VOL. 42.
The Huntingdon Journal.
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GOOD BOOKS
TOE THE
FARNI, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
The following in a Bet of Valuable Books, which will be
supplied from the Office of the Huntingdon JOURNAL.
Any one or more of these books will be wilt postpaid .0
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is named against each book.
Allen's(it. L. & L. F.) New American Farm Book $2 50
Allen's (L. F.) American Cattle.. 2 541
Allen's (R. L.) American Farm Book
Alien's (L. F.) Rural Architecture 1 50
Ailen's (R. L.) Dismiss of Domestic Animals 1 00
American Bird Fancier
American Gentleman's Stable Guide* 1 00
American Rose Cnltitriat
American Weeds and Useful Plants 1 76
Atwood'. Country and tMabarban Houses. I 50
Atwood's Modern American otnesteads* 350
Baker'. Practical and Scientific Fruit Cultures...._ 2 50
Barber's Crack Shots
Barry's Fruit Garden
Belie Carpentry Made Easy.
Bement's liabbit Fancier 3O
Bicknell's Village Builder and Supplement. 1 Vol l2 01.1
Bicknell's Supplement to Village Builder ,
Bogardus' Field Cover, and Trap Shooting*
Bommer's Method of Making Manures 25
Bonssingault's Rural Economy 1 60
Brackett's Farm Talk-. paper, E.ucts.; cloth 75
Breck's New Book of Flowers 1 75
Brill'e farm-Gardening and Seed-Growing
Broom-airu and Brooms paper, socts.; cloth 75
Brown's Taxidermist's Manual* . .. 1 00
Bruckiier's American Manures* 1 50
Buchanan's Culture of the Grapeand Wine making* 75
Buel's Cider-Maker's .Manuals
Buist's Flower-Garden Direetal Y. . ........_50
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Buiet'e Family Kitchen Gardener ~ 1 00
Burgas' Americsa Kenael and Sporting Field*..-.... 400
Burnham's The China Fowl' 1 00
Burn's Architectural Drawing Book* ... ... 100
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Burr's Vegetables of America* 3 00
Caldwell's Agricultural Chemical Analysis ......
Canary Birds. Paper 50 cts Cloth 76
Chorlton's Grape-Grower's Guide 75
Cleveland', Landscape Achitecture* . 150
Clok's Diseases of Sheep* 1 25
Cobbett's American Gardener 75
Cole's American Fruit Book 75
Cole's American Veterinarian 75
Cooked and Cooking Food for Domestic Animals*... 20
Cooper's Genie Fowls*
Corbett's Poultry Yard and Market*pa.socts., cloth 75
Croft's Progressive American Architectures......
Cummings' Architectural Details lO 00
Cummings & Miller's Architectures lO 00
Cupper's Universal Stair-Builder 3 50
Dsdd's Modern Horse Doctor, 12 mo
Dadd's American Cattle ';octor, 12 mo 1 50
Dadd's American Cattle Doctor, Bvo, cloths 2 5 0
Dwid'e American Reformed Horse Boek,B vo, cloth* 2 50
Dada', Muck Manual
Darwin's Variations of Animals & Pleats. 2 voles
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Dead Shot • or, Sportsman's Complete Guide* 1 75
Detail Cottage and Constructive Architecture* lO 00
De Voe's Market Assistant*.... . .
Dinka, Mayhew , and Hutchison, on the Dog* 3 00
Downing's Landscape Gardening 6 50
Dwyer'. Horse Book* . . . ... 200
Eastwood on Cranberry
E4gleston's Circuit Rider* 1 75
Eggleston's End of the World 1 50
Eggleston's Hoosier School-Master 1 25
Eggleston's Mystery of Metropolisville. .
Egglestan's (Geo. C.) A Man of Honor
Elliott's Rand Book for Fruit Growers* Pa., 60c. ; elo 1 00
Elliott's Hand-Book of Practical Landscape Gar
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Elliott's Lawn and Shade Trees* 1 50
E liott'a Western Fruit-Grower's Guide . 1 50
Eveleth's School House Architecture* 8 00
Every Home Owner', Cyclopsedia*...... 3 75
Field's Pear Culture... ........ .................. ...... ...
Flax Culture. [Seven Prize Essays by practical grow
ers J . . . 30
Flint (Charles L.) oa Grasses*
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Flint's Milch Cows and Dairy Farming* 2 60
Frank Foreeter's American Game in its Season* 3 00
Frank Forester's Field Sports, 8 v0.,2 vole* 8 00
Frank Forester a Fish and Fishing , , 100 Eng 3 50
Frank Forester's Home of America, 8 vo., 2 vols lO 00
Frank Forester', Manual for Young Sportsmen, 8 vo. 7 00
French's Farm Drainage.
Fuller's Forest-Tree Oulturist 1 50
Fuller's Grape Culturist 1 50
Fuller's Illustrated Strawberry Cultnriet 2O
Fuller's Small Fruit Culturiet
Fulton's Peach Culture . ..
Gardner's Carriage Painters' Manual * 1 00
Gardner's How to Paint*
Geyelin'e Poultry-Breeding
Gould's American Stair-Buildcr's* .... 4 00
Gould's Carpenter's and Builder's Assistant ...... ...*.. 3 I 0
Gregory on Cabbage,
Gregory on Onion Raising* ..... .. ........... paper.. 30
Gregory on Squaehes .. - paper.. 30
Guenon on Mi/ch Cows ..... ..... 75
Guillaumes Interior Architecture* 3 00
Gun, Rod, and Saddle* 1 00
Hallett's Builders' Speci fications* 1 75
Hallett's Builders' Contracts* lO
Harney's Barns, Out-Buildings, and Fence5*............ 6 00
Harrie'elneects Injurious to Vegetation... Plain $4;
Colored Engraving. 6 50
Harrison the Pig 1 50
Hedges' on Sorgho or the Northern Sugar Plants- 1 50
Helmsley'e Hardy Trees, Shrubs, and Plants* ......
Henderson's Gardening for Pleasure ..
