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WA?HIXGTON STREET,
Pa, R, R. Depot, Johnstown, Pa.,
Wkluui and KUcii Dealers in
XlLLISEIlY GOODS,
RMARE,
QUK.SSWARE.
BOOTS AND SHOPS.
HATS AND CAPS.
IilON AND NAILS
ii ITS and on. run us.
1:E.A1)Y-M aTK ci i iTinvr.
oudi:n and willow wake.
11
3NS and FEED. ALL KINDS.
it liwmh i! manterof Western I'nxtuce,
n , WOX. HSU. SALT,
f h0 OIL tc.. Sc
THt)t i d retail orders solicited
I -f'ttpu? K.d on tLeahorteat notice and
Wood unpDrTT t,'rr
fC2AH J AS B.2AHM.
ZAHM a SON, .
J500D8, GROCERIES.
pRDWARE. QUEENSWARE,
,taps,Boots,Shoes,
F OTHER ARTICLES
fal,J Kepi In n Country Store.
FJLAXD COITVTPV ni.nniTru
pEON MAIN STREET,
le Door to the Post Office,
:. 1889.
EBENSBURG. FA.
R & W HOSES.
RrUfi-r ..... AM
iiniii A I UK.
r1' . Clltok St.. Jobmtowx.
I iine 7"? hl" kl1 Dd 'Br ftock
ts,C','Ai"'"con n,l American
wen for igbt Tears cutter at
''t0'H..'tn h-." ? '"Iwbmeot. snd now
! i!d,nB " ".n'nccil bubin, in Sup
!,J Oh Clint.... ...
,to.,eit,l0n.,ilkeupinthe latest fitvS,
(.Se Cd f,w : Producing
To land own
fxnred - . .... - ..
lurch ' w"r- -d of ihe
p h,J'mo,'ey ai,d
.o.. ' . "P'ents from I r.r
mSP'Oth of M-v. 1864.
Cambria Freeman J?1 kei fihem firemi
DO YOU HEAR THAT, FIREMEN ?
AND ARB TO PREPARED TO 0)
OBEY THE SUMMONS !
This tou are not, unless jou have been to
Wolff's Clothing Store,
and have bought one of those superb
FIR K 81 A X 8 COATS,
to keep you wnria and dry. Woirr makes
them at from $1H to $20, and any other gar-
u-eiu yi.u wuni you con nave made to order at
short notice
FIT. KO CHARGE!
ilr. WOLFF has jnt;t reluriie-l from the East,
ana niH it KADI MADE
CLOTDIKO DEPARTMENT
now contains ihe larget aosortment, the most
varied assortment, and altogether the most
pleasing assortment of
SUMMER GARMENTS
run MEX AD ROYS,
EVER DISPLAYED IN ALTOONA.
EST OVKKCOATS. from the lowest pi iced
Cai-sim-e to the tinpsr Beaver all ir.e.
tFull Suu-ot Clothmir at troru ?9 to $30.
Pains fiom $1.50 to t9. Vests from 75 cents
to f 5. Also, a geneial varietv of
K0TI0NS & FURNISHING GOODS,
lints, apn, Boots, Mioes,
UMBRELLAS. SATCHELS. TRUNKS, 4c.
t"In the LADIES' DEPARTMENT will
be lound a lull stock of FURS, from the low
est pi iced Con-v to ?h finest Mink and Sable
GODFREY WOLFF,
Next door to the Pom Office AHoona, Pa.
y II Oil AS OAKLAND
GROCERIES i QUEENSWARE.
WOOD AND WILLOW WARE,
STATIONERY AND NOTIONS,
M SALT. SUGAR CUBED MEATS.
BKO., FLOUR,
FEED AND PROVISIONS,
1323 Eleventh Avenue.
Between 13th and 14th Sts., Altoona.
