- m & II 1 I I I 11 I 111 I ss& vk sO- v iu vu i H. A. McPIKE, Editor and Publisher. 'he is a freeman whom the truth makes free, and all are slaves beside.' Terms, S2 per year. In advance. VOLUME XII. EBENSBUHG, PA., FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1878. NUMBER 22. STATEMENT of SETTLEMENT with t!ie Supervisors, Treasurer and Collector of arr township for the year 1877 : Joseph Hocck, Supervisor, Dr. f f.,il amount of Duplicate 1293 84 order as Supervisor, 67 days. 85.60 $384.34 UK. BfexoneM'ions and returns ' oin't of wrK .tone on roads 295 69 .. " recMfcr services as sup'sor 35.40 334.24 Balance due Supervisor Houck it 5J.10 (Jeorob Sherry, Supervisor. Dr. To full amount or pupate .....262.04 orJer as Supervisor, 53 days.... i9.5J $341.54 Cr. Ft am't or work done on roads $261. 74 .: eionerations 30 " rec'd for services as Su pervisor 23.00- 23Q.04 Balance due Supervisor Sherry M 5) Jacob Kirsch, Collector, Da. To lull amount of Duplicate .$215.26 Cr. By exonerations and returns.... amount paid Treasurer Balance charged to Collector. $ 3.20 127.44 131.e4 t 84.62 M. J. KmsrH, Clerk and Treasurer, Dr. To ra t rec'd troin previous Colr.H6.08 .. .. Commissioners 4o.t0 $186.08 Cr. nr m-t of Orders cashed $167.79 . rvices as Clerk and Treas'r.. 18.2 186.f'8 H.clitown, Arril 13, 178. SIMON P. KIBSCH, 1 JOSKPH A. ICMM, Auditor. LEWIS KIRSCH, ) Attest M. J. Kibscu, Clerk. 6-7.3t. Y fi w i jr n e o ' h Sale. order of the Court of Common J Fleas of Camtrla county, to me directed, I ill offer at nubiic sale, at the Court House in Ltenftiur. on TUESDAY. JULY 2d, 1878, t 2 o'clock, p. sr., the following described real estate, to wit: v. i. All that certain HALF LOT OF r.Riil'X I) situate in the Westward of Eoens- tnirn tmrouirh, in said county, described as follow?: H untied on the north by Hiirh street, on the east h,- of Thomas Oriffitli. on the south by Lloyd r....r and on the west by an alley, hnvinir thers- ..n (.r.ctecl a two storv FRAME HOL'SK and .- i'i K E Kt tOM, a good Sl'AHLE and all need- lul ( lutbtiiMinis v.. siti.retl In the West Ward of said bor- f.iiWnf F.henahurir. adioininn lan'is ot Mrs. Jane J,ne?. Kee3.l. Llovd.and others. Containing two AM) ONE-HALF ACKRS. N.) :. Situate in Washington townsh ip, in said c-iintv.adjoininnl.inds warranted in the names vl Itic'lmrd smith. Charles Smith. Aaron Sonman. and Kin is- Storm, containing foi b Hl'SDKiD ,M) -i HRTV THI'.KK A SD O.NE-H ALF ACRES or UD imi roved tiwlier land. . Situate in Clearfield townfhip. In said ountv. 'ad)iining hinds of James L. .M c Joiiith, j livirt N. Son. I. Canahan, and others, c- n::i-n:ni ' k hi'mikkd ink forty-four acres m um'iii -roved timber laml. S'i 5 s.tjat'-d in t learfield township, in said c untv bounded t.v Jaoits of J. J. Knse, Francis H.-.rer. Ttiomas Ada' t-state. and others, con t.ntiin THiRTV-KiVE Acuta, Bweor less, having !licre..n erected a Dwellin House, part or which iu:-eda3 a store room, a stable and other out-l-Uild;iius. , , Ikhms of Sale. One-half ot the purchase in nev to be paid on the pod ti mini ion of the sale or safe, nnd i he remainder in one yea-. t be se u'iil bv the judgment bond and mortgage ot tl.e lurcher. JOHN WAO.NEIi, Assiicnee f H. K. Dunegan. Clearfield T-pJune 14. lSTS.-at. RKCEIPTS k EXPENDITURES of tlhetv iiool District of tlie liorongh i t Ebensburg foe Hie year ending June 4, 1XS: lift. T" bnane in hands of R. R. vis. TreaT. t last settlem't 1 2 Jl T iam tot lmj.liea forlSTI.. 1.8'.2 M State aj'V'J'iation ' " receded torrent " eoileeted Irom exoner ations ol 1873 On. Ily exonerations ' commission paid Collector.. Treasurer. " am't paid Teachers '. Jattitor " " Secret"-, salarv.. ' " " rent for Academy " lor Insurance . " " " Printing " " " Fuel ' " ci.ilis ' ' " Jiisocilaneous aes 64 16 68 3 12 $1,073.5 34 II 83 7:t 39.22 .6-24.' 0 70.00 8.( 12 00 61.40 29 78 45 28 2.136 56 Balance in bunds of Treasurer ol Hull, ling hind $1,893 31 Halawe in bands of Treasurer of.Sclia-jl lund 44.75 -$1,937.05 J NO. LLOYD. Prcsideat, Atteit-0;EO. A. Kinkkad, Secretary. U. the ndericoed Auditors of the Borough t l;ten!bar. d.) report that we have examined the are.,unt and vouchers or tlie receipts nnd ex pen. Inures of the School district of said Borough i .r the year ending June 4th, W7, and find thein correct as ativve ttd. W. H. PAVIS, It. H. TCDOIl, ) AU,Utorfl Ehensburg, June 5, 1878. 