mMk i9 P o Ify w III 'P W V 41 ' o Terms, 2 per yea.. In advance . rrPiKEv Editor and Publisher. HE IS A FKEEJIAX WHOM THK TUUTII MAKES FKEE, ASD ALL ARE SLAVES ES1LE. 1 U.UME VIII. oyer's Cathartic Pills, For the relief and cure of all derange meats In the stom ach, liver, and bow els. They are a mild aperient, and an excellent purgative. Ileing purely vege. ' table, they contain no mercury or mine ral whatever. Much serious sickness and Buffering is prevent ed bv their timelv - ai everr family should have them on hand Zt orotection and relief, when required. .i-rion.e has proved them to be tho saf ami beat of all the Pills with which Tirk. t slKJtinds. By their occasional use, huci i purified, the corruptions of the sys obstructions removed, and the marhinery of life restored to its healthy JvTt Internal organs which become clogged lil'lii-zi5!! re cleansed by Aycr's Villa, and nt" action. Thus incipient disease '"JLg&X " alUi, the value of which change, m k'itiP'l on the vast multitudes who enjoy "i, lunUv be computed. Their sugar coating V tliem pleasant to take, and preserves their s unimpaired for any length of time, so i'mer are ever fresh, and perfectly reliable, aoa h searching, they are mild, and operate iut di.-tui banco to the constitution, or diet, or jirertiotn are given on the wrapper to ViJboT hnvr M use them ns a Family Physio, ' for 't. following complaints, which these ji rtiiillv euro: iirnfM,l,'i or InAIrrtlon. K,latlaa Lt, lUnifitor ami Lou of A piaettte, they -r' bt taUen nunle lately to stimulate the etoiu t"ri tvtre it healthy tone and action. 'i"r Liter ( omplaiat and its various symn J4, Biliwn Headache, Hick IIral tlf jAum'.ic or Urerd HIcbneM, Hil .ColiC a:i'l Itilioua letert, they should . -..'jcinu-lv taken for each case, to correct the j'-tioa or remove the obstructions which -:L Tr ientery or Diarrhoea, but one ' I'-o'h general! v required, ir Hhruniatiti. uoiil, Oravel, Pal. Utnn of It" Hrarl, In the Wr.Bjck and Lninii, they shoull be contin--.'i f.Si'n, as required, to change the diseased criioftlie system. With euch change those t.lwiM 'li;tpiear. r Dropav and Droplcal Awelllaira, r-inul'i he taken in large and frequent doses ; rtu-e the effect of a drastio purge. , ;:; napprrxMion, a large dose should be 'as produces the desired effect by eym c :' tixWnner Pill, take one or two Villa to 5 rr. li-'e.tion and relieve the stomach, i iin-ional dose stimulates the stomach and i .re-tores the appetite, and invigorates the iia Hence it is often advantageous where t r'us lieraneement exists. One who feels in..!v well. MVn finds that a dose of these Jixake him feel decidedly better, from their z.-zt and renovating effect on the di&eslire iitus. PREPARED BT tlC. AYER& CO., Practical Chemists, LOWELL, MASS., V. S. A. a ,jl :-ALK UY ALL DRVtXilSM EVERTWOEBE. -.VTKM KXTofSKTTLKM knts ' 1' t'u tln Collector and Treasurer of G.il '', r t. wnyhit" School lis:rict for the year end- j F. J. rAKI'.ISlI, tVl!i 1 .... 1 1 ..... Ctor, Ilt tl, 407.53 .i 67.69 . 1,31").!)9 1,'?73.6S 1 I it a Cy- c a:.t of ( T"nerat!"n9. - f;ii i Treasurer. na'm'- '.i- T .wnsliip from Collector.. 83.91 If' ?? 3 T-.oxEi.r Treasurer, Da. ns j tli-3l r jl (1 t t r ia" HI 1, - n; j: ..; t settlement . f 37S.25 S ' " ttion 174.00 i..-.- . i ; '.'licnv Twp... 66.W1 i r i :. flliuan. 43..M " :n rents .T.... i'.OO " ' r ! .r-lnmli. Sold 8.01 ' i llurnsnnd others) 5.8) ' jMCul'rF.J.I'arrlsh 1,3;5.S Jl.Wl.OO Cr. ::s:;fted .1,0I9.14 - n hands of Treasurer ' hi from t'td'r F. .1. I'arrish. 3 Allegheny Twp. lor tuition. .. . 2.44 83 1 5.J0 ri Treasurer and claims due Twp. ( " h... Directors of Gallitiln Township hav-iii'-.l the afnve accounts, limt them to ie i- presented in tho loregoing statement. MAT. HKl.VAN, President. '.3 Hi NTEii, Secretary. 9-ll.-flt. i PITTSBURGH, PA. complete institution In the United ":rthe tliir'u'h, practical education of the M DiiMle aged man, having the largest an l the best facilities for instruction of ' ? college in existence. 'xli-atn l;.-olv-l nt any Time. ' a:nr giving Tull Information as to course ' ' atli.)d of instruction, necessary expen-".ref.-, J. C. SMITH, A. M., i-. Principal. " .. r l !0LSTi:UIN(J. Having loca f : -' t rni.iiii-ntly in tlii place, (at the JU-W 1B put t 1 ne A ir ' ' t I). M. hute.) Hie unuersigueu nt .rm tlm iople of Northern (Cambria , i,t that lie Is prepared to do all l ili il.-; r Kit INI i. such as trimming car-J--'ies ami other vehicles, upholstering 1 f". 'ttomans, beddinir, etc., anil In fact Tk in that line. Old articles of furnl- i-te.. made ns gixxl as new in this f-and p.-rfeet satisfaction guaranteed In Charges unxlfrate and work at "iiii.tlv. FKL.1X WF.BEK. iff. July :;l,is-4.