Jg" CAMBRIA FREEMAN
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Is Psbllskad WsssUy
5ESSBURO, Cambria Co., Fa.,
BY H. A. MoPIKli.
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or society, and ccmrnvr irvtwnj in -o, : i
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awl be paid Jot u(?4rf'1tM,if
Job Friktiso of a'.l kind uat) . - -onsly
executed al loweu prices. '
It.
H. A. McPIKE, Editor and Publisher.
'HB IS A FREEMAN WHOM THE TRUTH MAKES FBEB, ARD ALL ABB SLATES BESIDE."
r'i r paying in dTnoe must not
" "tj tie placed on toe ism) footing as those
81. SO and postage per year. In advance.
" jt this I aofc Df aiiuovii uuucriiuuu .
time rorwr-j i .
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EBENSBURG, PA.. FRIDAY, JULY 28, 18S2.
. iVou must. Nonsbut scalawags so otfi- I V yj j J Jll V T -L.
1,'tt. Don't be atoaiawa life's too short.
NUMBER 26.
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PHILADELPHIA
SLGER MACHETE
j(al so oiw Wwr in SA JUarkrt.
. it reirenn the popular strie Tor
..,:, wh"h the un1r-Mirn.i olern for sals
. -a l-rful l" I'rice ot Jf. This raachlae
p- e-t "atlfattlon whsrever us l. and
'.-i-.ul forth trrrtxof thrre years. Kemem
;i: f i-s hr M the time ami that you not
eery oui'or'.unlty to examine the ma
3t it la operritlon, but you know where
-, t your money bv?k If the machine
i , ftvjrlv a roireente.. Yoa will there-
I .ijit T'virnwn Interests by buylnif the Pbll-
t .uac uiuv uu DuririK ir'trn no one
W. J. BUCK.
.(a 'J Buck's Mills. Allegheny Twp.
L. John.ton, M. Ji Duck,
r . A. 5hoemftkr, A. W. liuck-
JOHIsTSTOlSr.
20EMAKER tS: BUCK,
11AMCERN,
Ebensburg, Pa.
o
:ney Received on Deposit
PATABI.E OS DEMAND.
:?T ALLOWED ON TIME DEPOSITS.
COLLECTIONS MADE
it ii". ictissiBLa rotnTS.
AFTS on the JTrincipal Cilie a
Bontjbt sod Sold, and a
XERAL BANKING BUSINESS
TKANSACTKL).
L.rcoinits fSolicited.
A. W. BUCK, Cashier.
:iljrj, March 19. HSO.-tf.
t X O B UT ? i vl? II S,
Inl lIsRstactarers and Dealers In
OME AND CITY MADE
URNITURE !
ill
It) n I list pa asii.a
1 una
LGES BEDSTEADS,
TABLES, CHAIRS.
attreses. &c..
. ELEVENTH AVENUE,
EWweeu 16th and 17th Sts.,
LTOONA, 1 .
e"('"7ln nf f'nmhrl. .t.intv ami a ' 1 V.
." iirrna..e n.ineft I L K.i lint, ic. e.t
- .id rcpj'cv-inuiv invitea to irive nv. a
' re buy mat riiehee. as we are confident
"r .n meet evry want and please every
Tr-i- te rerv lnw(t.
'".. ATll IS, ISSu.-tr.
INCORPORATED 1 W 10.17.
3ICTLY OX MGTHL PL.IX.
PROTECTION MUTUAL
1 OF EBENSBURC, PA.
I Six Assessments in 24 Yiars.
3d FARM PROPERTIES
SPECIALLY DESIRED.
STEAM RISKS TAKEN.
GEO. M. READE. President.
f DICK, Secretary.
'. Ja. 81, 18?l.-ly.
inIus' block,
EBENSBURC, PA.,
CARL RIYINIUS,
'tsl TTT.i-1 1 s T. i
wiwm ana jeweier,
til
cn fcaai a larae, varied and ele-.-
"' "nt of WATCHES. CLOCKS.
.J v 'rBI'TfI.t.S, KYK-OLASSKS.
,"', "1tr fr sale at lower prices than
".' Vi 'T m th eonnty. Persons nes ling
" elsewhere.
:w 1. "ftion paid to repairlns; Clocks,
: ."w"iT'lr- and satlsiaetlon gaaran
"ork and price.
FLIAM A. GITTINGS.
W03 and ORGANS !
, fI'iE VLKY BEST MAKES.
'''"'It - - Ebenttbttrg, J.
'?' ,lln,n nf lntmnjents pf imptly
' . , T mnnled to. and instructions In
! f "mental tousie given at reasonable
".T . J ' 'Tans sold to reliable parties
t J. dttier taymeuu when desired. Call
l-J,'8i.-tf.J
8!
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:v'"i Fire tarance Apcy.
Insurance Agent.
r."BEssnuiiG, rA.
h " "r't''a at short notice In tbs
.LIABLE "ETNA"
., . r " Class Coanpanlss.
fpt xt nit.-i,.
tXTlOX. EVERYBODY)
J- LLOYD,
AL.C0KE AND LIME.
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Cfl
STEVENS
sDFFER
no longep from Dyspep
sia, Indigestion, want of
Appetite.lossof Strength
lack of Energy, Malaria,
Intermittent F-rs, Ae.
BROWN'S JlON BIT
TERS never fails to cure
all these diseases.
Boston, November so, 1881.
Blows Lrimjcal Co.
Gentlemen : For years I Hat.
fcees a great sufferer from Dyspepsia,
and could get no relief (having tried
everything which was recommend
ed) until, acting on the advice of a
friend, who had been benefitted by
Bjiowm's Ibon BiTTBaa, I tried a
bottle, with most surarising results.
