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VOLUME XII.
EBEXSBUIIG, PA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1S7S.
NUMBER 2S
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THE I.OItirS I'RA V K R.
The following ltonuiif.il pmm is said to
hae Iteeti wriiten ly K'.i'gJ.imes 1., ihougb
by soino it is ascribed u Ihsbop Andrews :
If any srr cli-M reset.. unit f,in woiiM Bather
Some comfort, let th'm ha-ten unto
Our Father.
Fur we of hope and help are quite bereaven
L'uless thou 8Ui''r us
Who art in Heaven.
Thou showed mercy, llierefore for the same
We praise thee sin-ring
Hallowed be thy name.
Of all Thy merries eat up the sum,
suow us 'ifoy ji,. and let
Thy Kingdom come.
We morial are, ann alter from our liirth.
Thou coiij-tjnl art ;
Thy will be done on Earth.
Thou mad'st F.'irt li, a well as planets seven ;
Thy name is blessed here.
As 'tis in Heaven.
Xxthinir we h-ive to ue, or debts to pay,
t.xeept thou (f'vest it to us,
Give us this d;iy
Wherewith to elothe us, wherewith to be fed,
I've ivithoul Thee we "v-ant
Our daily bread.
We want, hut want no faults, for no day passes
IS j I wo do sin -
Forifive us our trespasses.
N" mnu from sinninir ever free did live.
Koix've us, O Lord, o--r sins
As we loixive.
K we repent our faults. Thou ne'er disdninest
We puiduU
Ttiem tl.at trespass against us.
J-'oruive u. Ihi't is past, a new path troad us,
lJU'iet usiilwa in Thy Faith,
And lead u.
We Thine on n im pie and Thy Chosen Nation
1 iito ail U ii. lis, tint
.Not into temptation.
Thou that of all good iraeeait tin jfiyer,
.-tiller us liot to waiK'i r.
JJut dt iiver
l"s from the firnf assaults of v.-orld and devil.
And llesh, so that ih.ai free us,
J nun ail evil.
T" these petitions, let both ehuieli and laymen
With one coi-sent of heart and voice, ssiy
Ami n.
DAVID MATSOrVTHE LOST MAN.
BY JOHN t. WltlTTIKIt.
Who of my young readers have not read
the svu nnvful story of Kuc!i Aiden, so
weely s 1 1 1 simply I11 by tbe great Kn-gb-b
poet? It is lite story of a man w Iio
went to wa, leaving belunu a hwett young
wiie atul liLlle dangtiler. lie was ca.st
,tiny on a ue.-eit d, wliere be remained
.-eectl years, wben be was di-coveied,aud
tiikau -lt'b,V a passing vessel.
Coming ba-k to bis native town, be
found bis wife nianied to an old playmate
a good man, I sola and honored, with
whom .she was Jtviog liaj pily. The poor
iiKin, unwiiln g to cause her pain and ptr
jlt.xiiy, rtsolvtd litt to m.iico himself
known to htr, and lived an.1 died alone.
'i lie jMHim has refunded me of a very sitn
i'aisioiyof iny own 2s'ev KngUud neigb
1 cm lio.xl, w iucli 1 I ave oiieii beaid, and
v.iiebl wiM '.iy to led, in t in poet ry, like
A fied 1 eut) -oil's, but in my own l oor
p.ose. I can assme my reai'ets that, iu
ji- ni iiii particuiHis, it i.- a in.et;.le.
i.e u. .febt .-ni'iiner iiot ning, more than
t'inee ."-coie yeaj s ago. Pavd Mat son, with
bis yon.g w iit and t wo iieaii I y, bate footed
bi-ys, .-i.H'd on tbe bank of the liver, near
then f'webi.ig. 'I bey weie wailing tbeie
for IMaliaa C'uitis to C"ne round tbe
p''!iil niu iiis wlieuy, tttake t be bu.-baud
auil fait'er to the jajit a ftw miles below.
The Lively Tim lie was about, to sail on a
voy;ige to S;ain, and Uav.d vias to go i:i
liii ..s tiKite. '1 bey ibeie in lhe level
poi ning MiiiMi'iie, laUii-ig 'joefci i'ully ; but
bail iU btco ,ieai e.io.ili, Jon Could have
i- en te;us ii Anna 31a.a.;.i's bine eyes, lor
sl.e loved bei liiisband, and knew tiieie
tti.s alwaye danger on I lie sea.
And la iil'i blofT, cbeety voice trembled
a little no.v and ii.tn, for oe bone.-t sailor
loied bis snug home on tbe .lien imae, wiih
tl i; (bar wife and her jnetty b s. IJut
pi;.e.:tly tbe wbe. iy caui alongside, and
David was ju-t fcteppi.ig in it, wbeu he
turned b,ck to kiss Ins n'iJ and boys.
" In with you, man, ' said lVla iali Cur
tis. "J'iiete's n time fn kissing and
huc'.i fot leiies when the tide si'ives,"
And so tiicy patted. Anna and her
b'-vs went back lo Ibeir botue, and David
to i lio port fiopi whence lie sailed oil in
HiP I. vtly Turtle. And months passed ;
auU'M-i follow e the fcutnn.er, .""iid winter
the ai'iiiniii ; and then spi i.ig came ; a. ion
i was -iiininer on ibe liver hide, and be
did not co,.,e back. And another year
p. -set', ; i.ct tin it old sailois and fishermen
.-! k iinii beads solemnly, a. id said the
J.iielv I'm lie was a lost ship, and would
never come l ack to poit. And )oor Anna
l..n! la i bombazine gown ded black, iMid
bri st i aw bonnet tiiinmcd in niuiini.ig
libliins, smd iicncefor.h was known only
as M e 'A'idow Maison.
