THE CAMBRIA FREEMAN j Advcrtiwing Itntes. Tbelareeand rapidly Increasinr circulation of Tm Kkerma commends it to the favorable consideration of advertiser. Ad vertirementa will be inserted at the following ratc-s:; . 1 Inch, 3 tlme l mi 1 " 3 months i'fto 1 6 months. go 1 " 1 year .. &.on 2 " 6 months a no 2 " 1 year o no 3 6 months a.nn 3 " 1 year 12.0O ii col'n 6 months lano U " months r,.no X " 1 year avno 1 " 6 months 40 "0 1 " 1 year 7T..00 Administrator" and Y.x in; tor's Notices... 2 50 Auditor's Notice S.'O Stray and similar Notice 1.50 Ihisiness items, first insertion Inc. per line; each suoscqucnt Insertion 5c.per line. "nr)nfum or )rwrffnir nf atiu wrfxtra n'nn or KrrUlu, owl nmimuntrnt inn tlrxiynal to rnllnttrtttinn tu niiymitu-ruf limitril or irj-lit-uual tntrrnt. mtixt lr o.l or n adrTtirinrntf. Job Prin-tino of all kind neatlv and expedi tiously executed at lowest prices. Don'tfor ect it. I n I'l BUS II H ETKBI 1 KID IV OHM.6 M Ebensburg, Pa., by H. A. McPike. Vfro-HrVcf Circulation - 1,128 AND STII.L, A BOOMISQ. MATCIl IT? SI IISI Rirril' It AT KM. .lH-r, one year, ra'h in advance 11.50 .'. " " if not p'd within 3 mos. 1.75 " " if not p'd within 6 trios. 2.K) if not p'd within year.. 2.25 rfTo rfrmn 'residing outside the county f i -nt S'lnr.ionai per year win ue charged to ,v p r:otc. if- no event will the ahove terms be de- i from, ami tnoe wno a on t consult their n:ereM by pnvtnir in advance mutt not t to he pluovl on the jsrai footing as those H. A. McPIKE, Editor and Publisher. "hb is a freeman whom the truth makes free, and all are slaves beside." SI.50 and postage per year, in advance. t 9 i i. LM mis in.-i. ue uisuoiciljl unuCrSlOOQ t i time forward. I -i'i for your paper before youstopit. If 1 n t viii mii'i. None hut eonlnwairs do oth J I'on't he a 9-alaw life's loo short. VOLUME XIII. EBENSBURG, PA., Fill DAY, JULY IS, 1S79. NUMBER 25. w JU w 'U v W ioo" I' v-HE APIs HRRRR K K 1: K II H KKE A PIT M H r. A A V V HUH KK AAA ITH H H V. A A V H li KKK A A I" KEE K kk K F.KE K K K K HKKK K K K H K K K i ' ((!' HE A PEST! f It K ' 11 U H K ;KO. HUNTLEY HAS N(V ON HAM) THE LARGEST, BEST ; MOST VARIED J STOCK OK II ii'clvvare ! Stov?w, Tiii-wnre, lioi ski I K.MSHIX; t 111)1 HI M M f (T1II i ; ; i n a n i I s ;; iiimmi MK 1 1 I 1 1 SSSSSS x' . r!inr ';in t-o f-nnl in any one rstablih :.. :n IVnn-y Iviinsn. 1 1 i rt'k comprises i c:: and heatins stovss 1 i ! Miriniij -tvlrs and patterns; I . - - ry .!.' n pt iuii nnil ot Ix'Sf'ipiality : CARPENTERS' TOOLS! 1 I- mi. I thf b"t in the market. I.i ri sT'ick ol Also, a MILK AN I ) T( )CKKT CUTLERY, fllii.itniirf. nceit nrf, SI I ver-llif el nre. ! iii it low Mnrr. Hal I I'n jm r. Tm l4 inl nl I Ite t l cr. An rll. V i ". Horse Nlic. ilnr Iron. Knil RmI. Horse ill Is. 4 arrlaxe. Itolts. Ill v Mill ns. (.rlnililiini-i. Steel S ti o v -e I'low 1iiIIh. Knail Voiip; Stwins; Machines, Horse Hay Hakes, S'rse Hay l'(irk. Hope and I it I Icy, (torn t Hllitator. :inl u ttill lineoi llarv e( l "tf I mIh. A :i larirc nssurtmcnt ot hie. lloor and Stair Oil Cloths, 'aiTiiise Oil .'lotli, y 1! r. t 1 1. fl.t ITU WIN I WW SH A I II NO IK MVrriilK: I.ivki!I-h.i. ASH l'( IN .1. 'h' 1-' -t in tiie w.rld lor lfciirv nnd 'I'ai'le hii'.Tini 1; K SALT, the rhe:ie-t nnd ; r t.-.-.-ni l.iv St.-k : l-AM) I'l.ASTKK: .: t'lHi Ki!M I'l .MIS. nl tlic tu -t nualitv KIN--' I'A l I-..NT SAfKl Y I. A. MI'S, whu'h l I T.l...t. : ('Illl.lll-.KN'H WAHIINS AMI MS; tin- Unte-t t...-k ol M1I.K CKIH'KS of -! i:-- niiil siri' nnd f fniierinr wnrt' e er ot ! : i -all-in l.l.fn-l.iinr : n full line or TAINT "HKS Ill" must ile-imlile ijnnlitv: WIN l Hl.iss. ull.s. I'AINTS. it HI'ilXTI.NE, . M II I S. c. ti'-i tli or with a larirr and cnn - k . In ii( HMKS, TOI.CC AMI MMJAKS, p ti si ' i ! ii ' H' v M: I - t'liiu'and" of other n-irlnl nn l needful - In tj'r, atiytirn 1 Iiavi-n't ot nr can't -! . . t t i 1 1 ' i n 'ji iv-t: ti hiiy i iiv, ii nd wiiat I r '-r may alway s lie ri-lie.l on as pihst- : 'i ii tttnlf they will invarlaldy he r'4 I l T IIOITOM I I r T ' r.Ss ' AT I- i i - ' r 'v i .4 ll.ol II vile ol u, : V i-u-t'-ni iv i liu: a eallV THIRTY VV.AI'V KTrEltt- "1 - in my lin. 1 am enahiod er" with the very hest in the liheral share of your patnm i iaoed that the hVnt is always .it it never pavs to luiv an In- 1 he eon . HT..I th I Iv t i rau-e the priee is low. as it .! -.iit:il le t u t that "ui'li irooilil are always -e-t in the end. a:. Aj.ril 11. 1-T'.. IirXTLKY EST ALL THE LIGHT YOU CAN j 1 IN THE SI' H J ECT OF Cheap Groceries I r.. the advertisements, elri'iilars, rrice other dealers, and then io to F. PXONFER'S nODEL GROCLRY STORE! I .'i'J Klerevtn Avenue, Eeen 10th k 11th Sts., Altoona, Pa., vonr pafronaire on a man who can r you the lare?t, mi?t varied and k nt iroo!s ever ottered for sale in -h. o iinitrifnir evervt lutiic tresnanI pure iv ot illiOCEli'lFS, PltOVISKl.VS, iried and Canned I Kl'lTS. NOTION'S, in and docs sell at prices fully as cheap 1 1 e e lie a per t han any ot her man or firm i-'.:ies. no matter where they reside or ;i "nietlts t hoy offiT. i-.k'nl for t he liheral pntronaire hereto- -r' 1 upn him hy his Inends in t'amtirla .1 el. where, and lmpinic lor a coc.tinu ,n re i-e of the same, the suhseriher re- Tvites everybody to call and examine -an l pti.ei before buyinir at nny other F. P. TON KKK. . Model (Jrocery, Altoena, Pa. I-1 Is ! " if Hemoved to Bank Building J ext Poor H) f reidhofT V More. CARL RIVINIUS, U'ttal Watclraaier ani Jeweler, 1 EBENSBURG, PA., It 'w.iv ..n hand a If rae. varied and ele L. it rfnent ot WAH'HKS. t'MMTKS, -: l.l.KY. SI'Kl TAI LI S. EYE ULASSES, '! -!i he ot;..r, ,,r tat? at lower prie than " ': -r ar in the rount v. 'er.nns needing ' i in line will do well to (tive himacal 1' 1 ' i!r- h ii;n;i elsewhere. n not attention paid to repairing Clocks .li welrv. .e., and fatislaotion susran - ' '!