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VOLUME XII.
EBENSURG, PA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1S7S.
NUMBER 47.
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READ THE SOLID PRINCIPLES
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We shall endeavor to make the present Winter trade the most
success! ul ever known in Johnstown, anr". hereby cordially Invite
our I rieni's and t In- pi 1 1. lie- jrcnei all y to In-nor us It h their kind and
welcome resnce. Our immense stock is the lattrest ev r brought
to Camtria county, and wt ore Confident that wc can tutnish i vi ry
old and V(.iik man with a fcmwrnablc suit at a price not only within
the reach of all. I-tit a lit I le cheaper t bun (roods t t hi- seme quiili; y
can be bought at any other ettaMishment in the county. The urcHt
and grand principle or this favorite Clothing Store is one price ami
fair, square dealing with all i's customers. We ask no more ban
is xarked In plain figure on the goods, and never take any less. .y
which method parties who are not judges of irood- neve the s ire
chance to tie suited at this talr. square dealu g house, where kuiiiIs
are never misre.m s nied to anybody, a those who do.
Uemeinber ihat yon can 6id the largest stock ( fens Hiifss
SriT'. very cheap for caab, at L. M. WOOLF S SOLID ON'E-FKICH
CLOTHING STOKE.
Kemi-mhcr that you can find the larjrest stock of Younjr ten 9
Due"' SriT. very cheap for cash, at L. M. WOOLK'S SOLID ONE
HUICE CLOTHlNfl STOKE.
Remember that von can find the Inreest stock of Yotitt'S' niiFss
Scnu. very cheao for cash, at L. M. WOOLF'S SOLID ONE 1'KICE
CLOTHIN'fi STORE.
Heinembet that you can find the larsreet stock of Ovreonfa. very
cheao for caBb. at I,. M. WOOLF'S SOLID ONE PKICE CLOTHING
STOKE.
Hciremher that 701 can find the larfi-st stock or Hats, Caps,
Tim nks. Vaitsw. Fi'KNtsntNO finnoi. &.. verv cheno ror cash, HI
L. M. WOOLF S SOLID ON E-I'HICE CI.O I'll 1NG STORE.
Remember, especially, the irrandeat priuciple of all :
We return the money in every ease n-Jiere goods
do not 2 rove as represented.
The Poor Man's Friend and One-Price Clothier,
rext Door to -Tolin Thomas',
MAIN STREET, JOHNSTOWN.
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Astonishing
THE !,Tivl3 WAH
10 3 -lb. Cans Tomatoes for
S h. French Prunes for
I'! M3. French Currants for
If lbs. Dried Apples for
K lbs. Dried Peaches (!ialves
12 lbs. Turkey Prunes for
!bs. Pulverized Suear for
3 lbs. Pat. Cut Loaf Sugar
!j lbs. Granulated Sugar lor
In) lbs. White Sugar for
11 lbs. Kxtra C Sugar for
12 lbs. IJrown Sugar for
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have without exception the largest and best stoclc of
TEAS, COFFEES AND SPICES
IX ALTOOXA.
CJ 1 1 1 CO IS! I FRONT,
1121 ELEVENTH AVENUE. - - - ALT00NA, PA.
imnnmnm afr I AmnnRMll ASSIGNEE'S SALE
.J uiJUUUiUtlJlJ ilUUlUUUUU wUAUJ, t uvvv -
( 1Y virtus of an fii order of the fToort of Com- Of Valuable TOWN PROPrRTY.
1 I ni otTr ar public eale, at Biu'ui'a Hall, in Car- f
- .i - n l iiuill
,0a S.VTURDAY, December 28, 1878,
2 o'clock, p. m.. t he following described real
estate, to wit :
(u w m en rucEi of ukd
S--'atu: j o.vpn i tn ni ner rarui, pmiicv m
Toll township, in siiii countv of tatnbria,, ad
t'nic lamis of James I)oula"s. Selastlan Sy
r,. Vitus I'fister. and others, oontaininic ne
. wmttw rniTi.n i , i"i v
" ii ir'is ox wnien are ciearcn, inc i i
pg coverml with rail and other hard titn
V This is one of the besl located Farms In I'ar
I'ownHliln. and ha thereon erected a two story
IKLK I'UXK IlWELIiINd HOt'SK, con
nir six rooms, a Hank HRN.and all neccss-
i-i'uuuinics. i uere is aiso n tiinvinn
ati't plenty of pure water on the premises.
' are not only in a wood state of cultivation
fii irnii.i wnn coal, iron ore inn urn ci.
Ti wit hin & tr.n' throw of a steam saw mill
bmblie school house, and not mre than two
rom oarrollton horouirn. iMiUtPuKcun
j 1 thnnrr f,,r (urextmr.nr.
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pa or rAt.K. one t him ot mo mrcn
In
he paj.i Qn Confirmation of sale, one third
I-ii iti i no launcR in iBiiywrc iruui no
itlnn l .....I ...mr.r o hear
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nd be secured'hy thebondand aiortiage
t irougu. on 1 rmyiaf. ii','1Rt.
Thi mcmliers of a croquet cltner.
t 'wn havn resoived tlieiu.iel ves l
ry
null, ami liavin lea.-teii.
of tl. Arctile hniliiitui, ecM.
Morw
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tliein.tel ve the lieroc o Han
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w eat-Jipe" Jilt ing the long "r.ult.
