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H. A. lilTriKE, Editor and PublUlier.
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Terms, $-2 pcr year In adianc:
VOLUME 3.
t LTOONA NOT YET IN RUINS I
vsns.rr's si mnorii
CLOTHING BASAAK ! !
STILL RIGHT SID2 UP !
TM 41 SflM CLOTEiEG !
IS IiliiENSB PROFUSION!
ML WANTS SrUTLIED !
ALL TASTHS SUITED!
ALL BUYERS PLEASED'
'IT FOR OLD l'KOI'LE !
bL'ITS KtiU MIDDLK AGED!
t L'J LS i'OR YO UNO A M ERIC A !
clothigTclothimg!
rf0 kit KVIiKV MAX AMJBOll
GENT S FURNISHING GOODS
(,.-- I.VtKY Lr..-CErPTION.
EOOTS &.SH0ES, HATS & CAPS,
IF ALL STYL1S AND SIZ
Trucks, Valises, Traveling Ea3,
-T.''-:C T 1 1 " LARriKST!
ii,.ODS T!iE VKCY IlL'ST!
bi YLi:s nkatest;
j'i:ic::s iiii: lowlst!
of my otis tJ"Je desirrtl.
i l"Ai L anj ! J I CALL and j
.'AN SUIT YOU:k GOOD.i FRIG
-.1
t-vjpia-'-TOXZ ON AKNIE STRFKT. one
tjci-i iir r curtli of the Tost O.TLe.
!li:i't ic:t-.e the .!ao ai.d there will to no
ji.l-u'iC ::!w:t vi ;'.' tr''-i b;irin.
i::Iyi:Lk' WOLFF
Al!.-,..y.-., . "ri. L-Oj.-ii.
MiPlflFIGRllLROil
IS F J S I S H E D I
! First Mortgage Bonds
'1 tlE
UNION AND CENTRAL
1 MGIPI0 RAILROiBS
I BOUGHT AHD SOLD.
(HE HAVEN k BROTiiER,
janKers ana Ueaiers in uovernments,
ro. 40 S. Third Sfrcct,
I'llILADELl'IIIA.
J WOOD, LIORItELL & CO.,
I VASIIlNGTOi; STREET,
f M d D n 1. 1-1 1.
Mcai i a. ti. n utui, Jc'iiiisiuw.i, r a,,
IVhtJexale and Retail Dealers ia
mmmmmmm
MII.MCItl' GOODS,
n Ar.DWATin.
QUEKNSWARE.
EOOTS AND SlI0n3.
JIATd AND CAPS.
ikon and nails,
caiu'ets and oil olo i us,
ui:ady-made clothing:.
) CLASS WARE. YhLLOW WARK.
f WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE,
I PROVISIONS and FEED, ALL KINDS,
! Together with R'l mnner of We-tern Produce,
i""-h a, FLOL'R. BACON, FISH, SALT,
. CA R!;n- fin . ..
? ho'e- tle nd retnil srders sr.Ucirod
ana rxor.jptly tiled on the bhortet lioiitu ai.d
roust ren-onable terms
Y "WOOD. MORRELL L CO.
JoImton, April 28, lcCU. ly.
Ij A Y SON & 13 A K E R ,
FRANKLIN STREET,
In the Old POST OFFICE BU1LDIKO,
Johnstown, Pa,,
WHOLESALE GROCERS
AKD DZALtaS ITS
CSTERS PRODUCE!
P Tl keen conR.i.ntlv on
i a hh r t , . s . ;
sfi" Ti. . uiiuuu iana a large supply
COFp4 rVa:i'S' MOLASSES, TEAS,
T) RI K I) 'i , 'DT R.BACON, POT ATOES
CIG ARS t FKU1TS' TOBACCO.
ZrtI0 r5tail balers, aDd Bat-
1CUJ.
KEw CHE.U CASH STORE
B"!?eKlSsjnrghanyTownShip.
to his friends and t'a 'wPctfully announce
has just opened at 1" Seieral that he
superb stock of SPaaonHV,9 M'119 a ,arSe and
'xtinff of all kinds of DR vi1""'6' con-
clesusually kept in a colS.Uyt arti"
like poods can he C -" h r s low as
thecounry. A liber 'i r , frIU 5rT dw io
solicited. eral Fure 8 respectfully
HUME ff. mrrn
iiiinii
Q A NEW THING, IQgO
And a GOOD THlNGJn EBENSBURG.
EOYALTT (SUPERCEDED !
