Aclvei'tiKin KutcN. The IsrjfeaDd rel arte r!r u'at'.t t if ties.'.. - bjua I ctrmi fcomut Ct it to ths leror. ' consideration cf ". v rt i,-r whoi-a fa0'r wil os inserted at tha following tow tiim: 1 Inch. 3 '(me.... .... I iDch, 3 moolh...... ! 1 Inch, 6 months 1 Inch 1 year B Incites. 6 niontb...... - - CnmlM lii ::-Freeman, pnillict WceKly HltNMIl'IK'-. - - . I'KNN'A r.v jiaiEs . hasm). Ci'vWti. - l'-iOO. III iln SlnrhM.l year.... 3 lncl.es. 4 month! . Inche. I rear 4 cuiouin 6 inon tin., i'; col umn. months.. 1 culuma. 1 year I column, t monthf . 1 culacnn, I year s.o l'- 1U 00 ........ ""'"" as o. ;? .(. KT HO .V RA TES. I 0 irn fry do do 1i Ilj.-ll'i.-t iS-n, nrt liiee-l.in. 10-'. f ulei lent In-ertlona. lr im Ali-!'iiotr-"r' and fc-ie? auir' N-tles .". Aadittir's Notice 1 Strar and similar Njtioe. ... a-I;eoliitiinii or iir.ce.4in' ol nay eerp-" lion or .oritty and comuionl'iatlorii de", r call attenticu to any matter I linl'-d : vidaal lutere.1 must be jiald for a K'lfil.'. K.x.k nnd Job fruiting of all kind." i.t.Uj -eieaioukiy ex's-M'fd at the lowed r.r.cr. ... don't you'iortcet lt. d r,n relldlna: lUW of OUSty' u-Ti" rf will be chanted to uo . - . wnt' addition.. poia. . tha bov tertni be de- i-in no event wm oon.aii tnelr (ct f?np'Xt bo duunctly understood trom JAS. C HASSON, Editor and Proprietor. "HE IS A KKEEMiS WHOM THE TBCTH VAkES FHIK AND A IX ARK SLAVES BESIDE1 Sl.SO and postage per year In advance. TrjfflrasK volume xxv. it Tao "?.."i,i. i. too short. I EBENSBU11G, PA., FRIDAY. MAY 29, isni. NUMBER 21 f , I ' .'-. hMrtlriblAIMt. j -it ,n.iv go down again." i IftniVI.' ' !VsJ f iight- We stood off the oast under tbe never wants ti learn, but tk TV reads that Od Honesty CHEWING TOBACCO Is the best that Is made, and at ONCE tries it, and saves money and secures more satisfaction than ever before. AVOID imitations. Insist oa having the genuine. If your dealer haan t it ask him to get it for yo. WO. FI5ZIR St BROS., lonlsrffla. fJ OILS ! OILS! The Stan-I.ir.l Oil Company, of Pittsburg-, Ph., make a specialty of miinuCu tuiitiir for the domes tic traile the finest brands of Ebminatinj anil Lubricating Oils, Nupluh;i and Gasoline lL.it cua ta LUDE F R ' M PETROLEUM. We challenge comparison with j every known product of petrol eum. If you wish the most Hit : Uaifonnly : Satisfactory : Oils in the market a.sk for ours. STANDARD OIL COMPANY, PITTSBURG, PA. ST. CHARLES' Chas. S. Gill, Prop'r. litlt urrv.rj .ia',. Kemojeled wtt'.l oflloe on r. r N.i:nral ichu ani Incandescent !. in all r i. !n. .-team UaoJrr attached 1 1 : ;.tT day. Cor. Woiij St., and Third Ave., Pittsburgh., Fa- nil 'nmirpWi CCR. CEJfTBB AND SAMPLE STREETS EBENSBURC, PA. J- H. OANT, Proprietor. Tm k'','HU,: wl" iTnnd nil on place am esaiaes in balnes hours. ETerytLln kept aLt1"'. ?"'y A b'h ruoa hM n o00 tne where the public can le ac aiodi. with a hot or cold bath. Bathtub e ;'tllin c"in!cted therein kept perfectly L"!I T"i"-a a RrawiatTT. blaTrIiousk Barber :-: Sh.op I ti:tttll'eit" Brt"'' Shop has been opened In boiir Bt ' H lr Houm whera the bartierlnir tti i. '' ,!' '"nches will be carried on In 'mi-j'VT lt"' "op is In tha hands ol skilled ajf, y " Kiva every attention to cuno-u-. ry:t-lti kept In wood onler. Your -(ftM:.vtJ. FKANKKEES. U .. A. SktOTT.Sew lUjrk City oAPOUO. it is well sead.-The mouse is muzzled in her house.Try ihand keep your house cle&mAU grocers keep ir ins eanliness and neatness about a house are Necessary to hU? lm Man ,ikes comrt. and if he can-f find it at "t SAPm i k elsewhere for it. Good housewives know HanJl , maLeS 3 house clean and keePs lt bright. w 'P "3 always dwells in a comfortable home. Do you vo fl J,"!83' comfort and happiness? Try SAPOLIO you will be surprised at your success. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS. irtl, tJ it is ft-rtali: c.:: . ; I-c L!: ar. I-cad ;r.ir lriwv.-: H J. TCKNDXT.T. ' -. Sir.-; -i..t-.t Suiii;:u r. ttr '1 a C';vyyii my hnre r-j:t v.xir -'.'U-:rir. i "t'C ' .i r, t;:v.v-. 4?ure anl it i .u tt st, ju: Ir'. r . ... 1 iiavu a ltz.U tnii-vK ii ittU-s. havfu ' - i It with fC-rftH-t uccsrt. tirio-- fvi-ry thin I ri..t ' ni M n-iuhlr Jiatl r. i "- wiiti a vtryu.i Sjii ,:i t.utrttl. h'nt I:uut. J- nHUMt mi Ju to euro it. t rttoi?init'uittl K.-'i.tir i Si;ivinTurf. IK; ciro'I t..w frpuvla iu iUivt, utc- Vtir restcctfn1T. V . L.'OTT WlTTI CouuiiuvMlilo, Anril 4, t r. P. J Kkmm.i.C'.: L. :.p r-.;rs : javv Ix-n si'.Ifc.-r more of Kfrnl.-uls Fiu'.vi.i t'iire .:.l Fi.i.l ':ini'ii PowdmihaB lt In-fort. o.ie iii;iti siii.l ri inc. It wus the U.. foutici i k pt an i til- H -t lc ever ust'i. lU-iHrctfu.ly, urro L. Hffuan. CrrTn!s.fl-ort, r. Y., May Id, U it. Ti. J. IJT m ii. r. x 0 vir s;p : I '..jvt' us'V'Vf!l fuittlctt of yont 2- i. tail Sp:ivir (.'in" v.i'.'i fnrUi't S.iO-si, II .:'M.ti!'" lirs.l hl.nnif.1 MWt(i that w:m uiif Ja.tn v tan lit.o Spavia. Th t.mr' is n ntirvly free li j:a la; ci.v- a.n.1 shov ii" 6-rt. U t-n thr jint. It.'S.L-ttutlv, i". II. HUTVzi?.i r,Er;3;UL'8 ma cube. Mosrxitt. La., May 8. "SJU. lJ!t. P. .T. k'tSIAl.1. Cv.. ti';w: I thiuK ii r.v !nty to rr-n liT TiinniJ t.t.mWs fT vtiur f;ir f..a-.l lwfn'luil's Spav;u X'ury. I art a f Mir . ir M nil; winch I i.riaid vrry l:Ijrh!v. sht h:il a very sever. sv-clli-n ltn;. J .Tut it:our .ii,'i.t .'iiti-reat kiiuU ni Tiie.ilf.ues which ll't f - p .l. I i.ur.'hjni h h.irr If oi v..!ir I.-Bflair cure '. i..cn cnivI h.-r ii fnur .jajs. 3Iai:ios Dowdejt. 1 ri.e ;! per Imttlc. or .six b.,;tl.-s for$.. .'.T.ilrair i:i ;s ha. i- :t r.