14-3t. COME TO THE PEOPLE'S CDEAP VAItlETV SHIRR The Pkople's V a r:ktt S rone Is the best, yet : We'll treat you all well and a bargain yju'll Kt. Loretto's the place where cheap tcoodg are lound. So come all good people and gather around ! '"!iie all ye g'xid people trom far and Irom near, I'll tell you of something you'll like to hear! 'one out ol I he country, come out or the town liuy all kinds or goods since the price has come down. The Vakiktv Stork Is thecheapest you'll find ho ce iroods jou will get there of every kind , The price of our merchandise suits the hard times. I'.r dealing with us vim will save manv dimes. To keep up the prices would be a great crime, Now that the laborer gets half pay for his time. Fr ini all the lariie cities our goods we do get ; We pay lor them there on the instant, cash net. Which enab.es a lower to sell, do you see ? A n l t lm do our prices and hard times agree. All produce we take from the country In trade, Ati'l Hum m,,h tirl'fiuitl without rnh he. mi )'ni't. om, ail pretty girls, sober matrons, and see ! ome. young men and old men -boys high as your knee ! Tl.e place we hold forth is at Lscey's old stand, "litre the best kind of bargains the rash can command; The Pkoplk's Cheap Variety Stork is our lull name. And nil kiuds of goods you'll get cheap at the tame. M. J. TKITELRAUM. Loretto, Cambria Co.. Pa., June 4, 1878.-3m. BROWN'S EXPANSION SPRING BED BOTTOM. Sold in Cambria County by J. J. Noonan. frilIS rF.LF.RRATF.n BF,D ROTTOV sustain 1 a mueh greater weight ami continues mora 'Kth titan anv nlh.F knrln.r IIaiI vi, lnffnthl. It will nt any bedstead and is perfectly noiseless, tuple in construction, and so light ami easily han "led Hint a child can nlac.e or remove !t. It is the only bed bottom that Is selt-accommodatlng. this long ilemred object being attained by an ingenl-oup-'y constructed spring truss girder, by mean hich two persons can rexse on the game level. " matter how widely ditlcrent they may be In weight. This bed spring is sold at a price which la,-. n ithm t he reach of all, and housekeepers who aiudy comfort and economy should buy no 0-T.-l.J TKSTinoxiAr.. Having slept on one of Brown's hxtens on Bed Bottoms lor a eouide of months i.ua ii. . .. .. . !. . . . --. i imvr no Hesitation in saying in.it it iocse- all the merits claimed lor.it. H. A M'Pn- A7M. H. SECIILER, Attorney at T Ltnii, ElH-nsburg, P. Office in Col nade Row. (recently occupied by Wm. KltttiL THE TRl'F.SroitV OK KIDINU HOOD. Little Red Riding Hood Patiently biding, stood Watching ma, hiding good Dainties with rare Away in the basket, Which Hiding Hood's task it Was cruel to ash ii To granny to bear. Then heavily laden The dear little maiden So sweetly arrayed in Her red hiding hood ; Turn-d from the highway plain, Past fi?lds of wavinir grain. Walked down the shady lane. Through tbe dark wood. Some how or other She wished that her mother Had sent her big brother Instead of herself; Through dark thickets swishing How vain was her wishing. For he was on fishing Tbe luzy old elf. Now at her grandma's gate Why does she hesitate? There, on the porch, elate. Sits a big- tramp. 'Now, dear, I'll trouble you ; All of that grub '11 you Pass, or I'll double you ; Uo," said the scamp. Now, then, I can't relate Half that this tramp he ate ; Details and aggregate Are too aiurming ; Apples and sandwiens, l'ics in japanned dishes. Boned turkey, canned, which is Awful charming. Rrown bread, asparagus, 1 Mutton with caper sauce, Uroiled ham, to taper off. Cheese and a waffle ; Fried Cf.. tomatuses; Baked risli, potaluses ; Uood," said he, "that It i9,"i Oh, ii was awful. Onions and mutton roast. Fried tripe and buttered toast, Oyster9 I hey suffered most ; Boiled turkey g ibler, Muffins and celery, Peaches, so "mellery," And how this fellow he Weal for plum colder. When ail the grub was done. " When there was nary a crumb, Silent he rose and Kiuin, With painful steps he Walked off, us j-he'd kicked bim, Forever a vietiin To chrouic dyspepsia. Tlawkeye. TH IS TA X IS LA XI. FACT AND ROMASCE OF THE MOST UN KNOWN SroT OF EARTH. Thirteen hundred miles south of St. Helena, and fifteen hundred miles west of the Caps of God Hope, and neatly on a line between the Cape of (Jood Hope and Cape Hoin, lies Tristan De Cunha, or Tiisdiau D'Acunha, a cluster of three volcanic islands, the largest of which gives the name to the group. The other two are tiie Inaccessible Island and the .Nightin gale Island. The group received its name from a Portugese navigator, who discover ed it in 1306. Inaccessible Island lies about eighteen niiies southwest from Tristan, and Nightingale Island