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VOLUME XV.
EBENSBURG, PA.. FRIDAY, JUNE 24, ISS1.
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GEO. HUNTLEY
HAS NOW ON IliNDTHE
LARGEST, BEST 5 MOST VARIED
STOCK OF
Stoves, Tinwore,
oooo JIOISEFIRXISHING ssssss
a
O tXJ'JO tmOO I)DI)T0 ssssss
O lillll OO l l I) s
aooa uuwi oooo iifri ssssss
., Ac , thnt Mn be found In sny one e5tabllh
mentl n Pennsylvania. Ilia stock comprises
m, WMl AND H.ATISJ STOVES,
, of various styles and patterns;
Iltillels, Hardware
of every description and of bcsOinallty ;
CARPENTERS' TOOLS!
fall kind and the bet In the market. Also, a
larjje stork of
TABLE AND POCKET CUTLERY,
ilaiawre. lueentvare. .Mlver-I'latetl
r. Woml and Willow Ware, Wall Pa
per, Tr u ii U n n l Tal Inn, It e vol er. An.
v 1 1, V le. Ilnrae Sli . Itar I roti. Rail
Rod, Home all. tarrlace Bolt. Kl
I.. M 1 1 1 ! .. 4rl udatonesi. Siteel Mi V.
I Plow Mnnlils, Koatl Neoopsi;
Mowing Machines, Horse Hay Rakes,
Hnrnr liny forks). Rope and Pnlleys,
tr Cnlilvat.rs, and a full lineol llarr
estlna: Tools). AHo, a lnre assortment of
Table, noorantl Stair Oil Cloths,
I' j? Carriaae Oil Cloth,
i PEK a?ti OILCLOTH WIN'fX'W SH AIINf
lyoSHAliK HXil'KtS: EivanrnnL ASHTtlN
bLl. the host in the world for lioiry and Table
t ; Imtotkp Kot'Iv SALT, the cheapest and
bt .r fedlnsr I.lve Stock: LAND I'LASTEK;
V"lHjt'i''Tii!X l't IMPS, of thcb"it qualitv;
PE.aKI.NS' 1'All.NT SArETY E.M1"S. which
ttniii't be evcl'Mlcd: fniLPnEN's WAUuXS and
t AHTS; the I.Trst stwkorMILK CHOCKS ot
ail shapes and -ncs and of superior ware ever of
frd for saie in Klenbnr : a full lineol PAINT
PHCSHK of tlx- most .lesirsble qualitv: WIS
,!JW iL VSS. OILS. PAIN TS. TERPENTINE,
VARN1:-11K. Sic.. t,jether with a lare and cotn
pi.ta it'H k ol choice
UROl tRIES, TOBAltO .VXD SEOARS,
as well it thousands of other nscful and neeilfnl
ar?fHs. Ia l.i.t, anything I haven't itot orran't
itit at slmrt notice in not worth buying, and what I
c i ofler for sale nmy nlwayn be relied on as irt
tt.iss ! QPALiTr. while tiiey will invariably be
FOLU AT IJOTTOM PUICKH!
Havlnit h:id nearly thititv tears' uriRi
itvi in the sale of poods in my hn.?. I am enabled
t- laj'j'ly my cnstoiucr.-i with the very best in the
TiTTkt. lifve me a liberal share of your patron
si, tlicn, and be convinced that tho best i3 always
tn el.eM t. aiol that it never pays to buy an in
ferior ftrUi l. simply because the price ia low. as It
- I) an Indisputable fact that suh goods are always
til de.ire-t in the end.
GEO.
Apr.I 11. HT'J.
IIUXTLEY.
thsr.-li'jry,
It. I.. Johnfton, 2M. J LJuolc,
. F. A. Shoemaker, -. W. liviolc.
eTonisrsTOisr,
TiTT fX1VT A VVD Sir DTTiii7
iJAJLVyAJi.IAXAAA.AJAi. VAy XJ U VAX
CONEY RECEIVED ON DEPOSIT,
r.lTABLE ON nEH.tXD,
INTEREST ALLOWED ON TIME DEPOSITS.
COLLECTIONS MADE
. AT AL . Al-CKSSintH TOIJlTfl.
.SHAFTS on the PRINCIPAL CITIES
Donrhl anil .Sold, nnd a
GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS
Til A NSACTED.
Accounts Solicited.
. I A. W. BUCK. Cashier.
' I- r.btlTY, March 1?. lS0.-tf.
I. ORPOKATF.O IJS 1H7&.
SI3ICTLY ON MUTUAL PLAN.
m,. - PROTECTION MUTUAL
IfilHSOBMttfliaP'H!
OF EBENSBURG, PA.
'lit I JTstss i:n h fires - $1.3,1.3.
ha '
;"0nA-( Caly Siz Assessments in 24 Years.
G 'Od FARM PROPERTIES
,f,w. esvkciat.lt desired.
.rr .
v HO STEAM RISKS TAKEN!
GEO. M. KEADE, President.
JiL- T. lt DICK, Secretnry.
T.vsnurg, Jtn. 31. lSl.-ly.
,RiF eidhoff's Block,
'"i':- I EBENSBURG, PA.,
CARL R1VIN1US,
lical Watcliater aui Jeweler,
always on bud a larae. vawed and ele
Tant aortment of WATCHES. CIVoks
l r t i . ........ t . . . . . . '
1 ch he otters for sale at lower prices than
Ibfr ilcaler In the county. Fersens needing
4"? In his line will do well.to give him aeall
j'urchaUng elsewhere,
rn.mpt attention paid to repairing Clocks,
I's. Jewi-iry, Ac, and satlstactlen guaran-
huth work and price.
Firs Insurance Apcy
IT. AV. IICK,
eral Insurance Agent,
I EBExsiIUHG, PA.
Folic:, written at short notice in tha
0 RELIABLE "ETNA"
ether Flrat Claw Companies.
nrg. s,pt. 2st no.iy..
ETli MtlToNALI)7
j ATTORN EY-AT LAW,
v! 12.1 J?,uolonnalB Ro. on Centra street.
ioV:;V o Centre.strV.
, m.s.iicii. t-S7,-7.l
ESTABLISHED FOR THIRTY-FOUR YEARS.
HAY BROTHERS,
Mnnuiacturers,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,
OF
tm, comm.
