VOL. 42.
New Advertisements.
STRAWBRIDGE & CLOTHIER
Desire to keep before the people the great advantages which they are
able to offer to purchasers of every description of Dry Goods.
DIRECT IMPORTATIONS
EXCLUSIVELY CASH PURCHASES
Enables us to secure all our supplies at the lowest possible rates, and it is safe to say at least
25 per cent, lower than any house whose business is transacted on the credit system. A large
business aed moderate expenses permit very small profits, and having all these advantages,
there can be no doubt that we distribute goods to consumers at much lower prices than are
usual, and at least as low as the same goods are sold at wholesale.
It is impossible to name but a few items out of our immense stock, but samples of every de
scription of goods cheerfully forwarded on application by mail.
SPRING STTITING-S,
12i CENTS.
POPLIN LUSTRES, 124- Cts
SPRINGrcASHMERES,
Eli monAißs, 18 CtS.
Manchester and Pacific Fancy Mohairs, 20 Cts.
STYLISH NOVELTY STJITINGS, 25c
STRIPED ALL-WOOL BEIGE, at 22 Cents, worth 37? . ; Cents.
MOHAIR BEIGE, 20 Cts.
GAINSBORO' MOHAIR GLACES, 25 Cts.
41 - OH.JIIR MIXTURES, 31 Cents.
The two last named lots are 25 per cent. lower than same qualities have ever before been sold at.
48-inch Camel's Hair, 62 1-2 Cts.
Plain All-wool Deßeges, 25 Cents.
Plain All-wool Deßeges, best quality, 35 Cents.
aISIIMERE BEIGES, 24, 86, 46, 48 Inches Wide.
And in all qualities.
Cashmere Beige Neigeuse, All Silk and Wool, 37-? k Cents.
Beautiful Silk-Mixed Novelties,
At 50, 56, 60, 62k, 75 cts. and upwards.
BUNTINGS IN ALL COLORS,
And in every width.
LACE BUNTINGS.
The most complete line of shades and styles to be found in Pbiladelpbia.
Consumers all over the country are invited to share the advantages
of our system of doing business, which the Mail Order Department now
renders so easy.
STRAWBRIDGE & CLOTHIER,
N. VT. COR. EIGHTH. AND MARKET STREETS,
PHILADELPHIA.
f,Ldvange Sprinp;
JUST B EG-U N .
Before the regular business of the season we propose to make things
brisk by one of our occasional sales, organized on a stupendous
scale, and coupled with attractions of an elaborate character.
The rush for "Advance Bargains" And First Fresh Goods
will stimulate business, not only at the Grand Depot,
but, we trust throughout the whole city.
The quotations that ...Dow will repay a careful reading.
The new lota just received will excite wonder when qual
ities and prices are seen.
SILKS.
We test carefully the good we sell and guarantee to take
back and return the money for such an are different ftom
expectations.
The following four grades of Black Silks are fully rec
ommended :
23 pieces 19-in. good weight Gro Grains.
14 pieces full 20-in heavy high lustre do
48 pieces lull 21-in. genuine Lyons do. Brilliant
Lustre do
32 pieces full 21-in. super weight and finish Black
Csuhmere Silk
Finer goods are placed on our counters equally cheap,
bat the above will be found exceptional lots that cannot
be replaced.
One case bold styles, black ground with white
stripes
82 pieces oil boiled Silk, black and white and color
ed ground stripes,
41 pieces next Checks and Stripes, in colors of great
variety
71 pieces handsome designs in Colored Stripes and
..
Check _
66c.
47 piecesentirely new patterns and the latest Paris
Novelty 74c.
52 pieces full 21-in. Solid Color Gro Grain Silks 1 00
44 pieces full 21-in. do. Brilliant Lustre Lyons
Geode 1 25
The above two tots embrace all the newest Spring
Shades, and contain a few of the latest Evening Tints.
MOURNING GOODS.
Black Cashmeres, imported with great care, especially
for retailing. Great pains have been taken to Secure best
color and undoubted qualities. A large stock of every
grade, ranging from 5v cents to $1.50.
Silk Warp Henrietta Cloth, of beautiful finish, our own
importation, from $l.OO to $2 50 per yard.
Black Merinoes, celebrated makes, at 65 cents to $1.50.
Alpacas and Pure Mohair Lustres, good weight and su
per color, the beet ever offered for 25, 31 and 37 cents.
Black Bunting at 25 and3lc.
French Black do. at 3734 c.
DRESS GOODS.
.This is one of the beet collections ever offered.
Bourettee, several styles
One case Striped Suitings, in beautiful Spring shades,loc.
a bargain.
One case Small Checks
.121(is
One case Colored Alpacas
One case Colored Alpacas
One case Spring Cashm rea
One case Spring Cretonne.
One case Twilled Beige
One case Twilled Beige
One case All-wool Striped Beige
_ .
One case Camel's Ilair'Suiting - 2sc
Bunting in Gaslight Tints 9 5 and 31c
One case Matelasse Beige. 2Bc
One case Spring Bourettea 36c
•
One case Tufted Beige 3.5 c
One case Silk and Wool Pongee. 37y 2 c
All-wool Matelame Beige 3734, 45 and but
Cashmere Beige, all-wool 3lc
6-4 Camel's Hair Suitings, in choice Spring shades
56.62% and 75c
Shepherds' Plaids 37% and 48c
Choice Styles Spring Calicoes, in medium colors Sc
Beautiful styles Shirting Chintzes 6l4c
Newest designs in Cambric', Foulards and Cretonnes
9, 10, 11 and 12%c
Foreign and Domestic Shirting Cheviots, from 8 cents
up.
One case Seersucker's at 1..2,/,,c.
at 16c
One cane
Latest effects in Toil d'Alsace, Ginghnme, &c
,
Quilts—A large invoice hiui ,
just been received, per
steamer Pennsylvania, all sizes and qualities, Marseilles
Cradle, Crib and Bed Spreads for epringand summer. The
depression in English manufacturing towns has reduced
the price lower than they have ever been within the knowl
edge of intelligent merchants.