A id bow was it ail this timo with David
LiniM-lf:'
Now, yon must know that tbe Mohnin
H tii,i,i people of Alieis and Tiinob, M
ftj'.' iu ami ..tlee, at'd toe naibaia coast,
luJ for a loiig i.inie been in tbe habit of
li ting out gal!oysaiid armed boa's to seize
" hoi ,,ie chain, ve.-.sels jf Cio islian nations
ni i!,e slaves of iheir crews and pas-f-fiit-i
s, jsi.st as men calliiig themselves
t in ist ians in A met ica w ere sending vessels
b Afiieato catch black slaves for their
Il!ni'a ions. Tbe Lively Turtle fell into
,!je bands of one of these roving sea ob
btis, and tbe ciew were taken to Algiers,
? ni sold in tbe mai ket-plac? as slaves,
tmr David Maison among ibe le-t.
'Vlien a boy, David bail learned the
'''de of r.h"i cariemer w ith his father, on
i Mcnitn.ic, and now be was set ac work
" uie dockyaids. II "J master, who was
I'.uiaHv a ki.ir! man. did not overwork
h ill. (li !, i,I ,I ilir liia ilnoe Inaven of
'-'ul, and when liis clothing was worn
0 lt its place was supplied by the coarse
'Lll t UiHb Oll,1 ' ,,' I U Hill. UDVHI 1 1 V
Ik-rber women. Three hours befoie
;iiisel be wr4s icleased from work, and
I'Utal U'bieli !c Hid At, ill m meH : .1 Sall-
b.illi, was a ibiv nf pnli.e rest. Once a
ill ibe season called Il.nucan, he was
1. r. . . '
"-h at ,ei.-urc foi a whole week.
nine linie we.i on days, week?.
r,1''llis. and yeais. Ilisdaik hair became
i k"a.V. lie si ill dieamed of bis old home on
j.ie Men iniac, and of bis good Anna and
.. . v..
ere yet living, what, i bey ihougbt of him,
a,ifl what they were doing. Tbe hoj.e of
''er seeini; tbeni aaaiii tiew fainter and
K u"ter, a. id at lasl neatly died ut ; and
I e leMgned himself to his fate as a slave
"jrlife.
1 lut one day a handsome middle aged
'"'email in the diess of one of bis own
utiytueii, atteuded by a gitat ollicer of
tbe Dey, entered ibe ship yard, and called
up befoie him the American captives.
lhe stranger was noun otbet than Joel
Hailow, Commissioner of tbe United States
to procure the liberation of s'aves belong
ing to that Government. JIo took tbe
men by tbe hand, as tbry came up, and
hey weie fiee. As you might expect, lhe
poor fellows were-veiy grateful; so:ne
lauehed, some wept for joy, some shouted
and sang, and tin ew pp their caps, w hile
others, with David Maison among them,
knelt down on tbe chips, and thanked Cod
for tbe p,reai deliverance.
"Ibis is a very adectins; scene," said
the Commissioner, wiping his eyes. '"I
must keep the impiession of it for my
Coluir.baid :"' and drawing out bis tablets,
be proceeded to write on '.be spot an ajMis
trophe to Feeedom, which afteiward
found a place in his great epic.
David Matson bad saved a little money
during bis captivity, by odd jobs and woik
on holidays. lie got a passage to Malaga,
wbcie lie bought a nice shaw l for his wife,
and a watch for each of his boys. He
then went to tbe quay, where mi" Ameri
can ship was lying, just ready to kail for
Uoston.
Almost tbe first man he saw on board
was IVlatiah C'uitis, who bad rowed him
down to tbe port seven years befoie. Jle
found that bis old neighbor did not know
hi m, so changed was he wiih his long
beaid and Moorish dress, whereupon, with
out telling his name, be began to put
questions about bis old home, and Jinaliy
asked if be knew Mrs. Maison.
"I rather think I do," said TelAtiah ;
"she is my wife."
'Your wife !" cried the other. ' She is
mine beloie Cod and man. I am David .Mat
son, and she is tbe mo:berof my child u n"
"And mine too," said I'elatiah. "1 left
her with a babe in her arms, if you aie
David Maison, your light to her is outlaw
ed ; at any rate, she is mine, and I am not
the man to give her up."
"God is gieat !" said poor David Mat
son, unconsciously rejieatiug tbe familiar
words of Moslem submission. "His will
be done. I loved her, but I shall never
see her again ; give these, with my bless
ing, to the good woman and tbe boys ;"
and he handed over, with a sigh, the bun
dle containing the gifts of his wife and
children.
lie shook bands with his rival. "Pela
tiah," l;e -aid, looking back as be left the
ship, "be kind to Anna and my bojs."
"Ay, ay, sir," responded tbe sailor, in a
careless tone. lie watched tbe poor man
passing slowly up lhe nano.v Mrcef, un'il
out of sight. "It's a hard ca-e for old
David," he said, helping himself to a fiesh
cud of tobacco , "but I'm glad I've seen
tbe last of him."
