3 Q' iJ III i S r -j W'PIHE, Editor and Publltlier UU 1M A raitEUAS WUOX THE TROTH BIASES FREE, AND ALL ABB ILiVKS BESIDE Terms, $2 per year In advance. OLUME 3. EBENSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1869. NUMBER 40. CtfOONA NOTYETIOUINS! i- . MAMMOTH TOTHING BAZAAR! ! STILL BIGHT SIDE UP ! m 01 SUMMER DimiB y i JlAJ,-' w "w - if WANTS SUITLIED." .s ATX BUYERS PLEASED tar TOR OLD FEOPLE! SUITS FOR YOUNG AMERICA! H OTHINC! CLOTHING! frOVlT BVJCRV MAW AMD BOY X EXTS FURNISHING GOODS OF XVKKT DESCRIPTION. lOQTS & SHOES, HATS & CAPS, OF ALL STYLUS JKD 81IK8. Luks, Valises, Traveling Bags, rOCK THE LARGEST! GOODS THE YiuRl , STYLES THE NEATEST! PRICES THE LOWEST! LOTHISG MADE TO ORDER it may goods or style otiirco. CALL lab SEE 1 1 C ALL ajw BEE J 3 -4- ?riT YOTTi GOODS & PXICES. --- 4 - V Stq&u oh Axnlb Stxeet. ue door corth of the Post Office. out mistake toe place aua mere win iw av itk ibot yoa gtt'U(T good bargain. OODFREY WOLFF, iltoocs, April 28, 1 -If. ... . i i -1 .li , JHOMAS C AHLAND, ' W 2 1. -COB A LB D5ALKS IV S0CER1ES I QUEENSWARE, WOOD AND WILLOW WARE, STATIONERY AND NOTIONS, 1 Sill ML CURES HEATS. BACOX, FLOUR, EEDAND PROVISIONS, SO. 1SS VIRGINIA STREET, ivtn Mia and Caroline, - ALT 00 X A. All tuch foods as 8piees, Brushes. YTood J Willow Ware, Shoe Blaekiuz sod Station- F 'ill be sold from manufacturer's printed ret Hit, and all otber good id m j line at tilkJalpLU, Baltiaiure. Ciucinnati and I'UU r:li curreut prices. To dealers 1 present the culiw advantage or Baring them nil freight J drayage, as tbey are not required to par tights from the priucipul cities aud do dray ; charges are made. Dealers may rest as- red that my goods are of ibe best qualitT aud v prices as moderate as citr rates. E v duin? fair, upright buVmess, and by promptly and tiafactorily filling all orders, I hope to merit patronage ol retail dealers and ethers in kctfully solicited aod satisfaction guaranteed an cases. TiiOMAS CARL AND. Altooua, July 29. lS69.-tf. y00D, MORRELL & CO., MTA8HIKGTON STREET, ear Pa. R. R. Depot, Johnstown, Pa., ft'hott'taU and ReUil DtaUrt in IEYH. MILLINERY GOODS, aBDWAKE. QUEENS WARE. B001"8 AND SHOES, HATS AND CAPS, Tnj avn tjatt AHPET3 AND OIL CLOTHS, npinv.Minp nrrvrnrvrj 33 WARE. YELLOW WARE. OODEN AND WILLOW WARE, ROVlSIONSand FEED, ALL KINDS, 0E(werwit)i .11 r tv , u.i . r promptly filled on the sborteet notice and f reasonable terms Mi WOOD. MORRELL CO. Dton, AprU 28, 1869.1y. t LAWSON & BAKER, V FRANKLIN 8TREET. 'Old POIT OFFICE BC1XDIXG, JohnstOTrn, P a,. WHOLESALE GROCERS AID DBA LEAS IX TERS PRODUCE! IIIJ keep coostantlj on haud a larere puddIv MOLASSES. TEAS, Kltrj,fLLOUR, BACON. POTATOES. iIGAR . -rRUlTS, TOBACCO !io?;licitd 'rom dealers, and sat . LLOYD &. CO., I Draft. v Bankeb8 Altoona. Pa. vd fil Vbe principal cities and Silver money., -r 6ale- CollectioDg made. lauud J!veived on deposit, payable on de- "tat fair ntu A NEW THING, jk uiu xuiiiu. Auuyi And a GOOD THINGJn EBENSBURG. ROYALTY SUPERCEDED! The "House of Tudor" Surrendered TO THE SMALL FRY ! NEW STOREllEW GOODS! Hew Inducements! .5 High Street ! lcw Pricea ! Has taken possession of the rooms on High Street, ( three doers from Centre Stroet.) recently occupied by R. H. Tudor, into which be has just introduced a mammoth assortment of DRY a DRESS GOODS, Grocerlev, Hardware, Ac, consisting of everything and much more than any dealer in this " neck of timber " has ever pretended to keep, and every article of vrhich will be SOLD VERY CHEAP FOK CASH! OS. IX BZC81 AMOK FOA COKNTKT rBODCCX. NO DEALER KEEPS BETTER GOODS 1 NO DEALER KCEPS MORE OOOD3 ! NO DEALER SELLS CHEAPER! NO DEALER SELLS MORE ! TRY FRY! TRY FliYl ! TRY FRY!!! Buy frmn Fry! Buy from Fry! ! TRY FRY IF YOU TO BUY Use Cneet DreAs Goods at the fairest prices. TRY FRY IF YOU WNT TO BUY Muslins, Checks, Ginghams, Tickings, Shirt ings, Denims, Drills', Jeans. Cloths, Cas simercs, Satinctts, Delaines, Lawns, Prints, Ac, 4c, and wish, to get tbe full worth oi your money.. TRY FRY IF YOU W,lNT.TO BUY Coots snd E-bocs for Men's, Ladies' and Chil dren's wear, unexcelled in quality and nowhere undersold iu prices. TRY FRY IF YOU WMNT TO BUY Hardware, Queecs-Ture, G!asware, Carpets, Oil Cloths, tc , cf the handsomest styles at tbe lowest figures. TRY FRY IF YOU WANT TO BUY Bams, SidcHJ. Shoulders. Mess Pork. Fish, Salt, Lard. Butter. Eggs, Cheese, Coffee. Su gar, Teas, Soaps, C&ndlee, 8picee, - or anything else in that line. TRY FRY IF YOU WANT TO BUY auythiu s J cverytbicjj worth buying, and be sure that at all times