if!
f HE CAMBRIA FREEMAN
IS rlRMSHF.D FTERI FKIDAT HOEXI.VG
The lara-e and rapidly Increasing elrculatloa
Ot ThK FhmiaR commend ll to the favorable
consideration of advertlaera. Adrcrtiar-tneata
will be inserted at tbe following rates::
1 Inch, 3 time. M
1 ' 3mnnthe 2.M)
1 " months. nwb
1 " 1 year b. no
S 6 months no
t " 1 year
3 6 months. t.00
3 " 1 year 12.00
V coi'o 6 months. 10.00
X " 6 months S"-00
H " 1 year 86.00
1 ' 6 months WO
1 1 year 75.00
Administrator's and Executor's Notices... t-SS
Auditor's Notice ?.0
Stray and similar Notice 1.50
Business items, flrst insertion 10c. per line;
each suosequcnt insertion Sc.per line.
aR'soItif bins r prwwff (up nf any corpora"
tlon fir aoriVfy. nnd CQmmoO-nf fnnA rlrxifmrd to
mtlrttfrntiim ! any matter of rtmircri nr tndiridual
fnfrrrsf , mini fx paid fir as adrrrMsrment.
Job PBiirrmo or all kind neatly and expedi
tiously executed at lowest prices. Oon'tfor
ret it.
nt Ebensburg, Pa., by H. A. McPike.
I
Q,iarrtnfeed Circulation - 1,128
l -STILL A BDOXISU. SlAltri HI
srBscuiprios rates.
fllpT, one year, cash in advance 11.30
if not p'd within ! mod. 1.75
if not p'd within 6 mos. 2.00
" " if not p'd within year.. 2.25
ifo persons residinjr outside the county
,Bt al.li'ioaal per year will be eharired to
. i ire.
irl'i n, event will the above terms be de
.c.l ir m. ari'i t hose who don t consult their
It intere-t bv payinir in advance must not
',V . ct to tie plnced on the same font inn a? those
1 . I. ft tin (del he distinctly understood
H. A. McPIKE, Editor and Publisher.
(HI M A FREEMAN WHOM THE TRUTH MAKES FREE, AND ALL ARE SLAVES BESIDE.'
SI.50 and postage per year, In advance.
VOLUME XIII.
EBENSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, JULY 25. 1879.
NUMBER 20.
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to
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on the
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r j ii lioiiiis. r.noi) mods, coon goods.
f iplionds! Ueapboods! Llieapboods!
it
rllOI4.ll MIT l 1I RSOI.IM
CfltK AM SEE !
( O.ME AMI HEAR I
COME AM) Bl'T !
Pause! Ponder! Purchase!
. :i partial li-t of the kind of (roods we keep
.!i.i-r:.il l:ira:iin wo "tier :
i.otii i ti n r.i'A itTi r. r.
, .ft4 : l..w a.J f !W
uit- ..r 00
V! Cs-imi-re Smt f..r 8 00
y i I i.t-k in IT-- mtf lor vi )
i ..,.) r.ints and Vest 3 iwi
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. i I .ttiin'. lull "iiit-i, fmm W.'iO to. . . . 100
i ' "h' ii ir n - low J' 2 M)
! .t( : i 1LT. n'1-Wl.iil. fur 5 00
;l .'!.cr wi-arlnir :iii r.-l at prices iniMirtlon-
j ately rheap.
I lRY iODS Ir.P.RTMF.5(T.
4-1' ':.' " f-.r $1 H
1'- li--iv v f'.imliatn t' r 1 rtO
4 .iw v..i't.in A iM'lin fiT 1 no
4 i- fnt.raclir..j Mn'lin I'.r 1 no
- -... i:u- i. li-.l .Muslin fur 1 0"
'. . r-. t.--r lilea. !: 1 MtisJin fi.r 1 00
:- .r:;!'na I'T 1 00
fc.n !' "I :m- :mi-I m hf-r oods w liirh will po?-
) : v . ; v 1-f -..1.1 I'heniM-r than the elw:pc.-t.
TK5I nr.PARTMEXT.
4 !- tr..ii 1 hr'-ad. warranted '.MO yards, for be.
- I n- l.T .
- Hair I "iii ! .r Se.
a M r- Half II. -e lor V.
- l.-i-! -' H"c f .r 5c.
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w - I'llr-.nn f..rl.o f..r $1 "0
i- .vi:.-. K,.. -..!(... f..r 1 no
i ... 1. 1 ' ;i.-c f. r 1 on
'ir." n '.t.-v 'hest in market) I'-r loo
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a - I I'l-.ir S! f.T 0e.
i - 1 li-i.-kied Sh.M-s It l IS
a - Fin.- I!... t- l..r 1 TS
I.'- ' - 'all ! n I !..! - l.T 3 00
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,. . -. ..t ail T and -I?.'-'. Irom !i to 1 aO
n "t 'lul.ir.-n'- Sh..'- at l"n-.-.-t Ti.'-!.
. -r--. U .f lia'-y Shoe- at per pair.
Mr 1tF.PltTMF.5iT.
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- a th market for 1 &0 tip to 2 K
... ; o a- :..'ovn' an-1 nn . eonts.
1! IS. W f have tin- larare.-t st.--k of
; i. ..'U!.1 in North-Tn t ;.inlria. and
1 : i a : r than any iin il i a-T ran buy
.-.. Al-'. a l.i rye lot ol Mi-se.-'anil
- It.-: - it v. n Vr!nl low pr;.'j.".
iii.l .Iinlirt" ii- Yourselves!
- 1 u: . t!..' a ho-. . list a ear.' In I e Tain in a
a :!I s-. that I have re. la. 'e. 1 e rry
' ' . i: -r:: t li ir.lt. whiell it was only possi
' ' ,.j i:i-x .'. all eTpensi'i" ior elerk hire.
:: i i u to Mi" niiro toi-in.'-s mysoit.
