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Wilmore, Feb. 34, lt;70.-3in.
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J. S. Nixo. Prea't. I E. B. E.vgle, Sec'y.
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Feb. 3. -2m. Johnstown, I'a.
ryo THE LADIES OF EBENSBURG.
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MM fill FASCY Mil MAKER.
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next door to the Congregational church. East
Ward, Ebensburg. . . .
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Ebensburg, Feb. 17, lS70.-tf.
ITOTEL l'KOl'ERTY in LOKE'ITO
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TAVKItX ST A SO,
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Cistern. &c. The House is in good repair.
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Loretto, Feb. 3, lb'U.-tf.
rALUAIJLE TAVERN PROl'EK-
T TY FOR SALE ! That valu
able and commodious Tavern Stand
situate at Gallitzin, Cambria county,
known as the Michael J . Smith prop
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terms. It is one of the most desirable stands
in the county, is in an excellent state of repair
and doing a thriving business. Possession will
be given as soon as the sale is consummated.
Persons desiring to purchase will call noon or
address It. L. JOHNSTON.
Jan. 6, 1870. tf. Ebensburg, Pa.
OTELt k-KOl'EKTY FOR SALE
OR TO LET ! That well established
Tavern F-tand known as the National House,
in the Borough of Fummitville, Cambria coun
ty, is offered for sale or rent. Possession -will
be given on the 1st day of April next. Apply
to the owner on the wremifes.
Feb. 17, 1870.-6t. HENRY HUGHES.
E. L, JOHNSTON. J K. BCANLAN.
JOHNSTON & SOANLAN,
Attorneys at Law,
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"Office opposite the Guirt House.
Ebensburg, Jan. 8 1; 187.-tf. '
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At L OAT UPON THE ICE.
A TALE OF TUE ST. LAWRENCE.
It was one day last February, when
Ihe noble Si. Lawrence was covered with
ice as bright as crystal and as smooth as
a mirror, that in company with Letty
Mutdaunt, I went out skating. The ice
Avas over a foot in thickness, but a strong
wind had a few days previously opened a
channel in the centre of the river, in which
much louse ice was floating. Lettie had
never before had a pond to skate upon
that would compare with it, and, as she
wai an accomplished skater, she was de
lighted. I have always maintained that
a pretty cirl never appears to better ad-
i vantage that when she is engaged in ska
! ting ; and I had always thought Lettie
j was a very pretty girl and had become
quite captivated by her charms ; but she
never appeared half so lovely to me as
upon this occasion ; and as we went bold
ly forward, or circled in the most grace
ful manner, you may depend that I enjoyed
niyj-elf highly, and think that she did also.
The river is about two miles in width
where we were skating, and in the dis
tance were to be seen the several islands
that lie a short distance above the Gallop
Rapid?, and are famed for their power,
which is so great that no vessel can ap
proach within a considerable distance of
the lower part of them. There is a single
channel through which steamers are some
times piloted at favorable seasons of the
year ; but to attempt to pass them out of
the channel, or without skillful pilotage,
would be the maddest of folly.
There were a considerable number of
skaters out with us ; but we struck out
boldly for the centre of the river and soon
were at a distance from them. We did
not stop until within n few rod of the
open water, knowing as we did that the
ice was sufficiently strong to bc&r us. We
had skated three or four miles, and felt
the necessity of resting a few moments,
aiid accordingly stood for a while, gazing
upon the blue waters ol the flowing river
and the surrounding scenery, which is
very fine. I rather think that I enj-t an
occasional glance at the features of my
fair companion, which were.radiant with
the glow of excitement occasioned by the
exercise of skating. We stood there rath
er longer than we intended to, for we car
ried on an animated conversation and the
moments passed swiftly. At length Let
tie suddenly romaiked :
"Look where we are."
"I see," said I, not comprehending her
meaning. 4Uad you forgotten it ?"
"We are farther down the river than
we were when we stopped. We were
then opposite to that windmill," pointing
to the ruins of one that stood upon the
oppesi'e bank, a relic of the last century,
about half a mile above us.
Somewhat surprised at this, I looked
around us, and was not long in discovering
the cause of the change. We were afloat!
The ice upon which we were standing had
become seperated from the main body and
carried away by the action of the current.
