u UK IS A. FBEE3IAM W II02I TUB TUUTH MAKES sTB.kZat ASD ALL AUB ILATBI BESIDE, n. A. H i'IEE, Editor and PublUbcr. Term, $3 per year In Advance. EBENSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1869. VOLUME 3. NUMBER 8. I i ? I PACIFIC BAIL ROAD II E1RLT PIMIH&O. UdO MILES BUILT! THE UlYION PACIFIC R. S. CO. CENTRAL PACIFIC RAIL ROAD CO. Have adJed Eight Hundred (700) Miles to their lines during tho current year, while doing n lirpe local pa scnger and freight business. The through connection will undoubtedly be completed next summer, when the through traf-fi.-l must and will be very pre!. Forty thou mii.I me" re now employed by the two power In comp i'iie. in pressing forward the great na tiiMiJtl highway to a 9peedy completion. Only miles rem i n to be built, niot of which aio jjrnded nd re:xdy for the rails. First Murt;ace Gold Bonds of the Union Pa cific K:ii;ro.id Company for ale a' par and in terest, at d Firs:. Mortgage Gold Bond of the Cen'ral 1'iicific Railroad at ll3 and interest. The jrinc:ji tl and interest of both bonds are payable in gold. DE HAVEN Sl B aOTHER, DKALKIl I SI Government Securities, Gold, &c, Ifo. 40 S. Third Street, PHILADELPHIA. M. L. OATMAN, DE A LBS IJf (DOIfE FAMILY GROCERIES Ci.'SSUTI.NQ 90 Rouble fotra amilg Jflour, BACON, SALT, FISH, FRESH VEGETABLES, ALL KINDS OF FRUITS, SUGARS, TEAS, COFFEIX, SYRUPS, MOLASSES, CHEESE, &c. . Also, a large stock of the Ea s Brands of Cigars and Tobacco. ! STORE ON HIGH STREET, Ftur Doors L'ast of Craicford's Hottl, 1 LIieDxburg, Ia. ROHRER'S WILD CHERRY TONIC BITTERS ARE THE BEST IN USE I 1 I re? nnnurn'c thyip niTTftH The very best in the Market R. E. SELLERS & CO., f Xo 45 Wood St.. opposits St. Charle Hotel I I Also. Entrance Nos. 113 k 1U4 Third St., 1 PITTSBURGH, PA., Wholesale Agents (or the West. For nli by A. A. BARKER for Ebensburj I auJ Titiaity fj 11 .'68.-ly fllEVERE THE MEMORY Ub FRIENDS DEPARTED ! MONUMENTS, TOMBSTONES, &c. The subscriber still continues to manufacture of the best material and in the most - workmanlike manner, at the Loretto Marble Works, ll kind of MONUMENTS AND TOMB STONES, aa well as TABLE and BUREAU TOPS, and all other work in bis line. None but the best American and Italian Marble tied, and perfect satisfaction guaranteed to all canes at prices as low as like work can be obtained in the cities or elsewhere. Call and see FpecinaeLS and judge for yourselves M to the merits cheapness of my work. JAMES WILKINSON. Loretto, March 12. 1868.1y. SECURE THE SHADOW ERE THE SUBSTANCE FADES! SPEXCE'S JfEW J now in perfect order for executing Pictures a every style of the art. Photographs of life I'ke accuracy, ranging from the smallest card picture to the largest sire for framing, taken in y weather, and wsrranted to give satisfaction 1 articular attention paid to children pictures frames of all kinds for sale cheap. 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Instead of fouling the hair with a pasty sedi ment, it will keep it clean and vigorous. Its occasional use will prevent the hair from turning gray or falling off, and consequently prevent baldness. Free from those deleterious substances which make some preparations dangerous and injurious to the hair, the Vigor can only benefit but not harm it. If wanted merely for a HAIR DRESSING, nothing else can be found so desirable. Containing neither oil nor dye, it does not soil white cambric, and yet lasts long ou the hair, giving it a rich glossy lustre and a grateful perfume. Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., FbACTICAX AMD ANALYTICAL ChUCISTS, LOWELL, MASS FfiZCS LOO. For sale by R. J. LLOYD, Agent. Ebensburg. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, For Diaeaaea of the Throat and Lunta, such aa Coug&a, Colds, Whooping Cough, Bronoiiitis, Aathma, and Consumption. Probably' never before in the vrhole history of meflicine, has anything won so widely and poltcly upon the confidence of mankind, us thu excellcut remedy for pulmonary complaints. Through a long ierie "of years, and anions mot of the races of men it ha ri.nen higher ana higher in their estima tion, an it has become better known. Its uniform character and power to cure the various affections of the lung and throat, have made it known as a re liable protector against them. While adapted to milder forms of disease and to young children, it is nt the same time Uie most effectual remedy that can be given for incipient consumption, and' the dan gerous affections of the throat and lungs. Asa pro vision against sullen attacks of Croup, it should be kept on hand in erery l'umilv, and indeed as all are ooinetimcs subject to colds and