354 QUILTS JUST OPENING.
BRIGHT AND NEW.
PRICES RANGE FROM 60c. TO f 7.50.
GRAND DEPOT,
Professional Cards.
DCALDWELL, Attorney-at-Law, No. 111, 3rd street.
.Office formerly occupied by Messrs. Woods & Wil
iiamson. [apl2,'7l
DR. A. B. BRUMBAUGH, offers his professional services
to the community. Office, No 523 Washington street,
one door east of the Catholic Parsonage. pencil
C. STOCKTON, Surgeon Dentist. Office in Leister's
114 s building, in the room formerly occupied by Dr. E.
J. Greene, Huntingdon, Pa. [apl2S, '76.
GBO. B. ORLADY, Attorney-at-Law, 405 Penn Street,
Huntingdon, Pa. [n0v17,'75
et L. ROBB, Dentist, office in S. T Brown's new building,
U. No. 520, Penn Street, liuntingdon, Pa. [apl2.'7l
HC MADDEN, Attorney-at-Law. O ffi ce, No.—, Penn
. Street, Huntingdon, Pa. Lapl9,'7l
j SYLVANUS BLAIR, Attorney-at-Law, Uuntingdon,
. Pa. Office, Penn Street, three doors west of 3rd
Street. [jan4,'7l
I W. MATTERN, Attorney-at-Law and General Claim
J
• Agent, Huntingdon, Pa. Soldiers' claims against the
Governmen , for back-pay, bonnty, widows' and invalid
pensions attended to with great care and promptness. Of
fice on Penn Street. [jaii4,ll
L.S. GEISSTNG /CR, Attorney-at-Law and Notary Public,
Huntingdon, Pa. Office, No. 230 Penn Street, oppo
site Court House. [febs,'7l
Cs E. FLEMING, Attorm•y-at-Law, Huntingdon, Pa.,
►J. office in Monitor building, Penn Street. Prompt
and careful attention given to all legal busineas.
[augs,'74-13moa
p!TILLIAM A FLEMING, Attorney-at-Law, Hunting
don, Pa Special attention given to collections,
and all other legal business attended to with care and
promptness. Office, No. 229, Penn Street. [ap19,71
AND
One-Halt IVool, and DesiraLle Shade;
ONE-H 9LF WOOL,
AT 15 CENTS.
FLEURI CUSTOM CLOTH,
A Novelty.
AT 11 CENTS.
HOUSEKEEPERS' LINENS, to.
Irish and Flemish}
From 22c. to $1.45.
Yard-wide Linens
40-inch.
Pillow and Bolster 42-inch. I From
45-inch. I
50-inch. 3O cents
54-inch.
Irish and Belgian. 64-inch. Upwards.
EXTRA HEAVYI_ AS LOW AS
90-INCH A DOLLAR
IRISH SHEETING. f A YARD.
BARNSLEY SHEETING S,l
IRISH SHEETINGS, Unusually
SCOTCH S. HEETINGS, 1 Low Prices.
FLEMISH SHEETINUS.
OUR OWN IMPORTATION ) From 62c.
TABLE LINEN 8-4 WIDE .- to three dollars
VERY FINE GOODS. ) a yard.
TABLE LINEN BY THE YARD From 25c.
6-4. 7-4. 8-4. 9-4. 10-4.
LOOM DICE AND DAMASK. Upward.
HANDSOME DAMASK SETS, 1
Cheaper
Table Cloths and Napkins to match, from than ever
2 yards to 6 yards long, Irish, Barnsley, before.
French, German.
Beautiful Napkins, from 50c. a dozen to $24 00.
Full-sized French Napkins, reduced from $6.00 to $4.50.
Complete Stock of TOWELS 9c. UP
Damask and Huck TOWELS 10c. UP
Towels, Barnsley, TOWELS 11c. UP
Irish, Scotch, French, I
TOWELS 12c. UP
German, Ac., &c. TOWELS 14c. UP
EVERY HOUSERErPEE WILL NOW DO WELL TO
• $ 75c.
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COME AND EXAMINE LINENS v AND PRICES.
Getting these goods direct from the manufactories in
Ireland and elsewhere, and avoiding all extra costs we
are able to make very low prices.
Embroideries and Ribbons. Lange lot colored embroid
eries, one, two, and three scollops, in Navy Blue, Black,
Brown and Red.
Narrow patterns, 6to Bc. Medium patterns, 9 to 14c
Fide patterns, 75 to 25c.
Guipure and Duchess Embroideries, in beautiful assort
ment.
The RIBBON DEPARTM - ENT boa been greatly improv
ed, and the stock is wonderfully choice and desirable.
All-silk French Imported Sash Ribbons, in all the beau
tiful spring shades, at the following prices;
5 inches wide, 40c. per yard ; worth 7bc.
6 inches wide, 50c. per yard ; worth $l.OO.
7 inches wide, 60c. per yard ; worthll.2s.
8 inches wide, 76c. per yard ; worth $1.50.
The colors are perfect, and they are made of the best
quality of French Silk.
.. 12?
18c
18c
20c
25c
72c
We open a new and complete line of Satin Ribbons, in
all widths, in two colors, the very latest. Also, Satin and
Watered Gros Grain. Satin and Gros Grain in the nevrest
Paris spring colors.
We have :roe Grain
Ribbons, • are of su
perb quali
A full si inged-edge
Ribbons.
Staff and
$35 Sniff; I
$5O Suits
$lB Suits
$6 Coats redui
$12.50 Coate
Splendid'
We have from 400 to 500 pairs Lace Curtains, regular
makes. Many of the lots have been largely reduced.
Regular $2.5 Curtains reduced to $lB.
Regular $2O Curtains reduced to $l4.
Regular $12.50 Curtains reduced to $8.50.
