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VOLUME XII.
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for their bet SiT-Ori Spool (Cotton, confirminif
tlie estimate plane, 1 npon their r all the
Vorll"a Kxpu sit ions, from that at Lrni'lun. 162. i
to the t'iil'-nni.il Kxpo-it i-m of lsa wlicre tliov :
took :i iiiiloina f,.r -srHK.lilltli SllitNGTH j
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T!.e Seeoiri I'rize of a Silver Medal was taken
by the Wil'imantie Liineti t 'omiaiiy, whieh
e!:imsto be t lie niecinl champion of Ameriean
imtustry. and whi h l as extensively advertised ,
a tiranJ V'rize at I'aris.
NO GRAND PRIZtS were awarded for
Spool Cotton at PARIS.
Messrs .1. & I'. Coats luive established in Taw
1 ti-k . K. I. the largest Spool I'o ton Mi Is in
the t'nited Slates. Kvery jnocess of manufae-
tur. Ironi the raw eotton to the finished spool, is
romluetel there. Tneir Ameriean made Spool
Cotton took the award at the t entennial . and
hi!e thi'v had n,'V, r elaitneil special merit for
their Ameriean made Spool Cotton over that
maim fa .M u reil in their Seoteh I i I Is, t hey have
t he s:i t isfaet ion of aniinnnei nif t ha t t hey h ave so
identified themseives with tliis. country, that
AMERICA, as represented by
J. & P. COATS, Is still
AHEAD U SPOOL COTTON.
BATES & COATS,
Sole Ai-ents in l kila lt lphin for
Nov. l,lTS.-4t. J. k P. COATS.
A
ignee
s
Sale.
1Y virtu" of an or ltr of the Orphans' Court of
Camhria rout t v. to me liireett','. I will expose
to puhli;- "ale. at til'1 present residence of K
7Iiiis. in i:tieits! ur.sr tMiroiitth, on
At 2 o'clock, r. M.. the following described real
estate; to wit :
Fris
November CStii, 1878,
K, r. M.. the following described real
estate; to wit :
No. 1 . Aii that certain MESSUAGE",
h.dns a IIOVSE and 1J)T OF OHOCND situate
in the West w.ird of KbensJiurj- boroiiLrli, bound
el on the north bv lot tot nierly of Itev. . (3. Chris
ty, dfc'd. .n t e "east by an alley, on he south by
1,V" of K. .1. Humphreys, and on the west by.lu ian
?tr..et said lot lr, n: ,pjr 5' fei-t on .ltilian street
niol extendi-iir tm-k pjo i et. iiavinir thereon erect,
e ! a two f:,,ry Krame House, a Vrame Stable and
,.....::ry Out iniiitiin s, nun a gooo garuen
l'; & Cff ni vl ri .'t M tad-., d.
h$. r"Mjhi&& ! ll 2.-AII that certiin Piece or Parcel
BY IRTINO I. BKMAN.
WLen, at tbe failure of bis tieacherous
plot, Ponliac And bin warriors emerged
rrom Fort Detroit feeling both defeated
and disgraced, tlie first elici t of bis genius
was to discover who bad revealed bis mur
derous intentions to tbe commandant.
To this end be employed whatever de
tntioo ntrpiicips were known among tbe
aborigines ; suspected persons were plied
with keen and even threatening questions,
tbe medicine man, or prophet, was enlisted
witbjbis wild and weird ceremonies, and
tbe general impression went abroad that
whoever should discover tbe oftending
party would be honored with tbe highest
favms of the leading sachems.
Thus hundreds of cruel and suspicions
emissaries were set bunting poor Mee mi's
act of graUtude and mercy, and within
tbtee days the hounds of blood bad struck
, their victim's trail.
I Although Mee mi was not a belle, ber
! shy and delicate beuiy bad attracted many
, suitois.
j One young warrior in particular, named
A-n.-.moosh. the Dog. bad com ted ber with
, brazen assurance, announcing throughout
tl.f rrihn that "the Dog puisnes tbe lid
i I'igeon." A-ne-moosb was a gigantic
' fellow, sanguinary in baUle and rapidly
gaining reputation as a ligjiter ; uiu ue
! was vain, rude and ugly looking, and
ti.rof.o immlsivH inster.d of attractive in
tii eves of the Wild Figeon. Hence,
wheu he pressed bis suit she rejected Lini,
i a., d t..ln her lather that ' the V ;ld Figeon
1 r I. .. f. .. I, .-o
cannot make uer nest anu Keep uci a;uvi
l..ni in the kennel of the Dog.
Mee mi was like her fat'.ier in ber gentle
in;i and therefore he APLieciated her
aversion to the rough young brave ; and
wheu A-ne nioo6h appealed from daughter
to oaretit he was met with the terse re
mark. "Not till the Dog borrows the eagle s
wings can be catch the Wild Pigeon.
A Her such a double rejection it is no
wonder that when he beard among the
squaws what a fovorite Mee-nii was with
the. coir.rnai.dant of the foit his jealousy
wasaioused and be became ber relentless
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I Actuated by this feebng be fonnd oc
i casion t:say in the presence of those whom
I l.f Ininw would soon whisper U in eveiy
1 !.?.. i.f the (Jt.ta -vas : "If the wings of the
i WiFd Pigeon had been clipped, thecounsels
of the sachems would not have reached the
i otic nf the white caiitain
t '1 Ins was euuuizh to kindle tbe fire. In
I diau o-ossio naturally fanned il into fury.