I'elatiah Cnili.- reached home. He told
Anna the story of her husband, anil laid
hisgifis in b r l.ij . She did not shin-k
lior fint, for she was ab.althy woman,
with stiong nerves; but she stole away by
hei-ilf and wept, bitteily. She lived many
yeais after, but cold never be peisuadtd
to wear tbe pretty shawl which the hus
band of her youth had sent as bisfaiewell
gift. Tiieie is, however, a liadition that
in accoidat'Ce with her dying wish, it was
wrapped about In r pt.or old shoulders in
the coflin, ami b tiio.l with her.
Tbe btlie bull's eje watch, which isstill
in the postssioti of one of her grand chil
dren, is now all that remains to tell tbe
tale of David Matson, the lost man.
A Convict's Stkanoi: Stout. --"Twelve
years for stealing meal to keep I is family
lioni starving!'' This stalemeni. is made
by an official of lhe Eastern Penitentiary
as a veutable fact. At 'lie present time
there is coniiued in tbe La-iem Peniten
tiary a man who is senium nit a sentence
for l he hn een v of food, which was to feed
hisstai ving w ile anil chiidien. Tbe man's
siory is this, and it is vouched for by a
fellow prisoner, who was concerned in tbe
robberies, and to whom ibe Couit gave
two yeais: T was a coal miner, residing
at Scianfou, and riming (lie suspeni"ii of
w oik last wimer like many ot hers 1 was on
t he verge of sta vatioti. I looked over my
larder, and fop. id Indian meal and meat
enough to last foi a week. After 'hat was
gone T knaiv not where the next was to
come from. Tbeic weie my wife and
thiee childien to Le looked afet, no pios
pectof woik, because .lebig men of '.be
coal companies were iiirh. ing among them
selves, and 'he poor mb-t-is were starving.
In tbe same house Willi me lived a Dutch
man, wlio w;;s also a mi-.er. Seeing thai
things weie becomming despea:e, one day
I proposed to the other fellow that we
should go i 1 1 1 o the couiitiy and get us
enough meal to keep us for a month. V e
took another fellow vvidi us (theie be is,
saitl the man, pointing to the two j-ear
fellow). We went into six bains and stole
as much Indian meal as we could carry.
Then the Du.cbmaii went into a kitchen
and took two cans of fruit. When we
weie neatly bacK to town, this man here
found a spiing house open and a piece of
meac foil iwetl him out of theie. YV e
weie arrested alterwatd and tiied. The
Dutchman tinned S.aie's evidence, and
the JndiiC gave me twelve yeasvtwo years
for each barn I went into), while my com
paninu got two yeais foi tbar piece of in.iat.
I tell you what, it's rough ro lock a man
up that long for so lulling a crime, when
he does ir to keep the wolf from the d'Kir."
An effort will be made at an early meet
ing of the lioard of Pardons to have the
convict released, provided, after invest isra
tion, bis story is found to bo true. lhdn.
Record.
Give Them Vent There mw be a
good deal of sound philosophy in the foi
lowing stoiy from St. Xich"lin. bur, at
times it is a downtigh: nuisanca for Job li
ny to let his noise out :
"O, .Johnny !" eried a neivons mother,
"do have some pi-.v on my poor head !
Can't von play without si-.oiiting so'.'"
Poor . oh uny diew no lbs tape reins wlh
which lie was driving two chairs tandem,
and called in a loud, hoarse w titsner : "Get
up whoa!" lint at Iftig'h, finding lU'le
pleasure in this sn pnress.M amusement he
threw down his rein, and. laying bis h:'nd
ilium bis biea-t, saitl, wt.li a long breath,
', moibei, it's fill! of noise in here and it
hurts Mte t-o to keep it iu ! "Don't all liMle
hoys make a noise, when Miey play?" "es,
Johnny, I believe they ali do," replied the
laily. "O, then, mot her dear," ei ied John
ny, in a winning tone, "ple:;se lei me be a
littlfl boy." We will join poor Johnny in
his peTi;ioti. Please, mother, let-your sons
be iin'e boys while they inav. Le. them
have a free ami happy childhood, that when
your heads are low in the gi ive bey may
point back to those days ami say, "We were
happy HiildtPti, for tiiere was always buii
sbiuo where our mother was."
W'tifSKP tzif&a& hzj-;zi. -smzz "iaSfes SgiM .
Ilirtl'8-eye View,
Silks
Dress Goods
Jlourninff Goods
Cloahings
Flannel 8
Linens
JI a si ins
White Goods
Laces
Ribbons
Trimmings
Embroideries
Fringes
Zephyrs and Worsteds
TCecJuvear
G lores
Toilet Articles
Stationery
JTloicers c- Feathers
T
A GHASSIfOITFIl sioni:
On the t"p of the Uoya! Exchange in
London, is a curious weather vane, not like
any other in England, or peihaps in lhe
woihl. It is a huge gra-shopper, and the
following account, shows how it came to be
put up 1 beie :
About thiee hundred and fl fly yeais ago,
a woman, wiih a hole baby in her arms,
was :iiiiguig along a country lane. Pie
sently, aliei looking to see that no one was
watching hei, she climbed over a gate into
the lieiu, and wiapping the baby in its
little shawl, she laid it down in the grass,
so gently as not. to aw;.ke it, anil then,
nevei even Imi king behind her, she c'o.obr.d
ovei ibt gam .t.uu i ;ilo ; he la.ie, and a tut
on hei join uey.
