HAWLEY & CRTTSER, Editors and Proprietors.
VOLUME 32.
T - Fir,
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I. PrFILI9I.I3 EVERT 1{ EDNISDAY MORNING
At
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Contain! ell t he tocaland Genern I News,Poetry.Sto-
Anettlote, Miteellarieottle Reedini: .Corresoord
a we.and a reliable elate onaelvertiberberite.
Advertising Rates;
trot N eer, i °fen Inch sence.)3 wetimor leap $1
$; ; month., $2.50; 6 month.. t 4 50 ;
rear $6 50. A liberal element on ndvertlacznento o'
lenzt h. Ito eoe Lotals.lo Cif , . a line for drat
and 5 et,. a line each subset:molt It:meal:ln.-
11..rrtezcs.and den the, tree; obtruertes,loeta. — a nee.
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E, LECTIC PHYSICIAN. Fairdale, SEltt'a co., Pa.--
of,,r- Lit Hotel, where prompt attention will
I , 1 , 141 1 , 1 allcall,
Faltdale,l l / 1 ,6 lit. 1675
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lIIIE . nivel , FLaVbv and Jobbera,llome
Inv a 'pc., I,lly in tle. blndnetto Wagon• and
....r.zll , lroord andedit. warranted Or Debtr tun
.ra; et: 111(11.1 be rant lied by the firm, and neither
r lit I t-onall).
r:trud , :ll,. Jun. 13. 1/•73.-3m
BURNS d NICHOLS,
• As Drag, Medielnet. Cberulralt Dye.
Varnish. ulquors, Spice, Fancy
.r: ner. l'atent ttedicluct Perfumery and TotlelAr
rn I.7 — ,•,4crtptiou , careful]) compounded.—
god:. MontroFe.Fa.
A 31105 NicnoLe
40,e , .4 the C.Over.ity of Michigan, Ann A Ow.
..t1..1.0 Jetfere••n Medical COntr,:e of ?Idle
-1,14. ha- retorted to Friel.d.rilhte. there he
td N, all call. to hir neofewsion a. mnd.—
Jctote llorforo'n hon.s. Office the same
F .!,ii Pa., Ap ri 139th.. 1.541.—hm
EDGAR A. TITEELL
♦•LL:or AT LAW:
No 170 Broadway, New York City
A 'r• i• inds• of A Itorno liusinest., sod con
'l/ a!! the Court, of both the Stoat and the
Fl, .1. 1,71 •
DR. . IV. SMITR,
Drvner 111111MF At hit dwelling, next door north of Dr
on OW Foundry street. where he would he
happy - ILI nee Itl, thong, in want of Dental thorn. Be
confident toot he GISCI please all. Toth in gnalityof
I.nd to price office hours from 9A.X.to 4 P.
tk,troar. Pell 11 . li,74—tf
VILLAT BEND, PA. Snorted [mar the Erie Railway De
p.; 1. a lArg.t. alla Co Illeno4lolle house, hat undergone
:I,,rowzli repair Newly tarnished rooms and sleep
r one ri I.,tplendicltables,andalithlugseomprla
, A Et.l clone hotel, RANEY ACKERT.
. Prourictor.
B. 7'. d• E. li.
EARN ENS-74A KERS. Oak. Harness, tight and heavy.
Li .‘ en( earn tine.. Alen, Blankets, Breast Bias
L. \ ps and everything pertaining to the line,
r t bon the cheapest. Repairing done prosapi.
snu it. good style.
L. (ire. Vet. Z. Inn
7h E PEOPLES did EA" E. T.
I'uLLLo. flans. Proprietor.
F•e.t. and Salted Meats, Hams. Pore, Bologna San
.o/ :be best quality, constantly on nand. at
FA, 10 .111.
Pa,. Jan. 14. 1413.-1 T
BILLINGS STBOVD.
1 111. F. AND LINE CiB7a;A_NCk AGENT. Ale
bostnentobtendeu to promptly, UZI Bar terms. Otac.
.r,l .our cool of the bank o , Wm. U. Cooper A Co
Pnb.lr AVentlo,Montrobt, Pa. [Ang.1.1869.
17.1:5%1 BILLING. STROVD.
CILARLEY MORRIS
7LIE HAYTI BAUBER. has moved his shop to the
build , ug °unwed by E. McKenzie & Co., where he is
pi epared to do all khalif of wore in hie line,stieh ae ma.
king switches. pads. etc. AU work done on abort
nonce and low. Please tail and see me.
LITTLE:: et BLAAESLEE
ATT( RNEYS AT LAW. have removed to their Neer
opposite the Turbel I House.
R. B. Lierce.
Geo. P. Lune,
5.1 o: • r~•e. Oct. 15, IS3. E. L. 61..er,Zeillit.
MEE=
DEALER in Books. t• indoor ry, Nall Paper. Near. pa
per,h, LLt Cutlery. Stereoscopic Mesa, Yankee
Not our . etc Next door to the Poet Office, Blontroect.
P . B. BBANS.
Wt.l.
EXCHANGE H(JTEL
.1 .1 lIAILALNGTON wince to tntorm thepobllothat
tQ: rested the Etchoo:r Hotel In Montrone. be
propared to accommodate the travellogpoblle
11..tr0.r.
11. BURRI TT
D•awr .u`Stopla and Fancy Uri Goodr. Crockery, Hard
Iron. o covet, Drug". Oil, and Paint,. Boot"
Lau ,Lae, nate told Capp, Furs. ltuffalo Robe, Grp
, erie. PrOVIIOOIIO.
3111.)131. t a., Nor, b, '72-I.f. •
DR L A. LATHROP,
A z.! ,L EI-Ce rut Tlichtt.u. BAT its. a the Foot of
rnc,cuui otrert. GELD and worm' to a_l Chronic
ottlroat . 17. '72..—n03--a.
DR_ S. W. DAYTON,
1 - 111'.,.1. lAN .4 SURGEON, tenders his aervleer ts
tz,ue of tiruut Brud and eicluity. °ince et nit
r,..1 ate.; oppoeite Barnum Bonne, G't Bend village.
