. y ; ; v:''r.:. ,.. :;..;;.p- ,v .. .. ; v ... b - ; I. A. jrriKE, Editor and Publisher UK IS A FKEEMAJI WHOM TUB TBCTH MAKES FREE, AND ALL AUK SLAVES BESIDE, Terms, $2 per year In advance. VOLUME 3. EBENSBURG, PA.; THURSDAY, , SEPTEMBER 2, 1869. NUMBER 31 r J j. LANGSTIiOTirS PATENT MOVABLE CIS SEE HIVE! X jutrotl'iced in this County or State. Any nor-on buTitiR a lamuy rigni can nave meir 11 ?S lj;jl1Sieri V.V1 ll'-ftl ..ii vriu uua w iter v inj. Wrerv instance in which thia has been done nwiilt bsa been entirely satisfactory, and rj.n-cs and frequently exceeded them. Proof Al.tu -"i . . f ;..: :n w l. Dfil LtC Ol UUllfJ una ill vill iiiuij uai'l nil f the Superior mciiba v uro i.iwu.ivii us i'ounJ in tiie testimony of every man who baa mkii it a trial, and among the number are the c. .niiemiMi named below, and their experience houlJ induce every one interested in Bees to I. I V A F1IL,Y RIGHT! Ikiirr C. Iviikpatrick, of Carroll township, k H6 rouuds of surplus honey from two ft s which he sold at !)5 cents per pound. J oin two niw pounua oi surplus noney. !' ' . , . nL . . i. . . sr 1 t " I pound:) ot surplus noney irum one nive. r ' . . - i . -..1. ..tf A 1 " I u . - i i i- i - JuCOO lvirtpairii;, u wra ivubuio, uu- ;,:ied 72 pounds cf surplus honey from o-.e ive. worth not less than 21, and the right ot him only .$.". Feter Campbell lrom one hive obtained Jo ..uii'Is of surplus honey at one time. g-Quite a number of similar statement?, utlietiticated by some of the best citizens of faaibiia county, could be ootaineil in proot of i.e superior merits of Langstroth's Patent llo CiMe Comb Bee litre. . , I Persons hhing to purchase family rights A.nU call on cr address f PETER CAMPBELL, 'ov. 5, l5bG.-tf. Carrolltown, Pa. i Johntilowu and Lbcnsbur? MARBLE WORKS! I livmg aaiii tat en cuarge 01 tne J"a;ica iiarbie v orua at x-Denstiurg, riiich he will operate in lOBnection h i j otnt:i v 4d tl ? 1 1 mMi f of' 3ub:itown, the subscriber adopts tbisMj f ettio i oi iniurmmg uie citizens 01 j t.uit sunnlv of the best Ic (talian" and American marble, f liich lie is prepared ut stated times in Ebens V.riinJatall times in Johnstown, to manu t:iure to order, either as MONUMENTS, toil EST ONES, MANTLES, TABLE or yCii EM TOPS, in as workmanlike manner ijJ it as low prices as like work can be put up fe any of the cities. Having in my employ a til flircc of experienced and skillfoi workmen, I Jo nut promise too much when 1 say that I i-n famish any of the above articles on short Sotice, at the lowest prevailing prices, and iu a t ;le of ui.-h which cannot be excelled by any :her nuiufacturer iu the Stnte. ' A large stock of GRINDSTONES on hand jfii for gale cheap. I . . Prompt attention paid to orders from a -ttanc-.e and work put up wherever Ueired, or AlivereJ at any poiut nancfrl. ' ( JOUN PARKE. jdmtown, June 4, 18nt?..tf. t.OOK WELL TO YOUR Y I'SDiatSTAXDWCS! 300TS AN"d SHOES I For 5Itn' and Dfym' Wear, I The undersigned respectfully informs his nu tcruus customers and the public generally that is prepared to manutactuie BOO I S and II0F.6 of any desired size or quality, from fioc.-t Freuch calfskin boots to the coarsest lOlail .in lllBTERT liHir uivmji rn thn cKdrf 4. notice, and at ns modetate prices aa like ""k can no Obtained an v where. Those who have worn Boots and Shoes made 1 my establishment need no assurance as to (0 sui,etior quality of my work. Olbers can f .-lly be convinced of the fact if thej will only jt ..: 1 1" 1 1 - . J f y auu ue convincea. tRer airing of Boots and Shoes attended promptly and in a workmanlike manner, t Thankful for past favors I leel confident that Iv work and urice-i will rwtmmnl mo in nr.,, . iLuance and increase of the same. L JOHN D. TnOMAS. jEbcnsburg, April 28, 18C9. 4 X D K E "V M O SES. MERCHANT TAILOR, 4'ites's BriLniNc, Clinton St., Jounstow.v, TS inst received hia fall 4-1. Of fina T 1 1 t .0rHS, CASSIMEUES and VESTIKGS. full assortment of Gent's FLR.Msniso J Mr Moses has been for eight year3 cutter at vwo, Morrell & Co.s establishment, and now jj-es to inform his friends and the public gen iy that he has commenced business in Sup buildmg, on Clinton street, with a stock fev-ds adapte.1 to the fall and winter, which '2 , PrePed to make up in the latest styles Z- raoJerate prices for cash, hoping by at i'on to business to merit a hare of peblic iro.-ajre, and mainuin that success which i tierttofore attended his etTorts in producing o toting garments. Give him a call, jn, Sept. 2, 18G3.