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Address: LOUIS BAGGER A CO., Solicitors of Patent. and Attorneys at Law, Le Droit Building, Washington, D. C. [apr26 '7B-tf 4 ,0z7- A LECTURE riot m. TO YOUNG MEN. A Lecture on the Nature, Treatment, and Radical Ours of Seminal Weakness, er Spermatorrho•a, induced by Self-Abuse, Involuntary Emissions, Impoten cy, Nervous Debility, and Impediments to Marriage gen erally; Consumption, Epilepsy, and Fits; Mental and Physical incapacity, Ac.—By ROBERT J. CULVER WELL. M. D., author of the "Green Book," Ac. The world-renowned author, in this admirable Lecture, clearly proves from his own experience that the awful consequences of Self-Abuse may be effectually removed without medicine, and without dangerous surgical opera tion, boogies, Instruments, rings, or cordials ; pointing out a mode of cure at once certain and effectual, by which very sufferer, no matter what his condition may be, may ure himself cheaply, privately and radically. Sent, under seal, in a plain envelope, to any address, on receipt of six cents, or two postage stamps. Address the Publishers, THE CULVERWELL MEDICAL CO., 41 Ann St., Y; Post O f fice Box, 4586. July 19-9moe. CHEVINGTON COAL ♦T THE Old "Lan.gdon Yard," is quantities to suit purchasers by the ton or car load. Kindling wood cut to order, Pine Oak or Hickory. Orders left at Judge Miller's store, at my residence, 609 Mifflin et., or Gums Raymonds may 3,18-Iy.] J. H. DAVIDSON. HROBLEY, Merchant Tailor, No. • 813 Mifflin street, West Huntingdon Pa., respectfully solicits a share of public pat ronage from town and country. I=octl6, SCHOOT of every BOOKS - 1 - 4 variety, cheap, JOURNAL STORE. et the ft 1 ..4 , • . ~..., • 1 -..-..- I- .• , :. .. ... ~. v.:: ~..,. .„,... ::.;,.. ~.... • -.• 4! ... . 1 , a l • .r ...,. - ... • "... .. Legal Advertisements. SSHERIFF'S SALES. By virtue of sundry writs of Fieri Facias and Venditioni Exponas, to me directed, I will expose to public sale, at the Conrt House, in Huntingdon, do FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1878, at one o'clock, p. in., the following described Real Estate, to wit : All those certain five lots of ground, sit nate in the borough of Huntingdon, Pa., on the east side of Penn street, being lots Nos. 1,2, 3, 4 and 5 in block 6 of Wharton, Miller and Ander son's addition to West Huntingdon, each of said lots fronting 50 feet on Penn street and extending back therefrom 150 feet and having thereon erect ed a brick planing mill, and the machinery there to belonging and lumber, sheds, office, stable, and other outbuildings. Also, All of defendants' right, title and interest in and to three other lots of ground on the west side of Penn street, in said borough, opposite the brick planing mill property, being lots Nos. 2, 4 and 5 in block H in Wharton, Miller and Ander son's addition to West Iluntingdon, each fronting 60 feet on Penn street, and running back about 150 feet to the Pennsylvania Railroad. Also, All of defendants' right, title and interest in and to two certain other lots of ground, situate in said borough, fronting 50 feet each on Moore street, and running back at right angles thereto to an alley 150 feet, being lots Nos. 14 and 15 in block 13 of Wharton, Miller and Anderson's ad dition to West Huntingdon, one thereof (lot No. 14) having thereon erected a frame dwelling house and outbuildings. The five lots last described are subject to the payment of th 3 balance of the pur chase due R. A. Miller and others, they having been purchased by articles of agreement. Seized, taken in execution, and to . be sold as the property of Elias Bartol, A. B. Ken iedy, Joseph March and David Mingle, with notice to William March, A. R. Stewart, George W. Ehrhart, ' W. 11. Woods, Assignee of William and Joseph March, and S. T. Brown, Assignee of David Mingle, terre tenants. _ _ _ _ ALSO—AII the defendant's interest, being the one undivided fourth part of all those certain five lola of ground on the east side of Penn street in West Huntingdon, being lots Nos. 1,2, 3, 4 and 5 in block 6 of Wharton, Miller and Ander son's addition, having thereon erected a brick planing mill, and the machinery thereto belong ing, and lumber, sheds, office, stable, and other outbuildings. Seized, taken in execution, and to be sold as the property of Alem B. Kennedy. ALSO—AII of defendants' right, title and interest in two lots of ground, situate in the borough of Dudley, Huntingdon county, Pa., ad joining lots of M. J. Martin on the south, and J. Carthy on the north, each fronting 50 feet on Front street, and extending in depth 150 feet to an alley, being lots Nos. 20 and 21 in the plan of said borough, having thereon erected a two-story plank house 16x24 feet, frame stable and other outbuildings. Seized. taken in execution, and to be sold as the property of Edward Dalton. ALSO—AII that certain lot or piece of ground, situate in Oneida township, (now within the borough of Huntingdon), in the eounty of Huntingdon, adjoining the borough of Hunting don at the intersection of Franklin (now Sixth) street with the Warm Spring road, bounded and described as follows : Beginning at a point on the extended easterly line of Sixth street 50 feet northward from the borough line, thence at right angles to said line,and along Borland et., (now Onei da) st., toward Bath (now sth) street 90 feet; thence at right angles to said Dorland street, northwardly 200 feet, more or leSs, by ground of Mrs. H. Bryan, to a cross fence; thence by a line about due north - feet, by ground of same to a point on the lower line of survey made by J. S. Africa, at the request of E. C. Summers; thence about 248 feet by a line drawn at right angles to the Warm Springs road by ground of same parties to said road, and thence along said road to the place of beginning, having thereon erected a two-story frame dwelling house and outbuildings, and other improvements. Seized, taken in execution, and to be sold as the property of Moritz Richter and Anton W. Rich ter, terre tenant. ALSO—AII that certain tract of land, situate in Hopewell township, Huntingdon coun ty, being bounded on the north, west and south by the Rayetown Branch of the Juniata River, and on the east by Terrace Mountain, containing one hundred and fifty acres, more or less, and hav ing thereon erected a substantial log dwelling house and log barn, and all necessary outbuildings. Seized, taken in execution, and to be sold as the property of John (Taster. ALSO—AII those two certain lots of ground, situate in West Huntingdon, now part of the borough of Huntingdon, fronting 50 feet on Mifflin street and extending back in depth at