-, work and priee. F.;Ji:NSIV(i V(KJLEN FACTORY. ("IMRV MKli A M'ldUJY.: it r- ,-:ied having reeently ptirehaei the 1 ki'Hn a tlte Kuknsui liu Wwiikn i -'r. the A--itii' ot A. Y. H Ueo. W. ! - r i . tiie attention of the public to ! ' y prop. putting said Kaetory In ' n i-, i t the purpose of doiniff all lll M KV WORK, sneh n t arib iMolnic. Spinning, nratlnic. Ac V, ,-. ..lr,. itlankets, I'lannrlo. liners i . ! arn. I t i-erv lees ot nn Kxrrmrx'Kn '. E. r.'i'i to !i,:mi-.T the hll"llies, we i' t s Ti-faeti"ti to all who favor p.m. F. II. It KKKIJ. AI.V1N EVANS. I. l-T ' -tf. Eli. J A .ME.S. 15. . CSill"l9 : ,tliaiB IIBB . I I'll.Nsni'Ht;, 1'A. ''!'' l!u:!d'na. n lliuh "treet. where . -. 1 1 - ;, et i '.i'S ttiere-. 'etniirs, ran ie made, will at all I lull suit - or single arti- I 1 1 in I t..r either iretit or youths r 1. r . n the shortest tiotiee. in the ' , 1 . a 1 at the ,,,vest living price. .' i.-r in:e, ,1 ii, .i 1 1 r-e" and the be-t of i ! : : i v a i !.. ap as inferior clothinur "o1 in;,,,., -V trial i earrot- H. t. MIX HiiKK. M iv lT'..-tt. U lNl' MII.L. Havin!: :itt;if lie.l ; ' ' '! ' Mitt near Ahland Furnare - I'lanlns .Mill, we are prepared to ' .. '. "' s,:,!:"' J'l rviot t.niMi of eery t . . , , o, ail K:nls. Pueh 'Kill liny. H . MII.KS. tlf. K.INR- ' a v. i .s ., ;,rid at the Mill and I . -t .-a-!, l riees. li. .V. '. MIKlUK, '" I'. . addres : At.Timj.i, I'a. M l" 1 1 v t :... . i ft . -e t l.i-i L.v ":, a lare and elegant Mek T anrt .,i,,er Hats, as well as a f , "M""' a"d flier tfoo.ls jn .r lln.. I .' ' .' " .' '' -heap .,reati. Indies are i . , '-se h.-rae.iil. Store in K. J. .1 al ii' a and t'raw- r-S.V-niii. '11 LET i'. r a. ! . r. '-'i-.-rs. plji.i. Hovioll ,v s. Ide. . V. MliSIC IAiTI CHARIQS! PIANOS Jind OEfiAITS! HaTlnar rTenlly arrepted tli General Asreiiry Tor eiitral I'ennsy 1 ran I a (In addition to on r old territory), wltb headqnartern and URd'E STORE ROOM IT 1404 ELEVEXTH AVE., ALTOONA, IN CHARCE OF MR. CEORCE W. COOD, And Itelne deiroii of extendliiic our already Intmense nalen of the most eel- ehrated and most desirable ljrAATOS and ORGANS T.rer Introdnred to a nmsle-lovlna; pnl.lle, we renpertfnlly Invite all ab are desirous of pnreliasInK a OF f.ITlir.R KIM) TO tJIVE I S A ( I.L, WE SELL NO PIANO OR ORGAN THAT WE OAXXOT FULLY WARItAXT, AXD BEIXG TIIE TeLX&Gst 3D calas iix the Stata OUR PRICES ARE THE LOWEST. Our House tea. i established In 1S31 in 1'lttsburgh, where we still con tinue at No. 79 Fifth Avenue. Instruments Sold on Small Monthly Payments. SEND F0K ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUES AND MICE LISTS. Haines Brothers. WEBER.5 NEWTON & CO. GEO. "W. 1404 Eleventh Avenue, AHoona, Pa. MELLOR & IIETEICKS, e-r.i 79 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa. 3m ML FIRST-CLASS CLOTHING WANAMAKBE '1 lip tliovtlit Pnl and lioi iii"ira1 inir port iort of the Ttillic who ptn'clirif READY-IV1ADE CLOTHING Will see with oven 1iit lit t le eonsiderat ion thnt tleoll houfieof anainaker t lirown ir in'a yrit ion to aire suiievior advantazew ti its patrons. Thee advantasew consist in supplyin!: "oods tlrt are FIRST PROPERLY MADE UP. SECOND MATERIALS SHRUNKEN. THIRD EXCELLENT IN FIT. Thecnt anil iinish of our Men'.s and Hoys Olotliina isofaehar- aeter to oulrank the OIIDIXAKY CUSTOM WORK. "Wcf'Min.l out lonar niro ty aotnnl oxKrionrc thnt ?;innrnt. bonifht np from tlio Vholp?n1c Stacks :re hy no iiifiui so reliahlo s tliuso male up unlorour own personal ujcrvision. Neither will the eut nn-! ir'neral stvlc a!ter wrarinir) hear a comparison to our own carrlul make. Uy making ounma jjtoo1 the PRODUCER AXD CONSUMER Are lrotirh in ilireet eontacl, and a.- n eonseriiience the latter reap no ninall advantacre. ROYS' AXD YOUTHS' CLOTHING. This forms a very conhlomhlf portion of our hnpinesp. nnI we are atisfiel that we ran mn rlnce any one that we alwavs otter the Han-I-omest and Hest-Finished to win known to the trade LOW PRICE l)o not nlway. mean irivxl vnltie. tin thi heail we shnll only pny that when Style nml Qnnllty nre taken into aiToiint we nre not. nmlrr any rireunistflnces. ever" nniirrsohi. ani'l seliloni arc the. prices to wliich liealers fall as low as our lirst anil only one tixeil priee to everyhoily. OUR STOCK IS ENORMOUS, K-peelally in thin k11"'!'. Fuiteil to the present weather. Invitinit a visit anj recmnmenilntions from our IriemH, We K pmniii, Very 1 Jespeet fully, The Largest Clothing House in America, OAK HALL, ixtli ;inl 3Xmlcot, Tm: A, X EC PLAIN I'L A IN PLAIN I'L A IX I'LAIX PL A IN PLAIN PLAIN TLAIN TO THE jPJSOPIjK OF nit ivn B hf rf hj respectfully Inform yon all thnt t r haTC Jnt opened an immense anl elegant mork of Gents' and Youths' jHats and Caps, Shirts, Overalls, Underwear, XErKU FAR. find a full li,xe rf Crnts Fl "RSISWXG r.QOPS. in the tale of which yre fjunrantfc to pun horr c 'ftttvinq of 'fully twenty-five j-rr rfrf. on 'the dollar, which will snrdy conpr'ncte ant one for fare and othrr Tifxtful expert e in rLviM'Mf? Altoona. IU titles the it hope, we hrve other linrn of Hoorf whit h ire will mttke. it worth while for any pr ison to buy. Reinrmbev the pface, 09 this is SOMFTIISG E STIR FLY SFW. 5.S.CCF.MCM OppnIt w H'lii'n Coin (. IXVOKM VOl'K NKIf.Iir.ORS IlPZLj-A-insr- TXTM. II. SECIILER, Attorney al iif, Ebensburg, Pa. Office in Col onade Row. (recently occupied by Wra. Kirtell t-i-i.,) Centre itreet f l-21.'7.-tt.l A. SHOEMAKER, Attorney A at-Law, Ebensburg. Oftico on High street, east ee l of residence. 1 5!,';n.-tf.l Hill 1 11' ' :'l i ft, r p a t a rr hM STERLING. IMason&Hamlin. & BROWN. W Am C T S: I FACTS FACTS t. M FACTS FACTS FACTS FACTS FACTS FACTS FACTS FACTS FACTS FACTS FACTS fluwaiiiV imtmn OF TIIK fiOOI) NEWS AND FACTS I AM. KEIM, M.D.. Physician and SrnoKo Kbenslmrir. I'n. Office on Hiirh street. wct of Julian street, nnd nearly oip!Uto tho Hlair Hnu.o. Consultations In both ilermin ami r'.mrli.!!. i'iht caIN .-lioulil tie made at the office. 3-V77.-tf. a YKTtird cvponT? tn Agents. Outfit Free. Mil A.ldrc-- P. (i. VUKlliV. Aiiinictn. Maine. THE TWO SriES. An Ineldent of the UH Raoto War. Upon the eutbreak of the war between the Orange River Free State and the Basuto Kaffirs, in the year IPO."