Henderson Gardening for Profit
Henderson's Practical Floriculture 1 50
Herbert's Hints to Horse-Keepers 1 75
Hoklen'e Book of Birds paper 25c.; cloth.. 60
Hooper's Book of Evergreens . ......... ..... 300
Hooper's Dog and Gun paper 30c.;; cloth 6O
Hooper' Western Fruit Book* 1 50
Hop Culture. By nine experienced cultivators 3O
How to get a Farm and Where to find One 1 25
Husmann'e Grapes and Wine* 1 50
Hussey's Home Buildings* ............ ......... 5 00
Hueeey's National Cottage Architecture 6 00
laccinee's Manual of the Garden, Farm and Barn-
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Jennings on Cattle and their Diseases*.....
Jennings' Horse Training Made Easy*
Jennings on thiallorse and his Diseases*
Jennings on Sheep, Swine, and P0u1try.........
Jersey, Alderney, and Guernsey Cow...—. ...... .
John Andreae (Rebecca Harding Dav le)
Johnson's Hew Crepe Feed •
Johnson's Row Crops Grow . .. ..
Johnson's Peat and its Use@ : ......
Johnson!!! A arioultuntl CheMistry. ........... .............
Johnson's Elements of Agricultural Chemistry....... 150
Kern's Practical Landscape Gardening. 1 50
King , . Beakaepers' Text Book.. Paper 40c......... cloth 75
Klippart's Wheat Plant* 1 75
Lakey's Village end Country Houses.
Leavitt's Facts about Peat*
Leuchar'e How to build Hot-Houses
Lewis' People's Practical Poultry Keeper* 1 50
Long's American Wild Fowl Shooting* 2 00
Loring's Farm-Yard Club ofJotham* 3 50
Loth's Practical Stair Builder* ..... .... „
Lytnan's Cotton Culture 1 50
Manua! of Flax Culture* .... ..- ...... ...---• 20
Marshall's Farmer's Hand Book* 1 60
County Finances.
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
of Huntingdon County, from the let day of
January, 1577, to the Bth day of January, 1878 :
J. A. NASH,
RECEIPTS.
Balance at last settlement in hands of
Treasurer
Received from collectors of 1876 and
previous years, county tax 4,414 6S
Received from collectors of 1876 and
previous years, State tax 153 93
FOR THE YEAR 1877—COTJNTY TAX
Alexandria borough.
Barree towhehip 9OB 72
Brady
Broad Top City borough lO6 36
Carbon township.
Cass 3162 84
Cass ville borough BB 63
Clay township
Cromwell "
Coalmont borough 6l 52
Dublin township 364 47
Franklin "
Henderson" 291 67
Hopewell " 251 32
Huntingdon, Ist Ward 1,017 49
2d "
~ 3d "
4f 4th "
Jackson township 1,307 15
Juniata. " 145 99
Lincoln " 435 76
Mapleton borough 139 00
Markleshurg borough 147 12
Morris township
Mount Union borough 556 52
Orbisonia 324 82
1 neida township 372 25
Penn •` 665 38
Porter "
Shade Gap borough 37 58
Springfield township 433 90
Shirley
Shirleysburg borough 249 09
....„...
Tell township 438 09
Todd "
Three Springs borough 9O 34
Union township 331 OS
Walker "
Warriorsmark township..... 2,131 40
West township 1,377 04
Saltillo borough lO4 54
Dudley " 102 50 $25,729 65
State tax for 1877 from
same townships and bor
oughs 624 12
Received from Justices of
the Peace for 1877:
Alexandria, Clifford Graffus $ 155 63
Barree, R. A. Romsey 1,084 91
Brady, Thos. Marlin 522 50
B. T. City, C. K. Horton B7 85
Carbon, P. Madigan 766 69
Case, E B Hissong. ...... 354 25
Clay, J. M. Drake 145 60
Cromwell, B. F Chilcoat 5OO 00
Coalmont,Samu'l Brooks 4O 00
Dublin, J. E. Harper 73 76
k ranklin, J M. Leach 1,997 81
Henderson, Jesse Henry 296 80
Hopewell, G. W. Putt lOO 00
Huntingdon,
Ist ward, J. 0. Murray 597 00
24 "
3d " S. W. Collum 589 82
4th " " " 350 00
Jackson, Elias Musser 521 68
Juniata, Wm. Geissinger B4 95
Lincoln, H. Richardson 176 40
Mapleton, A. W. Swoope l4O 25
Marklesburg, A. H. John
ston 74 00
Morris, Peter Tippery 746 85
Mt. Union, J. G. Stewart 344 51
Oneida, Henry Wilson 215 08
Penn, Jacob Haffley 555 57
Porter, J. E. Robb 1,789 73
Shade Gap, H. C. Zeigler 52 40
Springfield, Sam'! Weight 225 66
Shirley, John Maffit BBO 00
.. ,, hirleysburg, J. M. G9od
man 73 17
Tell, Jame. , Rhea
Tod, W. W. French 397 90
Three Springs, P.R. Bence 49 56
Union, A. W. Swoope 321 26
Walker, Jos. Isenberg 491 30
Warriorsmark, J. M. Stone
road 1,339 29
West, Jno. P. Murphy 1,036 52
Dudley, Jno. S. Halley._ 81 94 $17,985 45
Received from Justices of
the Peace, State tax for
1877 ll5 82
Borrowed Money.
John It James Russel.. 55,054 73
Joseph Watson 2,000 00
J. Garretson Miller 901.1 00
...
Jacob Summers.
John A. Wilson..
Agnes Wilson 542 00
Sterret Cummins
Miss Kate Cummins. 623 75
z•amnel P. Smith
D. Clarkson, Guardian 662 50
First National Bank 3OO 00
David Cunningham l,OOO 00
David McMurtrie 1,500 00
A. W. Swoope
from other sources :
From Enterprise Insurance Co.. l5O 00
Fines and Jury Fees from Sheriff Henderson:
Jacob Sollers ... 5 00
Wesley Kooken 5O 00
Alexander Norris 2OO 00
Samuel March 2OO 00
Joseph Strouse. lOO 00
Jury Fees 24 00
-- 579 00
From A. W. Kenyon's Estate in fu11... 352 48
J. G. Stewart, for Myers.. 7 20
" " Blocs Estate.... 9 72 16 92
George Smith for killing squirrels out
of season 5 00
From James B. Moore, fine l2 50
From D ir• etors of the Poor
Refunded by A. S. Harrison....,
From J. A. Pollock.
