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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.
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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)
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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
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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
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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."