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M. L. OATMAN,
CHOICE FUMY GROCERIES
CZSAZ.V, FELI),
FRESH VEGET AULES,
ALL KINDS OF FRUITS,
SUGARS, TEAS, C0FFEI3,
SYRUPS, MOLASSES, CHEESE, &c.
Aliio, a large .took of the
2cst Brands of Cigars and Tobacca.
STORE ON HIGH STREET,
'vur Dore Eat of Crau-fjrd' s Hold,
Ebensburg:, Pa.
UKE THE SHADOW EUE
THE SUBSTAXCE FADES!
S PCX CCS XI!W
; . . v. k T, n n rs' rs ii
la now in perfect order for executing Pictures
Ih every style of the art. PhotOL'ruphs of life
like accuracy, rau--ing from the smallest card
picture to ihe largest s ze for Aaiiiing, taken in i
ny wcatner. and warranted to civo satisfaction. I
Par'ieulur attention paid to children's pictures
Frames of all kinds for sale cheap. Frames of
any kind not on hand will be ordered when de.
:red Tniruction- in the art on liberal terms.
C57GalIery on Julian street, 3 doors north
cf Town II-11- T. T. SPENCE.
Ebensburg, Oct. 8, ISCi. Photographer.
Hew Firm Hew Goods.
rill'E nndcrsicned, having given his son,
jS. J. E. Shield, an interest in his utore,
the business will hereafter be conducted un
der the firm name of P. II. Shieidd & Co.,
and a we are determined to tell Goo's cheap
tor cash, or exchange for grain, lumber or
produce, we hope by strict attention to bus
iness to merit a liberal patronage from a
jjencrcus public.
Ravine determined to settle up my old
books of thirty years standing, I now ask
those indebted to me to como forward and
make settlement on or before the 1-t day of
December, 18G8. I II. SHIELDS.
Loretto. Oct. 15, 1SG8. tf.
TT O H N C 11 O U
S E
WHOLES LE DEALER IX
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC WINES
" AXD CIQl OltS.
BE2T BRANDS OF BRANDY, WrHlSKY,
IP!SH WHISKY, GIN, &c.. ic.
The very best qualities oi Linuo.s. TTj,
&.c, for Uedical purposes. Prices LOWT.
tnotel and Sxlooa keepers will do well
io give me a call at my store on Canal ttreet,
in b'.lldiiijj formerly occupied by T G. Stewart
Co. .'oknstowoAug. 27, 1-iGS. tf.
OHK GAY v.'H. WELSU.
GA Y & WELSH,
Successors to Gay &. I'alutcr,
WHOLESALE
Grocers and Commission Merchants,
AND DEALERS IK
FLOUR, PRODUCE. FISH. SALT, CAR
BON OILS, &c, &c.
302 Liuscty Ptxiect, - PIXTgaURQD.
LANGSTROTH'S
PATEST MOVABLE CQMO B1E HIVE !
P
EVER YET
introduced in this County or Stale. Any
j.ersou buing a family ri-ht c:in have their
Sees transferred fiom ;m old b-x to a new one.
In every instance ia which this has been done
the repult has teen en'iie'y st.lisfiiclory , and
the first take of honey ha invariably paid all
expenses, m.d hequeiitly exceeded them. Proof
of ll.e superior inetit- of this invention will he
found in the testimony of everv mmi who hs
given it a iri.d, and aiung the i-umber are tlie
gentlemen named below, and their experience
should induce every one interested in Bees to
I3L'V A FA JUL. RIf.MT!
Henry C. Kirkpatrick, of Carroll township,
took lofi pounds of surnlus honey fiom two
hives, which he sold at 3 cents per pound.
Adam Deitrieh. of C rroll township, took
from two hive.- 100 pound of surplus honey.
Jams Kirkpatrick, of Chest township, look
60 pounds of suip! us honey from one hive.
J:icob Kiikpatriek, ot Chet toTnship, ob
tained 12 puml- ol purplu-" honey from c e
hive, wcrtli not less than 21, and the right
eoit him only
Feter Cauipl.ieM from one bive obtained IT5
pounds of surplus honev at one time.
ISQuite a. nuuioer of sind-ar statements,
authenticated by some of the hest citizens of
Cambria county, could be obtained in proof of
the superior iner'l of Lang?tro'.u's Patent ilo
rMn Conib 13:e Five.
Persons lsi.in to purchase fa;n:!y rights
should call on or ml Ires
PETER CAMPBELL,
Nov. 5, 1S "9 tf. Carroiltown, Pa.