: - it 1 i t ii !.;. to nnd'T'oll other mer-
: i : j ' . v .-l. rk' at lar--e saari.-s and re-
- I'T.Oii-s to pay ..r the luxury: and
- a'-o tiiar I -l.-ly any on to compote with
. ...... So.-otttc and ?ee mo. every ho.Iy.
a -iv 1 th at It leant ifive you cood I'.ir
!: ;n iri the eoiinty Is al.lo to .! it. At
r.. the s. ntuifnts of al I wlio have pnr-i-
at the " I'm irt.K's 1'heap VaRIKTY
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M. .1. TFITEI.r.Al H.
I.ORF.TTO. PA.
IMOItroKArEO I5i 1S-S7.
iliCTLY ON MUTUAL PLAN. I
Protection mutual
FILE mSUR&HCE COMP'Ht
OF EBENSBURC, PA.
Five Assessments in 22 Years.
NO STFAIYI MILLS TAKEN.
r.r
OD FARM PROPERTES
. rw 7.1 . . Y D KsIRED.
fJEO. M. READE, President.
r. Jt. HICK, Secretary.
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LlHS,J0HHST0!I&Co
BACKERS,
El
iensburg, Penn'a.
SY RECEIVED ON DEPOSIT
''IVAIll i: o. liflltMi.
ET ALLOWED ON TIME DEPOSIT?.
f LEANED. COLLECTIONS MADE.
AM) A GEXKKA1,
King business trans cted.
I'trntioti paid tohusinejsofeor
a. w. m k
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& RELIABLE "ETNA"
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THE GOLDEN BUBBLE BURSTS,
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Clotlaing House
It still ft booming, bringing HeleKtless Slaughter to High Prices and
Glad 2'itlings to all the People t Meantime Hundreds of Men,
IVomen and Children continue to carry away armsful of
Goods as the result of Fear fxtl Financial Failures.
WrJ5 SXATCHED TII1SS13
GOODS AT PRICES SO LOW
that we ran aell yon anylhing j on want in the line of lothlnfir at flsrnresj no
one tin ever l reamed of.
rri IIC IMCOri.E ARE WITD !
THE EXCITEMENT INCREASING !
A TERRIBLE PAIXC FROM THE VERY START!
("nitomern will please rail early in the mornlngr t make their pnrehases. as
we finil It necessary In the afternoon to employ a police force to
keep the sinrslns; mass of hnmanity in rirrnlnlion.
i-oi.i.YiN(i vi; givi; a i i:v of rm; many hargains
AVK OFFER TO CASH JlATYEllS:
A Man's Suit for ?I.(tl tliat others sell at
A Man's Suit f.r ?i.(Hl tliat otlit rs sell at S-'.ih).
A Man's Suit f.ir .-?7. that dln-rs sell at ''.
A Man's Suit tor ..( mi tlia: .tli is sell at .fFi-'x).
A Man's Suit Ur f 10.ini that others sell at ?1."i.("i0.
A Man's I'.lut; Suit for $s.(K) ihatotliers sell at l.j.O.l.
A Man's air of AVorkin.cr I'ant's for ."Of.
A Man's pair of extra uooil Working Pants fur 7"c.
A Man's White Vest for .iHe.
A Man's pair of Overalls for iio.
A Man's pooil Calico shirt for -I'V.
A Man's pood White Dress Shirt for .V)c.
A Man's Hat for :!.
A. pair of ATf n's Suspenders for 7c.
Men's Socks. f airs for 25r.
A lioy's Nat for iV.
A Hoy's Coat, Pants and Vest for2.2.".
Anil a thousand and ne other things u-e have neither time nor space
to enumerate ; but just come find see the rush at the
RENOWNED AND POPULAR
"Young America
CLOTHING
Corner ELEVENTH AVENUE
April 25, I7.-6m
ttatt T--r"T- -t m m
Y U U WAJMT TU
CKllTAIXTY
Then net the wise part when For liargralns yon fro forth, nn il ere bnylnfr else
where yonr nry (innds, yonr Oresjsj t.ootls, and sio forth, e snre to
ll
-V 1 1 Kill-:
FAIll DEALINGNO SQUEALING,
And Never Back Down on the Prices They Quote.
With us will l.e round a full line.of Kod, too many to enumerate, such as
PRINTS AND MUSLINS!
At astonlshlnirly low priees.
Figured Alpaeas from
up to 3i rent?. A
WHITE
i Worth !. now offered f.rJ1.25. Cretonnes rrom 6e.
never sold tor le?" than 6e. now down to M. : Towelinsr
: to -bc. : Tlekinir ttwin Se. up to the iet .liuilitv : Striped Skirtini' from to l.V. : Table I;iinak from
1 VJ1.,.'. to the hnest : t'otfonades an. I .lean" from "e. up to the best : Youths' t.'nssiir.eres fnm aAe. up to
;i.n'.": Iiress Iinens from 16e. up to '.V. : tlimrhauis lrom .v. up to the finest Seotch and Freneh. Als.i. a
' larveand full assortment or MOTIOXM ami I'ltl.'I.MIMiS, sueh as Muttons. Fringes, ke. Spool
, Cotton lrom Se. per dozen up. Iji. lies' and Children's ll.!c from 5e. a pair up to the finest French. 39
j difltrent .pualities of Sun I tnhrellas and styles of Corsets.
i GREAT BARGAINS in Sheland and other SHAWLS .
Kid Oloves fn.m 35e. a pair up to the best quality: Ulaek Silks from .e. to2: Slimmer and Colored
Silks Irom 80. to yoe. : Colored ln-e.-s Silks. stri-d. barred and .lain, from eh: to tl.'2! : Cashmeres, ail
shades, tr-itn .Vo. to l : Kreneh Snt'n. tor wed.linif suits, very nit.ir. No. never sueh a banrain in
' All-Wool iH'I.eiife for !'. An en. U"-s variety ol Iiress (o.nls. huured and plain, from 8c. up to &0c.
tlreat bargains in I..in- V .-. and 10c., up to the best Heneli.