coughs, all should be provided with this antidote for them. Although settled Consumption, is thought in curable, otill great numbers or ca.es where the dis ease nee-med settled, have been completely cured, aiid the patient restored to sound health by the Cherry l'ectoral. So complete is its ma'stery over the disorders of the Lungs and Thront, that the moat obftinate of them yield to it. When noth ing else could reach khem, under the Cherry Sec toral they subside and disappear. Mnyt-rt and. 1'ublic Hyeakeri And great pro tection from it. ttthma is always relieved and often wholly cured by it. H rout liit Is is generally cured by taking tho Cherry Sectoral in small and frequent iluo. So generally are its virtues known that we need not publish the certificates of them here, or do more than assure the public Ui&t its qualities are fully taaiutaiucd. 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For Itilious Disorders and Liver Complaints, it is an excellent remedy, produ.-ing manv truly re markable cures, where other medicines had failed. Prepared by Ir. J. C A YKit A Co., Practical and Analytical Chemists, Lowell, Mass., and sold all round the world. VRICE, ttJOO PER BOTTLE. And Keisr J. Lloyd, Ebenbbubq. XjtOll SALE The undersigned offers M. far sale the FARM on which they now reside, situate in Allegheny township, Cambria county, within two utiles of Loretto, (formerly owned bv James McAteer.) containing ONE HUNDRED and EIGHTY-SEVEN ACRES, more or lest, 100 Acres of which are cleared the balrnce well timbered. There is erected on the premises a pood DWELLING BOUSE and splendid BARN, together with other ne cessary outbuildings, such as Blacksmith Shop, Corn Crib, Sheep House, 4c. ; also, an excel lent ORCHARD of choice fruit. Title per fect. For terms apply on the premises to B. & C SHIELDS. Loretto P. O., An g. 20, 1668.-if. STATE of EMEKICUS IJENDER. Notice is hereby given that Letters Tes tamentary on the estate of Emericua Bender, late of Carroll township, Cambria countv, de ceased, have been granted to the undersigned, residing in said township. All persons, there fore, having claim against the estate of said decedent rre requested to present them proper ly authenticated for settlement, and persons in debted to said estate are requested to anake im mediate payment to AUUUSTIKE D.LUTHER, I Vwmtmttnrm HEXRT BENDER. ( txecotora Carroll Tp., Feb. 11. lbGQ. Ct. O II N C R O U S E , WnOLCSLK DEALKR IH FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC WINES AXD LIQUOR. BEST BRANDS OP BRANDY. WHISKY, IRISH WHISKY, UIV. c, Ac. - The very best qualitiee of Liquors, Wj'nee, Ac., for lledical purposes. Prices LOW. tS" Hotel and Saloon keepers will do well to give me a call at ray store on Canal street, in bulldlnj formerly occupied by T. O. Stewart A Co. ' - Johiatowa, Aug. 37, 1368. Vr 8 Ms m jje'lJatfs grprfmntt. OVKR AXD OVER ACAIX. Over and over again, matter which way I turn, I always find in the Book of Life Some lessons I have to learn. I must take my turn at the mill. I mtiht grind oat the golden grain, I must work at my taok with a resolute will Over and over again. We cannot measure Ibe need Of even the tiniest fl-iwer. Nor check the flow vt the gulden aands That run through a single hour. But the morning dews must fall. And the sun ami tbe summer rain Must do their part, and perform it all Over and over again. The path that hns once been trod Is never bo rough to the feet. And the lessen we once have learned Is never so hard to repeat. Though sorrowful tears may fall. And the heart to its depth be driven With storm and tempest, we need them all To render us meet for Heaven. ales, Slut cjjts, 2nttbotts, c. EDDYST0NE LIGHTHOUSE. ITS HISTORY AND KOMAXCis. A report vvas current on the evening of Wednesday that the Eddystone Lighthouse had been BtveDt aw av bv the storm. The - i . , light-keeper?, it was added, had been drowned a piece ot unnecessary detail ; fince if the news had been true that the waves had dashed down the beautiful and proud tructure of .Smeaton, they would have marie short work of the poor crea tures living in the desolate sca-t'.iwer. 