The "House of Tudor" Surrendered
TO TIIE SMALL FRY !
NEW STORE! SEW GOODS!
Hew Inducements!
m-h Etre&t! j lcw Prices ! j
jO ca-. x,jbfsr
Has taken possession of the rooms on High
Street, ( three doors froai Centre Street, i
recently occupied by R. II. TuJor,
into which he li-ia j'i-t intioduced
a mammoth a?-ortn,nt of
DRY , DRESS GOODS,
Groceries, Hardware, &.C.,
conItin of cverTihins: and much more tban
any dealer in this " nrck of timber" has
ever pretended to keep, and every
article of which will be
SOLD VEllY CHEAP FOR CASH I
ca in rsciSANas for country rsioouca.
so rr.ALEH Enrrs p.p.ttf.f. ooons i
D DEALER KEFTS y,ORE GOODS !
20 DEALER SELLS CHEAPER I
SO DEALER SELLS MORE !
I7iF FRY! TRY FRY'.! TRY FRY!!!
Buy from Fry! Buy from Fry ! !
TRY FRY IF YOU WANT TO BUY
the ncest D.eba Goods at the fairest pricea.
TRY FRi" IF YOU WANT TO BUY
Muslin". Ct.eck, Ginhftm-i, Tickinga, Shirt-in-:.,
Di-niui;T, Dri'h. Jeans". Cloth. Caa
emevi;, Sit'rjptts, Uc'.diLc?, Luwcej
Frinu, &c, and M i.'h to gtt
the full worth o.r v&Jr moacy.
TRY FRY IF YOU WANT TO BUY
Iijot and Pli;,- f.s- Ilea's, LadifV ?sd Chil
Urtu'fc tar, uiiexcoli jd ia quality and
nowhere c'ldfrvold in p;icS-
TRY FRY IF YOU WANT TO BUY
Hardware. J'.:eemnro, Glassirars, Carp:s,
Oil Cloti.a, , of the n-ikosisnt
6tvlei tl the leept fLrures.
TRY FRY IF YOU WANT TO BUT
Hams, Side, Shoulders. ?.Ies P:rk.Fieh, Salt,
L.ur J. Lut'cr. ir, ( hee-e. Coffee, tiu
gar, I'eaa, Soif s, Candles, Spices,
ci r.nv'-hlr: else iu thit iice.
TRY FRY IF YOU WANT TO RITY
anytblr.p atid every'h:cpr worth bn-ia, and be
cure thit at tli Umr vou will be sur pHeJ
at th? LOWEST CASH EATJid.
Oh my 1 ct eyel it i no lia
That at the Dry Good Store aud Groery
Just opened "y A. G. Frr,
On the atreet calls 1 Hif,b,
More for yonr money tou ean buy
TLa froai any one ee, far or ts.gh.
d?-n t'- V"c a full lice cf
DUES:-. GOODS of the n;ot
codr-b!e stvles an-l texture.
and at I am determined to sell s CHEAP A3
THE CHEAPEST, I respectfully -l;cit a call
fi'on. all th.e lad.ar, arid especially from tbosc
ho bars been in t!ie habit ct viestir-jj oilier
pUea to make their purchsres. Vi'hitevcr
jou wtas to bny, be sure first to try the s-tore
f " A. G. YR'ii .
Ebi-nsbnrg, Hay 87, IfC3.
?1) R. JOHN F 11 Y ,
HP
Assisted by Jits Daughter,
SURGEON 5 DENTIST I
titr.ee oo I rairlilia Street,
(ji-POblTE THE UALKIT HOCiE,)
RtiliicOnt finise above KtrntiU Erilge,
TE-.TirJOSIALS.
"Wit, th OBdf"(;acd, citizens of Latrobe saJ
Liginifir, 'Wetmerelaisi county. Pa., caetri'al
ly r-ubmit the fnIJoTinic as expressive of our
et!n)-.tte of Dr Fry's a'ii!it:e as a lent".st :
We regard Dr. Fry as nitunlly adapted t
th pro(s?itn f Lis eh jice. His Bisch iriical
ingenuity hs f-jr:ii-hcd to his art many inval
uable ruodilicat'ouo und irnprjveaicnis, and we
de?ia it due to him and the public at lare to
sav that, from a Ion;: and h'.tims.te acquaint
ance, we can confidently recommend him to ail
who nay feel intere-to 1, as an able, faithful
aDd experienced workman.
