MM Vhecambria freeman Atlvertislns T ate. The Urge and rapidly fcicreaslnr clreulatu O. THI FAaw commend It to the favorabie consideration xt advertiser. Advertisements will be tnserted at the following rate :'. J Inch, time. ' ,.0 1 3tn.ntba 1 " ft months "' 1 " 1 year fc.00 t " A month '" fl ) 2 " 1 year ; Jf, go 3 6 month too 3 " 1 rr 'jo V coi'D month if. CO H " ft month. Jn.on H " 1 year Uf..iO 1 " months rt oo 1 " 1 year tb .00 Administrators and Executor' Notices... I H Auditor' Notice t.OO Stray and (Imilar Notice 1.60 Business Item, flmt insertion 10c. per Una; each iooeeqnent Insertion 5e.perliDe. Mfltfmlvtinni or proerrding of any rnrpora linn rrr aorwfy, and communfrrtfionfc tirtgvrd t call nffrtKfon tnanvmnitTnf HmitrA nr tndtrvlua I jnfercf . mux ttt pjd fnr an ' aditrtltrmenti. Jos PmwTiito of a'.l kind neatly and expedi tiously executed at lowrat prices. Don't you forret It. lr8,,'," ' " ? beisburg, Pa., by H. A. McPike. '18 1 SYu l-narunttfl Circulation - .' . .TH.L BOOMISO. MATCH IT t . one rear, cash in advance M.50 u ?t ') not p'd within 3 moa. 1 75 tf not p'd within 8 mos. 2.00 ,. ,f not p'd within year.. 2.25 residing outside the county . Mclona! per year will be charged to i'r.''"'f(iit will the hfi7 terms be de r'1l n,,i. nod those who don't consult their .r-11-; Mvinff in ndvance) must not H. A. McPIKE,' Editor and Publisher. 'HI 18 A FREEMAN WHOM THE TRUTH MAKE8 FREE, AND ALL ARK SLATES BESIDE." SI.50 and postage per year. In advance. fi "'"k. placed "1 thesni fontinn aa thoe Wcx"'1 , tniJ fact be distinctly understood ,vt :me forward ... tur vour i-"i" " , ... t None hut renin wajrs do oth ...... t . htifiirn mil linn it I f VOLUME XIII. EBENSI5URG, PA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1879. NUMBER 45. F:t ' t h.. mi.-Hlnwoi life- too ghort. mi A UV AA A Q .A s. O . A. 4V j III Lnlll llllli . o ier:.v 'OKI by t first . M'u :: ietti rf '! (PIANOS and )1E LAIlfiEST AND CHEAPEST HOUSE IN PENN'A. L.Tiac recently accepted the General Agency for Central Penntylvanla (In aililltion to our old territory), with headqunrtera and R(iE STORE ROOM IT 1404 ELBVBST1I AVIL, JLT00X1, IN CHARGE OF MR. CEORCE W. COOD, ad belne ile.lro of filfndlnic onr already iimneuae sale) of the xno4t eel. ebrated and moat desirable PIANOS and ORGANS h,r Introilnred to a mnlc-loTlnr public, we reapectrully Invite all who are deslrona of pnrchanlna; a Fivst-Class Ixisti?unxieiit of i iriiFR it i n to oivk rs a call. AVE SELL NO PIANO Oil ORGAN j THAT Wi: CANNOT FULLY WARRANT, AND IJEIXG TIIIJ Largest XQil3:s iix tliq gtat OUR PRICES ARE THE LOWEST. nr House u as established in 1S.31 in nttsburyh, where tee will con tinue nt A'o. 79 J-'ifth Avenue. instruments Sold on Small Monthly Payments. H AT f 8 FACTIOX O UARAXTBED. WE ARE STILL ON DECK! AND PROPOSE TO REMAIN THERE! A Perfect Tornado in Low Prices. j Haines Brothers. 0S WEBER. PALACE. GAMS i STERLING. iMason&Hamlin.l NEWTON & CO. !Ur-nuw- vv - 1404 Eleventh Avenue, Altoona, Pa. MELLOR & HENRICKS, 79 Fifth Avenue, Pittshurgh, Pa. em To tlie numerous i-edors of the Fi-eMiifn V. S. BARKER & BROTHER pnd greetini;, rind as a. matter of inter-eft to all burprs invite at tention to the special indnoeinents below : IVTen's Department. We have the lareit and most complete aortment of ItOOTS ever seen In this or any other conn- irv town, rotnpriinjr .11 quaiittef irom the congest 10 me nnosi, ana ht .rice winrn noiy competition. M e hare not jiiffU-lent time or upaoe to Rive a full price llt. but append an example or two of our low prices in this depnrtmvu : For$".!.5ft w; sell a man boot, made from whole ptoek. with HADirt91tAif, and fully warranted, which i. fi't oents cheaper thnn a hoot of the snme quality can l-e bought from any other tlciler in twn. A !?r. a man". clf boot (warranted), with trtjt sole, either ""m-ed or pcrrd. for "i SO. fur entire I'ne will he .olrl at the same low rates, and If customers fail to find our prices lar be low those ol other dealers they will not be asked to buy A complete stock of boys' and youths' boots at prices eoimllr chip. besides s;um boots at prices a little cheaper than othpr doalers demand. In 'I.OTIIIti we have special bargains to oticr. as we keep a lull stock of medium priced gar ments, as well as samples of nner goods, and will take your order for any kind of a fine suit, which we guarantee to furnish for less monev than yon can buy the same kind of iroods in Altoona or Johnstown. Our ft IO Nnlts are stnnninir banrains. In iVKKt'f ATS we c.irrv the only complete stock in town, and defy any one to compete with our prices, while in CASSIMKKKS and CLOTHS we have the most extensive and varied assortment ever exhibited In Kbcnsburfr, andean have suits made to order on short notice. TVm't fall to see our pant iroods before buyinif. We keep at all times a full line er 1'XDKKWKAK. from the cheapest to the best, and as an exam ple of our low prices on these iroods. and the only one we have room for. we quote frood, heavy under shirts at 24 cents each, and lull suits at SO cents. "Who can beat these figures ? Ladies' Department. WF WISH TO CALIj SPECIAL ATTENTION TO OUR SUPERB STOCiv or 1 .ADIlS' COATS, Wh'ch we Lave In preit variety and at all prlees from $2.W up to the highest. We certainty have won derful barsain. in this line, and to those laities who need coats for the coming winter, but do not wish te buy just yet awhile, we would iv, come and examine our stock now an 1 select what you want and have it laid away, which will be done with pleasure, as by so dolnsr you will have a lnnre assortment to .elect from, which mav not be the case lonir. as we expect to reduce the stock very much before the 2Mh of this month. Anyhow when yon visit our store don't forget to look at the coats, which wo will he pleased to show yvi whether vnn wfsh to buy or not. Tn Rf. CASHMERES we have a r.ice line, and are yivlnir Treat banrains in them as well as other liKKSN Ot X 1 of various qualities and textures. HI SHAWLS we shall keep a lull assort ment, double and single, and of all stvles and prices. We also have a neat and complete stock of La dles' KNIT JACKETS. H iSIEKY, INIiEKWKAK. .LOVES, xc. as well as the best line of WAT TEEI'KOOKS for ladies' cloaks and children's wear ever hrounht to Ehenshutx. MISCELLANEOUS DEPARTMENT. First, we wish to call special attention to nr CARPETS. We hare completed arrangements with Houses in New York whereby we are enabled with the aid ol a wonderful in- RICHARDSOX'S CAXtPET EXHIBITOR, I JiK.VOHX IN RENT. BY EUA WHEELER. If the dead lying under the prasses, Uiiser-n liiiKer near the bf reft, Ilavinp knowledge and sense of what passes In the hearts and the homes they have left, What teardrops, than sea waters Salter, Must fall as they watch all the strife When they see how we fall, how we falter, How we miss in the duties of life. If the great, who go out with their faces IJedewed by a weeping world's tears. Stand near and can see now their places Are filled, while the multitude cheers, If the parent, whose back is bent double With delving for riches and gold, Lends Rn ear to the wrangle and trouble About him before he is cold. If the wife, who left weeping and sorrow Hehind hr, bends down from above. i And beholds the tears dried on the morrow, Ana me eyes newi burning with love ; If the gracious and royal-sou led mother, From the silence anil hunh of the tomb, Can hear the harsh voice ot auotht-r Mow-blighted the fruit of the womb, If the old hear their early begotton Rejoicing that burdens" are gone ; If the young know how soon they're forgotten While the mirth and the revel go on What sighing of sorrow and anguish. Must sound through the chambers of space! What desolate spirits must languish In the mystic and undescribed place ! The Life was a farce with its burden. And Death but a terrible jest, But they cannot. The grave gives its guerdon Of sifence and beautiful rest. SAVEIJ IJY A SANDSTORM. AN ADVENTTRE IN NEW MEXICO. one of the finest t'arpct veation, known as to show you at your own door, at It were, the entire sock of a New York Wholesale House. We have ; not room to lully explain all the merits of the ' Exhibitor, but will taKe great pleasure in showintr yon The incident I am about to relate took place on the Jornada desert, the route across which is called in the lan guage of the country, Jornada del Meur- le journey of dcatl:. , It is a barren, treeless waste., stretch j inut for ninety miles along the Ilio I Grande river, and extending eastward j to the White mountains, uuwatered by a single stream, and only one spot for obtaining a snpply of nature's precious beverage, known also by the criminous j title of Oje del Meurte .sprinp; of death j is found in the whole length of the : passage. I Scant vegetation exists in a few fav ! ored localities, but the greater part is a i grassless plain, alternating with vast i ! tields of w hite sand which, blown bither i and thither by the fierce winds that in i summer sweep over the torrid expanse, iook iiKe uiiiowy seas on the horizon. the samples In our store, which will give you an opportunity to select any carpet you may desire from I This tract Would also be devoid Of all I LATEST Iff S AM BEST! 'ALL and WINTER GOODS IN t i RKAT I'ltOI L SIOX AT REtDHOFF'S CHEAP STOKE! t.i''iy ir.-r i'ji' f'irir.-irJ t 't (fit roming Presidential eh ction in. hnpts of : Ui. k'i i.i'vi. t'if s u )'ier (.? nonrludfd rtmnin in the mercantile ' i'.ys n i l ijirr it. hi. 'tii dh-td'd attention bi up)hin'f hi friends -nd the tjf if ndi iritk ALL KIXD OF GOODS IT PRICES SO LOW ! that yoxi: l ax on nAitn comvuti: with htm. '-. "i'( find ti full and th'iant st'vk of cvtrylhinii to be fntnd in a general i PJ 5 ?! JTTrV - fi f I S t S-J fea u L FL'tlt ''It '' ' 4.'' t-C LUll e tlltC ly , DRESS GOODS, MOTIONS, HITS. CUPS, Boots, Shoes, Groceries. Hardware, Tinware, LTire, Glassware, ffootaare, Cigars, Tctecco! Cannei Goods, &c, k -zreat variety of new and elegant patterns. We have just received a choice lot of BLANKETS, which we are offering at prices ranging from $2 to $5. We have also added to our stock a handsome line ot CLi K'KS. anil are now prepared to lurnlsh all styles and qualities, no matter how common or how elaborate, at prices fully -5 per cent, cheaper than regular dealers charge tor dock.