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Liquors, Splees.Farley Patent Medicines, rerfumeryand Toilet Ar ticles. Prescription% earchally compounded.— Brick Block, Moatrese, FA A. R. Deans, Feb. 21,15 M 11)11. D. 1. - LATIIROP. - .(.I , llllli.tera ELvcrao nIIZAN{LBAtIIe. at the Foot 0 enestast street. Celt and consult In all Clronte DLe Vet. Montrose. Jan. M.—no 3-41. • • .1 F. SIIO BRAUER. Attorney at Law. 111antrnio. Pa. OfeleC nest door below the Tarbell 'tome. Pnbllg. Avenue. Montrone, ..14n. 1:. C. E: ILDW IN, A rtonaya and CoL7GETAA AT Laa, Great Bona. Penn- IL L. BALDWIN, . • Arrosurrs AT LAW. Montroee, Pa Ogles 'al' James E esrulalt Esg. August tf. LOO MIS & LUSK. Attorneys at Lan•. Office 50.4 l tack.awanni Avezioo. penman. Pa. Practice in the teveral Court/ of La. arena and SaNnelsunna Counties, F. & Locsrs. Soanlon, iSh.—tf. W. 1 , CTIOSOION. Atinrney at 1.1 a.. (Wee at the Coart Jinni", in !be Catimts,loner'* Of:iv , . W A. Cnosastan. Mantras,. Sri.. Bin. Is:l.—t r. DESIMI NteIIENZIE, FAITROT. ealer• in Dry Good+, Clothing. Ladies and Mese'. nee Shoe+ Me, .igente for the ;teat American Ten and Coffer Company. [Montroeq,Pa ,ap Dit. W. W. SIIITIT, Dies-tee. Itoome nt ht• dwem n;z, rat door ent of the hopubliroa ortotiog °nine. Mike lintin f rom 9A. .11. to 4 P. n. MOTI Prose, stay 3, thil —4 if Tilt Hal Hall Charley Morris le the burlier. who Can Aare ycrartace to order, Cate brown, block- and grizzley hale, in bin AIM,. Jug np Alai,. There you will nod him, once Cicren 610er. below 711.<6.entivs—latt one door. )lo moor, Jun 01,1571.-11 C. SIOILIUS. .1. B. it A. U. BetOLLUII, Army.rerra it Law Offire aver the Dank, Montrose ra. Montra,. May 10. ISII. .tr J. D. VAIL, flerrooraescr Purse:len aeleSt-ortoto:e. Use permonntly lowedlriv.elf to Montroae, lir., where he scillpronapt, 17 spend to all ealleth hie profeeeloo with which he rosy be Nrored. ()lice nod- re.isteuee STC-11 of the Court near Fitch .t WeLon's °Mee. . Moatron. Febroory S.lsn. OFFICE' FITCTI S W.ITS3N% Attorneys et Lam, at the old office tteeffey 1 Fitch. outrw. , . Pa. 141. ?rt. - a. (Zee. tt, CHARLES N. ST • ILD. to D,.ta and Shots. Ila nd Ips. Leather and ril11{1:7 Slain Strnat.. Ist • nr bcloss Boyd's Stare. m ;de is order, and r I,llring done neatly. 51 , .arrmq Jan. 1. 1:i7(1. LE • S IiNOLL, AND nAin DRESSMO. Shop to thiusw PostoiSce hitildind, *hero he widi hs tonna ready to attend all who may want anything In his line. ISontrose, Pa.Oet. MO. DR. S. W. DAYTON; PITYSICTAN .t 8111(11:0N, tender. his vendee. is hr citizen. of Crest Bend end vitinity. (Mee at blr residence. opposite 73arnavi Howe. Git., Bend villar,e. Ist, tt • A. 0. WAUUEN; A TTOTCZET A LAWOldriati.l.tdek.El4%. Pec , i" and Exam • cn attended to. Office Aar helnwl3c7d'AStote,: Atontrose,Pa. [An. I.'o M. C. SUTTON; Auctioneer, and Insurance Agent, Prieitd.rillle, Pa. C. S. OILIIERT, .06.1solztaxiLoor. . t Great. Bend, Pa. 17. El. so gl Ott • .111.311[ 1, E1.14 , Q. Amvoticiaxcior. Aug.. 1, 1:1C9. 11c1dxgae, trooklyn,rs Jouiv GROVES, FISSIMIABLE TAELOILI dim:arum, Pa. Shop over Chandler's Store. .A.P orders Ailed in flrrt-rate style. co I Mt, done on -shoal:toilet.. and warranted to at CVs W: 511.1171, CALECET AND CiLADI SIANLPACTURILLS,—Ieco. of Main street, llontraec, jan. I. 1809. STROUD.IKBROW III , FIRE AND LIPS EVAVAANCE AGENTS. Ai: linstucza elan dal° Pro FA on Lair Ware. DUleo Ai - item:op:4lllot `.niontrosollosmi," west side o! Public Arcnne, Montrose, Pa. [Ang:1,1869.. Palmas Snrono. - - LVAintio L. Itsiown. ABEL TERBELL,:: D :ALM In ' Drags, Patent Medicines." Cbmnicals Liquors. Paints, Gils,Dye emirs, Varnishes, Win NV Groceries, Glass Ware, Wel and Window Pa, per, Stone-ware, Lamps. Kerosene, Machines, Oils. Trusses,. Gan., AMIIIII/litiol3. 1:011..e• Speetadge Thmsbni, Fancy - Goods,. ,Jewelry, Perils • Vein,: Sone' oftbir most numerous, cute:misc and valuable collections Qf Goeds in Susquehanna Co.— estublished In ,1613. [Montrose. Pa. D. W. SEAULE, TtOMVIZY.ILT LAW. office over the Store of AI Lattopp,, tbo Brick Bloch, Montrose, Pa. 'atm lia. W. L. niemmunsoN, nytnci.A.N fiCuGEoN., tenders his professions serviecito the citizens uf.llontrose nue vicinity.- 0111cit.stlidoresidenco; 011 rth, corner cast of thryreA Bros. Foundry. - (Aug. I, -1n64. PAYSICI2O.I add SUMMON. ..11.4ditrose. Ise., Gives especial sitisestion -to ~ d iseases -or stie:licart and Mimi and all Sargleal diseases. -:,veice ores W.ll. Delik.a - .l.6wattaat licarles 111x1e14 - L. 114.1. 160. ulu Bac:m.lEl3s._ scinyroN, tVk;lesale Dcalersl33 HARDWARE, IRON, STEEL,' ,NAILS, SPIKES, SHOVELS, "TILDER'S lIARE;WARE, Jam- RAIL, coCNTERST'Ark T DAIL MEAL RAILROAD A. MINING SUPPLIES. - L'ARRJACE SPRINGS: AXLES, SKEINS AN/ BOXES, BOLTS, NUTS and W.1.9/FRP.I„, . . • PLATED BANDS. arA.Grxezt,r t • IRONS, lIBBS,SPOSESI . PELLOES, SEAT SPLYDLES, BOWS, eft. ATVILS, VICES, STOCKS' and ;DIES, KELLOWS EA.EILKEK.'SLEDGES.. Fir -4...tn..5a. CLACITLAR AND 'MILL SAWS,I3FLTING. PACEINO TACKLE BLOCKS, - PLASTEE .PAEIS • CEMENT; wait 4311INDSTOZTES: ' TEEMOLLUTSDOWGLASILLEATUEIIO27Sgazros - FAMBANKIS SCAT:F*4. crantoix. Ilarelr24.lFA3. 