twenty miles south. The largest Island is the on ly one permanently inhabited, and s prob ably the most isolated and remote of all the abodes of men. It is nearly circular, and contains about forty square miles. On the noitb side it rises abiuptly to an elevation of about a thousand feet, and , from the summit of the cliffs the land rises j t a c.inical peak, 8:3'26 feet high. The suifae cotisists of abrupt lidges covered with bushes, with dp lavines and cnasms betiveen. The Summit is a crater five ! hundred yards wide, and filled with water, j On tlie northwest side of the island is a j narrow plain, some hundied and fifty feet I above the levl of the sea, with excellent j soil, and in high tae of cultivation. Here lives the famous Glass colony. j There had been residents the island off and on at vaiious times, beginning in 1793 when Capt. Patten, fiom Philadel- ! phia, settled there for six months. When Napoleon was confined at St. Helena in j 1817, the IJiitish took possession of tlie island, and maintained a guard there, j The next yeav tlie guard was withdrawn, but a corporal of artillery, by the name of Glass, with his wife and two soldiers who were induced to join him were allowed to remain. Since that, time the island has been constantly inhabited. In 1823 the litllo settlement nnmbeied seventeen per sons, of whom three were women. Six vears later Capt. Morrell visited the island in the U. S. ship Antarctic, and the colony comprised then twenty seven families, and they were able to supply passing ships wit h bullocks, cows, sheep and pigs and fresh veeetables and milk in any quantity, In 1836 there was a population of forty two on the island, and in 1832 Capt. Denhatn visited the group of islands and Tristan population then numbered eighty Ave. He described "the young men and young wo men as partaking of the mulatto caste, wives of the first settlers being natives of Cape of Good Hope and St. Helena, but the children of the second generation he would n.m handsome brunettes of a strikingly fine figure." Before Capt. Denham a visit the great majority oi tne popu -been males, but as time went on, and a new generation sprang up, me j.-g ...... in the adventurous spirit of life found their Island home quiet, and they had departed, seeking more stirring occupation else where. Accordingly, in iw- were considerably in the majority. Glass has long held the title oi Bove,.. He was a Scotchman, ann see... ... i , man nf son no. tilincipic, urcn - - - llll rw.,.-. - - - . . a iA.,t. oi to have acquired energy . . j m.iifirlpncft of in a remarKaoie tirgico .- - liiftla eonimnmlv lieir minisici, .m. Taylor, wrote an a ceo tile sr ... ...l.il. . nnhlished in 18oU. He spoke . r ntrkrul cliar.io in the lngnesr terms oi ." - ter of his flock, going so far as to say that l.e could find no vie to eomtmu w... They had no formal government, and as they had no rum, government was esa needed. Whatever disputes tbey had were settled by fisticuffs, with present to secure fair play. Gov Glass died in 1853, the year after Capt. Denham . visit, and was succeeded by a tor uc. consent, by Grean who had married one of Glass" d-Jahwrn. I 1867. the Duk. of Edinburg visited Tristan, m tbe Galate and in honor of his royal hwjjjj chief settlement was named Sixteen cn dren had been born since the depai t nie of Mr. Taylor, and the colony. iotd I f dy ing out; as Mr. Taylor feared, had taken a new Mart, the PPl.h"", 'nC' from forty seven to Wl:"? seems to be about the no. mal hu. In 1870. the island had a pulafo n o f sixty of which thiriy-five were ch.ld.en uuder ten years of acre. n.allenffer " In hi '-Voyage of the Challenge!, p 1 RiriVs-eye View, Join ff'una maker's Grantl Xepot, Thirteenth Street, SIPIRZIM" O-, 1878. Silica Dress Goods Mourning Goods Cloahings Flannels Linens Muslins White Goods Laces Ribbons Trimmings Embroideries Fringes Zephyrs and Worsteds XecJuccar Gloves Toilet Articles Stationery Floirrrs - Feathers Sir Wj'ville Thompson describes a visit be mirie io this interesting colony. It con sisted at that time (October, 1873,) of eighty-four peisous, in fifteen families, the females being slightly in the majority. He speaks of the young men as fine-looking' and stuniy, somen hat of the English type, but most of them with a d.tsli of dark blood. Green was still the governor, and they looked up to him with lespect and confidence. They possess from 300 to 600 head of cattle, an equal number of sheep and pigs, and poultry in large abundance. From eight to a dozen