f m & r - avs lei? I i i- C IMn j, to J5. "IV RE ! s: it'- I.N j A. rcPIKE, Editor and Publisher. mi-: vi. 151 CKEYE CRtIN AMI SEED CLB.WKR, Patented Fcb'y 1st, 1870. i !M ! ! ACTl'HKD n IEBEL& PENNINGTON i rrillin Oliio. j , ..ny other Fuuninjr Mill ever kf r .f, inir tn than twice the scrcc-ninir :'' tl,.,.i,v.f mill, while it is neat ami W ' ', ,iii.' i Mil.v handled and ItrteU riWI'.t ' 1 . r -.1 : lis capacity for chiinimr fcf:-tn S" " h.-:s pcrhonr, and runs so turned by a bit) leu jjeart i ii ii.l '! ii Luc :A r.. . . . " .i,..r I -i ii ii in r Mill nnw miiile o'' 1 . , in, i;,t,. ru i-assertions, we jrive the fol , ii; .Mill 'tis if several reliable freu- ' lik 'r"i-' ! Seneca count v, Ohio, who J- ''!!;,.!?!. ' ' i van Kit a thorough trial : 1 f ' t -i''; liM.-V"-'!- have thoroughly tested .,.fj';.:, i,i I Sml t'ltanrr, and believe i i... j'm i ; - in i'iic in uh1 i(iri'ii".imny 11 r ' .:i i n.Mirn r ..illcM- -I' ,:iit v i-n, ifi iim.iiiri. o nil i:it.-s eciy (rri" of Vhrxx, a M",,-, k-sifne(i for seeii, ! i ( in Tiiitiithu, ni nil wihl fn-i.'. a- " -; i ,4 I 4 ''? " H n Mv P. if.v ill i to render ech tir (-1 ilc-iiiitcii for sowing- pur- ii i l.i i it f mm tilih and foixiyn : Tn v.). T. Ink. I .J. Il( iWKHSOCK, NNott. : 1. K inzl;k, .1 M t 1 ')! IN. l i t ;.i".A N Kit in nil mrts of vcept t'.ie Townships of Cur- A l.K tl I II K IUCKKVK aMNANi 1 K eet t .' I I ll"l t iir ' ' f(l:n--r. d,i, !! .,! it - I.V ,,i uml .-:im iiciiiinna. atii win !. ' ill ii! "in tin' faiiueia of the -'n; a:: I d.-ttionvt nite to each ... i, a n. i !n(t t'lis "('leaner" will i.i 1 1 1 - 1 I ii it. i ' (in, I -. i -n jui'i tested at any ;nn ii-at ..tir t.) i ins, orie-und-u- ill,! iiU. II' -I E 1 1 I A.. ' M ' i 1 - t el l-.U-n-l'iior. i i a i- i i i. iters .,i in. n try will re- I..it III lent - i.l !i' a !'! fsed to CO ' I I : ' a i ! i: , f.l isi.r. in-. -t r. I. 'I'-1 I iiirla Co., Pa. All. LOOK IT THIS! T!io Faimer's Favorite team toiinp; MILL o f ,vi Tin: if V'Olt SALE UV 5. DAA1S. Ebensburg, Pa. Eyre & Landell, Fourth and Aich Streets, PHILADELPHIA, I A UK (U'KSISU A FINE STOCK OF DRY GOODS jl-'OJt lVl.J, OF S 872, SHAWLS, MERINOS, V INTKK SUITINGS, Fli.l. LINE NEW GOODS, ili. i;i:S'J- WK.VIiING BLACK SILK. I i't-:r.'.;.r ','T. ;t. '0HN II MIUI.'AV I05. M. IUtN iJj-.j-i-iiv fc Dunn, i-noriur.Toits or . F.M Fi'iMiHY AM) STOVE WORKS, 1 ' - i.ida YsiiL'ua. pa. nAVIN,. ,. .ivliased the establishment lately .kiii.u n a- I . ii, -i prise Fountiiy, we are uow S.'U- tn II allllf.K-tlll-O tUJUT CASTING S i r . rcry description. Various Styles of Stoves wiiiH.'turi! ::t our estnblishnient arc in all '7"T's"l'i"; i i any in the niai ket. -jten'andaH kind of Machinery i,,Lr""1'"v 11,1,1 s-itisfactorlly repaired. !.', ' ' k it warranto! to lie exactly -jt isr.M.v. -etifed. LAu?.3t.-tf. 00K SHAP AT THIS! . THF p.miy rATHnnn iqk tOOK: FIMUOniCAL STORE 1 "limiA COUNT V. . , if i ie;t tiir ti tir triiiir UU J- , (. ', lut,, i(1,.ks bound and IMetures ' t,,,. i,,wst possible prices. All the i -- . ni Weekly Tapers Tor sale. iVHiiiUlf III lUUi L:G!1FST SHIP AFLOAT"' i';"r'N -In to Europe, or those bendlnu u ",!'.,,-', fcwaffialrr r,.,," , "'rH to mi l friun Kurope. This Line -:,;, for eonifort, speed and safety. 'r' tir ,'r a'"1 "I'wurds sold at the lowet-t in , '"T. ''"r , l" ther pHrtieiilara -all at in.,,; oiK Stohk, 13li f ranklin .street, " "'J IJmici.'. IS72.-tf. '.?(0F-. J- L. WIESEKBACH, naclur, . V" A-.FAT H.H ' '"'ll, ,,,, . . i.Ai!' S" & " W- PITH'S moston) i 2L:!:U: organs mxtu 3f. V Xl "i:.Wholesalenl netnilBen- j .,r '' vriMi.um Cathlic Wouiuot all . l!0"KS, ItlBLKS, HlSTtBlCAL and v "'l ' VUKS, I'KKIODIC AIJ. 1IC- i ,n ,' h:MN!l . Vf.. Arc, 130 Franklin Street, J ' ill 'll every nrticle at Bal '" i U.i li iphia nri-cs. A liberal liitcuutit la e, Ebeusburg, la. SOMETHING 3FAV. Csaleablo articles.seil at siirht. Catalovucs and one sain pie free. X.Y. M'f'ir Co., 21 Courtlandt St., NT. Y. 'Hand Stamps," all varieties.Circulars free.Arfi Wntel.V.ll.il.UiivisJfcCo. Mfrs.7U5.assau,N.Y. PnilffPT1? 'Sen'! stamp for Il'ustrated Catalogue U 11 1 lUU 1 A i Itiiil.linir A J la.K.,, , . rf. i arren r-ireei, apw 1 ork. Washington University MEDICAL SCHOOL ! BALTIMORE, MI). isor :ii:rv : STl'DENTS CAN KNTER AT ANY TIME. The Clinieiit ndvantarusof the School are nnstir puss.-d. i'otf. incliidinir Itlsseulittn and Hospi tal Tickets. $(i5. For Cataijuu km containinK full particulars apply to Prof. CHARLES W. CH A.NCKLLOit, Hean, Baltimore, Md. $75 to $250 per mon,rfe rv male, to introduit trie Gentine Imphovkh r"OMMO' SEXSK KAS1LV SKWINU MACH1.K. - ..