-tf. iKVEilK TIIE MEjIORY OF I FSJEXDS DEPARTED! joNUMENTS, TOMBSTONES, &c. i nfU!Cr,iber 8ti11 coniinues te mannfacture j the Lest material &Tid in toe most -f 'ordtafcnlike manner, at the iSSttf0vJIarWo Works, aX)Fcf MONUMENTS AND TOMB- 30PS i8,'11 M TABLE and BUREAU it tie 1 71 otllcr worli in 1,is rin- None A ' rst , Ar"rican and Italian Marble ii caJl T ect Eatisfaotion guaranteed to obtaini r"5 ww aa use worse can J see '-a Ui0 titie8.o'- elsewhere. Call to te 7 , aua JudSe for yourselves i ' ler-t3 thes-nnefei of mv u-orV iWto v ,jAMEf5 WILKINSON; tMarchio. 18G8.lv. 3CUJ11K THE SHADOW v-n-R iUE WBSTAXdE FADES' - - n-..fl,t.Cr.s srr.iv' iwyjtrie-ff t?tdep for xcoting Pictn : h ceuracv art; otographg of life. fur to theU 81Dg from the 8nIle8t card f 1 leather anH81 9116 for frain'ln?. taken in r attentlr, :V . r. . "" 'wiuu' Jiffies of .11 C: ,M oiea or n Pd to children V nictnre fJ kind no, AT" for cheap. . Frames of 'uu not on K j ,. UWH" grumes 01 iQalw "'0 tte art oa liberal f JQ Hill 0aJullan street, a dooc r o o rue red when d- terms. h. north 'iSt'T" T. T. SPENCE, mm M. ,L. OATMAN, DEALER IK CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES COMSISTINQ CF gouHe fe'fra . jamilj Jflour, GR ILV, FEED, BACON, SALT, FISH, FRESH VEGETABLE'S;' ; ALL KINDS OF FRUITS, : SUGARS, TEAS, COFFEES, SYRUPS, MOLASSES, CHEESE, &c. Also, a large stock of the Best . Brands of Cigars and . Tobacco, STOKE ON HIGH STKEET, ; Four Doors East of Crawford's Hotel, - Ebeusburg-, Pa. EBEN! 3 B U RgT FO UN D R Y ACAIX IX FUE3L, BLAST! NEW FIRM, NEWBUILDINGS, &c. , - , i ' HAVIXO purchased" the well lenown EB ENSBUKG FOI NDRY from Mr: Edw. Glass, and rebuilt and enlarged it almost en tirely, besides refitting it with new machinery, the subscribers a:e now prepared to furnish COOK, PARLOR HEATING S10 VES, of the ' latest and most ' approved patterns THRESHING MACHINES, MILL GEAR ING, ROSE and WATER WHEELS of every description, IRON FENCING, PLOUGHS and PLOUGH CASTINGS, and in fact all manner of articles manufactured in a first class Fouik'tt. Job Work of all kind attended to promptly and done cheaply. , The Bpccial attention of Farmers is invited to two newly patented PLOUGHS which we possess the sole right to manufacture and sell in this county, and which are admitted to be the best ever introduced to the public. - Believing ourselves capable of performing any work iu our line in the most satistactory manner, and knowing that we can do work at lower pit icts than have been charged in this community heretofore we confidently hope that we will be found worthy of liberal patronage. Fair reductions made to wholesale dealers. E5?The highest prices paid in cash for old motal, or castings given in exchange. Ota TLRHS A1K STRICTLY -CAKH OK. COUNTRY raonucK. - CONVERY, VI X ROE & CO. Ebeniburg, Sept. '2, lfcC3. ' CHAIR MANUFACTORY. M.P.PITT0I, ALL KINDS OP CHAIRS, tuch as common Windsor Chairs., Fret Back Cliairs, Vienna Chairs, Bustle Chairs; Rim Backed Ch airs, Sociable Chairs,"-"..'; Cant Stat 62, ROCKING - CH A IU3,-OF EVERY SIZE SPISIAC SE.IT CHAIRS Settees, Lounges. &c, &c. . CABINET FURNITURE of every description and of latest STrZES, WITH PRICES TO SUIT THE Tastes of all, Thankful for past favors, lie respect ully tolicits a liberal share of public patron age. Clinton Street, Johnstown Cambria Co. Pa. I Jan. 81. 18R7. EDE.SBURG mm m wm m HAVING recently enlarged our slock we are now prepared to sell at a great redaction from former prices. Our fctock con sists of Drugs," Medicines," Perfumery, Fancy Soaps, Leon's, Hall'a and Allen's Hair Restor atives. Pills, Ointments, Plasters. Liniments, Pain Killers, Citrate ilagnesra. Ess Jamaica Ginger, Pure Flavoring Extracts, Essences, Lemon Syrup, Soothing Syrup, Spiced Syrup, Rhubarb, Pure Spices, &e."; CIGARS AND TOBACCOS. Blank Books, Deeds, Notes and Bonds; Cap, Post. Commercial and all kinds of Note Paper; Envelopes, Pens, Pencils, Arnold's Writing Fluid, Black and Red Ink, Pocket and Pass Books, Magazines, Newspapers, Novel,' His tories, Bibles, Religious.Prayeraud Toy Books, Penknives, Pipes, ic. tW We have added to onr stock a lot of FINE JEWELRY, to which we would invite the attention of the' Ladies. PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS at lower prices than ever offered in this place. Paper and CigaTs.soId either wholesale or re tail UflMOfl & MURRAY. Jnly 30, 18C8 Main Street, Ebonsburg. AW SON & BAKER, FRANKLIN STREET, In the Old POST OFFICE BUILDING, Johnstown, Ia ' , ' WHOLESALE GROCERS AND BEALEKa IN V' !f"!.; t -.