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A. IVUPIKE, Editor and Publisher.
'HI IS A FRBBStAft WSOS TBI TRUTH HAIM FRSS, ARD ALL ARB SLAY- BBaiDK.'
Terms, $2 per year, in advanoe.
OLUME XII.
EBENSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1878.
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GS1PTS AND EXPENDITURES
OF CAMBRIA COUNTY, PA.
,ne tJU "'-"'J.
J. rreidhoff", Esq., 2'reaurr,
DR.
Ijniouot in Treasurer's hand (it last
-ftiement 8!1.X.09
I no ii.r Duplicate for the year 1877. Vi.l'Ci.Z"
F . L...I., Bui Ml
received vn Stated Lands JH1 M
' ' Undented Lands.. 1.4281;
.n't received from miscellaneous
uU!ta i.u.a.c.
14,428.55
CR.
Crnrrrunt raid
titer. L 'iiiiiiy
,:l,nt. State W W
iwtvr1-
piuiT. and Motility v w
.g: Itoad ana lownsaip
V,rw i.inw
LrJliiK Prisoners 3,3.4S
Jurors iu
,iitat.!r-.: i.arr.M
must Prosecutions z..-m 4
:irt I'rhT Hinl Tipstaff.... 4SUiO
hurt Hons'. 219.90
uitr Commissioners liio tt)
ifino;--5luu.r' Clerk etO.tO
Counsel.... JO.UW
t-TP JI..J9
(jirk't Attorney ISot.OO
..(tion z.wo.nz
iDrfM Fielgiit 7.49
1 1 3atll'. ic 378 30
l.ei jm io
hur:inre v. y uo
:tri t on Jail Bouds 130.00
niitlon9 545. Sfis
i.ry coinnnssionei i.k ,
Lron (.trend vt8.75
Traverse 73
hi! J!'4
eiianenu Ititt.ai
l-nihcni tai y 113.4..
cr ll'iu' IU.M4 t'
4!KgM 1 :
(Viihutrs. llt.-X
intlnjf A1H IX)
.or bisectors 3"H :sfl
l-or.N l-'l 87
. f'Tin hvhool SoO.W
.futi'lliiii 121
gs'ry 430.:
,-,ii-iTiition Jail lloiidj KO.tO
l,riS .!
hn. I 1.9,1.97
n irrrtiliir h7l W)
dtp Idt 2,111.04
,pirviir iVW 94
tnn renlf ftitlary 70j.2
Hy ntnnunt of
.HtiMiimt folaTpayern.. 1 ,A.&6
i. ni ratiorm to lointatae. 1,717. .4
ri rniiininff In huttusiif
rniisfsiljiMs lor 77.
U' nrtT'(i cotniniSMiou oa
i:i.4.".:.ftJ
3,543 0
8.1TI 83 60 F21 23
I'.auce In Treasurer' bands...
... 7..K
i nol T 1)1' K I Hon I O?i.STADI.I.I
, fi.r H'7 Hint (ireviinin years:
h-:i. Wtp. I.lt.y l. Croylp Twp $ 3.W
5!-..i i'hiiipi iiurtiK.ifi. w.MMivale Bor... am
' H. Owen", .'n trm Two t.Ti
f-Tt. Alf.Om U'lnour, K. ronem'h Bor. 4a.
'.4 L. J l. tz. otli v nrWnhU9town. 85.41
W. Owein, ('ainbrln Twit ... S:
l:T5. A. J. StoltX. Carriilltowrii nor 'M.tO
il-TJ. .M.yuliin, it and 2.1 Ward. Cooe
ni..nifti II. .r S10 47
';:.v JoM-fli ..Hin, rrovl Twp . ... 14-. 46
i, 1. ti'Tnanl tirtlllttfn I wp 'JT.W
l-7. M. MoXaniHra. 31 Ward, Jnlma'.'n. 2'Ht.O
b'j. Ifuijlt McVotmc'e. Fro.ii.-ct lr.. iti 8i
v i. (. I . oir, bumtnt rlilll 1 wp 70
h. J rod Il rtic, Susucliantia Twp.. !U.0o
T. T.V.mm P. Durntii, HurrTwp :t!o.,3i
H.7. Ai.K. Ki'ki'itroitc, AIL-nhnnr Two.. 20a 3'
(ic.irf,. Kruir. llirrTwo Zi.HS
Til. Owen, i 'amliria Two 2tl 14
Kr l hnr!i Iiunliip. Carroll Twp. . . 31.72
lv.. And. I aihhan, ( ht'il prliir H r.. 2rf.0o
DiipiiiMie rpiTiMln ir In rrt-HHiirrr S
hamli. lt Ward. Coiiem'h Uor.. t"-6
lv"T. 1) .l . 2J Witrd. " .. a2u.2l
ls.7. John Whrrlt y, Wt-st Ward, Ebens-
hurir II.. r 1AI 91
!v- p. u. Smith, Crorl- T n
IV.. J .lmW Jhi-.2.I Ward, Johiidt'n. 86.44
I T;. Jona. H'ii ncr. 4tli IVnrn, . Il3 tif
1". Alt x. Kaj ni. tid, 5th W.ird, . SJ.M
K7. Alex, Raymond. 'h Ward, " . m 7l
"77. T. li. I .. V i. J tK'klim Tot n llll .U
V77. Jmo McAiiiiH vii?qiict,iina Twp. 9 87
1-.7. V. I!, rnlili. Mtirist.T Twp 1.K5
J-- - M' itf, Proopecr Uor 13i 37
17. J. K. Mi' lly, utnm.-rliill Twp 14'i 99
.Ii.l.n (.m( Suminli villf- Uor.. :it'
1-77. Jii.ot, Stiitxifian, Taylor Twp 848 Nl
J".,, j. . Unix . K line I'wp l.OrWI.H
le7;. uto. W. I'lluglf, NVUiuore Bor 184
4,4i 24
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XfST Dir. CAMBRIA
COtXTT
... $ M.5
iti.li:
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.... 179i
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l 47
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337 .
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; !'':. i nrilr.iR Hal
-.h CiiiU? a:jj Cieo. (jute..
