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EBENSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, MARCH, J 7, 1870.
NUMBER S.
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370. SPRING. 1870.
I am now prepari.ii 10 oner
LTKRIOK INDUCEMENTS
TU CASH rUKLHASKRIi OK
1 SIMM & COPPER WARE
iJi" KITIIEK AT
VHOLliSALE OK RETAIL.
.iji consists in part of every variety of
Tin, Sheet-Iron,
rFER AND BRASS WARES,
USA MKJ.I.KD AND PLAIN
ciJCE-PANS. BOILERS &c,
: SHOVELS. MINK LAMPS, OIL
Fprat's AnliDuit
rATIVti ani COOKING STOVES,
EXCELSIOR COOKING STOVES.
IjLE Till I'M PH a n n PARLOR COOK-
I Mi SiU ti.
lany Ca king Stove desired I will get
tt oiJfreil t manufacturer's prices.
Stove Plates ai:d Grates, arc, for re-
1 1 c .1 C I . ..il
, On J141K1 Kir '.lit' Cliivps i sen ; omcrs
bturJereJ when wanted. Partic-Uuir
attention given to
:j!ing, Valleys and Conductors,
iwliu h will be made out of best mato
iand put up by competent workmen.
ap Burners, Wick and Chimneys
WHOLESALE OI RETAIL.
dUcaII particular attenti"D to the Light
. Burner, with Glass Gne, for giving
:t lii'lit than any other in use. Also, the
Paragon Burner, for Ciude Oil.
GAR KETTLEsXnD CAULDRONS
of all sizes constantly on Laud.
Special attention given to
:bing in Tin, Copper and Sheet-Iron.
at lowest possible rates. .
"Wholesale Merchants' Lists m
reaily, and will be sent on app.ication
ly mail or in peisju.
ILping to see all my old customers anil
ny new ones this Spring. I return my
-t sincere thanks for the very liberal pa
iia:;e I hare already receives "' "ill
.vr tn ple;is fail who may call, wheth-
:.i-y luy or LvLy.
FR.4XCIS W. II AY.
htistowD, March 7, 18t7.
lUL'.'P 1 Tl .
.11i4.il i 1 1. Ill 11 11 ) I ' 'TS
IV CASH HLYEttS!
IT Till: I'BFASni'nR
MalMIM STORE.
ni. ' rs;,! respectfully inu.inis t!ie
''( p-rhv.rj: and the public gener
1 l made a great reduction in
Cas(; buy Kits. My t.k win
",in p.irt.i.1 Citiiig, Parlor and Heat
.v, i,f the most popular kinds ; 2'in-
! every description, of my own rnan
!'iie; Hardware nf all V,l
w.Saew, Butt Hinges, Table Hinges,
Hinees. Roltn. Tn.n nn1 KMI,
f GUs. Putty, Table Knives an.l Forks,"
':R rvmve and Jrrks, Meat Cutters.
'Vl Pirtry Ton on. 1
. - .... n,,v4 t 'jvnri i iiives .in
rttnrt5, Fctsors. Shears, Razors and
lnP Axes. n.itrUf.1 t
'''IN. Aneers. ChisseLs. Plat, fl.m.
? W. Sdll lr.u Prl.. . 1. . .,,..
". ip. Panel and Cross-Cut Saws.
- . kiiks. .Shovels. Spades, Scythes
, t..,ln:,t oieigii iens.
LtotS. pc"S. Wit Rr;rl.. Pl.,,1,04
,;,rs:. V"1"1 Stones. Patent M.ol asses j
"leafures.- Lumber Sticks, Horse
-eaaoe.. L'at Steel. Rii.es. Shot
A wvolvers, fiatola. Cartridges, Pow
K Load. c. Odd Stove Plates,
and to r,;i... ttt h . 1 - .
I i r . ew ana cistern
rn , .ma ; Unless and Saddlery
K -kmJ; I,;f'""'J Ware
Wrirtj ; Carbon Oil and Oil Lamrs.
