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A. McPIKE, Editor and Publisher.
"he is a freeman whom the trutii makes fkee, asd all are slaves eesipe."
Terms, CS2 per year, in advance.
VOLUME XI.
Assignee's Sale.
,. .. r ( :,n nr.'.er of tho Court of Commo
Turn m on
' V'."-'"t r.i'iibria county, to me directed. 1
f ' 1 1 - .... i i.i- tiiiMu veinlue or ouicrv. on
I uo l'r "
TUESDAY, JAN. 22, IC7S,
. , -i.ik. r. ' I110 following described ral
estate, to wit :
cr Fired :f Land
...,-! m Ml
township, Cambria nonnty.
r I 4!..;''T.': neirtnninii :u a i.ceen
t i f n : theme .wu'li St decrees, east 60
r a l.irlie sicrar: r hence ly land in name
V iii out ti i 'leirrcns. east 1" 1 erches.
I-
ir !: i"i: I lilt"' ny lami convevcu in niiiin
-,i-,-i- , y ? ir li s oerce., t-i niniui
. '. j i.i lo -t Creek: deuce down (best
' ; V. ,') ..-vcral p.urei and distances thereof,
'. '..'., ... .,( ni'ini'iif c intnininn aboti: IOO
. jipj ', ,., ui 4iriii s cleared. Imvinic thereon
. ... i' in -Tv !'i.nk Ilorsv, a one-and-a-
'r;
...rv l'i K llort:. "Ml a thi.k.
vr.,.. 1 nm also directed In naiil or
i ' .irt i.i nfl-rsaiil t-roptrty for Fale re.err
! .1 n iv ti.r v vVf.. cnveyeit by iUm-iI
,,n., ;:,.":.t. an i II . ?tit!icnt price be
v i - "i' r-oM. fun tnrke report of nwch
: :i ,t;fit prii-e ticovi r mH tett bo
1 1
TV I
e i.u oriii .Tea to oiK'r me ai,ie wan.
u' r -
y s t.r. 'ne-tliir 1 of tlie pnrch.Te
,, i . I on rniihrmntinn ol tlie f:io, ono
I, . wir there ilti-r. utnl the Im I a nee in
t r- ! li.'V" it' T. ment ileb rrtil to boar
trtitu utirm.if ion ol t !i' n:i!e. cml lo
I. the ni'liinient bonl urot inortai'sfe
l-ti T" t. 1"
JOHN W'AU.VKH.
suee of Charles A. Jlc.Mullen
i'Hist? Sale of Real Estate!
I r "T or !er of the Mrphrin.' Court of
' . ;i:': ; i I'ni'ii . t lie Jii'i.'iTi'n r will ofl.'rat
.. ... - it.- .'ii I he jirt mlsea. in ;amria townhip,
ri Tl I'M) AW JANUARY 2J, 1878,
K. P. M.tlu foll.iwioif ili-nerlhp I real
; . . Ki.'. vn 11- the IIA1.FWAV HOl tiK, o(
i:i i ( ! u;. nt h'r-h ilieil seisril, ti wit :
J'l ?l5 MVS flf T,1
(ill t-i Ui KaWttl
, :: r h. u I ti.wnh':i. abmn the K.lM nslmrkr anil
i rr..,;-..v. n pin.k roa.l. a't jouiinif lan l of Kilwanl
1 , ,. s;..' .Tt .twaril., Iaviil A liratiw, et. nl.,
i i.i z i II miilreil mill I nrmv liii
.iiiil ' t!r tfri'i, in a iro.nl ftate ol eultl
. , r : h a .Ine nr -li:i r I. an aim n lance o! ir n"!
; t . r. (.".re water, etc.. on the prem i i.
I . .. - e ':i:. u; e.ii-ifit o a two flory Iraine
i . i : j. -v.'ii 1 1 r -. I tor a lrtn lioue or j-ntitie
:i : j-i'.- I.irn. an. I mher out l.ui id inifs. Title
-.i vie. I'lte m o.jve property Is e.jiivement
r . - ii mi. I church.
Ii :.'i- s.im One-tlilr l on eonfirmat' in of
M.' :.ivi : Me bi.iitirr in three cijual nnntial pny
l e .-iiur"'! by iirtif "lie ami boinl nt
;nr !'i.-. r. nitll iiitrYect from ilate. I he
-. '. - ',.Ti i.f .iiie tliir l to beiir ititeresi an t to
t. 1. 1 . . i in hi r .n.nualiy iturinsr her litet.nit. he
i i. ! in aii'l remain a lien on "if. I property.
rVIIHKINK KICKS It.
JOHN Y. SI1AKH At U!I.
A !!:iini"rat.ir ol Clement Kreh, ilecM.
Ii. iiii-.-i UI, IsTT.-to.
ri'ITOir.S NOTICE. On Dec
- l77. on tnntioti of A. V. I'.a ickf.r,
:rj-ii:fn I Joart or (,'anibria county a p-
i t'.e utiiTriiirncil AU'litor to report" Hh
if!- a the tan-t In the hiiml. nf 1'hari.kh
; i 'n:tee to "ell the real estate ot I.vmh
-h r. lcreaeil, m phown by bit peeonil arrl
i .i lint, to ami amongst the parties en
i t.. r- i": e ihe same. Nm ice is hereby ... iven
i i :i a'.teinl to the diite? 1 f.iid appnint
. i: t:i . otHee in IClri)s,urt on Kiiiiiav,
. ':v IT-, at o'clock, r. M . when ami
i ! ir'ii'j intrrt-?ti.. must preent their
r In- ile'iirreil Ironi rotninu; in on fai-l
1 UKn. vj,' JATAIAX, Auililjr.
-' '-4 l.-e, -Jit. iSTT. St.
i)KS NO TICi:! Having
it'ii.imtfil Aniiitor liy t li Or
ii a mbri eoiiin y to report ilistrl
tiiT'.l i t i t la liin'linl .Tacoii lliitiver,
:ii-4 A Ism" ! J.Hi'Jih), late ol
i--'ii, 1eee..il. to iitnl Rtnomr the
! t h'-r-to. notice H hereby iven to
ereJie.1 tliat 1 will. Attend to tlie
.1; i. otTnent at mvofliee in Klu-n?-
V V. J A"t A HY i;.t -liien
hiiiI where nil parties interest
; it Hi' v fee proper.
