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EBENSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1867.
I K1TTELL, Attorney at
L.av, Ebensburg, Pa.
18C7.
i ;NLON, Attorney at Law,
Ebensburg,'- Pa.
zi opposite the-Bank.. . jan24
.... M. READE, Attorney at
Law, Ebensburr, Pa.
. in Colonnade R6W. ' fjaa24
1 ERNE Y, Attorney at Law,
ourgv Cambria county, Pa.
; Colonnade Row. j-ui2i
ice r. :i
:i & SCANLAN, Attorneys
. Law, Ebensburg, Pa.
opposite the Court House.
fjauCi, J. X. 5CANLAN.
. IXGTTONTloiary Pub
lic, Ebensburg, Pa.
Jx street, west of Foster'a Ho-
The Old Folks.
5 C. EASLY, Attorney at Lav,
l i'Itov.'n, Cambria county, Pa.
!.itectural Drawings and Specifi
' jan21
. SHOEMAKER, Attorney at
Law, Ebfri3burr, Pa.
' - r attention paid to collections,
cne door east of Llojd &. Co.'s
., :?e. jan2t
j ELDEll,'1 Attorney at Law,
Johimown, Pa.
rallies in the several Courts of Cam
. . jt.ierr'c-t, and adjoining counties.
Ice un V. 0. corner, up stairs. j&n24
All, don't be sorrowful, darling,
And don't bo sorrowful, pray ;
Taking the year together, my d,ear,
There isn't more night than day. ,
'Tis rainy weather, my darling
Time's waves, they heavily run ;
Bui taking the year together," my dear,
There isn't more loud than dun.
"YTo are old folks now, my darling,
Our heads are growing gray j
But taking the year all round, ray dear,
You will always find the May.
Wc have had our Hay, my daih 'i;,'.
Art i our rosi. lonjj gi : -
The time of year is coming, my -de.tr,
For the silent uight and snow.
And God is God, my darling,
Of night as well us of day,
And we feel and know that we can go
Wherever He lead3 tLc way.
Aye, God of the night, my darling
Ot the night of death so gr im:
The gate that leads out of life, good wife,
Is the gate that leads to Him.
VMUI.I. SINGLETON, Attorney at
' I.av.y I nsburg, Pa. Office on High
st, west of Fotter'a Hotel,
ill practice in the CourU of Cambria aud
counties.
" Attci ds also to the collection of claims
iicr3 against the Government. jan21
NUMBER -1.
1W vnnr rrlnnj sir " Mr: Harrison ;i Tiv own dress that had caught oniyx
spoke "it is of some consequent. You;j should certainly have burned 10 death be
xn InsA-voiir Hfo if vou don't Jbok out. Sore Mr. Harrison could "nave come and
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wrapped me in a quilt and hugged me.
1 lom that day forward, some overpow
Till
l ji nx you. ; vi.
He took his own handkerchief .and tied
ii loosely around Redway's arm. "Then hrc ering influence wa3 at work upon me.
ttr Ma i-nlfp Khnt; if rr.rpfnllv. nut Tt i struggled hard after that cool manner
under the handkerchief next to the arm,
and began to twist it about. A3 the baric.
cu; ?"
I
in
danger. which Mr. Harrison possessed in
so eminent a degree. I even ventured,
kerchief tightened on the arm. the b'oo-l j ia the pursuit of perfection, to ask how
ceased to flow. '" ''".'" re could do it.'.
"Send for a doctor," said Mr. Harrison . "I suppose," said he, "if- is because I
"A doctor !' exclaimed Redway. 'T,- naturally have such an extreme terror of
not this a rood deal of fus over a Hub' danger in every shape such a lively
" sympathy with those in peril that I feel
Mr flarrist: :Ty strangely the secessiiy for being
. . . -.- . . . . t T a. i. 1.
cairi when ouiera are excnea. a miuh.
H z whatever excuse a lady may have for
losing her wits and that is, at best, very
littlea man has no excuse whatever. I
always try to keep my wits about me."
"To be calm, then' said I, with the
Titrcring irony commou to girls of from
fourteen t'j eighteen, "one only needs to
have his wits about him."
