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A JITIKE, Editor and Publisher
HE IS A FREEMAN WHOM THE TRUTH MAKES PUKE, AND ALL ARE SUVES DfiSlDE.
Terms, $2 per year lu advance.
bLUME 4.
EBENSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1870.
-NUMBER 15-
flEEI FIRE!! FIRE!!
i
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OYOUntAn irmi, nnrmrri r
a!D ABB TOW PRKPARED TO
3EY THE SUMMONS!
.'4toj re not, unless you have been to
miff's Clothing Store,
fitd bure bought one of those superb
BEM AX'S COATS,
w0 tou warm and dry. Wolff makes
, it from $ IS to $30, and any other gar
, T0.j ant you can hare made to order at
;t notice.
VXO FIT, A'0 CHARGE!
rgT7F has just returned from the East,
"and his READV MADE
IRTMIilXT
J asaurinient. and altogether ihe west
plea.'itg assortment or
1J1
ER DISPLAYED IN ALTOONA.
fwimrreto tle finest Heaver all ize.
VjrFull Suit of Clotbinff at Irom ?"0 to $30.
. . . 1 1 . All I"" . .
i from SI.w 10 eeia irom tw cema
i5. A'30, a peneial raricty of j
lfiTT:TUJ Fr VITHiAjISHIiVI lilHIMN-
IlHlN, Cnp, IIOOlU, SIlOCR,
KBIlELLAS, SATCHELS, TRUNKS, ic
Vf Iii the LADIES' DEPA RTM EN T will
iiid 1 lull Hock ot l LHS. irom tne Iow
pr.ctd CotifT to the finest Mink and Sable.
GODFRKY WOLFF,
.Vfit door to the Foil Office, Altoona City
i II 0 M A S C A BLAND,
WHOLESALE IE iLER IN
OCERIES 5 QUEENSWARE
WOOD AND WILLOW WARE,
STATION EUY AND NOTIONS,
I JJil ill till! MEATS.
DICOX, FLOL'R,
KD AND PROVISIONS,
MIS tlevontli Avenue,
-sen 13th and 14th Sts., Altoona.
nch TO 'ls f Sniros". Rrushoq Tnn,f
Wl'.ow Ware. Shoe Blacking ami Sft;,r.
'11 Ueohl from manufacturer' printed
-.', and all other cooda in my line at
sielphia, Baltimore, Ciiicinnati and I'itta-
acurrem pncf I o dealer 1 present the
!ir nimntiige of aavinp ihem all freight
'.riTJce. r.i thet ar not rrnnlrcH in ,.
pi frum the principnl cities and "no dray
I chirpy are mmlp ' Doiliri nU, ,ui
fJ hlt ".v gKl are of tbe et qualitr and
l . . niouerte aa ty rate. By doing
-, k.n uu-ii.eM, ana Dv prompt! t and
f funj fillirp all orders, I hope to "merit
retail dealer and others in
f r ? c"? tnd e'ehere. Orders re
ohciced tni oatiafrtion Kar!infeed
ii.CJMr , JHoMAS CARLAND.
JIOIIRELL &. CO.,
Washington street,
l'Pa. R. R, Depot, Jo'hTistov.T., ?&M
Vhotualt and ItetQa Dealers in
SlllIfflCllYfilllS,
LLIXCry GOODS)
BCOTS AND SHOES.
IUTS AND CAPS.
P.rE iVn IK0X AND AILS.
AXD OIL CLOTHS,
IIP IV W a T t- ,
I unlR.E- YKLLOW WARK.
-uUUrN AND WILLOW WARE,
'JViSIONSanrl crrn ai i iiunc
-,.. , " ' lli, rvii muo,
5 i iFi At'l manp'-f Western Produce,
iRfnvR.- BACON, FISH. SALT.
fomml' nd reu!1 erder8 "elicited
'nablVSm" the 8horte8t notice ud
'.towB AWV,D. MORRELL k CO.
- April 28, lbta. Iy,
,x I) li"E"wM"6 S E s .
jRCHANT TAILOR,
'tiiBc,lD,so. Cuktok St., Johnstown.
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ju. i received his fall and wirtm- tnrk
A Ji f,A"iindon an American
full wl'utRJ,'S nd VKSTIKUS,
. ortment of Gents Flrwishiso
fit- Moit t... . . - . .
