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"he is a freeman whom tiik truth makes free, and all are slaves beside,"
Terms, S2 per year, In advancei
A'MH IX.
EBENSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 1875.
NUMBER 23.
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nil! WALT Ell A. WOOD
;-5 PiEAKliS MACHINE.
cng Loc ! Endorsement.
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' I I.. .V S. W. IAVIS, ViMlV
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iti i: tin fnlly 20w acre? of
r. ' v ; i 1 I i. hi- sir on It for
r i.i. i- I -tic", it i.-- nor j.erfeet.
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ij'rthtn, ftnrrrrm.i
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Wir- ;oim; to paint ?
thrill Chemical Paint
V '" all slues and colors, ready to
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'H8 CIAS AND RlKliKOS,
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JOHN SXVDKU, Treasurer, in ac-
count with Carroll Twp., JiuieS, 1873,
I) it.
To amount of Cash Duplicate 4'.so.02
' balunee from oM aceount 38.15
$318.17
PR.
Ujr whole am't o( (inlTK crantcj.
" Connnir-i'ion on .hii.02.
" Overplm jmlil in 174
' Kxonerut ion.
I5;iljincc due Township
'-'77.nt
. 19.GH
4.35
1.41 1302.67
13.50
jAfon A. llnnvEit. Super-I?or. In nceonnt with
t.'jirroll Town.afijj), June 4, 1870, IK.
To aim unit of Implicate 673 68
' " " e:i.!i receive.! on Koail tax. . . 2,M7
" " Ptill outst milinir on "... 5.03
" " recM trom y. Hoover. Superv'r. 20.00
" " of orJor on Treasurer 6.i.o4
7S7.90
'n.
Ily pervieep in Supervisor, 6S ilay9.102.00
" Kxoner.-itionp 6.24
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" niniKint paiil out 8 25
" Taxahles" work on IJojuls 671.U1 75i7.90
lu-i. li. ..I ..... I
50
8 25
rETEit llnovKi:. Siip'TTirtor, In aeeonnt with Car
roll Township. .1 ani; 4, 1S7., lit.
To aiii'intit of Ilupli.-jito 743.:-.3
" ea.h receivil on lin:nl tux lx.hl
" amount receive! from 'iiiiiiiiisiniicrs. . . lv.i'I
" ftiil ilin; on Koa.l tax 4U.7J
" " ot onler on Treasurer 3o.j.4
" " " " 4 00
S7C 77
Crt.
Hy perrieep a Snperv iir. fil ilay..J fiO.OO
minium pai-l lor rcp:tirini ' &U
" ' " " s roiip, wiLh in
terest on same 12.72
" ain't pM .1. A. H imver. Superv'r 2n.oi
" ainoiiTit o! exoncriti. up 17.52
" per eeiitniTL' .ir eoll -otinj 10.00 2.14
" umirunt Workeil out ty tax.itiles 73o.yj-
-73.77
We, the undersigned Auditors, having exam
ined the above ,-iieounts, lo hereby certify that
they lire eoriei't.
S. A. SHOIIM A K ER, )
l. A. I.I 1 11 KK. Auditors.
I 'll AS. 1)1 NI.AI', )
Attept Jamkj IMti.LuN, cierk. lll-3t.
STATKMKNT of IWipts nnl Kx- !
peinlitiires of r.orutto IJorntifrh tor tlm
year ending June 7, 1S75 : i
S. Fe.v, t'olleetor of Uoronxh Taxes, Iit. j
To aiiiotuit of Implicate 1 !2 67
" tolleeii-d from Win. Lake " 1 h7
1 14.54
Prt.
Ity Heeetptp of Treasurer
lvvoiicr i tions ,
" Cuinuiissioii as Collector...
llalanec due li'Tnujili
.131.00
. 7.22 1J1.5S
2.JHJ
S. Kitv,
To Iiretto School District, Un.
To State appropriation
amount I Implicate
K. . Kill. I (late Treasurer)
" Ori. rof It. Kcllv (Collector).
" IJciir , Si Ii M, i.;lMC
" uuiouut trotu I'.JMeally
7.
. . ay.'
. .
. . it". .
.. 30.
35
71
fiO
21
7')J.77
Crt.
Ity I'.xone. atienn ..
(ir ii is auitircil
'ntllllli-Sliill.. . .
' .1 ii Jl :oe costs. . .
