.... ,..yf -CTr: " III II- mi ,M M,, ..iii-- - : r-"U. MSAW.. ,. , " 1 II I I ni.M.ii.i. in.m " - - 1 1 -n . :rr - - -1 - v - II , ill Witt M mma&sim VWW "' lf(iil Z vs&g"" Y 4. jiTJKE, Editor and 1'ubIUher. OLUME 4. 5 Cambria Freeman r .nil ftp 1't'BLTsriED THURSDAY MOUSING, it Ebensburg, tamoria to., ra. fa following rates, payable within thrte ,eC,Ty,oue year, - - - $2 00 - - 1 00 - - 60 e copy i six months, j copy i three months, ose who fill to pay their subscriptions J after the expiration of six months will "Lured at the rate of 42.50 per year, Hhjse who fali to pay until after the ex .;(in t,f twelve months will be charged at .'nteof $3.00 per year. r.Ave numbers constitute a quarter ; l-stv five, six mouths; and fifty uumbers. year. RATES OF ADVERTISING. . i : . : ti rvr esq!l.".re, Vi lines, uuc luatumu, fi oo lit "subsequent insertion, 2,5 jitor's Notices, each, vu nistrator' Notices, each, 2 50 '.Kilters' Notices, each, 2 50 tit Notices, each l ou 3 w03. inos. 4 00 1 xr. ib oo 1 2 00 15 00 25 00 28 00 S5 00 (JO 00 'jarc, 12 lines, juircs.24 lines, iO & 5 00 7 00 9 50 11 00 14 00 25 00 8 00 10 00 14 00 10 00 25 00 35 00 glares, 26 lines, irter column, :rd ci'liimn, .!f column, e U'liniiii. fosi Jtuil or Business cards, not exceeding 8 lines, with paper, 6 00 Obituary Notices, over sis lines, ten cents line. ;teiul and business Notices eight cents rline Lr first insertion, and four cent9 for h subsequent insertion. Resolutions of Societies, or communica- rs ut a personal nature must be paid for advei tiserututs. JoB PRINTING. We have made arrangements by which k can do or have done all kinds of plain ii taccy .phcts. Jcib Printing, such as Books, Show Cards, Bill and Lettfi lis, iLin lbius, urcuiars, ccc, in the uest !tof the art and at the most moderate Also, all kinds of Ruling. Blank A j, Book ttinding, Sec , executed to order jjoJ as the hest and as cheap as the eapest. l JO A M I I cr O I BOroUT.SOlD AND FXCIIANOLf V MOST LilirklAL TERMS. our and Hoi i) at Market Ratks. :0UPONS CASHED, acific Railroad Bonds I'.OltillT AM) SOLD. Lvwjlt SM on Commission Oniy "it Mortgage 7 P. C. Geld Bonds f"r Kit nt 90 arid anci itdtntt. kounurefelvrJaii, Interest Allow n ually IIaInnciH. subjeet U cheek at night. f-40 8outli TlIirtD Sti-oct, PHILADELPHIA. OP IIAUTi-niin rriM ft Csff p,.t . . j. Pfte cblMTPANT rftnks mong the first h li. . . K C ??P doing bus r'or ih7Z .' Uy complying with PiwPMio. ii a,e ,n8l""e8 perfect saletv rw0lic Ho iler. Tt rn : prn..nm on Life Policies to its Insured, 'ib'eri VDg 8,1 thecash collected from its h.r lb amunt of monev in Ho!df pfi.t9re divided among the'Pol ' tim "j. "d ,ts i'Menda have never been h of lhe li s ce,lt-.lhus bringing the net N iL!l r V- Wlll,m t,le most limited I W '.tl,e Protection of a Policy WohV. j by nn-v Company. u ,cerVi f r,e.!iah!c men are wanted to L:j'o nin . 8 company jn Cambria ll'trr Zl C0unt,e9- d with such the most "rangements will h ir,a,i itsorL"Jacci.uai,ltpd wth the busi ness. 4ti& JkI a aid vr,n bo m08t cheerful env" desirable or available. v-ui-fc & JOHNSON, AEenu for Cambria County. "lirosTft . Johnstown, Pa. iTue Pi,? ' G?DPral Agents, C4 Fourth burgh, Pa. apr.14.-ly. 5Qf Qfk fcnS.Vei,on every 8ide and orphans th li ibecauso husbands and fa "vea and died uninsured. " AMERICAS? i 0i PHILADELPHAI. KWm, fcn,d 1850. leit ultab,e- An Policies J,u"8 death or Kii are Inr ;V''&kD p.aD8Eenent. Cabh -In the selec ft tlti . and 5 S ,n lhe Payment of k,.iBl11eDf,,f.i5ECl'aiTT in the investment rlii8 ernd8; ar.e gidly adhered to and .nzca this Company. "'.- IV. UTr tha- .CK8 altoona. Pa. flGld fo lunCT Cities and Silver lr.,. Bankers, Altoona, Pa. boutLL.. eP&6it PaJable on de- 14 fair rat- or uPon time with u31. WEK&Bna IIIUlfE llllIP,F.t!l rn ... TiENTjSTRY. The undersigned, a of the Balti more College of Dental Sur- pery, respect fully ofTers hi? PROFKSSIONAL services to the citizens of YM- enshurg and vicinity, which place he will visit on the fourth Monday of each month, to re main one week. jAus-in. SAM'L BELFORD, D. D. S. DR. H. B. MILLER, Altoonn. In.. Operative and Mechanical DENTIST. Office removed to "V irginia street, opposite the Lutheran church. Persons from Cambria county or ehewhere who get work done by me to the amount of Ten Dollars and upwards, will have the railroad fare deducted from their bills All wokk warrantko. Jan. l, 18C9.-tf. " TV J" Z I EG LEU, Surgeon Den- tist, will visit Et.ensburg p.