2 ljc imes, Nctu Bloomfictt, Jk: Nobody but John. OOME one is coming," said I, as the O clack of the shutting gate fell upon my ears, and I looked at Maggy's soiled untidy dress, and tumbled hair. Maggy startod and glanced hastily from the window ; she sat down again in a care less way, remarking as she did so : " It's nobody but John." "Nobody but John." And who do you think nobody was? Only her husband. Nobody but John ! A few moments afterwards John Fair burn came into the room where we were sitting, and gave me one of bis frank, cor dial greetings. I had known him for many years, and long before his marriage. I noticed that he gave an annoyed glance at his wife, but did not speak to her. The meaning of this annoyance and indiffer ence was plain to me ; for John bad come from a neat and tidy family. His mother's housekeeping had always been notable. She was poor, but "as time and water are to bo bad for nothing" this was one of her sayings she always managed to have things about cloan and orderly. Maggie Lee had a protty face, bright eyes, and charming little ways that were very taking with the young men, and so was quite a belle before she got out of her teens. She had a knack of fixing ribbons or tying hor scarf, or arranging her hair, shawl or dress in a way to give grace and charm to her person. None but her most intimate friends knew of tho untidiness that pervadod her room and person when at home and away from common observa tion. Poor John Fairburn was takon iu when he married Maggie Lee. Ho thought that he was getting the tidiest, sweetest and most orderly girl iu town, but discovered too soon that he was united to a careless slattern. She could dress for other peo ple's eyes becauso she had a natural love of admiration ; but at borne, and for her husband, she put on old duds and went often looking 'like the old scratch," as tho saying in. On this particular occasion of which I am speaking it was after she and John had been married over a year her appear ance was almost disgusting. She did not have on even a morning dress ; only a fa ded and tumbled chintz sack above soiled skirts, slippers down at the heels, anddirty stockings. Her hair looked like a hurrah's nest, if any one knows what that is I don't, but I suppose it is the perfection of disor der. No one could love such a looking creature. That is simply impossible. '.' Nobody but John!" I looked at the bright bandsomo young man, and wondered. Ho ate his dinnor almost in silence, and then went back to bis work. I had never seen him so moody. "What's come over John?" I asked as he went out. " Oh, I don't know," his wife answered. " Something's wrong at the shop, I sup pose. He's bad trouble with one of the men. He's foreman, you know." " Are you sure it's only that?" I asked looking serious. "That or something else about his work. There's nothing else to worry him." I was silent,debating with myself wheth er good or harm would come of a little plain talk with John's wife. She was rather quick tempered, I knew, and quick to take offense. At last I ventured the re mark : "Maybe things are not just to his liking at home." " At home !" Maggy turned on me with a flash of surprise in her face. "What do you mean ?" " Men like beauty, and taste and neat ness in their wives as well as iu their sweethearts," I said. The crimson mounted to her hair. At the same moment I saw her glai.ee at a looking-glass that hung opposite her on the wall. She sat very Btill, yet with a startled look in her eyes, until the (lush faded and ber face became almost pale. "Maggy," said I, ilsingand drawing my arm around her, " come up stairs. I have something very serious to 'say to you." We walked from the little dining-room up to her room In silence. I then said : " Maggy, I want to toll you about a friend of mine who made a shipwreck of bappl uess and life. It is a sad story ; but I am sure it will interest you deeply. She was my cousin, and her name was MaRgv bent forward, listening atten tively. " What?" she asked, as I hesitated on the name. " Helen." . "Not Helen Whito, who married John Harding, and was afterwards deserted by ber husband?" " Yes ; my poor dear Cousin Helen. It is of her I am going to tell you." "I never knew why her husband went off as be did," said Maggy. "Some said he was to blame, and some put all the fault on her. How was it?" " Both were to blame ; but she the most," I replied. "John Harding was like your husband, one of the neatest and most orderly of men.. Anything untidy in his house or in the person of his wife an noyed and often put him out of humor; but he did not, as be thould have done, speak plainly to his wife, and let her see exactly how be felt, and in what he would like a change. If he had done so, Helen would have tried as every good wife should to conform herself mora to his tastes and