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IVK IS A FREEMAN WHOM TIlK TRCTH MAKES FREE, AND ALL ARE SLAVES BESIDE,
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It. I- JOMXSTOX, Editor.
EBENSBTJRG, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1868.
NUMBER 21).
VOL
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t.-h -ul '-'1'ioiit iusei ti'T..
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V.'t: aavi: n..vl? avraiisements by v.l
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.i i.r !.a'" none an aino i
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S'h)W Cards, Bill and I.cttei
'.' ills. Circulars, vVc.,i:i the best
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Blank
I'. xiks, Bik I'..:n!lng, Ac., executed to order
nsg .oJ as the Lc;t and as cheap as the
cheapest.
i:ui:.Mii'fu;
i AY1NG icceut!y enlarged our clock ;
u i r m ,t ., r.-..t ;
we : 'e t.'-w .e .ur-.l to at .1 trr..t
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t ilitt.H'lits. Vlaairrs, Li..ir.ienis,
Ci-r.itc M oj-rr-i.i, E-s Jamaica
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)th:;:g t-'ru;-., fc'piced tyrup,
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U, N i.tcs :ii:il I'.i.U.'f; Cip,
C.tn;..Tcta! iti J ail ot .te t apr;
Kuv,
Ojll'S, I'.MIS, IV'HC iJ,
ArioM's Writiap
K;u;d, -It a;tJ
F, j"ks, M .1 r i'i.e:
J ! I:.k, P.Kket and I'a
. ."-.vJii:iTjrs, Novel, His
t .1 il-f . 1 - i: ! (H
J ' M . k 1 1 i V ). 1'
Ueligiousrr.iyw and Toy BookH,
ii.es, A.;
f3" f l,-,ve ml.led to our slock a lot of
J-i K J i-.WKLK V, to which e would invite
l.t' iiri.'.iii:i "1 llie I.ai'.ics.
l li!) 1 Oi;RAl Jl Al.lil'MS at lower price"
than evjr ot'Vred in lhi.- pl.iee.
Paper n 11 J Cigai-y'sohl ciiher r.olesalo or re
ta"l. I. KM MoN k M V It 11 AY,
. Juiv 3.). WJ"?. ila'11 Sireet, El.en.-le.irir.
rgvHEALTOONA WARE HOUSE CO.,
W H' KSA1.E
Dealers and Commission Blercliants
Cumcr Virginia Si. and PLmk Jlff.J,
Will V.cep roiii-tar.'.ly on hat: 1 t Inr'f- and
well ulrdcil iipsortiiur.t of I LOI'il. il'.I".I,
.e ALT, Ki-ii, liKAIN, COAL, LIME. SAND,
Ac , al wllulCMUlc, in AUoona City, and
the a.'j )i:iicg counliei can fc f upplied with
:'.;e leading articles centrally used by thein
:it c.lv ;tu-.l li.; !l priced.
Ail k 1 : 1 . 1 f. '.feo-jiitry pro-luce received ud
.' !'.,; i;i or sold on commission.
apt r t !! !. will he in:uie..
h'tt-rxvc Oirni.-iu-d for all articles, fuch as ;
I'.tnr himher, phooks. shingles, etc. i
.Articles will be delivered to purchdserd j
( r -f i;t to fl eight warehouse. i
(!:'.vi:,g tl:.; only linie where goods by
c:ir l.'-ol can De removed at uie 'ioor,
1 hi:? saving dntyage, our custouiers will re
ceive the benefit of it.
Price cuner.ts will be sent weekly to pcr
."ciis des;rir.g them.
THLl A l.Tt'to N' A A RK Hul'SF. CO.
Altuoaa, Aj.nl 30, '.Sos.-tf.
TncchTiV.u; e i i ome i n d i ; s j i TTy
3JJ -VAC'iN, BUV.UY and CAPKl r.Z
MAN U 1' A( T ) R Y. Having taken the V;t
uiiiiakiiig h .p recon'lv occupied by Mr. Win.
I.ieh'v, (w!io still rem lii.s in their employ,)
the st.b-ci iijcrs :oe prcn oel to inaimfictuie
light, ..nd heavy YV AGON'S, IJUOtJlKS, OAK
JtlACttlS. and other veliicles, and will guaran
tee all work done by them to be perfectly sub
stantial, neat and satisfactory, while their prices
will be a.3 moderate as those of any manufac
turer iu the country. Repairing of all kind
done promptly and done well. Give us a call
if vuu need cm- wmk in our line.
