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COUNTY OFFICERS.
PnwAont .Tlld"(' S. V. JnllHSOn.
Additional La Judge Hon. Jho. P.
Vinnent.
Associate Judges E. C. Sehultzc,
Jesse Kylcr.
District Attorney T. K. P. Hall.
Sheriff Jacob McOiuicy.
l'rothonotary &o.. Fred. St-lucning.
Treanuer Claudius V. (lillis.
Co. Superintendent Kuf us Lucre.
Commissioners II. Warner, Jos. W.
Taylor. Louis V.iilmr.
Auditors Clark Wilcit, U forgo IV
Mrsswngcr, md 'Joseph Wil'ielm.
('ounly Surveyor tie. WalnisW.
Jury Commissioners. George Lickinsn,
and Horace Little.
TIME OF HOLDING COUIIT.
Second Monday in January,
Last Monday in April.
Fust Monday in August.
First Monday iu November.
RAILHOADS-
PUILAD I.PHIA ft- EEIE JfAILBOAi).
Sl'MMEll TIME TAKLE.
ON mid after MONO AY, MAY :10i h , 1 17,
the trains on I lie riiilade'.ijhia. at J2ri?
Kuilroad will run its fn'Viwi :
W ;VAI'I.
Mail Truin leaves l'mlMic'ii'iia 10. Ji p
" " U'dsway l.f" )'
" arrive at line P
Erie Eid leaves Philadelphia !'l .'.i a.
ni.
HI.
HI.
1. 111.
1. 111.
KidiiUM v 2 01
" arrive at l.rie 1120 a
Ill
Mail Train leaves Eric a. m.
. .. llidiv i - 2. 1" p. tii.
' " arrive at Fiiiiu i a 0 '-" '
Jrio Express leaven Ivne '' p.
I'idjjwav 1.20 a. ni.
' ' avnt I'liilaJe'idiia o.:!0 p. m.
Express, Mail ami Acoo.aino.linion. ea:'t and
nest, eotinect at (,'ony mid all wt-sl. lioiuid
tiiii8 and Mail ncuuiinuodation east at li v n
lon with the Oil Creek aud Allegheny tiiver
Kill Uaad.
WM. A. DALDWIV.
Gin'l Siip't.
A LLEOHESY VALLEY RAIL ROAD,
ihe only direct, route to Piltsburg
WITHOUT CHANGE OF OAR 8
from Oil City.
On and alter Monday Nov. 22.1 ISC), trains
- Till run as follows :
(VMS (J POUTtI
Pay Express leaves Oil City at 10. RO a. m.
Arriving at Piltslmre; at. 5,:iO p. in.
Night Expri-ss Kaves Oil City at VUW p. m.
Arriving at Pittsburg at 7.( 0 a. ni.
Kii'aniiir.g Aoo.ia;ives Emleuton 0,10 p. tir
Arrtviving at Kittnnning IMSJ p. in.
1ixed Way leaves Oil City nt. 7,00 a. in.
Arriviug at West Penn Jnnctiou nt 7,05 p. iu.
GOING NORTH.
Pay Express leaves Pittsburg ut 7,15 a. ni.
Arriving at Oil Ciiy at. 1,55 p. in.
Night Express leaves Pittsburg at 8,00 p. m.
Arriving at Oil City at ti.ttOn m.
Tin iter Aco. leaves Kittanuine 7, JO a. in.
Arriving ut Parker fl.f'5 a. m.
Mixed Vi'ay leave West Penn Juno, at 7,00 a. in.
Arriving ut Oil City ut i,00 p. in.
Connections nt Corry and Irvino'on for Oil
City aud Pittsburg. At Praukliu with James
town and Pransliu R. R. Connections with
West Penn, R. K. at West Penn Junction tor
Blairsville and all points on the uiaio line of
the Pennsylvania R. R.
((Silver Pa'.aoe Sleeping Cars" on all
Jiight Trains both ways from Pittsbigh lo
jtight
, Corry.
