If ft X t 'f 133 Tjlf iWT OfcVrv " 1 VTUM " IVXvrii 4TSS ft rr t. jtS jSa IV A j. el!STOS, Editor IIB IS A FHEEMAS WHOM TUB TttUTII MAKEll 'UE3 A71D ALT. AUK SLAVE! BJCSKB XI. A. JPriSE, Iatllslicr. OLUME J.. EBENSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1868. NUMBER 50- WHOLESALE m 'xriiiTiiE- II.mBCSSBR&CO., ;stow;, pa., fcr -'.'c t'iO Largest and bt ..rt2.er.t cf pure a MEDICINES i : (.AIM'.'.!'. cocntt: VNTSj OILS, VARNISHES, ftjcohol, Ti?rpentJuc, sV!nes and Liquors, best brands, 4000 Lbs. Whito Lead, m mmift. iUto. mil. ..-in nTTii (ithwii r? s m rirtT.-rxr i -id '. "ii-i everything kept in a first dmss Vrioj $:re, all ij" ichich trill be LD AT CITY PRICES. SHLER'S CELEBRATED BITTERS, v the tivzfcc cr ly the gallon. 'ciaerios r.ad Toilet Ariiclea acknowledge'! 1a all jud.ces tu to the !!'.?. 3' r .V qr AST ITT .:" VISEST LS QUALITY AM IV OIU TOTVJl. Ml mm Ml BITTERS MAGIC OINTMENT ! o::dep.s promptly filled at lowest rmcss. JLartD, Aug. 15, lSC7.-lr. f I10l) COMPETITION ! ESTABLISHED 1856. Hli MOT- - .4luU iblUixJDji IU CAMBRIA COUNTY. J2 ;.o .r.t-Uatlr cc h-L-'j the V f 1 CHEAPEST 1 A?4Q BEST N i- TXSXT OF G 0 ODS PER TA IX- jyG TO TU3 RUG BUSINESS in the County, which to offers a) T1'2 TUADsC AND PUBLIC f C3 'wit. i'r:.ililiri Street, 'i on n MAIiKLT HOUSE,) ;l.;FA(n;REi!S OF BLANK liCKjKS, '''.TE-MOXATS, PA mil BOXJ23 AND LOOKING GLASSES. rS Cl.r! an 1 Picture Frantet always l riiAle to Older. A lareo u r- l -.l.tne-.-us Pictures, consisting of I'a-r.v.,,,, j,, Oil, stel Plate En-.;-, ihu an. Colored LltkoSraphs, -;ue and Portraits, and 5.000 dif- "ciKjsot Card Photographs of protn- -n.comic and sentimental srenus and u Buhju by celebrated artists. We V. oa,variel assortment of BIBLES, Yu'.'r-IIYMX and SCHOOL BOOKS. VJOGRAPHIES. NOVELS, ".'luus Prints anrl RinVlni in or.-rt F-v. r.,i .t i . ; . fcn.n iar?t'si' ana most complete iATlOXKRY ever brought to this COO new r , - . K lutlud;ns an assortment of -Qw' u i-nS"-u make, lor which Vdr aSOnts in thia locality. Thesu ' fi 7 &re 'ankomer in deeign, tupe- d 2i incfcss widcr tbau aay 'uM3 Enarg and vlcinitv are 'JlSr U(;tieei tLa we make BOOK tS , . . n,c raaaf.icture of BLANK J fie cuh.y. All work ropUy .t;rt moderate raiog. i ,wn7-0riler of Clinton and Locust Oct. 21, lSG7.-tf. r T t CT . , FOLWELL JpSS AID FRUITERERS. Jl SOUTH THIRD STREET, rH.ADELPlUA. T-tr mm mu z vi v i r i . i No. 37 Fifth Street, Pittsburgh, Pa. W have now to annonnca to our nnnu. j one pnrtrcns and friends the pnb!icatrcn of j Duff's New System of Book-Keeping Habfer & BmrrHFr, New York. Pp. 400. Royal Octavo. 88.75j porhs, 5 oor:. lof de by bcnkstJllcrs. Thf? HvtudM work Includes all late rmprOmneiits sad labor ravicg femns la Mekchants & Maxcvactckem Books, fully illustrated In elx comrls sets of Boo. Next follow I) a IP s National Bnnli Boolis, IllueirnticR a fell net of TWErY-FIVB B00K3 ; practically rmmllng a pfcrtea tif transactions from the formation of the conr pnny to the declaration of the flrrt dlvMend : exhibiting new forms of th RJcidv1n aird PftjiDg Tellers Cash Boolrs, Deposit Lc3gtr, &c. The?o are followed by CulPs Railroad Accounts, Practically exhibiting the brnsirresa reyorded In the Seten PmycTPAL Books In rafffeyin. grading, building an5 equipment, wltk op er.atins disbnn-cmfTitK and irwipta tmtn the first dividend. The nt ara DuflPi rrlvute BanfecrB Kooria, Practically illastnitln the Prirsta lfRnkeTr businetu lu Ten Bcsticess Bock. In this work all nsela?3 theoriew r rejected, and much new and Impnrrant matter, futtnd la no pre-existing woik, is anb?ritnted. It In the Ct work of the kind pnbirshed.Tberring the recorrrmcndatlon of tho Chamber cf Com rntrce of New York. No con its of besinees alucation given elBowhsre will therf?fbre otmv pxre with it in efficiency. Tire College terms and a fall description of the above wen Jt, are pirpn in our new 16 Page DrrabTe Qegt8 Cinriilirr, mailed free. Address P. DUFF & SON, ritffebnrgh. Pa, P?o. 19, 1887.