;i:i:at positive tx'itK
r ftU JJfsl-AiE.i flr eriz from a n-mn 1 cnnill
: KIAJOI). .LHVUt. or
rvnv; uuua.m).
T'..e8-?tf F.:n;.y Ked.cine on Earth.
iv-r -r n 1,.:-l:n a r!t.s.. ti.it l H.OnFSF Till
r . r - . ..r -u-. j-ov: !i til bo-ies or or-Ana arj lint
... -vr-r-t r---.r , f r-i sir
,-...-,.. t i- ' a it - r . U.K.- , i. i. . itiivl
- t ID (Wli 7!! ftlil t.o W. t I r,. :. C:SU.UI.D.
I i I' im t in n !" '. orc-u... whether
-. 1 . ! , ' r T'-.nnsT.-.l don any ct:i", Id M In-
tl r p"- "" r n" ---- r.i tuitr'.:,- . 1 'n-
; r.. it""T" ' n. - ir n-l ;r mi; iiij -t -Tii. 1 i :a-,-
. " .t l1 ; - -- t t -. v 1 e "!vi- . a ', c r i
--r t. I r -1 t' uii orc of rc-.tal- J
THE ONLY TRUE EZiTEDT Ton COLDS.
J 'i t(fs t ott. -ir'.sft"1 Tiy-n t: Tirtr" n T t'.is ;!tKT
r'i'i. If y i r s :T r;r fr l.!l!is il ru kl,
. y , i. ..r" I Mi'-h-l I: 111-1 11 I I I.I- M H l I'K-
tf - T 1 1' 1 ION, fc!lNH frHH(!SMWl,
"i -fi Ti-1-!-,' frml"!'! I!K r.H"M:-tRt rrij
. f t
f n.i t-v'.ffi i-t -:Vtm up- nil.'1! NtTl.,
; - i - 'nee juju; Lit tu .r tL Uui u.ua ciu-ii d la ,
f 'lic'A' T.;ii or i- I ' iti Ukt- !.:: n :n : n i
It tl'-t '..).- f.i' Kj-t.'!ti. tv- n r"i:r. !
r. . : '"-1 n tlir'.'.ir h.isi.
40 J.jI.o Slwf, ,-w nrfc.
r :i !e t-y I,'iiHi..n x nrr.iv. K"n-htirir,
w i :iro authori i tj aru :i r: n t ' Vi(OUKt! to
TE3 inLD PONTES
HTJMPIIBE YS
HOMEOPATHIC SPECIFICS
n.--n In efnfral ne fortirpntf ymr.
I ir lirre proved tlif mi-r NAFF.,
Mli'l.H. I.I 0O1Il AI.nl F.FFM IF:i T
meiiirinr know n. They arr Jut what
the pontile want, paving lime, money,
Mikne'. nnd sntTiprliis. F'.verr xltiKte
jM-cinr the tvell tried persrrlptlon of
aur.nluent physician.
v." Cnre. Cent..
! !TPr, Conre?tiin, Inflammation!!, . . '
orm-. W rtn Kovi-r. Worm t'oii., . . 5
I ryin;-l llf, or Tfithine of Infant-", . 35
1 IS in rrlirra, of ( hildren or AMnlt . . 2"
". ! enterv. Griping, Bilioii Colic, . . "
. ( hnlera-'lorbu, "VomitiLg, .... 2"
7. ( H2h. olds. J'.n nchiti", . .... 95
'"ti ra It f n. Toot!i :rho. Firpi he, . . S"
l; a;lsirhe, Si, k Hi (!:irh--, urtigo, . 25
. !),n -trin. Buiou-i Stoniach. .... -'5
'ii';re"i.eil. r I'airifnl I't riid, . . .
:. Ap. ir' . tfo Pr"fnc I'criii'la, . . .
'. I Titio. 1', IvTirjlt PrrnThinc. . ,
' -t rttiomtl, LrTip'i.t-4, -ipliin9. .
. Ul;('!imsiiit!. i;h.-i!n;f: '.'tine. . .
. .. Vi vrrjMUl Asiie. nil! Kevtr, Anea, ,
:;. Fi!t". t-ii:.il or MrtV.ir.i.-,
. 'pli t Im I m y. anl t-o-o rr We ik Eyes, ,
. '. t iWnrrlJ, runt; or chron.r. l'',JiUn73, ,
hooin--l oiiIi, vitl'nt coniis, .
. . ;iiiin , iiH'rei ! jlr, aihir.ir, . .
. S :i r l -;!. irse. impHir-d li-ar!nir, ,
f,i!i'rnl D.'l.il.ty. I'hsif:tl WeaUucss, ,
.' II ' en'l wsii'f cer-tioc, . . . .
v st-a.'iir i, pi. ku j-9 fri.iii ri'Ung, ,
.". ft !i!:e..i?iTS. tiravel
- .-ei-.'. rv..Mty. Vital WftSncM,
-! ri' 'in'- ii. kor,
r'.n-ry e; k rt?.. ttir j th bed
45
8'.
25
25
25
80
50
5
50
SO
50
Ml
M
.V)
50
50
r-o
50
ir; hi I e-'M. cr ii n pa-m, .
- . ! t.f Heart, pilp t.it n', tr.
; p. irtt-v ii-ini., fc irn!-' l:ince.
1 IK)
, 1 (rf)
f. J pl.f - -: .i, iil . ruti-.l core ihr.;t, . .
" '. ! io::ic I ;ti"ret imii ani llrupliona.
50
FAMIIT tA.r.S.
J'n .e Mr.-i r.i v ! above 35 I.trie v!i' arid
M'l iili.f d:r-.i;;ion elO.Otl
t.TM rucc:', v! :ar20 sU and Etiok, 8.00
I tii'-r retiiodie- srr ent lv t!:e rae
ln or vial, in any part of tlie
rnmirf, free of rliar.-e, on receipt or
pnee. A.lri
li inn phrej ' 'lomeona t liie Merllrine I o.
i':.. ami ). ".-t. l-'.i 1- i : n St. New lork.
For nle by rll .truiriclM.
t'f" Hnmr hreys Spwifio Manual on tha
an.l treatment of dsoaso and its cut a,
p- t-t FIilE on ai pheation.
TH OnSG'.NAL & CflLY CEHUI'.E
" Vibrator" Thrcsltcrs,
VOUNTED HORSE POWERS,
Ami St-. in Thrfilitr J'.niis.
IGHQLSisHEPARD & GO.,
ii.irTi.i: tiii:r.ii, Mini.
yiiF. 7 f : 1 1 o 5 ;r:.in--tTTiiia, Time.
- ' . .. .. -r- : -i-t .
W Ur.lrv ni'l rt-r Snli;:i:f In t!i"
- c -;... v :, , :i j t - . :i T .. i -:i r.
yir. vn'iht: tiht.
w ' t'.-v'-ft;-!? Lnft IniIe the Sepn-
7l ... -. -. I !.. ..
j : ! r i ii-w-!.!,: -mhp t-
y . i . i f.t p i ; r. in r - t..., ji
nt t. T, 1- .-4 r ft -ait.
T iit-Tv Vni.r Superior f-.r M hrnf.
I 1 i. ..-!-. I
' - .'lTn't..SI:.l--t.''rr.n1
-'-' tctan:iiU " r re btt..4i:.tt "
--- - - . I .o S.