2T " PROVO HUBBARD! PATRON= SOME IISIIH 1 M T IEE • O.IIANGEMILE Speed sad Deihl° Dar* Wheel.- it bolds the Great New yorkEtate r itlanalftemltem knt.- Ale 1t1,132 MO. 1 •- - - • Aar the Penteittanla, llarTlud and_Vbgialit State . cid entire] - fro . at ve! in ge l :l) lm d e stxitZd cl izi e r t zueLin the en of otroculally see; c ;trltorosa grit 7be iiPeiettee Can be clanged tuatara], frona e high *fpcoll to one a third flower. without stop. thee adapt u'r ftn te e ' c i rc i tti 2 t ml a f l"" tri , M t r i gt n . l i m o a gcrid * one eatint hatf u etead. It Is beyond doubt the etennyrest annhineigTorld. sad you can dependepoa it,heing prfeetly lc to Wong pos-tioubz. • '.lloragn• 6411M))1t09, pitt.'o-: . :ccitiiit. ' THE TMTD THREADS. ' A babe, Who erept from the downy nest, Fond bands had loved to deck; Gloving and swectfrom its rosy neat, To ling, carressing and carressed, T is gerdlermother's neck. 'Another, who shrank In his squalid lair, In the noisy crowded - court, Dreading to waken to curse and . blow, :-. To woman, whose.litc of sin and woe. Won from sleep a respite short, ;From the tiarknms and the light, • Weave the black thread,weave the white. A girl, in her graceibl, guarded borne. 'Mid sunshine, and birds, and flowers, Whose thir face brightened as she heard Her gallantlover's wooing word, In the fragrant gloaming hours. Another, tossed out, &nameless war t On the awful sea of life, poverty, ignorance and wrong; Young pulses beating fhll and strong For the fierce, unaided strife, ' Front the darkness and the light, Weave the black thread, weave the white. Axoe Nricaota A wife, beside herbouseliold hearth, , her happy matron. pride. Raising her infant in het arms, Showing Its thousand infant cluirms To the father at Its side, Another, who stood on the river's banks Heating her weakling cries; Thinking "a plunge would end fbr both Cruelty, 'hunger and broken truth, Harsh earth and iron skies," From tie darkness and the light, Weave the black thread, weave the white. Her children's children at her knee, . With fijends and kindred round, . • An aged woman with silver hair, Passing from life, 'mid the love and prayer, That her graciowt evening crowned. ' Another, crouched in the stinted warmth Of the worhtintme, homeless hearth • Her bitter faro unkindly given ; Knowing as little of joys in Heaven As of gladness on the earth. - d From the derkness and the light, ' Weave the black thread, weave the white. 1230122 E! C. C. FAITLIOT A soul that sprung from rose-strewn turf, ,With its cavern-moss adorned, Another, that left its pauper's grave, Where rank and coarse the grasses wave, O'er rest, unnamed, unmourned And two, who sought their Redeemer's feet, By,llis having blood to plead, 'stay He in his,merey guide us all, For sunbeam And shadows strangely ; The riddle Is hard to read ' From the darkess and the light, Weave the black thread, weave the white -An his Year draund, Open the door for the children, Tenderly gather them in ; In from the highways and hedges, In from the place of sin. Some are soyoung and so helpless, Some are so hungry, and cold; • Open the door for the children Gather them Into the fall riEZE= Open the door for the children, See! they are coining in throngs ;' Bid them sit down to the banquet. Teach them your beautiful songs ; Pray you the Pother to bless them; Pray you that grace may be given ; Open the door for the children. - Of such is the kingdom orlieuven.7_ I cannot think but God must know About the thing I long for so; - I know be is so good, so kind, I cannot think b ut ho will find Some way to help, some way to stow Me to the thing I long far so. I stretch my hand—it lies so near; It looks so sweet, it looks so dear. Dear Lord," I pray, "Oh,iet me know If it is wrong.to want It sor lie only smiles—He does not speak; My heart grows weaker anti more weak, With looking at the thing so dear, NIA& liesso far and yet so near. lime, Loa I leave at thy loved feet This thing which looks so near, so sweet; I will not seek, I will not long— I almost fear I have been 171 go, end work the harder, Lund, And wait till by some load, clear word Thou called me to thy loved feet, To take this thing so dear, so sweet. . —Saes Mtn, in Serilonees dlenthig guritio Witicionio. Portnpl in a hundred years has not quarreled with any power. —A seemd track through the Mount CenisTnnnel has been laid. —A Locomotive was lately ran, experi mentally 77 miles in one hour. —Thera is one bonr - differenee of time between Boston and Cincinnati. . —We read in Taunton,. Mass., a 200 year old tree will yield this year. —The President has approved of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Depot bill continuous dry weather in Cuba Bias increased the sugar crop eight per cent.. , „ sum of $250,00b was realized last year- by' the sponge-gathers on the lower gulf :coast of. Florida. —By the deepening of the Illinois Canal, the Illinois River is receiving all the variatieiref fishin the great lakes. -.