ADVERTIBINGRATEB. • n Imo. Smacemon 171 , 1.60 1.75 3.60 CM Mt CM CM .CM 0.00 pm cm .2.5 om Moo mmg m 6 m 17.00 25.00 cCT, mm 72.0010.00 20.00 40.00 00.00 110. d, 90.00 00.00 110 00 200.0 One 13 ,51usre Two ugusros ere. Squares Big soiree, . flstarter Column air Column . One Column Professional Car& $l.OO per line per year. Administrator's and Anditor'n Notices, $3.00 City Notices, 20 cents per lino let insertion 12 cents per lee each subsequent ineertion. Tontines agate conetitutal equare. • ROBERT IREDELL, JR., PUBLISUICR, 10213:=3! Coal anti Rambler. •ILDRRT. D. OTTO. R. X. OTTO. 0. W. )MLLE{ FILBERT, OTTO it MILLER,. MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN LUMBER w L LIAMS PO RT, PA. MILL ON CANAL, WEST OF MAY LL NARD STREET OFFICE AT THE MI W F CRANE AoKsl, JAS. M. HITTER, (MIAS. W. ABBOTT. OWEN RITTER JORDAN ?. 314 7 0 7 7, 5. STEAM PLANING MILL, SASH, DOOR, AND BLIND MANUFACTORY, Unton Street, near Jordan Bridge, Allentown, RITTER, ABBOTT & CO., MANUFACTURERS OF Bash, Doors, 011iSidE Blillo. Instils Blinds, Mould Ines, Brackets Balusters, Pickets, Stair Rail ings, Window Frames, Door Praises, Glazed Windows, Black ll'rtin of „Mouldings, fir. CI:ROLL SAWINO, P TURNING d ILINO, MATCHING. FLOORING awl RIPPING DONE AT THE SHORTEST NOTICE. ALSO, STAIR BUILDING done aud RAND RAILING made to order. Haying now had almost three years' possession of the Mill, refurnished it almost wholly with new and improv ed machinery. and haying none lutt experienced work men, )we are prepared to defy competition from at home and abroad, both In price /Mil WOI km lushly,. Do you coutmnplatu building 1 Unit at our Factory and satisfy yourself with a personal eXalllinNtiUl3. DTMVIIIIIN for baildings, brackets, patterns for erne- Men tal work, scroll. , for porches...ll be seen nil trines by carnal( at our °lnce. Any Intermatlon to the builder furnished cheerfolly awl freely, by calling_ at the Manu factory, ou Union street, at the Jordan Bridge, Allen town, or by leiter thromth the post lam at i-131 HITTER, ABBOTT & CO R EVIVAL I I Tho aulnicrlbera having lomed tho "Old Hop) Chial Yard." ‘lOlllll reKpotala y at...aura to the chlrons omf Alleutown and tho public In ..touvral. that thaoy have just a noporlor assortment of COAL Consinting of Stove, Egtr, ChontiMt nod Not from the BUCK MOUNTAIN hIINLS. Ortyrn loft with A. A. Huber, Shiner Sr Ilutterint In at thn battle lintel, Iloilo Rolling Mill, or tho lard trill be attended to lo u• BUSINESS like lilBll.r. Order• for Cool h. Om car filed Lori no, ILo lowed price, Alwoym on hnod n largo 'dock of BALED HAY, which wilt La gold at tho lowest taarkot prices L. W. KOONS & CO nt tho" Old (lope Cool Yard Flom:Iton Strrel, cornor of Lehigh V3lloy Ro.llrond I=l 1.. W. K ,ov net ti A NEW FIRM NEW LUMBER YARD TO, BUIDLERS! TREXLML & WEATER Would hereby announce to the public that they have .itint opened a new Lomb, 1 till on the Plll/1(11,11r1 And coll. 'indent grounds no long ocraim,d by IRK): LER BRO.'S on Hamilton street, near Tenth. north, 1 , 111.1, when, they are now prepared with a full annortmotit of overythlog Portaining to the Muslims, comprising in part BLlsmr PINE,. WHITE PINE, SPRUCE and HEM. LOGE noonuio. witiTE PINE BOARDS, SCANTLING and PLANK of all nixes and troll 0,11010111. d. FRAMING TIMBER, Soperior, HEMLOCK JOIST and SCANTLING of imsorted Mite, CEDAR, CYPRESS AND WRITE PINE SHINGLES of extra HEMLOCKnod SPRUCE PLASHRING and SHING LING LATHS, and a Norge sxmortmont of WEATIIERIIGARDMO, also wn rrE OAK PLANK and BOARDS of all thicknolnen, . . WHITE PINE and SPRUCE PALIKOS and PICKETS, nunerlor to anything, In the market WHITE PINE and HEMLOCIs PENCE HAILS, WHITE 0 r.K and CHESTNUT POSTS, All desirous of purchasing Lumber to a.,4 good advantage as is offered at soy other Yard In the county, aro rennest• ed to coil and estouluo our stock before purchasing else• horo. Satisfaction Guaranteed in Quality and Price. Tito Senior memborof tho lino would In enuress sin thanks fur pant rayon , while a member of the first of 'nex t.' Ores.. and respectfully solicits a COleieUleleti of the mi me, prompting to apply his bettt eudeavore to render eatinlactiou tu all patrons of the New Yard it ,l ED. W. TILEXLEH august 31 Silber llateb Mare SANIUEL K. h.lll-Tll, 724 Ci ESTNUT STREET, t i t "91 gR , PRACTICAL MANUFACTURER OF FINE y , MYER PLATED WARE ) =I Wont,' reSprctrully unnotvice to Ilk palrouß loot he lone A foil xtock of tt.o lateet ntyles of DOUBLE AND TREBLE ELECTROPLATED WARE ALLOY lIIS OWN PLATING Plated on Nickel and White Metals; sultablo for family or city trade. An tho quality of plating can only be known to the plat er, the purchaser must rely tho manufacturer's state ment; thorn being no much worthless wear In the market, all reptesented as treble plate, at prices impossible to be mane actor.. All lain goods aro marked "S. K. SNISTIL" Call and catmint) the goods before purchasing else- Whore. . "OLD WARE REPLA.TED._ffiI nut y s-ty earptt3 anb Oil (rloff) RICHAND ELEGANT CARPETS, OIL cLoTils, &C. • S. C. FOULK. NO. 19 B. SECOND BT., PHILA., (Flr.tt Carpet Store beloW Market. End nide.) I nv Rea attention to his .plead Id lowortment of Imported and American CARPETS. {Tidal will bo sold at a very wall advauce. Rood.. warranted aa ropnoicuted no that .all con boy will. count'. ace and malefaction. nov Ltf sor the ffarntrr for Pure Water, Ws celebrated l'u entirely tasteless durable and retie. Wel equal to the good ohbfashionet wooden Pump, a, cost less than hal money E6llfly 6r to ad to be non-1 mud la cotuitructi that any one cal keep It In repair. THE DEBT AHD.CHEAPE pANCOAST THIRD AND PEAR STREETS, PHILADELPHIA, PLAIN AND GALVANIZED WROUGHT IRON TUBES, Lap-welded Boiler Tubes, Dnna and Iron Valsea•nd Cork.; Plition. for Mt., Steam sad wstcri Hough and Fint.lol Nu.. Work; Bas and Steam Fitters' Tool., etc. • Bath Tubs and Sinks, Bath Dnllera, Suanielled Wash Stand., etc., Coll. of Tot t steal. K e w, and Trapse BILLS CUT TO ORDER ! Pipe of all Sizes fitted to Sketch.. OFFICE AT THE MILL, Bintessore ' to MORRIS. TASKED. St• Co.. ae CONTRACTORS FRONT AND LINDEN STS. For the Healing of Buildings of all Cleuee with Steam Hot Water. by the mei approved tueHitelt. 1 wi lITE AND BLACK OAK BAW LOOS wanted. for • Estimates Furnished Grati s. which the Molten market price will be pold upon delly• febl.l7 try. d-w 12•1 r VOL. XXV NO GOLD' LOAN OF TILE NORTHERN PACI Fl RAILROAD. RAPID PROGRESS OF THE ROAD The 111111111111 j of the Northern MOB,. Railroad. theemn July lasst,l losing poshest forward with great energy front both extremities of tile line. Several thousand men in . (' employed In Minneso ta and on the Paoßic coast. The grade is nearly completed 260 miles westward (caul Lake Kip°. rlor; [reinsure running over 130 miles of finish, ed road, and track-laying Is rapidly progressing toward the eastern border of Dakota. Including Its purchase of the St. l'stul & Tactile Road, the Northern Millie COMpany now has 413 miles of eompleted road, and by September next this will he Increased to at least 560. 4 GOOD INVESTMENT. Jay Cooke Jr. Co. are now selling,and unhesitatingly recommend, as n Profitable and perfectly Safe investmerit, t he First Mortgage Land Grant. (fold Bonds of the Northern Pacifist Railroad Company. 