JUL
1
4. jpl'IIXE, i:dltor and Fublifclier.
FREEMAN WHOM THE TROTH JIAKGS FREE, AND ALL ARB SLATES BESIDE,
Ternii, $a per year in advance.
VOLUME 3.
EBENSBURG, FA., THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1869.
NUMBER 23.
r
II K IS A
lSiASG'I8i,
And a GOOD THINGJn EBENSBURG.
ROYALTY SUPERCEDED J
tup "House of Tudor" Surrendered
" TO THE SMALL FRY !
jiFAl STOBETsBW GOODS!
Kew Inducements!
flih Street ! V Lew Prices !
J v
IT taken possession of the rooms on TTigb
Street, (three doors irotn wenire oireek,;
lecentiv occupied by R. H. Tudwr,
into which he ha? just introduced
a ni:nitnoih assortment of
DRY & DRESS GOODS,
Groceries, Hardware, &.C.,
i CunwlU'C " rvcrjiuiNs ......... .......
nj dealer in tins " nee oi nmoer nai
ever pretended to keep, and every
article of which will be
SOLD VERY CHEAT FOR CASH!
ORIS EiCllANOI! FOR COUNTRY PCODLCI.
NO DEALER KEErS BETTER GOODS !
i 50 DEALER KEEl'S MORK UOUUSI
1 o DKU.ER SELLS CHEAPER!
I 0 DEALER SELLS MORE
i IKY FRY! THY FhY'.l TRY FRY!!!
Buy from Fry ! Buy from Fry ! !
frUV FRY IF YOU WANT TO BUY
4 the fiaet Dress Goods at the fairest prices.
frnV FKY IF YOU WANT TO BUY
.!ulin. Checks, Gingham. Tickinp, Shirt
jnL'S, lofim. 1'riils, .leans, Cloth, Caa-
Finiere?, S;;t:ilCtt?, D"l allies, LftWriS,
J'riiiN, kc, &.C.. and wisli to get
tiie fall w .rlli o: yrvir money.
BUY I KY IF YOU WANT TO BUY
uo'ii aii'l ues for Men's, Ladies' and Chil-
idren'p e;ir, unt xoelled in quality aud
now here un'ltro'.d iu juices.
tJ'uY FKY IF YOU WANT TO BUY
Jlardwme. t.u"!iwr, (Jlabsaare, CmpU,
Oil I'loMi, & , of the handsomest
fcl.es :it tle lowest figures.
Th'Y FRY IF YOU WANT TO BUI'
flam, Sides, Similiters Meas Pork. Fish, Salt,
L.irJ, Jiut er, Epa, thce.He, ColTVe, Su-
ear, Tff. iDnns. Cnidlca. Snicea.
3
I
or an wiling el.-c iu tliat line.
)T.T FKY IF YOU WANT TO BUY
pnuli:: z arid evrv'hinj; worth buvinz. and be
u;-e tlMt :it iili rinii' vou will he rinoilied
atil.e LOWEST CASH RATES.
t'hmv! mveyel it ? no He
I .
1 ii-i' nt tlie Dry Gofid Store and Grocery
Jut opened by A. O. Fry,
On the street callsd Hiph,
Mure for your money you c;in buy
Thau from any one c'?e, far or idgU.
I design to krcT a full line of !
DRESS GOODS of the nOCt !
1" 1 1 . !
"d an I m determined to sill as CHE A. I' A3
HE t'HEAl'EST.I reppectruUy solicit a cull !
from all the ladies, and especially from those ;
"Hve uw" 111 n niioi v'l"'K uer !
laces to make ttieir iiurctiaaes. Whatever ;
you want to buy, be sure first to try the Ftore ! en we l)cSHa 10 ldlKm lne
r' f A. G. FRY. j great event of the age," to wit : The coin
El ensbur?, May 27, ISC). j pjc(iun cf the Tacilic Railroad, whicli had
O O Jv W F Tj Li TO YOUR1
WELL TO YOUR
LAIiEItSTAAOIAGS I
BOOTS AND SHOES
Kor Ncn't atl B.j' Wear.
The undersigned respectfullr Informs his no-
toierous customers and the public generally that
le i prepared to manulacture BOOTS and
fHOFS of any desired pizo or quality, from
llie finest French calfskin boots to the coarsest
Jjr'iiui. ia the vtBT bf.st manskr, on the short
notice, and at as inodetate prices as like
Crk can be obtained anyw here.