Latrobk Eli Ferguson. M. D . John Me
Girr, M D., Rev. Jerome Ke-utiev, J. L. Cham
ber, VT. S. Head, Joseph A. Head, Mich'l Bos
sort, David Widiam.
Licosikr L. T. eam, M.D., "v7m. Ash
com, Jacob Eicher, N. M Marker, Esq.. Jacob
Breniscr, P. II., Joseph Serous, D. D.
Lauohlixstown Robert Louther, Esq , A.
G. Armor, P. M.
FaiariELD Dr. James Taylor, my 6.1y J
Ii
OOK WELL TO YOUR
BOOTS AND SHOES
For Hem's nd BxB' Wear.
Th undersipned respectfully informs his nn
raeroas customers and the public generally that
he in prepared to manufacture BOOTS and
SHOES of any desired size or quality, from
the finest French calfskin boots to the coarsest
brogan, in the tt t9r vannlr, on the short
est notice, and at as moderate prices aa like
work can be obtained anywhere.
Those who have worn Boots and Shoes mad
at my establishment need no assurance as to
the superior quality of my work. Others csn
easily be convinced of the fact if the? will only
give me a trial. Try and be convinced.
"Repairing of Boots and Shoes attended
to promptly and in workmanlike manner.
Thankful for past favors I leel confident that
my work and prices will commend me to a con
tinuance and increase of the same.
JOHN D. THOMAS.
Ebensbnrg, April 23,
M.
L. O A T M A N ,
EBENSBURG. rJ.,
Ia the sole owner of the Right to Manufacture
nud sell
THE UNEQUALLED
METROPOLITAN OIL!!
EBENSBTJRG,
TilC A3IEniCA STAR,
The "Marchins On."
When freedom first dawned on the land of the
West,
And the signal of strife lit each hill-top nfar,
And hope grew 'and waned in tho patriot's
breast, Star.
Then first brightly beamed the American
Chocls shining on, shining on, light of lib
erty, light of liberty;
Shining on, sh ning on, aur of victory, of vic
tory, of victory.
Like a haln it shone o'er the ranks of the brave,
As ii led freedom's phalanx through danger
and war,
And it eh;ues where our banners in triumph
s:il! wite,
Aa the biight and unfading American Star.
Chorus.
The itnpetuoua youth borne along in the train
Ot succeed, as ho climbs freedom's moun
tain afrtr.
Will wave his bright standard. aiin and stain,
To the pluudits th:tt erect the American Star!
Chorus.
Sterner manhood that ctrcggle'sca life's stormy
eeii ecur.
As a soliier sti!! bearing some tirre honored
ViVl paze with du:i.ht on tho fl.tg of ti c free,
Aiid tiiutnr.h bcucilh the Auieiicaii Star.
Chorus.
Yi'hcn hoary age bends o'er the brink of tha
grave, sures mar,
And recounts all the sorrows that life's plca
Ilis dimmed eve- will brightf-n, if tl-.at banner
wave
That bears on its folds the American Star.
Chorus.
The proud ship that ridos on the billowy main
Shall bear it alolt on it3 uppermost spar.
And drsnots and tyrants shall tremble ap-ia
Each time thy behold the American Star.
Chorus.
At,d when Time's r.-pld wheels shall have
borne rr.e away car,
Ta the fcliRdoy past, n hlj pall hardened
Thf e mdiions unLwru wii! ilit-j l,::or the day
Thf-;t freedom unfurled the iciwiciu SUr.
Chorus.
Jec7, 1SWJ. B. B. ii.
LcTQJHLi:;Cc DISCOVERY.
A Hc cf Srntlcut Belaga In-rltlle to
lie Naked Eye Discovered
wflii tiie ?I Ic rcicopt.
Tiig Mobile Register, of the IGiIi u!t.,
contaifis an account of a most remarkable
discovery. It sayis :
We accepted an invitation yelercT?y to
examine one of iho most wonderful and
avtful u:8cov?rie3 ever m..J-; by man, a
coiTin-jnlfy cf taicroscoph; hcnian beings I
Tbe rei;terji.:i v;l,o ruafe lLi? discovery
ie & well-known citizen of Mobil?, whose
nnnie wo ute not at liberty tj reveal, but
who:n fjr tL? 64ke of convenieuce we
Ehal! r&ll Mr. A.
