VOL. 40.
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"'RH. BLACK, Surgeon Dentist, would Kay to you that he
has opened a Dental office in the rooms over the
poet office, in Huntingdon, where he is prepared to per
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DIPTHERIA, ULCERATED SORE THROAT, AND
SCARLET AND OTHER FEVERS.
Any of the above diseases may be cured by well rub
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ten Pills should be taken night and morning. The Oint
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the affected parts, but it must be well rubbed in fora con
siderable time two or three times a day, that it may be
taken into the system, whence it will remove any hidden
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eye. There again bread and water poultices, after the
rubbing in of the Ointment, will do great service. This is
the only sure treatment for females, cases of cancer
in the stomach, or where there may be a genera' bearing
down.
INDISCRETIONS OF YOUTH ;-SORES AND ULCERS
Blotches, as also swellings, can, with certainty, be radi
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taken night and morning, as recommended in the printed.
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and leave the patient a vigorous and healthy being.—
It will require time with the use of the Pills to insure a
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DROPSICAL SWELLINGS, PARALYSIS, AND STIFF
Although the above complaints differ widely in their
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Both the Ointment and PiUS should be used in the follow•
Bad legs, Cancers, !Sore Nipples,
Bat Breasts. Contracted & Stiff Sure throats,
Burns, Joints, Skin Diseases,
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Bite of MoschetoeslFistulas, Sore Heads,
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Chapped Hands, Rheumatism, (Yaws.
Chapped
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Eljt Lihtsts'
Once npon an evening bleary,
While 1 r tt ino dreamy, dreary,
In the F unshine thinking over
Thing. 4 that paFsed in days of yore
1 1-11› I nodded, nearly ,Ineping,
alrntiy came a sontething creeping
Up my hack like water seeping—
Seqing upward from the flour.
"Tig a eooling breeze," I muttfred,
"Prom the regiou3 'nraith the floor—
Only this and nothing more !"
Ali! distinctly I remcmber—
It was in that wet September,
When the earth and every member
Of creation that it bore,
Had for days and weeks been soaking
In the meanest, most provoking
Foggy rains that, without joking,
We had over seen before;
Eo I knew it must be very
Cold and damp beneath the floor—
Vcry cold beneath the floor !
So I sat me nearly napping
In the sunshine, stretching, gaping,
Craving water, but delighted
With the breeze from 'neath the door;
Till I found me waxing corder,
And the stretching growing bolder,
And myself a-feeling older
Older than I'd felt before;
Feeling that my joints were safer
Than they ware in days o!' ye:a--
Stiffer than they'd been before!
All along nly back th© creeping
Soon gave pace to rushing ; leaping,
Az if countless frozen (lemons
Had concluded to explore
All the cavities—"tho varmints !"
'Twixt me and my nether garments,
Up into my hair and downward
Through my bouts into the floor;
Then I found myself a-shaking,
Gently first, but more and more—
Every ntomn•rnt more and more !
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'Twas the "alter!" And it shook me
In toy elothe,,, and took the
Shaking to the kitchen—every
Place where there was warmth in store;
Shaking till the dishes clattered,
Shaking till the tea was splattered,
Shaking, and with all my warming,
Feeling colder than before;
Shaking till it had exhausted
All its powers to shake me more
Till it could not shake me more !
Then it rested till the morrow,
Then resumed, with all the horror
That it had the face to borrow,
Shaking, shaking, as before :
And from that day in September—
Day that I shall long remember—
It has made diurnal visits,
Shakin., shaking on so sore !
Shaking off my boots, and shaking
Me to bed, if nothing more—
Fully this, if nothing more!
And to-day the swallows flitting
Round my cottage saw mo sitting
Moodily within the sunshine
Just inside my silent door—
Waiting for the "alter," seeming
Like a mac forever dreaming ;
And the sunlight on me streaming
Throws no shadow on the floor - -
For I am too thin and sallow
To make shadows on the floor—
Nary bhadow any more!
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A DETECTIVE'S STORY.
One cold January night I was seated
cozily by my fireside enjoying a cup of
tea, which my wile knows so well how to
make, when a violent ring at the front
door bell disturbed the reverie in which I
was indulging.
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My visitor was a liandsotn3 young girl
of about eighteen years of age. She was
dressed with great taste, and evidently
belonged to the upper ranks of life. She
appeared somewhat embarrassed, as if she
was at a loss how to begin the conversa
tion.
