M'Kean County Democrat. (Smethport, M'Kean County, Pa.) 1858-186?, May 17, 1860, Image 1
. , . ~......,. . ...-,.....‘ ~ . .. , .. . , . :.• . . . , • . . . . . .. . , ..,. .. . . , . , . , .. , ... , ... , . . .. . . .' ' ~ *VOL: 3. ifEtietut ionitth Elcitturat. PUBLISIIED.EVERY TIEURSDNY 13y J. BAWIATT, SSIETHPORT, WE:CAN COUNTY, PA o(inNkip. OF rublao TE 4 RISiS &i 60, in Advanco Rates of. Advertising. Uolumn one year, six violate; - •One square an lines or less, 1 insertions, Ruh subsequent ...... • . 'llusinesS (lards, with papnr, - • • 6 00 . Rule or figure work will he dotitio tlio - .above ' rates. • Twelyelinew DrOier typo, or' eight lines rated a sqUaro... . • , • Tlil!:BlliTertris h o strictly aillterea 1.0..,a1 . . Buointss ,Mirectorp. .. . • . . Survoyor,..DrAft.smAn Cnncepncer, and . .1:IQa1 Agent. StlitatiportoPlican cotiPtY , • '• B. T. WRIGHT, WhbleAllo livid Retail Dealer in T'amily• Groceilem;.Pork. • Flour,' Silt, "Feed; anitSbnen, &e &p.:. Store. - 11 i the . Mtor.llouse "Hock:, Sniettiport pa. •. • • ' A. N. TAYT..ORi. . llo;t1or Onodß, roeortns, Pork, Floor. Salt; POI Clothing; Boots ant. :Moen. Sulethport, - ; . • • • . WILLIAM WILKIN • * ' - Practical &c,, Port. Alleglkoby, • . J: 14,'.BROWN, . SUAVEYOR, DltArr,slll.N. CONr.EXANTER an;.llteal .. .EstatQ Avut. Onice renn'a • • • Chapin & " ' . Ridgway, "Pa Eliqinas Strutdiurl, ' • • Warren,..Ps W. S. lirowtnli,.• Esq., Sinellisiirt, Paella Vista. Pa . • • ..". CARVER • 110.11 SE, ' • . JOITX 11. MM. Proprietor, corher of Water and Hickory Stredt4, WtheU, - General Stago Clll7OO. • . • . • - -FOBES • . . . .Prontin,c .tlic Public ,Square; Oliian;•N.. Y. .TAIiERII. , Pubes Musa is ontirelynCw ' , awl built olibriclt, and, is f tirniglied in modern •style. The proprietor,. fluters hirnolf that • his accomninda ,• , tio'ns are not .surpassed by tiny:hotel. hi-Western New YOrk. Carriagem run to and' from the New Vorlc. and • I..irio Rail Road.' • BYROIT D.. HAMLIN, . . ATTORSFir AT. L. AW; Smethport, Mtlillnn • County, Pas, ' Agent 'for • Messrs. Keatin;'&. C0 , 5....,;.1s . Att'en;ls especially to the Collection of Claims; Examination of . 1,:ml Titles- Paynient of Taxes, aunt ;11l husitiesa rein- . Um; to Iteal ' Estate. ,0111 co in Hamlin Block.. GREEN'S HOTEL . . . . . . 13„ A..Wmonr, Proprietor,—at'lCirywa; 'Warren comity. l'a.• •Ma Table will be 3upplied *with' lbo lbeAt.. the • country- afTords,,and ho spare no pains in aceonnnlnting his guests. • • • . . • . . • . , • • • E: DOUGHTON ELDRED,. • . , . . . Attorney ant Counsellor at Liar, ,Inetltport, M' can . County, PA. lluainess• entrusted to his ca're for the entinties bf Wliean, Potter and Elk will be protilptly. • . attenied. to 011ie° In tho CoUrt.ll.ou9n,..settoint floor. DA. L'. IL WpNER, • Physician and. Stirgeop,. Smetliport, Po, will attend .to, .• all nrofesaional calls with itromptness.• • Office iu dart' .well Block, scconnloor. - - • 1,. " . TILING & MILER, Wholesale and Retal Dealers 'in. gaple and Saucy Dry Goode,diarpeting, Ready Made' Clothing, and General Ptirniabing Goods, Boob, and,Shoes,'Wall 'and, 15'indon• raper, Looking Melees &e... At Olean,'N, Y.. , BENNETT HOUSE, . . Smotliport,-111 , Kean Co., Pa: D. R. 6 ITS ETT I' Or r 1 0 • tor—oppwato tho Court Douse.. A new, largo, ocim modiuus and wdll•Nraishod.houso.. JOHN, c. BAcOs,. . . . . Attorney,and Crouusellor at Law, Sinethport,lll - Kean Oo '. Pi t . •Will att,enil to allbashiesg in hi; profeshion'in the' .counties of'M'Rean, Potterttaa Slit'. Office 00 er (.....K • Satter°ll &A:l:others , Store..:' .., .- , ' ' . • ~ lIAOKNEY HOUSE, . earobr oiSecap.l ant Liberty streebi; Warre,i Pa— It: A: nA....-propii.A.r... - 1r.,06., wilt. runt g 9114 coutmodationq and rear;onable eltargeq. E. S.: MASON, . . Renlor in Storeq, Tin *are, jniinaneil Ware, iVe., west oblo .01 ilid • Plailie. SquoreV Sioetlipn it. lit: thisOin 'ir•pric anti to order on the shortoni, nntien, and in the ningt - snlistantial manner. ,• . „ . , . W. S. BROWNELL, .. , .. . . Denier in Do; (MOH. Groceries , (lrorkerv, Hardware, - Boots, Shoes, Illat.9,Caps,Gin.4B,'N , lll3, Oils, &e., &G. • East side of the PUblid Square, Smetliport, l'a: • ; . . . A. J. OTTO, . . . . , • Dealer. In Previsions an.l.Faunly Groceries eenerally;At Farmers: Valley,'M'Kean 00., PA. - Crain,• Lumber, Shingles," &C.,. taken in exchange for tiontlib , Patent • Medicines Ter sale.: ' .. - ' . • ' '-' ' • . . - 13 ACKUS Onneral,. , Dealera. in Dry . 