'Eddystone Lighthouse down ?" people aid, one to the other; "could such an event happen ? Is it not the 'house built upon the rock,' against which the winds may roar and the w aes beat till trie stones wear cut, but, till ihey wear out, no storm can lay it low V Yet who know9 the power of an Allantic roller, driven by the fierre "sou'-weslcr T" A New York steamship, ihe Perciro, put out from Havre a short time ago to crogs the ocean for America, Slie was as powerful and handsome a ship as could float, and one of the quickest among ocean-going e teamers. Yet four days out, she ran her nose under a huge roller, piled up by the gale, and seven hundred tons of water, it is estimated, in one uijly gray avalanche of furious spume and swirl, broke upon her deck crushing everything thtt to the planking, breaking the backa of passengers, and with the blow of thai one billow completely disabling the ehip. It was asked whether,, perchance, some such vast mass of the sea, driving up with the storm, and falling in the full power of its impulse upon the lighthouse, had crushed and annihilated it. In that case bow sad the fate of the poor light tiimmers, swept into death beyond all chance of escape, or even knowledge of their doom I Nh need to tell us that the three men were gone, if the lighthouse was no more ; their lives would be mere bubbles in the crash one moment prolonsed, ami the next extinguished in the rush of the fierce waters over the leveled tower. And then thoughts arose of the peril which would ensue to homeward-bound vessels. Eve ry captain coming up tbe channel is usod to make out the fixed white light of the Eddystone. It i as sure to be there, with its friendly gleam, he thinks, as the white cliffs and green meadows of home" beyond. Once inside the Lizard I'oint, the master's order is to 4ikeep a look-out for the Eddys-tone and when it is seen 'home" i as good as reached. The pilot presently comes out, and the ship's voy age is all but over. If the lighthouse were really gone, we might hear next that a great ship with her crew and car go had gone bodily upon the dreadful stone, at the very moment when the mar iners were wondering why they did not make out the well known beacon. It would have to be built up again, too, at a heavy cost, and with an inter val of long delay and danger ; for even with modern appliances, it could be no small task to rival Soaeaton, and place another lbaros upon tbe desolate, peril ous crag. All these gloomy thoughts were happi'y brought to an end by the welcome news that the lighthouse was as safe as ever. Ti e thick weather of the tempest had obscured the gleam, and aorje ' Plymouth bound vessel, we sup pose, failing to uake it out in the sea drift, had come into port with the notion that it was gone. Yesterday morninp;, however, the light was made out well enough from the breakwater, and we may trust that no gale, for many a long year to come, will shake down otie of the no blest works created by man. There seems no reason, indeed, why the Eddystone Lighthouse should not stand as long as the Pharos at Alexan dria, which lasted from U. C. 470 to A. D. 1303 ; almost, that is to say, for two thousand years. The famous Pharos, it is true, had no such sea to withstand as that which rages many times in the year around the base and over the sides of Smeatoo's tower. But the channel bea con was , built to fight the billows, and it has been the model of all the light towers , in the modern world. The light houses 1 of the Bell Kock, the Sktrrj Vore, 1 Bishop's Rock, the Brehat, Barfleur, and many others, were fashioned after the ex ample of this solid and perfect piece of construction. The waves themselves taught Smeaton how to build, for they let nothing but the firmest work remain on that lashed and lonely rock. Every bjdy knows the story of the place, how treacheroas nnd deadly it was, lyitig under water right in the fair-way of tho channel, till Winstanley, the mercer, first lighted the reef. Miaa Ingelow has told, in charming verse, how the good haberdasher, sad at tbe loss of more than one of I. is ventures upon the Eddystone, vowed that no more lives and vessels should 13 cast away upon that rock if he could help it. People laughed at him for his courage and humanity : but he stuck to his purpose. After many fnil ur s he got his pi leu and cross beams fiieJ upon the reef, and hoisted the iirst light over it. Thus many a life was preserved; but at length the chann-1 billows rose and swept the timber stuff all away in November, 3170. Next, Iiedyard tried hit hand, and reared a strong tower, solid and well planned enough ; but in this case fire did what water failed to effect, and the build ing was burned down. Smeatorr was then called upon to set up something which neither water or fire should be able to destroy ; and he went, as wise engi neers should do, to nature He saw how the bole of an oak tree holds up its gigantic mass against the fiercest winds, although they lay hold of its green and spreading head, and bend its vast limbs The knitted roots and thick base keep the forest monarch firm ; and Smeaton resolved to make a sea-oak tree of his lighthouse. Broad at