.... , ; 31'I'IEiE, Fdltor and 1'ubIUlier. UK IS A FBEEMAS THE TRUTH MAKES FREE, AND ALL AUK SLAVES BESIDE, Terms, per eur iu advance, OLUME 4. EBENSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1870. NUMBER 13. T i P'I'KIS A M P B E L L ' S BEE. HIVE. i 'i l! HO Mil!" revureu lenem jj:iirn e,-"-.Vi Mies. dated December 1 I, ISC), 'l '" ... '.n t Krt t-nn if rnrt inn nf Hiia r.,r.ritveuiviii " - "'jt.;ainis f r bis invention advantages !,'.Jj fcv no other heretofore patented, 'jti-.ia! feature of this Bee Hive is the '''",'iut bj means of which it is thorough-v'-ed, thu precluding the possibility of "".'siutheiinj;. 'he corr.b moulding or the ! : . This de-tit able end is aecom- jta vertical pet for.teUtuoe, running J'ihroUf:ti the hive and open at the top ''-n. All persons interested iu npicul ,';i"at"oitce see the great advantages i t..li 'ttiT'rovment. The veutilator is -.iJcreof , . : t t'ue arrangement oi me inner com brtbv it can be cleaned at anv nt disturbing the bees, is another . in-. i rorement ninth will be obvious i ier-oa uo examines this Hive. An ,;' the woi kings of the bees or the did', the interior can be mude at any sjtUei-iei "re cased with glass. .Bees ' irisferreil from a different hive to the ' . -.i .ric,.i, .,,. J require too mucri space to enumerate .l i,..nr itrnj i -i i iii.l in rhia inrpn. j,, ,:.t: aui'k".tJ --- Ui fu.l U.furm.ttton win be promptly iur- 0 ov app'- i"S 111 person or ny letter to t.ie N. 1 uu now repareu ui npun: ui :t I t tie ale of the Improved Bee Hive -.Vr. Of' the I'nitl Stites. I'KTER CAM Pit ELL, Currulitoiwi, Ciimbiia Co , Pa. fn;ii'.'ff of the above has iilo invented ',..! au AUTOMATIC RAILWAY 'I'. tuLii,li he invites the attention of i! in:. Full ii'.funiiation will be fur .tj on ;ipo'i:cut:on. hiiJ Company Rights fea'.?30st-i of Lj the inventor. Adilress i3i ' fjan.l l.'TU.-tl.) t HlfeHES . . . E. JOS18 no T C G II E S A. JONES, PA., s. EsUibVd 1S5G. U1L310KE, cri i h'. R. Iluqhi V DEALKKt 1 Hiyifflssiciiii CNK'.illNO CF A GENERAL TARHTV Y GOODS. NOTIONS. HATS, CM'S. BOOTS. SHOES RDWARE, QEEENSW ARE. CROCK Ell Y, TINWARE, trcs. y.iDicisL. I OILS. Flhin. io . Jc. .J "p r.ircuu.r i.uei non to their inrce H'Ji-1 as.-ur nieiit of GOOHSof every ?:iun, a.i ..Ji:ecmUv to the r sunerb itotk I S mid 5?iJ0 ES. everv article of w hich a f i .al'fe l' Ci! for i Kr FOE CA3U ca PiiODCCt, .11 kit'd of Lumber. ":iT PHICESpald fcr PRODUCE. ....iu i!e:.l in Hcm'uck and ail other de - l .'.'illJER, a long experience iu ..;r tiidc en iblirg t:s to ieal prumpt i'-. ::.c:oriIv with aii our cua;.onier3. f" I:. fh)rt, no wiH Sl,i fcr tfAI)v P.T. ; ' teap if cut cheaper than any other r i.. 'ne county. Our motto gliall be Small Profi: ar.d Ready Pt." C i'.Ct :;ei:tiou to hllin.4 atwl linn 'of gaeeisec. to merit ar.d Lope to receive . t :i:e of f ubiic pntronage lirGHES L JONE9. -more. Feb. 24, l?7U.-3m. EBFASlsrilG " Tiii"; ft v r til tt : tr r J a -vj lecontly enlarged our stock J e STttlBW P;r.a.ft t. sail At a .ai L fi., ,, ... r ' r "v t F T "' !ner Klc-'9 Upr Stock con VI L'i Let. vi ITUS, Jieiiicinei. TVrfnmprv Fnnv 'U 3, Hill Id tin. I Aln'a il... P... Knien' Plasters, Liniments. A.:I:ffB r '"-.ip. Soothing Svrup, Spiced Syrup, '". lureSpicea. c. . WJW JXD TOBACCOS, ; IVtds, Note find Bond"; Cup, ;, '-"-ndand all kind? of Note Baper; lei. FVr- ' U'a Writing " i.d Re Ink, Pock t and Bass - -'pine.4, ?; wspapers. .Vovels, Hm ."W.fl l.4.liir.rA.. m T I fir .? Tru-. . "u"-u our blocs a lui oi t flBVP Hilling 4 . 1- - 1-4 r .' t'l. io which we would inTite .'onoftheLndieii. -UlOiJl! A Htl . It,... Ai-oLiis at lower prices v "wwej in this place. "r'er,nJ c'Prs jr.ld either wholesale or re t3,t ie( JLEiIM0N L MURRAY, JMiS. Alum Street, Ebensburg. N i R E W MOSES WRCHANT TAILOR, iii)isc, Clinton St., JonssTo-w.H, l.i: received hii fall nriil 5ntor utnrk tine 1 leriCll T.,,rlrn o n ,1 An-onn -f-CASSIMERES and TESTINGS, u'4 "kortaieiit of Gent's Fcrnisuing ilk!? 