OlLi'il.
in ue
NS- COURT SALE! By
ue ot uii oruer of the Ornbans' Court
o; L i moi :a c
nv. j n;c u.reeted, tfu-re will
t'P exposed to PuMie S:i
e, on the premi.-te-t in
tMjuenann.i towiihin.oa .atl kpay tuk
l-h:l
pa? or No'Jrviiiia, iu.a., at I oYWk r k , tho
f i'.'.o .Mn ili'i li'.t'd reul tiuie of whicn ilenr v
L'o-d liitp of '.i-o-aeiirtiina twp , oied ""zr-.i":
A PIECE Oit PA it 'EL OF LAND altuated
in Su-'itii.inrirt town.l:ip, Cunbrii ioiintv,ad
j-duiuc liid of Liovd Crivir, Uiir.h Llov l,
Abraham Kerns, hens of Kh-hurd Na-rie, n'n.i
tbw. oiif.iii.insr 131 ACRES and 15iJ PER
CHES, about L'J Acre? of which are tleire-i,
havin? tlieieon erec'eJ a o: e-aud-a storv
j Frimo House.
Tlems or Same One-third of the pi:rcha.-e
money to be paid on co.- firm-Jtioa of sile, and
tl e re.id--e in two eq nil annual pavme-its, with
interest, to be secured by the mortgage aud
judgment bond of" trie nsri-hfipr.
AL'GUSITNE Cll.WEd,
Adaiiiii-n Htor of ilmrv L ovd, dee'd.
Sucq'K-h iLina Tp , Nov 5, iG.-4:.
NS' COURT SALE! IW
Jf ir'.-ie of :
in order of the 0,i,ha..,' iw- i
of Cawbm coi.nTv. ta ine directed, there niu j
i-ipi-u-j u i uo.lf at ll.e I.o!:p oi L.-1W.
wee Seliroth. in Carr.dito-A.i, on FiillJAY,
the 4rh d-.v ci Deccni' er next, at 2 o'clock p.
14., the fodawhig Je.-e-:bcd valuable Real F.-t-
tate, t v.-,t : Tiie one undivided four fi.ths f
tht certain PIECE OR PARCEL Oi1' LAND
situate in Carroll townsh:p, Cambria countv
x.. . i1 ... ...
.jm"i; iaiiu.1 iti A'wm L.leu, i.tr
I ui.aiiv-u'fir T:iii:in;;n hih; i'-?tort Tinker, con
! taiai-.g 77 ACRES and SO PERCHES, more
' or If"-, ahour A"re- of which re cleared
j TERMS OF SALE One hdf of the pur
j chase money to bo piid on C'-.nSrnition of i!.e
j sa!e, and the residue in or.e yeir thereafter, to
j be beeurod by the mortgage and jud-uient bend
i of I. lie purchaser.
A I .1. . I T l 1 ...
JOStPlI A. KRUMF.NACIIER,
Guanlian of Mrarct Lnvh, (formerlv llir
psret liayt es;, Cath line Haines, Celestine
llaynej and J.icob llaynes. Nov.l2-3t.
OR SALE The, under.-! lined offers
L far pale the FARM on whi h tl ey now
leiide. situate in Allegheny 'ot,?-hip. Cambria
co-i-ity. within two tr.i!s of Loretto. (form.rlv
ow .p i bv Jsitues McAtror ) cotitrtinJng ONE
HUNDRED and hTGHTY-EVEN ACHES,
tore or lest, P 0 Acres of w hich are cleared -thi
bnlrnce r.ell timbered. There is erected
on thepreici.es a ood DWELLING UGt'SE
and cr.'en l:d PARN. toetiKT with other tin.
I eessarv outbuildings, such as Elacksmich Shop,
tom tr:t, Meop House, sc. ; h1o, mo excel
lent ORCHARD of choice ln.P. T.tle per
feet. For terms apply on the nremises to
F. & C SHIELDS.
Lorett . r. O., Auj. 20. lG.-W.
f S 1 A I LORING ESTABLLSl I M ENT
REMOVED The su'.scriber wou'd re
spectfully announce to his customers and the
citiiens of Ebensburg and vicinity generally,
that he lias removed to the rew building on
Ce itre street, opposite the Mountain House and
adjoining tlielaw ollice of Geo. 11 Reade. Esq ,
and is now nol on: v prepared to manufac ure
all j.oods which may bo brought to him but is
supplied with a fine line of CLOTHS, CASSI
M E It KS. V ES I INOS, &c.. w hich he will make
to order in the l.et styio and at the lowc-at price-.
Feeling confident of giving entire satis
faction, 1 hope tor au inereaau patronaee in
my new locution. D.J EVANS.
2J ALLEY, FAltltELL & CO.,
ilAJtCFACTUliERS OF
LEAD AND BLOCK TIN PIPE,
SHEET AXD IS AR LEAD,
AND ALL KINDS OF
I'luvtlers', Gas and Steam Fitters' Materials,
No. 1C7 SuiTHm.-LD Street,
1ITTSPURGII, PA.
CST."end for a Price List nov.19.-5m.
NOTICE. Letter? cf Administration
cm tk.stamf.nto annkxo on t he estate of
Thomas Dutbin, late of Clearfield township,
dee'd, having !een gr-inted to the under-igned
ly the Rei:i.-ter of Cambria countv. rotice is
hereby given to all persons indebted to sid es
tate to make piyment without delay, and those
having claims again.-t iln2 same will present
them properly authenticated for settlement.