M.' K. Jit;.KL.i;Y, Au-iitor.
A
I'DITOirS NO riCi:. Tiie ;m-
!i r'otn 'I invitft lie.-n nfitHiititoil an
y i ii i iri Ti i ii j' eurt, nl Cambria county
rln"- tl.'e Inn''" of V. H. Si'l ll'iT. l".
r ' 'ti:je( .tiie, .leci-H-cil. n shown by
eo-.t rtne.l n tieolurely l'ee. ')ii. 177.
i x i l.o e ent it le.l ti receive t he a me
i- Hci,.c i hat lie 111 yif at hi.' orhee in
'ir-. .ei Friibty. t Ii.- 'Z t h ilay of January
; l' '.lii -n. a tfi., to ii tt en. 1 tii t he ilnt ie i.f
,'.iiiittneri. n hen ml where all persons in-
1 it. iv a r eii f it I he v fee proper.
J". H. L.AKK, Auditor
sic x i : i : s n o t r c 1 : . w hp i on s
1 '.',' wat.tr' r ami liifritm VA ivnnjer,
I the I rirmii;!; ct Cnrro'iiown. Cmtria
. 'ti ole an a.-iir'Mii"nt to toe of their
io ial ear; for the benerit of their
tiii-e inilebti'I to sai l Ia u I ami Keina
ar" reipic'teit lo inakti i lym-nt, ami
e a.'in ai-ain.-t ilium wiil present
- ..r b'mer.t.
J OH V r. Xi'iLKY, Assignee, S.C.
"n. Jan. 4, H7H.-rJt.
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r-i .ii.
I.i .v...
t'.i tn :
I'urr
A1
M I M S T ! : A T 0 1 1 " 8 N O T I C K
K-iat" of . !(!- llAMMAV, i'c'il.
r i.f a t ii inist ra t ion 'ii tiiee?tateof Mill
to . !n 1 4. ., J miia'a e;innty,"liiiT been if ran t
'i r aiiei, who hereby Kivew notlre
p. r:.ii Ti'tebrei! to cai.l elalc that pav-
;- h
'
i:i
n.'i-t lie n:a.',e n ithout delay, at.'! those Imr
i.r.iJ :i:;nii! the .ime will proaml the in
' a tl ' :i'I!' i 'il t e I ,r et tlefleut.
AI'XU IIAMMA.V. Ailminltttrator.
"! ' . Ttt.. Iee. M. 1ST? -tit.
1" ."
& I'.MtNlS TIIATOKS' NOTICK.
Invite of .f amf:?s Iiovt.K, l'c'!.
f A.linifiiitra' ion on the mate of Ji
' ol A I ! hit, v Ula lr r tint y, I 'a.. ilceai
been i:iante. to J. (. Iike, refilling at
Caint.rin e.,unij, l'a to whuiu Ail
'i- i. ti'e.l to stiil e, 'ate are reoue.teij to
: ivni-nt. an I thope hnvh'ir e!u I'nis or 'l
- !1 'cake kii .wn the nne without delay.
J . ii. I.Akt. AdminfatraKir.
' i. :-t"7.-';t
I ,
glllAV IKMtSK Came to the
ft to! nf i be siiiwrilnT, iii C'amliri;
; v ;. cti t in- evenii,sr ot t lie 271 h ol lleccmber
'' ' ,r-" ''.'.v hnrc. about sixteen h amis tnirti
. i.e.: netween ."even aii'l ciaht vears. No
-;'. ii. The ow urr l re.iii'""te l to come
r,, ,
rove property, r ay charges timl take
;l y . othurwisu he wilt !" lipose-l ol nceor.l-
- THOMAS J1UOVKK.
1 'M'Tui Twp., Jrtn. 4. H7-. 3t.
"IK'l! All perr-ons nre hcnl3"
i i' iu:ie, nrxiiifit lnrloritit; ir trust-
c;y a fount my si n J mix I it a rr, aired be.
' in 1 Is vears. who has lett biiine wit hont
a iJ or proToeation. as I am determined to
"' !'(! )ie nii- e.int raet unless eompelleil
- h,w. SKI) S t 1 A N OKA KK.
rr Iwp., Ilec. 21, 1177--31.
jrilAY. Came to the premises
sibtcriSr in CtKllitr.in townsliip,
'' fr-l day of November last, a red heifer,
. Iw.iy.'iirinilil. The owner Is heretiv notincit
'orwar.l. prove iroperty, pav'ehnrifes
'lake ln-r uway, otlierwise she will l sold as
list liir.in. JAMLS MtCI.O.sKtV.
" i'" rv:i, l.-T7.-Sr..
t!
QH lCK OF THE 1'ROTErTlOX Ml'
r ri At, Fiim: I n sf r a n'k. Company ok
' '.i I'ot-NTv Notice Is h"reb, niven that
,-"' ifino-itTiir inr i n iet-r im ol iirocrr-.
1 IH-!(1 ttt ..(.! 4,.,! v .
li h Sitlii it!ir. nn Monhat, January
I'Hwn the r. ur- ot hi a m. htx! I v. m
J. 1fi 1 lo-a
A
M. K K I M . M T IirvPtriv
ant) Si ir-v Kin-hnriF. is nr.
r"'.ni v ., i. I,. , , o.-msn. two
HldT Hnu. H ib St.. wrier nluht
Cuiisuitn'lont in liertftan as
,-6,'7".. if,
JOIIH I. MISSIMF.lt. '
" Whizzing along ,-t mile in a minnte
Atxl trtfinrj all out that ever was- in it !"
Whs tli sonfT f tlie;isf. exnresa ami mail
As it f limulcreil along the iron rail.
Away tiirongii etitrs, tlicn out. in t.i light
Anil tli-n tlirough tnnnels ilai:k aa niglit ;
Switches, hriiles, levels long.
Singing a wiM, fantwtin song,
That -latler-l ami ratlleil along thft trark,
Wliile l ho eiiginn threw the echoes hack
Ami screatni il through th green ami wav
ing trees.
A loml, tshrill whistlo on the liroejio !
Ami thus tlie train, wMi it precious load,
A mile a minute went ilown the roail.
Tommy Ma'.one was th engineer,
Who watchetl tlif pulting Imi.l ami clear.
"Alia ! olil thtuiilerer, 'imve nm! trtna !