, ev lsw.—tf
LEWIS KNOLL,
, HAVING AND DAIL'. DRESSING.
the new PootolDee handing. where be will
~t r.dy to attend all who may want anythinr
lit • . ine Muntroee Pa. Oct. 13 18011.
C'll_4 !ILES IV. SZODDARD,
II Boots and Shoes. lints and Caps, Leather ano
F.welne., Maio street. let door below Itoyd:s Store.
Worh.uativ to order. mud repairing done neatly.
hl.o.troto, Jan. 1 18711.
DP.. W. L. BIC'LLIRDSON,
PHYSICIAN /t qIIRGEON, tenders hip professiont,
yervicey to the citizens of Montrose and vlcinity•
u mct .at hler6sider ;e, , on the cornereart of Sege*
Oro, Foundry LAugA.ltos9.
biCOVILL .17 DEWITT.
A...torhey* nt Law and Solicitors in Bankruptcy. 01I1se
so 4 COL StIMULOVer City Natlunai Bnul,Bing
hamton, N. Y. Wm. U. SCOTILL,
Jucir Jsnort Dawrrr.
ABEL TURRELL
Dearer m Droas Medicines. Chemicals, Paints, OE , .
bys-stuffs, Tess, Spices, Fancy Goods, Jewelry Per
tunler3 dt.c . Brick Block, Montrose, Pa. Established
Ist, 1,1870;
L F FITCH,
ATTuRNEY AND CX.C!.. SELLOR-AT-LAW.
MOEt
ruxt-. Ya. OMcr wreet of the Court I.loWie.
!I warm.. Junonry TI, 1873.-431
A. 0. WAIIION,
TIUIINEI n, La W. Bounty, Lack Pity, renew.
and Elea) to vlaltus attended to. (Mee 8r
.,0• tooolu Boyd's Str;re. hiontrame.Pa. [en. LIISI
IF. A. CROSSNO.N,
Attorucy ut Laa . Olticr at. the Court Howie, to the
Compt{prioller . • OINCC. W. A. Caoeeao n.
Seut.
J. C. WHEATON,
CIVIL ENUIRLZII AND LIED bVIITZTOR.
P. 1.). addres.. Frau&liu York.,
6msciachantia Co.. Ps
CABINET AND CHAIR MANDFACTURERB..—root
of Mum street. Montrose. Pa. 7ao.g.
. C. SUT7'ON,
AUCTLONEER,and EsattltANl,7
aul Friends"!lle. Pa.
•
D. W. krEAiLLE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, *Mee over the Store'ol
livadaaer,l a the Brick Block .Moatrose ,Ps. Lag/ 49
J. B. d A. B. ifcCOLLUM, -
Art OILATTA AT LAW 018ce Ater die Bank, Mitettote
MAntrota,lday 10, 1871. If'
AM) ELY,
•peTiONEER.
June 1. Addrese, Ilevoklyei,
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County Itrisinees Directory.
Two lines In this Directory, one year, $1.50; each ad
ditional line, 60 cents.
MONTROSE
WM. HAUGIIWOUT, Slater, Wholesale and Retai
dealer in all kinds of slate roofing, slate paint, etc.
Roofs repaired with elate paint to order. Also, slat[
paint for. sale by the gallon or barrel. Montrose. Pa.
BILLINGS STROUD. Genera Firs and Life Inset'
&nee Agents ; also, sell Ratiroao and AccidentTickt
to Now Yorkand Philadelphia. Office one dooreast
ofthe Bank.
BURNS A NICHOLS, the place to get Drug's:WM.(ll
ones, Cigars, Tobacco, Pipes,-Pocket•Books, Spezia
ries YloikeeNotions.,tc. Brick Block.
BOYD A CORWIN, Dealers In Stoves, Hardwan
and Manufacturers of Tin and Sheetiron ware. corn e
of Main and Turnpike street.
A. N. BULLARD Dealer in Groceries, Provisions.
Books. Statione" and Yankee Notions, at head of
Public Avenue.•
WM. H. COOPER A CO.. Bankers, sell ForelgyPite
sage Tickets and Drafts on England, Ireland and Seth,
land. •
WM. L. COX, Harness maker and dealer in all article
usually kept by the trade, opposite the Bank. •
JAMES E. CARMALT. Attorney at Lave °face one
door below Tarbell House. Public
LPL - VV ' ]MPORT,
L. L. LeROY, Denier in all Ideas of farming tmple
merits. mowing machines, well' curbs, dog powers.
etc., etc.. Male St, opposite Savings Bank. tam•
SAVINGS BANK, NEW MILFORD.—Fii per cent. to
terest on all Deposits. Does a general Banking Bar
scot. -11.11-tf S. B. CHASE & CU.
11. GARRET A SON. Dealers In Flour. Feed. Idea
Salt, Lime, Cement, Groceries and Prov'sicos n •
Main Street, opposite the Depot.
AINEY & HAYDEN, Dealers in Drugs andlledicines
and Manufacturers of Cigars, on Mato Street, near
'ho D pot
N. F. !LIMBER. Carriage Maker and Undertaker
Main Street, two doors below Hawley'. Store.
CAYUGA PLASTER—NICHOLAS SHOE7LAKEE,dea
er In genuine Cayuga Plaster. Fresh ground.
McCOLLUId BROTHERS, Dealers in Groceries and
Provisions. on Main Street.•
DICHERMAN. Jr.. Dealer in general merehandist
and Clothing, Brick Store, on Main Street.
GREAT BEND.
Q. I'. DORAN. Merchant Tailor and dealer In Reads
Made Clothing, Dr Gooda.GrocerthanndProrlaluns
Maln street.•
Miscellaneous.
SCRANTON SAYINGS BANK,
120 Wyoming Avenue,
RECEIVES MONEY ON DEPOSIT
FROM COMPANIES AND INDIVID
UALS, AND RE I'URNS THE SAME
ON DEMAND WITHOUT PREVI
OUS NOTICE, ALLOWING INTER
EST AT SIX PER CENT. PER AN
NUM, PAYABLE HALF YEARLY,
ON THE FIRST DAYS OF JANU
ARY AND JULY. A SAFE AND RE
LIABLE PLACE OF DEPOSIT FOR
LABORING MEN, MINERS, ME
MAN ICs, AND MACHINISTS, AND
FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN AS
WELL. MONEY DEPOSITED ON
OR BEFORE THE TENTH WILL
DRAW INTEREST FROM THE
FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH. THIS
18 IN ALL RESPECTS A HOME IN
STITUTION, AND ONE WHICH IS
NOW RECEIVING THE SAVED
EARNINGS OF THOUSANDS UPON
THOUSANDS OF SCRANTON MIN
ERS AND MECHANICS.