-...p. .a, v. vaizv... u This Machine will stitehjhem. fell.tuck.qnilt, eord. biud..liraid and embroider in nmot su perior manner. Price only 15. Fully licensed and warranted for Ave years. We will pay 1.00 for any macriine that will new a strong er, nioi-e Ix-Hiitifnl, or more elastic seam than ours. It makes the "Elastic 1oek Stiteii." Every second stitch cau be cut, and still the cloth cannot be pulled apart without tearing it. We pay agents from 75 to per month aiidexpehses, or a etiiu mission from which twice that 'junount can be made. Address SECOM1J & CO., Itimtiin, Mum.. I'ittsburvh, Ph., iS)i'utaji, III., or St. Lnutn, .!. Cheap Farms! Free Homes! Ox the line of the UNION PAOFIO ItAIL 1UA1 12.000,000 acres of the hebt Fannin? and M intra i Ijmdsin America. S.OOO.OOO Acres In Nebraska, In the Platte Valley, now for sale. Ulll.lk (XI.UATE, FFItl ll.K NOII, for Grain Kiowinir etui Stock Raising uusur passed by any in the L'nltea States. CiiF.AFtK is Price, more favorablo terms R-iven. and more con venient to market than can be found eisewhere. 1'rfe llome!strnl Tor Aclutil Selller. The best location for Colonies Soldiers entl titled to a Homestead of ICO Acres. Send for the new Descriptive Pamphlet, with new maps, puhMshed in Knir'ish. German, Swe dish and Danish, mailed free everywhere. Address O. F. JJaVIS. Liind Com'r IT. P. U. It. Co., Omaha. Neb. iJarren rust Piemlnm lm.Hst.1871 Douiic Klevr.ted Oven. Wnrininif Closet, Hroil inyr Door Fender Guard Dumtiinr & Shakinif Grate. Direct Draft. FLI.LElt, WAHHEN Jc Co., VSG Wattcr Street, N. Y. 1 A m O N D & RUBY FURNACES. POWEItKUIi ASH ECONOMICAL I1EATEUS. James A. I.awsr n. Patentee. Fl'LI.EK, W A KKAN & Co., 2(6 Water St.. N. Y. elCfeeder tswart A S E urner .i.(uv!, L'nri Till led t CetU,lleU. Barns any size Coal. FUI.LHlt, WAUKEN Si CO., 24ti Wutcr St.. N. V. lxoentoi-'ss Sale. THEHK wiil lie ofTeretl nt public eale, at the X late residence of Mathias Deitreich, dee'd, in t hest township, one mile north of G len Con ne, on '1'nemtiM.y, '-. I'-illi. proximo, nt 9 o'ciock. A. M., the followiiiK- described lteal Es tate, o u hich Mathias Deitreich died seized, to wit: A PIECE OK PAKCELOF LAND situate in Chest townshti, Cambria county, adjoining lands of Michael Crownouer, Jacob Kibbler, Joseph Itapp.aud ot tiers. contaiui:i)f 130 Arros, uioru or less, i;l)oul31IO Attres bcintf cleared and haii- 1 hereon (ri-:led a two story PLANK MOFSr:.:K bv:5i. and a I,)(iSTAIII,E. Thehal-atu-e of the land is well timbered with pine and uuk. Tkiims or Sale One-third in hand and the balance in two enua! annual payuients.Twith interest. t Im secured bj inortKase ami judg ment boudb of purchaser. JACOB KTHRLEK, Executor of Mathias Deitreich, dee'd. Chest Twp., Oct. It. 1S72.-41. SIIKS:iFfe N. I.K. By virtue of a writ of Plur. Vend. Expon.. issued out of the Cnurt of Common Pleas of Cambria connty and to me directed, there will be exposed to Public Sale, at the lieiilord House, in Johnstown, on S ATI' It I) AY. the li-Tit n.iv op Novkmbf.ii next, ut 2 o'clock, i. M.. the ftdlowinjr lteal Estate, to wit: All theri-ht, title and interest of John JSurket and Samuel Ithodes, of. in and to a piece or parcel of land situate in Conemaiifrh bor ough, Cambria county, adjoining lands of John Cushon, I'cter Monahan. and others, containing 1 acre, more or less, all cleared, haviutr thereon erected a two storv plank house, now in the oc cupancy of Samuel Khodes. Taken in execu tion anil to te sold at the suit of John S. Otfden. for use of George McDowell, for use of C. li. Ellis, now for use of John Thomas. W. 11 BONACKEU, Sheriff. Sheriff's Office, EbensbuiR, Oct. 2t, lS72.-at. VALUAIiLE FAKM FOR SALE. V a FARM containinif 4 Acre, ranro or less, or which 30 Acres aro clear, v A . i ... ..l in Unnetor Iwn.. Cum- r7 - - bria county, within two miles of ill Cresaon ond about the same ins tance from Eoretto, win be boiu r .. tt,,il nn cuflv terms. A comfortable Dwelling House and a srood Stablo re anions the improreinents. There isalsoan excellent orchard on the premises and a never failiiitf sprini? convtmient to the house. Any persou wishimr to purchase can call on meat Tuunel Hill, Gallitzia, jrjRXKX. July 13.-tf. Oallitzin, Cambria Go.. Pa. IVT I FOR SVT-li:. VFA KM or SIXTY ACHES, located In Black lick township, Cambria co., i SWV-'V adjoinino- lands of Isaac W is- w sinKt-r. Uich d Morgan, ami ' wt "-3, t- ft i Alt ers, about 40 Acres of which arr -I'gT cleared, with a larjre two story PLANK HOUSE, IAKJ HA UN. &o., thereon erected the balance well timbered. W ill bo sold at a banrain. For further particulars ln qt ue on the premises, t.r address 4 TllOS. K. DAVISON, ept. 13.