12. a. 1BT1KC, Editor and Fublialier. UK IS A FREEMAN WHOM THE TRUTH MAKES FREE, AND ALL ARE SLAVES BESIDE. Termg, 2 per year la advance. VOLUME 3. EBENSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1869. NUMBER 33 W ill . Ill , 11 . . ILJ l J i t Ri - 1 1 i e i iii ii i i i ; 1 1 i I r s i i i i p x iQgfl A NEW THING, IQ)V A DIG TII1XG, 1UV5I And a GOOD THINGJn EBENSBURG. ROYALTY SUPERCDHD ! The "House of Tudor" Surrendered TO THE SMALL FRY ! SEW STORETnEW GOODS! New Inducements! Street ! j lcw High Prices ! lias tnkeu possession of the rooms on High Street, (three doors from Centre Street.) leceutly occupied by It. H. Tudor, into which he has just intioJuced a mammoth assortment of DRY & DRESS GOODS, Groceries, Hardware, &c, coni.tinR of everything and much more than any dealer in this "neck of timber" haa ever pretended to keep, aDd every article of which will be SOLD VEKY CHEAP FOR CASH ! Ott IN EXCHANGE FOB COVNTBT MODUCE. yO DEALER KEEPS BETTER GOODS ! 0 DEALER KEEPS MORE GOODS ! NO DEALER SELLS CHEAPER! NO DEALER SELLS MORE TR Y FR Y ! TR Y FHY ! 1 TR Y FR Y ! ! ! Buy from Fry! Buy J)mi Fry ! ! TRY FRY IF YOU WiNT TO BUY the finest Dress Goods at the fairest prices. TRY FliY IF YOU XV A NT TO BUY lluslin. Checks, Ginghams, Tickings. Shirt ing, letiras, Drills, Jeans, Cloths, Caa trmeres, Satinetts, Delair.es, Lawns, Prints, Ac., Ac, and wish to get tue full worth ol your money. TO' FRY IF YOU XV AST TO BUY F.oots s:id Shoes for Men's, Ladies' and Chil dren's wear, unexcelled in quality and aowbere undersold in prices. TUY FRY IF YOU WMNT TO BUY" Hardware, Queensware, Glassware, Caipels, Oil Clo'h, Ac , of the handsomest -ttyles at the lowest figures. TRY FRY IF YOU WANT TO BUY Ham, Sides, Shoulders. Mess Pork. Fish, Salt, Lari, Butter, Eggs, Cheee, Coffee, Su gar, Teas, Soaps, Candles, Spices, or anything else in that liue. TRY FRY IF YOU WANT TO BUY' anything and everything worth buying, and be sure that at all times vou will be supplied at -.lie LOWEST CASH RATES. Oh my ! my eye ! it is no lie That at the Dry Goods Store and Grocery Just opened by A. G. Fry, On the street called High, More for "your niouev you can buy Than from any one else, far or nigh. p-rk - rrT Hpsifn tn L-rtr a full lmrtT TUAv'--""' desirable styles and textures, will ii I itm determined to stilus CHEAP A3 THE CHEAPEST, 1 respectfully solicit a call from all the ladies, and especially from those -who have been iu the habit of visiting other places make their purchases. hitever jou want to buy, be sure first to try tho store of A.G.FRY. Ebensoiirg, May 27, 16GU. jLTOONA NOT YET IN RUINS ! fTOLTTS MAMMOTH CLtf THING BAZAAR ! ! STILL RIGHT SIDE UP J I IN IMMENSE PROFUSION! ALL WANTS SUPPLIED J ALL TASTES SUITED 1 ALL HUYKKS PLEASED! otlTS FOR OLD PEOPLE! SUITS MIDDLE) AGED ! SUITS FOR YOUNG AMERICA! CLOTHINCTCLOTHING! 0 FIT K VERY MAN AND BOY 4 jKXT'S FURNISHING GOODS j OF EVEBY IEbCBIPTION. k-BOOTS fc SHOES, HATS & CAPS, vt ALL, 8TTLES AND SIZES. rnmks, Valises, Traveling Bags, Umbrellas, &c pOCK TIIE LAHGEST! OODS THE VERY BEST ! i STYLES THE NEATEST! I PRICES TLIE LOWEST,' I-iotuixg Made to order I Of nv . . ..... rai r atyje aciirea. f.AXDSEElJ J CALLandSEe1 CAX surr YOUw GOODS & PRICES "Stobk on An nik Street, one WTtT4. ,door corth of the Post Office. toisVe xbe Place and there will be no I 0ut Pu gettins good bargnnfl. I -Altoona . o GODFREY WOLFF. r !!!!P23,18C9-tf. fA W0IlD f0M JOILNSTOWN! kvfci"21 J- 31RPUY & CO., fcwted! ISS LQ hialarge and well atoca of seasonable Wa ce0iS,,B(K)ts' Shoes Groceries, ir Sl V-"ety of NOTIONS, &c wallv u0?081848 rf almost every article f fL P ,m a retail 8tore. u of M Dnv!! e.cted with care and are offered ?y- Call a canno.t fail to prom satiafao- 48- DENTISTRY? DR. JOHN FRY, Assisted by his DangUlcr, HaTing peraianently located in Johnstown, is prepared to answer all professional calls, and in sert ARTIFICIAL TEETH on genuine Rub ber (Vulcanite) Base, or, if preferred, he will Insert them on Gold (20 carets ue), or Silver (chemically pure) both of his own preparing on IMatina, Aluminum, Palladium, Coralite and Adamantine. Also, the Porcelain teeth. Extracting, Filling and Cleaning of Teeth carefully performed, avoiding all unnecessary pain. He would also call attention to his new mode filling teeth with "CRYSTAL GOLD, which is the best preparation ever introduced for filling teeth. He can