DIRECTORS ; JAMES BLAIR,
SANFOhD GRANT, GEORGE FISH.
ER, JAS. S. SLOCUM, J. H. SUTPHIN,
C. P. MATTHEWS, DANIEL HOW.
ELL, A. E. HUNT, T. F. HUNT
JAMES BLAIR. PRESIDENT ; O. C.
MOORE, CASHIER.
OPEN DAILY FROM NINE A. M.
UNTIL FOUR P. M., AND ON WED
NESDAY AND SATITRDAY EVE
NINGS UNTIL EIGHT O'CLOCK.
Feb. 12. 1874.
BANKING HOUSE
WM, I COOPER & CO.,
IsICONTROSE, PA
GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS DONE.
COLLECTIONS MADE ON ALL
POINTS AND PROMPTLY ACCOUN
TED FOR AS HERETOFORE.
DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE FOR
19 AI. IA ZI .
UNITED STATES & OTHER BONDS
BOUGHT AND SOLD.
COUPONS AND CITY AND COUNTY
BANK CHECKS CASHED AS USUAL
OCEAN STEAMER PASSAGE TICK
ETS TO AND FROM EUROPE.
INTEREST ALLOWED ON SPECIAL
Txnan 1:1131P 4 0 0 /3XTES,
AS PER AGREEMENT, WHEN THE
DEPOSIT IS MADE.
In the future, as in the molt, we shall endeav
or to transact all money business to the galls
faction of our patrons and correspondents.
WTI. H. COOPEO. & CO.,
Montrose, March 10, '7s.—tf. Bankers.
Authorized Capital, - $500,000 00
Present Capital, • - • 100,00000
FIRST NATIONAL BANK,
MONTROSE, PA.
WILLIAM J. TURRELL, President
D. D. SEARLE. Vice President
N. L LENHEIM, • - Cashier
Director&
WM. J. TURRELL, D. D. SEARLE,
A. J. GERRITSON, M. S. DESSAUEB,
ABEL TUBRELL, G. V. BENTLEY.
G. B. ELDRED, Montrose, Pa. .
E. A. CLARK, ,Binglasukton, N. Y.
E. A. PRATT, • New MIIMd, Pa.
M. B. W HIGHT, Susquehanna Dept, Pa.
L S. LENHELIt, Gnat . Bend, Pi.
DRAFTS SOLD ON EUROPE.
COLLECTIONS MADE ON ALL POINTS.
SPECIAL DEPOSITS SOLICITED
Montrose, March 1875.--tf.
Binghamton Marble - Wor k !
All kinds Of Notiments. - Neap - tants, sad Marble
Mantles, made to artier. .Also;-ttcotch Granites too
band.- \ I
PICNERING a CO. .
,r . PIOIMIONO. \ 120.00120 threet.
a. sp xtunziatr,il -
U. P. IfiltOWN. 'RIR g tulmtail, N. Y.
Oct. 58. 1820.
JOB WORK
AT VIM OTTICS,CUE4P
MONTROSE, SUSQ'A COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1875.
Itittt Not tll .
THE CHANGED CROSS.
It was a time of sadness, and my heart
Although it knew and felt the better part,
Was wearied with the conflict andistrife,
And all the needful discipline of life.
And while I strove to view them given to
me
As wholesome tests of Faith and Love to be;
It seemed as it I never could be sure,
That faith to the end I should endure.
And thus no longer trusting to his might,
Who says we walk by faith and not by sight ;
Doubting, and almost yielding to despair,
The thought arose,My "cross" I cannot bear.
Surely, thought I, my cross must heavier be
Than those of others whom I daily see ;
Oh 1 if I might some other burden choose,
ar.ibiaks I should tear my crown to lose.
solemn silence reigned on all around,
E'en nature's voice uttered not a sound ;
The evening shadows seemed of peace to tell,
And sleep upon my wearied spirit teal.
I slept, when suddenly a heavenly light
Burst fuLl upon my wondering, raptur'd sight
Angelic beings thronged in myriads there,
And angel-voices tilled the harmonious air I
Then OBE more glorious than all to see,
To whom, in reverence, others bent the knee,
Came gently near me as I trembling
And whispered, "Follow me! I am the
way !"
Instantly I rose : He led me far above,
To where, beneath a canopy of love
Crosses of every shape and size were seen
Smaller and larger than my own bad been
And there was, most beauteous to behold,
A little cross with Jewels set to gold ;
Ah, this, methought, I can with cotnlort
wear,
Surely this will be an easy cross to bear !
Then stooping down, this cross I quickly
took,
Then lo at once my frame beneath it shook
Light though it seemed, and beautiful to see,
It far too heavy proved:llmi cross for me.
"Nut this, not this," I cried, then sought
again
A cross whose weight would bring me less of
pain.
And, one by one, I passed them by ;
Again a lovely one attracts my eye.
Fair flowers around its sculptur'd form en
twined.
Beauty and grace appeared in it combined;
Wondering I gazed, and as I gazed the more
Stranger it seemed that an had passed it o'er
I stopped, when quickly to my touch reveal
ed,
I knew the sting these beauteous leaves con
cealed,
Sharp thorns lay bid beneath those flowers
so fair !
Sorrowing, I said, -this cross I cannot bear."
And thus it was with every cross I tried ;
Not one that I would choose could be espied,
Weeping, I laid each heavy burden down ;
Then gently whispered Ile, "No cross, no
crown."
At length to Him I turned my tainting heart
He knew its sorrow, bade its doubts depart;
"Be not afraid," he said, "but trust to me,
clay perfect love shall now be shown in thee."
Then with bright new-born faith and willing
mind,
lturned again my earthly cross to find ;
With forward steps and turning not aside,
Lest worrying fears and doubts again betide.
