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EBENSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, NOYEMBEH 7, 1873.
NUMBER -'41.-
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A round little face peeping out of a shawl.
That waa trying to cover it, dimples and all;
A fat little hand pushing sturdily up,
And catching the drops in its mite of a cup1;
A frolicsorrie baby that didn't complain
Though mamma and he were out in the rain.
The ferry-boat jerked itself into the slip,
And down came the shower, a pelt aud a
drip;
The pretty young ladies were mute with
despair,
Tor tho rain would just leave them with
"nothing to wear;"
"While the dainty young gentlemen stared
at the skies
With a feeling quit mildly expressed by
surprise;
But 'twas fua to the baby, and once and
again
He laughed his delight at the beautiful rain.
There were women with bundles and men
with cigars;
There were newsboys around both the 'bus
es aud cars;
There were crowds going up, there were
crowds going down,
And faster the deluge poured over the town;
Umbrellas were useless at home in the hall,
And baby was fortunate, wrapped iu a shawl;
He tugged at it bravely, with struggle aud
strain
It hindered his seeing enough of the rain.
0 baby ! you darling, so merry and sweet,
1 followed you up the long hill of the street;
I'd nothing to fear, for my hat was not new,
And so I had leisure to trifle with you,
And throw you my kisses, aud thiuk what
a joy
That dear little mamma must find such a
boy;
An armful to carry, a weight on her shoul
der, But day by day growing a tiny bit older;
Her pride and her comfort. She didn't
complain
As she bore you so cheerily homo in tho rain.
Once there, how she'd loosen that magical
pin
That had fastened so precious a prisoner in.
And golden curls tumbled and cap all awry,
And rumpled aud crumpled, but happy and
dry,
"MVotild set you once more on the two little
feet,
Restless and rosy, and cunning and fleet,
And laugh as you told her again and again,
"How nithe it wath, mamma, eutdere iu do
wain!"
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An Ittcitletii of the Chicago Fire.
The wind had again risen to a hurricane.
All around was a storm of firebrands, as
though the flakes in a snow-storm had
been turned to flame. Great sheets of bla
zing felt-roofing were driven ovothead.
Everywhere timbers and masonry were
falling; walls a half square in length came
down with the thunder's crash, aud in such
quick succession that the noise ceased to
be noticed. Thousands of frantic people
were pushing wildly in every direction.
The crowds seemed bewildered, lost, fren
zied. And what wonder? The world
seemed to bo burning up, the heavens to
be molting; a star looked like a speck" of
blood, so that the whole caDopy of heaven
when visible seemed blood-spattered. As
the doctor was gazing at the terrible spec
tacle the cry ran from mouth to mouth that
all the bridges across the west branch of
the river were burned. There were thou
sands of spectators from tho "West Divi
sion who had come over to witness the
melting away of the South Side business
palaces. If the bridges were burned, there
remained but one avenue by which they
could reach their homes. There were cries
of "the tunnel! the tunnel!" a panic tuid
a grand rush, in which everybody was
borne westward toward Washington street
tunnel. Dr. Lively found himself forced
iuto the tunnel. It was crowded with two
streams of wildly excited people moving
iu opposite directions. One was rushing
to the rescue of property on the South
Side or to see the fire the other, to get
away from it. Most of these latter were
carrying articles of furniture and bales of
goods, or they wero wheeling loaded bar
rows. Everybody was crowding and push
ing. Our doctor had made his way thro'
about one-third of the tunnel whon sud
denly every light went out. The great
gasometer of the South Sido gas-works
had exploded. lie was under the river, in
the bowels of the earth, in the midst of
that wild crowd of humanity, and in utter
darkness. "There will be a panic," he
thought: "all the weak will be overrun and
trampled to death. God help them and
help us all!" Then there came to him a
flash of inspiration: "Keep to the right!"
be shouted, "to the right!" "Keep to the
right!" repeated an abetting voice. "To
the right!" "Keep to the right!" "Right!
Right!" The blessed words ran along
from one end of the dark way to the other.
Then a hush seemed to fall on the lips as
as though the hearts were at prayer, and
the two streams moved along like proces
sions through the dark valley of the shadow
of death.
Facing about, Dr. Lively squeezed his
wav through a dense throng cn North
"Water Btreet bridgo till he gained the
North Division. Here he sat down on the
steps of a warehouse to take breath and
look back on the scene he had left. Tho
fire had reached the river, which reflected
the lurid horror above, and seemed a stream
of molten metal, or a current of glowing
j lava poured from some wide- rend in the
earth. Struggling human creatures in
. the blazing, hissing, sputtering waters
realized Dante's imaginings of tortured,
writhing souls on tho red floor of hell.
