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OFFlCE—next door to Hess' book' store.
Wilco Hours—Front Uto 7 A. 3L II to I P. M.
land from ti to ft P. M. tztor.2o,
TT M. - Nonrrir,
ATTORNEY & COUNSELLOR-AT-LAW,
Columbia, Pa.
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York CountieN.
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it ATTORNEY-A T-LAW.
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JUSTICE OF TIIE PEACE.
°thee, on Second St„ :0.1 , 431112g Odd Follows.
Ilan, Columbia, Pa.
Z. ROFFER,
DENTIST.
Nitrous Oxide Gas administered in the extrac
tion of Teeth.
Offire—Front Street, next, door to It. Wilttam•s'
Drug f..-;tore, between Locust and Walnut Streets,
Columbia, Pa.
HINKLE,
I. PaYSICIAN & SURGEON;
eithirs his profeseional services to the citizens of
Columbia and vicinity. lie may be found at tho
()dice connected with his residence, on Second
street, between Cherry - and Union ) every day,
from 7to 4 A.. M„ and front 6 to SP. ;Al, Persons
wlsning his services in special cases, between
these hours, will leave word by - note at his office,
or through the post office.
HOTELS.
WESTERN HOTEL,
Nos. 9, 11, 13 di 13 CORTLANDT STREET,
NEW YORK.
THOS. D. WINCIZESTEit,
This Hotel Is central and convenient for Penn
sylvanians.
ABLE Ilfisitrxit, of Rending, Pa.,
is an assistant at this Hotel, and will be glad to
see his friends at all times. - ectlo-tfw
ca 001.CT.INENTAL.,"
THIS HOTEL IS PLEASANTLY LOCATED,
between the Stations of the Reading anti Colum
bia, and Pennsylvania Railroads,
... - :-X 7 RONW. STREET, COLUMBLA,..I"A„
Ampte acecnilinbaations for Straii - Ois
and Tr w
elers. The Bar iht r tociced with
CHOICE LIQUORS,
And the Tables furnished with the best fare.
URIA.II P.D.:DLEY,
Columbia, April 20, 1807.) Proprietor.
J_ l LOCUST ST., HO COLUMBIA, PA.
This is a first-class hotel, and is in every respect
.t<lapted to meet the wishes and 4esires of the
traveling public. g.UCTIN ERWIN%
Propri et 0 r,
FRENCEI'S HOTEL,
On the I7,ziropeun Plan, opposite City Hall Park
Sew Yorlc. 11. FRENCH,
Sept. 19, 180.4. Proprietor.
MISHLER'S HOTEL
West Market Square, Reading Itenu'n.
L'VAN MISHLI•:K,
MALTBY . HOUSE,
BALTIMORE
This hotel has been lately refitted with all the
necessary' Improvements known to hotel enter
prise and therefore otters first-class accommoda
tions to strangers and others visiting Banimore.
A. It. 3f I7.LEtt.
Proprietor.
BD'UCATIO.NAL,
I El 3 YON VALLEY COLLEGE
,LL TEFtM COMMENCES AUGUST 3. 1.4115.
This institution aims to educate youth of both
axes i n all the solid or ornamental branches.
Its °dicers hold that students should be trained
with a view to the sphere of life they are to oc
cupy, and to occornplish this object. the follow
ing courses of study have been adopted :
1. A Classical coarse.
.A Blblimi course.
L A La.dies' course.
4. A Scientific course.
;5. A Teacher's course.
i. An Ornamental course.
A Commercial course.
.. A Cinunmertichool course.
Three CUM'S, are Tircatoucla. COMPREHEN
SIVE and COMPLETE is thenoelves
We invite all who have children or wards to
educate, to visit this School before sending else
where. it presents many ,sdvantages, annong
which are
Thoroaglt and practical instruction.
2nd. Accommodations not excelled elNewhere.
"rd- 20 per cent. less In co,t, than other sehoults
of equal grade.
ZorfoUm awl fashion are not part of our pro;
graine. \Ve aim it refinement. hut a refinement
xpringing from a good heart and a cu//irated Intel
eel.
For Cat.q.logues or further partiernursoutdreAs
T. 11.. VICKROY, A.
Annvllle, Lebanon County, Pa.
in.ly f.
MAIIBLX a-anics.
I A\ CASTER
MARBLE 'WORKS,
LEWIS HALDY, Proprietor.
All persons in wailt of anything In the Marble
[toe, will be furnished at the very lowest prices.
Only the best workmen are employed, conse
quently we are enable to turn out in a superior
111;l1Iller
MONUMENTS., STATUARY, TOMBSTONES,
ORNA3tE:siTs. MARBLE MANTLES,
BUILDING FRONTS, SILLS,
And Marble Work of every description.
frj - Ordsrs promptly attended to
LEWIS TIALDY,
May 4,T:0 Lancaster City, Pa.
CEIA.RLES M. HOWELL,
MARBLE MASON,
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NO. 66 NORTH. QUEEN STREET,
EAST SIDE.
'rho Oldest Marble Works in LancastePeounty.
Thankful fur the liberal patronage heretofore
nestowed upon hint, he respectfully: soliclt_A
continuance of the same. Ile has on hand the
largest, most varied and complete stock of
finished
MONUMENTS. MANTLES.
andTOES, &c.,
to he found in the city, which will be sold at
the lowest prices. huliding work. and :lobbing
of every description punctually* attended to.
Persons in want of Monuments, Mantles, or
Grave Stones, are Invited to call and examine
the stock on hand, also the portfolios of designs.
June L-tf7
LADIES'
FANCY FURS
AT
JOHN F.A.REIRA'S
Old Established ELM, 3fanufactory,
NO. iIS ARCH STREET,
above 7th, PIIILADELPITIA.
have now In Store of my own Importation
and 'Manufacture, out of the Largest and most
beautiful boteetlons of
FANCY FURS,
for Ladies' and Children's Veer, In the City.
Also, a tine assortment of Gents' Fur Gloves
and Collars.