'Clow's, 'Orneorien, Crnelcnry%, ." andy-M ado Clothiuz, Bonin:6 , la Shoes, Bats find C,ips, kn., oppdnito.tho'Court ,I.lpue, Sine llipnrtra. • • . . .. • , . • LARLLBEE'S HOTEL .. • •. . . . . 'P.A. VI. Ul6 6 , Protri i i , t%.3-Allegliony Prilgo, M'H ., ,in, ..Tbio 11 lien ... do , Pa: 'm *Maimed About Vino uillou from Sinotlipoit On Lilo 'oa to Olean, awl will boTounil a -,- 'c'Ouvoniont stopplai-plade :- .• .. • L . . . . . Era . P 011.11 T. Itt 11011 SE, ' • " ~ 43111Tipcn, )I , Kali A : 00., Pa., .N: I.:' DYKE, Piliiiriotpr A c0,m1u.110113 ttitt well-I'traistie.l. limo°, • Sti.atip ,. s - and Ltavelerapvill Mid gould.ccommodatinivs., Ft4EXERS' . :VALLEY HOTEL, . Ity'T: This hi m Re ei tented abdet e -f rom SMittb port fin the real to Olemi. mom re partfee • and ethefleadhe Weep mmodated on' the sherteet et ice. ELDRED 'HALF-WAY ROUSE, . . . NATiI.II: MONIS, Proprietor. • .This bongo pieltuated :,way between Bmothport and Olean:. if you4aut a good . dinner thin ie the place te'etop.„ • . (iItoRDIS CORWIN, Proprietor of the GriatMill...at Meellanieeburg. Me . .• - Kum) County Pa.• rdour. • /if eati , and Feed ;constantl , • on'hand and for sale;ln large awl - small (plantlike. PORT ALLEGANY HOUSE, • . . . . ..., _ . • , ..1.1900n n..ft/or,r.er,- Proprietor, at.Porl Allegany, Me- Kean County, Pa. This Hetet issituated at the. juin:- . Una nr the Smothport and Allegany River toads, nine. miles east of Smethnort. - - - - ' :i ', . . - ' ::ASTOR - : HOUSE., .. • *SIIIETIIIPORT, III'KEAN - CO., Wes. — .'HASKELt : • Prbprietor. The Prohrleter having . : recently perchnsed nett tifoi•- oettlily relltteit the Aitor Ilatterkt himself that he the turniglick goal necommottatioue as any hotul, West ern Petingyfrink. • WA , NTT.ID, ' 5 rkmONs OLD OAST IRON In .exeliAn g e frit. work', '.nt - SMETUPORT FURNACE. • 11111: peat Tua In , town at Alai • •• • • • . , AS PO. II 0 TJSE STQItM YEW oLviosoflloßts citot Shoes to giro etwAy it • L .. ill, b.i LIWILT?I3 r uuBllg,LSof Dried utoro and rft r .0u by 'au • : • .13. F. YRIGUT • . . A. MYSTERIOUS LODGER. R litlSS In San Francisco LoaCaplet, a room in n'twostory,frame baildinton Stockton itrect.: In the irouse were perhaps half. a dozen:ledgers more ;As I 'seldom; Asited 'my ro . orri daring the daY, and invaria b ly reflredat twelve .o'clock, i .rarely: met any of my neighborscir if "I did itWas..with , ant . knewing . ftheni. With . two of fellOw,ladger4 be came :partially acquainted. One was a lmiddle-agad man, rie . cupying a. room adjoining . mine, arid- divided from it by a thin partition.' . Against that thin .boundery'atood our.heds—themidd,le-.agerl-gen . 7 !lemon's and mine—notAcrexceed 'three, inches apart. The middle aged.gcntleman was. Wed : : dad to the • habit 1.9 f "snoring.,' And 'llia . was a pectiliarshOfe ;,.not. 4..porliodical.nntirmur,, • • • •$l5 (10 •• • 20 00 • • 1400 '2OOO 1200: 'company ing evetylourth .or fifth: inspiration; but a terrific and uninterrupted ..CoMhination of snorts, groans'and snuffles, - with ihe uildition of teeth,grinding, and - occasionally plunging of the extremities against-the creaking, foot-board.-- FOr week.l6ore up' 'against the .clatter.— Atlength, one.night,"l knocked..at:his. door,T was desperate. struck: a light, and tor the Gestitime we' met.- I had prepared.m} 7 self to 'deluge him' with sarcasm—to abuse. him With billingsgate—to sink,hirry with abuse:,— His face was.so round and and .. his head •so entirely destitate'of hair',. that I :Could :riot summon courage to utter a 'harsh word. For ri 'moment, We 'Peered silently . into each others "Can ,I do anythinglor'you ?" I inquired 'Smith, for that was. his puma, • must t haVe reatlliny thoughts-inest have. known that-lie! . snored—must have been aware cittho Object'of my visit—for lie smilingly . "Yes my friend, join•me - in 3 glass of brandy and I,Vaterl have •a, few of sornething . •genelne. tim• to.insist,",he continued . observing, my hesit'ation'; q‘you will sleep all the better for it ;•" and be "gave me a ibok, swelling Over with cimini3eration: ~I.Meekly followed him to the side-hoard, and we pledged each . o.ther.iti a „glasi of ancient viotage.;• He . then preised me to Smoke. a 'el . - .ar.. Leonid scarcely do less. '-.. Sitting on the' side. of .the bed, With his —re tend, visage peeiiing through a gauze of Smoke and his fat legs swinging good natuiedly;,Smith. was a pie:tyre... 