Tuoi
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J.J. Lin niiJiitii ueuBini ouov,
Thob. M. Kinu, Astt. Supt.
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Written by himself. In one large octavo vol
ume nearly 800 pages priuted iu English
nnd German. SJ3 full page eugravings. It em
braces forty year recollections of his busy life,
as a merchant, manager, bauker, lecturer and
showman. No book published so acceptable to
all clataes. Every one wauie it. Awits aver
age from 50 to 10'J subscribers a week. We
offer extra inducements. Illustrated catalogue
and terms to agecis sent free.
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gw llailtoi J, Conn.
OU WOltK of nil
dou pt this ocu.
kiuJa uovl deseri
BUSINESS CARDS.
J. S. BORDWELTj, m. d.
eclectic riiisiciar
TThe word eeleetio tnesns to ehooso or se
lect medicines from all the different
schools of medicine i using remedies that are
safe, and discarding from practice all medi
cines thct have an injurious effect on tho sys
tem, such as mercury, antimony, load, eop
pcr, &c.
I lay aside the lance tho old bloodlctter,
reducer or deplcter, and equalize !the circular
tion and restore the system to its natural
stale by alteratives and tonics. I shall here
after give pariieular attention to chronic dis
eases, such as Uhetimal ism. Dyspepsia, Liver
complaint. Catarrh, Neiralgia. diseases of the
throat, urinary organs, snd all Uiscascs pecu
liar to females, &c.
CATARUII I treat with new instrument of
A late invention, which cures every ease.
TEETH extracted without pain.
Office and residence South of the jail on
Centre St. Office hours from 7 to 8 a. ; m 12
to 1 p. m : fi to 7 p. m.
Deo. 23 G7. -ly. J. S. BOHDWELL.
TOIIN ft. TIALL, Attorney at law, Ridg
way, Elk county Pa. mar.22'60 ly
JUilN o. BALI..
..JAS. K. P. HALL.
ITAIjL & I3RO.
Attornoyp -nt Law
ST. MARY'S :
BENZINGER P. 0. El K. COUNTY, PA.
September 20, 1800. ly.
.T.
S. Bordwell, M. D. Eclectic Physician'
Othce nnd resilience opposite Me
Jail, on Centre St., Ridgway. Ta. Prompt at
tention willhe given to ail calls. Othce lmurs :
7 to 8 A. M- : 1 2 to 2 P. M. ; and ti to 7 P. M.
Mar. 22, GO-tf.
1 7 RANK UN 1 J O U S 10 ,
JlJ St. Mahv's. . Pa.
LARCEY & MAEONE, TRorn's.
The propriciors respect fully nk tho attention
o! their friends and the puhlio in general to
tliir laipe and eiiiiiiMKlioiifl hotel. Every
attention paid to the conveiiienei" ot coasts.
II. LAI10EY.
uay30 -lSOS.ly J, A. mALOXE.
MASMN Kettles. Rrass Kettles, Torelean
Sauce Pans. French Tine 1 Sauce Pans.
I ruit cans the cheapest, nnd best, nt W. S.
SERVICE'S, Hardware Store, Pidgway.Pa.
HYDE HOUSE,
Rti fiwAT, Ei.k Co., Pa.
W. II. SCIU1AM. Proprietor.
Thankful for the rairnntee heretofore so
lihernlly bestowed upim him. the new pro
prietor, hopes, 1-y paving strict attention
io the comfort an 1 convenience of guests, to
merit a coniinuance of the same.
Oct :?0 IS'.'.t.
riTIIAYER IIOCSE,
3 nm.n'i,. ni
l I. 1 1 yi i ; 1 , I A.
DAVID THAYER. Proprietor.
The liudrsicncd havinsf tilled up a large
nnd cnmniodious hniel on 1 1 c somlnvest
irner of Centre nnd Mill ft reels, with good
ind convenient, ntnlitii.tr attached, respect
fully soltcils the patronage of his old friends
i ml ilie p'irlic g.uierAlIv.
declS'fiUlj DAVID THAYER.