I ant enabled to dispose of my goods at very
reasonable prices, and I would therefore solicit
a tad from my friends of Lantaister county and
vicinity.
aTieltemernber the Name, N umber and Street!
JOIIN FAREIRA,
718 Arch St.. ail. 7th, South side, rhllad'a.
431 have 00 Partner, nor Connection with
any other Store in Phtladelphin. [4:lct2-tfvr:
T C. BUCHER,
Wines and Liquors
Eras removed his Store to lila Building, adjoining
EMI
HERB BITTERS
These. Bitters arc celebrated for the great cures
they have performed In every case, when tried.
Dr. INfisider oL'ers five hundred dollars to the pro
prietor of any Medicine that can show a greater
number of genuine certificates of cures effected
by it, near the place where it is made, than
Is fat axle in Columbia by
Catawba,
COGNAC, OF DIFFERENT BRANDS
BEttekborrl
.NIARI".T. ND
31 ALT AND CIDEE VINEGAR
POCKET FLASKS.
and FANCY ARTICLES, in great variety,
MISHLER'S BITTERS!
BEST STOUT PORTER!
ion E. tkc G. ITIBBERT, LONDO2,;"
Quartot be purcilase4l at any other eatablish-
meat Su town, and Is warrautba to keep fruits
and vegetables perfect.
The Beet Brawls of Imported
SCOTCH AND LONDON ALE
TO SMOKERS AND CIIEN7RS
SMOKI:s.TG _AND el -MIMING TOBACCO,
SNUFF, HAVANA, YARA, and
COMMON SEGAILS. 'Also,
SNUFF & TOBACCO BOXES, PIPES—a
thousand and one varieties. Cull at
J. C. 111/CIIEWS,
Loeust Street, adjoining Haldeman's Store.
It-la the greatest establishment of the kind tbla
aide of Pktladelphia.
•Onii Agency Ihr Lee'a London Porter. and
2dlartler's
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liatto :to 4gParsrarra Arui
Wholesale and Retail Dealer In
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
Ifalclemau.'s Store, Locust St., Columbia, Pa.,
Where he has fitted up rooms, and greatly
increased his facilities for doing
a more extensive business
MISIMER'S CELEBRATED
PURE AND UNADULTERATED,
3.f1 - SHLER'S BERB BITTERS
MISEILER'S lIER.B BITTERS
J. C. BUCHER,
At his ,tore, Locust Street, Columbia.
WINES AND LIQUORS!
Erebreeluz, the following
Fort,
Lisbon,
CI err),
311de ia,
Malaga,
Chnnipagile,
Claret,
Rhine,
Currant tnd Muucat WINES
Also, OLD BYE WHISREY and
'BRANDTES of all kindsv
Catawba
Cherry
MEM
Superior Oh! Rye,
Pure 01,1 Rye,
XIC.X 01(1 Rye,
XX Ohl Eye X Old Rye,
Pure 013 Rye, Niduoruptheln,
Itectßled Whlhky,London Brown Stout
Scotch Me, ac., Sc., Sce.
A ENCY FOR
Ile ie ulso Agent for tile Celebrated
MISITLER'S HEII3 BITTERS
FOR SA LE
DF.I , 4I.IOELICS,
TOBACCO BOXES,
At J. C. lIISCirEW%
PURE S UN A.DULTERA.TED
For Sale by
J. C. BUCHER.
Cur sal«. b
S. C. 131.TCIIEE,
Locust Street, above Front
Agent for tho
PURE MALT VINEGAR
For Sale at
S. C. BUCHER. 8
BUCHER will stilt keep on hand the
Best Brands of
COLUMBIA, lAA., SATT3II,I)OA - 1 7 MARCH 27, 1869.
The IVorld itself keeps Easter Day.
The world itself keeps Easter Day,
And Easter larks are singing,
And Easter flowers are blooming gay,
And Easter buds aro springing.
The Lord of all things lives anew,
And all his works are rising, too.
Allelujah Allelujah 1 Allelojah ! Praise
the Lord.
There stood three Marys by the tomb,
On Easter morning early ;
When day had scarcely chas'a the gloom
And dew was white and pearly, .
With loving but with erring mind,
They came the Prince of Life to find.
Allelujah &c.
But earlier still the Angel sped,
His words comfort giving;
"And why," ho said, "among the dead,
Thus seek ye for the living?"
The risen Jesus lives again,
To save the souls of sinful men.
Allelujah !
The world itself keeps Easter Day,
And Easter larks arc singing;
And Easter tlewers are blooming gay,
And Easter buds are springing:
The Lord is risen, as all things tell,
Good Christians see ye rise as well.
Allelujah !
risrAzlrtueAu gtadiag
RED KNIFE;
KIT CARSON'S LAST TRAIL
AUTUOR OF "TUE WAGON TRAIN'," "rug
wiren FINDER," "TUE WATER
ETC,, ore.
Towards the close of a beautiful day in
June, ISG",", a man and woman, mounted
on fleet horses, cattle galloping over one of
the great plains of the West, and drew rein
in the shade of a clump of cotton-woods
upon the bank of a beautiful river. They
had ridden far and rapidly. Their steeds
were panting, and covered with sweat and
foam.
"We must give the horses n breathing
spell," said the former, slipping to the
ground; and his companion nodded a
graceful absent, as sho followed his exam
ple.
Tlie couple were evidently father and
MEME2
The man teas iu the prime of life, hail
and hearty, with a large frame, which wsas
sinewy and athletic, without ceasing to be
refined and prepossessing. He had the
keen, shrewd look peculiar to the advance
guards of civilization, and there was an
honest, frank expression on the sun-brown
ed face that proclaimed his integrity and
cou rage.
In her way, his daughter was equally
picturesque and attractive.
In the early flush of womanhood, with a
pure, sweet, and tender face, with eyes
darkly glowing, with coral-tinted lips, and
cheeps softly flushed with the hue of the
rose, with amber curls floating behind her,
she was as graceful as a gazelle, as light
hearted as a bird, as lovely as a dower, and
as spirited as an untainted antelope.
