4m t f 'gf 44 W fei & h n ill fl l VIWIIf i f IIP m Sm giljHE. Editor and I'ublUhcr. HB IS A FREEMAN TfllOM THE TRUTH MAKES FREE, AND ALL ARE SLATES BESIDE. 21. A. Terms, per year In advance: VOLUME 5. EBENSBURG, PA., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1871. NUMBER 44. steir gvdrrrtisfm.ts. "WIDE AWAKE ?,f.i!?.?.?le" ..rh French Oil Cb romes subjects Llr K SIZE, ' V.v'i'ii-'"' ftr-s;ti'es of Original Oil.Paintings, f 1VF.N WVA V to every subscriber to H r R Yi W ns B r. rc ri ers .r ilTFItAHY. KF.LIGIOrs. WEEKLY vcvv-'ii'l'F.K. .Agents ha intr groat success! another . ,,h,: another 1 1 IS in one wci'k i,.i,t liii n times 111 ) mumihi.- one 47 in ... ' ijr. .iTi.l tnanv others couall y wcl A ..,'t-...nl SKI to tU) nerdav. Takes on sight . ,j ;iUr(.iit who hiuues. says: "I think it the h .i i.H'i'i" fi'i'tiiii ra.t rx c t r offered. Sorry I iMiM't t'TiiMire in it sooner." Pays bettor than 'uuv iini.k ni;rnrv. A ran rhanvt: to nuil.e money. l.VA 43. iKEXTS W'A.VTLII. Kti'iliircJit uf-n ami women wanted overy- If vim wish good t erri tor v send emit .r,-,-uliirand terms! J. II. FOKD & CO., 27 i' ;r' l'i:icc. N I. V.; 11 Bromficld St., Boston; V.! .Madison St., Chicago. YEAR OF BATTLES! iiiJ r.:.- in- .tmtv of tho War between Frnnoftmd . i in lir;icin;r l'liris under the t'om i illii-f rations : Pt? jtjres ; prifo, ; it-s :i!i-.i'l sold. 1 he only complete mi I: Mi ir i wills it to sell. Making 10.(HN r 'ii l li now. In Enifii5h and German. :.-ii:,ih'd. Outfit 1.U5. Address H.S. IXIJ - CO., 37 l'dt'k How, New Vork. r. ' 1 r..'!i .y-JM -O otl'errd f r e dnrinif the eom r to every en hseriler of Merry's Muse T '"'lo i ;!: ". !'iii:rriv' I mMer:i t. A;c. ! :i i i i.iene.- of iis woriii and ooii la rity. 'j , t ( -Mir-i'li'V. .1:1--. l'i'rton. Theoijore Ti Iton. I! ete., wiiie lor every number. ;.. .ii.i.,!tar. it oftersthrooflrpt-class periodicals ; r 'vrf : f one of them. A variety of pre r fn- mm e'iial!y liliei al terms. 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I'at-..iw-i :iinl rules for obtaining: I'alents, r- ! i": v i '-i.f i.f -J", cents. Tfc0 CONGRESS ARCTIC. Th? EE ST winter OTEUSnOE! OmCKLEH to break! . 0 TROUBLE to put on I Acat.Genteel.Stjiishi ASS. TGIR SKOE DEALEU FOR IT! J';r.T?S Vnntel. Ag-ents make more mon u i ;. rir wr.rk for us than anything- else. Itusi iiulit and perinnenr. Particulars free, i: Co., fine Art i'uWfo.'itr, I'ort- i:.:.M.ifii-. f'A?!!MH! Horse furnished. Eipon viiJ i -s ni1. II. IJ. SHAW. Alfred, Me. Vomqr.lCKS !-A victim of early indis- r. tiMn. au-inv nervous flebility, prema ' -I' '-'A -, ( ic., having tried in vain every ad-r'"'"-'l remeily. has dieovereii a simple means ' -'ir-i-iire.u tiii-h It will sf nil to his fellow-suf-""r". Address J.II.Rkevks, 7 SntM.ni &t.,S.l. . H'T-rvniiin, while residing in South Amer a a M i donary, disi-overeil a sale and sim-i- rrr,fdy fMr the Cure of Nervous Weakness, uuy lii'cuy, I)iseas'? of the I'rinary and Sem pi iir-.-nns. Hnd the wholi- train of disorders t "ii by baneful and icious habits. Great :n(,ir have ben curel by this noble remedy, j'r niii'ii-d ,y (l,.sj,.f. to benefit thealllicted and .."rt -.innte.l will send the recipe for preparing ' ndnir this in'dieine, in a sealed envelope, to f .v "ii" ),,, nt.,.,s frre ,,f i lmrilf. Address """LInma.n, station 1, Uible House, X.V.C'ity. newspaper Advertising, i J'ri" r,r I:-" elosely printi'd pajres, lately is- !. Mnt;:ins n list of tiio b-st American Ad vi in . srivimr the names, circula ' "5. :n d fui: particulars eincernintr the lend , i).uiy mill Weel'.ly Political and Family ''"l'SM'crs, tcrether with all those having ' ii-euhtlions. titiblished in the interest of Adv.-, '-"i, Ayi iciilture. Literature, &e. Every 'n :-!. and everv terson whocontemnlatea ':mnr such, will lind this book of irroat ,.'!,;". Mailed free to an v address on receipt of " ills. CiKO. 1. IMlWK l,L So CO., Pub ' " No. 40 Park liow. Xew Vork. M. ; '. I''T-'biirirh (Pa.) J,ra.tcr, in its Issue of says: The firm of (',. , ' .'h.i:h issues this interest injr and valu: ; .' is the lurirest and heft Advertising At i.i ti: I nited States, and we can cheerfi '. Kowell A; luablu A cen- f - .. ..