'they have 30 years to run, bear Seven end 'Three-Tenths per cont, gold Interest (more than 8 per cent. eurren es) and are secured by first end only mortgage on the ENTIRE ItoAD AND liSt EQUIPMENTs, MHO, as fast fls the rose' Is completed, on f. 13,000 ACRES OP LAND to every mile of track, or 500 Ayres for each $l,OOO Bond. They are exempt from U. S. Tax; Princlpal and Interest are payable In Dull; Denominations: Coupons, MINI tst =LIDO; Reglst.trosi, $lOO to ;340,000. LANDS FOR BONDS. Northern Pacific: 7-30's are at all times receivable at ten per cent. above par In exchange for the Company's Lands, at their lowest cash price. This renders them prac tieally loterest. hearing land warrants. SINKING EC ND. The proceeds of all sales of Lands are required. to be devoted to the re purchase and cancellntion of the First Mortgage liondsof the Company, The Land Grant of the Road exceeds Fifty Million Acres. This immense Sinking Fund will undoubtedly cancel the prin. eipal of the Company's bonded debt' before it falls tine. With their ample security and high rate of interest, there Is no investment otecesslble to the people. ‘yltlell Is More profitable or safe. EXCILING IND Ir, S. FIFE-TWENTIES. The seeress of the Ness' ooVernment. 5 percent, Loan will conned the early surrender of United States it per cents. Many holders of Five Twill the{ are now exchanging them for Northern Pa cifie SeVen-ThlrtieS, thus realizing a handsome ors slit, nisd greatly Inereasing their yearly In v °THEE SECIDITIES. All marketable Stocks and Bonds will he received at their highest cur rent pricy In eXehanee for Northern Pacille seven-Thirt his. Express - charges on Money or !hoists received, tool 011 51,1'11.111111108 Sent in • return, will he paid by the Finanelstl Agents. Full information, maps, pamphlets, me., con he obtained On nppiicatlon at any egent•y, Or from the Undersigned. KOl . lOllO by IZESUI Philadelphia, New York, Washington, Financial Agents Northern Pacific, Ito iroad Co Ity It. and lIA N KERS generally through out the country. may 3.3111 GIRARD SAVINGS BANK, NO (Organized nutter n State Charter), EAST HAMILTON STREET, =I Monies received on deposit at ell times from one dollar onward. Pope SIX per cent. Interest for six swathe or longer. Four por cat. on daily balance, sobject to check at night. boughtd Silver, United States Bonds and other Securities and sold. luterest collected on liovern• meat Securities at fair rates. All deposits.of money will be hold strictly confidential, and may be withdrawn at any Gum. Married women and minors Inter special privileges granted in ear charter, having full Potter to tratmact bust ao. With 11 , . 11.1 their awn 11311108. This Int:Goat. Is a legal depository for monies Paid into Court, and receives money in trust from guardians, administrators, treasurers, tax callectors tail others. ar / riItINEY LOANER P ON FAVORABLE TERMS. H AON ALBRIGHT, President. It n 11 ARTZI,I.I., Cushier. Directors—Ph:mu Albright, James F. Kline. Tilghman Mertz, David Weida. Aaron Eisenhart. MILLERSTOWN SAVING BANK MILLERSTOWN, LEHIGH COUNTY.- Thls hantltittlon Nv 111 1,0 opened on or Wore the lot day of Aprll. Money will be taken on depoolt at all times mad In any soma from one dollar upwards, for which SIX PER CENT. INTEREST It. E.lDorrsuoma —lr per annum will bepaid. DepoKits limy be withdrawn at any limo A 1,., money ottued out uu favorablo te ARIESJ WEILER, President 011•1.1111.111 SIIII,IER, Cashier. J. F. M. Shllferl, Georg Ludwig. Frederick C. Yob 1. Chrial - , N. Benninger. David Donner, William SAlidity. Immo Griebel, Gideon F. Boner, Horatio T. ii,rtzog,_ Benjamin J. Schmoyer. JlllllMlSillifinaster war 16• Gm A LLENTOWN SALVINGN INSTITU. Tiov, Organize,/ as "Dimes Saving Institution," NO. EAST HAMILTON ST., (NEARLY OPPOEITE TEE AMERICAN HOTEL,) P. 4 YS SIX PER CENT. INTEREST FOR This I nvilttitiou, the oldest Saving Bank In Eastern nsylvania, has been in continuous and successful op Pen eration for ton years, and continues to pay SIX PER (.EST. INTEREST on money fur Ono year, and special rote of Interest for shorter Periods: 1tt."...A 11 deposits of money will ho held strictly confi dential. Executors, Administrators,Trustees, Assignees, Treasurers, Tax Collectors, and other custodians of public or private moneys, are of remit Itio rater of interest. Fartntrm, .11errhanlx, Laborer*, and all who have money to pot on intoroot fora long or rhort period trill find our thrtitution au agreeable and advantageous one In which to do Int.inexii. Inurea invite LAMER tO tranonot their banking bu with uo. (IA Rill El) WOMEN and MINORS have special grant,' by our charter—having full power to trans act lominers with ur In tei own names. Money !1.0.M.! with thin Institut!. TIIOS. WEAVER -tf IS SAFE AND WELL SECURED, by a Capital nt. , Ck and surplus money curtly of over SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS, and addition, the Board a Trust°. 11.0, nequired by t barter, given bonds under the supervinion of the Court the mum of FIFTY TDOCSAND DOLLARS, which bonds are resin. Awned in and lirld by the Court of Common Pleas of this county for the securityof depositors. Our Iron Vaults are of thin mint secure and extensive kind known iu this country, as a personal inspection will show, sod ti which wo invite oar friends and customers. We refer to thin believing that safe Burglar Proof Vaults complote the sandy and lAM reliall. bilit Al N y of a Y good Saving Bank. . WI LL E, Preside:.. CHRISTIAN FREI', Vice President, REUBEN STADLER, Cludder, ThlrplTELil William 11. Aluoy, ---- lutrles 9 Bush, Chr1,41.1 Pr,ir., J.I. D. Stllex, F. E. Smom.lm, Benj. 3. litigeubuch. tieurgo Brubett, Samuel Sell. Nuthati Peter. FA RBER'S SAVINGS BANK, Incorporated under a State Charter of 1870. rock.- ilk, Upper Macungie township, Lel:hit:Co. Thlm 111r.41IntIn has been organized and opened under a Shoe Charter. MONEY trill be taken on deposit at ell times and to any sum from bl and upwards, for which 6 PER CENT. INTEREST WILL BE PAID. • • Deposits :nay be withdrawn at any time. Also money loaned ou W n LL v AM b MO e H rm ,P resident. R. 11. FOOBL, (high hr. 1111,1TREtl , Dr. 11. A. Saylor, J. 11. Straub, Daniel Moyer, David toter, deux. Ranch, Sionnel Kuhns, Daniel 11. Creitz, Wl fllhuu Stain, Main Mohr tapr 6.6E1 FILANKLIN SAVINGS BANK, Located at the corner of Hamilton street and Church alley, In Lion Hall, second story, oppomite tho German Reformed Church, lu the City of Allentown. ix orgenired nod reedy for business. It toil! pap SIX per cent. In ferret on oil deposits except bitinness drposite,/or any period o f time, to he Clliralotrit from the date o f To secure which, the Trustees of (Ito Institution have filed In the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County, under the direction of the Court. a bond In the sum of 'rwenty•tive 1'110..4 Dollars, conditioned for the falth• ful keeping end appropriation of all and. 