A n.4 T.T.
ATrurt d:ie from Judgment. 1 4.095.08
" Constables for 1877
M rrt vlou ypsrs ... 4.d3.2H
froasurers" hands 7.CCVi.$
( 16,530.28
i lAniMnn, . . I.
"'I'tinSinr Hrdrrs f 7J.12.PO
r. V R'-nd 2IU OO
"!"trict fr.itn Road nd
h"I SOT.2i-8.405 33
Esnce In favor of Countr i3.1lo.9f.
AOrXT IM F IIM1RUT 0-4J ROAD
ami liool Tjs :
. Hosd. School.
y rr. T" 7n"hl p , a-,.47 a r:.V
i h r,,w,"hlp 104.03 1 ih 90
V I"?n"''P 6.i0
: "t1'"n rownthip Srt.KS F7.2
':'.vl"r Towntliip 14 j
"jtMii-wtnn Township 14.51
fiSf.I'' "r,rrr""' hmlat UieComVjfssloners
this 2Uh doy of January.
JAVKS A. POnTF.I!.
UTEIi, 1
vi ir c i
JOHN It. Host. VAudltors.
r . l. ftlft l lie VI li K .
vr'h Vk i0r OUr b"n,1 at Ebensburt;. Janu-
JOST'E D. rATlRISH.
i'lr.r. pi. 1,1,11) I).
JMIIV ri utinri r
Com'rs.
.... VI. .'I I KllU.
WjT. til A M..1...I a ..... . .
cir,"r .I', r,'P-,tlu!y report that wo have
jf !h y ,J"'n"ined th vouchers and accounts
emiiIVL V'-1'1" m'1 -rpenulHrres of th BHid
tbH-i? fr'" ,h'' 2"1' "ay ff Januarr, 1H77. to
tn l, y .f I,,n,,try. H78, and do find them
cf i .i .1..,.M,eJ"""lso foreiroinir tutetneuts
v"'UI,tifs and a-ts (,f aaM county.
JAMK3 A. ria Eit. 1
JOHN . H-s. VAuditors.
bfrshurj, Keb. 1, 187J.-t.
r' W. DICK. .
. MtbtirB-. Pa.
Moyd's new bu
Attobxkt at LAr. Kh-
I . f iffiM' In t.inl MAm fit T
c..li ? " -w o""iii.r. -nre rct. ah
trii ,e"al bu'lne. ity-rdd to wttii
1' ' etma tptalr. n-t4..
Daniel muLaugiilin. orW.
EIrk!"r'V', Johnstown. Pa. Office In the old
tJn.25' fc"""inr. (up talrs.loorner of Clln
j.nid ijoeuststrtv,'.. Will attend toal. toutv-
rpVENTY-FIRST Axxvxt. StatiI
- went or the Protection Mutual Fira
Insurunre Cortipany of Tambrla couuty fr tbe
year i ndlntr Jan. 14th, 1J78:
Atn'tof property tueurvJ
.."?'"' 1S77 $t,l8.U.W
Am t ol property insarsd
durlDgiheyeMr . 414 U .$l,4M,n M
IeIuct amount expired
lnrina;the year 178,I80.
Deiluct amount surren
dered and canceled .... 8s.9M.99 8 21T.828.0e
Am't ol property insared Jan. 14, 117S 8l,aj.l5 M
A m't of premium notes In
force Jan. Mb. 1977. . U8,Si0.8'i
Am t of premium notes
ia.ru tiunai yt'ar.
Deduct am't expired dar-
Inir year
Deduct am't surrendered
and oaooeled
81,629 44-8 148,1841.n
19,293 M
4.8-4.93 M.Qii.tt
Am't of premium notes In fores Jan
wry 14th. 1S78 ,.m,W 71
Xo- of Tollcles issued darina: tae rear . a t
In foroe Jan. 14th. i878 l.Wl
CHD7 ACCOCST RBCE1PTB.
""'t"" hand at lift settlement.8 380.71
Catli tor new insurance 1 283 29
fash on Judgment note '.. i,ivo!l
Interest reeolTol 103 S3
Am't Assesioient No. 8 " 4,9 l'.t 88.878.84!
K.TaxntTras.
Losses to Lawrence Mu-br . 4 io 00
V "tier:..:...: msm
y--Mr 97
John fJroute so 00
" Jacob Hoover tiy.na
!! ' . '"hn T. HuKhee.. .. l.ur.80
.. ' J. H. 4'onjfan 8o0 00
" John rhiliips ;,oo(
" " Dr. J. c. Wilson. 6600
Commission t.n assessment. 20J 07
Serretary's fees ja
Trearartrr's salary. o'oo
Kent 4000
A vents' commission ani 74
Premiums returned tor Polleiea
canceled 87 44
Printing, postaae, statloneryl
etc T Sl
Fllliifr charter 24 09
l .'ompentat Ion or Ex. Committee 4U.oo
Expenses adjustiua; losses 'J4.00 M.819.78
Balance on hand and In Bank.
83.447. ia
resocrck orm covtajit.
Premium notes In force Jen. 14, 144 4194 M 72
Balanroon hand and In Hank A017 43
Am't Asesssment N. 4 In liandsassessed 893.21
I34.0S4.78
Jsis. 34. 117. the forejolns; aneouat audited,
found eorreot and approved.
OI O. HUJf TT4ET. )
K. HU11EKT8. Ex. Cess.
OsO. M. BEADS.
Feb 1. 1171. -t.
