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II. A. MTIStE, l'ubllfclier.
OLUME 1.
EBENSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1867.
NUMBER 28.
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Jvtrtiocra-en'F.
Jon rRixriSG.
v'e Live made arrangements bv which
icind j or have done all kinds of plain
fancy Job Printing, s'ach as Books,
phots, Show Cards, Bill and Lettei
J-S Handbills, Circulars, &rc, in the best
;of the art and at Ihe most moderate
-s. Also, all kind of Ruling. Blank
!, Rook Binding, &c, executed to order
:o l as the beet and as cheap &s l'. e
CHEAT Rkiuxtion ix Prices!
AT THE i:KCsn:itc
USE-FURNISHING STORE!
:.. undersigned repi'ectfullj' informs the
us of Ebenaburg and the public gener
iusr r.e lias mane a preat reduction in
!3 CASH UUyr.itS. My stock will
i-t, in part, of Cwhinj, Parlor and Heats
c.'.ccs, of the most popular kinds j Tin
everv description, of my own man
ure; ll.irdtcai c of all kind, fuch as
Screws, Butt Hinges, Table- Ilinecs,.
'cr llin, Bolts, Iron and Nails, Win-
t G'.s Tatty, Table Knives and Forks,
"iii.ir Knives and Forks, Meat Cutters,
il'e Parers, Pen and Pocket Knives in
' viricty, Scissors. Shears, Razors aud
t's. Axes, Hatchets, Hammers, Boring
Lines, Augers, Chissels, Planes, Com-'-)
Squares, Files, Hasps. Anvils, Vises,
aches, Rip, Panel and Cross-Cut Saws,
w cf all kinds. Shovels. Spades. Scythes
Snath, Rakes, Forks, Sleiyh Bells,
Lasts, Peg. Wax Bristles. Clothes
Jg'-Ts, Griud Stones, Patent Molasses
i and Measures, Lumber Sticks, Horse
Horse Shoes, Cast Steel, llifles. Shot
S Uevolvers, Pistols, Cartridges. Powg
Caj.rt, Lead, Arc, Odd Stove Plates,
e and Fire Bricks, Well and Cistern
I'l and Tubing : Harms s and Saddlery
'ef ail kind; V.'wdai and Willow Ware
' U variety ; Carbon Oil and Oil Lamps,
''"!. Lard Oil, Linsee.l Oil, Lnln-icRtiny
Tar, Glass ware. Paints, Varnish
-jvutne. Alcohol, &c.
FAMILY GROCERIES,
i''-a, CuC'jc, Sugars, Molasses, Syr
Si!'ff, Dried Peaches, Dried Apples,
. II n.inv, Crackers, Rice and Pearl
Snap,, Candles; TOBACCO and
'hs; Paint. Whitewash, Scrub. Horse,
. D'Jt:.!), Varnish, Stove. Clothes and
i I'rushes. all kinds and sizes ; Bed
and Manilla Uopos, aud many other
at the lowest rates for CASH.
idlvuse Spotting made, painted and ptil
!o'v rates for cash. A liberal disccunt
' t country dealers buyir; Tinware
sale. GEO. HUNTLEY
uisburg, Feb, 28, 18f7.-tf.
3RTA1N HIXTUKE!
His no superior HI in ihc World!!
itii! pronounced faultless by all who
s-e,- it, and it is predicted that it will
r !'.' all otlicr Curtain Fixtures now in
sale by GEO. HUNT LEY.
All persons knoiiii;
"icrnst Ives indebted to me by note or
Vontnt of over mx months standing,
'TJ'tcd to jiay up within thirty days
; ". t they will find their accounts
' ":.!..).s r,f ilQ 0'if cr for immediate eol-
A strict compliance with this notice
.M1co5td. GEO. HUNTLFA'.
June 20, 1867.
I'liANIv W. HAY.
and RETAIL Manufacturer.
P11. COPPER and SHEET-IRON
,C'"f street, below Clinton, Johns
u' A larc stock constantly
lUsiNG SUN STOVE POL-
a, d T ror y of polish, saving of
, "iapness, this preparation is tru-
"Villi,,
1. 18T.7.
jjy no outer. 1 or sale Dy
UEO. UUMLCl,
WooiEN ViVTItM JklWLS
Jiirt Tr.,...t i . , ...
