I.a mwiA Mllulila Jilvwnl.tlfin Af It., i'. Alt t I'tlhl I Hrrkljr Ml , KI .OHriC, t AllllllA ., I'l .VS A., evDilderiliuu of 1 vert meOT wtioo lavors will ! IBtfrXl ' l Ii. lunuwiup luw iiw 1 ion.-iiuw. " 1 Incn.l months j 1 Inch, months I men I yaar.... J 3 Inrhes e month locbei, I year '" S IwhM months - " w Inches. I year euinuiD, month 10 K oxlutiin.6 tnuotb... J Soolomn 1 yr culumn. a nontbl - 1 ooluma. I yr '-uu Hailne.1 Itetnn, lrt insertion. I(X". pf l!b itiMqut Inwrtlotm, be. ftr im AouiiBUtrmtur'. anil , turculor Notice.. .W PI Auditor'. otir tr Dd Imlla.r Notice HW -hwluiiuui or i)nxw)lti: ol ny r r tlon or norlety n4 MDiuiuol-tloo llv:bd to rail attention to any matter t limited or mdl VKlu.l lulermt mui-l I aid lr ap advrrtirtueni. Hook and Job frintln of all kind neatly and ezealoumy r located at tba Ivweat price. And don'tyou lorxet It. ,lu.irnine 'l t :lr.-uliill u. Milixrrlii ln Him. ii.,r l-V. i :-. rush 111 adruni'r 1 ti m.t paid wu nut :t momim. 1 ' ' ii not ii.i wiimii i month, 'l ii ,lo II not iil wiililu me cr.. -i in opnmia realilitiK mitcitle if tlio ci.ums ,. -.Hoonal i.er year will chanted to ray poaae. .j-m ii.. eveut will tun ahnve term be da . 1 irum. and thone wto don I ennalt tneir 1 iniormw r itayimc in l"'-i! "t i to "lacod on the looting a moM who ' ,i th ii. ri-t r .lifiiri.-tly understood fn.is "HR IS A FREEMAN "WHOM THE TRUTH If AKK8 FREE AKD ALL ABE ELATES BKCIDK. 8I.SO and postage per year In advance. JAS. C. HASSON, Eci;tor nd Proprietor. in iiuw forward. I .-: for our paper l'mre ou mp It. If tiF U1SENSKURG. PA., FRIDAY. AUGUST 18. 1S93. NUMI5ER 32 VOLUME XXVIL . i, luimi Now '"' lawnv! .10 .inierwi.sa. .4V ' . ft ; II I III .III l . I! I II Ml I . I II L II I II I. o OVEiL liLV INIUB, PRACTICAL -AND DEALEIilN- h. . nm V"V" . fir I a ; " WANT A WAGON?7' We lnv? wims. rii'i'rU's. surreys. Hih RraJ: as li.ulit, Str-ini;. Jur.iW.'. st v i'.-ii, K-.uniiuliv finis!ul as m, hJerni.vJ iiu:M!".u-ture pi.-Jik'e. t?uiit n li u- r by men ..f lile exivr'Kive. l!. :u-siv is our p..Iiey : prompt shipment our 5j i.i'' v. W e v..i:;t l know ymi. i ite u- Co-Is y. u n. .thiiii;. Ai.iy V ul to business by anj by. Send fr our c:iu!. lie. It is tree to every re.uler of t'tis p:iper. Hiiig luiutoii Waoii Oi., r.itvli.imton, N. Y. aft? " BUILT FOR r V 1 ("V:) (vt) QciS1 fc4 v Ok 5 ng Is Believing"." 5' ' '.' A mnst be s-.mpTe: when v jw. Mis mc;in niurh. lut to t; wi.l imprc-.-.s the truth more r t u.;h r.r.d seamless, and U is nDioraittv SiiU-antl unorezkable. Like Aladdin's of oM, it is indeed a "wonderful lamp," for its mar v.-i'.-us liht is purer and softer t!i:.n electric Iicht and U f .r t!iisM-imp Tiir Rx'hr;tfr. If the lamp dealer hnn't the srnnln0 it r :iui inr tvie ynl .I-'A ml v wtU sri;i v. iii a l.inio JiiX lIIMI U L.LTIl THE 6 HAY- FEVER AND m in rs H fV,. - .'a,'.( 7 t a lii'ii'tl, unvrT vr 50c (jiir.f nr,.-vriHtt. Jl Ch4tiisx lir H-rex. is f f '"l ttni'i'iixl vr ELY BROTHERS. 55 Warren Street NEW YORK r i r m a rt nsnaRE asp harness mfg. ta? L'j r.Ttt'trnH lo mil.l to-finr..ror -eara, JJJ jJoa-i ifa?or,. lMtJ- V; c , t.r.-t.:r 'rrtHf. V A At 0 .Iff u!dN( gXiSv ff 1 " r4 l.irrf ! mt'TH-tanrs n.eru a 'I li .fi C J 'J. ft i'. ..: . xr.d :- t!u. . rni nh pnv- ?mrr-g&-& :?r- f-l rV'l " " -jrki.. ; t -imi-i.-i I .r " v.rvy l (iel 5 ijr yCi-W J T,-3i i .-.tuffw. .-.-. p.mkii i.o Aria vr -ff t- j I '. ( r. -.j Wo ino il tbr neV o ciir.iMoiapiiiipiui;. vi X I l' t j V I X' ; WHOLESALE PUCES. L-r i ! I '),'; Sl-lf; !,!'! l.il. '.nmnlwiHilM tvFxsrjrZ No. m. . c.;5.. vVCiT ( V ' L'f . rt pcsMT iSee'v. ELKHART, I N D. Moimtain I!(usc STiR mm PABLGBI CEN'IRC STtEET, EBINIEURG. 1 1 ' ' r - ii . u :. -ri!ri) . n -tjlt f n1 . - t .n i ,t.:c ,t M ir:i ti .X h : ' ! hi in - w ; I I e :t if .1 nil in t ti - ' 1 I M ' . tl A 1 K riH.NO A N I r . . ii i n r. I 1 ri ti 1 !i . i :i 1 1 . !.. . (t fit it I iiir n .-iiiftiM. .IA.M KS HJMM, r.irit if ' CASSIDAY'S j Shaving Parlor, , EBENSBURG. j I Is M kn. mi M hi-, l irl.ir 1 n 1 ' -i r. . i near tiir IVuMi .1 ! 1 1 liar- ti.'l I. ' '' 1 ' "' I" l . It ri, tj.'. -ar-il. ,.' ( ' 1 1 1 vi rv iiotii rt.n on iriM . n. ' ' I'f'-l 1 1. -I . "..Ir-t . ?! I.r-I Cli' I'M III t,M 'M' ' "' rt Ii I iii i-li. ir i i''iih'- w will ! n.ri .. I . t 1. 1 "" . ttnr tt! i-t-jf "i.iiri'f.i lioi.l Ii I A.-lli A Y. Ij1' '"'' li t' 'iii. Ilir II ., tlvr lb ""'li irinl n.- WKOE i i I .:c:i no kpi T r. -.1. .fi .MTMM .'VM i i.ATiuMr fi HI.. 4 ii. iluuJi Watches, Clocks J K WEI, It Y, Silverware. Musical Instrnment; ANI Optical Goods. Sole Agent Celebrated Rockford WATCHK.S. v7lumMa ti Frotlonia Watclies. In Key unit Mem Winders. ..A'IflK SKI.K'!TMN or AI.Ij KIN of .IKWKIjKV alwajH on linii'1. f Mv lin of Jewelry Is unsnrpBsseO '. ine and sen for yonrscif before pnrohas m el'whert". i49h.. WflllK iriARANTFKr- CARri RIVINIUS" T. Hishnre. Nov. 11. lXS.V-tf. mm "??ri. f A BUSINESS And a good amfi it is not simple it is f7j?fll I 1 see " The Rochester" forcibly. All metal, v.'i made in three pieces only, brighter than cas Iiiiht. more cheerful than either. T t ' ' . W T .a V . . 1 want, srtul to us lor our urw lllii"tr:itcra critahwue. s:ifrlv bv express your choice ot over 2sOOO CO., Place, New York. City. "The Rochester." 