- u fci-t i t turyci,or it w l.TWwat t jiuy iUJrc? on rpcipt of nrk-e hthv jiroprio tori. UK. JS. J. KIM) ALt4'!t., to:.iiJT. i V-crr-ou. ojtliiuo.ly. 'UBirs l2.nn W. L. DOUGLAS K ii and otlwr iecUl- f iiiHi for ik-ntlenn-a. W I In LdlM.et.v.arer- raatel( nnl o fttampd on bottom. Ad.lrew W.JU.UOIXSL.A8, Brockton, .Mam. aoMby C. T. ROBERTS, f AOOO.OA vrar I h. itie nmU ly John R. I.uuJh tti. I r. t.N.I .,at v f-r u. Hfaulvr. y..u iiih y wit mh- mu-'k, lc w ru fm Ii r-u ijmHl)' )-v ti nin frniu to IO it itir mrt, nd bhi- y oa 9 on. H- lb (. Ml) f '- In amy jxut of iniTncai, v vii tan c-'liiuifncr la-iir. rt ,nf a)i yuur ttin, r r- ntuiunvti only to thd wurk. All i i-w. Iiirl t MKI. f.f frv M-rkrr. W r mr umiafaiic rTThtnr. FAStt.V. l l.'l.l -II. V Wamr.l. Ai(l K I LA !("- r 1 I . A.i-lrr. I .mrt, hll.-M, Aj U., l'KTLAMl. Jilk KOHER'J' EVAXS, UNDERTAKER, AM) MANUKACTl'KEK OF and dealer la all kinds ot FUKNITl'iiE, r-A full life el :(-kev always on haod.- i Bodies Embalmed WHEN Kl'UriKEU. HOT DEAD YET! VALLIE LUTTRINCER, MAMCFAOTURia OF TIN, COPPER AND SHEET-IRON WARE A SI) TIX liOOVIXG, Kecpecttully larltes the attention ot his Irleods and thepubllcln srenerai to the (act that be Is still carrying on business at the old stand opposite the Mnnntatn House, tbenxburu. and ii DreuareJ to ! supply from a Urice stock. ormanufacturtnK toor ! der. any article In hts line, from the smallest to I the largest, In the best manner and at the lowest UvInK prices. --r-No penitentiary work either made or sold at this establishment. TIN ItOOFlNd h SVKCIALTY. (He me a call and satisfy yourselves as to my work aad prtoe V. LUTTKINUEK, txnsburx. April 13. 1853-ti. SELF-FEED f DBAS SAWS For 1. 2. 4 and 10 It. P. ciPifCT Mine; St; , lor UmM tut Factor? ox. MARSH STEAM PUVIPfgrStatiorarr.nd IraamB EnaHMS. All lln.tl.VM Standard 31hl.wt B.C. MACHINERY CO. 301 &Arct, Knttle t'rerk, Mlrh. When VUfli the Pittsburgh Exposition, call on tha HENR1CKS MUSIC CO., Ltd. ' Far Cuh or Time Price on Pianos and Qrgans, 79 Fifth Ave., ' PITTSBURGH. PA. 4 I ' I l 'Mthi r. yon l-ar your sorrow v' i i ! i 1-aiulnc that purtU prai.e, Yin lo- ot w rliily io-c-Mon4 .In-? ii t y.iur lalt'-r day-. ! II w .to you Iwar itr" thi-nrU-hbor prays ' Tlwru's love 'ui'utlt the ta'artlintanv"' the old man ui i. "Oh lovf is p.Kxl. I trrant you. Wh.-n reasoiid .notij.'li with uold. Hut love in u t-ot t a;'o'" ho .luH.k his head j. "Is rtiviniii-' I hat will not hold: lrv.- only can novrr lift your load t if norro and lalr on lifc-' late roal." "Ay. :y:"' tti.'ohl man asw -rtl. H's Into h al turdviy r:.t!-e.l; Win n i h'ao li.i d a- iuy lif' tamo. V. 'll cry : The Lord l : praised:' i'Ii.-t li. r a' ci'oil or ill shall fa If loo ".-ath the h'a'thntuiic surTivtls a "!" r.m J.i.i and your w ire." uracil the npiBhbnr "'oif rhiMrrti uud'-r tho Rod' Xiic .nuli-r the sod."" the old man cried. m';.hk1 neighbor trnne to Hod! An' uhat h'au t to do wi pain Winn low still (-lories the aald if artbstaacr'" S .ur faith is past my knowinK."' The neiuDbtV murmured low, spirit of awe nnd wonder )u hit fnea. as he rose to go. "'All, friend." ihe old man answer inadn, -i.ove 'neuiu the U'arlh.staDO -1s IiaugUt afraid' -J; an K. Luillum, in X. Y. Ledger. GETTING IUCH. .l; ration's Speculiition and the Les son lt Taught Him. I'vt Ihm-h tH 1oii ilWinf. N"iv 1 iiH'jiutii g to work -und make money," s;iid Alln'ft I'.raiton. "V hi have Mivetliiptwo h-imilrt'il dol lars a y-:tr fur tin- List live years, Al lMTt." sa'ul wife, 'lb not that 4liinf; well?" nly it thous.artrt tlollars in tiveycar! ThatVs rather a poor jirDsjH'ft, Alice.' "1 faneteil it va iloiiij,' well. Still. I si. all Ik- jlail if you ean io K tter. Uut what lias made you li.eoiit-'nteJ on a t,:l -lilen?" 1 v. ill t-.-U 3"oiu Vmt know Crampton in i n'.r i 'iiie.-'.'" V.-.." 'Well, three m-Titlis a-ro lie receivel a h'.iev of a thoiisaiii". ri vllars -I'rom an ; .nt of his. What wouiJ vuii have or.e with if." ' v "I'ut it in the savinfr bank?" "Where it woidil Jiavc cametl 1iy this t':ae fifteen lollar interest. lie 1 ': j K-t'er than that. II.' IxMi.rht sharea in a mining eoiniiany, :m I to-tlay he Ul out f ir tu o thousitn.l dollars." Uo-iolin his itioiiey-.'" sai'l Ale, in surpri . 'Ws aivl in three months That's what I eall loiiif.' a o-ol stroke tti lusi nev.. " "Yes. lnt there was a risk al.otit it." "( f eoiifse yon can t yain w k!.o::t in-e-..:vl'.if s,m little ris'j. .Vmv si:r jiose I tlouliles hi- tnoiiey uam in tiie next i"..r.''. or, say six i:i-.iiths, he wl-lvhave ! mi- t hoiia:ul: a stun r. '-.ich it would take us twenty years to lJ 1 v." Slow and sure is a ipni rtt!e, Al 1 el'.." '-I really ln-lievo. Aliee. yon wor.ld ; .'ef r a snail t.ia hnr-e. li I were po i . ,' t i live a. Met h tlsaleh. i I.t he satisii -J with lay slow ).m":is. '. .1 lon't e.jei-t that, I ru;an lr take ..-shorter end t.- f.H'run 5. -I am afraid. A-lhert, that -:t will i- ?.ive a short cut wvtcrtr.'" ''Poii't erouk. .Vlice. T-rust V m', i.v.-! you will ride m your carriage yet." All-rt Grafton hgjan at once to look i 'or sme profrtahle mol of inrest-?--.'Ht for the little sum trhioh had "been r.-cmnulatin"; at rrte sawnfjs hank. fir c vearN It amwtinVi'd now. with i:?- ji-rest, to alniut eleven hundred and C"lr tlollars; a sum whi'-h he had rc- '.r.Ied iith satisfavt-ion until he had -..c.-i hi7..led "Ky the lueky sieeu"!ation ;".'