! squaws, envious of Mee-mi's skill with the
ittzia i ii h an ciunri t 1 1' iu ,n lnr f.ivor at the fort, gave tlie
Aki-ljii'iJ it kiAi,i kftiUi i strv mai.v a i nil' : bi aves w bo w -i e a nx
inus lo gam the good will ot l oniiac uy (ie
t lends; u l ! e in t h e est wa r 1 ot s i ! I boron u 11 oi
u- ir. boii'i 1 - t on t lie nort h by I'oyd street,
on the ea-t bv West street, on llo- sout i by land
ot Kobert f v;i ,s, aaJ on Ihe west by lot Ct I'liuS.
1 is . .1 .1 1' K Still .
1-.';ms t r Sat e. One third of the pnrohase
ir.or.ov :o t pa; I on the e, iilirmat ion of the sale
or Mtl'-s. a i.d t he r tn i in b r iu t wo eipjal annual
p.ivm' ii s to bo s-euretl by the ju ltiiueut bond or
li, is ,.! tlie purchaser or i urrha--ers.
V. II. SKt 11LK1.
Assignee of K. J. Mills.
Kbensburir, Nov. 1. lSTi.-:it.
. to wft :
TRACT OF LAND
.li the. Ifw
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il Hie le
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UoTGLI IJADI
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W.J
"I Y virtue of an order of the Court of Common
1 1' i-tsof Cambria county, to me directed, I
wis! o;.-r at puniie sale, at I'ortaia "Station, in
s.ti i e. unty. on
Tursfhri;. Xovetubrr 2Gth, JSTS,
at 2 o'clock, p. ni..t'.e following described real es-
t;tt
All that certain
situite in V.'ashirnr'on township, in sid county
i.f faralTiii. adj.iitiinir lan 1 warranted in the
name ot l.iehard Soul . Charles Smith, Aaron
Sonman. an t Kintr torm. containinir Font
Hl'MRKt AM THIRTY-THUES ANO ONE-HALF
Att5i.s: nni.npr'ivc 1.
1 k it Ms ok Sai.e One-half of the purchase
money to be paid on the. confirmation of the sale
an i tiie balance in one year thereafter, to be se
enre.i bv the iudif .iunt bond and mort.j-aire ot the
purchaser.
. ill N W A I N KH.
Assignee ot Ii. li. Duneifan.
Nov. 1. l7.-3t.
A Good Farm Very Cheap.
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W:, 5 P? CIFIC MEL I CINE.
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lit; la i '.it: core tor
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I' .A 1 N IN :t.A K. iMMM'Xllf Vftlf.l'RK-
' i ; b';.a;id ma ny ot her d i ten scs that
i ; -., e -' v. n m pt ton and a Premature
niiirM ;it a rub- ar:- li;-'t eaesed by
, r X "ii the path i t nut ii re n n 1 over in I u 1-Vi,,-
- ;e' ; f.a ."d e ' i'il.e is the result of ii le
,rs ot experience in treating
IiM containing 101 Aerei. wtttl usual
Sown nee. about To Arttrs cleared, having
n rrc-te l a 1a k Mouse, lined and weather-
, eor.taininu S rooms :m i an exeeueni eci
;i io' w frame Park Ham, 40 by 7) feet, and
il-r (-llti'lt.l lltsa. I lie . !- it i-i a i .. ti.-ii,-
v -,1'iT w;t in forty feet ot the kitchen daor,
wi i ii t yen N"'v. ntitwitlistandinst tlie dry weath
er lu'tii-'hi an abundance of pure water. In ml-.lili-
ii t . all this, there is a K ...d Spring House
a', ,-'- '.' a', l 'e trees. whi,-h this year yielded 1 0
i ti !-'s ot ;, j .j . I s. several peach an 1 cherry trees,
and 'on the uncleared portion, about 5 Pound
! ei,-..,-k tr-'-. t. y;.;h rwith '.ion . mi j ar and beech
t -'T Th" F t: m is in n fine state orenlt ivation,
w..i.l fen-i-l and 4' miics s.,u: hwest ot Kbenst.o-r.
1 liere H a steam riw-tnill within a halt mile and
a witee saw unll within fify rodsot tlie timber.
Chu'ebes and school houses Convenient. AN ex-
l Ft ItNT FARM Full M A l: K KT1 M TO .1 o'lNS I OWN.
av 'r i b.. sold elieao leirt cash and balance to
coil laircliaser. Ca.loror
10 28
address
r ! f.i ) V. O ATM AN.
f.bcnsl urii. Cambria Co., Pa.
INARMS AT
The utnlersig
the fo
PKIVATE SALE.
pri rate sale;
tract of land
no 1 oner in i'i i 1 ".
i...,n.rn.-i.rries to nil. rt
... ,,i,.n nt-iir loiititv. I1 miles from
I- -rvrone contHi'ninir ls acres, well improvi tt.
h'avinir" t hereon nil the necessary
a bis tarm wiil be divided into twe
fai in ! u.id.nas.
or t hree part s.
tecting tiladwin' s infoiiiiiiH grunted their
approval of the suspicion ; and, in paiti
cular, fiieuds of A ue-n.oosh did their ut.
most to confirm and iiiagnify the repoit.
At length it was told to Mee tin's fa! her,
who, ipuu inquiry, found iu a few houis
his daughter's hie would not bo secure,
and going to tbe wigwam be said. "Hie
Dog has been baiking and the Oitawas be
lieve him. Let the Wild I'igeon spiead
her wings o;- they will kill ber."
Further warning was uuuecessary for
Mee mi.
The commandant had promised to pro
tect her for revealing the plot, snd as soon
as daiknes.s fell she lied to the foi t.