American ships vis it them yearly, and from them I bey obtain what they want, by the process of barter. I hey live in cottages of two or three built ot a dark brown tufaceous rooms, stone, which they blast from the rocks above, and shape with great accuracy with axes. Many ol the blocks are upward of i fcvii t vitiii nun iitcio la nt iiiuu oil the island, they have to be fitted" into each other on the Byclopean plan. But with all their precautious, the winds are so violent that sometimes even these massive dwell ings are blown dou. Tlie furniture of the rooms is scanty, owing to the difhcul.y of procuring wood, but passing ships furn ish them warmfabiics enough to supply bedding, aud to euable the women todiess in a comfortable aud seemly stle. Low stone walls paitiiiou the laud round the cottages into small enclosures which are cultivated as gardens, and here all the or dinary European vegetables thrive fairly The goods of the colonists are in uo sense in common. Each has his owu property in land and in stock. A new-comer re ceives a gram of a ceitain exteu!; of land. aud he gets some grazing rights, and the rest of the settlers help him in fencing his patch aud in working it and preparing it lor a first crop. Then they contribute the necessaiy cattle, sheep, potato seed, etc., to start him. 1 h'S assistance is repaid either in kind, in labor, or iu money. When difficulties occur they are referred to Greeu, or are settled by the general consent. The old argument of the fist is still occasionally resoited to. Sir W. Thompson suggests, that "this system is probably another Sou ice of the apparently exceptional morality of the place; in so small a community where all are so entire ly independent, no misconduct affeciiug the interest of others can be tolerated or easily concealed, aud as there is uo special machinery for the detection and punish nient of offences, the final remedy lies in the men themselves who are most of them young and stalwart, and well able to keep uurulmess in check. Mr. Thompson tells, in connection with the histoiy of this colony, the interesting s'ory of two Germans, the brothers Erede rick and Gust a v Stoltenhoff. After the war of 1870, Gustav shipped in an English ship for Rangoon. When seveu hundred miles from Tristau tho ship caught fire and exploded. Gustav was on a boat that leached Tristan. He remained there for eighteen days, and was so much pleased Willi ins treatment that on his return to Germany he induced his brother to go back with him to his "homo by the sounding sea." On their way out, however, by ad vice of the captain of the ship in which they had taken passage, they decided to go to Inaccessible Island. There they are lauded on the 27th of November, 1871. A quarter of au hour afterward the whaler departed, and they were left alone, the only inhabitants of oue of the ro6t remot THE second year of the General Dry Goods Business at the Grund Depot is just opening. It is proper to say that what was deemed an experiment, the first year, experience proves to ije a success, and we now propose to greatly improve on the first plans. The principles of X A uniform low price for everything throughout the House. 2 One Price and no partiality. 3 Politeness and Patience to rich and poor. 4 Cash Returned if buyers return g ods (even though Dress Patterns) in reasonable time and uninjured. A very large stock of all kinds of newest Dry Goods always on hand, arranged on one floor with plenty of light to see them. A thousand people can easily be waited on at one time. Where so many goods are selling every day the people are sure of getting only fresh goods. Earnestly desiring to serve the people well, and inviting them to visit the Grand Depot whether they wish to buy. or "only to see the fashions." If not coming to the city to see the magnificent new 8'ock for Spring, send for samples, describ ing class of goods wanted. We do a large business through the nra i 1 . Very respectfully, JOHN WANAMAKER, Grand Depot. Thirteenth and Market Sts. PHILADELPHIA. spots on the face of the globe. They re mained there for two years, or until they were taken off by the Challenger. The story of their life on the lonely island reads like a chapter from Uobinson Crusoe. jf'ffo Beautiful Murderesses. TFIE STKANGE CI.EW TO A MYSTERIOUS fiASSI NATION. AS- At an e.irly hour in the morning of the 17th of May, 1817, the inhabitants of St. Denis, one of the suburbs of Paris, were startled by the discovery that the corpse of an aged woman had been found