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EBENSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1S76.
NUMP.F.U Si).
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V mtMinMUCII Til
ME t'6 L'UilllMUH IILnuilli
$ OF f.BEP.AL ELECTION.
.Tli
Vtn' the Gcnerat Assem
M ",,,'t.wcsith "f Pennsylvania,
1.1 '.. .........PHlf h. " tr in enioin.
",h ',P imlitic notice of said elee
'"'"'m.ritf I" said notice what oN
!! ''' ". . '..,i.-i.. I n . l.-
I i.h if ICOH ? i i 1 1 m .... ..v. ..j
' ,i .ivfpnticf ttie eleclors r
'Vl' .lhut a lateral Election
tuffs'. ,,. ivmKpia ,,n t ho
''i ?Cei..r- A. I. I7, (the
' T..l;iy next following the
' ,f whI inoxth.) at which time
officers will be elected as
I., r f r-.,r tit large and twenty
. . lutrlet elf-dors, from the Com-
lr..hlent of the t'nlted
' ,r'' ..n.ri.lnil lor l)T the Consti-
Vcr' ..... I ,.;.e.l SHIM.
. -..i.inm-tM.n with the Counties of
,! n,t s.niier.i-t. for Congress.
"s . .vmict n with the rnnnty of
vM'tr(iir'therotuiiion wealth or I'enn-
,, irvt.,..i tier nf the General Asseni
.',.T'':,l,h 1,1 Pennsylvania.
c.ir w.M-ctie Judge-ror Cambria
, : ;fl c.r f'mhrla county.
I,,',r p,r,.,-i,,r nf tl.e PiKir and House
I ,.,(.,( I -jini-r'a ci.'iiht.
lf I.T Jury C'.uimicsioncrs for Cim-
fi.r iK'I'imjr th roicnHil
, viml whpN, tirroiiK!i!, dis
M.r!ii)s within faid cuiinty are us
i:t:
,,.r. ..f the i!i?trii rr.mpop of the
i.lii'.Vny. lo iia-et at 15raJy' school
.ri--!.i!'.
- rt 'lie ilHtret wmpiwwl of the
I vim ' '" i' "t at the liouije of Dun-
t - 'B Am ini'iiurir.
r, .. il.e ili-lrn-t cumposen ot tne
H Rirr, tu liif-'t at Soh'xjl lluu.e No.
'.nl'ip.
..i th 1 it Hi-t nmpne. or the
if B'ai'k'i' k. tu miet at the house of
a.iii'.l. in r-'ai'l tuwn.-liii.
i tl: ni-trii't ntiiM5l of the
.:i ,.:!.r.s. t" in e-t at the Court Ilou.se
-n;l. "! Ktii'i'-I'iirit.
. f 'lc ili-iru-t. n.mpi.pil of the rtor
ii r.l. tu meet ut .School Jloit!e No. 3,
k:,'"!Ui niiiru'i coinpof"!! 01 me
t i jrr :I. to meet at the uchool hou.e
t'i '.-rLiih.
- hi' iitrict fnmtfl?el of the Jlor-i-
ij.mi. t meet al the school houae
i.r the Ii-l rn-t comiotei or tne
.: rti -t.tu meet at ch.jol Unuw Nu.
I. I.
'n f i!.p ilisrrii't onmiKifcil of the Hor-
'-i; ir ns. t" tni-Pt at the house of
H'i'T. in s.i.ii tMimuii.
- f nf the tli.-lru't iH.nnoitol of the
l r!f .rtit-lii. tu ini't at Srlonil Iloufe
j- :.ar !!.e Tiltaiceof St. AniiHtine. In
k f-
nf the !i--triit cnmjMisol of the
ft'iini'TOaiiah. to meet at school house
I . 'B ili'l tnWTl''lil).
i t'i! thf iirrit coni)io!!,i or the Itor-
'-Bianh. t meet a." follows: Kir?t
S'h u"-.. ivti-r M.iltxle. in sai'l First
! :ir.. at I he hnu.e of John Swan-
l-:"r .! tin? ili-frn-t "imHeil ot the Itor-
it?.i!e. Hi meet at the school house
t r nf the li.trirt ootnposdl of the
p v. o.nieet at them-liool house in
; iMR.iiirrlnil. m sail townshio.
- rv : fiieiliyirin e,.niHiei of the Hor-
' nrnunsn. to meet at the house of
r.ilwmnl, M :,! tvnrmzh.
j-f-l Hip iitnrt i-.miM.se.l of the Ror-
;fcf.iiitt I.'ikihi. in ca ill waril : West
nil-! lury ii.Niin. in ilia Kxt want.
i I he .Mtricl vrtni...s,.,l f t lie Hor.
"vtiin. to mert al the reboot house in
. in.
"' ''i'lrict Mitnponeil of the
f:,M!!;t,n. t li.et at u.ii.n'i ahrM.I
a "
(i-n',
""i f 'he itntriet eomosul of the Bur-
i.u i.i iu..ei at ilia srjiool house in
"f the ilistrirt rotri)Me. ot the
'"i -iii.t'.tni etat the house of llen-
a :"! :nwi.i,,.
I'lie.lwtr.i-toi.ir.iMiseil of the llor-
n. ti, !,.,.( (.ill,,,,,; Kirit
-i'1'iw,; Ki.illl i. 3 in aii.l rr.l-
rj;.
r -J'. !. tt,.-i. .o.-.s. Sirsver. Ks.i.,
in :. . t, Jr.i . i',ir.t Var.l, at
, n Hfniy. ..n Fr.ioktin street., tn
r ur h W.ir.!. i the hinisH .r li.l.ti
Kutl, War. I. at th li..ueof
Ku '. Hi Jiiii W-ir.l. Wl.lt. .
i. . ii ii lil. II
t,. " Ty- '" ":,!' wanl.
j i iiiiiiii!r.i ui me iior-
- 1 ! i seiHMii nouse ill
'T the .lixtriet eoniiSPl of the
. "mi-ti-r. !.. niH.-t at tlm warehouse
inif..:a, id ilienlluaeof Munstcr, in
'i-'riet e,oi)wel of the Hor
" .ti.n.eet aMull.iws: First Wanl,
1. -:, . r,. Neroml War-I, al
tu Mii.l wjiril.
