OLUME 4. ijje Cambria Freeman BE I'UBLISUtli VEIiY THURSDAY MORNING, At Ebensbnrg, Cambria Co., Fa. .1 n r,ilit ttntinhlf. within ihref. ,rlr.V SIX IllUUWiD. - a vv , c.-,j,y, three Dionius, - - - - ou se'tfho fail to pay their subscriptions after tne ci " m,-iitiia c'.irgi at the rate of $2.50 per year, .Je who f.ili w Py until after the cx- ,Dk,l twelve months will be charged at '.i-ei.fl3.00 I'" year. ,,-c numbers constitute a quarter; ,tvve, six muutlis; ami my numbers. year. gATEo or AuiiKiiaijiUi square, 12 lines, one insertion, ;, juk-equeut insertion, :. Vntirps. each. Jl oo 25 2 00 2 50 2 50 1 50 1 yr. $G 00 12 00 15 00 25 00 28 00 jinistrotor-' Notices, each. Tutors' Notices, each, -iV Notices, each O 7iCS. U HIV. $ 2 CO $ 4 00 5 00 8 00 7 00 10 00 9 60 14 00 11 00 l(i 00 14 CO 25 00 are, 12 lines, lure. 24 lines. uares, 3t5 lines, tier column, rJ column, column,. 00 G'lunin, 25 00 85 00 CO 00 ual or Business Cards, nut ;ceeJintf 8 lines, witr paper, t UO ituary Nut'icea, over six lines, ten cents ecial atJ'l business Notices eight cents iie iL.r nrst luseruon, auu lour cents lor !"!" .-solutions of S'jcietiea, or communica nt a personal Lature must be paid tor veitisements. JOB FRlNTIN'Q. Ijrs maile arrjli'Viiieilta bv which w " - n .r, do or have dune all kinds of plain luicv Job Priuting, such as BookB, - 'ni , 1 - TM1 J Ta- I'.ieia, o:iow partis, iiu ami i.et.iei :,lLnJbilI, Circulars, Src, in the best if the art and at the most moderate ;. Also, all kinds of Ridinz. Blank j P..v,V Timlmc rtwl'tiil hinrnF -J u the leat and as cheap as the Ol-St. ,r00D, HOPiRELL & CO., WASHINGTON STREET, r Pa. R, R, Depot, Johnstown, Pa., Whokiuh and Retail Dealers in M1LLIAERY GOODS, Vl'ELKSWAllE. BOOTS AND SHOHS. HATS AND CAPS. IRON AND NA1U ilTS AND OIL CLOTHS, HEADY-MADE CLOTHING, .38 WARE. YELLOW WARE. 'OuDKN AND WILLOW WARE. SV'OlfUio I prrri t t n. iioiunoana rttu, all MlNUb, !'-lith all maimer of Western Produce, lulk. BACON, FISH, SALT, 30 fill, i- - ' f "IlOieiale and rptnit nntpro arMt-UoA 7 fillfl on theeboriest notice and ITunn IfAnnrr r - pton, Ipriia8flb7u.ly. C K ZAUM ....JAS. B.ZAHM. ZAHM & SON, ESALEE3 IH 1C00DS, GROCERIES, WARE. QUEENSWARE, lts,Caps,Boots,Shoes, lfl ALL OTHER ARTICLES P"J Kept In a Country Store. f'UND COUNTRY PRODUCE 'iUs IX tXCIUNGB J OB GOODS ! 0IlE ON STREET, iext Door to the Post Office, ii!C9- EBENSRURG. PA. XDRE W M OSES. ffoCHANT TAILOR. ,,BUiiw, Clihtc St., Joiikstow,,. 'S ' of JfinerpTeu H fal1 aDd wIntw tc''' !2S.CA;QiA,Lundon ar'd American lfcullirMtRE3 and VEST1KGS. ffl" for e"ht cutl at Stifiform -; ? e3labliphmcnt, and now bt . fnends and the Public Xea V ili:n? ' "nenced business in Sup 'ds4;d t intoiteet, with a Ftock J,' fH and winter, which t'Rte ,ri r P,nt,' I-'8t stylea fie and . ouare 01 puDite fefore ft. lhat success which n. sr. r can t TO T AX'T- r.. ,?,red .a Per,t list of all te D-rM wan-ant3. and of the Eo?sn;.7asf,DO5ey and the names J-'oVo' ,hC -c5al rcFd8 Shov- av.vo, Genera! ' 1870. Fall Trade. 1870. I am now prepared to offer SUPERIOR INDUCEMENTS TO CASH FUKCHASERS OF TIUIIEHli&CffllEI EITHER AT WHOLESALE OR R ETA II My stock consists in part of every variety of Tin, Sheet-Iron, COPPER AND BRASS WARES, ENAMELLED ANI PLAINT SAUCE-PANS. BOILERS &o , COAL SHOVELS. MINE LAMPS, OIL (JANS. HOUSKFURNISHING HARD WARE OP EVERY KIND. Speti'i And. Oust HEATING and COOKING STOVES, EXCELSIOR COOKlXfi ftTOVFM NOBLE, TRIUMPH asi PARLOR COOK ING STOVES, And any Cooking Stove desired I will get when ordered at manufacturer's prices. Odd Stove Plates and Grates, &o.t for re pairs, on hand for the Stoves I sell ; others will be ordered when wanted. Particular attention given to Spouting, Valleys and Conductors, all of which will be made out of best mato rials and put up by competent workmen. Lamp Burners, Wick and Chinmevs WHOLESALE OR KK.TAIL. I would call particular attention to the Light House Burner, with Glass Cone, for giving moie light than any other in tise. Also, the Paragon Burner, for Crude Oil. SUGAR KETTLESAND CAULDRONS of all sizes constantly on hand. Special attention given to Jobbing inTin, Copper and Sheet-Iron. at lowest possible rates. Wholesale Merchants' Lists now ready, ai.d will be seut on application by mail or in person Hoping to see all my old customers and many new ones this Spiing, I return my most sincere-thanks for the very liberal pa tronage I hare already received, nnd will endeavor to please all who may call, wheth er they buy or not FRANCIS W. HAY. Johnstown. March 7. 