(., ..v .tin i iit-ri lull v nunc nd it to theatteution of those who de r.' to mlvertise their business Neienlilieally l';?'ti'-nnt,iKli away: that is. . .. ii.. i N o. HI, December Term, ls7L In the CrnV v r.nnmon Pleas of Cambria Count": Ami . i Vrt. th, JS7I, Petition read and Afuclesof ! Awieiution nerused and rvmni...i .u: t'untitr lawful and not injuriou to'tlie coin 'iMity, said writina-s are ordered to be tiled r no tice of the application for a Charter of ; i'-f-rporation be jriven for three successive in the i"nmhria freeman. by the Court. J. K. II ITE, Proth'y. ' ''"tiinaotary's O.Tiee, F.bensburjf, Nov, 22, ld71. A DMINISTIJ ATOli S NOtT(JjZ " Estate of Thomas H. Porter, dee'd. betters of Administration tie bonis von on the Utteof Thomas H. I'orter. late of Washington ri'iiip. deceased, having been granted to t "ii iorsiifned by the Peeister of Cambria n ,. ,l v' 811 persens indebted to said estate are 'iiiod that payment must be made without '&Y.find tb.-kUA huvlnr. .li,..a u n . . j y - ,t.... intf laiinn ni: ItripiCMCO t.n- "''ifm.-r.t. 'in in em proper v Hut nent icated fnr 1L KINKEAD, AtlminMrtt- de bnni non. . 4.-ot. TK.Y BULL Came to thn premises T-,r,f 'no subscriber, in Carroll township, on "lit ii? mi.ldle of September last, a Lsrin s nt V'i" K,iPPosed to be about one year and riii.r ' ut ''carina- no special marks. The per,.. r("l"f'i'-'d to come forward, prove pro-'Wh''a-,!'. rmanii take him awav, other n ill be disposed of according to law. , JOSEPH K't KTZ, W.ii t' N-'" "f h,r"Y KunU, 2ec-l. rr'"Twp., Xor. 2.-., HTi..3t . s'A", .'!' t'-Jr-ftV V-: ' PrincipaLOfTice 101 W. F fth St., Cincinnati, 0. Th9 er!? 2ZUABL2 CITT IICTSISUTICIT is the country I L. I). SIXE'S EIGHTEFATM mn S11L DISTRIflVTIOBl To be Drairn Motultiy, January 1st, $300,00 I. VALVAR 1.12 GIFTS! Two Grand Capital Prises! 310.C0O IX AMERICAN GOSD! 10,000 !N AMERICAN SILVER ! Five lVizos of Sl,0ima j fTjrpvT4ni7ai Ten Prizes of S300 jttt Jtift DAblLb! Cae Spaa :f ITitcicd Scrse:,ri-.li Fcail? Car:iicciai"Cilv6r- i:eaed Harac:!, xror.a JS.ESS ! J-'ire Horr es - Jtitt.'tiev. tritli Sifm--3Iottutett Jlartict,'ii-tfrtl,L$i:00 firrlt. Five Fine-Toned Rosewood Fianos, Ttr.ii $r-00c:il 2, Family SewinMachineF, worth tKK) each. 230 O'ofd rt'td Siirer Lrrrr JTnut hu; Watches (in oli), north from iM to :!t emh .' Ladies' Gold Ieontirie and Gent's Gold Vest Chains, Solid and Double-Plated Silver Table and Teaspoons, Photograph Albums, JewelrS-, &c., &e. Jce. H-mber of Sif:s, 2S,CC0! Tizlo-.i liaiiel to 1C3.CC3I AtiF.M S WAXTEI) to Sell TieUe. to whom Liberal I'reniiimiH wi tl leiven. SiKr.i.r.iTirKFTS"2; Six Tickets tlO: Tvvei.vb Tickets JJ; TwEMT-nvE Tickets HO. Circulars containing a full list of prizes, a de scription of the manner of drawintr, and other information in reference to the Distribution, will be sent to any one ordering them. All let ters must be addressed to office, 1.. I. SIA'E. I'.ot SO. 101 J". ath St., Cincinnati, O. A GENTS V A N T E 1 I FOR A OOK THAT WILL SELL! lir THE KEN OWN ED igno iti n l i rr.Ti . This isnn original, interestinir and instruct ive work, full of rare fun and humor, being- an account of the AUTHOR'S PKOl'ESSIOXA L Ml K. his wonderful tricks and feats, with lai.-irhable incidents and adventures as a Ma.sri ci .!. Necromancer and Ventriloquist. Illus trated with I Fl ld, PAJJr EXtiltAYISKB, bc-ides the Author's Portinit on steel, and nu merous small cuts. The volume is free from any objectionable pi-it ter, beinr hi'j-h-toned and moral in its char act or. and will be f cad with deep interest by old and ynuinr. It irivesl he most graphic and tiirill inr aecounts nf the ;et;ts vf his woni rful feats and mairicai t ricks, eausino- t he most un controllable ihiirinu-iit and laughter. Circulars. Terms. &-;.. with full information, sent free on application to - lil' ITiLLO ASH MEAT), Pnbli-her. H) 21.-Gin. 711 Sansoin St., I'luludelphia. LADIES' FANCY FURS! JOHN FAREIRA TIS Arcli St., Middle of the P.lock, between 7th th Sts., South Side, PHILADELPHIA, Importer, Manufac turer and Denier in all kinds and ; quality of fxi:y ITRS I'nr .,'i'f.W ami Chil iln h'm lttr. V. -S-m',i.-L?J''-. iJ Having imported a - very larsrcaiiii -pieu- -' - " did assorttr.enJ of all the different kinds of Furs from first hands in Europe, nnd have had thorn made up by the most skillful workmen, would respectfully in vite the readers of this paper to call and exam ine his very larjro and beautiful assortment of t'miru h'lirxfi.r Latlirxmitl 1 7i ifc'ivi. I am deter mined to sell at as Joir prices e a tin other re spectable Hons- in this city. All rum warrant ed. So w lurrinexeiitatinn to rffri t sales. JOIIS FA llfllt A, Oct.21.