AND
Sheet Ironwares
AND DEALERS IN
HEATING, PARLOR ani COOKING
STOVES,
SHEET METALS,
-AND-
HOUSE-FURNISHING GOODS GENERALLY.
Jobbing' in
PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO.
Nos.278. 2S0 and 282 Washington St.
JOHNSTOWN. PA.
B. J. LYNCH,
Mannfactnrrr and Dealer In
HOME AND CITY MADE
FURNITURE
mm and cRAm suit.,
LOUNGES, BEDSTEADS,
TABLES, CHAIRS,
Mattresses, &c.
1G05 ELEVENTH AVENUE,
Ret ween IVih and 17th Sts., .
Altoona. PerLxi'a.
Jtf- (Mtlx.n of Cambria county and all others
wlfhlnn to purchase honet Fl'RNlTrRK. kc.at I
honest prices are repecttuliy invited to itive mi a I
call belore buyinir elsewhere, as 1 am eonndent
that I can meet everv want and please everv taste,
rrlcos the very lowest. B. J. lASt'H.
Altoona, April 1. 18S0.-tf.
TO CARD COLLECTORS!
1st. Buy seven bars DOBBINS'
ELECTIITC SO AT of your Gro
cer. 2tl. AsJi Mm to give you a bill
of If.
3d. Mail us his bill and your
full address.
4th. We trill mail you JTBEE
seven beautiful and elegant cards,
in six colors and gold, representing
Shakspeare's 'Seven Ages of Man.'
I. L. CRAGIN & CO.,
HO HovitH ToiEi-tli St.,
rillLADELrillA, rA.
WPOBBINS' EEECTKIC SOAP Is sold by V
S. Biitstn tL Bko., Ebenaburg. 4-l.-.o.w.om.
McNEVIN &l YEAGER,
3f AKUr ACTCRKRSJ OF
Tin Copper anJ Sleet-Iron WARE,
A5D DBALSRH IK
COOKING & HEATING STOVES,
RAStiEK, ri RSAf lH, Ac,
110S Elcrcnth ATcniie, . Altoona, Ta.
One Door West of Opera House.
HOOFING AND SI'Ol'TING
fROMTTI-T ATTOnlD TO.
BEPAIES FOR STOTES C05STA.MLT OX HA0. !
Altoona. Oct. 10, 187.-tf. i
AUDITOR'S NOTICE. In the mat
ter of the account ot John Wairner ami -las.
McMnllen, Exccntors of James J. Iermit, dee'd.
And now, 13th June, 1)1, on application of Jeo.
M- Keade, En., Alvln Evans appointed Auditor
to report distribution of the apcts In tho hands of
said aeeonntants to and amongst the persons legal
It entitled thereto. Hy the Conrt.
In pursuance of the a.iove appointment, the nn
derl(tned Auditor will sit at his office In Ebens
bnnr. on Saturday, thr lth Any of Julv, 1SS1. at ten
o'clock, A. M., to attend to said d-itlcs, at which
time and place all person. Interested may attend
It thev see proper. AEV1N EVANS. Auditor.
Ebe'nsburK, Jane 14. l81.-3t.
UDITOR-S NOTICE. E. Roberts
tt Co. e. W.J. t nriDHors tt af. fn thr Court
of ( OTiwoii Plrm ej Cambria County .Vo. tt, June
I rrm, Ms j, t. it.
The undersigned, havlne- been appointed Audi
tor to report dinrlbutlon of the fund In the bands
of Thomssllrimth. Sheriff of Cambria county. arls
tnc from the sale of defendant's personal proper
ty in above Mated ease, hcrwby ives notice that
he will sit at his ornce In Eber.shnrir. on Thunday,
July 7, 11, at 1 r. w.. tor the rnrpose of attending
to the duties of his appointment, whenand where
all persons Interested must attend or be debarred
from coming In on said lund.
A. V. BAKREK, Auditor.
Ebenebara-, June 1", 18l.-3t.
UDITOU'.S NOTICE. The under
alKned, havina; been appointed Auditor to
decide open the exceptions filed to the account of
Krancls Hoover, guardian ol Mary Eckerd. minor
child of Iiavld Eckerd, late of Clearfled township,
deceased, hereby irlves notice that he will sit at
his otflre In Ebenebnrir, on Widnrtday.July S, IWI,
at 2 o'clock In the afternoon, lor the purpose ot at
tend in it to the duties of bis said appointment,
when and where all persons Intererted may attend
If they see proper. A. V. HAKKfcH, Auditor.
Ebensburg, June 10, lS81.-3t.
St'BSCPIBE r"B TBI C'AMBHIA FBEEMA.
Cofy tl.to per year, la advance.
LIFE'S TRCE SK1SIFICANCE.
beeper than all sense of seeing;.
Lies the secret son re. of belnfr.
And the soul with truth ajTceint
Learnt to live in thoughts and deeds ;
For the life Is mora than raiment.
And the earth is pledged for payment
Unto man for all bis needs.
Nature Is our common mother.
Ever llrins man our brother.
Therefore let us serve each other ;
Not to meet the law's behests
Eut because through cheerful glvlnf
We shall learn the art of living ;
And to live and serve Is best.
Life Is more than what man fancies I
Not a game of idle chances ;
But It steadily advances
Up the rugged height of time.
Till each complex web of trouble.
Every sad hope's broken bubble.
Hath a meaning most sublime.
More of religion, less profassloa t
More ot firmness, less concession ;
More of freedom, less oppression,
In tba church and In the state ;
More of life and less of fashion ;
More of lova and less of passion ;
That will make ns good and great.
When true hearts, divinely gifted,
From the shaff of error sifted.
On their crosses are uplifted.
Shall the world most clearly s
That earth's greatest tlrue of trial
Calls lor holy self-denial.
Calls on men to do smd be.
But forever and forever
Let It ba the soul's endeavor.
Love from hatred to dissever.
And In whatsoe'er wa do.
Won by love's eternal beauty.
To our hi eh est sense of duty.
Evermore be firm and true.
A HEROIC HORSE.
In the mountains of California, as every
body knows, Maxes aro used for the trans
portation of passengers &ui their bftgxago
from one point to another ; and twenty years
ago there were many more in use than there
are now; because since then railroads have
been built, and of course people prefer to go
by rail. But at the time I mean, the regular
stage lines in tho mountains were in full
pressure of business, and wonderful was the
speed and safety with which the great ve
hicles passed over roads so high and steep, so
narrow and so curved, that at times to look
above and behind, it seemed as if they had
just slid down a thread of yellow cotton !