vou will be supplied at the LOWEST CASH RATES. Oh my 1 mv eye I it is no lie That at tbe Dry Quods Store suJ Grocery Just opened by A. O. Fry, On the street c-!!sd High, More for your uioney you can buy Than from any one else, fax or nigh. il design to keep a full line of DRESS GOODS of the most desirable styles aud textures. aod as I am determined to at 11 as CHEAP Ad THE CHEAPEST, I reepectlully solicit a call from all the ladies, aud especially from those who have been in the habit of visiting other places to make their purchases. Whatever ou waut to buy, be sure first to trv tho store of A. G. FRY. Ebensburg, i!ay 87, 18C9. GEO. C. II. ZAHM,. JAS. XL ZAIIM. ZAHM tL SON, DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, HARDWARE, OUEENSWARE, BOOTS AID SHOES. HATS AID CAPS. AND ALL OTHER ARTICLES rauatly Kept In a Country Store. WOOL AND COUNTRY PRODUCE TAXBX IU KXCHAKUE FOX GOODS ! STORE ON 3IAIN STREET, Next Door to the Post Office, June 10.18G9. EBENSBURG, PA. Tf OOK WELL TO YOUR L'SDERSTAADirVGS! B O OTS AND SHOES For Man's Bye Wesvr. The undersigned respectfully Informs his nu merous customers and the public generally that be is prepared to manufacture BOOTS and SHOES of any desired size or quality, from tbe finest French calfskin boots to the coarsest brogan. in the ykat best mannis, on the short est notice, and at as modeiate prices aa like work can be obtained anywhere. Those -who have worn Boots and Shoes made at my establishment need no assurance as to the superior quality of my work. Others can easily be convinced of the fact if they will only give me a trial. Try and be convinced. Repairing of Boots and Shoes attended to promptly and in a workmanlike manner. Thankful for past favors I teel confident that my work and prices will commend me to a con tiuuance and increase of the same. JOHN D. THOMAS. Ebensburg, April 28, 1869. 1LOYD &, CO., Hankers, j Ebessbueo, Pa. Gold, Silver, Government Loans, and other Securities, bought and sold. Interest allowed on Time Leposits. Collections made in all accessible points in tbe United States, and a gtnerajLBaakinj business transacted. &jt Reel's gtfarfmtnt. SOMEBODY'S BOY. Is somebody's mother thinking That somebody's boy gets "tight," " While somebody's boy ia drinking Some where or otber to-night? Who was that somebody lugging Too heavy a load to-day Of brandy and rum, and hugging . The posts on the corner, eh 1 Who is that handsome young fellow . The handsomest face we meet Who cornea home so late and an mallow, He scarcely can keep his feel? Who is that somebody reeling First from the left to the right, With empty pockets, yet feeling As rich as Crujaus to-night? Ah ! pavements have grown unsteady ; They wave like a wind-blown sheet, And have interfered already With somebody's drunken "foat." And still to the world bis drinking. It is neither hers nor there; ' Or somebody's pa, I'm thinking. , Or mother or sister would care. Hell wake to-morrow, it's patent. And he'll corns down stairs all right, Aod look just like he hadn't - Been on a.'.'tare" last night. And somebody's mother and sister, When told that brother gets 'ttigbt," . Are almost inclined to blister Your cheeks with their hands outright. Bnt somebody's sins are wearing The jewel of life away ; And somebody'? boy, wayfaring, ; Will dio cn the streets some day ! TERRIFIC WOLF CHASE. We are sure our readers will peruse the following exciting extract from a volume entitled 'Livoiiian Tales.". The chase the attack of tha hungry pack the com bat tbe death struggle- the rescue form altogether one of the most thrilling scenes imaginable : . "One evening his way borne led thro a desolate, moraasy wood, which stretched for ten werets on one side of his little farm and where tbe track, deep between accu mulations of high suow, gave only just sufficient width for the little horse and sledge. Mart's eyes were closed and his cruses heavy with weariness, but he soon began' to be aware that the animal was quickening its paca unwontedly ; again it jerked forward quicker still and a low neighing sound of terror effectually roused the drowsy man. He looked in front ; ail was as usual, a wide, scanty forest, knee deep in a bed of snow; there were pyramids of snow which showed tbe huge ant-hills of the country the heavens bright the earth white not a living object but tbe Lome before him. He looked behind the scene was just the same white snow, and leafless trees, and a winding track ; but close to the sledge were three dark, gaunt animals, heavily galloping, and another