right angles to the same one hundred and fifty feet to a fifteen foot alley, being lots numbered one hun dred and fifty-three and one hundred and fifty-six (Nos. 153 and 156) in the plats of said town of West Huntingdon. Seized, taken in execution, and to be sold as the property of Henry L. McCarthy. ALSO—AII of defendant's right, title and interest in all that certain tract of land, situ ate in Union township, adjoining land of Aeher Kelly on the northwest, a tract in the name of Robert Bell, on the south, Brewster's heirs on the east, and John Bell on the north, being on Jack's Mountain, unimproved, containing about 100 acres, more or less, surveyed in the name of John Bell. Also, All that certain tract of land, situate in Union township, bounded on the east by lands of James McConahy, and on the north by lands of Ephraim Thompson and Robert M. Jacobs, on the west by lands of Robert Parker, on the south partly by a ri ige, containing 190 acres, more or less, having thereon a two-story frame planked house, planked stable, frame and seat of a water power sawmill and other outbuildings. Also, All that certain tract of land, .situate in Brady township, Huntingdon county, Pa, meted and bounded as follows : Beginning at a stone ; thence by lands - formerly owned by Reuben Ire land south 45 degrees east 147 perches to a stone; tbenoe by Jack's Mountain south 57 degrees west 236 perches to a stone, formerly a black oak cor ner; thence by land formerly owned by Wm. Smith north 17i degrees east 96 perches to a hickory ; thence by George Otenkirk, now by Jacob Good man, and others, north 68i degrees east 133 perches to the place of beginning, containing 108 acres, more or less. Also, All the right, title and interest in all that certain tract of land, situate in Brady township, commencing at or near a red oak on the bank of Juniata river as a corner of the Igo farm, and tbenoe down the said river to a tract of land in the name of David R. Porter ; thence along the line of the Pnrter survey up Rocky Ridge to the Igo farm to or near the Pennsylvania Canal and a red oak at the place of beginning, containing four acres and fifty-six perches. Also, All that certain tract of land, situate in Tod township, containing about 267 acres, adjoin ing land of Isaac Cook on the north, Nathan G. Horton on the east, and Jesse Cook on the south. Also, All that certain tract of land situated in Tod township, adjoining lands of Nathan Terrell, Wm. Houck, Wm. Suttle, containing about 201 acres, more or less. Also, All that certain tract of land, situate in Tell township, adjoining lands of Joseph Higgins, Houck's heirs, Speer and Dougherty and Miles Cook, containing 300 acres, more or less. Also, All that certain tract of land situated in Union township, on the south side of the Juniata river near Jack's Narrows, containing 30 acres and 19 perches, having thereon erected a two-story frame house, log barn, stone house, blacksmith shop and distillery. Seized, taken in execution, and to be sold as the property of John McCombe. ALSO—AII that certain messuage or tenement and lot of ground, situate in the borough of Huntingdon, fronting 50 feet, more or less, on the west side of Seventh street, and running back at right angles to said street one hundred and ninety feet, more or lees, to an alley, having there on erected a two-story brick house, stable and out buildings, being lot No. Seven, (7 in Dorland's addition to the borough of Huntingdon), together with all and singular, the buildings, improvements, woods, ways, rights, liberties, privileges, heredit aments, appurtenances to the same belonging or in any wise appertaining, and the reversion or re versions, remainder or remainders, rents, issues and profits thereof. Seized, taken in execution, and to be sold as the property of Joseph March. TERMS :—The price for which the property is sold must be paid at the time of sale, or such other arrangements made as will be approved, otherwise the property will immediately be put up and sold at the risk and expense of the person to whom it was first sold, and who, in the case of deficiency at such re-sale shall make good the same, and in no instance will the deed be presented to the court for confirmation unless the money is ac tually paid to the Sheriff. Purchasers who are lien creditors must procure a certified list of liens for the Sheriff, in order to apply the amount of bids, or any part thereof, on their liens. SAM'L 11. IRVIN, July 26-1878.] Sheriff. WASHINGTON, D. C., HAS THE BEST HOTEL IN THE COUNTRY, At $2.50 Per Day. TREMONT II OUSE. NO LIQUORS SOLD. [febls-1 Legal Advertisements. , - ZHERIFF'S SALES. 11 / 4 - 1 By virtue of sundry writs of Fi. Fa., to me directed, I will expose to public sale, at the Court House, in Huntingdon, On FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1878, at one o'clock, 1.. M., the following described real estate, to wit : All those three certain lots of ground, situate in West Huntingdon, (now part of the borough of Huntingdon), each fronting 50 feet on Mifflin street, and extending back 150 feet to a 13 foot alley, being lots Nos. 93,100 and 10'7 in the plan of said borough. The lots adjoin each other and are bounded west by Tenth street (formerly Walnut), and on the east by lot of Henry Decker. Lot No. 93 has thereon erected a two-story frame dwelling house; and lot No. 100 has thereon erected a two-story brick house. Seized, taken in execution, and to be sold as the property of Mary J. Decker. ALSO—AII of defendant's right, title and interest in all that certain tract or parcel of land, situate in the township of Cromwell, county of Huntingdon, State of Pennsylvania, bounded by lands of Aseph Price, Jacob Flasher, and oth ers; being the same tract of land more fully de scribed in deed of Aseph Price to Isaiah Cobenour, and recorded in Deed Book No. 3, page 183, con taining thirty-four acres, one hundred and thirty perches, more or less, and having thereon erected a log dwelling house and log stable. Seized, taken in execution, and to be sold as the property of Isaiah Cohenour. TERMS—The price for which the property is sold must be paid at the time of sale, or such other arrangements made as will be approved, otherwise the property will immediately be put up and sold at the risk and expense of the person to whom it was first sold, and who in case of deficiency at such resale shall make good the same, and in no instance will the deed be presented to the court for confirmation unless the money is actually paid to the Sheriff. Purchasers who are lie■ creditors must procure a certified list of liens for the Sheriff, in order to apply the amount of bids, or any part thereof, on the liens. SAM'', H. IRVIN, Sheriff's Office, Sheriff. Huntingdon. August 2, 1878. 