i
THE CAMBRIA FREEMAN
I rniilistlied Weekly at
r,EySHrilG, Cambria Co., ra.,
1JY
ii. a. Mti'inii.
anleetl Circulation - 1,068.
Gua r
SlllSCIUPTIOJI IlATflS.
Or.
one year. can in advance n.j"
II Dot p tl wimni .i niua. i.t )
" if not p'd witbin mos. 2.H0
" if not p'd within year. . 2.25
ffVTo persons residing outside the county
ID ctnl vhleionai per year win uetmistu m
fi r postage.
-n 10 event will thr above terms be lo
sfcrted from. anl those? who don't consult their
a n interest by payimr in advance must not
pect to We place 1 on the fame footing ns those
who do. I. t this fact he distinctly understood
ft ti this tune forward.
-I'ay for your pnpor before yo stop it. ir
, p it you must. None but soalairairs do oth
e.Tis. Don't be a sc-nlawa.r-life's 100 snort.
'! G. WOLF'S
old pliable ptoresi
old Heliable Stores!
j rr 1 1 1: iirsi;iit
Glothing House
In Central Pennsylvania,
SEXT TO POST-OFFICE,
! ALTOOXA, PA.
MTKOSH EASY SLIT'S
STHOSU EASY SI I IS
ALL-WOOL SLITS
Gnat tari.ty SACK and CLTA H.I Y SLITS.
Tanty KcversMt WORSTED SACK SLITS..
tM-jt atsortmcnt of STYLISH CUT SUITS..
jL H'ool Vine and Mark MELTO. SI I IS...
3t:it!e llreastcd fanry SACK SLITS
Tire Viayonal CI TA (I'd i VI ITS
ft, trfint Vxaysnat YUOCK CO A T SLITS
Evfry-Vcy IVORKISG PASTS
J' I AS I S in the city for the money
aI vol KERREY PAS IS
fS.t
7.00
8.50
10.00
11.00
n.jo
13.S0
1U-9
li.vO
17.00
1.00
t.ts
3.i
Pi S T i I.QOSS of all ttijlei and qualttit$ up t
; the tintt bins Talrict at S.co
I
t 0
'Special Bargains
"j .ii.'st i?i:cr:ivi:i)
FROM OUR LARGE WORKROOMS,
COS3HTI5U OF A (.oMTLETE U.tl OF
BLUE, BLACKand BROWN
ALL WOOL. I I K llKAVUt
OVERCOATS,
H riotL Hound. Silk YeWc. Collar, god
5 ScrxB Llulnir. fur
s ic t i
iyiU t. rjutt fi
4
i
ClEN EVERY DAY LMIL 10 OTLOfK. P. M.
Reversible Overcoats !
ttt Kever:blo tiT.-r at lirst manifested Itself
Ite year lit but .1:1 no" net a fair hold on public
fnfor until the present eea.'oii. It is mads without
ItBtny. of co'ir"-, and the seams are arrar;ed in
lue'j a w.iy th.it there is no wronir side to it. tne
s'le f tke cloth is finished in a variety of styles,
t ih a diaifma'.s. in!xd. etc., etc., and the other
tetisu.itly a quilted plaid or hetk. The pockets,
to, are to ;r.eti!oU-!y c .iKriv ;J that nj matter
wl ch si.'.eof tl.e c at i. out they are al-vavs In the
r!ft place, ready f.r bu-ine-s. We will how this
Wft u'.l tho? K.-vera.l-Ie Coats we have: also, every-thir.-r
!a our line that you ask for. It will purzle
7 VS. t ask f.r anything wc haven't not.
t 11.WE ji kt iioit.iir
ATASSKiNEES SALE
A tAF.UK AI SKLIlCT SHI H !
? 1
Overalls and Shirts,!
; y.M of hevy du-k, aod as we have no ruom to j
. p them very Ions? we will a'.ve our patrons the j
ti' Stof the bargain we got In the purchase by j
Mfc.rathemat VI FTT C'E.t 1S PKK SETT, or at i
T tsrV l'lVi: CENTS for each articlo epa- j
rtte'y. They are worth at leaat DOUBLE THE .
m6nly.
f
THIS WKJUIC
fhowic. as fu'.'.y a our crowded condition
W4 !:,
I permit, everything we have In
SUITS AND OVERCOATS
a4
tor
tiS
cp-cs'ily 1 1 V EKC i.VT. We are prepared
-w a!:i, .-; n unlimited assortment of very
g la c;--th:r.s aad Underclothing, but the
ri! -! sp:.iy i,r the week is In Overcsats of ev-
If I ii y icisant t.i ta'.k
'.it about the newest and
Boi-t th:r.i ss it Is
yoi want t'j I ay f- r
to wear ftpui, but not all of
them. We have eoual need
to-'.! a .ht ; -.iriiieiit that simply keeps out the j
iaf . '!. -.cn 'hoiigh they a:ay be a little ;
rotr'i. Th :.-. '.I who wilt rea-1 this to-day will '
Hlria-I to .'earn that ;
J ( ; O 0 1 .S .1 TIS OJ Ell CO. I T, j
X e'-'rjUh b) give a seinn ot narmth ; substan
i.fc enough tor t! e r ngheit we:,,-, ,n i KO,Ml i00k
14 cneii.'i P-r 1 rtttr c. . ca:i t e had here
lOU s?.".( Oli rii.oo.
'.'- r merchants will look with th- same liklntr
pnraanx Bcai c r at il l to ls.r.o, and the
. :". !':.! vTrcoS" at ! to '.".
Live i. i ti-nc to Tirito rcr hare you patience
-'. :.t .!.(!. g lliie an account ol what we show
"-'.k. Here is th f i.icc to ue your eyes and .
Jier :'i z:n-A. H'-re we will not tire you Tilth i
(Jet.-r v r!. bton-hamj.
; ; Ur.MKM lil-Al T' HIS!
Whatcvsr j t:y th't d -cs not suit you. Isn't
s-li 1 at all. Come !:,,-k viith it the lir-t minutf
I
. t i can. i ou are a- tree as if ti..i v.ur mr.n
o-ir p.ktt. You i'.a'.l have jour money back
7 ur poeket if you warn it; i.u. ts.k, UUOlI car0
- garments for us, ro Ior.v a. ar Interest in
ntivues.