The drivers of the stages were generally rery
skillful men. They had driven upanddown
these terri I le declines so often that they were
confident, but not enough so to be careless.
They depended much, however, upon the sa
gacity of the animals they drove, for upon
their being well trained, sure footed, strong
and easily managed, depended the liyes of
the passengers. One would have supposed
for such work the stage companies would
have picked ou the mildest and oldest horses
they could find, that there should be no pos
sibility of their taking fright and getting
ugly ; but no ! old and worn-out horses would
not do ! They were not swift enough nor
strong enough to do the work. So almost
every stage had four or s'x well kept ani
mals, which made nothing of galloping up
tne first half of a long hill or trotting down at
a great speed, around curves and over
"Thank ye inarms," ploughing into the val
leys from the mountain tops and tossing their
long manes with spirit and pride.
Strange to aay, accident were not very
common. The "turns outs' of the road, of
ten cut into the solid rock and leaving only a
foot between coach and coach ae they passed,
were generally approached by a grand blow
of the horn, to let ail teams on the road know
that the stage was approaching ; and if a
wagon or coach was below it would hurry up
and glide into that place of safety, while tlie
stage would whirl by with one phir of wheels j
within twelve inches of a precipice a thou
sand to twelve feet in depth, at the bottom
of which a solid rock or a madly rushing
.tream wmild lw it.4 welcnrn if if cirinwll
tumble over. .Many and many a time pas
sengers have begged and pleaded to be al
lowed to walk down these terrible hills, but j
almost always the driver would laugh and
say, ' Not a bit of danger, ma'am ! I've
driven over this road mor'n six years, and
nothin never happened to me pit, and I
reckon , ma'am, if you jest sit quiet an' easy
like, we'll just slip to the bottom of this yere
gulch line greased lightnin'."
Hut or.ee in a while accidents did happen,
and when they did, alas ! they were sure to
be sad and often fatal ones. The one of
which I am to tell is no fiction of mine. It
really is a bit of history.
One morning the stage, with six passen
gers and plenty of baggage, began to go
down a long incline with many sharpcurves
in it and many risky places. The four hors
es were in fine condition and feeling in very
good spirits as they gently trotted along at
the regular gait One of these was an espe
cially fine and well bred creature. lie had
been born in the beautiful blue grass region
of Kentucky, and had blood in his veins
which had come to him from the celebrated
Arabian horses of the far East. IIU name
was Whistler, and there was a jaunty and
gay way with him in moving his thin, well
formed limbs, that in some way reminded
one of the brightness and cheerfulness im
plied in a merry whistler. They had gone
down the hill but a little way when a large
bit of newspaper, which had been dropped
in the road, was lifted by the wind and
blown straight into the off leader's face.
He gave a spring to one side and pushed
Whistler over, falling on him, dragging the
pole horses, coach, passengers, everything
into space ! Down they fell, over and over,
crash after crash, cries and groans echoing
up over those silent mountain sides, until it
seemed the nine hundred fevt of horrible
descent would never come. But at last it
did. In undistinguishabie ruin the coach,
passengers aud three horses lay at the bot
tom, crushed, broken, wounded and dead
together. The driver, who had been alone
outsido, when in the brief iastant which
was allowed him to think he had seen that
he could do nothing to save his coach, had
jumped with all his might into the road and
was saved. Two passengers escaped, also,
with bad bruises and breakages of their
limbs, but the others were killed. Three of
the horses were killed outright but where
was Whistler? From every team up and
down the mountain side men had collected
and were doing everything to aid the suffer
ers, aud all noticed that there were but three
horses. Where was the fourth ? The dri
ver, Dick Swirley, at last found time to think
of his favorite. Going carefully out on a
rock that overhung the chasm, he heard a
little whinny underneath him, aDd looking
down, what should he see but Whistler,
standing ou a narrow ledge about one buc-
dred feet below ! Yes, he had illen upon
his feet like a cat, and bruised and frighten
ed as he was, he had sense enough to stand
still, and there he was, bung as it were in
mid air, between heaven and earth.
But he could not move. If he had moved
one step he would have been dashed down
to certain death like the rest For the ledge
was only just big enough to ho'.J him. II
had not three inches of spare space. He
could just stand there and that was all. As
Dick cautiously crept out a little way on the
boulder, he gave a low, sweet whistle, which
he had often used as a call to his fine horse,
and Whistler pricked up his ears and whin
nied again, a pitiful, sad sounding whimper,
as if he knew his desperate condition and
felt that he must sooner or later die. "O !
boys," cried Dick, getting back into the
road, "I'll bederncd if thar ain't Whistler,
alive and kickln' no, not kickin', "cause he
can't move but thar he stands like a statoo,
awaitin as peaceful as a lamb for me to come
and git him !"
And with that the poor fellow, from ex
citement and horror and sorrow, burst into
tears and sobbed like a baby. "Carn't we
do nothin' fer him ?" said he. "We've got
all the folks up, and doin' as well ez can be
expected, and can't we do nothin' for Whist
ler? I vow!"' ho exclRimed, tearing off his
coat, "I'm goin' to git him myself. I kin do
it, and I will."
"Why, Dick," every one cried, "yar, can
never get at that horse in the world. You
can neither get him up nor down. He will
stand till he can't stand any longer, and then
he will have to fall over."
"He shan't ! He shan't !" cried Dick,
"I'll save him if you kin help. Wliar's the
ropes ?"
They soon produced some ropes, and won
dered what Dick was going to do. "Put it
around my body," said he and let me down.
I'll take a blanket and some more ropes, and
hitch up atackel that'll bring Wliistloi to the
surface, if thar's power enough to haul him."
They did as he bid them and soon he was
being let gently down towards the waiting
animal. But alas ! the ropes were not long
enough. Hung full five feet above, and in
front of Whistler and they could not let
him go any further, (ircat was his disap
pointment. But Whistler peemcd to under
stand that rescue was at hand. Dick encour
aged him and told him to stand still. Ho
said impressively, "Whoa ! Whoa.' Whoa!
old boy :' and Whistler whinnied his reply :
"Yes, master, I will." Dick was drawn up
again. Then came a long and weary delay.