-3IIU Ebensburg P. O. IHTRAY.-Catnetn the premises of the un i dersijrned, in Summerhill township, on or about the Ifttli oay of June last, a two-year old BLACK STEEK, with a small piece out of the under pari of the left car. The owner is re quested to come forward, prove proKTty, pa charges and take him away ; otherwise he will be disposed of according t law-. ,, V A LENT1 NE ( RAMhR. Summerhill Twp., Nov. 1, IS.J.-at.-t STK4Y IIO;M.-Came to the premises of the subscriber, in Allegheny township, on or about the 15th of April lat, two SOW PIGS, each ut that, time about four months old, and both of them red ami white spotted in color. The owner is reiucstil to come f orward, prove Iroferty, pay cimrires and take them awajv otherwisu they will be disiMised of Hceordiiiir to law. JOSEPH FNTEKS1NGEK. Allegheny Twp., Oct. 25, lS'.'i.-Ut. ClOAL! UOAI.l ! The subscriber is ' now prepared to furnish, in lance or small ipiautities, all iiualities of AN'l'll It AlT'l'E and BITF JIl.NOL'S CAL, m lowest market rates. Coal delivered promptly and free of charjro fo hauling at any point in K:enbur or vicinity, ordei-s ietl ut the Zahm Stokr will receive due attention. DANIEL H. ZAHM. AGENTS If 'tin fed. 'HK IS A FREEMAN EBENSBUIIG, TIIK MI5N10X OF LIFE. Look not monrnfnlly back to tlie past, The present's the hour of duty ; Ami life, l.e it ever so tlark, Ifrw ntoments of sunshine ami beauty. Look up, for the xiin is still shining, Although a black i-lou.l may lie there, Tieinenilier tlie bright silver lining From under the clmid will apin-ar. Sit not with thy bands idly folded ; Kach one baa a duty to do ; Atul if life bas its struggle for others, Why have only pleasures for you? Seek not to pluck only roses. Faint not in the beat of the strife; But put on the armor of courage To fight in the battle of life. Look round on th highways, and gather Not only the flowers no sweet, But take up the sUmes that aro bruising ooiiic- weary-worn traveler a teet. Seek out same cool spring in the desert, And give to the lips that are dry ; Speak a kind word of hope or of comfort To each sorrowing one that goes by. Pluck a thorn from aoine poor bleeding bo som, Make strong some faint heart for the strife, Bouse up the weak ones who lia e fallen Ah ! this is the mission of life. Ask not if the world will applaud you ; No matter, since duty is done ; There is One who will lefler retrard yon With the crown you have faithfully won. CAUGHT IN A PRAIRIE STORM. "Prairies ! The very name can make mc shiver. When covered with snow they are trackless as is the ocean to an unskilled navigator. I would about as soon cross the Sahara without a guide as to try to get over the snowy plains of the West and Northwest. The real fright I once had in one of the.so tracts, sir, was bad enough to serve me for a life-time." "Tell us about it, captain." "Well, I don't mind. 3Jy L'ncle Dan and his family were staying at the I), set tlement, for he had taken the Western fever, and they were out there. Unclo Dan was always a speculator though he did manage to lino his pockets well. IIe purchased a vast tract of land at I), with an eye, it must have been, to such promi ses as were held out to Abraham of old ; for acres and acres of this land he could never utilize, though later ho might sell it again to personal advantage. I was out helping him. The family consisted of his wife, two grown-up daughters and two young sons, and there was a niece, Corde lia. From the first moment I saw Corde lia Bardwell I thought a groat deal of her. l'ei haps that's why I staytd in the uncivil ized place. " 'Ilolfe,' said Unclo Dan, one morning in the latter part of the winter, 'it looks like a fine day, does it not?' " 'Clear and bright, sir, I believe. " 'Aye, likely to last. What say you to taking Brown Bess and going to Bingley's 31 ills for me ?' " 'I will go with pleasure, Uuclc Dan.' " 'The weather may break up any week, now, Ilolfe, and I must have the lumber ready to come down the river as far as the forks with the freshets. There's a master lot to go down next season, and we shall have a vast deal of teaming to bring it over here from the Forks. But, Ilolfe, I know it w ill be a good speculation. By erecting a number of cheap substantial buildings on sections of my land, I can ad vertise and sell first-rate.' " 'WelL sir, I am ready to go over to Bingley's Mills for you, and make what ar rangements you please about the timber.' " So Hector, boy, go out and get the mare harnessed.' " 'Uncle Dan, may I go to Bingley's Mills, too ?' cried a pleading, pretty voice, as Hector leaped ofT on his errand. "I could hardly believe my cars. The voice was Cordelia's. "The child must be crazy?' cried out aunt. 