed. In the meantime speeches were made, toasts were drank, and a slightly ine briated individual sang out : Say, my ancient friend, won t you please give us a speech ? Something about Shakspeare, you know he's the fellow.' "Nobody, of course, imagined that the old man would have the nerve to get up and say anything, but odds bo.likins man, he did. Well, sir, in the course of my experience, I have heard a great many clever people talk about the immortal bard, but on this occasion I heard in fifteen minutes the most intelligent exposition of Shakspeare's genius that it has been my fortune to listen to. And the whole thing was done so easily, and with such an entire absence of effort, that it was not until he had finished that we all began to realize that we had been under the spell of a pro found critic and an accomplished orator. And those who came to scoff remained to pray. "Well, sir, that was exactly our case. When the old top got upon his feet we all Intended to make fun of him, and when he sat down we were all ready t worship him. John McCullough rushed over and grasped his hand enthusiastically, thanked him for the honor of bli presence, and begged his name, that the company ought to kDow to whom they were indebted. For the first time, the old man seemed to lose his self possession. He articulated a few words but it was plain his emotions were getting thfl better of him. Crane filled him up a glass of wine, and the Old Baa drank it, au J aftcra little rause rose The lanre and reliable circulate n of the Oaw BRi A Frfem a commends It to t h favorasle m ideratp.n of advertisers, whose farors will be ta aerted at the following low rates : 1 Inch, S times 1 " a months i w 1 " 6 mom hi 1 " ljear "... "I..""" I m 1 months . a. a " ur liS! " 9 months " 1 year lj oe i col'n 8 months ' u t h z j"""'1" :"::::::::::s 1 year M na 1 " 8 months , na 1 " lyear i::"" T.S Administrator's and Executor's Notice t a Auditor's Notices f Stray and similar Notice " Husiness items, first insertion 1-ic.per line"; Met subsequent insertion ic. jer line. W Retolutiant or proceeding of ony rsorsftse or socirf y. and rvmmunumttont cet'igned to rmU otlom tion to any matter of limited or indtrt4uai tntorroi, mvt or paid for at adrertxtrmenf. Jo Pkit!h of all kind neatly and expediti ously executed at lowest prices. lion't yo forget i. slow ly and w ith difficulty. His manner had quite changed. Ho no longer looked the keen critic and fluent orator, but a weak, infirm old man, who, in spite of every disadvantage of appearapcc, still retained a certain dignity an elusive but unmistakable something that pronounced him to be a gentleman. "Said a friend to nie as the old man got upon his feet : 'Bob, this don't look like art; this is nature.' " H 'entlenien,' said the unknown in a voice tremulous and full of pathos, 'I owe an apol ogj' to you all. I have noexeue to offer for having intruded upon jour festivity, but I can, at least, make the poor amend of con fessing that I am an intruder. I came to this house this evening on the invitation of a man I onc knew, and I stumbled by accident into your banquet. I came here h ungry and cold (and I thought I could hear the wind whist ling outside, as he intoned rather than pro nounced the words, 'hungry atii eo'd'), and 1 could not resist the temptation. I wanted to eat and driuk and get warm.' "And the old man's eyes drooped v.pon the table as if overpowered with a sense of his degred.ition. " 'I know this Is shameful, he continued, 'but physical weakness sometimes begets mental weakness, and I have eaten nothing for three days. For three week paatl have not slept in a bed, but stolen a rest in door ways, or in a chair in the office of some hotel. Sometimes I have walked the streets until daylight- Such things, gentlemen, tell heav ily upon a man of my age. Otherwise no roan with a reionant of pride could have act ed as I have done to-night. But I thank God I have at least retained courage enough to tell the truth. And now, gentlemen," said the brave old man, straightening up with wonderful dignity of manner, 'accept my gratitude for what I have received. I have eaten and drank with you, and am re freshed and grateful. I trust you will par don my infringement of hospitality and com mon honesty, and permit me to depart. "Well, sir," said Bob, as he finished his re port of the speech. "I never waa so com pletely mortified in my life. What could I do? What could I say? I barred the old man's exit from the room, and Crane snatch ed up a hat from the rack it happened to lie McCullough's and started. The hat was passed around briskly, and when it reached the old man it contained just Billy Crane made a very pretty speech on the occa sion," said the narrator, "the only one of the kind I ever heard him make. He said : 'Ac cept this, sir, in the name