But she found the gate closed, for during
the days since the oelt ction of Pontiac a
tieacheiy Major (iladwin had taken every
i precaution against Hie wily ana aecemui
savates.
j Listening she heard across th plain the
I noise of revelry in the Indian encampment,
j and within only the steady tread of the
! white sentinel; and knowing so well the
! rigor of military ruU-s and the sternness
' with which tbe gaiiis-m were guarding
' against their foes, she a 1 most despaired of
I gaining admission to her "good ollicer" to
tell him of her peril.
j Taking off her moccasin, she began to
i beat with it against t i portal of the fort,
, yet scarcely harder than might bo blows of
i a wild pigeon's wings, and at the same
time droning through the daikness in tones
not unlike some night biid, "Uiuee mi !
Omee ml 1"'
Finally thesr. singular sounds cnugbt the
sentiy'sear, and w ith uiatiul voice be chal
lenged, "Wlms there ?"'
Hut ibe gil l made no other response than
to beat on the gate with hei slipper, and
crv. "Omee-mi ! Omee-mi !"
it desired bv purchasers and if not sold betore the
the fir-t of March next, it will th. n be rented. , ioie,
Also tlie farm on which I now reside, in l,tan An
After Taking.
thin r1.1. miles lr, tn Altoona. i n I" J
1 1 ; v y e
i ,-, a t"
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It ut';
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,i irs in mir pa;ep ii ot s. wincn we tie-
, ' v tm;l toeverv one
e M,.i"-ii:e is -opl (ivnll frna-jrlsts
k-e. or six packages f - v : r will
i ..-I receipt of t he money o a Idress
I !I K C, !t V .M r.iin in i: ''
V.ee!;ariics liioeK. n "
I m l-.lieti.-biirir tiy c. i. nuutm on,,
tis everywhere.
&. Kwi.no, Wholesale Ants. TtUs
10
AND
RUBBER BELTING
li :r,ri: Hh-k; Hrnio"
I'l.LMUMiO, ASBK.STOS,
ITAI.IA'" NI
Hkvip Pack i vo ;
Lace Leathfr, n
K.Mil.VK Olt.
Ai.c. Mill Supplies Cenerally.
iiti.iiorst: nni oh m i
Ao. JOS H ater Street, Vitfsburgh,
r- 'j-J !-;i-lr.
' " -.' W V 1,,. .. s. den, lid
is n a ri ; t ri stntem u u i va t om me. - t - -- - -
house barn and other buildir.irs thereon erected.
il.,; a tract of improved l .n 1 irui.ed pnrtly
In Hlnir and ( ambroi eoun'ies. containiiur
acres This tract is underlaid wit h coal ot excel
lent qua 'i l v. well covered with timber, and has a
rai'road built to It. ready for shipping coal.
These lan. 1 will be sold as a wh.de or divide 1.
n I on terms to suit purchase, n. or y "ST
Mr Altoona city property. For further inform,
tion call on or address W .M . I M.k Kit.
Nov. il. 1877.-1V. U"x so9' Altoona.
AUDITOR'S NOTICE The un
dersigned Auditor, appointed by the
Orphans' Court of Cambria rounty to report dis
nh, tion of the fund in the han.ls of . os Criste
Jutorof the last will and testament of Rache
Kline, dee'd, hereby irlves notice that b e wi.l sit
a his oir.ee in Kbensbur. on Tnedy, the Sfith
'it of .November 1878. at 2 o clocK. r. h
purpose of atiendinn to the dut ies of ea.d VI oint
ment. Those having claims upon said .uti.l are
e.ted to present thein, or be debarred from
any part of the same. gOANLAN, Auditor.
Nov. 1, 137S.-31. .
"S NOTICE.
r.iu of .T a Al P si MI'ERAY, tier u.
LiliiuLiiil Illi!)
ri W. 1 ICJlv,
General Insurance Agent,
; it exs n vj: g, ja.
Policte? -written at hort notice in the
OLD RELIABLE "ETNA"
Ai oilier First fnnn (oinpni",
I ner-burir. Kept. T2, 1S77 -ly.
r.'to mff HT l F. KH . Send for our Select List of
I I.kaI -w.p,ir Pnt fre on application.
4 , - OKU P. KUWELL & CO., 10 &pruoe
f- 'e x ork.
Ti .a s' II OE MAKER, Atttinkt
X? . r..A- T-dMinKh-trtr. ,-. o-- H : -h
'.ot. oatend 'of reideioe. D 2"
A I)MINISTRATOU
ll.lt V. oCcea-.A-o. ,i ,p 1.,1. p.,.....-
rsi-ne,!. who hereby gives notice to all persons
debied to sa.d estate that payment must tie
Letters of administration on the estate oi .in?.
Murray, late of Kbenshnrg boioiisrh, Cambria
eou.it v. dcceascii. nave hci o ... ....
1
1 . ,Aiar aT.it those hiivinff claims
i-ainst the 'tme win prci-eu. tur... j,.v, j
thenticated f.r ;'":?'.., . ,m-T
Ebcnsbur. Oct. 18, 157$. 6t.
D1
U. M. J. ULUK,
FHYSICIAX ANl
Al.TooSA. " t.
omce at 1319 Kleventh avenue, between 13tn
n"4th MreetV where niht calls can be made
( "bee horTlrom 8 to 10 a. m. and from 2 to 4
", T ,' a p m Special attention paid to !is
ease? .nS Far. as well as o Srg.eal
Operations of everv description. 4-19.-tf.l
M. KEIM, M. D., Tiitsician
.nQmc.Fnf. Ebenshuror, Fa. Of
fice recently occupied hy Ir. .T. J. O it man. two
Soors west of Hlai? lli
r.llsean he made. uonsunuuu '"'.'"";.
well a Entr1is.
A.
i-6.'rt. tf.i
JOHN MURPHY, M D.,
PHYSICIAK AND SrROKON,
TrxtiL HilL Bonorott
c.mir' eonntv. Pa. Niirht eall ean be mad- at
the reiiUence of Jai. P. Murray. I T" -1
Again the chalienoe, sterner than bo-
ho s there '
d again the only reply was, "Omee
mi I Omoe-mi !"
