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' ent mid Fnniewt Lock Mitcli. MraiIit cell Machine in market. Better terms than nr company. Add resit, JOIL A. DtHM.Ej tfen-! Agent,- Danbnrj, Conn. J NUMEROUS TESTS HAVE PROVED yl j S'. F.- Barnham'f w Tu rblne g YVATER WHEEL ! 5 TO BE THE BEST EVER INVENTED. K "Pmrnnlilet free. Address r - YORK, PA. SHERIFF'S SALE 1Y virtue of a writ of Tend. F.xoon., fesnCd out of the Court of Comnmn Pleas of ( m brfs couoty and tome directed, there will be exposed to PublW- Sal-, at the Bentord House, .".hVrown, on FRIDAY, the 1st day of Au-Ot-"t next, at 2 o'clock, v. M., the following real estate to wit : All the right, title and interest of Herman CY.rcman, of, in and to a lot ground in the Sixth Ward, Johnstown Borough, Cam bria Conntv. fronting on Napoleon street and adining lots of Daniel Tullinger and Adan. Focklcr, having thereon erected a to-stoi plank noUS,., now in the occupancy of Herman Coleman, Taken in execu '"VooFjn at the suit of John Schm:dt, for is of John Dibcrt ic Co., n Vyr "j.' "13 1 Vx AC K F. H , sj e Vtff . Sheriffs Office, Ebensburg, July 3.. IS i'J. A DMINISTKATION NOTICE. -t - Estate of John Scherdon, deceased. Letters of Administration on V'f.nshin John Sciierdon, late of Clearm ld township. Cambria county, deceased, having I't'en r rant ed to the undersigned by the Register ol said county, all persons knowing themselves uidebt- , . - . 1 . rwiiiest(d to make prompt payment, and those havingciauns against tlie same will present theui propel ij probated tor settlement:. . j. JAMES SCHERDOX. Administrator. Clearfield Twp June 'M, lS73.-tii. Don't Sit JLt-on ml Waiting for Luck, Ho ! ye who listless and moping Sit dismally twirling your thumbs; And gloomily waiting and watching For something that thus never comes ; You might just as well, foolish mortals, Expect you'll by lightning be struck ; One will happen as soon as the other Don't stand around waiting for luck ! There's a saying a good one and true .(Take courage, you poor one who delves " ith a stout heart to bravely) that ''Heaven "Will help those who first help themselves;" And you'll find, if you wish for good fortune; A pretty good way is to tuck Up your shirt-sleeves aud start but and find it Don't sit around waiting for luck ! You may pine and mope on forever x inn liiuii, ana uepiure your hard fate But you'd better remember the proverb And act on it ere it's too late ; You may pout and grumble forever Just so long you will find you are stuck In, the mire of sloth and abasement, Don't sit around waiting for luck ! ' There is wealth to be had go and seek it ! And with it get honor and fame ; By the sweat of your brow you can gain them, And carve for yourself a proud name ; But to do this takes tact and ambition, Persistency, hope and some pluck. Are you ready? theti lose not a moment ! Dou't sit arouud waiting for luck ! FIGHTING l OIl JL WIFE. A STORY OF THE REVOLUTION. lustnto ZVot ice. TETTERS OY ADMINISTRATION on the Es j tateof M u HAKL M'Uaktv, late of Clearfield township, Cambria county, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned by the Regis ter of said county, all persons indebfed' to said estate are hereby notified that payment of their respective accounts must be made without de lay, and those having claims against the same will present them properly authenticated for Settlement. JOHN H.DOUGLASS, Clearfield Twp., June 13, 18T3.-tit. JkXm'l,. About a quarter of a mile below the city of Brunswick, on the bohl precipi tous banks of the liariton, is a singu larly interesting cave. The entrance, just at high water mark, is small and narrow, and the two perpendicular rocks, on either side support the hill, J appear to have been forced asunder j by a convulsion of nature. The cave itself has the appearance j of having been excavated by human j hands although it is doubtless the re- j suit of the continued suction of the water. The room is formed of soft ' red rock, through which the water is constantly percolating ; its dimensions are us near as 1 can remember, about twelve feet In five. Years ago, before deposits of sand which forms the floor had accumula ted, the river at hi.h tide Cowed in and filled the cave to the depth of seve ral feet, forming a snug hiding place and safe harbor; and if tradition speaks truly, the tiny bark of the In dian and the light canoe of the paint ed