Carpets! CariM'i! Oil Cloths?! Oil ClotlissI
ISo. never were sueh priees heard of before from l!v a yard to the very best. Brussels Cnrjiet. ,1V.,
T.V. and W. Stair t .irprt irom -iVv a yard up. 4 4 Oilcloth from liji. Window Ulind.-' and Fix
tures at irreat ly reduce.) pri.es. straw" !at tinsrs. Stair n nd Table Oil t "loth wonderfully clieaji. ur
tain Lace from" lje. up to t lie finest. Ir:sh I. men Lawns as low as l"c.
Bowman & Morrow's "BOSS" STORE,
rORMR ELEVENTH AYEM'E AND
-.
ACSIGNEE'S SALE
OK VALl'A hLK
T i : a i , iz fs rr t i
V virtue f nn orifr of the Vurt f rorn'nnn
I'ln-ii.f ( .iTut-rir i "nunty. to hum! in-rtoil, 1 will
oxjmc tx ic saloon the promise! In the bor
ough of Vi'moret t'limliria '-.innty, on
Fit I DAY, AUGUST 1st, 17.9,
at 2 oYr.o'K. r. v., dis.-harsff d of all lien, the fol
lowing described real etate :
All that certain piece ol V round situate In the
borouuh of vViiumro, loiin.l-l and describe. 1 ns f..!-low-,
that is to fay. bcimr tl.e corn.-r lot b-mn.lcd
on Main and Vine streets (Vine street bein now
known on town plot as Walnut street) a.ij .iiup
l':ne alloy on the Kiist and lot of , tormcrl v
Flward Clav. ortib, on the North, known on y.ii.'l
town plot as lot No. (-2") twentv and bavin thi-ro
..n ere.-t..i a lVO S To It Y KH'AM F. 1 HVKI.IJM!
HOT SK "tr HKHK SI'OHF. ROOM. I In" Is a
very desirable property for any one desiring to en-(ra-e
in the busin. -s of inendi.indisin.
Tkrms or Sai.b. Ono-tl.ir.l of the pur.-hn- mon
ey to be paid on continuation of th- sale, and the
remainder in two e.pial annu.il pavments, with in
terest, to he a.iur. d l.v bond and no rt-rae or j-jdu-iiient
notes of purchaser. AI.Y1N I.V .NS.
Assignee or I'. J. Wolelai:le.
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ALTOOXA, PA.
n r a Trn Tm i- a tt
iYLMJi IT rAi
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TIIF.Y DO-
lOe. a yard up. White Dress CJoods from 6c. a yard
liig reduction in
QUILTS!
up:
AVhlfc Siiirtinir from .V. p ; Pinafore Apron.
from .V. to 12.
, per yard ; I owcls from 4!. cath
TWELFTH STREET, ALTOONA, PA.
5m.
rillTOirs NOTICK. In tlie mat-
tcr of tl-.e distribution o! the money in the
h i nils of the S!irn IT ol 'ambria county arising from
the sale of the real e-tnte of John Sharbauuh. on
No. 11. June Term. 170. Vend. Kxpon.
The nndersiirned A u.li tor w ill attend to the duties
of his appointment in connection with the above
ease at the Court House In Klienshunr, on Monday.
July is?r. at 10 o'clock, a. v.. when and where
parties interested niav attend if thevthink proper.
(7-4.-3t.J JOStl'H JIcIMINAUi, Auditor.
VJ"()TI('E. Notice is licreiiy piven
aI that the second and final account of Kwiprht
Jones. Assiarnce of A. Y. and Jeo. W.Jones, sur
vivit:ir partners of the firm of T. M. Jones tt. Sons,
has been filed in the olhee of the l'rotlu.notary of
Cambria county, and. unless exceptions be filed
thei-eto. will be presented to the Court of Common
l'loas t..r coiitirmation on Tues.liiv. the Mh day of
Anaust next. C. F. (I IK)XtXL, I'roth'y.
I'roth'y's t l.Tice, F.bensburjr, June 11, lS79.-7-4.-3t.
"VyoTK'K. Xotice is liereby piven
that the firt aceonnf of Joseph S. Stmyer,
Asriu-i.ee of SteplK-n K. Varner. has been filed in
the olfice of the l'rotlu.notary of Cambria county,
aid. unless ex.-cptions be filed thereto, will he pre
sented to the Court of Common Fleas for confirma
tion on To. sd:iv. the Mh .l.iv of Anznst next.
C F. OTMiNNF.I.I.. Frothonotarv.
l'rotir-"s U;riee. Kbeti-bo.rj. June V, li70.-7-4-3t.
I
EMPORIUM!:
i
I
THE BETTER PART.
In the. dwelling of the lowly,
In the- palace of the rich
There is naught that is more holy
Than that shnple kindness, which
So restrains our human passions
Tliat thev never wound a heart,
And, on each and all occasions,
Strives to act the better part.
On the day when Christ, the Saviour,
Entered' Lazarus' abode,
Tie bepraised the meek lieliavinr.
That the pent le Mary showed :
And while Martha's sa'd misgiving
He relinked with gentle art,
He assured her that of striving
Patience was the better part.
Xo one lives so free from malice
To escape forever blame,
Some souls drink Remorse's chalice
When we judge their athirst aflame ;
Shall, then, harshness be commended
When such hearts their sorrow racks ?
Christ would raise the reed down trended,
He would spare the smoking flax.
When the Tliarisaic teachers
Asked the Saviour to condemn
One of sin's unhappy creatures,
X ought of answer vouched 1 le them ;
For He knew for each disaster
Full repentance can atone,
And His liand would be no caster
Of the first condemning stone.
Are we wiser in our blindness
Than the Master in His lore?
Can we wound thro' harsh unkindness
When He binds the bleeding sore?
Strength lies not in that decision
That knows only to lie firm,
ne is strong whose foot's decision
Spares the humblest living worm.
ne who judges men by speeches,
If to-day the Saviour trod
Sun-burned sands of Jewish beaches,
Would direct the tongue of God ;
And the Pharisee who preaches
From phylacteries abroad,
Oft is worse than he who reaches
For the chastening of the rod.