. " "tr"'' ei.ii!M.Ke. of the Hor
, i ti.ni. i t at the school bouse 111
'' t!ie ili-triet roinposrwt of the
'""el. t,. meet al tij0 K,ue uf
-.! t.iwu.l,,,,,.
"I Hi" il.itr.it romMseil of the
V '"' k. t.. m, rt a t J acot.y "a school
t " i-iiin jKMei oi tne
I.
. , " oeci ai trie uintner-
' ""lie tM,r,llrh vv iimore.
"'in it. 1 r-",uP"seil ot tlie Ilor-
, '" ""'''l at tbc school house
" "f ti.
. i,, I1' -in II A t tnrat m. t l, tk...a
i - -
:t. Jf '"''"''"wnsliip.
. J1 'lit fl, strict .. ...1 !.-.
H -vr I'- '" n,eel at the school house
r.r.,.i i. "' township.
t ."'I'triet ti.tniKiwil of the Hor-
I ie. tu meet at the school bouse in
.ir.'.,lt!'''li",rirt '"raposwl of the Itor
"Hh '""'a1 the Council chamber.
ii-i"a.'i.,,"! ,,i,r''' comjse. or the
h"l't. f ii""1- 'UK'1 l 'he school
': ". - . n aiI township.
' fVi,i,. . '",,rict eoiii.oaet ol the
t. 7" n'cct at the bouse of John
i';Vi' '!"" '''"'rict comWMcl or the
iei.....,;" ." ",F"rt ssf'.llows: First 1)1
sJ., -f ":" "I Jac.h Ream, in ail
-n i;. ,"iv,a'"n, t beams school
I'-
',:C'r'L,' Arti,-,, Vlflth or the new
'faitibtciionsof which rea.l nu
f-.
"i-7th!e1'!i?i""n wntT-one years er
"J'"'s" a ". .i"rin l"a locations, bU
Or,i,, j" 1411 'lections:
"' '-"I ..ne e" a :'t'Mn or the Unl-
.w JI'.ll Ii:iv .....i-.i i a. .....
I' nitn " .".'.m mma .-stale one
" -U.r,Io """''-v qualiflea elec-
.. .,' "'lien of th .. .,ll
''SMrn.'J 1 "turned, then six
He ,. .,, 7 I'feclin the election.
,r he)t,'1!re,.r",''lc'l in the election
'-.', ",,,;r to vol. at least two
. ' ''inv i " L"B e'cction.
!-I...V . " two years a State or
If i
UW Ha .1. i ve ,K,,rn assessed at least
leam one month before the
r v:'!eti(n, . ....
I v,r n'"iens snail be ty
" bt-h it .". ,hil be numbered In
bi n . ,,0.r,:ceived, an I the
, "M'.iiVi. c,w"n orncers on the
' f'!li,i V "ame ol the elector who
'l.iji,.,. V. A"T elector ina write l.la
7tMM.;:.?r.''!,u" bis name to tie writ-
'" 'ttli-r, 'y,nltiienofthei'.lstrict.
-mw '"a J be iw"m or atflrmed
"1 to,i.r elec,or 'ball have Toted
r J" o as a witness in a judicial
y hr"''11 ln 1,1 eicept treas-
' ir ,'"rty of the peace, be
IBirinnir i nK u,e,r tiendanc ou ',
'Hit-.'1" returninn ihurefrotn.
'"f.we-i.J y."' the (uaiined electors
,re.l.V,?,.".,,:' In actire military
'. S' " ! " " fr""'lbe Presulentof
n ; h 'i.e,,'v ""h'Tity from this l!i.m
tors tuny txercise the tight .
of "iiTrnife In all elections hy the citizen un,er
si.n...ii.' an art or snail he rrescril)e.l hy
BrrVVoV.!Jrn,f.lh,!3r WCre i' ki t'rual
ti7kJ.i.A,,.!w" rpfulatln(r the holdinir or elec.
ttons hr the citizens for the reiri-tration of electors
-i- . . u1n,iornl thronhout the State, but no
I ' re.n !a'J ",ri1 "f he rirlletfc or voting
ly reason or his name not beinsr rciistered
,r,'f-''- ,Anv person who shall rive or promise or
otter tn aire t. any elector any money, reward, or
other valuable consideration, for his vote at anv
election, or lor withholding; the same, or who shall
Rive or promise to jrive such consideration to any
other erson or party for such elector's vote, or
lor the withhnldinic thereof, nnd nnv elector who
shall receive or airree to receive, r.r himself or for
another, nny money, rewnrd or other valuahlecon.
deration Tor his vote at nn election, or Tor with
hol.lirtit the same shall thereby lot felt the riirht
to vote at such election; and nn elector whose
rijtht to vote shall be challenu:ad'lor such cause
rmlore the election officers, shall be renulred to
w.far or affirm that the matter nf the challenge
is untrue Itctore his vote shall he received
t T- 9 tAn-v Vr!"'n w,' "ball while a candidate
for olftee be utility of bribery, fraud, or wiirul vio
lation or any election law. shall be forever disqual
ified from holding any office of trust or profit in
this Commonwealth ; and any i erson convicted or
wiirul violation or the election laws shall. In addi
tion to any penalties provided bv law. be deprived
or the riant or suffrage absolutely ror a term or
four years.
Skc. 13. For the purpose of voting no person shall
lie deemed to have trained a residence by reason
or his presence, or lost It bv reason of his absence,
while employed In the service, either civil or mili
tary, of this S'ate or the Cnited States, or on the
hijfh seas, nor while a student of nv Institution
or learninx, nor while kept in a tioor houe or other
asylnm al public expense, nor while confined in
public prison.