warrior, has often sought its friend ly shelter. Not to the poor Tndian alone has it offered a secure retreat, for at the pe riod at which we write, although its existence was little known, it was oc cupied on several occasions by the per secuted rebels. The hill above which slopes gradu ally to the bank of the precipice, was covered w ith a dense growth of cedar, white pine and dogwood, and in many places, the surface, entirely from nu clei brush, was carpeted with a deep green sward. The view afforded by the elevation, the shady dells and defiles, combined with the Tvildncsg of the scenery -with which nature has so highly endowed t, renders'this spot as well as its im mediate vicinity, beautiful and highly romantic. As the shades of twilight gathered over the w aters, a light skiff, propelled by a single paddle ; approached the southern oboro short distance below the cave. As it touched the bank, a stout, tall, handsome formed youth stepped cpiickly to the shore, ai 1 w as about to secure his little craft to a projecting root when a tramp of horses was heard in the distance. Quick as thought he sprang back into the fra gile barque, guiding it with the dex terity and slight caution of an Indian, directed his course towards the cave. In a few minutes he had reached the entrance, and the skiff with its living head was soon hidden from view. He had apparently secreted him self, when a party of British dragoons rode up to the "bank above, and dis mounting thcy picketed their horses, threw their arms upon the grass and commenced preparations for a bivouac. After braiding a fire, and taking a care less survey of the ground, they open ed their haversacks and commenced the evening meal. For some time the silence was broken by an occasional and unimportant remark. The can teens were put in requisition, and growing warm in their potations, they became boisterous in their mirth. One boasted of his many hair-breadth es capes, and wonderful exploits, another related legends of a soldier's love, while a third with a bold martial air, wakened the slumbering ectioes and frightened the night birds from their perch. At length, wearied with their hilari ous efforts, and their canteens nearly emptied, their conversation turned upon the business of the following da'. A mong other things, the officer, a vulgar looking lieutenant, informed his companions that in one of his fo rays, he had fallen in with a country lass whose charms had mde sad havoc in his heart, but all his complhssc-nts nnd ardent expressions- 6f admiration 1 had been received with contemptuous f scorn ; and", that when taking leave he ! had attempted to snatch a kiss from her rosv lips, she naa aeait mm &ucu :i I-4 A A. "I, ! I. 1 box on the ear, mat, m ncan :arJo- again. He had revived hearty to humble the proud beauty, and to accomplish this end he proposed to his troops, that the- should assist him in bearing her from home. "Old Demarset," said he, "is rich and his cellar is stocked with rare old wines; his money and wines shall be 3'our boot- I will content myself with the charms of his pretty daugh- j ter. Ha. mv lads, what sav rou ? r J 7 - J 4 1 ou take the gold and ransack the j cellar and I will bear away the pretty i Alary ?" j Klated with the prospects of filling ! their pockets . with the "root of ail evil," and replenishing their exhaust- j ed canteens with good liquor, the sol- j diers insisted upon making the attack ' that very night; and after draining! the last drop to the success of the en terprise, they laid down oh the grass to rest till midnight. Scarcely had they composed them selves to sleep, when John Van CTeef who seated in his skiff w ith his head out of the cave, had overheard the whole, floated silently down with the tide, keeping close in the deep shadow of the bank, and landed a short dis tance below the soldiers. When he was interrupted by the ap proaching dragoons, he was on Lite way to visit the hoiise of Mr. Demarset, whose daughter had promised to be come his bride as soon as the war should close. lie delayed but a moment to ex amine the priming of his rifle, and to form an estimate of their number, and then borne upon the wings of anxious love, hurried across the country, and soon reached the house of his father-in-law elect, which was about three miles from Xew Brunswick. Here he unfolded the whole plot, Demarset, who was a true rebel, 'immediately