Previous to taking Baown'a Iron
Bittsrs, everything I ate distressed
me, and I suffered greatly from a
turning sensation in tke stomach,
which was unbearable. Since tak
ing Brown's Ion Bittss, all aiy
troubles are at an end. Caa eat any
time without any disagreeable re
ault. 1 am practically aaother
person. Mrs. W. J. Fltwm,
30 Maverick St., E. Beaton.
BROWN'S IRON BIT
TERS acts like a charm
on the digestive organs,
removing all dyspeptic
symptoms, such as tast
ing the food, Belching,
Heat in the Stomach,
Heartburn, etc. The
only Iron Preparation
that will not blacken the
teeth or give headache.
Sold by mil Druggist.
Brown Chemical Co.
Baltimore, Md.
Eee that alt Iron Bitters are made by
Brown Chemical Co., Baltimore, and
have croued red lines and trade
mark on wrapper.
BEWARE OF IMITATIONS.
Notice to Taxpayers.
accordance with an Act of the Oeneral As-
embiy ol this t 'otnnnjnwealth. anoroved the
6th day of April. ISTi. relatlnr to the collection
ot taxes In Cambria county, notice is hereby Kiven
to tHXyr rending In the districts below named
that the County Treasurer, lu rotnpllance with the
2d Srctlon ot tld Act. will attend at the places o!
hMdiriir theTownhlp and Buroanh elections on
the following named dnye, lor the purpose of re
ceiving the
County, Poor and State Taxes
Assessed for the Tear 1SV2:
Bummerhill Twp. and Johnstown 15or.,lst Ward
Monday. July ;ut.
Oallitxln Hor. and Jutiantown, 3d Ward Tuesday ,
Auifut 1st.
Tunnelhlil Hor. and .T..hstown. 3d Ward 'Wed
nesday. August 2d.
tJallitiin Twp. and Jolinktown. 4th Ward Thurs
day. August 3d.
Loretto Hor. and Johnstown, 6th Ward Friday.
Auifust 4th.
Dean Twp. and Johnstown, 8th Ward Monday.
August "th.
Clearfield Twp. and Johnstown, 7th Ward Tnes
dv. Auiri!ti 8th.
ChestSprinir Hor. and Cooperadale Wednesday,
Auati.t v'h.
Allefrbany Twp. and Camhrla Horo'. 1st Ward
Thursday, AutfUHt loth.
Monster Twp.'and "ambria Boro', ad Ward Fri
day, Auitust 11th.
KeadeTwp. and M illvllle Bun, 1st Ward Mon
dny, Angupt 14th.
White Twp. and Milirllle Boro', 3d Ward Tues
dsy, August lSfh.
Chet Twp. and Prnspect Wednesday, Ao 18th.
Klder and Taylor Twps. Thursday, Aug. 17th.
Sufqiielinnna and Couemsurb Twps. Friday, Au
gust llh.
Carroll and Stonycreek Twps. Monday. Aur. 21st.
tJarrolitown Hor. ;ml Lower ower Twp.--rues-dny.
Augu.-t '-'''I.
Barr and T'pper Voder Twps. Wednesday, Aug
ust iid.
Blackllck and AdamaTwos. Thursday. Anir "21th
Jackson kti.l Richland Twps. Friday , Aug. 25th,
uior'H I wp. .vionoav. August stn.
1 wp .
h r.enshurg. h.i-st Hard Tuesday, August 2oth.
i-bensburg. West Ward Wednesday. Aug, 30th.
And. In accordance with the 2d Section of said
Act, upon al I ta I s paid to the Treasurer on or be
fure the 1st day of September there will be a de
duction of rivit raft tent., while. lire prr cent, will
be added to 11 unpaid taxes and placed In the
bands of a constable for collection
J. A. KKNXI UY, Co. Treasurer.
Treasurer's Otflee, June 2. 1832 -4t.
It Is the concurrent testimony of the pnbtlc and
the me.tl.-al prifr's.on that Hostetter's Stomach
Milters Is a mediclue which achlerej results speed
ily tett thorough and benign. Beside rectiving
liver disorder, it invigorates the feeble, cono'ue's
aiiinev ana oiaonr eoumla r.ts. and hxim. h
Convalescence or those recovering Irom en'e. hilng I
fe,""."- a-gir""" " " l" '"U4 'V" ,ur 1
For sale by ail Druggists and lelers generally
Catarrh Elys' Cream Balm
r.fiectnally rl msi-r."
the nenl pa.sages ot
Catarrhal virus, caus
ing HRALTHI SKTRI.
Tiona. allays Inflam
mation, protects the
membrane from addi
tional colds, complete
ly heals the sores and
restore, the sene ef
taste and smell. Ben
eflcial results are re.
'.t?ed by a few appli
cations. A thorough
treatment vi cure Vt
Hav S'ercr. frc.
ijneqnaled torcolds In
the head. Arreeahle
le use. Aniiiv bv the
HAY-FEVER
little
"nger fnto the
nostrils. On receipt ef 80?. will mall n.k.
Sold by Ehenshurg druggist. '
FLY'S CREAM KkT.V fir.
March 17. 182.-e.s.w.ly. uro, j. T.
DR. M. J. BUCK,
PHYSICIAJT AS1 BUBOEO.V,
A L.TO01VA, P.
Office and residence on Fsorteenth street, near
eleventh avenue, where night sails can be made.
Urhee boars fretn t to 10, a. w., and from a to 4
and to 8. r. is. Special attention paid to Dis
ease! of the Fye and Far, as well as to Surgical
Operations of everv deserlptlos. 14-19,'au -tt.)
$72 1.
seek. 81'iaday athrsaeeaatly aaade. tluaVj
oifli trse Awdrrnrrw V, An (!,.
ilflSTETTE
gtv CELEBRATED W J
is 5M.iw-.V4 X'tti
if STOMACH
frfTARRH COLO'" .r.
SOMO or THE DECASTIR.