; - ;-v.-iv1 anu lor sale low t..r earn
CiLO. IIUNTLEV'S.
Thlf11? A VALISES,
i -ilowt G. HUNTLEY'S.
HUNTLEY'S.
THE JOHNSTOWi
DltUG HOUSE !
HAS IX STORE THE LARGEST STOCK OF
DRUGS AND MEDICINES,
CHEMICALS,
TAINTS,
OILS and
VARNISHES,
Glue, Putty, Alcohol,
DYCg AS!D DIESTlFi Ji.
TiFIITII, WHITE 1MB. P11TS.
Glassware, Druggists' Sundries, eye,
EVER OFFERED IN THE COUNTY I
;roa sale at
WHOLESALE CITY PRICES !
Agent for tb2 sale of all the
POPULAR PATENT MEDICINES
IN THE MARKET.
In oar ttock of
PERFUMERY,
1'U MAD ES,
CUSMLTICS,
'JO 1LET ARTICLES, S, o.,
WE E3FTr C03IiKTITIOX I
C. T. FRAZER,
June 20, ISC 7.-1 y. JOHNSTOWN, FA.
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Now on hand, a large and well eelected
stock of fresh
DRUGS AND MEDICINES,
faints, Oils and arulsiit',
Pure and Unadulterated Liquors,
for ir -dicir.al purposes,
TOBACCO AND CIGAKS,
Wall laptr end Vt'indow SJiadcs, all styles,
LAMPS AND CHIMNEYS,
BURNERS AND WICKS,
And a good article of Rkfike.') Petroleum
Also, a larjje supply of
White Lead, Putty, Window Gla-, &o,
ALWAYS OX HAND,
PERFUMERY & TOILET ARTICLES,
ixci.rurjfG
HAIR, NAIL AND TOOTH BRUSHES,
Combs, Toilet and Tooth Preparations,
LUBIN'S AND PHALON'S EXTRACTS,
Roars, Fancy Good, &c.
A FULL LII7E OF STATIONERY.
As my medicines are warranted or a pure
quality, I am prepared to fill Prescriptions
with accuracy and dispatch, at all hours of
the day or night. Open on Stindav for tho
sale of medicines. A. J. CHRISTY.
Loretto, Juno 2Y, 1867. -8m
JMPOllTANT to EVERYBODY.
A
JOHN Di THOMAS
Takes pleasure in announcing to the citizens
of Ebensburg aud the north of the county
generally, that ho has recently added to his
stock a large and complete assortment of
SHOES, BUSKINS, GAITERS, &c.,
For Ladies' and Chudreii's Wear,
from the celebrated wholesale m.inrf.ictr.rlr.g
entabli.-hment of Ziegk-r & Sutton, Philadel
phia. This ttock comprises evcrything.that
is deoirabie and serviceable in the way of
custom-made scired icork, and every article is
warranted of the ber.t material and mofi per
fect manufacture. In tc f-alc f these; goods
the subscriber pledges himself to repair fren
of charge any article that may give way af
ter a reasonable time and reasonable usage.
The ladies are specially invited to call and
examine the stock.
The subscriber also keeps on hand and is
prepared to manufacture to order BOOTS
and SHOES for Gent's and Youth's wear, of
the very best material and workmanship,
and at prices as reasonable as like work can
be obtained anywhere. Fiench Calf, Com
mon Calf, Morocco and all ether kinds of
Leather constantly on hand.
CCT Store on Main street, net door to
Crawford's Hotel. rfcb21-tf.
J. OLLI D AYSBURG 1
JACOB mTpIRCHER,
FASHIONABLE
CLOTHIER & TAILOR,
Has just opened a full assortment of well se
lected and most desirable
SPRING & SUMMER GOODS.
Gents and Boys furnished with CLOTH
ING, HATS, SHOES, &c, of the latct
styles and bent material, at the LOWEST
CASH PRICES.
A VARIETY OF PJECK GOODS,
which will bo ssold by tho yard or mado to
order in the mo.st approved manner.
