f i fifth' - -1 F'"4 jiTiKC, Editor and Publisher. HE IS A FREEMAN WHOM THE TRUTH MAKES FREE, AND ALL ARE SLAVES BESIDE. Terms, $2 per year In advance. Volume 4. EBENSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1870. NUMBER 34. ayn. Summer. I ar& now prcpuitu w unci QT-pKlUOR INDUCEMENTS T0 CASH PDnCHASF.RS OF jiEEMRpUJOFPEH WARE WHOLESALE OR RETAIL, , stof t consists in part of every variety of Tin, Sheet-Iron, OFFER AND BRASS WARES, SAUCE PANS. BOILERS. &c , I SIK) E-In. ii-ei u.iano, wil m; nOUSKFURNISIIING HARD WAKE OF EVERY KIND. cnrai'i Anti-Dnt EATING am COOKING STOVES, FXCELSlOIi COOKING STOVES, ,kv '''lUUMPH and PARLOR COOK ' IN'O STOVES. -j any Conking Stove desired I will get en ordered at manutaciurer s prices. diftove Plates ai:d Grates, &c, for re rs on hand for the Stoves 1 sell ; others il be ordered when wanted. Particular attention given to touting, Valleys and Conductors, a i l- .111 1... -.-. wl iMif rif lifbt matu a'.s and put up by competent workmen. .amp Earners. Wick and Chimneys u-iini 1A1 E OR HKTAir- t.iu'.I call particular attention to the Lijiht -.1 1 c . - i;e liurntr, witn mass wme, ior pivmg ,te li'jht than any other in use. Also, the Parag'm Burner, for Crude Oil. JGAR KETTLESAND CAULDRONS of i'l sizes constantly on Laud. Special attention given to jbing in Tin, Copper and Sheet-Iron. at lowest possible rates. Whoifsale Merchants Lists i ready, and will be sent on application by mail or in person flVping to fee all my old customers and ny r.tw ones this Spring, I return my .st Miiwre ti.ar.ks for the very liberal pa iiage 1 ti&ve already receiver., and will ieatvr to piVas- all who may call, wheth- thev Icy or not. FRANCIS w. HAY. Johnstown, March 7. 18C7. jJfiLAT Kedfction in Prices I TO CASH MYERS l AT THE EHOSKIRG at undersigned respectfully informs the s oi tuensburg anl the public gener that he has made a meat reduction in to CASH BUYERS. My stock will t,in part, of Cooking, Parlor and Heal &r, of the nvtt.t poj.ular kinds ; Tin s of every description, of my own man :'.:re; Hardware of all k iw 1 nnrh .Scies, Butt flingfs, Table Hinges, Hinges. Ri.lts. In.n and KaiIs Win. G!is Putty, Table Knives and Forks, y - ivnives and forks, Meat Cutters, V-Piren, Pen and Pocket Knives in v :'.rty, Scissors. Shears, Razors and ' s Am, Hatchets, Hammers, Coring M'f A-sers, Uhissels, Tlanes, Com- .-pim, Files, Rasps, Anvils, Vises, Wees, Iijn. pnrifl Anfl Refill kinds. Shovels, Spades, Scvthes ' Math., Rakes, Forks, Sleigh Dells, Uits. ptRg v,Tax Bristles, Clothes . unud Stones. Patent Molasses ;snd Measures. Lumber Sticks, Horse J, Kev-jlvers, Pistcds, Cartridges, Pow- iui, cvc., Udd Stove Plates, : and F:ro x..n -v. i enaiiu cistern ;f .aa.( JubiDg ; Harness ami Saddlery Ukrad; Wooden arid Willow Ware ; Carbon Oil and Oil Lamps, Y'lUw Oil, Linseed Oil, Lubricating C ' r uiass ware- Paints, Varnish . 'iivuuui, ULC. WILY GROCERIFS l. ea Coffee, Sugars, Molasses, Svr- r , I1UU reaches. Dried Apples, n.iminy, Crackers. ;: P, Candles; TOBACCO and r)n- nU Whitcwash. sc"'b. Horse, -l asting. Varnish mC ,i , i',,eS,..aM kinds and sizes; Bed ?ar'd Man liimoj ' ,t c 'T1 ratC8for CASI1- - . t u , . -r "-"J "iaae. pam vet and pnl h 'to , te! fur c"- A liberal discount esa'o uuynig i id ware bnr, r, 0F0- HU1STLET PKOE W. YEAGER, 1 ind Retail Dealer In LATINS AND COOK STOVES OP Erri ' utscRIPTION, Mtuu& IUUU II J 0?EISOWV i.t - "AnutAUlUKE, :iGRAL JOBBER in SPOUTING dalU.i,- . . . . -"'cr wnt in Lis line. near Caroline Street, 1 . CoOKTrnvpUARLEY SHEAF" Stovl d. fctory u oW !duced 10 the Dublin liSl" GUARANTEED. I'fll nnt'lfillit-n nmn-rkn U l III 1 II V'I'I IM I 'L 1 HI A5B SHEET-IRGN WARE JPIIIE! FIRE II FIHEIII DO YOU HEAR THAT, FIREMEN ? ASD ARE TOW PREPARED TO OBEY THE SUMMONS! This you are not, unless you have been to Wolff's Clothing Store, and have bought one of those superb F I R E H A X ' S COATS, to keep yon warm and lry. 