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NUMBER 8.
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BY WILLI A M KOST WALLACE.
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A DEWING MACHINE
..i art asageul, address Wasu-
Mai mine Co., Huston, Mass.
t.M nipl"V for the spring and su m
, i SCHOOL TEACH F.KS nnd
... t.i solicit for mv ti'ir. valu-
;' ', :,' mini and asy-ellln pub-
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fecial Attention
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f..l..lM
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I'll less relieved at once, the Mood becomes im
pure by dcleicrioussecrt tions, producing: scrof
ulous or skin niseascs, Blotches, Felons, Pus
tules, Canker. I'imples, ic, Sec
Hare ;! (i '.vpt yf iV St'imach 1 Unless dfjres
tion In promptly til. Jed the system is debilitated
with loss of vital torce, poverty of the Hlood,
I'ropsii-al Tendency. General Wnnknesbur La
situde. It will impart youthful vluorto weary sufferers.
7iiiv wu iCKikiifx nf the hitextini-x f Yon are
in duiker ff Clii-omc IiarihjL'H or the dreadful
Iutlrtiiimation of the Houcis.
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you are liable to suffering' worse than death.
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purifying the vitiated blood and imparting-vig-- j
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iiiK the weakened constitution, L'SU
Tihich is pronounced by the leading- medical '
aiithoritiesof l.oudouand Paris "the most puiv- j
erful tonic and alterative known to the medl-
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ery, but has been lonjr u-d by the leading phr- I
sii-ians of oilier countries with wonderful reme
dial results.
li't uxiihen anl impair the digestive organs
liy'Uthar i s and ph vsics. They give only tcm- I
porary r lief. I lulitcest ion, llatulency and dys-
pepia,wit!i pih-saud kindred discuses, are sure .
lo ioiiow tiH'ir use.
Keep the blood pure and health is assured.
JOHN O. KEi.LMGG. IH 1'iutt St., N. Y.,
Sole Ajrent for the United States.
Price One Dollnr per Uottle. Send for Circular
Blessings on the hand of Woman !
Angels guard its strength and grace,
In the palace, cottage, hovel,
O, no matter where the place !
Would that never storms assailed it ;
Rainbows ever gently curled ;
For the hand that rocks the cradle
Is the hand that rocks the world.
Infancy's the tender fountain :
Power may with heanty flow ;
Mothers first to guide the streamlets ;
From them souls unresting grow
Grow ori for the good or evil,
Sunshine streamed or darkness hurled ;
For the hand that rocks the cradle
Is the hand that fucks the world.
Woman, how divine your mission
Here upon our natal sd !
Keep, () keep the young heart open
Always to the breath of (.Jod !
All true trophies of the Ages
Are from Mother Love im pearled ;
For the hand that rocks the cradk?
Is the hand that rocks the world.
Blessings on the head of Woman I
Fathers, sons, and daughters cry,
And the sacied song is mingled
With the worship in the sky ;
Mingles where no tempest darkens,
Rainbow s evermore are hurled ;
For the hand that rocks the cradlo
Is the hand that rocks the world.
VJUISX'S WJiAl.TH.
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those who are just cntcrinjr
life, and jouthof both seies buy und
read with the greatest profit.
Ill JOLLY FRIEMI'S ST.MET,
DIO LEWIS-, last and best book.
It Is meeting' with the greatest success,
ami there's MONEY IN IT.
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sent free. GEO. MACLEAN, Philad a.
published gi:Ai.Ttm,v. 55 cts.
frumbs of Comfort.
The Indies' Friend. Ask your grocer for it.
BARTLETT'S BLACKING
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if 4 -:; v :;r, which l not hull the cost. . . , TT
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fine tinted paper, o.ne 5i)0 Entri a
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jilt t.! lh,
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J ' Jj AoO h week a iiMr&iiteed. ite-
. i aisiloyniiriit al homu, .lay or eeenlntr;
i c.jiii'rcd: full Instructions and valu--fi...'
of poodasent I tee by mail. Ad
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T. n.iWLEP'S CHEAT WOKK
:hcd, w am a nk oixl, aail tlieir Mntmul In--rlUit.
