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EBEXSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1S73.
number 32.
tat REDUCTION IN PRICES
-To
ASH BUYERS
-AT THE-
fjiliufe Llutwu A u4 Mi"A'U
i.-ruiirncrt respeetruliy informs the
P 1111'1 . 1 l .Kuririinil Ole mifdif trer,.!.-
,!"':!'V' m GKEAT REDUCTION
-U'Jto 1 SII urYEKS on all goods iu
and REAPING MACHINES
.0 OTHER FARMING IMPLEMENTS s
.jrjlllUHi.lMlliEATDiC STOVES
n.ipUJUr UfMin nuu ui mi ci ifS,
' ' 1 niiulilii
PHV Mil'
ETBI DESCRIPTION!
tla.von uiauuiauiure ;
ALL KIND !
Scri-ws. Mutt Hinsres, Shutter
Humes. Holts, lion and Nails,
1'nti.v. Table Knives nnd Forks,
Knivi ati'i rorHS, i-oukwi imve..
Meat Cutters, Ailt Parera,
.h-i"- Kar nnd Strops, Hammers,
Ll,,h t- li.innjr Machines,Ausrurs, Clils-
i tPrS
r u it iw es. nip. 4 unci mid tiuss-
... ' t n:.. !...., I .,.,.1 J ...
1 "'l V'' "f 'H hin'Is. shovels. Spades,
. i'-i;;i!h-. I(;iWi s. Forks. Sleip-h-ISells,
I.ii Viit-. M':ix. ilriUcs, Clothes Wash
iVriv r-. I'ii tt-tit Churns and Patent
U pVi'-ntilv. G rind-Stones, Patent Mo
;MHnM.l M riirfrt, Lumber Sticks, Cast
'v- Mi it ijiiii. lU'i olvcrs. Pistols, Car-"i'.'.'..-r.
bead. Horse Shoes and
i 1 t ., .- . ' rates and Fire Bricks,
Cist rn I'uini'i. Arc, Ac;
iness and Saddlery Ware
of ail k:n':. in grcnt variety;
pODand WILLOW VARE
In ,hh ,i .-tMwpiion ;
KO.V OIL and OIL LAMI'S,
,1. 1-u.l 1 I..ii.- i d Oil, Lubricating Oil,
Ter. 1 aii:t- Vanishes, Tu rpeutine, Al
Suv r-l'i.iic Ware, Glassware, Sec.
iimil.v i - rocories,
A. T' 1 ' '' Mii-r:rs, syrups juuasses,
J Ini.. 1 l'tm-hrs. 1'iied Apples, llouiiny,
m raikiT, liif. I'fi.rl ItarU-y. Arc.
acc) nnl Oijri"iw-
iVHi.-i'-fc.W'f.i;. 1.1-ti, Scrub. Horse, Shoe,
I 'ii-i'i..' . l-rl : - -nid Tooth Hrushes, all
iiso-! uf: 'in-.is, Manilla KopuS, and
tairariiiv.-. ui me oir;8c iayorcK.
iiiitf.l :iirl imt up as eheop as possible,
h. A uliet'rtl discount inado to
Jta.oi; !;iiujr Tinware ly wholeile.
OKoKOE HUNTLEY.
ig m RUPIHH
lla.cIiinos-
rifrned takes pleasure in fnform
nrciiersof t'anibriu county that he
3
I x't the agency for
1 3f THE MOST POPULAR AND RELIABLE
pers and Eeaners,
tactured iu the United States, via :
- J z rr iv :
n iiiitj- during- the pant four yt'ars;
WResorai "BUCKEYE,"
-liir.ly eonst rooted and llirht-rtinninjr
: over ioi.ooo now in uso. witu a
1 nv.y -ule of t roru 1U.UU) to l'.OUO ;
ho 1 111st, lL,t not least, tho
ii: Hi smv-ro )m immi,
'S ii'. t simidc and lightest draught
n p. i;e. Has no wheels, un
1 j-hafts, or bolts or pieces.