-3iu. 1 k i ENDII) TOWN PROPERTY ' RALK. A very elepant and com-"''"I'-ti'-f in Khcnsburg liorongh will be H .""!iaMe terms. Tim House is brh-k and 1 . t left halls and basement wash- J Kir.,.,il ei-llardividcd Intotwoapart ly.t . vitx-HH feet and Is well set J L ' "I Iruits ami shrubberv. Larire Sta X.U5. and three Huildings u.seil as law prj-rty is desirable for a large faml 'J"r l:tile'iinprovemnt would make a ""'tel or summer boarding house. 1 ll-t 4 'J t-fJ mi u i t a h eitj tiU -i ltd in i D 1 ex( fc J.Mi. K. SI !AnLAN, Agni. '-MI"IC-i-t t tt-x- vnTinp 1 Estate of James Fakren, dee' J- .v"r",'.v given that Letters of Admin l tho is- , .' in jailirn a '.'state of James Farren. late of the , '' ashinnton, county of Cambria, de- I . n K"ntea to the undersigned ny j u:h)iitv. Persons indebted to said jueMed to make payment forthwith, Vii cv''IlK claims airamst the same will 'Iniy Authenticated for settlement, i r.RY 'AKRO, Administratrix. J V " HAHRA, Administrator, -''nlwp., Se,,t. 11, l74.-t. 'ISTUATION NOTICE. f John Misel, dereaswl. minisi ration on the estate of John Jjrr"" township, Cambria county. .. .-'"eu tot no umlcrsigneii. an pe - f. -i, e&tsteare requested to niak .,"r'1WIh ..,) requested to mK those having demands Wi wil1 1'rcsei't them properly pro- 1 'Twt AR M'SEU Administrator. t21't. 4, 1874.-t, .'OrvvrV , : tt. '--'1 uuuk. otice is " via n tl.o. 1 . n m. i aim iiii.i Assignee oi orouKh, hM I'f'-'Uted tu the next Argument k"i a. i'jn n"lcs' cauie i ehown to tin -he Court. . ,.-J- K. H ITE. Prolhonotary. wni.-e, Ebensburir. Sunt. 9. 1874.3t. . Mclaughlin. Attorn, "tpu'ii nhn"town' Pa- Omce in the old ' . 'up-salrs.) corner of Clirt- """'''. Will Bttoi.il ti, oil llllH- 1 ."j8"' of Johnstown I C I'ffit III.!,,.!. -i J Wltn his prolcseion. THE EVEN OF AN IRISH VIRL. You may talk of black eyes and blue About brown eyes, and hazel, and gray; You may praise asyouplease every hoe Known on earth since its earliest day; But no other eyes under the sun Can set poor human heart in a whirl, "With their pathos and mischief and fun, Like the eyes of a bright Irish girl. They are soft as the down on a dove. They are mild as a midsummer dawn, They are warm as the red heart of lore, They are coy as the glance of a fawn. Tender, pensive, and dreamy as night, Bright and pure as the daintiest pearl, Yet as merrily mad as a sprite Are the eyes of a young Irish girl. They can soothe and delight with a beam, They can rouse and infpire with a glance, They can chill and reprove with a gleam, That is keen as the flash of a lance. To bring peace or the pangs of despair To one's breast, be he noble or churl, There is nothing on earth to compare "With the eyes of a true Irish girl. Yoa may search cabin, cottage aud hall, Thro' the loveliest lands that are known; But the loveliest land of them all Has no eyes like the eyes of our own. There are faces, no doubt, quite as sweet, And as fair, under ring'et and curl, But no light like the splendors that meet In the eyes of a glad Irish girl. Ah! Dame Nature was cruelly kind When she took from her tendcreat skies The most exquisite tints she could find And bestowed them on soft Irish eyes. For no other eyes nnder the sun Can set human heart in a whirl With their pathos and miscchief and fun, Like the eyes of a bright Irish girl. From Itallou's Monthly for October.! lKKLAyU AXD T11E IRISH. Much has been said and written about the ''Emerald Isle" and its inhabitants, and yet there is always about the subject a hint of fresh possibilities aud new char acteristics. Poets have sung in most ele gant music the charms of their beloved "Green Isle of the Ocean," and the ferveut rhetoric of Irish oratory strikes hjir.e, not only to the hearts of Irishmen, tut to the sympathies of the just and gen-jrous-of i.li nations. Th& melodies of Monro and the eloqucuce of a Grattau atid an O'Connor still ring iu our ears, aud as we think upon the woes of Ireland, we Hod ourselves in voluntarily repeating tho well-known lines: 'There came to th beach a poor exile of Erin, Tin- dew on his thin robe was heavy and chill; For his country he sighed, when at twilight re pairing . . . . .., To wand. r alone bv tho wlod-benten hill : But tho day-star attracted his eye's sad devo tion. . , , - For It roe o'er his own native isloor the ocean. Where once, in the nreof his youthful emotion. He sang the bold anthem of Erin go brugu. "? id Is my rate! said tho heart-broken stranger; The wild d er and wolf to a overt can tiee, nut I have no refuge from famine und danger, A home and a country rem-iiii not to ine. Never again in the green, shady bowers, Where my forefathers lived, bball 1 spend the sweet hours, Or cover mv harp with the wild-woven flowers. And strike to the anthem of Erin go bragb. Tel. all Us sad recollections suppressing. One dying wish my lone bosom can draw : Erin ! an exile bequeaths thee bis blessings I . i 1 . . j 1 L'.