(- f J vf-V Ast: Mft--V- H?V rJa vt-X AcS rrA r-crfV A A .A O .A A .A 12. A. M'PIBiS, Editor and Publisher, HE H A FREEHAS WUOM THE TROTH MA U B FREE, AND ALL ARB SLAVES BESIDE, Terms, &3 Ier year In advance. VOLUME 3. EBENSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1869. NUMBER 4. EN riSTRY. The undersigned, graduate of tho Balti moro College of Dental Sur rarv. resnect- i.iWy offew Lis ervices to the erir-tmrg nd vicinity, which plco h will riait oa the fouuth MosDiT of each month, to re main one week. Auk 13. SAM'L BELFORD, D. D. S. DR. H.B.MILLER, Altooua, Ia., .Operative and Mechanical DENTIST. Office on Caroline street, between Virginia ud Emma streets. Persona from Cambria county or eh e where who get work done by me t the amount of Ten Dollars and upwards, will hive the railroari fure deducted from their bills. Aliwoek wakbaxtiid. Jan. 21, lbC.-tf. ill I). Y. ZIEGLELl, Surgeon Den- f ti.f will nsit Knensburi? rvo- ewionally on the SEOONDMosr- VAT 01 eacli mouui, uuu rcuiann w.-x.lr flnrinr' which time ho may be fo'inJ at the oface heretofore oc: uptied by 'him, ndj )ii:i::g Huntley's Eardwaro Store. Teeth exrr..c tt 1 without pin by the use ol Ni trute Oiide. or Livnghiiig Gas. - . "JAMES J. OATMAN, 31. D., ten.lers his professional eervicep as Pliy piwlaa and Sureou to the citizeoe tf Carrull trwn ani viciuitr. Office In rear of tuiM J ocrupie 1 by J. 15:icK & Co. as a t-tore. Night cils cat be luale at hib reri1enco, one tlor sou'.h of A. llaug's tn on1 liardware ktora. - May Q, 18GT. DEVJCKEAUX, M. D., Thy- " pio'an and Surqf.on. Summit, Pa. Office- eat end of ManKiou llouso, on Rail K -aJ street. 2iht calls r.y hi made at the office. f m2S.tf. J. LLOYD, enccesBor to R. S. Bi:nv, Dealer in Diugs, Medicines, rain!, tfc. Store on Main street, opposite tlj "Manaion lKu?e," Kbeusburg, I'd. October 17. 137.-Cm. FRANK W. HAY, UHOLFSALE and RETA1 L MannfActnrc-. of TIN'. COPPKU end SliEMT-IKON V'ARi:, Canal strut, W.ow -f.'li.itr., JJma tvrn, . A largo t'.jck Constantly Laud. I). MLAUGIILIN, ITTOHNKY AT LAW, Jchnxtorn. ru. Office in tbo Kxchange biiiltHr:g, on the U.irnerof Clinton and Locust streets xi fftair. Will attend to all buaiaesa connect td w'.t'i bin jirofesaion. J.u. 81. 1857. -tf. . L ijHSTQV, J. E. SCAKLiN JOHNSTON Si SCANLAX, A'.t.rucje at Law, ILbf tisburg, Cambria co., Ta. OHii'e opposite the C-urt House. Ebensburg, Jau. 81. 1867.-tf. JOHN P. LINTON, 4TTORNISY AT LAW, Johnstotrn, Pa. fi fr2:ce In building cn c-nrTier of Main and l''rarAlin etrert, opposite ManRion House. eeoad ll.i'-r. Entrance on Fra:kliu atmtt. JjhnBtown. Jan. 81. ISO", tf. J.ihnstonv n. Koensbut. KOl'ELIN A DICK, Attornets a t Lw K.tcnsl ur. Va. OCjcp with Wm. Kittell, Esq., Colonade. II jw. fret 22-tf. F. A. SIIOE.MAKEII, ITTORXKY AT LAW, Ebensburg. Pa - OiTioe on liiLi street ,one doul East of tLo Bankintf fl of Ll jd & Co. January 81, 1SU7. tf. f. r. tikhnky" ITTOUN'EY AT LAW, Ehcnsbwg. Tci l OiZlco in Culonadu Rjw. Jan. 5. l?S7-tf. JUSKril ai'DONALD, . 1 TTORN'K Y AT LAW, Ebensburg, Pa. -Oflioe ou Centre ttrcet, opposite LintorV Hotel. Jan. 31, 18C7-tf. ' :jonN pENLON, ITTOIINEY AT LAW, FAcnburg Pa. l Oilico uu High atievt, atljoininn bi resi ,J.ence. Jan 31. 1867.-tf. fiKORGK W. O ATM A N, ITT0I1NEY AT LAW, Ebensburg. Pa. i Office in Colonade Row, Centre Btrcet. Jaunary 31, lSG7.-tf. W I LU ArKiT,ri:LL. ITTORNEY AT LAW, Ebensburg. Pa.- :hce in Coionado lluW, C Centre btreet. Jan. 31. 18G7.-tf. L. PKRKIIIXG, Atturxky-at- V Law, Jnhnstoirn, Pa. OiTice on Frank :ln ftt,,t, nptairbovcr J"1 Anton's a a Store, - Jaii, ci, lt:G7. V Law, Kber.sburg, Pa. O.u -c in .roams . . - i. .T Uoi.'.e. l.sil . 10 1 t'oloaaU Bow, Cci.trc street. . aug.-7. riKO. M. HKADE, AUonxglMic, VJI Ebensburg, Pa. OHice in new budding receiitlv erected on Cci.tre s'-iect, two doors from liih btrcet. IHUg ' T AME8(J. EASLT, Attohxey-at-Law, CarroUtoicn, L'anitjria Co., Pa. Cullectiuus and aU legal business promptly trended to. Jan 31. 