THE CAMBRIA FREEMAN
,s rlH'-'SHf " n,llt FKIDAY 1 OK XI Mi
At Ebensburg, Pa., by H. A. McPike.
cunrnnlced Circulation - 1,12S
,n CTII L A BOOMl.VC. MATCH IT?
srumniiTiox nur.N.
rr,e yrar. ca'h In advance tl."0
t" - ' .'. if not pl within 3 row. l.3
i. " if not p'd within 6 raos. 2.H0
.. " if not 'd within year. . 2.-1
rT--T 'reidinif outsido the county
t ' , ,ii ional per year will be charged to
i-.m- ,
'-? J'.','' !, evijit will the above term bo de
' fr.'m. an-l t'ese who don't consult thfir
P1' ' J..."r,'.iM t y psy'.nir in ailviinre must not
' '"I . M ,,iHcr I on the same footini? us thofse
'r: ' i,'.t t hi fact be distinctly understood
4 pin" t'Ttv.ir J.
':. ... '. f,r your paper before yon stop it. if
...'-' irti;:rl. None but Bcnlawajrs li oth
?' i hi t be a scaintrajr life's too short.
iVclvortiwinqr Hates.
The larfre and rapidly lnrrwuice circulation
of The Fhieman commends It to the fTorbl
consideration of advertiser. Advertisement
wilt be inserted at the following ratea:;
1 Inch, 3 times 1 Art
1 " 3 months S.S0
1 6 months. 8
1 " 1 vear .. 5 00
2 months SaO
2 " 1 year ! 0
3 6 months "
3 1 year 12 0
V corn 6 months 1'i.no
" 8 months. SP-TO
X " 1 tear 3T, .
1 " months '
I I yttir 7-1. 00
Admlnistrtor"s and Executor' Notice.. 2 0
Auditor's Notice -yJ
Stray and similar Notice Loo
Ihisiness Item, first insertion 10c. per Una;
each subsequent insertion 5c. per line.
ffirmlutum or irteriiiig of anv mrjioro
rin er mr-rutu, nn.i commuiiicntviii rft"ic"' -
rail attention fon-iu noiOri of limitrrl nrtinfinciual
intrrrrt, must l oi.l or a adrcrt iemc 'it.
Job Printino of all kind neatly and expedi
tiously executed at lowest Trices. Don't far
vet it.
H. A. McPIKE, Editor and Publisher.
"hk is a freeman 'WHOM the truth makes free, and all ark slates beside.
SI. BO and postage per year, In advance.
VOLUME XIII.
EBENS15URG, PA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 1879.
NUMBER 31,
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Clutl Tidings to all the l'eople ! JTeantime Hundreds of Men,
V ottien and Children continue to carry atvay armsful of
Coods as the result of Fearf.d Financial Failures.
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GOODS AT PRICES SO LOW
in.tl we run tell j on nnjtliiiisc you want in the line ofi lotlilnic nt figures no
one lias ecr dreamed of.
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Til l: EXCITEMENT INCREASING!
A TKKKir.LK PAINT ROM THE VERY START!
linlf.nicpi will ilr:ie cull early in lie niorniiirr o malte fheir pnrtha'.es, a
mc r. ml it itccriHary in the afternoon lo employ a police force
Keep t lien i'K I nx uiaMs of linmanity in circulation.
j ( i i viN(; (;ivi; a 1 t:v of iiii: many iiaim;ains
vn 1: oi l 1.1; '10 c ash in viiits:
, v.-r, -.nit f..r l.f mi that others sell at ?f,.mi.
A M. m"s -Miit for ?"'.xi that others sell ;it .S.iHi.
A M. ni's suit f..r .-T.ou that others sell at 'rl'Uxi.
A M. ill's Suit f,.r .?-.( h that others sol! at '1M.
A -Man's Suit fr 1 0. ( m that ythers sell at .l.".(Hi.
A Man's IJlue Suit I'-t ?..J tliat others sell :U $1".W."
A :!.,: '- pair of Working Pant's for ."He.
A M. 'ii's pair of extra good Working Pants for I'm--.
A Mail'.- White Vest for ."'h'.
A M.i:i"- pair of ) cr.l!s for -Joe.
A Man's good llalien sliirt for 4
A Man's g.x.il A"hite Dress Shiit for H:
A Man's Hat for
A pair of M'en's Su-iilers for 7c.
M,e!i"s Socks. t" pairs for 2"c.
A JI.. 's Hat for ".
A JJov-sCoat. Pants and Vest f,.r? -2.-..
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-Ii7 u thousand and onr other thinas ire ftavc neither time nor sitace i
to enumerate ; but just come and sec the rush at the
RENOWNED AND POPULAR
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CLOTH IN
Corner ELEVENTH AVENUE
April 17.-6m
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WELCOME ONE
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IT IS SO. SO IT IS,
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mi prices
T fl HUTCH nliieli nicreeally unrprlie
PIT nmriv
UfflS, WHITE GOODS, GRENADINES, HERNANNIS, PERCALES, ,
BATISTE CLOTHS, CRETONS, AND ALL OTHER
LlGirr COLOUED DKESS GOODS!
AT 1,1-:SS THAN OOHT.
Also, LINEN STTITS,
Curtain Laces in Great Variety,
Fans, nil XJiiil3iiellix:s,
Aim! m titte ilrk of Ihe Iolie' tirrnt lroleelor4, llie
SILK G OSSAMEE COATSJSS
AT PRICES AWAY BELOW COST.
hare a large siorh of fashionable and seasonable goods, in uhich
ire are offering great bargains.
A Line
'itas Jh usstls, Woolen. Hemp and Rag. Also, Oil Cloths, If union-
.shades and Fixtures.
BOWMAN & MORROW'S
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ALTOOXA, PA.
FOR BUYERS !
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of Carpets,
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street. w.st ot .1 n I in n street, mol nenrly oi.posiio
the Ithnr Hoii.-e. 'onsultations in Ix.th riTinnn
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TVEM1-S1T1I AWIAL EXHIBITION
Of THE
fESSA. 5IHE AS&ICELTUUL SCCIIIT
WILL 1IK HKLI IN
M I FXIIIIUTTOX TU'IIDIVfr !
Fairmoutit rarTt, riiilatVa,
September 8th to 20th, 1S79, Inclusive.
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Entries and Competition FREE!
Entry H'Miks will clo?e at the office Nirtliwct
corner Tenth and t'lieftnut streets, September 2i,
IST'.t.
$15,000 in Cash 1'remiutns.
CASH PRIZES for Livestock, $9,000.