---Twenty persons have been killed by an explosion of petroleum and powder at Tripolizza, a town of the Pheloponnesus. "—Henri Roahfort has sailed for New Caledonia together, with others convirted of partioipation in the Communist revolt& •—A Farmer op in Stafford County. Newe Ilampshire,reports that he has plow ed up a petrified Indian, seven - feet seven inches long. A sonata to the Cardiff gi-, ant, perhaps. • • • • —A Boston bride, whose groom re- - monstrated with her at the wedding for indulging in a rather indiscriminate hes= towel of her last maiden kisses on anum her of-her:male friends, remarked witli natural naivete, that the gentlemen in questions bad been in the habit of kissing her all her life 'and= she didn't see why they should stop now, ' - • —ln washing windows and other glass never-nee soap sinless it can he thorough ly rinsed off ; 'wash oft_ the dirt with, clean warm' water; after the glass is dry rub a little paste of _whiting and . water , us the centre of each pane. With another cloth rinse over the glass, then rub it with silty datb till it §bineo liiso captaL Open the Door. A Hymn. MONTROSE, PA , gitiirellancono. 111d1IT : WOItE►. My story ts-a ghost itory, and ono cf the genuine article, I Coneludo, from pnt tiug together my pre-conceived ideas of ghosts and the particular experience I have to relate on. Ois occasion. It is an experience so strange, so terrible and so fraught With poignant grief, that for a long time after its occurrence I shrank from all mention of it; but time, the grefit alley iator,en Ales me now to sit down andgiven calm aeconnt of the events to which I refer. L was night editor on the Ilawbuck ,Ifoheing Sentinel,' My associate in the local department *as Ward Snttin a young fellow of keen perceptious, ready wit and active ability. He had :dear eyes, a con centrative brow, a rather pale complex ion, a long, flaring, jet-black mustache, and an open, wide-awake look that was a fbthful index to his character. Nothing escaped his observation. He was .inde fatigably induitrions, and picked up al the news, delving out items from the most appareittly barren, ground. He was the bat Local we had ever had, and our de partnient of city flews, soon after his ad vent, outstripped those of all our cotem poraries in variety and spic?.• • " Ward had one fault, however. The so cial bowl poisessed poWerful attractions for hirn;:and it was too often evident that he had been imbibing more freely than a sound judgment would dictate. To be sore, he was seldom unfitted for witless —not. more than 'once in three or four montlii . perhaps—bnt he was pursuing a path *lnch ; if persisted in, must, I en deavored to pursnatle him, eventually re sult in his downfall. I talked to him of ten about it,but although he always listen ed pleasantly, my words seemed to be uselessly expended. He was always the slime free and easy, light hearted conviv al fellow, and hard working, valuable as sistant. lie would frequently choose a topic of popular interest and write thereon a se ries of descriptive articles in a free, gos s:py vein just calchlated to catch the pub lic attention. This was in addition to his regular work as city editor. The amount of labor ho accomplished, and the ewe with wide:lole performed it, frequently tilled me with astonishment. Well do 1 remensber when he cliose for his theme " Dregs:and Scum." He pene trated the vilest haunts of the lowest classes, and described their habits in a wonderfully vivid manner. Their vices. their misfortunes,ithe bright spotsin their lives, together with scraps of adventure and incident—exciting, amusing and pathetic—were alt.treared with rare spirit and "race by Isis ready pen. Of course in tisk pursuit he visited the resort of thievesi, Villians and desperadoes, and plunged into scenes against his safe exit from which there were many chan . ""ire *ill SCO ilthat can_ be - fished up from the slime," ho would say, with a mocking laugh, and start off on one of his, midnight excursions Or again he would announce that he had an appoint. menE to meet stne distinguished friends, the true purport of which rtmark we all. well ituderStoocl. Ward and I, when at work, occupied a room by ourselves,_ while the managing editor, and .BailOy, his assistant, had anotht‘r apaitmont just across the hall. One hi~ltt about half past eleven Ward said to me: . " Weit;yeck, I gness I'll go out and sec what I can'see. Ive'sent in a couple of colum.,s, and - Dobbin Will be on the look out