rjcPlKE. Editor and Publisher. HE IS A FRESH AX WHOM TBI TRUTH MAIMS FUME, AND ALL ARK SLAVES BESIDE." Terms, S2 per year. In advance. t)LPFE YIIT. EBENSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1874. NUMBER 10. -'It.. at ; iyi . ti't v. tht- t ' k.r. ill diig b . lit iter s''ic!i '''gtd Maty bprt ides The i U HUMS IwHir. .!. Cfi', H, je i 7 ' 1 Sorter X .ni.. . 7 w. nedy Lie's. Kea- 700 ;,a J. IilK'K P. , in! TO W sill P. 7 60 700 UI.AC'M ItU ToW.NSHlP. U. Wikf 700 J.nol.l TOWN ItOKOCCIH. ,,,tii. 7 IK) 14 A. Walt 01-8 7 CO 10 00 7 60 7 uO 1H A. A. lSurker.Sc 7 00 frrti'fr. ,-:;:rl!, , U J. MitucLer. : oo: caui'.kia uimni-au. ... Rviin ... 7 UO It J a in t-3 Oonnrli. ,'!;k'',!.. 7 00 H Adam l'luir... ,,,,, Mihi. h. 7 001 ,!iKMAtGH ItOROCGH. , h WiJiniiu. 7 00 14 lyouisu Aaron.. a"?i. i mi.-i-.. 7 00.14 Mk'h'l 'l oliej-.. M- 18 Nuttvr, Cuuu- 700 7 00 untitt 700 7 00 lurr? ; V, , i Li.. 10 00 H)Kl)!iui & Co.. 10 00 . I: r. 7 0O (i.ul'EltsnAl.K BOROUGH. .3 Br; in 7 00 14 John Adams. . . 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Krebba i.'.r 14 Jueob Fend. 7 hi li Win.Levprgooil . N 7 .) H Win. Caldwell. ' -r & 14 H e. ley O. recti. .. Iil'in 14 ( lias. Oswald., wii'u. In in 14 Christ. Kimple. tl.nie. 7ki 14 John I'ortsr... , ii 14 L. Luckhardt.. ny. 7 M e i '. ci". Y u i'i , !' jJiU jjj 6" 4t q tict' Splits :f n I'.KtT!.) llOROUOH 7 f'l 14 H. F. O Fi tcl... u-?. 7,0 Miii-lds i Son . : "V 7 "i 14 A.J. Christy. .. ':r 7fjl4 Wm. I.itzitiifer. II. .li BiiK.I'llill. M -'fr- 1 1 P. ltodg:ers 7 Oo 14 U. W.btutzutau ''.'ci 111 7 00 7 00 7 00 700 7 00 7 00 V IOWSHHIP. injuria 7 0- 14 J. 8. Itnurfhnutn '. ''hd 7 '..0 1 Shatter it Co... "'IK'-V 7l. ''l F.IIANNA TOWNSHIP. I !M1T II i.r IliiKOI.liH. '"r 7 '..-I It James Bradley. ' ,!'-' i 7t.)H Christ Keich. .. "Sn-.t 7 ij TAVI.1,11 TOWNSII1P. 11 r-'-il i Co 7 00 7 00 7 00 700 7 00 "lift'-11 ,inn:rirH: 7 00 7 00 7 00 7 00 700 7 00 "iIIIM, Ui.,.;,. r.Jr. M TOWNSHIP. 14 S. McKen.le... ' "HI Murtin & Co... " 0" ' 14 IV.M.&J. Brown 7i." 1 14 Mrs. K. Mcin tosh ' "i H Alice Haian... 7 in' int'' ,rtif v. 1 1 1 . ..ha Jlvis. U.. ".".:h "ivt IIK bi .miiT.n. 11 1 M. Wolesla- 7 00 7 00 7 00 7 00 7 60 700 'w rIu Son 7 Ll 11 .Inn. M- L.Iu-mii. "IT" TOWNSHIP. );.'-'' '' II 'itttes. Son & Co 7ii u lUniKey i Uro. 3. (' .., ! E l.'JKWOII , or.! . p'..'.:W ' drv & 1 It Vci "'it township. ..1,',,I,i MEi.Vri-iesi." . 4: ..,n. Wilmore Borouyh 7 00 600 , fil'EWtKIES. " uj.il.jw,, jorouh I5 00 , , " 15 U) r' Johnstown Borough... 15 00 ... 15 ( ..i,!p?'!' ... 15 00 Ol " : t "ninan'n Borough. ' n ' ''i Township -'"'': 1 I C'li-niiirh 15 00 15 00 15 00 13 00 ..,1.., ilurf Tl- a.hint.)ti Twp ' Jli:nti Jn Township. tl5 00 . K'i 15 50 Illill r.r 15 50 . '' 1 A t. J, T lll.KS. man a that y -: 'ni,,,, Township. .$15 50 ' Johnstown .VI 00 , 40 50 irj , at th Treasurer's u J'JH.N H. KOSS, "' rcantllH A nnp.iaMr l W f r- It, ; 2 li,.r , 1 al ll commi v'-''.r'.,i;!""':f.un,'l 12 o'clock, 1 iu ir""i'0.n of Bridge ot niVmi nr Tli 1 'nmrnia nd 'T 'n.ll f j lite over il 1 " J. H Moll.tn In jw". rw-'':!nn nln f"a..ii 0-1. ;'."'";"'" om.-e. Thelm 5. AN N lo rt'Jet any or all r. 1 M ' . r . . . . I iLXVf. .. ... 1" d it-2i.-;t. Vstof RHTAILKHS of Foreign STATEMENT of SETTLEMENT ' IK.MKSTir Mluciiandisk, as as- K- with I. T$. Moyek one of the Sunervi- l .-na County '"' tho voar 1H7i : Bor8 of Washington Township, for the year 187S: P. H. MOTEH. in aCC't With WaahlTlirlnn T rv To amount of Duplicate " balance due Township at last settlement 2 88 " cash received 30.35 48.40 By amount of work as per books.. 755.81 ' Taxes ret'd to Commissioners. 27.79 " Kxonenttion." 100 " Order to P. Don a hoe (estate)' 27 80 " " No. 12, John Kwlly. .. i.oo " " " 8, Thus. Douahoe. 4.00 " " " 6, John Kelly. . . in " Peter Krownm. 6.25 " " " 6, Wm. McClouirh. 4.60 " " Philip Warner.. 8.00 " " 9, Peter Brown .. 8.10 " " " 6, Nicholas ltehe.. 6.8S " " " 1, Mrs. A. Murphy 8.10 " 12 (, Kobino 1.60 " " " 1Z Thos. Donahoe. 1.60 " Rccolpt, P. I. tikelly. . .. 15.00 " " U. Walters Docket. 14.0U " " H. B. Martin 18.75 " " H. B. Martin 10.00 " " James Skelly 6241,048,27 Balance due P. B. Moyer... 09.81 We, th undersigned Anditors, do certify that the abova is a correct statement ot settlement with P. ii. Moyer. J. P. O N E1L.U, 1 JAM KS NOON, Auditors. JOS. LYNC11, STATEMTENT OF SETTLEMENT with Ml chael Buaiilkv, ouo of tbo Supervisors of W'aehmgton Township: Mich'i. Bradlkv, In aoc't with Washington Twp., Da. To amount of Duplicate Or. By Work on Roads, as per aoo't..966.i " Exonerations 10.95 " 110 days' work at HI. 50 per day 165.U0 l,3i9.47 iteeeiju. eo. ju. iteaue (Sept. 17. 