restore a tooth to itb nattral hiai-k with this gold, and make the filling as solid as a piece of gold coin. Go and have your teeth examined every six months at least, and if there is any decay about them have them filled with Crystal Gold and you will never need artificial teeth. Artificial teeth are a good substitute, but they do not compare with the natural teeth when in a heslthv state. All work done in euch manner aa not to be excelled in Style, Beauty, Comfort, Lightness, Durability, and warranted to give satisfaction and be harmless to the mouth. Samples of his work may be examined by all who desiie to see tbem. The following speaks for itself : TESTIMONIALS. "Wi, the undersigned, citizens of Latrobe and Ligonier, Westmoreland county, Pa., cheerful ly submit the following as expressive of our estimate of Dr. Fry's abilities as a f'entist : We regard Dr. Fry as naturally adapted to the profession of his choice. Hi3 mechanical ingenuity ha furnished to his art many inval uable modifications and improvements, and we deem it due to him and the public at large to say that, from a long and intimate acquaint ance', we can confidently recommend him to all who may feel interested, as an able, faithful and experienced workman. Latrobs. Eli Ferguson. M. D.. John Mc Cirr, M. D., Rev Jerome Kearney, J. L. Cham ber, W. S. Head, Joseph A. Head, Mich'l Cos sort, David Wiiliams. Ligo.nur L. T. Beam, M. D., Wm. A$h com, Jacob Eicher, N. M Marker, Esq., Jacob Brerriser, P. M , Joseph Scrosgs, D. 1). Laughlimstown Robert LoutUer, Esq , A. G. Armor, P. M. Fa:rheld Dr. James Taylor. my.G.-ly MT. GALL1TZ1X SEMINARY FOR SMALL IXOYS! Ebensburg, Cambria County, Pa. rr'HIS INSTITUTION, under the direction X of the Sistirs ol St. Joseph, is situated in one of the most de- ligtitiui ana neauny locations in ja the State. 1 be place is tamed T-y-yif. throughout the country for its bracing air, pure water and magnificient scene ry, in which it stands without a rival. Eoys received between the ages of four and twelve years. The discipline aud mode of in strnctii n is adapted to the age of thd pupil. NO COCIV RAL PUNISHMENT. 1ERMS PEll SESSION : Board, Tuition, Washing. Mending, &c.,.$22o. NO ISTUAS. Each child will be required to be provided with four suits of clothing, (the uniform will be gray trimmed with black, zouave pants,) suitable to the different seasons. He must also Lu.c alxjchangcs of underclothing, six pairs of stockings, four pairs of boots or srioes. n cloak or overcoat, six towels, six table napkins, a table knife and fork, silver spoou and goblet, dressing box furnished with cumbs, etc., valise and postnge stamp. Bulletinc informing parents or guaidi-ins of the health, proficiency, etc, of their children sent every three months. The Scholastic Year commences on the sec ond Monday of September and closes about the middle of July. Ke'eienco can be made to Rt. Rev. Bishop Donientc or any of the clergy of the diocese. For further particulars apply to or address MOTHER SUPERIOR, Aug. 5, 1SG9. tf. Ebensburg, Pa. NEW MERCANTILE FIRM! I. CBEK.SD17RG ! IDWAUD ROBERTS hereby gives -A notice to his old friends and customers that, on the first day of July, inst , he admitted his son. Geokge H. Roberts, into full partner ship wich him in the mercantile business in Ebensburn , aud that hcreafier the firm name will be EDWARD ROBERTS & SON. Our 6tock will embrace everything in the Fancy and Staple Dry Goods line, Groceries of nil kinds, Boots and Shoes, Hats and Cups, of the latest styles and of all qualities, a full lii.e of Hardware, Qjeensware, &c, and in fact every article to be found in a we'.l regulated country store. Having enjoyed a successful and pleas ant experience of more than twenty years in the business at this place, and having completed a spacious edifice on High street and increased my facilities for supplying my friends at all times and at the lowest prices with the best ar ticles in the market, I confidently appeal to those who have so generously given me their confidence and support in the past to continue the same measure of patrons ee towards the new firm. EDWARD ROBERTS. Ebensborg, July 15. 