8.73
. . r,i.B.i
. . 20 00
3 7-5 m
Haljince due S. Fry $ PJ.22
We. the Auditors, have examined the above ae- ,
counls ud'j find tlii-m correct.
it. w. i.i rzixfiEn. )
J. I. LACY. Auditors.
.1IHIX X.CI)NRAT, S
Wk do eertitv tli.it the a hove is correct
JKI. VIMIKK. 1'residt-nt ot S. Hoard. j
1. M FA LLY, Secretary of S. Hoard.
T'5r. LiTztxoKa, Treasurer of Loretto Boro', IR.
To amount received from Collector $131.00 ;
Cl.
ISy Orders audited 4200.15
Coiiiiuissiun 6.61 iO'W.S
Ita lance due Treasurer
V k. the Au li'oi s. have examined the above ac
count and find the same rurrt'i't. i
1 1 w i ITViMim i
JfMIN C. I CY. ' Auditors.
JOHN X. (JUS1IAII,
Iv.retto, June 7. lS75.-3t.
A NXUIi STATKMKNT of tl.c
Pcuiril of Sidiool Directors of Carroll
Township, May 31, li7-:
lil:CKIPT).
frr.i.s amount ofTax for Scho.d purposep.Al, 407.44
For Jluildinif Jiurposep 703.51
To;il amount
Iieduct exoneration?
licnvinir a balance of
Cah In :n former Treasurer
S i ! ot ol I Imild inirs
Sl ate -ippropriation
From unsealed lan.is
. . 2,110.'.):
H.51
..?2.1if).4l
. 2'):.tl
5II..VJ
1VJI.7
45.1'J
2,588.5)j
FxrF.vniTrrtF?.
Paid Trochi rs" sal l ies 1,320.00
New School buildings and lots. Irto. 0
Paid lor fuel iM
Salary of Secretary 2V 0
S ilaiy d Treasurer i Collector l-Vt.'O
is- i ilj.nn, -is expenses 172.17
Balance on hand -S4 3J ,5Ri.53
.1AMKS MKLI.OX, Clerk.
Carroll Twp., June 11, lx;5.-3t.
FINANCIAL STATKMKNT of
Washington Tow;smi" .Snrooi. Dis
Tkict for the year ending June, 1T5 :
Josv.rn CuisTK, Tn aiurer, Dr.
To amount of Duplicate 12.2-;t t
" State aj pi oprfation 27 I -1
" " " Tux on I tis at-d Lands. 45 50
' " ri;c'J from Jesse .Mcduiiitli,
late Treasurer 1.153 7J
4,a; el
Cr.
Oy frdor redeemed. t.1.'17V!
Fioiwrations 112 73
" Tax returned AH
" 5 per cent, on i?! 12 Ill 4".
" 2p?rct.'nt. on 3,117&t ... 6P34-
r.1.733 47
Ralnee 1ue Township 47:101
Ilavln eraniinel the a hove account, wc, the
nnderpianil Auditors or Washington Town
eliip, hereby ccrtifv that the same is correct.
JAMFS NOON. I
IB 1. 3t. JAMW ITKU f Auditors-
FAItM, FAHMINfJ, UTKNSILS.
AND L1VBSTOCK AT
PCItl.IC SAI.Kv Will be otfer-A
ed at public Pale, on Tilt ICSHA 1 .12 l k :..
Jl 1.1 lt, h75, at 1 oVi.H-k, it.m.,J
71 irri'iif Land in Birr to..
on-and a hall milt s from St. Nu-holap,on which
tlit-rc are erected two ifood lloiisep one plank and
the o'lor a hewed log bonse Ijoa llarn. Spring
House. 4 'urnl 'rib. k.r. Also, 1 heal bay Horses.
S fresh I'ohs, 1 two year old and U one year old
l!citi. 9Shift, 8 Ho, 1 f"ir horpe Threshing
Mach'ni-, I'lows. Harrow, and many other arti
rles. i'ernip will be niado known and a reason a
blu credit given at time of sale.
FUANK Wt.SMII.LER.
Iltirr Twp., .Tone 11, ln75.-3t.
