Aclvei-tiHingf Kate?. The larva and reliable otrelaxjc 01 the Cam BtiA KKJinAi commends It ta Uia favozaole oca sldoretlon of vertlaeri. tiiiM favor will belu serted at the follow Lai low rata : 1 Inch, S time........ 91.50 I " I month . 1 months........ ................ ...... IV) 1 yes. .. ................. tXjO t " 8 months ............................. fug " year.... lo'oo S fl rnoctha....... ......... s 08 S 1 year 3n W eol'a a months..................... ........ 10 00 H " mooths 0 W 1 Tear S6.r S moi-ths.. ey.Oo 1 year va.oo Rustnee Itemi. Crf t Insertion lOe. par Una ; each subsequent insertion 6e. par Ima. Admiaiiruratur'i anil Kxecevtor's N( Joes t.S0 Auditor's Notloaa L(iO Stray and similar Notloac..... ......... . l.bO UJlwokltoM or wroorMn of tr.yc orporatxon. or tociely, i tommumaanon tnignrd lo t ail tlttn turn ta mf wuuttr 0 ltmif er rndmdual mlnr mt oa jn mm mdvrrtUrMnli. Job Pin of all kinds natly aadespadr ooaly axaeatad at lowast ptleas. Uua'iyua ia-xa ij ruMKbed weekly at HV JAMES IUSMM. rc nrri.i". . . r.- .r eaB n a.ivife 10 T' Vf nut lM within S nth, 1J 11 nut !' within month, t.00 l! .. imjj wlUiln Lb year., y JA ill' ilo 1,0 ... raaiJintf outlde ef the county J," "Hi be eher..d to '",1 .Trtit wtll the above terms be de- t".n snl those who don 1 eunsult taeir rr''M,-t'p paying u advance mut net ex "B '"'.TT.incra tfi ane loutlnaTAJthoaewhe p"' ii u dutiaetiy understood from I'm', rim " r- . , . .to JAS. C. HASSON, Editor and Publisher. 'U la A milKia WHOM Til TRUTH MAXBS fUl, 1IB AXX 1X1 SL1TK1 BUIDl1 8I.SO and postage per oar In advance. VOLUME XXIII. 7 ,",t Soe scalawags .10 otherwliie tt rJ . trt,. Hurt I EBENSBURG. PA.. FRIDAY. DECEMBER J3. 1SS9. NUMBER 45. if Ciitifi' if fit '$a to B. & B. W iut !t 'i "lf cau buy lo tha way of Blacfc pr, .s.,:.. Uriierallf the 1 1 grail ij,., Hi Illicit a v,ry aansiac- c m tvice auJ appeatoe, but at tiiTV (I tf j,,! si.k both these quallUea T! f.f !,'( ' !l upeclal forttinate par Pf,.,., nf !.iru. iiuantitlet at cut price 8 and c.iii r' m"-nil tin-in a extra untitles ,n l ;o -'' l,,,nr- t),'tt,'r than usual rj,', 1( ..... .: 1 Hlur ..U! at l. (l ,Hrli r.l.if' .nn llMlaMlk, t , u ll:. U Mlk Khad.mr, 1 Tt 1,1 iiijrfc Wlk rallla rricaila, 1 . ,., u riu. W I'tita 'I. I M 1 nt ti i::icK Anuitre Rojsl, 1 f; nil ' . ;rr!l viiuts. W bat of th finer r,....i..,., ' l' cv rf h rf too In lliase x-t.-K-v '.i -'.!- m crudes, nnalltU-s, t! aid to --'1't all tots at ft to t.-i. -r . 1 M.'uy fncy weaves this Cl...- ' i! M I ,,' 1 !. " i'1' i'' i'riat iti-n.anil. A l .,1 I ll.K AUVtT'ltfc, M ( 1 'l.i ifcKV SILK KllAD.V'ttS, M : 1 ( i...i;M- k All-l.t KAM'AISK, V 1 1 l.t KHU M KAIW, hrt i'lI.lHKl 1 K S OKA INS. l:l 1:: 11 r.i !' ''! for n'.r rt ant Lou.irt- IMTK Our Mail Order Depart-! ment r l: ppt-rui f 1 values men an, I al.ioof in) thinii el.e In t! :;i I !'" i'.'i r i.. i j. 'U ") 01 lutorojicu in irorn bin) i'li in tii'f.'t iualitlrs Thm Cfiuparo ).?y . .-. - like (jualuif. TliU cxten s:v.. u m liui'iliuii auJ aJJmiX to d .i : : v b' of "ma'l profits an J lo r:rs 1 . 1 a.i.'i a i aiul oUI I.Ica, but rume bt'itt i. lUr C i.je anil Kashlon Journal too may 4)iu In ilwttr aiibiiig vn th style mil lu ycur Fall and Winter par- c.'.ih K; e. BOflGS & BUHL, If.;, li: I'Jl FEDERAL STREET, ALLEGHENY, PA. Best of All C r.. .. .'.'. ...in , Ayr'a C'horry Poe in iirniUT Cou.anJ tlxui ever, t:. i.i. -ii f. r TUruut ur.il Lot. " M.s ih jir.inipt ku Its tflicts. o :r. . :t! l.i t'r titte, and ko widely k:i..un t".'..H. It Li lliu family mmli- c.. ..i ;;..ju.-niiiiU f liuuscLoiiij. "I Iiavij sutTfril lor yor from a I r r. h..d r 'lil.lo that, vrllrmiver I tuko t-i 1 ' .mi -tiwei! to iuoleiueut weatli. rr. shows ttju-'.f hy a rnry nnnoTing t.. ': n.: MU-i;.i n tho thront ana iy cuiir-ii-y m ur-ith.r.,'. I lutva tri.l a p-'vt tii;vry T.-ni- .it-a. but nr.no rto': so w.-.l a- .t'h Cherry Pectoral which k! i:ivi j.r :i: ' r. lief in rct'trua of o'.l . ..ii:!'! 1.1.1 " K.ruat A. Ili-pU r, l:w-i. t.-r fl I'utlic JioaUa. l'ttriali Tct " X email!, r At.t' ChtTy rixtorai a t..ft ia.t;aut totucdy For Homo Use. I liare tvMod i'A curative power, In ruy t x.'.y, tu.tuy tiuie during tho past tl. ry yr. nn.l have nevtr Vnoavn It t. ! t:l. It will rehevo the moot artom k.'Ti:..r.s cf th tiirout and lures, ;:.'.o.'i- hi eliil Iruu or adtilts." Mrd. I o. r.ilj..rly, Council Blulls, Iowa. "Twenty years ax'j I waa trouMed :i a .li. of tho lunti. lo.:tor k:!..rdv.l hio n. rulirf and counideretl t.y c.-.' l.uiH io.. I then bgau to uaa A;-, r s t'hrrry i'm-toral, and, Kfaro I U.J flu;hril tTie Ix .ttlo, found teht-t. 1 t i;:. Tried to t.in.0 tUm niudicine until a .in rffa-teil. I U.Hevo that Ayer'a tuirv rvtoriil baved my lifu." Su.'.i. 1 Grists, Waukagan, 111. " i X vfon aco I eontra-tel a se-ce r t '4 ; ..4.I1 seitlfd ru my lun and .3 iV . li.jM.it nil tho ularuiinir syrup. t- if 1 i.!iuitittiiii. I liud a ci'tiL, I ..: hh'h, bleedliilj if the lutit;, in 1 lit'.. t and iile. and v. as no p'-'rvi.! to K tcLiCnt'd to my l '. 1. 1 f tliw time. After trviiiir '. !, ..-r :.Tt : . ii ti, w ithout Ix-netit, 1' ' - 111 nnally deterniiutMt to pive A v: I li.-rry IVi-toral. I Uoic it, 1 : c i'!. i . w vs uutkii al. I SiH.-u.cd T.' 'V t: v.i tl ,1 tjt dvj cf thia ' . a-..'., ufior iiicj only threej l..liCY J . uiu ii mm aouml sui ever. ' i-riK't--ld, 111. Ajjf's Gisny Pectoral, riltl'.tlcEU BT Pr- J- C. Ayer Co., Lowell, MaJS. c.'-oi. I'rtr. (1 ; els borUee,ti. OILS' OILS! ih l uil Oil Ctinipany, of f '-ir, I;l.t make u speci:ilty : " turinj: fur the domes-'-a the fniust brnnil.