'roge'ther . we 'would have . af forded an'amusing sketch for.. Punch." He talked inceSsantlY,' and , :before' Heft him,, we touched glasses :several times, and I firmly': resolved that'he might snore night and day,'for. a' year to come; "'and' I 'mould not ..disturb him'. I . . wrung his hand in an ecsticy of friendSliip . ;and badehith an affectionate .good' night. !Anti in bed, hut tried in vaM to sleep. : 'Smith's brandy.was plaYing strange' tricks' with. my fancy, and.:L felt as, thetigh something,. was wh ist)ering,tis to . ggAjacbeth," c‘Sleep nornoral' , Llit a candle and' foundit. was two . .o'cloelc.-: frfitated. at , my' 'wakefulness, J • drew 'on' my .clothes, and:Was soonititliestfeet:„ theirloon rode high iti the heavens, and' the night'. was beautiful as a :poet's .dream. ..Strolling [thing ,thestreet as fay as'ClaY; I sath*nly turned. the cornet-and . encountered a crowd of .half diunk en. rowdies, standing in front: housel.hey, had -. either just left or were. nhout to.enter, ihe : actof,retracing,my step;; I heard some one ex : flail - if; 'in a boyish tone:; • • • . . . to-night, gentlemen ; some Om: time; tut not to.niglit pleitse excuse -Me." The speaker, in phssirg Moog. the street,'hed been stopped . Py- some rOwdies, nod invited-to • ii!itolkir • of voices L tYou Inostpomeio lho scratch, eithef-dri4 .- . --- "But; 'eentlemen, • I cannot;" iasksteci.. tliC stranger, struggling to rico IMOseff from the grasp of Ills persecutors, "I . cap: iieillier:thiilli nir fight to-night. lam not Avoll." • ' : -, <Gqitirilon!" growled I.lip : pnfty, attempting o forde him into the house, •. ' • • I felt that, ps a eonserVative,oPthe peace and chOmpion of society, it was my duty to in terfer. - Smiths brandy, told Me 'so, 'and 'fur nished the nerve, in addition, to . carry Mit the re:sofution. 'Stalking quietly . in upon theerowd, Fluid toy hand'on the boy's shoulder, and 're quested-him to felloir ine,: He tnrned.to Com whon 4 4GiVe him-one)", yelledorie of the rowdies, and the next.moment I . received• ii bloW in the 'back. of the necit, and found myself leanr . against the, side of•it-heuse. I Was 'not stnimed;'-lint. exsasperated, beyond measure.— The .liquor of my bald: headed felloW-lodger steeled tnY.tierves:to action; and I threw my self into a position of defense: Not • doubting my perfect, ability to scattier that crowd over nn acre of ground, I invited :the.- unemial test. The appertiance •of a poliCeman . spared . the Impending'. slaughter, for. t he . Party • staldert left•the fictd crirepaninn informed the officer 'pr. what had pectin ed, and he started:in, pursuit' of 'the retreating rowdies',. enjeining us to find-the way. to-oar lodgiogs-.' Taking the arm of tbe lad `weproceeded toward my room. Ile was a Pale7faced;interesting7lo9king. young' man' of.Perhans . eighteen or nineteen yetirs", re-' markablY well bred anT : •intelligent. woe dreSsed in 'gOodtaites'withontaffecting..any of the. aifs'.df Maturer years;* and I was quite taken with ' He told too his n,athe seas, Riehaid Jansen that he was alone in .Califor-. Ma k but not without memo ; that he lived on . . . . • .. . . . . . . . , '...'' '•,• ' ' . •, . .. C • " • , . . • ,'...::.'.••,: . . ..... . ~ ~ . •• •:, • , . , .. , .. • ••.:' . .. .. . .. „. •.• ~. . •, . .. .. .- . .. . , . . ~... . . • . . . . , .. . . .111,1-p7.`,HP.c0rt.T.4:,.:.M,'„1i..4.N: 0tTN'',,r.V,.':E34;,.,..y11ivRp.:A:y.,.:..:.11.1:8r...1...7.,...i):,5G.Q... Stockton. itreet, and, Visitin - Wriend that ring had been detained to that unusual In a few riMine . irts--We - arrived at my. icidging, and, observing that he, evinced-little . inclination to part with me;l.-invited him to accept ti-port tion:of my bed for; the might ,lle. smilingly Diva ; ,and - learned - .ter; the first time,' .that ke:(;ccu'pied a room in the - sarne.liquse and. on .the same [)poor with . rnyielt; -became acquainted with' two of rily:felloW-lodzers.. - .. : ....Tasen and mysel . l - ciften mit - fter:that, -. ...biit . it WasalWays.in street'or-on.the stairway. He never invited the - to his'-'room, qr:accepted an invitation to Mine. ' He Visited me - butnnee et my. office, and titen- - renirtinek less than Jive Minutes, .How, he linent- hia time . did -.not id- ,quire... 