Regular $lO Curtains reduced to $6.8!..
We commend these quotations to the careful considera
tion of the people, who will find, on visiting us, that we
have only given half of the list of attractions of this Ad
vance Sale.
IN WANAMAKER )
THIRTEENTII STREET.
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The direful renal tsof Early Indiecretion,which renders
Marriage impossible,Destroying both body and mind Gener
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Palpitation of the Heart,Nervousnees,Timidity,Tremblinp,
Bashfulness, Blushing, Languor, Lassitude, Dyspepsia,
Nervous Debility, Consumption. &c., with those Fearful
Effects of mind so much to be dreaded, Loss of Memory,
Confusion of Ideas, Depression of Spirits, Evil Forebod
ings, Aversion of Society, Self Distrust, Love of Solitude,
etc.
Married persong, or young men contemplating mar
riage, aware of Physical Weakness (Loss of Procreative
Power—lmpotency), Nervous excitability, Palpitation,
Organic Weakness, Nervous Debility, or any other Dis
qualification, speedily relieved.
In recent diseases immediate Relief—No Mercury. Per
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Pretenders and Improper treatment. Driving Disease into
the System by that deadly poison, Mercury, and causing -
Fatal Affections of the Head, Throat, Nose or Skin, Uver,
Lungs. Stomach or Bowels, speedily cured. Let no false
delicacy pre. ent your appl3 tug.
Enclose stamp to use on reply. Address,
DR. J. CLEGG,
LOCK HOSPITAL, BALTIMORE, MD.
Sep2l-13,1 Oflicee, 89 A 91, South High Street.
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Miscellaneous.
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Broken Playthings.
A shadow fell on our dwelling,
Yet the sun was clear in the sky,
Like some dark spirit, foretelling
The cloud that was hovering nigh.
All through the sunshine of summer,
And the misty autumn haze,
We welcomed a sweet new-comer
With her winsome looks and ways.
But when the roses had perished,
And the wind sighed through leafless bowers,
The one we tenderly cherished
Took flight, with the birds and flowers.
Alas ! for the days so dreary !
And the hours so strangely still,
The longing till hearts are weary,
For something the void to fill.
A picture hangs from the ceiling—
A fairy with silken hair—
Eyes the deep spirit revealing—
One little foot that is bare.
The sweet, ruby lips are parting,
And the merry dimples play ;
Alas for our tears are starting,
Our darling is far away.
We tread the accustomed places,
But shadows darken our joy,
As the old familiar faces
Appear on each shattered toy—
The dolls, with their robes ail tarnished,
The empty spools on a string—
Broken fans, that 'once were garn'shed
With many a lustrous thing.
Meek lambs, with enduring fleeces—
Shells, that in ocean were found—
Rattles all taken to pieces,
To see what occasioned the sound.
Rubber rings, where memory lingers
On four little teeth of pearl,
That sometimes shut on our fingers
The weenie. mischievous girl I
Two little shoes of bright leather,
Defaced, and chewed at the toe ;
For never, in sunniest weather,
A single step did they go.
Ah, through wirat windings and mazes
Must those little busy feet stray !
Through paths all bordered with daisies,
Or climbing the upland way.
Strange are the mysteries bidden
In the heart's innermost fold,
Causing the tear-drops unbidden,
When trifles like these we behold.
Then tenderly gather the treasures,
Shrine them in casket and urn ;
They bring remembrance of pleasures
That perhaps may never return.
Ely c*torp—Etlitr.
MASTER JOHN ;
- OR, -
THE GHOST OF VIVIEN VALE.
÷.-.4- --....
BY MAJOR A. F. GRANT.
CHAPTER I
THE UNEXPECTED VISITOR
A number of years ago a very elegant,
though old-fashioned mansion, stood on the
left bank of the lovely Passaic, not many
miles from its head waters. Its surround
ings were romantically picturesque, and
some of the stirring scenes of the Revolu
tion were enacted on the ground that be
longed to the antique dwelling. During
the struggle for liberty, the place, quite
ancient then, was inhabited by the Ley
tons, a proud family, who allied themselves
to the British interest, and served the
king's cause whenever-a secret opportunity
offered itself. Shortly after the war, the
last of the Leytons died, and the property
fell into the hands of a man named John
Clymer, whose mother had been the sister
of the last Leyton.
But where was the young heir to Dreari
moor ? The executors of Hugh Leyton's
will hunted near and far fbr him, and did
not give up the search until they learned
that he had entered the service of the
King of Sweden some years prior to the
death of his uncle. And with the inforwa
tion, came the news that he had been
fatally wounded in a duel, and might die
at any moment.
You may be sure, reader, that the Ex
ecutors did not inquire further into the
condition of the heir, found at last. They
looked about for another person through
whose veins flowed Leyton blood; and
finally settled the old property upon Vivien
Vale, a beautiful girl, who had just en
tered her eighteenth year.
Vivien Vale was John Clymer's second
cousin, and she brought much grace and
goodness to the old time dwelling, and
soon won the love and esteem of the many
servants whom she retained. She would
often converse about Cousin John, as she
called the man in Sweden, and became so
solicitous concerning his welfare, that she
wrote to Stockholm to ascertain if he still
lived. But no letter was received in re
ply, and so she concluded that he was
dead, and had filled a duelist's grave
It was near the close of a delightful
September day, that a strange man, with
a foreign air, and long, dark beard, came
to Drearimoor, and surprised its young
mistress, who had just parted with her
lover. He said that he was from Stock
holm, and the agent of John Clymer, the
first heir to the estate, and, moreover, af
firmed that he was empowered to examine
into affairs, and report to his master who
is not dead.
Vivien, startled at the unexpected visit,
received the man courteously, and asked
many questions concerning her cousin, in
whom she really took a deep interest.
"•lle intends to take possession of Drear
imoor as soon as he can settle his affairs
in Sweden," the man said, •for you know
he is the first heir."
"But he may not have read the will,"
the young mistress answered with a smile.