As it was a large piece, being at least one
eighth of a mile in extent, I felt no very
great apprehension in regard to our safety,
thinking it would soon float against the
edge of the firm ice, so that we could easi
ly get off' it, and so havo the occurrence
to remember only as a pleasant adventure.
I assured Lettie that there was.no danger,
and we patiently waited for the current to
release us from captivity upon our floating
island, continuing our conversation as
cheerfully as before. My expectations
were not fulfilled, for in about half an
hour we had reached the open river where
the rapidity of the current had either car
ried away the ice or prevented its forma-,
tion, and now the fearful truth flashed
upon my mind. .We were going directly
towards the Gallop Kapids, and at a rate
that would bring us to them in less than
an hour.
Lettie must have noticed the expression
of my countenance, for 6he clung to me
and said:
"Do not fear to alarm roe by telling
me the worst. Are we not in very great
danger f
"I am afraid that we are," I replied ;
'but keep up your courage and we will
hepe for the best."
Eagerly I scanned the surrounding land,
hoping to observe some one whose atten
tion I might attract. I skated round the
edges of the ice and halloed as loudly as
poseiblrt, but the wind made it impossible
for me to be beard at any great distance,
and we were unnoticed. It now blew
quitoviolently, and caused the, water to
run over the ice, rendering it qnite diffi
cult for us to stand up, and breaking up
the ice that we were upon, rendering it
still smaller and threatening to hasten our
doom. On we drifted, hope fading as we
passed onward, '-and the voice of death
seeming to Bound in the distant roar of
the rapids that was trow to be faintly
heard in the distance. L gave up all hope
of attracting attention, and returned to
Lettie.
"Be as firm and brave as possible,"
said I, addressing her; "for unless there
is a special intervention in our behalf, 1
do not see what can save u from running
into the rapids. The ice will be dashed
to pieces, and we must perish.''
I had feared that she would be over
come at hearing this ; but, although as
pale as the ice that we were standing
upon, and hardly able to stand without
support, she bore it bravely.
"Is there no hope ?" she faintly in
quired, her tone indicating that the did
not expect an affirmative answer.
' I see no possible chance of escape," I
replied ; and our speed continued to in
crease and louder grew the roar of the
rapids as we neared them.
"How lon will it be before we shall
reach them!" she asked.
"We cannot have but a few minutes
longer to spend upon earth," I replied.
She leaned upon me, but I ftlt stronger
when supporting her than when alone. I
saw no way to avert our fate, and expect
ed to bs in eternity in a short lime. Al
though life was dear to me, I would most
willingly have relinquished it, if by so do
ing hers could have been saved. Yet the
the fate that decreed that we were to die
together, robbed it of all its terrors as far
as I was concerned. It was then I real
ized how much I loved her, and I felt I
could not die without tellii.s her of it.
44Lettie," said I, "we shall soon be at
the rapids, but I cannot die without tell
ing you how dear you are to me. 1 would
quickly sacrifice my life to save yours ;
but that is denied me. If we were spared
I would offer you the homage of a lifetime.
Will you now accept it for all eternity f"
A faint flush overspread her cheeks as
I ceased speaking, the last time I thought
that they would ever be crimsoned before
they were cold in death. She clung still
closer to me, and a firmer pressure of the
ha nd was the sufficient and only answer.
I felt thstb-I was loved !
For a few moments we were both silent.
I noticed that her tears were flowing, and
the sight of them almost caused me to lose
my self-possession. We had already pass
ed several of the islands that stud the
river immediately above the rapids, and
our rate of speed was constantly increas
ing. I drew her closely to me, and en
deavored to prepare myself for the ap
proaching moment, when we would go
down together" to a watery grave. My
mind was busy, and I wondeied how long
it would be before our fate would be
known ; of the various conjectures that
our disappearance would give rise to ; and
where our bodies would be found, or if
they would become entangled among the
rocks and our fates never known, aud if in
the death-struggle we could still maintain
hold of each other, and our spirits soar up
in unison. I also wondered in what man
ner our deaths would be announced in the
journals of the day. Whether it would
be a "melancholy accident," or if we were
found clinging to each other, a3 a "ro
mantic casualty," and fancied what the
emotions of various persons would be when
they learned of it. Thpse reflections were
all stopped by my noticing a fisherman's
hut upon au island only a short distance
from us, with a couple of men engaged at
work in front of it-
I pointed it out to Lettie, and said,
"We may yet be saved, if I can only at
tract their attention. Have courage aud
1 will attempt it."