55 MEVI I f: -i f.1r Simplicity of Part.
L"' it of KfnnrititM lndr( Tonsr
T! V -t p,VPr Thre.riera n Sperlnlfy.
Q! '' t i rirn!- Stenm Tbre.her Fit.
' , :.r ! . aiiy ;uf a.... or k.u I.
p" Thoronsh Worhmanalilp. F.lepnnt
' ' " ' ' 1 flit'i-lr-n. mm of iiie-n.
V'--Y Ik'":; V'"
. , r, L ' 1 1 .t-.- .-
Cii A Ii Y t,- Airents eanvs "ir ar fr t ha Ur
Of "' ,'tor. I'crois and Ou' Ii! Free. Ail.
'-rt s p, (1 viCK I K V, Augusta. Maine.
30 .f ,n".v ''iris. Chrome. Snow ft ak.
. y.: ;,--". wii-r uatue, lo ct.-. J. M
" -ii N. .
. ic , r.o
inmcr (t
T".1.
;v y&e, $
PAN-HANDLE ROUTE
! (P. C. & ST. L. R'Y.)
i THE DIUKCT AX1 MOST
COMFORTABLE AM) EXPEDITIOUS ROUTE
I TO Al l, POINTS IS THE
; WEST, SODTHaai SOUTHWEST.
: Slid :d Bini;e t':::'i: J
TO AM. 1KIX 'I PA I. l'OIXTS.
Our Rates are the Lowest.
OIB AlKMItlOlMTIOfi 1iIKI"AN)iHI.
Our Trains ConnecTin UNION DEPOTS
With all the great Western Trunk Lines.
xo delays: xo loxg TRAXsrjtsr
WE RUN NO EMIGRANT TRAINS.
All Chtr-if Pnrnii r. arr Furtrnrilnl on fl' iju-l-jr
KXI'UHSS Til A .vs. !! ; tlirti.jti
WITH OUT DKTEXTl OX.
FROM TIIIISK SI FKIXl
Homes in tlio AVlilK'T
We Invite correspondence, and endeavor to
give trustworthy information. When necespa
ry, our Trveiinyr Aurents will meet parties and
be prepared to i? ive ntisfa'tiry rates lor tiens
portationof pasetlels, household poodi, live
stnek. etc.
Ko.lowinir is the time of Daily Express Trains
via "Pan-Handle Route" :
Leave ritthurifh 8.42 a. m. 11.47 p. ra.
Arrive St Imi.i l. a. m. 9 :J0 p. m.
" Kan?aa ( 'it y . . .10.15 p. m. lo.o a. m.
Connection is made in T'nion Pi'pot. Kansas
Cits-, lor all point in Kniisna ind Colors lo.
Two hundred pi'undg of baiiifasre are cheeked
free for coionisiH.
Jflf un:iMe to proeuro tii kets by the Pas
II AXPI.F. Itui' r K at nearest railroad si At ion. Pa s
aenirers should call on Airentaat t'nion Depot,
or at 7 Kil t v avenue. Pit tsh u ruh. Pa .. .i tut ca II
for tiek.ts via -PAN II A N 11. K IIOlMK." by
1 whieh line Omtiiius Transter are avoi-led.
For Mnpsof Western I.anOs. "ireu lars. Pnmph
leiu, ic, adilres W. L. HiiiK.v, Geti'l Passen
ger Audit. Columbus, Ohio. Ili 20.-Him.
! GET ALL THE LIGHT YOD CAN
! f)X TH E STJ B.T ECT OF
Cheap Groceries!
f!y rea'I.ny tlie atlvprtimont?. cirfnl.ir.. j rice-
list?, etc., of other d.:ilcrd. ami then i?o to
I F. P. CONFER'S
i'ODfl GROCERY STORE!
1324 llUveutn Avenue,
' Eetvveen 10th & 11th Sts., Altoona.Pa.,
And -,nnfer" your atronaire on a man who r:in
not only pliew "yen the l.inr-st, m.t vnried and
l ompltio sttM'k ot Moods ever ottered l,r sale in
that cite eMinpri-onic eve rvt liitiic tr.'sh jmd pure
in the v ot i K c ' K li'l V s. P K i V I s K is,
rreen. Dried ami fa nnei Hil l IS. NOTIONS.
jf , !uf cm anil doe .-1 1 ar prn-fs fill y as rheap
il nt a lutle cheaper than any other man or firm
in the husinivs. no matter where they reside or
what indii'-ements they oiler.
-Thankliil fertile liberal patronaire hereto
fore eeHlerreO umn him by log .riends in Camliria
county anl clsewnere, and hepinu: tor a eonnnu
anee and in rea?e of the panic, the subscriber re
spec lully invites everybo.ly to call and examine
Ins H'i.k.s nl prices lie fore hnvitur at any other
i,,,n . F. 1. CON KKK.
Fel. "s, 1ST'.'. JIudel tlreccry, Altoona, Pa.
j h ii v b u sdTb i l i t y ,
1 Vital weakness or depression :
; v.e ik exliaa-teil l. elins, no eueruy or ceur-
I t!-.a i- nit ol rrtenfal over-work,
I ld3ncrct!ons or excesses, or some
(ir.-iii tipori tin: sy-tetn, is always riired by
! CrVPHP.EVS' HOVEOFATiilC SPtCIHC o. 2S
i It t nics iiinl i:r, icor.iles the. sy-tem.
di-pels tlio (.Iiviiii mi l (! -)oiul. tiey .i rr.p:rt
!!eiii.tii an I eiu i-:y, .-tops the tlra;a and
rejuvenates t!ie entire man. liecu vised
twenty v. ars with perfect sueer-s hy thou
aiids. s,.,l bv ih-.ileis. Price, ?I.oO jer
dtnyle vi al, orS'5.00 per pnek::'.'" of live vialt
and .c2.bi) vial id' powder. St nt bv :aail on
receipt of price.. Address M l;li:i:TS'
Homop iTHir r.n :K. c om- iJit
lo'J Y LI. TON .-IKKKl. N.I.
IMHhTS MiRIil-Fi WORKS,
139 Franklin Street, Johnstown.
M
INI'M F.NTS. HEAP and TOM H-
1 STONE-. COI N I F.it and CAB!-yW
KT SI. A lis. MAN" IF I,S. .Vc manii-fc,
c t nr. il id t he ery fesi Italian nndf.iM J'l.
N K
fa
American Marbles. Entire sut jsfae-( 1 yLi
1 1. .n ir.ia! i ti te. d in nriee. desiirn and sC?
character of work.
f .r url.-i-s respectfully solicited
and promptly lined at the very low- -l"' -t
est eiisn rat. s. Try me. . -
April -:t. IsTd.-tf. JOHX PAHKE."
K
NOWLEPGH IS POWER. The
utidersi.'ned would respectfully inform
all who wi5h to fit themselves for the teacher's
prefessinn. or !nr anv other business in iife, that
be will open a II :oh" Scuror. and Normal Insti-Tt-iK.
to cintiieni-e Ajiril 13. 1879. at the public
s -l.ii. l Liiil l nz in Wiliieire boreuah. nnd centinue
I r a term el ten week-. In ad.tii.mn to the usual
studies pn ,-ue I in such S'-h.ns, a course in I'om
ti.si'icn. b'lie:or;c and the higher branches of
.Mat hetna tic? will added it i!e-ired. For fur
ther inb.ruiati'in call on or address
JOHN M'CORMICK,
Feb IST.i.-tft. Wilmore. Cambria Co., Pa
Si:li:ct summer .school.
