uu .eg char- as the --t- known as the Black ngiarMnSFir yca previously there hail been gradually ..nrfirlinfT over the eastern lartS OI. ri. - s-;-:,W. im.Hr-rf ' jvuiop? a n.v.v - I fiora A tin., which hal made havoc of , the people in some of the finest por- tions of the world So dreadful in-1 ?SSKS ! writer of the time, many Saracens, convinced that the pestilence was a sign of Gods wrath on account of their unbelief, became Christians, till, ! G7 .... . . 1 I H E CI f BBJienccs, w finding the Christians to be likewise j HARDWARE. ALL KIND! olllicted, they returned to their old ; ag Screwsl nutt in),cs, shutter faith. A series of earthquakes, which i Hinges, Table Hfnaes. Holts, Iron and Nails, , , ,, 11 e ..: T'.,r I Window C.las, rutty. Table Knives and I orks, f-hook the whole of eastern Europe, l!w Knivesand Forks, rocket Knives, Ta lishercd in the Year 134S; men's hearts i hleHndTcaSpoons,MeatCutters,Apple Parens ilsui.il .1 ill iut.jr.ii ' , p0jor. Sherirp. Huzorand Simps. Hammers, quailed for fear, and many were tne Axes,iiHt nets. Rorinj? Machines.. inrurs. chis- !-,.,, c,r,rt- rf ilra n iior the CIV J'- lufclATk-t ' w w - , . - . towns and providing better ventilation wiih the view of propitiating the Divine wrath. In vain. The plague which had scourged Asia and the Greek empire crept slowly but surely westward, seemingly uninfluenced by the coldness of climate, or by the in trrvrnti'n of sea. Boccaccio has writ- ten in the preface to his "Decameron" j an accountof the plague as it operated j in r lorence, wnicii no one w nu nas v er read it can forget. ithm a few I months of its slaughter of the Floren- , tines, it had swept through Spain, j France, and Germany, and Lad crossed the Straits of Dover. From June t December, 1319, there had fallen in England an almost inces sant downpour of rain ; the ground was damp, mid the .streams became polluted lV the PUl facO-drainage, Which was washed like compost all over the coun try, in default of n proper outlet into a Suitable receptacle. In August the Iiratcaces were reported ; by November the capital was reached, and from London the plague spread all over the kingdom, and. says t'lowe, "so wasted and spoiled the people, lhat scarce the tenth person 3 of all sorts was left iilive." This was not an exaggeration of what happen. d in some places ; "there died an innumerable sort, for no man but God only knew how many." Detween the 1st of January and 1st of July, 1349, there died in "the city of Norwich u7,l'.'4 persons; Yarmouth buried 7,'o2 in the year; and other town in the eastern counties sulfered nearly a.4 much. In the thirteen acres of Stnttle Croft (the site of the existing Charter-house), which wa3 given by Sir Writer Manny, for the burial of the dead because the London church yards were quite full, were buried fifty thousand persons. The plague was -wift in cxtouti'di ; those seized by it often dying within six hours, and none lasting over three days. 1 he ties of nature si emod loosened; parents for sook their children, the dead remained in many instances without burial, and j were allowed to take their revenge on I the living by adding fearfully to the pe-;tiient;ul character of the atmos phere. Cattle became infected with the disease, f.nd their bodies lay rotting in the fit'kl? untouched by the birds of prey. How many ot the people died it is not possible to say with certain ty ; but trustworthy accounts state that, taking England rdl through, ha'f of the entire population died. The eastern counties never recovered from the ravages ot the plague; places which had long been the seat of manufacture became obscure villages, and to this day there :n:i3- be seen in those coun ties places in which large churches, that oi.ee were too small for the con gregation, have survived only to attest what the villages they preside ever once were. Half the population ! The labors of agriculture were neglected ; th courts of justice were not opened; Parliament was proiogucd from time to time ; the whole business of the country drifted for very lack of hands to attend to it, and the curse of the plague became 