1' AW' j. r T e'"ht ?ear9 cutter at
rtn;. s Pstabhsliment. and bow
f'ildin S C0'!lmeBCed business in Sup
)sUi! i v,,ul"n Kiieci, witn a siock
ift7Pi t0 the Mx hnd winter, which
Jft,i. .t0 niake UP ' the latt-st styles
:,0 to k , Price9 for cash, hoping by at-
r'uee 7T 10 meril a Bhare 01 Pub,ic
h-. ''ncl maintain iit iirnn n,Viih
f?1 fitt;rw attended his efforts in producing
i-untv,-- mm n. can.
a3 E A T CHANCE
! ,lu,rthuH . uuJ'nP jooq8 irom me
ill h. .n ' n1 pay5ne CASH for tbe
uiarPriceV v ed TEN PER CENT, off
N,eAB;. r, d'Pcount will be allowed
sJ0. " Hlu awn at time of Durchase.
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t' at t A,omeli! ai,d convince vour-
lfbarB P. .Gi70- HUNTLEY.
uaig.?ek 24, 1870.. tf.
O HERIFF'S SALES. By virtue of
K-F sundry writs or Vend. Expon. and 2nd
Plu. Fieri Facias, issued out of the Court of
Common Fleas of Cambria county and to me
directed, there will be exposed to Public Sale,
at the Court House in Ebensbtirg. on Tt'tsb.T
thic 10th day ok Mat mxt.at 1 o'clock, r. m.,
the following Real Estate, to wit :
All (he right, title and interest of Jas.
Wilmore, of, in and to piece or parcel of land
situate in Sumrnerhill township, Cambria coun
ty, adjoining lnndjof Owen Roberts, Patrick
MeCormick, dee'd, and others, containing 118
acres, more or less, about b'O acres of which are
cleared, having thereon elected a two-story
(part log and prt plank) house and a frme
barn now id the occupancy of James Wilmore
and Win. A. Skelly. Taken in execution and
to be sold at the suit of Patrick Dofun, As
signee of James A. Toting.
Also, all the right, title and interest of
"William Wilson, of, in and to a piece or parcel
of land situate in White towns-Lip, Cambria
county, adjoining lands of Ditiu Tounkin,
Samuel W. Turner, and otlurs, containing 100
acres, more or less, about 40 acres of which
are cleared, having thereon erected a one-and-a-half
story log houe nrd a log tmrn now ia
the occupincy of Win Wilson. Taken in ex
ecution und to be sold at the suit of Jefferson
Smith.
Ai-SO, all the right, title and interest of
George W. Pringle, of, in and to a piece or
parcel uf land situate in Summerhill township,
Cambria county, aijoinii.g lands of Jacob
Weaver, George Ivorebawfch, Eli Miller, and
others, containing 25 acres, more or less, about
IU ncred of which are cleared, having thereon
erected a two stoiy plnk house, Irame stable
and plai:k wood hiue now in the occupancy
ol X3eo. W. Pringle. Taken in execution ai d
to be sold at the uit ot Joseob Miller.
Aiso, nil the ripht, titl and interest of
E M. Lemin, Administratrix of It. M. Lem
on, deceased, of, in und to a pieve or parcel
of land situate in Wellington townuliin,
Cambria county, ai'joining lards of Al. M.
Aiiam, Heirs of tdivnrd Donaldson, dee'd.
and others, containing 350 acres, more or les,
having thereon a coaJ Imik and hoppert., (not
ttae.i at present.) and having thereon erected
two tenant houses, one-and a-half siorv e:ich
now in the occupincy ot John McQuillan j
ana Jo.sppti Uoleyn. 1 iken in teciUion and
to be sold at th suit of John E. Storm.
Al-so, all the riht, title and interest of
Tl otnas E. Evans, of. in and to a piece or par
cel of land pituate in Cambria township. Cam
I'ria, coun'v, unjoining lands of Wm. Larimer.
Richard Beni.ett. John Evans and Wm. K.
Piper, containing 170 acres, more or le b,
about 70 acres of which are cleared, having
t'neron erecud a on-and a-half story plank
house and a plank stable now in the occupan
cy of Thomas E Evat.a. Takrn in execution
and to be sold at the unit of Wiilium Larimer.
JOHN A. BLAIR. Sheriff.
Sheriff's Office, Ebensburg. April 21, lb70.
CAMBRIA COUNTY, SS
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvr.nia to
Thomas Roberts:, whose nhereubr.uls
5g is unknown. iol ert Roberts, of New
L' ) Orleans and Jane Jones, w ife of Eliar
Jones, heirs and legal representatives
of Owen Roberts, late of said county, Greeting.
