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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.