'Wolff makes them at from !?! to $20, and any other gar-n-ent you want you eun have made to order at short notice. KJXO FIT, XO CHARGE fl Mr. WOLFF has just returned from the East, and his READY MADE iT-nmiiivri nr now contains the largest assortment, the most varied assortment, and altogether the most pleasing assortment of SUMMER GARMENTS FOR M K AXD ROYS, EVEll DISPLAYED IN ALTOOXA. ESTOVERCOATS. from the lowest-priced Cat-simere to tlie finest Deavcr all sizes, C3?"Full Suitvof Clothins at Irom ?9 to $30. Punts from $1,50 to J9. N'ests from 73 cents to $5. Also, a geneial variety of KOTIOKS & FURKISHI1VG GCODS, lltits, Caps, Hoots, SlioeN, UMBRELLAS, SATCHELS, TRUNKS, Ac t-In the LADIES' DEPARTMENT will be lound a full stock of FURS, from the low est priced Couey to the finest Mink aud Sable. GODFREY WOLFF, Next door to the Post Office. ARoona, Pa. l II O M A S C A R L A N 1) , WHOLESALE DEALER IN GROCERIES S QUEENSWARE- WOOD AND WILLOW WARE, STATIONERY AND NOTIONS, FISH. SALT. SUGAR CURED MEATS, IIACO FLOUR, FEED AND PROVISIONS, 1323 Eleventh Avenue, Between 13th and 14th Sts., Altoona. All such poods as Spices, Brushes, Wood anti Willow Ware, Shoe Blacking m.d Station ery will be sold Irom manufacturer's punted price lists, and all other poods in my line at Philadelphia, Haltimore, Cincinnati and Pitts burgh current prict 8. To dealers 1 present the peculiar advantage of saving them all freight and drayage, a? they are not required to pay freights from the principal cities and no dray age charges are made. Dealers may rest as sured that my goods are of the best qualitr and my prices as moderate as city rates. By doing a fair, upripht business, and by promptly and satisfactorily filling all orders, I hope to merit the patronape of retail dealers and others in Cambria county and elsewhere. Orders re spectfully solicited and satisfaction pnarnn'eed in all cases. THOMAS OAKLAND. Aboona, July 29. Ifc'C'J.-tf. " CBCXSRIRG HAVING recently enlarged our stock we are now prepared to sell at a great reduction from former prices. Our stock con sists of Drugs, Medicines, Perfumery, Fanc Soaps, Leon's, Hall's and Allen's Hair Restor atives. Pills, Ointments, Plasters, Liniments, Pain Killers, Citrate Magnesia, EiS Jamaica Ginger, Pure Flavoring Extracts, Essences, Lemon Syrup, Soothing Syrup, Spiced Syrup, Rhubarb, Pure Spices, &c. ; CIGARS AND TOBACCOS. Blank Books, Deeds, Notes and Bonds; Cap, Post. Commercial and all kiDds of Note Paper; Envelopes, Pens, Pencils, Arnold'3 Writing Fluid, Black and Red Ink, Pocket and Pass Books, Magazines, Newspapers, Novels, His tories. Bibles. Iteligious.Prayer aud Toy Books, Penknives. Pipes, Sic We have added to our stock a lot of FINE JEWELRY, to which we would invite the attention of the Ladies. PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS at lower prices than ever offered in this place. Puicr and Cigars sold either wholesale or re tail. LEMMON & MURRAY, July 30, 1S68. Main Street, Ebensburg. NDEEW M OSES, MERCHANT TAILOR, Scppes's Bbiidino, Clixtojj St., Johnstown, HAS jnst received his fall and winter stock of fine French, London and American CLOTHS. CASSIMERE3 and VESTINGS, and a full assortment of Gent's Furnishing Goons. ... , Mr Moses has been for eight years cutter at Wood, Morrell k Co.'s establishment, and now desires to inform his friends and the public gen erally that he has commenced business in Sup oes's building, on Clinton stieet, with a stock rf coods adapted to the fall and winter, which be is prepared to make up in the latest styles and at moderate prices for cash, hoping by at tention to business to merit a share ot public nitronage, and maintain that success which has heretofore attended his efforts m producing good fitting garments. Give him a call. Johnstown, Sept. 2. I868.-tr. NOTICE TO LAND OWNERS. Having procured a perlect list of all warrantee names, dates of warrants, and of the ent of the purchase money and the names of the persons paying the same, with a com pete draft madePfAm the official records show Sg the location of each tract of land. I am prfpared to procure patents from th e Land Of fice for the owners of unpatented lands under ?he Act of Assembly of the 20th of May , l&b4 j . t vrto as reauired by me ana urn nuuumuicu . - - . 1 . ... r- n Arurfl i . order 01 lDe GEO. M-READE. Ebensburg, March 124, Ib70.