Ton and every of you are hereby cited to be
and appear before the Judges of our Orphans'
Court, to be held at Ebeus-burg. in and lor said
county, on the first Monday of June next, then
and there to accept or refuse to take the real
estate of the said Owen Roberts, dee'd, at the
appraised valuation put upon it by an inquest
duly awarded by the said Court and returned
by the Sheriff of said county, on the 19th day
of March, 1670, or show cause why the same
should not be sold, to wit : A piece or parcel
of land situate in Cambria township, Cambria
county, adjoining lands of David Powell on the
eat, Griffith and Thomas James on the
west, David Evans and John Williams on the
north, and lands of Rees S. Lloyd on the south,
containing fwo hundred acres, more or less,
valued and at praised at the sum of fie dollars
and eighty three and one third cents per acre,
amounting to eleven hundred and hixty six
dollar and ixty-six and two-third cents ($1,
16(1 6Ci'i). And hereof tail not.
Witness the Hon. Geo. Taylor, President
Judge of our said Court, at Ebensburg, this
19th day of March. A. D 1S70.
GEO. W. OA'I MAN, Clerk.
Attest John- A. Blair, Sheriff.
Sheriff's Oflice, Ebensburg, April 21, 1670 4t.
UBPCENA IN DIVORCE
CAMBRIA COUNTY, SS. :
Th Commonwealth ok Pennsylvania t toe
ivHHuirr ok said Cocntt. Gbkitinq :
WiirBEAS, Danit-I Donlev did, on
i the 2d day of July. A. D. JtG9. pre-
fer his petition to the Honorable the
L 8
""v"' Judges of lire CoSrtof Common Pleas
of said County, praying, for the cau-es therein
set forth, that he might be dissevered from the
bonds of m ttrimony entered into with Eleanor
Doniey : We do therefore command you. as
we have heretolore commanded you, the said
Eleanor Donley, that you be and appear in
your proper person before our Judges at Eb
ensburg, at a Court of Common Pleas there to
be held on the Gr?t Monday of June next, to
answer the petitTori and libel of Daniel Donley
and show cause, if any you h ive, why the said
Daniel Donlev shall not be divorced from the
bonds of matrimony, agreeably to the Act of
Assembly in such case mads and provided.
Hereof fail not.
Witness the Hon. George Taylor, President
Judge of onr said Court at Ebensburg, the
lUth day of November. A. D lfcG9.
J. K. H1TE. Proihonotary.
Attest John A. Blair, Sheriff
Sheriff's Office, Ebensburg, April 14. 1670. 4t.
LICENSE NOTICE. The following
Petitions for Tavern and Eating House
Licenses have been filed in the office of the
Clerk of Common Pleas, &c., and will be pre
sented to the Judges of said Court, at an Ar
gument Court to be held on 0th May next:
TAVEHN LICENSES.
Felix Beck, Loretto Borough.
John Now, Cambria Borough.
George Hohman, 4th ward, Johnstown Bor.
Henry Shaffer, 6th ward, Johnstown Bor.
Afldrew Hang, Carrolltown Borough.
Michael Latterner, Cambria Township.
Paul Elwanger, Carrolltown Borough.
EATING HOUSE LICENSE.
Luke A. Flatt, West Ward, Ebensburg Bor.
J. K. HITE, Clerk.
Clerk's Office, Ebensburg. April 21, 1870.-3U
STATE OF JAMES MURRAY,
Dec'd. Letters Testamentary on the Es
tate of James Murray, late of Gallitzin town
ship, dec'd, having been granted to the under
signed by the Register of Cambria county, all
persons indebted to said estate are requested
to make immediate payment, and those having
claims Bfainst th Mum will nresent them. Dro-
perly authenticated frr settlement, without de
lay. MARY MURRAY. Executrix.
DANIEL HANLAN. Executor.
Callityjn Twp , March 31, ltJ70.-6t.
OOD, BETTER, BEST. The best
and cheapest Tobacco and Cigars in town
are at M. L. Oat man's. Oo and see.
ThAP
A NTOltY OF A WOMA.VS REVEXOE.
There never breathed a more merciless
find villainous monster than Ben Nathans,
a fellow who had attached himself to the
interest? of the PawDee Indians, then a
peaceable tribe and we'll inclined toward
the white settlers of the far West. Bat
Nathan had sowed the seeds of discontent
among the red men ; and although he
could not induce the chief to join him in
any murderous enterprises, he hud com
pletely won over a number of the warriors
who agreed to joiu him in any desperate
undertaking they might be called upon to
attempt, provided he would lead them,
and provided, also, that they would be
rewarded.