T?XKCUTOU'S SLK On Wr.i-
NKSDAV, Feii't 20. 1878. at 10 o'clock
in the forenoon. I will offer for sale at public ven.
ilue. all that certain homestead or piece or paroel
of land situate In Carroll township. Cambria eoun
ty. Pa., bounded on the north by lands of Peter
llouver anKlu:lrs of John Bennett. tn the east
bv lands of Micliel Niwd, on the south hy lands
of John Murray and Adam Schett !-. and on tha
west by linds of eaid Adam Schema;, containing
IHH Arrcn hihI H7 l rc !., more or less,
about 100 Acre" cleared, hnlanee In timber, havlna
theieon erected a two-storv L,o Hmm, wltE
(rood celbir, a Im Bask Barn, with sheds all
arnnnd. and other outbuildings. There is an ex
cellent spring ol livinir water near the door, and
a good orchard -f apple and peach trees in full
bearlnar on tlie pretniae.. the Mmf beln the r- a I
ect.iteol which .Michael Murray. Uteot said t wn
ship. died seized
Tkiims kv s M.r.. f)nethlrd cash on delivery of
deed, and the balance in tuoecn-il anitnal nr.
mcnts, with Intercut, to be secured by the bonds
and mortgage of the purchnaer
JAM KS C. MT'RRAT.
Surviving Executor, Ac.
Ebensbnra;, Ta., Jan. 23. 1878 -St.
ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE. At th
almve tint- anil place t will a Ian offer
at public sale a larjre lo of personal property,
eonitnfr f 3 heal Horses. 1 AI ilch Cow, 2 head
Yonnir Cattle. W head Sheep, 3 Shoats , W Avon,
Cart, Sleds, Plows, Harrow. Harnett. WindmiH,
Thresliinir Machine ; t bits. Corn and Potatoes hy
the bushel. Hay by the ton. Straw y the load,
and a uetieral rarluty of Household and Kitchen
Furniture, consisting of Bedsteads, Beddingr. Ta
bled. t;hlrs, Srovpg.'fcc., jtc., the terms lor which
wil be made known at urn.-of sale and will be
UtoraL JAMKS C. ML'HKA',
Adm'r ol Mrs. Mary Murray, dee'd.
All G U.M E X r TlST Causes Ret
down foronnaiileraf ion at an Argument
Court to b held at Eiiensbutv. tu Tuesday,
Feb. 12th. lS7i :
Atistadt's use vs. ITociistcIri : 'Cambria Iron Co.
vs. lisheret al : Collins vs. McCloakeys; Scese
vs. Meil.ly A (7o. : Burns vs. Mollis & t'rbun;
Beers vs. "lrl'n : H:iusr vs. Klrkpatrick , Finney,
Wllliiims A Co.'s use vs. Mellon et al ; litres vs.
Vounken et al : People's Fire Ins. Co ot Pa. vs.
Crawford : Gillespie's usevs. Fulmer; Tierney vs.
Dcvine ; Tierney A Biootnbau . h vs Sunn: Stray
cr's ua.. vs. Zimmerman; VcFadden's use vs. iNlc
Alccr: Harlan s use vs. Dougherty ; Schroth's
use vs. Driskel ; Durbin vs. Sptor.t A Hsws:
Krel.thi.ir vs. v.,!t et sl : Fiir.irt vs. MeGuey;
Brendlinr.ervs Iute ; Stlneman vs. Kurtx : Dcnk
va. Wen; x; Collins. Johnston A t 'o vs. Wills;
MicJ):e's vs. Mu ht.jlcn; Miller's use vj. MctHa.le
et al ; Commonwealth vs. Supervisors of Crojle
Twp ; Window vs. Matthews et al ; ilnwnian et
al vs. Holms et al ; Coinmonwe-ilih vs. Goo I A
Vnrner : Sheriffs Deed vs. Smith A Koli.nsnn.
Sume vs. Snmuel Reetl ; Same vi. Joseph M ller.
Order to ra-ate antl supply part ot a public road
trom Chest S).rin-8 to Klder s mill, in t;liesl town
shijt. frder to view a road Iroin Glass' school
housn to Brady's l.lacksmtth shop. In Munster
township. t F, tl'DON'NKLJ Proth'y.
I'rothonotary's Grflce, Kben-burg, Jan. 29. 173.
ARMS AT P III V ATE SALE.
The) tuKlersignel offers at. private aale
the following p-opertlcs. to wit : A tract of land
In Snyder township. Blair ?onnty. 4 miles frtna
Kyt Tyrone, containing 18s acres, well Improved,
hnvlnir thereon all the necessary farm bUildinirs.
This larm will be divided Into two or three parts.
If t'esired bv pnrch.ers. and it not sold belore the
the irst of March next. It will then be rented.
AN. the farm on which I now reside, in Loarnn
township. 3' miles from Altoona. Th.s property
Is In a hiirh state of cultivation and has a splendid
bouse, bare and other hnildinits thefeon erected.
Also. tractof improved land simated partly
In Blair and Cambria counties, containing 278
acres. This tract is underlaid with coal ot excel
lent quality, well covered with timber, and has a
railroad built to It, ready for shipping coal.
Theso lands will be sold as a whole or divided,
and on terms to suit purchase, s, or will exchane
'or Aitoona cltv property. For further Informa.
tlon call on or adores VM. PKCKKK.
Nov. l877.-ly. Box 869, Altoona.
ARM FOR SALE. The under
aignnil oflVra at private aale at. a (creat
b.rgaln hsr I'AK.W f .10 ':. with allow,
ance. In Adams township, about SI acres of which
are cleared, h ivlnsr thereon erected a two s.ory
Pf.ASK Home. 18x25. larire Bark HARiv.and the
usual outbuildings. There is an excellent yonns;
orchard of apple, cherry and peach trees, with
plenty of -ood wateron thepremises. The Faux
is In an excellent state of cultivation and will e
sold verv cheap md on the most liberal terms.
For further particulars call on or address
Mrs. LEAH FL.KNNFR.
Jan. 25, lS77.-2m. South Fork P. O.
A I) M I XI ST R A TOR'S NOTICE.
Eatateiof Mary Mcrkat. deeM.
Letters or admlnlDtratlon on the estate of Mrs.
Mary Murray, late of Carroll township, Cam
bria connty. deceased, have been uranteil to the
undersigned, tn whom all persons indebted to said
estate are requested to make payment, and those
havinif claims an Inst the same will please pre
sent them properly authenticated for settlement.
.(AS O M1IKIUY, Administrator.
Cambria Twp., Jan. 18, 1S78. 6t.