-tf. Et potfs gtparlmcnt. SOME MOTHER'S CHILD. There Is a lesson Inculcated In the following lines, which, if taken into all our hearts, would make thi3 world brighter, move beautiful and more happy to the poor and unfortunate, for it is a lesson of charity. Many a sensitive soul would be spared bitter panjrs, and many wan dering ones reclaimed to lives of truth and ffoodness. So, in rending these line, let us all remember how sublime a virtue is charity. At home or away, in the alley or street. Wherever I chance in this wide world to meet A girl that is thoughtless, or a boy that is wild. My heart echoes sadly, " 'Tis eome mother's childl" And when T see thoso o'er whom long years have rolled. Whose hearts have grown hardened, whose spir its are cold, Be it woman all fallen, nr man all denied, A voice whispers sadly, "Ah I somo mother's child : No matter how far from the right she hath strayed ; No matter what Inroads dishonor hath made; No matter what element cankered the Pearl : Though tarnished and sullied, she's some moth er's girl. No matter how wayward his footstep's have been ; No matter how deep he is sunken in sin ; No matter how low is his standard of jov Though guilty and loathsome, he Is some moth er's boy. That head hath been pillowed on ten.derest breast ; That form hath been wept o'er, those lips have been pressed ; That soul hath been prayed for in tones sweet and mild; For her sake deal gently with "some mother's child." Sales, Sfcrttjjfs, nfc&ofcs, tft. A D 4 It I ft VOYAGE. TH. - rn : -i- i . r iuc iuuuwinj; uewiiiuu account or me rash and foolish, but fortunately success ful voyage, of the little boat "City of llu gusa" across the Atlantic is given in the lioston Herald : Ninety days ago a tiny boat, less than twenty feet in length, and carrying two men and a dog, left Liverpool, England, wilh the avowed purpose of crossing the Atlantic to New York. The bold and hazardous project was the subject of mucli amazement at the time, but since then the startling events which have been trans piring on the scene of the eventful war in Europe have absorbed the interest of the public to such a degree that the bold ad venturers have been to a great extent for gotten. Information has been received of their whereabouts, however, at several points on the voyage, from other crafts by which they have been seen, and about five o'clock j'esteiday afternoon the tiny craft was signalled approaching our bar bor. At 6 o'clock the collector's tun started down the harbor and met the ven turesome marines at about 8 o'clock, op positc the lower light, and towed them in. The boat which has thus accomplished a voyage so hazardous and so altogether novel, is named the Cily of liagusa, is twenty feet in length over all, six feet beam and two feet eight inches in depth, drawing two feet of water; ehe is yawl riggfd, and spreads seven yards of can vass; is fitted with a two-bladed steam propeller, worked by hand, and her hull H of wood, the boards being only one halt an inch in thickness Jn this minia ture ship are all the arrangements for cooking, etc., and the capacity for carry ing provisions and water sufficient for the voyage which has just been so successful ly terminated The "crew" consists of two men, John Charles Berkeley, the commander, and Nicholas Primoraz These are the two men who, actuated, as the former says, by a "mere whim," were induced to make this attempt, which few could regard as anything but fool hardiness afttr seeing the craft in which they launched their destinies and hung their lives by a mere thread. The former has followed the sea from boyhood, and has passed an eventful life. lie saved two lives off the coast of Keht on the 23th j of September, 1858, for which he was awarded a medal by the British Humane Society. lie is on Irishman and has a home in Dublin. His companion is an Austrian. On Thursday, June 2, these daring spirits launched their frail bark, and, ac companied only by a dog, left Liverpool. In ten days they put into Qucenstown, where they were obliged to remain four days in order to have some caulking done on their boat, which was leaking, and left there on the 16th, having on board one ton of ballast and 500 weight of coals. They took the northern route, the same as taken by the Cambria, the pre vailing wind3 being westerly, and for the first lhirtyfive days they suffered a great deal, being kept wet through continually. They were compelled to eat their meat raw, which adJed to their discomfort, and helped to discourage them, After being 18 days out they became short of fire wood, with no means of getting a