m i : t it h "oiswgsx?sa b AM;?i:tEf Editor and Publisher. US IS A 7lLF.-S.yiKS WHOM THE TRUTH MAKES FIIKE, AND ALL ARE SLAVES EESIDK.' Terms, 32 per jredf In advance. bl.UME XI. EBENSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, MARCH 1G, 1877. NUMBER 8. jiilMiiSOiU'iME t3t,pi:a (0a: c.iTE at tue flf mil STOKE IF- ;s BAXTER, JONES & CO., Eriit AW VY WITH T II 1: 31 1PLE TESTIMONY I'll at riir. treat Eldorado lull- SEAP GOODS CT ALL KINDS tSBEEHFOBHD ATUST1 v i x: It BARGAINS! AND OF THEM ! 23 CASH, AND CASH GhLY, 1 y lit. II .1 I I 1 1 A ." AT i rnaa ' n i l -AND THE- V.'!il THIS IS Til L!- .. i p. i. n' fd nil when ur any, ns we c n ; ! l ': I ":ll 111 Sill CI 9-1 III Coll- i --.- ii 1 1 u ii any o;n cv. that h: vvi: rue lark est stock i7.lL 7 CAjmI asd CAP I ONLY -i Mt.-'r customers all alike ; " A 'J IL'L TE NO RAD DEBTS f i : 'a tui J t r to pa j ; 'uTnctiir. Otu Own Blankets, kniT ALT.OUIl OT1TLH GOODS -t -i r 'i. c n.l ii tlif tiircr r'rloi-t c. ii' ii...' it is l tin t kVc arf I lid Li ltd li IL.IT.MIVII LOWER FIGURES In i the nt-Jit 'j iicm will i;ffnrd. 'c DZ7Y COr.lPZTITICN ! ! i ! o.v,' n (inn n ? tho q'in!i'y of our i -i'ai.'l li i i a. itakc J lor I Ueiil. lJt foreirc Xeu: Guoti. Every Day r i""t:i.-rii t'ie irt'f,tnf nnytlc i 'ii ii ice :i !iion ir iici'iirj. . j:.srr-Tu;tF: the rr.r.nHiiATnu LL" 'I l.'.'.ii v l.X'S J-'LANNLL A'o .viL ?;y the best prices FOi -." v i. a-. r.tKsii ::ull nuTTni:. - a . -i , llt'i I U rrc: I'll rnt:rpe! our Srnr" i ! i r 1 1 r in it c:i n-l I y. nenri I : ii i i-i t iiifi .in i n ula ; f ii'ii! v. v'n.ilHily llirniiir imr ps ' l lit jrfM trt,.,,' t ImIiiiii tin ii li.r- wflii ii nil wlifi hut i- t:if (tt Hit lit i hl'l', IlIKi lie in- hi r- I tir v will In . Unit we l- 1 : !" I W ' ' f'.f Ii I ' t i t .( (- y u li.-ii w-iiH.soru nil n-r nf I'uiiiUinil iIihI wi'iin- t liix h pi !c4 Mini intcnil inM-r "ml. Si lirirtr hIiit's '! -tn.1 wlut )uii wiil .1 I '! 'l . V nf U' (it cif ully juiir. "ryce. Baxter, Jones & Co. ! :"n. ..v. 17(J. MUfliSTOB&Ca -3EN.SBTJR0, Penn'a. 5-1 RECEIVED M DEPORT, v tin. o in:i :. K.M AI.LffAFn ON TIME DEPOSITS. mh:z. c3liecti:ks wage. A NO A CCNEKAL 't. ntlon pol l to I n?rr ,f UOr- ,"' tr, '1. j. a. . UK K. JplfSAVIKGS BAM! ""'' r.t. i '"" n"1 Pollar '-'.,'' ,.""'r.,'V- " l'-",'-ent. Inlere'l ll ',.- , . ,"l'' "I'll Iltfd tnlK-r. t'l If ,a,,"l t. Oieilejrlt.ll ucrfl. m"" 11 v'"r !th(.U Irtni.Jj, K tie ,ie. ' ''' "'"n tn ii f h'nt ll.rfl.Kuli l mIc ' "n !;-; J jila l'r.l,.r.niu lth I ail ate. me. u iii n lo horniwcr of- '" -L. ' B ' i mm v onl. fi,nrnr nn r ,'f"it. "''n .'e.ireil. Ooo.l rcferetic .Tr v.,K1'-: reqnlre.l. ;vi,: ' ""' i!usiTely a. 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Airi-nt wan cl un our M.il.N irii'KM FA M HiY U'lli. ;. Siiji'iliirto.iHnthfr. Willi InTitliriMc liluolriilril .'!'! :iiiil Nujiprli Kin Mn.-. Tt'-.tf !li.n!is iiPHt th wnri'l. A ililress JOHN t; rOlTKII &IJD.. Pu'lIiUli-M PlIILAD I.PIIIA. GEORGE PACE & CO, Tx 6 K. EX., tLZXiZlZ, 13. lteai I'orlriblc A nmt Jonary i:ipir:e9 r4-)Li ItcRt Circular Sw Srujs f-lStTriJiT?3(irit - Flonr nilit, Wi nter - - f-Y Wheel. rSiiifflP. Bttrrcl Sc Vfil Ji' . VnoiTvorU Jiic Wnclilnery, i-&3-i-T:inlt Fncry hcflji anil A KOMS AND FAKI or vour? ovri! On tho lice of OltKA I' IJAILfJO . D frith irtto.: tnirkits KAJSl'nnl WEST. NOW IS THE TIME TO SECURE IT. Mil J Ullmnfo. F rtile Poll. n?Hoanry Tor Stock liaising in tlio Uuitl hi;itI TtrnUr. Maps Full Tnr-.rmnUnn nlut ' Til E PI U. KKK" iv-nt rrue to ail :irti of lh world. AJCicss . i. nVi. Ian 1 Co:n. V I. H. I?.. Ul All A. NEH ir,-. H -177 " Aitcnt. Ml Onf It Prrr. ?UO C v I P.O. VllJICKltV. Auhuil' Maine i J .t li Rt lir,m. V 4 n-l trrm Irve. Titus Co. A Lucrative Business. rrUE WANT Sflil MOKE FI lis l-Cf.AS.' 3rr.Vf.VO MACHINE AF.NT?. and .!') MEN OF ENEItGV AND AHI1.ITVTD LEA UN Till IIUSIN F.Snr .-'EM.INd SRiVLVO MA-IIf NF.S COViPENSA TIOM t.TIIKKAt.. liITT VaRVI NC A ( :Ci ) 1 1 1 H X O TO A I i 1 1 . II V . f 1 1 A II A C T K 1 1 A M QUALIFICATIONS iF TIIK AGENT. FOI: I'A KTICl' I. A II?. A U IJIIESS Wilscn Sewing Machine Co., riilcaso, Hii bbiI 8-9 Bromtwuy, X. T.. or w Orlrsn, I.n Fxtm line J!ixrl rril. with nutno. iv pip jaltl. UJ((Nf.S h. CM.. .N'Mfi!iu N.V ifj AMTFil B",l') tra vp! nn-l ll our E-imj-Vf AN 1 t.l ! to ruii-r. t5 :i ?it.ntti Imlvl ir'l trve!in rx;ii-n."