JOHN DURBIN. Administrator.
Clearfield Tp., Oct ii. tbfH.-6t
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
Letters of Administration on the estate
of C itharine Otterson, late of Sumuiitv ille bor
r?p..;ied, having been granted to the
undersigned by the Register of Cambria couu
ty . notice is hereby given io those Indented to
said estate to make payment without delay, and
those havine- claims against the same will pre
sent them duly nuihenticHted for -ettleme-it
Nov.5-Ct. JAMES BROWN, Adm'r."
OTICE Letters of Administration
- ' cum testumento annezo cn the estate of
John Fitzpjtrieiv, hue of Sumnieihil! town-hip,
dee'd, having been granted to the cndf-r-igned!
all persona iunebted to sa;d estate will make
immediate paymeut, and thoFe having cImiis
agairst the same will present them properly au
thenticated lor settlement.
F. A. SHOEMAKER, AdmlmVraf .
iEbeflb-nr Oct. ?, ISCS.-fr,
L. L.
Original SJoetm.
CUILUIICUU S YEARS.
DEDICATEI TO HtS SISTtR H1A00JK BV L. p. K.
Oh! vanished years of chile hood.
How ye haunt my pensive hours.
As again in meni'ry 1 roam ihe wild wood
To gather Spring's tirt- flowers :
Or ramble where the voice of vernal sales
O'er tlje soft fcreen meadow biows,
And stray where the streim thro" even vules
Soitly murmurs aa it onward flows.
Apain I cull the woodland flowers,
And twhie a wreath, sister dear, tor thee,
As oft I've done in childhood's hours
Those hours of thoughtless glee
When joy Irom out the violet j;rew,
In woods arid pastures prceu ;
When Summer skios were fur more blue
Than siuce they e'er have been.
1 Fee again the p.irden shade.
Where, in the Summer days we plnyed :
Where brother Tom our houses nia" o
Of mosa we gathered in the glade.
I see the swing 'neath the beach trees.
The "cottage t-licitcr for the be.-s.
1 see them alt. and beyond these
A t-oine hinz nEABta still.
I see an eye serenely blue,
A cheek of girlhood's freshest hue :
A buoyant heart, a spirit true
Alike in good and ill.
Dear sister, thou wert nil fo me.
Ai d I sufficient frieud for the- ;
Where w: s there a happier twain than wc
With brother by our side ?
Like the s-a dowers of enriy May,
Oar pleasure- i'"und kIxiih us lay.
Oh ! a hippy morning l-ad lile'a day,
What e'er i's eve beiide.
Ajrain, to lisi our evening prayer,
At a foi,d mother's ide we knel ;
Her f;out!o voice r.ie;liiut.s I hear
'1 hat voioe, how all our ie:s 'twould he-! .
O'.i ! who is there but would be faia
To be a child once more.
If chilohood's xers i ot.id L-r'n agaia
Ail that they biouht before.
And oft amid the sordid s.rife
Of wor!dly wi-doiii do I turn
To th-fse early years, ainl ccens of life.
And fc-r our joou9 childhood yearn.
Yes, oft I wi?!i, 'raid care and paiu.
To he a hii'pv child aaiu.
E
LI2AC5.TH, I'a., November, 18C3.
A V70KDERFUL PHEBIOMEWnw.
INLANDS OF Ptni-: GKJI3 TUStOWS Vf FKOM !
IU:l ii'-lt OK THE PACIHC OCliAN lil" i
(
THE LATK EA UTI lOt'A KE. i
I To the Editor of the St. Louis Times :
j One of tho most extraordinary stories
j ever read or written bus since a iate hour
last nibt been gaining ground in certain
j quiet quarters of the city. It is go rflir
' vcijua that one c ju!1 scarcely believe it to
bj anytliing but the chimera of a niadraan's
brain, if it were not confirmed by scientific
j facts, and by a vitfet i.i:u.ber f tlie tbco
t rica of modern jih.losopliy. It is diflicult
to detcruiiii'j what amount of credibility
j we should attach to it, and it id best to let
i every man who reads the following para
t jjMphs juvlge for himself. It will be re
j mcmbcied that the late catastrophe in
j Suutli America occurred simultaneously
! with au extraordinary cclipe of the sun,
which astronomers tdlirrn has not occur
I red before for two thousand years and will
not occur again for two thousand years to
! come.