IX TIIK COUI'iT OF COMMON
PI.KAS (IF THK COUNTY OF CAM
UK I A. Not lee Is hereby alv.-n that the first and
partial account of F. A. Shoemaker, Asf 'irneeof
Jrlthlh . IaviP. will lie prepented nt the next Ar
irutnent CiHirt lor conftrmat ion and allowance.
li. M'COLAJ A N, P.othonotary.
l'rothonotary'i OIHce, Elicnstnir(f, June 10, ls7i.3t
NOTICK. All persons are hereby
cautions! frainit Tinrcliasinf; a Nitk
for : aiven liT me to M. I. Dnowif. lat of Eb
cnshuriz. Snid'note bavinir been fraudulently ob
tained, I am determined not to pay it when it be
comes due. Ho I warn all to stand from under.
WILUAM ADAMS.
St. AnKUstine, June 4. 1875. u-ui.
T LMK f LIME ! Farmers and oth-
' ra in want of a 100.I article of JAMK,
In any desir.-d ipiKutitiea. can now lie accommoda
ted, proiupi.lv and upon fair terms, by calling at
the farm of Ir. Win. Imnion. in Cambria town
ship, two miles east of Ehcnshurir.
June 4, 47..-tf. LK.M(JN & MAK1X.
PHANTASY S DEATII-LOV3
TThore'er I roam, by hill or stroam
There reiiins sweet Phantasy;
Anl I bi lmlil, as iu a dream,
My love steal Bilcutly.
As lovely as when loveliest
She glided in the danee,
The peeress of the hour confessed
Admired by every glance!
Her fare shine sweeter than in lifa
Her brow is more serene;
For nlic in sinless of the strife
Of souls, thai mars earth's eceno.
Her step is lighter; though on earth.
None pressed more airy I'urlit,
By sickness' bel, in halls of mirth,
JIM sorrow or delight. f
Her form in Tleanty's perfect mold,
The sumo that plowed with healtl
Oft meets me on the venhiut world
A if it came by stealth.
And always, in whatever place,
I must be ipiitc alone.
If I wou'd Mml mt ptuintom form
Iicbidc or uear niv own.
TIIC STORM AT SEA.
A low rcJ farmliouse, tvith grcnt bra
urnl ijianaricj nttaclieJ, was the home: of the
Kennedys of Ash ton. Tt was the het farm
In the town, although oil farmer-", coming
from rich prazina; counties, sneered at the
idea of "mi-iii' anything so nhjjh 011 to the
Kilt water."
It required all Matthew Kennedy's sturdy
active cneigics to make it pay; but it did
pay lvuintifully. His father and rrand'ather
had both firmcJ this property ; but, in both
cae, there had been a meagre return. Hut
Matthew did not didain the hc'ps of peien
tific agriculture as laid down in the books,
nor i'ci-pi-e the n ;w improvements in fanning
implement'; and thus he succeeded, where
they had fiii'ed.
His wife, a pretty, rosy farmer's daughter,
was truly a helpmeet fir him. They
who could procare their supply or butter
from Mary Kennedy's churning, were for
tunate people indeed. Matthew was not
young when he married her; for lie would
not marry while his old paieuts lived ; but
Maty knew that he loved her, and Matthew
was worth waiting fjr.
Six years a'ler their marriage, when tho
farm was ghirg out the precious reward of
their industry, little Andrew, the first and
the last child, was burn. All the rewards of
tl.c Kennedys came slowly, but they were
full and rich gifts that the good Father be
stowed, and this, the dearest, most pvecioua
of all. Surely, no child ever fulfills! a pa
rent's desire more fully thnn little Andrew,
lie was no precocious, sickly child, whoso
foible light flashes vtp fur an in-tant, and
tl.cn Is queue! e l indoath or itnliocility ; but
a strong, healthy, active, b.y, full of life,
baring a se'islb'e mind in a splendid physical
organization the iuheikancc from botli
ftthcr and nn.tVr.
Open and fiank generous, brave and
good-tt'iiiper-.-d. no one could see the hoy
without liking him. ItwaMrs. Kennedy's
only lxj;jt, that Andrew had rever, in his
life, disomy cd her. li :t a great sharp pang
was nevertheless, inilicted upon the poor
mother's heart by this ery boy.