The stream by which the company had
Blackberry,
Elderberry,
halted -Wood, .hraftedt 0f,..th0
Platte, in Nebraska, at a point fifty miles
northwest of Fort Kearny.
"Are you tired, Miriam?" asked the
hunter, George Dane, with fatherly soliqi
tude.
lamalea Spirits,
.lEuramol
Giuger,
"Tired, father?" rejoined the maiden,
with a happy laugh. "Oh, no. 'Tow could
I be tired after a day like ? Every
minute has been tilled with pleasure and
excitement. I feel as fresh as yonder bird."
The father smiled understandingly, with
a look full of the fondest affection.
"I can guess the cause of your lightness
of heart," said he, smilingly. "The return,
now daily expected, of a certain Hubert
Earle, from the mines of Idaho, may ac
count, I suspect, for your present glad-
1/21311
A. heightened color appeared ell :Iliriatu's
face, for tho name mentioned was that of
her lover. She answered the glances of her
father, however, with a frankness that at
tested his entire sympathy with her, and
said
"Prue, hither, my heart has been nutisti
ny light ibr several days past. flow could
it be otherwise, since I know that Mutton,
is coming?"
Mr. Dame did not reply. lie was looking
with kindling eyes, ever the fair flower
dotted plain ; and his next remark showed
how widely his thoughts had strayed.
"I wonder what another has been doing
without us day, Miriam. She must bo
lonely, with no one to speak to or share her
meats. I shouldn't wonder if we could see
our home from this point," and his thee
lighted up with a soulful glow. "Our cot
tage is not more than seven miles distant ;
let me see ?"
He drew from his coat n poet:et-glass, ad
justed it to his sight, pointing it in a North
erly direction, and gazed through it long
and earnestly, towards his rancho. on Car
rev's Fork.
"Yes, T see it," lie said, at last, with a
long, deep, and joyful inspiration, as if the
sight refreshed him in every nerve. "There
is our cottage, as plain as day. I can even
see the vines you planted before the win
dows, Miriam. -tnd there, on the grape
vine bench, under the big elm, sits your
mother, busy at her sewing. Bless her!
She does not imagine we arc looking at her.
Look, Miriam
Ile yielded the instrument to liis daugh
ter, who obeyed his induction, her lovely
face glowing with smiles as she regarded
the distant home-seene.
"Dear mother!" she murmured. "It is
a treat to her to be able to sit out under the
trees without fear of molestation. There
are no hostile Indians hereabouts now—are
there, father 7"
"No. Red Knife, as you have already
heard, was killed yesterday by a settler,
and his band has retreated towards the
mountains, I.lvtll confess, Miriam, that
during all the time we have been in the
West, I have not felt so light-hearted and
carefree as since we received news of Red
Knife's death. You have jest seen how
this joy bubbles over in use. Red Knife
was a demon, rather than a savage."
Miriam shuddered, and her fetal-Web even
paled at the memory of the Indian men
tioned.
"He never spared a pule face," she said,
striving to speak calmly. "Desolation and
cruelty marked his path. For more than
three years he has raged to and fro upon
the plains like a ravening wolf. lie was
the terror of the border."
"You have named him appropriately,
Mirlarn,"said the hunt er. "lle had a fiend
ish hatred of the white race, and his vic
tims have been many,"
Mr. Dane hold out his band for the glass,
and Miriam was in the act of restoring it,
when a strange, gasping, panting sound
startled them both, and sent them quickly
to their saddles.
The hunter wheeled his horse and looked
down upon the river bank, from which di
rection the sound had come, his manner
self-possessed, but his countenance indi-
Cativo of alarm. The maiden followed his
example.
setcrttll Fe,oetrg.
BY LEON LEWIS,
C:IAPTI.B 1.
A LIFE GLORIOUSLY STARED
"NO ENTEI?.TAINKENT SO °REAP AS BEADING, NOR ANY PLEASURE SO LASTING."
Her eyes were the first to discover the
cause of the sound that had startled them,
detecting a man's figure creeping along
through the undergrowth of bushes lining
the shore.
At the sunk moment their presence in
turn avers detected, for the man dropped
suddenly among the protecting hushes, as
if he had been shot.
"An Indian?" whispered Miriam, draw-
lug from her bosom a revolver-
The hunter shook his head, continuing
to watch the spot at which the man had
fallen,his hand on his rifle, his manner that
of one ready for action.
Suddenly, as the man showed a haggard
face peering cautiously from his conceal
ment, Mr. Dane's anxious countenance
broke into a smile, and ho cried out:
! Is that you Thompson ? Do
you take us for Indians, that you skulk
there in the bushes?"
The individual addressed was silent a
few minutes, as it seemed, from sheer
amazement; then he sprang out from his
hiding place with a cry of relief, and ad
vanced swiftly towards the father and
daughter.
Ho was a man of middle age, of the ordi
nary type of backwoodsmen, strong and
brown and stalwart, of the rude, rough
typo that seems to belong to the border.
Ills face was haggard and white, although
covered with perspiration. his breath
came through his parted lips in quick, un
even gasps. Be had run far and swiftly,
and looked as if about to drop from fatigue.
"What has happened, Thompson?" asked
Dane, with keen anxiety, the man's singu
lar appearance giving him a sudden shock
of alarm.
"The Indians !" gasped Thompsomscaree
ly able to command his voice. "They aro
coining! Red. Rnife and his band—di
vided—my wife—my children ! Help toe!
Help me!"
"What talk is this?" cried Dane, agitated
in spite of his efforts at self-control. "Red
Knife was killed yesterday—"
"He was only wounded," interrupted
Thompson. "He is coining to take his
rengence on the settlers. He has divided
his baud into two. They were up at the
Deer Fork this morning, and arc now com
ing this way. The points to be struck are
your house and mine."