The nearest place to get ropes was many
miles away. A boy was put on horseback
and told to ride for his life, and bring a big
coil of new rope back with liim. By this
time almost all the day had passed. What
would be done if they could not get that pa
tient animal up before dark? Would he
standstill? Could the poor creature stind
still ? Sunset was over, twilight came creep
ing into the valley3 and faster up the moun
tain sides, and at last darkness hung over
the scene. Dick was almost frantic. The
men about him sympathized with his anxie
ty. At last the boy came back with a cart
full of ropes and a great band of leather
which had been suggested by men to whom
he had told his pitiful story but now, noth
ing could be done in the darkness 1 Nothing
to be done but wait. To bcgHilc the time
the meu did a little cooking, ate their sup
pers and smoked their pipes, told stories,
and at last fixed themselves as well as they
could and tried to sleep. But not Dick
Swinley! Over and again he crawled out
on the treacherous boulder and gave his
cheery whistle over and again out of the
depths of the darkness, the horrible yawning
gulf of blackness, came the low whinny so
loving, so trustful, so patient, so intelligent j
that the rough men that were waiting to
rescue this noble animal would turn to each
other with strange, sympathetic countenan
ces and with low voices, such as men use by
the beds of the dying, would say, "Do you !
think he'll last it out? Can he stand it?
Tlucky creature ! he's a hero, that ho is 1"
O ! in the long, silent hours when all had
fallen asleep but Dick, how he strained his
ears for the fatal sound of a footstep on that !
little rockv ledge ! "If he moves he's lost,"
he kept saying to himself. "Whistler I my
beauty ! my finest and handsomest feller j
that ever I druv ! I do hope and pray he'll
hev the strength to stand it out till mornin' !
What's that?" and with held breath he lis
tened to a sudden sound ; "Oh ! It's nothin'
but a stone I reckon ! I pray that ar' hoss'll
stand it. Tray I why shouldn't I pray ?" he
cried, jumping up suddenly, "Don't the
Lord like his crceters as well as his folks?
I've heerd tell as how he don't let a single
swallow fall ter the jrouiid without a notic
in'of it! Why shouldn't he be a watch'.n
Whistler now ! Why can't I ask Him to put
pluck into the splendid feller's heart and
sinners of steel inter his legs but fer that
matter He did it when He made 'era I I will
arsk Him anjhow. 'Twon't do no harm.
Nobody will hear me !" And Dick, going
away from the others, knelt down in the
dust and said, "Lord, I'm an ignorant man
and a bad un. I drink an' I cuss an' I don't
never pray, not since I's a boy ! but, O Lord,
if you will only just get Whistler outen this
yer awful bad box, I'll try ter do my level
best for yer all the rest of my days, so help
me God. Amen."
Just as he got through and rose with a half
blush in the darkness, the soft questioning
whinny came up ag.iiu, and he shouted,
"Ilang on, Whistler, the Lord's a goin' ter
help yer I asked him."
Morning dawned, bright and beautiful.
The momeut it was light, Dick woke up all
the men and "prepared for the business."
Being securely fastened in the hoop himself,
he had ropes and the leather band and blan
kets to carry down with him, and soon was
hanging beside Whistler, who stood as quiet
as if he were cast out of bronze. Long and
patiently the man worked, in that dangerous
and inconvenient position ; but finally he
had his favorite rigged so, tbat he was sure
he could be drawn up in safety. And with a
last caress on the velvet nose and a last en
couraging word to the wise and plucky
horse, he began to be swung up again to the
top. It was then Whistler showed signs of
discouragement The beautiful eyes which
had glowed so deeply and clearly began to
be strained and blurred, the delicate nostrils
expanded and showed the red, the tracery of
veins came out big. all a net work over the
clean cut body. Whistler could stand it but
a few moments longer. But in a few mo
ments he was relieved. Gently, slowly, with
a sure and certain movement he was lifted
off his feet Wonderful as this must have
been to him, not a struggle did he make.
Up, up in mid air he was raised, higher and
higher, the jagged rocks cut him a little, the
scrubby bushes pricked him but Whistlar
knew that life depended upon his caution.
Not a kick or struggle he gave and at last
he was pulled, sideways, up on to the road,
and lay In safety at the feet of his delighted
master.
O ! what a hurrah arose. What a long,
long, echoing cry of delight burst from Dick
Swinley's lips, now tho poor sufferer was
rubbed and fed and petted and caressed by
every man in turn. And when he was strong
enough to be led into the town what an even
ing they made of it, telling "the boys" of
this miraculous escape. Dick and Whistler
were the lions of the place. Nothing was
too good for either man or horse ; but when
all his friends begged Dick to drink, and
toasted both him and Whistler in the whisky
which he had never before disdained, Dick
cried, "No, boys, once for all, no I I'm a
goin to leave off drinkin' an all my bad ha
bits just as far as I kin. I promised it if
only Whistler was saved. And you were
saved, weren't you, Whistler? and mebbe
now you will save me, my hearty !" caress
ing Whistler's silky neck. "Yis, I'm a go
in' to keep my promise, I be, no matter what
yer say. I've given my word o' honor and 1
sticks to it if I die !"
The others, seeing Dick thoroughly in earn
est, grouped around him with astonished
but respectful countenances, until one in a
rather scornful voice said, "I say, Dick, who
teas it yer promised ?"
The Lord," said Dick, doffing his liatand
reverently Ivowing Ms head. Cora Lina Dan
iels, in Kxamiiitr and Chronicle.
THE FIRST RAILROAD Mlli.XAL CORD.
A BLOW AT THE ENOlNEKR'B AUTHORITY
AND A BLOW CSDEB HIS EAR.