.i:, fellow clerslt. lie? dropped a hint Crampton that if he should hear of i 'ood investment he itHir!:t V,e dispi.'ed . v . thai'Ic in it himsel-f. I;o withorew i..v : .oney from tln sav'nrs bank in '. . to have k raiV in use at shot '.:."ic- -lucky chan was iot.'i5ri in a r'-. . i" ilay A lN'rt- vanw hrtTi'in excel ' : jifits. ";"eH. wife." Se saki, "what do you V'. ;"..": I have r!o;ie:.k" . ' .. I "raft on looked in'juiriiy. "' l.nve in.-t'sVed t!ie money." ' '. ow'.'" she aske i', not wtt'j-oui con -.I-.': -Me a:iiet7. ... iie in ne' wju Mir.inp ( ninpany . Atital thinir." . '.at lo ysu ksun1 aonf t'.r- coin .:i,ert? ' !' it"s a first-rate eon7any. T-le n oi'odnces- t.snd upon tons of- cop .rery year." "Mow th you know?" ".is prosiecrns says so." "A-re you sure the staicmcnt are to I . relied uixiii?" "f course fion't ba so suspicions, .""e. One would tim.t the world was "e ;p of feharpers."' ' ". . iiat did ym pay for the shares'.W ' i vrty-.six dolia.ji fia.l mone.v c -.orh to buy yv.-. twenty and have" t-'.'.rty dollars over." "Suppose wo put thutvack into tle sa-. ::gs bank." "W hat for?" "We have haV money in the hank fco lor.--. that I shall! fv.r oot-icr hj we have Cvt that little ll-t to eainamc'' ' It's a strange faiR-y," saiil the hs-lar.-iL lauo-hingr, ''however, I will hand ...e rnonej' to yoti, andyotr may do as ;s K-ke with it." He passed ver a roll of-t!ire n i ! ji liiHs. which liis wife j;ut L; i-r purse a;'. 1 deposited iu the ,avi"hs hank tiie .-.e.t day. -Vlicc did not lok with much favor t-pon the Winncharo Minxy Company, even after seeing tire cVcula wjseh rlt-nvonst rated in Hie mot convincing rianiier that it eru4ynoi Aiil to pav a iXvhlend of fifty per rent, the first 3'ear. besides rising maV?rial7 ki market" r;iTue, tlu-rvhy making-it a most tl'eMra Vte htock to iavebt in. oin'hMr Alice was skeptical, amr t1iuih she eould not detect the fallacy, felt that there was something wrn. He husband iccame almost anry with her on. ac cMint of her presisteni dislndicf; de-t.-"a?iiiLf that she was hopelcsylj. pre j u-A-eA "yhope lam Trre-ny," she ai smil- ' ,. faintly. "I trust event wills ahow tf.hare fearei crouiuli.sly." w H seemed, intli ed. as if thU M ould ho the case. The stock bcfe'an to rise stead ily. Trom fifty-six it robe to sixty-five in a fortnight. "1 bare made one hundred and eighty dollars -no far," said Albert i-xultiu-lr, "What do you think of that?" "You had better sell oat. and noeoro it," said his wife. "Not I. I will hol.1 anfl rti.s,. " "It may vro down atfaln. "I don i K-lieve it." And it tlid not jro do.vn. The fact was some strong parties controlled the stock, -who were alroitly nianiptilatino it for a ris.. Sx tuitc indep,-ndently of its actual valoe, it nse steadily ttntil it touchel ninety. At that point Alln-rt was fortunate enouo-h to sell out. receivin-r 'or his twenty shares eighteen lumdred dol lars. lie announced this to hir wife with Treat satisfocti. n- "A clear profit of six hundred and eighty dollars." he saiik "As much as 1 could lay hy in three years and Tve done it inside of two monthrs. I'd xt ter hav- kept it in the savings ink. hey?" "TaVe my advice, aud put it hack there, AlWrt. lie coHteut with what you have made, and don't risk tbe mon ey again." Hut Alliert Grafton had had a taste of speculation, and the fatal fascination i was upon him. ""I must make another ice," he said. "I don't vrnii' risk, but I want to more. " "You can't "expect to In1 venture. Al deny there's make a little lucky every , time." "It wasn'tlnelc 1 used my lest judg ment in the investment, and it turned out well." lie liegim, despite his wife's remon strances, to seek out another chance for a speculation. lie was shown the prospectus of a petroleum company, which was represented as wonderful for the unparalleled yield of the wells already icned upon it- Capital was needed to sink an additional number, which there was every reason to think would yield equally welL For that purjse a limited, amount of stock was offered to the public at the extremely low price of ten dollars per share. AlU-rt decided to invest his entire capital in this promising speculation. He paiil over eighteen hundred dollars, and received in return a certificate of one hundred and eighty shares, which he" showed with jfreat satisfaction to his wifi. "The shares, it i.- thought, will go up to twenty dollars in a month," he said. Hut unfortunately they did not. They remained at par only a week, and then declined to nine. Somewhat un easy, Alln-rt went to the secretary of the company for an explanation. He was assured hy that gentleman that it was all right; that the decline was ow ing to the efforts of a large operator who wished to buy in cheap, ami profit hy the subsequent advance. If this was the cae the operator was successful, since another week brought down the price to seven. Mrs. lirafton urged her husband to sell out. "What, and lose over five hundred tlollars?" he exclaimed. "1 am not such a fool." "Hut you may have to lose more." "No, the oliiccrs say it is all right They are now digging wells. As soon us they prove successf:.-.! the stock will take a IniuihI upward." Meanwhile the stock sank to live, and again Aliee Wsought her htxsband to sell. "You will gut back nine hundred dollars," she said. "And Tose ninw hundred? No. I will see it through," he said. l'oor Aliee looked on with dismay. Her heart sank within her eve .