''My God !" ejaculated Dane, as his in
formant paused in his excited, breathless
narration.
"A horse! s horse!" cried Thompson,
reeling with fatigue. "I cnn go no further
on foot. My wife, my children-60d pity
and SALVQ them !C'
Ire looked front the hunter to his (laugh
er in agonized and mute supplication.
Dane snatched the glass from Miriam' s
hands and placed it to his eyes.
He looked to the northward—saw his
pretty cottage, his wife busy at her needle
under the trees—and glanced at the dim
line of the horizon stretching away east-
Ward and westward from his house.
Suddenly the glass dropped front his
hauds—his face blanched to the hue of snow.
From the west, seeming to emerge from
the clouds of scarlet and gold, he bad be
held a band of mounted Indians riding
boldly towards that unprotected borne, to
wards that unconscious and helpless
woman.
With a frenzied cry, he put spurs to his
horse, and dashed away like a madman,
shouting to his daughter to follow him ; at
the same instant Thompson staggered for
ward and fell in the maiden's path, holding
up his hands iii anguish.
"My my children !" he groaned.
There was no hesitation in the soul, of the
brave Al
" Mine is bate single life ; he "has seven
depending on him," she said, aloud.
As she spoke, she leaped from her saddle,
and, with a gesture, commanded him to
take her place.
" But—your danger," faltered Thompson.
" The Indians—"
Miriam again pointed to the saddle.
"Go," she commanded. "Think only of
your fluidly, and be gone !"
Still Thompson hesitated, sweeping the
horizon with eager glances, to assure him
self that no immediate danger threatened.
A change came over his face as he looked,
and lie uttered a wild cry, catching up the
glass Mr. Dane had let fall, and loOking
through it.
The sight he behold convulsed him with
terror.
Not. a ulna avail, to the West, be say.'
coining over.,a ridge in the plain, and ap•
proaching rapidly, a considerable body of
mounted savages.
" They're coming—a baud of red-,Liu,—
directly towards Its !" ho gasped.
10A I , ly, while you have the
time!"
The maiden took the glass and bayed
through it an instant at the approaching
foe. A strange light appeared in her eyes
--a light possessed only by those 'Ton
Wilolll God has bestowed a conhCiqUYlle,S of
his great protection —the light of a heroism
which.death itself cannot master.
"Sore enough," she murmured. "They
are cooling. The leader is Rua t;o.
neighbor t nompson—on the instant,"
" can ride together !" cried Thump-
'• No ! The horse is tired. We have been
to Willow - Island. should be over
taken before \ Ve had gone two miles.
"Then n•e•ll die together!"
"Yo! 1101 You must mount I''
With a fP:fasP so-udder and firm that it
startled him, the maiden pushed him to
wards the horse, and in another instant he
found himself, more by itiNtiact than Ly
thought, seated in the saddle.
" laway, Sell at r' cried Miriam to her
steed, with an imperative gesture. 'Away r
The horse broke furiously over the plain,
giving Thompson only time enough to flash
a look of gratitude towards the maiden, as
be dashed away to the northeast, towards
Lis menaced home.
A. moment later, Mr. Dane looked over
his shoulder—took in at a glance the situa
tion of affairs, recognising the peril as well
as the heroism of his child—bowed his head
solemnly, as one submits to the inevitable,
in approbation of her conduct, and then he
s~eept on to the rescue of his wife, his soul
torn by snob emotions as are seldom
brought, to battle together,
And Miriam, throwing herself fiat upon
the ground, remained alone upon the plain,
in the very path of a score of mounted.ln
dittos, who were galloping towards her
with the lilliftness of the wind,
CHAPTER II
A. CURIOUS' ANA STARTLINO MYHTEICY
Skirting the Black Hills, forty miler. west
of Fort Laramie, u party of horsemen were
riding eastward.
They had left Fort Bridget eight days
before, taking the route of the North Platte,
and were now following the Oregon emi
grant road, among those long ridges, dry
beds of rivers, and sterile plains, by Nalich
the region of the Black Bills is di,tin
guished.
Tint bulk of the party consisted of ten
cavalrymen, under a lieutenant, who were
returning to Fort Laramie, their post of
duty. They were w ell mounted, and had
several led horses in their train,loaded with
thou!. provisions and appurtenances of travel
The balance of the party comprised three
civilians, who had seized the opportunity of
crossing the mountains under military es
cort. Two of these were emigrants who
bad settled near Fort Bridger;but who had
tired of the great solitude, or been frighten
ed by the Indians, and were now returning
eastward in search of holhes nearer the
haunts of civilization.
The third civilian was Hubert Earle, the
lover of Miriam Dane, the settler's daugh
ter, whom wo have just left in such deadly
peril.
tie was; a splendid specimen of American
manhood, magnificently formed, broad
shouldered, deep chested, as vigorous as an
athlete, and rode his horse, a fiery Mexican
steed, with the grace and ease of a Cen
taur,
At the moment of his introduction to the
reader, he was riding in the rear of the little
train, busy with his own reflections, which
were evidently as bright as the morning it
self—the forenoon preceding the events we
have recorded.
His thoughts were wrapt in the sweet
memory of Miriam, who had wept so bit
terly at his departure, and who, he expect
ed, would smile sojoyously at his return.
"The dear little soul," he murmured,
aloud. " Where is she now ?"
Ills eyes darkened with tender sweet
ness, his lips quivered with the ineffable
love that flooded his being with a happi
ness akin to pain. Ho pictured their meet
ing, the years they would spend in each
other's society, the tender mutual love and
care that would bless all their coming days.
He laud left her a poor adventurer, to seek
his fortune among the mines of Idaho. He
was returning to her a more than moder
ately rich man, with bills of exchange in
Iris chamois money-belt of sufficient value
to support them both in luxury as long as
they might live.
It NY11:1 , riot to be wondered at that his
thoughts were pleasant. •
Suddenly ire was aroused from his trance
like silence, by cries of delight from his
companions, and by the fact that they had
checked their speed.
