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.SUING MACHINES. MILL GEAR-,R0- s

and WAT ER WH EELS of ever?Ttion. IRON FENCING. PLOUGHSPLOUGH CASTINGS, and in fact allr of article manufactured in a first classin. Job Work of all kind attended tot.j and done cheaply.

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ft ever introduced to the public..levitg ourselves capable of performinpwiji our line in the most satisfactory

IB, and knoffinc that we can do work atPntucxs than have been charged in this

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A3Mfor Cambria County,'

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fttenining Pulleysor R fiStei;,,, j iua ujiivcuicui las- -

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ECFTHE JUSTLY CELEBRATED

- "ouoic-Geare- d

WWINB MACHINES,tor wnicn

lfiQE HUNTLEY,EXSBXJRC, PAm

1 n -- iria bounty.A 7AT CHANCEl'date y10? Goods from m.

fi iTEN rR CENT, offl&aillPiiddnJBC0Un- -

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MOXP ? ; convince your- -

CASH from

1870. Summer. 1870.I am now prepared to oiler

SUPERIOR INDUCEMENTSTO CASH PUnCIIASERS Of

Til. SEIIMEi & COFFER TOKITIIEK AT

WHOLESALE Oli RETAIL.

My stock consists in part of every variety ofTin, Sheet-Iro- n,

COTTER AND BRASS "WARES,ENAMKM.ED AST PLAIN

SAUCE-PAN- S. BOILERS &c ,COAL SHOVELS. MINE LAMP'S, OIL

CANS. IIOUSEFURNISHING HARD-WARE OF EVERY KIND.

Fpeai'a Anti-Du- st

HEATING and COOKING STOVES,EXCELSIOR COOKING STOVES.

NODLE, TRIUMPH and PARLOR COOK-ING STOVES,

And any Cooking Stove desired I will getwhen ordered at manufacturer's prices.Odd Stove Plates and Grates, &c, for re-

pairs, on hand for the Stoves I sell ; otherswill be ordered when wanted. Particular

attention given toSpouting, Valleys and Conductors,all of which will be made out of best mate-

rials and put up by competent workmen.

Lamp Burners, Wick and ChimneysWHOLESALE Oil RETAIL.

I would call particular attention to the LightHouse Burner, with Glass Cone, for givingmore light than any other in use. Also, the

Paragon Burner, for Crude Oil.

SUGAR KETTLES AND CAULDRONSof all sizes constantly on hand.

Special attention given toJobbing in Tin, Copper and Sheet-Iro- n.

at lowest possible rates.

Wholesale Merchants' Listsnow ready, and will be sent on application

by mail or in peison

Hoping to see all my old customers andmany new ones this Sp.ing, I return mymost sincere thanks for the very liberal patronage I have already received, snd willendeavor to pleas-.- : ail who may call, wheth-er they buy or not

FRANCIS W. HAY.Johnstown. March 7, 1867.

REaT Reduction in Prices !

TO CASH MYERS!AT THE EREIVSDl'RG

nOUSE-FURiMSHl- NG STORE.The undersigned respectfully informs the

citizens of Ebensburg and the public generally that he has made a great reduction inprices to CASH BUYERS. My stock wil!consist, in part, of Cooking, Par lor and lleating Stoves, of the most popular kinds ; 2'in-irar- e

of every description, of my own man-ufacture ; Hardware of all kind, such asLocks, Sciews, Butt Hinges, Table Hinges,Shutter Hinges, Bolts, Irc n and Nails, Win-dow Glass, Putty, Table Knives and Forks,Carving Knives and Forks, Meat Cutters,Apple Parers, Pen and Pocket Knives ingreat variety, Scissors, Shears, Razors andStrops, Axes, Hatchets, Hammers, BoringMachines, Augers. Chissels, 1'lanes, (im-passes, Squares, Files, Rasps, Anvils, Vises,Wrenches, Rip. Panel and Cross-C- ut Saws,Chains cf all kinds. Shovels, Spades, Scythesand Snaths, Rakes, Forks, Sleigh Bells,Shoe Lasts, Pegs. Wax Bristles. ClothesWringers. Grind Stones. Patent MolassesGates and Measures, Lumber Sticks, HorseNails, Horfe Shoes, Cast Steel, Rides, ShotGuns, Revolvers, Pistols, Cartridges, Tow-