. Ire to
.V va!iilIH black sliepnera mPnl
igut itHHitha olil. ami grtiatly pivini
o w:t- I. nr. in tbi Placn on 'proP-
fated for settlement.
NANUY UK A 1)1. KY,
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flSF.RS! iend for our Select r.lt or
N'ewHnaoeri. tiea. V. Kowell fc Co.,
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Low Prices!
KXOWX.
25 nieces Palm Soap for $1 00
25 pieces Olive Soap for
25 nieces Marbled Soap for
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25 nieces Diamond Soap for
I IT pieces Telephone Soap for
: 14 pieces Gold Soap for
:' 14 pieces Uabbitt Soap for
: 1 1 boxes Lye for
: 17 lbs. Oat '.Meal for
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14 lbs. Oyster Crackers for 1.00
: 14 lbs. W'ater Crackers for 1.00
: Mackerel at 12 and 15 cts. per doz.
HY rirtneof an order of tne l oun 01 oin.non
pieno of Cambria ronnfy. to me directed. I
t 9 a m m at m i
OK FIGHT
will offt r for ?aU at imhlic outcry, on the j.rcmises
in Carro ltown tiorounh. on
Saturday, December 21st, 1S7S.
At o'clock p. v.. the following de?crited real
e-tate. to wit:' All that certain I.tokOrocm',
with L'wki t.tso Horsit. now in tne occupancy ol
Adam J.Stoltl.fituated it. t , e'r,'"lh.0' '
rolltown. atr.hria county, and boun.te.1 and de
Scr hed is follow, : Fronting on .Vain .tree and
adj dninirlotot Mrs Kayloi on the south. I..t of
Jose" . Zollner on the norlh. and extend... r hack
to t'hurch street on the east, having thereon
erected a two story Fhamk Htm with Cahmet
Shot., attached, and also - "m.1 r rnme fet r
iaid property to he sold, divesied of 1 ens, as the
"tTrmS fsVOne'oi.rd of the purchase
money to be paid en confirmation of the sale, one
.h!,iin one v(r thereafter, and the hahmce in
wo U"" " rom " nnrma.ion o sale : the .te.erred
r-avments to bear interest an.l to be secured by
Cds and mottle of lhe Jj'STICH.
I)e. 6. 1878. Aw'Knee of A.J, titoltx.
EWAiTe ! Notice is hereby given
that I nvri left in tl.e nosaepsi-m of An
thon sheiher of Monster township, the follow.
Ton. c. rn tod lcr. Vo '.nsheis ...s.20 l.usl.els w heat,
lnd aCU U, rye and wheat In the roui, et.
Munster Twp., PC- 18's1731'
S" Til Y HFJFEli Came into the
f.pclnM.re of tl. .nWrrioeT "VTI"
rKr?;vr; rrot7rfnvr7;
a-,rotur;.re .a
oVrrolI Twp., Dec. lT.-9t.
Written for the Freeman.
kxowi-f.ik kk iciti:.stv
"MatiT sliall rnn to and fro. and knowledge
shall be" Increased. "Daniel 111., 14.
Liften to the wondrous story.
'Scribed by ins.irat ton s pen.
In the hand or safres bonry.
'Limiiniil by the Spirit's ken ;
Wiien lie viewed ad..wn the Hie3,
And unrolled the Inture pag-ea
In the history of tlie nations
Aiics ere their lives bejfan.
Pirn, propnetle ken comprising-
Ki"eh ti non epoch risinir
Saw the t-riirh 1 n i of t hi" future ago
Shine out in Heaven's p an.
Then thev poured, in fIowiiiit diction,
Iturninir laniruare ot couvic'ion,
Wlien they saw I he hitter glory
Ot the destiny of man.
Far across the suririna-ocean.
With tts-tormsand wild commotion.
Lay the New World in tne beauty
Of its bio id and varieil clime.
AH unknown to ancient story
Ilid t rom SHire i;nd pmiiht'l hoary
l.ooininir 110 in the horiz n
Ot the early 'hitler Tune."
Where the rills pour nVwn the mountain
V'roni the sprinir and pearly fountain,
Gi irir lite tt i vi iy creatnru
In tne new und luippv hmd.
T'liM-strained by machination,
K nowledir e ovei Mows t he nation,
Ard the poorest hut is liirhteit
Ily the torch in Truth's ritfht hand.
Guttembure's divine iiiventin
Furthered learning's wide extension, '
Ami Ann'riin irave irei-dom
For It's spread I rom pole to pole.
And in crvstnl waves 'tis tloim;
In the risinir irloiy irlowinir
Floodimr eveiy haiortity citadel
Ot darkness in the soul.
T,et theBunrds of ediicnt'on.
Then, of every rank or station.
Mount the ta'!ip irl ot the citadel, .
And clor-cihe broken line.
They arc wot kinir ,iut tin- story.
Which redound to 1 11 1 lire v loi J"
Lavinir. broadly, tin foutxtnl ion
Of the Truth in alter tunc.
For the dav Is sun ly nearing
When the Hemetily Trull: ippcarin(r,
Shall illumine all t lie mil ions
In 11 flood of Liu ht J i ine ;
When t he mint lis ol oiluoa t ion
Shall have laid the broad foundation
For the irlorious siipetMruetiirc.
Which shall ri-v in alter tune. A.T. II.