At this the sentinel called tbe officer of
the guard aud directed bis attention lo the
the singular noises outside the ga'e.
A burning torch was brought and thrown
over the stockade, and by ibe light they
saw, through the poit boles of a bastion,
as if it were a tableau, the slender form of
the young squaw ; her long straight hair
floated in the night wind, one dusky hand
grasping the moccasin was lifted against
the portal, and her great black eyes were
gazing intently at the flaming torch.
They recognized ber at once as their sa
viour from tbe plot of Fontiac, aud the
fact of her being at the gate was reported
to Major Gladwin. Immediately a com
pany of the garrison were ordered undei
arms aud posted on either side the en
trance, and then the gate was opened to
the fugitive maiden.
But scarcely bad she entered and tbe
way been shut and secured behind ber,
when a score or more savages came run
ning and dashed against the gate, exclaim
ing in loud and and angry tones, "Mee
mi ! Mee-mi !"
Among the voices the squaw recognized
that of A-ne-moosh muttering vengeance
against, ber and all tbe whites, and with
grateful face, glowing in the light of the
toiches borno by the soldiers, she turned
to tbe commandant and (by the interpretei )
told him that be bad saved ber life, as a
little longer wailing outside the gate and
she would have been a prisoner whom no
power could rescue from the hatred of the
Dog and the sentence of Fontiac.
As blood had not yet been shed in what,
is known in bistoiy as Fontiac' 8 war,"
MajorGladwin refrained from opening the
puns on Me-mi's pursuers, aud they re
turned unharmed from their blood thirsty
but fruitless chase of the innocent girl
But tbe next morning & fin ions attack
was made on the fort by nearly two thou
Band warriors, and every stiatagem was
employed by which to capture it. Failing.
however, a siege commenced which lasted
As tbe Indian girl became permanently
an inmate of tbe fort, associating with civ
ilized people constantly instead of meeting
them occasionally for a few moments, and
compelled to experience the contrast be
tween the culture and honor of high
bred officers and the ignorance and brusk
ness of ber ow n people, it is not surprising
that she was favorably impressed with ber
new life.
She saw and beard nothing cruel, notli- !
im? indelicate, nothing obtrusive like tbe
attention of tbe baleful A ne moosu.
Here were men who did not delight in
carnage and torture: no scalp locks attest
ed their prowess ; they did not smoke and
sleep, and sleep and smoke, wnue weary
women peifoimed the slavisn ton.
Hesides. the whole gariwtn, leeiing mat;
to Mee-mi they owed their lives, sought to
contribute to ber happiness and content
ment.
She was indeed treated almost like a
queen and officers and men weie ber will-
at- i.j ,1 ; t.A tit a
in servants. ,uajur uisuaiu uiichiu
inrerpreter to explain to ber fully tbe state
of feeling among the soldiers, and that she
had only to express her wisues to nave
them cratified.
And when at roll call he mtormea tne
triKins what a liberty he bad conferred on
Hip vnnncr souaw. and commanded them
to see how manfully they could carry out
his policy toward tier, they gave way to
their enthusiasm in loua nuzz.is.
Soon and na urally appeared ber need
of sneakine English, and she entered upou
tbe task of learning wi.b ability aud peiie-
verance.
But although tbe commandants journal,
fiom w hich this sketch is compiled, abounds
with page after page of incidents respecting
Mee mi, space forbids repeating tnem.
liapidlv she niasteied the new language
and the elements of an education in it,
and from the cultured officers around ber
acquiied a general intelligence probably
beyond the average grade ol Homier wuue
women.
But like so many other fairer maidens,
timid Mee-mi "met her fate;" a wooe.i
came in whose net tbe Wild Figeon was
caught.
The interpreter was a young French
Creole, captured by tbe Indians from bis
southern home when a little child, and
reared iu the wilds of tbe northwest, al
ternately among tbe natives, tbe French
and the English.
A devout Catholic, a chivalrous gentle
man, and brave as a night, yet he possess
ed just that fervid type of heart to be won
bv such an aitless nature and romantic
bistoiy as Mee-mi's. Himself daik by
biitb and bronzed by a life of exposure,
there was a charm in ber dusky face,
with its fawn like eves and blush of inno
cence surrounded by a cloud of raven hair.
And there aa as something irresistible in
her sadly mellow voice as she trilled the
gutturals of the Algonquin tongue.
Ferhaps had he never seen her but tbe
few times when be was called by the com
mandant to conduct, negotiations with her
in regard to moccasins bis heart would
have retained its liberty.
But when the several events occurred in
her simple life as here related a heroine
rescuing the garrison from massacre, a fu
gitive from Fontiac's fury, the queen of
hearts among tho soldiers, and, lastly, an
eager student under his mstructiou he
surrendered unconditionally.
Seeking tbe commandant's consent, be
prosecuted bis tender suit for ber affections.
and in due time the bans, showing lnssuc
cess, were published to the tioops, and,
like eveiything pertaining to Mee-mi, re
ceived their demonstrative appproval.
At length the siege closed, Fontinc an!
his warriors retreating at the approach of
an army under Gen. Biadstreet, a priest
enteiing the fort, and the way was open
for the nuptials of the Wild Fieeon.
To those, especially who, rescued by ber
faithfulness, bad loved her so well, the nc- j
casion must have been exceedingly thrill
ing. Under the roof of the council house,
w here, a year before transpired tbe expo
sure of Fontiac's treachery, were arrayed
in hollow square a throng of officers in full
uniform, those of the garrison multiplied
tenfold by those 'of the army of reinforce
ments. Outside of these were tbe rank
and filft of the garrison, Mee-mi's body
guard, and beyond these, covering ibe
whole parade ground, the three thousand
trooj s newly arrived.