Having given full satisfaction to h!"5 cus
tomers fr toorc than twenty -five ykatis,
he guarantees the same to all who may favor
him with their patronage in the future.
3--Store on the west side of Montgomery
tdreet, below Blair, next door to Masonic
Hall, IIt.llidiys.lmrg, Pa. n'3'23.1y.J
ROBERT E. JONES.
Ebf indjurg, Cambria co., Ta-,
Dealer i Lumber. The highest pricos,
in CasA.p vd for CHERRY, POPLARASH
and LIND LUMBER.
i
F you want to buy goods on long credi
trul pay big prices, don t go to
Fch. 28. GEO. HUNTLEY'S.
ROPE for Patent Hay Forks can bo
had low for cash at HUNTLEY'S.
LOiiETTO DRUG
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THE KIND-HEARTED TAWWER.
The following incident is so beautiful
and touching that it should be read to
every household in the country. It devel
opes the true, active principle of kindness.
How many erring mortals, making their
first steps in crime, might be redeemed by
the exercise of this sublime trait in the
character of the kind-hearted Quaker :
William Savery, an eminent minister
among the Quakers, was a tanner by trade.
One night a quantity of hides were stolen
from his tannery, and he had reason to
believe that the thief was a quarrelsome,
drunken neighbor, called John Smith.
The next week the following advertise
ment appeared in the country newspaper:
"Whoever stole a quantity of hides on
the fifth of this month, is hereby informed
that the owner has a sincere wish, to be
his friend. If poverty tempted him to
this false step the owner will keep the
whole transaction secret, and will gladly
put him in the way of obtaining money by
means likely to bring him peace of mind."
This singular advertisement attracted
considerable attention, but the culprit
alone knew who had made the kind offer.
When he read it his heart melted within
him, and he was filled with sorrow for
what he had done. A few nights after,
when the tanner's family were about re
tiring to rest, they heard a timid knock,
and when the door was opened there stood
John Smith, with a load of hides on his
shoulder. Without looking up he said :
"I have brought these back, Mr. Savery,
where shall I put them ?"
''Wait till I get a lantern and I will go
to the barn with thee," he replied, "then,
perhaps, thua would come in and tell me
how this happened. We will see what
can be done for thee."
As soon as they were gone out
Mrs.
Savery prepared some hot
eonce, and
placed pies and meat on the table. When
they returned from the barn she said:
"Neighbor Smith, I thought some good
hot supper would be good for thee."
He turned his back towards her, and
did not speak. After leaning against the
fireplace in silence a few moments, he said
in a choked voice:
"It is the first time I have ever stole
anything, and I felt very bad about it. I
am sure I didn't once think that I should
ever come to what I am. But I took to
drinking and then to quarreling. Since J
began to go down hill everybody givc3 rue
a kick. You are the first man that has
ever ofTercd me a helping hand. My wife
is sickly and my children starving. You
have sent them many a meal. God bless
you ! but I stole the hides. Hut I tell
you the truth when I say it is the first
time I was ever a thief."
"Let it be the last, my friend," replied
Mr. Savery. "The secret lies between
ourselves. Thou art still young, and it is
in thy power to make up for lost time.
Promise me that thou wilt not drink any
intoxicating liquor for one year and I will
employ thee to-morrow at good wages.
Thy little boy can pick up stones. But
eat a bit now, and drink some hot coffee ;
perhaps it will prevent thee from craving
anything stronger to-night. Doubtless
thou wilt find it hard to abstain at first;
but keep up a brave heart for the sake of
thy wife and children, and it will become
easy. Wh-m thou hast need of coffee tell
Mary, and she will give it thee."
The poor fellow tried to eat and drink,
but the food reemed to choke him. After
vainly trjdng to compose his feeling1?, tho
poor fellow bowed hi3 head on the table
and wept like a child. After a while lie
ate and drank, and his host parted with
him for the night with the frieudly words,
"Tty and do well, John, and thou wilt
nlwpys find a friend in me." John cn
terel into his employ the nest da', and
remained with him many years, a sober,
honest and steady man. The secret of the
theft was kept between thorn ; but after
John's death William Savery sometimes
told the story to show that evil might be
overcome with good.