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kff.r.1. Addles', sltinjt exprrietieu,
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Aw '.sr Hook. Austis Wastbii roa
1" Najiolfoii III.
tt. Au' Htlit ion, with accounts of the
nr. a nd lh- lust Imiii of the Euiper
.f :i eiejfaiil o iavo of patf- The
lit ii' rui'iU-r it lit.1 ir. -t popular
day. Exclusive territory with no
A.JJicM al ou. e.
'I'llE subseril.er "ill t.tfer his HOMESTEAD
A in a i roll lowiisl ip. oiii- and
a h-ilf miles east or Cai rol'.town.
at Pulilie Sale, on
THUKDAV, Marrh
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at 10 o'eloek, a . ni. Said Homestead coiimsi of
3 AiTfn, well improved and in an excellent
slate ot cultivation, ou which there arc a jrood
Horse, a lar:r." Kit i me ISahv. a coiiimoilimis
Sphi.nj H ifSK"wit h an iibnndaiice of pure wa
ter uear t he dwelling, and all other necessary
ou; huildjttrs, toethcrwith an Oiicuai;i containing-
acres ot vouuy. thrifty trees, most
Of them bearing choice fruit.
Also, one other piece of land eontaiiiinir 5S
Ari rs, ten nvres bein- cleared and t he balance
well timl.rcd. situate ncai Marks" Mill, i miles
east of Carrolltown.
if These lands will be sold separately or to
iretlier, ss purchasers may desire.
A Iso. nt the same time and place, will be sold
Household and Kitchen Fin nit lire. Farm Im
plements, Horses, Cattle. Grain, Hay, Straw,
the iu-csary Lumber for u house, etc.
""ihe usual credit will be jriven.
JOHN WEAVE It.
Carroll Twp., Feb. J.ST-1--;it.
Ulll i LEvtSSjvSS'S MAESLE W0SE3
3 it Frituhliai KI rcr I , .loSciinttown.
ONUMFNTS. HEAD and TOMII
MKD TH5 SCEKES
IN VASHIKGTON.
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.. i M-lii hi of the work. Address,
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s a: ot her.
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-ri ! A til.crs should be freely used
f siid heaiintf proper! is are as-
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U '.nt state. When It becomes
c ni.- 's exceedingly difficult. I'SO
"i f I n!ilt;ts as a specific.
Ui.: '..( niii, is l'lult St., Nw York,
ic Agent for United States.
a !..-x. Send for Circular
:.asei3t&'i!am
abiiiet Organs.
i
Aiiisrican Musical Instrnmsnls
c? ".I'll pxtraoniinarv and rocoe-
.i-' i . H to command a wide sale til
'"t'riitiia.iditiir competition there
-I f .-tieap labor.
iv.ir.p d hi -hest premiums, lnclu-
1.1 the M.!:l at. tlifl I'llinEllHV
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re Is of lu lusii ial Exhibitions,
I'-ii s.x in nil where at y other
n in f -ten od ti these,
ri-. omiuended by eminent
iimsicinns as possessing ex-
I'.ui.. .1 in any oilier. See opiu-
rAii it 'rr.ritnoiiinl Circular.
IH n Mnpiiiyiujj several imjiortaut
ii 1.1,1 iiivtiniPiis and embracing
III! lit.
and complete facto
ries in the world,
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il si ,':"''r!!,! anf w..i kiuanshin
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fcs.Ks.- . " r"l.A: hit II MA V SAT al
tK lrf,,.,., liAe!'OINTMET IS I'l K-
Oil 'At .. "U WOliTHLO IsTltl-
it Illtill I KllU) DI.U
The city of Hudson is situated in a
picturesque locality on the h.n.ks f
the map;iiilicent river of the same name.
A description of the place need nut lie
jxiven, further than to say it is situated
in a lovely spot, where nature had evi
dently spread her mostiiiYitinojcharms.
Here dwelt my hero and heroine.
Charles Abliley was the only son of
his widowed mother, who was the pos
sessor of an huml'le home in that city
of wealth and fashion, and supported
herself and fatherless boy hv honest
industry and the most rigid economy.