-J iwi l. No pihtiiax. A't lre. HiiMI Oli i.AH.'VO , Cinclnn:ui. O. iT ... rtnn per!ty nt hottt. SjiiihO wor h O.J l" O-w' J irce. SriMto.tdiiri.'i, l'ortltii-l,Me ,,r''' Car Is, wlfh nnmf,l(!?' Sample for Ol I let utatnp. J MiKLtit &. Co.. NiiiJ.iu, X J. 25 Kxlr.t Flnerart'. nn two aliko. xtlih nnmen, . . t r . t.i.i. . . - III VCV. J. k. Il.tll 1&U..11AI.UK.1 II. 1 .j 50, M ixki nr r nn twn rtiilc. ?0i. nn-l ii. ntnrrp ',!. K. llAJ "rfi.O; A Co., 311 J. n Uri!go. Col. CO., T. I t It? il hit 4 a, wS STRAWBERRIES, PEACHES, ETC Mow Sorts, by P.lail. PLANTS of th" rawest nnI Irnprove I err', carefully pncftcl n ml pn'paM hy mall. Ily culler: ion nl' St.r:wtcrriea livU tlic firl prctnluiii for the lipst li-ctlon. at tlm Krf':' 'how of Ih iMaM Horticultural society, lit Huston. J jcrow nrer 1P5 rarilte. tho ni'r cnmpltt e col eel ioa in theeonntry. InolU'Hiiy all t' ein-w. Iarr Aineri nn.nn'l import ol knnl. I'rice-I ilorripi ivr C.tm-lojru'-s KT:iti.. hv m-iil. AJ'. Hni5. Fruit Treca, l.'i -a. Ererifrct'ns tlholce Flower. (Jur-len, Tree. Kverifr-e llerli or Fruit Seeds 2b packu.R ol ei ther fur il.OO. hy mnil. C 'llie'Tnin Cnpn Col Cranherry. heat '.aort lor Cplnnit. r.wl;tn1, r O.i rlen. hy Cmail. prepal l. l.0:i per 100. $5 (0 per 1 O'jO. tVliuli-ciicCatitluxue to tlio Trade. A'jc-'W.s WuutcJ it. . OV. Olil Co'ony Nurer!e itn'l Se. Warchcuso, Pljraou.h, Alan. atahilahetl 142. 3-2 -3to CTI VK A G EN TS. G f.nti.emrn or I..viiirp.. wnntfil instant-) lo iuitcdtice jjilen lil bovk. THE ''iccusiNEssTRANs-cTED.i Centeanial ExMnsition ! rr-n,,, iiK-sruinKn ash iiixstbatfr. HFruinKn asr ii ixstbatfr, resrl'-S 0 pine floh Ii1ntratlon, ruperh hlnrt lntf'.Try 'triitiTi, mul a lre:nre na the hst anil rhoapejt hlstorv of th Oreat FtIiIdi'Moo. Knilortei y th n.Ilol.ila. preca nnl clerjry. I cclllnif IminenP' ' v. f inn lady of no ejrprcnvs ht Oin-'l t3-V) In four wee!;. Aet qnii-klr ii a I !l Now or nTer Ktr full parttrniara. n'Mrc 11UBUAUO 1IUOS.. Puhlishert. Philadclj lihT. Eteastos IHSOMCE mm. rr. W. DICK, Ggh'I Insurance Agent, KUKXSnUIlG. rA, Policies written at ihort notfee In the OLD RELIABLE "ETNA" ,ttnl o t ll T f'lrvt lni (ottiniiloa). Ebenshor. Sl, 52. 1373 -ly. ALL COL'ns AN'D LENGTHS OF LIGHTERS OR SPMWTS, liellef or Scrap Itook Pictures, Straws, fee. Vliolifll- nnl Itlnlf. Semi for Trlre to CEO. W. BACKOFCN, 5o. 101 KmUliflil l St., 11 1" I SlU'Ilfj It, IM. ' 'TETTlFTunis to sk'll. j I !i!r Jittiulrpila nT !iti!!i,;ir.! for FA Tt Mi jnt nrtt. Alao rentable cfy prnportlet to er"han for F.irrni llun.lrMao' people erowil Into my ottlew. anl I flinnof jrnl anTlHenr Farias. I biro" lota nf euatornera for .kj- ,injr'rnen-a nit cm h. Write ir call aa soon na poaPWe. anl. If not too f '.r 'iiatftnt.'! wl.l coand tl.e property T. T A tr a-.Tj-r. s'triU it.. FlUaSv. gb, ae Ui PotuV i-A-ly-l tiii: tiu'i: win; BT S. W. LOPF.R. Tlie timps vrere iinrtt, stnl Lonest Joint wan loir, 'Ttviis sill tl wnrtiiy hirtn fou'il lo To kt tli hungry wolf ttillmut m tloor, Ami clutlio hi many ihililri-n. too. A nt though Inn trust in Gxl was nltrnya ttlrull; Ilia r'iiry licart wnn'1! mv's Bid; Tim path lie I roil iweiitHil --r.v roti;l ami Ami few Ihe comfort a that, lie liml. One Milit lie Ml in thhikine, !rMry mocil, Allcf Ii:h "v?iiiiic tmal n ut, Wliilo liy liia tiile his tvilo a llnmlitful KtlMltl, Watching I he care-worn look l:n wort. At !:iat kh'hI !! true wifely wii-il. t Ler.r, Ami Hpoknii in ln-r own ntvcct w.-iy. S i r ) v i 1 1 ie lii !iliiirtliiMii'il sunl to clu'tT, And all hi anxious feiira allay "V liari a many n ays for money, Juliti, Atil Jim are eari:iii(i lit 1., i", I've liei-ii iliinkin( lo ilay, ttliiic you wcrt pone. Of stoim-ihiiiji morn tliat. I niig!:t ilo." Ho tvaiti-il for i.n more. With hmk f jiritlc His arm wan ijnick aronmi her Mimtvn; Sitcli wife, hui;1i love, was vvniMli all i.-lisc l.si.le, N frea!T fortiiMO cott.tl lie known. "My ilarlitip. nol.lo wife I t'uy Jovin heart I lil tt a ? I nl I 'f t-inlT care, A I'll alttavs .t riving with liiy woMiau'a art To cafe ihe Inirilena that v l-:ir. ' G'xl'a lil-'slng on thl'O, wife o rood, 50 true. S faithful in Ihy clieerinx 'wer, In all our trotiiiti-! iiever Mhrinkit::; j li ro:jli The ilaikt-m r Ihe niiil;li.i.!. liour. A ml with th'e ami tin- little ones in liealth. I will mi' Hiirtow ir i.iiiiii::";i, li ! ve aie l.i-lier fir than cioiei less wea'.ili. tr every thing that ttcalili can pain." AN 'IXDIAX MASS A CI21J. A STOHY OF FEMALE KER0I?M. There ilietl in Detroit recently a womtin littlo known, even to tlit? jie.;i!o on the iwck in which khc lived, that I In; ('rape oc ilio tloor was the liit wainintr iipiny ol tl.cm had that she hr-.d l;:i ill. It .vas !; wnlnw I In! ley. and living in l!io name cottage, ami made, a widow at the .v:;ir imp, V;IS Mik. Ellet. As I he iiial of .lolui D. Lro bputh: 'auk In pnldiu leC'.lU-Jt ion tht; hiinm.s .i piotn i r life in the wi M, tin: I'eath f 5!h. tint ley may tiyain uncover ll.at j'a-e nf hiN.iy ii which Aa wiitten t!' l::di:ii: iii:s-:ici('h of fiontiei xctl h'ir it) Mint.eM'Ja. lltilh tv 'diets weie victims nf that ! n is 1' and hledy si lift; tthich dfsoh'lid so nr-in ealiius on lh.it j.ickct ) i i:; of civilizal ton Mutiny forgot to record liuir uainex ami t heir het oisui. When the ftontior Iron tiler Iircm l!n two tt idott a tt et c t ivcH itinl nioti.eis. living in lop cal.'itiH ahoiit a mile aj.-tt. 'i'ht-se two Cabins M ie the only ones for throe or Imti miles either wuy, ami tth.