Mr. A. is a gentleman in easy circum
stances, TV.hu bis devoted much time to
eciezjtific pursuits, particularly to experi
ments with the aiicrosope. Itwesw lule c
amininp with the inurnment a fpscirtien
i f raofs or licben taken from the roots of
a live onk tree r.ear t!;e Sprinr. Hill road,
t!.K.t X3r. A. made bis astounding discov
ery. He saw c-!ir.in to the minute
brur.cbes of the lici.ea that be hid been
turiiic about fj uncerftraor.ioasly, a bu
nzaa beirijr, perfee: in form, p.nd with e
rouatennuce revciiiiii;; the wildest terror.
1 he microscopic' man whs magnified to
the Fize of a small red &::t, and when be
r-rst met the eye of Mr. A., it ia doubtful
wbcb of the two were most terrified, tbe
experirsr,ter at the unexpected discovery,
or bis mk-roMiopic fellow-creature at find
i ig Liuselfbolject to such rougb treat
meist. One look was enough," said Mr. A. ;
"I Iitid aside the ppeciraen, ?.nd for weeks
I did not venture to use the microscope
again. Was it really truo that I bad t
seen a eentient being, where I expected to
sea only the louver orders of animal life;
cr bad I fallen a victim to my enthusiasm
in tbe prosecution of discoveries in the
microscopic world? Had my mind be
came deranged ? I kept ray terrible se
cret to myself, for I could not bear the
thought of being laughed at about a natter
that had cau.ed such sensation to my i
mind. At last I determined to make fur- !
ther examinations cf tbe Fpecimea of
lichen. It remained as I bad at f rst ex
amined it. Tbe microscope was adjust
ed over it. I looked again, with what in
terest mtij well be imagined, and there
lay tbe man that 1 had seen before, but
living no longer. He bad died, probably
of exhaustion, and there he lay clinging
with a death crip to tbe lichen boughs,
whither he had doubtless ventured ia
search of game.
"Fnrther examination convinced me of
the truth of the hypothesis. I discover
ed several anima'.culaj recently slain. Aa
well as could be made out by the magnU
fying power of my microscope, the legs
of the animaculaj were tied together as
visible boys tie squirrels and partridges.
The microscopic man evidently wore
clothes, but of what material or how
formed it was impossible to determine ?',
Convinced beyond a doubt by what he
had seen, of the existence of a race of
microscopic human beings, and some
what familiarized with tho idea that so
revolted him at first, Mr. A. continued
his researches with the greatest zeal.
The examination of several more ppeci
mens of the lichen, and the soil on which
it grew, revealed a few more individuals
like that mentioned above. Mr. A. was
careful not to treat them bo roughly as be
did (he first one discovered, for the
PA., THURSDAY,
thought of having inadvertently killed a
fellow-creature has greatly disturbed him.
After a long and careful search of tbe
lichens and tbe space occupied by them,
Mr. A. bad the gratification of making
his great and crowning discovery, the cap
ital city of tbe microscopic nation.
This be carefully removed with tbe
foundations on which it stood, and trans
ferred it to a flower pot in bis back yard.
It was there that he bad the pleasure
of beholding the wonderful and minute
creation.
The portion of the city so far examined
contains a population of three millions, or
a number about equal to that of Liondon.
It is impossible with the microscope in
Mr. A.'s possession to tell of what mate
rial the houses ate built whether they
are of earth or wood, or both combined.
The streets appear under the micro
scope to be about a quirler of inch ia
wuiifi, ana tiirongod with people hurrying
to and fro, whether in tbe pursuit of com
merce or on account of the late shocks
their city experienced during it3 transfer
bom the root of the tree to the flower pot,
cannot, ot course, bo ascertained.
lint there thej- were men nnd women
ma-ni,'ed to the size of pismires, and dis
playing a'l tbe signs of tumultuous hu
man life !
While we were watching the ever
changing crowd wc taw one person rush
out of a house and another ono pursue
him
The pursuer was soon joined by (he
crowd in the street, and after an exciting
chase of about th twentieth part of an
inch, measured by tbe naked eye, the
thief, for such the first mentioned individ
ual must have been, surrendered himself,
evidently cxhasted by his long race.
He was taken away by persons
seeming to have authority. What the
stolen property was be held in his band
to the last, the microscope was not pow
erful enough to determine. Doring the
pursuit of the thief the people showed
every symp'om of exci'cmer.t common
among the larger species of human beings.
They clapped thir bands, thrust their
nsighbors rudiy aside, and showed by their
gesticihuior.s the deepert interest in what
was going on, and curiosity concerning it.