In the early days of the railroad in this coun
try the locomotive engineer was the master
of the train. He ran it according to his judg
ment, and the conductor had very little voice
in the matter. Collecting fares, superintend
ing the loading and unloading of freight and
shouting "AH aboard !" were all that the
conductor expected to do. The Erie Rail
way was then the New York and Erie Rail
road. There was no rail connection with
Jersey City in 14.2. Boats carried passen
gers from New York to Tiermont-on-the j
II udon, which was then the eastern terminus j
of the road. Tinner's, 47 miles from New;
Yoik, was as far west as the railroad was in j
operation. One of the pioneer conductors of
this line was the late Captain Ayres. He I
ran the only train then called for between I
the two terminal points. It was made up of
freight and passenger cars. The idea of the
engineer, without any knowledge of what
was going on back of the locomotive, having
his way as to how the train was to be run
did not strike the Captain as being according
to the propriety of things. lie frequently
met a fractious passenger who insisted on rid
ing without paying his fare. As there was no
way of signaling the engineer, and the pass
enger could not be thrown from the train
while it was in motion, the conductor insuch
cases had no choice but to let him ride until
a regular stop wa made. Captain Ayres
finally determined to institute a new system
in the running of trains. He procured a
stout twine, sufficiently long to reach from
the locomotive to the rear car. To the end
of this string next the engineer he fastened
a stick of wood. He ran this cord back over j
the cars to the Inst one. He informed the !
engineer, who was a German named Abe
Hamuli!, that if he desired to have the train
f topped he would pull the string, and would
expect the signal to be obeyed. Hammil
looked upon his innovation as a direct blow
at his authority, aud when the train left
Piermont he cut the stick loose. At Turner's
he told Captain Ayres that lie proposed to
run the train himself, without interference
from any conductor. The next day the Cap
tain rigged up his string and stick of wood
again.
"Abe," said he, "this thing's got to be
settled one way or the other to-day. If tliat
stick of wood is not on the end of this cord
when we get to Turners' you've got to lick
me or I'll lick you."
The stick was not on the string when the
train reached Turner's. The Captain pulled
off his coat, and told Hammil to get off his
engine. Hainmel declined to get off. Cap
tain Ayres climbed to the engineer's place.
Hammi'. started to jump off on the other side.
The conductor hit him under the ear, and
saved him the trouble of jumping. That set
tled forever the question of authority on the
railroad trains. Hammil abdicated as auto
crat of the Tioneer Erie train, and the twine
and stick of wood, manipulated by the con
ductor, controlled its management That
was the origin of the bell-rope, now one of
the most important attachments of railroad
trains. The idea was quickly adopted by
the few roads then in operation, and the bell
or gong in time took the place of the stick of
wood to signal the engineer. Captain Ayres
continued a conductor on this road under its
different managers until he was superannua
ted and retired on a pension a year ago. He
died a few months since in Owego, at the
age of seventy-eight years.
lMrOTASCE of a Rioht Faith. The
popular adage is, "Oh, it makes no differ
ence what a man believes, so he is sincere."
Iet us see. A family was poisoned in
Montgomery county last year by;eatingftxad
stools, which they sincerely believed to be
mushrooms. Three of them died.
Did it make no difference ?
A man endorses a note for a friend, whom
he sincerely believed to be an honest man.
He was a scoundrel, and left him to ray the
note. Did it make no difference ?
A traveller takes the train going North,
sincerely believing it is the Southern train.
Will he bring up at the South all the same?
If a man believes a certain thing, while
the truth about it is entirely different, will
his belief make it all right ?
The truth is, the popular adage is a lie
and a very transparent one at that ! If a
man is sincere he will take pains to know
the truth. For, where facts are concerned,
all the thinking in the world will not change
them. A toad-stool remains a toad-stool
whatever we may think about it
As APMiRnfo Father. There was jov
on the farn when Ben, the oldest boy, came
hack from college in his sophomore year,
and the village was proud of blm. "Cheese
it, cully," he said whan he met 'an old filend,
the son of a neighbor who joined farms with
his father ; "cheese it, cully ; shove us your
flipper; clench daddies, pardy. How's his
nibs and what's the new racket?" And his
proud old father said : "It was jest worth
more'n twiee't the money to hear Ben rattle
off Greek just like a livin language."
ShreotporX )Z.) Times. .
Ae Episode of the Rati le or Gelt jsbnrg.
Of late years so much has been written of
"war correspondents" by themselves, of
course one might suppose that war was car
ried on by tnem, and that generals and sol
diers are merely puppets to be manoeuvred
for the amusement of the readers of the great
journals. In fact a conspicnous part of the
despatches sent to the journals by these
fluent gentlemen is little more than a vehicle
for the recital of their own adventures
which iival Falstaff's and of how they snub
or bully incompetent generals, and how they
hound skulking soldiers forward to the field
of duty. The arrogant self-glorification of
the average war-correspondent's bulletins
has nearly succeeded in hiding under a com
monplace sham the histoiy of the fatigues,
self-denial, and generous daring of she men
who make or save the destiny of a country,
yet are seldom fortunate enough to be able
to compete in descriptions of their own ex
citing work with the deft cavaliers of the pen
cil who live in the wagon-train or in the
general's kitchen squad, aud send off grand
accounts from beyond the range of the ene
my's farthost-reaching rifle-cannon. War
correspondents there have been who were
worthy to chronicle heroic actions, for they
were themselves of heroic mould ; but these
are, with few exceptions, for some reasons
not usually among the famous of their pro
fession. July 3 was the third and last day of the
battle of Gettysburg. The skirmish-lines at
the centre had lain all night within sixty or
seventy yards of one another. After hours
of watebfuiness dawn had found both sides
still watchful if not wakeful ; for the veter
ans, even if scarcely able to unglue their eye
lids, quivered with instinctive readiness in
every part of their tired bodies at the first
shot or at the least sign of a movement in the
opposite line. But as the July morning sun
thawed away the chilliness of the last hours
of night and sent its rays upon unprotected
faces and into blinking eyes, a humping of
shoulders and a stretching of limbs were at
once followed by a curious peering forward
to sec what the enemy, beginning to stir too,
might be about The horses at the batteries
on the ridge behind set up an angry neigh
ing, and gave impatient and rattling shakes
to the harness that for more than two daya
tliey had constantly worn. Here and there,
in friend and enemy's lines alike, little whiffs
of blue smoke ascended from hwllow places
where some determined spirits were striving
to get a cup of hot coffee while there was yet
an opportunity.