'JS ben fcr e5?ht ycar8 cutter at rreii S; Co. '8 establishment, and bow , ti"", r.m bls I'rieuds aud the public pea- ae has commenced business in Sup . ':t:it. t.i. CWr.,. . ...:.t. - ..Ji. ;pteJ to the fall and winter, which v 2 eJ t0 p in the latest stvles ,Q !'ric:e3 for cash, hoping by' at Ur Usl'ies3 to merit a share ot public . ,-e and maim..;., !, . u:u i:uri- AUt:vi efforts in producing -5 ('-' "1131.18. Ii ive Mm a call. '"U. Sot-., O lfcfiS.-tf. h ' SOK & HAKER. i i.. fRaxklin street, - a, ,0,a Por OFFICE BUILDING, Johustou-n, Pa, HLESALE GROCERS D DEALERS I!f E U X 1 H O I IT C C ! keep constantly on liiii in hand a laree supply f'i.Fs ci ii. MO'.ASSF.S. TEAS. an.i BACON, POTATOES. R.4e C1TS, TOBACCO a n frm retail dealers, and sat April 2, 18C97 I M. L. OAT MAN, DEALER IN consisting cir GRAIV, FEED, BACON, SALT, FISH, FRESH. VEGETABLES, ALL KINDS OF FRUITS, SUGARS, TEAS, COFFLS, SYRUPS, MOLASSES, CHEESE, &c. - - - Alio, a large stock of the Best Brands of Cigars and Tobacco, STOKE ON HIGH STREET, Four Dcors Ea&t of Crawford's Hotel, Ebeusburg, Ia. FARMERS. Look to Your Interests, i.vo boy ojjk or SPROUT'S COMIIIXED HI bis ine best a.vd o.ty perfectly coMBixru Hay Fork and Knifs Manufactured. EVERY FORK WARRANTED. As only a limited number can be supplied for thii countv, orders for tl ia celebrated Hay Fork and Knife should be bCut iu early to nifflSYjffiii,PA, Sole Jgent for Cambria County, Who oan also supply WOODEN" PULLEYS, whirh are far surerior to Iron Pullevs. Also, STEEL GRAPPLES for fastf niniiig Pulleys to Beams or Rifter t'no most convenient fas tenizigs jet introduced, as the can t put up or taken down wiihout the use of ladderi. Ehensbuig, Dec. 9. lbCU. Cm. HORRKLL & CO., I WASHINGTON STREET, Near Pa. R. R. Depot, Johnstown, 3 i a.j Wholesale and Lttcil Dealers in FQREIBN AMD DOMESTIC DRY GOOES. MILLI.VERY GOODS, HARDWARE, ' QUEENS WARE. BOOTS AND SHOES. HATS AND CAPS. IRO.T AND NAIL. CARTETS AND OIL CLOTHS, HEADY-MADE CLOTHING, GLASS WARE. YELLOW WARE. WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE, PROVISIONS and FEED, ALL KINDS, Together with all manner of Western Produce, such as FLOUR. BACON, FISH, SALT, CARBOlt OIL. &.C., 4c. Wholesale and retail orders solicited and promptly filled on the shortest notice and most reasonable terms WOOD, MORRELL L CO. Johatown, April 28, 1KG9. ly. OOK WELL TO YOUH UADEIISTAXDIXGS ! BOOTS AND SHOES For Men's and Boys' Wtar, The undersigned respectfully informs his nu merous customers and the public generally that be is prepared to manufacture BOO I S and SHOES of anv desired size or quality, from the finest French calfskin boots to the courses brogan. in the vert best manner, on the short est notice, and at as moderate prices as 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 the? will only give me a trial. J ry ana oe convinced. "Rer airing of Boots and Shoes attended to promptly and in a workmanlike manner. Thankful lor past tavors 1 ieei connuent mat my work and prices will commend me to a con tinuance and increase of the same. JOHN D. THOMAS. Eben9burg, April 28, 18CJ. -p AliME "it S AND OTHERS BIIOUUJ NOT FAIL TO GET ONE OF THE JUSTLY CELEBRATED Lima lloublc-Gcared WQ0D-SAV1NG MACHINES. FOR WDICH GEORGE HUHTLEY, EDCSBURG, PA., Is Sole Agent for Cambria County. El G R E A T CHANCE To fiavo Money I ALL PERSONS buying Good? from me after this date, and pvine CASH tor the same, will be allowed TEN" PER CENT off repular prices. No d'scount will be allowed ui:les cash is paid down at time of purchase. t2Come on ! come all! and convince vnnr mHm that JinxET CAN. BE SAVED BY BUYING FOR CASH from GEO. HUNTLEY. Ebensbmg, Feb. 24, 1870. tf. Ebc foci's gfp'drlnunf. We Slnli Vr Swlui Togeluer, A LAY OF ESaCSACEMEST. Now row. my gallant brothers, row. Give away with will and sinew ; These seas that rit-e before our prow Will try the music in you! Cut what' the fear if hearts be true ? We've but to pull together Tiue hearts and hands, all bent to do, Will Lear us bravely, bear us through, And save the hip, and save the crew, In spite of wind and weather! Iluw, brothers, row ! row, brothers, row ! One long, strong pull together! And cheer with courage, as ye row ; What though the tempest brewing, W Its fate for many a brother now, That drives, head on, to ruin 1 Tis not for us to shirk or fchriuk. Though out in fearful weather; We