ADVERTISING RATES
31 1 am. moe. 0 mo■ Iyr.
One Scra,... , 1,50 1.75 3.50 6.60 12.00
TV.b . . 1.00 9.511 0.50 9.00 25.0 0
?hrs. Squire■ 4.50 5.25 9.00 17.00 25.00
81.1401irm. • • 11.50 17.00 25.00 45.09
Quertor Column . • . 13.00 22.00 40.00 60.00
Half column . . 20.00 10.00 80.00 110331
Ono Column ; . 30.00 00.00 110 00 200.1))
Professional Card. 81.00 per lino per year.
Administrator's and Auditor'. Notices, 83.00
City Notices, 20 Cents per line let humiliate 15 centa par
no each subsequent insertion.
Ten line. agate constitute n squire.
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ROBERT IREDELL, JR., PuntasirEn,
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A . FILBERT. E. OTTO. R. Y. OTTO. O. W. 011.1.00
FILBERT. OTTO d MILLER,
MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN
LUMBER,
W LIAAMS PO Pa, PA
MILL ON CANAL. WEST OF MAY NARD STREET
OFFICE AT TILE MILL
W F CRANE AORSJ,
JAS. BE RITTER. CHAS. W. ABBOTT. OWEN REEFER
JORDAN STEAM
6 ., II 1(moil.
PLANING 'MILT ,
SASH, DOOR,
AND
BLIND MANUFACTORY,
Union Street, near Jordan Bridge, Allentown,
RITTER, ABBOTT & CO.,
MANUFACTURERS OF
Sash, Doors, OatsPle Blinds, Inside 11((ads
tags, Brackets Batltxtrin, Pickets. Stair Rail
fags. Window Frames. Door Frames. Blau,!
Windows, Black In/ bolt Mouldings, AT.
SCROLL SAWING
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TURN] No.
PLANING,.
MATCHIN FL G.
FLOORING and
RIPPING
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ALSO, STAIR BUILDING done and BAND RAILING
made to order.
Haying now had almost three yearn' possession of tho
Mill, refurnished It altered wholly with new 1111.1 improv•
nil machinery, and having none hut experienced work
man, ma Itrn prepared todefy competition from at 1101110
and abroad, both in price end workmauship.
Do you contempt eta bnibllng f Cell et our Factory and
"alleyyourself with a personal es:mein:Wow
Drewinge for buildings, brackets, patterns for °ma
ntel:lth' work, scrolls for porches, eau be seen at all times
by ettlilug at our office. Any Inform:Won to the builder
f arul.hod cheerfully nail freely, by calling at the Maim
(Artery, ou Union street, et the .Torden Bridge, Alleu•
t Pa.. or by letter through the post ogle,
!tug 3-Iy] BITTER. ABBOTT St CO
R EVIVAL I!
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The nubscribere having teamed the "01,1 Hot, Coal
Yard," an d t he
announce to
the c Allentown and the public in general, that they havejust
got
• enporlor woortineut of
COAL
Constoting of Store, Egg, Chootuut aud Nut from too
BUCK MOUNTAIN MINES.
Ordora loft with A. A. Ilubor, Slettor A llottoustolo, nl
tbo Earle Hold, Kuno Rolling Mill, or t l m Tord will he
attended to In n
BUSINESS
like manner.
Orders for Coal by the ear Med at short noticr
the lowest prices.
Alwayx on hood it largo stock of
BALED HAY,
ME=
L. W. KOONS & CO
Wt the" Old (lope Cool Yard
ilamilton Street, corner of Lehigh Valley Railroad
lEl3=
I, W. KooNe
oct ti
A NEW FllOl
AND
NEW UMBER YARD
TO BUIDLERS!
TREXLEIL & WEAVER
Would hereby nupoquce to the public that they have
tun opened a new 'Lumber , t rd on the spacious and eon
v.:lntent grounds no loon orropted by• TnExl.Elt BRO.'S
on Hamilton street, near Tenth, north onto, whero they
aro now prepared with a fall assortment of everythlng
portaluleit to the buoiness, comprising in part
YELLOW PINE, WHITE PINE, SPRUCE and IIEH•
LOCK FLOORING, WHITE PINE BOARDS,
SCANTLING nod PLANK of elixir.
and well seasoned.
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FRAMING TIMBER. hul , erior HEMLOCK JOIST awl
SCANTLING or n.oted
CEDAR, CYPRESS AND WHITE PINE !SHINGLES of
extra quality.
HEMLOCK .‘ed SPRUCE PLASTERING and SHING
LING LATHS, I,lola litre 11.1..1,111.1110P
WF,ATII Eltl.3oAlt NG, almo WHITE OAR PLANK aud
llMUlattOttiMin=
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WHITE PINE and SPRUCE PALiN(Iii ;tug PICKETS,
superior to anything In the market
WHITE I'INE and HEMLOCK FENCE RAILS, WHITE
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MENI=E=IMMI
All deAronn of purchasing Lumber to tin good advantage
an Ia offered at any oilier Yard In the county, tire request
ed to call and ex'atalue.our Mock before put chasl ug eine
where.
Satisfaction Guaranteed in Quality and Price.
TLa doulor Inembt•rof (Ito firtit would hereby ..opros. uln
thanks for past favors while o member of thn titan of Troxs
ler Bros., and respectfully solicits a contlnnauro of the
seine, prolnb•lna to apply, his host endeavors to ruder
nattstavtlon to tall patrons or that New Yard,
Itot , toctfully
F.D. W. TILEXLEIt
august II
Silber Vatteb Mart
SAMUEL K. NMYTxI,
721 Ci ESTNUT STREET,
PRACTICAL. MANUFACTURER OF FINE
BILVER PLATED WARE,
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Would respectfully announce, to 111 s patron,. that he Lein
a full att.:U . of tho latest litylug.or
DOUBLE AND TREBLE
ELECTRO- PLATED WARE
I=ll
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Plated on Stickel and White Motols, suitable for family
'Ur CRY trade.
Ac the quality of plating can only he known to Ito plat
er, the purchaser must rely on the manufacturer's state
ment; there being so much worthless ware in the market,
all reptesented as treble plate, at prices Impossible to be
1011.1111 MC111(011.
All his goods are marked "S. K. SMYTH."
Call and examine the goods before purchasing elee•
where.
nrOLD WARE REPLATED._,O
marls -IT
earpct3 an Oil Ciotti.