'p j Uy 0iI- Linseed Oil, Lubricating
1 nr. . 1 1 .lll-lO, ill U 1311
;;mily groceries,
5,-Ua'"tTt. Sugars, Molasses, Syr
."p. Dried Peaches. Dried Apples,
; 'Ji:ny, Crackers, Rice and Pearl
;.y p, Candles; TOBACCO and
Du V V- ,lliewasti, acrub. Horse,
I u'ng, Varnish, Stove. Clothes and
! " jJanilla Ropes, and many other
LZ 1 ra,e.3 lor UAS1I.
lo ma(e, painted and put
. ra.es fur cash. A liberal discount
country dealers buying Tinware
a.W f v GE0- HUNTLEY
!urS.Feb,28. 1867.-tf. .
EOKGFwTYEAGEIt,
ha,U and Retail Dealer In
TING AND COOK STOVES
0P EVERY DESCRIPTION,
liiroiMwaiiF.
HUllllt 1UUU IliAUil
rBl3 OWN MANUFACTURE,
NERAL JOBBER in SPOUTING
5dU 0lher work in his'line.
"ia eet, near Caroline Street,
4LTOOA4, I-A,
' he c'lt? avlnp the ripbt to
C .y?rn,,3AKLEY SHEAF"
i,h? . X E' the mwi perfect
J'nllet and satisfactory
e ver introduced
10 tie public.
? Ijoucxbe. - Pjuces Low.
:IGARAyTEEP. ,
ETTER. BEST. The beet
' ,J- TMC Cijars m towa
REAL. ESTATE
SAVINGS BANK,
No. 03 Fourth Avenne,
AJjoining new Merchants' and Manufacturers
National Bank,
PITTSBURGH, PA.
ESTABLISHED IV 1862.
ISAAC JONES. Presi.lent.
W'M. H. SMITH. Vice President.
S. 8. CARRIER. Sec. and Treas.
B C. PARKE. Accountant.
E. B. TODD, Solicitor.
TRUSTEES :
Hon. Thog. M. Howe, Jacob Painter,
Hon. J. K. Moorbead, C. O. Husitry.
Harvey Childs, Wm. H. Smiih,
Isaac jone, D. W. C. Bidwell,
Nicholas Voeghtly, Jr.
Statement of October 30, 18 09,
ASSETS
Bonds and Mortgages, being first
liens on Real p:state $502,957 0(j
U. S 18"! Bond, at par 25,000 00
U. S. 10 4i) Bonds, at par 25.0011 00
Real Eute 2,720 47
OftVe Furniture 418 GO
Cath . 51,400 32
Total $6o7,4'J6 3i)
LIABILITIES.
Amount due Depositors $553,103 71
Interest,
Nov. 1.1PC9 14.027 79
Contingent Fund 43.364 9
Total $607,406 39
INTEREST ALLOWED on Deposits, at
LIX PEK CENT. PER ANNUM, payable to
Depositors in May aiid November, which, if
not drawn, will be added to the principal, and
COMPOU.NOKn.
Open for Deposit from 9 A. M. to 3 P. M.,
dailv ; also on Saturday Evenings, from C to
9 u'rlock.
2FMoney loaned on Bond and Mortgage
only. Slips lor the use of depositors who can
not viMt the city, and copies of Charter and
By-laws furnished by mail.
S. S. CARRIER,
Secretary and Treasurer,
No. 63 FousTH Ave., Pitthbvegh, Pa.
November 25, lcG9. 5m.
EBENSBURG FOUNDRY
AliAIV I. FILL II LAST!
NEW FIRM, NEWJUILDINGS, &c.
HAVING purr based the well known EB
ENSBURG FOl NDRY from Mr. Edw.
Glagi, and rebuilt and enlarged it almost en
tirely, besides refitting il with new machinery,
tlie subscriber are now prepared to furnish
COOK. PARLOR 4 HEATING SW VS,
of the Litest and most approved patterns
THRESHINO MACHINES. MILL GEAR
ING, ROSE and W A T E VH EELS of cverr
description. IRON FENCING, PLOUGHS
m.d PLOUGH CASTINGS, and in fact all
mannc of articles nisuiufact'ired in a first class
Foundry. Job V"ork of all kind attended to
promptly and done cheaply.
The special attention of Farmers is invited
to two newly patented PLOUGHS which we
poges the sole right to manufacture and pell
in this county, and which are admitted to be
the best ever introduced to the public.
Believing ourselves capable of performing
any wotk in our line in the most satisfactory
manner, and knowing that we can do work at
lower rBicfs than have been charged in this
community heretofore we confidently hope that
we will be found worthy of liberal ratronage.