SSHJXE iTsXOTICE Whereas
Paul EMwatisrcr and Rejrina E'l wnrr,
his wife, of the borough of Carrolltown. Cstnbrl
county, have made an asslarnment to me of their
real and personal estate for the benefit of their
creditors, those indebted to said Paul and Rcylna
El Iwanjrer are requested to make payment, and
t'-ose harinar c airns airalnst them will present
them to me for settlement.
JACOB YEOLKT, Assignee, An.
CerrIVxss'n, Jaa 4. lf.Ti.-8!. -
U4)I PITT Til 87 I44K
BY MARY A. FOftiJ.
The -tviltl, mshing wings of the tempest are
aweepinjf
The frost-fettered land like a spirit of
wrath ;
Hi fierce, icy breath with keen arrow is
piercing
The breaM of the wand'rers who stand in
bis path ;
The earth in a trance lies enshrouded in si
lence. The storm king knocks loudly at window
and door ;
The prayer of the pitiful fervently rises .
God shelter the homeless and pity the poor!
God pity the poor who are wearily sitting
By desolate hearth-stoties, cold, cheerless
and hare,
From which the last ember's pale flicker has
faded,
Like hope dying out In the iilidatof des
pair ;
Who look on the wide world and see it a
desert
Where ripple no waters, no green branches
wave.
Who see in the future as dark as the present
No rest but the deatli-hed, no bouie but
the grave.
God pity the poor when the eddying snow
drifts Are whirled by the wrath of the winter
wind by.
Like showers of leaves from the pallid star-
Htt3
That float in the depths of the blue lake
on high;
For though they are draping the broad
earth in Iteanty,
And veiling some flaw in each gossamer
fold.
That leanty is nanght to the mother whose
chi 'dren
Are crouching around her in hunger and
cold.
Gd pity the poor, for the wealthy are often
As hard as the winter, and cold as its
snow;
While fortune makes sunshine and summer
around them.
They rare not for others nor think of their
woe;
Or. if from their plenty a trifle be given.
So donbti.igly, grudgingly, often 'tin doled.
That to the receiver :heir "charity" seemeth
More painful thau hunger, more bitter
than cold.
God pity the poor! for though all men are
brothers,
Though all say "Our Father," not mine,
when they pray.
The proud ones uf earth ttirn aside from the
lowly,
- As if ihey were fashioned of diff.-rent clay;
ihey see not in those who in meekness and :
patience i
Toil, voverty, pain, without murmur en
dure, The image of Ilitn whose first couch, was a
manger,
Who chose for our sakes to be homeless
and poor.
God pity the poor ! give them courage and
patinc
These trials, temptations and troubles to
brave.
And pity th wealthy whose idol is Fortune,
For gold can uot gladden the gloom of the
grave;
And as this brief life, whether painful or
pleaxant..
To on that is ecdlesa but opens the door,
The heart sighs while thinking on palace
and hovel,
God pity the wealthy fts well as the poor.
THE DEVIL'S 11 ACE COURSE.
BY GEORGE CARY EGOLESON.
One twenty dollar in e is not a fortune,
and I think that nobody will contend hat
it constitutes any adequate prvisin for a
growing family, bu; it wan literally all I
had, of money or money's worth in the
world, when I undertook to canvass a con
siderable part of the State of Mississippi in
the interest of a life insivance company.
I ttee.d not explain how it came about, that
I was out of employment and so nearly otit.
of money, with a f.initly on my hand. It
is enough that it was so, and that, for the
time being, nothing better than life insur
ance canvassing was open to me. I knew
myself nuiit fur the buMnesM, and the busi
ness wholly unfit for me. I had no partic
ular gifts as a bote, and no special aspita
tioiiH in that direction. Hut the president
was convinced that ( could accomplish a
pood deal fur the company, and something
for myself, aird the singleness of my bank
note impelling me thereto, I determined to
try the experiment. The president wore
rose-tinteo eye-glasses, and assured me that
I would make what I deemed a comfortable
litlle fortune the first year. I didn't be
lieve him, of course, but I meant to make
enough, if possible, to pay my own and my
family's expanses.
I bought a magnificent liovsfi (olOcredit
of course), a horse I knew and trusted,
ch tan limbed, nc i vp, and strong. I mount
ed him, I scoured the cotimry in search of
people not yet insured, who were able to
insure, and uot yet violently hostile to life
insurance and us advocates. I found one
such now and then, and by dint of pleach
ing the likelihood of dea h with a degree of
earnestness and pet severence, which, prop
erly diiected, would have made a grand
rrvivalist of me, I managed to wiite eight
or ten applications within a month or two,
and received an encouraging letter from
the president as a consequence.
I was working under a genetal agent
who canvassed a good deal on bis own ac
count. On wink done by us he leceived a
commission of five f ercent we got twenty.
On policies taken by himself he got both
commissions, and I was not long in discov
ering that Major N , my general agent,
was close following me in my woik. In
one case I had made an arrangements with
an elderly man to insure his own, his wife's
and his two daughters' lives for a a consid
erable amount, as soon as he could get
some cotton lie had to market. I was per
emptorily forbidden by Major X to
give credit in any case, and was requested
tn sign a certificate will: each application,
stating, upon my honor as a gentleman,
that I believed, after due inquiry, that the
applicant was able and ready -o take and
pay for the policy as it should be issued.
I prepared the application in this case,
therefore, with the understanding that I
should not. for ward them until the old gen
tleman should inform me or his ability to
pay the premiums.
Naturally I was ela cd wilh mv succrs.
as these four polir'es would bring me a j
sum larger rnan an my earnings at the
business had been up to that time, and
meeting Major X . I told him of my
good luck, showing him the applications.
lie told tne in return that be had a plan on
fjot Tith h'ch, of course I tnust feal my- j
self in some sense bound not to interfere.
There was a portion of the swamp country
down on the Yazoo, Tallahatchie, and
Yallabusha rivers, in which neatly all the
people are wealthy, and into this country
no life insurance agent had ever penetrated.