1173,) " Order No. 18, J. H. Kennedy.. " " James Noon.... " " Jaraes Noon ... " 6, James Noon " " S, M. Bradley " Kocoipt, Johnstou & Scanlan, (Estate J. Mctlonlgle,) " do. do. do. " Order No. 7, Christ. Robine. .. " , H. A. McPika.... ' " " 7, James Noon 3.00 l.M 8.T0 1.60 2.60 50.02 4260 134.79 4.76 0.00 1.60 4.64 17.71 3.00 0.50 16.C0 7.55- Receipt, P. M. it J. Brown .. " Order, J. Noon " " No. 4. M. Bradley Receipt, Johnston A Scanlan. ' Infest, Noon &. Brown's.Order Balance due Bradley 1.430.3 t 7J.8 Wk, the undersigned Auditors, do certify that the above is a correct statement of settlement wnh M. Bradley. J. p. O N E1KU ) JAMES NOON, Auditors. Apr. 34.-3t. JOS. LYNCH, $ STATEMENT OF AUDITORS' BETTLEMKNT with tha Suprvi!ors of Carroll Township: II. lloi'i'i.E, Supervisor, in acc't with Carroll Twp. 1ST. 1 Apr.l 13. To amount of Duplicato "9 Order of tn a date 90 SKi-$e31 7 " " By exonerations 44 " " 64 days' services at 60 per day tW 00 " " amount of work dono by tasables 635 31-4631 70 Visceut Reio, Suporv'r. in acc't with Carroll Tp. April 13, lh7. Dr. To amount of Duplicate, $535 33 Order of this date. 69 73 April 13, 1874. " Ori.' By 54'ij days' services as Supervisor, at $1.50 per day " stone hammer exonerations " amount of cash collected and ex pended on the roads. " per centaire eollvetin cash .. . . amount work done by taxables. . 1 5-$00 62 81 T5 2 50 2 23 IS 00 1 45 03 60-4906 58 TATF.MKNT OF SETTLEMENT with the Treasurer and 4'ollector of Carroll Township: Johx NxydkR, lreasurer and collector. April IS. 1874. Dr. To amount of Duplicate fi64 44 April IS, 1S74. Or. Hv order paid J. Litziniror (plank). .$11 60 li'v order paid E. Dishart " .. 19 32 By order paid .1. H. Miller " .. 2 10 JtV order paid Jos. trossbarger " .. 6 20 Hv order paid . I. Yost " .. 3 80 li'v order paid H. Fuchs " ..600 By order paid K. Hite " .. 4 00 By order paid Henry Mellon " ..4 50 By order paid V. Keii?. Supervisor . 60 79 By amount paid H. Hopple Supervi sor, on order 60 fO Bv exonerations. 186 Hv per centatre eollecting. ... ...1322 By 2 davs' service, at ijil.50 per day. 3 00 Bv order for plank 60 Hv order paid D. Ea(rer (rent) 1 00 By order paid D. A. Luther. Auditor 4 81 Bv order paid S. A. Shoemaker, " 4 50 By order paid J. J. Thomas, T. Cl k. 15 50-223 29 Balance due Township 36 15 Witness our hands, this 18th day of April, 1874. J. J. THOMAS. ) S. A. SHOEMAKER, Auditors. D.A.LUTHER. ) Attest J. J. Thomas, Clerk. 5-l.-3t. "DECEIPTS & EXI EN DITL' KKS of th IVirough of Elx-nsburg for the year ending iMth February, 1S74 : To amount of Duplicate. 1873 4.1,184 18 114 75 277 41 62 00 ' cah received ln.m eignmasier ... i .. " " sale of Toll House, ii 41 4 4. "ines and License. 44 44 41 44 a. Berry, late Burgess " cash received from William Davis, late Treasurer " cash ree'd for Rent of Market House. . 15 00 359 85 23 33 $1,929 62 Or. By exonera Ions to Collector 7 04 ' commission paid Collector... 68 S5 commission pa ,1 ' cash paid Assessor 4 4. 4. Keturn Judges. .. 4 44 44 Borough Auditors. 1 44 yiro Committee. . 4 44 44 clerk to Council.. . 4 44 41 street Commis'ers. " " for Printing 14 44 i 44 jtupalrs to St'ts and Alleys " cash paid for New Crossings. i4 4. .4 44 Borough Prop erty, Lumber, ike ' cash paid old Indebtedness... 6 00 3 0 10 00 SO 00 40 00 149 00 21 75 214 74 80 00 238 92 113 54 1,010 Balance In hands of Treasurer 915 74 ASSETS. Balance in hands of Treasurer llaiance f wl Houat) 44 44 .4 wm. Davis, late Tr'r. 915 74 141 44 40 07 $1,007 25 19 85 LIABILITIES.. Outstanding Orders Balance In favor of Borough $ 1,077 40 Witness our hands, at Ebensburg, the lth day of March, 1874. o 1 JOHN OITTINQS , . Auditors. 5-1.-3C J NO. E. SCAN LAN, I ADMINISTRATION NOTICE. Estate ot Francis McTamany, dec d. Letter of Administration on the decedent, late of Washington t o w n s h . i. t r county, hav.ng been granted to the unders e. i t y the Rigistero?saldc5unty, all persons 'n'" said estate are requested to mate 'ne'liat pay ment. and those having claims K;Vn , J r u will present them properly auihentlctod tor UelnenSARAH MrTAMAKT, Administratrix. Washington Twp., April. S, 1874--ot. TOUCH NOT. Ilaving bought from Charles A. McMullkk, , of Clearheld Township, the following deaeribea ar ticles I hereby warn all persons against mn dling with the said property : 1 000k store, 1 par lor stove, 1 set chairs. 1 clock. 1 washing machine. 