Fair reductions made to w holesale dealer.
tfThe highest prices paid in cash for old
metal, or castings given in exchange.
OfB THUS ARK STBICTY CASH OR OOUNTttT
produce. CONVERY. V1NROE & CO.
Ebennburg, Sept. 2, IfcGS.
GEO. C.K. ZAHM.
.JAS B. ZAHM.
ZAHM &, SON,
DEALERS IX
DRY GOODS, GROCERIES,
HARDWARE, QUEENSWARE,
Hats,Caps, Boots,Shoes,
AKD ALL OTHER ARTICLES
Usually Kept In a Country Store.
WOOL AND. COUNTRY PRODUCE
TAKSH IN EXCHANGE FOB GOODS !
STORE ON aiALN STREET,
Next Door to the Post Officp,
June 10, 16C9. EBENSBURG, PA.
w1mvweli. tcTyour
" l!DLKSTA.DIGS!
boots aIsTd shoes
For Mcu'i and Boys' Wear.
The undersigned respectfully informs bia nu
merous customers and the public generally that
be is prepared to manufacture BOO I S and
SHOES of any desired size or quality, from
the finest French calfskin boots to the coarsest
brogan. in the vert best man.nkr, on the short
est notice, and at os modeiate prices as like
work cau 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.
5PRe:airiug of Boots and Shoes attended
to promptly and in a workmanlike manner.
Thankful for past favors I feel confident that
my work and prices will commend me to a com.
linuauce and increase of the same.
JOHN D. THOMAS.
Ebensburg. April 28, 18C9.
SPECIAL NOTICE. The Fisher and
Bloodgood Surveys being all patented,
those who own portions of them need not ap
ply for Patents. Those who have purchased
tracts, or parta of tracts, of other bodies of sur
veys which have not been patented, caa pro
cure the patents by applying to
SHOEMAKER & OATMAN.
Ebensburg, Nov. 18, 18C9. tf.
Ijc IJotf s gqjartoicnt.
IMPERISHABLE.
The pure, the bright, the beautiful
That stirred our hearts in youth.
The impulse to a worldly prayerr.
The dreams of love and truth ;
The longing after something lost,
The spirit's yearning cry ;'
The striving after better hopes
These things can never die.
The timid hand stretched forth to aid
A brother in his need,
Tlw kindly word in grief's dark hour
That proves a friend indeed ;
The plea for mercy softly breathed
When justice thieatens nigh ;
The sorrow of a contrite heart
These things thall never die.
The memory of a clasping hand,
The pressure of a kiss.
And all the trifles sweet and frail
That make up love's first bliss;
If with a firm, unchanging faith,
And holy trust and high
Those hands have clasped, these lips have
met.
These things shall never die.
The cruel and the bitter word
That wounded as it fell.
The chilly want of sympathy
We feel but never tell ;
The hard repulse that chills the heart,
. Whose hopes were bounding high,
In an unfaded record kept
These things can Lever die.
Let nothing pass, for every hand
Must find some work to do ;
Lose P4t a chance to waken love,
Be firm and just and true ;
So shall a light that cannot fade
Beam on thee from on high.
And angel voices say to thee.
These things shall never die.
Salts, jSIuicfjcs, lucbofrs, tft.
A NOCTURNAL KYSTERY.
It is a good many years since, having
returned from the West Indies with my
regiment, I was stationed at what was
called the Royal Arsenal, down the river,
near the Plunistead Marshes. The Ar
senal consisted of a number of out-houses
full of government stores. The Thames
flowed on one side of it, a canal running
inland for a distance of eight hundred
yards on another. On the remaining
sides, the Arsenal was accessible from the
marshes. It was always guarded day
and night by the military stationed there,
and this formed the chief part of our duty.
One cold, raw night in November, 1
was on what was called the marsh guard,
which consisted of seven men besides my
self. We had two sentries, one stationed
at the guard-room door and one down at
the lock-gates of the canal. The weather
was very trying, with its rawness and
dampness, to us who had so recently come
back from the West Indies, and the re
mainder of the guard sat round the fire
in the guard room, entertaining one an
other with tales of their exploits and ad
ventures. The conversation turned upon
sharks, I remember, and a good many
stories weie told, most of them deriving
their main interest, in the eyes of the nar
rator, from his being the hero of what he
had to relate.