RICII AND ELEGANT
CARPETS, OIL' cLurns,
8. C. FOULK.
• NO. 11) S. SECOND ST.,
(First Carpet Store below Market, East side.)
turtles attention to hie splendid nagorttneut of Imported
• mallnoican CARPETS, tvldeb wi representedl von
advance. Goods warranted asno that
all eau buy with sound, nor mai .1111bn:tie.
nor 2341
gor the JFarntcr
For Pure Water,
thin celebrated Pin
entirely tasteless
durable and Tells.
We: equal to the
good old•fmbione
wooden Pomp, Sc
Cost lass than hal
money.' Easily or
so as to bo non•'
and In construct!
that any one cat
keep It In repair.
THE BEST AND CHEAPEST PUMP NOW MADE
pANCOAST aC MAULE,
THIRD AND PEAR STREETS,
PIIILADELPLITA,
' PLAIN AND GALVANIZED
WROUGI - IT IRON TUBES,
Lap-welded Boiler Tubes,
Beano and Iron Valves and Corks; Fittings for Ga., Steam
and Water' Rough and Finished Brass Work:
Oas and Steam Fitters' Tools. etc.
Bath Tabs and Sinks. Bath hollers. Enamelled It's,l.l
Stands. eta., Cotta of Tube; Steam Kettles
d Traps.
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Pipe of all Si:espied to Sketch.
tiocc.sors to MORRIS. TASKER A Co.. ol
CONTRA.CTORS
For
V~uorr LT in:lf.tl;,Colg;so7nl,l„l,ldS..toniu
Retimates Purniolied Gratis. •
rows
VOL. XXV.
AT ALLE NT 0 WN,
011 WEDNESDAY, Sepi. 20th.
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Stone Murray Circus
GRAND FREE ATTRACTION
Congress of Talented Artists.
SE S vcroN OF THE PERIOD
liEli2
ANNOUNCEMENT EXTRAORDINARY
rupreced , nted Success of the Age
Prior to the ,Ircas performitnce, and about 1 o'clock
P.H.
PROF. J. \\T. HAYDEN,
Tho re,nw Led FtParn iEr)oaut, Nr 111 make a
Grand Free Balloon Ascension,
On the lot elloinlna ttin l'avillon All who de.lre enn
b0b.,1,1 thit , ,ensation eratniton•ly. NI) expo.°
ba ,, +t o , ' .ntde orovodon box been modo to
gutted attithoo at chtentA. Six toonster
(lave Le en r i. trurled. and ore rarriell with the Stone &
Marray rreu, u..care.i k guaranteed dotty.
when dating ai.egaut aria ni do' hip iwrilous
JOURNEY BEYOND TILE CLOUDS
E.'DOIIAMIIIIIT
-1Y
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1141:1: II'ELBY COOK I?,
(Firm Apreitrai.ge In Ainirlra.) the Champion Ilureicalan
of England.
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Tho only Slx-Itorse'dor In lho world
'2II'L E ROSIN A ,
(Firet A rp•arauce in America )
!SS LPO I ELM.: W TSON,
Premiere Emntrienne, ;In dazzling Foxts of gracofu
Equitation,
DEN STONE,
Tho wall-known world's gtptt.‘st Jester.
TOM PARRY,
(Eh .t Appearance In America.)
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J/R. IL .1117 R R.l Y,
And 1,0 performing Trick florreii. " :q`OT BSAUTT" and
iil,Aul:
First time to Il,b emiutry of the Comic Paillomime
THE BEAR AND SENTINEL
No xmokiwz. allowed.
Car Poled Seto,. for Ladles.
Doors Orel:lnt 1 and 7.,'clnck, P. 311
ADMISSION,
CIIILDEEN,
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stnl h taken Ware durintz the Ittllatlon of the Bal
loon. tho gr,1,11 uct of the Intrepid and eceomptlelted
Perteleh Art,te,
THOS. tI'EA VER
-tf
.II'LLE JEANNETTE ELLSLER
ON SLENDER WIRE CORD,
On Iv hich she o from the ground to tho top of lb
center 'mien.' letorn. fi , ot 1. ti illystartling in it
nature. mid att.:then, the exciting feelings in th
eholder.
WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 20th
Also In Bethlehem, Tuesday, September 19tb
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KlltZtOWil, Thursday, September Slat
Tlehets for sale at the FrleclensboteliookStore
eep6 Ste• nep14.1341
pItOPOSED
AMENDMENT TO TIIE CONS TI
TUI lON OF PENNSYLVANIA.
JOINT ItESOIXTION '
Proposing an ,i»ollanicnt to the Constitution, of
l'ennsylranith
Re it 17,..terd Si, the Scoot, 'raft House of Repreeen•
lath, of flu. Uotronoralrealth,if Pennsylvania in Gen
crof - 44 couldi , met, That the following amendment or '
the Constitution of this Commonwealth be proposed to
the people for their tulopti.,n or rejection, pursuant to
the provhions of the tenth article thereof, to-wit :
AMENDMENT.
Strike out the S nth Section of the Sixth Article of tire
Constitution. and Inert In lieu thereof the following :
A Stale Treasurer Omit bo chosen by the qualified
elector. , of the State, at such limes and for such term of
nervier as Ault lie prescribed by law.' '
JAMES H. WEBB, •
Speaker of the !louse of Representatives.
WILLIAM A.•WALLACE,
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Speaker of the Senate.
Approved the fifownlit day of June, Aunt, Domini sue
thousand eight hundred and seventy•oue•
JOHN W. GEARY.
Proptud an I certified for publication pursuant to tire
Ten th Article of the Constitution.
F. JORDAN,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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s.'" l . l=Vu t t l V,TuTP4 w .i e s9. h.
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T E3IAISTILE at ROSS'
, Steck of WHITE 0001/8. LACES AND EMBROIDER.
lES are not excellad I.y any hotpot In the ally, either In
mnpletenese, variety, quality or cheapneas•
PIQUES very_eholee. NOW arid meat dealrable FRENCH
MUSLIM; AND FRENCH NAINSOOKS. TARLA
TANS, ell colors 2105 QUITO NET, Pa yerde, 2 soda
yorda wide.
VICTORIA LAWNS. a new Invoke. 8611 CAM•
lIRICS, SWISS 111171.1,4, PLAIN, PLAID AND STRIP
ED N AINSOOKs PLAIN/Op BIRD. EYE LINEN,
LINEN LAWNS..CAMIIIIICS, CUSTOII•2IADE SHIRT
F'RON'D.
most .elrrt stork of all hioda of Leone.
A specialty lu CURTAIN NETS cad LACE CURTAINS,
NEW HAMBURG EDOINGS & trisEnTmas almost
ilttlY. Tun fall lIIWNyn find good fig•OHLOOIIt hero, and
t the lowe, , t rates at which they eau be sold.