Here, under the fostering care of a
most affectionate mother, he ijrew to
manhood. y strict application to
study he mastered the common sci
ences, and at the aire of 22 vears was
j possessed of more than ordinary at-
and somewhat noted in his
for his superior scholarship.
in this beautiful citv. Amelia
first saw the liirht. Her fath
er was a retail grocer of moderate
means, but industrious, prudent, and
sagacious, he succeeded in rearing a
large family respectably, and confer
ring on each of his children the bene
fits of a good education.
While they were children, Charles
and Amelia attended the same schools,
and pursued tiie same studies together.
They early formed an attachment for
each other, and at the ojiening of our
tale they were betrothed. At first,
their intention was to depend on the
salary which Charles received in a
large mercantile establishment, and
had made tip their minds to be content
with the happiness afforded by connu
bial bliss in the humbler walks of life.
Hut, before perfecting their plans, the
rumors that were alloat relative to the
fabulous wealth easily obtained in the
gold mines of California induced Chas.
allianced the proprie
their wedding for a
in the meantime he
would try his tortune in the land ol
guivt, i.. tu if returning possess
ed of wealth that would enaoie mem,
when married, to live in a style that
might gratify their highest ambition,
and place them on a level with their
most aristocratic neighbors.
To this proposition Amelia most
irladlv assented, for she was not desti
tute of those ambitious feelings which
so often laid a lodgment in the human
breast.
In due time Charles started on his
winding way tow art I his El Dorado
of wealth, with his mind filled with
bright visions of the ease and aittuenee
that in coming years should reward
his trials in the land of gold.
The lovers had arranged to converse
frequently by the silent language of
the pen, and, true to his promise, Charles
informed his lady-love of his safe ar
rival at the Empire citv, and his pro
bable early departure to the land of
his future trial ; he also dispatched a
letter to her on his arrival at Sacra
mento, w hich informed her of his safe
tv. Frequently missives passed le-
tween them, and at the expiration of
three months from the time of his ar
rival at hisfar-olThome Charles inform
ed Amelia that he had fortunately earn
ed and profital ly invested one thousand
dollars.
Who can tell the visions of happi
ness that floated through the mind of
his betrothed in her humble home as
she read of her lover's success in the
rrolden El Dorado, and of his prosiiects?
Surely, for the sake of wealth for the
sake of living in a style inferior to none
I in that citv of gaVety and fashion
! she could afford to wait ; and the
fact that this wealth was his trial and
sacrifice, and the proof ot the anec
Hon he bore her, would make it all
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vr.-. ; . the more inorougnty iiiicvwxm.-a.
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IETT'.US of Administration on the Estateoi ( a j0 can piame tier n nuc luwtn-u ...
A Daniel M. Little, late of 'hest Springs bor- . , f .yao WJH chide her if
V!-" ;1'"'USt .... STONF.S.COi-NTF.KHildCAKI- V?f ' to SHgm.'St to lli.S
? K' '"lUM"ee.n., Philadelphia. NET SLA Its, MANTELS, A e.. -M&m K . .
T "ar.pvrs v iVT'l. FOlt " ! ' " very hcsl Italian a.i.ltMi . I t.V ot postponing
1 A'JENlh VAN I -D FOtt . American Mai Ides. I ill ire sat isl ae-vVn V 1 ' ! f i
UfrD THE SCENES 1 K'iae.l ,,,-ice, design and ' , JM i
" ..;.,..V,tn.ai e.xeutiond work. , fc'. WOllldtrV ll S f U
5 IN WASH NRTON. 1 :r" Orders respeetfitllv solicited t-hi ... r, ,
and promptly tilli d at the very low
ft i.,wh rates, 'l'rv us.
Oct. '4. -ui. 1'AUKKi LEV EKGOOD
"VOTICK is hereby tfivt-n that Letters of Ail
i. ministration on the Estate oi Rf.v. 1'PUL'M)
K. ItftlHS. lute of t leilrfield township. Pninln ta
eountv. dcc'i'. have l.euii fiaiiN. 1 by tue Keg-iS-tcr
of sai! com.t to t he undursi-ned. All pur
son indebted lo said rslnfc are .piested to
make immediate payment, and those ha.iiiK
claims against the sanie will present tlieui pro
perly auliuiiticaled for gM th-meiit.
