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K. I.. JOIS'STOS, Editor.
II MAKES FIIKC
ASD ALL AIIS: SLAVES BEslDE,
ii. a. 31'Piiii:, rati:
VOLUME 2.
EBENSBURG, TA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1868.
NUMBER 4.
I in. m a tr iiwiia3Xji.z v iiuju. Tim TI1UT
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JllllAl UK DICTION IX P'tlCKS !
TO CASH PTYEliS!
AT TIlll EUEXSKUaG
ISOliSE-FliRXiSniftG STORE.
Taj uu' rsi jued respc-cUully h:fnns the
citizens of Ebcnsbr.rg and t u-j public cner
ally tli it l u ha-" crviu :i creat reduction in
prices to CASH UUYi:i:S. My stofk will
ccijt i t, in part, of Cwki'ig, Parlor urn7. f'tal
St'.irrtt. i f" the mo.t jj' T'u'ar kinds; 7Y;t-i.-tz-e
of every ih'scrij ti m, of my own man
ufacture; llarhrare of all kind, such as
L ,cks, S.-iews, Butt Hinges, T..ble Hinges,
Stunt cr II;iir:K, Bolts, Ir-n and Nails, Win
Glass, Putty, Table Knives and Forks,
Carving Knives and Forks, Meat Cutters,
Apple Parers, Pen ar.d Packet Knives in
;ivnt variety, Sri. :,i.r.-!, tiliears, Ylsz 'rs aLI
J-.'roiis Axes, II itclu H.iu-r.r rs, K. ri.-.g
31 i.-liinf. Augers. Ch;5iU', l'liincs, Vcm
V, S.ti:ire, lMc-, i;.i.-f-. AiiviN, Vi- :-,
M.i.,-hos, Kip, I'.i'..'I a-i.i Oots-Cut SiVH,
-fall;s ( I .i:. kmls. (;-,vi-:-. sp- :. .c
iunl Su.it':. s, Jlii
f"ioe Lasts, l'c":
Wax Uri'tii-s. CI ,..'
' tirwr.-., Griii.l Stun'-s, lt-. t M.J.ts-c-s
(i it. s arnl Measure.. I.un.:!.or r'lick.-, H. rse
- .'ails, 1 1 one ShocH. C1 Sl-j?l. ;i:J!.'s, S!.,-t
(iuiis, I; v-L-vtrs, Pi.-t-.Is, C';irri-!4i.s, Vw
!cr. Caps. L-ail, -c . O.M iibrjv IV'at-s,
'1 rales jv.ul Fire Uriel:-. Well au-l C.Mcrti
I'iNiips :ni:J Tuliiuj: ; I'irness and StuhVerij
H'artr of ail kind ; H'wen and- Wi,'tr Ware
in r'at v iri. tv : Caibon VA an. 3 (Jil Lani)s,
':!; Oil, T.at-a'O.'l. Lic-j.-e-l ).!. Lubricating
Oil. R Tar, (i!a.-,s ware, I;i;.t s V;:ri.:-h
s, Turii'-ii'iiio, Ai.'"i:"!, Ac.
FAMILY GROCERIES,
mo!! as
i,
CIS
r-
u.j-:., Spicks. Diicl iVachcs. Drie l Ai pie.s,
T'-'i, II..:-!,ii:v, Oi.ckors, Il-re ar.l 'iVar!
iVtrlov: S -tps, lati-'ll.-s ; TOBACCO ai:l
CICAHS; ,iiitt. Whitewash, Scmb. Uc,
Siiue, I)u.tii Lr, Varnisii, !St ivc, Clotl.e-s am!
T..-th rruhfs, :ill kiu.ls am! t-i.-s ; L.d
1?. -r is ai.d T-i.m"V.a U-pcs, tu mni.v other
.irti. U-s at tl.elewe.-.t rai. fv-r CAHIl".
Z-y House Sj:iiiti;:j maiie. p.ainte I an ' pui
up :a low rates fir c A libera iiacoiiiit
r:;s.-li t'i cjuutrv dealers buyirii; Tiriwire
V;mOS.i:!!. Oi'.U. 111. 1 . A
t:i nshurr. Fel. C?, I8r7.-tf.
BOOTS AND SHOES
yjn all agls a:;d Horn skxls.
i
a i litrin ti m i.ir;:" 6t'ic
:k of the Lett
SHOES, BCSKINS, OAITEliS, ic,
F.-r Zc'.?rW t;i.? CkillrKti'a Wtar,
the ;:tcribT Jus jurt a!it-
nuT.t a lull a;: J or-
!lete i i; voice ef
boots and Slices for Man and Ycuths.
wl. ch he will uut t :i : y w.irraut t-j ho 6;:pe
i 'or to :"y ojus of like tJ-aricter uow ieii;g
-:icre-i in tiiia nvitk.-t, but vatly Letter iu
!very r.-speet tlian the s'.'p-s-h.ip vurk with
vhich tiio c'-utiTy h-; t HK.h.i3. I?', inen.lcr
that I ofl'er ri.i :.i-t'u.-.-j for .salj which I do
ii. t ;p.nr tut?-e to he i -ular ca.tota luaik', cl
tne btst Ciat-ri:-:l uu 1 j.upciior liuifth, am!
while 1 clo u..t j reicu-'I to compete iu pric-s
v.-it Ii the dci!er- in auction goods. 1 kiiov.
that I iau fun.i.-h JKXIT.S. r-HOE.S, A ..
that will p.ivc v.irc service for hss invty
tliau .-.r.y otlitr Iciiler in this corn muuity, au.i
1 pic l.; myself to repair, frcu of ciiare, ar.j
m lit hi that nr. ay ivc way after a reasonable
tiiMj zv rca.M'iiablc Usa'c. Everybody is
rcsjifctfu.ly invited tj call atid cxamiue my
tok au.l learn uy ps.:ce:i.