ner. Caps, Load, &c. Odd Stove Plates,Grates and Fire Bricks, Well and CisternPumps and Tubing ; Harness and SaddleryWare of all kind ; Wooden and Willow Warein great variety ; Carbon Oil and Oil Lamps,Fish Oil, Lard Oil. Linseed Oil, LubricatingOil, Rosin. Tar, Glassware, Paints, Varnishes, Turpentine, Alcohol. &c.

FAMILY GROCERIES,such as Tea, Coffee, Sugars, Molasses, Syr-ups, Spices, Dried Peaches, Dried Apples,Fish, Hominy, Crackers, Rice and PearlBarley; Soaps, Candles; TOBACCO andCIGARS; Paint. Whitewash, Scrub, Horse,Shoe, Dusting, Varnish, Stove. Clothes andTooth Brushes, all kinds and sizes ; BedCords and Manilla Ropes, and many otherarticles at the lowest rates for CASH.

fjCJ-Ho- Spouting made, pain ;d and putup at low rates-fo- r cash. A liberal discountmade to country dealers buying Tinwarewholesale. GEO. HUNTLEY

Ebensburg, Feb, 28, 1867.-t- f.

W. YEAGER,Q.EORGEWholesale and Retail Dealer In

HEATING AND COOK STOVES

OF EVERY DESCRIPTION,

OF HIS OWN MANUFACTURE,

And GENERAL JOBBER in SPOUTING

and all other work in his line.

Virginia Street, near Caroline Street,

AL.T003.TA, PA,

COOK S TOVE. the most perfectcomplete and satisfactory

Stove ever introducedto the public.

Stock Immense. - Tkices Low.

SATISFACTION GUARANTEED.

RANK D. STORM, Practical171 TcrotfTEN8BnRo. Pa. Office on Cen-

tre street, opposite Colonade Row. f.roT.i.;

Ejje poet's gtparfmtnt.

A. Sl'HMEK DAY.Sunshine over the meadow lands,

Kisning the crimson clover,And sunsliine haunting the lilly cups

That the yellow bees hang over;And sunshine over the hazy bills,

And over the dimpling river,And I wished that the sun and summer day

Might shine and last forever.We down by the meadow path,

Tlie broad highway forsaking,Foe the quiet of that lovely spot

Seemed better for our love making;And I was silent and she was shy,

As we walked down through the clover,But we thought it the sweetest summer day

That ever the sun shone over.We heard the birds in the waving grass,

As they twitted to each otherAbout the nests they had hidden away,

And the coo of each glad bird mother;And we thought, as we walked that summer

dayThrough the clover blooms together,'

That at lust the world was iu perfect tune,In the glad, bright summer weather.

I cannot tell what I said to herAs we walked knee-dee- p iu clover;

But I know that the robins merrily sangTheir sweetest ot sweet songs over.

And down in my heart love's own bird sangA song that was gladder, sweeter,

Aud its ecno joined with the world's sweethymn,

And made the day completer.

And when we came up the meadow path,Our hearts sang over and over;

"O bweet, glad day for blossom and bird,And lor every blithe young lover!"

And yet I know not the words she said.Or whether she spoke at all;

But of all sweet dajs, that summer day1 count as the best of all.

ales, J?fcclejcs, iwciotts, t.

Tin: i:'L.3ife.!A TRI E STOKV.

Among the verdant bills of EasternPennsylvania, near where the noble,winding, Susquehanna, coursing throughthe State, divides the lilue Ridge moun-

tains, snugly nestles the little town, orrather village, of Linton for it is so smallit scarcely merits the appellation of towii

and which, if it were not tor the suit-asserti-

dazzle of the guilt vane whichsurmounts the spire ot the little moss-covere- d

church in that place, would be lostto view even ii its existence was not for-

gotten by the great, worrying, busy, out-

side world.It was a picturesque little place ; the

great high mountains, their tops almostseeming to pierce the heavens, toweringat its rear, the shimmering waters of theSusquehanna flowing at its feet, and thenumerous shady trees casting their coolingumbrage over its dwellings and lawns, allconspired to make it one of the most delightlul spots one could imagine ; and onewould scarcely believe it could be madethe scene of a tragedy so henious as thatwinch was perpetrated in it during thelatter part ot the tummer of 185 , andwhich, for the cold-bloodedn- ess and inge-

nuity evinced in its consummation, hasscarcely a parallel.