., the re publican commanders had no sooner en tered the territoriesof Mosesh, then chief of the liasutos. than they found out. to their sad experience, the necessity of lie ing kept lasted in the movements of the enemv, who swarmed in the bush thro1 which their march lay as they pressed on to To-Boseco. the stronghold of the Kaf fir kin?. The country through which the republican army were forced to march had the double disadvantage to uie m ' . I vader of being thicklv wooded. the bush in many mrts i to horseman, at least, U-ing impenetra ble. Throwing out an advanced guard would onlv have lieen sending the men awav to get murdered, as a small party would inevitably have been shot down from the bush by their unseen foes, if sufficient numbers of Kaffirs had been present to justify such a venture. In anv case thev would only have heralded their approach to the scouts of the ene mv, who would have forwarded the in formation to their comrades, who would not fail to have used it to advantage at some convenient season. "What was utterly impracticable to at tain with a considerable body of armed men. was easy "of accomplishment by one or two daring individuals, could the men be found who would undertake such a desperate commission. Among a troop of English volunteers were two persons who had already I wen marked by their comrades as men of an adven turous and daring character. In out ward apiearancc there was little similar ity letveen the two iersons referred to. They were of different nationalties to liecin with, the one being a Scotchman, and the other a German; the Scot being a stout fellow over six feet, while his : companion in arms was of short stature i and slight build; but drawn together by I the sympathy of kindred dispositions, j they had soon become fast friends. j It was the two men just described ! who one day apeared lxd'ore the com- j mandant to offer their services as 1 spies, and in which capacity they were accepted by that individual without a ! moment's hesitation. Two litter men i for the purpose could nowhere have lieen found. To the Scot esjieeially from long ; sojourn among them, every froy,(f (small i hill or natural landmark) and vh y (a shallow sheet of water, or marsh) be-; tween lilocmfontein and the ("aledon ri- ' ver was familiar; while between there: and Ta-Uoscgo itself, every bush path i was as well known to hiin as those ! which in boyhood lit? had trodden among the hearth-clad hills of his own native land : and like his companion, his know ledge of the l'.asuto tongue was S3 ier- 1 fecit, that when disguised as a native, he ; could personate such, especially after , dark, without the slightest apprehension I of lietraying his identity. Many were the adventures and hair- i bread tli escapes experienced by these j men, who were almost hourly compan- . ions. On one occasion, shortly after! crossing the frontier into V.asuto land. ' the troops were saved from almost cer- tain extermination by the bravery of j these two spies, who, by an exercise of I the greatest daring, discovered the pre- ' sence of the enemy in great numbers among tin: bush which clothed the al- ' most inaccessible sides of the mountain i which invested the pass through which j their route lav. i While away from the camp on one of their tours of inspection, they lighted a tire to prepare some biU'nujvi (dried strips of flesh) for supjier ; this proceeding they considered consistent enough with safety as the fire could not be seen many yards from the siot through the dense bush; while the ascending smoke, which might have l let rayed their presence m the day time, would lie invisible in the darkness j Thev had reckoned too fast however, for while they were so engaged, a party of three liasutos stepped up to the lire. Never losing their presence of mind for a moment thev bade the new arrivals welcome, and learned from them that they had come from an advanced party of the Kaftirs to ascertain how matters stood with their Dutch foes; while on the other hand, under the pretense of the one lieing a Moroko and the other a Zulu Kallir who had deserted from the Dutch camp to join the liasutos against the whit e men, they soon gained the confidence of their new acquaintances, and disarmed them of any suspicions with which they might have hitherto re garded them. Our friends were per lectly at their ease by this time, the Scotchman, who ersonated the Zulu, having at the outset extinguished the fire, as he explained, to diminish the risk of their lieing discovered by the Dutch, w ho were close at hand ; the real motive being to prevent the Kaffirs from scrutinizing their features too closely. It was unnecessary for the Kaftirs to proceed farther, as their new allies must lie in possession of more informa tion than they could hope to obtain, and they readily agreed to remain where they were for the night, and give their as sistance in finishing two bottles of caje smoke (caij brandy), which the two de serters were supiiosed to have stolen from the Dutch, and in the morning proceed in company to the Kallir camp. The tongues of the liasutos, under the influence of the brandy, ran too fast, and under the skillful guidance of the two spies who pretended to supply informa tion regarding the Dutch they put into possession of the enemies of their tribe all the proposed and skilfully arranged plans of their chiefs, which timely in formation was the means of frustrating a meditated swoop by a body of the sav ages uihmi the lirandfort district, an al most undefended portion of the frontier; thereby saving the lives and property of a large number of the defenceless set tiers. While the three liasutos slumliered heav ily under the influence of the liquor, they were quickly and quietly despatch ed by their two pretended allies. Some months had now elapsed, and the Commando had been lying for some time in.the vicinity of Ta-Hoscgo in a state of comparative inactivity, the Ger man spy lieing for a short period unable to imrstie his dangerous avocation owing to illness. He had made considerable progress towards recover', when one af ternoon his companion had a long con versation with him regarding a previous ly proposed visit to the camp of the ene my ; and Ik-fore leaving him had signified his intention of undertaking the mission alone that very night, much against the desire of the invalid. His resolution on the point