supply. At this time they very luckily picked up a barrel containing about four gallons of tar, which was a perfect godsend, they using the tar upon the decks and I he barrel for fuel. On the 4th of July they celebrated "The Day of the Great Ke pudlic," drinking the health of President Grant in some prime Irish whisky, with which they were supplied. On the even ing of that day there was a heavy gale, through which, however, they rode safely. On the 28th of August they lost one of their crew, the dog, who died of scur vy. They had a great deal of heavy weather, but the little bark bore herself nobly, and the men themselves expressed surprise that she rode the heavy gales eo staunchly. She was leaking all the way, and the pumps, of which they have two j were kept at work constantly. In the ' severe gale of last Saturday they , expe rienced the hardest time of the voyage, but suffered no disaster save the carrying away of the jigger boom. The largett number of miles made in one day was 153 which was made in the first part of the voyage, and the smallest eleven miles. The average speed was four- knots an hour. A number of vessels were spoken on the voyage, among which were "the Uadcliffe, on the 28th of June, bound to Quebec ; the ship Maxwell, August 9, and Ihe homeward-bound steamer Kussia, August 24. From the first two of these ships they took in supplies of provisions. Two whales were very neighborly off Cape Clear, coming near enough to be touched with the hand, and giving the voyagers some alarm lest they should upset their frail ship. One of ".Mother Carey's Chickens' attended them from the time they left Qucenstown till they passed George's bank. The men say that they had the most perfect confidence in the success of their enterprise, and in the roughest gale could go to sleep with the greatest composure. Only the lateness of the season prevents them from returning home as they came Their original inlention was to go direct to New York, but they concluded to put info this port, and will go fiom here to the former place and remain this side of the Atlantic till another summer. They were towed to Long wharf by the tug, and there can be soen ibis smallest of all crafts that ever traversed the broad Atlantic. LOXG AMI'S. Samuel Clinton, of Timbury, near Bath, England, a laborer, aged twenty five, apparently in sound health, fell asleep on the loth day of May, 1C93, and coulJ not be aroused Food and diink which were placed at his bedside recularly dis appeared, although no one saw him eat ing. At the end of a month he arose of his own accord and vent to his ordinary work. Kxcept that ho never spoke for a month, he kept apparently well tilt the 19lh of April. 1GDG, when he .igain fell asleep. No external irritant, as cupping or scarifying, could arouse him ; and he lay in this state for ten weeks, after which his jaws became so clenched together that it became necossary to utilize a hole in his teeth made by his pipe, and pour a little wine into his mouth through a quill. About two qnarts were thus introduced in the course of six weeks and four days, and he took no other nourishment. On the 7lh of August, after sleeping seven teen weeks, he awoke and dressed, not knowing that he had slept more than a night, till he went into the fields and' saw the harvest being gathered which he had helped to sow when he fell asleep. He remained well and at his regular work till the 17th of August, 1G97, when he again fell at-leep, and could not be roused by pricking, pinching, the application of hartshorn to the nostrils, etc., till the 18:h of November, when his mother found him eating. She asked him how he did. He replied, "Very well, thank God." She rsked him which he liked best, bread and butter, or bread and cheese. He answer ed, ''Bread and cheese." Upon this the woman, overjoyed, left him to acquaint his brother, and on their return to his room they found him as fast asleep as ever, and could not by any means awake him. He finally awoke spontaneously at the beginning of Februar', perfectly well, and remembering nothing that had hap pened during hi9 long sleep; aud this is the last we hear of him. A very remarkable case is that de scribed by M. Blanchet to the Paris Academy of Sciences, and published in the Comptns liendus for 18G4. A