At tbe signal gun Mee-mi made ber ap
pearance leaning on the arm of ber gal
lant commandant, preceded by the priest
and the happy man whom her artlessness
had conquered. Marching to the centre
of the holloa square they halted.
Then, at a ringing command from Gen.
Bradstreet the circle of officers came near
er, and. drawing their swords, assumed
the "guard right" attitude ; next, at
another order from the general, the whole
forca of troops advanced several steps and
stood at 'present arms," while the solemn
and stately ceremony of the church made
the rout h ful connle man and wife. At ibe
concluding woids of the rite a salvo of
euns mingled with thousands of huzzas
burst on the air, heralding the glad event.
Of the afternoon reception in the officers'
quarters, tbe commandant's journal says,
"When my veterans came around, man by
man, o kiss her hand and speak their
gratulations, scarce a face was diy from
tears, though why I cannot say ; unless it
was for very joy in our Indian maid's well
being." Christian Lnion.
STJIAXGJ2 1IA.L.I; VC1XA TJOX.
TiYO SOMEWHAT REMARKABLE CASES OF
6ELF-DELUSION.
WILL YOU 11 A Vi: A ItVG ?
1 here are a great many persons in the
world who, suffering under some form or
other of nervous disorder, habitually see
tiguie or face, hear threatening or insult
ing voices, even feel blows and taste poi
sons, wliicti nave un existence outside oi
their own minds ; and neither argument
nor demonsttation of the impossibility of
w hat they allege they perceive will shake
their convict ions iu the least, 'You assure
me,' they will say, 'that I am mistaken ;
that there are no such persons as I see, no
such voices as I hear ; but 1 protest to you
that I see and hear them as distinctly as I
hear and see you at this moment, and that
they are just as real to me.' What are we
to reply ? I have replied sometimes,
'ibat as you are alone on one side in your
opiniou, and all the world is on tbe other
side, I must needs think either that you
are an extraordinary geuius, far in advance
of the rest of the world, or that you are a
madman a long way behind it, and as I
don't think you to be a genius, I am
bound to conclude that your senses aredis
ordered.' But the argument does not pro
duce the least effect. Letme give an ex
ample or two of the character of those hal
lucinations, and of their persistence in
minds that might be thought sane enough
to conect them. The first shall be that of
an old gentleman who was much distress
ed because of an extremely offensive smell
which be imagined to proceed from ail
parts of his body. There was not the
least ground, in fact, f.ir this imagination.
lie was sci upulously clean in person, ex
tremely courteous in manner, thoroughly
rational on every other subject, a shrewd
and clever man of business; no one talking
with him would for a moment have sus
pected him of entertaining such extraordi
nary fancies. Nevertheless, bis life was
made miserable by them ; be would not go
into society, but took solitary rambles in
tbe country, where be might meet as few
persons as possible ; in bis own house be
slept for the first part of tbe night on the
ground floor; mounting up higher at a la
ter period of the night ; and this be did to
pievcnt the bad odois from becoming too
concentrated iu one room. He believed
that the people in the next house were ir
ritated and offended by tlie emanations,
for be ofteu heard them moving about and
coughing ; and when he passed a cabstand
iu the stieet he noticed that even the
horses became lestless and fidgeted. He
used to bang bis clothes out of the window
at night, that they miht get pure, until
bis housekeeper put a stop to the practice
by telling him that the exhibition of them
would excite tho notice and comment of
his neighbors. All the while be was con
ducting his business with propriety at?d
success; bis own partners had no suspicion
of his condition. Knowing this, I asked
him bow it was that no one of the many
persons whom he met daily in business bad
never complained of any bad smell, and
the answer he made was that they were
all too polite to do so, but bo could see
they were affected nevertheless, as they
sometimes put their handkerchiefs to their
noses no doubt, for a quite innocent pur
pose. Another gentleman was tlie victim
of a very common 'Hallucination ; be was
much afllictcd by voices, which were con
tinually speaking to him at all times and
all places in the quietude of bis room and
in the crowded streets, by nigM and by
day. lie had come to thee onclusion that
they must be the voices of evil spirits in
the air which tormented him. They knew
his thoughts, and replied to them before
be bad himself conceived them ; tbe re
marks which they made were always an
noying, often threatening and abusive, and
sometimes most offensive and distressing :
and ibev distuibed him so much at night
thai be got veiy little sleep. He bad been
diiven to the expedient of buying a music
box, which lie placed under Ins pillow
when he went to bed. The noise of the
music drowned ibe noise of tbe toi menting
voices, and enabled him to get sleep ; but.
as be said, tbe measure was not entirely
satisfactory, because when the box bad
played out its tunes it stopped, and he w as
obliged to wind it np again. It was im
possible to persuade this gentleman, sensi
ble as he seemed in other respects, that
the voices hadjany leal existence, and that
thy were due to the disordered state of
his nervous system. Furihiylttly Ikciar.
Not in your ear, although a great many
men do eo off with a bug in their ear ; but
is there any particular insect that you
would like for your dinner? Thai's a oues
tion propounded by the Builir.gton llnck
etr, which goes on to say :
Hotter people than you have eaft n thetn,
not from noeessity, hut choice. People of far
better education, broader culture, higher
station in society have eaten litem ami liked
them. Aristotle Avas fond of loeusts, fried
iu meet oil, ami declares in excellent class
ic language that "thev are sweet." In
Africa t'.is locust, which is a distant re
lative of o'ir crassliopper, is baked into a
kind of sweet rake. Some trilies make
bread of them. The people of Ceylon eat
the honey bee. I n some of the south Pacific
Islands the natives; catch large quantities of
btittei flies, rnl their wines rtV, roast ii,l
eat tin-in. Thev inviriablv make the man
who eats them terribly sick for a few hours,
but it doesn't make any difference. His
taste is unchanged, and as soon as he is able
to get around he s'arts out after another
tneps of butterflies. In the cities of Morocco
to-day, locusts, the same kind that John the
Itaptist ate, are sold for food by the cart
load. The Australians eat caterpillars, and
the economical Chinese devour t lie unwound
silk-worm. The peasants of Southern
France are not proud, but eat snail soup and
call for more.