Their sbouis and screams on the occa.-ion
were doubtless deafening to one another,
but of coursa they could not bo heard by
us.
.Want of space compels us to bring this
subject to close for the present, although
we have recorded but a smail fraction cf
the interesting incidents that came under
our own observation, and the more nu
merous ones that were observed from
time to time by Mr. A. When the more
powerful microscope oruorcd by that gen
tleman arrives, and the expected results
arc obtained by observation.? with i, vrc
shall lay tho facts before our readers.
Tbe extent of Mr. A.'s discovery may
be summed up as follows : A race of
sentient Icings, invisible to the naked eye,
in shape pyrcct mea and women, appar
ently with ail tbe passions. bopc3 and
fears that sway ibe larger species. They
are considerably advanced in civilization,
for they dwell in densely populited chics,
a state of society in which the fccience of
government and many cf tbe .arts that
contribute to the comforts and embellish
ments of life must necessarily have beeu
developed.
The use cf a more powerful microscope
will lead to the verification of such an
hypothesis, or prove its fallacy.
As tbe matter stands, all who arc in
terested in tbe progress of science, and in
tbe spread of Christianity, will feel tbe
deepest solicitude concerning tbe possibil
ity of communicating with these newly
discovered sentient beings in the microsco
pic world.
How is that to be accomplished. Their
voices cannot reach our ears, and to them
our voices must be what the music of tho
sphere is to us. Worlds go whirling thro'
space with a clatter that fills tbe universe
and becomes to mundane ears the equiva
lent of eilcnce. Such must bo the bum of
the visible terrestial creation to lh2 mi
croscopic.
Whether tbe existence of Fenlient be
ings in the microscopic world was ever
oeiore puspecicu wc are not prepared to
say, bat had such a theory been advanced
before tbe discovery we have recorded, it
would not have been beeomm-r tr a nhil-
osopber to reject it without due consider
ation.
The magnitude of matter, so far as it
comes within tbe comprehension of a fi
nite mind, exists only relatively.
To an inhabitant of the Bun, surpass
ing tbe visible man in magnitude in the
same proportion that the sun surpasses
the earth, and the rulers of the earth be
come reduced to microscopic beings.
TrtE following cine for gout is taken
from an old work : First, The person af
flicted must pick a handkerchief from tho
pocket of a maid of fifty years who never
had a wish to change her condition.
Second, He must wash it in an honest
miller's pond. Third, He must dry it on
the hedge of a pareon who was never cov
etous. Fourth, lie must send it to a doc
tor who never killed a patient. Fifth,
He must mark it with the ink of a law
yer who never cheated a clieut. Sixth,
Apply it to tbe part affected and a cure
will speedily follow.
Wiit is laziness like money ? Because
tbe more ft man has tbe more be wants.
JUNE 17, 1869.
A JIISER'S STORY.
BI N. G. SIIEPUKKD.
I ain't got much learnin', bein' as I'm
only a poor laborin' man, an' am a bad
band at tellin' a story, but I'll try to do
my best, such as it is. It's about the only
thing like an adveuture that ever hap
pened to me, as my path through life has
been pretty much in a straight down into
tbe bowel of the earth mostwise. I've
been a miner about ever since I was
grown, an' I'm not far ofTfrom forty years
of age now ; quits a long time to be del
Yin' and burrowin' into tbe ground, an' to
be none the richer for it. or little at best,
I've saved sometbin, in them years, to be
sure; but I'm forgettin' ail this "here
aint my story, an' I must slick to the
text.
It don't matter much where it hap
pened, I suppose ; one place is qjite as
good as another, as far as that goes; but
if you're particular about knowm', it was
away out in Nevada, no nigher to homo
than that, an' close on to nine 3-ears atro
I warn't quite thirty at the tima, an'
might never have got to be any older, but
for well, I think I may say presence of
mind, as its called. However, I'm here
to day, an' that's pretty good proof, I take
it, that I wasn't killed outright.
You see, we were enlargin' one that
we'd already openod, makin' a connection
between tbe new shaft an' the old mine,
you un'erstand. It bad proved pretty
rich, tbe part we'd woiked, an' it was
thought the parts we ttere then at would
turn out even more so ; an' the idea was
well founded, as was prov'd afterward.