Ii: SITPIilMOR!
'V't ...nut t lie Johnstown E.vpositlon
Y 1. u 'h i it v as admired by all jrood
: i. 1. 111:1. 'iuni'S.,
-a:. : - i.-iii:sjr to purcbusc the best
AM' Kl M'l.K in the market are in-
1 in: an.i i -uvo uicir oriers eariy wnu
ii. 1. (itO.JlL'.Ni'LEl'.
.::, .In (if lSTS-tf.
P.ll
ketto Property
tor sali:.
"FN!;oi-.n situate in Loretto bor-
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unJ J ":-huviinr t hereon erected a good
1 !'! ! i t tn Sr. .to."
I). YELLING HOUSE,
2
:vi:i BUILDING ATTACHED.
niui other Outbuildings.
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'n si en rooms, besides the
a ' iinnodioiis cellar utider it
"fh-r. Cheap at tl.OOO-one-111,
1 iu two e. 1 vial annual pay--'.
Good title. Apply to the
''I'T.VAI.O, or to
A 1.M.1N, Heal FNtate Agent.
Ebensburg, Pa.
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f ell.-rs Ht tu i vato 3 Jo on lib
" 1 at i !." TuiCE. 5' Acres
T li.-.viKhip. about half way
irl
' r arvi vviinmre, some 4U Acres
t 1, wen leuced and in good
..i l. - 1! )ii-o, a llrst rate Log
? ni-w. mid other Outbuildings
'fy . a exc llent Orchard of
I au ul.'uudanee of iiure water
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' i',n 1 " its branches. Spe-
(.. '"I"' H'lrue Shoeing. The pa-
i'.i. i..- is respectfully solicited
J;; t-Hfittiteeil.
"V''J in v, hang' for work.
. , WM. H. JONES.
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ORIGINAL.
DA HE TO T0 JtlGHT.
' BY MTSSIE MYRTLE.
My boy, to-day you are starting
: On the perilous journey of life;
You'll meet with a thousand temptations
The world with danger is rife;
And if the long journey in safety you'd
make,
With an honor unsullied and bright,
At all times, in all places, my boy,
You nobly must dare to do right.
The gambling hells, by their glitter and
. glare,
You to enter, my boy, may entice, ,
And the soft, sweet voice of a comrade
May tempt and allure you to vice ; :
But if you'd preserve your conscience and
heart
Free from sin's cankerous blight,
Ne'er gaze at the one bid the other de
part And bravely dare to do right.
The attainment of wealth may induce you
From honesty's pathway to swerve,
And the bribes of the wicked may tempt
you
The cause of injustice to serve ;
Tint if you'd be true to your manhood,
ISesist the temptat ion with might,
And at all times, in all places, my boy,
Courageously dare to do right.
The great ones of earth may desire you
At their dark, wicked deeds to connive,
And if you refuse they may threaten you
From place and position to drive;
But if you'd be true to your God and your
self, Like a soldier prepared for the fight,
Cooly and calmly confront them,
And fearlessly dare to do right.
Throughout the long journey, my boy,
Keep these words for a motto and guide,
Nor sutFer the veil of delusion
Them e'er from your vision to hide;
Thro' life's rugged, steep pathway
Tread bravely and steadily on,
Nor turn to the left nor the right,
And at all times, in all places, my boy,
Be honest and inauly, and dare to do
right.
JLX IX1IAXS 11EVEXUE.
BY RALPH RIXGWOOD.
"Where the Kentucky river cuts its
way through the mouutains, liavino;
upon cither hand, bold, rugged cl ill's
tliat lift their summits 500 and 1,000
feet, as the case may be, above the
stream, there lived in early times a
settler by the name of Ilufus Ijrunson,
who, with his wife and child, a charm
ing little girl of some eight or nine
vears of a ere, occupied the rude cabin
at the base of the precipice, a little
back from the river.
Although greatly exposed to dan
ger, the Indians at that time being
very plentiful throughout the region
he managed to live quietly for sev
eral years.