ItW. E. A. lU Sfl, I .,,m-r9
.loll H. DOUGLAS,! A lm r9
February 21. leT3.-t;t.
letter referred to was sent, he said
nothing of his success or prospects fur
ther than to assure her of his contin
ued unimpaired health.
After five years' absence Charles
again set his face homeward. It was
observed by his fellow passengers that
he maintained a remarkable reticence
concerning himself, and wore a dilapi
dated miner's suit.
Arriving at New York, Charles
made a deposit of the comfortable
sum of sixty thousand dollars in the
Merchants' "Exchange Bank in that
city, and, with buoyant feelings, step
ped on board a steamer, which, in a
lew hours, was to convey him to the
home of his childhood, and to the em
braces of those w hom he loved best on
ea rth.
Immediately on leaving the wharf
he wended his way, with eager steps,
to the residence of the father of his
1-etrothed, and rang the door-lell.
His summons was answered by Ame
lia in person, who recognized him at.
once. Instead of the hearty frreetiiur
and the tender embrace which he had
the right to expect, when she saw him
in his labor soiled, shabby suit, she
started back in dismay, and exclaimed:
"Is it possible that, after keeping
me waiting so long to enjoy the wealth
which yon were earning, you are able
to present no better appearance than
this ?"
He replied :
"J have done the lest I could. If I
have been unfortunate I could not help
it. and should not be blamed. 1 thought
you would Ik? glad to see me, even if I
hail nothing to bring to make myself
welcome."
"A pretty idea, indeed,'' she retort
ed. "If you have done no ltetter than
this, after keeping me waiting all these
years in the hope of marrying a rich
man, you can go I never want to see
you again."
Saying this, she abruptly closed the
door on him.
With slow and .orrowful steps he
turned toward his mother's residence,
where, despite his appearance of
poverty and want of success, he met
with a hearty welcome, given with all
the warmth of a mother's true alfec
tiou. He dispatched a note to his af
fianced, asking her to call at his moth
er's residence or allow him to call on
her. The note was returned with these
words written upon it :
"I wi.h you to trouble me no more.
I release you from your engagement,
which you may consider at an end.
After waiting all these years to wed a
rich man, I will not marry a poor one."
This was the last time he sought for
the privilege of having an interview
with her.
A few days after he visited a large
livery establishment, ostensibly for the
purpose of purchasing an elegant equi
page. -Airer ascertaining the price,
lxtstlo rtiM.
"VOTICK is hen by iriven that Letters Testa
l mi litary on the Estate of Jacob Stiaenian,
luie of Croyle township, Cambria county. dee d,
have been granted by I no Iteir is'cr of said coun
ty to the undersigned. All persons indebted
ti) said estate a re reiiestetl to make immediate
payment, and those having claims Hjrainst the
same will present them duly authenticated tor
settlement. JACOP. C. STINEMAN.
South Fork, Feb. 11, HT3.-5U Executor.
I lxeciilor-s IN ol km.
TETTERS TESTA MEXTAKi on the Estate j
A or Joseph Lentz, .ale of Allegheny town- i
ship. Cambria county, deceased, havuiK been
i arranted bv the Kcrister of said county to the ,
subscriber, all persons indebted to said estate
are requested to make immediate payment. and
those havinif claims hiciiium iiici-o"".
decedent will present the same properly au
thenticated lrKtlo.,t.H4D) Execntor.
Loretto, Feb. 7, l75.-0f.
lilfstsi to rolK'O.
HWING been jri-anted U tters of Adminis
tration on the Estate or William ktij lor,
late of Allegheny township. Cambria county,
deceased, the undersigned hereby notifies all
persons indebted to said estate that pay meut
must be male without Ocl iy.and thi.se i ha inir
e'aimstijrainst the same will prcbrt.t them pro
pel ly probated for sett lement.
MA KG A HE 1' K A LOU. Adm'x.
SAUAII E. St. AN LAN,
Allegheny Twp., Feb. HlH.jJ.-U
l"s.1r..- Notice.
I rrri.ii.,f Administration on the Estateof
. - .
Ii Jacob W Stuby, Inte oi
larroll township.