1SG7. T-T K1NKEAD, Justice of the react oal Claim Agent. Ofiice rrmcved to the oCice formerly occupied by 11. Ilafison. Eiq.. cLjcM. ou Ui-L St., Ebeusburg. J18. JS S. STliAYim , Justice op tiuj w PtACi, JoIinHbmn, Fa. 0U3c bu'tbe . . r i v L .... ... """" ui ac.iaot a j tit; t ma ljocost auc', Bceoud VAr4 doc.18. lf - :. QliAFF, WATKiN 6s CO. , WhuUsale Dealers in BOOTS AND SHOES Ko. ai-j Market Stikkt, D LADIES Of sedentary habits who require a gentle pur gative will hiid lloback'a ll'ioad Pills just the medicine they want. They are perfectly safe, and can bo taken at all time They contain no mercury or oiiueral poison, but are purely vegetable. LIVER COMPLAINTS, Jaundieo and all affection of he Liver are soon removed by the uae of Roback's Stomach Bitters and Blood Pills, they are composed of vegetable tnedicinnl ex'ractg with especial ref erei.ee to their direct action on the liver: ax.d di gestive apparatus SICK HEADACHE Arisoa from a disordered state of the stotnnch and bowels, and a bilious derangement of the liver, and can be permanently cured by the u.e of Boback'a Blood Purifier and Blood PilU. Full directions accompany each bottle and b ix. DYSPEPSIA. Thcuaaiids f . the worst puSTi-rers from this teriio!e .imwitig disease have been cored by tiie use of llob-ick'fi Siouiich Biltcra. a9 tho t03t:;:ici.ia!s now In our banjs fully prove. CONVALESCENTS Should u?e Roback's Jftomath P.i ters to strengthen tho pro-liation which alwnya fol lows acute dtaeaKes; it will be found fir supe rior as ii ttimuiatii.g tonic to any of the wine and bark p-eaiations of the present day. NEURALGIA Can be effectually cured by taVing Dr. Roback's Blood Purifier Hrtd Blood Pills, and bathing the effected parts with Tincture of Aconite of Chlor jl. r:a. Theie is no medicire In use so efficacious as Dr. Roback's Blood'Purificr and Blood Tills for the permanent cure of Blind or Bleeding 1'iics; they strike at the root of disease, there by removing the cause, flCHT MARE Is on- of tho biuv disrates ol which Dyspep tia ia tho p.irent. " To eflVct a cure peraoi 8 should avoid hearty food at right, and take a wiur-irlaps full of Roback's Stomach Bitters o:; retiring to bed. f3.-Jo!J by LtMMvN k MfBBAT, Ebineb'g- OMVE BRANCH IITT A mild and agreeable TONIC STIMU L A NT, STOMACHIC and CARMINATIVE Extracted entirely from HERBS and ROOTS Highly beneficial in Dyspepsia, General Debility, and loss or vfpst te; and an excellent CORRECTIVE for Vnsaa - . " r rTt.r.i..c f,( Clin Ti.iivelj?. Flat- puli-i'tng truiu v. . ' nlence, cVc.k&c. SOLD EVER Y I VIIERE. DEPtOT, NO. 415 MARKET STREET PHILADELPHIA. J. K;. TAYLOR, &L CO. AILEY, FABUELL & CO., MANCFACTUEEES OF MM; LEAD AND BLOCK TIN PIPE, gUEET A-D WAR LEAD, ' .'AXD ALL numberM. Gas and Steam Fitters' Materials, ' NO lCil SMITIIFIELD STftEBT, ' T1TTSBURGI1, FA. '"crdfora rce List ot.1!. S. Ebe poet's tpdnunt. ; PCOrLi; iYILL TALK. We may go tbrougli the world, Vut twill be very slow. If we listen to all that Is said as we go ; -We'll be. worried, an. J LeUed, and kopt in a ; stew, For meddlesome tongues most have some thing to do, . : For people wl'il talk, you know. If quiet and modest 'twill theu be presumed That your humble position is only assumed ; You are a wolf in sheep's clothing, or else you're a fool ; But don't get excited, keep perfectly cool. For people will talk, you know. If generona and noble, tbey'll vent out their spleen : -. - You'll bear soroo loud hints that you're ael ' " fish and mean; ' ' - If upright and honest, and fair as the day. They'll call you a rogae in a sly, sneaking way. For peoplo will talk, you know. Then if vou show the least boldness of heart,' Or a slight inclination to take your own part. They'll call you an upstart, conceited and - vain ; But keep straight ahead, doii't stop to ex plain. For people will talk, yon knows If threadbare your coat, or old fashioned y; ur dress, , Some one-of course ttV.I take notice of this. And hint rather close that you can't pay your way ; But don't get excited whatever they say. " Fur people will talk, you know. If yen dress in the fashion tlon't think to escape. For they criticise them In a far different thapo ; You're ahead of your means, or year bills" are 'unpaid. .... - i . But mind your own busineps and keep btraight ahei.d. For people will talk, yon know. They'll talk fine before you, but then at your baclt, Ol venom and epitc there is never a lack ;,, How kind and polite in all .that they Bay, But as. bitter as gall when you are outuf tho way, "'" , for pcop'e will ta'k, you know. Brother, take my advice, and do as you please, - For your mind (if yon have one) will then be at case , ' ' ; Of course you will meet with all sorts of abuse.' . But don't think to stop them, it ain't any use, For people will talk, you know. Cafes, jilictcjjes, lutbotts, c. i THE HUNTER'S DOG. AS I3DIAN AEVKNTCEE. 