All WHITE I'ItINIMINGS. •
LINEN LACS ci15.1.A114 AND CUFFS.
The h.at.e.t SETTS In the make
OLIO Ink,
21t2 North Eighth St., Philadn.
El
TII E GREAT
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araza
50 Cents
25 Cents
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Will txlohli iu ALLENTOWN on
3 ,tibikb
TRUTD, BEAUTY, AND 'LOVE
The following beautiful poem was written by
Rev. F. Weston Bartlett, rector of the Church of
the Mediator, and published In " The Christian.
Year" :
0 when shall we rine from the shadows that hover
O'er life's checkered nathway,where'er we may turn
0 when shall WO sinners the tree Lightdiscover,
And Truth without error In confidence learn ?
0 when shall bun Beauty, unman od by tranagresalou
Rejoice ev',ry oulrit that dwells in her light,•
Reflecting her Intge,C)here Faith nod C,,orecaloo
Have Intruded tfailt r omer and taught him the right?
D when s h all. the Love, that to holy, unending,
And costing out fear, to delightful and pure,
Nojenloney crnel or doubts with it bleoding,—
Dwoll guest of our hearts and forever endure ?
Thera coineth a day, and we wait its appearing.
An Simeon watched for the Day-Star of old,
When Truth in it. Beauty, and Love without fearing
Shall biens with the richest of blenningn foretold.
The Sun In Ilk glory slinll.lline forth forovor,
no cloud hail be been nod no derknons deceive!
Truth, Beauty, and Lose be one not to soy,
And Mercy and Peace reward thorn who b dleve.
DR. PECHAL'S THEORY
Not long ago, the steamer Ecliptic brought
to New York, among other passengers, n fat,
frowzy man, rather short, and evidently a
foreigner—though of what nationality, owing
to his familiarity with languages, it was not
easy to decide. Ile was not an engaging
man, was supernaturally conceited, some said
crazy. He wore a pair of unusually shiny
spectacles—it was believed, to assist him in
staring. His hair was long, tangled and
sandy, overhanging his coat collar, and
pushed hack behind his ears. His luggage
consisted of a ragged, black carpet bag, which
no one suspected of containing clothes.
The captain himself was not sacred from
the Intrusive impertinence of this• man. ' The
second day out, at dinner, he stared uninter
ruptedly for ten minutes at lhat officer, and
then said :
"You insist be a Scotchman !"
The captain's little hobby was to be taken
for an American; so he bowed somewhat
stiffly, and continued his conversation with
the American banker's wife at his right.
The frowzy foreigner drew from his pocket
a greasy note book, piloted his way throtigh
several pages with his dirty forefinger, till he
arrived at a certain entry ; then, with power
ful assertativeness ;
" You are forty-eight years old to-day !"
The captain was a young-looking man, per
haps not unwillingly so, especially in the eyes
of his fair right hand neighbor. So he looked
up rather severely at the foreigner, and said,
gruffly :
" Well, sir ?"
" Of course," pursued the other, absorbed
in Ins note book—"all here, sir. I calculated
your group some time ago ; it comprises four,
and possibly fyie, I met one last year in Tur
key—a very pretty little girl. Whereabouts
will you be seven weeks from to-day, cap-
tain ?"
The captain's patience began to grow thin ;
but he commanded himself to reply, albeit
somewhat testily ;
" Give fair weather, off the southern coast
of Ireland."
The frowzy foreigner was 'charmed. He
bubbled over with au unclean smile, his teeth
were dreadful.
" Right I quite right I" he exclaimed, rub.
Ling his fat hands self•approvingly. " You
will be drowned off that coast, sir ; steamer
founder, or you are washed overboard—can
not be sure which."
At this sally every one, except the captain,
either laughed or smiled. He, strange to say,
turned pale and frowned slightly. The for
eign lunatic calmly replaced. hia note-book,
and resumed his dinner.
Could it have been a coincidence that,
seven weeks from that day, in a heavy sea off
the southern coast of Ireland, Captain Mc-
Alenny, of the Ecliptie,was washed overboard
and lost 1 Curious, at all events. Moreover
—though, what has this to do with it I—the
little daughter of a prominent official in Con
stantinople died the same day, after the crisis
of a long and painful fever.
The conceited foreigner was not, therefore,
an agreeable companion. lie was no respee.
tor of persons ; for he used up even a custom
house officer in this wise :
After transfixing him with an indignant. and
prolonged glare of spectacles—" Why, you
should have been dead two years ago. Your
time expired in the summer of 1808. I saw
one of your group condemned to be hanged
for murder in June of that year, and I cannot
be mistaken in you," said he, referring to his
note book.
The custom house °nicer glared back in
savage amazement. "Ef 'twarn't Pray wife
'nd ckild'n," he began, menacingly ; but the
fat foreigner's brow cleared up immediately,
as if his mind were relieved from an immense
load of perplexity.
"My dear sir—to be sure ! llov could I,
, -
of all men, make such an oversight? And
now I recollect, his sentence was commuted
—inprisonment for life. Let me see—your
wife? all, yes! - she belongs also with the
young Frenchman; and that Jew, I think
must be a connection. Well, well, sir, you're
safe for six years yet." And the maniac de
parted iu total apparent unconsciousness of
the black wrath distorting the custom house
officer's visage.
Lauded in New York, he grasped his
ragged, black carpet bag, and walked to the
South Sea hotel. On his way he stopped to
purchase a directory, and barely escaped be
ing knocked down by the salesman because
he informed him the only safe thing in his case
was to marry ivcertain African lady, a resident
of Guinea. Arriving at the hotel, he engaged
a room for three days,•. and registered his
name as Dr. Pechal from Belgium. Ile eyed
the gentlemanly clerk seinchingly.
"Your hair must be dyed, sir," said lie at
last, firmly.
The gentlemanly clerk drew himself uphau
tily. The doctor glared, and shook lus frow
sy head.
No use, sir; it won't save you. No im
mediate danger, however; your group e.
mains till the next decade."
In short, Dr. Pechal was not merely disa
greeable, he was awful.
De entered and locked the room door, open
ed the black carpet bag and poured the con
tents on the table—nothing but oil books!
There was a volume of logarithms, life insu
rance reports, works on phrenology and phy
siology, metaphysical compilations:directories
of various cities, and, at the very bottom of
the brig, a large manuscript volume, winise
contents only the doctor knew.