There was an old decan
ter, and its mouth was
Raping wide : the
rosy wine had
ebbed away
and left
its crystal-side;
and the wind
went humming,
humming ;
Bp and
down the
sidrs it flew,
and through the
reed-like
hollow neck
the wildest notes it
blew. I placed it in the
window, where the blast
was blowing free, and fancied
that its pale mouth snng the
queerest strains to me. "They tell
roe puny couquerors f the Plague
has slain his ten. and War his hundred
thousands of the very best of men, but
I" 't was thus the bottle spoke
"but I have conquered more than
all vour famous eonquerere, so
feared and famd of yore. Then
come, ye youth and maidens,
come drink from out my cup,
the beverage that dalls the
brain and burns the spirits
up ; that puts toshaine the
conquerors that slay their
scores below ; for this
has deluged millions
with the lava tide of
woe. Tho in the
pathof battle dark
est waves o'biood
may roll ; yet
while I killed
the body, I
damned the
very soul.
The cholera, the
6word. such ruin never
wroueht.as I In fun or malice
on the innocent have brought.
And still I breathe upon them, and
they shrink before my breath ;
and year by vear my thousands
TBEAD THE DISMAL PATH TO DEATH.
SLEEP WALKERS.
BY GKOROE BANCROFT GRIFFITH.
Durins the Revolutionary War there was a
eentleman of laree property residing in
Brooklvn, JJ. Y., who was addicted to the
habit of walking in his plpep, Panic-strnck
at the invasion of the enemy, he daily expect
ed that his dwelline would he ransacked and
pillaged. Under the influence of these fears
he rose one nicht, and, taking a strong box.
which awake he never attempted fa lift with
out assistance, he proceeded down stairs,
furnished himself with a lantern and spade,
and, in a wooded glen, ahont a quarter of a
mile from his house, he buried his treasure,
replacing the sods so as tocreate no suspicion
of their having been removed. This done, he
returned, nndressed, and went to bed.
Next morning, he was the first to discover
the loss of his strong box, without having the
.lightest lemembrance of what bad passed.
Enraged at his loss, he immediately accused
his domestics of robbery, as no traces wre
susceptible on either the lock or doors of the
house that could Induce him to suspect stran
gers. Month after month elapsed, and still the
mystery was not solved, and his family began
to want the necessaries of life without hiv
ing the means to procure them.
At that period of public calamity no money
could be raised on real estate, and it was at
thst season of the year when agricultnral la
bor had ceased, which left him no means of
securing a support for his family. To aug
ment his misery his only son lay confined by
a violent fver, without any one of those
comforts which his situation demanded. The
despairing father was strongly affected by
this melancholy view of the future ; his rest
became more frequently broken, and he
would often wander from room to room all
night with hurried and unequal steps, as if
pursued by an enemy. His wife and daugh
ter, who were accustomed to these nightly
wanderings, never attempted to disturb him
unless they were fearful someaccident might
befall him ; in this case it was necessaiy to
employ the most violent means to awaken
him, upon which he would exhibit such fear
and distress that they usually suffered him
to recover from the trance, which wag suc
ceeded by drowsiness, after which he would
sink into a light and natural sleep, which
generally continued for several hours.
One night, as his daughter was watching
at the side of her sick brother, she heard her
father descend the stairs with a quick step,
and immediately followed him. She per
ceived that he had dressed himself, and was
lighting a lantern at the hearth, after which
he unbolted the door and looked out ; he then
returned to the kitchen, and, taking the lan
tern and spade, he left the house. Alarmed
at the circumstance which was not usual,
thougn it sometimes occurred, as above re
lated, without the knowledge of his family
?he hastily threw on a cloak, and followed
him to the wood, trembling with apprehen
sion of, she knew not what, both for herself
and her father.
Tlaving gained the place where he had
three months since buried the box, he set
down Ihe lantern so as to reflect strongly
upon the spot ; he then removed the sods,
and, striking the snade against the iron cov
er, he laughed wildly, and exclaimed : "My
treasure is safe, and we shail be happy 1"
And, shouldering his heavy burden with
the strength of Hercules, he stopped, not as
before, to replace the sods of earth, hut
snatching up his lantern, pursued his way
directly home, to the great joj of his daugh
ter, who could scarcely support herself from
j the fears she had experienced, which were
lt,at he was about to dig his own grave and
Cm or mwilr some Of hi's de-
I fenceless family. Inexpressible, therefore,
j was her joy on seeing him ascend the stairs
I and place the box in i s former recess ; after
I which, as usual, he retired to rest. His wife
and daughter, however, weie too anxious to
slf ep themselves ; and the one sat impatient
ly watching the dawn of day, and the other
returned to the apartment of her suffering
brother, to relieve his mind by the joyful
event, and her consequent hope of his
speedy recovery.
When the gentleman arose in the morn
ing his wife observed the gloom upon his
countenance as he aiked about the health of
his son, and expressed his sorrow at not be
ing able to procure those comforts for his
family which weie so needed. Finding him
perfectly unconscious of all that had passed
during the preceding night, she watched the
effect which the restoration of the box would
have upon his mind; and, as she expected,
with an astonishment almost atnouDting to
frenzy, he exclaimed :
"Who baa done tbia ? Whence came this
box 7"
Not until be had listened to bis daughter
could he be con? inced of tbe posaibiM, cf
fcfc pirfcrniiag soeb an act while nsletp.
Health, peace and competence were once
more restored to his dwelling, and the result
of this blessing had a salutary effect upon his
mind; and, although be still continued' bis
midnight excursions, yet his friends were
gratified to find them less frequent than for
merly, and his fnture dreams, also, to judge
by appearances, seemed to partake of the
mild and serene character of his thoughts.
The facts of a recentcase of somnambulism
on the railroad cars in a Western State, and
the subject's remarkable evasion of fatal
consequences, are intf resting.
The train In the River Division, en route
from Milwaukee to Minneapolis, had on
board, among other passengers, one morn
ing, a Mrs. Wright and her two sons. As
the train approached Weaver, the elder of
of the two sons, aged sixteen, fell asleep,
and, after the train had left the station, and
was'moving at the rate of twenty miles per
hourarose from his seat, and, of course, un
known to himself, passed on to the platform,
and stepped from the train.