-n ihe couduel id i he i mlians lo-came so suspicious t Urn y.m denre rounsolli.il removal from the front ici. ! lie Kldfei ls family left I heir dome and cmi -'id. i ted w.lli the 1 1 ut leys for mu:nal i'e feiice. Each family In'il t wo children, male itii eiphl jiersons in Ihe Ci'hiu. The In dians dad thus far molested no oi.e, dm they wore IV-ice and antly 1 ol.s, skull. ed adiutt as if keepino watch mi the sett lets', and the jiioneets were livinp in a state ! excitement and apprehension. One 'lay, when Ihe women hail occupied the name eadin for Itvo weeks. Mi. llu'l.-y started for a set (lenient seven miles diMant ji m. cute jirovisiniis, leaving Mr. Eidietis to puaid Ihe ralnn. AH outdoor ttoi k had ceased. II the pioneer moved outside f t lie dat ricudrd cadin his life was catiicc ut dis hand, and his ey- were on the ahn t 10 detect the ineser.ee of the expected f(t.. 'l'lie averai;e woman can Si ver theties'if fi ictulsliip, in t isc sujcri'r to the peiils of thehoiu, to catty her ji'-int. .Mr. lluth t dad not been pone an Itoui when the cli I ilien, rendered tieivfois :iud iniradlo dy their close confinement, engaged in a qtur tel. Tde idlest, child was live ; so Hint n grent jidysictil ilamage culd d;ve been in llicted, dut the quarrel angered the isintli era; daih winds passed ami Mis. Enherls declared that she would not leinaiu in the 1 1 ii i lev cadin nn bmir. Her du.-.dand was weak-minded rnoupli to share in der feel inpa, and immediately pi epnt at ions w ere made l. return H'd occupy ins own cadin. Me took tde bet! on dis back, and the oldest cdild by tde band and Mai ted lor dome, leaving Ida wife to follow oft with his title and tde ol her child. Anger brought, such a sj.ini or teckiessness that the uomi no 'longer feu led anydanpri. Mis. Edbeits did mt imnicili itely follow, bavMig to make up a bundle of little ai I idea, and thelitis baud bad about twenty minutes . fttut t. f her. While laijli women were heaililv asdam.'d of ilieir silly conduct five minute afier lh-i" dot wind had hern spoken, yet neither would be Hie fust to make concdia toiy advances, ami Mrs. IJut'.ey sIiumI in del cabin lioor ai:d saw Mis. Ebbeits and child disapjiear in the fotrsi. .lost as she lost sinht of them she hentd tin teporl. of rillea ami faint yells in t he d i rcetionof the ot her cadin, and she instant, lydivinid lhal the long expected l-low had fallen. Forgetli tg ovei ytliing but the 'act that her iieighbora were in i-eiil. 8de took lotvn the spare rille which der dus'iand had jnnvidid. and which he knew how to use, warned her children not to leave the cabin, and in two or tluee minutes she was mooing through the woods after .Mis. Ebderls. Il subsequently appealed Idat Ebbertahad jut ler.cheil Ins dome when de was attacked by a band ol at least dfty ludiaiiH. Tde cdild waa phot at tlio li-st volley, hilt, tde father prolonged dis !if for a few minutea by dodging from tree to tree. Ilia wife was within eighty rods of him when he was killed. She heard Ihe lliing and whooping, and, while prudence warned her ! letreat. her love fotcvd her on lo join her husband. The Indians had r. Might sipht of der and opened lire when Mrs. llutley c.:iie up. History will never record a braver deed. Rendered dejer.ite by the alunrst certain knowledge that, her husband and one child had been murdered, Mrs. Edbei was like a tigreK. She had her husband's rille, and for a time ido two lone vrnmeu held the en tile band f svagea at Lay." Nay, tnoie than that, Ihey killed three of the ;"edskius and wounded f o tnoie. as tl. tndinana alterwattl adrr.itted. When Hiey found tdit Ide plan wsia to nrtnir;d them tltoy fe'.l back. Hetwe-en that pt'it and the) cab:it the cdild vn killed. The wvu"tt carried I lie body for st few rrd. hn; tbc ck te pursuit digged tbc to to d:op it. A new boii'or awaited them as I bey en tered the cabin. The demons had already been tdeie. The oldest child was dead on the li. ':, i'.s hear! almost severed from the body, ami Ida youngest dad been can ied away. Two Indians were still in tde douse, making preparations lo burn it. One made a safe escape, but the older was shot down by Mrs.. Edbei Is as de cleared the doorstep. Theie was no time to te member t de scalju-d and mutilated bodies in the finest. The Indians were at the door almost In f. nn the daik body at the step dad ceased quivering. it w.-im a stout, cabin, having more strength than convenience. Logs and toof wrie no! -ri seasoned enough loburu. and the single w itidotv was protected by a heavy blind. The led skins knew that there were only two tt omen in tin; house, and I dot l,..vi.d at it a :nl stt;,rmod aiound it as wolves would sunouiid a helj.ies.- dog. '.'dis. Iliilley was as pale as death and der hand lleuidled as sde loaded tde rille. lull- her cy. s sdonu like lire and she bit der dps mild ihe blood came. I suppose I was half ct 'a zed, for I wanted to open Ihe door ami ii.hl Ihe wholu band.,r Tims says the snitivur, whose story ol the ten idle ali'nii is as clear as the j aue ol a hunk, 'i de excitement was too grent for tio; voniii lo plan a defence, but bothuu- dutst i that the 1 i.d ians must be beaten i.U'. 