'Tell me that dog can't think as well as we can ?'' was the contemptuous remark of the old hunter Basson, as he sat on tho porch of his son's house, towaid the ciobe of a sum mer day, conversing with a friend ; "why, I sometimes think he can do it better than you or kmc- His nt-ighbor smiled, fr he kr,ew there was Eomcthiug behind all this, and if tho old nun were only indulged a little, it would be sure to come. - We cannot deny that they show a re markable intelligence at times, although as to their possessing reasoning powers, that is an open matter for discussion." It ain't with me," was the.Jogged reply of the old hunter J "that 'ere dog knows more than half the people hereabouts, aud bis grandfather was twice as smart as 1dm." Ah ! what did he ever do to merit tuch a high opinion V "A hundred things! I could bit here for a week and tell you his performances, such as dogs in these days never dream of." I have time to listen to one incident, if ytu will favor mc with it." l'il tell you, then, what took place right in this neighborhood, twenty odd years ago. This dog's grandfather was then in his prime, and so was I. I settled on the creek yonder, and put up the log house which mebbe you remember seeing before my eon pulled it down. We've got a few Injins yet in the neighborhood, but in them days tbere wasn't much of anything else. Fact of it ia, there was so many, that I concluded not to bring my family out'till they got scarce. . "1 .thought I couid manage to. cut the trees for my cabin alone, and then there was a party of a dozen families coming from our home in Pennsylvania to settle her. expected three or f..- vf icm in aj?ew weeks, by wb-cn time 1 hoped to be ready w-B1 ' !.uitt irnik of buildinsi : so it was agreed that they were to stay behiud until the next spring, when the whole company could emigrate with more comfort and safety. "1 felt a little lonely now and then whea I sat down by my camp fire, to cook my vcuison, or broil the ihsh which I hauled out of the creek. I had bctn a good de.d of a hunter when I was younger, but now that I was old, and had a family, I didn't like the plan of wandering for two or three weeks alone in the woods, or lying down at night with the feeling that there wasn't a white man within fifty miles of me ; so I worked all the harder to get the cabin up and go home and see the dear ones. Id have stood it if it hadu't been for my dog Rollo. 1 used to sit and talk to him at night for hours at a time, and 1 knew that be understood every word I said. When it was rainy, I used to stretch out under the logs and" talk to him, while he'd wag his tail and nod his head, until wc both dropped asleep. . "My great fear was Injins ; I could bold .oainst the wild animals, but I knew if a lot of Ihern came down on me, it would make rather bad buaineta ; o, while I was chopping do wo the treos.'I keptBollo reconnoiteting in the woodi, on the look out for them. lie knew they were ugly custom era and I vai ure, il there were any. in th neighborhood, he would give mo notice. "One day, I was hard at work, when I heard the dog bark. That was a sign that something was wrong, and throwing down my axe, I flung on my coat, caught up my gun, nnd made for the creek, where I kept a iittle Injun canoe that I bad found floating during a freshet. By tho time I could jump lio this and get the" paddle in mj hand, Rolla waa fciJa me. . "'vh il' v I asked.'