was, however, not to be shaken ; ami a few hours after sundown, when the slumliers ot the Kaffirs are generally at the heaviest, he quitted the camp for the purpose of carrying out his intention. When aliout a mile beyond the utmost limits of the camp and alnmt to quit the wagon track for the bush, he was sud- denlj' confronterl ami cliallenped bv a mnnntod Kaffir, wlio rotle out ifrom the bush, from where he had lteen silently watching the approach of the spy. The Scot perceived he was covered by the rifle of the horseman, and saw well that any offensive movement on his part might cost him his life. Although un-e.viH-ctedly placed in this critical position, his coolness never forsook him for a mo ment, and he replied to the challenge of the native in a friendly manner, its lie advanced toward him with a step of aj parent ease and carelessness, inquiring at the same time where lie was going; to which the Kaffir answered to spy the camp of the jioers ; the Scot in return nilArminiT Inm tiiit l.o hn1 met inn h'2? "mlf' aT11 was going Lack again During this short parley the Kaffir had lowered his riile ; but the Scot did not fail to notice that the muzzle of the weajton had never for an instant lieen turned from his direction, nor did he fail to note the suspicious move of his enemy as he passed his right hand to wards the lock of the piece. Everything now depended on his activity, for his identity was apparently suspected by the horseman. Springing quickly to one side, he discharged his own weajor al most at random at the native. Great was his astonishment when the black horseman struck his heels into the ribs of his steed and dashed off at a furious gallop along the road in the direction of the. Dutch camp. On sjied the horse ; and stranger still, its rider directed it along the narrow winding bush track, plainly showing that the native had not mistaken the road, and that the animal was completely under control. Reload ing his discharged rifle, the spy retraced his steps towards the camp, as he was well aware the report of the weajon upon the silent night air would put t lie enemy upon the alert, and would jiossibly tiring a score of them about his ears in a few minutes, as the apparently solitary horseman might, for aught he knew, be on of many close at hand. With sharpened ears and watchful eye, he hurried along, wondering at the strange proceeding of the Kaffir in his choice of direction, until he came to a small stream called Loop Spruit, a very short distance from his own lines. Here li halted to ascertain if the horseman had crossed the drift ; for if he had done so the marks of his horse's feet would be easily discernible upon the soft sand by the side of the stream, lie searched in vain, however, for no mark of horse's feet could Ik; found going in the direc tion of the camp; while plain enough there were fresh imprints coining from it and directed towards Ta-Iosego. This puzzled him still more, and he re mained for a while upon his hands and knees cintcmplating the marks, but get ting no nearer the solution of the mys tery. He was in the act of rising to it is feet airain, when he was startled by the whistle of a rifle ball in close proximity to his ear, immediately followed by another, which cut two of the ostrich feathers, forming part of the native war head-dress, from his hair ; half an inch lower and it must have pierced his brain. Not doubting for a moment but the un- seen foe w ho was so near nuttinc an end to his cxisietice. and the Kaffir lie had encountered farther back on the road, j were one and the same erson, the pre- I sent position ot his enemy was inexplica- j hie to the Scot, v, ho now began to feel the reverse of comfortable under the cir- , cumstancts, his exact lmsition lieing j known to an enemy who had just given ! ; him ample proof of being no mean oppo- ; j nent. Having no particular desire to 1 j become a target for the invisible warrior, i j he plunged into the brush and tried to ; Circumvent his foe by remaining mo ! t ion less uixm the ground, so as to induce j him by some movement to reveal his i whereabouts ; but the native had either retired uixm firing the two shots, or was too wary to be caught by such a method. Thoroughlv disgusted at lieing so com pletely ballled he made his wav back to the camp, which he reached in safety, to j find the inmates all astir, having lieen ' alarmed by the last two shots in their i j immediate neighborhood. The spy went straight to the presence of the command- j , ant, to whom he narrated his adventure; ; ! who upon hearing the story concluded a ! night attack was meditated by the ene- i j my. who wei"e no doubt in strong force, ! as he believed, under cover of the sur- rounding bush ; which circumstance would account for the daring on the part of their scout ; although he was at a loss to comprehend how the hereditary cunning of the Kallir allowed him to commit the egregious blunder of giving premature intimation of their intentions for the gratification of his revenge upon a single indi idual. The outlying pick ets were immediately doubled, with strict orders to report at once any cir cumstance, however slight, calculated to arouse suspicion ; while the forces within the camp lay by their arms ready for instant action. Hour after hour of keen apprehension dragged slowly past ; and as sunrise drew near, the faces of the men seemed to assume a more hope ful expression as the chances of a mid- night encounter were likely to 1m? avert- ed. Lvery one began to think the Kaf firs had abandoned their intention, their chances of a successful surprise having been frustrated by the shots discharged by their scout, who would in all proba bility pay the penalty of his indiscretion with his life. In the first gray dawn of the morning, a riderless horse, saddled and bridled, was found close upon one of the outposts, which when sent into the camp was recognized by the Scot as belonging to his brother spy. Upon making this dis covery, the Scot, with a foreboding of evil, repaired to the quarters of his com rade, only to learn he had been absent since tlte previous night. Whither he had gone, or