-3m. 713 Aitcn Stkeet, Philad'a. Geis & Foster, Nos. 113 and 115 Clinton Street. Jolmi!own, la. invite the attention of buyers to their large and i lejjant stock or FALL AND WINTER GOODS ! CONSISTING Cffr DRY GOOD?, DRESS GOODS, MILLIXERY GOODS. FAXCY GOODS, CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS, &c &c., AT EVEUT PRICE! KEY8MBB0LT WORKS. HUBLEY, ADAMS & CO., No. 5 MARKET Street, PITTSBURGH, PA., MANUFACTURERS OJ" CARRIAGE AND TIRE BOLTS, PLO'W AND MACHINE ROLT3, NORWAY CARRIAGE DOLT??, BRIDGE AND ROOF DOLTS, SCREW HOOK niNGES, 3-ll.Sm. WAGON BOX STRAPS 1871. PHILADELPHIA ' 1871. HOWELL 8h BOURKE, MA.M'I'ACTl'RF.RS OF Paper Hangings'and Window Shades. Wholesale mid Itetall Salesrooms, COUNEIt FOU11T1I and MARKET STS.. J'JIILADELPIllA. Factory Corher Twenty-third and Sansom Sts Nov. 25, l7L-am. D M I N I STR A TO R"S NOTICE. E - Estate of James M. Riffle, dee'd. Letters of Administration on the estate of James M. Itiftie. late of Summitville boroiiKh, deceaseil, buvint? ocen jrranted to the under Signed by the UeisUsr of Cambria county, all persons indebted to aid estate are requested to make immediate payment, and those having claims are desired to present theui properly authenticated for settlement.- WM. H. SECHLEK, Administrt-or. Kbensbiirtr, Nov. i. 171.-f.t, T1IK I.KGEXD BEAtTlFl'I- BY HENRY W. LONGFELLOW. ITadst thou stayed, I roust have fled !" That is what the Vision said. In his chamber all alone, Kneelinir on the floor of stone. Prayed the Monk in deep contrition For his sins of indecision. Prayed for greater self-denial In temptation and in trial; It was noonday by the dial. And tho Monk was alt alone. Suddenly, as if it lijrhtened. An unwoi.ted splendor brightened All within him and without him In that narrow cell of stone ; Anil he saw the Blessed Vision Of our J.td; with lig-ht Elysian, Like a vesture wrapped around him. Like a garment round him thrown. Not as crucified and slain. Not in agonies of pain. Not wi.th bleeding- hands and feet. Did the Monk his Master see ; But as in the villajre street. In the house or harvest-field. Halt and lame and blind he healed, When he walked in Galilee. In an attitude imploring. Hands upon his bosom crossed. Wondering, worshiping, adoring-. Knelt the Monk in rapture lost. Lord, he thought, in heaven that reifrnest. Who am I, that Thou deigncst To reveal Thyself to meV Who am I, that from the centre Of Thy glory. Thou shouldst enter This poor cell, my guest to be? Then amid his exaltation. Loud the convent bell appalling. From its belfry calling, calling. Rang through court and corridor. With persistent iteration He had never heard before. It was now the appointed hour. When alike, in shine or shower, Winter's cold or summer's heat. To the convent portals eamo All the blind and hall and lame, All the beggars of the street, For their daily dole of food Dealt them by the brotherhood; And their almoner was he Who, upon his bended knee. Rapt in silent ecstacy Of divinest self-surrender. Saw tho Vision and the Splendor. Deep distress and hesitation Mingled with his adoration ; Should he go, or should he stay? Should he leave the poor to wait Hungry at the convent gate. Till the Vision passed away? Should he slight his heavenly guest, Might this visitant celestial. For a crowd of ragged, bestial Beggars at the convent gate? Would the Vision there remain? Would the Vision come again? Then a voice within his breast Whispered, audible and clear. As if to the outward ear : " Do thy duty: that is best: Leave unto thy Lord the rest." Straightway to his feet he started. And with longing look intent On tho Blessed Vision bent. Slowly from Iris cell departed. Slowly on his errand went. At the gate the'poor were waitiny. Looking through the iron grating;", With that terror in the eye That is only seen in those Who omid their wants and woes Hear the sound of doors that close, And of feet that pass them by; Grown familiar with disfavor. Grown familiar with the savor 1 Of the bread by which men die.' But to-day, they know not why. Like the gutes of Paradtsi, Seemed the convent gates to rise. Like a sacrament divine Seemed to tin m the bread and wine. In his heart the Monk was praying, Thinking of the homeless poor. What th'-y suffer and endure; What we see not, what we see; And the inward voice was saying: " Whatsoever thing thou doest To the least of mine and lowest. That thou doest unto Mel" ITnto Me ! but had the Vision Come to him in beggar's clothing. Come a mendicant imploring. Would he then have knelt adoring. Or have listened with derision i ir have turned away with loathing? Thus his conscience put t'.ie question. Full of troublesome suggestion. As at length, with hurried pace. Toward bis cell he turned his face. And beheld the convent brijfht With a supernatural light. Like h luminous cloud expanding Over floor and wall and ceiling. But ho paused with awe-struck feeling At the threshold of pis door. For the Vision still was standing As he Ic-ft it there before. When the convent bell nnpnlling, F'rom its belfry calling, calling. Summoned him to feed the poor. Through the long hour intervening It had