j 11 ll sl" Jtt'Jfi i. ftfoPlKH, Editor and Publisher. ' - AJI VWJM rtUI THOTfl MAKIS tlMS, AD AAft, Terms, 02 per year. In advance. WoLUME VII. EBENSBUltG, PA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1873. NUMUKIl 1. Bl! Tt t.l-3 1? "SlT J 1 VK11TI3KMEXTSL iMiahle nnd Intelligent man lt'l?lT:-A",(l cntfBro in H desirable l"lir ,b" udrUa J. K. KOItll & CO., N. r.1 lM.'.r ' .. ' (iiiciiiro: or Francisco. .Tiii..n;,,o: U' 1 IjI'.a sewing machine .... ... .wni. address Wasii- isr. M acuis -- Hoton. Mass. Tor Jl selling ltetvren, w.iiik mid hirt- Also. itL.U " " t " . , ........... vi.t .,,i r.iii .'l.nrcl Vc-lmonth V irood, aclive f.llirii i niruu. fiuu . wto .MM"" H "lllU , M. -J im.iut.iS7i .-.nil men. w nrminir t.iosei. nroit- r..i,.r C.uard Dumbinir ft Hhnkine ,M.'rl., itmft. Kl'I.l.EU. WAHUEN it D.r It irffT.Mnl, N. l . Sefffeeder iewart ASE urner WromM tiricnl('l E Vneqtmiml. I Hums any sire Coal. I IlllirB . AKtl Vi tO., 2 Water St.JSew lark. I.u.-o KaMlv made with ntir Stencil awl Kcy v Oi.i k OutlU. It?' Olrculars Free. li Smffi.rd M'f'irO..M Kulli.n St N. . WrHK WIlHKINi; fl.ASS. mule or fi-mnlo. ut nt .it I... .no. day orovrniiw ; t,o ,tal Lim..l; full intrucionRan. vnlunll paik Llf n.HKlsloctart wllh eont frcr .y "';-fl'In-sK. Willi Otftit r-1iirn lnm. aUL.u SlO., in 'ourtanilt-8t.. New ork. r!REETO BOOK AGENTS i t:irirMnlT Bnn(l rnmlne HoU tth.-l,rstan1 lu Mp st rnii.il.vMil.U ov. r pulj icl. will l.e M-nt fiK. r i liarjro to any Look .,t. It c.iitui.i. nearly a line r'l'J'"; J ItrHUonandak-cntsMro ni.i-riiir with unpro-Jli.U.co.-s.H. A.l.ir.-. ftatimrMpericiic-c. i. u,l we wlil show you what our aft-nts are Isif. NATlO.VAf. 1'UPI.IMU.NO COm t'""".. I - lESAimfnSOF OUR LOUD, 4 Ily IIIS!!()1' NTKVKSS, - ni'ir'iu work on an nlisorlilnpr topic, fl-icn in tb- rt:tlKr's irnut pirriitW'. It nuih-!ujict in Morr ami itrautiful liKhts. 4 f'li tawHkfii a (U-op lntcr-st ami tie I l ivtiv f y.-.-dt ifwwl. AKPiits wanttHi. to X i.bcral ooin hi irion will la'allowtil. Ad- f ' j y. . . T1-: I.. NlJ. H. IDIM It I Ct V,1J., I'll in 5S I u. itfnvriHl.liiit for ooii!rli.ooi.ore tln oat. whikI liroiu liinl diflU ull uo onlyi rWfILS' CAUBOLIC TABLETS, rH"or)lilvN I tuiliif Io.ih arc on the inark' t. fwrlinnlr sHi-ntitic ir !':r: Ion of arbolio l fur l.iiniriliM'usfs is wli.-n clicinU-ally c-oin-vj wish otlu r well known r-nirU'S. as in ta nr.jns, ni nil puvtiis aro cautioned unM usintr any oilu-r. tla nil cm-w of irriJation of the muooij" uliraiic llirsr T.int.KTfshoiilil ln?frtf ly HiaM Mr oletiufiiiir nJ iieaiiii(jr proiKji tics arc as-utiinir-ji w urnoil. A"Tr nflret n ruh'. Itimslly inJ in its (ncipieut muu. When It iKttjuifa Jninir tho eiir in . I iiijr I y oillicull. Lac Carbolio TablotR an n ppH;ilic. IOHS V. KKI.MMUi, W Plntt St., Now York, S ! AK"t for UnitMl Stwto. car cnts a box. Rcim! for Circular. i sinoni: nil c'atiMT!. Olit pt-oplc, tho mid- (j ll:-!iK"l. tboMo who arc Just entorinsr i lif-. ami j-rutb of lxih rrxca buy and 3 rotid wiih tho tfrpatost profit. ?r vv jflii.Y nmm mm .ill W" tKIXJ.lI'kr adta4- v 1K f.KM'TS lust niiil bot book. J2 It i miH't inir wllh thr rront-st Piicccon, W ird tli. rf'B MOXKV IN IT. j ftf for our flrr-il!tr."tf.. -1i?"h nro fr.-.-. f;EtMA'r.RAN. IMiilad a. tiKibs of fomfort. Ui'llea Friend. Ask you r. srrocer f or it. RT LETT'S BLACKING j always Kive; oMti$raetion. Try it. j IZ It 1 li 1 TJ IC ! latntrrv hH8 no i oual. SJI,1 Y C, !t(V U. A. UA KTI.KTT H CO.. 115 and IIS N. f ut.. Phlla. UR'hainbers-st., N. York, 4:1 .'l-r-t., IhiotOH. r fcoMiMu! Siifpofter and rilol'ipo- Itelief and ' l'i l!i'jii,ri', Feinalu Weaknesses, ami i-el '!i ti(il!lle. lilat. safe, cleanly, isteel emiii-d.) nevirr rut-ts, lircilis, linibe:-s. :,!t n.iii.ir eouifort, fifety, elemillue'v.'-. lu.:u ;;n v. Pnl vermilly Hpprovitl by the H'.iij,; p ,-,,t, sion, nnd all who wear I hem, Vin best ii ml most fnitinfaetqry iiipli.inoes S'ii liv mail or v pre.is.f !M--talilish- itvVM;cii.vtuut-8t Pbihtd'u. and 7:iT Urond ". N-w-Yiiri. tUreful and correct aljuet-W- Ei, i ,,-n,;d Jady in attendance. ftt mm? t iir liy lnowii piiritier. It will , evtn iiim; and thoroughly dotroy ail , ;uy",,M 11 "-" in the IthMHi and will ef- f-x "il I'redisiMjsiiion to bilious de- ibwi ivl'iv .','v'"" at imi c, Him IiI.hmJ la-ctmies lin i ik '''''"'Tiousseer.-tioiis, produeinir serof- ('..,' '"", ItloUthea, Felonss Pus- Lir iiinnes, Ac, .ve. in,.'"" " I'W-l'fir Stomart, 1 fill.!. l;l'IHti,i I i- . i . i. i . i. Ti' r '" poverty of the IU.hkJ, , icinleiiej.lieiieral Weakness or Lus- . ' "ii;i;ir ytnithfiil vijior to wearr sufTerers. ''Vanw., tie Iiitrtir't V,, K. ' ' ' 1 ir.mie Oiarrhiea itr the drnulful , -.'!. u:i of the Itou-elH. .i, .;""."""'''"' "f the t'lrrh'tor ftinnru . ,'. ,"" '""t prK-ui-e instant relief or ii ii, '" """"erimr wr than dentil, f " '' .., ;, , I drow sv. dull. l iilifiri.Hh ir d. 'l i. S irits--, with liea-I ache, back ache, H,:rte mid l.u.t t-ti.,. .i.t.ii v l.'';"" remedy forall of these disoa"-. ro:iliU-s- (,,r elejinsine and '"!. I tie .. ,1 i:i 11 1,1, UU .,,! F w. ' s; for biiibtiiiK' np.iml rcstor- . ,, riusilltllltl, M T 1 - Ti,ri a . - ' '''.'u.1'";","""" '1 ''V ,,'- lending medical " I'.i u ' "'''lona.td Pai iH-tiieimmt pow f i.r.t . .4,l.,Tiilive know n to the-toeili- ''ii li. I'lV l no iii.m- ,,,; ..iJki .1:...,.,. liill-i i.,..1 I... . I... i :.. ' '... ! "x.Us. ' , :'u"t, ''-s with tti.infc-.Mu" i wii'c- 'iil, !in? f.