With a desen of these fiendish Paw
nees, NathRha Bet out one bitter winter's
night upon an excursion, which he inform
ed his men would pny them handsomely,
and that too, without incurring any great
risk to themselves.
The point of attack was a rahene situa
ted on the main road from Laramie to
Bridger'a Pass. The leader and his sav
ages entered it about midnight. They
had murdered the watchman outside, and
had left his bloody form, ghastly and hor
rible to look upon, stretched before the
dwelling.
Within, they found two men ; and,
even before they had been aroused from
their slumbers, the dripping tomahawk
whs raised over them, and when it fell,
it crashed through the brain of the half
aioused tleepers, and sent them back to
their long sleep.
A heavy door now intervened between
Nathans and an apartment he wished to
reach! lie tried the latch, and found that
it was locked ; but seizing an axe, he soon
effected an entrance by battering the door
into splinters.
A single 6hot Was fired at him, and :he
bullet whizzed past his head, cutting his
cap, but doing him no harm.
Instantly, he leaped through the open
ing he had made, but all was darknoss
around him. And yet he thought that hi
heard the sound of a light foot-fall, and
saw the flatter of a night dress by the
raj s of the torches which were blazing in
the next apartment, So he called ;
"Bring lights, men! QuickC bring
lights !"
The .savages sprnnz through the apcra
ture with wild yells, 11 isliing their torches
over their heads, and dancing about in
evident delight. Thpy already felt them
selves more than repaid for their journe',
for in the ranche store they had found
blankets, ornaments, furs, tobacco, and,
what was of still greater importance to
them, whisky. Of this they had drank
until they were ready for any act, no
matter how daring or brutal.
As soon as the lights were brought into
the room, their rays revealed a bed which
was standing in one corner. To the side
of this couch tbe renegade sprang. He
saw that it had been but recently occupied
for it was yet warm. But there was only
a fingle indentation upon the pillow.
Could this be the conch cf the woman he
sought; where wad the husband? And
where was the wom-'in ?
Nathans at once began his search. He
seized a torch, aod high and low through
the building he went, not a spot escaping
Ins scrutiny. But be returned to the
main room foiled, for not a soul could be
found. And yet the villain felt sure that
he had caught the glimpse of a female
form, flying from his presence.
Upon reaching the upper room, he found
that it was in -flames. lie was angry,
but hi? wrath was of no avail, and he
found it impossible to extinguish the
flames.
At the raotnenl lie believed himself to
be foiled ; for it was a woman he sought.
But a cry fell upon his ears, lie sprang
into the sleeping apartment and throwing
back the bed covering he saw an infant,
who, up to this moment, fiad remained
concealed from his view. He seized the
child in his arms, and as he gained tt?e
outside of the burning mass, he laughed
loudly, and exclaimed S
"The proud beauty is in my power
now. This is her child, and wherever
the infant is taken, she will follow. But
it is strange that the mother should for
sake her little one, even for an instant, at
a moment of danger. Where can she
possibly be V
But the question was not answered.
The wails of the little one arose upon the
still night air ; but there came to it no
mother's soothing voice.
ThS villain and his followers took their
way into tbe mountains, bearing their
booty with them, as well a9 the frightened
ami Bobbing infant. But they halted only
a short distance from the ranche, for Na
thans resolved upon further plans. He
had determined that the woman he sought
should become his captive, and that, too,
before he returned to the Pawnee strong
hold, at Table Hill.
Daylight dawned, and while be was
trying to decide upon some plan of action,
he saw a white boy approaching his camp.
The savages had discovered the lad at
the same time. They were yet under the
influence cf liquor, for they had a quanti
ty of it with them, still unconsumed, and
upon seeing the approach of the boy, they
leaped upon him, and their knives were
raised, ready to plunge into his breast ;
but Nathans sprang to his rescue, and,
with the greatest difficulty, succeeded in
saving his life.
As soon as the little fellow was Eafe.
the villain aked :
"Well, my boy, what brings you here?"
"I came, sir," replied the lad, "on ac
count of that child."
"Did the mother send you V
"No the mother is dead"
"How is that ?"
Well, sir, when the alarm of the at
tack was given last night, poof Mrs.
Webber was frightened nearly to death.
She sprang from her bed, and, forgetting
her little one entirely, she ran into the
cellar for safety. It was not long after
before she discovered the building was on
fire, and then she thought of her child.
