- it"? t- r- 'n- I. H. A. McPIKE, Editor and Publisher. "he is a freeman whom the truth makes free, and all ark slates beside." Terms, $2 per year. In advance. VOLUME XII. EBEXSHUIIG, PA., FRIDAY, OCTOHEU 4. 1S78. NUM15EK 30. URGE STOCK! MEN'S j' Greatly Reduced Prices. FINE ASSORTMENT OF AND L GENTS M, POPULAR OHE-PHICEI CLOTHING EMPORIUM IVcxt Door to John Thomas' Store, Main SI reef, - - SEPTEMBER 13. 1S73. 4in. THE GREAT ALT00NA Clothing Depot WILLSriTM H.l' "ITH A AIl-Wool COAT for S1.75, Well worth four times the amount ; 4 tirowiwt, fcr $ 64 i hrnp nt Six Itol Inr. APAIRJIEVSIILIYYPAMS FORKiCTS. A Pair Men's Overalls for 25c. . Cult nflhi-oi- T'n.lnrelothinn- for KCln l l. UHVl JllUit LllUllllVlllllli IW1 iVt! . A flood Calico Shirt for c. MEN'S HATS AND CAPS FROM FOKTV CENTS VP. Trtinks unci 'fsiicliol From Seyenty Fire Cents Tp. Cents' FURNISH. NC COODS THS LA Rf EST STOCK IN THB CITY. LADIES' FANCY GOODS, MILLINEHV fJOODS, LINEN SI'TT?. PA It A SOLS, 4-c, CARPET?, OIL CLOTHS. OIL AND PAPER BLINDS, Down to the Lowest Notch in Price. - It Is oufh low prices as above quoted that sjtrart such larife crowds to this ("hkap Oash I ' h k, an.i ouirlit to convince every person luai to'ny can he saved by dcilintr with CHAS. SIMON, 1307 Eleventh Ave., Oppose Klway's Merchant Tnilir Shp, DESIRABLE FARM Vt Inlilio Sale. HE undersigned will offer for sale t public outcry. i,n the premises In Sumiuerhill town ,n. Cambria county. Pa., on THURSDAY, OCT. 31, 1878, tommencin at 10 o'clock, a.m.. the following uenerihed real estate, to wit: A FARM CONTAINING 140 ACRES, nre r,T j,,,,. adjoininv lands of Oeo. Settlemyer. J 'hn Met'nrinii'k, and James Mrhunn. ahont 110 Tej r which is cleared an i under itood cult iva the haNnce hein woivllaud, and all under with min.-rals. rhe improrements consist of a Framb Hors", ith a e,,.j wei, an(1 pump nesr the door, Hathk HRv. t orncrib. and (.ther outhuilditiirs There ' a kuimI bearing rchrd and plenty of run jlinij water for catUe on t he premises. The l.rrn ' rin,it miles from Wi'.more and wil hin sjht ii 'he ia n,j csn he made a very desirable "'me. the land helnic f-f Kooil quality. Tkhms of Sale. 200 cash en day of sale to ratify if rec merit, one-third of halnncc on Ihe lt J Al'ril. 1879 and tii residue In two rqusl annu ' Pvments, with Interest, to he secured by the JO'tjjment boud and mortKK" ' ,no l"rchner. StSN SAIIM, P'Pt. 17, 1878 -6t. M. O. T. SAUM. ILOW lICl! AND BOYS' 1! 01 YOUTHS' JoSinslowi!, Fa. AIVFOONA, xv.. GRAND DRY GOODS Sill -FOU THE NEXT Sfnlr Cftrprf, 7. ir. .?.". f7fnnl llriHIt (.'fll'ltft. 1fllff tritff. - , ffc, fl dnnt1 Tnfrtiin Corprf, 2t. ' Oil Cloth ' Ttihlrs tnnl Hoots 'JO. :to. 40. 4.,c. iriutlnir Stntles. .10 rf. per II oil. Window Slmde 1 ixtures. Very Cheap. Oil Blinds, wifh Gilt Border, $J.OO per pair. r ;! Sin it and. I fster. at JO to 0 per cent, reduction. dressi owri;;::" igoods Ladies9 and Children'? Hals, 5 cts. i and tiriieai . I Also. Corsrfs, Jlihhons, Jlnchinas, I tf'C, irhieh trill he sfattfhtereU ' for the next ,'iO dans. I Oar Black Cashmere cannot he ex celled in qualtty or price. f-Pon't miss this opportunity, hut come now nd brh) your casu, we aon i sen 011 iiv. c sorox jt oo., Ilth Ave. & 13th St.. Altoona. . n. I liRJI, Salesman. "ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE. l Y virtue ol an order of the Orphans' Uonrf of I Camiirii countv. t he nn-lersiir n"d Administra tor of Sarah (Jrissr. late of the town of Mnnstcr. dee'd will c iM.se to public sale on the premises. in the said.town ot Munsier. on 'l ucsdai. the 17 th dan of October. nrnzimo. at 2 o'clock, r. M.. the following des crilied real estate, to wit : an t.it rriirim ntfi. no inr nc naniw" the ntan of said town as Lot No. 105 and bounded on the east by K-dtor.l street, on the h h, H nntinir. Ion street, and on tnewesi nj ..I Kose McKim. dee'd t'avinir thereon erect ed a two story Framb Hous aad the requisite i hn 1 1.1 in s Tkkms or Saw.. One-third of the purchase money to be paid on confirmation ot sale, and the balance in two equal annual payments, with In terest from date, to be secured by the judgment exemption notes of the purchaser. H KIN KEAI, Administrator. Sept. 27. 1373. 