-Ira. GlfTSlOR CHEISllAS & SBW YEAH A superb stock OF FINK GOLD AMD SILVER WATCHES, ALL WARRANT ED TO RUN, AND THOROUGHLY REGULATED. AT THE LOW PRICE OF 310 EACH, AND SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. 100 Solid Gold lit' Watches, $250 to $1000 100 Maeic Cased Gold " 2bQ to 6O0 800 20 200 lt-0 2CO 100 Ladioa Watches, enamcl'd, 1C0 to 200 Gold Hunting Chronometer Watches, 250 to 200 Gold Ilunt'g Eng. Leveis, 200 to ooo f! !.i nrJTi Wth J60 to 600 Gold Ht'a American " io 00 Silver Hunting Levers, 50 to 600 ilvf-r Hunting Duplexes, 73 tn 600 Gold Ladien' WKtche, 60 to 250 7") 100 60 75 1000 Gld Uuuting Lepinf, 60 fo 1000 MifcelPua Silver Watcher 60 to 2500 Hunting Silver Watches, 25 to 5000 AssortM Watchcs.all kinds 10 to The auovft Ftock will be d:fpofd t! c v rtJi.Ai: os'E-raica plak, giving Of on rety a tine Gold or foli d Silver Watch f.-r C 10. v. ithout regard to value! Wkiujit Buo. & G. 101 Broadway, New York, wish to immediately dispose of tho above nngni Scent stock. Ci rtif atefi, runn ing the artu k-;, are placed in sealed envel opes, nnd well mixed. Holders are cnHt'od to the articles named in their certificate, up on payment of Ten Dullara, whether it be a watch worth 51,000 or one worthless. The return ti any of our certificates entitles you to the articles named thereon, upon pay ment, irrespective of its worth, and a no art'e'o valurd less th;uj $10 is named on my certificate, it will at once be seen that this is i:0 lottery, but a straight forward hvriti rna'e tra?arti.jn, whic h may bo pariicip.ild ia even by the most fastidious. A slnlo crfiScite will be ttont y mail, pest pail. r.pon recipe of 25 c:its, five fjr 3 1 , e''.'vtin for 52, thirty-thrc? and elegant prcL.i urn for 5. pixtv-six and mere valmt- Li'e p.r'jmium f.jr $ 10, cne hundred and n:.t -uptrl WH'-b for $15. To agent or th.-?6 v. LiLg rtaploymeat, this is a rare oppor tunity. It is a legitimately condnctod L'isi oaw, duly authoiurd by the Oovcruinent, and op-e:i to the Jroa careful scrutiny. Watchew'serit by E3jir"ss. witii bill for col lection on delivery, so t 'oat no dissatisfaction can poV;blv occur. Trv ns. Address' WRIGHT, BRO. &-CO., Impoiters, Oct.Gl-3m. 1C1 Broadway, New York. A TJDITOU'S NOTICE. In tke Or- -A. phans' Court of Cambria County. Ia , th matter of the account of tbe Inm ap I pointed to m.'iko ea'.e of the rcM ustate of John Rod, dec'J. And iiot, Dee. II, ISA?, ditor ta report attribution of funds In the hands of the Trustee, upon his secoad ac count. Uitract from the Rtcord. By th Court. In pursuance of tho above appointment I will attend at ray office in Kbensbnr f, on T ursdat, 30tu JaxttaRT, at 2 o'clock F. when and whre all tnterited may attend. F. A. SIIOEMAKSK. Auditor. Ja. 0, l8C8.-3t. AUDITOR'S NOTICE. In the Or plmm' Court cf Cambria County. In the matter of the account of Ntal Dnjan, Adra'r of the entate of Bernard Hailigao, dee'd. And now, Dec. 11, 131T, on motion, F. .A. Shoemaker appointed Auditor to re port distribution of the funi ia the bandi of the accountant, fly the Cocrt. Ei tract from the Record.. In pursuance of the above appointment I will attend at my ofSce in Ebensburf, on Monday, 3d Fkbrcait, 186S, at 2 o'clock t. B., when and lfhere all interested may at tend. F. A. SnOEMAKEK, Jan. 0, ieC3.-3t. Auditor. VALUABLE PROPERTY FOR SALE. The undersigned oilers for sale EIGHT ACUttt OF LAND, adjoining tl Borough of Chest Springs, Cambria county, Kaving tfwreon erected a good Flank Ilbir?., Frme $Ac, and other outbuildings, with a wever failing priDg of water and an excel lent young oTcha-rd on the premise. The land fc fa a high etatc of cultivation, and the propTly altogether would be a most de airaDle home for any one wishing k twy it. For farther iHbrrrmfioa apply to CAMAKLNE ATLy. Chest SprfBg, Dw. ljj 1867:-.7t." A Couple or ISos Stories. Tba second of the tvro dog stories wo p.re about to relate, says "All the Year Round," Vraa so graphically and imjdy told to us a short time nsro br the owner of the uoir, a Havarian ffsiitlnian resident in Eugland, that, with his kind p sion, we f;ive it to the public. Wo had been speaking of the wonde manner ui winch insiirn;jjxJX ippeaia to tJtvt