60 notorious that thu Scots swore bv it, by the "foul delh of the Lnglish." For a time Scotland escaped, and the Scots, taking advaulugc of the weakened condilion of their southern foe. collect ed an army for the purpose of finishing what the plague had spared to do. Dut into their tamp at Selkirk tLe "foul dcth" came and slew Gve thousand men, and put an end to the project of inva sion. All sorts of reasons were assigned for the visitation. Some declared it was a sign of God's ganger at the ex travagance and elfeminac3' of the men; others that it was becaue of His wrath r.t the gay costume of the women, who seemed to have arrayed themselves aurr me m i ai" iKU 01 SOHlU women .a.. ,u. ,i j . . i i now-a!ay., iinitttmp: th fashion of ' , Solomon rathrr than of the I1I3'. SomJ said one thin and soaio another, but we do not hear of any one hitting the re.-d Llot, and assininp the canse of the nnjrcr of God n'ain-jt filthy streets, unwholesome houses, undrainedtown?, and utter want of ventilation. The Black'Death f'a3 a wonder in its effects lather than in its canseH, rn.cl was it teudevl by the euppk-mentarv wonder, that it went nwny without a great fire, Which. 1V blirninsr down the rlarriip- cherishing towns, might hive prevent- en, a? u tii i mier on in j.,onr!cn, an rer urrcuo of the visitat ion. At inter val afterwards, the j-larue returned, though never .again with such destruc tive power; it envme, nnd went, and devoured its victims, till people found out what it wa-s that God was anpjry about. Then it went away finally, leaving behind it a promise to return a promise which holds good at the present hoir whenever men should so tempt their fate as to provoke it by dirt pri:! those other abominations upon wkica it thrives. 1 l 1 . w 1v"2T L the letter G like the son 1 Because it's the centre of light. fMAT WMffllM IN PRICES ! CASH BUYERS Honss-FuTnisMni STORE I JjJ respcctfii)ly the . I f.itionof- Rben!burrnn) the public (rener- I .My that ha h m-dei. UEAT KEDUCTIOJ IS PRICES TO CASH Ut 1 on n Kwus in biaiinc, consisting-of MOWING and REAPIXG'MACHLNES ...n nrucp FARMING IMPLEMENTS: COOKING, PARLOR AM! BHIS STOVES of the most popular designs and of ail styles, pPS?VwJ flv'f ??"ST??T5M! Hft W ASS CF EVESI DEWftlf iiOtf S r,r my own manufacture eel, rianf-9. iompaso,, glares. x."'',"""1 Ani ii. is s. W renctip". Kin. 1'anel nl tros- . rut Saws, Chain of nil kinds. Shovels. Spades, ' fWthrsand Snntfis. P.akes. Forks. Slclpii-P.ells, Shoe Lasts. Per. Wax, Bristles. Cloth.-s Wash . rs and Wrinrers. Patent Churns and, Patent Machines generally. Grind-Stones, Patent Mo i lassos Gstessnd Measures, Lumber Sticks. Cast I Steel K'fies. Shot Guns, Rcvol vet s. PistoN.JCttr- tridsres. Powder. Cups, Lend. Hore Shoes nns j Nails, Old Stove Plates, t; rates and Fire Bricks ' Well and Cistern Pumps, &c, &c; I Harness and Saddlery Ware w "Lh WILLOW WARE OD andmLOW WARE of all kind, in great raiiety: CA RliOX OIL and OIL LAJirS, Fish Oil. I.nrd Oil. Linseed Oil. I.n bricntiliir Oil Itsin.Tar. Paints. Varnishes, Turpentine. Al cohol.&e. ; Si! ver-Plated War, i lassware. Ac laiiiil" Groceries, mch as Tens, ToIToe. Sutrars, Symps Molasses ?!ices, Uried Peaches. Dried A piies. Hominy Fish, Crackers, Kice, Pearl Ilarley. &v. Tobacco nnl Ojfrii. ruint, Varnish. Whitewash. Scrub. Horse. Shoes Stove, Ihistinjr. Clothes and Tooth Ilrushes, ail kinds and sizes : Iled-Cords. Manilla Hopes, and ninny omer articles, mine ioii made, painted nnd put up as cheap ns possible kor CASH.?;"" A liberal discount made to country dealers buj ina- Tinware by wholesale. CF.oPGE HUNTLKY. Ebensbunr, July 5, lsT3.