No event of equal magnitude to tho
late earthquake in South America has oc
curred pince the days uf Herculaneum and
I'ompeii ; but the convulsion which over
whelmed those two cities was nearly local
(so far as is known), and of scarcely any
extent compared to the late catasrrophe,
which shook the entire continent of Amer
ica, from the river Sacramento to Cape
Horn, and which must have been felt with
a thousand times more terrific force out i-.i
the wide Riiciiie. It must be borne in
mind that geologists affirm that the crm-t
of the earth in that quarter of the jr'obe is
much thinner than at otheix ; and some
of them even ;zo so far as to say that the.
bed of the Raciiic is formed of a submerg
ed continent. At all events, the ureal
majority of the islands of the I'aciiic arcbi- I
pelago are 'of volcanic formation, and
navigators have been known to discover
islands in these latitudes which they knew I
from their previous experience not to have I
existed some years before. It is now an I
established fact that tho entire center of
the earth is filled with a boiling ocean of
liquid fire, which horrible and enormous
masses are liable to the fame changes of
ebb and flow as the mighty mass of waters
on tho outside crust of our globe. This
horrible- reservoir has been described by
Sir Charles Lyele and other profound
thinkers as the great furnace of nature,
wherein are. hinelted all the metals,
gold, silver, lead, iron, pLtina, &c.. and
which are afterward pti-djed up to the
suifaeo by the volcanic action of thel
seething ocean beneath. It is here a 'so
that are produced the beautiful diamonds
and crystalized stones, fur it is now known
that they owe ihe form and brilliancy
they possess simply to the fact that they
have been exposed to the high tempera
ture which exists in the center of the
earth. We could make diamonds cut of
charcoal, could we reach the proper de
gree of heat ; but that can, perhaps,
n-jver be reachod by any artificial means
at the command of man. As we said
! above the ocean of liquid fire is subject to
: tidal motion, and it is to this fact must be
: attributed the fearful events that have
desolated South America. The eclipse in
. tho East Indie, where the sun and moon
j were in direct conjunction, must have
ere uted a stronger tidal current than has
existed for two thousand years ; and this !
current, rushing back with accelerated ve
locity, shook the crust of the earth in the
western hemisphere (just as a wavo of the
ocean would shake the sides of an old
oaken vessel) and vomited up to the sur
face tho seething masses of matter which
had been agitated in its bosom for thou
sands o( years. These masses, on coming
in contact with lower temperature, in
stantly crystalized just as water crystal
izes into ice in winter time.
The captain of a vessel, trading between
San Francisco and Valparaiso, describes
what he witnessed in the Pacific ocean,
but in what latitude he keeps a secret to
himself. This captain has, or rather had,
a brother boarding in a house on North
Fourth street, and it is a letter which he
wrote to his brother trial Las given occa
Mon to the rumors that are whispered
about in that quarter of the city The
substance of the letter, as it has rcavhed
us, is mainly as follows :
When nearly half way on the voyage,
and at the lime the earthquake took place,
a fearful phenomenon presented itself.
The ocean liccarne convulsed to its highest
depths, and a terrible wave was swept
alonir so h"uh that, as the captain humor
ously sail, ie thought it would have
landed him in the city of Ouito. The
ream.Mi were terribly f ! i.htened, but the
vessel was to rights aain in less than ten
minutes. The: affair was a mere joke
among tlie tne i, for th'y fancied it was
tna of ihe hijih tidal waves which are com
mon in the 1'acilic They continued their
voyage, but towards midnight were alarm
ed by an extraordinary light which ap
peared in the heavens, and was first no
ticed on th lai board side, and which the
ignorant and superstitious attributed to
supernatural causes. The captain, who
seems to be an intelligent and courageous
man, steered his vessel right in the direc
tion ot ths light, and just before sunrise a
sight, of magnificence such as no human
eye has ever rested on met Lis gaze. It
was no less than a group of islands form
ed of huge masses of solid diamond of
every color, and, in some places, of the
purest brilliancy. The sailors fL-ll into
ecstasies, and one man, a half breed from
the fvmdivich Islands, lost his senses so
far that he would have thrown himself
overboard if he had not been tied down.
They sailed among the group the entire
day, and found it to consist, on a rough
calculation, of from 111 to 20 in number ;
but the ctact number, or thtii relative
size, there was no time to asc.ei tain. They
consist of a large, white flint rocks of
crystalized shi'pe (some places neatly
transparent) which rise to a height of
about 150 feet from tho water. Thick
layers of various metals are imbedded
into thc-m, and the diamonds form thick
laycrd be.-ide these latter. This is the
general formation; but some of the
smaller islands are composed nearly al
together of diamond, in which the emerald
prevails. There are agate, opaque topaz,
ruby, and, indeed, diamonds of every hue;
but one island, which he describes as
beimi almost seventy miles long by fifteen
wide, consists of an entirely pure emerald
without any admixture of foreign sub
stance. It was diilicult to elfect a land
ing on any of the group. At length some
of the men succeeded ; but the captain
himself, satisfied with what he had seen,
did not leave the vessel
The men describe the interior of the is
land on which they landed as consisting
r.lmost entirely of mud, which is gradually
coagulating under the heat of the sun A
curious thing was, that the brilliants were
seen in the mud ly quarters of the island,
lying about like huge boulders the small
est ones they saw being about 200 tons in
wtight, but there were numbers id others
considerably larger Of course there was
no water or vegetation to be seen. The
most curious effect the sight had on the
men, both those in the vebsel as well as
those who visi-ed the island, was that the
extraordinary biilliatK-y sickened their
stomach, and vomiting, followed by a
copious discharge from the bowels, was
the consequence. All efforts to detach
portions of tlie diamond rock proved abor
tive ; and it was o;t of question to attempt
removing any of the great brilliant bould
ers. They made an attempt to detach
pot t ions of rock by means of a crowbar
and sledgei but it was so hard all efforts
were usele.V, and, though they had pow
der enough on board, they had no imple
ments with which to drill the holes for
blasting The captain would have pro
ceeded on his voyage to Valparaiso ; but
the men mutinied and obliged him to put
back to I'anama. He afterward, with
the consent of the crew, ran the vessel on
chore on the northern coast of Columbia,
and, telegraphing to the owners that she
was lost, cain-3 on as far as Aspinwall,
from which city he wrote to his brother
in St. Louis. He deMred his brother to
come along at once, and bring with him
Ihe finest and best tempered implements
for blasting purposes, and if possible, a
quantity of nitro clycerine. The brother
departed for New York immediately, but,
before going, he communicated the seciet
to a confidential comrade, through whom
tho news leaked out only as late as yester
day evening. I am told that it has al
ready reached the ears of a rich jeweler in
this city, who is about to start an expedi
tion which he proposes to carry on himself.
