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Kon('tHinwi;..-. kr. nhee in Mammoth liail Jan. 1, 'TO. In lie ( ll, HORN", ATTORNEYS AT iftu-e in Hai-r'i aug. li ly. IV LAW. S.iimT.-et, 1 a. lie. AT LAW, 1 1 Soil)'1 ):il(Ti''t, l a., wm allen-l in ail minnes. cu- tr'iMe 1 io I. if cure In Somerset nn.t ai vanillic enun tie. w:th prutmitncse and fidelity, oilu-ein Mam ,.,!, l;.. k. id., li 7o-ly Ut K V F. sr i II .LL. ATTO K X K Y A T L A W an-1 limntv a n I'-n-i 'n ArciiI. S.ii:r?et l a. tehee in Mammoth ltl K-k. Jan. lit!. - 'iAITHSn, TAI L H. OAlTHEIi. 'A111U.K S. OVITIIKK. Attorneys at I.aw. I I S.M1.T.-.-U IVim a. All .r..:-Fi"n:il husmes r.iiHlya:teiii!lti). Office in liner f Muck, U si.ir. .l--4-T'.'. . . .1. II. L. HA1-.U. ATTOKVKYS AT I. V W. m..iiut.-!. l'a.- w.ll praeiiee In ..m u.i a. ir.g cmtiiw. All Iimwh en- tliem wiiUiepr ftiy nlten.ien i". ..f I'lti 1H. w. ii. nt ive;.. . .. i ii jl r. I'I'U. ATTOKNhS AT ! , , ,i!,'t.uiii"-i' "i;rii;f I I" tliHr rare ill m-n, r i .i Maia T"' 'rwt, f)--i: tbc ! )V: M. 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I'. i.iriU"7.i. it-ti'-ftUiti rom;tit-w MILLKII, a!:.rtwthe -Ue prartb- In sliankn'illi-. ba :ly b-.i tfd at S..n;-rri.'t tor t be prar. i."." ariil I n b'r" bis pno'i'Tinl PT r i- i-n i.l Sonirrwl an ! vi. ini'y. yc p. rr. ol II. ' ij l-i-.i- o: po.i'e ti p lJ.'.rrot . .... ,e p.. j I. i-..-i.i.:is4 :a an live ''-.-! .nally rni; ino-i. ' ral;p promptly ar.jwcrc.:. .;. r. i; :i ly. )i;cvr.ss!0XAi. a,.,ri-, H. t lindeiii'fiv. 11 ' liiintri""". M i nil .niu bi llii-no. tnat ur iia.im. on. ..t.i i lo.-.-ii iii tne in.uiare id mu.luiiie .nl.urir.-rT. l.iiMt. lir. Wali.-r V. ron.Wn.lrrf. :ill 111 !;.!!. u't',-''U 1 0i and Lar Iiitinr rr. blt-cul avvl '.'.! I pali ' t!,t- i'. ,e an i ! . r. Jw York tl.4 Awea.- fif nmri I AW NiiTK K j rt-uiiii lb" pr-' .1 i.-ui.liir r..U'.itli-f. i. V.XaoiiT 11. :l , b.w li. .i..e ! 1 au.: ..ffroth ha i iiii-ri-t and . ,tii ll:; i:.i:. K. M lLLi:iilia irminently l.x-ateJ in H.-r::n t,.r the pr.irtl-r ol n: pn-rjo-u -ne tiarles Krim-r si-ue. s5. C.OOlt, IlYSICIAX d' SCHGEOX, somi:km:t, pa. v-i irrs in V-amm .tb Vlxk. " oiin r.u.i.s, ''BEHTIST, in C. II .N R"s new i ui'o'.ins Mam Cr.ie Stre. B -aicra-.-t, 4 UTIFIC L TEETH!! ,3. C. i) e: t J) ' ' K CITY. ?- I S T rW Co., P-l , i.-i . .1 Teerh. v..': T-d lo !.e o. tue verybcM U;e l-.lic l..n :.. nie. inPTte.i 111 the .:- 'l'ar.i. uiai 4t:en;i -n pal.l to the prvs : in ot the iiKtur.1 t.-i-lh. 1 li-'Se wirliiiiK to i me !.v h-:'.er, cai do o 1 y etu I ..:i;i Hatup in a ai-rn. ieU-T2 i; HA1.XLT li"t Si t i r -i-!ful'T lnf-r!i; the f- .i...i i... ti i..e.l ti.i wll Viiowu hotel in tlie P.uuli t .nierei. 1; l Iiip intrntl.-n to ke.-4 in a j U- w :i..-h he h -p ' !.. i.: i lav.-r h.HJ .th -A-r li ' 1 L'H e Pa' i.a-UOD to j M e.:.',.r-v . J-.lifi U'l-L. I IVIansion House, turner f l'r"KU n5 l!rU irrris. N. i i.XN A. t:V n t. tr'r- f... ri c:;-. ' fur t f-n ni ' 'U? iiii. 1 i- '..u::' ir !-.: f rail u m. ', ii. i-ii u tlH'ir nl i ui.-ru lii. ir r n ifff. I - I i.. : t:i. niiitMi t U- r 1 iir j t f,. ! W lt. !.I'J,,r. J-''- lUNt rii Hr.iiAkKK. 1 -. I. li i l.ic iri"!. . min! .1 .1r- n-! ti r i.tf i:i-:la- :mI 'if tn -j 1 ti:r- i-i n -' ' r r n ; ! I ri t n ' i i " t. iho tu!'!k wi.l i Mr. i. H. Tax- t Ut tray : 1 1 !1tiiifc iya f4 Utii 13 ilit!-. I. L. V AN. MOM HOT KL. s:ostou. IA. k .MVi:; ct'sTr.ir, r p; it-tor. Tl.i y lUr m! rll kn-n h'Uw U t nil t;ni- .;. r M i. i.ii.jt i-i lir tfar travt-lirttc iu:ilT. hum 'J"'tnw 11 :. 1 liW. . vMKJ Pi a- t'linj. l.;ki ' ciy .lTit.B aud ,'!;,. " mrlL T. I). KVANS. A It CHIT ECT. 50 Fifth Ave., I'lTTS.UHGII, p. MarlO. n OMES FOU ALL. I iikTt fcr ritlc. on trni? rirl.tn rvarb of fr- rrr !-r. lfMlus:ri"0 iut i niual, hOftm. low, l.rm. iniiNt Uii !. biinrnal jVmiv!. t-uiiuiuc IL? . ta ctiitrrDi irt" .( the n-autT. id fnx-l tf lrni oo'-:.iirth T a rre Bp lu L.000 tvrrit. Tt. tir w.-ratiiuil. lenxit. oneLMhin boOaultta tai0" in tea cu. annual j ymeDin. ln.frrlT and inou;ri( u hatltp. i'A om. a t tutu it I La pffr (it mi A be lur rrn: tf da. oil n. IcbM I. LY AND. Ine VOL. XXIII. NO. 44. Dank. JOHNSTOWN 120 CLINTON STREET. CHARTERED IN1870. TIXUISTKES ; JAMKS COOPEK, DAVID DIBERT. C. H. ELLIS. A. J. II AWES. F. W. II AY. joiin: lowman. T. II. LAl'SLY, D. J. MORRELL, JAMES McMILLEN JAMES MOKLEY, LEWIS PLITT, II. A. BOGGS, CONRAD SUITES. GEO, T, SWANK, W. W. WALTERS I) MrLAl'GIILl.V, VWiZL J. MOSRELL, President. FRANK DI8ERT, Treasurer, CYRUS ELDEH. Solicitor. Ii-p.tfl:if ONE DOLLAR and opwaHfre o lvivl.anl intrrri-t ailowed on all fuaiJ, payable twkx a yr.ir. l'. :reii if not drawn out. It added to tiir p'rin, ipal. Urn COMIMl'N DlXCi TWICE A YLA.lt, wiibont tr.mbl.nx the depiclur tocall or tven t.i present bis ..plt lH k. Money can be withdrawn at any time after (jKlim the bank eer tain nollre by letter. nrrled Women and nrrtena uider ajee can deivijiit m uey in thiirown namep, authat R can 1 drawn only by themelre or on their or der. Moneyf can be dei.sited forcbiblren. or by !K-ietb , or hp trut fun i, Subject toccrtain eon di'.b.iis. Loans Set'iircil Iy Iteal IXalo. t'opbs . .f i tic liy Laws, rej-.rtP. rub-i of deposit, and Pi ial a.'t ol LeKtiOature, relative to dfiatflt of married wouiea an I tiiinTi, can te obtained at the Imi.i;. rp-Jli.inkinj l.iiii. dallv rp in to i !'; and .n W.