1 REGISTER'S NOTlCE.—Notice is hereby given, to all persons interested, that the following named persons have settled their ac counts in the Register's Office, at Huntingdon, and that the said accounts will be presented for con firmation and allowance, at an Orphans' Court, to be held at Huntingdon, in and for the county of Huntingdon, on Wednesday, the 21st day of August next, (1878,) to wit : 1. Final account of Daniel Grazier, Adminis trator of the estate of Jeremiah Grazier, late of Warriorsmark township, deceased. 2. Account of Collins Hamer, Administrator of the estate of Margaret Hamer, deceased. _ _ 3. Final Administration account of Samuel Ralston, Administrator of the estate of Mary Wes ton, late of Warriorsmark township, deceased. . . . . • 4. Administration account of David Miller, Ad ministrator of the estate of Mary Miller, late of the borough of Shirleysburg, deceased. 5. First and Final account of James Cullen, Ex ecutor of the last will and testament of Rachel Harris, deceased. 6. Account of John E. Garner, Executor of the will of Jacob Spanogle, late of Shirley township, deceased. 7 Account of Thomas Riley, Executor of the last will and testament of William Riley, late of Franklin township, deceased. S. Account of Martha Miller and Howard Mil ler, Administrators of the estate John C. Miller late of Huntingdon borough, deceased, with dis tribution account annexed. 9. Second and Final account of Newton Mad den, Administrator of the estate of Benjamin Sol lers, late of Springfield township, deceased, with distribution annexed. 10. Account of David S. Cunningham, Guardian of Isaac Plummer Martin, (now of full age), a son of Thompson Martin, late of Porter township, deceased. 11. Account of Milton S. Lytle, Administrator of the estate of George A. Steel, late of the borough of Huntingdon, deceased. 12. Account of John B. Garver, and Samuel S. Garver, Administrators of the estate of Benjamin Garver, late of Shirley township, deceased. 13. Account of William Shafer and C. H. Beck, Executors of the last will of John Shafer, deceas ed, with distribution annexed. 14. Final account of Matthew Stewart, Admin istrator of the estate of Wilson Stewart, deceased. 15. Account of Solomon Weaver, Administrator of the estate of Mary P. Weaver, late of Hopewell township, deceased. 16. Account of Thomas Fisher, Executor of the last will of George B. Young, late of the borough of Alexandria, deceased, with distribution annexed. 17. Guardianship account of Dr. William P. McNite, Guardian of Elizabeth, Henry, Mary and John Miller, minor children of Daniel Miller, de ceased. H. First and Final account of A. P. White, Administrator of John P. Stewart, late of Oneida township, deceased, with distribution annexed. 19. Final account of W. R. Baker, Administra tor of the estate of Ephraim Baker, late of Orbi sonia borough, deceased. 20. First and Final account of Thomas K. Hen derson, Trustee appointed by the Orphans' Court to sell the real estate of Thomas Ba!eman, late of Franklin township, deceased, with distribution annexed. 21. First and Final account of H. D. Hoffman, Administrator of Abram Hollenbaugh, late of the borough of Mapleton, deceased, with distribution annexed. 22. Account of George W. States, Executor of the last will and testament of John Lee, late of Penn township, deceased. 23. First and Partial account of J. F. Schock, esq., Administrator of the estate of Lewis M. Stewart, late of Morris township, deceased. 24. Account of George B. Orlady, esq., Admin istrator of the estate of Frank H. West, late of the borough of Huntingdon, deceased. 23. Final account of Dr. G. W. C.James, Guar dian of Mrs. Jane Brewster, daughter of Simon Gratz, deceased, (she having arrived at fulal ge). 26. Account of John A. Wilson, Administrator of the estate of Francis M. Wilson, late of Peters burg borough, deceased. 27. First and Pavial account of Jeremiah Near hoof and Samuel Ralston. Executors of the last will and testament of Jacob Nearhoof, late of Warriorsmark township, deceased. 28. Account of C. C. North, Administrator, de Louie nun, of John Cahill, of Henderson township, deceased. 29. First account of Susanna Lower, Adminis tratrix of the estate of Henry Lower, late of the borough of IluntingdDn, deceased. 30. First account of Asahel Corbin and Henry Lamp, Administrators of the estate of Benjamin Corbin, late of Oneida township, deceased, with distribution annexed. 31. Final account of Frederick Klepser, Execu tor of the last will and testament of W. W. En yeart, late of Hopewell township, deceased, with distribution annexed. 32. Administration account of Samuel T.Brown, esq , one of the Executors of the last Will of John Rung, late of West township, deceased. 33. Account of lion. Samuel Lupfer, Adminis trator of the estate of Joseph M. Lupfer, late of Cromwell township, deceased. 34. Final account of John F. Price, Administra• tor, de bolas non corn testament° antirxo, of the es tate of James Fleming-, late of Cromwell township, deceased, as filed by Richard Colegate, Adminis trator of the estate of said J. F. Price, deceased. 33. First and Partial account of Hugh Lindsay and A. J. Sypher, Administrators of the estate of George W. Swartz, late of the borough of Hun tingdon, deceased. 36. Account of S. E. Henry, Administrator of the estate of David Decker, late of the borough of Huntingdon, deceased. 37. Second and Partial account of Mrs. E. J. toss and John T. Ross, Administrators of the es tate of George Ross, late of Warriorsmark town ship, deceased. 38. Account of M. H. hyper and John Spano gle, Administrators of the estate of Rev. Andrew Spanogle, sr., late of Shirley township, dec'd. WM. E. LIGIITNER, REGISTER'S OFFICE, I • Register. Huntingdon, July 22,''78, NOTICE is hereby given to all persons interested that the following Inventories of the goods and chattels set apart to widows, under the provisions of the. Act of 14th of April, ♦. D., 1851, have been filed in the office of the Clerk of the Orphans' Court of Huntingdon county, and will be presented for "approval by the Court," on Wednesday, Angust 21, 1578 : 1. Inventory of the personal property of Henry Krider, late of Warriorsmark township, deceased, as taken by his widow, Mary Krider. 2. Inventory of the personal property of Rance R. Campbell, late of Shirley township, deceased, as taken by his widow, Ann Campbell. 3. Inventory of the personal property of Frank Moutry, late of Oneida township, deceased, as taken by his widow, Elizabeth Moutry. . _ 4. Inventory of the personal property of George Wells, late of Huntingdon borough, deceased, as taken by his widow, Ella Wells. 