-tr. AT EXT DOOR TO POST-OFFICE. CToolcinpf Stoves, Ilontincr Stoves. TIN, COPPER & SHEET-IRON WARE Ffavfnjr recently taken possession of the new lylitted up and commodious buildinsr on Ilisrb street, two dors east of the I5nnk and nearly opposite the Mountain House, the subscriber is better prepared than ever to manufacture nil artielesin theTJX.COPPEIt and Sff F.KT-IKON WAJJK line, all of which will be furnished to buyers tit the very lowest living prices. The subscriber also proposes to keep a full and varied assortment of Cooking-, Parlor and Keating Stoves of the most approved designs. r?POrTINO aid KOOFIXO made to order and warranted i"rf.'et in manufacture and ma terial. KKPAIUING promptly attended to. All work di:ie bv me will bV- l.ne rurht nml on fair terms, an 1 all STOVE-Sand WAKE sold iy me can be depended upon as to qualit- and cannot be undersold in price. A continuance and increase of patronaire is respectfully solici tf d. and no efTort will be wanting to render en tire satisfaction to all. VALLTE LLTHIXGEH. Ebensburtf, Oct. 13, is;u.-tf. !. 0. K. ZAHM. -DEALER IN DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, GROCERIES, HARDWARE, QUEENSWARE, HATS. OPS, BOOTS, SHOES, AND ALL OTHER GOODS USUALLY KEPT IN A COUNTRY STORE. WOOL AND COUNTRY PRODUCE TAKEN 13 rXCDANGF. FOR GOODS. Store cn South Side of Main Street, i:iciiitiig', ia. THE HQLIDHS ARE OVER! AS WE ALL KKOW, JiVT THE 3E O 3 S -A.t 1. T. MJTjIS' CHEAP GASH STORE, Are not orer, but rather under, those of any other dealer in Dry Goois, Dress GgqSs, Hats and Caps, Boots, Shoes, Notions, GROCERIES, FLOUR, FEED, GRAIN, dC. In thi "Sffk ' Timber. S-A complete and elejarrint assortment of new gvvis to in stora will positively be sold at the closest margin. Country produce at the highest market prices taken In exchange for Roods. Full s.Atirlaction guaranteed to all buyers. Store cn High street, ufcH C'entro street. . . E. J. MILLS, r.bensburir, Jan. 16, 1ST4tf. 1313 LSTViSUXJ J l( EQOK, DHUGanaYARIETY STORE. HAVING recently enlarged otir stock we are now prer-ared to-sell at a great reduction ' i kiii lormer prices. "nr Ftock consists of bruKs, Medicines, Perfumery, , - - - r. , ' ' i j. 1 rn'inivrv. inniv Minnt. li'cXn'!': H,'" s n'V1 Alien s H.ir KeitV.ratives I'll i D tht..,.AHs III..... ... . . ...o.w.,,, ,v,.i-, i inMri, unimenis, 'ain Kill V.'1"' C:!, MajrneslH, Ess. Jamaica Ginirer, I ure Harorinir bxlracts. Essences, Lemon bvriip.f,oot.hinflr Syrup, Spiced Syrup.UIiubarb, Puro plces. Jtc. ' Cigars and Tobaccos, Blank Books, Deed, Notes and Bonds; Cap, Post. Commercial and all kinds of Note Taper: E.nV-'Vu'?r,s' ,J tns.' ,VprK-ils Arnold s Writin fluid. Black nnd Bed Ink. Pocket and Pass Books, Magazines. Xewennr v. iii... rics. Bibles, Ueliffious, Prnyerand Toy' Bucks. I'enknives. Pipes, ic. 1 SdSSto our stock a , ; Jewelky. to which we would to j hotoVkapbums at lo thrin evrr offered In this place. lot of FINE ovite the at- wer prices ! ur" leV mon & mumTia Yr rc" I July 30, 1839. Main Street, Ebcnsbursr. LOOK WELL TO VOIR ODERST.ND1NGS JOHN D. THOMAS, Tiootund Hlioe 31rvlei- fPHE undersigned respectfully informs his nil- !r I11","" customers und the public irenerallv L,-,fJ ' Prcpnred to manufacture BOOTSand hliOis of any desired tiie or qnolity, fromithe Iincst French enlf-skin boot to the coarsest broxans, in the veity bt manxkh, on the shortest nolice, and a as moderate prices as like work cati be obtained anywhere. Those who have worn Boots and Shoes made at my establishment need no assurance as to tho superior quality of my work. Others can easily be convinced uf the factlf they will only, trive me a trial. Try and be convinced. t-& Bepalrintr of Boota and Shoes attended , 'Promptly and In a workmanlike manner. 1 hankful for past favors I feel confident that my work and prices will commend lae to a con tnuauce aud In crease or the same. lOUN D. THOYA8. ISTAB1EHEJ imam TIASS, U 11 M1Y& l JM H I j A If "' Manufacturers, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. or AND- Sheet-Iron WARES, AND PEALEKS IX HEATING PARLOR ail COOKING AND- CQUSE-R'RMSIIISG GOODS GEXF.IULLY. To"bljins- in TIN, TOPPER & SDEET-1R0X ritOSPTLT ATEKD TO. Nos.273, 280 and 282 Washington St. JOHNSTOWN. PA. V. r. M'Clellaxp. .John Hassan. M'CLELLAND & CO., TSantifartorers of nl Dra!en".in lancy and 11 n i w PUHNITUREI AM) CllA.Ui.fi. We keep constantly on hand in great variety a full line of elegant PAKLOR AND CHAMBER SUITS, INSTYLES AND AT PRICES TO SUIT ALL CUSTOMERS Having the most skillful workmen in the city, we re prepared to nil all orders for am mum mum IX PIECES OR eriTS, -Vt PKICES Below Kither Eastern or Western Manufacturers. Wareroom, No. 81 FRANKLIN Street, NEAHLY OPPOSITE POST OFFICE, JOIIJiSTOWX, 1A. Repairing Neatly and Promptly Done. -All Furniture sent .'or and delivered in the city free of charge. 