A limit, fur exerripe ami paiadc oi Hordes and
Cattle, will he provided.
jI.ibcral l'reiiiiuni? arc alsodfiered for FTuits,
T'lowers, ( rnntnental nant, I'rodnets (if the Varm
and Hairy, Tool", Implement''. Machinery, Tex
tile?'. Furniture. Manufactured Ooodf , Je.. te.
Excursion Ticket." wH be sold at irreatlv reduced J
rates on all railroad, centring at Hilladclpfcia, and ?
liberal aiTanement-' for transortation have been j
made.
WILLIAM S. HISS ELL, l'resident.
D. W. Skilkii, Keenrdln Secretary.
Ei.r.itiiMiR M't'oxKF.v, f 'orrei'iiondini? Secretarj-.
An;. i:. lHT'.i.-T.t.
GREAT REDUCTION f
CD
1 e?.iVXT,i'A 'V"-
rssTiTcr AND MOCUt.
CHAMDEELAIN INSTITUTE
AMD
FZKALE :CLLT2E,
nANDOL.1'11. if. Y
It is a larire and tliormilily equipped Seminary
forl'oih sexes. K-tabii-ln-il in is.Vi. lroperty tree
Irolll debt. .M.",.e'l(l..l. New i;..;,rilill'J Hall, with
steam-beat. etc. ere, ted in at .1 cost ot 4."i.n"jii.
txi'e!!cnt boar and botne-lik( arranelncnts
throtiuliiMit. Total evnen c tor heard. hirni!ie,l
room. 'tcam-hcat. Imltt. iva-iiin-. and tuition lor
1 weeks. 4'.'.'Jo. lor one year' UT.!U. For cata
lotrne or Itirt her i 1. 1. irru;: T ti -n. a hl re-s.
I'rof. J . T. HIW1K1IS, I). II., ritl Nt IPAL.
I-'all 'I'-rm open" Auirust -(5. Winter 'l'erni
open-- December -.. Spring Term o(ens March '-'i.
Julv IS. IST'.i.-st.
r pi ; r a 1. 1 . 1 t. st: pt i : m p, k i ; t i : km.
L. List ot ' him" -ct down lor trial at tlieen--ninu
term ol t'emt. eolnlllclleill -wit Monday,
Sel.t. 1st, 1-7
T I I'ST W KKK.
vs. Trenklev
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Vehn'
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vs. Al''l'i'i::'H.
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j Llovds Adtu'rs
Klein.
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..v.. M i'ilcx iitarcr.
v. s. Ktiiiniivur.
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vs. Knu- vt al.
v. Ji.nisTi.
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s. SiriiMr Aliu"r.
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v. Hi.l.licUcr.
vs. Hvrm
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I -e ol Mar-hall
, Hawk-
Lloyd's A--i'jnecs..
'a ml iria ' Mint v. . .
i Dihert .v '. '. . . .
! 1'oiirA.l's Executor--
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Af.M.rp? A-ltn'r.
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SKi; hers.
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I'. V. o'lHtNN l-.LL 'I'rothonotarv.
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I'r'.thonotary's t lilice, Ebenshuru". .Vmriist 4, 1-7
. ISnilrifnx. tlie best of the kind in the United
i Stale.-.
- Arrftmiiiodal ion tor-loo Hoai'dcrs.
i Keliool first-class in all respects.
j lcparf metitH Normal, t'la.-sical. ('ommcrcial.
I Alu-ical.
i The Fall Term of 1". weeks will open on
j MO.MIVV. SFPTKMRER S, 17!,
lltpfno a low us those of any ether school
MMor.liii'j C'ltuil e.ivanti'ifes ami accoinmoua
tions. Eor Catalogue, nd.lres?
JOHN II. I KIM II. 1..
Anir. S, l-7'...-Jm. I'litM irxf..
Under the Care of tlie Sisters of Mercy,
T
UK healtliv rliniato. In:intifnl pernory nnl
luiiir o-t;iiliTnsl rejmt;it ii'll ol thi. lminif Ji-
ltt' Ao;! uiy. tn(Ien!'fit ly ol tin ri-reiit rpiliir
tion in eluircs iiuoie to -iiit the time, rrmler ttiis
In-titution jiio-t 4ir-irihlo lo i;rcut ami urunrd-
li-lVrms ior H'l'in of 0 lmmtli--, only 7.".o.
Mnic. hnwiiiif, tiaiittinir awl the lanzuazes form
extra rharve.
'ur l-artii'iilMr- nl.ln--
T 1 i Vi "I H SS ( K THE AC A I IuM Y.
Trotto. July IS, IS'.l.-Ulll.
"NV
TTDOW'S APP1IAISKMENT.
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Tiatlie.l lll.l.rill-.'liiriM ..I ii" ti. ii 'n i-e.i n.Mi
..t nirt V.r tie weinv : ,.r .i.-ee.ient hi., ler tt.e net
ot Assembly i tie- oi April, a ii. ism. iins i.een
Sr.V"..
the ( ir).h:nc'' 'oitrt ot si.le. unity o.r eon tirin:. tion '"AlDOS, VOU run' I go !" Zebadiah Mar
n,l !ill..iTiuee. o UVrfu .',;.. the M Jnj J Srj.tcn- , .... siHll,t,.(i l,.lf.L- nf 11M liltlo f4.ll.i-
her. A. H. IsT'.i. to wit
Inventory :iml unjiniieirent of certain vevonnl 1
timpcrtv
VVelin.
:,IM.nn-., .t mi l s, t ni.arT f.r .vij.Hjrnret
l riii-i s. t nnurt tr .Mr.rimret i
wi.lowr ot I reorgc WeltTl. l:it i f .lliekson
town.-liir.. .leee.'ise.l. .1. . r.
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Keirist'T'i Cilic e. i:i'i.-tuu
A 1 1 ir. , 1ST).
Mi:.ivir.i
A tlinULrh runr-c in I -"k-Vi
vhiv. I'cleanU'hirx. I-rawiu-f. K
rj.in. ivnucin-
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A.I ir. .-? a. w. sviiin.
Am. 1. l-.7'.i.-t.
Jleadvillr. Pa.
A1
DMIXISTI1 ATOIl'S NOTIC E.
K-tate ol Ki.iz.vRKTH Hmi.r.v, ilee'.I.
the estate of l-.lizu-
hinuton township. le-
the lin.lersigne.l
bv the Keiri-ter of fa.nbrin county. hII person? in-
1,1 te.l to s..i 1 e-t.-.te ire lierehy notilie.l tnmake
ii.v:uent witt'ont .lelMv. niiii tno-e iiavmy eiann
nui.iiist the -nine will present tin in pri'perly au
the.it icate.l ler .-etr en t.