GODFREY WOLF.
1. I. VTI I'M i One r.f ilic v.,lev.,w.n i
-i rxoirs notice.-
r.-'.'pof I ' II H ! 4T il'HI'H I i KOt; , i K . dei",l
' - n:i-oi:ry to the e.-tatv ol Chri-t-'pher i
- .1 ! Jlton t'-WIIll!p. ib-c'd. h.iv- I
.' . ' he uu,ler-iirned l.y th Kezistcr j
.., . 10 .t e o is hi -re by given to all I
.." . ' '- : 'id e.at that payment mu.-t j
, - ':t !'! iy. and tho-e tiavmif claims '
e -n
1 ri-oit t'lem pr -perly aa- :
'at.
M'MK UliOK'ciE. Executrix.
"is v-arch 4. et.
A
;'N"f-:f-:'s xoTici
'' f i",,7 , w!f". of Uiai khcl
- r ir, v ;-.:;-Mi1e made an
f r"ho- r tlieuieler'ianed for
at..) -r.
lc township, i
(icrnmcnt ot
r the l-onerit I
,te, t,,
: i. hirehv r ivn f nil .,r
'm to make payment t.) me, and
'- th-rii i ro- . J'--' w"i pre- !
rirpMtr-i f.,r i. .........
-t-en
1'anles with limited
... " .HUM
......T..,t,..j io Mlni,..,
" eal-ltal rieirio.r ...
n Mining enter., ri-e. at b.'ttom.
4 . i.r.ii 11K1,. 37 Itruadway, N. Y.City
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f i tlAf' lit lit it
to
H. A. McPIKE, Editor and Publisher.
VOLUME XV.
BEST BABCAtNS XH TOWHt
FOR THE READY CASH DOWN !
New Stock of Winter GOODS
IN (HiKAT PIIOI I tSION AT
FREIDIIOFF'S CHEAP STORE.
While so many are hiking forum-d to the romimj Presilr-ntirf "faction in hopes oj
btin'j the lucky man, the suh.w.riher has concluded to remain in the mercantile
business and gire it his undiverted attention l Kitpjil iinq hiafritnJ.st
and the jnihlic qenerallt u itk ALL KiXD OF GOODS
jrr prices so low
THA.T XOXK CAS OK DARFl COMPETE WITH III M.
Buyers will always find a full and tit yard stock of ertrythin'j to le found in a gencrul
store, coinprifiny a complete line of
DRY GOODS, DRESS GOODS, NOTIONS, HUTS, CAPS,
Boots, Shoes, Groceries. Hardware, Tinware,
Queens-tare, Glassware, Menware, Cips, Tctecco, Canned Goods, to, to
Al.o,
FLOn:, COUN MEAL, F1SIT, SALT
.ASS., PUTTY, l)KUbUE, BKOOMS,
GL
I3IIDfS IATi:?s'T COIIX HI 1 1 :i . Id ,
which icill be sold at the remarkable loir price of 0 cmtt each. Aho for Male, fa
BEST AND QUICKEST BUTTER-PRODUCING CHURN EVER INVENTED.
r'" A Inrifo increase of business has necessitated tho minr rment of my store-room and the erec
tion of an additional wareroom. and still my establishment Is literally crowded with choice srooda anil
auer seekers alter barn-aiii. Still Oeinn tetermiue.l to nemmmoiiate a.u xrhn e.,me nnii caiiaii
j my mends from the country, to whom the hiuhest prices In trade will he paid tor all kind of produce,
I have thrown open my laru and commodious stahlo for the tree use of all who may wish to put op
their o:k. Thankful lor past favors ami Loputul for luanv future ones I remain as eer.
II 1st h Street, r.beniibnr;, Drcembrr,
Vorth of NEW GOODS cf aM kind will bo
opened this week at
Corif s Store. i Chest Springs.
KvcryK-Jy'El.o-.K! ren :r.r t..t w ro NO'.V ('i;MNi U.c laruos
Dry Gcorls, Groceries, CIgIMe Boots, Slices, k, to,
l or the Ii"I.lI. Y TK A 1E ever oti. red for sale in Cambria countv. Jlr.
Ceil: l..l just retaniod from New V ii k and I"r.iol.ieljd;ia. wi-ero
he has purchased an Immense -took ot liish!n:itde if.i.ls at
tho lowt.-t figures. Ilveiyi ..dy. tl'.vrei'oro, should go to
Corn's Store, Chest Springs,
AY II EKE THEY M.VY DETENU UT'ON (JETTINO
GREAT BARGAINS
In every:'. in - ti.-y lur. T :.i;r-:-t st.k of z-mla on tho Allegheny
MojnUir., v o ropeat. w:i'. be
OPEXKB THIS WUBK
At Corn's New Store, in Chest Springs.
P.RIXG l OL'K CASH OK PKOIiUCE.
SJX ROOMS FiLLED WITH GOODS.
- Mr. Cohn himself, aid.-.l by an en lent corns of clerks, wiil be In
attendance ai.,1 alw.ij s ready, wiiiiru and anxious to wit ou vuii ail, eith
er old or youn, I.ir-e or small. Thankful to
Parmer., I.timhsrinen ft ml Citizens Generally
f r their past patronage, and !rp:o? for a continuance cf the came, wo re
main . , ASI j Youj-s-, lUspeell'ully,
tkictli or '. roK coop's. c i viiv c n
m. FOSTER A ft! I INN
113 & li: -CLINTON' STRKl
-ALWAYS
I ni-esit iintl Olionpewt fcstoelt oi
Dry rtricl Dress Groocls,
NOTIONS, MILLINERY, CARPETS, ETC.,
to be found in Cambria or adjoining counties.
and fail not to call,
cash di:ai.i:u ix ai.i. kind of
HEATING AND COOKING STOVES,
-AND MANT'FACTUHKll OF
TT "jJ A in C T-T T7 T7
-- 1 1 XVl WJ Oil 1--. 1-
MO.l llcvonth Ave., Vlt ooim. In.