5. Inventory of the personal property of Wil liam S. Morrison, late of Barree township, deceas ed, as taken by bis widow, Ann Morrison. 6. Inventory of the personal property of John Stewart, late of Barree township, deceased, as taken by his widow, Charlotte Stewart. 7. Inventory of the personal property of Wil liam Johnston, late of Warriorsmark township, deceased, as taken by his widow, Mary Johnston. W. E. LIGHTNER, Clerk of Orphans' Court. Orphans' Court Office, July 26, 1878. HUNTINGDON, PA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1878. NOtur. Song of the Spirit of Gold, Dl" ELIZA COOK Mine is the rare magician's hand, Mine is the mighty fairy wand; Monarchs may boast, but none can hold Such powerful sway as the spirit of gold. The wigwam tent, the regal dome, The Senator's bench, the pheasant's home, The menial serf, the pirate bold,— All, all are ruled by the spirit of gold. I spread my sceptre and put to flight Stern poverty's croaking bird of night ; And when I come, 'tie passing strange, To note the swift and wondrous change; I rest with one whose idiot tongue Was the scorn of the old and jest of the young ; But flattering worshippers soon crawl round, And the rich man's wit and sense are found; Some lowly child of earth has erred, And mercy breathes no lenient word; The fallen one becomes a mark For every human blood-bound's bark ; Virtue can spare no pitying sigh, Justice condemns with freezing eye, Till the pressing load of blight and blame Goad on to deeper guilt and shame. But let me shield the sinning one, And dark are the deeds that may be done. Vice in its high career may reign, It meets no bar, it leaves no stain ; Passion and crime may wear the mask, No hand will strip, no lip will task ; The record of sin may be unrolled, None read, if 'tie traced in letters of gold; The dame has come to her waning ycars, And man goes by with his laughing jeers ; Who, who can love ! What creature seeks The sortiaess of such wrinkled cheeks ; But 10, she is rich, and scores will bring The lever's vow and the bridal ring ; And many a heart, so bought and sold, Have lived to curse the spirit of gold. Does it not pain the breast to note How the eyes of the aged will glisten and gloat, How the hands will count, with careful stealth, O'er the growing stores of useless wealth ; They bend to me with a martyr's knee, And many a time have I laughed to see The man of four-score, pale and cold, Stinting his fire to save his gold; Pile on your masses, add heap to heap, While those around you may starve and weep; But forget not, hoary-headed slave, That thou, not gold, must fill a grave; Thou can'st not niggle and bargain for breath, Thy coffers won't serve to bar out death ; Thou must be poor when the churchyard stone And the shroud will be all thou cans't call thine own; Hatred dwells in the poor man's breast, But the foe may safely be his guest; Though his wrongs may madden to despair, The injured one must brook and bear; But let the princely heart desire Revenge to quench its raging fire, Though even rave to be fed with life, Gold, gold will find the ready knife; The patriot boasts his burning zeal For the people's good and his country's weal; But let me whisper a word in his ear, And freedom and truth becomes less dear ; The honest friend will turn a spy, The witness swears to a hideous lie;— Oh! the souls are unnumbered and crimes untold That are warped and wrought by the spirit of gold ! I work much evil, but yet, oh yet, I reign with pride when my throne is set In the good man's heart, where feeling gives Its aid to the meanest thing that lives, My glorious home is made in the breast That loves to see the weary rest, That freely and promptly yields a part Of its riches to gladden the toil-worn heart; That loathes the chance of the rattling dice, And turns from the gambler's haunt of vice; That does not watch, with frenzied seal The tossing throw or circling deal; That squanders not with a spendthrift taste, Nor lets glad plenty run to waste; But saves enough to give or lend The starring foe or needy friend ; Glory is mine when I shed my light On the heart that cannot be lured from right ; That seeks to spread the cheering ray On all that come around its way; Cursed is wealth when it falls to the share Of the griping dotard or selfish heir; But wisely scatter the talents ye hold, And blessings shall fall on the spirit of gold. Ele trag-Etiltr. OUR UNCLE DAVID. BY JUDGE CLARK, I have never seen Uncle David. It was not till I was nearly ten years old that I knew I had such a relative; and my sister Florence, though some years older, had been kept in equal ignorance. The first time we knew we had an Uncle David was when an old family servant, one day, dropped his name by accident. But when we asked her to tell us about him, she looked frightened, and said we must never speak of him, and, above all, must never let our father know that she had mentioned Uncle David. We were curious to know why, but old Hannah said she would surely be turned away, if the Colonel—our father was an army officer—ever found out that she had spoken to us of an uncle. "And his own brother, too," Hannah couldn't help adding, "but my dears, I've already said too much, and if your father was to know.—" Old Hannah had been so kind to us since our mother's death, and we loved her so, and she looked so vexed at her forget fulness, and we were, withal, so frightened at the thought of losing her, that we asked no further questions much as we desired to know all about Uncle David. We seldom saw our father. The duties of his station kept him from tr.; most of the time. Though, in the brief intervals we had him with us, he was always kind and tender ; there was something so stern and haughty in his manner that we never felt quite at ease in his presence ; and after old Hannah's caution the last thing we would have thought of would have been to ques tion him about what we wanted so much to know. Our father was assigned, at length, to a distant service, requiring a prolonged ab sence, and Florence and I were sent to live with an aunt, a sister of our mother's. We found a pleasant home with Aunt Mildred, who treated us both kindly, though it was easy to see Florence was the favorite—how, indeed, could she help be ing everybody's favorite, she was so beau tiful and good and gentle ? One day I saw Aunt Mildred looking very closely at Florence. Her face wore a troubled look, and following the direction of her eyes, I discovered what I had never observed before. On the left side of Florence's neck there was something which