Minin" aint the pleasantest business in tbe
world, nor tbe easiest. When I first
went at it, I ured to feel considerable
queer as I began to go gradually down in
the bucket, an' daylight grew a little less
all the while. An' then to look up when
I'd reach tha bottom, r.n' see tbe blue sky
shine through a bole away overhead, and
feel myself shut in all about by a solid
wall cf rock. Uut I sxn got used to all
these things, altho' it took me longer to
gel over the hurry r.bout bein' drawn up
after the train was once lit. What an
everlaslin' lime it did seem till I'd been at
tbe business for a month or more ; but at
last I got over this, too, an' learned to
whistle all the while the windlass was
goiu' roun an' roun' at the mouth of the
shaft, an' I was bein' slowly drawn up
again into tbe sunlight; then tho little
excitement got to be pleasant, an' I missed
it if I didn't go through with it each-day,
till by-an'-by the excitement itself died
out, an' there was notbin' in it all any
more than clitnbin' a tree or diggin' with
a spade into tho ground.
There were eight of u at work at this
ehaft, all old miners. I warn't quite so
heavy as I am now, although, as you may
judge by my height, I was no light weight
tiien. We used to take turns goin' down
into tbe shaft, although if there was a
young'un among us any smaller than the
rest, it was usual to send him down. I
rather think we'd got somewhere about
forty feet into the ground on tbe day I
speak of, an' were blastin' away so as Io
make the connection between lha new
shaft an' the old mine, or tbe part we'd
already worked. The rock was pretty
rich ; and the men we were workin' for
formed a sort of company. They must
have all made lots 6" money out of it, I
think, for there was silver iu plenty there,
as 'twas easy to see. But a deal of vil
lainy was practised out there in that sec
tion of country. Why, bles3 you, it was
as common to "salt" a mine, as they call
it, as it was to blast in search of the met
al. I've seen mines opened if you
might call 'em mines that hadn't a trace
of silver, or hardly any ; an' before long,
they fetched big prices, all on account o'
"saltin' " that is, scattering loose silver,
the dust, you know, all about among tbe
rock. But even this got played out after
a while, for people came to be too know
in, an' you could only come ence in a
while over strangers or "Ir.jius," as they
were called out there.
But 1 must como to my etory before
long, or your patience will be Worn cut.
Well, it's a fchort one, tho plory is, an'
won't take mo long to tell, so there's con
eolation in that.
It was a pleasant day for that season
of the year in Nevada ; an that was my
first trip in the bucket my first trip up,
I mean, that mornin'. The train I'd laid
was rather a long on, with a heavier
charge than usual, for the portion of rock
to be split was broader and -bigger tban
was common. The bottom of the Bbaft
was pretty well littered up with fragments
an' loose piecee, so as to be rou2b and
very uneven, and the side walls too, were
jagged an' broken, with sharp edges most
all the way. I bad lit the train, an' was
bein drawn up in tho bucket sometbin'
slower, it seemed to ma some how, tban
usual.
Foot by foot I was bein raised. I
must have reached twenty-five feet a
little more than half way. "Creak,
creak," went tho windlass ; I could hear
it distinctly up above, as well as the sound
of the rope passin' over it. I could hear,
too, the voice of the man at tbe mouth of
tbe shaft. I remember noticin' the sharp,
rough edges of tbe wall on my way, an'
tbe veins of metal here and there in the
rock, as well as glancin down to see if
my train was all right, and seein' it burn
in' below. "Creak, creak, creak"
shorter and shorter grew tbe rope, near
er and nearer I came to tha sunlight au'
free air above; I was loiu' the eaithy
smell of the shaft away down. Up, op,
fctiil a little higher, till I could distinguish
the words the men spoke. Yes, I must
have reached twenty-live feet, every inch
of it, when what was it that made me
wish to to be hauled up faster that inorn
in I wonder ? Was it some inkbn I
had that the rope was goin' to break ?
Break it did, all of a sudden snapped
short off like twine, O'dy with a report
somctbin' like that of a pistol, an yet not
exactly like any other sound that ever I
beard. It makes my heart thump even
now, the thought of it. It couldn't have
taken me long to reach tbe bottom of tbe
shaft, that's certain ; an yet it seems to
me now that I thought of every thing in
tbe world in that little space every thin"
an' every body that ever I knew, "it was
sure death for me, I thought, anyhow,
even if I wasn't killed by tbe fall ; and
its a wonder I'm alive to-day to tell t f it.