Be placed thoseparaphernalia of research in
a semicircle upon the table, seated himself in
the concavity of the arc, and worked away
steadily for at least three hours, concluding by
writing down his results in the manuscript
volume, and making an elimination thereof
into the greasy note book. Then he leaned
back, ran hie thick fingers into his hair, and
ruminated. The manuscript book lay open
on the table. It was entitled 'Todes•Gesetz,'
which appellation, should it afford no en
lightement to the reader, places him on an
equality with, let uasay, nine people out of
ten. It was tilled with closely written pages
of mysterious and enigmatical import, in a
dozen different languages, and, for the most
part, ,unimportant to the present history. But
the last entry, as transcribed into the greasy
n etc book, may possibly be,some assistance.
ALLENTOWN, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1871.
Here it is
" Group comprises four. Distribution—two
to one each—in 'Belgium, America, possibly
France, possibly Asia.
" Distribution as regards sex—male, hyo ;
female, two.
" Incidence of law (as calculated from table
of logarithms, " natural sine")—four days
from date, subject to following impediments
and exceptions :
" 1. Amalgamation to have occurred be
tween two of this group ;
"2. Such amalgamation to take place with
in the next four days, provided that—
" Literal identity of surname exists between
OEM!
"Outside contracts no obstruction to law's
course."
Besides this, there were sundry personal
descriptions and dates, and numerous referen
ces, citations, and comments, which may as
well be passed over for the present. It will
be more to the point, and quite as discreet, to
the doctor's ruminations :
" Poor prospects, Emil,very poor 1 Allow
ing the everything—that the person Is in New
York, is a woman, Is unmarried,and iowilling
to marry thee—still are the chances as to the
literal identity and infinity against one. Ah,
Emil I why didst thou shut thine eyes when
Destiny offered thee all the most exact inter
pretation could require—sex, name,-age con
dition—all ? And she loved thee,Emil. Yes,
my friend, but that was twenty years, ago !
Dadst thou but known then what thou know
est now, thou Midst not then gone alone to
seek thy fortune !
" And dost thou hope to find her here? As
well ns another like her I Nay, even thetylost
thou believe she would still care fur thee,
Emil ?"t exclaimed the doctor,rising and going
to the dressing table on which was erected a,
small mirror. 0 Alai I thou art sadly chang
ed I I fear she would tied death more attrac
tive than thee."
"But courage I" exclaimed Dr Pedl],
again arousing himself from his deapondeney.
" Let us persvere to the end ! One more at
tempt, friend Emil, ere we say farewell to
each other ! Let us use well the time that re
mains to us !" . With which parting exhorta
tions to the ample and lugubrious countenance
in the mirror the doctor turned away, replaced
his library in his carpet bag ; and it being al
ready late, we will leave him in undisturbed
possession of his room.
Next morning having performed his arid
toilet, this unpleasant and mysterious man
appeared upon Broadway. The penetrating
glare of his spectacles, as he shuffled onward,
was ever and anon directed at some passing
face, whenever it scented to come within the
range of his weird and preternatural intelli
gence. For himself such attention as he re
ceived was not complementary. What a
turning of tables, could they have recognized
in this uncouth individual the Mall Wilo had
reduced mortality to a working formula! lint
their non appreciation troubled him not ; he
was perhaps used to it.
"laving reached the Fifth Avenue hotel, the
doctqr paused, and looked about • hint
somewhat wearily. What he sought was
apparently no nearer than ever. For all that
his destiny was even then upon him ; it was
coming rapidly up the avenue in a spruce
stage, with vivid medallions and golden scroll
work on a deep ultramarine background. Yet,
so unconscious did the doctor appear, that
were it not an established fact that Destiny
never makes a mistake in her appointments,
and Is always punctual, it would teem a mere
chance he did not miss her altogether.
The stage contained but tine passenger—a
charming young lady. To look at her•was
refined and exquisite enjoyment. She was
the flower of gentle breeding; and indescriba
ble, scarcely perceptible armonia, peculiar to
such flowers, hovered about her like an evan
escent mist. The contrast between her very
dark hazel eyes nud straight, fine eyebrows,
and the amber tint of her crisp and vigorous
hair, made her beauty more striking titan It
would otherwise have been. Der complexion
was clear and luminously pale, the skin drawn
smoothly over the rounded flesh. All the re
finement and fascination of her face seemed to
culminate in a perfect little nose with delicate
nostrils and pointed tip. The curve of her
lips might have scented haughty, but that
there hovered always about them the remem
brance or the promise of a smile.
Swayed by I know not what mysterious
impulse this rare creature turned in her seat
just as the stage was passing the upper corner
of West Twenty-third street, ai.d looked
straight at a foreign, ill-conditioned figure that
happened at the moment to be standing there.
The figure nt the same momma, raised n heavy
and woe-be-gone countenance to the stage
window, and the shining spectacles and dark,
hazel eyes met. Perhaps the extreme of hu
man nature presented no wider contrast.
The young lady recollea with a refilled lit
tle shudder.
" What a dreadful thing !" Then she gay
a startled little scream.
For the drendla thing had suddenly frozen
into an awful stare, rapidly shifting into no
expression of wild delight. Lie had made a
clumsy rush for the stage door, wrenched it
convulsively open, and flung himself, panting
und perspiring, upon the opposite seat. With :
in the narrow limits of that Fifth Avenue stage
extremes had met at last.
Add what did the high-bred lady do? First
impulse—scream for help, or spring from the
vehicle ? But the next moment pride cast out
fear—bullied it Into submission rather. Ten
times more alarmed, by reason of her high•
wrought organization than any ordinary per
son could have been, no outward sign, save
bloodless lips, betrayed it. She sat stern and
motionless as a little statue, except that her
heart beat so.
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It was all thrown away on Dr. Pechal. Ile
was that moment too thoroughly impregnated
with pleasurable emotions to admit of any
other. sensation. ills first act, after recover
ing wind, was to draw forth the inevitable
pocket notebook. Front its pages to the pale
little face and back again, he gazed with art •
less delight, as if comparing an excellent like
ness with the original. One might detect,
moreover, in his expression,' the secret sell'•
satisfaction of the successful artist. But,more
skilful than his fellows, this Man had drawn
his portrait first, and by its means discovered
I the original afterward.
The comparison satisfactorily concluded, the
artist pocketed his work, and surveyed hiS
sitter complacently.
"How fortunate," he ejaculated, at last,
"that you have turned out a woman! Ilad
you been a loan—" The doctor seemed .loath
to contemplate so fearful an alternative.
"Crazy!" thought:the young lady, and an
irrepressive shrver of horror ran through her.