?rem Longnecker & Lightner, tor fish
ing with rein 25 00
Tax from John Mierly hot on the du- _
pli,•ate - S 30
From J R. Simpson, esq., Attorney
for the Directors of the Poor 45 84
L. M Stewart, flues and Jury fees * 47 50
On Commonwealth prosecutions paid
to Prosecuting Att'y, Prothonotary,
Sheriff, Witnesses, &c $ 6,550 68
Grand and Traverse Jurors, Court
Crier, Tip Staves, kc 5,660 61
Constables for making returns, election
fees, &c 1,063 30
Judges and Inspectors of elections 1,450 17
Assessor and Registry lists 1,377 77
Inquisitions on dead bodies 261 50
Road and Bridge views 473 88
Road Damages, as follows :
Wm. H. Breneman, Juniata...sl4o 00
J. Peter Sri, der, Juniata lO5 00
Geo. Eby, Henderson lOO 00
John Hood, Penn 5O 00 393 00
Road Tax on Unseated Lands.
Wm. Hallman, Barree $ 32 02
David Fouse, Lincoln 3 73
C. H. Glazier, Huntingdon 37 35 74 10
School Tax on Unseated Lands.
R Mcßirney, Jackson ....... sl27 79
John P. Murphy, West 13 57
George Glazier, Huntingdon l6 20
John Hatiley, Carbon 9O 95
E. J. Jones, Broad Top Bor 760 256 11
Refunding orders lB6 67
Blank books and stationery.... 371 73
Postage
Court House Janitor, Carothers 74 50
Court House Janitor, Decker lOO 90 175 40
Watcbman'at jail, W. A. Jacobs 81 00
Watchman at county bridge
during riot 4 00
Washing for prisoners. 5O 00 135 00
Sheriff Henderson, bearding
prisoners, conveying con
victs to the Penitentiary,
summoning jurors, &c 2,921 44
Boarding Jurors and Witnesses.
John S. Miller, in Reese case $279 00
" Fleming& M'Neil 700 286 00
Gas at Court House , l3O 09
Insurance on Court House 3OO 00 430 09
Western Penitentiary, 1876 317 28
It if "
1877 264 00 581 28
State Lunatic Hospital 1,838 28
Premium for killing loxes, wild
cats, skunks, hawks and owls 4,535 15
County auditors 285 00
Court Reporter 5ll 70
Teachers' Institute lOO 00 898 70
Commissioners.
D. B. Weaver $358 00
A. G. Neff
A. W. Wright 363 00
Comr's traveling expenses 214 41
T. D. Newell, Comr's. Clerk 7OO 00 1,974 44
Printing.
A. Tyhurst $217 10
A. L. Guss
b. E. Fleming & Co 709 03
J. R. Durborrow &Co
Fuel for Court House and Jail 322 98
L. M. Stewart, Proth'y, Clerk
... 1 75
... 1 75
... 1 25
... 1 75
.... 1 75
... 1 50
... 150
2 00
2 00
1 25
the I t . d
ournal.
200 00
1,240 00
207 40
$76,720 31
EXPENDITURES.
County Finances.
of Seesions, Jic
Geo. B. Orlady, auditing Pro
thonotary and Register l5 00
Physician to jail, D. P. Miller 112 00
Repairs to Court House and Jail 180 62
Shaving prisoners 5 55 607 71
Jury Commissioners lB4 24
Mdse for Court House and Jail 83 86
Suit of clothing for C. A. Reese 21 00
Fines Paid to Attorneys.
Speer dr McMurtrie, for Mount
Union borough, collected from
Postlethwait and Thompson
David Blair, for Mapleton bor
ough from sundry persons,
David Blair, for Carbon town
ship School District, from
sundry persons
D. Caldwell, for Huntingdon
borough School District, from
sundry persons
D. Caldwell, for Shade Gap bor
S. T. Brown, for Walker twp
L. S. Geissinger, AWN for Com
missioners, in full of salary
for 1877
Percentage for collecting $4,900,
for 1876, and previous years 245 00
Percentage in full for 1875, 47 50
" on money from Ken-
yon's estate
Expenses to Harrisburg
Borrrotced Money.
Samuel P. Smith 654 00
Joseph Watson 3OOO 00
J. W. Russel & Bros
D. McMurtrie
First National Bank, Hun
tingdon
Interest paid on Borrowed Money.
J. W. Russel & Bros 413 42
Sterrett Cummins 420 2:1
Joseph Watson,
John .A. Wilson
Agnes C. Wilson...
J.Garretson Milier
David Speck..
A. W. Swoope
Isaac Hawn...
Samuel P. Smith.
Repairing BridgeB
Isaac Rorer for propping
bridge at month of Augh
wick creek...........
Jackson Lamberson, for re
pairing same bridge
Hugh Madden, repairing
bridge at Ennisville, and
extra work
Hugh Mauden, repairing
bridge near Orbisonia,and
extra work
Hugh Madden, repairing
bridge near fair ground,
Walker township
Hugh Madden, repairing
bridge nfar Mcalevy's Ft.
Hugh Madden, repairing
bridge at Meadow Gap
John Madden, repairing
bridge near Cornpropsts
Mill.
Henry Davis, repairing
bridge at Cottage, West
township
Ira Jenkins, repairing
bridge at Hawn:s,Juniata
township
. .