- Inelay and Saiurday evening! IrouiU to T 'v o'ci.H k. " apr! ifii. Cambria County BANK, NO. 266 MAIN STREET, HNSTOWNjPA., Uer.ry SohnabW'l Trtck Ilibl' J. Itraf.! and Oul.l and atirer Ixiuebt and told. CoUe.-L.oi s made in all pari! id the 1'i.i.ed titatel and Catna.l. Interest al!oel at the rate ui an ir coi.l. ier annum, if loit ii mor.tln or lmger. ipeoial arracseuieul! Hi.ie wiln Uuardiant aad ctlieri who hold woavyi in tnj.L. pril 16 II WATCHES & SILYERWARS. Geo. Crawford & Co, No 83 Fiftli Aye., pjTTsnrnan, , DE.M.KKS IN PA Gi an3 Silver GOLD CHAINS ANi'AT.L K1XHS OF (I'lI.K JEWELRY. Solid Silver Spooaf, rorks, Ladle, i - i SIL7S2 TASLS K.nibru-ii.jeveryarti lel .rtb Utdo Tea Seta. ierre-n, liuiti'r H"wis, Cream and Suear It. w.P. t a.urii. I'uddli.g Liinhea, Celery SuuJa, Kl-k H .ih rp. tec. I he verv lu-avlert riated SiinP. For.a, tjh-db-p. fcr. 'Taidc Kuiicp, plaU-J with Pilvcr and Ullp.ated. C..mmuiiijn Ware, plated with pi'ver and on-jlat-d. oil other ar;ic:s usually kept by the trade. (mar.tT. Ursina Lime Kilns. 1 ne acdt-ri)!iM'il ae J f lred toluruub Prims Building Lime By the Car Load. Orders Respectfully Solicited. ii. j. ivvTzrr: co. i ,.;i:.-Jjn W NATIONAL STAIR BUILDIKG AND Turning Shop Pi" I ! J.WELSH & CO., Manufacturers ef Ste. Hand rails. Balusters i FWEL roTS, . G6 and 6S Lacock Street. AUCXGIIE3TY, CITY. PA JOHN D1BERT. 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Hie civil war ol our own eouutry, which was at lis heiffhl when the last volume ol the old work apjieare.l, has happily been ended, and a new course or comnicn-iai and industrial activity has been commenced. Large acecs.-wns to our gctfrapbisal knowledge have octn made by the liidelatigable ejplorcre of Atrica, . To. rn9t n. .1 lii.-nl revolu ions of the lastdcca.te. j with tin natural result ol Ihe lapse ol time, have I bniughl luto Tlew a uiuliituaeot new men, whoso j names are in every one's nioul h. and of whose lives every one is curious to know me parn. u.uie. battles have Iweu lounht and important sieges maintained, of which me details areas yet pre served only iu the newspaerii or In me transient publka'ions of tho day, but which ought now to lake llielriiiace iu pcrtnaueiit and auilientic his- ' Iu'iini.arlfi the hresent edition for the press. 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J,' 41 and 46 Final A v.. - . .lTTSIiritf.lt, IA, sKwixa macium: agextk, I bavejust w!i.t vou wnL StaJ ivrcircnUr. s. noiGir, M.17. 3 Penn Ave., rit'.s'. urh, Ta. WALL PAPER. 1..rrl and Kastlake Tapers. New Iratber GrvaiMl 1'apers. Tapeatrr with Iadu and lunlers Ui :unUh. W.loxirt a Partslaa lieeoratUos. i'4.iniiete line uf American OtMis. a graJew t'lion h Papers. At uur nets' store, (Nut Puswrri.) PITTstBl BUII. Pat. DeZO I t'll E & Co. KarlO Dr. W. S. Yates, D E N T I S T, So. K41 Praasa. Avraaae, 6 loors above 9lh (UU UauJ) St, PITTSBURGH, Pa. Al operatlutu pertaininf to Isentiatrr skillfnllljr per.orml. Mario. Somerset SOMERSET, FROST-BITTEX. BY OtflECI A. BAUER, JB. We wlc riding home from Carrol's ball, Nelly Sunsargcnt and 4,70a know; The white Bakes fluttered about our lamps. And ear wheels rolled sllenily through the snow. We'd danced together the craning through. For Hemstein's riols had "played their best;" Her fair head drooped, her lids were low, And her draatny eyes were full of rest. Her white ana nestled along her lap. Her hands half holding, with weary grace. Her fading violets; passing sweet Was the far-off look on her fair young face. I watched her, speaking nerer a word. For I would not waken those dreaming eyes, But the breath or the violets filled the air, And my thoughts were many, andrarfroia wise. At last, 1 said to her, bending near, "Ah, Nelly Sansargent, sweat 'twould be To ride together our whole lives long, Alone with the violets, you and me." Her fair race flushed, and her tweet eyes fell, Low as the murmur of aueadow rills Her answer came to me "yes, erhaps; But w jo would settle our carriage bilUrr" The deliciit blossoms brothel their last; Our wheels rolled hard on the stones, jpit then. Where tho sn.iw had drifted; the subject drop 1H-J, And lias never been taken np again. THE SECRET OF LITE. Clarence Race at iu hid sumptu- ou.sly furnished Iiurarj, lo."t id thought evidently unwelcome to him, for his handsome face was clouded and the ttern lips Grm compressed, as he gaized vacantly into the red coals in the grate. Ttiough forty Tears Lad passed over h i ui , neither form uor face in dicated that age, for proudly erect and graceful, Li-sidcs possessing dark flat-bing eyes, waving hair, and regu lar features, he was a strikingly hand some maa, appearing scarcely more than thirty. Uearcd in luxury, for his parents had left him a millionaire wheg but a college student, he bad never known poverty through necessity, though a wandering life of mauy yea is, in many lands bad shown him that tLere existed more want and poverty in the world, from lack of the almighty dollar, and his noble na ture aided ever, where circumstances brought him in contact with his fel low beings in distress. Three months befors lat LJeak December evening when he is seated in the library of his. magnificent lal tlbore home. Clarence Kane bad returned from his wandering abroad which had lasted fur years, and the circumstances bad brought him home again i tour two that the subject of this bketcb. Sitting there in silent meditation, he was awaiting the coming of one who was very dear to him; though no wife or