"Have I the pleasure of speaking to
Mr. James Brampton ?" she said at last.
"That is my name," I replied.
"My name, sir," continued the young
girl, gaining courage, "is Eliza Milford."
"Milford," said I—"what, the daughter
of the gentleman who has lately so mys
teriously disappeared, with the account of
which the papers have been so full for the
past few days ?"
"The same, and it is on that very busi
ness I have come to consult you. You
are perhaps aware that a young man has
been arrested on a charge of having taken
his life."
"Yes; a Mr. Henry Waring, I believe."
"Yes, that is his name—that young man
is innocent."
"Indeed !"
"I will make a plain statement of the
facts of the case, and then I am sure you
will agree with me. My father's name, as
you are aware, is Mr. Herbert Milford.—
We live on the banks of the North River,
about twelve miles fewn New York. My
father wits devotedly attached to me, and
we lived as happily as possible together.
About a year ago I was introduced to the
son of a gentleman living in the neighbor
hood, and mutual love sprang up between
us. Henry Waring visited my father's
house every night. But suddenly our
dream of happiness was dissipated, and
that, i;oo, by an extraordinary circumstance.
Henry was early ono morning found in
the garden attached to our house, in a
half-senseless condition ; his clothes and
hands were covered with blood, and my
father had mysteriously disappeared.—
Every search was made for him, but with
out any avail, and Henry was arrested on
the charge of having murdered him and
concealed the body somewhere."
"That. was a strange conclusion to come
to." said I, interrupting her.
"Yes, but you have not heard all," she
replied. "My father's watch and purse
were found in Henry's pocket at the time
he was arrested."
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"How does Mr. Waring. account fur
that?" I asked.
"I don't know," replied Miss Milford,
"for I have not been permitted to see him.
He has been removed to the county jail,
and his case has not yet been investigated,
owing to the fact of my father's body
not having been discovered. But to sup
pose that Henry could be guilty of murder
and robbery is too preposterous to believe
for a moment "
"Such would certainly appear to be the
case," I returned; "but did not the place
where Mr. Waring was arrested reveal
anything ?"
"0 yes; a terrible struggle had evidently
taken place there. The flowers and roots
were torn up ; the shrubbery broken, the
ground in various places was covered with
blood and a knife was found which was
proven to have belonged to Henry, also
stained with the vital fluid."
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"Do I understand that your father im
posed no obstacle to your marriage with
him ?"
"None at all, sir; in fact, my father
loved him."
"How long ago is it since your father
was missing ?"
"This is the fourth day. My motive,
Mr. Bramptom, in applying to you, is to
free Mr. Henry Waring from the imputa
tion of a crime of which I am sere he is as
innocent as I am."
"It does indeed seem improbable that
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HUNTINGDON, PA,, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1876.
he committed the deed. '
must do is to ace Mr. Henry Wariirr., and
hear what explanation he tr. !five."
"Thank you, sir," said .?•11-.,
"When shall I come and ~ ,,;1 again ?"
"Are you staying in N,.•,-;
"Yes sir; lam stayitr— , :it • :toot."
"Very well, when I 11711:v •••:.:hing to
couintmlicate to you I will e
The next morning I start.,l ;,i• the town
of L., situated on the Huds ;liver Rail
road, in the prison of which M.. Waring
was confined. I had some lit: f difficulty
in obtaining permission to the prisoner,
but when I stated that I was a detective
officer an order was reluctantly given to
me.
The moment I entered his ee.l Mr. War
ing advanced to meet me. In a few words
I told him of Miss Milford's visit to me
and that I was working by her instrne
lions.
"I own the circumstantial evidence ap
pears to be very strong against me," he
replied, "and I am afraid my plain, un
varnished story will not do much toward
disproving it. But the following are the
simple facts of the case: On the in
question I visited at Milford's house ag
usual. I stayed there until eleven o'clock
and then took my leave. J was accustomed
to return home by the garleu at Uhl hack
of the house, as I saved in
distance by so doing. On the night I
refer to I was about a dozen v::r from
t.ho back gate when two ieee st . n.rted up
from behind some bushes anti seizA hold
of me. Before I had time to t7t•rend my
self one of them struck me a viol-nt, blow
on the head, which knct,Vl down
senseless. When I recover , Y as day
light and I must have been t ail night.
I found my hands and clothe: rc 3 with
blood, and my knife, which 1. carried for
self-defense, abstracted from tu:: ptu:ket.