3-13,-74.-tf. rmriie mm WM. P. PATTON, Mnnufuoturer and Dealer in AM- KINDS OF CABINET FURNITURE JOJL.YS7,OirjV, PA. Bureaus, Bedteads, Washstands Sidehoards. Chamber Sets, Tni lor Sets, Wardrobes, Book CasVs, Cane Chairs, W'ood Seat Chairs, Kitchen Furniture, lied Loung-es, Mattresses, Tete-ft-Tetes, Extension Tables, Dining Tildes, lonnges. Ac, ic, &c, e., .cc, ftc, ice, &e., &c, 4c, 4c. FVUHf DESCRIPTIO OF SCHOOL AND HALL FURNITURE made to order in excellent stj.e and at lovr prices. Cabinet and hairmakers' materials of all kinns for sale. Furniture delivered at any point in Johnstown or at Knilroad Station free of extra charge. WM. P. PATTON. Johnstown. Oct. 13.1870.-tf. l upnnnrds. 5 S i-3 O to H O CD 'JSH -J3 GO H pa w t-H XJ1 CD TJ1 CRAWFORD HOUSE, r.nFjf .sni no, pa. John Fitzharris, - Proprietor. nAV7.NLG 'scd and rt furnished the above well known and popular hotel, the propri etor is now amply prepared to accommodate all who may favor him with their nntvonatro. he best that the marker afford will tre served at the T;ble at all srasons, the Bar will be kept constantly supplied with the choicest liouors. and the commodious stable will be under the charge of a careful and attentive hostler. No effort will he spared to render fruests comfort able and well pleased in every particular, nnd Jy -roper attention to bosinessand a moderate scale of prices tha proprietor hopes to win his way to pubt.c favor. My 2. IfT.f-tf 1 AflLMNEKT & DKEPS MAKING The attention of the Ladies of Ebens V.'iff rtf.littJ8 directed to the fact that Jilts. It. E. .JUNKS has just received an invoice of new and fashionable Millinery Goods.at her rooms in the East Ward, Ebcnsbunr. " Wcddin Bonnors, Hats, etc. a specialty. Uresmikinr promptly and neatly done. The patronaire of the ladies m reaocctf ully solicited. (8-l.'71.1 T GALLITZIX LAKE, Attoknet r ' Ai Law, Ehenburg, Pa. Office with Krtr and Recorder, In Court House. 01 OKK Off TBK MYSTEK1E9 OF MISSIS Sim KIVEIt NAVIGATION There nee4 to be an excellent pilot on the river, aMr. Xwho was a somnambulist. It wan said that if hi mind was troubled about a bad piece of river he was pretty rare to get np and walk in bis sleep and do etrange things. He was once fellow pilot for a trip or two with George E on a great New Orleans passenger pacltet. Late one night the boat was approaching Helena, Ark.; the water was low, and the crossing above the town in a very bad con dition. X. had seen the crossing s'nee E had, and as the night was particularly drizzly, sullen, and dark, E was con sidering whether he had not better have X. called to assist in running the place, when the door opened and X. walked in. "Let me take her, Mr. E ; I've seen this place since you have, and it is so crooked that I reckon I can run it myself easier than I could tell you how to do it. "It is kind of you, and I swear I am willing. I haven't got another drop of prespiration left in me. I have been spin ning around and around the wheel like a squirrel. It is so dark I can't tell which way she is swinging till she is coming around like a whirligig." So E took a seat on the bench, rant ing and breathless. X assumed the wheel without saying anything, steadied the waltzing steamer with a turn or two, and then stood at ease, coaxing her a little to this side and then to that, as gently and as sweetly as if the time had been noonday. When E observed this marvel of steer ing, he wished he had not confessed ! He stared and wondered, and finally said : "Well, I thought I knew how to steer a steamboat, but that was another mistake of mine." X said nothing, but went serenely on with his work. He rang for leads; he rang to slow down the steam ; he worked the boat carefully and neatly into invisi ble marks, then stood at the centre of the wheel and peered out blandly into the blackness, fore and aft, to verify his posi tion j as the