All such gosds s Spices. Brushes. Wood
and Willow Ware. Shoe Blacking iid Station
trv will be sold from nianuiaciurer's punted
price lists, ai d all o'her food in my line at
Piiilndel hia, Baltimore, Cii cuinnti and Puts
iurjrh curiei-t prices To dealer 1 piesmt the
I eculiur advantage of saving item all freight
Miid drnyae, s they are not rqi,iieil to pay
freights from the principal cities and no dray
age charges are made. Dealers may rest as
sured that my good are of ihe !est quaiif and
my prices as moderate as city rates. By doing
a fair, upright business, and bv promptly and
satisfactorily filling all orders,, I hope to merit
me pntri n ige ot retail drillers and otliers in
Cambria county and elselnre. Order re
spectfully solicited and sntisfetion guamn'eed
in all cases. TH' -MAS OAKLAND.
Altooaa, July 23. 18C9.-tf.
QEORGE W. YEAGER,
Wiiolci.lt and Retail Dealer In
HEATING AND COOK STOVES
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION,
TI5. COFFER A5D SHEET-IRON WARE
-OF UIS 0VN MANUFACTURE,
Aiid GENERAL JOBBER in SPOUTING
and all other work in his line.
Virginia Street, near Caroline Street,
' ALTOOA, IA, '
The onlv dealer in h citv having the right to
sell the renowned -PARLEY SHEAF"'
' COOK W l' V K. the mo.-t perfect
complete and sutisfctory
' StoVe ever ;ntnduced
- "to the public
Stock Immense. ' - Prices Low.
satisfaction guaranteed.
O OK WELL TO YO UR
IMJtllS TA1)IG I
BOOTS AND SHOES
For Men's and Boy Wtar.'
The undersigned respectfully informs his nu
merous customers and the public gtnemlly thai
he is prepared to ni:inutacture BoO S and
SHOFS of a n v desired s ze or quxlitv. from
the fine. French calfskin boots to the coarsest j
brogau. in tne vtax Bi-sr MrE, on inesnori ,
est notice, and at us modeiute prices as like ,
work can' be obtained anywhere. j
Those who have worn Boots and Shoes made ;
at -mv eslHbliwtitnnt --ied r.o aturnee s to
the aureiior ui alitv. of mv work. Oihers can j
e.ieily be cent incHi or ine iaci j iiiex win oniy
give m a trial. Try and be con vineed.
f" Rej siring of Roots and Shoe.i attended
ti i.romndv and in a woikmauhke msmner. j
Thunktiil for pimt f iivor-1 Jeel confideut that .
my work and prices )U Coin mend me to a cod
tiuuance and increase of the same.
JOHN D. THOMAS.
Ebensburg, April 28, ISf.'J.
LOYU Mi. CO., flanker,
A Kbenbbdrg, Pa.
Gold, Silver, Government Loans, and
other Securities, bought and s hi. Interest
allowed on Time ieoHit8. Collections made
lo all acceirle points in the United States
r4 a fwacral Ba-ckia basin triiteted
HB IS A FREEMAN WHOM THB TRUTH MAKES FREE, AND ALL
EBENSBTJRG, PA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1870.
Sjje port's giprfmcitt.
WAKING.
The autumn days are wanii g, and the gold is
on the leaf.
The gold and crimson tint that paints with
sp'endor bright and brief
The trand olo oaks The copper red is on the
bending beech.
The brown nuts ru-tle ripe and full above the
schoolboy's reach
The swallows gather 'neatb the eaves. The
first dull cloudy day
Will bear them all. on eager wings, to sunnier
climes iiw.iv;
So is it oft with' ua, alas! Our brief bright
sumn.er -nds.
Comes winter resolute and stern; away troop
summer friends.
The laitrose blushes on her stem, in beauty
all alone,
Weeps summer gone, and sighs upon her soli
tary throne;
So is it w'ith us at life's end. What reck, or
pomp, or gld.
If hair grow gray, and we, without some light
of love, grow old?
Pray God there be not one of us, whoever he
mny be.
Without some friend whom he may love, some
rhi'd npM his knee!
True love and friendship evera'iine with luslre
all their own.
Since mau was never made "to live, and work,
and die alone!