Ti; Ku'.cril-er is alsn prepared to manu
facture to er lcr any aa I ill work iu his
ol tin very Lo-.t niat- ri,;! and workmanship,
and ..t prices as rcLMaahle as like woik cnii
b ' ubUiuod anywhere. French Calf, C.ui
i:jou Calf, M.orocco aLd a!! ether kit.ds of
Ltatl-.-'r c-iniitautly cu li.ind.
'S7 Store on Main street, uext duor te;
Crawford's Hotel.
JOHN D. THOMAS.
Ebrnshurg, Sopt. '26, 1SG7.
I X : I J 31 if T 1 ill SI I ADO V lZilll
T II i: S ULS TA XCE FADES.
PICTURES FORTHE MILLION.
Hiving 1 xrated in Ehea-burf;, I would re-h-ect!ul!y
i:if irui the public that I aui pre
) in-i to execute FilO'l OGUAl'IIS in every
:-, ie. of the ait, from the f-nia'iest card Fic
turc tr the larg'-st i h-.ed for fra:ui:.g. I'ic
t ures takr. in any kiu l of weather.
I'lWTOCIlArilS PAINTED A OIL,
INDIA INK Oil WATER CO LOPS.
I'.very attention iven to the taking eif
Children's picture, but ia clear weatln rouly.
tjpecal attention is invited to mv stock
of lar-o riC L'Cli'.: FUAMFS aud PHOTO-
titiAPU ALliLMS, which 1 will ntl cheap
er than they can bo I .uf;ht. chstwhere in
town. Copying au-1 Enlarging dene on rea
sonable terms. I as-k cuiiipariaeu and defy
com petition.
Thankful for pr..-t favors, I solicit a con
tiacce of the tanv:. Gallery on Julian street,
Iwj doors south of Town Hall.
T. T. SPENCM. rhotegmpber.
Eben.shun;, Nov. 14, 1807.
JOSSPH ZOLMER
HAS ju-t opened, anl offers for gale lower
thau they can be bought Jt
tlswhere, a splendid lot of C?,'-"
;;yhtdayand tweuty-four hour t
CUJCKS, line WATCHES ci?
every description , ACCOiiDF.ONS, J LWFL-
llx, and a variety ot all articles m his line.
liepairiug of Clocks, Vaiche3, and all kinds
of Jewelry, dor.e ou bhert notice and mcst
reasonable terms. All work warranted.
CiU at his fchop.TIigh street, opposite Public
School House, Ebensburg. . fsep,5,'tj7 J
gl TJIiTAlN plXTUKE !
U His 710 superior R"J f' the World!!
O It is pronounced & faultless 1 13' all who
bve used it. and it is predicted that it'will
supersede all other Curtain Fixtures now in
ue. For sale bv GEO. HUNTLEY.
12
DOZ. VoOIF.N liCTTER lJOWf
lust recejred and for sale low for cash
fYb.29.J GEO. HUNTLEY'S.
et
TTtLIIYEN'J "11 ANNUAL STATE
111 M ENT OF THE PROTECTION MU
TUAL rn;i: i.vsTjuAxca compamt of
CAMHILIA COU.NTV, PA.
I A iiit. !:' .-r red 3 per
aniiinl roj.ort 3S8,3SC C4
Au(. j-roj'f-rfy i."..iured sinca lOlL
iiiiauiil rtjiyrt 75,737 Ct3
,iC4,117 70
16,90C b3
447,810 77
Deduct nnt. pr-jprty insured la
policies cdiictilod expired....
An;t. premium notes ia fjree ns
per 10th annual report $ 37,385 68
Auit. notes taken bine ltit an
nual report - 8,133 39
-46,41a 07
3,172 40
Deduct atat. notes cancelled and
expired since List report .
43,240 67
No. roli'ries ia force p.3 per ICth
ii.ii.aal report
No. policies since last report
40o
too
505
Deduct cancelled aud expired 30
Total number ia force -475
Hah in Trens. Jar. 13, 18G7 $ 442 34
Percent, oi premiums collected
Mriee 10th annua! report . . C72 iid
To arat. assessment No. 2 1.7S5 24
2,850 11
Compensation officers
flfreuts past year .$203 02
Im ideutul expenses pat
year 94 19
I'y airt. pd. Drtvid Creed 2J0 74
15y unit. pd. Hubert 1M-
ward.-:.". 1,-00 00
Iy auit. i d. F. I. Tieruey 200 00 1,&S1 34
Ijj!. ia hands of Treas. and Agts.
919 23
OiriOERS (.B ES-iUIi.0 yka:
President Jobn Williams.