"But being a woman," resumed the doctor,
forcibly, "affinity be well. Pray, take an inter
est in mel Believe me, I am no stranger to you
and our individual welfare depends exclusive
ly upon each other." •
•
"Do I understand you to say you aro ac
quainted with me, sir?" demanded she,
catching at the first hopeful straw.
"Alt, none better," replied the doctor.
"You are not yet quite twenty—am I not fifty?
You aro rich—ant I not poor? Your name
in—" Here Alto doctor paused.
The young lady's hazel eyes were blac
with expectation.
"Calephr hazarded the doctor, with an In
einuating grin, yet with an undertone of an
xlety in hie voice.
The young lady started end blushed to the
forehead. A moment she looked earnestly at
the doctor with an indescribable expression;
then burst forth into it most delicious little
zimg
"Well, now you must know toe, though I
don't remember you, I'm sure. And how
strange that he never spoke of you Other! lint
no," blushing again; "I'm not that yet—only
➢label Chapel still. if you please sir," with
.ravishing severity.
"Chapel—Mabel Chapel," repeated the doc
tor, reliving behind his spectacles. It seemed
to be all he heard, as it was certainly all he
understood of this remarkable little speech.
"Chapel —ah, yes, yes; now, that certainly is
wonderful!" And again a broad smile of de
light disclosed those awful teeth.
Then he recovered himsclf, and turnevl to
address his lovely companion once more. But
the rattle of the wheels over the Fifth Aven•
on pavement drowned rest of the conversation
for . he present.
"Oh nursie, he was r dreadful !" said Ma
bel, piteously, as old' Christina, the lime
honored t'.omestic of the family was combing
out her hair that evening.
Christ na had had the sole care of Mabel's
amber hair ever since, twenty 3' ours ago, there
had been any such hair to be cared Gtr.
" Thirk not of him, Mahan," advised
the old lady. "He was sotne crazy runaway
CM
" That's what I thought at first," rejoined
Mabel.
" But, nursie, lie seemed tc know all about
me, even my engagement. to Charlie, that no
one knows, you know ; why," said Mabel,
blushing at the recollection, " he addressed
me as Mro. Caleph ; and when I told hint I
wasn't married yet, the horrid thing said I
must marry Ini—and right off, too, or we
would b th lie dead I And then lie went on
and talked shout all sorts of the strangest, most
incomprehensible things, and read something
to me oui of a dirty note•bcok he had 'about
groups and the law, and distributions, and
literal identities, and I don't know what else.
Wasn't it terrible ?'."
" But he isgone —he returns no more," said
nursie, smoothly.
"Ale, but he does return," said Mabel, dis
consolately. "He's coming here tomorrow
night ; said he must come anyway to get
my answer. Think or it I And I told him to
come, then, because Charlie will be here, you
know, amt he can talk bi him."
" What name has he, my Mabelein r
quired Christina.
"Oh, some•Gerumua mune ; I remember it
reminded me somehow of your last name,
n ursie—' Lapech.' There was a pech' about
it, and oh, yes, I know, it was Pechnl—Dr.
Pechal."
Christina startled so that, fOr almost the first
tinio in her life, she pulled Mabel's hair.
" Ali !" screamed Mabel ; then, catching
sight of the old lady's face in the mirror, "why
uursie dear. what's the matter ?"
"Nothing, my Liebachen, nothing ; only
that the name reminded old Christina of a time
—long before thou' was born, islabelein—w hen
she, too, was engaged to be married. Ah,
that was a happy time !" sighed music.
"Tell me all about it, dear," said Mabel,
persuasively ; all matters of the heart were to
her of paramount interest and appearance,
" There is little to tell, Liebehen. lie was
stout, handsome and brave; he wore a stu
dent's cuib and fought with the Schlager. He
was wise also ; he knew more than all the pro.
fcssors, And he loved Christenchem ; and
to me it was very dear,'' said the old lady,
simply.
"But why didn't you marry him ?" de
manded Mabel.
"Ah that is a sad history, Mitbelein. Thou
knowest we once were wealthy, and had rank.
But a time came—we had lost our fortune--
we were poor and unfortunate. But he was
brave ; he said : " I will go, Christinchen,and
see. Ivi ill make a fortune for us all." And
te went and I never after saw him, and I think
te died, for I believe not he would ever forget
ds Christinchen."
"Poor, dear old musty," said the tender
warted Mabel, with tears standing in her
" And was this before you came
sweet 03e.-
MIS
"Yes, Liebchen ; your father and mother
were then boarding at our house ; and your
dear mother, who is now dead, liked me and
I her ; so, when you went away, she took me
to be nurse and help her. I said ; "If he
comes, I must leave you." But he never came
and I am always here."
"Poor, dear old nursie," thought Mabel
again, an hour later, as she lay with her cheek
upon her band, waiting for sleep. " And she
never told me of it before I Well, some day
perhaps lie will come back and marry her,
and then she will Leas happy 113---/ shall be"
Do pleasant dreams always go by contra
ries?
"Do you mean to say, sir," demanded
Charlie, who sat with Mobel's little trembling
hand " that you have evolved the law
which regulates the time, place and circum
stances of the death of every human being ?"
"It Is precisely that," replied Dr. Pechal,
charmed at being so,well understood. "Were
the soon, not so dark, sir, I would ask you to
look over toy little book: All is explained
ES
The doctor, calling Into in the evening, had
come upon Mabel anti Charles Caleph sitting
together in the dusk ; and being a somewhat
abrupt gentleman, ho had entered upon his
business at once, without waiting even for
candles.
"But how do you know your law is truer
asked Mabel, defiantly.
"Is it not, then, logical ?" said thn doctor.
" The insurance companies have gone so far
as to establish the average age at which death
comes ; if a man die here at sixty,somewhere
must die a boy of twelve, that the balance
may preserved. Is it probable that thls bal
ance should relate to age alone ? Is there not
also the balance of one sex against the other,
of light against dark,of nation against nation,
cf temperament against temperament ? Nut
even hero can we draw the line ; the farther
we search, the more the conditions that arise;
no trait, however subtle ; no feature, howev
er undignifled—but bears directly, however
lightly, upon man's destiny. What could he
more clear, more inevitable?",
Charlie and Mabel were silent ; a strange
chill seemed creeping around their hearts,
'the doctor's voice, all apparently remaining
of him in the darkened room, sounded solemn
and mysterious as he gave utterance to the
which had been all his life revolving. Wholly
bound up in the contemplation of his awful
theory, his words were nit — Without an int
pressiveness even more powerful than ordi
nary eloquence... • .
"It is indeed strange,"-•resumed he, "that
mankind, continually prying after the myste
ries of science and the laws of life, should
never have set themselves to learn .the most
important and yet the simplest law which tells
them when they arc to die, and who shall
die with them. For no . man dies alone.