From the ruth of those whose pity
God commands by formal speech,
One can see in town and citv
Men descend from helping reach ;
Is there, then, no trace that lingers,
Xone that people understand,
Of that law the Saviour's fingers
Traced upon Judean sand ?
Ah f when all our hates and grudges
Shall he silent in the dust.
When the Voice shall speak that judges
Who are lost and who are just,
Men shall find of all the graces
That adorn the human heart,
Whether high or low their places,
Mercy holds the better part.
lioston filot.
AN EVIL EYE.
It was assorted tliat Dan Vernon was
the boldest and most cruel bushwhacker
in Viniiiiiadurinprthe war. "When Slier- I
idan entered the Shenandoah valley,
some. it' our foragers ransacked tlie
house occupied by Sirs. Vernon, others
stole all the ioultry and live stock, and
when the the third set came there was a
tragedy. Dan was in the confederate
ranks up the valley, and I) is wile and
children were left in a bad situation.
They had no food in the house when
the hungry foratrers demanded a meal,
and not a living ihinp; had lx-en left on
the farm. The woman, despairing and
dcsierate, made a tierce personal attack
on the men who had entered her house,
and in the struggle a gun was discharg
ed, and the heavy ounce ball killed two
of her children as they clung to her
skirts. Tlie foragers were no lietter
than thieves in this instance, and had
the official attempt to discover their
identity leen successful they would have
received punishment.
The woman left the murdered chil
dren on the Moor, and fled with the oth
ers up the valley, and her footsteps had
scarcely grown cold when the avenger
of her great wrongs appeared and de
manded blood for blood and more.
Dan Vernon wan permitted to leave the
ranks to liecome a destroying angel.
The children were buried under a cherry
tree in the yard by our men, but no hand
wiped up the dark and terrible blood
stains on the farm house floor. The
husband and father, panting for ven
geance, crept into the deserted house
three nightsaftcr tlie burial and dipping
his fingers into the nndried blood he
swore to rest not, but to kill and destroy
as long as life was left in him.
I do not know what Vernon dirt when
lie left his home to become a confederate
soldier, but I do know that when he re
turned to it as an avenger lie hart no
more mercy in him than a tiger. A
scouting party riding np the valley lost
its captain ami two men by successive
shots from a Henry rifle, and the man
who lired them escajwd through the
woods. That nightividettejwas struck
trom his horse and his throat cut.
Next day a teamster was killed. In
one week's time Dan Vernon hart killed
thirteen men. He left no wounded be
hind him. When he lired, it was with a
deadly aim, and the victim went down
with scarcely a cry from his liiw.
A refugee who came in gave us such
details of Dan as we did not know, and
when it was known that he was bush
whacking, our advance scouts were de
tailed to hunt him down. They pur
sued him in vain. Knowing every acre
of ground in the valley, he not only
eluded pursuit, but many of the men
pursuing him never came back to ns.
If their bodies were found, a bullet-hole
was proof that Dan Vernon had added
another victim to his list. In four
weeks he had scored thirty-four victims,
and foraging and scouting parties dread
ed that one man more than a whole reg
iment of Early's army. He would mur
der a picket at one oint during the
night, and the next day bushwhack a
troop ten miles away, and he moved
with the stealth of a tiger. No man
ever gave an alarm after knowing of
his presence.
Well, what I set out to tell was how
we captured Dan one fine day, and how
singularly he escaped. Parties were
continuailyhunting him without success,
while one party one day found him
without searching. About fifty of us
were thrown forward one day from the
picket post to a new position just de
serted by the enemy. Included in this
territory was a log house, supposed to
le deserted, but when we came to in
vestigate we discovered a "butternut'
curled up and asleep on a rude bed in a
corner. He had gone to sleep within
the confederate lines, and when he
awoke the blue-coats were about and
beyond him.
Who the prisoner was no one seemed
to care, but it was the accepted opinion
that he was no more than a private sol
dier, and I was detailed to guard him
until he could e sent back to head
quarters. The man betrayed, no alarm
when roused from sleep. far as we
could see he was unarmed, and when
the boys joked him on capture he coolly
replied :
"Well, it ain't nuthing to weep over.
Iwasgitting purty tired of this thing,
anyhow."1
i' had a fair look at the man's face,
and I found something there to puzzle
me. One day I had picked up in camp
the daguerreotype ofa man dressed in
citizen's clothes. It "seemed to be that
of a farmer, but the face was one to be
remembered. As I sat in the open door
of the old house, carbine across my
knees, and looked into the face of our
prisoner, it came to me all at once that
it was his face I had seen in the picture.
There was a great change in some par
ticulars, but yet I confidently inquired :
"Did you have your picture taken by
, of Iynchburg"?
"Yes," he replied.
"Was the case of red morocco ?"
"It was."
Then the picture I had found In camp
must have been stolen from his house
by foragers and afterwards thrown
away. The man looked at me as if
ready to answer further questions, but
I had none to put just then. I was
wondering at the curious coincidence,
when he sat up on his bed, looked me
square in the eye, and said :
"I am Dan Vernon, the bushwhacker,
and I killed one of your men last night
liefore turning in here !"
"Dan Vernon!" I repeated after him.
"Yes. It is a good joke on your com
rades, who took me for a scrub soldier I"
I was so taken by surprise that I could
not utter a word. He was as cool as
ice, however, ami he continued :
"It would give Sheridan great joy to
string me up or see me shot, but my
time isn't come yet. I shall be going
pretty soon !"
Now, that was pretty cool talk, con
sidering that I was there to guard him
and had my carbine ready for a shot,
with fifty comrades within hail, but he
went on :
"I have my rifle under the straw, and
could have shot you long ago. 1 didn't
want to, however ; I feel good-natured
this morning, and you need fear no
harm."
"One cry from me will alarm the
whole post," I managed to remark.
"I'ooh ! Let's hear you jell it once 1"
Our eyes met. There was nothing
malicious in his, but they put a strange
siell on me. His voice, too, had a
strange, tender influence, and when he
asked me to toss my canteen of water
and haversack of food I obeyed without
the least hesitation. He drank from
the canteen, and as he chewed away at
the food he remarked :
"I am going to leave now ; if you think
you can kill me, blaze away, but I tell
you. you can't hit me."