- day when she took up the evening paper, and noticed a further decline in the stock in which her htirfiand's all was invested. She saw that ho was too headstrong to lie influenced, and looked forward sadly to the entire hxs of the money. The decline continued. uitil the stock touched three. Albert hvgan to feel serious. "What d you think of your stock?" he asked Cratnpttm. "I am out of it." was the reply "Out of it. When?" (- "I sold out at fwuT t have lot confi dence in it." In a panic Allert went to his broker and directed a peremptory, sale. The next day he sold out, realizing two tlollars per share, instead of the orig inal ten. making three hundred and sixty dollars. He hardly knew whether to le glad or sorry when he learned that the stock wa.-, no longer lvis. Hut his wife heartily rejoiced. "At least," she said, "you have saved something from the wreck, aud you have gained experience. Now, let us put the money back int thcsaviugs ba-ak." Albert made no opposition. He felt too much mortified aud discouraged at his losses to wish to engage in any fur ther enterprise of a similar nature. As for the petroleum stock, it went down anil down till it ceased to have a market value. The last notations were ten cents a share, and it would not com mand that now. Alliert (irafton's lesson was a severe one, but it will conduce to his perma nent good. He is young yet, and with industry and frugality may oarn a competence. For one speculator who makes a fortune there are ten who fair. Slow and sure is very apt to win the race. Horatio Alger, Jr., in Yankee Hlade. . . Early "o-ltjr Undo. One of the absurdities of the day is the mnnner in w hieh young schoolgirls from fifteen to seventeen are allowed to emulate their elder sisters in indulg ing in social dissipation. Kays the Iks ton Ha.etto. During the recent season tlu-ro. have not only leen dancing classes but also private cotillons and dinner parties given for children who ahould either be asleep or in the nurse ry. Jf dinners are to bo given for the "doves," as the "sub-doves" are often called, what i left for them when they really are introduced into society? It is no wonder that some of the debu tantes of the last few seasons have been found to Ik.' well versed in the ways of the world, and ready to go quite as far as their elders, when it is considered that the bloom of maidenly freshness has leen taken off at innumerable cotillons, dances, sleighing parties and dinners. .Mother would do well to re fuse to allow- their daughters so much social liberty while they are at school, for they will find if this continues that their buds," when presented to full-gi-own society, lack the charm that in trcnuousuess alone gives to young girls. Daniel Salisbury and his wife, of Lac jui Parle, Minn., are probably the oldest married couple in this country. They are 103 and 101 year old respect ively, have lieen married eighty 3'tars, and arc still "onite smart." ' . j 3IAKIXK YAPXS. Strange Thing3 Seen at Told by a Sailor. Sea as No matter w hat queer, strange things a sailor may see during a voyage what queer. s'i uiire experiences may happen to him in distant seas he will seldom or never talk to you aliout them if he suspects the particulars are desired for publication, -lack is no friend to the newspaper. He has been held up to ridicule and contempt as a story-teller, until he is afraid to relate truths which can be backed by atlidavits. During the last year, according to my nevyspaper clippings, no less than sev enteen instances have occurred where portions of shipwrecked crews have been picked up at sea after voyages in small lioats from one t-. fifteen days. In all these instances the particulars related do not. in any one case, make haU a column of newspaper print, though enough must have occurred trv make a look. Jack simply wouldn't talk. Captain or mate gave the partic ulars ot the disaster as briefly as possi ble, and then got ashore to be lost sight of. During the years I served before th-.' mast and as second ntnl chief mate" 1 met with some things 5 wyond my power to explain or unraveL -and at tho risk of ! Wing criticised I shad relate some of ! them here. The queerest thing of all. i perhaps, occurred in the Indian iKvan. to the south cf ..la:lugasc:ir. 1 was m an I-inglish brig called the Helpmate, liound up the Mozambique channel, but driven to the east by a furious gale. We were working back to our course, and the weather had become pl.-asant. I m ni'lit, as I came on w atch at mid night. I found we were only making stet rage way. there being only a faii-t hrccAe from the east. It was bright moonlight, and about three miles away was a large ship headed to the south. The course we were lxith steering would bring us almost within speaking distauee. While I could se the strange ship well enough vi'h the naked ye: as could ul! the 1'ien in my watch, when I came to put the ;;'lr.-.s on her I saw her lookout , on t!r? low and nou-d all the partieul:.r.s of her rig. I bxik h--r for an lnglish ship !ound around the cape, and one which had com." down from the gulf of Hengal to the eat of Ma la;ras car. The sea was so calm that we could have launched a canoe, and when the stranger was a mile away every rope stood out in the moonlight like a silver thread. She was a pretty sight-aud every man in the watch kept his eyes on her. She was almost op;xsito and not more than forty roils away t;i give a lands man's measurement when she sudden ly settled away in the water and was gone in a mi:. ute. I thought u:y eyes were full of "sticks," and that I had Wen the viclit.i .f an .pticul iiliisiou. but while I rul'ix-d them two or three of the men cried out in ciiorn-.: "She's struck a ro-k and gone to the Wttom with every soul on Ward"' "Men, have we Wcu looking at a ship out there?" I asked. 