His mother noticed him as he passed out,
but thought nothing of it, and gave herself
no uneasiness. Supposing he had gone into
the next car, she began a search for him, but
he was not to be found. The conductor was
at once notified, and, after the cars had been
searched, he caused the train to be backed
slowlv to the station.
Anxious eyes peered along the side of the
road, but no traces of the missing boy could
be found, except a place In the enow that
looked as though he might have fallen there.
Arriving at the station without finding the
boy, the mother and other son were left, and
the train proceeded.
The mother suffered the greatest agony of
mind, whtch was only relieved several hours
after bv seeing her son come walking up the
track. He stated that he knew nothing of
his fall, but awoke, nearly frozen, lying on
his side on ice and snow. He arose, and
wandered from the track, but afterward fol
lowed It hack to the station. The jov of
Mrs. Wright was unutterable, and mother
and sons awaited the next train to continue
their lonrner to Minneapolis.
Since the days when witches and "spook
boys" rode farmers horses Into reeking
sweats betwen dark and dawn, there have
been few eqnestriarijadventnres queerer than
the following :
A pedd ler named Jonas Marburger has, for
many years, trumped over various sections
of Pennsylvania, selling his wares ; and bya
consistent course he has won the confidence
and esteem of a number of acquaintances.
At about five o'clock on a recent afternoon
the peddler opened his pack in the kitchen of
amanrnmed Eshelstaub, in Albany town
ship. The farmer's wife purchased what .-he
desired, and the peddler, according to the
custom of that neighborhood, was asked to
remain for supper, which he did, and subse
quently determined to stay all nighr.
The farmer owns quite a nice tract of land
and during the evening much of the conver
sation centered upon matters pertaining to
farming. At about nine o'clock the peddler
was shown to a large garret under the roof,
where he was to sleeD.
The family retired, and nothing unusual
occurred nntil some time near midnight,
when tho farmer was awakened by the bark
ing of watch-dogs and the tramping of a
horse's hoofs. He arose and looked out of
the window toward the barn, when an extra
ordinary sight met his gaze. The dogs were
In an adjoining field, and strange to say,
there appeared to be a ghost riding on one of
the farmer's young horses.
The farmer called the hired man, and, on
going to the garret with a lantern, they found
the bed, which had been occupied, empty,
and the peddler gone, but his clothes still
hanging on a chair where he ha3 evidently
placed them. The farmer and hired man
went down stairs, and found that all the
doors were locked as they were before they
retired. Going out they round the horse still
In full gallop under the direction ot his mys
terious rider.
The hired man watched his chance, caneht
the animal, and. upon closer examination,
found that the rider was the peddler, who
sat there lik a statue, and was in a complete
state of somnambulism. He had nothing on
him excepting his shirt, undershirt, drawers
and stockings, and, notwithstanding the
coldness of the night, he was perspiring free
ly when lifted down. They could not waken
him properly until he was led into the house,
and when he came to his senses, he seemed
to know nothing of what had occurred. He
seemed startled at being out of bed and down
stairs in such apparel.
Subsequent examination showed that the
man, In his strange, state, had worked his
way out of a trap-door to the roof, and thence
down to a roof of aback building, and thence
to tho ground.
Not long since, William Lewis, a farmer
near Ind!anapolis, was missed at home, with
valise and clothing, one morning, and not
until the close of the third day was his where
abouts known. At that time he returned,
and reported that on the night of his disap
pearance he had gone to bed as usual, and
was soon asleep, ne dreamed that he arose,
packed his valise, walked to Indianapolis,
and took the eastern-bound cars. His sur
prise upon awaking, and finding himself sev
enty five miles from home can better be Im
agined than described. How he purchased
his ticket without his state being detected by
the agent, and how he slumbered serenely
throueh all the din and noise of the great
Un ion Depot, are among the troublesome
things one can never find out.
Science does not explain all the facts of
somnambulism. The somnambulist, as we
have shown, moves about In the dark as read
ily as in the light, fearlessly puts himself in
dangerous positions, securely stands on slip
pery places, and executes feats of agility Im
possible to him when awake. Sometimes he
performs difficult work ; he has been known
to paint a picture in utter darkness, and do
other acts, such as required for their execu
tion no ordinary intelligence In wide-awake
men. And, as in the cases already present
ed, when the somnambulist awakes from bis
unnatural condition, he knows literally noth
ing of his extraordinary acts.
Occasionally the somnambulist appears In
a humorous character, as did the woman in
the following anecdote, whose truthfulness
is vouched for :
One night a certain grandmother was
awakened by somebody fumbling tbont the
bedroom.
Who's there ?" she asked.
"SusaD," was whlDed oat by the servant
girl.
"What are yon doing ?"
"I'm trying to find a needle and thread to
sew up tbe commandment," answered the
fumbling Susan,
"What do job ffitaa ?"
"I have broken one of them."
"Which ?"
"Thou shalt not steal. I have been steal
ing yeur sugar and giving it to Thomas,"
the girl's lover.
"How did you get it to him ?" she then In
quired. "In one of your stockings, and I put it In
the hollow tree for him."
On the next morning the stocking was ex
amined, and, sure enough, It showed that
Susan did Indeed Deed to sew up the seventh
commandment. Her only plea when she was
brought face to face with her own accusation
was :
"I shouldn't have done it, had it not been
for that red-headed fellow."
A farmer residing in Bristol, Ontario coun
ty, NV Y. , is a somnambulist. One day he
lost an iron tooth from the harrow with which
he was putting in his wheat crop. He hunt
ed an hour to find it, but was unsuccessful.
During the ensuing night, he aros-j from
his bed, partially dressed himself, and started
ont The night was very dark. One of his
boys followed him with a lantern. He kept
up a running talk with himself about the
drag tooth.