C I'EAIT.JsT PLACE iX Till", f iTV. Rooiiu;, Spaulinp nnrt Kepnirinsr of
nil hind promptly anil siel Is f:icScr 1 1 y attended to. 1 10-i4.79. tf.
gf ljf::iS'.eWiit'. '- its.iaswwiM iij wusiiiii'w:
A CUitE CUAf!A?4Tt:Ea.i'"25COJT3 Ef US1N
... . . . . . - - - - -
u 11 t.i ci I h u n .nt-Ai- A.-ni
-,..,.r!i:ooS I.Ctr' CT-,1 ti I -' '
J v. la.-iii:g un the nervous tyntem, relieve D
1 1 U I izig tua system of exot es 01 buo, proouckg
yt .rr.!,, , -vi r r ,-,nT.ff.T..-TiyT. :. ....... . - .1 ill 1 J V
f-i'O-V Af-fll.lAhnf nflhasnvaliifthlACII I Q rrirh fnll rfi- tt C !
r' c.'ious .'or a complete CUrO,
-7 nine o-cent rotiase atamns. r or eaie dt on uruiriruitA.
60I.E riiOPRIKTORS,
- --- -
:mmY diseases
are quickly and sorely cured by tlio cu of K1DXE7.WOBT.
bivtiigs-aficafrumcii.xeaalelji aU rr of theca-ir try, wcrkn mtnntl principles. It reetorea arrenjrtk
and to:ieto Vie dneed oryinj, a-.:d thrcrarh ihna dea-iiw; ft eysteta cf aecuicalaUxi and pcisoncu
i- iUincy aixtiemi t-hlrty years standing !-. to brea ciirwl, n'so TUen, Cnrtir)-ictl. EheumeriKm,
-, which have dlstnraie'Sl thevf?anM for y-a-- Wo have volumes cft-jtlnony cf its wont'wtiil enrmttv
power. Kolonirerne Alehollc EitteTH, which do room harm iban pood, or drastic pUla. but nae nature
ry, KTD IT7-WOHT, and bcalti will te qieic!y reg-nined. Cet It of rour Druo-adt, Price, S I .
mm oil.lpntH.) WI LLS. U14 II Aitllsliy A CO.. Vrop tm-UmrtrS, Vt.
ADTIUTIHiiUSbyaddreMin-'liKi. I". Ko.ellAri.
mA 10 Snnirp - f N t.rm X ..r: .. i . . , - .
any pro,,oed'lir.eof AHVr-.Hl li vil in Ameri
can iwpa.cr. -JOO-psir ramphle, I.w .
bushel and barrel, DRUGS, NT AILS
have likewise added to my stock
X. ,J. FRBIBHOFF.
ISSO.
9 5 i
5
- T, JOHNSTOWN,
HAVE TIIF.-
IForget not the sti'eet and numbers
buy and be happy.
T - T O XI A A T T? Th '
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f I S LCARArMr, inrl n-hMol
r.fc--- " o,,-. . . j . hi
S P H PS I A in worst lormn, cleans-1 L;;
a. regular healthy action or the bowels. I I
nia.iod U any aiidrM on receipt of ?Pj
C Oil ST I P ATI O f .
7A. ,. m . m,, ftil T w-MTl tm
AC.i:TSWATH f r the Plet and Fatet Scll
inz Pictorial Kni.kaanil Htblrs. Price? red uesd
33 percent. National I'ubll.-liin Co., Pbila., I'a.
Mires 4, lS l.-Cia.
by the
Ac. I
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PA., i
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'HE IS A FREEMAN WHOSC THE TRUTH MAKES FREE, AND ALT; ARE SLAVE9 BESIDE.
EBENSBUIIG, PA.. FRIDAY, APRIL S. 1SSL
"THE E3IF.ltI.I ISI.E."
f Kpithels nnd phrases of general significance In
human affairs and world description bcomo Un
common property of the pcopl. They belong to
the tongues ralher than to the hooks. and are used
without quotation credit. "The KmeralJ Isle,"
descriptive of Ireland, is such a phrase. It was
first used by somebody nu one knows who but
the anonymous author was careful to point out i;
first appearance in a poem of his or hers. The
poem is preserved in vol. Ix. of the Belfast Montli
fy Maijazin, 181.2. printed and published by Joseph
Smyth. It U introduced by a statement that It
was written and first published In 17'.'5, and e i
dently the phrase soon eatne intoenenil use. Tho
author was anxioui that its connection with the
i poem should not be lost, and to preserve the etner
! aid in its original settinit w the oh. jest or its re-
publication in the magazine. The following; is the
pocin complete, and the sentiments are those of
the sons of Krin to-day.
mure.
When Erin first roso from the dark swellimj flood.
Clod blessed the green island He saw it was trood.
Tho em'rald of Europe: it sparkled, it shone
Iu the riiiR of this world tho most precious stone.
In her sun. In her soil, in her station thri.'c bless'd.
With back turned to Britain, her face to tho West, ,
Erin stands, proudly Insular, on her teep shore, '
And strikes her high hart) to the ocean's deep roar. :
iit,.i,m,t..,w. I
The dark chain of silence is cast o'er the deep:
At tho thought of the past, tears Rush from her
eyes.
And the pulse of the heart makes the whito bosom
rise.
O Sons of Rrccn Erin, lament o'er the time
When religion was war; and our country a
crime !
When men, In (rod's imnjro, Inverted Bis plan.
And moulded their god from the image of man.
When the int'rest of state wrought tho general
wee.
The stranarer a friend : nnd the native-a loe :
While the motker rejaie'd o'er her children die
trcsa'd. And clasp'd tho invader more close to her breast.
When with Pale for the body, and Bale for the soul.
Church and State join'd in compact tocouipirr the
whole :
And while Shannon ran red with Milesian blood,
Ey'd each other askance, and pronouno'd It wag
pood.
By the groans that ascend !ro:n your forefathers"
j grave
tor their country thus lea to the brute and the
f lave.
Drive the demon of bigotry homo to his den.
And where Britain made brutes now let Erin make
J men.
; Let my sons, like the loaves of the shamrock, unite:
A partition of sects from one footstalk ot riicht ;
j Give each his full share of this earth and yon sky,
I Nor fatten the slave where the si rpent would die.
i Alas for poor Erin, that some ftill are seen
W ho would dye the trass red in their hatred to
gn-en 1
Y et oh : when you're op and they down, let them
live.
Then yield them that mercy which they did not
give.