'Of course, sir." "Vas ner hull painted black?" "lt was." "A new forctopsail?"' "Yes." "A gilded figure of a mermaid or an angel?' "Something o" that. sir. "And she went down?" "Aye, like a .stone ihiug ovcrlourd!" I ordered the brig hove up to check her headway, and the captain came on deck to sec what it meant. The other watch was called, two Wats lowered, and away we pulled for the spot, never doubting that we should lind men clinging to some of the wreckage. I can show you in the llritish museum to-day what' we found and all we found. A sailor's bag marked "l," two ship's buckets, unmarked, "two oar marked "M.," a sailor's oilskin coat, not mnrked, a cnge with a ilea 1 parrot in it. Of all the thousand articles almard f that ship which would boat we found nothing else, though we lay by until noon next day. Now, what sent her to tho bottom? We. of course, expected to find a rock not charted, but though we made soundings for two miles around we found nothiug. Later on n man-of-war spent a week in that locality, but with no Wtter suceess. It was two years W'fore the lost vessel was ascer tained to be the French merchantman Mi'non. As no rock could be found it was generally supposed that she was struck by a whale that a monster of the deep probably came up directly under her and smashed out half her planking. A French novel writer has made use- of this incident to dispose of some of the characters in his pages. Suppose a landsman knew that when ever he left his house he was under surveillance shadowed by some one who meant him evil, and was only waiting a favorable opportunity to stab him in the back! His feelings need not be envied. Take the same instance on the broad ocean one craft shadowing another day and ni.rht w ith evil intent, and you can imagine Jack Tar's feel ings no law to appeal to no chance to evade the grim pursuer. Such a case happened to me when second mate of an Australian trading schKncr. and some of tho queer points uWut it will never be cleared up. We had picked up a cargo among the spice islands of the Handa sea. and the intention was to proceed to Singapore for a market. At an island called Wctta, where wo stopped to take on the last of our hard wkxL we were offered a big prix to take a band of abont fifty natives men, wo men and children to the island of Timor, lying to tho south. This charter was made, and we hail a pleasant run . and no trouble. Oddly enough there were about a dozen natives at Coepaag, which is the chief seaport of Timor, who wanted to go to tho east end of the island of Java. They were, as we afterward knew, conspirators who were planning against the porcrnment of Java, but they paid us a pool price, and we carried out our part of the contract. The difference it made to us was that we must now coast along the big island to Sunda Straits, a matter of seven hundred miles instead of voyaging through the landlocked Flores and Java Reus. While open piracy was un known, there were many suspicious craft in those seas, and at brief inter vals traders were plundered or captured outright. We had no cannon, but our crew of eight men had muskets and fill In niid CotilJ W d"!fde on to ;ight- We stooil off the coast under the land breeze after lauding our men at night, and hy daylight had an ofling to twenty-live miles. Then we headed fo the west. We had just done so when we not ietsl a craft rigged like an Arab dhow coming up astern of us. She was nearly of our size, but could sail three feet to our two iu any sort f wind. Such craft confine themselves to the C jasting trade, and seldom make long voyage We coul-1 not see why this fellow should W so far from the coast unless m our trail, and we soon felt assured that his business was with Us. He shortened sail to keep about a mile astern of us and hung right there all day. "His plan is to creep up to us and lay us aWard at night," .--aid the captain, as we talked the laatt.-r over. "While I can't make out over four or five men on his decks, I am satisfied that he has twenty or thirty hidden away." We should have been prepared as well as we could when night came, but late in the afternoon a gale came up from the northwest, driving us out to sea. and we knew he'd have all he could do to mating" hi.- craft. ev n if he dared keep up the pursuit. That he dared was soon settled. Indeed, his craft was as seaworthy as ours, but the natives of those hlands are not look--d u;on as efficient na-vigalors. We were driven away into the darkness, the seas pitching us like a cork, and w hen we lost sight of him astern we sheltered our light-, broke a point off the course we were heading end felicitated our selves that he would not Ik' in sight when morning came. What was our astonishment and disgust to find him holding his old psition as daylight came. It did not seem s if he had changed by ten feet- How he could have kept it was a marvel to us, as the night was so thick from the time it shut in that our night-glass could not locate him. The gale stiil held, anil we ;,till drifted away into the Indian ocean, and if he meant us harm we had plenty of time to prepare for him. The second night came on bright and clear, and we could m.t have evaded him by any trie!: t midnight. Tlie gale had blown itself out, and an hour later we had sail n the schooner an 1 were heading e.p to th-; northwest under a change of wimL The dhow followed our example as promptly as if signaled to, but us there was still a heavy sea running, we hud no fear of her for sev eral "hours to come. When morning came she was sticking like a burr in the same old spot, and her grim per sistency Wgan to unnerve us. Some of the men insisted that she