Seeking, in the prepared appointed way,
Willing to bear and ready to obey,
I spy a cross, and quick to seize it move
'Twas writ all over with blessed words of
bye I
With eager joy I raised it from the rest,
And gratefully acknowledged it the best,
The only one of many there,
That I could feel was meant for me to bear !
And while I thus my chosen cross confessed,
Brightness celestial seemed on it to rest ;
And as I bent my burden to sustain,
It was, I knew, my own old cross again.
But eh ! how beauteous was it to we—
Now I L 63 learned its preciousness to see !
No unbelieving doubts disturb me now ;
The cross he puts on me is best, 1 know !
Ob yes! henceforth my one desire shall be,
That He who knows me best shall choose to
me,
And so, whateer his love sem good to send,
Pm sure !Os best—because HE knows the
end t
ffitittttd ffitorg.
THE SCARLET SPECTRE.
I can tell you a story you nia7 not be—
lieve ; yet stranger things are happening
every day ; and I will, tell you just as it
was, just as Usee it before me cow, writ
ten in characters that cannot be effaced.
I am sitting in my window,looking out
upon the lighted street. It is a clear.
cold evening after a storm. The snow
has been fulling steadily for twelve hours,
but now the last flake is down ; and the
wind is rising, scattering the fleecy white,
baring the earth in some placed, that it
may put a tenfold covering upon others.
The flckering fire is casting dancing
shadows all over the walls of my room ;
but the genial warmth will hardly keep
out the obillons I think of the story I am
to tell.
It was just snob a night as this five
year; ago. There were three of us !wing.
ing about the office of the detective police
in the city of Frankfort ; and the oh set,
whose name was Karl Boson, sat at hie
desk. Max, grown gray in the Eery ice
was by the fire smoking his pipe as usual,
end, no doubt, conceiving some new plan
for •iworking,,up" different eases. In the
- other corner was another veteran named
Stein, the_ltest fellow that evtir mitight a
rogue, and the shrewdest detective in the
whole force. I was sitting by the win.
dow just sus lam tn•night only was
thinking of nothing , in, particular,, but
watching the passers as they toiled
through the snow, homeward bound.
There was nothing to break the still—
ness of the room, bat the scratching of
the chief spen as he wrote—wrote—wrote;
and it seemed-that be never would stop.
Tho,droppinW of a pin, or the footfall of
a mouse, would have produced a distinct
sound, and a welcome 0ut...,
I never knew what impelled me to turn
toy Elea toward the door, for there was no
"Stand by the Sight though the Heavens fall t"
sound—no indication of the entrance of
any one ; yet there stood the prettiest
woman I ever saw. Her great mourn
ful eyes—l never shall see the like again
—were turned full upon the chief; but
he knew nothing of it ; and her hands
were raised in suppliant attitude, as if
craving some boon that he alone could
grant.
- Her head was adorned with a profusion
of soft brown hair, which fell carelessly
over her shoulders, giving her a wild up
peat ance that was startling, and envelop
ing her person was a cloak like garment:
of the brightest scarlet hue.
Max was puffing away at tint everlast—
ing pipe, taking not the slightest notice
of the visitor ; Stein had turned hia face
t,) the wall, while the chief still kept :.is
pen in motion, not once lifting his eyes
from the page. Was it possible that I
was the only one that saw her ? If so, It
became my duty to hear her wishes. 1
was hastening to Iner,whe.i my steps were
arretaea .0 groa t] from the chief. He
hail whirled about nu his stool and sat
Lacing the door, his hands clasping the
desk, and his whole aspect was one of the
most terrible agony.
"Quick, Herman," he cried to me.—
"She must not leave me again. Do not
let her go. There, she is going. Too
lute, Herman !"
Impressed by his eagerness, I turned
twain to the door, but the strange belay
was nowhere to be seen.
I sprang forward, opened tile door, and
rushed into the passage. Before I reach—
ed the outer door I was sure I heard the
rustle of female garments,and wasaqually
positive that I felt a touch upon my arm.
I reached out my hand and grasped—
notning.
Almost stupilied with amazement, I
closed and bolted the outer door,aud then
called for Max, Stein, and for the chief,
for any one to bring a light. Stein an—
swered me wilh a lantern. I snatched it
Iron him and searched everywhere, but
found nothing.
"1 tell you what., Herman, you had bet.
ter leave this affair to some other hand,"
whisp. red Stein, glancing at the office
door. to see that the chief was not there.
"I am not afraid to try my hand at it,"
I replied.
"You'll wish you hadn't, Herman. It
was no Woman."
'•What do you mean, Stein ?"
"I mean, Herman, that you have been
clasping a sin speci re—a real ghost."
"Stein, don't be a fool," said 1, vexed at
what I then considered the most stupid
superstition that ever cursed man-kind.
"I'll give you some adsice," was his
replied. "But if you are really in earnest
in your belief that she is a living woman
I'll say no more."
Max was of the same opinion ; and I
was not surprised, for I knew he had a
good deal of superstition in his nature.
But when Karl Buson told me seriously
that he had witnessed a vision from the
land bejond the grave, I knew not what
to think.
"Yes, Herman, it was a spirit, a ghost,
or whatever you choose to name it," said
he solrmnly. "I would give all lam or
hope to be in this world if I could know
it was not so; but it is no use. We shall
meet agein only as we have met to-nis,ht."
What could I say ? I cauld not tell
him she was a living reality,yet I believed
it. I could only press his band in silence
pray that the great sorrow, unknown to
a!I save to him who bore it, miglA be lift-
After that we maintained a perfect si
knee on the painful' subject ; yet there
was not a day,nor an hour, that I did not
think of the mysterious being. I never
heard the of door open without think
ing of her ; but it was a full year before
she came again.
It was evening, as before. There was
no sound of footsteps, nor of opening of
doors ; but there she stood, iu the same
suppliant attitude, ber matchless eyes
fixed on the careworn but handsome
countenance of our chief.
I did not wait for instructions. I clear
ed the space between us at a bound, yet. I
was too late. She had left the room, but
how I could not tell. I hastened through
the passage conscious of a flittering pres
ence just before me yet out ut remil.—
Ont into the street, still guided by that
unseen presence ; I mounted behind it
carriage that was just starting away from
the door. After passing through many
streets, the driver halted before a house
well known to me.