'mum of money am shell be pieced In charge of oak! FRAN KLIN HAVINGS BANK, whether am deposits o oiler. of oiler of clock. which bond may be enlarged by the Court whenever It may be deemed necessary kddltiou to this. the Act of Incorporation make* tho Storkholdorn pereolllfily indite to the depositors in dot,• ble the amount of the (Nipital Stock of the Bank. which Is fifty thonottiol dollars, with liberty to Increase it to one hundred and fifty thousand dolkirs. Theme pros Wiens will make it a very desirable and ears placo lde of IloN ~, i t may be proper to elate that the deposits will be kept in one of tho sit.fesi and beet protected ra nds In title city. Arrengetnento will be snadetofurnimh drafts on the cilia/ of New York autl Philadelphia •ti. A. BRI DO ES, President S. W. WILSON, Vire Preeident • J. E. ZIMMERMAN. enabler. Trneters : 11noirl 11. Miller, 8. A. Bridges, John 11011 , eu. Wtllinto Baer, .1. K. Zimmerman I't ter lt. Crelts, W ter 0 rota, Edwin Zimmerman. LUMBER I LUMBER I! WHOLESALE AND RETAIL STEAM SAW MILL, LUMBER YARD ginanrial. JAY COOKE & CO. MONEY ON DEPOSIT. HOFFAIAN'S AND KINDLING! 3 ):rbiob ROMANTIC PAUPERS Two Penniless - Women live To gether as Man and Wile—Their Strange Histories-An Unfortunate Girl. In Jackson township, Monroe county, Penn., there appeared, in the Fall of 1867, a man and woman styllnt. - themselves Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Israel Lobdell. The woman was 18 or 19 years of age, and quite handsome. The man was tall and gaunt, and at times act ed as If lie were insane. They lived there In abject poverty for some time, having no visi ble means of support, but roaming about the country and eating where and what they could, and sleeping in caves and barns. At last they became a nuisance, and were twice arrested and lodged In Stroudsburg Jail. While thus confined, in the early part of the present mouth, a letter came to a neighboring post-office addressed to Lucy Ann Lobdell, and postmarked " Long Eddy, N. Y." This, with other suspicious circumstances, led the authorities to believe that Joseph Israel Lob dell was not a man, and investigation proved that he was of the other sex, and had success. fully concealed the fact for nearly four years. The letter in question was from a person at Basket Station, N. Y., stating that Lucy Ann Lobdell's mother needed her support, and that she should come to her at once. When the true sex of the woman was ascertained, the "wife" stated that her name was Ada Perry, and that she was the daughter of Daniel Perry of South Abington, Plymouth county, Mass. On learning these facts, the authorities of Monroe county decided to take the woman to Basket Station and learn more about :item. The two at first refused logo, but were finally induced to accompany the officer, ".Toe" be• ing furnished with woman's clothing. On arriving at Basket Station, last week, the officers were directed to the residence of old Mr. Lobdell, but they failed to get rid of their charge there, as the old, people were helpless living by charity, and Lucy refused to stay with them. The women were conae quently brought back to the station, where it was ascertained that they were runaway pau pers from the Delaware County Poor House, at Delhi, whither they were taken. The his; tories of these two women are very strange. About five years ago, there was put off of a train one night, at this station, a girl of about 17 years of age, who gave lair name to the depot agent as Ada Perry. She was very handsome, but rather scantily dressed. ller story was that she had 'run away from her home in Massachusetts a few months before with James Wright, a young man, with whom she hat' since lived in Jersey City. The night before her arrival ut Basket Station, this man had deserted her, and she had every reason to think that he had gone away with another girl to Buffalo. She was following him, when her money gave out, and the conductor on the train would let her go no further. She re fused to be sent back to her parents, and placed, herself In the poorhouse at Delhi. In the poor-house at that time was Lucy Ann Lobdell, or rather Lucy Ann Slater, as she had married a snail by the name of Slater about six years before. She was 32 years old when Ada Perry first met her, and notwith standing the hard life she had led, was rather prepossessing in appearance. Between her and the young . girl a singular attachment arose, and after remaining in the poor-house about a year and a half, the two disappeared ode night, and nothing was heard of them un til they were brought back last week. The history of Lucy Ann Lobdell is equally singular. Twenty-one years ago site was a' young girl living with her parents at Basket qation, which is a settlement mostly composed of people engaged in lumbering. •She was handsome, but possessed few, if any, of the characteristics of her sex. Her tastes were masculine, and she hunted, fished, and worked in the woods with the into, She had offers of marriage from respectable lumbermen, but always refused. She finally married Henry Slater, a worthless fellow from Hancock. For two years they lived together, when he deserted his wife, leaving her with au infant two months old. Soon after her husband left her she donned men's apparel, and, leaving her child in charge of her parents, followed the wild lite of a hunter in the region, then a dense forest, in the counties of Delaware and Sullivan in this State, and Pike, Wayne and Susquehanna in Pennsylvania. For several years she roamed the hills and valleys, and wrote in the mean time a history of her life. She became known in the country as the " Female hunter of Long Eddy." In . her " history" she recounted her adventures as a hunter and trapper,, and stated that in two years she bad killed five bears, a large number of deer, and much small game, and had trapp ed many of the fur-bearing animals of the re gion, including mink, otter, and foxes. ' In 1860 her mood sui denly changed, and she again assumed the garb of her sex, and saddled herself upon the community, begging front door to door, nod finally becoming an inmate of the Alms-llouse of Delaware County. Here this singular person remained until she and Ada Perry disappeared together in 1867. Mary Slater, the child that was born to Henry and Lucy Ann Slater, was taken out of the poor-house about the time her mother ap plied for admittance, and was placed in the family of Daniel Portman, at Tyler IEII. Wayne County, Penn. There she has since lived, claiming no kin of friends but the faint ly of Mr. Forttnan. On the night of the 16. h of July last, she was forcibly abducted from Mr. Fortnum's by a gang of fiends, and, after being chloroformed, was thrown into the Del aware River to drown. She. was rescued, however, by n farmer living near, but she again disappeared, and was not found for four days. She had lost her mind by the fearful events of the night though which she had passed, and had been wondering through the woods all that time. The cause of her attempted mur- der was her repented rejection of degrading proposals made to her by Thomson Keats, and a suit having been commenced against him for I slander and threats made against the girl, in which she was to be principal witness, he had her abducted and thrown Into the river. At least strong suspicions exist against him, and he is now in jail at Honesdale, Penn., await ing trial. The girl has not yet recovered en tirely from the shock and the consequence of ter wanderings. lEEE EEO ,iFono"•i Iron—Coot .Per . Ton of Pig MOW $31,- 71—No Margin pr the Capital invented. A. writer in the St. Louis Democrat