"True he has not, but he has heard of
its conditions."
"Then I am surprised thatle thinks of
coming to Drt arimoor. He may have
been misinformed, for, by the conditions
or Hugh Leyton's will, Cousin John has
forfeited all claims to the estate."
"That is true," he said, after reading
the rude and. binding document. "My
master, by six months absence after the
death of Hugh Leyton, forfeits his first
claim to the estate. But," and the Swede
bowed to Vivien, "but should the anuels
call you away from earth, John Clymer
becomes master of Drearimoor "
"Even so," said Vivien.
"Well, he will not grumble when I make
my report," the man sail. "lie is quite
wealthy in Stockholm, and is anxious that
his uncle's old place should not go to
rack."
"Tell Cousin John that I will keep it
in good repair, and that, should it ever
fall into his hands he will find it a fit place
in which to end his peaceful days."
After some more converAation, the man
who called himself John Dreski, took his
departure, and rode at a brisk gallop. Vi
vien had given him a kindly letter to John
Clymer; but when he had put three hills
between him and the old house he drew it
from his bosom, and perused it with a
cunning smile.
HUNTINGDON, PA„ FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1878.
"There is no use in taking this letter
to Sweden, when John Clymer is so near,"
murmured the man, as he tore the letter
in twain, and threw it into the Passaic,
near whose calm and beautiful waters he
was riding. "Master John is very near
you, old Drearimoor, and before morning
you will have a master, not a mistress."
The horseman halted before he reached
the village of Passaic, from which he had
emerged a few hours before. It was now
moonlight, and not a cloud was in the sky;
the pleasant breeze warmed the man's face
as he sat in the saddle, apparently buried
in deep thought
"She is very beautiful, but she must
not stand between John Clymer and the
estate which rightly is his," he said at
last. "I was prepared for the reception I
received, and it cut my heart—the sight
of a flaxen haired girl ruling in the place
of my Uncle Hugh. Why, she will live
to a green old age, for the Leyton's and
their kin never die young, unless—unless
—they die before they get old."
He smiled at his own words, then struck
his steed with his spurs, and galloped to
Passaic.
At the inn he paid the landlord some
money, then said good-bye, and rode away
never to return as John Dreski the Swede
and agent of John Clymer, or Master John.
It was not long after his departure from
Dreariwoor that a young man came to the
mansion, and sought Vivien, who started
when she saw him.
"Vivien, who was that man ?" he asked,
in au excited manner.
"What wan, Kirk ?"
"Why, the one who just left Drearimoor.
He was riding down the hill as I left a
short time ago, and I tarried to see how
long he would tarry here. Oh, Vivien.
pardon my inquisitiveness, but I did not
like his bearing, though I saw it from a
distance. He rode just as old Hugh Ley
ton used to ride up and down the Passaic,
on his chestnut horse, and for a moment I
thought it was Hugh's ghost."
Vivien, who was listening seriously,
laughed when her lover had finished, and
then told him all about John Dreski's
"And you sent by him a letter to your
Cousin John ?" asked the young man with
a smile on his countenance.
"I did, and I trust he will think kindly
of us, when he reads it."
"Here is the letter," said the youth,
drawing two pieces of parchment from his
bosom. "See our mail carrier has torn it,
and the pieces are well soaked with water."
Vivien's face became quite pale, as she
reached forth a trembling hand for the
mutilated letter, which she at once recog
nized.
"Where did you get them, Kirk ?" she
asked, with eagerness.
"Let me tell you," he said. "I saw
your visitor depart, and a strange, ttncon
querable curiosity made me fbllow
He rode along the river's bank, and all at
once he came to a halt. Then, in the light
of the moon and the stars, he opened and
read your letter, tore it atwain, threw the
pieces into the water, and resumed his
journey. I went down to the water's edge,
and found your letter already flung back
upon the shore by the waves. How sur
prised I was, Vivien, you may imagine.—
I watched the man as far as I could see
him, and then came hither to tell you
about my discoveries."
A minute's silence followed Kirk Gar
dyn's last word.
"Oh, Kirk, what do you think all this
means ?" asked Vivien, with frightened
face
"That man, in the first place, is not
John Dreski, and, in the second, he is
John Clymer "
"Cousin John Clymer ?" echoed Vivien
"Ye., and I believe him to be a bad
man—a very bad man Vivien."
"Why came he not in his true charac
ter ?" she asked
"It did not suit the hated role he is
playing. As John Dreski, he can play
the part of the spy, and plan according to
the state of affairs at Drearimoor. Oh,
Vivien, I fear something dreadful is going
to happen here," and the young physician
took the girl's hand "But I will soon be
nearer than ever to you, for, to morrow,
please God, in this old house, we will be
made man and wife, and then let this bad
man come between us if he dare."
"Yes, yes, Kirk, let him tear Drearimoor
from me then ; I will possess a fortune
worth to me, more than a thousand such
estates "
He looked with pride into the glowing
face that nestled in the hollow of his arm,
and kissed Vivien's forehead before he
stepped from her side.
-Where are you going ?" she asked.
"I shall ride to Passaic yet to night,"
he answered "John Clymer is there, and
if he knows that we are to have a wedding
here to-morrow, he will need watching."
So the twain parted, and Kirk Gardyn
rode to the village to learn that the man
calling himself John Dreski, had departed
several hours before in the direction of
Trenton.
"No fear for tonight then," said the
young doctor, and so be retired to his
apartments, and fell asleep.
Vivien did not remain awake long after
her lover's departure.
His revelations had startled her ; but
the events of the morrow occupied her
mind, and it was not low , before she had
forgotten her unexpected visitor, and was
sleeping on her couch, with the September
moonbeams on her face.
By-and-by the clouds obscured the face
of the moon, and the queen of the night
did not see the dark figure that entered the
sleeping girl's boudoir, through the window
that looked upon the lovely Passaic.