We looked at each other for half a
minute, and I felt my carbine slipping
from my grasp to the ground outside.
My fingers had no strength to hold it.
Dan laughed and said :
"Why don't you shoot ?"
"Yon shall never leave this plare
alive !" I said in answer, but I hardly
recognized my own voice.
" I'ooh !"' he carelessly replied, "Iain
ready to leave now ! 1 shall go out of
this door, here, ami you will sit right
there where you are !"'
"I was looking full at him, and to
save my life I couldn't move iianrt or
foot. Each limb felt as numb as if
asleep.
"Well, olrt boy. good bye to you," said
Dan, as lie pii-ked up his rille from the
straw, ami in another minute he was
out of sight. I was sitting there,
mouth ojien anrt eyes fixed on vacancy,
when a comrade came down from the !
picket post, shook me by the shoulder,
ami cried.
"A nice man you are; asleep and
your prisoner gone."
Was I asleep ? No ! Was it a dream ?
No! But the prisoner was gone. There
was talk of a court-martial in my case,
but it never occurred, as my prisoner
was supxised to le only some' Johnny
Keb.V Had it leen known that my man
was the famous bushwhacker I should
have lieen taken out and shot for ier
rnitting him to escape. I permitted
him, and yet I didn't. I was as help
less as if without iower or muscle.
That night, when he crept in upon a
picket and sta'nVrt him to the heart, I
wondered if the jxwvr victim first saw
those wild, magnetic eyes glaring into
his to deprive him of his iower.
('adding Women. The other day a
woman living in Toledo went out to see
a neighbor, leaving her three children in
the care of a girl, who, following her
mistress example, also went gadding.
The mother returned after two hours"
absence, having in the meantime ex
changed her budget of news with her
neighbor. One child was writhing in
the agonies of death.' The children had
found a bottle containing corrosive sub
limate, and the youngest had drank of
it. The little innocent died, and was
buried, a victim to its mother's neglect.
The mother is represented as feeling
terrible on account of her bereavement ;
and so she ought.
She is a type of thousands of mothers
who neglect their homes, their children,
and their husbands, and expect that fate
will forgive their neglect and save them
from its jienalty. Very often their ex
udations are realized, but it so hap-IK-ns
that once in a while these ab
normal women are brought to a sense of
the enormity of their offense against
their families by some terrible tragedy.
A woman who cannot find it in her
heart to look after her household affairs,
to see that her children are well taken
care of, and are, as far as a mother's
precaution affects them, out of harm's
way, and who cannot greet their hus
band with a clean house and her pres
ence, sins when she marries. Those
woman whose delight it is to constantly
gad with their neighbor, to walk the
streets and attend every matinee, not
only libel womanhood, but belie the
maternal instinct.
Sleep "On Tap." The Kansas City
Journal tells how to woo sleep when one !
is restless. Sit down in an easy posi
tion, relaxing all the muscles of the body,
and let the head drop forward upon the
breast, as low as it will fall without
forcing it. Sit quietly this v.av for a
few minutes, freeing all the jxiwer of
the lmdy, and a restful, drowsy feeling
will ensue, which will, if not disturlM-d,
lead to refreshing sleep. If the sleei
less lit comes on in the night one can
simply sit up in the position descriled.
Stiffness of any part of the body must be
avoided, and it is well to liend the head
forward after lying down, rather than to
keep it straight or throw it back upon
the pillow. Th writer suffered several
years from sleeplessness caused by severe
pain and nervousness, and was taught
the above by a physician of great ex
lerience and ability, and found through
it complete relief. Many persons simi
larly arilicted within the writer's know
ledge have tried it and always with
good results.
Good hread is always much kneaded
for the rich as well :s the inwr.
A SOI LLESS H A.
THE STRANGE STORY OF A SURGEOX.
Nothing more marvelous than the
following story, told in a letterto the St.
Iouis (llott?-I)emocrat, has ever seen
print. It rivals the fantasies of Edgar
I'oe. Under date of New York, June
19th, the writer says : Yesterday vour
correspondent called Dr. Clarence Bige
low's attention to an article, recently
printed in the city newspapers, descrip
tive of an Australian discovery whereby
cattle can be frozen, laid away for weeks,
and then brought back to life and
genuine activity. The purpose of this
discovery is to ship live meat in ice
boxes, and kill it on the other side of the
ocean after it is thawed out again. In
this way the cost of food and attention
can be dispensed with while at sea. In
eases of emergency a man t raveling from
California can buy a first-class ticket for
himself, and ship the rest of the family,
including the mother-in-law, in patent
refrigerators. At the terminus of his
journey he could restore his children to
their youthful vigor, and his wife to her
proier station at the washtub or cook
stove. Your correspondent asked the doctor
what he thought about it.
"It is nothing," said he, "to the great
crowning effort of medical science that
I witnessed a few nights since."
"I'ray, what was that ?" was asked.
The doctor reflected for a few mo
ments, and then he spoke as follows :
'When you publish what I am about
to tell you it will set the whole eountry
ringing. Accompanied by my friends
Judge Warren and Dr. Chambers, I
went last week to one of the iqi-town
hospitals, whither we had lieen invited
by Prof. Doremus and the house physi
cians. On our arrival Ave were shown
at once to the dissecting-room. At the
foot of an amphitheatre of seats stood a
long table, on which rested some im
movable object, covered with a white
sheet. Most of the seats were occupied
by medical students from Bellevue and
Roosevelt hospitals. Myself and party
were assigned to chairs on the platform.
Shortly after 8 o'clock the white sheet
was removed, and I saw on the table the
nude tody of a man. Presently Dr.
White stepiied down by the table and said :
"My friends, the lmdy lefore me is
that of a man who bled to death. He
was employed in a planing mill on West
Sixteenth street, near North river. He
fell against one of the swift revolving
saws, one of the large arteries in his arm
was severed, and the blood, which is
life, flowed out before assistance could
arrive."