' 'THOMAS T. WILLIAMS & BKO.
Ebenr.bui-g. June 25, lGd.
JKY TAILOR SHOP. Having
-1 4 opened a TAILORING ESTABLISH
MKNT in the shop formerly occupied by R.
D. Thomas, a few doors east of A. A. Bar
ker's store, the subscriber respectfully in
forms his old customers and the rest of man
kind that ho id now prepared to manufac
ture all kinds of Gent's and Youths' wealing
apparel in the latest stylo of the art, with
neatness aad dispatch, and upon the most
reasonable terms. Persons needing workia
my line are respectfj'ly invited to give me
a call. DAVID J. EVAN.S.
Ebtnsburg, April 9, lS08.-tf.
I O II A Tl D It O W A N ,
ALTOOSA, l'A.,
HOUSE AND S1SN PAINTER,
Is prepared to make contracts for the paint
ing i f Churches, Dwellings and other Build
ings in Cambria and surrounding counties,
acd for the execution of air other work in his
liue. Painting done at prices more moder
ate and io a style far superior to most of tb
work executed in th;3 section. Katinfaction
g'jrauutd, fvb.IX-lf,
-The undersigned, a
praduate
of the Balti
more College
of Dental Sur
gery, respect
fully offers hi?
PROFESSIONAL
services to the
fitizpns of VAi-
ensburg and vicinity, which place he will visit
on (lie foi-kth Monday of each month, to re
mum one week.
Au-13. SAM'L BF.LFORD: D. D. S.
i TJUKNTISTUY. Dr. D. W. Zeig-
; lcr has taken the rooms on
' High street recently occupied bv
Lloyd & Co. as a Banking IlouseJ
and offers his professional servi
ces to the citizens of Ebensburg and vicin
ity. Teeth, extracted without jaiu by use of
Nitrous UxiJe or Laughing Gas.
D1!;
X. J.. I". AlLUriU
Dktist. Carrolltown. Cambria Co.,
Ya. Teeth inserted on G ild, Silver, Adaman
tine, Cheoplastic, &e. Ji-lVofcpsioualJvisits
made to ('hest Springs the fit week and to
Lorctto the second week of each morjth.
Carrolltown, July 4. 18C7.-ly.$33
DR. H.B.MILLER,
ALTO ON A, PA.;
Operative and Mechanical DENTIST.
O.'lice t'l Caroline street, between Virginia
l ami Emma 'treots. All wokk wABEAMlkv.
Ahoona. June 18, 1 c-CS. i'mi.
TAMKS J. OATMAX, M. IX,
' tenders his professional services as Phv
sifian and Surgeon to tho, citizens of Carroil
tewu and vicinity. OtTice in rear of build
ing occupied by J. HucK &- Co. as a store.
Night calls can be made at hit resilience, one j
door south of A. HaugV tiu and hardware j
Etore. - f May 9, 1807. j
j)!:yi:iu:aux, m. d., pky-
MCI AN AND Sl'KCKOX. SttHimil, iU.
Office east end of Mansion Houw, on Itail
Koad street. Night calls iiiav be made at
the office. " fir.y23.tf.
"g J. LLOYD, successor to It. S. j
fjfNK, Dealer in JJrugs, Medicines, ,
Paints, tf Stxre on Main street, opposite .
the "Mansiou House," Kbecsburg, I'a. J
October 17. 180 7. -Cm. 0
D. MLAUfJIlLlN.
J T . O.vNIA A I LA , Jonf otrn, Ia-i
ll Oil:ce in the Lxchange building, on the
a r;t .. 1 V !
U.i ncr of Cantoi at. l Lo-ust bcreets up ,
stairs. nl attend to al! busiaeas connect
ed. with his profession.
Jan. 31. 18G7.-tf.
U. n JOHNSTON. J E. SCANLAN.
JOHNSTON .t fCANLAN.
Attorneys at Law,
Ebensl urg. Cambria co., Ta.
Office opposite the (mrt House.
Kbensburg, Jan. 31, 1867.-tf.
JOHN P. LINTON,
ITTOllNFA' AT LAW, Jh nstovn. Pa.
ft Oftiee in building on corner of Main and
Franklin street, opposite Mansion House,
second floor. Entrance on Franklin street.
Johnstown. Jan. 31. 18S7. tf.
F. A. SHOEMAKER,
ITTORXEY AT LAW, Ebenslurg, Ta.