the base, and solid as the rock on which they stood, with their stones b.mnd together and inter-knitted like the fibre of the tree, he laid his lower courses. Upon these he raised his hollow super-structure, of great thickness and strength, but tapering upward inside the lines of his foundation. If anybody wishes to read a "romance of real life," let him peruse Stneaton's 'Narrative of the building of Eddystone Lighthouse," and he will ?ee how man also learns to make "even the wildest waves obey him." It is remarkable that the form selected by the renowned engi neer tor his tea tow6r, as being nature's own idea of solidity in vertical erections, is nearly identical with the symbol used in the Egyptian hieroglyphics for "strength." The priest represented that notion by the figure of an obelisk almost precisely resembling the outlines of Smea ton's lighthouse ; and a hundred years of weather have proved that they and the engineer new what they were about. The hftht burned for the first time upon the new building in October, 1759 ; it burns now, all safely ; and it is likely to bu -n through m my st. my winter to ci m And if we on land have almost atiec tion for these sturdy turrets erected in de fiance of the strongest forces of nature, to save life and property, and to light the mariner toward his home, what must sail ors feel ? A landsman can scarcely real ize the blessing of the friendly lights. He knows that they save life. Firm as Smeaton's tower is, the huge erection shudders in the shock of such a tempest as has' lately raged ; the winds bowl like maddened devils upon its head, while the big waves hurst upon it sides,, and fling their fcheels of green and white right over the gallery and lantern. Strange sights and sounds are Ihe recreation , of those hermits of the tower the storm torn craft driving wildly past the land birds dashing in the darkness against the glass of the light and sea-wrecks, min gled sometimes with deal jbodies, flung against their water stairs. It is not for a little that nun are found to live in the dismal solitude of such a place as the rooms under the Eddystone lamo. Two watchers used to keep this melancholy but useful gatrison ; but one died, and the other was forced to live with tho corpse till the relief arrived, lest he should be accused of murder. Since that time three have always occupied the house. The sailor best knows how well worth pains and cost the trouble and scrupulous attention are. Each sunset finds the patient keepers carefully trim ming the light and setting the polished re flectors, and not for a moment is that brilliant glare allowed to relax. The light-keeper can not see what help he gives ; his business is to guard the bright monitory gleam. But, far away from his rock, the blasted mariner, anx ious and in doubt, suddenly "makes out the Eddystone." Some keen eye forward or aloft catches the liny spark over the dark waters, and then the lead-line and fearful watch are no more wanted. So shines," as Shakspeare says, "a good deed in a naughty world " A good and brave deed it was to plant the cross of help upon the ngly ChanneNrcck, as Winstanley first did, and as Smeaton af ter him succeeded in doing, with a work which many such galea aa this sou'wester will leave safe and sound- the monu ment of roan's audacity, and, better still, of man's brotherhood. Tt is known- that General Grant has had correspondence with, leading members of the Society L Friends in regard to our Indian policy, and it is certain he will se lect many of bis Indian agents from among them. It is understood that he is deter mined to break up the Indian ring, cost what it may. JOSH, JEMIMA AND THE WOLVES. Josh Staver loved Jemima Pineapple. Loved her did I say ? Love was no name for it Whenever he saw her his heart bounded up into his throat so violently that he was thrown to the ground. Cold chills would run all over him, as he ex pressed it, "from the sole f his head to the crown of his foot." Jemima was pret ty, to Josh; her hair, red as tbe red sea," large eyes which had the faculty of looking ways opposite each other at the same time, and a nose which looked as if it had been lengthened by the addition of several others. Now Joshna had never escorted Jemi ma home, for phe lived near two miles from Fleaburg. She came to "meetin " every Sabbath night, and would walk across the fields all alone, not in the least afraid of the wild beasts which at that time infested the country. But one night our hero resolved to bear the damsel com pany, and accordingly prepared for his nocturnal journey. He got his grand father horse pistol, and loaded it to tbe muzzle, and