1867. UEaT Reduction in Pkk TO CASH MYERS! AT Till: lDCASBLRG nOliSE-FURMSUIKQ STORE. The undersigned respectfully informs the citizens of Ebensburg and the public geDer ally that he has made a great reduction in prices to CASH BUYERS. My stock will consist, in part, of Cooking, Parlor and Heal ing Stoccs, of the most popular kinds ; Tin tcare of every description, of my own man ufacture ; Hardware of all kind, such as Lccks, Sciews, Butt Hinges, Table Hinges, Shutter Hinges, Bolts, Iron and Nails, Win dow Glass, Putty, Table Knives and Forks, Carving Kuives and Forks, Meat Cutters, Apple Jftrers, Pen and Pocket Knives in great variety, Scissors. Shears, Razors and Strops. Axes, Hatchets, Hammers, Boring Machines, Augers, Chissels, Planes, Com passes, Squares, Files, Rasps, Anvils, Vises, Wrenches, Rip, Panel and Cross-Cut Saws, Chains of all kinds. Shovels, Spades, Scythes and Snaths, Rakes, Forks, Sleigh Bells, Shoo Lasts, Pegs. Wax Bristles. Clothes Wringers, Griud Stones. Patent Molasses Gates and Measures. Lumber Sticks, Horse Nails, Horse Shoes, Cast Steel. Rides, Shot Guns, Revolvers, Pistols, Cartridges. Pow der, Caps, Lead, Xrc, Odd Stove Plates, Grate3 and Fire Bricks, Well and Cistern Pumps and Tubing; Harness arid Saddlery Ware of all kind ; Wooden and Mllloio Ware in great variety ; Carbon Oil and Oil-Lamps, Fish Oil, Lard Oil, Linseed Oil, Lubricating Oil, Rosin, Tar, Glassware, Paints, Varnish es. Turpentine, Alcohol. &c. FAMILY GROCERIES, such as Tea, Coffee, Sugars, Molasses, Syr ups, Spices, Dried Peaches. Dried Apples, Fish, Hominy, Crackers, Rice and Pearl Barley: Soaps, Candles; TOBACCO and tlGARS ; Paint, Whitewash, Scrub, Horse. Shoe, Dusting, Varnish, Stove. Clothes and Tooth Brushes, all kinds and sizes; Bed Cords and Manilla Ropes, and many other articles at the lowest rates for CASH. Q-Ihu;e Spouting made, pain Vd and put up at low rates for cash. A liberal disc "Hint made to country dealers buying Tinware wholesale. GEO. HUNTLEY Ebensburg. Feb, 28. 18G7.-tf. Q.KORGE W. Y.EAGEE, Wholesale and Retail Dealer In HEATING AND COOK STOVES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, OF HIS OWN MANUFACTURE, And GENERAL JOBBER in SPOUTING and all other work in his line. Virginia Street, near Caroline Street, ALTOOX.4, PA. The only dealer in the city having the rijrfct to sell the renowned "BARLEY SHEAF" COOK S rOVE. the most perfect complete and satisfactory Score ever introduced to the public. St.ock Immense. - Prices Low. satisfaction guaranteed. XlOYAt. HAVANA LOTTZKY. Frizes cnnbeii and information furnlaned by O rOKO l. f 1'ITAM, r rovidencr, B, X. p:bensburg, pa., Thursday, October 20, ism REMARKABLE PRESERVATIONS. BT EMERSON BENNETT. Among the most remarkable series of escapes from shipwreck and famine, of which there is any record, was lhat of a part of the crew and passengers of the Hlcndenhall, a fiee trader, bound from England to Bombay, in the year 1821. There are many cases that might be cited of what would seem to be a direct inter position of Providence in behalf of the sufferers, but we do not remember anv other that presents so many singular facts of this nature as the one in question. The Blendenball made a successful voyage till somewhere off the Cape of Good Hope, when adverse winds drove her far out of her course, in n southwest erly direction, toward a group of three little islands, called respectively Tristan, d'Acunha, Nightingale and Inaccessible the first named Irom its discoverer, a Portugese admiral, and the last from its rocky formation and the fearful breakers which surrounded it, and which it was then supposed would be destructive to any thing human attempting to reach it. Finding himself at last so far out of his regular course, the commander of the Blendenball re.'olved