- . '. ; - f WESTER af P R bbu c 12 t , kef p constantly xni hand a large supply SUGARS, SYRUPS, MOLASSES,- TEAS, COFFEES, FLOUR, BACON, POTATOES, DRIED and GREEN FRUITS, TOBACCO. CIOARS.-Ac. &c. Orders solicited from retail dealers, and sat isfaction in goods and prices guaranteed. ' Johnstown, April 28, 1 8C9. G OOD, BETTER, BEST. The best and cheapest Tobacco and Cigari n town a; 1 - ru jaj MlftBffiB riginal ottr. ; Reflections' of a Reformed Culprit. BY ANTOJflO. ' " '. ' Oh ! ho w long, how very long the hours do seem! ' Yet; true, what heed should I pay time? 'Tis all the same I wake, I sleep, I dream: r My chains serve well the tinkling church bell's chime. . .'.. ; Yes, here I, an old man, a poor mao, Sit iu my drear, dark cell all day ; ' The breeze that moves the fibers and the light leaves fan, ... Rejoicing, passes pursues its destined way. Tis a hard, hard lot, yet why should I repine? He whom the star-clad realms of bliss And all this mighty world, Oh! man, of thine - Could not contain, bore more than this. Oh! how I love, thro' my long, dark and drear iest honr?, To gaze upon the pale, sweet empress of the night, . ' (How upward, toward the Throne, my spirit towers!) And study in her loveliness tJod'd living might. To fcee, by times, the stars fall fir, from up on ; , I'is'j... ;;, Ar.d glance across yon black, owl-ruined pile; Just seen, a flash, a meteor glance 'tis bv f I fell like that years gone, a long, long while. And now I scarce can hold with my poor, with ered, honey hands . The meagre food, the scant subsistence of my ebbing life. graid, Ah! now I know 'tis true, that thought most Tho world, well known, is saint to be or end for demon strife. :-. Yet, Father, if I so base can name Thee so, Be pleased to grant me grace and love Treasures of priceless worth that here below Ripen to fullness souls born for above. Here, while I mourn me, in this foul dungeon, I rejoice; My soul and I hold converse, and I feel That Pcace, with seraph gaze and angel voice, , Will yet, from this cold bauishment, weluome me to weal. ' THE SHERIFF1? DEPUTY. The tyranny which one in power may exercise, if he chooses," and the strength of prejudice which often attains in a con-. ditioQ of society which does not equal ours in all the refinements of a very advanced stato of civilization, give rise to the fol lowing incidents in the town of V - , Minnesota. . s ; 1 . One day the Mayor of that place re ceived among Lis batch of correspondence a very singularly worded note, which caused him to reflect profoundly for some quarter of an hour before iiling it away in its place. The note ran as follows: ' "Dear Sir: With the profoundest res pect lor the administrative ' talents which God h;w seen fit to give you, and for a fan.i ly name which was honorable until it became yours, I regret to say tlu-.t circumstance? rcuder it necessary that I should put au end to yuur existence before tho present mouth has elapsed.' I, therefore, give you timely warning. Fly from this place. If possible place between it and you the mountains and the scas, for so only shall you escape One Who is. i h Earnest.", Mayor Alvin paused, long and thought earnestly after reading this note, i There was reason why he should do so. He was not a popular Mayor." He had promised well when he entered upon his term of of fice, bat not one of the promises had he kept. All the good people of the borough had come to' detest trim. All thoir hopes of redress of old grievances, inflicted un der a former administration, had been frus trated. The new caayorality was worse tnan the old.. The threshold of his office was surrounded by ruffians of the lowest grade. These, and these only, had free access to him. During his short tenure of office there was scarcely a crime that could be named that had not been committed and left unpunished. In short, Mayor Alvin'a administration was a saturnalia of vice,, a reign of terror. He felt all this, probably, for the first time, in all poignacy, as be sat alone, brooding over the contents of the letter. He felt that the cold shadows of retribu tion had fallen upon him,' and that the grim-vifaged pursuer from whom that shadow was cast was not far behind. But what particularly impressed him about the note was not so much the threat, as