Nicholas Rider, repairing
bridge across Shade creek,
in Cromwell township
Nicholas Rider, r pairing
bridge near Beersville
Nicholas Rider, repairing
bridge near Orbisonia
Nicholas Rider, repairing
bridge near Shade Gap,
in Dublin township •
Hugh Madden, repairing
bridge at Orbisonia
Luden Dean repairing
bridge across Shy Beaver
Creek
Luden Dean, repairing
bridge across Crooked
Creek
Lamberson Ic, Dean, repair
ing bridge at Barree, in
Porter township
Building Bridges ,
John Leonard, building
bridge in Tell township,
including extras 1024 00
Hugh Maddon, building
bridge in Shirley twp 220 00
Jno Madden,building bridge
near Mt. Union, across
the Juniata River, origi
nal contract
Extra for double arches__
Award of referees, for extra
work claimed by contrac-
tors
Paid Huntingdon County
Poor House Treasurer..
Paid indebtedness to the
State 2310 00
County Treasurer for collec
ting as per Act of Assem
bly
Treasurer's Commission on
$53,304.21 at 3 per cent...
Balance due the County by
Treasurer 3761 22 76,720 31
In testimony whereof the undersigned Commis
sioners have set their hands and seal of office.
A. W. WRIGHT, 1
Commissioners
D. B. WEAVER,
We the undersigned Auditors of Huntingdon
county, Penna., elected and sworn according to law,
report that we have met, did audit, adjust, and set
tle according to law, the account of G. Ashman
Mille, esq.. Treasurer of the county, and the or
ders of the Commissioners and receipts for the Fam e,
for and during the past year, and find a balance
due the county, by the County Treasurer, G. Ash
man Miller. esq., of three thousand seven hundred
and sixty-four dollars and thirty-one cents ($3,764
31.)
3 00
EXPLANATION.
We find that the commissions allowed on $,,-
900 00, in the account of L. S. Geiss.nger, esq.,
Attnrney for Commissioners, was not realty com
missions, as the order states, but was paid for
services as Attorney.
SUGGESTIONS.
Each order drawn by the Commissioners should,
on the face of it, bear a full explanation of itself,
which would save much time and trouble at the
Annual Settlement.
As a large amuunt was paid for extra work on
bridges, we would recomnend that contracts be so
drawn as to prevent such charges.
And, also, that the Commissioners see that the
Assessors make a proper return of all property
subject to State tax, as we found several townships
having no State tax assessed.
Given under our hands this twenty-fifth day of
January,A. D , 1878.
JAS. HENDERSON,
W. H. REX, I Auditors.
Feb 8] J. J. WHITE.
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HUNTINGDON, PA , FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1878.
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500 00
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THE LUCKY SHOT.
500 83
There :-.re many incidents connected with
the early settlement of Kentucky that have
not as yet been touched upon by the sketch
writer or the novelist, much as has been
written of those days ; and the following
adventure which we now give to the reader
is one of those that have 14 so long a time
lain buried, and now for the first time
brought before the gaze of the great public
Among those that regarded themselves
as living within the confines of Boones
borough, though so far frow the station
that bore the name of its founder so as to
be almost entirely unprotected by it, was
a settler known by the name of Dick Tur
ner. He had built his cabin on the very
outskirts of the settlements, and with his
wife and three children had for two years
lived in peace and quietness, unmolested
by the savages that were at all times in
greater or less numbers abroad on the war
path Their nearest neighbor was half a
mile down the river, out of sight and hear
ing, and had it not been for the smoke
that every morning curled above the tree
tops, one would not have known, standing
in the door way of Dick Turner's cabin.
but that his was the only settlement for
miles around, for on every side was the
forest unbroken and solemn as in the days
before Daniel Boone led the first party of
hardy adventurers over the Cumberland
Mountains.
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One afternoon, the last of August, as .
Dick was at work in his "clearing,". (and
as it chanced at a point as far from the
cabin as it was possible for him to be with
out being in the forest,) he was startled
by the sudden appearance of half a dozen
Indians, hideous with war-paint, who sur
rounded him alm •st before he could spring
and grasp his rifle that he always carried
into the field when at work.
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Startled by their sudden appearance, be
made a motion toward it ; but a heavy
hand was laid upon his- shoulder, aye' its
owner said in broken English, "White man
go with us."
"No," said Dick, looking him full in the
face. "Can't do that; much work to do."
And he pointed at what he had been
doing, and then casting a wistful glance at
his rifle, which was now in the hand of
one of the savages.
"Come," said the savage, and who ap
peared to be the leader, as well as the only
one that knew a word of English. "White
man must go "
Dick glanced toward the cabin, and saw
his wife standing in the door way, appa
rently in great alarm at his situation. The
savages saw her, and after a word or two
between themselves, three of them started
in that direction. Unperceived by his
captors, Dick made a sign that his wife
fortunately understood, and she disappeared
within, closing the door in such a manner
that the savages failed to obtain admittance,
as Dick saw to his great joy, when, after
trying it for a few moments, they hastily
rejoined the others. Evidently small in
point of numbers, they cared not to waste
time that would be necessary for a siege ;
so they had desisted from their efforts to
make captives of the woman and children.
"Come," said the savage, laying his
hand on the captive's shoulder; and Dick,
who felt his heart rise that his loved ones
were left behind, went almost cheerfully
into the forest, in which the shadows of
night were air ady beginning to gather,
casting only one backward glance at his
home, to wonder when he would see it
again
Then he resolutely put his face forward
fir the fate the future had in store fir
him. The future might he a long captivity,
or it might be death ; yet, as he walked
between the captors, and the shadows grew
deeper about him, a hope was in his heart
that he might escape pei haps before the
sun should rise on the morrow.
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That night was a long and weary one to
the settler. Evidently they feared pur
suit, and stopped not for rest or food until
the sun was an hour high the next day
Then, as if feeling secure, they had a long
halt, made a fire, and one of the number
shooting a deer, they cooked and enjoyed
a plentiful repast.
Thus far the savages had used him well.
only taking the precaution to bind his
hands behind his back in such a manner
that he found it impossible to use them in
the least. They had been very considerate
of his comfort, and he determined, by ap
pearing as cheerful as possible, to do away
from their minds any thoughts they might
have of any unwillingness to accompany
them, so that his chance of escape might
be better than though their suspicious
were constantly on the alert.
In this manner the day passed, and with
the first shades of evening they made pre
parations to encamp. A fire was made—
as they seemed to consider themselves so
far from the settlements that they need
fear no danger from the whites—and a
couple of the party soon brought in game
enough to afford them a generous supper.