-j of " -i-itini ami Lnbricatlns Oils, Nai'litla anj (lasoline l imt run tie Ml FRQFil PETBOLEOB. iliiillrii,; comparison with c'",ry i-roduct of petrol- ,:u- It you wish tho most : DaiTonDiy : Satisfactory : Oils !n market ask for ours. STANDARD OIL COrtTPANY, I'lTTSUUKG. 1'A. r .PIT THUOIW. IV. U , 1 J.' f ' ON5. i'lttrburg, pa. WE DO NOT PLEDGE I Ouraelres.tn kwp abraast. hot to keap tka laail orer all othara in talllnc yon 11 RE, ABdOUTtLV: PIBK. ASO WELL KATIKKD, RIPE WUH KIM A 31 D W 171 KM AtlKrlea that saaka all other daalars hustla. Jast tLInk ol It : (Ivor bolt A lio.'s For. Rya. 0a yara old. Kail qnaru Sl.uo, or IIW.m par dosea. .still batter! Finch's Ooldea Waddlnc. ten yer,olJ. .Kail qaru 1.UA or41s.00 par.dvaan. Hattar still ! Kentucky . ;ktarbon, ,ten years, old. ell qaarta sl.JS. or sixuO pcrdoxea. A o.l one of the taust saleablaWbUklrs an oar lift la The Para Eluht Year Oil. Exp rt linekethelui er Kull nurts (I uo. or 10 per rluiau. Tbfre li niHuUtJ th.t biuerer been sold that h:i trrn In tawr with the pnblla so raultl It as our i. Id Kxport. and the simple reason Is tbitt It is utterly iiopusalMe to duplicate It. Thvra will n.vrr ta any letup la the parity and tin n&vur in any particular uf the Parat.'ail lorala VViuoswe are.naw .llina at wu eeuta per bi.itui. Kull i Marts ..'or S5.U0 per doten.' In ms'.in up your order pleuse .enclose f. O. Alouejr trtsr or lirait. or Kesjlstsr your order. JOSEPH FLEMING k SON, WUOLfcSALKIANP KETAIX. DRUG(iISTS. riTTSBUUO, tA. sI'J M tHUKT MX. lor.efths llUn.nd. Jan. 'J&. Irr a snnn TEEL FEIMCE! at 5 MAisK or EXPANDED METAL '"KaieST" ssurryms hew. For R3iDNCts, Oiusioira, CtMtranics, Farm) Cahom8. I'.. Artorm. w md.w Caaro, TnlllMa. Hr-i.r..,.r rilMtUIU LATH. DOVB KATH. r. V. ri e for llluitinucd Catalc-ue: milcd ixca CENTRAL EXPANDED KETAL CO lia Water fit., flttabwrab, Psu Haxilaar Jlea luilb ivi uaiii tf LUis paper SIXTH kTUEtT, PITTMBI RU, Fl. It the srreat eollnve of Husinana ftnres, where all 1 tbe lrnjbiwo: acotupleta buimirf education are l:iunht by Actual ttusinee. Practice 1 be anly Biruiber iron fauna, uf tbe later-Tttate tiuisl rs pruc:iea Aeooiaton ot America." lbasta tjent Ir.ar l.o.W ktcijln au.l buticen by en aiKlnir In btisiaes tranAct.ons. Practical Ofneo Work and liukiny ara upeclalties. lntliTlUaal lntractl rK Iri.m a. m. to r. w. and Irura T lo !r. The tru a.tvantayes InSUor'lianJ and Tyiwnrinic tla klKht spavd la Uia suortet tntiv Sinil ti.r rttalotfua a.ll aa4 are Ilia ilinlrnH ;af aerk at lin yon alalt !! Expwailloa. Vial lora alwuva eiri.mr. . J AiitS iXAKh. WILU131S A. St.. f Praalaant. -K LV'S- CATARK W ...... I Irsuan lb Xaastl rataastaTca. 11: Allawa Pstla aid I nil animal .Ota. leal JtsrsKyra Haolarra ttaa) mm k. kenao of Taatr -.1- VV aaal aenell yA.; Try the Cue.HAi, A psrtlcla Is applied Inta each nostril and la Stfn.iahU. Price &u c inta at iJunit'Jta ; br mall rtirlatered. M cu. ELY HKi'S. M Warren St., New York. St. CHARLES Chatles S Gill, Proprietor. Tabic unsurpassed. Remodel ed with oflice on ground floor. Natural pas and incandescent light in all rooms. New steam laundrjr attached to house. "Cor. Wood St. & Third Ave. Pittsburgh, In; Pollclea written at short Botlra la the OLD RELIABLE "ETNA" Anal otbrr rirat Clauaa raapaalra. T. W. DICK UEIT FOR TUB OIul HARTFOKI) FIRE IXSURAME COM!. COMXllCCIl BrslNEM 1791. EbaDsbara. Jaiy l. lWi. NATURE'S CURE FOR CONSTIPATION, A aKLUBLE KCak-RI Far sirk ftt 'mi'm, er Terala LlT.r. HI II. .a Hraaac, leatifeaaaa. Tarrant's Kfrracgeaat Saltxar Avrtaiit It Is eartala In lu effrr U It la iatla la Its aotl. n It Is :ilalea,ble ta the taala. It ran be railed upon to eur, and It cares by aaaufiaa, not by oatrasr Ins;, naler.. Io but taaa violent pnrg-attTe your selves or allow yoar ehll lrea to take them, always ... tbls aletcont phar maceutical preparAllun, wblcb bas !cn lor mora than forty years a pnMle lavorita. Soid a u a'fiwf it$ 0:li,a atCuUUilW OTSPEPSIA. rrirtra ESSENTIAL OIIaS, WlNTEKCKKrX, I'KPl'EIlil ENT, PKJf- MKOYAL, Si'EAUMINT, At'. or prima quality, taught la any qtantlty for oasb on delivery, Irtj brokerage, eomtnlssloa, slorane, "DODGE & OLCOTT, mKrten and Kxporters, M William (u N. Y. Auk. xvtrv.-am. T1 )2f IHth. ATTOr.XEY-AT-LAW , , ? fc?burir. Pa. Office la ball.llnr ol T iei .,idf'''V.!,m B"r' Centre street, Al 2 , i business attended ta satlsfac- Wrymaj calloUoa a specialty. 10-14.-tf DISCOVERY. Wbea tho world's first great westward voy acr Sailed out In faith to thia new continent. v miner ne xeiK an nta iiie-curranta sur. Though knowing not unto what place ho went One day, no laud in sight, lua grating keel Reported aboals; the unconscious vessel slid Across, cor heard the grinding sands reveal Tho secret of tbe eoast beyond them hid. Ba drifted paol, thouch wall of leaf and bird Floating an J flattering alter, barlo htm stay; Vaguo lavitat-ons everywhere ha heard; Hy hope's own dazsiiiig glamor led astray. He landed on an island's rim, nor guessed How nearly he had won his larger quest. Alas: the dumb. Inscrutable human aca That will cot tell as of the shores we seek! Its Jealous waves, in moaaing mockery. Hut tist returned from pressing a blue cheek Against fresh rosea blown for us, nnseen. Ia our own realm, that cover will be ours. Though through the starry duk all night we lean And, unaware, breathe balsam from the flow era. And feci lis soft mists wrapping us around. And hear far, wave-toesed voices whispering From soma dun bourne beyond tho horizon a kindred starring for the lova wo bring. As wa for theirs aa unreaped harvest-flcld; Our treasure just within our reach concealed: An J yet, Columbus, thia Now World la thine 1 Thy cla m was In thy forward-reachl: g soul. An inner, prec:ent r:.;M; thou didst divine Wocde.