Mr Edson, the victim of the tragedy,who resided withwas a retired merchant,

bis family in an elegant villa situated onthe outskirts of the town, and which, fromthe fact of its being surrounded by a shadygrove of trees of that species, was knownin Linton by the name of "The Elms."The family consisted of only his wife andnpnhew. besides several domestics. Iliswife, Estelle, was of Southern oiigin,dark, imperious, beautiful as a Venus, ofa very passionate disposition, and, it necessary, would not scruple to go any lengthto satisfy either her anections or her bate.

Rumor had it that her marriage withMr. Edson was not free from tho chargeof mercenariness ; for in no other waycould the gossips account for the union oftwo persons whose ages exhibited such a"real disparity ; for Estelle bad onlypassed ber twenty-thir- d year, while MrEdson was on the shady side of fifty whenbe brought home his dark-eye- d houri asthe mistress of "The Elms," scarce cnevear before, and his appearance exaggerated his age. And it was no great wonderif the meddlesome threw out sundry invidious insinuations as to the propriety ofallowin" two such fine and comely personsas Randolph, Mr. Edson s nephew, ahandsome, broad-shoulder- ed fellow oftwenty-five- , and Estelle, the pleasure ofeach other s constant company, as mustnecessarily be the ca3e from their presentrelations ; and further, it was true thatRandolph was somewhat of a wad fellow.which fact the gossips urged in support oftheir disinterested hints. The praterskept talking, and the inmates of "TheElms" remained in ignorance of their be- -in the subjects of their idle comments,until one morning in August, Linton wokeup and learned the news of the murder ofMr. Edson, which arousea u irom itspemi-npathetic- al state to renewed action ;

and many were the speculations that be-

came rife in the village as to who committed the dastard act. Nor had they longto wait for a subject on which to venttheir put-u- p garulity ; for suddenly another rumor was bruited abroad to the crxect

that Joe Smith, a rather hard character,and confirmed habitue of the village tavern,was discovered to have mistenously disappeared simultaneously with the discoverv of Mr. Edson's assasination, and onhim immediately fell the overwhelmingweieht of suspicion. He was not naturally a vicious character, for his vices wereonly inebriety and shifilessnees, but ha

had a hard name, and suspicion did notstop to observe his few good qualities, inmagnifying his bad ones.

Meanwhile, everything was confusionnnd excitement at "The Elms." Estelle,apparently overcome by the sudden calam-ity, was prostrated on a bed of sickness,and would see no one except Randolph ;

and Randolph himself, although stronger,ill-bo- re bis grief, for his ancle had beenas a father to him. He had lived withhim since he was very young. His parents, having died while he bad scarceemerged from bis infancy, had consignedhim to the care of Mr. Edson, who hadproved in every respect a father to him.A short time before the occurrence of thetragedy, a slight misunderstanding hadexisted between Randolph and his uncleon account of some indiscretion which hehad been guilty of, but which they hadcompromised, and it was on that accountthat the appeared to feel more poignantlyhis loss. He wandered, pale ana nervous,through the house, holding no communication with any one.

On the day prior to that on which themurder was discovered, Mr. Edson hadcompleted the sale of a valuable farm, forwhich he had received also in payment alarge sum of money. Having received ittoo late to bank it on that day, he securedit in a safe in his chamber, intending todeposit it in the bank on the morrow.Rut during the mghtan entranca had ap-

parently been effected through one of theapartment, which was situated on thesecond story, by means of scaling the va-rnnd-

which ran the width of the man-- ,

sion, the roof of which was on a level withit. The safe was forced open, and Mr.Edson, probably aroused by the noisewhich attended its performance, while at-

tempting to capture the intruders, was murdered, and the perpetrators of the foul crimedecamped with their blood-boug- ht booty.