3t. QTRA V IiULTi. Came totlieprem J isf s of the sfirim-rilwr. in Plearfl'-ld towt ship on or about t' e C?' h of July lust, a red ard will e spotted veartine bull which the owner can have bv provinr property and paylnir charircs nti.erwise the animal will be disused (Hi as the WOOLFS law directs. WIMJA.M ADAMS 01eftrfild Ip., Aug. 6, 187. -)-. I II KM A Mi KB BI.ASKIIO." WHEIF PfFFFHING AMI BHOTftFRf.T KINDNESS Bnrcar h bants togkthek in ivs. fSnm. IT. Snifi ;? in Atlnnln Cnn: itvtvmA Yes. John. I whs down t hur st Memphis A-workin nn-unil Hi th" hunts. A-hei vin' ' cm Ion with emphVis An' it loadin her outer he float. I wns cnmin' fitmv lrm (Me 1'exns, Vhr I went, vou know, nrtcr the wan "Bout it now I'll itiHkc nn reflexes, But wait till I git ter long law- Well, while I was down lhar the fever. As yiler an pizen a s sin. Broke out ; an' ef you'll heleeve her. Wtiarever she hit she struck in I It didn't take long in the hale-tun'. It's ji-s fa'nv bred in the air. Till a hosspitel camp wain't a patchur An we u plenty o corpses to spare. I Vfihinf eer'd hen with the Howards I thought thel my duty whs clear A n' I iliiln't look i.Hck'iirils. hut ter ards. An' weiit ter in v work nhnui tear. One rtuv. nowsomever. slie got me As quick as the sh't of a nun. An' titty fottd me off ter allot me A bunk tell my lite nice was run. The doctors and nurses they wrestl'd, But it didn't do me any good ; An' t he druirirer he potmdid an' pesfl d. Bui he didn't mt up the rnrht food. 'Nn blankets ner ice in the city !" I hear'd 'cm say that from my bed And some cried : "Oh I who'll take pny On t lie dy in' I lint soou'll tie dead t Next day, howsomevr, the dcctor t ome in ith a smile on ms htow ; Old ioy, jest as yit we hain't knocked her," Snid he. "tun we'll do ter her now !" Fer. yer see, John, them folks ter the Nor- WMl-d Heel he:ir'd us afore we eall'd twice An" they'd sent us a tiillcitriro forward Of them :nuch needed Mmikils an Ice. Well, brother, I've been mighty sobd An in' Vankees. yi r know. iuce the trull, An' Hkiin teconssriicitu' was sodi.1. Not kearni fer Kninrriss iter laVv ; Biit, jotin, I gni omi. r thet kiver. 'J'liat (iod nlesed gift o the 1 anks. An' li sav "d nie I rom I n.-iiin' "I he ri er. An' I'm prayin 'em oceans o thanks I I tell yer.oM hoy. thar'set streak In 119 Old Itehelsan anks thet Is warm It's er hr t hel l y Imp 1 het 'II speak in US An' let h ;is together in stoi in ; We may si ail alioufnitrgr' rs and trancheeso, lint whenever I hur's sufferin atoot Tne 1 wo 1 1 ees'll imi'e in 1 he branches The same as they do at the root I L,i:oy oua's s ui:i:tjil:aiit. EY JUDGE CLARK. Haying laid in an averaeje stock of leeal loie, I selected, as a held for its investment, one of the iuteiior parishes of Louisiana. Of the many God sjeed-ous midst a Inch I took leave of my native .New Kiijj and village the niot rieaily tdized was poken by jfemle Alice Bond. We weie engaged,- Alice and 1 ; and as -ooii as my professional uains should just ily ,t an event e both looked t.j as in the tear fui me I was to leturn and bear off Alice to be the mistress of a sunny South in home, of which Claude Melnotte's pic- uied paradise on the banks of Cotuo may rtfToiri the reader a faint conception. But fees ilidu t tain down in a golden show ei at tiiit. Indeed, it was t ncli l n if oik for a time to pay office rent and lioaid. Sometimes I was on the point of lespotidinjf, but then would come one of iear Alice s hiving hopetul letters, and 1 must have lieen a very coAard not to nave plucked up courage afier that. I hinixs bnhteiied after Awhile. IJetfer and moie numerous c:ients came, amout; hem a lich planlei, owning thousa'ids if Cies and liuiMli cos ol slaves. i-oionei lvarez that was his name had, more ver, a beaut iful daughter, t lie tiist sight of nlmni awakened in me a strange lasciiia tion. ill) tbe hospitality of his class and lime, the cloiiel made me a fieijneiit jnest at his In misc. aim (bus tlie ch.ii tmnt; li-oiiora and myself weie ofleti thio An to .ether. Iler b'.iny was oT the rarest Spanish ype. Her ancestors. Indeed, had se'lled in t he count iy when it Aasa Spanish de pcnrii'ticy. and tne purest vastiiiau uiooa llowed in her veins. Plieie -as something so lofty in her imr. and the Hash of her black eyes so d.izziinir. that, in spite of me, the et, modest linage of Alice Uoiid beu.in o pale in my memory like the soft lustre if a star befoie the lining sun. I know, now, I did not cease to love Alice : but, somehow, I began to neglect writing to her, and, at last, through my emissness, our coi rtspondetice diopjitd iliogether. I spent most of my evenings at the colonel's. Leonora would sjtig nie plautive Spanish aiis; and when we conveised t here was something so thrillingly lender in her tones that it seemed like bieaking a sjiell when the hour cam for parting. On my way to one of these visits- I left the accustomed path, Mid took one winding through the trees, i soon heard voices not far ahead, one of which I Could not fail to lecognize. The moon shone biightly, but