Tired and faint, Dr. Lively pressed on to
the north. He was not long in learning
that the fire was already raging in ths
doomed North Division, and that the
water-works were disabled. Reaching the
house of his friend; trhere his family had
taken refuge, he found them all informed
of the peril to the North Side, and getting
ready to move. His friend decided tb take
refugo on the prairies. "There we can
keep up the race," he said.
"I am going where I can get water,"
said Dr. Lively ; "it's the only thing under
heaven that this fire-fiend won't eat. There
isn't a suburb but may be burned. I'm
going toward tho lake." So he took pos
session of his wife and boy and started for
Lincoln Park. There were lights iu all
the houses, and eager, swift-moving fig
ures wore seen through the doors and win
dows; everywhere people were getting
their things into the streets. Shortly after,
the flames, it was noticed, were beginning
to pale. A weird kind of light began to
creep over burning house, blazing street
and ruined walL The day was dawning.
With a kind of bewildered feeling our
friends watched tho coming on of the
strange, ghostly morning, and saw the pale,
sickly, shamefaced sun come up out of tho
lake. It was ten o'clock before they reach
ed the old cemetery south of Lincoln Park.
Hundreds had already arrived there with
their belongings representing every article
that pertains to modern civilization. Par
ties were momently coming in with more
loads. Here our friends halted. Mrs.
Lively dropped down in a fugitive rocking
chair, thinking what a comfort it would
be to go off into a faint. But without a
pillow or salts or camphor It was a luxury
in which she did not daro to indulge, tho'
she had a physician at hand. Right in
front of her she noticed a besmutched,
red-eyed woman who had something fa
miliar iu her appearance. "Why, it's my
self !" she said to her husband, pointing
to a large pi a to mirror leaning against an
old headstone.
"Yea," said the doctor smiling, "we all
look like sweeps."
Napoloon seated himself on a grave and
opened his lunch-basket.
"Did anybody ever?" ciicd the mother,
"This boy brought his basket through.
There's nothing in all tho world except
something to eat that he would have devo
ted himself t iu this way."
"Nothing could have proved more oppor
tune," said the father.
Then they ate their breakfast, sharing it
with a iittle girl who was crying for her
father, and with a lady who was carrying
a handsome dress bonnet by the ribbons,
and who in turn shared her portion, with
her poodle dog. They Offered a idice of
cake to a sad old gentleman sitting on an
inverted pail with hands clasped above a
gold headed cane, and his chin resting on
them. He shook his head without speak
ing, and wont on gazing in a dreary, ab
stracted way into the air, as though oblivi
ous of everything around him. "Though
I make my bed in hell, behold, Thou art
there," lie said in a slow-measured solilo
quy. His lips began to quiver and the tears
to stream down his furrowed face. Dn
Lively heard, and wiped his eyes on the
back of his hand: he had nothing else to
roceive the quick tears. J ust then a hearse
with nodding black plumes came by loaded
with boxes and bundles, on which were
perched A woman aud five children, the
three youngest crowing and laughing iu
uncouscieus glee at their strange circurh
stanees. This was followed by two bug
gies hitched together, both packed with
women and children drawn by a siugle
horse, astride of which was a lame man;
"What is it, madame ?' said Dr. Lively
to a woman who waa wringing her hands
and crying piteously.
"Why, you see," sho said between her
sobs, "mo and Johnny made our livin' a-
sellin' pop-corn; and last night we had a
bushel popped ready for the Monday's
trade; and now it'B all gone: we've lost
everything all that beautiful corn: there
wasn't a single scorched grain."
"But think what others have lost their
beautiful homes and all their business, "
She suddenly ceased crying, and turning
upon him, said sharply, "We lost all wo
had: did they lose any more'n they had?"
A young man came pressing through the
crowd, desperately clutching .1 picture in a
handsome gilt frame. Through the smoke
and smutch which stained the canvas was
scon a gray-haired, saintly woman's head. '
"Tho picture of his mother" thought !
the doctor with a swelling about his heart.
"I saved dese," said a jolly-faced Ger
man, extending his two hands; "and dey
is all I had when I come from de Fader
land to Chicago. And saved you nothin' ?"
The mau appealod to had about him
three children and a pale delicate woman.