A Strange Coincidence. In a pub
lic square at Savannah, Georgia, there
stands a monument to commemorate the
virtues and patriotism of Count Casimir
Pulaski, a noble Pole who joined the
American army during the Revolution,
and fell in an attack on that city October
11th, 177D.
A decree from the Czar of Kussi?j just
promulgated, announces the fact that Po
land has ceased to exist. The land of So
bicski, and Kosciusko, and Pulaski has
been blotted from the map of Europe for
ever, and merged into the territory of its
conqueror. At the same time a decree
from the I Radical Congress of the XL States
announces that ten sovereign common
wealths, among which is the one upon
whose soil Pulnski gave up his- life for
liberty, aro blotted from tho map of the
Union, and exist only as military prov
inces ruled by the sword.
Cossacks and Americans follow the
same policy and attain the samo result
and the memory of this dead hero has now
no country on either side of the ocean.
AtJi Dihiijcrat.
If Grant's and Sherman's likohesses
are engraved on the fifteen cent currency
notes, as has been reported, it has been
done in direct violation of the appropria
tion act of April 7, 18GG, which provides
th.'it no potrait of any living person shall
hereafter be engraved on any of the Uni
ted States securities, bondj, notes or currency.
A COUKAGrGZJS 2?QY. .
In Oneida county, in the State of New
York, there lived some years since, not
many niile3 from Utica, on the road to
Whitesboro, two farmers who were for
some reason mortal enemies. We will
call these men Benton and White.
Benton was a quiet, resolute man who
feared no danger. He was open as the
day, and with a laconic air about him
that won the confidence of all who came
near him. On the at he'; hand, White had
a treacherous, hangdog look aTiouTTirnr
that placed people on their guard, lest
when they were oiTit he might spring up
on them and destroy them.
This White was of an exceedingly cruel
disposition, and sought cut and kept upon
his property the most untamable, vicious
brutes in the form of the dog it was pos
sible to purchase with mone
It wa3 known White hated Benton, and
this hatred it is surmised arose from dis
appointed love. lie had sought the hand
of a young lady named Wilson, and had
been refused, while at the same time the
lady accepted an offer of marriage from
his neighbor, and became Mrs. Benton.
The disappointed man looked no where
else for a wife, but taught himself to de
spise with all his nature her whom he
fancied he had before loved.
But, to return. White permitted his
dogs to range over his lands, and fiercely
attack those who dared to venture upon
them. Dividing the farm", a lane ran
from the Whitesboro' to the Deerfield
road, and down this, one afternoon, in
search of berries, little Willie Benton, a
stout boy of nine years, and a sis'cr Su&ie,
a child of six summers wandered.
Willie, fortunately, carried in his hand3
a small, sharp edged axe, which his father
bade him take to the woods and amuse
himself while there by cutting down one
or two hoop-poles, which, clear of the
branches or limbs, he was to bring home
with him for what his father designed
them, viz : to hold up the awning of a
wagon
The children sauntered on their way,
stopping every now and then to gather
some of the wild fruit that grew along
their path, and while thus amusing them
selves a huge bull-dog, with savage, fiery
eyes and heavy, hang'ng lip?, jumped
over the ditch on White's side of the
lane, and. ljefore cither vc-r aware of his
intention, sprang at the throat of the little
girl, and threw her to the earth.
Another moment and Susie's throat
would have been torn out ; but, in that
moment, even before the brute could close
upon its victim, the boy had raised his axe.
and with all his strength, struck the ani
mal in the head. The blade glanced from
the skull, and while it cut open the flesh
and caused the blood to run freely into the
eyes and over the face of the brute, it did
not take from him any of his fierceness.
The dog now turned upon Willie, leav
ing his sister terribly frightened, but phy
sically unharmed, and made a spring at
him which was boldly met by the little
fellow, who, standing firmly upon his legs,
swung his axe over his head, and as the
brute sprang upon him, struck him square
ly upon the nose, burying the blade into
it, almost cutting it in two.