Three minutes sped away, and then the
figure emerged from the house, and dropped
from the roof of the veranda like a cat.—
There was silence beyond the window his
hands had raised ; it was an ominous si
lence, not broken by the hoofs of the black
horse that bore a burly man along the
banks of the river.
The horseman knocked at the door of
the village inn, and roused the host, who
admitted him and stabled the black horse.
Once in his room, the night rider looked
in the old-fashioned mirror, and saw the
reflection of a cold, stony face, furnished
with iron-gray side whiskers and a mus
tache. He soon retired; and, once, after
his head had pressed the pillows, a low,
triumphant laugh rippled over his lips.
The next morning there was terrible ex
eitement at Drearitnonr, for Vivieu Vale
was dead.
CHAPTER IE
THE GHOST THAT MASTER JOHN SAW
Yes, the beautiful mistress of Dreari.
moor was dead
So at least the servants said, who gazed
throunh tears upon the whitened face; and
Kirk Gardyn, hastily summoned from Pas
saic, after numerous medical experiments,
pronounced her spiritless—fit only for the
vault of the Leytons.
Dead on her wedding-day, and a maiden
still!
The young doctor, who loved devotedly,
could not but associate Vivien's sudden
taking off with the visit of the pretended
John Dreski to the mansion. But when
he came to the conclusion, quite reluctantly,
as the reader may suppose, that Vivien
had died suddenly with a disease of the
heart, his belief was somewhat shaken, if
not entirely destroyed.
John Clymer was now master of Dreari
moor, and the servants, as they prepared
for the burial on tip toe, talked in whispers
about Master John. When would he
coma, and what kind of a man was he ?
There were some who recollected him from
years gone by, and those said that he was
a stern man who did not care for anything
save money if it could be hoarded for the
feast of the miser's vision.
Kirk Gardyn returned to Passaic dis
consolate and haggard looking; and it was
while seated at his window, almost opposite
the inn, that he saw the landlord's late
guest.
"There he is now!" he exclaimed, spring
ing to his feet. "John Dreski has been
tranatuogritied into Master John.".
A .minute later he had crossed the nar
row street, and was inquiring at the door
of the inn for John Clymer.
"I am the man," said the midnight
guest corning forward. "Do you wish to
speak to me ?"
_ _
The doctor scrutinized the man as be
came' forward, and he knew that he was
Hugh LeYton's nephew ; fur he had the
old tory's walk and bearing. The features
did not relax when Master John was in
formed of the affairs at Drearimoor, and
said:
"Death is not a respecter of persons, I
believe.. I regret my cousin's death—and
so near her marriage, too ! I shall go down
before the funeral ; but not to-day, for it
would look hasty in me—the new master
of the property—to visit there to day."
He did not permit the doctor to enter
into a conversation with him, but bade him
sup intend the burying, and call on him
for settlement of all expenses. Kirk
Gartijn left him as he had found him—a
man, yet a riddle, a sphinx.
The day that found Vivien silent and
still in her boudoir, was a dreary one for
September. During the forenoon a mist
fell from the gray clouds, and the air was
chilly, and for a time, exceedingly damp
John Clymer kept his room at the inn,
and the doctor flitted like a sorrowful
spectre between the village and Dreari
moor. He could not be absent from the
sweet face of the almost bride, whim the
tender hands of the housemaids had clad
in her white robes; yet his practice com
pelled him to spend some time in Passaic.
The servants were longing to see Master
John, and when it was known that he was
so near as the village, their curiosity in
creased, and it was with difficulty that
they could be persuaded to remain at their
posts.
At last the dreary day closed, and the
clouds broke in the south, and let the light
of the moon agait, fall upon the earth.
Master John smiled when he saw this,
and ordered his horse.
may not be bask till morning," he
said to the host ; "t;ir I am going down to
my estate."
Yes, his estate; for was not the beauti
ful Vivien dead, and he now master of
old Revolutionary Drearimoor.
He spoke with new-born pride, as it
were, and dashed away quite gaily, never
dreaminc , that he was leaving the quiet
village for ' the last time.
The moon was not far above the horizon
when he left the inn, and as he rode on,
it crept higher, while the clouds, driven
northward by a southern wind, passed like
spectres across the silvery disc.
He gradually left the river, and galloped
over the road that would soon land him
before the great old house which he now
called his.
He had reached a point in the road
where stood a huge wooden cross, erected
by an English regiment over the grave of
an lri,h major, when his horse suddenly
pricked up his ears, and gave a snort of
terror Master John was startled, and
looked towards the cross to behold an ob
sect . that paled his face, and seemed to
freeze the blood in his veins.
Among the bushes which had grown
over the grave, and almost directly beneath
the northern arm of the cross, stood what
the frightened man called 'The ghost of
Vivien Vale." A ghostly figure it was;
and the pale moonlight that tell upon it,
rendering it rather indistinct, but the more
phantom like, caused Master John to
tremble like a murderer suddenly con
fronted by his crime in a ghostly shape.
But for a moment he looked upon the
spectre ; then he struck his steed with his
spurs, and flew down the road, never cast
ing a single look behind him. He seemed
to believe that close upon his horse's heels
followed the speetre of Vivien Vale; and
no rein was drawn until his steed, reeking
with sweat, dashed into the front yard of
Drearitnoor, and almost shook him from
the saddle.
His face was white, and he started when
the voice of Kirk Gardyn fell upon his
ears—aye, started like the guiltiest of men.
"Mr. Clymer you have beeu pursued ?"
said the doctor, half inquisitively.
Master John turned.
"Is it cowing ?" he cried, in accents of
terror.
"It! What ?"
"The ghost I saw at the major's cross
—the ghost of Vivien Vale."
Kirk Gardyn caught the arm of Master
John.
"Go up stairs and see her," he said.
Trembling still, John Clymer obeyed;
but the bier was empty.
"She is gone !" he cried.
"Gone ? Impossible !"
The next moment the young doctor was
staring at the empty bier.