4 1 laaa irUr. Ajrphfd into the. lumirtu z i vutijl iiijuimmiHvyi-. iir.w 50c srrii lit mmi tnt r"'-' i f' "r i. A nNFK55 jk'iJ lihrr. tJf .TVta-sSiS. 1 j-xSl. pnilcle. written at nort no'lca In the OLD RELIABLE 1 iCTNA" .! allirr Ural la riMl". T'. W. DICK, OM) llAltTI'OIlT) riiii: HI) i IKI.MMKNrKIl HI'S1NIS fi'.nn'iiurw .loir l.l1Vi. FEES BROS.1 Shaving Parlor, Main Street, Jcar Fost Office- .'! hf un.lrrK'Ke.l .l. r-irr to Inform Ilie p'lb- i Ii'- that Iti-T i'v ,.Hrii l .ItaviiiK M w in ; M'tin i"r-i. i.rnr ih ultli-t where brtM-rlna In all H' braii-l will carriad on in trie liiturr. Hv,-rv f luiiif iol and cirin. j Y our imirun lue ouriir.i. ' IKK UK OH. nr. rtiopKH. M. l . I'HVMl lAM KD Nl'IOIItim. r.lH-N-ltl'KH. - . l'A 4i irtirr r,n lliuh air--t in riMiui h-rmerly n.,....l ny the Ve-lrn I'mou leleicrapH -.--paoy. j-n'-nrt TIa I i1H Kill if i i iii: i nil t Ktl' S'llUL. If any man sliouM funic to me. An' mik mo for u.lvic To Kerp 'iiu out o' troulile, jfi A ft-w uorjs u'uiilU suttlce: I'd tell 'Im: "Oft muil, if you like. As of if um ye will: llut hi-n ye'rf mmt just close yer mouth An' Kc p it shut; Kerp alill." UimhI many times er man pit sour Au' tomes urouiul your wav. An' says some a:'i-'ratiu thiiura He hadn't otij'hter say. An' riles ye up tremendously. An' kirns on talking till Ye'd like ler Me 'im Rood's he sends. Hut dou't ve jest Kerp still. Pou't tails mueh "oiit theology; If er man explains tew you. You'll never Kit ter Heaven unless. Like him. you b'lieve an' do: Don't tell ' in what ye think until You've elimtied the Heavenly hill: Thru tell 'im if ye llud 'im there An' if ye dou't Keep stilL Or then, a?ain. perhaps yer wife Takes it into hrr brail Ter say some things about ye Thet you w isli she'd leave unsaid: An' meiilions some twohundrod ways You don't ji!t lill the lull; Krp cool; perhaps th' woman's right; At any rait. Keep still. There may be times of course there are, Ji'St use yer common sense hen man should use his vocal powers Regardless of exiM-u.se; Hut after all. it's safe ter say. Iess strile this world would fill If folks would ut the proper time Jest think more and Keep still. Boston Olobe. THE FATE OF A FLIRT. Hor Unprincipled Actions Brought a Deserved Reward. The delicious fragrance of hot-house flowers lloutetl through the half-lihtfil purlors like rcininisceiiccsof tlie "sweet south.'' although the liuitter-of-faet al-niuiKu- stolidly iiersitcd in liiitiiir out 1 IccciiiWr as the; mouth, and the ther mometer without atood uncomfortably near zero. IJut the marble vases on cither s"uU of the lircrilace wiw filled with ros'S and heliotrope, from the tropie warmth of conservatories, and a. sinrle dazzling juponica lcamctl. like a curved pearl, amoii the j'tty folds of Klla Wardlaw's hair, as she stxd suiil inV. listciiinir to the regretful adieu v of him w hom the world called her lover. "tlood-by, Ella; I shall come atrairt very soon." Miss Wardlaw's heart thnVMied hitrh. Charles Forrest had never lie-fore calleil her "KUa," and she felt triumphantly conscious that her proud licauty and tier seductive notes had very nearly lrou.rht him to the 'proposino- jhiinL" ( ne or two more such vigorous sieves, and the fortress would In her own. She sank, yawning, on a sofa, as the door closed upon her lover, and clasped her white hands carelessly over her head. "Mrs. Charles Forrest," she repeated to herself- ''that doesn't sound so very hadlv. d.x s it? particularly as the afore said ".Mrs. Charles Forrest will step iub a brow n-stone palace, a carriao-c ami a jierfcct carcanet of family diamonds! Yes, 1 Wlieve he is safely entrapped, and if I play mv cards as well as I can. the matter will lie settled within three days! Heio-ho! this husliand-huntino; is a wearisome business, after all; and rather hazardous, unless one is very skillful. That reminds me." shea.hhil, starting suddenly up, and throw im otT her soft languor as one mi-Tlit lay as'ule a useless fc'arment; VI must write to Kalph Thorn by to-ni?ht; if the love strKUen wretch should f ullill his hint-d inliiuatioii tif coming to see ine. it miflit p-issibly be awkwariL" It was nearly tine, and the fire had bullied very low ln-fore Klla finished the carefully-worded note and sealed it with a fairy-like device of entangled initials in pink wax. The lieautiful velvet-checked co quette, with her drooping eyelids and voice attuned to the sweetest and softest key one would not have thought, as she placed that letter on the marble mantel, that she knew iU contents were meant to break the heart of a noble and true souled man. When Charles Forrest descended the bro:d stone steps of the Wardlaw man sion and walked alonjr the lamp-lighted street he felt dizzy and happy. The siren's spell was on him and yet some warning, watchful pulse down deep iu his heart kept lieatinp; the old. incom prehensible tune: "Iteware! In-ware!" lie passed through the noisy tumult of liroadway. A, "Teat hotel ottice threw a blaze of lirht into the street. A crowd had hssembled th.Te the mid night mails had just arrived ami For-r-st minrlel with the throng to hear the llectino; rumors if war which then vexed the public mind. "Forrest! old fellow! can it be possi ble that this is you?" "Myself, and no other, Thornby; but I thought you were safely settled in OhicaK-o. practicing law, instead