"Exactly," said he-; "or, to chango the
OUGE V,'. OATMAN, Attorney at
Law an 1 Claim gcut, Ebensburg,
rii county, Pa.
r Pensions, Back Pay and Bounty, and
Hilary Claims collected. Raal Estate
t and sold, and pa, n:ont of Taxes at
Book Account?, Note?, Due Bills,
l.s, &c, collected. Deeds, Jlortga
, . -eraents, Letters of Attorney, Bonds,
ly written, and all legal business
attended to. Pensions increased,
I .dized Bounty collected. jan24
OlviLsOX, M. D.? offers his ser
i vies, as Phyt"::iaa and Surgeon, to
citizeas.of F.bensburg urd surrounding
ntry.
,avingr''.heen appointc-1 Examinir." Su-
t, he ii prepared to exar iine all Pension
and 'Applicants for Pensions who may
1 hi3 services.
O'licc on High St., three doors east of
. church, in olhcc formerly occupied by
Jones.". Residence immedia '.ely adjoin
. ! jan24-3m
J. LLOYD,
Successor of 11. S. Bunn,
Dealer in
iLCS AND MEDlCiX";', PAINTS,
, AND Dt'K-tTUF'', i'i'TUME
AND FANCY" AR'.MCLEo.I'T.'UE
:,Y:A AND BllAMHI'.S FOR MBDI-
URPOSES, PA VENT MEDICINES, &c.
Cap, and Note P.-rrs.
Peas, Pencils, Siueri'-"" l ;k,
And ether ir'' es x-pt
by Vi-ii-ia generally.
?;? lrcxcrhif'jii curr'n'-s ::,mifi. mZe.d.
1 ' -
on .Main Street, ovnosiic the Moun-
u?e, Ebensbr.rg, Pa. fjan21
I certainly thought be was "out of his
head." He had such peculiar ways, and
said such peculiar things; and he wcr.t
about as if he was in a somnambulic state
almost j that is, I don't quite mean that,
but he never seemed to take the . same
notice ot what happened about him that
other men do. And, as to his ever being
surprised at anything, I never knew him
to show surprise on but one occasion of his
life. What that occasion vas, 1 shall
mention before I have done.
His name was Joseph Harrison, and he
was a student at the academy in Sarjford
-one of the stylo of academies tint seem
to have nearly gone out ot date now,
where both sexes were taught under the
r T . . l i.i o r -i l l
same roor. a attenaeu cue oanioru scnooi. j
The principal'? house was on the corner
across the way from the academy, and he
boarded a dozen students. I wa3 one of
these boarders.
I shall never forget the day Mr. Harri
son came to the house to board. 1 was
pitting on the second floor piazza, studying.
It was late in a summer afternoon. As
he entered the gate, I leaned over to look
at him, and when he was just underneath
I chanced to drop my book. It struck
him on the shoulder, :md from thence fell
to the ground. He turned and looked at
it quietly, and then poked it aside with his
big cane.
What does ho carry that big cane for '
thought I, or why don't he pick up my
book, or look up at me, or uo anything
that a rational being would ?
He ran"- the bell, and I saw no more of
r
,er,
re?
XTISTKY.
The undersigned, Graduate of the Bal
' ollege of Dental Surger-, respectfully
professional scrv cs to the citizens
burg. He h?s spared no means to
ly acquaint lnoiself with every mi
tt in his art. To wiiy years of per
erience, he has sought to add the
- experience of the highest authorities
! Science. He simply asks that an
ty may be given tor hi3 work to
3wn praise.
: i.Aii.iEi. et::ford, d. d. s.
-tv Prof. G.'A. Harris ; T.E. Bond,
i Handy; A. i. Blandy, P. H. Aus
3 Uathr,oic College,
ill l.e at Rlicnsl urg on the fourth
cf each month, to stay one wjek.
'ry 24, 180V.
"A little cut," said
"when you ctt an.. a?$err.Ut-?-;..t rg ciu-f
Dr. Miner was three doors off, and he
. s . - . ir .1
came in a lew minutes, ne expreeseu
great approbation of oung Harrison's
conduct.