Secretary and Trc-ii3arcr....R. J. Llovd.
fi.. Ryfc
) I. Crnn
( Jao. L!
K. Rut-r.s.
executive Lomn-.it:eo...
ford,
Llovd.
f Jno. E. keborts.
r. -
Evan jlob; ts.
P.. J. LLO I'D, Sec'y.
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r,3J.
S?Iit:UIKF8 SALES. Bv- virtue
of sundry writs cf Fi. Fa. issued out of
the G;urt of Orom- n Plea;; of Cambria. coun
ty, and to rnedheeted, there will be exposed
to Public Sal?, at iheC urt House iu Lleas
'ours, ou Thursday, the d-iy of February
uft, at 1 o'cluek i-. 11., tha following Peal
Efctatc. to wit :
All tho right, title and interest cf Jarncs
K. Laverty, cf, in arid to a p'.ece or parcel
of lard fcituated in Sns.pu:-ha-jaa township,
(Itr.ibria Cour.ty, ad 'Itiirg lands of John
hitt-hesd, Jane Laver'y, and others, con
t::i!.in'i Id acre.-, more or i-.as, about fifteen
teres ot which, are curved, haviug thcrc-on
ere. ted a one and a iiaii tt-ry plank house
."lid 1 stable, now in th. ( icupancy ol the
sai l James E. Laverty. Taken iu execution
and to be sold At ti e Euit of McMurrav &
;. i ,11
A' jo, all the rhjht, title and interest of
Wm. P. Hu-hes, f. iu and to a 1 ,t cf
gr-iund t-ifa i'sd in Wibm.r-9 luioU!i. Cam
Liia county, fr jn'Jug t:xf y fett uu Kail Koad
street, and exteudin txty fei.-t" to lot of
Geortje Wcnderotli, adj .ioir.g lot of George
Wedcroth ci tlu wm and an allev on the
ea-t. bavins: thtreou erected a two Etory
plank Etore and wsrerooin now in the occu
pancy cf George Wenderth and I. O. cf O.
F. Ti.ken in execution ar.d to be sold at
the suit -f Mrs. Alice H i'tes. of West Phil
aoMpl i,;. .7011" A. liLAI Ji. Sheriff.
Sheriff's Oftice, Lbeuscurg, Feb. 13, 18GS.
P U lillC SAJ.Ii.The under
signed. Executors if Jane Wherry. Ute
of the Borough of Ebenthuri;. dee'd. will x-
fcwt to sale by public outcry, at th Court
louse in said Be-rough, on Saturday, the 22J
day cf February , 18CP.it oes o'clJck r. m.,
all the right, title and intt-ns! of the taid
Jane Wherry, of, in and to LOT 77 iu tb
Borough of Ebentburg, aforesaid, bounded
ov; the south by ratupie etrjet, on the north
by Crawford street, nr.d wt,t by Phaneyat.,
having ll-erecn erected a Frame Dwelling
House au-i Frame Stills, ek occupied by
Lewis Rjdgers.
Turns cf Sale Oe-half the purchase
money to be paid in baud, aud the kalance
ia one year thereafter, with interest, to bsS
secured by the judrufut b .nd of the pur
chaser. GEO. ,f. KODGEK3,
Feb. , '68.-S. WM. KITTELL.
Alo, at tha same time aud place, there
will Lf sold by the Executes aforesaid,
Laiul IFurrant for ICQ Acres, granted to th
said. Jar.e Whrry, (formerly Jane Lew;,)
widow cf Richard Lewis, deo'd, ur dr Act if
Congres. March 3d, 1SC5. for service of
the said Richard Lewis in tha v.ar cf 1812.
Also, Six Sares in He Capital Stock of
tl.t Ebensburg and Cressoa. Hail Road Co.,
held by the deceaed per certificate of said
Company.
gUEIlIFF'S SALE. By Tiriue
of a writ of Vend. Expon. usued out of
the Court of Common Picas of Cambria Co.,
aud to me diiccttd, there will be txpowid to
Public Snle, at" the Court Uouie in Ebens
burg, on Monday, the 24th day of February
next, at 1 o'clock i 11., tho following Real
Etctc, to wit : All the riLt, title aad in
terest cf Edward M'Glud?, of, in and to a
piece or parcel of land situate in Summer
hill township, Cambria county, adjoining
lands of Wm. TL. Hughes, heirs of Joha
Crura, and others, containing 800 Acres,
more or less, about 120 Acres of which are
cleared, -having thereon erected a two etory
Leg House and a one-aud-a-half story Leg
House and Frame Barn, now in the occu
pancy of tho said Edward M'GIade. Taken
in execution and to La sold at the iult of
Thomas A. Scott.
f.i JOT?N ATBLAIR. Sheriff.
PheruT's Office, ELensburg, Feb. 6, 18C3.
(H A UTIOX.-.1 laving loaned to
the tensnt -farmhitr mv r.Ucc .T.-,,.V
I Urban, one "Wagon, two Horses, and two
j setts IIarnss, ail persons are hereby cau
tioned not to interfere with them, aa I will
protect my property at all hazards.
. : .- .'JAMES' M'COy: ;
BI EEQ.rEST.
DJLBY IS lilA'fi.