1869. tf. TIN, COPPER AND SHEET-IRON WARE. Having purchased the tools and fixtures of Mr. T. W. Williams, and leased the building recently occupied by S. Singleton, Esq., on High street, opposite the store of Zahm & Son, the subscriber would respectfully itform the citizens of Ebensburg and parts adjacent that he is prepared to furnish all kind ot TIN, COPPER and SHEET IRON WARE of his own manufacture, which he will not only guar antee perfect in make and material, but fully as moderate in price as like articles are sold by any manufacturer in the county. Special at tention paid to making and putting up SPOUT I NG of all kinds. An examination of my work and prices is respectfully selicited, and I have no fear but what I can give entire satisfaction to all who favor me with their custom. VALENTINE LUTTRINGER. Ebensburg. Aug. 5, 186'J. tf. Governor's Campai'n Caps, Capes And Campaign Touches. Trice of Torches, $25, $28, $3(1, $35 and $40 per hundred. Send for price list and engraving of Caps and Capes. PHliar Manufacturer, 204 CHURCH ST.. between 2d and Jd, above Market, . . - f PHILADELPHIA. ESyUniforms for Military Companies made to order. . Sept. 2.-3t- GOOD, BETTER, BEST. The best and cheapest Tobacco and Cigars m town are at M. L- Oatmaa's. Go apd see. mm SfcA. . . IB:. - - i n.,jMSi ales, Slitfcjjes, ncthics, fit. OVERBOARD." "A man overboard !" I beard the cry distinctly aa the angry dark water whirl ed me under the counter and astern "Who?" "Where?" and "Let go the life buoy 1" "Cull the life boat's crew away !" These were the orders in rapid succession, followed by the hurried rustle of feet, and creaking of blocks as sail was shortened and the ship brought to the wind, which rose above the sound of the whistling squall and roaring water in which 1 was immersed. We had been out from Genoa about three days on our way to Malta. The weather had been very equally, with thick driving rain, and at the time I fell over board tho ship was under double-reefed top sails and courses, the topgallant sail had just been taken into a fresh squall. I was standing on the weather-netting, holding on to a top-gallant back-stay, when it parted, and the next moment I was plunged into the water. At first I went down like a lump of lead, but in a few seconds began to ascend. When I reached the surface, however, it was to find myself whitling from the vessel with a confused noise of the howling wind and the bubbling water in my ears. I was so blinded by the water that I could not immediately see. I spun round and round as in a whirlpool, for I was caught in the eddies under the ptern. As I rose on the top of the billow, I saw that the fchip was hove-to, her quarter-boats were down, and her rigging full of men anxiously endeavoring to get sight of me ; but the darkness of the approaching night was increased by that of the squall, and another driving cloud of rain coming down, effectually hid me from their eight. How my heart sank within me. Was I to perish, and within hearing, too, of my shipmates?" "Ahoy! Alio v! Alio o oy !" I shouted, straining my voice to its utmost the last call painfully prolonged, and I watched its effect for a full minute with the most intense anxiety. Alas ! no an swering bail was heard ; the ship was fast drifting to leeward, and her boats pulling from instead of towards me. After giving way for some moments to despondency, I rallied myself, and began to consider my situation more calmly. I knew that part of the Mediterranean was crowded with vessels, that the squall would soon clear off, and that even if nielil came before I was picked up, the glorious moonlight would enable me to see any vessel that might happen to be near me ; so I turned over on my back to hus band my slrength as much a3 I could. As a swimmer I had seldom met my equal ; besides I calculated that the life buoy, and anything else that might have been thrown overboard, would have floated in the same direction and nearly as fast as myself. Nor was I mistaken, for I shortly per ceived an oar not far from me. Swim ming to it I got it under my arras, and then felt that by God's providence I might still be saved. My first object in this new frame of mind, was to get rid of my boots, which were by this time full of water, and dragging me down. This I did with out much difficulty, having often practiced doing so for sport, little dreaming how useful such practice would eventually turn out. I remember that just before I fell over board there were three or four vessels in sight, one of which, a French brig, was not far from us ; and I calculated that my drift had been in