He walked in a straight line to the field
where he had been laboring, perhaps a quar
ter of a mile from his residence. Arriving at
a certain point, he stopped short, kicked
away some earth, and brought forth the miss
ing tooth. Then, turning square round, he
proceeded directly to his home. Arriving at
the door, he performed the feat of lifting the
heavy stone step, which required the com
bined strength of himself and another man
to raise the next morning, ne threw the iron
under the step, let down the stone easily,
saying, "There you are. and can't get away
again ;" and then coolly and apparently
without the least excitement, retiied to his
chamber, disrobed himself, and wen to bed.
ne was entirely unconscious, the next
morcing, of what he had been doing. Now,
the question is, what peculiar power enabled
the man to perform this wonderful feat ? It
would seem little less than a miracle, but of
its truth as related, there is no doubt.
A curious freak of a somnambulist is re
ported of a girl, seventeen years of age, re
siding at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. She got up
out ot her sleep, and walked through Hamil
ton street to Main, went down Main on the
north side, and reclined temporarily upon a
door sill, where an officer round her half an
hour before she was found at the river. He
thought nothing of it at the time, supposing j
it was some one who had been aceidently
locked out, and was waiting to be let in. It
could not have been long after that when she
started for the river, and unconsciously
walked off the dock. She says that as soon
as she struck the water, she came to her '
senses, and paddled as well as she could with
her hands, keeping afloat long enough to
reach the steps at the dock, when she climbed
to terra firma.
A queer case of somnambulism occurred
not long since at Johnson & Co.'s organ fac
tory. In Westfield, Mass. One of the work
men, being instructed in theevenlngto carry
into the shop the next morning a quantity of
the wood lying outside, was surprised, when
the time came, at finding It all carried in, and
carefully piled. The watchman states that
during the night the man came, did the work
according to his instructions, stepping care
fully over the organ pipes, and so forth, on
the floor. The watchman spoke to him sev
eral times, but received no answer, and as
soon as the job was finished the somnambu
list went home. The night wnrkr noticed a
feeling of lassitude the next morning, and
was unable to work the next day.
Gentle treatment Is always best for those
who are nervously disordered In any degree,
as sleep-walkers are. They are only a little
"out," and should be watched and allowed
to "come to themselves," but never should
be driven.
Never wake a sleep-walker If it can possi
bly be avoided. In a certain family, residing
in Chicafco, the children, while young, were
all addicted to sleep-walking. One of the
younger branches, a girl of fifteen, on one
occasion rose from her bed, and, walking
down stairs, entered the drawing-room where
were assembled a few guests.
Fortunately, the girl's habit was known to
most of the company, who, iustead of evinc
ing a horror of the unwonted visitor, treated
the matter In a philosophic light, and even
maintained their usual conversation as the
girl's father took her hand, and led her qui
etly up stairs to bed.
Had the somnambulist been rudely awak
ened, the consequences might have been se
rious ; and the calm demeanor of the specta
tors and judicious management of the girl's
parents on this occasion, may, perhaps, act
as a hint to others who may be similarly sit
uated. Profesaor Jessen, a celebrated physician
to the insane, was awakened, as he believed,
one morning, between the hours of five and
6ix, by the head-keeper, who Informed him
that the friends of a patient had come to re
move him, and, at the same time, he inquired
whether anything required mention. The
professor replied that he might permit the
patient to depart, and immediately lay down
again to sleep, ne had no sooner done this,
than it occurred to him that of the Intended
removal of this patient he had heard nothing
but that it was of the departure of a woman
of the same name he had been advised. He
was compelled, therefore, to seek further
information, and, having hastily dressed
himself, he went to the dwelling of the keep
er, who, to his astonisnment, he found only
half clad.
Upon the professor's asking him where
the people were who had come to fetch away
the patient, the keeper replied, with surprise
depicted in his countenance, that he knew
nothing of it. for he had only just arisen, and
had seen no one. This reply did not unde
ceive him, and he rejoined that it must have
been the steward who bad visited him, and
be would go to that functionary, but, as be
was descending the steps which led to his
bouse, it suddenly struck him that the whole
affair was a most vivid dream, a fact which
he had not until that moment suspected.
BaUou'l Monthly Magazint for AujutU
See the member with bis bills,
Merry bills.
O what appropriations now the
Lengthy parchment fills.
In tbe hopper how they pour,
More and more,
By the score.
And the quarrels they beget
On the floor.
And the people they pay taxes.
When they see him grind hta axes,
All declare they'll not allow him
Go to Congress any more.
For tbe bills, bilri, bylls, bbills, bybls, bUgbs,
blyhhls,
And the roach-enduring rMdlnf-Cl-rk
Uify kills.
Sattimor Ajntrle.
CHANGE.
ACTHOR CSKSOW5.
Back again.
Maiden also
Thinks of swing.
Wants to go back,
Too, poor thing I
in.
Hour of midnight.
Baby squawking,
Man In sock feet.
Bravely walking;
Baby yells on.
Now the other
Twin, he strikes up,
Like his brother.
Paregoric
By the bottle.
Emptied Into
Baby's throttle,
haughty tack
Points in air,
aiting some one's
foot to tear,
Man in sock feet
See him there!
Holy Moses !
"ear him swear !
Laving crazy.
Gets his gun,
A'lows his head off.
Dead and gone.
IT.
Pretty widow
With a book.
In the hammock
By the brook.
Man rides past,
Big moustache ;
Keeps on riding,
Nary mash.
Shady tree.
Babbling brook.
Girl in hammock,
Reading book.
Golden curls,
Tiny feet,
Girl in hammock
Looks so sweet.
Man rides past.
Big moustache,
Girl In hammock
Makes a "mash."
Mash is mutual.
Day is set,
Man and maiden
Married get.
ii.
Married now,
One year ago,
Keeping house
On Baxter Row.
Red hot stove,
Beefsteak frying,
Girl got married.
Cooking, trying.
Cheeks all burning,
Eyes look red j
Girl got married,
Nearly dead,
Biscuit burnt up,
Beefsteak charry ;
Girl got married,
Awful sorry.
Man comes home,
Tears moustache,
Mad as blazes ;
Got no hash.