"I saved these," he said with a gesture
that was an embrace. "All the baby-faces
we left hanging on the walla in the home
where they were born."
Then the bearded lip quiverod and the
lids were dropped over tho brimming eyes.
The mother looked up with clear, uufalter-
i ing features, and with a light grateful al
most joyous, in her fine eyes, ana said
softly, "But all the real faces we'vs brought
along."
Then one of the little girls took up the
story: "Oh, mother, Tommy's picture will
be burned, and we can never get another.
Tommy's dead you know," she explained.
The mother's eyes grew misty, and so
did tho Gcriran's and the doctor's, and
many others. There they were in that old
deserted cemetery, a company of strangers,
not one of whom had ever seen the other's
face before, exchanging their confidence
and mingling their tears.
All day long the fugitives poured into
this strange encampment, and by night
they numbered 30,000. There was shout
ing, swearing, laughing, weeping, wailing.
There was palid8tupe fact ion, sullen si
lence, and faces of black despair very
kind of face except the happy variety.
Tho air was thick with frightful stories of
arson; of men hanging to lamp posts; of
incendiaries hurled headlong Into the fires
they had kindled; of riot, mobs and law
lessness. There was scarcely a suburb
that was not reported to be burning np,
and prairie fires were said to be raging.
The fate of Sodom was believed to havo
overtaken Chicago and her dependent
suburbs.
"There's no safety here," said Mrs. Live
ly nervously as the flames approached the
cemetery. "Do let's get out of this horrid
place. What in the world do you want to
stay here for ?"
"My dear," replied the doctor with a
twinkle, "I don't want to stay hcr. Wo
are not certainly safe, but I don't know of
any place where our chances would bo any
better."
"Let's go down to tho beach, get on a
propeller and go out into the lake."
"But, my dear, 'The Sands' and the
lake shore are already thronged. It is said
that people wero lying in the lake, and
others standing up to their necks in water
women with children in their arms. The
propellers have doubtless taken off fugi
tives to their entire capacity."
In the mcantimo the fire came on. Ev
erywhere over tho dead leaves and dry
grass and piles of household goods, and
against tho headboards and wooden cross
es, tho brands wero falling ; and the people
wero running and dodging, and fighting
the incipient fires. From "Tlie ZtrcIeVs"
in LippincotC s Jagazine for 2iovcmber.
The Baby's Fibst Tooth. Mr. and
Mrs. Harbison had just finished their break
fast. Mr. Harbiaon had just pushed back,
and was looking under the lounge for his
boots. Mrs. Harbison sat at the table,
holding the infant Harbison, and mechan
ically wonking her forefinger in its mouth.
Suddenly she paused in the motion, threw
the astonished child on its back, turned as
white as a sheet, pried open its mouth,
and immediately gasped, "Ephraim!" Mr.
Harbison, who was on his knees with his
head under the lounge, at once came forth,
rapping his head 6harply on tho side of
the louugo as he did so, and getting on his
feet inquired what was the matter. "O,
Ephrairaj" said she, the tears rolling down
her cheeks and the smiles coursing up.
"Why, what is itj Armethca?" said the
astonished Mr. Harbison, smartly rubbing
his head where it had come in contact
with the lounge. "Baby ' sho gasped.
Mr. Harbison turned pale, and commenced
to sweat. "Baby has baby has got a
tooth l" "No I" screamed Mr. Harbison,
spreading his legs apart, dropping his chin,
and staring at the struggling heir with all
his might. "I tell you it is" persisted
Mrs. Harbison, with a slight evidence of
hysteria. "O, O, it can't bo,V protested
Mr. Harbison, preparing to swear if it
wasn't. "Com here and see for yourself,"
said Mrs. Harbison. "Open it's 'ittta
mousy wousy for it's own muzzer. That's
a toody woody ; that's a blessed 'ittle 'urap
o' sugar." Thus conjured the heir open
ed its mouth sufficiently for tho author of
its being to thrust in his finger, and that
gentleman having convinced himself by
the most indubitable evidence that a tooth
was there, immediately kicked his hat
across the room, buried his fist in the
lounge, and declared with much feeling
and vehemence that he could lick the in
dividual who would dare to intimate that
he was not the happiest man on the face
of the earth. Then he gave Mrs. Harbi
son a boarty smack on the mouth, and
snatched up the heir, while that lady
rushed tremblingly forth after Mrs. Sim
mons, who lived next door. In a moment
Mrs. Simmons came tearing in as if she
had been shot out by a gun, and right
behind her came Mrs. H. at a speed that
indicated she had been ejected from two
guns. Mrs. Siratnous at once snatched the
heir from tho arms of Mr. IL and hurried
it to the window, where she made a care
ful and critical examination of its mouth,
while Mrs. H. held its head, and tried to
still the throbbing8 of her heart, and Mr.