leads shoaled more and more, he stopped the engines entirely, and the dead Bilence and suspense of "drifting'' followed j when the showiest water was struck he cracked on the steam, carried her handsomely over, and then began to work her warily into the next system of 6hoal marks; the same patient, heedful use of leads and engines followed ; the boat slipped through without touching bot tom, and entered upon the third and last intricacy of the crossing; imperceptibly she moved through the gloom, crept by inches into her marks, drifted tediously till the shoxlest water was cried, and then Un der a tremendous head of steam, went swinging over the reef and away into deep water and safety ! E let his lona: rent breath Dour out in a long, relieving sigh, and said: "That's the sweetest piece of piloting that was ever done on the Mississippi river ! I wouldn't hive believed it could be done, if I hadn't seen it." There was no reply, and he added : "Just hold her five minutes longer, part ner, and let me run down and get a cup of coflee." A minute later E was biting into a pio down in the "texas," and comforting himself with coffee. Just then the night watchman happened in, and was about to happen out again, when he noticed E and exclaimed : "Who is at the wheel, sir ?" "Dart for the pilot house quicker than lightning !" The next moment both men were fly ing up the pilot house companion way three steps at a jump ! Nobody there ! The great steamer was whistling down the middle of the river at her own sweet will ! Tho watchman shot out of the place again ; E seized the wheel, set an engine back with power, and held his breath while the boat reluctantly swung away from a "towhead"' which she was about to knock into the middle of the Gulf of Mexico ! Ey and by the watchman came back and said : "Didn't that lunatic tell you he was sleep when he first came up here t" "No." "Well, he was. I found him walking along on top of the railings, j ust as un concerned as another man would walk a pavement ; and I put him to bed. Now j ust this minute there he was again, away astern, going through that sort of tight rope deviltry the same as before." "Well, I think I'll stay by, next time he has one of those fits. But I hope he'll have them often. You just ought to have seen him take this boat through Helena crossing. I never saw anything so gaudy before. And if he can do such gold-leaf, kid-glove, diamond-breastpin piloting when he is sound asleep, what couldn't lie do if he was dead !" Mark Twain. EX PL. A IN KL). Many people have been puzzled todecide why the dark wood so highly valued for fur niture should be called rosewood. Its color certainly does not look much like a rose, so we must look for some other reason. Upon asking, we are told that when the tree is first cut the fresh wood possesses a very strong, rose-like fragrance, hence the name. There are half a dozen or more kinds of rose wood trees. The varieties are found in South America, and in the East Indies and neighboring islands. Sometimes the trees grow so largo that planks four feet brood and ten in length can be cut from one of them. These broad planks are princi pally used to make the tops of piano-fortes. When growing in the forest, the rosewood tree is remarkable for its beauty, but such is its value in manufactures as an ornamen tal wood that some of the forests where it once grew abundantly, now have scarcely a single specimen. In Madras, the Govern ment has prudently had great plantations of this tree set out in order to keep up the supply. An American girl won the gold modal at the recent examination of the College of Brazil, at Hio do Jaaoiro, I3XJY YOUR MUSICAX. GOODS AT i fr If1 -FTl ft Importers, .Hasafaetarers, and Dealers la all kinds ef MUSICAL MERCHANDISE! MANtTACTtrREttS OF THE CElEDlt ATET KME & Mc m PIANO, AND THE PHILHARMONIC ORGAN. GENERAL WnOLESAtfe AGEXTS FOR TOE PATENT ARIOX PIAXO. Dealers la Dint t a Co.'s (London). Besson (London). Saxe (Paris), Wston Talrr, and oar ow wak Of Botary Valve IUMi I XMTK I Wt K.VI S. The best aad freshest Mrlnpi for all Instraments constantly on hand. Being PUBLISHERS of SHEET MUSIC, we make this branch a specialty, and always keep a full stock of the latest and best pieces on hand. Onr stoek of tnusie books ot all kinds Is complete; PIANOS AND OllGANS SOLO ON THE INSTALLMENT PLAN. OLD INSTRUMENTS TAKEN IN EXCHANGE. Clergymen, Principals of Seminaries. Leaders of Bands. Teachers, and all wieliing; to purchase Musical troods, will find It to their Interest to communicate directly With us. Catalogues and Price Lists furnished free on application. VVAREROOMS, No. 12 Sixth Street, Late St. Clair.) H-.