lady, aged twenty-four, who slept for forty days at the age of eighteen, and fifty days at the age of twenty including her hon eymoon at length had a t-lecp of nearly a year from Easter Sunday, 18G3, to March, 1864. By the removal of a false front tooth she was fed with milk and broth. She was motionless, insensible to any external stimulus, and her muscles in a state of contraction. The pulso was very weak, and the breathing scarcely perceptible. All the ordinary calls of nature were suspended. Her complexion wa9 florid and healthy, and there was no emaciation. Except in the last particu lar, her case approximates to one lhat has recently attracted much attention in Eng land. The difference may be readily ac counted for bj' the apparent ly persistent aud almost total fast of the subject in the latter case. . Got an Answek. A correspondent of a Boston paper tells the following story of camp life: A whining, peevish man, who was always trying to get on the sick list, although apparently as healthy as any man in the army, went to the chaplain one day, in his doleful style, and requested that a letter be written to his wife, telling her of his condition. "Tell her, chaplain," said the soldier, "that I am too sick to write myself, and have got you to do it for me. Tell her I should die to-day, I'm sure, but for the desire I have to wait and see her once before I die." The chaplain wrote as directed, and after a few days, be called the would be Bick soldier lo his tent and banded him this answer to bis mournful letter : "Dear sir Tell John not to wait for me, as I i have already set up housekeeping with an other man." I "The pen is mightier than the sword," but, as regards the sum to!al of human happiness, the smile is mightier than cither. The swain who is .wont to hold sweet converse with his adored at the gar den gate, and daily sighs as he plods his daily task, "she always has a winning smile for me," is happier in the possession of those smiles than all the Kothchilds with their immense wealth. Smiles are evoked by innumerable causes, but the four genuine cardinal fcmiles are as follows : The smile of recog nition, of approval, of affection and of love. On these four smiles hang, as it wore, all the law and the prophets. First. The smile of recognition, which implies that of friendship, is a token of social affinity an inaudible melody of praise to the divinity of a common broth erhood. To appreciate this smile, we Lave only to imagine its total absence, and in its stead subslitute the look of in difference or the frozen frown. Ilalhcr than such a state as this, an amble with the festive aborigines of the western plains would be preferred. Second. The smile of approval, from the face of beauty, was the coveted prize of the knights of old. In the world's great tournament at the present day, the smile of approval is no less potent. It is a powerful impetus to well-doing to ambition and is often the secret to suc cess in life. All are susc ptible to its influence. To the friendless and apparent ly forsaken, it is as a gleam of sunshine lo the gloomy dungeon. To the fainting or desponding in the march of life, it is like the oasis to the Eecluded aud sulTcrinc pilgrim of the desert. Third. The smile of 'affection is as a glimpse of the better world ; an evidence of our immortal nature. The smile of affection is not only an evidence of mutual sympathy, but is the "open fesame" to the caves of tifishness. It will accom plish what all other means have failed to do, the softening of the stubborn heart. Fourth. The smile of lovers is the bow of promise to the Eden of matrimony, as well as the evidence of the full possession of. the promised hand. The following singular incident will illustrate our su! ject; A young and highly respectable citizen of B became deeply attached to the daugh ter of a wealthy citizen. The attachment was mutual. She was a brunette, little disposed to sentiment or romance ; but of an earnest and loving nature. The your." man's poverty, and their relative positions in society prodJccd a conflict, in her mind, between her love and her sense of propri ety. Her ardent love, however, overcame all objections, except that of thwarting the wishes of her parents, which her sense cf duty forbade her to do. Their consent