thrust a large butcher-knife in his bosom, which thrust didn't hurt him much, for it was the bosom of his coat. A lantern completed his "fixings." The meeting closed, and Josh, with Je mima leaning on his arm like a large gourd henging from a tall viae, set out for the Pineapple mansion. "We are in the woods now, Jemima," said Josh, as he assisted his partner over the fence of the last field, "and now comes the tug of war. I'll bet a dime that these woods are full of wolves." "I think they will not attack us ; but if they do, oh ! Joshua, on thy arm I will recline and breathe my life out sweetly there.'' And she gave such a sigh that Josh started, thinking it tbe half smoth ered growl of a bear. "What's the matter, Josh V "Oh, nothing." And gaining new courage at the sound of Jemima's voice, he squeezed her arm till she nearly screamed alojd- Suddenly a strange cry echoed through the woods. Wolves!" shouted Josh. "Bears !" re-echoed bis partner. "Come, Jemima, let us git." And they got. Through the woods they went, Josh literally dragging Jemima along. TLe foe was approaching ; the couple could hear his footsteps in the leaves, far they had wandered fom the path. "Josh, I can't go any farther; wa must tree' itf" said Jemima, as she paused lor bieath. "By gosh, we must. Here is a tree with its limbs nigh-hanging on the ground. Climb it, Jemima ! Here I go. Gad ! if the animal climbs the tree, what then?" And with a bound the terrified Joshua climbed up the tree, leaving Jemi ma to follow him or be devoured by the terrible pursuer a few feet in their wake. But Jemima was an old climber, and was roon beside Job, who was perched ill one ot the highest branches of the tree. 'Listen, Jemima ; hear the horrible thing gnawing at the tree. It is wolves, sure's shootin'. They will gnaw the tree down in half an hour." "I fear so, Joshua." "But heboid, Jemima ! I've got a pis tol," said our hero, thinking of his weap on for the first time that night. "Now. just keep still while 1 shoot." He deliberately cocked the weapon, pointed it down through the branches where their pursuer was pawing among the leaves, and fired. It was a destructive shot, and Josh went spinning through the tree like greased lightning. lie had load ed bis pistol so heavily that it had kicked him from his perch into the jaws of the animal below. But fortunately lie alight ed on his feet, and in an instant he was again up the tree, hatless, his red locks catching in the lim bs, which cruelly tore them from his head!' "I was a durned fool, Jemima, to have loaded that pistol so heavily, and it kicked me right into the wolvc's mouths ; but. thank Moses, I escaped. Just feci my head." Jemima placed her hand upon Josh's cranium, and wbhdrew it wet with gore. "That is my blood, shed for you, Jemi ma, and I am willing to s! e I more, deg oned if I ain't." "Can the wolves climb?" "Climb like rabbits, Jemima; and every minute I am looking to see them come up here. I do believe my shot killed half a dozen of them. Listen at them gnawing. If we could only keep them gnawing at something else besides the tree, till day light, wc should be safe." "Maybe they are like bears, Joshua, they will eat aujthing you throw to them." ! "Well, 111 try them ; so first here goes my boots," and taking off his fine boots, Josh groped his way out on a limb. "Farewell, dear boots, bran new ones, cost eight dollars this blessed morning. Farewell, I sacrifice you for Jemima," and the splendid boots were gone. For awhile the animal ceased gnawing the tree, and gnawed the boots, Josh curs ing inwardly the while. At last the gnaw ing re-commenced. Blast him ! he ain't satisfied with eight dollars' worth of leather, so I'll have to give bim seventeen dollars worth of cloth," and away went his coat ; it was soon after followed by his vest and stock ing, and Josh declared that bis "uumen :iorahle raiment" would follow the rest, at which declaration Jemima blushed, and said ; "Obi Joshua." "Blast if I don't, Jemima," he spoke determinedly, and would no doubt make his word good. But the vest satisfied the animal be neath the tree, and a few hours later morning dawned. The lovers, for they were such now, descended the tree, when lo ! to their astonishment they held Jemi ma's pet calf chewing at Josh's coat. They realized all in an instant. It was the calf which followed them, and not wolves. The gnawing that they had beard was the harmless animal chewing at some undergrowth, which grew plenti fully around. Josh'i eyes filled with tears when be looked around. There lay the boots, but ruined forever ; here the coat and vest chewed into pulp. They said nothing, but