iope lrom constant aad m- umaie association with man, and had nifuiiuneu a case oi a uog Odionging to a friend of the gallant General Sir George Napier, who has been taught by his mas ter to refuse all food presented to him with the left hand. On one occasion, when Sir George Napier (who had lost his right arm at the storming of Ciudad Rodrigo) dined at hia friend's house, the guests were amusing themselves by tempt ing thi"! well-bred dog to lower his high standard of etiquette. AH in vain. Not one of seven gentlemen present could tempt him to accept any dainty, however savory, from the left hand, though he eagerly ate food presented with the right hand. On Sir George Napier offering food with his left and only, hand, however, the dog glanced at the General's empty sleeve, and, without further hesitation, accepted the gift. . The" experiment was tried again and again, but the animal's discrimination was never at fault. Now comes the Bavarian geatleman's anecdote: On Wednesday, the twenty fieventh of June, eighteen hundred and eixty-six. Mr. Otto Striedinger, a gentle man connected with the Koyal Victoria Hospital at Netley, went with two friends to a croquet patty at WesU-nd, about five miles from Netley. lie was accompa nied, as usual, by his favorite dog Worry--a magnificent black retriever The weather being extremely ht, the croquet did not begia before four o'clock, aud was followed by a supper ; so that it was ten o'clock before the party broke up. The three gentlemen walked back to Netley ia the dusk. The footpath by which they returned led through a private park and across a common overgrown with heather. When abont a mile from Netley the walkers passed a reservoir which supplies the hospital with water. The niht beini? hot and close, Mr. Stricdinger wished to give his docr awim- M whittled ngnin and again, bat no Worry carno ; j fef? j made up his mind that the dog had been hunting for his own private amusement, i and had lost the track, as there was very little scent cn the ground. Worry's mas ter did not trouble himself about his whereabouts, as he had been for years a very independent dog, quite up to taking care of himself, and would doubtless find his way home. Mr. Stii-sdinger arrived at the hospital and was preparing to go to bed, wdien he remembered that he had to answer two letters which he had received by that afternoon's pft, just as he was starting for Westend. Theso letters were of great importance, end when Mr. Stried inger had looked for them without success he felt cxrrcmely uncomfortable. lie in stituted a search all over hii rocms, turned hia writing-desk topsy-turvy, looked thro' Lis desk, but all in vain. lie then took a light and had a hunt in every nook and comer of his office, but caruo back empty- handed. Thoroughly tired and dipcom- po.se lie went to oeJ. Unabie to sleep he got up in the middle of the night and made another and equally fruitless search- At hi. st the morning sun began to liht up the rooms, which was the signal for fresh investigation, with the same result. Then, and not before, the idea struck him that the letters, having been delivered as he was starting for the croquet party, he must have read them on the way thither, and must have put them in his coat poc ket ; but when he thrust hi3 hand into the pocket, and drew it back empty, ho fell convinced thtjt the letters were lost beyond all chance of recovery. Hoping against hope, however, he resolved to mdke one more elfbrt. lie rushed off, cn6havcr. and nnketupt, o retrae- gtepS tif the previous day, looking right and left, turning over every scrap of paper he saw lying on the road, stopping wherever he recellected that he and his companions had stopped the day before, mistaking every object that was conspicuously light in the distance for the papers, and growing more and more des pairing every minute. After walking on for abont thrco miles he eapied a blaek object lying close to the footpath. It was Worry's black head. Reproaching him self for having in his great uneas-iness for gotten his favorite, he whistled to