A. IIEUIXISCWCLI OF 1779.
THE STOUT OF A EKAVE GIUL,
Far down 1 lie South Carolina coast lies
the lovely island of St. John, whete stixKl.
one hiindied years ayo, a noble Inick itttilt
iitansion, with lofty jioitico and Icoad jt
nzzii. It was the home of Mr. Uoht-rt
(jibhes and his heaiitifnl youtiu wife, and
the meat house was full at all seasons.
Eifiit childteit had already come to this
Cod couple, and M'ven little adopted C"U
sins were their playmates the orpli.tn
chilibeii of Mrs. Fenwi;k, sister rf Mr.
toblx'H. He liimselt was a ciipple, and
could not walk. In a chair which l an on
wheels he wits diawti daily over the pleis
ant paths, M'lneiinus ly the faithful LLick
(eivaiils. Kotnel itiK'8 ly the still nnue de
voted childteti. who itifiKed at the tope
like wi mail)' liii-ky cnlls. Tlie loveliness
of the spot suited well i!s name of "Peace
ful Ktiteai," by which it was known lino'
all the coiiutiy.
lint in iIiosb I rouhlotis times it could not
always remain peaceful. In the spring of
1779, the Diitish took possession of all the
seaboatd. Gen. Provost matched up fiom
Savannah and laid aiege to Chaih-sfoti ;
hut, heaiint; that Gen. Lincoln w as hastn
iti on w'tli his army, he sti tick his tents in
the night and retreated rapidly toward Svi
vauiiali. 1 Ie ci ossed I he Sstotni Feny and
fin tdied himself on .John's Island, as the
ibland of St. John's w as of' en called.
For wetks now the noise of musketry
and heavy mins destroyed the quiet j'y of
Peaceful lfetieat. I he chtldien, in the
midst of play, would hear the dreadful
booming and would suddenly prow still
and pale. '1 he eldest dauuhler, Mary, was
a spt ujlil lyt couiajreons of thii teen.
She had tlie care of ail t!ie liltle ones, for
her mother's hands weie full in inan;i;iiig
the large estate and caiinrlor her hits
b'nd.
After a time ti e enemy determined to
take possession of this hea itiful jilace. A
body of IStitisli and Hessians quietly cap
tured the lamlintr one midiiiuhl, and creep
inil stealthily ouwatd tilled tlie pa:k and
surrounded the house. At daybreak the
inmates found themselves pi is-'iieis. Then
cnte try iuj; days for the family. The of
ticers took up their quarters in the mansion
allowing tl.o family to vcctipy the upjer
stoty.
John's Island is less than thirty miles
fiotn Citarleston, and whei! the American
officers in the city heard that Peaceful Ue
treat had leen captmid by the Ihilish,
they deiermitied lo rescue it from I ho ene
my. Two large galleys were instantly
manned and eipiippeil and sent lo I ho
plantation, with Mnct oidets not to lire
upon (he mansion. Sailing noiselessly up
the Siono li ver a, dead of night, the ves
sels anchoted abreast. th pldtifat ion. Siul
denly, nut of I he thick il nkness Innst a
llame aiul a roar and the shot cone crash
ing through the Bi itish encampment. The
whole place was instantly in an uproar.
The ofiicets in the house sprang from bed,
and hastily dressed and aimed. The fam
ily, ludely awakened, rushed lo the win
dows. A cold rain was falling, and the
soldiers, half-clad, wero I mining wildly
hither ard thither, while the ofiiccis weie
fraiitiea'ly calling them to aims. Mary
awoke at the liist tenible roar, and tied to
her mother's room. The rx-ifable negres
uttered most pa-icing hiieks. The poor
rliildreii were tMi fiitf h ened to scream, hut
clung tiembliiigly to Mary.
Mrs. Gibbes was in great distress. She
knew not, at first, whether it was ait attack
by fiieudsoti the camp, or an pssault on
the house by the enemy. She oideied the
servants to cease tln ir wailing anil dress
themselves. Then her husband and the
children were prepared ; and while the
camion bellowed in quick succession nno
the noise around tlie home grew louder tlu
father and ttioi her consulted w hat was best
to do. It was now evident that the attack
was by their own fi tends, and i's object
was to dislodge the enemy, lint Mi.
Gibbos did imt know that the house would
not be Hred on, and uiivird insiant tlight.
He was cat lied to his chair, ami I he whole
household sallied forth fiom a back door.
The scene was tr,,jic. 'rllo ,,1 W!ts
pitch v tlaik. and when, just as I hey step
ped out. a sheet of flame belched fort h fiom
the vessels, u seemed to Iw almost agams'
their faces. Tlie roar shoo' the ground
The troops were toohny saving themselves
to notice the fugitives, and they putdied on
as rapidly as possible.
No ftie wait sufficiently projected from
the rain. Little Mary bad the hardest nait
! for neaily all the children were in her care.
I Tbe mud was deep. Some of the little
ones could 'alk but a short disiance at a
time, and had to be carried, Mary having
always one. soaietimes two, in her arms.