Looking around him quickly, he beheld
the cause of the unusual excitement. To
the southward, at no great distance, a small
herd of buffaloes were grazing lazily, seem
ingly not at all alarmed by the near pres
ence of a formidable enemy.
The wind was blowing from thorn, the
horses were fresh, and as be looked at the
tempting garlic, Hubert felt the spirit of the
Minter grow strong within him.
Giving rein to his horse, he galloped
along the line to speak to the lieutenant,
but was tom half way by that officer, whose
sparkling eyes and eager demeanor attest
ed to a kindling of Ninirod-like zeal.
- " What do you say to an hour's sport, Mr.
Earle?" shouted the lieutenant, as he bore
down upon his friend, for Hubert was a
decided favorite with every member of the
party.
"I think it would be a downright shame
to turn our backs on such splendid game,"
was the quick response. " Who could oat
a dinner of salt pork, with those fat buffa
loes near us?"
Tile lieutenant smiled, glanced up and
down the line, reading eager longing in the
M en, MitrresOlved to eairrs"=Otit
his own and the general desire.
Ato a word of command from him, the
party set out at a quick gallop for the SCCUO
018C/1011.
Tice buffaloes allowed the onemy to ap
proach quite near, the wind favoring - the
hunters; but at length began to snuff the
air uneasily, to shake their heads, and to
look for the cause of their apprehensions.
A moment toter they had beheld the
enemy, and, with frightful bellowings and
mighty tramp, had begun their wild flight
to the southward,
The chase was a long one; and It was not
till the hunters had run the buffaloes upon
aspur of the Black Trills that they got a good
chance at them. They then brought down
several p 1 map young buffaloes, and dinner
speedily became the watchword.
"It is neon, and we'll have dinner," said
the lieutenant, observing that the baggage
animals With their drivers were approach
ing. " Kindle a tire, boys, and we'll have
steaks and roasts in abundance."
'While this order was being carried into
°llea, Hubert and several others were en
gaged in surveying tho scene.
"A lonely and desolate spat, "said
Hubert, thoughtfully. "It looks as if
had never before visited it."
"And no wonder," returned lirvdgos,
"sieve it's five miles off the route. What
could any man want here, tintless he :night
be in pursuit of buffaloes?"
There being no nix user to this question.
Ift: bort proceeded to find tin exeellent gra
zing spot for his horse, tethered hint, thing
himself on the ground in the shadow of the
hill. The lieutenant and a portion of 1110
men followed his example.
Plenty of low bushes were found dry
enough to burn, and several fires were soon
kindled. The clod:nest portions of the buffa
loes were readily prepared for cooking, and
it was not long before the otter of burning
flesh was diffused on the air ; tour or live
hungry soldiers serving as cooks.
It was a wild picnic scene on those lonely
wilds, and every mats there enjoyed it, with
truegipsy zest.
S tuldenly a shout ffoin once,' the men who
were strolling around, arrested the attention
aline others.
" Idaho, boys!" he eriod,"l'nt blest if here
isn't a cave in the hill ! Come, see the hole
under these bushes. Yon never saw any
thing neater in your lives,"
"Jones thinks nobody ever saw a cave
before," said one of the lou ingots. " Fur toy
part, I think more of something to eat, than
era bole in the ground."
This sentiment was echoed by the others,
but the inquisitu cave discoveror, nothing
daunted, approached the tire, took from it a
torch, returned to the butte, parted the
bushes, revealing a dark aperature in the
face of the rock, and disappeared within it,
his light giving hack a yellow glare for a
second after be had ceased to lie seen.
The camp revelry Went on, the cooking
progressed, the minutes passed, and Junes
did not reappear.
" If that fellow had found a gold mine in
there he wouldn't call one of us," growled
the lounger who had before spoken. "I
wonder what Jones has found. I'll jest
take a look, as dinner isn't ready."
Ile ruse lazily, abstracted a stick of burn
ing weld for a torch, proceeded to the cav
ern entrance, and disappeared from view.
" Probably," said Hubert, " there's it rarge
cavern under that bill. If we had time, it
might pay to explore It. Under the present
circumstances, I am like Brown, and prefer
my dinner to scientific explorations."
The tneal seemed to be nearly ready, for
the rattling of tin cups and dishes began to
be board; the lieutenant's small camp-chest
was unpacked, and the cooks shouted to the
strollers to come to dinner.
"have Jones and . Brown came back ?"
asked the lieutenant, us he rose to a sitting
position, and glanced towtuds the cavern.
The men replied In the negative.
"Co after them then,King, and hurry them
up." sold the °Meer. "We must resume
the march alter dinner, ind cannot afford to
waste time here."
King, a fine young soldier, took a torch,
and entered the cave.
The dinner was dealt out—hot savory
steaks and roasts—the coffee measured, and
the meal commenced, but none of the men
who Lad entered the cave made their appear
ance
" liovv singular t" ejaculated I3rydges, tes
tily and impatiently. " What can keep
those men? King has been gone ten min
utes. here, Sergeant Halsey, hurry those
men up!"
The sergeant, a brown, strong nun of
middle age, hesitated, and ventured to
stammer :
"I beg your pardon, lieutenant, but I
think there's something wrong inside the
cave. There's three men in there—all hun
gry and knowing that dinner's ready.
Surely they'd come back if they could.
Perhaps there's wild beasts,or some strange
kind of gas that smothers 'cm, •or---"
"Nonsense, Sergeant!" interrupted the
lieutenant, frowning. "I give you five
minutes to bring those men hack. Go !"
The sergeant's face paled, but, without
another word, he took up a torch and en
tered the cave, disappearing from the gaze
of his friends.
The minutes passed, We lieutenant and
the men ate their dinner mechanically,
awaiting anxiously the expected return;
yet none of the four came back.
The words of the sergeant had Made a
deep impression on the minds of his hear
ers. A general gloom fell upon the camp,
and the men cast frequent and fearful
glances in the direction of the‘cavern. Even
the lieutenant and Hubert felt a strange de
pression creeping over them, which neither
could resist.