waited his return. And he felt his bosom burn. Comprehending all the meaning, When the Blessed Vision said: " Hadst thou stayed, I must have fled!'' A SMUGGLER FOR ONCE. One bitterly cold morning in December, I, John Carlton, stood leaning upon the gate of my. little garden, gloomily think ing over the badness of trade I was what they call in our parts a "jouster," that is, I kept a horse nod cart, and went about the country jousting or' selling tisli. For several weeks there had been noth ing doing ; indeed, so bad a season had not been known for years, and my wife Mary, the old horse and myself were get ting unpleasantly near starvation. I could have borne tLis, if I had to bear it alone; but Mary had been a valued ser var.t in the parson's fanv.Iy and not used to roughing it, and it cut me to the heart to see how thin and pale she was getting for want of the necessaries of life, which I did not know how to get. Poor girl ! weak as the was, she was the bravest of the two. Many a time wnen I was al-' most in despair, her loving arms would be thrown round my neck, and she would bid me cheer np and bear my troubles like a man ; and I have answered that if I could bear them as patiently as a woman, it would do better 61 ill. While standing Rt the gate, puzzling myself what to try that 1 hadn't tried al ready, I saw Tom Davies, cousin of mine, coming along the lane, looking a9 sleek and comfortable as a well-groomed horse. It bad always beea a mystery to me how Tom lived, for let trade be ever so bad, he never seemed to suffer, but was well clothed, and looked jolly and happy. He was always civil, but as he stopped now to give me time of day, ha noticed how queer I looked ; and though I'm not given to talking of my trouble, his sym pathy loosened my tongue, and I told him j how there wasn't a morsel of bread in the ; cupboard, and I didn't know bow to put any there. j lie took a few whiffs of the short pipe j he was emoking, eyeing rue hard the while, and then told me that if I could j keep a sreret, he thought he could put j me in the way of earning a trifle. I wa i ready to promise anything when I heard j this; and when I assured him that I would be as secret as the grae, he bade me bring j my old horse to Ridler's Cave on the fwl- j lowing night, punctually at twelve. He j would be there to meet me, but I was to j ask no questions. There might be a trifle of risk in what I should have to do, but nothing wrong ; ,nt least, Tom saw n 6 harm tn it, though ethers might. "It's smuggling!" I said to myself; and I thought of Mary, who would sooner die than know me to do Anything that was not just right. I was about to say no to Tom's offer; but Mary's wan fare rose up before me, and as I remembered how bit ing want was dragging her down to her grave, I giew desperate. "I'm your man, Tom, risk or no risk. I'll be there to my time, never fear ma " He grasped the hand I held out, left a shilling in i', and with a nod walked on, leaving me with a weight on ray con science that had never rested upon it be fore. All that day and the nxt, I could not meet Mary's eye without feeling as if I were hiding a crime from her. When evening came I told her I was wanted for a little job of moving at the next village, and should not be home till late. She never doubted the tale, but smiled and kissed me when I went away, leading old Ik"o by the bridle, ami fancy ing that I had never seen a darker night, nor heard the wiud roam so dismally be-i fore. Ridler'a Cave is situated in one of the most lonely parts of the Cornish coast, and there is not a house within a couple of miles of the spot. After riding for about half an hour, I came out of the lanes on to the beaeh, and another mile or so along the foot of the cliffs brought me to the cave. As I rode into it I heard a voice say cautiously, "All right, John, the boat will bo here directly ;" and I was not sorry to find Tom Davies mounted on a cob alongside of me. Handing me a flask with some brandy in it, he bade me take a nip ; at the same time tellirg me with nu little glee that the "coasties, were napping, and we should do them jolly !" After waiting some few minutes we heard the regular click of oars in the row locks, followed by the grating of a boat's keel on the shingle. We rode out and soon had several par cels strapped on either uide of the horses ; then, with scarcely a word spoken we set off; Tom giving me instructions where io leave my load, and adding that it would be as well to part as soon as we got off the beach. Away wc went, but only to find out first just as we quitted the shore that the Coast-guardsmen were not napping nffer all ; two f them sprang upon