1 lio?e who hare worn Roots and S'loes made
. t my est;iblihtnent need no assurance as to
s'erior quality of my work. Others can
isily be convinced of the fact if thet w ill only
ive me a trial. Trv and be convinced.
airing of Boots and Shoes attended
1 ThX!o fn1 iD workmraluIi'fe n'. , i
i n.itiklul for pm favors I feel confident that ,
work and prices will commend me to a con !
r"-iH.e anu increase oi the same.
:,.,, ,
JOHN D. THOMAS.
Jhurp, April 2eJ, 18ta.
jJSTFa KULKori.,. t. M. MONTGOMERY.
jjjjONTGOMEUY & SCHLEGEL,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Wholesale dealers akd keceiveju or
fLOUR AND PRODUCE,
STAU FROST,
337 Liberty Street, Pittsburgh, Pa.
CONSIGN MEXTS or PRODUCE Solicited.
CaIJTS?U,RGH REFERENCES Hart,
Whey & Co.. Bankers. Arbucktes & Co.
wJWanU' W' D' CoPCT fc Brother.
fcoZA rCer3' lleJmer Bothers. Confec-
j CSCii-culars
V 'era.
rith Rrands and Prices sent
I May 13, l8l:,J.-Cin.7.
JV CIIE.U CASH STORE
Pt?o
to his friends and th ft ..111 announce
just opened at '"."eral that he
cleOasually kept in a country
store.
, "idB paia cash for my goods I m A.
termmed to di.pose of them ef.her for Ta.h'
t th" frora y'S
MliS 7" Cral Patr'l w respectfully
Superb stock of seaouM. Z XTJ- B
",l'OUS, U I lUttS. I
Ejjc pott's gtgarlmtnt.
GOD BLESS YOUX"
How simply fall the simple words
Upon the human heart,
When friends long bound by strongest ties
Are doomed by fate to part !
You sadly press the hand of those
Who thua in love caressed you,
And soul responsive beats to soul,
In breathing out, "God bless you !"
C'od bless you J" and Oh I a few weeks ago
1 heard the mournful phrase.
When one whom I in childhood loved
Went from my weary g ze.
Now blinding tears full thick and fast
I mourn my life-lost treasure
While echoes of the past bring back
The farewell prayer, "God bless you!"J
The mother sending forth her boy
To scenes untried and new.
Lisps not a studied, stately speech,
Nor murmurs out 'Adieu."
She trembling nays between her Bobs
"Whene'er misfortunes press you.
Come back to thy mother buy. come back,"
Then sadly sighs, "God bless joU."
God bless you J" more of love expresses
Than volumes without number :
Reveal we thus our trust in Him
Whose eyelids never slumber.
I ask in parting no long speech.
Drawled out in studied measure
I only ar-k the dear eld word?.
So sweet, so sad, "God bless yon 1"
Sales, jShtf e&ts, nctiotts, c.
'THE LAST SPIKE.
BY r.VCL rAKALLXL.
As everybody know?, when a rest
event takes place during the day, it is the
subject of conveisation in all the family
circles during the evening. A striking
sensation is a sweet morsel to roll under
the ton.ues until bed-time, and fills the
vacant spaces for days afterwards.
Novr, not Ijeing a man of family, "do
mestic confabs" mid "hearthstone conversation.-"
are things ae yet foreign to my
experh nee. Of course, like all other bu
o)ih, I generally Lave my tea but don't
figure during the evening iu the centre of
a family circle, for. as I have intimated,
I don't poeseJB the luxury. Fate Las
inarke 1 me tor its own as a bachelor. I
My headquarters arc at my apartments I
in my loUging-hous, and I live on the j
European plan a sort of waif on human
ity's sea.
The other day I took supper with a
few friends at the Masion de Tipkins.
We sat down at nine o'clock, and linger
ed long and lovingly over oor broiled
oysters and wine. We did not chat much
then, for we were hungry. Mind wa9
i quiescent before the superior demands of
matter. Eating not l:?ing an exception
.,, ,l1Mr u ihinfro h,it plpmidr onrl
... . ..... ... - V .J V
woman s tongue must have an end, we
finally pushed back our chairs, lighted our
ti"are. and unanimoufly agreed that ITp-
kis was the star caterer of the city,
,, , . . ti t 1
006,1 tne exciting topic on the street that
j day since noon. There was no dissenting
I voice as to its being a "big thing." We
then drank to the success of the enterprise.