-All the Tear Round.
Salts, Sluices, ntfbo!s,c.
ITRFXliCD IPOS ICE.
Some twenty yearb ago, in consequence
of ihe crcioftchmeiits of French and
American fishermen uj.on our tjhnn
grounds on the coast of NewtbundlHnd,
ihe commander in-chief of the North
American Station hired nnd equipped a
number of piimll fast Puiline schooneis,
nnd despatched ihem from Halifax. Nova
Scotia, to cruice on the banks, for the
double purpose of stopping encroachment,
nnd also of preventing the Newfoundland
fishermen from smugglirp enpelin (a small
fish used for bait lor coil) to the French
island of ?aint Pierre, on whose rock
bound coast it is not to be caught. U1"
one of thesu schooners I whs put in churge,
and it was while running through the
Straits of Belleiele, that the adventure J
am about to relate occurred lo mi'.
I had been visit mji the statioi-s on the
coast of Labrador, and was returning to
M. John's, Newfoundland, thiough the
straits, when one evening I waa caught in
a heavy northerly gule. As night closed
in, J reduced our tail to treble reefs, and.
knowing that ice waa knocking about,
placed extra lookouts on, and remained
on deck in charge of the s.-el mjself
To say the niuht was dark would give
no idej of the inky obscurity in hicli we
uppeared lo be sailing. Quo could scarce
ly hee an arm e length, and ns for discern
ing anything ahead, that appeared impos
sible. 1 aav ttixiearer- lH;:m.ae titer. in
i - -
much difference in 5 having Something to
look at and not hint: ; because, in the latter
case, you fancy that nothing can be seen,
even it anything were there to be 6een
Meantime, the breeze kepf increasing
and I bad the close reefs taken in. At
midni-ht we were beading well out of the
straits, arid I thought 1 would go below
and endeavor to snatch an hour's sleep,
and was in the act of invinir mv orders to
the officer of the watch, whi n a loud cry
from the lookout men of, A sail ahead,
standing right, for us,, sir I" startled me.
Rushing forward, I saw the heavy, indis
tinct form of what I thought to be a large
vessel under h press of canvas, within a
cable's length of us.
"LufI ! luff all jou can !" I be llowed to
the man at Hie helm ; but he, either rnis.
understanding my order, or else having
caught hight of the object we were ap
proaching, was loo. terrified to carry it
out, and, instead of putting the helm down,
put it hard a weather,' The schooner fell
off, felt the full force of the gale, and flew
with redoubled speed through the water.
In almost less time than it has taken lo
write the above halt-dozen lines, I saw
that it was no sail, but a gigantic iceberg!
Had the hv.lmsman luffed, we might per
chance haveweathered it but it was now
too late, nnd, with 'a loud nnd fearful
crash, which threw myself and alt near
roe to lne decs, tne scbooner struck full
upon it, her foremast going short off by
the board, but fortunately ii-iutin? no one
. i w-p- I
' Cries of boiror and dtsiresa arose from j
nil parts of l he vessel. I fie watch below
rushed up on deck, many of them with
out their clothes. All was for a moment
dismay and confusion, and as the schoon
er rose and fell with the heave of the sea,
the crashing . forward showed that her
bows were stove in, and I at once saw
that, unless sue fixed herself upon the ice,
she must, if she backed off it, go down.
Most fortunately, she showed no sion of
doing this, and, as the fores of the wind,
aided by cveiy heave of the sea, forewl
her 8iill luithei on the berg, I- bi-gan io
entertain some slight hopes of saving my
crew
Collecting all hands, I fold them that
the. only chance we had of escape was by
their regaining their co-loess and strictly
obeying my oidrs, and that, could we
but land on he berg, we should be com
paratively safe,
I then duected one watch fo get up
provisions while with the other I not lire
main-mast safely cut awny This done,
I secured ihe end of the deep sec leaJ
line round my body, ami. laving out hin,
the iKjwsoiit. 1 lowered mvself hv M run- '
end, and lauded on a pai l of the ice which ,
. r. un. no. icauu. and Willi some
did not discover until the day broke.
