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The larire and reliable circulation of tti t;
bria a s; comments it to th. faTorat.i. co
alteration of ad ven ifers. wliuJf fTorsw!il be .
aerted at the following low rate? :
pobllhe WeeUlj at
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' ? if not p'd wlthfn mo. l..-
if not pM within 8 mos. J.WJ
jf not p'd within year.. 2.2o
res'.hnir out!de the county
., will the above term be de
n ' nl those who don't consult their
T'""; pivinir 1c advance inust not
erL"" ',' i on the sume footing a those.
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ficn 10 ijv 'ittitttr vf li-niifi or individual interest.
mtMf bf paid Jar o 'frrrcfnenr.
.Ton raiMisn or all kind really and expediti
ously executed at lowest prices. Don i.yaii is'-wot
it.
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VOLUME XVI.
EBENSBURG, PA.. FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1SS2.
NUMBER 22.
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ilnVUIlt tO SClI Olit to make purchases for fall.
h M'ailt tO SCll Olit to keep plenty work going.
cmy cut iur pl.uid when we are in the right,
iiiid if thu piicfs nnist be cut down,
to rather the people,
Down no the Prices.
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1 :'-ire on a!i oar clothir:.;' fur this sale.
UUMSSl & BROWN.
OAK HALL,
P.
PHILADELPHIA.
2" 3 !apt Reeds, Eight Stop;
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?.?ts Reeds, $90.
'.!...? f'rl'"r. or Reenter 1
f ;iTTv,iT f ! lroB8t'r call upon
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'a T:I1 C-kl OF
s' " eg f Blood, Br"B
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Commencing first week of June.
Scotch j't'oi'le and olil-tiine folks all know wLat is the meauing of an
;,,t sii'e." It is a Um used when things are to be sold out to close
j:ri. j. irtnerLips, etc.
We i'1-oi'ose a sale of this nature. The prosperous season bo far this
t!; bro'est we have ever had, encourages us to
Ring all the Bells,
y) C.f 27 K 1'EOrLi: JX TO CLOSE OUT BEFORE
THE 4th OF JULY, ILL OF TUE
OF
MEN'S and BOYS'
CLOTHING.
Fe Mailt to sell out to make some changes.
K )Tai2t tO Sell OUt to start again with a new stock.
e Want tO Sell OUt to do a larger business than ever.
l c never slop at anything
. : hp acri!ice cur profits for one umnth, the people have dona gen
' '. :- ! r niiiuy years, and we are satisfied.
iXA XLT-SHELL,TIIIS IS IT.
.' 1 ! a ? Wm! p.. int of all this is a radical reduction in prices from
!". Ti.'-y ::.c e it, s itnf ten, some twenty, some thirty per cent.,
- v i.r'!'( I'ii I'Hinl s; cia;iy fi..r this sale, not at all. Compared
A 1- tl.e ;ivt'i-;uv rednetiou is twenty-five per cent. Of the
" u,. :!!!' nr.w l t ld by us. about 000,K is involved in this
Fr Mi i,':i-at lit w h !eh inijht be ru ide we only quote three items
. 'i.uic-ly :
.1 's i t i:i' r s " s '"a-iiiif re Pantaloons, made and making, strong,
!:: .! : l.Uely .;:5...'.i, now 2. 12.
v Miit. via! tai,:it: I Sawyer's (.'ussimere, made and making;
;I.hi. r.ow 1 1 '. ". .
tieus suits, ti:':it sijb-s. every garment freshly made; some of
sold fri't '.y at il J on, .t '.2".
'ur i:ici.t t i. .-Imj :v to t-il all the people that quick trade
j. Corner Sixth and Market Sts.,
l -it? .5
rjiiLtAJi:i.piiiA
SINGER MACHINE
LtMil to anu fiinorr in the Market.
Th- '.o.- .oil ri-.rf.-!ii- ti.e n:ar sine lor
the i.e... which tl.e ioi.cr'voic, ,.(rs l'r sale
the w.iti.i.-riul low i-r ! ati. This machine
hi- per'oct snti-t'aotion licrcv er n " . an.i
. rrarrn He,! t.tr tl,r tfrm of tri i'r. Keinein
I Um e :t r- In re a 11 the time an 1 that you not
oti'v hoe .orv oi.j-orMin'ty ti ex.itiorie the ma
chine :oi-1 p it In "i-iTi'ii-n. hut yon k now where
to c. me to j,et your iiioncy ia.-k" if the machine
i-.n't .!o T:criy ay rcprcsente.!. You will there
lore c.t.Mi t j our own ti:tereyt t.y tuiylnu the I'hil
n. !.. In. i Siiietr -M u hine ami tm inif tr..m no one
W'. j. Ht't'h..
-2.-6m.j Iluck's Mills. Alleuhcny Tap.
("RnSCI'XT PUT.
1 hn 1-rnml of Toh le -o, thoneh hut a short time
on the market, 1j ire,,v the f .tmrlte with manv
cl.ewer-. M i. In Irota selected leaf and with tet
.weeter itix. it i. a capita! art cle and specially
suite. to 'tie IVnn.ylvania taste. For salo hv all
dealers. Send for mm le to the inacufiirtiire'rs.
C A. JACK. VOX A ., Prtrmbarf, V.
W ill net talnahle lafarmallan FKt'.F. by
semliti lor circular to t. 1'ut'iuicE, Hosion, .Mass.