I was in tlie shadow of a clump of magnolias. whence, without, being observed, I could see, at a lew rods' distance, two per sons, a gentleman and lady, standing s;de by side. who were conversing earnestly. Her hand was upon bis shoulder, and his ai in. encir cled her waist. "So jour father is still inexorable." said rhe "eiiileman, on whoso sombre fealuies the light, at that, moment, chanced to fall. "es, dear Alphonso," replied Leonora. looking up into the other's face ; "enius live on in hope, and tiustto lime's making all things even. But I must leave you now, or my absence will be noticed. " "If 1 only had a few paltiy thousands. "he muttered, "I'd many you in pite of all the fatheis in the woild !' Then she held her lips for the kiss which her companion gave, and the t wosepaiated. Stepping aside lo It t the "dear Alphon so" pa-s. I leiiirned home without paying the intended v wit. I he scene 1 h a rrTi messed had a curious effect on me. 1 do not think it made me jealous, for I believe I was not al all in love with Leonora. It seived, howevet, to break the enchantment, or whatever it was, that hound me, and fiom that time I ceased to lie a visitor at the colonel's house. At last a lett. r came from Alice, whom I had so long neghcted. Through soim gossippmg coriespondeni of a fi lend ot heis, the news reached her thai I was pay ing court to a wealthy planter's daughter. Upbraiding ine. with my tueacti of i roth in woids which wrung toy heart, she it leased me iroin our eng igement. It was then, when the danger of losine hei stated me in the face, that I realized the full depth of my love fo: Alice Bond I had laid up some money latteilv, and twsides had just won an imxiiaut suit, for which I Lad beeu paid several thous and doiUrti. Mv lesohi ion was quickly taken. 'I can aft'otrt to ti nny Alice now," I s'(l t nivaelf; "and linisli we cniiot l-ve qniie I lie palace we weie wont lo rlieam if, we cjh live conifottably, and Oust lo love to iiuike ud the lest. On t lie day fixed for my depart pre a no'e was lirnniflit me ditectert in a lady's band. Tt was signed "L. A.," I found on open i"K it. 'Yn pntely cannot po," it Raid, '"i't sjiite o" your clness of late, without Bay--int! adieu to one wli always aoptif to treat you kindly. I will be at tlie magno lias, on llie winding; paid, at eitrlit ilii evening, wliiclt will leave you time to reacli the upward boat." That the note was from Leonora Al varez. t he con'ents, ns well as Ihe inilials subscribed, left no dmiht It a i'ened my cmiosiiy. Wbv ak me o meet her at t.ncli a place? Oould it be that .!ie loved me, aher all? Al any rate it wouTd be next to rudeness uot to comply with her request. I sent my Pnjrgaee to the landing, and in giMid time, not To keep the lady wait'iiff, took the path to the .naif nolias. It was niirhtfall when I teacher! them, but. as it b.-ln Kives a getilleman iu such ciicutnsiauces, I was ahead of time. I had not been wailing long wben a slealihv utep behind diew mv attention, but befoie I could turn, a stunning blow on the head fulled nie to the earth On returning to consciousness I found a negro stooping over me, whom I recognized as one of Col. Alvaies-Zs slaves, whom I had made a friend of by diveis sinail gifts of money. "What's the matter, Tom?" I asked "Gollv ! nnflTs de matter ! Why. vnu' ben knocked down and rubbed ! Jes leel yo' pickets !" Spiingitig up I made a rapid search Sine enough my jacket book and all I had in the world was gone. "Pool Alice !" was my fiist thought "we c innot many now." "I know who done it," said Tom. ''It ain't been a minuit sence. I seed it all from back yer in de hush, but dasn't spek. You ies come dis way, Massa W.men." Finding I had my pistols lef', I followed Tom as he crept through the bushes as softlv as a cat. "H'sli !" warned my guide at length, holding up a finger. 'Lookee dar !"' he whispered. Out on the road, where Tom pointed, s'ood an open carriage A ldy seated withb- held the terns. I, was light enough to distinguish her feauies. They weie Leonora's. In Ihe man's I discerned those of "dear Alphonso." "Have you got it ?' she asked. 