with what intent, no one could tell. It was by this time broad daylight ; and a searching party left the camp in the hope of finding the spy, of whose fate no one entertained a d.utbt. Coining to the drift on the stream where the Scot had lieen fired at on the pre vious night they found the imprints of a horse's feet leaving the camp, which no oiiC doubted were those belonging to the steed of the spy ; but no returning print was visible at the place, liy an impulse which filled him with dread, the spy was drawn towards the SKt whence came the shots of the night liefore ; and there, still in death, lay t lie body of his com rade ! The truth was clear. The two. men had met isi the dark, and each had on that occasion personated the Kallir but too well, resulting in the death of the one, and having all but a fatal termina tion in the case of the other. No one entertained for a second any suspicion of foul play on tho part of either man. They had hitherto entertained the warm est friendship for each other; and on the evening of the unfortunate occur- mice the Scot was under the firm con- viction that his companion was safe in the camp ; while in the case of the dead man, who knew his comrade to lie out in that direction, his otherwise keen pene tration was no doubt blunted and his nerves less steady than usual on account of recent illness, from the effects of which he had by no means recovered. The enfeebled state of his svstem had in fact accelerated his death : for the shot which had taken effect in his shoulder was insufficient of itself to have caused it ; but it was supposed, feeling faint, he had dismounted to drink, and had fallen forward with his face in the Ma ter, and unable to rise, had actually leen drowned. So ended the life of one of the most daring volunteers at that time serving in tho republican army ; a man of the greatest value to the flag under which he served, and dangerouf to its enemies. His comrade, the brave Scot, was killed in action three months later. Chamber?' Jovrvfd. CIRIOI S CLOCKS. There i.s a curious clock at Versailles, near Paris, called" the '-('lock of the Death of the King." This clock is wholly without works, and has only one hand, which is stationary to the liour, and is set to denote the time of the King's demise, whera it remains till the death of his successor. This clock was first ordered by Eouis XII I., and cont in ued in use until the death of the unfor tunate Louis XVI. This custom was last observed at the death of Louis XVIII., in 1824. A farmer named Jos eph Casson, residing on the right bank of the Lot, near the bridge of Alguillon. has produced a clock which he justly designates "the moving calendar." There are several dials to note the hours, minutes, seconds, the days of the week, the days of the month, the months of the year, the years and centuries, the rising and setting of the sun, moon, etc. ; the whole acting with remarkable exactitude and precision. The works are encased in glass and are so arranged that thev may lie inspected by the visitor, leaving no doubt on the mind as to the execut ion : of the workmanship or regularity of the ; movements. Around the dials and ! works there is a gallery of aliout a yard ' in length, with cells in the centre and a j tower at each end. "When the clock is ! aliout to strike, the door of one of the i cells o)iens, and the figure of death, j armed with a scythe, followed by a figure ' of our Saviour, with a'whip in liis hand, ! who drives the enemy liefore Ilim. ami finally thrusts him into anot her cell. At the first stroke of the clock a little cock perched upon the cross of the steeple ; flaps his wings and stretches out his neck ! as if in the act of crowing. As soon as i the clock has finished striking the figures j return to their respective cells, taking ; care to close the doors Ik hind them, j Thrice a day at 0 A. M., at noon, and j 0 I. Jil by means of some ingenious mechanism the sound of the Angelus is heard. The Blessed Virgin leaves her j cell, apiears on the gallery and retires to j an Oratory. At the same time an angel j descends "from one of the towers and i places himself liefore Our Blessed Lady, bending in the act of salutation. The j (Virgin is made to appear diss ineertcd, ; trembles and shows signs of deep emo- tion ; after which the angel resumes his , former iosit ion, and t-rforms the same j movement twice. All the works of this i admirable machine are made of wood ' and brass, and are remarkably well exe- cuted. The inventor designed and car- ried out his plan without any assistance. , During the day he worked in the fields, and at night by the light of his lamp, in the corner "of his garret, ho constructed J this extraordinary clock. ! Can CatsUkason? liaronVon (ilei chen. a German diplomast. used to tell a story of a favorite cat as a proof that the feline race can think and draw prac tical conclusions. The cat was very fond of looking in mirrors hung against the walls, and would gnaw at the frames, as if longing to know what was inside. She had, however, never seen the back of a mirror. One day the llaron placed a cheval-glass in the middle of the room, and the cat instantly took in the novelty of the situation. Placing herself in front, and see ing a second cat, she began to run round the mirror in search of her companion. Af- ; ter running around one way several time: she liegan to run the other wav until fully satisfied that there was no cat be side herself outside of the glass, lint where was the second cat ? She sat down in front of the glass to meditate on the problem. Evident ly in side, as she had often before imagined.. Suddenly a new thought occurred to her. liising deliberately, she put her paws on the glass in front and then behind, walked round to the other side, and mea sured the thickness in the same way. Then she sat down again to think. There might lie a cavity inside, but it was not large enough to hold a cat. She seemed to come to the delilierate conclu sion that there was a mystery here, but j no cat j liother and it wasn't worth while to alout it. From that time the I Baron said she lost all curiosity aliout