the sardonic courtesy of the language in which it was conveyed. ' - As he put the letter by, .he took it fur granted that the handwriting was disguis ed, and could furnish no clue to detection. It was a plain, round, perfectly business hand, but possessed of scarcely sufficient character to individualize it. Any good penman might imitate it without difficul ty ; but there was no apparent effort at disguise. It might have been the writer's natural hand, or it might have been an extremely elaborate and artistic mask. :. Having filed the letter away, and pre pared to leave the office, he almost suc ceeded in banishing it from his thoughts. He was a constitutionally bravo man, and be would have shrunk from the notion of cowardice, not so much from a sense of honor as from the possession of that bull dog courage which is indifferent to danger. Still, as he walked home in the murky November, evening-7-and between his of fice and the house in which he lived, his path lay by a certain bleak waste of land, that a timid man would not have liked to traverse ajoqe after dark bis thoughts re turned, against his will, to the note, and to any special act that could ; have' given occasion for it. The cloud was still opon his brow when he reached home, and his wife met him upon the threshold. V She was a magnificent woman one of those beauties whose white complexions are la such keen contrast to their midnight eyes and hair, and heavy drooping lashes. Supple nervous and compact, her small white hand, when she laid it upon her husband's, carried, with it a magnetism that always thrilled him to the heart. t There was an atmosphere about this woman which precluded them, though oc cupying the position of Mayor and "May oress, from having many visiting acquaint ances, ven among tho clasa of people whose votes had elected Alvin. The la-, dies said: 'The Mayor is a nice enough man, but then his wife " and gave tlfat shrug of the shoulders which means so much and says nothing. ; - . " '" - ' She noticed his gloom, for , the ' happi ness of her life was stayed upon him, and not a word or gesture of his escaped her. She knew the hatred to which his unpop-. ularity exposed him; and he never left her sight but what she dreaded that some of the less patient and peaceable of these might have instigated a tumu'.t that had proved fatal to him. But she knew his disposition, and said nothing, only watch- eu mm. It was the sixteenth day of tho month and consequently, but a fortnight re mained uutil its close. Every morning and evening, regularly, Mayor Alvin walked as usual, to and from his office. He had no additional precaution about his person, for iu those days and in that sec tion, it was only accident that found a man with a bowie knife or a revolver. IIo had almost forgotten the circumstan ces of the threat. It only vaguely occur cd to him at intervals. At any rate he was not thinking of it as he walked home one night, and it was the evening of the 30th day of November. Now, if ever, he ought to have remem bered that a warning hand had been out stretched to him from the darkness that surrounded the barren waste which he was at that moment traversing.' Now, if ever, he ought to have recollected that be yond the solitary and mist -enveloped dis tance, lying between him and his home, everything that his heart held dear, was waiting anxiously waiting his arrival. For he was a little late, and, as he be thought himself of this, there was a rust ling in a clump of bushes immediately in fiont of him, and in; the next instant lie was himself confronted'by a ' man of im mense stature and corresponding girth So unexpected was the encounter that the intruder had oue aim twisted in Mayor Alviris neckcloth and the other uplifting a dagger about to strike, before the assault ed man had a clear comprehension of what had happened. - - - "I gave you a good warning," said the stranger between his set teeth. , "You had plenty of time. You knew, what was to be your fate if you stayed here. I have waited till almost the last hour of the last day." His strength was herculean. Though the neckcloth was loose, and the man had scarcely given one twist to it, yet the Mayor felt the indications of gigantic strength through the clutch of those huge, nervous fiiigers. . ' His adversary, ; without relaxing his grasp, had moved while speaking, and was standing partly behind his victim, who was forced back So that his face was half raised to that of bis assassin, arid the breadth of his chest exposed. ... -Ntiong a man as the Mayor was, he folt himself a baby in such a grasp as this. The light of bis home was not visible. lie was in the middle of that lonely waste, an equal distance between them and V . -A strange sort of pride mixed itself with his brute courage, and he was ashamed to cry for succor. Besides his adversary's grasp had grown tighter in the change of posi tion, and the 1 Mayor felt" his breath come short. He made a desperate endeaver to free himself, and a3 he did so managed to articulate: . . 