The undersisined ,vi,l op"ti a SELECT
Srnooi. in tin- t'nion Sclio. I Hull. 1. n. Ebensl.ur',
nn .Mojcnn v. M v 5i t. ! 7 .-.n f n.rtiniie it b.r a
term el ten weeks. The c.inmen branches, high
er mathematics, an t the natural selen. e will be
tatucht. Instruci icn in tearlini will also be giv
en t i all wh desire it.
X i umsj Five dollars per I erm for a'l study ing
only the common branches: six do liars per term
..r hiirt.er branches and instruction in teaching.
-r-if.se nroiHisfnir to attend will please give
notice by 1st of April, as the number will be iim-
te.l. 'J-.s.-tst-J r. .i
L V TE.
TTIXECUTOU S NOTICE.
- J Estate Catiiarinf 11 ARTSOO, dee'd.
letters testament a rv on the estate of 1 'atharine
Mar's,, r. l ,te of t 'tirn'll township. an.bria conn
tv. ,1 -as.-. . lKivin.r been uranied to the un.ler
si-. ned by the Heitistcr ol fai l county, all persons
indebted" to the estate in question are requested
to make immediate pa ui"nt. and these bavinsr
claims HuatRst the f.uue ill present them lully
authenticated loi sett Icuici t.
.loHV liTT, Executor.
Carroll Twp., Jan. ."1. l7'.i.-t.
EXECCTOir.S NOTICE.
E-a e .,f Wm. IIakkb. Sr.,de,-'d.
Letters testa mentarv on the estate of William
Hiker. Nr. hoe of dirndl township. Cambria
c imtv. .!."! as. I. havir.if hf ii granted to H e un
Cersijned flhe Keirister ot san1 roanty. notice
is h. reiiv itii-en to all atf es .inler.te.l to said es
tate that pavment -.mist be i le forthwith, an t
t hose hii v inn 'claims again! t l.e a me will present
t hem .luiy an' h t.t icaie.i for sett lenient.
I' El' l-.lt A. KKK K A.M., fjtccutor.
Carroll Twp , .1 in. 'J. 17-U.
ASSICNEIS NOTICE. Notice
is lo-reby given tnt. John J. Trexler,
of pean township. l.a made nn assignment ot ail
his real and personal property to the andersimied
lor Hie benefit el h.s creditors. All persons in.
defied to John J. Trexler are theretore notified
tnt payment must t ma le without delay, and
those having claims .lxninst the same will present
t hem in proper shape lor adjustment.
JOHN v AON'F.R,
Fcb.'Jl, 1S79.-;1. Assiineeot John J. Trexler.
SOCK UP! Tlie Iook of . II.
Sloan, M. D-, of Chest Springs, having
been left in the hands of the undcrsiu ued for col
lection all persons knowing, themselves indebted
on vi.l books are hereby notified ead and settle
their respective accounts, either hy cash or note,
on or betore the 1st day of April next, and unless
1 they do so tiiev will have only themselves to blame
..r additional" cists which uiav accrue in the col
lection ol the same. JOHN" WAONEK.
Chest Springs, Feb. 'JS, lS7.i.-St.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
Estate of IlrNKY J. P.ot.A N, dee'd.
Letters ol administration on the estate of Henry
J. Kolan. late id" !;arr township. Cambria conn
: tv. dcc'.i. ii avj. g hc,-n ranted to the tinder!tined.
' (ill persons Indented to said staie are requested
, to ir.ake tmme.uate fiayuient, tiiid lterte liavinir
i claims airainst It must j. resent Uicin properly au
thenticated P.r set tlement .
I'AI'KU s Ml ril. Administrator.
liarr Twp., Feb. It, is70.-dt.
J"- a Month and expenses guaranteed to Ag'ts
V ' Oiitat tree. Sit.wCo.. Augusta, Maine.
AO
MIXED f AKDSi. w,tli name. PJc. Aci ut ' out
lit, !. I.. JON tt a. CO Narsau. N. Y.
(IIKIGINAL.)
S A nB AT II MORMSO.
I.
The land was fraught with nature's smile,
The insect's chirp did cares hcfruile.
And zephyrs stirred the leafage, while
We mused on Sabbath mornuiK.
II.
The river slept amid the hills.
Its pcucetu! lapse fed by the rills,
Foreot were all my cares and IDs
On quiet Sabbath morninfr.
III.
The fish, benfaih the crystal wave.
Their scaly silvered sides did lava ;
Belowthe golden sanded pave
Did Kwit on Sabbath morning.
IV.
The misty hills filled up the view
And blended with the heaven's blue.
And warmly basked in purple hue
On regal Sabbath morninu.
v.
Sweet peace nnd quiet reisrned o'er all,
As well in cot as stately hall :
And e'en the cattle In the s'all
Enjoyed the Sabbath morning.
VI.
The little bird in leafy tree,
The brook that purled in babbling (rlee,
The squirrel and the hu7zinit bee
Rejoiced on Sabbath morning.
VII.
The house-dog dozed beneath the bush
Where bloomed the rose in Summer's blush.
And lulling murmur? filled the hush
On happy Sabbath morning.
VIII.
See where the river meet the view
Reflecting back the heaven's blue,
A irlimpse amid the leafage new.
On holy Sabbath mornir.g !
IX.
The little kit plays o'er the floor,
The fly doth buzz th window o'er,
The robin, irolden notes dih pour
For ail on Sabbath morning.
-X.
The mother-hen with downy train,
The guinea in the field of grain,
The sheep, too. grazing In the lane.
Are glad on Sabbath morning.
-VI.
Trees, shrub? and flowery bramble, there,
Exhalinir sweets, perl u me the air,
All earth doth seem exceeding lair
To view, on S.ihnaih morning.
sir.
O, if th" days were all like thi.
To live on earth were heavenly bliss;
And paradise we'd hardly miss
On such a Sabbath mornine. A. D. II.
run: li I" in: wa izded.
A TRUE STORY FOR BOYS TO READ.
I want to tell the b.iysi about a friend of
mine wlmse fai' lifnl pel f. u niai.ee of pi eseut
duty led him irJo Iiiyber positions than lie
ever riiea.me.t1 of lillin-;, and nave bun wh.it
we would like all to reach honor and kuc-
cess.
In the earlier years of my expetience as
a prinler in Chicago, more than twenty
years ago, our firm did a good deal of ;
printing for the Chicago, 15 ur! ing l on &
(Juincy Railroad, and because of this I
came to know a young man who is the sub
ject of my story.
He came from Massachusetts ; he was
poor, and had no influential friend even to j
give him a letter of rtcommendai ion. He
sought employment ou the Chicago, Rur
lington & Qnincy Railroad, and after wait !
ing a timo at last, secured a position as '
brakeman on a Height train salary thirty i "y- mr wl'dom modest and haul woi king
dollars a month. He was faithful in his j conductor u.e day lec.-ive.l a tehgniiu
portion, and being both intell;gent;.md in- j asking him if he would undertake the du
dustiious, he was s.on made a conductor ! ,ips "f ,;",',l Supei iuf endcut of the Cei:
on the traiu with wages neat ly doublet!. j ,ril1 r.icific Roland at a salary of ten
He soon after atti acted the attention of his i thousand dollus. lie was sa islied will,
superior ofiices. who saw in him an honest, ! ,,is "Ppreciattmi by the Chicago. Rmliog.
faithful, conscientious c u.ducloi, one not j ,,n a'"1 Q i'''v Ridrnd. win p:.M, .s,;d lo
seeking his own ease or pleasure, but con Increase Ins pay to seven th .usau.l d.ril-tis,
stantly devoted to ihe inteiests id the com- j ailtl as l,e preferred to remain iu Chicago,
pany that employed him, so that not many ! h" declined ihe princely oiler mule by the
mouths elapsed before he was made con j California toad. Then another u legiain
ductor of a passenger train a mine com- j at what salaiy he would become -be
fortable position and one yielding a some- chief of the Central Pacific. Almost hop-
what higher salary. Here I fiist knew
hioi.and I saw in him a modest, quiet, un-
assuming young man, free from the p.pu-
lar vices, and one who tried to be iust as
fatthfol and tiueand devoted to his woik
as a conductor as though the position had
been that of geneial superintendent.