The same oM motion still with yon !
Tiie same oltl strokit ami iniif striilei
Wiien iniiiiths ago I quit your siile '."
Ami lie gave it another "notch," ilul lie,
Ami u!leil the throttle just to see
Tin; iron giant t urn its heels,
As ifo'ti Sa'an at its heels
II. ui joincil the clamor ami clang of r"or.g,
That waftol iu fury the train aloi; !
A mile a minntii atnl more they went.
To heat the fastest train Ihev meant ;
"(live her another shovel or two !"
St -ike Tom to his fireman, Jem LArue.
Tint furnace roateil as the coal went in,
Ami tlie lnr'ul sparks ahum ihe ilin .
Were whirlcil away like a comet's tail
As the fast mail hizzel along the rail
Ami saiig its Kong in its wiul tl'ght tluwn,
A mile a miuilie to the town.
''A mile in a miniCe, a mile in a minute,
Hotting all out that ever was in it I"
They rattled along at lightning speril,
Ami Tom on top of his iron steeil
Kelt happy, as one who death had passed ;
Ulad as a wanderer home at last !
h'liuii under his cap rim, snug and tight,
He pt ered ahead and all was right ;
Then petted and smiled on the ''No. Onn"
Tlie engine lie loft w hen I lie strike came on
" I'.rave girl, we're together again, all right.'
And never o part in a senseless fight ;
Never to leave with the ill-advised.
Hut t-ticU to you and the dearlv prized
At home, the wife and the children three,
Who trust in find, in you ami me !"'
And away they thundered down thrf road,
A mile in a minute the speed they shuwed.
And the passcngcts smiled in their own
good cheer ;
They knew that the hrave young engineer
Was hack at his post, and at light mug speed
Was petting his engine, in his greed
"To get ail out that ever was tn it,"
As they thundered down "A tuile in a min-
n te,
A mi lrt in a minute, a mile in a minute."
Tin: i i: i l- ms ii.
A TIICE STOUV OK TIIE INDIAN OCEAN.
'Hans, did yon ever see at) octopus?'
"Not that I know of. I never heard tell
on them, as I can mind. Queer soit of
name, inii't it, sir ?"
Vu were lying at anchor off IJitavia, af
ter a longer tlip than usual, and I was
leading smnc copies of the Time which
had heeti sent out from home rim ing our
absence, and had accumulated to a good
heap while we were a a-ay. Of course the
newest papers were looked at Hist, so it was
only on this afternoon, when my woik was
done and tlie sun too hot lot us to go ashore,
thai I had come upon the discussion con
cerning the existence or non-existence of
the "octopus" which had appeared in the
columns of the Titnt some months hefoie.
Hans was a weather-beaten old sailor, a
Dutchman by hiith, who had been in the
ship much longer ihan I had, and was
known for as steady a hand as a man need
wish to have under him. There was no
shiikiiig at the wheel when he was there
no need to be watching him every minute
to see that the vessel was not easing from
her con lite, or lnlliiiL' up 'he wind and lia
ble to be taken aback as I found was nec
essary with some of the men, who would
have had her on a reef and a hole through
her bottom rather than take the trouble to
keep hor up and do their workas they
ought. There was not an officer who did
not think himself in luck when old Hans
was at the wheel during his walch, nor a
man on boatd but liked and respected tho
lough but kind hearicd old tar.
"Well," I replied, "that is the scientific
name; I dare say we should find them
something else, l'.ut I'll see if I can find
any description of the creature," anil I
turned over some other numbers of the
newspaper as I continued "Tho doubt
seems to be about their bize not their exist
ence." "There" bigger things in the sea than
people thinks ou as hasn't seen ihem," re
plied Hans Koriuutdy, as lie shifted his pipe
fiom one side of his mouth to the other,
and leaned a little fait her over the bul walks
watching the clear water which lay beneath
us in the wonderful transparency which
belongs to the Indian ocean.
"Ah ! here's the account of it ! A son
of devil tish, I fancy. Hut how about a
devil lih bring enough to kill a man first
and eat him afteiwaid ?"
"Is it devil fish they mean by that queer
name?"' asked Hans, lifting himself up.
"I think so. Listen to what they say
and I read out the description.
"That's him." said Hans, who had lis
tened attentively "there a'n't no doubt ;
but. why doesn't, they call things by iheir
light, nanws? People would know what
they was talking about then. I told you
I'd never seen one, didn't I, sii'V"
"Yes," I replied.
"I, ut I have, and the I,oid giant I may
never see another."
And there wss not the smallest doubt
that Hans meant what he said from the
very bottom of his he.nt. It was impossi
bleto mistake the earnestness of his words;
and, bcfett.f s, he was in general a very rev
etend, God-fearing man, never using words
which he had better have left alone uor
makiug a joke of religion.
I saw at once that there must be a yam
worth hearing, but II inn was veiy unwil
ling to tell it.
"I go all of a crawl when I think of it
even now, and it's tight yeais since j,t hap
pened." "Never mind that," I urged ; "it can't
hurt you now, you know ; and when peo
ple in Kngland are disputing about the
size of the creature, it's wot til something
to hear a stoiy from a fellow who has seen
one."
Seen it? A'', and felt i too ! and
Ilansdtew himself together with a ihud
cVr. "Felt h? Ry Jove, yon ought to know
the r'tghts of it, then."
"None tiettor. Lok 1 ore, ir." he con
i tiuued, 'ii ou wama Iht, jliu yuu buull
EBEXSBUI1G,
have it, but I a'nt fond of telling it to any
body. There's been some, as doubled
whether it were all true, and, when a chap
has had as close a shave as I had, somehow
it goes agen him to have folks disbelieve
what pretty nigh cost him his life."
"I quite understand that, Hans; but
you've never told me an untruth yet and I
don't believe you're going to begin now."
"Thank you, sir," said the old fellow,
looking pleased. "Well, if you'll wait a
minute I'll tell you all just as it happen
ed." He rolled away across the deck, and went
below, but soon came up again with a
leather bag in his hand. I had seen it be
fore and knew he kept his tieasures In it,
so I put aside my newspapers and settled
to a comfortable .smoke while listening to
the suny which Hans told, as follows :
"Some few years ago it was about G3,
I reckon theie was a very bad time ontin
these parts. I don't know how it happen
ed though perhaps you do, sir but trade
seemed altogether ut a standstill. Some
lit ins sent their men adrift and laid up their
shi's, for it was no good fetching tilings
when there was nobody to buy them when
they was fetched ; others held on and did
a Utile bit here and a lit t If bit there, pot
tering in and out among the islands for a
log or two ot mahogany or sandal wood, or
a bird's i:est, or whatever came handy,
lint, there was no hing doing to speak of,
and the t wn was as full as it could hold tf
men that had much better been atloat.