-ln trn hriiirn I Buried and cold when my heart stills her mo- Greenbe1 thy fields. isle of he cr" ! And thy barp-airlnging bards eimj aloud, with uevouon. Eriu mavoui nceu-Erin go bragb I But notwithstanding the disadvantages under which Ireland has labored in the past, and which she feels in the present, her sons are coneraUT as careless, happy and contented a set as one will often meet. Fortunately for them, nature Las blest them with some qualities of mind or dispo sition that frequently soften the hard real iii of Ibtir condition, and wuable them to look, proverbially, on the bright side, if there is one. , , The four ifi-eat provinces oi ireiuu aic. Tinnr. ou the east; Monster, on the south ; Ulster, on the north ; and Con- naught, on the west ; and these are suo divided into counties, baronies and parish oa Thn scenerv of each of these provinces IKjesesscs a beauty peculiar to itself, but similar in one respect mere are ic i,.r ibe viaw is not terminate! uy lony l.Illd or mountain grandeur. The highest r thn northern mountains is the Slicve Donard, which terminates the Mourna -,. in thecountvof Down, ana wuicu rises two thousand eight hundred and nine feet above the level of the sea. In the Slieie Bloom range, situated in the centi r k. uiaiwl. and sometimes called the Ard na Ein, or Heigbta of Ireland, the river Nore, Barron aud Suir iae u. , l mlion annlied rise. iTM insn wum , L to a mountain, signifies that it Deiongs w range.) But the honor oi oeiog est mountain in Ireland belongs to Crran Tual, at Killarney, which is three tnousauu four hundred and ten feet above sea level. Iu some places the sceuery of Ireland is rendered less pleasing by the extensive bogs and morasses that encroach upon the fertile lands. The chief of these is the Bog of Allen, in which tie beautiful nver Boyne takes its rise, flowing thence to the sea at Droghcda. Fortunately for the people who live near these bogs, no mias ma injurious to health rise from them, ow ing to tho large proportion of tannin which they contain, and which possesses sueh a ulrong preservative quality that bodies plunged in a deep bog remain undecayed, the flesh becoming like that of an Egyp tian mummy. It sometimes happen that ft bog, over charged with water during the rainy sea pen, bursts through the bounds of the more EUENSBURG, solid and reclaimed parts, and overflows j large tracts of good land. A notable in Etanco occurred in the county of West meath, where the bog of Clara suddenly burst into the valley of the river Brusna, and entirely ruined many hundred acres of excellent land ; and this was afterwards re peated in the county of Antrim. All the descriptions of Ireland in earlier times agree in representing it as a thickly wooded country, and Spenser, in his "Fai rv Oneen ." has immortalized the scenery j 1 along the river.Bandou, which he mentions as the "pleasant Baudon, woody-crowned," as it is to this day. But wherever the army of Cromwell passed, the forests were foiled and the country laid bare, as the bogs amply testify, some of them supply ing large quantities of nr, wuicn uurns with a pleasant aromatic smell, and' has used in ulace of candles. Other bogs have yielded only oak, and sometimes sal loti, and yew of great size, which is sus ceptible of a tine polish, and is used for cabinet-work. The rivers of Ireland are numerous and verv fine, some of them forming lakes at - v ' certain poiuts in their course, and falling into the sea at the Head oi spacious uays. The counlrv is rich in minerals, and its quarries produce a vaiiety of beautiful marbles, as the black marbles of Kilkeuuy, the green of Galway, and the many-colored of Fermanagh ; nor should its excellent slates and wonderfully fine granite be pass ed without notice. Scarcely any part f Ireland is more than fifty miles from the sea, and owing to this fact, it is blest with a climate famed for its mildness, evenness and moisture. Deli cate plants thrive in the county of Donegal, close upon the Noithern Ocean ; arbutus and laurestinus there grow finely, aud myrtles so luxuriantly as to cover the walls of houses np to the second story. On the shore of Lough Swilley, near Ramelton, the agapanthus and the fuschia live in winter in the open ground, and flower ex tremely well in summer. The southern portion of the island is considerably warm er than Ulster. The snow rarely lies for any length of time, tho spring is earlier, fruit ripeDS quicker, and tho harvest is ready for the sickle a month before tbat of the nortli'Ji i, and two weeks before the tuidTand districts. In the counties of Cork and Kerry tender shrubs, such as bay, ver