know some comrade's doomed to sink, And we, too, hang on Danger's brink ; But fear ye uot ! don't stop to think ! Pull bravely all together ! Row, brothers, row ! row, brothers, row ! One long, stroDg pull together! Bnd to j-our oars, good brothers, row ! Give way with heart' courage! Denth's just as nigh on hind as now. When seas are wolves at forage ; And Heaven's as near on sea as shore, Howtver wild the weather; We've but to ply the niauly oar. And shut ur tars to ocean's roar, Nur heed the fate, behind, befure. And bravely pull together! R.iw, brothers, row ! row, brothers, row ! Oae long, strong pull together ! Bend to jour oars, dear brothers, bend ! We may not 'scape this datiger , But times of peril prove the friend, And we've escaped even stranger. 'Tis something of God's law, I thiuk. When out iu angry weather, And rren are dashed on Dangers brink. And all seemed doom'd, and many sLk. That one and all their hands should liuk, And bravely pull together. Row, brotheis, row ! row, brothers, row ! We sink or swim together ! VM. GILMOEF. SIMMS. Enlcs. .Sluic&cs. 2Lnctbotrs. tSfc. 31 ARM. TWA IX. lift FACTS IX llili CHEAT LANDSLIDE CASE. From the Buffalo Express. It was in the eatly days of Nevada Territory. Tho mountains are very high and steep about Carsen, Lagle and Wa shoe valleys very high and very steep, and so when the t-now gets to melting oil' fust in the Spring aud the warm surface earth begins to moisten and soften, the disastrous landslides commence. You do not know what a landslide is unless you have lived in that country and seen the whole side of a mountain taken off some fine morning and deposited down in the valley, leaving a vast treeless, unsightly scar upon the mountain's front to keep the circumstance fresh in your memory all the years that you may go on living within seventy miles of that place. General Buncombe was shipped out to Nevada in the invoice of the Territorial officers, to be United States Attorney. He considered himself a lawyer of parts, and he very much wanted an opportunity to manifest it partly for the pure grati fication of it and partly because his salary was Territorially meagre (which is a strong expression ) Now tho older citi zens of a new territory look ubon the rest of the world with a calm, unmalignant contempt as long as it keeps out of the way when it gets in the way they snub it. Sometimes this latter takes the shape of a practical joke. One morning Dick Sides rode furious ly up to General Buncombe's door, in Carson City, and rushed into his presence without stopping to tie his horse. He seemed much excited. He told the Gen eral that he wanted him to defend a suit for him and would pay him five hundred dollars if be achieved a victory. And then, with violent gestures and a word of profanity, he poured out his griefs. He said it was pretty well known that for some years he jiad been farming (or ranch ing as the more customary term is) in Washoe District, and making a success ful thing of it, and furthermore it was known that his ranche was situated just in the edge of the valley, and that Tom Morgan owned a ranche immediately above it on the mountain side And now the trouble was that one of those hated and dread landslides had come and slid Morgan's ranche, fences, cabins, cattle, barns, and everything down on top of his ranche, and exactly covered up every sin gle vestige of his property, to a depth of about six feet. Morgan was in posses sion and refused to vacate the premises said he was occupying his own cabin and not interfering with anybody else's and said cabin was standing on the same dirt and same ranche it had always stood on, and would like to see anybody make hira vacate. "And when I reminded him," said Sides, weeping, "that it was on top of my ranche and that he was trespassing, he had the infernal meanness to ask me why didn't I stay on my ranche and hold pos session when I see him coming I Why didn't I st iy on it, the blathering lunatic and by George, when 1 heard that racket and looked up that hill it w as just like tho whole world was ripping and tearing down that mountain side trees going end over end in the air, jocks as