The importance of the subject grew upon
us as we advanced in its discussion, and
in a Fhort time our conversation was a
mixture of stock, civilization, freight, In
dians, the past, the present, political econ
omy, natural philosophy, and almost ev
erything else. In the meanwhile we
toasted the road several times, and drank
to the memory of every one whom we im
agined had the slightest connection with
it. D cOrphee, one of our number, sang
the "Song of Steam," which was greeted
with uproarious applause after which
we drank to th Health of the writer and
. i .
be singer. I rot. Sulphur gave a scien-
lific account of the "forces of the uni
verse," but becoming very pro?y, he was
interrupted by Sam Johker, who told a
very laughable California story, which
pleased us so well that we all took a drink.
Our enthusiasm wa9 now intense. We
felt like leaving straightway, in a body,
for the far West, and becoming passengers
on the first train over the new road. In
fact, to such a pitch did this desire reach
that we all got up and were about start
inr out for the purpose of putting our de
si n into execution, when one of the boys
suggested "a parting drink." Several or
iginal sentiments were then proposed, of
avery exaggerated character, which be
ing disposed of, some one was foolish
enough to call upon me for a speech. The
call was boisterously seconded by the com
pany, and in a few seconds I found my
self on the top of the table, "the orator of
the evening." Since I have told so much
it will do do harm to add another fact,
viz : That I had some difficulty in stead
ying myself in my elevated position. My
friends were comfortably located on the
chairs, sofas, etc., of the room, observing
me with countenances expressive of the
deepest interest. I began my address by
congratulating the gentlemen before me on
the completion of that great work which,
amid all the startling events of tms pro
gressive age, was the crowning one and
the glory of the nineteenth century ! I be
lieve I got off this splendid sentiment
quite coherently. But it seemed, all my
clearness of ideas went up with it. After
that, things became "considerably mix
ed," (owing, I presume, to the broiled.
oysters.) I was cognizant of making some 1
sort of a noise, and of a sawing of the air j
with my arms occasionally but what
other remarks I made I have no distinct
remembrance. I have just the slightest
recollection that the words "Pacific Kail
road" escaped my lips it about every al
ternate respiration, and of feeling that a
great responsibility rested upon mo which
I must discharge at all hazards.
I was bidding my friends good-bye at
the cerner, under the sireet lamp, the rays
from which had but a sorry effect in dis
pelling the darkness around We rallied
around the lamp post with a devotion
earnest, if not praiseworthy. Among us
all it was the firmest and most upright ;
placidly it witnessed our repeated hand
shakings and participated in our embraces,
seemingly determined to be the last to
leave. But it appeared to ane to be re
markably tactiturn, for it stolidly refused
to express any opinion on the Pacific
Railroad, or to respond to many invita
tions to take a drink. I remember,' after
awhile, of hearing the words "rnoveon I"
but I cannot say whether they came from
the lamp-post or were but lha wailings of
the parsing evening wind. I huve a dim
recollection of parting from my compan
ions, and of going off solitary and alone
in one direction while they disappeared ia
another.
Then there was a hiatus, as it were, of
unconciousness, until the shrill shout of
the brakeman announced, "Alloona fif
teen minutes for breakfast I" I rose from
my scat, shook myself, and mingled with
the crowd, as they entered the refresh
ment room. After satisfying "the inner
man," I returned to the car, and we sped
on westward. I did not remember how
I got aboard in the city, but I knew that
men do rational things when iebi iated, al
though they have no recollection of their j
actions, une tlnng appeared to me cer
tain, as we advanced, and that was that
I had a through . ticket on the express
train. I had heard of fast traveling, but
this was the ne plus ultra of locomotion.
Space and time were alike annihilated
we seemed to be riding on a lightning
flash. Days nnd nights seemed to bo
blended together like black and white
beads whirling past our eye?. Out of the
suburbs of one city, into the streets of an
other. Chicago and Omaha saw us for
a second, ami on we went, straight ahead,
as if our mission was to girdle the earth
in five minuics I
What wonder is it that my brain was
in a whirl and my senses confused ? And
could I keep, in my exultation at this
evidence of the wonderfully progressive
spirit of the age, from giving a yell of de
light !
