tr CAMBRIA FRtiLman
I jj o1I1' Wefklj at
ySBUItG, Cambria Co., Ta.,
f BY H. A. Mcl'IKE.
A-dvoi'tiHinpr llnteH.
The lare and rel!M r4retilat1ot! f the Oam
p. p.i a I'ltniii entumcadt It to the fT..rmol eoa
tideratlon of advertisers. wh"e favorf will b u
ertd at the followicc low rates :
1 Inch, X times ,
I " nrniilii
I S mr.mhi
1 " I year
1 " S moot h
" 1 year
S ' 6 months.
S " 1 year "
W eol'a months
) t months
U " lyear
I mootbs
1 " lyear
. 1 iu
. S.u
. S Su
. S t
, 6 OK
. i v
, 4tO
, 12. t
10.0
, 90.00
, M 0C
ranteed Circulation - 1,1 Jt.
SCBSCRIPTIO RTEt.
. one rear. cash in advance.
....II.
if not p'J within d mo- '
ifn.xoM wi'htndroos.f
I; . .. . if nr n d within year..
I .. , ...i.t., the county
75
- n.ron reidinir out"""" '""i
Administrator's and Exeeutor's Nottras v h.
L.. ...tirinnml oer 5eri "
Aodi'or's Notices. l oo
Stray and similar Notice l.so
Ruainr.t Items, first Inser'ion loo. per lti : each
subsequent Insertion frc. per line.
Rrtoiution or procrtdinc of any e yoi tfict
or aocxety, an4 rtxnmunirarioti Art 'igntd to mil aflm
firm to any mattrr of limited or tnltviduai mlfttt,
mtut ot paitjor u adrrrturmrntM.
JfB PBiKTiwa of all kind neatlv and eipedlU
oasly executed at lowest prices. iK.n't vna Isrget
It.
.tane. ,hove terms be de-
''1 n" "" ."hVd"!)'! consult their
:t-"b? 772 advance must not
'' , he 'fif on the ra- footinn as those
' this f u-t be distinctly understood
' '. time forward." .......
H. A. McPIKE, Editor and Publisher.
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, f,ir your rntper tierore you stop it, 11 i
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VOLUME XVI.
EBENSBURG, PA.. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1SS2.
NUMBER 3-2.
w
0
fjllilSSIOMRS' SALE
and
Unseateu
i
LANDS!
-.pTls-l' INEHS op f ' AM BUI A Cot-NTT
' -r puolic sale, at the Court House in
litiim day Ssptemtcr, 1882,
iwk. P. the f'lllowfnar nie- ep and
. m 11 1 ' 'n-o-i"l Ijanil, which wer
i ,: f an-! h;iFe been held
, ." tr f"it without redemption :
SEATED L.1XD.
Year
of
Purchase.
A HAM TWP.
. . J unit" li' -e .
ALT R'tHEMT TWP.
..NM,..!as N isle
. . I'.itri. 'rf y. IL.wley
..V. !.. .TohnJt.m
...I .r. an.l .T.is. Hutton.
..N'l-.'jvm Kamey ......
HA HF. TUT.
..s.rnu.'l Lamer
..U'l.,. .Mr-D.nnl.i
..1S73
...l-2
...1870
.17!
.178
PI.AfKI.I' K TWP.
...I T.eih l-)
. Hammond .V Williams 178
..'.!itl.;.iJ Kin. ....
. .r-it'vir1 r-e Kirly
..IHvtl liuwer
..P. 1". Li-'!it
..Hie.--.ha.ik t Hurns
...l.-cr.h Kemire
..!!.. Ti P. .Tor es ,
..M I'. KfliT
..('a'hsnne Karly ,
I A V RPT tivp.
..I' T. MM'mnev
. Vtr. S. Williams
...I nn ,1. Evan ,
..David T. James
( .nnifcL Twr.
..lurid Davis
( M UST TWP.
...T.ir-tlt Nazle
t'l. K A HFT KI.T TWP.
..I'm'"! t'1 'Jeorir Kraft. .
.is:
.H7
.1S74
.174
.lS7t
.174
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..1970
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..1X74
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..1174
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. ...1 'in Him van
...Win. vV.itkl.-is
... W in. rr
CKOVI.B TWP.
.. ..r.,-r.i.l'. KilriiT
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...i ;-. v Wrrr
. . . Wr.i. f'rina'.e et
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..1"2
. . 1 r'2
... -2
....1'"'4
1"H4
....1'S
ivq
l"7'l
1170
H72
172
. . T74
174
178
1878
1S78
1170
172
1872
....1"72
1S72
...fvrin U. H. : ,
.. .TMi'in.i' v 'le eft..
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...Win. It. H'lrlcr
. . Win. Ki-tv-.it
...At in-- litirlii
....li t.'i V. June?
...Jlli-i't.
...Ldriar l Wi.l-worth.
a Li n v. n Molt.
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174
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Clilloii,'h en 17"
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Paul lusl oiiit. ir
I ..Pies K-kles.
I.ol-r-t Prunii.m
A!n.-v; Y. y
Tho-n i lJ.ii.pr
1 .h.i v. '. h ri.-r
'A in. Klart.Tv
I K. J ii : i ha n
1 .I ilin c. K'.ler
..... Ki.hr: ' n Moivlvey . . . .
' '-ir W.-.ifner
I'cfi r 'l"'l'IT!!f
1'. r . Brown
J. 'HNIT'tVX TIOK.
':l-ol. 5c 'KilU way
1 1 .;irlr John-Ion ,
V i:i. A. Alr. rs
1 '"..I,. K llll'l ,
l Owen i;..,i.-r-
l Sj: K ;. ii fni ; n
' I'hii':. draper
1 T 1. n i- 'rrnan ....
1 W. Davis-
1 K'.-rrv Tr...-
1 I'll-, fry ,
i' olji-. A usrin
Jt FIST WAP.n.
1 '"o-.n.l title
1 1 ,t.p !!,.. ,'r,j
X-tov lEl WID WARD.
i:iu s M. Morgan
JOH- -'T-IWX rot'RTH WARD.
J '.err..- ThcKer
'' ' -1'M X SITTH WAPI.
T. si.er.-
1 C- nri..', Smith ,
XII I VII I E ROR.
' 'id-- Tori -v
I. D:vls
1 1 .; p J. Lewi-. ..........
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1870
in
. 1 12
. . 1 2
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...li4 1
...11-14 i
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...li-2
...l-2 1
...H74 (
.. 1178
...1178
...1578
... I1H4 i
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110 !