resembled a little round ball under the skin "How long has that been there ?" asked Aunt Mildred, placing her finger on it. ' It has been growing for some time," Florence answered ; "but of late has in creased rapidly." Aunt Mildred said no more, but her troubled look still remained, and grew more troubled from day to day. Florence began to wear. her kerchief high, so as to conceal the appearance we had noticed. Not that she was vain of her looks, poor dear ; but she so loved, for their own sake, things beautiful and good, that she wished to be like them. I happened, one day, to be behind the curtain of the parlor window, looking at some boys playing, when the family doctor called to see my aunt. I had no intention of being a listener, but some words I could not help hearing roused my attention. "So you think it will continue to in crease, doctor ?" inquired Aunt Mildred. "Undoubtedly." "And the result is permanent deform ity 7" "Worse—it will endanger her life." I knew it was my sister Florence of whom they spoke. "And is there no remedy ?" my aunt continued. "Yes, a dangerous operation, and I know but one man capable of performing it." "Bring him here at the end of ten days," said Aunt Mildred, in her calm, determined voice. "Meanwhile I will communicate with my brother.iu-law. His oldest child, an infant son, died under a surgical operation. I was traveling abroad at the time, but have been told that he suffered keenly at his loss, and hence he may hesitate before taking a similar risk. But unless, within the time named, I have bis answer, I shall myself take the re sponsibility." It was not because I wished to conceal my presence that I remained quiet till the doctor and my aunt left the room ; but the non that I had once a little brother, set me to thinking in much the same way old Hannah's mention of Uncle David had done. I didn't tell Florence what I had over heard, for the poor girl's face looked sor rowful enough now, and I had no wish to add to her pain. But she came one day and put her hand in mine. "The doctor is coming to morrow, Char ley," she said. He is going to perform an operation on me. It is necessary, but I may die under it, and I want you to be with me." My eyes filled, but I forced back the tears. I was old enough to remember that I had a soldier's blood in my veins. "I will be with you, Floy," I said, and it was all my swelling throat would permit me to utter. Next day, Florence and I, hand in hand, entered the room where the surgeon and his assistants were waiting. Florence's face was very pale, but she tried to real• sure me with a smile as she felt my band tremble in hers. "This is my neice," said Aunt Mildred, addressing a grave-faced gentleman, with a not unkindly face. "Have courage, my dear young lady," said the gentleman, taking Florence's hand and leading her to an easy chair, in which he placed her half reclining. Then a napkin, saturated with some fluid, was put on her face. Soon she be gan to breathe heavily, and when the nap kin was removed she seemed in deep slumber. Next the grave looking man—no other than the distinguished surgeon of whom the doctor had spoken to my aunt—re moved Floy's kerchief and opened his ease of instruments. Taking out one with a bright, keen blade, be cut through the skin directly over the tumor. Turning back the edges of the wound he cut deeper and deeper, till at last one of the assistants whispered nervously : "For heaven's sake be careful; that is the carotid artery." "I know it," replied the grave-faced gentleman, continuing to cut with an un flinching hand ; "and I must go within a hair-breadth of It, with life on one side of the line and death on the other." Flattered a cry and would have sprang forward to catch the surgeon's arm, bat Aunt Mildred held me back. I shut my eyes. I could not bear to look longer. But when I opened them again, the grave gentleman was fast ening together the edges of the incision with strips of plaster. He did it so care fully and neatly that you could hardly see where he had cut. All signs of the tumor were gone and Florence was still sleeping quietly. - I turned about at the sound of some one entering hastily. It was my father, pale and travel-worn. He and the surgeon stood looking one another in the face. "So, you have been committing another butchery !" exclaimed my father. "I have been saving a life," calmly an swered the surgeon. "You slew my son," cried my father, "and now my daughter—" "As for your son," interrupted the old surgeon, "your wife feared to tell you the truth, and you refused to hear it from me. The child was suffering from an aboess near the heart. An operation alone would afford relief. You were absent and his mother applied to me. At the critical point of the operation, poor Maud, giving way to her maternal feelings, caught my hand. The movement drove the point of the instrument into the aorta and death was inataneous. You accused me of the murder of your child. I bore your violence rather than turn your unreasoning wrath against your wife. You were my brother and I could not resent the insults offered to my self. This is our first meeting since; and I did not know till now that it was your daughter's life I have just saved. Then I knew that the grave-faced gentle man was Uncle David. Father and he shook hands and wept together, and now Floy and I live with Uncle David, and Floy is prettier than ever. You would never see the little scar on her neck, if nobody told you of it. Old Hannah is with us, too, as happy as the rest ; and how we all love Uncle David ! o~~• EhCt t Uscdlan. Prosperity and Adversity. An observant writer says that "very few men can bear prosperity. It intoxicates them, like wine. It turns their head and throws them off their balance. Others can not bear adversity. They have no fortitude, no courage, no hope. They are not like the old sailor who said he always felt hap piest at the height of a storm, because he knew then that the next change that took place, whatever it might be,must necessar ily be for the better. They cannot real ize that there will be any change. When the sky is once clouded and overcast they will not believe the sun will shine again. Young men should make it a point to keep their heads cool under all changes of circumstances, to preserve their equanimi ty and not to be unduly elated by success or too much cast down by disappointment." A QUAINT OLD BILL.