He did not apparently have a high opin
ion of his own abilities ; there was a total
absence of that swagger and strut so ofleu (
seen in those who come to similar suballei n j
positions. It seems as though lie thought
that to properly conduct his trail! to se
cure the comfort of his passengers, and
rightly serve the interest of his company
required the full exercise of all the pow
ers God had given him.
One of the sternest and most exaciing,
and yet one of the noblest, atdest and most j
conscientious men who ever filled a similar
cosition. was then Geneial Snpei'titei.dcnt
of the road. This man (Colonel G. C.
Ilammond) wafched every employe of the
road with an eaele's eye. He measured
every man, knew the ab.li y of each, and
seemed intuitively to know which were the
faithful worke.saud whicli the lazy shi. ks.
Our young conductor d.d Dot escape his
keen eye. When holcast tho.uhtof it, his
... . j, w i,;.
chief was mea-saring and sounding bun,
, ,- . . . .- i . c ..... 1 u n a. ,,
and finding out what k'.nd ot metal he was
made of ;
but none ever knew whether he
was approved or not.
r.. b,r l,,.lr
was always stein and cold as ice.
On Fririav niht. train No. 1 moved
i i . f ei ........ I.nl.n ,1
slowl v out of C hic.tir, under t he cai e ol my
'
r j i t . i.;
vomit? fnetid. who only intent tm doing his
work as well as he kne w ho , seemed to
Lave no higher ambition tliau to be a R.hkI
conductor salaty tJiKiO a year
At noon.
when he stopped at the station, he found a
.. 1 fen-, the bead olTice orriei hit? him
... j
to "leave the train in care of , and take,
the first Irain for Chicago."
This was an unusual thing. Wondering
what could be the matter, conscios lhat tie
bad tried to do exactly light, and yet re
membering how exacting was the General
Superintendent, he feared that nniuten
tionaily he had fallen under his displeasure.
Reaching Chicago late Sa' ut day c veiling, he
found Colonel Hammond had gone home,
and knowing how strict he was in the ol)
servance of the Sabbath, tho conductm
waited impatiently for the coming Monday
morning, when wilb a feaiful heart he pre
sented himself at the office of the Superintendent.
i'Good morning, Mr. Hammond ; 1 hve
answered your te e2iarni Hnrt come to see
what it means."
Good mornioc." growled Hie cliief ; "1
see you have, sir. I Iiave concluded to take
your train away from you."
TLe conductor's hea:t sank lower tlian
ever. What before was only feaiful fore
boding was now painful truth. He had
served the company to the best of Ii is abil
i?y ; he had kept bis train in complete or
der. His reports had been carefully and
correctly made, and yet, after all. he had
lost his position ; he knew not why, and
felt ihat his case was sad indeed. He in
wardly resolved, th it having missed his
calling, he would quit, railroading and try
some other service where careful woi k
would be appreciated. Ho dared not hope
to reverse the decision of the all poweiful
official, yet in as calm a voice as he could
command, he poliiely asked the reason for
this summary dismissal.
Colonel Hammond waited a while befote
he answered. Then t he muscles of his face
relaxed a little, and he said, ' I want an
assistant, supei iutenilent in my office, and I
have called yon to takfl the place."
The truth is always modest, and our r
thundei-struck conductor could only stain
mer, "But I am not competent, sir, to till
the posit ion."
You can do as T tell you ; you can obey
orders, can't yon? That's all you have to
do sir. You will begin woi k th is moi ning.
This is your desk."
The new duties were not. ss difficult as ;
he expee'ed. At first he had only to obey j
ordeis and cany out Ihe details of wink ;
laid out. by the chief, and to these duties '
he brought the fail hfulncss and thorough- j
ness that had made him noticeable as a cm
ductor. His elevatiou did not spoil him or ' 1
, . , , and moderate in etatement, but does riot ex-
make him vain. He was as plain, and ,
; pec! that sueli statement will lie inn balletlg
modest, and as hat d work ing as before-t he ; e, nr M ()n, ,111-11BH,ct, ,,y ,
salary at first w.is one thousand eight huu- - c,1VKn,a,lt. wl, tlie rHaIirr facts. He has
dred dollais. j neither the time nor the data at hand to go
After a few years of service under Colon- jut,, statistics in detail which sustain the al-
el Hammond, and an advance of s.ilaiy to f legations matte. Let. the following Hgures
two t housand five hu udred dollars, t he plain be given due c ourideration. In 1875 there
youug man was invited to take the office of was grown in K msas thirteen million bush-
General Superintendent of a young road, at
a salary of four thousand d ll us, Dist rust
ing his own abiliiy, but determined to do
his best, he accepted the c.il 1 nod succeeded,
until the Chicago, Burlington and Qnincy
liailro d, realizing how much they had lost
in parting with him. invited him to resume
bis old position hy the templing offer of six
thousand dollars a year.
In the meantime Colonel Hammond had
! become Snpet iiitendciit of the Union Pa
' citic Railroad, running from ()m ilia to Og
j den, where it connects with the Ceulial
I Pacific Road. This latter road was owned
' by f iuror five miilion.iiies, who had built
it, one of whom was its General Superin
tendent. However good a business man he
knew but litl le about railroading, and un
der his oare Ihe to.id w.is anything but
prosperous, until Ihe owneis and directors
resolved o.i a radical and sleeping change,
lint where conld they lind a General
superintendent who bad the anility, and
would dare to leotganize the load anil put,
afT.iirs on a better basis? They omsuli.-d
C-douel Hatnirond and other railroad men,
ri"f1 -"e lesulf. was 'hat, n:o-,t iiiiexp.-cie
d
ing to discourage his tempters, he tele-
i RpHed, 1 lin teen tbotis tml a year m
! R"ld." At once came the answer "Accept
! ,, M li i "i own Map, he had
nothing to do hut to bid adieu to tl e city
that he had served so well, and he tin tied
his faee towaid the land of gold. My stmy
would be too long if I s!i ei!d try to tell y.-u
the unexpected d'tlicullies he encoiiuteied
from tie old officer of Ihe roni, who had
determined that they would not be impei.se
deri. and that the new supei iiileinleiit.
should never enter upon his duties; how
the,, before his an ival, set I he w holt; press
and people of Cahforu in against him ; how,
suppoited by the duecloisof the road, lie
quietly tonic c nilrai, disarmed prejudice,
conquered submission and earned success.