to steer for Tristan d'Acunha and take a fresh stait; but in attempting to reach that island he unfor tunately ran in among the breakers of the Inaccessible, and, before anything could b-i done to save i he vessel, fhe 6truck a sunken reef and parted amid-ships. The crew had hardly time lo cut the ropes and stays and rush forward among the passengers, who were wildly clinging to tue uead and bows, when the stern and rter went down, and two of the sailors, j crushed among the ruins. This sad event occurred at an early hour in the morning, nnd before the rising sun had dispelled the mists thwt lay like a cloud upon the waters, involving every thing in mysterious gloom. A bright ppot towards the point where the sun was rising in splendor, indicated that the damp, enveloping cloud was being dist-ipated ; mid J-oon after the upper portion was whirled off v ith a gentle breeze, and a broad blaze of light filled the open space, aud showed the Inaccessible Lland loom ing up, stern, rugged and defiant, some two miles away, its awful base, around which the angry waters were seething and routing, still concealed by the obscuring mists. "Land ho!" was the universal cry but the discovery brought little hope to the imperiled party. The anchor, which had been dropped just before the vessel struck, was now weighed and secured to the cat head, the deck was cleared of broken spars, tangled rigging and rubbish, and the foresail was spread to the btecze. The wreck now began to move slowly forward, wholly at the mercy of the winds and waves, with out steerage, drifting hither and thither, and whirling about m the foaming wateis, as powerless as the anxious souls that clung to it and watched iti restless mo tions. For many hours it continued to drift and whirl, and occasionally thump along over the sunken reefs, and then, to the great joy of all for any promise of prolonging life carried joy to those despon ding hearts it entered a narrow channel, between two projecting ledges of rocks, and approached the island at the only point where it was possible to affect a landing. Encouraged by this, the crew set to work with vigor, and, making due use of such materials as they could find, constructed a raft, on which a fjw went ashore, with ropes, and, after great ex ertions, succeeded in getting the wreck to the beach, where it soon went to pieces, though nut Jbefore all had got safely to land, and had secured many necessary articles, including a quantity of wine and provisions enough to last them several days. This may be called their first pres ei vation. A fierce storm of wind and rain set in ; and the first night our shipwrecked voya gers spent on that desert island was a dreary one indeed ; and whon they reflec ted upon their lonely. Mtuation, thousands of miles from home, with no means of getting away through the roaring surf, and no prospect of human succor, they almoft regretted they were still alive, to go through the pangs of mortal suffering. Nor did their explorations of the fol lowing day afford them any cheer. The island was small and proved to be a rocky barren, without a tree or 6hrub, or any thing possessing animal life upon it. A few miserable plants, among them some wild parsley and celery, and here and there some stunted reeds and ferns, corn prising everything of the vegetable kind all the rest being recks, sand, mud and water. Nothing could be more drea ry, cheerless and desolate ; aud as the poor voyagers strained their aching eyes over the roaring ocean, and thought of their far away homes, which they could not hope to ever see again, a feeling of despair took possession of their hearts. In a few days their provisions were all consumed, and the prospect of utter starv ation was added to their other horrors. A careful search was made throughout the island ; but, with the exception of the vegetables mentioned, of which there was only a limited quantity, nothing fit to be eaten, nothing that might prolong life, could be found. There was neither ani-. n.l nor bird, not even a lirunt rr tt c-a;i and a close examination of the rocks ahnt ! the ea discovered not eo much as a single ' j shell fish