sister had ever brightened his doorway, or made haLj.y his bachelor home. Clarence Kaae held" the responsible poJitlori of 'guardi'so, orer a Voiing f,irl of seventeen a.a.4 tavingTec'eied from. ta ward en a telegram thjt afternoon tbat she WOfcU Uv witb him during the even ing, having lett the boarding school for the Christmas holidays to had remained away from the Club togreet her, ''If she had only stated by what train, or at what nour she would ar ri re, so tbat I could have met her," he murmured, ia rather an lyubr;-. ed tone, and then," as. " te sound of j carriage wbeeU tbe pebbly drife broc on bis ear, he started tp sud denly and walked quickly to the door, which was thrown wide open by the butler to usher in a bright face, almost hidden as was the form, by warm wraps, for the night was bleak and cold. "Juauita, you are indeed wel come!" exclaimed Clarence "KaVe, checking himself,' as. h.e was about to unloU in Lis arms the maiden, whom in the three years tb.a.', hs.4 past since he had la&t beheld her, had grown from girlhood to womanhood. "Thank you, my dear guardian, I knew that you would like a little sunshine this cold winter weather, hence I have come," laughed a mu sical voice from beneath the wraps, and as if divining the reason why he had not embraced her, the young girl quickly raised her poutinij, ijipe lips lor a kiss. ' Dot ssert, that Clarence Kane bad never, in his varied exis. tence kissed a lovely woman before, but be that ui it may, be appeared a perfect novice on this occasion, and was as awkward as a school boy, for bis face flushed painfully, an.d then turned deathly pale. l!ut recovering himself, he extee4 td a warm welcome to maiden f I. ' I aud then aied Lct in unbundling te'eeif from wraps,' furs and hat, and LTs surprise Was evident e,j fee bel-v(4 wtat a uieisct j,iosed form L.is war'4 wan. A fonw, supple, graceful and elijjhi.y above the medium height, yet perfect iu aiuuld; a face radiant wiiu a .-irangeiy fascinating beauty, for ihe eyes were midoigbt ia black-i.e-s, iiuuid iu txpreeeion, and filled witb clumbering tire; while the hair, wu.4 worn iu luxuriant folds around the proud head, aud was confined by a massive silver comb. In undisguised admiration Car, eticc Kane fortrot his irood breeding 1 - w t Txa ' and stood and flaiasd. j "What! I was tbjs, the girl of four-, :;ecu te h4d (eft at boarding school j, ' few years before?" he thought, while ice oojeci 01 uia gae, uuening crim t- . 4r r . . - son, said half timidly: lont I please you, my dear guar dian?" With a long drawn sih, Clarenee I Kane shook off the beauty-struck spell upon him and answered hon !ei!v: "Juanita, I believe only angels could possess vour beauty." "Thanks; but vour angelic ideas will have a fall, for I'll astonish you by proving what affinities, earthly angels can, possess, for, do you know, I am most starved?" "True, I had forgotten the polite ness of a host ia my joy at your arrival, but will now attone for it." And calling a servant girl, he bade her conduct his ward to the room (prepared for her, promising to met ' ber iu a few minutes at dinner. The merry Christmas days sped rapidly away, and both Clarence Kaae and his beautiful ward became toast3 ia the aristocratic society of aristocratic Ka.timore. ESTABLISHED, 182 PA., WEDNESDAY, The best parti of the State, Mr. Kane was haunted by mothers w ho had marriageable daushters, dined by bashful papas, and on account of his great popularity, wined at the clubs by bis numerous frieuds, while thebeautiful Jaanita arose like a star above the beautiful horizon of the social circle and became at once a reiirnintr belle. Hut amid all the admiration of tbo outer world bestowed upon them, both Clarence Kane and Juanita were better content to enjoy the quiet of the old homestead, and were happiest when left to them selves. And yet, neither of them knew the others feelings in this matter, but be lieved the regard existing between them was such as was rtght between guardian and ward. The merry days were soon over and once again Juanita returned to her school duties, but not for long; as iu the commencement of summer, she was to graduate and appear be m . 11 s . 1 tore tne wona s 1001 i gnts as a young lady: and with joy she looked f irward to the day when again she would be back at the eld homestead, which Clarence found to be strange ly dark and dismal without her fair 1 presence. 15ut the months rolled away t lasr, and oaee again Juan'ta glad deued the mansion with her susrny smile and silvery voice, to the joy of her truardian, and the delight of the servants, for one and all of them loved her dearly. A month after her return she was seated one moonlight evening, en joying from the open window, the scene of lawn, la,ke and forest spread before hp, when suddenly a quick step was heard, and Clarence Kane entered the room, and approaching her said sofily: "Juanita, I am glad I find you alone for I have something to tell yen." Even in the moonligh. the beavti ful fare was feen to flush quickly, and the dark eyes were raised towards ber guardian. Pointing to a seat beside, her, Juanita made no reply; and, tiUiiag; down, Clarence Kaae s.aid quietly: "Juanita to-day ia the first time a Ubought of losing you ever came for cibly upon tue ' "What mean you? Speak, I im plore you!" eried the impassioned girl, startled at.his" words. "Io not be alarmed little girl!" I merely mean to say that Casper Hastings and Colonel -lluges have both asked me to-day to allow them to lay themselves, their hearts and fortunes at yonr pretty feet;" and, Clarence spoke playfo,llj. "I love uiti;tjr of tUcm, and ne-ver shall. H,enc? wJU nt marry tbo onoor the other- but what dii you say?"