-iT. PITTSBURGH, PA. AT THE WHOLESALE BOOT AND OF 253 LIBERTY STREET, riTTSBURGH, To which we invito the attention of the Trade. With the oneninjr of another sprinor vre ment of Spring Goods, WOMAN'S, MISSES', and CHILDREN'S. MEN'S, BOYS', and YOUTHS' BOOTS, SHOES, and BKOGANS. Congress Gaiters, Alexis Oxford, and Jersey Ties and Fine Calf Boots. Jliners' Nailed Shoes, Rubber Goods. &c Also a large stock of CITY-MADE GOODS, Goat, Morocco, and Easting. E3T"Bottom Prices. Orders promptly attended to. March 26.-3m. C. ABBCTHNOT. VT. T. ARBUTHIOT, Hos.-239 and 241 Liberty St., PITTSBURGH, OFFER THE LARGEST AX D REST STOCKTOF Complete in all Departments, Exclnsively Wholesale, AT BOTTOM BASTERX PRICES. S-NEW GOODS OPENED EVF.TiY DAT. OKDEBs PROMPTLY FII.LO 2-5. J S- WILL FIND IT TO THEIR AD VAN TAG IS TO CA LL. -. IMPORTANT 1QT TO VTT. l IT Mi CQHCERN! I tT rt iTiA. frvnnf CtO ayI f rr ' .& J,.. money and the long con- tinued neglect of many of my customers to pay up their indebtedness for the past year or more, I am compelled to adopt ANOTHER SYSTEM of doing business. Very many of my cus tomers have allowed their accounts to run for such an unreasonable length of time that a great loss to me, without any benefit to themselves, has been the result. Hence it is that I find it Iispsssibls to Cosfa tb CrsJit Syste and at the same time keep up my stock and meet my obligations promptly. I am sincerely thankful for the liberal patronage that has been extended to me, and now earnestly ask one and all who are indebted to me, no matter bow large or how small the amount, to call and settle, either by cash or note, BEFORE THE 1ST 1UY OF JANUARY, ISTd, as I need and must have money. Believ ing as I do from past experience (which I have paid well for) that it will be better for mc as well as for my customers to adopt the ready-pay system, I WILL NOT. After the FIRST of JANUARY, 1S75, SELL AST f.OOIS 0 CREDIT. I am fully convinced that in three cases out of four persons buying goods never find a more convenient time to pay than when they make their purchases, and as an in ducement to my customers to buy for cash or in exchange for country produce, I will, after ths above date, KNOCK OFF ONE-HALF the PROFIT heretofore realized in this place on goods of the same class. Hoping that my old customers will take ao offense at the new mode of doing busi ness I am about to adopt, but will coutin je to favor me with their patronage on a strictly cash basis, which they will be sure to find the very best for all concerned, I pledge myself to mark my goods down lo the lowest cash rates. ONE FRICE TO ALL! COMPETITION DEFIED! IN GOODS AS WEIL AS PRICES. George Huntley, iF.Ai.r.n ix Stoyes, Hardware, TiawareGroceries, . Paints, Oils, cc, &c, EBEASBURG, FA. V. S. Manufacturers and others who some times find it necessary to send orders for mods through their employes, can mnke special ar rangements, with tho understanding- that their accounts will be paid in full at the end of enth j D". 11, 1874. COLLINS, J0HNST0N"TC0.7 Jiltoensbrivrr, Xrt. WILL receive money on deposit, discount nnd collect notes, and attend to all the Dusineni usually done hy Itunkcr) Sept.20.tf. JA3. B.ZAMM, Cashier. T W. DICK, Attobset-at-Latv, Eb, t tT enbu rr' T'- fnee:in front room of T. J. Lloyd s new tdilMh,. Centre street. All manner of leiral business attended to sutisfHC orily. and collections a specialty. MO-l.tf.l "T)aniel Mclaughlin, Attorney zi. a'-Lrtw, Johnstown, Ta. OlTlce In the old Z?J. ?