proceeded to the Pineapple mansion, where they told a doleful story ahout being treed by wolves ; how Joshua had sacrificed his clothes to sa ve their lives ; how ha slaughtered nearly forty of the ravenous animals, &c, &c Old Pineapple said such bravery and devoiion should not go unrewarded, and, placing Jemima's hand in Josh's, told him to take her as his mate. P. S They were married and now live in a little hut with one room and a garret, near Fleaburg, now a flourishing "burg" on Turtle Creek. N. B. Jemima's pet calf was never seen after the night it treed the devoted couple. We rather guess it didu't. The Vegetable Kingdom The term vegetable sometimes pronounced "wege table" is probably derived from the pe culiar long and pointed form of this de scription of esculents, hence originally called wcdge-eatab!e, then wegetable, and now refined into the present term. Annual flowering plants resemble whales, "as they come up to blow. Flowers are very warlike in their dis position, and are ever armed with pistils They are migratory in their habits, for wherever they may winter, they are sure to leave in the spring, most of them very polite nd full of boughs. Like dandies, the coating of many trees is their most valuable portion. Cork trees and boot trees, for instance. Grain and seeds are not considered dan gerous, except when about to shoot. Several trees, like watch dogs, are val ued mostly for their bark. A little br.rk will make a rope, but it takes a large pile of wood frr a cord. Though there are no vegetable beaux, there are a number of spruce trees. It is considered only right and proper to axe trees before you fell them. Fruit trees have military characteris tics. Whfn young, they aie trained, they have kernels, and (heir shoots are straight. Grain must be treated like infants ; when the head brnds, it must be cradled ; and thrashing is resorted to fit it for use. Tares are mostly found with smaller grains which require sowing. Great indulgence in fruit is dangerous, and too free abuse of melons produce a meloncholic effect. Old maids are fond of pairs but can not endure any reference to dates. Sailors are attached to bays ; oyster men to beeches; love sick maidens to pine. An Aqueous Fact. A correspondent of the Philadelphia Sunday Transcrijit tells the following good story : I heard a funny story the other day. I'm sure it has never ben published, for the incident oc curred just across the Missouri river from this place. A couple, somewhat ad vanced in life, who had for many years been noted for their profanity, were con verted during a revival of religion in their native place. Every one interested in the progress of Christian religion was rejoiced at tbe radical change. Everything went along smoothly, and with many other converts, they "went down to the water" to be baptized. The day was exceedingly cold. Mr. S went into the water first, while his wife watched him standing upon the bank of tbe river. No sooner had the old gentleman touched dry land than he startled the bystanders by calling out to Mr. S in hi own peculiar drawl iog tone : "Poll! r-o-HI I say, don't go down into that ar water it's colder than b !" Not so Loud. The New York Even ing Post says : It is perhaps a little too much to say that ladies ought not to talk at concerts, for that is partly what many of them go to concerts for. But that they ou"bt not to raise their voices too high, is made plain by a little story which we find in Mr. Hopkins Philharmonic Journal. During a concert in the Boston Music Hall, recently, when the organist was ex hibiting the full power of the instrument," a lady was enthusiastically conversing with her neighbor about her household arrangements. She suited the tones of her voice to those of the organ, but "reck oned without her host this time. Tbe organist made a sudden transition from "fffto "pianissivio," without giving the lady warning ; consequently tbe audi ence were somewhat amused at being :f..r-mA her. in a shout, that was heard all over the bousa, "we fcie4 oursin I butter I" , y I A DOG StTIIG A SIIIJ. A few years ago a sea captain from Massachusetts who was in Havre, Frawie, obtained there a fine little rat temtr, which he called Neptune, to be a com panion on his voyage. Little Neptune soon learned to like the vessel, antt ha would run up ladders like a little sailor, though he coubj not come down wiibmit help. After the vessel had been at sea some weeks or morjths, when they began to approach land, before it could be seen by the men, Nep. would mount up high on the forward part of the ship and Miitf and sniff, and bark and show pignsofjoy. His scent enabled bim