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1170
1176
....11--8
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1S.-.1
....1379
....1178
H76
1 2
1 2
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... 1-M
....118
1178
1874
....1872
1 182
184
,...l-.4
118
ISitt
l1
... I170
....1170
1170
170
1170
....1170
....li72
11T2
11-2
1172
1"72
1172
1174
...1S78
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1
to 'e At t 'o
M TKR TWP.
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1 P.01PK.T RiR,
I'av'd Williams..
Bll IILASD TWP.
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..l-i .
l'"i Iurman .
Ri'.ple.
""'lit. W-n.ie
'"- ini-.-l Noon
--T in- Hcr-'ibenrer. .
''li 11. "if.ll..".
ih-1 J. Smith . .
C. Ho',ir,L-er
' ini.i sriitt
Vxrr s M lrphy....
K. W. M .ore
"i unuel Horner
!ai-.k ! Miller
' 11 Loved
'th.i-i-e Nron
...Ian Dull
. 1 hen I .re .".lakin
...i..eph L.pe
.J. - ...ii .li lUer
I'a" n'ic I Krs,y
f'V V KI.IIII.L TWP.
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ho Kmz
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rei M." 'une
A. -in A Shiner
;. Km-
-L. Johnston
W m. K. irr
..'anies Burke
D.-ni-I Sherbine.jr..
- pi Burke
Ben. 1111111 N.on
..1184
. .I184
..184
.-H84
..H8
. . li8
. . 1 18
. 118
..118
. . ISOS.
..111
..1170
..1170
..1170
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A 1. Ax sniher Ii
0
.. 1170
..1170
. .H70
. H72
-.1172
..11-2
..1172
. H72
..1172
.1-74
..1W74
..1178
..1178
..1178
..1178
..1178
..1178
..1878
..1-.78
..1178
.1178
..1878
.. rue LiJJy
. .sar.h Pi uiiiuer....
A ' ri; llntfiies
" m. A. k "l!y
1 - i-te W. Plummer.
Wia. A. Skeily
H.i.iii.ih Wolf
Win. A Skeliy
..ln-l. It. F.vans est
. I "- Hun hes . . . .
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l itri- it Mecrossln
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le.-rire
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..ij
..John Moore lu-2
Christopher Decker 1R(W
..Andrew Kellv iS(V.
. Iewls p. Keith iM
...lohn Cunninitham is4
- U rn. Kairrlos ISM
uiMiias n. ,ioore ....ihaa
ihomns H. Moore..
Thomas K. Moore..
Joseph MelVinald..
Kvrne Snyder....
Wm. Piatt est
Wm. Piatt est
W'm. MePonald....
E. 1. Jones
1W
ISrJS
1'70
170
1S70
1S74
1X74
1878
TATLOR TWP.
.....fleorire I.lnsey ignj
-..Daniel Konirh .1SH4
.....Tames Rnlllv snt
.....W. W. Harris .".".'.".'.J ri
....Thomas Ulldebrand ii4
....David Tenter
....Samuel Smith is4
....Michael Karney i4
Isaac Jeffries
....James Smith !.!"""H70
....Anifllne Kerr.... 170
....Joseph (eorsre ...170
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1.
1.
so
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; r.uwnrn i-eiea iS7j
' -Sarah Koberts -1X7-2
si " nnrie .Micaaei..... ....
I Hurt Hoev
1 James H."Wilson.
1 1'atrick Stantnn
1S7-2
IS 72
174
. ..1874
1S74
. 1 S74
1 1-
1S7
1S78
1379
J Thomas Kinney .".
1.
1..
1.,
.innn 1 1 i em
.....Thomas Kinney..
John O'Neill
1.
fames H. Vil?on
1...
urtditet Scott
WASBI.IOTOJ TWP.
J .lacoh Naale est...
David Ralter
? John Mnriihv
1S2
1S1-2
1SS2
12
132
...ls.2
18
ISM
ls
1H8
1SS,
KW
1S70
1S70
1S70
1172
1 Wm. Bruce
Kev. C. M. Sheehan.
(Jeo. Alex. Bnchanan....
J Brldeet Brawley
J James Horns
J fJeonre Fenny
1 Mrs. Trotter
John Bnrffoon
R. K. Johnston
Edward Burke eft
1 James Burns
Kdwnrd Burke
.Tame" H. Diver ,,,,
l......Tohn Ramey
Kllen Rose McLaughlin
73
66
100
S7
1-20
60
1872
1172
r.lias Cruin IS72
1 John Miinhy 1S72
90
w m. H . Hiiirnes m--2
1 Mrlilo-et Hr-vllev
..1172
1 James Burns....
R M. Lemon's est..
Thoma-a Carroll est...
1 James Burns
lohn Brady
1 Daniel Heliel
J hn Knepper, jr.. .,
Ellas Ct-um
WHITE TWr.
John Edmlnston....
Wm. Holland
Samuel Holes
James K. Davis
leflreys Berdlne..
....Simon Noel
Wm. Ream
James K. Itavls. . .
Jos. Holirn
John H. rivell
Tacuson Kinney
Bi-njftinln Beefs.. ..
Lyonell Weld
Jsmes E. Davis
Alhert Millia-an
WILMORB BOR.
174
1174
1174
178
1878
178
1178
1878
1882
H8
li"8
1170
1870
1172
1174
1174
1174
1174
H78
178
H78
H78
1878
H78
1S78
1182
.......184
184
2-J5
50
213
S
V5
25
4o9
75
50
25
4i.c
1
60
8
70
17-5
4W
100
80
M
"it
15
lo
16
170
frl
170
6
154
90
90
10S
Hnrkln lift e?t
ieorc Dean
YOtlER TWP.
rjeorifo f irrts
John Diwn
John Banun
John 'royle
..114
.John Cnnn 11,8
liniel Kheam.
1170
1172
H72
1 172
117-2
I72
1872
1174
1874
Win. McLaughlin..
Anthony Snowden..
John KiiQsman
Henry K.asch
John Kurtz, jr
John M vers
Wm. "M lauihiiri"
Hiram Kecd
UNSEATED LAXB.
Jc't. Per't.
400
ll
10
2.
25
1M
50
10
Ytar of
frames.
Adnm Tirp.
Purchate.
Edward Brcneman 1S78
Blnrkliek Tu-p.
William Davis 1172
Duncan x Bralller 1172
Andrew Huff 1878
Cambria Tirp.