to report - if anything turns up. be back by half past one or two." Dobbin was a middle aged, seedy indi vidual, of some ability, but no particular occupation, whcf loafed around the office most of the time,: in readiness to assist, for a small remuneration, in any depart ment that happened-to be crowded. Ife frequently lent his aid to Ward iu report ing police cases, accidents, rows and the "Hold on, Wad,' I said; looking him in the face; "hadn't you better wait un til to-morrow night?" • " Why ? I know; you think I'm not 'exactly well balanced. But I'm all right, I'm in jult,the mood for it to-night, too." • "Yes, you alirays are, for that matter. When do you propose to go to•night." • "Down • to Atuggins' Forks. , • The very word plde in the city! The concentration of vile and desperate law lessness! • '. • You're not in'earnrst, Ward? You're not4oing there to-night, are you r "That's just;where I'm going You know their great mognl, Barney - .truck, is awaiting fur trial fur that highway rob bery.aerape, and 71 want to hear their comments. Jove! won't :it be - 'a - rich treat!" • • • "I heard they ,werd going to have a talk about it." • ' . " Yee, Moggithf Forks is to_ an in - I % l Z et 4 liati,l Ve h l trfi woUldnl go, ,that's "Well, Peck, I'don't want you to go. But going." - 41 You may take this if -You a-,int it," and I unlocked sidrawer, and drew out a six shooter. 31o1" isclainied . _laughitie 'in Yon liad beitertake'it." But be persistettin declining. Very well; have your own. way. But be cool, and keep :a sharp lookout. And promise me ono tbing,, Ward; that you will not drink anything more to-night, at least until you get back:" ILS bad been sliswly moving towartl,the door, and now rushed out suddenly ex claiming with a laugh •• ; , • °All right. I guess not." After he was goue I moved. uneasily in tay,chair for soma moments, and at last with ms iffOrt bent myself to :,the :work before Presently: came in on, an errand.; , . -• "Where is Sutfin ?" - he said. ' _ • • a Don't, ask,"replied. • - "Oh I" he exclaimed, with a &owl, "Be gone lopg . • "Till half past one" I old. . Well, I hope Itell get back." And , .WEDSESPAX,.:JUN'E 19, 1.€0.12 with tlio lust worahe &oar swung:abut, as Bailey 'retired. • • I ect.ocd an Anion to his wish. We all liked Ward, and felt an interest hrhim. Ha was young, so bright, and capable of so much. • My head was not clear that night. I coal(' not think straight, nor bring .my energies to•bear on the task before me. Po I took my meerschaum down from •its F helf, seniped it out carefully, went to a private drawer, and filled the pipe with ginume Turkish tobacco that I. kept on hand for rare occasions like the present one. For it was not often that my brain !Allied me, and when it did, a pipe full of this tobacco would invariably set things going swimmingly. I suspect it contained a liberal admixture of those fascinating treacherous drugs for which the East is famous, for its effect was always indescrib ably exhilarating. It gave me new ener gy, new life, and a quick, far sighted pen etrating that could grapple with any problem within the scope of my learning or information. Perhaps I took a more liberal:thew:ince ih in usual that time. I do not know that I did; lint I never felt so keen or so fas cinated by any work as on that particu lar night. -I worked on steadily and un tiringly, conscious of no effort, and bons p!e'ely absorbed in the tasks before me. I do not know how long I had flint; sat, when a very strange incident oecured. It was the beginning of the strangest ex perience of my lre—in evperience whose p4rallel I hope and expect never to pass through again. My tasks were coThtloted, with the ex ception of one or two trifles, and I leaned back in my chair and yawned. Happen ing to look around—l know not what it was that impelled me to look around at that particular moment—l beheld the door open noislessly and Ward Puffin en tered. • It was about two o'clock, or after. " What's the matter, Ward ?" I cried, for tLere was a bright red wound on his forhi al, and every vestige of color seem ed to have faded from his face. He paid no attention to my inquiry, but proceeded direct to his desk and. sat down. • walked with his usual quick step, and immediatFly on seating himself took pencil and paper anti began to wise. • " Ward I' I say. Still de did not reply. Ilis.pencil trav elled over the paper rapidly, `•Ward 1" I spoke loudly and tharply. But he paid no attention to my voice. I concluded that ho was so absorbed as not to hear me—though that would not be like him. I felt curious tg know bow he had received the wound on .his forehead, which, however, I concluded from his cool behavior could-ha nothing serious. I took a newspaper, rolled it up int) a ,bunch, and threw It at his head, thinking to startle him. Horror! It seemed M go through him, and he went on writing, apparently un disturbed. 