Thi section of the country; as I knew, was
wholly ctlt off from the outside world by
impassible swamps, during nine or ten
months of the year. In July it would be
practicable to attempt a canvass tour there,
and I intended going at that time, as the
people living there were chiefly old friends
of my family, ihotigh I had never met any
of them. Major N coolly warned ine
off, however, with the remark :
Between gentlemen woikiug together
in the relation we bear to each other, there
must he no rivalry. We must keep off each
other's ground, f course."
I was distressed at this stroke of ill for
tunfe Which cut me off from the field that I
bad hoped to work 8 . profitably the more j
because theie was no ot her spot, large or
small, within my (erritoty that had not
been canvassed thoroughly by more than
one agent. There was 110 remedy, hrtw
ever, and I dismissed the matter from my
mind.
Upon my return home that evening, I
received a note from' the old gentleman
whose applications 1 had prepared, telling
me that Major X had called, and
agreed not only to forward applications
immediately, but to deliver ihe policies
when they should come, and to await his
convenience in the matter of paying the
premiums. In f hort, ih is honorable Major
X , after announcing the high tone cde
of morals which should govern the business
operations Of gentlemen holding the rela
tions that we did to each other, had
straightway gone to my best, client, and
taken his business, with its profits, out of
my hands by a shabby, dirty trick.
My fitst impulse was to cowhide him ;
my second to do better in the way of get
ting even with him. It was now .June, and
I determined at all costs and hazards to
viit the swan.p before he could. I was
free to do So, Of course, afier learning what
he had done; and I trusted my luise's
stamina and rtiy own hardihood foi the hc
cornplishent of iny puipose.
Setting off the ncv.t moi ning I rodo to
vatd Gieenwoo-J, a little village on the
Yazoo, at the entrance of the swamp
From my own Dome to the centre of t in
swamp the dis ance was not greater than
twenty-five miles in a direct line, b'U I
knew that the roads in that direction em!
ed speedily in a vast, tract of water, and the
only possible route by which I hoped to
net to my destination lay through Green
wood, sixty miles away.
Two days on horseback brought me to
the village, and. there, FrtvMaiiied over
night, making careful iuqunies as to the
stale of affairs ahead of me.
lias anybody succeeded yet in getting
into or out of the swamp this summer?
Were the rivers within their banks yet?
What special ditliculiies should I have to
encounter in my attempt, and was there
any probability whatever that I should
succeed ? These were the quest ions w hich
Idiligenily put to every man in Greenwood;
and if ihese persons gave nie li tie encour
agement, they at least, did not set me wild,
as people in such a case usually do, by
giving replies. There was. indeed, a dis
conragiiig uniformity in heir answers, and
the hok of intense curprise with which my
quest ions weie greeted speedily giew mon
otonous. Xo ; nobody had come out 01 the
swamp ye , and nobody would try for a
month to come, eveiybody said. ' As to
going in, there hadn't been idiots along
that way yet, and so, 1 if com so, nobody bad
tried togoin. Could I get into t he swamp?
Certainly, if I didn't, mind going in per
pendicularly. I could sink in almost any
where. What was the special difficulties?
Well, the rivers were in'their banks now,
fur the most part, but the mire was hojie
lessly bad all nloiig. And besides, there's
the Devil's Race Cotnse, yon know, everv
man of them said in conclusion, as if that
reminder weie in itself stithcient Io settle
the question, and cmsh all hope out of my
bosom. After having that one sentence,
And besides, there's the Devil's Race
Course." hurled at me by some thirty 01
foity different, persons, I ualtirally bega'u to
feel cuiious concerning the ieculiar nature
of his Satanic Maj-st 's special pleasuse
ground, lie. 11 g unwilling to appear ah
jecily ignorantof so important a matter,
concerning which everybody had Assumed,
as a mat er of politeness, I suppose, that I
was fully informed, Itiied in various ways
by indirect means to learn something of
the race course. It was no use, h mevei.
Nobody who knew anything at all could
possibly be ignoiant. on this subject, and
the coui Icons d welters in Greenwood were
seemingly unwilling to offer an insult to
my iiitelligt-iic.i by volunteering liiioima
lioti with regatd to. so well known a matter.
I was foired, therefore to seek the desired
knowledge bydiicct means. Selecting the
meekest anil most compassionate looking
man 111 the village the one least likely, as
I thought, to browbeat me or publish my
ignoiai.ee o l lie GiceAwood woild I took
him aside, and with rietei minalioii wrought
up to the highest pitch, threw myself on
his Compassion.
What is the Devil's Race Course, any
how," I asked.
The man looked at me as he might have
I'toked at a hippopotamus, had one walked
up out of the Yazoo. He braced bis nerves
with an entirely fresh quid of tobacco, spat
three or four limes with great deliberation,
wiped his spectacles, and adjusted them
on bis nose in order that he might inspect,
me to advantage, walked to the door, snd
returning said, emphasizing each word
with forefinger and palm :
"If you don't know what the Devil's
Race Course is, stranger, let me advise you
not 10 find out by experience."
This was alarming, but not quite ex
plicit. Having already subjected his powers of
as-onishment to the 111 most strain of which
they were capable, I had nothing more to
fear in that way, ami so I determined to
ply hitn with further question.
"I am aware, sir," 1 began, "that my
ignorance seems to you incredible and in
excusable, but pray remember that I am a
total stranger here, dependent upon better
informed people for intelligence in regard
to this swamp which I dt sire to visit. Can
you not bring yourself to believe that I
really never heard of the Devil's Race
Course until to night, and will you not en
lighten me regarding it."
"Well, that's easily done,' replied ho.
"The Devil's Race Course is just a little
the worst bit of a road you ever saw in
your life. It's the ouly track across a pipe
olay bottom. It orutt over, and gets hard
enough to bear a horse on top in July and
iigiisi., uus tne nrst shower spoils it again.
The pipe clay is rather stickier than glue.
If horse or rnan gets his hof in an inch,
the easiest way out is to unscrew the foot
and take it off. Y"ou can't pull it out.
that s certain, and if you try to crnsn it
now, yon r horse 11 go in leg deep the fiist
step. Th -t's what I know about the
Devil's Race Course. It's a mile and a
half of impassibility."