bena, fuschia, etc., grow with wonderful luxuriance, and the native arbutus eu riches the wild scenery of Killarney and Glengarifle. The greatest defect of the climate is its moisture; but this varies greatly in different localities. The air on the western side of Ireland is iuuoh more humid than that of t lie eastern, because it is exposed to the influence of the moist vapors of the Atlantic, which, attracted by tho mountains, rest upon their heads and pour down rain iuto the valleys. The county of Dublin is wetter than that of Wicklow because the clouds charged with rain pass over Dublin toward tho chan nel, free from every obstacle, while those which cross Wicklow, striking io the mountain- aud hills, deposit t heir moisture upon their western slopes, leaving the east ern sides of the country between them and the sea dry aud in sunshine. The laboring Irish and the larger portion of the middle classes have one common Celtic origin, and possess their own iecu liar traits, by which they may be known the world over. They have much quick ness of apprehensions and ingenuity, a good deal of natural eloquence and wit, and much warmer affections than charac terize most European nations, but are lia ble to a peculiar quickness ot temper w uiou is often the attendant of a lively and gen erally amiable character. The upper, and many of the middlo class, being of Saxon descent, do iot vary much from the same classes iu Great Britan, but if any differ ence exists it is owing to the admixture of the genuine Irish or Celtic nature; and this it is, perhaps, that gives to the edu cated Ii ish so much artistic talent, either in literature or the arts. V all know something of the social state of Ireland how the native owners let their possessions to middlemen, and these let them again to cottier, who con situte a great body of farmiug poor, who suffer from low wages, high rents and un steady employment. All these t hings might be remedied, and it is to be hoped that it will be by wise legislation. Tho Irish peasantry, with all their faults, are maiked by mauy noble traits. Their bravery is undoubted, their hospitality a proverb ; they are affect iouate to their pa rents and to the aged, charitable to the beggar, and show, even wheu it great dis tress, a dislike for soliciting charity. Surely, a people possessing all these good qualities are capable of attaining to a high er place than they have ever yet woo. Progression is the universal law of nature, andVe venture to say t hat in the future of nalions there is hope for Ireland. The last class, but not the most miser able one in Ireland, which we would meu t ion, is hat of the common vagrant. Some of these are professional beggars, some are obliged ly loss of work to become what are called walkers, and others beg only .u:i i,ir husbands are away at work in i England. Aud Ireland is a happy countiy for the beggar, though so poor ior vU peasantry treat him witn a kiuuhCS ..mI armrded elsewhere. Among the portion, of Ireland famed for PA., FlUDAT, SEPTEMBER 25, 1S7 !. their beauty, the lake district at Killarney stands unequalled. The lakes of Killarney are situated in the bosom of the mountain ous county of Kerry, and are yearly visited by hosts of tourists. They are three in , number, of unequal size, and are surround- ed by varied, though generally mouutain ous scenery. Lough Lane, or the Lower Lake, is by far the largest, and is bordered on one side by the level cultivated countiy around the village of Killarney ; on the j other side rise the Glena and Tomies . Mountaius. In this lake there are a num- ber of wooded islands, one of which con. tains the rains of an abbey, and anoiher ( the ruins of an ancient caslle. On the j shore, toward the east, is the beautiful ruin of Muckross Abbey. Divided from the Lower Lake by the fine wooded pro montory of Muckioss, but accessible by two channels of level water, is the Middle Lake, also called Turk Lake, from the name of the mountain at whose foot it re- poses. Aside Trom tne isianas wuicu biuu the surface, the beauty of these two sheets of water may be said to consist in the ir regular promontories and slopes, gcneially wooded, by which they are surrounded, .,j nivno u.