-" ' '. "J asU 1 would peak to yoa on ;ho subject " "Yoa are willing to give me p then?" "Xevwl no, I mean; but some day you will love some man, and he will take yon from me." 'No, no, no, I will not go e." from you. I will not ljov'e any one I wish to be alvvavk with you." CsieVvW Vao sprang ta bia feet any) rapidly crossed the floor, and re turning, said quickly. "Juanita, would to Heaven I could keep you ever witb me; but first, ere 1 know my doom, let me tell you of yourself, let me tell you, of your past life." "Listen! You hav; Wieved; your self in my keeping by your paxeAts, who. 1, toljt you died in a, foreiju land; but to your life hangs story which, now you must know, for no longer yon are a child. "You know my life has been one of adventure, of wandering, and thus I will begin by telling yoa that six teen years ago I was roaming in Spain, and one night pot np at an inn by the roadside, where were station ed a number of Spanish officers. "While enjoying cy supper; in, quiet, a converi&tiou ccenrred, at a, table cear mp, between, several Span ish ofkcerg that was most insulting to my owu laud, and every vile epi thet was heaped upon America and Americans, until, unable to stand it longer, I arose to my feet, and cross ingj over the table, threw a glass tf wine into tbo face of a young man, attired in a captain's uniform, and who had bced particularly insulting in all he had saijL "lustantly there was a commotionj nd lDlt'DU known my nationality, t. A ..ncn .I....,, In. 1 f K.I 1 tue lUUUg VBHOIU UVVVMUUVU 4!OV A should meet him. iu a duet, and noth ing loath, I accepted the challenge, and promised to meet him the next day out ia a spot designated ia the mountains, and some twelve miles distant, the captain promising to have a friend preseut who would act as my second, for I was a stranger in a strange land, and knew not whom to call upon; but do not be impatient, Juanita, tor all this bears ukju p.j r lire. ' Ts be ia time, procured a guide the next wfieruocn, and thoroughly armed ad, well mounted, we started for the rendezvous; but a terriffic storm act in, we lost our w ay, dark ness catuo on. and wandering tor hours, a rriendiy light caught our eyes, aud eagerly we sought it, and found a small mountain farm house, from the inmates of which we re ceived a warm welcome. "I liked not the appearance of the place, and neither did my guide, for we felt assured that there bad been some half dozen men iu the Louse w ben we called at the gate, for distinctly had we heard loud voices, and jet, only an old mau and woman had greeted us. "Hut a good supper was given us. My guide looked after the horses and was assigned a place in the barn to sleep, while I was shown up stairs to a small room possessing but a single door and wiudow, besides the trap through w hich I had entered the chamber. "Pressed as I wa I threw my self upon the low bed, but liOt to sleep; for strange thoughts came over me, and fooa 1 heard the hum of voices, and through a crack in the floor discovered ia the room beljw a ball dozen fierce-looking men ia earn est conversation. "At once I knew all I was ia the 7. APRIL 14. 1S75. j bouse of a band of robber?, and well I knew my fate. While I looked the men started forth, and I distinctly heard the words: "We'll first finish the guide in the stable." 'Tiising to my feet, I tofily felt around the room until I found the door I had observed, and after a fw efforts itpened and I discovered that it led down a narrow passageway, hich following some distance, I came upon a window opening out upon a shed, which slanted off to wards the ground at the back of the house. "Here was a chance to escape, but unwilling to leave my guide in dan ger without some effort to save him. I lit a match and glanced around m-, and to the right discovered a door, which I judged led into a room com manding a view of the stableyard. "The larch raised easily and I entered and lightiug another maich, what w as my horror to discover he forms of three men lying upon the floor; but believing them asleep I was about to withdraw when a voice said:- "'(jreat Heavens! you here?' "Instantly I turned the Llaze up on the speaker, and with amazeme.it discovered one of the oung officers I had met in the inn, bound hand and foot, while by his side lay two others, the one 1 was to meet the next morning in deadly combat, and 'to that was to have been my seco..vi. lint no need bad I to. dread that m.orrow a meeting, lor ii m my ene my and the one that was to have acted as mv friend was dead." "Zst-aJ.'" "Yes, Juanita, thjy had been cruelly put to death by the very band that was soon to seek mv life; for, like my guide and myself, the other party bad become lust in the sto.r.ra and hud happened upon tba fame house. This was quickly told me by the young 9Cejr, whose life the bandits had spared to Urture Irom bint on the morrow a confession cs to w hen a commissary train was to cross the mountains, I cilantly I severed the bonds of ttie vounsr oaicer. and rising to uis feet "he took the pistol I offered him, j and together we were consulting as to save the poor glide, when, from the stable