"The doctor paused." continued Dr.
Bigelow, "for a few moments, looking,
meanwhile, attentively at the lxxly. '
Then he continued : 'There is a mere
cessation of life, because the blood was '
diverted from its natural channel. I '
can discover no injury save the severed '
artery. It is absolutely necessary- to the '
success of the experiment we are about
to witness that the organs of the liody
le uninjured, for any material injury to
any organ I mean vital organ would
preclude the possibility of its performing
its functions, since science cannot re- j
store the organ. But where the action '
of the organ is interrupted by some
cause that does not materially injure the
organ, then I lielie.ve that the organ may !
le again compelled to jx-rform its duty.
As the great wheel of a mill may be
stopjied by shutting off the water, so j
may it le made to revolve again by turn
ing the water on, thus the blood, which
turns the wheels of the lody, having
lieen diverted, the wheels stopped, I
claim that this body may le brought to
life. Whether the soul has departed
and can be brought back, or whether
the mind may le restored, I cannot tell;
but I ltelieve I can again set at work
every material organ of this body. I
have carefully closed up the severed
arteries,'
"He then called upon IYofes-sor Dore
mus ami Dr. Chamliers and myself to
assist him. An incision was made in
the Inxly just above the heart, and the ! man, strike me. Misfortune is converted in
ven.a cava and great coronary vein were ; to happiness by the sweet thought that those
burst ed ojien. In these openings were
inserted small silver tules. On the left
of t he table stood two galvanic batteries.
A slight cut was made just above the
plexus of the four inferior cervical nerves
and another alove the first dorsal nerve.
The conducting wires of the respective
batteries were placed in connection w ith
t hese cuts. A small pair of lx-Hows were
inserted into the mouth of the corpse,
and Dr. Chambers took charge of them.
Prof. Doremus was placed in charge of
the batteries.
"At this moment attendants led two
full-grown living sheep into the room,
and, at a signal from Dr. White, stood
them near the table. Meanwhile, I had,
under instructions, connected two hollow
rubber strings to the silver tubes already
mentioned. The other ends were soon
two sheep. The two tubes throbbed as
. .
the warm blood of the sheep Iwunded
through them. Tt was a breathless mo-
ment, ami as we leaned forward our in-
terest was painful. Dr. Chambers lie-
iran to work the bellows, and the. lungs
of the bodv slowly responded.
. - -
' nj-po, or
four minutes of the most anxious sus
pense ensued, as Dr. White leant over
the body, pale with excitement. No
movement could be seen save the slow
rising anrt falling of the chest of the
man's body. Two .minutes more, and
one of the sheep staggered and fell.
"Rising erect and seizing some instru
ments, Dr. White called out :
"Now Professor!"
"In an instant the powerful current of
the two batteries was turned on, and
with a sudden jerk the lxxly sat upright.
Quickly forcing it back, Dr. White, w ith
the assistance of some of the younger
men, withdrew the tules from the veins
and closed tip the small ierf orations.
The wires were disconnected and the
bellows removed. 'The respiration still
continued!" 'The pulse beat faintly !'
'The corpse was alive !' "
"With each recurring sentence the doc
tor had tightened his grasp of niy arm.
He leant toward me, and he fairly hissed
out the words, "The corpse is alive!"
After a while he continued with more
moderation :
"The incision alove the heart was
well closed up, and the body carefully
removed to a led in an adjoining room.
But the work was not over. All that
long night we sat in the room, all of us
from time to time feeling the pulse of
the now living man. and at times ad
ministering small quantities of stimu
lant, not only to him but to ourselves.
Our patience was well rewarded ; every mfnt a's n ti,iscase is unknown to 'them,
moment the pulse grew stronger and the ad that, furthermore, the "nooks' do not re
breathing deier. Several times the j cord n similar case. The child is a male,
man oiH-ned his eyes, but apparently i first born, weighs ten pounds, seemingly
took no notice of anvthing. At day- I well, and tlie son ..f youthful robust parents
I , . , T. . ,,- ,,, j esterdav the father reported it and tin-
break when Judge b arren and I n,ot,H.r a; doing well, the c'-ild feeling fn.m
the place, he was sleeping. j its ,other's breast as naturally ns anv other.
Dr. Bigelow was asked if the man was . nnd otherwise in in-rfect health. It may live,
still living, and wa.- he getting on nicely. 1 but the thaueea are against it."
"Oh. yes ; he is living. The exix-ri-nient
I have described to you took place
just five days ago. I have only this mo
ment returned from the hospital. The
man's wounds are healing, and he is able
to move about the room."
"Does he feel all right, and will he be
able to go to work again ?"'
"I am afraid not." He spoke in alow,
doubting tone of voice, w hich revealed
the fact that there was more of the story
than Bigelow had yet related. Pressed
to tell the full facts in the case, he said:
'Well, the man cits and drinks; seems
to be afraid of other eope, or more cu
rious than afraid, ami is affected strange
ly by the heat and cold. But he can
neither read nor write ; does not know
the use of books, plates, or knives and
forks. He is not able to iallc, but cries
out very loudly, or jablers in an articu
late manner. Once in a while a word
can be distinguished, but the man does
not appear to erceive any difference
letween it and his jargon. The animal
life has leen restored, but not the spir
itual. The mind, with all its component
parts, has gone, I fear, never to be re
stored." This is, indeed, a wonderful achieve
ment of science. It may seem too won
derful for belief, but your correspondent
can vouch for the great resjiectability of
the iiersons named. They are gentlemen
of high standing, and the proof is irre
sistable. The Emigrant's Tarapise. A cor
respondent of the Austin (Minn.) 2Vti).s-r)-t'f
writes a clever travesty on the in
ducements to emigration sometimes pub
lished in the local papers of that State :
There is plenty of government land to 1k
had. You can get a farm to suit yourself.
Eaeh quarter section has 40 acres of tinilier
on the northwest corwr : the roiwm for hav
ing it on the northwest corner is to protect
the rest of the farm from tlie chilly winds
that sometimes Mow from that direction in
the winter; there is a living creek running
across each quarter section, and thn-e living
sprintrs on each quarter section, where you
would wish to build the house and barn ;
you have to erect your own buildings your
self. They would" have been built for" you,
but we don't know what size to build them.