Cambria eountv, deceased, having, nee a."" ,,,
ed to the subscriber by the Keisror of said
eountv, all persons indebted to said estate aie
requested to make immediate payment, ami
those having claims against the same w ill pie
sent, them properly nut b'Mitieated for sett le
nient. H.C. KIKKPATHICK, AUui r.
Carrolltown, Feb. ls;o.-lil.
.t. ii.mi.i.i. i.itiintv ,1 ..j.,... imvinir tecn
Kt-aiited to tne subscriber by the Kegistcr of
said county, all persous indebted te said estate
are requested to make immediate payment,
and those having claims will present them pro
iierly authenticated for settlement.
' D. C. LITTLE, Administrator.
Chtbt Spring's, Feb. 8, lSi3.-tit.
dnv-d reams 7 ho
she allowed herself to build air-castles
fr- tbf future ?
Timpnassedon. and though Charles
wrote often to his betrothed after the
him every possible kindness, which he
continued to his stricken widow and
latherless children. In a little over' .
year after her husband's death he led i
her to the altar made her mistress of!
his home and queen of his heart and
in all his after life had reason to bless
the hour in which he did so.
Time past on. Our hero's aged
mother slept the sleep that knows no
waking ; and, though this wrung his
heart with grief, he found a balm in
the domestic felicity that had fallen to
his lot.
His constituents, appreciating his
worth, repeatedly sent him to the leg
islature, and his popularity constantly
increasing, he was chosen their repre
sentative in Congress. He lives in
the enjoyment of a happy home, and
possesses the confidence of those who
are acquainted with him.
And what of Amelia? She still
lives in her home on the banks of the
Hudson. She is almost a perfect tyja?
of a sour, vinegar-faced old maid, and
lives to lewail the mistake she made
in ignoring the claims of true affec
tion, and preferring wealth to other
and higher considerations. The news
she hears of Charles' rising fame and
domestic happiness does not have the
effect of mitig-at.inp; the poignancy of
her grief; but often does the deep sigh
well up from her bosom.
Header, if this true tale contains a
moral which you appreciate my pur
pose will have leen achieved.
XCIEXT A 11 TS.
TlllZ MOXTH.S
he signified his willingness to close the
bargain, provided they would give
him a few mor.ths'credit. They asked
him for references. He gave them the
president and directors of a well-known
bank in New York city. Jn answer
to their telegram they were informed
of the amount he had deposited there,
and they then expressed their willing
ness to close the bargain. He replied
that as they were unwilling to trust
him in the first instance he should de-
-i:.. 'l..inir ur Hut tho t;t.ri- .' bia
wealth was no longer a secret, and was
soon the subject of much talk among
his old acquaintances. Ere long it
reached the ears of Amelia, who now
saw the injudiciousness of the course
she had pursued. She wrote him a
kind invitation to call on her, but he
returned the note unanswered. Hoping
still to cause him to relent in his evi
dent determination to ' cut her acquain
tance," arrayed in her best she rcj abat
ed ly paraded herself past the window
of his mothers parlor, by which he sat
reading, arrayed in the garb of a gen
tleman of wealth. I5ut he made no
sign, or deigned he any notice.
In the course ot a lew weeks L haries
prevailed on his mother to dispose oi
her property and accompany him to
the West. On arriving at New York
he drew his money from the bank, and
took his course for theyoungand rising
state of Wisconsin. Here he purchased
a large tract of land, tind with his
rrw.tlior jind hoiisfr'keeiH'r chioved the
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fruits of his former labors and the re- !
wards of judicious application to business.