her direction, and as the squall cleared away I endeavored to make her out. Of course, my vision of distant bjects was cut off every moment by my being carried down into the trough of the eea. No one who has not been in a simi lar situation can appreciate the awfulnesa with which I gazed on the dark, glisten ing sides of the waves as I saw myself sinking away from thera, as if to the very bottom of the ocean. With what horrid mockery the glassy waters seemed to rise all round me. Suddenly, when I was at the lowest, I would begin to ascend, aa if by magic, from the gloomy gulf, my velo city increasing every instant, until at laat I would shoot npwards to the crest of the wave, like an arrow from a bow. A toss of the head to shake off the water, a long drawn breath, a hasty glance all round, and I was whirled down again, half smothered, in the wild abyss. I had been overboard, I fancy, nearly an hour before I caught sight of the French brig. When at last I beheld ber, I could not restrain a shout of joy. How beau tiful she looked. Now she would pitch head foremost into the sea ; now slowly r'ne ; now slowly fall, dripping from the deluge, every moment nearing me. On on she eame but no token was shown that I was seen. What if there was no lookout ? The thought was horror. llais. ing myself aa high as I could upon my frail support, I hailed, with all my strength. 'Brig ahoy I brig ahoy 1" No answering hail came back, no sign was made, no signal waved. On on she came. Again I hailed, but all in vain ; at a distance of a hundred yards she pass edme. "Hillo! billol hillo o o!' I frantically cried ; but no friendly voice sent back my cry. Heaven grant that none who read these words may ever ex perience feelings similar to mine at this moment. Slowly the brig faded from my sight, and with it went nearly all my hope. Alone on the ocean ! Alone while night was drawing on I Alone, with no earthly hope of escape remaining ! Far, far to leeward, just visible occasionally over the distant waves, I saw one vessel, but except this, the horizon, aa far as I could see, was without a speck. I burst into tears. The tension of my nerves had been unnatural, they now gave way ; and as I saw nothing before me but a long, lingering, cruel death, I wept like a child. Thoughts of ray distant home, my aged parents, my sisters, chased them selves through my brain. My whole past life rushed in review before my miod. again I was a boy in my happy boyhood's home. But, alas ! I was never to see that home again. Then my train of thoughts changed, and I wondered who would get my vacancy ; if the admiral would give either of the mates in my own ship, or if a stranger would get it ; and if io, if he would purchase my uniform. Thepe and a hundred such thoughts, chased each other rapidly through my brain. The night began to close in. Darker and darker fell the shades of evening, but now the wind and sea began sensibly to decrease. I was cold, weary, and half stupefied. My senses began to desert me and I felt, gradually stealing over me, an inclination to thrust my frail support from me, in order that the end might come sooner than it otherwise would. Present s ly the moon rose in an unclouded sky, and shaking off the mot bid thoughts which oppressed me, I again anxiously scanned the horizon. But all was black not a sail broke the line of my vision, still I clung to the hope of being picked up. I could recall to ray mind numbers of instances of people in as bad a plight, and yet mercifully preserved. Hour after hour passed, and I bad almost given up looking round for sails, when suddenly I fancied I saw a light. Long and anxious ly did I gaze in the direction in which I fancied I saw it, and presently I clearly distinguished the red and green lights of a fast approaching steamer. My heart flew to my mouth. But no pen can tell, no words express what my feelings were, and had not tears came to my relief I believe I would have gone mad. She was fast nearing me, and shortly I could plainly hear the thump, thump of her paddles. She was steering direct for me, and my only fear was that I should not be able to make myself heard by those on board her. Presently she was but a phort hundred yards from me, and I exerted all my pow er and hailed her. Again and again but still no answer ; but on she came, seem ingly as if bent on my destruction. Ex citement now