Yes the beautiful ocean was gone ;
and the most intense excitement reigned
in Drearimoor. But it was of brief dura
tion; for one of the hunters found Vivien
Vale wandering in the viciniq of the
soldier's grave, and Master John glided
from the sight of her, and took his black
horse from the stables.
"She awoke from the trance into which
I threw her last night, and glided from the
house while wandering in her mind It
is no use to fight for Drearimoor longer.
The next thing that I know, will be a
knowledge of my arrest. Good bye, old
place. Doctor, you may marry the girl
that John Clymer could not kill."
Vivien Vale, having shaken off the ef
fects of the subtle drug which Master John
had administered to her while she slept,
was watched by her lover, and the servants
were talking with smiles on their faces
about the "ghost" wh.oh had frightened
the wicked nephew of Hugh Leyton.
I know that Master John returned to
Sweden, where he died in the service of
Charles XIV ; and that Vivien, as the
loving wife of Kirk Gardyn, remained
mistress of Drearimoor, which to day—
though tin old mansion has given place to
a new one—is in possession of her de
scendan ts.
Thus I have told the "Ghost Story,"
which you may hear on the banks of the
Passaic today.
~elexz ;;J sctllan.
The Propitious Cycle.
FINE WEATHER PREDICTED FOR 1878
AND 1879.
Illinois has a weather prophet who re
sides at Decatur in that State. Last year
he made predictions that were so fully ver
ified as to excite considerable attention.
Mr. Blake does not pretend to be infalli
ble, and says : "I shall not be disappoint
ed if I meet with anything like the success
of last year." Mr. Blake bases his calcula•
tions on scientific ground, and predicts the
following :
April, 1878—Rather dry and warm
though in some places a full average of lo
cal storms.
May, 1878—Warm ; heavy showers in
places; on the general average not a wet
month.
June, 1878-llct and dry, except when
relieved by a moderate number of local
storms ; cooler about the 10th.
July, 1878-llot and dry; local storms
will give relief only in places.
August, 1878—Hot and dry; but some
severe local storms.
September, 1878—Ifot and dry part of
the month ; severe local storms and varia
ble weather in places; rainfall for the
month rather less than the average, except
in the Southern States ; some danger of
cyclones in the Southern States ; also in
Indian Ocean
October, 1878—Cool ; rainfall less than
average; heavy frost the last of September
or first of October.
November, 1878—Quite cold and dry ;
probably more snow than rain.
December, 1878—Cold and dry ; mod
crate amount of snow ; little, if any, rain
north of Galesburg, Illinois.
January, 1879—First part of month
rather mild ; last part rather cold ; pre
cipitation for this month, in rain and snow
about average fur the month of January.
February, 1879—Moderately cold and
dry.
March, 1879—Full average of storms
and precipitation, though not a severe
month; the equinoctial about the 22d of
March, 1879, will be quite severe, though
father warm.
Mr. Blake remarks that he makes his
calculations for 41 degrees north latitude,
longitude ninety east of Greenwich is a
point about twenty northwest of Galesburg,
Illinois.
He comes to the conclusion that the
year 1878 will be a very auspicious one,
so far as weather is concerned. The sea
son generally will be rather dry and warm.
There will be very few heavy storms and
tornadoes, and very few general storms
that will extend over any portion of the
United States. There will be a reasonable
number of heavy showers, but they wil be
local, and, in places accompanied by thun
der and lightning ; though on a general
average thunder and lightning will be
scarce. The general amount of rainfall
for the year (from April 1, 1878, to April
1 1879) will be about 30 per cent. below
the average for the whole United States;
while for a considerable part of the year it
will be 50 per cent below the average, and
in places as high as 70 per cent. below the
average. The fall months will be quite
cool, though there will be no serious frost
till about October 1, 1878, at which time
there will probably be a heavy frost in the
higher latitudes. From that time on it
shall be from cool to cold; winter will
start in quite early and will continue as a
long, steady, cold, but not excessively cold
winter. There will be several thaws or
partial thaws during the winter ; the most
notable one will be in the first part of Jan
uary, 1879. After this thaw a oold spell
will again set in, but it will not be as cold
as before the thaw. The butt en-I of win
ter will come first through the latter part.
He predicts a season of comparative drouth
for the whole country, but adds that in
most places it will be relieved by frequent
showers. The summer of 1878 will be
dry and hot—the days being proportionate
ly hotter than the nights—while the win
ter of 1878 will be long and rather dry and
cold."
The Fall of a Mountain.
ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT LAND
MARKS IN MONTANA TUMBLES TO THE
PLAIN
The Helena _lndependent says : Nearly
every resident of Montana has either seen or
heard of the famous Bear Tooth Mountain,
the most prominent landmark in northern
Montana. It is visible from different points
at distances ranging from forty to 60 miles,
and is in full view from Helena and the
surrounding country. The mountain is
distant about thirty miles from Helena and
stands like a grim and mighty sentinel at
the end of a canon known as the Gate of
the mountains, through which flows the
Missouri river. The Bear Tooth was ful
ly described as a wonderful landmark of
the early explorers, Lewis and Clark. In
all photographs of the northern country
the two tusks, rising black and grim hun
dreds of feet above the mountain, are the
prominent objects. The main tusk remains
looking lonely and isolated in its grandeur.
Last Monday a party of hunters, who
were chasing game several miles north of
the Bear Tooth, observed a rumbling sound
and a quaking of the earth, and supposing
it was an earthquake, and not noticing a
repetition of it, they soon forgotthe occur
rence, and continued their chase until they
reached the Bear's Tooth. Here they were
astonished by the appearance of the eastern
tusk. This was a perpendicular mass of
rock and earth, fully 500 feet high, 300 feet
in circumference at its base, and about 150
feet at the top. The immen3e mass had
become dislodged, and coming down with
the speed of an avalanche, had swept thro'
a forest of large timber for a quarter of a
mile, entirely leveling it. The country
around is now covered with a great mass of
broken trees and tons upon tons of rocks,
many of them as large as an ordinary
house.