1 1 .6 was a inYs!ery . .. "1 -spoke .of him to Smith 'One,day. Strange Yto- say, that :gentle . Irian had never - seentilt ? but fronimy i , ..desCrip- Oen of him ventured opinion was a gambler orgeufeei.picknocket. f. was . rellictabtly.forcektO the conclusion . that. Smith waa.right; 'and, a (ter that.l treated :the young 'mai? With, unusual' coldness: 114 ohseri , edthe chang his look' wore a reproach so sorrow tut that.. I half repented having . harbored the. -suspicion of My . verlerable looking frhind, who was fearfully averse to all my. niysterir;s. Occasion called.rne to my room, one eyening, at anearlier Irour: thari usital. I heard - a soft rap at m.y door, and .opening it ,'found Jansen standinginthe entry. ."Came in,, Jansen,'.? eirdaimed,,throwing • • , Wonld..Yeu not -taking n inquired • '‘ , ..The night is - beautiful.", indieire dot,.to•night,u I replied ; other time.". I .Was a little piqued that he' perSist remaining.out side of the d00r . .. . n , ,, lfshould lie much.plc:ased.l6.-raye you,' he "rejoined: "I'' have a few words to. day to you, in justice to myself, and— ~:"Enough,"l interrupted.: . felt assareg:he.deaiSeq to,tell.me something. of himself, and .1 . Was'all'..rin.xlety to bear. ft.. It was unpleasant .'to think bim.a p.ielcpaeket or sharper, and I lioPed..lie might ho able ,to proVe tome that.he was neither. • We left the,bour and proc'oe'Lledalong Stock• . . tan Street toward' Happy Valley: :For ten min• utes not . a word was Eroken:.- Several tirfins he seemed nn . ‘ t nrspeakinty..,.hut h'e as at . - ten' checked.liimselfi ••-. ~*. . . , tUnless..lmay call . you 0ne, . 1 baye not friend.in he at length began, pla, tins his band upon my: shoulder, I. ho,Nyed - but Made no : • • ••• : • c. , YOu do not speak," be coatimied,Obs'erving, my silence , cf.l aMte..naclerstand I presume, that. yoti are not to he made an exception," ‘yrobe:frang with. you, Jensen," I. 'replied, acertain mystery about your .move mentscalctilatedio•giye rise to suSPlciOns any thing hut faYorable:." • 6, 0 f what .nature ? .inquired my companion "That yolk are n. gamblpf, pr , eyed worje. bluntly repliadf . . . He smiled as' he rpplie4.l . : '. Yes, yam, I sc.(' yet . the susiiicie.n\yrongs , ccAtake*-it appear so," laliswered;.(4antl•yol • shall not want a friend.'? :'Promise that you :Will not diculge.'what yett„.ithettcuipt by word. or act too r thWart Me th-tithocentriplishmeat of a purpose to which Lhave'pledged thy goul.,?' he sai , r; lookthit: me earnestly in-the face, "and you shall have the )roof you require." "If yo . nr.pn , Pose is not criminiil,-Ifulitnie if. otherwise, keep your secret," ‘i'as my -ans. '''Ti. wliat You Woel.d . do, or any other man 'orthy of- the. airie," -•• .:• ' ;“Then prorniSe; hire , is:tny hand." i'Listeni" he resumed, taking 'my orm, and walking slowly "Lhave were . bO ern.G . eorgist,andonr Parent's were pOsseesors of a. hundred slaYes'dnd a plantation large enough. to .give all ennployment.; age'ef sixteen,myslSter.hecame a convert, du ring .a religions revival, and six mouths after, inthe faCe of the determined.opposition of mY mother, ran away with and marrfedayOung preacher, to whose eloquence the retinal , owed its origin. , My sister did' not love the 4er feelingS for bim'weie2a religious enthusi-: asm—n.fancy wionght: upon. by 'an unnatural infatuation. Learning they. were married, my gObdpetherSent•for them, and they returned to receive.her. blessing. The plantation was placed in'..aarge . .of my sister's husband, and he: relimmished,the : Ire 'frequently Vii‘ited . NeWOrienns, mid - other of the hirge.SOut Southern cities daring the first yeat' i ofhis,triarriage, btll the circumstrinceS'excited no suspicion. To he britfi, before two years . elapSed,. the large estate : left bY our father swept - from us,.and . we,Were almOst bankrupt. 41e bad in duced my mother. to niortgage: the, plantation, with' the view; he said, of •purchosing mere ne '_roes to:work it, but the 'Money' Was Munn . - derdd, and the. 'sieve's we hal: Were . secretly sold by fives and tens n dozen reniainpd.' When : asked to ex:plain by mother, he had no excuse to offer:: In;the midst of this . greatirief, another wife . of alithew- . -t hat . was . 'the.yillnin'a name- 7 -suddenly. made her appeer T apee at' the plaritation.' Learning the residene of her htisbantl, but knOvVing nothing'. of his second marriage, slie had left sMith,.'carelina te Incethini.. My poor sister was' heart-broken. Mayhew, to escape :proSectit ion, fled. from 'the Statti. Ills first, nik eras sent' to the mad- 114468e:01nd . in three. months nei'peor old Mother was tiid in the churchyard; liy sister : 4lA I will'.not,Srieak• 'Turning the Wreck Or, enr.pferierty:into MEMO - I started pursuit of the sconiidreLWho had dealt ,such' . ha . vlick With . our Sitites }with' my . mission. of . .vengeance . ..uniccomOielied . , :One your ago, .by .accident, I. learned...that Ite.