to marriage was kindly but firmly rcfjfed. In this dilemma, fully appreciating the situation, the young man determined to push for the Western States, where he believed a field was open for his skill and inventive genius; the young lady in the meantime agreeing to keep the engagement good for two years. Her sympathies werejdeeply moved in behalf of her lov r whose only fault was poverty; but all that she could do at their parting was to encourage him with a sweet smile of love. That smile cheered him onward. At the end of two years, however, his material prospects had not improved ; on the con trary, misfortune had befallen him. By tacit onsent, the correspondence of the lovers ceased. A year subsequently, he fieard, with a pang, of her marriage to a banker of B . Still that smile of love hovered around him like a guardian angel, cheered him in his solitude, and saved him from the effects of depressing influen ces. As if to recompense Lim for the loss of his cherished idol, fortune anon smiled upon him. His energy and genius met their reward, and ere seven years had elapsed since his departure from B , he became the managing partner in a flourishing manufactory. For the first time since his absence, he now returned to B . As he was leaving the depot, after his arrival at that place, he saw, in advnnce of him, a lady dressed in mourn ing, leading a small child. A locomotive was moving toward them, and was in close proximity, which the lady evidently did not observe. Our hero, for such he truly was, dashed forward, seized her aud child, and rescued them from danger. Recovering from her fright, tho lady threw aside her vail, and cast an inquiring look at her preserver. Instantly her face as sumed an expression in which were blend ed the smile cf recognition, of approval, of affection and of love. She was his former betrothed, then a widow, and sub sequently became his wife. The emiles of love reigned triumphant. - A stout has been told of a graccles scamp who gained access lo the Clarendon printing olfice at Oxford, when the forms of a new edition of the Episcopal prayer book had just been made up and were ready fur the press. In that part of the "form" containing tho marriage service'hc substituted the letter k for the leltpr v, in the word live, and thus the vow "to love, honor, comfort," etc., "so long as yo both shall live," was made to read "so long as ye both shall like." The change Was not discovered until the wholo of the edition was printed off. If the sheets thus rendered useless in England be still pre served, it would be a good speculation to have them neatly bound and forwarded to Indiana and Connecticut. Big Autnes Willi a .Moral. ! In the summer of 1S30 I had occasion to visit the northwestern part of Wiscon sin, by way of completing a tour of sci entific observation aud survey. My prin cipal business was to examine the waters of the tribut aries of the Mississippi, with reference specially to the fishes they con tained. With my nets, cans, guns, etc, loaded upon the shoulders and backs of my attendants, I arrived one evening, near sunset, at the little hamlet or river town of II , weary, wet and hungry. My long hair and beard, quaint cos'ume, and strange "kit," . attracted the most fixed attention from a group of loungers at the inn where I sought food and rest ; and particularly excited Ihe curiosity of a long, lank specimen of a backwoodsman, which curiosity, sprinkled with many grains of wonder, was attested by staring eye and open mouth. 'Hardly had the burdens of my men been deposited in the corner of the bar room, dry clothes donned, and myself seated on th porch with note book in hand, when I was confronted by eager questioners : "Where had I come from ? What was my business J" were the prin cipal interrogatories. I replied in brief, that I was out upon a fishing expedition, and that I had that day been plying rod and line, and casting net, in a stream which flowed in the vicinity of their vil lage. This latter piece of information drew a laugh from the company, followed by remarks not very complimentary to my piscatorial qualifications, in which it was quite broadly hinted that a man must be pretty nigh a fool who would stop to angle in such waters. "What fish had I caught ?" asked one, after the mirth had