John Bovd 1181
lohn Bovd 170
Evan M. Davia 1172
Andrew Duff 1178
Wm. Burnhamer 1878
Carroll Tirp.
Daniel B.irr 1870
David Barr 170
Cnrf Tirp.
r.2
80..
"
i sun
i
1"0...
122...
18...
1X...
rrederlrk Molynoux H70
...Martin Meyer H7Q
l.-.a
4 "5
4"l
123
t8
4ri3
V.M
4-13
lorin Meyer 1170
James Hilth 1870
Oeorire SwcntI I8"2
Henry Philips 1872
John ketland (part ol) 1172
John A-hley 1872
Henry Philips 1174
1M....
10....
153...
IV'....
153....
John Ashley 1874 i
Clear fir Id 7Vp.
4.-.T
4-'.t
l-iO
101
428
H4
4:!0
4"0
1"4
1"8
ll
"0
Koliert Evans
tJeorue Richards....
Joseph Troxler
Tames Hoops
Samuel t 'alvln
....-Jesse H-ops
1888 !
1188 ,
1170
1H72 ,
I
1172 I
172
1174
n-4 ;
, 1178 I
1178 i
80
Mamuel Calvin
Tames Harris
80 I esse Ho.tps (part.
Tames Hoops
Ienn!s Conohan
Toseph Trexler, jr...
'royle Tvp.
Wm. Clark
18,'S
100
.....118
Samuel Thomas, 4 lots 1870
Gallitzin Tirp.
R. L. Johnston....
Martha Hannan..
Nicholas Bell......
S. C. Baker
Solomon Kauiey..
14
400
0
11
'200
SnO
5"0
81
118
1888
1170
1170
1172
1 1.72
Jackson Tirp.
.John MeAnnlty 1170
In mcs Stitt '. 1170
Philip Alwlno 1870
Samuel Davis 18T8
Richland Tirp.
Toseph Vlekroy
1-aac HrennanT.
83
75
177
4.0
230
443
148
loo
150
ISO
304
150
252
60
50
5")
200
138
433
4.'
30
871
174
45
W
118
371
2.50
45
loO
4
17t
623
4
1341
50
1'h)
.371
871
137
148
4o0
200
.1184
.1168
Wm. Nichols 13'
Summerhill Tvp.
0
W m. Smith
R- L. Johnston
131 Jacob tlouKhnour......
Susquehanna Tvp.
S. W. Flher
Morgan James
HVitPiinofon Tvp.
Henry Sharp
Beter Watt ,
M. Rvan.
Philip Collins
Simon Roop
Daniel Murry
Daniel Henry
Ten. c. K. Zahra
I'hillp West
...118
...1188
..1188
...1872
...1872
... 1188
....I188
....H70
....1172
....1172
...1872
...1172
....1178
....1879
White Tirp.
lohn Clnv
feorure Hill
' feoiije Peddle
Thomas Conley
Wm. Rush
Apple At Renter
John Ketland
John Servoss
Thomas Town
Wm. Ruth
James Clay
lohn Ketland
John Mver
(Traff Ji'Malone
Oenrire Draft
Henry Philips
Onitf A Malone
John 'lay ,
John Servoss
John My re
Wm. Rush
Wm. Ruth
13
1X1
153
73".'"
101
14
lRf.8
118
1181
1170
1870
1170
1870
1 170
1-0
1170
H72
H72
...... 1174
H72
H-2
1874
174
1878
117f
H78
1178
T3
81....
SO....
13..
73..
73..
Voder Tvp.
Oeortje 'lates 1178
Teorve Dates H78
W m. Werts H78
John Werti. 1878
The owners of the above pieces or trnets of land
desirtnir to redeem them, can do so by applying to
the C ommissioners at their orflee before the time
of the sale.
JOHN CAMPBELL,
.?.sveJ,?ve, --.
W. H. McMi'LlRX, Clerk.
Commissioner's Office, Ebensbunr, Ausr. T, 1882.
Staves, Heading and Lumber.
HIOHEST PKK E PAIU FOB ILL KIJDS OF
STAVES, IIF5xXIlVG8
AND LUMIJKH.
Also. New and Second-handed Barrels. Best of
references. Address C. J. D1LLESPIE, Tmquesna
Way. between Eighth and Ninth Streets, Pitts
burgh, Fa. 6-.-ra.J
1 1 ....
1
1
4
1 1
4
PLAIN
TRUTHS
The blood is the foundation of
life, it circulates through every part
of the body, and unless it is pure
nd rich, good health is impossible.
If disease has entered the system
the only sure and quick way to drire
it out is to purify and enrich the
blood.
These simple facts are well
known, and the highest medical
authorities agree that nothing but
iron will restore the blood to its
natural condition ; and also that
all the iron preparations hitherto
made blacken the teeth, cause head
ache, and are otherwise injurious.
Brown's Iron Bitters will thor
oughly and quickly assimilate with
the blood, purifying and strengthen
ing it, and thus drive disease from
any part of the system, and it will
not blacken the teeth, cause head
ache or constipation, and is posi
tively not injurious.
Saved his Child.
17 N. Eutaw St., Baltimore, Md.
Feb. ta, 1880.
Gents: Upon the recommenda
tion of a friend I tried Bkown's
Irov niTTBKS as a tonic and re
storative for my daughter, m-hom
I was thoroughly convinced was
wasting away with Consumption.
Having lost three daughters by the
terrible disease, under the care of
eminent physicians, I ws loth to
beiieve that anything could arrest
the proifress of the disease, but, to
my great surprise, before my daugh
ter had taken one bottle of Broww's
Ikon P.ittbrs, she began to mend
and now is quite restored to foscnea
health. A fifth daughter began to
show signs of Consumption, and
when the physician was consulted
he quickly said " Tonics were re
quired ;" and whea informed that
trie elder sister was takiig Brown's
Irois Bittrrs, responded "that is
a good tonic, take it."
Adoram Phslps.
Brown's Iron Bitters effectual
ly cures Dyspepsia, Indigestion and
Weakness, and renders the greatest
relief and benefit to persons suffering
from such wasting diseases as Con
luaption, Kidney CompUiuts, etc.
That territde "course, fever and ftifite, and its
convener, bilious retnit'ent, besides aflectlons of
the stomach, ilver and bowcMs, ptivlureil by mfat
niatlc air and wa'er. are both eradicated an1 pre
venteil by the use ol Hostetter's Stomach Bittxrs,
a purely veifutalile elixir. Indorsed by physicians,
and more extensively used as a remedy for the
above class of disorders, as well as for many others,
than any medicine of the aire.