I had scarcely risen to my fe , •!. I was
seized and accused of having murdered Mr.
Miltbrd."
"But how about the watch and purse ?"
"I assure you that no one was more sur
prised than myself when they were taken
from my pocket."
"How long a time had you p trted with
Mr. ;Milford when you were a: , sailed in
the garden ?"
"Mr. Milford usually retired at ten
o'clock, leaving Miss Milford and myself
up together."
After a little more conversation with
the prisoner I withdrew, not very well sat•
isfied with the result of my vLit. It is
true it served to confirm me in the opin
ion I had formed of Waring's innocence,
but I was no nearer discoverimf the truth
than before.
My next proceeding was to make a strict
examination of the premi..ws 1:,,c1y occu
pied by Mr. Milford, and 1 Tally the
spot where he had been ns , :::lcd. The
house afforded no clue, but garden con
vinced me that the disorder tlicro had been
made after the young man had been struck,
and that it was not occasioned h any real
struggle that had taken plan:., to in
duce the belief that such a struggle had
occurred. There was too 111.• re4ularity
in the uprooting of the riots,
and the shrubbery was broke 4 , system
atically not to set this point at rest to the
eye of the detective.
I discovered tint the most in ate search
had been made for Mr. MiW) , ,i's body,
but without any success. Ali. t• making
these investigations I returned to New
York, and really saw but little hope of be
in;: able to unravel the mystery.
Three weeks passed away and L had not
discovered one single link in the chain I
was seeking to find. One day Miss Mil
ford called on me again. In a few words
I told her that up to the present time my
researches had all been fruitles.. She look
ed disappointed.
"Have you heard," she said, "that my
uncle, Oliver Milford, is occupying Linden
Manor house ?
"Your Uncle occupying Linden Manor
house !" I exclaimed in a tone of great
surprise. _ .
';Yes, he appeared there two weeks ago
and claimed all my father's property by
virtue of a will which he exhibited, and
by which he was made sole heir to all my
father's estate."
"Are you sure that the will is a genuine
one ?" I asked, a ray of hope entering my
mind.
"There can be no doubt that it was sign
ed by my father," she replied.
"But who is this Uncle of yours ? I nev
er heard you mention him before."
"I had almost forgotten his existence,
for the fact is, my lather and he were not
on good terms together, and his name was
scarcely ever mentioned."
"Are you left nothing in this will ?"
"Nothing."
"Is it not very strange, Miss Milford,
that your father should have left your un
cle all this property ?"
"It is, indeed, very strange." replied the
young lady. "They have never spoken to
each other for years. Father could never
bear to hear the name of his brother Oli
ver mentioned, and whenever lie did speak
of him, which I have before said was sel
dom, he always spoke of him as a bad
hearted man."
"And yet you say the signature to the
will was in your father's liandwliting ?"
"Yes, sir, I am perfectly sat:-tied of it;
so much so that when some el •::y friends
advised me to contest the v:!lid:ty of the
will, being firmly convince.: tii:a my lath
er really did sign it, I refuso4 most posi
tively. I care nothing about my father's
wealth, and it is not to regain this that I
ask your assistance, sir ; my simple wish
is to obtain Henry Waring's release."
"has the will been proved ?" I asked.
"0 yes," she replied ; "my uncle has
taken full possession."
"And what have you been doing since ?"
I asked, more out of curiosity than any
thing else.
"I have obtained some music pupils, and
lam doing very well, as I bef;)re said. 1
have no concern about myself'."
"Have you any letter or document with
your father's signature attached to it ?"
"I have a number at home," she replied.
"By the by, I think I have a letter
of his with me now, written to me some
six years ago, when he was in Albany.
So saying she took from her reticule the
letter in question and handed it to me.
"Will you allow me to retain possession
of this?" I asked.
"Certainly," she replied, "but I can as
sure you that if you suppose the will to be
a forgery you are mistaken. The will is
undoubtedly genuine."
"Well, my dear young lady," I return
ed, "I do not doubt your word, but you
may be mistaken. At all events, I should
like to judge for myself."
I then bade her good morning, and ex
pressed a wish to see her again that day
week. When she had gone I immediately
pnt on my hat and coat and directed my
steps to the Recorder's office for the pur
pose of examining the will. Aided by the
index I found it readily,
to read every word of it.