overpowered me. Confused noises rang in my ears my eyes lost their sight, and then followed utter forgetful ness the stupor of- the dead, or rather, that trance between life and death, when the body is exhausted but the vital spark not fled that one dread pause between this world and the next. My next recollection is one of excessive pain. On coming to myself before a rousing fire, kind but strange hands were busy in chafing my limbs. Some one held a glass of something to my lip, and then I sank while all things seemed to whirl around me. In this state I remained some hours. On recovering my senses, I found my- self in a birth on board the French Mer chant steamer Eugenie, bound for Genoa. They told me that they did not see me until I was close under her bows, and that on picking me up tbey thought I was dead, but by chafing my limbs and employing stringent restoratives recoveied me. Nothing could exceed the kindness of the captain of the 6teamer, and when I parted with him two days after in Genoa, it was with sincere regret. I must not neglect to say that when I rejoined my ship at Malta, somo three weeks after my involuntary leaving her, I was welcomed with the greatest joy by the captain, officers and men ; the only person, perhaps, who bad reason to feel aggrieved being an unfortunate mate, who had been promoted by my supposed death. Years have passed since then, and I have oft times bad to rehearse my escape, yet I always shudder to recall those terri ble hours when I was "overboard." Did Ant op Them Get Away? A good story is told of a late well-known New York politician and railroad mana ger. During his absence from home his good wife gave birth to twins. He was tele graphed of her confinement, no particulars being given, and immediately hastened home. Knowing when ho might be expected, the nurse borrowed a third baby of about the same age, and placed it in the crib with the twins. Immediately on reach ing home, our friend hastened to his wife's chamber, and after offering bia congratu lations fo her, asked to be shown the baby. The nurse, who had frequently served at similar occasions in bis family, raised tbo covering and exhibited to him the three babies. Opening his eyes with surprise, and thoroughly taken back by the view, he turned to his wife and ex claimed : "Good Lord, mother ! did any of them get away ?" IxcENDiARr Language " Thoughts that breathe and words that burn. MOSES SU.1NXER. In bis "Recollections of Lazy Life," published in the Boston True Flag, Mose Skinner thus discourses, after announcing the death of his wife, Tabitha : Thus my wife died. No more would those loving hands pull off my boots and part ray back hair as only a true wife can. No more would these willing feet replen ish coal-hod and water pail. No more would she arise mid the tempestuous storms of winter and gaily hie herself away to build the fire, without disturbing the slumbers of the man who doted on ber so artlessly. Her memory is embalmed In my heart of hearts. I wanted to em balm her body, but found I could embalm her memory cheaper. I procured of Eli Mudgett, a neighbor of mine, a very pretty gravestone. His wife was consumptive, and he had kept it on hand for several years, in expectation of her death. But she rallied that spring and his hopes were dashpd. Never shall I forget this poor man's grief when I asked him to part with that gravestone. "Take it, Skinner," said he, "take it, and may you never know what it is to have your soul racked with disappointment, as mine has been I" and he burst into a flood of tears. His spirit was indeed utterly crushed. I had the following epitaph engraved upon the gravestone : To the memory of TABITHA, Wife of Mose Skinner, E?q , the gentleman ly editor of the Trombone. A kind mother and exemplary wife. Terms. $2 a year, invariably in advance. Ofli over Hanson's grocery up two flights. Knock hard. "We shall miss thee, mother ; We shall miss thee, mother." Job rrintiDg solicited. Thus did my lacerated spirit cry out in its agony, even as Rachel weeping for her children. But one ray of light pene trated the despair of ray soul. The un dertaker took bis pay in job printing and the sexton owed me a little account I shouldn't have got in any other way. Why should we repine at the mysteri ous ways of Providence and vicinity ? (Not a conundrum.) I here pause to drop a silent tear to the memory