"Talking of sharks," said one of the
guard I recall his words as nearly as I
can "reminds me of what I saw when
I was in Jamaica. Who has not heard
of Port Royal Tom ? This was the larg
est shark that had ever been seen in Port
Royal, and the stories about him woul J
fill a book. He used to swim round the
men-of-war lying there, and woe betide
the unlucky wretch who attempted to de
sert from his ship by swimming ashore ;
he never lived to reach it, for Port Royal
Tom was sure to swallow him. Well, I
had made up my mind to go shark fishing
along with three more. We hired a boat,
took proper fishing tackle, and everything
needed for a day's amusement. Leaving
the shore, wo went about a mile out in
the harbor, and over went the hook, well
baited with a piece of salt pork. After
l)ing about for fifteen minutes, a sharp
tu was felt, and we found we had got a
large fish on. We tried to pull it in, but
couldn't get him up to the surface. Here
was a fix, and no mistake. With great
effort we got up the anchor, took the oars
and tried to row to the land ; but what
was our astonishment to find the shark
towing us out to sea 1"
"'What was to be done now?' was
the question raised in the boat.
"Let him tow us out,' was suggested ;
he will soon tire of it, and then we can
take him ashore.
"This was easier said than done.
Master shark had been pulling us for about
two hours, and we were still going out to
sea. Getting desperate, we took to the
oars again, and rowed back to the town ;
but what a tugging match it was, with
this ugly customer straining his utmost in
the opposite direction ! After pulling, in
the hot sun, for several hours, we began
to make headway for the shore, master
shark being determined that he would not
go that way, and we being as determined
that be should. However, a few minutes
before the evening gun fired, we got him
to the jetty, and got him safe landed on
the pier by means of a crane, made him
secure, after a good deal of resistance,
and left him for the night, His length, I
may mention, was twelve feet or there
abouts. "Early next morning we went down to
see our prize. He was still alive, and
snapping at everything with his powerful
jaws. A number of spectators were
present, and among them was a soldier of
the 50th Regiment, a carpenter. This
man wanted to see the shark's teeth, and
to open the jaws, forced a handspike into
his mouth, and held the handspike very
carelessly in his hands.. Master shark lay
very quiet, but some o"f the bystanders
cautioned this man to be careful of what
he was doing. The soldier laughed at
their advice, but the smile was hardly off
his countenance, when bang came the
handspike down upon his foot and smashed
the big toe to a jelly, the shark having
closed his powerful jaws on the handspike,
and thereby caused this unfortunate acci
dent. The man was taken to the hospi
tal, but death ensued from lockjaw. We
cut ofl the shark's head, and gave his
body to the blacks, who, as soon as they
got it commenced to dance around it, at
every other movement giving it a thump
with a stick and calling it all manner of
names ; and they finally ended by eating
him up V
"Sergeant of the guarj ! sergeant of
the guard !" shouted a terrified voice from
without, just as the story had finished.
We jumped up and hurried to the door
of the guard room, and on opening it
found the sentry who had been posted at
the lock gate King flat on his face on the
ground. We raised hiiu and found him
to all appearances dead ; but after warm
ing him at the fire, and rubbing his limbs
smartly, he began to show signs of life,
and opened his eyes Questions were
eagerly put to him as to what had hap
pened, but no answer could be got. He
only looked around him with a strange,
vacant stare, and then, relapsed into an
other lit,
A fresh sentry was ordered out. and a
non-commissioned officer accompanied
him, to ascertain, if possible, what had
overcome the first man with such mortal
terror. As they approached the sentry
box, they discovered, to their astonish
ment, the dead body of a man lying half
in and half out of it. Their immediate
impression was that Borne horrible crime
had been committed, for the Plunistead
Marshes were at that time infested with
smugglers and other desperate characters.
On examination, a discovery was made
which added to the mystery. The body
was neat ly naked, having only a shirt on !
The natural question was, "Where did it
come from ?" And this was followed by
the equally fuzzling query, "How did it
come there V
The , mystery was rather intensified
than otherwise, by the next discovery
made. Close examination of the shirt re
vealed that it was marked with the broad-.
arrow, and it then flashed across our
mind3 that it must be the body of a dead
convict. Lying in the river, close to the
guard-house, was an old man-of war,
called the Justicia the home of convict
felons. These convicts were employed in
the arsenal in all kinds of drudgery. All
this we knew well enough ; but it did
not help us to understand how the body of
a dead convict had found its way into the
lock-gates sentry-box.