She made an effort to return for it, but a
faintness carne over her, and for a time
she could not move. But she rallied and
staggered forward only to fall from suffo
cation. And there she perished."
"How do you know tlrts."
"I was sleeping in the same apartment
with Agnes. When she ran to the cellar
I followed. I was as much frightened as
herself, and only thought of the child
when the mother spoke of her. I tried
to save my sister but I had only time to
crawl through a window and save my
own life."
"Are yCti the brother of Agnes Web
ber ?"
"You can see that I am if you ever
met Agnes, by my strcng resemblance to
her."
"The resemblance is a striking one, I
confess. But where was the husband of
your sister .?"
"He went to the mountains for a hunt
several days since, and had not returned
last night."
"Well, what do you want with me ?"
"I knew you had the child, for I saw
it in your arms last, ani I heard it cry
as you passed by me. I was too much
frightened to speak to yoq then. But
when I came to think, I didn't know why
you should wish to harm me or to keep
the babe, and so I resolved to come to
you and ask for it."
"What will you do with the brat?"
"I really don't know ; but I am the
uncle of the little one ; and of course, I
must do all I can for if, for I think its
father must have already been killed."
"Then the best thing I can do with this
little whelp is to dash its brains out against
a tree," said the monster, raising the child
by one foot, and making a movement as
if to put his suggestion into execution.
But the boy pprang forward, and catching
the infant in his aim, he cried :
"O no ! Don't harm the innocent
thing! She will be a woman some day,
and then you might be glad you let her
live."
"True, true I never thought of that"
continued the fiend. "And she may loolfe
like her mother. It is a Ions time to
waif, and I shall ba old then. But the
death of the brat will do me no good now,
and I'll let her live, if I don't change my
mind. Still I cannot help cursing myself
for permitting A gnes to slip through my
fingers. I loved her as much as I could
love anybody ; and if I had only been
more careful, 1 might have made her
mine."
For some moments the villain remained
silent and thoughtful ; then he turned to
ward the boy and exclaimed : .
"You mav be deceiving me. If I thought
you were, I would dash your brains out
in an instant."
"Deceiving you in what, sir?"
"Jgnes may not be dead."
"You can satisfy yourself about that."
"How can I do so f"
"Go with me and see the body your
self." "Ifow can thia be ? If it was in the
cellar, as yon say, it is burnt to a cinder
by this time."
"No. -When I drew it from the burnt
timbers this morning there was still
enough left to recognize it by. Poor girl
a smile was resting upon her fac,
blackened as it was."
'So you found the body ?"
"Yes."
Mnd drew it out?"
"I did."
"What did you do with it?"
"I placed it in the barn. 1 did not
know but her husband might be back in
a few days, and I knew he would want
to see it when he came."
"How many men are at Ae ranche, or
where it stood "
"Not one They were all killed last
night !"
"Is it possible that the father of thi
child may be back by this time ?"
"Yes, it is possible.
'Well, I will take my warriors, and go
to the barn. I will satisfy myself that
Agnes is dead, if such is really the case.
But it will bo a sorry deception for you,
if I find that you are deceiving me."
"Come on, and you will find it as I tell
you. I will carry the child. The little
thing is frightened when in your arms ;
and if it cries, which it is 6ure to do, the
Indians may get angry and kill it."
"Very well you can hold the brat."
Several of the savages were so drunk
that they were not able to walk, or even
stand alone, and these had to be left be
hind. But Nathans started on bis return
to the scene of the murder, accompanied
by four of his red -fiends. These were
wild with the stimulants they had swal
lowed, and several times they attempted
to kill the . lad and the child, but were
prevented from doing so by their leader.
As tbey approached tbe bam, Nathan
appeared to be somewhat suspicious. lie
gazed Cautiously around on every side,
but not a sign of life was there.
. The ruins of the ranche still smoked,
End occasional shoots cf flame darted up
from between the timbers. But before
Ihe blackened mass lay a ghastly sight.
It was the body of tbe watchman, who
had been murdered and literally cut to
pieces by the fiendish enemy.
The charred remains of the two who
had been killed within were visible, and
the spectacle was a sickening one, al
though Nathans laughed as he looked
upon it.
Nearing the barn, the villain exclaimed:
"Boy, open the door for us !"
The lad advanced and did so ; but he
started back, and exclaimed t
"O, I;cannot lock upon her face again
it would kill me! You will find the
body, Sir. near the farthest end of the
barn. Go in, for I cannot !"
Nathans gazed in at the door, and ap
peared fo examine the interior of the place.