-b;b ! mountains tower in AI1U txuws. sterile giandeur. In many nooks of the j scenery elegant mansions look out upon j the lakes ; in others the mountain streams j are seen descending in glittering cascades, j The Upper Lake, the Ihiid or the series, is : three miles from the middle oue, on a higher level, aud entirely embosomed in j the hills. A stream descending from one J to l he ol her can be passed in a boat, aud j one place in the passage is famed lor tue echoes which t he notes of 1 he bugle awake among the hills. In connection with the lakes is a narrow rugged vale caueu uun- j loe, which is usually visited by those so j fortunate as to view this fiue scenery, 1hat more than merits all the praise and admir- j ationithas received both by tongue aud , pen. Rftsting thk Evil One. At a camp meetiug, not long ago, a man clad in a thin linen suit, seated himself on one of the ricketty benches beside a fat man, who oc cupied full one-t hiid of the concern. When the services were ended the fat man arose, and the gentleman in thin linen suddenly began twisting about in a surprising mau ner, while his countenance was significaut of mortal anguish. His actions attiacted the attention of some of the brethren, and one of them, a solenm-visaged individual, who looked as though ho had just swallowed a pill, ap proached the writhing body, and laid his hand on the man's shoulder and said: "Brother, if you are resisting the cruel promptings of the Evil One, strive manful ly, and you will triumph at last. Remem ber Jacob wrestled with the angel, and" "I dunno but he did," interupted tho agonized man, "but if Jacob had the seat of his trousers and a little of his hide caught in a consarncd crack, he wouldn't feell'k rasliu' with an angel or ny other critter!" A Mechanical Wonder. A German jeweler of Amsterdam, New York, named Schrceder, has completed a piece of me chanism which he claims sui passes any thing, of the kind in the world. It is a min iature mechanical city, being twenty feet long by fifteen feet wide. Tbere are houses, castles, churches and stores in it, just as they appear in almost any Europe an city. Teople walk and nue aoeuc. Horses and wagons and tail way cars pass through the streets. Boats pass up aud down the 1 iver, while some are loadiug and otheis unloading at the docks. Juws are in motion. A fonnlain plays iu a public park, aud a band of musicians fill the air with melody. There are also forts with soldiers parading about them, blacksmith shops with artisaus at woik in them, and pleasure gardens witn people aancuiS them. m . Dos'T Do It. Don't invest all your money in lottery tickets. Give some other man a chance to draw a prize. Don't tell an editor how to run a news paper. Let the poor devil find out for him self. Don't loaf about the streets and expect the Lord to furnish you with your "daily bread." He isn't running a bakery. Don't discuss scientific questions wiih a lightning lod man. His arguments are generally solid, aud always pointed. Don't spend all your lime in watching your neigfabors. Every one should be sel fish enough to devote a few hours to his own business. Don't imagine that the Lord will call a first-class preacher to a church paying a second-class salary. He doesn't treat his children so shabbily. A foiors Fact. Tn addition to the fact that ice is lighter than water there is j anoiher curious thing abont it which many persons do not perhaps know namely, its purity. A lump of ice melted will become j distilled water. Water in freezing turrs I out of it all that is not water, salt, air. col oring matter and all impurities. Frozen , sea water makes fresh water ice. If you j freeze a basin of iudigo water, it will make , ice as clear and as white as that made of j pure rain water. When the cold is very ( .B all these foreign matters have not time to escape, either by rising or sinking,' and are thus entangled witn tne ce, oui do not make any rait of it. Saved by a Dear. For several morning, just after day-break, two hunters, who had located their cabin on the banks of Stewart's creek, in the heart of the Kentucky wilderness, were aroused by the shrill scream of a panther, seemiugly close by. It was at length deter mined to hunt the animal, though one of the men declared his belief that it was an Indian nise, by which they were to be drawn into an ambush. However, the fourth morning they quietly arose, seized their ri fles, and taking separate paths, so as to ap proach from different directions, started to "stalk" the catamount. Unfortunately it proved to be as the hunt er had feared. It was an ambush, laid by four warriors, and the pioneer who first ar rived in reach of the concealed rifles fell with a bullet through his heart. The other wa, for the moment, more fortunate. Hearing the sound of firing, and realizing w hat the odds against him were, he turned and dashed away through the undergrowth, taking a course directly away 1'rom the cabin, iu hopes of saving it from destruc tion. But two of the Inlian-t, however, followed hi in, while the other two after se curing the scalp of the unfortunate hunter who had fallen, made at once for the cabin, to which, after plundering it of all that was valuable, thc3" applied the torch, and it was soon cousmned. In the meanwhile Hum