This was nine years ago. lie is till
j Geneial rjnipertnteiioe.il ot n,e tit.iir.ii i a
I cifie Rulioad, iiiio cf the most, impoitant
rail-oads in the woi Id. With its cminc-
. t wi"' California, this quiet man. not
.V Tony-eight yea.s old, n-.w snpc, intends
"deSi .a.l.oari anc over in, y con
j neciiog steamers, h -sid-s dictating Ihe
I tariff's. .f tlie China, t he An: i a'iau. and the
1 canauia line oi s.eamsinps. ,,,. ine
0"""' y"""e P-en rung eae
I j . . . ... r .i
alio C'lttit" i to i tie ioieivssoi empii-veis,
" i j ,
i ....i - . .. i . t i. ;n i i... ii..
n tsiru iin'urt iiiki .mir. m ..iiii.ii.i ..ii,
i
j t neat res, aim not e.s, a.io onumng sa
I loons, Albion lowue was at woik iiiiiiu-
ing up a character us well as a leputai ion,
and now (ills one of the most lmpoitaul
1 . ....r 1:..,. I lso.'.
positions in c a ti I u n 'a , ami it is can u -yoo j
i
a Vear as biakeman of a freight train be
j )'
j " ' "" t-"'
, ,,p0 a y:,r '"
i a . t . . i ....... a ; .1 ....A
i j ..... - ..i.. ....i r -2-o
iiicay ........ r-... c.
"Lucky had but liMIe to do witu
modest worth did ii ; work did it
faith
i fulness in the i.ei foi mance of piesent du
j 1 1
ties, howevei humble, did it
This untiring faithfulness in the humbler
duties not only a'tiacteJ I lie police and
won the appreciation of his superiors, but
fitted him for the higher poi ions which,
without his seeking he was called to fill.
I have long desired to tell this sto.y of a
young man's f aitiifuluess, and consequent
success, for I consider it a lesson that boys
and young men of the present day can
study to advantage.
Tonoce c;tiuof express the astonishment
of the crippled sol lir in Connecticut who
awoke to find his wife using tils wooden
leg to Tvoiuid the b?cfste;tk for b-eakfst.
'I'lie Mecca ttf the Thrifty tentlgrttnt
is Kansas.
THE GOLDEN BELT EMPHATIC.ULY
REST TART OF KANSAS.
THE
A special correspondent of the Chicago
Times, writing from Sal in a, Kansas, under
data of Nov. 12, 1878, says :
There has been much writing on Kansas.
Practically one of Hie very newest of the new
Stales for of its entire area of over ti fty-t wo
million acres, more than 89 per cent, still
remains virgin soil unbroken by th hus
bandman's plow Kansas has yet lieen the
subject of more voluminous and superlative
eotnmeinl.inoti than any oilier of the agrtcil
:ural Sutes. The greatest of American
miscellaneous authors, Washington Irving,
j as early as 1832, sou;, tied the paan to its
brilliant skies, its bland, ami Itenignant at
mosphere, ami its flowery pla'iis and sloping
uplands. Since then a multitude oi writers,
some of them of celebrity in literature ami
science, as Hale, Seward, Agassis. Greeley,
Sunnier, Win! limp, Richardson ami others,
have swelled ami prolonged the refrain.
Beyond all doubt Kansas is the one State
which offers th; very liest ami highest in.
d neements to immigration. No ot her section
is so full of rich promise to the man whode-
j sires fo found a home and acquire until him
self and his family :he ease and comforts of
a competency. In its combination ot soil
i ami climate which wait on nrihrnrv tbrifr
,,,.,.. ,,, surround Ps neoole with the
circumstances of a happy, fortunate, uener
ons, and contented living, it is superior lo
Illinois or Iowa, to Wisconsin or Minnesota.
The writer hereof has no property in or ex
peciation fr.un Kansas. He has journeyed
frequently through various pans of the S'ate
'"" I:lst ""ee years. At present a
'' of Chicago, he has had a residence in
each of the four States mentioned bv wav of
He intends lo bo
els of w heat and eighty-one million bushels
of corn. In lK7ti fifteen million bushels of
wheat and eighty. three million bnsi.-ls of
corn. In 1877 fifteen million bushels of
wheal and one hundred and three million
bushels of corn. This year, in 1878. K msas
steps to thi front, th first S'ate in the Union
in the production of wheat, unless, pissibly,
California h is to be excep e , with a yield of
more than thirty million bushels of wheal of
sn;ierior i't il iiy and standard weight. The
increase in acreage sown to wheat was one
third greater than in 1877. The c irn pro
duel inn for tlio current year the acreage
being Somewhat less than iu 1877. but the
average yield per acre greater is probably
not. less than one hundred and five nii1ii.ui
bushels. Compare these rem.irk.i'.ile results
of four successive years in Kansas with the
recoi d, t drouth the same period, of any nth
er S' a'e w liich clai ins agricult in a I excel lence,
ami it will be seen that nowhere else have
the rewards of husbandry, of general farm
ing, proved so bniiiititul and sure as they
have In this fortunate and prolific State.
lu the sueeesi.sfii i retiring of live stork the
ratio of i nereis,, of total talue Is rapidly
pushing Kansas toward the heat!. The per
centage of increase in regular and uolew on hy
iu bnili horses, cat! le, sw i lie, and sheep.
The culture of fruit, that which adds so
much to the conip'eteuess of rural domestic
lite, attains a htglier degree of general sue,
cess in Kansas, both as to certainly and
quality of crop, ibioiti any ol her of the prai
rie S .lies. Tile propoi f em of l'ruii ing trees
to : hos too young to produce fruit is a!ul
30 -r rent. , jet ilie gross market value t.f
trims, grapes, and wine fni ls77 leached the
important limine ot S3.00il.000.
Thus a new Stale not thickly settled iu its
more populous disincts, having more th in
foil r-tl 1 1 lis of its oi oainzed domain open to
settlers on lands which may he bought from
?2.r.ll.-o -sii .in .ore, by i he. superior ad.ipii-
bility of us soil and clnoaie to pi od nee
wealth, outranks iu to punt ureal st.inles
all us older and more n.iii ions sisfei S aies,
and H'eseiiif ti w nler r;.iige of prnfi t able gen
eral farming than any in her State.
The immense strt-teti of wheat fields
coursed by the Kansas Pi, fid i ul way, have
given lo tins r.ni'e the ntiim: .1 1 s. i net i vely of
Hie Golden IJelt." Hiit. that which assures
torihe "golden licit." permanency of crop-
stista:iinig pow.-r and especially adapts it
for com iuuoiis w he.ii-cuii tire is the fact that
it is a limestone region, in nearly e vei y
r"r:i' f Hie S ate surface soil ts a .lark al -
lnvi.il mold of varying depth of from l-.vo to
ma left. i. i,in niH iiuiest.iu. oeiL him
resis on a rock basis, tiavlng genera. ly inter-
psed a ri.-. clay subsoil. The lands wiihin
the litne.vtotie tielt, liaving tlie lime conslitii- 1
ems and a su rue ten t ad un XI u re of si lira with
a rich re-e,ifoicmg, uvmsi ure-ret lining sub-
j.,,,1, are very nearly iypicalwhe.it lands.
Those of Hie re..i mill. In.iue,! bv I he
A i Kansas need a gremer raii.li.H, lack the
durable s.-il-lerti!izno? characteristics of the
former, require greater care in their treat-
uieiii, ami will more easily degenerate.