Q)f Irr W eek can tie made In any locality.
0tl otnetii'Tia- antirelv new inr agents. S1
out ill free. (i. W. IX. KAilitl (U lius ton. Mams.
Aliri KTINI BS 1 semi for our Select List or Local
e".aper. (ieo. F. Koweil a. Uv., W SiTUce
N. V.
Q( ii l( t ' vear ,0 Aktents and aDpeoses. t Oat fit
CJJJtm. AUiM F.iwatn f V.,AfueM.
AMERICA.
BY JOHN BOTLE O'REILLY.
Read at the Reunion of the Army of the Potomac, at
Detroit, on June 14, lSSt.
Nor War nor Teace, forever old and youn.
But Strength, my theme, whose song is yet
nsuntr,
The Teople's Strength, the deep alluring
dream
Of truths that seethe below the truths that
seem.
The buried ruins'of dead empires seek,
Of Iudian, Syrian, Persian, Roman, Greek :
From shattered capital and frieze upraise
The stately structure of their golden days :
Their laws occult, their priests and prophets
ask.
Their altars search, tneir oracles unmask,
Their parable from birth to burial see,
The acorn eerm, the growth, the dense
leafed tree,
A world of riant life ; the sudden day
When like a new strange glory shone decay,
A golden glow amid the green ; the change
From branch to branch at life's receding
range.
Till nothing stands of towering strength and
pride
Save naked trunk and arms whose veins are
dried,
And these, too, crumble till no sign remain
To mark its place upon thewind-swept plain.
Why died the empires ? Like the forest trees
I lin fiDtnrp rirtn.n rhoin ? rtr riiri elir rt icmcii
Assail their roots and poison all their springs ?
The old-time story answers : nobles, kings,
Have made and been the State, their names
aloue
Its history holds ; its wealth, its wars, their
own.
Their wanton will could raise, enrich, con
demn :
The tolling millions lived and died for them.
Their fortunes rose in conquest, fell in guilt;
The people never owned them, never built.
Those olden times ! how many words are
speni
In weak regret and shallow argument
To prove them wiser, happier than onr own !
The oldest moment that the world has
known
Is passing now. Those vaunted times were
young ;
Their wisdom from unlettered peasants
sorting :
Their la w from nobles arrogant and rude ;
Their tistice force, their whole achievement
crude.
With men the old are wise : why change the
rule
When nations speak, and send the old to
school .'
Respect the past for all the good It knew :
Give lioiile lives and struggling truths their
due :
But ask. what freedom knew the common
men
Who served and bled and won the victories
then ?
The leaders are immortal, but the hordes
They led to death were simply human
swords.
Unknowing what they fought for, why they
leu.
What change has come? Inperial Europe
tell !
Death's watders cry from twenty centuries'
neaKs :
Flat;ea's field the word of Plevi:a speaks :
The martial draft still wastes the peasant
farms.
A dozen kings, five million men in arms ;
The earth mapped out estate-like, hedged
with steel ;
In neighboring schools the children bred to
feel
Unnatural hate, disjoined in speech and
creed ;
The forges roaring for the armies' need';
The cities buiided by the people .ined
With scowling forts and roadways under
mined :
At every bastioned frontier, evev state.
Suspicion, s worded, standing by the gate !
But turn our eyes from those oppressive
la nds :
Behold, one country all defenceless stands,
One nation-continent, from East to Wet.
With riches heaped upon her bounteous
breast ;
Her niiiics, her marts, her skill of band and
brain,
That bring Aladdin's dreams to light again !
Where sleep the conquerors? Here is chance
for spoil :
Such un watched fields, such end less, thought
less toil !
Vain dream of olden time ! The robber
strength
That swept its will is overmatched at length.
Here, not with swords but smiles the people
greet
The foreign spy in harbor, granary, street;
Herb towns unguarded lie, tor here alone
Nor caste, nor king, nor privilege is known.
For home the farmer ploughs, the miner
delves,
A land of toilers, toiling for themselves ;
A land of cities, which no fortress shields.
Whose open streets, reach out to fertile
lielt.s ;
Whose roads are shaken by no armies' tread ;
Whose only camps aie cities ot the dead !
Go stand at Arlington, the graves among :
No ramparts, cannons there, do banners
bung,
No threat above the Capital, no blare
To warn the senators the guns are there.
But never yet was city fortified
Like that sad height above Potomac's tide ;
There nuver yet was eloquence in speech
Like those ten thousand stones, a name on
each ;
No guaids e'er pressed such claim on court
or king
As these Puetorians to our Senate bring ;
The Artr.y ot Potomac never lay
So full ot strength as in its camp to-day 1
On fatal Chseronea's field the Greeks
A lion raised. a somber tomb that speaks
word, no name, ao eiiiuietii oi me pride.
Of those who ruled the insect host that died. 1
But by her soldiers' graves Columbia proves !
liow lust toward morn the night ot manhood
moves.
Those low white lines at Gettysburg remain,
The sacred record of her humblest slain,
Where children's children in their time, will
come
To view a ith pride their heroe-f ather's tomb,
While flown the ages runs the patriot line
Till rich tradition makes each tomb a shrine. I
Our standing army these, with spectre
glaives,
Our fottre.xsed towns their battle-ordered
graves.