There le a mysterious chain, formed of 'innu
merable and Invisible links, binding his life to
that of others, be their number more or less.
He Is•oue of a group; and the breaking of
thiQme chain is the dissolution of their coin-
Mar life."
• " Can nothing binder this law—if it be a
law ?" demanded Charlie.
"It is seldom possible," replied the doctor.
"The only safety Hello marriage, which con
stitutes a new'condition of things—annulling
the old. But it must be no ordinary marri
age. To be efficacious, the most exacting
conditions have been fulfilled. Of the many,
it is only needful I should mention two ; the
husband and wife must belong to the same
'group, an i it n u.n s most he composed of
the same letters, dilterently arranged. And
this," added the doctor, "bears upon my er
rand to•night."
Mabel shuddered, and drew nearer to Char
lie, who poss.,' his al m mound her waist.
Dr. Pechnl proceeded :
" I have tii,cov. n d, by the mist exhaustive
calculations, that before this hour to-morrow
my death, awl that of all my group, Is ties
tined to take place. My calculations Mao
showed that one at leastof the group must be
n resident of this city. I knew there were but
three besides myself; one, whom I was per
sonally acquainted with"—the doctor cleared
his threat—"was not be thought of, though
Elie once might have saved us all ; of the two
others remaining,onc I knew to be a woman,
and, trusting she might be the New Yorker, I
came here to seek her, and in the person of
this young lady I have found her, She is a
member of my group ; and she, ns her name
proclaims her is destined to save us both by
uniting her destiny to mine. Analyze our
names—you find them literally Identical ; and
for the rest; the proofs are easy and irrefraga
bk."
Here the doctor paused, and, holding out
one of his fat htulds, seemed duskily to sum
mon Mabel from her lover's side. Charlie
groaned, and removed his arm from her
waist ; but hers was around his neck In an in
stant, and her voice was clear and firm :
" Whether your hateful theory be a truth
or a falsehood, neither it nor you shall ever
part us. Do you suppose I care so much for
soy life here ns•to sell, for its sake, all that is
most sacred and precious to me ? You have
much to learn, with all'your wisdom. Did
it never occur to you that there is a Life,
somewhere, which no theory of yours can
ever reach ? And that:very death, by which
you seek to enslave 1110, shall be the means of
my triumph over You!"
The doctor was awe ,stricken and silent,
and Charlie, who could scarce believe this to
be the modest and tender little girl whom he
had loved, and thought he knew, looked up
at her wills a reverence ho had never felt be
fore. " You are right, darling," he murmur
ed, but sighing heavily, " Death is better
than such a life as that."
"It is hut an alternative of death," she
answered, " one of the body, the other of the
soul. But do not sigh, my love. What this
man says is false; no divine law could autho-
rize such a consummation. I do not believe
his theory !"
•
At this, Dr. Pechal, who had been edging
toward the door, advanced again into the
room, and spoke with emphasis
" You say you do not believe my theory ?
Very well. The proof Is at any rate easy.
Twenty-four hours will show ; and I, at least,
am ready to die in defense of what I have
spent all my life to verify."
As he turned to depart the door opened,
admitting a glare of light—Christina with two
tall wax candles. The doctor was dazzled,
and shaded his taco with his hand. Christina
looked keenly nt him as she placed the can
dles on the table.
" It is already so dark, Mullein," said she,
"and as the gentleman Is here," turning to
the doctor, thought the candle would be
very pleasant to you."
At the sound of tier voice, Dr. Pechal
started, and seemed strangely agitated. lie
peered earnestly at the speaker through Ills
spectacles.
" You may go, Christina," said Mabel.
"Christina," cried the doctor, in a tremu•
loos voice. "Christina ! Christina Lapech
can it be thou.?" lie stretched toward her
his stumpy hands, which shoolt as if, with an
ague.
Christina gazed at hies ns if he' were n
ghost. At last she gavd a low cry, pathetic
and loving.
" Alt ! Emil, my own Emil ! after twenty
years, hest thou come back to me ?"
And what did these ridiculous old creatures
proceed to do, but fell Into each other's arms
and blubber like two children ; putting the
younger lovers to the blush with the fervor
of their emotions, bursting freshly through
the cerements of a lifetime.
So the candles had at least as much -to do
with Dr. Pechal's destiny as the omnibus.
Several other dusky points were also illumi
nated by their light. As soon as he had re
covered himself, and things had begun to set
the doctor recognized in Charley ()aleph the
fourth member of the group. •
" A remarkable coincidence !" and, after n
moment's reflection, Sir, ! have not yet
learned your name—exupt the first one.
What is the last ?"
" Why, Dr. Pechal !" exclaimed Mabel, in
large-eyed 'wonderment, "how can you help
knowing his name, when you addressed me
In the omnibus as Mrs. Caleph ?"
Upon which it transpired that the doctor
bud in fact, known 'nothing either of her name
or engagement; but had hazarded a name con
taining the same letters as his own, feeling
that in case it turned out lobe the correct ono
lie could luy a strong claim to theposession Of
her hand.' Time little claim at cross purposes
which had ensued, ending in a resolution
which answered his purpose equally well, had
banished the first guess from his mind. Now,
Sae the reader has long ago divined, Its appear
ance as the surname of our friend Charlie at
once established his right to Mabel by the ru
ling of that very law which had nt first seen:-
ed ea adverse to their happiness.
And Dr. Pechal, it is needless to remark,
was more than ready to forego his claim in
one whom he' already regarded with ridiculous
awe, for the sake of her who, lost through so
many years, he had long ago given up as mar
ried and done for. "And thon art rewarded
for thy constancy, Chi istenchen;" said the old
hypocrite, sententiously; "for, hadst thou been
married, and our union impossible, so also
wood have been the preservation of our lives."
Charlie's eyes had a quiet twinkle in them; he
was thinking what a constant man the doctor
had been lately.
"The law has been very lenient to all ofus,",
perorated the doctor; "seldom do all the mem
bers of a group possess the qualifications for
intermarriage, or the opportunity to profit by
the privilege if they have it."
"I'm afraid, doctor," said Charlie, "you'll
never fogive those unfortunate candles for de
priving you of the chance to prove your theory
c)rrect; though even yet, if you Insist upon;
it, it Is not too late."
"No, no!" said. Dr. Pechal, rather gruffly
"after all, there would be no satisfaction In it;
for not one of you would remain alive long
enough to confess yourselves convinced."
Anti, ns far as they are concerned, the the
ory still lacks confirmation."—Julian Haw
thorn in Appleton't+ Journal.