1 heic tvete. tvto I. m; lion s in loedooi .nut ot J tc i s in ide wails. W' li .lo ide sa vaje. wcie inas!i!g against Ihe !Mir two of l hi'iti welt: baiiiy ttnundid wl'.i.in, ami, soon I i. ci call il 'one was k lilt i l.oiu a lotiphoh u Ilie ttnii. Hocovei ntg that they had ,i'.il"ii.s rtnik mi hand the India lis ii i ew oil and look c.er In dual logs, stumps ami iltt-s, ami for an dour ih'-yiircd at the lnoph.d.'S, doping llial a cliaiit'C shnt iniglil kin. ii MiiMiii. 'I'hcir built t.s were sunjily . Imm ii away, and l l.e i f..i I lo lire the rool o;:s I line ."pei.1. for Holding. A.I il.iy long the siege was maintained, mil when ilaikucss IV 11 tde noiiii'ii uai'.z.il ill u n was lo be the longest iiiyht of I hen litis. A. chihl dead in the cabin, auolhci j.i 1 1 ltd .tvta'y, a husband and two ciiddicn dead in the wo.m.s, and tha liiile clearing was alive with dinna: devils seeking Ide blood ni l he t wo U sperale doi'eiidci s. !Say s .Uis. Ebbctts: .My tieitcs were strung up till I fell every imntilc as if! must l.u.s up my aims anil scieatu out to telievo tiie agony of inv heaii, ami Tdis. llaiiry ttas siul'cting jtl.l as b. -.cily. At one inii she muiiil In- tt.nl inp sin., sobbing nttr ihe poor tiead bixiv mi Ine lloor, and then agaiii she would jlaiid :it one nf tie lonpludes, der face so ttliile lliat 1 could mb it. Ihtnugli llied.lik iicss. ll w.is as -1 i 1 1 us ile;t:li mil M!e until .iliou!. (en o'ciotk. We vteie not nil' j u.i i (! it ail, dlit tvete beginning to dope tlialld.c a i vajies iiad h it, v.den-.ve dean! idem on the ion I". Al the same tnntueol they plug Hid uji all the looplmlcN wild slices cSf-u ide jiiipoe. I iliovi: these Jilllgs out wild the ;ix. tttiiie Mis. liulhy ttatclud tde. ref. She died as Ide Indians made an opening, and ite iieaid a scream of pain. I licte weie no fmther demons! rations .sutil an Imiii btfoie daylight, though tt heard Ide tttetcdes creeping around ihe cabin. "As the night tvs weai iup away Ihey brought up a log and batiered in the door. We dad waiuiui: and were ready. As the Indians i iiIh il into the opening we both li-cd. They came in faster and thicker, bni Mrs. MulVy went at theni with the ax and I with ide knife, and we iliove them out. It was all over in a tnir.ule. I re inembtr tde idioms and yells; they got In.ld of tne ; I I -cud the ax chopping at tin-in at-.d tdeti w t; wi-ie i"tic again." At datdght Ide I ml ta lis d i e w nil", warned that aid for t he women tt as at. hand. Hut ley never reached the set I d-men I for which he Mailed. Weeks aflertvaid his dead body was found in the woods, while his seal;, ornamented some warilors dress. I he heiouies weie tendered childless and wirh.w ed in one day. for ide child carried away das never deen dcatil of. and while nne ii-ceived a slash across the face in tde let i idle lie It lo clear t de caliin t lie other was wounded by il bullet al tde same moment. They came to Detioit years ago to de near fiiends. dot hour a.o Mrs. llutley de eame eraz--d with gitof, and for years Mis. Ebdoits b:is been a nerv us wreck, slat t :ii' up in alarm at ihe slightest sound and unable toslecp for more than a few minutes at a tune. Pining tde last live yeais nf der life Mr. 1 1 u I ley tvai.de ted up nd down seaiehing for her child and stopping peiles lii.ms to ask for her husband, ami tears came to I he eyes of st l angeis ns they saw ihe poor tvieck at the gate and heard her call t ( 'ome back. Mrs. Ebdei ts ! Come back and I'd ask your foi git eness 1" Wosdei: of tiik Watehs. Among the most, tvoudeilul li-h to de loiim in tlio woild is Ide Mind Piolens. which is foit'id only in the suhtei I :ilte;in likes of Kiain, in Austiia. Six line specimens of Idis crea- tnie dave jtisl been receivel at Ihe Aqua tiiim in New Yotk. with a consignment, of Mibntitiine wonders from Europe, and wild proper cato it is hoped they will live for a coinddcinhlc time. In c 1'r t dey arc a yel In a isd pink, whicd, however, on ex,Hsureto Ide lidt. dccoines mot lied and Mtbseqiieiit ly t in us to a da i k In own. Tdey have long tlat heads and foil r sh.n t. slender, legs, the four feel ending tn two nailless toes ami the hind feet in tluee. Strange to say, J .com nip as i iiey no mil oi in ii-i n.u miens, the ci eat ii ret havo eyes. They are small, however, and are oidiuaiily Completely dtnder. deneaMi iho skin. Somewhat sim ilar to tltese lish is Ihe Mexican Axoloth. anoiher stiaioje rreature just received. Lang Tsing Yee" is the name of a hean tifti'ly colored fish, two specimens nf which have j-ist. been sent fioin China. These are of a bright, golden yellow, tipped on ihe ti-is with black, and ;hey have each four lace like I ails. Sagacious. While we detest rats rs a rare, it must be admit ted that t hey are very intelligent. They w ill cany egos from the but to iu lo I ho top nf I he house, lift in g I hem from Mad to stair, I ho first pushing them up on its hind legs and the second iifiing them w ith its fme legs. Tdey will extract the cotton from a flask of Florence oil. iliu iu their long tads and lopeal the