looking-glasses. Sioiit Skkino in America, Niag ara Palls is the grandest cataract in the world. Half ot it lielongsto the United States, yet it is not possible for an Am erican citizen even to look at the falls unless he pays at lea-;t twenty-live cents! Wat kins Glen. New York, is a wonder ful chasm, wild and picturesque, but the free American citizen must pay fifty cents to enter it. It is hard to fence in Mount Washington, and it has not yet lieen accomplished, but as the fares are much higher than the mountain the free American citizen may think he can save money by walking to the top. He is mistaken. He will have to pay eighty cents toll to walk up. The An Sauble chasm is gloomy and grand, but it costs fifty cents to see it. The Flume at the Franeonia Notch is worth seeing sev-entv-live cents worth. The Whirl ixiol at Niagara is sad and somber : at least it makes the free American citizen feel so when he goes therewith a party of ladies fifty cents each. The falls of Montmorency are romatie, historical and beautiful twenty-five cents ad mission and fifty-cents toll. And thus it goes. If American si:-cnlators could only erect a wall along the sea coast so that no one could see tlte ocean without paying a dollar, it is quite likely the i n-o American citizen would go see it with out a murmur, and take his children if they were allowed to go for half juice. Tur. quickest way to expel foul air from a well is said to lie to heat a bar of iron red-hot and lover k down into the water. The sudden formation of steam is effectual. If yon have a foul well to which you would bid farewell, try this. MISTAKEN IDENTITY. A RKWARK Altl.F. STORY IRIXI OHIO. The subjoined story of a life, the prin cipal characters of which arc known in Cincinnati and New York, is related by the Cincinnati Kuquirt r of tho oth inst.. which is right in saying that it reads like a romance : Alhert Post, the central figure in the fol lowing story, was n few w years ago prominent s circles in Cincinnati. m social ami PiiMtiess circle m inenmati He was the son-in-law of Mr. (icorge Icwis, the senior member of the precept finn of tieorge Icwis & Sons, importers ami dealer in dress goods. This was in is7i. The firm was tlien Lewis A- Livini:toii. Post was employed hy the firm as bookkeeper. A few years prior to this, Mr. I,ewis lived in New- York, and there Pot first met Ills f lit lire wife, Miss Ida Iewis. n young girl of rare person- ai neaiitv. After Mr. Lewis removed to Cm- ! cinnati, Mr. Post, who resided In New York, continued his visits to Miss Ida, and they were soon after married at the residence of Mr. Lewis, at Mt. Auburn. I'ost is spoken of as a man of fine business qualifications and good habits, and of extraordinary fine nilTMnrailM Tli nvnullnnl Iriil; .f character won him nttifiv friends. The firm of Lewis v Livingston was well known and i was doing a large business. I'ost was the ! son-in-law of the senior member, and his i prospects were very bright. His wife was ( young and beautiful, and, so far as the out- j side world could judge, loved him with all of i a woman's devotion. After they had been married a year or more, a child was born to them. " I One Saturday morning, in the summer of j 172, Post kissed his wife and baby good-hyc i nnd left lliem while he went on a business ! trip to Columbus, this Mate, promising to j return on the following Monday. He did not return on Monday, as his family expected. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday brought I no intelligence of him. His wife was great lv alarmed, and his friends could not account for his absence. A telegram was sent to the j business house wliich he was to have visited ! in Columbus, and the response came back j that he had not been there. His lxioks were ; found to be all right, and no reason could be assigned for his remaining away. The mys- j tery was deepening every hour, and on Fi i- ' day a telegram was received from London, a ! town near 'olumbus, that a stranger answer- : ing to the description of Mr. I'ost hail com- 1 initted suicide by poisoning at a hotel in that i place on Sunday, and that the body had been I buried there. Mr. Lewis nnd his family did i not believe that Mr. Post had committed sui- j ride, and could not think that the dead man j was he. Nevertheless, Mr. Harvey Lewis, now one of the firm of Lewis A- S.ins. went up to London to examine the eiothing and effects of the dead man. The clothing was entirely different from Hint worn bv Mr. P. when he left home. The hat was the same style and manufacture, but it was almost , new, while Mr. Post had worn his hat for j two years. Mr. Lewis described his brother- j in-law to persons who had seen the stranger before and after death, and the description agreed with the suicide. The coroner who 1 hold the inquest, and every juror, with one exception, was of the opinion that tlte dead man was Mr. I'ost. P.nt how account fr theclothing heingontirolvoiiTerent from that worn byliini-.' The fact that I'ost did not ' goto Columbus, as he had told his wife he intended to do, led his fr'n i ds tn believe that ' perhaps he had committed suicide, although there appeared to have been absolutely no cause to induce him to take his own life. If he intended to kill himself, and wi-hed to hide his identity, he would naturally change his clothing. There was not a sinsile article among the effects of the stranger by which his identity might have been fixed nopaM-r, . no letters, not even a key or a pocket-knife. ', Jt appeared that he hail purposely put every thing out of the way before taking the poi son. Mr. Harvey Lewis returned home and gnve . it as his opinion that the suicide was not Mr. Post, and this opinion was shared by many : of his friend-.. Mrs. post, however, was not satisfied, tis the description she had of the deceased agreed with that of her husband, with the exception of the clothing worn, and preparations were made to disinter the body for identification. Mrs. Post, Mr. Lewis and ' his sons, and several intimate friends, went ; to London for that purpose. Pe fore going, however, Mr. (Jorge Lewis, the father-in- ' law of the missing