us from behind a boulder, and clutched at the hor?es' bridles ; but the creatures swerved, and that saved us. ''Spur for your life !'' muttered Tom in my ear, at the same moment riding his staunch little cob right at the men, I saw one of thptn roll over on the ssnd, while the other jumped aside, shouting to us to stop, but we ntter paused until we were some distance down thi lane leading from the beach. Then Tom pulled up. 4,We must part now," he said. ''Keep to the right and ride hard, for they will cut you off if they can where the lane winds to ward the coast ; but give the nag whip and Ppur, and you will be there before them. Off with you!" nnd so we parted. After Tom had left me I began to re member how awkwardly close to I lie shore the windings of the lane brought it and how easy it would be for swift rurners to take a short cut across ome fields and come np with me. liitterly I regretted being ld into such h dangerous affair ; and telling myself, with clenched teeth that for Mary's sake I wouldn't be taken, I rode on more furiously than before. The nearer I got to the sea, the more I dreaded a surprise, and it seemed as if I were so long threading the ins and outs of my road, thai they must be the first to reach the spot where I anticipated danger. Suddenly I was seized with the idea that if I could leap the hedge I might evade them, and quick as thought I put lob at tho dark line of thorn bushes that looms ahead, just where the lane made the last sharp turn toward the beach. I remember the rising in the air, the crash through the top of the hedge, and my own fall, which was followed by the most unearthly yell it is possible to ima gine a shriek that seemed to die away into the bowels of the earth. Then a hundred stars danced before my ejes there was a strange dizziness in my head all grew dark and I knew no more. How long I lay before coming to myself I cannot tell ; nor could I recollect, for a considerable time after my senses returned, what it was that had happened. Numbed with the intense cold, I was lying on my back with the wind shrieking above me ; but where was the horse? and what meant the awful jell I heard after taking the leap ? I found that I was lying on a slope, and turning over on my right side I reach ed out one hand intending to lean upon it and raise myself. To my horror I grasp ed nothing, for it makes me shudder to think of it I had turned over into the mouth of a partly disused pit. Already I was hanging half within it, and while struggling to recover my balance, could feel myself slowly but surely slipping fur ther into the hideous gulf yawning to re ceive me. I gave one cry for mercy, and grasped wildly about till I succeeded in clutching one of the boards with which the shaft was lined. In another second my body had slid down with a jerk that nearly wrenched my hands from their hold : but the strength of despair was in that clutch and I held on. Then a death ly faint neps crept over me as I thought cf the depths below, and imagined myself" falling, falling helplessly into them The strain upon my arms became intolerable, and to case it, I tried to insert my toes between the crevices of the boards, crying frantically but faintly for help the while, though the sound of ray own voice startled tne, it was so strangely hollow. As I raised myself a III i Io, a piece of the rotten wood broke off, and for a drer.dful mo ment I was hanging by oe hand ; but ere my quailing heart could give another flutteiir.g throb I had regained my grip, and found foothold too More than this I durcd not venture in that profund dark ness, but I told myself that I was com parativtlj safe as long as my aching limbs would sustain me. When they failed, I knew that I should go down down down until I lay a mangled corpse by the side of the poor horse whose dying cry still rings in my ears. Those were minutes of horror, and I believe I must have gone off my head a bit, for I fancied that feartul sounds came wailing up from the pit, and that some in visible power was try ing to drag me down into it. Then a temptation assailed me to let go, to end at once the anxieties of my life and the pain and terror I was en during. IJjt the poor, pale face of Mary Mary who was watching for me at home rose before my eyes, and with re newed strength I held on, and prayed to Heaven to save me. As if in answer to the prayer, a gleam of the moon's light broke through the murky clouds, vanished, and then shone out again so tlearlv that I was able to perceive the ladder not many feet away. Ascautious'v as mv crnmned limbs would permit, I worked my way toward it, and before the clouds gathered again, 1 was kneeling on the bank above the pit, saved! Ci'ld, weary, and sad, I mid2 my way home without interruption, and told Mary what had happened. As she hung about my neck, shivering and sobbing, she made j me promise that I would never again be drawn into anything that my conscience told me wasn't just right; and thank God I am able to say that, come fair weather or foul, I have been faithful to my word Z.i Tlllt 1 5. 