- 'Injuns-?' . les, he answered, as M you or I could do. - . " 'Then we had better make onrselves scarce.' thought 1 ; and, as he was of the same opinion. I plied with the paddle with all the skill 1 could command. It was Injuns sure ; for I hadn't gone a quarter of a mile, when I heard a shouting and who -ping, and looking back, seen about twenty running along the edga of the creek, firing their guns and calling, as though they expected I would paddle back again aud sur render mvself. "I didn't think it worth while to do that, and so I paddlod as hard as I could till 'I found they were coming about twice as fast, when I run into shore, jumped out, and tried what I could do in the way of ruuning. I was always pretty active on my feet, and if I ever bad any good roason for using my legs, I certainly had now. "But when a man doesn't do much else but hunt aud run from the time be if born, lie is prety apt to understand himself, and I soon found they could outrun me. I did the best I knew cow, but for all that, they kept gaining, and I was uot long in finding out that I should be overhauled, unless'. one of two tilings occurred. - -"The first thing that entered my head was to throw them off ray track in some way or other, although ju&t then I couldn't think of any plan by w hich t do it ; the other was to keep out of their reach till night. It was in the afternoon when the chase began ; and, as every now aud then I held ci' own, and once or twice thought I was really gaining. I had strong hopes that I might get out of their reach utniu.r cover of night. "What troubled me a good deal was, that the wood was- so sparse, and there were so ma'r.'y' open 'spaces here and there, that. I never could keep out of their sight more than five minutts at a time, so that I was afraid to try any of the different trickg to throw them off tho trail which camo into my head as I skurried over tho leaves. , "After the first half hour, the Injins could have bhot me any minute ; aud had I not beeu afraid of losing the time, I could have wheeled atxsUt and knocked over the fore most mcro ' than once ; but I 'suppose they wanted to catch me. Them -redskins, had a way of amusing themselves with their pris oners by lying them up to stake and heap ing fire around them, whila tho rest of them Cancel and yelled with delight. You've heard of such things, and thty camo into my head so strong while running that I male up my mind they sLou'd never take mo prison er. If overt'Xjk, I meant to turn and fight till they were compelled to tomahawk me to save themselves. "Matters ware getting desperate ; and, as the bt thing I could do, I made for the creek again, as the wood in that direction looked a iittle more dense. Aa I tore over the dead leaves, a stratagem flashed upon my mind, which I lost no time in acting cn. . . As soon as I reached the margin of the stream, I dodged under the bank, and then said to Rullo, who all this time was close to my heels: " -Go nU.-i.1, Jug. and kick np tbo leav-e.a all you can, so they will think it is nay trail that they are following.' lie understood every word I said, as well as you do this minute ; and away he went at a rate 1 knew coundn't be equaled by any of them. Well, sir, the ruse suc ceeded to a charm. Rollo made such a scattering of the leaves, that, when the red skins lost tight of me, they were euro they couldn't mibs my trail. Never once sus pecting the trick that had been played, they Fped by me like a lot of deer with tho hun ters alter them. "I staid there till I was sure they were out of fight, when I crawlod out from my hiding-place and started back toward the spot where I .was building my cabin. It was beginning to get dark by this time, and I was glad enough to think how neatly 1 had outwitted my enemies. 'But I rtjiiced too soon. Among the Indiaus who had given me such a chase, was a single one -who suspected the trick that had been played upon his companions. Lie was on who was altogether unable to keep up with thorn, as he was lame from some cause or other; and, as he limped along, I s'pose he had time to thimk the matter over. . "There was quite a bright moon that night, ami I walked rather slow like, ou my way back, for I can toil you, with chopping wood htlf a day, and running might and .Ir. the ether half, 1 was about u.