Office on High street, one door East of the
Banking House of Lloyd it Co.
January 31, 18C7.-tf.
V. TIERNEY,
ITTOMNEY AT LAW, Kbcnsburg, Pa.
Q OlUce in Culonade Row.
Jan. o, 1807-tf.
W. II.
SEC1ILEH,
LAW, Ebensburn, Pa.
! ITTOUNEY AT
! I Office in the Commissioners' Room. Court
j House. Jan. 3l. 't)7-tf.
JOSEPH M'DONALD,
ITTORNKY AT LAW, Lbcnsburg, Pa.
Oilice on Centre street, opposite Lin ton 'a
Hotel. m - Jan. 31, 1807-tf.
joTiTTfenlox,
ITTORXEY AT LAW, Ehensburg Pa.
I Ofdico on High street, adjoining his resi
dence. Jan 31, 18G7.-tf.
p L. PERSUING, Attoksey-at-
Law, Johnstou-n, Pa. Office ou Frank
lin Street, up-stairs, over John Benton's
Hardware Store. -Jan. 31, 1807.
WILLIAM KITTELL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, Ebensburg, Pa.-
f Office in Co'onade Row Centre street.
Jan. 31, 18G7.-tf.
GEORGE W. OAT.MAN,
ITTORXEY AT LAW, Ebensburg. fti.
J Office in Oolonade Row, Centre street.
January 31, lSC7.-tf.
AjILS C. KASLY, Attoknkv-
at-Law, Carrolltown, Cambria Co., Pa.
Collections and all legal bueineis promptly
attended to. Jan 31, 1807.
HKIXKEAD, Justice of the Peace
and Claim Agent. Office removed to
the office formerly occupied by M. Hasson,
R-iq,. dee'd, on High St., Ebensbnrg. jl'S.
'ifK STRAYEIi, Jcstice of the
Teace. Johnstown, Pa. OfJice on the
corner of Market street and Locust alley,
Second Ward. dec.12.-ly.
3LOI D & CO., Bankers,
A Euensburo, Pa.
Guld, Silver, Government Loans, and
other Securities, bought and sold. Interest
allowed on Time Leposits. Collections mado
ou all accessible points in the United States,
and a general Banking business transacted.
January 31, 18C7.
J M. LLOYD & CO.,
f f m Bankers, Altoosa, Pa.
Drafts on the principal cities and Silver
and Gold for sale. Collections made.
Moneys received on deposit, payable on de
mand, without interest, or upon time, with
interest it fair rater. u3J.
ENTISTRA'.
THE BOXimoI.UCK'S so.vc;.
The bondholc'er sat in his easy chair,
Counting his bonds was he ;
And he turned up hia uosc at Seymour and
Blair,
And called them a terrible traitoroua pair,
While he sang to himself in glee !
"The people are saddled for us to ride.
And booted and spurred are wo ;
LAVe rowel well every panting tide,
And aa safe on their brawny backs abide
As Kinbad's Old Man of the Soa.
"We gave them paper for what we hold,
At not quite ha!f of the face ;
But wsTi get full 'payment in gold, hard
gold,
(Though laboring men are bought and sold,)
If we only win this race!
"The war is over so some folks eay.
But certainly that won't do ;
We must keep it up till election day,
(Till then at least we can make it pay.)
Hurrah for the Red, White and Sine !
"Hurrah for that glorious hero, Grant ;
The bondholder's choice is he;
He'd speak if he could, but luckily he can't,
And the masses won't know what a 'regu
lar X'lant
A 'gloiioun hero' can be.
"I have misgivirjgs, I must confess.
That we can't put the ticket through ;
That the peoplo at last are begin&is.g to
guess
A national debt is a blessing to tlea
A iing' of a chosen few.
"But away with misgivings ; fur who can
prevent
The 'loyal' from petting their "pay ?
It is only three hundred and fifty per oent
On every dollar of papur they lent
Toward keeping the war under way !
"Hurrah for the flag of our country, then ;
' Kr, writiag on every full,
' I etc, insciibed by Jay Cocke'd pen
i 'Down with rebels,' which tneatiij all men
ho won t pay our bonds la gold ! '
Corry U'Lauuil on ISartielors,
Corry O'Lanus argues the advantages
of married life over boarding' institutions
j from the following standpoint :
j Single-blessedness is not good for a man
of maturo years.
He gets along very well For a little
wh ut)tU hl9 jj, st fortuight'a washing is
. ... , . , - ?
brought home, when he begins to realize
the value of matrimony by the absence cf
his shirt buttons.