Worry, who, however, instead of showing his usual alacrity, remained lying motionless on the ground. His owner supposed him to be caught ia one of the snares with which he knew the common to be thickly studded ; bat, on his approaching Worry, up jumped the do, loavin exposed to Mr. Striedingcr's delighted view the miss ing letters, together; with a number cf other loose papera. There had been a very heavy dew that night, aatl Worry's ecat was as wet as if he had had an hour's swim in tho neigh boring reservoir ; but the papers were as dry, hot and crisp as a breakfast roll out of a baker's oven. There were marks of teeth on one or two of them- showing i,:- ueaa -ri .uMf,,i vni-dlpnt for preserving his master's property. Wor ry had endeavored to collect and carry Khe scattered manuscript, or, w-hieh is , . . .. . . ' o clock. j.tns cavotcd d. guard over thcECs papcis fvi ocen oa j mgr dropped his letters ; for they of a brPARt-norkat of tbo caut. xvhu-U he hung over Lis arm when walking in the sultry beat of the afternoon, but which he wore on his way home at night, when it would be impossible for (he contents of tho pocket so to escape. The gentlemen in returning must have made dime slight deviation from the path by which 'they had gone, and in this manner must have missed the sentinel, Worry. A Texas IScrelnc. The subject cf the following notice, say9 the Galvctton Civilian, still lives in Fort Hend county, Texas. The incident related is well known to old Texas, but may be new to the rising generation or new settlers. We copy from a lecture of Kev. Mr. Fantaine, delivered at the Rich mond Atheneum. Speaking of the early history of Texas, he gave an account of Gtn. Long's effort to revolutionize this country in IS19, in which the heroic de votion of a woman is incidentally por trayed, in illustration of the many gallant events which marked the early days of our country's history. Gen. Long, it will be remembered, served under Gen. Jackron in the Semi nole war and at tho battle of Nu-.v Orleans, lie inerried, when twei.tj'-two years of age, a celebrated beaaty aud heiress of Nashville, only sixteen years old. When he formed the design to invade Texa3 Mrs. Long entered fully into.!'? ?bn.,..n'.l placed at his disposal her immense wealth. With this he armed and equipped three hundred men, entered tae country, and was everywhere successful. Near the Gulf, on Ikdivar Point, opposite Galves ton, ho formed a fortification, whe re he established hia headquarters. He was elected Piefid-jnt of the lie public, a full cabinet w?.s appointed, ar-Ii a regular guv nr'i!c:it ci2"iJ. ALJLU-time Itur- bide was overrunning Mexico with the intention of maikng himself supreme ruler of the State, i'fii'g joal-jns cf the suc cess and po-.vr of CIener.it L-r.ng, he pro- posed to him, through an agent, thai they should unite their iurces, which would strengthen their authority, the one over Mexico and the other over Texas. Gen. Long unwisely heeded the traitorous pro position. IJeforo leaving the fort ho -assigned to his wife seventy-five men, with directions to hold the pl'.ue until his re turn. Ho soon after rei.che l the head quarters of Gen. IturbiJe, who, aa soou as he get possession of hia rival, caused him to be assaoinuted. Time passed on. Mr3. Long heard nothing of the sad fate of her husband. Tho Eventyfivc men undox her charge became discatieiied. provisions vere ex hausted, and they became duniorou3 to re i urn to the "oUtes." Sao told them that General Long had directed her to remain until his return, and thai bhe should do so, "deal cr alive." Every man deserted Let to retrace their steps to their homes, lcai :tr her with an ill twelvo or fourtecn years of age, the sole occupants of the fortification. She kept the flag cf the stars and stripes floating from the walls f.red the morning and evening ea lute,'aud beat the reveille. The Mexicans and Indians thought the place was still guarded, aud kept at a respectful distance. Time sped ; a year elapsed, and siill no tidings of her gallant husband reached her lonely abode. During all this