For sale by all I ru ovists and Dealers generally.
HI
Is nw remedy, originally compounded
and 1 11 trod ucM to the inedlral imifession,
and then to the public t lare, by 8. H.
Hartman, M. 1). He has iresTitred it ti
over ,.ij imTi'-nr wrn rne rio-;t cnti
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John, and IVtpr, and Robert, and Taul,
God in his wisdom created them all.
John was a statesman, and Peter s slave,
Robert a preacher and raul was a knave.
Kvil or good, as the ease might be.
White or colored, or bond, or free
John, and Peter, and Robert, and Paul.
Ood in his wisdom created them all.
Out of earth's elements, mingled with flame,
Ont of life's compounds of glory and shame,
Fashioned and shaped by no will of their
own,
And helplessly into life's history thrown ;
Horn by the law that compels men to be,
Born to conditirns tbev conld not forsee,
John, and Peter, and Robert and Paul,
God in his wisdom created them all.
John was the head and heart of hi9 State,
Was trusted and honored, was noble and
(Treat.
Teter was made 'neath life's "burdens to
eroan,
And never once dreamed that his soul was
his own.
Robert great glory and honor received,
Forzealously preaching what no one believed;
While Paul, of the pleasures of sin took his
fill,
And give up his life to the service of HI.
It chanced that these men, in their passing
away
From earth and its conflicts, all died the
same day.
John was mourned throngh the length and
breadth of the land
Peter fell "neath the lash in a merciless hand,
Robert died with the praise of the Lord on
his tongue
While Paul was convicted of murder and
hung.
John, and Peter, and Robert, and Paul,
The purpose of life was fulfilled in them all.
Men said of the statesman, "ITow noble and
brave !"
But of Peter alas, "lie was only a slave."
Of Ronert, "'Tls well with his soul it Is
well ;"
While Panl thev consigned to the torments
of hell.
Born by one law thronp-h all nature the same,
What made them differ? and who was to
blame ?
John, and Peter, and Robert, aid Paul,
God in his wisdom created them all.
Out in that region of Infinite licht,
Where the soul of the black man Is pure as
the white
Out where the spirit, through sorrow made
wise,
Xo longer resorts to deception and lies
Out where the flesh can no longer control
Thfc freedom and faith of a God-given soul
Who shall determine what change may befall
John, and Peter, and Robert and Paul.
John may in wisdom and goodness'increase
Peter rejoice in an infinite peace
Robert may learn that the truths of the Lord
Are more in the spirit and less in the word
And PruI mav be blest with a holier birth!
Than the passions of man had allowed him
on earth.
John, and Peter, and Robert, and Paul.
Gad in his wisdom will care for them all.
"THF DET1L STOOD BEHIND."
A POLDTF.R'S REMINISCENCE OF A MARCH IN
A REMOTE PART OF IRELAND.
Several years ago It fell to my lot to be on
the march with a subaltern of my regiment
in Ireland. I was taking a detachment into
a remote part of the country, where, I be
lieve, some disturbances was apprehended,
and we had been started off at pretty short
notice. I have even now a lively recollection
of a long railway journey the dingy stations
we passed, the tedious stoppages, occasional
plashes of rain against the carriage windows,
and our final exit from the train In a dark,
draughty shed with a sloppy platrorm. From
here we had a good long march to halting
place, throngh a sad-colored waste, past hill
tides of black bog, hardly a fence worth call
ing one to be seen, now and then a tumble
down hovel by the roadside, and off and on
the rain pelting down in the sort of search
ing cold showers one gets in bleak parts of
Ireland In the Autumn time. The town
where we were to stay the night was no ex
ception to the general dinginess. After set
ting the men down into their billets, we
" prospected " the principal inn In the place,
got a couple of very middling bedrooms, and
made up our minds to make the best of the
situation. We had divested ourselves of our
wet uniform, entered our little sitting-room
with its welcome peat-piled fire, examined
some hideous sacred prints hung round the
walls among them I remember one of St.
Veronica displaying a large handkerchief
with the Saviour's face upon it and were
busy planning what to associate with whisky
and the jacketed potato, when a note was
brought in and handed to me, with a mes
sage that some one was waiting for an an
swer. It was addressed to The officer com
manding detachment, Regiment ;" but one
saw at a glance it was not an official comma.
nication, the envelope being a dainty white
one. and the handwriting almost unmistaka
bly that of a lady. It turned out to be a very
courteous Invitation from a Mr. and Mrs.
M , of Innishderry Hall (we will call It,)
who. having heard that some troops were
passing through Moynetown to-day, hoped
for the pleasure of the officers company at
dinner thatevening. This was really a time
ly as well as a hospitable offer ; so A , my
subaltern, and I at once agreed to accept It.
Fortunately, when evening came round,
and the rickety-looking car that was to jolt
us to our entertainer's clattered up to the inn
door, the weather had cleared a little. Well
do I remember the drive ; the cold, keen air ;
a pale half moon lighting up the sombre
landscape dark islands of bog alternating
with pools of shimmering water ; hill slopes
near but mysterious. As far as I can remem
ber, we entered the grounds of Innishderry
Ilall about a mile and a half from the town.
Already the country had begun to wear a
prettier aspect ; patches of wood appeared ;
and after passing the lodge gate we began to
descend a valley broken, rocky ground,
with lumps of spruce and larch on either
side till suddenly emerging from this, the
drive swept round a corner, and we were In
view of the sea. A few minutes moie and
we were looking down over a charming little
bay shut In by cliffs, with a boat high and
dry up the beach, and from this point till we
sighted the lights of the hor.se, copse, park,
and heather intermingled one with the other
to our left, while on the right great white
Hues of surf quivered and btoke in the moon
light. It was a beautiful scene as it presented it
self to us in the obscurity of the night-time.
Tossibly by day some of Its enchantment
might have been missing, but we did not see
it In daylight. Such as It was, it probably
Impressed me and stamped itself in my mem
ory, more on account of the subsequent in
cidents which ensued than anything else.
The house, as we drew up to it, seemed a
large and handsome one. It had a great
many windows, a steep-pitched roof, and
was partly Ivy-clad. Two long ranges of out
buildings were attached to it, one on either
end, and from that nearest us as we ap
proached ran out an'old wall matted with
ivy-stems and forming an enclosure screen
ed by a row of thorn trees, behind which one
could Just make out the ruined gable-en J of
a small building. Our driver, who had been
most uncommuaicative all the way out as to
our host and hostess, condescended to tell us
this was a very ancient chapel, which some
ancestor of the family had pulled down and
dismantled, "bad luck to him !"