Before the sun was visible from all parU
of the battlefield the third and memorable
day's decisive work was begun. Fast and
furious became the musketry fire at the cen
tre from near the foot of the cemetery hill,
and following the direction of the Emmilts
burg Pike almost to the peach-orchard in
front of Little Round Top. And deadly it
was as well ns fast for it was the fire of
skirmishes only, and, though loud and rapid
in the aggregate, was slow and studied as
far as each individual skirmisher was con
cerned. Every few seconds a heavy report
followed by the skurrying flit and the ex
plosion of a shell, told that the artillery, too,
of both sides was getting Its mouth, if not
its eyes, open, and was testing the rang 3 for
the serious business in store. If a skirmish
er stood up he could see his line extending
far to the right and left of him, puffs of
smoke darting forward from it at intevals; j
but had be been allowed to live long enou gh i
to try and arouse the recumbent figures In
that1 line, he would have found that many,
very many, had gone to sleep forever ; for
daylight of the 3d already showed a field of
dead.
A fine Fonnsylvania-Dutch barn to the
left and front was a strong point for tho
Confederate skirmishers, who made the most
of its advantages. But at last, harried by
the singing of the bullets that issued from it
a New York regiment with colors (tying,
dashed ahead across the meadow to the barn,
took it, and set it on fire. With the advance
of the New Yorkers the whole Federal skirmish-line
of the centie bounded forward, but
was soon forced slowly back to its original
ground, and tlie green sward between it and
the Confederates was strewn with another
layer of dead and wounded. To be slain on
the field of battle for one's country is glori
ous ; to be wounded and left to lie helpless
and in pain where the bullets of friend and
foe hiss through the air or strike with a wick
ed thud into the ground near by, and to have
a summer's sun burning the already fevered
body and adding to the horrible thirst, is
pitiful in the extreme.
Wnat I am trying to describe Is not the
famous charge of Pickett's brave columns,
famously repulsed by Hancock's tried veter
ans. That came later In the d.y. I am re
lating an episode only in the grand tragedy
one of those episodes that in other coun
tries aud other times have been immortal
ized by art.
The skirmishers on both sides lay very
close to the ground, making the most econ
omical u?e of any little depression, of a fence
rail or two thrawn down during the night
or the day before, or, as in many cases, rely
ing on the dou'rtful shelter of their knap
sacks, which they unslung and pushed out
before them. Little groups were gradually
and spontaneously formed along the line,
and these groups acted together, firing by
volley into any puff of white smoke tbat
would be thrust out bv the enemy, with the
r,;- .h.n.. in n.i. t-tr tw rn ,,,iiot .t
least of the volley would count.
Midway between the contending lines was
a solitary tree that in peaceful days had giv
en shade to the harvest hands at their noon
ing. Early in the morning some Confeder
ate sharpshooters had crawled out to this
tree, where they lay at its roots and were
able to reckon their game at every shot So
destructive, in fact, did the fire become that
the wildest imprecations were shouted at
th?m by the Federals, and threats were made
that if taken they would get no quarter.
All at once there came a lull in the firing at
this part of the line. A Confederate was
seen to rise up from the base of the tree and
advance toward the Federals with his hand
raised. Shots were fired at him, but there
was curiosity at his approach, and the word
was, "Wait till we see what he wants to da."
Some thought he had a mind to desett and
encouraged him with shouts of "Come over,
Johnny ! We won't fire."
But if the Confederate spoke, what he said
could not be heard in the din of the cannon.
adiDg and musketry, then growing heavy
and continuous as the day wore on. For
ward he still came, and all eyes were now
strained tosee what it could be that he meant
to da There can be no truce on the battle
field till the battle is won or lost. The man
who raises a white flag then, or gives any
signal of the kind, has no right to look for
Its recognition from the other side. He may
only trust his shrewdness to understand an
emergency. It might be merely a trick to de
ceive. Suddenly the Confederate dropped
upon the grass and for an instant was lost to
the sight It was thought he had been hit.
But only for an instant for a thrill of en
thusiasm passed through the Federals, mur
murs of admiration were heard, and then a
cheer, repeated and increased in volume,
proved that unselfish, noble actions are pos
sible, and that there are noble hearts to ap
preciate and to respond.
The Confederate sharpshooter, who had
been doing his best to destroy his antagon
ists, had seen in front of him a wounded
Fedeial lying helplessly on the ground be
tween the lines and bogging in his agonizing
thirst for a drink, and, at the almost certain
risk of his own life, had gone forth to give
some comfort to his distressed enemy. Ibis
it was that caused tlie Federal cheer aud for
a few moments checked the work of death
in that neigelxuhood. When the sharpshoot
er had performed his act of mercy he hasten
ed back to the tree, and with a warning cry
of "Down, Yanks ; we're f.oing to fire !" the
little, unpremeditated truce was ended, and
was soon forgotten in the events that follow
ed almost immediately after.
The next day the Fourth of July aheap
of Confederates was found under that tree.
Whether the hero of the day before was one
of the ghastly dead will probably never be
known. Catholic World for July.
HOW TO LIVE TO RE NINETY.
1ST MAX ADELEH.
"fr Ttiifn. Wetlersliv Hicks, of Osbkosh.
' ' i
is now ninety years of age, and in robust
health.
In response to my inquiry as to the I
; by which ho has managed to keep '
methods by which ho has managed to keep
himself in such condition, he has written me
the following letter, which I publish for the
benefit of the public. Mr. Hicks say:
"In the first place I have always leen care
ful to sleep with plenty of air In my Wdroom.
The practice of sleeping in a vacuum will
graduallv imdermine the sttongest constitu
tion. I have found great advantage, too, in
sleeping in oed, and not on the washstand or
across the towel-rack. My grandfather used
to say that the towel-rack was even more
dangerous to sleep on than the mantle-piece.
"Upon rising 1 always jump at once into
the bath-turt, no matter how cold the weath
er is ; and I sit there thinking whether I shall
turn the water on or not. lienerally I con
clude not. But the exercise in clinihing in
and out of the tub does me much good. Be
fore breakfast 1 pass an hour or o in pars
ing. I have 'oeconie so skiliful now that I
can tell an adverb clear across the street,
and no amount of disguise can bide a person
al pronoun lrom me. Sometimes, when I
weary of grammer, I take a quiet game of
"Pussy wants a corner," or practice looking
cross-eyed at the clock. This last amuse
ment always gives me an appetite.
"But a moderate breakfast is'best A man
doesn't want more than two or three water
melons, a hind-quarter of lamb, a peck or
two of oysters, a bucket (a small bucket) of
pickles for his first meal. Eat blowly. Al
low at least a minute to a water-melon, and
when gunwads ate introduced in tne bash,
be sure to snit out the stor.es." IN. B.