Two years after his arrival at his
Western home a gentleman came to
the neighborhood from the southern
part of Massachusetts in quest of
health. He was a young lawyer, edu
cated and accomplished, but, unfor
tunately, a victim of hereditary con
sumption, aggravated by too close ap
plication to study ami business
Through the advice of friends he, with
his young and accomplished wife and
two small children, sought the West
ern wilds, hoping that a change of
climate would be beneficial to his fast
falling health ; but, alasl the destroy
er had aimed his shaft too surely
After lingering a few mouths in his
new home he bade adieu to earth, and
left his darlings to the mercy of strong-
Taking the metals, the Bible in it
first chapter shows that man first con
quered metals there in Asia, and on
that spot to-day he can work more
wonders with those metals than we
can. One of the surprises that the
European artists received when the
English plundered the summer pal
ace of the King of China, was the curi
ously wrought metal vessels of every
kind, far exceeding all the boasted
skill of the workmen of Eurojie. Eng
lish surgeons going to India are ad
vised to have their instruments gilded,
because English steel cannot bear the
atmosphere. Yet the Damascus blades
ot the Crusades were not gilded and
they are as perfect as they were eight
centuries ago. There was one at the
London Exhibition, the point of which
could be made to touch the hilt, and
could be put into a scabbard like a cork
screw, and bent every way without
breaking. If a London chronometer
maker wants the liest steel to u.-e in
his chronometer, he does not send to
Shcllield, the center of all science, but
to the Punjaub, the empire of the seven
rivers, where there is no science at all.
The first needle ever made in Europe
was made in the time of Henry Vii I.,
and made by a negro; anil when he
died the art died with him. Some of
the first travelers in Africa stated that
they found a trilie in the interior w ho
gave them better razors than they had.
Scott, in "Tales of the Crusades,"
descrilies a meeting between Richard
Cirur de Lion and Saladin. Saladin
asks Richard to show him the won
derful strength for which he is famous,
and the Norman sovereign responds
by severing a bar of iron which lies
on the floor of his tent. Saladin says,
"I cannot do that," but takes an eider
down pillow from the sofa, and. draw-
in two pieces, iuchard says: 'It is
the black art ; it is magic ; it is the
devil ; you cannot cut that which 1ms
no resistence ;" and Saladin, to show
him that such is not the case, takes
from his shoulders a scarf which is so
light that it almost floats in the air,
and, tossing it up, severs it before it
can descend. George Thompson states
that he saw a man in Calcutta throw
a handful of floss silk into the air, and
a Hindoo sever it in pieces with his
saber. We can produce nothing like
this.
A Composition on thf. Ox. The
following is the composition of a little
boy in the Bishop Scott Grammar
School. Portland, Oregon, and is print
ed verbatim et literatim :
OXEN.
Oxen is a very slow animal. They
are very good to break up ground.
I would rather have horses if they
didn't have the colic which they say
is wind collected in a bunch. Which
makes it dangereser to keep horses
than oxen.
If there were no horses people would
have to wheal their wood in wheal bar
rows. It would take them two or
three davs to wheal a cord a mile.
Cows 'are useful to. I heard some
people say that if they to Ik? a ox or a
cow they would sooner be a cow, but
I think w hen it come to le milked on
a cold winter morning I think they
would sooner le oxen for oxen don't
have to raise calves. If 1 had to Ik? a
ox or a cow I would Ik? a heifer, but
if I could not Ik? a heifer and has to lx?
loth 1 would Ik? a ox.
I But. although the ship moved so slow
) ly through the water, with so little
sail set, and a sea against it, the retir
j ing wave had already carried the
j w retched man's body out of casting
j distance, and when the next brought
j him back the ship glided over him and
J he swam in ite track, struggling with
the waves.
"Help! help!"
I ins heart-rending cry rose, and a
j flock of Cafa doves collected in a sec
! ond, w'ith hurriedly flapping wings,
over him, still timidly regarding the
. new prey.
j ' It is imjiossilile to lower the loat,"
I said the captain, in despair ; "the nu n
1 couldn't get into it before it would lie
dashed to pieces."
1 he mate shook his head sadly,
though not removing his eyes from
the poor wretch and merely added, iu
a low voice :
"If would Ik? madness."
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ncr. ij iiik: it iilll, il mr l. tuiecis. ! J . i . j-
Keep from the world thy friend's defects, j sft'(l." himsell :
Keep all thy thoughts on purest themes. " "C should make the effort."
Keep from thy eyes the motes and beams, ''Help! help!"
Keep true thy words thy hoi or bright. The desjierate crv of the swimmer
Keep him thy faith in God and right. reached th Car in weak accents. He
Keep free from every sin and stain. ' , . . T -, ,
Keep free from the ways that bring hcet ' knew t,lat hc had n h"m ld to
I fAjicet. mil wie ioc oi iiic nuum uuo
! allow him to give up hoping till the
I 1 t if ,
j.i.-m ii.iife: iieii i. ;ioie.