was a "spirit ship," sailed by ilea i men, aud that her hanging in orr wake was an omen tA dis;itcr and death. It was a real relief to see her. aWut nine o'ch ck in the forenoon, forge ahead to windward cf us. This move wa doubtless made to enable them to in spect us. Yv e could mane out fi ur r live men aboard of her, but no more, and she did not sit low enough in the water to prove the presence of nuiuli cargo in her hoi 1. A glass or two was no doubt levelled in our direction, and anxious to make a big showing of strength we kept the men tlodgiug a Wut as briskly as possible. The stranger must have concluded that we had from fifteen to twenty men to de fend our decks, and lifter running a parallel course of t wo or three hours he dropped back into our wake and huDg there like a wolf in chase. The breeze died out with the sun. so that when niTht had fairly come we were not making over a knot an hour, witha full moon t- light upthe sea until yon could have made out a ship's yawl a milo away. There was no u.-e trying to dodge the stranger on such a night, and 1m it li watches were kept on deck, with guns and cutlasses at hand for instant use. At aWut midnight the dhow crept up on us until his Wwsprit was not more than two hundred feet from our rudder p.ir-t, tnd every man Imelt at the bulwarks with musket in hand. We tried our Wst now to make out how ninny men he had on his docks, but we could see no one, not even one figure. They were either hidden by the sails or thelt. red by the bulwarks. Ho had a Wtter right of us, and, per haps, seeing that we were ready, he gradually dropped back to his old position, und there we found him again at day oght. To siiow you how the presence of tlvL. unknown told on the nerve of the men, let me say that after breakfast the men sent a spokesman aft to re quest the captain to luff up and have it out with him, and if we were all to have our throats cut to have it over and done with. This he refused to do, how ever, telling the men that we were head ing straight for Sunda, and the nearer we got to the coast the less danger there was ot an attack. We had only a mod erate breeze during the day, and the dhow kept her place as on the previous one. I f she meant us evil she would W pretty certain to attack us that night, as the morrow would bring us almost in sight of the coast. Darkness t'id rot affect the breeze, which was about a four-knot one, and we had the same moonlight after ten o'clock. The big silver orb was hardly linger high out of the sea when the dhow liegan to close up on us, and now we felt certain that the climax had come. Nearer and nearer she came, creeping like a shad ow of evil, and she was only a cable's length off our port quarter, and evi dently all ready to sheer down upon us and lay us aboard when she suddenly luffed up into the wind, hung for a mo ment while her sails slatted and slapped, and then went off to the southeast and was soon out of sight, and that without our seeing a soul except the man at the wheel, lt ws queer enougli, as we all agreed, and it was a mystery jwe were never tired of discussing, but her object and identity we never ascertained. Every man forward will believe to the clay of his death that she was a spirit ship. X. Y. Sun. The F-ocliah County Council. The inner life of the London county council is, according to tbe London Star, of the most simple character. TLe council does not dine together: it teas. The tea-room is the most primitive of institutions. The tea Is handed round in big thick cups, and the bread and butu-r and cake are of a thoroughly democratic type. The nois of the de bate comes through the door which opens on to the council. The bulk of the tea-room has the simple, unconven tional air which mark tbo whole assem bly, and makes such a refreshing con trast to the pomposity and well-fed city airs of the metropolitan Ward. AT EARLY rOeJNINLi. S.il- itl, the l-laeli wii. rM i.ir.-lit Cis- t.ittmh' liy lu i:looinv liasle. a- o'er t to- c;..-t'-rn y Iian draws a tinted veil el crimson u The tirst ijuielt jiuNe of life n..w Hiro'.K til nr.;.' As lroui 1 lie il;f tait vo L w it U uec-nt ntiorif. Some drowsy wareb-r i"r a t nd.-r son. The murmurous tirook i'oe dat.c-ini? forth in jrl.: Afc.l on ti.o air fr.il Mm- r'.o --r 'd l'-a llicr- e .aies the lan.tr' ht.r....' -.ie wibl bee. Tltf wl. win in Ids t'ark. 'uu 1 r. iea I'ut fori ti lis l.uiV.-t Mite - it. so! : iti trail. Ilalh (.' i.' .y iiurli .1 l.ls ii-.-;.. ;.-.'. .. '...! -:r; in ! !!ri?lit wal!--s the m- r.-.:n ' iu t:e : . I l.ieM; An-1 iu m r t.--:it:.- ..!.! v. i'. 1 ik-li'. A'i-1 w n.is the ui-t. y I. ills i.-i 1.1 !; U at ntii-o av. nlt.-r.'d, t : l:iirHi-:'!:.'., Kimr o.it to all a clad ''" ' 1, (1 1;1'. And lu'.i 'ly cei.S.rs.tv- I):.- eot.ie. ay. Krii.'.-iii.ci- fro'ii hlu-j-oiue-i, ! . a !-. ami ll.-ld:. (.f , 1 a Sc- 1:1 I'.e tmr! ah ; ..Ml 'ui'.-i t .1. ir s ee's i i ni Tin; lu-r.t brife'ht. jjobiet; uoi r . f t:e p-orn ' M. .Mo.tif. , i i In: rue-an. MET IX THE JiESEI.T. Some Very L.tcrc&lltig Spocimcns l".eu!i. iiie of the l.ir.t'i' ul.t H.111I Tlir Uo:.-l Cttlinrr .f allf.-l li.:- V. lib 1 1 reya on lUIlIt ..i ..'.o.-IUviiii; X u 11 with seo ration. "I've prospected all or or what the geographers call the great Aliicriean desert, and 1 think it's a pretty g-od country. Some people might think it lonesome, but that's ail a mailer of taste. It suits me b.