*es iii Caliifornia: . "As . soon as I .repoyeredfrorn:n seriens'..illenss under which'l was .laboring;l took' .-pasiage for • this. ; State:. I arrived, , six. months Ago: tioii.here', for .I . haim seen! bine; end he.cannot escape me now! : • cyon . iii this Oty . ,: bet little . dreams that ;:the is shotted'to..send him .to . -the great reckoning.--= haire Made- few .aegnaintances, 416 n ish to implicate work of blend he.mine List • night I fol towed him frimi' the El Dorado,-Wherehe'sponds most of his time, house en . ,fowell.street. He has 6sitetr . ii frequently of rind' Ici•day I ascertained that hiinddresses to a widoW lady or. Wealth residinglt Tint he will'not mart . }-,her, .ter . ..andther\ Wnek shall not sec: him• alive i knOW all: •'11!ile one friend Fn California . :To.see.so tio .tniieb ildtermtna- . tiOn, So'rintebmanlinod exhibited by 'a - beard : less boy, surprised .me' . ond Offered theliravelittle . fellow my hand, rind lie felt that •he was silence we re , turned , tojansen. 1 • goo , night, 1 %stepped , into. Smith's 'men? `for ment,. I found :the . oldnentleMlM somewhat' agitated.. Ile had Tort n valitafile din mond, pin, 1114 day,, and freely intimated that the "sleek young . -cuss,'? as he - denoininated Jansen, had stolenit. I so . strenuously,ernidavored to ills: eipate l the iMpiession, that I verily. belietie 'he felt inclined to transfer the odium of the ; .snp. posed. I heft 'to . me.. that ,night.. Smithe'snered louder than. usual. .• • ', Three day's after'l Met . JanSetiln. the'street, and learned that..hehad taken rooms on Powell street.. ;I did not inquire. the reason—l thought 1 knew it.. The next.day 1. met him.agein.— His:face was unusually pale, Yet he said lie ...11 . 61 not felt better ,for years. ."There , is, to he a tvedding.onpowell street' to:morrow ';.,nt:leait, so Mayhew says, but there Wilt bu,no hride groom .Doyoa . Understa . nd Ph He Placed hiS finger . significantly. and We ilepaia: . • . At eight q'clock the next evening,. as Isaac Mayhew Was mounting the , itepspc the house to: Which Jansen .had - traced him, six: days be fore, a pistol ball Tierce& his.heart; and Ls fell, dead upon thepaVetrient t Soitiennacennntahle 'inflaenee had• draWn .me to .the .neighborhoeul; and healing: the .report .ofa . pistol, Jansen's words'flaShed-thic;it,glt niy and I stalled with..a . dozenOth'eis, in the direction of the tragedy. Beforel erriVed On the epot. quite a crowd . hadcidleatid: Of...Mayheiv 'was lying:upon..the sidewalk'. and Over . it,' in speechlesSagon'y Stood thewidoW whowas . .to' have been a bride; .. .• ' ia , w. this 7" inquired ' h_policetnan . .:g4l heaid the' report 8r- a" pistol,!' .said; 'one o the crinva;4candy:tt'lnintite after, 'saw man enter that, honse'yonder," and he. pointed to a giall frame huildini on. the'opposite side of Ihe In.an instani. the:nflicer„ll;llol,l:ed Cited.spectiters;'Startedfor.the house.. 'Spring tug, theougl the eriw6l,lreached the iideiif,the policeman,' and as he knocked. atthe door J .was at I felt that Jansen•wae :theie; -The- door: was . •guietly. opened; and a: well dressed Indy calirilfifinaired•the abject ,cit .the “We.ardlooking- fora man:Who, a few min..' tiles since,comtnitted murder across the street,'' said theofficer. -- • . : • expect to find him in miiroom,' sir'?” returned the' lady. • , “No;madam," replied the, poiicennani rather politely . for. One, (if his .. calling ;:4(but J . will glance,-through - your anartment, .therely as a Matter of form . , heforeProceeding to the other portions-of the house." . . • The officer entered, I closely. follswin t.= While he Was examining the room; i for the 'first time obtained' a fair ...view •of:the face. .Involnotarily; I' threw...up . my hands hi amazement.. She detected the movement, end,l gnich. as thought, placed,.ker finger. on tier lips'. •In: a moment =I 'Comprehended: all. ; Richard .Tonsen stood b.?fore me. No—Richard no long .er, now that she had slain t he destroyer'of her penee, but Martha Jansen,. my .former, lodger. Heavens, what a discovery;, Andlor Melo nave been so confoundedlY blind; too-:•- but•no. matter. The policeman searched the house, but did not find the murderer. The next day I. met Martha_on . MOntgoinery street. : She' smiled and.boWed, And l'eonfese.l thought her:an' exceedingly pretty woman... A• week after she quietly left the State for Georgiaovhere she 'is noiv residing. 