A REVENGEFUL youth the other day
gave it as his opinion that the reason why
a boy don't love his elder sister is because
every time she expects her beau, she cor
ners him up with a basin of soap-suds and
a scrubbing brush, and goes through him
as though he had no more feeling than an
old brass kettle.
The School-Boy's Lament.
Teach, teach, teach,
On every day of the week,
And thrash, thrash, thrash,
From your head down to your feet.
Reading and spelling and writing,
Grammar and gee-ography,
Till a poor boy's brains
Are full of pains,
And he's tired as tired can be.
Write, write, write,
The moment you're out of line,
And write, write, write,
Until it is half-past nine;
Scratch and scribble and scrawl,
And bolt and blur and smear
Till the teacher comes
And warms your thumbs,
And makes you feel ever so queer,
Work, work, work,
Your examples until eleven,
And work, work, work,
Your examples at home till seven—
Pounds and ounces and drachms.
Drachms and ounces and pounds,
Till you get so mad,
You are always glad
When the bell for recess sounds.
It is, oh I for a beautiful place,
Where never a school house is,
And it's oh I for a happy land
Where never a teacher lives;
Where tops, marbles and kites grow wild,
And a fellow can holler and shout,
And there's never a book,
But a cosy nook
For to fish and to swim about.
And it's oh I for the happy time
When I get to be a man,
And I can whistle and jump,
And beat on the old tin pan ;
When I can put crooked pins
Down on the next boy's seat,
And I can put ink on his face.
With never a fear to be beat ;
Jump and whistle and prance,
And holler and yell and shout,
And never a one
To spoil the fun,
Nor to keep from going out.
How to Drive Rats Away Without Poi-
son.
We know of three methods : First the
old French plan ; this is followed chiefly
in Paris by men who make it a special
business. They take a deep tub, with wat
er on the bottom and a little elevation in
the middle like an island, on which is only
one place fur just one rat to sit on. The
trap is covered and has a large bal
ance valve, opening downward. Ore the
middle of this valve, a piece of fried pork
or cheese is placed, and when the rat walks
on to it to get the cheese, the valve goes
down, drops the rat into " water, and
moves back into position. A. road is made
from the rat hole• to the top of the
tub by means of pieces of board rubbed
with cheese, so as to make the walk attrac
tive for the rats. In the course of the
night, some ten, twenty, or even more, rats
may go down, and if the island was not
there, they would be found most all alive
in the morning, quietly swimming around ;
but the provision of the little island saves
the trouble of killing them, because their
egotistic instinct for preservation causes
them to fight for the exclusive possession
of the island, on which, in the morning,
the strongest rat is found in solitary pus
session, all the others being killed and
drowned around him.
Second, the New York plan, invented
by one of the Friends. The floor near the
rat hole is covered with a thin layer of a
most caustic potassa. When they walk on
this it makes their feet sore; these they
lick with their tongues, which makes their
months sore, and the result is that they
shun this locality not alone, but appear to
tell all the rats in the neighborhood about
it, and eventually the house is entirely
abandoned by them, notwithstanding the
houses around are full of rats.
Third, the Dutch method. This is said
to be used successfully in Holland. We
have, however, never tried it. A number
of rats are left to themselves in a very large
trap or cage, with no food whatever; their
craving hunger will cause them to fight,
and the weakest will be eaten by the stron
gest. After a short time the fight will be
renewed, and the next weakest is the vic
tim • and so it goes on till one strong rat
is left. When this has eaten the last re
mains of any of the others, it is set loose ;
the animal has now acquired such a taste
for rat flesh that he is the terror of all rat
dom, going about seeking continually for
fresh victims. In an incredibly short time
the premises are abandoned by all other
rats, which will not come back before tie
cannibal rat has left or died.
Hydrophobia Cured.
A REMEDY THAT IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN
SUCCESSFULLY USED IN PEN NSYLVA-
NIA
From the Country Gentleman.]
I can give some facts which may be of
use to somebody, thereby saving life. The
time between the biting of an animal by a
mad dog and showing signs of hodrophobia
is not less than nine days but may be nine
months. After the animal had become
rapid, a bite or scratch with the teeth up
on the person, or slobber coming in con
tact with a sore or raw place, would pro
duce hydrophobia just as soon as though
be had been bitten by a mad dog. Hy
drophobia can be prevented and I will give
what is known to be an infallible reme
dy, if properly administered, for man or
beast. A dose for a horse or cow should
be about four times as great as for a per
son. It is not too late to give medicine
any time before the spasms come on.
The first dose for a person is 1 ounces
of elecampane root, bruised, put in a pint
of new milk,reduced to one-half by boiling,
then taken all at one do se in the morning,
fasting until afternoon or at least a very
light diet after several hours have elapsed.
The secvd dose same as first, except take
two ounces of the root; third dose the
same as last to be taken every other day.
Three doses are all that. are needed and
there need be no fear. This I know from
my own experience, and know of a number
of other eases where it has been entirely
successful. This is no guesswork. Those
persons I allude to were bitten by their
own dogs, and the dogs were penned up to
see if they would go mad. They did go
mad and did bite the persons.
This remedy has been used in and about
Philadelphia for forty years and longer,
with great success, and is known as the
Goodman remedy. lam acquainted with
a physician who told me be knew of its
use for more than thirty years, but never
new a ease that failed where it was proper
ly administered. Atnong other cases, he
mentioned one where a number of cows
had been bitten by a mad dog. To half of
this number they administered this reme
dy, to the other half not. The latter all
died of hydrophobia, while those who took
the elecampane root and milk showed no
signs of that disease.
IT may sound like a paradox, yet the
breaking of both wings of an army is a
pretty Bore way of making it fly.
Bad Kerosene.