- r.f the same make and flnish. In EL hik and TA HLE ) L 'LOTUS we are offering unequalled Inducements, our prices being not only the lowest but our stock the largest and best la town, comprising all widths and patterns lor either floors or tables. OTHER GOODS IX ENDLESS PROFUSION. We have enumerated only a few ot the manv articles we have for sale, as It would require many more columns than we w-mld like to pav for to give a full llt of ail the goods we keep. Suffice It to lihenomeiia .V Ihnf We hn-e the hnn-et ct.wlj rf m.i...-n.ll.. in VK. l...luH ......a ..1,1A ..n, n .. i t . other house contains all of which we bought at the lowest cash prices, while meny ot the goods were bought early and of course before any advance in price. f this latter class wo note Canton Flannels, of which we purchased largely In July and at prices mu-h lower than they could he bought for now. So too with our monster stock of Hoots and Shoes, as well as many other goods which might bo men tioned, and which were all bought at the old ami more moderate prices ol three months ago. This Is how It comes to pass that we e in sell goods cheaper than other men In the business. AVe know some dealers will tell you that we are only blowing, but all we ask is a comparison of our prices with theirs. We have sold tlKOCEKIES cheaper all summer than anv other firm in town, and we not onlv intend to do so in the future, but to keep the largest and best "stock of 1 KOCEK1ES. as well as FLOCK, FEED. OKAIN. SALT. FISH, MEAT, LAKI), OLASS of all sizes, NAILS, OILS &.C., to he found in Northern Cambria. OUR TERMS ARE STRICTLY CASH, or Country Frodnce at Cash Prices. " We buy all kind of (rrain, beans, onions, chestnuts, and other produce. Call at our store and we will take great pleasure in showing you our Roods and inlormtuc you of our prices, whether you wish to buy anvthlng or not. A'. S. lYlilv I'M? Ac I5RO. F.bciiNhnrr. Ortolier 5. 179.. tf. STERLING n.fifl:. coiiN MFAL. F1SII, SALT bv the bushel and barrel. PRUfiS, XAILS, 'I.AS. 1 I'TTV, LIU SHKS, IJUOOM.s. &"c. I have likewise added to my stock :ihivs ivrrj:ivrr corn 111:1.1.11-, u i. (, told at the rrrr.arkable low price of 60 eenf rach. Alto for $alr, the T A.N'D QITKEST BUTTER-PRODUCING CHURN EVER INVENTED. tfA i-rrc ir.cfase nt business has necessitated the enlargement of my tore-roora and the erec ! : t r. .1 ivircrnora. and still my establishment Is literally crowded with choice roods and '-: !;cr faruain. Mill beinic ileterm'ned t o aceoramoilate all who eome. and especially ''' f-'-'n th rountrv. to whom the highest r rices in trade will b paid for all kind ot produce, :l w r,nri mv lar,rc and commidlous t a. le for the free use of all who msy wish to put up 'r i Tt.ankful' tor i nt favors and hopjfu mny lu'nt onea I remain as ever. Hlth Street. Fhrn.burr, Oct 3. IH7!. ?C. xT. FHEID1IOFK FIVE PER CENT ZFL1CrZ3SSIO. BOOT. Madn tn anpyily the f-yiu'sr denan-t for an AllUnhber Boot, and aa rmre a. can be made, fprcr and leg double thirknc.a of Hnbber, the fibre or Rrain of which la cro.ted at rirlit anple.. whereby separa tion cf t :e fHrM or ' criick-ir.j" is uim-!e iinposslle. Or.llr.ary Rubber Boots invariably wrinkle, laading i crvs. besides chafing the fe't ana anvic. and wearing fliit :. (j .io.-ciUfe. All t'. s i. obviated by lUe Iioutle Upper an! :'"rrv. .re r.r i.;,:,hr. half Inch thick, and not nilel with Ti6;'i. l:ka cuinruoa liul'lmr liooti. In ta cut below, the black part m.rk ed " Svii I Kt-.bber Fillin,'," in c.r hnrry I5uilxr lljots U mala cf Biound-np e-raps rf cloth, and is lir.ither durable r-r,rv at--proof; but in tun ;luety-FiTe T r Cent. F erling !,n ot." v hen the r.p lole ar.i ion? aoie ire worn thmigh.a third aole all aolid R n h b e r present. yi ltarif, and give 100 per cent, al lj'ional mr.r, wiinoui nn i ui of Iihik or wiht. Thee aols wiil out-e-.jr tcTural paaa of tiummou F.ubuer I.oo't. I cvrem 25 Per Cent. Sicrlin RTJEBZn BOOT. of Fhowici Till the Solid Rcbber .e m pioe or i'e Jfc'ri'W--"!''''iT W !1 Its. Filllnir osd in ordinary irz . ffcyt rAJfW '' r. ' " ai5BT w vis; essj-s;' ii!: Tt-'sy ' fvny OCHESTE Tills- I.AUGlST STOCIC OF IEN'S and BOYS' CLOTHING " "'Majrd In Altoonia ls nnw rc-ntly for Inspeelinn in nnsurpas.alde elf- j Itanre and nneqnsillol rarlfty at ; it)Pi'L.n i'U)Ni-:r,u j AS i I QX EMPORIUM!! TO QT ALITY. NEATNT.MS. LCRAniLITV AM) FIT. THE CHESTER MAKE OF CLOTHING R CLOTHING "Warranted Tliroo Boutin?, v2s. : a-. l 1 htvt there may hn no qtictlon as to the tim, the patent Lina:nt nn in rut, proTitl a pr forerery day, monta inl yr. mo tamt the rT'i doair rofa mir.j a mm.ii, cn punch on; the dale thereof, ami th Xioota will in ibtmifilTee tar irtnaT!wnt rror I of that dit. .t:r.at in Urro .-ruir.) Lvcry lioot baan the war rant in I.tim.r.r Iettr e-i th Ke. Althciiph -rni;i;(;ly hih pri l, rrr moro ecoziuTr. v I ths.n a Boot r f co, an r:ih proper care '.':!! rcr.ler r-xk! erTice frum Fall The Poor Man's Boot. mm ;.