"I was sent adrift eaily. I was not sail
ing for this tii in then, and, as I was pietty
well oil' when I got ashore, I didn't trou
ble, myself for a few weeks, for I'd chanced
on a boairiing-house where the grub was
good and they made me comfoi tal'l.t, but
as time went on, and there came no chance
of work. I didn't like it, ami what was
more, the missus at the boat ding-house
didn't like it either, bhe had need to be
sharp with such a set of beech combers as
was about then, and I'm not blaming her
fur when the money goes the welcome goes
with it, all the world over and mine had
nearly come to an end, and my berth wasn't
what it used to be. I stirred abmit to see
what woik I could tind, but theie was
nothing in my line. Owners were afraid
to risk their money, and a good many had
hard woik to keep on at all, and I could
not hear anything moving in the w-ay I was
ued to. lint after a while I was told of a
small craft that was going out to pick up a
cargo for the China maiket nests, sharks,
dogfish, anything they could lay hands on;
and, though I didn't half fancy the lot on
boaid. I got shipped and went with her.
"The skipper vas a native, and we'd two
chaps that it was all I could do to put up
wilh Lniopeans they were t o, but I'm
blest if they hadn't turned Mahometans ;
and to see (hem a bowing and a scraping
lo t tie prophet, and carrying on their games
about. Mecca, and all that bosh, it. were
enough to turn a fellow sick, and them
boi ii Christians, too. However, I kept a
qniet tongue and said nothing, though it
would have done me good a score of times
to tell them a bit of my mind. At the
fishing grounds we had veiy fair luck, and
jfot a tidy lot of sharks besides."
"What did you get them for?" I asked.
"IJiess you. sir, them CLtnamcn will eat
anything. Tlie nastier it is the better they
like it. Dried shark andjpickled fins fetch
lots of money out there. IJut of cmirse the
nests was what we looked to make profit
by ; and the skipper took a run for the is
land. Hut he hadn't any luck to speak of,
till he got a private word from a Singapore
boat of a cave in one of the islands, that
ships did not often go near; not knowing
there was anything to go for. We should
never have heard of it, only the skipper,
being a Singapore man himself, got the
hint from his fi iends,
"It was a pietty place when we reached
it, that island was, or, more properly speak
ing, there was two, and tire dropped anchor
between them in what looked like a bay,
though there was a narrow passage right
up at the far end.
'There were lots of swallows flying
about, but where to find the cave and their
nests bothered us altogether. We looked
far about from the' sen, and then went
ashore ami worked along the clilfs, and
wherever there w as a dark place one of the
Cingalese went over to search ; but not an
opening cmld we find, and the skipper got
wild lo see the birds. And know thre was
a prize close by and not able to find it, and
after a day or two he offered twenty dollars
to any one w ho could d iscover the en ranee.
" I he ship was anchoied attd theie was
nothing doing, except that the divers we.te
after peail oyster and coral, or whatever
they could find tmderuea'h ; so we men
used to go prospecting, and one day I got
leave and took a little bamboo boat we'd
a lot of eni aboard, packed one inside tho
other and went, off to see hat I could do.
I rowed right up the bay to the end, and
found a nairow little bit of water that took
a tin n round a steep rock and then bmuoht
me into wide water atain. I hadn't gone
fir in U when a chap hailed me from the
shoie, so I ran in and found he was one of
those Germans who spend ail their time
getting biidsand beasts, and flowers and
insects. Theie's lots of eni about the
island. si-; and they go pretty nigh off
their heads if you show them a beetle that
is out of the common, no matter how ugly
the buite may be. 1 never could see no
reason in such goings on ; but 1 had not
noticed b fore that they ate wonderful
soft about telling things that, other people
would want to keep to themselves same
nsthey are w ild to get hold of what we
should be glad to let alone ; so, after we
hrid had a litlie chat, I asked him if he'd
d'topped across any caves or openings about
theie.
' 'Oh, yes.'he says quite w illing. There's
a large one not far oil. I passed it only
last night, ami should have gonu in, only i
hadn't got my gun, and there was some
thing queer looking out of il ; but I shall
he round theie again soon."
" Shnll you ?' thinks I. 'Then I'll just
go and look round fiist.'
"He told me here it was, and away I
went, thinking I was sine of the twenty
doilais leward.
''The opening was not. a large one, bul
as mm. ii as i tan the boat inside I could see
that it was a big place, ami no mistake
aluuit it being the one we wanted. Theie
were nests stuck on the walls and nests
hanging from he roof, and befoie I began
knocking these down I stopped lo think
whether it would be sale to keep it all
dark, and make a venture myself when we
got back again lo llalavia lor those nests
fetch a lot of money, you know, sir. Ii
w its very tempi ing, bu it was not very safe;
o f made up my mind to let. ii out, and
beo,u kuvckiii", li 'Wu wola with my push
PA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 1S78.
ing pole. It was not a very long one
though, and the cave was high ; so I did
not trouble myself to get more than just
enough to show the skipper that it was all
right; and then, feeling hot and tired, I
sat dowu in the boat and looked about me.
"It was a real pietty sight ; the sides of
tlie cave were covered with some hard,
shining shells that looked like glaze, and
the way ail sorts of different colors shone
about on it was wonderful it puzzled me
to tell w heie they all came from : btp there
wasn't one you could mention but was
shimmering and shining in that cave the
srtme as they do in a mackerel's sides when
it's took out if he water.
"The sea v. as as still as a pond, but very
deep for theie was on seeing to the bot
tom even in that clear water; but, :t look
ed so cool and pleasant that I thought I'd
take off my clothe and g've them a rub,
for they weie not veiy clean. There was a
ledge of rock ou one iside, something like a
shelf; towaid the entiauce it got very nar.
row and came to nothing. Tlie other a-ay
it became wider, and led to the back of
the cave, where there was a soit of beach
which ran up farther than 1 could see for
it was daikish there, being a long way
fiom the opening.