Sw. 14. District election boards shall consist or
a tjudire and two Inspectors, who shall be chosen
annually by the citizens. Mich elector shall have
the iluht to vote for the judge and one Inspector,
nhd earn inspeotor shall apjoint one clerk. The
first, election board of any new district shall be se
lected. and vacancies In election boards filled, as
shall be provided by law. Election officers shall
tc privileged from arrest upon days of election,
and while enirnired in making up and transmitting
reUtrns, except u.Min warrant of a court of record
or jiidae thernol, for an election trand, for relony,
or for wanton breach ot the peace, ln titles they
may claim exemption from jury duty during their
terms of service.
Skc 15. No person shall be qualitled to serve as
n election officer who shall hold or shall within
two months have held an office, or appointment, or
employment in or under the government of the
United States or of this State, or of any city or
county, or any municipal hoard, commission or
trust in nny city, save only justices al the peace
and aldermen, notaries public and persons in the
milit ia service of the State : nor shall any election
officer be eligible to any civil officer to be tilled at
an election at which lie shall serve, save only to
such sulHirdinitto municipal or local office, beflow
the grade of city or county officers, as shall be
designated by law.
And also to the following Acts of Assembly
now in force In this State, viz:
Act or Jasuart 30, 1S75.
Spr. 5. At nil elections hf-rcaftor held under
the laws or this Common wealth, tht India shall
be opened at seven o'clock, A. m., and closo at
six o'clock, p. m.
Skc. 7. Whenever there shall bo a vacancy
In an election board on the morning or an elec
tion, aniil vacnncy shall be tilled in conformity
with existing laws.
The Mid Act of Assembly, entitled "An Act
relatinir to the Elections of this Common
wcaltn." passed July 2d, ISIS, provides as fol
lows, to wit :
That the Inspector and Judges shnll mcot at
the respective places appointed for holding the
election in thedistrlctnf which they respective
ly belong, before seven o'clock in the morning
of Tuesday, November 24. and each said In
spector sbull appoint one clerk, who shall be a
qualified voter of such district.
In case the peron who shall have received
the second highest number of votes ror in
spector shll not nttend on the day or nny elec
tion, then the person who f-hall have received
the next highest unmlier of votes for judge at
the next preceding election shall act as inspec
tor In his place. And in case the person who
shall have received the hiirhest niiinhcrof votes
for inspector ahull not at lend, the person elected
Judjre shall appoint an Inspector In his place.
And in cose the person elected Jiulire shall not
attend, then the Inspector who shall have re
ceived the highest number or votes shall ap
poirt n judge in his place, anil ir any vacancy
shall com I ii ne In the board for the spuco of one
hour after the time fixed by law for the open
inoT the election, the qualified voters or the
township, ward, or dislri.-t ror which such of
ficer" hav. been ilectei!, present at the place of
election, shall elect some of their number to fill
tho vacancy.
Till. Mont! or Votino.
The attention of all qualified voters Is direct
ed to the following; Act or Assembly regulating
the mode of voting In this Commonwealth :
CH A SO KIN TFIK MoPK OS VOTIHO.
An Act to regulating the mode or voting at all tha
election in the several counties of this Common
wealth approved March 30lh, 196:
StTtns 1. Uf il rnnrfrd by thr Srnale and IToutt
of Utpmtrnlntifru of the I'ommontpraJ'h of Venn
tylvania in Crnrral' AturmOly mrl,nd it it hereby
enartrd by thr authority of the tame. That the
qualified voters of the several counties or this
commonweali h. at the general township, borons: h
or tecinl elections, are hereby hereafter author
ised and required to vote by tickets printed or
written, or partly printed and partly written, sev
erally classified as follows: tine ticket shall em
brace the names of all Judges of Courts voted
for and bo labelled outside "Judiciary": one
ticket shall embrace the names of all State of
ficers voted lor, and.be labelled ' State" ; one
ticket shall embrace the names of nil County ol
ticers voted for, and bo labelled "County" ; one
ticket shall embrace the names of all Township
officers voted for. and bo labelled " Township" ;
one ticket shall embrace the names of all Itorough
olticeis voted for. and be labelled "Horough":
and each class shall be depobiteil In a separate
ballot-box.
Given under mv hand, at my office In Ebens
bunr. this third day of October. In the year or
our I.rd one thousand eiht hundred nnd seventy-six,
and the independence of the United
States of America the one hundredth.
II K.K.MAN BA1JMF.R, Shariff.
Sheriff's Office, Kbenshurg. Oct. 3, 187".
TTTATCnMAKINO. Having tak
wW f.n the room formerly
occnpled by H. Klnkead, Kq.. In Q,
l lie rearoi t ne oiii r cm ae-
. . . T J ... tmon'a XlllV
anil next r u - -- jes
store. High street, the undersigned
I I . ..-.IT .AI.IH I llfl 1 . 1 1 1 1.
lie that he Is prepared to repair clocks watcnes,
iewelry, etc., at short notice, in a workmanlike
manner, and at the lowest living Pr'-11;'eiM
give me a call. CAKLKIVIMUS.
r.bcnsuurg, Oct. 20, 187.-lm.
ADMIXISTIIATIOX NOTICE.
Estate of Johv boi'HBAV, tlecM.
The undersigned gives public notice that letters
of administration havo been granted to heron tne
estateof John Cochran, late of Oallitim townsh p,
Cambria county, deceased, and all persons in
debted to said estate are re.qiie.sted to make pay
ment, while those having claims agains the samo
will present them, duly authenticated in proper
shape for settlement.
MAKIURET WHALtN, Adin X.
Oallitzin Twp., Sept. '1, 1876. ot.
EXECUTOR'S XOTICE.
rui.iu r.r iiin ip Rr-iiPTTin. ilecM.
letters tcstimenlary on the estate or Philip i
Scliettisr. late of tJarroll townshiji, deceased, have ;
. ' . . . ,i.. .m,ii.r.(.iilpll to whom all i
irons Indebted to said estate are requested to
make Immediate payment, and those having
claims will present them paoperly authenticated
lor seltlcuient.
A HAM SCHKTTKK ) Rxecutors.
FRANC Id SCI1 ET'l IO, xt cuto"'
Oct. 20, 1876.-3t.