-.ri-V.f .s-s'ir r;s. . i : auiinul life but for the ceaselessly roam i ing red man, and. the occasional herds of antt-loe that sjeed fleetly from ranpe j to range of the widely separated moiin i tains. ! It was on an occasion such as I have I just noted, that I was led into the peril ! ous situation, from the dangers of which one of the nature's wild aud singular interposed to save me. I Wearied by the inactivities of a hait made early in the day, Uob and I had wandered forth to stretch our legs, and look for antelope. The quest proving fruitless, we now stood for a inonienc , looking over the dreary prospect, wilh ! in whose desert sweep we seemed to be j the only living creatures. The sun, j still some hours high, beat down with ; unabated zeal uioii the gleaming waste and not a breath of air stirred to lan our heated brows. Ixmg, filmy, spiral j like clouds stood high in the azure liea- vers, an indication of a whirlwind in ; those latitudes, we both knew; and Bob eyeing them remarked : j "A good day for whirlwinds ; there goes one now,'' pointing out to me a j slight cloud of dust rising above a swell i of the plain far to our right. ".Xo, : there's something moving mere."' he added, as several dark objects became ! visible, bobbing up and down beyond the rise. I "Our antelope, perhaps,'' I suggested, i "Antelope! not they. Anteloix: would j ?.how more white. J5y (ieorge, we are j in tor it ! I believe those- are ludians," j returned my friend, steadily watching I the distant objects. j "Yes, and there's lots of them, too. j Let's be oil out of this betore they see j us," I exclaimed, as a dozen or more t savage forms, clustered together on the ! mound, kit no further rom for doubt as to what species of animal tliev lelong ed. "They are bound to see us anyhow. They see us now. but we'll give 'em a long ch;t5e. Come on," cried liob, lop , ping off at a great rate as he spoke, i Taking one more look at the Indians II saw that they were still there; and j something more I saw, that which por- tended yet greater danger to us. A : slender column of smoke was slowly making its v. ay into the siill air. A signal sinoke ? Then there were more of the red fiends around, whom these would die hard I knew ; and more than one savage should fail to be in at the "lifting" of our hair. Bob and I had as yet, not much experience in the strat agems of the wily feo. In later years we should have saved our wind, and coolly kept the enemy at bay wilh our long range rifles. We had run some three miles, when a whoop on our left caused us to glance in that direction, w here we beheld another horde of savages w ith yells and gesticu lations, bearing swiftly down upon us, and not more than a quarter of a mile away. Our worst fears seemed now abut to ba realized. We were already pretty well exhausted, but our speed sensibly increased under this new incentive. Yet we knew it could not last. Some thing Ixodes running had now to be done and at once. Two of the Indians were outstripping the rest, and rapidly near ing us. Bob and I were of one mind, for without speaking, we slackened our pace. After getting our breath a little, ws agreed on a plan of action. The two foremost savages were now within range, one leading the other by two or three rods, and suddenly coming to a halt, I faced them and delivered my shot, with the best aim I was capa ble of, at the nearest. It missed him but the second Indian, chancing to be in the line of fire, foil howling and kick ing on the sand. Tne Indian in the lead retreated to his fallen comrade, and I instantly reloaded and turned toward Bob, who, in Continuation of our plan of operations, was to fire in his turn. Bob was a cool, true shot, and, dron- ; ping on one knee, he sighted at the In j dian who seeing the motion, began danc ' ing about at a great rate, at the same j making oft! toward his companions. Af I ter following his movements a moment ' Bob fired, and the savage fell backward I never to rise again. j "There, I feel better," said Bob, ris ing and shoving rome a cartridge. "Those two won't le likely to trouble us again. Oh, if we only had some rocks or trees to get behind now ! But there isn't as much as a twig for a bird to light upon on these accursed sand heaps," he continued emphasizing his remarks by a contemptuous thrust of a United States army No. 5 brogau into said soil. While Bob was talking my eyes bad been on the Indians, but my thoughts were traveling over the route we had j come that afternoon from camp, I re-1 membered that we had passed a small, j rocky elevation, caused by the washing j of the soft soil from a ledge once wholly i covered by earth, thus leaving exiosed j a ridge of broken, crumbling sandstone, i Where was this ledge? Mightwe not j yet gain the protection of these jagged j spu rs tic approach of this irresistible desert monster. The Indians, on their discovery of the terrifying phenomena, had eagerly watched for it a few moments, then made off eastward as fast as theii legs would carry them, leaving their lifeless comrade behind a most unusual cir