-cd up. "I had pretty nearly reached home, as I called it, and wasn't thinking of auy such a thing as danger, when I heard the crackling of a stick behind me, and wheeling about, saw a huge Indian not a dozen feei distaut, with his gun to his shoulder. Without any thought, but quick as lightning, 1 dropped upon my face, and the bullet went over my head, misting me by the narrowest chance of my life. . . . -' ' , "But before I could get upon my feet, tnc savage was upou me. He bad a kn.fa and I hadn't,, so you see matters looked ru,eJ dark for me. As he raised it to strike, I caught his wrist and held it, and by a sud den wrench, managed so to loosen his grasp that it fell to the ground. ' "I was pretty , powerful, and understood m,ti;ni, i,.tt,r than ha did : so I, turned him .before he knew anything about it and then caught after, the knife; but the wily dog was too quick for me. and caught my wrist exactly as I had done to him. He held it with a grip like a vise, but I man aed to free it and we both began a struggle. "Well. fir. in spite of all 1 could do, the dusky scoundrel got it in his band again, iust as I doubled my fist and struck hitn in the face, in the hope of stunning him enough to give me a better chance. , : .- .n. the toueheat customer I ever grappled with ; for my blow didn't aeem to ,;w nv more effect than if I had struck and tna next moment he gav4 tea a thru inlhe side with the Jinifej which wa wm m uuwuiu6 blow. Feeling myself growing weak aud I laini., l loosened my hold, and ne threw me off aud began rising to bis feet, with tho iu teution of killing and 6ca!ping mo in his most approved style. , "A minute later, and It would have been all over, when tbere was a rush of - some swift body, and the ludian was hurled vio lently backward, with the massive jaws of Rollo furiously closed in his throat. Of course, I went to the dog's assistance, and between him and I it took but a short time put the Indiau out cf danger of doing us any ham,. ... "My hurt had 1n tnoro imaginary than real, tho thickness of my coot, preventing much more than the point entering mv aie. but such as it was, I carry its scar iv this day, and can never forget the service done me by the opportuue arrival of the respect ed grandfather of the dog dozing at my feet." . ; . . A Coal Pit legend. In a 6mall mine in the neighborhood of Bilston, England, which was only work ed by day, there was employed, many years ago, a strange looking man, known' by the name of "IJIack Jack." lie was a man whom no one could comprehend. Instead of working in the daytime wilh his comrades, he always chose to descend the shaft just as their day's work was over, and remain tbero all night quite alone. The work he performed was pro digious he earned as . much in those twelve solitary hours, as any of bis com panions could earn in three days, and no one could fathom the mystery. One night, however, tho secret oozed out. It had been previously arranged that some ono '.should descend the shaft as quietly as possible, and act as a Fpy. This was done, and the scene that pre sented itself was startling in the extreme. Jack Bat smoking his pipe with the ut most composure ; .surrounded by innumer able imps, who were busily at work under his direction. The spy was aghast at the sight, and t-hrieked in terror. The sound of his voice reached Jack's ear far up the dim passage of the mine, and he looked round in surprise. The spy instantly signalled to be drawn up, and had no sooner gained the top than." a shower of stotie, pickaxes and lumps of coal, all mingled together, and smelling strongly of nulplmr, wore hurled out of the mouth of the shaft in wild confusion. At daybreak the miners descended as usual, to their work, trying to appear as if n jihin had happened ; but on reach ing the bottom of the shaft, all disguise w as thrown nsidc, f r poor Jack lay quite dead, and half buried beneath a heap of shattered rock. A surveyor who was Bent to inspect the , mine reported that there had been an explosion of lire damp, but the spy maintained that tho eruption was caused by the imps, who, having been discovered by an ordinary mortal, broke the spell that bound them, and re gainedliberty, to the utter annihilation of uufortunate 1'lack Jack. Strange as it may seem, we are credibly informed that this wild leeend enters into the creed of many a Staflordsliira oullior -.ljr. Tiik Love ok a Mothek. Is there a heart in all the world fo bad as not to rev erence tho