Man can never be an independent crea
ture until the necessity lor buttons can be
dispensed with.
In a boarding-house a man has consid
erable conceit taken out of him.
li is inUiest in the establishment is
limited authority he has nne.
The landlady agrees to fodder him two
or threa times a day, and stable him at
night somewhere on the third floor.
He can't complain of the coffee or growl
if the potatoes are underdone.
If he doesn't like it he can leave It.
There are other boarding-houses, and he
has a choice of evils.
In the evening he has all the world be
fore him.
He has perfect liberty of choice betwcea
his bedroom and the Blreet.
There is the parlor to be sure ; but the
young lady who has steady, company is al
ready there.
You go.in and the damsel looks daggerp.
Her young man looks as though he
would like to punch your head.
If you are possessed of a sensitive and
sympathetic nature, you can't resist this
mute but eloquent appeal.
Especially when it comes home to you
as it does to me, that there was a time
when you were similarly situated.
How would you like it yourself?
There is no alternative but to suddenly
remember that you have an appoint
ment," seize your hat and rush out into
the etrcet.
A Slight Mistake In a New Hamp
shire town there lived an ignorant, irreli
gious, worthless family, Ransom by name,
no member of which had been seen inside
a church within the "memory of the
oldest inhabitant " The village pastor,
after years of failure, had at length "al
most persuaded" two of the younger
scions to promise attendance for one Sab
bath ; buv the fear that they would be
the subject of 6ome personal remarks still
deterred them. They were in great ter
ror lest they 6bould be publicly upbraided
for their misdoings, and called to account
for their wickedness. After much exer
tion their fears were quieted, and on the
following Sunday the eyes of the good
pastor's congregation were astonished at
the unwonted presence of the aforesaid
Ransoms. All went well until the read
ing of the second hymn, which was the
familiar "Blow ye the trumpet, blow,"
etc. Imagine the effect when, at the end
of the.linc, "Return ye ransom 'd inners
home," the elder of our heroes seized his
hat, and, with long strides towards the
door, shouted, "Come along home. Rill ;
I knowed they'd be flinging it at us if we
came here." Al . Pajier.
Slre Cure for Corns. Mr. Rose, a
merchant of San Diego, announces that
these creators of much misery in this
world, can easily and surely be cured by
applying a good coat of gum arabic muci
Ing.i every evening on going to bed. He
suffered with them for forty years, and
tried nearly all the corn doctors and corn
remedies in existence, withaat relief, until
he applied the above, which readily cured
him in a few weeks.
A ARROW ESCAPE.
In the month of October, 1S28, my
vessel was lying in Mobile. I went ashore
one bright morning to do some business
with the house to which I was consigned,
and as I pnssed along the street, it occur
red to me that I might as well have a
beard of a week's growth reaped before I
presented myself at the counting-room.
I stepped into a barber's shop, and taking
a chair told the barber to proceed.
He was a bright mulatto, a good look
ing young fellow, not more than two and
twenty years of age, it appeared. H"i3
eyes were large, black and lustrous, I
thought. H;h manner at first was quiet
and respectful. I thought he was a long
while lathering my face, and told him he
must have bought his soap at wholesale
price. Laughing he replied that mine 1
was a long beard, and trial he knew what
he was about
"Ate you the boss here, my man ?
I
a?ked.
"Yes," he answered, "iny master set
me up, and l pay Inni twenty dollars a i
month for my time."
"That is a good interest cn the capital
invested," I remarked; "con you pa' your
rent and live on the balance cf your sav
ings ?"
"Oh, yes, and lay up something be
sides. Sometimes 1 receive thirty bits a
day."
"Then I suppose you will buy your
freedom one of those days V
"As lor that," he replied, "I care little.
I have all the liberty 1 want, and enjoy
013 self as I go along."
'But should you marry and have chil
dren, you would not want :hetn to be
slaves."
'Yes I would, because thy would be
better off than if they were free."
By this1 time he tail down the brush
and commenced, running the razor over
the s'.rop, and looking al the blade every
time he drew it across the leather. His
hand trembled a little, and his eye?, abso
lutely burned like coals of fire. I did not
feci uneasy, but I could not avoid watching
him closely.
At last he commenced having ras.
My head being thrown back, I was able
to keep my eyes fixed diiecilv on his own.
Why 1 did so 1 cannot tell ; certainly I
apprehended nothing, but 1 did n-.t remove
my gaze for n single instant while the ra
zor was passing over my neck and throat.