wishes. But be was silent, moody sort of a man wben things did not go juBt to suit bim, and instead of speak ing out plainly, broodod over Helen's faults and worried himself into tits of ill humor; and, what was worse than all, grew at length indifferent to his borne and wife, and sought pleasanter surroundings and mora attractive company abroad. " Every man thus estranged from his home is in danger, and Harding was no exception to the rulo. Temptation . lay about his fee and the commonest temp tation of the elegantly fitted up billiard and drinking saloon. " They bad been married just about as long as you and John have been, when the catastrophe of their lives took place. I had called to spend the day with Holon, and found her in ber usual condition of untidiness and disorder. When her hus band came at dinner time, I noticed with painful concern that be had been drinking not very freely, but just enough to show itself In a captious ill humor. Helen had not dressed for dinner, but presented her self at the table without even a clean col lar, and an old faded shawl drawn about her shoulders. She looked anything but attractive. " I saw hor husband's eyes glance to ward her across tho table with an expres sion that chilled me. It was a hard, de termined expression. He was scarcely civil tome and snapped his wife sharply two or three times During tho meal. At its close he left the tablo without a word and wont up stairs." "What's the matter with John?" I asked. "Dear abovo knows!" replied Helen. " Ho'8 been acting queer for a good while. I can't imagine what's come over him." " Docs he como homo in this way often?" I asked. " Yes, he's moody and disagreeablo ns he can bo most of tho time I'm getting dreadfully worried about it." "As we talked we heard John moving about with heavy footfalls in the rooms above. Presently he came down and stood for a little while in the hall at the foot of the stairs, as if in hesitation. Then he went to the street door, passed out, and shut it hard after him. " nelcn caught hor breath with a start, and turned a little pale." "What's tho matter?" I asked, seeing the strangeness of her look. "I don't know," she replied with u choking voice laying her hand at the same time on hor breast, " but I feel as if some thing dreadful was going to happen." "She got up from the table, and drew my arm around her. I too felt a sud den depression of spirits. We went slowly up to her chamber, whore we spent the afternoon ; and then I took upon myself the office of a friend and talked seriously to my cousin about her neglect of personal neatness, hinting that the cause of ber husband's estrangement from his home and altered manner towards herself, might all spring from this cause. She was a little angry with me at first, but I pressed the subject home with a tender seriousness that did the work of conviction, and as the evening drew on, she dressed herself with neatness. With a fresh ribbon tied in her hair, and color a little raised from mental excitement, she looked charming and lovable He could not help being charmed back into tho lov er, I was sure. But he did not come home to tea. We waited for him a whole hour after the usual time, and then sat down alone ; but neither of us could do more than sip a little tea. " I went home soon after, with a pres sure of concern at my heart for which I could not account. All night I dreamed uncomfortable dreams. In the morning, soon after breakfast, I ran over to see Hel en. I found her in her room sitting in her night dress, a picture of despair. "What is it?" I asked eagorly. "What has happened?" " She looked at me boavily, like one not yet recovered from the shock of a stunning blow. " Dear Cousin ! What is the matter ?" I said. ' . " I now saw by a motion of her band that it held, tightly clutched, a piece of paper. She reached it to me. It was a letter and read : " ' We cannot live happily together, Helen, You are not what I believed my self getting when we were married not the sweet lovely, lovable girl that charm ed my fancy and won me from others. Alas for both that it so I There has been a shipwreck of two Jives. Farewell I I shall never return." "And this was all; but it broke the heart of my poor cousin. To this duy, al though nearly three years have passed, she has never heard from her husband. " I saw her lust week in the country home to which she baa been taken by hor friends, a wreck both in mind and body. She was sitting in an upper room, from the window of which could be seen a beau tiful landscape. She was neatly attired, and a locket containing ber husband' pic ture huog at ber throat. Her bead was drooped, and ber eyes on the floor, when I entered ; but she raised herself quiokly, and with kind of a start I saw a mo mentary eager flash in her fact dying out and leaving It inexpressibly