cumstance for savages. They were flee ing from the path of the fast .'approach ing whirlwind, they thought but they were destined to become involved in its resistless vortex. For many seconds the huge mass seemed to tower direct ly over our heads, and we cowered, breathless, among the rocks ; then it swept by w ith a roar like the rush of mighty wings, right in the wake of the flying Indians. We saw them hesitate turn and flee in an opposite direction. But they were too late. The gigantic leviathan of the air closed upon them, and whether they lived to escape the terrible consequences of such an experience I am unable to say, for we never saw them more. With the rush of wind as the tempest swept by came a delude of rain, refresh ing the parched earth and our parched lils as well. The skies cleared beautifully behind the departing storm aud the sun went down in golden splendor as we took our glad leave of our rocky rtfuge.-Z'orffond-yVcmscripf. AX ILL'WIM). A THRILLING TALE OF SEA. LOVE ON THE "Hands by the halliards! Clew up roy als and to'-gallant sails !" shouted Cap tain Berit of the ship Reindeer, as a heavy gale, which for many hours had 1-een seen brewing to windward, came driving down toward the vessel. "Shall we have a bad storm, papa ?" inquired Winnie Melton a beautifnl young girl of seventeen as she shrank closely to the side of her father, Mr. Melton, who stood with her on the quarter-deck of the ship. The two had taken passage aboard the Reindeer at the Sandwich Islands, where Mr. Melton and Winnie, his only child, had leen to visit an agent on bus iness. He bad taken his daugter with him because she had expressed a wish to go, and he had thought the trip would do her good. "Better for me bad I never seen that girl," muttered the poor sailing master, Warren Grove, as he stood on the quar ter watching a French vessel to wind ward, which had ln-en spoken a few hours lefore. "As soon as the storm passes, I will tell the captain I wish to leave his vessel, and go aboard vonder hip. Better I should tear myself away from the girl at once than remain to be ! Warren. Mr.' Melton had just sprang into the long-boat, and with several sailors stood ready to take Winnie, whom Warren, in the main chain, wasendeavoring to pas to the boat. The lurch frightened the girl, who slipied back on deck from Warren's grasp, while he. thus losinir his balance, fell into the boat. "My child! Oh, God! mv child !" screamed Mr. Melton, holding out his hands, his gray hair streaming in the wind. Warren compressed his lis. made one tremendous spring, and clutched the parted boat-warp, dangling over tli ship side. By this he drew himself to the deck of the sinking vessel. She was plunging down; thejourg man clutched Winnie, and endeavored to strike out for the boats, but the mad whirlpool of waters drew him and the girl down into the cabin. Down, lower, went the fated ship. The cataract of water oured round the young people and filled the cabin. Winnie gasped and trembled ; her gurgling smote upon Warren's ears. He endeavored to keep on the suiface of the water, which, ow ing to the incli nation of the ship, had not yet reached the upper beams of the cabin. The rumbling thunder and gurgle of the incoming seas tilled the whole ship. Warren gained the surface of the wa ter, but another sheeted cataract pour ed in, and the cabin was full to the learns ! The young man was strangling; but he did not lose his self-iiossession. He caught at a beam above him, and wth a tremendous effort of strength drew himself and his burden to the uper cabin window, which had lcen btrst ojen by the pressure of the water. For a moment the suction force field him motionless here, but the next, the ship being now full of water, the bub bles began to break, and with them and his precarious burden were sent shoot ing to the surface of the sea. The crew of the long-loat picked them up. Fortunately there was not yet much of a sea, notwithstanding the force of the gale, so that both of the boats could be easily worked. Mr. Melton clasped his half senseless daughter in his arms. She was not at all injured, as Warren had contrived to shield her ierson w ith his own form so as to receive the full force of the shock when dashed into the cabin. He was badly bruised and lav nearlv lifeless in the bottom of the lat. In his excitement and anxiety to save Winnie he had previously scarcely felt his injuries. "My noble fellow !" said theCaptain, taking a brandy flak from his pocket. "I have saved her ; let me die !" said "Bob I I shouted at length as we again moved briskly on, "did you notice the rocky ridge we passed coming out ?" "Ha! ves; I remember it. Just the I able place we want. But where was it ? I couldn't tell to save me from yonder howling imps. I wonder what's the matter with them now?" replied Bob, glancing over his shoulder at the In dians. "They have joined their forces; just what I thought ; they'll be after us lierce now," he added. "Well, let them come I We are sure to reach the ledge. Follow me; 1 know exactly where it lies," I cried taking the h ad. Orr