-,i;,rti tlieditresl ii . iveor.-ins I l'-il, l i,. i -it ie(i- iiii- ''.,.,. , t:iiul,.,ev ,-:e :.-.'.- 't '"""w li,.'., ''"'Ir.tJ dirfcaM-s,; i.esuie I J,'''.,.,1KKi:!M,;'.,''., '" '"alire.!. 'fUir .A -"! 1 the rillte.l Sf.t'.V Maiiea lip 3 . if.nltlr r.i I 4 GKSTN Wntet Wn Riinrantee t oiploT i jt mi-nt for all. fitlit-r snx.at tS a day. or 2,000 or inorw a year. IS rw wurks by Mr. . li.Stnwt, and otbera. Superb prciuiums given nway. Money made rapidly and easily at work for ua. Write and aee. I'atioulars free. WuRTuma ton, DUtiTix &. (V)., Hartford. Conn. Acrnl Wnnlwl for Ituny na PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. Tho imwt lM-aiiti(iil edition ever publihed. Printed on eletrant paXr, with nearly 600 ex quinite illiiotratioiin. Trotlts larKC- sal-a sure. Kverylxuly wants thia nble work. For eircu Inr mid terms, addrc JOHN E. TOTTER A ft)-. Publishers, rhiladelpbia. 1823. JUBILEE ! IB73. letter lhaa Plflorcn In th NEW YORK OBSERVER Tbedreut American Family Nowspuper. S a Tear with the JIBILVK TKAK BOOK. NIUNKY. K.. MKK. . CO.. 3? Park Row. !Kw Trk. s KNI I OK A SAMVI' ?SQrz TRICKS D TRAPS - AMERICA! Would you avoid Ik-Iiit "bit." by oriie, Swln dler and Humilities? Head the "Slur Sfi-.l ll.mirY a larjff, iiiuro raieo kfuihuumi pv paer. Isiiyrr size. Splendid Stories. Sketeliea. Tales. I'oema, Wit, Humor. Iuzzlei. IteeipeH. Ae, 11th year. 1 a year with clejrant Iran? Chronio. vMiimi Lsare" free t all. O.MiV I. Tut itcn,-k. STtiifirtini;iioriilrfl. Airents wanted. ultlt KKEK. SM-cimens. 4c, 6 els. Address "ItANXEU." Hiliwlale, X. H. TO lHr rta3r! Aarenta wanted I All V" VO claewsof working-people of ei ther aex, yomiK or old, make more money at work for 119 In their spare moments or all tha time than at anything else. rartleulart frMf. Addrif tJ. ST1NSO.N & 1X.. IVirtland, Mainu. (LITCH'S Imperial Russian Jl ulrfl. Wholesale to the trade. Sin gle can aent, w.st rmld, on receipt of $. W. HKltMAN T. FKUKAL'KK. lb-adlnir. Ta. nOK K ::! .N Marlf F.nmu. Every elerk and merchant enn learn at nmn. INwik mailed. 50c. H.Oouijuno Umt ANT.Uuffulo.N.r. REWARD. For any racof Illind, Kleedinir, Itehingr or Ulerated Tiles that Db UiNa'a rn.it Itau r.ur fails to cur. It is proparod expressly to cure the riles, and nothing else. Sold by all drujofists. Prlw 1.00. Ho, Ite ani Where io AiYCrtisa -.e the ADVBICTISRKS GAZKTTR. By mil a eta. r.V.i. r. Iitrn Ci., 41 Park How. N. Y. KdTANJrtaBii in 1838. The Lnrgcat atui Best Stock of P U 11 N I T U K E WE3T OF TUB MOUNTAINS, Of oi; Own M ANn?AertBB, will b fouwd at tl: UiliMOTa FURKI JUUJi )rxJTABI.I8HK3KT f C G. IIAMMKK SONS, Tba no-9tnd most approved atyles of Fln sad Mrdinni Furniture, lu iHirer varlvtv than any othor honuo, at very rruioonatda prices. Pm-sin fureiMliing- bopues would rto well to wr'te fur our dow circular, rr whon lo Pitts burgh w reepvctfull7 ooilcli; a visit to our vtraro jwit, ifua'l forget ibi piaco, 46, 45 A 6i bnveutli Its., Flttsbsrgb, Pa. rchalliifre the world ta price for Ibeaatn quality of material and workmanship as '.a our fols. CUT THIS OUT. ii 4.-Sbi.) Au Institution for the thorough practical equ ation ofjyounf and middlo ea men for all department of Cniumeruial life. The oldest, largest and most complete practi cal Business Coilotre in Amerlna, and the only one having- onnoted with it au ACTUAL. U(jsi Ks depart uicnt. coin! uetod on a veritable basis. Patronized by the sons of Merchant. Hank ers. Farmers, Mechanics, and Husiiiebs Men. from all parts of the United Slates. tifndentn earn cuter at any time. For lanro desorlptlvo C:-eulur8 RlvliiiC full particulars, artdrcr lll-2.-2iu J. C. SMITH, A. M.. Principal. GllRA'l0FFKliH TO AGKXTS are incdo by Tub fiATrnn.w Kvesixo Post and ThgI.aut's Km i.ko. A bciiutiful Chromoof the CIII1.D-PHOPHF.T "SAMUEIi," worth tt.nn. Is yriveii with tboPuprr (iibRcrt lion prb'i- or with . he Ma:ra.i:io (pric IH not fail to examine iiiln nun mti r; it in A GREAT COMBINATION II Address for particulars, samples, etc.. Vrar. t cC-laferm. 310 tihuit St fhil ui'c.. 13-lni.j NEW STOCK. Fall Trade, 1872-'73. Walcics, Siasos.3, Jiwby an? (loch, EXCLUSIVELY WHOLESALE. C. 15. 13ivi-i-ott Sr. Co., li-30. No. 60 FIFTH liraor, P!ttHhfcr?!t. lm. S250 A M(.)NTn7S250. Wit WAST 10,HH).AaiXT8t HAI.H OR rF.il ALU, Ti) innk tho ab-.tvcTaiuoui.t sel!ln-j BKIDE S Ct V HI N ATION NEEDLE I ASK AN.) PHKT1J MOXNAIK. T.his isni: ttrilcle of absolute ne esly with every lady, and iaysa larjjc protlt. For circular and Term a! Iross li-1.t.-3in. Pittsbnr? Napply Co., Plttwlmrjr, Pa. A Grot Offer! Horace 3 Wators, 41 Itroadway, V. uHll il'KfKM of XK IF riAXOS. MELODVOXS it ml iilCHA XS,"f niT iiixt- f-tui mohct p, iiirhiiHnu It'dftiV. at rm low irirrtt for fih. or jwf ri.ii, and Imlnnrr in nn:ll iiumtliln hMtntliucut. Xcw 7-iiftnrc tiit-ck.:i'lA XOS. motUm im piYireiHf tifx, for rnJt. Xmc rendu n COX- VKliTit 1'AlSL.itlt OUUAX, (he twut hcauliful itul '"' itrfr.i t time rrvr mndc. itltixtmtfd CnUt UfPicxwitiIrAliheet Mimic and MtticMcrtlnHnlit. C1AME to (he preiuiees of the subscrilcr. In f Cleartlelil township, on the 2ith day uf Ie cctnlMT last, a two year Jd II EI f'KK with brin rtle sides and wbiteand brindle face. Tncuwn er is reipMcstiil to come forward, rovis proper ty, pitv chnrires ai;d tako her a way; otherwise she will be dii,Kised if awinlin? to law. JOUN KHATZEll. Clearfield Twp., Jan. 10, I873.