of" "Instead of running wild almut the country, you were going to say. llut I granted myself a temporary holiday to Pshaw, leant tell you atiotit it here; come up to my room, and we'll have a cozy, old-fashioned chat." The delightful little impromptu sup per of well-seasoned dainties, washed tiown by champagne, was over, and the two gentlemen were smoking, when Thornby abruptly plunged into the subject which was uppermost in hia mind. "Charley, I'm in love!" "You are? My dear fellow, so am I!" "I am glad of that, liecause you can sympathize with me. I have come here expressly to see her, and have the da3' lixed for the w edding." "I haven't got quite so far as that!" said Forrest, smiling "Kut, Charley, she L the loveliest creature that the sun ever shone on an angel, a divinity "Hold ou. Kalph not quite the loveli est, I trust; for the lady whom I worship i:; alone entitled to that aujierlative de gree of praise!" "You're in love, too. my dear lny, so I'll excuse any little symptoms of insan ity." rejoined Thornby, laughing; "but really, it you could see Klla hold on. I believe I've got her picture somewhere nlx.ut me!" lie searched engerlv In his prickets, while Forrest repeated the soft name over. "Klla? Why that is the name of the 3'ouiig lady whom I admire so inm-h, ami by Jove," he added, as Thornby un clasjH'd a little velvet miniature case, and held it toward luni,"that is the very face! You ton t mean 10 saj' you are engaged to that girl? . "To be sure I am what do j-ou mean? Surely there is some mistake. 1 can show you her last letter!" He drew out a very sentimental epis tle. Forrest glanced over it with be w ildered. eyes, and then, biting his white lip until the blood started, took from his own picketbook a prettily worded note from Klla, which he had received that morning. "The handwriting is precisely simi lar. Kalph. we are the dupes of an art ful, unprincipled woman. This same Klla Wardlaw, while she is correspond ing w ith you in this impassioned strain, is doing her best to lare me on to a pro posal'" "It cannot tie," gasped Ralph, feeling as if he were iu a dream. "Hut I know it to In? so! Heavens! what a narrow escape I have had! And you, also, Thornby, should rejoice at your escajH' from the wiles of a false hearted coquette!" Still Ralph Thornby repeated, be tween his clenched teeth: "I will not believe it Klla is truth itself." "Shall we put it to the test?" askeJ Forrest, rather indignantly. "Ifcj what you please. I will stake my life on her single-miudedness!" Thornby took out cncil and dashed off a hurried projxisal in form. "There I will send this to-morrow morning, with a request for an immedi ate answer. When that answer comes, will you In-lieve its t-stimony?" Thornby nodded; but the hund which lay inm Charles Forrest's was cold as marble. "i;.k1 night, then, my poor fellow," said Forrest, as he rose to take leave, "I am sorry for you from the very bot tom of my heart, for you feel this more deeply than 1 can do!" Hut Thornby did not answr he was gazing alisc ntly into the tire. Head and heart lnith ached sadly that night: but the weariness of travel was nothing to the sick -sensation of distrust and apprehension that hail taken possession of his mind. There fore, it happened that he was still lounging over his almost untasted breakfast when Charles Forrest was an nounced by a waiter. "Well." was his grH-ting. Forrest replied: "1 have dispatched my missive and here is the answer. S-c, the seal is yet unbroken we will peruse it to gether." It was a skillfully written note of gla.l acceptance. Klla wrote that "she hud long loved Mr. Forr-st that her greatest happiness through life would In- to si-ure his contentment," w ith a variety of charming little addenda, such as, yestorday, would have 111 led Charles Forrest's heart with rapture. Now, they were false, idle rhaisodi-s! "Arc you convinced?" was Forrest's simple question, as the letter dropped from his companion's trembling hand. "1 am. It has Ihm-h a pleasant dream; but I am effectually arousiil at last. Charley, I haveliceii a bail a dupe!" "And so have I, Ralph; just give me that enthusiastic love letter you showed me last night." "What for?" Charles made no reply; but he took the letler from Thornby "s unresist ing hand, and folding it with the note of acceptance he had just received, w rote one i'iicil line on the margin: "The compliments of Messrs. Thornby and Forrest." and inclosed tmth in one en vclotie, directed to Miss Wardlaw. Klla Wardlaw was practicing a diffi cult Italian sonata as the eventful note was handed her. She tore it hurriedly open, and gazed with wide-open, lie wildcriiig eyes upon the inclosurcs. The next instant they fell from her nerveless fingers. Years have passe 1 since then. Ralph Thornby is married; Charles Forrest has a blooming wife, and two rosy little girls; but Klla Wardlaw is a hopeless old maid, with not the faintest chance of a husband. X. Y. News. NDUSTRIOUS WOMEN. Mrs. Iiiii.ii" Newman, of hunilon, is the only woman designer and jeweler iu all Kngland. Her place in llond street is well known. Ai.k k M. Chknkv lierran business as an express messenger in lloston four years ago. She now has three ofliees and five teams in daily use. Miss I'akcktt, the young English woman of recent "aliove-the-seiiior-w rangier" fame, has adopted the pro fession of electrical ciifiueer. Tuk English Horticultural college has latch received several applications for women head gardener.