It is more than probable that the crew of
the abandoned vessel have anticipated
him; and if they were lucky enough to
keep their secret and fit out a small craft
with whatever they required on board.
u;h,s iue uiamona areni-
Pa&- i
1 forgot to state that the cap- ,
i.ui in?s uiai me enure oottom ot the
.
sea seemed as if glittering with gems for
at least five miles from the islands '
lliese will propably never be of use, for ,
airea.iy practiced can be invented. I for
got also to add my conjecture that the rea
son the diamond rock is seen in its full
purity arises from the fact that they were
projected right forward from the very
centre of the earth. What the captain
calls white transparent flint rock is pro-
bably some formation not known as yet !
to rreolo.M5ts This will be better under I
stood ls"l u!n T ! Tl , ' i A
stood as soon as the place is explored.
Tne Alagaaa of tlie West.
The Oregon Statesman gives tho follow
ing description of the neighborhood of the
splendid Shoshonee Falls, Idaho
Snake river is the south fork of the
Columbia, having the alternative name of
r ,.,.,: n-i.. it r .1 . o i i-
...- wui piopauiy never ue ot use, tor . party who have seen both places oro
tbey must be huge rocks of diamond, and ! nounce the former superior in many" re
cannot be detached unless some better j spects. In beauty and mildness of scenery,
mode of blasting under water than that ! the Shoshonee cannot be surpassed. Ni-
i.iioiivo. in1: aii'V 01 lilt; onane UCS s
about 400 miles from whence it takes its
ri-e in the Rocky Mountains Snake
i river torms the great Shoshonee Falls.
The. river here runs through a narrow,
rocky gorge, which widens and terminates
abruptly in precipitous cliffs, the summit
of which is nbout one hundred feet above
the level of the rapids, and so steep that
the traveler can descend at only one point
an old Indian trail, its numerous wind-
ings making it about a mila in length. I
Following this trail f-lowly ami carefully.
tlie tourist will in due time find hiraselt
standing upon the bank of the river on a j
level with the rapids and overlooking the I
falls. The width of the river at this point (
has been variously estimated; we thought !
it at least two hundred yard. j
The lapids here form a series of cas- j
cades, ranging from thirty to tixry feet j
each in height, and just below them the
river, in one unbroken mass, leaps two ;
hundred and ten feet into the bottomless '
pit below. The course of the river at
this point is almost due east and west ; i
the contour of the falls is that of an ir-
regular horse shoe, and their width, fol-
lowing the course of the water, is at least
four hundred yards. Although the river
is not quite as wide at this point as the
Niagara river, the falls arc higher and
quite as beautiful. The most complete
views of the falls, including the river
above and below the rapids, cliffs and sur
rounding scenery, is obtained from Look
out l'oint. Lookout l'oint is a narrow
cape of rocks pnjecting from the main
bluff about three hundred yards lower
down on the river than the fall, so narrow
that two persons cannot walk abreast.
Standing upon' this point, we will en
deavor to name the prominent places of
interest. The first object which attracts
our attention is Eagle Rock, a perpendicu
lar pillar of rock about one hundred feet
in height, rising from the midst of the
rapids fifty yards from the south bank of i
the river, and almost overhanging the main
cataract. Upon the topmost peak of this
rock an American eagle has built his eyrie,
a fitting horns for our national bird long
may he live to occupy his unique and ro
mantiu abode. ! Just above and about
the centre of the cataract is Rallard Is
land, a small rocky island covered with
cedar and juniper trees. Several smaller
j i-lunds to the right and left of the largrt
one, or RaManl Island add to the beauty
and picturesqueness of the scene.