Hut as I eliouted, a heavy hand was
laid upon my shoulder, and in gruli" tones
I was admonished to be quiet.
'We are passing through a dangerous
country, and the Indians are thick and
ferocious."
I became aware that our ppeed was
slackening, and I looked up and around.
1 saw that only one car comprised the
train, of which I was the sole inside occu
pant, for all the rest of the passengers were
crowded on the rear and front platform",
apparently attracted by something to the
riiiht of us I looked out of the window
and could see a black mass in the distance,
which gradually developed itself as a
group of horsemen. In a moment more
there was a shriek, and the same gruti
voice I heard before, evidently that of the
conductor, called out :
"My God I its Indians I thought it
was the Board of Trade of San 1? rancisco.
We must get 1"
I sprang from" the seal, but was imme
diately jerked back by the quick, desper
ate movement of the train, like the kick
of a gun. The engineer had thrown the
reins over the neck of the iron horse ; and
it plunged ahead with all its muscles free.
I scrambled again from my seat and stood
in the middle of the car, steadying myself
as be3t I could by the back of the seats.
Not a soul beside myself was in the car
the platforms were doserled I was alone,
I staggered to the front door and looked
out. Great Heavens 1 the coupling had
broke, and the engino and tender and all
that had been before me were out of sight.
The car had been going fast, but I saw
that its momentum was expending. I
glanced out of a window and beheld, to
my horror, a group of mounted savages
within a stone's throw. I sprang to the
door, opened it, and leaped from the plat
form on the left side, hoping to make my
legs do me some service. But I unfor
tunately stumbled and fell senseless among
some loose rocks lying along the track.
On top of an upright post, about eight
feet high, was nailed a strip of pine board,
bearing the legend, in letters of black :
"Promontory Point." That was what
my eyes first rested upon as my beclouded
senses became clear again. I was sitting
on a little grass plot, while quite a number
of painted Indians were around me and in
the vicinity. Within a few yard in front
of where I was, ran a railroad track,
which a second thought told me must bo
that of the "Pacific" A few shanties
were in the neighborhood, but not the
face of a white man was to be seen. My
thoughts were, as may be supposed, har
rowing in the extreme, that was evidently
the stake at which I was to be immola
ted. I was to be reduced .to ashes to
satisfy the bloodthirsty veDgeance of the
red moD.
Qne of their number eame forward and
led me to the railroad track, and as I ap
proached it my suspicions took a different
turn. I was not to be burned, but to be
tied to the rails, to be run over and man
gled by the next train. This was terrible
to contemplate. I gazed into the eyes of
the savages, but could see no mercy in
them. I made no resistance or appeal,
preferring not to do that until I saw what,
if anything, they intended to do with me.
We reached the track and the Indians
gathered around. I looked down and saw
that they were right at the joining point
of the eastern and western branches of
that great road. There was the beautiful
tie of California laurel, elegantly tipped
with silver, and fastened down with the
golden spike I I had heard of it before,
and did not credit it, but now I saw it
with my own eyes. Dangerous and ter
ror-inspiring as was my situation, I could
not prevent my mind nursing the reflec
tions which this sicht cave rise to. But
they were shortly interrupted by the move
ment of some of the Indians which attract
ed my attention.
Six of them, by the aid of crowbars,
which they picked up from the ground,
loosened the tie from its position. The
silver was stripped from it and divided
among the party. The gold spike was
taken by the chief, who, with a grin of
delight and a hideous yell, placed it within
his bait alongside bis scalping-knife.
They then seized me, and, with power
ful arms, laid me across the bed of the
road, in the identical place where the tie
had been. Several then held me down by
the feet, arms and head, while two others
proceeding to nail me to the ground, filling
my eoul with horror. One of the Indians
took a long iron ppike, and placed the
point of it on my breast, right above my
heait- The other seized a huge sledge
hammer and began tapping at the top of
the spike, gently, yet with sufficient force
to make me feel it quite sensibly. I will
not attempt to describe my most horrible
sensations the most graphic pen ever
wielded would fail to give even the slight
est idea of them. I was so terrified that
the power of speech or of physical resist
ance was entirely gone. After the Indian
whose appearance seemed to roe to be
the incarnation of everything demoniac
had made sure of his aim, he raised the
heavy hammer on high, and, amid the
yell of the whole company of savages,
which sounded like one great shriek of
some tortured monster, brought it down
with tremendous force on the head of the
spi ke.