of Tabitha Ripley as was. She was an eminently pious woman, and could fry the best piece of tripe I ever slung un der my vest. Her picked-up dinners were a perfect success, and she always doted on Foreign Missions. . I did not, however, allow myself to pine away to any great extent In the person of Matilda Baxter, a gushing co quette of 47 autumns, did I perceive a salve for my lacerated heart-strings. As soon, therefore, as I could smother my anguish and change my underclothing, to Matilda B.'s did I hie myself away, on the sweet wings of love. Never 6hall I forget our betrothal. It was a calm, still night in June, and all nature had been hushed into repose by a Judicious use of Mrs. Winslow'a sooth ing syrup. Matilda and I were walking pensively among the garden saas back of the house, and I was repeating (heso touch ing lines by John Bunyan : "Two beets with but a single head Two cabbages with one." "Around us the frolicsome June bug gaily waltzed, and the cheerful bum of the mosquito added pathos to the scene, while in the adjacent mill pond the guileless bull-frog performed a select anthem to the parting day. Afar off in the western hor izon the sun was setting, which he did in bis usual hunky style, without bursting 'ary button off his trousers. Nothing dis turbed the solemn stillness but the gentle heaving of ber bosom and the gentle heav ing of a small boy who had been smoking a sberoot in the woodshed. I was trying to imagine, with the pure affection of youth, bow many stamps she had laid away, and she was engaged in heaving an elegant assortment of sighs, varying from a small to a large size. The ecstatic rapture which steeped my soul in bliss o'er came me, and, seizing Matilda by the waterfall, I imprinted the pure kits of betrothal behind her left ear. She gazed at me in silent rapture, and, while the lovelight gleamed with dewy softness from those liquid orbs upraised to mine, she said : "Skinner, have you taken a bath late ly V She continued : "You are an old fool. If you ain't got spunk enough to bring this bile to a head, I have. Come, set the day, my etberial bloat, my festive, bald-headed minikin." Thus, with honied words of love, did we beguile tho time. We were married in church, my child ren as chief mourners occupying front seats. There were no cards, except a game of euchre to see who should sleep in the front side of the bed. We took a short bridal tour ; she went to Hingham to see her Aunt Abigail, and I cams to Boston to buy a new set of type for the Trombone. It was about the time that all was so quiet on the Potomac, but that day Boston was in a fever of excitement, because it was hinted in official circles that the commanding general would move as soon as his rent became due, though he hated to leave Mason and Dixon's line, it was so handy to bang the clothes on, on washing days. My second venture in the sea of matri mony has not been a euccess. Meta phorically spcakin?, my second plate of matrimonial hash has soured on my hands. On returning to my domicil in Slunkville, my wife addressed me in the following chaste language : "Skinner, 1 am now bosa of this she bang, and I really hope, for your mother's sake, that I than't be obliged to use the mop-handle over your head more than twice a day, and onco Sundays." Another eccentricity of hers is plant ing her feet in the small of my back after I have retired for the night, and whirling me playfully across tha room. The first overturn of this kind occurred one very cohl morning, when I suggested the pro priety of her getting up and building the fire. If my memory serves me right, and I think she do, I built the fire mysc'f that A. M., and I have made it a point to do so ever since. If there is anything I dote on, it is rising with the lark and building the fire. (N B. This last is intended for co vert in'ny.) (N. B., No. 2 The proprietor of one of our leading art galleries taj s, "A Eplen did executed chromo-tintype of Mr. Mose Skinner, is at present the theme of con versation araon; artists and literary men. It is indeed a miracle of art. The well known modesty of Mr. S has alone pre vented him from taking his proper place in the 'Nine Muses, as we understand he had a very tempting offer to that effect. They are selling at 1 each, or 12 per dozen, and at this low price the artist is unable to meet the demand."') Comment is unnecessary. The