'I Hi i .vi AS r.IAXWKI.L, A.lm'r.
I.:l!vs, August 1, l7'.i.-6t.
a1
I Lett
DMINHTliATOU'S NOTICE.
K-Mte ol ivon.ir. Wkiin. Sr.. ile'-eased.
rs of Adiiiinistratien on the estate ot co.
W el.n. Sr.. late ol .lack son township. 'ambria eoun-
ty, .lee .l. tiavina been rr.o.te.l to the nn.lersurne.l
by the i;,1fister..l sai.l comity, nil person indebted
to !aid estate are hercbv notified to make pavnient
wittmut d. lav. nn.l th.'-e bavins claims niruinst
the same will present them pronerlv aothentieatcd
for . ttlement. .IAS. M. SIA rill.
Kbensbui-'. .Inly -Ji, lf.TU.-6t. Admini'trator.
SI3MI VZZTT SUM)
rroiH'Ttional reinnice.erv week on st.-k iptionsof
Vvmlr iVht iuVsr w'anV.
He wiii pay AijeiiUn rKlary oi ie) per moiiiti
and exp,'.!"".. r llow larn c,'irmi..iiii. tiM-il ear
nrw mid won'l-if'il mveiil.on"!. MV v oj what vt nv.
t-axoplc frc. AJdrsvvSKBKMAX ACu 3iaraliU, Mica.
i""T f"nth and expense' if iianinteed to Axents
Oil lluttit tree. Shaw fs l'o., Ai uista. Mains,
t"" a vkar and expenses to A:
OKI Address r. Ii. Vi kekv,
nts. outfit Free,
Ai.irust.-i. Maine,
' m-pptr AdTtilisiH.-lmt.., 10vrt(' M.,.,1.
V.
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the i.oon of i.iii:.
All day, all niubt I can lioar the jar
Of the" loom of life, ami neat ainl far
It thrills with its leep ami nuiftled sotnul,
As the tireless wheels go always artiurd.
Husily, ceaseh'ssly jrois the l(Hm
In tv- lijlit of liayamlthe niiilniixlit's gloom;
The wheel are tiirtiinir early ami late,
And the woof is wound in tlie waq of fate.
f'lifV eliietr t ilicr.iV n tlironiVdf livo wove IV
Click clack! another of wn.t'.u and sin:
J When we see it unrolled in eternity !
! Time, with a face like a mystery,
j And hands as busy as hands can be,
I Sits at the loom with its work outspread.
lo catch in its meshes each gmicinjj threa'i.
When shall this wonderful wel be done?
In a thousand years, perh?.s. or one :
Or to-morrow. " Who knowrth I Xot you iKr I
But the wheels turn on and the shuttles lly.
Ah, sad-eyed weaver, tin- years are slow,
But each one is nearer the end I know.
And some day the last thread will Ih; woven in
(iod grant it be love instead of sin.
Are we spinners of woo! fortius life well say?
Do we furnish the weaver a thread each day?
It wen- better, then, oh my friend, to spin
A beautiful thread than a thread of sin.
ax.
I'. MaslllDgtOU the KairamnfliltS
Iii the month of October, ITS'.t, Gen.
i George Washington, who was then Pres
j ident of the I'nited States, and residing
I in Xew York city, made a tour, attend
l ed by his secretaaies. Messrs. J,ear and
! Jackson, to the States of Connecticut,
! Massachusetts and Xew Hampshire.
History tells us how, in every part of
the country through which he passed,
the citizens embraced the oportunity,
then offered, to testify their resjiect ami
even veneration lor tlus man, in whose
character whatever was great and good,
whatever dignified and adorned human
nature, was so liappily blended.
Whenever lie approached a town or
village the roads were lined with the in
habitants who liad turned out to hid him
welcome : and in many instances he was
escorted by local companies of militia
from point to ioiiit.
The whole community was now wro't
up to the highest pitch of excitement in
regard to the presence of the distinguish
ed visitor, and hardly anything else was
talked of in the towns and villages thro'1
which he had to wss
J-S'iiiie Sainiiel Jhmton came home
from a.trip to Norwich to Willington, a
little township nestltv.l among and almost
hidden by the hills of eastern Connecti
cut , and set all the men. women and
children into a blaze of cut husiasm with
the news that the Presidential party
were to pass over the Hartford and
Pro idence 'turnpike, "" and would ar
rive at a point in the south part of Wil
lington. near Mansiield, at about eleven
o'clock 011 the next forenoon. The Wil
lington folks immediately set about or
ganizing a company to go down and join
the Mansfield ieopIe iu giving General
! Washington a suitable reception. ;
I Of course there were plenty of wide-i
i awake girls and lx.v.s who wanted to "o ;
' with tlie older lieople and get a glinnrse
' ot the great man : but in those davs .
I children were taught that they were "to
j be seen and not heard," ajid on all im-
portant occasions were kept rather in
; the background.
i The Octolier morning "opened bright
i and lieautiful, and the Preston family at
j the tannery were astir early, and with
I their neighiiors. the Holts, the Westons,
j tlie Aliens, the Pearls, and the Duiitons.
; started in the early, rosy morn, in holi
; day array, down the woody Mansiield
i road.
; -V group of eager, active, bright-faced
I boys were gatlierel on the bridge to see
, them off. Thej- watched the cavalcade,
; men and women both on horseback
, eacn noise carrying a man with a wo-
i man K-hind liim on a "pillion" until it
. d i sal it K.'a red in the "ray mist, risino- nver
i Kenton river "
1 There was a few moments of silence,
! and the linmbrioiis I'nce, .f fbo l-ivs
j were growing longer and longer over i
their disappointment, when Timothy
i Pearl, the oldest and most daring of the :
, group, said : j
' I "11 tell you what it is. boys, if (Jen- '
; c ral Washington is to pass so near us to- i
j day. I intend to get a sight of liim. j
Esquire Dunton said he'd likely lie along '.
i down on tlie cross-roads about eleven i
j o'clock. I'm going to run away down i
i to the turnpike. How many of you will
go with me V If we go 'cross lots and !
rundown all the hills, and step pretty i
I spry the rest of tlie way, there's no doubt
, that we can got there in time to see
:hini."
i Half a dozen of the bins caught off
: their hats, and, swinging them high iu
I the air. gave three rousing cheers for j
(ieneral and President "Washington. ;
, Little eight-years-old Anios 1 "rest on j
j jumped up and down, swinging his tas- J
! selcd hat ami shouting as enthusiastic as j
; his older comrades. AVhen, with a'v.;H, ;
i iy n , i .1- nnl n l':l( IK inn -itl,
. t , t i.. ...
j tiro, thftt. start! they were off with a
j eai-frog j ump, they found Amos bring-
inir ui. the rear.