states that during the. past year the average cost per ton of making Iron at Carondelet has been as follows : Two and one•third tons of coal, at $3.35 per ton ; twenty-seven bushels of Con nellsville coke, at 18 cents per bushel. This reduced to raw coal would make 3} tons, at $4:35 per ton.. Iron mountain ore, one and two thirds tons, at $5.50 per ton. To this add labor, $4.31, Interest $1.14 ; expenses $1.50, limestotie 27c., and we have a total of $31.71 as the cost per ton of all pig metal made at Carondelet: The cost of making iron, the writer says, leaves no margin for the cap ital'invested or the very great uncertainties of a blast furnace. - It shows that while the labor and Interest accounts are small comparatively, the fuel and ore cost more than three-fourths. lle goes on to say further : "In Missouri we pay two and one-third cents per ton per mile for transporting iron ore, while In Pennsylva nia It costs only one cent per ton per mile. There is a monopoly at present of iron ore and fuel, but the railroads now being built will place the iron men In neondition - to bring com petition to hear on this matter." ALLENTOWN, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER .6, 1871. A NIGHT WITH A MANIAC = The maniac was a giant. 110 had broken his.henvy chains as Samson broke the willies —had torn open the door of thecell—torn the keeper, literally, in pieces—burst open the dour—kiiled'tho watchman, with °heavy iron bar he wrenched from the door—and escaped with his formidable weapon into the city. The whole place was aghast at the news ; and we students at the hospital and dissecting room, who were connected with the asylum, had to nerve ourselves to help capture the es. coped wild beast. I had gone to thedissecting room alone, and was about to cummence using the knife on a subject. There was a storm raging, and with a low sob the wind shelled through the long aisle of forest trees, and flashed with the gath ered force of an ocean wave against the dead house. Simultaneously, a hand struck the light door, and the yell of a maniac rang through and through my. brain. Above the door, through the small ventila tor, the face of the madman and the =Me+ peeled down at me. • "Ali. ha ! I have caught you at last—hero —and alone. I have been waiting for you. You took me once, didn't you ? Ha ) ha ! Let me In." The coolness of Imminent peril brought my powers to action. I held his eye an instant ; but It was evident he was too wild for that ; his blood was up, and it roved with eager ferocity through the room and, over the frail walls. With the light bound of a leopard, I gained the door, and shot the double bolt. A gleam of rage darted from his eye ; but he laughed, " Ila, ha! You think that will keep me out r! Ile leaped to the ground. In an instant the girt was out. " Wait," I cried, "I have a weapon in my hand keen as a razor. It is poisoned by the dead body I have been working on. Burst the door, and I'll plunge It in your heart. If It but touch you, you are a dead man. You may kill me, but I'll kill you 'as certain as there is a God." The swarthy giant shook the door until Its hinges creaked and groaned:beneath his hand. Then laughing again low to hiinself, mutter ed, " Fool, I'll outwit you yet l" And stole off in the darkness. I heard him, for au instant, pressing against the wall of the of the building, and it swayed and bent in wards with the weight. Then silence. The din of my pulses made thundca fumy ears, as I Wel to hear his stealing tread, and the: sob bing wind rose anew with a wierd shriekonak- ing my efforts fruitless. A thoussnd times I heard his low, devilish, murderous laugh. A thousand times I felt his brawny strength against the door, and saw his wild face look down at me through the gloom; but still he did not come. I tried to think he had abandoned the design, and slunk off discouraged ; but Iltnew it was not 50 - I knew he was crouching in some corner, on the watch to spring on me when I passed. Could I stay there all night ? No ; cer tainly not. An hour more, and Harry Leigh (my young wife's brother) would come to seek me—come unconscious of the danger, until a bloodhound at his throat would choke the brave young life down there for ever. I listened, in the intervals of the now fitful storm, to hear if he was breathing near me. I waited for the next lull. It came—that dead hush that follows the gusty wind. I put my soul in the sense of hearing, but no human shadow of sound greeted it. When the storm swelled again, I drew the bolt, and looked into into the night ;' a black pall hung over the earth and sky. I had as good a chance to pass him in the obscurity as he to catch me. With my knife in my teeth and the massive thigh-bone of a negro'to fell him with. if I must, I drew of my shoes, and stepped out into the darkness. A sudden whirl of the tempest almost took me off my feet, and a brick, dislodged from one of the chimneys, grazed my head in its passage, and broke in half on the pavement. With bated breath, and a step like the tread of a panther scenting his prey, I parted the thick darkness and turned my face towards the hospital. He might be either here—at any step along the passage—or hid In the angle of the wall at the door through which I 'inlet enter. This seemed most probable ; but there was another door known only to the MIEM I thanght I would elude him. With infi nite caution I began to scale the high wall, dreadlitg horribly lest some sudden break in the sky might reveal MC to the wild eyes that watched for me—but no. Safely passing the summit, I threw my leg over• for the descent, and felt my foot seized. It was but the climbing tend ril of a wild vine, skirting the wall. Grasping my knife in my right hand, I crept along the bushes kir fifty yards, then struck across the lawn fur the side enterance. The darkness perplexed me, but I thought I was steering straight. Sud denly my foot struck bricks. What was this? I tried to recolect. There was no pavement round that part of the hospital. I pushed on uncertainly; and feeling .a, weight in the air, put out my hand to grope for some clue to my whereabouts. I was in au alley—flanked with stone walls far above 'sty head. I . gave a sudden turn. •In an instant I knew I was in the subterranean pas= sages of the asylum. • Turning to retrace my steps, the opaque density of some heavy body crouched between me and the outer air. I hetfrd its stifled breathing—its stealthy tread approaching toe. Just heavens! A struggle for life with a madman in these narrow gloomy vaults— to lie in a pool of one's own heart's blood in this undiscovered tomb—and :my young wife, Constance !