Young Harrison, as unconcerned as a
post, had returned to his inspection of the
painting he seemed to admire so much.
Mr. Kedway went off with the doctor.
The knife lay on the table. Out of
pure impudence, or some similar feeling,
I took up this knife, and accidentally cut
the end of one of my fingers. I screamed
loudly, for it was a horrid wound, and the
blood flowed copiously.
"Well, upon my word," remarked Mr.
Harrison, "here's another."
Another! How contemptuous the
word sounded to me. I, Margaret Eailey
Monroe, confessed a belle, a beauty, and
a lady of rare accomplishments, besides
being heiress to a hundred thousand
dollars. I was just "another!" 'Why
didn't he call me a person, and hare done
with it. Well, what would he do with
my frightful wound 'I
"Mix a little flour and put it on. That
will 6top the bleeding. It is a mere trifle."
It may have been a trifle, but ; it was
enough to make me swoon. Or perhaps
I swooned out of downright, vexation at
the man.'
When I recovered, he was gone. Bye-
ana-bye, wneu iiella and 1 were alone
we roomed together I asked her what
Harrison said ard did when I fainted.
"He said," Bella answered, "lay her
hand on her back and leave her alone."
"Is that all he said?"
"No, not quite. Some one brought the
flour and salt, and he put them on your
fioger and said : 'There, tie the rag around
it.'" " "
A rag !
I should certainly hate this young man.
After that, he became such an obiect of
interest to me that I could scarcely keep
mv mind o2 him an hour at a time.
I was not long in learning something
of his history. It seems that a love of
adventure sent him on a cruise around the
world, when he was a boy of about six
teen, both lua parents being dead. He
had been absent from his native country
four years without interruption, and on
sex her wits about ner.
;',Tust
wealtn
I added ; "the secret of
maaey.
SO,
13 tO
"And to keep it,'
On one thing I was fully determined
he should never hear me scream again.
However, he left the school soon after;
and I did likewise in about six months.
I htA effected a great change in myself
before I met him
him till tea-time, ile sat directly oppo
site me at the table. Would you believe his return had decided to go to the acad-
it, he never
at any one
1 & CO., Darker s
Ebkshcrg, Pa.
Silver, Government Loans -and
-urUie bought sold. Interest
a1iDieT)r,,.SA.. Collections made
?s 'We '..ornts i-i the United States,
Jl't, i ;
inking i'TiSiuess transacted.
LLOYD SiCo Bankers
f Altoona, Pa.
or; the principal cities, and Silver
i for sale. Collections made. Mon
ived on deposit, payable on demand,
interest, or upo : time, with interest
at-s- jan2l
'Ail AM 'JhXlSnrXarler-- '
EnKKSBUEo, Pa.
nj, Shampooing, and Hair-dressing
the most art s tic style,
falcon directly opposite the "Moun--Js-"
. pan24
acs Pur', agnt for the Blair count
-oming M.itual Fire lasarante Com"
JoimuovtM, Pa..
J'iU atteud promptly to making insu
I any pa, t of Cambria county unon
fyjnerorjn person. rjan24
L 111 "EswSore, Pa.,
-IE ALLSGHANIAN"
OSce r K?liiG OFFICE.
ut. ""gies & Co.'a Store
f VV itairs third do-jr back. i
looked at me nor, indeed,
else, ii seemed which was
the reason, perhaps, why I looked at him
mora than I ever did at any other voung
man in my life in the same length of
time.
After tea we gathered ia the parlor, as
we were in the habit of doing, and he was
introduced to me. Ho bowed, and then
for the first time he looked at me, or
rather he looked through me, as if he saw
something behind me and my head were
as transparent as glass'. Then he smiled
and turned away.
I confess I was provoked at the manner
of the young man. What amused him, I
should like to know. When Belle Har
rison asked me afterward how I liked her
cousin, I said I didn't like him at all.