In I ndia the natives grind the white ants
Into powder which they sell for flour, ar.d
the poorer people bake rakes of it. They
seem to enjoy them while they live, but as
it gives the eater the cholera very quick li-y
ami very fatally, he (b-s not live long
enough to eat more than his weight in white
ants. Iu Africa they don t grunt the ant
into flour. They just parch tliem like corn
and eriinrh them doAvn. tit South America
the natives make cakes nut of the common
ground ant, ami Alexander Von Humboldt
says the flavor of the cakes is pleasant.
This ant is used in flavoring some of the
cheaper brandies of Sweden, on account of
the formic acid it secretes. In New Cale
donia the natives eat spiders, roasting them.
The Unman ladies used to eat the rn.i', the
grub of a caterpillar found in the oak tree.
They ate this when their order of beauty
was a little too miicii mcancii io me scraw
ny, lor ttiia gruo was as i.iuenmg as oh
cake.
The Mexicans distil a liquor from the
wevil, and use it as a stimulant. Possi
bly this is w here t!i- slang term "bug juice,"
frequently used by tiie bibulous young
American as he cails lor his morning decoc
tion, finds its origin. Tliis same beetle, is
broiled and eaten in the West. Indies.
When the larva' is big enough to eat, this is
what it "looks like: three inches long, one
inch in circumference, color a dingy yellow,
looking 'ike a piece of lat ami a bia- k bead.
It doesn't look tempting, but roasted or
broiled, seasoned with salt ami pepper, eat
en Avith crumbled bread, the Haytians pre
fer il lo oysters.
Cheese mites are eaten by civil:zed and
cultured people very frequently, !uit p ne a-
ly in happy ignorance. In Kansas. Missou
ri, Nebraska, and portions of Iowa, a few
white savages, who might to have known
better, cooked grasshoppers ami a'e them.
ami tried to induce other civinzod p.-opo-to
do likew ise. Our American I iidtans eat
well, they will do well to close the chap
ter w ith they c.it any tiling that crawls,
and can't wriggle fast enough to get away
from them. It is not a particularly appe
tizing subject, but it is interesting, and it
may serve to make you more content, some
day when you quarrel wilh your dinner, to
remeinlier that good and bad food are, may
be, only matters of taste, after ail.
m:vxiAi:i)s.
HOW THE ANC1LNTS I'lSllirP HU M.
The offense ofc!:unkei r.css was a sut('1
of great perplexity to tlie a rieots. who
t ricd e vet y is. hie way f dia't. z with i;.
I f not!" succeeded, piobably it w ts ':; nsej
;hev did not begin eai'.y t-nough, b'- inter
cept ins some of the ways a; d means by
which the insidious vice is incucil a'i i pro
pagated. Sevcie treatment was of'eii tried
to little e fleet. The I ct ims. nor!, r Za,
lencus, made it a capital lletise to uiiuk
wine if it was not mixed with watei; even
an invalid was i:ot exempted tr m punish
ment except by Older of a phys cin. Fi
tacus, af Mitylenc, ni.rde; a lv thai be
who, when drunk, committed any offense,
would suffer double Ibe ui.ish'm-nt wl.icll
he would receive if sobt l : and Fla'o. Aiis.
totle atid Fltitarth upp'auded this as tho
height of wisdom. The Hunan cns..i
could expel a Senator f i being dinnk and
take away bis hois?. Mohammed ordrrt il
drunkards to le bisl in u, ed with eighty
blows. Other nations thought i f limiting
the quantity t be drunk at one t me or s.t
uie sitting. The Egyptians put s u.-,e lim
it, though what is not Mated. Tbe Spar
tans, also, bad some limit. The Arabians
fixed the quantity at twelve gl ikscs a man,
but the size of the g!;;ss was. unfo l iatt
lv, not cleaily defined by the l.;shn imh.
The Anglo S.ix ns wct.t ti fiuihei inni
to oider silver nails to le t:x,-d ti I he m.i
of the dii'ikiitg cup, so t hat each nnuiit
know the j u'Jh r nieasu! e. And n is s-tul
that this was done by King Edgar alt-r
noticing the dnniktn lu L tsof ti e Iboiss.
Eycuigus, of Thiace, it lit to ti e nxd of
the matter by oi-deiing the vines to be rut
down. And Lis conduct was imitated in
7U by Teibul'.is, of E.ilgaiia. The Sticvi
prohibited wine to 1 o in; p"i ted. And the
Spartans tried to turn tlie vice into con
tempt by systematically making their
slaves diunk once a year, to show their
children how foolish and contemptible men
looked in th.it state. IV nnkr nurss w as
deemed much nipie vicious mi some classes
of pci sons than i:iotbor. Tl e ancient In
dians held it lawfi.l to kill a Ilit'g when he
was itrutik. 1 lie -V.Lematis m.i-ie? n a ran
i'al off- use for a magistrate to bo oin' k,
r.'.id C'hailer.if.gne imil;.tcd this by a hw
that .lodges on the 1 ncli :ttd jhadcis
should dj their b.:s:t ( ss f.istiug. The Car
thagenians pH'hilo't d n agist i ates, (lover
no. s, sold iei s and s i vant s I ; . n,i any drink
ing. 'Ibe Scots, in the second ccntnty,
made it a capital offense for niagist i at es to
be tli unk; and Constant :ue II. of Scotland,
!-ol, extended a l.ke ', unisl.n.etit to rontijj
epie. -Again, -otre i.tws i,ac .i o , e--
Iv plohili'.ed wine ft.'tti 1
women , the M ,s'.'.;a us vi
K it;. ins did the same, at
pi - diibit ion to t ung men
And ti e bus!