XECUTOU'S XOTICE. "
KstAto of Thomas Adams, :ec l.
Letters testamentary on the estate or Thmas
Adams (of Joseph), Into or l lenrfield township,
deceased, have lUn granted to the undersign, d.
to whom all persons indebted to said estate are
requested to make Immediate payment, and those
havina claims will presen: them properly anthen
tlcateu for ettle,ncnt.on HfJOVEB Executor.
Kept. 29, 1H75.-0U
FIXE PIGS FOR SALE I have
for fale choice lot of young POLAND
CHINA IMG is. the boat Hog that is raised lor
profit ; fattens at any age and will weigh ijl to
;M lbs. trom tt moot ha to a year old. or I ur
Iher partiei.UiBMddrcRS uie a; lkntr J"'':'
Ulair o., I'm. HtL JJLN t OA..
Aug. 1H, 1616, m.
ItK tiOKTIf A I.I. TIII3SCJS HEM.
On every flower flint blooma belovVj
On star that shines above;
Upon the mountain'.", ilrift of snow,
Utinn the wavna lli.t ol.l, an.t tr
Gol writes his lessons, ami we knor
Ita teachings are all love.
lie paints tho peinciMecl shells that sleeps
Fathoms lieneath the sea ;
He tjilils the grain the farmer reaps,
He pi'.es the icelwrg's crvstal heap?,
Ami over all His vigil keeps,
And watches yon and tne.
ne gives the bird its tnnefnl song,
The drowsy hum to lice ;
He makes the evening shadows long.
The summer sunbeams warm and strong,
And tends the shadows all along
The fragrauce laden lea.
The glittering dew-drops on the grass,
The fresh tints on the rose
The ca.Hcade in the mountain pass.
The river's mirrored breast of glass,
The ocean's deep and heaving mass ;
The smallest thing that grows.
Unnoticed, all have claimed his care
All things his kindness fell,
Their lives to him are one sweet prayer
lie weather foul or weather fair,
And sav to n all, everywhere,
"He doeth all things'weU."
O soul ! it matters little here
Whether thy lot lie cast
Where marble pillars skyward rear
Their sculptured plinths, or thy career
Among earth's lowliest oues appear,
God crowns thy work at last.
THE GIIOj MUTINEER.
A STORY OF I.OVE AND WAR.
Toward the close of an October day in
17T7, a vessel sailing in a southwesterly di
rection crossed the 57th degree of north
longitude. Her keel plowed the waves of
the North Atlantic, and lier destination
seemed to bo the Azores. She was nailing
befove a strong wind and the arrangement
of her sail indicated (light. If Might, from
whom ? The naked eye could perceive no
pursuer on the bosom of the ocean ; but the
sea glasses, leveled by a number of Riitisli
officers who graced the clean decks, reveal
ed a dark speck ou the watery rim of the
Northern horizon.
This distant object occasioned much anx
iety among the officers. A silence which
had reigned among them for many moments
was suddenly broken by a man whose bear
ing might have proclaimed him an English
admiral.
"lie still follows," were the words that
fell from his lips ; "but with the help of
Neptune we'll outsail him in the night."
Though the officer spoke with much as
surance, there lurked in his tongue a latent
fear which his companions detected, and
exchanged significant glances.
Over the face of the deep night was set
ting, and the vessel kept straight before
the wind to the joy of its commander who
bad lately spoken. The shadows gradually
veiled the far away pursuer from sight, and
when the officers separated, expressions of
triumph were on their lips.
The liritish vessel was the Meteor, a fast
sailor, whose armament consisted of twenty
eight guns. She was a well built double
decker, and had seen much service iu the
war which had raged almost three years
between Great 1'ritain and her American
colonies. Her speed and her formidable
armament had made her a terror to Amer
ican vessels in European waters. Her
commander, a sea-born Englishman, named
Guilderoy, was an officer of undoubted
courage and cunning, to which he added a
vindicitiveness that rendered him obnox
ious to many of his own crew.
The Meteor was flying from a new and
very formidable foe Hying with ahold fill
ed with booty. On the day piececding
that one that had just closed upon her in
flight she had just captured an American
cruiser, after a spiiited contest. The prize
had proved one of value, and Captain
Guilderoy did not wish to risk an engage
ment with the vessel following iu his
wake.
Captain Cunyngham, the pursuer, was a
second Paul Jones, lie was one of the
most daring spirits of onr.then infant navy
and his name had become a terror along
the coast of England. He pursued and
captured a number of British ships, which
he either burnt or sent into friendly ports;
and when he pesctied the Meteor, fresh
from her victory lie hesitated not to crowd
on all sail and give chase.
There were men on the decks of the Re
venge, as Conyngham's vessel was appro
priately named, who watched the Hying
Englishmen. Much speculation concern
ing the result of the chase ran through the
several groups and Conyngham smiled
when he turned to reply to the words of a
youthful Lieutenant who stood beside him,
sea glass in band.
We can outsail her, Gilbert," the
American captain said with emphasis.
This wind favors both of us alike, and iu
the calm that will soou prevail, she must
lie by till day."
The yonng officer turned from the cap
tain, and again bis eyes were strained to
make out the form of the ship rapidly dis
appearing among the prevailing shadows.
Conyngham did not return to his glass,
but watched the face of bis youthful com
panion. I am confident that Miss Temple is
aboard the Englishman," ho said at last.
Of course she is 1" exclaimed the Lieu
tenant with a flush. ,4I know she was on
board the Mischief when it fell into the
Meteor's bauds, aud I am satisfied she is a
prisoner."
The fa "lvst prize old Guilderoy has cap
tured in many a long day !' remarked Con
yngham, with a laugh at the Lieutenant s
smile, and the flash that lighted up the
depths of his anxious eyes.
The conversation was interrupted by an
unexpected veering of the wind that paled
the cheeks of the numerous watchers on
the deck, and the officers separated.
Now, having learned something of the
Meteor's pursuer, let us return to the En
glish vessel. .....