sad." ., I had to stop here, for Maggy broke out suddenly into a wild fit of sobbing and crying, which lasted for nearly a minute. " What ails you, dear?" I asked, as she began to be a little composed. " Oh I you havo frightened me so. If John should " - r She cut short the sentence ; but her frightened face left me in no doubt as to what was in her thoughts. She arose and walked about the room in an uncertaip way for some moments, and then sat down again drawing in hor breath heavily. " If young wives," I remarked believ ing that in her present state the truth was tho best thing to say "would take half the pains in making themselves personally attractive to thoir husbands, that they did to charm their lovers, more of them would find the lover continued in the husband. Is a man, think you, less an admirer of womanly grace and beauty after be be comes a husband, than he was before?" "HuBh! bush I" she said in a choked voice. " I see it all I I comprehend it nil." And she glanced down at herself. " I look hateful and disgusting." After a plain, earnest talk with Maggy, I went home. I give her own words as to what happened afterwards : " I was wretched all the afternoon. John had acted worse than usual at dinner time ; and what you told me about poor Helen set my fears in motion and worried mo half to death. Long before tho timo bo usually came homo, I bad dressed myself with caro, selected the very things I had heard him admire. As I looked at myself in the glass, I saw that I was attractive ; I felt as I bad never felt before, that there was a power in dress that no woman can disregard without tho loss of influence, no matter what her position or sphere of lifo. " Supper time came. I bad something that I know John liked, and waiting for him with a nervous eagerness it was im possible to repress. But the hour passed and his well known tread along the littlo garden walk did not reach anxious ears. Five, ten, twenty minutes beyond bis hour for returning, and still I was alone. Oh ! I shiver as I recall the wild fears that be gan to crowd upon me. I was standing at the window, behind the curtain waiting and watching. All at once I saw him a little distance from the house, but not iu the direction from which he usually came He was walking slowly, and with his eyes upon the grouud. His whole manner was of one depressed and suffering. I dropped the curtain, and went back into our littlo breakfast room to see that supper was put quickly on tho table. John came in and wont up stairs, as he usually did, to change his coat before tea. In a few minutes I rang the tea boll, and then seated myself at the tablo to wait for him. He was longer than usual in making himself ready, and then I heard him coming down slowly and heavily, as if there was no spirit in bim. , "My heart beat strongly. But I tried to look bright and smiling. There was, oh 1 so deary a look on John's face as I first saw it iu tho door. He stood still just a moment with his eyes fixed on me ; and then the dreary look faded out; a flash of light passed over it as ho stepped forward quickly, and ooming to where I sat, stoop ed down and kissed me. Nevor before was his kiss so sweet to my lips. ( . " I have found my little wife once more," he said softly and tondorly, and with a quiver iu bis voice. " I laid my bead back upon bis bosom, and looking up into bis face, answered : ' And you shall nevor lose her again.' " And I think he will not. The sweet ness of that hour, and the lesson it taught can never be forgotten by my frieud Maggy. How Diseases Spread. Dr. Pago points out one fruitful source ofoontngion: " In the course of a recent inquiry into the prevalence of scarlet fever in a village, at one house he found a man, a tailor by trade, engaged at bis work, while his two children, convalescent from scarlet fever, from whose hands and bod ies the skin was abundantly coming off in flakes, wore sitting in the same room, and in actual contact with the apparel lyiug around bim. It Is not possible to concoive a more certain means than this of infecting clothes, by which the poison might be car ried afterwards to any distance, and re tained for any length of time. It is proba ble that many of these outbreaks of in fectious diseases in distant and isolated bouses, the explanation of which is a puz zle to everyone, may owe their causation to similar sources of infection." The San itary Record. tW It is told of the ate Judge Benjamin Tappan of Ohio, that when bo applied to the Judges If tho Supreme Court for ad mission to the bar of that State he was asked tho following question, to which he gave the auswers as follows : - " Mr. Tap pan, what is law ?" Answer "An unjust distribution of justice?" "Mr. Tappan, what is equity?" Answer "A d d impo sition upon comm(0scBse 1" No other ques tions were asked, and he was given