armed himself, his two sons and three negroes, and determined to defend his family altar to the last ; and the youth swore to 'live or die by his betrothed. They had scarcely time to make the necessary arrangement for defence when the party arrived and demanded admittance and shelter for the night, which was flatly refused. The de mand was repeated, accompanied by a threat of violence if their request was not acceded to. Their answer was a shout of defi ance from those within, and a shout of warning to retire or sutler the conse quence. The soldiers laughed at the warning, and one of them who attempted to force open the door, was shot through the head by one of the negroes. This somewhat dampened the ardor of the soldiers, who expected to meet with no resistance, but the plunder was too valuable to be abandoned without an effort, then began an as sault in earnest, and after losing two more of their numler succeeded in forcing an entrance, but the family had retired to an inner-room, and hav ing barricaded the door, all efforts to force it proved unavailing. After deliberating a few seconds two of the soldiers went out and re turned with a rail, with which they soon battered the door down, receiv ing as it fell, the fire of the party with in, which did much execution. A desperate hand to hand encoun ter ensued, in which one of the negroes wounded more or less, except one of the brothers. The soldiers fought furiously ; fired w ith the hope of booty and burning . to revenge their dead comrades, their j attack was most furious ; and the be- j sieged family battling for their lives , met their foe with bravery. j Van Cleef, although bleeding pro fusel y from a sabre cut across the fore- . head, wielded his weapon with almost superhuman energy, contesting every j inch of ground with the maddened asj , sailants. The tide was turning in favor of the dragoons, when the officer spring- , in" forward to seize the girl who had ; swooried from fright, allowed himself; to be put off" his guard, receiving a j tremendous blow from Van Cleef s j rifle, which stretched liiin lifeless on j the floor. Dismayed by the death of their lea- der, the dragoons fled, leaving nine of i their numk-r dead on the spot. j All the Demarset family recovered j of their wounds, and Van Cleef, as . soon as pence was declared, was re- j warded with the hand he had so nobly j defended, and judging from the nu- ; merical force of the Van Cleef family j in New Jersev, it is fulfilled to the let- ter the scripture injunction increase and multiply." A gentleman whose morning drapi has been a little too much for him, in saddlincr his horse.got the saddle wrong end foremost. Just as he was about to mount, a licrman friend came up and called liis attention to the mistake. The horseman "aed for a moment at the intruder, as if in deep thought, and then said f You let that saddle alone how cTo tou knovv which way lam going ?" and the gentleman from Germany passed on.- pEOpLE who are all the time seeking and sighing for something new, should rua the neurs. for a trip or two. FEJL II EI) OF .1 GALL. Oh, dflrn it all afeared of her, And such a mite of a gall ! 'hy, two of her rolled into one -ou't ditto sister Sail. Her voice is sweet as the w hipporwill's, And the sunshine's in her hair; But I'd rather face a redskin's knife, Or the grip of a grizzly bear. Yet Sail says, "Hhe's such a dear, She's just the one for von." Oh darn it all ! afeared of a gall: And ine just Bix 1'cet two ! Though she ain't any size, while I'm Considerable tall, I'm nowhere when she speaks to me, She makes me feel so small. Jly lace grows red ; my tongue gets hitched, The cussed thing won't go , It riles me, kause it makes her think I'm most tarnation slow. And though folks say she's sweet ou me, I guess it can't be true. Oh, darn it all ! afeared of a gall, And me just six feet two ! My sakes ! just spose if what the folks Is saying should be so ! Go, eousiu Jane, aud speak to her, Find out and let me know; Tell her the galls should court the men, For isn't this leap year? . That's why I'm kinder bashful like, Awaiting for her here: And should she hear I'm scared at her; You'll swear it can't be true. Oh, darn it all ! afeared of a gall ! And me just six l'te-t two! Sivt.f ..it a.. n't t;i.-. t.a ...-.i c !. . .11. noil . ' rv. iu..