2 beds and bedding, 1 barrel churn, 1 meat Stana. JAM FS McMULLEN. t'learSold Twp., April 30, 187t.-3t. Stealing and Earning. Never try to cheat your neighbor ; Doii't consent to lie a tool; Get your living by hard labor ; Bear in mind the golden rule. If you try to play a sharp game, And, succeeding, gain you earn, The time will come when tricks the sara Will be played on you in turn. Mayhap you gain by knavery. And by certain thievish schema, Faster thnn by toil and bravery Adding daily to your means ; But you'll find it's not so lasting You'll be cheated soon, yourself; In vour old age you'll be lasting, While your friend has lots of pelf. You have gotten without labor. Never heeding the true worth Of your riches, w hile your neighbor Delved his from the stony earth, Sweating freely for each penny Of the few he got each day ; lie saved a few, while you spent many! lie's the better off to-day. An Exciting' Exploit or a Western Railroad. I do not think I ever felt prouder in my life than I did one morning when our loco motive "boss" accosted me as 1 was making ready the "Milwaukee," to take the through train westward. "Well, George," said he, "heard the news? Guess not, eh ? You ain't got to run this route again !" I turned pale, fearing I had got into somo scrape ; but I only said, "Why, sir?" "Why?" he repeated, "because you're put up in AWs place. You foel kinder ppry, I reckon." I did, indeed, "feel kinder spry," for AW, a first-rate hand, had just been pro ruotl, with a handsome douceur for gallant ri'luct upon a certain occasion, and as the .J venture was the cause of my Wng made nu engine driver, I will, with your permis sion, proceed to relate it. Son after my arrival in the States, I suc ceeded in obtaining a situation as fireman ou one of the trunk lines. After a while I became associated with Abel Storer, who had the reputation of a first-class engine driver, though he was, to my taste, a little too reckless, and when "in liipior," nothing daunted him. From AW I heard many tales respecting the encounters he had had with the "white injuns," as he denominated certain filibustering gentlemen who had a playful habit of disguising themselves a.s native Indians, and currying off any specio or ammunition contained in the wagons. At times, I believe, they did not hesitate to commit the most dreadful outrages, under the guise of war paint. One morning alio ut two inontlis after my having been appointed fireman, we got orders to take a train down to Landerville. Abel was accordingly in great hopes of shooting some "injuns," and provided him self with a quantity of ammunition for his six shooter. I, more skeptical, neglected this precaution. We started, however, having a quantity of specie in our boxes, some valuable stores, and a mixed cargo of notions in our charge. We had received in structions to shunt at B.inkum City, for a faster train with passengers, and then, (if it had not previously run into us), to assist it up the steep incline at that place, our train Wng suleequently helped up by the other locomotive. We arrived at Bunkum siding in safety, about 5 o'clock, and hearing nothing of the following train, replenished the engine, and then proceeded to look for some food for ourselves. We pitched upon a small store where we managed to procure food, and pome of the most fiery stuff (miscalled whis key) that I ever tasted. AW drank it greedily, however, while I devoted myself to the food. We were on the eve of depar ture as two rough-looking fellows entered and demanded liquor, "taking stock" of us ns they swaggered about. Seeing that Abel was becoming more intoxicated, and recol lecting that the passenger train must lie due, I attempted to move him, but one of tho strangers stepping forward, requested us to "liquor up", before we started. AW grunt ed a drunken assent, and I, not daring to re fuse, sat down while the drink was being prepared. During the concoction of the "reviver," Abel kept wandering aimlessly about, swaying recklessly against the tables, and when the glass was at length presented for my acceptance, he lurched heavily against the stranger. Crash went the tumbler on the floor, while amid a volley of curses I dragged the offender from the house and managed to regain the engine unmolested. Anticipating that we should be followed, I kept Abel's revolver in readiness ; butafter a time I noticed two figures proceeding in the direction of some log huts which lay some little distance down the line, upon the left. As the strangers disappeared over the brow of the hill, I turned my attention to AW. To my astonishment, he responded to my first adjurations by faying, as he gained a rising posture, " Darn them cusses, they have gone right away !" For a moment I stared in speechless sur prise. " Why, I thought you weie drunk," I cried at length. ' Drunk !" he echoed, " those fellows would have had you on your back in a coon's jump but for me. I know them, the Injun thieves, they're after our specie, my boy, as sure as shootin', but I'll tail 'em, the varmints. Which is the specie wag on?" : " No. 8," I responded, wonderingiy. 