in the Hue Vaugirard, the only aristocratic and the most quiet street of the place, under cir enmstances which left no doubt of the fact that she had been murdered. She was taken to the Town Hall, and i ..... ... . . .. exhibited to puonc view just as sue Had utrni iituiiu. The corpse was almost entirely naked. Only a part of a fine cambric chemise cov ered the upper part of the body. Her head was terribly bruised, apparently by the blows inflicted by some blunt instrument. From the shriveled condition of her skin, atftl from the fact that she had but a few teeth left in her mouth, it is evident that at the time of her death she must have been at least 6ixty years old. Who was she? And WHO HAD MURDERED HER? At that time even Paris had but a few clever detectives, the best of them having been dismissed on account of the services they had rendered to the Enicror Napo leon the First. Hence, it was not to be wondered at that for two days no clew to the perpetrators of this crime was found. The corpse of the murdered woman was buried early on tbe third day, aud it was a truly strange coincidence that at the same hour there was furnished to the authorities of St. Denis information which enabled them in the course of a few hours to ferret out who had committed the atrocious crime. It was a letter addressed to the Commis sary of Police that furnished this Important information. No name was signed to the letter which read as follows : If you will go to the young ladies' boarding school at Bevernay, you will find out who the murdered woman is, and, if you are sagacious enough, also her assas 6ius. They are at the house." THE COMMISSARY OF TOLICE immediately repaired to the place indicated, where he was leceived by Mine. Chestnay, the nrincioal of the 6Chool. lie said to Mine. Chestnay : "Is there au aged woman missing from this house?" '" "An aged woman?" she exclaimed. "We had only one aged woman heie my housekeeper, Mile. Sustenne. She is now on a visit to her sister in Normandy." "When did she leave?" "Three days ago." "Can you tell ni what kind of a chemise she wore at lint time?' The lady looked at him in surprise. Then she said : "Mile. Sustenne was always very partic nlar ahotit her undei clot hes. She never ....... I. Kut vorv dun nmlll in rhpm. ise9 . 'How about her teeth?" "Monsieur?" Ladies Misses Suits ' Sacques Cloaks Underwear Hosiery Upholstery Goods Blankets and Quilts Trunks and Valises Rubber Goods ITorse Covers 3Ten's C Boys Clothing Hats Slioes Excuse me ; I have au object in asking th Is question." "Mile. Sustenno had very few aud very bad teeth." 'Did she have any enemies here?" "Enemies? Yes, monsieur. She was rather crabbed and sour, aud hence all my young girls hated her." "Did any of the youug girls bate her particularly ?" "Let me see. Yes; Anais Lenor and Sophie Brest on had, the other day a bitter quarrel with her. But tell me, Monsieur, why do you put all these quest ions to me?" "Because Mile. Sustenne is undoubtedly the old woman who was fouud murdered at St. Denis three days ago.'' "Mon Dieu ! Mon Dieu !" cried the lady, wringing lev hands. "Please send for the two girls whom you named Inst." The two girls made their appearance. They were only sixteen, tender, graceful and handsome. "What do you know about the murder of Mile. Sustenne? said the Commissary to them. Tlie girls turned deadly pale. They made no reply. "Did you murder her?" thundered tbe Commissary. l hey burst into tears and confessed that, having had a violent altercation with Mile. Sustenne, they had beaten Iter on tlie head until she was dead. 1 hen they had stripped her of her clothes and carried her in the dead of night to St. Denis. The two beautiful murderesses were sen tenced iu a few days afterwaid to W brand ed on both shoulders with a red hot iron. then to stand in the pillory for three hours, and to be confined iu the House of Correc tiou for life. A Til UK SHARK STORY. It may not be generally known that in that playfui marine acrobat, the porpoise, the shaik possesses an implacable enemy that will permit no intrusion on its feeding grounds. 