-5.e fc,",,i,nf. "P Ptairs.) corner of Clin ton and Locust streets. Will attend to all bus nesa connected with tusprolessioa. rlP.rf "IV I -'-1V1TSCS SHOE HOUSE announce the receint of a cnmr.lete nssnrt- SHANNON. J. G. STEPHENSON. BUYERS - Vim.1 Woo-d,lIorrclI&Co., WASHINGTON STREET, Near PENM'A f?. R. DEPOT, loliiiitoAvn, 3 n Wliolcsale and Retail Dealers in FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC MILLINERY GOODS. AT.n.v , nr. GUn-NSW W BOOTS AND SHOES, ! HATS AND CAPS IRON AND NATT.S. CARPETS AND OIL-CI,OTHS. i .READY-MADE CLOTHING, i GLASSWARE. YELLO'V WARE, WOODEN AND WILLOW WARE, PROVISIONS and FEED of all kind, Together with all manner of Western Produce, such as FLCUI. BAC3N, FISH, SALT, CARBCN OJl, ETC. ITS''"' Wholesale and retail or-lers sr!jcire nnd promptly fllled on the shortest notice and mot reasonable terms. G. W. YEA G Eli & CO., Vtholcsale and Retail 4annrartarers of TIN,-COFFER AMI SHEET-IRON WARE, AND PEAl-EHS IX Mai, Parlor aM CooMi Slcyes, o. 1402 Eleventh Avenue, HOOFING and SPOUTING male to order and warranted perfect iu manufacture and material. Orders respectfully solicited and prorrptlv ntl ended to. nnJ polite attention accorded to all. whether they purchase or not. Altoona, Sept. 5, 1373.-U. Parke's Marble "Works, 139 Franklin Ktreel.Mohnotown. MONTMKNT?. HKAT and TOMB STON F.S, WPNTER and CABI- tfJ ni-iuivu in me very nest Italian and AAJ American Marbles. F.ntire sntisfoe.tli i ti(,n ffiittmntAAil I n .1 . : j luf execution of work. ( vraers respectfully solielted J promptly iwiea at ttie very low est cash rates. Try us. Oet.2.-m. JOHN PARKE. LOGAiVS MARBLE WORKS ! 131 I rKDklin Street, Johnotovvn. .IOHfv. I.niav, - Proprietor. lUlOXUMnNTS, HEAD and TOMB STOXE tVtqaUNTER ca?XKT SLABS AND I h.1. sc., manufactured of the rerv best Ital an and American Marbles. Perfect satisfac- t,?5i-1.wrrk- dsi?n nd price guaranteed. -rder8 respectfully solicited and prompt- ly ereo isi. Johnstown. Nov. 11. ;i.-tf.i E 1L ri-AXK, M. P., respcctfullv offers his professional services to the citizens of Ehcnsbnrs: and vicinity. Office fad wininar residence and immeiliatelT'in the rear of Hon. K. J. Lloyd s druir store. SIrht calls can be made at tho residence of Mrs. Bunn, en Craw tord street, Kbensburir. 4-24.-tf. jT J. BUCK, M. D., PhfAician and Snron, rm t , T , Carrolltown. Pa. Ofnee In rear of John Buck's store. Niaht calls may be made the residence of Jon Buck, Esq. April i, 1873,-tf.l JAMES J. OATMAN, M. D., Ebexsbcro. Pa Office on Hirh street, nearlv opposite Blair's Hotel. Kesidcnce if Town Hull. J tl I inn lrpit wnere nijrot calls should be made I-4tf.l 1 LOYD & CO., Uakxers, ,a EBEXSBUTta, PA. ir- Gold, Silver, Government Toans. and other Securities, bought and sold. Interest al lowed on Time Deposits. Collections made at all accessible points in the United States, aud a general Hanking business transacted. w M. M. LLOYD & CO . RASKHRS. AI.TilOV a Drafts on the principal cities and Silver tn Gold for 1. Collections made. Monies re ceived on deposit, payable on demand without interest, or on time with interest at fair rates. r. A. SHOEMAKER,. . ..WM. O. 8KCHLER. SHOEMAKER & SECHLER, A ttorneya.nt-I.it w. (9-1 J ebensburo, Cambria Co., ?a. itf.) SIMM i I 5k cuiiiovs fa cr A e!nrrl Wlnfisti Trr1., a million eggi in a season. " The tarantula, of Brazil, rr,.. more or less than an enormous V Fishes have no eyelids, and rily sleep fvith their eves Vi,e , Alligators fall into a lotha,'? during the winter season. likeu,, t ' Naturalists say that a single s'w,v Till devour six thousand fhs in Seqent8 of all eck-s i,';2" skins annually like sea crabs a j sters. 1 ' When a bee, wasp or horit it is nearly always at the tY..'r-' its life. "'' H. In the darkest night .fsUs their usual movements the sairi' t? : daylight. ' 'Fishes swallow their too- t,. They have no dental mar Linerv nished them. '": Frogrs toads and serpents nr vrr. any food but what they aie at is alive?. r Seals are as intelligent as r0 f. can lie trained to perform. manvt-V-like them. " v In South America there i a rr v' t i i t. t . . ' 'j! I uune -ixjt iiit u uas noi l.f-n fa x ; i ed with a sting. If the eye of a gnat is put oi, other perfect one is soon sq.plj- rapid growth. ! Turtles and tortoises have thc'K. elons partly outside, in place of , their bodies. I If is luilmrA.1 I Vi nf tw-r, .."VI ,. ! he hundreds of rears rlrl The Kt-. tians embalmed" them Serpents never feed upon snn;.