came a loud cry for mer cy a few shots, and a groan of agony, and poor Fepe; we knew, LrA tvea cruely murdered. "Let us away Mca, here, or our fate will bv" such as his; see there are a U'n ot ttiem, cneu trio Span iard. "And leading tie way, I dashed through the window opening upon the shed, just as a cry arose among the bandits to seek me. "Out upon the rooj, off upon the ground we hastily scrambled, and at full speed rushed oa . ia darkness, mile after mile, until my poor com panion was broken down and could go no further; but tleu daylight broke, and, I discovered a small cot near, by, iyvi crossing the inmates, we. asked for eheltcr, which was carefully given, although death there met our gaze; for on a snow white bed lay a young and beautiful wo man, who had been . thrown from her horse tbo evening hefor? and killed. "One glance o.u.4 iuy companion recognized her. $hc was the wife of the youag officer with whom I was to engage in a duel. "Her story had bets told to the in mates of the cottage, ere she died, which waa that her husband bad gone tw fight a duel, and she was hastening after him to prevent it, accompanied by a guide, when her horse had fallen and crushed her beneath his weight. "Juanita. never did I suffer then, and attone for my Uaviug been the cause of all ffcis. misery, I had the body cJ" this beautiful woman iLorne back to her home, and from r . i i . -.1- u tnere ourieut ia ia.e, uesme tue grave of her husband, for the follow ing day the young officer had taken with him a number of soldiers and gone to the house of the bandits, and though be had fouud the place de serted except by the dead, La Lad brou?bt back with hira the bodies of bis friend a, mv unfortunate guide. i "And, Juanita, to attou c ytt tie! more for my sin, I took ta tay Lcartj the baby child little girl of one j year of tne- uead parents, and bringing ber to America reared her a? my ward " "And I am she that was orphan girl?" a.-ked Juanita in a low whisper. "Yes, Jaanita and each year you have grown to womanhood, the tcto drils of my heart have clunij rvre i-lnsrlv aroiind vou.nnti'. uw my fu- mrs u-itlibiit von liiist, e a tiwr . . . 1 . blank ; but vei l fr it must be so, for j now tiut you know the story of yonr life, I feel'lhatyou will" ' "Love you ten-fold more my dear ! Ar n.d.ll" retianlian. and never, never' leave you. Aut! with the passionate vehemence of her nature, Juanita sprung forward and elung closely around the neck of the man who hud so well endeavored to atone for lat'j i past. j "Vou will be my wife, then' Juanita?" asked Clarence Kane, afier a pause. ' "Ye?. Never have I known utLe love than tbat I 4Vlt Ut vou: audi mingled wit! it. ha? been that I .ii i .i i .i ..... i... t. 14 in i ill limn i.jr iiioLin-; . aur . v.uii, all. "My poor, jmor parents, sleeping in far away Spain, I know, I feel that toii would not blame your daujhter, nd I nray that from Heaven you look down ia kindness and give us your Llessiuir. as I hone (Jod will bies.-? us too." "Aroeu!" said the stern and fervent voice of Clarence Mane. And one short month afterwards, All I!a!rtmr.r0 lip. ril u-itll Blirnriip that the handsome guardian and, It is weil known that leather arti beautiful ward ha 1 been quietly mar- j cje3 in stables soon become brit ried, and sped away to spend their ; .le in coaWf jence of ammoniacal honeymoon in the romautic valleys of exhalations and theshoesof thofe Piu- . . ! who frequent tbera. Tbe usual ap- . - i j plications f grease are not always The jury in a scacdal eas-c at i sufErieot t meet this diictiity, bat it Charlton. "Saratoga County, N. V-.jis raid that, by adding to them a rendered the following verdict: "We : small qaaolity cf glycerine the leath fiod the prisoner not guilty, but ibis! er will be kept continually in a soft kissing business must be "topped." 1 and pliable condition. lopins the qnration. Half a ct-nturv ago and more It as ibe latnion lor a suitor to go down on his knees to a lady when he asked her to become his wile, which with very stout gentlemen was an uncomfortable proceeding. The way in which Ianiel Webster pro posed to Miss Fletcher was more modern, being at the same time neat and poetic. Like many other lovers, be was cauzh. holding a skein of thread j"r wool which the lady had been unraveling. "Ciracie," said he (fancy Daniel , Webster saying "(irac.'e"'), "we have been untying ! knots. Let us see if we cannot tit oue which will not untie for a life time." With a piece of tape he fasten ed half a true lover's knot. Miss Fletcher perfected it, and a tiss put the seal to the symbolical bargain. Ilichard Steele wrcte to the lady of his heart "D.ar Miss. Scurlock (there were no misses in those days). I am tired of calling you by that name, therefore, say a day when you wilt take tbat of madame, your devoted, humble servant Uichard Steel." She fixed the day accordingly and Steel ed her name instead of her heart to the suitor. The celebrated preacher nitelield proposed marriage to a young lady ia a very cool manner, as though Y hiteGeld meant a Geld of ice. He addressed a letter to her parents without consulting tbc maiden, in which he said that they need nut at all be afraid of of fending him by a refusal, as he thanked Jod he was free from the passion of love. Of course, the ladv did not conclude tbat this field, how" ever white, was the field for her. A Scotch beadle was tLe one who pop ped