Vour legs are too short.'
. -"Try me and SCO. ' SJIld AlllOSStOutlv.
I "i mink n s itxi uau 11 trenerai asli-
i ington is to come so near and I not see
I him as well as the rest of yon. 1 want
j to see him just as much as if my legs
; were longer. "'
"Let him go," said David Glazier,
who was only a little older than Amos,
r but verv much taller. "He's a pleasant
! little fellow, and never complains nor
vvlinntMTS w hen he is tirnl W c lu.r
i ih s can give him a un if he tuckers
And leaciiing out lie Iikk Amos bv tin
hand, and the bovs started once more
Away they went, striking out across
the fields and woods, gay with the vari
egated leaves, not stopping to disturb
tlie squirrels laying in their store of nuts,
nor taking tune to pause in the shadowy
: ,ir,.i.:iriis tn (ill Ibeir w ide lini'Lets w ith
the lragrant lruit that lay thickly strewn
on the turf. First one and then another
j of the boys took Amos by Ihe hand for a
, run, or to help him jump over the huge
j fallen trees or the brooks that intercept
i cd their way.
I Just liefore the bovs came upon the
1 turnpike, they paused Under a glOUp of
i ln..,,i t(, i.-i p l 1,
mapu to IUKC uieai.il.
, "How like ragamUlliUS ve look With
; . cl(tlnoS on. and tllCV all SO torn
,. .' -
j and muddy . Said Zeblllon (. rocker.
j -"Wliat would the General think of us if
I be shonl.l hajien to spy us
i "Let S trim Ourselves Ui,"' Sai'l little
! Ai". ".Here's lots of bright leaves :
ami mere s a mom uusn w iin jueiii in
thorns to fasten them on with."
I
"Sure enough, and yvell thought of,"
i said Elijah hi i -ridge. "Amos knows a
, thing or two, if his legs are so short."
j When the boys again resumed their
i running march, decked out from head
' ! to foot with the golden and scarlet
j leaves, thev preseeutcd a fantastic sight
j imI.otl.
"O, tie, utt! liUll'ali. Ar:"; :';, ilti;
n.n !" shouted Jedtitlmn I?ice, as the
tired company of boys readied the crest
of a hill that overlooked a wide expanse
of the section that embraced portions of
the towns of Ashford, Willinston and
Mansfield. And away in the distance,
coming down the Ashford hills, the ex
cited group saw a long line of vehicles,
among them two large coachesand fours,
preceded by a company of militia, their
muskets glistening in the sun. occasion
ally a strain of martial music reaching
the erect ears of the Willington boys.
Soon they emerged into the highway
And w hen they came to the turnpike j
which intercepted it. and made what
was known as the "Crossroads," they
found the Presidential party had alight
ed, ami were resting under the shadow
of an immense oak tree near by.
There was quite a crowd of jeople
gathered about General Washington
and l is party, and at first our rather
venturesome boys thought it would be
impossible for them to get a sight of
the great man. But they jerseveringly
edged their wav alone, and at last. I
reaching the large coa h in which the I "How much, General, was the largest
General rode, and upon the box of j stake you ever played ?"
which sat the liveried and pompous ne- j "! ce called $l-,000 in New Or
cro driver. lov-like tlev etltred in under i leans."
' ' , . .
it, and found themselves in the immedi
ate vicinity of General Washington.
The slight movement that the coach
horses made as tJae Ixiys ensconced
themselves beneath tne vehicle, caus3
the General to look around for the
cause of the disturbance, and presently
he was looking into the sweaty, dusty
faces of these fantastically garlanded
1hvs.
A quiet smile lighted up the Presi
dent's countenance, as he pleasantly
said :
"Come out, Ixivs, and let us see what j fo1' tliu till') wnt over ver them,
you are." ! hunting for something to raise money
The iovs scrambled out, and, with;"t of. I emptied my iockets and
admirable presence of mind arranged ! iary emptied her'n, and between us we
themselves alongside of the eoach and 1'ad seven dollars antl thirty cents. Af
removed their hats, w hile the General 1 ter hunt in' over everything, we found
stood in front of them, evidentlv amus- i
7 1
ed at tne verv queer apwaranee tliey
made, at the same time pleased with
their resectful attitude.
"Well, well, my boys, you must have
been running quite hard in order to see
me, and have. I suppose, bedecked
yourselves witlithese lieautiful autumn 1 wiU provide.' You see. Mary was one
"leaves in mv honor. 1 bid you a vcrv ; nf tllt; ,,fst "Vl"n('n 111 llie ''"111
got d moiiiin '." " ' mul a heap of laith in her religion. I
"Oh. dear me," cried little An is. im- : looked at her right straight a long time,
pulsivelv, "vo are nothing but a man , 1-11,1 last says I: 'Mary, you are a
after all, sir." ' mighty good woman, and I'm going to
"Von' siro onito vi ri.t n,r tiw. littb. tell you something. There's to lie a big
felhiw- " said lbe (iwieml biunhiii.r !
and doubtless touched by the entire
lnn ish tribute ; and, stepping forward
ami patting little Amos' hea l, he con
tinued : "You are right, and, if I mis
take not your eliarauter, I am no more -of
a man than you will be some day.
That is something for you all toreuiem
ber. You who are boys now are soon
to be the men uimjii whom our country
nnlst h iend.
Tlie loys lxiwed and, (hedging again
m'T Hie great coach, made place lor a
l':utV of county magnates who were
al'l
The Wiliington folks were horrified
when they beheld the fantastic array of
runaway lys ; ami the oldest grand
father of them ail, win) had not known
of the little passage between them and
General Washington, shook his long
cane at them and, in a trembling voice,
said
"'We will settle with vou. vou voting whether I'm willm' or not ; so I won t
rascals, when v.m get home." ' say nothing more about it."
"If vou horsewhip us to death, sir." "Put, somehow, I ielt when I started
said Timothy Pearl, in rcplv, "vou can't ' lhat ?lu' was fur 1,1C' aiul 1 j'st knowed
Help it that we've seen ( JeneraMVash-! v,,ul'1U'"
ington. Pesides. sir. our parents didn't ' " tl' 1 M t nt some ln,ie re ilm
sav we shouldn't come. Thev onlv i ', and, sure enough, they were at it.
th.m.rbt xvi. w..id.i.rt .t .vn. tb'o.L- e.'f i Thev liad three tables one had a iuar-
coniing down here, we are so young.'
i The Im.v
s went uacK into the woods
. i
and .across
lots as happy
. as anv little
i '"ivs could lie: and twistin
ing a triumphal
rrsT thev ir-iiiv
ll" j-... iy
litter of slender saplin
lre little Amos on their
shoulders
back to the n.iior. Willi, i.rtnn v:illev
lirniiil of bin. n-i tbo ni.lv Imv tliev Vnew-
of who had lieen patted on the head bv , J"-r:'m 1 l "7 on mu i nigu oeuue mm- .