The Indians frequently visited the
rude home of the hunter, and being
always welcomed and provided with
such food as might be in the larder,
they maintained a friendly attitude.
Especially were they fond of the
child, Maggie, and more than one
tierce warrior had been seen sitting on
the grass in front of the cabin, listen
ing to the childish prattle of the little
one, or else engaged in making it some
toy or plaything from willow twigs or
pliant brtrk.-
In this manner several years had
been passed, and llufe Bronson came
to feel as secure as though he was
within the walls of a frontier fort.
One evening, Bronson and his wife
were xeu.tei.1 jiour tlio doorw.ny, when
suddenly a shadow fell across the
threshold, and the next moment, a tall
savage, whose reeling st-p and blood
shot eyes told that he was intoxicated,
and staggering up to the log steps
threw himself upon them.
His first demand was for fire-water,
w hich of course was refused on the
plea that there was none in the house.
The Indian became cross and ugly,
swearing with terrible oaths that if
the liquor was not produced he would
murder the whole household. Bron
son was a brave, determined man, and
although he dreaded the necessity, yet
he saw that ho would be compelled to
take prompt steps to prevent the sav
age from executing his threat.
Waiting until the warrior had made
a demonstration, which he soon did
hy attempting to draw his tomahawk,
Bronsou sprung ujxn him and knocked
him down with a blow of his fist, and
then quietly disarmed and bound him
where he lay, after a few moments of
furious ravings an,d futile ellorts to
free himself, the savage rolled over
and sunk into a drunken slumber.
He did not awake until the next
morning, but before he did so the set
tler had quietly removed his bonds
and restored the weapons, which he
laid by the sleepers side.
The savage, on awaking, rose slow
ly to his feet, felt his wrists as
though the thongs had left a feeling
there, took up his weapons, and with
out speaking a word, left and disap
peared in the timber near by.
"What think you of that ?" asked
the wife, turning to her husband with
a scared look.
Tshaw ! Don't trouble your head
about the drunken brute," answered
the settler, lightly, but as he turned
away and stepped into the yard he
muttered, "Like it? - Well, not much
The fellow must be watched. I was
in hopes that he would not have re
membered, but that lump where my
fist landed was enough, if nothing else,
to recall the circumstances."
The summer passed away and they
saw the drunken guest no more. He
faihid to make his appearance. But
as the leaves began to fall the settler,
one day, while returning from hunting
on the hills, and passing through a
dense piece of timber, not far from the
house, caught sight of a figure lurking
among the bushes, but quickly disap
peared when he advanced towards
where it was. The figure was that of
an Indian warrior, and llufe Bronson
would have sworn that he was the In
dian whom he had knocked down and
bound ' the previous summer. The
knowledge was not in any way com
forting, and hence he wonld not tell
Ins wife of the discovery which he had
made.
It would only alarm her, without,
perhaps, any good results. He simply
told her he had discovered bear tracks
near by, and that she and her child
must stay within, or close the house,
when he was absent. .
Several clays afterward llufe Bron
son heard his dogs iu the timber down
hy the rivei, and knowing they never
opened without a good cause, he
caught up his rifle and hastened to
where they were barking. They had
struck a fresh bear track, and as he
arrived in sight they fairly lifted it,
going off in a straight line down the
river.
The chase led him several miles,
and when at last lie got his thot that
finished Bruin's career he found that
it was three or four o'clock in the af
ternoon. Swiuging his game to a sapling out
of reach of cat or wolf, he started for
home to get the gray mare, and return
to fetch it that night.
Taking a. near cut, he approached
the cabin from the western side, where
timber grew heavy up to within a few
yards of the building, and consequent
ly he could not see the dealing, or
what might lie transpiring there, until
he passed through the wood.
Thus it was, that, when within but
a very short distance of his house, he
heard a wild, piercing shriek ; he could
onlv guess that something terrible
must be taking place beyond the screen
of bushes and leaves.