44 What have I done to injure jou and yours?", . i i ; . 4'AIvaretta5" was the reply, and the next moment there' was-a dull, 'warm thud of repeated stabs,' as' the assassin's dagger, was sheathed ,m- the Mayor's breast, ,. . Alvaretta was the came of the dead man's wife.' In the place where ho foil he was found the next morning, and in a few days his murderer was in the hanis of the authori ties. He gave bis name as Gregory Hurl but, and was identified as having recently become a resident of V : . The whole course of the trial, however, discovered no adequate motive for the deed. The crimi nal made no confession, and when the morning for the execution dawned a bitter cold day in Jaauary-the public , were none the wiser than at first as to j the precedents which had conduced to the crimed ' : ' The dead Mayor had left his wife in excellent circumstances, and while there was a chary expression of sympathy for her, there .was ; not, except among ,- the ruffians whom be had made bis friends and comrades, -a. word of regret spoken for the deceased. .The sheriff, who was, in the main, a man equally just and tender-hearted, and whose one public fault had been -the bitterness of bis hatred to ward the bate Mayor Alvin, found himself in a dilemma upon ; which, he had .little calculated. In Alrin's death he sincerely felt that V had lost the worst enemy toils good order and prosperity. In his heart be was glad, and this 'feeling out weighed that sense of justice that would have reconciled him, if anything could, to performing the office of executioner. This feeling was shared by all who had hith erto acted as his deputies, and by all the opponents of the late Mayor, constituting the better classsta of society. -This dilemt ma, which threatened to leave Lfurlbut without an execution, was destined to be overcome in an unexpected, manner. . Early on the morning of the execution, just after the prisoner had eaten his break last, and before the minister had come to administer the last consolations, the door of the cell opened, and a solitary individ ual entered. In his ear the jailor whis pered, as he closed the door upon him : "Make haste, for there's never know ing what may happen, and if it should be discovered". . ' " : .Leaving the sentence unfinished, thej jailer withdrew, and the visitor remained j standing in the center of the apartment. : It was the executioner. He appear ed to bo very young and very slim. He was dressed in a new jacket and panta loons, and a red and . white striped hat. His face was rendered indistinguishable by the black" crape with which it was so closely swathed, and which left room only for tho eyes, the nostrils, and the mouth. He spoke in a deep, low voice, and rapid ly, as though the time allowed him for the business he had come about, was brief. 'I come from Alvaretta Alvin, his wife. Never mind how she sent a mes sage through me the has money.. You loved her once. You betrayed her. and blighted her prospects years ago, before ever she met the man you killed. He never suspected her, and in spite of all his faults they were happy as man and wife. She wants to know why you killed himl She has that much curiosity. You have been well supplied with luxuries since you have bren here. You have wondered by whom I will te'.l you. She has cared for you I said she had money. She asks this one return why did you kill him?" . " The condemned roan looked at his visi tor vaguely. 1'erhapB his lung confine ment, and the prospect of immediate death rendered him more patient, more enduring, more credulous, than he would otherwise have been. However thia is, he answer ed : : . - : . 