Arm of Erin, prove strong! but be gentle as brave:
And uplifted to strike, still be readv to save: i
Nor one feeling of vengeance presume to delilo
The cause ol the men ot the Emerald Isle. j
The causo it Is good ; and tho men the arc true, I
And the green shall outlive both tho orange and '
blue: ;
And the daughters or Erin her triumph shall share:
With their full-swelling chest and their fair-flowing
hair.
i Their bosoms heave high for the worthy and brave. I
l But no coward shall rest on that soft-swelling '
J wave;
Men of Erin, awake : and make haste to be bless'd: :
! Kise, areli of the ocean ! liise, queen ol the West ! ;
i
THE PILOT'S STORY". !
i Ye had grown up together, Mollie and I, :
I our parents being near neighbors, and '
i which does not always follow firm friends
; as well. They were poor and I suspect that
; fact had much to do with their friendship.
for opportunities were always turning up for
I i.tipir.g one another; an,l 1 have often no- j
j ticed that when near neighbor are well oflf ,
jand have no need for mutual help there is I
j very seldom any friendship between them : J
j there is more apt to be jualousy and compe- ',
: ,ition- I
Our parents being such gooel friends it ;
naturally resulted that Mollie and I should I
i lonow meir example. W e went to school to- j
i gether, read together, played together; and, '
j somehow, when Mollie was eighteen and I j
! was twenty, we agreed to travel together all
the rest of our lives, and were very happy in J
Hint - rim.iT,!,...! . I r.. ., . i . .
..oo i , n. iiier woujci j
nae seemed rignr, or natural, either ta tu or
i our parents.
From the earliest dar3 of my boyhood I i
. had a fondness for the water, haunting the -
j palatial steamboat that floated on the great i
j Mississippi river, on whose bunks nestled the
city in which we dwelt, and at the period to ;
, wnio.i 1 am about to refer I had just secured !
a position as pilot on a small freight steamer,
i It was not much of a position, to be sure, I
i nor was there much of a salary attached to j
: it ; but, small as it was, Mollie and I decid- j
1 ed that we could make it answer for two peo-
j pie, neither of them extravagant or unreason-j
I able; besides which I had hopes of lietter i
times to come, as I had received words of j
commendation from mv employers and
promises of speedy promotion.
So early one bright morning, having ob-
; tained a day's leave of absence, Mollie and I
were married, and stepping into a carriage I
hired for the occasion we started off, having
decided on a day's excursion to a celebrated
cav0 "ear 1y this beil,s; aI1 tlle wedding trip I
we could allow ourselves not that we cared j
I ll!e least, however ; we were too happy to be !
j in the least disturbed by any shoitcomings i
ot tne sum or purse. j catcli you. You cannot stay there any long-
We had scarcely driven beyond our own j er. We are very near th shore now, and
street when we were brought to a halt. A ' the rest we'll take our chances on."
messenger whom I recognized as belonging j It was an awful temptation. I knew that
to our steamboat company hailed me. j did I follow the captain's advice, both Mollie
"Here's a note for you from the Snper'm- ! and I would be safe, for I was a good swim
dent." nier, and should the boat not reach the shore,
Thus it ran : j I could save her and" myself ; but then if I
"Am sorry to have to recall your leave to- did this would I not deliberatetly expose
day, but you must immediately go on board i every one of the eight hundred souls em
the Mobilia, w hich is ready to start up the j board to destruction ? Tru, the boat might
river. The pilot is too ill to attend to duty, 1 keep to her course during the short space re
and yon are appointed to take his place for j maining to be passed merely from the impe
the present." ' j tus of her approach, but again she might not
"There goes our bridal trip alt to smash," and then ?
said I as Moliic read the note.
"Why so?" she asked.
"You see I must go to the pilot house of
i the Mobilia."
j "Very well," she replied. "We shall just
j r up the river instead of to the cave. Drive
! on, Kob ; let us go down to the wharf in
t;te.e.
"But you can't go in the pilot house with
me, little soosc."
"Of course not ; but I can sit on the deck
outside," laughed Mollie, "and we can cast
languishing glances at each other."
And so it came t pass that 1 took possession
of the Mobilia's pilot house, my heart glowing
with love and. pride -with love, for there just i
bclow me, on the deck, sat my swet bride ;
with pride, because th Mobilia was one of I
the finest of the beautiful filiating palaeos of j
me .Mis:sMiin, ami to joint such a one had
for years been the height nf niy ambition.
The steamer was fitted up with a double
cabin, one above the other ; the upper one
opening upon a small dec k, reaching out to
ward the bow, near the centre of which, on a
raised platform, was placed the pilot house.
The deck was always occupied by passengers
and this morning it was particularly crowd-
ed, for the boat was heavily laden with peo
pie taking advantage of the beautiful wcath- I
er to make an excursion up the livtr. in hand, to the paddle-box. I dashed open
Sorae rough fellow jostled against Mollie's j the little door, and pu.shinji Mollie inside,
chair after a while, and she rose anil passed j passed in myself and drew the door close
down into the cabin, "to get a think of wat- ! shutting out the eager Haines, whose
er," she whispered to me as she passed ; but j angry roar pursued us as we dropped gent
1 suspect it was to prevent the bursting of ; down into the shallow water and crept
the thunder clouds she saw gathering on j from beneath the wheel,
my brow. Our appearance was hailed with a shout t.f
I saw the insolent fellow made no attempt delight and relief, for all had given us up as
to follow my dear one, so I gave myself up j
to my own happy thoughts, and looking out
into the far distant, peaceful shores of the
"L1 " "u:,u "ilu"1 "c ", lc
moving so swiftly, there rose from my heart
glad, silent hj-mn of rejoicing.
T.ut suddenly aery broke from the cabin
behind me that effectually changed the sub
ject of my thoughts.
"Fire : fire ! fire 1" A horrible cry at all
times, but most horrible of all when it rings
I forth in the midst of gay, unsuspicious hun
j ilreds floating in fancied security in the
: midst of the waters.
An instant's awe-struck silence succeeded
j that awful cry, and then thiee hundred voi
j ccs of men, women and children united in
I fearful heart-rending shrisks for help.