—was maddening! For an instant my brain was e n fire. Then I thought there might be au• exit—other devious windings in which I could elude my deadly pursuer. Going deftly backwards, I turned the angle in the wall, and then plunged at the utmost speed of a young and active man , along the back passage. Instantly I knew I was pursued. Meeting another crossed path, I struk into it in the opposite direction. The maniac instantly followed me. What a race through those cavernous depths of the madhouse! What tragic pitfalls might lurk at every stepl—what black stagnant pools lie waiting to engulf met—What deeper depths of icy blackness into which to fall—and fall for ever. The passage grew narrower. We were, per haps, under the very centre of the building, and farthest from the outer air.. I had tried to breathe noiselessly; the effort exhausted, me. I knew nothing of the labyrinths ; could only guess at our position by the distance from the entrance. I bad counted the turnings we had made. I thought I could retrace them. 3ly strength' was falling. I was fleetest, but Le was most enduring. Presently be would run me down. It would be a terrible venture, but the necessity was imminent. I would try It. Gathering all my force, I darted like an arrow. on into the dark. ness. The suddenness of my increased speed baffled him. I succeeded in putting fifty yards between us, gained and turned and the next angle ; then, drawing myself against the wall, With every nerve and muscle strained into pre• ternatural tension, with the mighty heaving of my spent chest crushed into silence by au effort of despairing will, I waited for him to pass me. Iheard him come rushing on with new strength - through the:blackness, teach the angle, turn it, striking his massive body against the jutting the body ns that of a relative' but in all cases stones. I heard him rpring like an animal on I the evidence offered was unsatisfactory, and along the track. I felt his hot breath like her identity is a problem yet to he solved. steam—the foam of his set jaws flung 'across This afternoon a man called at the Eight my face—and he stopped. I felt that lie was Meal( precinct station house and stated to feeling for me I—that he was crouching on the CaptiOn rumor , - Van t'•nnght he knew' stones. I saw the red of his eyeballs glare up something to telm.(rn to the "Trunk Horror." at me through the darkness. I felt UM touch I The capt&nimmediately ask- d him into his of his icy fle . sh on my hand. Like lightning private room, and after being seated, the man he raised himself, and, throwing his vast weight made the following statement : against me, pinioned me to the stones. And On last Flidat a man c a w into my place of the mad rage of a man at bay surged upward busin . rs. No. 658 , lec.dol avenue, and stated to my brain. I clasped my knife convulsively, that he wished me to bury his servant girl, and slezed hint by the throat, resolved to die who hal (lied at h's home, where the body hard. It was hair—it was shaggy. The hands was lying. He also stated that he wished me against my cheat had a thick coat of fur. I to have the body removed to my place, and clasped him to my breast. It was Lion -my that he was not p: r ku'ar how she was burl al dog, Lion I y y y as ho did not want anything to go but a hearse. I asked him to give me a certificate of burial, when he Made some evasive answer. I then : asked where the body was, and his an swer was " close by." Ile then left without making any agreement, and I had not since seen him Dr. Rosenzweig was then brought in an identified by the map as the party who bad called on him. The undertaker gave his name ns James F. Boyle, and signed the above statement. This is,conclusive proof as to the guilt of the doc• tor, and there cannot be any shadow of a doubt but that he is the party who packed the body of the young girl in the trunk. "Great heaven, Keene I what kept you the whole night in that cursed dead•house ? It ie near day ; the door has been open this two hours, and Derby and King have been asleep. I was gritting on my boots to look for you." "Why In the name of common sense, did you let this dog out after me ° Will you tell me that 1" "IVIly, he howled like a maniac, and claw• at the door till I thought you were in some danger, and I could`nt keep him in." "Danger I Well, we can't talk now. Rouse yourself ; I have had an interview with your maniac, and he is prowling round the grounds atter me now. Call up the men. I must go after Philip immediately." "You don't say so ?" "Yes ; don't waste a second." In five minutes the whole force of the hos. pital was out in the grounds. We took him in an angle of great door, crouched behind the jutting wall, ti siting for me ! Ile drew his lips back over his teeth, in the dumb fe rocity'of a mad brute, as he saw me, and his eyes settled into a dull, lurid glare, impossible to describe, es he hissed out "Ha I this is twice —twice you triumph ; wait till the third time !" Around the blazing grate, in the closing hour of the tempest-tossed night, we Shook hands over the gladness of our reunion, and after the story was over, and the horror first, and the hualtter after (at the close of my ad venture), and Derby and King had lett, and Harry Leigh and I stood at the window watch the young winter day rise over the hills, there was something very like tears over the bold, bright blue eyes as he pointed to the granite walls of the mad house, and said, " Constance would hive gone there, Keene, or died and mine would have been a heavy, heavy life af ter." THE TRUNK HORROR Arrest of the Supposed Principal— The Trucknu►u's Statement—Au Undertaker's Story. NEW Yong., Aug.. 30.—The New York Papers of last evening have the following par ticulars respecting the arrest of Rosenzweig, the supposed murderer of the girl found in a box at the Hudson River Railroad depot : The trunk mystery has been partly solvedin a man ner totally unexpected by the police authori ties. At a late hour yesterday afternoon Inspector Walling received a telegraphic despatch from Captain Cameron, of the Eighteenth precinct, to the effect that he had in custody the truck- man who had conveyed the box containing the body of the murdered girl to the Hudson River Railroad depot. The inspector immedi ately 7 proceeded to the Eighteenth precinct station house, where he found Warden Bren nan, of Bellevue Hospital, and a truckman named William Pickett, of No. 471 First MEM Warden Brennan has known Pickett for ninny years, and gives him an excellent char acter. Yesterday afternoon Pickett visited Bellevue Hospital, In great distress of mind, and after telling the warden that he was the man who had taken the mysterious box to the railroad depot, asked for his advice. With great difficulty Mr. Brennan induced his visa for to tell his story to Captain Cameron. He ' said that about 1 o'clock on Saturday after noon a woman came to his stand on the car- I ner of Twenty-ninth street and Third avenue, and asked 111th to go to the basement of No. 687 Second avenue and get a trunk of hers, which lie would obtain by ringing the bell I and telling the purple what lie wanted. Then he was to put it on his truck and lake it to the .Iludson River Railroad depot, whither she was going in a coupe. She paid him in ad vance, changing a $5 bill to do so, and They parted. Ile went to the house, rang the bell, and, the door opening, was ushered into the basement chamber. There was no hall. here he observed several women and a . tall man, who the carman described so accurately as to enable Acting Police Sergeant Rooney to identify him as Jacob RosenzWeig, whom lie knew well. As soon as Captain Cameron learned the address of the house from which the trunk had been tabu', he despatched Sergeant Roo ney and several officers to keep a watch upon it. Rosenzweig was absent front home when the sergeant first inquired for hint, but was