time she subsisted by gathering oysters from the beach and shooting birds that flew about the fort. In 1S21 General Austin inva ded Texas, and seeing a flag floating from a fortification near the Gulf, supposed that the noted LaStte had ettabliched hita fcelf there. . He sent a flag cf truce, and what was his surprisee to find this place, in the midst of inimical -Mexicans and cavage Indians, manned by a solitary woman MiiCHASAr. Genius. The Paris Fa trie contains the following: "A yonth Bgedtighteen, belonging to a respectable family of Paris, had, about a year ago, beeu condemned for theft to five years' imprisonment. His conduct in prison being quite exemplary, he gained tho good opinion of the director, who soon remarked in him a peculiar aptness for mechanical contrivances. A few days ngo he begged the director to tell him what o'clock it was, that he might set his watch. 'You have a watch, then V asked the director. 'Only since yesterday, sir,' said the pris oner and to the astonishment of the di rector he produced one made of straw ! The little masterpiece is two-and-a-half inches in diameter, about one-half an inch thick, and will go for three hours without winding up. The dial-plate i3 of paper, and a pretty straw chain is attached to the whole. The instruments the prisoner ' had at his command were two needles, a P", a llo straw, and thread Several persons of distinction, moved by hia sur- Drisin?T iremus tor mecharjjes, are now en- deavsririg to obtain I r o :k - j : i. , v: u' Vo ration. more proDabLP, that ne !sr ifatfnfr tm las retrieving uwtmcts .:;u;iht tho outljiag letters within rcof j fhclter of his outstretcbe-J bcnly. wpg riuW s ermia- ever since the friends V -1 t I 35'0 of 90 habitants, on the Straus, ' at about 4 o'clock nn I 1 ' ' : I accoRjpanied the natives in me of their rful noon. It must liavv h V' ; 1 1 wa!r h?,Dt " ia Belmng's Sea, whieh ieu out ;Aew Spoi'tilisr GroHllJ. A ' A correspunuent of the CLicro Ti ib l one, writing lioni Port C!ai-tjc?, Ilusfciau j-Auiorica, narrates the following: I Wtiiie at Kinketran. in F.aouimanx are chosen and incantations performed to insure safety. Their boats, which are made of walrus hides stretched over light wooden frames of driftwood, fifteen feet long, and are kept near the water'r edgo in readiness to start without loss of time. With the wind fair we started. About fifty boats, each containing nine Esqui maux, shoved off from the land ice at the same time, and a general tyice was in dulged in as we paddled out to sea. The sccr.c was grand and exciting. Every Indian pulled with all his strength, fchouting and hosting as they dodged among the ice floes with bare heads, and hair streaming in the wind. This was kept up until we were about forty miles fruna shore, when they became separated in their search for walrus. Here a stop was made to listen for tho .bark of the animals, which were heard about a mile ahead of us. One of the Indians ex claimed, "ah-mal-yali-tox" (great many) and we paddled hastily forward until we were in tight of 'tho w-.i'rus, which were lying on the floes in large number?, as far as the eye could reach, barking and pl.iy ing with their young. Ilere-another stop was madi', and everything gotten ready fur the attack. Spears, guns end har poons were placed where they could be seized instantly, and large walrus hide rope was stretched the whole length of the boat, just outside the gunwale, to each end of which were attaebed largo seal skin buoys. Kotp-w.