The baby soon woke and began to cry .
and u. c. ltd for a long, long time. And
at lasi, tiled and luiugiy, and hot wi'lt rhe
sin., for ii. was a line summer's day, ii was
wearied t ut. and dropped off to sleep
again. 'Slut God had beaid the voice of
the lad."
15y anil-by down the lane came a schoo
b.i. lie was whi.-tiing away, as bapp as
evil he count be ; be had come out - f
school, .out was gnfig h-me. lie lived hi.
ibe farm house a ht'le way further up lhe
lane. 'vnv be gatheied a few prim rones,
now he has a -ny k ; bud ; bn. just as he
came io lite g.ue. over winch tbe woman
bad climbed, be beaid a grasshopper chirp
ing away so loudly, that be spiangover the
gale io catch him and there was the baby
fast asleep! Ear more pleased 'ban if he
hail caught a bundled gi as-hoppers. the
boy took up the little fello. and ran home
nith his piize. fhe kind farmer's wife,
although she had many cuildreu of Iter own,
at once determined to keep the litvle orphan
w ho had been saved from death by a grass
hopper. Y ears passed aw;y and the baby became
a strong bov ; the boy grew to be a man ;
be wem to London ami became a merchant.
God blessed all he did, and he rose to be
the most noted mail in the city. Queen
Elizabeth was then Oti the throne, and of
ten ditl she -end for Sit Thomas Gresham,
fur the Utile deseitcd boy hid become a
knight, to eousnlt hii.l on the great affairs
of state.
About thiee hn.id.ed years ago, Sir
Thomas Gre-i.am founded the Exchange.
Tbe Queen came io di-ie with him, and
laid the first slo And theie upon the
topmost pinnacle Sir Thomas placed a
grasshopper ; and theie it. is lo-day, io tell
the bu-y toiling city, that. Almighty God
can hear the infant's cry, andean save a
valuable life by eveu such a little ihiinj a
a grassbooper.
Teaching limps to Sino. In Fulda,
Germany, reualr nisi itutionsare establish
ed Io teach bubnnchesto sing. The young
biids are placed in rik classes of six to ten
each, and kepi in the datk. As they are
fed a lii lie hand-organ is played. Finally
the biids commence to associate '.be vnusie
willi tbe feeding, and when hun'j.y, Ihey
commence to sing a few notes of he inne
they hear daily. Those w ho do :his a.e at
once placed iu a more cheerful room, when
light is admitted. This encourages and
makes them more lively. Then they like
to sing, and aie taught, more. The most
difficult pa. ii the starting of the birds,
some of which have to be kept a long time
in the daik and on starvation ratious, be
fore their obstinacy is uvmcome.
John Wanamaker's Grand Depot,
HEecond ye-jr of the General Di y Goods
at the Grand Depot i3 just opening. It is proper to
nay that what was deemed on experiment, the first
year, experience proves to 1 a success, and we now
propose ta fjieally 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.
fc Cash Returned if buyers return erods 'even
though. Dress Patterns; in reasonable time
and uninjured.
A very larg2 stock of all kinds of newest Dry Goods
always on han-i, arranged on one floor with plenty of
li jht to see them. A. thousand people oan easily he waited
on at one time. Where so many goods are selling every
day the people are sure of getting only fresh goods.
Earnestly deei-ing to serve the people well, and inviting
t'r-em to visit the Grand Depot whether they wish to buy.
or "only to tea the fashions."
If not conning to the city to see the magnificent
new sloclt for Spring, send for samples,
ing cMss of goods wanted. We do a large business through
the mail.
Very respectfully,
JOHN WANAMAKER,
Grand Depot. Thirteenth and Market Sts.
PHILADELPHIA.
no i s axi GiiiLs.
The following, which is taken from tbe
columns of the Austin (Texas) Sluft'nxxih,
contains food foi sober thought. What is
said of the rising generation of Texas, is
equally applicable to children all over this
broad land. Head ami rellect :
A geoib'Tuan, who made it his business to
inquire now and I hen into 'ases of want
among t'.niso ifilueed to povetty, sas thai,
most suffer! 'vho are very poor ate vtmiKii
and m.tt. ot' f l.-se are ''eti mai ft a ml aeenm-pii-i'eti.''
T't-y have been i.ipl'i eveiy
thieg 'ml '! - ti is.-iini o of pra- it al ilo'ies of
ev- -day ' i t'-. Th-y k tow e vet y I hi t g 1 h a t
is t.f no pi ;' ieal iirie. 'I'nev i'aii do a.tv.bitig
exfiq.. inn k a n hones'. ' t vi nj. One atlinir
ble r t.nij, n . t .-tl iii-etl 'O t he ti in os' si r-ii - s n ml
even new loo piouil to conifss -ter fea.fiil
pt.ur ami living as Mi dees nitti let. .'t-i.ts
eat b dv and pvn b"s, can s".ik I-'ren.-li
ami ti-rinat-. Wlt.'ti -hi? owned a piano she
was ni i st re;s et Mo ili ine a 1 1. I?n t she hail
never m-nln a tlress or rooked a mal. She
hatl nor li-.i. i t gli i io teach or '.. r vise a
household. She had al' ll.eexlia rinisii of
an elrre of an approved tioattling school, but
wa- as lii-l-l-- is when she wore pi.fil'ores
and rihorl tl ..-s-s. 8neli a woidh. t, sprung
from sneh a. cirl of stub training, wult!
barillv lie soi.j-ht :i.'tei as a wife, 'ft: supply
her warns a. nt tm b'i noaul t.ill :i task a
t hone h ' In ' mtn who unit' Pv by Ins own
exe linns wnttiil m, :t ttisso.H-i senses, um-tl-r'ake.