The vicious creature ran bacll with a
cry of pain ; but, recovering himself, wa
again about to r;:h upon the little fellow,
who, without a cry of fear, manfully stood
his ground, waiting for a renewal of" the
attack, when a pistol ball whittled past
him, and buried itself deep into the skull
of the ravage animal, dropping him to the
earth lifeless.
Fortunately for the children, their fath
er happened to be su.Ticiently near to see
the dog spring upon Willie (but not when
he attacked Susie,) and killed him as soon
a3 he could fire, with the certainty that
the ball would not strike other than the
object for which it was intended.
"Bkick" Pomeuot prescribes the fol
lowing mixture for the present season :
'Or! This day has been a 'ot day.
The sun has been 'ot, and. us editorial sons
have been 'ctter. This is awr-rin joke,
but 'tis good. The day has been so 'ot
that we have had on attack ot the pefry
liticals in the thoraxical valves. The at
tack came on just before noon, accompa
nied with a disposition to limpsicate the
flexible ligaments of the right duke, and
to irritate the tonsorial spasmodic?. So
we retired to the side boardj and with the
picture of G. W. smiling down upon us,
we looked at his benign f acej and it looked
dry, then said we :
"Oh! Father of our happy country, do
wc resemble the lilly of tho valley, or the
camel of the desert, to go nine days with
out drinking V And G. W. winked, and
with his Lit finger wrote on his right
cheek the following patriotic enigma :
R.
Sps. vin. 'Oz-ard . zi.
Saccharine whiteurn rnashura q. s.
Aqua congcalibus q. e.
Mintum someum C sprigs.
Shakum Likellum q. r.
Strawum elongalua 1.
Suckum threwem !
Then Sing
There am a rose in yonder glen,
It shuns the gar.e of other men,
And if you're dry why drink again !
Sliou ting
Mary had a littlo lamb
Oh ! Mother I've come homo to drink,
But Mary didn't care, Adam
Ale Evfe'a apple quickerin a wink ! '
" SHUGAR IP! THEIRS."
. The following sermon, delivered by a
Hard Shell BapHst, i3 old, but the follies
and vices which it so humorously depicts
are just as rampant to-day as they ever
were?, and hence we deem it worthy of
being reproduced :
"There's nine men a standin' at the
door, an' they all scd they'd take shugar
in their'n."
Sicb, friend3 and brethering, wa3 the
talk, in a warlJly cms, wonst common in
this cuf ainshunt land ; but the dais is
gone by, and the sans run dry, and no
man can say to his nabur, hoo art thou,
man, and will you take enny more shugar
in your k a ugh fey ?
But the wurds of our tex has a difrunt
and a mora partikelur mcenin than this.
Thar they stood at the dure, on a cool
winter's mornin, two Bapliss and two
Methodics and five Lutharians, and the
tother one was a publikin. And they all
with one vois sed they wouldn't dit ty their
feet in a dram shop, but if the pubhkin
would go and get the drinks they'd pay
for 'em. And they all cried out, and
every man said, "I'll take mine with shu
gar, for it wont feel good to drink tho
stuff without sweetenin." So the publi
kin be marched in, and the barkeeper sed,
"What want ye ?" and he answered and
scd, "A drink." "How will ye have It !"
"Plane nod etrate," says he, "for it aint
no use wastin shugar to circumsalivate
akofortn. But there's nine more a stand
in' at tho door, and they all sed they'd
take shugar in their'n."
Friends and bretherin, it aint only Iikker
of spirits that is drunk on (his roundabout
arid underhand way, but it's the hkker of
all sorts of human wickedness in like man
ner Thars the likker of mallis, that
menny of you drink3 to the dregs, but
yiire sure to sweeten it with the shugar of
self-justification. Thars the likker of ava
riss that sum keeps behind the curtain for
constant use, but they always has it well
mixed with the swectenin uv pru lens and
ekonomy. Thars the likker of sc-lf-luv
that sum men drinks by the gallon, but
they always puts in lots of the shugar uv
take kcer uv No. 1. And lastly, thars
the likker uv extorshim, which the man
sweetens according to circumstances. If
lie's in the flour line, he'll say the pore'll
be better olfcatin kom bread; if he's in
the cloth line, why, it's a good thing to
lain 'em to make their cloth at home ; if
he's in the lether line, it'll larn 'em the ne-ces-s'.ly
uv takin' better kecr of shoes. And
there's nine men standin' at the door, and
they all sed they'd take shugar in their'n.