The wheat crop last year was not very good.
We did not raise more than one hundred
bushels per acre : the kernals are not larger
than a common liean ; oats, rye, and barley
in proiortion ; corn was very good ; the ears
are about five and a half feet long and one
foot in diameter. We can't raise pumpkins
here : a vine will cover l'o acres of land.
and that is all the land that a man can oet in- ;
side of the railroad limits; so you see it j
would spoil the rest of the crop. " Tomatoes
are aliout the size of your common pumpkins i
oown mere. Nunc ol my friends want to
know if I think this as good a country here
as in Kansas, and as healthy. 1 have" never
been in Kansas, but there is a man here j
from that State ; he came here six weeks ago j
and when he came here his weight was seven- j
tv pounds : ht? said he was enjoying good i
Kansas health : t-dav he weighs tfso pounds j
and he is still on the g.iin: the average!
weight of the natives of this country is about J
one ton : there are nevcTany deaths here nn- I
less by accident. 1 lielievc there was a boy i
killed himself here last fall trying to carry j
two ears of corn at one time". Money is ,
Plenty ; if a man owes another lie don't ask ;
flint for it : he will get it soon without asking
if he hapiH-ns to think he is owing him. We j
don't bot her about such things here. Cattle, I
horses and hogs are about four times as large
here ns they are in Mower county, lien's
eggs are about the size of Carl Fenton's
half bushel.
The Yoi ng Pi;ince"s Prayer.
The following is a translation of a pray
er found among the paers in the late
) Prince Imperial's desk. It was in his
j handwriting and is lielieved to lie of his
own comxisition :
J My God : I give to thee mv heart, but
. give" to me faith. Without faith there is no
strong prayer, and to pray is a longing of my
: soul. I pray, not that thou shonldst take
: away obstacles on my path, but that thou
"ror?i"". y.frZ":!"-Ja?
lOO ll.Ol ..HOI .. ".'.-. "IIHl III ill, rfi. lull's,
' but that thou shonldst aid nieto conquer my
' self. Hear, O God, my prayer. Preserve
' to my affection those who are dear to me.
j Grant them happy days. If thou only givest
: on this earth a certain sum of joy. take, O
i God, my share and liestow it on" the most
: worthy,"and may the most worthy lie niv
Iriemis. it thou see Rest vengeance
linnn
wnom we love are nappy, l lappiness is poi
soned ny the bitter thought : while I rejoice,
those whom 1 love a thousand times lietter
than myself are suffering. For me, O God,
no more happiness. Take it from my path.
I can only find joy in forgetting the past. If
I forget "those who are no more, I shall lie
forgotten In my turn and how sad the tho't
which makes one sav, "Time effaces all!"
! The onlv satisfaction I seek is that which
lasts forever, that which is given bv a tran
quil conscience. O, my God ! show me
where mv mitv lies and give nie strength to
i accomplish it "always.
Arrived at the term
j of my life I shall turn my look fearlessly to
j the past. Remembrance will not be for me
1 a long remorse. Then I shall be happy.
Grant, O (iod, that my heart may lie pene
j trated with the conviction that those whom
j I love and who are dead shall see all my ac
. tions. My life shall lie worthy of their wit
ness and iny innermost thought shall never
I make them "blush.
! Intk vctioxs to a Jfr y. Speaking
i rvt Ati a i iT-wId l i lz v 7 n T ntnv I ti ct ri
''.' -'v-, "o.... i.. ...... .......
j ' .to 1'ave been given by a Judge
to ajnry in-well we won t say in what
state- 11 "" 111 th,s way :
j . "If the jury believe, from the .evidence,
l f,n !. t. ,...1 Ml m,.l .1. I. . i. ,..,
i.'oi' ...t j.... ....... ni.'.i in. .. .1. ..km , i-
i partners in a grocery, ano mat me juamrin
i bought out the defendant and gave his
i note for the interest, and th.? defendant paid
for the note by delivering to the plaintiff a
cow, which he warranted 'not breachy' and
tlie warranty was nroken iy reason ot tno
breachiness of the cow, and the plaintiff
drove the cow back and tendered her to the
defendant, but the defendant refused too re-cei-e
her, ami tlie plaintiff took her home
again and put a heavy yoke or poke upon
her, to prevent her from jumping the fence
and the cow in attempting to jump the fence,
by reason of the yoke or mkc, broke her
neck and died; niid if the jury further be
lieve that the defendant's Interest in the gro
cery was not worth anvthing. the plaintiff's
note was worthless, and the cow good for no
thing, either for milk or beef, or for 'green
hide,' then the jury must find out for them
selves how they will decide the case for the
court, if she understands herself, and she
l thinks she do. don't know how such a cus
sed case nftotiM he dec ided.'
A Child with a Transparent
Skin. The CVloinbus ((a.) 1-Jmpdrcr-S'ta
says :'
"A ivniark;di"e Monstrosity, or perhaps,
more pmpcr!y, freak of development, was
reported to n vesn-rd.iv. The subject is a
! child Imrn Thursday last, about five miles
i from the city. The child is perfectly normal
nnd natural, with one exception the walls
I or covering of tlie abdomen are transparent.
There is no thick outside skin or epidermis,
but simplv a fine bladder-like covering,
which admit of a thorough inspection of the
various organs contained i:i the abdomen.
The entire contents of the abdomen lie
In full view, we nave noon assured nv
idn.ii.itii tbii tn nl iti n iiriiii?i lciu 1iki-i! ttk.
A Matrimonial Mixture. In tbe
wilds of Crittenden county. Aikansas,
there lives an old man named Kosehury,
His sons, lloliert and John, are of the
same age, 27 years, being twins. Mrs.
1 Host-bury, the mother, died long years
ago. The nearest human habitation
was a house occupied by a Mrs. Glenn
anrt two daughters, though, pity to say,
the daughters were not twins at the
time of their birth, and have not
succeeded in attaining that joint. Mr.