Keturning cautiously, I hailed for a
stronger rope, and regained the deck. I
found that during my absenc a quantity
of provisions and clothing had been got on
deck, which I directed to be made into
bundles, and, having directed each person
to secure one to his body, I caused the
men to land on the berg in ihe manner I
Uad done myself. Had I known how
firmly fixed the schooner was, we mi:ht
have been spared that night's discomfort ;
but, not knowing, I deemed it adisable
to abandon her at once, fearing she inilit
glide off, in which case no mortal power
could have rescued us.
Leaving the vesBel Ihe last, I joined my
men on the ice, and then, in a few fervent
woid9, we thanked the Almighty for our
escape, aud implored his protection
I can scarcely picture the horrors of
that night. I would fain indeed forget
tbem, but that is impossible. We had
preserved our lives for the present dim
m-uit, but we knew not at what moment
the schooner might break up, or glide off
the ice, and then what could we expect
but starvation in its worst form ? Strange
to say, we did not suff r so much from the
cold as might have been expected ; proba
bly the sense of our greater danger ren
dered u less susceptible to the lesser one.
We had many hours to wait till day
light, but as several of the men had their
pipes and tobacco in their pockets, and I
had a box of lights, we smoked, and, by
keeping close huddled tigether, got thro'
the night lietter than might have been ex
pected. To favor us still further, the
wind fell very much, and veering round to
the southward, made it much warmer.
Morning dawned at last, nnd what a
change from the previous day ! Then
we h.d a giad staunch vessel under our
feet ; now, we were adrift on an iceb-rg,
our poor little schooner half in, half out
of water, with a hide in her bows hi '
enough to drive n wagon through ; but the
storm had ceased, and ff.e sea was rapid
ly uoing down A thick fog came on, but
that we cared little about.
Our first act was aain to offer our
thanks to that beniftcent Power who had j
so mercifully spared us. This done, we !
descended to the wieck, and then saw j
that she was so firmly fixed, that, unless j
heavy weather again came on, we might !
yet make her our home for some lime to !
come, although it would be Quite out of !
our power to make her seaworthy aain,
even if it had been possible for us to
launch her, which it most decidedly was
not. ,
Climbing on board, the cook was at
once set to light the aalley fire and pre
pare breakfast, mid I then cast about for
some means of cecuring hr in her posi
tion, and this I determined to do, by lay
ing the bower anchors out on the ice, and
heaving in taut on the cables.
Hi eakfast over, we rigged a p:iir of
sheers, and dismounting one of ooi . guns,
got its carriage over the bows, and lower
ing the starooard anchor into it," contrived
by the aid of a deck-tackle to drag it up
lo the level space we bad spent the night
on.
This done, we served the port-anchor
the same, and then dragged the ends. of
the cables lo them and reshackled them
We then, by the aid of pickaxes, buried
the anchors securely in ihe ice, and bring
ing the cables to the windlass hove them
taut. .Doing ibis occupied us nearly the
whole of the day..
Again night approached and again we
assembled but this time on board the
schooner to offer ; up our deliverance ;
and then, having set a watch, turned xu
and slept ihe sleep of the tired
Another dawn brought no change in
the weather, the fog hanging like a pall
around us, and the sea continuing smooth
and calm ; but towards night the wind
sprang up again from the north, and clear
ing the tog off, gave us hopes of being
able on the H;onow to' ri tei n mc our
posiiion, which I had every reason to
believe was not very far from frequented
fi-diing ground ; but we were again disap
pointed, for before daybteak Ihe fog came
down again, and anothci day was passed
in uncurtainty aud doubt. -
During ihe afternoon, I endeavored to
form some idea of the t iza of the berg,
but wag unable to do so. The highest
point we could see appeared to be about
one hundred and fifty feet in altitude ; but
it rose so precipitously from ihe plain on
which we spent our first night, that we
could not ascend it, . so were' unable to
furm nny conjecture as lo its shape or
size. O'-e fear alone haunted me. nnd
that wiis that it might caps:ze, and I j
could not help remembering that I had on !
previous occ-isions seen irtbe-rgs do so
a - I
without giving any warning, save a pre
monitory rocking ; but ibis was not des
lined to be our fate, and our third night
parsed unmarked by any accident.