'Yes," was ihe answer, "and he'll never know who did it. W'e can afford to get mauied now, and tuist to luck after waids." Before Alphonso could take bis place at Leonora's side, my hand was on his collar and a pistol at his breavl. "My money ot your life 1" I exclaimed. Leonoia shiieked. Alphonso t lembled. "If lie gives it hack," said Leonoia, "fvill you be silent." "Yes, and you can marry him as soon as you like," I answered ; "I see nothing unsuitable in the match." AlphouMi handed back my pocket-book. I got to the landing in time for lh boat ; reached my "hi home in safety ; was for given by Al'ce ; married her : and have ever since lived and practiced my profes sion in my native c unify town What ! Come of Leonora and her "dear Alphonso"' I never learned. X. Y. Ledger. ARCTIC EX B LOR A TIOX. The story of Arctic exploration is always an entrancing one, even when told with the dty curtneiis ot a log nook, it is a story of battle in i s intense-it forms of brave men called tivm to exeicise the sternest fortitude, and unceasing watch fulness, and ingenuity to meet and over come the giai-.t forces of nature in its must iohospitab'e moo.Js. M-iny glorious tri utuiihs are inscritn-d upon its pages, and also sad recoids of defeat and death. But whether the feeling called tip be pride oi sorrow, the same abso bing interest al taches tj the soiy, esp cia'ly when the readers are all Kngbshma i. America has gained honor by the Aictic exploration, A"'i Austria, Germany and Sweden have 1 ft. truces of their nationalities in the f-ozen North, but Englishmen havealwiys leg aided ihe woi k as their own peculiai heritage, bequeathed them by tlie long line of Arc tc adventurers, fiom Davis, Frohisher. Hudson and Battiu do-Ail to tin illsfated Franklin. Certainly the loss sus tained in the last named expedition chilled our ardor for many years, bill the woik was only suspended. For years after the mysterious disappearance of the Krebns and Terror. English interest in Aictic ex ploration was clouded over. Extiedition after exjieditjon went out bul the object of each was primal ily to Clear up the mysteiy in which F-ankliii s fate was w tapped, ami when the lonely little box. equipped bj Lidy Franklin, found the fatal papei on King William's L:tnd which told of the abandonment of the Erebus and Terror. the shock and disappointment of the na tion weie such that any fuither attempts at Aictic exploration on the part of Eng land were postponed indefinitely. Indeed thespeci'il discovery Franklin had in view ihe discovety of the North west, j ass ige has never since been attempted and pro bably never will be. Bur through all this !o ig pei iod Ihe royal Geographical S-Kiieiy ne.vei lost heart. Year aftei year succes sive piesiddits have urged 'hat another attempt should be made to reach the I'ole. and at iast theii peiseverence met with its rewaid. Just thirty yeais after the sailing E'ebtis and Teiror, Captain Nates cast off from he dockvaid whaif at I'oitsmoiili, on bf-a'd H M. S. Aleit, with the Dis Coveiyashis consult. The geretal plan of opeiations was la:d down in Captain Nares' sailing instuicl ions fiom the Ad mirality, the main task set before him be ing the aftiinment of le highest possible northein latbude. Theie we,e othei genraphical and scientific objects, but 'In first and principal was to reach the North Pole, if possible. As all the wo; hi now knows, ('...nain Nares fined wnhou acc implUhiiig that obje ct, but he di.I succeed it: te.icbiiig u bi-j her nor he. u lit t tude than any of his pi e lecessoi a. Why does a chew a b.-ie af'er it i. devoid of meat?" an inquisitive exchange asks. That is easy to answer ; of sen heard of "Bread in the boue," aud it is the bread tbe dog is after. IF -r th- f'Htnhri. Ft i-eimoi. SEXT1MEXTS OA LOVE. The warmest language of the Hiinny South is too cold to shadow foi h even a faint outline of that enthusiastic sentiment, love; and language, however el"pien', fails in the same resect, lor beans that Until with love's emotion are too deep, too sacied, for contemplation. The first echo oflovestiis the sweetest thoughts within he human hi east, and steals into I he most seciet lecesses of the heait, touching chords that never vibiated befoie culling Ion h hopes till 'hen unknown. L.ve is tirly called the "moiniiig star of lite" the luminous oi b tetlct ing rays ol dazzling brightness o'er Ihe pathway of lile, and whose oe.tms none escape Yes. theie are a few exceptions, found only in the church or cloister. Bu-, we on side, have ohel-. islied in our heaits an ideal, a vision of beamy, grace and loveliness too bright lo exist, s.ive in a dream, a'u. hav foil in the tiist motnmtts of love a mystei ious, indes- ci ibable chai m'nim e sweet, moi e heavenly, than love "tsell. Mow u.enioiy loves to re call the blisslul moments sient with Ihe loved one, when ot h er eves. 