-, ti'i.i. .ClB It . only fit for stockings ami such like. But it can't be helped. The country folks are great at darning. They will "darn," aud that's all about it S. S., ,ir. j liUIilEU IX A COAL J1IXE. A STORY FOR THE YOUNG. a wav miner hu&Ii v Coal, you know, is dug out of the earth. Should you like to visit a coal mine ? We come to a great hole in the ground, and get into a big basket hung by stout chains to a windlass. Down, down we go; it grows blacker and blacker, ami is quite dark by the time we touch the bottom. Here passage-ways run off in every direction, often crossing each other like the streets of a town. On each side of these are caves, where the coal is dug out. Thick pillars are left between, to hold up the roof. The men who hew out the coal are called "hewers." The coal is put into tubs running on wooden wheels, and dragged to the foot of the shaft. Those who do this are called "putters." It is hard work pulling these heavy loads through the long, low dark passages. Besides these are. the "trappers" whose busi ness it is to sit cooped up in little black holes, to open and shut the trap doors which lead out of the passages. This is boys' work. Often little boys of nine or ten are employed. It is not hartl, but very dismal and tiresome. And they have to stay all dav long ! How should you like it, children, who go to school, and play on the grass in the sunshine ? Then, there are clangers down in the mine which do not happen to people above ground. Foul air sometimes chokes the men to death ; water some times spouts out and drowns thtm ; and sometimes a part of a mine caves in. This is called a "crush." One morning while the pitmen were at work in the mine in the north of England, they heard a noise like thun der. In a moment every lamp was out for the men work by lamps- there is not a spark of daylight there. "A crash ! a crash !" cries the men, 1 11 11 .1.,. t run for their lives. It is Tuesday morning. The men gather at the mouth of the pit, and count their number. Five are miss ing two -hewers," two "putters" and one little "tranoer." Robert Lester. The people above hear the noise, and j rush to the mouth of the pit. Tho workmen are taken up. Oh, the agony of the wives anel mothers of those who are left behind ! Brave 1 men go back to their rescue. They light tlreir candles and rcacb the "crash." There is nothing but a heap of ruins. Were the poor miners in stantly killed, or are they hemmed in to die of starvation ? It is a dreadful thought. They called and shouted, but no answer. They began w ith pick axes and shovels to clear the way. It i is hard labor and great riak. The j news of the accident bring help from , far and near. Men flock from all j quarters to offer their services. j How they work ! Towards night j they hear something. Listen! It is; not a voice but a tapping. It can just : be heard. Cliuk ! clink ! clink ! dink ! j clink! five times and then it stopped, i Five more and then a stop. hat does it mean ? One mat; guessed that, j as there were five missing the five ; clinks showed all five were alive, wait- ing for a deliverance. A shout of joy j was raised in and above the pit. Ainnncit the foremost of the work ers was the father of little Robert, tb- ! "trapper." Night anel day he never left the mine, and hardly quitted Ins work. "You'll kill yourself, Lester," said a fellow workman. "Wo take a little rest, and trust the vork to us." "No, no, Tom," cried the poor fath er ; "I promised Robert's mother we wotTkl come up together ; and so we wilt, if it please God, 7 lie said, wiping the tears from his rough cheek ; and he hewed away with all hfs might. How does it fare w ith the poor pris oners X Thev are frightened like tho j rest, by that awful and sudden noise. I Little Robert left his door, and ran to the meii, who well knew what it meant. Waiting until everything was quiet l they went forward to examine the pas i feage-way Robert had left. It was I blocked up. They tried another; that. , too, was blocked up. Oh. fearful j thought! they were buried alive! The I inen went back to the boy. "I wan't to go home; please do let me go home," cried Robert. 