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EBENSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, MARCH G, 1874.
NUMBER 7.
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. hi ti.- Borough of Ebensburg, Pa., on
SPAY, the 9th day of MARCH next,
, (,v!.(M'K. I. M.. the following described
:;-ai Ktate, to-wit:
-scsNo. l-A LOT OF GROUND
;i,e !'. n.uirhof Ebensburg. Pa., f routing
, ! His 5 street and extending bark
. -. m l sixty-lVur feet to L'oyd street.
-v U on the Lot a well finished
ito Uosiilonoo,
. ... . ! containing eleven rooms. large
..-..! 'f-:!;'.r, commodious Wnshhouse,
. ; i . -r inn Ii rn improvements. There ts
- r ".! k tml 'arkiaisk Hoi'hk on roar
!hi- Jin 111:. arc in'i'!y and snbstan
.1:1 i .vi-ll set with fruit and shrubbery.
a i ceiitr.il. pleasant, healtbiul, and
o churches and schools.
-;es No. 2 A Piece of Ground
:. h 'Borough aforesaid, bounded by Lloyd,
. 1 1 r-.iine s. reels, is two hundred and six I v-
. .lare, weil fenced, and in a good state
xia ir a n ver tisemes ts.
S250,000for$50
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60,000 TICKETS-12,000 GIFTS.
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A STORY OK THE COLONIAL TIMES.
scsNo. 3-61 ACRES OF LAND
. n 1'riee's Hill, one-fourth mile south-enst
.- iv---. about twenty acres cleared, the bal
:; t: inhered.
i above properties, if not sold, will be rent
3 sion given o" I5! of April next.
JUH.V E. St 'A N LAX,
gent for Heirs of Pn 1L1 p N oon, dee'd.
;'".i'-g. Fr'. . lS74.-;t.
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it rs'her u'ider. those of anv other
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32f CASH (i I FTS, 1'ai each S'J.&oo
11.0O0CASH ;FTS. 60 each Iiio.u 0
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ilE YOSEMITE VALLEY.
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Macazinr, one year, wilh Monnted Cbroiao,.. ?.(K)
Mii iinc, one year, with I amounted VI: ronio," lis.)
Magazine, a lone, oiioyoar -uo
h.ir.iiie our ( liil.i.inL-Jiii.l i'r. miuui l ists.
'1 n K ir l !! i t . for t lie price
of one. We solii-it ksperienrcd ranvasnera and
ot Ihts to s. ml at oucc for terms and specimen Mair
axina. Address S3I I !.. Pnh:;her.
4J Far'; K.w. N. Y. ( it v. or Newburgh. X.Y'.
a si4 I nsi-ei It,t9.r.
For u-ito.Mire, Koaclns. Ants. Ited-Bars.MntSis.Aic.
J. F. IIkmiv, C": ui:a. At Co., X. Y'.. Sole Agents.
VriltoF. II. Smith fc Co.. Atlantic M ills. Brook
lyn. X. Y.. mmiuf.iet urers of tha CruKlietl Hliite
ihet. Tor t heir pa inpb let (-""lit tree) on ooiis,
with imjiortiint exiraets from Lkihk. Johnson.
and ot lor scieiu isCs. Kea.I it ami suv.i your health
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yonnir r oi.i. make more nioney at work tor us in
their spar." nioii.euts. or all t he t i me. i ban at any
thing else. Particular free. Address
(J. Stinson a. Co., l'orliund. Mains.
i i.i. m m h i.. i vtitions lor
1 ... ! I.... I.t- ll.T-VH lu-eli tiled ill lo
f "' .!!. of Cambria Coun'.i' bv the
i ... . r...i,s. and will be pre;nied to
' ' ' ::;i.:i.:i I'lens of said Couiity at
'i.. i -7.
-' .,!.i Lam hour. Tichael Hefner.
: .- I...r. ii .:li John Crousc.
' - I! t ' i r llcllnek, St. Uonifacc;
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' i irj li Kd ward L. Hinder Dom-
' ile.irv Fostcr.Weiit Ward;
Hard.
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. n! bony McCue.