At last I came to the signature. I took
from my pocket the letter Miss f:IillOrd
had given me, ibr the perpose of compar
ing the signatures. Therb c , aild ne
(huh whatever hut the signature ST:74gett •
nine ; the letters were round to be the
:ethic, and were evidently written by the
Same hand. Still there was a marked dif
ference betweentbe two. That attached to
the letter was bold and firm, while that at
tached to the will was weak and tremulous..
The will was witnessed by John Dorsey.
The fact of the difference in the signa
tures aroused my suspicions. A person's
signature rarely differa except when the
mind is influenced. But then again I re
flected that time might impair a person's
writing, and I compared the date of the
will with that of the letter. What was
my astonishment to find that they were
both dated on the same day, namely: Jan.
1, 1840. I next held up the document to
the light, for the purpose ofseeing if there
was a watermark on the paper. I figind
such was the case, and the "Connecticut
Mills, IS-13," could be made cut most
distinctly.
Here was a will purporting to have been
signed in New York on the first day of
January, 1840, by a man who was in Al
bany on that day, and on paper that was
made three years afterward. And yet
there could be no disputing the fact that
the signature was a genuine one. The
whole truth in a moment flashed on any
mind, and I immediately set about unrav
eling the web. I went to work with a good
heart, for I bad little doubt of success.
My first proceeding was to make inqui
ries as to the exact date of Mr. .Milfurd's
disappearance. I discovered that it was on
the 10th day of January, and that Oliver
Milford had conic to take possession of the
property on the 21st. I also made inqui
ries as to the past life of the heir to the
property, and ibund that in Boston, from .
which city he came, he bore a very disrep
utable character, and that no one would
trust him. I then returned to L., nod put
tin g up at a country tavern, I called the
landlord to one side.
thing 1
"Mr. Adams," said I, "do you know any
one of the name of Dorsey living in this
neighborhood ?"
"Yes, sir; there's a Mr, Jolin Don4ey
who lives over the river."
"What kiwi of a man is lie?" I asked.
"Ile is a very tall, strong man," he re•
plied.
"I mean what kind of a character does
he bear ?
"Well, I can't say much in his favor, s:i
I would rather not say anything."
"I suppose he is not very much likel by
his neighbors r'
"You may well say that. Ever since
be attacked poor Mr. Milford so savagely
nobody speaks to him."
"Ho attacked the late Mr. Milfuri. did
he?"
"Yes, sir; a most unprovoked assault.
It seems that Mr. Milfbrd offended this
wan in sonic way, and one day there was
a sale in town, and Mr. Milford and D.,r
sey kith bid for the same article. It was
knocked down to the former, and it was
alter the sale that the assault was com
mitted."
'Was Dorsey pra=ecuted for it ?"
"Yes; be was imprisoned for a year
and had to pay a heavy fine."
I learned all I waited to know and
changed the conversation.
I wade inquiries as to the exact spot
where the witness to the will lived. I
learned that it was over the river, on an
island, the whole of which he owned. I
procured a boat and rowed directly across
—the river was not broad. I then skirted
along the shore until I came to a landing
place. After I had proceeded a quarter
of a mile I reached a spot where the marks
of horses' feet were plainly to be traced on
the snow. It was evident that horses had
been embarked at this point on a boat or
raft, and had been conveyed to the other
side at the point from which I had started.
I made my boat fast and looked around
me. I found that the island was small,
and so thickly studded with trees that I
could see but little in advance of me.—
Taking, however, the horses' hoofs for
my guide, I came upon an old, dilapidated
stone building which had evidently been
built long anterior to the Revolution.—
It seemed to bo entirely unoccupied, for
the shutters were closed and thick grass
and weeds grew in profusion.
I walked all around the house, but could
not find a living soul visible, but I was
rewarded by a sight which made my blood
tingle in my veins, for it served to sub
stantiate my theory with respect to clear
ing up the mystery, and this sight was
nothing less than the impression of a club
foot many times repeated, near the front
entrance of the house, thus showing con
clusively that Mr. Oliver Milford was a
frequent visitor at Mr. Dorsey's.
I rang the bell, and receiving no answer
I opened the door, which was unfastened.
It was evident that Mr. Dorsey lived by
himself, for there was only one room fur
nished, and that but meagerly. The first
thing that I noticed was a candle and a
box of lueifer matches on the table in the
room. Although it was daylight I lighted
the candle and began to explore the house.