"Fire ! fire ! fire !"
j Aye ! there was no mistake about it, nor
! false alarm.- No one cmild tell how it had
commenced, but there it was creeping along j
the roof of the upper cabin, with the deadly : natter to wait patiently for the coming of
flames greedily lapping up every scrap of 1,10 relief boats that we knew were sure to
awning and curtain they could find upon I arrive before many hours went by.
their way, ever and anon darting long ! Though some miles from any large city,
tongues of Hame down to the flooi to clasp ! we knew that the burning steamer must
the light chairs and tables and settees in j ,iave bcen seen from the farm houses scat
their fiery embrace. ! tered sparsely along the river tank, and that
As well seek with sieve to scoop up the j fro:" t!:CSR notices of the disaster would be
waters of thr great river on which the Monil- j sont to tho nearest town. And so it was.
ia floated as to try to subdue the roaring, de- j Before nightfall several small steamers ar
vouring enemy that had seized upon the l'.l- : rived, and after that but a few hours elapsed
fated stepiuer I before we found ourselves safelv at home
The people darted down from the blazing
' upper c ibin to the forward deck below,
: where as yet the foe had made but little
i headway, and there our brave captain wlio
J was that rari :"., "the rijht man in the
right place" succeeded in iiartially iueU-
iiig the panic.
j "Keep quiet," he ordered, "keep quiet, ;
; and stay where you are, or I will not answer !
- lor the lives of any cf von. Tho steward j
wi!1 provide every one of you with life pre- i
servers, but there is no reason for anyone to !
go overboad not yet awhile, at any rate,
unless suicide is desired. Keep quite, I say.
Pilot, head her straight for the land, half a
mile ahead." We were at least twice that
distance from the shore. "Engineer, put on
all steam crowd her on ! YVe will run a
race with the foul fiend who has boarded the
Mobilia."
There was an instant's raus' and then.
with a groan and a Surge, with the timbers
creaking ami the windows rattling, and, as
i though iti mortal terror, the Mobilia gathcr
j ed herself tip to run her last race.
' Each passing moment the flames crept on
1 amlon, never pausing in their terrible march.
Fortunately tney leaped upward rather than
j downward, so there was as yet but littledan
i ger of the panic -stricken crowd on the lower
' deck.
j lint the pilot house was directly in the
; track of the flames, and already their ad-
vance guard was beginning to surround me,
singeing my hair and eyebrows,
Suddenly there was a murnier among the,
people below and the next instant a light
form flew up the ladder leading to the little
deck by the pilot house, and, before I could
gay a word, my precious Mollie had thrown
open the door, and closing it aain, stood by
my side.
"Mollie, Mollie!" I Tried. "For heaven's
sake, go back, go back ! Don't you see how
the flamet are ereenincr towards us here?
do, go, mv dearest, my own true wife!
uon t unman me by making me tear for you.
Go down where I can feel you have a chance
of safety."
"Bob Thome 1" she exclaimed, her eves
eyes looking straight into mine. "Am I vour !
wife ?"
"Surely, surely, th:;k God !" I muttered. ;
"But go, go 1" i
"Mv nost is Mere, inst a vonrs is." Khean-
.... ... . . .... I
swered firmly. "I will stay here, Uob, and
if you die I will elie, too. We will make our
wedding trip together, my dear husband,
even if it be into the next world. Keep to
your duty, and never mind me, Hob. There
is hope for us yet, and if the worst comes,
why" and a rrrave. sweet smile crent around
her lips "we are still together, dear love."
I saw it was no use lirtnno her suv morn
and besides something twelled in my throat,
so I just gripped the wheel hard and looked
: right ahead, thongh everything looked dim
just then, and my devoted darling stood
calmly at my side, watching the flames that
were creeping closer and closer upon us,
leaping around the pilot house like hungry
demons impatient for their prey.
"Thome," cried the captain, "come down,
Lower her and yourself over the rail. We'll
I looked at my dear wif inquiringly
"Stick to your post, Rob," she said. '
"Xo, sir !" I shouted back. "I shall stick
to my post ; I shall stay here till I run her
clear to the shore or die first."
"My brave Hob ! my noble Kob '." mur
mured Mnllie,
But alas for my devoted Mollie ! Alas for
me! Not the pilot house only, hut the en
tire deck around it was now surrounded by
flames. It was too late to lower ourselves
to the deck below. The railing was all
ablaze.
My arms, released from the guardianship
over the wheel, clasped Mollie close to my
heart: but mv eves and brain wen h..
seeking for some mode ci escape from death
that seemeet each insttnt inor-. cerHin.
SI.50 and
All at once my eyes rested on the paddle
box. It had not taken fire yet ; the flying
spray had saved it. I had only to dash
across the llamc-swept deck and fling open
a little door in its side, which afforded ready j
access to the water K-neath in safety. No j
sooner thought of than done. j
"Take my hand, Mollie," I said, "and run !
with nie. We shall be saved, after all. !
Wrap your shawl across your mouth. Now,
run run !"
'"-"l""" M on i ne uecK, we spea. liaiul
lost. a"d we must have been but for the
Heaven-inspired thought of the pilot house.
Now that the danger was over, poor little
Mollie fainted, and no wonder.
Hut she soon came out all right, and as the
people began to find out that "the brave lit
tle girl," a-s they choose to call her, was real
ly a bride of only a few hours, and that we
were on our wedding trip, there was a regu
lar ovation, followed up by nine deafening
cheers.
The island upon which the Mobilia, bail
been beached was low, sandy and uninhabit
ed, altogether not an inviting place for three
hundred.'people, without a particle of shelter,
to pass a half day, upon ; yet even in this
, ,,v.v, to. j ju vui
midst.
There was no room in our hearts for any
feeling but that of thankfulness for our pre
servation from a fearful death ; and after the
Bt'ril f tnp li'st hour or two it seemed a small
ollt adventurous wedding trip at an end.
IJut the result v-'as noi ended by anv
means. The terrible nervous strain I had
endured, combined with the severe burns I
had received, threw me prostrate on a bed of
siekne.-s. .
"When I was able to report for duty aain,
two weeks later, I learned that a noole gift
from the Mobilia's grateful passengers no
'ess a sum than ?2,(Vo lay in the bank
awaiting my order. ot only this, but the
steamboat company had voted me a gold
medal and the appointment of pilot of the
! finest steamer on their line.