1 " Off with it and tackle it on to the pas senger train," cvijd Abel, excitedly, we 11 fix their fliuts yet, by gosh." So we set to work with a will, but whil we were uncoupling the wagon, the othet train arrived. AW communicated his sus picions to the conductor, and in a few mo ments the specie was included amongst the passenger cars. By this time evening was closing in, and when he placed the train on the siding, at the top of the decline, to cleat the track for the passenger tmin, I began tf hope that our fears of any attack wen groundless. We ran down with the steam on, to ge' in the rear of the passenger train, and th other engine followed at a little distance. As our engine neared the points, just be tween the log huts I have mentioned, sever al figures rose from their concealment. Without warning of any kind, they deliler ately fired at the engines as they passed. Surprise, more than fear, kept us for a mo ment inactive. But AW quickly recovered himself. Shouting to me to lie down, he discharged two barrels at the nearest of our assailants. With a groan he fell dead in his tracks. In a few seconds we had run out of range, but those upon tlu other cngiue were less fortunate. Unarmed a they were, the driver and fireman could nuke no resistance, and we as well as the passengers, who were turning out to their assistance, were obliged to remain passive sjectators. The poor fellows were tumbled off the engine by their assailants, whose in tention to seize the specie wagon was now evident. But in this they were foiled. Some of the passengers now having got within range, had by this time commenced a pretty hot fire against the f libusters who now found themselves in a fix ; as Abel re versing his engine, returned to the attack. Their position thus becoming untenable, they started their engine and ran quickly out of range of the passengers' fire, but Nemesis was Wiind them. AW, seeing their manoeuvre, turned on full pressure, and swore he'd shoot them lefore he slept. Now commenced the most extraordinary chase I ever heard of. The engine in front had a start of about half a mile, but we had greater power, and understood the management of the machine. Both locomotives were well supplied with wood and water. One of our opponents attempted to jump off, as the speed for a moment was slackened but he was hurled upon t'.i line a bleeding mass. His terrible fate deterred his companions, who increased tbeir distance and disappeared over the brow of the hill. We followed, going at a ter rific rate, bumping and oscillating to such a degree upon the uneven track, that I fan cied that we should have run off the track. We kept our course, however, gaining slightly for a time. AW taking every op portunity of sending a bullet through the weatherboard of the retreating engine. As the excitement cooled off a little, I for the first time discovered that I had been hit. A trickling of blood from a wound in my arm and a numb sensation, were anything but agreeable. A rough bandage stopped the bleeding, and we were then at liberty to oliserve the chase once more. Darkness came on, yet there was no sign of any abatement of the speed, or any apparent change in our relative positions. Occasion ally a defiant whistle was borne back to us, but still on we swept through the night. Suddenly the red glow upon the track in front seemed to stop. We neared it rapidly. "Dive!" roared Abel, just in time. As he spoke, two shots came whizzing through the gla-s id front, .J fell harmless from the iron plate behind us. A shave that?" laughed my companion. ''I'll be quits." As he sjMjkc he got out upon the frame, and told me to lie cached. " What on earth are you about?" I Asked. His reply made me shudder. " I'm going to kill them on that cngin', good-by, friend." lie was gone creeping over the wheel-castings to the buffet beam. Now determined to win, I employed svery means to do so. We were surely gain