I left her and proceeded to the extreme
edge of the ice nearest to the island, and
then gathering all my breath for an effort,
called to them. As our lives depended
upon the result, of course, 1 made a much
louder noise than I could upon an ordina
ry occasion, although my emotion wa9 at !
first so great that I could hardly control
my voice. At length I succeeded, " and
had the sutisfaction of seeing a boat put
out after us. Although we were at some
distance from them, and going very rap
idly. I had no doubt that they would
overtake us. Just as everything seemed
to be well again, I was surprised to hear
a cry from Lettie, which caused me to
look round quickly. I was 6tartled by
the new aspect of affairs. The ice. owing
to the action of the waves, and my weight
upon one edge of it, had parted, and we
were upon separate pieces. Lettie had
sunk down upon the ice and was gazing
earnestly towards me. The pieces of ice
were caught in eddies and went off in op
posite channels ; but it was with the great
est delight that I saw the boatman row
after her, leaving me to my fate, and
when I had passed the island and looked
back, I saw that she was rescued.
Safo in the boat ! my feelings almost
overcame me ; and if ever I earnestly re
turned thanks to an overruling Provi
dence, it was then. Although I was at
a considerable distance from her, I caught
a last glance, and saw that, although al
most fainting, she was gazing after me.
I knew that the boatman would not think
ot following me, for I was now upon the
edge of the rapids. The principal events
of my life passed rapidly in review thro'
my mind, and my memory was very ac
tive ; but the sweetest remembrance of all
was of that moment during the last hour,
when Lettie confessed that she loved me.
The last hope had fled, and I was cal
culating the moments that would elapse
before the ice would be dashed to pieces,
when turning round to take a farewell look
at earth and sky, I saw a canoe, propelled
by a couple of skillful voyagers, coming
rapidly after me ; but although it fairly
seemed to skip over the waves, it hardly
seemed to gain on me. The water dashed
over the cake of ice, and I was wet and
almost insensible. The pursuing craft
reached me just in time to save me, and
I saw that it was one of light birch-bark,
and that my rescuers were Canadian In
dians. It was drawn out upon the ice,
and I was placed in the bottom of it and
cautioned to , lie perfectly still. Then, J
launching itj they seized their paddles and
devoted their eaerjiea to the raanaaioat
of their frail craft. It was impossible to
proceed back, so over the rapids we went.
No craft other than like the one that we
were in, and guided by experienced per
sons, would have ever gone through safe
ly. Now running within a few inches of
a rock, now circling around the outer edge
of an eddy, and then skipping over the
boiling waters and plunging down a water
fall. A motion of mine or a false stroke
of theirs would have capsized us and eent
us all into eternity. But we were safe ;
aud 1 quickly rejoined Lettie, who soon
recovered from the effects of her ride.
I rewarded my rescuers as well as
money could do so, for snatching me from
the jaws of destruction, and they were
more than satisfied.
Lettie and I will soon be j lined in wed
lock ; and I hope that our voyage down
the stream of life may be more pleasant
than was our excursion down the St.
Lawrence.
Your Cliaiifirc, Sir.
One of the most nondescrip specimens
of humanity called dandies, traveling
through Connecticut a fow days since in
his own or borrowed conveyance, was
brought up with a "round turn" at a toll-
gate, which be designed to pass without
paying the usual fee. When he found
himself in limbo, from which he cou!d not
escape "forking over," he ii.quired of a
young lady who was in attendance at the
gate, how much he had to pay before he
could pass the formidable barrier.
"Three cents, sir, is the charge for
single wagons," replied the young lady.
"Three cents is a three pence, the half
of a six pence ; one of the smallest bits of
silver in use, eh ! young woman am I
right ?" said the dandy, feeling his pock
ets for the change.
"Three cents, sir, if you please," said
she"
"In your office of higlucOTan, young
icomaii, you will substract the amount of
your demand from this piece, and return
me the balance as conveniently quick as
your ordinary locomotion will allow," said
the dandy gentleman, at the same time
purposely dropping a shilling piece into
the mud beneath his wagon. "Ah ! there
it is in the mud, I declare. I would cot
dirty my fingers for twenty of them."