The fine entrance-hall I can recall it now
warmed by an ample stove and well light
ed up, with a few dressed skins lying about,
and a huge ebony cabinet over against the
door, made a cheery contrast to the outside
car and surroundings we bad Just left.
Round the walls were grouped a splendid
pair of stag's horns, a fox's head and brush,
a stuffed seal, and other trophies of a sport
ing life ; and a black buffalo's massive front
let surmounting a sheaf of assegais, suggest
ed at once what we afterward learned to be
the case, that our host had been In South Af
rica ; " wonder what sort of people they
are. Major?" were A 's words to me,
offo voce, as he gave his sleeves a final jerk
and glanced down critlca'Iy at his boots,
while we followed the butler to the drawing
room. A moment more we were face to face
with our new acquaintances.
I do not recollect anything very notewor
thy about our host, ne was atall and rather
handsome man, but of somewhat faded as
pectquiet and genial in his manner. " I
am an old soldier myself," was his greeting
to us, "and I never like any one in the ser
vice to pass our place on duty without our
finding him out." But our hostess ! As I
shook hands with her she at once engrossed
myjattentlon. I am at a loss now. as I was
then, to define the nature or cause of the
peculiar interest she seemed at once to excite
in me. Certainly she was a remarkably
handsome woman, but my observation of her
at the moment of Introduction was quickly
diverted by the strange demeanor of A .
I had turned round and was in the act of
presenting him when he suddenly started,
stopped, and. without attempting a saluta
tion or advance of any kind, stared at her.
For the instant the situstlon was embarrass
ing. Was the man going to faint, or was he
off his head, or what ? There he stood, ( tock
still, facing Mrs. M , till In a severe tone
I said, "A , this is our hostess." Mrs.
M . allow me to Introduce Mr. A ."
This appeared to rouse him a little, for he
made a sort of backward movement which
might do duty for a bow, though a very poor
apology for it, and said : "1 I I beg your
pardon," retiring immediately Into the back
ground. If this was bashfulness, It was a
curious form of it, I thought, and certainly
new in my knowledge of A . This little
Incident over, I had leisure to look round the
room. There appeared to be about a dozen
people in all. Mr. M introduced me to
a relation of his. a Baronet, whose name I
forget ; to a parson, who assured me In fli
bernian accents that troops had been down
here " repeaftcrfly ;" and to a niece, whom I
was to take in to dinner, I caught a momen
tary glimpse of A , and saw to my sur
prise that he was furtively but Intently
watching the lady of the house from an ob
scure corner. I was quietly slipping up to
him to ask what it all meant when dinner
was announced.
At the dinner table I found myself on the
left of our hostess, the baronet opposite me.
A was placed some distance down on
the other side, so that I could keep an eye on
him, which I soon began thinking 1 must do.
I had now an opportunity of noting more
particularly Mrs. M s personal appear
ance Jfler age I should judge to be some
where about eight and twenty or thirty, con
siderably under her husband's. Iler figure
was faultless ; neck and arms of that name
less tint one has so often seen so imperfectly
decribed In novels as creamy white ; a coro
na of hair of that deep auburn red which
sets off a fair woman and a face of singular
beauty, of which you forget everything but
the eyes the moment j ou looked into them.
Such eyes they were ! Their particular size,
shape, this or that color would never occur
to oue ; It was their strange, almost weird
look when turned upon yon that one felt. It
was though 'they divined what you were
thinking of, and could answer your thoughts.
Yet it was not a satisfactory nor a restful
face. lean recall certain half-disagreeable
sensations I experienced as her eyes occa
sionally rested on mine while we talked and
once in a while a flash as of something al
most malevolent seemed to pass out of them.
One Incident I recollect We were discus
sing pictures, and Mrs. M , pointing to
some fine family portraits hung around the
dining room, said : "My husband and I are
distant cousins. Major P , so that you.
see we are mutually represented here, and
yonder Is the lady of by-gone days and sup
posed to be very wicked, and to be like me.'
I looked up and sure enough there gazed
a face from the canvass strikingly like the
speaker's so like, except for the quaint cos
tume the portrait might have been taken for
her own. It was a finer specimen than usu
al of the formal yet fascinating style that oui
great-great-grandmothera have been depict
ed for us a stately attitude regular but im
mobilefeatures.and exuberant charms sump
tuously if somewhat scantily draped. The
lady's figure, it chanced, was turned toward
our end of the table ; she held a fan in her
hand ; the lips had a disdainful, almost deris
ive, smile ; and the eyes, which In such pic
tures, usually appear to be contemplating the
spectator and to follow him about, seem di
rected on our hostess. "There is certainly
a likeness," I said, "but the lady on the wall
is entitled, I feel sure, to the entire monopo
ly of the wickedness." Mrs. M laughed
and winged a glance at me, and the smile of
the eyes were those of the portrait
Another circumstance I remember discov
ering in looking around the table, which,
bad I been superstitious, might not have ad
ded to my comfort We were sitting thir
teen. Mrs. M must have noticed me
counting the numbers, for she made some
remark as if Id reply to my thought "5o sor
ry we were disappointed of one of our num
ber at the last moment"
Meanwhile A was again attracting my
attention for his extraordinary behavior. Ilis
partner, a pretty looking, lively girl, was do
ing her best to make herself agreeable, and
he was answering her in an intermittant
fashion ; but I could see he was eating very
little, and crumbling his bread in a nervous,
preoccupied manner, while every now and
then his eyes wandered to Mrs. M , with
a curious fixed 6tare, which was positively
ill-mannered and unaccountable. Instinct
ively I turned to the same quarter to see the
object of this persistent scrutiny, but In vain.
There indeed was a beautiful woman, dress
ed to perfection, and with those wonderful
eyes ; but what right had he to gape at ber
like that ? I began to wonder if she or any
other of the guests would observe A 'a
rudeness. I tried to catch his eye, but with
out success. In a little while I lapsed into
comparative silence, and set myself to watch
A s movements more narrowly, as well
as I could, across the table. After a time it
seemed to me that the direction of his gare
must be at Mrs. M 's head, or a little
above it, but there was nothing I could see
to account for this. To be sure she wore,
fastened into the thick top coil of her hair, a
jeweled pin of some kind which seemed to
spatkle at times with intense billliancy ; but
still, why this repeated and offensive con
templation at her own table of a maried wo
man, on whom, so far as I know, neither
A nor I had ever set eyes before ?