-t'.'V'? "JTcTB on ovsr iueir deer skin coats, and ever' dark object hidden from the view of the animal. After these preparations we paddled rapidly and noiselessly forward, shooting the bow of the boat up on to the floe which had been selected w ith the largest number of Ava'rus upon it. As they plunged off into the water each Indian hurled his spear into ont: of them, and fastened the line attached to its head to the rope connecting the buoys in lb' boat, which Were immedi ate!; thrown crsiboard, aud (he captured wa.ru3 allowed h plunge and snort about ! in tho Wiiter. As thy cmae to the sur- ace they are Kiiieu by UiiUstinjr a lonu lance through the body, or shot in the head when they do not come close enough to be lanced. When all were killed they were towed to a large floe, hauled out, ok i uned and dres"ed. This is the work of tut a moment, as those Esquimaux are well skilled in the use of the knife, and thoroughly under stand tho anatomy of these aiumnls. One of them extracted the bullet from the brain cf a targe walrus which I had shot, and waved it to ma as a remembrance of the hunt. After the operation of dressing, every part of the animal, except the gall, for which they have no use, v.as thrown into tha boat, and we started for more, paddling and sailing around among the floes for nearly two days without success. A l.savy fog settled down upon us, and we were lost for several hours, when it cleared away with a etrong south wind, which rendered our position extremely critical, as "The ice was here, the ice was there, The ice was all around ; It c ack'd and growl'd, and roar'd aid howl'd, Like noises in a swound." Our escape seemed almost miraculous au opening having occurred through which we dodged until we reached open water, when we set sail and reached shore in safety, after being three days out with but very little to eat. Several boats have gono o it in this manner and never res turned. Tho barque Clara Dell arrived here June 27, and we are once more in com munication with the world, and about to bid adieu to our Arctic prison. Never did men feel more rejoiced than did our party when the vessel sailed into anchor age in this port. Starvation, with all its attendant evils, fled with her approach, and sufferings were forgotten on her arri val. We are informed that this is now United States territory, and the stars and stripes are now floating over our station in honor of the event. The Clara Hell will take us to Plover Day, E. Si, where we will await tho arrival of the Nightingale, while she will go to gather the other par ties at that place, after which we shall all start for heme. TIi a Dutchman wlio had llio "Small Post." The writer sat alongside tho driver one morning, just at the break of day, as the stage dreve out of Blackberry ; he was a through passenger to Squash Point, It was a very cold morning. In order to break the ico for conversation, be praised the fine points ef the off horse ; the driver thtwed. "Yaas, sha's a goot hoss, and I knows how to drive him." ' It was evidently a case of mixed breed. "Where is Wood, who used to drive this stage ?" "He be's laid up.mit ter rumatiz, sence jester week, and I trives for hiro. Su" f ti . i , , . A,rrflrini j I went on reading u newrpaper. A j fallow p:sjangcr, on a back ssa?, not bav ! ing the fear of murdered English on his hands, coaxed the Dutch driver into a long conversation, much to the delight of a pretty Jersey-LIuo-bellc, who laughed so merry that it was contngioos ; and ia a few minutes, from being like uato a conventicle, wo were as wide awake as one of Christy's audiences. Jiy sunris we were in exccllen ''r' 1 op to all wrrtTf v""ft -" A - .-5i!j u ;tu- - C . stage stopped at the first watering-place, j the driver found himself in the centre of a gronp of treaters to the distilled juice of apples. "Here's a package to leave at MrF. Scudder's the third house on the left hand side after you get into Jericho. What do you charge?" atked a man who seemed to know the driver. "Pout a lefly," answered he. "Ter fird haus on ter left hind out of Yeriko" On we went at a very good rte, con sidering how heavy the roads were. An- ! other tavern, more watering, more apple (jack, and another long tvtretch of band, and we were neanng Jericho. "Dos enny porty know der Miss Scui ter haus V asked the driver, bracing his feet on the mail ag, which lay in front of him, and screwing his head round so as to face in. 'I don't know nobody of that name in Jericho ; do you, Lishe 1" asked a weath er beaten looking man, who evidently "weut by water," of another who evi dently went the same way. 