Here sleep our valiant, sown like dragon's
teeth ;
Here newborn sons renew the pious wreath ;
Here proud Columbia bends, with tear-stined
mouth,
To kiss their biood-seal, binding North and
South,
Two cla-pmi bands upo the knot they tied
When L'nioii lived and human Slavery died.
Who doubt our strength or measure it with
'.hose
Whose aimed millions wait for coining foes,
They judge by lojal standards, that depend
On liiieiitig hands to threaten or delend,
That keep their war-dogs chained iu time ot
pence,
And ihead a loe scarce less than their re
lease. Who hunt wild beasts with cheetahs, fiercely
tame.
Must watch their hounds as well as fear their
game.
Around our veterans hung no dread or doubt
When tin ice a million men were musteied
out.
As scattered seed in new-ploughed land, or
flake
Of Spring-time snow that fall in smiling
lakes.
Our war-born soldiers sank into the Sea
Of peaceful life and fruittul energy.
No sign remained of '.hat vast army, save
i Iu field and street new workmen, bronzed
and grave ;
Some whittling teamsters still in aimy vest;
ooiue tjuiei citizens with medalled breast.
So died the hatred ol our brother feud ;
The conflict o'er, the triumph was subdued.
bat victor kiutf e'er spared tae vanquished
foe ?
How mucn cf mercy did strong Pruia short
When anguished Faris in the dust lay prone?
The German trumpet rang above her moan.
The clink of Uhlan spurs her temples knew ;
Her Arch of Triumph spanned their triumph,
too.
Not thus, O South! when thy proud head
was low,
Thy passionate heart laid open to the foe,
Not thus, Virginia, did thy victors meet
At Anpomattox him who bore defeat ;
No brutal show abased thine honored State ;
Grant turned from .Richmond at the very
gate !
O Land, macmnnimous, republican !
The last for Nationhood, the first for Van !
Becanse thy Mnes by Freedom's self were
laid,
Profound the sin to change or retrograde.
From base to cresting let thy work be new ;
Twas not by aping foreign "ways it grew.
To struggling people give at least applause ;
Let equities, not precedents, subtend your
laws ;
Like rays from that great Eye the altars
show.
That fall triangular, free states should grow,
Thf soul above, the brain and hand below.
Believe that strength lies not in steel or
stone ;
That perils wait the land whose heavy
throne.
Though ringed by swords and rich with ti
tled show,
I? based on fettered misery below :
That nations grow where every class unites
For common interests and common rights ;
Where no caste barrier stays the poor roan's
son,
Ti'l. step by s'ep, the topmostheight is won ;
Where every hand subscribes to every rule.
And free as air are voice, and vote, and
school !
A Nation's years are centuries 1 Let Art
Portray thy First, and Liberty will start
From every field in Europe at the sight.
"Why stand thpse thrones between us and
the light?"
Strong men shall ask : "Who built these
frontier towers
To bar out men of kindred blood with ours 1"
O, this thy work, Republic ! this thy health,
To prove man's birthright to a common
wealth ; j
To teach the people to be strong and wise,
J ill armies, nations, nobles, royalties.
Are laid at rest, with all their fears and
hates ;
Till Europe's thirteen Mnnareles are States,
Without a barrier and without a thtone,
Of one grand Federation like our own !
KEMARKAKLE TREES.
BY JATER 1". JEKNrsos.
The vegetable world produces many strik
ing examples of wonder and admiration.
The study of botany is a deep one ; and the
strange and mysterious processes of plant
life has ever been a subject of research and
investigation for the philosopher and student
of science. The manner in which the ele
ments are drawn from the soil and prepared
in ten thousand different forms and combi
nations by the little chemical laboratories of
Nature, has ever engaged his earnest atten
tion. There is yet much to be learned in this
department of physical science, and as we
delve deeper into the subject we soon become
convinced how small a part of the mighty
laws and operations of Nature are really
known. Every tew discovery made, how
ever, and every new principle that appears
to unfold itself to the mind, proclaims more
and more the grand and harmonious work of
the great Creator.
But we have not space in the present pa
per to enter into a description of the strange
and curious processes of vegetable life, and
so we proceed to present an account of a
few of the more wonderful examples to be
met with in this branch of external nature.
We will commence the list with the stately
and beautiful magnolia of Florida. This re
markable flowering tree, concerning which
so much has been said and written, is a gi
gantic species of southern laurel. When
covered with its large white flowers, "some of
which are said to be eight or nine inches in
diameter, it presents a magnificent appear
ance ; and its fragTace fills the air with per
fume to the distance of half a mile away. It
is often tall and graceful in form, though its
size and beauty has frequently been much
exaggerated. The largest specimens are said
to attain the height of one hundred feet; and
the top forms a perfect cone. It will hardly
compare in size with northern sugar maple,
or sycamore, the cottonwood, or the stately
ash. The wood Is soft, of little value, and
the thick hark is smooth, like that of the
beech, and of a whitish color. The leaves
somewhat resemble those of the orange tree,
though larger and thicker, and, while the
uppersurfaee is smooth and glossy, as though
it had been oiled, thf under side is covered
with a soft, yellowish" down.
The livj oak is also a remarkable tree, ex
ceeding in the number and magnitude of its
branches that of any other tree on the Amer
ican Continent. These put forth at the
height of about fifteen feet from the ground,
and spread out, in some instances, to the
distance of fifty paces on a side. The wood,
which is hard and tough, torms a valuable
material for ship building. It is a Dative of
the Southern States.