"TfrERSEY HOUSE.
Ckntmlviue, Elk Co., Pa.
John Collins, Proprietor.
Thnn'Kful for Iho patronage heretofore so
liberally bestowed upon him, the now pro
prietor, hopes, by paying strict attention to
the comfort and convenience of guests, to
merit a continuance of the same.
vln201y.
Oli'fON HOUSE,
KRIE. PA.
-V. V. Muore. (J'ttf. of the lhjde How?)
Prop-ivtor.
Open Day and Nijlit-
nSflrf.
II
ENRY SOUTHER, Atmrney-ai -Law
Ridgway, Pa. (fob-'.' CS),
I
"LNKSofaU kinds for sale at this
lies.
CM. VOLK, Manufacturer nnd Dealer
in Lagtr Beer, opposite the Railroad
Dentil, St. Mary's, Elk county Pa.
M.ir-22'CU-l .
E
SXVKLOPES. LABELS & TAGS neatlv
. niiiiied 1 1 .the Advocate Oiiicc.
IV,' AS cured of Deafness and Calarrli bya
siuip'.e reiuedv. and will send tl.c receipt
ace. 'MRS. M. C. LEfiGETT,
dw IIiihukKii, N. J.
D
It C. II. PULLER,
BOTANIC PHYSICIAN,
RlDliWAT, r.A.
Residence and office opposite tho Thayer
House.
J D. PARSONS,
Manufacturer and Dealer io Boots & Shoes,
Mais St., opposite Hotel,
nov27y Wnnox, Pa,
JOU 'WORK done with disoutch at thi
Offieo.
JOAEDING UyUSE,
Near the Depot, Wiloox, Pa.
MARTIN SOWERS, Proprietor.
The undersigned has opened a large boardirg
house ut the above place, where he is amply
prepared to satisfy the wants of those who may
avorhiin with their custom. nov'U020,
T ACOB YOUNG & CO.,
Book Binders And
ft
Blank Book Manufacturers, Wright's 151k
Corry, Pa Blank Book Made to Order.
11IDGWAY,
TO THE
NERVOUS and DEBILITATED,
WHOSE SUFFERING HAVE BEEN PRO
TRACTED FROM HIDDEN CAUSES,
AND WHOSE CASES REQUIRE
FllOJIPT TIlElTJIEjrT
TO RENDER EXISTENCE DESIRABLE,
If you ore suffering or have suffered,
from involuntary discharges, what effect
does it produce upon your general
health ? Do you feel weak, debilitated, ea
sily tired f lines a little extra exertion
produce palpation of the heart ? Docs your
liver, or urinary organs, or your kidneys,
lreiuetitly ;t:t out of order ? Is your urine
sometimes thick, milky or flocky, or is it
ropy on settling ? Or does it thick skum
rise to the top '! Or is a sediment nt the
bottom alter it has stood awhile? 'Do you
have spells of short breathing or dyspepsia?
Are your bowels constipated? Do you have
spells of fa;n;in;, or rushes of bhiod to the
head ? Is your memory impaired ? Is
vour mind constantly dwelling 0n the sub
ject ? Do you feel dull, listless, moping,
tired of company, ot lila : Do you wish to
bo left alone, to get away from everybody?
Does any little thing u.ake you start or
jump ? Is your sleep broken or restless ?
Is the ltts're of your cyo as brilliant? The
bloom ofyiur eherls as bright? Do you
enjoy yuui.-clt' in smticiy as well ? Do you
pursue your lui.-incss with the same ener
gy ? Do yuo feel ns much confidence in
yourself? Are vour spirits dull and flag
git!2, given to (its of niclencholy ? If so, do
not lay it to your livur or uipt p.-iia. Have
yon ri-stless nights? Your buck weak, and
have but little appetite, and you attribute
this to dyspepsia or liver-coiuj-.laint ?
Now, reader, sclf-abuso, veneral disease
badly cured, and sexual excesses, are aW ca
pable of rirodueiug a weakness of tho gene
rative organs. Tho organs of the genera
tion, when in perfect hcahh. make the man.