man. remarked that he ; would examine the hotel register. Post wrote a very peculiar hand, and Mr. Lewis was of 1 the opinion that he could recognize his ! writing upon the register, whatever name j l.e might have subscribed, or however much j he might have tried to disguise his writing. ! The register was examined. The stranger I had not registered. j Mrs. Post examined theclothing of the de- ' ceafed, and the moment she saw the hat she recognized if as one worn by her husband when he left home. Mr. Lewis said this ' could not be. He thought Mr. Post's hat was an old one. while this one was new. ! Mrs. Post speedily explained this. Her hus band, a few days previous to his recent de- I part tire from home, had lost his hat out of the car w indow. She was with him at the time, and at her request he bought a new hat precisely the same kind as the old one had lieen. Mr. Lewis was now the only one of the family that doubted that the dead ; man was Mr. Post, and when his daughter related th.- fart of his having bought the j new hat, he, too, was sal istied and the grave , was opened. Tlie one juror was fully per- snaded that the dead st.ia.nger was not Mr. ! Post, and there were still others of the same ; mind. The eoftin was opened. Mis. Post ' took one look at the face of the dead, and ! exclaimed, '-t )h, my poor darling !" and fell ' fainting upon the eoftin. ! The last doubt was removed from the ' minds of those who witnessed f'e scene. ! 'I'hi' body was removed to the hotel, and another inquest was held. The face of the ! deceased was slightly discolored, but all the ! witnesses who knew I'ost in life testified, to the best of their knowledge and lelief, that the body liefore them was his. Mrs. Post was fully convinced on this point. The next and" most important witness was Sam'l . Johnson, an insurance agent, w ho had issu ed a life insurance policy to Mr. Post, and who knew him well. .Johnson was at that ' time agent for the Union Mutual Company ; of Main- lie was extensively known in this city as an insurance man of great indns- ; try and ability, and if he were living now his recollections of this affair would be very interesting. Mr. .lohnson died in Washing- 1 ton, Intl., about two years ago. He had is- j sued a policy to Mr. Post for ?"i,ooo. He was present at the second inquest, and so posi- ) tive was he that he expressed a willingness ; to pay the insurance. Not only was the , dead man a counterpart in face and genera! ' appearance of Mr. I'ost, but the books of ; the insurance company showed that the ! height was exactly the same. The body j Was a trlle larger around the chest than the , measurement of Mr. Post showed him to j have been, but this was accounted for from j fact that the body had swollen some, as was noticeable in the face. Mrs Post recollected : that her husband had one tooth filled, no more. The dead man had the same tooth i filled, and no other. the mystery enshrouding the suicide of the strange man was now-cleared up in flic minds of those f.r.niiiar with the affair, and the body was brought to Cincinnati by Mr. Lewis and rciiiV. red in his lot in spring (irove Cemetery. As soon ns the proper notice of the death was furnished to the company in which Mr. Post ha 1 been in sured, ti-.e money was paid to the heirs. As usual in su- ii cases, a bond was required by the company, indemnifying them from loss in the event that the deceased should prove not to be the person insured. Mr. tioorge Lewis readily gave such bond in the sum of -,.noo, 'the Money was then paid through the agent, Mr. .lohnson, to Mrs. Post, ami was afterward, as is .stated, put into the business of Mr. Lew is. This was in 172. While Mrs. Post was still mourning the loss of her husband, her onlv child, the one solace of her life, sicken ed "and died. This doubled bereavement fell with ( lushing weight tqnn the sad heart ol" Mis. Post. The baby was buried beside the lately-made grave in Spring (irove Ceniet-.-ry." For live summers t lie disconso late mother planted and tended the lowers t'.poll these graves; for live MUlilnc!' be dewed them with her teats. Mis. Post could not credit the e idciiee of her ow n senses when, five yea r after the disappear ance of her husband, she one day received a note from him, through the mail, statin that he was alive. The note came from the frontier tif Arizona. It wa painfully brief. It contained only the information, as briefly put as possible, that after leaving home one fair Saturday morning lie had traveled We-t and joined the regular army. In all that time lie had lx-en on duty oh the frontier. He offered imcxplaiintion of his going awav, ami said nothing about coming back. There was no questioning tne genuineness ot ti-.p letter. It was in the iK-culiar handwriting of Mr. 1 ost. and was so pronounced by ail who were familiar with it. nnd compared j exactly with his writing on the books of his ' old firm, and with the numerous li tters left ' by him. On receiving this startling intel : ligeliee. Mr. Lewis notified the insurance company of the fact of his son-in-law leing ai.'ve, and mane gooti ins notiit to tne com- pany for the .-;.hmi .aid to his .laughter. sf never came home. Not long after this his wife reeeived a letter from his ofti- i ceis bearing the intelligence that he had ' died in the army and was buried. The let . ter stated also that he had entered the army j under an assumed name, and it was onlv a : short time before his death that he revealed his identity. Mrs. I'o-.t is sti'l living with ,"'r father on Mount Auburn A strange fact in tonneetion with this tory is that I "list's father lilt his family in New York as mysteriously as did the son leave his family in this city. Both father and son went to Arizona. A REMARKABLE STORY. A -! VP nf I nlnnton n. Tnrn I'p i t rtmajo, liinic of 7.tilulnd. The follow ing wonderful story is from the pen of a gentleman who professes to know what he is talking nlout. but who niiiv bo ''drawing the Ion bow" for all that : In Southeast Africa, stretching up from the shores of the Indian ocean to the lolty stuiimits of the Snow mountains, bounded m the north by Mozambique ami on the