-s that the va.led hemisphere should unroll At la-t. from out the blue blank of tbe aea; And whatsoever foot micM tread this shore, Clear was thy tIMo of ducovery, AVhoso tUought outsailed thy ships so long be fore. That which we recognise and seek Is ours; Aoproucbing nnparce.ved, related souls Stir irret.iat.bly our noblest powers; fa toward car own the tide of being roils; And shall It not be joy, the voyage done. To know the continent and Island onal Lucy Lareom, lo Harper Magazine. TIIEIK AVEDDING TOUIL Jack and Katy'a Somewhat Novel Experience. Among1 the many Gorman omljr&nta that from time to time landed at In dian Point. Matagorda llay, on the coast of Texas, and procvtdaKi inland for hundred of mllea to make a settle ment on the .extreme frontier of that pe IIoua region, wan a rod-chocked lass ofeeventoen, who, being1 an orphan, and without relatives in tho old coun try, had Tcntuned over to try hor fortune ia tho now. But though without kin. Gentle Katy, a she was familiarly Wrined, was not without friends, and tho eamo veeacl which brought hor over had on board at least six sturdy young follows who thought her moro lovely than auy other femiile they had ever soon. Gontlo Katy cast her lot with a now. ly-marriod couple, and with them went fur northward, to settle in a beautiful pot on the greon bank of the Llaao. There, strange as it may sooin, the saw and fo'l In love with as rough and ugly a specimen of civiliza tion as could ea.-i'.y bo found in a re gion where the men have always been more celebrated for thoir pluck than their beauty. Jack Ilawkbworth mciw urod six foot and two Inchon vras rough In manner, blunt In speech, and had never boon inside of a school houbo In hU life; but ho had a good heart, and tho courage of a lion. On one of his hunting excursion he came across Katy, and tho result waa a mu tual paaoion and a marriage. Now. then, my little beauty," Eald Jack, playfully tapping the bride's chin with his long, brown, bony fingers. 'Tvo got tho bird, yo eeo, and 1 wants the cage to put It in. I'm agwlne to git the cage, and eo jet you 9tay here quiet till I come back." In her imperfect English. Gontle Katy managed to Inquire how long he would be gone, and Jack assured her "it wouldn't be over a thousand years." lie finally took leave of her. In his rudo way, and went about fifty miles to tho eastward, whore, partly for cash and partly on credit, ho pur chased a email fchanty and land enough to live on comfortably, and then returned for the purpo6o of re moving his bird to his cage. But judge of his anguish on finding that Katy . was los. to him. perhaps forever. The young couple with whom eho had made her homo in tho wilderness were almost frenzied with fe:ir an J tabulation. They told him, with wringing hand and tearful eyes, that Katy had tho day before gone over to a little prairie grovo Uo gather Borne flower, and that shortly after, hearing some wild screams and horri ble yells, they had lovked out juat in time to sco her borne off by a party of mounted Iudian. At this direful intelligence Jatak Hawksworth f ank down on the near est seat, buried hLj faco la his hands, nnd for a few minutes frhook all over like a man with tho a-ue. When he again looked up bis hands and lips were working convulsively, his dark, bronzed features woro white and ghastly, large beads of erpiratioa were standing all over his face, and his small, black eyes had a piercing, fiery, wicked expression. He stag gered to his feet without baying a word, clutched Lia long rifle with a grip that seemed to eink his fingers into tho cold metal, and then went straight to the spot where his un fortunate wifo had been eocn in the I o w u r of a tavao foe. For half aa hour ho walked to and fro over the ground, minutely examining tho foot prints of the different horses and cal culating their number; and then, fall .ng ujKtn the departing trail, he struck j II at a long, bteady, Indian lopo and ioon dlsapjKiared from sight of the excited couple who had coma forth to watch him. The trail led almost directly south ward, and all tho remainder of that day the old hunter pursued it at the same loping pace. When at length night fell uon him. and ho could no longer see the hoof-prints he was fol ic e. ho threw himself down jjjon the green bank of a running stream, ato a fow mouthfuls from his wallet, took a long drink of tho flowing waUJr, stretched himself out on thc ground, with one hand resting on his trusty rille, and almwt immediately went to sleep, though in that ieculiar condition of mind ami lody, the re sult of Ung exiKjriencu in scenes of danger, that tho slightest Uiiuoual 60und would be sure to wake him. Six or seven hours was all the rest that Jack required; and the moon by that time being well up, and pouring down a silvery flood through a cloud less sky, he arose, took another drink, and resumed his course on the broad trail. This ho followed at a Blower pace till daylight once more made it clear before him, and then ho hurried forward as on the day preceding. The sun was perhaps two hours above the horizon when he reached tho placo where the Indians had en camped on tho night following the capture of his wife. Here he spent some half aa hour ia examining tho different foot-prints, and when, among others, he found thoe of his pretty bird, and saw where she had passed the night, his agitation and excite ment became ainful, and he several timee groaned out as one onduring great bodily Buffering At length ho set his tooth hard, with an unswerving determination drew his hands slowly over his face, and outwardly became more composed. Then ho commenced a broad circuit around the camp, to find tho depart ing trail. In doing this Lo discovered a point where three horses had filed off from the main body; and suspect ing those had been detached and sent o3 with the fair captive in a home ward direction, he at once resolved to follow this trail Instead of the Other. 