-o-fessionally on the SECOND Mo Ia day of each month, nmt rrms.i. if tii" Xt. -rfi one wocic, outing winch time he . . . . . . ' . VI J IrtiLl V may ue louuu at the fountain House. tTeeih extracted without paia by the use of 'itiHte Oxide, or Laughing fJas. MEDICAL CAUD. Dr. F .T T),. J ban comiiicuooO the practice of med icine in l'h.-t ypiins, Cambviu t-ouutv, l'a. Ulhce over the sturo of K. & 11. Nuttor. All pro U'ssumai culls renpondfil to iromitlv ut any hour of the day or ni-fht. lje.2a.-ani. P H- i'l'ANK, M. D., tenders a protf-issioiial st rvici to the citizens of tl)-nsburjr and vk lnity. Ofjit on Hi-h street, opposite the new Congregational fhurt-h, Fast ai l. iht talis cum be made at the lute re.-i-deneo of In-. U. .S. Uuim, West W ard, my 1:1. j AV. JAMISON, M. D., , Tenders bis professional services to such of the citizens of the above place and vicinitv ss may require medical aid. Airil i2i.-ly. J. OATilAN, 31. D., tenders his proftbsional services as Phv- sioian and .Surgeon to the citizens of Carroll tewn and vicinity. Office in rear of build ing occupied by J. Buck & Co. as a store. Night calls can be made at his residence, one door south of A. Ilaug'a tin and hardware store. fMay 9, 1867. J. LLOYD, successor to R. S. Bunn. Dealer in Dnm.t. Medicines. Paints, frc. Store on Main street, opposite the "Mansion House," Ebensbiirg, l'a. October 17. 18G7.-Cm. D. M'LAUGIILIN ATTORNEY AT LAW, Johnsloicn, Fa. Office in the Exchange building, on the Corner of Clinton and Locust streets up stairs. Will attend to all business connect ed with Lis profession. Jan. 31. 18G7-tf. JOHN P. LINTON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, JvJmslovn, Pa. Office in building on corner of Main and Franklin street, opposite Mansion House, second floor. Entrance on Franklia street. Johnstown. Jan. 31. 18C7.-tf. (5 L. PERSUING, Attorn ey-at- Law, Johnstown, Pa. Office on Frank lin street, up-stairs, over John Benton's Hardware Store. Jan. 31, 1867. CW. EASLY, Attokxey at Law. Office, No. 108 Franklin street, Johns town, Tu . two doors North of Frazer's Drug Store. Will attend promptly to all manner of legal business that may be cntruited to him. A. KOPELIN, - - - - T. W. DICK, Johnstown. Ebensburg. KOPELIN & DICK, Attokneys-at-Law, Ebensburg, Pa. Office with Wna. Kittell, Esq., Colonade Row. oct.22.-tf. R. L. JOHNSTON, J B. 6CANLAN. JOHNSTON St SCANLAN, Attorneys at Law, Ebensburg, Cambria op., Ta. Office opposite the Court House. Ebensburg, Jan. 31, 18G7.-tf. F. A. SHOKMAKKR, GEO. W. OATMAN. SHOEMAKER & OATMAN, Attor neys at Law, Ebensburg, Pa. Offices on High street, immediately cast of Huntley's hardware store. ap 8,'CD. U M. II. SECHLEH, Attokney-ats v v Law, Ebensburg, Pa. Office in rooms recently occupied by Geo. M. Reade, Esq , in Colonade Row, Centre street. aug.27. GEO. M. KEADE, Attorney-at-Law, Ebensburg, Pa. Office in new building recently erected on Centre street, two doors from High street. aug.27. JOSEPH M' DONALD, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Ebenshurg, Pa. Office on Centre street, opposite Linton's Hotel. Jan. 31, 1867-tf. F. P. TIEKNEY, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Ebensburg, Pa. Office in Colonade Row. Jan. 5. 18G7-tf. W ILLI AM KITTELL, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Ebensburg, Pa. Office iu Colonade Row, Centre street. Jan. 31. l867.-tL ' JOHN FENLON, '. iTTORNEY AT LAW, Ebensburg Pa. Office on High street, adjoining bis resi dence. Jan 31, 18G7.-tf. . AMES C. EASLY, Attorney-at-Law, Carrolltvwn, Cambria Co., Pa. Collections and all legal business promptly attended to. Jan 31. 1867. MP 11. SCANLAN, Altornty-at Law, Carrolltown, Cambria Co., Pa. All man ner of lefral business with which I may be fa vored will receive prompt and careful atten tion. Collections a speciality. IMay 12. KINKEAD, Justice of the Peace and Claim Agent. Office removed to the office formerly occupied by M. "Qasson, ..dee'd, oo High St.. Ebensburg. jl3. IKACNK D. STORM, Piuctical Sur veyob, Eebnsbcrg, Pa. Office on Cen tre itreet,oppoeite Colonade Row. (my .5.) HE IS A FREEUAX WHOM THE TRUTH MAKES FREE, AND ALL EBENSBURG, PA., SAM VARXEY'S VESTURU. Sam Varney was a Green Mountain boy. He had worked as a hired man on different farms, and had laid up pome money. He had frequently been employ ed in bringing produce to Boston market, and had made sales quite satisfactory to his employer. On several occasions lie had made little speculations of his own which were quite profitable. On one of his visits to Boston, Sam had fallen in with