After a time the sentry recovered con
sciousness, and was enabled to recall and
communicate what had happened to over
come him with such mortal terror. Most
eagerly was he questioned, and this was
what be bad to tell : He said that
after he had been placed, he walked to
and fro till a slight shower of rain came
on, when he stepped into his fentry-box
backwards, while gazing out on the
Marshes. As he got into the box some
thing fell against him, and on turning his
head to see what it was, he, to his indes
cribable horror, saw a ghastly face peering
over his shoulder! At that sight hit
courage forsook him ; he took to his heels,
and made for the guard-room, where he
was able to raise a cry, and then, over
come with excess of terror, fell down
senseless.
This statement accounted in part for
what had happened, but still left the great
est mystery of all the presence of the
convict's body in the sentry-box as far
frym solution as ever. The poor sentry,
who was completely prostrated, was sent
to the hospital, and for some time our cu
riosity remained unsatisfied. At last the
truth oozed out. One of the guard was a
terrible fellow for playing practical jokes,
and on some suspicion falling on biro, he
admitted that this mischief was of his
planning. He knew that the sentry who
would be placed at the lock-gate, was a
simple, nervous fellow, and determined to
play ofF a joke upon him. When a con
vict died, it was customary to place his
body in a small wooden shed, called the
'convict's dead-ouse" until it could be
buried. This dead-house was not more
than four hundred yards from the lock
gates, and our incorrigible had actually
gone to the dead-house, got a body lying
there, carried it on his back, and placed it
in the sentry-box, situated as described!
It was he who told the shark story, watch
ing all the time for what was likely to
happen ; and mightily he enjoyed the
joke. But he had to pay for it. He was
made a prisoner, and tried by court-martial,
and the officers composing that court,
having no turn for humor, passed a severe
sentence on hitn. His unfortunate victim
remained some months in hospital before
be fully recovered from the effects of the
practical joke, and I may add he after
wards went to the West Indies, where he
died.- -
Til 13 LOSS OP TliE AUCTIC,
A MYSTERIOUS AND STARTLING STORY.
The following communication has been
banded us :
An extract from a new work enMtled
"Henry J. Raymond and the New York
Press," is now extensively republished
thioughout the country. The extract
purports to be a narration of certain facts
connected with the rivalry between the
Herald and Times newspapers in regard
to obtaining the first authentic intelligence
concerning the loss of the Collins steamer
"Arctic." on her homewaid voyage from
Liverpool in October. 18o4. The read
ing of it has recalled to my mirifl another
story far more startling, and belonging to
the same terrible disaster, which, up to
the present time, has never found its way
into print. The sr.mrner after the Arctic
was lost, the writer visited New York,
and at the Astor House in that city was
called upon by an old friend and school
mate who resided for several years at Al
ton, III., and is pleasantly remembered by
many of the older residents of that place.
This gentleman livtis in Chicago, and holds
a responsible position in one of the loading
railways of the Northwest. At the time
the events occurred which I am about to
narrate, Mr. was a private secretary
or foreign correspondent lor E. K Col
lins, the manager of the noblo but most
unfortunate line of steamers bearing his
name, and an inmate of his office. Mr.
was then, and is now, unless time
and trial have sadly changed him, a jollv,
good-hearted, c lever fellow, afraid of noth
ing, believing not much in anything, and
eertainly the last person likely to be at all
tinctured with superstition. His veracity
is unquestionable. After a long conver
sation about our boyhood days, and the
companions whom we had both known
and loved in that happy era, I naturally
made some inquiries relative to the Arc
tic, knowing that M , from his t-itua-
tion, would be likely to give some incidents
that perhaps had never been made public.
To my surprise, when the subject was
broached, his face assumed a serious cast,
bis voice softened to a subdued, half whis
pering tone, and he remarked : "There
was a mystery about that affair which
has always puzzled me and which I do
not like to think of. To my knowledge
it has never before been spoken of outside
Mr. Collins' office, or his iimmdiate fam
ily circle. 1 will, however, tell it to you,
but can give only the facts as they fell
under my own observation, without at
tempting explanation."