1 he writer lust learneo tins fact from t wo old and experienced fisher men when out on a fishing excursion one lovely August day off Squan Beach, New Jersey. It came out iu the course of a story, which is here given as it was told iu the boat. The fishermen were serious and quiet men, watchful and ready; and noticed that they not only used no profane ex pressions themselves, but appealed to be annoyed and distressed at the occasional stioug expletives that escaped me under the exasperating excitement oi losing fine fish from the hook after hauling it to the surface. Somewhat surprised at de meanor 1 had not teen accustomed to in toilers of the sea. I asked them at last if any thing was the matter. They replied very respectfully that, as religious men, they felt pained bv any thing approaching the sin of profanity, and that it I would listen they would tell me the story of their remarkable deliverence from death, which resulted iu their conversion. It was as follows : "Some ten years ago w 9 were hard drink ers, sweareis, wild suifmen, and fisher men. We never entered a church, and i Mipri neither for Gn nor Satan. I On a fine Sunday morning in August, 1 1807, we started at daylight for ibis ve.y reef of rocks With plen'y of bait, we looked for four or five hundied weicht of 1 sea-bass, flounders and blacklish. At first we pulled them op as fast as onr lines touched bottom : then we hai not a single I bite. Surprised, we stood up and looked I uiouuu prepaiatoiv to ciiansmtr our j . .- . ground. To onr astonishment the water was alive witli sharks. We commenced pulling up our anchor, when a savage fish lushed to the bow of the boat and bit lbs tops in two. Then we hoisted sail, but tbe moment we put the steering oar in the water several tdiaiks began biting it in pieces. So we were compelled to take in sail, and drift. We weie in the midst of a school of shatks two miles long and half a mile broad. 1 hey were of all sizes, from six feet long to twelve or fourteen. They swarmed around our boat, and dashed it one-third full of water with their tails. We had to bail, one with his hat and the other with the bait pa:l. Kvery moment some big fellow would put his nose almost on our gunwale, while his yellow tiger eye glared ferociously at onr ple faces. One shaik dashed at the boat and sized one of the side planks, and almost shook us out of our seats. Fortunately his teeth bioke off, and away he went with a bleeding jaw. In a momeut he was torn in pieces and devoured. Then the school turned toward us again. We were in despair, and never expected to see shore. We could not sail, we could not row, and were drifting out to sea. Finally Chai ley said : "Bill, we are in au awful muss. Let us see if GihI will help us." We knelt down, and I prayed for help, confessed our sins, and promised amendment and repentance. We had hardly finished before we saw a great school of porpoises. They hurled themselves out of the water, jumping twetitv feet at a bound. Soon we were in the midst of them. The shaik started out to sea, but the porpoit.es were too quick. They bit and toie the shaiks fear- lully. Sometimes three porpoises would have hold of one shaik. Then they jump ed out of the water and fell heavily on these tigers ot the ocean. The light continued for miles, and we were saved. We towed safely to shore, and became professors of religion ; gave up drinking, swearing, and all oilier vices. We havegie.it respect for porpoises, and believe that if they weie not so plentiful, New Jeisey shore would swarm w ith shaiks and theu good bye to fishing and bathing. THE GRATEFUL POODLE. One day a benovelent physician (who had read the books), having fouud a stiay poo-1 die suilei iug from a broken leg, conveyed the poor creature to his home, and after setting arid bandaging the injured limb gave the little outcast its liberi) again and thought no more about the matter. But how great was his surpiise, upon opening the door one morning, some days later, to find the grateful piodle patiently waiting there, and in its company another st ray dog. one of whose legs, by some accident, had been broken. The kind physician at once relieved the distressed animal, nor did he forget to admire the inscrutable goodness and mercy of God, who had been willing to use so humble an iustiumeut as the poor outcast poodle for the iuculcaiiug of, etc., etc. SEQUEL. The next morning the benovolent phy sician, says Maik Twain, fouud the two dogs, beaming hh gratitude, waiting at his door, and with them two other dogs citpples. The ciipples were Seedily heal ed, and the four went their way, leaving the benovolent physician more oveicome by pious wonder than ever. Theday pass ed, morning came. There at the dor sat now the four leconstructed dogs, and with them four otheis lequii ing reconstruction. This day also passed, and another morning came ; and now sixteen dogs, eight of them newly ciippled, occupied the