a sailor who was a native of the same town where he himself was born, and they had a great deal of conversation. One of the interesting facts which Sam learned from his townsman was, that sailors were occasionally per mitted to take out a small venture, us it was so called, of their own, a little pack ttge of goods, a barrel of mackerel, or something of that sort, which would not take up much room in the vessel. This they sold, and brought home the proceeds in the produce of the country they visited. On his return home, Sam meditated profoundly tn (his subject, and finally concluded to make a voyage to lhe Weot Indies, and take a vpntuie with him. The question was what that venture should be. He had nothing on hand at the time but a small horse, which he had won ai a rnflle riot a very beautiful horse. On the contrary, he was generally pronounced by the neighbors ''an awful ugly boss." His neck was too fdiort. his head too hr,o I his body was lean and scraggy, his mane was iougu ana relractory, and persisted in standing up too much in spite of trim ming and grooming, and his tail looked like a mop. Hut Sam had ridden him repeatedly and found that he was capable of great speed in running. The sailor told Sam that whole cargoes of horses were frequently sent from Con necticut to the West Indicp, and disposed of at great profit, so he determined that his norse suould be his venture. Accord ingly he mounted him, rode down to Bos- flfitl Tint litf-rk i n a ..1.1- 1 i j t'u iii a Maoie. an: went in j-eiiit-n ui uis sanor mend. lie soon found him, and communicated his plan. His arquainance, Tom Standish by name, was afraid he would not carry it out, but he promised to lend him all the assistance in his power. He had just shipped in a vessel bound for Jamaica, and more hands were wanted. He introduced him to the captain, who made no objection to ship- ririT him u n mnw Iff .t 1. r t ., . i n p.tvii iiouu. it oeii mc i question of the venture came up there was ' the Uitlicutly lie had no accommodation for a horse aboard the brig ; Sam offered to put him en deck and take care of him, but this would be inconvenient and inter fere with his duty. Determined to carry his point, Sam offered to pay freight, cash down, before sailing, and the captain, rather amused nt his pernacity, and curi ous to see how the venture would succeed, agreed to the proposal, so the horse was shipped and the vessel sailed. Sam was the butt of the sailors all the passage out. There was no end to their j;ers.at the appearance of the little horse. ineir nau.ical jokes on him were inex haustable, and Sam Varney's venture was considered the most desperate and ridicu lous speculation that had ever been at tempted. But Sam W3S perfectly Imperturbable. He answered all their railleries good na turedly, and told them they had better wait and see the upshot. He had never made a bad speculation yet and he guessed he knew what he was about. "The boss," he said, was not a very handsome boss, but he was a very good one ; he guessed he could sell him.'' At length the brig arrived at Kingstown, Jamaica, and Sam soon had his horse landed and stabled. When he came to offer him for sale, nobody seemed inclined j to buy. lhe horse was decidedly too ugly for a saddle or gig horse, and the very draymen turned up their noses at him. Presently the races came on, and everybody was hurrying out of town to the race ground. Sam mounted his horse and rode out with the rest. He observed that the horses were not remarkable for their speed; there seemed to be no thorough bred horses among them, and he concluded that the races had been gotten up by the planters for their sport, without having; any real race horse on the island He believed his little horse could beat them all, and he determined to give him a trial ; so he went to the managers and offered to enter hiru for the next race. Sam's proposition was received with shouts of laughter. It was considered a capital joke ; but Sam told them it was no joke he was perfectly serious ; he wanted to run his horse against the whole field, and was ready to bet on him. He accordingly entered, and instantly heavy odds were offered against him two to one, ten to one, and finally, one planter offered twenty to one. On hearing of this offer, Sam said he would take it. It was necessary to pro duce the amount of bis bet. He was in the dress of a common eailor, and his an tagonist said he was not going to be trifled with, the 6takrs must be deposited with the