He was evidently satisfied, for he said t
"I don't see any living being here ;
but there is a heap of half-burnt rags.
I suppose all that is left of Agnes is in
there."
As tbe villain spoke he entered the
barn, and the savages followed him.
The boy crouched low, watching Ihe
wretch and his red fiends, until they had
disappeared from view. He manifested
j considerable excitement and then leaped
to hts feet, and ran to the ruins of the
ranche. He seized a blazing fagot and
returning a few t.teps toward the barn,
applied it to a train of powder which had
been previously laid. The flash shot up,
and crawled like a fiery serpent toward
the building in which the wretches were
standing. In an instant after there came
a terrible explosion, and the murderers
together with the blazing masses and bro
ken timbers were hurled high into the air.
1 They met a terrible but merited doom.
In half an hour after the husband re
turned. The boy explained matters,
adding:
"I have saved our child, William, but
we must go where the child will be in no
further danger."
"Yes my wife, we will do s."
The mother had been temporarily absent
from her dwelling when the villain and
the Indians came upon the ranche. She
had returned just in time to see her infant
in the arms of Nathans. She had decided
i'i an instant upon her plan of rescuing if,
and she laid the trap. She disguised her
self as the boy, and she recovered her
darling ; while she wa3 terribly revenged
upon those who had murdered her friends
and despoiled her home.
Titn Pope's Shver Nuggkt. The
silver "nugget' presented to the Pope by
a gentleman of California, continues to
excite curiosity. Many old tamers are
anxious to know where it was "found."
So many are found in th'e same plaee that
it may be called a foundry not by nature
however, but by tho highest art at the
coiner of Brannan and Seventh streets,
whence a drift is run to 416 Montgomery
street. Although millions dollars worth of
silver have been cast there, no single lump
was ever made so large as this, ordered
by the donor, and composed probably of
silver from every mine on the coast. It
ia sixteen inches lonz, eiht inches wide,
six and one-half inches deep, 90S fine
or say, nearly pure weighs 3.88.
ounces troy, or 266 pounds avoirdupois ;
value, 5,137.78 ; inscribed, "D. J. Oli
ver, wife, and children, of S in Francisco,
to Pius IX " It is a kind of Peter's
pence, very acceptable no doubt to his
Holiness, who may preserve it as a me
mento, or may adopt the practical philos
ophy of Cromwell when with tho Iron
sides he entered the cathedral, pointing to
twelve massive images, asked what it
meant. On the reply that they repre
sented the Twelve Apostles, he ordered,
"Melt them into coin and let them eo
about doing good." Alta CaVfornian.
ATUTO ACOOLAKL'CUAKGUT Thi8 19 the
name of one of the noblest rivers of the
United State9. It riss somewhere near
the Arctic ocean, and flows southwardly
till it empties into the Ivvichpak river,
which ranks next to the Mississippi and
Amazon in size and length. The river is
navigable for many hundreds of miles,
and runs through a country productive of
ice in large quantities. It is not, how
ever, the only valuable river we have
purchased, and whose waters unite to
swell the body of the Kvichpak. Among
the Alaskian rivers are to be found the
Nocotachigut, Ivuyuyukuk, Connecovah,
Unalachlut, and Golsova-Kichka, along
whose banks live in almost Acadian bliss,
Cuychanick pucks, Yakutskylitmiks, Sa
kiatskylitmiks, Aukachagamuks, Meku
tonecutvocorts, Brakabaktunames, and
other people with equally simple nomen
clatures. The Chicago Trtbane adds :
That the intelligent officer who made a
partial exploration of the Youkon river
was able, of course, to collect the names
of only a few of the mighty rivers of the
country, and of the several tribes of our
fellow cititens in that quarter. It is pos
sible that, when the list is completed, the
name which stands at the head of this
paragraph may be surpassed by some
other, still more portentous and gutteral.
What is the difference between a fall
ing star and a fog ? One is missed in
heaven, and the othor is otist oo earth.
JOS II HILLINGS OX CXATS.
I dont kno nz i think it it a very diffi
cult thing tew be a good injun up in heav
en, but to cum down here and be a good
injun, iz just whar the tite epot curas in.
Forgiving our enemys haz the same re
freshing effekt upon our souls az it duz to
confess our sins.
What a lamentable cuss man iz. He
pitys h iz nabor's, misfoitunes, bi calling
them judgments from heaven.
Wise men go thru this world az boys
go tew bed in the dark, whistling to short
en the distance.