This cooked and partaken of, they all laid
down to rest, Dick with a savage on either
side of him, so close that he could not stir
without their being aware of the motion ;
and as an extra precaution, they bound his
feet together as tightly as his wrists, and
the prisoner's heart began to sink within
him as it had not done before; for he saw.
while thus bound, no possible chance of
escape offered to him
A couple of hours passed, and Dick had
not closed his eyes. One after another of
the savages dropped off as he knew by their
hard, regular breathing, until at last he
was the only one of the group who was not
asleep. Oh !if his bands were only free,
how soon he would be at liberty again !
He pulled upon the thongs with all his
power until they cut deep into the flesh
like the keen edge of a knife; and at last,
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The Roots of the Roses.
The leaves are fading and falling,
The winds are rough and wild
The birds have ceased their calling,
But let me tell you, my child.
Though day by day, as it closes,
Doth darker and colder grow,
The roots of the bright red roses
Will keep alive in the snow.
And when the winter is over,
The boughs will get new leaves.
The quail come back to the clover,
The swallows back to the eaves ;
The robin will wear on his bosom
The vest that is bright and new,
And the liveliest wayside blossom
Will shine with sun and dew.
So, when some dear joy loses
Its beauteous summer glow,
Thipk how the roots of the roses
Are kept alive in the snow
Alice Cary.
*antler _trfq.
to his great joy, he found that the knot
that held his left hand had slipped a little.
Another strain, and it moved a little fur
ther ; and with another, it was parted so
far asunder that, with trifling exertion, he
pulled his hand through.
The savage lying on the left side of him
moved ; and he lay perfectly motionless,
almost holding his breath, with his hand
under him in the same position as when
confined ; but the Indian only stretched
himself a little, and then was off to sleep
again. Dick now went to work to free the
other hand ; but the knot was drawn so
hard, that even with the help of the other
he found it impossible to do so. He re
membered his pocket knife, and that he
had given it to his boy to play with upon
going out to work the afternoon of his
captivity. If he had it now, how quick
he would be a free man
The moon had risen, and was shining
down through the branches of the trees,
and he saw its rays glittering on the blade
of a knife in the belt of the savage that
had so recently moved. It was a desperate
undertaking, but his situation required
desperate measures. With the utmost
caution he stretched out his liberated hand,
and slowly drew the knife from its resting
place The Indian never stirred, and his
deep breathing told Dick that he was
sleeping soundly. A moment more, and
he was lying with the cords cut from his
limbs, with none of the savages wiser for
his motions.
Now came the most difficult part of the
operation ; to rise to his feet, and get be
yond the confines of the camp-fire without
awakening any of his captors.
But Dick proved equal to the emergency.
Slowly, and with the utmost caution, he
rose upon his hands and knees. The
snapping of a twig he knew would betray
liktu to the watchful ears of those about
him. On his feet at last, he stepped over
the sleeping savage whose knife he held
in his hand, and slowly approached the
Indian by whose side his rifle was lying.
That he did not mean to leave behind, as
he would need it for his own protection
and to pro Cure food with before he would
regain the settlement. Stooping down, his
hand was upon it., when the savage,
awakened by the slight motion he had
made, essayed to spring to his feet The
action cost him his life ; for Dick plunged
the knife he still held in his hand into his
breast, and he fell back with a deep groan.
All caution was now needless, for every
savage was awakened, and snatchinc , up
his rifle Dick sprang out into the forest,
followed by a war whoop from the lips of
every red skin.
A moment only was required to show
them the situation, and to shake off the
sleep that hung heavily on their eyelids
They saw their dead comrade on the
ground, and caught a glimpse of their
prisoner as he sprang away. Then, with
another fierce war whoop breaking from
their throats, they started in pursuit.
Dick's blood ran cold as he heard the
shouts that rang through the forest ;
and
well he knew that if he again fell into
their hands he need expect no mercy, for
they would avenge the death of their com
rade by the most fiendish of tortures.—
Wiih only a few paces the start, he knew
he had not much chance of escape, but,
slim as it was, he determined to make the
best possible use of it.
For half a mile about the same distance
was kept up between them, and then, in
spite of all his efforts, they gained upon
him, and he knew that in a few moments
more he would be in their power unless be
could manage to deceive them in some
manner and .et them on another track.
The part of the forest he was in was
very dense, so that only a few straggling
moonbeams found their way here and there
through the tree top. No Indian was yet
in sight, though they were scattered on
every side through the forest, trusting
more to the sense of hearing than to fol
lowing the trail made. A large tree lay
on the ground before him, and as he passed
the trunk he saw there was cavity suffi
ciently large for him to force his body in
to it.
Here was the hiding place he sought,
and he at once availed himself of it.—
Placing his rifle in before him he forced
his way in for a distance of perhaps twenty
feet, where belay perfectly quiet, although
almost afraid the beating of his heart would
betray him. to his enemies.
Hardly was h. safely ensconced when
he heard the footsteps as they hurried by
In a few moments they had died away ;
and for the first time since he had plunged
the knife into the breast of the savage, he
experienced a sensation of relief. Still he
knew that he could remain where he was
but a few m invents, until assured that they
had all passed by; for ere long they would
diseever their mistake, and return to look
for his trail. He must emerge; and by
striking out in an oppi-ite direetiOn from
that which he had been pursuing, he hoped
to elude pursuit.
Five, ten minutes passed. and Dick was
on the point of emerging from his hiding
place, when he was startled by the sound
of a footstep above his head. An Indian
was walking along the trunk, and he could
hardly fail to see the cavity, and the signs
he had made in forcing an entrance to his
hiding-place. The settler again gave way
to despair, which was augmented a moment
after as the savage gave a shrill whoop to
call his companions. Then he knew too
well that his retreat was discovered ; but
he lay perfectly quiet, hoping against his
better judgment that he might succeed in
escaping.
hi a few moments he knew, by the sound
of feet, that the savages were all together,
and ne heard a consultation, not one word
of which he could understand, but he was
not lung left in suspense as to what they
had agreed upon. He heard some work
at the entrance of the trunk, while others
were heaping brushwood above him ; and
ne knew by this that his hiding-place was
discovered and that the savages intended
to burn him alive inside the tree.