Could these two have been known to each
other In some by-gone love affair, or bad the
man gone out of his wits, or had he taken
too much drink ?
Uow this memorable dinner struggled on
to a conclusion I hardly remember. The
more fidgety I got the more irresistably was
i arawn to watch A . His face wore a
pale, scared aspect quite foreign to him, for
he was ordinarily a cheery, common sense
fellow, not easily disturbed. At length it
seemed that our hostess became aware of
the intent observation she was liein? subjec
ted to, and before the ladles had rose from
the dinner table, her handsome face had
grown very white, there was a visible trem
bling movement in her hand, and her eyes
took an uneasy expression not often there.
As soon as we men were left alone, and
almost before we could reseat ourselves A
turned to our host and in an odd muffled tone
announced that he was unwell, and begged
permisson to take his departure. Mr M
glanced at me with a puzzled air "he was so
very sorry. Could he do- anything ? And,
of course the carriage was entirely at A s
service." By this time it was evident that
something was really amiss with A , so
I made a sort of excuse that I feared he had
a hard day's march and got soaked, sent out
sincere apologies to Mr. M , and rejec
ting the kind offer of the carriage, we fouud
ourselves out in the moonlight. The moon
was well up, and as we passed the old ruin
ous;chapl you could see, through a little win
dow In the gaile, the wall beyond half lit up,
and dappled over with long shadows by the
trees alongside. We walked for a long time
In silence, I contemplating what to say
whether to be stern or sympathetic, but de
cidedly inclining to the former. Indeed,
whether he were well or III. the extraordi
nary gestures and demeanor of A that
evening were unbecoming in the extreme,
and, taking place, as they did, In the pres-
ence of his senior officer, could not be nass
ed over. " Mr. A ," at length Iihegan, in
an 'official tone, "I must ask what is the
meaning." He had been hurrying on with j
his face averted from me ; but now, as I
spoke, he suddenly stopped, turned round, ,
and, grasping my arm, broke in with, So
help me God, Major, the devil stood behind !
her I" "The devil stood behind her !" tl '
said, in utter amazement ; " what on earth '
do you mean ?" I mean what I say ; the !
devil was standing behind her all the time."
nis voice fell almost to a whisper, end he
looked back toward the house, which was
still in sight. I could have no doubt who he
meant by her, but I was so taken aback that
what to go on saying to the man I knew not
It was obvious he was under some strange
mental del u3ion. We walked on. Presently
he spoke again, as if to himself " Behind
her oy the mantle-piece " " behind her
chair"" that fearful thing's face"" those
fiendish eyes, my God 1"
As I said before, I am not superstitious,
but it was neither qaite comfortable nor can
ny hearing these queer exclamations under
the peculiar circumstances in a moonlight
walk, dark, umbrageous thickets one side
of us, on the other black, cavernous cliffs
and the melancholy murmuring sea.
As far as my memory serves, we were still
a little way from the lodge gate, when A
stopped again an instant, and said : " Lis
ten ! what's that?" I could hear nothing,
but in a few seconds came the distant clatter
of a galloping horse along the drive. "Some
thing has happened to her," whispered A ,
laying a chill hand on mine. " Anything the
mattel?" I shouted to the groom who pass
ed us on the horse. The man called out
something which we were unable to catch,
and galloped on. We could seb him pull up
at the gate, and a woman come out to open
it ; but by the time we reached her. horse
and rider were out of sight She was stand
ing staring down the road after them, and I
asked her if anything was wrong. "Jesu
save us. Sur !" she exclaimed, crossing her
self, "the man says meelady is dead she
has taken her life I" "Dead I taken her
life !" was my ejaculation. ' Why, we've
only just left the house." 'Here was indeed
a climax to my bewilderment ! But what an
announcement ! I was utterly unable to re
alize it it seemed so monstrous. My first
impulse was to run back at once to the hall
and see if we could be of any use ; but on
second thoughts it seemed better not Then,
as we hurried out of the park through the
tall massive gateway, I heard my companion
mutter, evidently still possessed with his
hallucinations " Did she see it, loo?"
About half-way to Moynetown we met our
car coming out to fetch us, and mounted it.
"I seen M s man ridin' by jist now like
srnoKe," was the remark of our whilom taci
turn jarvle; "there's somethin' up,I belve.
They tells quare tales of that house, an' the
ould chapel, an the lights seen about it o'
nights, an the sthrange noises paeple bears
thereabout Ocb, thin, shure an' there's bad
luck in that house, Sur !" I was too stupe
fied to stop the fellow's gabble till his words
were out and they have often recurred to
my mind since. When we got back to our
Inn, the ill news was already in the air. I
sent for the landlord, inquired for the prin
cipal medical man in the town, and dispatch
ed an urgent message to him Intimating what
we had heard, and begging him to go out to
the Hall immediately. Word was brought
back that the doctor had already been sent
for, and gone. This done, I felt I hardly
dared ask further questions of any one lust
then. Yet the whole thing seemed like a
horrid dream, hardly credible. We two snt
up late into the night in the little Inn parlor
I absorbed In the occurrence of this event
ful evening, and In painful anticipation of
hearing more ; A speaking not a word,
but glowering into the fire.
Next morning we were to make an early
Hart Before the fall-In bugle sounded the
little bustling landlady had communicated to
us all sorts of rumors concerning the terrible
event that had taken place the night before.
Clearly the tragic story was all over the town
by this time, but the only coherent upshot of
" . . a AW A A 1 :
the matter we couia exirnci was iu me
noor ladv down at the Hall had gone up to meaa, and Intends to retire to his nian-
. . , i;.ia1v ftr dinner and s,on whenever another Insurrection is tmtni-
her bedroom immediately after dinner and ne?it Jt ,g (p o
then and there taken poison that they ronnd co he did not have a dollar, and got his start
her stretched on the floor quite dead, the j In business fiom his father in law. Corrcs
face turned to one aide, as If averted from p?nine of th St. Zouis JlcpubHrxn.
something and with an awfully feaisome
look upon it.
It may be imagined I was anything but
sorry when I and my men mounted the stee p
hill overlooking Moynetown, on the road to
oui next billets, with our backs turned upon
the scene of this ghastly and mysterious
business.