:.liil J.lhn ( r ilicsjiie. Henry
I'eier lirown. Hemlock: Jtsse
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of plaster. Felt i 'ari. tipgs. S.'. Seud two 3-cent
slauir.rf lor Circular and S.iiiij.U-s.
C. .1. FAY. Catm'en, X. J.
for agents. Lirge income gn irnteed. Enclose
s'ainp lor cir. ular. K. ALLISON, 113 Chambers
Street, Xew York.
SiO
;! In Wall St. often leads to a for
tune. N'O KISlv. 32-pHare pamphlet for
slaR.p. Yai.kntinu TlnnniUiiK Co..
Bunkera and Brokors, SO Wali-st.. .V. Y'.
1 nt private sale the House I
d by him. said lot fronting
xteniliiiir b.vck to lot ol B.
isc is a large and eonveul
ru.".iire, with well and cia-
ivl a s'able and other out
. The Iot contains fix
I'heriv. two cjuiuce, Lvur
his in gun 1 bearing condi-
eil improved.
'ri!.. s on H !gh street now
ria Freeman" and M.
nr.' opp-halfmile west of Eb
- 'I aisidlan.! on theclay pike.
I .'sip IU II.
J AS. O. HASSOX.
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'! ' IS r for gale an excellent
r I 3 Aoros,
':i,;ee. "itnated in Summerhill
' ';";-. on the old road leading
. .more, and two miles distant
' S ? : ;, .,, at the latter place.
trf cleared, well tenecd
Tl h.ah 8. are of cultivation,
" - 'i' iurd of choice I'm it t here
are a new MMMK BAXK
' Loir Hotikc. and several Out-
r I'ariieiilnra call on or ad-
p. Mccormick.
PETITION FOIl INCOUrOKA
T1MX OK TIIF. P.KTHK.L KKOCLAK I5aP
Ttsr Ciuitd! ol Bethel, id Cambria County .'Pa.
Au'l now. t-wit: llih February lt74. within
Charter having been pres.jiit in open Court, and
having ben examine,! by said Court. and there be
ing tin-rein nothing contained contrary to the law,
it is ordered to be filed in the Pro! hono;.iry"s OT
flee, and a notice of the applicatiou to be published
in one of the county papers for threp consecutive
weeks. " By the Court.
From the Kccord. Certified February 11. 1874.
J. K. 1IITK, Proiho-.ioUry.
Prothonotary"? Office, Ebensburg Feb. 11, ls.74.3f.
NOT I Civ In the matter of the Pe
tition ami P.oii.l ol" II. 1). Kaok.u, (17,)
for leave to appear at noxt Term to pr si-nt Peti
tion under InsoH'cnt Iiws.-N'). 17, September
Term. 173.
And now. 10: h Februarv, 1S74. continued to hrst
dav of next Term notice" to be given to all credit
or.s'or applicant bv publication In at least one news
paper published 'in the County of Caiubr.a three
weeks before the first day of next Term.
From the Record. By the C.urt.
Certified Februarv 11. 174.
13-a;.j J. K. HITK, Prothonotary.
iTm IN I ST H A TO V, S' NOTICE !
Kstateof Ain"rw (allaghan, dee'd.
Letters of Administration on the estat of Raid
decedent, late of Chest Springs borough. ambria
c.untv, having been grante.1 to the undersigned
bv ti c Kegistcror gaid county, all persons indebt
ed to said estate are requested to make iinmedjnte
pavmcnt. and those having claims against the
same, will present tl.em properly authei.ucated for
settlement. rAKmlA jR., ,
H. J. HAllS. i
Chest Springs, Feb. , !74.-6t.
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AliM FOIL SALK. The under-
I i more. ( 'ambria Co., Pa.
STATl
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Iiutiv lirofierlv. fr.int-
! I l:;.i...g i lo ri oii erected a
s ' V 1 1. 64 leet front, with
:;.. ; , a - ; SKiKE ;tK)M and
'. , p'" J" - a Inrie stable ou the
.',.; lv " I'weiling Houses sit-
.'t . ' '"' Tavern Stand con-
' v i ! I c-llars. Anv person
" ' " ' appSv to or a ld'iess t ho
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ylij-N PAOPAT)V!