It came, all along of having a farm "so
righ on to the salt water," too ; for Andrew,
unknown to any one, had cherished the wild
est, most intense longi igs to try his fate npon
that ocean in sight of which he was born !
and now. for the first time, he announced,
on his fifteenth birthday, that he was eoing
to sea. Hi?! fathev was disappointed arid
grieved at h. art ; but he would not damp
the boy's ardor, and thought at any rate, he
would soon sicken of his rcsoiutiou after
once emliarkiog. n
"Let him try it, doar," he said to Mary,
when her teat fil eye showed how terribly
she was suffering. "Why, Mary dear, don't
take on so. lie is not the first !oy that has
tried the waves ; and w hen he gets to be an
East India captain like edd Thorndike, wo
Khali he proud of him."
But Mary saw no consolation. Away
down in the depths of the sea, she saw in her
troubled dreams, the caverns flkil with
whitening bones, and the sea shells and float
ing wee-Is tangled in her Andrew's lieautiful
hair. She fell sick, a a natural consequence;
hut no innrtyrat the stoke was mire courage
ous. She kept her secret, and 110 one knew
that she was sick at heart.
She rose from her sick bed, ta pack tha
sailor's scachest with garments on which she
had wronght night and day, to transform
them into what Andrew called "sea duds;"
while many new ones grew under ber band.
Had Andrew known how bis mother's heart
ached, he would have given it all up ; but
phe "made no sign," after the first few days,
and even pat on a forced cheerfulness, rather
than disappoint her boy.
In the very mid-t ol the preparations, there
came an awful storm, and the beach was
strown with the dead. Andrew consoled
himself that stortn like that were very in
frequent ; and as the next morning was
bright, and the waves glittered in the Fan,
he forgot that he had almost resolved the
night before to give up his project.
Dick Armstrong, the doctor's . son, had
joined in Andrew's proposed enterpt ise. He
was n wild, reckless youth, and his father
was quite willing that he should go. lie
was a torment at home and at school; and
the doctor thought the discipline on ship
yard would le the best restraint. But
Mary was in terror at the thought of his in
fluence upon Andrew.
"No, no," said her husband, when her
fears at length disclo- ed themselves tV his
WHtchfuIeye ; " AnJruw is too well grounded
in good pii cip'es for I'iek Anut:'nnj to
iiifi,tein e Li. 11. You ki ow he never has
icldcd to hiai."
"I know but when they are at sea"
"Faithless Mary !" said Matthew; "is not
the same Cod upon the sea as upon ihe land?
Do not di.-tres-- yourself longer about what
may lie, but try to reconcile yourself to what
i7ii. le."
And so Mary could only liear her sorrows
where she had carried her joys to the foot
of the Great White Throne. And the day
had come for Andrew to go. She saw his
chest carried away, with mute anguish ; and
before noon she saw the white sails of the
Albatross all set, and her colors flying in the
breeze. And she knew that Andrew was
on board, and that soon, very soon, the waves
would be between her and her heart's dar
ling. Every day of absence from a beloved one
may bring sad or anxious thoughts, but
every day is not like the first ; and the Ken
nedys were too sensible people to darken
their rooms or shut out cheerfulness from
their faces, liecause their boy was not with
them. Somehow, the year rolled away, and
Mary's fifty-second churning had been per
formed, and the great yellow ball's of butter
had come out as hard and sweet as ever,
r. hen she began to think she might reason
ably look for the Albatross from Calcutta.
She had heard from Andrew. He was
well and happy, enjoying his sea life with a
z-.-st she had hardly expected. All that was
in it was playfully told in a jest no brave
uian would mind it at all. "Andrew, my little
Andrew a man V thought pjor Mary; "it
cannot must not he! I must have my boy
'again, and not a grjat bjard ;d man. I can't
have it so." And she shed a few tears be
cause she had lost her baby, as foolish
mothers say, when their hoys grow up too
quickly.
She looked at the pretty Indian scarf that
Andrew had sent her, and went over to see
Mrs! Armstrong, who, since Dick had gone
away from her, had invested him with a
thousand good qualities that had never been
accorded to him at home.
And the mothers now met every day, to
talk over the return, each giving a little
strength, or burrowing a little anxiety, as
their moods might be.
Homeward bound was the AVhatrocs, and
homeward bound was Mary's on. Would
they over ai rive at their destined port? Ibid
not Andrew-repeated so many time, what
a fiit surer was the Albatross ? And would
she shame her reputation now ? No. Mary
resolved that she would put faith in (Jod and
man in the noble ship herself inall things,
and look cheerfully forward to the return.
And she did not let her trust waver, until
the Winter months had one half gone by.