was fast gaining behind. The jaws cf the foremost, with the lowness of tbe sledge, were within the reach of Mart's shoulder. He cared not for that he knew it was bis horse tbey wanted Jirtt; and saw in an instant that all de pended on the animal's courage more than on his own. If the frightened creature could have the nerve to keep steady in the track the chances were much in its favor, for tbe moment tbe wolves turned off in order to pass and get ahead of it, the depth of the snow diminished their speed ; but should the horse, in its terror, plunge aside and flounder in the snow, Mart knew it would be lost. He leaned forward, called the animal cheerfully by its name, and laid bis hand on its back, as he was wont to do in times of fatigue or difficulty tbe poor beast knew tbe kind voice and hand raked his ears, which were laid flat back with terror, and fell into an evener pace. -. "Mart shouted violently, but tbe wolves were either too keen or too many it made no impression. It was an awful time both for master and horse. Mart kept bis band on the animal, while his eye watch ed tbe ferocious brutes, who were often within arm's length, ne bad a hatchet, which be always carried on these occa sions to chop the frozen fish ; be felt for it, and grasped it in bis hand, but forebore to use it,. for tbe closer the wolves kept at the back of the sledge tbe less were tbey seen by the horse. . Every minute, howv over, one pr more of them broke out of the track in tbe attempt to pass ; and altho' they instantly lost footing in the snow, yet the unblinkered eyes of the little animal had caught sight of the dreaded foe, and a plunge forward made Mart turn his eyes with anxiety, to see that it kept straight in the narrow track. "One of the wolves was more than usu ally huge and long-limbed, and more than once it had contrived, in spite of the deep snow, to advance nearer abreast of the sledge than any of its companions. Upon this grim creature Mart more especially kept watch, aod caught the green light which played from its eyeballs. It turned off again ; the scow laid fleeter for a space; the wolf kept its footing ; it gained, for their pace is enormous ; the little horse's eyes glared round at it. Mart withdrew his hand, wet with the animal's perspira tion ; the wolf was just beyond arm's reach, but he kept his hatchet in readiness. The horse was in desperate gallop, and the wolf just .abreast of it, suddenly turned sharp towards it ; now was Mart's time. He dealt a tremendous blow ; the wolf avoided it, but stumbled in the snow, and in a few moments was yards behind. "The distance from borne was now quickly shortening beneath the horse's hoofs, which continued to carry the sledge at full gallop, till tbe fear of an overturn became tbe source of anxiety. Mart was quite aware by this time that these were no common lazy wolves he bad to deal with, but sharp, set, determined brutes, to whom man or beast would be alike wel come. Tbey were not tbe animals to be deterred by the sight of a man's dwelling, as is usually the case, and there was an ugly werst of wide open space between tbe ootslr irts of tbe forest and bis bouse, which be looked to with real apprehen sion. "They were now at tbe very edge of the wood 'the road became evener the wolves gained on every side the horse bounded furiously forward, caught the sledge against tbe stump of a tree it overturned was swept away at a tre mendous pace, and Mart was left alone in the 6now. In a moment a heavy claw had slit the throat and down the front of bis sheepskin it was well Anno's wrap pers lay so thick beneath! He threw oft the brute and rose bis hatchet had been jerked out of his hand in the fall he cast a desoerate glance around, but saw it not "' "The horse was now almost out of sight, two of the wolves were close to the defenceless man, and the two others," de serting the animal, were bounding back to him. Mart faced the foremost, he could do no more, and in an instant was sur rounded. . " '. "Here we must leave him, however cruel it may seem. Meanwhile the two women were as usual expecting him anx iously at home for Mart was late. Anno was sitting beneath tbe pinewood candle at tbe spinning wheel." Liso bad risen from hers, and gone into a smaller cham ber especially devoted to her. Old Karria Pois was lying before tbe stove fast asleep. Of a sudden the dog pricked his cars, lis tened, rose ran to tbe door and whined then, returning to Anno, wagged his tail, ran back, and whining again, scratch ed at the door. Karria Pois usually gave