There was my train firin away bke a
great golden snake dait'm' along towards
the powder ; whole yards of sparks it ap
peared. I must have struck against the
t-harp side walls on my way down, from
a oil in my face that I foui.d afterwards
I believe I clapped my hands to my ears
cxpectin' to be stunned by tbe blast when
the fire should be blown bodily out of the
ppenin' right at the feet of the men at the
windlass. Of course I was thrown from
my balance by the partin' of rope, an' went
down, in the bucket, exactly, although
along with if, right on to tho loose, shani
fragments of rock that lay on the bottom.
The bucket was of oak, firmly welded to
gether with strong iron bands, otherwise
it would have broken to pieces. As for
myself, I bad my hands and face cut ;
but somehow I bad guided my fall I
d' n't exactly know h jw an" w; s i't kil'e 1
without any help from the gunpowder ;
but I reckon I wasn't born to be blown
up, not that time at least.
My first thought was of tbs train
There it was burnin away, an farther
on, was tho blast waitin for it to blow
me to perdition. Just a moment more
but I won't speculate as to what nl;;!;t
have happened. It was b-it tbe work cf
a second ; tbe idea no fooner occurred to
me tban I flung myself on the loose pow
der we worked in that way cut there at
tbe time, an' it was lucky for ma we did
flung myself upon it, lay on h, hugged
tbe rock close, relied ripen it, an' when I
felt no longer any beat beneath me roso,
almost blinded by tbe blood stream". rg
from a wound in my temple ; trod r.n i
stamped upon tbe train, no longer rp.-irk-lin'
like a great golden Enabe, but black
an harmless.
Then I drew a long breath, an' began
to Rel faint, jibe men up above hnsw, cf
course what bad happened, but v.trs
afraid to look down info tha t-hafi r.t fit-t
lest the blast should explode. After a
while they threw some water down ; this
feil on me na' revived me. Then, vhon
they Lad waited some little times longer,
an' knew all was right, they got n rT?w
rcpe an' bucket, an' sent it down after
me ; one of 'em Iookin over lli3 edge of
tbe shaft an' cabin" out lo me to know it
I was alive.
That was, r.s I have said, about tho
only thing like an adventure that ever
happened to me, an' I'm quite content
that it ia so.
STK ArSGE STOUT OF A CITY.
The visitor to what wag onco lbs focus
of Oildora, I'itbole, will naturatly fJJ in'.o
a train of thought like the one that inrpir
ed Goldsmith to sing of
"Sweet Auburn, loveliest viilnge sf the plain."
Neit that I'itbole ever was a 'dovclv
village," but its utter decay from what
was once a bustling place, running over
with life and excitement, will suggest the
simile. The fungus growth of towns is a
salient feature of American Ilfo. They
are the result of various causes : the dis
covery of a mine of pcciou3 motal; the
inceptive point of eo.'je great mtionnl
work a railroad, perhaps ; the discovery
of remarkable oil ''indications ;" cr any
great popular yrore that calls men togeth
er with its hresistablo attraction. They
cause towns, and even cities to spring up
in a single night as it were some of them
io achieve permanency, and stand n3 a
perpetual wonder in the eyes of the world ;
others to crumble away with the rpecd of
their growth, like the once famous Pit
hole. The picture that this town presents
is sadly unlike its old self. It was one?
tho headquarters of the oil King ; and the
amazing swiftness of its growth has hard
ly a counterpart in this land. One cause
after another, however, saoped its pros
perity ; the decrease in the production of
oil ; the discovery of petroleum in new
localities, and a terrible visitation by fire,
have almost blighted I'itbole out of ex
istence. A person who knew the town
in tbe days of its prosperity, will expe
rience curious sensations, if be visits it
now. Tbe crowds that once thronged its
streets ; the oil teams, almost countless ;
the elegant hotels save one that were
once its pride, and the peer, in some res
pects, of those of the Metropolis itself
all are gone. Tho "Morey Farm Hotel"
was erected at a cost of $00,000, sump
tuously furnished, and supplied with gas,
and all the cunning works for comfort and
convenience that distinguish tbe choicest
hotels in tbe most fashionable cities. The
very nabobs of Shoddy and Lucre were
wont to give wine dinners here, and rev
el io ever v thing that plethoric pockets
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could command. The "Morey" was sc .
on fire by an incendiary, in 1865, and
destroyed. Then there were the "Chas"
and "Bonta" Houses. The first was'
favorite headquarters for the "Hristoer.!
cy" of Pithole ; and a writer in the Ti
tusville ILj-aU wyi that the names of
some of the wealthiest and wisest men of
the country, as well as some of tbe great
est villains, can be found upon its register.