Several of the servants were near her, but
none of them seemed to notice ber or her
burdens. The last. hore bad been carried
olT that very day ; theie was no escape but
on foot
Suddenly a ball came crashing by them
hi oui; h the I tees. Then a charge of
grae shot ct.t the trees ovei head. They
were exactly in the rane of '.he gnus ! It
was evident that Ihey had taken the woist
diiectiou, but. theie was no help for it now;
it was too late to turn back, in her agony
the mother cri"d aloud on God lo pioicct
her family. Maiy hugged closer the child
in her arms, and ticnbled so tiiat she could
baldly keep up. Another clash! The
shot shrieked past them, striking the trees
in cveiy direcii'"n. The asau)i waslietce,
the roar incessant. The fiigh ened family
rushed on asswilily as Hssilile loMaol a
ft iend 's plant at ion, tar back from t he shore;
but it was soon seen that they would not
have strength to leach it, eten if they weie
not M nick down by the llyingsho . Tlie
Ameiicaus weie pouting I heir lira into
these woods, thinking the enemy would
take refuae there; and the wietched fugi
tives expected cveiy moment I, Ik; I lie last.
On Ihey pushed through mud, lain ami shot.
Soon Ihey found they weie gelling nuue
out of t he 1 4iige of i he guns. They began
to hope ; yet now ami then a ball tore up
tlie I lets aioiind them or lolled feailuily
across their pa'!i. They reached one ot .
the houses where ihe tield hands lived, with
no one burl; they were over a mile from
the mansion and out ofrange. The neg;,ies
said no shot li.ul come ihat way. Unable
to tk-e further, the family determined to
stop heie. As siMiti as they enleied, Mrs.
Gibbes fell her stieugth leaving he.', ami
sank iioti a low- bed. Chilled to the bone,
drenched, trembling wi.h terror, and ex
hausted, the family gatheied aroiud her.
She opened her eyes and looked about her.
She sprang up wildly.
"O Maiy !" she ci led, '"where is John?"
The htlle giil tinned p ile, and moaned
'0 mother, mother, he's lell !'
She broke into crying. The negroes,
quickly sympathetic, beeau to wiiur their
hands and .v.ul.
"Silence !' said Mr. Gibbes, with stern
but tieiiibbug voice.
The leais were in his own eyes. The
little chilli now mis.-ing was veiy dear (o
them all, and, moieover, was deemed a
s.icred charge, as ho was one of the orphan
child. en of Mr. Gibbes' sister, entius ed to
him on hci death bed. The wailing cean-d;
there was silence, broken only by sobs ;
then the master asked
"Who is willing lo go back for the child?"'
No one spoke. Mr, Gibbes turned lo his
wife for counsel. As the two talked in low
tones Mis. Gibbes culled her husband's at
tention to Mary, who was kneeling, 'ai'li
hands clasped m prayer, at the fool of the
bed. Ina moment :he lit i lo maid atose
and came to them, saying calmly
Mother, I inu-.t go back alter baby."
U. my chihl ! ' ci led the mother in ag
ony, 4'I cannot lei you.''
liut, tnoi her, I must," pleaded Mary.
'God w ill care lor me. '
It w as a feat ful responsibility. The
guns yet roared constantly thiougli the
daikness; the house might no a- be in
U.tmes ; it might now be tilled with carnage
and blood. Mrs. Gibbes tin in d t her
husband, ilislace was buried in hishands.
Plainly she must decide it hetself. Willi
streaming eyes she looked at Maiy.
'Come here, my child," she called thro'
her tears.
Mary fell upon ber mother's neck. One
long, passionate embtace, in which all a
niothei's love and devotion were poured
out, and the clinging aims weie opened
without a word. Mary sprang up. kissed
her father's forehead and sped loith ou
her dangerous mission of love.
Tlie ram had now ceased, but the night
was st ill da i k and full of ten or, for I h rough
the tiees she saw the frequent ll.ishes of
the gicat guns. The winN w;re filled
wilh the booming echoes, so that a cannon
seemed to he on every baud. She llew on
wilh all speed. Soon she heaid the crash
ing tiees attend, and knew that, in a mo
ment she would Ihj fnce to face w ilh death.
She did not falser. Now she was again in
the licice whirlvviml. All around her the
shot ho a led and shrieked; on every side
blanches fell clashing to the eanli. A
cannon ball plunged into the earth close
beside her, cast over her a "heap of mud.
and threw her down. She sprang up ami
pressed on with ledoubled vigor. Noi even
that ball Could uiako her turn back.
Sh reached the house and ran to the
room wheiethe little child usually slept.
The bed was empty ! Disliacled. she Hew
from chamber to chamber. Suddenly she
remembered that this tiiv-hl he had leeii
given to another iin.se. L'p into the lliiid
story she Inn lied. and. as she pushed open
t he ili sir, t he lit l le fellow, si 1 1 jug u p in be. ,
cooed to her aim put out his bauds.
Wilh '.he teais raining down her cheeks,
Maiy wrapped the babe waimly and slatt
ed down slabs. Out into the d-okness
once more ; o:twatd with hei pi ecious bur
den, thioiich cannon mar, Ihioueh shot
and shell ! Three i iines she passed S hiough
this iron sloiin. The balls slill sert the
ail. With I he child pressed closely to her
brave young heart, she lied on. She neith
er st nmbled nor fell. The shot thiewdiit
in her face and showeied the twigs do n
upon her head, but she was not struck ; in
safety she leached the l.ur, and fell ex
hausted actoss the thtesiiold.
And the little boy thus saved, by a girl's
biave devotion, aflerwani became General
Fen wick, famous in the war of 1312.