! Years have gone by since my brave wife
. and I had so nearly journeyed out of the
I world on oar wedding trip. From pilot I
j liavo come to be captain and part owner of
: one of those beautiful floating lmlaees that
used to excite mv envy ; but never do I pass
j without a sickening shudder the little island
j where the Mobilia won the last race a race
; of fire against steam, of life against death.
A Di tc h VicTor.r. The other day a Ger
man called on grocer to pay a bill, giving him
a ten dollar note. The grocer examined it
closely and said :
"Hello, where did you get this note?"
"Vot ish de reason mit dose note?" replied
the honest Teuton. "Don't she vast good,
licit: ?"
"Good ."' answered the grocer. "Why
your a lucky man : that note is worth ? 10. l'O. -
"Ish dot so? Why for?"
"You e the signature over here, tlon't
you ?"
"Dose tingi like corkscrew mitde worms?
Yah."
"Well, that's Spinner's signature."
"Yell ?"
"Well, Mr. New is now treasurer of the
United S'ates."
"You don't tole me so, veil ?"
"Well, the notes signed by Mr. Spinner
are getting scarce, and the people pay five
per cent, more for them than the new issue."
Ty shimney ! Ish dot so'.'
"Let me see your bills. Why, every one
of them is a Spinner. Man alive, your for-
trine is made !"
In pursuance of the grocer's advice, Mr
Schneider called at the sub-treasury to get
the premium on his bills.
1 1 ' O . I . . ... 1 " - "II. . . .
m iiui siicctsi net ir.ui is mipossiuie u state,
but he was seen later in the evening lurking
around the street by which the grocer must
go home, and being accosted by an acquaint
ance, the following conversation took place :
"Der peoples from Sliarmony fight well,
hein ?"
"Oh yes ; the Germans are unquestionably
a military nation of the first class."
"Some big fights, hein?"
"Yes. "
"Leipsic?"
"Yes,"
"Und Sadowa?"
"Certainly."
"Und Worth ?"
"Yes."
"Und Mars-la-Tour, und Gravelotte, nnd
Sedan ?"
"Of course."
"Pose vas all big battles and de Dutch
licked." !
"Yes." I
"Veil, you joost vait till dot grocery store !
i.,.t i.:....-ie .. , . . I
.-j... iiiiu-L-u, ..nu saw a 1ucicii victory
vot make you forget all dem little ones."
While a Chicago girl was leaning over
the railing of the veranda one night, singing
"I'm Waiting, My Darling, for Thee," her
long-legged lover sneaked out of the shrub
bery. "Birdie!" "Amanda?" They em
braced. "Have you missed me ?" she mur
mured. "Missed you, my angel ? dues the
lonely dove miss " But there came a dull,
hollow thud, as if some one had hit an old
stump with a maul, and ho shot out in the
darkness, while a voice as deep as a bass
horn said : "Birdie has gone, Amanda, and
you can turn the gas out iu the parlor Riul
go to bed."
"Jhn-nt," said his father as the boy took
the primal biscuit from the plate, "don't you
know that it is impolite to help yourself be
fore'jyour elders?" "Why. pa, mother told
me to help myself before you." "What do
you mean, sir?" asked his father, while his
mother looked up with astonishment depict
ed in every feature. "Why, I heard mother
tell Aunt Hannah that she hoped I wouldn't
take after you, and 60 I thought I'd take my
biscuit first."
postage per year, In advance.
NUMBER 12.
I-M H I A It - R KA 1J I fSTI I.
Oil. William Malumc is come out of his State,
Throughout the wide border the lightest his
weight :
Save his hoianeli; vote he weapon had none.
Be came a!! unasked and he came all alone.
And the man he believed in was W iiiiain .Mahone !
Be stayed not lor W ise, and he Ftr.ppcd net tor
Jones ;
Be eroded party liut-s through brambles and
stones ;
liut ere ho alighted at i'npitol irate.
: I he committees were wuitliiK-th Heneral came
late:
-Beadiurter." in peace in the Senate alone,
i Was there ever a man like William Mahone?
i So boldly he entered the Capitol Ball.
'Midst Democrat. liadicals, pnirc. and all '.
I Said Senator Hill, with his hand on his sword
(Eur the men who had bought him said never a
word),
j " h, come yuu in peace here, your faults to con
! done,
! And to vote with your party, Mr. William Ma
hone?" "I long wooed your party, my suit you denied.
My vote Is ensiaued. hut not on your side.
And now I am eomo with this lost love of mine
To vote but one measure and then to resign ;
There's a party here present more liberal. 1 own.
Who gladly will bribe Mr. William Mahone :"'
So weazen his form and so braien his face
That ne'er did the hall meet such a disgrace.
While Conklinir did fret and Logan did fume
And Democrats tittered ail over the room.
And Cameron whispered, almost with a Rroan,
"'Twas a high price we paid for V illium Mahone !"
There was swearing "mong braves of the Democrat
clan
Tuckers, Buntons and Daniels, they rode and they
ran;
j Lee,
i .o-t. ijliiiii niiu ciiannir iv jonn.-ion and
But Billy Mahone ne'er m' ro did 11. f y see '.
To plunder a State and h r debt p. diown.
Was there ever a statesman l.ke W. Mahone?
H'athinyton Star.
SEVEN n.MIS A WIDOW.
For the benefit of that venturesome class
of people who, like those possessed of an ir
resistible desire to risk tbtdr lives an. on it
savage African tribes, would the sad ship- ning until they reached heme. The country
wrecks of so many of their friends notwith- , was scoured for the pelv es w-!io wrecked
standing venture on the treacherous sea of the train, but even to tin- day. now thirty
matrimony for their benefit, I repeat, says fix years- since the oec in re nee" the in ys l,ae
a Vienna correspondent cf the London . kept the secret of tl fir first ride on the Wa
Glolc, it becomes an imperative duty for me , bah.
to make known a unique chance of connu-
bial blis which has lately come to my notice.