This is not clear, but Mr. Hicks undoubted-
ly means well. M. adkleh.1
"Alter eating, the system needs a rest I .
go off to dome quiet place, like the rain.wa-t-er
cistern, or the chimney flue, and try to
compose my mind. Sometimes 1 sing. It is
admirable for strengthening the lungs, j
and the chimney flue develops the sound :
wonderfully. Lat Wednesday I sang 'Home i
Sweet Home' up the chimney flue so effect- i
ivelv that it brought out me nre iingaue,
in, nimsuc,
and threw Mr. Hopkinson's hired girl into '
fits." IN. B. The old man's mind seems
to be wandering here, but be i evidently
trying to tell the truth. M. AnEI.ER
"A little Inter in the day you want exer
cise to stimulate the circulation. Sometimes
I carry the piano up and down stairs two or
three times, or I open and shut my umbrella
seventeen or eighteen hundred times, or
brush my hair for a couple of hours ot go
ont nnd dig potatoes with a lead pencil. I
used to spank the naby, out l nave no nany
small enough to spank. Mv youngest child 1
is fortv-seven, ami has red-hair. and is in the .
legislature." N. B If he is in the legisla
ture it is positively certain that a spanking
would do him good. But I do not understand
that reference to red hair. It is not perti
nent to the subject. M. A.J
"And now, in my old age, I look back up
on the years of a well spent life, and as'I
heel myself aoout my garden in a wneei-
barrow, "looking at the logarithms growing '
upon mv vines and watciiing the prepositions
climbing upon the trellises basking in the
sunshine, w hile the pelicans gambol about
the-"
But this is enough. Mr. slicks is gradual
ly ceasing to be lucid. Pelicans never gam
bol ; and I have some doubts about that
wheel-barrow performance ; but the reader .
who wishes to live till ninety and become a 1
hoary old fellow may study Hick's epistle
possibly with profit.
A CcRiors Animal. On the farm of W.
D. Green, on the road leading from the vil
lage of Florida to Glenniore Lake, not far
from Newton, N. J., is a cave inhabited by
a nondescript animal, somewhat partaking
of the human form. Some time aero this an
imal was seen by two men named Armstrong
and Sullivan, who were at work in a field
near the cave. It so much resembled a hu
man being that Armstrong, who was eating
his lunch, asked it to take a piece of bread,
whereupon it gritted its teeth and fled to
the cave, remaining in sight only a few sec
onds. Several persons have endeavored to
entrap it, but without success. All who
have seen it describe it as being covered with
Jong, shaggy hair.
A few days ago Ira Seybolt, a well-known
hunter, chanced to pass the cave and sjrw
the animal iyiug at length upon a stone wall
and shot at it, w hen, with a cry of mingled
rage and pain, it leaped from the wall and
fled into the cave. Mr. Green, on whose
farm the cave is located, now has a quan
tity oi nair, anout eignt incres long, which
was cut lrom the aodv ot
the creature bv
Seyltolt's shot. The creature walks half up-
right and prowls considerably at night, mak
ing unearthly noises. There
re area variety
the "thing" is.
of conjectures as to what
There is not a man in the entire section who
could be induced to enter the cave under
any consideration. The entrance to the
cave is small, but it is said to have a very
large interior. Many people believe that
the creature who inha'bits this cave is a wild
man and a watch is being kept over the
mouth of the "den" to see what manner of
creature it Is. The affair has created much
excitement and considerable nervousness in
this section, and the developments are anx-
ionsly awaited. Teople will not travel the
road near where the cave is located, and
Mr. Green could not sell his otherwise valu
able farm for a cent an acre at the present
time on account of the superstitution pre
vailing among the country people.
As incident occurred in Baltimore a few
days ago which goes to show to what ex
tremes a wife's devotion will lead her. A
young man was arrested and locked up in a
police station on a charge of disorderly con
duct when his wife, with a baby in her anus,
appeared before the magistrate and pleaded
for mercv. It was not the first time he had
been arrested, and tho officer was unwilling
to release him without imposing a fine and
requiring bail ;for his future good behavior.
The woman begged for a delay of half an
hour before be was sent to jail, and on the
stay of proceedings being granted, she hnr
riea out, secured the necessary bond from an
aquainUnce, and pledged her baby for $1.75,
the amount of the tine and costs, and led her
husband off in triumph.
Close
wiser.
fjVARTEns Those held by a
A DIVER TELLS HIS EXTERIEM'E.
George W. Townsend, a well known sub
marine diver, has been interviewed by a re
presentative of the Boston Herald. He said:
"The first time a man coca down he is apt
to be consirleranlt scared on account of th
pressure. If a man Is lowered too fast it
will kill him. Divers are seldom or never
killed by drowning, but by an unequaled
amount of pressuie. A diver could cut a
hole in the lower portion of his suit without
danger of being drowned so long as he stood
erect, for as long athe air is supplied bv the
air pump, the water cannot reach his mouth.
In deep water the pressure is usually very
great, and a diver can descend as deep as he
can f-Uml the pressure. You se we are in
a vacuum. There is no pressure perceptible
to us on the copper helmet about our heads.
The pressure i- all on the lower garments,
and, if it is too great, it drives all the b!xxl
in the bodv to the head and the result is
death. I have seen men killed In tins way
whose heads were fairly split open and hose
eves were driven from the sockets. A more
horrible death could not tie imagined, and I
and alniastall other divers have narrowly es
caped it. When a diver is ten feet tiuwo,
the p.vssure to the square foot is ti.V pound;
and at 30 teet, 1S.75U pounds: and at at feet,
31,250 pounds: at 70 feet, 42,7:o pounds;
at 90 feet, 5,-,:H) pounds; at 110 fevt, b?,
7rtO pounds; at i:w feet, 81,250 pounds; at
150 teet, which is the greatest depth to which
1 have descended, t.,7.i0 pounds ; and st 16
feet 100,000 pounds. Divers seldom deseMjdl
over ltwi feet, and rarely as deep as that
Under the water the ears feel stopped up,
but sometimes we make ourselves under
stood by putting two helmets together and
shouting, but then it doen't sound louder
than an ordinary whisper. A man who
went down for the first time would be likely
to signal to come up after feeling the pres
sure in the ears, which is very unpleasant
until you are used to it"
"How about the fih; do they molest you ?'