'After. the spiting 'Of . the Steamet . l 'received a note Through the post Office froMMarthai- She explained all; and thanked - me for the. assistance I had 'reit ! . dived her, and the kindness 'shown to berina aginarytwin-brother,'lßiChard.- • 'When 'informed Smith.;as I did one evening,. that the "sleek young:. 'cuis'.' • :,.:whom he had viewed • with so much suspicion. wade ss 01 79 41 „. he waited for me'. to , repeat the assertion; and then checkediduiseli in the, act of' callhig'ma a liar: . The:news excited Smith, and he Went ....e . ..........1 ..'. . ' ' • • .'' . ' " ..- . " '• ' :'' ..0 , . ' . .t '. ill ' 1 1 1,11: . 1.: , . , .....••• ~l ..,.• 4 , . -....',:':...'• '', , ''' ' ''' , : e . ,-,:.,': ''...,',':.:-: '.::.. ."'':': ::,... , '., ''' N lll i f il r'' 3'l.: . '''- e :; :. 4 4: i D ....., ..: ~., ~ ~,,._ _., ....,.,...,... ....,.,..,..„ . . . .. „ .. ~„...„.......,.., ..,.,,,,, ~.... ...........,...., ..... ~..„ ....,,.., , r...,......,..„,,,........„,...„,„,.. ~.,..„,,,..0.."4„ ... ~.. ... ....f.:...„,.. \ .„....,..: .....,......:...._ .„,,,..:....,.„,..,.; ~f...:.,..,„,f.....„. ~.,,,,„„,.,....,:.,. .. ,... to bell drofilc'that wght, - and scored .as.he never onoreflliecnre.: iiiw . efiqen'i he:. third' Wife Of Mayhew etipliirs.in San rruncirico .. Shc' .s we married 'ftogfirit 1 : ., met her 4n . .tho, 'ftreeta few eight. 'of Lef.face . lilio..iq . ht,4c . ..iriinalhohreSilerit-1 bOVe . reh4ed: littlo•stOryi per,' Imps; .Itlit I:64 , feeili'for the:Orfit time;', not; b ecome the w its of yheriv,..the-i)ig'itn.iisf. Prompt Punishment 11 , ,0 Pd l o.lts l, 4 ,o l)er give.an 'account, of • hit. of snobbery in which the . new Earl of Dit.llo - Y. vt.as, concerned', that Was properlY and promptly punished:. Thardistinguished gentletnan—dis: tinimished.by : liis title • onlir—ort:Comin . into the Earldom, a tat', days ago, was the 'qv c Of . 'so 'Mitch joy to the Dudley t heY.oltered .him himthipret in Junior : Or hub u' • eeoshu. Ea O well S. eau as , common people hence, ..Earl Dud' ey, Pramfdly accepted ' t he; in.; .Vitation te...the '-gorge.; and the . preparatletts therefore were "thadebn.,a Beale' commensurate with the diknitY. nil . importance . of . the • ocen.. - ihm.e.'.,Airiong others invited were half a dozen sprigs of y 'ml,.o . f:cciprs6, an 'speeches' vt4re . to be made, a, law reporters.. For 'those last the landlady Wes . directed to...mako. , sepn . - .rate ptoVisien, d,oWlystairai.nt alitbhOtyl hem serves.,- with mil ruct ion hat therbe.;admitted. loathe'beitqueting'rooiri after. the lenSt .was Over and Opeeches:wore.to•begia. 'The re... Porters; who like a great majority of the•tnetry hers their profession, Avere".gentteMoti' education and self:respect, refused.that hospitality, ordered 'their own . dinner, end - dis error!!! it.at leisure.Wheii:nt thou:table; coffee 'was 'in . .ortier; down nme a meson ke front the .hanquetine , . room, that lily Lord ems spout to opeak;' The' reporters Sipped their cone morn daintily then ever,. end paid. tip' 'attention' to the. hint.. Semi another Cairo entreating" Otero to go up;'hut boi:*ats.'infoOne - d, hut they 'were heither cabmen. nor flutikies,that they hail their dinner; - pnid for it, and . were 'to:ga 'hOme.. Dty :.lard'...s . opheeli . was not taken down, ~. . . hr's Itairr.-- . -AS en' :illustratio. of the' fact, weheartia'gnod story, the other day, of an eminent railroad 'man, atr wallas political manager, Who" s . rather . 'addicted to . prbfarity on' any and all occasions, whether. In buying or Selling' a. cargo. - Of grain, in• a convention of railroad managers, or political %yire.pollers..,. Our 'railroad — friend in walliing'•dowir , Wall street one day, in:company with. a . venerable and devatadmomber . of the 130ard.olltrOkerit.= snit who kept hie large pew.in Trinity, atteh&. ed thO ccsrated . prearbings of the gospel"' :real:- lady, and who,:on thewaS .religh';usly . inclined, bat.. not so ~much Ahat.,ine.: contd not drive a - good bargainiatnong I.ll6 . butlatmtlirears on' week rlays,•%Vhen cony:ere:o,ton - took ,u heavenward tOrn, ' fieeturing our railroad flirt. eii.ontheirrunorrility of the habit olswearing influence in the Moan;, when coming from one:bolding .so prominent:a pt”ition, begged : et him totryand leave it Off. The good natured, jolly railroad man: liatened. attentively to' the good advice,.ackowletlard'its force, meditating by whistling ahing-ridibingrhis pose; toridrig. his .venerable lecturei and'itaid : You'pray a good, tl - 6 . l, , nrid ' l_ swear finMe ; • but don't 'either °fits-Mean anything.'