1 es, yes ; as soon as we find out, my little man," said a called Iranian, in a kind, xCi voice. The air grew close and suffocating, and they took their oil cans and food bags to one of the galleiies where it was fresher and purer. The tw o "hewers," Truman and Lo gan, were pious men. "Well James, what shall we do next 7" asked Truman. "There is but one thing we can do," replied Logan. "God suys 'call upon Me in the day of trouble ; I will de liver thee, aud thou shall glorify Me.' " They told the boy their danger. "But we must keep up a good heart," said these believing men ; and the way to do so is to put our trust iu the Al mighty God more than in man. He heard Jonah cry to him from the whale's bel ly, and He can hear iis from the bottom of this coal pit. Let vfc pray." They all knelt down, while the pious pitmen prayed first one. and then the other; their hearts grew lighter, the little "trapper" dried and his even tears. When it was time for dinner, they ate sparingly, in order to make the food they had last at least three days. For it might he full that time before they could be dug out. Meanwhile what should they do for water ? A trickling noise was heard. it was water "as if this to put us "Water, water!" yes dripping from a rock. "It seems," saiil Logan, water was sent on purpose in mind that God won't forsake us", for don't you know the good Book savs, 'when the poor and needy seek water and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the (Jod of Israel will not for sake them.' " Soon the imprisoned men got their pickaxes ; but what a hopeless task it seemed to cut through that mass of earth and stones to daylight ! Their hearts Wat with hope and joy when they filst heard the sound of their friends working eri the other sil . It was then they made the clink, clink w ith their pickaxes w hich was heard, and so encouraged their deliverers. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and no rescue. What dark and dreadful days ! Worse than all, the soumls they had heard diel not appear to draw any nearer. And yet prayer and songs of praise might have been heard in that dismal cavern. By Friday morning their food was all gone, and by Friday night their oil too. "Our food is gone, onr light is gone, but our God is not gone," said Tru man. "He says 'I will never leave you, nor forsake you.' " As for little Robert he was so weak he could not sit up. His mind w;in uuicu ; iie taiiced about the sun and the grass as if he saw them ; and once he repeated what Le had learned at the Sunday aehool : "Sweet fields beyond that swelling flood Staud dressed in living green." Saturday came the fifth day and the men outside knew there was not a moment to lose. They were too anx ious even to speak. For hours they had heaul no signals. Were their poor comiades dead ? Suddenly the wall was pierced, a whole was made through it, and feeble voices wa? heard. "Truman, are von then;?" "Yes, all here." "All living?" "Yes, all living.'' "All living, all living !" shouted the men ; and the shout we nt up to the top of the pit. When RobertV father heard that his little son was alive, the good news was too much for him and he fell down senseless. One hour more and the rescuers reached their comrades. Who can de scribe the meeting ? I cannot, nor the joy and gratitude of wives, moth ers and friends, as one after another was brought up to the surface. Last came Lester, with Robert in his arms. What a huzza rent tlic a r as they carae in sight! "Safe, safe! God be praised. Early Day a. J'-l A" A 1) FLKirs It O G ; We bought a new dog this spring ; but the speculation was not thorough ly sue-cessful. The man who brought him around turned him Kose in the yard, and then left: Whcu we went out to get acquainted with liinl he was engaged iu exploring the slop bucket with his nose, and, as we approncheH, he merely glanced around and growl ed. We attempted to pat him on the head, and then he suddenly dropped a mouthful of meat and tool: thrpe or four very earnest snaps at our hand and log We were afraid somebody I would steal him, so we enticed hirri ; that evening into the kitchen with" ii Done and lockcsl him in. He scratch- ed the dodr, and howled alliilght, and breakfast was late in the morning be': cause he wouldn't let the hiredgiri come into the kitchen. Wheh We got him into the yard we found that he" had upset the bread that was rising; nnd had knocked eight plates off. the dresser, during his nocturnal skirin-. ishes. The next evening we felt as if we would prefer that somebody would steal him, and We locked him' cut: , JIS amused himself that night scratching at the door to get in, and howling. He j can howl more effectually than any ' other dog we