At a recent trial of a bqnor case the
witness on "he stand was under examina
tion as to what be had seen in the defend
ant s domicile, which he said he had visi
ted a immler of limes."
"Dili you ever see any spirits there, or
anything you regarded as spirits?" asked
the pirsid mg just ice
"Why, yes ; I don't know but I have,"
wa)-the reply of Ihe Aitness.
"Do vou know w hat k ind of spii its'?''
"Yes."
How do yon know ?"
"I kinder sm Mt it.."
"Well, now." sai.l llicjudVe. straighten
ing himself for I ho convicting answer,
which he snpjMivnd would be, given, "will
vou please te'.i mo what kind of spiiitsit
w as ?
"Spiiitso' turpeutine!"
A swn as thw mars of laughter that
resulted had subsided, the witness was at
once discharged, the opinion heiug; that
bia testimony was uut to the point.
niznoKs OF TltO DISASTEllS.
THF. WRF.CKS OFTHF. BIKKKNIIKAD AND Tn E
CENTRAL AMEIOCA l.KCAI.l.EI) WHAT
THF. STttl Ofil.E FOR I.IFF. IN TlIK
TllYINO TIME OF SlttPWKECK
DEVtbOrS IN MEN.
IXew York World.
Stories of men and sailors insisting on
saving themselves in lime of .eril at sea.
in selfish disregard or ihe weaker women
and children, aie by no means uncommon
in t he annals of marine d tsasler which is
as much as to say that the instinct of self
preservation will in ninny men assert itself
superior on occasion to nnue heroic pas
sions and promptings. There is on recmd
the rase of the London, which foundered
in 18f0 in tlie Ray of Biscay, where the
seaman undertook to save themselves and
depaited in the only boat three engineem,
one fireman, one midshipman, one carpen
ter. eight sailois, a slewaid and a lny
taking th.ee passengeis, fiiends of their
number, a.id leaving to go clown with the
fated craft 2."0 men, wotn-n and children.
Theie is a much er and more local in
stance, in our own Soul hern waters, where,
a vessel taking fire, the cooks, waiters and
stokers seized the Ixv.its and escaped. lint,
on the oilier band, theie are to the full as
many instances recoided where discipline
slel nl y commanded and loyally c inseiited
to. or manly obedience to heroic instincts,
has proved the salvation of the helpless.
Il was at 2 o'clock on the morning of the
2(?th of Febiuaiy, 1S.V2. that the troopship
lin kenhead. having on hoard a large num
ber of sold lei s, wilh tl-e Usual projsMtion of
women and c'lildien. G'.ll souls in all.stiuck
on a pck near Point Danger, Cape of
Giwd Hope, and filled. Captain Salniond
was in comm ind of Ihe vessel; Lieutenant
C 'o.nel Set on. of t he Seventy eighth High
lander, ot the foldnis. Of course the
pins of the davits had rusted and the
larger boats could not be launched, but
two cutters and a gig weie got out and
manned, and the women and children
placed in them. Tlie Colonel "summoned
i is officers to a consultation and impressed
Vtpoti I hem the necessity of composure and
of preseiving discipline among their men
to the vetv last." At this moment the
ship paited, and the fore pail went down,
and the word was passed that further effort
was in vain ; let each do the best he could
to secure his individual safety, A few
men pimped ove;-boatd, but the lemainder
collected on the poop, soldiers and seamen
alike, "steady, quiet and rpsolute." Tlie
captain retained his post, cool and collect
ed, as if there were still a ship under him,
and Colonel Seton, witli his drawn sword
in hand, stood in the gangway to cut down
anyone who might endeavor to foice his
way towards the boats. W hen the ship
reeled and quivered ere going down, Capt.
Salmond shouted. "Let all who can swim
t'.ow try to savi themselves," One man
exclaimed, "Make for the boats !" as be
1 threw himself into the waves, but "the
colonel and his officers entreated their
,nen and not in vain not to attempt an
entrance into the boats, which were al
ready fully loaded with women and child
1 ten. The officers nw shook hands and
took leave of one another, when, on a
sudden, the vessel oroke again crosswise
abaft be mainmast, and ihe op, heeling
over wilh a hitch, plunged beneath the
water." only twenty minutes from the
time she struck. Tlieripia'm was brained
by a falling spar ; the Colonel was drown-
' ed, and of Hie bundled- so rudely awnken-
; ed only 184 lived to tell tlie Mory of the
Birkenhead, but among them were U the
women and children. This splendid tale
has been put into verse by a soldier iKet,
the l ite Sir F Hastings Doyle :
our jrood Colonel arave the word, ani there
Formed ns in line to die.
. There me no murmer from the ranks, no
i thought
rty shaiin-l ul strensrlh nn honored life to seek :
Our post to quit we were not trained nor
1 taught
To trample down t be weak.
So wp trade women with their children ro.
The iura plv Imek iron and yet mbmiii ;
Whilst, inch by Inch, ihe drowiiinjr ship sank
j low,
I Still under steadfast men.
. What followed why reeall? The brave who
I died. "
Hied without flmohlnir in the bloody surf.
They sleep n well beneath liist purple tide
As others under turT.
; They sleep ns well; snd, roused from their
j wild if rave.
Wearing their wounds like stars, shall rise
' a tram.
Joint heirs with Christ, because they bled to
save
His weak ones, not In vain.