Vm Ihes. wrm-n. wh'n parents
ami gn.t r.l ia t-.s t'r i- 'nil ot-i recourse,
at.'l miamy ami Ica h elo-e .he li( seenes
of many . tin tvpr nrci' fail ami tt:-ntit'ul
anil lelovetl. 'J'tn Sew Ymk Xuti'ii' 'V -as
correspondent: atlverts to an t'nr phase
of 'bis (jnestion. Vbetlirw tells he trni h
our r.i.,ers na v tlefid e fn. th 'tnsvl ves. vVe
only kn".v .bat idl- vn;il.n"ib are every
W'l.e'e. .Most .T these tlie itt the gnUei or
e'ose a i-a reei o'" vit-"in a tfa'b of shame.
People seem tn eliev lha; their i.is nit's,
be either itllers sintl outcasts or professional
gettl-.ie?i. Not on" youth in ilCivthat noes
on tn battle wiih life has learned a trade.
Of educated ar' hite-ts, artisans, civil engi
neers i'lttl machinists there are none roni
paralieelv speaking. every family ttas
its iliu'iiii and lawyer, and many an -niliryo
loafer am! w hi sry-gnzzling ward noli'ien.
The leartt.l profession, so-called, are slop
ping over wi'h 'gimrance atul incapacity,
and ther-f ire th; depravity "'mIi' in vain
to he reformed by lit courts ami by ibe
hangman.
Wht II AVantkd a IiF.crirT. In the
cilyof ITahf,ix there dwell a lawyer, crafty,
subtle ad ente as a fox. An Indian of
the Miamao tribe, named Simon, owed him
some money. Toe lawyer had waited long
for his (in. His patience at last gave out,
ami lie threatened he Indian with lawsuit,
pr.-ces ami execution. The poor red man
got scared s.nd hiought tbe money to his
creditor. The Indian waited, expecting
the lawyer wuld write a teccipt.
"What a'e you waiting fo. ? ' asked tbe
law ver.
"!ecetpt." said ;he Indian.
"A veceip' ?" aid Ibe lawyer, "a re
ceipt ; wha do yon know about a receipt ?
Can v n n.i.leislHiid the nain-e of a re
ceipr ? Tell mo the use if one and I.w ill
give it o von."
The Indian looked at bim a niomeut,
antl ; hen said :
"M'i.u iiiavheme die! me PO heben .
me find ibe gate locked : me sre 'Postle
Petei ; be say 'Sim m. what you want ?'
me say. Want to gel- in. lie say, 'You pay
Mr. J. dat money?' what me do? me had
no receipt. ! had to hunt all ober bell to
find you !' He got Lis receipt,
Thirteenth Street,
Business
Ladies cC Hisses' Suits
Sa cqttes cC Cloa ks
Underwear
Hosiery
Upholstery Goods
Ulankets and Quilts
Trunks ntid Valises
Jlubber Goods
Horse Covers
Men's & Boys' Clothing
Hals
Shoes
describ
ATt"iAi. Eisipges. n lien caverns in i
which the siieams disappear aie of small ,
extent, and open at both ends, they form
natural bridges. These are fi eqnent ly met '
with now in localities vfcie no water ex- j
ists. A remarkable curiosity of ibis kind, '
occins in the valley of Icounuzo. or I "audi, '
in .Mexico. Ii. spans a chasm thiee li nil-
died and twenty-five feet, deep, a whose :
bottom w inds a small torrent, i he llio de la i
Summa Paz, inclosed iu an almost, inac- i
cesstble channel. The piinctpal britige
me;i-ures forty eight feet in length by j
thirty nine feel in width, am? is sis ami
one-half feef. thick. Sixty five fee below
this bi itlge is found a second, c sisi ing of j
three blocks, which suppm-. themselves)
v, it hou. any advenli'iou aid; (he central :
is peiforated with a lmle, th rough which
tbe bottom of the abyss is visible. The ,
Ii: itlge of Arc, over the river Ardeche, is a j
natural arch, ninety-eight feet in height, .
and one hundred and ninety-five feel iu '
span. The hi iilge of Veja, near Yervona, 1
is one hundred and tw my-live feet high, j
The magnificent rock biidge of Virginia !
spans an abyss a Inch separates two nioiiu- j
tains an -bysslwo hundred and twenty- j
live feet, in Ibe deep obscuiily of which i
whiten ami seethe lhe restless waters if :
Cellar creek. This marvelous arch is near- j
ly one hundred feet in length, ami forty
two feet thick ; it is a natural cuiiosity, ;
which no spectator can suivcy without
feelings of admiration. In the Labanon,
a torrent emptying into the lieitnt liver
passes under a oat u ral ai ch Io hundred ;
and fifteen feet iu htigln, locally known as .
the Ain el Lnhtin. A similar bridge is
thrown ovei the Litany, : be ancient LcohU,
near Tiar Kmaone, ivhere the river has
tunneled irouth a i"ck npwaid tf ninety
feet tjiick. The mad from Vatly el Teim ;'
to Xihah is car. ied across this woudeiful
Rich. The nieh over ibe Dog river, near !
the Xiban el Libau, is hollowed "til in tbe j
solid rock. It is ninety feet thick, itp cpan ,
one hundred and fifty seven fret, and the .