sidewalk, and the people were going around. By noon the broken legs were all set, but the pious wonder in the giHid physician's breast was beginning to get mixed with involuntary profanity. The sun lose once more, and exhibited thii ty two dogs, sixteen of them with broken legs, occupying the sidewalk and half of the street; the human specta tors took up th rest of the loom. The cries of the wounded, the songs of the heal ed brutes and thecomments of the on look ing citizens made, great and iuspiiing cheer, hut traffic was interrupted in that stieet. The good physician hired a couple of as sistant surgeons and got through his ben evolent woik before dark, fust taking the precaution to cancel his chinch member ship, so that he might express himself with the latitude which the case required. But some things have their limits. When once more the morning dawned and tne i?(Md physician looked out upon a massed and far-reaching multitude of clamorous and beseeching dogs he said : "I might as well acknowledge it, 1 have been failed by the books , they only tell the pietty part of tlie story and then stop. Fetch me the shot-gun ; ibis thing has gone alot.g Tar enough." He issued forth with his weapon, and chanced to ttep upon the tale of the origi nal podle, wlm promptly bit him in the leg. Now tlie great and goon woik wiiicu this poodle had been engaged in had en gendered in him such a mighty and aug mented enthusiasm as to tmn his weak head at last and drive him mad. A month later, when the benevolent physician lay in the death throes of hydrophobia, he called his weeping friends about him and said : Beware of the books. They tell but half of the stoiy. Whenever a or wretch asks yon for help and yon feel a doubt as to what result may flow from your beuevo lence give yourself the benefit of the doubt and kill the applicant." And so saying, he f urne:l his face to the wall and gave up the ghost. Idlef.ss not Happiness. The most common error of men nnd women is that of looking for happiness vtmewhere outside of useful woik. It has never yet teen found when thus sought, and never will be while the world stands, and the sooner the truth ia l.-aiiied '.he better for every one. If von donht the proposition, oil niimni .. r,..,,i vour fi iemis and vcouaintanoes and select rinw-e who have the most enj .yment ihiongh life. Are tney the iuleis nnd t .1 o-U,...L-oc or the eui lieiit OlkIS?i We know what yoiir answer will be. Of the miseiable human bungs it na neeu our fortune or misfortune to know, tho. were the most wretched who had letiied from useful employment to enjoy themselves THE BURIED CITY. GLANCES AT THE CURIOSITIES TO BE FOUND IN POM PS? 1 1 A TABLE THAT WAS LAID EIGHTEEN HUNDRED YEARS AGO STRANGE SIGHTS AND SCENES. The city (Pompeii) is now a perfect pic ture of a Homau city two thousand years ago. The streets, pavements, temples images,theatres. dwellings, colutniis. house hold goods, baths, aicbes, fountains for ums, shops of vaiious trndes, musical in stiumeuts weapons of labor, marble and bronze statues frescoes and drawings din ing-rooms bed-rooms and kitchens, with their appropriate furniture; f.d for the unngty and medicine for the sick ; glass ware, vases d pottery , gems medals and coins and fruits floweis and shrubs and aieall seen as they were on tbe night when the city watt doomed to destruction. The streets are narrow, some not being more than eight feet across but they ate straight and regular. The pavement is composed of large flat stones or blocks of lava, and tbe deep ruts cut into them by the Roman chariots are cleaily perceptible. At the crossings are large stepping stones fjr the use of pedesn iaus so as to keep their feet from the mud. Everything iu the streets was silent aud death like. Theie were uo bumau beings in the bouses, no promenaders in the streets; all were deserted. The dwelling houses are generally 6inall and one storied. Tbry are built of stone and brick, plastered on tho outside with morter. An open court is iu the centre, and the different, rooms are ar ranged around in the Oi iental style. Mt of tlie roofs ate destroyed, having been crushed down by the weight of the ashes. In the dining rooms the tables are stone, nu many aie covered with f-etretied lod. Beds and conches are in the sleeping rooms. In one of the kitchans was found a fowl put in the skillet, and a stew pan containing a small pig for roasting, all prepaied eighteen hundied years ago. Many beautiful mosaics weie found on the doors and elegant frescoes on