clinging to them. What then i was before them but starvation? What hope of being suddenly provided with food on those barren rocks ? In this awful extremity, they were one night fitting around their gloomy camp fires, glaring at each other and thinking who might be the first victim, when, as if Heaven had specially destined to Irv them so far and save them at the last mo ment, a flock of sea-fowls came dashin into the flames, like moth in a lighted candle, and large numbers of them were easily knocked down and secured. This happened on several successive nights, and may bo classed as their second won derful preservation. At last the birds ceased coming, and soon after their last morsel of food was eaten. What now remained, except death by famine still ! How could they hope to be again supplied in a miraculous man ner ? Two days now passed without food, and they were suffering the pangs of bodily hunger and mental dispair, when suddenly there appeared over the island a dense cloud of penguins, which had come hither, as if directed by the hand of Providence, to lay their eggs in the sand. They remained on the island for several days, and then took flight, leaving thousands of eggs behind them, on which our unfortunate voyageis subsisted for several weeks. This was their third wonderful preservation. At last their eggs were exhausted, and for the third time gaunt famine stared them in the face. What hope of another miracle? And yet it came. While again suffering the pangs of hunger, and in the last stages of despair, one of the crew, who had gone to the summit of the highest rock, to take one more survey of the ocean, and perhaps precipitate himself into the boiling gulf, rather than wait for death in a slower and more painful form, suddenly came running into camp, per fectly wild with excitement, shouting 'We are saved again ! we are saved again ! God has saved us again!" Vway, over the rocks, rushed the whole crew, with wild cries, like so many madmen ;. and when they came in sight of the water, and found their companion had told the truth, several of them drop ped down on their knees and gave thanks to God. The sea cows, or mwnatees, had been washed ashore in immense numbers, and the retreating waters had left thous ands, if not indeed millions of them, among (he rocks and sands of the little cave where our unhappy voyageis had effected their landing. The new supply of food lasted them several weeks longer, and may truly be called their fourth won derful preservation. About this time an attempt was made to open communication with the island of Tristan d'Acunha. The carpenter and his men had construced a boat of the ma terials of the wreck, and four sailors now dared to put elf in her through the roar ing surf. Dhjs of anxious expectation passed, the crew each morning going to the highest points of the island and strain ing their eyes over the ocean, hoping to catch some sign of its success. Hut they looked in vain. The boat never returned, nor was the poor fellows who ventured in her ever heard of any more. Almost despairing of ultimate salvation, and yet working with energy to save their lives, the same party built and launched another boat, in which a few daring ad venturers put off from the rocky shore. This lime Heaven favored their design. After many hair breadth escapes and much labor, they finally reached the island of Tristan d'Acunha, on which a Scotch man, named Glass, and some two or three other families, were residing, their inter course with the great world being through now and then an English trader, which touched there on her way to and from India. The poor fellows were hospitably received by the little community; and on hearing their tale of suffering and won derful preservation the chief personage resolved to save their comrades, even at the risk of his own life. And it was indeed at the risk of his own life, and the lives of all concerned, that he put off in his own boat to the island and brought away his shipwrecked countrymen, a few at a time, till the last party was safely landed where there was no more fear of starvation, and from whence they could and did obtain