big as a LouSe jumping about a tltousaml feet Iiigli and bursting into ten million pieces, cattle HtteraMy turned inside out, and acouiing Lead on with , their tails hanging out between their teeth Oh, spliiHet?, and cord-w ood, and thunder and lightning, and hail and snow,; odds and ends of hay stacks and things, and dust ! - Oh, dust ain't no name for it it was. just clouds, solid clouds of dust ! and in the midst of all that wreck and destruc tion sot that cussed Morgan on his gate post, a-wondering why 1 didn't stay and hold possession ; likely ! I took just one glimpse of that spectacle, General, and 1 lit out'n the country in, three jumps ex actly. . "But what grinds me is that that Mor gan hangs on there iind won't move- otf'n that ranche says it's his'n and he's go ing to keep it likes it better'n he did when it was higher up the hill. Mad ! Well, I've been so mad for two days that I couldn't find my way to town beon wandering around in the brush in a starv ing condition got anything here to drink, General? But I'm here noiv, "and I'm a-going to law. You hear nre " Never in all the world, perhaps, were a man's feelings so outraged as were the General's. He paid he had never heard of such high-handed conduct in all his life a3 this Morgan's. And he said there was no use in goit'g to "law Morgan had no shadow of right to remain where he was nobody in the wide world would up hold him in it, and no lawyer would take his case and no judge listen to it. Sides said that right there was where he was mistaken everybody in the town sus taincd Morgan ; Hal Brayton, a very smart lawyer, had taken his case ; the courts beiri" in vacation, it was to be tried before a referee, and ex-Governor Itoop had already been appointed to that olfice, and would open his court in the largest parlor of the Ormsby House at two that afternoon. The innocent General was amazed. He said he had suspected before that the people of that Territory were fools, and now ha knew it. lint ho s:iid rpst p.tv !rtea9y nd cu,!t ihe witnesses, f,jr the victory was just as certain as if the conflict as already over. Sides wined away his tear and left. At two in the afternoon Ileferee Koop's Court opened, and 4hat rerrrorseless old joker appeared throned amoug his sheriffs, his witnesses and a "packed" jury, and wearing upon his face a fraudulent sol emnity so awe-inspiring that some of his fellow-conspirators had misgivings that maybe he had not ccmprehended, after all, that this was merely a joke. 'An unearthly stilhiet-s prevailed, for at the slightest noise the Judge uttered sternly the command : "Order in the court !" And the Sheriffs promptly echoed it. Presently the General elbowed his way through the crowd of spectators, with his arms full of law-books, and on his ears fell an order from the Judge which, was the first respectful recognition of his high official dignity that had ever saluted them, and it saturated his whole system with pleasure. "Way for the United States Attorney!" The witnesses were called legislators, high Government officers, ranchmen, mi ners, Indians, Chinamen, negroes. Three fourths of them were called by the defend ant Morgan, but no matter, their testimony invariably went in favor of the plaintiff Sides. Kach new witness only added new testimony to the absurdity of a man's claiming to own another man's property because his farm had slid down on top of it. Then the Morgan lawyers made their speeches, and seemed to make singularly weak ones they did really nothing to help the Morgan cause. And now the General, with a great glow of triumph on his face, got up and make a mighty effort; he pounded the table, he banged the law books, he shouted, and roared and howled; he quoted from everything and everybody, poetry, sarcasm, statistics, history, pathos and blasphemy, and wound up with a grand war-whoop for fiee speech, free dom of the press, free schools, the Glori ous Bird of America and the principles of eternal justice 1 Applause. When Ihe General sat down, he did it with the comfortable conviction that if there were anything in good strong testi mony, a big speech ana believing ana admiring countenances all