- or but animal food which thev tlif-m-- Joi put to death. Toads become torpid in winter, r hide themselves, taking no food 7: five or six months. Serpents are so tenacious of life t'-r they will live six months and Ior:: without food. Turtles dig holes in the seashore?.: bury their eggs, covering then up be hatched by the sun. Lobs-tors are very pugnacious, r. .' fight severe battles. If they Icst;. claw another grows out. A whale suckles its ycunrr. rt, : therefore not a fish ! "The'raotL-:: affection is remarkable. The power of serpents tocharn M and small quadrupeds is a well autLt; ticated fact. There are agricultural ants in Tcif that actually jilant grain and res u: store the harvest. The head of the rattlesnake hs? '?-. known to inSict a fatal wound at being severed from the body. A Pltrifiid Forest. About rail way l.etw-f-:i two popular summer -sorts in California, MarkWe&t Spnnr j Sononjn. county.nnd Calistopa Spriri j Nnpa county, is to be found one of t nniiuest curiosities of this wonder", land. It is the celebrated petr5.C; forest, situated in the heart of a and mountainous region. At a h tance it appears like a mass of fa". : trees, and on approaching closely li ken sections of prostrate pines v.:;: tlieir stumps standing; in situ look a;.; a wind storm had suddenlv stt,-: through the forest, snapped the: stems, and thrown them to the grow:: Examining one of the stnmp. theci cles indicating- the annual growth tar: be plainly counted, and the exact rr of the tree determined. Fasino:! t a fallen tri:;ik, every knot an! fi-jri in the bark is as clearly visible s; though the woodman's axe hsd fell-, the tree but yesterday, while arc-as: thickly strewing the 'ground, lie fo ments, chips and broken pieces ' wood, evidently the work of a wc-r: cutter. But all" are turned to so.: stone; stems, stumps, 6livers, r.:i sticks, all ring wheu struck, v itL i metalic sound, and are simply silicic rock. The largest of these trees thst yet beer, measured is 1 1 feet in d s eter. Occasionally a trunk has K split into lengths of from 3 to T ft-' but the cracks seperating the sect:::: are so slight that unless closely esso ined they would avoid discovers. T-; general color of the petrefactioi.? i ' grayish white, but there is a single ex ception in a tree that has the f pes' ance and qualtities of stone coal. T proprietor of th forest declares that : burns R9 Well as the best variety :' coal. The inclosure where these osities lie is cleared of nnderbrua. I: contains many living specimen of C:.i pine, manzanita, madrona, and oc trees peculiar in the vicinity. A Deadly Spring. A writer i- California newspajier says : Abo:' half a mile over a mountain fry Bartlett Springs there is what i C'U tlie Gas Springs. This is proballv t.: greatest curiosity of the monntsi: The water is ice cold, but bubllin? foaming as if it were boiled, f-r ' ' ' greatest wonder i3 the inevitable e" struction of life produced by inl;a:.-- the gas. Xo live thing is to be fx w ithin a circuit of one liundred ysr' of the spring. The very birds, if t happen to fly orer it, drop dead- -cxjeriinented with a lizard cn it? c structi ve properties by holding 11 ' few feet aTxve the water. stretched dead in two minutes. will kill a human being in ter. minutes. We stood over it about f minutes, when a dull, heavy. sensation crept over us, an 1 our ey began to swim. The gas which capes here is the rankest kind cS , bonic, hence its sure destruction life; also of quenching of e stan taneou sly. A Dcbuqtjr printer recently ceived the following note from his "May I git yanked out o' bed at nite everv nite by a cuss like Thef Tilton, an' carried up a ! stares iff ever I sese to love j tu v S fi.li :a Let a n. Cl.M rr 1 cf UJ or. Jl Ai It; li cr ar r' cl! f-i 1' I tic Ft it P pI f. I a - 1.. Si( 1 f
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