1.! ; ADTE.TlnS Tt was a clear, balmy day in June when I, Kichard Dawson, -midshipman, at home in Cornwall after a cruice, look ed up three of my old school mates for a row along the coast in a yawl hired of ft waternnrn, and well freighted with all that was needed to make the day a merry one. Away we went, four of the most light hearted lads living. lob Trclawny stroke, myself with a pair of sculis, Tom Davies in the bow rowing random ; and Lilly Finch, our little coxswain, saucily hug ging himself on the dwarfish stature which exempted him from any greater share in our laburs. With many a nhaip quiz at each other's expense, our laughter waking up the echoes of the curiously veined cliffs tow ering above us, we glided along the pic turesque coast ; sometimes passing be neath huge blocks of granite, which seemed to need but n touch to topple thorn down upon our frail craft, sometimes catching glmp-es of tiny coves, whose beauty no foreign scenery I have ever visited exceeded. Into one of these our coxswain s'eered ns w?ien wc began lo show symptoms of ftnjue, skillfully tak ing us through the narrow inlet between the rock3 that concealed it from casual observers. Perhaps the dark hours that followed helped to imprint on my memory the peaceful beauty of that spot, for 1 can conjecture up even now that years have passed over my head eveiy detail of the fir picture ; the high banks hemming in the mimic baj-, coveted to their summits with heather and the endless variety of ferns that flourish in ths rich alluvial soil ; the trees crowning the heights, the sighing ef the soft brerze that Btirred their branches, and the musical cadence of falling water as innumerable little riv ulets bounded from rock to rook in glis tening cascades, or like silver serpents threading their way toward the murmur ing eea. The scene was so lovely that even the mercurial spirit of our coxswain was impressed by it, and he stopped in the midst of one of his favorite ditties to exclaim, 'ly Jove, it's sublime !" In reminiscences of our happy school days, and song after song from tho Mario of our company the time quickly passed away, till the deepening shadows warned us that we must depart. Our diminished stores were replaced in the yawl, and bending to our work, wa soon emerged from the peaceful cove into the broader expan of St. Michael's bay. While we wer lingering in the cove, the breeze had freshened so that our littla boat danced rrierrily over the swelling wavC9, lh bounding motion adding a fresh impetus to the mirth which was exuber ant enoutjh at starting. We had traversed about half our home waid way when Tom Davies proposed a tow into one of the gloomy looking cav erns freqiently to be seen on the Cornish coast. Every one agreeing to the propo sal tho boat was backed for a few yards, the head pointed tovard the nearest open ing hnd half a dozen strokes sent us into the yawning cavity. As we dotted under the narrow arch, wc perceived that at its highest the cav ern rose but a few feet above our heads, while, to our great consternuth n, we found ourselves irresistibly cartied much further than we had intended penetrating into this abode of strange echoes. As another wave came up, impelling ua still onward in fpiie of bur most igotous efforts to prevent it, we looked toward each other anxiously and our coxswain's voice sounded hollow and unusunliv sub dued,, as he exclaimed : "I say, you fellows, this won't do at any price. Stern all!" This, to onr increased alarm, we found it impossible to accomplish. We had but backed a few yards when, with a wh'nl and a rush against which wc could make no bend, another wave rolled i:, and we clung desperately to the side of the cav ern to prevent our boat being dashed to" pieces on svnie hidden boulder. Though alive to the danger of the posi lion, and bitterly regretting our foolishness in raakinrj Le venture with so ronh t sea running, wo did not fully comprehend our difficulties until we looked toward tl e mouth of the cavern. To our horror we perceived it was growing less and less A the next wave came dahing in its crest reached to within a couple of feet of the crown of the rupged arch above us. The tide was still rising and the dreadful roality forced itself upon up that in a