"I got out ou to this ledge and stripped,
and soon had my things washed nice and
clean. Then I thought 1 would take a
swim ; so iu I went, fplashing and diving,
and carrying on like a child. It was veiy
good fun. sir, that weie, but it weren't
Inn when I came up again and looked
about me for my boat that I'd left fasten
ed to the ledge nas gone gone clean out
of sight, as if it had never been there at all.
It made me feel a bit queer, and I rubbed
the water out of my eyes, thinking I must
have got blinded like ; but no look as I
would, there was no boat, and nothing to
fchow where she'd gone.
It takes a long while tellinr;, sii, but it
wasn't ten seconds after I was out of the
water before 1 was down by the stuttcher
I'd jammed into a ciack of the rock and
I weren't none too soon, for the rope was
just slipping off the end w hen I fished it,
the stretcher itself being all bent down on
one side, though I'd put it upright w hen I
got out of the noat. There w as iiodmibt
now where she'd gone ; she'd gone down
and I began hauling in my rope, bothering
all the while what she'd gone down for
and I'd plenty of time to think about it,
for, haul as 1 would, the boat never stined.
There she was, bard and fast, ami I might
as well have been pulling against the living
rock for ail the good it did.
"It ws not exactly a comfortable fix to
be left in that citve without die chance of
getting out again ; atrd when I found I
could not stir the boat I began lo think 1
might have to fctay there a goodish while,
fii', lhough some of the crew would be
sure to find it, or the German to look
around iu a day or two, I didn't make up
my mind to waiting lor them till 1 saw
there was no chance of gelling out any
other way. Just behind where 1 stood the
waves had made what we call a wind-hole,
but it w asn't so w itle as common chimney,
and it would take a lougish jump to get to
it, and no good then, for it nairowed at the
top till you could only just, see the light
coming through. I was looking round,
thinking 1-d fasten the roje safe, and then
go up to the beach end, w hen I felt a jerk,
and before I could pull up came the boat
again close to my feet.
" "You're some as you wen:,' says I, 'but
now I'll keep you safe ;' and 1 stooped
down to lay hold of hei, when there hap
pened the awfulest thing I ever heard or
dieamed of. Straight up out of the water,
not three feet away from me, rose two
great dripping aims. There was never a
splash, never a bit of noise, but for the
drops of water falling back again into the
sea, but higher and higher those awful
things came up out of the watei, a clear
light feet, and then they turned them
selves and bent towaid me. I gave a yell
and jumped back, for they seemed as If
they'll almost touch me. 1 was scared out
of my senses with tenor ; and, instead ol
turning to the right, which would have led
me to a broad ledge, and so ou up to the
beach, I sprang to the left, and there I
was standing on a bit of a shelf, the rock
behind me slippeiy as glass, and straight
below me the still, green water, looking as
beautiful as you could faocy, and those
two horiiblc aims waving au'd creeping
nearer and nearer.
"If once they touched me, I was a dead
man I knew that well enough. I don't
think I should have been scared to die if
it came straight forwaid, by drowning or
any icgnlar seaman's chance ; but to be
drawn into tho water by those horrible
clammy aims, and Jccked to pieces alu.ost
befoie I was dead by the cie.uuie they be
longed to it took Ihe l.eait out of me, sir,
I don't deny. I kept backing close against
the roek, edging a a ay as far as ever I
Could, w hen up came the beast, iti-elf, and I
could see his ciuel beak and the flight ful
look of him as be put his aims closer to
waid me. Willi another scieam for I
was oil' my head with n ight 1 tin mil and
made a spring at the wind hole. How ever
I leached it 1 don't know ; but it was my
only chance, ami somehow I hit. it. Up I
went, sweep fashion, but I could not get
far, it was loo narrow, a tid, squeeze and
push as I might, I cou;d not get on.
"Kvei so far above me 1 could see the
sky through : he opening at I tie top ot the
bote, and some bits ol" giass and leaf wav
ing about against the lighl, ever so pietty.
I wasn't thinking of such things, but I
took notice jf them for all that, and can
see lhem now, if I si ut my eyes, just as
they were grow ing then, when I did not
think I should ever see the sky or grass
again.
"I suppose I had been in that bole about
ten minutes, for I'd done all I knew to get
on, and gave it up as a bad job, and wss
thinking that if 1 was out. of ihe creatine'
way I iintiht stick there a good bit, and
Ihen pci haps drop and in ike a run for il al
ihe fit end of thec ivo. Lut it was a des
perate chance, sir. fir those beasts don't
give up a thing when once tiny have set
themselves to get it. They will slop and
ai. as patienl as you like, but you don't
tire them, and they'd stop and watch till
you go down before t'.ieia, sheer wore out
and beat.
"I was thinking of t! r!?ii something
c.'ld, soft ami siicky to,. i my foot. For
i moment I did not tlr.uk what r was; but
it Crime slow ly ciawling alxive my ankle,
then another Cold, soft, sticky thing got
round the other side and clinilt-d above
my knee and c,!uuf to me tiuht as death.
And then I knew that the ciealnre had got
hold of meat, last, ml the horrible ii i ms
were clinmng and sucking at my leg 1
"i hcicained then, air. -How I did
scream and how I tried to kick them off
and get my leg free! I might just as well
have Iriod to kick off my skin ; close as my
skin they stuck to me, and swayed as I
kicked, always loose and easy but still with
a steady pull towaid the sea. They did
not drag hard ; the creature seemed in no
hurry he knew he'd got it all his own
way.and was willing lo take his time. Dut,
though the drag was noi powerful, it never
loosened the strain, and I had to cling to
the rock and get my elbows on a ledge and
bear against it.
"How long I stayed there 1 don't know
it seemed hours auti hours, but it could't
have been long, not many minutes, I sup
pose and all the time I was screaming as
a woman might have done for the horror
of it, when the light at the top of the hole
and the sky and the waving grass were
shut out, and I was all in the da:k.
"Halloa! Who's there?' hailed a voice,
and then I knew our skipper was up aloft
and help near.
"I told him as well as I could, for I was
pietty nigh beat, and the cieatuie was
pulling now with a harder strain.
"'Caught by a devilfish,' shouted the
skipper to his men, and his voice came to
me as from a long way off. 'Hold on to
him !' he ci ied to me, putting his mouth to
thehole. 'Don't let him go we'll be dowu
in a minute.'