the walls, and they look as bright and fresh as if they had only been finished a fewyeais. The fiescoes, pictures msaics. anil sculpt ures, and even jewelry discoveied in someof the bouses, show the ten ible deptaviiy iu morals. Many are so indecent that the pubi c are not allowed to look at them. In the "House of the Yestalls" np .ii the door sill is the woid "Salve," welcome. A mosaic w itU the leprcseutation of a tirre dog ni'.h the incriiuioits, "Cave Caneni." benaieofthe dog. is near the threshold of the "House of the Tragic Poet." In the stieet aie many shops which slill have the signs over the dH.n w ys. Iu one there is some marble pa illy sculp ured, with the artist's tools lying around ; iu another, medicines and surgical nis iumeuts ; in a thiid, a maible counter with liijuorjais behind it, and the s.aius made by the wet glasses on the counter prove that this was a diinkincr saloon. Then there is an eating houeo. Meats and delicacies are ou the counter : fire places to keep the soup and messes waun aie still in the r'tom. The same building contains a giist mill and a bakeiy. In tlie baker's shop a batch of loaves were found which had been in the oven since the 24th of August, A. I). 79. The mill was turned by boiiie wwer. The various temples that have been exhumed contain idols made cf marble, silver and gold. The temple of Isis is eighty four feet long and seventy five broad. The ashes of victims were found on its altars. The skeleton ot a piiest, sitting at a table on which -spiced a meal, is here, while near the was another pi iest holding in bis skt baud a hatchet, with which he bad to cut his way out of the temple. Over six hundred human skeletons already beeu exhumed, but fortuna most of the inhabitants managed to e having heeded the warnings of the bm mountain. Only the bones remain of victims, the flesh having mostly ei ts!. . but now and then a little tuft of mouldy bait has been found clinging to the skull. The position of the bodies in every possiMe form of contoitioii all indicate violent death, one of agony and sutlei mg. A mis er was found, gia.spiug a bag of gold iu his bony band. Iu one loom, a family gioup embracing each other in death ; in another, the bones of dancing giils mingled with, the broken instiumeuts of music, can be seen. In auoihei place, the skeleton or a cook at his place near the stove in the kitchen. Oue house contained bones s.at teicd about, bearing maikt of bing gnawed, while near by lay the skeleton of a dog, show ing that the brute bd survived and eateti his master. Here is a company of young and old fleeing to the sea ; there the lenuius of a mother vainly living to shelter her thice lit lie children from Urn fiery stoun. O itside one of the gates, in theseutiy. box, stands a Roman soldier, in complete armor, with tiie key of the city gate in his hand. After stnuding faithfully at his w.st for seventeen cen turies he was discoveied "clad in rusty armor, Ihe helmet on his empty skill', ai d the spear in his bony fingers." In th. city prison, not far distant, were found the pri soners some with "Ihe r feet made fast m the stocks." Snj.les corrttpondence of t. Lou it I'ut. C'lnrnPuti-oiiMAXcEns a Farm. The Chicag'i Inttr-Ortan tells the folio ii,( story or Tony Denier, the X eil-ktn.w n clown, who succeeded Fox as Humpty Dump'y iu the famous pautomine : His knowh d, of the circim ninl gvrnnna t'u; business lately stood bim in great need iu his now aviM-aiion ,i a t'.ir ner, as ii tiiu Med him to khvw th life of a Mule liatH. g not over rive venrs of ;. As he wan leav. i.ig his farm gtte with Inn luttgy team, he hap'tfiied to look arross Ihe flehl. nxn saw ig enraged eow daubing at a little daughter. Throwing the lines to hi colored bov, he made a Lack spring Trom th carriage. ler ed the gate with on. lounJ, threw himself in front of the child, and met the furious charge of the cow, which he neized by the j horns, nnd was t(sed high in the T ? No. I Tony held on to the horns, and Ms knowU i-.Ih of Jl le 4 il'i'lls llaNtne8 e-Hl'led him I When J.e rei-eivt-.l the slux k of the. toss, to ! mm iu ihe air a complete. oint-rMuU and I aiu1'' 'h eow ta. k, which so ftton. Uh'-'l he .w that she. tamed down Imuie. ,',:,'n. l:t niMou Wiauriveu borne by ""J' ! Sr.oi-iiu- show that th number of ( Id .ts iiioiin and jet some lib vspapera j continue to umke war ou quark dctoi. What i a quack dt,ur lor but W kill oJ I lUefooU 1 "r.t.eatre street. f mn.'79.-tr.J ii
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