'l)it ine t hi ones of expression," looked love into ouis, and other hearts l-at m response to our own. When beneath the blue vault of heaven, wi n ine mvtiaii siais io:iKiug oown uism i us, we heard the "old, oldsioiy, 'Lile i bout you would ie a barren waste." Fhen our cup of bliss was full to ovei flow ing; we basked in tbe sunshine ol Jove s smiles; e revelled in Ihe joy of eacn oth er's p esence. No cloud obscured the hor izon of life lie fore n, and wh were almost foiced to exclaim, '"We could live fotever heie." Many aie blessed in Ihe iealiz.it ion of heir fondest hopes, and ttead side by side down life's step decline with Ihe loved object, nf their choice, while manv again have seen their biit litest hopes fade one by one, theirciipof bliss turned ( sor row, and the smiles and winds of endear ment they once fondly hoped their owu bestowe l upon anot her. At such moments in life the heart seems to s..k under the weight of its soi i ows and I he In it lit star of hope that shone si In illiatitly in 1, fa's early m.nn becomes obscured and dun. T r.en , we aie apt to recall Longfellow's winds, ; but must differ with the poet w hen be tells I us "hat 'Affection never was wasted ; if it ; eni.cn not lie heaitol auothei, its wateia, ' lemoning back ' iheir spiing like lai.i in ! the summer, shall fill them full of rtTiesh- I ment..'' It is true that the afteciion which i arises to God, likenvsts fiom the ocean, is not wasted, but human love flows out like a s'ream, and if thrown back orji.s soutce ; cariies iih it deso'.a'ion and so. row. Would it not be well for many to remember that the love which is oft en eagei ly sought af.er becomes worthless when obtained, and thiit "lightly won is fiequentlv lightly lost." pieseivtng thereby their heal Is, best an l nuest affections for some one who will love ! hem for I heuisel ves alone belter than all in this woi Id tiesides? Nowadays Ihe exient of papa's bank account iscaiefuliy studied by that fair Ad-mis to w'lose hap piuess a corner lot with 3 wife thiown in lias become essential, and whose whole ea..hly enter may be i epi eseni ed in the t i i le of woi I h less anil useless. E ich sp tie moment is devoted lo that fa'r be:ng who is lo become Ihe medium between hi.n and bis bills of wines, cigars and washwomen. And the mathematical precision with which the evening hour of eight finds him (until sifter marriage) bv her side is a ma let for scientisiS to snuggle wilh. Almost the same woi ds aie applicable to the match making nuiiiti. ms so fieqn.-u ly found in our midst when sweet sixicen is led lo the altai by old, shliviied Tenpei cent., who has become a gi ndiiiB. money-making ma chine, but who has leniaiued uuiouched by any ol t hose ast.ii al ions w htch tend to make bTe siibloiii . tin-lesijuuig the normal iuea of man, and whether an object of pi" or contempt is (hfHi-iilt todeteini'iie. How cruel it seems, .o be othgel to si i ip love of its .ose-liuied hues by disclosing ihe fact tint Angelina and Augustus, who vowed they could not I've apail, and believed themselves, as Ihev exp.essed I', to be "mide for each olhc," can not only Kve apao. but find other Angelinas and Au gustuses just as fair, to whom Ihe same vows of fidelity ate made ai.d ihe same tales ol love poured into not iiiiwooiijj eais. Yet such is 'p case, and I as ever Wen since Hist the lilile blind god coin menced to shoot his airnws, and doubtless will continue so until I he end of time, ex emphfjing the fact .hat "To love is m most painful thrill. Ami not to love iii- re paintm still ; lint. ;h ! it is tbe worst d pa in To love and not be loved hithUi ' Little Fkaud. Loretro, S?p. 23tb, 1378. A Niagara Fam.sJStohy. When Blon din came in 18-VJ. lie bad his rope s. retched about a mile below the fails, ami even theie it was 1.200 feet long. Oil bo'li sides of the liver enclosures were built aiound the toe. into which ' ickct bnveis were admitted, and where the acrobat had his dressing rooms. He was to stait on the first occasion from the Canadian side, and within the enclosure theie vete a number of invited gnesis, among them Henry W. Faxon, then the local editor of Ihe Buffalo llepublic. Faxon was a wit of in te than local leuown. and Blond in bad, for some reason, taken a great liking o him. Wlnle Faxon stood laughing and jes'ing, as was his aay on the edge of the piecipice overlooking the over nuieet oe- ow, liloud'.u appealed a lew leei oeiium. He was just, aWut to attempt the most daring feu upon a light rope that had ever been pet formed, mid lil limk place will show his lion neive and leckless temper. He saw that Faxon, gazing out actoss the river, was unconscious in ms jm t-sr-nuc Motioning to he bvsatiders tor silence ny pressing bis fingeis to his lips, he seized Faxon nndei both armpra ana neiu in:n out tor a second or two over inev-ige. Faxon must have weighed ln.j mhiui!s. His countenance when Blondiu laid hold of him was irradiated with tiiinli. When Bioudui drew him back and dtopped him on ihe given swaid, he sank mere iu a heap, honoi stricken by a s'mck from the ff.