-; and one for a woman to take entire charge of the conservatories and greenhouses. Mns.- kmisto: Chant, tin well known preacher, says that she ha otiiciated in churches of every creed except those of the Church of England and the Roman Catholic denomination. Mi.l.r.. Doiinowi.isKA has completed her studies in the Veterinary college at Zurich and is now preparing for the regular state examination at Odessa. She has already lecn offered a position in Russia. RELIGIOUS NOTES. Tin: receipts of the American Itap tist Home Mission society for the year ending April were S4T:t.s:.i.U. Tiik r-Kirt comes from Paris that a colony of Z.MU Waldenses are likely to sett 1c iu North Carolina next spring. Tiik American Home Missionary so ciety has had the most successful year since its organization, to years ago. Its total receipts from all sources, up to April t, were S7:"i.s 1 1 .Ml. This sum is STT.O.V. 1 1 iu excess of the receipts of the preceding year and frees the so ciety trolll debt. 'Mus. John Vintov DAHt.r.Kt:v - has erected a chapul of the Sacred Heart In the grounds of the lieorgetown uni versity at n cost of CsVi.ihki. The chapel is iu memory of her llrst son. w ho died In infancy." It is built in English t Sot hie sty le, finished in polished oak. with tiuibcreii roof. There is an altar of richly carved marble. N. Y.Tribune. Trraaarrt from Ilie Dorp. The Keaca t up a unique bit of treav tire-trove before an alderman of Leeds England, who was walking on the shore at Eridlington. He saw a neat package coming towards him on tho cre.tof a wave, anion securing and opening it discovered that it contained u promissory note for fifteen thousand dollars and bank checks for tw ice that amount, all drawn in the year lsl.'i. The pajH-rs are valueless, but are inter cstiiig us souvenirs. GRANDMA'S GARDEN. You're peeping Ihrouen the garden-gate, Oh. precious little curly pate'. And I shall see you by and by. With cunning air and ringers sly, I'udo the latch and slip inside. Then toward the sweetest blossoms glide; "To smell the imsies," so you'll say. Ah. roKue, you'll take a rose away! Full Ave and twenty years gone by. Another urchin, just as aly And just as awret and brown and bold, ltb just such locks and curling gold. Would wuu n to Uud my curtain down, As if he feared my slightest frown. Then pluck the prettiest flower and run That was your father, naughty one. As time passed on, the lad grew meek, 1 And then my full couseut would seek: Thus, by his manliness and truth, Jle gained my trust, the cunning youth! lie had a o,uct-uly Itosc iu view. That in my household garden grew; And soon the blooming flower he won-. That was your mothrr. little son. Mrs. M. A. KidJ.-r. in N. Y. Ledger. THE OLD SETTLER. Hia Story of the Vengeful Bear and Unfortunate Puterbow. "It takes a pooty durn cute feller to do w'at Joe Hall done t'other day. over hack o' Pison Itrook Holler," said the Squire. "An w'at's Joe been a-doin" of that's so orful cute?" asked the Old Settler. "Ketched a yearlin b'ar asleep, an' got a rope around its gullet 'fore the b'ar could wake up an' clutch him," re plied the Squire. "Joe doue that?" the Old Settler queried. "That's w'at he done,"said the Suire. "An' more'n that, he drew the critter, spite of itself, all the way to his clear in"; an" he's got it tied to a post, safe an" sound, so they tell me." "Wull, all I got to say, then, is. that Joe Hall Ik tter keep his eye peeled!" exclaimed the Old Settler, with an omin ous shake of his head. "If tha's anything that b'ars won't never forgit nor for give it's Win' ketched an" douj fer w'ile they'tn asleep. If they'tu t ok in arter a squar stan'-up-an'-takc-dry-k nocks rumpus an" rassel, they'in will in to go along an' say no more ubout it. "cause they've had a fair chance an it were their own fault if they w'a'ut up to the mark. Hut if ye sneak on ern an' git the best ou em. w"en tl.ey'm asleep, look out, b'gosh! Then they've got it in fer ye, an' they'll git even, an' make it a sorry day fer ye w' -n ye Uaik'iiuin that way! Joe Hall wants to keep his eye peeled. Squire!" "Poof!" ejaculated the Squire, scorn fully. "It may 1k poof, an it may be purT, an it may be pi fT!" the Old Settle r ex claimed, "but I know w'at I I now, b'gosh! Poof! That's w'at Si: neon Putcrliow said toan ancister ' mine wunst, an' meblie he didn't live to see the day he were sorry fer it! Sim eon had snuck up on a slecpin' yearlin' b'ar jist the same ez this here Joe Hall's lien an' did, an he got a rope on it an drew it into his clearin' an' tied it to a pole. " -Simeon,' says my ancister, yuv run head fust ag'in the natur o Vara by doin o' this here,' says he. 