'Do you know the length, of the ! journey, Delia'?' " 'Its a lovely day, aunt. It won t hurt mc.' " 'Yes, it is a lovely day, mother, so clear and calm,' cried one of the other girls Myra, I think with quite an eager tone, 'and poor Delia never goes anywhere.' "That was true ; but still I felt aston ished. Later I knew that it was a kind of conspiracy. The girls all wanted to get some trustworthy person to the postoftice at Bingley's Mills to post letters and get some that were laying there, not intended for papa and mamma to read. " 'I really don't know why Delia should not go,'said the unsuspicious, good-natured uncle. 'You will be sure to take good caro of her, Kolfo?' " 'I'll try to, sir.' "So in loss than half an hour from the time it was first mentioned, I was gather ing up the reins, and Brown Bess was toss ing her head until the bells jingled merrily. " 'It's royal traveling,' called out Uncle Dan, as we started. 'Don't be out too late, Kolfe, for there has been a severe snap of weather lately, and ' "The rest was lost in the cronching of the crusty snow, and the 'ping, ping, ping,' of the cup-shaped -bells. " 'This is an unexpected honor, Miss Cordelia,' I began, as the sleigh, went smoothly along. " 'Susan and Almira voted me their min ister plenipotentiary,' she responded, coldly. " 'I and Cordelia who was no blood re lation of mine had had a falling out of recent date, which made it all the more surprising that she should have cared to go with me that day. She was one of those high-spirited girls who never strike their , colors. WHOM THE TRUTH MAKES FREE, AND ALL PA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER S, 1S72. "It happened one evening about a week before. My aunt had had a party for there were settlers enough in the vicinity to give us social evenings and about adozen leople were present. You may fancy, per haps, that we have no intelligent spirits on the prairies ; but that is a mistake. "Cordelia and I disputed about the rela tive characteristics of men and worn en. She claimed the sweet attributes of pa tience, purity and consistency, claimed them entirely for her sex. I gave genius, persistency and strength of character to mine. To vex her still further, I averred my opinion that women were a mass of sentimentality, impromptu shrieks and va cillation. - "I had gone too far. She took it serious ly. With a Hash of scorn from her brilliant eyes and a heightened color, she axse, went to the other side of the room and busied herself with some old ladies. "The storm had not blown over. Cor delia retained her anger. More hurt at it than I would confess, I would gladly have begged her paidon; but her manner re pulsed all overtures of reconciliation. Oner, wl ion I had accidentally caught hold of her hand, she twisted her own away and gave a scornful fling- to mine. "Now you know just what our social at mosphere was, when fate, that winter morning, decided that we should start to gether on that long ride. "The bells danced merrily, the air was clear, the sky blue; all things were pleasant except Delia. Say what I would she was ungracious and hardly answered me. I suppose she wanted me to understand that she had not como with me for pleasure but to get the letters. We had gone miles be yond the last settler's cabin that we should see until we came into the vicinity of Bing ley's Mills, when the apparently thought better of her behavior, nd spoke of her own accord cheerfully. " 'How natural it is for the greater art of the people to attach themselves to homo, let it bo where it may !' 'True.' " 'Two years ago T could not have le lieved that I should follow my aunt's fam ily West, and be content to live on the ut most bounds of civilization. I'm sure I wonder that you stay, Mr. Ilolfe.' " 'Do you? How well Brown Bess goes to-day !' " 'She always does. There's not her equal in Uncle Dan's stables.' "We arrived at Bingley's Mills the lar gest settlement thereabouts- aud the post town a little after noon. Brown Bess had indeed tossed her nimble heels well. Ap pointing three hours for the mare to rest, I went about my business, leaving Cordelia to do her's at the iost house, and to re main in the inn in the middle of the village. "Chatting with this one, chatting with that, and getting through Uncle .Dan's commission, the short winter day flew away like magic. Meanwhile the cloudless, ice clear sky had become covered over with a gray thickness, that suggested the idea of another snow