Agricultural fairs arc a great success this
year.
Jay Cook's income is so large that he has .
difficulty in its investment.
Real estate Is sill to be advancing in
Scranton.
The Pennsylvania railroad, between Phil.
adeiphia and. Pittsburg,:is 054 miles long, and
has 70 stations.
Philadelphia takes the WI as as the manu
facturer of the most superior ready made
clothing produce in the world.
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SUSAN KING.
The Now American Tea Importer—
The Story of an Energetic Woman.
V. Y. Correeponacnce Iloyleltoton Intelligencer.)
Perhaps the citizens of your county will be
interested in some account of Miss King—our
new American tea importer—and her adventu
rous trip to the Celestial Empire some fifteen
months ago. It will he remembered the metro
politan press announced the departure . of a
single lady, who had just started on a business
mission to China. From the first the enterprise
was made piquantly Interesting by a Sort of
mystery regarding her plans and ultimate
designs. It was known that she was going
alone, and that she was going for tea ; it was
even intimated that this first bold step would
prove but the initiative in a grand commercial
experiment, but beyond that the community
were kept most provokinkly in the dark. The
,lady said her farewells and took up her jour
ney while people pondered in amazement
over the novel expedition. A year and three
months have passed and she is again among
us, after a most interesting excursion around
the world. And now, since the trip was a
successful one, the result of which ehablesthe
original project to he put into execution, the
ban of secrecy is removed, the history of the
whole enterprise is laid bare, and approving
listeners are called upon to applaud this noble
effort on the part of one woman to oponup a
fresh avenue of commerce for the benefit of
her sex.
The name of Susan King is widely known
throughout the city. She is now a rich wo
man; but when she came here, many years
ago, she brought only a guitar in her hand and
twenty-five cents in her pocket. Yet oven at
that early a,g , her remarkable enterprise was
apparent. She put up at the best hotel the city
then boasted of, and started out at once in
search of music scholars, so representing her
case to the families called upon that within
twenty-four hours she had engaged her class,
received'Oayment in advance, and returned
to her hotel in a carriage with forty
six dollars In her pocket. The best
point in the undertaking, however, re
mains to bo told. Though representing her
self as a professor of music and the originator
of a special theory of instruction, she had In
fact so limited a knowledge of the science as to
be obliged to hire a teacher to carry out her
plans, and was the first, as well as the last, to
institute a method of musical instruction by
proxy. This little incident will convey an idea
of the peculiar character of the woman. Her
Ally years of active life have been spent In
making money. Business Is her speciality.
She has dealt largely In real estate and is now
a millionaire. The enterprise which promises
to lead new lustre to her name found its pro
jector in Madame Demorest, of fashion cele
brity. On the suggestion of Miss King this
lady conceived the idea ofputting her friend's
money to a gond use. Many things were
thought of and talked of, but as readily dispos
ed of because of their impracticability. The
question, " What would furnish profitable ern
ployment.to the greatest number of women?"
was repeated over and over again, and finally
found its solution in a most feminine way—
at the bottom of a good cup of tea. The deci
sion
was arrived at on Thursday of one week
and by Monday of the next Miss King had
' taken out her letters of credit, bought ten
thousand dollars' worth of gold for traveling
expenses, and set out on her solitary way. Ar
rived at San Francisco, she spent a few weeks
there learning what she could of the country
for which she was bound, and then set sail for
Yokohama. .
Her letters of Introduction carried her, of
course, into the highest circles of English
speaking Japan. She at once entered the home
of Sir Harry Parks, the British minister who,
with his wife, expressed the most cordial sym
pathy with her undertaking, and offered to do
everything in its power to assist her. Sir
Harry offered her a military escort of two
hundred man in her journey through the in
terior of the country, but refusing all guar
dianship or protection she took her sedan
chair and coolie servants and went forth alone.
As ignorant of the topography as of the lan
guage of the country, her situation would
seem to picture itself a decidedly embar
rassing one ; but the woman who had battled
poverty and overcome the hardships of youn
ger days was not to be daunted now. She
quickly perceived that to assimilate herself
to the natives was her safest method .of
procedure. To be sure fish oil and rats
were not the most tempting articles of food
nor did a seat on the floor with chop-sticks
in hand suggest very much of the refine
ment of home ; yet all of these became pos
-1 Bible in time, and as a consequence she was
permitted to penetrate regions never before
trodden by stranger feet. In many places this
venturesome woman was received as a divine
impersonation. They worshipped her, they
offered her every honor conceivable to their
bewildered minds, and followed her through
the streets of their cities in such dense thrOngs
that she was once or twice obliged to implore
the interference of the magistrate to preserve
her from suffocation. Presents and gorgeous
entertainments were forced upon her at
every stopping place. In short, she became
the object of universal interest and admiration.
Herself an adventurer and seeker after curiosi
ties, she became the most curious of all, and
for once, at least, since the days of Confucius,
a woman succeeded in awakening the pro
found attention of the Celestials. The tomb 1
of Confucius, by the way, was a most interes
t ling point In Miss King's pilgrimage. But
.the chief object of this mission is not to be lost
sight of. Tho purchase of teas began with
the earliest opportunity and continued until
she finally embarked on her homeward voy
age, by the Cape of Good Hope and Atlantic
Ocean. Besides making arrangements for a
supply of any amount of the best quality that
is grown, she has planted a "grove" of her
! own, from which she expects in lour years lo
get her first crop. Meanwhile she has brought
with her seventeen tons of samples. "The
Woman's American Tea Company" is fast
getting into shape. ' A warehouse, to be loca
ted on Broadway,between Tenth and Twenty
third streets, is being negotiated for, and In
the course of two or three month this new
establishment will open its doors to an honest
and enterprising woman. It is designed to
employ a corps of travelling agents at a gen
erous salary, while it is presumed that the
trade of the city will require a goodly number
of employes, every one of whom is to be
a woman. Projected, matured, and carried
out solely by the fair sex, it is proposed to
make th is enterprise in every source a fair
one. Fair salesmen, fair tea, and fair prices:
the very best the market affords, "pure and
unadulterated, at $1.50 per pound."
Pennsylvania Is one of the best markets iu
the country for the sale of patent-rights.
'A Bradford county man raised fifty-four
bushels of wheat on one acre this harvest.
The Pennsylvania railroad, owing to its
safety, is the great cattle transporter. It hauls
more live stock eastward than any road In the
land.
Texas will sell 1,000,000 head of cattle this
year.
A Son Francisco Pole blew his poll off with
a pistol.