-31-. Stra.v(l i Stolon. ON or about the 1st day of Novcmlor last, a HKI) S I'KKIt. one a half years old, wit hout marks, either strayed nway or was stolen Horn the premises of tho subscrilicr in Carrtdl Uiwn tdiip. Any inrorm.ilion that will l-d to the re covery of said Steer, nn if stolen, to the con viction of the thief, will be liberally rewarded by S. A. SHOEMAKEIl. Carroll Twp., Jon. 10, 1773.-3U l1ai1o TVotloo. n A VINO tnke.i out Ix-tlcrsof AdmlntstrM ti'in ..n the Estate of IMtkick Caih.ako, lalo .f Cnliit7.iu townsliip, Cambria county, d eeaseil. t he subscriber hereby notifies all Icr so:is inili'bled tosaid estate I liat psymcnt must licmn.de witiiout b lav. ami those linvitur claims araiusl the same v.-it! present them proKi!y irobaled for set tie-meet. TtMlM Art C.tl.-iiANl), Ailrnlnlstrutor. Allo-itia, Iv-j. !., ls?3.-,t. TO !?OOK CANVASSERS.! 4 NEW WAY of rtieuiii book. Can rcll i'. liH!.-.im!- per week. Addvcs MPHHAY iMl.l, PITUJLliiiiNO CO., 13ii.-tU-a.. .vw WA1TIXU rUK 91 K. Wlien inystertotiB whiapertt are) floating around. Ami voii-s that will not lie atill Bhall Hiiintnon ua hence from the slippery nhore, To the) waves that aro silent ami still ; When I look with changetl eye-sat tho hoiue of the blest, Far out of the reach of the sea. "Will anv one stand at the beautiful gate, Waiting and watching for mo? There are dear ones at home I may Mush with my love, Thern are wretched ones passing tho street; There are friendless and suffering strangers around, There are tempted and poor I must meet ; There are many ituthought of whom, happy and blest. In the land of the good I shall see ; Will any of these, at the beautiful gate, Ite waiting and watching lor me? There are old and forsaken, who linger a while In the homes which their dearest have loft. And an action of love or a lew geiitla words Might cheer the sad spirit liereft ; lint tho Keaper is near to tho long-standing corn, The weary shall soon Ihj set fret? ; Will any of" these, at thejlicantifnl gato, Ho waiting and watching lor mc? There are little ones glancing about on my path, In need of a friend and a guide ; There are dim little eyes looking up Into mine. Whose tears could lie easily dried ; Hut Jesus may 1cckeii the children away. In the midst of their grief or their gloe ; Will any of these, at the lieautifnl gate. Ho waiting or w. tching for me ? 1 may lie brought thereby the manifold grace Of the Saviour who loves to forgive ; Though I bless not tho hungry ouo near to my side. Only pray for myself while I live. Hut 1 think 1 should mourn o'er my selfish neglect If sorrow in Heaven can la If no one should stand at the lieautifnl gate. Waiting and watching for me. LO VE VJ A a VM TJiKK. New South Wales is a country peculiar ly lialile to Uootls. Its rivers generally take their riso iti tho lofty mountain ranges, and in the early part of their course are joined by tributary M reams. When the rainy sea sou has set in which jreneraliy commences nliout tho middle of May the downpour aotr.etiim s continues for six weeks at a time and then these rivers overflow their banks and Hood the surrounding country fur ami near, forming in many places, miniature soaa. U)hu these occasions hundreds of fanners arc ruined, thousands f .sheep and cattle generally destroyed, and not unfre piently many valuablo human lives bcri liced. l'erhaps the district most liable to disas trous 4loods in tho whole country is the Hunter, where, after a few years, thous and of acres aro submerged with the sud denness that is truly appalling. Houses arc fictjueutly buried to llio c!iii:iucy-ips beneath the waters which rapidly fomi:m iuland sea of at least a hundred miles in length, by an acre in breadth. In the year lGo I was quartered at Windsor, a little township alxnit t wenty five miles distant from Sydney, the me tropolisof the country, anufursame months I had chiefly leen engaged iu the arduous and by no means romantic duty of hunting for illicit stills, of which it was supposed there were several in the neigh 'oorhood. I certainly did my liest to discover their whercalamts, but was completely unsuc cessful, ami after traversing the country day after day, in every kind of disguise, until I must have traveled hundreds of miles, I at lust gave the mutter up;u a bad job. If I had not. found astill, however, I had in the course of my wanderings discovered what gave mo far greater delight, for I had fallen across one of tho prettiest and most lovable little girls than au Australian or any other sun ever had the honor of shin ing upon, ami what was Itctter, I had so in gratiated myself iu her good graces as to win b-r promise that sho would never mar ry any one but me. Our acquaintance had commenced in a romantic manner enough. I had rescued her from a wiidjeow, who would certainly have gored her had I not intcrjioscd and shot the brute, bhe was too frightened to walk home, and so I accomiiaiiicd her, was introduced to her parents, as a matter of course, and they were very profuse in their thanks, and la-gged me licticclorth to look uon their house as my home, and s; forth. I promptly took them at their word, and every other evening, a:ul sometimes even oftcner. my charger would be comfortably stalled for hours at a time in Farmer Mar tin's stable; a-x', meanwhile, ,nc pretty (Je -trade ami myself would be either wander ing by the river's bank, studying ixetry to gether in the old Rutniner-house, ns the cold wcatherjdrew on, or playing chcen in the snug little back parlor. These things continued until the rainy season fct in. but instead of being deterred by the steady down-jKmrs, my visits le came if possible- more frequent, and thro' the slushy lowlands, where the water was often altove my horse's knee, nightly jog ged, like a marine centaur, to revisit my inamorata. liy and by the father's suspicions were aroused. Could it Le possible a mounted trooper, wearing English uniform, would ride nightly through mud ami rain, and thunder and lightning, and half hail and wind, to drink a glass of grog and smoke a pipe with an old man of sixty ? Common sense answered ".No,"' and having a fair stock of that commodity, so also said Far mer Martin. 