Great Cave of Eastern Nevada. Eighty-five miles to the southwest of White Pine, in one of the lowest foothills of the Shell Creek ranee, is located the great cave of Eastern Nevada. Its direct situation is a fingular freak of nature, for the ridge in which it is located extci.Js for a mile and a half out into the valley, and at no point will it exceed sixty feet iu height. A story is a current that, at the time when the followers of Joe Smith were daily expecting an open rupture with the United States Government, this cave was known to the high chief and elders of the Mormon Chur; h, and that they brought all their plate and treasure and secreted them in Fome of the many chambers of this cavern. It was first discoverd by a white man (Mormons not included in (his country's interpretation of the meaning of that phrase), in or about March, 18CG. Be ing unprepared with the necessary lights and safeguard twine, they did not venture in far. Indians hold it in superstitious horror, and their account of "Heap In juns" going far in and never returning, and one old Indian, who is styled by the white settlers the "Cave Indian," a great many moons ago going far in with a nura ber of his tribe, and Ibat traveled a long and finally came to a gushing stream of water, on the banks of which grew ever greens and beautiful flowers, aud that a great many Indians lived near by who bad dwarf ponies and beautiful squaws. According to him, this Indian did not like to live in the bowels of mother earth, but would rather "chape the antelope over the plain," snare the rabbit and spear the spotted trout, so when all wero lost in sleep be stole away, and after a long time, suffering much, be Anally, more dead than alive, reached into daylight and rejoiced. This is firmly believed by the Indians, and even now it is only when the storm is more severe that one will drag his limbs just inside the protection of the hanging wall, and while there, will fairly shake with fear. Tho entranco would hardly be noticed by travelers, it being very low and continuing some twenty feet, then it gradually grows higher and broader. Many of the chambers 8 re of great size, the most interesting one being styled danc ing hall. This apartment is at least sixty by eighty feet, and forty feet in height ; the floor is of fine sand " stone and very even ; convenient to it are smaller apart ments, styled the ladies' dressing room and a refreshment saloon ; and near by the most singular spring, with nice tasting water, gushes up through crevices in the rock. Further in the darkness increases, and the ceilings of many of the chambers are literally covered with stalactites ot various shapes and forms. Stalagmites also are thick on the floors It is not known what distance this subterranean passage extend, but parties have been in four thousand feet without coming to the end of tho main passage ; a deep cut or jump there prevents one from going farth er. It is proposed by persons living near the cave, at no distant day, to go in fully prepared, and cross any and everything, or find its close. Sherniautown, Nevada, Telegraph. Dog Story. The Peoria (III ) Tran script tells the following toub one about a diminutive black and tan doz : He was in the eager purs-jit of a rat, burrowed some distance into the -round, and as he wint in filled up the hole with the dirt he removed. He was missed for eight days, when one day his owner heard a suppress ed bark coming ieeraingly from under the grou-id, and upon dipg ire brought the adventurous dog to the purt"ac. He was ' rather the wo.se fo.- nothing to ear. but , beyond that he wv as ood as hvn ht- first disappeared. An excellent corn extractor a crow. A Sfr:SfL.L: GIRL.. Some writcrj.to us unknown, tells thi3; story of her : Twenty years ago, a- young man who. had paid u lent sou to a Wight, sweet girl for a long lime without making anything that was even a, second cousin to a pro posal, was 8f at tied' one evening by the. question, -Rot:rt do you want to marry, nie ?" He tried tu evade the q -est ion by asking why t-he -jut such a question to him. "Because, if yon do not want to. marry me you. moat scop coming to s- me. No mocking-birdJ around the red breast's, nest you know" Robert took tha hint, and, with a cool good night", walked honi What should4 he caro for a girl so rude as that ? Gc d company as hers elsewhere. He would, join