Height of the lower side tieaily two bun- j
tlied feet.
Matrimony Made Easy. Thibet is the ;
old bachelor's paradise, for it is --here Ibat '
lie can flirt, with a hundred girls simultane. :
oosly, and get married wit bout knowing it.
T. T. CtHtper. an agent in tbe English
Civil Service he was recently muideied .
at Il'.ianio, although lhat is neither here
nor there resolved to travel through China
by a rou'C comparatively unknown and full
of dangers. Starting from Hadow, he
went along the Yatig tse-Kiang to Eastern
Tiber. One day be found himself in a j
giove, surrounded by a group of gills, and,
accord iiijj to bitn "the whole scene was so I
Aicadian, and the romantic pffeot so irre- j
sistible, that, though struck by the remark- 1
iihle absence of iho male hex, be gave him.
self up to the influence of the situation, and
waited with languid rtniosiiy for the 7s
noi"in',H( of this pleasant lh lie adventure.
He smoked with the gills am' shaied their
meals, and afterward they dragged in a
young girl of sixteen, attired in a silk dress,
seated her by his side, and then began to
lance around the pair. He could not niako
it out until bis servant expkiined thai, ao
cordiinz to one of the tnttonis of Thibet
' he had, without knowing
it, allowed tiii.i
self to be mai i ied. lie at first wished to (
resist, pleading English customs, but the
tribe among whom he was wor.ld accept no
explanation, and he was comieled to take
tbe gill with him. llochcttvi' Union.
risin:i 11Y A GHOST.
rttOMISE MADE IN I.IKE KF.I'T AFTER
DEATH W 11 AT 1 II K sIMI.IT SAIIl.
"D d vou ever see a gl.ost?"
"No."
Did you ever see any one who bad seen
a phost."
"I can't say that 1 ever did," ibe re pott
er replied.
Whereupon the gentleman said that in
the person of one of the oliicei s of the city
Government could be seen one wht hatl
once had a veritable iuteiview with a spirit
from the other wotld. The itpoiler ifit
td the gentleman.
"Yes, sir," he said to tlie reporter, "il is
tbe truth. I did once see a ghost, 01 have
an inteivieiv with a spiii. At lens, I
think I did. 1 may have been dreaming ;
I don't know, lint it w as a most, rental k
able, a most inexplicable deaiu what on
might call a prophetic dieam, that was
fn. lii lied in eveiy detail in a most extiaot
dinat v manner. And I don't think il was
a d i earn.
"It was at tbe time of the war. I was
on the Coiifedei ate side in tbe war, a soldier
iu the First Mai land Cavahy. Iu the
same company with me was a gentleman
fiom California, whom you may callf'op
lcston. I'd lather you wouldn't publish
bis real name. He was a splendid fellow,
and before long we became very intimate,
ami giadually giew to be most devoted
friends. He was tbe bravest of men, but
at ibe same i ime unusually warm hearted
and affectionate, and 0111 affection for each
yther was something unusual among men.
"One day we were together in a pretty
hot fight near Greenland Gap, llaidy conn
ty, Va., dining Gen. Will. E. Jones' laid,
and, as we h.id no artilleiy with us, our
regiment was dismounted and detailed to
stoim a chinch in which a body of the en
emy had eutietiched themselves. It was a
nasty piece of win k, and i he prospects weie
slim .f getting back alive. As we went at
it Coplestou turned to me and said :
'Look here, old fellow, let's promise each
oihei that if one of us is kilied without a
chance to say good -by, he will come again
to see the oilier, if such a thing is possible.'
I understood him and promised. We got.
off this time w ilhoul much damage, but it
was nude. stood between us that the agree
ment was lasting.
"Nol long after this we weie separated.
He was seut off with a de"ail for scouting
woik upon the Mississippi, and befoie he
got back I was capiiiitd by Avciill at
Moorlicld, after the Chambeisbui g raid.
They sent me to Camp Chase, neai Colum- i
bia. Ohio, and hem 1 lav for a long lime i
w ith fifteen or twenty thousand ot her piis
oneis, heating little or nothing of lhe men
on ibe other side of the Potomac, ami '.hen
only fiont the new pii-oiieis when they
weie brought into cimp. Of Coplo&ton
we heard nothing at all.
"In Camp Chase we lived iu big barracks,
about uOO men in a banack. lit the one iu
which 1 was.'nifSt of the men were Maiy
l.indc.s of our own Command. We slept
in bunks around the room, and the loom
w as heated by three big stoves. One night
I was sitting by the stove oca rest the dooi,
thinking. It was late, and all the olbcis
were in their bunks asleep. I sat theie
alone for some time, looking at the fire and
lost in ihougbt. Suddenly I felt imjiedlcd
to l'Htk up, ami theie, just in fiont of me,
on the oilier side of tbe stove ami betwecu
i ii, and the door, stotnl Coplestou. "
j "Were you alaimed at all '.'"'
! "No I was not alaimed, only grcat'y
, sin prised. There was nothing to alaim.
I It was only Coplestou, dressed in the same
! gray suit ami black felt hat. I thought of
i Course, at the install', that somehow he
I had been captuied and bi ought a piisotter
to th3 camp, and had only just learned
wheie 1 was. I exclaimed, 'W hy, Cople
ston, when were you brought in'.' and tried
to li-e up and shake Lauds with him. 1
, con Itl not move.