Uttering a loud shout that his pres
ence might sooner be known, Bronson
sprang forward with the leaps of a
wounded .buck, a great fear in his
heart, for he had only too clearly re
cognized in that scream the agonized
voice of his wife.
It took but a moment for him to
clear the intervening timber and un
dergrowth.
As he dashed out into the clearing,
holding his rille ready for instant use,
he comprehended iu one swift ghtr.ee
all that had taken place and what was
further to fear.
"Xear the end of the cabin, facing
the clilTs of which I have spoken, stood
the mother, her face pallid as the dead,
her arms outstretched and her staring
C3"cs fixed upon the precipitous heights
up which the figure of an Indian w ar
rior was struggling.
"My child ! my child !" was all the
woman said, and then Rufe Bronson
saw that the bundle borne in the In
dian's arms was the form of their only
child, little Maggie.
Firm of heart and with nerve as
steady as the rocks around, the father
for a moment actually quailed and
cowered under what his quick sense
told him, the deadly peril of his little
one. But he was quick to recover.
The Indian was drawing away ; step
by step he was increasing the distance.
And as he occasionally glanced back
ward and downward, the parents saw
in his painted countenance the fell
purpose that actuated the abductor.
"God aid me!" muttered Bronson,
as he raised his rifle, glanced through
the sights and touched the trigger.
The Indian started violently at the
shot. He was hit, but not badly, ahd
with a yell of devilish triumph, he
parsed upward.
. '-Too low, by a couple ot inches,"
said a low, calm voice at the settler's
elbow.
Bronson started as though he hi la
bel f had been shot.
Where has this man come from ?
Who was he ?
Neither had seen him approach.
But there was no time for explana
tions. The stranger, a man rather below
than above the ordinary height, whose
fine, athletic form was fully displayed
by his closely fitting buckskin gar
ments, stepped quickly forward, a few
paces, and firmly planting his left foot
in advance, threw up an unusually
long rifle as though preparing to lire.
'Fov god sake, stranger, be careful
of my child!" cried" Bronson, while
the agonized mother uttered an inaud
ible prayer.
"It's our only ehance. I know that
Indian," was the quick reply, and the
sharp click ! -dick ! of the hammer a3
it was drawn back told that the criti
cal moment had come.
Bv this time the Indian had nearly
reached the summit of the steep.
That he was wounded now became
evident, as upon a broad ledge of rock
he paused a moment.
This opportunity was seized by the
unknown. N ; : '
I Although the savage had taken the
precaution to hold the child up in
' front of himself, as a shield, covering j
nearly the w hole of his brawny chest, i
but leaving his head uncovered, the
stranger did not hesitate in making
: the shot.
! For one instant, as it gained its po-
sition, the rifle wavered, and then in
stantly became as immovable as tho'
; held in a vice.
j Whith clasped hands and straining
I eyes the parents watched the statue
like form upon which so much de-
pended.
Suddenly a sharp report rang out
the white smoke drifted away, and
as the vision became dear, they saw
' the savage loose his hold ujon the
child, reel wildly for a minute, and
then pitch forward upon the rocks.
! It may be imagined that the father
' was not long in reaching the place
where his child lay, and in a few min-
j utes more the little one was in its
; mother's arms.
j "Tell us who you are, that we may
know what name to mingle with our
prayers," as the stranger prepared to
depart.
, "My name is Daniel Boone,"he said,
and was gone.
Woman's Inhumanity to hep, Sex.
There is much food for reflection in
the following qtiestions and answers;
"Who hits a woman when she is clown?"
"Why, another woman ?" That's so.
If women were so severe upon men
who transgress the bonds of morality
and decency as they are upon trans
gressions of their own sex, we should
speedily have inaugurated a reform in
society that would be worth a thou
sand midnight missions or Ilosine As
sociations. Women are like crows
we hope the ladies will pardon us for
making the comparison but it is a
truthful one even if not tasteful. We
say women are like cows. One of
their number falls wounded bv sin,
and she is immediately set up and torn j
to pieces. 1 he doors of respectable
associations are closed against her.