44Tho girl he's after, and it's time to put a stop to thin nonsense," was the conclusion he arrived at. And so the very next evening I rodo over, but lefore (Jertrude and I could fmi.-.li our third game of chess, Mr. Martin put his head in the room and said, is a dry, digni fied kind of way : 'llcm ! could I speak with you a few minutes in the front parlor, Mr. Hush ?" I think I knew what was coming, and so did (Jertrude, for she grew very pale and upset the chessltoard in her agitation, so that kings, queens, bishojts, knights, and all the smaller fray, went rolling over the room. Meanwhile, I followed tho old gentleman into tho front parlor that horrid room wherein everything was burird either in chintzes or yellow muslin, and wheie a Are was never light ed more than once a year; ami here he opened the tieuehos, not an- ' ! f, but collectively, cahaly, delorniau dly uiiJ':u;!! sr.f tliJ-t liiu.m0l.'-c: j-.-u'd uav- r be mine, for Jiat he was a tolerably wealthy man. and he had resolved never to wed his child to nnt who was not possess ed of a portion equal to her own. In vain I told him how much I loved his daughter, that she loved me in return, and that wo never could oxist apart from each other. The old man merely smiled sarcas tically, and, pointing to my uniform, said: "The man whose coat is not his own, and whose pay in only seven shillings and sixpence a day, cannot marry my heiress." He laid a long stress on the last word, and I don't know what possessed me, but I replied : "And what may be the extent of your present wealth, Mr. Blart in?" The question was certainly a very rudo one, but the old gentleman did not seem to regard it as such, for he answered simply : "Well, three months ago I had 4.000 in tho Hank of Australia, but I took it all out and expended it in tho purchase of ad ditional st cks and improvements on my farm ; I daro say I am worth altogether .tl'2,0O0. and Gertrude will be tho sole ikm sessor when I die." "Then you don't object to me in myself, Mr. Martin, but only because I am poor?" I said, bitterly. "Just so, my boy. I object principle; but to show you that I licar no iersonal animosity, cno into the kitchen, and we will honor your last evening among us by glass of ray le.xt grog, and some toliacco, such as you havo not tasted for many a lonj day." "Stay a moment," I cried. "Were T as rich as you. Mr. Martin, would you give me your child ?' "Aye, that I would, lad, right willingly," was the reply. "And directly I am as rich as yon if Ger trude is then single will you consent to our marriage?" I persisted. "Aye. verily. I will on my wort! of honor, Mr. Rush. But you talk of impossibili ties H he added ; "where are you going to realize a midden fortune9' Ah ! whore was I? My heart sank as I asked myself the question, and I followed the old man into the kitchen in almost heart-broken silence. A bright lire was burning on the hearth, for grates are still very rare in Australia in fact, they would be ill-adapted for the logs of red-gum wood that form the invariable fuel. Presently glasses and pipes were laid on tho table, and I did my best to rekindle hope within my breast by the aid of Hoi land's and .Barrett's twist, but it was no gixd. Ou the other side of the fire sat Mrs. Martin, a comely dame of fifty years, fully as broad as she w:ts long, and with a mind wholly given to the concern of the dairy, and the making of orange marmalade, Ger trude, knowing that something was wrong, but scarcely guessing what, nestled up to my side, ami to my great joj', her father did not lebukc her. And thus we sat f "" a long time, neither f -is spoakiiie- i word, but listening flic falling rain and howling wind without, and to the great forest trees as their blanches are !u)ul ami los.s.u by liiciilast. Anon came another sound a loud yet a sooth ing mn;-ruur. liVe ;he sighing of a sum mer breeze rmid the cork-wood. No one seemed to notice it but me, and I only did so as wondering how so gentle and so musical a murmur could make itself au dible above the uproar of the wind and tempest. Suddenly, however, there broke upon our cars the dashing open of a gate, and a man's voice shouting : "Master Martin, if you value your life, look sharp ! The river has overflown its banks, and the waters are out." Then wo heard the splash, splash, splash of horses feet, as the warning visitor rode away. "Water out ! Impossible," muttered the old farmer. "Why, bless my heart the river was not level with tho banks by some inches this morning, and we've had no rain to !qak of since." "i'ou don't know what weather it has been among the mountains, Mr. Martin." I aid. "Ah hark! put your ear to the floor. Heavens ! tho warning