'Ef I'm wrong." he muttajred. "good-byo to little Kate for the pres ent; but of Tm right, and it's in one human natur to do it. Til hor her back ag'in. and the scalps of them as tuk hor!" With this he again set forward In tho manner described, and. witb only now and then a brief rest, continued the same hurried pace till near sun set, when he came upon tho previous night's catnip of the three Indians, showing that thus far ho had gained upon bis en mica. With tho wildest anxiety of hope and fear, he now made nn onger 6earch for the footprints of his little wife; and when at length ho found them, where she had dismount ed and been secured to a tree, thus proving that her life laid bo far bocn spared and he had taken tho proper course, euch. contending emotions of Joy and ragotook possession of him joy at the discovery and rage against her foes that for a time Lo was like one demented. Sinoo branching off from the main body, tho three w arriors had kept a straight courso, a little north of west; but on tho third day Jack Hawks worth reached a spot on an open plain, where they had made a hall, and from which, to his surprise, ho now found tho trail led directly south, toward a range of hills that could barely bo discerned in tho blue distance. Knowing that among theo hills was a ruru spring of medicinal waters, which the Indians not unfrequcntly visited, it oc curred to him that the present rarty had gone thither, and might, perhaps, make a halt long enough for him to como up with them. The idea afforded him fresh hope, and raised his spirits materially as ho started onward again. When night again foil upon the Eoene. tho hills were looming up in rajTged lines before him, but still miles away. Knowing tho exact location of the spring, and that it was so situated as to command a view of the broad plain in the direction of his approach, he rebolved. weary as ho wrji, to puh on In tho dark and gain a safe position among the hills before morning, even should he not succeed in surprising his enemies while resting In supposed se curity. It was life or death to him. and ho strained every nerve and muscle to the last tension, and succeeded lu reach ing the base of the hills in such an ex hausted condition that ho was obliged to throw himself down on the earth and rest for an hour to recover strength enough to go through with what was yet before him. Ho had two miles j et to go to reach the spring, and when at last he slowly dragged his aching frame in sight of it the late moon was already silvering the tops of the trees, and ho knew that day was about breaking. But now thero camo a thrill of j.y to bis heart that sent new life through out his drooping frame; for now it was Lo who heard the whinny of a horse only a few rods distant, and felt assured that he had not made a fatal mistake in his calculations. Guided by the Bound, and moving with tho stealthy caution of a panther, Le soon reached a grassy and beautiful plat eau, where, he saw the three animals ho had so long followed picketed with in half pistol shot of him. Tho horses showed wno fear at Lis advance, and more than once snuffed and f norted so loud that he fairly trembled lost their masters should como to learn the cause. Ho reached them, however, without discovery, and in less than a miuuto had cut every throat As they floundered, groaned, fell and kicked they mado a noise that roused up the sleeping savages and brought them upon tho ground in frightened haste; but for this the old hunter was pre pared. Throwing himself down be hind one of tho animals, with his long v-rifle brought to bear upon tho point Trora which the Indiana were hur riedly ouroachlEg. ho waited till he saw a moving shadow between himself and tho background of tho sky. and then taking as good aim at this as the circumstances would permit, he pulled the trigger. With tho sharp report the savage dropped, and his companions close behind ut tered yells Cf dismay and terror. But their yells were not as loud and ter rible as those of tbe old hunter, as be sprang to his feet, knife in hand, and bounded toward them; and probably supposing themselves assailed by numbers, they turned with wild shrieks and fled, fast and far. down the steep hills, and ecapd in the darkne9. Having thus gained a complete vic tory, in les time than it has taken us to record the fact. the old hunter now began to shout the name of his wife, and at the third call he received an answer that sent the blood bounding with the wildest rapture through I every vein, in another minute he had reached the side of bis darling wife, and cut the cords that bound her; and as she sprang Into his rough but manly arms, and clung wildly around his neck, he became no over powered with his emotions that ho reeled to and fro, holding her In his embrace, and finally sunk down on the earth, and alternately wept, laughed and shouted like a madman. It is not necessary for us to dwell upon their long, wearisome, perilous journey homeward. Suffice