Another emieei.t adraniage posse -ned by
' he country i bi oiign w Inch : h- vatis:ts Pacific
ru ns is i he f act that set t lers t litre i ti a re more
seen re oi, the important question of fuel. Ac
coi ling i i she reports ol ihe Siate Agricul
tural Hureaii. coal is found iu three-fourths
of the counties along I lie line. Also the
Iimes'one belt his ihe distinction of an
abundant supply of building material, the
iiiagiesian limestone, ol proved lur.nnlity, ' swivel gun, Ida mnsued bis eternal old
from which the Suite t.ap.tol id'l'opeka and j boat."
oilier important buildings aie constructed,
being found it. great abundance as far west j Thj y OJ. sEN-cE.C,irios comments
as Trego ninety. - . . . - .
J . by a Judge, even in t he presence or a pns-
Wlihout disparagement of any section of I J , ,
the Sate. I have briefly named .he great !'-"' i""h "'rcnely ra.e, are not un
leading coi.sbierat.o.m w hich must attach lo ; precedented. Mr. Justice Mania once ad
the Kansas Pacific country a preference in dieted a phenomenon ill sm.Kjk frock til
the judgment ,.t tl, intelligent and discrim- Ibe following woids: "Prisoner at the bar.
inaiing settlers. I use the designation i your counsel thinks you innocent; the
"Kansas Pacific country," liecause the j cnne-el f the prosecut ion t li inks you tn
truiik and branch lines of that railway are j nocent ; I think you innocent ; but a jury
coincident with ihe main water lines of cen-
iral and noil liern Kauwis. and Ihe districts
indicated accei-sihly by and tributary to that
-. . ..... : e
rail route. The tollowing are a few sue
cinetly-staied statistics and data, which
carry their own argument :
For i be fiscal year ending Jur.o 30, 1878,
there were entered, as appears from the re
cords of tlie general land office in Washing
ton, T government Ian Is in K msas, 2.0G7,
179 teres; in Nebraska, 020 075 acres ; in
Minnesota. 1, 041.203 acres; in Dakota, 1,
11 8"l fiere : t'ie en'ries for KunW" Iveipg
thus 40 per cent, of the total lor ihe four
most active laud districts In the nnion.
This indicates the relative immigraiiont fo .
Kansas. I
lu 1877 the yield of winter and spring I
wheat in nineteen counties along the line of '
the Kansas Pacific, was 5.18o.S!4 bushels, or
more than 34 per cent, of the yield for ihe !
entire Sta!e. In 1878 the yield of these i
same counties aggtegated 12.34fi,128 bushels
of wheat, or more lhau 40 per .-eni. of the ,
entire wheat product of the. State. The ,
average yield per acre in 1878 in the coun
ties cited, of winter wheat was 24 bushels, :
or both winter ami spring wheat 20 9-10
bushels. The average per acre of the emiie
State, Uith winter and spring wheat, was 17
1-2 bushels. Many special yields ol winter
wheat per acre in thecounties above referred !
to are very remarkable. The following are I
a few instances: One field of twelve aires
in Riley county averaged 35 bushels lo the
acre. Two fields in Saline county of twenty
anil seventy acres produced 53 and 35 bosh- ;
els respectively to the acre. Of I w fields j
iu McPhersoti county, twelve acres each, j
one averaged 57 1-2 bushels, the other 36
busheis. In EMsworlh futility a field of,
nine acres. 44 bushels to the acre. Of three '
fields in Ellis comity, eighty, fifteen, and
one hundred and twenty acres respecii vely,
the first produced 30 bushels lo the acre, the I
two latter 32 bushels each. In Ottawa j
county two field-, one of nineteen, the other j
of ninety acres, yielded an average for Ihe j
first of 64 1-4 bushels, for the second 44 2 3
htlshe's. One field ol lour hundred acres in ,
I ..... .t.. .. ... ... i ... o i . i .. '
Lincoln county harvested 2'J bushels lo the :
acre.
. They call this country the "G"lilen I'elt.'
Ii is true. Aptly it is n lined ' Golden." I
is in such a country where tn. n. through the 1
order of .he year,, are u.osl free and labor is
, .
most King. I
n ow ii i: got ins rA y.
On the banks of :l Ohio befoiH the,'
advent of railroads, when steamboats pin t!
between Piui-bin t h and the West, lived a
sturdy fat mer, w hose' spate time was t.peit
iu chopping wood wilh which he supplied
the passing boats. One winter a boat was
laid upat this place u account of the ice,
and during a long and eld season burned
the old ceiilltman's wood. WIh-ii the ice
, , , , ..
cleaied away, the fat mer presented his
bill, which the captain refused to pay.
"You will pay it," said the old man.
''111 not pay it till I please,'' tetorted
tlie captain, ami ordeied the old man off
the boat, a request which he complied
w -it I.
A little later he appeared on th" bank,
axe in hand, and commenced chopping at
a large tree hanging directly over the boat,
which would not. be able to move for sev
era I bouts on account of the flow of ice. j
The captain, wiih an oath, asked him
i what he meant by culling that tree when
, Umw tht it would fall on the boat.
I . ill .- ,.., n.e f.o the ,...A 9'' .hA
t he fa i mer.
j "No !" roared the captain,
j "Then I'll fell this tree on your boat,"
I and the sound of the axe ran out oti the
.a i i .
The captain stormed and swore, and
J thieat. ned to lick the old man, but to no
1 pm pose ; the well directed blows of the
I axe wete giadually ealioi away at the
j heart- of the tiee, and unless sonie'hitig
' was done soon it would fall and cin-h
eveiything beneath it. Finding thieats
' and cnttealies useless, the captain finally
: biouglit out a snivel gun, KhicU all the
boats then can ied, and, loading it, pointed
right at ihe tiee. Faster Hew the chips as
toe old man saw tlie preparations of war,
when the captain sang out :
"Will you quit chopping at that tire?"'
'Will y.Mi pay me fir the wood?' said
the old man, pev r losing a stroke.
"I'll give you just tine minute to get.
away from lh..t tlie, and if yott'ip not joue
, then I'll b!ow Satan out of y u. ' cried She
' ,,t ., ;,, , . u,.A i,- l ; i.i aH ,,,i,.,e.l
the gun.
I Without a
wind, as though some new
i thoiiL'ht had struck him, tho old man
! shouldered Ins axe. and shaking his fist at 1
! the captain, strode toward his home, and !
j was seen theie no moie. In a few hours j
! the boat pulled and steamed down the j
liver, making a landing at Sleubenville, i
twenty two miles below. As the captain i
1 stepped on the whuf, the sheriff walked
, ,,p? and, tapping Ii im on Ihe shoulder, in-
j rormed him that he had a wiit for him,
i BI)(j Wlu!(t tie ilis jj,,aI ,11)tji ie j,., a llt0
bill.
"What bill?"
The bill for that wod you burned off
me. and wouldn't pay for, you wall eyed
j slink," put in the. old man, who had been
i concealed up to this moment, and he ad
t "ell
"I walked down here to ketch yo, and
; dinned if I wouldn't a walked to Ciiicin
,! na'i afoi I'd let ye get ahead of me."
j The captain saw it was no use to fume
; auol,t jt fr ,,e oirj n,a ,Iir ti,e law on
him ; and after laying the amount, wtlb i "Rigot" is fiom Yisig'dha, in whicli the
additional costs, and the old man's "mile j fierce and intolei ant Ad. ainistn of I he Yisi
ge." each way, he was allowed to depart ! goth conquerors of Spaiu had been handed
with his boat. j down to infamy.