8 1,7 41.1 at him 5p4.114)01m3. - Finally he threw down his pencil and arose. " See here old boy!','l exclaimed, springing up and starting:toward him. __But without even so much as looking at me. he walked quickly to the door, opened it, seemed to glide old, and closed it noiselessly atter him. .1 followed him hastily. Going into The outer hall, I expected to overtake him, but he was not in sight. I ran across an office boy.• . _ "Did you see Mr. Satin just now r I asked. • "No sir." "You did not r t.,N-o, air. There boon nobody here." "llow long have you been hero r • "A few minutes. I *as waitin' for Jim." "Ward certainly just came out, here from my room." "Zuess not—leistwise I didu't sec him." I was bewildered. I returned to my room, and was just about to sit down, to my table when I thought myself to' ex amine what Ward had written. , I }cent to his desk, and to my intense astonishment and horror, read the follow ing. MunnEn—Mr. Ward Sntlln, -beat edi tor of this paper, came toll's death rit the hands of assassins.shortly before, two o'clock this morning. Ile. had beet; ; at tending—as a spectator—au indignation meeting at iiuggins Forks, anal. while leaving, was set upon by three ruffhis and severely beaten. On of the trio .aecom plilahed their murderous design by, strik ing a fearful blow on his forheall with a small bar of iron. They lett his bOdy in cellar way in Pinches Alley. . . • ,At first I was so transfixed as to be able only to hold the paper in my- hand and stare at it. I read it, thrice over, scanning each: word and letter in a • horrible., fasci nation. It was Ward's handwriting—L there was no mistake abed that' and Ward had written it—for I had, seen him. ; . _ Strange to say no suspicion of a practi cal joke entered my head for an instant. Cahn reflection would doubtless have suggested that explanation of the affair. BiiCl did not reflect calmly. ••' ponneed upon a - conclusion without delay, and that was, Unit Ward had - beenmurdered; - and that Itail seen his ghost! •Strauge.;prfii seeding, wouldit , not be, for Oman*, op near after being killed and write his oivn Obituary? However ttie 'strangeness nor, the preposterousness of theidea did not enter My-mind then, - I 'simply accepted it et once, with fill its horror and. wild np..33. ' As I said I held the paper he my hand, and read it.carefully., I was in a sort of stupor for a few seconds, and then came suddenly the desire to' ad. The place mentioned as` the_ receptacle of Ward's body nuizt be hearched immediately: I laid the p4per.down and went to' , the door. As I opened, it a gust of wind swept in, Creating quite . ii commotion: among •the'Papers. !sprang back .to the -table. Ward's manuscript- had blown • off with the rest, and' stooped down to - look - •for• it.. 'Just then - I heard Bailey's step in We outer ball, and I called:. . • . • - ' 41 Baileyl Bailey! • Conae - in hero for God's sake • "What's up, Peckr • ; He entered hastily, and spoke with sur prised anxiety. "I can't' distinctly recol-• led, mach less account for, my manner on that night "It's jest as I feared," -I '.said, still searching. fur ti h missing paper. - . "IVhat. :is it?"' "Ward.4--"' • 4 ilVhat him?" • "He iskilled." • - "WAnti KILLED? How? When? Who brought the news?" I suddenly paused' in my search and stared at him blankly as he asked the , lust question. "IVhy don't you answer me?" - His voice was.fnll of harshnesi and digress. "Whe.told you ? .Where is he."' "En a cellar way on Pinches Alley." "Who -brought . the newt? ; Will you nnsweethat ? "He brbught it himself—or .rather his ghost did," I answered doggedly. See here, Peck," said Dailey}, • sharply, "don't have any fooling on such a subject. Are you joking, or are yon not?" "Joking ! No, no! I wish I was. -But come on 1" 1 seizi.a him by, the .shoulder and endeavored to drag ; him toward the door. "We must find his body." • Bailey thought I was out of my head, and I did not blame him. He disengaged himself from my grasp and wheeled about, facing me. "Now tell me what you mean I" he said sternly, with a voice and manner that brought tae back to7cohereucy. In as calm a manner as . possible I. re lated to hint the events of the' few mo ments jut passed. I • . When had concluded be eyed me nar rowly sand. his fue3 bore an incredulous look. "You don't believe me," I said. "But be kind enough to belp me for a moment, and we will soon find the. paper.. The wind bleW it on the floor." We searched for some time, bnkin vain. I felt rather chagrined, nud wqs doubly anxiousfind it. But it was not to be found. We searched t very stray scrap.. "It must hare fallen into the tire-place," I said. "See—there are its charred re mains now." • "Yes, L see," said Bailey ? , looking at me pityingly, "But never mind to-night, Peck. You had better go home and get