manager. How much would he bet ? "Five hundred dollars," replied Sam "Well, down with your dust," said the planter. Whereupon Sam took off a leath ern belt which he had under his clothes and counted out o00 in dubloons Ti nlantpr'fiff.hec.k w.ia rkmn-v..nj - ( -t .. r.v,,vu.lgcu eausiucio- ' ry, and received by the managerg. Many j THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1870. other bets were made by different persons with heavy odds against Sam's horse. . When Sam rode up to the starting place there were shouts of laughter at his appear ance and the most untpairing censures at his presumption in entering on the race. ; Sam paid no attention to this, but started witn the rest, and it soon became appar ent that he was not such a fool as they took him to be. He was among the fore most in two minutes, and at The end of the race "that awful ugly horse" was pro nounced clearly and unequivocally the victor. Sam coolly received his dubloons back again, and put them in his Lelt, together with the planter's cheek for 10,000, which was afterwards duly honored. He offered to bet on other horses, but could find no takers. For this however, he was compensated by the most liberal offers for his horse. Five hundred dol lars, a thousand, fifteen hundred, two thousand, were bid for him. This last figure being the highest offered, he accept ed it. On his return to the brig, Sam learned that no one of the crew but himself had been at the races. As soon as he came on board the usual bantetitig began. "Well, Sum," said the cook, "how about that venture?'' "I guess it will do ?" replied Sam. "Is thatawlul uly horse sold yet ?"' eaid the second mat p. "Shouldn't wonder if he was," said Sam. "You don't say so. How much did he fetch!' said the second mate. "Guess," replied Sam. "Twenty dollars." "More than that "Fifty." "2fore than that. "A hundred." Guess again. Guess nrain. "Oh, it's no use your guessing. That awful ugly boss brought two thousand dollais, besides the ten thousand I won on lum at the races. So von fellow )rl better shut up and say no more about Sam "XT.. - . J m A. ti rnni'o t-rmtucn J ' And they did shut up. Sam, on the pas sage home, was treated with marked at tention. The worst that was said of him among the sailors was, "Cute fellow, that Sam -, his eye tooth is cut." Sam went to sea no more. He pur chased a faim in the Green Mountain Stale, married a rosy cheek Green Mount ain giil and had many sons and daughters. GHOSTLY I'lICXOjflEXOY. Since the fall of the Pcmberton Mills the city of Lawrence, Mass., has known no such excitement as that produced on Saturday, the 20th instant, by the unac countable appearance of a female's fea tures in a liht of glass in the window of a house on Broadway. It appears that a few days previous to the discovery of lhe phenomenon an elderly lady, afier a long and wearing sickness, had died. The day succeediu that on which the funeral occurred, a lady who was visiting one of the tenants of the same house, in passing saw a figure in the attic window, which she instantly recognized as that of the de ceased lady, and with great consternation communicated the fact to the other occu pants of the building, and in a short time the entire neighborhood was made aware of the strange and exciting discovery. The window of the room in which the woman had died was immediately uuder that in the attic, and was the usuul sitting place of the deceased. Some supposed tiiat by some means her face had become impressed upon the glass; but the fact that it was not in the room occupied by her, and in a room that was usually occupied, displaces all belief in the idea. Du.ing the day and evening the story of a ghost on Broadway was widely circulated throughout the city, and caily the next morning, which was the Sabbath, people commenced to gather about the ill-fated and haunted house, much to the annoy ance of the inmates and immediate neigh bors. None professed to believe a word of the wild story, and were only convinced upon an actual view with their own eyes. A sister of the deceased, hearing of the matter, visited the place, and pronounced the likeness to be that of her relative. The only remaining members of the fami ly are two small children. The excitement momentarily increased, ai also did the crowd in the street, and by noon it was so great as to render the pas sage of the horse cars quite difficult. The inmates tried various means to remove the figure from the glass, but were unsuc cessful, and, with a view of