The Two Sentinels two huge rocky
pillars are one on the north, the other on
the south side, overlooking the falls, and
reminding one of grim sentinels guarding
their object. Lower down the river, and
from a higher stand-point, one can obtain
a fine panoramic view of the whole tho
falls, the foaming rapids, Eagle Rock, tho
Two Sentinels, the huge pillars of perpet
ual spray arising from the the bottom and
near the cc-iftre cf the cataract, but ex
tending as it rises to either side, and made
beautiful by the many colored rainbows
which shed a halo of glory upon the whole
scene. Still lower down the river is I'ros
pect Guleh. Several gentlemen of the
party, actuated by the spirit of adventure,
determined to attempt through the gulch
to reach the river below the falls They
lowered themselves fifty feet on the rope
down the perpendicular tides of a rocky
cliff. Reaching firm ground, they man
aged with but kittle difficulty to scramble
down about five hundred feet to the bank3
of the river. Arriving there they found
that their troubles had just begun ; they
were six hundred yards from the falls, to
reach which their path lay around and
over some huge boulders of tlippery rock,
winding alo,ng tlie foot of the steep banks,
and then through the foaming and boiling
waters, the heavy swells of w hich remind
ed them strikingly of the breakers on
the sea shore. Finally they reached a
point about thirty feet from the falls.
Their journey here cama to an abrupt ter
mination by the shelving of the rocks into
deep water. The wind struck this point
witli such violence that they feared to trust
themselves in an erect posture. On their
knees, they held with their hand to the
overhanging brush to prevent being blown
into th riven
, , ... , r ' ,Yaa jort oeui uuisneu. ana ine snoots tI
a.ong an almost uireet lnie from the South ; .-encore!' whistling and stamping of feet
Pass of the Rocky Mountains, and in tha j made the ball perfectly bewildering. A
early days it furnished the most practica- j name was announced from the chairmau,
ble route overland to the l'acific. In its j which we c uhl not catch, and an:ids,t clap
di scent over the elevated plains of Idaho. ', P'nS "f hauds an.l stamping of feet there
We think that one cannot fully com-
preliend the immensity of the sheet of
water and the sublimit v of s.-fno - !
til he can raze iirwrd'na ,r,A ti.;.
r vva t i j
point is th cave of the Winds. Th
Shoshonee Falls, as a whole, will compare !
favorably with Niagara. Those of our i
party who have seen both places pro- j
surpassed. Ni-
nrr!lr: .rr.o1c ; .v,.,,...:,... ... i ..
.y.
Yiio Story cf a Popular Son?.
W. W.. in the Stationer, give the follow
ing account of the singing of "Father G.uie
...j ' lt-f u''c na.is in innou : ;
-u -T,U r re"c the we I,aid an a,i"
"",ouei of ".Pn- There was a very j
SUgV W',tb f1 V-
wings, and a tolerable good orchestra, la
the etal.. sat tne chairman, to keep order j a,.lKe tree, which was covered with fruit, and
over as motley an audience as ever was seen j halanced it upon bis head. He th.-n blew a
out of the gallery of the Victory Theatre, sort of a chiiruj.ins whistle, wht-n imu.e.li
Ooslers seemed to predominate. All ap- ! Hte!v a number ..f rice birds came from evei v
peared pa-ntifnlly stipbcd with porter, and direction and settled upon the bnuuhs of tho
all were eimng their pines at such an ex- ! h::.-,h ha l.a'inr 1 or fVttd i-.i.t l,;r..d
int as tJ make the pUce almost suffocating ; j
lor mere must have been an audience .f
ncarly five hundred. A nigger wa'.k-numd" I
...... 1 ..: 1 .1 .
.Wa" a '",or ,"'s.,;5 tLc Sonb' '' . The was
ter called loudly -Any more orders?' and
these being taken and duly executed, ail
seemed !o sttde down qnietly t listen to the
song. Tiieie was the svnmhonv. an.f u.
j other buzz cf -This is it and we began to
j anxious. Presently a female came ia
front of the curtain, amidst great anntau.-e.
, Eve-0 word
i . rr.,A Jui,
and commenced. 'Father, dear father. &c.
was cistinct. and ahe sang the
ballad with great feeling. In order, how
ever, to fully describrt the scene wl ich fob
-
lowed earn verse, ii n ceceioarv to give
; 'little Mary's' sot
J " 'rather, dear father, coraehnme with mtnow.
The clock in the steenle strikes One I (uiil' 1
You, promis-ed, dear lather, that you would
come home
As soon as your day's work was done.
Our fire has one out our house is all dark,
And mother's bt-eu watching since lea,
With poor Utile Denny so siek in hsr arms,
And no one to be!; her but me.
Come home, couie home, come home,
Please father, dear LaUer, come home.