it to say that Jack Hawksworth put forth all his exj.erlenco. sagacity and manly qualities and brought his pretty little wifo safely back among her friends, to their great wonder and delight, ho himself becoming quite a lion among hor countrymen for his brave exploit. Ye see," Jack used to say. In winding up the narration of his ad ventures, when a big nob gits spliced, as I've heam toll, they has what they calls thar wedding towr; and so, to be in the fashion, mo and Katy tuk ours amongst the Comanches, and I'm jest one old scalp the richer for't. WhoopP N. Y. Ledger. . AN INTERESTING LETTER. She jot the News auad George Got Ills llreakfut l)own-Toa. Husband fat breakfast table) Who's it from?. Wifo (reading letter) Oh. George, It's a little girl! Husband Is UP I thought It was a letter. - - Wife And Annie is getting along splendidly Oh., my! She weighed nine pounds and a half. Husband Nine and a half, eh! rShe weighed at least a hundred and forty when I saw her last, and she looked strong and healthy; doesn't seem pos sible that she Wife What were you saying, George? ' - Husband Tho tea; you've forgotten to iour tho tea. Wifo (reading and gToping around with one hand) Oh, it's just too nice for any thing! Think of it; a dear, sweet littlo girl; a little blue-eyed girl . w Husband Tho tea-pot Is just a trifle to the right of your hand there, now you have it Wife (laying down letter) Well, you poor old fellow I You're not get ting any breakfast. It's too bad it'8 juft splendid! I wonder who she looks like. Huxband What's the matter with my own cup this morning. Wife Why, how stupid I am! There, now, I've got it right how many lumps have I put in, George? Husband Four. Wife And you only want three. Won't it bo too sweet, dear? They are going to call her Mildred, George. Mildred Mildred how do you like Mildred? Husband Never met the lady. The butter, please, dear. Wife I like it. I think It Is an aw fully pretty name. Edwin wanted to call her Lucy; but I think Mildred is ever so much prettier, don't you, George? Husband The butter, please, dear. Wife Oh. I just want to gek hold of that Annie! Won't I hug her! ' But Isn't it porfectly lovely? that it's a little girl, I mean. Husband Much better than If it were a large girl, I think. The but ter, pleaso. Wire Butter? Why. hnv2't you had any butter all this timo? Why didu't you ask for it, yon goose? What could Mary have done with tho butter knife? It isn't on the table, is it? Have you seen any thing of tho butter knife. George? Husband Hold! Keep your band Bteady where it is; now close your fin gers, and you have it. Wife I'm the gooue. I should think! But what do you think of it, George? Why, 1 can't believe that Annie really has a little f;irL How happy she will be! and hew I long to see the little thing; don't you. Cioorgef Husband I do. indeed. Will you have a chop? Wifo (absorbed la letter again) Choj chop ch ye-es, if you please. Oeorge I don't care if j-ou do give please; thanks. Soems to ma it . it wits my own I couldn't foel any hap pier tkan I do; could you, fieorge? George I hardly think I could; but I'd try. Will you pass me the cream, plcae. dear? Wife (handing him the vinegar) I'm just going to sit right down and writo Annie a letter why, George, where are you going? Husband To the office. " I shall be a little late, too, I'm afraid. . Wife You poor old husband! You haven't had half a breakfast, and it's all my fault. I declare It's too bad! I'm awfully sorry, George; but you'll forgive me this once, won't you, dear? It is such happy news. Oh, that dear little girl! Good-bye! George come homo early, won't you? Puck A Sympathetic Employer Old Gent And so that is your em ployer going to the funeral of ono of his clerks? Young Clerk Not a clerk, but a dis tant relative of one of the clerks. "My! my! I'm sure that is very thoughtfuL"-. "Yes, 'most too thoughtful. When ever one of us loses a relative and tells him about it ho always goes to tho funeral, consarn him!" "Eh? And do you object to such kindness of heart?" 'Tisn't kindness of heart, sir. He goes to make sura that the funeral isn't an excuse for a day off." N. Y. Weekly. More plays of Shakespeare's havo been turned into operas than those of any other dramatist They number tea ia alL HOW MANY? HOW UITTLE? How many dear hearts are breaking. Though a smile Is bravely worn; How often wa find tho weakest Are the bravest to meat the storm; How often we are discouraged O'er clouds that need not last, Whiloihe gems of the present are hidden Hy failures and griefs or the past How often dear hearts are hungering For words that never are told; How little we prize our darl.ngs TIU their baty lij s are cold; How ortea wo let tho momenta Unladen with good pais by, Aad pat off the sr-ring-time sowing Till tho harvest-time draws nlh. -Bertha Packard Eaglet, In Good Housekeeping. A MARTYIl TO HONESTY. Mr. Upandownjohn. Who, Like Washing-ton, Oould Not Lie. Mr. John Upandownjohn had tho misfortune to be a strictiy honest man. la which particular he stood lamen tably alone. Ho was constructed peculiarly he was born Into an at mospero of Integrity, and his train ing had added to his natural bent to a degree that made him as incapable of an untruth, or the semblance thereof, as George Washington himself. Hav ing this tendency, it was well for him self that he was born with a fortune, for his rigid adherence to his prin ciples unfitted him for almost every occupation. He did try journalism, but was dismissed ignominiotiBly for saying of a candidate of the party with which the paper acted that he was a thief and trickster. Then he essayed the law. but ho saw enough of law before he had been In an office two wooks, while medicine lasted him sea "cely a week. So he determined to do nothing but live oa his income aad be aa honest man. He adopted certain rules by which he lived, and he' could no more depart fvora them than he could rise from the earth and take a place among tho r-ta.