What cau be the !natter?" at length de
manded the officer. "The sergeant's iii
trouble, I should judge, by this long ab
sence. There can't be gas in the cave, or if
so, he would probably have had time to cry
out. There can't be wild beasts, fur those
four men were all well armed, and would
at least have fired. 'Which of all yen men
will go into the cave and learn what the
mutter is?"
Then) was a general shrinking back.
livery soldier was brave in an Indian light,
but not one dared to face a mysterious and
unknown danger. Not ono wished to risk
the complete and total disappearance from
earth and human knowledge that hail be
fallen his comrades.
" Whoever will venture in search of the
missing men shall receive from me a hun
dred dollars in.gold !" exclaimed Hubert,
in his clear, ringing tones. " Who speaks
first for the money?"
The offer was tempting; but it was not
accepted. Not a word of reply was made to
Hubert hesitated, gave a brief thought to
Miriam, his loved and waiting Miriam !
His face then glowed with a heroic light,
and he said, in tones that did not falter:
" I will go in search of the men, Lieuten
ant Brydges. Only, your party is now
small, and if I do not return in twenty
minutes, you may resume your journey."
" But Earle," expostulated the lieuten
ant, this is positive madness, You must
not risk your life. We will wait a while,
atkr-it-the , tnen do not retiiin",t.we.will_move
on!"
"Thep may need help, replied Hubert,
steadily. "They may have erlCOUnteted—
well, God knows what, I can't itnagine. If
I fail to return within the time appointed,
ZEE=
Ile went up to the nearest tire, picked up a
blazing stick, arranged his rifle for instant
use, approached the mouth of the cave,
peered into it cautiously, and listened in
tently forsome sound of life within.
No sound came. All was as still as death
within the cavern.
Tho next instant Ilubert had vanished
ELME
All was now breathless suspense.
Thu lieutenant and his men gathered
around to listen to the report of the ride.
The minutes passed, but it cattle not. Five
minutes dragged by—ten—fifteen, and still
no sound reached their ears. They could
see a brief space into the cavern, by the
light of their own torches, but nothing but
rocky walls and floor met their gaze.
Twenty minutes were thus passed. The
time was up, and Hubert lied not returned.
The men looked at one another with
pallid faces. As if turned to stone, they
stood an awe-stricken group about the
cavern's mouth, until time minutes had
more than made up an hour—and still they
lingered.
During this time they had cleared away
the bushes from the mouth of the cave.
They had tried again and again to peer into
the dark depths of the opening, but, could
not. The lioutenaut.ad called repeatedly
to Hubert, but received no answer. At
length he proposed to tie a rope around his
waist and descend into the sinister abyss,
but his mon objected unanimously.
"'What's the user' asked one,
Something here that no mortal man can
conquer
"Wu can't risk your Hie, lieutenant,"
said another. "Just think how liw there
are of as."
The time continued to drag on
At last, when two boors had passed,
Itrydges staggered to his feet, and
entil
"This is horrible—terrible beyond ex
-IYrvssior,l We have lost four of our com
rades mid this noble yOunt; stranger, whom
I loved as a brother. This fearful cave
must hold the secret of their fate, be it what
it may. Let us go."
'Without a word, but with white faces—in
a sort of mute terror, the men mounted their
horses and resumed their journey. The
above is all of this story that will be pub
lished in our columns. The continuation
of it from where it leaves otr hero can be
found only in the New York Ledger, which
is for sale at all the bookstores and news
depots. Ask for the number dated .Ipril 10,
I.BOS, and in it you will find the continua
tion of this beautiful tale. The Lodger is
mailed to subscribers at three dollars a year.
The publication Rev. Dr. Tyng's groat story
which lies been written expressly for the
Ledger, is just commenced in the Ledger,
so that our readers Will get the whole of
these two stories in it. The Lodger has the
best stories of any paper in the world ; and
Henry Ward Beecher, James Parton and
Fanny Fern, have articles in every num
ber.
A Modern Ludy 'Macbeth.
We find in the Easton (Pa.) Arg as—a re
liable paper—a report of an interview which
the edhor, in company with the spiritual
ad r kW' of the condemned Twitehell, had
with the latter in his cell in Moyamensing
Prison. I 3s a remarkable statement, mid,
bearing as it does upon its face the impress
of truth, it would not be strange if it had
some effect upon the tinal catastrophe.
The remark of Mrs. Twhaell to the clergy'
man—"lly the way, when you see George
(her condemned husband) please ask him
where he would like to bo buried after he is
hanged"—is without parallel for nonchal
ance In the speeches of Shakspeare's most
sanguinary heroines.
In some remote districts in France it is
customary for the priest of the parish to go
round to each house at Easter and bestow
on it his blesSing. In return,be receives
eggs, both plain and pointed. In these
same regions a belief still lingers that dur
ing Passion week the bells of the churches
set out for Rome in order to get themselves
blessed by the Pope. During this period of
mourning the bells are sad and mute in
their belfry, and the peasants firmly believe
that they have started on their pious pil
grimage, and will return to send forth a
joyous peal on the morning of an , Resurrec
tion. People do not come back from so
long a journey without bringing presents
to good children. The joy bells then al
ways came first, and bore with them
various beautiful play-things. The death
bells came last and brought nothing. Eas
ter then ♦vas like a second Is.:ew Year's
Day. The peasant bestowed on his child an
egg died with scarlet, like the cloak of a
Boman cardinal, and supposed to come
from Boyle.
On Easter morning, at the sound of the
rejoicing bells, fair angels with azure wings
were believed to descend front heaven,
bearing a basket of eggs, which they de
posited in the houses of the faithful. Soule
times, however, it happened that the evil
one slipped in en accursed egg among those
which canto from heaven. An ancient le
gend of central France is founded on this
Long ago there lived in a village, a widow
and her daughter. Jeanne, so was the
young girl named, was us good as she was
beautiful. The poor blessed her, for she
used to pass her time iirvisiting their hov
els and relieving their distress. She had
many suitors, but her 13101ber shrank from
parting with her only child, and put them
off. "One year more," she said, "and
Jeanne shall choose a husband."