Could scmig;
the husband
to ileal h.
tl,
and ni.d
the f- f-
hinn--. Il" :t,:.
. d.
s i e
.ling
ht sc
,k bv
lie
d tl e
, i A.
it i.ms
and
her
A Hen's "Brood" of Dogs. A friend
of mine has a female grayhound and a lit
ter of young ones. !Now that is nothing
extraordinary, but that she should be as
sisted in ber maternal dntios hy an old
hen is, 1 think, a verv unusual thing. In
the kennel with ber is a ben, which has
tfiken to the dogs in a most affectionate
wav. sitting in the corner with two or
three of them constantly under her wing
and. what is still more extraordinary, they
knnw her call, for if they stray away she
cackles, add they come back. At present
her adopted children are very young ;
whether she is only to take theni for the
usual ''month" nobody knows, but I fear
when they are old enough to accompany
ber about the fields, she will find it diffi-
1 1 i v tti mtikn them tiai tl'R of t!i debca- !
cies she may be able to scratch out of the
earth for them, and which would, no doubt,
he much appreciated by ber own young.
At all events, the case is a curious one.
Bom an tic Incidents of Heal Life.
lias anybody beeu saying tht this is a
dull, stupid, unroniantic woild, where
nothing unexpected ever happens? Why
an insane patieut in the Columbus, Oiiio,
Hospital has suddenly fallen heir to an es
tate in Pennsylvania worth $100,0'X, and
is said to be improving steadily. Then,
again, a Rochester girl, who has been
teaching in No. 12 School, and has saved
ei.ouffh monev to co to Europe, has stumb
led across her long-lost father, who had j
deseited his family many yeais befoie, and
enabled bis wife to marry again, and cul
tivate a small but select brood of foui! His
remark on meeting the daughter iu an
English tavern being : '.Me daughter. OI
me daughter" Moreover, a lady return
ing from a Wheeling theater with her hus
band, iu a crowded horse car, pulled the
coat skirts of the genileman in front of her,
and murmured sweetly: 'You may it
doivn here in mv lap, dear,' and then dis
covered that her husband was at the other
end of the car, and the cieatme to whom
sue nad mane ner iiospiiaoio overtures
was some other man. There is also a
young woman named Gertrude in a remote
I alian village of t he A ppenines, who has
been 'magnetized' by an American spiritu
alist, and who now is extremely iriegnlar
in her temper, seeing foity thousand dev
ils one day and sixteen angels the next,
and aliernately thieatening to cut her
throat and sighing for ber psychical com
plement, l is love, love that makes the
merry world go round . A'. F. Tribune.
The Profane Pai:on. A Tale in
FiveCh aptkhs. Chapter l Once upon
time, in the d.tik ages of the nineteenth
cent ui y there lived a gentleman who held
a commission in the aimy.
Chatter il But he had serious sciu
pies as to whether it wits right or wrong to
kill bis fellow creatures at the bidding of
others, or, in f act, whether it was a ciime
to kill his fellow man at a'l.
( hahtki; in. He decided that it it '"
a crime, not withstanding the gl 'ter and
tinsel thrown about tie mm del ous profes
sion ; so he sold his commission aud enter
ed the chnrch, thinking that as he was an
intelligent man, and not a mere machine,
be might do more good to humanity in that
that line than in the other line
CilAPTKit iv. One day, discoursing ton
rustic congregation on the folly of using
profane language, he told them that he
himself svas once guilty of the same folly,
and addicted to i lie same vice, but that Le
had completely conquered the habit.
Chatter v. A Hying insect heaung
the boas-, w inked his eye at the congreg i
tion, and thought. "I'll put him to the
test " So, making a ciicuit round the old
gentleman's head, Le lit upon his nose
"See !'' said tho reverend gentlemen ;
"here is Mi illustration. At one time 1
should have sworn awfully at this fly but
htok now." liaising his band, be said,
gently, "Go away little fly, co awiy." But
the fly only tickled bis nose the mote.
The reverend gentleman, liiising b;s
hand with some vehemence, made a giab
at the offender; and, being success! il.
opened it to throw the insect from him.
when, in extreme digu'-t. he exclaimed,
"Why d n it, it's n ?;-"'
Horror of the rustic congregation, fail
ure of tbe illustration, and
1 he EN P.
Soaii.i hi Nil r. .v in I. u'.i i.s. An old
newspaper man Iroin Oni i has s ; i ted a
di u g Mm e iti the c;'y of lb 1 1 fit, a' d a lo
cal paper comment ing on his innov;.' top?,
remaiks that be will cither be a iiiU'.-n-ane
duiine the next tlnee vents or "bust"
in less than six mot.ll.s. His Moie is very
chef-iful. Skolls. notches, foi cep-. t b i o
nios, bones, false tce b, almanacs, pri-o ,
and st icks cf liqnoi ice aie seat tt ted at ootid
in delightful pi ofusn :i. :tt d there '.so': a
diaw rr or b Hie without ;m oiiioal l;.b( 1.
On one di aw or ho hi: '''Hie SI;" t'iiU
right by you. no n. alter v. l..i' tin t ;.ti-r.