Then she would go up to Andrew's room,
where she had githere-1 books and pictures,
and new furniture and curtains, and a car
petsuchas healways fancied asmall figure,
criin-on and bright iri-c'if and there she
wouM kn; el down, vMi ti e blln Is clo-ed,
and pray and we?p in the darkne-s. Up
there, in that chill firel.f-- r om, the dreary
monotone of the north e t-t wind would come
to her cars like a wai! nvcv the dead.
March came, and thes'.ip came not. O,
tho dreary waiting for t:.e cqainoctial gales !
If the Albaiross could have the fortune to
get into port, before these wild winds were
awakened in thci. wrath ! but the eighteenth
of March was dawning, and no ship yet.
Mary felt that she could not see Mrs. Arm
strong again ; but when the sun came up,
glorious as a Summ- r morning, and the
whole day through was bright and golden,
and Mary took out her plants in the warm
air, she felt that she? had hoen foolish to an
ticipate any trouble. The doctor came in,
Tubbing bis hands.
"Are your pies and puddings all ready for
the boys, Mrs. Kennedy? Eli.alieth has been
he;iting the oven for two days. Dick will
have an appetite like a hippopotamus, if he
can swallow all his mother's nice things."
Mary's brow bad contracted an approach
to a wrinkle, since Andrew had went away,
but it cleared at this.
"No, I never thought of it. I will do it
to-morrow. Why, what on earth was I
thinking of? Do you think them near, doc
tor?" "I am no sailor I cannot tell; but it is
time high time."
Just as he said it, a man passed the open
window, and called out to a neighbor :
"There will be a big storm to-morrow
the line gale is coming !"
Coming ! with all that glory in the sky
and npon the waves? Coming, when thoaii
was warm and bland as June, and the winds
all hushed, and the dry wintry branches
motionless? What possessed the man to
croak out this dismal prophecy in her ear?
But she could not would not believe it.
There must be some great change that would
take days-to effect, and meantime the Alba
tross would le in.
Mary was one of those persons on whom
the weather has marvellous effect. Had
there been a cloud in the sky, a feather of
mow in the air, her spirits would have been
at low-water mark at once; but here was
brilliant, almost Summer weather. She
was going to enj iy it, sure. But the pro
phecy was repeated in another voice, and this
time by one she could not doubt. It was
the pilot's voice, and he was g ling down to
the shore.
"Are yon faint, Mrs. Kennedy?" said the
doctor. He m-ed not have asked, for no
marble is whiter than the face he laid down
npon the lounge. "Bless my soul !" he ex
claimed ; "why will woman always faint
away? Jhitthew ! Matthew, I say find your
wife's smelling-hottis! She is in a faint.
That's right, my man now more cold wa
ter." -
"What ails her?" said the frightened hus
laud. "Ilus fche heard anything?'' .,
I Only that tner;; is to oea.-torm some day.
Women are so foolish, you know."
j Mary was soon restored. She had no fine
: lady nerves, but sometimes her deep and
: tender feelings betrayed her. She woke to
j see the sun she had hailed so gladly, sinking
down into a great black western cloud. It
fscemed like a pall, and bcueath it was her
sun !
Before nine In the evening, the wild winds
were sweeping over the hills an 1 across the
bay. On shore, the elemental din was loud
and deep. Windows were blown in, chim
neys rocked, and some new buildings, just
raised and boarded, toppled ovci. A dreca
ing rain, mingled with great hailstone?,
came rattling down drenching the long
streets, and pouring its full tribute down
the slopes that led seaward.
There were sad watchers in that trouble!
night fathers, mothers, friends ; but none
so outwardly calm a the poor mother at the
old red farmhouse. She seemed almost
turned to stone so still and cold. Not a
sound escaped ber lips ; not a sigh came up
with the quiet breath.
Above the roar of the tempest, their came
fitfully, other sounds. The signal gun of
distress pealed out upon the air the crash
ing of heavy timbers, the dull stiaiuing of
cordage, were all heard amid the brief paus
es of the storm. Two or three vessels were
certainly near shore, and their fate seemed
inevitable. Then came a fearful crash, and
the watchers on the beach ran toward the
point from whence the sound Came. A
large schooner had struck upon the rocks,
and was fast breaking up ; but brave hearts
were near, and, spite of danger in rescuing
them, they were nearly all saved, and borne
tenderly to the nearest houses.