—The following is the copy of an old bill, presente , l by a workman for repairs made on figures in Glenchehester cathedral long ago. The literal nature of the document, makes it seem almost profane and certainly very odd. It is as follows : For work done, soldering and repairing St. Joseph Repairing the Virgin before and behind and making a new child Screwing a nose on the Devil, putting a new horn on his head and gluing a bit on his tail... 5 Total MEANNESS is never so mean as when it smiles at another's woes. A Bird Combat. That trim, gentle-looking,, drab-colored bird, erroneously called turtle-dove by dwellers in the United States and generally deemed so utterly innocent, and pure, that to kill it for the table or any other use is branded as criminal in the extreme, is not so innocent after all. Its moaning, sad• sounding voice is a mockery and a cheat ; its soft, dark eyes are a sham ; its sober, Quaker garb is calculated to deceive ; its timid movements are not to be trusted.— When once it has been insulted or injured by one of its kind, the dove becomes as cruel and outrageously heartless as any murderer can be, Some years ago I wit nessed a fight between two meaning doves, which for utter barbarousness could not be exceeded. I was angling in a brook for sun perch, half prone on a grassy bank, lost in a brown study, with a cigar between my lips, when I happened to see a dove alight on a gnarled bough of a plane-tree a few yards distant. Immediately it began to coo in that dolefully plaintive strain so well known to every lover of nature, and was soon joined by a male, who perched himself within a foot or so of her. I espied their nest, not yet finished, in the fork of an Iron-wood tree near by. The birds made very expressive signs to each other with their heads by a series of bows, nods and sidewise motions, of which I under stood enough to know that some intruder was near—perhaps they meant me. The fish were not biting any too well, but the shade was pleasant and the grass fragrant, the sound of the water very soothing, and the flow of the wind steady and cooling, so I did not care to move just to humor the whims of a pair of billing doves. It proved however, after all, that I was not the cause of alarm. Another female dove presently dropped like a hawk from a dark dense mass of leaves above the pair, and struck the first on the back with beak and wings. A fight ensued, witnessed with calm interest by myself and the male dove. At first the combatants struggled des perately together on the bough, fiercely beating each other with their wings, and plucking out the feathers from breast and neck, all the time uttering low, querulous notes, different from anything I had ever before heard. Pretty soon they fell off the bough and came whirling down upon the ground, where they continued the bat tle with constantly-increasing fury, their eyes flashing fire, and cutting and thrust ing with their beaks like swordsmen.— Blood began to show itself about their heads, and in places their necks were quite bare of feathers. When at last one of them became so exhausted that further struggle was impossible, the other pro ceeded to take its stand upon its helpless opponent, and would have quickly made an end of it bad I not interfered. The vanquished bird was minus an eye, and was unable to fly for some minutes. The secret of the battle was jealousy. The male sat by and watched in a nonchalant way until it was all over, when he very loving ly strutted up to the victorious bird, and began cooing in a low, soothing tone.— From that day to this I have repudiated the figure "innocent as a dove," and when ever opportunity offered, have sped a two ounce arrow full at the breast of the bird, widow or no widow. When properly cooked by parboiling, stuffing and baking, a dove is a choice bit for the table. While on this subject, I may add that in the Southern States doves often congregate in innumerable swarms, like pigeons, and do great damage to the peanut fields, yet there the prejudice against killing them is so great that you rarely see a trap or spring set for them, or a gun levelled at them. Character. Character is so much more than wealth or knowledge, fame or power, that it is the measure of the man. When a man is placed in a prominent position of any sort whatever, we say at once, "What is he worth ?" not What does he know ?" We ask, "What sort of a man is he ?" that is the momentous question that in volves all. All others are secondary.— Wealth, knowledge, fame and power are most desirable accessions for a good man; but otherwise they add strength in a wrong direction. We wonder if the young men and boys in our land realize that character is the most important capital in any and all business transactions. If a man of large business is looking fl.)r a partner or employe, what does he require first and most of all. An honest man or boy.— Wealth and position, with their first requisite, will be no detraction, but noth ing without it. What pillars are to a building—what the foundation is, and the c)rner stone thereof—so is a good character to a man or woman, boy or girl. The wise man said, "A good name is rather to be chosen than riches," and he had no lack of wealth Remember, boys—and it will not harm older people to remember—that what you are is of infinite importance, while what you have is finite in its value Its end is in the grave, while the farmer will grow and enrich its possessor through all the ages of immortality. Strive for it as fur your life, for life is naught without it.— If a mau die for his honor, he is an ever lasting hero, while if he dies for his wealth, is a sordid fool. We honor it in death, if not in life. AT the present rate of wonderful sci entific discoveries, it is safe to predict that ere long an explosive will be found which will rival gunpowder for use in fire arms. Nitro-glycerine and gun cotton are too violent for such use, and the chemist of the future will have to invent a motive power for projectiles which will surpass the power of gunpowder in intensity and in bulk. Gunpowder, however, deserves great respect for its antiquity, as it was used ages ago by the Chinese in fireworks, but, strange to say, it was not employed by them in warfare until long after it had been used in Europe. It has held its terrible sway in Europe since the middle of the thirteenth century. TIIE following words are deserving to be written in letters of gold, like those over the principal gate of Athens in the days of her pride and glory : "Keep thy feet dry; thy skin clean; thy digestion regular; thy head cool; and a fig for the doctor I" EVERY human being influences his companion for good or for evil. Not the meanest creature on earth exists without touching some one, and in that touch in fluencing, moulding, shaping to better ends or worse. s d , He is the most secure from danger, who, even when conscious of safety, is on his guard. The man who is prudent and cau tious is generally secure from many dangers to which others are continually exposed. 