-cauve there is plenty of clWw room. It's a triile dry. I admit, and sometime i a man will get pretty thirsty and think hii.i; . If in big luck to tititl a pool of water that smells so that he has to hold his nose when he drinks it, but one can get used to that. And then it isn't so lonc-onie after von get acquainted and know w hen- to look for neigh hi -rs. "There'.- plenty of life on the d not crowds of human life, riisliip-' and tearing alniut like cray ants. ai-l keeping up a '.'ui day .unl night that i, enough to drive the whole world mad but interesting, sensible, natural life, fall of comedy. t.-a"et.y and even hu ll. or. If you f.-el lonesome yon can lind company ny w 'Ij : re by turning up a rock i.r l.Kkii:-,- unJ r the sagebush. There's no lack f in-.---nioe. . cur', ms little creatures whose ways are worth st allying. "Tuke the tarantula hawk, for ex ample. "That's an insect built something like a wasp, or, j.erhaps, more like a 'devil's darning needle." an. I il Hies aWut lot. king for t.iran';i'. jist as t. hawk soars a boat h---;i'.-ig his eye j ee led f or gophers and such provender. When the hawk sees a taran'.i.lu he goes for the t ig spider, swoops ib ti upon him. stings hiti and g--i.- away hke n flash. "Th tarantula ki tv.'s that hi. only show is to get under c ivt-r. and be i.-gs it home in frai.t'e haste. It's fun t i se the big. liniry-ieggi d bully duelc his hvad and pad. II.. ..If through the sand as if the devil wi.s after hiui JUid the devil is after hnu. sure enougli. If the tarantula is near his bouse he may es cape by getting to it. tumbling in head lirst and shutting the door tight, but he'sg-t to hustle for it, Wcaiise Little .Trick 1- Ciart Kill, r is a hustler him self at." ..ecp.s j-.V-.'ug away at every jump. IftNe h:i:ry ogre g-ts c-iur!it oTit a great way iis.iu his ea.-tle his 11a irit is Dennis, aud lie knows it. "lie flops over upon his back to make a fight, and if he could get hold of the hnwk in that position he would make short wrk of the little chap, but the hawk sees the trick, and jti-t kce)s sailing around and watching for an ojKning. ar.tl when he catches tlie spider iT guard he darts in. hits him a lick and gets away lik n flash. Some times the lank will pretend to quit and lly aw ay. but the instant the tnr ai.tula is oa his feet and scooting for ..hclter. vilikf, comes the hawk like a bullet ilel socks it to him in t lie back of the head. A few stings like that do up the tarantula. He seems to become dizzy frrm th poison, utaggcrs u few steps, and collapses in a hairy heap. His legs tw itch few tim-.s, and that is the end of his malevolent career. "I've Wen cuMing the hawk "he' all along, but it isn't that kind of a bird. The tarantula nemesis it the female hawk, so far as 1 can judge, W-cause after the sj-xder is knocked out the hawk proceeds t deposit eggs in the remains, and, I suppose, the cgi-s arc hatched by the heat of decomposition. lssibly the purpose of laying eggs in a defunct tarantula is to provide the young hawks with grub at the thresh old of life, so to speak. "Whatever the scheme may W it is death to tarantulas, and for that reason noWdy ever harms a tarantula hawk. The insect's sting is said to lie poison ous to men. but I never knew one to sting a man. "Then there is the roadrunner, a joy ous, sociable little fellow, w hose busi ness in life is worrying rattlesnakes to death. The road runner is a bird somewhat larger than a blue jay, with a saucy topknot and a still saucier tail aWut a foot in length. He runs as fast as a horse ordinari'y travels, and if he once gets into the road ahead of a horseman, he will race along for hours and can't W drivtn out of the road. He could skip aside and got out of the way if he wanted to. but he seems to think that it is his mission in life to keep just ahead of that horse, and nothing can drive hiin from that occupation. "lie is not iu the lea.-t ..k.rmed. nnd when he gains too much of a lead he will stop and see-saw with his tail und chirrup merrily until the horse nearly catches up w ith him, when away he goes again as if his life depended on his win ning th-e race. W hen he wearies of the sport lie disappears in the brush. "I w as riding across a cactus desert on- , when a pair of road runners that ha.i lieen racing w iih me turned out of tbe; trail and Wcaine suddenly vert" luttvh excited a Wut something. They pi.id no more ntteutlou to me, and I rode up near enough to see what was going on. They had run across a big diamond-back rattler anil were pre paring to nave tun with him. One of t lieni had struck the snake with his shnrp bill and the diamond back had promptly coiled himself in a defensive altitude and was springing his rattle w-ickedlr. "One of the birds remained near the snake jumping about and making a great show of hostility, but keeping Wyond ,-,-a. h all the time, while the other gat bered little bunches of drv cactus with somes as sharp as neeul s an I almost lis hard, which he dr..p;v .lose tot',.- reptile. The road rur.te -was as bu-yas the d.-vi! in a gal . . w ind. ; ; i ' in a lew minutes he had J ".' a r. gc.lar lot le corral of cactus spl:. nil io'-tci. l the rattlesnake. Then ' pair -1' li-ciu began to tantalie' s.:.il;e. :: by living at him they J -volcd biui iiitJ striking at th m. with r.-.n'S disastrous to himself. j r cverr ; It;..' be laum bed out he lit in1. t.ie t :.nd got stuck full of S:.!. : . 'I !. . ,.,.,- he got hurt the m.i'l i ' he g.'evv. ..ntl it v.a-n't many r.iii'Jt before lie wa - h'e hing uWut f uriou - and inn 'ling himself up with the c. t'is. '!'!. i" -sad runners hopped fibi ' in ; r. it .'-. flew at the snake u.i mailt' things hum generally, and oee ; ionall..' - : - f them would pokes-:.