shortly atterwards.observed entering a liquor saloon in the neighborhood. The officer rushed after him, when Rosenzweig maths a determined effort to escape, but was promptly seized and taken to the Eighteenth precinct station house. The police had some difficulty in saving him front the fury of a number of persons, who, by some unexplained means, had ascertained the reason of his arrest, and only kept them at bay by displaying their re volvers. The prisoner, when safely lodged in the station house, was confronted with Pickett, when he strenously denied having seen hint , before, He also asserted his perfect ignorance concerning the trunk and its contents, but was nevertheless locked up. Mrs. Rosenzweig denied all connection with the trunk mystery as fluently as her husband, hut in the course of conversation she said that when the truckman called on Saturday site 'was too ill to go down stairs. She afterwards, ' howevers denied that she had made such a statement. Pickett says that he believes she was present when the trunk was given to him. The exact part which Mrs. Rosen zweig played in this dark mystery is at present uncertain, and • the police .are equally at a loss concerning the , woman to whom was entrusted the delicate task of Ce corling the body to the railroad depot. They have, however, now a good case to work on, and are confident that the chief agents in this horrible business will soon all be, in prison. Rosenzweig claims to be a Russian, but has the appearance of a German. De carries on his business in South Fifth avenue, near Amity street, under the name of Dr. Ascher, Laving, it is said paid /NO for a diploma. This place was last night searched by Inspec tor Jameson, and the inmates confronted with the boy Parks, but he failed to identify any of them as the womau in the calico 'dress who hitel th.: coupe on Saturday. In the meantime the body of the murdered girl was visited by hundreds of curious per-. suns, and by a few who were in search °float friends. Several men and women during the day visited police headquarters and claimed ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN. = From thin Irnshinutult Sunday Chronic!, Steam is your real revolutionist. It has altered the physical geography of the civiliied world. It has bridged the seas, partially an 7 nihilated space and time, opened new high ways into and redeemed the wilderness, neighbored far distant States, converted old cities into new ones, changed deserted villages into tluiving towns, levelled the forest, crossed chasms and connected mountains, and ele vated skilled labor into a science. Imagina tion is Willed by its present and vainly at tempts to anticipate its future triumphs. But in nothing has steam so transformed the face of the country and the habits of the people as in the substitution of railroads for turnpikes. While I was preparing my last sketch, In which I recalled the genial Zeuos Barnum, of Baltimore, to th e thousands who knew him in by-gone days, the famous hotel and inn keepers of the past rose before me, with the stage coach, the Conestoga wagon, and the ancient system of laud transportation. Where are they now Who that has passed his half century does not remember them with pleas ure ? In my young manhood their decay had begun, but it requires no strong effort to revive the long train of canvas covered wagons pass ing through my native town on their way to and from Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, carry ing the produce of the West in exchange for the merchandise of time East, with their hale, rough drivers, and their long ICather whips, the corona' of bells on their horses, and their stoppage at the old taverns for food and water. They were to the more ostentatious stage coach what the baggage train is to the lightning ex press of the present day. And when these coaches dashed Into Lan caster, and rushed down the streets, the driver winding a merry air on his horn, accompanied by the crack of his long whip, women, children and dogs rushed out to greet the meteoric chariot as it drew up with its foaming steeds at Slaymaker's hotel, on East King street, and began to throw off the mails, while the passengers alighted, thirsty, hungry and cov ered with dust. It was the event of the day. Repeated at every other station and in every other town, it was one of a thousand similar Pictures in other States and countries. Old England's great highways were made jocund with post conches, fast horses, daring drivers, uniformed guards, and jolly passengers. It was a favorite amusement fur the nobility to mount the box and hold the reins with four or six in hand, and ,to course along the level roads, excelling In feats of daring drivership. They were ns ambitious to lead in 'this sort of exercise as their descendants are in boat and foot races, in pugilistic encounters, and general gymnastics. Of these scenes the central fig ure was always the innkeeper, who did not hold it beneath his dignity to stand in his doorway, engirthed its his white apron, to " welcome the coming and speed the parting guest.'' The class is nearly extinct, though happily not forgotten. The old-fashioned publican aspired to tie a gentleman, and was generally the associate of gentlemen—a con noisseur of wines, a judge of horseflesh, a crit ical caterer, and In politics so unexceptionally neutral, that, when the probable votes of a town were Estimated, it was generally "so many Whigs, so many Democrats, and so many tavern-keepers." These Sir Roger De- Coverleys—for they were men , f substance and hospitable to the extreme—have given way to a generation as different as the Cones toga wagon differs from the locomotive, the old stage•driver from the car-conductor, the railroad director from the stockholder of the turnpike company. They are the dileitanti of the hotels, and like Pontiff's robe, rarely seen and much wondered at. Living in gorgeous private residences, away from the splendid pal aces which bThr their names,they in fact vicar iously feed, room, and care for more human beings in one day than the men of the past did in six months. One of these men was John Guy, who may be called the hero of three cities—known alike In Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington, though better appreciated in Baltimore. Born In Lancaster county, Penn sylvania; I believe, he was the founder of a family of unrivalled hotel•keepers., He still lives in Guy's, on Seventh street, Philadelphia now in curse of rehabilitation and soon to ex pand into an ostentatious establishment on the European plan, and in the uneqalled meat House, nearly opposite Barnum's, in Baltimore. When I think of him I think also of Dorrance and Pope Mitchell of the United States Hotel, of Joseph head of the Mansion House on Third Street, of Dunlap of the City Hotel, of Hartwell of the 'Washington House, and Jones of the old Junes' Hotel, in Phila.' delphlit ; of Oadsby In Washington, Stetson of the Astor Hou e; In New York, and many, many more. There is not a State in the Union North or South, which could not furnish an ecdotes of its representatiVe inn-keepers ; of their relations to public men—to Calhoun in South Carolina, to Webster In Massachusetts, to Clay in Kentu ky, to Sergeant S. Prentis in Mississippi, to George