phries such was the hunter's name suc ceeded for two or three mile in maintaining his lead, and would probably have shaken theui off entirely but for an untoward acci dent. In attempting to leap across a small stream, the banks ot which were steep and hih, he missed his footing, and only by a powerful effort prevented himself from be ing hurled Ui the bottom. As it was, he found that he had strained his knee to such an extent as to render it almost a matter impossible to further con tinue his flight. But life is a great stake to struggle for, and although suffering the greatest nyony, yet ILnnphrios continued to keep slightly ahead of his pursuers. At length, after descending quite a lii'.I, he en tered upon a level bottom, at the other side oT which ran a stream, the batiks of which were thickly lined ly a heavy canebrake. Toward this he ran witli what little strength there was left in him, and reached the edge of the brake only to find that it was so dense that he could not, at any point near by, find a place of entranre. Turning off to his rijjht he found where a large poplar tree had been blown down, falling directly into the cane, and reaching enlirely across the bed of the creek. Upon this he lenped, ran alon the body of the tr ink. and then see ing a chance for a Moment's hiding, he leaped down iuto the water beneath, and drew up under the bank, where the bushes were heaviest. Hardly had he succeeded in this when he heard the Indian spring upon the log, run rapidly forward a lew pace, and then utter a shrill whoop of surprise or exultttion. The keen-eyed red-skin had seen him as he crouched amid the Bags and young cane. Another instant and his enemy would have been upon him, tomahawk in hand, when suddenly a new actor appeared upon the scene. A deep, angry roar, rather , than a growl, broke upon the silence, and with open mouth and eyes flashing with rage, an old she bear, closely followed by her "two cubs, dashed across the log and fastened herself upon the now frightened Indian. The fight upon the log was of short dura tion, and after a few fierce struggle the two combatants pitched over and fell, locked iu a deadly embrace, into the water below. What had become of the other Indian Humphries knew not, but finding that he did not appear, he crawled out upon the op posite liiink, and leaving the redskin and his shaggy opponent engaged in a struggle for life or death, he made all possible haste to reach the block-house, some three miles distant. This he succeeded in doing, and, the next morning, returned to the scene of action at the creek. Neither bear nor In dian was to be seen, though the torn and bloody condition of the bushes on the hank told how fearful the combat must have been. Humphries was, on the whole, well j-atisfied, and for many years boasted that he was probably the only man in the wilder ness whose life had been saved by a bear. The English Language, Morse's system of telegraphy is a power ful means of spreading the English lan guage throughout the world. It is found that more matter can be sent in the English than in any other language. Its simplicity, conciseness, and strength, put it into the very fore front of the battle between West ern civilization and the sleepy empire of the East. English capital invested in railroads, steamships, and lines of telegraphy, as though so many mighty arteries, Ls pouring the resistless power and uniting energy of all the English-speaking nations through the barriers of heathenism. Wherever English capital goes, there goes With it the English language f)rogTcssive, aggressive, dominant, and unyielding. Japan is about to adopt it as a national language; it is rapidly spreading throughout India ; it is calling pretty loudly at the closed doors of China ; it is sinking along the shores, and around the ilands of Polynesia. Austra lia is - now connected with Earopa by an English-speaking wire, and the Minds of the East Indies are feeling the influence of this resistless tide. And so will this va-4 current keep flowing on and on till it pene trates to the four quarters of the earth. A good amz will outlat all riches. The Troubles of John Smith. Why will the Smiths, man and wife, go on naming the majority of their off-pring "John?" It is exceedingly tttpid, and it is about time to put a stop to the practice. For Mr. and Mrs. Smith to name their ?on John is to send him forth nameless into the world. He is a digitless cipher. We yes terday morning had in our Police Court to report the following item : John Smith, arrested by officers Lloyd and Iby, on a charge of ietty larceny; dismissed. Then came pouring forth scores of notes from distressed and outraged John Smiths. The poor fellows are obliged to parade be fore the public not