In the other instance to !m recorded tne
men who dien lacked the example of su-
peiiors who bad long commanded them,
and to ohey whom was second natute, but
the ciicumslances were ever. unie tragic.
She agony was infinitely longer, and 'he
heroic t rinuiph ei haps even gieater. The
story of the Central Am-rici was once in
eveiyliody's mouth, yet bow many folks of
th:s generation docs Ilerudou's name re
call Heii.don's deed?
The Central America sailed from Havana
for New Yoik, Septembers. 1857, with h
Ctew of 101 men, besides 4'.)l passengeis,
many f them miners returning with their
gold or fortheir families and many of them
j women ami child i en. "Many were owners
i of lai ge sums; and there weie but few whose
eold did hot nuniliei hundreds, while many
reckoned their wealth by thousands of dol
lais." When she wastwenty four hoursout
I a gale spuing up that soon increased to a
' hiinicane; by the morning of the 1 1th the
captain was apprehensive ; shii after the
vessel sptung aleak and though all hands
I weie set to woi k the inflowing water put
out tlie tires and the ship fell lielplrfss into
I the trough of tlie sea. Once again by
bailing ste was fieed so that they could
start tiie fires, Imt the pumps iK-cam dis
ai ranged and the water gained on them
terribly. The captain cut away the fore
j mast so as to make a drag, but when it fell
it was dragged beneath the bull, and
ixnjnding Ihe ship's wounded sides made
; the leak worse. By paying out a hawser
. they externalized a diag aim brought tlie
I ship head on, but it soon parted and left
! her at the merry of the waves. The water
bad gained till the women and children
j weie ili i veti to take leftige in the men's
! cabin ; tl ere were such a scene as not even
' Ihe annals of shipwieck can parallel.
Gold lay about, minted, in dust, in iniiots.
by thousands and thousands of d-dlars
Some men bound it round their bodies
j willi belts and in handkerchiefs to carry
j 'hem down more swiftly when the fa'al
plunge came ; others, unwilling to be
weighted in the struggle by thrii burden
of dross, were scattering it wildly about
. the cabiu floor. Full youfeken lay un
touched upon the sofas. One or the pas-
sengets, who afterwaids escaped, flung
about, the. cabm $'20,000 and hade who i
would satisfy his thirst for gold, but it was
parsed by. rerrib'eas tin prosact was, ':
the courage exhibited was mat vellous, and
not even tlie women shed a tear, ibi the
afternoon of Satmday they hailed tlie biig
Mai ine, of Boston, w inch bad suffered ' ;
cruelly in the storm. but promised to do ber
lesi to relieve them. "I mil her boxful
appearance." wrote a woman passengei,
"not a tear bad been shed that I am awaie
of n iHiard tlie steamer. Till the moment
we firt espiefl the sail which we ttelirved
brought us relief, we bad leniained pas
sively awaiting tlie lesult. Theie seemed
to he a perfect calmness which I could not
have believed it toss'ble for so gieat a
number of pets-ins lo exhibit under such )
feai ful circumstances. Bit when the btig '
hove in sighMhete were tears of joy, and
the men worked with renewed energy and
hope. The women besought I hem I i aroi k
with all their might, and slid they would
themselves assist in Ihe lalstr if the men
did no do their best. In fact, some of them
were so eager to help that they even tried
to put on men's clothing in older to go and
woik at the pumps." It was 3.30 when
the hi ig came under the Cent i al Amei ica's
stern, and, without any iiiinccrsiu'' delav.
began removing the women and C i ' en.
The task was not easy, for the smaiiei ves
sel drifted slow ly away, and the boats look
longer and longer at each tiip; liesides, so
heavy was Ihe sea, they could cany but a
few at a time. "The men macV no at
tempt to save themselves until a'l the wo
men and childieu were saved. Again and
again the boat relumed; again and again
she made for the brig wilh her precious
fieight ; yet not a mmmiir was hHid ; no
exclamation of selfish despaii arose ! At
length every woman had leen securely
t ranssrted to the biig ; then came Ihe
turn of the crew and the male passengers.
About forty of these reached the Marine
liefoie Ihe ship went down.' Most of the
crew and many of Ihe passengei s wei e st ill
toiling at the ineffectual pumps, and the
captain stood by the wheel, giving orders
dimly and n te-ing cheeif-j' exhor'ations.
lie had declared he would not quit the ship.
"Thank God." be said to a fiiei.d, "the
women and children are safe ; do you take
Ihe next boat." He attempted to chatge
his fi iend with A farewell message for his j
wife, but his emotion oveicome him ; after
a few moments he recovered himself, ard
continued to direct. afT.iiis as the loat
turned from the brig. Il was 8 o'clock
when a great wave smote the Central
Ameiica and sent her down with some five
bundled men. When Mr. George, a sur
vivor, came up fiom what tie thought an
unfathomable depth, there was in the
water "acroad of heads." But the weaker
soon went down, and the waves began to
separate the despairing company. "Many
were desirous to isolate themselves as much
as possible, lest they should be diayetd
down in some deseiale stiuggle for life.