mother that watched over us in our infantile weakness that guided and supported our first tottering footsteps that hun in agony over us when sick ness had laid its wasting hand upon us, and watched by us night and day ad ministering to our wants as none but a mother can forgetful of herself Tho of us lias not seen the mother, in her anxiety for her darling child, forget even to take her accustomed meal ! And as for sleep, that, was out of the question till her cheriehed one was free from dan ger. ' V ' - . Stand with mo by the side of the be reaved mother, when she is fully aware that her darling child has ceased to breathe, and is no more a habitant of earth. Docs it not seem as though her heart must break ? Witness the bowed form, the heaving chest, the swollen eye as she bends over that little coffin for the last lime 1 and when the tiny form i3 gently lowered into its last resting ' place, and tbo falling gravel sends back its rever berating and muffled sound, does it nut grafe harshly upon that agonized uiOther's ear ? Who oh ! who can estimate a moth er's love? -How little is she appreciated while living! Not till she has passed away from our sight, do we know how to prize the gem wnicu we once psstweu. When the world s chilling breath passes over us, and withers the flowers in our youthful hearts when we seek for sym pathy, anJ Twid it not when wc do we yearn for bur kind sympathising heart, and weep when wo think that ner genua voice can never fill our hearts with its sweet music' . - "A mother sweetest name on earth, We lisp it on the knee, And idolijie its sacred worth In manhood's infancy." Singular Cave. There is n cava in Russia not far from Orenburg, which pos sesses the remarkable character cf being partly filled with ice in the summer, and totally destitute of it in the winter. Tbo hotter tho air outside, says lloJerick Mac chison, the colder it is inside. Its proper ty dejnds on , the arrangements of the currents of ; air, and the principle that evaporation produces cold. Many years ego President Hitchcock applied the same principle- to the explanation of the irozen well of Brandon, -Vermont. - A K'crfloiiN Adveuturc. Leon do liowx, a native of Gasper, Lower Canada, and for the last four months at work o.i the Manitou Island, left his log cabin on January 3d with his dog, a large, powerful Newfoundland, in pursuit of game. He scon discoved the fresh tracks of a large boar. Cautiously following it he reached the shore of Iike Huron and saw at no great distance on the ice a very large animal. Climbing over huge rucks which the storm of tho previous night had strewn in wild confu sion on the rocky coast, he approached suddenly, tho bear slopping and trying to iwijuo jji3 gtopa to the neighboring forest. To intercept the aiumaj De IJoux and dog went on the ice, w,;h seemed secure, as the road was for miles interceptor! by wafer. He gained on the bear from min ute to minute, when he saw to his aston ishment that t he huge beast Mopped, look ed around and retraced his steps, chasing the dog before him. He shot, and a well aimed ball entered the head and killed him on the spot, liushing toward the carcass he did not observe that the wind had changed and that the ice groaned and cracked. He reached tho beast and tried to drag it to the shore, not more than three-fourths of a mile distant, liut im agine his surprise when he found that the wind, blowing fresher and more violent, had made a chasm between him and thj land more than two rods broad. At once seeing his perilous position he fired rapidly and halloed nt tho top of his voice; no one answered, echo n!om; brought his own voice back out of the deep recesses and rocks, and he was rap idly drifting in n southwesterly direction, to the middle of the lake. I lis po.