Ilosebury fell deeply in love with Mrs.
filenn, and the two sons, BoUrt and
John, fell equally as much so with the
two daughters. Mary and Rachel. Tlie
most imaginable wholesale lovemaking
ensued. The old man and widow seem
ed devoted to each other, and tbe
younger jvople were sufficiently so to
marry, wlAcl: they all dirt on the same
day. After the ceremony the six liappy"
souls and the six happy 1 indies repaired
to the residence of the husbands. Every
thing worked smoothly. The old man
was very kind to his newly-made daugh
ters, particularly so to Rachel, the wife
of his son John. The kindness increas
ed and other matrimonialists marveled,
one to another. The old man even dis
regarded the wishes of his wife, anrt
Rachel snuffed her Grecian nose at her
Roman-nosed huslvmd. One morning,
alout two weeks after the marriage anrt
one week ago, the family discovered that
the old man and Rachel had gone.
Searching and not being able to find
them,, but learning from a ferryman
that they hart crossed the river into
Tennessee, the family returned. lretty
soon an intimacy sprang up between
lloliert, Mary's husband, and the old
lady. The old lady was so w rise and had
such broad exjierience that Robert never
grew tired of profiting by her counsel.
Another disaster, lloliert and the old
lady ran away, leaving John and Mary,
who seeing, as they were not blind, that
they were left alone, clasped themselves
in loving embrace, for it seems that they
had loved each other from the first. Did
they stay on the farm ? No, sir. There
is a mortgage on it. They packed up
and, according to the ferryman, went
over into Tennessee. Es'-h'inyi.
Bone Caves in Ireland. The
Ikiuc cave at Shandnn, near Dungarvan,
in the county of Waterford, accidently
discovered some twenty years ago, was
the first Irish cave which produced ani
mal remains belonging to the pleistocene
period. In it were found remains of the
mammoth, horse, bear, wolf, reindeer
Professor Ivt ith Adams, in his rewt on
the exploration of this cave ilv7'.) sur
mised that it was an enormous shelter
shed where the wild denizens repaired
to end their days or for the purjMise of
dragging in their prey, and suggested
that it required only funds and some
enterprise to discover other caverns in
the noighliorliond of this one containing
abundance of ph-isocene animal remain s.
One such has, within the last few days,
lieen discovered near Cuppqu'm, at a dis
tance at p.lviut seen miles from the
Shandnn cave, by Mr. Usher, of Cap
pagh. This new cavern is of large size,
ami apiears to have la-en occupied at a
very remote ieriod by lears. orti iiis of
whose skeletons are to le met with in
the lower lejosits of the tlnnr; but the
chief interest in the discovery rests in
the fact that the remaiis of the great
Irish elk (M'tjurrr'ns Ji'.crott-.) were
found in it, in conjunction with the
bones of other deer and of liears, and
along with a polished greenstone colt
(neolithic) and several stone rublers.
There was also some very remarkable
and strong evidences met wilh of the
association of man with the great Irish
elk, for, on the authority of lrofessnr
Ieith Adams, in whose presence these.
remains were taken out of tin
cave, and
by -whom they were jweked up far fur
ther observation, we learn that many of
the bones of the magaceros wereeviden
ly split for the marrow, and several elk
cannon Umes were found fashioned into
awls and gauges, showing tnat'inan was
not only contemoraiieous with the
giant stag of Ireland, but also may
have in some measure helped to exter-
! minate it. The explorations of this
I cave are still going on and they promise
to open out a new t-ra in the prehistoric
history of Ireland. Ixrnrl'.m 1'iiucf.
Backward, Pin Backw ard. Back
ward, pin backward my skirts in their
flight, make me small again, just for to
night ; I am so weary, and my skirts
are so long, sweeping the- pavement as I
walk along, gathering dirt from out of
the street, lnnked at by every one that I
meet; nmther, dear mother, I know
I'm a fright ; pin back my skirts, mother,
pin "em luck tight.
Mother, dear mother, the days are so
warm, and I'm tired of this dress I have
on, it is so clumsy and don't fit me right,
pin it back, mother, pin it lack tight ;
now I'm ready, don't 1 look sweet?
smiling on all 1 hapjion tn meet ; I'm in
back the fashion, so that is all right : pin
my skirts, mother, pin "em back tight.
Mother, dear mother, I know it's a
sin. to wear dresses to show off one's
limbs ; but what is a poor girl going to
do, if all the world wears 'em too. it is
only those who are thin that are afraid
to show off a form that is not well made;
you may laugh, but you know that I'm
right ; pin bac k my skirts, mother, pin
I em back tight.
A coxnrcToi! who runs a freight
train, on the Olrt Colony road has a pleas
ant companion for his daily trip, namely,
a white dove, which f.-llows the train
from Walpole to Med field, where it
alights on a iurtieul.tr lain, ami reai
pears next day at the same place in Wal
ile. During a part of the w ay the dove
flies just ba'k of the cab under the pillar
of smnke and within a few- feet of the
engineer, and a portion of the way by
the side, of the engineer's window, and
within two feet of his hand as he
stretches it toward her. Occasionally
she falls b ck to the rear of the train,
as though surveying it, but only tn re
sume her wonted place a moment later.
When the train runs tmder a bridge, the
d.-vc mounts gracefully a'ove it, and
tumbles immediately to its place again
tin th3 other side.
A T.inilTNINC-ROD PEDDLER Was
struck by lightning in Indiana, while
seated ori his wagon, during a thunder
storm, talking through the window of a
fanner's residence trying to induce the
fanner to let him rod the biirn. It was
the largest funeral ever seen in Indiana.
People went miles to see the. deceased.
They couldn't U lieve it until they saw
it with their own eyes.
An old bachelor lieing ill, bis sister
presented him w ith a cup of medicine.
"What isit V he asked. Sheanswered,
"It is elixir asthmatic; it is very aro
matic, and will make youfeel ecstiitic."
' Nancy," he replied, with a smile, "you
are very er-'ioitK'."
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