But friends and brethering, there's a
time ccmin' and a place fixin, whar
ther'il be no "standin at the dore" to call
for "shugar in their'n." But they'll have
to go rite in and take the drink square up
to the front; and the barkecper'Il be old
Satun, and nobody else 5 and he'll give I
'em "shugar in their'n," you'd better be- j
lievo it, and it'll be shugar of led, and red
hot led at that, as sure a3 your name's
Conshunco Dodger. And you'll be enti
tled to your rations three times a day, if
not more frequenter ; and if you don't like
it you'll have to lump it, and so may the
old N ick close down upon alL your silk
palvcring around the plane old poole of
brotherly luv and ginirosity, and feiler
fcelin' and fare-play. Amen !
JOSH. BILLIJaTGS.
Joshua Billings, Esq., is quite a stran
ger of late, "Nasby"' having almost entire
ly Controlled the newspapers the past year.
Josh, however, has turned up in the New
York Weekly with the following "mono
grails;" Jealous Man is alwuz a hunting. lie
is alwuz a hunting for something that he
dont cxpeckt tew find, and after he haz
found it, then he iz mad bekr.re he haz.
Thcze fellers dont beleav in spooks and
yet they are about the only folks who ever
see enny. A jealous man izahvun happy
jist in propcrshun ez he iz miserable.
Jelosy iz a diseaze, and it iz a good
deal like see-sickness dredful sick and
kan't womit.
The Anonymozis Man board3 at a red
tavern, and pays for biz board hi tending
bar occasionally. lie haint got any more
karakter than the jack ov spades haz when
it aint trumps.
He iz a loafer bi profession, without
enny wices.
He rides on the box once in a while,
with the driver, and noboddy thinks ov
asking for his stage fare.
He Fprung from a respectable family ;
his great grandfather wuz a justiss of the
peace ; but he has not got vanity cnuff
tew brag on it.
He aint necessarily a phcol, enny raor
than a bull's watch iz : if enny boddy will
wind him up, he will sett still, and run
quietly down.
The Stijf Man looks down, when he
walks, upon folks. He don't seem to hav
but one limber jint in him and that iz lo
kated in his nozc.
He iz a kind of masculine turkey cn
parade in a barn yard.
He iz generally loaded with wisdom
clear up to the mu.rzell, and when he goes
oph, makes a noize like a cannon, but
don't dew enny dammage.
I have t?oen him fire into a crowd, and
miss every man.
This kind of stiff man very handy few
flatter. They seem tew know they ain't
entitled to a good article, and therefore,
are satisfied with very hard soap.
There ain't but tu men who get stiff on
what they actually know, but most aul ov
them get stiff on what they actually feel.
Still" men are called aristokrats, but
this ain't so. There ain't no such thing
as aristocrats in this country.
The country ain't long enuff yet, unless
a man has got some Indian in him.
A: a gen ral thing, stiff men get rnad
dredful easy, and hav tew git over it
dreadful easy, bekause b!ks ain't apt tew
git a big share at what they aint afraid ov.
Stiff Man had a grandfather once who
went tew Congress from our distric, and
there ain't one in the whole family that
have been able tew git limber since.
A Natural Wonder ICovir;ar Recks.
A writer in the Memphis (Tenn.) Ava
lanche describes a great natural wonder,
said to have been discovered by two Eng
lish noblemen in Arkansas, near the St.
Francis Tiiver, and the boundary which
separates Missouri and Arkansas. It is
called a moving "mass of rock." In that
section is a strip of limestone, cr green
stone, ranging from between one to two
miles in width. It is interspersed here
and there with piats of land, in many
cases over an acre in length, peculiarly
rich in soil, and making the Etrange and
perhaps hitherto unknown conformation
of a swampy and rocky soil. The water
from the St. Francis pours in, especially
in the spring and fall seasons, in a heavy
volume. The stream, although its cur
rent is Ewift beyond parallel, takes a zig
zag course through the rocks, being par
ticularly swift at the above mentioned ex
tremity, and again empties into tho St.