Did you ever think that tho.-c bold, defi
ant, energetic, persevering business-men
are always those whoso j.-cncralivo organs
are in perfect health ? You never hear
such men complain of being uiclcncholy,
of nervousness, of pnlpatatinn of the heart.
They aro never afraid they cannot succeed
in business ; they don't become sad and dis
couraged ; they are always polite and pleas
ant in company of ladies, and look you and
heni right iu the face none of your down
east looks or any other meanness abuut
them. 1 do not mean those who keep the
orgrns inflated by runmug to excess. These
will not only ruin their constitutions, but
ako those they do business with or fur.
How mnney men, from badly cured diseases,
from iht elf eels of scli'-abuse and excesses,
have brought about that slate of weakness in
ihise organs that has reduced tho gcueral sys
tem so much as lo induce almost overy other
disease idiocy, paralysis, spinal all'eelions,
suicide, and almost every other form of dis.
ease which humanity is l.cir to and the real
cause of the trmihle scarcely ever suspected,
aud have doctored lor all but tho right one.
DISEASE OF THESE ORGANS REQUIRE
THE USE OF A
BIUP.ETIC.
IJELMBOiO'S
Fl.l'lD KXTRACT
BUCI1U
IS THE CIHET MUUETIC, AND IS A CERTAIN
CURE FOR DISEASE OF 1'IIE
MADDER, KIDNEYS, GRAVEL,
DROPSY, ORGANIC! WEAK
NESS, FEMALE COMLAINTS,
GENERAL DEI5ILITY.
And all olher diseases of the Urinary Oorgans,
whether existing in Malk or Fk)j,u.k, from
whatever cause originating, and do matter
hoiv loug standing.
If no treatment is submitted to, consump
tion or insanity may ensue. Our flesh and
blood are supported from these sources, and
the health and happiness, and that of Poster
ity, depeuds upon prompt use of a reliable
remedy.
HEMBOLD'S EXTRACT BCCIITJ, established
upward of Id years, prepared by
II. T. HELMBOLD,
DRUGGIST,
591 Broadway, New Turk axd
101 South 10th Street, Philadelphia Pa.
PRICE $1,25 per bottle, or 6 battles for
$3,60, delivered to any address.
Solo bt all Peuiioists kverywhebs.
X0NK ARE GENUINE UNLESS DONE UP
II STEEL EKUBAVKD WBApi'tE, WITH fAO-Slai-
Lia of nt CHEMICAL WAREHOUSE, ax
SlU.NtD, -I
H. T HELMBOLD. I
PA., JULY 33, 1870.
EI1TT3 FOaiOTOS LADIJS.
It is hardly the thing to ho witty
. If you are decidedly young;
A girl may be charmingly pretty,
' And yet have the deuce of a tongue.
8iarp answers are rather cngagnig,
When uttered with piquancy cool,
Aid a girl may bo sweetly engaging,
and make a man look like a tool.
To women that flirt and look glossy,
(All feminine softuess forget,)
A well-behaved man may be saucey
He's surely a Bpoon if he's not ;
They fancy it very delightful
lo strike out a path of their own,
But the World is uncommonly spiteful,
And never will lot them alono.
go, though I don't wish to be rude, dears,
To you by the slangy called fast
Though often the first to be wooed, dears.
You'll find that you're married the last!
Yaur sentiment's rather too gushinng,
Your wit is a little too free;
And women who utiderstand'blushing
Jlen like for their wives, don't you see !
T try by your airs to outdo men,
U really a wonderful plan ;
Thfl loudest and fastest of women
Would make such a very clow man !
.4nii 'twould he the same with us men, dears,
Vf wetvied this mimicry poor;
VTe dion!d be a ridiculous then, dears ;
Vhat girls we would make, to be sure !
Thin do not consider it vexing.
Our lives arc such different things;
And never attempt at uuexing
Sure queens are as royal as Kings !
You soon will find out what distress is.