-s. He ato exactly ao much, at certain fixed hours, and of certain kinds of food. Ho drank so many times a day, of certain liquors ho fancied were good for him, measuring tho quantity with tho accuracy and proci.-iion of an apothecary; and so f3r did ho carry rule into life, that he put on and off his clothing on certain days in certain months, without refer ence to weather. I Baw him shiver ing ono bright but very cold morning In June, and demanded tho reason. "I laid off my woolens this morn ing.", said he. Why lny off your woolens in winter weather?' I asked. The 1st of June Is my day there for." said ho. "The weather ought to bo warm to-day. I can not break my rule." Ho never neglected to pay a debt, and never told a lie, not even a white one. He was cut out of an aunt's will by responding to her anxious Inquiry as to how she looked in a certain dress which she had set her heart on by the simple word hideous." And tho same devo tion to truth barred him. no matter what path he took. Ho was frightfully unpopular, though, notwithstanding he held a high position among his follows. His child-like simplicity and Sterling in tegrity made bim valuable, and bos-ides every one knew that his devo tion to truth was honest, and had noth ing of bumptiousness or malice la it Mr. Upandownjohn was a member of the Leviathan Club. I writo the word was sadly, for he is a Leviathan no more. The cause and manner of his leaving that delightful association of good men is tho animus of this paper. Tho members of tho Leviathan were pleased with the appearance of Mr. Up andownjohn, and made much of him. Had they known him better they would have loved him less, for his pe culiar virtue was never popular in that club. He excited attention, first, by his habit of correcting loose-talking mem bers when their statements were high ly flavored with romances, as, for in stance, when one gentleman asserted that his father owned Flora Temple when she was a colt, using her as a common hack, and selling hor finally for fifty dollars. Mr. Upandownjohn quietly put him down. "I knew your father," ho said, "and a worthy, truthful man ho was. Ho died just three years before Flora Tem ple was foaled. The mare ho used for a hack and sold for fifty dollars must have been some other famous animaL Flora Temple will some day bo tho death of ma Every racing season some one narrated tho circumstance of his father having owned Flora Temple and worked her as a hack, and what is more exasperating, ho always sold her for fifty dollars. Would that I could find ono man whoso father sold her for sixty dollars or sixty-two dol lars and fifty cents. You, my dear sir, aro the sixty-eighth man this Beacon whose father onco owned Flora Temple. She was the most extensive ly owned maro I ever knew any thing about" On another occasion a gentleman do tailed with great minuteness how. ia doing tho regular thing at Niagara by going under the sheet, the wind parted the torrent and ho stepped out upon tho shelf outside, when, to his horror, tho opening closed, leaving him outside tho falling sheet on a narrow ledge of rock. With great presence of mind ho darted through the falling sheet and rejoined tho frightened party, who supposed him lost forever. Mr. Upandownjohn took pencil and paper, and worked all night and tho next day. without sleeping or eating. The next evening ho exhibited to the hero of this marvelous adventure the weight of tho water In that sheet, and demonstrated to him tho fact that had he got under it, ho would have been mashed, though ho had been con structed of 6teeL "Are you sure it was Niagara?" ho asked, anxiously. "Wasn't it some other fall?" Ono day a member died, and tho club did the usual thing by him. A committee was appointed to draft reso lutions expressing tho bereavement of the members, and. as ill-luck would have it, Upandownjohn was put upon the committee. They met, and, as is usually tho case, two of tho members really had no time to attond to It. Ono had an engagement at tho theater, tho other was to take his si9ter or soma ono else's to the opera. "Upandownjohn," said tho first, "you havo nothing to do, and are handy with tha pen. There Is no earthly necessity for keeping us hero. You just write out tho usual resolu tions, and send them down to tho Scroamor, tho Soaror and the Spoutcr in timo for to-morrow morning." "How shall I treat tho deceased?" asked Upandownjohn. "O. in the usual way. Speak of his qualities as a man, the feelings of the club at his untimoly taking-ofi. the sources of consolation wo have, his qualities as an actor; hurl in some thing to alleviate the pangs of his family; speak of his general standing, and put in a strong dose of general comfort, and so on. It'll bo all riht. You'll attend to It now, won't youP" "It Is a disagreeable duty," re plied Upandownjohn, "but I'll do it" And they loft him to his work. Now. Mr Upandownjohn had had no experience in work of this kind, and, consequently, ho wasn't clear as to Its form. So he sent for the scrap-book, in which such utterances of the club had been pasted from tho beginning. He was shocked. Thero wero a great many sots of