rested." , This infuriated me. " Yon are trifling!" .I ejaculated. "You don't believe me. But I am neither drank nor crazy. I hay....! spoken the and yon or some one else must go with me immediately to 3luggine Forks.' Bailey pooped, and endeavored to per suade meiont of this idea, whereat I left' him without ceremony. I made my way into the street and walked swiftly to the police headquarters. I was well acquainted there, and with out being obliged to enter into minute speculations, was furnished with an escort of two officers. "Been h fuss at the Forks, did yon EnSl" rAlarkml :tino-orAbox4 . -ater we bad got Well on our way. " fact, there has-been. a mur der—" " Whew ! That is coming it pretty strong!" • "No. I might not have been believed if I had. it is rather a singular. affair, take it all through. lint if we search the cellar ways on 'inche's &Bev, it's my opinion that we find the dead body Of Ward Sullin." Both men uttered startled exclamations at this, and demanded to know my rea sons for thus speaking. I then detailed to them the particulars that have already been xelated at which they tittered sundry expressions Of sur prise and incredulity. But we hurried on faster than ever, and in due course of, time reached that quar ter of the city known as Huggins' Forks. It was ins state of comparative quietude, being dark and silent, lights glimmering only occasionally here. and there out of . • low groggerics. Soon we turned On Pincile's Alley, a narrow dirty, dark lane; from various quarters of which arose sleachei almost unbeamhle. We walked slowly anit.cau tiously along, guided by the light of 'one of the policemen's lantetns, which cast about a ghostly glimmer, seeming to make visible the foulness of the and, - the corruption which left not' Untainted one inch of space. With liesitallngsteps arid dread anticipation we pursued oar horri ble search. Down into damp places.. and nests of:filth peered, withdrawing from each as soon as we had scanned it tirronghly. We' found 11 .It I* . partially doubled up, but. the head and face were visible. I looked first at the kiehead, and there was a bright red -wound, corresponding precisely.. with the one k had seen on—what ?" • We carefully gathered, •it .up, and straightened it . out, - and- composed the limbs in xi lea. painful .posture..- There were, two . hands that worked With loving, - though trembling touch.: . . It was, to the hespital,.ln order to ascertain beyond peradventure whether or not Tito was extinct. The physician said he Must have beentlead an, hour: •• rthought when. lietiirued to, the of fice, that; Bailey Looked upon me with an expression akin to awe. :net [wee in a mood far from triumphant: I had. loved Ward dearly, and was boWed.dowi•mith grief 'at his untimely and terrible death.. I oparcf alt sickening details of. the ei citetnent!that foltowed,.of the talk. about my part in Alio :tragedy; of the fruitless searchirer the murderers,. - .. Afterward Bailey made me give hips 'a moreiexplieit account of the straugo man-. ner - in whieh. I received.inforination. of the tragie event. . And as! minutely described each cir-: camstaime, he alternately opened. his eyes wide,•icowled, langhed, and .loOked" wise. What el4e could h do? : ~.• Ido,no attempt to give any explana lion of what limo related. I!.Che fals— er mrmecaory of them---have been .lahl before tbe !rafter. But as I..think them over, questions obtrude themselves upon. each other.- , Was I'dreaming ? so; is there meth od illa dreamer?.And can a stimulated brain reeeivo an impression from a dream so vivid Mad indelible at to, be indisting uishablyifrom a memory of an actual fact? If so, what is memory bat a 'delu sion, and: to what extent can wo trust our recollections of the past?. But why pur sue tie subject ?_ - . - A Good Joke. Eli Perkins tells - this. On . Saturday Philadelphia lawyer, - Mr. Harding, rode down to Wal l street in a Broadway omni bus. At qte 7 art's a, beautiful young:lady got in' and handed fifty cents to the dis tinguished attorney, requesting him to please bandit to the driver. • • ".With pleasure," said Mr. Harding, at the-same time passing the fifty cents up through the hole to the driver. The driver made • the change, handed forty cents back to Mr: Harding, who quietly put it away in his vest pocket, and went onseading a mowing machine brief. Then all was silence. Soon .the younglady asked him about the Brooklyn ferry. Mr. Harding replied to the question with courtesy. "Do the boats ruri from• Wall street to Astoria?" continued the young lady. "I don't know, madame,". replied, Mr. Harding, petulantly . „; "Pin not a resident of New York; I'm a Philadelphian? "Ah I yes—(then a silence.) 