ing. Another log upon the already roar ing furnace. The valves discharged a cloud of hissing steam, but on I went to destruc tion. In a few moments more the engines were Almost touching ; another shot, but no harm done. We bumped ! a grinding noise was heard, then another bump. "Hurrah!" I cried, or rather tried to cry, for my throat was so parched that I could scarcely utter a sound, and regardless of risk was about to join AW when a shrill noise arose beneath us, and the other engine shot into the dark ness ahead. With an oath I shut off the steam (further progress I knew was impos sible with the heated machinery) and shout ed to AW. As soon as I could pull up, I jumped off and ran to the front. AW had disappeared! Gracious heavens, had lie fallen where the engines touched ? I began to fear the worst, and called wild!', in the rain hope that he might hear, but the whis per of the wind was the only reply. It was impossible that be could have gained the foot-plate of the other engine and escaped instant death ; had he fallen the engine would have killed him. Thus I argued, and after a time mechanically filled a pipe, and taking a lamp began to oil the cranks. Looking at my watch, I found we had been running thirty minutes, and at such a pace that I knew the np mail could not be far distant, and that Landerviile was only a few miles off. So I ran gently ahead again, and bad not run far when a sudden lift of the engine nearly threw me down. I stopped nd descended. At the side of the track lay a body horribly disfigured. The cow-catcher had struck him and dragged him along. An indefinable sensation of fear took possession of me. Was this AW , af ter all ? It was too awful. I managed, however, ro turu the corpse upon its back. The fca tureswere indistinguishable; but all doubt was speedily set at rest, for by my lantern's light I recognized AWs cap firmly clasped in the dead man's hand. I staggered against the engine, and now that the excitement was over sobbed like a child. The passengers in the train we had "eft, the up mail all were forgotten, until I had reverently placed the body on the engine. The silence was terrible. I persevered until I had covered the remains of my poor mate as well as possible, and as I sat down upon the engine rail I fancied I heard the distant rattle of an approaching train. I rose and listened intently. Soon a whistle, long, though very Taint, broke the stillness. I stood ready to run if occasion demanded it. when again the whltle rose, this time loud md clear, and after dying away into a long wailing sound, suddenly ended in three sharp, quick notes. My heart leaped to my throat that was AM Sorcr's siyn! With trembling fingers I replied. In a few moments a dark object loomed in front ind AW's "halloa" was ringing in my ears. In two seconds more I was beside him. "Dou't wring a man's arm off," he cried. "Good heavens ! How did you escape?" I asked. "I'd a tough ish bout of it," AW replied, "but, by gosh, I've won." "I fancied you were shot," said I ; "look here," and taking him t his own engine I showed him the body which still lay there in all its ghastly reality. "Shot," he laughed, in no way affected by the sight ; no, sir, that's the coon 1 pipped in the skull ; he grablied my cap, too, and I may as well have it again, I guess. So saying, he released the dusty head-covering from his late antagonist's grasp, and calmly brushing it, continued: "Yes,' you sec when the engines closed I leaped on the step and potted this fellow at once. Didu'tyuJ hear the shot?" I said I had heard a noise, but fancied it was a steam pipe which had given way. "No," he said, "that was my first fire. These Injuns had but one 'derrick' between them, and this fellow was going to use it i: my favor, but I luckily stopped that. The other tried a knife on my skin, but he was ?oon plugged. Then I had to go to Lander ville to give information, and was returning for you when I saw your head-lump, and whistled nvjonlin' thutV all." "Is the unfortunate mau dead?"' I asked. "Not he," replied AW, "I only shot him in the shoulder ; but he'll lose his arm I reckon. We'd better lie going, and see about the passengers now, I think." We then coupled the engines, and leaving the dead undisturbed on one, mounted the other. On arriving at Bunkum City we told our tale, to which the mangled body of the filibuster bore grewsome testimony, and ifter a detention of rather more than an hour the passengers were dispatched on their journey. Upon our return to head quarters