A roKe colored cradle, where uestled within
Soft cambric and Cannel lie pounds seven
teen ;
'Tis the throno of a tyrant : that pink little
tbiDg
Is an autocrat august for Baby is King t
Good, solemn grandfather dares hardly to
ppeak
Or walk, lest the sleeper thould hear Lis
boots creak ;
Grandma hi a nsartyr in habits aud cap,
Which the mouarch unsettles, as well as her
nap.
Papa wise and mighty just homo to the
h .use,
Growa meek on the threshold, and moves
hko a mouse
To stare at the bundle, then outward he goes j
Like an elephant tryii g to walk ou its toes.
The queen of the ball-room throws loyally
down
jsore mm tne roses sue wore in ter cr?wn,
Wst-"leltvesuus3 wiicia loves
He cries, when she stops, like a merciless t!f.
He fi inps right and left his saucy fat C..t,
And then, the uext aioment, txpecis to be;
ileseu
Ila demanda jcoplt's watches to ba ttc r R.hcut,
And meets a refusal with btruggle and bhout.
Then, failing to conquer, with passionate: cry
lit) quivers his lip, keeps a tea'r in Lia eye,
And so wins the battle thiswise little thiup!
Ho knows, the world over, that Bs.ty is
Kic!
6CM NA IltaL BISTOCY.
Tho Alugatou is not a na'.iff of Nu j
Ei-gland ; he is too useless a ciittei.- to bo f
bora there. !
He belongs down South, and resides hi !
the same swamp that the copperhead duz.
tie uvea upon raw pig, and don't hesi
tate lew take them whole, if thuie don't
happen tew be a smaller one handy.
He i also fond of a little ncyro once iu
a while by way ul a r2ish.
They are umphibous, anj several ether
kinds ot cuss tew plenty to men. bun.
What on earth they are good for 1 don't
Beem tew know, unless it iz to watch for
pigs.
Their hides can be tanned into leather.
but they are az hard to skin az a beech
tree iz ; and the leather when tanned, iz
just ' about as limber az a cooking stove.
Cut one pair of boots made out ov alliga
tor will last aa long az a man's mime dcz ;
the only way tew wear them' out iz tew
heave them away.
Alligator meat iz not luscious. If you
ask for it at the first-klass hotels they'ul
wu tell yu "that they are just out." It
tastes . z ! .obi . th k the bjef of the rai.b
would who had btc-n worked forty years
in a brick yard, and then been ttiuck by
iigwning to get rid ov turn.
When the alligator's mouth iz wide
open, hiz head iz just about the centre ov
I113 bodJv : but they have one virtew I
come very near forgitting they make a
very stnl noise, altho they hav More jaw
tbuo cntiy critter I know ov.
These are some ov the heavyest falts I
have been able lew gather about the alii-
The alligator seems to be a eeckond
edition ov the krokadile, made out ov
what was left.
I think the krokadile usually lays egg,
when they want some krokadiles, but I
don't know whether I think the alligator
duz or don't, but if they do, r.nd 1 ever
tiud the nest, aud the old feller idn't on
the neet, I shouldn't hesitate levy, hatch
out the eggs myself with a klub.
This ii all I kno at present about tho
alligator,
The Kkn iz the smallest thing eur
ouaded with feather except th hun
icing bird.
He Lz about the blze ov a horse ches
nut. He iz of a dark brown color, and bilds
biz ne6t in not holes, out ov little bits or
stix.
Ho iz Az gritty az a mud pie, and will
fight a hen turkey.
Kens are little pirates ; I have seen
them drive a blue-bird out ov his house,
and set up business en biz stock in traid.
They lay nn egg about the size ov a
marrow-fat p. and hatch out at least "a
half a dozen children at a setting.
A young ren iz the funniest liitle pack
age I ever see done up ; they ain't much
bigger, and look verry like a small-sized
semicolon.
l?ens are long-lived, but if they should
live tew bo cr eld az Mctbusclcr, they
wouldn't be az big az a butter, nutt.
Tbey live on the bug and worm family,
and spend their winter south. - - j
They are not profitable to eat I would
as soon dress a bumble bee, and one ren
pet-pie would use trp the whole breed,
.
The Ckovt. Next to the monkey, tho
crow has the most duveltry to spare.
They are born very wild, but kan be
tamed az easy az the goat kan, but a
tamo crow iz aktually wuss than a sore
thumb.
If tbare iz anything about the house
that they kant got into, it iz becauze the
thin; atnt big enuf, I had rather watch
a distrikt skool than one tame Crow.
Crows live on what they can teal, and
they will steal enay thing that aiot tied
down. .--.?' .
They art of ' real vittlca, and ar
the Hist tew lioU an inquest over a de
parted horse, or a still sheep. They are
a tine bird tew hunt, but a hard one tew
kill; they kan see you 2 miles first, and
will smell a gun right through the tide ov
a mountain.
They are not sonpstirs, altho they hav
a good voice to cultivate, but what they
do fcin, they t-eem to understand thors
ooghly ; long praktiss has niado them
Perfekt.
The crow iz a tulF bird, and kan taml
tho heat like a blacksmith, aud the cold
like a stun wall.
They b.ld their nets among a tree, and
ky twice, and both eggs would hatch out,
if they waz laid iu a snow bank tharo
aitit no fcuob. thing as stopping a youtv
crow.