around, Mr. Morgan's cake was dough. Ex-Governor Hoop leant bis head upon his hand for some minutes, thinking profoundly, and the still audience waited breathlessly for a decision. Then he got up and stood erect, with bended head, and thought again. Then he walked the floor with long, delib erate strides, and his chin in his hand, and still the audience waited. At last he returned to his throne and 6eated himself. The Sheriffs commanded the attention of the Court. Judge Roop cleared his throat and said : "Gentlemen, I feel the great responsi bility that rests upon me this day. This is no ordinary case. On the contrary it is plain that it is the most solemn and awful that ever nan was called upon to decide. Gentlemen, I have listened attentively to tha evidence, and the weight of it, the overwhelming weight of it, is in favor of the plaintiff Sides. I have also listened to the remarks of counsel, with high inter est and especially will I commend the masterly and irrefutable logic of the dis. linguished gentleman who represents the plaintiff. Bat, gentlemen, let ua beware how we allow human testimony, human ingenuity in argument and human ideas of equity to influence us to our undoing at a moment so solemn as this ? Gentle men, it ill becomes us, worms as we are, to meddle with the decrees of Heaven. It is plain to me that Heaven, in its in scrutable wisdom, has seen lit to move this defendant's ranche for a purpose. We are but creatures, and we must submit. If Heaven has chosen to favor the defendant Morgau in this marked and wonderful manner ; and if Heaven, unsatisfied with the position of the Morgan ranche upon the mountain side, has chosen a posi tion more eligible and more advantageous for its owner, it ill becomes us, insects as we are, to question the legality of the act. No Heaven created the ranches and it Js Heaven's prerogative to rearrange them, to experiment with them, to shift ' them around at its pleasure. It is for us to submit, without repining. I warn you that this thing which has happened is a thing with which the sacrilegious hands nut brains and tongues must not meddle. Gentlemen, the verdict of tl.is court is that the plaintiff, Richard Sides, has been de piived of his ranche by the visitation of God ! And from this decision ttere is no appeal." ' ' - - - - Buncombe- seized his cargo, of law books and plunged out of the court room a raving madman, almost. lie pronoun ced Roup to be a miraculous ass, a fool, an inspired idiot. In all good faith he returned at night and remonstrated with Roop upon his extravagant decision, and implored him to walk the tluor and think lor an hour, and 6ee if he cuuld not figure out some sort of modification of the ver dict. Roop yielded at last and got up to walk. He walked two hours and a-Lalt" and at last his face lit up happily and lie told Buncombe it had occurred to him that the ranche underneath th new Mor gan raticho still belonged to Sides, that his title to the: ground itself was just as good as it had ever been, and therefore he was of the opinion that Sides had a right to dig it out from under there and- The General never waited to hear the end of it. He was always an iuipaii-nt and irascible man. that way. At the end of two "weeks he got it through his under standing that he had bec n played upon AliK Twain. with a ioke. Mai The Chesuikk Jkii i rson Cheese A late number of Littell's Living Age contains an interesting article by Elihti' Burrilt, on the great cheese- which the people of the Cheshire made for Thomas J-etierson. Elder John Leland was a great pulpit politician in those days, and preached to the people of Cheshire such stirring Jelfetsonian Democracy that for generations they never voted anything but a sttaight democratic ticket. When Jef ferson was chosen President. after a contest of tremendous excitement, Elder John Be land pruposed that his flock should cele brate the victory "by making for the new chief magistrate the biggest cheese tho world had ever seen. Every -man and woman who owned a cow was to give for his cheese all the milk yielded on a ceitain day only no Federal cow must contri bute a drop. A huge cider