the question in the grimmest manner. Ae took his sweetheart in to tlv graveyard and, showing her a dark corner, said; Mary, my folks lie here. Would you like to lie there, Mary?" Mary was a sensible lassie, and expressed ber willingness to ob tain the right to be buried near the beadle's relatives bv uniting herself with him in wedlock. Terrible tnunliir. A shctking accident occurred on the 5th instant ia I'cris, which has thrown the KotLsihild and other great Jew isa uaiilits into morning. Madame Anspach with Ler sou and daughter. Mile. II?iene Anspach A young lady of onsiderab!e beauty, well knovn in the fashionable world of Paris-were returning home toward midnight from the Theatre Francais. Crossing the boulevard opposite the .cw Opera Mile. Anspach was run over by an omnibus, two of tho whet's pasiing over her body. When picked up s'ao was insensiLio, but as consciousness returned, said she felt no pain, aniVvas borne without apparent sneering to a cab. Ia the vehicle she placed her head on her mothers shoulder and took hold of her band, which she pressed against her chest Madame Anspach giving utterance all the while to expressions of thankfulness for what seemed to her the miraculous preservation of her child's life, l'.at on reaching the house she found tbat she had only a corpse ia her arms. A heartrending meeting took place when the body of ) the young girl was carried into the drawing-room, between Mme An spach an 1 her husband, wb.i had been absent from Paris on business for three week, previously, and had arrived an hour before the accident. To surprise agreeably his family, he did net give them notice cf bis com ing. A magnificent set of pearl or naments, which be bought when away for his daughter, were set out on the table ia such a way as to catch ber eye the moment she entered. M. Anspach, on hearing the wheels ; of the carriage in the courtyard of his hatei, ran to liiuc lietjinn a door, in order to enjoy the astonishment aDd girlish delight which the sight of the jewels would elicit. His agoDy ean well be conceived when the cry. "She's dead, s-he's dead!" reached him. Mllo llelcne Anspach was niece of nn erv.aent Judgo of the Court cf Cassation of the same name, and granddaughter of M. Anspach, of Melz, who wrote the Jewish liturgical service in use ia France. London Daily Sew a. to Kaifce 'lu m. There is a secret about plum rais- ; ing. e nave tiiscovereu u in j traveling over the country. We never visited a lartc orchard m our j life that wc did not find plenty of f-nir Ami e r.evpr visited anv , ,. , i place with eight or ten tret?, and that iitt.ei' , , w,rfV,:iri, '.,r 1UUL1V4 n o-'-4 T " " . j these faets sit us t thinking; and the rsault tf our thoughts is this that ii is very easy to have ali the plums you want to eat and sell. Tbo se cret connected with plum raieing i-t to plant plenty of trees, so as to give : - - - .. . .. i rni't in he ciirdi in nii.1 to vourse I 6js , f vou p;alll f,rty or a hundred iu figure, and so romautic in expres - trt,es v.ji'i will have fruit enough for j iou of countenance ! An American cvt.rv Ud v. L'very such orchard poet, in describing a certain Japanese m'we ever visited had plenty ofiheroine, speaks Warmly ol her r,..;a s;,.mo n-en ..n.nl.'iiiii.il ! " rl.rni:ii" widemouth t-mile:" he that the curcuiio tint not thiu out ttie fruit enough th"!i: the trees were overloaded.- So we say to our read- er if Vim t 'atit iii;:'!W Hi all. Tilant ...... J . - t t - ' 1 fifty or cue hundred trees then you will ire sure ta have all the fruit oti waDt and it is on of the most profit able cri ps raised. ! The late Dr. Macadam used V tell r.f & tinsv Scotchman tnakmrr bis way i home upon a bright Sunday morning i .i .i .t n.rA .flinrr iii-iilutt ooei 'i mi " 1 . their wav to tbe kirk. A little dog J pulled the ribbon from the band of a ' lady who was leading it, and as it : ran away from ter she appealed to the first nasser-bv. ask;nrh'mto whistle ! for her poodle. "Woman," he re- ! torted. ith a solemnity of visage j which only a drunken man can ' suaic. "woman, this is not a div as for whislin. lieepiu Icater llarneww Pll!tJ:e. WHOLE NO. 12.10. low Wirt I'anutl aUKc. A recent sketch of the loves of the great lawyers contains this touching incident ia the lite of William Wirt" at one time Attorney (Jeneral of the United States: In his younger davs he was a victim to the passion of fa - texicating drinks, which hasbeea the bane of so many distinguished in the legal profession. Affianced to a beau tiful and accomplished young woman, he had made and broken repeated pledges of amendment, and sue, af ter patiently and kindly enduring his disgraceful habit, had' at length dis missed him, deeming him inrorrisrilile. Their next meeting after his dismiss ... . . al was in a public street in the city of Richmond. William Wirt lav drunk and asleep on the sidewalk, on a hot summer day, the ray3 of the sun pouring down on his uncovered head, and the flies crawling over his swollen face. As the young lady u ill nn w .ii n, iier nueu- , , attracted by the spectacle, . " , i , iu tier walk, tier atten tion was strange to tier eves, imt alas: so common to others who knew the vic tim, as to attract little remark. She did not at first recogn' :e the sleeper, and was about to L ten on, when she was led on by one of those im pulses which form the turning point in human lives, to scrutinize his feat ures. What