a signal of Mart's approach, though in not 60 urgent a way, and Anno opened the door, expecting to see ber husband. The dog dashed furiously out, but no sign of Mart appeared. Tbe young wife went out into the piercing air saw and beard nothing, and was slowly turning in, when a sound caught her ear. So had Mart never approached before. But there was no time for wonder, for the next moment the horse galloped up to the door and stopped. Anno saw instantly that some thing bad happened the animal was dripping with foam and trembling all over the sledge was reversed, and above all, Mart was not there. "Anno was but the girl still ; she call ed quick to her grandmother the old woman did not answer she flew into the inner room ; Liso was standing motion less with ber face turned from the door. There was no light, save from tbe little snowed-up window; but Anno saw enough to know that she stood, in prayer. 'O, Jummatf (God) said the poor girl to her self, 'hear her 1' and leaving her undis turbed, she ran again out of tbe bouse, gave one look at the trembling horse, and then, all trembling herself, began to re trace the jagged track in which it had come. .. "We must now return to Mart, whom we have left in a frightful position. . He knew wbat.it was to put forth his strength in games and - wrestling matches, and it was such, as shoulder to shoulder and muscle to muscle, few could" withstand. But it was nothing now against the heavy weight, the vice-like teeth, the rending grasp that held him down on every side. For a few seconds the desperate violence of a man to whom life is sweet, and such a death most horrible, shook off tbe piti less assailants ; but his own blood had dyed tbe snow, and the sight of it seemed to turn ferocity into fury. Tbe blood hounds closed again upon him they pull ed him down- . "People say there is no time to think in sudden dangers; they bave never known one. There are more thoughts struck from the mind in one moment's collision with suddeu and desperate peril than in days of fearless security. The sweets of this earth the home that lay so near tbe mystery of Heaven, swept over poor Mart's mind ; daja, even particulars found time to intrude. He thought how Anno and Liso would watch through the night bow bis mangled remains would tell all in the morning ; Anno's despair the vil lage lament ; he thought of all this, and more, and knew himself in the jaws of hungry wolves. Then those foul, lurid eyes glared over him, the tighlning of the throat followed, and thinking all was over. Still be struggled to release hia arms the grasp on the throat was suffocating him his senses reeled, when on a sud den dash came another animal, . bard breathing, along, threw itself into the midst with one sharp bowl, and fastened upon the chief assailant The wolves re laxed their fury for.an instant ; Mart reel ed giddily to bis feet, and recognized his brave dog. For a second he stood stun ned and bewildered ; when he saw one wolf retreating, and all three attacking the dauntless Karria Pois. He turned to help him, and a bright object cau;ht bis eye ; it was his hatchet lying on the snow, within arm's length of his last struggle. Mart snatched it ud. and was now himself again. Blood was dripping from him, but bis limbs were .uninjured," and furious were the strokes he dealt. "One wolf soon lay dead at his feet ; the other cowed, and retreated, spilling its blood as it went, and held off, skulking round ; and now Mart poured bis whole fury on that great monster which held Karria Pois in his stifling grasp as be had done his master. It was no easy task to release the dog. ' The hatchet rung on the wolfs skull, rattled on bis ribs, and laid bare the gaunt back bone but the dog's own body intercepted any mortal wound, and the wolf seemed to feel no other. Poor Karria Puis' case was desperate ; hia legs were all drawn together, protect ing the very part be sought to wound, when suddenly be stretched himself cut with some fresh agony, and the hatchet was buried deep in thewolfs throat. Many more fierce strokes were needed be fore life was extinct ; and, as Mart rose, a band on his shoulder startled bim, and bis wife fell into his bosom." Speech of Zacharlali Splcer. On tbe question ' Which enjoys the greatest amount of happiness, the bache lor or the married man!" Mr. President and Gentlemen, I rise to advocate the cause of the married man And why should I not ? I claim to know something about the institution I do ! Will , any gentleman pretend to say I do not ? Let. him accompany