press was fitted up to make it in, arid on the ap pointed day the "whole country turned out with pails and tubs of curd, the girls and women in their best gowns ar.d ribbons, and the men in their Sunday coats ar.d clean shirt-collara. The cheese was put to press with prayer, and hymn-singing, and great solemnity. Wrhen it was well dried it weighed six teen hundred pounds, aud as .it could not be trusted on wheels, they waited till mid. winter, when it was placed on a sleigh, and Elder John Leland drove all the way to Washington with it. (There was more 6iiow, you sec, in those times than there is now). It was a journey of three weeks. All the country had heard of the big cheese, and came out tb look at it as the Elder drove along. When he got to Washington Mr. Jetferson received him in state, made a speech, and in the pres ence of the heads of departments, foreign ministers, and other distinguished person?, cut the cheese and served it around with bread. Then he sent a wedge of it home to the makers, and when it arrived they also ate it in state. We are further in formed that the cheese was very good. Riciiks The man with good, firm health, i rich. Sj is the man with a clear conscience. So is the parent of vigorous, happy children. So is the editor of a good paper, with a big subscription list. So is the clergyman whose coat the lit tle children of his parish pluck, as he passes them in their play. So is the wife who -has the whole heart of a good husband. So is the maiden whoso horizon is not bounded by the "coming man," but who has a purpose in life, whether she ever met him or not. ; So is the young man who, laying his hand on his heart can say "I have treated every woman I ever saw as I should wish my sister treated by other men." So is the little child who goes to sleep with a kiss on its lips, for whose waking a blessing waits. An Illinois gal shelled bushels of corn in fifteen is that for bigb? one hundred hours. How -A W IRTISH VIGIL.. In the winter of 18G- it fell to my lot to investigate one of the most , touching stories ot u whito man's endurance and an Indian's vengeance I ever came across in the whole history of the Northwest. As f some of the more curious portions of the j othcial note-book of an Indian agent I transcribe the memorandii relating to it.' Albert Black was an honest gentleman whose adventures in search of fortune led him away from Regent street to wander in western wilds, and this is the way he "put through" a portion of the winter of that year. . He was residing, with a single compan ion, in a little lug cabin at the Indian village of Bella Cooda, on the coast of British Columbia. There was no white man nearer than one hundred mile?, but the villages of many Indian tribes were situated in the immediate vicinity. The winter was omy nan inrougti ; tew na- i lives came trading about the post, and as time lay heavily on their hands, Black and his companion resolved to go hunting for a few days. A canoenas according ly fitted out with a stock of provisions and ammunition, and with an Indiau as steersman and . pilot I hey proceeded to cruise about amou the islands, now and then landing and stalking deer, or shoot ing the ducks and wild geese which assem ble in countless flocks by the mouths of the northwestern rivers ia winter. The season wus mild, with but a thin coating of snow on the ground, so that each night the' encamped in the open air, and slept, well wrapped up in their blankets, round a blazing log tire. Few old exnlorers in j these countries ever think of carrying a tent with them, and our hunters were not possessed oi one, even u uiey nail careo .1 .Tl .l l I 1 to possess themselves of its shelter. They had been cruising about in this manner for several days, when, as usual, they en camped one night on an inland, with the canoe drawn up on tho L-'ach Their j provisions they built up around them, to I guard them frcm the attacks of any prowl- T ing Indian, or other mishaps. Their In- dian pilot had informed them he was just out of powder and bullets, at the same time ueugini to be u'.ied with some. j exhibiting his pouch, which contained but two chat res. The hunters