was a time ly one. We have not a moment to lose." We all lient our heads down and listened and o. iw we could hear a hollow, jrurlinsj sound under our feet, and little jets or spray leai-.d up from between the crevices of the flooring. The house, according to the common custom in the colonics, was built on piles, and thns the down-stairs rooms were about four feet from the ground, between which and the flooring the angry waters were now fretting and fuming, and dashing against the stout woodwork with momentarily in creasing pov.er. Tho women liegan to cry, tho farmer was too Ktuicficd to move. ' "This will never do," I said ; "there is not a moment to lose. I can take one of you up liehind me on my horse, anil I know that Carlo and I will get through it some how. The rest had letter get up stairs or, if possible on the roof and with the !trst jK-ep or dawn I'll send a boat to bring you oiF. Now, whom am 1 to tako charge of?" I was very much afraid he would bid me take the old lady, but to my great relief both the parents cried out : "Save Gertrude !" I lost no time in acting. I f.cw down the four steps that led to the garden, and with the water above my Nucleoli boots, made my way tothe stable. Mine was the only steed there for Australian settlers seldom i-table their horses and he, jioor fellow, was very miserable and frightened. I did not stop to rcrs:ure him, but led him round to the house -oor in a minute, and then Gertrude, after bidding a weejs ing adieu to her parents sprang up behind uie, and away we dashed. It was indeed a wild, fearful bight ; the moon shone brightly, but every minute or two its light was obscured by black, pall like clouds, that were tearing with mad ve locity across tho sky, aud then it was so dark I could not sec my horse's head be fore me. In the brief intervals or ghastly white light, I could perceive that we were sur rounded by a e of waters, and that scarcely a speck of dry land was to bo seuu. True, they were as yet very shallow, scarcely above Carlo's knees, but I knew how rap idly they would dcciKUi, and I urged the good horse in the direction of the town. Gertrude's arm encircled my waist, and she clang tightly to me with fear. Often I turned liTy head to speak to her a few words of encouragement and hope, but I was too anxious to secure her safety and my own J to say much. hc wainijy, wrapjK-d up iu s'tiiwia and .vt ::p.- :: ku w.:. an '.xcvlv.-itt horse-woman, I had no fear of her fallin" off, though thowind was lowingThard enough to whirl her from her seat. Before we had got more than a mile from the farm, the ram recommenced with redoubled fury, and in a few moments we were wet through. Tho wind, too, grow from a gale to a hurricane, and amid me continuous roar or tho thunder ami flash of the palo lightning thiough the air, wo now and then heard a mighty crash, as some aged monarch of tho plain fell prone to the earth. Suddenly a flash of lightning darted right in front of Carlo's eyes d with a anort ti lear, no reared nearly upright. "Hold fast, Gertrude !" I cried endeav oring to throw my right arm around her to keep her from slipping off. I was too late she had fallen. I heard a splash in the water, a cry, and the dark ness hid her from my sight. Just, howev er, as I was about to give way to despair, another flash revealed her to me standing amid the flood, at not a dozen yards' dis tance. I spurred toward her and presently she was again on Carlo's broad back. Tho excitement of this event, and tho turning of my horso round and round, had made mc forget the proper direction to the town, so that we now rode on not knowing whither we were heading. Meanwhile, the flood grew deeper each moment, and presently I "discovered that Carlo was swimming. I had not felt fear until now. but I must say that whichever way I guided my charger he could not touch the ground. I knew, that weighted as ho was. he could not keep afloat for long, and each momeut he seemed to sink deejwr into the wator. At this critical juncture of affairs the moon shone out again, aud lighted up tho scene as though it had been broad daylight. Far as the eye could reach, not a seck of dry land was now visible ; but, to my great joy. I perceived, close by, a blue rum tree whose Itouglis were so disposed as to bo easily scaled. "Do you think you can climb that tree, Gertrude?" I asked. "It is our only chance of preserving our lives now." Sho answered feebly in tho ailirmative, ami with some little difiiculty I swam Car lo alongside. Under the tree he regained his footing, and I was glad of this, as he was enabled to stand steady for my poor little companion to climb into the branches from his back. When she had accomplished this foat I took off his bridle, so that ho should not catch his feat in it if he had to swim for his life, and then Get I rude and I got some twenty feet higher up in the blue gum, and paused to rest. Shawls and wrajw had long ago fallen off her and been lost, and now poor Gertrude was exjiosed to all tho inclemency of the weather, in the low necked, short-sleeved dress sho had worn during the evening. How her plump, white, and War. i full v moulded inns were scratched by tho rough tree-bark in climbing, and as the rain jHiur- ed do-vn through the unprotecting vertical loliage, tho drops glittered on her polished sh-mltlcr, aud trickled down her piiiutp, snowy bosom. "Why, (Jertrude, you look a veritablo Undine," I