was her emotion when he recognized in bitn her discarded lover! She drew f.jrth her handker chief and carefully spread it over his fate and hurried away. When V irt came to himself he found the hand kerchief, and in one corner the belov ed name. With a heart almost break ing with grie f and remorse, be made a new vow of reformation. He kept the vow, and he married the owner of tho handkerchief. lakinx S..U4MI tnljee. The making of good coffee is a rare thing in this country; most persons boil it, thus making a decoction in stead of an infusiun ; this effectually gets rid of the delicate and agreea ble aromatic Gavor, and leaves a com paratively tasteless beverage. The following particulars will be found worth attention : Never buy your coffee trronnd, but grind it yourelf, immediately before making it; keep your coffee-pot, what ever kind you may use, piped clean and dry inside; a damp tea or coffee pot acquires a musty flivcr that spoils the best tea or coffee. The cheapest and perhaps the best coffee pots are those made on the French plan, called cafe-tieres. If you have not ose of these adopt the following plan: Put your freshly ground cof fee into the coffee-pot, previously made warm, and pour npn it water actually boiling; set the pot by the side of the hre for a few secouJs, but do net let it boil up, then pour a cup ful out and return it back again to iue poi in oruer T.o c.ear it; oavmg uuue mis iei it fiaau on me nuu ur .1 .1.- . f. 1 .1 I K center to sett:e, ana in Jess tnan nve , , , - - - minutes a transparent, strong. aro- matic cup of coffee may be obtained. The Poor Drunkard. O, I have sometimes looked at a bright beautiful boy, and my flesh has crept within me at the thought that there was a bare possibility he might become a drunkard. 1 was once playiug vlh beauti- fel boy in the city of Norwich, Con necticut; I was carrying him to and fro on my back, both of us enjoying ourselves exceedingly; for I loved him, and I think he loved me. 1'ur- ing our play I said to him. Harry, will you go down with j me to the side uf the stone wall.' 'Oh, yes!" was his cheerful re- P'J- e went together, and saw a man lying listless there, quite drunk, his face upturned to the bright blue sy ; the sunbeams that warmed and illu mined us lay upon his porous, greasy fare; the pure morning wind kissed his parched lips and passed away poisoned: the very swine looking more noble than he, for they were fulfilling tbe purpose of their being. As I looked upon the poor degraded man, aud then looked upon that child, with his bright brow, his beau tiful blue eyes, bis rosy cheeks, his nearly teeth, and ruov lips, the per teci picture oi ine anu peace 3 a, . ' . r i-e t . 1 looked upon tbe man and hen upon the child and felt bis little ban, I convulsively twitch.ng in mine and , saw his little lips grow white and his j eyes dim. gazing upon Le pwr drunkard-then did 1 pray to Cod to ; give me an everlasting increasing, capacity to hate with a burning ha-i j a I . . a . . . . I . vw that !! ill I ir.uu iuSlru.urui...i, v make such a thing of a being once as fair as that little child. JJin .. Tbe Horned Owl. The owl is a pretty bird under all . i-i a C I circumstances somneanu rracemi mizhl have gone farther, with the owl. and praised its "magnificent onen-eved stare.'' Especially is thei owl handsome, when his goggle eyes i are seen staring out of a bush just at du-k looking like two itfu'ia'ed gig-' A slovenly kept barn is no credit lamp's, and w he a the beholder is a' to its owner. It is not only unsight .moii )nr wr.n Inn Iitfly been do- i ly, but the habits thht make it so will line somethinjr naughty, " JeadiDg to the belief that "Old Scratch" is com-, i in-r after him at art early period. To j add to that boy's felicity, it is ooiy I . i T .i c.,!ii! m ia Lis beautiful voice in a hoot or two ; : i erewsri lubl ine; o " . - - and at about that period, Flora Tern - r.l mirfit distanced bv a couple of flvin-r feet. Perhaps the horned ! owl whoso "horns' rcailv consist in a pa;r of feathery ear3, is even hand i aomer than the others of his tribe His eves fcave the diaccter of sau- sometimes not .1 a... aij .a cer-. "and the profundity of a deep'tered about the floor where it U well at midnight ; and,' taken a!to-.'tr-d upon by nncleaa b;ots until it -ether, he mar be considered as one. ia " eoued and tainted that the am of the highest developments ofthe;mais reject it and it is Tirtcaily ornamental in creation. from 5"-; ton's Leisure Hcrr 12. No. ! Mana-er Pair savs that in Paris I I .... ....I r-.r.r.tnlrw Cy ne nas seen wi rjc.iavui.i tiny side by side with duchesses. and he doesa't see why tbe samejs thing cannot be done here. e uo, however. Where will he get h:s duchesses? ,Mnls . Iforaea). A xv.rr iu aQ "ST'enltural ngp.r mtk U b.ie Lorse breeders are sound ,.ng th., ,.rai.s ,,r thoroughbreds. ! tr..ta-rs. I errhr-r.,,,,. Clvdesdalcs. and . nil the host -A fclraiM anil breeUi ! claiming untold good qualities for the j one and the other, we seldom or nev ; er hear a single note in favor of that useful animal the mule. On the ! road, amid the hum of cities, ia the j very bowels of the earth, these pa- tient, persevering, long-lived "hewers i of wood and drawers of water" are j plodding through their daily drudg ery unboncred and unsung. We once overheard a farmer say, with quaint expression, "the best horse for a farm is a mule;" and we sob scribe ourself a champion of his faith. Do vou want an animal which will c"6 JU 'ltho,Ut r0Wv1 I U'k- 0ie wlm'L foo hort i cmm the vttennary, j alwa-V3 be rea(1T wrkV ? w?