I never beard of the M family again,
nor did I ever revisit Moynetown. I believe
there was an inquest, and a verdict of tem
porary insanity. A few months af terward I
chanced to see something In a local newspa
per about Innishderry Hall being to-let ;nd
' that dreadful affair down the County "
was talked for a while in Dublin in a certain
circle of society. As for A , he, too,
passed out of my observation very soon after,
a? he applied for leave, and got an exchange.
Tie never told me more than what I have told
the reader, and never again spoke to me on
the subject.
1 suppose some would maintain that A
was gifted with what in Scotland is called
" second sight." Be that as It may, the roys-
teiy of how or why " the devil stood behind"
that singularly beautiful and fascinating
woman an acquaintance of an evening only
will, I suspect, never be cleared up. ISlack
xcood't HaQazint.
KIDDY UIRLS.
A COMPANION OF FOOLS FHH.I, PERISH A
SOLEMN WARNING AGAINST FLIRTATION.
The following article, on an everyday sub
ject, appeared in a recent number of the
Philadelphia Press. It is so full of unvarn
ished truth and so pregnant with food for
thought for indulgent mothers and fathers,
that we give it a place in our columns with
the hope that some good mav come to some
one from its reading :
Friday night, a week ago, Cora Lent did
come hometo her father's house in Peeks-
kill. He was a shop-keeper and auctioneer.
with a store lull oi onus ana ends ana a
good deal of gossip. She was a girl whose
skirts were still short and whose braids were
still long. Pretty, slender, quick-stepping,
a child not yet sixteen she banged her hair
over her forehead, wore her pretty colored
I overskirt bunched up, woman fashion, and
was just beginning to know a young tellow
here and there in the little viilaoe and come
honie at nicht as she pleased. i
"She had no company,' " said her mother
the next day, when Cora's late houre had
lasted all through the night, and the fore
noon had brought from a neighbor word that
she had slipped out of tne backgate in the
afternoon and from the ticket agent the story
of a New York ticket sold to her. Girl's of
Cora's age ar never considered to have !
"company " until some one man ha given
the poor jiirl a monopoly f attention and its
evil heritage of gossip. The moving tide of
admirers, whom the streets hold and who
join tee girl as she leaves her father's home
and drop her as she nenrs it, are never rated
as " company," though from among them
come the companions of death and shame.
In Cora's case, wIhi she sat for an hour on
a box at the shop-door swinging her feet as
she talked and gigh-d with a young corpo
ral from the State camp at Peekskill, neither
father, mother nor sister checked the grow
ing intimacy or gave it thought. The fact
that it was some friend of Cora's who was
no friend or acquaintance of theirs, challeng
ed no suspicion. With American girl of six
teen, not carefully nuitured, such ac luaint
ance is never questioned. A young girl will
know a street directory full of voting men
before her mother interferes. The young
corporal's regiment'lett Friday. Sodid Cora,
with the starched Swiss muslin in which she
looked prettiest done up in a little bundle.
Last Thursday, with a bloodless face and
a hard line or two drawn about her thin lips,
Cora came back. She was tired and raven
ously hungry. For nearly a week she had
been ill-fed and shut into a room on the great
East Side of New York, visited not by one
but three men. Iler appetite for the lioun
tiful meals of her father's home had suffered,
but she had no manner of objection to the
rest of the episode. Her acquaintance with
her lover began after an easy fashion, anil
after the same fashion continued. The voung
girl did not wreck life and character and all
in one mad passion, that found her a child
and left her a woman. She had taken no
deliberate plunge into debasement, iiked
and wearied by the slow tedium of the vil
lage lite. She had gone to a house of lust
and slept in the cbamter of pollution as if it
all were a picnic. Her going had made its
column in the papers ; her friends had set
the police in motion and the friend whom
she had made in a day, and who had com
pleted her ruin in a week, sent her home
worn, tired, sleepy, not repentant, but in
the wan and silent mood ot a child whose
outing is cut short and who begs for a little
more of it, as Cora longed to return to her
lover and his friends.
Once home, pursuit quieted. Her mother
put hei daughter to bed and lay down on the
outside of the bed herself for a night of
beart-broken watching. Her daughter had
wandered, not in lust nor in love, but in
sheer giggling folly. So girls were doing
last nieht in Chestnut street. So they will
to-night on scores of streets where they stroll
in pairs, some utterly bad. some fast be
coming so, all walking in a common track of
evil ; not yet astray, with heads too light to
know that they are on the edge of the pit,
walk about as unconscious of evil as they
are of seemly behavior of yonng women.
For this is the growing, blighting evil of
American life in the tens of thousands of
families, whose daughters are open to the
dangers of leisure, but enjoy none of its pro-
per safeguards, not that Just has com in
like a flood of wickedness like a sea; but
that utter carelessness on the graver con
cerns of life leads young women from one
wild risk to another until wreck comes not
from full passion but in the emptiness of life
and head and heart. At every evening walk
they take their lives iu their hand and risk
their fortune on every " picked up " ac
quaintance. It is sheer idleness to talk to
them : but it may be that amonc the mothers
who should watch and do not there may be
some warned by Jennie Cramer and Cora
Lent
Strttck it Rich. From Jsuevo Laredo
on the Rio Grande to the Solado river the ride
is devoid of intere-it, and during it the best
thing to do is to recline comfortably In one
of the airy coaches and sleep. Sout hwt-st of
the Solado a table land some 3,fM) feet high
may be seen. The sides art rocky and al
most perpendicular, the top level and cover
ed here and there with forests of timber.
The table land, or mesa.as it is styled by the
Mexicans, has a surface area of 4o0,fJO0
acres. It is owned by Patricia Milmo, an
Irishman married In a Mexican family, the
wealthiest man in Mexico, worth, I am in
formed, something more than f lO.ooo.ono.
Miiroo's mesa has a reputation all over the
country. A part of it is cultivated for corn,
grapes, sugar-cane and maguey. Milmo's
residence is on Its summit a" handsome
stone structure, very larcn and ornamented
by cornices and pillars imported from Fiance
and the United Stat-s. The interior is like
a palace, and so rich with gold and silver
and precious stone that the eve is dazzled
with their splendor. Mllmo is the president
or me i.unK oi --Mexico, an Institution with
powers and privileges in'this country as Kreat
as are the Bank of England's in Britain
His father-in-law, Santiago Vidarri, was ex
ecuted for supplying money to revolution
ists, and he himself narrowly escaped a simi
lar death, though he was connected in a
monetary sense with the opposing forces.