Rut the most inexplicable part of thetragedy was the fact that notwithstandingthe great noise which had to all appeal an-c- es

been made, none of the inmates of thehouse, though sleeping in close proximityto the scene of the hideous crime weredisturbed during the night in question,except the coachman, who, being sensitiveto such things, immagined he heard therumbling of a carriage about midnight,but being in his first sleep, he had paidno attention to it, and on going to the sta-ble on the following morning, the horseslooked as though they had been drivenduring the night, whieh fact he found itimpossible to account for.

Things were in this state of conjecturewhen the detective, a, short, wiry, muscu-lar looking fellow, named Hoggs, arrivedon the day following the tragedy. Short-ly after bis arrival Hoggs made an examluatiun of the apartment in which themurder transpired. Between its windowsstood the 6afe, its heavy iron doors stilladjar, and its contents strewn around theroom in confusion, as was also the furni-ture- .

The detective took a survey of theapartment in a glance.

"So they don't understand how theydidn't make any noise, do they ?" solilo-

quized he, nodding knowingly. "Well, Ido, and what's more; I've found out beforethis that cats have velvety paws " Andwith this sage reflection, the detective resumed his investigation.

Going to the safe, he scrutinized it close-

ly for seme minutes, worked the lock,looked at the interior, after which he pro-

ceeded to pick up the scattered papers andother contents, and replaced them in therake. In bending to reach some whichbad fallen beneath it, he caught a glimpseof something lodged behind, the corner ofwhich was suspended beneath the safe.With the indifference which characterizeshis profession, he drew it from its hidingplace. It proved to be a lady's cambrichandkerchief, in which was enveloped asmall pointless dagger, scarcely largerthan a pocket-knif- e, richly ornamented.Both were stained with blood, now dryand crusted, and upon the corner of thehandkerchief was embroidered the initials"E. R." The murderers in their haste,had hid them in that spot, fearing detec-

tion did they alloTw that evidence of theirguilt to remain unconcealed, and wereprobably prevented by some circumstancefrom concealing it more effectually.

After this discovery the detective close-

ly examined the windows and the doors,and then seemingly satisfied wiih Lis ex-

amination, quitted the room.In passing through the hall he met Ran-

dolph, who was just issuing from the li-

brary, where he had been pacing excitedlyduring the time the detective was prose-

cuting his investigation."Did you discover any clue which will

lead to the discovery of the murder?" in-

quired Randolph, searchingly."Yes, that there were two implicated

in it.Randolph started and shifted nervously.

The detective bent hia keen glance pierc-

ingly on him."Why do you think there were more

than one concerned ?""Because the indications are what we

generally go by, and they look very muchas though there would have been a hardtime forgone," replied the detective.

"And did you discover nothing further?"questioned Randolph, in suspense.

"No!'' He uttered this lie, most de-

liberately. "I never met with a case ashas been dono so cleverly before doneeverything as clean as a new pin," headded, in an admiring tone.

Randolph breathed easier.

1!

"I suppose his wife takes it hard, thiscircumstance," suggested Boggs. "Sickabed, ain't she ?" .

Yes," shortly replied Randolph.Boggs nodded Lis head approvingly,

and went out.During the morning an inquest was

held, where a verdict was rendered in accordance with the facts as before stated.The physician, in his post-morte- m exam-ination, in probing, extracted a piece ofsteel which proved to be the point of asmall dagger, the same which the detec-tive had discovered.

Boggs remained a few days in the neigh-borhood, quietly observing every circum-stance, and then suddenly disappeared,and in about a fortnight, as suddenlyturned up again, with Joe Smith in hiscustody, who was immediately lodged injail.

One day, after he had been in jail abouta week,' Boggs entered bis cell and exclaimed pleasantly :

"One night more and you are a freeman !"

"Well, I'm glad of if," replied Joe,for I'm beginning to feel sick of this sport.It isn't enough to be knoched on the bead,and then confined in a lunatic asylum,and after I'm fortunate enough to get out,I get arrested on a charge of murder,which I didn't know anything of until myarrest," added he good-humoredl- y.