only their trades and troubles, but also their infirmities, in order that the public 11 my not mistake them for thieves. The following are only a few of the notes we have received, and are taken at random from the avalanche that covers our table : Editor Enterprise : Please state that the John Smith mentioned in your Police Court report this morning the petty-larceny fellow was not John Smith who docs night work, aud oblige Yours truly, John Sjsito. Editor Entkhtrisk : tVill you be kind enough to state that the John Smith arrest ed yesterday for petty larceny was not John Smith who drives the swill cart. Yours, John Surra. Reporter Enterprise: riease say that the John Smith arrested for stealing was not red-headed John Smith, the tinker. Respectfully, John Smith. Mr. Local : You w ill oblige me by say ing that one-legged John Smith ls not the petty-larceny cuss who was in the Police Court yesterday. Your obedient, Joux Smith". Mr. Items : Be kind enongh to say that the John Smith up yesterday for theft was not the Smith ciunmoidy known as "Lying Jack Smith, from Poker Flat." I re main, etc., Jonx Smith. I.ocaiItems : Please correct your police report of yeteiday morning by saying t'lat the J')hn Smith up lie fore Jude Marple yesterday for petty larceny was not the John Smith hitcly divorced from his wife, and commonly know 11 us "Cock-eyed Smith," and you will oblige. Respectfully, John Smith. Mr. ExTERrit'SE : I am no infernal thief! I wish you to state in your paper thnt the John Smith palled yesterday for petty lar cenj' was not John Smith from Idaho, com monly called "Sore-legged Jack." Yours, etc., Jonx Smith. As may lc seen by the above struggles of the John Smiths to make themselves known, John Smith is no name nt all. Indeed, it is worse than no name. Let Mr. and Mrs. Smith name their boy Ebrnezer, Hippato dorus, Gabriel, Iicedacmonicus, Jedediah, or Epaphroditus, but let us have no more John Smiths at least not for a generation or two, when there shall appear to be a de mand for them. For the comfort of the John Smiths who have asked us to set them right, we will state that the John Smith arrested on a charge of petty larceny is better known as "Suck-egg Smith." Virginia City EiUvr vrise. A Pleasant Place. A good story is told at the expense of a somewhat inexperienced housekeeper in this city who found herself one morning w ithout a servant to cook or wash. A few hours trial convinced her that she must have help, and ske stArted out in search of a girl. After calling at several places without suc cess, the was passing one of the best resi dences in the -city, and observed a tidy-looking woman cleaning the yard. Halting, she inquired of the woman whether she knew of a girl that could be hired. The answer w-as iu the negative. The lady had bj' this time become desperate, and re solved to hire the woman before her, al though she knew it was wrong to covet hr neighbor's servant. In a low tone of voice she began to relate her troubles, and wouud up by urging the woman to leave Mrs. and come with her, offering her a dollar more a week than she was then receiving. The woman answered that she liked l.er place, and could not be induced to give it np. And she added : "Jlesides, I generally sleep with Mr. , and 1 don't think he would allow me to go away." Tlie lady departed, utterly astonished at what she had heard. Her feelings may be imagined when she afterward learned tliat she had been talking with the mistress of the mansion, and the wife of one of our most esteemed citizens. Mrs. Partington's Mistake. "My dear, wlTere is my Morning and Evening Devotion ?" asked Mr. Paul Par tington meaning a small book with that title, in which he sometimes read. "Here it is," said Mrs. Partington, pro ducing from the cl.iset a dark bottle, aad setting it on. the tablewnha clean glass. "Here it is, Paul." He looked inU.ntly.into her face to see if malice were actuating her, but he found all there calmly sereue. He would not destroy the pleasure of her satisfaction in having thus obliged him, so he refrained from ex planation, and partook. ' Benzise and common clay will clean marble. NUMBER 35. A Chinese Dentist. In priority of time the Chinese are aheal of ns in some of the arts of civilization but in most of the finer and higher kinds of art, ns rurirerv. etc.. their proficiency is little re moved fn.ro half-savage bungling. A cor respondent of the Cincinnati "Commercial" describes Chinese dentistry, and gives as an idea of what the Shanghai tooth carpenters amount to as professionals : The native dentists are the merest char latins. and practice as magicians and cure nils. They insert artificial teeth of the sea horse, which are kept in place by copper wire wrappings or fastenings to the