Crows r.re very lengthy. I belcave
they live always ; I never knu one to die
j " natral deth ; and dont beleav
e they kno
i how.
, l.ey are bIwus thin in flesb. and are
; nke n injun rubber shew, poor in.iue
j ...
luey arc not considered fine eating,
( aliho I have read somewhare ov L;'iil
j crow, but Pti l I never heard of the tame
man natiKeiing lor &orn;j tiled crew 2
j time?.
j This essa cn the crow is copied from
. natur and if it iz true, I a'u.t to blams for
I it; natur made the crow, I didn't ; if I
; haJ X would have made her More honest
i rind net quite so tuiV.
T T 1. . . 1. .1 .. .
" j ;laco, that tlu. far the' are a eucce?s.
j lney are domestic and occasionally
! are tuff.
j This z owing to their not being biled
otten enuit in their younger daze ; bat
the Lrjn ain't to blame for this.
liiled hens is universally respeckted.
Thare iz a grate deal ov oiit;;n,liry tew
in the hen exactly how much Ik-ant tell,
historians light so much about it. Sum
say Knower Lad hens with him in the
ark, ar:d sum say he uiJn't. b'o it goe,
v,!,ic!i and tuther.
I kant tell yj which was born fust, the
i. in oi liiu e- ; ; MiiiUKili'S 1 l.iil.ii tlie I T,T
i vvaz and eumtimes I think I don't kno.
anJ I kant tell now which is right, Lr
the lite cv rne.
Laying eggs iz the hen' 3 bc.-t grip
A hen that kant lay eggs iz lai i out.
One egg iz konidercd a fair daze work
Cor hen,' I have heord ov their doing
better, but I d.-n't want a hen ov mine
tew dew it ; it iz apt to hurt their consti
tution and by-laws, and thusimnare thoir
r
futer worth.
The poet says, beautifully :
Sumboddy haz Fto'a our old blow hen,
1 wish they'd let her bee;
She used tew lay 2 egs a day,
And Sundays she layd 3.""
This sounds trew CT.uif for poetry, but
I will bet To thousand collars that it never
took place.
This bet stands open till the 17th day
of next November, at half-past twelve
j o'clock.
The Blmhi-k Buk
iz one ov natur s
sekrets.
They probably hav a destiny tew fill,
and are prububly necessary, if a fellow
only knew bow.
They live apart from the rest of man
kind, in little circles numbering about To
or SO souls.
They are born about haying time, and
are different from enny bug I know ov ;
they are the biggest whon they are fust
born. They resc-mbel sum men ia this
respekt.
Their principal business iz making poor
honey, but they don't make enny to nell.
Boys sometimes rob them out ov n
whole summer's work ; but thare iz one
thing about a bumble bee that boys alwus
watch dredfal close, and that ia their
helm.
I had not rather hav awl the bumble
bee honey thare iz between here and the
city ov Jerusalem, than tew hav a bum
bell bee hit me with his helm when he
cams round suddin.
They are different from other war ves
sels ; the helm always minds the bum-
Death. We have never read any
thing more beautiful than the following
from the pen of George D. Prentice :
Tbere is but a breath of air ar.d a beat
of the heart betwixt this world and the
next. And in the brief interval of pain
ful and awful suspense, while we feel
that death is present with us, that we arc
powerless, and he all powerful, and the
faint pulsation here is but the prelude of
endless life hereafter, we feel in the midst
cf tho stunning calamity tabout to befall
us, that the earth has no compensating
pood to mitigate the severity of our loss.
But there is no grief without some bene
ficient provision to soften its intensenesa.
When the pood and lovely, the memory
of their good deeds, like the moonbeams
ou the stormy sea, lights up our darkened
heart and lends to tho surrounding gloom
a beauty bo sad, fo sweet, that we would
not, if we could, dispel the darkness that
environs it.
Ik the store ot Mr. Wickloff, at Meta
mora, Illinois, a lamp reflector iu tha win
dow sent tho concentrated rays of the sun
into a broom near by with such effect as
to aet tha broom, and thence the etore, on
fir.
ISAUY'S JOtKXAL.
BY EIHAL LYNX.
I'm were. nd if thi3 is what th-v call
the vv-rld, 1 don't thick much cf it." It's
a very fJannelly world, r.nd finells of pare
goric awfully. It's a dreadful light world
too, and makes me blink. I tell von
aua l aon t know what to do with iuy
. . . . . ' -
hands ; I think I'll dig my lists in my
m
eyes, rso, 1 won't. I'll scrabble at th
comer of my blanket and chew it up, and
then I'll boiler; v, batcver happens I'll
hoLer. And the .aore parcgoiic they
give me the louder I II yol'. That old
nurse puts the spoon ia tha corner of my
mo'.jth in a
very uneasy way, and keeps
milk heib.if all the while.
tasting my
She t-piiled snuff in it lat nicht and when
I I. ,.!'.. , I. .. .1 f...
neiiieieu, sue; UOIICU Ule. A Hat COU1C3
tii being a two day's old baby.
. min i when I'm a man I'll pay
Never
S0- There's a pin siickin- in me now.
! and if I say a word about it I'll be trot-!
ted or led, nn 1 would rather have cat-
1110 tea. I'll tell you who I am. I found
out to day. I heard folks say, "Ilu.Va,
d -n't wake up Ktudiue's baby" That's
mc.