we were especially thanked, ami otherwise more substantially rewarded. Abel was promoted to a comfortable permanent berth in New York City, while I was made an engine driver, with the highest scale of pay, in his stead- Economy the Road to Wealth. A lady read somewhere that economy was the sure road to wealth, and hearing that the gas bill was enormous, felt the gas ju IjLjIi t le econimnze. hy turning it triT it t the meter every morning, so that it would not waste through the brackets. This she did, intending to regulate it in the evening. She went to see her mother, however, and Biggins having returned about 8 o'clock P.M., turned up the jet and struck a match. Nursing it carefully with his hand he placed it to the bracket ; pshaw ! it went out ; another, and still it would not light. He thought the infernal thing mast be bro ken, and going into the next room, fell over a chair and smashed his face. He tried it until his matches were all gone, and then, feeling on the mantel for more, turned over his wife's oil perfume bottle, and knew it was running on his coat. He swore and started down stairs, and just in the hall met Maria returning with the children. "Biggins, why is there no light in the house ?" He endeavored to explain ; but of no use. He was foolish. The gas would light if he had only tried ; and she marched into the parlor, her dress catching in her cabinet of Chinese curiosities, and it falling with a crash. She tried, and in vain, for besides spoiling her best silk, she trod on the child with boils, and mashed her best bonnet, when, lo! she remembered what was the matter. She would sooner have stepped into her coffin than to that meter, and she tried to do it quietly ; but he saw her, and from that day to this when she talks economy he quiet ly sniggers, "Save from the gas bill." Her silk dress, her best bonnet and hot Chinese relics were nothing, she whispered to her bosom friend ; but to have Biggins once know he was right, it "is too much," and she always bursts into tears. IT is almost impos.bl to rear a young hippopotamus, but it has lately been dis covered that the mother suckles her young under the water, and in future it may not prove so difficult a task. Out of eleven produced in Amsterdam only one lived, and when niue months old it brought a thous and pounds to go to America ; but the man who bought it stopped in London, and ex hibited it at sixpence a head, at the Crystal Palace, and while there the Crystal Palace caught fire, and the only hippopotamus ever reared in Europe was roasted. " Charge It." A simple little sentence is thi,- to be sure, and yet it may le considered as one of the most insidious enemies with which jieopla have to deal. It is very pleasant to have all the little commodities offered for sale in the market, and it Ls sometimes hard to deny one's self, of the same, when they can lie ob tained by saying "charge it' But this habit of getting articles, however small the expense may be, without laying for them, keeps one's funds in a low state most of the time. "I have no money to-ilay but should like the article much," says a young man who happens to gii into a stirre, and sees, some thing which strikes his fancy. "Never mind," said the gentlemanly clerk, "you are good for it." "Well, I will take it and you iuny cWrge it." And so it is tlirif llr t?r neeniint4 jir oneneil at one place and another, till the young man i ' 1-1 -I- 11 . 1 1 is surpriseu at ins liabilities; w men tiiotign small in detail, are sufficiently large in the aggregate to reduce his cash materially when settling day comes. In many instances, if the cash were re quired, the purchase would not be made even had the person the money by him ; but to some, getting an article charged does not seem like parting with nn equivalent. Still, when pay-day erties, as always" it does, this illusion vanishes, and a feeling is experienced of parting with money and re ceiving nothing in return. If there is an actual necessity of making a purchase, and the means are not at hand, there is a reasonable excuse for obtaining the same on credit ; but when the article Can be dispensed with until payment can lie made, it is much to the a.Jan:ae of the purchaser to do so. "We must hae a nice set of furniture," says a young couple ab-mt to l? united in marriage, "but we ha v.? not the mean--. However, we wi'.l get it and have it chargP'!." And so they start life with a debt hanging over them for which then- is no occasion. The habit once formed is difficult to