-ition wus indeed most dangerous, the wind in creased : from moment to moment, and when night set in it blew a perfect hur ricane, breaking the large piuoe of u.e on which he stood into a thousand fragments, throwing Iriru at one moment against icy masses, at another covering him with a freezing wave. There he sat on the dead bear, his shivering dog at bis feet, look ing wistfully at his master for hdp. Dj IJoux saw no help, every moment threatened death, the txU wag intense, unbearable ; he prayed and asked God lo end his sufferings, the ice in the meantime drifting more and more to t!id Michigan shore, and when they began to break over the water he could see far in the dis tance a dark line, which grew until he could distinctly discover that it was land ; suddenly the ice on which he lay stopped. It bad joined huge fields of ice. Ex hausted and frostbitten, he walked for miles toward the. shore on the frozen ele ment, when again the island of ice broke, drifting steadily toward the Michigan shore. . . Now he could distinctly see trees and huts, lie heard the barking of dogs, he tried to load his gun to fire ; impossible, his hands were swollen and benumbed, he halloed and shouted no help. In th meantime the wind had turned more to the cast,nnd forced the ice right in to the western shore ; crawling on his wounded hands he nt last reached terra lii ma about six miles north of the lighthouse, where soma kind-hearted fishermen found him and took him to their fchanlics, J'ori Hudson Commercial. The Jai-ascsic Mint. All the work of making money in the Mint of Japan which issues a coinage of $70,000 a day is done by hand. The cutting, the punching, tho milling, the stamping are all by processes of tho. simplest manual labor. Few foreigners have ever been al lowed to enter the mint. An English di plomate who had this privilege writes of one of its curious regulations : While every operation is pvi formed in this primitive manner, peifect order pre vails in the csj iblishment j every man goes through his portion of tho work in silence, and with regularity of clock work, and many evince considerable skill There are ebout three hundred hands em ployed in the building. When tho men enter in the morning they are made to di vest themselves of their own clothing and put on others bel onging to the mint. At the end of their day's work a gong sounds, when the somewhat curious spectacle is presented of three hundred men springing iroru the ground on which they bad been seated, throwing off their clothing, and rushing, a naked throng, to one end ot the yard. Here the' pass through the following ; ordeal : 1 iieir back hair is pulled down and examined ; they wash their hands and hold them up to view; they drink water and then halloo ; Kid lastly, they run to tho other end of the vard. clearins two or three hurdles, on J ' ' ... r. ' their way, after w men performance uey are allowed to put on their ownc'olhes and depart. A Domkstic Uomusheu.. We are in debted to a friend, saya an exchange, for the. following amusing incident, which i said to have occurred a f w evenings sirjee at one of our up-tuwn and aristocratic domicils. A little boy of six years ran from kitchen to parlor, crying at the top of Lis voice: "Mamma, mamma, papa and the hired girl are fighting. Fapa ha got his arm srund her neck and is choking her real hard, and the girl bit papa twice, right in the mouth 1" It is unnecessary to state that the Jaly of the house brought that row to a close in a hurry, and that girl is -looking for a new place. A Mrnuje Stury of Marshal .'cy Mr. C. IL Drowning contributes to the Hound Tabtea. curiotn narrative concern ing the eaily career of this famous French soldier, which differs materially from the current biographie?. - According to Mr. lhowniug's story, Mar.-hal Nej'e proper name was Michael Hodolph. He was a captain in Gen. W ayne's army in tho war with the ludians His career w?i marked by the most daring deeds of valr, and bo was called among the soldiers by the last title Napoleon ever pave him the "Bravest of the Brave.' Captain Michael Rudolph was young and fiery, and on oue occasion fetdiug himself insult ed by Gen. Wayne he challenged him. Gen. Wayne reported his subordinate conduct to the Government, and General Viwuingten struck his name from tb array list. Kodolph then turned his re tention to farming on Elk creek, Eltort, Md., and possessing himself of a sri-'ll vessel, he traded in tubucco to the W. st Indies. Such a restless nature could not be satisfied with so prosaic a pursuit. Having unexpectedly put back from one of his Hips he found his wife engaged in a