'There was old Squire Gow's tia'tcr ; she married a Scudder and moved up here some" two years back. Come to think on'tguess she lives nigher to Glass house," answered Lishe. The driver, finding ha could get no light out of the passengers, and seeing a tall raw boned woman washing clothes in front of a house, and who flew out of sight " c flev ; " Jianded me the reins l the j-'mpCl-.", -small'iv n his seat ana voice w HcS-cg: "-IT Ct r door of tnt as he Here his ieappcarcJso- into enraged womar?'cJ niinoto he shouting out : Nwued, aom with an 5i mid book tho "You git out oi ;ouu Tuice riuick I I kin't goir.g-' CiCu-, ing honen folks, if yous'iave J'"rsc;f ox i v iui iue-' live 'I d?II vou Pr? rrit i'fTV J vou 1 i rot i:rr v IDS Ton's ver versteh ? dor s-naTi P',x- - j - - - r j 'Clear out! I'll call the inenM yea don't clear out 1" and at on'cv 1 shouted, in a tip-top voice, "Ike I Ike ! where air you ?" Iko made ht appearance on the full lun. 'Wwh;tt's the matter, mother 7" "I dell you onct more, for ftvrlat .'11 me. I have got der small pox, unt MUhter Ki lls ho rifs me a lelfy to gif der small yox to Misses licuttcr, und if dat rjw is Scutter, I promised to gif her ttf (mail pox." It was Mis3 Scudder, and t explained to her that it was a box he had tor her. The affair was soon settled as regards de livery, but nut as regarded the htughter and shouts of the occupants of the old stage coach, as we rolled away from Jer icho. The driver joined in, although he had no earthly idea as to the cau?e, at.d added not a lit tl s to it by saying, in a triumphant tone of voice : "I vas pouut ter gif ter old womana ter small pox." Satanio Visitations. A lady in Lock port, N. Y., had put on a cabbage to boil for dinner. Stepping out and returning, she observed sitting upon the cover of the pot which contained the cabbnge, what appeared to be a cat- and a strange cat at that. She was at first wenderstruck that a cat should be in so f trange a pUce, and the made for it with a broomstick, when, o without a sp-t.or m-e-o-w down it went through the liJ of the pot in a sort of "now you see it aud now you don't" sort of a way. The old lady Was transfixed with hor ror, but with womanly' curiosity to learn what beeame of that cat, she uplifted the lid of the pot when lo and behold no cat was seen, but there, without any. water, and notwithstanding nil the boiling and heat, was the cabbage aa fresh and hard as when first plucked from its native stalk. This was marvelous indeed, and how to account for it she could not tell, ror could anybody else, but that it was a witch in her favorite feline form was ad mitted by all wbo heard tho wonderful story. Dut this is not all. The next appearance of the co-wcrker of tho areh-eneray was in the shape of an aged female, who flew at the astonished lad', and tearing her dress into ribbons, went up the chimney or out the keyhole leaving behind a slight smell of sulphur and was seen no more, The next Tisitation was a perfectly in visible one ; the girl ironing had her ironing board knocked down, and cn pick ing it up the ironing sheet was in ribbons. '"PI. U 'LI I i . Li- iiuusn uuii i:ciguuoriioou were in a. terrible state of alarm. flesh and blcJ could stand thi3 no longer something must be done the witch must be exor cised. A man, supposed to possess bu- pernatural powers, was sent for ; he couldn't lay this evil spirit, and at la6t accounts the head of the family had gone to Buffalo for a Medians man of more power to come nnlv this disturber of the famiW qi"-" ; .& War ISetiilulrfcecce. Jiit-r T ofvie lii-i !.fe .'k-IIiow i'.e- to tho ity of St. Louis an Ei-t- f named F . Having t-e-.n rea: cd ii the rigid notions of New England, cati.ig he rneutul fodder Jonaih&n Edwards tracts, and attending iijuday school regu larly, it is no wonder he acted aecoitl.t g to his natural bent, and played off got d in the new city where he had soupHt ;i i "vlum. . He attended meetia reguU'-M . and the oIJ women att pueXeTTcrvp-T--r - niouths and observed : "What a f.ic young man 1" The war broke out and F prr.r-d. lie prayed long he prayed we'I -i.o-prayed so efficiently that he prayed -self into a chaplaincy, which, l:r.v;i g -cured, he turned about and f-r .i the community and peila throivil wi:..s; influence he had attained h"i3 henor. Iiv was f-tatifened at the barracks nenr f:. Louis, and being a good reader, it oav.