On Vaster morning, when returning from
mass, Jeanne met an old beggar woman
whom no one in the village knew, and who
implored her charity. The young girt be
stowed her alms, and the stranger, whose
face was hid by a ragged hood, as she re
ceived it, said, in a husky voice
"Beautiful damsel, do not di,dain the gill
of 11 poor beggar. Take this egg,. and be
fore this day twelve months a young, hand
some nobleman will ask for you in mar
riage. You will been tie a great lady. It is
written in the book of fate. On your wed
ding day break this egg—it contains a nup
tial present."
So saying, she gave her :I large egg of at
brilliant s,carlet. Jeanne took it, laughed
at tier prediction, and placed it in a casket.
To tier mother site spoke not of it; but
visions of ambition, of pleasure and luxury
hitherto unknown to her pure and simple
mind floated before her, and troubled her
occupations by day and her slumbers by
night.
sear the - village rose the towers of an
ancient castle, which had not been inhabi
ted within tho memory of man. One day a
gentleman arrived, proclaiming himself
the heir of the ancient, lords, and ho caused
the castle to be restored and furnished with
luxury. :Numerous visitors arrived, cud
gay feasts and balls and hunting parties
suetieeaed each other without intermission.
The lord of the eaelle'etiheti-hiinself—Sirs
Robert de Volpaic. One cloy ho chanced to
see Jeanne, and her beauty struck- him; he
sought :in interview with her mother, and
asked her hi marriage. The widow at first
was inclined to refuse, but Jeanne, dazzled
by the splendor or the oiler, prevailed on
her consent, and an early day was lixed for
the marriage.
The union of the "very high and very
noble Sire Robert de V°!pale and Demoi
selle Jeanne" - tras celebrated in the chapel
of the castle by a stranger chaplain, and in
presence of the bridegroom's friends, A.
brilliant festival, to which all the neighbors
were invited, succeeded, Bat, amid all the
gayety and the splendor which surrounded
her, the bride did not forget her Easter egg.
She had caused it to be brought in the
casket and placed iu the nuptial chamber-
The feast was ended—the guests, one by
one, had taken their departure, and the
young mistress of the castle was conducted
into its most magnidcent chamber. Mid
night sounded from the lofty tower when
the bridegroom entered, and, advancing to
wards Jeanne, was about to embrace her,
but, she drew back, and said :
"My deal' lord, before becoming yours, as
The vu sworn before the chaplain to be, I
would fain know what this egg contains."
Size then told him its story, and prepared
to break it. Ile stopped her and implored
her to wait until the morrow. Hut Jeanne,
without heeding him, seized the egg. It
was burning hot, and she hastily left it fall,
and it broke. At' enormous toad sprang on I,
leaped on the nuptial bed, vomiting ❑:noes
which set file to the curtain.. The whole
castle wits Speedily in Collliagral ion, every
soul in it perished, and the sun rose on a
heap of black and smouldering ruin,
'^l here's
O Distressing 'Matrimonial: :11Fis-
The special eorrespondeutorthelt. 'With;
Republican, dispatched from Nashville nil
der a recent date, communientes the fol
lowing:
An e"ttreordiner;„ , matrimonial contre
temps transpired in Williamson county
on Chirst Ines night. A double wedding oc
curred in the same house, and the wedding
festivities were celebrated in the old fash
ioned style, and. in that joyful way natural
ly prompted by Chistmits and the blissful
event which made the two couple happy.
about midnight both brides retired to rest,
and in half an hour thereafter, the newly
made hitsbands followed suit. By some
strange Mizal23p, (Weil gentlemen found hi,
way to the wrong room, actually occupied
the bridal couch to which be lied no claim,
Strange as it may appear, the tnistnke
was not discovered until daylight, when
0(10 of the ladies shrieked her surprise utter
a vigorous fashion. A. general hubbub was
the result, and nt latest accounts the brides
were disconsolate, partly from visions of
possibillities in the dint prospective. All
sorts of schemes of reparation were pro
posed, but it appears that no tangible plan
for undoing this double mistake was ar
rived at. The above episode actually- trans
pired as narrated.
Tit st stosT THIS. ON Y.l It
—A game that can be played by any num
ber of persons ; is SUSCOptiblO of 5 0 . 000
changes ; endless transformation.; of wit and
humor, producing rears of laughter. JuNt
the thing for old folks and young folks, eve
ning parties and dull days. A sure cure fur
homesick nos. , mid blues. Sent, post-paid,
by return mail, on receiptof (Tuts ; three
for ;,•zl, Address Wallkill Valley Times,
Montgomery, Orange Co., N. Y.
Of this popular play, the " American Ng
ricultureist" says: A. Hearty Laughs is a
luxury—and often a first rote medicine. We
indulged in suelt is laugh the other evening,
while the young flints were amusing them
selves with this innocent and very Mousing
game. It is not a humbug,
powder 11111g112,11.1.1., and torpedo factory,
near Titusville, Pe.., exploded yesterday,
killing three men and ntortalll• injuring
Col. Davidson, the proprietor.
$ O ,OO Per Year, in Advance; $2,50 it: not Paid in Advance.
Au Easter Legend.
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t faruz and '7.T.puottiotd-Colttuut.
ACtlt ICULTIniE in - th - e useful and moat noble
employment of matt_—WWlM4lo4.
Connt - xicATtoNS. Selections, Itecipea and ar
ticles of interest and Amine, are solicited for this
departrnent of the paper. 'We desire to fitlpply
the public with the best practiml Information 11.1
reference to tile farm, garden, anti household.
II Your Oats.
In moderately rich soil, oats should be
planted with a grain drill, putting aboutone
bushel, of forty-five pounds, to an acre.