To describe the terrible agony that con
vulsed the heart of the settler as he became
aware of the object of his enemies, is more
than pen can do. He was not afraid to
die, but a death by the is one from which
the bravest would shrink. There was no
chance of dying by suffocation, for the
tree was full of seams that admitted the
air. No, death would not come to his re
lief until the red flames should wrap his
body like a winding-sheet. And this
would not be quickly done. Hours must
elapse before the flames would reach him
The tree was a resinous pine, and would
burn briskly fur a while on the outside,
but the interior of the trunk was damp,
and would not catch so readily. The tor
ture would be only the more prolonged
Death would come at last, but not until it
had been experienced, as it were, a dozen
times by the unhappy man within.
Higher and higher the red flames rose
as the dry brushwood was heaped upon the
glowing pile. Like so many spirits of evil
the red demons worked at their terrible
task. To avenge their comrade was grimly
in their minds; and as the minutes went
on they listened for some shriek to come
from the flames to delight their savage
hearts
And our friend in his fiery prison, how
bore he the terrible ordeal ? Already he
could feel the heat; a few moments more
it would be insupportable. Once he had
tried to escape from his shell, but found
that the aperture had been so securely
closed up that it was impossible.. Death
by their arrows would, he thought, have
been better than by the flames;
but th;s
was denied him. Hotter and hotter it
became, until he felt a stinging on his leg
as he lay upon his side.
A place had burned through, and now
the terrible torture had begun. The end
was not now far away, and with thoughts
of his wife and children uppermost in his
breast, he waited for death. Higher and
higher rose the flames as the savages
worked steadily for the death of their
victim; but it was so fated that theirs was
to be accomplished first.
A loud report, and a volley of bullets
came ringing through the leaves, and the
five savages fell to rise no more The next
moment a dozen of Dick's neighbors from
the settlement, who had been in pursuit
all the past day and night, rushed forward,
and an exclamation of disappointment fell
from their lips as they saw nothing of the
object of their search. '
At that instant the report of a rifle rang,
out as if from the center of the fire, start
ling them back apace; but the next moment
the one of them who had been examining
the end of the tree, that as yet was un
touched by the fire, exclaimed ;
"Quick, boys tear away the fire. He
is in this trunk, and the red skins were
roasting hitn_
With a will the brands were scattered in
the forest, and in a few moments Dick was
hauled out more dead than alive, though
not much burned; and afterward, when
ever he told his stary, be always said 'that
his rifle saved his life, the heat causing it
to be discharged just at the right moment.
Select Visa
A Tooth for a Tooth.
Last April a man named Roberts, who
went out to the Hills from Delaware, was
captured by the Indians near Deadwood.
When they had robbed him or everything
except his shirt and pants, six of the seven
red skins were in favor of turning him
loose and letting him go back to the city.
The seventh Indian protested against this
action, and when he had to submit to the
majority, he struck Roberts in the mouth
with the head of his tomahawk, smashing
out several teeth, and inflicting other in
juries. Roberts took a good look at the
warrior, and as he was turned loose, he
vowed to get even if he had to stay out
there until Darwin turned back into a
baboon.
The mills of the gods grind for the
savages as well as for the white men.—
Roberts and others have a camp about two
miles from Deadwood. Indian beggars
and loafers come into all camps almost
daily, and the other day the old top knot
who playa' smash with the Delaware man's
teeth, entered the camp, and wanted to
trade a lot of fresh venison for bar lead.—
Roberts identified him in an instant, and
the venison and the savage were jerked at
one and the same moment.
All the men in the camp knew how
Roberts had been served, and when he had
the right man in his grasp, there was no
one to plead the other side of the case.—
The Indian was staked down on the grass,
as a first move. He recognised Roberts,
and realizing that the hour of reckoning
had come, he whined like a dog. He of
feted rifle, knife, and all else to settle the
dentistry business, but the miner couldn't
have been bought off for 510,000. When
he got ready he went to work with the
red man's tomahawk, and deliberately
knocked out every tooth he could get at,
acid he didn't miss agi eat many. The
Indian had no more grit than a boy, but
yelled like a regiment of cavalry going into
a fight. A tooth for a tooth was not
enough for Roberts, and he coolly sliced off
his victim's ears, working slowly, and doing
a first rate job. Then he sheared the war
rior's top knot, and turned him loose to
find his friends, and receive their praises
on his early assumption of fall styles. The
wretch didn't wait a second after being
told to go.—didn't even ask for his ears as
pocket-pieces. Roberts had them pinned
up as relics, with a bag full of teeth above
them, and to strangers he explains : "The
durned Injun who picks my molars with
his Thomas hawk wants to leave the country
on the very first train, or he'll wish he'd
been born a buzzard " Ogden Freeman
How Tides are Produced.
There has always been a difficulty in
the minds of teachers, as well as in the
minds of learners, to comprehend the theory
of the tides as presented in our text books.
This theory fails to give a satisfactory
account of the cause of the tides on that
side of the earth most remote from the sun
and moon. According to this theory, at
that part of the earth's surface which is
turned away from the moon or from the
sun, a less amount, of attraction is felt by
her water than anywhere else on her sur
face; and the whole earth is, therefore, in
effect drawn away from the waters on the
far side of her, and thus, the water being
left behind, a tide is produced on this side,
as well as on the side at which the force
of gravity acts directly. That so great an
absurdity should have been accepted so
long by our writers of text-books is truly
marvelous. It is, indeed so contrary to all
known facts and laws of physics, that if no
other influences are felt by the waters at
the far side of the earth than attraction,
there would be just the opposite effect pro
duced to that alleged by that absurd hy
pothesis. This can be demonstrated by
actual exFeriment, and as conclusively as
any other fact coming within the reach of
experimental philosophy. It has been
proved experimentally that bodies on the
surface of the earth at midnight are heavier
than at any other hour of the twenty four ;
and when the new moon occurs at midnight
this increase of weight or gravity felt by
matter on this part of the surface of the
earth is still greater. Now, if this theory
were correct., attraction would produce just
the opposite effect; that is, matter would
weigh less at midnight than at any other'
hour of the twenty four. On the side of
of the earth facing the sun and moon, the
weight of bodies is diminished, as it should
be.