storm, and ought to have warned me to get done quicker. But it did not. When Brown Bess and the sleigh came round to the inn door, the sun, wad ing for hours through snow clouds, had sunk in a bank of leaden hue, and could not lc more than an hour h'gh, " 'A little risky,' said a man glancing at the cardinal points of the compass, and shaking his head slightly. -Corel ol ler frlowinr cheeks nearly as bright as her scarlet hood, came forward with an animated manner. As I drew the bulfaloes around her, I thought how, a week or two ago, I should have esteemed the privilege of this close companionship invaluable. But I did not seem to appre ciate it now. She had treated me to cava lierly, and I had grown somewhat resentful. "We dashed away, and cutting, and as The air was damp ! wc came upon tnc i open prairie it stung our cheeks like nee dles. Half an hour after starting I said to her, 'If the snow only keeps off we shall get along nicely.' Cordelia glanced up from her scarlet hood : she did not seem to think about it one way or the other. " 'Did you accomplish your postal com missions, Miss Cordelia ?' " 'Oh, yes thank you.' "At that very moment a particle of icy snow fell on my glove. I would not believe j but that the mare had flung the particle i from her living heels. But in a minute ) more a handful of tine particles sifted over ! us both. Cordelia gave me a half startled ' glance. 'I spoke cheerfully ta the mare, and tucked the blankets around my companion. A half hour longer found the northeast wind steadily and perceptibly rising, while icy flakes were tinkling on tho crusty sur- face around our way. nue soon mere were small whirlwinds driving the dry, pow dery stuff around, and theu spinning it up in a little column Darkness came down rapidly, but not before the wind had increased, and the atmosphere was white with tiny flakes that drifted by us in loose, bulging folds. "Cordelia did not speak ; she only light ened the fur scarf around her neck and sat perfectly quiet. At that moment I would have given a fortune if the girl had been safe at my uncle's a"l I breasting tho storm alone. . We came to a belt of wood land, just ten miles of our journey through ; nearly twenty more before us. Heaven ! It seemed like a voyage across the world. ARB SLAVES BESIDE." And a most awful fear was tugging at my heart. "A white gloom was let down all around us. On and on we went. I did not speak to the niare nor whip her ; there was no need. She was trotting like a race horse her tail streaming over the dash-board of the sleigh. "Another hour passed. The light snow was mounting above the ruuners, and driv ing obliquely across our laps in blinding, smothering thickness; still we were getting on well ; I hoped we were neaiing-honio." " 'Are you cold ?' I asked, drawing Coy delia close to me. " 'Nothing to speak of,' she cheerfully replied. But I felt a strong shuutk-r shake her from had to foot. "Presently the sleigh pitched considera bly, although I had a tight rein. "'Kolfe,' she began, and I-thought I again felt her frame tremble, although her voice was cool and steady, 'the wind does not strike us just as i did, neither did we pitch this morning as we are doing now. Have we lost the rc?d ? " 'By Heaven, you have spoken niytho'ts, Cordelia, I ejactlatcd, while a damp, icy coldness broke out from every jour in my skin. She shuddered again, but said noth ing. "I knotted the reins and threw them over the dashboards This was why the mare had held so hardly she knew better than I. I must trtut t her instinct. In twenty minutes she had swung around so as to bring the wind on the old quarter with us. It was blowing heavy. I put my arm around my companion to hold the blankets in place. "Just ilinn a faint sound reached my startled ear. A swift shudder shook me, and I came near crying aloud. Another melancholy cry. I would have drawn the blankets almut Cordelia's head. " 'I hear itf' she softly whispered. And in my ten'or and agony I drew her closer in a covetous clasp. "The sound came again. The maro heard it also, I knew, for she gave a sud den leap, and then the jingling ef the lalls were changed to even strokes. She had broken from a hard trot to a gallop. My thoughts Hew to the uttermost bounds of the earth in a moment, and from earth to Heaven. I prayed for the safety of my com panion more than for my own. "The short cry and the long wail. Wolves were calling each other to the ban quet. The moments tied; the storm sud denly abated ; but the deadly sound grew each moment more distinct. The wind swept by us, and died away at the right ; no snow was falling; but