"And so they were, f,r the Cingalese
took a dive fiom the top and were up at
the entrance of the cave almost befoie he
had done speaking. The others weren't
long after "em they were round in the
whale-boat piettj quick; and never a
sound did I hear like the music of the beat
of theii oais that brought me health and
life. Iiut then Cingalese and Malay fel
lows were afraid to tackle the brute, though
it takes a lot to Lighten those divers, they
being accustomed to queer things under
water; but when they saw what had got
:ne, not one of them would venture into the
cave. They haipooned him at last got
one from the whale-boat and then cut
him up with ci eases and swords."
"It was lucky for you that help was
near," I rental ked, as he paused.
"Veil may say that, sir ; but it has al
ways seemed to me something more than
just luck."
"You are right, Hans. Lut how was it
that I hey weie on the cliff just then."
"They'd gone prospecting for the new
cave just as I had, and had come to tho
wind-hole as they woi ked along the top of
the rocks. The skipper was for one of the
men trying to yet down it, but they said it
was no use, aim wniie mey weie talking
they heard me scream."
"So that was tlie end of ihe octopus he
was cut up by the divers."
"Yes, sir cut up and taken to the China
maiket with the other things, and the
skii-per gave me half what he sold for, so
wi h thuiandthe tw en y doilors for find ing
I ho cave, the tlip turned out pietty well for
me. Can you guess his weight, bii ?" and
Hans looked nt. me inquiringly.
"No," I said. "V liat was il ?"
"Four bundled weight, or lather over,"
replied the old mini slowly, as he untied
Ihe leather bag, which all this time he had
been bidding. "Look at these, sir," lie
Continued, as he took out thite or four
brownish gray things, rather like small
tea-saucers in shape, and measui log thice
inches in diameter, and Ihen another hik
ing like the dued beak of a lar;e bud,
haid, homy and sharp.
I took them in my hand and looked curi
ously at them.
"Aha 's ihe size of that, sir, do you
reckon?" said the old man, watching n.e
attentively as I lurueu over the be:ik-haped
thing.
" Three or four inches across, by seven or
eight from root to point."
"Iighi you are, sir foui by eight, that's
it : not a nice thing to have boned in juur
llesh, ami sucking you to pieces."
"Why. what is it? And all these?" and
i look uji tiie gray saucers.
"Ilia s the cieal tire's
beak, and those
are the things on his aims that he holds on
.
by sort of sue ion, you know, sir."
"L' jove 1" I exclaimed.
Somehow, until then, 1 had listened to
the stoiy without exactly believing it a
ceitain allowance f-r saiior ex aggeiation
had lingered in my mind ; but, as I held
these relics, it suddenly flashed upon me
whitt maiiuei ol creatine ii must have been
iu life, the diied leinains ot which were
yet so ten ible.
"When we had got the biute ou board,"
Said Hans, "I cui these off hitu. I doubt
if thtin as didn't see him would believe the
bigness of bun if i. weren't for them."
"I daie say not I don't think I did,"
I answered, still staring at the hoi rid beak
ami stiotig, tough suckers, and realizing as
I gazed the fnoimous power of the spuier
like deal me, wiih Us eight gigantic aims
coveicd wi lt those dieadlul insti urnenls,
nod iheciucl beak leady to tear and devour
the piey caught iu those innumerable toils.
"Well, Hans you had am escape 1' ' 1
said at last, as I gave back the lelics.
"Indeed I had ; and, if ever a man Lad
cause to thank the Lord for saving him
from a hoi rible death, I had that day when
the devil-fish got hold ol me;" and the old
fellow i verenlly Idled his cap as he looked
up lo the deep blue sky above us.
While we were talking our "old man"
had passed along ihe deck, and that even
ing, at dinner, he said lo me :
"Was Hans telling you his devil-fish
stoiy this afternoon? 1 ihoiight I heatd a
word or two as I passed."
"Yes, sir," I replied "and a very queer
story it is."
"llui none the less a tine one,' said the
Captain. "I happened to come across the
Lskipper ke was sailing with a few moiiihs
after he had toid me the adveniuie. I
don't genetaily lane much heed of s.ulois
y ai lis, but lie w . s so acuuiale iu ln.s ilesci ip
uoiiol the cave I have been theie twice
my self t hai il made me cuiious to know
wiielhcr be bull exaggeia'.ed the lest to
make a good yam, so 1 got the skipper to
talk alioul il, and his account of tin ciei
luie I all led exactly with Hans', and one of
Ihe Malays, w iio bad killed ll was picsetit
als.., mho l.oie him out. Ihey did not
know, I ii.nl iicaiU aoout it from llau; so
il was independent evidence, and proved
the 1 1 lit li, or eibo I had luy doub'S, I'll
own-"
"So had I till I saw those remains, but
the tiuer a thing is the stianger is it.
Vv hat would people at home say io it?"
"I don't know, Ilobeits; but when you
have knocked about these seas as ioii as
1 have, yen w ill Know thai there aie queer
er tilings in them loan any one count in
vent. Anyhow, there is no doubt that
Uaa' ?l.iy IS ti lie, auJ, tboiloQ i4.Uti-At.-
ing folks may doubt, you will not find it
bard to be credited by any old sailor in the
Indian ocean."
Some Ante-Xuptinl Uanffcri.
Cad spellers are sufficiently common In
this country not to be in very gieat demand.
j and occasionally to bring reproach on our
i common school system. No position, pub
j lie or private, is wholly free from ihe per
j son who misuses the orthography ,f the
i English language, and even the tcbool
; teacher is often brought down by a sudden
! and well-directed shot. There fs some ex
1 cusc in cases of this kind, and a nistin
; guished citizen in the consular si vice of
; his country may be liehilv dealt wilh for
his wretched way of spelling heaits. as his
business is not particularly with heaits;
but 1 here are cases iu which bad spelling is
not .inly inexcusable, but where it has led
t domestic trouble ami unh ippiiiess tiich
as few other things could have instigated.
It is a remarkable fact that no Joung lady
has yet been heard of whocame from sclic ol
with any really valuable know ledge either
of arithmetic or orthography, and paiticu
laily the latter. They bring home fiom
expensive stablisliments a burdensome
store of almost eveiy other kind of learn
ing, but they write letters and do shopping
the favorite diversions of young won.cn
without knowing how to spell or cast up
half a dozen figures.