A CHEMIST'S RULES FOR THE GVIDANCE
OF THE PEOPLE
At an inquest on the body of a kerosene
victim in Jersey City, Prof. 11. B. Corn
wall, of Princeton, gave the following val
uable information touching safe and dan
gerous oils : . _
- "I am a professor of Chemistry in the
College of New Jersey, at Princeton ; such
oil as caused this accident is always dan
gerous; I have sent, for and examined five
samples of - oil that caused explosions in
different parts of the State ; all gave off
inflammable vapor below 100 degrees
Farenheit; one took fire itself at 85 de
grees, one at 99 degrees, one at 105, one
at 106, and one at 111, this last being,
therefore better than what is admitted as
standard refined petroleum by the rule of
the Produce Exchange. There are two
tests applied to kerosene—one called the
flashing test, which indicates the tempera
ture at which the oil itself takes fire from
the ignited vapors. It has been repeatedly
shown that the burning test may be ten to
Coirty degrees higher than the flashing
tes,, and my observations show that oil
standing a fire test of 110 degrees will not
stand a flashing test of 100 degrees ; Dr
Chandler, of New York, gives 86 degrees
as the average temperature of tha oil in
glass lamps which have burned for four
hours in a room warmed to 82 degrees;
when the room was warmed to 92 degrees
the average temperature of the oil was 921
degrees; the highest temperature in any
lamp is 98 degrees; any oil flashing below
100 degrees would be dangerous 'under
such circumstances.
The flashing test is the only safe guide
in testing oils; it should not be below 100
which would secure a reasonably safe oil;
if a lamp filled with this oil is upset and
broken, the oil will put out the flame of
the wick if it runs over it, or at least will
not ignite, as a bad oil does at once ; out
of fourteen oils tested in one small town,
only four were so safe ; and at the present
price of kerosene in barrels the difference
in cost per gallon between a safe oil stand
ing 100 degrees flashing test and an average
oil of 110 fire test would be 98 100 of one
cent even if the naptha or benzine left in
the kerosene by refining or put in by
dealers which renders it explosive ; the
explosion is caused by uniting a mixture
of the gas from the oil with the air in the
lamp; on this account explosions frequent
ly occur by blowing out lamps, air being
forced into the lamp; more than half the
explosions I have met with have taken
place while the lamp was burning quietly ;
there is less danger in extinguishing the
lamp very low, by turning down the wick
so that the lamp gees out of itself; the
only real safety is in using safe oil; the
explosion would probably be more violent
if the lamp were nearly empty. In the
present case the test fell fifteen degrees
below the lowest safe test ; a retail dealer
can add ten per cent. of benzine to kero
sene, having a reasonable safe flashing
point, without making the oil worse than
the average oil that I have tested ; kero•
sene is made from petroleum which is
refined by distilling ; during the process
light and very inflammable products known
as naptba and benzine are first driven off,
and after they are removed the kerosene
begins to cove off from the still ; if the
refiners begin the collection of the kero
sene too soon these napthas remain in it
and cause the inflammable gases,which are
so readily ignited."
What Ingersoll says about Family Life.
I despise a stingy man. I don't see how
it is possible for a man to die worth fifty
millions of dollars, in a city full of want,
when he meets almost every day the with
ered hand of beggary and tha white lips of
famine. how a man can withstand all
that and hold in the clutch of his band
twenty or thirty millions of dollars, is past.
my comprehension. Ido not see how he
can do it. I should not think be couldjo
it. Do you know I have known men who
would trust their wives with their heart
and their honor, but not with their pocket
book; not with a dollar ! When I see a
man of that kind, I always think he knows
which of these articles is the moat valua
ble. Think of making your wife a beggar!!
Think of her having to ask you every day
for a dollar, or for two dollars, or for fifty
cents! "What did you do with that dollar
I gave you last week ?" Think of having
a wife that is afraid of you! What kind
of children do you expect to have with a
beggar and coward for a mother ? Oh. I
tell you, if you have got but a dollar in the
world, and you have got to spend it, spend
it like a king; spend it as though it were
a dry leaf, and you the owner of unbound
ed forests ! That's the way to spend it. I
had rather be a bef i gar and spend my last
dollar like a king, than be a king and
spend my money like a beggar. If it's
got to go, let it go! Get the best you can
for your family—try to look as well as you
can yourself. When you used to go court
ing how nice you looked ! Ah, your eye
was bright, your step was light, and you
just put on the very best look you could.
Do you know that it is insufferable egotism
in you to suppose theta women is going to
love you always looking as bad as you can ?
Think of it ! Any woman on earth will be
true to you forever when you do your
level best. Some people tell me, "Your
doctrine about loving, and wives and all
that, is splendid for the rich but it won't
do for the poor." I tell you there is, on
the average, more love in the houses of
the poor than in the palaces of the rich ;
and the meanest hut with love in it is fit
for the gods, and a palace without love is
a den only fit for wild beasts. That's my
doctrine ! lon can't be F 0 poor that you
can't help sumo body. Good nature is the
cheapest commodity in the world ; and love
is the only thing that will pay ten per-cent.
to borrower and lender both. Don't tell
me that you have got to be rich ! We
have all a false standard of greatness in
the United States. We think here that
for a man to be great he must be notori
ous; he must be extremely wealthy, or his
name must be between the lips of rumor.
It is all nonsense ! it is not necessary to
be rich to be great, or to be powerful to be
happy ; and the happy man is the success
ful man. Happiness is the legal tender of
the soul. Joy is wealth.
THE art of advertising is being brought
down to a decidedly fine point; and when
an advertiser sends you an inch advertise
ment to insert at your very lowest rates,
aed accompanies it with a six inch local
notice which be wants put in for nothing,
you can't help but admire his acreage of
"cheek" and wish you had a gun that
would shoot a hundred miles and kill the
fellow you are thinking of without taking
aim.—Norristown Herald.
CRICAdo sells sets of false teeth, 1110S.11t
cl to bite off an eqr at one nip, for only $3.
NO. 16.