nianoanvr: J ....lil I. . . I tf ' ii'iiii nirv ii it i;'iiitiuirii rri l linii. Me have found In ha dm nf sugar in deep d ia wers at a distance of thirty feet, from the place where tdo petty l.iiceny was commit led ; and a friend saw a rat mount a table nn tvdicd a d'-ipn of rigs were placed and straightway tip it over, scattering its cm f ents on the. l.or bnoalh. where a scire of expectant bi'Ulietu at watch i.)j fr Ihe windfall. A STOIIY or THE rilOXTIEn, A dozen journalists, linnters. Indian fighlers and miners sat Around a ramp lilt; on the trail to Deitdwood. Soft Hakes f snow sailed in eccentric courses through the night air, and finally settled down inn. the sputtering fire or ujm.u the cold earth. There were other men on the tiail hcfinc and behind. Men rush wherever Ihe pre cious metal is discovered. There were bro ken w agons, dead lmises and human skele tons a-loiig every mile of I he t rail, and tierce eyed Indians 1 1 Hiked out. from every ravine and down upon tiavelers from every hill. .The dozen gathered closer as daikucss shut dow n and the snow flakes came faster, and by and by an old man with grizzly locks and pietcing eye said, as if sneaking to himself : Custer went in to kill. It was an atvlnl thing to do to tush Ihrec bundled men down upon five thousand reds but be did tr. and meant to win. No other man will ever take such chances.' And yet one was near by ulin meant .t take gieater chances. S caUlike was bis step that, lie had almost entered camp be t'oie Ihe sent inels saw him. lie was a giant in siZ", and, as ho halted w heie the light of the fne shoue. full in dis face, I hive or four men ttlleied exclamations of snrpiise am horror. There was blood on tde sliangei's face blood on his great mugd damls blood over Ids clothing clear down to dis '.nuts. It. was a terrible sigbt. and yet, as if somel ding fin t her was needed, t he st ran jor luriied bis back to the men, and Ihey saw I hit an a;tempt had been made to scalp dim. "Wiiler food'"' he uli ispcrcd aJie looked from face to face. lloth were given dim, and after di inking i full quai t of watel he giasped a loaf of bread and a bunk nf meat, and lore them with ids teeth as a wolf would have 'lone. Hy and by, when his hunger Intel been somewhat appeased, lusaid : "It. happened nit idis way, nigh toltven fy miles. -I lost tde trail somehow, and the lupins swooped down on me at noon to-day. I he old woman and five ciiildieu weie iu Ihe wagon. Tdete were forty r li fly reds, and it wasn't three minutes def.ne the dull family was dead all but. me !'' His eyes blazed wilh fury ; he seemed to grn-v iu deiglit, and. casting tde remnants of the food into I de lire, he fiei cely shouted : "liiii:k of the old woman having dei biains bealt tt out. by I lie fiends ! Think of Ihechildieu being hauled nut'ii a wagon and scalped and studded ami tdeir throats cut fioin car tocar ! Conic on come wilh me !' He leaped over the fire and bounded away into the darkness, but presently letuiiicd ind said in a calmer voice t "I til, ol course.. It was which for who, hut ihey wi re lifty to one. I drove Vtn from the corpses. I clil'jbed 'em oil with uty rifle, but tdey tvete ton many. Tdey shot and st added me; tdey run me to tde dills t tiny date diluted me all Ide sifu-1 n:...ii." Tde giant trembled like a leaf, a"d Ide fresh blood ran from dis wounds and trick led down iu red paths over his neck and cheeks and clothing. The leader of Ide party tib-d to soothe him, prniuirdug aid as soon as daylight came, but Hie stranger waved dis aims and ciied out t ''Wlwt can you do ? The wolves are feeding on my wife and children to nigh! ; their scalps ate back iu the bills wild the Indians I Can you bring life back to them? CJive me ii gun and an ax !"" No one moved for Itvo or three seconds, b-iiig spell-bound by bis wild I-hik and words, ami the slianger picked up a c.ival iy cai hi i.e and hw box of ran i idges, seiz- d i lie light ax used about, the catnp-iiie, ami iu another minute was lost sigdl of in tde daikuess. calling back, as his step was lost to healing : "It is which for who !" Next day, about mid atteiumiu, tde par ty ca me u pou t wo de.id I nil inn poii'es. ly ing del ween tde Hail and tde f.Mit-liills lo tde light. A few tnids fttither on was a great sain of blood on the two inches ol snow covering the glass. A wariior had fa id-n heir and been can ied oil by bis comrades. There was the trail 'if a white man on foot, heading for the root-hilIs. b it moving slowly, and there were plain traces that'. Ihe man had halted every few rods to use his weapons. All along the trail weie Ihe hoof racks of (ionics and an old hunter shook his bead and said : 'It is the tnau who left our camp last night. Idick thar is wbar Ihe leds fiist sigdted dim, and lie stix.n in dis tracks ami killed two pontes ami one Injun. Theie was a gang nf forty or fifty reds, and Ide white man moved to git among tde hills and have fair pl.iy. .list look thar !"' Filtecn or twenty rod ahead were thice dead