Without our strong arms nnd advice;
Without your quijl: wit and carepses,
We wouldn't find li e half so nice.
$th(t Sttisccllmtj!.
a'
I went to Convent Gardon Theatre ono
night last season. AVe were lot out at
twelve, and I set ou to my lodging. I
knocked there was no answer. I knocked
anin : a window was thrown up, and my
landlad j'a head appeared.
'Who ore you ?' she screamed.
'Let's iD, p!ease; it's ?!." I ansTered.
"Then, Mr.JIe, if you dou't come home
afore ten, you may stay r.ut till mornioi;.
I never wait up for my lodgers my door
is closed at tcu I' and then tho door closed
with a hnnc;.
'No go !' thinks I have no money. I'll
iio to a railway station, and wait in the
waiting room till morning ;'' which resolu
tion I proceeded to cany out by walking
briskly for tho Bank.
I turned into Monrgafe Street, nnd was
just thinking whether I should go to tho
London, Brighton, and South Coast, or the
Londou Bridge station. I stopped to think.
There was a confectioner's shop just in
front of me. Oh, that it were open ! I had
three pence left.
Just at this moment a tall, broad should
ered man c;'.me up to mo, and viewed me
from tip to toe. I looked at him. lie was
dressed iu dark clothes, a pea jacket and a
chip trap hat, with a peak lying level on
tho forehead, givo nio a feeling of awa. The
thought forced itself upon mo that ho was
a garroter. He spoke Erst.
'Tou'ro Mr. Saui V uud he laid his fin
ger on his nose.
You've guessed it,' s-id I, thinking it
best to agreo with him, although my name
was Tom.
Then come along,' and away wo went.
'Did Butler give yo e'er pistol!' he
asked.
'No,' said I, b?giuiug to tremble. 'He
said he wanted them himself."
'Just like him. Iio told mg I'd find you
ia Moorgutc Street, between twelve uud
ono, opposite the confectioner's with your
right hand iu your picket.'
'I'm in for it !' thinks I, 'but I must go
through with it. But whatever will it
ouio too at all at 1. 11
He led me through a labyrinth of streets,
walked rather fast, till wo emerged upon
the City Boad. Then ho made straight
for the Angel, and from thenco to Fleet
Street ! What object ho had in doiug this
I cannot soy. He did Dot oiler to explain;
in fact, uoi a word passjd between us till
we got out at. the top o! Ludgate Hill.
From thenco he went into a back street,
and out of that to another, uo mutter which,
and suddenly stepping opposite a shop, he
exclaimed .
There's our crib !'
'Is it V says I.
AVheieupcu he produced from his pocket
a rule. The shop wax evidently a tailor's
as it had bars standing 'tut, liko the ruugs
of a Jacob ladder, from each side of the
door, to exhibit stock upon. My friend
stepped on the Gist; of these, which was
three feet from the ground, aud speedily
measured the Leight of a largo glass fan
light over the door j then stepping down
again, ho Uifcaaurcd the brcaJih of the door,
and' as tho fanlight Was square, he muttered
to me, by way of giving me its dimen
sions. 'Three and a half by two high !' and
chuckled quietly.
Then he crossed the road, and I follow
ed, he explaining that we must wait till
tha policeman passed. Ho hoved in tight
about ten minutes afterwards, while we
walked past him. Then we waited till he
returned. This time we did not pass him,
but watched him from a corner at a dis
tance. 'Twenty minutes and a half between go
ing and coining,' exclaimed my companion,
'And a handy host; for he comes up the
corner there,' pointing to one a little be
yond the shop, 'and goes down this street
next ours.'
The impression began to steal over mo
that I was committing, or helping to com
mit, a felony, and that if caught I might
get into trouble. I thought of running for
it ; but the remark my companion made at
that moment, to the effect that it would be
a short run if I disertcd hira (for he seemed
to soc I didn't like the job,) deterred me I
dared not explain that he had made a mis
take, for L felt sure that he must have mis
taken me for some ally of his own. 'I must
go through with it,' thinks I. 'He'll leave
me outside to watch, and I'll hook it then !'