resolutions on deceased members (the liquors wore bad at the Leviathan) and they were prs cisely alike. Thoy ran as follows: Wherxas, It has pleased Almighty God, the ruler ot the universe, to remove from our midst our esteemed brother, John James So-and-So; and. Whereas, It la fit that we. his afflicted sur vivors cf the Ievlaihan club, should publicly exj.rcss our sore grief at this great bereave ment; therefore, be it c.ijr.i. That In tho death of John James So-aud-So, th s Club has lost a worthy mem ber, society en ornament, his ramlly aa alleo tionato father and busoand, the hitaio a pillar and difender and tho world at largo one it could i!!y spare. I.aoicJ, That whilo wa mourn with sorrow that senms to have no alleviation undur the great aWac tloa that has fallen upon as, we can not but bow In humility to this Inscrutable de cree. Uttolvil, That we tender our heartfelt sym pathy to tha family and relatives of the de ceased. linolr4. That tho club-house bo draped in mourning for thirty days in memory of the doceased. As ho finished, Mr. Upandownjohn brought his fit down upon tho table till tho glasses Jinrlod. "What stuff this i-i!" he said, indig nantly. "I knew So-and-Sn. Ho was a dishonest and untruthful man a tyrant in his family, a trader in pol itics, a disnjreeablo man in society, aid a curst) to humanity generally. And they mourn him, do they? And I suppose they want mo to mourn Ranter, who is to be embalmed to night. Ha! Ha! 1 will astonish these people. I will writo one 6et of honest resolutions. I know Ranter, who has just gone hence, and justice 6hall bo done him, sure. I will be as mild as I can bo, and do him justice, but I will be honest with his memory." So Mr. Upandownjohn called for fresh pens and ink and paper, and wrote; and having mado fair copies of what he wrote, took them himself to tho offioo of tho Screamer, tho Spouter and tho Soaror, and went homo and slept as only ho can sleep who re joices over a duty done and well done. Tho next morning tho members cf tho Leviathan wero astonished at reading in tho journals tho following: WBKREAfi, By a long course of motl outra goous dissipation, ot late nights, or late suppers or tho grossest food, or perpetual beverages of the most villainous kiud thoko that give the stomach no show whatever by unchecked and unregulated lndul?enco In tbe worst posstbio sensuiUity, In bi-.eJ, by along-continued aeries of the v Jest outrages upon the physical, mental and moral man. our late mom!r, Arthur Simpson Ranter, has been taaen to that bourne from which we earnetUy nope ha may never r-turn, acd Whereas, When a member of tho Leviathan Club expires, it Is eustom:iry to commemorate him. to give him a send-oft, as it wero; there fore be It E'-ttilfU That when we remember the vil lainous habit be had of revoking at whist, and also bit a lroit way or Eliding out of paying t'ue score whenever he lost the rubber, our pxief at his departure is severely mitigated, it not ent re'.y tubdu'.d. Jfiolt , That the promptness or our late as sociate In accepting invitationa to slake l is thirst, and his intolerable tardiness in recipro cating, old more honor to h.a head than to his heart. H-'olcrd, That bis habitual untruthfulness, has utter disregard for his word, acd bis blus tering and overbearing muuuor, wrro the best points in him, as they served as a warning to tbe younger members of tbe club. For this his dem.ao is to le lamented. ittotrl That hi hublt of getting boozy be rore eleven a. m.. aad slaving In that condition ss long as there was a tooU uatured man in the club, gives us, his survivors, good reason to pause and ask no more that couuadrura "Why was death introduced into the world f Knot'-rd, That when we remember the suc cess with which our late brother borrowed money, and his utter forgetfulncss ot such transactions, our hearts are softened toward Adam and Ere (through whose tin death was made a part of ton economy of nature), and we publicly thank that lady and gentleman for their invcotigating turn of mind, and hurl back indignantly the charge that they did not do the best thing possible for posterity. RttolTtti, That in the death, of our late brother, who was vile as an actor aa ho waa bad aa a man, the long-suCering, theater-going public have a boon, the sweetness of which can not be over-stated, and npon which we extend them hearty oongratulaUons. RnoimL, That we oonpratulato Mrs. Ran tor upon the fact that her prrvate fortune was set tied npon herself, and so skillfully tied up that l.er late husband, our Ueoeased brother, could nut get a cent or It. And we do this re membering how often we Lave tnotiat.ed it was so, for tbe reason that, could ho have touched it, he would have drunk b tnselt into an un timely tomb several years sooner than he d.d. Death, with us, buries ail animosity and does away with all acrimony. HftoCrtl, That the club house be Illumi nated tho niglit of the funeral, and be draped la wliity for thirty days ia honor of this happy event. Kttolre-I, That this truthful tribute to tho memory of our deceased brother bo published in tho Screamer, the Spouter and the Soarer. To say there was an uproar in tho club the next morning, as these reso lutions wero read, wouid bo to convey a v-.