He seemed to grow more and more un
easy ; his eyes were as bright but not as
steady as when I rirst observed them. Ho
could not meet my fixed r-.nJ deliberate
look. As he commenced shaving my chin,
he said abruptly
'Barbers handle a dead!' weapon, sir."
"True enough, my man," I replied,
"but yoa handle yours skillfully, although
I notice your hand shakes a little.
"That's nothing, sir ; I can shave just
as well. My baud shakes because I did
not -'have much sleep last night. But 1
was thinking just now," he added, with a
laugh, "how easy it would be for me to
cut your throat."
"Very likely," I replied, laughing in
return, but looking sternly at him ''very
likely, yet I would not advise you to try
the experiment."
Nothing more was said. He soon fin
ished, and I arose from the chair, just as
an elderly gentleman entered t lie shop.
The last coiner divested himself of his coat
and cravat, and took the seat I had vaca
ted. I went to the glass, which did not re
flect the chair, to arrange my collar.
Certainly I had not stood before it a mo
ment when I heard something like a sup
pressed shriek and a gurgling horrible
sound that made my blood run cold. I
turned and there great God there sat '
the unfortunate gentleman covered with
blood, his throat cut from car to car, and
the barber, now a raving maniac, dash
ing his razor with tremendous violence
intoJhe mangled neck.
On the instant the man's eye. caught
mine, the razor dropped from Lb hand,
and he fell down in a fit. 1 rushed to
wards the door and called for assistance.
The unfortunate man was dead before I
reached the chair.
We secured the barber, who, as I sub- j
Bcqaently learned, had been drinking deep
ly the night before, and was laboring un
der mania potu. His state I never beard.
A Remarkable Hunter. Wilburn
Waters is the name of a remarkable man,
known as the hermit of the 'White Top,'
and the greatest hunter of the age. The
Abingdon Virginian Fays of him :
"After an absence of two years, during
which time he has been wandering through
the peaks and spurs of the Blue Ridge,
killing bears and wolves, he returned to
his cabin on Saturday, (18th ult.) when
we had the pleasure of meeting him an
hour or two after his arrival. lie is now
55 years old, and has spent about thirty
years of his life alone, devoting his time
to hunting and trapping. He informed
us that he had, during his hermit life,
killed 106 bears, 88 wolves, more than
400 deer, and a number of wild cats or
catamounts, having killed some 26 of the
latter during the last year."
"Altogether. Wilburn is a remarkable
man, ami withal an humble christian.
He' starts again on a trapping tour in
Mitchel county, N. C, but expects to be
back at the White Top at the time of the
rall on the last day of August.'
A TOI'CUIXG I CIOIil
The following incident of travel in nar
lated by a correspondent of the Daily Si.tr
atogiaa. It took place on the Rensselaer
& Saratoga Railroad, on one of the North
ern trains, between Saratoga and White
hall :
When the train halted at Saratoga,
among the passengers from the Wect came
a man of about thirty years of age, elbow- j
ing his way threugh the crowd, and bear- j
nig in ins arms a ctuld. He was a poor
man ; his clothes were poor. ; he looked
poor. Around his fcU was tied a piece of
soiled, worn crape It was evidently all
the mourning his scanty means would per
mit, for the mother of the chill was dead.
This man was rough in exterior, yet his
face was an honest one. He handled the
baby awkwardly, yet there was a tender-
Ce.ss in his sad look thatshowed the puri
ty cf a father's love. The little fellow
lay asleep cn his coarsely clad knee ; a
stray sunbeam glanced across i'.s tired face.
They were both tired, the father aiij
child, for they had come from the far
West ; and as he placed his hard, toil worn
handd to shield it from the golden rays,
there was in Li9 look s mixture of sadness
end care, as if his pent-up
feelings
had
bean so crowded back ino the inner cells
of his heart tlmt even tears could havo
been no relief to the bidden arguish that
was making his lite a misery.
The poor child cried ; it might be the
little thing was tired, it might be it missed
its mother : perhaps it was hungry : per-
haps
tears
it was tick, and so it cried,
rolled down iu baby cheeks;
The
the
father wiped away the dow-drops as they
fell, and then tried to feed it. He was so
awkward with the bottle his had been
a life of toil and hardship and he knew
not how to give bis darling its nourish
ment. As he made effort afjer effort to
fctiila the tries and check the tears of his
motherless babe, how he must have miss
ed her who in his life of labor and priva
tion had "ben his solace and comfort!