pursuers, now increased to the number of twenty-five or thirty, were again coming on at a swift ice. but cheered by the anticipation of shelter near at hand, we held our own in the race for some time. Then another well directed shot from Bob checked their tortured by the sight of one whom I can never hope to make mine." arren had lately received an honor- discharge from the Chilian sloon- ; of-war St. Mary, and had taken passage ; for home. ! j He was a fine looking young fellow, j ! with clear, gray eyes, sun-browned face, i and a form inured to hardships ; for he I ' had led a wild, roving sort of life from j i his youth. : j This loudness for wandering and ad ' venture had kept him poor, and that i ; was why he thought it was better had j he never seen Winnie Melton, whom he j i loved at first siirht. i i The rich brunette comiilexion. the 'his neck i round, plump form, the lithe, willowy j Rut he is not dead. I waist, the musical, unaffected voice,1 In half an hour the castaways were all ; were irresistible ; but it was the dark :' picket! tip by the French ship, which had , eye untier lier arcinng urows, wild tbeir wine tiown ior mem, and arren Mas "No, no!" cried Winnie, sobbing over the prostrate man. "You shall live, and may you be happy w ith her the young latiy in Iondon win tin you in tended to wed." "I wed?" stammered Warren. "I know no voting ladv in London. Who told vou that ?" "Mr. FitzVrg." The latter colored, and muttered something alout "all K'ing fair in love and war." "It was false," said Warren. Then he leaned back and his ees closed. "lie is dead !" screamed Winnie, now impulsively throwing her arms around :av;v;w,'i speed until, amid the most fearful ' whoops from the ba tiled foe, we gained j the ledge and took refuge among its 1 crumbling pinnacles. j The disappointed savagrs, after halt-' ing a moment, evidently for consulta- , tion. spread themselves out, completely ! encircling our little fortress, and with ; wild yells, made feints of rushing in ! upon us, discharging showers of arrows that fell far short of their mark, how ever. We thought they were going to j charge upon us at once, ami disjwised ourselves to sell onr lives as dearly as possible. But they were only amusing ! themselves, or trying to at our expense, ! and one, cnturing within range to ex- , hibit peculiar antics, expressive of con- : tempt, for white men generally, received j a compliment, in return, from Bob's j skillful hand that rolled him upon the t sand, and caused the whole party to , withdraw to a more secure distance, j Then ensued a scene characteristic of j all Southwestern Indians. A circle was ! formed around the body of the fallen brave, and a brawny savage, probably the chief, began haranguing the cow- w?re notifying of the discovery of our j ardly crowd, eliciting yells of rage and 1119 ELEVENTH AVENUE, ALTOONA, PA. 0i Grrrtiacl Opening -OF HUl'vL' IV tt i in cacvtc rt nnun i ni' lriTir rviTr"C " 1 L IiL.XIK tUL iM I KjAA U'.Ul Anr, 1111 ULUO, Jsti t fall before invef tint- in s new suit to eall anj inspect the icoods at tf.e best in tie market, while In stock and prices wc defy competition. ec.lotjii;n(;! cloti-iiois J HATS AND CAPS! HATS AND CAPS! IX IN WOLF'S OHBIMIED CLOTHIKG BiniBj13fe.&c- T-"fth Street. A W ,o t,.e ,-nstfce. Altoona. la. !! 1 U1 UUU, i-llllUren. " 3- IS70.- tr. O. WOLF, Propriotor.lii1 presence, and how much more 1 could only conjecture. Being a good runner in those days I was soon alongside of Bob, shouting what 1 had seen to him as we ran. "I know the game. They have been watching onr liain and have seen us all i t'ie time. They have set a trap for us i divided up and I reckon we are in a fix," yelled liob, glancing suspiciously , about, as it expecting to see an enemy spring out of the very sand at our feet. Having nothing to do but run, I held my peace and did my lest at that. The course was an excellent one, just yield- ing enough not to hurt the feet, and we j were in good condition for the race, ! having been under iliet and training in j Uncle Sam's bands for many months. ' Still, as we were some ten miles from ! camp, to distance the trained runners of j these wilds in a trial of so great a length : would, I feel, test our powers of endur- j ance to their utmost. But I felt conli- ! dent of being able to reach a position I grief as he pointed alternately in our ui- j rection, or at the dead warrior at his : feet. I He was, doubtless, endeavoring to in- vanea expression, now bright, merry, sparkling, nowshy and soft asagazelle's, at one moment uplifted, the next hidden by the long, silky lashes that caught poor Warren's heart so promptly. He had spoK.ui to Mr. Melton, who liked him, and was pleased to hear him relate some of his adventures. Winnie, however, seemed to treat him rather coldly. She would some times s and and listen to his conversa tion with her father, but whenever he sjMike to her she would answer briefly, and even seem a little vexed. In fact, she avoided him so sedulously that he at hist concluded she disliked him, and resolved to speak to her no