a pas sage to their native land. Taken altogether, as we have said, we can call to mind no other record of ship wrecked voyagers having so many mirac ulous escapes from impending death. A Cuuious Custom. It wa9 the cus tom in Babylon, five hundred years before the Christian era, to have an annual auc tion of the unmarried ladies. In every year on a certain day, each district as-, se tabled all its v irgins of marriageable age. The most beautiful was put up first, and the man who paid the highest gained possession of her. The second in person al charms followed .her, and so on, lhat the bidders might gratify themselves with handsome wives according to the length of their pufses. When all the comely ones were sold, the crier ordered the most deformed one to stand up, and after demanding who would marry her for a small sum, she was adjudged to him who was satisfied with the least; and thus tbe money raised from the sale of the handsome served as a portion to those who were either of disagreeable look?, or bad J any other imperfection. j SCIEXCC vs. Ll'CK, BY JIAKK TVVAIM. At that time in Kentucky (said the Hon. Mr Knott, M. C.,) tbe law was very strict against what it termed "games of chance.'' About a dozen of the boys were detected playing "seven up" or "old sledge" for money, and the grand jury found a true bill against them. Jim Sturgis was retained to defend fhem when j the case cnnie up, of course. The more he studied over the matter and looked into the evidence, the plainer it was that he must lose a cage at last there was no getting around that painfol fact. These boys had certainly been betting money on a game of chance. Even public sympa thy was roused in behalf of Siurfis. People said it was a pity to see him mar bis successful career with a big, prominent case like this, 'which must go against him. Hut after several restless nights an in spired idea flased upon Sturgis, and he sprang out of .bed delighted. He thought he saw his way through. The next day he whispered around a little among his clients and a few fiiends, and then when the case came up in court he acknowl edged the sevn-up and the betting, and, as his sole defeoc, had the astound ing effrontery to put in the plea that old sledge was not a game of chance ! There was the broadest kind of a smile all over the faces of that sophisticated audience. The judge smiled with the lest. Rut frturgis maintained a countenance whose earnestness was even severe. The oppo site counsel tried to ridicule him out of his position, and did not succeed. The judge jested in a ponderous judicial way about the thing, but did not move him. The matter was becoming grave. The judge lost a little of bis patience, ami said the joke bad gone far enough. Jim Siur gis said he knew of no joke in the matter his clients could not be punished for what Foine people chose to consider a game of chdncc, until it was jn-oven that it was a game of chance. Judge and counsel said that would be an easy matter, and forthwith called Deacons Job, Peters, Uurke, and Johnson, and Dominies Writ and Miggles, to testify ; and they unani mously, ami with strong feeling, put down the legal quibble of Sturgis, by pronoun cing that old sledge wis a game of chance. "What do you call it now f said the judge. "I call it a game of science!" retorted Sturgis ; "and I'll prove it too !" They paw Lis little game. He brought in a cloud of witnesses, and produced an overwhelming mass of testimony to tdiow that old sledge was not a game of chance, but a game of science. Instead of being the simplest case in the world, it had fumeliow turned out to be an excessively knotty one. The judge scratched his head over it a while and said there was no way of coming to a determination, because just as many men could be brought into court who would testify on one side as could be found to testify on the other. Hut he said he was willing to do the fair thing by all parties, and would act upon any suggestion Mr. Sturgis should make for the solution of the difficulty. Mr. Sturgis was on his feet in a second. "Impanel a jury of six of each, Luck vs. Science give them candles and a couple of decks of