suspicious affair with another man Without saying a word to any one, be left her and her chiidion in peaceable possession of h:3 rival, returned to his vessel, made sail, and never returned. M. Fickuet'jthen our minister in France, recognized him shortly afterwards, under his new name, in a review of the Champ de Mar3: and Mr. Browning says "his friends ia Mar) laud tarry oat the theory of the identity of the two men, by supjws ing that liodolph proceeded to Bordeaux with his cargo, sold h"i3 vessel, established a 'hop, ami retailed his tobacco ; and with hi3 daring military taste and genius, enlisted in the Rrmy of the revolution as a common soldier, from which hi general superiority arid the technical knowledge ac quired under Gen. Wayne soon raised him. Tho wife of liodolph, murried again af ter her husband's desertion, and settled in tho obscure town of Brunswick, inGeor gia ; and it is a noticeable fact that some years ago young Ney Count. Xey who was for some years French charge at liio de Janeiro, well known to many officers of our navy visited the United Slates, and set out immediately after his arrival in New York for that place and remained several weeks in the neighborhood as the guest of the Kodolph family, who were independent and respectable farmers, but not people likely to receive a visit from Count Ney under ordinary circumstances. Altogether, this is a roost romantic story, aud Count Ney will do the world a great service by disclosing the facts in his pos session regarding it as Mr. Browning ear nestly calls upou L:m to do. Ballooitiu; Across tbo Atlantic. Mons. A. Chevalier, the Svtics aero naut, who propose to make a balloon voyage across the Ailan'ic to Europe, ar rived in this country a fortnight ngo. Uet is quifo young only about thirfy but has had an enlarged experience as a bal loonist during the past twelve years. Ho has spent a fortune on flying machines hla latest invention being a tenmone, de scribod m lcing "ccntfiucte J' after tho model of the bird long, wirg-!ike sails project from either fide of the iron bo1 of the ship, and a fan-like arrangement ut the stern stands in the place of the tail cf the bird, and servts its purpose in raising or depressing the machine in if a course tbrougli the vir." The worst feature of this 'machine is its persistent refusal to ascend. By tho common mode of ballot ing Chevalier has made hundreds of as centB in every country in Europe and Aus tralia. Once he sailed in hi balloon from Paris beyond the boundaries of Kussia. On another occasion he crossed tho St. George's Channel from Dublin into Eng land. In one of his dips he made the ex traordinary flight of Mien hundred miles in four hours. In another acenr, made just before coming to this country, be was driven forty-five miles in an hour. Hi trans-Atlantic trip from New Yoik ho undertakes partly for the great effect it will have, if successful, on his business on the other side of the water, and tut less to determine the existence of a con tinuous btlt of westerly currents which the philosophers say must exist at the height of S000 to 10,000 fwt above the surface cf the earth. M Chevalier has brought with him, in complete readiness, the balloon in which bt proposes to make hia perilous joaraey. It is of a peculiar shape, and of tb diiuenaions : fJo feet in height, loO feel in diameter ; capacity for gas 123,000 cubic feet The car, being made of bamboo, nnd in the bhapo of a"house, resemble a long bamboo hut, and will probably accommodate as many passengers as will dira to go upon tho voyage. M. Cbvih'r i desirous of snaking the start at as rly a date as ponaible, and, at all -vnta, before the re turn of warm weather. His reason for this is tba tba balloon would sufhir a dangerous lo&a of gaa lay expansion in tho heaof varn auna. Chevalier has shown ajpatifia men that k is not a mere show man j has -interested thtia in his under taking, and will proceed to perfect the preparation for his interesting and unpro- ! cedented voyage under propitious cucum ' atancea. BottoH Journal. Test ok Good Ui mok Wake a man in the middle uf tho night and itfak him to loan you five dollars. . -
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