-. ::.i -. t .-u . i:to the reptile's way' I i , i ; . t ribulation J.. V!u u tie J:.' ilesi-a'..- ha.i just aliotit got crazy r. " vas i '.le.s of his guard the ro.. riiii'ur. ii w t:f), hoecrod over Ji.f:i :. .la-'i-l d. ... ti at him v. believer they .;:.. a go.l el;.j:-.ef tw hit him. "Tin ir sharp bills did great eyee -tion. Mitl it wasn't long before tin y 1 the rattlesnake laid out as cold a . wedge. They are great general . the.-, road i miners, and they alwyys get awav tth the rattlesmtke. That . whv ho1hi.1v ever sht,vts a road runner in 'a'i iii.;. "Some of the lizards nrt funny li:" dros. ;.:i 1 w h.-i you get llsi.-.l to th" .fid f.-r -et their reptilian nppearin; thev are pretty good company. tit 1 1 i j it as long as y. finger can Lf lam ! ea.il'.". and tie. no e ii. I of fin in v. .t eh in r tln-ii" atlt'e The geeasers declare that these liza are venomous, but that isn't true. L. a greaser tell -sm it. and everytho' that crawls is poisonous. If you c-.' unci? get vj-.h- hands iiron u lizard wit1, out frigid -ni:! r him he in.-.tantly mako . f rieiv is - it !i you. "The way to work it is to move you" hand si. 1 - toward the little a..i... when be is lying motionless, and tone' him as light;;,- a a breath with the ti i,f your 1 n r. Nine times out oft he will int be there long enough 1 ' coll to l.iiovv fiiat you hat e torn b ! h'nn. He is as qnic't a-, a 11 a .h of lig i". and you can't ' him go ym nr.' v know that be is g -iie. JI.it "ii- time b . will let y. u tiv.e!i him. if you are gent e en n-.;;h. ami th.eti you I'chtly ruti lii,, ba' k i.iei h Wgin, to wriggle his taii i:i ti I'ght. "After that he is your friend, nnd will take flies from the end of yoi.r linger, run around over your eh thi. g Htld explore Vol-.l" J ockcts, ai.il w l.e i you eat he v.i.l ci; .b e.jion your 1 -. c -k Lis little head on n side, a;.--witch you with friendly int.ris'. There is a little liardno biggv r aroio;-' than a h ad jieiieil. with a l":i"-.- s'..-i tail us blue ! : col., it fi.i -t'i rs i nin n i. Y.u ...)' t.::.i I '. -. v vy easily, and if you try t c: tch 1 l the bin tail I feak.s i:T 1 i; glass, ; ei I . wa'iis in ur hau l. 'I'liere are n'lii-r rent r.rcs n ';'!' . so vlnWhle'as lizards i.ad nu.lrna ncrs. bt;t intt-re-ting in other ways. Take the scorpion, f.ir c.xump'e. lli v. a bad fellow, and he has a mean tri'?k of b'niing in your boots and stingia : you w hen you put theiu on. l!ut you can have fun with him after a fa 1 io:t. If you v. a. .t to bring .ui' the Vet pi.'l-itie- of the scorpion build a little corru! of il,-e leaves or paper i.ronnd him a.i.l set l.re to it at all p. writs. M i'.etht ( 'I alnuit it f .t i:i ;;..:net -r -otl.nt the ii. ones w ill ii. t t nn li your p: iso.'rcr. " h -n he sres the ring of lire the scorpion wnl try to escape, tirst at one point and then tit another, but tie' liana s will drive him b;j i; every tim -, an I v. lir.i he realizes that l.e is . in pletely Mirroundcd he will retreat Ij ihe eeuicr of the ring and dcliWrat. i y commit suicide by curling los tail and st inging liim If i i the back. So you see that nature sai'.cl i. nr. siiieid -under some eireumst.inees in file what the preachers s .y ab-mt it. st'orpion tenches a lesson Hurt , had iK'tUT reUK-inber if he e r liu. s himse'f in tin; center of a gang of Apaches." San Francisco Ilxamiuer. ON RAILS OF STEEL. TlfE Georgia railroad has W-en in op eration since 1S45 and has never killed a passenger. It is over three hundred miles long. Dhiei toadstools pushed into a Tileed ing nostril will stop the hemorrhage. They are also said to make excellent pipclightcrs. Thk street railways of the t"nitd Kingdom have an aggregate of 9-4 miles, with 27,71 ! horses, .", I ." locomo tives and 3,t31 cars. Tin; life of a locomotive crank pin, which is almost the first thing aWut an engine to wear out, is HO.OdO miles, nnd the life of a 3:-inch wheel is OC.733 miles. Recent statistics show that French railwaj's annually lrtl 1 one person out of 2,000.00(1 carried, while in Kngland 2 l.ono. 000 are carried W'forc one meets a violent death. AnE Uui'U), brother of Jy Gould, will have charge of the purchasing de partment of the L'nion I'acific and Mis souri Pacific railroads under the pro posed consolidation. Mr. Gon.D is quoted as aying that an advance of one mill p'-r ton per mile in the rates would ii-ercase the wet earnings of the Missouri l'acilic railroad over c.oOn.OOO per annum. The I'nited States lias a mile of rail way for each 400 of population and each -2 miles of area, while the balance of the world has a mile for each 7,an0 of population and 227 miles of area. The fastest traveling in England is made by an express train Wtwecn Grantham and Doncaster. The dis tance is seventy-one and a half miles, and the trip is usually made in tifty sbc minutes a speed exceeding a mile and a quarter a minute. y.ncland'e renelanrT There are a numWr of notables who are enjoying a pension for judicial services in Lnglnnd. The Earl of Sel borno and lxird Hcrschell receive each five thousand pounds ti year as ex-Lord Chancellors, but sit with the Lord Chancellor nnd the lords of appeal in ordinary for judicial business. Lord Llackbum, many years a judge of the Queen's ISench division and for eleven years a lord of appeal- enjoys an allow ance of three thousand seven hundred and fifty pounds. The pension usually gTanUtlto a puisne judge on retirement after not less, than lift ecu years' service i.s three thou-nir.l lite hundred innd-. V
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