Without giving me time for thought the
driver got down from his seat and went
to the carriage. From my perch, I peer—
ed round the corner of the vehicle but
in my eag•rness to see the strange being
who had seemed to lead me on, I forgot
my usual caution. My hand slipped its
hole, and I fell awkwardly to the pave
ment ,disclosing my Presence,aud startling
the driver. He closed the door with a
bung that sounded like the report of a
score of muskets, when I slipped away,
the dark!) Nis favoring me.
I r• turned to the office in a much cool
er frame of mind, when I thought of
what I had done. I rushed out of the
office like a madman ; I had stolen a ride
upon Archibald Randal's carriage, and
when 1 stopped before the house, I bud
capped my adventure by tumbling to the
ground. Yet after all, I had discovered
nothing.
The chief was waiting for me.
Herinan ? But I need not ask.
I know it never can be."
He leaned his head upon his desk and
great sobs shook his frame. What caused
such agony ? I dared not ask him, yet I
pitted itim. After a while lie looked up,
and brushed his hair from his forehead.
"There, Herman, I know it seems fool
ish, but I can't help it. It is all over
now, and I must go. You are going with
me, aren't vou ? You know we are en•
gaged for Randal's tonight."
I fit very little inclined to go nnyhwere
and least of all to Archibald 'sandals ;
but I knew the chief would not go with—
' out me, so I told him I was ready.
There was very pleasant Cu,. puny a--
. sembled, yet I felt ill at ease. The beau- - I
tiful, bewitching face of the lady in scar
let,
or the Scarlet Spectre,as Stetu petals—'
ted in calling her, was continually before.
me, reminding we of Karl Burton's an
happiness. I could not be merry while
he was sad.
I did succeed in throwing off my
gloominess long enough to enjoy a brief
tete•a•tete with our host's pretty sister,
Island Randal, but it ended abruptly. •
I becaine conscious of a Atone squad
coming froth withoutthe room._ 1 beard
it only when my head came in contact
with the wall, and at first so very faint
that I eould not liken it to anything.—
After a while I detected the tunes of a
human voice. There would have been
nutting surprising in that, had I not
been leaning against the outer wall of the
house.
How were the sounds conducted thro'
11)4 masa of solid stone ? From whence
did they come? These were the ques—
tions that coursed through my brain as I
eat there, entirely forgetful of the lady I
had been striving to entertain ; but they
were not answered.
I listened—the voice grew more and
more distince 143 my ear became familiar
to the sound.
"No madam," spoke the voice, "I would
sooner take your life."
Then came an answer, clear and dis
tinct, but in a different tone of voice :
"Y dare not, sir I Ooe murder is
enough."
A short, hard, cruel laugh from the
first speaker followed, and then all was
still again.
I was pleased wh-n I saw the chief ap
proach, for I was making sorry work at
entertaining Mend Randal. I gave him
my seat, and had the satisfaction of see-
ing his head rest against the same tell
till.. spot.
For a moment there was no chance ;
but presently his face grew a shade whiter.
his eyes seemed to glisten wildly, and by
the upheaving of his chest, I saw that
his breathing was short and painful. I
knew that the mysterious voice had
reached his ear.
Se soon as he could leave he beckoned
me to follow.
"Herman, I shall go crazy, if this lasts
much longer. It is horrible. 1 cannot
bear it! 0, Herman, if I had been in
the wrong !"
I had no comfort for h;m, so I waited
until he grew calm again.
"Say..nothing of this, Herman, but be
ready for business at noon to-morrow."
I askPd no questions, and during the
walk to the office not a word was spoken
by either. As we separated for the night
oe said, "0, Herman ! You do not know
how anxiously I wait for the morrow,"
At the appointed hour ou the follow
ing day I found Max and Stein also ready
aid together we went to Randal's house.
Max and Stein were posted out of doors,
with orders to intercept whoever should
attempt to entre or leave. I followed
Karl into the house.
"Herman," he said, and his voice was
husky and unsteady, 'I cannot go down
there," ' Jointing to a door opening out of
the hall.
"I will go, Karl."
"I will wait. If you need me, call, chid
I shall hear. &arc!' thorouhly,Herman
and I will try to be patient. '
It was a dismal hole, that cellar under
Archibald Randal's house, promising no
pleasant task, nor startling discovei ies.—
Yet 1 knew by the chief's manner that he
expected to find something; and that was
sutlic,ient for me to know or he would
have told me more. I stumbled about
among the empty casks, peeping into
black, mouldy corners,sounding the walls
with my heavy stick, and even the damp
floor I tried, hut nothing was revealed.
The last and only spot that I had tried
was a small, square vault, built into the
side of the wall—a place black with dark
ness, I moved cautiously, for my lantern
threw but a dim light before me ; but I
was entirely unsuspicious of the danger
that .rienacel me. I grouped my way
through the small door, and stood within
the vault.
Ere my eyes grew accustomed to the
intense darkness, I received a stunning
blow in the face ; and before I could re
niy unseen assilant grappled with
me, and together we went to the floor,
My lantern was extinguished at the first
onset, and there in the dark we struggled
as only men can struggle for life.
My weapons were useless, for I could
not get then, ; but I felt a prick of my
adversary's knife,and fell the warm blood
start. It aroused me to a sense of my
peril ; and summoning: all my strength
into one desperate effort, I thrust the vil
lain from me. I drew my revolver, and
shouted, "Back, or I will seed a bullet
through your heart !"
No answer came hack to me. All was
still as the grave. 1 started into the dark
ness, expecting him to renew the attack.
I thought I heard asteady footfall right
in front of me, and my finger was on the
trigger ;
but before I pressed it the vault
was flooded with light, revealing a room
beyond ; and right before me, gathered
for a spring, was my antagonist Archi—
bald Randal.
With a cry of baffled rage he turned
and fled through the doo: which had
been opened so opportunely.