108 22d Loungers. We have two classes of men in this country that are unbearable nuisances, the professional tramp and the professional lounger. Some men seem to have been created for no other purpose than to lounge in stores and bar-rooms, or on street corners. They put in their appearance as regular as if they had been hired and maintain their position from dewy morn till dusky eve. You can find a score of them any day, whining about the hard times, and yet unwilling to do anything honorable under God's blue sky for the purpose of makin ,, a living. Josh Billings says that they help count when the Cholera comes around but it has not visited us for so long that the tribe is vastly increased. God created man nor bug in vain, but surely loungers have outlived their useful ness. Same men's record for good or ill in the Book of Life will be so small that the recording angel will scarcely be able to find it. and smallest of all will be the record of him who dozes away his days behind a bar-room stove. Capturing such men wouldn't furnish respectable employ ment even for the devil. Such characters are social vermin feeding upon the life blood of those that labor. They are the dregs of manhood and boyhood, rendered stagnant and offensive by long standing, fit only to put away where they may not be a stench in the nostrils of society. There is another class of loungers who waste only their evenings in this way. Lives are too precious for any to be wasted. Any young man by hoarding his evenings and devoting them to faithful study may lay up a store of intellectual wealth that will be of more value to him in coming years than would be half the stock of the consolidated Virginia mine. Young men, don't lounge. Many married men spend their evenings in this same way. Love for their wives and children ought to keep them within the home circle. They are false to their children. No wonder their sons grow up worthless. Men do not plant mullen stalks to raise cabbages. As is the parent so will the child be. It is time that socie ty tried to break up the lounger nuisance as well as the tramp nuisance. Work is the best remedy for either of the maladies. Let it be given in large quantities and it will effect a permanent cure. A Thoughtful Husband. If he had confined himself to his legiti mate quill driving duties, there would have been no occasion for him to have been strutting around with his left hand in a sling, a patch on his nose and an absurd old gum shoe on one foot. He was how ever, only another victim of that egotisti cal opinion of all men, that they can do anything better than a woman He went home the other day and found his wife putting up peaches in those old fashioned tin cans that closed with sealing wax. She had an apron on and two or three little blotches of sealing-wax ornamented the floor, while the cat under the table was licking a piece the size of a postage stamp with assiduity. See here, Maria," he said, you'll crip ple yourself with that hot wax directly, but as she made no answer, ho continued oracularly : "Women never have any me chanical genius, anyway. If there is a way of doing a thing wrong they are sure to try it." "Do you think you can do any better ?" she observed, with some acidity. "Why. of course I can." "Well, here, just distinguish yourself, then." So he sat down. She handed him a fresh can, just out of the hot water. lie took it in his hand and dropped it as though it had been a streak of lightning ; while he stuck his finger in his mouth and looked sudden death at her because he could not swear. She gave him a towel to hold the next one with, and he took it on his knee, lighting the sealing war, and commenced prodding around the top, but the bottom burnt his knee, and he jerked, bringing the burning wax across the back of his left hand. Then he jumped up and howled, dropped the can which emptied a spoonful of burning preserves into his slip per. This made him frantic, and he went dancing about tne kitchen like a© inebri ate dervish, waving the burning wax until a drop took him on the nose. In his an ger he kicked the offending can clear thro' the window, scattering its contents over the dog, who rushed into the street howl ing and rai,iog an alarm of mad dog, which occupied the attention of all the people within three squares. Then he submitted to be laid on the sofa and plastered with flout and sweet oil, until be looked like a badly prepared scarecrow. lie is willing to make an affidavit the size of a barn door that he will let the women be just as awk ward as they choose. One Happy Heart. have you made one happy heart to-day? Envied privileges. How calmly you can seek your pillow'. How sweetly sleep ! In all this world there is nothing so sweet as giving comfort to the distressed, as getting a sun ray into a gloomy heart. Children of sorrow meet us wherever we turn ; there is no moment that tears are not shed and sighs uttered. Yet how many of those tears, those sighs, are caused by our own thoughtlessnes ? How many a daughter wrings the very soul of a fond mother by acts of unkindness and ingratitude? How many husbands, by one little word, make a whole day of sad hours and unkind thoughts. How many wives. by angry recriminations, strange and embitter their loving hearts! How many brothers and sisters meet but to vex and injure each other, making wounds that no human heart can heal! Ab, if each one worked upon this maxim day by day,—"strive to make some heart happy"—jealously, re venue, madness, hate, with their kindred evil associates, would forever leave the earth. Our minds would be so occupied in the contemplation of adding to the pleasures of others, that they would be so occupied in the contemplation of adding to the pleasure of others, that there would be no room for the ugly fiends of discord. Try it, ye discontented, forever grumbling devotees of sorrow, self-caused ; it will make that little part of the world in which you move as fair as Eden. THE wise man changes his mind ; the ignorant will not. The former will ac knowledge an error and correct it, but the pertinacity with which the latter adheres to his opinion always bears a just propor tion to his ignorance. WHEN doing what is right, the heart is easy, and becomes better every day; but when practicing deceit, the mind labors and every day gets worse. A Bat Cave. A CURIOUS CAVERN IN HOUTR-14118t1BRN TEXAS. A very curious cave is found not fsr from San Antonia, Texas. The interest at taching to it is not so mach in its extent, or in the