Thinks of hammock
In the lane.
Wishes maiden
Singular Incidents of a Battle.
When the Fifth Wisconsin battery came
into action at the battle of Perrysville, sayt
M. Quad, one of the guns threw a solid shot
which struck a soldier full In the breast,
crushing him to a pulp. Ills musket flew to
the rear, whirling savagely through the air
and It crushed the skull of ore soldier and
badly injured another. The shot deflected
to the left after striking the first man, and it
then mashed a lieutenant's hip, broke the
leg of a private behind him. and rolled along
the ground and crushed the head of a wound
ed man. A shell fired by Sloan's battery
struck a stone weighing about fifty pounds,
and while the shell failed to explode the
fragments of stone killed and wounded sev
eral men. A Confederate shell which fell
among Jackson's men, alighted In a little
creek at which scores of men were filling
their canteens. It came down in a group of
ten or twelve men and plunged into the
very spot where a canteen had been filled.
While the sh?U did not explode, its fall
splashed water over over fifty men. An ex
Confederate captain now living in Atlanta
who lost his arm in that battle, had a button
cut from bis breast with a grape shot, his
scabbard struck by a bullet and his cap
knocked from his head by a piece of shell
before receiving the bullet which crushed his
elbow. A gun In one of Anderson's batter
ies had a right wheel shivered by a solid
shot. It had scarcely been replaced by the
spare wheel when another shot crushed the
left wheel. The men were trying to drag
the gun back when a shell struck it fair In
the mouth and split for a distance of three
feet. None of the men around the gun
were hurt by the shell, but three soldiers in
line over 200 feet away were struck down.
A Confederate bell sent into Steadroan's
brigade exploded over the heads ot a compa
ny advancing, and while no one In that com
pany was hurt, four men in the centre of the
next company behind were mortally wound
ed. The Curse of Drtoo. The late Dr. Hol
land speaks these forcible words through
Scribner's Monthly : "The appetite for strong
drink in man has spoiled the life of more
women ruined more hopes for them, scat
tered more fortunes for them, brought them
more sorrow, shame and hardships than
any other evil that lives. The country num
ber ten, nay. hundreds of thousand of wo
men who are widows to-day, and sit in their
hopeless weeds, because their husbands
have been slain by strong drink. There are
hundreds of thousands of homes scattered
over the land, in which live .'iives of torture,
going through all the changes of suffering
that lie between the extremes of fear and de
spair, because those whom they love, love
wine better than the women the have sworn
to love. There are women by thousands
who dread to hear at the door the step that
once thrilled them with pleasure, because
th at step has learned to reel under the influ
ence of the seductive poison. There are
women groaning with pain while we write
these words, from bruises and brutalities in
flicted by husbands maoe mad with drink.
There can be no exaggeration In any state
meBt In regard to this matter, because no
human Imagination can create anything
worse than the truth, and no pen is capable
of portraying the truth. The sorrows and
horrors of a wife with a drunken husband,
or a mother with a eon, areas near the reali
zation of hell as can be reached in this world
at least. The shame, the indignation, the
sorrow, and the snse of disgrace for herself
and her children, the poveity, and not un
frequently the beggary, the fear and the
fear of violence, the lingering, the life-long
struggle and despair of countless women
with drunken husbands, are enough to make
ail women curse wine and engage unitedly
to oppose it everywhere as the worst enemy
of their sex."
Remarkable Mirages in Sweden.
Mirages are frequent and remarkable In the
southern and central parts of Sweden, and
front time to time whole landscapes, cities
and castles, with moving objects, haye been
observed reflected on the sky for hours.
During an afternoon in May a magnificent
spectacle was seen over the Lake of Orsa, in
a remote part of Dalcarlia, in latitude 61.
Many large and sroal' steamers, with smoke
rising fiom their funnels, were seen reflect
ed over the lake, and later on the scene
changed to a landscape, the vessels then tak
ing tbe form of island In the lake covered
with more or less vegetation. The pheuom
enon lasted from 4 to 7 o'clock p. the mi
rage at last dissolving in a bare.
A Washington pension agent was almost
paralyzed with astonishment, the other day,
wben he found a veteran of the late war who
had sustained a permanent injury while In
the army and bad not applied for a pension.
Tbe veteran bad cut an artery in his wrist
while opening a bottle of whiskey stolen
from tbe Colonel's bead quarters, and said
be didn't know a wound of tbat kind enti
tled him to a pension. Tbe agent soon con
Tineed bin) of hi arror. and in a few days
be will recaIva .t-,800 back pansIOD, rain as j
51,100 pocketed by tbt agrot. J
THE PHAST0M CITY.
WHAT AS EXPLORER HAS DISCOVERED IN
CENTRAL AMERICA.
Some weeks ago the news came from Cen
tral America that M. Desire Charnay. the
explorer, sent thither by Mr. Lorillard, of
New York, had discovered the 'Thantom
City," of which Stephens heard, and which
one of bis Informants claimed to see from a
lofty mountain top. It was boprd that the
discovery might establish the existence of a
settlement of the ancient race of the country
far in the wilderness, and throw much new
lignt on prehistoric America. In the Xorth
American Review M. Charnay tells what he
saw. ne was In the country of the Lacan
dones near the Guatemala border, and was
making his way with difficulty. The natur
al obstacles of ihe wild country were great,
and besides he was suffering from an attack
of fever. To his surprise, on reaching the
city, hefound an Englishman, Alfred Mauds
ley, was ahead of him. He was only an am
ateur, however, and bade M. Charnay re
gard the conquest as his own.
Lorillard City, as M. Charnay calls the
place, consists of palaces, temples and pala
ces resembling those of Talenque, erected on
the top of natural elevations which the build
ers rendered accessible by esplanades and
flights of steps. There are the same hiero
glyph characters in the Inscriptions, and th9
same personages and facial types on bas re
llefs. It was a Toltec settlement. The
buildings have been greatly disfigurod by
time, the plaster and the iuterior decorations
having fallen away. The vaults are convex,
concave and plain, while at Comalcalco and
Kaboh eocave ones are in the ascendant.