Others, af.aid of the loneliness, ci ied to
their neighbois tokrep together." One by
one they went down and only tour of their
numlier were saved some hours la'Pi, as if
byainiiacle. ''I was forced by l he w ind."
wrote the captain of the balk Kllen, "to
sail a little out of my comse. Just as I
had alteted it. a small biid rlew across Ihe
ship once or tw'ce and then darted against
my face. I however, took tio notice of this
ciicumstat'ce till piecisely the same thing
occniied the sicond time, w hich caused me
to think it somewhat remarkable. While
I was thus rell cting alnnit lh incident,
the same mystei ions bird, for the thiol lime,
made its appeal ance and went thiough the
very same extraordinary manoeuvres. Upon
this I was induced to re-altei my course
into the oiiuin.il one in which I bad at tiist
leen steering. 1 bad not gone far when I
h-jard strange tioises, and on endeavoiing
to discover from whence they proceeded. I
found I was in the midst of people who had
bceu shipwiecked."
PiitT.nsoriiv of N'F.wspArF.n Advertis
ing "Hermit." the New Yoi k cu res
pondent of the Troy Time, in a lute letter,
philosophically temaiks :
"Trade is now in full activity, anil busi
ness men are exert inc every effort to improve
the harvest. One method j the handbill
svstem, bv which Ihe hotels are daily inun
dated. During the hiiiiiess'seaon one l"y
afier auoiher w ill go the rounds, and it. this
wav an attempt is made to obtain trade. Of
these, however, the greater pari are wasted,
s'nu-e the waiter generally pi ks them lip
and throws them into tlie street, and Ihe
t.ext day a fresh inundation takes p'a.-e.
Kxperienre has clearly demonstrati I the
most ed'n-ieiit method f advertising is lomxi
in the jnilieious use of newspaper eolnnms.
The ground on w h ieh newspaper ail veri ising,
as a svstem, is based, is human e.iiifi.leiice,
since we cannot avoid lielieving thai which
we constantly read. The confidence is Home
times absurd, hut still it is evident that a
good a verlisetnent will, if sufficient ly re
peated, carry twipn'ar opinion. Men who
advertise with 'he ereates' persistency event
uallv reach success. There, is a uiilita'y
principal involved in the method, since the
article advertised should Is- pressed on the
public by reeated assaults. The correct
view, which extierit;tic brings to each man,
is thai advertising should l; inclndeil in the
general estimate of exMue, as regular as
store re:it, clerk hire aud insurance. It
Alphabetical Cfhiopities. The pro
tean nature of the vowel sounds is familiar
to all. The following amusing examples
will show that the cousouauts are neaily as
bad :
It make a road broad, tnrns the ear to
a In-ar, and Tom into a tmnh. O makes a
limb climb, hanged changed, a lever clever,
ami transports a lover to clover. I) turns a
near to leaid, a crow to crowd, and makes
anger danger, F turns lower regions into
flower regions. H changes eight lo height.
lv makes now know. L. transforms ear in
to pearl. N I'll ns a line into linen, a crow
i -
morphoses luoi iier into plumls-r. Q
self !ia tio sign'ticance. S turns even in'oj
seven, makes hove shove, and a word a !
s-Aor.l. a pear a spear, makes slaughter of ,
laughter, and .sirioslly eliang-s having a j
hoe to shaving a shoe. T m-kes a lough ,
UiiiU'h'. turns here lo there, alters one to
tone, nod transforms the phrase "allow his
own" to ' tallow this town." W does weli
e. (., hose are w hose, are tiecome w are, on j
won. I. men women, so sow, vie view, ill
makes arm w at iii. Snd turns hat into
what? Y turns fur into fury, a
mati into
ii, any, to tn a toy. a rub to a ruby and a lad
to a ladv. AVer?' Saturday.
is often said a giswt stand st a high rei:t is
lieiter than a Moi one rent free. Well, ad
vertising brings a man iefore the public
ina way that makes him 'stand' good. Tlie
best stand you cau Uar is tw l ihe ia ih
newspaper.
The Odorous Viney Wood.9
These words caught our eye a we were
lazily glancm.! through The Xorth mni
HVf l iutrated, and they caused us Lo
long f.-r a trip to the home of the "piio-y
woods." Without much thought as U
wheie we should stop, we took our sturt
fi otn the good city of Lonisville, Ky.. and
soon found outselves at t hicago. Thcit
we found but one route that couKJ ff're us
what we were loking for, and found that
to bd the new Chicago, St. Paul & Minne
apolis Lin", thai led through prairie at d
meadow, thiough hill and valley, aloi J
gteal lakes and streams, and finally h:;o
tlie depths of Ihe pine foiests of W iscons u,
and so on to St Paul and .Minneapolis.-
Buying our 'lckels we started, and left tlie
Canal and Kinzie streets depot of Ihe C
cago & Nottli Westei n Hail w av. aud rasscd
, i . . . .. - .
iinoiiuii many pleasant villages, sueh as
living Paik, Desplainea, Baiiiugton, Crys
tal Lake and Woodstock, and leached liar
vaid, thence lo Beloit. Hanover and Madi
son, wheie we sre 140 miles from Chicago,
and at the capital of Wisconsin, a city of
over fifteen thousand eople.
1 be city is t-leasantly situated on an is'h
tnns altout thiee font t hs ot a mile wide,
between Lakes Meudota and Monona, in
tne centre valley, sin rounded by heights)
from which it can be seen at a distance of
seveial miles. Lake Meudota liesrjorib
west of the lowu, is six miles long and four
tn iles w ide, w it h clean, gi avtlly sbores,Bnd
a depth sufficient for the navigation of
steamboats. Lake MvOioua is somewhat
smaller.