The calm prophesied by the American
captain fell uion the ocean shortly after
the descent of darkness. It worried Gutl
deroy, and he held frequent consultations
with the officers, now ou deck, now in bis
state room. He held consultations in the
latter place over a bottle of choice wine,
and under the liquor's influence h soundly
cursed the Yankee privateer.
Becalmed on the water and beneath the
stars, the Meteor lay like a huge slumber
ing leviathan. Her lights were hidden,
and the spectral figures that trod her decks
couversed iu whispers.
In a small apartment, not far remote from
the council cabin, stood a beautiful young
girl. There was a look of sorrow in her
dark eyes, and her face was quite pale.
She appeared lo lie listening, for her head
was bent toward Guilderoy's room, from
which direction came a faiut aud confused
murmur of voices.
"I know that we are becalmed," she said
to herself in an audible tone, and I know,
too, that the officers are worried about it.
The men know that many of them hate
Guilderoy. Dind't I hear the helmsman
spy last night that they would refuse to
fight for the man who rules tbehi with a rod
of iron, and when he had spoken thus,
didn't be remark to a fellow tar that the
prisoners did not know their Strength?
Yes, he did ! The men think of mutiny,
and the man at the wheel is now ready to
rise against the captain of this ship. They
want a leader ; they gnaw in silence the
chain of tyranny, -with which their captain
has bound them. I will spring the mine !
I will lead the Meteor's mutineers, aud the
Revenge may have our prize."
Adaliue Temple spoke with stern de
termination and clenched her hands.
The observer would have laughed to
think that she had decided lo head a body of
mutineers that she, a fragil girl of nine
teen, had resolved to rob the English navy
of one of its best vessels or to perish in the
attempt !
She left the room with a resolve well
formed, aud steadfast in her determination.
Like a spectre she glided down the darken
ed corridors of Ihe vessel, and, at last,
climbing upward with care, reached the
deck.
Captain Guilderoy and his lieutenants
were below discussing the situation over
several bottles of wine.
Adaline saw the stars overhead, and turn
ed her face to the various points of the
compass without greeting a breeze that
would have pleased the British captain.
The man at the wheel having nothing to
do seemed to have fallen asleep, for he
started when Adeline's hand fell upon his
shoulder, and his hand made a rapid move
ment towaid his belt wheu he saw her
figure.
"I waut to talk with you," she said, in a
low tone, making no display of the knife
whose hilt she clutched a knife like the
helmsman's. 'l want to say a few words,
and are you going to listen? I heard you
use mutinous language last night, and I
could have you hung at the yard by sjicak
ing to the tyrant Guilderoy."
He was her man !
"You at e harboring schemes of mutiny at
this very moment," she continued, after a
brief pause, "and you are not alone iu the
diabolic wotk. I will tell the captain be
fore an hour, if "
Adaliue paused a moment, and heard the
beating of I be sailor's heart.
He stared into her face like a man sud
denly frightened by a ghost, and she finish
ed ber seutence.wilh lips almost touching
his ear.
"If you do not obey me !"
Then the helmsman's lips parted,
"For the love of heaven do not throw us
poor devils at the feet of Guilderoy," stam
mered the sailor. "He would hang every
one of us before morning. Do you want
us to mutiny to-night ? Our time has not
yet come. There be but nineteen of us
now "
"But the prisoners sixty-two strong
men, and brave !"
"They are Americans !"
"Nevertheless, they will not hesitate to
rescue gallant English snilois from the ty
ranny of the captain of tins ship. To
night! If you say no I will drive this
knife to your heait, and have your com
rades bung at the yard before a day."
Then the helmsman saw the knife whose
blade flashed very near his breast, and the
next moment he stood on the deck.
"We'll do it I" he said. "But Chester is
wouuded hurt yesterday by a ball from
your ship. Chester was to have led us."
"I will take his placet" said Adaline.
"Now let us strike !"
Captain Guilderoy, unsuspicious of the
mutinous spirit on his ship, had placed
watches who bad belonged to the Chester
party.
Adaline soon discovered this, and at
length seven determined sailors, armed
with knives aud pistols, prepared for the
fray.
She stationed two of the strongest at the
door of the council room, while as many
more guatded the hatches. Then the pris
oners were called forth, one by one, until
sixty-two strong-limbed Y'ankee sailors
stood on deck, ready to do their duty.
There was a tumult among the captain's
party when the mutiny was discovered, and
the officers were apprised of the state of
affairs by the discharge of several pistols in
the hold.
"Mutiny !" cried Guilderoy, springing
from the table ; aud the next moment, hav
ing opened the door, he found himself flung
to the floor by one of the mutineers who
guarded the portal.
Another liritish officer was knocked
down, when several prisoners made their
appearance, and the inmates of the cabin
were secured.
It was one of the most startling and suc
cessful mutinies in the annals of the British
navy ; but the most thrilling part was yet
to come.
"Now three cheers for the English sail
ors I" cried a stalwart mutineer who bad
ably seconded the patriot girl.
Three cheers were given with a will.
They swept far iuto the night and startled
the tenants of another vessel's deck.
"No more such cheers?" suddenly cried
Adaline Temple in a tone of command.
"The Meteor is to bear the flag of Ameri
can Congress at ber mizzeu peak. The
British mutineers will lay down their arms.
Yankee sailors will prepare to shoot those
who refuse to obey."
A moment's silence was followed by cur
ses, and the nineteen mutineers looked into
the faces of the men whom they had armed
wilh English pistols and cutlasses.
Obedience alone would preserve their
lives, and in a few moments the British
mutineers wore prisoners like their more
faithful comrades, aud the good ship Me
teor, was in Y'ankee hands I
Before dawn rockets revealed the Me
teor's positiou to her pursuer, and the as
tonished Conyngham soou stood ou ber
bloodless decks 1
Then the young Americau lieutenant en
countered the heroine of the hour the
girl on whose linger he bad already placed
a shining ring.
I knew that you were near in me iic
venge," she said to him, "aud I thought I
would present you with the Meteor. Why,
Gilbert, if I bad not led the mutineers, I
might have run away from you, as I did
yesterday !"