"Get up, here," growled a serious
voice, "you'll catch cold I" I looked up.
I was lying across the top of the marblo
stpps in front of my lodging house, and a
policeman was vigorously punching me
in the breast with his club. By his aid I
obtained the perpendicular, and got out
my night-key, and, after bidding him an
affectionate good night. I found my way to
my solitary room. The next morning I
took several draughts from the Kxcalsior
Spring, and have steadily abstained from
iutoxicating beverages since.
ExPF.niMENTS "WITH Uain Wateii.
The Lowell, (Mass.) Courier says that on
the 4th of June, J828, Mr. Jas. V. At
kinson, of .that city, caught some rain
water from the roof of the house, put it
in pans and let it settle for twenty-four
hours, and then corked it up in two gal
lon demijohns. The water was occasion
ally tasted, and in 1832, when President
Jackson paid a visit to Lowell, Mr. At
kinson carried some of the water to the
Merrimac House, and Gen. Jackson, Sec
retaries Van Buren and Woodbury, and
other dignitaries then present, tasted of
the water, which they pronounced equal
to any spring water for purity and sweet
ness. In 1850, Mr. Atkins earried some
of the same water to Montreal and Q-ie-bec.
The Mayor of the last named city,
and prominent men of both places, tasted
the water and found it perfectly sweet
and palatable. The following year (1829)
Mr. Atkinson, "about the same time in
June, caught water in the same manner
in two hogsheads. One of them, an oil
hogshead, was not disturbed during the
summer, but was covered up with rough
boards. A film of oil rose to the top of
the water, and in September, on opening
the hogshead, the water beneath the oil
was found perfectly pure and sweet. The
point made is, that rain water caaght at
this time of year, say before the second
week in June, will keep a long time per
fectly pure and sweet. Experiments per
formed since show that water caught
later will invariably grow impure and
tainted.
An English paper gives the following
frora a Quaker in the country to a friend
in the city :
"Friend John, I desire thee to be so kind
a9 to go to one of those sinful men in the
flesh called an attorney, and let him take
anjinstrurrwnt with a'scal fixed thereunoby
means whereof we may seize the outward
tabernacle of George Green and bring him
before the lambskin men (the judges) at
Westminster and teach him to do as he
would be done by. And so I rest thy
friend in the light." K. G.
Molasses Beer. Six qaarts of water,
two quarts of molasses, half a pint of
yeast, two spoonfuls of cream tartar.-
Stir all together. Add the grated peel
of a lemon : and the mice may be sub
stituted for the cream tartar. Bottle after
standing ten or twelve hours, with a raisin
iq cuch,
(From the El Paso (III ) Journal.
SXOOI&.S HAS A-V INTERVIEW.
I was sittin' in my office, speculatin in
my own mind whether on the whole it
wouldn't be best for me to give myself
away for the benefit of my family, when
there came a knock at the door.
There, says I, is some one anxious to
subscribe for the El Paso Journal, so I
uttered in a loud voice, "Come in."
She was dressed in a pair of store boots
and an iron gray set of spectacles, and
she walked up to me with majesty in her
mem. 1 knew who it was the minute I
set eyes on her.
It was a woman.
I gracefully arose and said, "How are
you, ma'am, was you wishin' to subscribe
to the El Paso Journul V at the same
time dtppin my pen in the ink and open
in' my subscription book. This alwuz
get 'em. It looks like bizness.
It didn't git her.
She fixed her glassy eyes on me and
said : "young man, are yew an advocate
for the holy caws of woman's rights t"
"No, ma'am," said I, "I am a Presby
terian." "Air yoo," she said, "prepared to em
bark with us over the sea of equal suf
frage ?"
"Ma'am," said I, "I bamt no objec
tion to takin' a quiet sail with you, pro
vided the boat aint leaky and you'll do all
the rowin."
A smile perused her features for a mo
ment, and then she said, "I am willing
to suffer for the caws."