said, and, having no cape or overcoat to protect her, I dolled my uni form and made her put it on. We then sat side by side, and putting my arm around her neck, I told her all about my interview with her father that evening. "And did papa say that when you were as rich as himself ho would let me marry you. Willie sho asked. "Yes. Gertrude, he gave me his word of honor to that ctlVct," I responded. "Then he won't break it," sho replied. "Poor papa ! this night has made him a leggar. All his money was invested iu im provements on his land, aud in increase of tock. It is nil lost now, so you may claim me sooner than you thought for, Willie." This view of the case had never struck me tsrfore, and 1 nearly jumped oil the gum tree in, I fear, a most selfish ecstaey of delight. I was bound to control my self, however, and exeit all my attention in comfort ing f Gertrude, w ho, now that the exciten e it attending our escajie was over, te prio to entertain a tliousaml rears concerning the fate of her parents. At last I succeeded in convincing her that it was(A matter of 'impossibility for the Hood to c vcr the house before reicue came in the morning, and thereupon she became coir posed, and our own thoughts reverted to our own hopes and fears, and amid the rain and howling wind, ami tho stili rapidly rising waters below, she nes tled in my arms, and we talked of love un til tho co.d, gray dawn aroused us from our seventh heaveu of bliss. Well, then, to make a long story short, after another three hours perch, we perceived -mie ltoats coining from the direction ol VVrnl sor, and 1 y the aid of a brilliant bcarlol handkerch.ef that I fortunately ossssed, wo signalled fhem, attracted their atten tion, and were in duo time taken onboard. At my irstig.ition we then rowed to Mr. Mai tin's f; lm, and saved the old man and his wife from a chimney-top, whereon they were both sitting, with their feet held up out of the water. Wo were only just in time. Two months later, Gertrude Martin be came Mrs. "William Hush. The old man stuck to his wo: d, aud our position was not so bad after al'., for, a month previously to our marriage. I came into an annuity of 150 per annum on the death of a distant relative iu England, so that with my pay of seven and sixpence per day, we were able to begin housekeeping pretty comfort able. Mr. Martin hai retrieved his lors and is now the owner of a capital farm' at Hyde, New South Walos. Ik a Western city a cabinet maker em ployed two Germans as porter to deliver his furniture. One morning he loaded hi car with a bureau, and gave directions where to have it left. "And by the by," said he to one of them, handing him a shilling, "on your way back get a pint of peas." They stajed an unusual time; and when they did return. it" wasgsoon ascertained that they had enormous "bricks" in their hats. "Why, yr-u infernal rascals," roared the Ims;;, 4 'you : re b t h drunk !", 'Yaw," ."-aid o '.o of them, "you gift ns J dcr shillin' to buy a pint-a-piece ; we iirnikt inm aud wo are as drunk as der ty fel!" . r"AVH'c- is si you ig ".ad viy Wii'.'li die's poulirg. ulniioV Til! STORM IX TUKllAXGluS. j A TniUXLING 8KKTCH. All night long the wind"shrieked and whistled through the tents ; the men, tired out with their exertions, did not wake. But the women did, land lav and trembled. iJavm a wire awoke. "David I" she whis pered, but he did not lioar her. 44 What's the matter, mother?" murmured her daugh ter. "Nothine. child, nothing. It's onlv the wind. Hush ! we must ft wake father. Go tn sleep! darling." The sun rose.late the neitjmorniiig, and a unit blood veil was iu the sky, which made some of them think that it was night stilL The miners luunii tlie snow round their huts to bo Urree rcct deep, Tliey looked anxiooH at this. "We can master the snow," they whis pered to one another, "but the snow-drift will master us." Even as they Kokc, the wind, which had lulled, began to moan again, and before they had been working there an hour shoveling away the snow the wind-storm, bringing the snow with it from the heights over which it rushed, blinded them, anil drove them into their huts for shelter. They could not hold their feet. "Let us hope it'll not last long," they said ; and they took advantago of every lull to work : g-iinst their enemy, not like men but like heroes. "What makes you so downcast, Saul?" asked David : he had not begun to loe heart. Saul looked in silence at David's wife and daughter ; they were at the far end of the hut. "You aro not frightened, Saul, finely?" said David. "Not for myself, David," whis pered Saul. "But tell mo. What kind of love do you bear for your wife and child X" David's look was sufficient answer. "I have a jierfect lovo for a woman also, Da vid. If she were here, as your wife is with you, I could lcar it, aud so could she. David, we are beset by a terrible danger. Listen to the wind. I am afraid wo may never get out of this." David's lips quivered, but he sluxdc away the fer.r. "Wo mustn't loso heart, Gaul, and we must keep this danger before us and we must do it like men 1" "Trust me, David," said Saul ; "my heart lieats to the pulse of a willing hand ; ami said no more. Tho wiwd storm continued all the day with such violence that it was imjwissible for the men to work. As the day advanced the blo.! veil iu the sky died away, and when the night came tho moon's light shone clear and cruel, bright and pitiless. Worn out with hard toil and anxiety, Saul Fielding lay down that night and tried to sleep. "I must have strength for to-morrow," he thought. The fierce wind bad grown faint, and it moaned now among the hills like a weak child. Snnl smiled gladly, and ac cepted it as a good omen, lie hugged his gold close, and .vowed that he would not risk another season of such danger. "If I d not get an ounce more," ho thought, 'I will be content. What I havo will Ihj sufficient for tho home and for Jane. Jane, dear Jane !"' Her name alwavs came to him like a prayer, and with "Jane" on his lips, and Jane" in his thoughts be fell asleep and dreamed of her. 