to smell the land before it could be seen. He would also detect the approach of another ship when he could not see it, in the same way. When Nep. had been to sea with his master about two years, tbe Hortensia that was the vessel's name had been to New Orleans for a load of cotton.. nd was on her way out of the Gulf of Mexi co into the Allaniic ocean. For some days there had been squally weather, with light baffling winds and the vessel had not sailed very rapidly, but she wad in a dangerous neighborhood and a con stant watch was necessary, for along the coast of Florida are long, low reefs and inlands and bars which have caused the destruction of many vessels. It had been the captain's watch in the (early part of the night that is, the cap tain, with a few men, remained upon the deck, while the rent slept ; then the oth ers, at the sound of the bell, came upon deck the mate took charge of the ship, the men who had been watching went bi low, and the rsptain, after telling the mate to call bim before three o'clock, weot below and turned into his berth to sleep. Nep. lay at his master's state room door, for that was his sleeping place. There lies on the Florida straits a large and dangerous rock called the Dou ble Headed Shot Keys. A lighthouse is built upon it, that vessels may be kept from running upon it in the night. 'Be sure to call me by three o'clock" said the captain, "as by that time we shall be up with the Double Headed Shot Keys and sooner if there is a change in the weath er." The n'.ght wore on, and all was still but -the splabhing of the water. The mate went below to get something from his chest, sat down upon it for a few minutes, and before he knew it, was fast asleep. The men on deck, receiving no orders, supposed all was right, and one by one they too fell aslepp. No one was awake but a little Spanish boy, whose turn it was to be at the wheel that is, the helm, where they steer the vessel Meanwhile the wind changed, a stiff breeze sprung up, the sails were filled, and tbe IIorteneia ploughed through the ocean briskly, straight toward the Double Headed Shot Keys. The little Spanish boy, half asleep at the helm, knew not of the danger, neither could he see ahead from where he stood ; for the great sails conceded the view of the 1 ght-house ; but Nap., the good sailor that he whs, dis covered that land wns near he sme't it, and he saw the light. He rushed down to his master's state room, and barked and jumped up to him as he lay in his berth. "Get dewn, lie sti!', Nep." said the sleepy captain. But Nep. would not be still. He only barked the louder. "Be still,' said the captain again ; and he pushed the dog away Again the faithful Utile fellow jumped up, pulling his master's sleeve, and rook hold of his arm with his teeth. Then the captain, thoroughly roused, began lo think something must he the matter. He sprang up, and Nep. ran forward, barking, to the companion way.' Tho captain's head no sooner came above the deck than he. saw what was the mat ter. Right ahead was Ihe fearful rock and the light-house, and the ship plunging towards it at the rate of nine miles an hour. He seized the heim, tbe ship struggled, swung round, and when her course was shifted, she was so near the rock that in three minutes more she would have struck and been a wreck. The sleeping sailors were roused to their duty, and the astonished mate rose from his nap on the chest to learn that but for tho faithful dog the waves might have al ready closed over them. Do you wonder that the captain thinks his dog is worth his weight in gold T He has been offered large sums of money for him, but money cannot buy him. He does not go to sea now. Nep. went n long as his master did, and now he makes himself quietly useful at home catching ail the rats in the neighborhood. May he live to a good old age, the pet aad ad miration of all who know Lim 1 A spring "WAGoy has heeo invented by a gentleman in Maysvilla, Ky., which be pro poses to run without any kind of an animal or steam power. H already perfected a small model, wbioh runs up or flown bill very rapidly-. The power is received from an immense coiled steel spring, which will run bft-lf B hour without being wound up. In going up hill the spring exhausts itself, but in. going down hill it winds itself up The Inventor claims that he can carry very heavy loads oer any ordinary road. Mr.N. W. Pierce, of Lerayv IK Td. ford county, kept fur cows during; the summer of 18G8. making and selling 800 lbs, rT Hntfror at 40 rent rter ih. . end from buttermilk reslixed in calves and ooxk $70. Total llao-cr $31 0 i -
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