short time we should be closed in from light and hope ; in a word, tfcat we should be buried rdive in the cavern ! With indescribable sensation we watch ed each wave rise higher and higher, and the fsirit light grow dimmer : while to in crease the horror cf our situation, our boat was dashed to and fro with such fearful violence that we knw not how long we might hope to prevent its being broken up Clinging with our bleeding firgers to the projecting roeW, we sat with our face furnd in despair toward the open ing, and (ho "God he'pus!" that burrt from Trelawney's lips sounded like words of donm to all. Higher and higher crept the insatia'e waters, now reaching the very summit of the arch and obliterating the glimmer cf light that yet stole in ; then, as if to mock us, receding till the faint ray wa nnce more visible. Again arid aga'n this hap pened ; but at last we were enveloped in pitchy darkness. The wall of water had barred us in, and, unless God helped we had taken our last look at the bright world without. It was hard to die sd young ; and even now I think it no shame to onr manhood that choking sobs and earnest cries for mercy thronged to our lips, as we strug gled to hold on against the volume of water striving always to dash tis onward into the deeper recesses of tha chasm. In our haste and alarm we had forgot ten that a small anchor was lying at the bottom of the boat, but now, as a larger wave than we had hitherto contended with came rushing on us, Trelawny gasp ed out : "The anchor! over with it or we are tost ! I can hold no lorger." In an instant I had it over the side. On eame the bellowing wave, the boat was lifted upon it ; our hands were forced to relinquish their grasp of the jigged stones to which we had been clinging, and like an arrow we were driven for ward ; but the anchor held,- and for a time we felt we were saved. Up to this monirnt vptv few words had been uttered, fur the transition had been too great from sunshine without to the darkness and ter ror within to permit of speech. We all knew by what a frail tenure we held our lives, and silently huddled together, lis tening to the wash of the billows as they came whirling and rumbling past cur boat, to dash with a concussion like thun der, against some recess of the cavern which seemed to be far, far awaj Strange fears stole over us as we prayed incoherently that the anchor might hold and the wind drop, or c'ing instinct ively to the sides of our vessel, when the eddying watcis hmL'd by, leaving behind them a transient calm, so profound that we could hear our own deep breathing and the bitter grief of our happy little coxswain. Were not his thought a with the widowed mother who, if she lost him, lost her all ? Presently the awful RM'Ir.es was brok en by a rock crumbling from the roof and falling with a deafening crash not many feet from where we lay, the sound rever berating along the cavernous vaults until it died away in the distance. After a while we fancied we heatd the moaning of the wind outside our prison Had it increased ? And if the result should be as terrible as we foreboded, would our fAte ever bo known to those who would mourn for us T Would any vestige of the yawl or ber unfortunate crew be wasted out to sea to tell the sad . tale At last and what an eternity it seem ed we could discern a faint glimmer of light. A few seconds and it had vanished. Then like n blight star duvvr.irg "Pn , it steadily increased and we knew thai the tide was falling. Breathlessly we watch- d thi harbinger of hope till, with eyes th.-t brimmed over, and voices tremulous w:.'i thankful joy, we told i-idi o-her that we might now make :.o iT" fr, depart. It was not un::i ! ; r n - r narrow es capes from l.e-it - r-.'.-xl c; the partly sunken rocks that we fcurvcv.led in reach, ing the outer woild. What we t'.en thought, Cr how wc acted, may be belt r imagined than described ; and I suppose need scarcely say that we have never sife.s then explored a Cornish cavern when ft n tide was runnirg. A S'.VKAhixu Per A Louisville pf r sajs: We wittiest. ed iast nifi!,t a p-of f the woudeiful perfection to which the imita tive poweis of the Iowtr or er or utiuia!.- c:i be trail ed by mouths cf conMant arid patiei.t trairing, which was truly wci;dei!u. T e ix'.itMtion was at the house cf Dr. Benson ' No. 192 Fifth btieet. by a gentleman narut.l Kennedy, aud the su'.ij.-ct of" his t-xpt-iiujt--. c was a small yellow dog, we Ulivve oi u.a terrier species. Mr. Kennedy took the d- g on his lap, a placing his left hat.d over the animal' back, j ist behind its shoulders, and Lis right haLd over it.