Somebody risked me to sing. I seated
myself at the piano, and crave a song in
emy a short time, to correct a certain lack
in his education. This explained why a
man of his advanced age should be attend
ing school for he was twenty-one it he
was a uay, lclla assured me. I myself
was about seventeen. I was the only
female student of German i-n the academy,
and it was on that account that Mr.
Harrison manifested some degree of
interest in me, 1
almost enuiusiastic in
that scholastic tongue,
deal of him after all.
The following winter, at a parly at Mrs.
Sand's, in Sanford, one bitter cold night,
I chanced to be alone with Nellie Wells
one moment in an upper chamber, which
wa3 used as a cloak room for the lady's
guest. Ihere was a furious fire in the
stove, and its sides were red hot. Nelly
was a very pretty girl, but rather dull
suppose, for he wa?
his aamiration of
So I saw a good
aarain.
It was in the summer of the year
which saw me pass my twentieth birthday,
that we met at Niagara Falls. He was
there with his cousin, my dear friend
Belle Harrison, and I with my sister and
mother.
On a certain day we were all taking a
walk on Goat Island, when mother dropped
her parasol, and it slid down the bank
some fifteen or twenty feet, out of reach.
Mr. Harrison descended the bank after
it; but though he used proper caution,
his foot slipped on the treacherous soil,
as he was returning, and he slid very
rapidly down to the very edge of the
precipice.
I expected uothinc: else but to stc him
go over and be dashed to pieces on the
rocks a hundred feet below j buc though
the three other ladies screamed loudly, I'
did not. You see, I was pretty thoroughly
dVifled by Ihis' time. However, as Mr.
Harrison neared the edge of the precipice,
he threw out his right hand still hold
ing the parasol with his left and seized
the upturned roots of a tree which leaned
over the chasm. The tree shook vio
lently under the sudden shock, and the
roots began to tear themselves out of the
thin soil slowly and steadily, under the
influence of this superadded weight. In
a few minutes more it would give way,
and then Mr. Harrison would be killed.
I knew mv face was pale, and 1 was ter
ribly frightened j but I leaned forward
and spoke to him: "Tell me what to do."
"Take all the ladies' shawls, skirts, and
any other articles of dress that you can
spiro and which are strong; cut them in
wide, strong strips ; tie them firmly to
cretucr and make a rope."
I obeyed as calmly as I knew he would
have done, but none the les3 expeditiously
ou that account, be very sure. He con
tinued speaking at intervals while I was
doing his bidding, and spoke deliberately
as if he stood in safety by my side.
"Your calmness' is quite charming,
Miss Monroe," said he. "Ba 6ure and
make the knots tight. I judge that this
tree may be relied on with perfect confi
dence for ten minutes yet. Your rope is
1 had received the best musical
What mysterious influence was
upon me, l aia not know ; tor it ever 1
thoroughly disliked a person in my life,
I certainly disliked this Harrison. But
it is true, notwithstanding, that I sang for
him : and when I turned away from the
piano, it was with some special curiosity
my best manner. My voice was good, and She wore a dress of some gauzy fabric, and
culture, going pear the stove, it took fire; I ran
at work out of the room screaming at the Iod of
my breath :
"Mr. Harrison ! Mr. Harrison ! ! Oh,
Mr. Harrison ! ! I"
He came quickly into the hall : saw
A f f
me;
and
was up the stairway with a bound;
as I was returning back into the
I anticipated his comments, if he chose to room, he went past me, pushing me aside
make any, or his man ner or meaning, if rather rudely, and took in all with a quick,
i .vii;i I ii xt ii- i ii ...
ne cnosc io uciu uis tongue. cuui giance. Nellie naa nauiea a quiic
If you will believe it, the man was .ook- from a bed that was in the room, and'was
ing at a painting on the wall looking at trying to stifle the flames. He threw her
it standing up, with his back to tbe com- on the floor, roiled her over and over in
the quilt like a mummy, and extinguished
the flames ac once hugged her, too.