All at once Mary Kennedy found herself
forsaken. At the sound of distress that
wailed up high over the storm, all had left
her. She roused herself, and, running to
the entry, took down a thick cape that had
belonged to Andrew. His long woollen com
forter hung Injside it the satne she had
knitted for him to wear to school. She tied
this over her head, put on the cape, and
went out into the blinding storm, and down
to the beach, guided by the lights that kind
hands had scattered here and there acruss;
the beach watehfires, burning with a dull
red glow that lighted up the waves as the
crimson sky had lighted it that evening. As
she went on, she heard one and another say
that the A!latro-s was driving on shore. No
one dt earned that the small quiet figure,
standing liy a great rock, was the mother of
Andrew Kennedy. They talked about him
talked of his plc.i-sant ways and his good
heart, and how it would kill his parents if
be should be lost; but their talk was sud
denly interrupted. The cold gray morning
had dawned. Tho Albatross bad been in
sight ever since the first gray light appeared.
No boat could lire in the boiling waves; no
lifeboat was there. There was nothing to
do, but to wait till the ship should strike or
dread alternation ! go down into the
depths with all her precious freight of hu
man lives.
"O God in heaven ! there is but a plank
between my child and death !" murmured
the miserable mother, speaking for the first
time since the storm had commenced.
She spoke no more, for the ship came on,
her heavy timliers straining, creaking, driv
ing on and on, apparently to destruction.
The crew had lab.neJ bravely, but, in this
cri-is, they could do naught but stand npon
the deck and wait, white the ship rolled and
plunged, as unmanageable as a wild horse.
Among the figures standing there, Mary
saw her child. It must have lieen pure in
stinct ; else she could not have known that
tall weather-beaten figure, so large and
strong and dark, for her fiftcen-y ear-oil
stripling. But the heart took in what the
ryes and the memory lost. From thattiins,
she never lost sight of him, until he threw
himself into the sea and disappeared amidst
the boiling waves. Then a giant billow bore
him upward again, and hope and despair
played at daadly odds with the mother's
heart. And now there were two of them
together battling the great waves, and seem
ing to be cheering each other on another,
as young and active as the first. Dear God!
will they ever be saved ? And those brave
sailors, fighting with the giant waves beyond,
can they ever come to land? Ah, there are
other brave seamen on the beach, throwing
ropes to the exhausted men in the water. It
nerves them afresh. Tlrey know now that
their friends on shore hrxve hope and courage,
and it braces them to new efforts. '
One after another snatches the heavy ca
bles, and cling- to them , passing them around
their waist, and giving all their remaining
strength to tying the great knots. Then
they give np, and lie floating upon the waves,
while those on the beaoh pull gently and
tenderly upon the ropes. Fifteen are drawn
safely on shore. The other poor fellow,
weak and exhausted, was dead when taken
from the water. It was not Andrew, nor
Dick Armstrong; for, already, strong arms
had borne them to their homes.
Panting and breathless, a little figure, in
a man's cape and a woollen head-covering,
followed the bearers of Andrew Kennedy;
and not until it reached the gate at the farm
house, did it I ay a cold hand within the
great palm of Mathew Kennedy. He start
ed, as if an ieehall had touched him, and,
turning, saw Maty !
It was well that all through the day and
night following, fatigue had numrxd the
sen-es of the family at the farm. So much
bad been gone through, that only the deep
sleep of exhaustion could rest them. There
was no sound in the house all that tinia, ex
cept the hushed footsteps of the work peo
ple, doing quietly what must he done.
But a joyful group met iu the broakfast-
room, on the second morning a little pale,
but with glad and thankful hearts, and hap
py though tearfui faces. Andrew wore a
look as pure and ioiioceut as he had carried
aw ay ; and, when be talked of his next voy
age, his mother subdued her shuddering
terror, feeling ihat He who had rescued him
from the peril of the seas, was able to pro
tect him still. Iu all this fair broad land,
there could have lven no more happiness
than on that morning, in the old red farm
house. nonixsox cursor
IIIS HOME AND HCItlAL PLACK.