I followed, but f met a sight that halt
ed me on the threshold. In the center of
the room, in all bei wonderful beauty,
stood the Scarlet Spectre. Before i ha d
recoiered from my amazement, I felt a
hand upon my shoulder—a hand so hot
that it seemed to burn through my cloth
iug. I had no fear ; I did not even look
around, for I knew it was the chief who
stood behind.
"0, God, my lost wife I" he moaned.
She heard his voice and knew that he
was there, though she had not seen him.
"Karl, Karl I have you come to save
me at last ? Come to me and take me
from this living tomb ; come, Karl, for I
am dead and cannot go to you ?"
"God have meroy on me, for the wrong
my suspiciaue have caused her I" lie ex—
claimed, casting me aside as thongh I
were an in ant, and rnshing forward with
open arms. "Forgive me Marian I"
"I never blamed you, Karl," was her
trusting reply, 'Quoin , : forward to meet
him. "I knew you would come,"
There was a step between them, when
Archibald Randal raised the pistol and
took deliberate aim, at the pure woman
lie had held in bondage so bmg ; but
heaven averted the blow, The ball glanc
ed against, an iron place, entering his
Own side, and Randal fell in the agonies
of death.
This is all I ever knew of Karl Boson's
wife, And I need not detail thelast nit).
inents of Archibald Randal ; but I will
tell you of an old chimney, long out of
use, that had ita base in the prison cell of
Marian Basin, and nf.a crevice in that
chimney, in the toom above, through
which those mysterious sounds came tome.
he strange appearance of Marian Bo
et)_u in oar office I leave as it ia. I can
offer no explanation, for the secret died
wfitr her. — 1 -
R. MASON GETS ELECTED.
How Mils Wife Found It Out.
James Maxon is a duly initiated and
valiant. Knight of Pythias, residing on
4th street. The other night be left home,
telling his wife that he was going to the
lodge. About halt past 8 o'clock two
well-dressed men rang the door-bell, and
when Mr. Maxon appeared they intro—
duced themselves as companion Knights
of Pythias. They said the lodge had just
held an election, and that Mr. Maxon had
been called out to the Unancellor's chair,
the highest position in the lodge. They
had been duly appointed, in accordance
with the custom which is peculiar to this
order, to inform her of the distinguished
honor that had been conferred upon her
husband, and to solicit her consent to
his acceptance of the office, another stip
ulation peculiar only to do,
Knights of
Pythias. Mr. Maxon, they Bud, accord
ing to their N i les, would hold the office
for lbrva years. and would receive an an
nual salary of 81,162, this being toe ex•
act amount accordis:g to the tribute lev
ied on each Knight by the superior coun
cil. Mrs. Maxon was overjoyed, thanked
the corteous gentlemen—who had mean
while seated themselves in the parlor—
and giving her freest consent to the ac—
ceptance of the high and lucrative office
couterret: upon her worthy husband.—
The visitors rose to leave, and, as they
were about to withdraw with all the
thoughtful etiquette of thorough gentle—.
men, one of them suddenly remarked
:
"Oh ! by the way, Mrs. Maxon, 1 almost
forgot to give you this note. Mr. Maxon
especially impressed it upon me not to
forget its delivery." A hurriedly written
note was handed Mrs. Maxon, and,excas
tug herself, she retired to the lighted par
lor and read :
DEAR WIFE :-I have been selected
from among the three hundred and sev—
enty-five members of my lodge to act as
chancelor, a flattering office worth nearly
$1.200 a year. It is always customary for
the newly elected chacellor to furnish re•
frtsliments for the Knights. I have only
$5 with me. Please send me at least 850,
for I must do the thing up well. Send
8100, if you have it handy, or borrow it
of the neighbors. It will all come back
when I get my first month's pay-8100.
Your loving husband.
JAMES MAXON.
Mrs. Maxon's eyes opened,and thought.
a moment. Then she went to a ward
robe, plunged her hand into the pocket
of her black siik dress, pulled out a pret
ty Russian leather purse, arid, from its
snrigly tucked-up corner, took a bill. It
looked nice and fresh, and had in big
figures upon it $lOO. Going to the hall
she euqu.red of the waiting gentlemen,
"Will you take the money to him ?" The
flue-looking fellow who handed her the
note, professing riot, to know what was in
it, spoke up : "Oh, certainly, certainly,
I'll see that he gets it safely. Glad to ac
comodate you, madam."
Said Mrs. M.: " I have only a 8100
bill, and James wants but fifty, arid be—
side that I don't wish to send the whole
of it. Will you get it changed for me,
please ?"
The two gentlemen consulted a mo•
merit and said.'oh we have some change'
Straightway they made up 850, gave it to
Mrs. M. in exchange for the bill, and,
wishing her a pod night, retired with all
the elegant grace anc?.mairliness charac
teristic of the noble Pythian Knights.
In about twenty minutes Mr. M. came
borne.
"Why, I thought you were entertaining
your knightly associates. I didn't ex
pect you before midnight, considering the
amount of money you wanted for your
feast." said she.
"What do you mean. I don't under.
stand you ?" enquired Mr. M.
"Why didn't you send me this e said
Mrs. M., as she handed him rat. note.
"Right after you left two very clever
looking gentlemen called and said you
had been elected to some high office—
Chancellor I think—and I. or course—"
Maxon, who had glanced over the note
and discovered its complexion; ejaculated
"You gave it to them ? Why, it is a dia
bolical swindle. Did you give them any
money ? How much ?"
"Why, I gave them a hundred dollar
bill, and they gave me $5O in change.—
Here it is."
Mr. M. in his despairing way took the
money and carelessly glanced it over at
first, then more eagerly scanning each bill
carefully. "Well, well," said he at last,
"this is a double outrage. Wily, ail this
money is counterfeit excepting two five
dollar notes ! But where in the name of
common sense did you ever get a 8100
bill. You didn't borrow that of the
neighbors, did you ?"
"No," said Mrs. M. who appeared to
her husband to be s'rangely undisturbed.
I took that 8100 note yon gave me about
a year ago. Don't you remember? You
told me to look out and not spend it."
"What that's a counterfeit!" said the
husband.
"I knew it was,
Did yon suppose
didn't see through their stupid grnie, Mr.
Maxon ? Your wife isn't a tool if she is
a woman. Give me those two $5 bills, if
you please, I just want a new bonnet.