34. Harding again buried hiinself in his brief, while the young lady a-hemmed and asked him what the fare was inothe New YOrk stages. "Why, ten cents, madame—ten cents." "But I gave you fifty cents to give to the driver," interrupted the young lady, "and—" "Didn't he returnyour change e It is possible? Here, driver I" ho continued, dropping his brief and Pulling the strap violently, "why the dickens don't you give the lady her change—forty cents, sir; furty cents 1" "I did give her the change; I gate for ty cents to you, and you put it m your own pocket,"! shouted back the driver. "To me?"'said Mr. Herding, feeling iu his vest pocket, from *idel? his firgers brought out four ten cent notes." Urn cious goodness, madam!. I beg ton thou sand pardons; but—bnt—" never mind," said, the lady, eye. lug . him suspiciously, "you know a lady in New York has to look out for herself. It's no matter—it was the the forty cents-" • "Goodness gracious! my dear woman" —and then the stage stopped, and the young lady tripped away: Mr..Hatiling bad been so excited about the affair that he went back to Philadel phia this mornitiga ruined man. He even forgot to take a 810;000 fee which Mr. Ketchum was to pay hi:n in a' mow ing machine case. He says he rather pay 610,000, than let the Philadelphia fellows'• get hold of the story, for fear they would be askino , him what he did with that poor womanTforty cents." --.... .a. -a-------- nal ho a Mother f "How does God seem to you when you try to pray F' I asked of a Sunday school scholar. looked up rather sadly and said, slowly, "I never prayed." • "Never?" I said, wonderingly. "Did yon never try ?" "No," he answered, and a sad, hungry look atm° into his eyes: I was sad, too, and'could only eiclaim, "What a sweet lesson you have Y et to learn." Some ono who beard the strong remark naked me, "had he a mother ? _She surely must have- taught him 'Now I lay me,' or 'Our Father.'" . Strange she did not, strange that she could• allow him to say, "No one, not even my mother, ever taught me toymy." I hope there are few mothers" in this gospel land whose sons and daughters can speak thus. . Oh, mothers, teach your childien to call on their heavenly Father, even if you cannot, yourselves. Try best. of all, to teach them by example, so that in after life, in the great hereafter, your sons and daughters may gladly, say, -"My mothei taught me to pray." • • From Father to Soo. One day a young man entered a mer chant's office in Beaton and with a .pale and careworn face, said: ani ih"..need of help. have been unable to meet certain payments because certain parties have not done • aa they a,,oreed by me, and would. like to have 810,000. came to you _because bou were a friend to my father, and might e a friend to me. Come in, =id the old merchant, come in and have a glass of °trine. • . . No, said the young man, .T, don't drink. Have a cigar, then? • • No, I never smoke. • • • Well, said the old gentle Man, I would like to accommodate you but I don't think I can.. . Very Well said the young inan as he was about . to the r00tn,....1 thought peril - up - 5 you Geed: day, 'sir, •liold on ; said the merelfunt; you diSn't drink ? 'No. • Nor' smoke•?. Nor gamble, nor anything of that kind ? No au., I am inperioteudent of the Sanday School. • • - Well, emit. the me rchant r you shall have it,.and three -times the amount - if you .Your father, let me. .hay.o $5OOO once and asked me the same. questions. He trusted me and I will trust you. No thauks—l owe it'to you for your father's trtist. • - • - • ' r • • ' —Two little boys were quartelling; and theirtuother came to settle their ditlicult)'. She could not find out which one was to blame. At last she said: ' "Well, I shall find out on the last day who told the fib." - _ A few ni"htaafter there was a dreadful storm, whieh blew off. the roof. of • the house. 'The little boys Were frightened, and began to pray. When the mother opend the chamber door, the. boy that told the fib cried out: • , - "3fother, if. Wattle judgemen,t, Jay; it mis me that told the story.", , tired, wan was asked what ho con sidered a cornforF, and he - : ‘!.A. pillow Como umlor this hcad," VOLUME XXIX,. NUMBER 25. A Strange -St9it. James Smith, a young man twenty-two years'of age, was bronght up at Jeftersori Market, .-on Thursday, -for assaulting Eliza Brownell, keeper of a disreputable - 1 house in Green street. Wherrtho young' man. was arrained before Justice Cox; his father, George Jefferson Smith, Marshal of the first District Civil Court, and for. meily Police Captain in the Sixth precin ct, bailed him out. Mr.l .