She was not badly burned, after , all,
as
ked
clown !
beautiful
Orville Redway, a
panv 1 v is tnere ever sucn a
"What is the name of that
vounff
J o
song
man irom the village, who had been in- and her face not touched by the flames,
vited to tea, and now sat with us ia the so that she remained as pretty as ever,
parlor. "Remarkably sensible girl," said Mr,
I told him. Harrison, afterwards, to a group that clus-
"I must have it," said he : "it is ex- tered about him in the parlor. "Most
quisite." And ue took out his lead pencil girls would have rushed headlong into the
to write on a card the njme ot the piece, hall, screaming like he looked at me
He broke the point of bis lead pencil. "like mad," he added, with a quiet smile.
"Will some one lend me a knife ?" he "If ever I marry," said he, "which I
asked "I have left mine." probably never shall, I shall marry a sen-
Mi- TT, on heard the question, tno eiblo woman, wno would not eet up a
he was still Inok 'sr at the painting, and scream if your youngest should fall into
produced a large poci"Ct-n which he a tub of hot water, but would pull the
handed to Mr Ptdwav. . cbild out as quickly as possible, and send
"It's very sharp' said he, "e very ior a uocior.
careful." Somehow, I was vain enough to think
The first thin" lledwav WiS t0 cut tt!iJ Earcastic speech was intended solely
his hand. The blood spirted PUt ia jets, to rebuke me. I knew I should scream
TTi nrniJi -.Aft- 1.:,, i ...i. -thercd in such a case. It was my nature to
his hand in his handkerchief, and sai lt scream, and how could I bely my nature,
was a mere scratch and of no great coil-. . As fo at -L1.1 A
ecqucncc. - ' ) cr, au( amC5t wished that it had bteu
lonsr enough now. 1 think, lie a stone
to the end. That's all. All right now
Bo nothing but hold fast and stand still,
ladies, and I will come up to you.
He drew himself up hand over hand,
with extreme caution, and was saved. .
My mother's parasol was restored to her
with a courtly bow, and he brushed the
dust from' his clothes and walked away
with us. I walked by his side, but he
made no reference to tliQ perils through
wfeich he had just passed.
That evening, however, as we sat on the
piazza of our hotel, where it overlooks the
river how well I remember the rushing
sound'of the waters down below, he said :
"We are alone now, Miss Monroe, and
I can thank you for saving my life, with
out offense to the other ladies."
It was too dark out there for him to
see the blush of delight that went over
my face at these words. How much they
meant to me !
"I knew I was as good as saved," said
he, "when I saw you standing with tight
ly clasped hand and your under lip pressed
by your shining tcetb, while Belle and
the other ladies were trying to drown the
roar of the old Niagara with their shrieks.
I never Eaw one of your sex before who
had the control over herself which you
manifested to-day. If I had seen such an
exhibition anywhere, it would have awa
kened my admiration ; but when it hap
pened to be an exhibition in which my
own life or death was concerned, you may
imagine my feelings." .
The tone in which he uttered these
words was so tender and true ! it said so
plainly that he would devote all his future
to me! But, though tone and manner
said this, his wprds did not say it ; and I
!inew the rcasou. He believed "ine al
ready betrothed.
William Willis wa3 the son of a New
York merchant, who had been a school
mate of my father. It was my father's
wish that we should be married. I loved
my father, and was anxious to be pleased
with his friend's son. Young Willis had
been a frequent guest with us, and many
considered us already betrothed. He was
an agreeable companion in the parlor a
good dancer, and all that; but I cared
more for one look ot Joseph Harrison's
earnest, honest gray eyes than I did for
William Willis' whole composition.
According to a previous appointment,
Mr. Willi? came to the jall9 during our
stay. He arrived ou the evening of the
day that witnessed Mr. Harrison's narrow
escape from death. He came out upon
the niazza vhcre wo cat that'evening ; we
shook hands. The'gentlemen were slight
ly acquainted, but it wa5 plain Mr. Ilar
rrson did not like Mr. Yv'illis much, and
with playful "leh iimss wegehen" to me,
he rose and went into the ball room, very
politely offering his scat to Mr. Willis.
Several days passed. While actually
in tne position or a rival toward Air.
Willis, Mr. Harrison by no means per
mitted himself to act as if he were such.