And all the while th gulrs collected
around him. rising now in wide cir
cles, and pouncing down upon the
January brings the snow,
Makes our feet and lingers glow.
February brings the rain,
Thaws the frozen lak again.
March brings breezes loud and shrill,
Stirs the dancing daffodil.
April brings the prim rose sweet,-
S satters daisies at our feet.
fiy brings Mocks of pretty lambs
Sfcrpping by their fleecy dams,
June brings tulips, lillics, roses,
Fills the children's hands with ponies.
Hot July brings cooling showers,-
Apricots and gilly tlowers.
August brings the sheaves of corn,-
Then the harvest notne is lxni.
M arm September brings the fruit,
Sportsmen then, begin t shoot.
Fre-ib October brings the pheasant,
TI en to gather nuts is jlcant.
Dun .November biings the blast,-
Then the leaves are falling fast.
Chill December brings th sleet,
Blazing tires and Christmas treat.
pain.
ICcep free thy tongue from words of ill.
Keep right thy aim ami thy good will.
Keep all thy acts from passion fiec.
Keep strong in hope, no envy see.
Keep watchful care, o'er tongue and hand
Keep linn thy feet, by justice stand.
Keep true thy word, a sacred thine.
Keep from the snares thy temper bring.
Keep faith with each you call a friend.
Keep from all hate and malice free.
Keep Hi in thy courage bold and strong.
Keep up the right, and down the wrong.
Keep well the words of wisdom's school.
Keep warm by night, by day keep cool.
killi:i ity a mm.
It is an old superstition among sail
ors that the albatross is a kind of
rare booty, which they did not yet
dare to touch. The sound of heavy
wings was then audible, two albatrosses,
followed by others, had seen thedense
cloud of gulls and mews. With their
giant w ings they flew up, circled once
around the dark spot in the wave, and
then their iron beaks hacked at their
victim.
''II rip! help!"
It was a veU that Startled the men
as if a shot had 1k-ii fired nmono- ffiPTrf.
spirit of the air that Causes the gentle ,' amI evt.u the albatrosses were driven
breeze to Mow over the calm waters, I lm.k f,,ra jnoim,nt i,v the ghastly, un
and the mist, to fall on the sea. The j earthlv sound, but only to renew: their
killing ot this bird was supposed to
bring disaster, and to be followed bv
a dead sea and a rainless sky. It is
upon this superstition that Colerulrjw
built up the wonderful jKetical fiction
entitled "The Rhyme of the Ancient
Af a riner."
But, though the superstitious held
it to be a thing of ill omen to kill the
albatross, the albatross, like the eagle,
whii.-h likewise is protected by fable,
has Ikcu known to destroy human
life. It is said to be larger than t bo
swan, and its wings, when extended
from tip to tip. measure from ten to
attack with greater eagerness.
"Heaven save him I" the captain
cried, as he seized his glass; the birds
are darting on him; it is- fearful."
"Help! help'."
A sharp cry from the gulls respond
ed this time. It was the battle-cry ot
the hungry birds, which defying the
more powerful albatrosses, pounced at
their picy, and hacked at the head and
outstretched arm of the unhappy man,
under the wings of the more mighty
ojijh ne.nts,
".Mav God lie merciful to his soul!"
said Tom, as he turned shuddering
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hl.xiccii levL. i nri .tie iiM.mi vtiiuui i awaV.
the tropics and in more southern re- The birds with the alabatrosses at
gions. The length and strength of j their head, now formed a dense mass
their wings fits them for long flights, j on tiie water, so that nothing eould be
One was kown to lollow a ship, seen lieneath them.
ers.
TWino- his last illness Mr. Ashley,
to whom he was a neighbor, showed
A boy beiiir asked how many chest
nuts he had in his basket, replied that
w hen he counted them by twos, threes,
fours, or sixes, he had always one left,
but when he counted them by sevens,
they came out even. How many had
he ? Who will answer i
which was sailing two hundred miles
a day, for forty-eight hours, and, from
its irregular flight, it must have passed
over three or four times the distance.