nearer came those terrible sounds, livery moment wo were in danger of striking some obstacle, and of being burled out. "We were actually flying over the ground. We could not le far from home, hut in the universal whiteness there were no land- ; marks and alas ! alas I every yelp w as now j distinctly audible. The dreadful animals ! must soon leap upon us. I looked from I side to side, exacting a gaunt form to spring against the sleigh. Brown isess, true to herself and to us, lnre on steadily and fleetly; she knew the way. "I tried to draw Cordelia down to the bottom of the sleigh, but she resisted. '"Don't, Kolfe. I would lather meet death with my eyes open,' she said, push ing away the furs from her face. "The darkness was a- intense as it can be in winter, and Heaven have mercy ! are they surrounding us ? Hear the yelps ahead, the hungry cries, the air seemed i ent with demoniac yells, snarls, and sin iek ing howls. 'KememlK?ring the short-handled axe in the bottom of the sleigh, I threw off my gloves, and seized it with a grip of desper ation. 'With my foot braced upon the iron of the sleigh outside, I half kneeled, axe in hand, expecting one of the dusky lic-.uls to leap each instant upon us. The mare wavered a moment as the sounds grew fiercer, and then with a shrill neigh leaped on rijTJiin. Somehow the wolves did not. come nea'rer and Brown Bess llew along as though she knew our lives weie in her power. The awful sounds grew less dis tinct, and with a reverent "God be praised,' I st rove to be calm. " 'Cordelia, look! Cordeli.,we a:-e saved!' I shouted, bi caking intosometliing between a laugh ami a cry. 'Oh, Cordelia, look !' "The foaming inare was dashing through a line of torches, and the settlers sent up a joyous shout, and the yelping dogs dashed " "Brown liess ginnl lady, woukl not pause; she thought the wolves were after her still, and dashed on, reeking with foam to her own stable. My weeping anut and excited j cousins bore Cordelia in, while I felt more thankful to God than I ever had cause to feel. " 'But that terrible fighting of wolves close upon us what did it mean?' I asked : later, when, before tho blazing fire, I in ! vain essayed to steady my shaking nerves, 'And w hy did they not como ou to the at- tack? Was it a miracle ?' " 'It was one of my stags' explained Uncle Dan. 'Anderson caine in and raid the late usually cold weather had made the cowardly creatures bold and ravenous ; and ,e and I heard them signaling the pack soon after sunset. We knew that they might I overtake you if you delayed your return rtill after dark : and so we slew the stag and i drove out with him as far as deemed ad vis- j ' able, hoping th.it they might find and fight ' over it while you were dashing past. We . ' grew wild with fright as time passsd on, I Kolfe, and arming ourselves with torches , 1 ll.llll-U IU llllVl J" "His plan had succeeded in saving us ' good old Uncle Dan ! But I don't like the ' word nrairic at all. " 'What became of Cordelia, captain " " 'Cordelia? Ah ! I thought that I told you my aunt and cousins bore her into the house in their arms.' "No evasion. Did you humbly leg her pardon later for vexing her in opposing her pet theories ?' " 'I did that, sir. I legged her pardon on my knees. I told her that she had proved in herself by her ewn bravery, every good thirjg she had said of her sex." "Did she forgive you?" "Not exactly." "She was right, captain. She should have pvmished yeu severely." "She did. Oh! she did. She married me ! Ow-w ! Ow-w ! Cordelia, leave mc my cars ; leave me my ears J" liiifo ii.inv." His sceptre is a rattle. His throne is mother's arurs ; ffe. reigns a tiny tyrant, Tn all his dimpled charms ! Yet round bis royal presence Our loving hearts entwine : Dictator of the cradle. And king by right divine ! Whatever Ik? his man.bvtes, No courtier? dare n lief ; His mother's chief of household, Prime minister as well ! In yon perambulator, 1 1 is downy errr of state, F-x;i ting, rosy monarch. What triumphs on him wait! In purple east? and splendor. Bong, long be seeks to reign ; All bints of nose disjointed He smiles at with 'disdain ; Alas ! tlAt royal greatness SI louhf ever l disowned ' riere conn s a tiny stranger King Baby is dethroned. -From The Ahline for yoranUrr. Till: BROTHERS. In 113 the principal banking institu tions of the chance kind in San Frncisc j were the Belle Union, Yerandi, Nim de Oro, and Parker House, all situated about j the Plaza, and each employed a band of j music to lessen the tedious hours of that i rainy winter, and to drown the noiso of jingling gold and silver, and