'an' if ye thm't put a ball inter that b'ar an" end its future right here, says he, "tha's danger ahead o' ye, b'gosh, bigger" n a stack o' Uig hay!' says he. "An" Simeon turned up his nose an' says: 'PoofT says he. "An' my ancister shook his hear1 and went away, sorrerin', az well he mowt, fer he know'd o'ars from A to izard. an' he know'd tha were a day o' reck onin' com in fer Simeon if he didn't kill that b'ar he had snuck up an ketched w'ile it were slecpin. An b'ars '11 be b'ars to-day, jist the same ez they was theu. I feel sorry fer Joe Hall, b'gosh I do!" "Well, major. said the squire, ag gravatingly, "I"Lson Hrook Holler an' Sugar Swamp is dilfer'nt." "Ditrcrn't! I should say so, exclaimed the Ol 1 Settler. "An that's w'at'll make it all the wuss fer Joe Kail. That b'ar is fcelin' ugly enough, just 'cause he got ketched asleep; but gettin' ketched asleep in setch a deestric' az lisou Hr.aik Holler! Jee-whizz! That'll make him so much wuss that tha hain't no U-llin" w'at he won't do to Joe w'en he gits the chance. There's where Joe wa n t smart. 1 f he'd a give it out that he ketched the b'ar in Sugar Swamp, the b'ar mowt a felt grateful to hira. an' meblie let up on him a leetle, but to be ketched asleep an' then to hev folks know that he were ketched in the P ison Hrook deestric; no b'ar that thinks any thing of hisself could get over that with out makiu' things hum to git even. Kut mebbe the b'ar don't know that you come from 1-ison Krook Holler. Squire. If he know'd tlRit. mebbe lie wouldn't feel so ugly, an' wouldn't hev it in so bail fer Joe KalL Ez it is, though, I know jist how that b'ar feels. Joe orter know'd enough, b'g.sh, to give it out that he ketched the b'ar in Sugar Swamp." The Old Settler looked as if he felt sorry for Joe's shortsightedness in this serious matter, and we waited for some expression of the Squire's opinion on the subject, but the Squire did not seem in clined to give any, unless one remark he made had some bearing upon i "I've alluz heerd," said he, "t lat if anybody were lookin fer agur an id jits, he alluz p'inted straight for Sugar Swamp. Tha s jist ez much agur there ez tha ever were, but tha's one less i.ljit. An he hain't de id, uuther." The Old Settler pondered over this re mark of the Squire's for some time, evi dently trying to think who it might be that the Squire hail in his mind. Kut he apparently couM not recall him, and would not humor the Squire by tsking whom he meant, for he dropptd the subject and went back to Simeon Puterr bow and his bear. " Simeon. says my ancister, plug that b'ar full o lead to wunst, says he, or tha'll come a time w'en you'll set down with sorrer, says he, 'pcrvidiu ye kin set down at all. says he, 'the chances In-in" ag'in" it,' says he. 'That b'ar were ketched asleep an it won't fergit it," says he. It'stuffed fuller q revenge than a groun' liog is o' clover,' savs he 'i -e want t knv-k r veiige out of it with a dose o lead,' savs he. "Hut Simeon only sniffed an says: 'Poof!' an my ancister went ol? sor rerin, "Simeon Puterliow wa'n't p'tie!ar pop'lar round the deestric, b'it he I hadn't never did not h in' that wa'n't i honest- Stii, Tie had wajrs,an folks didn't keer much fer him. Jist about t the time he ketched this b'ar asleep hi! were gmin reaoy i iiiiij m- . Sluppy. The widder had coiisid'able land, an' were a big ketcli, an' folks didn't think much of her choosin' Si meon, but she were doin' of it only outen spite, 'cause Sol Kcasley an her had a little tiff, an' Sol throwed up the ingagement betwixt 'em, thiukin' meb be that the widder would coax hira back. Kut the widder didn't, an' took Simeon Puterbow inste'd. An' she'd a married him, too, an' Simeon d a be'n right in clover, if he hadn't a poofc-d at my ancister, and had plugged his b'ar full o' lead. "Simeon kep' the b'ar tied to a pole, an' one mornin' he got up an' found that the b'ar had slipped the ro'M oiTen his neck, an' were roainin' round the premises. Kut he didn't seem to want to go 'w ay, an didn't make no objec tion to In-in' tied up ag'in. This nice an' peaceful way 'o the b'ar made Si meon larf more an' more at w'at my an cister said. " "Why," says he, 'that b'ar wouldn't ez much ez scratch a dog, let alone clutch me. " 'I didn't say he'd clutch ye! says my ancister. 'Hut bewar', Simeon!' says he. 'That b'ar mebbe won't eat ye. but wuss!' says he. "Kong about then some one took to stealin' sheep from the clearin's an' get tin' away with 'em. Two or three chaps ez lived in the deestric' was suspicioncd, but tha couldn't nothin' be found ag in 'em. Nothin' were talked alxiut but the sheep stealin,' an' one day my an cister were to Simeon's an' he sajs t Simeon: " "It'll go hard with that sheep-steal in' cuss w'en we ketch him!' says he. 'It'll be state's prison fer him from the word go.' says he, if it's fer twenty year! says he. "My ancister recommembercd artcr w'ds that the b'ar wcr lyin' down ez if he were snoozin'; but when my anci.- ter said them words the b'ar opened his eyes an' looked up suddent and queer. Theu he riz up paity soon, an" took t thiukin' like, now an' then turnin' his eyes to'arils Simeon. " 'Simeon,' says my pop, 'liew ar' o that b'ar!" sai"s he. " 'Poof!' says Simeon, an my ancist -r went away. The nex' day he started fer a trip down the river with a raft, an' he were gone three weeks. The day arter that Job Sawyer, ez lived nex' to Simeon, got up at daylight and went out to his sheep pastur', an", b'gosh. three o' his sheep was pone. lie foun' the trail o' the thief an' follered it till it stopped. "I'real spooks!' says he, 'who'd a thunk it?' "So Job goes right back an' wakes up Squire Colduff an says he wanted a warnt. ez he had dixkivered the sheep thief. The squire ast him who, an' w'en Job told him the squire mist fell olTen his cheer. Kut he give Job the war'nt, an' Job went an woke up Si Salter, the constable, an' they started to git the sheep thief. They went straight to Simeon Puterbow's. 