This was definite, at least, if not en
coursging, and after debating the matter
in my mind. I determined to cross Ihe
river and inspect the race course some
miles n way for myself. Accordingly, the
tiett tnorning I was in the saddle early,
and stealing away from Green wo. t before
its citizens were astir, lest they shou'd run
after me, as boys do after an elephant.
The traveling was reasonably gttod until
We leached the pipe clay land Hete I
baited, and cutting a stout stick, went for
ward on foot to inspect the road. Return
ing, I sat down by the roadside to reflect.
If I should attempt tie passage I knew I
should almost Certainly lose my horse, and
possibly myself. I knew something of
pipe clay, a:id was not. deceived by its
seciiws look of s'ability. I lealized the
dithcnliy and the danger of the attempt I
was about to make to the fullest extent;
but I determined to make it hi spue of all.
Had I not ah eady Come a long way for this
express purpose? Did not an insurance
agent's promised land lie beyond this
slough of despond ? And would'not Major
X gnash his teeth When he should
leatn that I had been the first to enter it?
This last was, 1 confess, the chief impelling
motive. Mounting Rroaddy. my horse, I
pushed forward cautious!, In a very few
minutes bis hoofs began lo make reports
like that of a pistol as he withdrew them
from the glutinous mud. He was sinking
perceptibly deeper at every step, but his
magnificent strength still enabled him to
lift his feet and go forward. He under
stood the difficulty apparently, and was
careful to take very shoit steps. When he
had gone a quarter of a mile, however, he
began !o show signs of exhaustion. The
labor was too severe to be borne much
longer. Present ly he stuck fast, and failed
in his effort to withdiaw his feet, lnstant
W,l sliped off to relieve him of my weight.
As 1 sank a little way into the clay, he ex
tricated himself, and I led him with gieat
difficulty toward a lit.le log twenty feet in
fiont of us. Standing upou this to avoid
sinking, I ordered Broadiiy to lie down, a
trick I had taught him in sport. !Ie lay
dowtl at the word, an; lying was able to
rest. TIVs little log was slowly sinking
under me, but before it was completely
buried, Browddy was "iu wind" again, and
I went forward as before, walking and
leading him. Uur progress was very slow
and very exhausting.
Wheu we had gono a hurt J red yards
further I made use of a little clttmp of
roadside bushes as a foot rest, and gave
Broaddy another breathing spell on bis
side. Our next stage was a long and dis
astrous one. One of my feet became so
firmly fastened in t he clay that I extiicated
it ouly by drawing :i out of the boot, which
I was foieed to leave there as a iiibute, 1
suppose, to tho cloven-hoofed potentate
uooli whose possessions I was trespassing.
When Broaddy lay down for the fifth
time, I discovered that two of his shoes
bad been torn away, while the other two
were so loose as to be a serious hindrance
to his pi ogress. By dint of climbing over
bim, a; d partially supposing myself upon
hit bo.ly, I managed to remove t he remain
ing shoes entirely, but as 1 did so my hat
blew off and 1 dared not go alter it.
I bad begun the passage at 10 o'clock,
and at 4 J ti tagged in j. sell out on the furl ti
er side, muddy, batless, with but one boot,
and utier y exhausted. But I bad traveled
the Devd's Raoe Cou'se, and was in the
longed-for swamp country a lull mouth be
foie Major X would dream of attempt
ing to pencil ale it. This thought con
soled ine us I turned Bioaddy loose to
btowse, and roll, and rest, and stretched
my weary limbs on a fiiendly log.
I knew lor mysvlf, noiv, what the race
course was, and was fully prepared to ad
mit thai, it was "just the worse bit of
road" 1 had ever seen. Both home and
man weie loo tiied to go on, and so I
camped where I was for the night. The
next morning I impaired damages at a ctoss
road where a blacksmith shop and a coun
try stoie were both companions. 1 was a
hero, of course, a daring explorer, as son
as H became known that I hid traversed
the Devil's Race Cotnse in June. Perple
hcaid of it, somehow, out in the couuliy,
ami flocked to the Clot's loads to see mo. I
iusuicd a number jf ibem, but in piiisuance,
jt my plan, I speedily pushed on to the
plain al 1011 of Mr. K. 1 , the king of :he
swamp a lich man of line luteliigeiicn and
rqe euliure, an old friend of my father's,
w host; example and inllueiiCe I knew were
all poweilul. I arrived at his house Satur
day evening, and remained over Sunday,
enjoying no little the restful company of
Ins excellent wife and iutei re.titig chil
dren. I carefully avoided asking him to insure,
contenting myself with seeking his advice
as to my course in the swamp. This
bioughl up I lie subject of insm ance Satur
day uight, and in answer to bis own and
his wile's iti.erested questions, I explained
the mailer. Sunday was passed quietly,
without reference to any sort of business,
but Monday morning, when I asked for
my horse, Mr. T said he wished me lo
prepare applications b.r Inmeelf and wife
first. He insured for !15,0 and bis wife
lor $10,000, and I received hid check on a
New Oi leans bouse in payment of the pte
miums. He sugges ed that I might spare
my self the trouble of a second venture into
the swamp lyr collecting as I went, and
agreeing to deliver the policies when they
should come, not to the applicants them
selves, but to a well known gentleman who
lived "out in civilization," and I adopted
the suggestion at once.
My host's example was contagion, and
within .hieedays 1 had prepared applica
tions for every insurable mail or woman in
the swamp w ho was able to pay the premi
um, and my pocket-'jook had grown corpu
lent wilh checks on New Orleans. My
canvassing lour ended on the eas ern side
of the Tallahatchie, in the country between
I hat river and the Y'alabusha, the two
streams w hich unite just above Green wood
to make the Yar.oo. I spent the night
with Mr. T 'a nephew, who applied for a
policy as he learned that his uncle bad aet
th example. The county physicians had
served me as examining surgeons, and my
work was row dona Rut bw T
I stet out of the swamp again ? This was a
. t . I 1 - 1 .
jui-iicui iuui pu...eu me Jiv) nil!. I
dreaded a second attempt to t: averse the
race course more than I did a compulsory
stay of a month in my present quarters,
but I was, nevertheless, very anxious to
get home again. I npptoached my boston
the subject.