the cursing I j ejaculations of the gamblers. ! Many a sad scene had taken place within these fa loons that chilled the blood of the beholder, and is remembered with horror. ' I once carelessly sauntered through one of these places. My attention was attracted toward a person who had largo piles of gold before him. The staring eyeballs, ' the swollen veins ujwjn his forehead, the cold sweat upon his face, and the clenched hands, told of heay losses. Mingled ex clamations of horror and contempt would eseapo him, anil he seemed unconscious of all that was going on around him. His gaze was bent upon the cardsas if his life's ' blood was the stake at issue, fn f Lis case his last dollar was placed wit hin the dealer's ; bank ; then, with the frenzy of a maniac, he drew a long, ugly dirk knife and plunged it up to the hilt, in his own body, and sunk a corpse on the table. A few rude jeers ' followed this act ; the body was removed, I and the game went on as though nothing had happened as though another victim had not been added to the gambler's damn- ' ing record, or another man had not died. ' He started with a large stock of goods, given him by his father to sell em commis sion, and the father's fortune depended on a safe return of the money so invested ; but, as usual with young men, he indulged in the full liberty of unbridled license, and while the ship stopped at one of the South American pert., he engendered the first seeds of "play." But for a while after his arrival, the excitement of trade, and the energy necessary to accomplish a success ful issue, kept his mind busy. One day, ' by apiMiintnient, he was to meet a mercun- ' tile friend at this time, and, while waiting for his friend's arrival, staked a few dollars upon the turn of the cards, when the latent disease sprang into life, arid it carried him headlong over the precipice, and ended in the tragic manner related. The Nim de Oro was a gambling saloon on Washington street, opposite the El Dorado, and in 1S4G was the principal re sort of the disbanded soldiers of the Cali fornia regiments and also of the soldiers who had been engaged in the war with Mexico. Behind ono of Min lnr-g-ost monle hanks in the room sat a man who had won for him self honorable mention, and an officer's commission was given him for his bravery at the storming of Monterey ; but, prefcr ing the climate of California and its "gold en" prospects to a more Northern home, he embarked for that country at the close of the war with Mexico, and upon arriving he oiened a gambling saloon. The emi grants came in by thousands, and two or three nights after his arrival a yonng man entered the saloon and seated himself at the bank and lost nearly all the money he possessed. Excited by the game, and maddened wilh his losses he accused tlie dealer of cheat ing ; the dealer reprice! fcharply ; the lie passed, and then the young man struck the 1 dealer a severe blow upon the face. Quick as thought the sharp report cl a pistol followeel, ai d the gambler's clothing was covered with the young man's blood he had shot him through the right breast. The room was soon cleared of the spectators present, the door closed. j am, inctlical attelldance called in toaidthc wounctea man. The gambler sat motdily over his bank, running the small inoiite cards through his fingers, and perhaps thinking of the deed just perpetratetl, when the wounded man gave a moan of agony as the doctor's probe reached the Inrttoni of the w ound. Jhe doctor inquired what State he was from, anil the wouneled man replied : "From Vermont." The gambler raised his head, for it had been a long time since he had recn a jcr son from the home of his chiklhood ; a"I Vermont being the name of hi native State, the mere mention of the name inter ested him. The doctor next inquired tho name of the place where his parents resided, if he had any. The wounded man replied: "Montpelier." The gambler sprang to his feet, his limbs trembled, and his face was pale as Terms, 52 per year, in advance. NUMBER 41. death, for Moutpelicr was the home of his youth, and perhaps the wounded man might have been his playmate in child hood pcrhajis a schoolmate knew h;s parents, his brothers and sisters. He clung j convulsively to the table, and with the eon - tending cmoiioirs of rapid thought and ti.o j weight of injury indicted, he could scaico- ly keep upon his feet. A stimulent was given to tho wounded man, and he was mnncnt;tri'y relieved from that wiakncss tire botly is so subject to after a severe wound, when the doctor inquired if there was any friend in tho city he wished to send