An uubiddeii tear started to his eye, but
he brushed it quickly away. All who
saw him pitied him. At length a woman
richly apparelled, with an infant resting
on the lap of her nurse beside her she
had been watching the man snid in a
gentltt ton3. 'Give me the child." T he
poor fdlow looked at her with a look of
gratitude, for there was a mother's ten
derness in her voice. With humble resig
nation, as though it were pain to part with
him, even for a moment, he gave her his
boy. - The woimn touk it ; its soiled
clothed rested on her costly silk ; its tiny
head was soon beneath her shawl, and in
a moment all was still Like the Grecian
daughter, who through the iron bars fed
her starving father, so did this high-born
lady troin her breast feed the hungry child,
and when, on her gentle bosom the little
one lay" in calm and unvexed slcepj she
put aside the shawl.
The father's heart swelled with grati
tude. He said, as a tear welled in his
eye, and his voice was thick with emotion.
"Thank you, Pll take him now." Then
the woman's nature spoke forth, as the
rently answered. "Not vet: you will wake
him," and mile after mile that noble- j
hearted woman held that poor man's j
child, aud it was-not until her own babe I
required Mich nounshment as only a moth
er can give, sd'e gently rose and placed the
stranger boy with its father.
loncE or Imagination. A few years
ago a celebrated physician, author of an
excellent work cn the force of imagination,
beinR de.-irous to add experimental to his
theoretical knowledge, made application to
the Minister of Julice to be allowed an
opportunity of proving what he asserted
by an expeiiment on a criminal condemn
ed to death. The Miniter complied with
his request, and delivered over to him an
assassin a man who had boen born of
distinguished patents. The physician told
him that several persons who had taken
an interest in his family Lad obtained
leave of the Minister that he should suffer
death in some other way than on the
scaffold, to avoid the disgrace of a public
execution, and that the easiest death he
could die would be blood letting. Tfca
criminal agreed to the proposal, and count
ed himself Lappy in being freed from the
painful exhibition he would otherwise
have been made of, and rejoiced at being
thus enahUd to spare the feelings of his
friends and family. At the time appointed
the physician repaired to the prison, and
the patient having been extended on a
table, his eyes bound, and everything be
ing ready, ho was slightly pricked near
the principal veins of the legs and arms
with the point of a piu. At the four cor
ners of tho table were four little foun
tains, ffled with water, from which is
sued small streams falling into the basins
placed there to receive theni. The pa-
I tient, thinking it was ui3 oiooa mat
trickled into the basin, became weaker
and weaker by degrees, and the-romarks
of the medical men in attendance in re
ference to the quality and appearance of
the bkod l made with that intention)
increased the delusion, and he spoke more
and more faintly until his voice was at
length scarcely audible. The profound
silence which reigned in the apartment,
and the constant dropping of the fountain,
had so extraordinary an effect upon the
mind of the poor patient, that all hU vital
energies were Soon gore, although before
a very strong man, and he died without
having lost a BirgU drop cf blood t
LXTRAOKDUAKY D;CT.
An Algiers correspondent writes tho
following account of a wonderful exhibi
tion : OurJ party to witness the exhibi
tion consisted ofcocne twenty Englishmen
and among them a few ladies. After a
long walk through the old town of A'gierSj
we were shown into a Moorish houses in
I the quadrangle of which open to the ky
were a number of Arabs seated on the
floor in the centre, singing, as is their
nature, a most monotonous chant, to the
accompaniment of a big drum. In a
balcony above, and looking down into the
court, were the Moorish women, most of
tl cm entirely vailed, with the exception
of their lustrous black eyes, which flashed
into unusual brilliancy in the light of the
numerous flambeaux with which the court
was illuminated. The effect was remark- i
1
able, and not easily to be forgotten.