'Fore they woke Simeon up the' stopped "it his milk house. There hung Job's three sheep! An' they was skinned. Then they went to the barn. There was the three jh-Us olfen them sheep layin' ou the barn floor! That's all they wanted. They got Simeon up, sarved the war'nt, an' marched him off, spite of all he could say. Job said arter w'ds that ez he were gettin in the wagon he ha iked back an' see Simeon's b'ar dancin' round his pole an a-huggin' of hisself ez if he was bustin' with joy over sutnpin"; but Job s.iid he didn't think nuthin' of it. b arsliein queer. "Wull, they made short work o' Sinieon. Tha cru! ln't lie no goin" back on the sheep bcin' found in Simeon's milk house an' the pelts iu his bara. Court sat in ;hree weeks, an' they give Simeon four years. The news got back to Sugar Swamp jist ez mv ancister got there from his trip down the river. He hadn't heerd a word about Simeon bcin' arrested nor nothin', an" w'en he heerd the news he were jist goin' inter Sime on's j'ard. ez he were anxious to l'arn how he were gittin" along with the b'ar. The b'ar were layin' down by its pole an' my ancister stood lookin" at it, ponderin' like, w'en Job Sawyer kim along an hollers out to him: " 'Hooray! Simeon goes to jail for four years! Hooray.' "With that the b'ar jumped up an' liegun to dance an' hug hisself, an' 'most hollered hooray, too. '"I warned him! my ancister hol lered. I warned him ag'in that b'ar, but he poo fed at me! The b'ar stole them sheep an put it onter Simeon! Sure ez guns, the b'ar stole them sheep an' put it onter Simeon! "The b'ar quit dancin' an' huggin' itself, an laid down lookin sneakin'. My ancister tried his best to git Simeon off, but ev'ryliody larfed at the idee of a b'ar stealin' sheep an puttin it onter some one else, an' it wa'n't no use. Course, the Widder Sluppy throwed Simeon up right away, an theoufortnit man who poofed at the warnin' of my ancister, who know'd b'ars from A to izzard, an' know'd that a b'ar that were ketched asleep were bound to git even with his keteher even If it had to make him out a sheep thief, had to serve out hia time. Squire, the bes' thing you kin do is to send this here Joe Kail warnin'!" There was a spell of silence, and then the Squire grunted disdainfully, and said: "Simeon Puterbow were an ancister o mine, an it's queer I never heerd nothin' 'bout a b'ar makin' him out a sheep thief." "What!" exclaimed the Old Settler. 'Simeon Puterbow au ancister o" your'n! Wull, wull! Kin it be, then, that the b'ar didn't steal them sheep arter all?" Ed Mott, in N. V. Sun. WORTH YOUR WHILE TO READ. One-half the population of Minne sota and the Dakotas is foreign lairn. Tiik deposits in American savings banks amounted in 1.I to?l,r.54.tMKi.iNi. The work of sinking artesian wells at several of the Sioux agencies will lie commenced sin irtly. Tiik total recorded immigration to this country is in.iMi4.niKl. almost as many as the whole iopulation of Spain. Acx-oiuiixo to the laws in many states a widow may stay in the house of her deceased husband for forty days without aying rent. A fl'nioi s caprice is that of a New York woman w ho has made a collec tion of penny toys and has secured over six hundred such trophies. Wkst Viucinia has a two headed woman who has two voices entirely different in tone. Slke. talks bass on one side and tenor on ht other. LOVE'S VOYAGE. We are g.:!oT w ith the w ind, love, lilowiii.' fair and free, Somehow the breeze Is always good That blows for you aud me. Behind us ltrs the dear old land, Uefore us dreams the new. lleneatb us swells the joyous sea. Above us bends the blue. What is there that can hinder love. Or make our hearts ufraid? The ocean deep can never fail. The sky can never fade. You are my uuiverse, and L Oh, I am yours, my sweet; Thru how cau any cloud arise. Or any trmiirst beat? We are goin;- with the wind, love, Hlowinn fair and free. Somehow the breeze is always good That blows for you and me. If we go down, the sea is love. And holds us evermore: Our tid. whatever way it move. Will reach a golden shore. -Maurice Thompson, In N. Y. Independent. A CAPTAIN'S IIUAYERY. Ilia Courage Was Rewarded by Applause from the Enemy. In the latter part of the winter of 1M'.4 Lee's army of northern Virginia was in cantonment along the Rapidan river, while the union forces, under lien. Meade, occupied the country almut Culjietier Court House, facing the confederates. The winter had lieen so severe that military operations of any magnitude in Virginia were not deemed practi cable, though throughout the winter the cavalry were kept employed, on the union side at least, in watching an ex tended line and from time to time mak ing recoil noissances to devehp the enemy, w ith a view to ascertaining if any considerable part of his force had lieen detached to other fields of opera tion farther soutlu On one of these reconnoissaiices the event ieeurred which I am alniut to re late. It must lie premised, to an under standing of what follows, that when the object of one army is to find out or develop facts as to the other, then this last thwarts attempts of the kind as far as possible in order to keep the ad versary in ignorance. Thus if t'en. Meade desired to ascertain if the con federate army in his front had l-cn re duced by sending regiments elsewhere. I'cn. Ix-e -qually desired that this ii formation should not lie obtained by Meade. On a stormy morning in February, lsi;4, my division of cavalry marched from its camps in front of CuljH-per Court House. Va.. with instructions to reconnoitre the left of the i.