It was moved to Pleasaniville last spring!
Sir Morton Peto and party were entertain
ed at this house during their tour through
the oil regions. The "Bonta" was an
elegant affair, and its proprietor at ona
time proposed to dispose of it by lotterv.
It has been taken down and lugged away."
The only hotels remaining are'the "Dan
forth House" and the "United States Ho
tel ;" the former, only, is in use.
Tha once lively banking bouse of Wads
worth is now doing duty as a drug Ptore ;
and tho IVstuffiee that once ranked as tbe
third in Pennsylvania, has wasted away
to the dimensions cf such as can be found
at divers cross roads in tho country. "At
onetime," says a correspondent, "great
wagon loads of mails were received, and
so great was the ruih to get news from
home, that we have frequently seen a line
extending from the delivery window for
ten rods down Ilolraden street, and indi
viduals who were fortunate enough to be
near tho bead of the column, have fre
quently sold out thtir chances to impatient
letter seekers near tbe foot for one dollar
and upwards.
A locality known
as the "Flats.'
shows the change that has come over Pit
hole, the most vividly. It was here that
the great wells sent forth oleaginous
stream.', to enrich the pockets of their
owners among them the celebrated
"United Staffs," the "Grant," the
"Homestead," the "Eureka," and the
"Pool." Once this spot resounded with
the buzz of strange occupations; now
nothing remain? to indicate its former
character, except a few ghostly derricks,
and tho unsightly boles that mark the spot
where once were paying wells.
Thi., in brief, is the Mory of this sin
gular town one case in many that have
occurred, and may occur again, in this
country. Much of tbe town has already
relapsed into its original state, and is be
ing used for farming purposes. Cleveland
Herald.
JD IYS WITHOUT EIGHTS.
Nothing strikes a stranger more forci
bly, if he visits Sweden at tbe wjason of
the year when tho days are longest, than
tha absence of night. Dr. Baird relates
soma interesting facts. He arrived at
Stockholm born Gottenburg, four hun
dred mi!e3 distant, in the morning ; in tbe
afternoon wrnl to seo some friends. lis
returned ab ul midnight, when it was as
light cs it is in England half an llour be
fore sunse. You could see distinctly,
but fill wns quiet ia tbe streets ; it seemed
U3 if tha inhabitants bad gone away, or
were dead. The sun in Juno goes down
in Stockholm a little before f,n o'clock,
There is a great illumination all night, as
the sun p.i!.e? round the earth toward tbe
north po!c- ; and the refraction of its rays i
such that you can ree to read at midnight
without" rny ariificial light. The first
morning I)r. Baird awoke in Stockholm ha
wan set priced to see the sun shining in bis
room. He looked at bis watch, and found
it was only thre o'clock. The next time
be awoke it was five o'clock, but then
were persons in the streets. The Swede9
in the city are not very industrious. There
is a mountain at the bead of the Gulf of
Bothnia, whereon the 21st of June the sun
does not appear to go down nt all. Tho
etearr.boat goes up from Stockholm for tbe
purpose cf convoying thoso who are curi
ous to witness the phenomenon. It occurs
only one night. The sun reaches tbe hori
zon, you can sci the whole face of it, and
in five minutes moe it begins to rise. At
tbe North Cane, latitude seventvtwo re
gress, the sun does not go down for scverat
weefc". in J uno it would be about twenty
f.ve degrees above the horizon at midnight.
In tbe winter time tho sun disappears, and
is net seen for weeks ; then it comes and
remains for ten, fifteen, or twenty minutes,
after which it descends, and finally does
not FCt at all, but makes almost a circla
around the heavsns. Dr. BairJ ws; afikod
bow they managed in those latitudes with
regard to bired persons, and what thej
considered a day. He replied that they .
worked by the hour, and twelve hours
would bo considered a day's work. Birds,
and animals take their accustomed rest at
the usual hour, whether tho sun goes down,
or not.
Desating TrrE Baste. I engaged a
chaise at Galway city (says a lawyer) to.
conduct me bo me few miles into the coun-
try, and bad not proceeded far when it
pulled up ot the foot of a hill, and tbq
Irish driver coming to tbe door, opened it.
"What arc you at, man? Ibis is not
where I ordered you to stop." "Whist,
yer honor, whist!" said Paddy, in anon-,
dertone, "I am only desaving tbe baste.
I'll just bang the door he'll think yer
out, an' then he'll cut up the bill like ibej
very dlvil seo if he don't."
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