I first of all examined the upper portion
of it, but found nothing. I then examined
the groulpl floor, with the same success
I did not feel discouraged, fur [ felt almost
satisfied from the fact of tho en.ndle being
there that such would be the result.
I next proceeded to examine the cellar,
and had not descended half a dozen steps
before I heard a faint groan. I rushed
forward and entered a spacious vault. In
a corner of this damp, dark and dismal
dungeon, reclining on a heap of straw,
with manacles on his wrists and ankles, I
saw an old man whom I was satisfied was
Mr. Herbert Milford. I held the candle
over his head and saw that he was sleeping.
At that moment I heard the sound of
footsteps behind me, and turning round
saw that it was Mr. Oliver Milford ad
vancing toward me with all the ferocity of
a tiger. A terrible struggle ensued, but I
was the younger man of the two, and
finally succeeded in overpowering him,
and in fixing the manacles with which be
had loaded his poor brother on his wrists
and feet.
The poor old gentleman was conveyed
back to his residence, and was soon grati
fied with his daughter's presence. Young
Waring was immediately released from
confinement.
I may add that in a month or two Eliza
Milford and Henry Waring were married.
Oliver Milford died after four years con
finement in State's prison, where he had
been condemned for life. Dorsey escaped.
By some means he learned that his victim
had been discovered, and at once started
for New York. I need scarcely add that
it was Dorsey and Oliver Milford who had
made the attack on Waring, and placed
the watch and parse of their prisoner in
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with increasing light. and 11;0• ia
certain long. wintiiele innar
Beer and Madler to suggest that the,: week'
indicate vegitatiou, were vegetation possi
ble on the surface of the moon. But hav
ing accepted Bessel's conclusion that there
could be neither air nor water on the lunar
surface, and consequently no life. those
much-respected selenographers copula not
entertain the hypothesis of lunar vegeta
tion, however strong the evitlerire might
seem. Bat Bessel's opinion is incansii
tent not only with the conditi.4ns on which
he based his calculations, but also with
the results of more recent smile.. of the
state of the moon's service. So far from
being an aides.. waterless., unalterable
doert, a elem . :tele:es mass of dead matter
like so roach voleanie intern ie
now known to have• nn attnesphere of .:on
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abundant evidence physi. ac!i7ity
and change, and to iie‘•• in all pr itilicy
seater crlool:h to make eas•ly posotibie
on its surface. The moon is dying,. bet
very far front dead. };sin,; much stnalier
than the earth, it has run its course rapidly
lett is still a geed way off from that goal
of ultimate deadness to which so many
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of the popular view, anti "its truth would
be admitted by no meronomer who had
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to enable him to theroughly realize the
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positions may yet retain a sutheien,.y of
moisture to support vegetation of many
kinds; and that, in a very con.iderthie
portion of the entire surface of the moon.
the temperature would not vary sufficiently
to materially :.!Test tl:e existence of vege.
table life.
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The - S!3nderer.
All that is damnable in the black 4t
alogue of guilt, all that is corrupt in t h..
store-house of human iniquity, are treas
ured up in that base and cowardly being,
the malicious slanderer. The individual
who aims a pistol at our breast, or tells as
his sword shall smother Li vengeance in
our bosom, gives us at least the privilege
of defending ourselves against his atrocious
assaults; but he who, from the dark recess
of his perjured soul pours forth the Teem
of the asp to poison our reputation, who
can sport with our "good name" and Walt
at one fell stroke all that we hold moat
dear, deprives us of the power of acting
on the defensive. Such folks ought to
make a memorandum daily of everything
they themselves say and do, and criticise
it every Saturday night. This would keep
them so busy attending to their own affairs,
that they wouldn't have time to attend to
the affairs of others. Do one thing at a
time—that's the rule.
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permi:i her lan;hters to lemi Tive,
.lorneAtie inil intiolenee. thisiraz
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if..tation in her ;ismer of maternal ',v..
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arnunJ 0.4 youn:: nten and mosses perfectly
ag e less fur all the practical perri.r. .nf
life—unable to eope with sitsfor , ile.—
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remit of inclepen.lent thane:he ast.l actin,
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upon himee!f. tii think for himself. the
sooner wilt the germ. of true smeeloww.
begin to develop within his. It is an
kindness to 4:strolled his with .aeh
at
tention and rare that he will net be ensue
pilled to learn the lesPonfs of self reltanee
of patient indirstrf, per.i.tent hope
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