"You onght to thank your lucky starsyou got out so safe. You came withinan ace of being sent to "that bourne fromwhich no traveler returns," replied thedetective, laughingly.

"Have you all the proofs of their guilt"inquired Smith.

"Leave that to roe," returned Boggs,with evident satisfaction, turning to leavethe piison.

On the next day, Boggs, in companywith a constable, was seen going in thedirection of "The Elms." Pulling thobell, he was soon admitted, and shownto the sitting room, where Randolph andMrs. Edson were engaged in low conver-sation.

"How d'ye do V exclaimed Boggs, en-

tering without any preliminary knocking,accompanied by his companion.

Randolph and his companion started asif struck by lightning, but recovering their

found tongue to answerhim.

"I beg your pardon for coming in inthis way, but you see business is busi-

ness," explained Bcggs, blandly.Randolph merely inclined his head."Would it be asking too much to in-

quire what your maiden name was ?"asked Boggs, suddenly addressing himselfto Mrs. Edson.

t?he looked at him inquiringly, and themuscles about her mouth worked nerv-

ously."Rauno," replied she. -

"Ah, yes. Well, there is one little cir-

cumstance about this case that I'd like toinquire about. I suppose you didn't hearany carriage or anything stop before thehouse on the night of the murder, didyou ?" queried Boggs.

"We stated once before that we didnot," interposed Randolph, with a malignnant glitter beaming in his eyes.

"Well, you see, I didn't know butthat you'd forgotten it. People is likelyto forget such little things when they getexcited, you know."

"Is that all your business with us Vasked Randolph.

"There's one thing more I'd like toask," returned Boggs. "Did you ever 6ee

these things before?"The detective suddenly produced the

articles he found iu his examination onhis arrival.

Had a cannon ball passed through theapartment at that instant, it could nothave produced a greater effect than thataction.

"Where did you get them ?' almostshrieked the woman, her face of a lividhue.

"Where you hid them after you hadmurdered your husband," calmly repliedthe detective.

Iler eyes suddenly gleamed like burn-

ing coals when she found herself betrayed.She moved her hand nervously in the di-

rection of her bosom, and before Boggsbad either time to divine her intention orarrest her, there was a sharp report of apistol, a puff of smoke, and the foiledmurderess tell to the floor a corpse.

In the meantime, Randolph bad furtively moved iu the direction of the door,but the constable had anticipated him,and he wa3 forthwith arrested, tried forcomplicity in the murder of his uncle,and the proof being so conclusive, he wasfound guilty, and eventually expiated hiscrime on the scaffold.

Little more remains to be told.On the night of the murder, Joe Smith

in returning to the tavern, on arriving ata Fpot on the road where a clump of treescast a shadow across the path, wasknocked over the head, but not before herecognized the features of Randolph, andon regaining his consciousness, foundhimself an inmate of a lunatic asylum,from whence he was taken by the detect-ive.

An exchange says : The publicationof a recent volume on the water power ofMaine, induces Horace Greeley to undertake a series of articles of what he knowsabout dams The articles will be in hiscuss toroary tyle, and will, no doubt ex-

haust the subject.

Curiosities ot Catlng.An old beau, formerly well known in

Washington city, was accustomrd to eatbut one meal in twenty-fou- r hours ; if,after this, he had to go to a party andtake a second dinner, he ate nothing atall next day. lie died at the age of sev-enty years.

A lady of culture, refinement, and unu-sual powers ofobservation and comparison,became a widow. Reduced from afltu-en- ce

to poverty, with a large family ofsmall children dependent on her uvtnuallabor for daily food, she made a vatiotyof experiments to ascertain what articlescould be purchased for the least money,and would, at the same time, "o thfarthest," by keeping her children longestfrom crying for somethiug to cat. Shesoon discovered that when they ale buck-wheat cakes and molasses, they were quietfor a longer time than after eating anyother food.