They talk of running a clergyman for Mayor
of Chicago. '
A cemetery in Rhode Island is so prosper
ous that a dividend of seven per cent. has j us
been declared.
ROBERT IREDELL, JR
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No. 603 HAMILTON STREET,
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NO. 37.
ANOTHER DOTHEBOYS HALL,
fierfott. Charge.• Agatest the Management of the
Simplot { - alley Home—A Reverend Toe.
term,
, 13INGITAMPTON, N. Y., Sept. 9.—Much ex
citement prevails hero concerning the charges
of cruelty preferred against the Rev. Mr. Van
Epps, Superintendent of the. Susquehanna
Valley Home, a charitable institution for chil
dren: One of the inmates, Frederick Bow
man, aged nine, was found a week ago with a
heavy log of wood chained to his neck, and
two Committees, ono of nine gentlemen and
the other of ten ladies, - are now engaged in
examining the affairs of the Home. A war
rant has been Issued for the arrest of Van
Epps, who is in Boston.
The Principal Charges
are made by a respectable widow, Mrs. Mary
Backnr rn, who worked at the Home for a
month, and then left because she could not
endure to see the inmates abused as they were.
She has two children in the Institution, a boy
of 7 and a girl of 13. Before Van Epps was
placed In charge she says they were treated
well, but his treatment of them has been so
brutal that she intends to remove them as soon
as she can. He and some of his assistants
habitually knock the children about, and have
been known, for the merest trifles, to order
the shoes and stockings oft of little boys and
girls in winter, and make them walk about in
the snow. One boy, who had just recovered
from a fever last winter, did something that
displeased the Superintendent, and was made
to
and stockings, and walk for an hour around a
hole dug in the snow. Thjs woman said the
Superintendent one day made a boy stand a
long time with a lieavy wooden chain on his
head, as a punishment for some offence. For
slight reasons, it is said, the children are de
prived of their meals, and, at hest, arc not
provided more than half enough to eat.
This woman also affirms that she has known
the portion of the building occupied by the
children to be so cold in winter that several of
them had 'their toes frozen. Another favorite
mode of punishment adopted by the Superin
tendent was to take offenders into the cellar,
and, whether boys or girls, strip them and
dash lee•cold water over their bodies. She
ssys she asked for her children last spring, but
the President, Dr. Orton, told her that they
did not want any more children taken out be
fore bill, because the institution would soon
rim down if they continued to 1M children go
away. She says Van Epps has forbidden
children seeing their parents except once a
month, upon a day appointed for all, and then
no mother can see her children alone, Pa
rents had the privilege heretofore of calling on
their children whenever they desired, at suita
ble hours.
Mrs. Anna Parks had two children at the
Home, a girl and boy, aged 7 and 0. Hearing
complaints that they were ill-treated, she suc
ceeded, after considerable trouble and delay,
in getting her little girl away, but the buy she
was forced to leave. The children have a
public dinner every year, and on the Fourh
of July last, when the procession was march
ing to the place where the dinner was to be
given, she got her boy out of theline and took
him home. He said he had been a subject of
the water -punishment, did not receive enough
to cat, and was nearly frozen in winter.
are generally believed by the public, and
popular opinion is decided against Van Epps
and the Home. Both of these women speak
in-the highest praise of the institution when It
was under the management of Samuel Lee ;
but Mrs. Hance, who bad charge before Van
Epps, is charged with being very cruel to the
children. Mr. Lee says that the Bowman boy,
to whom the log was chained, was at the Home
while he was superintendent, and he never
had any trouble with him.
N. V. Noys, one of the Investigating Com
mittee, has resighed his position, and made n
public statement, in which ho defends Van
Epps, and his administration of affairs at the
Home. He says that he does not see anything
out of the way In the Superintendenl's treat
ment of the Bowman boy, as lie himself has
"been unable to think of any means of re
straint w hioh would have been se effectual,and
at the same time cause so little suffering, as the
plan adopted by Mr. Van Epps:" • This state
ment has met with general disapproval.
Desperate Fight with Wild Cats.
Therewero a day or two ago on exhibition
at Campus Martins in Detroit, two paws which
once belonged to two wild nits, each of the
feet being armed with claws that no one could
feel of without a small chill creeping up his
back. For three or four months past farmers
living in Brownstown and Huron townships„.
Mich., have been very much annoyed by the
two 'animals, who inhabited a swamp in the
latter township, or at least made for the place
whenever pursued. Last Sunday three men
mounted their horses and rode to the swamp,
having each a dog along. For several hobrs
after arriving there • they beat about the place
without discovering any signs of • the animals
but at length one of the dogs, which was pros
pecting In thoswamp on . his own account,
suddenly set.up a fearful yelling and howling,
and came to 'the men with his back well
scratched up. The other dogs made for the
spot and drove the feline out out of the swamp
and up a tree, where she was dispatched by a
ritie-shot. Supposing the animal to be the one
calming all the damage, the farmers had no
idea of the presence of another. They were
seated under a tree eating a cold bite, When a
male cat, considerably larger than „tho,, one
slain, came out of the swamp and attacked a
dog which was just then lapping water at a
small pond. In a second hair was flying like
thistle down inn gale, and Or other dogsioin
cd in. In two minutes, and while the men
were picking up their guns and running to the
spot, one of the dogs was disabled by the cal,
and the other two refused to close in again,
running around in a circle. As the men came
up the cat leaped for Mead, fastening to his
leg, and the sudden attack threw him down.
Ile tried to shoot, but could not, and for some
time his friends found no safe opportunity,
until at length one of them knocked the beast
over with the gun, and then shot him through
as he was returning to the attack. The - shot
only disabled the animal, and after receiving
it he was still a match for both dogs unUI shot
through the head. Both of the animals were
stated to be of very large size, and their paws
were proof that no dog had any business get
! tit% in front of the dagger•ilke claws which
adorned them. While the cat which attacked
Mead was hanging to his leg it tore his . boot
leg Into strips with its bind claws, and would
have been more than a match for him alone.,
When Washington took command of the'
American army at Cambridge, he came all the
way from Virginia on horseback.
Life Insurance agents in Georgia solicit poli
cies by advertisements printed on sugar-plums
and sent to the farmers' children.
An Indiana groom was ninety-one, and the
bride one hundred and six. The were mar
ried without the consent of their parents.
John Slidell left no will, and as there are no
heirs to his confiscated lands In Louisiana,'
our Uncle Sam Intends to take possession.
An ill l natured contemporary says that
Rhodsatrand goes for narrow-gauge railroads
because she wants both rails to lie within her
own territory.
A LLENTOIVN, PA
NEW DESIGNS
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