"Yes," said I, in a polite and softenin
manner, "it u only cost two dollars, au
we'll send it to any address for an entire
year."
"Ilev you a wife 7 she asked.
"I hev," said I, wonde-nn' what she
was com in at. o that yoa see l
couldn't marry you ef I wanted to ever
so much. 1 threw tins in aa a sootuer.
"Air you wil'in' that she should share
with you the burdcus and trials of hfvJ ?"
"I ain't noways pertickler," said I.
"an I'll let her shoulder the whole of 'em
if she has a hankerin' that way."
"Wood you consent that she should go
to the poles!" said she.
She can go where she pleases, said
I, "She ginnerly duz."
"lew air a hole souled man, saia she,
and th rowin' her arms around my neck,
laft wildly.
Git out, said I, "what air you up
to! I ain't one of them men. Stop."
After much labor I succeeded in uns
loosing her hold and sit her down in a
chair. I judged from her conduct that
she stood in need of a few moral observa
tions.
"Yoo air an impulsive fcmail,"" said
'Your nature is at once spontaneous
and out-break in'. Yoo need a pair of
martigails. Consider what would be your
late if a man's wite was to catch yoo a
husiriu' of him in thia style."
She wiped her face with her dress.
She had on a dress. I forgot to mention
this fact in speaking of her spectacles
Says she "I nm a worker in the caws of
Woman's Bights."
"Yes," said I, "you air. Yoo ought
to be ashamed of vourself. I should
judge yoo was one of them lobby woman
that the Chicago Iribune correspondent
tells of. But vou can't come your nefa
rious arts over me, I'm sealed against
'em."
"I should be pleased," she said, "to
go arm in arm with you to the poles.
No vou don't," said I, in alarm ; "not
ef 1 have anything to say in the matter.
I wont go with yoo not a single durued
pole."
"Young mm," said she, 'hast thou
children ?,'
"I hev," said I, "seven of 'em. Can
yoo show as good a record ?'
"Wood you," said she, "her your
girls grow up and be married lo base,
sordid men, who would take away their po
litical rites and allow 'em no franchises!"
"Darn the franchises," said I, in a
range ; "these are tho things that wim
men put on behind to give 'em the Gre
cian bend. Ef my daughters ever go to
wearin em "
"No, no," said she, "they are pan
niers." "Well," said I, 'panniers or Tianchis
es, or whatever yoo call 'em. They are
onnatural and humpty. They degrade
the human form into likeness of a camel,
and bring lovely woman down on all fours
like a cat."
"Then," said she, "come with me, and
we will emancipate woman from the sla
very of dress."
"No," said I, with severity, "I hev
no wish to take the close away from enny
woman. Wimmen without close would
be a sad spectacle, particularly in winter,
when the howling blasts prevail. Who
are you, anyway V I asked of my visitor.
"I am a pilgrim," she said ; "I belong
to the Agitator, a noospaper devoted to the
caws of femail sutFrage in Chicago."
"Well," said I calmly, "the wimmin
in Chicago need something of this sort.
Where them that are married never no
on goin' to bed at night, but what on
wakin' up in the momin' they may be
divorced ; and them that ain't married
spend their time in bettin how many
times they can be married and divorced
within a month. The wimmin of Chi
cago need agitatin' powerfully. Keep a
stirrin on 'em up if you please. The more
you agitate the better for em."
With these words I arose, and tellin'
her to set still until my return, I stole
softly down stairs. I have not been back
since. What will be the effect of leavin'
a femail agitator sittin' in my seat the
whole of this time I no not, but if she
waits until I go back her patience will be
of cast iron.
Till? STOLEN CHILD.
ET A DKTKCTIVE.
The Italian revolution was at its hight.
The mountain defiles were swarming with
marauders, and the nobility had flocked to
the capital, or sought refuge from imperial
avarice in another laod. Those who pre
ferred a life of freedom to the servility
that attended submission sought refuge in
New Orleans. Among them was Cassina
de Rita, in whose veins stirred the blood
of the Colonnas, and whose sword bad
been first in defence of bis country's out
raged liberties aod insulted honor. Young
in years, he was old in fame ; and when
resistance was no longer of any avail, with
his wife and child he came to New Or
leans. His wife was the daughter of a
noble, high in rank, and a soldier under
the banner of Emanuel, an only child, sole
heiress to his riches, her son the heir of
his title. Like our own war, the Italian
revolution had engendered fierce jealous
ies and family dissensions. Because the
wife had adhered to the fortunes of her
husband, her father disowned her no
rebel's child, he said, should wear his cor
onet. To the exiled family these threats
of the old noble mattered but little. Time,
they thought, would appease his resent
ment, or, if it did not. they could rear a
new heritage in the land they had come
to.