-einy's line on the Uapidau river, and develop the force in that direction without bring ing on a general engagement. To reach the desired position it was necessary to march a considerable dis tance Ui the south and cross .the Roli inson river, a tributary of the Rapidan. The division consisted of three brig ades of cavalry, each of the brigades Ih ing accoinpanu-d by a battery of light, or horse, artillery. A force of confed erate cavalry which was on picket duty ou Robinson river was easily driven in, and on the evening of the day we started we found ourselves face to face with the enemy, with the Rapidan river . between us. The work of discovering the enemy's strength was, owing to the lateness of the hour, put off till the following morning. After placing our pickets to insure against surprise, we made our selves as comfortable for the night as the weather of au unusually raw Vir ginia 1- cbruary would jieriuit. Early the follow ing morning the cav alry and artiller3" moved toward the river in our front, and a lively skirmish with small arms, accompanied by artil lery, commenced and was well sus tained on Inith shies. The result was far from satisfactory. Po what we would, the enemy persist ently declined to show force beyond what was necessary to engage our skirmish lines; and he uncovered but a fun or two at intervals along his lines to reply to our artillery. We could plainly make out long and formidable m-east works on the farther bank of the river; but whether these were occupied by many or few soldiers, our liest efforts and most ingenious plans failed to discover. The entire morning was spent in these vain at tempts. It will be understood that loss of life on the picket line and to a less degree on reconnoissance is not directly de cisive of a war; hence we speak of lives "thrown away" in these duties. How ever, in order to gather information, it may tie necessary to expose soldiers to danger, wounds and even death; and we were now facing that necessity. It was finally decided that the only way to make the enemy show his force was to cross, or try to cross, the ford in our front. If this succeeded, the enemy . was to lie driven out of his works if possible; if not, he would drive us back across the stream w ith possibly severe loss to our troops. Reluctantly, under these circum stances, the division was organized for the work. Leading the advance guard, consist ing of a squadron of cavalry, was Capt, Ash destined to lie the hero of the oc casion. Following this advance at a proper distance were the cavalry and artillery of the division, properly formed for effecting a lodgment on the farther ride of tho river. This stream was not more than thirty yards across in its broadest part, and at this season uu. easily fordable. The instructions to Capt. Ash con templated the possible crossing of not more than his advance guard, and not all of that if what wed-sircd todis cover could Ik effect! In-fore all had crossed. In this event the command was to I' 1 1 Id so as to cover his retreat and protect him front pursuit by the enemy. Ash advanced with his squadron amid the stillness of death. The skirmish firing ami Imoming of large guns w hich had attended our attempts of the morn ing were hu.dicd, and the silence which prevailed sdiowcd that the enemy was intent on keeping ns iu ignorance of their numliers. and determined to make tis pay heavilj" for in forma lion. The anxiety was intense. We knew w hen the encniy ojicned tire at short range that the Joss would Ik- great, and all felt that the advance guard must oe the tirst and great-st sufferers. Ash with his small commaud moved on. The works iu front, gl-n uiy and silent, denuded and stained iy a w iu- ter of thaw ing and freezing, seemed de serted. Now the few mounted men thrown to the front of the advance guard were entering the firL "Trot, march!" was the command, as Ash hurried his squadron forward to share the shock w ith his leading men. Many a strong man in our command prayed at that moment for Ash and his men. He had now gained a vantage position where, iM-cause of a turn in the river aliove. he commanded a view of the interior of the confederate breastworks. What he saw no one could tclL Kut just then the enemy opened w ith a few scattering shots, and a withering volley followed. Ky a motion rather than a command. Ash intimated to his squadron to seek cover, w hile he, licnd ing forward on his horse's neck, turned to the right and rode at a rapid gallop along the river bank parallel to the enemy's works, followed as he came opposite each new part of the breast works with volley after voile. There seemed no hojie for him, and we watched with intense anxiety, ex pecting every moment to see horse and rider go down. Yet both kept