D. Prentice In Louis ville, and to the lawyers, divines, and orators who for half a century dominated in those sec tions. If. these Bonifaces could have kept records of their experience, what anecdotes they could relate of the giants of the past, of their private troubles, their public ambitions, their contrivances and =cusses, their friends and their foes I knew many of them, and could relate many Interesting Incidents if I had space and time. Let me recall One in regard to this same John Guy, sometimes told by my friend Dougherty, When wo can win him• to social familiarity and make Imi:n forget professional responsibilities. • Guy _bore a triking resemblance to General Loyd Cass, and while he was proprietor of the National Hotel, In Washington, the Mich igan , Senator was among his favorite guests. Guy dressed like Cass, and although not as portly, his face, including the wart, was strangely similar. One day a western friend of the house came in, after a long ride, dusty and tired, and walking up to the office encountered General Cass, who was quietly standing there. Mistaking him for Guy, he slapped him on the sholder and exclaimed: "Well, old fellow, here I am; the last time I hung my hat up in your shanty, one of your clerks sent me to the fourth story; but now that I have got hold of you, I insist upon a lower room. The General, a most dignified personage, taken aback by this startling salute, coldly re plied: "You have committed a mistake, sir. lam not Mr. Guy; I am General Cass, of Michigan," and angrily turned. away. The western man was shocked at the unconcious outrage he had committed ; but before he had recovered from his mortification, Gen eral Cass, who had passed around the office, confronted bins again, when, a second time mistaking him for Guy, he faced him and .said: "Here you are at last. I have just made a devil of a mistake; I met old Cass and took him for you, and I am afraid the Mich'. gander has gone off mad." What General Cass would have said may well be imagined, if the real Guy bad not approched and rescued the innocent offender frOm the twice-assailed and twice-angered statesman. A ODE TO THE POTATO DUG Composed whilst a pickin' ora 'em altr You nasty, little, streaked bugger, There won't be scarce a lat. r dug or To be had for cash or lawlu', If yon keep on your cursed chawln' ! Tho sweetness of the Early Ross Is wasted on your pesky nose ; • The "desert alr" le where yon prune To barren stems each Early June. Could Parson Goodrich from his grave Behold the seedlings now, he gave To cheer mankind with good, rich Caters, he'd want to pay that debt of Natur's A second time—lie snugly snug Itcyorayour reach, your buggerly bug ! Pegasus,whoa! whoa! stop your toggle' I must Ismount, and—back to " ELLIE'S PRESENT DY W. G. IT., JR Ellen Cartwright, "Our Ellen," as we called her in the village, was the affianced of Charley Miller. Charley was a wild, handsome lad, formed like an Adonis. His hair, which was black as night, curled luxuriantly from his manly fore head, in strong contrast to Elbe's golden tresses. They loved each other, and their love had been growing in their hearts ever since they had been children. Ellie and Charley bad grown up together. Many were the hard• fought battles in which Charley had success fully vindicated the honor of his little sweet heart. Often had Ellie caused him pain when they were children, for sho was inclined to be co quettish, and many times have the hat, angry tzars sprung to his eyes, when she would with a quiet dignity refuse the little gifts which he would offer. But Charley was in love ; and Ellen, al though she tried hard to make herself believe that she care tk lot nobody, was at last forced to acknowledge that she did like Charley " Just a little." ' This little soon became pretty large, and as they always went to and from school together, and seemed to avoid their companions, we must suppose that Charley looked forward toward the blissful harbor of matrimony. But the course of true love never does and never will run smooth, and at the age of six teen Charley was placed on board a ship, to learn the brave but arduous profession of a The day came when Charley was to bid adieu to home and friends, and we may be sure it was no easy matter, especially when it came to taking leave of Ellie. Neither of them had ever thought of anything so horrible as having to part, and now when this dread ful event burst upon them in Its full force it was terrible. Any now, Charley determined to bear up under it, and on the eventful morning he sum moned up all his courage and knocked man fully at the door of the little cottage where Ellen lived. It was a neat little cottage, with its pretty porch, the woodbine clambering over It, as though it was envious of its dazzling white ness, and sought to cover it with somber green. Now although Charley's courage had been screwed up to the highest pitch while the door remained closed, no sooner was it opened, and he caught a glimpse of Ellen sitting on the little bench he had made, and weeping as though her little heart would burst, than ho felt it all melting away like wax before a hot fire. In vain he endeavored to speak ; sobs choked his utterance, and unable to restrain himself any longer, he sat down beside Ellie, and gave way to a copious flood of tears. Yes, dear readers, I am almost ashamed to acknowledge it, but my hero cried like a girl. After they both had recovered from their flt, Charley said : " Never mind, Ellen deur, I shall be back again in five years." Five years. It might as well have been five centuries, and so Ellen thought. "Five years," said she. " Oh, how is it possible I can wait five year to see you?" " Well, Ellen, don't cry," said Charley. " Some of these days I may be captain of a fine ship like father was, and Here ho suddenly stopped, for he saw the death-like paleness that spread over Ellen's face as he mentioned his father In connection with himself, for he, poor man, had been lost at sea not many years before. " Oh, Charley I" said she, her voice broken by sobs ; " should you share your fatlier's fat,?, what will become of the ?" ' Here she completely broke down. _ . " Well," said Charley, who began to feel a good deal like crying himself, " gond-by, dear, and when I come back I hope to find you as good and pretty as you are now." " Good-by, Charley," she replied, " but before you go I want to give you something to remember me by when you are far away." With these words she ran to the little work table that stood near, and slezing a pair of shears cut off one of her beautiful ringlets and gave it to him. Cfli:Iill Five years have rolled on in their swill and certain course, making considerable changes in ourselves and all around Farmer Cart wright's little cottage has been enlarged, and his farm lies increased in size. He has also been heard to hint something about giving up farming in a couple of years, with vague ru mors of a town residence, if crops prosper, etc. • His daughter had just returned from a fash ionable boarding school, and is now a finished young lady. - The inhabitants of the little village are in high spirits, for theirold favorite, Charley Miller, is expected home shortly. On the porch of Farmer Cartwright's cot tage are seated an old man and a young girl. In the old man we easily recognize the honest old farmer himself, and after some difficulty we find the young lady to be neither more nor less than "Cur Ellie." "Ellie, my daughter," says the fanner, " I run 'glad to see you looking so happy. I know the cause, and It puts me in good spirits, for Charley Miller is as fine n lad as I know of in all the States." • ROBERT IREDELL; JR. Pain Ant , ant; ifancv Sub it - tite, No. 603 HAMILTON STREET, =3 LATENT STYLES Stamped Chock., Cards. Circulars, Paper Book., Con• Winos and Ey-Lawe, School Catalogue.. Bill Heade H Envelopes. Lotter eade Mlle of Lading,' Way Bill., Tag. and Shipping Cards, Posters of any Ise.