-ry faint idea of tho case. In tbo midst of it, when it was at its height, entered Upandownjohn, cleanly shaved, and as serene as a June morning. ' . "Did you write- and publish this miserable mess this ghastly concoc tion of infernalism?" demanded a score of indignant men. "Did I write those resolutions, you mean? I did. I waa appointed a committoo to embalm the memory of the lato Ranter in the dally papers. I did it. Do yo find any thing objec tionable in them?" "Why. you assert that ho was a sponge!" exclaimed one. "Unhappily it 5s the truth. I havo myself paid for gallons of liquor for him." "You said he was a bad actor." "The worst I ever suffered under."" "What will his wife think of what you said of him?" "She will recognize the portrait, and with us thank Heaven for her re lease" Yrm givo It as the sense of the club that ho was " "Every thing that was bai, mean and dif reputable. Very gocd.' It is true, every word of it- Ho owes me thirty-seven dollars, sixty-three cents and a third, which he has owed (it was borrowed) sinoo July 9, 171, at twenty-soven minutes past ten o'clock in the evening. And every man cf you is alto his creditor. If thero is a mean thing that he has not done it has escapod my notice" By -tbis time Mr. Upandownjohn saw that his fallow-mombers wero angry, and he at oneo lost his balanro and be came angry, too. Brandishing his umbrella (it was not raining, but, as it was tho time of the month when It should have rained, ho carried it) he exclaimed: Gentlemen, you have had ono set of resolutions written which contained nothing but the truth, net the whole truth, for my time was limited, and it was impossible to get in all that I could have said, and besides I desired to bo as lenient as possible. Having written nothing but tho truth, you arc offended. It is well. I will have nothing whatever to do with a club where the truth can not bo told. Truth, if not the immediate jewel of my soul, Li very close to it- Gentl-mieu, adieu. You have seen the lut-t of John L'ramlo'.vnjohn. Should I st-iy, I mip"ht be called upn to resolve over some of your remains, and as I can not tell a lie, it would be unpleasant. " And that afternoon tho directory re ceived hU resignation, and ho a seen there no more. There is no moral to this. There are, very fow men in the world of whom it would bo pleasant, a the world now goes, to tell tho truth. Therefore, all who read the lines live, as dooi ho who writes them, so that when Azrael waves his dark pinions over th'.m, they msy iio down aad die, feeling certain timt the couiinitteo 011 resolu tions, though thoy may bo as truthful fs Upandownjohn, will say nothing that will call a spirit blush to their cheeks in tho hereiiftor. Tho Late IX R. Locke, in Toledo Blade. THE GIANT MADRONA. Bomettiiui About t'10 Corjceou Arbutus Tms of California. The genus really belongs to the Old World- Asia has its species, and Mexico claims oue or two representa tives, but tho pride of the family and delight of arboriculturists Is tho strong, healthy and handsome child of the wtst co.-ifit- . It is often eighty to ono hundred feet high, threo fec-t in diameter, and a famous specimen in Marin Courdy h:w a measured trii tb of twenty-thri-e feet at tho branching point of tho tremendous stem, with many of tho branches three f-jet through.. Tho foliage Is light and airy, the leaves oblonf, pale beneath, bright green above. Tho bloom i-i In dense racemes cf cream-whito flowers; the fruit, a dry orange-colored berry, rough and uiinteresting. But the charm of tho madrono, outside of its general appcaranou. is in its bark uo, it is not a biirk. it is a sKin, delicate in texture, smooth, and as soft to the touch as tho shoulders of on inft.t. In tho Ptrong sunlight of the cummer theso trees glisten with the rich color of polished cinnamon, and in the moiet shadow of the spring-time they aro velvety ia combination eolor3 of old gold and sage-green. There is a hu man pose to tho trunk. Seen through the tangle of tho thicket, it looks like the brown, lithe body of an Indian, and In the moonlight the graceful upsweep of its branches is like tho caralcss lift ing of a dusky maidou's arms. Every feature of tho madrona is" feminine. They grow in groves or neighbor hoods, and seldom stand In isolation, courtesy to the winds, mock at the dignified evergreens and oaks, and. with every favorable broezo and op- fc portunlty f.irt desperately with the mountain lilacs that toss high their purple plumes on tho head-waters of Los Gatos Creek. Fred M. Somers, In Harper's Maguzinc An Eastern Horse-Stealer. Tho following instance of endurance of pain would not have disgraced a Spartan. A notorious thief coveted the horso of a wealthy native, who, however, by some chance became aware of his intention, and redoubled his vigilance. The man succeeded in getting two of his comrades engaged as grass-cuttors, and on dark night, managed to Slip unperceivwd into tKo stable. His friends covered him entirely with grass, and ho was just stretching out his hand fron un dernoath it to untie tho rope when the beast started and became restiro. Tho ownor, perceiving it. for greater safety, tied tho animal by a ropo to two iron pins,' which ho hammered into tho ground. It so happened tho arm of tho thief was just then lying extended under tho grass, and that one of tho iron Iegs was driven through his right hand. He never so much as uttered a sigh, and though tho agony must have been excruciating, ho oaly stirred when ho thought tho danger of being caught was over. He then pulled tho peg out of the mangled hand, with his left untiod tho horse, mounted It, and succeeded in carrying it off- This was an exploit on which ho ever afterwards prided himsrlf. ( However improbable it may appear, I tho truth of this story may be relied 1 I on. N. Y. Ledger. , .
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