me home. Let him confront with my wife and seven teen small children, and decide. High as. the Rocky Mountains tower above the Mississippi Valley, does the married man tower above that -of the bachelor. What was Adam before he1 became acquainted with Eve ? What but a poor, shiftless, helpless creature ? No more to be compared with bis after wlf than a mill-dam to the roaring cataract of Niagara. ' (Applause.) ' Gentlemen, there was n time, I blush to say, when I was a bachelor ; and a more miserable creature you' could hardly expect to find. Every day I toiled bard, and at night I came homo to my comfort less garret no carpet, no fire, no nothing. Everything was in clutter, and in tbe words of the poet "Contusion was monarch of all I surveyed," Here lay a pair of dirty pants, there lay a pair of dirty boots, there a dirty play-bill, and there a pile of dirty clothes. What wonder I took refuge at tbe gaming table and the bar room. I found it would never do, gentlemen, aod m a lucky mo ment vowed to reform. Scarcely had tbe promise left my lips, when a knock was beard at my door, and in came Susan Sim pk ins after my dirty clothes. "Mr. Spiccr," says she, "I have wash ed for you six months, and I havn't seen tbe first red cent in the way of payment. Now I would like to know what you are going to do about it." r felt in my pocket book. There was nothing in it, and I knew it well enough. "Miss Simpkins," said I, "It's no use denying it, I haven't got the stamps, I wish for your sake that I had.". "Then," said she, promptly, "I don't wash another rag for you. "Stop," said I. "Susan. I will do tbe best I can for you. Greenbacks I bave none ; but if my heart and hand will do, they are at your service." ,; . "Are you in earnest !" says she, look ing a little suspicious. e "Never more so," say I. - "Then," says she, "as there seems to be no prospect of getting my pay any other way, I guess 111 take up with your oiler." - "Enough," said L We were married in a week; and what's more, we haven't had cause to repent it. No more attics for me, gentlemen." I live in a good house, and have somebody to mend my clothes." When I was a poor, miserable bachelor, gentlemen, I used to be as thin as a weaseL . Now I am as plump as a porker. ' In conclusion, gentlemen,-if you want to be a poor ragged fellow, without a coat to your back or a shoe to your feet ; if yoo want to grow old before your time, and as uncomfortably generally as a hedge bog rolled up the wrong ; way, I advise you to remain a bachelor. - If you want to live decently and re spectably get married. -. I have got ten daughters, gentlemen, (overwhelming ' applause) and you may have your pick. ,". Mr. Spicer sat down amid loud and continued plaudits. The generous propo sal with which he concluded secured him five sons in law. ' ' A traveler in England observing a man at work and seeing he was taking it remarkably easy, remarked : "My friend, yoo don't appear to sweat ariy t" "Why no, master, six shillings1 a" week ain't sweating wages." ' Thk editor of the Eutaw .Whig, having offered a copy of his paper one year for a good yard dog, has been offered an eigh teen inch dog for six months subscription. What is the difference between a man going up stairs and one looking up f Tbe one steps cp stairs and the other stares up steps. LOST UTERDOARD, A HEAT. IKCIDBXr. 'Larboard watch, ahoo-o-y!" roared down tbe scuttle, in the glad, impatient tones ot men eager to be relieved to ex change places with us who had slept away tbe last tour hours with that blissful aban don that characterizes seamen when off i duty. "Let them look out that have tbe watch!" is his motto. : A single tin hanging-lamp, on short al lowance of oil, swayed and flickered, obe dient to the violent motion of the ship. Just enough light waa afforded by it to make "darknees visible" iu the little, din gy, triangular den called, by courley, the lore-arsM. . "How's the weather, boys?" was asked by two or three sleepy voices. .'"The gale's breaking up now," was answered, apparently from a huge, aha pe less bundle of pea-jackets, surrounded by a dripping "wu wester." "It comes in squalls, with longer lulls. - But it's been an ogly night." It had, indeed, and it was not over yet. Fur it was only four o'clock , in the morn ing, of an Antarctic winter, and wanted three hours to daylight. The gale roared down tbe scuttle as the slide was pushed open, and the crest of a. sea dashed its salt spray into the little opening,' rattling down into our dormitory. All above was cold, wet, dark