About noon of the fourth day the glo
rious son shone out, and quick ly dispelled
the fg, and our eyes were gladdened by
Ihe sight of the distant shores of New
foundland.
Xuxnmsiy was the nur.z n Scanned fo:- t
fM.ii.g vessel?, but none were seen ; Hi.4 '
IbuQ I leojmUitU tbiit it was Sunday, .
, . v. ins uumg nuuiU I1HVU
difficulty s-icceedtd in scrambling up per- made their ports the night before. Our
fectly clear of the spray. Here I found ! own boats were stove and useless, so all
a tolerably level space. The schooner i we could do was to hold the usual Sun
had struck on the least precipitous side of , day service, aud patiently await the ad
the berg, and, having run nearly half her j vent of. another day.
length up out of the waler, had be-j Next morning we were up betiroes
come firmly fixed ; but this, of course, I , but hour afier hour passed, and still no
ARE SLAVES BESIDE.
and llmt m.ut tl. i.i i
it .
welcome sail hove in siht. and wa felt
the truth of "hope deferred m&keth the
heart sick ;" but just before sunset, the
welcome cry of Sxil ho !' sent a flood
of joy to our bosoms, and a couple of
fishing boats were Been heading well up
for us.
To charge our remaining mounted gun
and fire it was but ihe work of a moment,
and before the smoke had cleared away,
we had the joy of seeing them steer direct
for us.
All was now happiness and joy, and I
thought no better time could be chosen
for sending up thanks for our almost mi
raculous preservation.
San after this was done the boats
hove to close under the schooner's stern,
and heating lines to as we brought along
side. Unbounded was the astonishment of
Ihe fi-hernien. ami hearty nnd warm their
congratulations on our escape.
I at once chartered them to convey
ourselves and as many of our stores as
could be saved, to Saint John's ; and,
next d;iy, having removed info them as
much as ihey could carry, we set fire to
the wreck, and made sail for that port,
where we arrived safely, and Irom when
I returned to Halifix by packet. Ar
riving there, we were tried by Court of
Inquiry for the loss of the schooner, fully
acquitted of all blame, and congratulated
on our fortunate eicape.
Do my readers wonder that I shudder
at ice ?
A Cat Story.
vown in lucKaboe, there is a man
named Simpson, who has a flat roof on
his house covered with tin. The roof
got to leaking badly a fev weeks ago, and
it happened to occur to Mr. Simpson that
it would be a good thing to cover I lie
whole suiface with the mateiial out of
which conciete pavements are made, 'So
as to make her all tight and nice," said
Simpson A man was accordingly en
gaged, and he covered the tin to the depth
id three or four inches. The curse of
Tuckahoe is cats. In warm weather mil
lions of them assemble and hold iati(ica
lion meetings and rehearsals and General
Synods out in the back yards and on the
roofs. In Tuckahoe last July the heat
was unusuaily intense, and Mr. Simpson
was excedingly annoyed by the animated
discussions of the can in the neighbor
hood. The more he 'shoed' them and
flung old amts at them, the more they
jelled. Night after nibt it continued to
grow mare terrific, and day after day Mr.
Siinpsn observed that the mysteiioos
caterwaolings continued during all the
hours of dav light. Simpson hadn't a'
boot jack or a blacking-brush or a rolling
piu or a Cologne-bottle left to throw at
them. At last, one moonlight night, the
uproar got to be so outrageous that Simp
son arose from his bed aud determined to
ascertain what m thunder all this growling
meaut anvhow ! It appeared to hira that
the noise came from the top of the house,
lid went up into the garret and put his
head out of the trap . door. There he
found' one hundred and ninety-six cats
stuck fast knee-deep in the concrete,
which had ben softened by the heat.