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tifw iiiaehirury into our
are now inopHrrn to
1 1 notice. C, )THS. CASSI-
J" I. AX X ELS of all My lea
Ac.. A
eieii ai.ii for iroods or
1 Let oro... .... :.! r w.i
... I"LS 4; snss.
-'l-.J.tf.
i ..tp.... uriruv 4MI terms
to'suit the pur h!i-er his K.U. located one mile
sou tn of EtK-nsburg, containing about Acre,
e?"htv of which are cleared and nudor g.d fence.
w,i comfortable House. -(h1 Bam. and an excel
lent Orcha rd on the premiss. V rite to or call on
Feb 6.-2in. J AS. M rKHS,ltnfuru.
f UAASVAiy & 7mtl' MAKING.
SJrThUKw'o'l iic public .respect -t'uily
solic '
M.
I AMES J. O ATM AN, M. I-.
OfTlce on High Mreet noiirlT opposite Ijlajr
Hote l. U .-idence in Town Hall- Ju " s' rt :'
whrre night c:IU should be mude. 4-t.-w '
TfjTluJCK, M. I).,
llLm Phvalrlan aart inrffen.
CarfkL!.tow. rA.
Of5.- In rear of John Buck' ator. If"
calls way bm made tha romjnc of Joiiff
Bcck. Hug. f April 4, U7.-tr
rp V. DIC?Iv. ArrousKY at-Law. Ebi
1 eii.b'ir. Pa. Office In front room of T.
J Lloyd's nw Imildii.g. tVntr stuet. iii
nian.i.-Vf ew:il.Minw ntt.nrt'l 'rifa,
toviiy, ar.d collecuons a vi'i'a:j. -K H.k.i
It was in 1723 tbat a ship laden with
merchandise, aud beating also a goodly
number of emigrants, left Cork, in Ireland,
for the shores of Xew England. Though
a continent was to be settled, emigrants
were not so numerous as at present ; jet,
among those who came, Ireland, then as
now, furnibhed it proportionate share ;
and in general they were a class equal to
the best who have sought our shores from
the Green Isle in later years.
Wandering lonely among the gossippiog
groups ou deck was a man of superior ap
pearance to the others, both in manner and
figure, xle held no conversation with any,
further than brief but crurteous replies to
some question or remaik concerning the
voyage, the rare sight of a sea-bird in mid
oeean, or the wide, the vast, the awe-inspiring
sta itself, beating unceasingly
yeasty waves along the curving bows of
the sturdy vessel. His dress, his carriage,
his preoccupied look, forbade familiarity,
while his entire unacquaintance with the
other passengers indicated that the voy
age had been undertaken for some press
ing purpose and in much sorrow. It will
not be foreign to our subject if we delay
the narrative a moment longer to relate
his painful story.
He was a member of an ancient and
worthy family of the Irish gentry, a native
of I limerick, whither he had been recalled
from his studies on the coutiuent a few
years before. 1 eft alone by her other sons,
who had joined armies in one country or
another, his widowed mother desired that
Klin, who was more given to study anil
quiet thau the others, should remain with
her at home uutil, at least, the present
commotion had passed. Hut children will
always be doing something not approved
by the parent ; so John, not to be an ex
ception, fell iu love with a young woman
somewhat below his rank, and, honorable
man as he was, desired to marry her. His
mother not only refused her consent, but
declared if he married the girl he should
never have any portion of the estate. This
threat, if persisted in, would effectually
prevent the naiiage, as the gitl'b rela
tions would not consent to her union with
a penniless man. Neither were tlio lovers
able of themselves to commence life with
out the aid of. their families ; for he had
not been trained to any profession or oc
cupation, and he knew not how he could
make even his own living. ''Mother," re
plied he, with passion, "if you do not
withdraw that threat and consent to my
marriago with the lady of my choice, I will
go where you shall never see me again."
Hi mother persisted in her purpose.
Pale and trembling, he besought her to
take till to-morrow to consider. The next
day the cruel woman repeated her threat.
At tho evening meal John was missing ;
iti the morning his bed was found to have
beeu unoccupied ; and from that day his
natite country saw him no more.