Tiobinson Crusoe ! Who has not read
or heard of him? Yet there are thous
ands of persons who fii nily believe that the
whole history of the man is a fiction, and
the man himself a first-class myth, while
thousands of others, in blissful ignorance
of what to think or say on the subject, re
serve their opinions. To such doubting
Thomases it may be said that the history
is founded on actual fact, though fictitious
in most of its particulars; Robinson Cru
soe, as the hero is iKvpulaily called, having
lived in flesh and blood on a littlo islaud
in the South Pacific for four years and
four months. This island home, named
Juan Fernandez, or Mas-a-Tiena, is situa
ted in latitude 33 37' south and longitude
78 53' west, being about 330 miles west tif
Valpaiai-jo, Chili. It comprises an area of
108 square miles, butlitlle of w hich could be
put under cultivation owing to the moun
tainous nature of the island, the mountains
rising in some places to a height of nearly
twenty-five hundred feet, many of them
having a sea wall twelve to fifteen hundred
feet high, rising almost peiendiculaily
out of the water. Farther inland the
momitaius extend in irregular chains, en
closing steep, inconsiderable valleys, access
to many of them being impossible nv itbout
expending an amount of time and trouble
that would be but poorly repaid even by the
attainment of the object. Being in a low
latitude, it is not so prolific in fruits nor
tropical vegetation as most of the other
I'acTic Islands are peaches, quinces and
fijs and seveial varieties of berries com
prising all the fruits worth naming. The
umbrella tree, itiscpciably connected with
Crusoe, as presented in picJuix-s, crows in
abiindat.ee in the valleys. It grows about
four feet high, w ith a stalk of an inch and
a half or two inches in diameter, covered
with 6hoit, blunt thorns, which make it
derided ly rough to handle. The umbrella
part spreads out and up, forming a basin
three to four feet acioss, wMi a narrow
opening on one side, and as the single leaf
of w bicb it is comjatsed is thick and strong,
it would, in case of necessity, answer the
puriiose of an umbrella very well if one
didn't object to its weight and the slight
inconvenience likely to be experienced in
managing it iu a rain storm. The iskind
is at present leased from the Chilian Gov
ernment by a citizen of Valparaiso, who
employs about a dozen men on tho island
raising horses and hunting goats. The
latter abound in a wild state, and are hunt
ed for their skins. Add to the number of
men a dozen women and children, and you
will have the total population all living in
the northern end of the island on Cumber
land Bay. Briefly told, these are the prin
cipal features of the island as it exists to
day. Some years ago this was the Botany Bay
of Chili, where all unfortunates wbo.se
bumps of destruetivciicss and approbative
ness were found to he too largely developed
for the public good were iuvite-d to sojourn
at the public expense, in the Lope tbat
time, solitude and sea-air would effect a
cure of the complaint. For a time ali
went well, but the Government's guests
becoming ungrateful for the hospitalities
received, most emphatically and practically
protested against any further exercise of
public attention in their favor. They first
tried the plan of working their passage
away from the island without waiting for
their ticket-of-leave, but these occasions
not occurring so frequently nor so easily as
they would wish, they finally rose in a
body and annihilated their guardians, after
which the Government came to the con
clusion that as a penal settlement Juan
Fernandez was not a success, so they now
send their patients to rusticate iu the coal
mines on the Stiaits of Magellan.
While on the islaud the convicts lived in
caves which they had to dig iu the 6ide of
one of the mountains facing the harbon
These caves were seven iu number, all in
a row, sovcral hundred feet back from the
water and about seventy-five feet above
the water level. Three of these caves
stood some distance from the other four,
and did not amount to much, being
only fifteen feet wide, ten high, and
ten deep, with hard clay walia, Hour
and ceiling. The dher four were much
larger and more intercut ing, and I shall
endeavor to tlcsc.ibe the best one of these.
It was twenty feet w ide, twenty high, and
eighty deep, forming a parallelopipedon, if
the reader knows what tbat is. The
ground uear the o.itrance was hard and
bare, but at the rear it was noft ami cov
ered with thick moss. The sides and back
weie covered with hanging pinnate leaves
very much like if they were not the com
mon fern, ranging from a few inches. to a
foot in length ; the roof or ceiling was also
thickly "festooned" with these hanging
leaves, though many of them were faded
and black. The whole presented a very
beautiful and enchanting scene. It ap
peared like some fairy grotto, such as we
read of, or like a faiiy transformation scene
as witnessed in a theatre. Everything was
green the ground, the sides, the roof, the
air and I felt a little "gsteu" mytclf iu
such a place.