the club next day. He tried to sleep but could, not. He didn't qnite like the turn things had taken. The figure plagu ed him. If he was a mocking-bird. who. was the red-breast that he was keepics away from such a fitting partner ? " . t any rate, one thing is certain, Edna U smart as the is pretty," he said to him self, "and 6he means business." The next morning Robert went to the. countingroom. It was a long dny. Businsss. bad dragged. Everybody was pre-occu-. pied, hurried, cross. He was glad to go. home, only it wasn't home. He took a book, but found himself trying ta read the coals in the grate and the figures on t he wall instead of the page. He threw him self on the lounge, .but it was drea.'HJly dull. He stood it for a while, and then put on his hat and walked down to the. widow Craiie8. He stepped up to the doJr as usual, but Edna was engaged. He ntfced to haver her called. It seemed a month befo-e she came. At last she appeared. II -rose from his seat and met he in the mid- die of the room, and said, "E.'.in, I hive come here to-niht on bus,.iess- I am tired of being your mocki.ig-V.rd, and want to be your red-breast ; will you be my wife ?" "When do ynU say f" ajk ed Edna, her face suffused with blushea, "Soon as I can make a ii-.it," replied Robert. T believe both red-b-easls join in building the nest," said Edr.a, "and I want to do my part." Ihis w.s twenty years ago. To-day one of the hand somest mansions in one of our cities is the nest of the wedded pair, whoso life has been sweet as a bird's sung 3nd v.-hese heart9, like their affections, r.re as. younp, as ever. There if u great Card rr.ore in nutdng a little straight forward businerj at the beginning of life than is U3aally supposed. A JLITTLK 91 AN, Perhaps the most remarkahii divari known in ancient or modern tiiua wa; Thomas Joseph Rjmlawski, born in Pol ish Russia in 1739. Ilia purcnN v.ere of the medium size and had a frmily cf six children, five sons and one daughter. Three cf the former when full frown. exceeded the middle stature ; but tl.o other two and the daughter attained thai of children about the age of four years At the time ot Joseph s birth, he meas ured only eight inches in length, ha: hf was neither weak nor defective, and hit- mother, who suekled him frequently stater, that none of her children gave her 1c -trouble than he. His sister, A r astasia, seven years younger, is represented t v him in his Memoirs as so short she coul I stand under his arms. She was a perfect model of symmetry, beauty, bavin" lively and cheerful temper, and a feeii:'u'. and beneficent heart. At the nge of i i teen, being then 25 inches high, he ws then presented to Empress Maria The who on one occasion took him on her h..-, caressed him, and asked him what hj thought was most curious and interest;-, ' at Vienna. He answered that he h v.i seen in that city many things worthy cf admiration, but nothing seemed ej extra ordinary as that which he then be! . i. "And what is that ?'' inquired her lM, i esty. "To see so little a m:in on the . of so great a woman," replied IJuurla-"-ski. The Empress then wore a ring n which was her cipher in brilliant. hand being in hers, and he looking r. tentively at this jewel, she osked :..a whether the cipher was pretty. "I 1 . 4 your Majesty's pardon, roplicd Bou.:.' v ski, "it is not the ring I am locking but the hand which I b-seeeh yo'sr ; c; mission to kiss ;" at the same lir . ru' i in it to his lips. The flattered I".;.. : 1 thereupon took a very fine diiim ..J p.; . from the finger of Marie Ai.toine'.t". a cbilJ, and put it on Bourlaw!ki"s. TSk notice of the Empress procured hi 1:, , attention of the whole court, and the i. -ed kinun?.Bs of Count Kaur.i'z J ; , t.'; s time the littlo mar. wis aboit 2S ',....: Ligb, could bear fatigue and lilt weights in proportion to hi -iz?, pus.. -.i mental energy end aceorap'i.'h. iPi.L, j.r.J a judgment very nound ; undorU.. I metic spoke German and Frei.ci., -..-us In genious in everything he Dri iertook, Lv;!y in bis repartets aad just in hi ; 3)1 'Pgs. Is the depth cf !he sea 'be n; i.ro still; the iie:viet grief is t'lat ' r:.c :z filence ; tii port s' t'-w ll .1 : '. u ry? a. id ten ' ; l- j ; -: j M , V.- f h!o ; t i:..r;-r?-:'s.i-r ti- Uut ; and tue iiioai - j..roU' r j. funeral is (he stfect cne whose 1 r .,;. cold,'
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