The woodman took Hie next boat home, ! Humbug" is from Ilambttir ; "a pieco
with bis monev in his pocket, saying as ho j of Hamburg news" was in Cetmany a pro
left : "If it hadn't been for that Infernal j vet bial exptession foi false polil ical rumors.
i uf y,,llr own countrymen, in the exeicise
ur con.nion sense as they possess.
! ,jcIi (lls uot seeru t() bo mu(.1 ll:lve
1
found you 'guilty,' and it remains that I
should pass upon you the tenteiice of the
law. Tha senter.ee is lhat you be kept iu
imprisonment for one day, and as that day
was yesterday, you may g) about your
business.' The foi-nr,ate rustic, ia''ier
scared, went about li is business, bitf Iho't
that law was an uncommonly puzzling
th'ti.
A CI TV OA Till: ICL
HOW Flsn ARE caught in sacinaw bat
WINTER.
A coriespondent ol ihe Chicago Tribune,
wiiting fiom East Saginaw, Mich., says :
The business of fishing through he ice on
Saginaw bay has lieen prosecuted for several
years, and has attained large proportions,
giving employment to large ti urn tiers of
men, and forming a city as distinct as it is ;
novel and picturesque. At present bere j
are alxiiit "00 buildings composing the c ity )
on the ice, and active operations are pro
gressing. The soil on which this city is
built is not of that permanent alluvial which
has given Chicago the cognomen of ''Gar
den City," nor yet is it susceptible to the
cultivation of ordinary summer Tops ; but
if is of a character peculiarly adapted to the
crops which are lieing raised (through the
ice) at the present time. The ci: v is irtegii-
larly laid out ; in fact, no attention what- eagle had built its nest. The only way to
ever is paid to right an gles ; and il is not ' reach this ledge was for one of the patty to
likely ilia' the ordinary rn'es for finding a be let down till its level was leached , for
given location in a city would avail here. 1 the -dgo of the lock fairly overhung its
The buildings in this peculiar and interest. ; base, and there was not so much as a
ing town have all been erected since cold : tl)Iub or cievice to which to cling. Arch-
weather el iu ; and, with very few excep , , , , r ., j
' e c(, ; ,i)aui ajiie. ieader of the expedition, as-
tions, the dwellers are all of the sterner sex. , ... ., , , , ,
,. . ' sumed the perilous task of the descent :
The city commences three ot four miles . , . , , . "
from the lighthouse, and extends ' "d loopmg one end of the rope so as to af.
.nib s out" In former years there existed a 1 f0,d himp,f hc secured the other
regularly organized municipal government, ei,d a'"d an immense boulder and per
wii'h a mayor and common council ; but 1 ' milted uimself to bo lei down by the strong
believe no such constituted 1 oily exists this '
reiu nmi me peaceanio nemzetis are at
.
i ,i..t-iiv mnrti it vi-o.Mieii ouiiu .ng uisiue OI
the fire limits, if they chose.
j Tin; houses are nearly of uniform siz.,
j alKiut four by eight feel. They are cheaply
" - ..
""T- w"r,"7c"l""r,M:,"d ' S-ierally made
..! 'iiic IVAI1I3. mien or coveie.i wnu
, , ,.
biiiMing-piper. The hunk is placed in the
j end opposite the door, and the pantry is a
shelf on one side of the lint. A small win
dow in the side admits light ; bui, while en
gaged in fishing, this is usuallv covered.
The little houses are warmed wliti sheet-
Iron stones, aliout sixteen inches long, round
except at the top, where is a griddle for
I cooking the frugal meal of the occupant,
'" "le flo,r of ,Ue shanty is a trap-door. '
! IWH,"5 inches square, which, on Ik-- i
I T'""'X-a Uj6 ""8"
I Tl... - 1 ........ , 1 f - I t 1- . .
! ' . .
; one side of the lioie and lowers in to the wa-
I . , ,.,,-.,., ,, , ,
l... u.aa.B. i miui u io out; run ill n si 1 1
-the opposite end being fastened to the top
of the buiidir.g. The herrings are used for
decoys, and are caught as needed. In get
ting the decoy ready a piece of ad, alout
four inches in length, is fo'ced down the
herring's throat (for a sinker), a slip-noose,
is placed over his head, anil he is let down.
Il" alive, lie sw ims unaided ; hut if dead the
fisherman" resorts to artificial methods, by
dangling the line. The water where the
shanties are located is from ten to fifteen
1 feel deep, ami the Ihuioiii, being usually
sandy, is easily discernible. Attached to
another string is the spear. A nail in Ihe
ham'.le enables it To be hung on the edge of
the floor, whence it is quickly taken whetis
ever tlie fish t ome up to the decoy. It is
then darted swiftly, and, lieforo an inex-
perieiiccd person could hardly realize it, Ihe be snapped asundei. He grew fa:t;l in tx
vietini is pierced ami pu'.lcd through the ! peciation of being dashed lopit-C'S on the
ice into the shanty. j rocks a thousand feet below; and in another
The fish run test early in tho morning
ami after 4 r. M. After rial k. a lamp with
a reflector is Used, and the husii ess is pros
ecuted as persistently as in the daytime
The hulk of the fish caught are pike ami
pickerel, with occasionally trout anil white
fish. When tlie fishing is point, nn indus
trious fisherman will lake out from fitly to
150 pounds perday. The fish run iu si tun's,
and the water is often fairly hiaik with
j 'hem. The fish are sold to w h,d
sale .it
sh-pp,
alers
d in
at Hay City and Saginaw, a. d
every direction. As high as -.'.OoO.ooO
pounds have been caught in a single season.
This year the season ct n nieuced rattier late
and the product will be smaller.
The occupation is not. without danger, s-
pecially iu "he early spring, when the ice
cracks: anil there is s.-areelva season that
j s,.,ne of the hardy fishermen are tint tairied
i , to sea, Horn which I hey are rescued with
! ..., .1 , .. - i
j ent went out in a t g w itli a party and n s-
cm-.t half a dozen fi-li.i men, whose retreat
had t een cut oft t y the moving out of the
ice. When the ice begins to ctai k tnl act
uneasily, the ;-arelul nVhe man pm ks his
litile dotnieil on a sled apd hauls il to the
stioro, where it is stowed away for another
season. N umtH-rs of sha nties are lost ev.-ry
year Ihe venturesome fishermen remaining
on the ice so long lhai it is impossible 1. 1
: take the shanties across ihe cia ks. Tho
, little lmnses, ilmti.-ig the blue expanse of ice
j for miles in every direction, present a pit tur-
,.,, ,:t curious snectacle, and the citv is
visi'ed aniiiialiy by large numbers ot uiteresl-
t il st i angers.
-
A Few Crmors D kuivatioss.-Tho
word t.iimi.hlut isdeitv.-d from the name
of a Oieek aui hoiess, Pampl.y lm, nli.c..ni-
ptlefl a II 1st 01 V Ol tlie W Ot la 111 O t ll 11 t y L VC
I piled a histoiy of the wotld in o tliiity live
liti'.e b.a.ks.
1 Punch and Judy" is a contraction from
i
j Pom his and Judas. It is a lelic of an old
j "miracle play," in which the actois were
! Pontius Pilate and Judas Iscariot.
"Gauze" derives it's name Ircun Gaza
where it was made.
"Tabby cat" is all unconscious that her
name is deiived from Atab, a famous slieet
iu Bagdad, inhabited ley the iiiaiinfact uiets
of silken stud's, called Aiab or laficiy ; the
wavy maikings of the watered silk resem
bling pussy s c at.