of all of u ; not as a charity, sir, but as a contribution from ignorance to intelligence. " It was the only emotional thing I ever saw Crane do, and I fancy it captured the old man." "But w ho was this old man ?" queried one of the party of the beach. "His name," replied Robson, gravely, "I am not at liberty to tell you, but this much I can say : Twenty-five yars ago be was a Congressman from Ohio, and he was once a candidate for the Vice Presidency of the United States." Botion letter to the Chicago Tribune. AN" .ESTHETIC ROMANCE. A young girl leaned Idly against th rich ly carved staircase of a mansion on Warbur ton avenue. Yonkers, and gazed langtild!r into the brilliantly lighted parlor In which gToups of those on whose cheeks the brilliant fluh of health waa glowing, glided graceful ly through the figures of a waltz. Trisfdissima Vere was an only child. As her name indicated, a great sorrow was con nected with the entrance into a cold, cruel world of this red-lipped beauty, whose nine teenth birth day was being celebrated by the merry throngs to whom allusion has been made- On the night of ber birth the young father, who bad looked forward to such ten der joy to this crowning point in his life, had started out hurriedly for the doctor and had fallen into a coal hole. The nurse said it was a bad omen. When Mr. Vere sued the city for fi.VOoo damages anr". got a verdict for six cents, he remembered this. Turning sadly away from the court house, an old grey gipsy woman stopped him. "Do you know me, W. H. Ter?" she hissed in a low voice, her face lighting up with a malignant look. "No, woman ; -what wonld'ts thou with me ?" "Forty-seven years, ago," muttered the old crone hoarsely, "your dead and gone father put ipecac it, some melons thnt were growing in the back yard of the Vere man sion. The next day our entire family threw up everthing thev possessed. I was only little girl then, but I remember the coid, pit iless smile on the face of your haughty fath er as he rodeby our humble cot, and saw my youngest brother toing to the drug store for something to settle his stomach, and swore to be evenged. I have kept my oath. My son was in the juty that tried your case, n& his vote defeated vou. fut do not think my anger is sated. The O Rourkes never for give. Ere another sun shall have risen a deep sorrow will fall or. vour house. Re member the gipsy's warning and tremble." Ard with these words the toothless virago, stepped silently around the corner and wraa lost to signt. The night the celebration of Tnstisima'a nineteen birthday took place in the excite ment of the event W. 11. Vere thought of nothing but how to make his guests happy. About 11 o'chx-k the butler approached bis mistress and whispered a few words in ber ear. A frightened look passed overlier fare, and hastily Mating herself on a fautenil sb er"-va servant to summon her husband. He Ame. "Bill," she said, horselv, "some one hat stolen the ice cream," , "God held up!" ejaculated the grief-stricken man. "Why did I not heed the gipsy's warn ing?" The party was a failure, and the haughty I print? Ol uie ere iuiny was iiumoien. j The next morning a little boy brought : home seven empty ice cream freezers, sav ! ing that a dark-visaged man had hauled there to him for delivery. The old gipsy woman disappeared myster iously and at the end of that time she got out of jail. An ALARM-CixrKSrrEitn.i ors. A per severing "notions" canvasser walked into a lawyer's office in San Francisco with a new k.nd of alarm-clock. The man of quibbles w as evidently interested and heard Lim pa tiently to the end. When it came to his turn to get in a word, which in these eases is about once in an hour and a half, be spake as follows ; "My friend, 1 firmly believe that that alarm-clock is worth seven dollars, as you state, and that vou are foolish to offer It to me for two and" a half; thst it will go every hour for sixteen months without wind ing up and wake p an elcphsnt at every pop. M heart tell me this Is true, and I am simply aching to give you four times the price you demand. But w hen I inform you that I have an infant three months old at home afflicted with perpetual colic, and a baby going on three who insists on having drink of water at regular intervals during the night, and never sleeps after fouro'e oek in the morning, do you not think that tny in vestment in this beautiful invention which you are retailing might, in a :-wasure, be characterized as extravagant ?" That clock gent nodded, assented, picked up hb bat, put up his alarm aud retired. 'I am waiting, toy darling, for the," he warbled ; and yet when the old man threw up a chamber window and assured him he'd be down in a minute, he lost M t,rip on the melody and went out of the waiting buinr?e. i J
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