The next and greatest place of Interest
is the cave in which Crusoe lived while on
the island. It is only a few huudred feet
from the beach, in the side rf one of sever
al mountains scperating the valley which
it is in from the valley in which the other
caves are, faciug the aucboi age. To reach
the cave from the anchorage by land is
next to impossible, on account of the steep
ness and w ildntss of the intervening moun
tains, but by taking a boat a pull of a mile
and a half or two miles, around a project
ing mountain, will bring one to the foot of
the valley in which the cave lies. As just
stated, it is only a few hundred feet from
the beach, in a mountain side, facing the
west. The mouth of the cave is irregular
in shape, forming on imj-evfeet triangle.
It is about twenty-five feet wide at the
base and twenty feet high at the apex, the
depth being twelve feet. From the en
trance the sides and ceiling slope downward
toward the rear. The interior is lough,
as if the cave was cut out by a pickaxe or
similar instrun.ent, making no pie tensions
to shape or evenness. A few places were
dug out in the sides for keeping his house
hold articles, but these, like the cave, were
empty. The only articles to be seen were
a few nails in cue wall, and a small hatchet
hung up in a corner, evidently placed
there by some later occupant. The en
trance had once been closed with rustic
work of blanches filled iu with mud, this
is now all gone except 1. small iicce in a
lower coroner tbat looked as if newly re
paiied. And this rude cavity was the lone,
ly, chert less habitation of Robinson Crusoe
for mare than four years !
The highest mountain in the vicinity is
called Selkirk's Lookout. Near the sum
mit of this lookout, in a clef separating it
from another mountain, is a tablet, the
Cvpy of which, herewith presented, explains
itself. The tablet is of cast-iron, twenty
by thirty inches, and half an inch thick,
placed in the side of a rock. Such is the
monument that marks the 1 testing-p!ace of
Alexander Selkirk, or Kobinson Crusoe.
Dying in the English naval service, his re
mains were conveyed in a man-of-war td
the island which he had made famous and
interesting by his solitary, almost mythical
residence upon. And in that far-away un
frequeuted spot, away up the mountain
side w hich he so often ascended iu life,
"Watchins for a sail ;
No sail from day to day,"
with the wild birds for its watchers and
the south wind for its plaintive tnoniner,
lies the body of a man the record of whose
life, or at least four years of it, has prob
ably found a greater number of interested
readers than that of any other man the'
woild has ever seen. Hearth and Home.
The Moving Season. The moving sea
son having Closed, and the things put tcf
rights, the woman of the house has the
woman of the next house in to show ber
the rooms.
"It must have beer, an awful job to
have got all those carpets down, and cur
tains up," says the visitor. "I don't see
how you ever did it alone."
"It was a pretty good job," modestly
admits the housekeeper, with ber face
shining with satisfaction.
"I should say it. was," responds the
visitor with emphasis. "Don't you feel
completely worn out ?"
"O, I don't know," is the artless reply.
"It was hard work to Iks sure, w ithout a
woman ; but then they ate often more of a
bother to watch and look after than doing
all the woik Jourself. And as for George,
he is so awkward and grumbles so much
man-like that I might as well do it all
myself; And so I told him I should try
this time to get along alone. And I don't
know as I feel a bit more, or even as tired,
as when I had help."
George is her husband, of course. Ever
since the moviug he has employed pretty
much all of his waking time iu trying to'
find a position he can remain iu for five
miuutes without suffering pain. He has
woru the skiu from his knees and hands in
making a carpet stretch three inches
farther than the manufacturer iu tended it
should ; he has got a thumb which will
never agaiu look as it has done, ow tug to
tho appalling eccentricity Of the family
hammer ; aud not a tingle joint in his
whole body fits squarely in its socket.
Even ot the very moment his wife is in
geniously suuning herself in the amazed
admiration of neighboring women, tho
miserable wretch is wondering if he mill
be able to sit on a chair as he used to.
The Alternative. An old man wa
leading a dog along Griswold street tho
other day, w hen a bootblack took a fancy
to the canine and wanted to purchase him.
Oh, you couldn't raise a dollar," replied
the man, starting on. "I couldn't, eh?"
jelled the boy ; "well, you jut wait. "
Theie'saten thousand dollar fellerovcr
here who 1 engaged to my sister, and if I
ask for a scrip lie's gt to come down or I'll
bust than match higher'n a liberty tle !''
Detroit Free Pi t.
A father in Iowa recently gave his
daughter a lead fhine as a bridal present.-