on amid the storm of lead apparently unhurt. That something must lie done to help him now was, I doubt not, the thought in every one's mind. Suddenly, as Ash reached another part of his route, where his view of the confederate lines was still more extend ed, he raised his hat and w aved it over his head. It was a signal of ti iuinpli. Then (iceurrcd a scene which has not lieen witnessed since the times of the "joyou passagesof arms" in tin' ugeof chivalry. To our amazement, the con federates, moved by admiration for his gallantry, ceased to lire on the intrepid horseman. Instead, they mounted on their breast works as thick as they could stand, and, throwing their haU in the air, cheered him again and again, mak ing the valley echo w ith their shouts. At this. Ash, taking in the situation at once, reined up his horse, and, turn ing toward the confederates, raised his hat ami acknowh-dged their cheers with a irraccful s.alutc rcpcat-d several times. Then he turned and rode leisurely into our own lines, amid the ch-crs and ap plause of his comrades reechoed by the confederates. lie had accomplished the work with out the loss of a man, and had seen himself, aud displayed to every one else, a full force of iirfantry manning the confederate works. The whole affair t Nik less time than it takes to read this hasty and im perfect sketch; but I thought, and still think, that it w as the bravest deed on the part of an individual that I ever witnessed. Capt- Ash, in reporting to me after ward, stated that his scheme of devel oping the enemy's force had not oe-curr-d to him until he had reached the brink of the river, and found that the enemy held their works in force. To g on meant certain death to many of his command. To retreat in the line of dmt t lire would be equally disastrous; and the inspiration to do what he did, ride rapidly across their line of aim, aud gradually oblique out of range, suddenly seized him. II Ls risk was great and he knew it; but it was ts-ltcr than any other course that presented itself to his mind. Men accomplish in seconds under such cir cumstances the thought of hours, with conclusions not less correct than those attending more delila-ration. True, no one could have foreseen that the excitement and rapid fire of the wii emy would so far disturb their aim as to insure that the uniou ollicer should es cape unhurt; and still less could the ef fect of his intrepid conduct on the enemy have lieen foretold. Now, after the lapse of years, the story of this heroic deed appears almost fabulous. Then it seemed very real, and all natural enough. I need scarcely add that as we united with the confederates in cheering the Inild rider, our hearts went out to the generous foe who so well appreciated a gallant act, and so chivalrously ac knowledged it- We were then im pressed and who has not lieen? with the fact that, whether wearing te gray or the blue, the true American sol dier is a worthy descendant of the men who made glorious the history of chiv alry. t'en. Wesley Merritt, in Youth's Companion. SANDWICH ISLAND WOMEN. Hornet htnc About Their 4'mtnnin, Cm ton: and Mode of Life. The ladies attire themselves in the holoku. The warm tropical climate makes loose, flowing gowns a neces sity. The young girls wear wreaths of wild flowers around their brows and decorate their bodies with ehaplets of green leaves. They do not use ."-old jewelry, but ornament their toilet with the floral beauty of the tropics. They ore fond of outdoor life and live mo t of the time in the groves. They sleci in hammocks nndcr the trees, uiidhutc their dances and feasts iu the grottoes of the forests. ' The" have little huts in which they dwell during storms, but are rar. ly found in their cottages except in rainy weather. They build grass-thatclisl houses and cover their roofs with rushes and have wide porches iu front of their doors to keep off the heat ol the sun. They like to lie near the sea, so they can bathe iu the waters of the ocean. They liccoine expert surf riders and can scale the breaker in the wild est storms. Like seagulls they ride the toRMng rollers and smile at the k-c ait's maddest winds. In their little boats they sail over the blue Ihisoui of the Pacific and cruise many miles away from their island shores. Their little crafts cro-.s the channels from island to island and visit all the ports in the urchijicla;' . They are uot afraid of the ocean s-di-tudes, but are ut home tin its vr -ry wastes and tind delight in its e: pfuiae of blue. ('avMriea n :-riiiany. For more than a centvu-y the brei'd nf of canarieslias lice a. a thriving in dustry in parts of Ocnnany.. In 1 -- the Ocrmau dealers tx-gan to ship the birds to New York, t.ud then to South America and Australia. The prohts are small, but th; industry is a god- j send to the poor, w ho make the small wooden cages. It is estimated tnut alniiit two hundred and lift" thousand canary birds are raised every year in 'crmanv. The most ini'iorturit iu:ir ket is tlie I'nited States, which takes alniut one hundred thou -and birds per annum. When the l"'rds arc shipiJ to this country th arc always accom panied bv au tten.ia- t. 0: the re turn voyage these '.- Unts lake America" birds aud as-.i- to Lur. ly. r
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