Since then brigands have captured him sev
eral times and compelled him to pay from
$10,000 to $2.5.000 ransom. These adven
tures taught him precaution, and he has
tttrned the mesa Into a sort of citadel, access
ible by only a narrow path, obstructed by an
iron gate of enormous proportions. He has
dlst lieries and several factories. In which
goods are manufactured for bis own use, on
THE SEUER ARITHMETIC.
Jones sells his farm for t,0o0 and lcves
the money in mining stock paying a dlvlder.d
of sixteen per cent How long will it take
the company to absorb his capl'-al and leave
him as flat as a pancake ?
A young man wafers fifty cents that he
can put a billiard ball into his mouth, and be
wins the bet. A surgeon charges him f 7 for
four hours' wt.ik in removing it What waa
the exact gain in being smart ?
The average fisherman gets four nibbles to
one bite, and three bites to a fish, and half
his fish are not worth carrying home. At
this rate how long will it take a fisherman to
exhaust the surply of sheep-heaCs and dm
, fish.
A man pays fifty centsextrato take laugh
ing gas while having a tooth ru!l"d. The
dentist could have pulled mx as well as one.
and without any further cost. How much
did the patient lose by being so stingy of his
molars ?
A member of the Common Council prm-
j ises the appointment of public weigher to
! seven men ; that of City Hall Janitor to eight
j others ; that of wood inspector to six more,
i now many promises did he make in all, and
how many men thirst for his blood ?
A tramo hires out to a farmer for fourteen
dollars per month. He gets a boss d;nnc
works an hour and t-kips. Counting the din
ner worth thirty cents how how much did he
make ? Counting the three b:tes lie pot
from the farmer's dog at twenty-five cents
each how much did he lose ?
A drngeit mixes two ounces of water and
three cents' worth of powder together and
charges fifty-six cents for the prescription.
Estimating the water at eighty cents and his
time at twenty, how much does he lose? It'
j curious, but druggists me money Just that
;
way.
A servant girl works In a certain family
for three weeks at per week. She breaks
four goblets at twenty-eight cents each, three
tea cups valued at twenty cents apiece,
throws $1.20 worth of bread and biscuit Into
the alley, and gets away with balf a pet of
knives and forks costing $3. Uow much Is
the family out of pocket I
A boy buys a harvest apple for a cent He
gives a boy a taste for a kite worth four
cents ; another boy a small bite for a marble
worth a penny ; a third boy a big bite for a
jacknife worth six cents, and then has
enough left to get up a case of colic worth
$7. How much does he make by the specu
lation ?
The friends of a certain man chip in four
cents apiece and purchase a sponge to pre
sent him on his birthday as emblematical of
his daily life. The certain man lets himself
loose on the donors and damages each one's
head to the amount of $3.47. How much is
each donor out of pocket ?
A Wisconsin school teacher had nineteen
scholars and she figured up at the end of
three months that she had bestowed 12S lick
ings on the school. Allowing that one boy
received seventeen of them, and that three
of the girls escaped entirely, how many lick
ings did each of the others receive ?
Two men who regard their sacred honor as
at stake go out to field, a duel. One shcats
a calf in a field and the other pops a farmer
sitting on a fence, and they shake hands and
declare their sacred honors freed from all
stains. How much sacred honor does it take
to fill a flour-sack, and how long would it
take one grasshopper to eat the whole busi
ness up?
A citizen who thinks it would be nice to
I have fresh eggs every day buys thirteen
fowls at sixty cents each: lumber to the
amount of f 12 ; hires a man for f 5 to build a
park and in three months pays out $4 .20 for
feed. In the twelve weeks he gets four doz
en eggs and loses five hens by death and
mysterious disappearance. How much have
his eggs cost him per dozen ?
The candy eaten by a school-girl costs just
as much as her school-books ; the pea-nuts
she devours cost more than her singing les
sons ; her ice cream costs more than hr
French, and the gas and fuel she consumes
while sparking foot up twice the cost of
learning her to paint landscapes on old jugs
and pitchers. Therefore, how many daugh
ters must a man have to be rich ?
An alderman pays a reporter $5 to writ
hi in a speech favoring the erection of a new
school house, but after delivering eleven
cents' worth of the oration he is informed
that there is no question before the meeting,
and he falls back and breaks a pair of sus
penders worth thirty-five cents. How much
is the fx 'at man out of pocket ?
A father pays $00 to educate his daughter
in music; $r.O to enable her to say ''pood
day " In French ; $100 to give her lessons in
painting ; $25 to learn her to dance. She
J then marries a man who is working on a sal
ary or fl4 per weeK. How much will Bhe
save by doing ber own kitchen woik for five
years: estimating a girl's salary at $2.50 per
week "Detroit J-Yee Prt'S.
. A Consumptive's Fight for Lite. A.
n. Barnes, of Reno, Nevada, fights off con
sumption by wearing a silver tnbe which
passes between the ribs Into the lungs. In
119 Barnes, then living in Sycamore, De
Kalb county, Illinois, was declared an lncu
rable consumptive. The lung was tapped
and he recovered. In lcV.3 he was again
taken down by the disease, when he once
more resorted to the tube and has worn It
constantly ever since. There is a daily dis
charge of matter. Mr. Barnes is a man of
very regular and temperate habits, docs not
use tobacco In any form nor stimulants of any
kind, hardl5-;ever uses ar.y medicine, except
ing sometimes a little iron for the blood ,
Is always feeling well when the hole in his
side is open, sometimes feeling a heaviness
there, but has got used to that This case
Is certainly worthy the attention of medical
men. It seems to give a man a new lease ot
life even when apparently as good as dead.
When Mr. Barnes conceived the idea of
tapping his luDg all the phj-sicians but one
sconted it as a thing that would prove fatal.
However, he persuaded Dr. Woodman to
! pprform the operation. In lwvi Mr. Barnes
was in Honey Lake valley, and was on the
brink of the grave. Now, again, the resi
dent physicians were opposed to the Idea of
an incision, and after repeated appeals for
an operation, which was refused, Mr. Barnes
borrowed a lanoa and cut open his side him
self. He then inserted a catcher, and draw
ing off nearly a quart of matter Immediate
relief was found. The cough and expecto
ration stopped almost instantly, and Mr.
Barnes was soon upon his feet again. Thus
he has prolonged his life over thirty years.
The doctors should Dot be abused for be
ing too professional to advertise. The un
dertaker advertise for both, and it la gener
ally understood that way.