-ct s of which his neivous system never tuliy recovered. In ihe next instant, !l.iidi.i.giasping h; heavy balancing pole, I .tired ou upon the iope In y iod the fear "ul piecipice. and. linmog to enj y ihe ef . Ci of bis luaeccuvte, s.lil'ed his tudig-i-mt friend wiih a gestn-e ind.sci ibab'y outre. then continued his fust walk acioss ihe Niaaia chasm, expci iencinj; uot Ihe least tremor or emotion. Trce as a dye Iudig, CA XIX E SAGA CI TY. 1XQ SUPPLTISO Ft TO A LOST CniLD. One of the most striking instances on rccotd of sagacity anri peisoo attachment in the vhepherd's dog ticcurred, almut half a ceinuiy ago, among t he Wiampian mom, tains. In one of bin rxcutsious to his dis tant flocks, a sheptietd took with htm one or tiis children. After tiaveising the hills for some t-im. atleiided hv his dog, the shepheid found himself under the necessity of rsc. tiding a summit some distance, to have a mme ex'ensive view of his ranee As ti.e ascent was too fatiguing for tlie child, he left him on a small plane at the bottom, with the strict injuuc ion not to stir fiom it till his tetuiti Scaicrly, how ever, had he g a. tied the summit, when the hoiizou was suddenly daikentd by one of those impenetrable mists which frequently descend So lapidlv among these mountains as, in the space of a few moments, almost toinrii day into nigM. Tl-e anxious father hastened back to litd his child, but, owing to the iiuuKU.il daiknr-ss and Lin own trep iJatio-i, he uufoii uuately missed his way in the descent. Al ter a ft nit less seaich for many li.tuis among the dangerous moiasses and cataracts with which these mountains abornd, he was at last ovettaktn bv night. sun wanaeringun withou knowing wuitli er, lie at length came to the verge of tbe mist, and, by the light of thfjmnon, d.s covered that he had leached the txit'om of the valley, and was w it ii in a short distance of his cottage. To renew the search that night was equally fruitless and d.ingeious. II was theiefote obliged to letutn to his cot i age, having lost both his child and dog, which had attended him faithfully foi yeais. Next morning by daybteak the shepheid, accompanied by a band of his j neighbour, set out in search of his child ; I but. aftei a day sjient in fruitless fatigue, i he was at last compelled by the approach I of night 10 descend fiom the mountain. ' On returning to his cottage he found tha j the dog which he had lost the day Wfore ! h:id been home, and. on receiving a piece 1 of cake, had instantly staited off again For several successive days ihe shepherd le newed the seaich for his child, and still, on leiui ning a' evening disappointed toll is cot tage, he fout.d thai the dog had been home and, on receiving his usual allowance of cake, had instantly disappeared. Stiuck with this singular circumstance, he re mained a home one nay, and. when the dog as usual departed wiih his piece of cake, lie i (-solved to follow him and find out the cause of his strange pioceduie. The dog led the way to a cataiact at some j distance from the sp t wheie lie shepheid j had lost his child. The batiks of the cat. aract almost joined at the top, yet, sepata ted by an abyss of an immense depth, pre sented that appeaiance which so otten astonishes dud appals the tiavelers who frequent, the Grampian mountains, and indicate that these stupendous chasms were not l e silent woi k f time, but the sudden ff.-ct of some violent convulsion of the eaith. Down one of hese rugged and almost jei pendicu'ar descents Hit dot lean, without In-MtiUo'i, to make his way. and at last disap;a-a,-ed into a cave, the mouth of which was almost upon a level with the toirent. The shepheid wiUi difficulty followed, but on entering the cave, wha- were his emotions when he be held his child eating w ith much satisfaction the cake ahicli the dog had jilt btought him, while the faithful animal s ood by eeiug his young chaige with the utmost complacency. From the situation in which the child was found, it appears that he had wandered to 1 he brink of t be picipice, and then either fallen or scrambled down till he reached the cave, which the diead ol the torrent had afterwaid pievented him from quitting. The dog, by means of his scent, had ttaced him to'he spot and af terwaid prevented him from starving by giving up to him his own daily allowance. He apieared never to have quitted the child by night or day. except when it was necessary to go for his food, and then he