Two walls In one of the two palaces come
together without any keystone, while each
palace has a massive wall rising above the
roof, with oblong openings like windows.
The great temple Is still standing. It Is
built on the summit of a pyramid 125 feet In
height, and faces toward the river. The
wall above the roof reminds one of the edifi
ces In Yucatan described by Stephens. In
the middle of the wall on stood an enor
mous statue, only fragments of which re
main. Among the bas reliefs of Its three
portals was one which exhibits two human
beings of the Palenqoe type, each holding
In the hand a regular Latin cross with flow
ered arms. The interior of the temple :on
sists of a long, narrow corridor, with open
ing In the rear wall into four oratories or lit
tle chapels. There Is a similar chapel at the
right hand end of the cerridor, and at the
left hand end Is a little dwelling room, pro-
j bahly intended for the use of the servitor of
the temple. In the little chapel in the mid
dle is a platform about two feet high, on
which once stood a large idol, finely sculp
tured. Its fragments r.ow lie on the floor.
The natives offered incense to it until It fell,
since when they have cep.sed to frequent the
city. To the left of the temple is a palace
with sleeping places of cement, doubtless
for those who served the temple. The gTeat
teocali, or perhaps the fortress, stands In the
rear of the temple. It is a pyramid 200 feet
high, and on the esplanade at its top six
palaces formerly stood, of which the ruins of
one remain. M. Charnay hardly thinks he
has reached Stephen's -'Phantom City."
The nme probably belongs to one discover
ed in Chiapas on the other side of the moun
tains. This he was unable to reach, through
sickness and fatigue, ne therefore went to
the city of Mexico, there to make castings
for the Loriliard museum, ne has reached
the opinion, after repeated examinations of
the forests, that no argument for the age of
tha ruins can be based on the age of the
trees. The concentric rings grow very fast
In the hot and humid climate, and the hard
est wooded trees rarely live more than 20
years. Monuments whose age is eertsinly
known, and which cannot date from a peri
od an'erior to 14W or 1440, and were des
troyed or abandoned in 1R97, are In the same
condition as those of Palenque or Lorillard
City, and the forest that surrounds and is
preying upon them Is of the same age. The
same conclusions have been set forth more
in detail in some of the author's earliest ar
ticles, and they refute, on apparently good
grounds, the prevalent theory of the vast an
tiquity of Central American civilization.
The sculptures also show a relationship be
tween American and Asiatic perhaps the
Buddhist faiths, and Incline one to repose
some confidence in the Chinese story of the
Euh Siang voyage to the unknown west In
the fourth century of the Christian era.
Altogether Mr. Charnay has made a rich
"find," and can afford to leave the Chiapas
ruins for some other explorer, since, as he
says: "The question for the determination
of which I undertook this expedition is set
tled. A city more or less cannot affect the
results obtained."
Dear Old Mother Honor the dear old
mother. Time bas scattered the snowflakes
on her brow, pillowed deep furrows on her
cheeks, but Is she not sweet and beautiful
now ? The lips are thin and sunken, but
those are the lips that have kissed many
a hot tear from childish cheeks, and they are
the sweetest Mps in all the world. The eye
Is dim, yet it ever glows with the soft ra
diance of holy love which can never fade.
Ah, yes, she Is a dear old mother. The sands
of life are nearly run out, but feeble as she
is she will go further and reach down lower
for yon tban any other upon earth. You
cannot walk Into a midnight where she can
not see you; you cannot enter a prison whose
bars will keep her out ; you cannot mount a
scaffold too high for her to reach, that she
may kiss and bless you in evidence of her
deathless love. When the world shall despise
and forsake, when it aves you by the way
side to die unnoticed, the dear old mother
will gather yon In her fetrWe arms and carry
you home and tell you all your virtues until
you almost forget your soul Is disfigured by
vice. Love her tenderly and cheer her de
clining years with holy devotion.
"Jclia"' wants to know "what a Repub
lican platform Is." Well, a Republican plat
form, Julia, is one preansble and twenty reso
lutions, strong in non-essentials, vague In
essentials ; round the bosh on tariff, and
rough as thunder on the Mormons ; clamor
ing for civil service reform, down on corrnn
tlon, loud in Its praise of purity, and deter
mined to have it if it takes every cent the
party can raise. Tbe platform, you under
stand, Jolla, in a legitimate and necessary
part of the campaign pomp and circum
stance ; it goes along with the banner,
transparencies and torches, and when the
campaign Is over well, ! is stored away in
the cellar or garret, along with the rest of
the uniforms and torches. A campaign plat
form Is very much like a campaign toroh, In
deed 4 It gives out a great dal of stte'l ai d
smoke with a very vitr ;:i.r.K L.'sn.
TDE TEOI T Ll.lII.
"The trout liar," saiJ Captain :,.:'.--.
"i the gem of all fishers. H? Li t ' '
rock liar, a moose among antelop s . '
rion to 'a satyr, be is the long tai j 1 - r -:
anion,: the quiet t wickrs. All nt r .;
be trout I;ar;. " h- trout liar mus: tc
with a rec . a; r ii--.8 for the !, ;
li mtit he r 'ii.-.td to It a-d ur.V i .
to t;et lit Hj a lite vt 3rk.
'Hi.cn Dsvldsai.i in hi bae, . .: ; -
are liars Snl sid . tlaKab, Doeg s
rr nite 1 ad j nbably just rtu. ned :. - -.
trout fNIi down along the brook In tl: l ' -Elali,
anJ were telling v.'at tliey b - -.
and st-a; t!:y hj.l d. me, and Davl'.r-
listened to them tbt'odcr'rtg n - - - .J
truth, i.atural! sui'ind tliei w 1 . - c
truth left !r? the 'iar., et tr n ic a r r- ,
world.