sending the crowd away, removed the sash to the rear of the building, where the face was seen to a still better advantage, though it seomed to have a somewhat different ap pearanco. It was only when the sash had been removed and secreted in the house that the crowd began to disperse and wander back to their homes, each having an idea as to the cause of the sin gular vision, and all agreeing that "there was something in it." Early on Monday morning another crowd gathered around the house, and Dr. William D. Lamb, a prominent physi cian, obtained permission to remove the sash to his office, on Essex street. Here it was placed in his window, opening upon the main business street in the citv. nd , , every one could get a fine view from be- : low. The window was examined by in telligent and scientific men; atrJ while. 13 ' 8onia were ,ne fpiuioa that it might be i ARE SLAVES BESIDE the result of the action of lightning, when some person had been sitting near, others thought this theory one of impossibility. Of course the many superstitious were satisfied that it was the "ghost of the dear woman, and nothing more." There is one thing about it, at least, that seems strange, and that is the fact that no face or figure is to bo seen in looking out from the inside. During the day a firm of photographers, after several attemnts. j succeeded in getting a very good likeness ot the sash and lace it contained. No one can account for this rtrange phenomenon but men who are practical and possessed of a good share of common sense conclude that it must be one of those curious defects that will sometimes appear in window glass. The strangest tiling in its connection is that it was not discovered until after the death of an in mate of the house. Those who believe in the "spiritual" are making the most of the circumstance, and doubtless there sel (Join occurs such instances upon which they can surely reach the partially super stitious mind. Ghost or not, there has nothing occurred in the city of Lawrence of this nature that produced such wonder ment since the well remembered stories of various apparitions in eonnectiou with the fall of the IVmberton Mills. Com filler L'ndcr Dimcultic. - The Colusa Missouri) Sun tells the fol lowing story : "A few days since a young man ap peared in Colusa and made a canvass of our town in disposition of various Yankee notions, ilio experience in regard to this world was evidently of rather a limited order, yet he was industrious and stiived to obtain a market for his wares, and bis efforts were to a certain extent crowned with success. During his bojouin anions us, he became infatuated with svdark-ejed maid of Colusa one of Missouri's choicest offerings a fttling which often takes pos sesion of visitors to this sectien, and fre quent became his isits to her domieil. His devotion was'reciprocated, fur on sev eral occasions, at evening twilight, the devoted couple were to be seen in clo-o proximity upon a log beneath the spread ing branched of one of our grand old oaks. "After sundry walks, our mercantile friend concluded he wtiuld obtain a chariot and roll out on the plains in company with her who was causing the spirits to rap in eveiy chamber of his heart. He repaired to one of our livery stables and procured a team and vehicle. The next thing requisite for the journey was sonic thing to soothe the agitated spirit in the way of refreshment, lie visited several saloons and inquired the ju ice of cham pagne. Finding the article would com mand from to 5 per bottle, he con cluded the luxury was altogether too ex pensive, and he endeavored to find some other beverage to be indulged in by him- ' self and sweetheart during the forthcoming ride. At last he entered one of our druT stores and asked if a temperance beverage could be furnitjbed for the above named purpose for a moderate sum of money. The iirujrist sisuured him he had a verv pleasant drink called citrate of magnesia, prepared by himself, which he could war rant fresh and lively, and which could be obtained for 25 cents per bottle. "Our hero immediately closed a bar gain, and seized upon two bottles with avidity. They were placed under the seat of the baggy with great care, and, everything being in lcadiniss, the young lady was soon ensconsed by his side, be hind a spanking team, going the double quick for the suburbs. Afier a drive of an hour the gallant diiver reached under the seat and surprised his fair companion with the presence of two botllcs cf liquid, which, he