THERE are falsehoods that represent
truth so well that it would be judging ill
not to be deceived by them.—Rochefoucauld.
On the Loss of Sight,
The following exquisite poem appeared
originally in the Fulton Republican,
some twenty-seven years ago, when its gift
ed author, Hon. John McCurdy, founded
and for a brief period published this jour
nal. He was suddenly stricken with blind
ness. On the morning following the visi
tation he was conducted to his printing of
fice, and finding his way to a "case" com
posed and put in type these lines, which
found their way into the columns of almost
every journal in the Union Geo. P. Pren
tice, then editor of the Louisville Journal,
transferred the poem to his paper and pro
flounced it "worthy of the muse of Mil
ton." Mr. McCurdy has written a numb
er of Poems of decided merit and possesses
literary acquirement of a high order. AP
ter leaving McConnellsburg his sight was
restored and he has since resided in Ship.
pensburg. He has twice represented Cum
berland county in the Legislature and un
til recently . occupied the position of Super
intendent of State printing.—Fulton Re
publican.
Fair, lovely earth ! shall I no more,
Behold thee clad in robes of green ?
Shall not these eyes trace landscap'•s o'er,
That they in boybood days have seen,
Thy fertile plains, thy wooded vales,
Thy rivers and thy mohtains high,
Thy oceans with their myriad sails
All now to me in darkness lie.
Shall yonder sun's resplendent light
Fall on the diamond dews of morn?
And deck each flower with spangles bright,
And ev'ry blade of grass adorn ?
And shall it pour its golden ray,
Deep into etr'ry glossy stream,
Where sports the trout the live-long day
And Inot see its brilliant beam -
When mom'ry turns to childhood's hour,
And fancy paints its scenes anew,
When ev'ry brook, and ev'ry flow'r,
Rise up, familiar to the view,
And where the haunts where oft I stray'd,
In gleeful mood in days of yore,
Appear, with all their sun and shade,
I think, Shall I ne'er see them more?
0, what is life I e'en when we're blest,
With sight, and health, and use of limb?
'Tis but a dreary day at best
Of sorrows deep, and pleasures dim :
A billow rade, on which must glide
Hope's fair and often fragile bark ;
A tempest wild, where sorrows ride
Upon its breast, at midnight dark.
'Tis hard to stem the tide of life,
In darkness and in poverty—
'Gaiust adverse waves when storms are rife,
Upon life's rough uncertain sea ;
The stoutest often fail to steer
Their bark right onward, but are lost ;
Then how shall mine in darkness drear,
In safety reach life's distant coast.
But why despond ? Can He who took,
Not render back the sight aaew ?
Can He not open out the book
Of Nature's beauties to our view ?
And should He not, 'tis His to know
Why He withholds the light He gave;
His purpose may be but to throw,
A light to lead beyond the grave.
About Memory.
Byron's readiness and versatility in
memory excited the wonder of all who
knew him well. He seemed to have a
multitude of authors, and to have laid up
in his mind, to be brought out on the
most sudden summons, the best part of
what they had written.
Thomas Moore did not appear to have a
remarkable memory for such a well-read
man, Sir Walter Scott, on the contrary,
was most highly gifted in this respect,
and began in early boyhood—before be
was four years old or so—to take into his
mind, "forever and a day" the old border
ballads, which were repeated to him at his
grandmother's in the country, and the
historic and other books read to him by
his aunt, before he had learned his alpha
bet.
Scott's memory was good, even at an
early age. When he was only eleven years
old, at the High School of Edinburgh, Dr.,
Adam, the head master, would cluateilitty
refer to him for dates, the partioulais of
battles, and other remarkable events,
alluded to in Horace, or whatever other
author the boys were reading and called
him the historian of the class.
By the time that Scott was fourteen or
so, his memory had become *great faeulty.
He would go with a friend':on a. reading
excursion, while both were schoolmate*,
and after his death the survivor, then an
old gentleman, named John Irving, related
how, though he read with the greatest
rapidity, merely casting his eyes over the
page, Stott was master of it all weeks and
months afterwards.
Thomas De Quincy, author of "Confess
ions of an English Opium-Eater?' a Juan
of great genius as well as a man of great
and varied learning, was fortunate in the
possession of a very retentive and useful
memory, upon which be could draw, and
largely did draw, as an author.
About this he wrote, "Rarely do things
perish from my memory that are worth
rememberinz. Rubbish perishes instantly.
Hence it is that passages in Latin anti
English poets, which I never could have
read but once (and that thirty years ago),
often begin to blossom anew when 1 am
lying awake unable to sleep."
Laughing Children.
Give me the boy or girl who smiles as
soon as the first rays of the morning sun
glance through the windoix, gay, happy
and kind. Such a boy will be fit to "make
up" into a man—at least when contrasted
with the sullen, morose, crabbed fellow,
who snaps and snarls like a Burl/ cur, or
growls and grunts like a hyena from the
moment he opens his angry eyes till he is
confronted by his breakfast. Stich $ girl,
other things being favorable, will be good
material to aid in gladdening some com
fortable home, or to refine, civilize, tame
and harmonize a rude brother, making him
gentle, affectionate and loveable. It is a
feast to even look at such a joy inspiring
girl, and see the smiles flowing from her
parted lips, displaying a set of clean, well
brushed teeth, looking almost the personi
fication of beauty and goodness; singing,
and as merry as the birds that commenced
their morning concert long before the lacy
boys dreamed that the sun was approach
ing and about to pour a whole flood of
warmth and light upon the earth.
THERE is a good deal of truth in the
following, clipped from an exchange :
There are always two sides to a question.
If the parents would examine into a child's
conduct at school, or while under a teach
er's jurisdiction, perhaps they would not
fault the teachers so much for correcting
the child. A teacher has a hard lot at
best ; patience is the most valuable jewel
to them, and sympathy and support from
parents whose children they are preparing
for a future life cannot help bat be appre
ciated.