"Coi'lcsioti looked at rre sadly lor a
moment and then said, "No I was not
bronchi here; dou't Juu remember our
agreement ?'
'Gieat heavens !" I exclaimed, 'were
j.U ?'
"'Yes,' be said, 'I was k'.Ued today.'
lie then went on and told me all about it.
One day be and one other of our men w eie
surrounded in a house iiearLuray, iu Page
county, Va., by a stpiad of Feduials, ami
altera little figln, in which Coplestou was
wounded in the b g, lhe two weie captured
and laken into the enemy's camp. They
weie held for a few days, ami acre then
sentenced to be sho as an act of i etaliatioii
for some sins laid at Mosby's door. A ser
geant's guaid took Ibein into Ibe woods,
a. id wi'.h some touch ;f pi'y offered to let
them lli.i lhe gauuiht, Indian fashion.
Tbe other man accepted ibis slight chance
of etsc.ipe, but was shot as be ran. Cople
stou leiu-ed Io move, and was killed wueie
be sat mi the groudd.
"All this, sir, I assure you, was ti ld me
by t his strange vi-i'oi . As lie finished he
said : Should there ever be any either em
casioii fo.- me to see you, 1 w i'.l come, and
then disappeared, not going eut by the
dooi but simply fading away. I was, t.f
course, strongly moved, bu. sboilly af.ei
that I reined to my bunk. The next
morning I t'dd lhe men in the mess of the
ciicuuistauce, and was of coiiise laughed
at.
,'Three weeks afterwards fresh jn isoners
were brought in from ibe Army of Viigin
:a, wbc, with tit her news, lold of Copies
ton's death, just as I had already heard of
it fiom himself. Tbe men of the mess no
longer laughed at my story.
''I do not pieiend to explain this at all.
I think it C tii't be explained. I am not
impeist iiimis, I thick, and, as 1 said before,
may have dieamed it. bill even then it would
lie a very itianedieaui. i!timorc Antt r
icun. A Coxxkcticut inventor has devised a
safety lamp for railroad ens. A kerosene
lamp is placed outs'de the car at one end.
throw ing its light by a ie!l.-ctor into a tube
a fo tt and a half in diamctei. which runs
al'iiitiside of the ventilating dck. At in
tervals the tnlie is "tapped" for light, a
fiyrtem of lejlectors di.l i ib.r.iug Ihe l'ghi
tiirongh the entetior of tbe car. An at
tachtiieut is piovided which extingu shes
the light the instant the lamp is off iis
balanoe, so thai in lhe event of an areident
no fc-ar of fire nei-d bo aj-pt ebetidetl. Th"
tube conduc's tbe light so ad mi i ably that
Sue prim can be read at A diminiee of foity
cel from the lamp.
Two twin b.orlteis aie said lo be so much
alike lhat they frequently 1mm low money
from each other witltoul knowing it.
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A STCRY OF THE KA1II.Y PATS OF M1CHIG.
THK llii M il SKITi.l.US AM)
THEIR KAMII-II S, 1
The Detroit '-xtf says: Think of a fMh
climbing out of bed at daylight and callii,
to each of his thirty or more children tog
i:p, and then assigning them their sevei
duties for the d;ty ! Such a man was At
'nine Louis Descnmpt Labadie. With b
father and tw'o In others, this somewhat li .
niatkable son of Gaul emigrated froi
France and settled in Detroit in 1751
Nineteen yeais thereafter he niairicd Ai
gelnpie Campau, ami the two went to bousr .
keeping over the river. At that time aj
the laud wheie Windsor now 6tands wa
owned by tbe Ottawa Indians, ami th
famed Pt.ntiac, or Pondiack, as tbe Frenc .
spelled it, was i heir chiof. Poutiac, how
ever, w it h consent of the nat i.m, was rapid ;
ly deeding away all the lane's along th
liver to tl e Fieurh scHleis, and veiy man.
of tli se deeds aie now in possession eif Mr
Chailes F. Labadie, of the thin of Labadn
&. Windsor. '
The collection of deeds now held by Mr
Labadie is quite interesting, two or tbrei
of them being signed by Pontine himself
One of these deeds is made to M r. Labadie
giandfatber, Antoniiie L. D., and reads a.
all of thm do. "I, Pondiack, Chief
tbe Otalwa Nation, w it h consent of all t
nation, iu the jnesence of George Crogh"
E.-tj., Suki inu ndeiit of Indian ailairs,
cotisideiat iou of ihe good w ill I liear to A1
loiiine," S:c. The w ill is dated 17C.1, at.
is signed 'lmdiack La juu rj tic.' Hi
mai k consists of a sot t of hieroglyphic that
resembles a Q more than anything else,
wiih two paiallcl and one perpendicular
line diaw-n across it. The deeds are all on
paper which has grown yellow and musty
with age. Most of them are in Fiench,
and some are no longer than a man's band,
and yet contain tbe signatuies of eight or
nine chiefs. These signatures or ('tn
consist of rude I epreseutai ions of crows
bea.s, deer, foxes, ducks li-h, Vc.
They are all "in consideration of the pood
w ill we bear," and accoi ding to t be amount
of gisid will a chief bote to a Frenebni
was the measurement of bis river front, foi
tlie far seeking red-kins would give a man
only so many feel Mr acres of I iver-fronu,
buL be might extend the giant as far bacic
into the forest as be chose. Among the
deeds is one granting to L'Assum pt ion
Chinch the laud which it now holds, ' 'thre
acres in width and 40 acres in leng'h."