cards, send them into the jury-room, and just abide bv the re sult !" There was no disputing the fairness of the proposition. Tbe four deacons and the two dominies were sworn in as the "chance" jurymen, and six inveterate old seven-up professors were chosen to repre sent the "science" side of the issue. They retired to the jury-room. In about two hours, Deacon Peters sent into the court to borrow three dollars from a friend. Sensation J In about two hours more, Dominie Mingles sent into court to borrow a "stake" from a friend. Sensation. J During the next three or tour hours, the other dominie and the other deacons sent into court for small loans. And still the packed audience waited, for it was a prodigious occasion in Bull's Corners, and one in which every father of a family was necessarily inter ested. The test of the story can be told briefly. About daylight tbe jury came in, and Deacon Job, the foreman, read the follow ing verdict : We, the jury in the case of the Com monwealth of Kentucky vs. John Wheeler et al., have carefully considered the points of the case, and tested the merits of the several theories advanced, and do hereby unanimously decide that the game com monly known as old sledge or 6even up is eminently a game of science and not of chance. In demonstration whereof, it it hereby And herein stated, iterated, reiter ated, set forth, and made manifest that, during the entire night, the "chance" men never won a game or turned jack, al though both feats were common and fre quent to the opposition ; and furthermore, in support of this our verdict, we cs.ll at tention to the significant fact thai the "chance" men are all busted, and the "science' men have got the money. It j is the deliberate opiuion of this jury that I .1 1 - " f ine "cnancu nieury concerning sven-up ; i a pernicious doctrine, and calculated to ' inflict onto'd suffering and pecuniary losa upon anj cocucuoritj that takes stock in it. 1 "That is the way that seven -up came to be set apart and particularized in the statute books of Kentucky as being a game ikh of chance but of science, and therefore non-punishable under the law," said Mr. Knott. "That verdict is of record, and holds good to this day." A "Headless Houseman" How llic Roue at Woictu. It is said that at tbe third charge of the cuirassieis a horse was to be seen going at full speed with a head less rider. Tne mutilated corpse whs that of M. de la Futzen de Lacarre, Col. of the 'I bird Regiment of French Cuiras siers, who had been decapitated by a can non ball. Most people on reading this would declare that it was a mere t.ensa ion paragraph, totally devoid of truth. Such an occurrence, however, would not by any means seem to be an impossibility. Not long ago we directed our readers' at tention to an interesting article published i Oy Ur. is-niton, surgeon to the Philadel phia Hi-spiial, on the instantaneous ligid ity which I'ji uu rite occasional accompan iment of sudden and violent death such as result from wounds of the head or heart. '1 he startling phenomenon sometimes seen on the battle Ik-Id, of the intention in death of the last altitude in life, has not i scaped the observation of military sur geons, altbough the facts connected there with have not been studied with the at tention that they deserve. Those who are familiar with the. descriptions that were give'n of the Crimean battle-fields, particularly that of Inkerman,will remem ber that the various atti'.udes and the expression of the features of the dead were dwelt upon. The report of M. Chenu contains a short account chit fly based upon the communications of MM. Armand and Pericr, of the attitudes of the dead in battle during the Crimean and Italian campaign. At Magenta a Hun garian buss ar remained utmost in the sad dle, testing on his right side, the poini of his sabre can ied forward, as at the charge. This i iidity generally follows sudden and violent death, but not invariably. Dr. Biiiiton, among his cases, gives one of a very striking kind. He says that a man wounded in the left breast at Belmont, Missouri, found a stray mule, which he succeeded in mourning. While in the act of