Sum of them had been there four days
The minute they caught sight of Simpson
the whole ,one hundred and ninety-six
doubled up their back hair, snaked their
tails, and nave one wild, unearthly howl,
which shocked frimpsjii's nerves so much
that he dropped ihe trap-door and fell
down the step-ladder on the head of Mrs.
Simpton, who was standing below, diesn
ed in a thing with a frill on it,' and armed
with a palmleaf fan and a bed slat, deter
mined to protect Simpson to the death.
The next day Ihe concrete was removed,
and the cats were dog out.: lm you
ought fo have been present when Simpson
interviewed ihe concrete man J '1 here
were only four rounds, and then Simpson
got up off the man's prostrate body in
order , to - let him go and hunt for some
good, hair restorative and put a fresh
oyster on his eye.
Ten Cknts a Glass. A countryman
walked into a New York' bar-room the
other day, and called for a glass of ale.
Having swallowed the refreshing beverage
with great inward satisfaction, he laid
five cents on the counter, and was pro
ceedin: on his way, when Ihe bar-keeper
stopped him and blandly intimated that
the price of a glass of ale was ten cents
"Vhat, ten cents for a glass of ale?"
exclaimed the worthy old Jerseyman.
with a look of indignant surprise ; and
then, while be brought from i bulky
pocket-book the squired additional cur
rency, his countenance frettfed into an ex
pression of mournful resiguaiion as he
plaintively continued: VTen cents for a
glass of ale, eh? Well if I had suspected
that, I'd have took whisky."
TtiK ereater importance wo attach to
our opinions, the greater tnir intolerance.
, doubly so when we ar in error, so
fhrtt pP,rn,;.,n fr opinio,,', ,ke can
Dver b ;uatifiabhr.
Little George's Story.
My Aunt Libbie patted me on the head
the other day, and said, "George, my boy,
this is the happiest part of your life "
I guess my Aunt Libbie don't- know
mueh. I guess she never worked a week
to make a kite; and the first time she
went to fly it got the tail hitched in a tall
tree, whose owner wouldn't let her climb
up to disentangle it. I guess she never
broke one of the runners of her sled some
Saturday afternoon, when it was "prime"
coasting, .
I. guess she never had to give her
bisgest marbles to a big lubberly boy;
because he would thrash her if ehe didn't.
I cuess she never had a 'hookey stick"
play round her ankles in recess, because
she got above a fellow in the class. I
guess she never bad hira twitch off her
best cap, and loss it in a mud puddle. I
guess she never had to give her humming
top to quiet the baby, and had the paint
all sucked off. I guess she never saved
up all her coppers a whole winter to buy
a trumpet, and then wes told she must
not blow it, because it would make U
no:8e
No I guess my Aunt Libbie don't
know much ; little boys have troubles as
well as grown people all the difference
is they daren't complain. Now I never
had a "biand-new" j icket and trousers
in my life, never, and I don't believe I
ever shall ; for my two brothers have shot
up like Jatk's bean stalk, and left all
their out grown clothes to be "made over
' ,
lor Ceorge; and that cross old tailoress
keeps mi from bat and ball, en hour on
the stretch, while she laps over, and nips
in, and tucks up and cuts off their great
baggy clothes for me. And when she
puts me out the door, she's sure to say
-Lrjoti-uye, little lom Jhumb. Then
when I 20 to mv
ways puts the dictionary :n a chair, to
riiiicf ma nn l.K .t. I
,,1,, ruuun i o reacu my
knife and fork; and if there is a dwarf
apple or potato on the table, it is always
laid on nty plate. If I goto the play-
k.uumu iu imtca iiiiiie ui oau, i :ie letiows
all say Get out of the way, little fellow,
or we shall knock you into a cocked hat.
I don't think I've grow a bit these two
yeari. I know I haven't, by the ciark
on the wall and I stand up to measure
every chance I get. When visitors come
to the house and ask me my age, and I
ult ii.m 1 ... . I I
.ti. iiiEui i am mm; yi-am oki,- mey say
Ti.t tut T little i .....a oi. t,i.'. ...n m. . t
4 Tut, tut ! little boys shouldn't tell fibs
My brother Hal has cot his first lon.-
tailed coat already ; I am really afraid I
i ii i .