The. tallipot palm, of Ceylon and the East
Indies, is chiefly noted for its immense leaves.
The largest of these form stupendous fans,
often twenty feet in length by fifteen across,
and are the largest leaves of any known spe
cies of vegetation. They are large enough
to shelter a whole family ; and the natives
often use them for tents and umbrellas to
shield them from the raiu, and the scorching
rays of the midday tropical sun. The tree
grows straight and symmetrical, to about a
hundred feet in height, and is said to blos
som and bear fruit but once during its exist
ence. The upas, or poison tree of Java, has been
rendered famous by the many marvelous and
incredible stories that were once told con
cerning it. It was said, and believed by
many in former times, that its poisonous
fumes struck dead every living creature that
came within a circle of many miles ot where
it grew: and that the ground all about was
strewn with the dead carcasses and bleaching
bones of men and animals. How people
could go and see and come back alive to tell
the story, was not told. Scientific travelers,
unterr'died by the reports of the superstitious
natives, finally visited the spot and the fab
ulous stories were soon set at naught. The
region was found to be of great fertility and
beauty; and the design of the natives in
spreading terrible stories about the deadly
upas was, in all probability, to keep foreign
ers away. The tree is tall and beautiful in
appearance, and produces a sort of yellow
frothy juice, which is said to be poisonous.
There is a curious specimen of the vegeta
ble creation, found growing among the rug
ged and barren mountain sides of South
America, denominated the cow tree. Warm
summer showers, generally so essential for
vegetable growth, are rarely known iu the
vicinity ; yet this singular production, with
apparently dry and witheied branches, is a
reservoir of human food. The natives make
incisions In the bark, and a milky juice, some
what resembling that of the milk-weed, ex
udes in abundance. Most vegetable juices
of this description are nauseating or poison
ous ; but the milk of the cow-tree is said to
be sweet and nutritious.
In the West Indies there is another curious
production, termed the cabbage-tree. It Is
a large tree, from four to six feet In diame
ter at the base, and generally rises straight
as a plumb line to a height of from one to
two hundred feet. Scarcely a leaf or branch
puts out until near the top, where it assumes
a different color, and a thick cluster of light,
leary branches, about fifteen feet in length,
set out in all directions. The light, zephyr
like beeeze causes these lofty branches to
rise and fall in gentle undulations, like an
immense plume of feathers ; but in times of
high wind the tall trunk sways about, and
bends over as though it would bow to the
earth. Above the crest of waving plumes,
crowning the summit of all, is the cabbage ;
the taste of which closely resembles the com
mon vegetable of the same name, raised in
our gardens. As everyone of these wonder
ful cabbages obtained destroys the life of the
tree, it has become a very rare and costly
dish, prepared only on some grand entertain
ment of the rich ; and the time is probably
not far distant when this already rare tree
will be unknown among the living existence
of vegetable productions.
Some of the most remarkable examples of
vegetation found on the globe are produced
in China. Among thpse is the tallow-tree ;
a small tree with brilliant red and purple
leaves. When seen from a little distance it
presents a strange and beautiful checkered
appearance. The blossoms are yellow, and
the little white grains of vegetable tallow,
which are enclosed in husks, are picked out
and manufactured into candles.
The most universally nsed wood in China
is the bamboo. This is an Immense reed,
which enters into all the occupations, trades
and professions of the empire Chairs, ta
bles, bedsteads, and nearly all the articles of
furniture, from that of the humblest fisher
man to the richest mandarin, are fashioned
from this material ; and by splitting and
grinding it is worked into ropes, cords, and
twine, and it is even manufactured into sail
cloth and paper. Probably no tree on earth
is worked into a greater multiplicity of uses
thin the bamboo ; and were it not for this
great reed, it would seem that the whole ma
chinery of the Chinese government must
stop.
The camphor-tree is one of the largest of
the Chinese trees. It is found growing more
or less in scat tered patches along the banks
of the river. It is a gigantic species of lair
rel, sometimes attaining a diameter of five
or six feet, and with branches eight or nine
feet in circumference. The spreading top is
generally very broad and heavy ; but few
specimens can now be found exceeding fifty
feet in height. The Chinese say it once grew
to a height of three hundred feet, and witb a
circumference so great that twenty men with
their arms extended could not reach around
it. The wood is dry, of a light color, and is
used somewhat In building. The gum is ob
tained by steeping the branches.
The varnish tree, from which the beautiful
,Tapan varn'sh is male, is alo a native of
China and Japan. It is a smallish tree,
slightly resembling the ash in appearance,
with light-green, laurel-shaped lea s. The
varnish exudes in the night, from incisions
made in the hark, and as it is very poisonous,
the workmen are obliged to perform their
labor with caution, often rubbing their bodies
with a prepared oil, inclosing their hands in
long gloves and their heads in linen veils. It
is thought by some that an exaggerated ac
count of these precantions concerning the
poison varnish tree might have given rise to
the fabled story of the deadly upas.
Still another remarkable production of
China is the oil-tree. This is a small shrul
like tree, often cultivated on the tea planta
tions. The seeds are said to yield a great
abundance of pure and esculent oil. Itpro
duces a profusion of beautiful white blos
soms, and, when in full blooin, an orchard
of these trees appears like a grove covered
with snow. In size and general appearance it
greatly resembles the American cherry-tree.