A shortcoming of this character has
brought a charming young lady of Illinois
to grief. She had a lover who d ded on
hei and prided himself on his learning.
This young lady was one of the most beau
tiful Mid accomplished of the fcx which is
noted for its beauty. She had been to
boaiding school, and money had been lav
ished w ithout stint on her education ; she
knew French and Latin and enough Gicek
to be actually classed with her literary
tastes ; she read only the ve-i j best books
not the kind which young ladies too much
incline to, but those fiotn which much
learning was to be had. And all Ibis seem
ed to be polishing the ali-eady poJished dia
mond. IJesides this, she was happy in pos
sessing, to an eminent degree, all those
accomplishments that make a young lady
attractive in the society of the peiind. She
was brilliant and witty in conveisation,
knowing exactly what to s.i and wheie to
say ic ; she danced divinely, dressed like a
puncess, and bore heiself with ;!ie grace
and chaim of a Juno. She was more than
a lady, for she knew ho.v to conk and or.ee
took the ptize for tlie best loaf of bread at
the county fair. In due time the young
woman with all these splendid accomplish
ments made the usual preparations for
throning herself away on the young man
who had moii.ipoiiz d the most of her time
for a year or two. 1 his innocent and con
fiding man little knew w hat si terrible ca
lamity lay iu wait for htm. Business call
ed bun from home a few diys while the
wedding picparati'.tns were going on. Mid
he wiotc and she wrote, as young and en
thusiast ic It. vers w ill tin under such ciicu in
stances. In a little wlr.'e ihe neighbor
hood was bonified to learn that the match
was tf . The wedd;::g prej asal i;is c- astd
and all was Fnl.ntii, i
Then the young woman ?vchf rcdievs 1
in rouit. Moved by that cniiosi'.y com-'
moil to her sex, as weil as to the other sex,
she wanted to know why he declined to
ftillil his promise. It was si:c.'i a n:itnral
quest inn that he was compelled to give his j
seasons, and did so without iudireciion by '
producitig one of her plowing letters in
which she described hei happiness in view
of Ihe coining "nupsha!s."' and it cident
ally referred to her "dimo'.id"' ring. The
stony-hearted wretch declined to many
anybody who couldn't spell nuptials, espe
cially within a mouth of her wedding day.
The young lady brought her portfolio into
coui t and emptied letteis out where the
ligln of the law could shine upon them.
The Hist one read was in answer to her
1 C"sh a,Mmt ,h" ""i'l'K" very bncf and
....... i .I ii...
ti u!y business-like. He w rote, ''Thismai-
ridge can never take place." She not only
found out why, but she recovered dam"es.
The judge was a humane man, and con
gratulated tlie young woman ou her escape
from a man who didn't know how to spell
man iage w ithin a mouth of his wedding
dav.
A IAi.n-lIn.nnn Hoy The Edonbnrg
J)ny tleralii issesses a greater curiosity
than any other printing house in the conn- i 'en.ling p.iv s:cnn. Sue pn better in twen
try something, in fact, that has not been ! t-foiir h-mrs. Th-other b.iir uied. Icoui.l
known befoie or since the dais of Gutten-
berg. It is no less ihan a bald-headed
devil of only ten years of age. About two
years ago his hatr commenced failing out,
he being at the time In perfect health, and
in a very short time his skull was as entire
ly free of hair as a billiard ball. His head
is abnormally develoed, but he does not
sufFer any inconvienee theiefiom. The
Herald does not pre end to oiler any rxpl i
nation as to the cause of this phenomena.
It may be that the immense brain effoit re
quired 'o conduct that papei has permeated
the atmosphere of the office until it has ex
erted a mesmeric influence upon the devil
himself and caused him to become bald be
fore his time. The editor says he ha- now
under consideration the project of u-ing
him as an adveitising medium, dividing his
head into squares, and contiactitig with ad
versers j- so much per inch, with Ihe
stipulation, of course, tba' he shall keep
his head uncovered. Special contracts will
be made with hair restorative agenis and
wig manufac.uieis.
An Akciext Skwiso Ma iiinh A pat
ent for a sewing m .cliiue. made by Thos.
Saint, in 17'J'I, has recently been found in
the, archives of the English Patent Office,
and lias excited snrpi iso in consequence f
its having some of lha ch menls of die
mode! n sew ing machine. 'I bis might have
been used tho gh it was no' for sewing
leather, but the inventor could have suc
ceed d in woven fabrics. This was an
Englishman's idea on paiet ; but the sew
ing machine has Im-cii the peculiar pMslnc'
of American mechanical genius. It s
scarcely thiity years since Eiias Howe,
after two yea.- of di c mragenient ai d
s'a i VI' i ii IO London, t etorocd to Host. 11
to make a fortune of '.I'-OO.f 00. Amei icn
sewing machine companies certainly Ir.ne
a right to bo jealous of the use of their
names in Englaod. and to he p.oud of their
triumph in the biuish Conit. 'I he great
equity suit of 'the Singer Manufacturii g
Company against Newton Wilson, in vol v
ing tho plain iff s i tu lit to the exclusive
use of its trade nam", has just t en d -cided.
oo api"il. bv the House of Lords in
fwvor of ihe company, oosts being tleciwed
against the ofeuddtu.
XUMDJER 49.
THAI' W.l".
To the yard, by the baru, came the farmer
one morn,
And, calling the cattle, he said.
While they tretnlled with ttighf, "Now
which of rt. lac' nipjit
Shnt the barn do.-r, w hile I was a-d?"
Each one of the finvk shook his head.
Now the little calf, Rt, w d.-wn In the lot;
And the way the rest talked was a shame)
For no onp, night before, saw her shut up
the door,
Bnt they said that she did all the same,
For they alw ays made her take ibe blame.
Said the horse (dapple gray ), ' w as not
up that way
Last night, as I now recollect ;"
And the bull passing b , tosseil his horns
very high,
And said, "Let who may here object,
1 say 'tis the ca-f I suspect !"
Then out spoke the cow : "I I is terrible no wt
To accuse horn s' folks of such tricks."
Said the cock in the tree, "I'uisure 't wasn't
me !"
And the sheep aliened, 4ira-a!" (there
w ere six ) ,
Now that call's got herself in a fix !"