Gilbert Farley assumed command of the
valuable prizp, and in many of his cruises
he was accompanied by the gallant gitl
whose fame was sung on the docks of
every vessel in our little navy.
After the war well, the reader can guess
what happened "after the war."
A DOG tr ITU OUT JL TAIL.
A gnntlemari of this city, says the St.
Lohis Globe Democrat, whose wife is the
owner of a nice little pet dog, relates the
following ''singular circumstance" and
vouches for its truih :
On a pleasant afternoon last Spring Mr.
Smith took a walk with his wife, and
Fanny, the little dog we'll call her a dog,
for short accompanied them, running be
fore, aud appearing unusually lively and
frisky. After walking several blocks they
met a lady ncqua!htaiioe, Mrs. Jones, who
also had a little dog, Tommy, trotting by
her side. There was one peculiarity about
Tommy that excited the admiration of
Mrs. Smith, and that was the fact that the
little fellow had no tail ; there was a very
short stub just visible at the place where
dog's tailfl are wont to grow, but no one
would pretend to pas it off as a tail.
"O dear me!" exclaimed Mrs. Smith,
"what a beautiful little dog? So cute, so
playful! And see, hubby, he has no tail
not a sign of a tail ! How I wish I had a
little dog without a tail! I would give
anything in the world if my Fanny had no
tail ! How did you cut it off, Mrs. Jones?"
"Why, it wasn't cut off at all; it just
growed that way."
"I do declare ! is it possible? I never
heard of such a thiug I 1 wish Fanny had
been that sort of a dqg. I do love dogs
that's got no tails."
While the friends were discussing the
interesting topic of dogs' tails, Tommy and
Fanny were scraping an acquaintance, and
iu a moment or two were on the best of
terms. They put their noses together,
squattered and romped and ran around,
aud put Iheir paws upon each other's necks,
as dogs will do when they scampered
around the corner, and for a few minutes
were lost to sight.
After a while the Smiths parted from
the Jones and resumed their walk. Mrs.
Smith could thiuk of nothing but tailless
dogs.
"How would it do to have Fannj-'s tail
cut oil ?" she inquired of her husband.
"It wouldu't do at all ; she's too old ; it
might kill her; beside, it would be a very
cruel thing. If it had been .cut off when
she was a pup, she never would have missed
it ; but now, when she's old enough to be
a grandmother, the loss of her tail would
be irreparable."
"That's too bad. But, I know what I'll
do. If Fanny should ever become a moth
er, 111 take one of the pupies and cut its
tail off with the carving-knife ; that's what
I'lldo."
"A good idea," replied Mr. Smith, and
the subject was dropped.
Now comes the wonderful part of the
story. Several weeks after the occurrence
related above, Fanny became the proud
and happy mother of four blind puppies,
and among them was one without the
shadow of a tail !
Mrs. Smilh was delighted. She was at
last the owner of a tailless dog.
"Isn't it strange, though," she said to
her husband, "lhat I should have my
dearest wished gratified, and without the
trouble of using the carving knife ? The
dear little thing, too, is spared the cruel
pain of a surgical operation. How nice !"
"Yes," replied Mr. Smith, "it looks like
a dispensation of Providence, or a contri
vance of old Bergh or Bod Macdonald to
gratify your wish, aud at the same time
prevent an act of cruelty to animals.
"Just look at the funny little fellow 1 It
looks so much like Mrs. Jones' Tommy."
"Yes," responded Smith dryly. "I
shouldn't wonder if its mother was think
ing about Tommy before it was bora."
A SICK WIFE RESTORED.
A MIRAGCI.OCS CVRE WITHOUT THE USE OF
ril.1.9 OR rOTIONS.
An almost miraculous cure is reported
from Sheldon street, the patient being the
wife of a well to do citizen She has for
years been failing, or thinking she wns ail
j ing, aud recently took to her death-bed
. and kept her husband unhappy by lament
ing mat, sue was going 10 ate. lesieruay
ber husBand went out and got a buxom
youug widow, who is her particular abhor
rence, to come in and look over the house.
The dying women heard him opening
doors and explaining things, and lay rack
ed with indignation and curiosity. Pres
ently the buxom young widow departed,
and the husband returned to the sick room.
No sooner bad he entered than she accost
ed him.
"Peter Witchead Ilollingsworth, what
have yon been doing?"
"Nothing my love, nothing. Don't ex
cite yourself. Becalm. Only as you were
complaining that you couldn't get tip and
see after things, and that the house was
going to wreck and ruin, I thought I
would ask Mrs. Dasher in to let mo know
what could be done to save you trouble and
relieve your mind of anxiety."
"Oh, did you ?" she murmured with a
deep inspiration.
"Yes, and I showed her til over the
house."
"Aud the beds not made, and everything
like a pig sty I
'Nevermind, my love. I told her that
she must excuse it, as you were sick, be
cause you were a very good housekeeper.
And she said you must be."
"Oh, she did."
"Yes and she said that if she bad ber
way, she'd have a new set of parlor furni
ture in and less vulgar wall paper, but that
some people had no taste any way and
by the way, Maria, you and Mrs. Dasher
are pretty much of a size, ain't you?"
Then he fell into a trance that lasted for
some minutes, then muttering, 'Well, per
haps they'll fit ; if not, they can be made
over," departed.
When lhat husband went borne last
night he was surprised to see his dying
wife up and dressed and boosing things
with a metallic ring in her voice and a
glitter in her eye such as he hadn't seen
for years, and when he innocently remark
ed, "Why, Maria, I had hardly expected
to see you up again !" she said : " I know
it, you bald headed old reprobate, but I'll
live to bury you yet, and if that painted
Jezebel comes into this house again, I'll
tear ber iuto cot tea waste and jute strings. "
THE WOJS'.S EM til 1. 1 CE.