J " " i jn rvtt
I go to bed eaily and have left off eating
candy and sweetmeats, I haven't put my
finger in the sugar bowl ibis many a day.
never stuiii nave anything hut a jacket
" "y -...i
nr mw tnaiL fill T I Art .
up my neck till it aches, still I"m IdlU
Ueorge. uti, my Aunt Libbie don t know
much. How should the? She never
was a boy I y. y.
Skill in Tkaiung Indians on onf
Welernprairies are famous for their skill
in following trails, but it is possible that
some of the ha I. '-breeds iu the old Spanish
States of South America were even mure
aeute. A traveler givus an account of
one of them i
During the year 1830. n criminal had
escaped from jail, and Calibar whs
charged to find him. The unhappy man
knowing he Would be tracked, had taken
all the precautions which the fear of the
scaffold could invent.
Useless precautions! Perhaps they
only helped to ensnare him, for Calibar
felt that bis reputation . might be compro
mised, and self pride caused him to acq jit
himself well, .
The runaway took every advantage of
the uneveniiess of the ground, bo as to
baflle his pursuer, but ' his efforts only
proved the marvelous sight of the trailer.
He walked the whole length of a street
on tiptoe,, then cliiubL-d low walls, crossed
a pasture, and returned in his own track-
Calibar followed, without losing the
trail. If he momentarily missed it, it
was soon recovered. At last he arrived
at a canal of water in the suburbs, where
the fugitive had followed the curient, lo
foil the trailer. But in vain! Calibar
followed along the shore, without any
uneasiness, and at last stopped to examine
some ,ra3s, with the words, "At this
place he catne out j there is uo track, but
these drops of water hi the pasture indi
cate it."
The fugitive has entered a vineyard.
Calibar surveyed with his eye the walls
that surrounded it,- and said, ,lHe is with
in." The party of soldiers that attended
him sought in the vineyard without suc
cess. At length they became tired- o
hunting, and returned to reoort th ns-
les.-ness of their search. "lie has not i
eome out," was the brief answer which
the trailer gave without moving himself,
or proceeding to a new examination. He
hail not come out indeed. Another search
discovered him, and on the following day
he was executed.
Not Much of as Advastagk In a
rural town in libode Inland an eldeily
gentleman died and left a somewhat ec
centric wifo. The parish clergyman in
pursuance of his duty, called on ihe be
reaved wife shortly af.er her husdand's
decease, and, among other remark, said
that the deceased was "now f.ee from all
the ills that fji-h is heir to" "Ump,h,
r pin d Mur imtiiiw wit-, 5ti;'r w-jmi i
jauvfe Ml 'to lum i Skip aUJ bvtre "
Term, 2 per year la adranee.
NUMBER 39.
Story of a Faithful Home.
Many yers ago there fived orr the
banks of the Ilrandywine. in the State of
Pennsylvania, an olJ Quaker gentleman,
who possessed on old and faithful servant.
Thin setVant was a horse, and his name
was Charley Now, Charley had trotted
before ihe family chaise for many a lortg
year to the village post office, to the Sab
bath day meeting, and upon all kinds of
errands. Old Charley was ever ready to
be "hitched trp." Not one trick had he
shown, nor had he once proved unfaithful,
and grandfather always rode him on such
errands or business as he might have
about the farm The river divided the
farm, and rt was at times necessary to
visit the lot on the other side ; there was
a bridge a mile and a half from (be bouse,
but there was a good ford just down by
the bank, which was always used when
the water was not high. One day in the
spring time grandfather had to go over
the river, but the freshet had came, the
banks were overflowed and the fee in
great cakes and fields was coming down
with a rush, so he mounted old Charley
and set off by way of the bridge Arri
ving on the other side, he spent s ume time
in Ihe business which had brought him
over, and it was nearly sundown when
he got ready to go home He looked up
toward the bridge, and said it whs a long
three miles around, and that he belived
he would try the ford. In a moment he
was striking out bravely for the opposite
j ... ............ ujuiiirui a Kirai
cake of ice came pounding along, over-
snore, out in another moment a ureal
vtheJming both man and horse. Thcv
both rose, but grandfather had lost his
seat; but as he was swept along by the
powerful current, he caught the drooping
branch of a large sycamore tree, and was
soon sate Irom immediate danger. 1"ho
the house, and soon reached the shore.