A distinguished Judge of the UnitedStates District Court observed that, whenhe took buckwheat cakes for breakfast,he could sit on the bench the whole daywithout being uncomfortably hungry ; ifthe cakes were omitted, he felt obl'iaed totake a lunch about noon. Buckwheatcakes are a universal favorite at the win-ter breakfast table, aud scientific investi-gation and analysis have shown that theyabound in the heat-formin- g principle ;

hence nature takes away our appetite forthem in summer.

During the Irish famine, when manydied of hunger, the poor were often "foundspending their last shilling for tea, andtobacco, and spirits. It has also oftenbeen observed in New York, by thoseconnected with charitable institutions, thatwhen money was paid to the poor, theyoften laid out every cent in tea and coffee,instead of procuring the more substantialfood, such as meal, and flour, and pota-toes. On being reproved for this appanrent extravagance and improvidence, thereply, in both cases, was identical ; theirown observations had shown them that apenny's worth of lea, or tobacco, or liquor,would keep of the sense of hunger longerthan a penny's worth of anything else.Scientific men express the idea by saying,"Tea, like alcohol, retards the metamor- -

i phosis of the tissues ;" in other words, ifgives fuel to the flame of life, and thusprevents it from consuming the fat andflesh of the body.

If a person'gets into the habit of takinga lunch between breakfast and dinner, hewill very soon find himself getting faintabout the regular luncheon time ; but lethim be so pressed with important'engage-ment- s

for several days in suiC-'Si-io- n as totake nothing between meals, and it willnot be long before he can dispense withhis lunch altogether. These things showthat, to a certain extent, eating is often amete matter of habit. Whole tribes ofIndian hunters and trappers have beenknown to cat but once in twentyfourhours, and that at night. Dr. Hall'BTracts.

Modern English. It's all well enoughto talk about the list eighteen centuries,but the nineteenth century is the centuryafter all. Although immeasurably supe-rior in everything, it is particularly so inthe elegance of its language. To illus-

trate what is meant, we saw two youngmen meet in Water street and heard themconverse. The way it was dono and theconversation was as follows. For con-

venience sake we will call their namesThomas Green and James Blue:

J. Blue Hello, Toujuiie, how's yourdog ?

T. Green (extending his hand) Bully,Jimmie, put it there!

J. B. Well, Tommie, how'6 things?T, G Pretty tart; see my new cigar

holder? (exhibits cigar holder.) How'sthat for high f

J. B (looking at cigar holder) Prettyloud ; it ain't meerscham, though, forstamps.

T. G. (excitedly.) I'm your oyster!My ducats talk forty dollars' worth.Come and see me. I straddle that blind,my son. (Sticks finger and thumb intovest pocket.)

J. B. Got U with you ?

T. G. Arrect.J. B. You're another. What ails yer

eye ?

T. G. Man stuck all his fingers in it.But then I bust his snoot and wrung hisears till he came to tea, now you bet. Isshe very black ?

J. B. Black ? Y'ou look like a coalheavest.

T. G- - Go-- there yourself! Keep offmy toe or there'll bo a nigger funeral ;

that's what kind of a man I am ain't it ?

J. B. Waal, who's doing this crowd-ing ? I don't want any of your lip either ;

if you wasn't fuller'n a little wagon, I'dmake it red-ho- t for you.

T. G. Augh ! what you giving usfuller'n a little tick yourself.

J. B Y'ou're a lawyer.T. G Y'ou're a liar, am I ? What

do you take me for?J. B You're a shoutin'.T. G. Give us a rest, Jimmie.J. B. Domino domino !

T. G. hoo fly, Jim I'm off. (Exitboth in different directions )

Imagine some ancient philosopher wit-

nessing such an exhibition of the Englishtongue. He would probably think it was"pretty tart."

A bad debt The owing of a grudge.

IILEIOIC ACT.However much tho world may have

degenerated in late years, every now andthen we are called upon to chronicle anact of heroism that sends a proud thrill ofadmiration to the heart, at the chivalricself-deni- al which is exhibited, rivalingeven the wildest traditions that are hand-ed down of heroism in a heroic a.e. Ofsuch is the instance now brought to ournotice.