It is of Katharina Cliasiia, c f Vcrbo, in Up- , Springfield &. Men docia was located in the
per Hungary, that I speak, and let him that ; public square in Jacksom i:'e, right in the
would secure a prize in th- niarri.ige market , heart of the city. When the r.-ad whs f.ni-ii-hasien
to the land of pomade and paprika, ed, a grand excursion was given to J.n V.on
p.:xl without a moment's delay make li.-r liis ; ville. Thou-at:d of pe.-pie. very few of
own. For time is pressh g : she has often : whom had seen ft locomotive, came into the
been snapped up, awd will in ail probability ' city from tho suiroimding country. The
be very soon snapped up again. A wife who i streets adjoining th square were iiteraliy
thoroughly understands her social duties, : packed with all kind of ehicles. Someone
and who is perfect in her rices, is, 1 take it, ! cried out, "The tiain is coming V The peo
universally acknowledged to be a "desiuera- pie rushed into the square to see tl e won
tum ;" and if the lady I have row the honor derful sight, and left the horses mid wagons
to introduce to public notice does not fuiCll j standing all around the squaie. Thetr.gine,
this condition, then nobody ever will. For, - then an object much more frightr-dl to dumb
like her sister in holy writ, she has had seven ; brutes than row, came pefhng ami scieam
husbands, and the last one has jt;st died. i ing and parting down into the square, throw
Here, however, the simile conic s to an end ; i ing out great clouds of steam ar.d black
for int-ad of the sevenfoiil widow following
her masters, Katharina Cl.asna is as sound
as a bell, and, if what is generally said be
true, has but one anxiety in life, and that is
to get married "sobald als moglieh :" Our
heroine stiie-ly she must be a heroine first
married at, seventeen. She began her cru
. tade againt the opposite sex modestly'
enough, for she selected a shoemaker, who,
however, succumbed to consumption at the
end of fifteen months. He hardlv lasted as
, long as one of his ow n pairs of shoes best
: quality. Number two was a much tougher
customer. He entered the list at the ripe
age of eighty-seven, held out thirteen years,
j and died a fortnight after his leoth birthday.
now long lie- wouid nave lasted tmtter iavor- : At '.ins time senntis dmlits were entertain
able conditions is an interesting but now ed of the success of railroading, the princi
bootless peculation. The afTair s preyed pal argument being tli.it the co-t ed building
on Katharina's mind that she was fain to 1 the roads was too great. Judge Sample, a
marry within one month for consolation, and ; well-known gentleman of Spriiiof;e!d, j, ru
tins time it was a widower, who, however, ', posed to solve the problem by dipen?ins
came to a watery grave, for he .lied of drop- j w ith the road-bed and the track. He invent
sy after four years of bliss. All this ill-luck j ed and built a monster engine, which, w ith
was beginning to tell on Katharina's spirits, ; out road-bed or track.be proposed should
and she determined now to invest in sme- traverse the piniries between Chicago and
thing "warranted to last." She lent a mod- St. Louis, drawing after it lobgtrains of wa
est ear to the burning tale of a stalwart far- ' gons, just ss many as the farmers along the
merof U8 ; but alas ! he succumbed to an route should choose to hitch on. He made
"accident," almost before the expiration of tho f.ist exnei inierit with Ids monsf. r . .in
j the honeymoon (whether he committod sui-
cMe is not clear). I will spare you the next
three husbands, the last of whot died on
Wednesday. Suffice it that fate seemed to
pursue them all, and hustled them one after
J the other into the "great unknown." If
,'.o. , . . .. I
nainnrina does not marry again soon it w ill
be her own fault, for suitors are after her.
Although between 4ft and 4. she is still
strikingly handsome, has a splendid figure,
abundant black hair, and does not look a
day over 35. But, ah ! well a day ! she has
cast her flashing eyes on a youth of ill, who
is 1.....S.-11 ener ncnu ana ears in love with
" .......... .-..v.
ic else. The mayor of a reighboring
rich widower of 77, !s said to have
t,ilA ol.ll.lol, ,1, -..I.! .-4 . T-
some one eise
town, a
become quite childish on the subject of Kath
arina, and humbly mumbles his suit. She
will doubtless take him out of "pique."
.au'.lt i.ditoks. t'very editor loves to
have his fiiends, and particularly his leaders,
call on him. They belong to the same fami-
ly, as it were. But when you cnll to see the
editor don't stay too long, r.di tort are gvn-
erally very busy in business hours. If you
have any suggestion to make or news to cotn
Mur.ieate, state it in .to few words as possi
ble. Don't offer any excuses, or indulge in
a long pret-e to what you have to say.
Blurt it light out; tell the editor you wish
we", and bid him good el.iy. Editors
aote on such men as that ; they love to re
ceive calls from them. Don't argue with
them ; don't try to do it ; he has no time for
argument while at work.
When you w rite to an editor for publica
tion, make it short be il it ih.wn. Titch
right into the middle of your subject, and be
sure to stop writing when you are through.
Editors always like something fivsh and
original in the way of communications, and
are especially fond news. But the editor
must always be the judge t.f what is worthy
of publication. Of course, every writer
thinks his ow n production the best, just as
every mother thinks her baby the prettiest
that ever was born. But the editor may be
so stupid as to have a diiTerei.t opiniem. If
so, it can't be helped. Dou't try to argue
him out of his notion. If he is too stupid to
appreciate a rood thing, you can't expect to
remeely Ids dullness. You may think you
are a good deal smarter than the editor, and
that may be true, but the editor i the respon
sible party and you are nt. There is no
class of men so anxious to please a majority
f the people as editors are. There is no
class of people sn covetous of the good onin
ion of others. II .is well t remember that
fact.
-A-l v."i-t i;irir Jin 1
The Nrite nd rcl-a'dc ciroulnt i .n of tlirl'AW
r.Ki a lnniiiy i-umnii n ! ft to t b tn vmide rn
fi.lirnt inn dl a.lvrrt:s.T. ),-f llivors Will bO in
serted at t!:e fi.lk.winis r!c :
1 Inch. S times j 5 .
1 3mor,itis " j to
1 " etn .ntl.s j
1 " 1 year .'. ft m
2 " mont hi
8 " 1 vesr 1 ...no
3 ' 6 tii:tliR , fi'lO
3 " 1 year li M)
'i di n f ti:ou;t!s i,
1 4 6 months.
S " lymr
I " eiiv.mhs
1 " 1 voir
.V!tninitrt..r, and t.xecutr'f Notice.
Atidl'iir'p Notiees
Stray and similar Nui-ri-ii
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iMisine" iten. Krst tomr i-n 1 c.l-i-r lite: cb
f u!'5e.ui r.t fnrtion Sc. pi r l r.e.