The faces of the Arabs, some of them
"magnificent looking men, and excited by
the music, the lights, the de'ieatclv carved
1
pilu.-tors supportin
the galh ry, and over !
a'l the Ftar-t-tuddeJ, ,b!ue sky, fortntDg an
impressive contrast to ll 0 noise and tu-
i mult beneath, made an extraordinary pic
1 ture wLich no canvass cou'J accurately
S ceuvey to the mind. Presently, with a
howl like a wild beast, a man rushed for
j ward, and standing over a pot of incensej
I commenced to sway his body in uni.-on j haT6 even a pittance with which to eup
j with the music. Gradually, to all up- ! port life; A difficulty occurred btiwee.-.
f pearar.ee, becoming more ani rrlore exci- I himpolf and son, in which the latter waf
j ted, he at Iat rushed at one of his com-
j panions, and seizing about a half window
pane of glass from him, proceeded to cat
it with reat relish, crushing tt between
h"i3 teeth, and evidently swallowing the
whole. Then another rushed forward.
gesticulating furiously, and iiifisted on
swallowing a dozen good sized pebbles. j
But perhaps the most extraordinary !
performance wa3 that of a man who held '
for nearly a minute, between his teeth, a !
bar of red hot iron so hot that one felt !
its heat at a considerable distance; Ho j
afterward cooled his rnouth by eating i
some prickly eactus, which, as it grow6
out into pins and needles of approved !
pattern, must be a delicious food. Another
Arab, after allowing a scorpion to hang
by its tail to his hand and "face, ate it dis j
tinctly and positively, and appeared in no !
way the worse. The sting may probably '
have been extracted. I examined for i
myself the stones, glass and
scorpions,
and there is no doubi in my mind that
they were all actually swallowed, as I
was within a foot or two of the vcrformers.
Two Seki'ests and a Cat Singular j
Case. The Messajer Algcricn relates the 1
following curious story : "A very singu- j
lar occurrence look place in the warehouse i
of the Messageriea Impcriales at Stor;l. !
A large case containing two serpent?, j
directed from Batna to the superintendent i
of. the Zoological Gardens in MarseillcFj
was u'epusueu in me warenouse ior Fi.ip
hient. Whilst there a cat, ignorant of
what the case contained, got into it. No
soLner had it done so than the reptiles
sp aug at it with the rapidity of an arrow j
and squeezed it to death in their immensti
coils. They then relaxed their hold, and
commenced the process of swallowing.
The maleeerpcnt seized t!e dead cat by
the head end, the female Swallowing- the
tail end. It is well-known that when
serpents take into their mouth a substance
of a certain size the conformation of the
teeth and jaws is cuclt that they cannot
let go their hold. In the present case
both snakes were thus brought face to
i face, the process of deglutition was ar-
rested, and it become doubtful how the
i matter would end. At length the fema'.c
snake made a desperate effort to swallow
the other, and in doing so was choked. )
In corroboration of tho above facts the j
animals have been preserved in ppirit of
wine. The,, directors -f the Zoological ,
Garden of Marseilles are going to biing an :
action against the Metsagcries Company
for the loss of the serpents, whilst the j
owner of the cat demands that its skin at
least thould be given up to him a.i a mat
ter of curiosity.
Tomato Yivi.gak. We find the fol
lowing receipt for the manufacture of To
mato Vinegar in an Iowa newspaper ;
it is stated that excellent vinegar is made
in this manner :
Take one bishel of ripe tormitoe.,
wash them in an open tub, and add one
quart of molasses that weighs eleven
pounds to the gallon, and thoroughly tuis
the whole together in which condition let
the tub stand several days, not neglecting
to frequently etit the mixture in it. When
a decided vinegar odor La given off, tho
juice should be etrained from the pemace
and put into casks and let stand until the
process i3 completed. Vinegar thus made
is equal to tho best, and to succeed in its
manufacture only requires faithfully fol
lowing out these directions."
Onions in Ckolt Hot "Water. I
really think that nine children out of ten
who die with croip might be saved by
the timely application of roast onion,
mashed, laid upon a folded napkin, and
goose oil, hen oil, skunk oil, or even lardj
if you have neither of the others, poured
on, and applied as warm as can be borne
comfortably, to the throat arid upper parts
of the chest, and to the feet and hands.
Give also a teaspoooful of syrup of ipecac
every twenty minutes, until" vomiting is
produced. In bronchitis, too, we have
seen relief, when suffocation ecemeo! al
most inevitable, by the sam.3 treatmeot.
A KO.UAXT1C
Those who hate boen arour. - r.
Central station house late at nl,-'.'. 1
dotibtless observed an old man, : .gv.
in appearance and evidently su: ..
such surrouudings, who for Borne :.::.r
has been seeking lodgings there. : "
a strange history has had an ex -.
in life that possesses al! tho singula .1
1 romance. Before the war he was a .
! in Texas, and possetscd of ia
I wealth. His deposits in the l"n:oi ,;
cf this citVj at one time rei.thed v
in gold His lauded estate stretch
leagues of territory, and more rest...
a German principality tha:i the p
stons of anjAmerican planter. His i.
btead was the seat of ease and opu.