So I went on.
lie crossed the street again the moment the
policeman was past interfering with us, and
producing a piece of ilout black cloth,
he applied the rule threto, I holding it
against, the shutters while he set out 'three
and a half by two thereon. This done, he
cut it within two inches of the measurement
all round ; and then producing a treacle
pot from 'his pocket, he smothered one side
of the cloth with treacle, aud, desiring me
to hold it, he mounted the shop door, so to
speak, again ; and I gave him the cloth,
which he immediately clapped on to the
skylight, the treacle making it adhere firm
ly to the glass. Then, lookiug at his watch,
he cried,
'By Gosh ! he'll be here this minuto!'
and away wo walked. A glance behind us
as we turned the next corner. Not yet in
sight ! W'a stopped and waited, but the
policeman came not. Jly friend muttered
an oath, adding, 'I'll go, Como along ; but
keep your weather-eye open !' And off vre
went,
'Perhaps ho is watching us ?' I sugges
ted. But the idea was discarded as not in
the natura of a policeman 'like that one we
saw.'
VVe arrived at the shop. lie mounted
again, and drove a string through a hole in
the cloth. Then he ran a diamond round
the edgo of the glass. A gentle pat, und
it gave way. Now I saw the uso of the
cloth and string. He could hold the glass
by the string; and he slowly let it down in.
to the shop, and, producing a long-shaped
pad, ho laid it along the bottom of fanlight
to cover the glass edge., and threw ono leg
into tho opening, and got astride of it !
'Follow :iio,' he muttered, and ducked
his head under the duoi-head. But before
he could draw in the other leg, I mounted
tho ladder, and seizing it, gave a pull that
kept him from goiug iu, at tho same time
yelling, 'Police ! Thieves ! Murder ! Polico '
at the top of my voice. And, lo and ba
hold ! the policeman appeared at tho coi no
ut thai uiomcut. A horrible oath lrotu
within, a pistol-bullet whistling past my
head, und I ran for death and life. I did
not stop till I found myself in Broad
Street.
In the next day's papers I Saw tho ac
count of tha capture of a burglar by ow.
policeman, who had watched two burglars
from the corner, aud saw one enter the
house;, and tho other leap up the wall like
actt, grab at a disappearing leg, and jell
Police 1' aud run.
The ono that was caught got seven years'
penal servitude; and 'The police are search
ing vigilantly, though as yet unsuccessfully,
for the other, who, it appears, is a desper
ate character !' They uever caught him.
American Clang.
The lifer ignorance of the English of
the signification ot American slang expres
sions, olteu causes smue cuii'ius scenes be
tweeu them and buyers in Knghiud, who
seem to think that because their language
reneially is understood, ull their American
idioms will be. An expert buyer, junior
partner in one of our largo American firms,
at a recent visit to his correspondent in on
English manufacturing city, was compli
mented by the senior partner of the house,
who insisted on rcisoually showing goods to
the 'American purchaser. ,
'Thcro, sir,' said DowV, throwing out
a roll of good:, 'what do viu think of
that?' " '
NO. 40
'!-!!. . L-.l 1 ... . J II iJ'
"Oh' that's played out," said the Ameri
can. "It's what ?" snid Bull.
"It's played, I tell you," said his cus
tomer "Plnycd ah f really we call it plad
li'yar in England ; but this is'nt plad you
know.'
"No," said the Yankee, "I don't meat
platl. I moan ter say it's pone up.'
"Oh, no," said thc'Britisher, "not at all;
it has not gono up ; quite to the contrary.
We have taken off from the price.'
"Over the left ; its three pence too high
now."
"No doubt of it; but our neighbors, you
know, on the left, are not manufacturers,,
you know.'
'Very likely, but I don't Care to bo
'stuck' when I pet homo.'
"Really most extraordinary. Is it as
dangerous in New York as the newspapers
say ?'
"Yes, but I don't want these poods. I've
pot some already that will 'knock the spots
out of 'em.'"