S Itrsnlv'itrvx or JrtHr. n 7 corporation
o o'-iWi. ahd i .i-niLu'ii ntifr,t :u-tr4 to t c !l atten
tion In cn rt.t'tir of lintvr) or tn'dii-ntual tntrrrit,
nu'f lr f.aid J or a a'tvrrt li Tnr i..
.Ion rniTi-o of all kind neatlv n: xpeiitl
oujly.exocute 1 at lowtft i ri.-ef. lic.u i voulnricet
ft.
thrit: haii.immh ioi:ii:s.
A t'AT-l'.!i!i,l:!l Mil. I! ... TMPrnE A
wil t) rcMi.n: ommivk,
II. II. i!-H!la!i, f Lieo.vi!. 1 . was in
Tole.V. a few d:is .ince, nnd rr'ab d .-.n inri
doi.t of bis tir.-t expi i ii tii o iti loroaiiiiig in
Illinois. TI s was i:i lr,. and Mr. I: ind.ill
was then a b y. The S rinpfieM A Mert-do-cia
Lailroad, at i Tesct.t f.'nnit i; the oUlest
link in ti e g:e;.t WaUish svstein, had just
I been bniit.
; One bright Sa'.ibnth n;rt:::?. while all
I good little boys were at Sunday school, Mr
(Manila!!, with four other i;rl,in. going out
I on an exploring xped'tion in search of fre-!i
mischief, found a l!at-car standing on a side
track. The bo-. af:-r nnny exj ! intents,
hit upon a p!an to j ropi l ti.o csr. A strong
brei re was swecpine; across the j raii i .
Tlifrj- obtained a piece of scaiitiing und a
sheet, atid rigged a sail upon the car. The
wind rose, the sail filled, ami the ear moved
down the track. T.y the time it reached t!:e
! main track a p..l peed had been obtained,
and the boys, enjoying ti e r first trip upon
the railroad, were jn h:i;li glee. The car
, swept on down tho main trr.ok. caining
speed every moment. Houses, coin-fields,
j gardens, and orchards were passed in riuick
j sticccsMon but the car sped on, its vel-ity
j never slackening. The boys were becoming
uneasy. They were getting too rrv.trh of a
! p' " l1'1"-' 1 t" "1 to " ' T f Snil, but
j in that they failed, with the car in sm h rapid
niotion. TLey could Hot even Stand Upon
' their fert .n i.n(.iiio xl.;ti.,
oiu-iiuuii oi uie ooys. iKiwn tiie track ap
proaching them at lull speed was a train.
The boys ail jumped from the car ii.to the
soft mud. As they si aii.Ved out of the mu.i
and dived into the adjoining corn-field, Mr.
Handall says he remembers the impression
of a shock, and senn thing going up into the
air behind him. Fortunately no one on the
train was hurt, but the collision made a great
stir in the neighborhood at the time. The
bos. covered with mn.l i,v. r tt.,.o.t ,,.
, The rai.'n ml bmi.Vrs of c-.-.i .t-v t -,.1
peculiar ideas. The Tu-Morn 'teimimis 'f the
smoke, the enginee r evidently intent upon
showing the people how much iu-s the old
thing could make. The hors. outside pant
ed and snorted in iniilali-n of the tcirihle
iron monster which w: ft ihter.ing them to
distraction. Then a stampede commenced,
and such a stampede was never s.- n bi fore.
A thousand runaways were in full blast at
the same time. Mr. Handall estimated that
in three minutes after the anival of the first
train in Jacksonville a half dozen whole
vehicles of nny description could not be
; found in Morgan county. Fortunately, but
' few persons were seriously injured, but sueli
a wreck of wheel caniages was never swon
! before nor since.
built after the fashion of the railroad engine
; of that day, on the p rallies near Springfield,
I in the summer of 14-,. The engine had
! nearly completed a circuit of live or six miles
1 over the rough, uneven surface of I'lor-rri..
' crushing dow n the tail grass in its track
' w hen, getting up considerable s;.eed otj the
i home stretch, it struck an unusually larje
I gopher hill and toppled c-ver, breaking some
1 of the machinery. The trip from Chicago to
i St. Louis was necr made. K-ji'roaJcr.
j .
j TriE Ci eas XEwsrArF.r.. T'-eie is a
i growing feeling in every healthy community
growing iceiing in evei-y neailiiv community
! against the j-iurnals whonmke it" their eeial
object to minister ton perverted taste by seek-
I - - J
ing out and serving up m a seductive form
disgusting scandals and licentious revela
tions. There is go"d reason to belie ve that
the cle an newsnatxT is more hlfhlv nried t,i-
day than it was four or five years ago. It is
' also safe to predict that, cs people in all
f ranks of life, who wish to protect their own
! at least from contamination, become mere
i conscious cf the pe rnicious influence of a
! certain class of journals, called "ei.tcrruis-
ing" because they aie ambitii.us to se rve v.p
dirty scandals, they will le oaicful to see
that the join nais they permit tol c it-ad in the
family cirile aie e:f theel.us tfiat never for
get the proprieties of life. Alu-ady men and
women of lcf.i.f mci.t and hiailhy inoialij
have had their attention called to the perni
cious influence of bad literature. a:.d have,
made commendable e!To:ts to counteract the
same Vy causing the sound literature to be
published and stud at popular prio s. These
efforts are working a silent but Lire revolu
tion. The best authors are moie gc nerai'y
read to-day than at any previeiis time. The
sickly sentimental story paptrs, and wild
rangT and pirate story bonks, are slowly
yielding the field to worthier claimant. To
the praise of decent lu-v. spuper it may le
said, that where it 1 as a place in the family,
and has been read for years by young and
eId, it has devtl 'ieJ such a healthy tone and
such a discriminating taste that the .'itersture
of th slums has io ndmin-is. Fortunately,
the number of such families is ine'teairg In
the land, and us they increase the journal
that devotes itself to sickening revelationsof
immorality will be compelled to find its si:j
ptirters solely among those classes thst prac
tice vie or crime, or are ambitions to learn
to follow suet) ways. Jt'on JUrald.
SONfS OF THE rt'TACE -fUMI'-".U1, oil
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