'That I had loved her once ; that she was false to me not I to her ; ' that she had become the respectable, unsuspected wife of a man high in power those are my reasons. Accident brought me near them. If he had gone far away aad taken her with bim, as he could have done, and as I warned him to do, he might be living now. ' As it was, he was in ray power and I killed him. But, young man, wlro are you 1" ; At this moment the janitor opened the door. . . . "For God's sake comeV' bo exclaim ed, "they will 'be here in a moment 1" and almost dragged the executioner forth, leaving Hurlbut plunged in amazement. At 12 o'clock, the: court "yard of the prison was crowded with ppectators. The prisoner was standing, pale, but brave, his aims pinioned, and the executioner, with crape-bound face, beside him. The sen tence bad been read, the last prayer ut tered, . the ministers had withdrawn, the spectators were awaiting in silcRce the solemn retributive act. In pulling the cap oyer the criminal's face, the execu tioner, turned his back tipon the crowd, and drew aside the -crape that concealed his own . j' As he did so, he hissed ja" tiro ear of the man about to die : " ! "Gregory Hurlburf, you asked me in the prison who I was. I)t you know me now , ... .. ..- . . , . "Great God I Alvaretta V ' r Every oe noticed the frightful change that came over the criminal's features at that moment. There were some, toj, who remarked ' the extreme .smalhiess and whiteness of the executioner's hand. - But there was . none, who heard her, as she breathed into the prisoner's ear as she drew the death-cap down and adjusted tbe nbose ! In my youffi yon ruined me. There cannot be found one man in all V : - to hate the murderer of my husband well enough, to execute tho sentence of the law upon him. I do it. I have money. ! In killing him you repeated tire injury you did me in my youth. This is my revenge.' The spectators were too intent on the struggles of the dying man to notice that thi executioner stumbled and almost 'fell as he descended from the scaffold. - But in the Sheriff's private office in the pris on, his clothes were exchanged for that of a woman, and from that hour Alveretta disappeared from the town of V- . Curious Property ok Iron. In 1 850, Mr. Marsh, an able chemist of the royal arsenal, England, discovered that it is in variable with iron which has remained a considerable time under water, when re duced to small grains or an impalpable powder, to become red hot, and ignite any substance with which it comes in contact. This be found by scraping corroded metal from a gun, which ignited the paper con taining it, and burned a hole in his pock et., ' The knowledgb of .this' fact is of im mense importance, as it may account for many spontaneous fires and .explosions, the origin of which has. not been traced. A piece of rusty iron, brought in contact with a bale of cotton in a warehouse or on shipboard, may occasion extensive confla grations and the loss of many lives. The tendepcy of moistened particles of iron to ignite was discovered by the French chem,- let, Leoary, aa far back as 1670. ROCKY nOVKTAIS FLOWERS. A correspondent of the Chicago Times, writes from Sherman, Wyoming Terri tory : ' . Whatever may be said of the impracti cability" of the route of the Union i'acino Railroad over the Black Hills during the three months of January, February and March, this much will .be cunc.ed.Mi Uv l every visitor, that, for nine months in tho year, the sides and summit of these ever lasting hills are bedecked and adorned with the greatest variety and grandest display of flowers and wild fruits that ever grew from the soil of God's own country. Every hillside, nook, valley, lawn, plain ana peak, trom April until late December, is gorgeously arrayed in countless thou sands of flowers of every color, form and size, applicable to the season, and wear ing a smiling to welcome each dawuin day and shining sun. The . higher the peak the brighter aul more delicate the flora, and upon the loftiest summits We gather the J'a nulla Nivali's or snow plant, 3nd its fiery red brand, the star cockade, the mountain lily, red, blue, white, yellow and violet moss flowers ; the purple aud white plume ; the large white tulip, yellow cactus, prickly pear, with its large bell flower of delicate yellow leaf and purple base, and the ever-present, always-blooming wild parsnip and carrot, with their purple and yellow clusters. On the plateau and in the dells wc gather the yellow pea blossoms, the yellow flax, pur ple and blue larkspur, blue "bells, peony poppy, hyacinth, yellow, red, white and tri-colored rose, strawberry, sunflower, the