were too tired to coin their packages, and, not with- standing hi solicitations, thev out hun t ff until morning. They thin, as usual, loaded their rillos, the Indian d oing so also ; and all three men lay down to sleep, and all slept save one. How long they slept Black could not say, but all that he remembered was be ing awoke by the report of a rifle. A low scream, and then a moan by his side, told him that all was over with his com panion. The Indian's place was vacant ; and before Black could become fully cun scious of his situation, he vh Iked at from the dark, and a bullet struck his thigh. He attempted to rise, but was unable ; his leg was fractured. Instantly he grasped his revolver, and he had scarce ly done so before ho was conscious of a figure crouching towards him iti the dark ness. He immediate' fired, but the shot did not take effect, and his would-be murder er retreated behind some rocks. He now staunched the blood flowing from his wound as well as circumstances would permit, tying a handkerchief around it. All doubt was now at an end that the In dian guide, tempted by the property, had murdered his companion, and was only prevented by the want of ammunition from despatching him too. All night long it seemed a year he kept awake, too excited to sleep, though he was faint from loss of blood. Sometimes he would relapse into an uneasy sleep, from which he would be startled by the barking of his little dog, when he would grasp his revol ver, oniy to see a figure again sknlking into the darkness. Da light as last came, and he had now lime to contemplate his situation. Helpless, bad'.y wounded, far from white or even friendly Indian, he was alone, with an enemy watching every moment to destroy him, as he had done his com pardon, w hose glassy eyes glared up at him- Provisions enough were ly ing scattered around ; but none were ac cessible as food, save the bag of sugar, and on this his chief chance of subsistence lay. He knew enough of science to know mat aiagenuie s uogs wnen lea on sugar soon grew emaciated, but he also knew that it supported life for a long time. Before night snow fell, and covered the dead body out of sight. Sometimes he would relapse into a half-waking sleep, when again the ever faithful dvg, who seemed almost conscious how matters stood, would warn him of the approach I of his enemv. It was in vain that Black attempted to get a shot at him ; and had it not been for the watchfulness of his dog-friend, the wretch must soon have been able to despatch with his knife the guardian whose revolver intervened be tween him and the coveted property. And so they kept their dreary vigil?, and the snow fell heavily ; and though hi-i legs pained hira exceedingly, he managed to keep warm in his blanket-lined burrow. The Indian would sometimes disappear for hours and even a day, apparently look ing for food. The poor hunter would then imagine that he had got clear of hi blood thirsty enemy, ' when again the barking of Flora would wain her master. On one or two cea-ufi8 the Indian man- aged to approach withia a few feet of intended victim before big presence was -detected ; and as both niuderer and hun ter were equally intent cn a: other's de struction, escapes were sometimes rather '.arrow. Several days elapsed in this manner, until af last the Indian seemed have grown tired and left the island in the canoo ; for they were no longer alarm- ed. Tha suiiar bag was getting nearly done, and the poor dog was now so weak with hunger, that, even when it did i.ot absent itself searching for food ou the shore, it was scarcely able to give t? alarm. If Black survived hunger and his wound, which was now 'getting very painful, the Indian, he knew, would soon return and accomplish his purpose. . With such thoughts his prospects were gloomy enough, and so he dozed away the hours, half frozen and faint. It was the tenth nibt (he h;id long lust Count of time, but fouud to afterward) since the murderous attack, when he was awoke by a loud talking on the beach. The mucu sailing over the leaden, snowy sky, enabled him to recognize tho -figures of several Indians hauling a canoo on to the Leach. lie