The virtuous female turns from her
with loathing and disgust. Even the
common sympathy of human nature
is denied her. No help for the sin
ning woman. No help ! But what of
the man who has wrought this poor
creature's ruin, and who has led her
steps into the paths of folly and sin ?
Is he tabooed by women generally ?
There are noble women who would
scorn to meet on any terms the man
through whose instrumentality an un
suspecting sister has fallen. But,
alas, how rare are such instances. The
most licentious men we ever knew
and with their licentiousness known
to the world were the men upon
whom we have seen virtuous women
lavish their sweetest smiles. They
had ready access to the very hearth
stones of households where the pres
ence of a fallen woman would have
been regarded with as much alarm and
horror as that of one plague-smitten.
Oh, the cruelty ami injustice of
women. "Man's inhumanity to man
makes countless thousands mourn."
What of woman's inhumanity to wo
man ?
A NF.nmt Tuinlotoj- n'l" ..-wi.Ji
rather sooner than some of the sisters
thought proper and becoming, excused
himself as follows: "My dear breth
ren and sisters, my grief was greater
than I could lear. I turned every
way for peace and comfort, but none
came. I searched the scriptures from
(Jinisee to Reverlations, and found
plenty of promises to the widder, but
n any one to the widderrcr. And so
I took it that the Lord didn't waste
sympathy on a man when it was in
his power to comfort himself; and
having a first-rate chance to marry in
the Lord, I did so again. Besides,
brethren, I consider that poor Betsy
was just as dead as she would ever be."
The rural editor of a Western paper
has discovered an insect that A'ill de
stroy the pototo-bug. The new bug
bores into the potato and strategical
ly lays in wait for the other bug. The
discoverer's attention has been direct
ed to this, as the potato still suffers,
but he has made no response.. He is
supposed to be chasing after another
bug that will destroy the bug that de
stroys the potato bug.
A MIDDLE-AGED LADY met a bridi.sli
looking lady in the post-otlice recent
ly, and the folio icing conversation
folloired : "Mary, is it true that your
mother is dead ?" asked the former.
"It is," said Mary. "And were you
married before she died ?" "No," said
Mary, "not until three clays after."
The middle-aged woman stared at the
bride for a moment and then slowly
and liewilderingly , said : "Do you
mean to say that your poor mother
died without without seeing what you
icere married in ?"
Wn.tT is the difference bet?ceen the j
engine driver and a passenger who has j
lost the train ? One is right in front ,
and the other left behind. I
saved 11 v a sToi'E-riri:.
I worked quite right. The boat had to
It was my lot once to reside in a be launched from on clock, and this
country village some six miles from was a work of time. Finally the crew
the village of . It was lefore were all in their places and commenced
the days of railroads, and we were pulling down the stream, but in the
accustomed to reach the place by the hurry of the moment one of the deck
Providence coach, which passed thro' hands, an unfortunate Irishman, had
the village daily going to the city in dropped into the boat, who knew ho
the morning and returning in the even- more about pulling an parlhan he did
ing, so as to make it very convenient about working a lunar,' and his first
for our villagers to go to the city and mistake was to break his oar short oil"
transact their business and return by at the handle, and. .some more time
the stage in the afternoon with their was lost in gettiug another. .So full a
purchases. ! quarter of an hour was epent before
Between the city and our village i my friends were really, under way in
ran a small creek, iu -w hich the tide- ' pursuit of me. By thia time the rapid
water flowed. This was crossed by a j drifting of the tide had carried me a
bridge with a draw, the latter for the full mile down the stream ami night
accommodation of the small craft , was closing iu upon me.
