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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.
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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
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tj Sheet Iron Wares
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STOVES,
SHEET METALS,
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r i-lt-rmMSHIXG GOODS GENERALLY.
Jollingj- in
TiaUOPPEtt&SIIEEMROJi
S 5- PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO.
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ir' I i'os.278, 2S0 and 2S2 Washington St.
It I JOHNSTOWN. PA.
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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.
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(j;" f rsoSPTlT ATTESDBD TO.
e f IB FOB KTOTE8 fOSSTAMLI VJI H150.
" na. Oct. 10, lTi -tf
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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.'
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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.
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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
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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.
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