adjacent natural teeth, and charge about three cents prr tooth for the operation. Teeth are ex tracted by a hocus-pocus process which the dental impostor calls "coughing up." The method of extraction 13 this : The dentist applies a white powder represented to be the salt extracted from the sweat of the horse. Dr. Eatlake found this white pow der to be nothing wore or less than arsenio. which causes the gum to fclough, when the tooth is easily removed by the operator's fingers. But the Chinese method of curing the toothache was hat puzzled him most, and longest defied detection. The operations, it should have been stated, are all performed in a temple or in the space in front, under a large uml.rella, the idea being that religious ceremony s in some way connected with them. Toothache is caused by a maggot which gets into the tooth somehow or other while the patient is asleep, or while lie is laughing immoderately. It must be removed alive, or the patient will go mad. lie is, therefore, placed on a seat and his head thrown back. The dentist inserts a long pair of forceps, and, after fumbling around fur a few sec onds, produces between the nippers a little wriggling black maggot the cause of the whole trouble. Dr. Eastlake witnessed this operation re peatedly, but it was only after obtaining surreptitious possession of the forceps that he discovered the trick. Hi fliund that ono arm of the forceps only was of iron ; the other was of ba:ii'xo, painted to resemble the other. In the ho'.i jw of the haniboO were found a numVrof little black mag got, pru'aMy ub;a:ncd from decayed vege tables or decoinjxising matter. When uec esary to do service, the ojcrator simply squeezed the bamboo above, and the maggot was ejected from the small end tf the in strument to the mouth, and then adroitly taken between the nippers nnd held up triumphantly before the gaze of the as tonished and grateful patient relieved. The operations lie witnessed were dispatched with astonishing rapidity, and the patients hurried away, as that part of the per formance was essential to the success of the ojerati'jn. Horrors of a Coolie Ship. Everybody Is acquainted with the marjj tales of horror which have made famous the coolie trade, but it id too generally thought that those horrors are no longer enacted. Still, the coolie ships, which are nearly as bad as the former slave traders, continue to ply or the Pacific ocean, as has been diplo matically divulged to the world in the recent celebrated case of the ship Marie Louise. This coolie trade Ls conducted especially be tween Macao, in Cli'ma, and Callao, Peru, where the unfoitunate and decoyed Chinese are used to extract the little guano yet re maining on the Chincha Islands, or to work on the new beds discovered at Macabi, La Independence, and other bays along the Pe ruvian coast. The ships engaged in the coolie traffic are almost exclusively Italian or Spanish. The last tragedy that occurred in connecrion with that trade, happened on the 8th of June last, on board the Italian vessel Sajtolrone Camarcro, which sailed from Macao, with a crew of 40 men, CC3 coolies for Callao, and 8,000 packets of fire works. After a lapse of two days the in terpreter discovered a plot among the emigrants to seize the ship. The captain immediately ordered one half of them to be confined in the hold, but the next day those who remained on deck armed themselves with knives, belaying pins, pieces of wood, in short, an-tlinig they could lay their hands on, aud attacked the crew, who de fended themselves with muskets aud revolv ers. The coolies then massed themselves on the forecastle aud set fire to the vessel, liep ing that the crew would set to work at the pumps to extinguish the flames. During that time they had also freed their comrades and murdered the few sailors they could get hold of. The captain, seeing what they were doing, ordered the boats to be lowered, aud left the ship with the remainder of his men. Some sailors who remained on board, with the diKtor, the migazine man, and the interpreter, were unable to present the flames from reaching the fireworks, and the ship blew np, scattering the fragments of the mutineers in every direction under the very eyes of the escaped crew. Two Gals and a Jttarc Two of Illinois's beautiful daughters, driving out on the plank-road near Chicago, were stopped at the toll-gate and asked for toll. "How much is it?" "For a man and horse," replied the gate keeper, "the charge is fifteen cents." "Well, then, git oat of way, for we are two gals and a mare, tiit np, Jenny !" And those two cheery young femalei dashed by the man of toll without disburv ing the paltry sum which it was Liodotj W fculieit.
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