II. danced up and down aad snapped his
fingers to show how calm he was. It hav
ing been ascertained by Mrs. Simmons
that the tooth was a sound one, and also
that the strangest hopes for its futnro
could be entertained on account of its com
ing in the new of the moon,- Mrs. Harbison
got out the necessary material, aud Mr.
Harbison at once proceeded to write seven
different letters to as many persons, un
folding to them the event of the morning,
and inviting them to come on as 60011 as
possible. Danbury JTews
Panics should be spelled pay-ru r.
A GltlZZLY nilZin FIGHT, j
TnE WONDERFUL MAS OF STEEL OF TtKK'9
PEAK mODIGIOCS FEATS OF A KOCKT
MOUNTAIN SAMPSON 'THE TOUGH
EST FIGHT ON RECORD.
Gen. James S. Brisbin gives' the follow
ing sketch of the exploits of a noted fron
tiersman. Tho incidents were related to
tho General by Mr. Belden, the famous
hunter, trapper, and guide of tho Plains :
I was one of the first men in 1858 to ar
rive at Pike's Peak. I came up from the
Missouri with a friend of my father's, and
we stopped at Denver, or rather, I should
say, where Denver now is, for the cit was
then composed of a few grog shops and
shantlea. In one of tho mining camps I
became acquaintedwith a fellow they called
Bruiser Sam. Ho was a powerful manj
and sometimes drank a great deal, but was
always good ttmpered and kind hearted.
The miners were a rough set in those days,
and delighted in tho most brutal of sports.
Prize fighting was one of their pastimes,
aud at this Bruiser Sam excelled no man
in all the camps being able td 6tand up
long before him. His feats of strength
were prodigious. Often would he take a
barrel of liquor by the chimes, and knock
ing out the bung, lift it up and drink from
the holc5 as easily as if it was a small keg.
Then he would stand on a box twelve inch
es high and lift 180 pounds with his teeth.
Ho could pick up a three-bushel bag of
flour with hTs month, and carry it a rod.
One day a saloon keeper offended Sam, and
to havo revenge he went out into the street,
and, shouldering a large work horse, car
ried it into the saloon, leaving tho enraged ,
barkeeper to get it out aud down the steps i
as best he could. At another time he car
ried a rock Into the store and dropped it
through the lloor.
A HERCULES.
Sam's 6kin was as white and smobUi as
a girl's ; but all over his arms, shoulders,
and broad chest were bunches of knotty
muscles as large as one's fist. He was a
well-built and fine look iug man, his waist
being remarkably small, his hips broad,
the legs well set, and feet small. Onco his
face was handsome, but whisky had bleared
tho eyes, and the nose was pimpled and
red ; still, Sam was a gooa-iooking man,
and, wheu dressed up in a new buckskin
suit with yellow fringe, and his long-, brown
hair combed out in curls about his neck,
ho was a picture of an athletic frontiers
man. However, Sam was far,t degonerating
into a loafer ; he had left off work and
gone to living by his strength, just as thou
sands of men live by their wits in great
cities. Any one would, pay Sam's liquor
to seo him lift a barrel . by the ends and
drink from the bung hole ; aud occasion
ally, by way of variety, he would shoulder
a horse or a mule for a class of rum.
Dissipation told rapidly on "Tho Man of
oteel, as he was called, and when I saw
him in the spring ho had delirium tremens,
and it took five men to hold him. His
frame was wasted away, the knots of sinews
were gone, his chest drawn in, and the
skin of his body scft.
A BOUT WITH A PRIZE FIGHTER;
It Was about this time an old English
man named Jones arrived at the mines,
and hearing of Sam, expressed a desire to
stie him. Old Jones was a well-known
prize fighter, but of late years had given
up tho ring himself and turned trainer.