riding the animal he died ; but the corpse retained the uptight mounted posi tion, and on its becoming necessary to appropriate to a living wounded soldier, the body was found to be so firmly and rigidly set as to demand a ceitain amount of positive force to free the mule from the grasp of the legs. Dr. Brinton is led to conclude, from his own observations, and those of others, that this battle-field rigid ity is developed at the moment of death, and that cadaveric attitudes are those of the last moment and act of life. Running a Newsi'ai-eu. One of our exchanges is excited over being asked to do gratuitous puffery and relieves itself in this vigorous fashion : "Some men who have paid two dollars at an early period in life for an advertise ment worth four or five, appear to think they are stockholders in the establishment for eternity. They demand the publica tion of all marriage and funeral notices, obituaries, and family episodes for the next forty seven years gratis. Speak of pay and they grow indignant. 'Don't I patronize your paper? 'Yes; but you received t Lo worth of your money tor what you p:id.' 'But, sivs the patron, 'it will not cost you anything to put this in,' w hich is as ridiculous as to ask a man to grind your axe on his grindstone, and graciously tell him that it won't cost him a cent. It takes money to run a news paper, as well as any other business, and no paper will succeed financially lhat car- j ries a deadhead system. Any ine'itiou of tho people's affairs that they are anx ious to see in print is worth paving for. "The newspaper business is very exact ing on all connected with it, and the pay is comparatively small ; the proprietors risk more money for small profits, and the editors and reporters and printers work harder and cheaper than the same number of men in any other profession requiring the given amount of intelligence and train ing and drudgery. The life has'its charms and its pleasant associations, scarcely known by the outside world; but it baa its earnest work and anxieties and hours of exhaustion, which, likewise, are not known to those, who think the business all fun. The idea that newspaperdom is the charmed circle where the favored mem bers livo a life of eae and free from care, and go to the ciicus at night on a free ticket and to the springs on a free paa in tbe summer, is an idea which we deiie to explode practically, theoretically. Business is business, and the journal that succeeds is the one that is run on a square business footing, the same as banking or building bridges, keeping a hotel or run ning a livery stable." Among recent inventions noted in Eng land is a contrivance by which a pistol is I nreei at any uesireu nour in me nornrg to arouse sleepers. The machinery next proceeds to light a lamp, to heat tbe water for breakfast purposes, and ring the bell when the water reaches the boiling point. After all, we Mspeet that tbe soraniteroua w ho require puch aid would wait in bed till the watw bil away. The machine, lo be perfect, should eiLde when, tbe water is ail evaporated. NUMBER 38. Legcuds Itclallug lo tbe Apple. Of all fruits the apple seems to Lave had the earliest, wildest, and most mys tical history. In Greece the name of the hardy fruit, which, having appeared on earth the same time as man, haj followed him in his migration around the globe, became the name for sheep, and all man ner of wealth, as in It me the fiock be came money. Theophralus enumerates it as among tbe more civilized fruits. Tacitus says that it was the favorite fruit of the ancient Germans, and a shriveled apple is among ;he recoveries from tho lake dwellings of Switzerland. The tnytha concerning it meet us in every age and country. Aphrodite bears it in her hand as well as Eve. The serpen t guard it ; the dragon watches it. It is celebrated by Solomon ; iv is the healing fruit of Arabian tales. I'hssea longs for it in I ho gardens of Alcinous ; Tantalus grasp vainly for it in Hades. In the Piose Edd. it is written, "Iduna keeps iu a btix apple which the god, when they fel old age approaching, have only to taste to become y.miig again. It is in tlus manner that