Ho was very courteous to Mr. Willis, and
quietly yielded all preferences to me and
my society. lie seemed, however, to be
studying us trying to form a conclusion
as to the probable extent of our relations
matrimonially speaking.
Oh, it did seem to me that he might
so brave a maa as he was plainly put a
ew questions to me on the subject ! I
would have quickly told him how little
Mr. Willis was to me.
At last, I had nearly made up my mind
to the performance of a desperate thing
nothing less, indeed, than to seek the
intercession of his cousin, my friend Belle,
in my Denair. uut 1 neiriectea to let tne
deed go with the purpose just one day too
long.
It was a Monday the last day ot our
intended stay at the Falls. Mr. Willis
invited me to ride. I had no courteous
refusal at hand, so I -consented to go with
mm. Indeeu, I hid half promised him
some days before.
I did not much like the manner in
which the horse, a fiery, vicious auimal,
laid back-his ears and bounded away on
starting : but I said nothing. We had
not been riding many minutes when the
animal chose to take fright at the flapping
of a line of nearly washed clothing, and
taking the bit in his teeth, he rau away
Our road lav along the bank of the river
safe enough for a horse under control,
but fearfully dangerous for a runaway, for
a half mile ahead was a bend in the road
wnere tue cnances were great that we
should be thrown over a precipice and
killed. At the raie we were going, we
would reach the dangerous place soon.
William Willis looked ahead and com
prehended the danger. His face blanched.
"Good God I" he cried, "it's death!
"With that, he threw up the reins and
jumped out of ihe buggy striking a rock
and breaking his collar bone, as I found
afterward.
As for me, I kept my seat. If it should
become necessary for me to jump, then I
would jump; but I was determined not to
take that venture til! it was imperatively
demanded, by the imaiinency of danger
at hand. So long as there was a possi
bility that the progress of the horse might
02 arrested, I held to that hope; because,
when a horse is running furiously down a
smooth road, there is no choice about
jumping spots till the crisis is at hand.
Whiie I sat, clinging firmly to the sent,
and lookiug out ahead, for the dangerous
place must now be drawing near, a man
Mr. Harrison started, amazed.
"Willis? I b"g your pardon, Misa
Monroe." This very coldly, "I should,
not have epoken in those terms if I had
known that your corapaniou was your ."'
He stopped and bit his lip.
"My affiance," you would say, I made
quick response. "But he is not my affi
ance, Mr. Harrison. I would sooner
marry a woman than such a coward."
I spoke with some heat, and he looked
at my excited face with his dry smile.
"Will you marry me, Miss Monroe ?"
"Ie3, said I.
And I did.
It was a queer place for a proposal, was
it not : But mv husband 19 not Iik nthrr
men. He always has bi3 wits about him.
John W. Steele.
The old adage that "a fool and his
money are soon parted" is aptly illustrated
in the personal historv of John V-
Steele, the one-time petroleum million
aire :
In 18C4 Widow M'Clintock died from.
the effects of burns received while kind
ling a fire with crude oil. At this time
the average daily income from the landed
interest of the farm was 2,000, and by
her will the property, with all her pos
sessions in money, was left, without res
ervation, to her adopted son, John W.
Steele, then about twenty years of age.
In the iron safe where the old ladv kent
money were found 150,000, two-
her
-it was Mr. Harrison-
sprang witn
astonishing agility at the horse's head,
from among some trees at the roadside,
caught the bit, and jerked it back, and
out of the borse's teeth, and actually
tore the auimal's lip3, so that blood flowed,
so energetic was the action. There was
no resisting the iron will, backed by the
iron nerve. The runaway came to a stop.
Mr. Harrison drew him to the side of the,
road, arid examined the harness and
buggy very OE.relr.Uy.
"Nothing broken," said he. "A ery
narrow escape, Miss Monroe. I-saw you
coming, and had lust time to getniv wits
in order. There, dont thank me ; I didn't
know it was you, and should have done
just tbe same for any one else."
"But you are hurt V said I, noticing
"Yes, the horse trod on my foot."
'Ob, how unfortunate. Shall I get
out?''