- a Creat harJ ltVbV 1 C8t a ! wagon on bia shoul- i iicra ft nil t,nt it tn m hi rw a iff a uva ' ' W II UJ Ulll VI SSW S1VK4V sprightly fellow to plow corn, or to chores, or make him.-e'f generally useful? If you do, get a mule. He will require less, rare, will cost less money, will do more work, will eat less corn, live longer, and pay you better than any horse we know of, on the (arm. Now it will be said that mules move slowlv. that they are I, -' i . reY- tricky, that t'aev" are frequently Some mules have all these traits, and some have none of them, but their good qualities, taking them all in all, very fur surpass their bad obcs Who ever saw a spavined mule, or a curbed male, or a dead mule tli it had not been killed by ac- i .- . ,- -. cident. A man mav live a lifetime, . . .', . ... he may have gone through the wars, where b res lay down and die by the score from bad treatment and starvation, but I venture to say he can count upon his Gngers the num ber of mules he ever saw yield up the ghost under any ordinary pres sure. Wlaadowslaa Matblea. We liad iu a German exchange some curious observations on the manner in which the position of the windows affects the eyes of the horse. In one instance, the horses of a farm er fine animals, celebrated for their excelent condition, were kept ia a stable liuh'ed only by one small window nt the side. When the light wa i needed for work, tho door was teii porarily left open; the re sult wa., that nearly all of the3e ani mals had eye3 of unequaled strength, and in time a number of them be came blind on the side towards the window. A f-trong light directly in the horse's face has been found to weaken the sight. The worst posi tion of all for a stable window is in frout of the horses and much higher than their heads: An officer had bought a perfectly sound mare from a gentleman whose stable was lighted by windows at the rear of the stalls. The animal wa3 soundjinu perfectly satisfactory. Af ter three months, she became sudden ly ground-shy ; upon examining her eyes, they were found1 directed up ward, and this was explained by tbe fact that the windows of the officer's stable were situated above the head of the stalls, the eyes being drawn in that direction. She was removed to another stable where tbc light was admitted from all sides, and in three months' time the difficulty had disap peared. Another officer reports that during the campaign of 18'J'J, in France, he ,, hnrao ,hnt na ;,, 5llm. I """" J . v.r... tn l - t,nm ,u k VI, wril aJ 1 ."J 1 V. L U I il IIUUI kVsJ U LJ C , , . . , - ,- . j windowa of wLich wers &boTe tbe :(roDtofU u,, . h , time the horse became so shy of the 'ground that he had to sell it. He bad a similar experience with other saddle horses, all of which became ground-shy iu his stall. One animal in particular, a thorough-bred, mare, renowned for her jumping qualities, refused ia a short time to cross the smallest obstacle, and when forced to cross a foot-wide gully, made a leap that would have cleared a ditch four teen feet wide. Owners of horses who find that their animals shy at objects on tbe ground, or at their side, wonld do well to i oe it to tke windows oi tneir stables for an explanation of the eviL When to tiet I" p. Tbcl'ukeof Wellington always slept on an iron camp bedstead eighteen inches wide. "When a man wants to turn over," he said, it is time to turn out" The Emperor Nicholas did the same, Mr. Owens says. The principal is well enough ; but I think the detail ia wrong. Sleep itself is too important to be made uncomfortable. My old friend llossiter fixed his alarum so that at the fore-ordained moment, th bed clothes were dragged from the bed, and Ilossiter lay shiverinrr. I have , cmicl..- lVlB (iraw;no., ,n,l iQcalio of tent (wgich , I Hf nm3ni wh, uQ(Jer th(j wbich at omt ,iftg tLe enJ ii f M(1 de,ivfr8 lfce ? f hU on tLe nQW hori. , f lboarJ- He is DOt ,pt lo I wjeep long after that. Hossiter found another contrivance ; which worked better. The alarm ' clock struck a match, which lighted a I lamp, which boiled the water for ! Kossiter's shavinz. If Kossiter staid iu bed too long, the water boil- 1 I . . . eu o er uauu u.n iai, ana ciean j shirt, and the prayer book his mother pave hn, and Coleridge's autograph, i and his ( pen pocket-book, and ail the : other precious things he could put in ! a basin-underneath went he went to bed so that he had to get up before j that moment came. Boras Management. . generally be found to operate disa3- trousiy by the wasting of fodder and : neg.ccting tbe animals. Ve believe. ; an a rtuc, ma; me aaimais id n ..o.- i en! v-lient. barn do not compare in ; thrift witb those of a tidily kept one. i i ; even on as good or better feed I ne reason is that thv- sloven has IitUe or no management. Sometimes his cat tle a'e overfed aDd sometimes under fed: nometimes they are watered ia the morning.sometimes at night, and wasted Paving change of food. the appetite be a large ameant to tbe manure comes poor, anu - of fodder goes : heap which, if properly fed, would , I if V Z'Zl I 1 UCIUUIS w ' - a - - j management, of course, the cattle "row thin. i High living for hard ' room ia the attic. times times
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