The young lady took the shilling from
the mud, where he had dropped ir, went
into the house, and returned with nine
cents which she placed immediately under
the wheel, where she had taken up the
shilling.
"Ilillow, billow, young woman, what
is it you're doing ?' said the dandy.
Why don't you put the coin in my hand,
eh ?"
The girl archly replied : "Sir, I found
your money under the wagon ; there you
will find your change." And as she
turned to go into the house, she gave the
feifow a most significant smile, and added:
"I wouldn't dirty my fingers for twenty
of them'? would you, Mr. Dandy-mn ?
ha, ha, ha there's your change, sir,"
and she closed the door.
The gentleman dismounted, picked up
"his coppers," and was off" at full speed,
impatient to get out of sight and hearing.
If he should ever happen in that country
again, he will take care how ha makes
change with Yankee girls.
Answers to Correspondents The
following notices are selected from a hu
morous cotemporary :
"No nolis will be took from this date,
hereafterwards, ov letters that haint got a
postage stamp onto. them. Don't write
only on one side of the manuscript, and
don't write on that. Don't send a manu
script unless you can read it after it gets
dry. We pay, all the way up hill, from
ten cents to one dollar for contribution,
according to length ;"and settlements made
promptly at the eDd of the next ensuing
vear. Poetry and prose pieces are res
pectfully solicited. The highest price
for awful railroad smashes and elope
ments -with another man's wife. No
swearing aloud in our paper."
"Isaac Your article on 'frogs' is re
ceived. It makes us laff like lightning.
Your idea that frogs was discovered by
Kristopber Columbus, in the year 1492,
has slipped our memory."
"Noah. We very humbly dekline
your essa on the flood. Your remarks
might possibly lead one more man to think
as you do, and we don't want our columns
to be held responsible for increasing the
number of phools. The world has al
ready got more phools than there is any
need of."
A Ger5ian Custom. A letter from
Weimar says they have two very pretty
customs there connected with the erection
of houses. One is that a young child al
ways drives the first nail into one of the
timbers, and an inscription is placed upon
the wood, bearing the name and age of the
child, date of erection, &c. Then When
the house is raised, a few planks are laid
for flooring in an upper story, when the
master builder, his workmenj and all well
disposed friends assemble to sing a song
of praise to God for their safe accomplish
ment thus far of their undertaking.
Then a band of music plays, numerous
bottles of wine are drank, and there are
speeches, toasts and huzzas from stentori
an German throats. ,
"I'll be around this way in a minute,'
as the eceon'dhand said to tho pendulum.
A WARKISG TO DIOTUEIIS.
BY JOHN QUJLL.
The following account of the latest ni-tro-glicerine
accident is too funny to be
witheld :
This horrible tale was related to me by
Archibald Haggcrty, the young gentleman
who blacks boots ; "Mr. Quill, you see
Joe McGinnis and me, and a lot of us fel
lers was a plajin' marvels down to Pine
Street wharf one day ,and Joe McGinnis
had no luck. He bio wed on his alley,
and said conjuriu' over it, aud spit on it,
and said 'fen every things, but't wan't no
use for us fellers won hi6 commoners and
his bull's eye, and his gla6S agate, and his
white alleys, until Joe just busted out a
cry in' and went an J set down on a board,
and rubbed his fists into his eyes like he
was tryin' to gouge 'em. And us fellers
we didn't pay no attention to Joe McGiu
nis, and we went on playin, and never
saw that Joe had gQne and sot down on
a place where soma feller had been thip
piu this year nitro-glycerine. And that
there stuff, you know, Mr. Quill, it had
been and leaked out all over that there
board on which Joe McGinnis was a set
tin, and the first thing Joe McGinnis
knowed, his pants was soaked with nitro
glycerine, like he had sot down in a river.