Instead, however, of seeking surcease of
sorrow, in the world of apirits by an easy
leap into the friendly waves of the Shan
non, as others might have done, he pro
jected himself upon the unknown regions
in the present state of being ; thereby
showing that there was an unextinguished
spark of health within him still.
With heavy sorrow at heart, it is not
strange that he sat apart, wiitpped in si
lent gloom, or paced tho deck uniegardful
of the babble of the light hearted emi
grants. Self-expatriated, without hope or
interest in the future, aud in the recent
past a great pain which smothered all pleas
ant recollection?, there could be nothing
in common between him ar.d the moving
forms who stared at him askance, save the
usual matters of physical sustenance and
comfort ; and even in these the conditions
of his life had caused a wide ditlereHce of
feeling. One person alone attracted his
frequent attention, as her bright blue ey
caught his own, or his ear was arrested by
her cooing and prattling to the several
babies on board, her musical snatches of
song, or her sweetly plaintive voice, when
the loneliness of her situation, and the re
collection of friends she had left behind,
seized upon her thoughts.
John had watched her with some inter
est, partly, perhaps, for her beauty, but
chietly for her peculiar relation, or, rather,
unrelation to any on board. Seeming at
first, like himseif, a stranger to the others,
she was soon mingling freely and familiar
ly with every family iu the ship ; yet he
was unable, watching with increased In
terest, to discover any relation or connec
tion whatever, other thau the most casual,
between the girl and any family or indi
vidual in the vessel. She, aho, maiked
his loneliness, and seemed to be affected
l3' his evideut sorrow ; and one day t-he
boldly rut herself in his way with some
trilling question. Yet her demeanor was
modest and in her eye, of the hue of the
sky where it meets with the sea, flashed
forth no unholy gleam. Brown hair, a
clear complexion, with especially rosy
cheeks, and a graceful figure, made this
girl of nine years more attractive to the
beauty-loving eye than any one ou board
though presenting the attractions of more
developed forms and conscious womanly
feeling. A brief conversation showed that
the was without a relation or friend on
board.
Surprised at this fact the young man in
quired, half-earnest, half in sport :
'What do you expect to do by going
over to America ?'
"Do? why, raise governors for them,"
was the instant, laughing answer.
What could have induced the girl to
have left home and friends with no better
defined purpose than indicated by this re
ply was a mystery. She did not have the
enthusiasm for the new country needful to
set even an adventurous boy ujmmi so wild
an enterprise as ciossing the thousands
of miles of sea to reach a cold climate and
an uncultured shore. Subsequent years,
however, furnished a possible explanation
of the mystery. During the remainder of
tho voyage there was a growing intimacy
between the young man and the light
hearted girl whose beauty attracted and
wit amused him, winning his mind from
brooding so daikly over his woes. The
vessel, from design or stress of weather,
made port at York, in Maine. Here other
strange facts were developed. The girl
whose name was Margaret Brown had
no means to pay for her passage, aud it
was necessary that some one should pay
for her, or she would have to be inden
tured sold to service for a sufficient time
to reimburse the person who should ad
vance the passage money. This was ac
cording to a law existing aud needful in
those times ; and through most of our col
onial period there were many, both of
black and white, held in temporary bond
age. It was, of course, to be expected
that the young gentleman who had been
so much entertained by the girl during the
passage should wish to relieve her in this
difficulty, and there was none else able or
disposed to retider such aid. But the
young man was no better off than the girl;
both were penniless. Both were therefore
indentured to servlco to reimburse Mr.
Nowell, the master of the vessel ; the
young man John being, if we must trnst
tradition, bound out to the town of Hamp
ton, in New Hampshire, to teach school.
Finding the situation unpleasant or un
profitable, he applied to Rev. Sam'l Moody,
of York, for ai'd in a letter written, tradi
tion says, in seven different languages.
Why, he might have taken a professorship
at Harvard Collegf. only for the reason
that he had been brought up a Roman
Catholic. In reply, he received from Mr.
Moody a loan sufiioient to set him free
from the remainder of his indenture, atid
enabled him to open school at Berwick.
Not long after, he redeemed Margaret
from service ; and he seemed from this
time to have adopted the child. The pro
ceeding was not considered at all improper,
as she was only ten, while he was thirty
two years of age.