- ii. se. clasping both upper and lower jiws, commanded it to speak, which it di.', imitating. Its master and uttering the worrj so plaii.ly as rot to te misur.di-rsN-x.-d, ar-i very irueh in the tone ot one talking whii holding his cose ti-htly. It uttued tut few words except expletives, and its profm'ty was s( niethiug almost shocking. coming front the source it did. But it was excused by the Fpcctr.tc.rs', (if whi m thee wvre quite e number, on the ground that It oMdoN. know any better, and nobody but a dug would u-o fcuch language. 'Don't bolter mr,'G d d n you!" sa'd the animal. Ge to h 1!" Y-.u're a d d liar !" 1'oor thing!" said a sympathizing latfy,' "To be made to s,y such horrid woida!" 'I want my rar. !" And in the exhibition proceeded through a series of sentences, now shocking the spec tators by the reckless profanity of the ai.l mal's utterances, then convulsing them with" laughter at tha ridiculousness of the scene; and again impressing all with the wonder fully peifi-ct imitation cf human speech.' Ventril'-q-iisrn was out of the question. Ia fcet, ev?ry precaution was takeu to detect a trick, if there was one, and the re.-tilt was the unanimous conclusion that the animal's speech was controlled by manipulation i-f its' jnws in the master's hands. This the owner readily acknowledged. Flaring that he lis been t r a i r i i : y; the d- g f,,r nearly a yer. ai d had at I'i-t s'icceeie.f-in biinging it ro ! a .cii..t ex! i' i'ni. The fact, however, tlid n t !-rrct from 'be wonderful character of tl.f exh-bition. Tt is the onlj dog wei-vrrhent of even apparently endowed with hUcL.au' speech. Not To bs CaCjht A town in Vetraons has a society of young men formed fur fh express purpose of rescuing young ladies from drowning. We warn ihe.-e g'-ot'"Tieo that we will not accept even honorary mem bership in their concern ; we not sjn.p-t-thiz-3 with the movement. U"n several occasions we have stod by and seen joting ladies' noses di.-aprear beneath wat-rs L!u, with a stolid ind:lfrenee that would hv been creditable in a husband. Ir was a trttla rough on the darlings; but. if we know our own mind, we do t ot propose, just f--r ibo doub'ful pleasure of saving a female's life, to snirtndcr cur prrrogit'.ve cf uiarry'iLg when and whom we like. If we take a fancy to a wcrran w-e sha'l wr-d her. but we're not to be c.-ercci? ;r.t:v .::'m-m by an3' gum-clicwtr.g s"'". . r- ' ' :.r ehanew to fall into a pors- t ' in w their tric ks and the'r r--rr "wk'.rz t" con scbdisriess in a fellow's a-ros. and throw i their own wet ones alvnit his neck, saving. "The life that y'cu have preserved, n-l!e youth, is y urs ; whither thoti goes I will go ; thy God is my G.hI. and thy hor-es and cariiaes shall be my horses and carriages !" This cheerful thing may be coveted by a Gicen Mountain Boy a very green moun tain boy but we are too old a sturgeon to be ciutght with a spoon-hook. Ladies in tbn vicinity t-f cur person need n'-t hesiiate t-.- tling themselves madly into the first g'se puddle that obstructs their way; their liberty of action w ill be scrupulously respected. The last ve-sion r.f the (. W-ishingreo' storv : A youthful hen four-d an egg. and yielding to the maternal instinct, sat upon it until the process of incubation was com plete. Her mother, who had laid the ee and taken great pains in shaping and color ing it. came along, and seeing on'y the bro ken shell, burst into tears and xc.laimd : ;Alai, my daughter, who has destroyed rny favorite egg ?" The feathered ffspring re sponded immediately: -I eaneot tell a mother, I cannot tell a lie; I did it wiih my little hatch it." The firsr bbxHl shed between the F errh and English iu the seven years' struggle be fore the comtnincc ment of the lUvo'ptinn aiy war en this continent wps in F.iytr county, on the 2Sth f May. 1754. about 300 yards southwest cf Dunb:r spring. Here the French were encamped in a deep glen, where they had put up temporary cabins. At this point Washington arranged his com pany in two divisioi s, and so efh-ctuary surprised them that few of their number es caped. Onk side of a house roof at TMghton. Mass . has just been Tashingled for the first time since the house was built seventy-seven years ago. A large part of the old shingles -e but little worn. They are of south rn cedar, and the nails were all made by hand. The west side of the roof, which is less rxp-sed to storms, will apparently last many yeais longer. Or the woman question, a lady says in a communication to the Des Moines R-giter : You may look at this n.nttrr in whatever lieht vouWiil. but simmer it down, and it is"hut"a qm-rre' with the Almhty that1 w were not a'.l men.'1 rr
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