and cheerless. But out we must come, in re sponse to the call. In my own case there was special need of dispatch, for it was my turn-out trick at the wheel.. "What seaman but can recall to mind a dread of tbe "graveyard trick," as it is termed the first two hours in the morning watch, when it Beems impossible to keep one's eyelids propped up, and the senses are off wool-gathering at the first break in the perpetual motion of the body I'" . I struggled aft, feeling my way along the slippery rail and deck, where the young ice was making. It was not blow ing very hard at the moment, for the great est force of the gale was Fpent. But there was a tremendous sea running, such as seems almost peculiar to the region of Cape Horn, and ttie pitching and strain ing of our stout ship, laden deeply with copper, were frightful I was sensible of a sound of slatting canvass overboard, but did not lock up to investigate the cause. It was no affair of mine. "Full and by" were the Bimple words of instruction which I received and repeat ed, as I took tho spokes of the wheel. There was really nothing to do but hold it firmly, for the ship was lying to under her 'slorm staysails, -with the lee clew of the maintopsail "goose-winged." Setting my head into my jacket collar till it was almost merged in the line of my shoulders, with only my eyes and nose visible to any outsider, I prepared to wear away two long dismal hours of darkness on "Mount Mis ery," as we were accustomed to call the poop, or raised quarter-deck. I heard the mate mustering his watch, aud collecting them aft about tbe main mast, for their own safety from the comb ing seas, as well as to have them all under bis eye in case of emergency. I beard him call the two youngsters, Charley and Dan by name, and give them some order, but I knew not what. AH this time I could see no one, as they were all below my perch and hidden by the break of the quarter-deck. But a few minutes later I heard a voice high up aloft. I glanced upward, but could distinguish nothing in the intense darkness. I made out the words, "Go down and get a gasket!" and knew then that they must be securing some sail that had partially worked adrift. I did not envy them any pleasure which tbey might find in doing it, as I thought of the pitchy darkness and the cold biting blast, with tbe crust of ice making on the rigging and sails. But then, it was all in tbe regular course of a sailor's duty, and might have fallen to myself had I not been at the wheel. So I settled myself once more into my jacket and relapsed into a half torpid state. A sound as of the fall of a heavy body on tbe water 'came up from close under the lee-quarter. "More bIack-fLh breach ing," said I to myself, for we had seen them several times during tbe previous day, very near the ship. I gave the sub ject no further thought I did not even look about me, knowing that I could see nothing, dark as it was. I bad nearly forgotten the circumstance, when I heard the words, "lie isn't there !" in a voice that seemed to quiver with astonishment and fear, rather than with cold. Then the mate calling "Charley !" and the name taken and repeated by other, here and there, away forward on the bow,- and again coming near to me, -A heavy foot step approached over the wet deck, and the blanched face of the officer appeared at my tide in-the glaring light of the binnacle-lamp. : "M ,". said he, "have you. seen anjthirg of the boy Charley V "No, sir," I answered ; "I've seen no one since I relieved the wheel." "Then the poor boy is lost!" He spoke, as it were, with a choking lump in bis throat. I made no reply, and, clear ing the impediment, he went on : ',! BCnt him and - Dan aloft to secure the main royal, as il had worked adrift and was slatting out in the gale. Dan came down to get a gasket, and when he went up again be couldn't find Charley. And he isn't to b found aiwut decks or below." . "He's gone !" I gasped, pointing with my hand into the blackness astern. A sudden thought had flashed upon me, and a cold shudder went to my very heart aa I recalled that spanking sound on the water, close under our lee. No one had heard' it but myself. I possessed the one link missing in the chain of evidence ' to bar out the last hope that he might be still alive. The mate's 'step receded again ii-. to the darkness as soon as he bad heard my statement, and I was left to indulge my own sad reflections. t- Poor Charley ! be had belonged to the ship only a few weeks, having joined -as at Cuquimbo, Chile, where he had been landed, sick, from