was alwasseeti running at full spetd to and from the cottage. Vhicago Ledger. Ofrv ant) Ends. Eli l'eikins gives an account of the conversation Wtwecn a male i atid a female idiot. Eli does not mention I the name of the woman be was talking to. C-turier-Journ'il When a dealer 'ells you tbe stiff, un-I conifoitable lxkiig hoots he wants to sell jon aie calfskin, lemember tha a full yi iwn cow, tit bull, isacalfs-kin. Boston Trtnrript. William Shakespeire is running for con stable in a town iu Michigan. Yet thli is the man whosatdt "Fling away ambition ; bv that bin fell the angels." Chir-tgo Timti. In the make tip of the modem small boy theie is altogether too mi. eh whistle for tbe amount of Wy. Ii's most too much like using a two quait fjune) in a tbtee ounce vial Bridgeport S'u?nftrd. "Aie era lies healthy?" asks an ex change. As a fr nit. opinions differ. Geo. Washington, 'hi is-pher Columbus, Noah, Nailon the Fiist, and Maty, Queen of Scois, ate giapes. and they are all dead now. piaw vour own conclusions. Xor rintoirn Herald. The town of Albert la. Minnesota, has escaped al! the hailsioi ms and tornadoes this summer, audit is far beyond the reach of the yellow fever; but last week it was visited by a young man who is learning to plav the tuba Up to date there ' n abate ment of the feaiful scourge. Hnukeye. ExCF.t.I.F-NT 1 NT ETt F.ST Rui.ER. Fllinlng the inteitst on any principal for any nnm Wr of days. The answer in each case W ing cents, separate the two right hand fig- uies of the answer to express it in dollais and cents. -Four r cent Multiply the principal by the number of days lo rnu ; separa'e right band figute from product and divide by 0. Five per cent Multiply by niltn'.ier of riays and divide by 72. fr. ix per cent. M u'tiply by mini her of days and divide by 4-Y Eight pel cent. Multiply bv numWr of dav nnd divide by 4-. Eight per cent. Multiply by numWr of d :vsaud divide bv Nine per cent. Mu''ply oy numWr of days; separate right hand fi nre. and divide by fi. Ten ver cent. Mn'ilp'v by number of days and divide bv "fi. Twelve p r cent. Mill tiply by numWr of days; separate right hand fijnie and d vide by 3. Fifteen ler c,.iit. M nil it 1 v nmnWr of davs and di vide by 24 Eighteen ier cent. Multiply bynumiMTo days ; separate right hand fpjn e a-id divide by 2 Twenty per cent. Multiply by numWr of dnys and divide by ?. Twenty four ircent. Multiply by uutaibei- of day and divide by 15. Why are They Called llotcartls? So much lias Wen said of late abut ' noble wotk being do'ie by tbe Howard A -sociati(n in cmnection with the teiiitd sctniige now devastating the Smtb, tl a we ate sure our icdcis will be intovt1 in perusing the following fiom tfc6 ?v ft Orleans Morning Star in regard to "t origin of tbe name by which this Heaven deserving Association is so well known : It is for th- benefit of our Tonng readers that we propose, today, to answer Ihe atsve q'lest'on, confident that while only a few n. ed anv enlightenment "pon tbe subject. a'l m-iy Wiuteiested in the iuforuiation thus cotive-(l. John Howard was Wro in Knglaod in 1TJ6 and died in 1790 trni a hundred year ago. ami jet li t nainu is fa wtvebword of comfort ami a tower of belt wherever tber is sorrow to assuage or suffering to alleviate. It i said ef 'h s good man that in early youth he did not evince any remarkable brilliancy of inteltect or ambition : but kS an instance of that 1nder-heat tedues which led him ty d. vole his whole lite to the wel fare of his fellow-beings, it is recorded that at the age of twenty tire he bad a terribl attack of illuess, ami upon his recovery testl riv'l his gratitude to ihe woman w bo nursed him by niarrving her, although she was thirty years his senior! If Mark Twaiu ever touches upon this fact in any of his fu ture entertaining sketches, we are snre hw will relate it in smb. a style as to make it irresistibly and irrevotatJy ridirulom. : bnl to ns it displays a self-denial and eelf-devo-linti tioth chivalric and heroic!. Al the end of three years his wife died, and Howard, moved by tbe horrors ot tbe earthquake at Listen, determine! to visit the place with a view to visiiing the suffer ers. Ota the way be was captured by a French pilvateer, and Wing landed at Hrest learned by experience all the privations and hardships of a piiscuer's life. Hy his owu personal exertions he obtained ihe exchange of hinjse.f ai d fellow captives, ami retnrn itig to England, married a second lima in 1758. And now Wgan that career of active phil anthropy which has endeared his name to all Christendom, and which is so appropri ately used bvday by the generons men who are