Verv seldom. Yon see we make it a rule
not to disturb them. We know thai thry are
in then elenx
for sharks w
in then element, and we are not in ours. As
e don t care for theui. Thev
are cowardly, and easily frightened off.
r "l"V'h more afraid of the baricotas. i
e
a sur
face fish, with teeth three inches long. Talk
i about fish, why, one can't have any concepv
' tion ot them until tie lias been tinder the
water and seen them all sizes and colors of
! the rainbow. The noise made by a school of
) tish sounds under the water like the rumb
j ling of thunder. One of the greatest curios
ities in this line was the .Tew fajti I rncoun
! tered while diving in tlie Bv of Cumana, on
the coast of Yenezenla. The fih are fro:u
! six to fifteen feet in length, and have a laxe
I mouth, with small teeth. The Jew Csh have
j a great deal of curiosity more than any
J woman 1 know of and used to pva us wh.ie
we were at work. We were a little afraid
: of them at first, but found they would not
; harm us. I suppose you have hpard of the
! electric eel, w inch has the power to give a
i shock equal to a Itattery. When we were
' diving at the We i Indies one of our divers
! received a shock from an electrir eel, and
I for a time seemed almost paralyzed. Mules
; and other aniiuais, when fording streams in
j this country, often receive a severe shock.
"It depend? bow clear the water Is, w heth
: er it is dusk or not I have been down 30
I fathoms where I could see to read tlie l.ost
v print and 1 have been down 10 feet where
I you could not see your hand before you. It
is not very pleasant exploring a wreck, es-
. . II.. ...l.A.A . I . . . .... .1 .1 1 1 ,
7 - - "" l
! those, and, while we can't sav that wp don't
! mind them, 1 can say that thev don't deter
! us from goingdown." I am one" of those who
t believe that drowning is an eay death, com
! paratively, because I have noticed that the
: face of a drowned person looks as it tie bad
one to sleep, and seldom denotes pain, but
j when tlie eyes are wide open and glasv la
I appearance, and the gas in the stomach
j makes the body stand bolt upright, it is rath
! er trying to the nerves. Sometimes we find
arownca person? witn a aeatn grip upon a
piece of rigging ot the side of a bunk, and
it. is very difficult to unloose their hold. Bsw
fore we see a bodv or nnv obiert tinder
wa
, !. . .. . .
: sometimes find it by closely following the
' sediments in the water.
j "In many places the bottom of the ocean
Is beautiful, especially where the coral reefs
are. Coral looks like a forester tieesthat
lias ueen cut flown, i nave seen coral as
large as the stump of any tree you ever taw,
with enormous linilis running downward,
the trunk and branches being of the pure
white coral. I have envuirjtcred a reef af
'7.7''' "2 " 'TT'A 'J " j-.Z .,m
TuIe h'.te 9aBd ,fter n"8 two
ter descending three fa'.homs, aud a bottom
fatbouis more.
A Mistake All Arocm. A most fidi-
! castle. A policeman was passing the church,
j as a gentleman came out. The man ioklng
1 ly accosted the policeman, and said he was
i wanted inside, meaning that the minister
would be glad to have him turn from the er-
; rorot ins ways, and seek tlie truth aud en
joy a peace that passeth all understanding.
! The stupid policeman thought there was
! some trouble in the church, so he went in.
I The sexton, seeing a policeman, was anxious
i to give him a favorable seat so he said.
"Coine right in here," and lie took him to a
pew and waved his hand as much as to say
"help yourself.'" There was another man
in the pew, a deacon with a sinister expres
sion as the policeman thought and lie sup
posed that was the man they wanted to ar
rest, so he tapped the deacon on the arm
and told hint to come along. The deacon
turned pale and edged along as though to
get away, when the policeman took him by
the collar and jerked him out into the aisle.
The deacon struggled, thinking the police
man was crazy, and tried to get a sv ay, but
was dragged along. Many of the congreea
tion thought the deacon had been doing
something wrong, and some of them got be
hind the deacon and helped the officer fire
hun out. Arriving at the lock-un. the rwv
i liceroan saw tlie man who told him be was
wanted in the church, and asked him what
the charge was against the deacon, and he
didn't know, so the sexton was appealed to,
and he didn't know, and finally the prisoner
was asked what it was all alwut and be
didn't know. The policeman was asked
what he arrested the nian tor and he didn't
know, and after awhile the matter was ex
plained and the policeman, who had to ar
rest somebody, took the man into custody
who told him he was wanted in the churcn,
and lie was fiued f5 aud costs.
Tkofitis Black Walk its The smart
est Texan, and. in tncti the .mart
j I have ever met, sars a San Antonio letter
j writer, is old Sim Graves, who lives on a 1,-
ow acre l arm west of axahatchie in Cen
tral Texas. After Mr. Graves had shown me
his cattle and cotton, be took me over to see
his woods.
"Well, what of it?" I said, a be pointed
to a ten acre forest.
"What of it ? Why, them's black walm-'.s,
sir, Ten acres of em, Planted 'em mvscif
ten years ago. See, they're nine incnes thro'.
j Good trees, eh?
And sure enough there were ten acre of
i band planted black walnut trees. They
stood about twelve feet apart, 200 in an acr
in all 2,oou trees.
"Well, how did yoa get your money back ?"
I asked.
"Black walnuts aie worth $2 SO a bushel,
ain't thev? I'll get 400 bushels this vear.
That's fl'ooo. A hundred dollars an acre is
' good rent for land worth f 15 an acre, ain't
! it?"
"Well, what else?" 1 inquired, growing
interested.
"The trees," continued Mr. '.Graves, "are
growing an inch a year. When they are
twenty years old they will be nineteen inches
through. A black walnut tree nineteen
inches through is worth J25. My 2,0C trees
ten veais from now will be worth .V),oki.
If I don't want to cut them all, I can cut
half of them, and then raise a bushel of wal
nuts to the tree that is. get $2,5oO a year
for the crop. Two hundred and fifty dol
lars au acre is afair rent for 15 land, ain't
it ?" - .
llAU'barber's Itch for years, terribly. Doc
tots failed. Pervn cured me. C Bt k,
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