For eleven years this relation was com
tiuued. Margery living in tho house of her
foster-father, while he strove to kindle in
her mind tha love of learning, but without
any great success. He must have had a
stormy life of it, for Margery was early and
long distinguished for her "ebullitions of
temper."
Thus their lives went on. until a nicely
dressed young gentleman, passing by, near
the house, observed the young lady draw
ing water from tho school-master's well.
Admiring her beauty, ho stopped and en
gaged her in conversation ; and such a
passion was at once developed in his breast
that he then and there proposed marriage.
Probably she referred hitn to her foster
father ; for the young man immediately
proceeded to interview the school-master
about ft wedding in the family. Very like
ly the young lady had flirted mischievous
ly with the young gallant a performance
to which we may believe her fully equal
from this description of her from an au
thentic source : "She was somewhat be
low the middle height, remaikable in her
younger days for beauty and vanity, at all
periods of her life for talents and energy."
Yet it was very proper for her to bo think
ing about the selection of a beau, for she
was now tweuty-one years old.
School-master John, after hearing the
plea of Margery's suitor, sought his foster
daughter in the kitchen. I am inclined to
the belief that she made some strangely
exhilerating confession to the pedagogue ;
for he went back to the waiting gallant in
high spirits, and bhowed the over-hasty
lover out of the door with an intimation
that further prosecution of his suit would
be suitably resented.
Yet there was really a wedding in that
house fchortly after, iu which tho hand
some Margery and the young pedagogue
were the chief parties.
"Young pedagogue !" exclaims the read
er, with emphasis.
Aye, young, I reply ; for John Sullivan
lived over sixty-one years after this happy
event. Here is a description of his appear
ance at a much later date :
"A tall, slender, but athletic man, six
feet in height, with daik hair, black eyes
atid a florid complexion, very erect and
well propoi iioncd."
He lived in possession of his faculties
and his physical strength to a remarkable
degree, till he had reached his hundred
and fifth year. It is recorded that he spoke
and wrote both Latin and French fluently
when even a hundred, and never drank
spirituous liquors. Was not school-master
Sullivan a husband worth having ?
AH their children were of more than
usual ability ; one of them being Gen. John
Sullivan, of Revolutionary fan e, and af-
terwatds Governor of New Hampshire ;
and another, James Sullivan, the able
lawyer of Woolwich, and, later, of Bidde
ford, who was twice elected Governor of
Massachusetts, then including Maine, hav
ing previously occupied several other hon
orable positions.
So little Irish Margery was, all unknown
to herself, a real prophetess when, on the
sea, she uttered these strange words to a
man in the prime of life whose worldly
prospects seemed to himself to be utterly
destroyed.
A CALIFORNIA STORY.
Jvl Stover's Famous Cut Off-
In the early mining days m California We had been hiling awav the beat part
there stood on the foot of the hiil. not I t,f the day in the pilot house of the Charm
many miles from Nevada, one of those ! eif watching the monotonous scenery of
rough built gaining houses so common tie Ohio, and listening to the tales of Jr-d
throughout the mining sections of the U - Ustover. the Pilot. Jed, according to his
ritory. A description of this structure own account, was a tiuthful man, but
and its surroundings will convey to the J somehow the moat wonderful things wera
reaaer a oeiter idea ol tlie incident 1 am ronf innallv lia,.i.tini.r to bim.
Josh Billings Spice-Box. Most every
one luvs to listen to a slander, but thar
ain't but phew but what despise the au
thor ov it.
What a heartless world this would be if I
thaie waz no tears in it.
Wise men are never surprised, while
phools are alwuz wondering at everything
that happens.
I meet a great menny men whose talk iz
like a bunch of fire kr.ickers when they are
first touched oph, full ov pop for a fu miu
uits, and then all iz over.
Without mutiny, without friends, atid
without impudence, iz about az low down
iu this world cz enny man kan git, and
keep virtewous.
After a man has passed the age ov 37,
about all he kan find to talk about and to
brag on iz that he has got more pains and
akes than enny ov the rest of his nabors.