1 ia ".meiine s b.ibv.' an 1 I sun-
pos3 that pretty, white faced woman over
011 the pillow is Emcline
No. I was rriif-,Lr: i! r
t , ... ... uiioi e&ii.ie
in here just now, and wanted to see Bol's
b.iby, and looked at me, and sai'i lil was
a funny little toad, and looked just like
Hob." lie smelt cf cigars, and I'm not
used to them. I wonder who else I be
loug to. Yes there's another one that's
"(.ianuia," Emeline told me, and than
she took me up tnd heH me against her
soft cheek and said, "It was Ganma's
baby, so it was." 1 declare I don't know
who I belong to ; but I'll boiler, and may
be I'll linj out.
There comes Snulfy with catnip tea.
The idea of giving babies catnip tea when
they are crying for information ! I'm
goi;;g to sleep. l Wonder if I don't look
pretty red in the face ? I feel so. I
wonder why my hands won't go where 1
want them to. I wonder what Snuffy has
in that big black bottle, and why she
don't give Ganuia's baby some.
Here's Hob; tie's one of ihe people I
belong to, you know. He kisses me and
scratches mj with his mou
tu I don't
wear a mustaclu myself. I like Ganma.
She treats mc like a gentleman, a: i parts
my hair cu the s:Jo ; Snuffy parts it in
the middle.
IL
I'm a year old, and I've got a name.
i m Joe ; and uncle Joe give me a silver
Cousin Liz:;;3 :s staving hero. She
is
a nice girl, only she won't let roe pull
her hair ; I think she might such Ion",
soft, yellow curls. She won't let Uncle
Joe to ':h a curl either. He jut lifted
one up the other day, and she drew it
away and bent over her heal and kissed
me ever so much, and Uaclo Joe walked
away.
I gue.-s he was only frying to see if it
was the same color as his mustache.
Oh ! I've got the prettiest mamma :
her eyes shine so bri-ht, and her little
hands are so r-. ri , I declare I am proud
ofhrr.
Snuffy don't live here now ; Annie
takes care of me, and takes me out and
we go to the park, aud gentlemen with
caps and a great many buttons on their
coals talk to me a great deal, ask Annie
how old I am und where I live. They
are very polite to me ; but I don't think
it is quite right of Annie to keep my cap
over my eyes so much, it is rather te
dious. I've had lots of toothache, and I've
raised a few teeth ; tbeyjdon't come out as
Ganuia's do though. My pretty mamma
tells me to show my toofies, and then I
have to grin for everybody. I bit Hob's
ringer yesterday, but be didn't' seem to
mind it.
III.
I've got short clothes od. Cousin Liz
zie is teaching me to d.tnec. Uncle Joe
helps her too When I am through my
lessons, she catches me up ar.d kissc3 mc
and then Uncle Joe kisses me too, right
on the same spot. Isn't that queer f
Cousin L'.zzie is going home soon ; I'm
o's Uncle Joe. I heard him tell !
sorry
her so, and then she stopped to lie my
s'eeve-ribbon, and grew very red in the
faco about it. That's funny too.
I've got a little sister. She looks pret
ty well for a girl. I remember when I
did not look any better. I think I'll be
good to her ; but she must understand at
first that she must mind her elder brother.
Cousin Lizzie has h new bright ring on
her finger ; I guess Uncle Joe gave it to
her. She don't scold when he pulla her
curl3 now.
Oh ! ain't I glad I've got a Ganma ?
for Cousin Lizzie forgets me now some
times and mamma Emclinc is white and
still. But Ganma dou't forget not she ;
and she isn't so taken up with the girl
baby that she can't remember a fellow
who used to be A No. 1. She Fays my
nose is out of joint, but it don't feel bro
ken. I don't want fo bo ugly, but I do hate
to see the new baby in my dace ; and I
hear them tell hrr that she ia the dearest
little dot that ever lived.
They used to tell me it so. ,
ct:p th.s morning, but they won't let mc i , T , V- t ,''6 40 , able l r.;th of iinn in the ccidral p-..Mi-.i
have it to bang ou the table. Grandma ftVT taWl& tbeir cf Koia., Auuiica, cr Ala.k,,,
would give it to me in a minute, and j ! P' - "' .lukerchieis to their noses, , jn c!eaii rou1 f;r tt t. ;
third; some day when I catch he. alone, i WuJcreJ '" a! a;vare V whi'-h starting from the ii'.i
I'll net it vet. " ! l,recCnco of tLal tS)M on laa t;tjR.r wUch im fr,,n r
And I
don't like to see my dear tuaLauiu so very
still, with her eyes ihut.
IV-
I knew it was a sorrowful world whon
I came, and that is why I cried.