Their many accomplishments, their
high rank and fame, gave them a place in
the best society. The wife was fl ittered
and admired, the husband the observed of
all who did honor to virtue or loved a pa
triot. Years wore awav the strangeness
of their new home, and their sympathies
and feelings became identified with thone
of our people. No name stood higher
among our merchants than that of the
exile, while society lavished upon the
beautiful Italian all the admiration it
bestows upon its qute is. The memories
that clung to the past were remembered
more as a dream than a reality, and the
grief they at first had felt had grown into
a regret, just as Ihe clouds sometimes
darken wilh impending tempest yet mel
low into gulden twilight. The pomp of
high estate was an illusion now seen
through the mist of years, while content
and plenty sat smiling at their door.
As I said before, years had fled, and no
word of reconciliation had ever pascd
between the father and his exiled daughti r.
But one night the child disappeared.
The mother was frantic the father
wild with apprehension. The city had
been searched tlrrouh and thiough. In
this emergoncy my mate and myself were
applied to. The circumstances under
which he had disappeared convinced me
at once that he bad been abducted ; and
when the mother exclaimed that only the
night before a poor Italian soldier had ap
plied for shelter and protection, I whs sure
he knew something of the strange evasion.
When I said as much lo them, they then
revealed the family history I have told
you. I knew then the cause. Unappeased
in his dislike of the exile, the old noble
sought to gain possession of the heir of his
liile, and rear himself or crush the young
life he hated.
If my conclusions were correct, I had no
time for delay. The affair demanded
haste. Before midnight we had searched
the coast from the Barracks to the Forts
In a secluded nook a quick bend of the
river lay the vessel we were in search of.
The Spanish flag was hoisted, but I knew
Italian skill bad shaped its Jiull, and now
controlled its course. It was a perilous
enterprisa to board it alone, and even if we
succeeded in finding the boy, it was still
more doubtful if we could escape. S'.ill I
had no thought of abandoning the enter
prise. Just, however, as we were medi
tating a plan of approach to the vessel,
an old man appeared on the deck, leading
the child. I knew the child at once. The
ebon curls clung around a fair young face,
on which the trace of the mother's beauty
yet lingered. A moment more and I hey
had descended the gangway and sought
the shore. Now was our time. It took
but an instant to snatch the child from the
old man's hand and lift him to the car
riage. But in the moment of our triumph
a shot was fired from the vessel it shat
tered the glass of the door, and buried
itseii in tne tempie oi inccnita. l Fprung
from the vehicle with the bleeding child in
my arms. The old man saw it, and raised
his hands with a gesture like triumph,
sprung down the bank and into the ship.
That night it sailed. I returned the child
to the parents, yet alive, but it died within
an hour a victim of plots and ambitions
its young spirit had never known its Ufa
a sacrifice to human pride.
The parents yet dwell in New Orleans,
and ago has hallowed their grief, and soft
ened their sorrow into a memory ; but the
wife's beauty faded with the lil'o f her
child, and her grewt black eyes look sad
from beneath her snow white hair. To
her the joys of life are gone, and hope
beckons frora the sky.
What do levellers visit Egypt for?
To peer amid the pyramid.
Josh Billings' Natural History.
It is not the most deliteful task tew
rite the natral history ov the Louse ; thar
iz enny quantity ov thorobred folks w),o
would konsider it a kontaminashnn, oz
black az paten leather, to say louse, or
even think louse, but a louse i a fatkt,
and aul fackts are never more at horn.-,
nor more unwilling to move than when
they git into the head. The louse is orre
ov the gems ov Antiquity. Tbey are worn
in the hair, and are mure ornamental limu
useful.
Not having enny encyclopedia from
which tew sponge mi inlormashun. and
then pass it oph for my own creashun, I
shall be forced while talking about ihe
louse, "tew fight it out on the line" ov oh
servasbun, and when my knowledge and
experience gives out, I shall tap my
imaginashun, ot which I have a crudu
supply.