Near the little town of Orotava, on the is
land of Teneriffe, is the famous dragon-tree;
seen and described by numboldt, the great
scientific traveler. Near the ground it is
forty -eight feet fn circumference, and at the
height of ten feet its diameter is twelve feet.
At a short distance above the gionnd the
huge trunk divides into a great number of
curious branches, each bearing a single tuft
of bright green leaves at the top. The entire
height is only sixty feet ; and the maze of
uplifted brandies, all appearing so nearly
alike, and all uniting to the huge trunk at a
single point, presents a strange and peculiar
aspect. Its growth is very slow ; and some
have thought It must have required a thous
and years to have reached maturity. Hum
boldt calculated it was one of the oldest
specimens of vegetable life on the globe.
One of the most wonderful productions of
the vegetable world is the banyan-tree. It is
a native of Hindostan and Cochin, China ;
and has been looked upon with reverence
and wonder in past and present ages. There
is no other tree that resembles it in outward
form or general appearance. The strong
lateral branches that reach out from the
trunk send down numerous shoots that take
root in the ground, and form new trunks. In
this way a grove is soon formed around the
parent stem, and eventually a forest, as it
were, arises, all connected, and formed of a
single tree. One of the largest of these cu
rious trees now standing, is on an island in
the Ncrhuildah Kiver, Hindostan. It has
three hundred and fifty large trunks, and
three thousand small ones ; covers seven
acres of ground, and furnishes shelter for
seven thousand people. In clearing away
these trees, the numerous trunks are all
girdled, or cut, when it withers, and soon
commences to decay. When It becomes dry,
fire is applied, and often the whole mass is
consumed.
One of the most stupendous trees in the
world is tl.e African baobab. Near the
mouth of the Senegal Kiver there is a huge
specimen of this tree, thirty feet in diameter.
The massive tiunk is short, and the ponder
ous branches spread out in all directions,
producing a vast, rounded top, large enough
for a small forest. It is supposed to be near
ly ten thousand years old. When covered
with a luxuriant green foliage, and a profu
sion of snowy blossoms, it presents a truly
magnificent appearance ; and the traveler
can hardly believe, until he has made a near
inspection, that so great a mass of verdure
and flowers is owned and upheld by a single
stem. The superstitious natives often gather
about the spot and celebrate the opening of
its flowers with religious rights and heathen
ceremonies. I
The tallest trees on the globe are said to
be iu Australia. A fallen tree in Gippsland
measures four hundred and thirty-five feet in
length ; and in the Victoria section two forest
monsters are now standing, one of which is
estimated to be two hundred and thirty-five,
and the other four hundred and fifty feet in
height.
In Skowhegan, Maine, there Is an Immense
russet apple-tree, ovei four and one-half feet
in diameter. It was planted in 1TC2. Seven
feet from the ground five huge branches put
forth, each averaging some thirty five feet in
length. The entire top is about sixty-three
feet across ; and the average yield of apples
has been about thirty bushels yearly.
In 1825, an enormous black walnut-tree
blew down near the sight of the present vil
lage of Silver Creek, in Southwestern New
York. It was hollow ; and eighteen feet of
the but-end was sawed off, roofed over, and
fitted for a saloon. Ten or twelve persons
could easily stand within at the same time
Although so majestic in proportions, the sheli
was thin and light, and, after remaining for
some time as the wonder of the region it was
carried to several of our Atlantic cities
where it drew crowds daily, and, ultimately,
It was transported across the ocean, and ex
hibit d in London, Paris, and other Euro
pean cities, where it was represented as a
specimen of American vegetation.
The largest chestnut-tree in the country Is
faid to be growing on the farm of Solomon
Merkle, in Berks county, Pennsylvania. It
is described as being forty feet in circumfer
ence at the base, and is estimated to contain
seventeen cords of wood. Steos are fasten
ed between the limbs, by means of which an
easy ascent can be made to the top.
Trees of enormous proportions are men
tioned by the ancient writers ; among which
were the far-famed cedars of Lebanon. The
mountain was probably once covered with a
giant forest composed of this noble tree ; but
when Solomon built his great temple thirty
thousand men were sent among them with
their axes, and the glory of the renowned
Lebanon forest'was soon leveled to the dust.
Only a few specimens are now left standing,
and these are probably much smaller than
some of those cut for the temple. The larg
est tiees now growing upon the spot may
perhaps be twelve or fifteen feet In diameter
and about one hundred feet in height. At a
short distance above the ground large spread
ing branches put for th, giving the tree a som -
bre and heavy appearance. The topmost
branches bear small cones similar to those of
the common pine. The wood works free
and easy, and is very lasting. The Temple
of Diana, famous as one of the seven won
ders of the world, was also built of cedar,
riiny tells us of a hollow tree in which I,u
can, the Koman consul, and twenty so!dier,
ate their supper and slept through the night.
One of the most majestic of trees is the
mahogany. It is not a tall tree but is heavy
and massive, and its great arms spread a
sombre curtain over such a vast area, that
the most ponderous oaks of the forest appear
insignificant in comparison. It often grows
in the most inaccessible situations, and the
best timber is procured only by great diffi
culty. The largest log ever cut in Honduras
was, when squared, seventeen feet lone, four
feet and nine inches wide, five feet and four
inclies thick, measured five thousand one
hundred and sixty-eight feet, board me isure,
and weighed fifteen tons. Its uses are well
known. The wood is firm and solid, and
susceptible of a high degree of polish. Some
times, when the grain is unusually beautiful
it commands a very high price. On or.e oc
casion, we are told that three loss, thirty
eight inches square, and fifteen feet long,
brought fifteen thousand dollars. The wood,
which was of exquisite beauty and closeness,
was cut up into thin veneers for the most
costly piano-fortes.