a certificate of admission. A SINGULAR .STORY. r ' ' ! nriHE Altoona. Tribune tells the follow I Ing remarkable story : The Singer Manufacturing Company, of Altoona, employs as its Rgent at Johnstown for tho sale of the famed Singer Sewing Ma chines, a gentleman named P. R. Miller, who stands at the head of a family. On tho fifth day of last month as be was can vassing the territory allotted to him he came to tho farm house of ono Jacob Sigler near a small town called Verona, in West moreland county, and succeeded in persua ding Mr. S. to purchase a machine. The agent took it into the bouse and remained about an hour, instructing Mrs. S. and her daughter as to tho mantier of the construc tion of the machine, how to run it, oil it, and in fact gave them all the necessary in formation concerning it. He remained with the family to tea, and afterward mounted his vehicle and set his face home ward bound once again. The following Monday, Sigler visited Johnstown and happening in at the district agoncy of the Singer Company requested Mr. Miller to come to his house and place the machine in running order again as something had gotten wrong with it. The agent replied that he could not go that day as ho bad a machine to deliver, but that he would be pleased to comply with the re quest on the morrow or on the following day, and as the sequel proved, faithfully kept his promise. He took the cars for his destination and upon arrival at the nearest station there yet remained a walk of about ono mile. On reaching the farm-house ho sought admis sion and was ushered into a room which was occupied by Sigler, his wife and anoth er woman whoso name we failed to learn after dilligent inquiry. The machine was standing at the side of tho room directly opposite tho door, and after recognizing tho party in the customary manner, Mr. Miller proceeded at once to unlock it with tho view to making an examination and as certaining what was wrong with it. As ho did so he heard a sharp click in the rear and turning suddenly around was horrified to bo confronted by an ugly looking apolo gy for a rifle with which Sigler had drawn a bead on him, the muzzle being but a few feet away from one of his ears. The silence was broken by Sigler asking Miller whether he did not profess to be an honorable, upright man and fair in all his dealings, to which the latter responded that he did. Then, applying the vilest epithets to bim that were ever beard to emanate from tbe mouth of man, Sigler asked the agent to confess. " Confess to what?" asked Miller. " I have made my wife confess and now I demand that you confess that you and she have been criminally intimate ; that you have both committed adultery. "D m you, if you don't do it, I will blow your heart out," responded Sigler. Mr. Miller protested his innocence, yet without avail. Nothing short of a confes sion that he was parlicept criminit to the alleged crime would satisfy the enraged husband who added, that he didn't want any fooling about it either. Seeing that determination was depicted upon Sigler' s countenance, and not caring to look down the throat of a rifle that was cocked and capped any longer than he could possibly help, through fear, Mr. Miller confessed to what bad been charged against him. "Now," said Sigler, si ill pointing the muzzle of the guu straight at bis head, "this matter can be readily compromised." " How ?" asked Miller. "By you giving me a receipt in full for tbe maohine and two hundred dollars in cash," replied Sigler. "But I have no money," said Miller, putting his bands in his pantaloon's pockets as be spoke. " Take your hands out of your pockets, you scoundrel, or I'll blow your bead oil'. Get down there on that chair and write me a note for the sum. I want but little fool lug about this matter," said Siglor, in a very excited manner, the muzzle of the gun still being held near tho head of the affright ed man. Nothing was left for Mr. Miller but to down at the bidding. Sigler then ordered his wife to go into an adjoiuing room and procure ink, pen and paper after which the note for the sum named was drawn up in due form. The wife was then required to road it over several times in order to assure the husband that it was correct. Turning to Miller again Sigler then told bim that he could "step down and out" of the house, but that if he mode any attempt to look back until he got beyond tbe range of the rifle his brains would surely be blown out. Only too glad to be able to get away with bis life, Mr. Miller hastened to the railway station and boarded the first train home ward. . Upon arrival at Johnstown he re lated tbe.circumstances as above reported to his personal friends, and if we have been correctly informed will institute legal pro ceedings against Sigler at au early day. Miller' acquaintances speak of his gentle manly