"Mr. T . is there any possible way
out of the swamp except the Greenwood
mute ?"
"In July and August there is, and if
you've got pluck enough to try it you may
get out that way now. possibly?"
I replied that I believed I had pluck
enough for-anything, to which he answer
ed :
"Well. I reckon you have, as you crossed
the race course. You can ride down the
nver bank till you 00m e to a lit t let open
space, three miles below, where a big dead
sweet gum stands by itself. Here you
must turn square to your l?fi, and ride
about twelve miles across the coiintrv to
the bank of the Yalabusha. It's tliro'iiL'h
the wood all the way, and it's pretty well
covered with walei, which may bo swim,
niing deep in some places, llut, if you
once reach the Yalabnsha. you'll have a
good road wilh a Swimming slough How
and then down to the feny, ten or twelve
miles below. There you must cross, and
you'il have high ground but Ihe ferryman
will diiect you. If yon get that far you
will bate no trouble, but I'm afraid you'll
find it difficult to get that far. You'd bet
ter make up your mind lostay and go fish
ing with n.e."
Declining his hospitality I took my de
parture. Wheu I turned from the Talla
hatchie and undertook to cross ihe Yala
busha, I found the country under water.
In places it was too deep for wading, but
by swimming these, and resting my horse
in the r.hahower paits, I thought I could
succeed in Crossing. Just as I was stall
ing, however, another difficulty cf a rather
alarming sort presented, itself. The sky
was oveicast, and when I should once be
in the ovei bowed forest, there was danger
ol becoming confused and losing my way.
In that event, with watei all around me, I
must inevitably perish, and the thought of
ueath by slow torture, there in the gloomy
swamp, appalled me. I had seeu some
thing of surveying in my time, and presently
bit upon a plan of procedure which 1
thought might set ve. my purpose.
1 knew, in a vague, general way, in
which direction the Yalabusha lay, and if
I could follow a straight line after starting
in that direction, I must get ro that liver
sooner or latei, I thought. In start ini,
therefore, I selected two trees, in a line
witii each other and w ith me, and rode for
ward, keeping them in a line before me
until I reached the first. Then pausing, I
chose a new second tree as far in advance
as possible, and repeating this from time
104 ime, I was able to woik slowly forward
iu the direction 1 wished to follow. There
was a good deal of swimming to be done,
however, and the horrible stillness of the
forest oppressed tne teriiblr. After I had
been in the woods and in the watet for
several hours, I fancied some times, that af
ter an, I must have 1 si my way, and that
I had already traveled many tunes further
than I ought to reach the banks of the
Yalabusha. The water made my head
swim, and I attributed the fact lo failing
reason. I fancied thattrty in ellect was de
parting, and that I was w;vndeiing hope
lessly about iu the water.
The sameness of appearance everywhere
fed Ibis fear, until 1 could with difficulty
convince myself that I was uot tisveliug iu
a fa al ciicuit. I became so nervous that
the splashing of my horse's feei in the wa
ter gave me acute pain. II there had been
a spot of earth visible anywheie, I might
have dismounted for rest, but there was
none. The water was nowhere less than
three or four feet deep. I felt that I wrs
in a fever, and presently I grew so blind
that I could with difficulty make out my
guide trees. Finally they faded out en
tiiely, and evciything giew h.izy and in
distinct around me. 1 reeled iu my saddle,
and was foiced lo lean forwaid and clasp
my horse's neck to keep from falling. A
hoi rible vision of my family waiting week
after wrek for my return nnti! hope .'hould
tut 11 to despair, came upon niet nd jus
then Bioaddy stop,.ed, shook himself anil
neighed. I looked up. We were upon
dry land, sand Yalabusha ilxer lay jusi be
fore me.
Three d.iys later I rode up to M.'j r
X s and handed iu my great bundle of
swamp applications, tho commissions on
w h icli a nit uin ltd to something like a thous
and dollars. Tlie Major was suppresscdly
exasjerated. As 1 bade him good dy, J
said :
"I've Mtsured everybody who ha? r.v.y
money down there, Major, but there a.e a
good many jeople whom you can insure on
credit wheu you rrake your tiip.'
Bilt.inos ox Maiikiaor. Some marry
for lu v, 11 lion a cent in their pocket nor
a drop of p:ri.iM'ce. This looks desperate,
but it is Ihe strength rf the game.
S me inairy because they think wimmin
will be scarce next year, and live tew
wonder how the rop holds out.
Some many to get rid of themselves and
discover that the game was 0110 lli.it iwo
Could play at, and neither ov them win.
Some marry the second lime to get even,
and find it a gambling game the more
they put. down the less they tak up.
Some marry to bo happy, and not find
ing it, wonder where all the happiness
goes tew wheu it dies.
Some marry, they can't tell why, and
live, they cau't tell how.
Almost everybody gets married, and it
iz a good joke.
Some marry in hnste, and then sit down
and think it carefully over. Some think it
carefully over fust, and sr down ami mar
ry. Both ways are right if they hit the
maik.
Some marry eorjr.rltes. This is like buy
ing a poor faun heavily mortgaged, and
working the balance ov your days to clear
oph the mortgage.
But. after all, married life iz fn'l as cer
tain as tho dry goods business. Kno nan
kan swear exactly whar he will fetch up
when be touches calico. Kn.i man kan
tell jist what calico has made up ils mind
to do next. Calico don't know herself.
Dry goods ov all kinds iz the child ov cir
cumstMtisis, The man who stands on the bank shiver
ing, and dursent z more apt to ketch cold
rhau him who pitches his Lead fust iuto
the river.
Jf ennybody asks yon whi yon rot mar
ried (if it needs be), tell him you don't
recollect.
When a lawyer draws a nnveysnea he
mr.y LaiJ lo "woik lik.ii a iiOTSc,"
A EEHtlXiyE DEFICIEXCT
WHY CAKNOT A WOMATt LEARN TO THROW
A STONE ?