M 's story was substantially as fol
lows, barring tho inaccuracies which must
necessarily accompany the effort to re
member a conversation transpiring fifteen
years ago :
"I was," said he, "as you know, a
clerk in .Mr. Collins' office, and, I believe
rather a favorite with him. At any rate
he allowed me more liberties than most
of the other employees, and frequently
conversed about his own personal matters
in a semi-confidential manner, which was
very gratifying to one of my age.
Mr. Collins' wife and two children, a
boy and a girl, went to Europe in the
summer of 1834, and made quite an ex
tended tour on the continent. While ab
sent, they kept for his gratification a jour
nal, telling the places through which they
passed, the date of their visit to each lo
cality, and a brief desctiption of the
various objects of interest. The jour
nal, in detached fragments, was regu
larly transmitted to him, and he naturally
perused it with great pleasure. . At that
time spiritualism was creating quite an
excitement in New York, and some of the
clairvoyants, or trance mediums, had
gained considerable notoriety. One even
ing Mr. Collins thought he would give the
phenomena a personal investigation, or at
least submit the question to a sharp and
satisfactory test. IIo accordingly dis
guised himself, and went alone to the house
of a'celebrated female medium in a remote
part of the city. Sending up a fictitious
name, he was ushered into the presence of
the woman. He statod to her that he
desired to know the whereabouts of a
middle-aged lady, a young lady and a
boy, and described as nearly as possible
the appearance of his wife and children.
The medium, after the usual prelimina
ries, lapsed into the trance state," said she
saw the party distinctly; that they were in
an old town, she did not know the name,
and just at that time visiting an old church.
Of this church she gave a sufficiently min
ute description, which Mr. Collins noted
down, together with the date of the in
terview, and departed. In due course of
mail, several weeks after, the journal ar
rived, and an examination verified exact
ly the particulars furnished by the clair
voyant. Of course, Mr. Collins was
surprised at the curious revelation, but
the press of business soon drove it from
his mind, and forgot it altogether. Mean
while the summer passed and September
came. Mrs. Collins and her two children
were to return on the Arctic, according to
a previous arrangement, and sailed accord
ingly. This steamer was noted for the
quickness and regularity of her voyages,
and was due at New York, if I remember
rightly, on Saturday evening. Mr. Col
lins resided out of town ; that night, how
ever, he remained at his brother's io-the
city, but the Arctic did not arrive. He
came down to breakfast next morning,
and looking sad and thoughtful, was ral
lied by hi9 brother on accouut of his
gloomy countenance, and asked if he slept j
well. He replied that he did not, that j
his sleen bad hpen hrok
and that he bad dreamed the Arctic was
in trouble. He was lauhed at for per-
milling such a thing te disturb him, but
Sundav went bv. and still no Ar,.;, ,1
when he reached the oirice Mondav morn.
ins, he related the dieam to me. t
urged him to think no more of it j that
the steamer would probably get in that
day or next, and he ought not to allow
himself to be worried by the vision of an ,
anxious biain. But the steamer did not j
come, neither were any tidings heard from j
her, and the alarm became general. In j
this emergency, Mr. Collius bethought j
him of the clairvovant. und n.-iiil hr a
visit, taking the same precaution as on his
previous call. He again asked if she
'could see the lady and children, an ! the
medium again subsided into a trance
Hut this time she seemed disturbed and
perplexed, and said that she could not see
4.t.i r.v, 40,..,i,: 1 . i.
v.. 4.. 1 j , mi . tl j tiling npjicniVU IO UB
enveloped in a mit or fog. (Tl
in a mit or fojr. (The
collision which sunk the Arctic, it will
be remembered, occurred in a thick fb"
off Cape Race ) At last she exclaimed mneJ tl,a" U tot to suPPor.1 .her
that Hh s.i w Jl.Pm . that th U.Ur an.i I "-Now, I have known a mmister to ct
children were standing on the quarter deck
ended the vision the woman could dis
cover nothing more, and Mr. Collins left
her with a heavy heart. Perhaps it ws
the next day, or the second one after this
interview, about noon, when, as we were
all sitting in the office, a dozen or twenty
of us, engaged in writing or other business,
that a well dressed gentleman rushed into
the front part of the room from Broad
way, bareheaded and evidently in a state
of the wildest excitement, lie asked for
no one, but throwing his hands over his
head exclaimed in a loud voice, "The
Arctic is lost off Cape Race ; only
passengers are saved, and my brother is
among the lost!" He gave the exact
number of passengers, but I cannot now
recall the figures. The mar. was instant
ly surrounded by the attaches of the r.ff.oc,
demanding to know who he was and
where he got his information, but he paid
no attention to their interrogatories, and j
after repeating the same words with the
same gesticulation three times, he broke
away, dashed into the crowded streets and
was ?een no more. Not until three days
after this did the first installment of sur
vivors from the Arctic land on our shores.