Yes, it was. And Joe McGinnis when
he felt it a gettin' damp, he pranced home
and tho't he'd dry them pants of his'n by
the stove. But, you know, old Mis. Mc
Ginnis, when 6he scid Joe, she was mad
as fury, and the just rose right up and
snorted :
"I say, j'ou Joe, you outrageous willin
where'v you bin with them there pants? '
"And then old Mrs. McGinnis she just
made a rush for Joe, Mr. Quill, and she
grabbled a hold of doe, and lay him acoss
her lap this here way, you know. Then
she lelted up that there number ix-tcen
fist o hern intendin to spank Joe McGin
nis like sin. But when she struck that
nitro-glycerine, Mr. Quill, wasn't there a
regu'ar bustin' out of tilings! Je-ru-sa-lem
! I guess so ! There was a kind of
a grumble and roar, and a raria , tarin' ,
thunder and lightnin' explosion, and then
about thirty bulion of earthquakes all run
into one, and Joe McGinnis was blown
through the windows and the door, and
the tire place, in little bits of chunks about
the size of a marvel, and he never knowed
what ailed him, while Mrs. McGinnis
went a pitchin through the ceiliu and
the garret about'tcn thousand miles, along
with chairs and stovepipe, aud pans, and
cats, and soup-tureens and one thing
another ; and she never come down again,
she didu't. And that was what ailed Joe
McGinnis, as sure as you're born. And
now, Mr. Quill, couldn't you give a fel
low a quarter for Christmas V -
It was a sad fate, that of young Joseph
McGinnis ; and what a solemn warning it
conveys to mothers. How careful should
every parent be to examine hor child'is
trowseru with chemical tests for nitro
glycerine before inflicting punishment.
Let mothers lay the lesson to heart and
resolve hereafter to exeicise loving vitiil
unce, les the)', too' should peiish as this
wretched Mrs. McGinnis did, without a
chance to gel off'anv last words.
Certain Signs When the roosters are
observed before daylite in the morning
soreitig aiming the kluuds, and uttering
Umcntations, then look out for some sud
den weather and a severe pucker in the
money market.
When yu see 13 geese walking Injun
file and toeing in, you can deliberately bet
yure last surviving dollar on a hard winter
and a great tiuctiousness during the next
season in the price of cowhido boot.
- If pigs sq-ieal in the nitc, aud grasshop
pers c me ph ov their roost and mingle
in a free fight, you may hope for high
winds in a few weeks, and also the typus
fever injure naboihood
When spiders are seen climbing up the
wall backwards, and frog cough as if they
had tho hicups. look out for rain. This
iz also a sure sign that children will have
the measles light.
If bees hang around their hives, and
mules are seen in a brown study, a storm
cf some kind is cooking, and yu will nolUs
the market for herring is very cadaverous
and chilly.
Jist before a heavy sno stormy of 3 foot
deep, chimbly swallows are uncommon
skarse, and in the moral world lhie iz a
grate lazyness in the agytashun of the
temperance question.
When hens lay 2 eggs a day, and men
cease to bragg and wimmin cease to cack
kle, then Injun summer draws ni, and the
Millenium aiu't fur oph. Josfi Billings'
A.lmunac.
A Good Thing. A gentleman from
Illinois, who thought himself peculiarly
fitted to represent the country abroad, fol
lowed Mr. Lincoln with great pertinacity,
button-holing him at all limes and in ever
place without the slightest mercy. Fi
nally the President, with a pleasant smile,
asked him if he could speak Spanish.
"No." "Well, learn Spanish, and I'll tell
you of a good thing you can get." After
three months of hard study, the would be
diplomat returned to the charge, reminding
the President of his promise and assuring
him that he had thoroughly mastered the
Spanish language. Well," said Mr.
Lincoln, "I promised to tell you of a good
thing you could get. Get Don Quixote
and read it ; it will make you laugh." '
A iPIeasaut Tucitlcut.
. One of the pleasant things -we saw Co
our late journey was a glimpse of two lit
tle sisters of chanty. Somewhere above
Fitchburg, as we stopped for twenty minutes-at
a station, 1 amused mjSelf by
looking out of a window at . a pretty
waterfall which catrio tumbling over tffe
rocks, and. spread into a wide pool that
flowed up to the railway." Close by stood
a caltlo train, and the mournful sounds
that came from it touched my heart Full
in the hot stin stood lha cars, and every
crevice of room between the bars across
the doorway wns "filled with pathetic
nose. sniffling jeagezly-at the sultry gusts
that blew by,' wrth now and then u fresh
er pool that lay dimpling before them.