"The trout l'ar exceeds a'l ctl.srlla .. b
eause the mar. v.ho has dot.e a-u r.au. -1 ;.'
trout fishing Is to a certain extent a tr-.
man. It is his custom to sit on t vc -
and tell his stories, crushing all ci-npf :
and putting his foot on the neck of e'l ' :
nary striped bass and lanJ locked . 'v :.
liars. But if it happened just rs he ! st . -i
bis masterpiece, an opposition I tut ' .:
comes In with a right bower, a pcnu.:r ro; v
flush, of a trout lie, the fir.t trout ... - -hurt
to the heart ; he Is dejctod and so
ful, and says not another word 'list nlti t. -But
he draws new hisplras'n from ' i'--feat
and the very next plac t e p. : ?s tj
appropriates the lie that pa?'yzed r.tru. f 1. 1
unbluihingly claiming It es l.:s own. defis-- ;
ly crushes down all pitiful compeiit s w'.
a crowning lie that only two day? b -for,-crushed
him.
'There are several kinds of t-ou; li.t .
The liar of weight, who never catoh mc;f
than half a doren trout a day, bot they each
weigh anywhere from five to ten t -nrls -Then
there is the liar of numbers, rvio f '
ways catehes so many dozen in cue f ia:
and twenty minutes. And thare !s tho l!a:
of places, who know hidden rools, dirk ar.1
still, In the secret places of the revki tat
are Just boiling over w':h tront and L
you, uuder many (.lasLs f e.c;( cv, It
stealthy and circuitous routes to these jiuc-w
and you fish In them for eight mortal hour
without a nibble.
But ?on can never corner a trout l!ar
Arithmetic, fact, science, probabilities, ''re
cedent, general principles and tbe eternal
fitness of things -may comb'ie In rrt
whelming array to prove him the afl-;t
liar In England or America ; It doesn't ''13
turb him. ne lies on caimly, confidert'y,
enthusiastically, always locating the scet.8
of his lies so far away ha Is pretty cerla'n
you will never go thfre.
"There are limits to human belief," the
good eter says, rising to his feet. '-Y i
may believe what the candidate savs on ' e
stump ; you may believe what a man v H
tell you In a horse trade : yoa may believe?
the army liar; you mny believe the snake
liar; but the man tikes the cigar from It
lips, and, with a simple prefix of a place a d
date, starts into a trout story, bar, bo'tand
lock and double-lork the gates of your brlk-f
when he gets to the pl?ce. Don't bolivr 1
single solitary trout, not thouc'i "t welt bed
less than a round. L'nder the shadow
the trout truth dies, and the nun tl.iit fishes
four days and only hooks one lone trou'', so
small that he loso? It in his empty baskot,
comes home the biggest liar of them all."
nis Wife's Sigtattre. The n-nc'riaf I
Gazette says : "A few d.iys ago a w U - fi
young man entered an exi r?- ff. 1 1 tMi
city and said to the V'l'nj mt py t', -rk.
Mr. John Clark, 'Lathe vw-lifd t-""nd some
money to h' wi.- . that s!ie ;ived l V -stnrt
In a fiat, and that htr mail br:i;g s..rnei:rur
tamered with, he would Kkp to know bow
to send it so that It woul.I be absolutely unfe,
Mr. Clark replied by showirg him tb 'ad
vice card' they use In connect iou with or lers,
on which Is a clause stating that if the s 4
er of the money bes in his pooipsicn a s.s
nature of the payeo, and will paste it O i thu
card, the persons calling for the mri'-y csn
Identify themselves by dnpMcatlne the sT
nsture. Tbe gentleman repl'ed thnt bad
lots of tsem, and putting his hand In his
pocket brought out a bundle of letters.
After examining several In suoco.'on a
broad smile spread 'over his count',,s"n-,p,
and with a half doubtful expression he st'd :
Are you a married man ?' Mr. Clnrk ssld
that he was. 'Well, then.' said he, 'look at
this, handing over one of the lott'rs. Mr.
Clark looked and found the cause of the
yonng man's amusement tobe thst tbe letter
was signed, not with his wife's nam, t ut
with the endearing substitute, 'Your oofy
tootsey. and it turned out that they wore
all so. Mr. Clark then said. 'well, cut me
of them off, and the agent will cause her '.i
duplicate It." The gentleman, after son-.e
hesitation, agreed, remarking, 'I'll do H, bnt
when T gt home I will expect some llve'y
hair-pulling.'"
A Narrow Escape. A narrow escv--
from a most painfnl scene Is reported from a
local newspaper riglce. The publication In
question has a new reporter, who Is enter
prising and willing, as most ronng bit are
when they first begin In "journalism," bt
who doesn't yet know as much as be pToba
bly will at n later period of bis career. n
came In with the report cf a p:iMie. meeting
the other day. In the course of which be had
stated that "the non. Mr. So and-so followed
the previous speaker with a few feeble re
marks upon the case under discussion." Tte
city editor remonstrated with tbe yonng man
and was not appeased when tfce reporter t Id.
him that the honorable gentleman In ques
tion had himself said when be first got upon
his legs that all he cenld contribute to the
debate would be a few feeble remarks. So
the editor took bis own pen and changed the
leporter's manuscript so that It rad tha
"the non. Mr. So-and-so then mde a few
trenchant remarks upon the case In point,
which be delivered In that eloquent and
scholarly way which Is characteristic of all
bis public utterances." and having arhleved
this feat with proficient ease, be sent fie re
porter back to bis desk. And early the rext
mon.lng tbe Hon. Mr. So-and so sent his of
flee boy around and bought fifty papers,
whereas If the reporter's original "copy" had
got to the composing room nnehallenged be
would probably have come np to the office la
person with a club. Button Jtntrnat
A Sckdat school teacher asked: "TThat
bird is large enough to carry off a man "
No one In the class knew, hot one little girl
ventured to suggest "a lark." And then she
explained : "Mamma ssld rapa wo-MrT
b??Tt ci?!! ???"?', r"i::-s rr'i ';f
fa a :ark."
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