The celebrated tsxodium, of uhapultepec,
in Mexico, was one hundred and seventeen
feet in circumference, and was thought to be
over five thousand years old.
The largest tree of which history furnishes
any record is
Mount JEtna.
the great chestnut tree of i died strong, from Lancaster, calling thein
It was said to he sixty-four j selves the "Paxton Boys." after butchering
feet in diameter; and so great was its re.
nown that it was marked in all the ancient
maps, as late asinti, wnen it was visiree:
by Brydone, the interior of the huge trunk
was all decayed ; and it was divided into sev
eral monster trees, with bark and branches
only on the outer side ; though traces of its
having once been united in one prodigious
for?st monarch were plainly apparent, both
above and below the surface. Later a pub
lic road was made through it, wide enough
for two coaches to drive abreast, A hut was
alo built in the interior, for the accommoda
tion of the waudering nut gatherers of the
vicinity. This noted tree was probably sev
eral thousand years old ; and quite likely it
had passed its meridian long before the ty
rant Nero reigned in Home, or liefore Julius
Csesar went on his eventful Journey to Gaul
and Briton. But time in its steady and un
deviating march finally levels all things ; and
the great chestnut has long since passed Into
a venerable ruin. Centuries ago, before de
eay bad commenced, it was looked upon as
the glory of the forest; and it was visited by
thousands, from all quarters of the then
known world. But Its fame and greatness
are (known no more. Like the mighty em-
pires of Greece and Borne its grandeur and
magnificence has passed away, and we know
of its former existence only as we read the
records of the pat. Iiallou's Monthly Maga
zine for July.
A Sagacious Donkey. In no part of the
world, probably, is tr.e patient animal, w hich
is too often treated with cruelty, so well caied
for as in Spain. In this country the donkey
and the mule are petted and become great
favorites, and among the peasantry they are
almost looked upon as members of the house
hold. As showing the wonderful influence
which kind treatment will exercise, espec
ially on the donkey, we are told that a Span
ish peasant who possessed one was iu the
habit of journeying from his home to the city
of Madrid for the purpose of conveying milk
to the customer whom he supplied there;
and every morning he and his donkey w ith
laden panniers went tlieir accustomed round.
One day, however, the peasant became id,
and having no one to send, was in rather a
serious dilemma ; whereupon his wife sug-
pested tliat the donkey should be dispatched
alone. Accordingly the panniers were filled
as us"ual with the pans of milk : a piece of
paper was attached, requesting customers to
measure their own milk and return the cat s,
and the donkev started off. In a short time
the faithful creature returned with the emp
ty cans, having duly perfouned his errand ;
and not only did it continue to do so for sev
eral days, but its muster afterward learned
that it "did not merely go the usual round,
and trust to the customers coming out to it
in the road, but had the sagacity t go tip to
their doors and ring their bells (which to
Spain of teD pull downward) with Its mouth,
lXADE HL'TTEX. deceived. They trusted iinpli. if.y h: the
i word of the white men, and at their sngges
STOKY OF THE MASSAC ue of the mohwivm ' . , , , ., ,
Indians. i tions set fire to a number of their hcu-es in
j older to prevent them becoming harboring
uininiiiui-ii, wi.cn translated, means
"tents of grace, and at this quiet spot witt
a lioly name was perpetrated a wholesale
butchery of innocent people which will al
ways remain a foul blot on the early history
of Ohio. Twenty-nine men, twenty -seven
women and thirty-four children were slaugh
tered. Two buildings were rejected for the
howible purpose, the women and ba'.x s le
ing killed in one, the meu and boys in the
other. It is recorded that they died almost
clieerfully, the hymns and prayers of those
about to perish mingling with the death
groans of tlieir unhappy companions. The
story of the crime and tlie circumstanoes
which led up to it form an interesting but
awful chapter in the chronicles of the time.
in oroer mar, our readers may thoroughly
compreliend the significance of the event It
is necessary to go pbck to ttie year It
was men tnai uavid y-eisberger, the Mora
vian missionary, a man of rare piety, faith
and purity, was pursuing his great work
among tlie Indian tribes. He suffered hard
ships in the wilderness ; he endured ill-tieat-ment
at the liands of the savage tribes whom
he had resolved to convert, and never was
heard to murmur a complaint. He worked
wonders. Going among the heathen he found
them demoralized by whisky sold to them by
white traders, wicked and unscrupulous. He
gently persuaded them to relinquish liquor,
and pointed out its evil effects so forcibly
that whole tribes yielded to the fascination
of his eloquence and the weight of his argu
ments. From being frenzied brutes they
became sober and reasonable people. His
influence spread rapidly from nation to na
tkfn. Thoands, in fact, embraced Christi
anity ; Zeisberger's enthusiasm and pirty
carried all Jx'fore them. In 17f'i0 great pro
gress liad been made and tlie missions were
flourishing. But that same year events oc
curred which greatly put back the work of
conversion. The Moravian Indians were
accused of being concerned in Pontiac's con
spiracy. He was a brave and famous Ottawa
chieftiin, who organized a plot among the
various Indian tribes to murder at a given
time the English garrisons at all points.