'My God !' he heard David's wife cry, and at that moment he awoke, and rising swiftly to his feet, sawa candle alight in his tent, aud David's wife standing in bar night dress on his side of it. Her face v. an whito with terror. "My God !" she cried again, 44we are lost." The storm that had arisen in his dream was no fancy, "(lo into your room." said Saul hurriedly. "I will lo dressed in a minute." In less than that space of time ho was up and dressed, and then David tore the green baize asiele. "Saul," he said, "this is terrible." And stepping to Saul's side whispered, 44if this continues long our grave is here." Saul went to the dxjr of the tent and tried to open it ; he could not. The wind had brought with it thousands and thousands of tns of snow from tlie heights "tnd they were walled up. Saul felt all round the sides of the tent. The snow was man high. Only the frail drill of which the tent was made kept it from falling in and bury ing them. In an instant Saul comprehend ed their dicad-jn'iil. "Tho tree !" lie cried, as if an inspiration had fallen upon him ; "the tree." . Just outside the tent, between it and tho tent next u it. mUftl n great pine tree, the only tvee among tho tents. Many a time hat! it been suggested to cut down t his tree for firewood, but Da vid had prevented it. "Wait," he had said, 4iuutil we want it; when firewissl runs short, aul we can't get it elsewhere, it will lie time enough." So the tree had been saved from the axe, ami stood there like a giant, defying the storm. Saul piled up tne rough seats and the tablo which comprised the furniture of the tent, and, climbing to the top of them, cat a great hole in tho roof of the lent. If was day light above, and the snow was falling fast. Saul saw tho noble tree standing fast and firm in the midst of the storm. With a desperate leap he caught a branch, and raised himself above the tent. And when ho looked upon the awful scene, upon the cruel whito snow in which the tents all around him were imleddcd, and nearly buried, his heart throblicd despairingly. But this was no time for despair. It was the time for action. When he had se cured his position in the tree, he stooped over the tent. "David !" he cried. Da vid's voice answered him. "This is our only chance," lie said louder ; ho spoko slowly and distinctly, so that those within tho tent might henr him. "Here wo may bo ablo to find safety until the storm abates and tho snow subsides. Listen to me, and do exactly as I say. Get some proviio;is together and some water, and the little brandy that Ls lefr. Make them up in .i bundle. Tie rojie and cord round it, and let, me have it quickly ! Before he finished speaking, David's wife was busy attending to his instructions. ' "Answer me, Saul," cried David. "What do yon see of our mates?" Saul groaned. "Do not ask nu , David! Let us thank God that this tne was left standing." David climlied on to the table ia a few minutes with the bundle of provisions in his hands. He was lifting it for Saul t- take hold of when tho pile upon which he wasstanding gave way, and he fell heavily to tho ground. At this mo ment a movement in the tent nearest tr the tree arrested Saul's attention. One o. the men insido had thought also of tho tree, and hd adopted Saul's exf edient of cut ting through tho roof of the tent. He saw Saul, but he was ta f.r away t reach the tree. "Give me a band, mate ! Give na a hand, for God's sake !" "One moment, replied Saul, deeply anxious for the fate of David, for he heaul the generous-hearted digger givnii, and L-ard David's wifo .i.r.in-. "Ken ronr hold and stand tir.n ik ik l :'.!c -;if.j t: i-.i a time. Tlmre ia something here in my own tent I must soo to at once." Then ho called, "David! David! are you hurt?" The voice of David's wife answered him with sob aud cries "He can't move, Saul! He can't m-wc ! O, my ptsjr, dear David 1 He has broken his leg, he says "d his liack is hurt. What shall I do? O, wh:.t shall I do?" But although sho asked thi i question, she tmo wife aud woman assho was was attending to the FufTerer, n k thinking of hervelf. 