General Washington. " ! nKt "iid-then I ,,-v ami I j
This little Amos, who was mv bus- i know'il Mary was setting up and pray
band's grandfather, took great pride in ? 1 like u. and it made me ml.
this incident tothe day of his death ' 1 ct my hat down by my side on the ,
and often related it to hisgrandchildren. 1 ,,r a"'' ry time 1 d win I d drop ,
Most of them, as well as some of his own ' 11,0 nu,i;y ,n, the 1,at' N e Vlay.,,,lI
children now living, will vouch for the : aI1(1 1 llIn 1 know anything "-xjut how ;
truth of this story; and that old oak
tree is vet standing in the locality ,ie -
scrilicl "
FROM LITTLE TO (ill EAT.
Tn 1S47, the ship New Era was wreck
ed off Deal, X. J. Three hundred emi
grants were in the steerage, and the
Captain, to "keep order,1' as he said,
nailed down the hatchways tight.
jit- iiiiii ii u in ine ciew men escaped
4 , i .i i -.i ii ii-
to shore, but the si iii. w ith its throbbing
j.-, .',..,. '" , ,
freitrht. of shrickm"-. nravm" human be-
1 i ,. i . . , c . , ... i i .. 1
. irCKTIir. OT Slll'11'Klll.r tieavin.r 1111111511) llf-
. . . . i i
mgs, went tothe bottom. It is said
i that the Captain grew old before his
time, and crept through but a few mis-
erable jears. starting at a shadow, and
thinking that every sound was the cry
ol his drowning victims. j
J)ut this was not the end. It would j
seem as if that dying cry had lieen !
heard in heaven, and had not failed to
bring down a blessing
An old farmer who saw the shi
wrcck, and was appalled by it, went to
the Congressman from that district
(Hon. William Newell), told him the
storv. and urged him to do something
to st on the frkrhtful sacriiice of life on
the coast. : w hich the honey undergoes offer at least
Vessels stranded or w recked had : an eiual interest to the chemist. Every
then no succor except such as the fisher- j one knows what honey fresh from the
men in tiieir boats could give. On the j comb is like. It is a clear yellow syrup,
lee-shore of New Jersey alone the : without a trace of solid sugar in it.
deaths from shipwreck amounted to j Upon straining, however, it gradually
thousands annually. ! assumes a crystalline apearance ; it can-
Mr. Xewell procured an appropriation : dies, as the saying is, and ultimately be
from Congress for surf-boats, etc.. for ' comes a solid 1 ump of sugar. It has not
the use of pwople on shore in saving ! lieen .susjiected that this change was due
life. What is everylmdy's duty is no- j to a photographic action ; that the same
body's, and the fishermen neglected ' agent which alters the molecular ar
theirs for six years, when the wreck of ' rangement of the iodine of silver on the
the Powhatan on Manasquan beach, j excited collodion plate, and determines
w ith 4ihj souls on board, roused Congress i the formation of camphor and iodine
igain.
The 1 i f e-sa v i ng sei-vice w as establ i shed .
which, in 1S71, under its present chief,
Sumner Kimball, was thoroughly or
ganized. It is now the best system in
the world for saving life on the coast.
A complete cordon of stations is es
tablished along the Atlantic, part of the
Paciiic ami lake coasts, manned for
nine months with able surfinen, and
cquipiied with life-cars, boats, mortars
for shooting a ball, line signals, etc.
The loss of life has lieen reduced yearly
from thousands to units a work which
jierhaps might never have lieen accom
plished if the honest Jersey farmer had
kept silent.
IMant your seed of good, however
small. Some day, when you are dead
jierhaps, it will grow to a goodly tree.
Vou may never know it, but Cod will
know.
(ES. FORREST'S UAME OF POKER.
A
THRILLING STOUY DID II IS WIFE
I It AY WHILE HE WAS TLAYINO ?
Several years ago, says the Nashville
Banner, Gen. Forrest visited this city
and stopped at the old City Hotel.
That night several gentlemen called to
see him, among them a gentleman now
connected with the Hunntr. The room
had been crowded during the early part
of the night, and Forrest had received
the usual attention bestowed uon him.
Now, however, he was sitting off to him-
self, aixl apieared worn and tired out.
Our informant, wishing to have a talk
with him about himself, sought him,
and Altered into conversation with him :
"General," says he, "I've heard you
were a great poker player in your time."
' Yes." says the General, "I have play
ed some," and his eyes began to sjsirkle
with the memory of old times, and heat
once seemed interested in the subject.'for
be it known that no one was fonder than
he in recounting his wonderful exploits.
"Did you win ?"
'Oli, yes! I won it."
"What was your hand, General V"
"It was thiee kings."
"Put," says he, "the hardest game I
ever played was at Memphis, Just after
the war closed my wife and I went to
Memphis, and we stopjK'd at the Wor
sham House. The next morning Ave
H e,u w....-, u'i i'.. . u a ri.uu .cn
ill 1 . n (kiiiaiv ,,,f ..I triml- . Il.n
floor, and Mary (I'm not certain his
wile's name was Mary, but that will do
Uat 'very man who owed me was either
1 ...,.1-.. t 1 i..-- ..: 1..
vie..i v'l wi.'nc. j. ii.i.iii l iriic anisic
ler on which I could raise a cent outen
After we got through the pile I looked
at Mary and Mary looked at me. 'Now.
what's to le done Mary ? says I. 'I
don't know,1 savs she, 'but the Iord
dinner at
i , ... . ... i i
this evening, and I m m-
vited. They always play poker at that
house, and you have always ln-eii agin
me playing, and 1 reckon you are right
alout it. Put things have become des
jierate with us. and somehow I feel if you
wouldn't lie agin me. but would pray for
me, 1 could make a raise to-night."
"Savs she, 'Hertford, I can't do it.
It's wrong for you to doit, and I'd heap
rather vou wouldn't.
" 'Put, Mary," savs T, 'I never was in
such a fix lefore. Here we are with no
money but il.'V), and that wouldn't pav
our tavern bill. I can't lose no nunc
than that, for I'll swear T won't lx-t on
credit. If 1 lose that. I'll come home,
and if I win, then we'll have something
to start on.' Well, I argued anil argued
with her, but she wouldn't say yes.