Tins was discovered, and, though it w as nev
er proved that the Moravian Indians took
i the sligMest part i:
the conspiracy, they
were persecuted as much as if they had.
The Scotch-Irish settlers on tlie Pennsylva
nia frontier treated them with great harsh
ness ate! severity. Tlu y pv!eiided to bel'eve
or perhaps were, in fact, so ignorant and
bigoted to believe that, t'fe Indians were
the Cana.-oiites of ti e New World, and that
the existing war had come upon the colonies
as a judgment for failing to totally extermi
nate the native tribes. The Moravian In- i
diatis, being kind and gentle, were very na- ;
turally fit and fair quarry for these highly
civilized white settlers.
An ntere.s'.ing chapter in the liistory of .
their early persecutions is that which treats
of the narrow escape from extermination of
a considerable body of the Moravian Indians.
Tlie threats against those who had set tied on
the Pennsylvania frontier were of so deadly
a nature that Pavid Zeisberger advised them
to deliver up their arms and inarch to Phila- (
deiphia. They sought lefuge in the military
quarters there, but the soldiers threatened j
to kill them if they did not go away. The !
poor refugees were mobbed by an excited '
anil angry rabble, and the streets rang w ith '
yells and shouts which sounded as fierce as :
the warwlioop of the savages. Zeisberger
was with them all the time, standing by '.
them and encouraging them. A god!y ;
number of Quakers, who had suffered their
share ot cruelty- and persecution not so long
pel ore, also iook tlie poor Indians by the ; was so great, the temptation t.f mm so
hand, heedless of the gioans and curses of . strong, the outrages so rrequent that the
the mob. They were finally removed to an fertile valley was soon rorsaken bv the In
island in the river as a measure of precau- j dians, who retired first to Canada, "and then
tion. Their lives were piovidentially pre
served. A body of Scotch-Irish, several hun-
I a number of Conestoga Indians, who had
j sought protection in a jail, marched toward
Philadelphia with the avowed object of kill
ing all tlie Moravian refugees. Zeisberger
and otliers prevailed upon them to relinquish
their murderous designs, and so tlie poor In-
dians escaped with their lives on that occa
sion. Some of them, it is true, were reserv
ed for a worse fate ani wt re brutally killed
in the Tuscarawas Valley. Meanwhile the
Indians were taken off the island and con
veyed to the upper Susquehanna recion, be
yond the Wyoming Valley, where they built
the hamlet of Friedenshutten, or "Tents of
Peace." About 1708 Zeisberger established:
stations on the Allegheny and Beaver rivers.
T . : . o .!... . . . I . . . r .r :
prevailed. In 1780 the British incited a
j body of Delaware, commanded by Captain
Pipe, against tlie little colony of Guadeii
huttcn. They were joined by a party of
Wyandottes, and they broke up the settle
ment, carrying the Indians to Sandusky, and
their teachers to Detioit, the seat id the
British headquarters. It was in the follow
ing year that the slaughter took place, and
this was how it came about. The poor peo
ple, who had been so cruelly kidnapped
lrotu their homes at Gna-lcnhutten, ft
acres end acres of corn standing in the
fields. A party was chosen to return to har
vest it, and they accordingly took up their
quarters in their old liou-es w hieh had riot
been destroyed. Just at the time of their
ictc.rn some hos'ile Indians murdered a white
settler ami all his family. The trout ii-rsiuen
were immediately up in arms. Although
the Moravian Indians were guiltless of blood,
they accused them of aiding and abetting
the crime and determined to make an exam
ple of them. David Williamson seemed to
be the moving spirit among them. He or
ganized a band, and with ciafl in the head
j and murder in the heart lode into the Tu
carawas Valley and surrotinde 1 the Indians
' With friendly smiles and smooth promises
' they greeted their victims. Dissemblim
At was iii oiiu tnnt a uuiiiin-i ui .nuiatiau ami vwmoui uulu i.ici t: (. au Le no oilier yir-
Indiaus settled in the Tuscarawas Valley. ! tue.
They worked hard tilling the fertile Soil and ' We judge ourselves by what we feel capa
living lives of exemplary frugality and nidus- j hi? of doing, while others judge ns by what
try. The settlement flourished, and Indians i we have already done.
flocked from the extreme West to the pleas- J He w ho comes up to his own idea of great
ant tract in eastern Ohio. For ten years all j ness must always have had a very low stan
went well. The country abounded in rich i dard of it in his mind.
fields ot waving corn. Each house had its i Instruction d-vs not prevent waste of time
garden and orchard; peace and prosperity or mistakes; and mlstah-'s theiuselv-.s are
i tlieir true purposes they pretended that they j An aggrieved party wanted a certain ed
weie solicitous as to their safety and wished 1 Itor to apolojjre for saying that be was half
theio well. They finally induced them to i drttnk on a cettain occasion. The editor
give up whatever arms they had, under tlie j agreed to do so, and this is tlie way it ap-
pretense of taking care of them, and proiuis-
ed to conduct them to a place where they
would he free to pursue their avocations
w ithout molestation. The guileless Indiaus,
to tfce number of ninety, were completely
Indians.