conviction forcing itself on that she thought he was a mere fortune ! hunter, and was attracted by her wealth. ! There was one pt rson. however, with : whom she often conversed ; arichoung ' man, named Walker Fit?lerg, who was 1 a passenger aloard the Reindeer, and whom Mr. Melton had known lefore. ! "Aye, he will marry her," thought Warren, "and I shall continue to be a wanderer. I had intended to 'settle down,' but I could never rest were Pbe to liecome the wife of another." With intense interest Warren watch- ed the seamen, as they sprang to exe I cute the order to take in sail. As Winnie put her timid question, he could not help giving her a reassuring able to sit up in the berth, where he had been conveyed. Winnie and her father were at his ,ide. the girl holding his hand. She proved a tender nurse, and wh?t might have been exacted followed. They were united a few months 1 iter. Warren obtained remunerative em ployment in the merchant lirm of his uncle, and is now a partner. Winnie and he are indeed happv made so by that accident to the Rein deer as otherwise Warren would have left the ship, never peril ap to me t the young girl, whose co'.dne.-.s towards him. caused by Fitzberg's artful fal-. Lood. more, the i wouni mns nave remained unexplained, his mind i i cite his timid audience to braver deeds J glance, as her father replied than thev had vet exhibited, and we watched, w ith considerable anxiety, the ' result of his efforts. Suddenly, at this juncture, our attention was called to the unnatural darkness which, in a moment's time, as it seemed to us, so absorbed bad we leen in observing the "Yes, Winnie, I think we shall have a severe storm, but the Reindetr is a good ship, and will brave it !"' The vessel was soon under reefed main sail, close reefed maintopsail and top mast stay sail. With a howl and a shriek tie storm movements of the enemy, fell like a I pounced upon her. The masts Writ great black pall over the g'oomy plain. ! and snapped, the rigging lellied in A vast cloud extended from west to ! whistling, rojics and sheets writhed and east across tha heavens. The sun had I slatted about, the ship was whirled down gone behind its western limit, tinging j on her beam ends, and sent driving tl.e mountain-like heights with a rim of ' along through the mad waters in a ier brightest gold, terminating with a deep ' feet clou.I of spray humming thunder. frinre of amber : while earthward a Standing on tin-toe. clutching her father's arm, A mine was a pretty pic- betokened the whence the sound of ourrifles should le j clear across the desert, then," Bob re wild, lurid appearance fierce strife of winds. "We are going to have a tempest li ib I iliserved. Hope it will blow yonder red fiends ! loose about the shoulders, the red man- any time to appear on the scei.e. ture to look at, The lips were hilf parted and tremb ling with anxietv; the dark curls blown A Matteii-of-Fai t Romance. Now that "mysterious disappearances" : appear to have set in with unexampled j severity, it will l-e T interest to recall a very remarkable instance w hi. h made a great impression on th? mind of Natha- ! niel Hawthorne. A gentleman whom i Mr. Hawthorne names Wakefield, be ing happily marrried. and dwelling in London, one day hit upon the idea that he would mysteriously disappear. There i was, or at least there is, nothing pecu- liar in that. Only Mr. Wakefield de termined that ho would not dissaj jn ar i further than the next street. Accord ! irmly he took lodging in the street next j adjoining that in which Ins once happy ; home was situated, and there, 1 os:t to sight though to memory dear, dwelt for : twenty years. lHiring that jn-riod, our I authority says, he beheld his home j every day, ami frequently the forlorn ! Mrs. Wakefield, but was himelf never recognized. After this gap of twenty years in his matrimonial felicity, when his death was accepted as a certainty, I when his estate had Ixvmi admin. stered and his wife lone resigned to her aut- nmnal widowhood, he one evening quiet ly knocked at the door, walked in as if he had just arrived after a day's absence in the city, and thenceforward lived a loving and hoine-.sta ing sjKiuse. The advantages of this topographical ar rangement are obvious, ;it least as far as Mr. Wakefield was concerned. His propinquity would have enabled hiTn at y ' CASH DKAhKIt IX ALL KIND OF WlNGand COOKING STOVES ANT) MAXL'l'ACTniEH OF SHEET-IRON WARE, Uo J:i;voilti Aa ' rV'rVT P, A E THE . Kaolins, ftpoaienv and Repairing: of rij anil Kntlafnrtorll j nllendej to "t., Altoona, I 'it , lo-et.'jotr. iJ j Oil Zll"?;??Ji t ii.. H-.r,Lr. 7 Win St.. N. V. .. , WANT F.I . lonna- Men and Lndie. to lesrn Telc-rrnjili v. or.d sanations auarnnte. d. Address wi'M t miii tJHF.KI.IN TF.Ll.Ult.Vl H 't.. Ob. rlln, HiU.. 0HE PBICE AMD F'lll DEALIHG ill ill OSES! Q "rhr avei (leads are entirely new and ftnaranterd the finest, and rheapeitt In the city, t ail and examine. s; S. B. CORN & CO., X 1307 Eleventh Avenue, AETOnXA, es bent 0 pa ; .