following his exaaiple and walking in his footsteps. We need not recapito'ate all the good diels done by Howard in his lifetime, prin cipal among which were, his visits to tlie prisons of England, France. Oermauy, Hol land and Ttelgnim ; hut they are all summed up in these words .f Edmntid Burke, who sai.l that the o3 ct of his life was "U dive into the depths of dungeons, to plunge Into tlie infectious of hospitals, to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain, to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression and c hi tempt, to retnemWr tW forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken and to ameliorate the distresses of all men in all countries." In order to bring help to persons sck of pestilence, this heroic roan took passage at Smyrna in a fever-tainted ship, and was rigorously quarantined at Wtiiee, where a lime confinement enabled him to test the snftetiiigs of tlie sick and the iuhumauity of the authorities of that place. His last determination was to vis:t the East, sn as to acquire fuithf-r itifortnatiou concerning the treatment of malignant dis eases ; but while passing through Russia, he contracted camp fever from a poor pa tient whom he was nursing, ami died there, on ihe shores of tlie Illai k sea, iu the sixty firth year of his age, 17W. This very Importer! sketch will r"w show our you.ig readers why ihe brave men who art hauling against poverty, pestilence and death in our afflicted rity are well entitled to the nobis name of Howard and how its appropriation Wstows just and continued fame upon the great English phi lafltbropist, while it reflects equal credit and lionor upon their own devoted zeal and heroic under taking. As the darkest nights are those on which the stars shine brightest, so in the gloom of th:s terrible epidemic deeds of mercy shine most resplendent, nntil our heaits swell with gratitude to God tor all His goodness, and w ith admiration for onr fellow men who, by their sublime acts of real and charity are glorifying find, ennobling hnmanity and meriting hlessimrs for themselves n-l for t oe world at large. All houor to lbs How arJ ! A Woman's Fear of tpe Phosograph. A Nob Hill man reliied early, weary -wilb the heat and tired out front a pro trae'ed siege of pedro, and vainly endeav. tved to woo the rliowsy giHi, sustained and soothed by the uninteri upted flow of small talk from bis wakeful spouse. Her con vet sat ion was not exactly in tbe line of a curtain lecture, as she was not in an inhar monious mood, but was rather seeking in formation on tlie world's woik. Iler last question In her nodding lord was iu refer ence to Edison and his inventions. "How alwuv the phonograph, dear?" she queried ; "von never have explained it to nie. How does it work ?' lie i lusc-d himself and answered : "It's a litile math ine that the husband leaves on the tahl while he is down town, and on his r el urn he turns a cisnk, and it informs him of eveiything that has Wrn said on the piemises during bis absence ' She meditated for a moment, then reach ed her back and broke out : "The fool men aie always effing" up some pesky invention, and if you bring one of those things into this house 111 leave." lie promised not to if she would let bim to to sleep, and a great silence fell on ti e room. But she is now firm in Ihe l-elief that Edison is a monster and an t Demy to Ioor, weak xomrn. Thk Toilet Habits of Ant Kev. II. C. McCook, of Philadelphia, eulogizes tbe neatness of the agricultural ant, asobserved in confinement. Tbe most minute part ic Us of dirt are carefully removed, and the a bole Ixvdy is frequently and thoroughly cleansed, especially afrer ra'ing and sleeping. They assist each oiher in the general cleansing, and the attitude of the ant under oHratkn is one of intense Satisfaction. Mr. McCook has seen an ant kneel down Wfore another and thrust forward tbe bead nnder tbe face of tbe o ber, and lie motionless, ex pi easing quite plainly the desire to be cleaned ; the other ant understood this and w ent to work. Sometimes this is combined with acrobatic feats, in which the ants ex cel, jumping about and ciinging to b'sdet of gtass in a- remaikable fashion. Some times the cleaning ant hangs downwaid from the grass, and to ber tbe ant operated upon clings reaching ovei and tip wi-h great agility, to submit to ber friend' offices. Evidently moisture from tbe niouib. is used for washing. An Indiana girl says sbe finds noiblrg good for the complexion aa rubSing be ce on a young man's vest. The jouu u as nnsV t imide of it, tuor j-h. II i i 00 GO 00 ii
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