brilliancy of its orystalisations, as in the extraordinary number of its inhab itants, and in the enormous deposit:la valu able chemical substances which it contains. After a drive of twenty-two mile. in a northeasterly direction, the last ten )Is beine n exceedingly rough, we ascended a high limestone ridge overlooking the eoun • try for twenty or thirty miles in every, di rection. To the southward in the direc tion of the gulf, the country, as far as the eye could reach, lay spread out beforeen, clothed in the deep green of theearlysure mer, and dotted here and there with culti• vated fields of the settlers • while in the northward the country is broken into rag. ged but picturesque ranges of hills, rising almost to the dignity of mountains, and clothed in cedar and dwarf live oak. On this ridge we were told we should find the object of our visit, and very soon after as cending, an unmistakable odor ammonia greeted our nostrils and continued to in crease in strength until we reached the cave, where it was at first almost overpow ering. The mouth of the cave; some thirty or forty feet wide by twelve or fifteen high, is at the bottom of a "sink-held' ibont forty feet below the surface of the ridge. Here we made our arrangement for en tering and exploring, by lightjpgionneka!- dles and leaving behind- our esataainitislas. For some 200 feet, the dnytimitt; entering by the cave's mouth, was quite sufficient to enable us to sew that •the . w4is and the ceilings were composed of a hard, bluish limestone, and that there was a total ab sence of stalactites, stalagmites and ether erystalizations or concretions arising front water percolating through the reef ot the cave, which appeared to be perfectly water tight. If we failed to find thoso geologieslatid mineralogical wonders that makeinther caves so interesting, we found such an ex traordinary prodigality of animal life every where around and about us that, if we wero not filled with awe, we were at least aston ished beyond measure. The cave was perfectly alive with un counted millions of leather-winge d bats, hanging to the walls, and on th ceilings were everywhere seen knots of theme crea tures, like bees that have "settled," and the air seemed literally alive and vocal with the incessant hum of there myritidir, iln ceaseless and apparently objectless Cleat. Gradually ascending for a distance of fifty or sixty yards, all the while sinking up to our ankles in the dr- , bat manure, we reach ed the main floor of thecavern. Here the deposit of guano seemed more solid, but still perfectly dry. By this time the light from the mouth of the cave fail ed us, and the bats, which had before avoid ed us, were now incessantly slapping - ire in the face, knockinc , ' off our hats aad.ez tinguishing our candles , not -from any re sentment at our invasion, hat owing to their multitudes and their utter nobility to keep out of the way. They were par• titularly troublesome and numerous in the narrow passage into which our snide now led us, and it seemed impossible . to go for ward. Dozens of these disgusting crea tures would strike us every Second, tui finding them harmless we puibeid forward and reached the main cave. It is oblong in shape, being about 200 feet long by nearly 100 wide. The -11440 are of bard gray limestone, aranearly per- pendicular, and support a douie.likp aeit ing, some thirty feet high. Oar guidcwas of the opinion that there is near thejfeitiliA an opening into another cave ofetlifividath extent, but as we had no ladders we were unable to verily the truth of this statement. The owner of days before our visit, set some workmen to sinking a shaft from the top of tile ride, so as to penetrate the dome of the 'Mop cave, and daring our visit we entiftrdi tinctly hear the sound of the three bribe sledge and drill above our beaded: . The depth of the deposit-is-sot known, but we were informed by the. propc4tor that he had penetrated to the depth of twenty-two feet, without reaching bott(9. How much deeper it is he could not ttlIT. He said hilted had some calettlednitti titles by a competent engineer as to the Miaow of tons in the deposit, on the bailie hf depth of twenty two feat, and a superficial area of four acres, and that the nokaptnt was over eighty thousand tons. It in ;Teti certain at least that the meant wasenorinOile and constantly increasing brdsfly Theshaft, when completed ; wfff firsilltate the removal of the guano to the surface, where it is to be pot in sacks and seat to market. We were told thet..there is a ready sale f,r the article in Europe, where it commands a price which agoids a hand some profit to the shipper. The proprietor allowed us the results of several analyses made by ohentists in Lon don, Hamburg, Charleston and Baltimore, which showed the guano to contain . from 8 to 12 per cent of ammonia and frail 31 to 41 per cent. each of phosphoric meld and nitric acid, comparing favorably in per centage of ammonia with 'the Peruvian guano, now being imported in such gums. tities into this country. The amount of inorganic matter (sand, &c.) was shown by these analyses to be very small, bass than 2 per cent. After spending an hour in this weird cavern, until our ears felt benumbed by the incessant roar of millions of leather wings, and our eyes smarting- with the fumes of ammonia, we were glad to return to the upper world and refresh our lungs with full draughts of pure air. We remained near the cave until late% the afternoon, to witness the exit of' the multitudes on their nightly search fur food. They commenced leaving the cave about half-past four. First came a small detach ment of a thousand or two, as a Itina of advanced guard, and after an interval of some minutes the flight commenced by the millions and billions—nUtuberS so great that no human arithmetic could compute them. For two hours and a half the orate) was incessant, filling the mouth of the cars completely. There was ao confusion in the flight, but as if the matter had been settled in mass meeting before it com menced, every individual bat followed the lead of the advanced guard, going straight toward the east. The flight is sometimes, so our guide told us, in other directions, bet the twaiii body invariably follows the rear of the rid. van oed. guard . On our way to camp on the Cibilo, at sundown, in looking back towards the cave, we could see the undiminished steet;rn 'of animal life still flowing always to the direction and looking in the diesiseirusi unlike long lines of Week =eke Nem . the chimney of a sea steamer as it floats oif to the leeward in tha evening breeze. NO. 32. a few
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