"At the couciu.-h u of the hist line tl.e d.op
scens drew up. dis-loslug the father Mtr.ng
at the d x.r of a public hou-e. ir. a drui.kca,
I e;nudd!ed state, wifh pipe aud pot before-
mm. L.utie jiarv
was tring to drag L;rn
a curtain behind, as s!.e took up the refram
j from the lady, and touchitgly sang, C. me
j home,' &a. This other curtain was now
i drawn aside, disclosing a wretched room in
j wui n was tne mother with ths poor sickly
I looking boy in her lap, aud in the act of
I feeding him with a spoon. Simultaneously
wita the drawing ot the curtain tne lime
j light was brought to bear upon the tableaux,
giving them c. truly startling ifL-et. After
I a moment or two the act-drop came down,
! and the lady proceeded :
i " 'Father, dear father, come home with me now,
The ck in lLtple suikes iwo ! (gong,
The niehf'has grown colder, aud Lenny is
worse.
But he has been calling for you.
Indeed he is worse, mother hays he will die,
Perhaps before morning shall dawn,
And thi was the message eh. sent me to
bring
Come quickly or he will be pone.
Come home, come home, ct me home.
Please father, de.w father, come home '
"The act drop rues again, an.l now the
child has hoid of the pewter pot, trying t-
take it from the drunken parent, and, as s'ua
continues the last two lines, Come horns.'
&c , the other curtain is'drawn aside, and
wo next seo the child stretched out on its
mother's hip. and as it Jut raises its little
head and falls back with a gasp, witri the
lime-light reflecting strongly upou it. there
was a leality about the whole, terrible to
view. Sobs were heard coming from all parts
i of the hall, coming from the female portion
) of the audience, while tears trickled down
many a male cheek. We have seen Susan
Ilopley,' 'The Stranger,' Jaue Shore.' liast
Lynn' and other effective pieces placed, but
never before did we witness such a "scene of
general crying. The principal feature called
to mind the picture ef the 'Sister of Mercy.'
with the dying child in her lap, and the
det!i was fearfully natural. Kvun the lady
who sang the super was affected, and could
scarcely proceed with the third verse :
" 'Father, dear father, come home with me now.
The clock, in the Eteelo strikes Threa ! !
(gn?:. Kong. ,:ou
The house is so lonelv
the hours are so lone.
For poor we ping mother and me
Yes. wo are aloue poor Benny in dead.
And gone witli the angels of bpht !
And these are the very last words that be
Said
I want to kirs papa good night "
Come home, cameiouie, come home.
Please, father, dear father, come home.'
"Again the drop rose, disci 6ing little
Mary on her knees appealing to her father,
who, with pot elevated, is in the act of stri
king her with it, as she sings "come home,'
and then the back curtain draws aside,
showing tho mother praying over a child's
cofCn. Dut now the sobs burst more freely,
and two females were carried out fainting.
The scene was truly harrowing, and we glad
ly turned our eyes away.
"An additional verse was sung about 'Poor
Benny Leing with the angels above
phg
drop rose ; the father. soler now. ia weening
over the coffin with the mother, and httlj
Mary on her knees singing. 'Ilomo. home.
father, dear father's come home!' At this
moment the curtain Ss drawn aside. anl lit-
t'e BeDny is suspended over the coCIq with
wiugs. smiling down npoa them and jtoint -
ing upwards. The father falls forward on
his face, the act-drop descends, and for a few
minutes ail is hushed saYoaho sobs of the
females. '
"There !' said a working man by our side,
as he heaved a siga of relief. 'Mr. Spurgecn
never preached a better sermon than that!'
an expression to which wo assented, and
Cbon left the hall."
Clilachc Siifi-t Jugglers.
,
A letter from China to ti e C; i ago 7.
butie.yn:
S;nct jugg!er and r:v utitebm.ks ab nt d
Thev aNottTvel I
out "the cotintrv.
in Canton, and in fact in every Ci.ii ts-e -itv.
from p'aee to place tbro.ih
: . i ... t ... . .3
picking up a hu!e cad.'here and there. Aj
a general thing their juggling feats do i c;
amount to a gieat deal, yet trine of tbttu
nrp wrv r!var on1 u'.iiil.l t i.itu fV!lx a j
. V ' X' "" 'rV'.",
inuvo oi a iijeaincHi furore in tne unnta
States as did th
Japnte tierfornu-rs.
Sword-swallowing and stone eating appear
to be the commonest feats, and operators (.f
this description can be seen in almost every
street. One ftt'low. however, performed &
; number of fiat3 in front of our hotel which
demand from me a pacing notice. He sU-
ti,jriPi io the centre of the street,
and bavin- blown a blast upon a bugle to
F ing that he was about toben his
eiUerfainment. he t.a.k- a small len...n .,r ..r.
He then to ik a cup in hi.- hand and Veaau
to rattle some ee.m in'ir wb. i, t.t. hr,i .11-
sinneared. Takin . mtuI t. n.lM K
next took the seeds, and, putting ono in it.
blew it at one cf the fruit, when ir. opened.
and out il'-w oub of tne biros, w uiili nut
td abovb the circle surrou'ici .g the perform
er. Ha continued to short hie seeds at tha
oranges until nearly a dozen birds were r..-
t h-aSL'd. lie then removed the tree from hi.-
iJicuMj. auj, seriing-it Cuwn, tia-i up t.
dish, which he l.e'il above his head, wd cii
all the birds flew into it. theu eoveiiug ii
with a cover, and giving it a whirl or two
about Lia head, opened and disjlayd u
qu intity of e
bri.fco with a
tho shells of which hrt
ittV stick. ichMaifig h hii J
fnm
each til. Th trirV vr.s teatlv ner-
formed, arid defied deteitioo. from my eyes.