A FELLow in Portage, Wis. '
went to see
his girl the other evening and fell asleep.
The next morning he found himself oom
fortably settled on the sofa, where she had
left him sud retired for the night.
The Disease of the Day.
WM. D. HALL, M. 1).
Living too fast is the disease of the d
We may fairly call it a disease, since it
an abnormal state of things which throws
society out of order and shortens oar lives i .
-
ittention should be called to this prevail
ing malady. Medical men should raise
warning voices. We work too saaish and •
rest too little, we keep the issokine a w.
going at too high a pressure and se .4iSksil
consequences fatal to the nuiebiew•lilialf.
Looking at the advantages we enjoy 1w
many ways, there ought to ha an increase
in the length of modern lives—an imma
nity from disease resulting in longevity.
In point of fact the reveres is the ease.
We look back to old times for men and
women of vigorous constitutions, Thies
rteemed to defy time and hold death at
arm's length. "The old stook" we salt • T '
them, with instinctive sense of thak be•
longing to a past era, an era which abound
ed in claimants for centenarian Moors. •
These people, be it remembered, had to
struggle against many disadvantages, they
held their lives in their hands to a far
greater extent than we in these modern
days. Society was lees subtle, deeds.of'si-
olenee were frequent, strange and terrible
diseases abounded, and medical skill, was
so limited that it could scarcely be said to
exist at all. The doctor Was a charlatan,
who relied more on the aspect of the stars
than on an exact knowledge of diseases or
the means whereby they might be attaek
ed. Treatment was wholly empirical and
fantastic to tLe last degree, so that patients
died by the thousands with a misplaced
confidence in practitioneri powerless to help
them The houses in which families herd
ed lacked every sanitary requirement. They
were small, they were sadly lit, ventilation
had not been invented, of drainage - tkey
had not the first rudiments, so theepaelead
together in dark and noisome places, te;
were always ready to fall victims •to low `;
fever or contagious diseases of any kitid,
while the great pestilential visitations
swept them off like charges on the -battle
field. But on the other band, their aaky
Lion lay in the placidity of their li
Plain fare, simple pursuits, and Mach
Out-door exercise enabled then to buildup -
strong frames. Those who did aoscsuca
cum)) to the unfavorable conditions,asam
tough and hardy ; there was nothing mor
bid about them. Fine ladies
.had the Ira
pors, but those obscure mental derange
inents which prove fatal to so mash! . now
were then unknown.
All this is now altered, and with
rior advantages we lead leas healthy-, -
shorter lives. And the reason ia th
live too fast. It is all push sad
Hurry-scurry, we scramble along; m
everything that should charm and
us on our way. We have time for
log Instead of dwelling ,In. a bet
world, which it is a privilege be have
born into, and instead of having wit
capacities for happioess in propoiti
itittr high organizations, we might al
!many of us, be toilers in a mine unit
ta nee of perpetual hard labor. WO - I
it. Our energies are perpetually bra
pursuit of a phantom which we
catch. The reasonable thin fat,saas
man to say to himself won bi;; 1- 1
best is short ; a few years 8911 i
all over. The °retain on life's -Mae
be drawn down ; the drama
played. Let we, then, get as,asuala
life now—in the day t hat is mistaa:
aan be made to yield am lAA' me
rate ail my tastes and capacities In
my life. Every hour ethieh it not
ed . is an hour lost." Nor is this.. a
rily a Beads view of the nsatter,
ply sound philosophy : The OkiOyliel
consist mainly in giving delight tti
the highest known form of hsppi
the individual say to Maisel, ,"]
let the noise and turmoil drown
of life. I will not permit 'nem
rob me of the delighti of ezietea
ing shall - come between "the eV
titul world, with all its entrateli
No desire for heaping up many
king a stir in the warld,•o4li.rc
my birthright—the enjoyment
This would be reasonable
result we should find happiness t
place of ferment, and length of
stored to as as a heritage. like
these blessings is incalculable as
be the aim of every reasonable a
fain them.
Snoring.
Dr. John Wyeth
itude of all who are __
it of snoring for the air
contrived to counteract
apparatus is described by him in
War Science Monthly, and an es
is at the same time gives al the
snoring. In the act of breathing
may travel to and from. thoinaga
the channels of.the mouth or sow.
channels unite in a oommon 'cavil
below the soft palate, which is stir
one end to the hardpalate or bone
ing the roof of the mouth and
the nose. The other end of the as
ate hangs loose, and is moved 1231_0)4,4
rents of air passing in and out of the hi
as a window curtain is flapped by
breeze. If the air passes through tbsi
alone, the end of the palate is pressedit,_
tly down upon the tongue so as '
the movement or vibration, and se
is heard. But if the mouth as well as
nose be open, so that two currents of
pass in and out together during the
breathing, the soft palate is throws
rapid and sonorous vibration, matt
we call snoring is the result. ~ ; It
that the remedy for snoring into Ig*
month shut, and admit the aft icr the, rr''
only through the channels of the
This van be effected by means e a
ir
cap fitting the head snugly, sad
an elastic band, near the ear on each
to a cap of soft material fitting the eh'
-- ,
"thrr or nu DIPIIIB HAVE I CALL*
SD TO THEIS "—Here in our own Fab
town we have had a sad and trribfttlillow
tration of woman's injustice to her lax.
A man who held a deputy County effies
married a woman of bad repate,and brought
her here. The wife, during the four year*
she remained here, lived a pure, gOd lifit,
striving amid difficulties to show to Ow
world that she wasted to lead, a tiifigest
life than the one eh* had left.. lake WO
never known to thrust herself jenny one's
path, never even speaking to any person;
always kind, gentle, and modest. Anditet
one woman in the town weer west awl burl
not one of the many Chrietaiseelliellt44o,
tr i g
We or I will help you,: but latk • j
to her temptations, and I trait Oil
have found her, wherever she may '
Indianapolis Herald**, Cosessolbs,' M.)
Letter.
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Statscaial for the protritsAL.
NO. 8.
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