for. "Yes," he replied, "my wife. She is at the City Hotel, on the corner of ( 'lay and Kearny streets. Tell Mary to hasten, for I am badly hurt." A man was sent to bring his wife. "Doctor," said the gambler, "save tliat man's life, and there is my bank and 10, 000 in Burguyne, and you shall have it all !" The doctor felt the pulse of the man and probed the wound anew. Tlie gambler watched him with tlie greatest anxiety un til the insjicction was finished, wbeu tho doctor shook his head in token of inijossi bility. The gambler sat by tho tide of the wounded man, bathed his head aud staunched tho flow of bkod from his wound until the arrival of his wife. She came, accompanied by a few friends, and as heroic women bear their misfortunes she bore hers. Not a word of reproach did she utter words of cheerfulness eudy passed her lips, as tears coursed each other dow n her cheeks. To her inquiry as to the chances or her husband's recovery, tho doctor reassured her there was n hope whatever ; that the wound was mortal, and that in a few hours tho wounded man must die. She sank down on her knees and invoked the mercy of a forgiving God ujton her dying husband and his murderer. The gambler knelt at tho side of tho wounded man and asked his forgivness for the great wrong he had- committed, and also that of his aflllcted wife, which was readily granted. "This" said he, "is for disolieying tho sacred injunction of my aged father and mother. I have faced death a thousand times, and rtill I have escaped ; the balls of an enemy have w histled past my ears as thick as hailstones, and the bursting bomb l.as cxph ded at my fect. Si ill I havo lived. O God ! aud for this ! High al n o the red tide of battle I have carried my country's ensign, and that won forme a name among men. When not one com rade was left to tell of the battle, I escaped unhurt ! Why was I not killed with tho rest ? All that was proud and pleading to man I have had, and if I could recall this last act by living on husks, sleeping in a pauper's grave, and renouncing every proud act of my life, I would do it. I was born in the sasne village with that man ; 1 we were born beneath the same roof, and, O Gwl ! the same mother gave us birth ! He must not die ; he is my brother !" and the gambler sank down in a swoou upen the floor. The wounded man raised himself nnon his elbows ; his glazed eyes wandered alout the room, as if searching for some particu lar one. "Mary," said he, "is my brother Wil liam here " The Hoiils choked in his throat the gurgling blooel stopped his utterance, and he sank a corpse upon his pillow. The wife knelt again, but it was liesida the dead body, and invoked the blessing f God on his soul, and forgiveness for tho murderer. The gambler awoke from his swoon, Ptaggcred up to the wife, and said : "Mary, would it were otherwise for I have nothing to live for now the dead or dying do not want anything in this world ; take this certificate of eleposit to our aged father and tell our parents we are both dead ; but oh ! do not tell them how wo died !" But before the woman could reply, or any one interfere, the report of a pistol , sounded again, and the fratricide had ceas j ed to live ! On the hill near Uincon Point I w ere two graves a few years ago, inclosed j with a picket fence and one tombstone at their heads with the simple inscription, "Brothers I" Sekved Him Kic.ht. The porter on ono of the drawing-room cars on a train from New York recently got off his carat Tarry town to iutervie w a goat which was-t tanding near the station. He went up to his goat ship, and giving him a playful kick, start ed to walk back towajd his ear, the train having started again. Mr. Goat, tuiknowu I to the iwrter, followed up closely and, at ' an opportune moment "bucked ' in tho basement of the pantal.H.ns P'ving, at tho I same time, a cheerful "B-a-a !" The por I lora-iirK-lTil head over heels and le- fore j.e conM get up, he got another buck in the same place, toiloweu by another Ba-a-a !" By this time his train had r.iovetl olf. He reached Troy that night at twelve o'clock. lie thinks Tarrjtown is a nice place if a man stays in his car when the car stops there. Tho Titusville Prens sajs: "Titus ville wiis not the birthplace of the Father of his Country,' but we have a man resid ing here who slipjted up on a muddy cross ing this forenoon and sat tlwn ou a roll of butter which ho was carrying home, aud, instead of swearing, he simply arc, scraped the butter from his pants into the paj-er again, and went on again as if noth ing had hapictied."
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