I'hcie are twodeeds of tbe land upon w hich
Iliiam
inker s tiisi illei us now stand;
one it fmin
one is I mtn 1'outiar; to l,teut. Abho't cu his
Majesty's Artilleiy, tbe oilier fiom the
Lieutenant toGiaude Peie Labadie.
Eui lo letuiii totbe father t.f the f.3 chil
dieii. Aiitoine Labadie lived happily wiiU
his w ife live years, when she died, having
borne bim seven childien during that time.
He bad tiade.l extensively with the In
dians Hud bad ticated them with such
uniform kindness and considei at ion that
ii I tern the death of his wife they enttrated
bun to many a maiden from out their
tiibe. This be did, choosing the daughter
of a Sauteuse Chief, as the ireotd of tbe
Catholic Church at Sandwich have it.
!-evenleeii children bis tlu-ky bi ide present
ed him, and thru her spuit Hud i0 the
Happy Hunting Groin id.
A boi iginal ami Noinian blood minglln
in the veins of ibe IT descendants of this
last union helped lo budd up a haitlv ami
lather indus'iious community, and still
Labadie faiteied not. He was wedded to
Miss Cbailotte Ifittnc, ami the f.uils of
this union were nine childien. the oldest
son being the father of Gregoite L. Laba
die, t.f tins city, and of Capt. Chailes F.
Labadie, of tbe linn of Labadie A: Parent,
Windsor. The latter still In, Ids a poitiutj
of tbe old homestead in Walkei ville.
t H I cit izens say t bat it was not an uncom
mon thing for the old French setlleis tot
lai-e families of IS and :?' childien. An
o!d lesident says that Van Aveiy, who
lived on tbe present site of the w atei woi ks,
whs tbe father of 'Jo childien, all by oua
w ife.
With Ffi.i, Powi.k. The following was
related by a Catholic priest, Father 11 ,
who in bis mis-i in woik iu Sou be, n Colo
rado mid New Mexico met with many cx
tiaon'.iti.iiy po.ij.'ie ami incidents, (lii one
occasion be happened to html seivice iu a
small out of the way chajnl abeie the
vaiied duties of janitor we e dischaiged by
a g.-ntlcniau of liif.h descent. Dining the
seivice a chihl was broi.ght for baptism.
It may no be gent lafy known ibat iu ibe
Ibituau Cathol.c litnal, ibe pri st, be To a
tou'bing the child with wa'er, puts a lit: lo
sail into tbe waiei iu the picsei.ee t.f tLe
coiigiegation, 'I be janii'.r, however, b.'il
pup ned tbe water bifnehand, accu'dng
to his own idea at. to the pi ( u t ion of sal;,
when tbe piic-t, having t.mittttl to pUcn
the salt, iu readiness wbi.-pered sofily to
his at r nti.iiit :
"Pat, will you lease to get the salt?"
Pa iesjn:niid in ku audible whisjer
fioin bebii.tl Lit; Lund : "Sine au' I .ut it
iu aheatly."
Father II , not fully understand mg,
rejteaied bis wlii-petcd ittjuesl.
Again Pat reolie.J moie a uLbly than be
foie, and with slight dudgeon iu Lis tone
"Sure au I put it in I ted e."
"I'ut tbe litual demands that the priest
should pei form the ceremony l f,.ie the
C Migregat i.m," ex l iit.t-.i Father H ,
c nsi lei iibly auuoeJ al tbe jtoioi's ob.
st nacy.
Tbe Itishniati procured tbe salt and,
banding it to the piiest. elettnllt d bim as
weH as ihe congregation with the temaik,
delivered in a surly grol ; "Hete
aie. iledad. ye ra-i make a pickle uf ii if
ye want iu.' '..('',, n(0 Union.
Dl'.IVlNOA Co II Thiihit It A STt'M!'.
Tbe S itnna, Caf, JnJ.jisl.'.'fi.t says :
"It is w ll known, or ought t.. lx , thit
'be Ys'titi,e ttti'risl, w ho gttes 1 it S li'l
pa,-- directly iltr.m jn ihe Tuolumne (i r.o j
of Hitf Trttkt. an line a- nc.y in t(e t.iate. 1 u
'his grove him two siuntp-. '.;.ri;.-r i!,:oi nev
oilier-on tint coast. V. S- Pi it -t. one
lhe Y'l-elni'e i.ti!:iit..:ot!ci .. ) ;tk had a t'ol!
traif 'n In. t.i a l...l. llii.r-..u in, t.f tli-n
st ui 1 1 it f r the fciat-s to pai.- i hrom: h. The
slump is .;: tt-t I iu tiiatm.M-r, ainl Ibeb-i'i
wi'.l In cm ihrough ii f-;-i wide fv 1J
feet high, r.ml will ! cinu j . , i. ,J nt. tin. iii u
. 1 1- i : .1 . ...
t'l 'ins iiion j . i Lis i. n g 1 1 ' I r i.H !i:t Jit I to
Iwetl Ileg't,c1t-d, l.t Wll! tin it; U- i;;l j ; ,. ,1. f
f'U tte l,n-"i li, it t.f mnrUts, n'r:.' !, u 1 i ! In,
cut through it. Hint the o n.i.j i t u.ti i l.-ated
Hw av, so that it cna 1 thorn. igidy appu-ililr.
teil in ail ilk staieiy maguiticeiice."
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