white and purple sweet pea, jjhnn jump up, blue, purple, .white and yellow flag, sweet 'williams," pinks' and 'a hundred va rieties peculiar only to this elevated floral garden of Wyoming, which now reposes so grandly and charmiuly in its cool refreshing altitude of 82Gi feet above tho sea level. I have now on my table a boquet of wild flowers made in the t.hapo of a pine apple, out of- nearly eevetrty Varieties, comprising every known color and hue, some of the most delicate formation, and the whole forming a cluster of floral beau ty that I ever 4tve seen equaled by a Hke coKection of cultivated flowers in the beautiful State of Louisaua. These flowers will retain their freshness af color and sweet fragrance for two weeks, if kept stauding in a vase filled with" pure, soft spring water of the mountains ; and a ma jority of them, in their native soil, bud, blossom and bloom all summer. I there fore claka that here, -at Sherman, the highest point that is crossed by tho mar to'.ous continental highway from the Mis 8)uri to the Pacific; the highest elevation in the world where a town is rapidly building;; where the thermometer in the coldest days of winter never reached ten degrees below ee.ro, ind in the warmest days of summer never marked eighty de grees above ; where there is a perpetually light and pure air ; whore decayed matter emits ne stench ; where dead animals dry up wirhout h sickening odor, ad every wind that sweeps from the snowy range is cool, healthy and invigorating ; where horses can bo worked all summer without sweating, and all winter without blanket ing ; where the soil' is aK a rich decom posed granite; the rocks, beautiful in their towering grandeur, all h granite, -gneiss and iimesjttme, interspersed , with precious stones of silica, chalcedony, q;ianz, fels par, topaz, agate, mica, talc, hornblende and set pontine ; where the springs boil up the 'purest, softest, coldest water ; where scattered over the surface, but lit plain view, "arc numerous ledgas of quartz, which time and capital wiM soon develop into rich leads of gold, silver, tin, anti mony, iron and copper , and where every thing that grows or lives, assumes a gran deur not . aHained by any species I in n lower latitude, is, I claim, the Eden of the northwest, and the only plcapant abiding place for the city invalid during the sickly dog-days in yonr suu scorched world eight thousand feet below us. . ; Can't AToni Ir. The Erie 7.'') lican has seen the man who couldn't afford to take a paper. It giws his history as follows. IIo has htscojisterparl in this town : There are men who don't take a daily paper,' 'because ,n hey cau't. afford it" they are too poeir they require all their money to keep up their family expense 'these hard times." We met one of these tho other day, and we aid to him he ought to have the R'pnbltcnn. "Well, really," said he, "I would if I could af ford it, . Would like to obhse you ; but things are so confounded tight just now that it is bard to'make both ends meet." We did not press" the matter upon our "hard op" friend, but knowing his hab its, we made the following calculation,' based on that knowledge. Two glasses of akj a day," at leu cents, seventy-three dollars ; three cigars, one after each meal, one hundred and nine dollars and fifty cents ; board for a big dog, thirty dollars all in one year, two hundred and twelve dollars and fifty cents sufficient to buy six barrels of flour, one barrel of sugar, one sack of coffee, a good coat, a respect able dress, a frock for the baby, and half a dozen pairs of shoes, and all the daily papers in the city, to say nothing about magazines, books, Sbc. You see the point the man oouida't afford it,, a ad there are thousands just like, for tha sane cca tQ9 " aCflOOL READERS, The Detroit Free Press wants modern improvements worked into school reading-books,' and offers' the following as a sample of the sort that would be up to the spirit of the age : ' "The horse is on his nest, lie ia a fine horse. Can be make his mile in two minutes ? Some horses have the scratch es. So do some boys. . . ''.The goose is on her roost. She is a fine quadruped, and has a tender tenor voice. Can the goose fly fur ? No ; neither the goose nor the rhinoceros can fly far. Here is man. He is a fireman. He belongs to No. 10. If you are a good boy, you will some day be an angel like that' fireman. They sometimes get their heads broken. - -- "Here is