There is nothing that a man iz so certain
ov az he iz ov what he sees, and yet thare
iz nothing after all that deceives hitn of
teuer. Beware ov the man who iz alwuz reddy
to swap old friends for new ones.
The dog that will phollow everybody
ain't worth a kuss.
When T pla whist I alwuz like a phool
for a partner, for they do hold such good
hands.
I bav had people to set down hi mi tide
and konfidenshally undertake to explain
sumthing to me of great impoitan.se, and
after talking 34 minnits bi the watch, I not
only didn't know what they had been Hie
ing to tell, but had forgot a good deal that
I knew before.
Thare iz but little that iz new under the
sun, and what iz ain't gKd for much.
One of the most peifukt viktoiys yu kan
achieve over enny man is to beat hitn in
politeness.
The rarest artikle quoted in market just
now iz good common wen so.
I kant tell exakly what's the matter ov
me, but i art alwuz a little shy ov the wo
man who wears her hair kut short.
The world at large judge ov us bi our
sukcoss.
It ought to kure the pride ov enny man
when ho reflekts that there aint no one liv
ing but what owos more to the world than
the world owes to him.
To be familiar with every one and pre
serve your respekt and their esteem, iz an
evidence of the most remaikybel talents.
The grate mistake that tr.enny people
make iz to think that they waz made before
the world waz instead ov since.
Botanical Swearing. Wo have all
heaid of Botany Bay, in Australia, as a
place whither convicts were formerly sent,
and where there was doubtless much swear
ing, but it is a new thing for botanical
names to be mistakeu for oath si. The story
goes that a man wrote to the editor of a
horticultural journal, asking what plants
would be suitable additions to dried grass
es for wiuter ornaments. The editor re
plied :
"Acrocolinium Roseuni, A. album, Gom
phrena globosa and G. globosa camea."
When the man read this lie fairly boiled
over with lage, aad imn.cdiately sent a
note ordering his paper to be discontinued.
He averred that au editor why swore in
that way, just because he was asked a sim
ple question, should have uo support from
him.
This reminds us of an English traveler
whose conscience would not allow him to
swear, but who found that at the hotel in
France, whera he was staying, the waiters
were so accustomed to hear Englishmen
use strong language, that they considered
him a milksop, and neglected him accord
ingly. He therefore hit upon this expedi
ent to secure a proper amount of attention.
Whenever he gave ait order he rolled out
in sonorous notes the words 'Northumber
land, Cumberland, Durham." The effect
was marvellous, lie was henceforth wait
ed upon with the greatest alacrity and as
siduity. This is not good poetry, but it is as near
the truth as people generally get :
If Lazarus had lived to-day sot down in
some man's door
And that man's dog had come along and '
licked old Laz's sore, i
I'm satisfied, with all the Christian feelin' j
that he has, r
He'd "station-house" poor Laz ar.d lick
the dog for lickin' Laz. t
about to relate. The building contained
but one room, the entrance to which was
situated at one end, Tith a large adobe
fire place on the other end. nearly oppo
site to the entrance. On the large stone
hearth burned a wood fire, giving to the
'Do yon fetd that bar that's grazing un
now," he said ; "that's made down three
hundred yards since I took them shingles
out of the bend, and that just reminds me
of that affair at Poker Point. 'Twas just
i as the rise of C7 was going out of thttObio.
room a cheerful appearance. On the front, ' I was screwing the Flambeau down stream
at the right of the entrance, was a well j then; no light job. I tell you, for we had a
filled bar, around vihich was congregated j green matc at.ard tht stowed his freight
representatives of different nations, some j so hi.e'd rise on the head and shako her
spcculating on the suecoss or various min- if. Talking done no good. At l.v.t I
ing operations, while others were discuss- j j,ot mad and come down Crowly's chut.
I n rr t lift onpi-fil tnTiiit oftlidiv A lr.ii r t i - i- , .