Sam's fame excited the envy of old Jbnes,
and ho 110 sooner saw him than he offered
to fight Sam. The miners wero astonished
and tried to dissuade Jones from his pur
pose, but nothing would do but he must
iiavo a bout with Sam. So the day was
set. Sam was sick on tho mornintf of the
fight and looked badly enough, but bets
ran two to one on "lhe Man or Steel,"
against the Englishman. Tlino was called
and the Englishman bounded into tho
ring, while Sam came up slowly, and looked
languid and feeble ; but at the very first
pass ho hit John Bull between the eyes,
aud no amoiint of springing and bathing
Could induce him to stand upon his legs
again that day. It was feared Sam had
broken the Englishman's skull, but he got
about in a day or two, and soon afterward
both he and Sam disappeared from tho sa
loons. The barkeepers were astonished.
Sam did not come around any mora for his
grog, and no one could imagine where he
bad gone or what he wasjat. Foul play was
beginning t be suspected, when it leaked
out that Sam was in training, and that the
Englishman was his trainer. After old
Jones got that awful lick from Sam's
brawny fist, he gave him uo peace Until ho
agreed to go into training and accompany
the Englishman to England, there to fight
the giants of the prize ting. Jones had
not much money, but at his instigation a
man named Dunham camo over with plen
ty of cash, and as soon as Dunham came
Jones quit, and tho new Englishman be
came his trainer.
A NICE if AN TO TR.tfN.
I saw Sam once whilo ho was in train
ing, and he looked well ; the knots were
on his arms again, and tho great chest
round and firm, lie had bcn at his gum
balls, sand bags and dumb bells about six
weeks when, one morning, he got mad
about something, knockd both Dunham
and old Jones down, and made his escape
from his keepers into the street. Stopping
at the saloons and- taking several drinks,
he did not forget it was his hour for train
ing, and amused himself by knocking down
every stout looking fellow he met. Final
ly, after the Sheriff and half tho town had
been whipped, Sam was captured and put
into jail : but here a new aifficultv nro
sented itself, for the jail was not a strong
one, and Sam swore that he would instant
ly tear it down if they did not let him out,
On promising that he would go straight to
his IodcnnirK. the door was oncned. and
Sam kept his word, for ho went directly
homo and retired to bed. This outbreak
was so unlike Sam's natural disposition
that every oho was at a loss to account for
it; and, soon afterward, another ebullition
of nassion occurrintr, Tho Man of bteel
trainers abandoned him in disgust, ,and
took themselves off Last, each carrying
with him. as a Dartinsr irift from 5am, a
pair of black eyes and a swollen noso.
GOING FOR A GRIZZLY BEAR.
At this time a numborof shoulder-hitters
and desperadoes arrived at the mine'!', and
gave Sam some trouble; but he finally con
quered them all, and as tho last fellow got
ficked lie exclaimed : "Well, if you can
lick me you can't lick a grizzly learr'
Sam swore he could Hck agrizzlv boar, id
that single-handed, aluuv - Tuiu ngbt
one
b
ne. There wm a grizzly in the camp that
ad been caught by the miners when a
cub, and raised by th&m. The bear was
now nearly full grown, and altho' a great
powerful brttte, was quite tame and harm'
less. It was not long before some wretch
es had arranged a fight between the dumb
beast nnd Bruiser Sam. and tho day was
set, Tn bear was to be chained to a treo
by tho neck, and Sam was to fight him for
one hour with his naked fists. Sam again
tvent into training, with Jim Peyton for
his trainer, and long before the da." f the
fight Peyton reported that his pupil was iu
splendid condition; and "would As soon
fight as go a fishing."
The day came, and with it a reat crowd.
The bets were three to ono on Sam; and
many really beliovod ho would whip the
boar. Poor Bruin a great, shaggy-coated
fellow was tied to a stake by a chain
twelve feet long, and was as good tempered
as could be, standing on his hind legs, and
scampering about with delight at the sight
of so many people. Perhaps there was as
littlo Of the real beast in J3ruin as therm,
was iu many of the two-legged animals
who came to see biri fight. The keepers
of the boar began teasing and poking him
with sharp poles and irons, and although
ho took it quite coolly at first, lis after a
whilo growled fiercely and tugged at his
chain. Sam now appeared with his keep
er, Peyton, and was received with loud
cheers by tho human animals who wished
to sco a man and a beast fight.
TnE FIGHT.