ponies, lying close tovethrr. The band of redskins bad made a charge iion I lie lone man a. I dis point, and lie dad met Idem bravely. Tlic snow told everything. Standing in dis liacks. and not lifting a foot, except, lo wheel around, he dad wdi ped tde w dole gang! There were tluee dead x.nies within a hundred fei t of tde white mail's posit ion, and again the snow was crimsoned with two great patches of blood where the warriors bad fallen. "(jteat. od ! but how he fit !" whisper ed the old hunter, as be sa.v bow the snow had been trample.! down ; "but they wounded him here." S; they bad. He had tetreited slowly, seeming to have no fear, and along bis trail was a track of hlo.d. The first hills were a mile away, and straight for the hills ran the hlnod path through the sii'mv. Theie was tin sound of conflict no rod demons in sight. "Which for who" had met them rally in the morning, and Ihe tragedy. had leen played before Ihe sun was two hours old. Again, bet ween the I hree dead tmtes and the first hill the white man had been charged by the full baud. They had cir cled aiound him and then charged al a common center. One lone man, armed with a carbine and an ax. was that cen'er. Thirty, forty, perhaps fifty to one and yet lie had not weakened in the least. On the light was a dead pony, on the left two crimson spots in the snow. Ahead Iowa id the hill a horse bad tald-ii and struggled up. and half a doZ'n trails of dlood could be counted. Tde Indians dad given away, and at a slow ptco the wiiiie man bad le&umed his pu.-ney. "You will see a sight to nnke your floh crawl, over in the hills,' whispered the hunter, and the patty slowly advanced. Tin. lone man had not bin i i"d his pace. The yelling, howling, whooping redskins galloping around him, ilriiiir upon him and sure of his scalp, had not shaken his nerve. Over the bill, across a litl valley, up a ravine, and there tralheond. Th white man could 50 vv further, and there de ttood : by. "May the Loid have mercy on him I" gasj-d a miner, as ihe little band looked j ovei the field of battle. There were dead ' and wounded ponies; there were ldMM J patches on t lie snow and four Indians, staik and stiff, weie lying .it one sid, the sur vtvor.t m.t having borsos enough to cany off all 1 heir dead. Al the In mi of the ravine the snow bad scarcely a color except- ted. The redskins j had charged in a body. and. dioppiuo his j vnii'iiiu "lien 1 hi. i.isi i.tiiinigo Tias gone. tlie lone man had used his .ix with awful effect. They had shot bini and sttnek hiffl witli their tomahawk, and when life wetit out he had more wounds than cou'd be counted. There he lay. the ax still clutch ed with giant's grip, his eyes wide oci, his Imdy covered with wounds, and befoio him was a rocmd lo prove a iihiit ten idle fight than Custer's. He hail fought lifty men single-handed. lie had liiiven lliem back again and again, and a dozen lives had been taken for bis otic. "Which for who." be had said, and "who had won, but it r as not a victory for Ihe ted men to I mast -over. When they rnde out nf the valley every horse bail a double bniden of living und dead, and yet some had to be left beboid. Tde party Could not dig t?p the frozen etonnd to give the brave man buiial. Fifty miles away the gaunt wolves were teaiing at the bodies of wife and children. As Ihe parly turned away from Ide honible sight, gaunt wolves Crept, down to stiip these dot ics also. Tdey 1 nsdeil from cot pse to eoipse, gnashing theiryellow fangs, and before 1 he sun went down another lecoid of he pi tins and hills was hidden from the sight'of the tiavcler. Cor. X. V. Sun. Monti Doo Stoktes. The Ilrnnswiek (Me.) Telegraph of recentdatc cou'aius the. follow in g ; Some lime, in Oc'ober. while one of Mr. James Andrews' little bovs was playing near the tn ill st ream, in North Paiis". he lost his fooling and fell into ihe inter be yond Ids (d-dtd. and the strong current w s cairyiaio dim lapidlv down tde stream, when Mr. Andrews' large Newfound laud !'. hseiing the si'. nation, plunged into the water, swam out into Ihe stream, and caught the little boy and brought him llslliil'O. Iii a town in New Hampshire, a dog for years accompanied tde cdildnn nf tde fam ily to srdonl, and dekept tip dis attendance long sifter the rhildien bed outgrown school going. Tin- dog w;is pei ft ct iy quiet, giving lie j Itrt- teacher inn cdildien t ion die. The les ms of school rivet aged aimnl ten weeks. Last year the teim was prolonged two weeks. The dog left jit the end often weeks ami though frequently passing tde school house, he never cnteiid the im;iii ifter he left ; but he always had a puz.led expression on his face as he looked at the children coming out. A dog in ibis village seeing his master's horse and wagon come home with no one in charge, put out at a tremendous gail until he found his master. When discov eied by passers-by, ihe .leg was doing l:;s best in the way of punching ami pulling at his master's coat collar to induce him to sit elect on the ground a wink