they will be kept in renovated youth until Ranarok" the general destruction. Azia-.l, the Angel of death, accomplishes his mission by holding it to ihe nostril ; and in the Northern Folklore "Snowdrop" is tempted tu her death by an apple, half of which a cone was poisoned, but recov ers life when the apple falls from her lips. The Golden Bird seeks the golden rph' in the King's Garden in many a Norso story ; and when the tree bear no more, "Fran Rertha" reveals to her favorite that it is because a mouse gnaws at tho tree's root Indeed the kind of mother goddess is sometimes personified as an apple tree. But ofitner the apple id the tempter in Northern mythology also, and sometimes makes the nose grow po that the 6acred pear alone can bring it agaiu to moderate size. A Polish legend, given by Mannhardt, says : There is a glass mountain, on ihe top of which stands a golden castle, before which is a tree with golden npphs. Iu the castle lives the enchanted daughter of a prince. Many vainly try to get on ih mountain ; but at last the youth who had fastened the claws of a lynx to his hand and feet is successful. Willi a golden apple he calms a dragon which he find at the entrance ; and finally, having bro ken the spell that bound ihe princess, he must remain with her, and not return to the lower earth. In the goddess Holla' garden the favorite fruits are the apple and pear the latter of which fruits re. tained its sanctity in France long after the introduction of Christianity. A Han overian legend sajs that a p'ul was asked by th-3 d waifs to be god-molhw to one of thrir childien. On the fixed day she was led down a beautiful staircase, which wa ui der an apple tree in a court, to a superb garden, whose trees were laden with'fruits. She was repaid for coming by tin apron ful of ap; Ies, which, when the returned to the earth's surfuce, were found to bo of Solid gold. These golden apples are of:en met with in Northern mythology. In some legend it is related lhat such may bo taken from a tree growing over a fountain of holy water with lejuvinating power all of these myths being traceable to the tree and fountain Urd, on of the Noir. In the Edda, Skirnir o flora eleven golden apples and the ring Drupnir (from which, on every ninth night, eight equally heavy rings drep) to Gerda, if she will return to Freyer's love. Uarjr'i Slayazitte. Nothing Likb Ghammar Nothing like grammar! Better d i without a cow than do without that. There are num berless "professors' who go "tramp, tramp, tranq, niy boys!" around Ihe country, peddling a weak article, by which "in twenty days they guarantee to set a man up in the English language. An instance in point comes from Green ville, Alabama, wliere a "professor" had labored wiih tho youth of that peeple, and taught them to dote on grammar accord ing to "Morris's" system. During one of the lectures the sentence, "Mary milks the cow," was given out to be parsed E-ich wortl had been parsed save one, which fell to Bob I , a sixteen-year-old, near ihe foot of the class, who com menced thus : "Cow is a noun, feminine gender, singular number, third person, and standi for Mury " "Stands for Mary ! paid ihe excited professor; "How do you make that out ?' "Be cause," answered the noble pupil, "if the cow didn't stand for Mary, how could Mary milk hn- ? A man in Wisconsin ha made a re markable exhibition of ingenious work. From a piece of pine be ard twenty-two incite Lug, four inches wide, and seven eighths of an inch in thn kness, he has whittled seven pairs of demists' forceps, three pairs of pliers, ix pairs of black smith's tongs, one pair of horse shoe pinch ers, one twisted link chain with swivel, one straight link chain, a horse in a stall, and two ball in a box in all forty-seven distinct joint, all of which are connected and play with ihe utmost freedom. When closed up, this singular piece of work is tbe size of the board above described, bu wlien eipen or spread oul for exhibition it eorer a space about two fevl square Ha was occupied optm the work six weeks. The best waiting maids Elderlj fg, male unmarried. ii
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