Put at last she says :
" 'Pedford, I know your mind is set on
it. and 1 know vou are going to liet
lr ante, one a half, undone a dollar and
i iki i r l ir-i-itoii tilt- c.ifi.ii n.iii-irc ist
, " . ...j ,.v...... v.
i Iilsl: as lonS as 1 couui make ii, and so i
i sct ',vn to llie laiter table.
1 on until dinner, and by that ti
i net (
time I had i
i won enough to do better
and. after we '
hail Cat. I Sat (IOW11 lO llie tlol lar-a 1)( l-il-
. half table
Sometimes I won, and then
, mc i u wo n. i uiun i Kcepanv couui,
j md l knmv d I w as winning I thought
' may lie I 1 won a hundred dollars, or
niiiv o two niinureii. mu i uiun i kiiow.
i I set there until day broke, and then we
went home. I took my hat up ill both I theneelortli was perlecily pasMve. inj-ass-hands
and mashed it 0.1 iny head, a.ul I 'XV'X
went home so without taking it off. ! w,lj(.u t.lll(l ,.asUv ,l0 U,V(.(I, ima one "of
"When I got to iny room there sat Mary j whii h seemed to 'have been broken. Pity
in her gown, and the bed wasn't mashed, i was now mingled with wonder in the hearts
She'd set up all night waiting for me. j of the two men who held this child of air
l'i ;..,. .....l i wit bin I heir Lower, and t hev tried to soothe
r-llt XllltU III I .1 .UIH IU1A1IMW, .111.1
i i , i.. i i,,. i ,,.
'though she looked nughtv hard at me,
., ... , ,s ," .,n., , ,. 1
i she didn t say a word. 1 walked right
. . J. ... , . ...
up to ner, ami pulling on my nai w un
both hands I emptied it all right in the
lap of her gown. And then we set down
and counted it."
kTIow much was there, Gen'l V
".lust liftmen hundred dollars even."
"And that," added the General as he
walked off, "gin me a si art."
I
Why P.ei.s Wouk in tiii: Dakk.
A lifetime might lie sient in investiga
ting the mysteries hidden in a bee-hive, ;
ami half the secrets would be undiscov- j
ered. The formation of the cell has j
i mathematician, whilst the changes
i crystals in a oouie, causes ine syrup
honey to assume a crystalline form.
This, however, is the case. M. Scheib
ler has enclosed honey in stoppered
flasks, some of which he has kept in per
fect darkness, while others have Wen
exposed to the light. The invariable re
sults have b.en that the suned ioition
rapidly crystallized, while that kept in
the dark has remained perfectly liquid.
We now see why bees work in jK ifect
daikness, and w hy they are so careful to
obscure the glass windows which are
sometimes placed in their hives. The
existence of their young deH-nds ujion
the liquidity of the saccharine food pre
sented to them ; and if light were allow
ed access to tlie syrup, it would gradu
ally acquire a more or less solid consist
ency ; it would seal up the cel!s, and in
all piobability prove fatal to the inmates
ot tut hr. c.
Jtl I.O.X OI.M .
Three melons went sailing out in the West,
Nutmeg, water and lim-k
Three little lw.ys at evening dtisk.
While nature brooded in damp susiense,
CH111I ed over a ten-rail eight-foot lence
And stowed a melon beneath each vest.
Three little colics appeared that nicht
And tackled the cherubs three
O the groan, the pain, the misery .
The cramp, the cripeand the inward hurt,
The fate that the doctors couldn't avert
Three undertakers at morning's light.
Yet melons go sailing everywhere
And women arp born to weep.
And bovs will foraire while farmers sleep,
And colics will come where melons go,
And so will doctors and every woe
That points the way to the golden stair.
St. Louis Times.
W 0 I) ER Fl L I F TRI E.
i
A pro k of the recent discussion of
the validity of the evidence of the senses, j
which, started bvthe J,VrM .So, uli,;.p , i
. , . . i4- i
has been carried on m 1 rench. German i
and English jounials, though as yet ;
Americans seem hardly to have more
than touched upon it, a dealer in the mar- ;
ve ons relates t be f.. nw hp remarkab e I
story with as much earnestness ami show
of candor as if ho exected everjliody
to lielieve it. II- says :
I have a few things to sav and an instance
in point to produce w hich I am sure will not
be without interest to the public in general
as well as to people who are fond of consid
ering such matters.
Mr. Julius Saxe the real name of the gen
tleman w ho first observed these strange things
j , t , m , , , t
.. -r.-,T .... ..
be as l'.mi.I as nnv is an artist havinc his
studio in one of the large studio buildings in
this city. n the evening of the tenth of died perhaps into another world.
January last he was King on a lounge in his i In this case the evidence of the sense- of
studio reading, when suddenly he heard a ; hearing ami feeling and of sight, indirect !y,
rustling behind an easel which' stood in one . as shown In the turning of the scale- when
corner of the room and presently the picture the child was weighed showed that it had
that was on it fell tothe floor. Mr. Saxe was . an objective existence capable of i.-eogni-surprised
and went to the comer to see what tion by many sane men. Vet had it -tn h an
was the matter, but nothing was visible there existence 7 If it hid not. ho-.v are the facts
lieyond what he had expected. lie replaced
the picture and returned to his reading, w lieu
again he was disturbed and thought that he t
heard footsteps in the same corner of the room j
as of someone shuffling along the carpeted
floor, and presently there was a sound as if a
heavy body had stumbled against the tall
Dutch clock which stood there again-t the '
wall, by this time, although he is by no
means siqieistitious, he was thoroughly in
terested and excited, and as nothing unusual
was to 1m-found in the room while the strange '
noise continued, he stepped out and into the
neighboring studio and asked a well known!
marine painter the occupant of the room
i to come into the studio, as most unaccotinta- ,
! l.... 1.... - . . ,
i oie in ins we.e iiiiiipeiinig ineie. ..ir.
, ,.,.(,ilv :llTII,lll,:lil.l lr JTve iit ,thi,, r ;
out of" the ordinary occurred, and after eon- '
versing for an hmif or two Mr. S. returned to
his room and Mr. Saxe went to bed. lie is a
I light sleeper, and at about two o'clock lie
: was aroused by a sound a- if somebody were
tossing in sleep upon a Tuiki-h rug which
i lay before but at some distance from his grate
1 tire. The lire was bright, hut he could see
i nothing, and still the noise continued. He
; rose, turned up the gas and stepped acro-s
.to the tire place, but in attenq'ting t( cross
i the rug. he stumbled against something ami
, fell, yet nothing could be seen which could
j have caused the mishap, while in falling he
: distinctly felt a body beneath him which
i moved. " He was now' thoroughly fi ighieticd
i and ran hastily to Mr. S.'s studio, at the door
1 of which he pounded until its inmate awoke
aim accompanied Air. saxe To his room again.