break away from, and whenever anything is wished for, it is purchased without considering that circumstances may arise which will render the payment of the debts incurred impossi ble. Vt-j-s il.nc i -in;i:. ,,f health and a supply of lalor, it would place rather a different construction upon the matter. Bat considering the fluctuating character of bus iness, milking it possible that a mechanic may lie thrown out of employment at any time, it is certainly better to lie prepared for such emergencies by keeping clear ol" debt. Sickness may also overtake one at any time, and the thought that numerous charges are standing against us, aggravates the disease and renders the misfortune harder to liear. Taking this view of the matter is it not better to forego the pleasure of possessing articles which our taste may prompt us to purchase until the inputs are in hand ? It is very easy to say "charge it," but not al ways so easy to pay it. And tlds is always the ultimatum. If payment is deferred too long the very one who poliiely tells the purchaser that it will make no difference nliout the money, will say he had no business to buy fine feathers if he had no prospect of paying. And in u measure this is true. By pur suing such a course, a person is never inde pendent : the host of little debts are ever ready to jierple.x and worry him, when that for which they were incurred lias leen used. Hence it may ls said that the custom of charging it, is unjust lxth to purchaser and seller, as the one loses his peace of mind and the other oftentimes loses his money. CJet ing in debt is easy, but getting out is just the reverse ; and for that reason it would be , well for people to ask when aUmt to make a J purchase in the manner alluded to, is it not best for me to wait until I have the money, and then not have to order the seller to "charge it?" The extraordinary change that lias tnken place in Japan in ten y.s is hard to be lieve. It is bo ten years since the country wa open to foreign commerce, and already in Yokohoma and Yeddo there arc many hundreds of native shops, selling foreign goods, besides those kept by foreigners. In addition to this, it is stated as a remarkable faet, that a large part 'f the male portion of the middle and upper classes dress entirely in our style. Even old men, too old to -port the new costume, look with delight upon their grandsons dr.-sed in hats, lxn-t---, and what Wongs between, and tuke pii-'o in showing off iu the streets their "young Japan" thus apparelled. The army ar.d na'3' are remodelled on European systems in organization, arms and uniforms, down to the common trumpet, drum and fife. They have stages, steamers and telegraphs ; niid a Contract has been made for a railroad. There are two extensive founderies, with foreign machinery, iu the country a:id sev eral docks. As to the matter of diet, beef, the abomination of Buddhism, begins largely to be consumed, and bread is much lik -d. In the heart of the capital sewing machine-, hum in the tailors' shops. A foreign col lege in Yeddo has hundreds of lioys studying English, French and German. Eight for eign physicians instruct in medical colleges. Newspapers are published in several places, with tbeir columns of "Foreign'' and "Tele grams," clipped and translated from our standard papers. Bookstores, selling En glish and French lxsiks. are seen i.i many places ; and the quantity of books imported is immense. Women as Sailors. It is no new thing for women to beeotna sailors. We are infimned in anclert history that Artemesia, Queen of Halicarnassus, Commanded five ships at the defeat of the Persians nt Salamas, and made a brave re sistance, distinguishing herself by undaunted courage and activity, and a perfect knowl edge of strategy. Toward the end of the buttle, seeing herself in great danger of be ing taken, she lowered her flag, and at tacked a Persian war ve-.el with terribl fury. Her stratagem had the desired effect, Ibr the conquerors, Lalieving her vessel to be oTie of their own, failed to pursue her. There are several itstances on record of American women, wives of deceased cap tains, navigating their vessels into port after the death of their husliands. In the reign of George III., of Great Britain, .q Irish woman, named Hannah Whitney, served for five years in the Royal British Navy, and kept her secret so well that she was not known to be a wonian udi til she retired from the service. A few yeara later a young Yorkshire girl walked from Hull to London in search of her