I've tried to-duy to wake dear mamma,
and I cannot. .She will not speak to me,
or move, or open Ler bright ev-.s. She
.i ... - . w . - .
uv tr8 "Ul tt-1 l,,ni when tbc baby cues
! Ioth her h;tle ham's are laid upon her
; oreafi, jin.i are iuil ot howers. And
j Cousia Lizzie ami Ganiaa are JA in black
fioik.s, atid I've black libbona on. Au-1
sits by her whh hh, bead in his h.yi I.-;
and Uncle Joe criers as he ttand beside
them both, and lav his hand i,n hi
M'or.hL-r, an I say.s, "OoJ help brother
All1 a'1 t!;e fa U ihiuin in i
the
btreels, and the. people gj by as they al-
wajsao. 1 he canary miht know this
was no lime; to !ing whva dear la-inUia
will never w
!-.c agaoi.
s;t 1
Id EC in hir sirn.; 1 t r,'. ! t i
kissed
-r- '-J " "
me, and said, '-Good-by, lit 1:
They tell me she has r.iue to
I Ju0-
i Jc
ey ieu me sue isas gone to
j e'ucn ' Lut il 1S nj comfort to me. 1
S "un l kr-ow wLcra l a-. cn is, or how to get
i tliCre- I loo!;cd up at the tt..is, but I
: "i matnma s eves o tter.
An 1 I wanted her h;-tc.
I
-.ri.-l be
good
. 10 ii. e uc.oy, aiii: 1 mean to l ' ; wliaievcr
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..1
! 1
ippens, I'm going to standby thut baby.
Bii!y Smith is a carnage pointer, and
a giiiius in his way. Ooe day while
countci fiiti.-.g nature with a brush, his
j ujiuu euaiiicu 10 run cn ;ue sui-jcct c:
. rotten eggs, and forthwith one of tho.-e
I interesting oljx-la appeared 0:1 tho board,
j It was represented as bi'.!:.:i, and was so
; natural that an ob-rver mi-h
it lane ii
caused a disagreeable odor.
The picture
remained there for sumo "time all who
bad occasion to go that way not caring
to disturb a thing so forbidding to the j
delicate se:;.-es of the nasal nrolubor.incv. !
i One uav Nviiie Al saw it and ?.a.i:ed i .
i
s lingers to his
F-i.'ly saw Lin;,
and explained to him that it was mere I v
j paint. Attlrstha would hi.rdly b. he; e !
I if, but l.tia-iy convtcccd, he cileied liilly
: ten dollars to paint a similar one on his
! door step. Too s-juire was something of
! a wa au(1 wished to see the etiect pro-
duced on the ladies and gentlrrarn who
: had been invited to a party at bis hou.se
; that evening. Hilly received the ten dol
: lars, and promised to have the painting
; ready in time.
j Evening arrived, and so did the ladies
i and gcnllamen ; aud as e:'ch in succession
1
I door-step
i The party progressed, and the rotten
j egg was tho subject of much remark.
Squire M heard and felt joliy over
S the success of his practical joke, When
'. everybody was chatting at the table after
; supper, and not a few of them about the
i 'apparition' at the door, the squire arose,
land uttciiug a preliminary 'hem!' said:
i I snppope you all saw that on my door
j step, didn't C-u ?'
j Everybody assented, some cf the wc-
men uttered a little scream, and all of that
j sex fanned themselves vigorously. The
squire resumed :
I h:d that placed there Jo il'uslratethe
power of imagination, n I'll show you, if
you'll adjourn to the door.
All went.
'Now,' said the squire, taking out his
snowy pocket handkerchief, you will see
that this i not what you supposed it was,
but merely a painting.'
And he pressed tho handkerchief on the
'illustrated' frpol, then raised it suddenly
to his nose.
By Jupiter 1' he exclaimed, 'it a rot
ten egg, after all !'
Billy hud taken tho ten dollars and
broken a bona Jide rotten eg on
th
squire's door step.
Cats. Some practical joker in Cin
cinnati advertised in one of the city pa
pers that a certain merchant giving his
name and place of business was in want
of a cat, and that for a good one, ten dol
lars would be "paid. The next morning
theistoie wrs liierally besieged by urchins
with their arms full of black cats, white
catS X cae 'mas cats, ancient
cats, juvenile cats, and every urchin de
manding bis tea dollars. Later in the
day a distressed kokii g gentleman,
covered with cats' hairs, presented him
self at the office of the advcrih-ing paper,
aud with extreme indignation announced
that he never owned a cat, never wanted
a cat and devoutly hoped never again to
feee a cat. The publishers syinj aihized,
and declared it was a cats-astrophe.
Oily Peoplf. Particularly smooth
an! oily people bear watching Beneath
the tongue which is as glass, and the
smile wh;ch ia as the rose, there may lurk
that which is of a quite different nature.
Excess is always suspicious, and in speech
and matter especially so. If you are
plied with words that have an unwonted
sweetness, whether from man or woman,
and you. are pressed with uncommon soli
citude, just put yourself on the defensive,
until you comprehend tho situatiu-i.
Uf joirps the ievil. end I oVa .,-.,,.,
And ts two line t0 fil, ,L:S
LFrcra the St. Piu! Pr.-., Ftb. ? 1
Wc bad the pleasure of ratetir-
day a gentleman who hu just rtac: ed 1
city, having lecn engr.getl t,ii.cc la.-t Atv-.t
Iu
in making the perilous, and ".river
I cverhu.d trio from uur nev 1?.
American ,:cssions.