--t.-d to hiui that he would read the liible :j h, regiment every S'Uidy. I'ut it soop : f-tupid to have only a rang of rude, iii i -ate soloieiy, many of them fareigKC-.v, ; hear so fine a reader. He felt th.it it v.-i.i wasting sweetness on the oescrt ir, r putting pearls before swine. A ceo: -rjiuz -ly he sent invitations to several lat'.ii-a Vi come out and hear him read. That b ing a period when moc-t femininer I brass buttons on the brain, we cn rea-i ' v imagine how the invitations were accept ed, and, one Sunday, when the regl:;-fi.t -vrHit drawn up in rank and file, v.vA .i goodly number of femininea were ca ti fpot, the following scene occurred : F had read with considerable to, amid a deathIike f tillness, the r.-ceuv t of the contest of Sampson wit!. ;h. 2-'i.il-istines, and the report of the victo;y. scarce had lie concluded who'- ' stepped from the ranks, s1 lain, and said : ,Ti.'. sir." r uke to 3ee like to 3 .nded it i ., roken silence to u:v lie re-; .1 th un passage slowly to himself, hut 1.3 ana nsnueu n 'What did you do that for V as'-" chaplain. 'Oh, only out o: curiosity, YV1P tell tne wh Jl'l' U. I J I - - - - , in taking ne uw " , " psss ar to youreit i ..yv-i,v " replied tne pnv fis if 'that dispatch ws ' it - numbhlANT I)V.1 On Fri:':- tibovs were i v ... f.-om c?.uo. i on ui nt e. - j rer- Srickc t' ! crj'sli V . wler, trr v-r.r. "H "5 . . , ( . 1... B the ;.i i-r.':f v.. i i-f V-tr'.rc wa? ti otr i i jac plunged ;m. 'II 1 ran i -o down by trt ;t?.,, t,fc lad followed iiiitk - in eii:ng i.nii ssu with aMRi, abl:; pence of jir. l trrk: ti c ico cvef tlivi, vrith Lis fiett and emcrgrd into tk-e' sir. hr euytairiii'g the drowning lad by 'trsadine water,' a sti-nce known to good swimmer?, of which the liale Iwro was one. A man in the neighborhood got a plank, but called upon him to let go his burden, as it ;vzr. impossible to pave the two, and both woull be drowned. T his he sturdily re fused to do and clung to bis loadj ekiiifully l.o'diog h'.rn in such a manner as to avoid being dragged down, of which at one time he wits in great danger. Finally, l y preat exertions both wero safely landed. The name of the boy who accomplished this perilous and humane feat was Peter Mclvobie, a son of Mr. James McKobic, a resiu?nt of the neighborhood. Law rence (Mass.) American. A Regiment i'Enisuiso from Thikst. When the Egyptain troops firs-t con qeered Nubia a reigmcnt was destroyed by thirst in crossing this desert. The men, being upon a limited allowance of water, suffered rom extreme thirst, and. deceived by the apperaaco cf a miragd that exactly resembled a beautiful lake they insisted on being taken to its banks by the Arab guide. It was in vain that the guide assured them the lake Va3 unreal, aod he refused to lose tb precious time by wandering from hv course. H'on-s led to blows, and he w tilled bv the. soldiers, whose lives depended on his guidance-. The whole reginent Jturned froni the track and rusbe toward the welcome waters. Thirs and faint. the burning sands th hurrU- meaner and heavier their frT becae hotte and hotter theirf?' a decPe nd deeper they p-jcJ lnt0 tho desert and further-40m the ,ost track where tha pilot lav-1 Wood ; and still the moek p srrit3 of the desert the afreets of tha imVS8' 'e tacm 0B and tie ae gli8'--t in the sunshine tempted them to batho m its cool waters, close to their eyes but never at their lips. P At length the delusion vanished the fatal lake turned to barcirg-- sand 1 Raging thirst and t ornble dea- pairl the pathless desert and the murder ed guide! lostl lost! all lost! Not tnan ever left the desert, but they wera 8ubsequebtly discovered, parched and withered corpses, by the Arabs aent tipon the scorch. The Nile Tributaries of J Abyssinia ; by Sir Ssmc! 1 r i i
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