"But, my dear, there's no spots on the
poods, I assure you. They are perfect.'
"Well, well ; suppose wo 'switch off on
these poods and try somethinp ehe.'
"Ccrtaiuly !' and the Englishman, to the
infinite amusement cf ' the American's
f' iends. called a clerk with a wisp-broom,
and directed him to 'switch off any dust he
could find, while proceeded to show some
thins else.
''There,' said the Englishman triumph
antly spreading out another fabric. 'There's
the 'andsomest piece of goods in England
'arf a guinea a yard.'
'I can't see it !' said his customer.
'Can't see ;t ! Why you are looking right
straight at. However, supposo you try the
light of this window.'
'No, I don't mean that,' said that Ameri
can 'I haven't got the stamps for such
goods '
Stamps ! No stamps required but a bill
stamp, which we are tappy to furnish.'
This misunderstanding might have con
tinued longer, had not ono of the younger
member of the house, Beeitig his senior's
perplexity, rescued the '-Yauk," and "put
him through' after the mauuer of his coun
trymen. Carrier Picons at Sea The City of
Eoston.
When the probablo loss of tho Inmao
steamnhip City of Boston was first sugges
ted in tho newspapers on account of her
con-arrival at Liverpool, some one in this
country proposed the employment of car
tier pigeons as sea messengeas of dirtress.
A prominent London journal devotes a
long article to tho proposition, and urges
that a test of its practicability be made.
If it is certain, or even only probable, that
had there been sutiably trained carrier
pigeons on board the City of Boston, wo
should now know the story of her fate, tho
fact is one of no slight interest and impor
tance. There can be little doubt that tho mis
sing steamer is finallo and forever lost.
Whether sho was destroyed by colliding
with an iceburgwhcua few days out from
Halifax as Mr. Inman, her owner believes
or whether she was consumed by fire caus
ed by the overheating of her engines as
has been rumored, wo shall probably uever
know. And, if anything, it is this dreadful
want of knowledge that intensifies the an
guish of those whose dear ones formed a
part of the prerfous human freight on
b-ard the iilluted ship.
In order to employ currier pigeons for
tho conveyance of messages from vessels in
distress, it would be necessary lo establish
large dovecots ns homes for them
at ouo or two of our important seaports
roni which, they could bo taking by out
ward bound, ships. In case of accident or
peril, a slip of paper attached to one of tho
birds would bo swiftly borne to the cot
f rom which the pigeon came, provided tha
distance .was not too great, and tho bird
could bo induced to fly from the ship.
Five huudred miles is a long flight for
the carrier pigeon, though sea birds can
doubtless traverse a longer distance with
out touching the water more than onoo or
twice. But the speed of the carrier pigeon,
is very great. At the annual pigeon raco
in Belgium last July, some ono thousand
two huudred birds wnr anni i...
nuiu urus-
sols to a place near Ttulouse, five hundred -
uuicB uistaut. There they
wore let tro. and the WltllliniV litrrt . 1 I
Brussels in twenty hours from the time ho
was liberated. Iu Eugland carriars have
flowu two huudred miles in three Lours
UI1U tt nail.
Useful, however as carrier pigeons uiiHit
bo in somo cases, as where a ship was short
of provisions, or her machinery disabled
they would avail nothing, probably, ou
tho occunanco of a sudden disaster. The
outbreak of fire, or a collisions w'ith an
iceburg, are accideuts so terrible in their '
nature that they leave no time for any
thoughts but those of how to escape. Aud
it is probable that somo such sudden 'and '
unexpected fato befU the City of Boston
some disaster that would have rendered
tho writing of a message and attache it '
to a bud utterly impale. . But it She
went down iu a storm ut ,ea, , ,od bcfow
sh. bad half crossed the ,,, carrier pit,- "
eous uiiirht we 1 hav . . H.' J
. i r.i vnu u. me Just
words olthe iiu ,,v .i... . ., 4
i 1 1 , r , --. iv Mute in ma
; world tbey had left. f "