•etc.. etc.. Printed at Short Notice! NO. 35 " Yes, father, I know ho is a good boy, and 1 shall be so glad to see him back: I wonder if he is much changed. But, father, who is this coming up the road? Ho is drased like a sailor." And then to herself, "what a hand. sonic young fellow I" And indeed ho was. His thick black hair, curling mound a finely moulded head, on which his little tarpaulin hat was set jauntily; a black mustache, encircling a pair of ripe cherry lips ; his fine form, shown to advantage by his sailor's dress, all went to make up one of the handsomest young men that had been seen in that part of the country for many a long year. He advanced, whistling a merry tune, to the gate leading to Farmer Cartwnglit's cot tage lifted the latch and entered. "who can it be? "thought Ella. Ile came nearer ; Ella's heart beat falter ; surely she had seen that eye before. "Ellie!" he exclaimed, "can It indeed be you ?" And in a moment they were clasped in each other's'arms. "0, Charley !" said Ellie, kissing him rap turously, in total disregard of all boarding school principles. "Charley, my boy," said the old man, slapping hinOon the back, " I'm heartily glad to see you home safe, and looking so well." " Well," said Charley, " I must return the compliment. Ellen, you've grown lovely since I left; and you, Mr. Cartwright, are growing young again." " Well, boy," said the old man, laughing, " come in to supper, and tell us all about your voyage." So saying, he caught Charley by one atm, and Ellie caught him by the other, and mar ched him off Into the house. The next day the Cartwright cottage was besieged by the villagers, all anxious to get a look at the returned mariner. One month from that day Charley again bid his friends good by. But this time there was no crying. Ills last words to Ellen wer ' Good-by, Ellen, darling, this is my last voyage. In one year from to-day, I will return and cla you as my wife.;' The old farmer said, " Charley, 1 know Ellen will make you a good wife. May God be with you, and bring you home safe." * * k k * * * This brings us to Ellen's birthday. Ellen was sorrowtul on this birthday. On her lest, news had been brought her that , the ship in which Charley had sailed was wrecked, and every ono on board lost. This news, had nearly killed our poor, tender Ellie. However, she recovered from the effects of this blow, but an expression of melancholy resignation had settled itself on her lovely countenance. As WRS.IIIB custom, herliither had made her many beautiful presents on this birthday, but none of them had succeeded in brightening, for a moment, her angelic features. Tier father and she were sitting on the porch as usual. Three years had passed since the evening that Charley had entered that porch, when Elicn had been so joyful and happy. What a sad change, those three years have made? While they sat there, a stranger was seen coming up the road. He was pale, wan, and feeble, no shoes on. his feet, and his clothes in rags. lie came up to the gate, opened it and entered. "Does Farmer Cartwright live here?" he asked, In low, hollow tones. "Yes," replied the farmer. Ellen on seeing the stranger had sunk into a reverie. . - "I have come," said he, "to give you news of Charley Miller, who left here some three years ago and has never been heard of since." At the mention of Charley's name, Ellen brightened up. "Ohl quick, tell me what has become of him; does he yet live?" "Ile does," replied the stranger. "Oh Ellen, don't you know me?" "Old Charley, is Ryon?" she exclaimed, and fell fainting in his arms. "A fit birthday present," murmured the old man. Any person in the neighborhood of Cart wright cottage, next morning, would have been surprised to see the old man's capers in the only°. He would run and jump, then dance; and, we were informed by an eye witness, he actually tried to stand on his head. Fancy an old farmer of sixty trying to stand on Lis head. But then, we must make allow ances. Charley had come horns safe, afu r being supposed by everybody to be dead. He had escaped by means of a spar, been picked up by a French ship and taken to France. From there he. worked his passage to New York. One week from the day of his return Charley and Ellen were married. They Lave had children and grandchildren, and th „. ..llttle fel -1 lows are never so happy as when grandma takes them on her lap, on some cold winter evening, and tells them the story of her birth day present. • GLEANINGS AND GOSSIP Queen 'Victoria don't give her royal retain ers enough to eat. Au Irish girl in Pottsville blew out the gas. A sick lady in the room narrowly escaped suffocation. Reading has a remarkable case of catalepsy. The average circulation of the New York Daily News for the past year was 103,152 Charles \Vinson, ago 99, hanged himself in Duxbury, Mass., on Tuesday night. Eli Carr of Cleveland was crushed to death under a car, at the Ohio Falls car works on Tuesday. A well fell in at Staunton, Va., yesterday, burying alive two colored men - who were working in it. The bodies have not, yet been recovered. A sailboat upset off Bristol, It. 1., last eve ning, and Frank, son of Jacob 11. Martin of Providence, was drowned. Ills two com panions were rescued. Mrs. Alexander Taylor of Newburgh, N. Y., was struck by lightning yesterday morn ihg, while engaged in household work, and was seriously injured, remaining M40E1860119 for four hours. David Tilton of New York, convicted in Buffalo of complicity in smuggling, was yes terday sentenced to five months' impriaonment in the Erie County Penitentiary, and to pay a fine of 161,000. Mr. John C. Cleary, who was founil with his throat cut in Washington, on Tuesday, received his wound in an affray with a former business partner named Gorbutt. The wound was made with an eraser and is not serious. The bark Alice Campbell of Boston, from Gottenberg, with iron, was picked up aban. doned in miles south of Black Island and brought into Newport, yesterday, by the pilot boat A. Leggett of New York. She had been ,in collision. No papers were on board. Tile L 0111816128 Secretary of State hat been removed. Charges of corruption are made against the New Orleans Common Council. The recent rains have caused destructive and widespread freshets. A compromise has been agreed .on in the French Assembly on the question of prolong ng M. Thiers's term of office. M. 0 smbet has withdrawn his proposition for the disso lution of the. Assembly. Another initallment of the war indemnity has been paid. ALLENTOWN, PA NEW DESIGNS
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