- nitli; Sr,mado the following extraordinary statement; "Judge Cox, this woman fint married my nephew, then myself, and now my son. My upphew. Alexander Gluier, was an officer m tho Confederate service, and on his coming to this city ut the close of the war ho met this woman and married her. They went to. Charlestown, South Caroli na and some persons in the hotel, know ing her character, informed her if she did not leave the town she would be tarred and feathered. They came to New York and quarrelled. She obtained a divorce, and on his threatening to stabler if 'she refissed z to live with him, had him arres ted and sent to the island for a yeast. I then kept a hotel in Bath Long Island, and, brought her there. My son had charge of the place, for I Was there only at nights, having to attend to my 'duties as Marshal in the city • during the day. During my absence she got control of my son, and three months after marriage with me she ran away with him. They came back here, and, growing tired of him in time, she obtained a divorce, but by baying him arrested on charges of assauWaml hailing him herself she kept him Airily from me. Now lam going to take him to my residence at Bowery Hotel and I don't think she will lever- see him again." Mr. Smith, who made this sta.e. ment, is a very wealthy man, owning real estate in the city. valued , at , $3OO 000.—. 2V. Ercliougc. - . Too Mlles .—A good anecdote is told of a house parnter's son .in rimira, who used the brash dexterously,but had aequir. red the habit of putting it on too thick. Ono day , his -father, after having frequently scolded him for-his lavish daubing, all to no purpose, gave him 'a flagellation. "There, yen young rascal," he stud,' after performing his painful duty,"how do you like that? "Well,l don't know," whined theloy in reply; but it seems, tome that yon put it on. a thundering sight thiCker than I *Ed.". - . —The Pennsylvania Coal Minelnspea. tors reports that in the year 1871 ;to less than 372 men were killed and 922 injur edh by accidents in coal mines;lt is esti mate& that one-third of the killed met their death from the lack of second shafts into mines, one-third from the explosion of gases, one•sixth from defective, roofs, and the remaining sixth from other 'cans. es. In Schuylkill every - . 50 tons of coal raised cost a life. In Columbia county, where the laws are better enforced, half a million toils of coal were .raised in the year, and only one •man was kale& ,tutd two injured. • • —ltia trial in London, the other' daY a witness deseribed'himself as of *a profes sion or trade of the existence of which, no one in court seemed to be aware:: ,The witness said: "I arann earl "An early caller !, what's that?' — "Why."' re plied the man, - "I calls different tradmanen at early hours, from one,till half-past: fire in the morning, and that is how I makes my living. I gets Up between twelve and one goes to ,bed at six, grid I sleeps till the afternoon; - ' —A country clergyman, paying a - pro. fessional visit to a dyingne . ighbory who was a very churlish and tunvemallY un popular man, pat the, usual question "Are you willing to go my friend?" 41 014 yes, said" the sick man ' •"I am." '"Well," said" the simple minded minister, "Ii: am glad Tou are; for the neighbors are -wit. The Archbishop of Paris made the following retnark the other day to ono of the French ministers: "We hear a great deal about religious intolerance and per. secntions, but I think your Excellency will agree snth me that the intolerance and persecution of irreligion is far more terrible and bitter. —During the debate on extending. the suffragete .wonien householders, in the House of Commons, one of the niembers addresse4 the Speaker "with sentiments tinged with sadness and mournfulness, arising from the reflection that ho was probably addressing the last male occur pant of the Speaker's chair." vow Canadian ioaper started out with the idea of discarding the "uP as its "harbour," "colour," and so 'forth,- but "public sentiment"has forced the: paper to take up the letter and use it. The .pa per,,however, makes up the disappoint meat by spelling "nigger" with ono "g," and "dog" with two of them. " •-3fr. - Lisingstoile, an Indiana cOnviet, haring a desire to:regain his liberty, fail tenet' him4elf in Et bos, and was Carried out of jail. Unluckily, however, the box was laid on theround 'head' downaid, and the convict's teet,instead. of his head, pointed towarda the zenith. Being nim ble to esig. .himself,-he began to howl for assistanekand was soon escorted to his formai. apartment. , • . -- A "Literal and Artistic Society fur the. Advancement of the - Arts andl the Protection of tho Interest of Artist and Literary-Ilea of Great Britain," has-been reformed. - - In connection with it is an "Aritsio.in.susanco Truat,"Witli w capital of. £250,000, The premiums paid are fur the iwmrance of works:Cf: art from lees or damage; daring the .periol-of —A. Now Yorker wrote to. Gen. Spin ner, asking for his autograph, mid a""een timent ;- whereupon, tho •veteran Treas. urer wrote in reply: 'You asked for my autograph, with a sentiment. My senti ment is this: When a gentleman writes another on his own 'business, ha 41001 enclose a postage stamp."
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