When the accident was made known in
all its awful details, and the interest had
partially abated, a reward was offered
through the daily papers for the myste
rious stranger, and he was besought to
appear and reveal the source whence he
derived the intelligence communicated in
fl.o fil!in nt?i-f Iinr lift npi-pr fnmf And
of a steamer, that the vessel was appa- ,"c' -' ..-
rently in dUtreas, sailors and passengers ' dre,d morewedding clothes and jewelr,,
were runnir.g to and fro, and the whole ! " and six pr seven hundred 1.1
srr-n ncV,n,to,l i,,,!;.,,, ,v,aaata 1 1 driving to the springs or some deserted
although the entire detective force of New manly strength, health, and independence
Y'ork was employed to work up the case, ln Point of fiiCt l,he method they choo.-.,
no trace or sight of him was ever discov- 1 is ll'e ,ie least l'kel' to. I.ve the ad
ere(j 1, j vancement aimed at ; lor the supply of
Tl.; ia AI sfnrv nnd T Ir-avo iho 1 candidates for the positions as "errand
public to solve the enigma involved, if
they can. St. Louis Republican.
A IIainh i) Raiu'O.yd. A Boston j
paper publishes the following story :
"The engineer on a freight train on :
the Boston cc Lowell Railroad, which I
leaves Boston about 3 o'clock in the morn-
ing, has on several occasions discovered a j
red light, swinging at a furious rate at ;
the Woburn. station, where the train stops j
for water. Tho light would sometimes j
be in front and sometimes in the rear of j
the train. When the engineer would stop J
his train and send some one to see why j
the signal to stop was made, the mcssen- j
ger would be surprised to see the light j
vanish. Investigation has proven that no j
person was there with a lantern, and the
brakeman and conductor concur also in j
having beheld the phenomenon, which, so
far as known, i9 without visible cause
Some laborers living- on the line of the
above station state that a few mornings
since they were coming down the road in
a hand-car, when they suddenly heard the
approach of an engine and train, and i impossibility, among Amenc.ui women,
knowing that no train was due iu that j The reason of this is the phice where they
vicinity at that hour, they b-catne greatly ! wear their garters. No French woman,
frightened, and jumping out of the car, j o English woman of cultivation, now -it-threw
it off the track to await the train : days wears her garters below the kneea.
which was coming at a rapid pace upon ! It is ruinous to the thane of the calf,
them, but which, it is needless to say, did j More than this, it has Cons, q-ience of an
not come. The superstitious regard the other kind- The principal vein of the
affair as
a forewarning of some disaster,
s spiritualists have the ready the-
while the
Ar that it ia th snirit of a man killed
there about two years since;" -
A Politician Baitized. .V capital
story is related concerning Jim L :
He had been elected to a series ot subor
dinate offices, and finally was sent to Con
gress. Defeated in a re-election, he aspired
to a seat in the Legislature, but bo slight
had become his hold on popular favor that
bn uui 1fpatr1 n-cn for thift nnsition. At
last, to recover his waning popularity, he
joined the church, and when it was given
out on Sunday that, in the interval be
tween the services, he would be dipped in
. . 11 1 .
a neighboring creeK, a targe cruwu uoscui-
bled on its banks to witness the ceremony.
The preacher waded in the neophyte, and
plunged bim under the flood. As be
came to the surface, an old farmer in the
crowd turned to his son and exclaimed :
"John, when you water the horses take
them ia above where old L was dip-
ped."
rit'I Y TEAKS SIXCE.
The New Y'ork l-rror contains an es-
i S:,y on U,e "nncri and -custom- fifty
I.years rince, which is full of admonition i-
! Present generation. I tfty years make
! great change, not only in the condition
! of an individual, but in the habits and
; principles of society.