subsided. "Oh," said I. "some very interesting specimens, 1 assure you; indeed, I esteem them of very great value." Cuiiosily and wonder were again up permost. "I have cr.pfure.," I continued, "a few species I hardly expected to find io this vicinity. In addition to tare specimens ofcattus, leiu'iscus, etheostoma, percopsis, and olher ichthyological genera, I have succeeded by dint of perseverence and hard labor, in taking at-ingle catostomus." This enumeration was mado wilh all imaginable gravity, and had the desired effect. Astonishment was depicted on every face. "Never had such fishes been heard of before in Mud Branch nobuby ever thought of fishing there. Would I be so kind as to show them the very rare and strange fish I had taken ?" At the risk of having my head broken for the mischief I was practising, I went to a can and took from It Ihe aforesaid catostomus, and laid it down on a bench for inspection. The arching of eyebrows, the shrugging cf shoulders, ihe puckering of mouths, told plainly that with a 'pin hook" 1 had made another addition to my list of specimen fishes. My tall friend was strangely exercised. Straddling out his si "Its to their greatest expansion, thrusting his hands deeply into the apper tures of his trousers, and ejecting from his mouth a plump yard of tobacco spittle, ho broke out with : "I say, Mister, what kind of a fish did you call lhat tl.ar ?" "That," said I, "is a catostomus." ''Cat thunder!" exclaimed he, looking down intently and even fiercely upon his fishship. "Ef that thar critter arn't a sucker, then there arn't mry hell !" This outburst 'brought down the house, and such another peal of laughter was scarcely ever heard, I venture to say, from the same number of human throats. The fish was indeed of the family cal'.ed "suckers," and the high-sounding najue that science has applied to it . did not t change its character in the least, nor the form or complexion of a single scale or fin. It was turn ply and only u sucker, and a small, inferior specimen at best. Moral Big names oflcn cover up little fishes, not worth' the catching, save for exhibition. Tub Poisoxkd Tongue. It is the custom in Africa for hunters, when they have killed a poisonous snake, to cut olf its head and carefully bury it deep in the ground. A naked foot stepping on one of these unburied fangs would be fatally wounded. The poison would spread in a very short space all through the system. This venom lasts a long time, and is as deadly after Ihe snake is dead as it was before. Our cruel Indians used to dip the points of their arrows in this poison so, if they made the least wound, their victim would bo sure to die. The snake's poison is. in his teeth ; but there is something quite as dangerous, and much more common in communities, which has its poison in its tongue. In deed, your chances for escape from a ser pent are much greater. The worst snakes glide away m fear at the approach of man, unless disturbed or attacked. But this creature, whose poison lurks in his tongue, attacks without provocation, and follows up its victim with untiring perseverance. I will tell j'ou his name so you will al ways be able to shun him. He .is called a Slanderer. lie poisons worse than a serpent. Often his venom strikes to the life of a whole family or neighborhood, destroying all peace and confidence. The moment anything assumes the hape of n d:fy, some persons feel them selves incapable of discharging it. A Thrilling Adventure. The Paris Patrie sustains the well earned reputation of the French press for producing sensational anecdotes, by con tributing the following to thut species of literature : An adventure truly horrible, and which if made the subject of a melodrama would certainly be denounced as improbable, has just occurred in the environs of Viterbo, in ihe Pontifical States. A caltle dealer stopped at an inn on the road not far from the city. He seemed very well sat isfied who the accomodations and with, himself, and he related to the inn-keeper that he bad just made an excellent bar gain about some cattle, by which he had netted a sum of five thousand frances. After supper ho started for the city, bit had not gone" far when he was attacked by three men who fried to get Lim down. He defended himself bravely, and succeed ed in