The studio was well enough lighted to fiin-
ble them to see evel-X'thili'- within it but
there was no trace of a burglar having been
there, and certainly no living thing except 1
the two arti.-ts seemed to be in the room.
Then a noise was heard under the bed. and
in moving this Mr. N.'s foot struck against .
something, stooping at once he made a
grasp in the place where the body should
have been, and to his amazement, and cer-
t a inly to his horror for all things considered. I
the situation was frightful enough he seized
what seemed a small and delicate ankle. :
The being, whatever it was. strove totear it- '
self from his grasp, and a low moaning sound j
an.i(lidn(.trHnqiiishhis,hol.lnp(.ntheaiikie',
was heard. Mr. N. is a man of strong nerve.
and presently Mr. Naxe came to his assist
ance, and a body wholly invisible, yet plain
ly possessed of weight, was dragged from
under the lied, moaning ami w himpering all
the while. Its strength was not bey.uid that
of a child of seven or eight years, but it
struggled violently, and not until its arms
were pinioned to its sides did it cease in its
endeav ors to escape. The surface of its body
was of a velvet softness, and had the room
been dark the gentlemen would undoubtedly
, have believed that they were eng.iged with a
I little naked child, but since the r.xuu was
I bright with light they were wholly nt a loss
j to account for the strange fa ts for they
seemed to have mastered a child ol solid air".
I As they struggled with it the wails and floor
: could be seen between their hands, which as
i evidently clutched a palpable thing. After
1 a time the struggle ceased, and the child, if
uch it is to he called, was placed upon the
ix-ii, i.otii
geutlemen keeping their hands
It breathed ami sobbed, but
! upon it.
I . . V ......
it as if it had been a human infant, but it lav
I simply still and palpitating under their
! hands'. They drew the bed clothes over it
i and placed its head on a pillow, when- the
imprint of its form could 1m- seen and its
j limbs could be felt precisely as a mother
i watching iu the dark beside her boy's bed
would teel them. The two men watched j
i there all night, and in the morning it was !
! agreed that the facts should be kept wholly !
quiet, at least until it should have Iki-ii lie- ,
j cjded what was the best course to pursue in ;
1 so strange a matter. The child had appar- i
ently slept soundly alter its struggles, and
in the morning it stirred in giving a sound of .
jov, rose in the bed, and as Mr. Saxe took
light hold of its hand it attempted to tty up-
ward, but in a second fell back with a nunin
and its hand could be felt clasping the bro
ken wing.
The men were wholly at a loss as to what
they should do. Wine and water were placed
at the child's mouth, but with its hands it
brushed them away. At last the two decided
to admit Dr. 1. to their confidence and sum
mon him to this strange bedside. He was
brought to the room without iM'iag told the
circumstances of the case, and when he had
learned them orally and lelt the motions ot
the child he was even more bewildered than
the two artists, lie had to believe either
that they we.e practicing upon him. that
here was a w holly unaccountable phenome
non, or that he ami the other two men were
insane. He utterly lcUlsed to deal pro-fes-ionaliy
with the case, since he had no
grounds whatever to proceed upon, not
knowing the constitution of this unheard of
being and the sources of its evi.l.-nt life,
llovvevcr. he suggested certain experiments
with it, which was carried out. Placed on a
pair fif scales, the child was found to weigh
twenty-five pounds and seven ounces. It
was aiteinpted to clothe it, but the clothing
caused it such evident sulTeiing that the ex
periment was relinquished. A plaster cast
of nut' el us ill nts vv us i:ia..e x ni.ii snoweu i
the most lieautiful and perfect loortions, '
the hand especially leing finely moulded, 1
dimpled and pivttv. It was amusing, eon- ,
sidering the fact, how the child could have
struggled as it did when it was first con-
quercTl. The temperature of the ImmIv. as .
sliovvn by a tin rmonicter j'l.ice.i in the axilla, ,
was sixtv-four degrees tahrenhelt, and its
breath deposited moist are on a mirror placed
over the mouth. Aside from inarticulate
cries, it emitted no sound, and even after it ;
had lieen kept and kindly treated for over a !
month it showed no trace of human affection. ;
although it would sometimes p'.aee its hand
on Mr. Naxe's knee as he sat painting at his j
easal. Of course such a remarkable occur
rence ns the aplearsnce of the child could '
not be kept entirely secret, and Mv. .ixc'a
room v as visited daily by muiilcrsof people,
onlv ft few of whom, however were nil niitte.l
! ...f nll. ... ... I .. ....... l 1 : .... :.. .11
Aim niiu.M 10 ttiiiiui- t 11, sui'Mi l ill nil,
I should say, not over fifty. At first Mr.
Save had lieen unwilling to sleep in the same
: room witli the fluid, but as it pave no evi
j deuce of ,pite or malice, as su. h n thing
might, perhaps, have lieen execte(l to show
Ibv people who lielieve in deiimns. bis fear
gradually wore away and the child -l.-pt
j qtiictlv all njoht on the rug. while Mi. sae
' occupied tin bed. Among the secii!ati"iis
caused by this strange lie'mg was one with
j which some of us were at tirt (lis;isel to
( agree, and which was to the effect that the
i child's body consisted of somesubstance like
! flexible crystal or nonrigid glass that is to
' say, si mie sub-t ince in which physiological
j functions could be carried on. but which was
j transparent to liuht in h higher degree than
any substance known to the Ixx.ks. It fol
! lows from this that. Miice light i deflected
j in passing fiom 1 meiliuni of one density to
j a medium of another, and as the IhmIv of the
i child was rounded svmmetrb'ally, aii object
' seen through it would nppoar distorted un-
le-s the body were of the same deii-ity a-1 he
air. There was no su.h di-tortion. nor
when the band was surrounded on the palm
side with an atmosphere of pure hydrogen
was there anv, and as of course the 1xhi
,1)t j,,,.,..,,. a ,,,.n. m-Aunn as
the air and at the same time precisely as
hydrogen, the theory p roved untenable," and
there was none in-tter to substitute for it.
I'unng an tins tune tai...iu me iiiomes)
when the child was in the posses-ion of Mr.
Saxe it ate and drank ab-nlutely nothing,
although so far as we could lell it seemed t
, be in good health up to within two weeks
ago, w hen one davit showed signs of pain
as it lay on the led, and in the evening it
I moaned mo-t pitooiisly. Near midnight of
' the same day, while its lied was surrounded
i by a nunilx-rof men and women, it ttddenly
! gasped convulsively, and even while my
hand was upon its head it utterly fell away.