"Old Scratch" is the demon of Skratti,
who slill survives iu the superstitions of
Northern Europe.
"Old N'tck" is none oilier than Nikr, the
dangerous water demon of the Scandina
vian legend.
The following in the Gtrnthtfic n 7
grrtph'i simple lemedy for f-ost bites. I".x
tract the fmst by the application of ico
water till the fiozeu pait is pliable, bit' let
no aiCiicial heat touch it ; then npl-'.y a
salvo mado of equal puts cf li.e-s laid r.nd
guiipowder, nibbed together unci it fonn
a paste, and iu less than twenty four bouts
. f:-..-.e.i .;.r rii !- ""t-''.
Ti:X TKIllilltl.i: SECOXlS.
Lite-rally, the life of young Archibald
Fergus was banging, for ten ten ible sec
onds, by s single thread. H wa a
shepherd lad, dwelling in a valley near
Duubr, and familiar with every mountain
path and towering cliff of that picturesque
locality. In one of bis hillside I ambles Ins
Veen rye discovered signs of an eagle's
tyrie upon a narrow ledge that jotted out
from the face of s steep precipice. He
summoned four or five of his young com
panions, and, having piovided themselves
w it li a strong rope, they proceeded io climb
the mountain with the purpose to capture
the cnglets. To Fcrtle the precipice was
impossible, but they, by a ciicuitous route,
succeeded in reaching the top of it, and
; from the overhanging brink they could
look down upon the ledge below, where the
hands of h is com pan ions, who had pet foi m-
vu -.unt wmilc ioi mm in mam . Min.ur
. T
riieuii i.iii. 111 iia. way no nau uesceuu-
; ed to within a few feet of the ledge, when
bo hca: d the w birr of w iogs and the rush
,r heavy bodies through the air, and he
kncw , hat the liareu bilds WCIC uaMt.Ilir,g
to the rescue of their young. An eagle,
male or female, knows no fear when its
eyrie attacked, but enters at ouco into
combat with the iutiuder. Aichibuld knew
. '.his well enough, and he had taken the
' precaution to thrust his dii k into his giidle,
with which he felt quite ablu to defend
himself against the furious onslaught of
the feathered foe. Diawing the luisty
weajxin, he awai'd the attack and had not
long to wait; with scieatns of lage the
eagles pouuetd upou him. Ptoteciing his
ejs as be.st he could with the sleeve of his
, .. , . , -, . ,, - ,
: coarse f-hut, he struck rapid anu well aimed
.
I sat ll,s "a.lants, and succeed
in in the keeu blade into th
i to,""at one a,jd '",0 tlie bosom of the
! other, so that, after few swoops, they
' abandoned the contest and clung, bleeding
' and dying, to the ledge w heie their eaglets
were awaiting them. Aichibald sbta'l td
his dneget ; and looking up, -h"iiftd to his
friends, who had p.iusi d while the fiht
progressed, to continue the descent. Rut,
in looking up, a ten ible slcht v.. -is icvcaled
to him, for he perceived that, wh.ld tin list
ing at the eagles, the keen edge of his dag
ger had cut the rope so that all the strands
except oi-e w eie seve :ed. The st i a in upon
that single f-tiand was such lli-st he cu'd
see that it was yielding, patting, about to
second, he would have been so d-isl.ed to
death, but tha-, before the sc-:;d was
over, and just as tho rope paiUd, he was
lowered sufficiently to l e ab'e to spi itig
upon the ledge, which f-nluna ly he snuc'n
and managed to maintain his bal it ce tbe e,
although it aflorricd htm sratcely a font
hold. However, his companions, aniie
of what had hapj f tied, speecib,' ie,ir!j:s ed
the rope, lowered it to him a.iin, a:id he
was soon hauled up in safety, 1 1 - ' even f 'r-
gePirg, in his flight, ti. cap'uie the I wo
: eaglets and bear tin m with Lim '.-iiif jh
- ant!y as mi'mpttlcvs of his p.dvcr.tuie.
i n
SiNcn.An Mi'vs cfs. A cn-ions list
might ho made of the st range me; I ctl; em
ployed in transmitting n.ai impoit:-.ut
histoiical incssriges. The in't-'ligettce
which enabled Cyrus to ovnthmw tho
Median tnonaich vas conveyrd in th-1 I; -uy
of a hare sent him as a piesert. Ti e in
stigattu d the Iiiiuiti revolt against I'etsia
sotit his i.gent, a trusty slave, witli vet bal
otdeis to shave his head, when the t;ci'is
saiy iuslt'ic tions npprated liaotd -n the
skin beneatli. Dining Mohammed's w..:s
letlers of t h is kind weie fu-queittH pl.i ted
in the long lmii f the lemaie slaves. The
media-vat fashion of wiiting in it.!:, which
o'lly becomes visible wlien held to li e fire
is well known; hot O.niipMi R'l:f!:tu
surpassed even this by Ihe device of a dis
patch whose a'tct nate lit es made an el;' iie
ly diSTeieiit sense fiom that i f li e 1, tti rs
i a w liole.
i One of Hie Fier.r.. chi.-fst-f th-.- l";'.:.Jo
'r ct-nctaled an impoitaut Utiet in a
roasted cthb. Waimi H.t.-tiij.-
wh-ekarlecl in Li lians ly t Hj'e Mr.g. ap
. "' " -' " ' '.' ' -c ' '
l,,is'; " o Rnglish a: my i f his silu.-ti n ly
uispate'u-.-s written tip ni iidicd-np slips of
pa; chrnent, wpicti I. is niesspngeis Ctttied
in theit cats insttnd cf eiiilis iisut.'lj nodi
I here. The Idler which lera'Ied Gi-tieial
Kaufman 'o t lie relief of Ssni.ai cand, tiln'U
liesieged by I he Rokhai iotes in June, IS"?,
was stitched up in the sandal of a loyal .--iive.
It is even stated tlmpgh the sb.ry
ceiiainly favors of Muncbatnenisin that
a French spv," in lsTO, cai i ied a j hoto
graphic d'spa ch tlnough tl.e G;'t man 1 pts
iu tho hollow of one of his teeth.
A Do that FoitcoT How to Rar::.
Mr. Darwin might turn to sonio account a
story w hich is told in the Geiman pnpeis
nboiil the manner i:i which an intt iltgent
dog adapted himself io his condition. A
deaf and dumb lady livirg in a Gentian
city had as a companion a young woman
who was also deaf r.r.d dumb. Titty livtd
in a small set of rooms opening on the pub
lic con Idor of tho house. Somebtdj gate
the elder lady a little dog a a present. Per
some time, whenever anybody rang the bell
at the door tho dog balked to rail ti e at
tention of the mistioss. The dog t.oon d.s
covered, however, that neither the bell nor
the baikitto made an) iiiip:essi--m on t!.o
rotiuti, end l.e took to li e p; act ice of
meiely pu'.'.i. -3 i-ne of tliem by tho diess
with his tftt.i, in n.Jer to ox: lain that
SiiTJtc one v.a - at tio i".Kr. G;rniii.inV the
"g c as' il
J'.'.fnt.-e'd'a'
w p,,,,
'1 v. ! V:
f
o haik a'togi-ther, ?nd for
,-n jf ::is itcfore I. is dea'h he
:te ,t no "ronij-ar ions."
on bv m ni.d t.sv u-'c!fs, it