Plowing the ground in the fall will enable
you to sow oats much earlier than spring
plowing, and the earlier oats are sown the
better are the ehanees for a good yield in
quantity and quality. If Old spring season
is very wet, ground that has been plowed
in the fall can be sown almost as early as
spring plowing Logins. Late oats do not
have time to mature, and, unless the season
is favorable, generally prove te—GAilure. In
most of the LSoutbern States, outs Sitoe:J
be sown in .Tan nary or February.
Oats that are drilled in are improved by
stirring between the rows, the yield being
often increased twenty per cent. First-rate
soil is not necessarily needed to raise oats,
but the richest soil al ways pays best. Seven
ty to one hundred bushels is not an extraor
ding ryyield for the hest kind of oats in good
soil. If the season be too wet to plow, I
prefer putting in oats with a shovel plow
on clay soil. On sandy soil it yields best
to drill it in with super phosphates.—Farm
Journal.
Dry Earth as a. Deodorizer ror Pon!.
try-Houses
The employment of dry, pulverized earth
as a deodorizer for poultry-houses appears,
says the London I'ield, to be worthy of
snore attention than it has hitherto receiv
ed. The fact that from four to five hundred
lln.cls can by this aid be kept in one build
:rig, for months together, with less smell
than is to be found in any ordinary fowl
house capable of accommodating a dozen
chickens, is very conclusive as to its effica
cy. In the building of the National Com
pany, where this fact has been ascertained,
seven or eight fosris are kept in each com
partment, twelve feet by three feet, and yet
there is no smell or trace of moisture. It
should be stated that the droppings that
fall from the perches during the night are
removed from the cans each morning, and
that the dry earth only receives the manure
that falls during the day ; this has its mois
ture absorbed so peedilp by the earth that.
it at once becomes pulverized, mixes with
the soil, and ceases to smell. So powerful
is the deodorizing effect of the earth, that
it does not, require to be renewed in the
runt-7 for many weeks together.
How the Turks Work.
Their methods of labor are peculiar. The
Turk will invariably sit at Lis occupation,
if possible. The trader, in his little store,
all exposed to the street, may thus be seen,
cross-legged, tailor-like, drawing in the
smoke of his marghile, through its long
flexible tube, seemingly lost to all subli
nary affairs, and indifferent whether cus
tomers come or go. If a mechanic, be also
sits, if possible, and I thus see them, pres
sing the block of wood which they are
fashioning, between the soles of, the . feet.
,Therblae.karalth r in little".seven'7l;fy , rdne_
;d7c7p - , -- a - rg=i67ol - 6 thus
the anvil nearer his arm. If a log of tim
ber, forty or fifty feet in length, is to be con
verted into planks, it is first raised by main
three on wooden horses, six or seven feet,
, and then one man above, and another be
low, pull the saw—requiring -a good day's
work for the two, to do what aMa ine saw
will would accomplish in five or ten min
utes. And so through all the walks of life.
The ancient scribe is also a Turkish insti
tution. You find him cross-legged in his
shop, with writing materials before him,
ready to write a letter for you, draw an in
strument, or sell you the materials for your
self. Perhaps yonder self-satisfied Turk
entering the mosque for his devotion, at
the fast of Munoz:in, forms not a bad coun
terpart to the Pharisee, and so we have the
Scribes and Pharisees togther.
ttryttittawr—Viltrit, is' it':—Where is
MS
The old State railroad front Philadelphia
to Columbia—the eastern end of the old
main line of public works—was in some
places quite remarkable for its excessive
curvature. Indeed, on susceptible persons,
sensitive to sea-sickness, running the
carves" between Downingtown and the
Philadelphia line, it was said, had the same
effent as an excursion in a pilot boat in
rough weather. The Canal Commissioners
however, had a numl,cr of the short and
sharp curves taken nut, so that, on the first
of August, 1557, NVI/011 the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company took possession of the
Wahl line by purchase. from the State, the
alignment was tamsiderably better than
when the road was originally opened.
Still, as the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany's annual report:, certify, the road east
of Downingtown needs modification in its
curvature, to make it conform more nearly
with the other portions of the great line.
The changes to be made occur, we believe,
in a distance inside of twenty-five miles;
the first and easternmost cut-01l begins
near the point where the road built to avoid
the inclined plane left the old road leading
to that abandoned work and, ends west of
White Hall. The new line cuts off a most
objectionable piece of curvilinear, and
shortens dist :time. The tangent of the new
line i 4 parallel with the Lancaster turnpike,
and front Me new railroad station in Bryn-
Maier to Nlarket street bridge the distance
is a little short of nine miles. one of the
streets laid down on the plan of /b7putnnec
cross the railroad at grade; and, according
to recent toodilicatiow; 01 road plans and
street surveys, very few grade crossings
will long remain between lirvolilawr and
Market street b ridge- —Phihl. Aliniag Re
gi.ster.
STAMPED FE. NK , .--The new licit• requir
ing franks to be written, it is stated, creates
much embarrassment in the public offices
at Washington. The Commissioner of In
ternal Revenue and the S. Treasurer
complain that the time which should ho
devoted to pressing public I.)uluess is ink en
up in writing franks on envelopes.
A ne4ro natned Cain, is in jail at Chain
bershurg, charged with un atrocious assault
upon three young ladies, near that town.
On Friday night a mob surrounded the
and threatened to lynch him, but were in
duced to disperse. The prison is now
under guard.
POLITICIANS are the " cheekiest" peo
ple alive. party of Philadelphia lawyers
called on Grant. :Nlonday, and infernied
him how they proposed to distribute the
minor patronage in that State. Cool ain't
it, even for March ?
Tug announcement made by tho .Sate
Gmird a few days since, that Ceorge Berg
ner had been made p4.st-master of Harris
burg, was premature.
TIC .1.: re:l(l.`4 ; /Vianill Legislature will a(I
-jotzru on April SILL
ItnAn the aslvertiveznevitg