After they had surrendered their arris, the
fell purpose of their captors soon t -came
manifest. They were made prisoners.liooJ
hand and toot, and confined to several of the
houses.
Then a council of war wa held and vari
ous methods of putting them to death were
discussed. Tlieir fate was soon decided, ut
it took a little further time to determine t!:e
fittest mode of butchery. One excited fron
tiersman sugof.f,.,i that they should be se
; curely confined in two large l)ones and
I burned alive. The idea was met with shouts
of approval, but one who had an eye for f a
i ture glory advised tliat the victims be toma
j hawked and scalped. He said that it was
; only riht and fair that they should tiave
some trophies of their campaign, and what
j more appropriate than the bleeding scalpsof
I
j the doomed Christian Indians ? Though ap
i proving cries were accorded to the man who
proposed burning them to death it is written
that the scalping and tomaliawking sugges
: tion was received with even a greater deru
I onstration of delight. It was at once adopt
i ed. The following morning was appointed
for the bloody deed, and the Indians were
i told tl:at they must die on the morrow. At
j first they were inclined to tret the affair as
j a joke. They could not bo'ieve that the
j whites were capable of such barbarity. Th 3
! demeanor of their capters, however, sorm
showed that it was no laughing matter.
They realized that they must die. How did
they behave? Never was tiuer heroism
manifested than by that band of unlettered
Indians who had nothing hut faith to buoy
thetn up. The night was passed in prayer.
Hjnins of praise wete cl.-:ited and each one
vied in encouraging the .t!:er tc- ftu e death
with Christi-iti f..:tii-.,,l. Tiny hid Iwen
divided in t-.Tii pa:t'e r.nd in-pnso.ied In two
large ho s. The murderers kept wat. a
outside. The j. 1 viiliv i. tuns cf the doom
ed Indians asceinh .1 heavenward, but pro
d'j. ed no softe::::. t HYd upon ihc haidened
hearts of the wl.i! savages.
At frunrise preparation., for the crime
were made. Two buildings wre delected,
anil were most appn piiatt !y called slut
ter houses." The men and boys were to h?
killed in one, and the women and babes la
the other. .Ml b.-ing ready the slaughter lw
gnn. Never had the sun risen on a more I: -human
spectacle. The butch, rs were whlo
men, presumably Christians ; the victims red
men. women and children, who had done no
wrong. Babes were tnrnfrom their moth
ers' arms, brained with t'-nnhawk and
scalped in sight oi thir shrieking and heart,
broken parents. The slavers almost waded"
in Mood. After the children had been dis
patched came the women's turn. Drag red
one by one bytl.tir long dark hair in the
centre of the shambles they were soon hur
ried i-ito eternity by one quick and stunning
blow from a turn ilnwk. Their scalps were
then cut off after the most approved Indian
fashion. The white men were intoxicated
wlihth" sHughter. WI i'e th" women and
babes were being thus brutally slain in one
house, the men and older boys met with a
similar fate in another. Ir is useless f
dwell on the horrible crime. After ninety
victims bad been dispatched, David William
son and his gang inarched bark to their
homes FmidZ i-'xTg-r was horror -stricken
wlien be h-uid of the massacre. He did
not.'liowever, i ! Lis efforts to convert and
civilize the Indi:;i.s. it is recorded that af
ter a lapse of sixteen years some of liis con
verts led by Zeisberger returned to the Tus
carawas and settled there one more. Tlieir
; stay was short.
Th-- influx of the wh.tes
to the Moravian mission station In Kansas.
The good and pious Zeisberger died in is,js.
having labored
for sixty years anion;: the
red men.
Wise Wonns. Nothing comes of violence.
Without grace the works of the law are
naught.
Happiness is always the inaccessible castle
j which sinks to ruin when we set fort on it.
No furniture is so charming as books, even
if you never open them or read a single
word.
The pow-er to do great things generally
arises from the willingness to do little
tilings.
In ail sciences the errors piecede tlie
truth's, and it is better they should go first
than last.
Without courage there cannot be truth.
! . . i : . 1 t -..!. . I . . 1 . . . I -
often the best b-aehe's tu all.
Beware what you s y of o'" : rs, because
yott only levesl ycji.-cif thereby. A man
do-esn't think to look bel-hid the door anle3
he has sometimes stfd t!i.;re h'mscif.
Expeiience always leads to Piodtsty when
wisely used. It never leads to bo.is'tul con
fidence or to self-idolatry. It has been too
often rebuked to claim infallibility, and too
often liumhiated to set up a iniuia.y that
may not be ch.allet'ged.
Sometimes there are living beings in na
ture as beautiful as in romance. Keality
surpasses imagination ; and we see breath
ing, brightening and moving before our eyes
sights dearer to cur hearts than any we ever
beheld in the land of sleep.
An exchange thinks there is something in
advertising after all : "Ask some men for
an advertisement and they will answer that
they don't believe in advertising a paper is
never read. Let a man be taught kissing;
li is neighbor's wife or trying t hold op tlie
side of a barn some dark night and his tone
clianges immediately, and if a printing office
is in a garret of a seventeen-story building
lie will climb to the top to beg the editor to
keep quiet don't publish it in the paper."
i pea rod : "We stated last week that Mr. B.
was not fit to be a public office! as hi? was
half drunk all the time. We w ish to corn ot
the above, as every one knows that Mr. B.
never does anything by halves."
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