making his escape. lie returned to Ihe inn and related what had happened. At iho same time he sail h-. would sleep there, as he did not wish, for fear of an other attack, to resume his journey until the next morning. Accordingly, a room was prepared for him, and he retired to bod and soon fell asleep. In the cunrso of the nighMie awoke, and heard some one speaking outside the door. What ho hoard filled him wilh horror. The innkeeper was saying to some one, "Dig the hole deeper in the garden. I will throw him out of the window, and you can bury him at once." The trav eler understood tho situation at once. They were going to murder him, and the innkeeper was in league with the murderers to share the plunder and con ceal his body. Ho immediately arose and dressed himself, and, arming himself with a spade, which was standing in a corner of the bedroom, he waited. It was not long befjre he heard some one approach the door. It was opened softly, and the cattle-dealer saw the innkeeper about to step into the room. He imme diately struck the wretch dead upon the floor with the spade. The cattle-dealer then lifted up tho body, and, orxning tho window, beneath which he could peiceive by the dim light three men and a pit dug for himself, he threw the body into the yard. The three men took up the body, which they did not recogn'ze, and set to work to bury it. The cattle-dealer, without losing a second, crept down stairs, opened the door of the inn, and hurried off to give information K the Papal Carabineers. They soon arrived at the scene of the crime. The three accomplices of tho would-be murderer had just fini-hed their dismal work. They were immediately arresled and recognized as the sons of the innkeeper. It was they, doubtless, who, at the instigation of their father, had at tacked the cattle-dealer on the road. A Romance Aboct Elgemk. In 1851 the uncle of the writer resided as American Minister at Paris, with a large family around him. At this time appear ed in society there Eugenie Marie de Guz man, Countess of Mori ijo, a I rvely person and an aristocratic name securing her brilliant conquests ia that society, and constituting her one i f the most famous ladies in Paris. It was thought, and in deed freely remarked, that her mother was more ambitions I h.-'n herself, that the former designed for her some great alli ance, while. Eugenie herself appeared a modd of simple sincerity, a girl who would choose to consult her heart in any matrimonial affair. Her sister had just married the Duke of Alba and Berwick, a lineal descendent of James II. of Eng land ; and the worthy mother. Donna Maria, no doubt designed at least nn equal mattimonial destiny for the more beauti ful of her daughters. But the heart is not always to be controlled even in tho most aristocratic life, or to yield to its ex actions, or convenience. Eugenie lost hers to a fine-looking blonde Virginian, young William C. Uivcs, son of tha American Minister. They were engaged to be married. . Bat Aunt Judy Hives, a Virginia matron, very decided and an gular in her scruples, interfered and broke tdf the match ; the Countess was too 'fast for her old Virginia views of social Sobri ety. The woman for whom future had reserved sc much escaped the compara tively humble match that her heart bar! decided upon the destiny of a quiet Vir ginia housewife to ascend the throne of France. Alas, what other contrasts may yet remain for her ! . If an event had been ordered differently, if a prospective moth-er-in-Iaw had proved complacent, the Empress, tho woman who has adorned the throne of France and displayed to tho world the charms of another Cleopatra, might at t hta moment be a quiet country matron living in a farm-house near Cob ham Depot, County of Albemarle, and State of Virginia. Corr.'qwndinee of the Lynchburg Republican. A Boston teacher asked a new boy who made the glorious universe, but the boy couldn't tell, so the teacher cot r rawhide and told the boy if h didn't tell he would wallup him. The Loy looked at the whip and snivelled out ; "Please, sir, I did, bid J won't ?i it again I" Tha teacher fainted. There is la Africa cow-tree that yields milk as the t.ngar icaple yields sap anti aootner lhat esudesa delicate honey.
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