bearing in the highest terms, and all firmly believe that the affair was simply a conspiracy to extort money from him. Should such prove to be the case it will be branded as'otie of the vilest conspiracies on record. Professional Cards. JK. JUNKIN, Attorney.at-T.aw, A.r. xt. Nw Blooinlleld. Porry eo., Pa. Jimkln residence ol Judge AM. MARKBL Attorney-at-Law New liloomlleld, Perry county Pa. -OfneewlthClis. A. Harnett, Em Centre Square, adjoining Mortimer's Hloie. ,M t"lre JKWIS POTTER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, . NEW BLOOMPIELD, PERRY CO., PA. -Clalms promptly seenred and collected. Writings and afi lejjal business carelully attend, ea to. s'j "AMES II. FERGUSON, Attorney at-Law, " NEWPORT PA -Onice Market Street, near the Square. 36 6 CHARLES H. BMILET, Attorney at Law. New Bloomtield, Perry Co. Pa. OfflcewlthC. A.Barnett. Esq., next door to Mortimer's store August 20. 1872 "VMAA- 8P0,I?ai'EK. Attorney-at-Law, ..' T Olltee adjoining Ills res deuce, on Fn. Main street, New Blooinlleld, Perry co., Pa. 8 2 ly C1HA8. A. BARNETT, Attorney-at-Law. J Maui Itlnni.illnl.l If -- - - fc.unice adjoining Mortimer' Store. 82 ly JBAILY, Attorney at Law, New Bloomtield, PerryCo., Pa. -Office opposite the Court House, and two doors east of the Perry County Bank. H.r.r.lAll X ... T ... I I - . .. JOHN G. SHATTO, Surgeon Dentist. . ,. i-i ., New Blooinlleld, Perry eo.. Pa. done in toe best manner, and at reasonable A nfflfAntnloMeM... ... .1 .... Robinson House, and opposite Wm. A. Sponsler's Law olllce. r a 2 1 v WM. M. BUTCH, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. New Blooinlleld, Perry co., Pa. St6re-371y iuornuier piHAS. J. T, McINTIRE, Attorney-at-Law, now modiniieiu, j erry co., ra. . ,A11 professional business promptly audfaith. fully attended to. 3 2 lv. 17"M. N. SEIBEET, Attorney-at-Law, T T New Bloomtield. Perrv on.. r. liloomlleld, 3331v. LEWIS POTTER, kotaut public. New Bloom Held. Perry Co., Pa. Deeds, Bonds. Mortuaires and Leases cnrefnllv prepared and acknowledgements taken. All Kinds of Pension and Bounty papers drawn and certified, will also take depositions to bo reul In iiiiu aii r In Hi. IInK..J ui-t ...... -a , vwu.v iii viia iiiiiii;u I IU iyw "ITTM. A. MORRISOX, y JUSTICE OF THE PEACE and GENERAL COLLECTOR, NkwGkiimantown, l'erry oo., Pa. S-Remittanceswlll be made promptly for all Collections made. 1 44 -yyiLLIAM M. SUTCII, Justice or lhe Peace, AND GENERAL COLLECTOR, Now Bloomfleld, Perry County, Penn'a y Special attention paid to Collections of all kinds. Deeds, Bonds, Mortgages and Agreements eatlyn executed. 7 lotf. HEAL ESTATE At Private Sale. The undersigned will sell at private sale his val uable farm situate In Juniata township, Perry co., Pa., adjoining lands of George Tlzell, George Ickes and others, containing 91 -A. CUES, pf Red Slate land, about 75 Acres are cleared, and In a high state of cultivation. The balance is well set with timber. The Improvements are a good two story Log and Weatherboarded DWELLING HOUSE, LARGE BANK BARN. TENANT HOUSE, CARRIAGE HOUSE. NEW HOG PEN and WOOD HOUBK. There Is also a Well ol good water near the bouse. There are also TWO GOOD ArPLE ORCH ARDS on this farm, with a variety of other fruit trees. This property Is near the village of Markle vllle in a good neighborhood. Any person desiring to purchase a home, should see this property before making a Uiial invest ment. Price $5,000 1 payments, 12,000 on the 1st of April, 1874, at which time a deed will be delivered, and possession given. The balance to be paid In threeequal annual payments, with interest, to be secured by judgment bonds. - Calf on or address JACOB KLINE, Marklevllle, Perry co Pa on LEWIS POTTER, 2tf New Bloomtield, Perry co., Pa. LEBANON Mutual Fire Insurance Compnny, OF Joncntown, I'cun'at POLICIES PERPETUAL at Low Rates. No condncted and most reliable Companies in th wui.nj iMujtrirv msurea rerpewai y per thausund. ' J LEWIS POTTER, NEW BLOOMFIELD, PA., 18 Agent for Perry County. LOOK OUT! I would respectively Inform my friends that I In tuud calliug upon thvm with suuulv ol unuil of my OWN MANUFACTURE, Consisting of OASSIMESS, CA8SINETS, FLANNELS, (Plain and bar'd) CA11PET8, Ato., to exchange for wool or sell for cash. J. M.BIXLER. ' Cbntkb Woolen Factohy. 6,17,4m j.m. oikvin. j, H.oiavm J M.GIBVIN & SON, 1 CommlssloD McrchantH, NO. 8, BPEAR'S WHARF, Baltimore, 91 d. MWa will pay strict attention to the sale of all kinds of country produce, and remit the amount promptly. 6 841y Auctioneer. The undersigned give notice that he will cry sales at any point In Perry or Dauplii counties. Orders are solicited sua prompt attention will be given. E. l. WELLS, New Buffalo, ' ' Perry co., Pa. PPLE PARHH8 and Door Bells In new styles L can be bought of F. MUlUIMtU.
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