T'-e gentleman in question w.s cn? if
the carl v e:n!tfs of the Overland Tele
graph Gomp.iny, whose lines run up
through Russian America, thence aeros-sdo
Ilusata and St. Petersburg, und had b-tj
in the employ of the company that
since carried on the work. The compeny
having suspended operarins jbr a tin...
he came down to the Southern part of
"Kus.-Mun Ainer'ca," aud gving up "P
hind Ci.n.il," ihe salt water inlet which
tortus its southern boundary, and asctnU
i,!g NrtSS Iliver (given on some loses
Simpson Elver), started ia August lasi. uii
his overland trip.
liy making a portage ho wa- fcb' to
cross by tneatis of a line of email lake
hvm the head waters of Simpson IJiier to
Fort Slel-o 1, n the heal waters of ihe
l:trr; Eivt-r proper; following this'river.
which flows j.ioug a bi-i'utilul vd!rv-
tiirough the Eockv Alountains. i.el.f, : , -
i-i his canoe with hi; India.i guide
DcvLvan 1 1. .use. Here be wool out
to
of
his way to v'p-it Srv.oky iiiier,
Mi'
Irc-m the cour.t-y being cloud, d v.iih snitke
from the burning peaks, the o"I b i;ig a
taas3 of c?.r;h mi.;!ed with asphalt tun or
petrel :u:n.
Ci.n.mji: g Lisjocrney, sometimes in
CKnue, soir :!iaits on a horse, and soom
t:tr.os ou lb' t, hi crossed to Levr Slar
Lake, up the stream at us northrr'y end,
a..l thente by po: raue acrct-j to ti-e ir". !:?.
ntchen ,
a. id town 11 to
Iloujse. H;rc i!ie water cour.-cs were hi:
altog- 1 her, fin 1 our adventurous tr.nd.t
continued his y mrney on hornbaek find
; s.'e !s to I ort Gurry n I,-I lc
nco wiih do-' sio' which e;-rrv :...-
1.. i.
! mail, to FcUibir.A and I'ort Ab?rero.-.ihi .
a-.d thence to this city, wLincc he itrc.d
to proceed U Xcvr Yc-k w..cre ho wid
-da 1 1 y take thi steamer lor CaiiiurniH.
Ot.e not accustomed to iht tn -Je vi
life can hardly imagir.i the dllSvuaicB.
privations and dangers t-tteudtng such u
journey tl.;oiich a country, a Ifire p-. i-ii u
of whi'-h" vh.s inh ibited op!v by the In
dians, and dependent upon thaj for sup
plies of food for tha traveler and fuid?,
which were often obtained with the su'vuU
est ditlicL iiy.
throogh Oregon and British Coiu.zi'r 1 t.
the southern boundary of our u w p o -sions.ther.ce
has penetrated well - p t. , rd
the inteiior. He is well posted 5 to
climate, the nature of the ccont y m j
its capabilities, b;iag a shrewd observer,
and having a large fund of genersJ kac i -edge.
It will be seen that on sorre of 'v3 !a?t
maps the Yowcaau Fiver is rzt-:.czu;
as flowing i.-.io the Arctic Coc-?.:i, while
on others this is but a branch of a hirj,
river which flows into the Ahaaive rtnr
Bcbrin-'8 Straits, 'j he latter 13 ccrrcr-i.
this river, which is called the Kitcbpitd
(we don't claim to give the liussiun spell
ing), being navigable for a thousand miie
through the intern" of this count rv.
The country contains plenty of t:n.berT
principi'llv pine, hemlock and Cedar, and
also large quantities of coal, which tho
Indians burn in their lodges, it Lein-j
simi ar :o Pennsylvania coal. The land
all along down the southern strip is well
tiaibciod, and has abundant t-tresui
which furnish the best cf water powers.
Tho lumber trade with Calillinia and
Oregon seems destined to be a:i imporf u,t
one, as well as across to Asia, v t wa &
necessary to t-hip immense quantities of
telegraph poles to the Pacitic coast to
supply the Asiatic end of the line.
Some portions of the country are dotted
with numerous lakc3 and occasional
marshes; others are lichly supplied with
minerals, which have heretofore not been
worked for two reasons, one beir.jr tho
difficoliy of access, and the other that all
other precious metds faund, until the re
cent purchase, fell to the royal treasury.'
GarJens are common, and fine vervta
blcs aie raise,!. The mometrical observa
tions have been regularly kept for four
yet-.rs t Fort Youccn. on the Yosu-on
River, about midway between the lacidet
and Arctic Oceans, showing a temperature
about the samnas at Qui! e cr Montrei.
The codfish war the island, along tho
coa?t, ere unui passed, while the finest
furs ars wonderfully plenty and cheap,
b'nng bought for a triCe from the Indiana
in the interior.
Many and cr i.fl'ctii.g statements hv
already bees published in lajard to Alas
ka, which rnake3 tho description of ore
whose acqua:ntance with the count y is
the result of recent and personal cbt.
t'or, if speci I interest. Wo-pve hi
statements as they were furnished to c,
withholding his name at b:s icq-tost, hi
petition, and the busiaesa connected with
his present trips rcudcriag this ueairablek
fiir.ir 1A2 fix o r, - 0 T
1 - - - i v ' 1 v uara
A rEi'SOX was boasting that ho waa
sprung from a high family.
"Yes,' said a bystander, "I have eeen
soma of h same family mo tyh tLf pv j
- t-j grouttd.'
i .a