of snn.e difficulty ,i the moment a fact which the dog appealed to realize as well as the passei s by. "Floss." when toll to jump into Ihe duggy 01 sleigd. looks lo see if tde way is clear; ifldernbe bangs over the side or any other incumbrance appears, ho tntns lo bis master, and makes no jump until everything is clear for him. Eut. stisnger stili. if I be whip is taken from the socket, with indications that a sharp dlotv is lo be given, he seizes Ihe stock in bis month and holds on, ami this he has done repeat edly, grow ling tr bai king at times. That's inst inct. is ii ? The Troy Time, relates the f.dlowoog as having occurred at (.leu's Falls; "A lamp exploded on South street a few nights since, and at Ihe cry of fne the trained dog of the Cunningham hose company seized the bell rone of the engine bouse and rang an alarm,' "which reached the police. Tb fire was extinguished w it h small damage." RounEitT ASD TiESTITUTIOX. The still, small voice of conscience somet imcs pmt es more potent in levealing ctilne than the most sdrewd a. id expei t detectives. Sued at least was 'lie case iu a lecent revelation, wdich, for the many romantic inc'dents altouuding in it, h;is si ldou: been equaled. About leu years ago a young 111,111 named C. C. Marl in was employed by W. & J. Harper &C., of Philadelphia, to negotiate foi th puichase nf muiiu land, near i'l! dole City I ic was cut 1 listed tt itd $20,0i0l-. buy I he .and wilh, and he w ent to 1 dat cit y and put Up ihe piincipal hotel. Heie he became acquainted with Mis. Etell.i War ren, the. wife of the bartender, and sdorliy afterwards eloped with her, taking with him the money. Every efbut to find tlie unfaithful wi!e and the shiewd schemer war. without success. Time wore on, and two meti.lH.u-s of the firm died, leaving William Harper the only surviving partner. The great panic of lTo swept the fortit.ie of ide diiter away, leaving dim a bankrupt. He giadually diifnd lo Forest county, tvlieie he made bis permanent residence. In the eaily part of hist month Mr. Harper leceived a letter from the long-missing agent, dated San Francisco. Martin piom ised to refund Ihe $20,01)0. with interest, with the proviso that he should be given immunity fiom arrest. Iu consequence of thisleltei Mi. Harper went lo the tioiden City.and following out the directions given in Ide letter he found Martin and Mis. Warren luxuriously quartered in an aristo ciatic part of the ct.y. Marl iu's prop ai tious were accepted by Mr. Harper, and de received CO. OK) and expenses. Mr. Har per itiquiud of Martin where he dad gone when he loft, Pitbobs. He said that he went lo Peril, where he invested a portion of his ill-gotten gains in the mining bitsi ness Hy saving this money he accumula ted a fortune of over f i.OO'J.O'H). and final ly took up h:s tssidei.ee iu San Fiancifco. Mrs. Warren has bomo M.ittiuonc child, w ho is blind and leu years of age. When be absconded wilh the Wmn be left a wife and several cdildien in Mary laud, but he has since piovided for thtnl. It costs less than a cent a day to fake a weekly iaper; less than a dilligent. hen wouM .irn iu a month at the market yrce of eggs ; less than one cigar a week, and a verv cheap .me at that ; less than the "..ai der would charge by the year to keep one s hair trimmed; less than a good aired Cht istmas tnik y. A -wmhv a ory e.nbe saved iu many Hbrttcr way than t' pp o you j ipei. Dead Eyes thai Jbcetf Witness. There is a well Votn sloty of the convic tion of a murderer having" been attained by the ciicnmstatice thai a lecognizable image or liken, ss was found iiupieaii-.J itM.n tde victim's rye. after deuth. The story has been variously toldi One voisioti places the eci?rreiicc in Lyons, Fiance anoiher. in England. Il was pi ninthly in vented about lie lime that daguei reoly jia came into use; and was pci hnpssnggcs'.ril by the fact that a small picluic of what ever the eye :s looking at is foimed iu 'ho ectitie of iho eye and is plainly visible to other ryes. As the story is' told in one W.!,v.' a dagueneoty-K? was taken of the victim, and the image of the muideier found in the rye by a painter who was making a pictme f the niit'deietl man ai d bad occasion to study the dagu-i leolyj e under high magnifying jvower. AnoiVer version makes tdo image found that of a fiiend who bent over I ho victim when x piting ; the friend is of course ai tested us the nuiiderer, ami Hot's tht plot gaitis vit liety. The iiMjmi ,at such an image in the eye cmtM lemain fixed after death must cettaiidy have e-ecmed plausible lo inmaiiceis. or Ihey would not have 1 ting so many changeanjH.il it. Petdaps. howeve r, most leaders dtstniosid it fom iheit mil da as ahetr d. Hut Ihe cot cepiions of fancy In one tigd often become the facta of o delivery iu an oiher. Within a few weeks a psiti.-tit (Utinan has announced and exhibit d some vta-tling t xi-criments that btltig the eye-i'ictuie st.ny fully w ithin the limits of jH.ssibility. Hi. W. Kudtie, pm feast. 