suggested, would be refreshing on the dusty road. Both suffering; from severe thirst, the contents of the two bot tles soon disappeared, and the fine flavor commented on favorably. Thus refresh ed, the lash was freely applied to the team, and our happy couple weie jolted over a somewhat uneven road, with their equilibrium undisturbed until sometime forward, on their return, when they were both suddenly seized with nn unpleasant sensation in the vicinity of the refreshment receptacle. "The fair one bent over forward, the gallant admirer doubled tip and squirmed, until things began to assume a serious character. The perspiration relied down in hugh drops from the forehead of one who a few moments before had declared his happiness complete. The smiles of the maiden were suddenly transformed to un pleasant contentions of the face, until at last, the magnesia about to become mas, ter of the situation, forbearance ceased to be a virtue, the team was stopped, and, without a word of explanation, each party made a desperate and lively leap from their respective sides of the buggy, and the scene which ensued our pen is incapa ble of describing. Suffice it to S3y, no necessary time was lost in reaching town, not a sentiment of love was uttered, and a young man was seen earnestly engaged in hunting the druggist one who could not be found and he expresses a huge disgust at the mere men'tion of citrate of magnesia as a buggy beverage. "Mr dear," asked a husband on ob serving a pair of new striped hose on Lis only heir. Vvhy have vou mad barber poles of Ernest's legs 1" "Becuusc he'a a little shaver," waa the reply. MAIilXc; A lORTLXE. BY MA IJK TWAIN. Samuel McF . was a watchman in a bank. lie was poor but honest, and Ittfc I t (V TtruO . 1 rait ble with him was il,..., V r.a, l... aoo-eciat.,1 III - L l - m tnyte,,us workings of the natural world, app elated. Hi salary was only four The Cardiff Giant. whoRe mighty remains dollars a week, and when he asked to 1 were represented as having be.n dug from have it raised the President, the Cashie ' tlj(J bowels of the eaith. afforded an oppor and the Board ot Directors glared at him j tUnity to our geological savants to expound through their spectacles, and frowned on j t0 t!' WorlJ tilc IC!,u:u of the diagnosis au-i him and told him to go out and stoo b's ' ProSnosw (so to speak) made by them of insolence ; when he knew busies was I l iU T,0li day bring, i li i .i i i "u-e3 was, with it a niccvssion of now discover cs an,! dull and the bank could not meet its ex- here, almost withia the limits cVlhe DiLtda penses now, let alone lavish one dollar a j ot Columbia, a tiilor of the soil has found week on such a miserable worm as Sam- ui,un his homestead a curious phenomenon uel McF -. And then S.ttuuel Mc- j 1,1 li:lture. which should engago the attention F felt depressed and sad, a'id t' o of lhe tcicrtil5c world. haughty scosn of the President an ! C ish- , 0n 1!'c l'anks ol 'l-OV'tomae. Dear Fork ior cut him to th ioUl. He wool 1 of,.,. ! JV.K'tc' ,ves ue V 'J occupa. "o into the s do v.,-,1 -,,,.1 , o into the sdo yai 1 and UY his ventra- . w UI ventra, b e twet.ry.four inch head, and weep gal- Ions of tears over bis insignificance, . i.tl i j "f.'ii ui.i is .voi iii v oi the ... .. . dead of night, he went to the lire-proof safe, and, after working at it for a while burst the door and brick into p.n immor tal smash with such perfect success that there was not enough of that safe left to make a carpel tack. Mr. McF it,.-,. ' " ' ..v. IUe , u.e proceeded to load un with coom. : . . 1 v- backs, currency and specie, and to nail all so that he pranced out of the bank with -... .... i . in - c. 1 1 v tv 1 1 ere over one million dollars on him. He then retired to an unassuming residence out of town, and sent word to the detect ives where he was. A detective called on him one day with a Toothing nolo from the Cashier. Mc F treated it with lofty scoin. De tectives called on him every day with humble notes from the President, Cashier, and Board of D'ntctora. At last the bank officers got up a magnificent supper, to which Mr. McF was invited Jle came, and, as the bank officers bowed down in the Just before him. he pondered oyer the bitter past, and bi3 Svu ,v;iS tilled with wild exultation. Before he drove away in his carriage that night it was all fixed that M. F was to keep half a million of that money and to be unniolcsied if he returned the other half. He fulfilled his contract like an honest man, but