Monsieur Chassaing, the celebrated
French lion hunter, vv lule in Algeria, got
two hots at a Hon, which IkmhkUmI away
into the cover of evergreen oak, or ilexer.,
groaning at the same time as if much hurt,
'ihe next morn ing the Arabs were bidden
to bring their hoiscs from tho encampment,
whilo they set off to follow the Hacks .f
the wjundvd beast. Tho Arabs assisted
in the search, keeping however at a le
spectab'9 distance, amid tufts of brom
and diss, or tall grass. But wo must let
our hunter relate bin eTperiente of a lion's
embrace in his own words, as such PXieii
ences are not of every day occurrence :
"Suddenly a powerful roar came forth
from the midst of one of these tufts "d I
saw the lion rise up, and with the first
bound he came within six yards where I
stood. Flurried by the imminence of the
danger, I tired without taking aim ; and I
had barely time to press my linger on tho
trigger before the enormous mass fell upon
me crushiug me down. 1 was overthrow n,
my head downward, the liou was over ne,
aud bad my right arm letween his jaws.
Obeying the instinct of preservation, I en
deavored lo obtain possession of my pistols,
with the left, but they had fallen out of
the waistband when I was stiuck down. 1
was thus left helpless against my terrible
adversary without any other means of de
fense than my arms, one of which was
paralyzed iu the animal's mouth.
"The lion, however, let go my arm and
songht to catch me by the bead ; the
spring which ho took fiom behind lo ef
fect this caused me to siip under him, but
his tooth took my lower lip iu Ihe move
ment, and cut is down to the chin, by a
superhuman effort 1 seized the lion by the
mane, over the tar, and slipping my thumb
under its lower jaw, 1 managed to keep it
at a distance; another movement made
me slip further, so that he could no longer
catch my head without changing his posi
tion ; but he seized my arm a second time,
and bit it severely. All this had taken
much less time llian has been occupied in
the description. Never having lost my
senses, I then shouted out, "llete ! cap
tain ! help !" But in vain. I saw no one.
"My strength began lo fail tne in consn
quence of the prolonged lesistance I had
opposed to my adveisary, and the pain
that his bites gave me. I was indeed,
nearly sinking, when I iicrceivcd that the
lion was less vigoious, and lhat ho ap
I cared eveu as if about to let me go. This
inspired me with new courage, and also
gave the captain time to come to my help,
aud to discharge his double-barreled title
into the Hanks of the beast. Happily for
nte the balls had no impetus, or they would
have gone through me as well as the lion.
It was alterwaid ascertained that these
balls, not being conical, only peuetiated
an inch or two, whereas my last, ball, hav
ing struck it in the breast, and injured it
both in the lungs and region of Ihe heart.
"These two new wounds hence only in
creased the fury of the beast, which, let
ting go my arm, seized me by the shoul
der, the only part that he could lay hold
of; then rising upon his hind legs be
bounded toward the bottom of 1 ho ravine
carrying me with him. This was a horri
ble moment, aud 1 Ihoughl I had reached
my last. Ashe went along, my head stiuck
against the trees, and my back dialed on
the rocks ; nevertheless 1 shouted out :
"Captain, take my guu ; it has slill oue
banal loaded.
"I do not know if ho heard me, but he
did nothing.
"It was in these frightful tortures that
I arrived at the bottom of the ravine, al
ways borne along by the lion, but also al
ways holding by him with the left hand.
This resistance irritated him so much that
he made two desperate t fforts to vhake me
off, and I felt my shoulder cracking in his
formidable jaws."
"Suddenly I saw him sink down and fall
over ou his left side, his hindquarters press
ing on my legs ; the lion was cxpiiing. It
was nigh time. I let go his inane ; and
clutching by a tuft of grass I raised my
self up by a supreme ell'mt, stepping oer
the prostrate beast, and climbling up to
the point from whence lie had diagged me.
There the pain in my arm became agoniz
ing, and trying to move it, arm and lingers
both obeyed my will. I saw with joy no
bones were broken, only tho arm had been
frightfully bitten."
This terrible struggle, which lasted only
from two to three minutes neatly cost the
lion hunter his life. He was conveyed on
horseback to bis tent-, and thence to Batna,
in a vehicle sent on pnrjose, nnd acrnm
panied by his wife in tears. The Arabs
showed neither sympathy nor consult r
at ion. At Batna he was admitted into the
hospital, where for eight days the surgeons
thought he would never get over his
wounds, but tha'nks to a good constitution
and exceeding care, he did so. In thiity
days he took his first wa'k in the yard of
the hospital, and so on tho thirty-sixth day
he returned home convalescent.
No GitTT. It was midnight. The young
man had farewelled himself out, ami Erne
line had locked the door ami was untying
her shoes when her mother came down
wth a bedquilt around her and said :
"Wanted to cteep up stairs without my
bearing you ? Didn't think I knew il was
an hour after midnight did you?"
The girl made no reply, aud the mother
continued :
"Did he proposo this time?"
"Why mother !"' exclaimed the daugh
ter. "You can, why molhcr !"' all you want
to, but don't 1 know that be has Wen
coming hero for a year? Don't I know
that you've burned up at least four tons of
coal courting around here ?"
Tbe gitl got ber shoes off, and the moth
er stood in the stair door and askt d:
"Emeline, have you got any grit?"
'I guess so."
"I guess yon havn'U I just wish that a
feller with false teeth and a mole "ii bis
chin wonld come sparking me. Do you
know what would happen, Emeline ?"
"No,"
"Well, I'll tell you. He'd come to time
in sixty days or he'd get out of this man
sion like a goat jumping for tluvver seeds?'
Emeline went te bed to reflect over it.
A negro being asked what be was in
jail for, said he was Ivrrrowing money.
"But," said the questioner, "they don't
put nenple in jail tor borrowing money."