4God iitj ns!' groaned Saul, and raised his hand to the j-torin. "Pity us ! pily ns !" he cried., But the pitiless snow fell, and the soft flakes danced in the air. Then Saul cried. "David's wife 1 The child 1 the child," "I.et ne bo, wife," said David ; "I ai.i easier now. I lie up tlione scats aeatu : make them firm. Don't hurry. I can wait. I am in no pain. Lift our little daughter to Saul, and the provisions after ward." Sho ottcyed him ; she piled tho seats one altove another. fXThen hrrvrht tho child to David. He took her iu his arms and kissed her again and again 'My tiet ! my darling," he moaned. Kis father, little one." And tho rough ma i pressed this li:ik of lovo to his heart, and kissed her face, her. hands, her neck, her lips. "Now, wife," he said, and resigned their child to her fate. David's w ife stood silent for a few moments with tho child iu her arms and murmured a prayer over her, and blessed her; autl then, keeping down her aw ful grief bravely, like a brave wo man, climla d to the height and raised her ai ms to Saul with the child in them. Onl her bare arms could be seen above the tent's roof. "Come, little one," said Saul, and, stooping down at tho rikk of his life, clutched the child from the mother's'arnis and heatd the mother's heart-broken sobs. "She is safe, dear woman." Other heads rose from other tents ami turned despair ingly about. But no help for them wat near. They were iu their grave. David's wife raised the provisions to Saul and went down to her husband. "Wife," said Da vid, "leave me, and sco if you can reach Saul. It will be difficult, but you may bo ablo to manage it. She hkcd at him ten derly. "My place is here, David," sho said; "I shall stay with you and trust t God. Our child is safe, in tho care of .t goial man." llo tried to jiersundo hoi, but she shook her head sweetly and sadly, and simply said : "1 know my duty." He could say no more, for tho next inomcn4'. he swiHHied, his pain was so great. The-i his wife knelt by him, and raised his head upon her lap. Meanwhile, tho m.-wi in tho next tent who had called to Saul to givo him a hand, had not lcen idle. Ho found a plank, and was raising it to the roof, with purpose of resting it ujon a branch of She tree. As with more thau a man's strength he lifted the plank forward, Saul heard a thud beneath him. and looking down saw that tho walls of tho tent i i which David and his wife were hud given way. and that the snow was toppling ovpi. Ho turned his head ; he was powerless to help them. The tears ran down his fcu and U-aul, and ho waited, awe-struck b--r the terror of tho time. He thought hit heard the voice tif David's wife cry. "Good bye. my child ! God preserve you I" In a choking voice he said solemnly to Da vid's little daughter, "Say God bless you. mot !ior and father !" The child repeated, the words in a whisper, and nestled closo to Saul, and said, "I'm so old ! Whero i mother and father? Why don't they eomo up?" Saul, with a shiver, looked "down. Nothing ef David or of David's wife dklli see. The tent was not iu sight. The snow had covered it. And still it fell, and sti'l it drifted. The digger who Occupied tho next tent had fixed his plank ; not a mo ment was to be lost ; his tent was cracking. Creeping along the plank, with iKirvou.s strcngt.n of desperation, clinging to it liko a oat, ho reached the tree and was saved, for a time. As he reached it the plank slipjicd into tho snow. And still it feli. and rose higher. Men signaled to oach other from tent to tent, and bade God bless each other, f.ir they felt, unless the khv ' fall should instantly cease, there was n hope for them. But still it fell ; fellsoP" . into the holes in the canvass rvfs and sides into tho chaml.-ers below-; crept u; o them inch by inch ; wrapt yellow gold and mortal flesh in soft shrouds of whiti . and hid tho adventurers from the light of day. Only three remained. Saul and Da vid's little daughter iu tho npperius', branches of I he tree ; the dig-er from tho nearest tent clinging to a lower branch. "Am. Riohtkk." The Vallejo Inde penritnl tells the following good story : A laughable incident incurred one even ing, recently, on the up train to Sacramen to. There were two seats in the car turn ed so as to face each ot her. One was occu pied by a lady and Ihe other by a Chir-a-tnan. Evidently the lsdy did not relish the presence of tho Chinaman, and set her wits to work to oust him out. She suc ceeded alsuit as follows: Motioning the Chinaman to rise, sho ex plained to him that sho wanted to take the cushions and their frames and place t'.ieiu lengthwise across from seat to seat. John said "-.ill rightee." and got out in the aislo while she placed the seats as&bove dcscril ed. and then proceed to lie down on tho bed thas improvised, with l.cr head resting on her valine. She supposed that the Chinamau wtuld at once take the hint that the lady waded to tal.;a little rest, iu the sj ace usually oc cupied by four jiersons. But John hadn'r. heard of tho woman's lights ir.ovenir-ur . and at once proceeded to crawl in aw! stretch himself by her side, with his head on a little bundle of hisow i. The C'i:';eso are an imitative race, and like to do thers do, you know. Tlie ladv, as soon as sho discovered that she had a bedfellow, got npa little wilJU, and started for tho ncit car, to the infinite amusement of H'o passengers, who had lieen watching the little scene with some in terest. John took no notico of tho fun he had c.eatcd, but went to sleep with tho whole bed to himself. A man in Oregon, on the evening of the recent earthquake, bad informed his wife that he L td an important busine:isajv wi:::tmcnt, which he was reluctant obliged to keep. When the sh.-ck cam he rushed home with a billiard cue in his hand, which he had forgotten to replace, and now his wife won't hear of any trusi ner appointments after 8 o'clock, p. M. Wiir.xr.vv.n you buy or-sell. let or Iiiie, nia'-e a clear bargain, -tnd never on "V ' conditio:1 !-i to "ai- t di-ii: '-vr uov'.it '.rides.'" ST t
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