"No," said he, "that is, it ts unneces
sary that you should. Sit still and get
rested. He will run no more to-day, I
promise you."
He came around and placed h's lamed
foot carelessly on a wheel of the buggy,
and spoke in his usual calm tone :
"When a horse has had a fiuc, lively
run like that, be is inclined to be quiet
for the rest of the day. You can drive
him back in perfect safety. But I did
not know you were fond of taking drives
all alone by yourself, Miss Monroe."
"I Vas not riding alone," said I, "my
driver Jumped out."
"Asd left you," said he, astonished.
"Yes."
"He ocgltt to be horsewhipped. May
I aak the coward's came?"
"His us me is William Willis," siid I.
thirds of the amount in Greenbacks nrifl
the balance in gold. Mrs. M'Clintock
was hardly cold in her coffin before young
Steele, who appears to have had nothing
naturally viciou3 ia his composition, was
surrounded by a set of vampyres, who
clung to him as long as he had a dollar
remaining. The young millionaire's head
was evidently turned by his good fortune,
as has been that of many an older maa
who made his "pile iu oil," and he was
of the impression that his money would
accumulate too rapidly unless it was
actually thrown away, and throw it away,
he did. Many of the stories concerning
his career in New York and Philadelphia
savor strongly of fiction, and would not be
credited were they not so well authenti
cated. Wine women, horses, faro and
general debauchery soon made a wreck f
that princely fortune, and in twenty
months Johnny Steele squandered two
millions of dollars. Hon. John Morrissey,
M. C, "went through" him at faro to the
amount of 100,000 in two nights; ho
bought high-priced turnouts, and after
driving tnem an hour or two gave them
away ; equipped a large minstrel troupe
and presented each member with a dia
mond pin and ring, and kept about him
besides, two or three men who were rob
bing him day after day. lie is now filling
tne honorable position of doorkeeper for
Skiff &; Gaylord s minstrels, the company
he organized, and is, to use a very expres
sive but not strictly classical phrase,
completely "played out."
The wealth obtained by those who
woiked so assiduously to effect Steele's
ruin gave little permanent benefit to its
possessors. The person most brazen and
chiefly instrumental in bringing about the
present state of affairs was the notorious
Seth Slocum, who hung around Oil (?ity
several weeks last summer. He was
worth at one time over 100,000, which
he had "captured" from Steele and laid
aside for a rainy day, but when the latter's
money vanished, this amount soon took
unto itself wings, and he is at present
known among his old associates as a "dead
beat." At last accounts, Slocum was
incarcerated in the jail of a neighboring
county for various breaches of the peace,
and was unable to obtain bail in the eam
of 500.
-A Washington correspondent tells a
story of a Congressman who asked another
the name of a book the latter had under
his arm. "Rousseau's Confessions," was
the reply. "Confessions ! What did the
d d fool confess for ? The House passed
a vote of censure on him, and could do
no more." "Oh, that ain't the Rousseau.
This is a man that lived in France a
hundred years ago, or more. Haven't
you ever heard of him ?" "No. I thought
you meant the fellow from Kentucky."
If the inquisitive Congressman continues
to keep as well posted, he will probably
think that Johnson's "Rambler" means
either our President's stumping tour laat
fall or his last veto message, which com
mences at the District of Columbia and
goes all over the United States.
The Meaiphis Post says : "Th
great philosopher, the immortal J. N.,
sometimes meets landlord who bring the
'pressure' upon him. He tells of one who
gently reminded him that his bill was
three dollars,
of his ' being
ii'rreeu to tnrow oil one-nan. ioe lm
mortal' promptly 'lifted the veil' by assu
ring the landlord that he could not bo
outdoae in generosity, and that he would
meet him half way aud thvow off tho
ether half, aryl call the bill square !"
but out of consideration
'a martyr to the truth,
Baron Adolphi Charles de Koths-
child, who presided ovj?. the Naples
ranch of .- " 'VjchiMs' banking- firDJ,
ba Tct:-d r ' It lx.e53 with a lot tun
of 10,000,00!?. 4
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