"Why, ef course we all know 'iwas the.
wrong thing to do,"
Said the chickens. "Of course," said the
cat ;
"I suppose," cried tl,e mule, "some folks
II. ink me a fool ;
It'it I'm not qtii'e so simple as ths ;
The poor call never knows what she'is at!"
Just that moment the calf, who was alwavs
Ihe laugh
Ami the j.-.st i.f the yard, came In sight.
"Did jon shut my barn d'ler?" asked the
farmer once more.
"I dt.l, I closed it last night,"
Said lh call ; "and I tlioaght that was
right."
j Then each one shook bis head. "She will
i catch ii." they sa d,
i "Perve tier i ieM for her iite.M'etome way!"
i Said the iHrnier, "Come In re. litilo I-msv.
dear I
Ion hae done what T cannot repay.
Ami your future is made from to-day.
"For a wonder, last night, 1 forgot the door
quite;
And il you had :vt shut it so neat
All uiy colls hail s ippetl in, and gone right
to the bin,
And g..t what ihey ought not eat
Xhcy .l have foundered themselves unon
wheat."
Then each hoof of them all began loudly to
bawl ;
The very mnle smih-.l ; the cock crew !
"Lit'.Ie Spotty, my dear, you're a favorite
here,'
They cried : "W e all said it w as ron,
We were so glad to give yon your due,"
And thecaltanswercd, knowingly, "Hon!"
- ... -J
Ctire for St arli t l i tr.
A IiE-MLDY llF.rOVMI.MiED T.T ONF. WHO II A 8
Ti:slKL ITS Kl I K ACY.
The tecipe published herewith has ap
pcaieJ iu our paper befoie, but as it conies
this time wkh strong endorsements as to
Us efficacy, v e deem it prope r to reproduce
the leti.oiy as v e find it in one of crnr ex
changes with the testimony altached:
Mr. i.'o'.'or I hive read w ith deep feelings
) of sympathy Vt th death of Two children iu
j one family, within a few hours of each other
! by that dreadful scourge "scarlet l't-ver,"au
j a.soihe notice figtie-d 'Ciiis u" iu lasttveu-
uir s paper.
I .bu,"' know whether :t is generallv known
or not, that a very simple remedy will cer
tainly cure the '.mt-I case of scarlet fever"
The ttr. is herein ei.. I. s. .1. If von feel tike
pnl'lishieg it lor the hi uctit ol your readers
you can do so.
The writer has never tried it in smaH-poK
i-ase.s, but wili nni li for it as sure cure iu
starlet fever, having used it iu Lis owu
family in 1S.4 on two chihiien, one seveu
yeais old, the other ten. At the time men
tioned (they are Iwiih aiive now and can re
member it) others were dying ,ff i the
same village at a fearful rate" ( I lattri lie, Ver
mont.) 1 could not oli'atn it,e 'dint'aH'
nearer than St. .lohnsbury, twelve tnTfe dis
tant. In the case of the youngest girl iteradica
ted 1he disease in In. tiH.,mr hours.
1 have given the prcstj ipri-m numtrg
J if's'"11":-' M-iially-in 18.-. 7 8 in L,ttl
ra..s, N. ., wtien the disease was so very
depopulating in that town. In one house"
Mr. U. McCimtock's. there were rive down'
ai one i hum. t.Hir o;ei. tine I took
in
i'""i r..i- ii-ii isoistTed in n
private
jnntil m I be smite house nnki
now n t th t-
i ,v'' u ", v'. s" .uU '" U'V name t
any one ilesiring it. I'i-kj-i-i .-
From the Stockton (Cal.) Herald.
I hcrew Ob npiH ii.l a lei in lo, i, u,
used.
lo Inv Knimi
L
iu
hiiuuieds
ot'
cases. It will prevent or cure the cow-ih.x
though the pitntigs are tiiiing. YltVU j '
It will
net .lts.overeH c w-;,x, in England, the
worM ei science hm led an avalanche vC
fame upon his head, but when ihe most
scientific school ot tne, Heine in ihe wor'd
that :f Paris published this recipe as m
panaceatorsMiail-pox.ii pased nnl.i.i
1' is as unfailing as tale, and commer in
j C I fll III-KIIH .
It W l . .
y "-" i"-'--'"- 11 win a. so core scarlet
fever. Here is Ihe recip,, as I have used it
and cured luy children of scailet lever here
it is as I have use! it ro cure Ihe sm.ili-i,.,x
MS. en learmd physicians said the patient
must die, i enr.-d :
S-ilphateof rim-, 1 gra'n; forglnve (diaj.
tails) 1 gram: half a te i-p,,.,,,,',,) nf cr
.Mix with two teaspooi. fnis of water- w beri
th oroiighly tuix-ii add lour ounce rft .p
Take a ieast o nf r, . very hour. Hither disl
ease will disappear l it twelve limim. Kor a
child, smaller l'.s.s, aicoiding to age If
counties would rmi t physicians to Use
this, there wo i d Ih- no need of st-hotises
ll you value advice a .d expeneuce, use ,hii
tor Ihe ten :b. disease. 11 G C
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A IltMAX IVm-am thi: IToukof Day.
Seat yoiiistif at a lublo. Attaeli a piece
of me'.al (say a s '.ilin g t i athiead. Ilav
i ig your elbow o.i a tat le, bold the thiead
between the point .f ihe thumb and for.
linei and allow the shi'iliog to liaim in the
center of a g ass tu older; the pnlne it
i nmediatcly t au-e the shilling to vibrate
1 ke a pendulum, and ihe vibi.ttions will in.
c e.io tin il it s r'kes the side ot the Kis,.
a id suppose the time of the exjic-i intent be
the hour T seven, . ,alf.,.MM seven, the
p.-nduhim wnl s r ke the giass s-ven nmes
and then lose its tnomonintu .u i ret urn to
the c -mei. If .. ,.,;,i t e ,i,read Sllfj.
eient length of tim- the effect will t le
peatcri ; but not until a si. the ent spsco of
time has el:pscd lo euiviuee XOl .1,,,,,
expci iment is complete. We 'need lo.t add
u. Ihennead must lie held in steady
band, other imo tlie vibrating motion wo id
l,,'" 'eaet.d At d-,.fvrt hour of the
nay or night i Me nie t..,, nt is rmde, tb4
t'o.liuilven: W lii Of muii,
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