Book edukashun iz a phatting thing, it
makes a man stick out with other folka
opinyuns, and is a good thing to make the
vulgar role op the white of their eyes, and
wonder how enny man could know o
mutch wisdum.
Schooling, when I was a colt, didn't lie
around so loose as it duz now, and learn
ing was picked up oftener by running
yure head against a stun wall than by en
ny other kind ov mineralogy.
I have studied botany all day, in a flat
meadow, pulling cownlips for greens, and
then classified them by picking them over
and gitting them ready for the pot.
All the astronomy i ever got i larnt in
spearing suckers by moonlite, and my ge
ology culminated at the further end of a
woodchuck's hole, especially if i got the
wood chuck.
Az for roorl philosophy and rheforiek,
if it is the scienco of houkinggrcen apiilt s
and water melons thirty years ago. nnd
being awful sorry for it now, i am up
head in that cl:is.
But all this is remote from the lous.?.
The louse ts a familiar animal, very
podentary in his habits, not apt to git lust.
They kan be cultivatud without the aid
of a guide book, and with half a chance
will multiply and tliiekin aa much as pim
ples on a goose.
There iz no ground so fruitful for the
full devclopement of this little domesti
cated collateral as a distrik sc'iool house,
and while the yung idea is breaking in
shell, and playing hide and go seek on
the inside ot tho dear urchin's skull, the
louse is placing tag on the outside, and
quite often gets on the school" mum.
I hav alwuz had a venerashon for the
louse, not becau.-c i consider them ez enny
evidence off genius, or even neatness, but
because they remind me ov my boyhood
innocence, the days away back in th al
phabet ov rncmon', when i was set on
the flat side ov a slab bench, and ppvlt
out of Webster with one hand, and stirred
the" top of my head with the other.
Philosophikaliv ban lied, the louj are
gregarious, and were a complete sm keess
at one time in Egypt. Bible historiants
don't hesitate tew say that they were aul
the rage at that time, Ihe whole crust ov
the earth simmered and biled wilh them,
like a pot ov steaming flaxseed, they were
a drug in the market.
But this was more lonw than was nec
essary, or pleasent, and was a punih
ment for sum sin, aud ain't gj ke wv z a
matter tew brag on.
The louso are all wen enough. La tktic
place, and for the sake ov varWy,
perhaps a fuw of thcu are just nz good az
more would be.
They were deHghned fur sum- wiz-3 pur
pose, and for ihut very reason are ie,
epek table.
When (in the lapse of lirao) H eomes lo
be revealed lo us, that a single louse,
chewing uwxy on the fimrairt of Daniel
Webster's head, wbea he was a little
schoolboy, was the lelegraphtck toeh tew
the wire that bust the fust idea in bis
braiu, we shall see wisdum in the louse,
and ebant stick up our iiose until we turn
a back summerset, at these venerable
soldjers in the p-and army of progression.
After we have reached years of discre
tion, and we have got our edukarlwn and
our karacaters have done developing, and
we begin to hold office and are elected
justice of the peace for instance, and don't
seem to noed enny more louse to stir us
up, it iz time cnutl then lew be sassy lo
them.
Az for me, lhare is only one piece (thus
far) of vital creation that i nklually hate,
and that is a bedbug. I simply dipize
snaiks, fear muskcloze, avoid fleas, dun't
associate with the cockroach, po round
toads, bark out square for a hornet.
Nevertheless, moreover, to wit, I must
say, even at this day of refinement, and
bell letters, I do actually luv to stand on
tip toe and we a romping, red cheeked,
blue-eyed boy, chased up stairs, and thn
down stairs, and then out in the ganh n,
and finally caught and thro wed, and held
firmly between his mother's knee?..', and
tree an old, warped, fin tooth horn u.nnb
go nnd come, half buried thmouh a flood
of lawless hair, and drag each trip to tho
light a fat lively louse and, iu conclu
sion, to hear him xp as mother p'.ns him
with her thumb nail fint tew the centre of
the comb, fills m chuck np to the brim
with something, i d m't know what the
feeling is ; perhaps somebody out of a
j;jb can tell me.
The most tartling enHy on man
woman attempting to marry him.
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