Francis. At this extremity is a solid
mas of rugged and picturesque rock, ah
most oval in shape, washed on all sides
by a rapid current, which racves directly
and regu'arly back and forward : always
in motion and creating a deep and heavy
sound which can be heard for miles. At
first it3 motion is hardly perceptible to the
ordinary vision, but as sound increases
and the etrange eye rests more directly
and minutely, tho object become palpa
ble. On either side of the immense mov
able substance, which, a3 we have said
before, i3 surrounded by a swift current,
are here and there eddies threatening in
stant destruction to everything coming
within its yawning and awful reach. The
mass of rock i3 covered with wild vegeta
tion, which grows up thickly and spon
taneously. A portion cf the rock lies directly under
the base of the mountains, and as it is al
ways moving, is washing the sides gradu
ally away What has produced nch an
unparalleled wonder demands investigation
from the scientific world. If gases can
cause earthquakes if currents of water
can cause whirlpools and mammoth mael
storms, why not certain currents of electri
cal character cause ponderous masses
of rocks to revolve ? The propsltion is,
can science explain this wonderful freak
of nature? What causes tho rock to re
volve ? Is it a pccular combination of
gases, or what is it
An Oitoktcnb Akkival. In the year
1319 I was engaged in collecting out
standing debts due the Ajmlachian, a paper
published in Blairsville, Indiana county,
Pennsylvania, and my business led me to
the Cherry Tree, at the headwaters of the
Susquehanna river. Jt was in May, and
the ilowcrs were out in all their pristine
beauty. The water in the river was still
pretty high, and I had ridden some dis
tance along the bank when my path di
verged from the river side some distance,
and then suddenly came back to the mar
gin, just where the river took a turn and
the water deepened. As I approached I
heard some one sobbing as if in the great
est distress, and on looking down the
river 1 discovered a young girl, apparent
ly about fifteen cr sixteen years of ago,
and remarkably good looking, wringing
her hands and moaning in the most de
plorable manner. I asked her what was
the matter, and between her sobs I made
out the following :
"I was playing on this log and
my baby fell in the water, and ih Iherc
it goes down th there."
And upon looking down the stream
about four or live yards from the shore
there floated a child, its one little hand
raised above the rippling waves, while its
little head and face bobbed up and down
with every curve of the water. Without
a moment's thought I sprung from my
horse and into the stream ; a few strokes
brought me up to the little 'innocent.'
Carefully putting my left hand under it,
and holding it rhnost completely out cf
tho water with my right, I made my way
to shore and carefully gathering it in my
arms, laid it gently in the arms of its little
nurse ; but judge of my surprise when I
beheld for I had not time to look at it
before that it was a doll baby, with a
china head I On looking around for my
horse, I saw him just disappearing over
the hill. I gave chase, but my clothes
were wet, and I didn't overtake him until
I had footed it for more than seven miles.
I can't bear the sight cf a doll baby since.
If I ever come across that girl again
well, I puppose she is a girl no longer, and
has found out the difference ere this be
tween real and doll babies ; but I wonder
if she remembers the stronger who rescued
her uarlin ?
A disease called the "black tongue"
was prevalent in the hi' t Unp Conejrcn.
Important Religicus Movements.
The Archbihon of Canterbury, who
may be. considered the head of the Epis
copal Church not only in England LJt
America, has requested the bishops of
that ecclesiastical body to assemble ia
council at Westminster Abbey. Bishop
McIIvainc, of Ohio, has already sailed
for Liverpool to take part in this convei
lion, and it. is presumed that many others
of his brr th.crn: will soon follow.
This Episcopal Council derives inn or
tance from the fact that it is the ;n -1
which has assembled since, the lefOi-;...-tion.
It is supposed .that the; principal
subject of discussion will be Kilaahsu:,
which is making alarming strides in the.
English church, and has thus far dci'.-I
all efforts to suppress it.
The tendency of this movement Is un
doubtedly toward Catholicism, and thi
present Council may result in acccleratm
a division which is certain, sooner or Lit-!,
to come. The Ritualists will go to Koine,
while the cther3 remain at Geneva ; and
the church itself will be ."tronger whcr
once the lines have been fairly and firuiiy
drawn.