? H It kits. long: • he "n ved .11" nie t lical '1:17 . 4(ns that death is preceded by•ioslinity.,. this re niluds us of a case :Which. occhred nonnryintis ago,, in' a .:Philadelphin • court; ,where a pretty yOong t wiftdOw . was in .dangpr.of, t we-. thirds of her' lislunnpa, •es,tnt'e; t r irOanded - their 'claim on the 'ali"eged.loSanity of the defunct.... It tney- be Its well to .preinise -too th . t nlbo'gallant , at tr.e presidlog judge was not only conviiiial b . “What .were, your husband ' s' .words . . 'inquired the attorney:. • . • ..•. The pietty widow. hlushed 'and look- , ing down, replied; • . , •• •- 44I'd rapier nottell •.. . . )'(U mitgt, madam:: Your claim may he decided ' ,blu.hinit. the willOw ileclifiell•te At hat 'a direct, appeal from the bench dlict ed the . . . ~ I lie said kiss inn P011y . ,. and open that other botttent champagne." .• • • - . . . „ IVO !inn w not whelber it Was ,U(lmirstion for the.d447eaced husband, nr.. the living wife, that inspired :be .judgg•at.. that instant, Jtt- at one - e erred, with all .the enthusiasm of cOpyic, liOn,:tiBonsjble to the.ll.lst.”. • s.tmenas.—tvery 1711111 . moat RatiPlll.lntillfr his time. tie must wait: Not in listles. iillenees„nor tiaeless pastime, not ipternloas. dejectiOn, but in constant, Steady, •• cheerful 'erkleaimr,ialways: rind' :accomplishing his task, that when the occasion (mines he may be ' rgnal to 'the, occasion.".. The tallent of succesii is 'nothing riiiire than Oning what you can . do Well, .without a thought of fame: If it comes et all; Irwin ChrriC , beeattse it iS deserved, not because it.is sought after. ". It , is * . a• 'very. indisere.et..nrid troublesome ambition which..cards' so"trinch about tame, about' . what . the,WOrlit.says of . 'us,' to be a] ways looking *in the ea *Of .athers: for approval," to be always anxious about the effect. of what we rio , or . say, .to.'be always ahoufina to hear the 'echoee . of our own coikes. —Long/dire. ,st; TIIV; FIRST. VElE.—, , Whrn Noah, planted the Pest vine and rf,tired, Satan approached . , nod 'said, "I will naurish _you ,charming quickly brought - three animals—a: sheep, a liorr, Paul killed: them one after ~snother. near Ole vinp. : The :Virtues : or . thr. blobtlof these threa'aiiiinals penetrated it, and are, still manifest in itsgraWth....'.Whan a man, drinks a goblet,' he is thee egreeable, gentle, end friendly :.that lathe-nature of , the. lamb. When he drinks two goblets, be is like a lion, mid says,,OVhols.like He . .thert tulks , of stupendous thines: But. m hen lie.'drinks sen.es.fersake liirn,.and vrtillo*,a in 'the mire like.a hog. .. • , little ' Aunt wan. - trying,;persuade to ;persuade to 'retiie'at iond,own, nsinq.'ae.an ergo ~,e „ t i t in t the little chickens. .itocott'oi I lint time gyev,t). :said ben nlWhys AkintyArieii no, Inure orponditts • • Blosoa's - 13nrial - and:Giarc o ,,, ' " A !HI ho buried. h fr•yalleyop. tlpt. fapl `Moab; (Ivor_ a gitipst. IS : Ist: no' inih: k npwet h is Sepulchre, unto thie';dey?f-~r Duel, amtv tcNo man knowe!h.ni leis sepulchre P„... * Fhen; the warrior dies„ his gonartideie with ;Matto& drums and reversed arms,. tell of banners won, ~e rid•-•.rehearse4ls ' deethr. • Amid the firit.and , .Moit henored,Olk , the . ' land—satrei :end ststieriteM r - theyASY: • him to rest, where eoatly niorotrienti of bronr.e, nod inn rlilo smeak.to a.VrokKor, departid4rept; - nem. Du( Moses;. ; the' man of , tichliihe braitesv wnrrior; the. most trethrer:,seite,,the,:.inoPired pont, end'the:grentest. philOsoPhert ever, earth knew, sleeps in ti.nemelese,oo. •'.. c , ,By lonely:mon:46lN- , On this aide Jorden's'vilaves:'?,.!•..-,..—,..:.;',' . „ , . his very • tillth;';:itti _f one of harilahin;4lrugile . .and , ,p.r qfiil - to becorrnithe heir Meekly drfelined thi honer' wciich Goal do signed sbmild, tin `tratnwed aaViour..;rit, bratuin's rhildreti.; - who, 'uride'r -, 00j:stalely: delivered tht‘ta - front their 'Eruel the tyrant's power l who patfentiy:' • listened - to the eokiirdaints end bard the-tepr r infehoi• or children or. israel,t' . blit*ho 'finally, _provoked • en:anger:at the', rock at Merihatii'.-inenitett limpieoe'tito . .of the I,ord,' and ,forftri:tetr'hiti"rin r `, trance into the nreinisinl lanid,"Whese fields and'pleatuinfrest had been.