At a little station called Shunpike, onthe Dutchess and Columbia Railroad, nfew days since, occurred the scene we areabout to relate: As the (J:30 train wasnearly due on Thursday morning, Mr.Frederick Chase, station agent at Slinn-pik- e,

and living at a short distance kmthe track, left his horn for the purpose ofopening ihc ticket tdlice. He had notgone long when his little sc n, two yearsold, found his way through tho open gate-t-

the track, where he was attracted, nodoubt, with the childish curiosity of hisage. His sister, eleven years "of age,busying herself about household dutie?,oki nor at lirs-- t notice his absence. Sud-denly, hearing the shriek of the approach-ing train, she looked for her little brother,and glancing through the npon door, wasfor a moment paralyzed at beholding himstanding in the path of the approachingtrain, clapping his hands in childish gleeat Its unusual appearance. Recoveringherself in a second, with cry of agonyshe sprang through the open door anddown the garden path with the speed ofme wina, thinking and caring for nothingbut her brother's danger. The engineer,noticing the flying form, whistled downbrakes; but too late, fo" just as the heroicgirl was lifting her brother from the trackthe remorseless engine crushed them bothdown under the terrible wheels. Thetrain was finally stopped, however, whenthey were picked up. The boy, beyonda few slight bruises, was uninjured ; butthe brave girl was teriiLly mangled, oneleg and one foot beins literally torn inpieces, and being otherwise badly bruisedabout the limbs and body. She was ta-ken back to the house and physicianssummoned, who are making every effortto save her life, and, from last accounts,they are likely to succeed. AlbanyJournal.

A "SiuoNfi" Joke Old Dr. Strong,of Hartford, Connecticut, was not oftenoutwitted by his people. One time hehad invited a young minisf?r to preachfor him, who proved rather a dull preach-er, and whose sermon was unusually long.The people became wearied, and as Dr.Strong lived near the bridge, near thocommencement of the afternoon service hesaw his people flocking across the riverto the orher church. He readily under-stood that they feared they should havethe same young man in the afternoon.

Gathering up his wits, which generallycame at his bidding, he said to the youngminister :

"My brother across the river is ratherfeeble, and I think he will take it kindlyto have you preach to his people, and ifyou will do so, I will give you a note "tohim, and will bo as much obliged to youas I would to have you preach for me ;and I want you to pieaeh the same ser-mon that you preached to my people thismorning."

The young minister, supposing this tobe a reeommenda'ion of his sermon, start-ed off in good spirits, delivered his note,arid was invited to preach most cordially.He saw before him one-ha- lf of Dr.Strong's people, and they had to listen onqhour and a half to the same dull, burndrum sermon that they heard in the morning. They understood the joke, however,and said they wouldn't undertake to runaway from Dr. Strong again.

During the session of one of the Re-

corders Courts, a merry faced and btighteyed Millesian was arraigned for disorder-ly conduct. The Judge inquired voryangrily if he was not ashamed to be them.

"Pon my soul I am, your honor.""You were in very disreputable com-

pany !""1 know it, yer honor 1""It is shameful "

Too true," was the penitent rejoindc-r- .

"If I permit you to go this time, v.Hlyou ever be caught in puch companyagain ?"

liKi t unless yr honor sends for me "was the meek reply, in a tone so exqui-sitely sarcastic that no doubt of his ineuu-in- g

was left on the minds of the audience.

A Wonderful-- Plant. A specimenof the wondeiful plant, "The Flower ofthe Holy Ghost," has been successfullyraised in Norwich, Conn. The tlowor isa creamy white cup, nearly aslargehalf an egg, and extremely beautiful, a,Iits wonder as a natural floral gro'.yth is.the fact that in this flower is a. '."irtle purewhite dove, with pink bill an'j eyes, andits head turned as if lookimj'over its back..Its wings, feet, bill, etc., 'are absolutelyperfect as those of th. living dove, whosecounterpart the w'-4,JCrf- living bird rK

A CltKMirin Albany, whik fxpiatin'jon the discoveries of cUcwicali science.'announced that isnow possessed considersble heat. An Irishman present farchemistry roust be a vahmb.'e scienc,and asked the lecturer how many snowball it would require to Loll, a teaUttJu.