-- it TP?? I'lTTsnritGii, pa. Exclusively devoted to the practical education of j'l'imi" and middle aired men lor active business life. Sc.li.Tol always in session. SUi.li ins can ea-t-r at nv tinne. S 'nd fnr ci--ul.r. l-'JH.-3in J. .SMITH, A. ST., Principal. i-- Month and expen-rs ntar:i-ite I I tmtnt tree. ?haw i t ' Asrents Ai m sti. Mjim. C.VL TION. hereas mv wife. Mary J K. Stronicr. lias left my he,! and bnnrd without any ji:st cs.ne. ail persons arc lierc notified that I will not pay any bills, nwmnti.'or ibts con tracted by her. unless ntni'Miel I v !no cmimo of w .... . -e J'.iS.'iSTH.JMKR. Washington Twp., Nov. 25, 1S79.-3; PTGS FOR SALE. The. subscriber has a choice lot ol yonn j.is of the E-ex and Herkshire creeds, which he will sell nt moderate pri'W- .lOIstFH OUTWALP. E!enHirir. Nor. It, 17. heard in camp and nuicklv bring some of our comrades to onr assistance ere ' the party we had seen could overtake us. j My thoughts would dwell on the sig nal smoke l had seen, and warily watch- I died and avoided, so far as possible, the occasional shallow rifts, left by some former deluge, that might serve as pla ces of ambuscade to our implacable foes. "If we only could gain some shelter the case would not np;earso desperate," I thought; for in all probability we could defend ourselves against the enemy until succor should come. But here, on the oen plain, Ave were at the mercy of the Indians, and would be surrounded, scal ped, and our bones be left to whiten on the desert sands. Such thoughts as these tilled my mind as I glanced back every few moments at the pursuing band of redskins, each time to see them nearer, and coming on wiih the rapidity and ease of a prize runner at Gilmore's. What Bob thought of th? situation I knew not. He was pulling on vigorously, and his face wore an ex pression I bad learned to interpet as one of great determination. Bob would die hard. Bjth of us plied, looking around. "But look there ! What is that ? A sandspout, by heaven! a monster too; I never saw anything like that before," cried Bob, starting up in excitement. Nor had I ever seen the like. Ap proaching, as it seemed, exactly in our direction was a monster whirlwind, reaching from the darkened earth to the pall-like cloud above, wheeling and eddying in vast circles as it lapjied up in its rapacious fold the light dust of the arid plain. The advance of the terrible visitant was extremely grand and sublime. Its proportions were massive and awe-inspiring; its march as steady and resist less as the onward sweep of countless bison, but far moro swift. The upper portion was as clearly cut and defined as the castled domes of the Colorado, and wore a lurid, yellowish hue the whole heavens being now of the same unearthly color. Close to the ground it bulged broadlv, like an inverted tunnel tie fluttered on the wind, the form was drawn up so that the lieautiful outline of the waist was distinctly levtaled. The Captain was about advising his passengers to go lielow, when a tremen dous shock went through the ship. "We are going down !" with white lips shrieked the carpenter. He had just been in the hold, ami reported that a whale or some other sea monster had come into contact with the ship's bot tom, and there stove a hole. "Clear away the boats ! ' shouted the Captain, in a clear voice. Warren sprang to assist. The quarter-boat and long-boat were soon cleared away and lowered. Ere they could Vie well provisioned an omin ous roaring sound was heard. It was the rushing cf the water into the hold! Fil.bcrg. losing all control of himself, sprang f r the bo-it, in his haste almost knocking AVinnie down. The two boats were soon manned, but ere Winnie could be helivd into them cnp :md Inio-e c.tvern-likr-recesses oncned in I bv Warren Grove and her iather. the rapid succes-don amid the revolving ; ship lifted her bowsandluithed he:ivily, i Moiv than one h;r mass. A dull roar, increasing to a fear- preparatory to going down. ( w' 1;-'ng th- M' fill rushing sound, preceded the majes- This poi u ! the- b .it-v.i-. ps. hc'. ' i t l i. josing Ins wife had ln-en less faithful to his memory, and lwen disoed ag.-iin to embark ujmn matrimony. To that extent he seems to have had his wife at a disadvantage, and on the whole bis conduct is not commendable. But there is one grain of comfort to 1m de rived from the story which we should add, is not born of the fertile brain that weaved the weird tale of "The House w ith the Seven Gables," but was related as a matter-of-fact in a contenqKir ary newspaier. It goes to prove, in support of more modern and notorious instances, that when gentlemen, and particularly married gentlcunn. "ms teiiously diapiear," there are alterna tives to the :cceptance of the theory of robbery and murder. Isoidun X Mr. Levy, a storekeejx r in Jackson. Michigan, felt very miuh like slumtii g "stop thief 1" the t "therday. He'-a-ught foitv pound:: of ludiey and put it in :t lmx'in i :.tire. Wht n he v.tut to look at the b ;:; two days af'.eiward he s.w that 1 ees had Mohn very nunc of it. hundred nf tin' tl.n n i s 1. s i f the 1" lui 1117 rn
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