...z, & ..j,.- . ... to . u.iihu;. llje w imii's anu taking on :
tun of clay at every rub. Duke Shorty
was holding her down on the hurricane,
and sung up to trie a couple of times to
keep in the channel. I djn't let no cap
tain tell me how to use She pokes ; so wIipii
he turned in ou the dog watch I thought
I'd get ecn with him. Wo sighted Poker
Point just as day was about breaking, and
the water was just leaving the coi ti-tiflt
on the Kentucky side, so you could see th
top of the f u rors. 'Twas just yards
across the field; I knew 'twas soft, so I
run her snoot straight for it, determined
the rear side of the room extended a row
of tables, around each of w hich was settled
a company of miners playing poker and
staking large sums of gold with as much
coolness and apparent unconconl as if
they were partaking f their evening meal.
A rude seat occupied ihe space around the
fire place, and in the front portion of the
room beyond the bar. Tho cabins of the
settlers extended some distance to the
front of tho spot, while tho unsettled por
tion of the country lay in the rear.
Thejhill before mentioned, rising abrupt
ly from this, thickly inteispersed w ith sage
bush and thick bushes, allot ding a tempo
rary hiding place for fugitives. As the
evening wore on, the patrons of the saloon
became more numerous, while the chilli
ness of the atmosphere caused those most
interested in the games at the tables to
gather round the fire. The conversation,
which at this time was becoming animated,
was suddenly interrupted by the entrance
of a tall, raw-boned Yankee, bearing in his
hand a long rifle, around his waist he wore
a belt from which was suspended a powder
llask and a bullet pouch.
Advancing to the tire place, he deposited
his rii'.e in the coiner, and after accepting
the seat courteously offered hitn by one of
the c .tupany, he seated himself by the fi:e,
retinc oim elbow on his knee, and drop
ping his chin into his hand, he sat gloom
ily watching the fire as if some mighty
grief was preying upon him. He mumbled
incoherently at times, and sat without
changing his position. The attention of
the company was soon dawn to the stran
ger, and all occasional glances from those
at the table were directed to where he 6at.
He at leogth broke out into such lamenta
tions as these :
"I am tl.red.of life. My claim has failed
and lam without fi lends or money. I have
been out all day hunting and have killed
nothing."'
lie addressed no one personally, and no
one seemed to sympathize with him in his
disturbed condition. He sat in silence a
few minutes, then raising his head he ex
claimed :
"A ir.an may as well be dead as out of
luck. I will take my own life."
Theu taking the fiask from the belt at
his side he unscrewed the cap from the top
and poured from it into his hand some ap
parently fine ITazaid powder, then pouring
it carefully back, he replaced the cap, and
screwing it firmly on, yelled
"Yes. I will die myself, and all about me
shall die also."
He thon flung the flask on the burning
coals. The tumult that followed was in
describable. The rush for the door was
almost simultaneous with the rash set of
the stranger. Tho windows st-ivcd as
means of escape to those who were unable
to press a passage through the door. Tho
Yankee sat a calm spectator till tho last
occupaut of the room had made his exit ;
then with the rapidity of thought he spi ang
to the tables and scraped from them tlso
shin in
by the gambleis and deposited
hat, escaping through one tf the rear win
dows. With desperate strides he ascend
ed to the hill, and jumping upon a fallen
tree, turned to survey the multitude be
low. All were waiting breathlessly, watch-
ing the building, expecting every moment j
that the contents of the heated f.r.sk would
blow it to atoms, when the shrill voice of
our hero rang out on the clear night air
"Don't be afraid, gentlemen ; there is ;
nothing but black sand in the can."
Then springing from his perch he disaj
peared among the chaparral, completely
eluding the pursuit of the gambleis who
returned to the saloon to find the tables all
cleared of the last vestige of their tieasure.
to give old Shorty ono good shaking. A
Kick would have it, she gave one of her
hen-wallows just s she struck dirt and
stopped l ight ashore. If the old gal hadn't
been well glued she'd be fencing that old
plantation now, for she had the triml.lcs
worse than a dog swallowing a peach
stone.
Gentlemen ! I've been hearing cussing
all my life, but what I heard this morning
as that old craft was making her grasshop
per lic ks across the point finished my edu
cation in that lino. I heard one string
coming out of a transom in the texas aii.l
turned around to see if it wasn't Duke,
when I heard saraping on the larboard
tide, and there was the old heifer striking
fire out of the stable of old Simmons ranch,
I didn't hare time to get a good aiglit be
foio she struck the channel again, a littls
shaken but a gainer of about four milos.