refused with haughty disdain, the oiler of the Cashier to matry his daughter. Mac is now honored and respected. . . lie moves :n the best society, he browses around in purple and line linen and other . . .. good clothes, and enjoys himself first-rate And often now h.i takes his infaut son on his knee and tells him of his eaily life, and instils holy principles inio the child's mind, and shows l.iin how, by industry and perseverance, frugality and nitro-gly-ceiine, monkey wrenches, cross cut saws and familiarity with the detective system, even the poor may rise to affluence and respectability. The Stinging T;:ee A. writer, des cribing the various plants in Queensland, says: "But though these tropical scrubs are so luxuriant and beautiful, they are not without their dangerous drawback, for theic is one plant growing in them that is really deadly in its effects that is to say, deadly in tho same way that one would apply the term to fire, as, if a cer tain proportion of one's body is burnt by the stinging tree, death will bo tho result. I would its soon pass through fire as to fall into cr.e of these trees. They are found growing from two to three inches high to ten and fifteen feet ; in the old ones the stem is whitish, and benies usual ly grow on the top. It emits a peculiar and disagreeable smell, but is best known by its leaf, which is nearly round, and having a point at the top, is jagged all arouud the edge, like the nettle at homo ; all the leaves ate large, soma larger than a saucer. Sometimes, while thooting turkeys in the scrubs. I have entirely for- j i gotten the stinging tree, till warned of its j clo.e proximity by its bmell, and have then found myself in a little forest of them. I was only once stung, and that very sitgiiiiy. its c-Uccts are curious ; it 1 " " r .... . . " JUs: lr icn.ca ..w mam.-, i,ui wie pam is madden- have seen a man, who treats ordfnary pain ' liglnly, roll ou the ground in agony, after j ...... r i...... . .A uetng siung, and i have known a horse so completely mad, after getting into a grove oi me tree, tuat te rusneu open-mouthed at every one who approached .him, and hud to be shot in the scrub. Dojjs. when cr ......WW-., t. .v , uiu.ii iM.uunij j biting pieces from the affected part. The j smaller stinging trees, a few inches high, are as dangerous as any, being so hard to ; stung, w ill rush about, whining piteously, are as dangerous us any, being so hard to sec, and seriously imperilling one's ancles. This shrub is usually found growing in palm groves." An urchin heiti'r sent for Iiva ronta' -- ---- - - ---- worth of maccaboy snutt, forgot tho name j inn uamo of the article, and asked for live cents') worth' of aiike a-bo suc-ez. Cashier's and President's po'itc attention ! tl'niuliawks. arrow-heads. iVc., and subso Oue night a happy thou.-hi struck him-' ,lu,,it,y 1,as f;uud fthew (in common uso a gleam ot light buist upon his soul and ' j"' bin, to th i . ,- ; ' a ! coi;clu.-ioi: that either ati Iu ! an sctMlemei t gazing down he dim vista of years with h,d at an early day been locl-d ne hii his eyes all blinded with joyous tears he farm, or that an Indian war had been wacd saw himself rich, honored and ropected. thereon. The eat.tt.ru eui of tho estate0 id So Samuel McF fooled around and borticri--d by a wooded grove of fine timber got a jimmy, a monkey wrench, cross j Ul;rV . - ,r r. cut saw, a cold chisel, a drill, and tibout 1 . 1irdu11 tlm Pro,vu Mr- Dl,rr had occasion half a ton of gunpowder and nitro -Ivccr 1 n .'.f fl U,e. Ve ut oa of inn ...wl ..II ,i; " 3 . j his bmuI wot k. 1 1 is attention had bectne Terms, $2 per year In advauce, NUMBER 32. A STISAXCIS: STORY. A Washington. D. C , paper of late data has the following peculiar elory : The constant discovery of things which appear strange aff.rd a stu ly for those i. I ; i: . i . i . " . , W,,cse "chnatiou lead them to sift out the ! u :irul U Erects the manage- ! ment of a farm of some two bar..!,,..! tm.nt o a ,Hrin c f sumu w.o ,ilJ1.t, j j Upon taking possesion of this pro (home time dur ng tho year 180T-) Mr. Toperty r t found heveral IoOi.it relies kh.-i. ... Some tin e Mi ce drawn to wl, .t fr.,,n .n ..... pearauecs resembled a lur-'o ut.m.. ..Ill i a.mobt in the form cf a mound t r a grave. Many times he passed it. and seemed drawn by buine unaccountable means to give it more than a pa.-sii-- glance. C .upline the f . .1... . 