f II . . . .
iiem, appearing 10 miss Ins familiar
friend, he looked around, and as it seem
discovered his roaster clinging to the
i braneh of the free; immediately and
; wuuoui Hesitation, tie turned around and
j swam boldly for the tree, and beneath
j the branch he stopped and permitted my
J grandfather to get on his back, and then,
1 although quite exhausted, started at once
j for home. The whole scene had been
j witnessed by the family, and they got
i ready with boats and went to meet the
I 1. I. , . .
ncai ly rxiiauMien noise; f.e was cau-'ht
i... ,i. i, ,:,m,. ...i r .
j by the bridle when near the shore, and
ihe om geniu-mnrj relieved from his peril-
' ous potition,
!
I i t
RAfcfcc0 GttosTS The raising of ghosts
j was a favorite exploit of the necromancers
j of oW . ,he fame of Torralva. the Spanish
; magician, has tien itmrjortahzed in Don
.-v
Quixote. The demons that Ihe cclebra
tea Italian artiste, licnvenuto Cellini, de
scribes as having seen, when he got within
the conqueror's circle, ami which amaze
ment magnified into several h-gions, are
now believed to have been merely figures
produced by a rrragic lantern ; and their
appearing in an atmosphere of perfumes
ia accounted for by the burning of oderif
erous woods, io order to dim the vUion of
the spectators. When Emperor Charles
the Fourth whs married to the Bavarian
Princess Sophia, in the city of Prague, the
father of the bride brooght with him a
wagon load of magicians to assist in the
festivities Two of the chief pieficients
in the art Zytho, the Bohemian sorcer
er, and Guiou, ihe Bavarian appeared
as rivals in an extraordinary trial before
an etalted assembly. After superhuman
efforts fo astonish, Zytho opened bis jaws
from ear to ear, and swallowed his com-
panion until his teeth touched his shoes,
which he spat onf, because he said, they
had not been cleaned. The admiration,
of the audience was succeeded by feelings,
of horror; but Zytho calmed their, appre
hensions by restoring the vanquished
Guion in his perfect corporal proportions
to life a triumph of art inexplicable.
A Scddf.n Dkscknt A correspond
ent tells the following story : A gentleman
was telling in meeting, the other uight, .
glorious dream he had.
"Biethren and siscrs," said he, "I
thought I waa-standing on the mount of
glory. Below me lay the mansions of,
ihe blessed,, all of pure gold, and Ihe-Btree-ts
were paved with silver, while
everywhere around me lay heaps, of"
'grenbaoks whispered some one near
me, carrying out the miser's figure. But
Ihe speaker did not hear him, and added,
"heaps of precious diamonds " 1-0hK"
he continued, "if you could have been
there, my friends, and stood with me
upon that crystal shore, and seen what I
saw there, I wouldn't have begrudged a
dollar!"
Hari Up At a station on the over
land route the keeper got rather short of
provisions in fret, had nothing left but
a bottle of niHStard and sown bacon. As
ihe stage stopped theie one day to change
horses ihe passengers sealed themselves at
the table, and the host said :
"Shall I help you lo a piece of bacon?'
: .t' t,,Hn,t you i I never at bacon,'
said one traveler.
'Well, Ihen," said the station keenee.
t.
help yourself to the mustard !'
Thk assertion so frequency made that
it U impsihl,. to nrrpr K. fliu,t ,,f rim
feat 0UvlVij. 'aiiiktof '"
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