The practice of a whole life will not al
low a woman to throw stone with grace
and accuracy. It was one of the fiist and
most knotty physological problems which
presented itself to our j'outhfnl mind
why our big sister, when she tried to throw
a snowball at us, almost invariably sent it
earcttiing over the top of the liftise, while
we, in turn, could jM.p her in the ear al
most every time. It nil be that we to"k
a mean advantage of this discrimination of
nature in our behalf against our sister.snd
it may be that we improved the opjoituiiT
ty to rake her fore and afi whenever she
camo within firing distance. But that is
neither here nor there. As time passed 011
and we Increased our stook of Information
we saw that oihtr fellows' sis'er labored
under about the same disadvantages that
oui'sdid iu the matter of throwing any
kind of missile As near as we could gen
eialir.e their inodv rperandi of awkward
ness for such w e are compelled to call it
we found that they swung back the aim
over the head, with a neaily vertical mo
tion, as though it were hung by a dnor
tiingc on the top of the shoulder, or much
as we imagine the old Roman cntapault
ojtersted when filing stones at the enemy.
When the aim had swung as far back as
the hinge would allow it was brought for
waid with the came vertical motiou and
with as much momentum as the thrower
Could raise, and, at some undefined i-oint
in the aic lints described, the hand let po
the missile. While executing this quick
movement some giils jump up a litlle way
off their feet ; others do not. Sme git Is
give a little feminine whoop, or maybe
half whoop and half squeal ; ot hei s do not .
Our sister jumped and whooped both, but
then she was a very bad thrower. As v e
staled, at frome undefined oint in Ihe aic
described by the forward mid ion of the
arm tho missile Hew off. Sometimes it
went up, sometimes it went dowu and
sometimes it went sideways, but ii never
by any manner of means bit the thing it
was intended to hit, jump or no jump,
whoop or no whoop.
Now the point of difference between a
girl's throwing and by' wc found to be
substantially this : Ti.e boy crooked Lis
elbow, and reached back with Ihe upier
patt of his aim about at light angles wub
his b.dy, and the fore arm at an angle f
forty live degiees ; the direct actcf throw
ing was accomplished by biinging the arm
buck with a sort of snap, like the tail of a
snake or a whip lash, winking eveiy joint
from shoulder to wiist, and sometimes
making jour elbow sing as though rou had
got a whack on the crazy bone. 1 be pill
threw with her whole aim rigid, tho boy
with his whole aim relaxed. Why this
marked and unmistak;ihle diffetei'ce ex
isted we never lean ed until, at a seme bi t
advanced period, we dove 11180 n book of
physiology, and learned that ihe clavicle,
or collar bone,, in Ihe anatomy of a femnlo,
is some inches Ir-vprr, and set some de
grees lower down thnu in the masculine
frame. This long, crooked, awkward bone
inteifeies with tho full and tree action of
the shoulder, antl that's the reason why a
girl cannot thiow a stone. The des'gn of
this soit of thing is still unexplained 10
our entire satisfac ion. We have devel
oped a pet theory of our ojrn, however,
that an all-wise and beneficent l'mvideiice,
riMTRrro'g thnt theie would 1 rolling-pins,
and stpvu-ht oks, and pot lids, and hot
watei in the world, S"t 'h- w oian'sciavicle
down a hitch or two for the safety of men.
It's lucky f r .iM of us th it women cannot
I throw ctoiica.
MAr.TttFT) TIxrERiKNcr.. I marr'ed my
wife ahou. thiily-live yeaisayo. The cer
emony was pet lor UK d ahcuu ? o'clock in
the morning. Before rel ii ing tit At even 1113
we had a talk with each oihei, and the le
sah has sncetemd ov.r entire lives. We
Hgieed with each other that each should
be watchful, careful, never, by act or word
to hurt the feelings of the oliiei. We
wre both young, both hot ienij. led, boi u
positive in our likes and disl.kes, and b-dh
somewhat exacting and li xihie just the
mateiiil for a life of em jiigal warfare.
Well, for a few yenis we found it haid
woik to always live by our agreement.
Occasionally (not rff t-ia woid or a look
would sl;p oil the tongue 01 face before it
could be caught or suppressed, but we
never allowed the sun to go dow n upon our
wialh. Befoie retiiing at Tjight, on such
necas'o is, there was always confession ai d
forgiveness, at.d the rulprh w,mi!i1 become
more caieful in the futtne. Our tvmpt is
and dispositions became gradually more
ami more congenial ; so that after a few
years .we became one in lealiiy, as the
maiital eerrmony find pronounced 11s nom
inally. In thinking buck, we find that for
j more than twenty years t-m little agree
I nient has beer, unbroken, and there ha
been no occasion for confession or forgive
ness. In business we have bad on 1 sdvei
sity and prosperity and soccers. We bave
raised a family f childien. and now lnve
our giand children about i,s ; ere are sim
ple enough to believe thn we have better
children and grandchildren because of our
little agreement. L'nder such a enntiact,
religiously kept, no ill-natured children
wiil be rrrtrrd, and Do Im.js will find the
streets and bar rooms more pleasant than
bonit. To make a good wi:'e or a gotnl
husband lequiies the co-operation of both.
A'? Om Tkaptsman's T)pimov. An
old tradesman advances the follow irg views
on adveitising ; The first utility of fre
quent and igular anveitising consists in
this : There is at all times a large class of
persons both in comitiy and town, who.
have 110 fixed place for the purchase of
certain nrcessnry aiticlcs, and aif ready to
bcfwayed and drawn towaid any partic
ular place which is earnestly ht ought under
their notice. Indifferent to ail, they yield
without hesitation to the fhst who asks.
Then in the countiy a considerable number
of persons, who w ish a supply of the article
alveitied, do not know of any particular
place where it is to h got, and tveing thus
furnished wilh the address of a pet son who
can supply ir, the one sale naturally leada
to muc h ulterior husim ss. People in the
country are also liable to be favorably im
pressed by a fieqnent sight or a 1 :me in
the DOASpajiers. The adveitisine party
acquirea distinction in theii eyes, and lhoa
they are led, iu making a choice, to prefer
him."
Thb bomfct belongs lo the powers th?
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