The rirxt trick v. as equally clever aud diffi
cult cf detectiou. 1' croAi:;g a handkerchief
from or.e of his s; t-c.aio-rs, i.c t",k an orange,
cut a small In ie in it, then queit.-d tl! tho
juice out and crammed the handkei chief
into it. Giving the tisndktrih.ef to a by
stander to hold, ho caught up a teapot and
began to pour h cup of lea Irom it when tlu
spout 1 ecame clogged. Look.ng into the pot,
apparently lor the purpo-e el detecting wh&w
was the matter, he j u'l-J ut the handker
chief and returned it to th owner. II. next
took the otange from the ty-tander ard cut
it open, when it was found to be f dl of iii.
ilu performed a number of very pleading
feats, but I hive given enough to tUfv th
reader that tey are ecua'dj adtxpeti iL
Jaoant?e.
Ii2islEpr Away.
An exchange beautifully t'eaN this su" j-ct
as follows: it ii a t n.i.-hing who whit ra
pidity time passes atvny ; how the days, tho
weeks, months, i.ri.i ti; years roll round,
carrying with il.cni the LTe. tue beauty nod
the Lopes i f iLi world itrt a vi.t ai 1 un
known future. It neenis but a short time,,
indeed, since wo all felt and enj.yrd tho
springs and buoyancy t.f youth, the delight
of home, the infl..r-nces of paternal love, tho
society and counsel oi friends, w ho now 6leep
in the grave ; and yet ome 1 f us are aged
aid the mnj'isty have attained to maiuio
manhood. The young, of the present gene
ration, are growing up ar.ui.d us. but iu
our youth wo ktiiw toem i.ot. While wo
have been parsing on. in the direction a" th
grave, they have sprnt-g up to occupy our
places and follow rapidly ia the rear, be
fore us we see the aed tottei iig aloi.g iu
their feebleness ami leaning upon their
6taves, behind us is the youth flushed witn
promises and the infar.t prattli g in its moth
er's arms. That circle has beeu kept up,
unbroken, until time is ! st in eternity. Our
life is a moviug panorama the pictures ou
the caavas pass before our eyes, deiightinjr
us for a moment, but each containing a sol
emn lesson aud warning. II is tut an ia
different observer who does not study bin.
self. There is the ocean, the lake, the iivr.
the mountain, and the vale; the one wweos
in its msjestic grandeur and murmurs itsie
fiant tones, which are heard upou-eitner
shore ; the other rests like a cairn mirror, ic
fiecting tho light of the millions of stars that
sparkle ia the blue concave; thenar d hes
on its way to the fea ; the mountain hit-- it-
head among the clouds and ca-ts its frown
ing bhadowa into the vale below ; ihe va u
echoes to the songs of its birds, the hum of
hun'iau voices, tho lowing of herds, whila
here and there is the busy town, with it
active life, its ceaseles commotions, its in.
petuous struggles, its attractive homes, ad
tho spiles of its churches pointing toward
heaven. The beil rius, and the picture;
passes iway from our sight to be been no
more. Thus it is with human life, it is an
assciati -n of objects, interests, attraction
and beauties vhich Lirst upon our it,r.t. 1
form iheir rni.-aiou. and accomplish ti eir j.ui-ro.-cs,
and are then lost to sight. The i ell
tolls, the canvass moves, the light are put
oct, the vision is lost iu darkness, silersco
reigns, tLe curtain drops, aud all is ttuied u
tho sleep, the foiuLfnliiesb and tho insensi
bility of the grave.
A Golds s TnouGar. We know not the
author of the following, but it is one of th
most beautiful p rial net Iols of the human
miud we have ever read : "Nature will be
reported. All things are engaged in writing
their own history. Tlie plant and the pel
ble go attended by their rwn shadows. Thu
rock leaves its scratches on the mountain
side, tho river its b- i in the soil ; the aurual
' leaves its bones in the stratum, the fern and
I cai their Uiodia: epitaph in the coal, tLe
i falling drop makes its set ulchre iu th and
or stone. .ot a footstep in the blow t
along th ground but prints in character
! mere or less lasting a map of its march
: Every act of man inscribes its memories n
' l fellows and his own face. The air is full
('f sound, the sky of tokins; the ground i
j H" memoranda, signatures, and every of j-ct
Is covered over with hints which t-neak t
the intelligent.' ' :
' T
There is a Gaelic preverb which says that
1 if the lest man's faults wore written a his
i forehead it would crako Mtu pull lit Ll uv
' t