"The gods help them who help them
selfs." Upon the same principle mankind
praze thoze who praze themself?.
Falling in love iz like falling into mo
lassiss, sweet but dreadful dobby.
Hunters and gamblers are poor ekone
mists, they kill time, a species ov came
that cant be reproduced.
Good breeding us tho art ov avoiding
familiarity, and at the same time making
the company satisfied with you and
pleazed with themselfs.
Tew fje happy take things ae they
cum, and let them go jist a2 they cum.
It takes a great deal ol money tew
make a man ritch, but it don't take but
little virtew.
It iz the little things ov this life that
plague us
Muskeeters are plenty, elephants skarse.
What an agreeable world this would
he tew live in if we could pump all the
pride and selfishness out of it ! It would
improve it az much as taking the fire and
brimstun out ov tbe other world.
Don't mistake plczzure for happiness ;
it iz entirely a different breed ov dogs.
Thare iz a grate deal ov exquisite plezzure
in happiness, but there iz a grate deal ov
plezzure that has no happiness in it.
Thare iz only one thing that I kan
think ov now, that I like to see idleness
in, and that iz, in molasssss i want mi
molassiss slo and eazy.
Experience haz the effekt on most folks
that age hae on a goose, it makes them
tuffor.
Seicifig Sos'eti,8" are generally places
whare the wimmin meet to rip and so
up the naberhood.
A lazy man iz one who haz no lime to
spare ; an industrious man iz one who haz
more time to spare than he knows what
to do with.
It takes a frn.irt man to conceal from
others what he don't kno.
A lazy man alwas works harder than
a bizzy one the hardest work i kno ov,
iz to grunt it iz harder tew set still, and
fite flies, than it iz tew git up and escape
from them.
The man who controls hiz pashuns sits
at the helm ov hiz; ship.
It iz very difficult tew kalkulate upon
suckcess, unless a man sets up for a phool
in this department, i have known hun
dreds to succeed, contrary tew ther expek
tashun9. I don't want enny better evidence that
a man iz a phoo! than tew see him culti
vate excentricitys.
The man who kan conceal hie real kar
akter when he ic drunk, or in a pashion,
haz got a giant karakter.
I have found out that happiness kon-
i sif-ts in working bizzy 12 hours, sleeping
8 hours, and playing checkers 4 hours,
out ov every 24.
Mankind loves misterys -a hole in the
ground excites more wonder than a star
in the heavens.
"Experience iz a good schoolmaster,"
but reason iz a batter one,
A Pedant iz a lernt phool pedantry iz
a little knowledge on parade pedantry iz
hypocrasy, without enny malice in it.
All tbe good men in this world hav
got the same kind ov religion, it iz only
the dead beats, frauds, and hypokrits,
whose religion differs.
Pride iz a looking glass, into which
men look, and seeing themselfs, they
ptrut, and st'rck up their nose at other
folks.
How on arth kan we trust man kind,
or woman kind, when thare ain't one out
ov ten 6V them dare tru9t themselfs.
Thare ia two kinds of faith, faith ov
the brains, this iz nothing more than
shrewdness and faith ov the heart, this
is humility, hafF sister to virtew.
Yu will notis one thing, all good talk
ers are good listeners.
Adversity iz a goddess with frozen
smiles.
If I had the privilege of making the
Eleventh Commandment, it would be this
-owe no man.
Young ones and dogs! thoze who are
the least able to support them, generally
hav the most ov them.
Sum folks, az they gro older, gro wizer;
but most folks simply gro stubbornner.
People travel to learn ; moat ov them
(before they start) should learn to travel.
I don't believe in fighting ; i am solem
ly aginst it ; but if a man gets tew fiting,
i am also solemly aginst hiz gitting licked,
After a fiht iz once opened, all the vir
tew thare iz in it iz to lick the other
party.
Slander iz like the tin kittle tied to a
dorg's tale a very good kind ov kiltie, so
long az it ain't our dorg's tale.
A cotfmporart puts a matter which it
wishes to enforce in the following neat
simile : "You might as well attempt to
shamooon an elephant with n thimbleful
: of soapsuds as to attempt to do business
and ignore advertising."
A gcod om;.
A Methodist minister was on hi9 trav
els through the west of Illinois twenty
years ago. Illinois was a wild place thpn.
He traveled twenty-one miles one day be
fore coming to a farm house. But there
he was received with hospitality. Chick
en pot-pie and corn-dodgers comprised his ,
supper; button hungry man -these are
as good as a truffled turkey.