which belonged to a town further up j I was out of sight and hearing. All
the stream. Below the bridge was that could le done was to pull as rap
the steamboat landing for the adjacent idly as possible down the c hannel and
city, and deep water. j hope to overhaul me. As for me, my
At the time of my story it was lato case was getting soine what critical,
in October. A spell of frosty weather : Although still floating bravely, yet I
had reminded u that winter was com- j was becoming numlted with the cold,
ing 011, and that our stoves must be ; A big wave would sometimes give me
set up and our arrangments for warm- 1 a lee lurch, just enough to warn me
ing the house put iu order. Sol was ! that if 1 was eapsized, and the upper
instructed by my spouse to procure arm of my pipe Idled with water, that
the necessary pipe for our parlor stove, ' it would be all over with me in more
and be sure to have the joints perfect- 1 sense than one. Just now, too, I 110
lv tight, for the green wood sometimes ! ticed that while the water had been
distilled pj roligeous acid, which tli ip- about wai.-t high, uow and then a big
ping through a leaky pipe spoiled our ; wave would bathe my chin. I felt for
carpet. The necessary pipe indiided j the wadding ii. the lower joint, when,
an elbow with one straight joint fitted ; horror of horrors ! it was being grad
to one end and two to the other. I j ually forced into the pipe! Should
am necessarily particular on this point, the pressure drive it past the elbow,
because as the reader will perceive, on j it would shoot out of the upright stem
the same stove-pipe the whole interest in a moment, and my buoyant life
of mv storv turns. j preserver would become a useless mass.
As usual at this season of the year, j But, happily, I was not left long to
the tinman was greatly pressed with ! the thoughts this discovery suggested,
business and my job was only com- j The boat was now bearing down upon
pleted at the last moment. Seizing ; me rapidly, and the look-out in the
my ironware and some other purchas- j bows caught sight of me, and gave a
es I hurried to the stoge-ofllee, just 1 cheering shout which I joyfully re
in time to find the coach all filled and 1 turned. The olHeers promptly gave
only room for me on top. Here 1 j orders as to how I should be picked
seated in vself with my purchase around t up. As the boat n eared me, at the
me, and soon, for convenience sake, I
began to arrange my commodities 1:1 :
the imst compact manner. The sieve- ,
pipe I held bolt upright by my side,
an.l some rolls of bati ing w hieh 1 had
procured for my wife for a. winter i
comfortable, I stuffed into the shot t-
er joint of the pipe for convenience
sake. I had all my traps snmrlv ar
ranged just as the stage reached the
draw-bridge ; but there misfortune
overtook me.
A schooner had just passed through
the draw, and ly carelessness of the
bridge tender, the gate was left a little
ajar. The driver was making good
time, was in excellent spirits (having
met seeral friends in the city of con
vivial habits), cracked his whip just
as he struck the bridge, the ter.rn
sprang forward, the wheels of the
coach struck suddenly into the gap left
between the two arms of the draw,
came out with a bound, tilted the coach
on one side for a moment, just long
enough to slide me and the luggage on
top oil into the water, and passed on.
The drher was just drunk enough
to see that by great luck he had escaped
an upset, and too careless to see if any
real damage was done. The passen
gers inside had the curtains down to
keep the cold out, and saw nothing.
As for himself, I was in the water on
beyond my depth, the tide running
out like a mill-race, clinging for dear
life to my stove-pipe, and shouting at
the top of mv voice to the stage-driver
to hold on and not leave me to drown. of my wet garments, some hot blank
All in vain. The team was on a fast j ets were thrown around me, and I
trot, and soon hurried the coach, dri- threw myself around a pint of hot
ver and all, beyond the sound of my j brandy and water. This artificial
voice, and I was left alone in the : heat, applied outwardly and inwardly,
water. j soon revived me, and in an hour's time
It was time to look around me and I was in a condition to be driven
learn my present position. As I ! home.
slipped from the stage I unconscious
ly clung to the stove-pipe by my side,
and it went overboard into the water
with me. Now, under ordinary cir-
cumstancesa stove-pipe is not remark- ! A wicked boy, whose Sunday -school exi.e
ablv buoyant nor well adapted to a life- ! "ence soems only to have made Lim more,
preserver, but by the merest accident deprived, cau-l.t a fiie-lly and stuck it,
I had fitted it most admirably for the j with the a-d of some mucilage, in the cen-1-itter
purpose The batting I had ' tre of the largest len in the ttdescope.