ever met. You would ! have thought we had a menagerie, lil the yard, if you could have heard bird: That day he killed the pet c-it, belong ing to Smith, next door, and removed, a couple of mouthsfui from the le g of Chubb's boy, who came over into onf yard after his ball. Then he tore bile; of the sheets from the clothes line, and gamboled with it until it was reduced to rags. When the ash-man came in the afternoon, he had a dog, and our de'g. after a few sociable sniffs', organ ized a combat with the ash-inan's dog; anel they rolled over and over among our tulips and hyacinths for half ait hour, taking nips oi.'t of each other and scattering hair about by the hand ful. On toward evening he had a fit on a pillow case which was bleaching on the gras patch : and just as we were setting down to tea a pfjHcernan arrived with a warrant sworn out by Chubb, for our arrest for keeping a leroeious onunal upon our premises: We went round and paid the fine ; ami that night our house was robbed ; and the dog kept perfectly still till morn ing, although we bought him for the very purpose of searing ofF burglars. Anybody who wants to buy a dog may have ours cheap. AVe will sell him at a "sacrifice. AVe yearn to realize ori that eleg. , A YOt'NtJ lady whose "pa struck ile" a few years ago, and who has since been at boarding school, recent ly returned, and a party was given for her iKMiefit. Upon the bottom of her Invitation cards she caused to Ixj in scribed "R. S. V. P." and one was scut to an illiterate rich fellow, who has also made his money by bor'rrg. He did rot come, but sent a card w ith the let ters D. S. C. C." Meeting him i" the street, she asked him what the letters meant. "Tell me first what yours meant." ."Oh! mine was French for 'Respond if von cannot accept.'" "Well, mine was English for 'Darn eorry I can't come.' " Trials of a Short-tatled Horse. AVe had a good deal of trouble witli our horse last summer. He was d liob-tailed horse, and it seemed to an noy him so much that he couVln't reach the flies w hich fattened on his ribs that It occurred to us to fix hini up a kind of an artificial tail, to relievo the situation, as it were. So we pro-' cured three 'feet of half-inch rope, Un raveled about eighteen inches of it; and spliced the other end to the horse's tail. This would have enabled himtof switch a fly off his nose as soon as he; had acquired a little practice. But our Irishman, seeing the rope, and not; j.-TtMii;iJt- our motive precisely, concludeel that we were trying exper iments with some new kind of hitch-:' ing strap to be iied in the fear, and so he tied the horse to the stall that night by his artificial continuation. By morning the feed-box was kicked to kimllir.'g wood, and the bors warf standing on three legs, with the other leg caught in the hay rack, while he. chewed up fonr boards in the s?de' of the stable in front of him. Then we got him another rope tall, auet ex plained the theory to our man. Rub the tail bothered the hostler so mucH while currying the horse that he tied half a brick to it to hold it still. The consequence was that the horse,, In a, moment of excitement, jerked thti j brick around, and mashed in the Irish--' j man's nose, and he sued us, ami wo I spent two hundred dollars tryiugr 13 j settle the case. Then we bought a I bunch of horse hair, and spliced that I on very neatly. When our new marl, j came Le begun to curry that tail, and ! it came off iu his hand. lie thought it indicated a diseased condition of the. horse, and gave him a huge dose of some kind tff patent powder to ifn"-. prove the animal's health, and in half an hour the horse had convulsions, during which he kic-keel cbwiYttie sta ble d'j'jr, battered the stall into splint ers, hammered four more board' out of the partition, dislocated his Off hiritt leg, and died in frightful agony. . Now we have a horse with a long tail, and: when we see a ieddler coming with! horse medicine wc end a dog. oat td interview him, and bombard him from! the fro ut window with a 6hot gun. AA'e are generally inclined to deal1 tenderly with obituary notices, but ii is a little too much to' be told of. a bnby (in Memphis, Term1.,) that "she? rose as a star and beamed lucently witbr a meteoric resplendency aloiig the hot izon of hc-r parents, lightening, tneir I pathway w t.h.e f Uvea of tope. ''
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