At 171 miles from Chicago, snd "fi miles
fiom Madison, we reached ihe celebrated
evil's Lake, 'l'h is is a beautiful body of
water, suirounded by ptecipitous moun
tains on eveiy side, except at two points,
one beit-f at Ihe sou hem end, nhere the
lathoad enteis the lake basin, and the oth
er at the noitbern end, where the railroad
finds exit fiom the basin of the lake. On
leveiy side of the lake you see "rock piled
on rock' in every conceivable foim, and in
immense columns, pillais, piles and masses
of very great magnitude and height. The
railroad runs along the shores of the lake
on abed that was liteially blasted out of
the sides of the mountain. From the car
windows all the beauties of this wonderful
and weirdly mysterious legion can readily
b seen. This was the home of Miona
wa ikene. a beautiful but uufoilunate In
dian maiden, and many legends are rela
ted of her by ihe simple hearted and kind
leole of the vicimiy. This lake is a fa
vorite summer irsoit, and to it the people
for many miles around come for picuicing,
sailing, boating, fishing and other sports.
At 1 Sara boo you lesch the Baraboo liver,
and from tbeuce pass along its valley for
many miles.
At Llroy you are six rnih s fiom Chicago,
and at the Southern terminus of ihe West
Wisconsin Railway. Fiom lilioyjou has
ten noithwaid on the new and admirable
track of the West Wisconsin mad, and
sixin reach the great nine woods, which
have rendeied Wisconsin celebrated tbe
woi Id over. Into the heart of the pine
lumber legion you speed, passing through
Black Hiver Falls, Humbiid, Augusta,
Eau Claiie, Meuomonee and other noted
lumber towns, and dually cross the River
St, Croix at Hudson. This liver is the di
viding line between Wisconsin aud Minne
sota. A few miles beyond, you reach a
branch of Silllwaler, a tlom isbing town on
the St. Croix tiver. A liteen mile tide
biiugs yon to Sr. Paul, and heie yon test,
or push on eleven miles fnither, to the ac
tive, bustling cities of Minneapolis and St.
Anthony.
At St. Paul you can make close connec
tions, via the Lake Sujeiioi & Mississippi
Uailroad, for Dulutb, Mooihead, Bibmaik
and other points on the line of the grent
Noitlmni Pacific Railroad, and also witU
the St. Paulo; Pacilic Railway, for Breck
enridge,Fot i Gi i y and points in Mauitoba,
On tlie line we have hastily ske'ehed, you
have a vaiiety of scenery the quiet, beau
tiful prairie of North eastein Illinois ; the
oiling fat tiling country of Southe rn Wit
cousin; the wildly romauivc monntam
sceneiy of the Devil's Lake countiy ; the
breezy, odorous "piney wimmIs,"' with their
busy mills, active towns and uumeiouslog.
ging camps ; and the charming i iver coun
try of the St. Croix valley. A greater di
veisity of countiy can not be found any
where in a journey of the same length.
You will find comfoitable, cleauly and
commodious fining stations and ho els
along tlie line, at w hich ample time is giv
en for all meals.
One wi fi a Return t control the rovtt, i?--f
Ptilhuan I'alace. Urytrt rv n throvyh to St.
J'n'il ind for JUinnfitjiolit. It will be seen
that ihis-liue inns neaily due northwest
fiom Chicago to St. Paul, and is hut a fev
miles longer than an air line, and it it tie
ihortent jtructieal rr,nU otfr which a rii
roud line can be built betvttn thtte poiut.
Ibis assures the passenger tie quick t
it. ne that can be made. Ai othtr route it
now or can be made a d 'rv.
We aie now set led down by a quiet
br-iok. where we daily pull from the "vasty
deep" the sx-ckled lieantieswe have heard
so much about. The CourUr.
Didn't Want to Dif. in that YAT.
Judge AI x. K' ves, w hen a yuug uian, si w
a good old pieacher ridi.ig down tbe Monti
cello road (then a single tiack. A boy,
with a long cross cut saw lying cross ways
on his hoise, was also coming down the
same narrow road, some distance in the
rear of the preacher. The boy's horse ran
away, snd an he was approaching the pious
divine Ihe latter sprang fiom his boise and
scrambled up a pteci.'ice. Wherenpen tLe)
Judge exclaimed t "Bless my life, Mr- .
you have told me that yon were 'ready,
willing and anxious to die ;' why then did
ou struggle so haid to get out of tbe way
of th horse and saw ?"'
Well, Mr. Rives," the good man re-
wish to te saw en to aentn.
, , . , ....
This citcumstanec reminds n of the fol
lowing fiom the Cvurirr Journal :
If a man is going to the witods to corn
mii suicide ands bull tudnenly gives chase,
t e chances aie that he w ill run for h is life.
Of course he will inn. He is going to the
woods to commit suicide, not to be killed by
a bull. P.esides, do yon suppose a man
wants his last momenta distut ted hy a per-
',Mnal difficulty that msy cost him Lis hfe ?
Scoltrtue I a.) Courier.
'Why didn't yon put on a clean collar
before you left home?" called out an im
pel t inent young fop loan omnibus 'ri.'.ver.
. . i'BjHBe your TOotbei hadn't tOt boir
tbe wasuiiig,' was tbtexUtgalablcg :i!y
Ii..n. y.
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