"Yes," said the darkey, "but I bad to
knock the man down fieo or fo' times be
fore he would lend it lo me.
a vvnioi s i j iM.ivr
A M.V.S VUO CLAIMS To I'NilKUSl VN l HUK
TALK.. The San Francisco Y. T.fi'tr fy '
'I lit re is a retiied ti.iiner, paim-d l.nti;,
residing on a small lai in in Alaioeda con i
ty, who lives for nothing tlx but t'.e
pleasure of being nt-ai l.otscs. Me t-aisl is
meals iu the stables, sometimes pa-.'s 1!ie
night iu the same Mall with a l.iv.uite
"ay, and am'uig his equine pe's in a tn:-.ro
who wliinnif? an answer every lin.e tie
speaks to her. Otr fuf umant relai.-t?
that the most petfect untleistHiidiiig evi
dently exists between Mr. lng and at
least three out of five boises in his stable.
Two are recent additions but even in their
case the same diflinity is seen in a leaser
degree.
The trainTng of hoiscs. their oledtenie,
dici!ity, nnd tvirk? tu a ittrtis, are no
nevcMy ; all of us have wen a horse lie a
pistol, stand ou two h'gs, waltz, lie down
with his trainer, and peiform a bundled
acts of sagacity, but tbt-se are simply t!.e
result of patient training and sj stcm;t irt
correction. What Mr. long claims is fr
more astounding, lie asserts that, from a
life long iutifnacy with Inuses, l.o under,
stands their speech ; he goes fmthtr and
declares tint their nasa!. gntteia', exp' -dent
and unoWtiuclcd sounds have a dif
ferent meaning, are used by the coaltt i.u
of the biaiti and vocal organs, ard that,
not only do his favorite horses uitiii'tstpiid
him, but that every sound which rt
ter is perfectly plain to him. When argu
ing with him that, he might compicht-i.d
the meaning of the sounds emanating from
the vocal choids of a horse, yet il wa a
patent imjossiliility for a horse to odtr
stand the English language Le replied.
"Living, eating, and sleeping withtr.y
horses has given me the knowledge I jh-s-sess,
atsd the snuie intimrtey 1ms acquired
for my horses the powers I claim for them.
Here, turning to a slender, liht built gi ay
pony, he sxid : "Billy, we ate talking of
you ; if you understand what I am sayit ,
turn your bead round on tie outside. "
The pony did so, and then resumed l is
feed. "Billy," he continued, "tell fo
your age, how long have you lived heie,
and on which side of you is j t or fi k nd
Vesta ?' The pony whined for about tv.o
minutes consecutively, and then being:
loose in its stall, walked into the ad join ing
one occupied by the mare Vesta. "Now,"'
he continued, 'cio you and bi'.'y walk down
together to the trough and diink while I
make up your beds." Vesta and Billy
walked quietly out and proceeded straight
to the tr ugh.
While they were out Mr. L.mg turned
over the straw carefully with a folk, ai d
carried on an animated conversation with
a rone gelding about, fifteen hands high,
Vesta's neighbor on the other side. 1 iio
name of this horse was Foley, and af'cr
talking angrily to him for some minutes
about some fault he had committed the
d.ty before, he ordered Mr. Foley t 'ie
down and not to get up until after Bi.ly
and Vesta had returned. Our informant
saw but little in this to prove Mr. Long's
claims as many a horse will lie down :tt
the word of command ; but when witln'.:t
a further word, Foley arose and walked
out to the water trough after tlie return i f
the other two 1. rs the subject becauts
as difficult of solution as btfoie.
Hf. iiat no Fi n in Him. One of t!.o
members of the Methodist Coulei ence. rv
ccntly held in T , w as out for a walk
at an early hour oue morning, and while tti
Howard street be eticoniiteted a strapping
big fellow, who was drawing a wagon to
the blacksmith shop.
"Catch hold hero and help me d w n to
the shop wilh this waou and I'll buy the
whisky !" called the big fellow.
''I never drink," solemnly replied lLo
goinl man.
"Well, you ran take a cigar."
"I never smoke."
The nuiti du pped the wagon tongue,
looked hard at the meiulicr and asked :
"Don't jon chew ?"
'No, sir," was the decided reply.
"You must gel mighty lonesome,'" ruusoj
the teamster.
"I guess I'm all right I feci first.iafe."
"Ill bet you even that I can laj you mi
your back." remaikcd tbe teamster. "Cotao
now, h i"s waim up a lilllc."
"I nev ei bet."
"Weil, lot's take each otrrr down fr
fun, then. Yon are as big as I am, and
I'll yive you (he ntiilei bold."
"I nevei have fun,'' toieniu3y answered
the minister.
"Well, I'm going to tackle you anyhow.
Here we go !
Tho teamster slid up and endeavored ti
get a reck hold, but be had only jut com
menced to fool about when he was lifted,
clear off the grass and slammd against a
tree-box with such force that he gastl
half a dozen times bcf.ne he could get his
breath.
"Now you keep away from me !"' ex
claimed the minister, picking up bis cr.no.
"Bust me If I don't !" replier" the lessi
ster, as be edged off. 1 hat's tbe uso iu
lying and saying that you du'n't hue a y
futi in you when you're rhuek full of it!
Blame it ! yon wanted to break my back,
didu't you
It is Better. It is better to wear
calico dress w it bout trimmings i f" i Im pa:-l
for, than to owe the shop kep-r for the
most elegint filk, en? at:d trimmed m tho
most bewitching manner.
Better to live in n cabin a1! your ct-i,
than in a brown stone, mansion belonging
to somebody els.
Better walk foievcr than run in d. Id for
aluuse and cairiagc.
Belter to use the M cane ser.t- d c!'tmi-t
and faded two plv c:rjK't than tn-mMo at
the bills sent home from the itoholsreicr'a
for the ITiot elegant pot lu set ever tn.ido.
Better to meet your busiti'ss acqnain.
tances wilh a free "don't owe yon. a e. nt''
smile than tododge ai.ii'id the corner frovi
a dun.
Better pny the organ grower two ecu'
for music, if you must have i. than too .a
for a piano.
Better gaz Uhii larc walls than upon
picture. unpaid for.
Better eat thin so?;p from erth"?! dif !u t,
if you owe your butcher nothing, than t
dine off lamli and beef, and know it does
not belong to yon.
Better have a fit of hysterics than un :-i
debt, for fin nit ute, elotb, or any lUii;g e '.!
that you may w iih fui.