Old bachelor uncle—" Well Charles,
what do you want now ?" Charles—"Ohl
I want to be rich." Uncle—" Rich ; Why
so ?" Charles—'•Because I want to be
petted, and ma says you are un old fool
and must be petted because you are rich.
But it's a great seo'•et and I tuusu't tell."
Sunday•schnol teneher—'•Whar do yeu
niiderstand by 'suffering fur rightemimess
sake ?' Buy (promptly) —“Practiein'
hymns in the muming, teaciiiiig _Sunday
school in the afternoon at Bible class
in the eveninc"
A Nevada man who had seven horwly
daughters gut a paper to butt that he had
seven kegs tilled With gold in his cellar,
and every girl was Married in Ave months,
A n is young American la?y
nickadly remarks that the reason the pe•
culiar equipages seen at watering places
are called dogcarts is that puppies always
ride in-them.
I=l
Mrs. Captain Jack, in her lonely seelu-
Ilion, may take comfort in the thought
that it cost' the government !411,000 to
make her d
A noose paper—a death warrant.
TERMS :—Two Dollars Per Year in Advance.
ffitiect ratig.
JOHN JANKIN'S SERMON
The minister said last night, says he,
"Don't be afraid of givin' =
If your life ain't worth 'anthill' to other folks,
Why, what's the use o' f"
And that's what I says to wile, anvil,
"There's Brown, the mierable sinner,
He'd sooner a beggar would starve than give
A cent toward buyin' a dinner?'
1 tell you our minister's prime, be is,
But 1 couldn't quite &termine, •
When I beard him given' it right add left,
Just who was hit by his sermon.
01 course there couldn't be no mistake
When be talked of long-winded prayin',
For Peters and Johnson sot and scowled,
ZIA MU swain'.
And the minister he went on to say,
"There's various kinds o' cheatin',
And religion's as good for every day
As it is to bring to meetin',
I don't think much of a man that gives
The Lord Amens at my preachin',
And speeds his time the followin' week
In cbeatin' trad overreachin'."
I guess that dose was bitter enough
For a man like Jones to swalier ;
But I noticed be didn't open his month,
Not once, after that to boiler.
"Hurrah," says I, "for the minister"—
Of course I said It quiet—
'Give us some more of this open talk,
It's very refreshing diet."
The minister hit 'em every time ;
And when be spoke of fashion,
And a riggin' out bows and things,
As woman's rulin' passion,
And a comb& to church to see the styles,
1 couldn't help a• winitin'
And a•nudgin' my wife, and said I, "That's
you,"
And I guess it sot her thinkin'.
Says I to myself, "that sermon's pat ;
But man is a queer creation,
And Pm much afraid that most a' the folks
Won't take the application.
Now it he had said a word about,
My personal mode o' sirloin',
Pd have gone to work to rigtit myself,
And not set here a-grinnue."
Just then the minister says, says he,
"And now I've come to the fellers
Who've lost this shower by vain' Mends
As sort o' moral umbrellas.
"Go home," says he, "and find your faults,
Instead of huntin' your brothers' ;
Go home," he says, "and wear the coats
You've tried to get for others."
My wife she nudged and Brown he winked,
And there was lots o'
And lots o' lnokin' at our pew
It sot my blood
Says I to myself, "Our minister
Is gittire a little bitter ;
I'll tell him, when meetin's out, that I
Ain't at all that kind of a critter."
frame fatting.
OLD CLOTHES.
Nothing seems to be so thoroughly used up
as old clothes. The buying and selling of cast
off apparel is a great business in London. Us
ually the worn garments are freshened np by
dye-stuffs, pressed and otherwise doctored for
the market. The process of dressing them Is
called clobbering, and this in Itself la a busi
ness. The better class of old dress coats, when
nicely clobbered,have a respectable appearance.
Clerks with poor salaries, waiters, small trade:,
men, and curates with meager stipends, ari ,
among the purchasers. Coats and other wool
en garments which have done good service are
exported to Ireland and Holland, where you
may see them in great quantities for sale at the
fairs and markets.
As regards the sale of second-hand ladies'
dresses, the trade Is everywhere on the increase
Silks, lace, shawls, frills and all sorts of frip
pery are purchased- by dealers, whose names
are seen in advertisements, and are retailed by
them on a very comprehensive scale. Servants
are not said to be the buyers. The chief cus
tomers for the used, though in many cases, ele
gant dresses, are ladies who aspire to a showy
exterior. Second or third hand chignons. we
doubt not, are eagerly pounced on.
It is amusing to know that liveries, scarlet
military tunics, and various official garments.
decorated with lace,find ready sale on the west
coast of Africa, to which shiploads are export
ed.
There these gaudy articles of apparel, and
the gaudier the better, are purchased for pur
poses of barbaric splendor. Think of a negro
chief seated complacently under his court um•
brella, dressed In the cast-off tunic of the life
guard, or in one of the livery coats of the lord
mayor's attendants. Used scarlet regimentals
are said to be largely exported to Russia, to he
cut up as facings for civil officials, though this
we can hardly credit.
Bilk velvet waistcoats, when even pretty well
worn, find a market among Berman and Plish
Jews, to be made Into skull caps, it being one
of the points of Hebrew etiquette to have the
head covered on ceremonious occasions, dinner
parties included. Old velvet waistcoats from
England are turned Into caps for Jinvisit wor
shippers in that strange "antique synagogue on
the banks of the Holdall.
However woolen garments may be disposed
of time alter time, they are at length uo longer
passable, and then comes a total revolution in
their character; the buttons are taken Off, the
linings torn out, and what remains at the fab
ric is ground by machinery Into devil's dust.—
TMs Is the Brat step In what may I:idealist% the
msurreetlon In old clothes, When 0, Colt will
not so mach as hang together to dress ,up a
scarecrow, it will still make down into very
good shoddy,as the devil's dust is politely nem.
ed. The meaning of this is that the garment
Is torn up by toothed wheels WO a eocogliee
of loose fibers, which, on being properly silted,
are mixed with trusts wool, carded, spun, and
woyen into cloth.