1 of physiology in 1 lie university nf llr idcl!ei g, das lai n carefully teviewing and extend, ing a discc.wiy of I)i. Uoll, bow of Ron e. Dr. Iloll dad found that the external layer .f Ide rrlin.i of "the cys possesses id life a beautiful purple color. This Colt't fa per petually deslioyed and irnewrd while the eye is doing woik. Dr. Kiihr.r found Idat light was the agent by which the pin pi- is destioyed; while Ihe animal is alive !l.e color is quickly icstnii d by the stcit live action of the iicigldwn ii.g" tissues. Tde next discovery was that only ceitabi kinds of light have ihe otver of iliscnarginf the color. If kept iimtber kinds of Itgitt. sucli for instance ns Is old aided by burning it mixture of poda and alcohol, fbC J-nip'd color remains unaltered, even after eath Fin-spy, Dr. Undue found cdrmica! te agenis thstt would fix the cdr. N t came theci-oa ningeXa'iirieut. He fast, ti ed a rabbit so that one of its eyes --Vas three minutes exposed lo the light fiom an opeu window-shuttf r. Then he instantly decapitated the inbl.it and put the eye in Miituble pickle. Two minutes aHer ll O decapitation the other ey- was similai:y exposed to light, and it lo was afieiwaid pickled. The next tnoming both eteaj showed a shaiply defined image of thd -quaie i f light, sutiounded hy a deep nisr' tint. The image in thw second eye as some what tlieshaiN?r andthe'w hiter of tdo Itvo. Prof. Idmsen was ji-esent nud wit nesscd this itiaivtlo'.'s experiment. ITow TlnowN Managed It. "Hro-.-?, 1 don't know how it is that ymir giils marry off ii-s.mii as they get old etiougli, wdt fj m.no of mine can marry. "Oh. that's simple enough. Imairy tnr girls off on the buckwheat straw principit :."" "lint what is the priuctplfc? I never heard r it before.' "W'e'.l. I used tn raise a g'od deal rf bnckwl e f, and it puzzled me to know ho v l;getri of the straw. Nothing would eat it, and il was a great bother to tne. , t '.ist I thought or a plan. I stacked ri y Imck wheal straw iiic.-lv ami built, a Id. U tail fence around it. My cattle, of con is.-, concluded Idat it was something ginnl, and at once tore down the fence and legati to eat Ihe straw. I dogged tdem awaV -nr put up llm fence a Tew times, but tde none I d.t.te idem away tde more anxious they nec-ime to eat the straw, and eat it tdey .lid, every bit of il. As I said. I many my gir's off on Ihe same piinc;p'e. When young man that. I d m't like begins call in 4 u my giils I eucouinge him in eveiV tvy I can. I tell him to come often ami stay as laic as he pleases, and I lake pains to hint lo Ihe giils that I think they had U t ter set tln-ii caj f..r bint. It wt.iks first rate. He don't make many calls, for H e girls treat him 3K c.nmIv aa ihey can. But when a young fellow that I like con es aiound a man Hiat I think would suit mo for a sou in-law I ,,.-, jet j,m, n,.ko many calls U fore I give him lo understand that lie isn't wanted around my Imuse. I tell the giils. Iih., tdat Ihey shall not have anything to do wilh liitu, nnd give them oideis never lo speak to dim rgiM.i, The tdin always works first rate. Tdo ynuu folks begin to pitch into roh 01 der, and Ihe next thing I know they aie engaged to be ma 11 ied. When I see that they are de tc 1 mined to marry I always give in, anil pretend to make the lest of it. That Ui way 1 manage.' TnE CAItDtKF C 1 ant OlTPONE.-TliC Tr'.y Whiff comes to the front with the fol lowing weighty story : A legal geml. mn of Troy futuishes an acemmt fiom a Mici ij gan friend of the discovery of the skeleton of an animal in Eaton county, Mich., f such immense proM.ilioiia that the CatcMF giant of Onondago county, iu cttr otn Slate, sinks into the merest pigmy iu co'n parison. We apnend the descilption ,.f the monster: The thigh bones weigh 7.3 pounds each, aie 3 feet 8 inches long am1 3 feet. ID inches ar.ntnd at one end and 2 feet around at the other end. The fore h g bone, fiom the knee to foot, weighs f?3 pounds. Tlie first section of I be neck bni ef back of skull, weighs 14 jK.unds ; the largest ttK.th weighs 8 Munds, tho libs are 4 f. et and 7 leches long, the shoulder blade is 3 feet and 10 inches long and nil the oth. r iu propoition. There aie 30 pieces of beck bone. Taken together it is the most com. plete skeleton of the kind in the known win Id. It is estimated that the animal when alive was no less than from IT to 20 times as large as an ox weighing 1.7H0 jHiiinns. making tho weight of the utiimal ovof 13 Ions, "I It has ofien bee n j said that ihe estab lish merit of hospitals was ihe eeulinr -,. of ll.e Chiisiiati Church, and that no h H-' I hen nation has ever nde such provision. When China was ojsmed to tdo wtodl, about thirty yeai-s aco, the fliFt Ameiicnn vis'toiv speak of Gutting native hospital there, inreining that Ide Chilstatu Chilirll bad been mistaken. Mut it now apM ai-jj lint venerable these institiitloua am, they are reabr of Christ ia;. m I-m iiMjf twet. founded by ldeeilt Hmo Cat bole, rn:&iuvia. :i u sha. la-jd.
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