We make an ex
tract for the benefit of our readers, malo
aud female. The writer says t
'When Washington whs President, his
wife knit stockings in Philadelphia, and
the mother made doughnuts and cakes
between Chiistmas and New Years;
now the man ied ladies are too proud to)
make doughnuts, besides they don't know-
how, so they even send to Madame Pom-
l""dor, or some other French cake baker,
I auu UUJ P0" taKe lul 1,11 co
V"1 ln ,hl'sc da-vs- New ork WflS
1 ful1 of substantial comforts 5 now it la full
, of tM,,ondi1 misery ; then there were no
gny-liea.fcI spinsters, (unless they were
u"W indeed.) for a man could tret married
, 11 11-1 1
Ior a u""ar' a,m n oui,, 10
or
twenty, and in WRhwg his clothes an-l
cooking his victuals, the wife saved mora
i five ,1U."1C(I dollars for buckling a couple.
mountains, then a bouse must be got fur
eight hundred dollars per annum, and fur-
j nished at an expense of two or three thou
j sand and when it is all done, his pretty
j wife can neither make a cake or put an
apple in a dumpling. Then a cook must
be got at ten dollars per months-chambermaid,
a laundress, and seamstress at
seven dollars each, and as the fashionable
follies of the day have banished the-'mis-
! tress from the kitchen--thus lighting the
j candle at both ends, it soon burns out.
j Poverty comes in at the door and drive
j love out at the window. It is this stupid
' and expensive nonsense which deters s
! iuan3' unhappy old bachelors from enter
i ing the state uf blessedness ; hence you
find more deaths than nianiages."
ImFoktaxce or Leaks ing a Tuadk.
Why is it that there is such a repugnance
on the part of parents to putting their sons
to a trade ? A skilled mechanic is an in
dependuut man. Go where he will, hi
craft will bring him support. He need
ask favors of 1:0111. IIo has, literally,
his fortune in his own hands. Y'et fooliftii
parents, ambitious that their suns should
"rise in the world," as they ay, are more
willing that they bhou'.d study for a pro
fession, with the chances of even moderate
success heavily against them, or run tha
risk of spending their manhood in the ig
noble task of retailing dry-goods or of toil
ing laboriou.-ly at the accountant's desk,
than learn a trade which would biing them
j boy," dry-good ckrks, and kind.ed 00-
cupations, is nototiously ovcr-stocki d,
1 while, on the other hand, the demand for
' really skilled mechanics, of every descrip
I lion, is as notoriously beyond the supply.
! The crying need of this country to-da is
j for skilled labor; aud that father wh.
neglects to provide his son with a u-etul
' trade, and sees that he thoroughly mafters
! it, does him a grievous wrong, and runs tho
risk of helping, by so much, to increase
the stock of idle and dependant, it not vi
cious, members of society.
It is stated iu the report of the Prison
Association, lately issued, that of four
teen thousand five hundred and nifH'ty-t-lx
piisoners confined in the penitential ies of
thirty States, in 18(37, Seventy-bcVi 11 p.r
cent., or over ten thousand of the mi nun-. t
had never learned a trade. The fact con
veys a lesson of profound interest to those
who have in charge the training of bojs,
aud girls too, for the aclire duties of life.
Whfick to Weak Gaktkrs A hand
some leg is a rarity, we had almost said
b'g (rena saphenabrwis) runs just oeneatn,
j the akin unul it nearly reaches the knee,
: when it sinks between the muscles
if this is constricted at its largest point by
a tight garter, the blood U checked in ita
return to the heart, the feet are easily
chilled and more liable to disease, tho
other veins of the leg swollen into bard,
blue knots, become varicose, us it is call
ed, and often break, forming obstinate ul
cers. Tlim is a picture which a physi
cian sees nearly every day. With the
sarter fastened above the knee all this
' P deformity ia avoided, but it is
fil better to wear no garter at all, and to
suspend the stocking by tapes around the
waist. Iu this case, however, a well-
! fitl irify ctf4tc iiior i ntitud Irtftl' Jiriiiift.
......
AT Sydney, Dim, young woman
wenj into a store and asked for .";..':.:
intestines for lyrical pui poses " The pro
prietor told her he was out of them, but
bad some, misib'y goon cai eui nooio
strings. She fainted, and had to be car-
lie out 011 a rfcr:;UU,i 'ip
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