There is a triumph of alt. The shoddy, or
mango, as IL is sometimes called, alter being tor
the dung heap, is incorpomtcd with' 'What ap . '
peen to be exceedingly beautllLl cloth, and
again proudly exhibited as Sunday clothes ott
the backs of thousands of wearers..: The 'lung
seems ridiculous!, If not a bit of a died ;, but
let us not tie too hard on shoddy. There is dot
sufficiency of fond' Wool, for all the world.—.
/mid ss woolen goods are in ever pitying do-
Snead, what better can he 'suggested than that
the elastic Ober of the, old , garteent ahould be
wrought up Into an article agreeable to thieye,
and productive tit . comfort ? Willi!' to,
NUMBER 11.
the values and virtues of shoddy. He was a
great man who thought out that marvelous In
votive.
RENDERING WOOD ITNINFLAMMABLB.
The late fire at the Pantechnicon gives inter
en to en invention having for its object the
prevention of similar disasters. Experimenti
were recently mace at Woolwich to teat a pro
cess discovered by Dr. Thomas Jones for ren
dering wooduninflammable. The experiment
was made with some shavings, which, after 1*
log soaked In the preparation, were thrown on
a bright fire. Instead of blazing they wets
merely charred, without emitting !lame. On a
match bring applied to a heap of prepared
shavings they refused to Ignite. A large pile
of prepared wood, being saturated with para.
ffine, remained unburot, although the oil on its
surface gave forth fierce flames. When a sim
ilar test was applied to a heap of unprepared
ter of se hour. I . liirtig'n e t l air Pru e el i a qttar :„ ..
merit was the last. A quantity of gunpowder
packed In a wrapper of prepared brown paper,
was inserted in a cask previously saturated
with Dr. Jones' solution. This barrel being
turned on its end, pandEne was lighted at lob,
with no effect either on the wood or inclosed
powder. The barrel being reversed, lighted
shavings were dropped upon the packet of pow
der,but they burnt out without causing any ex
plosion. In !act, the powder, on being taken
out and submitted to experiment, retained all
its strength. Dr. Jones does not claim for his
invention that it renders eubs*.ances incombus
tible. All he maintains is, that by employing
his proems the progress of a fire would be
greatly delayed, since substances saturated
would give off no flame. The late Woolwich
expeiiinents prove that, under certain condi
tions, this very desirable result can be attained.
Until more extensive trial it Is impossible to
decide upon the exact merits of this invention,
and we are therefore glad to see that the expe
riments will be repeated on a larger scale.—
Should these prove equally successful with ;the
last, one influence leading to the rapid spread
of the will disappear. At one time the flames
at the Pantechnicon threatened to seize 'Bel
gravia, although the building was comfdevelY
detached. No one who saw the fiery tongues
leaping over Lowndes Square will doubt the
great importance of any invention claitning i to
prevent their emmission.
AN INGENIOUS SWINDLE
A. gentleman in the wholesale domestic'
cloth business was telling me the other day of
is sharp tries. played upon his limns by some of
their customers. Ile says that they will sell to
jobbers several pieces of cloth marked on the
tag as measuring so many yards, and that, If
the goods run shortighich is not often the case
they make good the deficiency. They were
very much surprised, as well as annoyed,by the
complaints of one customer In particular, who
said that the merchants to whom he sold the
cloth found that, it did not measure as marked.
The house with which my friend is tmnnected
sells direct from its own mills, and its clerks
are all men of integrity. Mistakes in measure
ment might occasionally happen, but their Ire-.
quency was very puzzling, to say the least.—
These complaints, mind you, come from the
merchants to whom the Jobber sold the goods,
and not from the jobber himself. The thing
went on for some tiine,when suddenly it occur
red to one of the firm to compare the figures
marked on the tags with those In their books.
This was immediately done. and the result
showed that the Jobber hail been putting on
similar tags, marked two, turee and four yards
more than the goads measured, and were origi
nally marked. The jobber was contrite, and
they did not expose him, but you may be sure
that hereafter they will sell to him "as is," to
borrow a term from the merchant's vocabula
ry. The man who has been carrying on this
swindle stands in good odor among his brother
merchants, and they would be very much sur
prised if they knew what a fit subject their
friend was for the State's Prison. This Is Only
one of the tricks by which men make fortunes
and hold their owu against honest merchants.
Y. Later.
INTERESTING
Europe signifies a country of white complex-
ion ; so immix' because the inhabitants there
are of lighter complexion than those of either
Africa or Asia.
Africa signifies the land of corn or ears. It
was celebrated for its abundance of corn and
all kinds of grain.
This country was once so infested with wild
animals that the inhabitants petitioned Augus
tus fur an army to destroy them.
Italy, a country of pitch ; Iron its yielding
prat quantities of black pitch.
Gaul, modern France, signifies yellow hatred;
as yellow hair characterizes its first inhabl•
twits."
Hibernian, as utmost, or last habitation; km
beyond this, westward, Phmnicians, we are
told, never menden their voyages.
Britain, the country of tin, as there were
great quantities of lead and tin found on the
adjacent islands.
The Greeks called It Albion, which signifies,
In the Pimenielaa's tonenes, either white or
high mountains, from the whiteneis of its
shores, or of the high rocks of the western
coast.
HOW TO GET ALONG.
Pay as you go. 1
Never "fool" In business Matters.
Do not kick every one in your path.
Learn to act and think fur yourself.
Keep ahead rather than behind the times, .
Don't stop to tell stories In business hours.
Ilea your own brains rather than those of
them. , .
Mont meddle with a business you know
mulling about.
No man can get rich by sittinftwound stores
and saloons.
Havel order, system, regularity end also
prompt newt.
More miles can he made M a daigningetead-
Hy than by stopping.,
A. man of honor respects his :word 48 he does
his hand.
- Ei!!lp whom when you cm', but never give
when you.cannot Word, became It Is fashions
We.
Young men.' ant this out, and tf tkero I 8 111
folly to the argument let us know.
THE TRUE CA.USE.
I poswell ohserving to Johnson that then; was
no instance of tt beggar dying fur want tu the
streets of ticoiland. "I believe, sir, you are
very right," says Johnson ; !tut this does net'
arise front, the wat.oo beggars, but the Impos
sibility at starving , a deotelastan.".