It is hardly necessary to say that the?-.-'
deliberations will attract profound atten
tion throughout Christendom.
At the recent anniversary, the Pope i;;
his aliocution to the clergy gathered in S:
Peter's, intimated that it might soon be
come necessary to call an Ecumenical
Council ; and it is thought it may be con
voked before the prelates now at I2onv
take their departure. Four hundred and
fifty bishops from ail parts of the wo: Id
are there a greater number than ever as
sembled in any previous council of tho
Catholic Church. For, recording to his
tory, at the first Council of Grvcc 31 S
bishops were got together, and at the sec
ond 3o0. At the first Council 01 Constan
tinople 159, at the second 1G0, and at tho
third the number was carried up to 239.
At the Council of Ephesus thero were
200. At the Lateran Council there wero
300, at that of Lyons 140, at that of Con
stance loO, at that of Vienna 300, at that
of Florence 111, and finally at that of
Trent 27G
Three hundred years hare gone sinc-3
this last Council met ; three centuries
crowded with vast political sad religious
changes which have left their marks up
on Church as well ns State. It is tins-'
perhaps that the sr:cce!?9or of St. Peter de
manded the advice of his lieutenaals bM111"
the grand army of the Cross, and show
he do so, the most momentous consr
quences may result therefrom. Mari-
suppose because the temporal powers
me rope nas tliminislicd to a mere shadCc
01 wiiat 11, once waf, mat therefore it,. o
spiritual power is likewise cn the vvznri
and the great Church of which he is thVr
acknowledged head, is tottering to its fall, "i
Nothing can be further from the truth. Vo..
Garibaldi might enter Rome to-morrow, ar 1
and Pius Ninth be forced to take refuse ew
in the meanest village in Europe, but th- "jle
swav which he exercises (imp ti n '
J v Mill, pj
and hearts of millions, would be strength
ened rather than diminished. In fact we
doubt whether that Church was ever real
ly stronger than to-day, and we certainly
see no reason why the wonderful orfnni
zation which looks back upon an exist
ence cf nearly two thousand years, may
net look forward to a duration of twenty
cer.uries to Come.
To the impartial eye, no signs of decay
are yet visible, and "the milk white nind,
immortal and unchanged," bids fair to
live while Time itself shall last. -
But be this as it may, the gathering of
these Councils in London and ltor:i3 will
constitute an era in history. Vonb
crat. Death Preferred to Dishonor, --During
the Irish "reign of terror," in 17DS
a circumstance' occurred, which in the
days of Sparta, would have immortalised
the heroine It is almost unknown no
pen has ever traced the story. Wepausa
not to inquire into the principles that in
fluenced her sutlice it that in common
with most cf her stamp, ?he beheld tho
struggle as one in which liberty warred
with tyranny. Her only son had beea
taken in the act of rebellion, and was con
demned by martial law to death she fol
lowed the officer, on whose word his life
depended, to the place of execution, and
besought him to spare the widow's Btay
she knelt in the agony of her soul, anl
clasped his knees, while her eye, with the
glare of a maniac, fell on her child beside
him. The judge was inexorable tho
transgressor mutt die. But taking advan
tage of the occasion, lie offered life to the
culprit on condition of his discovering thn
members of the tt3iociatton with which I ?
was connected. The ton wavered the
mother rose from her position of hui; i'ia
ti on, and exclaimed, "My child, nvy chili,
If you do, tho heaviert curse of vour mrt'.i
orfdial! fall upon you, and the milk of her
b co.n shall be jioison in your veins." J Ja
va3 executed the pride cf her soul enabled
her to behold it without a tear. She re
turned to her home tho support of her
declining years had fallen the tie that
lw-nrwl bir fn lift mi-pn t
.vv..v. ..... . v... "i -iiitu me
evening cf the day that saw her lonely
and forsaken left her at rest forever. Hti
heart broke in the struggle.
"It is a Miame, husband, that I Imv
pit here mendinrr vour old r l,xl v
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raid the rocner mended."
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