:nd a family of children a iilcd inter.:
his home and gave an inceniivo o
(.uuiuia.iun Ji it. wii i -1-7 tsi
out of the war he went to Euro: e
. ..r .....w. rv. ,v
before leaving he mad-:
1
Wil
anc i-i--
cutcd papers which placed prt;er;y .
the hands of his ton a-:d son -in-'- v.
Ibis was dene that in ca.-e ot bis dt i..-.
there should be no trouble ;ib.ut the c.j
Libution cf his estate. At the- end of
war he Came back. But his absence v i.
given to his children a control of wea'tb
thv did not mean to surrender. Th
refused to recognize him, cr permit him
bot in the arm and dangerously wounded
So exasperated was tho outraged paren
that he even expressed his regret that tl :.
life of his oflspiing had ct been tacti
Seed. He finally came to this city ard
instituted lgal proceedings for the recov
ery of sofne projierty which he-has i:. thie
Stale. Pending the slow development of
tho court, without moaey and wit Lout
friends, this old man, nearly eighty years
of age, is compelled to seek shelter at ihe
police station, while a daughter of his re
sides in a princely mansion, not n dez;n
squares away, ind enj ys every luxury
that immense wealth and unbounded re
sources can secure. Is rot If.? hisiovy
Eti anger than fiction A". O. I'lcayunr.
The Steamboats. The earliest s'-. am
boat upon our western rivers was launch
ed in the Ohio, ct Fitbbuig, iu lBil.
The first to ascend the Missouri were
! three little Government boats, in 1S19.
A party of engineers and neutralists
kept along near them on the shore. Tiio
Pawnees, who can yet almost steal the
boots from a man's feet without his know
ing it, pilfered the horses, provisions and
apparatus of the unfortunate savans, and
left them to wander hungry and hnli
naked, until they found shelter among the
friendly Haws. These early steamers
stemmed the current with difficulty, and
' tiic;r sp
were not educated up to waUing ou ow
urs, as a boy does cn his stilts.
And they dropped
down the river stern
foremost, as they were more manageable
in that position. Even in civilized com
munities tho introduction of the steam
boat excited superstitious dread. VVhea
Robert Fulton's Clermont Appeared on the
Hudson, ships' crews who saw her up
proacl.ing r.t night against wind and tide,
with machinery clanking paddles clatter
in?, and showers of sparks and volumes
' cf flames streaming from her chimii 'y:
: jumped overboard, and swam ashore in
terror. Three years later, when Nicholas
j Roosavelt's Oilcans first descended Ihe
i Ohio, she approached Iouisvil!e at mid
1 night Hundreds of Kentiukians, awa
' ktned by her demoniac scrcechings,
! rushed down to the bank, and at first be
lieved that the great Comet of that ye;f
' had fallen into the Ohio ! One of
! first boats to a-cend the Missouri, as is
hrr normal brrors were hot enough, tar
ried a figure head at her trow in ih.;
form of a huge serpent. Through ihia
reptile's mouth, steam escaped, . and the
savages who saw it fled in the wildest
alarm, fancying that the spirit of Eil
was coming boldly to devour them.
- Singular Fj:ii:Nisn:r ok a Ciiili anh
a Rat. A few days ago (saj s the Louis
ville Journal) the attention of the matron
of ahe Protestant Orphan Asylum, situa
ted on Fifih street, was directed to her
little boy, a child four or five years of
age, who was Seated in the yard gaily
and busily feeding a large rat that had
climbed upon his shoulder, while both
parties appeared to bo "on the most friendly
and familiar terms possible. Upon in
quiry, she learned that this singular ac
quaintance had commenced nearly six
weeks ago, and that frequent meetings bail
since occurred between them. About
midnight on Saturday last the lady was
awakened by the child, and informed by
it that "there was a rat in tho bed." An
may be readily believed, she sprang haeti-'
ly out, and, lighting the gas, found the
rat snugly ensconced in the arms of her
darling. Of course the animal was quick
ly put to flight, and since that time no
new developments in this strange attach
ment have occurred. That this little bey
should be singled oat from a group of
forty or fifty children as the object of thia
animal's affection seems strange.
In England, lately, the same flash of
lightning that rendered a soldier totally
blind, restored the eight of a woman what
had beeii deprived of her sight for eight
years. Verily, the freaks of the electrio
fluid this year are worthy of history by
themselves.