stutfed into the shorter Joint not only
rendered it buoyant but impervious to , ,.' i.... 'i
the water. nappy tnougut eiiut;iv
me I strided the pipe, sitting upon
the shorter joint, and clasping my
arms around the longer part, which
passed a foot above my head. If the
Humanitarian Society had set them-
selves to work to devise a live-preserv-
er, thev could not have done better. ! over the universe that he had niscovereti a
There was I, riding the waves like a j new aiul i-enmrkable star of the third inag
, , , ' ,v . , mtude of (h m. Iu a day or two ail the
duck, buoyant as an albatross, no dan- I ,.,. ; r.o,.eand America were
ger of drowning so long as I could
keep nrysolf upright, and im- lile-pre-server
clear ot the water. But on the
otlu-r hand night was approaching,
my limbs would soon !h? numlntl with
cold, and the title was sweeping me
down rapidly toward the Sound. I
had not passed the steamboat, and as
I ncared her I (shouted with all my
mioht for heb.
Happily for "ie ln.v cry W'US heani.
A ci v of "in-m overboard was raised,
and as I drifted swiftly pa.t the stem-
er I saw the hernia ot the crew ,eer,ng
over the guards at me, with looKs. oi
mingled alarm and astonishment. As
noon as possible a boat was manned,
but in stub an euierjxencv nothing
! word, every oar was to nolU waver,
and, as he steered the head of the boat
toward me, the look-out was to seize
me and drag me into the boat. But
here again our unfortunate Irishman
marred the whole proceed in sr. As hs
eauUt sight of the strange figure le
fore him, looming up in the darkness,
in an agony of terror he exclaimed:
"Whist! howly mither, an' what is
it ? He rides the sa- like a maremaid
and carries a shmoke-stack like a Sound
steamer."
Dropping his oar at the same mo
ment, he managed to foul all on his
bide at that very critical time, so that
the boat, instead of coming up to me
hea I on, struck me broadside, and
passed over me, and my life-preserver
beside.
The shock of the encounter knocked
thr- stove-pipe out of my arms, and it
sank to the bottom ; and it, with all
my wife's cotton batting, was lost for
ever. As for me, as I came to the
surface on the other side of the boat,
half a dozen hands were stretched out
to haul me in. Luckily, Patrick with
a stout grip caught me by the collar
and lifted ine into the boat, . blublier
ing now with the heartiness of joy that
he had rescued a human being, as ho
was just now in his terror at the non
descript sea-monster he ew floating
l ' iv itirti.
The rest of my story is soon told.
The boat's crew pulled back to the
steamer with a will. I was at once.
! on my arrival at the steamer, stripped
A Had Boy. They say that the chief
astronomer at the Washington Observa
tory was cheat! fully sold a few days ngo.
hiin more was that it would give a counla
of sj urts and then tlie out, only to burst
forth again in second or two. He ex
amined it taiefully for a few moments, and
then began to do sums to discover where
in the heavens that extraordinary starnai
placed. lie thought he found tho locality,
j aii the next morning he telegraphed all
studying Orion, and "they gazed at it for
hours until they were ntad, aut uie nney
liegan to telegraph to Hie man m ash
higU.n to know what he meant. 1 he dis
coverer took another l",k and found that
the new star had moved about eighteen
billion mile hi twenty-fair hours, and
uj u e.'oii.'iiiiig it cloM-.Iy he was alarmed'
t., l ive lIiaL it had legs! When, ho
went mi the dome the next morning, to
polish up the glass, bo found tin lightning
littiT. 1 'eople tl'i n at Alexandria, tbwit
utiles i:tant, heaid p.utof the swearing.
: aiid they say he infused into. ( much,
j .
J nty&IJund.i KtS
a,,d now the aslronouier wants to find that,
n0y. b to consult with hiui ai rat
something. M,tx Ai't,-,