. Stepping into tho 1 incr; Sam prepared for
battle, stripping off all Lis clothing; except
his boots, pants and drawers. His broad
chest contrasted strangely with the shaggy
coat of the beast, as the two combatants
stood glaring at eacli other. The intelli
gent auunal seemed to understand the sit
uation in a moment- and, Taisins on his
legs, walked toward Sam, who tried to hit
htm between the eyes, hoping to break his
skull ; but, fail ins in this, ho stepped to
one side, aud giving the bear a powerful
blow,knocked uim down. Cheer aftri'Icbeer
greeted Sam as ho stepped from the ring,
and the msn who had bet On the bear real
ly bean to fear they would lose their mon
ey, rive minutes were allowed between
the rounds, and the baiters poked the beast
vigorously all the tiaic; so that when Sam
came up again he was iu a towering passion.
The moment. Sam crossed tho riiir the
bear recognized him and bounded the full
longth of the chain. So great Was the rage
of the beast that tho people drew back in
horror, and even Sam grew pale. Again
the bear leaped forward, and taking I11S
chain in his paws, attempted to break it.
l or a tiu.o it resisted all his efforts, but as
length snapped in twairi; and the affright
ed people dashed terror-stricken from the
plain.
TnE End.
The bear dashed upoii Sam, who bravely
stood his ground, and actually succeeded
in felling the beast to the earth, but in do
ing so lost his balance, and before he could
escape the bear caught him with one claw,
and hitting him on the face with the other,
broke tho poor fellow's jaw. Still Sam
foright on with his jaw hanging upon his
breast and blood spirting from a dozen
wounds. It was terrible ; but, of course,
the beat won, kuocking Sam down finally
and tearing open his chest with its sharp
claws. By this time the people had got
guns and returned to the field, where they
fired volley after volloy into poor Bruin
vihtil ho lay quite, still ; and Sam was dead
too, and they took hp his body and the car
cass of the bear and buried them both.
And thus ended Bruiser Sam and his grizzly-bear
fight, which was perhaps the only
prize beat fight ever fought in the world.
A Strange StcJrt. A North German
paper rscently contained an advertisement
addressed to the he.irs of Catharine Speling
and her daughter Dorothy, both of whom
died violent deaths in Amsterdam in 18o2.
Connedted with the .death of these two
women tho following is related :.T The wid
ow, Catharine Speljng, and her daughter
Dorothy, were joint "possessors of dia
monds, money and bonds worth $150,000,
and occupied a house by themselves on
llarjand St., Amsterdam. One day in the
summer of 1S52 a placard appeared on theii'
door saying they had gVho to tho country
Six weeks rolled around, and still the pla
card remained on the door. Tho suspicions
of tho police were aroused by the long ab
sence of the women, and thejious was
entered. The placard was found to be a
fearful deception : "the lnxlies of the two
women were found on the floor, thoir dia
monds missinc and no clue to tho murder
er and thief discovered.. In July last tho
honso was torn down and in its destruction
camo to light a circumstance equaling In
horror tho discovery of tho assassination
of the two lone women. Between tho
house taken down and tho adjoining ono
was a spaco of about a foot, and confined
In this narrow cell was found the skeleton
of a man, caught midway between the top
and bottom, and on the ground beneath
him were found the diamonds, the bonds
and the money of the two murdered- Wo
men. Tho assassin, in attempting to es
cape, had missed his footing, fallen, bc
tweeen the houses,. and with a strip of bluo
sky visible above the" high walls of his liv
ing tomb, had starved to death.
Rfmarkablf. Atmosphere. The at
mosphere of northeastern- Spain,- says a
eorrespotdent of the New York Evening
Foit, is transparent beyond parallel.--'
Across the desolate Sierras every crevice .
in tho distant hills is distinctly visible, and
the shadows of the clouds fall iu clearest,
ontlines upon the tawny dosert. Fat f'ff,
miles off. 3011 can distinguish goats dwin
dled intoflocks of flies and soldiers Av arfed
to pigmies, whose colored uniforrns an(j
burnished trappings are perfectly distinct,
and long trains of mules with drivers in
brigand-like costumo, reduced to the siz
of a child's toy. Thing?! in the distance,
so clear is the air. look as f Cit bv an en
graver on a precioti etr.ne. I was told
at Barcelona that, when Gfneral Savn
made- an attack Upon Mataro, fifteen ir.ile
distant, the movements of his troops, tho
riding of his aids tho dispersion of his
scouts, and every mum to change during
the charges of the towa, werr as distmctlv
visible as if the paiin, had lrn at tha
feet of tho spectators watching on tb ca
thedral tower.
When
yon hoar a man slit f!t
Wrtrld owes him a living, don't leave
hams lying aivitud loose.
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