In a few minutes up comes the "oldmati,"
wanting to know where I'd been with tho
boat and how came old Simmons" kitchet ,
stove, cook, and all aboard. I told him
Id been a ringing f. r the lead for fifteen
minutes, and, thinking, j-eihaps, they was
all asleep, I waltzed across the point, as
we was drawing so light
"Lead, bo d.tuined," says he ; "who
ver heard of a pilot ringing for lead and
the stream out of its hanks.'
When I asked for lead, ssys I, lead I
must have ; that my riparian fight and
must be respected ; if not the craft's got
to stand tho consequences, by tho living
lg piles of gold which hail been left to talk to tlie pile
e gambleis and deposited them iu his ! dew aint verv I.
But he never "waited to hear it; th
Latin filled him ; he never said another
word, but went below and took it out ou
the deck sweeper.
When wu got to Cairo we heard old Sim
mons was going to tie us up unless we
brought hack his kitchen. Duke was in a
devil of a stew, but I told hiru I'd ease hi4
pa'u. So, on the return trip I had two
str.gings well greased and riggcil a derrick
on the staiboard spar. Just as we got i-
front of Simmons I sung elown to the en
gineer to know what head he had : "210
all right !"' So I threw myself on tl.o
wheel, made right for the bank and sua,'
out. "Belay all hands to unload the kitch
en !
"Excuse me, pilot," said I, "you don't
mean to say that you replaced the kitchen
whole ''
"Gentlemen," said he, 'I hate to enLr
you out, but i:'s agin the rules of the boat
ilot in low water, and as tho
ievy ahead I'll need a.l
the room I can get to wrestle through :'"
aud thus by my impatience I missed hear
ing an account of probably the most extra
ordinary feat iu tho an:
ir.g.
als of steamboat
Fli.ix Bei.L.
67. .
A slab above a grave in Arkansas bears
tho following legend, evidently the tri
bute of a devoted but di.-criminating hu6-
baud:
"She washed the chihlrcn,
Fed the fowls,
And made her home
Resound with bowls."
Wh at is the proper age for a parson ?
Why, the parson-ag. of coin sr.
What a Woman Can Do. The uiowt
i puzzled man in the I'nited States lives i t
Sandusky. The other day lie waxed at
once vindictive and ingenious, and he re-
I solved to protect the sanctity of his heailli
and home by a cute stratagem. In pursu
ance of this idea, he mingled artoii'c in h
bottle of w ine and placed it where any bur
glar would see ir. and unless practical be-
; lievers iu total abstinence, would drink:
A Chicago poet, who was recently in- ' theitfiom and surely die. Now, the wife
formed that Madatre Nilsson had tl o tght- j of this intelligent Sanutiskian is an orderly
fully built a shelter fi r cows on her land at J woman, and when she found that b'ottlc of
Peoria, windful of the catastrn; 1 e which j wine placed in a conspicuous jiositioii, sho
led to the desstructi' n of his native city. . said that "was ju.-t like John; he never
immediately burst i' to this wild and be an- 1 did have any neatness, and she knew ti
tiful fienzv of ve:te : "Christine. Chtis- ! w lien i-he married him." Then she tiH.K
tine, thy milking elo, the morn and eve be- Ihe bottle and put it in the cellar with eight
tween, and not by the dim ichgioi.s light ' d 'zen other buttles, and arranged them
of tho fitful keioene. For the cows may j nc.itly in rows, and contemplated her work
plunge, pnd the lamp cspl-ide, and theliiej with innocent prid-3. Then she told 1-er
fiend ride the gale and shriek the knell of. husbai.u aln.ut it. Since he exhausted all
11mj burning town iu the glow of the mo'.- his vocabulary of piofanity he has been
ten pail !' J spondiug hia leisure time i.i 1 Hiking nt
those lolt!s ai:d trying to recognize tlm
An Eng'ish wag asserts that mael.ineiy one wh'ch he prepared for the pi km- boi--is
the most, modest of nil things, sinee it glar, and tinW he can solve the probloru
almost always travels in cog. kw ho expects a brain fevor.