The lwdclothes collapsed, and under our
hands there was absolut.
1 v not lung to mark
that ever the child had been there. It had
to le accounted for'.'
ClIARMFI) PY A SNAKF.
How an Ohio girl was for weeks hi 1 1
in the jiowcr of a blacksnake or racer :s
told by a Mt. Vernon coi resw.nilent of
the Cincinnati f ,., f ;,", as follows:
A very rate psychological phenomenon was
related to us by Mr. "ampVi! :!eur a stiak-'s
itit! uciiei- ovei a young l...l living -,ist of Mt.
Vciiion by the nan. e of licit ha Miiier. For
some w eeks the pio elits had not iced t hat t licit
daughter was showing tiiarks of dc-iming
health, evidenced by an Increasing j.a'. liess
and emaciation and accompanied by a mel
ancholy mood. No marked was the change
bei nming that they began feeling great so.i
citude con.-cining her. and eou-ulted a d:y
sician about the matter. The physician vis
ited tin; girl, but was unable toexp'ain the
cause of her decline or rcml.-r her any aid.
It also fell under t he oh-crvat 'nei of her moth
er that each afternoon, about three o'cl.H-k.
the gill voi:M leave the hou-c i'lid remain
away from one Li tw i Inmrs. This f.t t lw
ing comiiiuni. ated to tin other parent, it was
decided to watch the young lady and di-. ov
er. if possible, the rea-on for such habitual
absence. Accordingly, on thciiay fo'low.cg,
when the Usual hour had an i ed. the tat'.e r
i '-ft the limi-
and watched for t he going of
In a lew uiiiiut. s the ii I w as
,lls daughter.
on her way through a wo.cli.in. I up a ravine
leading from the Siou-e to a small -toncquar-rv.
some half mile di-lan'. ice hirg wl.i. 'i
She t
k a seat on a flat st nc. uinh r a -iimll
of trees, and rem. lined silling there
i cliin:
quietly l'r several minutes, in r In -ml in : i m
one posit ion and h. r ev -s evident ly li .-d on
one spot. The father had g.-tt.-n up so near
by this time that he eon id observe all ll it
'would hapiH-n. In a few moments, to his
, utter amazement, there j-r-M-eedeil tn.ni the
I direction in which the girl w.i looking a
snake about four feet long and know n t. liim
' as the common bhn ksii.ike or racer, "so as
' tonislie.l was he at the peculiar manner of
; his daughter and the appearance ot tie- tcp
i tile that he remained quiet in Lis c.i.ceat
! incut to observe what would happen. l ie
snake crawled along towards 1 lie girl until it
j halted dose to her feet. After remaining
! there motionless tor a minute or more and
gazing fixed iy into the lace of the girl, it
slowly and steadily began creeping toward
her. and in a moment or two alter lay i-oil.-d
in her lap. The girl remained perfectly mo
tionless, apparently not the least alan I at
the presence of ln-i v isitor. but gazing intent
ly at it. After laving inth.it position for a
short tine' it --iowiy uncoiled, crept ..evu to
the ground and back into its hiding pla in
the r.ieks. 'j'he gjil remained sitting motion
less for a considerable time, nud 1 1 ; 11 got up
, and retraced l.cr steps to the house. .i t lie
' following day the father, at the n p;.oiiit.v
time, bulk his gun and proceeding t i the
.scene killed the reptile. The giil. stiilied
by the rejMirt of the gun. sprang to her feet,
but immediately recognizing her ta;li- r. pro
ceeded without further ado back home with
him. W hen interrogati .1. slie eould give no
intelligible reason for visiting the spot, ex
cept that at a certain hour she fcit sti.mgiv
inclined to go and sit there. Niie has rapid
ly recovered h. r health and appears iu ii
wise affected in l er mind.
Experts can offer no satisfactory solution
to this singular proceeding, tin- most l'l.utsj
j ble lx-iug that the reptile possessed a power-
fill mesmeric inMueiiec, w hi.-h had so v, rought
upon the mind of the girl that slie went au
. toinatieally to the v;aee. This in connection
with an inherited and aecui.iui.tted disposi
tion to be iM-guiled by a serpen transmitted
from our lirst mother, Eve oilers tin-only
rational explanation.
A 1 5 A v A I ; I A n l.Kor.xii. The legend
of the wonderful equestrian EpcIoiii
von Gniliugcii. the most renowned lob
lier of his day, is. thus given by a N incm
berg corresjH indent -.
Tradition has assigned him as the fa
vorite of the commanding chief of the bot
tomless pit. lie flourished in the fourteenth
century, and was a rival ol the cclebritcd
founts of llrandenburg. who had their
castles in tin-vicinity of Nuremberg. Hist.i
ry narrates that they w. r- all maitial gentle
men, who found stealing a more lively way
of living than wo' king. Among these rob
bers of the eaily days this Heir Von l.ail
ingenwasa sort ot "Tammany llo-s." ot
"big Injun." and marvelous sturies arc told
of his dauntless lea's. This is a v-al .-d
city, the mo.it being about fifty feet deep by
eighty wide. The local guide poi'iv-d oat
the "exact siMit" where llerr Von iailifgoi
made his wonder! ul leap (A. I, l'isii. and
for the second time saved his life and limb
from the exquisite agon es of the torHue
chamber. The guide inlormed ine that much
tothe joy of the X erenibc! get -s. the great
robber was recaptured, and si-di!v con
demned to undergo the tort ur.-s of tie- horri
ble Iron Virgin. IVforc the l v fixed tor
bis execution, the people clamored for n pub
lic exhibition of him. This being giTin'.cd
he was brought forth, il.v-i 'l in his armor,
just as he was captured He was the pos
sessor of a wonderful h-rs sr.id to have
leen presented to him by his Satanic Va
i jestv, and to be half hois'e and half gob'id.
The" n ime of the horse was llhn k Lightning,
i Wlwn the gTeat chi f was h-d forth to bo
exhibited, he craved one boon, ; .ml only one,
I and that was that he might hav e the pleasure
' of showing himself to best l, ant., .'e upon
the hack ot his favorite st-e.l. This PcUig
i granted, the charger was led forth. With a
: gra.-elul hound. Von ;.iilinge vaulted into
1 the saddle, gave fine piercing sen-am to his
' well-trained 4-Lightn;ng." w l.i.-h made three
i bounds over the heads of the stupid burgh
ers, w hen l e re.u bed the moat. 'ne more
frightful shriek from his master, and at a
single leap he cleared the moat ! To this
day, upon the opposite xvall. can lie seen
' deep and distinct indentations i.i the stone
i of a hole's two hind-feet which proet, of
course, Is lncoiiiesiune.
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