Onanothei: "Coppeia cat slowly r.ml
chew litie. '' On atiotnct; 1 'a, is g t eon
Sme in its opera! ion l.i-t ing in its Jb c s.'
The label oti one of t he ! 1 1 os m ! ' ;y
some of me, and Mop that L-l.tbu u .' ig-.'
On aiiot he i : 'I'm sat. j.t 1 1 r w h ai e "n'.''
On uno'.hci: -El ii.-.- ;c a hi !h't.t f..l
around with a irvohci.' ilongii g ;u tinst
the wall is a bc.iul il'.al sign, w Licit Lads :
'If you don't aiit to a-k bu a tine comb,
point your finger at me ! At the bai k end
of the More is a still httgf i ml'O. and it
bears the ti i, del sent in, ri, t : -Tl tte is no
tl ick without its miss-i.g l.m b
lines you find him in tiie bii'1'
keep tlie s; off n make him mr
Don t ask for ted bug jo: n. hu
' I he J.oM Lamb IP stoimtve.
know what vou n:-an.- lie f
stoie bears sevetal
Among l.cni is one i
in lie-e if you h ad bm
last wiiili I .' A n..i b
t hat i d nose in j'i
tbiid :entls : Yoi n:
pieasu Mep lln
li't.W-.J.
p.
. iaI. :;! f,
Si me-
o.od. It
y f l.rc.
u call it
I shall
oi:l oft! e
h.-cgh-s
V e'.i.- rit t
o bieHkfa't
I s;. s : "I
1-t f t -1 s i en
!-fl W.lh b
Wi-vZ ."
rs n
!a s.
A
A Reliable Man Wanted. "A rrlia
ble man wanted to take charge of a farm"
, reliah'.e man wanted in a Counting
house" "A reliable man wanted to super
intend a mill." What Ja demond theie is
for reliable men! Young women want
them for husbands, tatt eis nn mot nets
Avant thetn for s.ins-:n law, Keopie iti
trouble inquire anxiously lor a rei abte
lawyer whom thev can consult, tbe sick
J . . . . - . i . .
want a reliable physician, ;ue cinnuues
want a reliable; man for a minister, al
though they do not advertise their wants
in a newpaper.
There sems to lie
Fail t'lowisd
land in t he fa il lor
and sometimes oats, 1 ut f 'i
ft r it t :!1 sj't ing. W e I e
heay clay soils lie con r
bei. cli't d by having tl ' lot il
fall. One tit ctpal t;"!M- of
t his giain is p v. p 1 1 c 1..
spi ing. a ml thus ! t 1. o g it
M ;it y fn ; rr.f is j 1
pi ing w ht I I oi 1 a i it
i
Ly pionma
Ibis source
plowed pioj
the spring
be easily tli
putting the
He is a great simpleton who imagines
tliAt the chief nawerof wealth is to sun
I rdv wants. In ninetv-nine rasea nut nf
nearly a year, the longest ia the history of I hundred it creates more wants thau it sup-
tue xuaiau wars. plies.
Treatment of Diphtheria. I wish to
suggest to physicians, iu tieaung diphthe
ria, to use inteinaily a veiy weak solution
of carbolic acid, and for the throat or fau
ces a solution of hydrochloric acid, about
tbe strength of strong cider vinegar, I
have treated every case successfully so fai
with the above-named remedies. Crou
is relieved mslanilv uli tlie acnl solution.
As far as my exp'iience goes, the last
named remedy slops nil morbid develop
ment in the thioat as surely as the hoe will
Mop pig weeds on a hot, sunny day. A
ply it to the throat wuu a brush oi sponge,
or nse as a gargle. Dr. Botfttlder, in Jour
nal of Chemistry.
no end to ths dt
in the I .ill sti n
is 1 1 tin ed. Si-.i
,: 1 v , t ri .i in
The v.. . .is
.l.M .1 l-V I
la'itl iu on
late planting aie m'so i,-r
ing. for if the l.m.l ts. : i-?'.. '. 1
season in t went j .'..' tl cc
put i'i as t a i o, f: -. it v ii; 1
can be Imiiiiwml i;' ut i
would not ri t to 1 i. a tVt p. ;
plowed w ot I ei i;i 'he f
It. Il
e !
i 1 s s:
- i r,.
-.Alt HI'
lis I I I t 1 1 1
. t ble
tl.
land.
: Ve
lit
I
vrd
V .
Ill
if
d 'ii
t up ran
w w 1 1 i 1 el
. ? .,f
' er
i
manris for reliable men. Are ii-oabio men
o scarce that so ninth point is made of
gett ing them ?
We apprehend that, tney ato not o
plenty as they should be. K liable aiti.i
tocts and coin i actot s and cngineeis ate id
to be found iu every plaee. or tbi-fv noub.
not be so many railway and biidge rcci
,l..tc Cukliiei's and other bank ' fiiei-rs
aie not always leliihle, or tl.eie -iouM be
no rieUlcat ions. The same mnj be sa'ri of
irnstees or insuianee office is,. In tintli.
reliable me n do nol c ow d olio atiolher iu
any cl -s of occupation.
Young man. it is for rou to detei mine
w bethel yon will be a reliable trtn m not.
It depends upon yourself. Nothing is
easier; only resolve th it you will he a reii.
able man, and stick U il tLr.mgU eveiy
' tempi at ion.
flos'S of
w hit h w oc M i i lo i w i
of corn s' nbble, ( il,
V!sa'i or sfiii i'i. t
so i.; ne! tciii.i-. b, i f
to;;gh t'lav sod, aai s'.o
the f 11 I be sj.i iog I
Iv :i; 1--d oeet! is said ''
lmph-nu-nt f : 1 ...s.ni'
1 ind i'i I he sj i ing t. - it
as t'.e
;n
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ili.d V
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