They often follow ships that they may
gather up the refuse left in the eonrsf
of the vessels; sometimes they are so
hungry as to snatch at a piece of meat
attached to the end of a cord, and by
this means they are caught.
These birds are said to Ik? very vor
acious, devouring dead carcasses of
animals floating on the water, fish,
and even smaller birds. When hun
, , -ii ii.-. iuiun i tour
or five pounds weight; and then, be
ing half choked, and consequently un
able to move, are easily caught and
destroyed by their enemies.
The following thrilling account of
death from an attack by the albatross
is rel.vted by an English writer ol trav
el sunl adventure. The incident took
place oil' CajK Horn :
The crew had just finished break
fast, and the captain came on deck,
when the mate called a couple of men
aft to fix the topsail yard, which had
sprumrthepreviousday. Hiram Sims,
one of the boys, was sent aloft to pass
a rope around the loose spar till the
dantrer could be properly repaired in
calmer weather.
The voting man ran up the shrouds
and along the foot ropes out on the j
main yard, to execute the order he
had received. The ship keeled over
and over as the waves sunk or rose
under it. Hiram, however, was an
excellent seaman, nnd felt as safe up
there as if on deck. Hence, while a
couple of brown-black gulls soared
around him as if they could not toler-
rate the bold man up there, he put a
rope round spar and mast, fastened
them together, and then took a step
farther out to seize the block, which
hung at the extreme end of the spar,
whose rou? was also loose, when a
voice from IkIow shouted :
"Sail ho!"
The young fellow started as if struck
bv a bullet, lost his balance, and, as
he fell, caught the ni The keel the
ship gave however, increased the
dmin tn which one haiitl was n-t
The crew slowly came down and
went forward, while the ship strtiggled.
against the relK'Hious sea which had
now claimed its sacrifice.
At last the albatrossess arose from
the wave and followed the ship in their
heavy flight. And all the the world
around seemed painfully careless of
the horrible deed so lately enacted.
The Di ck. Of this bird Josh Bil
lings thus discoufseth :
The duk is a foul. There nnt no
of cms naturalists sav so, and
komman sense teaches it.
They are bilt something like a hen,
and are an up and down, flat footed
job.
They don't kackle like the hen, nor
krolike the rooster, nor holler like the
peak ok. nor scream like the goose, nor
turk like the turkey; but qnacfc like
the root doktor, and their bill resem
bles a vetenary sergen's
They have a woven fut, and kin float
on the water as natral as a soap bub
ble. They are pretty mutch all feathers,
and when the feathers are all removed,
and their innards out there iz just
about as much meat on them az there
iz on a krook necked squash that haz
gone tew seed.
Wild duks are very good shooting,
and are very good to miss als6, un
less you understand the bizness.
You should aim about three foot
ahead ov them, and let them fly up to
the shot.
I have shot at them all day, and got
nothing but a tail feather now and then.
Thare are sum kind ov duks that
are very hard to kill, even if you do
hit them. I shot one whole afternoon,
three years ago. at sum dekoy duks,
ami never got one ov them. 1 hav
never told ov this ln-Cre. "id hope
no one will rc-at il l strictly
confidcnsiial.
s:i
i. iv who was urging some friends
to'sta'v to dinner, fell disgusted when
her eiliht-year old boy came in and
id: '-Mrs. .Jones says sue cant,
. i i r.. u .
pare 1IO ui an Jim .uis, in un ii am u
to home, so I did not get no butter."
ht they had letter
und the lady thought
and the ldy of the young ! s to, but she taught that loy the
heavily into the waves that leal i j f transgressor was hrd be-
equal; the rope slijed through in The friends thong
fingers that convulsively clutched n. : (liuc t.isewile,.e ull(
- 'i ,u , i.,t.- .f !. -.oiiiir sailor it" I . ... , .
to receive it.
"Man overlionrd :"
The fearful cry burst """""
lv from a dozen throats, and all sp ?
to ropes to throw to their comrade
lore evening.
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A coon character is Wtter than
fine diesS.
A LAMS &T., CBICAUO.
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