another ship, some months before. He had fully' recovered his vigor, and came on board in.bigh spirits at the thought. of returning to bis homo aod friends. A bright, intelligent youth, active and willing, he had rapidly won his way to our hearts, and stood high in the esteem of his shipmates. It was not difficult to coi jscture howj" he had . met hid fate. Lumbered, with heavy clothing and stiff boots, and his bands benumbed with cold, be bad, by the violent motion of the ship, been thrown from his dangerous footiugonlhe "eyes of the rigging," for the fchip.had n cross trees. Neatness and snugness of rig are", oi course, considerations of much greater importunce than the lives of a seaman or two in the course of a long royagei .-. He had passed out from, among us io such a way that we had noteyen the mel ancboly satisfaction of making an, effort, however vain, toeave him. While we yet called his name, clinging to the hope of his safety, the cold, angry sea had closed over bu head, aud was rolliii'g"o as before. With daylight the gale abated, and the sun, which had been obscured for several days, rose clear. Our tender-hearted old captain, with an unwonted tear sparkling on his 1 bronzed cheek, orders the boy's chest to be locked up and brought aft into the cabin, that it may be safely delivered to his parents. He questions us who knew him best, and learns many. things about Cbarley which he would uever have known or thought of had they finished that voyage together and parted company at the port of destination. ' And all this time be is gazing absently round upon the sea, as if he still thought be might possi bly see some trace of the lost lad. - The order to "make sail," usually eo inspiring, is given in a subdued tone aud with seeming reluctance to leave the spot. But, with the excitement of active duty, our sad feelings are soon forgotten. Sheet after sheet of canvass is spread to "the favoring breeze . "Homeward !" is the magic word that makes every heart "glad; the storm beaten rock of Diego Ramirez is sighted, passed, and fades into the horizon-line astern, and before tbe close of the day we are mere than a hundred miles distant from the place where our young shipmate went down. W. IL M." Western World. . Sauce for Goose and Gasder. The following Dover story is from the Am-Tican Union: When was agent of the facto ries at Dover, a strict rule was adopted regarding late comers ; the gieat gates were closed as tbe return bell ceased to ring, and the delinquents compelled to go through the counting-room passage, when a quarter-day's time was deducted for their tardiness. Some of the late pnea lived so far away that it was almost im possible to get back in time, and therefore they suffered. The superintendent was a pious man, and was wont to exhort in the meetings, nightly held, where the factory people attended. On one occasion Jhe was exhorting-very earnestly and calling upon his hearers to improve their time. "Come," said he, "at once ; come while there is opportunity for salvation ; come before the great and awful gates are closed against you. O, my friends, what will you do when those gates are' closed V "Go through the counting-room passage!" cried one from the rear. It was too "much. All gravity was lost, and the appeal was a failure. " V A Maiden's "Psalm or Life." lull us not in idle jingle "marriage is an empty dream," for the girl is dead that's single, and things are not what they seem, life is real, life is earnest, single blessed ness a fib; ''Man thou art, .to man re turnest," has been spoken of tbe rib." Not enjoyment and not sorrow ia our destined end or way, but to act that each' to-morrow finds us nearer marriage dayl Life is long and youth is fleeting, and -our heart, though light and gay,' still like pleasant drums are beating wedding marches all the way. In the world's broad field of battle, in the bivouac oflife, be not like dumb driven cattle be a he roine a wife. Trust no future, howe'er pleasant, let the dead past bury its dead ! act, act in the living present, heart within and hope ahead! . Lives of married folks remind us we can live our lives as well, and departing leave behind us such ex amples aa shall "tell;" such examples that another, wastirg time in idle sport, forlorn unmarried brother, seeing,' shall take heart and court. Let u?t then,, be up and doing, with a heart on triumph set: still contriving, still pursuing, and each one a husband get. Lus coxcLcatoK A sore foot'.- t!
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