( he goal `of file bones, for more than' 'forty yeirs-::'-:thie, friend of God was permitted only to viewAhe:•litnifi' and ill'eti-called to: iota : lnlay urdrnovin Christian friend 'and mourner', do:you that your „ttotiltort . ,l, your eliild,.pr.„.your : "frienti; i .lien n an unknown:spot 7 - r7o you warm ',her' . .chase yon cannot my,rtlesonil ere °hove the unmarked gravi. :antr'srgh that nomiarbie.stlealca of the worth,' end ": giiidev'to ttig place" or the .tienatiOd '9 718 ? iflea Member thnt Fm. who. , favored no :other. has t [ol(ml...with . Coif, faro to et' the same timo . thegreatnit_and the meekest _man;' has; for ttionvniills of, years, lain Where man knowath not his sepulehre.--.--totrie. • •." Life uppnthe .Railroad, Cleveland 'fi4iinclealar gets off a. thrilling Railroad tuory; of whick .the 'following 'hi on eilVe were an. hour latn,'yot -as our, regular Fuelling time was :II miles an lour; i,t was ex , pectnil that,l was In`make iip dio lost h'our,:by running faster. 'lr. he wheels. kept the engine*ts 'bound to make , it..'The,..nlilif. was interisoly dark, and for the.'first fifty miles" .we did well; and made; up 2.0 minutes, - and ten minutes later would not have glitsiOcine farth ing for tife lives iikhoniiithat train I:Ye were upon a'heary grade with high; ; reiulienk ments,•and I 'yvaiigiving her , 120 ponndr; to:this sq. inch _; you may:he'eura that'vnith a sii . poit wheel, Wo were going at a .trdpierulmia speed. All at rane e we ‘dbicoverell but.` a'short distance alient] by: the flicker .of tbe, head. lights :the 'right ebow, of liaises, feet, twinkling,-ai the light glaneed upon them: • A' L covered bridge was justiahead, antrit had no fioor.• When I ffrat sew tliettk, whistled "Ssdown' brakesA— They jumped, Jteroughllse A rack,..hetween_ the 'ties, and.tbeir - wholebeidiee she tracki ihe,bridge wee werlrwone, with a span of .8 . 0 feet from. the creek: : below; I. saw stt, once our case was desperate, arid iiiiiejlOy whistlool kes," 'pulled the throttle-valve wide open, and resolved to strike them at fifty rniles per hour, for I knew..that was our'. last and only chatkce.'„sPrtitik, my.fireman,eawhosir things atOnd. • Poor ' belled been on- the road for along limo, but tiijoi was the trst.tirne he over knew fear, .'llfs4iscih Woe deadly pale ; he. cr o uched dolin in. the tender.ntriong she wood. . I knew that he, saw death.ithead..- • . • .. • As for try.elf - I tlionght. 'over' - all • trqt, past life in .& hash.; saw death approichlng with -lightning speed. . I shat . my.eyes, and witir..s thundering'roor we . *ere upon 'them...Jl .dt the old•engine-(juiver; and then a.- doll , grindini sound as (testi,: blood and bones vvere together, end for' a Ow Morneate I-knew •yoth. ins. . racoon came to '4 senseti. IYUY rase Was covered With blood and entrails, and Me whole engine was 'clogged•with gere and hair' flesh. We were yet thundering on.' I whistled 'dorsi; - brakes, and vi:e dapped orte milelrOrti the'SPC4: The engine kinked +like a hug'irieirut for more bilk:id, and:scraping -the-ground its. ponderous rime . ; Not' na'paSient4 nktloit trainrver knew bownear . s eternlty they. heel helm that night... Our grent,spead saved mt..— I never wish to Ve plaUed In tt „ Thefinest itleo srif thuntler,storm he Whim WiOkins came hoirio.tight. . 114 clime ietOlhr. room where Itio . wife end Annilit4re..werly just ,then - 'he tunable ovet: the ertplle and fell whop on the Aftei a *short time he rose •"W.ife, are yen hurt 7" •• • • ••• gepirle; ere }ion hurt 77 • ' teroilihle•ctep.tetieti't .ii 77 • 2' ("titian r;ii.—Tine.catira . ge hea to dn with .anger that there: lies alWayn the . ntrrontter suspicion against it. wher'elhis panahM ,. l6-high est; Trini.Courngels ennl,and . calm; the - bra vest et ke the hat of; a hrtttal:hullyiing insolence.and the Very time....nt danger.: jor , e) fount! the most serene, plfn?trispt santtf . tt'e.- 4 r. }lnge we kneW Makea . enword.lo'rtn.t self' and ifght•; .Intt.Whitt isdone ger can never be placed to onticcobtit. of coat= ejavorlianye $ tr es, thiit,a literivo+ repatittron time, ig like the ;walla_.br trowel `in Mirband for'ltlaiitoriti; . frienilO . —ao a sivoril in the other'fq.rainiteing A.:horrid old f, baOhOliir, c iriortkiiii : Its* (144' f*FitiioO*; o*Nii cOuld_ril:;0 1 1f of - V.O deal4k 11 .1,1(ere - we re' 6. o l , d6ok. 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