grasped his revolver, determined to sell his life dearly, for ho ' was now fully pereuaued that it must ba his murderer returned Uh assistance. It was strange, however, it struck him, that they had landed in sui'h an exposed Mtuation. "Who are you ?" he inquired in the Chinock jargon the trading lan guage of the cos st. A Ijw, surprised cry came from them. They wurj apparently unaware of the presence of. any. one but themselves. Again he shouted more cheerily, and they approached him, when he was delighted to recognise tha familiar faces of several Bella Coola Indians old acquaintances of his. He told them his etury ; and. sis they listened, he uncovered the body of Lis murdered Vo'mwuniot., they, every now and then, bursting into a cry of horror. Food was prap ired, and every attention paid to him. The dead body was buried, and Black conveyed to the Indian village, where ho was careful ly nursed until news reached the nearest white man'fa abde- The solitary colo nist hurried dwn, and hpitiiiiig to have been iu earlier days an utlicer in the army, hd knew a little about surger'y. Hd j dressed Black's wounds, and conveyed j bin. back to the settlement, where, under proper medical treatment, he tljw ly re covned. But it n as many months before he couid walk w ithout crutches, and to the end c f his life he will bear the marks of that feat tut experience of '-putting through the winter" in the dark days of 18G . As we have a good deal (in novels) of the generous savage, I may as well say that my poor friend had to pay well for all the hospitality he received. The water he drank, the ground he laid on, the wood that warmed him, the food h ate, every thing was charged lor, but moat cheerful ly paid. It is, however, a great pleasure to re late that, after the bill was paid, the In dians threw in the execution of the mur derer into the baigain Tho avengers of blood found him in his lodge, comfortably awaiting the death of Black by starvation or cold, either ct wh'.ch he, no doubt thought, would save nil trouble. He seemed rather to exult when charged with shooting the while men ; but the Bell Coola warriors took a different view of matters, and with a summary justice, which would have done credit to a Cali fornia vigilance committee, they shot him where he sat. As for poor Black, I saw him djnciii at a Christmas patty not very hng ago ; but a terrible limp, which caused his part ner to afterwards style him an "awkward sort of colonial fellow,'' told ma another tale. A Seveui: WiNiF.R. The winter of 1740 is described in an old book quoted by a German paper as very terrible. This work, ''Brookes' Contentment iu God," thus speaks of it : "An unheard of frost seized with extraordinary seventy on the world and the elements, so that it is scarcely possible to number or relate tho many strange occurrences that took place through its violence. Men felt so op pressed that days passed by unheeded. One would, and could hardly speak ; one sat and thought, yet could not think ; if any one spoke a word it wps with a hard set facr. Many hens and ducks, even the cattle in the stalls, died of cold ; the trees split asunder. Not only beer but wine iu cellai8 froze. Deeply sunken wells were covered with impenetrable- ice. Crows and other birds, (ell to the ground frozen in their flight. No bread was eatable, for it was as cold and hard as a stone.! Brockes further relates that this extra ordinary winter was fallowed by an equal ly uncommon spring. In May no fcign of verdure was yet to be seen ; it was still cold in July, and vegetation was then still further hindered by drought. The harvest was not over till late in the autumn, and by the midJIe of October the frost return ed before the fruit in the gardens had time to ripen." A WESTEits minister told his congre gation that the first step to ruin was a yard of gay colored ribben The next day a young woman -ut shopping told the cletk that she wanted "three mjre steps to ruin"' to match a piece. Thr ppiing style of bonnet Is described tf 'something like a "something like a Kin i!aipr i n i K. UU ' ptak. of a Laystack."
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