tho gas works. It is a high building. All our Congressmen are born here. Dj Congressmen ever uteal f You may be sure they do. "Do you see that small boy? He. U a good boy, and supports his mother by selling newspapers. His father don't have to work any more now. "Here is a picture of a young widow. See how 'sad' she looks. Her husband could not pay her dry-goods bill, and so he died. Do you think she will get another man f . She will try hard. "Hero is the sea 6ide. You see that 'swell' there drinking spring water ? What is he here for ? For his health. Will Ins get it ? Yes ; if his father's money holds out and the dou't get engaged first to that fellow with I lie paste diamond- - "Do you see this colored man. See how fast lie runs ! He is 'running' for an office, " He was a poor lad once, and worked for his clothes aud victuals. Now he don't. 'This is a picture of Horaee Greeley. What is he doing 1 He is mailing straw berry plants to his subscribers. ' They are fine plants, and yield about a bushel to a plant. This is his 'political economy. ' "Here is a fine likeness of Colfax. See how he smiles I He is looking at the White House. "This is a scene in Tennessee, That man there, weeping, is Stokes. Why does he weep? Has he oaach money? No ; he can't see n Scaler. Poor man 1 He wiii doubtless find some one ia Wash ington who will sympathize with him. "What is that maa doing there ? Ha is counting over Government greenbacks; be is a public official. Sea how fast he countsl Those one dollar bills on the left-hand side ato the niorcey Ita is to re turn ta the Convention; those ten dollar bills on the riht are the money he is going to put into his pocket. It is a good thing to bo a public official- Now you'ro talking 1 -Here tsine ice oi a reporter, see how joyful he looks. He has jtist heard that a man has rut his own throat, and he is going for the item. Should you like to be a reporter, and g?t licked on dark nights, and see dead persons, and tliuiU up four pairs of stairs 1" Hoav Took Bovs Kkach the To? Kouso. There are 17,019 persons who pay an rncfcme tax in this city ; sixty seven persons who pay taxes on incomes of $1 00.000 or over. " Most of these slid gentlemen are self-made men, who havo come up from the lowest round of thd ladder. The man who heads the liet, A. . T. Stewart, cvetybody knows, was an Irish emigrant, who commenced life with lerss than twenty-five, cents ; indeed, with few exceptions, most of the parties in tho list were scarce as well ofT as Mr. Stew art. Take Henry Keep ; be boasts that he graduated from the pjor-house of Jef ferson ooHnty. Jay Gould d-ove a herd of cattle from Delhi, - Delaware county, when a lad, for fifty cents a day; in order to get money enough to" reach jhe Hudson river. David Groesbev-k,' over thirty years ago, used to mood old shoes for his brotlter, who was a respectable shoemaker in Albany. We all know the history of James Gordon IWinetl and Uobert Bon ner, poor boys f-ill of talent and industry, liufus Hatch when a youngster, bad an ambition l hold tire reins of a, peddler's wagon. E. D. Morgan commenced lifo, w ith a quart measure cf.jnylasses. It ia scarce a dozen years since Henry Clews was an errand "boy jn one of the banking bouses down town. The Brothers Sliman started out in life w'rli a peddler's pack. David Dowes, in hhr younger "days, re tailed pork by the-'bdf-pouml and molas ses by the gill. H. T. Helmbold was fi st eat i i boy on the sloop Mary Jane, that navigated Delaware river. We might go on through- the list and khow that Dear ly every one of these solid men were the architects of tbair own fortunes. Young men, who arc struggling for place and po-, sition, should remember that iheindividu , .t. i- -,l.,.. r. l.o.l tn. l I -r i-r Bis ill ilia list iu uainc mr ills. just as hard as they are doing. Let them.. tako heart and never say die. Honor and shame from no condition rise. Act well your pari -there all the .honor lieb. ToCc Ue Couns. DLgscIve gluj aa you would to mend furniture ; fprt-ad it on the- corns; pLca muslin rags, oct th.ev tav prevent the glne from- sticking fo tr.o stockinsr : reneat the arrIic:if i.m a few o ' t I c -- - times, aud the care wiH be effectual. Amlh-.r C'ire. Tie-a piece of raw col ton to. tho coirt and; uct h several- ti"ws t day with, spirits o turpent'oa. Thi will v ti&e iy8 cure the cjrn without least apparent nam Tnr ii
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