lover. She found him enlisted on his Majesty's man-of-war Oxford, and thereupon she donned a sailor's suit, assumed the name Charlie Waddell, and enlisted on the same ship. Her lover, not being as faithful to her a4 she to him, deserted the ship, and in at tempting to follow his example, she wad arrested, and her sex detected. The ofilcera raised a contribution for her, and she waa dismissed the service and sent home. In 17b2, a Mrs. Cola became somewhat famous by serving on Imard a man-of-war as a com mon sailor. She afterward resumed her proper attire, and opened a coffee-house-for sailors. In 1800, a girl of fifteen tried to ship at L indon on b-ard a South Sea whaler, and being refuse!, she put on boy 'a clothes, hired herself to a waterman, and became very skillful in rowing. She did not h-arn to swim, however, and, one day, tho boat enpsj.mg, she was nearly drowned. In this crisis her sex was discovered, anil she ceased to he " a jolly young waterman, and became a domestic servant in her proper apparel. Another girl aged fourteen, named Klizabeth Bowden, Wng left an, orphan, went up to London in 1307, from a village in Cornwall in search of employment She did not succeed in finding such work ad she desired, and, putting on male attuw, she walked to Falmouth, and there enlisted as a " Imy" 011 board his Majesty's shlp-of-war Hazard, and did good service aloft and Wow. Her sex was finally discovered, however, and by the kindness of the officers the poor girl was placed in a proper posir tion. Still another, named Bebeeea Ann Johnston, had a cruel father, who dressel her as a y when she was thirteen yeara old and apprenticed her to a collier ship, on which she served four years, and then lft the service because a brutal mate gave her a severe lieating for being slow when called on watch. In 1815, when the Briti&h war ves sel Qufcn Charlotte was being paid off, o negro woman was found among the crew,' who had served eleven years at sea under the name of Willian Brwn, and had be come so expert a sailor that she was pro moted to be captain of the foretop. She haj all the peculiarities of a good sailor, and had kept her secret so well that no one suspect ed her real sex. This woman had been mar ried, and had adopted a sailor'.-, lifa to tfceape the abuse of a cruel husband. Embroidery Workers. A writer in Chamber's Journal says The great centre of Swiss embroidery Is at St. Gall, and the day on which the work Li brought is a festival : early in the morning the young women arrive from all parts ia their Sunday attire. After attending service in the church they collect in a large room round a long tabic, where each reeeives a glass of white wine. They begin to sing one of their melodies iu parts, while the matev goes round the tabic, examines th work, and pays for it. If he refuses any, and de clines to take it, the dispute is decided by s syndic, who sits in the next room. When the examination Is over, the head of the estab lishment throws a mass of embrodery pat terns on the table ; each girl chooses the kind she likes bcs.t ; it Is inscribed in her book, with the priee agreed on, and the dav when it is to le returned. They are very industrious; and, 1 15- reason of their great frugality, are contented with very poor re muneration ; and by slightly sewing their pieces of work together, can have them washed at half the cost. In Saxony the wages are so low that it Is wonderful how the women can live up in them; iu Scotland it is said that many of the children receive only a halfpenny u J-.-.y. A small number in Nancy, who can embroider Coats-of-anns and crests. arn three shillings a day; but from ten to twenty pence ie; the asual wages. Il is a kind of work that endangers the sight; and us f,i.-.!.i..ri reigns supreme, it not unfreqiiently happens that a style is aban doned before the orders are completed; when the merchant profits by the smallest pretext to refuse the w irk from the uianu liicturer; and i.i this way the loss often faiis upon the io.r w iiii.-n, who can scarcely buy bread and clothe.-." A standing antidote for poison by oak, ivy, etc., is to tike a handful of quiok-liiae, dissolve it in water, let it stand half an hour, then paint the poisoned parts with it. Three or four applications will nver fail to cure the most aggravated cas. Poison froc bees, hornets, etc , Is instantly arrested by equal parts of common slt and bicarbonate, tl soda, well rubbed in on the y tu , 1 fl ) ! i ' II
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