How they must have sull-red, in sight of
water, with the cool dash of the fall tan
talizing them, and not a drop to wet their
poor parched mouths. The cows lowed
dismally, and the bheep tumbled one over
the other, in their frantic attempts to
reach the blessed air, bleating so plaintive
ly the while, that I was tempted to get
out and see what I could do for them. '
But the time was nearly up, and while
I hesitated two littlo girls appeared, and
did the good deed much better than, I
could have done if. 1 couldn't hear what
they said ; but tlnir friendly little faces
grew quite lovely to me, in spite of the
tan, the old hats, the bare feet and shabby
gown?, as they worked aWay so heartily.
One pulled off ber aprori; and spread it on
the grass, emptying the berries from her
pail upon if, ran to the pod and returned
with it diipping, to hld it up to the suffer
ing sheep, who stretched their hot tongues
gratefully to meet it, and lapped the pre
cious water wiih an eagerness that made
little Barefoot'e task a hard one. But
to and fro she ran, never tired, though the
small pail was soon empty -r and her friend
meantime pulled great handfuls of clover
and grass for the cows, and having no
pall, filled her "picking-dish" with water
to throw on the poor dusty ho?ps appeal
ing to her through the bars. I wish I
could have told the tender-hearted chil
dren how beautiful their compassion
made that hot, noUy place, and what a
sweet picture I took away with me of
those two little tisters of charity. Jer
ry's Museum.
The Wonders. This world of ours is
filled with wonders. The riiicroscope re
veals them not less than the telescope,
each at either extreme of creation.. In
the insect creation, particularly, there i
so much to know that has never, been
dreamed of wheels with'.ri wheels, with
out computation or number. Let us take
a rapid glance at the proofs of this state
ment. the polypus, it ia said, like the fa
bled hydra, receives new life from the knifa
which is lifted to destroy if. The flv spi
der lays an eg us large as itbelf. There
are four thousand and forty-one muscles in
the caterpillar. IKoke discovered four
teen thousand mirrors in the eye of
drone; and to effect the rcsp'nution' of u
carp, thirteen thousand three hundred ar
teries, vessels, veins, bune;4 etc., arv ne
cessary. The body of evrry spider con
tains four little masses pieiced with a
multitude of imperceptible holes, each
hole permitting the passage of a single
thread ; all the threads, to the -amount of
a thousand to each mass, joined toge'.hi r
when they come out, an! make tho sin-
gle thread with wh'u-h the spider spins its
wtb ; so that what we call a hpider'a
tin i ad consists of more than four thousand
united. Leuwhenock, by means of mi
croscojes, observed spiders no bigutr than
the grain of stand, and which spii'i threads
so fine that it took four thousand of them
to equal in magnitude a fiirgle hair.--Ptoplu's
Home Journal.
IZemarkaulk Lakes The most le
mai kable lake perhaps in the world is the
Dead Sea, the waters of which contain
bitumen as well us salt ; this bitomcuj
which is called the "bitumen of India" is
no other than the asphaltum which has
caused some authors to call this ea Lake
Asphaltum.
The land which border on this lake
contains a great quantity of bitumen, and
many have applied the fables to this lake
which the poets feign of the L ke Avcrn
us, that no fish could live in U, and that
birds that attempted to fly over it were
suffocated; but neither of these lakes pro
dure such mortal events ; fish live in both,
birds pass over them, and men bathe in
them without the least danger.
Such, indeed, is the specific gravity of
the water from the fluid holding in eolu
tion nearly onefonrth of its weight of its
various salts that it would be difficult for
a man to sink in it.
A petrifying lake in Ireland is also
mentioned as remarkable, and the Lake
Neagh has also the same property bf ap
parently turning wood into slotie. But
these petrifactions are no other than in
crustations like the water of ArfcuSlI, near
Paris.
: mm
Smart. Who ii the shortest man men
tioned in the Bible ? Knefc-high-miah.
Bedford (Ind ) Independant.
How about Bild;i1, the Shubite (sboo
heicht) ! Owybe Wave .
Why, man, Tui (o.'-hi'') ki.. cks t''
docks from your Shuhito; and curtaiJy
Io a in mi (low am I) stood Ihe thortest of
all Idaho-World.-
The be9t eure for dirt is the water curs.
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