south oy the Ilritisii colonies, is the land of the Zulus, containing many thousands of square miles, and a numerous, warlike negro impu tation. Lying south of the tropic of Capri corn, its dusky inhabitants, enervated by heat. are mentally and physically siqierioV to those of the tonid zone. ' For many months the veterans of P.ritain, commanded by cm-i ieti'-ed generals, have been defeated in battle after battle while en deavoring to subdue this brave people, llrad-diM-k's aw ful repulse on the banks ot the !o liongahela, one hundred and twenty-four years ago, wjis not c,. disastrous as the des truction a few weeks since of an English ar my in .tiluland. when only a single soldier escaped to tell the tale. "Later comes the tragic death, at the hands of the Zulus, of Napoleon IV.. the Prin--e Imperial of France. Little, however, thought the jicople of west ern Pennsylvania that King Cetewayo was born and partly raised in their midst." Cete wayo. w hose real name is Charles Manaway, was born of mulalto parents at Cniontowii, Fayette county. Pa., March sth. ls:s. and consequent !y is in nv over fort y-one J eat s old. lie is a full" cousin (,f .lohn" Man-.iway. the wealthy colored proprietor of the s-pottsyl-vania House. I'montown. In lsjs. when Charles was ten ears old, his parents re moved to Philadelphia, w here he was educa ted by a wealthy gentleman for a missionary to Liberia. Hut in lsv: the theretofore stu dious boy ran away, and saile d to England. Enlisting in the P.i itish army, he served thro' fhe Crimean war. receiving an ugly Mesh wound at the storming of Sebastopol. " He is next heard of in th,- French army during tho Italian trouble, and although a lucre youth, his letters from the seat of war to American newspapers attracted considerable attention. In lsvi lie became a valet to a French noble man, and in 1 sr.! went to England and joined a confederate privateer bound for Savannah, Ja. His color enabled him to convey con traband articles through the lines without suspicion. When Cen. .lohn W. ticarywas military governor of Savannah, Manaway deserted. joined the Federal army, nnd was commissioned first lieutenant of a negro com pany. In a skirmish just at the close of the war he received a severe hut not dangerous wound in the thigh, and was taken to a Phil adelphia hospital. After his discharge he visit. l Uniontow n. hut found few that knew or cared for him. lleturning to London, he liocainc the servant, then the private secre tary of an English ilonel bound fi ir t he ( 'a pe of Good Hope. Here, for two or three years, he spent all his pare time in the study of military subjects. 1 sorting the colonel, he smuggled himself on board a 1 utcli merchant vessel, the captain of which stibs.-q itont I v set him ashore at the mouth of the Tuleka river, in Znlulaml. His natural ability and ac quired shrewdness made him at once the leader of the wild natives. In lsii'.t he had risen to the position of prnalg, or chief, and in lsTl was mad" king. Possessing a thorough knowledge of lirit ish resources and arts of war. ami leading an army of as brave warriors as ever went to battle, he has proven himself to be a king ami a general who is equal, and it might be said superior, to the very ablest Ihitish com manders. Will i KW.VsiilN.i A T !i:r.. White mg t ivili7ed it among the a South Sea i exciting 1 i- descrilies the ook to white- wash peoph is too common v- u to excit e remarks. ' uncivil island valrv. i zed inhabitants ' it o;i-e provoked A miss). .it n v tlu: I wav in which the natives i 1 wash : What was th-!r , morning they fmi istoiiishment w!ieii in the .1 my cottage glittering in white as snow-; They the morning sun : dam ed. thev sang they shouted and scream- j ed with joy. The v lio'le island was in a commotion, given up to wonder and curiosity, and the laugh i able scenes which ensued after they pot ws session of the brush and tub baffle tlescrip ' tion. j The high-bred immediately voted it a cos ! luetic, and happy did many a swarthy co- quette consider herself could she but enhance her charms with a daub of the white brush. And now party spirit ran high, as it will in nmre civilized countries, as to who was, or i who was not. best eiiti'led to preference, i One party urged their superior rank ; one . had the brush, and was determined sit all . events to keep it ; and a third tried to over i turn the whoie, that they might obtain Some j of the sweepings. Thev did not eeu scruple to rob each other ; of the little share that some had K-en so hap ! py as to secure.. i "lint soon new lime was prepared, and in a week not a hut. a domestic utensil, a war j club, or a garment, but was as white as snow; i not an inhabitant but had a skia painted I with the most grotesque figures; not n pig that was not similarly wiulenod : and even mothers might be see:i in every direction ca pering with extravagant gestures and yelline with delight at the superior iioauty ol their whitewashed infants. TllK Qi KM'l'iN OK Ac: K s Pf-t. AT INfi T M ATI, 1 "! N Y. The editorof the Mi thoi;.t, having lieen interrogated by a corresixindent as to how he w ould like, his daughter of JO to many a loan of 4". unliosoms himself as follows: Well, in the first place, this is the age of obedient parents, and we tiny not have much to say about it. If we do have a word, we shall l-gin bv obiecthig to h.-r marrv ing at all, unless unless this Kach. l of ours loves her .la-ob a go al ileal. We are not referring to pretty sertiiii.-nt.ilism. but to the genuine pcrson-il attachment which is the only reason for marrving. After that, we should prefer her husband tolwat least :at years old. liefore that age tew v oting nu n have either a defined h.uacter or an ascertained career; we should like our i-erfc t girl to know whom nnd what she is marrying. As to many mg that man when she is only 20. we should pil fer her to h, older, say '.'.-,. Soberly, however, we cannot cross that river until we get to it. Coop. P.KTiKn. Prv.-To think kindly of fnch ether is go,-:) :t speak "'i other is better: l ie t i ,e i nuu . " I aiiothvr I bc-t ol
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