1 . I ! . r- ' fe : ini. mai ue una atrta-.iy i-i!Qti man v articles j of natural curi-iity upon the place with j the thought that the ttone might reveal ...'uui mai me tiuue might reveal ! something t-tianger. he last wu-k made up I ........ w . . v . . . imi.icci i iv: i i ii nprpa. I sa.r-v tuo!s un 1 uufathom the mysteries it On Tuesday ho Commenced operations, nd upon t.kirt;I,g the stoi.e f,,Und to bia astonisetnent that it had an outer covering of the same substance, which yielded readily to the hammer, consisting of ahive r of whito j sandstone varying Irom or e to throe inches j in thickness, which, af:er ;ii;tv.ng been re I moved, kft a smoother surface, and revealed I the rommir.itit-elv rlitirif .. . . . . - , . - ' i'v v- rihed near, about seven fret in length and three feet in height and thickness? After further research was found the distinct out lines of a female face and child, and over the firms of which the bear was a complete covering. The head of the animal, from the indications in the petrified form, ha.1 been cleaved open, ami rested between the fora jiaws, it lying in thnt position. The hind, legs w.ie evidently In ken off. no further outline of the "gnzsily" appearing. The question to Le solved by phiI.s.'pheM is: Was the mother atj.l child' killed by tho bear? or was the animal killed ard placed over the remains of the human beings as a vigilant watch over the dead ? One thing is certain, and that is, that the bear (or what is siipjirt-ed to be such) covers the entire forms of the two bodies. The discovery id . ..... ..-v....... i i,c iiai-ci.eiy id I of such a character as should ,.n.a. th ,t. ! tection ef some of our leading neientific men. .... ..i r WxlO. !:u tlot:tt. CoUhl furtn :i mfiflnJon r i- i- L4 n Li cn.ighten those who nny have a dt.siie f..r more information on the mysterious subj-ct. The farm of Mr. Durr is accessible from Fort Foote. beiug but twq miles therefrom, and it is to be hoped that borne of our lead in" e- ologists may pay a vii,!t la the placeanil gtve their (.pinion as to the crigiu and cause of the mystery. Mica. WutiKK andIIow it is Oitainel. How many good people who sit around their coal stoves in winter know w heneo cornea the beautifully clear miutral through which. like bright red eyes, the glowi-jg ali thrr.cde shines? 1 1 is imj-rssibJe to melt it. It will not burn, however tierce your fire. . It can be split info plates of astonishing thin-, ness. When thus split it often exhibits thu colors of the rainbow with maryelcts perfec tion and beauty. It is almost perfectly elas tic. On the whole it is a curious mineral, and moreover, has important uses in tho aits. Up in New Hampshire, on the Northern Railroad, about forty miles above Concord, lies the town of (.raftoijj on the height of land betweeu the Merrimac and Connecticut rivers, exceedingly hilly and wild. You gain the western side of the mountain, and ascend by a deep fooipaih through the Woods. On the southern side of the mountain, per haps a thousand feet h:gh, in the mica quarry. It covers, perhaps, an acre, and can be s.ett for miles away, like a gte.il white blotch oa the side of a wooded mountain. Here ij inici everywhere. The rock all aUut is granite, but at thta articular spot the constituents of granite, mica, feldspar and quartx seem to bo Mparaeil, each by itself in great masses. This mica Is found tightly bound in the rock like the leaves of a bo,,k, and inclined at every auglw. It is sometimes found in sheet a vaid across, several inches thick and leau- : o".n. . ...... . ... lUiiny ir;inraicni. Along With It ate DOW ! and then fotmd other rr. in po crashing with terrific force down the nifJntilf!" ,de-' Th'w will ! be underMo .f when it is known L.at the holes drilled nm flometimes twentv-fi f. et amount of powder Ored iu a stDgle blast U sometimes hine or ten kegs, The followin( is mMrrf,.,i - .. . - e . i f - - -o r vine? ror corns. It is susceptible ef easy trial - c . ... - . n.iuo. ii it, Mj.-c-rpiioie tt easy trial - - Scrape a piece of common chalk, put a small Potion of it upon the corn, and bicd it on !itn Ula rj?- Repeat the application I -- ! (" ... . for a few oavs and vou will fir..! it, ,-.rr. .v Co:ie oif like a shelf, and be perfectly cured. . The girl in Kimrra who helped hef mother to d tb infers of marriage within twenty minutes : c v r. ...... , ; u. oi marriage wunin twenty minutes after tb fact was first announced in the pa mio iup isu was nrsi announced in the pa- rer8- She accepted the beet, and is now aoinj her owa b-.-uswoik.
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