A fine old grandmother of the house
Was most profuse in her hospitality. She
pressed the pot-pie on the good man's
plate till ho could eat no more. And
I hen, when the family was gathered Jirotirid
the great log chimney and its blazing fire,
tho Venerable dame opened ber mouth,
and thus spoke ' - B$
"Ah, well-a day 1 it's a grand comfort
to have a minister'of the Gospel in theso
parts. It's a twenty j'ears ago since I
have 6ecn one on 'em. I've been a rearliu
o' my. Bible all that time, a waitin' to see
a minister to ax him a question abcut
suthin' I don't rightly understand."
"Madam," uttered the cautioning min
ister, "I am so tired with my long tide
that I could not enter into a serious ques
tion till I've slept, but if you will nsk m
j to-morrow morning, before I set ouf, I
will answer it to the hst of my ability."
The old lady expressed herself satisfied,
and the cunning minister secured R soft
couch for the night The next morning
grandma was up early, and hard at woik
frying slapjacks for the minister's break
fast. This lat bt'ing dispatched the old
lady was still in a nervous fidget about her
question, while the holy man's horse wa?
saddled and brought to the door.
After adjusting his saddle-baps and
shaking hands with all the family, he
mounted his horse, and turning to her,
saked:
"And now, Madam, what is your ques
tion ?"
"Waal, minister," said she "yer know
how it eays in the Bible that artcr Elisha
was made a prophet, the heavens opened
and Elijah was taken upto heaven in a
chariot an' horses o' lire. It's better than
twenty years since I seed that ere in the
Bible, and I have puzzled over it ever
since ; and there ain't a soul rotin these
diggins knows any more nor I. But you're
a minister o the Gosple, an ought to
know all them things. What I want
to know is this: Dii the Lord take up
Elijah right slick fo heaven, or didn't he
go kinder f-lanterrdicular ?'
History has not recorded the minister's
reply.
A Goot Oxf. In an article upon the
probable scarcity of ice during the next
summer, tho Hartford Fast tells the fol
lowing story :
A good many years ago, when ice in
summer was a rarity in cities, and an
unheard of thing in the country, a good
deacon of a rural church was charged with
having trot decidedly fuddled one Fourth
of July in New York. He was arrainged
for his misconduct. With tears in bis
eyes he confessed his fault, but pleaded in
palliation that.it was a prodigious hot
dajr, and the lemons and the ice in the
punch did look so cool and inviting that
he coulJn't resist the temptation, and ha
supposed that fi did actually drink to
intoxication. A lowbrowed brother, on
a back seat, listened attentively but in
credulously to the defence, p.rd at its
conclu.-ion ro?e. "I hain't no objection,"
said he, "to a man's getting drunk, if he
owns up to it and is sorry for it ; that'a
a thing a man is liable to, and p'haps
sometimes he can't help it ; but when
the deacon comes in here and undertakes
to excuse himself in any such way as
that talking about 6eeing ice in July I
go for jerkin him out for Lin."
Rkmakkabi.e Yeahs. In the yar
1289, in various parts of Germany, the
winter was so warm that the leaves re-
mained upon the trees until the formation
of the new ones displaced them. In Jan
uary the fruit trees began to blossom, and
migratory birds returned and sang cheet ful
ly. In February the grape-vines bloom
ed, strawberries ripened early, and the
hardest was good. In the year 1307, in
in the month of May, the usual harvest
festivities were celebrated on the Rhine,
and on Pinxtcn, or Whiisuntide, which
usually occurs early in June, bread was
madfl from the new grain crop. In the
years 1421 and 1510 summer came very
early. The grape vine bloomed in April,
and on St. John's day, June 24, grapes
were ripe. InJOctober of the year 1540
cherries ripened for the second time, and
roses were in full bloom. AH fruit trees
bloorrred again in the fall, and the fruit
set, but did not become ripe. In the j'ear
1585, on the Three Kings day, January
6, the altars of the churches were decora
ted wih such flowers as ordinarily are
not in blossom until after Easter.
Babies Who Have Nevktj Criei
There is a lady in Atlanta. Georgia, who
is the mother of five healthy, intelligent
children, the eldest being about eight
years old. A singular fact connected
with these children is, not one of them,
has ever been known to cry, I hey have
been victims to the pains and aches thai
child flesh is heir to, yet all the signa of
pain they havo ever manifested nra lowr
moans. In other things they are lika
other children, full of life and mirth, and
are more than ordinarily healthtul. May
Ibat lady's tribe increase. ,